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--' . -7 F. |j£'. ii&k MILLIONAIRES INCREASE Washington, D. C.—Analysis of income taxes for 193<f reveal 61 individuals with incomes of £1,000,000 or more, as against 41 the preceding year. The net in dividual income totalled more than 19 billions of dollars, an in crease of 29 per cent over 1935 and tax payments rose to sl,- 214,017,000, just double the pre vious year’s figures. XNSULL BURIED IN LONDOjN London, England—Samyel In sull, who was found dead in the . Paris subway, was buried in this, his native city. The crash of his $3,000,000,000 U. S. utilities sys tem was one of the major dis asters of the 1929 panic, im poverishing half a million American investors. Although brought to trial three times he was acquitted in each instance. CHINESE CLAIM VICTORIES Hankow, China Official Chinese reports claim the sink ing of four Japanese warships -Tn the Yangtze River and the damaging of four others ‘by ■ Chinese bombers. Heavy Japan ese losses are also reported from . SPANISH REBELS ADVANCE Madrid, Spain—The civil war moved into its third year with the Nationalists, or Rebels, pres sing forward in the Teruel- Sagunto zone. The Loyalist forces were unable to meet the shock of heavy reinforcements to General Franco’s troops. MEXICO WELCOMES PRESIDENT San Diego, Cal.—A Mexican gunboat bearing a representative of President Cardenas greeted the U. S. S. Houston, on board which President Roosevelt is bound for Pacific fishing grounds, when the big cruiser dropped anchor off Lower Cali fornia. After an exchange of greetings, the Houston proceeded on her course, which included the Panama Canal and a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico. BOOZE BOOSTS ACCIDENTS New York City—Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, Chief Medical Ex aminer, states in his annual re port that in 40 per cent of the city’s automobile fatalities, either to drivers or pedestrians, the victims had been indulging in alcoholic beverages. On the other hand, statistics from Wash- revealed a higher per centage of motor car accidents J - from the few remaining dry states than from immediately adjacent wet states. So the read er is left to draw his own con elusions.'-' • - E»;' - ' ARMY REORGANIZATION DELAYED .V-* * A.-*** v* • f ■ I o .JMf- H L. II! 1( / P f. >' ?> IT I | Owsmouy Held at Niglu * “I baptize thee, my brother ...” and a moment later Howard McGee became the first man ever to be baptized in open air exercises held under floodlights. The novel baptism climaxed a revival conducted near Gainesville, Ga., under the direction of thirty-three-year-old Reverend C. E. Vaughn, who is said to have given up a prospering furniture business six years ago to convert souls. A crowd of 500 persons watched the ceremonies. Schools To Open Sept 7th Seven Person County Students At Wake Forest * Summer Session Attracts Five Finn Roxboro And Two From Woodsdale. Seven Person county students are among the 1,002 enrolled this sesion at the Wake Forest-Mere dith summer school. They are: Kathleen Williams, ■Mary Elizabeth Gentry, Naomi C. Blalock, F. J. Hester, and Mrs. Marvin C. Glenn, all of Roxboro; W. S. Rogers and Mrs. W. R. Hayes of Woodsdale. The enrollment is made up of students who come from 20 sta tes, 95 North Carolina counties, China and Brazil. Sixty-seven colleges are rep resented. The men and women are about equally divided. Bethel Hill Boys Honored At State Meet Several Delegates Elected To Important Positions In State Association. Raymond Lester, Bethel Hill Future Farmer, was elected Sec retary of the Young Tar Heel Farmer Association of Future Farmers of America at the an nual convention held at N. C. State College last week. Fred Fox,‘another Bethel Hill Future Farmer, was elected to the Exe cutive Committee. These boys were elected because of their outstanding leadership in their local chapter. The Young Tar Heel Farmers celebrated the tenth anniversary of its organization. Bethel Hill was one of the first chapters or ganized in North Carolina and has had an active part in the J state organization the past few years. Joseph Hall is president of the local chapter and was one of the- official delegates to the con vention. Robert Young was re porter for the state association the past year. O’BRIANTS MOVE . Mr. and jMra. Breb Ofßriant and young son have moved to Colfax jgbere Mr. O’Briant has Ni&epted apposition with the state* ''•penal *’• • v % i '-i£| i OPENING IS SET TENTATIVEY BY SUPERINTENDENT / Condition of Crops In Coun- Ay Indicates This Date WiU Be Satisfactory. The Person county schools will probably open on Wednesday, September 7, Superintendent R. B. Griffin announced yesterday. This date has not been fixed officially by the County Board of Education yet. However, it is reasonably certain that the schools of the county will open on that date, he said. “From the condition of the crops at present, everything in dicates that the above dates will be entirely satisfactory for all schools in the county,” Superin tendent Griffin advised, “and from various newspaper reports, it seems that all schools in neigh boring counties will open on or about the same date.” Teachers Meeting As has been customary in the past, the county-wide teacher’s meeting will be held on the day _„ _ r . preceding the formal opening,' B ° U WeeVlls are plentlful m I eastern Carolina cotton fields and (Continued On Back Page) the plantS are growing slowly ’ Along The Way- All Is Quiet - No News By The Editor Tom Brooks has returned from a trip to northern cities. He has been to Richmond and points in between. Tom says that some peo ple report that business is getting better and he expects to see a revival here at an early date. Everyone around Roxboro has been wondering how Joe Kirby will he able to frame an excuse for a trip to Washington since Frank Hancock will not be in public office next year. Perhaps Joe can get friendly with Lon Folger and thus be able to continue his trips. Robert Mills, former Roxboro citizen, spent several days here last week. Robert said that he was second in authority in his office. Two people work there, Robert and the boss. Coleman King and Earl Bradsher, Jr. have given no report on their recent trip to the beach. Gene Thompson is telling that they slipped into his room and spent the night without paying the. hotel. He also says that they took their meals at the hot dog stand and claimed that they Were dining at an exclusive place. Freeman Nicks has gone to Florida, perhaps he will study gar dens while there. Still on the. other hand, he boasted so much about his this year he may give a few lectures on gardening while in the land es sunshine. ; r \ *• . > Wanted Someone to ride to Virginia Beach with Gene Tho mas,-local druggist. Person must Have, good nerve, plenty of life. in. in ranee, and be, able to stay 14 thfe tar.' Genet, makes the. trip, 200 jnilvs.Jn about" three hours. cuMrtbcuf'lio# slow cars cre - ' •»«..•' •tz-.Z I-;.-.:-.'. Itto^NOBTHCA^LINA Administrative Conference Set For August 1 All Principals, Agriculture And Homj Economics Tea - chers To Meet An administrative conference of all principals and teachers of agriculture and home economics will be held in Roxboro, August 1, Superintendent of County Schools R. B. Griffin said yester day. The opening session has bees set for 9:30 o’clock in the morn ing and closing at 12:30. Some of the topics that will be discussed are sis follows: types of prdfessional study of classroom practices, inter school visits of teachers and prin cipals, a knowledge of instruc tion material, equipment, sup plies, etc., various plans for school improvements and the vo cational education program and use of the handbook for element ary and secondary schools. Local Plant Official Spikes Rumor C Cr A Is Recalling 450 Workers Next Few Days AUTOS CRASH AT INTERSECTION Three Occupants Injured Only Slightly In Collision At Intersection On Lamar Three people escaped serious in jury Friday morning just before noon when the two cars in which they were riding crashed at the corner of Lamar and Ivey streets, doing heavy damage to both automobiles. John Long, about 22 of this city, was the driver of one auto mobile, a 1936 Chevrolet, while Thomas Rogers, also of Person county, v/as the driver of the other, a Chevrolet of 1937 model. Long was accompanied by Miss Louise Foushee, also of this city. The crash occurred at the inter section of the two streets, Long proceeding north along Lamar, ! while Rogers was going west on Ivey. The young lady received sev eral minor bruises and scratches about the body while Long suf fered a leg injury. Rogers, it is understood, also escaped with only a few minor bruises. Damages to the aiftomofciles were estimated at. approximately S2OO for each one by local garage men yesterday. i : Mangum Is New President Os Chamber of Commerce Warren And Thompson Named Vice-President And Treasurer Respectively. The new board of directors of the Chamber df Commence in their first official meeting Fri day afternoon elected J. D. Man gum, manager of Peebles’ Dept. Store, president, succeeding O. B. Mcßroom. W. W. Warren, Collins and Aikman engineer, was named j vice-president and E. G. Thomp son was chosen treasurer, These new officers, it was an nounced, will constitute a commit tee to interview applicants for the post of new Secretary-Manager of the Chamber to succeed Jack Bane, recently resigned. Final Report At the meeting Friday, Bane submitted, his report, outlining the accomplishments of the Cham ber since he took over the posi tion of secretary in December of 1936. A report on finances was also presented at the meeting. By action of the board Friday, Mrs. Belvin Barnette will be asked to take over the office of the organization until a new sec retary is appointed. Mrs. Barnette served as a member of the office personnel 'prior to her marriage some months^ngo. o- IN HOSPITAL Dr. W. R. Hambrick has been in the hospital at Hickory for the past several weeks, it is under stood. Although not seriously ill, Dr. Hambrick will remain there under the observation of his son, Dr. R. T. Hambrick of the Hick ory hospital. i o Seventeen Ashe county sheep growers sold 125 lambs last week for $832.65 net to the growers: The average net price for all grades in The poor was 8 l-f cants '* pound ‘home weight r: inn aisusßA ',w. - SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1938 Missing Boy Found Asleep In Tire Rack Eight-year-old Robert Lee Clay, son of Mrs. P. H. Clay, has found something new in beds, it seems. The young fellow had been missing four hours Thursday night before he was finally found inside the tire rack at Bumpass and Day’s Service Station, where he had gone for a short nap earlier in the even ing. Sent on an errand to the station by his mother about 8:30, the little fellow had com pleted his task, gotten sleepy and crawled up into the rack of rubber tires for a “snooze.” When his continued absence worried his mother, members of the family with the aid of Night Policeman Watson scour ed the business district to no avail. Finding no success they put in a call for R. D. Bum pass, owner of the station where the boy had last gone, who unlocked the door only to find the missing boy curled in side the tire rack, entirely ob livious to the search that had been going on outside. ||||| JIB WBmSa 'JHr \ jHr J. D. Mangum, above, was elect ed President of the local Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the Board of Directors Friday. He succeeds O. B. Mcßroom. Funeral For Garrett Child Held Friday Three Months Old Child Dies Thursday In Moriah Community. Funeral services for Paul Jones Garrett, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Garrett of the Mor iah community, were held ,at Bethany church Friday afternoon with Eider Lex Chandler of Hel ena officiating. The child, about three months old, had been ill during most of hi* life, death comiiVg Thursday morning as a result of complications. . s .« Interment was. held in the Bethany Church cemetery. ' He is survived by hie. parents, Mr. and Mrs., Roy G*rr4tt and one -sister^Peggy Jane Gar, rett, aged two ye*®^-'"-y. - THgvTfinay* ntEMiftJlpfaArafe: A LEADER nimbertwe Does Report, However, That Plant Will Begin Op erations On Three - Shifts. “Rumors” scattered over, thp vicinity several days ago that Collins and Aikman was recalling 450 employees to the plant with in the next few days, are entire ly exaggerated, a prominent of ficial of the local plant said Fri day night. The plant here will begin op erations on three shifts Monday, he said, but on no such propor tions as reports have indicated. New Orders Orders were received, he said, to resume production on only a bout 26 more looms of a given quality. Around 50 looms are in production at the present time, . it was indicated. The total capa city of the weaving department is about 218 looms. Because of the unfounded re ports which circulated over the county Friday, officials of the plant were swamped with re quests of employees to return to work, which, of course, could not be answered. .> ; 1 i NEGRO FARMERS TO ATTEND MEET Annual Field Meeting Aid Picnic At Oxford; Trades To Be Provided. The annual field meeting and picnic at the Tobacco Experiment Station at Oxford will be held Friday, July 29, at 10 o’clock. A. W. Jones, negro vocational agriculture teacher and C. J. Ford, negro county agent, are an xious to have a large delegation of negro farmers, farm women, boys and girls to attend this meet ing. Two trucks have been provided to accommodate young people who do not otherwise have trans portation. Chaperons will be on each truck to insure good order. Parents Urged All parents are urged to make it convenient for their sons and daughters to take advantage of this opportunity. -1 Those attending are requested to bring enough in their picnic baskets for themselves and one more. The program has been arranged'. by J. R. Redding, negro county agent of Granville county. Trucks and cars will leave ti}e Winstead Warehouse not later than 8:45 Friday morning, July 29. There will be a fee of 50 cents charged for each individual to help cover expense of trudJTY o——. Remodels Store Oakley’s service station Jiyl grocery store on the Gteeasbetfo road has been Completely. ■ re modeled and is now ready for business, Otto Oakley, the pro prietor Sa id today. He carries a complete Hike of groceries, drinks, candies as Well as gas and oil and invited Ms col tomera/to vfcit him ih'Mr-iketr station. - * * • "" “ Q I ■ «ateiLwNaW* 'V N \- • . D. *. LMhte !.-«■*, . this week at WrightsviUe Bneb as .guest es the .General^i^rk
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