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VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Growers Protest As Prices
Hover Near 16 Cent Mark
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In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Brig.
" Gen. Edmund L. Daley steps from
the amphibian plane provided him
by the war department to cover
his vast insular territory. Daley
Is commanding officer of the re
‘\. cently created department of the
Caribbean, which includes Puer
to Rico, the Virgin islands and all
intervening keys.
BETHEL HILL
FACULTY LIST
IS COMPLETED
Several New Teachers
To Assume Positions At
School Opening.
Principal Lewis S. Cannon to
day announced that the selection
of new teachers for 1939-40 term
had been approved by the Bethel
Hill School board.
The State School Commission
has allotted one additional teach
er for this year due to the in
creased attendance in the gram
mar school.
Miss Elizabeth Nicholson of
Guilford College who graduated
from the Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina and
also took graduate work in music
at the Syracuse University has
been selected to teach Public
School Music. Miss Nicholson has
also had several years of exper
ience teaching at Broadway, N.
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Sand Being
Removed From
City Lake Bottom
Permission has been given
Howard Franks, local grading
contractor, to remove 3,000 square
-yards of sand from the bottom of
the City Lake for use in the
construction of the new addition
to Collins and Aikmen corpora
tion plant, according to City
James C. Harris this
morning.
| - The contractor already has lar,
;ge pump and tractors oh the
efeene whivh suck the sand up
ifmm the Bottoifi of the lake
'where trucks are waiting to haul
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./ Large quantities bi sand and
;igj»H are deposited on bdithni of
31ie fake each year by the creaks
ittnd streams which empty into it
jgnd this dredging operation is
pe Which should be done often,
r City manager indicated. The
HRy’s water reserve should be in-
Hnsed considerably by the
Bpiging; now ;taking place.
lersonfjMtws
Second Day’s Sales Show
Practically Same Averages
As Opening Day.
As tobacco prices continued to
hover around the 16-18 cent
mark yesterday following Tues
day’s poor opening of Georgia
bright leaf markets, mass pro
tests of farmers were heard at
several markets in the belt.
Meetings were held both at
Blackshear and Waycross, Ga.
yesterday and another is sche
duled for Douglas today as
growers appealed to Governor E.
D. Rivers to close all 15 markets
until better prices were offered.
There was discussion at the
Blackshear meeting of a referen
dum—possibly to be conducted
by the AAA—to determine if
growers would agree to withdraw
all tobacco from market.
Some improvement in bidding,
chiefly in the medium grades,
was reported.
Official figures on tonnage,
prices and total cash paid will be
collected by the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture. Officials
said the first report would be
available probably next Tuesday.
Dissatisfaction with prices was
reported at Nashville, where
Sales Supervisor Frank M. Parks,
Jr., figured opening day sales at
721,778 pounds for an average of
16.09, or a total of $116,087.30.
Bids there ran from one and a
half cents to 16 on the second'
day, but only occasionally did
farmers turn tags to indicate re
jection of the bids. All ware
houses were full again and trucks
were parked on the street, with
owners awaiting cleared spaces to
unload still more. Better bidding
on the higher grades of tobacco
was noted there.
Valdosta Prices
Warehouses here also were
filling up after buyers cleared
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City, County
Officials To Attend
District Meet
The Institute of Government
will hold a meeting of city and
county tax and fiscal officers of
the fourth, fifth and sixth con
gressional districts at the court
house in Durham on Thursday,
August 10, and City Manager
James C. Harris indicated today
that he and probably several oth
er local city and county officials
would attend.
The meeting will begin at 1:30
p. m. and last throughout the
afternoon.
Topics for discussion include
new tax collection and foreclos
ure laws and procedure, taxation
of governmental property and se
curities of one governmental unit
by another, pensions for city and
county employees, and federal re
lief legislation.
The tax and finance officers of
Durham county and the city of
Durham will be hosts at this
meeting of Chairman of the
Boards of Count Commissioners,
county managers, mayors, city
managers, city clerks, city and
county attorheys, tax collectors
and accountants and other fiscal
officials. • >•!■ :~|T; npt ■n PrT >.
UNION SERVICE
E. B. Jeffress, Jr., student rec
tor of fit. Mark’s church, will
preach at a union service at the
First Baptist dhurch here Sunday
evening at 8 o’cftftk, Rev. Thomas
H. Hamilton announced today.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Tobacco Research
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Five times more space sot tobacco insect and disease control
work will be provided for research men with the completion of the
new laboratory building (shown above) at the Tobacco Experiment
Station at Oxford, Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott an
nounced today. The three-story brick structure will contain 37 rooms
and laboratories, housing both state and federal employees and is
scheduled to be completed by October 1. “Funds for the erection of
the building were furnished by the federal government, largely
through the efforts of former Congressman William B. Umstead of
Durham,” Scott said.
Person County Farm People
To Attend Farm, Home Week
Social Agencies
Council Hears
Local Speakers
Representatives of various or
ganizations yesterday told mem
bers of the local Council of Soc
ial Agencies what their respective
organizations are doing in the
way of charity and public wel
fare.
Those speaking at the regular
monthly meeting of the organiza
tion held as a luncheon session
at Hotel Roxboro yesterday in
cluded: Dr. A. L. Allen, County
Health officer, Mrs. G. C. Vick
ers, president of the County P T.
A. Council, Mrs. R. C. Hall, pre
sident of the Woman’s club, Mrs.
Mamie Merritt, representing the
Mary Hambrick Missionary so
ciety of Long Memorial, G. C.
Hunter, chairman of the local
Red Cross chapter, D. R. Taylor,
president of the Kiwanis club
and Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, superin
tendent of the county welfare de
partment.
Miss Lake Allen, vice-presi
dent of the council, presided over
yesterday’s meeting in the absen
ce of Rev. M. W. Lawrence, presi
dent, who is out of the city.
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AT CONVENTION
Superintendent and Mrs. R. B.
Griffin this week are attending
the annual meeting of school
superintendents of the state, be
ing held this year at Ridgecrest
in western North Carolina. They
are expected to return here late
Friday.
IMPROVING
Curtis Oakley continues to im
prove following a very painful
but not serious operation last
week. Reports are that he ex
pects to return to his place of
business very soon.
EXAMINATION
Erasmus Cfstytori, son of Sheriff
M. T. Clayton, entered Duke
Impressive Program Has
Been Arranged For Five-
Day Event.
Five full days of education and
entertainment are in store for
rural men and \romen of Person
County who plan to attend State
College’s 36th annual Farm and
11-me Week, July 31 - August 4.
With several already having
indicated that they will attend
the event, local farm officials be
lieve this year’s attendance from
this county will be as good as in
previous years.
Upon payment of the registra
tion fee of one dollar, either in
advance or on arrival at the col
lege Monday, July 31, the visi
tor will be entitled to a room in
one of the college dormitories for
the entire week. Meals may be
obtained in the college cafeteria
for 75 cents to one dollar a day.
Those who feel they cannot be
away from home the entire week
can and are urged to attend in
dividual programs in which they
are most interested, the local
farm office advised yesterday.
This year’s program has been
lightened considerably, John W.
Goodman and Miss Ruth Current,
of the College Extension Service,
have said and more stress will be
placed on things to see rather
than things to hear.
Toward this end, the Farm and
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hospital yesterday morning for
examination. It was not learned
how long he would be required
to remain.
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ACCEPTS POSITION
C. Cliff Winstead of Roxboro,
has accepted a position with the
U. S. Grading Service and will
report in Raleigh Wednesday for
service in Eastern North Carolina
South Carolina,
WALKER CONFINED
L. K. Walker, city fire inspec
tor and custodian of the local
fire truck, is confined to his
home on acount of illness, it was
learned this morning. A general
run-down condition prompted his
physician to 6rder him to bed, It
was indicated.
New Spotted Fever Case
Reported; Allen Comments
Kiwanis Club Receives High
Praise From Negro Citizens
Letter Shows Deep Grati
tude For Recent Series Os
Tonsil Clinics.
In a letter signed by the color
ed people of Person and sur
rounding counties, the Roxboro
Kiwanis club receives high praise
for their recent series of tonsil
clinics for underprivileged Neg
go children.
During the four clinics, the
last of which was held Wednes
day of last week, a total of 101
patients were treated. The follow
ing letter expresses deep grati
tude. It reads:
“To The Kiwanis Club of Rox
boro, N. C.:
“We, the colored people of
Person and surrounding counties,
wish to thank you for the splen
did project you put on in hold
ing a Tonsil Clinic for the un
derprivileged Negro children,
which proved a success.
“It will be the means of so
many children enjoying better
health and giving better service
in every walk of life. We also
want to thank the doctors and
nurses for their kind hospitality
shown to the patients. To our
minds it made us think of the
good Nazarenes who left their
comfortable homes and came to
dwell for a day and night among
the poor for the good they might
do.
“We heartily thank each drug
store of Roxboro for the treats
of nice cream for the patients. We
assure you that you will have
our hearty cooperation in the fu
ture. May God bless the Kiwanis
club. May you live long to do
much more good in the world.”
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Street Signs
Considered
L. T. Hines of Oxford, repre
senting Lyle Signs, Inc. of Min
neapolis, Minn, is today conferr
ing with City Manager James C.
Hafris on the possibility of the
city purchasing stret signs for
business and residential sections
of the town.
A move to install street signs
and number local residences has
been under consideration here for
some time. What actions were
taken as a result of today’s con
fab could not be learned.
MRS. CARVER ILL
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Mrs. Hattie Carver is ill at her
home on North Lamar street, it
was learned today. Her. condition
has been reported as improved.
ILL IN DANVILLE
Mrs. E. V. Boatwright has been
confined to Memorial hospital in
Danville, Va., it was learned ear
ly this week. Indications are that
she is improving rapidly.
SUPERINTENDENT
Mrs. Bertha Cates has been
made Superintendent of Nurses
at the local Community Hospital,
it was announced recently. A na
tive of Halifax, N. C., she is a
graduate of the Watt’s Hospital
school of nursing.
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1939
Hall Sworn
As Member
Farm Board
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Claude T. Hall, Person County’s
prominent farm leader, yester
day was sworn in as a member
of the State Board of Agriculture
in the office of Governor Clyde
R. Hoey by Associate Justice A.
A. F. Seavvell of the State Supre
me Court.
The 49-year-old chairman of
the North Carolina Tobacco
Growers Advisory committee
was appointed by Governor Hoey
in May to succeed T. G. Currin
of Oxford.
On hand as the oath was ad
ministered by Assiciate Justice
Seawell were Commissioner of ■
Agriculture W. Kerr Scott, As
sistant to the Commissioner D.
S. Coltrane, Secretary of State
Thad Eure and State Treasurer
Charles M. Johnson.
Byway of applause, Under the
Dome, News and Observer
feature, says “Board Member
Hall was active in the agricultur
al picture long before Governor
Hoey appointed him to the State
Farm Board. Tobacco farmers
know him from the beginning of
the control movement. Now they
look to him to represent the pro
duction on the State’s largest
money crop on the State Board.”
A life-long farmer, Mr. Hall
cultivates 1,000 acres of land of
his 3,400-acre farm in Person
County where he was born May
13, 1890. His work as chairman
of the Tobacco Growers Commit
tee has brought him recognition
throughout the tobacco-growing
areas and resulted in his selection
by the Roxboro Kikanis Club as
Person County’s outstanding citi
zen in “agricultural and commun
ity service” in 1937.
He has been president of the
Graham Production Credit As
sociation which serves Person,
Durham, Orange, Caswell, Chath
am, Rockingham, Guilford, and
Randolph counties, since its org
anization five years ago and also
is chairman of the Person County
Soil Conservation Association.
In addition to his farm activi
ties, Mr, Hall is a member of the
Roxboro Rotary Clnb and the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce.
He also is a member of the Farm
Bureau executive committee.
He is one of «even agricultural
representatives on the United
States Economic Policy Commit
tee, having been appointed last
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NUMBER TWO
Health Officer Issues
Warning To Local People;
Urges Precautions.
Announcement of four new
cases of Rocky Mountain spotted
fevar in neighboring Alamance
County, and one here, yesterday
prompted Dr. A. L. Allen, local
health officer, to issue a strong
warning to Person County people
to be on the lookout for tick
Newton Child
Taken to Duke
Little Bill Newton, two and a
half year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Newton, of the Moriah
section of Person County, yester
day was taken to Duke hospital
stricken with Rocky Mountain
spotted fever.
The child became ill Sunday
and the case was diagnosed Tues
day by Dr. B. A. Thaxton, local
physician, who ordered the pat
ient taken to the Durham hospital,
where a blood test verified the
original diagnosis.
This is the second case of tte
disease reported in Person Coun
ty this summer, however, there
was one last year and another in
1936, the health department’s re
cords show.
Hospital attaches at Duke ex
pressed strong belief the child
would recover since the mortality
rate of the disease among child
ren is rather low, increasing to
a high rate among adults and
middle age persons. It was es
timated that the child would
have to remain at the hospital at
l ast 30 days before being allow
ed to return home.
bites which cause the disease.
“It is apparent,” he said, “that
iffe" disease is on the increase in
this section of the country.” He
estimated that probably around
25 cases of the disease had aL
ready been reported throughout
the state since the beginning of
this month.
Continuing his discussion, Dr.
Allen again emphasized the fact
that “all ticks do not carry the
germ, although any tick may be
infected. The percentage of in
fection among ticks is very small
although increasing,” be said.
To those people whose work or
recreation takes them into the
fields and woods, the health of
ficer especially advised brushing
and shaking of clothes several
times daily. Dogs and other ani
mals on which ticks are likely
to lodge, should be dipped with
one of the accepted solutions for
that purpose, he asserted.
If a tick is found on one, the
advice is not to mash it but pick
it up whole because mashing may
introduce the infection into an a
brasion or sore on the hand or
elsewhere. If bitten, the place
should be cauterized by the f«r«-
ily physician, he said.
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AT HOSPITAL *
Mrs. May Gentry is a patient
at the local hospital. She was
taken there Monday afternoon
for observation and treatment ’
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| “Go not into the way of the un
i chriatly, but wheresoever you re
cognize a clear expression of
God’s likeness, there abide in
confidence and hope.*’ ' ’ '
—Mary Baker Eddy