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" DIAL 45 0 1 We want all the new* of your community. Pleaae call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES —ITIS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME EL LAWS DEATH CAUSES ARREST OF TWO MEN Paul and Robert Cothran Os Rouge mont Arrested By Durham And Person Officers Mare Arrests May Be Made Two Rougemont white men, Rob ert and Paul Cothran, have been lodged in jail in connection with the slaying of Lee Laws, 20-year old Rougemont youth whose bullet riddled body was found last Friday in the Harris mill pond near the Durham county line. Robert Cothran was arrested by Sheriff E. G. Belvjn, of Durham, and is being held in the Durham jail. Paul Cothran was picked up by Sheriff M. T. Clayton and is in the Roxboro jail. Sheriff M. T. Clayton said that he had information connecting the two Cothrans with the slaying of the Laws youth and will give them a hearing as soon sis he completes his investigation. He indicated that additional arrests may be made be fore the killing is cleared up. Sheriff Belvin arrested Robert Cothran in Rougemont upon a war rant sworn out by Sheriff Clayton. Robert Cothran, Belvin said, denied all connection with the murder. When found in the Harris mill pond, Law’s skull' appeared to have been crushed and a bullet had penetrated his head. Friends of the youth told Sheriff Clayton they saw him last Saturday afternoon at a Rougemont filling station. Young Laws was unemployed, had no money and robbery was imme diately dismissed as a motive for the slaying. Sheriff Clayton re fused yesterday to disclose details of his investigation into the murder pending completion of the case. Wed. Afternoon. A viisi't to Rougemont by a reporter from the Person County Times today reveal ed a large amount of speculation on the part of many people, but very little definite information that could be printed. The entire matter may go back for many months and may reveal a number of startling facts. It is understood that several people saw Laws Saturday after noon and through these the entire matter may be brought to a head. JONES RE-ELECTED BY DURHAM BOARD Former Roxboro Teteter Reappoint ed Business Manager Os Dur ham Schools Around 350 members of the city of Durham school system were el ected Monday by the board of edu cation for the 1938-1939 school term. Action of the board included the re appointment of Business Manager E. N. Jones. Supt. W. F. Warren, named last year for a two-year per iod, was not up for reelection. Teachers were elected unani mously and will be assigned to various schools later, when con tracts are signed, Superintendent Warren said after the meeting. Three new teachers were elected: Miss Mavis Mitchell, Miss Lois A. King and Robert S. Alfrey. Roxboro, N. C., May 10 Mr. Jones is well known in Roxboro where he taught and coached ath letic teams. He left Roxboro to ac cept a position as teacher in the Durham school system. He is a grad uate of Elon College. CHAMBER COMMERCE DIRECT ORS TO MEET The Directors of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce will meet in the office of the secretary on Friday, May 13th., at 5:00 p. m. . - TOWN TEAM HAS DIZZY AND DAFFY Roxboro’s town team is fortunate in having “Dizzy” Struck and “Daf fy” Wentzel with them. The two are not brothers, but are making a name for themselves in Roxboro. JersßHspimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Irish Wit vs. Yank Diplomacy iIP > \ jin jT-,y t> ' - a - George Bernard Shaw, left, chatting with Joseph P. Kennedy, Ameri can ambassador to London, following a ceremony which took place at Ken sington, London, recently in which the famous Irish dramatist received the deeds of the national theatre on behalf of the executive committee. Roxboro Country Club Project Approved By District Office Now Goes To Raleigh Office And From There To Washington; Chances For Approval By All Appear To Be Excellent Amount Approved Is $12,727.77 James Harris, city manager of Roxboro, spent several hours in Ra leigh and Durham yesterday, dis cussing the Roxboro Country Club project with the proper W. P. A. officials and while there secured the approval of the project by the District office which is in Durham. The amount of money that is in volved in the approval is $12,727.77. The project now has to go to the state and national office for the second and third approval, but Mr. Harris feels sure that these two offices will approve this project since the District office has already put an O. K. to it. The money will be used on the club house grounds such as drives, rock gutters, rock walls, shrubs, two tennis courts constructed in the most approved way, building and sodding tees, greens, fairways,, planting grass on the course, re modeling club house, sewage sys tem, toilets, fixtures and many other items. In other words, everything will be fixed in the best way. Os the $12,727.77 the club has to furnish something over $3,000. About one thousand of this can be furnished in supplies that are now on hand and will not call for any expenditures of money. Final approval may be expected in three weeks. “Sandy” Graham In City Tuesday Spent Some Time Here On Busi ness Trip; Received Large Vote Here In Governor’s Race A. H. “Sandy” Graham was a Roxboro visitor last Tuesday morn ing. He did not remain in the city for any great length of time, but was here long enough to transact his business and shake hands with a number of friends. Mr. Graham is very popular in Person County and received a heavy vote here when he was running for the governor’s office in the last campaign. A. D. Folger Here Wednesday A. D. Folger, Democratic candi date for Congress from the Fifth District, spent Wednesday after noon and night in Roxboro. Mr. Fol ger is well known in this city and he was kept busy talking with new and old friends concerning the pol itical situation of the day. In today’s Times is a statement from him that will be of interest to many people in this county. SCOUT COUNCIL IN MEETING TUESDAY Scout Leaders Reported All Troops In Good Condition And Mem bership Increasing At a meeting of the local scout council Tuesday night it was very evident that scouting was . continu ing on a high plane in Person Coun ty. All scoutmasters who were pres ent reported their troops were in good condition and that the mem bership was steadily increasing. Several small bills were ordered paid and quite a bit of business dis cussed. A. P. Patterson, Scout Executive, was unable to be present for this meeting due to pressing business in some other city. Co-commissione.|3 Clyde Swartz and Joe Robinson reported that in terest was being maintained in all troops over Person County. Roxboro Seniors To Give Play Tonight “Climbing Roses” Will Be Present ed At High School Auditor ium At 8:15 p. m.; Large Crowd Expected The class of 1938 will present their annual play on Thursday evening, May 12 at 8:15 o’clock. They have chosen a clever farce as their presentation this year en titled “Climbing Roses.” The story is about the Rose fam ily who leave their truck farm and move into the fashionable section of a small town. Although they are snubbed by their neighbors their so cial ambitions are undaunted, and when a prince decides to visit them they feel sure they have removed barriers to their entrance into elite society. Their plans, however, fail to materialize and the neighbors have a good laugh at their expense. Things take a happy turn and ev erything is lovely for the Roses. A large crowd is expected to at tend on Thursday evening in the Roxboro High School Auditorium. o Rev. West To Deliver Commen cement Sermons Sunday Rev. W. F. West of Roxboro, will deliver the Commencement Sermon •tithe Yanceyville school Sunday morning and at thie Milton and Se mpra school Sunday night. Both these schools are in Caswell County. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WAREHOUSES FIGHT FOR EARLIER DATE TO OPEN MARKET Petition Is Now Being Signed By Person County Growers Re questing That Something Be Done This Fall Hardest Fight That Has Ever Been Made A jpetition is being circulated a round Roxboro and Person County for the purpose of securing signers requesting that the warehouses of this belt be allowed to open with those of the Middle Belt. A:, large number of names have beenksecured and more will be add ed ®ch day. A’Similar petition is being cir culated in other sections of this belt*and it is thought that thous- of signers will be secured. The petition will be presented to the proffer officials when the board of trade meets this summer in West Virginia. It is not known whether anything will be accomplished, but it is'thought that such a vast num ber Os names will have some effect. If the petition is denied warehouse men of this district may take other means to try to get these markets opened at an earlier date. Warehouses in Danville and So. Boston are behind this movement and the undertaking is on a scale that is larger than ever before. Should the Old Belt Markets be allowed to open with the Middle Belt it will mean-that much tobacco that has been going away at the begin ning of the season will remain at fidme. ' * REYNOLDS FLATTERS ROXBORO LADIES Spent Afternoon Tuesday In Rox boro Shaking Hands With Friends and New Acquaint ances Senator Robert R. Reynolds, after delivering an address at Bushy Fork Tuesday morning, spent the afternoon in Roxboro talking with friends and making new acquaint ances. He was introduced to several ladies who were in the business sec tion of the city Tuesday. The Sena tor asked the ladies to please vote for him six years from now as he knew that none of them were old enough to vote in the coming elec tion. (Ed. Note: “The ladies looked over 21 to all except the Senator.”) After going over the city and into a number of business establish ments he visited in the courthouse and shook hands with the local of fice holders. Senator Reynolds was accompan ied to Roxboro by three gentlemen from Washington, D. C. "O C. F. Gentry In Mill Business Mr. C. F. Gentry, popular young man of this county, has assumed the management of Woodsdale Roller Mills and is grinding wheat and com. He has overhauled the mill from one end to the other and everything is in first class shape. Both meal and flour from this mill are now on the market under a trade name of “Woodsdale Roller Mills.” Miss Michaels Has Operation Miss Caroline Michaels, of Mis sion Hospital, Asheville, N. C., was operated on for appendicitis, Tues day night. ANOTHER DAY t « There is another Day in 1938. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Burley Day, Saturday, May 7, a son, Burley, Jr., Everybody getting along nicely. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938 Sect’y- Wallace Explains How Marketing Quotas Should Help SPLENDID EDITION The final edition for the year of the Roxboro Rambler, high ; school paper, is out and this edi tion is a credit to any high school. It consists of 12 pages of news, pictures and ads and is well worth your reading time. The “Rambler” i s a growing publication and those who have charge of it, both students and | faculty members, deserve con gratulations. KIWANIS GOLFERS LOSE TO OXFORD Roxboro Kiwanians Suffer First Athletic Defeat By Score Os 29-4; Ford Only Roxboro Man To Win Inter-Club Meet Held Tuesday The golfers of the Roxboro Ki wanis Club lost the first athletic meet of any kind for the club when they went down in defeat to the Oxford golfers by the score of 20- 4 Tuesday afternoon on the Ox ford course. Stuart Ford was the only winner for Roxboro. Those who played for Roxboro wterte Baxter Mangum, Marquis Lawrence, Wil liam Yancey, James-Long, Jr., *nd Jake Taylor. After the Roxboro boys met de feat they came to the hotel where they were joined by 25 other lo cal Kiwanians who had arrived in time for an inter-club meeting with Oxford. The two clubs met in the dining hall of the hotel. Approximately 75 were present from the two clubs. Ed Coble of Oxford, wfelcomed the visiting Kiwanians to Oxford and Baxter Mangum responded for the Roxboro boys: After the meal Mrs. Parham of Oxford entertained the members with a number of splendid readings. E. E. Eberman, Jr. Honored In N. Y. Selected To Serve On Exhibition Committee At 17th. Annual Art Show Edwin Eberman, Jr., former re sident of Roxboro and now an ar tist of the highest rank in New York City, was recently selected to serve on the “Exhibition Commit tee” at the 17th. Annual Art Direc tors Club Exhibition. This exhibit ion was in Rockefeller Center and was made up of thousands of ex amples of advertising art from all sections of the country. The committee was made up of prominent artists of New York and being on the committee was a dis tinct honor. Mr. Eberman is a graduate of Roxboro High School and lived here for many years. His father, E. E. Eberman, Sr., and his sister, Mrs. G. C. Vickers, are now living in this county. Miss Long In Hospital Miss Isadore Long is a patient at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N. C., where she underwent an appendectomy. o Skeeters To Start Shooting The Roxboro Skeet Club will hold its first meeting of the year at 5:00 p. m. Friday, May 13th. at the skeet course near Jalong.. All men and women who care to try their skill are urged to be present. It is understood that Gordon Hun ter has challenged Chas. Wood for the first'day. PUBLISHED SUNDAY AND THURSDAY NUMBER FORTY - FOUR Available Inform?,tion Indicates That Farmers Would Have Planted From 200,000,000 To 300,000,000 Lbs. Too Much Efforts Being Made To Review Ap. peals Now Before Board Ed. Note The information be low was released by the United States Department of Agriculture and was done so at the request of Senator Bailey who in turn for warded it to this paper. There are several factors in the apparent dissatisfaction with »es pect to the flue-cured tobacco acre age allotments which have been es tablished, but the principal one is that farmers generally want to grow more tobacco than can be sold at reasonable prices. This is a natural reaction to the favorable prices re ceived for the last four crops of tobacco. All available information indicat es that farmers desired to plant an. acreage of flue-cured tobacco in 1938 which, with average growing conditions, would have resulted in a crop of 200,000,000 to 300,000,- 000 pounds in excess of the present level of world consumption of this kind of tobacco. In other words, an other repetition of some of our past experiences was likely —a large crop, high hopes, low prices and heavy losses. Judging trom past ex perience, the value of a crop equal to the 1938 national maifketing quota should be much greater than the value of a materially larger-crop. -Specific complaints come, in many eases, from farmers who began or increased production of tobacco in 1936 and 1937, taking advantage of favorable prices resulting largely from the operation of the farm pro grams. Some farmers do not un derstand that the average allot ments which have been established under the Agricultural Conserva tion Program are separate from marketing quotas which will be established later under the AgricuL tural Adjustment Act of 1938. Fur ther, some misinformation has been spread about these allotments. Most of these questions doubtless will be explained and cleared during the next few weeks as farmers obtain a better understanding of the pro gram. Every effort is being made to complete within the next few days the review of appeals in connection with the tobacco acreage allotments and to correct such errors as have been made in the determination of the allotments. It is likely that much, of the dissatisfaction and misunder standing will be removed by this review work. MANY NEW VOTERS NOW REGISTERING Last Saturday Was Fairly Heavy Day With Number Os Regis trars Over County Last Saturday found a number of new Person County citizens regis tering in order to be able to vote in the Democratic primary that takes place on June 4th. This is not a new registration, but a number of people who have mov ed to this city and county since the last election are now making plans to vote on June 4th. and in No vember. Registrars in a number of pre cincts reported that registration was fairly heavy last Saturday and that indications were that it would increase more before the last day. The books are now open and anyone can register who is not al ready in the books. It now looks like voting will be fairly heavy in the primary on June 4th. as interest in many contests is picking up. FOR NEWSPAPER SERVICE r DIAL 3881
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