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WATKINS & BULLOCK
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Mcßroom,
Mrs. Monroe Pleasants, and Miss
Ida Pleasants spent last week
end in Washington, D. C., visit
ing Mrs. Velma Brobks. Miss
Pleasants remained to spend a
week.
Mr. Wallace Harris left Rox
boro Tuesday for Whiteville,
where he will be on the tobacco
market,
Mr. Walter Murray left Satur
day for Kansas. He will be gone
about two weeks, and he also ex
pects to visit'the New England
States. , »J- ''
Mrs. C. E. Stewart, of Glen Al
len, Va., is visiting her son, Mr.
M. A. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart.
Messrs. T. F. Walters and Er
vin Fox spent Sunday in Roanoke
Rapids.
Mr. Stokes Brooks left Roxboro
Monday morning for Mullins, S,
C., where he will be on the
tobacco market. He was accom
panied by Mr. Harris Umstead, of j
Richmond, Va., who will be Joe-*
, ated on the tobacco market at’
Dillon, S. C.
Miss Nancy Bullock has return
ed to her home here from Chapel
Hill and Warrenton, where she
has been spending some time.
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Mr. Robert Lunsford - left Tues
day for Lumberton, where he will
be on the tobacco market.
Miss Louie Marshall Satter
field, of Lewisburg, W. Va., is
spending som,e time here with
relatives.
Mrs. M. C. Clayton and son,
Jerry, and Mrs. W. C. Timberlake,
of Durham, are spending some
time in Dillon, S. C., guests of
their sister, Mrs. John Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thomas,
Mr. Bud Thomas and Misses Mar
jory Thomas, Esther Thaxton,
Nancy Bradsher and Katharine
Harris have returned home from
Virginia Beach, where they have
been spending some tittle.
Mrs. Sallie Morris and Miss
Anna Wooding Winstead left
Roxboro Tuesday morning for
New York City where they will
spend ten days. They were join
ed by Mrs. P. W. Glidewell in
Reidsville, who will accompany
them.
Misses jjjllie Street and Mary
Lewis Dickens are spending this
week in Richmond, Va. '!
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Misses Dale Nicholson and
Christine Pew, and Messrs. Bofcne
Oliver and Newton Rice, of
Greensboro, spent Sunday here
with Mr. Oliver’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Oliver.
Miss Jean Morton, who has
been attending summer school at
the University of Virginia, in
Charlottesville, Va., has return
ed to her home for the remain
der of the summer.
SET 1939 WHEAT GOAL
National wheat goal for 1939
has been set at 55,000,000 acres
the minimum provided for in the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938. North Carolina will receive
383,117 acres. The allotment con
templates ' maintaining adequate
supplies in this country for do
mestic consumption, for the usual
exart trade, and for adequate re
serves equal to 30 per cent of a
normal year’s domestic consum
ption and exports.
With Our Women
Society of Town and County
Bowles - Lunsford Wedding Takes
Place In Burlington On Saturday
Miss Viola Bowles of Timber
lake, and Mr. Ernest Lunsford,
of Roxboro, were married in a!
quiet, simple ceremony, at ten}
o’clock, on Saturday morning,!
July 30th, 1938, at the Methodist
parsonage, in Burlington.
Immediately following the cere
mony the couple left on a wed
ding trip. They will be gone ten
days, and upon their return they
will make their home here on
Virginia avenue.
Mrs. Lunsford is a native of
Timberlake, but for the past three
or four years she has been resid
ing at Oxford, where she taught
school at the Oxford Orphanage.
Mr. Lunsford is the son of Mr.
Joe N. Lunsford and the late Mrs.
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Former Popular Roxboro Couple
United In Marriage In Halifax
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Miss Pattie Rebecca Bradley,
of Jackson, and Mr. W. T. Gar-I
rett, of Durham, were united in
marriage on July 27, 1938, in
Halifax, Va. The wedding took
place at the Baptist parsonage.
The vows were spoken before
Rev. Ralph Bellwood, Baptist
minister, at eleven o’clock, a. m.
Mrs. Garrett is the only daugh
ter of Mrs. Marvin R. Bradley and
the late Mr. Bradley, of Jackson.
She was formerly connected with
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Presbyterians
Enjoy Outing
The Presbyterian Sunday
its annual picnic
Tuesday afternoon in Duke park
ir. attendance.
The members gathered at (i Jhe
local church early in the after
noon and proceeded from there
to the scene of festivities.
Swimming and various games
were enjoyed for several hours
after which a picnic lunch was
spread to which the members did
ample justice.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Royce Huff and
children, Billy and Vernon, spent
last week-end in Sanford, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bradsher.
Miss Frances Critcher is attend
ing a houseparty at Virginia
Beach.
Miss Ora Murray of Hurdle
Mills, spent last week-end here,
visiting Miss Fannie Huff.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hall, of
Greensboro, spent the week-end
here, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Long.
Mr. E. V. Boatwright left Rox
boro this week for South Caro
lina, where he will be on the
tobacco market.
Mrs. Forney Hutchinson, wh*>
has been spending some time
here, visiting relatives, hag re
turned to her home in Tulsa,
Okla.
Mr. I. T. Stanfield and Mr.
George Perkins left this week for
Loris, S. C., where they will be
located on the tobacco market.
Miss Katharine Harris is at
tending a houseparty at Eden-'
house.
WATCHING LEAF MARKETS
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Farmers, warehousemen and
! business men are watching close
-1 ly the opening of tobacco markets
to see the effect of the new AAA
program and adverse weather
conditions on prices. North Caro
lina farmers will get their first
, chance to offer this year’s crop
. when the Border Belt warehouses
open August 4.
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C-
t Lunsford. He holds a position
with the post office here.
| Those present for the wedding
j were: Mrs. P. L. James and Mrs.
I P. W. Wicker, of Burlington, sis
ters of the groom, and Mrs. Hal
Holt Algin, of Burlington, and
Mrs. Fletcher Blackard, of Tol
edo, Ohio, sisters of the bride.
Announcements which have
been issued read as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Holt Algin
announce the marriage of their
sister, Miss Nannie Viola Bowles,
to Mr. Ernest Jackson Lunsford,
on Saturday, July 30, 1938, in
Burlington, N. C.
At home after August 15, Virgi
nia Avenue, Roxboro, N. C.
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the C. H. Joyner Motor Com
j pany here, but now holds a posi
tion as bookkeeper at Stephenson-
Wilson-High, Inc., in Durham.
Mr. Garrett is the son of Mr.
George D. Garrett and the late
Mrs. Garrett, of Rougemont. He
also formerly held a position with
the C. H. Joyner Motor Company
here, but is now connected, with
Carpenter’s, Inc., in Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett will make
their home in Durham.
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Philathea Class
Has Annual
The Philathea Sunday School
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Class of the First Baptist Church
o'clock, aTTUr 1
; Nick Fgederiek’fcjarm.
There were about forty-five
members and guests present, and
each one did ample justice to the
} delicious supper which was plac
’ ed on the tables.
After supper interesting gam
es were played until dark.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wade
and children, Bernice and Burley,
spent Sunday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Huff.
Miss Lucy Childress spent sev
eral days of last week in Durham,
guest of her sister, Miss Cassie
Childress.
Miss Mary Frances Lee, who
has been spending some time here
with her aunt, Mrs. C. T. Graham,
returned to her home in Winston-
Salem, Wednesday.
Master Penick Gentry left Rox
boro today for Orange, Va. and
Washington, D. C., where .he will
spend some time visiting his un
cle, Mr. J. P. Walters, and other
relatives.
Miss Claudia Carney left Tues
day for Norfolk, Va., where she
will spend some time visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Car
ney.
Mrs. George P. Mallett, Jr.,
and small daughter, Louise Hall,
of Concord, are spending some
time here with relatives.
Mrs. R. P. Burns and children
are spending this week at Virgi-
Inia State Park, near Scottsburg,
Va.
FARM INCOME DROPS
Cash income from the sale of
|farm products in the first six
months of 1938 is now estimated
at $3,084,000,000, or 12 per cent
less than the 3,499,000,000 report
ed for the first half of 1937, .says
a report of the U. S. Bureau of
Agricultural Economics sent Jul
ian R. Mann, extension statisti
cian of State College.
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FOR NEWSPAPER SERVICE
DIAL 4501
Miss Dorothy Clay
Social Editor
Miss Fannie Huff
Hostess At Party
Miss Fannie Elizabeth Huff
was hostess to a number of her
friends at a party, given on Sat
urday evening, at her home near
Roxboro.
Lovely dahlias were artistically
arranged in the home.
Several very interesting con
tests and games were played for .
some time, after which delicious
refreshments were served.
Those present were: Misses
Margaret and Lottie Chandler,
Josephine Breeze, Mary Lee Par
ker, Ruby Brooks, Rosilla Wal
ters, Ora Murray, Estelle Gentry,
Elizabeth Westbrook, Pauline
Fox, Frances Whitfield, Mabel,
Maxine, and Lois Fox, Vessie
Blalock, Effie, Virginia, and Alice
Wrenn, Elsie Mae Johnson, Lil
lian Lester, Julia Grinstead, Ma
mie Lee and Rachael Allen, and
Nita Russell, and Messrs. Bo and
Isaac Hawkins, Melvin, Aiken,
Bruce and Graham Duncan, Roy
Carver, Christo Fox, Walter Mor
ris, Marshall, Lamberth, and
William Gentry, Henry Pugh, El
bert Clayton, Hugh Cates, Gus
Wrenn, Jimmie Moore, Chesley,
Roy, and Buddy Grinstead, Carr
Holeman, Hurley Parker, Buster
Howerton, Jack Cates, Arthur
Burch, Lindsay Moorefield, Har
vey Lester,; fjjlyde Watson, Earl
Wade, John Westley, James Hern
don and Satterfield, and
Misses Moora, Onie and
Gladjw/3Hfe, MinitfAyHarris.
Mr. rr^nd
dgMjM&ly Lou, jnjjMpJ
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Mr.
Clair! and IBMtapj %-
jly, and Mrs. MflTtia MidUKAßdi
family WF
ony Pageant atMant-eo.
Miss Mary Hatchett is spend
ing several days in Leaksville,
visiting friends.
Mr. J. F. Wilson is a patient
at Watts hospital, in Durham.
Mrs. Harry Raiff is spending
some time in New York City, on
business.
Miss Katie Gentry, of Raleigh,
is spending this week with her
mother, Mrs. Rosa Gentry. She
was accompanied by Miss Daphne
Sherrod.
Miss Mary Riley and Mr. A. C.
Walker, who spent the past sev
eral days at Atlantic City, N. J.,
returned to Roxboro Tuesday.
Mrs. G. W. Pulliam, Mrs. G. P.
Mallette, Jr. and daughter, Lou
ise Hall, of Concord, Miss Louise
Pulliam and Mr. G. W. Pulliam,
Jr., are spending several days in
Richmond, Va., with, relatives.
Mrs. J. F. Wilson is spending
several days at Myrtle Beach, S.
C.
Mrs. C. S. Lee and Mrs. D. J.
Lee and children, of Winston-Sa
lem, were Roxboro visitors Wed
nesday.
Friends of Mrs. Willie G. Sat
terfield, of Durham, will be sor
ry to hear that she is confined to
Watts hospital with heart trouble.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. - P. Riddle spent
Monday in Raleigh.
COTTON POOL
! The cotton producers’ pool, es
: tablished in connection with the
I first program of the Agricultural
; Adjustment Administration, has
■ completed preparation for buy
i ing up the outstanding participa
[ tion trust certificates and liqui
■ dating the pool’s activities.
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IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
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PLENTY OF WHEAT
Record world wheat production
and near-record world supplies
of the grain are indicated for the
1938-39 crop, according to the U.
S. Bureau of Agricultural Econ
omics in its current wheat situa
tion report.
N. C. TOBACCO QUOTA
The North Carolina flue-cured
tobacco marketing quota for the
1938-39 marketing year to be ap
ortioned among growers is ap
proximately 494,934,000 pdunds,
reveals E. Y. Floyd, AAA execu
tive officer at State College.
One crop of cowpeas, plowed
under, and some needed terracing
■ttt&ed in the wheat yield on
pJMfcfarm of J- W. Beckham of
[Harrisburg, R. 1, Cabarrus Coun.
njibeing raiitedfrom six bush#
lYw aare last year to lg.<bashaiH
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A Poem With A
Moral
A Codfish Lays a Million Eggs
While The Helpful Hen Lays One
But The Codfish Does Not Cackle
To Inform You What She’s Done.
And So We Scorn The Codfish,
And The Helpful Hen We Prize,
Which Indicates To Thoughtful Minds
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.' ,
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Phone 4501 Roxboro, N. C.
Limestone and phosphate ap- to the. acre this summer. Where
plied to his hay field resulted in he did not use the material his
George Whitehead of Avery yiled was approximately one ton
County cutting two tons of hay per acre.
Fresh Vegetables
Daily!
Peas, Celery, Lettuce, Snap Beans,
Corn, Butter Beans, Okra, Toma
toes, Apples, Oranges, Lemons,
Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Melons.
FRESH MEATS
Roast Beef lb. 17c
Stew Beef lb. 12k
Round Steak lb. 30c
T-Bone Steak lb. 35c
Hamburger lb. 15c
Veal Chops lb. 17c
Sausage lb. 25c
Salad Dressing qt. 25c
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L IT PAYS TO TRADE WITH
Sergeant & Clayton]
, fligfy Minill J
TOTORSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1938