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IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Views Os The News ENGLAND WANTS NATIVE POPE \ Rome, Italy English Church men have petitioned Pope Pius XII for the removal of the re mains. of the only English Pope, Adrian IV, for reinterment. The body of Adrian iVas committed to a crypt in St. Paul’s nearly 700 years ago. SAILS OCEAN IN YAWL Genoa, Italy American Ex port liner Exeter reported “All’s well” with Guy C. Avery, a for mer laundry truck driver of Tampa, Fla., who set out in May, 1938, for the 4,600-mile voyage for Genoa in an 18-foot yawl. The Exeter passed the little craft East of Gibralter, going strong toward its destination, although it car ried no motor, no chronometer, nor a sextant. FIRST BRITISH MAIL ARRIVES Port Washington, L. I. The Imperial Airways flying-boat brought the first load of English trans-Atlantic mail, which in cluded a brace of grouse con signed to President Roosevelt from friends, who shot the-birds in Scotland the day before, on the official opening of the grouse season. / NEWPORT 300 YEARS OLD Newport, L. I. The resort is preparing to celebrate its 300th anniversary, in which Governor William H. Vanderbilt will par ticipate. Newport was one of the earliest seats of religious liberty cn the North American Contin ent. SHANGHAI BARS JEWS Shanghai, China After ad mitting 15,500 German Jewish re. fugees, only a tenth of which have found employment and less than 1 a half are self-supporting, the Municipal Council has decreed that after next week no more Jews would be permitted to land. LABOR WARNED PV REACTION * New York City —At the open ing of the 76th annual convention of the New York State Federation of Labor, George Meany, presi dent, emphasized the strength of the labor movement in the Sta te, but warned the delegates a gainst excesses that have result ed in a nation-wide reaction a gainst labor. J! \ JH±LLLJ* 0 ~ t ' '*— ■ IT’S A GIRL ! Mr. and Mrs. Banks Berry are announcing the arrival of a boun. cing baby girl at Community hospital, Thursday. Both mother and daughter are getting along nicely. o IMPROVING The many friends of Mr. Otis Tillman will be glad to know that he is improving after undergoing an operation at Community hos pital Thursday. Visit Roxboro Stores Person County Times Housing Os Person Crop Almost Over Wanted Job As Executioner H s f i ■ j f ■j ■ m 'iNßi Clarence Peddicord, 22, blind operator of a candy stand in Van couver, Wash., was one of the many unsuccessful applicants for the position of executioner at Sing Sing prison. The position was left vacant due to the illness of Executioner Robert Elliot. Ped dicord is pictured with his “See ing-eye” dog. Mrs. Emma Oliver Dies Friday At Longhurst Mrs. Emma E. Oliver, 60, died at her home in Longhurst Fir day morning at 4:25 o’clock fol lowing an illness of five years. Mrs. Oliver is survived by five sons; Clyde, Ralph and Carlton Oliver, of Longhurst, and John T. and Robert Oliver of Roxboro; three daughters: Mrs. Eugenia Jones and Mrs. Minnie Jones, of Roxboro, and Mrs. Annie Hold er of Longhurst; and three sisters: Mrs. Bessie Powell of South Bos ton, Va.; Mrs. Ella Murphey, of Danville, Va., and Mrs. Lula Ho ward, of Longhurst. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Longhurst Methodist church yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock with Rev. T. M. Vick, Jr., officiating. Burial was in the Snipes family cemetery. Pallbearers were Tennie Suitt, Leb Dixon, Ruffin Puryear, Sam Lockhart, Z. R. Clayton and Geor ge Gilliland. Members of her Sunday School class at Longhurst Methodist church acted as floral bearers. u Local Leaders To Be Supper Guests Os Fair A number of prominent local men have been invited to be guests of the Person County Fair association at a supper at Hotel Roxboro Friday night, it was re vealed here yesterday. Purpose of the meeting will be to discuss policies, plans and pro. cedure for the 1939 Person Coun ty Fair to be held September 18-23. The directors are deter mined to make this coming fair (Continued On Back Page) Growers Report Very Little Tobacco Still In The Fields. Person county tobacco is prac tically cured and growers appear to be satisfied with the results. The crop is reported to be the best in years and fair prices are expected. A few tips remain in the fields and a little late tobacco is left, but most of this will come from the stalk this week. Many farmers reported heavy losses last week and the week before. Tobacco ripened much faster than it could be cured in a limited number of barns and a large amount burned on the stalk. There are enough barns here to care for an ordinary crop, but a large one such as was pro duced this year could not "be tak en care of. The Roxboro market will open September 14 and heavy sales are predicted for the first week or so. There has been practically no tobacco leaving the county for distant markets and not much is expected to leave in view of this belt’s earlier opening. The grow ers have been too busy curing to get any ready and the opening date of this market appears to be early enough for all. Many seem to think that to bacco will open here a little high er than on the border belt. An average of 20 or 21 cents will en able all to clear a little money. Warehousemen! report that a full set of buyers will be on hand for the opening date and that everything will be ready by September 14. Along The Way With the Editor This past, week I saw a-sight that was wonderful to behold: I saw four middle age married men leave this city for Carolina Beach. They had worked hard for the past twelve weeks and last week was thei» vacation week. These men deserved the rest that they were taking and they had been looking forward to it for some time past. It is true that they were ail married and also true that they faijfcd to take thair wives with them to the beach, but then their wives had not worked so hard this year and didn't need a rest or a vacation like the men did. It is also true that these fellows didn’t have much money, but they were conservative men and had no idea of throwing money away. May I present so you His Honor, S. F. Nicks, Jr., the mayor cf Roxboro: R. B. Dawes, the ex-Mayor of Ttoxboro; Jack Strum and Clyde Bcwen. These are the four gentlemen who went to the bedell and left their wives behind. Philip L. Thomas is headed for New York City. He said, before he 'eft, that he had no money, but that he planned to write a check in New York and let his partner, Curtis Oakley, worry about get ting the money in the bank after the check arrived. Now, Curtis plans to turn things around; he is going to let the bank return the check unpaid. Clarence and Ivey Warren have returned from Georgia where they made all the money that Georgians will allow North Carolina ians to make down there. They had Albert Warren with them to write the checks and to see to it that they saved a little of what they made. Albert brought them home safe and sound and said that they had enough to lend a little to their friends. It will be a case of first come—first served if Albert doesn’t borrow it all before others who see this get there. Henry David Long and Thomas Hatchett spent a week at Caro lina Beach some time ago. They had Charlie Lawson’s trailer hooked on their car. The tires ran off the trainer wheels and the boys didn’t know they were off. They finally discovered it when they went over a !r idge. It was too late then, the wheels were damaged and one tire completely lost. Tommie and Henry had no money left—Charlie Haixis passed—they borrowed five dollars—bought a new tire—it wcu.dn’t stay on the wheel—they came home on the rims and had to buy two wheels and two tires and tubes after they reached Rox boio and had a pay day. We do not know whether Charlie Harris has been paid or not. Moral Never borrow Charlie Lawson’s trailer— it’s too old and costs too much. Dollar Days Chines 2 Honor U. S. Flag » • » 111 11 ™lll 1 ii'iii v ’.vAjyrilH :: By**Vs \ T ' - ' v >•£<•s sk. 1 -b w . " <i t/- ' i ■• s ■ , v ; ’ ’ ' < An unprecedented compliment was paid the United States by China recently when a new stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th. anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the United States. The stamp bears the flags of China and the U. S. to symbolize the traditional friendship that has existed for so many years beween the two nations. As far as is known, this is the first time that an in dependent nation has so signally honored the flag of another. Committee N amed To Study 1940 Tobacco Crop Control FORMER PASTOR HERE TODAY Rev. D. F. Putman, former pas tor here, will preach at the First Baptist church this morning, it was announced this week. A lar ge congregation is expected for this service. Rev. Putman is spending the weekend here as guest of Mr. A. M. Bprns. CONFINED Clement Byrd, druggist at Rox. boro Drug company, is confined to his room for several days due to complications from a knee in jury suffered several weeks ago. T. T. Mitchell, J. H. Fou shee C. T. Hall Named By Winslow. T. T. Mitcneii, J. H. Foushee and Claude T. Hall, all promin ent Person County farmers have been appointed by J. E. Winslow of Greenville, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau f ederation, to serve on a state wide committee to investigate the possibility cf calling a referen dum on flue-cured tobacco crop controil for 1940. The committee, authorized at a mass meeting of farmers in Raleigh recently, will meet in Raleigh on or about September 1, E. F. Arnold of Raleighh, execu tive secretary of the farm bureau, said. “The committeemen will sound out sentiment in their counties snd determine whether farmers want a referendum, in the event -bacco prices sag,” said Arnold. Three persons were named from each county in which flue cured tcbaco is grown. For ad joining counties they are as fol lows* Caswell—ll. T. Watkins, John H. Warr.cn and D. W. Wright. Orange—J. S. Compton, E. T. Johns and H. G. Laws. Granville T. W. Allen, C. H. Cheathem and M. H. Bragg. Durham—W. H. Bacon, Hubert Green , and N. R. Markham. o Plans Complete For Dan River Soil District In a referendum held last win ter the farmers of Person, Stokes, Rockingham, and Caswell coun ties expressed themselves as fav oring the formation of a soil con. servation district for those four counties. This district is known as the Dan River Soil Conserva tion District. All preliminary work in the formation of the dis trict has been completed, super visors have been elected, a work plan for the district has been made and approved, the person nel has been selected and is now ready to start the work. .Continued On Back Page . Thursday , Friday, Saturday . .. Ti • ~ li11 111 ~i i niiiifiimi • 'if iiaMffiiiiiMMßßMßlßiilftff SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1939 Local Merchants Plan Great Sales Event This Week ******** Stores Os City Co-operating Almost 100 Per Cent In Dollar Days, Thursday, Friday And Saturday Os This Week Many Bargains Are Being Offered. ******** With the largest number of merchants ever to participate in a Roxboro dollar day shopping event listed as active and enthusiastic beexers, and with attractive values being offered by each parti cipcnt, Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s bargain event bids fair to prove Roxboro’s greatest shopping event. Beams Visit Kin Not Seen In 59 Years A reunion of brother and sister who have not seen each other for 59 years will be staged in Roosevelt, Okla. Mrs. Dora Beam, her daughter, Miss Velma Beam, local home demonstration agent, and William Beam, the latter of Cherryville, left yesterday for the Oklahoma city for a 10 day visit with Logan Baxter, Mrs. Beam’s brother, and his family. Bax ter left his North Carolina home to settle in the West 59 years ago. Rotarians Hear Three Local Speakers Rotarians, returning temporari ly to Hotel Roxboro Thursday night, heard three local speakers, I. O. Abbitt, J. S. Merritt and R. L. Harris, on varied subjects. Abbitt, the main speaker of the evening, addressed the club on “City Beautification,” basing his talk upon his 15 years ex perience in Roxboro as city engi neer. He stressed particularly sidewalk building, flowers, lawns and beautiful trees as important aspects of city beautification. Merritt, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, enlisted the clubs cooperation in the re cently inaugrated “goodwill tours” among the residents of county and the club agreed to assist with the project. Harris, in a humorous vein, in structed new members, Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald and Fred Saunders, both connected with Community hospital, in the principles of Ro tary, giving them their responsi bilities and duties as members cf the organization of Rotary. Thursday’s program was in charge of D. S. Brooks, chairman of the club’s community service committee while next Thursday’s session, scheduled for Allensville school will be in charge of S. B. Davis, chairman of the rural-ur ban committee. A special feature of this meeting will be the op portunity of seeing the recently completed $43,000 Allensville School building. o STILL VERY ILL Mrs. Ransome Frederick, who has been seriously ill at Commun ity hospital for the past week, was reported as “somewhat im proved” late yesterday, although still in a very grave condition-. THE TIMES IS PERSON 1 * PREMIER NEWSPAfBItf A LEADER AT ALL TIMES NUMBER SIX Almost 100 per cent co-opera tion is being given in bringing to shoppers of the city and its trade area the best in bargains for the inauguration of the fall shopping season. Courtesy to Visitors. With the time limit for parking off for out-of-town cars, due to the courtesy-card system of Rox boro police department now in use, added impetus should be give the three-day event. Extensive preparations have been made for the event, these being started many days in ad vance in order that a full stock of merchandise might be present ed. “There seems to be more en thusiasm and preparation for event among Roxboro merchants than any other dollar day event held before,” Melvin H. Burke, secretary of the Chamber of Sam merce, sponsor of the event, said jesterday. He said that many merchants had made special trips to New York and other buy ing markets to stock up with of the new rst type ioi' fall business. Whole-Hearted Co-operation. The largest number of merch ants are co-operating in this event of any ever brought to the people of Roxboro,’ it is believ . Continued On Back Page . o Gala Dance Scheduled To Equip Band A final dance of the summer season, an important event in the city’s social life, has been scheduled for Friday, September 1, it was announced here last week. Given under the auspicies o:' 1 - cal school authorities and under the direction of Jake Taylor, D. D. Long and Coleman King, young local men, proceeds of the dance will go toward equipping a band for Roxboro High school students. Jimmy Cannon and his Swin?s ters have been engaged for the affair to be held at High School gymnasium, scene of the recant Hospitality Week ball, one of the largest ever staged in this com munity. Colorful decorations and effec tive cooling equipment will be utilized and the event promises to be one of the most successful of all time. Local people interested in equipping the newly authorized school band are urged to invite their friends from neighboring towns and make the event a truly civic occasion. Tickets will go on sale very soon and attrac tive posters will be distributed both here and in neighboring communities in an effort to at tract a large throng to the local gymnasium September 1. .
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