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IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL .FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY $600.00 And $400.00 Top; Prizes In Cash Offer Campaign Warehousemen Write Finis To 1938-39 Selling Season Solicitor ■ iNB S " ? 1 S' ■ . -V- * Newly sworn in Solicitor Wil li lm H. Murdock of Durham will be one of the new faces seen at next week’s term of Superior court which convenes here Mon day. Murdock will be prosecuting his first Superior Court docket. SUPERIOR COURT CONVENESMONDAY Murdock, New Solicitor, To Make First Official Ap pearance Here. Superior Court will convene here Monday morning for a ses sion which promises to be both short and snappy, only eight or "10 cases of, more or less, minor nature appearing on the dock et Prosecuting for the first time since his election last November will be Wiliam H. Murdock, Dur ham attorney who succeeds Leo Carr. A former Judge of Record ers court in Durham, Murdock will be making his first official visit to Roxboro. On the bench will be Judge G. Vernon Cowper of Kinston who has appeared in the local court room on several other occasions. Scheduled to appear in the January term is the manslaugh ter case against Charlie Tatum, young Roxboro man, whose car fatally injured Sam Norwood, aged Negro, last fall. Other cases of minor importance such as lar ceny, assault with deadly weapon and possession for sale are also slated to come up. The jury list as drawn for the January 23 term follows: J. O. Tillman, S. B. Day, L. J. Chand ler, G. C. Duncan, Walter Vau ghan, E. G. Stanfield, John T. Moore, R. J. Oakley, J. Y. Hum phries, W. R. Woody, C. M. Ran es, M. U .Daniel, W. H. Gentry, J. H. Blalock, Dee Pool, N. T. Williams, Sam Dunn, Paul Bar nette, D. N. Wrenn, Harold Clay ton, W. J. Yarboro, A. C. Grav itte. Spurgeon Dixon, John T. Hortoji, O. B. Mcßroom, S. J. Dickens, J. B. Seate, E. M. Wells, G. E. Holeman, A. W. Hicks, Stephen Moore, A. C. Day, J. M. Burton, A. R. Warren, W. K. Moore, T. L. Franklin, W. R. An derson, W. A. Young, T. G. Luns ford, W. J. Snipes and W. J. Dean. o— —- HONOR CLUB B. B. Knight, local insurance man, has again been named a member of the 1938 Honor Club, and awarded a free trip to Col umbus, Ohio. In'a recent campaign in honor ■of President Adams of the Ohio State Life, Mr. Knight stood ithtsd in the nation. The convention will be held at the Deshler hotel Monday ifhraugh Wednesday. ■ I Market Ends Season A bout Million Pounds Be hind Last Season Despite Handicaps ' The local tobacco market took one final gasp Friday and died a natural death as ware housemen wrote finis to the 1938- 39 selling season. Only about 10,000 pounds of the golden weed graced the floors of Roxboro’s four houses on the final day and high prices were equally scarce since most of the offerings were largely scrap and leftovers. Final figures credited the market with 3,545,631 pounds sold at an average of around $21.50 per hundred pounds, an average which compares favor ably with others in the immedi ate vicinity. In the nine day sel ling period which followed the Christmas vacation, 132,586 pounds were sold. By comparison, this year’s poundage was approximately a million pounds less than last but figures don’t tell the entire story. A month and half ahead of sche dule, a large portion of this year’s crop had already been sold before Roxboro, a member of the Old Belt, was allowed to open. Already, local tobacconists are possibilities -for next year. X determined drive, it is believed, will be made to secure an opening date for Rox boro at the same time that Dur ham and Oxford, and other members of the Bright Belt open. (Continued On Back Page) o Watkins Rites Held Yesterday Funeral services were held yes terday for Mrs. John B. Watkins of Henderson, grandmother of Miss Anne Watkins and mother of the late W. C. Watkins of this city. Mrs. Watkins has been in ill health for some time. Death oc curred Thursday night at her home in Henderson. Here Are The Big Awards SIOO IN CASH IS LOWEST REGULAR AWARD IN BIG “CASH OFFER” CAMPAIGN NOW BEING ORGAN IZED BY THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES. Workers Urged To Enter Early. First Award S 6OO Cash Second Award S4OO Cash Third Award $l5O Cash Fourth Award SIOO Cash 2.0% Cash Comnission Guaranteed All Other Active Non- Prize Winners. Workers Wanted In Every Section Os ! ■ * "- * „*V/ 4 \V. » ' ' Person and Adjoining Counties. Territory Is Not Restricted All Subscriptions Carry Votes On Big Awards New, Renewal And Back Pay inehts Count The Same Votes. Nomination And First Subscription Coupon With One Subscription Count Over 40,000 Votes To Start. ENTER NOW WIN S6OO • - ■> ,• - . Times" Cash Offer” Campaign — r Final Services For Allensville Woman Are Held Mrs. David Y. Walker of the Allensville community of Person County died at her home at 3:15 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Death was attributed to com plications. She has been ill for the past eight days. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the hfme. Interment was in the Provi dence church cemetery. Rev. J. L. Coley was in charge. Active pall bearers were Tho mas Perkins, George Perkins, Luther Whitt, E. F. Fox, Horace Buchannon and William Whitt. o C.T.HALL CALLS STATE-WIDE MEET Representatives Os Tobacco Growing Counties To Dis cuss Legislative Proposals. Claude T. Hall, chairman of the State advisory council, Friday called a meeting of representa tives of all of the tobacco grow ing counties to be held in Ra leigh Monday to discuss several legislative proposals for the com ing year. Mr. Hall is also chairman of the legislative-committee appoint ed at the Washington meeting January 12, 13. In his telegram to all county agents Friday, Mr. Hall requested that the county committee be asked to select four representa tive growers to attend the Ra leigh meeting Monday, scheduled for Pullen Hall at State college. Several proposals have been advanced by opponents and ex ponents of the ill-fated tobacco allotment plan which met de feat in the referendum held De cember 10. It is for the purpose of discussiong these proposals that Monday’s meeting has been called. H. K. Sanders, local county agent, yesterday said Person County’s delegation had not been lined up completely but it was expected to be one representa tive of all sections of the county. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Loftis Plane Crash V ■V If ,Mk Wk I 1 . Igak I l maim, nil j Shown above is a graphic picture of the plane crackup in which Dan Loftis, local youth, and Jack Withers, Danville pilot, were ser iously injured. Loftis is still in a semi-unconscious condition at an Augusta hopital. The crash occurred near Midville, Ga., about 50 miles south of Augusta. The above is by courtesy of The Augusta Herald. Legion Speaker Says Local Post Is Best In District Legon Commander Should Be Person County , Man, Maynard Declares. Declaring that the Lester Blackwell Post of the American Legion in Person County was the Number one post in the Eleventh district, Commander S. Amos Maynard of Grensboro, opened his talk in this city at the Leg ion Hut Friday night. Approximately one hundred members of the American Legion and their guests were present for a fish fry with corn bread and coffee. The meeting was presided over by Local Commander R. H. Shelton. District Commander Maynard I was loud in his praise of the Person County Post and plainly stated that the next district commander should come from this county. Other speakers on the Friday night program were F. B. Rich ardson, W. F. Malone and Robert Mosley, all of Greensboro. The Lester Blackwell Post now has 114 members and interest in the work of the Legion is grow ing every month. The meeting last week was one of the best of the past twelve months. Following the supper the offi cers remained for a short busi ness session and a discussion of a dance that is a regular feature of the Legion in Roxboro. o • Carver Funeral Rites Conducted Here Yesterday William Lester Carver, 38, well known citizen of this city, died in Gentry-Williams hospital here Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o’- clock. Mr. Carver had been in ill health for the past four years but not until recently did his condi tion become critical. Surviving are his widow and two sons, Wheeler and Revis Car ver; one brother, John Carver, and a sister, Mrs. Charlie Morris, all of Roxboro. Funeral services were held at Grace Methodist church Saturday afternoon with Rev. T. M. Vick i ■ . (Continued On Back Page) SCOUT CONCAYE PLANS COMPLETE W. A. Dobson To Be Main Speaker At Annual Meet ing In Yanceyville. W. A. Dobson, who will make the principal address at the Che rokee Council annual meeting to be held in Yanceyville Tuesday, is Regional Scout Executive of the Sixth Region consisting of 35 Boy Scout Councils in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Mr. Dobson is a native South erner and has been doing both volunteer and professional Scout ing since 1921. He is recognized throughout the native South as an authority on boy leadership and as an outstanding orator. Over 250 people are expected (Continued On Back Page) Along The Way With the Editor You never can tell about Charlie Holeman. The other day I was in his store and there was Charlie just shining away on his shoes. He was going to Danville and doing his best to make his shoes look good before he left. He must have used a whole can of polish and worn out two or three rags. But Charlie went to Dan ville and his shoes were shining. Wow, it happened again. Bill Walker, Building and Loan man, has decided that all past due payments to the Building and Loan must be paid at once. He really has a few of the fellows in a sweat. In just a short time we will let you know how Alex Bass is getting on. As you probably know Alex has been managing a store near Danville. A few days ago we sent him a notice that his sub scription to the Times had expired. We are now waiting to see if Alex is getting on nicely. We also mailed a notice to our old friend Anderson Timberlake wno is living in Greensboro. We know that Anderson is doing nice ly, he just hasn’t had time to mail the check. Then there’s Guthrie Bradsher, but everybody knows that Guth rie has plenty of money. O. B. Mcßroom was recently elected chairman of the Scout Council in this county. “Mac” has plenty of time and money and for that reason he should be able to keep the organization in good shape. The Scouts understand that they now get free Coca-Colas any time they stop by. his plant. Fred Masten resigned as Scout secretary and now he will have a little more time to devote to golfing. George Cushwa was elected secretary and that means that he will have to cut down on his golf playing. Dewey Bradsher recently killed a large ten pound wild turkey and Doctor Thaxton wants him to have all the boys up for a turkey dinner. “Doc” says they can use part of the turkey and have lots of gravy. That means plenty of sopping and boys like Jack Strum, Dr. Thaxton, Sam Merritt, Gip Prillaman and Dick Bullock will feel right at home. SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1939 NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT Four Big Cash Awards And A Guaranteed Cash Commission In The Times Big Campaign Health Exams To Begin Monday At Central School Examination of school child ren at Central Graded School will begin Monday morning, one day earlier than schedule, it was an nounced by Miss Lake Allen, staff j nurse of the health department. Approximately fifteen pupils will be taken Monday, so that the remainder of those to be exam ined can be seen on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Students selected for examin ation by the health officer in clude all those hitherto unexam ined, comprising the majority of children in the first grades, and all new entrants in any grade. Special examination will be given to those pupils repeating grades, on request of the .. teacher. It is expected that a toal of eighty children approximately will be observed during the school cli nic at Central. It is urged that parents, hav ing children in school who are to be examined, be present in or der to be informed of correctible defects or findings. As is custom ary, parents of students to he examined on Tuesday and Wed nesday will receive notice on the day preceding the day of the cli nic. On account of the change of schedule, parents of pupils to be examined Monday will not re ceive such slips. The list of those pupils to be examined Monday morning, beginning about 10:30 o’clock, whose parents will re |CeiMe only; (this notioe, are as follows: Alvis Chambers, Mil dred Davis, Josephine Blalock, Joy Anne Hamlin, Mary Ellen Frederick, Paul Edward Cham bers, Lynda Pulliam, Roy H. Childress, Billy Hammond, Bet ty Louise Soloman, Joyce Anne Walker, Huddy B. Pulliam, Effie Lee, Lucille Rollins, and Edward Walter Greene. THE TIMES IS PERSON** PREMIER NEWSPAPER! A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. Many Territories In Wide Field Now Open For Work ers. Early Start Is Best Only two days have elapsed since the announcement of the “Cash Offer” Campaign, a sur , prising amount of interest is being manifested in the awards | offered by the Person County Times. With prizes ranging in value from $600.00 down to SIOO.OO cash, or a liberal com mission, it is to be expected that at least fifty persons will enter the race and make a determined effort to capture one of the a wards. The plan of the campaign is such that everyone who takes an active interest will be paid hand somely, The reward is in direct proportion to the effort put forth and results secured. SIOO.OO Per Week Think of winning an award of $600.00 in such a short time. The person who wins will be paid at the rate of almost SIOO.OO per week. Each and every award in the list is worth many times the amount of effort that will be re quired to win it. A wonderful opportunity is be ing offered the residents of this section and those who are quick to appreciate the offer will be the ones the judges will call for ward in a few weeks to claim the awards. Open To Everyone A share in this distribution is offered every man, woman, boy and girl in the territory served by the Person County Times. It costs absolutely nothing to en ter the “Cash Offer” Campaign now or ever. You do not even have to be a subscriber. All that is necessary to start you is to fill in the Nomination coupon and send or bring it to Campaign (Continued On Back Page) Do You Need Cash? The “Cash Offer” campaign now being organized by the Person County Times offers you a splendid opportunity to turn your spare moments in immediate cash. Many people who are in position to take a part in this big cash dis tribution fail to take the time to read the details of the pro position or investigate it. The “Cash Offer” campaign is a 1 guaranteed business affair.-iif' which many people Will make a handsome sum of money in the next few weeks, $600.00 will go to someone in this ter ritory, $400.00 to another, and two other valuable main cash awards with a guaranteed commission of 20 percent. ;to all who fail to win one of the regular awards. Those who are considering the work should come in at, once and get the full details, try the work, see for themselves what headway they could make, then in the - event they do not wish to con tinue, they can withdraw. What could be fairer than that, we feel assured that those who really make an effort will be so agreeably surprised with the fast headway they can make and the unusual fascin ation found in the work that they will have no desire to withdraw from the campaign. IF YOU CAN USE EXTRA CASH ENTER NOW! "
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