IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939 NUMBER TWENTY-SEX
FUNERAL RITES
FOR ALLENS VIULE
MAN TOMORROW
Mock Slaughter, 58, Is
Victim Os Babbitt Fever
rieatertar.
2Mp>k Slaughter, 58, well
known resident of the Allens
ville community, died yesterday
afternoon at Gentry-Williams
hospital, a victim of tularemia or
rabbit fever.
Mr. Slaughter contracted the
disease following a hunting trip
on Dec. 31. It was while dres
sing the rabbits after returning
from the hunt that he became in
fected. His condition became ser
ious almost immediately. He
had been in critical condition for
the past several days.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Allensville Meth
odist church tomorrow afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. T. W. Lee,
his pastor, assisted by Rev. N. J.
Todd will be the officiating min
isters. Interment will be made in
the Allensville church cemetery
immediately following the final
rites.
Mr. Slaughter was a member
of the Methodist church at Al
lensville for many years. He was
the father of Enos Slaughter,
well-known baseball star of the
St. Louis Cardinals, who was at |
the home of his father here at
the time of the death.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. j
Lonie Slaughter, one daughter,
Miss Helen Slaughter and five
sons, Carlton, Haywood, Enos and
Robert Slaughter, all of Route 2,
Roxboro, and Daniel Slaughter of
Red Springs, N. C.
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Final Rites For
Stafford Child
Held Tuesday
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Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon for little Lib
by Marie Stafford, four-months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stafford of Ca-Vel, whose
death occurred Monday of pneu
monia.
The final rites were conducted
at the home with Rev. J. L. Coley
and Rev. J. A. Herndon the of
ficiating ministers Interment was
made in Burchwood cemetery im
mediately afterwards. The child
has been ill about five days.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Stafford, and one
brother, Bobby Stafford.
Active pall bearers were Ro
bert Woody, Bradley Stafford,
James Shotwell and Thomas
Bumpass.
Honorary pall bearers included
Ed. Thornburg, Hampton Buchan
an, Reams Long, R. M. O’Briant,
Sr., Dr. W. H. Adair, W. S. Query,
B. B. Mangum, Charlie Gentry
and John Henry Walker.
Floral berares were Ann Vick
ers, Hattie Woody, Gladys Dixon,
Jannie Dixon, Sadie Ray Woody,
Mary Fox, Mildred Fox and Lois
Long.
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GETS DIPLOMA
Mr. G. O. Buchanan, Jr., of
Longhurst, has completed a
Course in Practical and Theore
tical Radio and Television and
has been awarded a Diploma by
the National Radio Institute of
Washington, D. C. He finished the
prescribed course of technical
: studies with creditable grades and
is to be congratulated upon his
f achievement.
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Hall Goes To Washington
For Tobacco Conference
Local Leader Called By
AAA Official For Three-
Day Confab.
C. T. Hall, local farm leader
and chairman of the state advis
ory committee, left for Washing
ton today to confer with J. B.
Hutson, director of the East Cen
tral Tobacco Division of the A.
A. A.
The local man was called to the
Nation’s Capitol to participate in
a three-day conference which
will continue through Saturday
of this week.
The A. A. A. official’s telegram
did not state the nature of the
conference but Mr. Hall indicated
that its purpose was to see if
some action could be taken on
tobacco acreage for the coming
year. The soil conservation pro
gram is also expected to come in
for its share of discussion, he ob
served.
Farm leaders from all of the
flue-cured states are expected to
converge on the Capitol for this
Dan Loftis Injured
In Airplane Crackup
Roxboro Youth In Serious
Condition In Augusta,
Georgia, Hospital.
Dan Loftis, well known young
Roxboro man, is reported serious
ly injured following an airplane
crash near Midville, Ga. yester
day afternoon about 4 o’clock.
Loftis and his companion, Jack
Withers, Danville pilot, were both
described as in critical condition
by news dispatches from Augusta
University hospital in Augusta,
Ga. late last night. Withers suf
fered two broken legs, severe
head and internal injuries. Lof
tis was reported still unconscious
last night from severe head in
juries.
Loftis and Withers, flying a
Cub plane, were returning north
ward after flying to the Miami
air races week ran into bad
weather and were forced to
fly blind and evidently became
lost in the fog.
Their accident was one of a
series of airplane crackups oc
curring yesterday as a fleet of
“flivver” ships started their
way northward following the
races. One civilian airman was
killed and four others injured in
the series yesterday.
Withers is a pilot at a Danville
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Carter To Visit ,
Court Os Honor
Tomorrow Night
Scout Commissioner Bruce
Carter of Leaksville will visit
the Person County Court of Ho
nor tomorrow night and inspect
all Scouts from Person County.
Mr. Carter is a 25 year veteran
Scouter and is paying his first
visit to Person County for the
year 1939. All Scouts and Scout
ers are asked to attend and be
in uniform.
Troop 25 of Longhurst will be
host to the Court of Honor in
the Lodge Hall at Longhurst.
Scoutmasters Russell Saunders
and T. M. Vick have planned a
novel program with ceremonies
and entertainment that will be
of interest to all parents and
friends of Scouts.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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important conference. Hall, for
many years, has been prominent
ly identified with the govern
ment’s farm programs and has
rendered valuable service on sev
eral occasions. He is expected to
take an active part in shaping the
administration’s farm policy at
this conference.
Newton Judges
Probable Cause
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In Walker Case
Judge W. I. Newton in Record
er’s court Tuesday found proba
ble cause against Dock Walker,
charged with manslaughter in the
automobile accident which re
sulted in the death of Dolphin
Winstead, aged negro resident of
the county, on the night of De
cember 16.
Walker, nephew of Winstead,
was placed under a SIOO bond for
his appearance at the. January
term of Superior court scheduled
to convene on the 23rd. Before
Tuesday’s term of court, he had
been under a S3OO bond, under
which he was placed on being re
leased from the county jail the
day after the fatal accident.
In the car with Walker at the
time of the accident were Win
stead’s two sons. The accident
took place near the home of Lee
Clay on Highway 57, about two
miles from Roxboro.
Walker at the time of the ac
cident said he was blinded by the
lights of an oncoming car and
failed to see his uncle until he
was hit. He was arrested by Pat
rolman W. A. Baxter, who in
vestigated the accident.
Other cases coming before the
Recorder Tuesday were of a mi
nor nature.
'Sleeping-Death’ Proposed
As Execution Solution
The possibility that capital fe- <
lons may be “put to sleep” before
they are executed at North Caro
lina’s central prison appeared yes
terday as legislators prepared to
consider a bill which would sub
stitute electrouction for asphy
xiation.
Governor Hoey disclosed that
the possibility had been proposed,
and that he believed “it was
worth looking into.”
The Governor’s statement was
made shortly after he had con
ferred with Warden Hugh Wil
son and 6haplain E. C. Cooperof
central priosn on the pending
electrocution bill.
In a message to the General As
sembly last week, the Governor
GRIFFIN, ALLEN
SPEAK AT BETHEL
HILL MONDAY
Health Officer, School Sup
erintendent Address Par
ents, Teachers.
Superintendent R. B. Griffin
and Dr. Albert L. Allen shared
the speaking honors at the Jan
uary meeting of the Bethel Hill
P. T. A. at the school Monday
night.
Dr. Allen introduced by Prin
cipal Lewis S. Cannon, opened
his speech on “Health In The
Home” by stating that home is
supposedly the safest place one
can go but that civilization which
has literally taken the wolf from
the door, has brought to the door
a train of ills. Mentioning that
preventive is as vital now as cura
tive medicine, he said that acci
dents in the home are prevent
able to a large extent. He allud
ed to the fact that one-sixth of
all accidents in the home are
caused by falls in bath tubs.
Turning to disease, Dr. Allen
said that the “Great American
Habit” is that of self-treatment
and this habit causes many com
plications if carried too far. The
physician admonished the parents
present to be solicitous of their
children’s health through spec
ial attention to vaccination, light
ing, sanitary facilities, drinking
water, and servant examination.
Superintendent Griffin, also in
troduced by Principal Cannon,
spoke on the legislature’s educa
tional program. To begin with,
the head of schools in Person
County suggested three points of
view on the legislative program;
that of the school work, the pat
ron and the legislator.
Griffin explained briefly four
of the eight measures that the P.
T. A. is sponsorirtg in the legis
lature.
First came the proposed re
tirement plan in which a teacher
may retire at sixty and receive
50 percent of salary for the re
mainder of life or if he is in good
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Kinston Jurist
To Preside Over
January Term
Judge Vernon G. Cowper of
Kinston will be here for the Jan
uary 23rd. term of Superior
Court instead of Judge W. S.
Burgwyn, Miss Sue Bradsher,
clerk of court, said yesterday.
The two judges have exchanged
their respective appointments for
that week, a move which brings
the Kinston jurist to Person
County.
The regular term of civil court
which was scheduled for January
30 has been definitely cancelled
by the local bar, it was revealed.
suggested that the law-makers
consider whether the State should
erturn to electricity as an agent
of capital punishment. The 1935
Assembly substituted lethal gas
for electricity.
Both Warden Wilson and Chap
lam Cooper believe that asphy
xiation is more humane than el
ectrocution, Governor Hoey said.
“It was their opinion," he said,
“that the procedure which pre
cedes electrocution the shav
ing of a man’s head and the
clamping of the electrodes to his
skull is more horrible than
anything which takes place in the
gas chamber.” _
On the pther hand, the Govem
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First Steps Taken To Organize
Cooperative Welfare Agency
Starts March of Dimes
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Keith Morgan, Chairman of the Committee for the Celebration of
the President’s Birthday, pins the first March of Dimes button on
Arthur Carpenter, Director, of Organization for the states of Ten
nessee, Kentucky and North and South Carolina.. Mr. Carpenter
received the first button during a call at national headquarters in
New York City. All the states under his direction are solidly united
in the March of Dimes campaign and in celebrations which will be
held January 30 in honor of President Roosevelt’s 57th birthday.
Left to right. Arthur Carpenter and Keith Morgan. «
STUDENTSSTUDY .
UNDE FOWLER
Person Sanitation Depart
ment Turned Into School Os
Instruction For Week.
The sanitary division of the
Person County Health depart
ment has taken on the aspects of
a “School in Sanitation” for 12
students from Chapel Hill this
week.
These dozen students, sanitary
inspectors in the making, have
been commuting daily from the
seat of the University to observe
at first hand the methods of
sanitary engineering as practiced
by Sanitarian T. J. Fowler of the
•local department.
Sanitary toilet construction,
the system of condemnation and
other phases of sanitary work are
being emphasized on the daily
inspection tours around the town
and county.
Assisting Fower in the instruc
tion are B. L. Jessup of the Unit
ed States public health service
and head of the community sani
tation project in Raleigh, J. C.
Bost, district inspector of sani
tation of the United States pub
lic health service and J. M. Jar
rett, sanitary consultant of the
division of county health work of
the state health department in
Raleigh.
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MEETS TONIGHT
The Olive Hill P. T. A. will
meet tonight at seven o’clock. Mr.
M. W. Lawrence has charge of
the devotional, and Miss Kate
Johnson will render special mu
sic. The topic for discussion will
be “Legislation In Child Wel
fare.”
IN WILLIAMSTON
O. L. “Jack” Bane, well known
here, is now connected with the
Williamston, W. Va., Chamber of
Commerce. He was formerly sec
retary of the local Chamber until
his resignation last summer.
DANIEL DAVIS IS
VICTIM OF ATTACK
East Roxboro Man Struck
By Unknown Assailants
Last Night.
Daniel Davis, East Roxboro
man, was attacked by two un
known assailants last night a
about 8 o’clock near the old Boat
wright re-drying plant at the de
pot.
The attack on Davis last night
was the second of the same na
ture occurring in about a week’s
time. Robbery was believed to be
the motive and the two attackers
were believed by local police to
be the same pair that attacked D.
S. Shelton, another East Roxboro
man, ast week.
Davis was walking alone near
the Boatwright re-drying plant
when he met two men. As he
stopped aside on coming abreast
of the pair, one of them walked
up and hit him on the head with
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Wide Comment
Result Os Recent
Rate Reduction
Raleigh The recent rate re
duction announced by the Caro
tin Power and Light Company
under which the Utilities Com
missions of North and South
Carolina estimate customers of
the utility will save approximate
ly $1,000,000 a year has been the
occasion for widespread favor
able comment in the territory
served by the company, according
to L. V. Sutton, president.
Mr. Sutton pointed out that an
analysis of the reduction in rates
shows small users of electricity
in its several forms will benefit
more than will those who use con
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PREMIER NEWSPAPER}
A LEADER AT ALL TIME&
Heads of Civic, Govern
mental, Religious Organi
sations Meet To Discuss
Community Problem.
West Calls Group
First steps were taken yester
day afternoon toward the organi
zation of a permanent Commun
ity Welfare committee, a name
which will be used unofficial
ly until a more suitable one is
adopted.
At a meeting held in the Grand
Jury room of the County Court
house yesterday afternoon, heads
of civic clubs, government agen
cies, churches, service organiza
tions and other county leaders
were called to discuss the propos
ed organization by Rev. W. F.
West, chairman of the Person
County welfare advisory board,
who explained that similar or
ganizations had been of valuable
assistance in other counties.
The purpose of such an orga
nization would be to supplement
the work of the regular welfare
agencies, who were described as
being unable to care for the de
mands of charity in Person coun
ty. Numerous tubecular cases
were cited as examples by Mrs.
T. C. Wagstaff, county welfare
superintendent, which could not
be cared for through the regular
agencies of welfare.
The assemblage yesterday mov
ed to effect a permanent organi
zation and invite Mrs. W. B. Ay
cock, director of the county di
vision of the state department
of public welfare, to explain the
details of organization at another
meeting of the group to be call
ed in the near future.
Such an organization as the
one being formed here, it is be
lieved, should have as its ultim
ate aim the final elimination of
much of the need for public wel
fare and assistance. Cooperation
of churches, civic organization
and governmental agencies would
all be utilized to cope with the
ever present problem of charity
and public welfare. Studies tend
ing toward its final elimination,
would be carried out.
Present for the pre-organiza
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Auto Accident
Mars Honeymoon
Os Local Couple
Mrs. Montague Puryear, the
former Miss Emily Stephens, suf
fered painful injuries in an auto
mobile accident near Madisoh,
Ga. last week-end while return
ing from a honeymoon trip
through Florida.
Latest reports earlier this week
were that she was still confined
there. Mr. Puryear, it was report
ed, was uninjured except for &
general shaking up.
Mrs. Puryear, it is understood,
suffered six broken ribs and a
broken collar bone in the acci
dent. The gears on the automo
bile locked and plunged down an
eight foot embankment damag
ing the car extensively.
Mr. and Mrs. Puryear, who
were married on December 28,
will reside in an apartment at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Dunlap upon their return here.
APPRECIATION >
We want to thank each per
son for their lovely, useful giftn
and words of sympathy in the
sorrow of loosing our home. They
have meant so much to us.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Wagstaff
and family.
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