IP nr IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY A THURSDAY
SUPERINTENDENT
EXPLAINS BOOK
RENTALSYSTEM
' Calls Present Way Os
Handling Books Mach
Superior To Old
Books are now being deliver
ed to the various county schools,
County Superintendent R. B.
Griffin said yesterday in explain
ing the book rental system to be
employed during the coming
year.
“During the course of a year,”
he pointed out, “a few books are
lost, several thousand wear out
to the extent that they must be
repaired or destroyed. As during
the past year, elementary books
will be furnished free of cost to
all students through grades one
to seven. As last year supplemen
tary readers will be rented to
each child with a flat rental fee
of 75 cents.
“It appears that this system of
handling books is far superior to
having each child buy his own
books. Under the present plan,
all books are in the hands of the
children on or within a day or
two after the opening of school.
“In the high schools, a new
rental system has been adopted
by the State Textbook commis
sion,” he continued, “Instead of
each book being rented for a
particular amount, a flat fee of
$2.40 per pupil will be collected
at the opening of school. For this
amount each high school student
will be furnished textbooks in
subjects he may be taking and
dictionaries will be provided for
the room and not for individuals
on the basis of one dictionary for
each four rental fees collected.
Under the free textbook plan,
paper, exercise books, composi
tion pads, etc. are not included.”
TONSIL CLINIC
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A tonsil clinic will be held at
the local Community Hospital
Saturday morning, Superintend
ent W. R. Gentry announced
yesterday. Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald,
resident surgeon, will do the
operating and those wishing to
take advantage of this special
clinic should make their appoint
ment by tomorrow afternoon.
Kiwanis Clubs
m Hear Morehead
Joint Session
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With some 60 Kiwanians pres
ent, members of the Roxboro
and Oxford clubs and their wives
met in a joint session Monday
evening at Trinity Methodist
church near the Granville county
line.
Featured speaker for the oc
casion was Jake Morehead of
Durham, ex-lieutenant governor
cf this Kiwanis district, who ad
dressed the group briefly on vo
‘ cational guidance.
President Jake Taylor of the
local dub presided over the meet
ing and the group was welcomed
to die scene of the meeting by
Rev, T. W. Lee, pastor of the
£ church.
A bountiful picnic supper was
served by the ladies of the chur
• ch and it was announced that
proceeds from the supper would
be- used toward building the new
church which is already well
The next meeting of the local
club will be held at Concord
church at'the regular time:
Person County Times
School Facilities j
Best Ever - Griffin
County Superintendent
Comments On Improve •
ments During Summer
“With additional buildings and
the repairs which have takeen
place this summer, school facili
ties of the county should be bet
ter than ever before, “Superin
tendent R. B. Griffin said yester
day in commenting upon school
improvements during the past
few months.
For the first time the new
building at Allensville will be in
use while the furniture in all
buildings in the county have
been gone over and will be in
first class shape by opening day,
Griffin pointed out. “New furni
ture has been provided where
additional enrollment is expect
ed and where old furniture was
beyond repair,” he said.
Continuing the Superintendent
added, “During the summer
months, the interior of the fol
lowing schools has been painted:
East Roxboro, the old brick build
ing at Allensville, Bethel HilL
and Longhurst. The walls of
these buildings had not been
painted since they were erected
and teachers and pupils will find
a much brighter and more satis
factory place to begin work.
“These schools along with
others in the county have under
gone minor repairs and part of
the roof at the Hurdles Mill
school has been replaced by
metal roofing.
“Among the colored schools, a
four room building has been ad
ded at Person County Training
DAVIDSON RITES
HELD TUESDAY!
Popular Western Union
Manager Succumbs To
Heart Attack
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Final rites were held Tuesday
afternoon for Charles Edward
Davidson, 61-year-old prominent
Roxboro citizen, who Monday
morning suffered a fatal heart
attack at his home on Academy
Street.
Mr. Davidson, for 45 years an
employee of Western Union, had
been in charge of the local of
fice for the past several years.
Genuinely respected by all who
knew him, he was universally re
garded as the most popular repre
sentative ever placed in charge
of the local office. His death
came as a distinct shock to his
family as well as a large circle
of friends.
He became ill just as he was
preparing to leave for work Mon
day morning and death followed
about 45 minutes later.
Mr. Davidson had been a mem
ber of Edgar Long Memorial
church since becoming a resident
here. Members of the H. K. San
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Harris Addresses
Fireman Conclave
Describing it as a wonderful
convention, Fire Chief Henry ’O-
Briant yesterday returned from
the annual State Fireman’s con
vention held at Carolina Beach.
R. L. Harris, prominent local
man, appeared on the program
of the conclave, responding to
the address of welcome.
Those attending the session in
cluded Chief O’Briant, Mr. Har
ris and Ursal Yarborough.
Jim Bailey
Trades Cars
Jim Bailey, well-known
colored citizen of this city,
traded cars this week.
He had owned his 1927
Chevrolet coach for 12 years,
the speedometer registered
only about 8,000 miles at the
time of the trade and the
same tires graced the wheels
that came on them new but
Jim still wanted a new car.
It seems the Jim Baileys
were riding in a funeral pro
cession recently when the
good wife noticed that
there’s was the only flat
topped vehicle in the pro
cession. This could not be
tolerated. The deal was
made.
school to replace the two room
building burned near the end of
the past school year. Numerous
minor repairs have been made to
the other colored schools such as
doors, steps, roof repairing, a lit
tle interior painting, etc.
“The greatest need of the
schools of the county now is sani
tary toilet facilities for Bethel
Hill, Olive Hill, Hurdle Mills and
Mt. Tarzah. The board of educa
tion and the county commission
ers have provided these facilities
as rapidly as finances of the
county have permitted and it is
thought that these two boards
plan to add these facilities to the
four remaining large schools as
fast as finances will allow.”
RURAL POWER
PROJECT EXTENDS
REA Sponsored Cooperat
ive Available To Farmers
In This County
A cooperative power project
sponsored by REA and known as
Piedmont Electric Membership
corporation is being extended in
to Person County, J. T. Aider
man, project superintendent re
vealed this week.
Organized the first of this year,
the corporative is designed to
furnish farmers with cheap elect
ricity, the project being owned
by members of the organization
and non-profit making.
The contractors at present have
constructed approximately 178
miles of line and service 586
customers in Orange, Person, Al
amance and Caswell counties,
Alderman said, with the end of
the present line in this county at
the home' of J. O. Pearce near
Timberlake. The project is ex
pected to be completed around
October 1.
“At the present time, Alder
man continued, “this cooperative
is making up a list of additional
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Mumford Carver
Seriously 111
Mumford Carver of South Hill,
Va„ well known to many friends
and relatives here, has been seri
ously ill at a Richmond hospital,
it was learned here yesterday.
F. O. Carver Jr., called to the
bedside yesterday and back home
this morning, said physicians had
diagnosed the case and an opera
tion for gallstones was impend
ing within * day or two.
22 Million Lunches
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The WPA workers shown above picking tomatoes are ilk®
hundreds all over the state who have grown and harvested many
tons of vegetables for free school lunches for underprivileged
children. Twenty two million of these lunches have been prepared
and served to 72,576 school children by the WPA during the past
four years.
Advances Revealed
In Health Program
Three Projects Soon To Be
Launched In District, Rich
ardson Reports
Two and possibly three signi
ficant advances in the public
health program were announced
yesterday by Dr. W. P. Richard
son, district health officer who
conferred here with Dr. A. L.
Allen, county health officer.
According to Dr. Richardson,
the State Board of Health has al
located funds for a monthly crip
pled children’s clinic for this dis
trict which will probably be lo
cated in Chapel Hill, where pa
tients from this county will be
served. This clinic, one of 20
throughout the state, answers a
Icng-felt need, it was pointed out.
The second important new pro
ject, called maternity and infant
demonstrations, is an intensive
program for reducing infant and
maternal sickness and death
rates. Funds for this program
have been approved by the State
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COURT OF HONOR
The Boy Scout court of honor
will meet Friday night at 7:30
o’clock at the Methodist church,
it was announced yesterday.
Tenant Purchase Program Spreads
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COUNTIES DESIGNATED FOR TENANT PURCHASE
Xy/'-./A LOV. 3 DVr.II.'G FISCAL YEAR 1937 - 1939.
Shown in white above are the 50 new North Carolina counties where the Farm Security Admi
nistration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, has just made loans available to tenant fanners to buy
farms under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.
Loans also will continue to be made in the other 50 counties, bringing every county in the state
under the Tenant Purchase program. Shown in black are 33 counties where the program was started
last year. The remaining 17 counties, diagonally hatched, were first to be designated in this state
year before last. In the old counties numerals indicate the number of loans already made to buy farms.
In a gradually increasing program Congress has appropriated $40,000,009 for Tenant Purchase for
this fiscal year. Os this amount the Secretary of Agriculture, last week, allotted $« laaaff to
North Carolina. This will enable about 443 industrious farm tenants to buy and improve *«"»■ in this
state.
Applications for loans to bay bums should be made to the nearest FSA County Flnpin ilm.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939
“Open” Meeting
For Boosting
Market Friday
Postponed from last Tues
day afternoon because of con
flicts, the Chamber of Com
merce “open” meeting to dis
cuss plans for boosting the
local tobacco market will be
held in the Grand Jury room
of the Courthouse tomorrow
afternoon at 5 o’clock.
All interested citizens,
business men and others are
urged to meet with the di
rectors of the Chamber and
pool their ideas collectively
toward increasing tobacco
sales on the local market,
Newly-elected President S.
S. Merritt of the Chamber of
Commerce said, “The Rox
boro market should sell 10
million pounds during the
coming season and it’s high
time all hands begin pulling
together to realize this re
sult.”
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“A creative econdmy is the fuel
of magnificience.”
Emerson
Town Board Bans
Sunday Baseball;
Changes Streets
NEW SIDEWALK
A new sidewalk is being con
structed on Reams avenue from
Main to Lamar streets, it was
pointed out by City Manager
James C. Harris yesterday.
The walk will be concrete
from Main street to Wade’s Gro
cery Co., from which point it will
be of gravel to the intersection
at Lamar Street.
Former Resident
Dies At Home
.Near Chapel Hill
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in Liberty, N.
C. for John G. Jones, 44, a native
of this county, many of whose re
latives still reside here.
Final rites were conducted at
the Baptist church with inter
ment being made in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Jones died suddenly at his
home on Route 2, Chapel Hill,
Sunday morning at 3:15. He was
a World war veteran and painter
for the Rogers Paint and Paper
company in Charlotte. He had
worked in Chapel Hill for the
past three years. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Vera Jones, five
children, Misses Martha Ann,
Hope, and Precious, and Johnny
and Robert Lee Jones; one bro
ther, Leroy Jones of Roxboro;
one sister, Mrs. Mary Gentry of
Danville, and a half-sister, Mrs.
Carroll of Roxboro.
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STREET-CAR DINER
L. C. Hall, on another page in
today’s issue, announces the open
ing of the new Roxboro a
street-car-turned-restaurant, at
the corner of Lamar and Court
streets.
Bringing to his new business a
leputation as a chef of outstand
ing ability, Hall has been in the
insurance business here for some
time.
In commenting upon the open
ing, the new proprietor said the
diner would not be open during
church hours on Sundays, 11 A.M.
to 1 P. M. and 7 to 9 P. M.
THE TIMES IS
PREMIER NEWSPApKIf
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER FOUR
Decides City Will Not
Build Water Lines Outside
City Limits; Hears Hog
Pen Protest
The Town Board by executive
action Tuesday night banned
Sunday baseball inside the city
limits and thus further outlined
the city’s “Blue Law” structure.
The question came up before
the council at the request of a
group of Negro citizens who
sought to play Sunday games on
the Fair Ground property in
North Roxboro.
The names of three streets were
officially changed by the board.
Factory street was changed to
Bradsher street, New street to
Foushee street and Rellar
street to Allgood avenue. Factory
street, which connects Main and
Lamar at the Central school, was
not considered an appropriate
title while Rellar, a street in
East Roxboro, was changed in
honor of the late J. W. Allgood,
former superintendent of the
Roxboro Cotton Mills. New St.
was just an extension of Foushee
and the latter name was given
to the entire throughfare.
Passing on a request by T. B.
Woody, local realtor, the biard
decided not to build water lines
outside of the city limits. Wcody
had requested water service for
his ne wresidential development,
his new residential development,
The city will continue to sell
water outside the city limits but
property owners must build their
own lines.
City Manager James C. Harris
w as ordered to make a survey of
the Johnson Street, sewer line
which runs through Weslyan
Heights, and if necessary file
a WPA project for it. The public
works committee will make the
final recommendation in this in
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A delegation appeared before
the beard in regard to hog pens
and this matter was referred to
the Mayor who will make an in
vestigation and report his find
ings back to the council.
Commissioners
Officially
Approve Rate *
The County Commissioners of
ficially approved the $1.25 'ax
rate for the next fiscal year at
the regular session of the board
held at the courthouse Mcnday
morning.
A rate of $1.251/£ was tentat
ively approved at the Board’s
meeting a month ago but as re
ported at that time, it was felt
likely that the half cent could be
sliced from the first estimate.
The Board ordered County Ac
countant J. S. Walker to complete
his “tax evaders” list for 1939 and
charges are expected to be
brought at an early date.
The sum of $7.50 per month
formerly allotted to Negro *
County Agent C. J. Ford for rent
was allocated toward equipping
and maintaining the new Negro
farmer’s building.
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O’BRIANT REUNION
The O’Briant family, those de
scendant of Elijah O’Briant, will
hold their annual family reunion
at Flat River church Saturday
August 20 at 11 o’clock, it was
announced today by a member of
the family. All members are urg
ed to come and brlag a basket,
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