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Only Six Days Left On $50.00 Extra Prize And Free Votes
IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1939 NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
Chamber
MERCHANTS OFFER
THREE DAY EVENT
Thrifty Shoppers Expected
To Throng City Next Week
end.
Three big Community Dollar
Days, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, have been anounced by
local merchants and the Chamber
of Commerce for the coming
week.
Melvin H. Burke, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, spon
sors of the event, urged every per
son in Roxboro’s trade territory
to take advantage of the excep
tional offers which local mer
chants have arranged for these
Dollar Days.
Local merchants are cooperat
ing whole hartedly in the event I
and there will be special fea-*
tures on display in every store.
The big trade event will get un
derway Thursday morning with
the climax coming Saturday when
large crowds of shoppers are ex
pected to throng local stores.
.. Details of the bargains offered
op these days will be found on*
other pages of this , and in
pext Thursday’s paper.
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Scouts To
J&adges At Bushy
Fork PTA Meeting
The Fork P. T. A. will
hold its March meeting next
Thursday evening at 7:00 o’clock.
The Jprograip planned for this
meeting is as follows:
1. Devotional; 2. Business; 3.
Playlet by Seventh Grade; 4.
Music—which will consist of se
lections rendered by different fa
mily groups of the community.
5. Topic for discussion: Safety in
the Home; 6. Awarding of badges
of promotion to the Boy Scouts.
Since the P. T. A. is sponsor
ing the Boy Scouts it is felt in
presenting these badges before
the organization, the members of
the P. T. A. will get an opportun
ity to see what these boys are do
ing. It is hoped that both parents
of each boy will be present this
meeting. The entire program will
be very interesting and well
worthwhile.
The executive meeting will be
held on Tuesday afternoon, March
7 at 3:15.
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LOOK WHO’S COMING
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. Charlie Monroe and his big
Radio Show), consisting of Bill
Calhoun, Zeke Morris, Fiddling
Dale Cole and Jolly Bert Stevens
will be at Olive Hill school on
Tuesday, March 7 at 8 o’clock.
. The show is to be sponsored
by the Young Woman’s Mission
ary Society of Oak Grove church.
The program will be more than
two hours of real good clean fun.
Admission 15 -25 c.
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BOARD TO MEET
. The Board of County Commis
sioners will hold its regular
meeting in the office of the Re
gister of Deeds tomorrow morning
at 10 o’clock, it was revealed
yesterday.. Several matters per
tining to the coming revaluation
of property are expected to take
up a good part of the meeting.
Thrifty Shoppers: Remember 3 Bib Dollar Days This Wsek
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Plans Dollar Days
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J. D. Mangum, pictured above,
j is president of the local Chamber
I of Commerce which yesterday an
nounced three Community Dollar
Days for next weekend. The ev
ent is expected to attract thrifty
shoppers from the entire trading
area.
Person Relief Bill
Totals $3,290.19
During February
|3,290.19 was spent in aid to the
indigent during the month just
ended, according to Mrs. T. C.
Wagstaff, local welfare officer.
A total of 339 unduplicated
cases were administered to during
the month, 240 of these receiving *
$2,144 for old age assistance. Oth-j
er forms of relief showed 186
children representing 70 families
received SB9O in aid to depend
ent children while seven blind'
persons were given $lO5. |
Under the division of general
relief, 45 persons received $67 1
for the month. $69.19 was spent
for hospitalization of tuberculos-J
is patients while sls was the a
mount contributed to the Kinson
children, orphans.
Fire Damage
Remains Small
Roxboro’s fire damage contin
ued to remain small during Feb
ruary, Fire Chief Henry O’Briar.t
said yesterday.
Total damage for the two al
arms answered during the month
was estimated at around $75, the
chief continued. These calls were
at Central Service Station and
and the home of G. W. Pulliam.
One false alarm was turned in
during the month.
P. T. A. COUNCIL
The Parent - Teacher Council
wil} meet in the Central School
in Roxboro, Tuesday, March 7th.
at 3:30.
This meeting is important as
it’s election time.
There are several important
matters to come before the coun
cil so every Parent-Teacher as
sociation is urged to have a rep
resentative present,
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“Which, then, shall be our
choice, —the sinful, material, and
perishable, or the spiritual, joy
giving, and eternal?”
—{Mary Baker Eddy I
ROTARIANS HEAR
OF BENEFIT PARTY
Country Club Committee
Sponsoring Events At Com
munity House Thursday.
The Rotary club at its regular
meeting Thursday night heard
plans for the big benefit party to
be held in the local Community
House Thursday night as discus
sed by Mesdames J. H. Hughes
and B. B. Mangum, who appear
ed before the club.
These ladies are members of
the entertainment committee of
the country club and it is in the
interest of the club that the par
ty is to be held. They were in
troduced by Dr. J. H. Hughes,
president of the country club.
Principal speaker of the even
| ing was J. S. Walker, who talk
ed to the club on “Rotary.”
Prior to his address, Dr. B. E.
Love addressed a few remarks
to Dr. G. W. Gentry and T. T.
Mitchell, new members of the
club, on Rotary ideals and what
is expected of new members.
President Howard Strang pre
sided over a short business ses
sion and plans for the Father-Son
meeting next week, which will
be arranged by Wheeler Newell,
were discussed.
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“Business dispatched is business
well done, but business hurrried
is business is ill done.”
—Bulwer-Lytton.
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$50.00 Extra Cash
Aim} The Big Prize Vole
Ballots To Be Won Sat.
All business turned in last week on the sls and $lO extra
prizes also applies on the extra SSO prize which will be won
Saturday, March 11th. Every worker who reported last week
has an interest in the SSO extra prize. Which one will win ? ?
BIGGEST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN PREDICTED
Candidates are hereby warned that this week’s results can
have a very decided effect on the big winning. Those who de
pend on just average reports will no doubt be underestimating
the amount of business that can be obtained during this special
offer week, and will surely meet with disappointment when
the best awards are handed out
BIG AWARD WINNERS WILL HAVE A BIG WEEK
Candidates: There is almost SSOO cash difference between
first prize and third prize. This week is the time to—
THINK - - FIGURE - - ACT
List of Candidates in The Times “Cash Offer” Campaign and
Percentage Votes accepted for publication:
Name Town Votes
Mrs. Coy E. Day Roxboro -. 408,000
Mrs. C. E. Stewart Roxboro 465,000
Miss Nannie Willie Cushwa.. Roxboro 463,000
Mrs. Matt Dickerson Ca-Vel 463,000
Miss Mary Emma Strum Roxboro 301,000
Mrs. Jack Woody Bethel Hill 465,000
Miss Lucy Gray Chwidler ... Leasburg 456,000
Miss Margaret A Jones Roxboro 460,000
Miss Lena Buchanan Rougemont 320,000
Miss Ruth Lunsford Timberlake 320,000
Miss Manila O’Briant Allensville 463,000
Mrs. Thomas Gwyn .... Semora 285,000
Wheeler Carver Roxboro 435,000
Mrs. S. D. Clayton Roxboro, Rt. 3 460,000
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SSO in Cash to the Candidate turning in the most money
for subscriptions from Monday, February 27th., to Saturday
night, March 11th. A period of two weeks.
CANDIDATES: There is S6OO Cash for top winner in The
Person County Times Campaign. ACT NOW.
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REMEMBER - IT’S UP TO YOU!!!
Six Townships
Are Represented
At Demonstration
By H. K. Sanders - J. B. Snipes
Velma Beam
One of the most enthusiastic
gatherings of farmers and farm
women was held Friday af
ternoon on the Jarm of Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Cruhnpton, in the Al
lensville community.
Thirty-five people, represent
ing six townships of the county,
were present, showing the inter
est in a water supply in farm
homes is widespread in Person
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Crumpton grac
iously invited all their guests to
make an inspection of the fix
tures recently installed. They
have enclosed a porch adjoining
the kithcen and dining room
This has been divided into a
bathroom and a dressing room.
In the kitchen a sink and drain
board have been installed.
While women are most inter
ested in the household conven
iences, the men paid particular
attention to. the tank just out
side the house, the supports hold
ing the tank, and the method of
preventing the pipes from freez
ing.
At the sjtriAg, about 650 ft from
the residence, everybody wanted
to see how new cement en
closure, and tbe pipes which car
ry 7 1-2 gallons of water per
minute to tbe ram, which has
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3 Epidemics Strike County
During Month, Allen Reports
Health Officer Estimates
500 Cases Os Flu During
February; Mumps, Pink-
Eye Numerous.
In contrast to records of low
disease prevalence for each
month during several years in
Person County, February was
characterized by three small epi
demics of mild disorders, Dr.
Albert L. Allen, head of the
Person County health department
said yesterday.
Probably not less than 500
cases of influenza occurred, re
sulting in the temporary closing
of three schools. Mumps and
pink-eye (Koch-Weeks Bacillus
infection) appeared in epidemic
form in a few localities in the
county, although an exact esti
mate of the incidence of these
disease cannot be made inas
much as neither is reportable,
Allen revealed in his monthly re
port.
Other diseases reported were as
follows: chicken pox 12, syphilis
9, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough, 5 each, and
gonorrhea 1.
The health department during
the month continued its work in
the schools where 224 children
were examined by the health of
ficer and 36 inspected for skin
and scalp diseases. The health
dentist during the month inspect,
ed 153 children, cleaned the teeth
of 144 and made a total of 939
dental operations, all under the]
auspices of the health department. |
Eighteen women were examin-|
ed for maternal care by the phy
sician and two crippled children
were examined at a clinic. Four
were admitted to nursing ser
vice.
In the field of syphilis control,
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Along The Way
Some people have funny ideas. Now there’s Wheeler Newell.
All his life he has been saving money and piling it up in stocks and
bonds. Gordon Hunter knew about this hobby of Wheelers and final,
ly prevailed upon him to go see the moving picture entitled “You
Can’t Take It With You.” Immediately after seeing this show Wheel
er left for California to see the Rose Bowl Football game. The trip
cost over SIOO.OO and we know that Wheeler can’t take that SIOO
with him.
I mat Sam Oliver, police chief, the other day. He was eating
peanuts and asked me to have some. He had just bought a half pound.
I took the bag as he said—‘You eat the rest. I can’t do so well
with them they hurt my teeth.” With that he walked away and as
he left I counted the peanuts. Eleven small nuts remained. It may
be that they hurt his teeth, but not so much because one-half pound
had been devoured before he decided to call it quits.
Coy Day and Coleman King have returned to this city from At
lanta, Georgia. Where they got the money to go to Atlanta is more
than their creditors can figure out It’s probably more than King and
Day could figure, too. They just up and left
Income tax time finds electric light bills jumping in Roxboro.
O. Y. Clayton, R. M. Spencey, Phil Thomas, Lester Clayton, Theo
Clayton and others are using an adding machine for all that they
are worth. Then they subtract just as hard. Even with all their
figures it looks like Uncle Sam is going to get a big cut out of
their reserve.
Alex Sergeant likes to make big speeches about people like
Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and he is a real speaker
too. When Alez takes the floor you just naturally revert right back
to the period that he is talking about and if you don’t watch out he
will sway you like the wind blowing a tree. For the benefit of a few
who have asked we hereby issue a statement—Jim Walker does
not write his speeches.
Schedule Land
Use Programs
Land use program planning
meetings for next week will
be held as follows. All meet
ings will begin at 7:30 p. m.
Monday . Bushy Fork School.
Tuesday- Olive Hill School.
Wednesday - Courthoujuse;
Roxboro.
Thursday-Allensville School.
Thursdayßobertson’s Store;
Woodsdale.
Friday . Cunningham School.
Friday-Mt. Harmony School.
Demonstration
Planned Tuesday
At Wagstaff Farm
. A terracing and row running
demonstration wil be held at
Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff’s farm at 10
o’clock Tuesday morning, the
county agent’s office announced
yesterday. .
At this time of the year, it was
pointed out, the farmers will be
building (terraces and breaking
land when the weather permits.
Therefore a demonstration on
these problems is believed val
uable.
H. M. Ellis, agricultural engin
eer of the Extension Service,
State college, will conduct the
demonstration and will show
how to properly re-plow a ter
race, plow the land between ter
races in order to prevent low
places, and run rows so that each
row will carry its own water.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic and H. K. Sanders, agricul
tural agent and J. B. Snipes, as
sistant, urged all farmers who
are interested to attend the dem
onstration.
THE TIMES IS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIMEa
“ Protect You” Vote and
SSO Winner Will Have Best
Chance Os S6OO Award.
Read Campaign
News Carefully
Hours Lost On This Extra
Offer Almost Certain To
Bring Disappointment.
Counting the hours that remain
of the big “Cash Offer” campaign
and making every hour mean re
sults, members seeking to share
in the gigantic gift distribution
are rushing through the home
stretch at a furious pace. Votes
are piling up in substantial num
bers and for so many members
that the outcome is as much o£
a mystery as ever each succeed
ing day.
The vote battle goes on throughr
out the wide territory served by
The Person County Times and.
the members and their friends
are in a turmoil of excitment as
the race is nearing the final sts
ge.
Those that assume the attitude
of having enough votes, had bet
ter step lively as the late startecs
are coming to the front in M$
amazing manner. Taking a rest
is all right in its place but it Is
very dangerous at this critics!
stage of the “Cash Offer” cam
paign. and the most certain thine
of all is, that the value of the %-
wards offered warrant such keen,
competition, and great effort put
forth to win them. Each member
must be on the alert to protect
such good work as has been don*
up to this time.
Those who think they can win
an award of suph great
without supreme effort will aw
aken to the fact that they were
under-estimating the full pulling
power of the awards, the more
energetic ones were at work get
ting subscriptions and when the
votes are counted, the workers
will be the winners.
This is the last week in which
subscriptions may be secured to
apply on the SSO Extra Cash
Prize Offer. To the candidate who
turns in the largest amount of
money for subscriptions from
Monday, February 27th., through
Saturday, March 11th., will be
awarded an extra cash prize of
SSO in cash. This offer ends Sat
urday, March 11th.
EXTENSIONS COUNT
MORE VOTES
Extensions In First Period
1 to 2 yrs $1.50 22,000
1 to 3 yn. 3.00 47,500
I to 4 yrs. 4.50 70,000
Ito 5 yrs. 6JO IN,OOO
5 to 10 yrs. 7JO 155,0 N
Ito 10 yrs. 13.50 255,0 N ~
Remember extensions only
count for this ttemendoos ad
ditional vote. Get extensions
NOW and gain in votes toward
winning the $600.00.
“ProtefcC Yon” Votes
From the beginning of the cam
paign and continuing through
Saturday, March 11th., the "Pro
tect You” Vote Offer will be in
effect.
The three “Protect You” Vote
ballots will be offered to the can
didates in the Cash Offer cam
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