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VOUMS Z PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY * THURSDAY ROXBOBO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 11, 193» NUMBER FORTY-THRU
Farmer Uses Gun Threats
ToJ Reject Free Sanitation
Person County Man Decides
He Doesn’t Want Free Of
fer After Applying For It.
news around the County
health of ice today is the story of
the Perton County man who re
fused $32 worth of sanitary e
quipment offered him free of
charge and ordered health de
partment oficials off the premis
es with threats of a shotgun.
James M. Ellis of the Surl
Church community had applied
to the F. S. A. for one of the
special grants offered to a limited
number of farm families for sani
tary improvements which include
screening, a new sanitary privey
and fixtures for a sanitary water
supply.
When Sanitarian T. J. Fowler,
who is supervising the FSA pro
jects, and his workers began to
unload the specially built privey
and other sanitary equipment at
the Ellis home, they were order
ed to take it away and later the
shotgun threats were used by the
irate farmer, who lives on the
farm of his mother-in-law.
Later, it was brought out that
the man had been talking to his
mother-in-law who must have in
fluenced the decision to refuse
the free offer of installation and
sanitary equipment from the
p government.
“I’ve been doing without it for
20 years,” Ellis told the sanitar
* ian, “and I reckon I can keep on.”
The irony of the matter is that
< the local Health department now
plans to tag his old privy and
charge him $7 to build another.
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Social Agencies
Council Sets Basis
For Membership
- The executive commitee of the
newly organized Council of Soc
ial Agencies held its first meet
ing yesterday afternoon, appoint
ed chairmen of several standing
committees and set up the basis
for membership.
• Presided over by Rev. M. W.
Lawrence, new president of the
group, the committee named Rev.
W. F. West chairman of the pro
gram committee, Miss Velma
Beam chairman of the hospital
;L ity committee, Mrs. Robert Long
f chairman of the membership
committee and F. O. Carver, Jr.
chairman of the publicity commit
- tee. Mrs. Mamie Merritt was
| named a member of the executive
I committee at large.
| The Council as a whole will
fe comprise 57 members designated
l as follows: President of all civic
t clubs and the local P. T. A. and
one other person from each club,
•every white minister and one out
standing member from his church
v or charge, chairman of the local
||jfted Cross chapter, head of the
Mqcal hospital, the mayor of Rox-
S&jAro. secretary of the Chamber
WSi Commerce, Probation officer, ;
?,fbead of the underprivileged com- ;
inittees of Kiwanis and Rotary
the president of the Person i
gpdounty Scout Oouncil and the ]
gptcout Commissioner. i
jj| .The first meeting of the group j
|wIQ be held at noon Wednesday, :
ptay 31, with the program being i
Hnvoted to formulating princip- j
Hit, methods and standards for
Hue improvement of social and !
Kjvic work and to develop an
Httftude of cooperation in the
Hfcproach of common problems. !
i : Other officers of the council i
Hected at a called meeting recent- i
Kr sere Rev. M. W. Lawrence, 1
■president; Miss Lake Allen, vice- i
■resident, and J. S. Walker, sec-
Betary and treasurer. i
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Late
Bulletin
H. C. Gaddy of Kannapolis,
late this afternoon accepted the
position of supervising principal
of the Roxboro City Schools, suc
ceeding J. W. Gaddy, Jr., who re
cently resigned.
Mr. Gaddy is the brother of
Claude Gaddy, Superintendent of
the Raleigh Schools. He was se
lected from a long list of appli
cants at an all-day session of the
board yesterday.
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Person 4-H Clubs
To Participate In
Church Services
By VELMA BEAM,
Home Demonstration Agent
Mr. L. R. Harrill, State 4-H
club leader, has suggested a state
wide Observance of 4-H Church
Sunday on next Sunday, May 14.
Churches of Person county are co.
operating with Mr. HarrilTs sug
gestion almost 100 per cent by
letting the members of the 4-H
clubs in their respective commu
nities take part in either the op
ening services of the Sunday
School or Church.
The 4 Hs from which' the 4-H
club derives its name designate
“Head”, “Heart”, “Hands” and
“Health”. It is very interesting
to observe how the Heart H is
coming to permeate almost every
phase of Club work. It is valued
by all sincere 4-H Club members,
local leaders and directors, not
as a side issue, but as an integral
part of all successful endeavor.
Religion, spiritual influence, or
heart impulse, whichever term
you choose to use, is not some
thing apart. It is an esential fac
tor in building worthwhile char
acter, motivating all of our ac
tivities all of the time. In reality
it exists only as it is combined
with action, and with action coin
cident to the affairs of everyday
life.
In 4-H clubs ideals are not
taught in abstract. Indeed, ideals
are never really incorporated in
abstract instruction, but in con
crete effort. This is the general
idea of “overcoming as manifest
ed in completing projects.” When
a teacher patiently works with a
boy or girl in the effort to have
the individual complete a pro
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Spot News Os The Day >
MOVE TO PHILADELPHIA
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wagner and
family of Ca-Vel circle are mov
ing to Philadelphia where Mr.
Wagner has been transferred by
the Colling and Aikman com
pany. Mr. Wagner has been head
of the Dyeing and Finishing de
partments at the local plant for
a number of years and both he
and his family have made many
friends who regret their leaving.
PLENTY OF SOUR
Mrs. L. L. Hobgood, Broad
Street resident, has been harvest
ing lemons from her seven-year
old tree for the past six years
but this year they’re larger and
more plentiful than ever. Two
samples brought to this office
recently weighed one and a quart-
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Pictured above are six men who v/ill head Wake Forest college publications during the school
year 1939-40. From left to right, they are, top row: George M. Kelly, Jr., of Wake Forest, editor of
Old Gold and Black, newspaper; Frank J. Hester, Jr., of Roxboro, business manager of Old Gold and
Black; Eugene F. Brissie of Hodges, S. C., editor of The Student, literary-humorous magazine.
Bottom row: Davis Herring of Fayetteville, business manager of The Student; Bill Poe of Roa
noke, Va., editor of the Howler, year book; and Frank Castlebury cf Raleigh, business manager of
the Howler.
Former Pastor; Prominent Attorney Give
Inspiring Addresses To RH S Graduates
Herbert Tells Audience
Education Goal To Live
Graciously With Others.
Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor of
Rockingham Methodist church
and former pastor of Long Me
morial church told Roxboro sen
iors Sunday night that the goal
cf education is to live graciously
and respectfully with others.
Rev. Herbert delivered the
commencement sermon to the
Roxboro Seniors and to hundreds
of people from this community.
The high school auditorium was
packed and many could find no
seats.
Quoting from the scripture and
as his text, he read: “And Jesus
said to Pilate, you would have
no power over me were it not
given to you from above.”
Using as his subject, “Charac
ter and Citizenship,” the speaker
defined both. “Citizenship,” he
said, “is the stage upon which
you must do your work. Charac
ter is the key to the stage that
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er and one pound respectively.
Her tree, it seems, is about four
feet high and has a wash tub for
a home.
IN HIGH POINT
R. B. Griffin, president-elect of
the local club, Reade Jones, W.
H. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Woods are attending the dis
trict Rotary meeting in High
Point today.
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CLINIC FOR COLORED
Dr. B. W. Fassett of Durham,
will hold four clinics in Roxboro
in June for the removal of Ton
sils and Adenoids for the colored
people. Those wishing appoint
ment with him, please see at once
J. Brodie Riggsbee, Secretary
Committee on Under-Privileged
Children - Roxboro Kiwanis club,
Bethel Hill Boy
Wins FFA Public
Speaking Contest
Clyde Sulivan, senior at Bethel
Hill High schol and a member of
the local chapter of Future Farm
ers of America, won first place
in competition with winners from
15 Central North Carolina Coun
ties at a public speaking contest
held at State college last Satur
day.
He spoke of the subject “The
Soil as a National Problem.”
The was the second of a series
of six contests sponsored by the
National Chapter of Future Far
mers of America to determine
the National Winner. Sullivan
will speak again May 20 in com
petition with the Winner of the
Western half of this district.
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IT’S A GIRL
Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Eidson of Timberlake, a baby
girl. Arrived on May 9th.
at the Peoples Bank.
IMPROVED
W. G. Bradsher, who this week
underwent an operation at Mc-
Pherson hospital, is reported as
getting along fine.
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BETTER
Miss Sue Bradsher, clerk of
court, who has been ill at her
home about a week is reported
as resting better and expecting to
be out before long.
IT’S A BOY
Mr. and Mrs. George Lockhart
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a baby boy in Char
lotte.
Mrs. Lockhart is the former
Miss Mary Marshall Dunlap of
this city.
Overflow Crowd Hears Na
tive Son In Commencement
Address Monday Night.
“There is no end to a success
ful life except unremitting labor,”
Hon. Aubrey L. Brooks, promin
ent Greensboro attorney and na
tive of Person County told Rox
boro High seniors Monday night.
Brooks was the principal speak
er at the annual graduating ex
ercises which attracted well over
a thousand people to the school
auditorium and filled every nook
and cranny of the auditorium as
well as a large part of the bal
cony.
Introduced by Attorney Robert
P. Bums as “one of Person Coun
ty’s most distinguished native
sons,” the speaker opened his ad
dress by “filing a brief for the
fifty percent of the graduating
class who could not go to col
lege.” He lingered at lenght on
his own experiences as a youth
in Person County and filled his
address throughout with spark
ling imminences of his own life
and struggles.
Using as a subject for his ad
dress “Some Decisions and Philo
sophies of Life,” he related quite
a fejflr important decisions in his
owni life.
“TJhe^det- rmining factor in your
life,” he advised the fifty-eight
members f the graduating class,
“is the will to win and the capa
city to work. There is no short
cut to Jerusalem. You can’t cut
across the diamond when the um
pire is not looking.”
“The key to your success,” ha
said, “is not inspiration, it’s pre
spiration.”
He urged the members of the
graduating class to stick by their
own convictions. “Don’t let any
one tell you th-e chief aim in life
is to make money,” he advised.
Immediately preceeding the
principal address, the high school
glee club under the direction of
Mrs. S. B. Winstead sang four
numbers. Rev. M. W. Lawrence
gave the invocation.
Impressive was the opening
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UDC Honors .Vets;
R. P. Reade Speaks
Local People
Play Prominent
Parts At Conclave
The forty-third annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Bankers association is being held
at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst,
yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Miss Rebecca Hunter of Rox
boro is representing the Durham
Chapter of the American Insit
tute of Banking, as their guest,
and will give two solo numbers
in dancing on the entertainment
program.
A number of people from Rox
boro are expected to attend the
convention one or more days, in-
TREASURER
Gordon C. Hunter, executive
vice-president of the Peoples
Bank, was yesterday reelected
treasurer of the North Carolina
Bankers association at their an
nual meeting at Pinehurst. This
is the second year that the local
man has been honored with this
post.
eluding Gordon C. Hunter, D. S.
Brooks, E. G. Thompson and J. S.
Merritt.
Several outstanding speakers
are appearing on the program, in
cluding Robert M. Hanes, First
Vice-President, American Bank
ers association. Thomas C. Bou
shall, president, Morris Plan
Bank of Virginia. Gov. Clyde R.
Hoey, and others.
The annual banquet was last
night. The entertainment was
given immediately after the ban
quet, following out the same ex
periment tried at the 1937 con
vention with such success. Sever
al of the Chapters of the Ameri
can Institute of Banking in North
Carolina provided the entertain
ment to give a local interest to
each program, and in addition
provide a variety that is not gen
erally possible with professional
entertainers.
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Carver Rites
Held Monday
At Longhurst
Following an illness of eight
months, Mrs. Nora Mae Carver,
58, succumbed at her home at
Longhurst Saturday night at 9:40
o’clock.
Funeral rites were held at the
North Roxboro Baptist church at
3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Interment was made in Burch
wood cemetery immediately fol
lowing the services. Rev. J. L.
Coley with the assistance of Rev.
T. M. Vick were the officiating
ministers.
Surviving are one daughter,
Lonnie Carver of Longhurst; five
brothers, W. H. Regan of Bristol,
Va., E. S. and I. V. Regan of
Longhurst and Felix and Talmad
ge Regan of Roxboro, Route 2;
and three sisters, Mrs. T. H. Gen
try of Woodsdale, Mrs. Thomas
Ramsey of Roxboro and Mrs.
Thornton Anderson of Ca-Vel.
Active pall bearers were W. K.
Beavers, J. B. Dunn, Baxter
Dunn, Ruby Dunn, Lennie Car
ver and Charlie Hudgens.
Serving as floral bearers were
Mesdames Ary Painter, J. S.
Beaver, J. L. Coley, E. K. Reaves,
E. D. Paylor, W. C. Blalock, John
Reaves, Z. R. Clayton, Andrew
Wooten, Mattie Dunn, Rachel
Dunn, I. T, Dickerson, J. B. Dunn
and Virginia Swanson.
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A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
Person’s Two Surviving
Civil War Veterans Attend
Meeting At Hotel Yester
day.
To pay tribute to Person Coun
ty’s two surviving veterans of the
Civil War, W. F. Reade and R.
H. Oakley, members of the local
chapter of the United Daughters
of Confederacy and their friends
met at Hotel Roxboro yesterday
where they presented an interest
ing program.
Headlining the meeting was an
address by R. P. Reade, son of
W. F. Reade and prominent Dur
ham attorney, who spoke at some
length on the bringing of the
North and South together. He
empasized the importance of the
two divisions being united under
one flag, standing for one cause.
He said that there is no North
and South, that the two are as
one, the one cause for which the
two armies fought, unity.
The speaker presented a pic
ture of the battle of Gettysburg
and the results that have beem
realized through the hardships
suffered by such men as the two
veterans “who are stjll here as
living reminders of the great
struggle for everlasting peace un
der one flag.”
F. O. Carver, Jr. introduced the
speaker. Prior to the address,
Mrs. R. G. Cole, president of the
local chapter of the U. D. C. led
the Memorial Day group in the
U. D. C. ritual. “Tenting Tonight"
was sung by a quartet composed
of Mrs. Lillian Foreman, Mrs. H-
G. Simpson, C. C. Garrett and W.
W. Woods. Welcome was extend
ed to the guests by Mrs, Mamie
Merritt.
Mrs. R. G. Cole as president,
presided over the banquet table,
attractively decorated for the 40
guests present for the occasion,
and acted as toastmistress.
Guests attending the Memorial
Day exercises were: EL E. Brad
sher, C. C. Garrett, W. W. Woods,
W. H. Harris, George Wesley
Gentry, Mrs. G. W. Gentry, Evie
Long, William B. Umstead, Mrs.
F. L. Fuller, Jr., Rev. W. F. West,
F. O. Carver, Jr.. F. L. Fuller,
Mrs. P. A. Noeft; R. P. Reade;
Mrs. W. F. Reade, Mrs. John Oak
ley, Mrs. Eunice Wagstaff, Mrs.
Fannie H. Long, Mrs. Caroline
Parham, Mrs. J. A. Price, Miss
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RECORDER HEARS
LIGHT DOCKET
Only Six Defendants Face
Newton in Tuesday’s Short
Session.
Only half dozen men faced
Judge W. I. Newton in Recorder’s
Court Tuesday morning in one of
the shortest dockets on the local
record.
Making up the “favored few"
were John Huff, driving while
drunk, SSO and costs and the de
fendant is debarred from operat
ing motor vehicle in North Caro
lina for 12 months; Clyde Jeff
ries, negro, possession for sale,
four months in jail which sen
tence was appealed in open court
and bond set at $100; Joe Ameen,
gambling, judgement suspended
on payment of costs.
Gather Lawson, negro, illegal
possession, $lO and costs; Robert
Jackson, negro, possession for
sale, four months in jail to be
assigned work on roads under
State Highway and Public Works
commission; Joseph Kline Jack
son, speeding and no operators
license, $lO and costs.