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lIF IT IS NEWS ABOUT (PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL KFIND IT IN THE TIMES. RvVOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY (WORK BEGINS EON GOLF COURSE (at lochuly E > Four Holes Expected To p! Be ‘ Completed In Three I Weeks Says Ashley. 1 Work got underway Monday ■ morning on Roxboro’s new coun- V try club and golf course at Loch ■ Lily and will be pushed to a ■ trapid conclusion, local oi*ficials 1 eay. K Robert W. Ashley, Louisburg K professional in charge of the golf r 5 course construction announced he E would have four greens ready for ■ playing within three weeks if ■ favorable weather conditions con ■ turned. Bt Work was begun some time ago ■on holes 1,2, 8 and 9 and these ■ .will be finished before beginning ■the other five in the proposed ■'nine-hole course. ■ The majority of the men on the ■job Monday were busy construc ting a new road to the clubhouse, ■ desiring away the underbrush ■and removing rocks. Several were ■inside cleaning the clubhouse pro sper with about half dozen with ■Ashley at hole 9. ■4 About 33 men were on the job ■the first day with about 40 ex ■yiected within a few days. In ad ■dition to Ashley, others supervis ■ing the work at the country club ■pre T. B. Irby, Robert Frazier ■and Lockhart Younger. E. The combined country club and ■jgolf course is a municipal pro i ject made possible by a Works ■Progress Administration grant of Kj-pOTTOximately $13,000 appropri- Fwted for Roxboro several weeks o Itenant loan APPLICATIONS I FILED RAPIDLY £ Some 25 Person Tenants Al ready Get Blanks For Pur “f chase Loans. §?’ Some 25 Person county farm ■fs tenants have already applied for E tenant-purchase loans under the | Federal Security Administration’s | program, Joe Y. Blanks, local sup- I? ervisor, said today, g The appliqation period open s'- ed yesterday and will continue ’ It- until September 10. Thebe tenant purchase loans J | will be made to a limited num-j ; ber of qualified tenants, share-j j, croppers and farm laborers, to j purchase and improve family-size j] farms and to become more secure ] In their farming operations by, the use of approved farming • practices. Person county is listed among the 50 counties in this state which 1 l have been extended this program. (Continued On Back Page) o Miss Sanders New Teacher At Helena Young Local Woman To Teach Public School Music Miss Mary Elizabeth Sanders * has accepted a position as public] school music teacher at Helena for the coming year, Superinten- 1 dent R. B. Griffin announced yes- 1 terday. Miss Sanders has taught in the Graham City Schools during the past year, Mr. Griffin said, and is a graduate of the Woman’s Col lege of the University of North Carolina in the class of 1937. She is the daughter of County |; Agent H. -K. Sanders and Mrs. ipßanders of Roxboro. ■ According to the superintend ■jjjjnt, she plans to install a full pro |ynram of public music at the Hel ■fca school. flmonilffiims ~,1.—.. Kill. George Boarman, elghty-two-year-old Washington, D. C, watchman, with his twenty-one-yeaMld wife and their newly born son. B4f. Boarman, who has been married three times, Is the father of 25 other children, U of whom arc living. Cothrans Draw Long Terms For Fatal Rougemont Killing Funeral For East Roxboro Woman Is Held Sunday Mrs. Mary Ellen Wheeley Buried At Epheses. *’•*. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Wheeley were held Sunday afternoon at the home of the de ceased. Interment was in Epheses church cemetery. Mrs. Wheeley died Saturday af ternoon of complications follow ing an illness of six months. She is survived by six child ren, one son, William Wheeley, of Roxboro, five daughters, > Ros anna Wheeley, Mrs. Esse Wilson and Mrs. Nancy Shelton, all of Roxboro, Mrs. Burley Whfeeley of Roanoke Rapids and Mrs. Bes sie Wheeley of Leasburg. o Series Os Fires Strikes Vicinity Three Fires Within Last Week Do Heavy Damage.. Three fires causing heavy dam age to property have occurred in this vicinity during the past sev eral days. T. H. Owen’s store at Cunning ham was completely destroyed the latter part of last week by fire which was discovered at 1 o’clock at night. The origin is unknown and the loss estimated at SIO,OOO. A barn belonging to Frank Satterfield near Prospect Hill was also destroyed, the fire having originated from lightning. The loss here was estimated at about SI,OOO. I. J. Rimmer, Hurdle Mills farmer, lost a tobacco barn Mon day afternoon by fire. The barn was valued at SSOO by the ow , ner. I The flues are reported to have I gotten too hot and a breeze thru I an opened door started the con-j I flagation. The barn and its con | tents, it is understood, were not insured. HEALTH VISITOR Miss Mabel Patton, consulting supervisor of nursing for east ern North Carolina for the State Board of Health, is here today for a visit with the local health department. Miss Patton is with the Division of County Health Work. Paul, The Younger Gets 26 - 30 Years While Robert Gets Off With 10 . 15. By E. J. HAMLIN Tall, handsome Paul Cothran, 24-year-old Rougemont youth, must serve not less than 26 and not more than 30 years in the state penitentiary for the brutal slaying of Lee Laws on May 6, Judge Marshall T. Spears decreed in Superior Court here Tuesday. Forty-year-old Robert Cothran, his companion in the crime whdfee confession the pa(ir, received not less than 10 and not more than 15 years for his part in the affair. In a trial which lasted little more than five hours during | which both defendants en tered a plea of guilty to murder, in the second degree, thus elim-‘ mating the necessity of a jury,; none of the expected legal fire-j works materialized. The court room was packed and jammed all day but the crowd remained orderly throughout, little display t\£ feeling being manifested at any time. Calm Throughout. The defendants themselves showed no emotion during the entire trial. The younger Coth ran was attended by his comely young wife, a bride of only a few months, who also remained calm except for one brief flow of tears during Defense Attorney Percy Reed’s final plea for her (Continued On Back Page) New Local Shoe Store Owner Brings IS Years Experience Back To County Clarence Averett To Be Associated With Concern Here. W. Rainey Hawkins, whose new shoe store opens tomorrow morn ing in the Kaplan building here, has 15 years experience in the shoe business behind him as he returns to his native county. Before returning here he’s been engaged in the shoe business in Durham and Charlotte, and in Roanoke, Va., and Anderson, S. C. Holding a certificate from Dr. Scholl’s School of Practipedics, he is prepared to diagnose foot ailments and offer remedies. Clarence Averett, local young man, will be associated with the new concern. Further additions to the staff will come from local ranks, he said. - Hawkins said today that the | new store will carry a completi ROXBORO, NORTH CABOLINA Moriah Woman Dies Sunday; Funeral At Surl Mrs. Missouri Peed Dies Os Old Age At 71. Mrs. Missouri Clements Peed, 71, Wife of the late'Elder J. W. Peed of Moriah died Sunday morning following an illness of four years. Death was attributed to old age and complications. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Surl church with Elder Lex J. Chandler of ficiating. Interment was held in Surl Church cemetery. She is survived by two child ren, Ben S. Peed and Mrs. Luther Duke, both of Person county, two step children, J. W. and J. K. Peed of Johnston county, two sis ters, Mrs. Jimmie Duncan and Mrs. William Dean of Person county and a half brother, Sam Clements of Moriah. Pall bearers were George W. Duncan, Jack Peed, Luther Dun can, Allen Dean, Sam Duncan, and Willie Lee Peed. Floral bearers included Mozell Dean, Virginia Dean, Mary Lee Dean, Ruth Peed, Marie Peed, Adline Duncan, Annie Lou Dun can, Mrs. John Oakley, Dorine Duncan and Flora Duke. o “Gip” Prillaman is confined to Gentry-Williams hospital wlhile he is recovering from an attack of influenza. Hi t J 1 1 ( i 1 1 J 2 1 I i line of medium priced quality] shoes, hosiery and polishes. There is no connection with the j former Roxboro Shoe Store," he 1 said. County And City Audits Show Both Units In Good Condition Bonded Debt Considerably Reduced; 79 Per Cent Os Tax Levy Collected. County Accountant Jim Wal ker described the county as “still solvent” yesterday after the release of the audit report while Auditor P. W. Hutchings of Ash lin & Hutchings, Durham, re ported it in “excellent condition.” During the past year the bond ed debt of the county was reduc ed SIB,OOO bringing the total debt now to $630,000. “Collection of taxes,” the audi tor said, “was very good.” Os the total levy of $145,459.02, 79 per cent or $114,038.38 were col lected during the year. A total of $16,326.81 was col lected in back taxes last year, the audit showed. The taking over of the intan gibles by the state which depriv ed the county of over $3,000 in revenue, and the maturity of $25,- 000 in county bonds during next year was largely responsible for the increase of 10 cents in the new tax rate, it was indicated. If the counties had retained the intangibles and this large bond issue had not been due, last year’s rate would have been lowered, considerably instead of being raised, Mr. Walker said. Health Officers Vaccinate - 729, Visit 68 Food Houses NEW HOME Contracts were let here ear ly this week for two new hom es for local citizens. Banks Berry’s bungalow on High School Drive will be of wood construction while that of Roy Cates in Sunset Hills will be brick veneer. Work will begin within a few days, it was announced. Emmit Wilkerson, local con tractor, is the builder for both homes. 15,000 ATTEND NEGRO MEETING Association Is Being Held At Mill Hill Church In Olive Hill Section. Approximately 15,000 Negroes are expected to be in attendance at the Cedar Grove Baptist asso ciation being held at Mill Hill Baptist church three days of this week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mill Hill church is located near Winstead’s mill a few miles from town in the Olive Hill section of the county. About 52 churches in Person, Alamance, Caswell, Orange, and parts of Virginia will attend the three-day session. A tent arbor has been set up on the church grounds with seat ing facilities for about 500 peo ple, it was announced. Approxi mately 500 or more people are ex pected to camp at the scejje of the association during the three days. o— ——— PREMIUM BOOKS R. L. “Bob” Perkins, president of the Person County Fair asso ciation, said yesterday that a number of premium books for this year’s fair had been mailed to people throughout the county and that any others desiring books 1 might get them by calling by his office on Reams Ave. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938 Cothrans Leave The Cothrans, Paul and Ro bert, sentenced Tuesday to terms totaling not more than 50 years and not less than 36 years, left here yesterday at 12:43 o’clock in the custody of Sheriff M. T. Clayton and Of ficers Bob Whitt and A. L. Watson. About 90 minutes later they entered State’s prison in Ra leigh to begin serving senten ee. Paul, dapper as usual, was dressed in clean well-pressed khaki trousers and white shirt, bareheaded with only a small toilet kit as baggage. A black cigar protruded from the side of his mouth. Robert was clad in overall pants and light shirt with a battered straw hat upon his head. Both men were heavily handcuffed as they shook hands with Jailer A. M. Long at the rear of the courthouse. Their only words before getting into the sheriff’s car were in answer to a local photographer’s request for a picture. “That’s your business, fellow,” Paul replied. Month of July Is Busy Time For Local Health Staff. Inspection of 68 food-handling establishment and giving 729 vaccinations for typhoid fever, diphtheria and small pox were part of the July activities of Per son County’s health department under the direction of Dr. A. L. Allen. According to the department’s monthly report released this week, T. J. Fowler, sanitation of ficer, whose services began this month, supervised the construc tion of 15 new sanitary privies in the county, made 26 visits to llrivate premises for investiga tion and complaints, inspected four public water supplies, all in addition to the regular inspection of the 68 food-handling estab lishments. Other members of the depart ment vaccinated 605 persons for typhoid fever, 112 for diphtheria and 12 for small pox during the month. In venereal disease work, 44 persons were given Wasserman’s tests by members of the staff. A total of 275 treatments were ad ministered to 102 venereal dis ease patients by the health of ficer. During the month two nurses in the department made 131 field visits to homes in the county, these including visits for control of communicable diseases, infant care, instruction in tuberculosis control, syphilis control and ma ternity care. In July, according to the re port, whooping cough led the con tagious disease division with six cases reported while measles and syphilis followed with five and three respectively. Only one case of typhoid fever was noted. There were only 10 deaths from all dis eases. NOTICE State licelise office will be closed during the dates August 13th through August 20th. Nina Abbitt THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER; A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER FOUR Town Audit Shows City ; In Good Condition Finan cially. Results of th,e regular semi annual audit of the town books, released yesterday by P. W. Hutchings, Durham auditor, show: the city in excellent financial condition following a successful fiscal year. According to the auditor, the water fund showed a “nice pro fit” of $17,259.65 for the year just ending, having been “econ omically operated with a profit of about 50 per cent,” which he described as a “good margin.’' About 72 percent of the total tax levy for last year was col lected, he said, while $16,572.79 was collected in back taxes from other years. Out of the $19,234.07 levy for last year, $13,637.33 was collected. . ■’ The city, according to the re port, ended the year with a cash balance of $26,257.10 of which $21,862.48 was in the water fund. This, the auditor said, was large ly responsible for the reduction in the new tax rate. During the past two years the bonded debt of the city has been reduced $127,254.55. The city ended the year with an operating surplus of $5,165.66 as compared with a deficit of $2,- 535.31 for the year 1934-35, the year before City Manager James Harris took over the reins here. LIGHT DOCKET IN COURT TERM ; Only Four Criminal Ac- 1 tions Beside Murder Trial Heard This Week. A comparatively short term of Superior Court in session here this week saw only four criminal actions on the docket in addition to the Cothran murder trial. Chief S. A. Oliver was charged with unlawful imprisonment growing out of the arrest of Ken neth Wagstaff for driving while under the influence of liquor some time ago. A motion for non suit by Oliver’s attorney, F. O. Carver, was sustained by the court. John Sneed, farm worker of the Gordonton section pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and re ceived from four to five years in the State’s prison. Mack Rogers, charged with non support, • was given a prayer .for judgment to be continued for two years on condition that the defendant pay the costs. (Continued On Back Page) o Bethel Hill Man j Has Potash Profits W. W. Rogers of the Bethel Hill section, Person county, hug demonstrated this season that it pays to use an extra amount of potash in the fertilizer for tobac co. In a field on one side of a farm road, Mr. Rogers used nine percent of potash and on the oth er he used ony six percent. Hie two fields (Stand out in sharp contrast at this time, says H. K. Sanders, county agent. Tobacco in the field with higher potashi fertilizer is some 12 inches taller than that in the field across the road L Last year, Mr. Rogers tried this same test and found that he secured from SBO to S9O an acre profit because of the better qual ity of leaf produced as a result of the extra potash fertilisation. V ■ ; ■
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