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.< .... ■; '1 - ftPV - KfPWW 4 DAI TT|* PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL TO® rr.-YN THE TIMES. JSsJwi* w Jr * ■ y'y Xfr,•“'•>■.■ 1/. ■'•"■' v**"’*-';' .:v. . . >yjv. v * ' ' 1 -^* llll "*** 1 ♦""""P* VOLTOIB X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY* THURSDAY ' •■*■■■ ! ; ' ' *" T"" 11 ■*' ■ WM .;- pip’ : ■ ,^m|M||HHH|MMH| a J| conJrM^Ln™^ w rth ’ ,est ’ 25 ' year * 0,d Texan * W,H be ‘he youngest house member in recent years when years in Jh***^* ** A ,or “ er B ® ho P l ‘eacher. he unseated Rep. Morgan Sanders, veteran of 18 m B . “ emo I crat,c Primaries. Carter Glass of Virginia, center, oldest senator, will r y Ja f" ary , 4 - ?* p - 3osepb Marti “ Jr., right, of Massachusetts, ehairman of the congressional committee, is almost assured of election to the leadership of the minority in the congressional session. He will succeed Bertrand Snell of New York, who did not seek re-election. *' .*■ -■ ■ - NEWS OF THE WEEK DICTATORS GAIN IN EUROPE - London, England—ln two European elections large ma jorities were recorded fpr Nazi-. • fascist movements. In Lithuania, the self-determining territory of Memel registered a decisive vic tory for the German, or Nazi party, indicating a possible ab sorption of that region by the Reich. In Yugoslovia the Govern ment, friendly to Mussolini, scored about 60 per cent of the national vote. COTTON CONTROL WINS Washington, D. C. —Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announc ed that the farm referenda just completed favored the continu ance of the New Deal crop con trol policy but rejected further control of tobacco and rice crops. -thirds vote of growers was -nftcessary. The Secretary stated that the program is rt open to producers of’ajl crops,” and that it would probaibly be a per manent Federal policy. STRIKE HAMPERS SANTA CLAUS New York City Long dis , taiice truck deliveries came to an (hv.sgid in this city at the height of “the pre-Christmas rush when Highway Transport Association susngpded all operations because r'iSTa strike among loaders and £ handlers fomented by local rack eteers. An appeal has been made -to Washington to curb activities of gangsters have been levy 't teg graft on every truck enter s tog the city. PUBLIC BUYS “BABY BONDS” Washington, D. C. The hum ble Investing public has had no small share in financing current 'Government deficits, as shown by toe latest Treasury report yfitoce their first Offerihg in March, 1935, 1,400,000 investors ! have put $2,000,000,000 to Un de Sam's “baby bonds.” Al though they are redeemable 60 ■days after issue, less than 10 per ?<-' cent have been offered for re-j ; demption. No one can buy more - . than |1O|)0O of them to any one §?* v-sr ’■ .■- . : ' VtV : «a Lfc r + mmmamts Negro Man FahJly Hit By Nephew Driven Automobile Accident Occurs Near Here On Setnora Road Friday Night - Dolphin Winstead, 55 year old negro, was run over and killed about two miles from here on the Semora road Friday night short ly after 7 o’clock. The driver of the death car was DbeieWSawr, itVphaw oflhe vic tim, and riding with him were Winstead’s two sons. Walker lived at his uncle’s home. Winstead had started walking home when the accident occur red. Walker said he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and did not see his uncle. The negro was taken to the local hos pital but died soon after arrival. State Patrolman W. A. Baxter, who investigated the accident, arrested Walker on the charge of manslaughter and placed him in jail here. He was later released under a bond set at S3OO for his appearance at the next session of Recorder’s court. The accident took place near the home of Lee Clay, prominent Person County negro, on High way 57. Winstead was also well known throughout the vicinity. Average N. C. Family Spends $39.96 On Yuletide Buying Person County Teachers Join Education Group Ail person County teachers with the exception of three have joined the North Carolina Educa tion association, County Superin tendent R. B. Griffin said yes terday. “Person County teachers,” Grif fin' indicated, have always been loyal to the association, taken part in its meetings and held pro minent positions in the organi zation." The membership of the association has; gradually in creased to the point where prac tically all teachers are members, he pointed out. This group is responsible for the meetings held over the state enuring the year and takes an active part in promoting interest education among legislators and other officials throughout the estate. * v a ..7 - School Children Donate To Xmas Cheer Campaign The local welfare office assum ed a well-crowded general store app?arance'"yestercTay "as school children at the Central School and members of the Boy’s and Girl’s Hi-Y clubs of the high school, turned over hundreds of useful gjfts for distribution to the needy at Christmas. Hundreds of cans of canned goods of various products, several bushels of Irish potatoes, bas kets of fruit, candy, edible pro ducts of all kinds as well as a large selection of toys and other gifts were all left in the care of Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, welfare of ficer, as school children attended their last classes before Christ mas. Classes donating to the cause from the Central school were those taught by Miss Inda Collins, Mrs. Mary Long, Miss Blanche (Continued on Back Page) Holiday Business Estimate Based On Sales Os All Re tail Businesses. North Carolina’s families will spend an average of $39.96 apiece this year for Christmas as their share of the nation’s forecast two-billion dollar total, the Nat ional Consumers Tax Commission estimated today. Os this amount, they will pay, rapst of them unknowingly, $6.11 in hidden taxes, according to the report announced at National Consumers Tag Commission headquarters in Chicago by Mrs. Kenneth C. Frazier, president The study indicated, she said, that total national retail Sales for 1938 will “equal or. surpass” the 1937 volume of nearly 40 billion dollars, and the average Christ mas expenditures of the nation’s families will be $62.50, of which $9.57 will account for hidden taxes. Mrs. William T. Hannah of Waynesville is the 'NCTC state director in North Carolina. lii Releasing report, Mrs. (Continued On Back Page) i ■ ... ■■V".T ■ ■ ■■■■—■" ■ ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Person Farmers Hold Meetings On Coop Project Person County farmers held a series of nine discussion meet -1 ings during the past week to dis cuss plans whenjby through the cooperative manufacturing and distribution of fertilizer they can save themselves. hundreds of dollars during the - spring sea season. ' > 4 The meeting were sponsored by the Farmers Mutual Exchange of Durham in conjunction with the state-wide Farmers Cooperative Exchange and ' all- farmers and their wives were invited to at tend and take part in the discus sion. ~ At an organization meeting re cently held, leading farmers from all sections of the county plan ned the meetings in various com munities* and arranged with at least twenty-tfive other leading farmers and their wives to take part in each community meet , ing. >■ During the past week the meet ing places and leaders were as follows: Dec. 12th. - Bushy Fork School, W. K. Moore. Dec. 13th. - Allensville School House, B. G. Crumpton. Dec. 13th. - Bethel Hill High School, E. Y. Jones. Dec. 14th. - Helena School House, G. D. Jones. Dec. 14th. - Olive Hill School House, Raymond Winstead. Dec. 15th. - Mt. Harmony School, W. B. Jones. * Dec. 15th. - Hurdle Miljs [ SchotflrT: < " W ‘ 1 Dec. 16th. - Cunningham j School, House, Sam Green, j Dec. 16th. - Providence Club f 5 ( Continued On Back Page) 1 | Merritt Speaks ! As Lawyers Honor r Old, New Officers f j With local attorneys William D. Merritt,. R. P. Burns, .Nathan Lunsford and R. B. Dawes parti cipating, lawyers of the 10th dis -5 trict Friday night honored re - tiring Judge Marshall T. Spears, ’ incoming Judge Leo Carr and in s coming Solicitor William Mur dock at a banquet at Hope Val ley country club in Durham. Mr. Merritt, dean of the local bar, made one of the principal | speeches of the evening, as rep resentatives from each of the five I counties in the district were call ed upon to eulogize the retiring judge and welcome the new court officers. Speakers from the other bar association other than Person in cluded Col. S. C. Chambers from [ Durham. Ben Parham from Gran i ville, Sam Gattis from Orange, and J. D. Long from Alamance. ; Also making talks were Dean M. T. Van Hecke of the Univer sity of North Carolina law school and Professor Malcolm McDer mott of the Duke law school. Ap proximately 75 lawyers were present for the occasion. . o BEAUTIFUL TREE Worthy of mention is a large ■ Christmas tree in the front yard 1 of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris of Roxboro. This tree is decorated . with a hundred or more lights , and is a beautiful sight. o HOTEL OWNER Wiliam Thomas, former Rox boro citizen, is a proprietor of the new Laurel Park Hotel and Camp. This hotel is located mid way between Washington and Baltimore on highway No. 1. Bank Has "Best Day” Friday Yuletide Shopping Picks Up Pre-Holiday Tobacco Report Compares Well With ’37-38 Market Only About Three Quarter Million Pounds Be hind Last Year. The local tobacco market had nearly reached the three and a half million pound mark as Rox boro’s four sales warehouses closed for the Christmas holidays Friday. 3,412,775 pounds were the act ual figures as released by Secre tary George W. Walker of the Tobacco Board of Trade yester- ■ day. This tobacco, the report re vealed, had been sold for $733,- 299.67 or an average of $21.48 per hundred pounds. The market will re-open on January 10 for a ten day sales period before finally closing for j the current season on January' 20. According to Mr. Walker, the (Continued On Back Page) Dr. Geo. Joyner Named Randolph Hospital Surgeon , ~Assorting tijjhe Jtandolph Tti-- ' bune, Dr. GeoFge W. Joyner, who was reared within a stone’s throw Os the Person County line and is the brother of Mrs. J. D. Bradsher of this city, has been appointed major surgeon for the Randolph Hospital, Inc. Dr. Joyner, it is remembered, was the principal speaker at the local Kiwanis club several weeks ago and is well known in both Roxboro and Person County. The following is the Tribune’s com plete announcement: “Announcement has been made that Dr. George W. Joyner, of Durham, who has been assistant to Dr. Hart, Chief Surgeon of Duke hospital, will come to Ashe boro after the first of the year to become major suirgeon for the Randoph Hospital, Inc. “Dr. Joyner took his medical training at Wake Forest colege for two years, and graduated from the School of Medicine at Duke (Continued On Back Page) Along The Way Dear Santa Claus. Even tho lam a big boy there are several things that 1 want you to do for me this year. I am not asking for anything for myself, first remember my friends-signed, Editor. Please bring Sam Byrd Winstead forty first sales for the next tobacco season. If all of his sales had been first sales I think he could have had a better year during 1938. Please Santa, put that 1 on your list riglil now. . Bring Jim Harris a tax collecting machine. If you will just give James something to relieve his mind of the tax collecting bur den I believe that he will live ten years longer. Now Santa, this is important, he needs this machine. Bring Gene Thompson a machine that will collect notes given for hail insurance. Gene is about to lose his mind and if you do not have a machine of this kind try to get one made right away. Re member Santa this is imperative. Bring Phil Thomas a new picture of himself. The last one he had made was when he was about sixteen years of age and now that he is chairman of the board of County Commissioners he needs a new one for the newspapers. Please Santa, Phil needs this and if there is any cost just send the bill to his drug store. Bring Gene Thomas a new automobile that will go 110 miles an hour. When Gene starts somewhere he wants to go and come back in a hurry. If you have a good fast airplane bring that on. He might as well start learning how to fly right now. I would appreciate it if you would bring Wheeler Newell a ten year subscription to the Wall Street Journal. If you would do this it would keep him from hanging around the bank all day reading the one that belongs to Mr. Hunter. And don’t forget my friend Ralph Cole. Bring him two more grandchildren. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1938 NUMBER TWENTY-THREE Secretary Secretary of the Roxboro Cham ber of Commerce Melvin H. Burke, above, will officiate over the drawing ceremonies next Friday when the Chamber and local warehouses present a new Ford V-8 to some farmer selling on the Roxboro market this year. City Holidays Friday, Others This Week With schools in the Roxboro city school system leading the way last Friday, all schools in the county will be closed for the Christmas holidays by next Wed nesday, Superintendent R. B. Griffin said yesterday. Bethel Hill’s closing date has been set for Tuesday with the remaining county schools follow ing on Wednesday. All schools, both county and city, will resume operations on Monday, January 2, he said. o MUCH BETTER Clyde Swartz is much better after being confined to his home for several weeks with influen za. He expects to return to act ive work in a few days. THE TIMES IS PERSON** PREMIER NEWSPAPER! A LEADER AT ALL TIMM _ ’\ Waived Deposit Checks Go Fast As Bank' Pays Oat Large Sum. 'V ; Big Week Predicted With the Peoples Bank doing a larger volume of business on Friday than on any other day la the history of their business, con ditions looked better in RoxborO for the Christmas season than in several years. E. B. Craven, Jr., started hand ing out waived checks just as the bank opened and some mem ber of the bank staff kept busy doing this all day until the bank closed. On Saturday people from the country started coming in for their checks and by Saturday noon a large per cent of the waiv ed deposits had been placed in the hands of depositors. Merchants reported a slight in crease in business Friday and held high hopes for a large in crease this week. A majority of the stores will be open every night this week until 9:00 p. m. ''T Saturday found Roxboro crowd ■ ed with shoppers and practically every merchant in the city re -1 ported that busines was good. All 1 expect this week to be a banner r week wih business booming un > til the stores close Saturday • night. i f P ffidal ? practically all • of the money will be turned over to the depositors by Tuesday or Wednesday. Practically every store in the city will be closed next Monday as this day will be observed as Christmas. > ROTARIANS HEAR MUSICAL PROGRAM . Members Os High School a Glee Club Provide Enter tainment For Club. [ Musical entertainment was the i order of the day as the local Rotary club held its regular weekly meeting at Hotel Roxboro Thursday night. Providing the music was*Hhb Sam Byrd Winstead and several i members of her Roxboro High . school glee club as follows: Mar tha King, Peggy Whitten Annie Laura Day, Annie Mae McWhar^(|j2 y ter, Billy Murphey and E. T. Wrenn. - This group prsesented group, solo, duet and quartet numbers in a manner delightful to the en tire assemblage. i At a business session, the dub moved to contribute $25 to the crippled children’s fund. James C. Harris, chairman of the program committee, was in general charge of ’Diursday night’s program. Howard Wt v Strang, president, presided* ‘fUSUGim § I - I I ■ 4HJ I) * jj I 19H9 w MEMO I n 6 /!■■ i I I jj hI |h|| V „. 3^ until CffftlSTnMt $ ♦ • '-• f m.
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