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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
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Os Cotton
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Lovely Alice Hall, 19, of Memphis
freon., Kins Cotton’s 1939 “Maid o.'
fifotton,” has brought new acc!a’m
lit the South's whMe«aid
pHfr crusade .which has taken her
In 22 cities. Her visits with celebri
ties, appearance in style shows, in
■Mash. she modeled smart cotton'
fijfinents, and radio broadcasts told
jjfae story of cct.'n to the nation.
loss CORA LOY
SUCCUMBSFRIDAY
i. Final Rites Held Yester
day At Brooksdale Metho
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fefaliss Cora Loy, 66, well known
■fad woman, died Friday after
pbbn at 1:20 o’clock as a result
K a stroke and complications.
Knersll services were conducted
1 the Beobksdale Methodist
■jpgch yesterday afternoon.
M|lss Loy had been in declining
■■filth for the past two years
Ep her condition became critical
Kut eight days ago when she
Bffered a stroke. A native of
Kfson County she has resided
With her sister, the late Mrs.
Maries Lawson and Mr. Lawson
■ding the past 35 years. She has
■ten a member of the Brooksdale
fifafEodist church for a number
Bpptciating at the final rites
Kferday were Rev. T. W. Lee,
fit pastor of Brooksdale, assisted
w Rev. J. J. Boone of Smith
fid and Rev. E. G. Usry of Ox
fil. Interment was in Burch-
Kod cemetery.
■Surviving are five neices, Mrs.
of Wilson,
Mhss Elizabeth Loy of Wilson,
fit Ravid Curtis of Burlington,
and (Hadya Law
. Bof ROTtboro and four nephews j
fih and Henry Loy of Burling
fi, Webb Loy of Eustie, Fla. and
filer Jong* of Roxboro.
Ifictive pall bearers included:
gif. Broks, G. M. Fox, Jr.. P. T.
|j|tt, Alex Wrenn, W. J. Yar
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pupils of Mrs. H. W. Ne
a appear in recital at
figjfinl Graded School, May
, The' public is cordially
|erson|Mimes
MANGUMTOPLAY
IMPORTANT ROLE
AT SAFEIY MEET
To Make Welcome Address
And Chairman of Mid-
State Safety Council.
B. B. Mangum, Collins and Aik
man personnel manager and well
known local man, as chairman of
the Mid-State Safety council will
play an important role at the
forthcoming 10th. Annual State
wide Industrial Safety confer
ence to be held in Raleigh next
Thursday and Friday.
At the opening general session
at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morn
ing, Mangum is scheduled to
make an address of welcome to
the visiting delegates and will be
followed on the program by Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey, Capt. A. A.
Nichoson, prominent safety speak
er, Hon. J. M.' Broughton, men
tioned prominently as a candi
date for Governor in 1940, and
others. «
The local man is also schedul
ed to preside over two meetings
of .the Textile section of the con
ference Thursday and Friday af
ternoons. He is a member of the
entertainment committee of the
conference, which group will
have charge of the entertainment
features of the conference in
cluding the annual banquet
Thursday night.
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New Nurse Here
Mrs. Blanche Long Vincent
took over her duties as public
health nurse with the local health
department Friday.
A native of Alamance county,
Mrs. Vincent received her. train
ing at Mt. Sinai hospital in New
York. Her appointment here will
be a permanent one.
* She is residing in the home of
Mrs. Clyde Crowell.
Along The Way
With the Editor
The writer dropped in to see Walker Bourne last Wednesday.
Walker, as you will remember, used to be local manager of the
Carolina Power and Light Co. He is now living in Sanford, N. C.
and claims to be doing very well. Since he owed no money to the
Times his statement was not questioned. He also said that he
wondered why the writer of this column did not get knocked in the
head about every other week.
Herman “Half-Pint” Burton was in Roxiboro last Sunday. Her
man was just as loud as ever and began talking up a storm. Then
he met Jack Strum and Jack began giving him plenty of competi
tion. It was nip and tuck between the two and both missed church.
It is possible, but not probable, that they gathered something from
their conversation with each other.
The bankers of North Carolina met in convention last week in
Pir.ehurst. It has been said that a few of the boys around Rox
boro wanted to attend in order to make more friends among the
oig boys who lend money. Not that the local bank is not able to take
care of their situation but the boys are known too well in Roxboro.
Attention O. T. Kirby, G. I. Prillaman, B. B. Knight, O. Y. Clayton
and R. D. Bumpass.
Who said that J. S. and Bill Walker were “stuck up” since they
moved into their new office in the old First National Bank Building.
R. L. “Bob” Wilburn claims that he has fresh strawberries in
his garden and that there are other things on the way. Mr. Wilburn
may have plenty in the garden, but he has a new boarder who can
take care of all his vegetables, Rainey Hawkins is eating there.
j. W. Gaddy is leaving for Goldsboro at once. There will be new
worlds to conquer and new women to date so goodbye Gaddy.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
New Low Priced Car
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A new low-priced, two-cylinder car, designed for a top speed of 50
miles per hour and a fuel consumption of 50 miles to the gallon, was
recently previewed by newspaper men at the Indianapolis speedway.
The car, which will tell for a $350 top price, it only 10 feettuag, weighs
925 pounds, has a gas tank of four-gallon capacity and the crankcase
bolds only two quarts of oil. The engine is of a light aviation four-cycle
type, while an aviation-type suction blower, part of the flywheel, provides
air cooling.
Ca-Vel Pair Seriously Hurt
In Auto-Motorcycle Wreck
Jim Brooks, Driver of
Automobile Which Collides
With Motorcycle.
Two men, Lovelace Martin and
Irvin Morton, oi Ca-Vel, were
seriously injured Friday night
about 7 o’clock when the motor
cycle on which they were riding
collided with a car that was
driven by Jim Brooks of Rox
boro.
The accident happened in front
of the drug store at Ca-Vel. Tlie
car that was driven by Brooks
was going east into the highway
as the motorcycle, going west,
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Fifteen Pass
Work At Honor
Court Fridav
Approximately fifteen scouts
passed work at the Court of Ho
nor Friday night as it met in the
Ca-Vel school building.
Martin Michie and William
Spencer were awarded Star cer
tificates.
Others who passed work were
Joe Stephenson, Dewey Holle
man, Harold O’Briant, William
Pickering, Jr., Billy Daniel, Cal
vin Green, Otis Stevens, R. Tin
gen, Jack Hughes, Thomas Long,
Joe Green, Russell Lee, Leman
Wilson, Lewis Watson, Ted Dix
on and Payne Wilkerson.
After the Court of Honor had
finished its work, the scouts saiw
moving pictures of the field meet
that was recently held in Rox
boro.
The next court of honor will
be held at Longhurst.
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PURCHASES STATION
G. B. Short has purchaesd the
Service Station formerly oper
ated by George Walker on the
Roxboro-South Boston highway in
North Roxboro, it has been an
nunced. The manager is T. H.
Gentry.
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NO THREATS
James M. Ellis yesterday em
phatically denied using gun
threats to order removal of sani
tary equipment from his proper
ty. Such a report, he says, was in
error.
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“Civilization is the making of
civil persons.”
—Ruskin.
Person Women
To Play Important
Roles At Meeting
A large number of Person
County Home Demonstration
club women are expected to at
tend and take part in the dis
trict meeting of Home Demon
stration clubs in Hillsboro Wed
nesday, Miss Velma Beam said
yesterday.
The meeting, an all day session
with Orange county clubs as
hosts, will be attended by Wake,
Chatham, Durham and Person
County women as well.
Appearing on the program will
be Mrs. E. P. Warren of the Bushy
Fork club, who will conduct the
devotional. She will be assisted
by Mesdames Scott Hovatter and
Earl Wilkerson who will render
a duet.
Mrs. C. E. Brooks, president of
the Person County i Council of
Home Demonstration clubs, will
make this county’s report which
will consist of the achievements
and progress made thus far in
home demonstration work.
Mrs. T. H. Clay of the Helena
club will present each of the Per
son County club presidents in the
“Candle Lighting Ceremony” a
feature of the program,
A large delegation is expected
to attend from this county, Miss
Beam advised In conclusion.
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SUFFERS STROKE
Squire Tom Newton, well
known Roxboro man, suffered a
stroke of paralysis, Friday a
round noon while at the dinner
table at his home on Court
street. He was removed yester
day to the local hospital. His con
dition was reported as quite
serious yesterday.
Person County Farmers See
Demonstration on Blue Mold
Impressive Results Shewn
By Use Os Benzol Treat
ment For Disease.
An interested audience of 26
farmers met at the tobacco plant
bed of Garvey Rimmer Friday
afternoon to see a striking de
monstration of the results of
treating blue mold with benzoL
Mr. Rimmer and Mr. Walters
had cut off a 20-yard section of
their plant bed at the time they
prepared the bed several weeks
ago. This section was enclosed
with plank side boards, nailed
tightly together at the comers.
A cloth costing 7 cents per yard
was used during the past two
weeks, during the period of ap
plying the benzol at night. This
cloth was removed every morn
ing. Five small “tables,” made of
scraps of plank, were set at 6 ft.
intervals throughout the bed.
Each table had a shelf about 6
inches under the top. On this
shelf the benzol was placed each
afternoon during the period of
treatment in a small tin pan.
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1939
Farmers In Midst
Os Planting Season
Scouts Get Plans
For Summer Camp
At Honor Court
The camp catalogues, announc
ing the opening of Camp Chero
kee were presented to Scouts at
the court or honor here Friday,
night. Charlie Harris has a sup
ply for all other scouts and will
distribute them this week.
The attractive folder gives a
{horough explanation of the ac
tivities, leaders, equipment and
a drawing showing the layout
of the entire camp which is locat
ed seven miles west of Reids
ville. The folder is attractively
illustrated with cartoons of ty
pical tenderfoot Scouts attend
ing camp for the first time. The
front page of the folder show a
Cherokee Indian in full head
dress.
Mr. Harris stated that Person
County had won the attendance
prize for the past two years and
he was anxious for the scouts to
register as early as possible and
again take advantage of the train
ing offered,
The talented and experienced
camp staff was selected from all
sections of the Cherokee Council.
Scout Executive A. P. Patter
son will be in charge of the camp
and will be assisted by the fol
lowing: Dexter Moser of Burling
ton, expert Red Cross Life Saver,
assisted by Jimmie Cobib of
Reidsville; F. R. Garrett of Burl
ington, popular leader and nature
expert; Auman Alvis of Haw Ri
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Then the cover was fastened
down tightly with strips of
board, in order to prevent the es
cape of the fumes as the benzol
evaporated during the night.
The treatment of tne 20-yard
area did not begin until blue
mold began to appear on just a
few plants. On those plants the
disease did not spread where the
instructions were followed. Mr.
Rimmer planted from the treated
bed yesterday. From the untreat
ed section of the bed Mr. Rimmer
thinks he can plant perhaps with
in a week. At present the plants
are just beginning to come out
of a severe infestation of blue
mold.
Mr. Rimmer stated that the en
tire cost of treating the 20 square
yards was $2.91, including the
total cost of the cloth, which was
$1.40. Os course the cloth is prac
tically as good as new, as it has
been used only two weeks. If it
is washed and put away, it will
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THE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPAPERI
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
Blue Mold, Prevalent Over
County, Slowing Up Tobac
co Activities Somewhat.
Person County farmers have
been planting tobacco and will
continue for some three or four
weeks.
Already a large amount has
been stuck in the ground; plant
ing will really start in earnest
this week.
Blue Mold, the terror of plant
beds, is preventing planting on
as large a scale as it would be
if the plants were in good shape.
However, many plants are defeat
ing this disease and will soon be
ready for the field.
The planting season is much
later than it was last
year. This is due to both blue
mold and cooler weather.
Fertilizer dealers are report
ing much heavier sales this year
than last year. This means 9
large crop in this section unless
weather conditions or more blue
mold prevents the harvest.
The tobacco that has been
planted looks good and indicates
that it will continue to stand up
and grow. Many farmers were
busy all day Saturday planting
as the season was right.
Farmers are expecting tobacco
prices to be fair, but state that
they are not looking for extre
mely high prices. fi
Firemen To Attend
Wilmington Meet
Fire Chief Henry O’Briant and
assistants, T. K. Glenn, Jake
Bryan and Jack Parham next
week will attend meeting of
the North Carolina Fire College
and Drill school to be held at
Wilmington, Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday.
Also attending will be Chief J.
E. Spake of the Ca-Vel force «««<
assistants Joe Guffey and Rainey
Long.
Around a hundred and twenty
five towns will be represented at
the three day session which will
be led by Sherwood Brockwell,
State Fire Marshall and other ex
perts in the fire prevention line.
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Hail Insurance '
H you intend to buy hail insur
ance, when you set your tobacco
out take the hail insurance out
immediately because it will not
cost any more for the whole sea
son than it will for part of the
season, and if your tobacco gets
destroyed while it is still small
they will have to pay you. Don’t
forget our office has been moved
to the comer next to the Hjotel in
the space formerly occupied by
the Roxboro Building and Loan
association.
Knight’s Insurance Agency^
“The greatest test of courage oar
the earth is to bear defeat with
out losing heart.”
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