PERSON COUNTY TIMES
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A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
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1 1.8. MERRITT, Editor M. C. CLAYTON, Manager
E. J. HAMLIN City Editor.
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Published Every Sunday and Thursday. Entered As Second
Class Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under
Vhe Act Os March 3rd., 1879-
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later than Monday to insure publication for Thursday edition
and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition.
SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1939
TEN YEARS AGO THE TIMES STARTED
It was ten years ago this month that the publishing firm of
Clayton and Merritt was organized. The firm started doing business
in the basement of the Palace Theatre, li remained there six months
and then moved to its present location
It was not until June of 1929
that the first paper was printed
and not until two or three mon
ths later that regular publication
was undertaken.
On the tenth anniversary of!
the founding of this firm the
publishers wish to render their
very grateful thanks to all who
have been so nice as to place any
business with the Times or to
speak a kind word in its behalf.
Ten years in business is not a
long time. Many firms in this!
county can claim fifty or more]
years, but ten years of support j
by other firms is something to
feel good about and that is howl
the publishers of this paper feel
when they think about the ten
years that have passed.
Those who own the paper have
always tried to devote a large
amount of space to civic projects
and to try to help build the
county in every way. They do not
claim that they have done any
more than they were supposed
tq do, yet it is good to know that
you have done all that you couhl
and willing to do more.
And so we close this brief
chapter in the life of the Times
and hope to have the pleasure of
closing several more ten year
chapters. All that can possibly be
said is “Thank You.”
BEHIND THE EARS
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In a very short time Mayor
Dawes will proclaim a certain
period of time as “Clean Up
Week” for Roxboro. To ninety
five percent of the people in
this city that will not mean a
thing except a news item. Prac
tically all of the people will know
about this week, but they will
do absolutely nothing about it.
That’s the way of projects of
this kind. A few people get be
hind them and the remainder
look on and don’t even applaud.
They just look and sanction the
thing so long as it causes them
no trouble whatsoever.
No one can deny the fact that
Roxboro needs a good cleaning.
You can hardly pick a day in the
year when it doesn’t. Now, here
is a time when something could
be done about the matter and the
entire population would profit.
The city itself will co-operate in
every possible way and will haul
off all the -trash that is collected.
One excellent spot for this
drive is behind the stores of this
city. Some spots back there are
fairly clean, but a majority could
stand quite a bit of cleaning. It
is hoped that the proprietors of
all stores will get behind this
drive and clean up their back
lots. It will not require much
time and will be worth every
minute of the time it takes.
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COSMIC RAYS TO OPEN FAIR
New York City—This city is
agog over plans for opening its
World’s Fair on April 30th.
Cosmic rays will be utilized to
produce a simultaneous release
of spectacular lighting effects,
deep-toned bells audible 20 miles
away, and a play at fire and
water in the lux's huge lagoon.
Timed to synchronize with the
opening will be flu arrival off
109 «Mps and 00,000 men of the <
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WORLD’S FAIR CAKE
- For one year William Baker
s worked six hours daily baking (his
s fruit cake which Is on display at
j the San Francisco World’s fair.
1 Replicas on the cake, built exactly
V to scale, include 19 California mis
i sions, two bridges, Treasure island
t and parts of two cities.
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f “Park Ave. Gimp”
e Movie’s Bid For
i Ballroom Favor
Paramount Dance Director Le-
Roy Prinz, who gave the sensa
tional “Charleston” to the world
a few years ago. has evolved
what he regards as the most dis
tinctive dance of his career for
“Case Society,” the new Ma
deleine Carroll-Fred Mac Murra
y Ross comedy, opening
Monday at the Palace Theatre.
Calling it the “Park Avenue
Gimp,” Prinz predicts as brilli
ant a run for it as his Charles
ton” had during its heyday. Pat
terned upon a trip down Park
Avenue in a fast-moving car, the
dance involves eight distinct
movements, repeated over and
over until the dancers collapse
from exhaustion, the drums wear
out or the roof caves in!
The beauty of the “Park Ave
nue Gimp” is that it can be done
by any number of persons, from
one couple to the capacity of a
dance hall, as was the case with
the popular “Lambefth Walk.”
All these dances, incidentally,
track back to the Virginia Reel
and square dance of another
generation!
In “Case Society,” a comedy of
life in New York’s much-publi
zed smart set, the new Prinz
j dance is introduced by Miss Car
roll, playing a socialite on the
loose, and Allyn Joslyn, who is
I cast as a young gossip-columnist.
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Screen now before the flies
come
Watkins & Bullock.
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“The true civilization is where
every man gives to every other
every right that he claim a for
himself,”
—lngeraoll
“Chastity is the cement of ci
vilization and progress.”
—Mary Baker Eddy
*‘Civilization is simply a series
of victorias amt nature.”
FERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
Canine Pal Stands Watch Over Dead Friend
Passersby In East St. Louis, m„ learned a lesson In friendship from this dog. For 24 hoars he watched over
the body of a canine pal who was accidentally killed by an automobile. The watchdog growled when residents
tried to approach and refused to be molested. Police were finally called and both doga removed from the
street.
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With Our Contemporaries
They Can Stop Hitler
The Philadelphia Record j
Chamberlain and Daladier can
stop Hitler—without war—if they
want to.
That was the record’s opinion
at the time of the Munich crisis.
That’s The Record’s opinion to
day.
Prof. Charles A. Beard, the fa
mous historian, writing in the
American Mercury, takes precise
ly the same point of view. He
says:
“If the countries of Europe that
are directly and immediately in
volved in preventing German
and Italian domination are pri
marily or even fundamentally in
terested in the operation they
can call bluff and stop the peril
within 48 hours. They can estab
lish solidarity, if that is their real
and secret wish.
“For the United States to rush
in and do what they obviously do
not want to do seems to me qui
xotic beyond anything Cervantes
ever imagined.”
Keep this in mind!
There is considerable evidence
that Chamberlain, so far, has not
wanted to stop Hitler, or II Duce.
He helped them in Spain. He
rejected Russian offers of aid in
preventing the seizure of Czech
oslovakia. William H. Stoneman,
in a cable to the Philadelphia
Bulletin, scoffs at Chamberlain’s
“shock” over the latest Hitler
seizure and says Chamberlain
knew two weeks in advance that
Hitler was going to march into
Prague.
It is important for Americans to
remember these facts because
either this country or Russia may
be elected to take the blame for
further refusal by Britain and
France to stop new Hitler aggres
sions.
Is that why Chamberlain ask
ed the United States to join a
“stop Hitler” alliance—when he
knew in advance the answer
would be no?
Is that why he counters the
Russian proposal for a parley to
consider corfcrqte measures for
stopping Hitler with a vague
plan to “condemn aggressors”?
In either case, Chamberlain
could tell the British people:
“What can we do. Neither the
United States or Russia will go
along.”
And British broadcasting—and
a section of the British press—is
sufficiently controlled to prevent i
the British people from realizing!
the truth.
As Beard says:
“The countries threatened by
Italy and Germany outnumber
them by at least three to one
For every soldier Germany or
Italy can put in the field they
can put three or more ”
It might be added that the
British navy is so much more
powerful than German and Ital
ian sea power combined th«t r
is silly to dispute its dnmin»wr«>,
As for the vast German air
force, it is known that even Ger
man generals do not consider it
decisive in a major conflict, and
the British end French air for
ces today am almost equal if not
superior to it in strength.
WORLD’S TALLEST
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Courthouse doors at St. Joseph,
Mo., prove bothersome to young
Robert Wadlow, who reaches eight
feet eight inches into the air. Wad
low, tallest man in the world, has
brought suit in federal court on an
allegation that a medical journal
article libeled him.
In short, “they can stop Hitler.”
And without war.
By the same token, the United
States cannot stop Hitler if Cham
berlain and Daladier do not want
to.
It is open diplomatic gossip that
President Roosevelt’s recent blasts
at Hitler were embarrassing to
Chamberlain threatening to
force his hand. And only by events
will we now know how much of
his last speech was sincere, how
“shocked” he really was by the
latest Hitler grab.
It may be that Chamberlain
has changed his whole policy. We
shall see.
But no matter what Chamber
lain says or does, we can still
wage the fight for democracy
where it must be won—here at
home.
We can still fight to end the
line of 10,000,000 jobless, the
paradox of want amidst plenty,
the frustration of economic de
mocracy without which political
democracy is doomed.
We set out to win a war in
1933.
Let’s win that war first!
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Bethel Hill Starts
Strong Against
Littleton Friday
The men of Coach Gibson of
Bethel Hill got the baseball sea
son started in great fashion Fri
day as they downed the Littleton
High club by the score of 11 to 1.
S. Shotwell, the Hill topper’s
mighty righthander, put on a fine
performance on the mound by
striking out 19 men.
The new man behind the plate,
Fred Fox, is holding down tills
berth excellently for a beginner, i
A. Shotwell, Powell end E.
Shotwell got two hits each. K.'
Shotwell was also wfrlked two
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Sylvia Sidney,
Leif Erikson
Top Film Cast
Two of the screen’s leading
dramatic players, Sylvia Sidney
and Leif Erikson, play the chief
roles in Paramount’s “..one
third of a nation.. ” the screen
version of the sensational Broad
way play, which will have its
first local showing Monday and
Tuesday at the Dolly Madison
Theatre.
Taking its title from President
Roosevelt’s epoch-making second
inaugural address, in which he
said: “I find one third of a na
tion ill-housed, ill-clad and ill
nourished,” the picture makes a
bold and thrilling attack on
America’s vicious slums and
makes a heart-breaking plea for
a better deal for the oppressed
third of our population.
As the principal character in
the drama, Miss Sidney potrays
aromatic and courageous daugh
ter of the slums, who decides that
the time has come to do some
thing about conditions. In her
battle against the vested and
smug interests she enlists her
sweetheart, Erikson, who plays
a wealthy but social-minded son
of the upper classes.
Made on Long Island, “..one
third of a nation..” boasts many
players prominent on the stage,
who were appearing in Broad
productions while the film was
being made a short distance a
way.
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YOU WERE WORTH $2,740
South Bend, Ind.—According
to the Rev. Edward Keller, di
rector of the Bureau of Economic
Research of the University of
Notre Dame, the total wealth of
the U. S. in 1930 (the last year
for which full details are avail
able) was $409,949,000,000. This
includes all physical property to
which a value can be assigned.
Securities are excluded as being
only evidences of ownership. On
this basis, each individual in the
country is worth $2,740, divided
between national assets used for
industrial production and those
used for housing and comforts. It
does not represent cash worth,
although the U. S. now holds
$14,000,000,000 in gold, largest
bullion stock ever held by any
country in history and nearly 60
per cent of the ascertainable gold
horde of the world.
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WANT ADS
CASH PAID FOR CEDAR TlM
ber, either on the stump or In
ogs or lumber Geo. C. Brown
<nd Co. of N. C., 1730 W. Lee,
Greensboro. N. C., Phone 4118.
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BABY CHICKS All popular
breeds at the right price. See U 3
before buying. Our chicks with
Graino Feeds will pay. We do
custom hatching. Phone 4533.
Farmers Supply Company
Hill B. Stanfield, Mgr.
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FREE One new Norton Cam
era given with each cash purchase
of $5.00 or over or with $5.00 or
over paid on account. Five SI.OO
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Colored eggs are as popular as ever this Easter, and children
can decorate them with an unending variety of designs. This youngster
has a whole parade of pets and other designs In decals for transfer to
the eggs. While her mother looks on she dips the design In water, slides
off the backing-paper onto the egg and smooths It with a cloth. It’s art
made easy.
SERVICE
AND TIME TO
Let us remove all the dirt and grim of winter driving.
We wash and wipe the body—Wash thoroughly under
neath car—Clean out inside—Clean Instrument Panel
Clean Windows inside and out, check the tires and
Battery.
We Are Prepared To Give Service
Be sure that you come to our complete equipped station
Our staff is trained to wait on you quickly and ef
ficiently.
Standard Oil Products
Oil, Grease, and Gasoline of Quality. Drive in at ROCK
INN SERVICE STATION and we will give you the
best of service and say “Happy Motoring”.
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10 Years of Service Is Good - But
Photo by Simpson
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Wishes” and when your paper
is a million years old we wfll
renew our subscription.
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FRUIT TREES final sale quai,
ity Peach, Apple, Plum. Buy two
at latest reduced prices and we
give you one. This makes peaches
as low as 150 for SB.OO, Apples
150 for $20.00. Express collect
Write for list.
Howard-Hickory Nurseries,
Hickory, N. C.
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FOR SALE—Fryers, 2 lbs. and
over, 25c per pound. Also select
ed Barred Rook eggs for hatching
at 30c per dozen. See Arthur
Wrenn, Roxboro Route 2, S. p.
Gentry’s store.
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