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■ |F IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL * •• FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY St THURSDAY royroro north carat tna , KOXJJOKO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1938 NUMBER SEVENTEEN Jim Harris Resigns As Roxboro City Manager Record "Small” Vote Tuesday Mb m a * w m DEMOCRATS WIN HANDILY IN FEW CONTESTED RACES Sentiment For Two Proposed Constitution al Amendments. Tuesday, General Election day in North Carolina, saw a record “small” vote cast by Person County voters as only 546 citizens treked to the polls to support an unopposed local and compar atively light state slate. An entirely different story from the Democratic primary in June which saw nearly 4,000 ballots cast, Tuesday’s vote is believed to be something of a record for local elections. The race for the U. S. Senate between R. R. “Bob” Reynolds, incumbent, and challenger, Char lie Jonas, drew most interest as the present senator piled up 493 votes to his opponent’s 117. In the district congressional fight, A. D. “Lon” Folger, demo crat, polled 495 votes to his op ponent, John Kurfees’ 105. The sentiment was closer on the two congressional amend ments proposed: for extension of sheriff’s term from two to four years, 319, against, 240; for a de partment of justice, 251; against, 191. The following unopposed candi dates were voted upon as follows;' For judge 10th. Judicial district, Leo Carr, 498; for solicitor Wil liam Murdock, 531;. for state sen ator, John S. Watkins, 520; for House of Representatives, E. P. Warren, 534; for clerk of court, Miss Sue Bradsher, 530; for coun ty treasurer, J. B. Riggsbee, 531; for sheriff, M. T. Clayton, 545; for coroner, Dr. A. F. Nichols; 546; for county commissioners, D. M. Cash, 529; F. T. Whitfield, 544, P. L. Thomas, 530. 4-H ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAMPLANNED Date For County-Wide Af fair Set For November 22 At Courthouse. Tuesday, November 22, has been set as the date for the County-Wid|e Achievement Day Program for 4-H Clubs. The meeting will be held in the County Courthouse between the .kours of ten and twelve o’clock. The purpose of achievement day is to recognize the club mem bers for outstanding work dur ing the year and to further pro mote interest in 4-H club work. Every club member in the coun ty should attend this program and R. B. Griffin, county super intendent, says that school child ren may he given an excused ab sence for this program. Mr. Grif fin will extend ‘greetings to the gathering. ' Other members on the program will be a short address on 4-H club work by the State 4-H Club 4 Leader, L. R. Harrill, presentation speeches of awards by the vari • ous local groups who gave priz es, group singing and an inspira tional devotional by Mr. M. W. Lawrence. The parents are in vited to stay and hear the pro gram so they will become more ' . (Continued On Back Page) Tobacco Sells Better At Nome -- Try Roxboro Now mrnj&wm Burke Says — Wyatt Passes Up Roxboro As New Hosiery Mill Site The proposed new hosiery mill which W. F. Wyatt of Burlington considered establishing here will be given to Sanford, local Cham ber of Commerce officials were informed yesterday. In a telephone conversation with Melvin H. Burke, chamber of commerce secretary, Wyatt said the Sanford proposition was a very favorable one and he was taking the mill there. He thanked the local officials for the courte sy and consideration given him during his recent visits here re garding the project, and express ed regret that he was unable to do business here. It is understood that Sanford New Golf Pro, Caretaker Engaged For Country Club Annual Fireman’s Banquet Planned For November 25 The annual Fireman’s Banquet will be held here Friday, Novem ber 25, Fire Chief Henry O’Briant said yesterday in announcing the event to be held at Hotel Rox boro. Special program features, he said, would be talks by Dan C. Boney, state insurance commis sioner, and Frank Bennett, Dur ham Fire Chief. The Ca-Vel fire department will be invited to attend as guests for the occasion, the fire chief announced. o County - Wide PTA School Set For Next Week The county-wide P. T .A. school of instruction will be held at the Central school auditorium next Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. H. M. Beam, president of' the Roxboro P. T. A., yesterday urged that all members of the lo cal organization attend the meet ing, especially all officers and committee chairmen. A Dutch treat will be held between ses sions, it was announced. At the same time, it was an nounced that Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state superintendent of public in struction, would speak to the P. T. A. here on Monday, Novem ber 21, in the High school audi torium at 3:30 o’clock. Principal J. W. Gaddy, Jr., of the Roxboro High school will in troduce Erwin, who will speak on “Parent Education. Mrs. E. M. Wilkerson is chairman of the pro gram for the afternoon and invi tations have been extended to all county P. T. A.’s to attend. Mem bers of the local school board are also expected. TEN POUNDER Mr. and Mrs. Austin Chisenall of Woodsdale, route 1, are an nouncing the birth of a ten pound boy on November 8. offered inducements with which Roxboro was unable to compete. Wyatt made several trips here in an effort to find a suitable location but with no success. The proposed mill would have employed some 100 people at the beginning and would have ‘had a payroll of approximately $2,- 000 per week. Among the sites considered here, it is understood, was the Hyco warehouse and a new build ing which Claude Hall proposed to errect for the purpose. The Hyco building proved entirely unsuited and satisfactory terms could not be reached for the new structure, it is believed. Henderson Man Will Take Charge Around Dec. 1; To Live At Club. John Main, golf professional from Henderson, has been, en gaged by loeal Country Club of ficials and will take complete charge of the club house and golf course around December 1. The new golf pro and his wife will live in the club house, serve all meals, parties, etc., and Mr. Main will oiffer instructions to golfers. The Country Club now has five greens completed, two fair ways completed with grass and grass will be sown on the other fairways this week. About twelve or fifteen men are now working on the courses. This is not enough to do the, work as rapidly as it should be done, but no more workers appear to be available at the present time. Charlie Lawson, course super intendent, is determined to give Roxboro a good sols course and he is being very careful with all of his work. Those in charge of the course are unable to state when it will be finished. Much depends upon 1 weather conditions for the next' several months. Ki wanians Plan Annual Ladies; Charter Night Program; Jim Long Toastmaster One Home Club Meeting Scheduled Only one club is scheduled for meeting during the third week in 1 November due to one or two con-' flicts in other communities, but farm women are urged to watch' for other meeting schedules — 1 they will all be held. Hurdle Mills group is scheduled to meet with Mrs. Dan Whitfield Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 2:30 p. m. 1 and it is hoped all of those who are interested will make their plans so be at this meeting. o “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” | —Thomas Jefferson NASHVILLE MAN HEADS ARMISTICE PROGRAM HERE Exercises To Be Held To morrow In Palace Theatre; Dawes To Speak Also. Itimous Valentine, Nashville attorney, will be the principal speaker as local Legionnaires of the Lester Blackwell post observe the twentieth anniversary of the close of the World War here to morrow. Exercises will be held at the Palace theatre and will begin at 10:30 promptly. Legionnaires and other ex-service men will assem ble at the Legion Hut on Chub Lake street and march to the theatre in parade. All ex-service men are requested to be at the Hut not later than 9:45 in the morning as the parade will leave the Hut immediately at 10:00. Included in the morning’s pro gram is an address of welcome by Mayor R. B. Dawes, readings by Commander R. H. Shelton and Adjutant W. C. Parker of the lo cal post and others by the Legion auxiliary and Sons of the Legion, songs by the audience and a quartette by C. C. Garrett, Sr., C. C. Garrett, Jr., E. T. Wrenn and O. B. Riley,, a declamation by Ted Parker, S. A. L. B. B. Knight, post chaplain, will offer the invocation and Nathan Luns ford will introduce the Speaker of the morning. ■—* f At noon the annual dinner for ex-service men, wives and guests will be held at the Legion Hut and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon a baseball game between fathers and sons of the Legion will be held to conclude the day’s acti vities. In charge of the day’s program are Commander Shelton, Adjut ant Parker, Dr. O. G. Davis, Messrs K. L. Long and B. B. Mangum. I ANOTHER SECOND CROP i Willie Snipes, colored farmer of Route 1, brought a squash into this office last week which he said was one of a second crop growing on his last summer vines. According to Willie, he has al ready pulled and “et” a dozen.) The specimen brought here was about three inches in diameter. o “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.” Psalms. F. O. Carver, Jr., Selected To Make Principal Talk; Oxford Club Invited. |- J. A. Long, Jr., has been named ( toastmaster for the annual La j , dies and Charter Night program , of the Roxboro Kiwanis Club that will be held on Monday night . December 12, at the Roxboro Ho- I teL I I The Charter Night committee met Tuesday night in the home ( of William Warren, president of the club, and arranged the de ’ tails of the meeting. | F. O. Carver,Jr, was selected to deliver the principal address of the evening which will fol- L low the banquet. | - i (Continued on Back Page) Resigns wm 11 ■ ■ ■ jV SB 'Hk City Manager here for three and a half years, James C. Har ris Tuesday night tendered hi? resignation to the Town Board and asked for his immediate re lease. The matter was tabled un til the next metineg of -the board in December. Negro Minstrel Tomorrow Night At Helena School Tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock, the Helena P. T. A. will put on a Negro Minstrel entitled, “Lazy Moon Minstikfl:,” in the school auditorium. If you enjoy “peppy” music and good jokes, come out And see the “Lazy Moon Min strel.” The cast is as folows: “Poppy” Washington - Mr.- C. S. Ashley; “Mammy” Washing ton - Mrs. R. B. Holeman; Epi demic - Billy Wilson; Plutores Lysurgis - Mr. R. C. Garrison; Walla Walla - Mr. F. B. Ferebee; (Continued On Back Page) Horrified Crowd Sees Youth Burn To Death After Wreck j Special Services 1 At Presbyterian A week of special services will \ begin at the Presbyterian church here Monday night, Rev. Thomas H. Hamilton, the pastor, said yes terday. i Rev. J. W. Lacy, D. D. of Ox- I ford will do the preaching and services will be held each night through Sunday, November 20 with the exception of Saturday. All services will begin at 7:30, he said and everyone is cordially in j vited to attend the series. * CAKE AND PIE SALE i _______ ,* Circle No. 4of the First Baptist church will sponsor a cake, pie, : candy and apron sale at the Elec tric Appliance Company on Sat- J urday of this week at 10 o’clock. There will be a large quantity t in each division to select from. ! Come early and pick your type . for Sunday. I [ IT’S A GIRL i Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mills of . Longhurst are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Wednesday morning. Mrs. Mills is the form er Miss Myrtle Lee Bowen. Council Tables Resignation Until Next Regular Meeting Recaptured Convicts Receive Three Months Ten convicts who escaped from the local prison camp in a whole sale outbreak October 24 had their sentences extended three months each by Judge W. I. New ton in Recorder’s court here Tues day. Eleven of the 13 escapees who sawed their way to freedom as the Person County Fair was in progress across the road were recaptured shortly after the break- The case against one of the men was continued until another term of court while the remaining 10 were prosecuted. Paul Whisnant, young Roxboro man, identified as one of the masked trio which held up and robbed Mitchell’s store at Woods dale several weeks ago, was bound over to Superior Court as Judge Newton found probable cause against him. His bond was set at $750. Allie Rogers, manager of the store, testified (that Whisnant’s mask slipped while the robbery was in progress and he was able to identify him when he entered the store several days later.. Whis nant has been in jail here since he was arrested by Sheriff M. T. Clayton. The defendant was re presented by Burns and Burns, lo cal attorneys. o POST OFFICE CLOSED The Post Office will be closed all day tomorrow, Armistice Day, Acting Postmaster K. L. Street said today. Victim Screams To Be Shot As Flames Devour His Overturned Truck. While a crowd of horrified spectators stood by, unable to give him assistance, James Clark, a bout 29, of Norfolk, was burned to death Tuesday afternoon in the wreckage of his truck about 12 miles from here in the Oxford highway. Pinned to the seat by the steer ing wheel and one side of the persons who rushed to the scene truck cab, Clark screamed to appeals that -they shoot him or kill him some other way, and pre vent his being burned to death. There was no way to give him aid because the top of the truck was in flames. The truck had skidded along the side of the road, struck an embankment and turned over on the left side. The cab was twisted almost upright, and Clark was jammed between the wheel and the left side of the cab. First persons who arrived at the scene said the fire did not break out until about 10 minutes after the wreck, but that Clark was pinned so tightly that they could not help him. The flames ( Continued On Back Page) The times is person’s PREMIER NEWSPAPER* A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. Hunter Expresses Regret And Praises Municipal Of ficial Highly. James C. Harris, city manager of Roxboro for the past three and a half years, tendered his resig nation to the Town Board Tues day night. The council, howtever, tabled the motion and refused to vote on the resignation until its next meeting December 13. Harris made no statement as to his fu ture plans but indicated that the resignation was “necessary for future advancement.” He ex pressed appreciation to the board for its cooperation during his term here. Gorden C. Hunter, member of the board, in a statement yester day said, “I am sure that I speak for every councilman when I say that they regret very much his decision. His comprehensive grasp of municipal problems and efficient administration of in numerable details of city busi ness have been of inestimable assistance to the councilmen in the discharge of their duties and it is going to be no easy task to fill his place.” During Harris’ three and year administration here, the city tax rate has reduced from $2.25 to $1.45 per hundred dollars valua tion and the ooard indebtedness was reduced 26 per cent. He supervised the collection of all back taxes and water accounts and installed several miles of additional water and sewer lines. Forty thousand square yards of streets were hard-surfaced dur ing his administration and new trucks and equipment were pur chased for the water and street departments. His term has seen the police department doubled and the volunteer fire ment put on a pay basis. He in stalled a modern and up-to-date (Continued On Back Page) o RED CROSS DRIVE BEGINS TOMORROW F. O. Carver, Jr. Heading Local Drive; Miss Beam Organizing County. The annual Red Cross Roll Call for Person County will get under way here tomorrow and con tinue through Thanksgiving, F. O. Carver, Jr., Roll Call chair man, said yesterday. Heading the county drive will be Miss Velma Beam, home dem onstration agent, while the drive here in Roxboro will be organiz ed by the Roll Call chairman with the help of Mrs. R. H. Shelton. Workers will canvass the town and county thoroughly during the Roll Call period and citizens are urged to join as soon as possi ble. Along the nation’s highway, in underprivileged homes and isol ated communities, in hospitals, military stations, schools, and on far - flung beaches, the work of the American Red Cross has been carried on in increasing volume, Mr. Carver pointed out yesterday. In reviewing some of the work done locally and nationally by | Red Cross workers during the (Continued On Back Page)
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