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VOLUME XI
C&nnon Announces
Oragnization Os
Boy Safety Patrol
-principal Lewis S. Cannon an
nounced today that a school safe
ty; patrol has been organized at
Bethel Hill. The school has al
ready purchased the badges and
Sam Browne belts. The boys
have been instructed in their
vj£piles as boy patrol members. It
* is expected that the organization
of the patrol will make the stu
dents safety-conscious.
The folowing ten boys make up
the patrol: Wingate Rogers, Wal
lace Young, Frank Gentry, Mar
ion Sullivan, Lawrence Moore,
Kenneth Tuck, John Duncan, Bud
Jones, Jimmie Woody, and Hayes
Whitlow.
The American Automobile As
sociation promotes the formation
of boy patrols and lists the duties
of the bus patrol members as fol
lows:
(a) To see that all pupils are
aboard the bus and seated before
it starts.
(b) To assist the bus driver in
maintaining order while the bus
is en route. The patrol members
wll see that no children have
heads, arms and hands out of
windows and that they maintain
their seats.
{c) To assist the bus driver in
seeing that books and lunch kits
are placed where children will
not stumble over them.
(d) To assist in checking at
-tendance on trucks.
(e) To assist the bus driver in
seeing that children board and
leave bus in quiet and orderly
manner.
(f) To advise children about
crossing the highway.
(g) If it should become neces
sary to assist the driver In the
use of the emergency door on the
bus.
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Duke Alumni To
Hear Dean Horack
- At Dinner Meeting
Person County Duke University
alumni will have their annual
alumni association dinner meet
ing Friday, September 22, at 7 o’-
clock in the evening. Speaker for
the event will be Dean H. C. Ho
xack, of the Duke Law school.
Dean Horack, who has been
with the Duke Law school for a
number of years, is known as a
spirited and an entertaining
speaker and S. F. Nicks, Jr., pres
ident, of the local alumni associa
tion said today that he expects a
*ill attendance at the dinner. Be
.v fore the close cf the meeting a
session will be held to
elect officers for the coming year.
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' STILL CAPTURED
' ‘Capture of a 30' gallon copper
still in Roxboro township was re
ported today by Sheriff M. T.
Clayton. The raid was made Mon
day night, with the assistance of
Deputies Bob Whitt and George f
Wilburn but only the still was
taken, since the operators were j
. not anywhere to be seen.
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>jI>TA MEETING HELD
f The firSfmeeting of the Parent
Teacher association was held
w-Tuesday afternoon In the Central
' ".school auditorium. An open forum
Hwlifsion of ways and means to
&j*t&teasa cooperation and atten
jjp£wiee was held and many inter
possibilites of service were
. jTbe attendance proze was won
lersonlMnies
French Troops March Again - To Eastern Border
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The French Poilu again is on the march—and in the same direction as he marched before—to
wards France’s eastern border. Premier Edouard Daladier, inset, who is also minister of war, stated;
“We cannot submit to violence. I know you are re- solved to preserve the safety of the fatherland.”
Claud Hall Heads
Growers Committee
Corporation May Be Set
Up With Private Capital To
Handle Surplus.
Washington, Sept. 19 —The es
tablishment of a corporation,
capitalized privately at a million
dollars, to handle the tack of re
lieving the flue-cured tobacco
markets of the surplus resulting
from the withdrawal of British
buyers loomed today at the con- 1
elusion of a meeting of represen
tative growers, buyers and AAA
officials.
The meeting, which was in ex
ecutive session, voted to have a
committee representing buyers
and another representing grow
ers appointed to meet with J.
B. Hutson, AAA Administrator
for the Southern area, to draft
final plans for handling the sur
plus problem.
It was learned also that the
buyers agreed with the opinion
of growers, expressed at a pre
vious meeting here, that the to
bacco markets should remain
closed until after the referendum
on marketing quotas had been
held. The date fer the referen
dum still is indefinite, with the
September 30 to October 7 per
iod recommended by growers.
Secretary of Agrculture Wallace
within the next two days is ex
pected to issue his 1940 produc
tion quota proclamation and at
the same time ancunce the date
cf the referendum, a two thirds
affirmative vote being necessary
to carry it
Early in this afternoon’s ses
sion, it was made clear that all
present definitely had abandoned
any hope of a return of British
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CCC Quota
Stands At Ten
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For October
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Person County’s October CCC
camp quota has been set at 10
men, it was learned today at the
County Welfare office. Openings
are now available for six young
white men and four colored men.
Appointments to the camp will
be -najidfi, qn a basis of the actual
needs of the applicants consider
ed. Men interested in.the CCC
appointments are to
-sip Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff"*TPp|
office in the Hall building on Ab-
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Lang To Address
Council Os Social
Agencies Meeting
John A. Lang, of Raleigh, state
director of the National Youth
Association will be the speaker
at a luncheon meeting of the
Roxboro Council of Social Agen
cies to be held next Wednesday,
September 27, at the Roxboro
hotel, according to an announce
ment from Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff,
superintendent of the Person
County Welfare department.
Luncheon will be Served at 12
o’clock.
Mr. Lang wil discuss some of
the phases of NYA work in
North Carolina and it is expect
ed that his talk will be of especial
interest to principals of Person
j County’s public schools and all
persons interested in education
al projects. Tickets for the lunch
eon may be obtained at the ho
tel.
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PTA To Sponsor
Humorous Event
Tuesday Evening
Preceded by a fashion show to
be presented by the Roxboro
Parent Teacher’s association, the
students of the high school will
present a “Womanless Wedding”
celebrating the marriage of Miss
Perumy Perline Gladsfit to Mr.
Izzy Jess Couldn’t-run in the
high school auditorium Tuesday
evening, September 26 at 7 ;30 o’-
clock.
The Gladsfit - Couldn’t-run
festivities promise to be full of
fun and frolic. An interview to
day with the bride’s mother, Mrs.
J. M. Gladsfit, disclosed the fact
that elaborate plans are being
I made for this outstanding social
event of the fall season.
v Miss Gladsfit, who has had
many prenuptial affairs given in
her honor during recent weeks,
has always beet*. a resident of
Roxboro. It is hoped that many
parents and friends will attend
this affair.
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IMPROVING
Mrs, Ed Ashley, who suffered
Igygferoite of paralysis earlier in
to be im
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Shaw With Times
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., of
Greensboro, son cf the late
Judge Thomas J. Shaw, has
accepted a position as City
Editor of the Person County
Times. This position was made
vacant this week when Ed
Hamlin resigned to accept
work with the Burlington
Times.
Mi. ShaW is a graduate of
Duke University, class of ’2B,
and an alumnus of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
has had a large amount of
experience with the Greens
boro Record and other pub
lications.
Annual Session Os
Beulah Association
Held Next Week
The 150th annual session of the
Beulah Baptist association will
convene on next Tuesday and
Wednesday at Clement church.
A most worth-while program
has been planned and such out
standing speakers as Mr. A. R.
Gallimore, a returned missionary
from China, Dr. I. G. Greer of the
Thomasville orphanage, Cale K.
Durgess, President of the United
Dry Forces of North Carolina. Mr.
M. A. Huggins, Secretary of the
Baptist State Convention of
Ncith Carolina, Dr. A. C. Reid of
Wake Forest, and others have
been secured. Rev. P ,T. Worrell
of Yanceyville will deliver the
association sermon.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds, and everyone is asked
to bring a basket.
A 10th. Grade’s View of Newspaper Life
More than a dozen members of
the 10th. grade English class of
the Allensville high school, ac
companied by their teacher, Pro
fessor Smith Humphries, visited
the office of the Person County
Times Tuesday afternoon on a
tour of inspection of the news
paper plant. And here is what
they did, once they were inside
the editorial office.
They shook hands with the
editor and glanced at the new
rity editor’s desk, then went
straightway to the composing
room. In fact, they wanted to go
there, where the noise was, to
uratch tb£ linotype, man and
Growers Meet At Courthouse;
Township Meetings Planned
Former Resident’s
Daughter Relates
War Impressions
Roxboro citizens who know
Mrs. E. Lloyd Tilley, of Raleigh,
who lived here before her mar
riage, will be especially interest
ed in an interview with Mrs. Til
ley’s daughter, Miss Miriam Til
ley, published in Wednesday
morning’s edition of the News
and Observer, giving an account
of Miss Tilley’s impressions of the
war-torn continent of Europe.
Miss Tilley, who is a grand
daughter cf Mrs. Eugenia Burton,
of this city, says, after a three
months tour of Europe, “I am
not pro-German at all, but I do
not believe the Nazis can be beat.
I have seen their stores of food,
their ammunition and their plan
es/ and I have talked to their
people. They have enough sup
plies at present to last ten years.”
She also confirms the report
that listning to English radio
broadcasts was punishable by
death in Germany and she is con
vinced that the German people
are “back” of Hitler.
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Dr. Mott Speaker
As Central School
Observes Opening
On Thursday morning of last
week, Roxboro Central Graded
school held its annual formal op
ening with Dr. Marshall Mott,
Baptist minister of Atlanta, Ga.,
Mr. and Mrs. Jollay, of Durham,
Rev. W. F. West, of the First
Baptist church and Mrs. Vincent
of the County Health Department,
as its guests.
Dr. Mott’s text was taken from
Luke 2: 52 showing how it is pos
sible for everyone to follow in
Chrst’s footsteps by growing in
statue, wisdom, and in favor with
Gcd and man. Mr. and Mrs.
Jollay sang a duet with Mrs. Wal
lace Woods at the piano.
Mr. West and Mr. Jollay re
turned again on Monday morn
ing.
The school feels that it has
started on its new year’s work in
a most admirable and efficient
manner, considering the heavy
teacher lead. The enrollment to
date is 468 pupils.
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NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Wharton Win
stead are receiving congratula- 1
tions on the birth cf a baby boy !
on Monday, September 17, at 3
o’clock, weighing nine pounds.
Mother and son are getting a
long nicely.
Looking at type and lead and
criss-crossed copy paper, the
youngsters may have thought }
that they wanted to gc
back home. But they looked like
they had a good time getting
close to where English of a sort
is printed, if not spoken.
The cffice interview at ah end,
the Allensville boys and girls
signed their names with the stub
by red pencil on Mr. Sam’s desk.
Here they are;
Ruby Yarboro, Wilbur Hicks, Ha
zel Slaughter, Louise Davis, Ro
bert William Gentry, Nan Tuck,
Charlie Fox, Lyle Davis, Vernon
Oakley, Hallie Crumpton, Fadine
Gentry and Harold Rilai&&iijfr
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1939
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Claude T. Hall, leading Person
County tobacco grower, who tcok
an active part in the local tobac
co growers’ meeting at the court
house Wednesday night, will head
the Tobacco Growers’ Committee
for the flue-cured belts.
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LONG FINAL RITES
HELD AT ANTIOCH
Killed Early Sunday Morn
ing By Southbound Train
On N. & W. Line.
Funeral services for Buck Long,
36, of Timebrlake, w'ho was kill
ed sometime during the early
hours of Sunday morning when
he was struck by a southbound
train on the Norfolf and Western
line about five miles south of
Rcxboro, were held at Antioch
Baptist church Monday after
noon. The service was in charge
of Rev. E. L. Hill, pastor of Mt.
Tirzah circuit, and burial took
place in Antioch cemetery.
Mr. Long, who was employed
by the Person County division of
the State Highway department,
sustained a fractured skull, al
though, according to the report
filed by the Person County cor
oner, Dr. A. F. Nichols, there
were no other cutward signs of
injury. This report was also sus
tained by the investigation made
by Sheriff M. T. Clayton who
reached the scene of the accident
at five o’clock Sunday morning.
The sheriff reported that Arthur
and Joe Allen were said to have
been with Mr. Lcng around mid
night at Duncan’s filling station
and that they were the last per
sons who saw him alive, since
they left him when his automo-
I bile failed to start. Additional de
tails concerning the acfcident in
dicate that the late Mr. Long de
clared he would not leave his'car
and that he took the seat of his
car to use for a pillow.
It is thought that he prepared
tc sleep close by the Norfolk and
Western tracks and that his head
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RAIFF’S TO BE CLOSED
SATURDAY UNTIL 6 P. M.
Raiff’s Department store will
be elosed4saturday, September 23,
, until 6 o’clock Saturday evening
I because cf the Yom Kippur or
| Day of Atonement observed by
Jewish citizens.
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UNDERGOES OPERATION
Flint Oliver, who underwent a
minor operation Tuesday morning
at Community hospital, is resting
welD although he wiU be a pat
hospital for several
THE TIMES IS PERSON")
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
NUMBER TEW
Several Interesting Speak
ers Appear Before Large
Gathering Os Farmers.
In an effort to offset the ef
fects of the market closing crisis
a large representative group of
Person County’s “Old Line” belt
flue-cured tobaco growers, meet
ing Wednesday night at the coun
ty courthouse, agreed to hold dis
cusion group meetings in regard
to a referendum on the 1940 crop
control of flue-cured tobacco by
acreage limitation.
Dates for these meetings, tak
ing place between September 27
and October 2 in each of the
nine townships of the county,
were chosen after the tobacco
growers had listened to talks by
O. F. McCrary, District Super
visor of County Agents; H. K.
Sanders, Person County Farm A
gent; H. L. Seagrove, AAA Field
officer from Raleigh, and Claude
?. Hall, prominent Person coun
ty landowner and grower. Mr.
Hall, who has just returned from
Washington, stressed the fact that
he wished to correct the impres
sion some growers have had that
officials of the Department of
Agriculture desired to have the
markets closed in order to coerce
the tobacco growers into signing'
the referendum before the com
plete selling of the present 1939
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Mr. Hall declared.that Agricul
tural Department oficials have
had no such intention and that
the closing has been brought a
bout solely by the unexpected
war situation in Europe. Sup
porting his statement from an
l other source, Mr. Hall quoted
from a letter written by James S.
Ficklen, of Greenville, in which
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BetheTl? iITFF A
Chapter Takes
First Place Award
First place was awarded the
Bethel Hill Chapter of Future
Farmers of Ameica for their edu
cational exhibit at the Six Coun
ty Mebane Fair, which is being
held this week.
This exhibit emphasizes the va
lue in an “All-Year Garden” in
a very interesting way. Nine ex
hibits are entered in this depart
ment and the Bethel Hill Chap
ter will receive a cash prize of
S4O. This is the third consecutive
year that Bethel Hill has won
first place at the Mebane Fair.
Tommie Humphries, Bethel Hill
Future Farmer, wen second place,
and a prize of $4 for his vocation
al agriculture corn exhibit.
Schools in the six counties
placed as follows: first, Bethel
Hill; second, Oak Grove; third,
Pittsboro; fourth, Helena; fifth,
Prospect Hill; sixth, Edwin M.
Holt; seventh, Alexander Wilson;
eighth, Yanceyville; ninth, Ba
hama.
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FIRE AT PLAINER
A slight fire occurred about
2 ;30 o’clock this afternoon in the
McWhorter and Short Planing
mill, on North Main street. The
blaze was extinguished by fire
men in a short while and little
damage was done. The fire start
ed in the boiler room.
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WORLD’S FAIR VISITORS
: and Mr. and Mrs. Landoa Brad
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