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DIAL 45 0 1 Wo want all the news of your community. Please caO us or send it is. W YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT U GOING ON AROUND YOU RRAD TB> PERSON COUNTY IDOMI IS A PAPER FOR ALL THR PROFLI OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUMI CL 4 NEWS OF THE WEEK Celebrates Scientists’ Rescue Moscow, U. S. S. R.—The rescue of four Russian scientists from a Polar ice floe, on which they had been drifting for many weeks, was celebrated by wild demonstrations of joy throughout the nation. It was revealed that the elaborate organization set up for the rescue of the quartette was directed by Dictator Stalin in person. Washington, D. C. Final figures New York City—The American Legion will begin an immediate test of Americanism in local courts, de signed to remove from office Simon Gerson, an avowed Communist, who was appointed Assistant to Manhattan Borough President Isa acs. Practically every Catholic organization in the city is united in the fight against Gerson, and Victor F. Ridder, leading publisher and chairman of the State Board of Social Welfare, sounds a warning that the infiltration of radical forei gn elements is undermining the en tire Works Progress Administra tion. Chief Justice’s Anniversary Washington, D. C.—Charles Evans Hughes celebrated this year his eighth anniversary as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Since his appointment in 1930 by President Hoover, the 75-year-old jurist has not missed a day from his duties be cause of illness. R. F. C. Resumes Lending Washington, D. C. Jesse Jones, CHiairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, announced that this Government agency is | prepared to make loans to industry to the extent of $1,500,000,000. At the same time, it is believed that applications will be made for only a small part of this fund, since banks are overloaded with surplus cash and few industries except the railroads are in need of Federal support. 1 Argentine’s New President * Buenos Aires, Argentina—Amid nation-wide demonstrations of en thusiasm, Dr. Roberto M. Ortiz was inaugurated the 21st constitutional to President Ortiz from President Jic. Color was added to the cere mony by the presence of the good will fleet of six giant United States bombing planes known as “flying fortresses”, which made a long distance record breaking flight from Miami, Florida, with a letter President Ortiz from President Roosevelt. Looked Back In Our Old Dusty Files Os Many Years Ago And Found This October 8, 1929 The Person Co unty Times will now come to read ers once a week. New machinery has been installed and we are able to print our own paper. The shop has been moved from the basement of the Palace Theatre to the build ing that has been occupied by Lun sford’s Battery Shop. October 8, 1929-Coach L. T. Hef fner of the Roxboro High School ■expresses himself as being well pleased with football prospects for this season. October 8, 1929—Mr. William , Thomas has accepted a position with •the Pioneer Warehouse of Roxboro. •October 8, 1929—Person County TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION lerson|Mimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY TO APPEAR IN CONCERT * K Giovanni Sperandeo, Tenor Giovanni Sperandeo, tenor, and Elsie Sperandeo, pianist and accom panist will be at Long Memorial Methodist church Sunday night, March 6th at 7:30 p. m. the Speran deos have appeared before hundreds of churches, high schools, college and universities and have been re ceived with the very highest praise. Details of the concert will be giv en in this paper Thursday. Tournament Begins Monday 3:30 P. M, Eight Teams To Enter And Champions Will Be Crowned Tuesday Night The Person County Basketball Tournament will begin Monday af ternoon at 3:30 p. m. in the Rox boro High gymnasium with the Al lensville girls and the Roxboro boys looking like favorites. On Mon. at 3:30 p. m. the girls from Helena and Allensville will meet and at 4:30 the Roxboro and Allensville boys will meet. On Monday night at 7:30 Roxboro and Hurdle Mills girls will play and Hurdle Mills and Allensville boys. The finals will take place Tues day night at 8:00 P. M. Both the boys and girls teams will play. Coaches from the high schools over the county will be used as officials, but no coach will referee a game in which his or her team is playing. Trophies have been purchased that will be awarded the winning Hearns and thjere are also several trophies for individual players. This tournament will officially wind up the basketball season in Person County and a number of the schools will start baseball. The public is invited to the gym to see each and every game that is played in the tournament. A num ber of excellent games are to be ex pected. is to be congratulated upon the’ establishment of a county board of health which is being so well super vised and carried on by the two nurses in charge, Misses McCullom and Crews. March 27, 1930—Mr. O. B. Gor man of Reidsville, was in Roxboro Monday making plans for the re organization of the Boy Scouts. The Silver Fox Patrol has befen organiz ed with W. W. Woods as the leader. W. E. Dodge is leader of the Wild Cat Patrol. March 27, 1930—A meeting of the Person County women supporters of Senator Simmons will be held in the courtroom Monday at 7:30 P. M. Signed F. O. Carver, Chairman, PERSON MOTORISTS PAY S9O PENALTY Car Owners Failed To Transfer Tites To Motor Vehicles Within Fifteen Days 45 PENALTIES IN COUNTY Between January 16 and Feb ruary 15 more than 2,000 North Carolinians failed to transfer titles to their motor vehicles within 15 days and as a result paid $2.00 each or more than $4,000 in penalties the first month the status was in ef fect, according to Miss Nina Abbitt, manager of the Roxboro office of the Carolina Motor Club. There were 45 penalties, totaling $90.00 collected at the local office. The 1937 legislature enacted a law providing that effective Janu ary 1 this year a penalty of $2.00 would be assessed against individu als or corporations who bought motor vehicles and failed to trans fer title within 15 days. Enforce ment of the law began January 16 and more than 2,000 penalties were collected at Carolina Motor club offices alone. Motor vehicle owners and the : public generally will recognize the value of the penalty statute when license “rush” rolls around. Prompt ' transfers Will assure ov, jf fcrp get ting correct license application cards. This will speed up issuance of plates as titles will not have to be traced down and transfers made at the busy season. License plate sales are running more than 31,000 in excess of the 1937 sale for the same date, Caro lina Motor club headquarters ad vised the local office today. Through February 18 sales were 463,700, compared with 432,342 on February I 18, 1937. Os this number 385,552 or 85 per cent were sold at Carolina Motor club offices located through out the Carolinas. The Carolina Motor club has handled the distribution of license plates for the state since 1924. Cost of this sedvice to the state is less than postage and clerk hire. Plates are available at 50 Carolina Motor club offices in North Carolina. Since 1924 nearly 5,000,000 plates have been issued at club offices with a value in excess of $60,000,000. Doris Whitfield Makes Honor Roll Amone 73 Students From 662 To Win This High Honor Mars Hill. Feb. )19—(Special to Times) —Doris Whitfield, of Hurdle Mills, was among the .73 students of Mars Hill college to make the first honor roll for the first semes ter. Os the 662 students enrolled at Mars Hill this year, 236 made the first and second honor rolls. As a result of being a first honor student, Miss Whitfield is eligible for English and Business honor clubs. She is a member of the Fresh man Class which numbers 385 this year, the largest in the history of the school. r - ■ ■" -"■ Free Movies For Fanners Hall’s Hardware Store is offer- ' i ing free movies to farmers on Tues day morning at 10 a. m. Free tickets for farmers are available at Hall’s Hardware on Court St. The picture will be on the screen at the Palace 1 Theatre. Hospital Policy We can give you a hospital policy for each member of your family re gardless of whether the other mem bers are insured or not. This policy pays for children as it does for a dults. Good for full coverage in any hospital anywhere. It will pay you ; to see us today. Knight’s Insurance Agency H. D. Young, W. Irving O’Briant, Roy Cribb, Merrilon Averett, Sam Barnette and B. B. Knight, Agents. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, HELPS DRAW TOBACCO RESOLUTION ! 1, ;;i§B ■ |A m ■■n Harry W. Winstead Mr. Winstead was present in Raleigh last Friday at a meeting of I the tobacco warehousemen and help , ed draw the resolution that favored | compulsory control of flue-cured to bacco for 1938. 1 , The resolution was adopted. C.&A. EMPLOYES ; RECEIVE 24 CHECKS I - - 1 Approximately $-168 Received .*-Ai Mill Friday Morning; ' People Are Getting Im -1 ! patient-’' Twenty-four employes of Collins and Aikman received their benefit (checks from the state Friday morn ing of last week. Many more were expecting checks that failed to come. The checks were brought here. The amount of money repre sented in the Friday’s payment was about $l6B. In commenting on the situation Baxter Mangum stated that appro ximately 150 employes who w;ere out of work had not received their first check and that none had re ceivecj/over one. Five payments are due and one has not been finished. A number of employes who were expecting checks Friday went home a little sore about the situation. They have been waiting in vain and now they are getting tired of the waiting period. That check is about all that they can depend upon and they have already reached the place where the situation is serious. More checkk pre expected next week. No one knows how many will come. H. D. Young Opens Mutual In surance Agency Mr. H. D. Young expects to con tinue his connections with the Ohio State Life Insurance Co. and his reg ular duties teaching school. How ever, due to the great demand for mutual insurance he has decided to open a mutual agency. He will be able to write you a policy for your fire insurance in a stock company with millions of dollars reserve and still give you a large dividend. In case you want a policy with a mutual company which pays a large dividend you can have it. I will appreciate my friends re membering me when they renew their fire, auto and any kind of in surance. FARM BUREAU 1 SPECIAL POLICY _____ i We offer our special 80-20 colli sion policy as an addition to our regular automobile insurance. This policy pays 80 per cent of any and all damage to the car of an assured instead of the customary balance of over SSO. Let us give you : our prices. Co-operative Mutual Insurance 1 Agency, over Thomas and Oakley i Drug Store. ] SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1938 Warehousemen of Three States To Back Crop Control For 38 DR. WARREN TALKS TO CLUB MEMBERS Other Persons Appear On Pro gram At Meeting Os Rotary Club Tues. in Yancey ville Dr. R. F. Warren, of Prospect Hill, gave some interesting facts and figures regarding health work and health conditions in Caswell county in a talk before the Rotary club of Yancey ville Tuesday night. Dr. Warren said that when he became a practicing physician in the county 27 years ago that smallpox, malaria, typhoid, and other diseas es were prevalent throughout the county. Today, he said, smallpox and malaria Were unheard of and cases of typhoid were so rare that it is difficult for a physician to re cognize a case when he sees it. Crediting the eradication of many epidemic diseases the work of the county doctors and the administer ing of the various vaccines, Dr. Warren lamented the fact that more money is spent in the county each year to prevent rabies in dogs than is spent to eradicate contagious dis eases among children. Others on the program were Kath erine and Mary Elizabeth Kerr, who played a piano duet, L. W. Lillard, H. M. Lilly, Gladys Osborne and Mary Hatchett, who sang a medley of songs, and Mrs. S. M. Bason, pianist. o THREE NEW STOP SIGNALS ERECTED Fred Long and Co. Have Finish ed Installation and They Will Be Cut On This Week Roxboro has three new stop and go signals. They were installed last week by Fred Long and Co. and will be put into use this week. These signals have been placed at the fol lowing intersections: Reams and La mar; Lamar and Oak and Reams and Morgan. Roxboro now has five of these sig nals and the city officials will rest for a short time before buying any more. The signals in the business dis trict have proved to be so satisfac tory that the city dads decided that the three extra ones would be a good investment. They have been placed at intersections that were consider ed dangerous and on streets that car ried a large amount of traffic. PHILATHEA CLASS TO MEET The Philathea Class will hold its] regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert Jackson Tues day evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. ALONG THE WAY- ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET - NO NEWS So many people have urged us to change the name of this column that we have decided not to do it. It seems as tho many readers think that the title is not appropriate and that it should be changed at once. Our reaction is that if the name can cause so much comment then it must be good. We rarely get a com ment on a head and therefore we are reluctant to change one that causes a little stir. Our good friend A. B. Buchanan was in this office last week and told us that he was still expecting some thing to come from the huge Buch anan estate that was talked about in this county four or five years ago. This estate is supposed to have been accumulating for many years and to have a value of many millions of PUBLISHED SUNDAY AND THURSDAY number thirty-four Claude Hall Present At Meeting In Raleigh And Warned Farm ers That A Large Crop This Year Will Have To Be Reckon ed With In 1939 H. W. Winstead Helps Draw Resolution Two hundred tobacco warehouse men of three states voiced unani mous approval of the administra tion farm bill at a session in Ra leigh Friday and pledged their for ces to secure approval of compulsory crop control in the referendum March 12. Where possible, the warehousemen plan to cooperate with the State College extension service and farm organizations in educational forums. Meeting at Hotel Sir Walter, the warehouseman of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia also or ganized the Bright Leaf Warehouse Association, a new organization of warehousemen representing the en tire flue-cured belt. Charles D. Bryant of Blairs, Va, president of the Virginia Old’ Belt Association, was named president, and V. P. Paulette of Danville, Va., secretary-treasurer of the Danville Tobacco Association, was named sec retary of the new association. United Forces The new association was proposed by W. E. Fenner of Rocky Mount as a board for uniting all flue-cured to bacco warehousemen to deal with mutual problems. On a motion by R. J. Works of Rocky Mount, presi dents of the belt associations in the flue-cured states were made direc. tors of the new association. Declaring their own interest wed to that of the farmer, warehouse men adopted a militant support of control for the approaching referen dum. South Carolina and Virginia delegates pledged hearty cooperation (Continued On Back Page) BLALOCK S DAIRY BURNED THURSDAY Fire Destroyed Huge Building That Was Partly Covered „ By Insurance Fire destroyed a large dairy bam belonging to Mr. V. O. Blalock last Thursday night about ten o’clock. The building was located about 4 miles west of Roxboro just off the Bushy Fork road. Nine cows and some equipment that was in the barn were all sav ed. Altho neighbors joined in the fight to save the barn their efforts were futile. The building burned to the ground. Mr. Blalock has no idea how the fire started. His loss is estimated at about $3,000 with a partial insur ance coverage. dollars. A. B. is supposed to share in the distribution and he has a reasonable amount of faith in the story. M. C. Clayton, proprietor of the Times is trying to stay on the good side of Buck. He wants to sell him an interest in the Times just as soon as the money arrives. Bill Walker, who keeps books for his uncle, Jim Walker, has started training for the tennis season. Bill hasn’t smoked a cigarette tot four weeks. In spite of his strong physi cal condition he still has a slight bay window. Curt Oakley nlnmi« that he can whip him on a tennis court any day any time. Country Club officials have a good prospect for a new member. Tom Street swings a wicked golf dub and should make a good member.
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