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*9 IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1938 NUMBER FIFTEEN nra- ... - i Hundreds Lose Job Here As New Wage, Hour Law Operates Examination Announced for Local Postmaster Vacancy Applications Already Vtl ;S ’ ed By Several Local Men, It Is Understood. The United States Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an open competitive examination to fill the vacancy in the position of postmaster for the local office, in accordance with an Act of Con gress, approved June 25, 1938. According to several unofficial reports five or six local citizens have already filed application to take the examination and several others are expected to make a Many Applicants It was learned this morning thalt 'twelve applications for, the position of postmaster at Roxboro have been issued. This does not necessarily mean that there are twelve applicants because some of the blanks could be thrown away or not used, but it must mean that there are approximately twelve applicants for the posi- _________ bid before the deadline for ap lications, November 10. In order to be eligible for the *kMnin*lion» an applicant must be a citizen of thq United States, must have actually resided with in the delivery of the post office for which the examination is held, or within the city or town where such office is situated, for at least one year immediate ly preceding the date fixed for the close of receipt of applica tions, must be in good physical condition, and within the pre scribed age limits. The competi tion is open to both men and wo men. The Civil Service Commission will cdptify the names df the highest three qualified eligibles (Continued On Editorial Page) o COUNTY COUNCIL TO BE ORGANIZED Home Agent Calls Meeting At County Courthouse For Next Friday. The organization meeting of the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will be held| in the courthouse here Friday, November 4 at 1:30 o’clock, Miss Velma Beam, County Home De monstration Agent announced yesterday. This council will be composed of the officers from each of the lo cal chapters and its chief duty will be to act in an advisory ca pacity to the County Home De monstration Agent, Miss Beam. At Friday’s meeting of the council, plans wil be made for home demonstration work to meet the needs of the entire county and to reach every fam ily in the county through local organizations. Another duty of the council, according to Miss Beam, will be to make plans for a County Fed eration of Home Demonstration clubs composed of all members throughout the county, the Coun ty Federation sponsors the coun ty-wide plans for the various types of extension work needed and desired -by residents of the county, she concluded. , ' . ___ TobJjjico Sells Better AtTHome - Try Roxboro M 4>Mi Imontpimes BUSHY FORK PTA HOLDS BOOK WEEK Drive For Increased Lib rary Facilities Going On At Bushy Fork School. Realizing the important pajtt of a well-equipped library plays in the development of a well rounded education, the Bushy Fork P. T .A. is celebrating Book Week during which many new volumes will be added to the school library. Members of the P. T. A. are urging all parents and friends of the school to contribute one or more volumes during this Book Week period, the donor’s name to be placed in the book indicating gift and the time given. If a per son wishes to place a book in memory of a friend, this can also be arranged, it was pointed out. Letters are being sent to all people who originally lived in the community giving them an opportunity to take part in the celebration of Book Week. Con tributions are asked from per sonal libraries or any other sour ce available. According to the announce ment yesterday,-21 books have al ready been donated by two per sons as soon as they heard of the plan and officials of the school feel that the drive will be suc cessful. WEST SPEAKS AT BETHE HILL Local Minister Addresses Students On “Key To Hap piness’’ Tuesday. Rev. W. F. West spoke to the Bethel Hill High School students Tuesday on “The Key to Happi ness.” Introduced by Clyde Sullivan of the Class of ’39, the said of the rich, young, cultured, moral, upright ruler found in the tenth chapter of Mark, that he was unhappy because he loved gold better than God. Using a real lock with differ ent shapes and makes of keys, Mr West illustrated that a lock car be opened only by a key thal fits. “There is only one key tc I hfuman and the life more abundant,” continued thi minister, “and that is applied faith in Christ. The practical ap preciation of true faith in Chrisl is the only key that will unloci ! the door to world peace and in dividual happiness.” Raymond Lester of the Class ol ’3B read the morning scripture Frances Whitfield, of the Clasi . of ’39, thanked Mr. West in be i half of the entire student bodj ■ for his visit and message. , " ""C ) MBS OAKLET IN HOSPITAL L Mrs. R. H. Oakley underwen an eye operation at McPherson’; , Hospital in Durham today. Shi ► will remain in the hospital abou . 10 days. 1 IT'S A BOY ! ! Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Church o i Roxboro ate announcing the birti 1 of an eleven pound boy at 2:501 i Monday. Both mother and soi doing nicely. ; y.r > • “Ears” of Anti-Aircraft Artillery - • in % Photograph shows one of the new streamlined sound detectors the army tested daring the air corps and aircraft defense maneuvers In North Carolina. The listening horns are made of balsa wood with rounded edges and a cellulose acetate covering. They have no greater hearing power than the old style, but are more effective in shutting out ail bnt plane noises. Thus searchlights and guns of the anti-aircraft batteries can be trained more efficiently on attacking planes. Hosiery Mill Seeks To Locate In City Burlington Man' Interested In Locating Hosiery Mill Hen In Roxboro. W. F. Wyatt of Burlington, N. C., was in Roxboro yesterday &nd conferred with officials of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce relative to the opening of a full fashioned silk hosiery mill in or near this city . Also present at this meeting in addition to directors of the Cham ber of Commerce were J. A. Long of the Roxboro Cotton Mills, C. A. Harris of John Watt’s Sons Co. and Jim Harris, City Manager. Mr. Wyatt has had a large a mount of experience in the mill business and stated that he was I prepared to invest quite a sum of money in the proposition. Those present at the meeting , are now considering the propo sition seriously and before Mr. Wyatt left several sites for the plant were looked at. Details for the proposition are not yet ready for release, but if . the proposal gains headway they , will be released shortly. ' The proposed mill would em , ploy in the neighborhood of 100 [’ people with a payroll of $2,000 .* a week. SPECIAL SERVICE HONORS TEACHERS i Dr. H. T. Hunter To Speak At First Baptist Service November 13. Invitations are r being sent out to all of the teachers of Person county to attend the morning ser t vice at the First Baptist Church s in Roxboro, on November 13. * Dr. H. T. Hunter, President of t the Western Carolina Teachers' College will at that time bring one of his instructive and inspir ing messages, Rev. W. F. West, pastor, announced, f “Dr. Hunter is one of the most i ejficdent and bcfloved Tesfchers '• of Teachers to be found anywhere * (Continued On Back Page) AUensville Church Plans Harvest Day 1 The members of AUensville i church are having a harvest day s Saturday at 10:00 o’clock for the - benefit of the church. r Among the things to be sold at auction will be a pulpit stand, i some old church benches, a vari ety of farm produce and a quilt. I The quilt was started by the late '• Mrs. Jno. S. Gentry, and after her i. death the W. M. S. finished it. Stew will be served at noon. * COURT OF HONOR f The Boy Scout court of honor g will meet at the Ca-Vel school Friday night at 7:30 o’clock, it r _ was announced here yesterday. Boy Scout Drive For 1939 Funds Gets Underway Today Campaign Workers Hold i Pre-Drive Banquet At Ho tel Roxboro Last Night. The annual boy scout drive for 1939 funds is on and eight or nine teams of two men each are in the field asking for donations from individuals -and business firms. This drive takes plaoe every year in October or November and the response has always been good. Individuals and firms are as sessed a certain amount and are being given a card showing the the amount of this assignment. When they pay they are given a card showing that they are hon orary members of the scout or ganization. Prior to the drive today the workers met at Hotel Roxboro last night where they were treat ed to a royal banquet and heard a few pep talks. \(/Continued On Back Page) . NEGRO DOCTOR PRAISED HERE Committee Os Own Race | - Express Gratitude For Ser vices In County. Dr. Walter Hughes, Negro phy sician of the State Board of Health, who came here about a month ago on the invitation of the local health department to carry on venereal disease work among members of his race has obtained excellent results accord ing to Dr. A. L. Allen, health of ficer. Dr. Hughes, Dr. Allen said yes terday, is connected with the De partment of Epidemiology under which is set up the division of Venereal Disease Control. His job here has been to enlighten members of his own race regard ing the nature and control of syphilis. In a letter to Dr. Allen yester day, a committee headed by H. L. Price, principal of the Person County Training School .expres sed the gratitude of the Negro community for Dr. Hughes’ ser vices to the Negro race in this county. The complete letter of the committee follows: “A committee, appointed dur ing the annual meeting of the County-Wide P. T. A. of Person County, Saturday morning, Oct ober 22, 1938 at the Person Coun ty Training School, with the Supervisor of County Schools, Pearl Pittman presiding; wishes to express the gratitude of this immediate community and the gratitude of the entire county to you and the District and State Health offices for inviting Dr. W. J. Hughes to come to us and bring such valuable, indispensable and instructive service. We feel that the service of Dr. Hughes will mean great good to all of our people." IMPROVEMENTS Karl Burger, manager of Hotel Rox'Joro, .announced yesterday that he had installed a new stoker in the hotel in order to give all guests better and more even heat. Other improvements, he ad ded, will be made from time to time. Art Center Open To Home Clubbers By VELMA BEAM Home Demonstration Agent Home Demonstration Club wo men may enroll Monday, Nov. 7, and thereafter for classes in weaving, copper work and wood carving at the WPA Art Center at Needham Broughton High School .Raleigh, N. C. There is no charge for tuition. The hours are from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. every day except Saturday and Sunday, and in or der to get in on this first series of lessons arrangements should be made at once for already more than 100 women are planning to enroll for one or more classes. Raleigh is so near to us it would be possible for a group of women to get together and drive over for these classes at a very (Continued On Back Page) . Boatwright Stemmery Cut Off Completely Last Night County Fair In Full Swing The Person County Fair is now on in full swing and indi cations point to large crowds over the week-end. Manager R. L. Perkins states that this is the largest and best that has been held in Roxboro in years and he believes that Person county people are real ly enjoying the event. The fair is featuring exhi bits, shows and rides and the crowds are thronging the mid way each afternoon and night. The free attractions at night are espefcially good and are .weSll worth a trip to the ground to see, observers have pointed out. FIVE ESCAPEES STILL AT LARGE FOLLOWING BREAK Eight Os 13 Recaptured Tuesday; Thorough In In vestigation Promised. Eight of the 13 prisoners who sawed their way to freedom and escaped from the Person County Prison camp Monday night had been recaptured late yesterday af ternoon, Person camp officials re ported. Five of the escapees were tak en into custody near Yanceyville during Tuesday’s search by local and state prison officers headed by Oscar Pitts, superintendent of Roxboro Prison Guard Is Fired State prison division officials dismissed yesterday the guard who was on duty Monday night when 13 prisoners sawed their way to freedom from the Roxboro prison camp but add ed they still had found no rea son for the epidemic of breaks which set 29 convicts free since Sunday. Oscar Pitts, State Prison Supervisor, said the guard was dismissed on grounds of neg ligence. Pitts and R. G. John son, executive director of the prison division, spent some time investigating the Roxboro break. prisons, who hurried here shortly after the wholesale break Monday night. The other three were captured by Patrolman W. A. Baxter and Gilbert Carver early Tuesday morning as they were attempting to make a getaway in an auto mobile, apparently stolen. The quintet still missing are Edgar White, Michie McGuill, Lack Woodard, Harvey Dick and Elwell Eskridge, all negroes. No clues as to how the instru ments were obtained by the con victs have been found, however, local prison ataches are of the op inion that they were probably procured by “A” grade prisoners. Two of the men were in stripes and were classed as “C” grade prisoners while the others were clad in the regulation plain con vict uniforms. (Continued On Back Page) THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER; A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. 27. 1938 Between Three and Four Hundred Workers Believed Affected In County. An estimated three to four hun dred Person county workers have lost their jobs this week as a re sult of the new federal Wages and Hour law which went into effect Monday all over the Unit ed States. Tobacco factory and saw mill workers were the heaviest hit in this county as all operators in these industries have shut down their plants pending adjustments. The big Boatwright stemmery here shut off operations complete ly last night following two days of work this week under the act, William Collins, factory manager, stated last night. The stemmers were idle Monday but work was resumed Tuesday and yesterday before a final shut-down was an nounced last night. Approximate ly 150 employees were effected here. Officials of both McWhorter - Short and Williams McKeithan Lumber companies located on the outskirts of the city announced that all saw mills had been cut off until lumber prices went up enough to permit compliance with the law. This was expected in a bout two or three weeks, it was indicated. Meanwhile, the comr -panies are continuing to operate their planing mills here until existing orders could be filled. An official of the Pope Lumber company said three of their planing mill workers were cut off Saturday but could make no statement concerning the saw mills. Between 200 and 250, it is believed, were effected by lay offs from all three companies. The law sets a minimum wage (Continued On Back Page) SHARON W.M.U. TO PRESENT PLAY AUensville High School Scene Os Three-Act Com edy November 12. A three-act comedy, “Mother in the Shadow” sponsored by the W. M. U. of Sharon Baptist church will be presented at Al lensville high school on Saturday night, Nov. 12 at 8:00 o’clock. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Jack Adcock. Proceeds of the play will be used for the benefit of the church which has been recently built at Sharon. Before the play and between acts string music will be present ed. Admission will be 15 and 25 cents for two and a quarter hours of entertainment. The cast includes the follow ing: Mable Thomas as Betty, Sophie McFarland as Lou, Mrs. Gertrude Daniel as Kay, Mrs. Robert Adcock as Nora, Thelma Denny as Lili. Sandra’s friends, Inez Elliott as Sandra Carr, in search of happiness, Mozelle Wil liams as Muddle, the colored maid, Mrs. John Roy Williams as Sara Carr, Sandra’s aunt, Fate Denny as Dick Bard, Sandra’s be loved, Floyd Elliott as John A. i Brownlow, Sandra’s unwelcom [ ed suitor, Frank Laws as Eddy, : Coy Daniel as Buster, Richard's ' friends. Carrie Leigh Williams as Jeannette Dooly and Hazel Laws I as Emmy Arden, Sandra’s moth — ——'• - • ' • -
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