IF If IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
C. of C. Starts Hot
Drive For Market
Joint Meeting Os Rotary
Kiwanis Proposed For
TYnirsday Might.
A joint meeting of the Roxboro
Kiwanis club and the Rotary
club has been proposed for Thurs
day night of this week. This
meeting is designed to bring to
gether the business men of this
city and county for the purpose
of placing more emphasis on the
Roxboro Tobacco Market. All to
bacco buyers, auctioneers and
warehousemen who are not mem
bers of the two clubs are being
invited as special guests. Glenn
Stovall, president of the Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce, will be
the principal speaker of the
evening. Mr. Stovall will talk on
the Roxboro Market and will
discuss methods that could be
used to build it to an even great
er market.
This joint meeting of the two
clubs is the beginning of a drive
on the part of the Chamber of
Commerce to tell the tobacco
growers of this state more about
the Roxboro market and put it in
one of the largest spots 'on the
tobacco map.
Definite plans for the joint
| meeting were making progress
[ Saturday although it may be
- that it will not be held until
Thursday week. However, offic
l ials of both clubs thought that
Pit could be arranged for October
" 19. If the meeting is held on this
night the Kiwanis club will not
meet Monday night, October 16,
but with the Rotary club on the
19th. The joint meeting will be
at Hotel Roxboro.
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HENRY A. WALLACE
HAS A MESSAGE
FROM J.W. BAILEY
Senator Wants Secretary
Wallace To Incorporate
Certain Suggestions In
Crop Control Action.
Washington —ln a letter to
Secretary of Agriculture, Henry
A. Wallace, made public on Oct
[ ober 13, Senator Jcsiah William
Bailey, of North Carolina, de
clares:
“Now that the referendum has
been settled in favor of tobacco
crop control, I wish to join with
those who are urging you to see
to it that all tobacco growers
shall be eligible to vote in the
selection of Committees. J do
, not think this request can be re
’ fused. The right of a grower was
in no way impaired by his vote
in the control election.
“I wish also to urge that rea
sonable opportunity be given for
representation on Committees of
those who did not vote for con
trol. Their qualifications are not
affected by the way they voted,
and it would be undemocratic to
consider that they were adversely
affected.
| to the control election,
you issued a plan making better
provisions than have heretofore
been made for the smaller farm
ers. Now, that we are coming
■into the application of the plan,
I wish to urge that every care be
taken with a view, first, *to en
abling the small farmers to have
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IFOR RENT
One seven-room house, heat
and all modem conveniences.
Rent very reasonable. .
See or Call
£ Barksdale Smith
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
LONGHURST P. T. A.
TO MEET TUESDAY
Longhurst Parent-Teacher as
sociation will have a meeting at
the school house Tuesday, Octo
ber 17, according to announce
ment from J. S. Beaver, presi
dent of the association. It is
hoped that attendance will be
large, since much of the import
ant work of the fall season has
not been completed yet.
Program And
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Social Committee
Members Selected
The Home Eckers club met
Tuesday, October 10, at regular
schedule in the Home Economics
department of Roxboro High
school.
The meeting was called to or
der by the president, Miss Annie
Laurie Day. The roll was called
and the minutes of the last meet
ing read by the secretary, Miss
Katherine Gilliland.
During this meeting, a chair
man for the program committee,
with two helpers, and a chairman
for the social committee, with
two helpers, were elected and in
stalled for the year. They are as
follows: chairman of program
committee, Jeanette Wrenn;
Helpers, Frances Fulcher and
Anne Brewer; chairman of So
cial committee, Frances Clayton;
Helpers, Irene Jones and Virginia
Warren.
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HOOVER URGES U. S. TO
“RAISE A STANDARD”
New York Former President
Herbert Hoover urged the Unit
ed States to “raise a standard a
gainst barbarism” in warfare by
prohibiting the sale of bombing
planes, poison gas, and submar
ines to any nation at any time,
whether neutral or warring.
“I do not like to think of the
day when bombing planes, engag
ed in the killing of women and
children, on both or either side in
this war, will be identified as the
product of American manufac
ture,” he said in a statement
ment which he described as a
response to requests for advice
on the neutrality bill from sev
eral senators and congressmen.
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“As much of heaven is visible
as we have eyes to see.”
—Winter
Fire Drills Show Pupils
Here Quickest Way Out
Quickest Escape From Im
aginary Flames Were At
East Roxboro.
Roxboro school children, un
der the direction of Fire Cries
Henry O’Briant, observed Fire
Prevention week Friday morning
by having unscheduled fire drills
in each school. The drills began
at IQ o’clock.
Quickest escapers from imag
inary flames were the 75 child
ren of the East Roxboro school,
who left their building in double
quick time of forty seconds. Next
in swiftness were the approxi
mately 600 young people of Rox
boro high school, who left who
left their structure within fifty
nine seconds.
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Germany Took Deep Breath; See What Happened!
1919
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Post-war Germany, minus terri
tory lost to France, Belgium, Poland,
Danzig, Denmark and Czecho-Slo
vakia, but still a large nation.
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Moravia and Bohemia became a
“protectorate” on March 15 this
year; Slovakia was taken the next
day. This ended Czccho-Slovakia.
Germany’s population is now more than twice that of France proper; almost three l tilth's,
and considerably more than the British Isles, Canada and Australia combined. Only Russia ami the
United States, of western countries, have greater populations, and in Europe only Russia has more
territory.
Children Suffer
From Lack of Milk
'! It has been estimated by the
1 j Investigating committee that
| more than 1,000 Person county
l | infants and children are suf
’ ( sering from mal-nutrition due
1 j in large measure to a lack of
1 sweet milk, according to Sat
-1 urday’s report from the com
' mittee.
j Contributions for the milk
fund .sponsored by the Per
son county Council of Social
Agencies, are being accepted at
the office of the Health de
partment, and it is earnestly
hoped that donations large and
small will continue to come
in. So far the public response
has been most gratifying, al
though the campaign will need
! continued and active support
if the Milk Fund’s work is to
j be successfully carried to
completion.
MONK IN EXHIBITION
C. Bill Monk, of New York,
who says he has given diving ex
hibitions at the New York
World’s fair, will present a local
demonstration of his diving skill
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
Loch Lily.
Mr. Monk has a special “high
fire” dive which he thinks will
be of special interest to the pub
lic. He says, too, that he is es
| pecially interested in boys and
boyhood activities.
Central Grammar school child
ren were out of their building
within ninety seconds. The slight
ly longer time required to empty
' Central school can be explained
by two factors; the old fashioned
| two-story construction of the
building, and the relatively
, younger years of many of the pu
pils, many of them being of first,
| second and third grade age.
Person County Training school,
for Negroes, with approximately
800 students was empty within
| seventy seconds.
Chief O’Briant, who was accom
[ panied by two members of the
( local fire department, expressed
I his satisfaction at the expedition
with which the fire drills were
executed by the students.
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Saar basin (see arrow) joined the
Reich in 1935 by plebiscite. On
March 12, 1938, Hitler entered Aus
tria “to restore peace.”
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The next month the Memel terri
tory was handed over by Lithuania
after a plebiscite; the territory was
predominantly German.
Womans’ Missionary Union,
Greensboro Division, Will
Have Meeting On Tuesday
The Greensboro Division of the
State Woman’s Missionary Un
ion will hold its annual meeting
at Hester’s church near Oxford,
Tuesday, October 17, with Enan
and Hester churches acting as
joint hostesses.
The meeting opens at 10 a. m.
Lunch will be served to the
guests at 12 ;30. A most interest
ing program has been prepared
with many women, prominent in
j Baptist work throughout the
state taking part. Among these,
! Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, president
of State W. M. U., will make an
address; Mrs. J. D. Briggs, Sta
te Executive Secretary, will
speak on the Heck Memorial;
Mrs. C. L. Greaves on Personal
Service; Mrs. W. C. Tyree on
Margaret Fund; Mrs. M. A.
Hudgins on Stewardship; Mrs.
W. R. Stone on Religious Per
iodicals; and Mrs. J. T. Craig on
Mission Study.
There are nine associations in
this division. The superintendents
of each will report work done
in the past year.
The afternoon session will be
given over to Young Peoples’
werk with Miss Milderd Thomas,
Young Peoples’ leader for the
division presiding. Miss Ruby
Daniel, returned missionary, will
address this meeting, also Miss
Mary Currin, State Young Peo
ples leader, and Neil Morgan,
State Ambassador Chief, will
speak. The superintendents df
Young Peoples’ work will make
reports.
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, assistant
superintendent of the division,
will preside over the morning
session in the absence of the Di
vision Superintendent, Mrs. Ira
D. S. Knight. A full attendance
from each church is requested
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MRS. EDWARDS ILL
Mrs. N. A. Edwards has been
a patient at the Community hos
pital this week. Her condition is
reported as being very good.
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“Sweet music’s melting fall, but
sweeter yet
The still small voice of Grati
tude.”
—Gray.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1939
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Six months later Sudetcnland. the
rim of Czecho-Slovakia, was added
following the Munich conference
which averted war.
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In September of this year, aficr
the lightning war in Pc’and, Ger
many took a lir.n’s share of the
spoils; Russia got the rest.
Still Taken In
Mt. Tirzah Section
Capture of a sixty gallon cop
per still Thursday night in the
county, near the Durham county
Mt. Tirzah section of Person
line, was reported Friday by
Sheriff M. T. Clayton.
Sheriff Clayton, together with
Deputies Whitt and Wilburn and
Officer Watson, of the Roxboro
police department, made the raid.
It was reported by the officers
that 1,500 gallons of mash ready
to run were pored out at the
same time, although none of the
still’s operators were siezed,
since they were nowhere near the
scene when the officers arrived.
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HUNTER ILL
Gordon C. Hunter has been ill
at his home on Academy street
for the past several days, He is
reported to have had a mild case
of influenza.
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“The bored people are those
who are consuming much and
priducing nothing.”
—lnge.
Along TheW ay
With the Editor
O—O—o—o
Do you remember Hugh Sawyer? At one time he was secretary
of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce. Well, when Hugh left Rox
boro he willed his cat, Colonel, to Gip Prillaman. Colonel led a var
ried life and Gip took good care of the cat. He had plenty of milk,
meat and other things that cats like. He was of the Persian variety
and ruled Lamar street like a king. About two weeks ago Colonel
was struck by a hit and run driver and was found the next morn
ing by someone close to his family. Colonel was given the proper
funeral rites and we suppose that Hugh has been notified of the
accident. If you know of anyone who has a nice cat to replace the
one tnat was killed, will you have them get in touch with Mr. Prilla
man?
It looks like Riley Oakley will soon be “in the money”. Bill
Minor is having his company build Riley a nice new service station
and as soon as it is completed, there should be very little between
Riley and comfort in his old age. Now Mr. Minor probably wants
someone to provide for his old age.
Melvin Burke has moved into his new house in Sunset Hills.
In case you have been wanting to find a nice place to take a free
meal, why not go over to see the Burkes some night about supper
time. The welcome mat is out and we are sure that you will get a
meal that will be remembered for a long time. There is no need to
call them up ahead of time, just drop in and make yourself at home.
Local Market Sells
Nearly A Million
HEALTH TALK GIVEN
Miss Lake Allen, Person Coun
ty Health nurse talked to the
Bushy Fork Troop, Boy Scouts of
America, Friday night, at their |
meeting in Bushy Fork school, I
on “Personal Hygiene”. Miss Al
len stressed the importance of j
living by rules of health and !
mentioned some of the rewards I
to be gained by adherence to !
these rules.
P. T. A. Reception
To Honor Teachers
Is Being Planned
On Thursday, October 19, the
Roxboro Parent-Teachers asso
ciation will entertain at an in
formal reception in honor of the
teachers in the Roxboro public
schools. The reception will be j
held at the Hotel Roxboro be
tween the hours of eight and ten
o’clock in the evening.
Mrs. W. F. Timberlake, publi
city chairman for the Roxboro P.
T. A., said Saturday that she
hoped all interested persons
would attend this reception, sin
ce it is important that parents
and patrons of the schools here
should meet and know the teach
ers of the children in the city.
Mrs. Timberlake also called at
tention to the fact that the local j
P. T. A. will have its regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon at
3 ;30 o’clock, at Central school.
The theme of the meeting Tues- j
day will be “Membership” and j
it is planned that to each room in
the school system that gets 100
percent (teacher and all parents
as members of the P. T. A.) there
will be presented a prize. To
each child in the one hundred
percent rooms will be given a
picture show ticket.
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WASH YOUR CLOTHES?
October 14 through October 21 j
has been designated as National
Washer and Ironer Week. During
this week the Electric Appliance
Co., of Roxboro, will feature nu- [
merous values in this department.
The proprietors would be pleas- j
ed to have anyone come in for j
a demonstration of their machin-j
es. They will demonstrate how I
you save time and money with >
these machines. They will even 1
be glad to wash clothes for you
this week.
THE TIMES IS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER FOURTEEN
917,850 Pounds Sold First
Four Days of Local Tobac
co Selling Season.
Breaking all records for the
past many years the Roxboro
market sold right at one million
1 pounds of tobacco during the first
i four selling days of this season.
Official figures prove that at
least 917,850 pounds were sold
and these figures are probably
! 10,000 pounds low. There was
more tobacco in Roxboro but this
was all that one set of buyers
could handle in four days with
only six selling hours to the day.
Many farmers were fairly well
pleased with their prices and
seme did not register as much
satisfaction as they could have.
Everything considered, prices
here were in line with other
markets and only few tags were
turned.
So far there is no indication
that there will be any let-up in
. the tobacco rush. Although a lar
• ge amount of tobacco was sold
I last week, there is plenty more
| that has been stripped and is
ready for sale.
Beginning Tuesday the local
market will start selling on the
time plan for each house. Every
warehouse in the city will then
' get a sale everyday and first, sec
| ond, third, and fourth sales will
’ follow in order. N
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It is now thought by many that
this market will sell more than
twice as much tobacco as was
sold here last season. Eight mil
j lion pounds is the goal that has
been set and it looks like it will
be reached. Last year the local
market sold about three and &
| half million pounds.
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DR. GENTRY SPEAKS
TO ROTARIANS ON
CRIPPLEDCHILDREN
Has Been Interested In
I Work Several Years Al
though Not A Specialist.
With Dr. George W. Gentry, of
this city as speaker, the members
of the Roxboro Rotary club had
i n program on the rehabilitation
jof crippled children Thursday
j night, October 12, at the Hotel
! Roxboro. Dinner was served at
6; 30 o’clock.
Dr. Gentry, although he is not
] a specialist in the treatment of
j. crippled children, has been in
terested in this work for many
years, and he spoke to his fellow
members of the Rotary club with,
conviction and sincerity. Aftear
dwelling at some length on the
causes of crippled conditions in
childhood, Dr. Gentry turned his
attention to specific treatments
for these conditions.
He declared that some children
are born with crippling physical
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HAIL NOTES DUE
Your hail notes are now due
and we willl appreciate it if you
will come in at once and pay
them. If you gave a lien or mort
gage on your crop please take
care of them just as soon as you
start selling tobacco. Some have
already paid theirs and we ap
preciate your promptness.
Our office is on the corner by
the Roxboro Hotel. If you need
fire, life, health and accident,
hospital, automobile or any kind
of insurance we want you to
know we’ll appreciate your busi
ness. * *
Knight’s Ins. Agency.