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DIAL 4501 We want all the news of your Community. Please call os or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME EL PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1938 NUMBER FIFTY-TWO NEWS OF THE WEEK HIGHER WPA PAY IN SOUTH Washington, D. C.—Hall a mil lion WPA workers in 13 South ern states will receive wage in creases ranging from $4 to sll per month. Explaining that the boosts were directed by Presi dent Roosevelt, Administrator Harry Hopkins said, “This wage scale means that no one who works in the WPA will receive less than SI.OO per day in any region.” NEW WORKERS’ PLAN Owosso, Mich. Abandoning his Flint (Mich.) plant establish ed in 1925 and employing 2,000 workers, A. G. Redmond, manu facturer of auto parts, has turn ed the business over to a newly organized corporation in which the employes share 20 per cent above earnings before the own ers participate, but forfeit all benefits if they break their a greements. Strikes so hampered the operations of the original A. G. Redmond Company that the owner, in closing the plant, said, “I have been crucified during the past year. You have learned class hatred, so I will eliminate this factory by turn ing over the business to others who may lead you out of your plight”. WOOLWORTH HEIRESS IN JAM London, England Barbara Hutton, $40,000,000 heiress of the Woolworth nickle-and-dime em pire, is at odds with her second foreign-titled spouse. In a wran gle over her 2-year-old son by Count Haugwit? - Reventhlow she is said to be contemplating a divorce from her Danish mate, whom she married a day after her divorce from one of the many-many married Mdvjani’s on whom she settled a sizeable fortune. Even her present “nobleman” plucked a cool mil lion from the Woolworth strong box before signing the nuptial register. The Count is threaten ed with arrest if he reenters England, so his negotiations are being conducted from a Paris hotel. o " Chamber Os Commerce Names Directors Member's of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce named the following men as directors for the next twelve months: G. C. Hunter. Read Jones. O. T. Kirby, F. D. Long, Dr. B. E. Love, J. D. Mangum, O. B. Mc- Broom, E. G. Thompson and Wil liam Warren. FOR NEWSPAPER SERVICE DIAL 4501 18 At One Time Eighteen bright and new tirplUM flew over Roxbora Friday afternoon in the dir ection of Virginia. The planes were all in for mations of three each and ap peared to be making good time. No one here knew where they were coming from or where they were going. Some people gnessed that they were headed for Langley Field, Va. ' I ■ ■ r TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION |mont§ u (&imea Artist’s Conception of New U. S. Ship ij '"-'K A* jUs | j| * sf The new $15,750,000 liner which is now under construction for the United States lines, from a painting by Worden Hall. The vessel will take the place of the historic Leviathan and will be a sister ship of the Man hattan and Washington in the north Atlantic service. Launching is scheduled for July 15, 1939, and the com pleted ship will be delivered to the line in February, 1940. General Holiday To Be Staged Here On July 4th. Practically All Business To Shut Down For One Day; Many Headed To Beaches Monday, July 4th., will be ob served throughout Roxboro as a general holiday. The bank, fac tories, stores, offices and the post office will be closed. Some places, however, will remain open. There will be no postoffice ser vice at the window and the bank has declared that its force will take a one day vacation. Stores have freed their clerks and all are looking forward to a good time. A large number of Roxboro citizens left the city Saturday for the beaches. Others left Sunday. A few like the mountains and so Virginia (scenery claimed a few who did not care to get too near the water. The county will feature ball games, theatres and picnics for those who did not leave. Loch Lily will serve as host to several hundred who like a nice inexpen sive trip. All tennis courts will be crowded over the city and nearby golf courses will claim many. Everything is expected to start up again Tuesday morning as the holiday is brought to an end. The next general holidays will be Thanksgiving day. o Chas. Holeman To Open New Store At Early Date Chas. Holeman, of Roxboro, is expecting to open a new store at Payne’s Tavern, about five miles from Roxboro at an early date. The store is already under con struction and is right on the high way going to Hurdle Mills. J* Edward Bowles Accepts Position Now With Hambrick, Austin and Thomas Drag Store In Roxboro Edward Bowles, popular young man of Roxboro, has accepted a position with Hambrick, Austin and. Thomas drug store of this city. Mr. Bowles has had a large amount of experience in drug store work and is well qualified. For-the past several years he has managed the drug store at Ca-Vel. Sister Os Mrs. West . Died Thurs. Funeral Services Held Friday Morning At 11:30 At Pat terson Funeral Parlor • ■ *'■'»!' «■ Mrs. Ella Mae Jones of Atlan ta, sister of Mrs. W. F. West of Rtoxboro, diejd Uhursday after noon of last week. Funeral ser vices were held Friday morning at 11:30 in Patterson’s Funeral parlor in Atlanta. Interment was at Shoals Creek church. Mr. and Mrs. West were in At lanta at the time of the death of Mrs. Jones. ROXBOROAWAFTS FINALAPPROVAL Thought That Roosevelt Will Approve Golf Course Project Within The Week Altho no word has been re ceived from W. P. A. officials in Washington since city manager Harris returned from that city Wednesday, it is still an assured fact that the money will be ap propriated for the Roxboro Country Club and golf course at Loch Lily. The one and only thing that is needed on the project is the stamp of approval by the presi dent and the president doesiff fail to approve projects like this one. . The $13,000 will be spent in several different ways. The nine hole golf course will be-com pleted, the club house will be repaired, two tennis courts will be constructed, the club house grounds will be cleared and drives built. It is also probable that some of the money will be used to clear the banks of Loch Lily in order to make the lake more attractive and sanitary. All workers on this project must be certified by the welfare supervisor and it is understood that there are plenty of certified workers at this time. RECENT ARRIVAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Liles, of Timberlake, a baby boy, born July 1, 1938, at the Gentry- Williams hospital. Mother and baby are getting along nicely. STATE SEEKING GAME PROTECTOR Noah DaVis Recently Resigned And New Man Must Be Se lected At Once Noah Davis, warden of this county, has reigned his posi tion as warden and the depart ment of-Conservation and Deve lopment is seeking a man to fill this post. All who would like to stand an examination for the position may secure an application blank from the Clerk of Superior Court’s of fice in Roxboro. The department will only consider applicants be tween the ages of 22 to 40. Mr. Davis has held this office Os game warden far )the pfaSt sevjhraj years and during this time he and his deputies have of fered real protection to the game in Person County. It is understood that the de partment has one application on file and there will probably be several more this week. The job is not a full time one, but requires quite a bit of time in the winter when the bird law is in. Along The Way- All Is Quiet - No News 0 By The Editor WANTED A complete report from Gordon Hunter and J. B. Riggsbee on the N. C. Bankers’ Convention recently held aboard the S. S. Reliance. Editor of this column promises noi to print all of it and will only tell a few friends. Even C. H- “Knows All, Tells All” Oakley has not been able to get the low down. M. Cl Clayton and J. S. Merritt, publishers of the Times, are staging a big bluff. Recently they had the front of their office paint ed Conditions are not so good at this office but the fellows must be lieve in holding their heads high and dying poor. Anyway there is nothing like a good front. , Lawyerßurke and Dr. Allen met on the tennis court last week. Allen defeated Burke and the lawyer blamed it on his racquet. The doctor played in a bathing suit and the lawyer in his garden trous ers. Neither know much about tennis, both claim to be good. They are getting old and refuse to admit it This column suggests croquet for the above mentioned gents. R. L. ‘Taft” Perkins attends all the golf matches. He goes as a spectator and carries his rabbit foot. Last Wednesday the foot work ed and the Roxboro boys defeated Louisburg. Taft says that it was due entirely to the rabbit foot He refuses to give any credit to the Roxboro players. K. L. Street has driven his Ford 150,000 miles and says he is not through with it yet Victor Clayton, his office helper, is also very thrifty, but even Vic can’t get that much mileage out of a car no, matter how hard he tries. Old Belt Tobacco Opening Set For Tuesday, Sept, 27th, ROXBORO FIREMEN RECEIVE SALARY $184.00 Paid Out By City Satur day Morning For Fast Seven Months Fire Chief Henry O’Briant was busy Saturday morning paying the Roxboro firemen for services rendered during the past seven months. The fire chief had $lB4 in his pocket and he was paying off in cold cash. A majority of the firemen received about $9.00 for their work during the seven months. Firemen here are paid by the ’ijlre, Certain men in th|e city have been appointed firemen by Mr. O’Briant and these men get a set amount for a day fire, night fire, fire with hose and fire with chemicals. Each fireman has to be on hand in order to receive any pay. The next payment will come a round th,e first of January of 1939. SHERIFF SELLSTEN WHISKEY OUTFITS But They Were Aft Rendered Useless Before Being Turned Over To Junk Buyer Sheriff M. T. Clayton had four colored men busy last Thurs day at the rear of the courthouse. These men were busy ripping a bout ten copper stills and worms that the sheriff had brought in during the past several weeks. Sheriff Clayton was standing by to supervise the job and a buyer of junk was waiting un til they were declared worthless as far as future operation was concerned. All of the whiskey outfits were captured in this county and sev eral were being operated when the raid was made. Now the officers will start a gain and collect a few more be fore making another sale. Flash - Flash A majority of the stores and offices will be closed in Rox boro tomorrow in observance of July 4th. Many farmers plan to prime and cure tobacco this week. Tobacco cured last week looks good. Many say that Person Coun ty’s tobacco crop was not damaged over 10 to 15% by recent rains. Many farmers re port that they have one of the best crops in years. Supervisors to begin meas uring all crops in Person Coun ty at once. All have received special training. 11.78” WATER IN IN PAST3O DAYS Statistics Reveal That June Was One Os The Wettest Months In Several Years According to statistics com piled by I. O. Abbitt, street and water superintendent of Rox boro, 11.78 inches of water fell from the sky in Roxboro during the month of June. This was one of the wettest months in years. The result of this wet month was that a large amount of to bacco was drowned on the hills and much wheat-was damaged. Farmers are a little “blue” on ac count of the situation. June 18th. was the wettest day. On this day 1.95 inches of water ffeU and |to Roxboijo people it looked like the sky had opened up. June 7th. was the second best. On this day “Jupiter Pluvius” let us have 1.89 inches which was enough. o BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Willie Latta an nounce the birth of a baby boy, bom June 30, 1938, at the Gen try - Williams hospital. Mother and son are getting a long nicely. New Shoe Store To Open A new shoe store will open in the building that was formerly occupied by the Quality Shop as soon as work on the building has been completed. It is understood that the store will be operated by a Mr. Hawkins of South Carolina and a native of this county. o ■— ‘‘Look” Hlonors Person Soldier Lists Name Os Lester Blackwell Who Was Awarded Con gressional Medal The picture magazine, “Look,” July 19th. issue, carried a pic ture-story of the 96 Americans who received Congressional me dals of honor in the last world war. Pictures of ten men who received the awards were car ried. “Look" did not have the pictures of the other 86, but in vited people to send them in. Among the names of those list ed was that of Robert Lester Blackwell of Hurdle Mills. Black well was killed during the war and his medal was awarded af ter his death. PUBLISHED SUNDAY AND THURSDAY 1 !’ 11 Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request. Border Belt Opens August 4th.; Ficklen Elected President Os Association White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Great damage to certain branches of the tobacco indus try was seen today from the new wages and hours bill by E. J. O’Brien, retiring president of the U. S. Tobacco Association. Addressing the annual conven tion, O’Brien spoke of the mea sure establishing a 25 cents an hour minimum wage in these terms: “While certain industries in the North and East may be able to support provisions of this bill, it will have a most disastrous, if not fatal, effect on certain branch es of the leaf tobacco industry. The agreed rate of wages and hours of employment will ab normally increase the cost Oil hand stemming and redrying of strips 100 per cent the first year.” Opening Dates After long hours of discussion by the sales committee and the association as a whole, the dates for this year’s tobacco market finally were determined. They are Georgia, July 28; South Caro lina, August 4; East North Caro lina, August 25; Middle Belt, Sep tember 13; Old Belt, September 27; and dark fired Virginia, No vember 28. Thte sales committee headed by J. W. Dunnington of Farmvil le, Va., worked until past mid night and again two hours thi» morning before submitting a re port. On the floor a long debate developed as representatives of the North Carolina and Old Belt regions made a determined but unsuccessful effort to have the report table and the market question reopened before the con vention. James S. Ficklen of Greenville, N. C., was elected president to succeed O’Brien. A. C. Carring ton, Jr., of Danville, Va., was el ected as a new vice president and J. W. Dunnington, Jr., of Farm ville, Va., and W. A. Goodson of Winston-Salem, N. C., were re elected vice presidents. The pre sident will appoint a secretary treasurer. O’Brien, in an address which members said was the best an nual message in 16 years, ex plored the wars in China and Spain and said growing efforts in China had been nullified by the battles. Reviewing shipping problems, he said railroads had deferred until December 31 a threatened freight rate increase and that a previous shortage in steamer space had been corrected. He add ed that efforts to reduce duty on tobacco to Great Britain had been unavailing. Increased allotments on tobac co growing were listed by O'- Brien who said the Federal-ap proved figures now are 733,482^. 000 pounds for flue - cured, 357,- 000,000 for burley, and 147,900,- - 000 pounds for fire cured and dark air cured. Roxboro, N. C., July 2nd. Al though local warehousemen have long wanted this belt to open on a date closer to the middle Belt, they were not disappointed that the date was not changed. They had hoped for something bettor, but expected nothing. ■■ o BANK TO BE CLOSED . «..•*; ! " ;:•?£< . f , • fe* 3.3?. ' The Peoples Bank will be clos ed Monday, July 4th. .. _ -
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