IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
Warehousemen Os City Are
Making Plans For Opening
Views
Os The
News
CONGRESS WEIGHS
NEUTRALITY
Washington, D. C.—The Admi
nistration's bill providing for the
shipment of arms and munitions
to European belligerents on a
“cash and carry basis”, goes to
the Senate this week for final
determination. It modifies the
present embargo by allowing
90-day credits, leaving the U. S.,
transportation only in foreign
bottom*' and forbids Americans
to sail in ships of nations at war.
WAR’S FIRST MONTH
London, England—Europe next
Monday moves into its second
month of warefare, with Poland
completely conquered, Warsaw
in ruins, and its territory divided
between Germany and Russia,
each regaining a large share of
their territory lost by the Treaty
of Versailles, when Poland was
set up as an autonomous nation
literally carved out of German
Russian provinces.
NORTH SEA BATTLE RAGES
Bergen, Norway—Heavy firing
was heard off the Norweign coast
indicating a possible major en
gagement between British and
German warships, although nei
ther Admirality would confirm
the reports. The Swedish radio
broadcast a description of a sea
battle during which the gunfire
smashed windows in many coast
al towns.
ZEPPELIN WORKS BOMBED
Lake Constance, Switzerland —
Swiss towns near the big Zeppel
in works, major source of Germ
any’s airplane motors, report a
thrilling night engagement be
tween German planes and either
French or British airmen during
which at least thirty bombs are
believed to have been dropped
bn the factory, seriously damag
ing it
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FEDERAL EMPLOYES MOUNT
Washington, D. C.—As of June
30, end of the fiscal year, 920,310
employes were on the Federal
payrolls, topping by 2,550 the
huge Government establishment
at the peak of the World War
employment in November 1818.
Nearly 60,000 were added to the
payrolls in the first half of this
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MUSSOLINI. URGES PEACE
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Rome, ntaly—Declaring that
the sole object of the war, the
subjugation of Poland, had been
accomplished, Premier Musso
lini affirmed Italy’s neutral poli
cy but called upon the Allies to
end the conflict, especially since
neither of them is at war with
Germany’s ally, Russia. He voic
ed his determination to inaugrate
{sterner measures than ever
[against the Jews, whom he ac
cuses of racial communism. Neith
er France nor England were
Receptive of H Duce’s peace plea,
(although they expect a similar
feteeler” from Hitler.
JrarogSQßmes
Buyers and Citizens Gener
ally are Pleased at Thought
That Market Will Soon
Open.
With the opening date of the
Roxboro Tobacco Market announ
ced for October 10, Roxboro
warehousemen are making plans
to be ready for the opening day.
All four houses will operate.
Everyone predicts a large a
mount of tobacco for the open
ing day, but the Warehousemen
are trying to create as much ex
tra room as is possible and they
expect to take care of many
thousand of pounds of tobacco.
Although it had been expect
ed, there was general rejoicing
ir. this city when it was announ
ced that this belt would open its
houses at the same time that
ether houses opened in other
belts.
Warehousemen in Roxboro are
confident that this market will
sell more tobacco this year than
it has sold in any one year dur
ing the past several. They also
appear to believe that tobacco
will bring a fair price.
General sentiment over the
county is that this county
will vote for control in a
big way. There are some who
do not favor control, but they
appear to be few in number.
So far, growers in Person coun
ty report that their tobacco is
in excellent shape. There has
been no losses to speak of and
tobacco has not damaged in any
way.
The Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce issues an invitation to ev
eryone to visit Roxboro on the
opening day, Tuesday, October
10.
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Norwood Hawkins
Hurt In Accident
Norwood Hawkins, of Victoria,
Va., who has been working in
Roxboro for some time, was pain
fully injured late Tuesday night
when his motorcycle was involv.
ed 1 in an accident. It is thought
that the machine struck a tele
phone pole.
Mr. Hawkins, who is a patient
at Community hospital, where he
was taken early Wednesday
morning, is in a semi-conscious
condition and exact details of the
accident cannot yet be learned
from him. Hospital officials stat
ed that he appears to be suffer
ing from a fracture of the skull
and broken ribs.
Along The Way
—With the Editor-^ — t
It all happened in the Times’ off ice.bne" day last week. About the
time that Hugh Woods walked into the office, Maynard Clayton dis
covered that there was a big rat in his desk drawer. He called Dick
Puckett to get the broom and they proceeded to run the rat from the
drawer. The rat jumped out, Maynard “stomped” at the rat with
all his two hundred and: some pounds and hit the foot of Hugh
Woods. Mr. Woods didn’t cry—neither did he laugh. He ‘sorter’ made
a wrj face and said that it was alright. Then he went over to his store
and got down a bottle of horse liniment and rubbed his foot until
he thought that it was in fair shape. Our latest report is that he
is getting on fine and is now able to laugh at the entire matter.
One night at the fair “Bud” Latta thought he saw someone slip
ping in under the fence. “Bud” went down to apprehend the little
rascal and found that he was trying to catch our own chief of po
lice, Sam Oliver. It was all a trick of the chief who had hidden in the
weeds on the lower side in the hopes that “Bud” would get a sight of
him.
VA D. Merritt plans to see all the home games of Carolina and
then see all of Duke’s home games when Carolina is not playing in
Chapel Hill. When he misses a game you know that he is ill or flat
broke. He makes no predictions for Carolina, but does think that
they will have a fair team.
Seen on the Country Club golf course, Marquis Lawrence, Tom
Hamilton and Marvin Vick. Each and every man a preacher and
'trying to play golf on a new course. It is understood that church
i members were not allowed to get near enough to hear their conversa
i tion or their exclamations.
Windsor Returned To England - Again In Uniform
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The duke of Windsor, ending almost three years of self-imposed exile, has returned with his American-born
wife to England, where he will serve as major general in the British expeditionary forces. Right: Arrow
points to the prince of Wales (now the duke of Windsor) during the World war, marching on his way lo join his
father, King George, in France. The youthful prince was eiated over the fact that his father allowed him
to join the expeditionary forces.
Durham’s Tobacco Sign In
Roxboro Will Be Removed
Bushy Fork PTA
To Meet Thursday
At School House
The regular monthly meeting
of the Bushy Fork P. T. A. will
be held Thursday night, Octo
ber 5, at 7:30. The program com
mittee has arranged an attrac
tive program and every one is
cordially invited. The executive
committee will meet Tuesday af
ternoon at 3:15.
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COMMUNION OBSERVED
AT ST. MARK’S TODAY
Sunday, October 1, the 16th.
Sunday after Trinity, at 4 o’-
clock in the afternoon, Holy Com
munion will be celebrated at St.
Mark’s Episcopal church. The cel
ebrant will be the Rev. C. Al
fred Cole, of Durham, who will
come to Roxboro especially for
this service.
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MAJOR OPERATION
Mr. Tuggle OUriant underwent
a major operation at Duke Hos
pital Friday. He is getting along
nicely.
Chamber Os Commerce
Officials Os Durham Ex
plain Their Mistake And
Promise To Take Action
The sign will come down: this,
according to reports from Col.
Marion Fowler, president, and
from Frank Pierson, secretary,
es the Durham Chamber of com
merce, is what will be done short
ly with the Morgan street sign
in Roxboro, advertising the
Durham leaf market.
Acting in response to protests
from a number of Roxboro citi
zens who have objected strenu
cvsly to the presence of the Dur
ham leaf sign within the terri
torial and city limits of Roxboro,
the Durham Chamber of com
merce officials declared that a
a Durham market expansion
group had let the advertising
contract to a sign company,
specifying at the time the general
areas in which the signs were to
be placed, but not the definite
locations. As a result, one was
put up on Roxboro’s Morgan
street without the knowledge, in
tention or approval of the Dur
ham expansion group.
The Durham chamber presi
dent said he thought the Roxboro
citizens were justified in com
plaining, since the sign was
“within hollering distance” of
their own market.
Letters from Roxboro were
written by Melvin Burke, secre
tary of the chomber of commerce
there, and G. C. Hunter.
Colonel Fowler said that the
matter was being taken care of
immediately, and that it was not
necessary to call the committee
together. The advertising com
pany simply is being asked to
move the sign. ”
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WOMAN’S CLUB
TO MEET MONDAY
Acording to an announcement
from Mrs. R. C. Hall, president,
the first meeting of the Woman’s
Club will be held in the Library
of the Community House, Mon
day, October 2, at 3 o’clock. The
installation service will be held
and a short musical program,
under the direction of Mrs. Sam
Byrd Winstead will be given. A
full attendance is urged.
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RETURNED
W. Tobe Pass has returned to
Roxboro from Duke hospital. It
is understood that his condition
is much improved.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1939
Bethel Hill 4-H
Club Hears Talk
The Bethel Hill 4-H club held
its first meeting at the school on
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
The meeting was called to or
der by Vice-President Bertha
Bray. Miss Velma Beam spoke on
the plans for the coming year.
Committees were appointed to
select officers for the year. They
are; Bertha Bray, president; Nan
cy Merritt, vice-president; Nellie
Ramsey, secretary; Treasurer,
Carol Leigh Humphries, historian;
Mable Pentecost, club reporter.
Monthly program committees
were also selected. They are, for
October, Christine Perkins, Lonie
Pugh and Ruby Humphries.
New members were also taken
in by the club. They are: Imo
gene Ramsey, Margaret Munday,
Margaret Hall, Ann Wilburn, Sue
Owens, Margaret Ramsey, Rose
Ellen Walker.
The club adjourned to meet
again on October 27 at 11;00 o’-
clock.
HANES IS PRESIDENT
R. M. Hanes, president of the
Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany, was elected to the presi
dency of the American Bankers
Association, in a closing session
at Seattle, Wash. Mr. Hanes’s sel
ection is regarded as a signal per
sonal honor.
M ary Hambrick Missionary
Society Observes Birthday
Church Circles Hold Anni
versary Meetings On Mon
day.
Monday afternoon and evening
the circles of the Mary Ham
brick Missionary society of the
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church held meetings celebrating
the sirty-first anniversary of the
organization of the society. Giv
en below are reports of the in
dividual circle meetings.
Circle No. 1 met Monday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Cliff
Winstead with Mrs. Owen Satter
field, Mrs. Mollie Hatchett and
Mrs. Winstead as joint hostesses.
With Mrs. W. T. Pass in char
ge of the program, Mrs. Satter
field gave the spiritual message
and Mrs. L. H. Umstead gave the
leaflet. Afterwards Mrs. Pass
gave an interesting history of the
society, mentioning names of
members who have pased on. Her
description of the history of the
society was especially enjoyed by
New Street Lights
Are Being Placed
Here By The City
IMPROVING
Miss Helen Hall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Hall,
has been confined to her home on
Reams avenue with pneumonia.
We are glad to report that she
is improving.
REFERENDUM’S
VOTING PLACES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Courthouse Mass Meeting
On Referendum Is Well At
tended, With Considerable
Talking Being Done.
Person county tobacco growers,
gathered at the courthouse Sat
urday afternoon for a county
wide mass meeting discusion of
the flue-cured tobacco crop-con
trol referendum to be decided at
the polls next Tuesday, listened
to Will Rogers, of Raleigh, ex
plain and re-explain the issues of
the day.
With Claude T. Hall, promin
ent Person county grower, acting
as chairman, the meeting seemed
to be fairly alive with questions
and answers, and the court room
was well filled. It was evident
that interest was less constrained
than it was at the smaller com
mitteemen’s meeting held week
before last.
In compliance with the in
structions for holding the Refer
endum on Flue-Cured Tobacco
Marketing Quotas, the county
committee of the Agricultural
Conservation Association of Per
son county has designated the
Community Referendum Commit
teemen to conduct the referen
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RESIGNS POSITION
Miss Goldie Yancey, who has
been on the nurses’ staff of Com
munity hospital, has resigned her
position there, it was learned
Saturday. Miss Yancey will take
up private dut ynursing in Dur
ham.
the members, since they were
celebrating, at this meeting, the
sirty-first anniversary of th» or
ganization of the society.
A beautiful birthday cake was
brought in by Mrs. Satterfield,
for all the members to see, with
fourteen lighted candles repre
senting the former presidents of
the society. At the close of the
meeting Mrs. H. K. Sanders gave
a pledge to carry on the work of
the former leaders.
The hostesses served pound
cake and coffee.
Circle No. 2, with Mrs. A. W.
Clayton as hostess, met at her
home on Oak street Monday af
ternoon. Mrs. S. G. Winstead pre
sided and she first presented Miss
Claire Harris, who gave the leaf
let, “New H;rizons of Home Mis
sion Work.” Mrs. Dunlap was
next on the program with an in
teresting review' of the Junior
Missionary society, written by
Ida Winstead when she was
twelve years old.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON"!
PREMIER NEWSPAPION
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER TWELVE
Terms of New Contract
Calls for No Extra Expense
of Operation.
Roxbiro is to be a brighter city
from now on. City officials have
recently signed a new contract
with the Carolina Power and
Light company whereby the city
gets more electircity at the same
cost.
Eight one-thousand candle pow
er lights will replace four old
lights that had only four hun
dred candle power. This gives
four extra lights in addition te
the increased candle power.
Fifteen six-hundred candle
power lights at intersections will
replace lights that had been at
one-hundred and two-fifty can
dle power.
All other lights of the city will
be replaced with two-hundred
and fifty candle power lights
where there had been only one
hundred.
All in all Roxboro will be a
bout sixty percent lighter and
there will be no extra cost as far
as “juice” is concerned.
The new light shades or brack
ets are diferent from the old and
are supposed to be a big improve
ment.
Work of installing the new
lights and brackets has already
started and will be continued
until finished.
City Manager Harris declined
to comment concerning a “white
way” for Main street of Roxboro
although it has been suggested on
numerous occasions.
Farm Institute
For Women Will
Be Opened Soon
Plans are being made for a pro
gram on “Home and Family Life”,
to be presented for Home Demon
startion club women of North
Carolina, at a two-day conference
to be held Thursday and Friday,
October 5 and 6, at Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina, in Greensboro, accord
ing to information received this
week from Miss Velma Beam, of
the Person County Home Demon
stration office.
The program wlil open at 10;30
o’clock, with a registration per
iod starting an hour earlier. At
the opening session Dr. Clyde A.
Erwin, of Raleigh, State Superin
tendent of Education, will speak
and during the next hour Dr. Ho
ward W. Odom, of the Depart
ment of Sociology at the Chapel
Hill unit of the University, and
other members of the Home De
monstration institute will talk.
Miss Beam said that she hoped
many of the Person county cluh
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AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
The friends of Mrs. Marvin
Clayton will regret to learn that
she is a patient at Community
hospital. She was carried there
early Friday morning. Although
her condition is considered quite
serious, hospital attaches report
that she is improving.
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MAKING PLANS
R. L. Perkins announced last
week that the Person County Fair
had been very successful this
year and that he was making
plans for a larger and better fair
next year.