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IF TOC WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON AROUND TOU READ TBV PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME IX. ' PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY ft THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1938 NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
PERSON FARMERS FAVOR CONTROL
Vote At Mid-Afternoon Appeared To Be
85 Percent For And 15 Percent Against
Heavy Voting Reported In All Pre
cincts And Very Few Voiced
Any Sentiment Against Crop
Control
Polls Os Six Precincts Visited After Noon
Saturday
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Between the hours of two o’clock
and four o’clock Saturday afternoon
it was very evident that Person Co.
farmers were voting for control by
a large majority. All precincts re
ported fairly heavy voting and it
was continuing until the last hour.
Polls visited or contacted were
Bushy Fork, Flat River, Roxboro,
Moriah, Olive Hill and Allensville.
The time, with one exception, was
around 3 o’clock Saturday.
Below are the results as announ- j
ced by the poll holders who were in
a position to know how a majority ;
of people voted.
Bushy Fork - For, 95% - Against
5%. About 350 had voted.
Flat River - .For 85%, Against 15%. i
About 190 had voted.
Roxboro - For 95%, Against 5%. ;
About 600 had voted. j
Moriah - For 85%, Against 15%.'
About 400 had voted. i
Olive Hill - For 90%, Against 10%.
Allensville - For 90%, Against 10%.
This survey will turn out to be
reasonably accurate and voting that
took place after the hours that the
polls were visited will not change
the precent figures much.
Other precincts were expected to
show about the same results. j
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Helena To Present Womanless
Wedding |
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The P. T. A. of Helena will pre-‘
sent the play entitled “Whiskers” (
a womanless wedding, Thursday
evening, March 17th at 7:45. Miss
J. Garland Chambers and Mr. Floyd
Hicks will be united in the terrible
bonds of matrimony. The father of
the bride will be Mr. George Cham
bers and the mother W. L. Barton.
Proceeds will go to the gymnas
ium fund; admission will be 15c and
25c.
Four Greens About Completed
On Country Club Golf Course
Members Expect To Be Able To
Play Golf Within Two Months
Or Less. Courses Have Been
Graded And Work Will Con
tinue Until Completed
Club House Has New Roof; Oth
er Improvements To Come
In about two months or less a
person will be able to play golf in
Person County.
Work has been progressing on the
Country Club Golf Course at a rap- j
id rate and, four sand greens are a
bout completed. Three tees will
soon be ready and the courses have
been graded.
A visit to the site at Loch Lily
will surprise anyone who hasn’t j
been out there since the work start- [
ed. R. L. Perkins has had (barge;
of the work and he has done a re
markable piece of work. A number
of; laborers, working under his
supeirviskm. have Changed things
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TIMES’ SUNDAY MDUMNC EDITION
flerson|&(Einies
iCARL GOERCH IS
P.T.A. SPEAKER
Greeted By Large Crowd At
Hurdle Mills P. T. A. Meeting
Friday Night
Carl Goerch, popular radio com
mentator, was the speaker of the
{evening at a P. T. A. meeting at
Hurdle Mills Friday night. Mr.
Goerch was greeted by a large
! crowd and all, enjoyed his.taljt which
dealt with the progress of North
Carolina along educational lines,
j Particular emphasis was placed on
vocational education.
I Mr. Goerch was introduced by
;J. B. Currin principal of Hurdle
Mills school. ,
| The popular speaker of the Hur
dle Mills P. T. A. has been in Per
son County on numerous occasions
and he is well liked here,. People
are always anxious to hear him talk
concerning any subject and the talks
are interesting as well as instruc
tive.
| Messrs. Wallace Woods, E. B.
Craven, Clyde Crowell and T. C.
Sanders made up a quartet for this
j particular occasion and several
(numbers rendered by this group
were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. W. W.
Woods was the pianist.
WRECK AT STOP SIGNAL
I
' A car driven by Maxton Dunn
collided with another car driven by
Miss Valinda Walker (at the stop
signal on Reams and Lamar Streets
Friday afternoon. The second car
was occupied by Mrs. Vance Clay
ton, Miss Valinda Walker and Mrs,
Jack Clayton. The two cars were
going in opposite directions and al- 1
tho one car overturned no one was
seriously injured.
I around and balls will soon be fly
ing through the air,.
The club house has been covered
with a new roof and additional re
pairs will be made at an early date.
All of the ground around the club
'house has been cleared and the
banks of the lake will be cleared
soon.
Bad weather has hindered the
work in many respects, but if the
sun will shine for about thirty days
the workmen will soon finish the
job.
| It is not known how many holes
the course will have to begin with.
That depends on how much monej
the club has or how many new mem
| bers can be secured. Work will
progress as the club receives the
| money and money is needed right
now.
If looks like the impossible hai
been accomplished as many people
here said We would not have a goll
' course here in the next several
i ( year*.
COMMUNITY HOUSE
FEES ARE BOOSTED
Many Improvements To Be Made
And House Has Not Been
Able To Meet Current
Expenses
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Community House Thursday after
noon it was decided that rental fees
on the house must be raised if the
house was to meet expenses.
Several improvements will be
made this month and it is absolute
ly necessary that more money come
into the treasury. In past years not
enough money has been taken in to
meet current bills.
The Woman’s Club plans to paint
the house this month and the Re
search Club will plant shrubbery.
A new range will be purchased and
several minor improvements will
be made at an early date.
New fees will be as follows:
Dances 57.50.
Parties 51.50.
Suppers 52.00.
These prices will be effective
March 15th and thereafter and the
co-operation of everyone is desir
ed.
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Mussolini Is Not The Pompous
Figure He Is So Often Pictured
Tar Heel Professor, Observing Him At Close Range On Two Oc
casions, Says II Duce Is Given To Much Smiling And Fre
quent Laughter Harold Meyer Says Italian People
Solidly For Mussolini
Editorial Note: This is the second
of a series of articles by Harold D.
Meyer, professor of sociology in the
University of North Carolina, who
is making a study of youth move
ments in Europe, especially in Ger
many and Italy, Professor Meyer’ is
one of the country’s outstanding
authorities on youth movements
and has been for many years educa
tional director of the Boy Scouts in
the Southern States, His present
tour was made possible by a Kenan
| Traveling Professorship awarded
him by the University of North
Carolina.
By HAROLD D. MEYER
Picking up a menu in any hotel
or restaurant one reads, at the top
or bottom, “8-2-1938-XVI.” The
I daily newspapers give the dates as |
'“Eighth of February, 1938 XVI.”
One wonders about the Roman
numerals, XVI, which are found at
( the end of all datings. This number
stands for the 16th Year of the
Fascist Era or the 16th Year since
tit? Fascist Revolution. The
Government uses it on all official
documents and it has been general
ly accepted by business throughout
all of Italy.
The New Year began on Febru
ary 1, 1938 and was celebrated
throughout the entire nation by
significant programs and demon
strations.
The largest and most important
demonstration was held in Rome.!
i There Mussolini with all the other J
leaders of Government and the
party, residing in Rome; officials |
of the Army and Navy; members
of the diplomatic, corps; more than
I ten thousand soldiers along with
thousands of citizens joined in the
, birthday celebration.
I Two outstanding programs filled
the morning and afternoon hours.
. In the morning a gigantic military
i demonstration was featured by the
by Mussolini of med
j als and awards to militiamen and
i relatives of the fallen. A number
!of new Black Shirt units were
l sworn in and their standards bles
l sed by the chief of the aymy chap
lains. There waS a shbrt but signi
FINAL RITES FOR
W. A. CLAYTON TO 1
|TAKEPLACETODAY
Prominent Resident Os Ceffo
•Community Had Been In 111 |
Health For Several Years and
Passed Away Friday .
Interment In Burchwood
W. A. Clayton, 72, of the Ceffo
Community, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. T. E. Evans,
Friday afternoon at 4:30. He had
been in poor health for the past
several years, but had not been con
fined until about six wieeks ago.
Fdr several days he was a patient
at Gentry - Williams Hospital in
Roxboro but later returned home.
The deceased is survived by nine
Children, Mrs. T. E. Evans, and
Mrs. Corbett Harris, of Roxboro;
Mrs. W. J. Smart, Durham; M. A.
Clayton, Durham; J. D. Clayton,
Johnson City, Tenn; D. C. Clayton,
Durham; C. L. Clayton, Durham;
W. T. Clayton, Roxboro; and M. C.
Clayton, Roxboro. One brother Sam
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ficant address by Mussolini and a
parade of the units passing in re
view before the army, government
and party officials.
The afternoon was devoted to a
program of sport, athletic and mili
tary activities. A few hundred se
lected men gave exhibitions of
jumping, jaidelin and
discus throwing, shot putting, relay
racing, gymnastic drills and numer
ous military activities featured by
wall scaling, trench jumping and
high jumping over rifles mounted:
with bayonets.
Gigantic Military Demonstration
We were in Rome at this time
and had guest tickets for both
events. The tickets were sent to us
by Dr. Luigi Vallari who is an un
dersecretary in the Ministry della
|Cultura Popolare. Dr. Villari has
been in the United States many
times. Last year he was on the pro
gram of the Institute of Public Af
fairs held at the University of Vir
ginia. He also spoke at Duke Uni
versity last year. He will return
for a series of lectures in various
summer school sessions this sum-,
mer. He is ardent in his hope for
the friendliest of relations between
Italy and the United States.
The scene of the morning’s de
monstration was in the piazza and
broad avenue between the old Ro
man Forum and the Colosseum.
This was a perfect setting. Here was
Modern Rome celebrating its six
| teenth birthday surrounded by
I monuments of ancient Rome. We
had our backs to the Colosseum,
I the largest structure of Ancient
Rome while our eyes looked over
the Roman Forum to the Victor
Emanuel monument, the largest
structure of Modem Rome.
! For days ahead men labored to
build the reviewing stand on which i
the party leaders stood was made
of imitation marble, featuring the
Littoriand other party emblems.
This stand' faced the Colosseum.
The stand for the invited guests
was directly opposite and faced the
Roman Forum.
The afternoon program was held
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David S. & C. b. Brooks Offer SO
flares band For Ueterans’ Hospital
Radio Nurse On Display
I Electric Appliance Co. has a new
■ invention on display. .It is . called
“Radio Nurse” and that is exactly
what it is. ,
It’s rather hard to texpilun the
invention, but a simple explanation
is that the instrument will pick up
any sound in a room and convey it
to any other room in the house.
You are invited to drop in and
see it.
BASEBALL TEAM
TO PLAY ONE
GAME PER WEEK
Money Has Been Subscribed For
Uniforms And Practice On
High School Diamond To
Start Soon
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B. B. Knight, organizer of Rox
boro’s baseball team, stated Friday
tHatT enough money had been secur
jed to purchase uniforms for the
team and that he had received num-
I erous applications from boys who
| wanted to try out for the team. i
Mr. Knight expects to hire a
catcher and one or two pitchers, i
These may come from other cities 1
or local boys may make the grade. 1
As soon as the weather gets a
little warmer a call will be issued
for all candidates to report for prac-,
tice and the national pastime for.
Roxboro will be started.
It is not known just how many !
games will be played each week, j
At least one will be played and oth- i
ers njay be scheduled. Places of
business may close for one afternoon
a week in order that everyone have
an opportunity to see this game.
All games will be played on the
high school diamond and a small 1
admission fee will be charged. 1
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| REBEL CRUISER TORPEDOED
I
Cartagena, Spain A Loyalist
destroyer sank a 10,000-ton Rebel
cruiser off this port and reports
from a rescuing British warship in
dicate that little more than half of
its crew of 765 were saved. In spite!
of the conversations between Great!
Britain and Italy looking toward j
the withdrawal of the latter’s forces
from Spain, it is reported that 5,000
Italian soldiers have landed at Cadiz
to take part in a concentrated Re
bel attack on the Guadalajara front.
ALONG THE WAY— ALL AFP:
TO BE QUIET - NO NEWS
R. L. “Taft” Perkins has finally
learned to drive a “gear shift” car.
Taft formerly drove a T model
where you pushed down on the
clutch and the car jumped off. Then
the depression came and he decid
ed to leave cars out of his budget.
Recently he became so busy with the
golf course, fair and used cars that
he had to learn to drive again. He’s
doing very good, even blows his
horn when he gets ready to pass a
' nother car.
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;| O. Y. Clayton and Bill Minor
. claim to be real Republicans. They
are going to the convention and
. then come back and tell the boys
( at home what happened. Neither
• have any political ambitions, but
(they believe in a good clean fight
[ and like to fight for their convic
. tions.
Ghas Woods claims that he is real-
PUBLISHED
SUNDAY AND
THURSDAY
Land About 1 4-10 miles From
Roxboro On Hurdle Mills Rd.
Offered Free Os Charge If
Government Will Locate Bldg.
Here.
Has Splendid Elevation And Is
On Hard Surface Road
Messrs. David S. and C. L.
Brooks brothers, have offered 59
acres of land on the Hurdle Mills
road to Uncle Sam if he will locate
the government hospital on this
tract of land.
Although this offer has not been
forwarded to Washington it stands
good and the information has been
given to the proper officials in Rox
boro. It will make its way to Wash
ington in the proper channel.
This fifty acres of land is about
1 and 4-10 miles from Roxboro on
a hard surface road and has a
splendid elevation. Mr. Lester
Brooks stated that thiey were of
fering either the right or left side
of the road running from Roxboro
to Hurdle Mills.
The possibility of landing the sl,-
, 500,000 veteran’s hospital in Rox
' boro is causing quite a bit of com
, ment here and altho those backing
,the movement are not building their
( hopes too high they do point out that
( Person County has a chance.
I A delegation from Roxboro and
'Person County will probably visit
Washington this week and confer
with the officials of the veteran’s
administration.
The 1 county commissioners,. ci|ty
| commissioners, Chamber of Com
' merce, Rotary Club and Kiwanis
i Club have all approved the idea and
| are ready to fight for the proposi
tion .
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T.V.A. HEAD DEMANDS
INQUIRY
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j Washington, D. C. Denouncing
as “Machiavellian” the tactics of his
i two colleagues on the Board of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Dr. A.
|E. Morgan, Chairman, indicates
that he not only will not resign, as
they have asked, but that he will
press a Congressional inquiry into
“waste and evasion” in handling
this vast Federal project.
MULES
We have just received a car load
of Kentucky mules. Come down and
see these fine mules before you buy.
Creedmopp Suply Co.
ly doing the people of this county
a big favor. Charles insists that
they save their money and do it
with his company. He recently
told us the amount of money that
he had saved for people here, but
the figures were so large that we
have forgotten them. This is no ad,
; but since he is doing us a big favor
i we might as well thank him.
i R. B. Griffin, County Superin
• tendent, is having all of his shirts,
socks and ties cleaned,. He expects
to have to attend about forty com
mencements during the next two
I months. It’s really a good thing that
he has three shirts as he will have
5 to use them all. He even may make
J a speech or two, but not because he
1 wants to.
1 P. S. S. G. Winstead, former
Superintendent, will not make }a
single one if there is any way out
-of it. * # - "*