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IP rr IS NEWS ABOUT Person county, you’ll PIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY One Percent Os Ticks In County May Carry Disease Spotted Fever Seems To Be On Increase In County And People Are Warned To Be Careful. t In commenting on Rocky Moun tain Spotted Fever this week, Dr. A. L. Allen, local health officer stated that his guess would be one percent of the ticks in this county carried the disease of Spotted Fever. Dr. Allen was careful to point out that this was Vnerely a guess as no one knew how many ticks were in this county and then they did not have much of an idea as to how many did carry the disease. Dr. Allen did make himself clear on the point that this dis ease was on the increase in this section and he advised all people who come in contact with un- Newton Child Remains Same The condition of Bill New ton of Moriah, who was tak en to Duke Hospital last week, is described as being about the same. The crisis is expect ed to be reached the later part of this week. Duke officials have expressed the belief that Bill will recover since the disease is not ordinarily so se vere on children. derbrush, trees or weeds to ex amine their clothing and body at regular intervals in an effort to discover any ticks that might be on the body or clothing. Vaccination for Spotted Fever, Dr. Allen said, is making rapid progress. So far it has not been used to any great extent in this section, but as the disease con tinues, it will probably be used everywhere the disease is found. It was also pointed out by Dr. Allen that the tick should not be mashed when removed from the body. A physician should cauter ize the place that was bitten im mediately. So far there seems to be only two ways to curb the spreading of this dreaded disease. One way is by vaccination and the other is to remove all underbrush, trees, weeds, etc. where ticks live. Sin ce the latter is impossible it looks like vaccination will be the final answer. o Final Rites Held For East Roxboro Man Wednesday Henry J. Owens, 69, of East Roxboro, died at his home Mon day, July 31st., at 2:30 p. m. Mr. Owens had been in ill health for the past several years, but was not confined to his room until several weeks ago. He suf fered from heart trouble and had been worse since the death of his wife in April. The deceased is survived by seven children; four daughters, Mrs. Luther Parrott, Mrs. Gra ham Morris, Mrs. Webb Freder ick and Mrs. Oscar Hull, all of Roxboro, and by three sons, Jes sie, Ed and Clayton Owens, all of Roxboro. One brother, Ike Owens, also survives. Funeral services were held at the home in East Roxboro Aug ust 2nd. at 4:30 p. m. Elder J. A. Herndon of Durham and Rev. T. M Vick of Roxboro, were in charge of the service Active pall bearers were Messrs. Charlie Saunders, Flem Monday, Albert 'Owen, Charlie (Continued On Back Page) IrrstmfMmes Ordinances Are Suggested To City Manager Messrs. Clyde Carver, attorney for the N. C. Leagues of Munici palities, and William Newell, field representative, spent a short time in Roxboro Tuesday morn ing in conference with City Man ager Harris and F. O. Carver, attorney for the city, relative to town ordinances for this city. Messrs. Carver and Newell have already codified all ordinances that have been passed since 1917. The conference Tuesday morn ing brought out the fact that this city needed several additional ordinances and some fifteen or twenty were suggested by the two representatives of the Lea gue of Municipalities. They sug gested ordinances relating to zon ing, fire protection and other things that are not regulated by ordinances in Roxboro. The proposed ordinances will be drawn up, codified and sent back to the city officials at an early date. It will then be up to I the city commissioners as to whether they will be adopted or not. It is not thought that all of the proposed ordinances will be adopted, but several that have been needed will possibly be put on the books. OTYFIREMEN - WILL NOW WEAR SILVER BADGES & . Badges Ordered Month Ago, And Received This Week By Fire Chief. Some fifteen or twenty Rox boro firemen have received bad ges and are supposed to wear Ihem when they are attending their duties as fire-fighters. The badges were ordered about thirty days ago by Fire Chief Henry O’Briant, but since it was a special order some time was re quired before they could be de livered. The badges are silver, with the exception of the one that will be ! worn by the chief. That is gold. ! They are about the size of a half dollar and pin on the shirt or coat. Prior to the time the badges arrived, there was no way for the general public to distinguish a fireman at the scene of a fire. Roxboro’s force is made up of volunteers who are then appoint ed by the city board. They wear no special uniforms. Chief O’Briant urges all fire men to wear their badges while on duty and to keep them in their pockets at all times. o PIE AND CAKE SALE The ladies of Circle No. 4 of the First Baptist church will have a cake and pie sale Saturday, August 6 in the store of Burns, Gentry and Strum. The sale will begin at 9 a. m. and the public is invited to come and get a cake or pie. o ILL IN-DURHAM Friends of Miss Lucy Childress of Durham, N. C., will regret to learn that she is seriously ill at the home us her sister, Mrs. C. R. Heame. Tsk, Tsk! Such Is The Way Os Progress mull k|p ,J§k Wj f * ' , - ; y California beauty contestants are now judged on a scientific basis. The beauty queens here are being tested in the “Shadcw. graph,” a new device which gives their adequate measurements at a glance. The Shadowgraph was first used to select the winner of the Venice, Calif., Mardi Gras. B* G. Rogers Found Dead Wednesday Woodsdale Resident Had Been Out To Catch A Cow; Heart Attack Blamed. Bennie G. Rogers, 60, of Woods dale, N. C. was found dead under a tree'on his farm yesterday af ternoon about 5:00 p. m. Mr. Ro gers been attempting to catch a cow that he had a sale for and Jim Rudder was waiting for the cow. When Mr. Rogers did not return as soon as was expected Mr. Rudder started out looking for him. He was found under a tree and it is presumed that he stopped there to rest. It is thought that he overex erted himself and that he died of a heart attack. He had been suf fering with heart trouble for the past several years. The deceased was a member cf Woodsdale Methodist church. He is survived by two brothers and one sister, Joseph G. Rogers, South Boston, Albert A. Rogers, Woodsdale and Mrs. Bessie Bow es, Semora. Mr. Rogers will be at Spencer’s Mortuary until Friday afternoon and then will be taken to Woods dale Methodist church at 1:00 p. m. There the body will be in state until the funeral services at 3:00 p. m. Services will be held at the church with Rev, M. W. Lawrence in charge. Interment will be in the Rogers family cemetery. o Raiff’s Store Remodeled Raiff’s Department store is now in the process of being remodeled from the front end to the back. When this work is completed the store will present a very up-to date appearance and will be im proved in many ways. It is thought that the work will be completed in a short time and new fixtures Will be installed. The store is open as usual dur ing the remodeling period. o ACCEPTS POSITION Raymond Webb cf Durham, has rcepted a position with the Win stead Warehouse in Roxboro and will be there during the coming 1 obacco season. Mr. Webb is a former Roxboro citizen and has many friends • ere. YOUNG GIRL INJURED Kathleen Wilkins, young. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfrey Wilkins, was injur ed yesterday evening at 7 o’clock as she was riding her bicycle on Morgan street. A run-away horse, ridden by Bill Murphy, struck Kathleen and knocked her from the bicycle. She was knocked unconscious and taken to Community Hospital. No bones were found to be broken, but she had suffer ed a head injury. Bill Murphy was not in jured. Ray Jackson Loses Part Os Middle Finger Ray Jackson had the misfortune to lose a small part or one fin ger on his right hand Tuesday night near Mebane, N. C. Jackson went under a floor to see if an electric drill that was being operated above had gone through the floor. Just as he put his finger up to the floor the drill came through and injured his finger. It is understood that the finger was amputated just below the first joint. o The Chinese National govern ment has established a radio broadcasting station at Lhassa in Tibet. Mr. & Mrs. Woods to Lead Rotary Singing At M orehead District Convention Opens Today With Four Present From Roxboro Club. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wood 3 of this city will have charge oPall music at the Rotary District Con ference when it opens at More head today. The conference will be in session this afternoon and tomorrow and a large number of delegates are expected to be pre sent. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are very prominent in Rotary singing Border Belt Prices Appear Better; 16 -18 Cents Reported Weed Curing Good; Prices Chief Worry As far as can be ‘determined Person County farmers are very well satisfied with the way their tobacco crop for this year is turning out. Much excellent to bacco is being produced and the crop this year-is considered to be very much better than last year. All farmers are busy this week curing the golden weed and they expect to be busy for the next several weeks. Practically every field in the county has some ripe tobacco in it and much of this is now being pulled. There seems to be some dan ger that farmers will not have en ough barn room to cure the crop as fast as it gets ripe and some tobacco is already burning on the stalk. However, every effort is being made to cure the tobacco as fast as it gets ripe and it is not thought that much will bum. Growers in this section are not satisfied with prices that the weed is bringing in Georgia, but they expect prices to be better as the buyers move this way. Then, too, they know that this crop is better than that of Geor gia and Florida. Many local tobacconists left this week for the border belt opening that takes place today and these men indicated that they expected prices to be better in that belt than in Georgia. The Roxboro market will open on September 14th, with four warehouses ready for the sale of the crop. Board Meeting At Camp Cherokee C. G. Somers, president of Cherokee Council, has called a meeting of all members of the Cherokee Board for tomorrow at 4:00 p. m. The meeting will be held at Camp Cherokee and supper will be served in regular camp style. President Somers reports that Camp Cherokee has had one of its best years and that he wants all board members to come up to camp for one meeting. o ENTERS HOSPITAL R. C. Satterfield, popular Rox boro citizen ,left Tuesday for Johnson City, Tenn., where he will enter a government hospital for observation and treatment. Mr. Satterfield has been in Rox boro for the past three or four months. circles and have been called up on to lead on many different oc casions. Others from the Roxboro Ro tary Club who will be present at this gathering are W. R. Jones, and President R. B. Griffin. All meetings will be held at the At lantic Beach Hotel. This meeting is being conduct ed at Morehead by the district governor, Bill Kiker, of Reids ville. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939 Nominated ; "HK .0 jnj LUTHER M. CARLTON L. M. Carlton of Roxboro, was yesterday nominated by President Roosevelt to be Postmaster at Roxboro, N. C. The next steps in this action will be the Senate confirmation and then the appointment. Senate confirmation is expected any day. Mr. Carlton has been a practic ing attorney of this city for sev eral years and is highly regarded here. PERSON GETS REPLACEMENTS FOR OLD TRUCKS •„! One New Truck Secured And Will Be Used In P. C. T. S. On New Route. The N. C. State School Commis sion has allowed four school truck replacements for Person County, stated R. B. Griffin, sup erintendent of education, Wednes day morning. These four new trucks will take the place of the four worse trucks that are now being used by the local school system. A survey will be made to determine which trucks will be discarded. The Board of Education has provided funds for one extra school truck, or bus, for the trans portation of colored children in this county. This bus will be used where it will accommodate the largest number of children and will probably be on the Durham road byway of Moriah to the Oxford road and into Person County Training School. This will be a new section for trans portation and will greatly help matters. All school busses are now being repaired by County Mechanic E. M. Bailey and his assistant. They are being gone over thoroughly and expected to be in good shape by school time. / o MOVED H. C. Gaddy, supervising prin cipal for the Roxboro schools ar rived in Roxboro Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Gaddy will make their home on Oak street next to the residence of A. W. Clayton. o DIRECTORS TO MEET The Roxboro Chamber of Com merce will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Cham ber’s office on Friday, August 4, at 5 o’clock. All directors are urg. ed to attend and any members who care to be present. THE TIMES IS PERSON’B"' PREMIER NEWSPAPER| A LEADER AT ALL TIMES NUMBER THREE Today’s Estimated Average Indicates Small Increase; Farmers Register No Dis satisfaction In Fairmont. Reports reaching this city from the Border Belt tobacco markets indicate that tobacco prices there on the opening day, August 3rd., are slightly higher on the opening than they were on the opening of the Georgia market. S. B. Winstead, warehouse op erator of this city, who is now buying tobacco on the Fairmont market wired the following re port: Person County Times, Roxboro, N. C. Estimated average for first four rows $16.50. Quality medium. Prices a fraction higher than in Georgia in my opinion. No evi dence of much dissatisfaction a mong farmers. S. B. Winstead A radio report from the Lum berton market stated that tobacco there, today, was averaging $lB. The Fairmont average for last year was $23.31. The entire bor der belt average for the season was $22.95. Georgia opened this year with a sixteen cent average which wvs around ten cents un der the opening day average for last year. Farmers in this section had hoped that tobacco on the Border Belt would be higher than Geor gia and today’s estimates indi cate that it may be. Official aver ages will he hard to get before tomorrow. Today’s estimates are somewhat encouraging. -lit o - r- Hensley Rites Held Wednesday At Home Place Joe E. Hensley, 86, of Cedar Grove, route 1, died at his home Tuesday at 12:25. Death came as a result of heart trouble and com plications. He had been in his usual state of health until Mon day morning when he suffered a heart attack and never regain ed consciousness. Mr. Hensley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Hensley, and four children; two sons, R. E. and J. F. Hensley of Cedar Grove; two daughters, Miss Mollie Hensley of Cedar Grove and Mrs. Clara bel Bradley of Mebane, N. C. Five grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held at the heme near Prospect Hill on Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. Rev. S. P’. Nicks of Cedar Grove and El der Currie King were in charge of the service. Active pall bearers were Messrs. Frank Roberson, Ralph Walters, Young Vaughan, Luth er Boone, Madry Wilson and Bradsher Massey. Flower bearers were Louise Roberson, Louise Brooks, Annie Lou Hooper, Ned Hooper, Mrs. Ralph Walters, Mrs. Madry Wil son, Nellie Boone, Sallie Wright, Mildred Foushee, Jennie Mae Foushee, Frances Foushee, Clarice Foushee, Nellie Obervey, Elsie Obervey, Mrs. Bennie Fou shee, Frances Foushee, Frances Warren, Lucy Warren, Nellie Warren and Mrs. Lewis Hoop er. r . Interment was in the Hensley family cemetery.
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