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tages protecting the Albemarle deer. Since the hunters cannot penetrate the swamps on the sound shores near
Plymouth, they carry their dogs in boats and set them ashore on large islands inhabited by the deer. Hunters
wait for the deer to start for the mainland, chased by the dogs. Then, under Albemarle hunting custom, the
hunter-boatman nearest a swimming deer Is entitled to first shot. Gun poised, the hunter must wait until
the deer makes land, and Is then permitted his shot. The buck on the left would have escaped If the boat
had rocked in a swell, or if he had been slightly faster.
ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRAM IS SET
FOR TUESDAY
By 3. B. Snipes, Asst. County
Agent, Velma Beam, Home
Demonstration Agent.
The 4-H Club Achievement
Day Program will be held in the
county courthouse, Tuesday,
November 22 from 10:00 to 12:00
A. M.
Introduction—H. K. Sanders,
County Agent.
Group Singing, led by Mr. L.
L. Street.
Devotional, Rev. W. F. West.
Greetings, Supt. R. B. Griffin.
, Team Demonstration, Helena
School.
Group Singing.
Address, Mr. L. R. Harrill,
State 4-H Club Leader.
Last spring donations were
made in, order to make possible
awards for achievement in 4-H
work. The following contribut
ed to these donations: Pioneer
Warehouse, Hyco Warehouse,
Winstead Warehouse, Planters
Warehouse, E. P. Warren, Rox
boro Courier, Person County
Times, Peoples Bank, Rotary
Club and Kiwanis Club.
Presentation of awards to 4-H
Club boys excelling in projects,
will be issued by J. W. Noell,
editor Roxboro Courier; G. C.
Hunter, Peoples Bank; F. O. Car
ver, Kiwanis Club; E. J. Hamlin,
Person County Times; Howard
Strange, Rotary Club.
F. D. Long, Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners,
will speak briefly.
The general public is invited
to attend this Achievement Day
Program for it encourages youth
to know that adults are interest
ed in their accomplishments, and
too, they really represent the
well known motto of the 4-H
Clubs the world over, “Make the
Best Better.”
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Announce Program
Henderson District
Welfare Meeting
Program of the Central district
welfare conference meeting in
the Henderson High school audi
torium next Wednesday, was an
nounced this week by Mrs. E. R.
Austin, Vance county welfare
superintendent, president of the
district
Attending from this county will
be Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, county!
welfare officer, and Miss Bernice j
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Tobacco Sells Better At Home Tryßoxboro Now
BrrcoftlPiniea
Along The Way
With the Editor
Here’s news “Toby” Ledbetter, Gene Thompson, Gordon
Hunter and Frank Whitfield left today for Eastern Carolina where
they will do a little fancy duck hunting. They may not kill anything,
but you can bet your last dollar that they will get a duck even if
they have to buy one. These boys make this trip once a year re
gardless of whether business is good or bad. They plan the thing
month ahead and when the time draws near they go through with it
in spite of that “inner voice” that tells them they should stay at
home and try to collect. Ask Gene he knows.
It has been said that Sam Oliver, chief of police, has been tell
ing that his water pipes froze last week. Now everyone knows that
flowers were in bloom and vegetables were still on the vine last
week. It was also said that Sam really could not get any water at
his house, but that the trouble was not with cold weather. His water
had been cut off by the water department. Ask Mr. Abbitt he
knows.
And now another Roxboro boy has started out in this cruel
business world. Hill Stanfield has opened a store on the Durham
road and is now ready for his fortune to walk in the front door. It
is generally understood that he will sell groceries and that means
that he can certainly have three good meals a day. On the other
hand Hill is a brother of Garrett Stanfield who works in Greenville,
ard Garrett has tried to convey the information that he has money
to burn. Ask Curtis Oakley he knows.
Well Christmas is about here and the fat men are getting ready
to say No ’to all invitations that they act as Santa at Christmas trees.
Maynard Clayton always turns down five or six every season and
it was said that John Day, who has moved away, always kept a wait
ing list. John weighed about 300 pounds. He was really fat enough
to kill. The fat men do not mind doing their part, but they really
suffer when they get on that extra suit.
• And now Preston Satterfield, Jr. is about to join the ranks of
happy husbands So long Pres -It was nice knowing you.
Contracts To Be Let For
A! lensville School Wednesday
Hurdle Mills
To Sponsor Play
Tuesday Night
The play “Mammy's Lil Wild
Irish Rose” will be presented at
Hurdle Mills School 'Tuesday
night, at 8:00 o’clock. Proceeds
will go to the library fund.
The cast for this play is as fol
lows:
Daniel French - from the city -
C. Q. White; Lester Van - Dan
iel’s chum - Billy Long; Wade
Carver - an unwelcome suitor -
Clarence Hall; Orphus Jackson -
A native Romeo - Oscar Peed;
Old Joe - “Dat’s a sac” - Jack
White; Rose O’May - Mammys
lil’ wild Rose - Gertrude Berry;
Mammy Celie -a black treasure -
Nell Breeze; Hester O’May -
Rosa’s maiden aunt - Oro Mur
ray; Peggy French - Daniel’s sis
ter - Eva Long Garrett; Letty
Van - Peggy’s chum - Dorothy
Lee; Babe Joan -a mountain
charmer - Agnes Long; Mrs.
Courtvane, a lonely woman -
Rachel Porterfield.
Bids To Be Received Pub
licly At Courthouse Super
intendent Says.
Bids will be received and con
tract let for construction of the
new school building at Allens
ville Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock at the Courthouse, Super
intendent R. B. Griffin announc
ed yesterday.
The bids will be received open
ly and the letting will be open
to the public, Griffin said.
The new Allensville school
building was made possible by a
$43,000 oan and grant from the
Public Works Administration
approved by Secretary of In
terior Harold Ickes on Septem
ber 29, $24,000 of the cost will
be covered by the loan while the
r<smainder, $19,636 is a special
P. W. A. grant.
Awarding the contracts marks
another step in the realization
of a new school building in the
Allensville community and cul
minates many months of inten
sive efforts on the part of local
school authorities and citizens of
the commlnity to secure a new
structure to replace the anti
quated one now being used.
FARMERS URGED
TO HEAR WALLACE
TALK IN RALEIGH
Secretary Os Agriculture
To Speak In Campaign For
1939 Crop Program.
Person County farmers are
urged to hear Secretary of Agri
culture Henry A. Wallace speak
on the 1939 federal farm program
in Raleigh Thursday, December
1, County Agent H. K. Sanders
said yesterday
The ranking cabinet member
is scheduled to speak in the capi
tal city at 11:00 o’clock in the
morning in Memorial auditorium
as “a part of the educational pro
gram preceeding the referendum
on cotton and tobacco,” which
has been set on the date of
December 10.
Walace and other high admini
stration farm officials, have be
gun a vigorous campaign to win
a “vote of confidence” from
Southern farmers on the present
crop control law.
In a series of speeches, the
Raleigh address being one •of
them, he is seeking approval of
proposals to invoke strict mark
teing quota systems on next
year’s tdbacco, cotton and rice
crops. The proposals will be sub
mitted to 2,500,000 producers of
these crops in referenda Decem
ber 10. Each to become effective,
must be approved by two-thirds
of the growers participating in
the referendum regarding it.
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Teachers, P. T. A.
Members To Hear
Erwin Monday
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A county-wide teacher’s meet
ing has been scheduled for Mon
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
the Roxboro High School in con
junction with the P. T. A. pro
gram featuring State Superin
tendent of Education Clyde A.
Erwin, R. B. Griffin, county
superintendent of schools, -an
nounced yesterday.
All teachers throughout the
county have been extended a
special invitation by the P. T. A.
to attend Monday’s address by
Erwin.
According to an announce
ment last week, the speaker will
use as his subject, “Parent Edu
cation,” and will be introduced
by J. W. Gaddy, Jr., supervising
principal of the local high school.
A large crowd of parents and
teachers are expected to be on
hand for the occasion and any
others who would like to hear
Mr. Erwin are invited to be
present.
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POSTPONED
On account of Thanksgiing
holidays the regular P. T. A.
meeting at Hurdle Mills will be
postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Ramblers Trample Hillsboro Eleven 13-0
Romp To 13 TO • Triumph
—Hard Driving Attack Too
Much For Visiting Team.
The Roxboro high school Ram
blers romped to a 13 to 0 victory
over the Hillsboro team on the
local gridiron Friday afternoon.
The hard driving attack of the
locals proved too much for the
visitors, who fought gamely to
stop the Ramblers, as they scor
ed two touchdowns and an extra
point.
Whitten, Roxboro’s 1‘96-pound
Dramatic Clvb
To Present Play
Tuesday Night
“Batchelor’s Choice,” a com
edy of three acts, will be pre
sented by the Roxboro High
school Dramatic Club Tuesday
night at 8:00 o’clock in the
High school auditorium.
Directed by Mrs. B. G. Clay
ton, the featured roles will be
played by Martha King and
Richard Long with strong
character parts being handled
by Mary Sievers Woody, Billy
West, Louise Walker, Rachel
Fox and James Jackson.
A strong suporting cast in
cludes: Doris Jones, Mary
Susan Henley, Marion Brad
sher and George Long.
Miss Margaret Harkrader
high school teacher, is assist
ing with the direction.
LOCAL NURSE
WRITESMANUAL
Miss Kate Hyder Comple
tes Work At Health Depart
ment Yesterday.
Miss Kate Hyder, who recent
ly presented her resignation to
the local health department, has
practically completed a “manual
for nurses in the supervision of
midwives” which will be turned
over to the state of North Caro
lina, it was announced at the
health office here yesterday.
Miss Hyder, who concluded her
work here yesterday, gave a sum
mary of the volume, three chap
ters of which still remain to be
written, to a five-county meeting
of public health nurses in Durham
Friday night. Dr. A. L. Allen,
Health officer) commenting on
the work yesterday said, “It i§
a valuable contribution not only
to this state but to he practice
of midwifery the WOfld Over,’'
Miss Hyda is resigning her post
here to return to Columbia uni
versity in New York where she
will complete a Master’s degtee.
In an interview yesterday, she
regreated to leave Roxboro and
her friends here very much but
that she felt she could not pass
up the opportunity for further
study in her chosen field of work.
Her successor has not been nam
ed.
Wind Storm
Hits Roxboro
A severe wind-storm hit Rox
boro Saturday afternoon about 2
p. m. Trees were uprooted, win
dows lights blown out, roofs torn
off and other damage to proper
ty. Several large trees were blown
down, falling across electric lines,
cutting off all current. About ten
window panes were blown out of
the courthouse.
“We should look to the mind,
and not to the outward appear
ance.”
—Aesop, Fables.
fullback, was the main cog in the
backfield. He went over for both
touchdowns and figured in the
extra point score.
Michaels, Dixon and Brewer
also played well for the locals and
figured in putting the ball in
Knight and Roberts, in the
scoring position on both occasions.
BACKFIELD STARS
backfield for Hillsboro also play
ed a good game.
Roxboro’s first marker came in
the first quarter, when Dixon on
a reverse gained 35 yards to put
Needy To Be Cared
For At Christmas
Roxboro Auto
Owners Receive
License Cards
Official notice of the new state
automobile license year, together
with the state registration cards
of the cars involved, were receiv
ed by hundreds of Roxboro auto
mobile owners yesterday as prep
arations were made for the sale
of the new plates to thousands
of car owners over t v e state.
Preparations for handling the
plates during the rush period
haVe been completejfl by (Miss
Nina Abbitt, Carolina Motor Club
manager here. Adequate extra
help has been trained and it is
believed the sale this year will
be more brisk and rapid than
ever before.
Plates for 1939 have been re
ceived and the first passenger
plate sold in Roxboro will be
numbered 379-701. The new
plates will go on sale Decem
ber 1 and may be placed in
operation immediately. The law
requires that all vehicles in
operation after midnight Decem
ber 31 must display 1939 tags.
One reason advanced for the
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County Schools
Close Wednesday
For Thanksgiving
All schools in the city and
county will be closed next
Tjhursday and Friday, superin
tendent R. B. Griffin announced
last week.
This is the regular Thanksgiv
ing holiday and is observed every
year.
These are the first holidays of
the year and will be the last be
fore the Yuletide season sets in.
The schools are generally given
about two weeks at Christmas.
So far, Griffin said, the schools
have been very fortunate in that
they have not lost any time due
to bad roads or bad weather. If
everything continues as well as
it has started no time will be
lost this winter.
All schools appear to be hav
ing good years and it is very evi
dent that the teachers and pupils
are doing good work. P. T. A.
organizations are working hard
over the county and this organiz
ation is playing a vital part in
school life.
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IT’S A BOY
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Owen
| Pass, a boy, early Saturday mom-
I ing. Nov. 19.
the ball on Hillsboro’s 10-yard
line. Whitten, on the line play,
went over for the touchdown.
Whitten’s kick was blocked and
the score stood, 6 to 0, until the
last period.
The old sleeping end trick
worked again for the Ramblers
in the final stanza, as Michaels
received White’s pass for the
longest run of the game, 45 yards
to Hillsboro’s 15-yard stripe.
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fHE TIMES IS PERSON**
PREMIER NEWSPAPER#
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Welfare Department To
Sponsor Same Program As
Last Year.
Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, Superin
tendent of welfare, announced
Friday that every possible ef
fort will be made to care for the
needy of this county at Christ
mas.
There are approximately 50
cases, maybe more, in this country
that are in need of food and
clothing. Each case refers to a
family of perhaps one to ten
people.
All cases will be given a num
ber and only case numbers will
be made public until some per
son or organization elects to
take the number and attend to
their needs at Christmas.
The cases following the usual
custom, will be described in the
following manner: Number in
family, age of parents and chil
dren, what neleded in clothing
and food, kind of toys for child
ren, etc.
Mrs. Wagstaff hopes that tlure
are enough people or organiza
tions in this county who will
care for the needy families. Last
year they were taken very quick
ly and their needs were well
taken care of.
The list will be published a
bout the middle of December and
all offers of help will be ap
preciated. If possible the welfare
department would like for the
individual to deliver the Christ
mas gifts. It is almost impossible
for this department to make all
deliveries. ; "
The scout§ will attempt to col
lect a large number of toys for
the children who would not
otherwise have any for Christ
mas. These will be distributed
through this same department.
The scouts will stage a toy
matinee at the Palace Theatre
on December 3rd. in an effort to
get these toys.
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R. A WALKER, 85
DIES YESTERDAY
Prominent Citizen Suc
cumbs At Home Here;
Funeral Today.
R. A. Walker, 85, prominent
citizen of Roxboro, died at his
home on North Main street Sat
urday morning at 3:00 o’clock.
Mr. Walker had been in de
clining health for several years,
but had not been seriously iU
until a few days ago. Death was
attributed to old age and compli
cations.
Surviving are three sons, Laird
Walker, Roxboro, Willie and
Zannie Walker of Henderson, N.
C.
Mr. Walker was well known
over this entire county and num
erous friends and acquaintances
were shocked to hear of his -hath
Although it was known that he
was ill his condition was not re
garded serious until the past dm
or so.
Funeral services will be bubfr
(today,
follow at Burchwood cemetery.
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FIDDLERS
There will an odd-time Fid
dler's convention at the Stem
I High School auditorium next
Friday night sponsored by the
agricultural and home economics
departments of the schofcL A
long list of prizes have been
made up and a large crowd is ex
pected.