IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY * THURSDAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1939 NUMBER SEVENTEEN
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GERMAN FORCE DRIVEN OFF
Paris—A German force of
1,000 men which attempted to
encircle an unidentified French
frostier village on the northern
flank of the western front was
reported to have been driven off
by French _fire.
An artillery bombardment last
ing an hour was said to have pre
ceded the attack. The French had
abandoned a small advance post
in the village before the attack
reached it.
The Germans held a cluster of
houses for short time before a
battlion of poilus counter-attack
ed and drove the nazis back to
their original line, the French
reported. There was no an
nouncement of casualties.
DUKE-CAROLINA TICKETS
ARE NOT AVAILABLE
Durham—Announcement has
been made by athletic authori
ties of Duke university that all
tickets for the Duke-North Caro
lina game, to be played in Duke
stadium, November 18, have been
exhausted.
Not only have the seats in the
stadium itself been sold com
pletely, but also the supplemen
tary seating space provided be
cause of the unprecedented de
' mand for this game, the announ
cement said.
Athletic authorities at Duke
urgently suggest that nobody
come to Durham on November
18 with the expectation of see
ing the game unless he has al
ready secured his ticket.
WHITE RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE JOIN UNION
Moscow —Soviet Russia welcom
ed two new regions, fruits of the
German-Soviet partition of Po
land, into membership in the
Soviet union.
The supreme Soviet, Russia’s
parliament, cheered the first ap
pearance of delegates from the
two regions—White Russia and
the western Ukraine—carrying
red banners into the chamber
where the two houses of parlia-j
ment met in extraordinary joint
session.
Joseph Stalin was among the
delegates who heard a Ukrain
ian representative declare “our
first words are words of grati
tude to Comrade Stalin.”
MARTAL LAW IS DECLARED
IN HOLLAND
The Hauge, Netherlands—Mar
tial law was declared last week
in key defense communities of
the Netherlands by royal decree.
The action was taken to bols
ter military defense and put a
curb on espionage.
No large cities were affected
by the proclamation, which plac
ed about 500 towns and villages
as well as other strategic areas
under military law.
THE “COWARDLY LION”
HAS TROUBLE
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f White Plains, N. Y.—Comme
dian Bert Lahr’s marriage to his
former vaudiville partner, Mer
cedes Delpino, was annulled in a
fe Supreme court decree filecKthis
IfS/Week. They were married in 1929.
pirn. his suit aTgued last March,
IpLahr said his wife had been in-
Wjjjffta for mere than five years.
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PERSON WOMAN
REPORTSAITACK
Sheriff Clayton Says Gran
ville Authorities Have Case
In Hand.
Commenting on the alleged
criminal assault upon Mrs. E. J.
Clayton, 55, wife of a prominent
Person county farmer, who re
sides at Rougemont, route 1, on
the Person and Granville line,
Sheriff M. T.- Clayton, of Person
county ,said Friday afternoon
that he knew nothing of the case
until he read of it in the Friday
morning newspapers. The attack
is reported to have taken place
late Wednesday afternoon, al
through the accused Negro, Jesse
Sneed, alias Jesse Graves, was
not apprehended until around
4;30 Thursday morning, when he
was captured by Granville coun
ty officers.
Sheriff Clayton added that he
had had no communications from
the Granville officer and he said
that he expected none, since that
portion of the Clayton farm on
which the attack is said to have
occurred lies in Granville county,
and is, therefore, outside of the
jurisdiction or region of authority
of Person county officers.
Graves was arrested Thursday
morning as he slept with his wife
in a tenant house on the farm of
Early Williford. Brought to Ox
ford for questioning, he denied
the assault, but officers continued
to hold him in jail without bail
pending a feurther investigation.
Granville sheriffs officers were
told that Mrs. Clayton had been
to the mail box and was return
ing to her residence through a
woods path when a Negro, wear
ing a white cloth mask over his
face, attacked her without warn
ing. Mrs. Clayton was unable to
relate a coherent story of what
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Rotary Club Has
Regular Session
Following a business session
after a dinner at the Community
house Thursday night, members
of the Roxboro Rotary club heard
a constructive address by N.
Lunsford, prominent local attor
ney, on “What It Takes To Be
A Good Rotarian”. Dinner was
served by women from the War
ren’s Grove community.
With Vice-President Wheeler
Newell presiding in the absence
of th president, 'considerable time
was given to discussion of aid
for child: en with defective vis
ion, and to consideration of a
club contribution to the school
band fund. Action on both mat- J
ters was deferred. Both will be
considered by the Executive 'com
mittee members, who will make
reports at a later date.
Tobacco Has Had Good
Week On Local Market
Total Sales For Past Week
Reached 7.7,440 Pounds At
An Average Os $16.50.
Sales on*the Roxboro Tobacco
market for last week totaled 707,-
440 pounds for an average of
$16.50. Prices were firm all the
week and it represented one of
Roxboro’s best weeks.
Total pounds sold for the sea
son are 2,785,076. This is almost
as much as was sold during the
entire 1938-1939 season. 3,545,000
pounds were sold that year. It is
thought that this mark will be
passed by Friday of this week.
Individual sales for the week
appeared to be higher than at
Convicted Pastor
Prv. Walter Dworecki, Camden, N. J., preacher, sentenced to die in
the electric chair, is getting another chance to prove his innocence. The
rasior will appeal his sentence, given him when he was found guilty of
p otting the murder of his daughter, Wanda, who was slain by a stran
gler who testified Dworecki hired him to commit the crime. He is shown
lccc’virg a final embrace from his daughter, Miidred. The appeal auto
matically postponed the execution date, originally scheduled for the week
of November 12.
HEALTH REPORT
FOR THE MONTH
HAS BEEN FILED
October Reported As Good
Health Month For Person
County.
“October,” said Dr. A. L. Al
len, health officer for Person
county, “can be regarded as a
month of health, in so far as the
monthly departmental report is
concerned.”
According to his report filed
Friday afternoon, the outstand
monthly enterprise was the work
of Dr. J. H. Barnhill, Negro den
tist, who completed tooth correc
tions on children under 14 years
of age in 20 out of 30 Negro
schools in Person county.
In school hygiene work 235
children’s teeth were cleaned; den
tal operations totaled 998 and 85
physical examinations were giv
en. The report also says an epi
demic of whooping cough was ob
served in the Allensville commu
nity, although only part of the
cases have been reported. Only
one case of measels was discov
ered in the entire county.
Vaccinations for the month
were: smallpox, 72; diphtheria, 51
and Schick tests 115. In tuber
culosis control 45 patients receiv
ed fluoroscopic examinations and
13 nursing visits were made. In
the maternity and infancy clinic
45 mothers were examined and 10
received contraceptive advice.
Only six new cases of syphilis
were discovered during the
month, an incidence below the
monthly average, although in
syphilis control 178 patients re
ceived treatment and the total
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any other time during the pre
sent season. Many growers re
ported averages running from 30
to 40 cents.
Warehousemen expect Monday
to be one of the heaviest selling
day of the season. A large a
mount of tobacco is now ready
and farmers are anxious to sell
before Thanksgiving.
The local Chamber ol Com
merce has been doing extensive
advertising for the Roxboro mar
ket, using local papers, radio sta
tion W P, T. F. and the News
and Observer. Excellent results
are being obtained through these
mediums and this advertising will
be eontinued.
Hocutt To Talk
To Principals
On Boy Patrols
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’-
clock in one of the offices of the
Person County Superintendent of
Schools, at the courthouse, Ronald
Hocutt, of Raleigh, director of the
Safety Division of the State High
way and Public Works commis
sion, will speak to Person pub
lic school principals and educators
on the work of the School Boy
patrol, according to announce
ment made by Superintendent R.
B. Griffin late Thursday after
noon.
It is expected that a large num
ber of the school principals in the
county will attend. They have the
privilege of bringing with them
one cr more eff their faculty mem
bers, who may be especially inter
ested in School Boy patrol acti
vities. Mr. Hocutt is thoroughly
familiar with his subject and will
more than likely offer suggestions
for the maintenance and expan
sion of the work in this county,
Mr. Griffin said.
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Seniors Plan To
Go To Raleigh
L. S. Cannon, principal of
Bethel Hill high school, announ
ced today that the Seniors and
the football team have accepted
an invitation to visit State col
lege at Raleigh, November 11 to
be guests of the college at the
State-Duquesne football game,
Preceding the game will be an
Armistice Day Parade at 11;00
a. m. which will be followed by
an impressive program at Memor
ial Tower. The students will also
visit the textile, engineering and
agriculture buldings.
The folowng students are ex
pected to make the trip: W. H.
Bray, James Buchannon, Robert
Evans, C. T. Hall, Jr., Paul Har
ris, Raymond Lowery, Tiny Mil
am, Rand Montague, Wingate Ro
gers, Paul Seamster, Sam Shot
well, Clyde Sullivan, I. C. Tingen,
Jr., W. C. Warren, Roland White,
Earl Wrenn, John Wrenn, Gra
ham Powell, W. B. Humphries,
Calvin Boswell, John Honeycutt,
Nat Whitfield, Jr., Cecil Pente
cost, Charles Nunn, Marion Sul
livan, Wallace Wrenn, Jack Grav
ely, Gilbert Bealer Moore, and
Riley Whitt.
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CLASS WILL’MEET
On Tuesday evening at 8 o’-
clock, the Philathea class will
meet with Mrs. Mclver Feathers
ton at her home on Oak street.
Who Wants Some
Good Bean Soup?
Some of the men who are
connected with the Tar Heel
Chevrolet company here
hope that their wives will
not serve beans for dinner
today. Having had one din
ner consisting of kidney
bean cocktails, lima bean
salad, and bake beans on
their dinner plates, not to
speak of some other variety
of beans desert, these gentle
men want no more beans.
It all came about because
of the Thursday night “Pay
as You Can” dinner the
members of the various de
partments of the Tar Heel
company had at the Hotel
Roxboro. Some of the mem
bers, because of their greater
relative financial prosper
ity during the past month,
ate chicken, fruit cocktails
and ice cream and cake. The
others, as their wives have
probably discovered, ate
beans.
Beans, in fact, constituted
the program of the evening,
although several short talks
were made by department
heads.
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HOLIDAY PLANS
ARE REVEALED
Armistice Day Program
Includes Parade, Address
And Football Game.
Although the speaker for the
occasion has not been announ
ced, officials of the Lester Black
well post of the American Leg- 1
ion, said Saturday that plans for
observation of Armistice day next
Saturday in Roxboro are virtual
ly complete.
There will be a street parade
at 9 ;45 o’clock, with members of
the post and other veterans par
ticipating. Music will be furnish
ed by the Ca-Vel drum and bug
le corp, and after the parade the
formal memorial exercises will be
held at the Person coi/bty court
house. The courthouse service,
starting at 10:30 o’clock, will
be featured by a preliminary pro
gram staged by grammar school
children of the city.
Next to the address to be de
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MONTHLY CLASS
MEETING MONDAY
The Kenozelian Class of First
Baptist church will hold its
monthly meeting on Monday
evening at 7:45, at the home of
Mrs. Fred Gentry on Morgan
street. Miss Annette Cushwa will
assist her sister in serving.
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• Special Note Tom Woody has been caught without any tick
ets for the Duke-Carolina football game that is due to take place on
November IBth. Now Tom knew that tickets were selling at a rapid
clip, but he just kept putting off the matter of buying any. Now he
wants to see the game and wants to know where he can get two
tickets. Friend Woody, it is reported, is willing to pay ten dollars
apiece for the tickets. If you have any, or know who dees, will you
get in touch with him at his home on North Main street?
Well, he did it—Champ Winstead, Jr., came to Roxboro yester
day and took unto himself a wife. Now he is in the same class as
his old pal, William “Chick” Thomas. Both of these boys live in
Washington, D. C. and both are recently married. Now they can get
together each night and play bridge—or do anything that ideal hus
bands should do. Both are wanting, and expecting, a raise in sal
ary at an early date.
The cold snap that came Saturday morning caught many local
bojs unprepared. Perhaps they had been expecting a mild winter
and thought that there would be no need to buy any coal this year,
Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald had refused to buy simply because he had nev
er bought any coal before. (He only started keeping house about
four weeks ago). Then there was Joe Kirby, Martin Michie, Theo
Clayton, Coy Day, Dick Bullock, E. B. Craven, Will Kirby and other
prominent members of Roxboro’s business group.
Acme Showman
Lands In Prison
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Harry Heller, Owner of Acme Shows Must A
wait Trial On Seduction Charges. Unable To
Raise Bond of $5000; Burlington Woman
Swears Out Warrant.
Warden Reynolds
Receives Number
Os Wild Turkys
Game Warden Reynolds, of
Person county announced Friday
that a shipment of wild turkeys
has been received from the State
Department of Conservation and
Development, Raleigh. Mr. Rey
nolds said the turkeys, number
ing three gobblers and four or
five hens will be turned loose in
certain restricted wild life areas
in the county where they will be
permitted to establish a natural
habitat.
It is hopd that after a period
of five years the turkeys will
have increased in sufficient num
bers to allow some turkey hunt
ing.
Mr. Reynolds also said that in
a few days he is expecting a ship
ment of quail from the Depart
ment. The quail will likewise be
distributed in restricted areas
here. Both of these shipments
constitute a part of the wild life
rehabilitation program sponsored
by the State Department of Con
servation and Development. It
will be remembered that a few
weeks ago a supply of fish was
sent to be placed in the city lake.
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Bushy Fork P. T. A.
Meets Thursday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Bushy Fork P. T. A. will
be held Thursday night, Novem
ber 9, at 7:30 at the school house
and the executive committee
meeting will be held Tuesday af
ternoon, November 7, at 3:15 o’-
clock, according to announce
ment made yesterday.
The program committee has
arranged an attractive program.
A special feature will be music
by the Allen string band. Talks
will be given on “Our School
Library” and the “P. T. A. Ma
gazine” by Mrs. W. H. Oliver
and Mrs. Clyde Hurdle.
The November program will be
given by the publication commit
tee with Mrs. Luther Long, chair
man, presiding. All school pat
rons are urged to attend this
meeting.
THE TIMES IS PERSON*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
Following a hearing held be
fore Assistant Clerk of Superior
court, R. A. Bullock Friday after
noon,Harry Heller, owner-mana
ger of Acme shows, which closed
showing here .last .night, was
placed under a $5,000 bond and
bound over to superior court, as
a result of charges of seduction
under promise of marriage
brought against him by Lois
P. Bass, of Burlington.
Unable to give bond, Heller is
in the Person county jail. The
warrant was served on him late
Thursday afternoon. In it the
plaintiff asks for SIO,OOO com
pensatory and SIO,OOO punitave
damages, alleging that the de
fendant’s offenses against her
took place during recent periods
\tfhen they spent spent a week in.
Greenville, S. C. and Danville,
Va. The plaintiff also alleged
that the defendant has a wife
living in New Jersey, where he,
himself, has residence.
Helleifs hfnd originally wae
set at SIO,OOO, and his shows and
midway equipment were attach
ed when he failed to raise it. At
the hearing, however, bond was
reduced by half and the shows
were released under agreement
reached by opposing counsels.
Mr. Bullock, said trial is ex
pected during the January civil
superior court term.
Sheriff M. T. Clayton took over
the Acme shows Thursday night
under attachment proceedings.
He and his deputies supervised
operations after closing gambling
concessions.
Heller’s assistants were back
in charge following the bond
hearing Friday.
Acme Shows, a carnival out
fit incorporated in New Jersey,
opened in Roxboro the first of
I last week.
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October Report
Os Welfare Work
Is Announced
Old Age assistance was grant
ed to 271 residents cf Person
county at a cost of $2,486, accord
ing to the October monthly re
port of Mrs. T. C/'Wagstaff, Pub
lic Welfare director of the coun
ty. The report, released Wednes
day afternoon, also shows that
aid to dependent children was
granted to 182 children in the
county at a cost of S9OO.
Six blind persons received aid
in the amount of S9O, while gen
eral relief was given to 30 peo
ple at an expenditure of $62.
Hospitalization was granted to
five people at a cost of $83.73, and
one board and home care case
cost $22.50. Final item in the re
port shows payment of $4.53 for
vocational rehabilitation.
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TO ATTEND MEETING >
Miss Lake Allen, of the Nur
sing Staff of the county depart
ment of health, will go to Greens
boro Tuesday to attend a meet
ing of the district No. 4 North
Carolina State Nurses association.
The meeting will begin at 7 ;30 p.
m.
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“Thou has also given me thd
shield of thy salvation; and Thy
gentleness bath made me great’'
—II SamueL u