IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
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VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Tm!Pt:n . v r[ ,„ DT , IDV n
’ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939 NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
KIWANIANS HEAR
TRIO SPEAK ON
CHILD WELF ARE
Program On Under-Privi
leged Children Features
Meodames Wagstaff, Vick-,
y ere, Dr. Allen.
llbee speakers Monday night
told the Kiwanis club and Person
County officials, who were their
guests, just what is being done in
the county to care for under
privileged children.
Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, superin
tendent of the department of
welfare, Dr. A. L. Allen, assis
tant district health officer, and
Mrs. G. C. Vickers, president of
the Person County P. T. A. coun
cil were the speakers, and guests
of the club included members of
the Board of County Commis
sioners, the Welfare Advisory
Council, the Board of Health and
all physicians and dentists in the
county.
Lieutenant Governor Jasper B.
Hicks of Henderson also met
with local club and made a
few remarks when recognized
from the floor.
Each speaker outlined briefly
just what his respective organi
zation has done and is doing to
care for underpriviliged child
ren in the county and made re
commendations for work in the
future. Musical selections by a
quartette composed of S. M. Ford,
Billie Montague, J. B. Riggsbee
and T. C. Sanders were also a
• feature of the program.
Monday night’s session was in
'.v charge of Drs. H. M. Beam and
ft It M. Hedgepeth, members of
| the Kiwanis Committee on un
derprivileged children. President
D. R. “Jake” Taylor presided.
Former Roxboro
p Woman Is Killed
5
r In Auto Accident
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6 Friends here Tuesday learned
K that Mrs. Ed M. Davis, former
t Roxboro resident, had been kill
ed in an automoblie accident en
■ route from her home in Lexing
. ton, Ky., to Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Davis operated Davis Drug
company here after the death of
her husband. Prior to coming to
Roxboro she taught in the city
schools of Durham.
I Leaving Roxboro, she took
/ graduate work at the University
f of North Carolina and taught in
sf the Chapel Hill schools. She had
L been living in Kentucky for sev
r . eral years and was connected
| with the University of Kentucky
k at the time of her death.
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I Allen Discusses
I Milk At PTA Meet
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fe" - Discussing milk ai “the
% most perfect fgod but also thg
fc greatest natural medium for
I' spreading disease,” Dr. Albert L.
ft: Allen, Person County health, pt
gsTficer, spoke to members of the
Plane Indian school P. T. A.
E, Tuesday afternoon.
K: Also appearing on the program
J. B. Snipes, assistant coun-
K.ty agricultural agent
ll,,.Approximately 60 Indian par—
K&itts were l ' on hand for the meet-
Sf ing and heard Dr. Allen explain
IS different diseases may
: i|be spread in milk, including tu
*. berculosis, the typhoid group,
Elpfearlet fever, diphtheria, septic
' Bprn throat and the new malta
- M|ever (undulant fever.)
ffcisßte health officer directed sev
j§/ «nl remarks to dairying in gen-
W" ewiljmd advised the use of Grade
all times.
lives by selling
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IrrsonMimes
Topsy - Turvy
Frank Balek, 12, Chicago youth, sees everything upside-down. He
originated his own method of writing by beginning at the bottom, in the
lower right hand corner, and writing from left to right. Not only does
he read and write in this manner, bnt objects are also visually upside
down. He is in the fifth grade, and averages 85 in his studies, which indi
cates that his visual defection does not impede his educational progress.
CivilfService Men Interview
Postmaster Applicants Here
14 Local Applicants, Busi
ness and Professional Men
Questioned.
Interest in" the 14-sided race for
the local postmastership warmed
up considerably this week with
the appearance in Roxboro of
two civil service investigators
getting a line on the applicants
and sounding out public opinion.
W. E Salisbury, field examiner
for the Civil Service commission,
and E. J. Taylor, postoffice in
spector, were the gentlemen con
ducting the interviews in Rox
boro which will finally culminate
in the selection of a permanent
Campaign Workers Are
Now Off To Good Start
SEVERAL RUNNING UP FOR FIRST HONORS
S6OO In Cash Awaits Best Vote-Getter—
s4oo In Cash For Second Best And Good
Cash Awards For Other Live-Wires.
NEW WORKERS LISTED THIS WEEK
Most of the Candidates are getting a good start and any
one could jump to first place with a few subscriptions. All in
terested, eager workers will make a determined drive for all
subscriptions possible this week, as the biggest vote offer of
the Campaign will end Saturday, February 11th.
Who will lead in votes next week? If your favorite Can
didates are not in the lead, help them this week. The 300,000
Extra Vote Offer can place them on the winning list.
BIG DROP IN VOTES AFTER SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 11th.
List of Candidates in The Times “Cash Offer” Campaign and
Percentage Votes accepted for publication:
Name Town Votes
Mrs. Coy E. Day Roxboro 55,000
Mrs. C. E. Stewart Roxboro 57,000
Miss Nannie Willie Cushwa.. Roxboro 57,000
Mrs. Matt Dickerson Ca-Vel 56,500
Mrs. Lillian Qay Woodsdale 30,000
Miss Mary Emma Strum Roxboro 51,000
•Miss Lucy Gray Chandler ... Leasburg 56,000
Miss Margaret A. Jones Roxboro .' 54,200
Mrs. Byrd Long Bushy Fork 56,000
Miss Lena Buchanan Rougemont 80,000
Miss Ruth Lunsford Timberlake ... 48,000
Miss Anne L. Vickers Allensville 20,000
Miss Nan Owen Semora 20,000
Mrs. Belvin Barnette Roxboro 20,000
Mrs. lola Thomas Gwyn .... Semora ’54,000
Wheeler Carver Roxboro 52,000
A. G. Adpock Roxboro, Rt. 3 '20,000
Mrs. S. D. Clayton Roxboro, Rt. 3 45,000
Mrs! J. W. Morgan Roxboro 40,000
Mrs. Carrie Lee Williams ~. Allensville 20;000
Miss Aurelia Long Hurdle Mills 20,000
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Entry Books Open for a Few New Workers Who Are Not Afraid
of a Little Competition Enter Now!
All Candidates are requested to make" a cash report to
Campaign Office each Wednesdy and Saturday, or have report
in mail bearing postmark of that date.
A WINNER NEVER QUITS A QUITTER NEVER WINS!
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postmaster to succeed K. L.
Street, the present acting post
master.
The candidates, 14 strong, have
been interviewed personally at
great length as one part of the
investigation program to ascer
tain the applicant most fitted for
the position. The other part con
sists of interviews with represen
tative business and professional
- alqpg' Roxlftflro £ streets in
order to get a cross section of
public opinion on each candidate.
No indication of when the fin
al selection will be made known
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Bradsher Rites
Held Yesterday
At Hurdle Mills
Robert H. Bradsher died at his
home in Hurdle Mills Tuesday
morning at 6:30 o’clock. He was
73 years old.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the home by Elders George Hill
and Floyd Adams. Interment was
in the family cemetery.
Pallbearers were I. J. Rimmer,
Odie Bradsher, Ira Bradsher, Cal
vin Rimmer, David Rimmer.
Floral bearers were nieces.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lula Blackwell Bradsher; 12
children, Mrs. Daniel Wilson of
Schley, Mrs. O. C. Hawkins of
Hurdle Mills, Mrs. F. L. Moore of
Hurdle Mills, J. H. Bradsher of
High Towers, Mrs. J. R. Porter
field of Burlington, George Brad
sher of Lemon Springs, Mrs. H. T.
Porterfield of Roxboro, C. R.
Bradsher of High Towers, Mrs.
Claude Hawkins of Burlington,
Mrs. Felix Wright of Hurdle
Mills and Mrs. Claude Parker of
Hurdle Mills; and a brother,
Alexander Bradsher of Whitsett.
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Helena Juniors
To Present Play
Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night at 7:45 o’clock
the Juniors of Helena High
school will present a comedy en
titled “Moon River Rancho.”
The Cast of character are as
follows:
Doc Kennedy - Veterinary of
the Ranch - Earl Hill.
Samantka Jane Carson - The
Cook - Eliza Jones.
Calamity Carson - Her Son -
Raymond Timberlake.
Bayne Trevors - Foreman of
the Ranch - Melvin Miller.
Curly Fisk - Horse Forman -
Ronald Hicks.
Beatrice Havens - A friend of
Jerry’s - Rachel Mooney.
Jerry Sanford - Two-thirds ow
ner of the Ranch - Nancy Tillett.
Gene Hampton - Third owner
of the Ranch - Wilson Crabtree.
Mary Scott - A novelist visiting
the West - Pearl Cash.
Inez Holcomb - A friend of
Jerry’s - Ruby Hall.
Phyllis Taylor - A neighbor
hood girl - Mildred Rhew.
Mr. Gregory - Triangle-H Man
- Raymond Gray.
The admission will be 15c and
25c.
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“Nurseries of character should
be strongly garrisoned with
virtue.”
—Mary Baker Eddy
State Still Seeking Humane Death Law
With almost the quite despera
tion of a man trying to find an
easy way to kill a dog, North
Carolina is groping for “humane"
modification of the law which
dictates that first degree felons
shall die.
The search probably began
back in 1910, when the state a
bolished hanging and turned to
electricity as its tnode of execu
tion. It was resumed in 1936,
when hydrocyanic gas replaced
the electric chair in the little
cubicle just off death row at cen
tral prison.
. It continues now in the cur
rent session of the general as
sembly.
One move —a move which
prison officials said would have
been backward rather than for
ward was halted early this
session when an unfavorable
committee report apparently kill
ed a bill which would have abol
ished the gas chamber and
brought back the electric chair.
300,000 Extra Vote Offer
On S3O Subscription Clubs
Ends Saturday February Nth.
Speaker
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Dr. Francis C. Wood
Dr. Francis Wood, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Medical
school, addressed North Carolina
doctors at a weekly meeting last
evening of the Post Graduate
Course in Medicine which is be
ing held in Durham. His subject
was “Clinico-Pathological Con
ference.’’ Several local doctors
are attending the series, one of
which is held each Wednesday
night.
Person County
4-H Clubbers
Will Broadcast
Representatives of Person
County 4-H clubs will participate
in the Farm and Home broadcast
over radio station W. P. T. F. in
Raleigh Saturday from 12:30 to
12:45, according to announce
ments here this week.
This portion of the program, it
was revealed, will be a playlet
written to show how farm boys
and girls become more useful
members of the family because
of their 4-H club training. In
carrying out club projects, it is
shown, they learn to share the
responsibilities of the entire fam
ily as well as keep acounts on
their own projects as they carry
them through to completion.
The group presenting the
broadcast includes Berkley
Crumpton, Rachel Brewer, Ca
rol Leigh Humphries and Pete
Pridgeon.
And close observers think that i
the general assembly may lessen I
the severity of the state’s law
through a bill yet to be intro
duced. This measure, embodying
recommendations of Governor
Hoey, would permit judges and
juries, in their discretion, to im
pose life sentences rather than the
death penalty in first degree con
victions.
Such a step, it is believed,
would make a law conform more
nearly to the current practice of
commuting to life imprisonment
the death sentences of persons
convicted of the “lesser” two of
the now capital crimes first
degree arson and first degree
burglary.
Prison records show that no
one ever has been executed in
this state for arson, and very few
for burglary, even though first
degree convictions of these crim
es carry mandatory death sen-
Death is also prescribed for
fences.
Extra-Vote Offer Now In Effect Gives Work
ers Unusual Opportunity To Amass Votes Early
In “Cash Offer” Campaign.
Votes Drop Decidedly Alter, 11th.
Interest Increases As Campaign Gets Under
Way— Entry Books Still Open For Anyone
Wishing To Make Extra Cash Out-of-Town
Candidates May Mail Reports If Postmarked
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TOBACCO ACREAGE
PROCEDURE GIVEN
Rules For New Farms Un
der Soil Conservation
Program Revealed.
Washington Procedure for
establishing flue-cured tobacco
acreage allotments under the
1939 soil conservation program
for farms on which tobacco is
grown in 1939 for the first time
since 1934, was announced here
by the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
The total acreage allotment for
such flue-cured tobacco farms in
1939 will be limited to not more
Ithan 8,800 acres, or one per
cent of the 1939 national acreage
allotment for flue-cured tobacco.
Each farm of this type is re
quired to meet definite conditions
in order to qualify for an allot
ment.
Old tobacco farms already are
capable of producing annually,
under normal conditions, over
one-third moje tobacco than the
present world consumption of A
merican flue-c«red. The new to
bacco farm allotments are design
ed to take care of the limited
number of cases where the farm
ers have lost the farms which
they had previously operated or
are just beginning the operation
of farms on which no tobacco has
been grown in recent years.
The procedure for establishing
new farm allotments for 1939
specifies the following six con
ditions to be met by the appli
cant for allotment:
1. That he file an application
for an allotment with the county
agricutural conservation com
mittee not later than Feb. 18.
2. That he has grown tobacco
for two years or more during
the past five-year period.
3. That he live on the farm,
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first degree murder and rape,
but even in these cases, com
mutations by the governor fre
quently rob the lethal gas cham
ber of its victims.
The current discussion of capi
tal punishment has reminded of
ficials and newspapermen of the
winter of 1935-36, when the sta
te was installing the first gas
chamber to be used east of the
Mississippi river.
When they think of that win
ter, they usually remember two
frightened dogs and a cocky lit
tle Negro who was proud of the
fhct that he had known Joe Louis
and fought with him when they
were; children living in Birming
ham.
The two dogs were used in an
experiment with death by which
North Carolina sought to perfect
a “humane” way to kill people.
The gas chamber had just been
installed, and officials wanted as
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THE TIMES IS PERSON**
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMESL
The great EXTRA VOTE OF
FER which is in effect in the Per
son County Times “Cash Offer**
campaign until February 11th.
gives the real workers an op
portunity seldom offered early in
the campaign. Usually the big
gest EXTRA VOTE offers or in
ducements are made later in the
race and they are given at a time
when subscriptions are harder to
find.
On Basis of Results
The awards will be made strict
ly upon a basis of results the can
didates secure during the cam
paign. “Results count” is a time
worn slogan and it applies forcib
ly in the “Cash Offer” Campaign.
This is purely a business propo
sition wherein men and women
enter into competition with each
other on the same basis and the
results obtained decides the size
and nature of the reward.
The importance of being earn
est in everything one does;
whether it is at work or play in
order to obtain the most gratify
ing results is an exemplary idee
that fits nicely into the policy that
members adopt to advantage.
Hap-hazard methods lead one on
and on, and though one may
seemingly accomplish things, one
never attains an ultimate end. ,
A systematic canvass of your
closest frineds will bring best re
sults. Then after you have seen
your best friends and acquaint
ances you should spread out t»
new territory, so to speak, and
make a canvass of other fellow's
friends and acquaintances after
once you begin enumerating
them. Everyone is a prospect, for
they all read newspapers. It is
surprising with what ease and
how quickly you will be able to
send your vote total soaring and
place yourself in the race for the
big awards.
Biggest Vote Offer
300,000 extra votes will be al
lowed on each S3O “club” of sub
scriptions turned in by Saturday,
February 11th.
This is positively the very big
gest EXTRA VOTE OFFER that
will be made, and those who do
their best work now will have
much to be thankful for when the
votes are counted.
Out of town members should
bear in mind particularly that all
subscriptions that are mailed Sat
urday and bearing a postmark to
show that they were mailed that
day will be accepted by the cam
paign department to apply on the
big EXTRA VOTE OFFER. A
very decided drop in the number
of extra votes will be made af
ter Saturday, February 11th. Now
is the time for all earnest work
ers to put in their best effort
NOTE—AII candidates are re
quested to make a cash report
to the campaign manager on each
Wednesday evenings from 3 to
6 o’clock and on Saturday even
ings from 3 to 7 o’clock. If you
cannot call at the office, in per
son, be sure to mail your sub
scriptions or send them in by
someone.
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“Books and friends should be
few and good.”