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VOLUME XI
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"FREEZING” CANCER TRIED
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Philadelphia, Pa. An lowa
farmer, suffering from cancer of
she pancreas, is being “frozen”
for five days in a last resort test
of a new cancer treatment deve
loped at Temple University Hos
pital. Under an anaesthetic that
kills the pain of freezing, the pa
tient will remain without nour
l ishment and barely breathing for
i, the course of the treatment.
STILL DISCUSSES
j “THAT PARTY”
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\ Lansing, Mich. Governor
| Dickinson of Michigan who dse
cribed his recent visit to a gover
nor’s conference called by Gov-
F ernor Lehman of New York as a
£ bachannalian riot of lust and in
||> ebriety, returned to the charge in
p addressing his Sunday School
class. “It was the nearest thing
|yl know to Belshazzar’s feast,” he
K exclaimed. A score of pther gov-
► ’ cmors who attended voted the
| dinner a tame affair.
I ROOSEVELT TURNS
i. HOMEWARD
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Halifax, N. S.—Cut off on ac
jk’ count of continuing fog from
official mail dispatched by
plane, yet kept in constant touch
with European developments by
- wireless, Roosevelt is on his way
back to Annapolis, Md. on the
cruiser Tuscaloosa, abandoning
-later plans on his vacation cruise.
POPE MAKES LAST PLEA
Rome, Italy—Apparently be
lieving war to be inescapable, the
Vatican has dispatched high dig
nitaries of the Church to War
saw and to other capitals in a
i w minute plea for world peace.
Although two more classes of
f Italian troops have been mobili
ty zed, the feeling persists that Mus.
solini will not risk a war in sup
s' port of Hitler’s plans of aggres
* sion. Military observers estimate
; that 10,000,000 European soldiers
are actually mobilized or await
s ing definite orders.
WILD PLANS RUMORED
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.London, England—All traces
■ of the indecision accompanying
I the seizure of Chechoslovakia
have disappeared from public and
p private life, but strange rumors
jf* keep the danger of war upper
fe moss in all minds. One rumor
W with more than usual substanti
al ation the flight of four
from German ports
jrijith orders to seize the French
ft Island of Martinique in the West
gplhdies as a base of operations
fs*g|inst the U. S. in case of war.
nraft-BUSINESS WEEK
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Despite all predictions to the
v nc|jtrary, following the Congres
sional defeat of last minute Ad
ministration measures, industry
, continues the upward swing
ptijirldth me adjournment of Con
±ress,.ln the heavy industries,
| steady gains are shown against
| seasonal trends, while in the the
I aviation and automobile fields
193 ft 1 gain over 1938 for the
half-year has reached 425
it in the reports of 48 com
bi's Steel production in
per cent without
i change looked for until
store sales in
cached a total of $195,753,-
gain of 6.7 per cent over
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Accident Takes 23 Lives
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Twenty-five persons were killed and at least 165 injured during
the space of one week recently jwhen three railroad accidents in the
United States made tragic headline history. Pictured here is the
wreckage cf the City of San Francisco, which was derailed near
Carlin, Nev., causing 23 deaths. On the same day, two persons were
killed near Denver, Colo., when two crack trains crashed. Another
wreck on the New York elevated lines resulted in injury to 50
persons.
BETTER TOBACCO
APPEARSJN EAST
Prices Appear To Be Gain
ing Strength As Quality Os
Offerings Improves.
Prices on New Bright Belt to
bacco markets were reported
Friday to be gaining strength as
warehouses began clearing the
heavy flood of leaf which follow
ed extremely heavy opening
breaks of Tuesday.
-Markets reported a trend to
ward higher grades and better
quality of offerings which served
to bring strength to prices. Pre
sence of large quantities of tips
and lugs and much damaged to
bacco in early offerings had had
a depressing effect on price aver
ages.
Reports from the belt yester
day;
Greenville Official figures
for sales through Thursday; 4,-
788,224 pounds sold for $730,688.-
11, an average of $15.26 a hun
dred pounds.
Robersonville Official fig
ures for Friday’s sales; 250,456
pounds sold for $37,049.78, an av
erage of $15.09.
Williamston Official figures
fcr sales through Friday, 1,024,-
694 pounds sold for $158,241.47,
an average of $15.88.
Kinston Official figures for
sales through Thursday: 4,289,310
pounds S'dd for $158,241.75, an
average of $15.09.
Smithfield Official figures
for Friday’s 5a1e5:.316,804 pounds
sold fcr $52,641.14, an average of
$16.61.
Goldsboro Official figures
for Thursday’s sales: 305,368
pounds sold for $46,937.99, an av
erage og $15.37.
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Seven Taken
To Crippled
Children’s Clinic
Mrs. Glenn Brandon of the
local welfare department carried
severr crippled children to the
regular monthly Duke crippled
children’s clinic Friday for treat
ment.
Four other patients were also
carried to the hospital.
These monthly clinics are made
available through the crippled
children’s division of social secu
rity. Transportation was furn
ished by the welfare department
and through the cooperation of.
the local Rotary clpb.
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ROTARIANS HEAR
ALLEN ONHEALTH
Health Officer Speaks To
Club Meeting At Allens
ville School.
Rotarians, Meeting at tRe new
Allensville school Thursday night,
heard Dr. A. L. Allen, local health
officer and member of the club,
speak on “Health of the County.”
Pointing out that there were
two types of diseases, those of
“wear and tear,” and those com
municable, the speaker explain
ed that cancer and heart diseases,
two big diseases in the former
degenerative class, appear to be
on the increase in Roxboro and
Person County as well as every
where. The reason, he explained
—the attention and strain of mo
dern civilized life.
Continuing the public health of
ficial said, “These disorders, how
ever, are the problem of private
practitioners and not the con
cern of public health which cen
ters its activity largely on con
tagious diseases. We are doing
much,” he asserted, “but much is
still left to do.”
Commenting on specific dis
eases, the health officer said,
“Person County is virtually free
from Malaria and hookworm, a
very significant thing. However,
apparently the new disease,
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
is on the rampage. Fortunately,”
he concluded, “we have a vaccine
for this disease, which vaccine we
are going to have to use if the
spread continues.”
The program was in charge of
S. B. Davis, chairman cf the
club’s rural-urban committee, S.
B. Satterwhite, principal of the
Allensville school, expressed the
delight of the community in hav
ing the Rotarians meet there and
them to return.
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IMPROVING
Mrs. Ransome Frederick con
tinues to improve rapidly at
Community hospital following a
serious illness.
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APPENDECTOMY
Charles Ball is a patient at
Watt’s hospital where he under
went an operation for appendi
citis last week. He is reported as
getting along fine.
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“What a new face courage puts
on everything!”
—Emerson
Minor Offenders
Fill Court
Docket Tuesday
Tuesday was a busy day in Re- J
corder’s Court here with Judge W. I
I. Newton being faced with one
of the heaviest dockets in sever
al months.
Most of the cases were for min
or offenses. Sammy, Dallas and
Marshall Rimmer, charged with
breaking and entering, the two
former men in two separate cas
es, waived preliminary hearings
before Judge Newton and were
bound over to October’s Superior
Court term under bonds of SIOO
each.
Other verdicts handed out by
the veteran jurist included: Jam
es Cole, illegal posession, judge
| ment suspended on payment of
costs; Robert Falkner, negro, no
operators license, 60 days on the
road, sentence suspended on pay
ment of costs and $lO fine; Archie
Graves, negro, illegal possession,
$5 and ccsts; Don Wallace, care
less and reckless driving, prayer
for judgement continued after
payment of costs; H. I. Dixon, as
sault with deadly weapon, dis
missed; Carl Jones, negro, as
sault with deadly weapon, con
tinued.
Masten Barnett, negro, non
support, charge withdrawn by
prosecuting witness; Frank Coun
cil, speeding, continued; Dewey
Smith, speeding, case continued;
Thomas Stanfield, negro, non
.-support, continued; Josh Ramsey,
negro, robbery with firearms, not
guilty; L. F. Guill, careless and
reckless driving, $lO and costs;
Giles Gentry, driving drunk, con
tinued; Melvin Morton, larceny
of automobile, no probable cause
found.
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OPERATION
Clyde Tatum, 14-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tatum, un
derwent an optical operation at
Mcpherson hospital Wednesday.
The youth was accidently stuck
in the eye with a knife blade by
his brother a few days ago dur
ing a game of mumble-peg. The
blade pierced the eye-ball.
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“The great and good do not die
even in this world. Embalmed in
books, their spirits walk abroad.”
—Smiles
Along The Way
With the Editor
Rumors of w'ar in Europe have caused a number of Roxboro
beys to give sericus consideration to marriage. You see, they could
claim exemption on the grounds of having a wife should the United
States be drawn into the conflict.
Shanks Bumpass is hunting a
wife and so is James Brocks.
Then it has been said that Dr. A.
L. Allen has been hunting one for
some time, but is now working
even harder than before. In oth
er words he is working day and
night and late into the night.
Even with all cf this in the air,
James Harris, City Manager, re
fuses to do anything about get
ting married. Jim is kind to all
the ladies, but he refuses to let
them get too close to him. He
likes them, but does not care to
provide a heme for any.
Remember G. L. Allen? Mr.
Allen pnee lived in Roxboro and
he lived here just like all the
rest of the poor people.'Last week
he was acting and talking like a
man who had money. He lives in
Wilmington now and it may be THOMAS BUMPASS
that he has made something or it may be that he was “showing off.”
Ladies of Carolina Beach take Warning! Two Roxboro men
have been discovered as missing and the report is that they are at
this beach. These two men are noted for their “way with women,”
but they do not mean a thing they say. They go by the names of
E. G. Thompson and Coleman King.
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Little Scotty Chadwick, dress
es lor goggle-fishing, shows how
to nab a sheepshead with a spear
at the annual tournament at
Beaufort, N. C. Scotty, however,
can’t claim the credit. The fish
was given to him by a participant.
WAR MIGHT BOOM
TOBACCO PRICES
Records Show That During
World War, Tobacco Mar
kets Soared To New Highs.
Europe’s war clouds might
bring higher prices to North
Carolina flue-cured lnbar.cn farm
ers, a survey of U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture statistics in
dicated yesterday.
Records on file in the office of
Julian E. Mann of the State Col
lege Extension Service showed
that during the World War, tobac.
co prices, consumption and pro
duction all soared to record, or
I near-record peaks.
Prices in Carolina markets are
now at about a 16-cent level.
Records show that the average
price of United States tobacco in
1915, in the first half of the war,
was 9 cents; but a rapid climb
boosted the price to 14.8 cents in
1916, to 24 cents in 1917, to 27.9
cents in 1918 and 31.2 cents in
1919, the year after the war.
In 1920, prices dropped back to
17.3 cents.
A similar increase was shown in
average consumption of tobacco
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1939
Two Local Youths
Named Defendants
In $10,132 Suit
REGISTER OF DEEDS
ENTERS WATT’S
Register of Deeds W. T. Kirby
was admitted to Watt’s hospital
Friday for treatment, it was
learned yesterday. He expects to
remain there for 10 days or two
weeks.
New Principal
Selected At
Negro School
Abraham Benjamin Whitlock
has been selected as new princi
pal of the Lee Jeffers Negro
school, County Superintendent
R. B. Griffin announced here
yesterday.
The new principal succeeds G.
W. Thomas, who recently resign
ed to accept a position at Harris
Hill school in a nearby communi
ty.
Whitlock, Mr. Griffin pointed
out, comes to Person County
after three ex
perience iojßigeeombe county.
He was highly recommended by
Superintendent N. E. Greshman
of that county, Mr. Griffin said.
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Soil Builders
Available As
Grants Os Aid
The provisions of the Agricul
tural Conservation Program
make it possible for farmers to
obtain triple superphosphate and
ground agricultural limestone as
a grant of aid, to be used in car
rying out soil building practices
recommended by the Department
cf Agriculture, it was announced
by County Agent H. K. Sanders
yesterday.
Arrangements have been made
whereby carload shipments may
be delivered at Roxboro, Woods
dale, Semora or Helena. Farmers
from all sections of the county
should call at the office of the
County Agent just as soon as pos
sible, and secure detailed inform
ation in regard to securing eith
er superphosphate or limestone.
Orders should be placed just as
soon as posible in order that the
shipments may come in time to
be applied this fall.
Ground limestone has proven
\ ery beneficial to grain land all
over the state, especially to land
that' is too acid to promote the
growth of clovers. Lime needs to
be applied to neutralize the acids
and sweeten the soil and thus re
lease the acid-locked soil contents
so clover can grow. Limestone
applied to crimson clover, red
clover, lespedeza or grain land
shows a remarkable increase in
production, it was pointed out.
County Agent Discusses Fall Practices
By H. K. SANDERS
Weather conditions and other
circumstances affecting tobacco
have caused an early harvest
season this year, and many farm
ers are already cutting tobacco
stalks and preparing to turn them
under immediately. ThiY is one of
the best practices that can be
followed in connection with the
tobacco crop. Many wo tns are
destroyed and prevented from liv
THE TIMES IS PERSON
PREMIER NEWSPAP* *
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(NUMBER SEVEN
J. V. King, Logan Jackson
In Civil Action; Outgrowth
Os Auto-Bicycle Mishap.
J. V. King and Logan Jackson,
well known local youths, will
be sued for $10,132 each in a
civil action scheduled for the next
term of Wayne County Superior
court, it was learned here ye-Ler
day. f
The action against the' two lo
cal youths grew out of an e uto
mobile - bicycle accident 'which
occured near Goldsboro in the
latter part of June. A formal com
plaint has been filed by the plain
tiff and served upon King and
Jackson here. They have until
a September date to answer the
charges formally.
According to the local ve: ion
of the incident, the Roxboro car,
owned by Jackson and driven by
King was nearing Goldsboro
when a man on a bicycle was met
on the same side of the road. Un
able to pull over across the t ack
line because of an oncoming auto
mobile, King sounded the horn
which so excited the man because
of its proximity that he lost con
trol of the bicycle, causing it to
wobble badly. The front of the bi
cycle was hit by the car and the
rider thrown to the pavement.
He was knocked unconscious
when the back of his head hit
the pavement but allegedly did
not appear to be injured oiher
w'ise.
An examination at the hospital
where the plaintiff was taken af
ter the accident failed to reveal
any serious injuries, with ths ex
ception of a small gash at the
back of the head, King said in
discussing the accident yester
day. Later the boys were billed
for the hospital charges and more
recently the civil complaint.
King is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. King, Jackson, the sen of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jackson, both
cf this city. Bath young men are
well known throughout this vi
cinity.
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Bushy Fork
Club Releases
Plans For Picnic
The August meeting of the
Bushy Fbrk Home Demonstration
Club will be in the form cf a
picnic at Luna Lake near Dan
ville, Va. on Wednesday, August
30.
The Bushy Fork 4-H club 1 :-ys
and girls are invited to be their
guests on that day. All members
are urged to come, bring their
families and lunch sufficient y to
serve these guests.
Everyone is to meet at Frank
Whitfield’s store at 10 o’clock
Wednesday that transport.-ti;n
may be provdied for those who
have no way to go. Bring your
bathing suit.
ing through the winter seasrn in
the larva stage. Grass and dis
ease-bearing weeds are turned
under, and preparation is made
for seeding small grains and other
cover crops on the land. Cutting
stalks also prevents rank grnwflT -
of suckers, which, if allowed to,
gcowliiMU-tatt. can dtfplet* -Uie