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VOLUME X
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A greup of cadets of the new first class at the United States Military academy inspecting one of the
new Douglas bombers at Mitchell field, N. Y., where the class spent a week studying aviation methods as
part of their regular summer training.
NEWS
OF THE
WEEK
UNCLE SAM TAKES STOCK
Washington, D. C. —The close
of the Federal fiscal year dis
closed a Treasury deficit of sl,-
400,000,000, smallest since 1931.
But it also shows a national debt
of $37,123,000,000, highest in his
tory and topping the 1919 World
War peak by nearly eleven bil
lion dollars. Receipts for the year
were $6,200,000,000 and expen
ditures were $7,600,000,000. Pre
liminary estimates indicate that
the fiscal year just beginning
will see a deficit of three billion
dollars, due to the enormous re
lief and recovery appropriations
made by the last Congress. If
this holds true the country a
year hence will face a public
debt of $40,000,000,000.
JAPAN FACES DILEMMA
Shanghai, China—Economists
familiar with Far Eastern con
ditions predict that another year
of the Sino-Jajjanese war will
result in Japan's bankruptcy.
The further her troops penetrate
<9tina the heavier. becomes the
financial burden of keeping sup
ply lines open and replacing the
Rhausands of troops killed by
floods and the character of war
fare pursued by Chinese leaders.
Added to her military troubles
1i the industrial breakdown
caused by an almost world-wide
boycott of Japanese goods.
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VANDERBILT GIFT
New York City—William K.
Vanderbilt has transferred to l
the State the famous 110-mile j
Long Island Motor Parkway
which his father built 32 years'
ago to stimulate interest in auto
mobiling. Scene of many cele
brated races in the early days of
the motor car, the Parkway was
the longest and mcfst Valuable
privately owned and operated
highway in the world, travers
ing a countryside dotted with
vast estates where real estate
often commanded $20,000 an ac
re. Mr. Vanderbilt asked no com
pensation for the property, which
H will be incorporated in new state
highway construction.
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TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
ff y O® WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES —ITIS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
Fayetteville Is Named Site
For New Veteran Hospital
Roosevelt Signs Order On Eve Os Departure For Coast;
Exact Site Os $1,500,000 Building Contingent Upon
Acquisition Os Several Hundred Acres Os
Land At Satisfactory Price
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President Roosevelt Thursday signed an executive order design
ating the vicinity of Fayetteville as the situation of the 300-bed
World War veteran’s hospital, thus eliminating Roxboro and some
3C or 40 other North Carolina cities which had made bids for the
$1,500,000 structure.
Town Board Meets
The Roxboro board of commis
sioners will meet in regular ses
sion Tuesday night and a defi
nite decision on the new budget
and town tax rate is expected fol
lowing this meeting.
The rate for the past year has
been $1.50. City Manager James
C. Harris refused to comment on
whether he thought the rate for
next year would be higher or
lower than the present one.
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NEGRO FARMERS
TO ATTEND MEET
Negro Farm Agent Urges Large
Group To Attend Two
Day Session
A group of negro farmers will
leave Thursday morning to attend
the State Farmers' Institute at
Warrenton.
A bid is being made to make
this a banner year for the In
stitute. All farmers who can
make it possible to attend are
urged to do so.
The following are slated to ap
pear on program:
Professor J. C. McLaughlin,
Dean of Agriculture at A & T.
College.’ Dr. T. W. Thurston, New
Bern, Mrs. Hazel E. Wheeler,
home demonstration agent of
Halifax county, Honorable John
H. Kerr, U. S. Congressman, 2nd.
Distri ct and Honorable W. Kerr
Scott, Commissioner of Agricul
ture. There will also be special
ists from State College, Raleigh.
Board and lodging will be free
to all farmers who choose to
spend the night out in the coun
try. Those who live out in town
will have to pay a small fee.
C. J. Ford, negro county agent,
urges all farmers to “Meet us at
the Winstead Warehouse Thurs
day morning, at 7 o’clock sharp.”
lersonlMimes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
i A member of the hospitaliza
tion board on an inspection tour
throughout the state visited
Roxboro about three months ago
and was shown several local sites.
The exact place was not known
until President Roosevelt acted
late Thursday afternoon, signing
the order, along with hundreds
of other documents, on the eve
of his departure to the Pacific
coast.
General Frank T. Hines, ad
ministrator of the veterans’, af
fairs and chairman of the Federal
I'HjcVpi’tiaLiztatipn poarid, decided
because of the lateness of the
hour to delay formal announce
ment of the action until tomor
row. But immediately after the
President affixed his signature
to the order, its contents became
definitely known. It was learned
also that the recommendation
upon which the president acted
was made by a unanimous vote
of the Federal Hospitalization
Board.
No Leak On Selection
Officials of the Veterans’ Ad
ministration were very proud of
having maintained their reedrd
of there never having been a leak
in the designation' of a hospital
site until after the choice had
been made final by action of the
President. As has frequently been
the cast in the past, there had
been many rumors as to the
North Carolina site, but none of
them had mentioned
as the winner. The first rumo?
concerned Wilson and another
more persistent one named Ra
leigh as the winning city. One
false rumor went so far as to
designate the Carolina Pines,
near Raleigh, as the exact site.
The Veterans’ Administration
in this instance, as in the past,
merely designated the vicinity
of Fayetteville as the situation,
and the exact site will be chosen
later., In fact, under the regula
tions, the selection itself is con
tingent upon acquisition by the
government of the necessary tract
of several hundred acres at a
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STRANG IS NEW
ROTARYLEADER
New President Instructed In
Duties Os Office By
George Kane
Roxboro Rotarians Thursday
night inaugurated Howard K.
Strang, assistant resident mana
ger of Collins and Aikman, as
fifteenth president of the club,
succeeding E. G. Thompson.
The new president, who ser
ved as vice-president during the
year 1934-35, was instructed in
the duties of office by Rotarian
George Kane, the official instruc
tor of presidents.
The new Rotary head was in
formed in mock seriousness that
he should “dress in a dignified
manner and have entire respon
sibility for good meals and in
teresting programs.”
Strang stated in his inaugural
address that he expected to dir
ect the club’s emphasis during the
coming year toward helping the
young people of the town and
county.
Other officers of the club tak
ing over their duties Thursday
night included: Claude Hall,
vice-president; Curtis Oakley,
secretary; John Mangum, treas
urer and Lee Umstead, Sergeant
- at - Arms.
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Rites Held For
Rougemont Lady
Funeral Services Few Mrs. Finn
Vaughn Held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Finn
Vaughan of Rougemont were held
Friday afternoon at Mt. Tabor
church in Durham County. Inter
ment. followed in Copley ceme
tery.
Mrs. Vaughan died in Watts
hospital Thursday.
She is survived by her hus
band, infant daughter, parents,
,Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Franklin
of Rougemont and three broth
ers, Pender, Baxter and Joe
Franklin.
BANKERS’ MEETING
Mr. D. S. Brooks of the People’s
Bank, will attend the Bankers’
conference to be held in Chapel
Hill next week. Mr. G. C. Hunter
plans to sit in on some of the
evening lectures, he said this
morning.
Along The Way- All Is
Quiet - No News
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By The Editor
Chas. Wood, Chas. Ball, Henry Walker and Wood’s dog, Pointo,
went fishing last Thursday. The report is that the dog smelled the
fish and right there the boys dropped a line. This must have been
a good Idea as they caught enough to make a meal for the four and
Chas. Wood and Pointo can certainly eat This writer knows about
Wood’s appetite for he spent last week at the writer’s home.
M. C. Clayton, manager of the Times, got a break a few days ago.
Up to this time J. S. Merritt has been getting all of the vegetables
because he wrote the garden column. T. C. Brooks felt sorry for
Clayton and invited him over to the Brook’s garden. Clayton, how
ever, had bad luck. Everywhere he went to pick snaps and beans
he found that Russell Newell was a few steps ahead and had clean
ed the vines.
All of this reminds us of Martin MSchie. Mr. Michie has been
trying to bring us something out of H I S garden. The trouble is his
garden belongs to W. H. Harris, Sr. and Mr. Harris can hardly keep
Michie in vegetables.
Lawyer Burke says that his tennis has improved to such an ex
tent that he hereby challenges E. G. Thompson to a match anytime.
He believes in his ability so strongly that he is Willing to bet 500
on it Attention Gordon Hunter can the boys get the 50c ’till falL
Can you trust a lawyer? Bob Burns promised this editor some
nice things from his garden or did the editor dream it?
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
New President
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Howard Strang, above, who
Thursday night was inaugurated
as president of the Roxboro Ro
tary club for the coming year.
COUNTRY CLUB
BODY_SCTS FEE
Louisburg Golf Professional Be
ing Considered For Job At
Local Course
The executive committee of the
Roxboro Country Club Thursday
night agreed upon a $25 yearly
fee for all members of the club,
said James C. Harris yesterday.
The fee will be paid quarterly
and will cover wives of partici
pating members and children un
der 18 years of age.
Robert W. Ashley, golf profes
sional at Louisburg, is being con
■ sidered by the committee for the
position of pro here. Ashley has
already made several trips here,
having laid out the local course
to be constructed at Loch Lily.
The executive committee of the
club will have charge of hiring a
superintendent, it was decided.
A resolution thanking City
Manager James C. Harris for his
efforts in getting the project
through for the president’s sig
nature was passed by the execu
tive committee.
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NEW DIRECTORY
Morris Telephone Company,
proprietors of the telephone sys
tem here and in Hillsboro, is get
ting out a new directory to re
place the old one issued a few
months ago. The new book is ex
pected off the press very soon.
SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1938
Board Turns Down
Offer From Smith
Reynold’s Estate
No Decision Yet
On Budget, Rate
Commissioners Fail To Act At
Friday Meeting; Next Ses
sion Monday
The county commissioners fail
ed to take action on either the
new budget or tax rate in a spec
ial session Friday morning, ac
cording to Register of Deeds W.
T. Kirby, secretary of the board.
The new document was placed
before the board for its approval
but several items had to be re
vised before final approval could
be secured.
The commissioners will meet
again Monday morning at which
time definite action is expected.
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BOARD APPROVES
SCHOOLBUILDING
School Board Instructed To Have
Plans Drawn For $42,000
Structure
The board of county commis
sioners Friday authorized the
board of education to select an
architect to draw up plans for a
new school building at Allens
ville, the construction to cost ap
proximately $42,000.
When the plans have been
drawn up and approved, the com
missioners will apply to the Pub
lic Works Administration for a
45% grant on the total cost of
the building.
It is thought that with this a
mount, a nine classroom struc
ture with an auditorium, princi
pal’s office and teachers’ rest
rooms can be erected.
The board of education is ex
pected to meet as soon as possible
tc designate the architect.
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Catches Shark
The Boy Rangers of Bushy
Fork, 15 strong led by Chief
Ranker Jeijry Hester, principal
of the Bushy Fork school, return
ed this week from Holden’s beach
where they spent a week.
The event of most importance,
according to the boys, was the
catching of a shark by David
Chambers.
The outfit was accompanied by
Mrs. Jerry Hester and Miss Ma
bel Moore.
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OLIVE HILL PATRONS
H. D. Yb(un(g, principlal of
Olive Hill school, yesterday cal
led a meeting of all patrons and
friends of the school for Thurs
day morning to clean up the
grounds around the building.
He advised everyone who
plans to help to bring shovels
and grass blades or other imple
ments for cleaning the grounds.
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NO QUORUM
The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce was un
able to get a quorum present for
its scheduled meeting Friday af
ternoon. because of the absence
of several members -from the
city. The meeting was postponed
until a later date.
PUBLISHED
SUNDAY AND THURSDAY
Advertising Rates Furnished
Upon Request.
Person Commissioners Reject
Proposal To Participate in
SII,OOO Venereal Program
$1,500 Necessary
The Board of County Commis
sioners Friday rejected the State
Board of Health’s offer of a spec
ial grant from the Smith Rey
nold’s fund to combat venereal
diseases in Person county, Dr.
W. P. Richardson, head of the
Person-Orange-Chatham district
announced.
The state had offered the three
county district a SII,OOO program
for venereal disease work, half
of the amount to be contributed
by the three counties. If the offer
had been accepted Person would
have had to contribute only about
$1,500 as its share of the program,
part of the amount already be
ing covered by present allot
ments.
The Smith Reynolds fund grant
would have meant an enlarged
personnel and an increase ef
ficiency and quality of service*
in the venereal disease clinic fop
Person county.
The commissioners expressed*
deep interest in the program but
in view of heavy expenses the
county could not occept the of
fer.
Dr. Richardson stated that “I
regret Person county is unable to
participate in the program thi T «i
year but I appreciate the diffi
cult position in which the Board
finds itself and the reason which
led them to their decision.”
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WEED MEN SEEK
EARLIER OPENING
Warehouse Association, How
ever, Delays Action On
Market Issue
Farmville, July 6 ln an ef
fort to formulate a plan for ob
taining a new and earlier open
ing date for eastern Carolina to
bacco markets, members of the
North Carolina Warehouse As
sociation met here tonight, but
deferred formal action until a
later meeting.
The United States Tobacco As
sociation, meeting in White Sul
phur Springs, W. Va., last week
set August 25 as the opening date
for markets in this belt. The late
opening date was displeasing to
many warehousemen in this sec
tion and caused the meeting of
the association, and other ware
house representatives, here to
night.
At a meeting of the Eastern
Carolina Warehouse Association
in Kinston several weeks ago the
body passed a resolution asking
the United States Tobacco As
sociation to set the opening dates
of the Eastern Carolina markets
not later than two weeks after the
opening of the border and South
Carolina markets.
At White Sulphur Springs, the
association set August 4 as the
opening dates for the border and
August 25 for the opening dates
here.
Without exception here tonight
the warehousemen seemed to feel
that the Eastern Carolina open
ings should be earlier then the
date set by the national aaeocia
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