nr IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Four-H Project Plans
Proposed For New Year
Six or Seven Major Projects
Including: Beef Cattle Will
T Be Carried Out.
Six major projects are to be in
cluded in the program of 4-H
club work in Person county dur
ing the dbming year, according to
plans prepared by Assistant
County Agent, J. B. Snipes. Club
members will carry on
dealing with the raising of beef
cattle, pigs, chickens and calves
and will also do project work in
corn and tobacco, in vegetable
gardening and in forestry.
The beef cattle project will be
started in this county for the first
time, Mr. Snipes said. As an
nounced at the 4-H Club Achieve
ment day program, officials of
the Peoples bank have expressed
a willingness to co-operate 'with
the installation of the beef pro
ject by rendering financial assis
tance through loans to the boys
and girls who desire to purchase
beef cattle, and it is expected that
a number of club members will
avail themselves of this opportu
nity to undertake a new problem
in rural development.
Members who are going to
grow an acre of corn for a pro
ject have been drilled in the
methods of seelcting an acre of
land suitable for growing corn.
Also, they have been advised a
bout preparing the soil, of ferti
lizing the crop, of planting the
corn, of cultivating the crop and
of harvesting.
Tobacco has been chosen by
some members and they have
been warned about -growing the
best quality tobacco possible in
order to receive the highest pri
ces.
The proper method of prepar
ing the soil, fertilizing, diseases,
and cultivating the vegetables
have been discussed with the
members who plan to carry out
a garden project in 1940.
The value of forestry as a cash
crop has been gone over with the
club members. And such details
as cutting out the underbrush,
properly thinning the trees and
preventing fires as aids to increa
se the cash income, have been
presented.
Stress has been placed upon
securing a registered or good
grade calf to the members with
these projects. The methods of
feeding and caring for the ani
mals were called to the club
members’ attention.
Purchasing baby chicks from
a highly recommended hatchery,
approved .by the State College Ex
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Baptists To Hold
Special Service
The annual Thanksgiving sun
rise service of the First Baptist
church will be conducted Thurs
day morning by the Rev. K. D.
Stukenbroke, of New Bern, in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. W. F.
West, who has been ill with in
fluenza at Community hospital
for several days.
The service will begin at 7 -o’-j
clock and afterwards an offering
for the Thomasville Baptist or
phanage will be taken up. A lar
ge attendance is expected at the
service, said to be one of the
most unique Thanksgiving ser
vices in the state.
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RETURNS HOME
Miss Sue Bradsher will return
home today from McPherson
hospital in Durham, where she
underwent a sinus operation. She
is getting along very nicely.
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St. Mark’s To Have
Morning Service
Under the direction of E. B.
Ferguson, Jr., acolyte of the
•church, Thanksgiving services
will be held Thursday morning at
11 o’clock at St. Mark’s Episco
pal church. Special morning pray
ers will be read and a sermon will
be delivered. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Rev. W. C. Martin
Preaches Initial
Sermon At Church
Preaching from the text from
the first chapter of “Romans”,
“I am not ashamed of the gos
pel of Christ”, Rev. W. C. Martin,
newly arrived minister at Edgar
Long Memorial Methodist church,
delivered his first sermon at the
Sunday morning service before
a capacity audience.
“St. Paul”, Mr. Martin said,
“was not ashamed of the author
of the gospel”. Elaborating his
thesis, the minister declared that,
“Salvation is not to be gained by
creed, doctrine or by ceremony,
but by and through Jesus Christ,
for Christ alone has power to
the world.”’
Mr. Martin, who arrived here
last week, has been pastor of Hay
street Methodist church, Fayette
ville, and he and Mrs. Martin have
established residence in the par
sonage They have three sons, all
graduates of Duke university, and
now living in Durham, Winston-
Salem and in Kentucky.
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W.L. POWELL OF
RALEIGH SPEAKS
TO CIVIC CLUB
Safety Supervisor Explains
Work Os North Caro
lina Industrial Commission.
Speaking on the accident pre
vention work of the N. C.
Industrial commission, W. L. Po
well, of Raleigh, safety supervisor
for the Commission, told the mem
bers cf the Roxboro Kiwanis club,
at their weekly meeting heldi
Monday night at the Hotel Rox
boro, that one of the chief func
tions of the commission is the
protection of the interests cf both
employers and employees.!
The North Carolina Industrial
commission, Mr. Powell said, was
established in 1929, and prior to
that time courts in. the state were
heavily burdened with suits
brought against emplryers by em
ployees who had been involved
in accidents in various industrial
plants. The established theory
at that time wes that the employ
er usually to blame for anyj
accident occurring in his plant,
although subsequent investiga
tions have shown that only a
smell percentage cf industrial ac- !
cidents can be said to be caused
by negligence on -the part of the
employer.
“The -first state industrial com- J
mission was established in Mass
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CONDITION ABOUT SAME
Hospital attaches said today
thkt the condition of Rev. W. F.
West' remained about tlfe same.
He was taken to Community hog.
pttal last Friday. |
Thanksgiving Greetings
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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY FIRST OBSERVED BY THE PILGRIMS
MRS. CRISPELL IS
SOCIAL AGENCY
DINNER GUEST
She Speaks On Sale Os
Christmas Seals To Be Held
Here.
Addressing meifibers of the
Roxboro and Person Council of
Social Agencies at a luncheon
meeting held Wednesday, Mrs. R.
S. Crispell, of Durham, discussed
the forthcoming sale of Christmas
Seals, annually sponsored here by
the Roxboro Woman’s club as an
aid in the prevention and cure
of tuberculosis.
Mrs. W. P. Few came to Rox
borcr with Mrs. Crispell, and also
attended the meeting.
Mrs. Crispell suggested that
sale of the seals could be stimul
ated locally by use of a -arefully
chosen mailing list. She said this
plan had been used with consid
erable success in Durham county.
She also gave some figures per
taining to the mortality rate from
tuberculosis in Person county. The
report compiled indicated, she
said, that 17 persons in the coun
ty died from the effects of tub
erculosis during the past year.
For many years the familiar
double-cross Christmas seals have
been helping to make possible the
eradication of tuberculosis, the
speaker declared, although the
seals are not sppnscred or sold by
the American Red Crgss, as many
believe, but are prepared by a
separate and individual Christ
mas Seal organization.
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Orphanage Class
Presents Program
Before a large and an appre
ciative audience members of the j
Oxford Orphanage Singing class |
gave a concert in the Roxboro
high school auditorium. The pro-|
gram was presented under the
auspices of Person Masonic Lodge
No. 113.
The 14 boys and girls in the
group were directed by Mrs. Sadie
T. Hutchinson, with S. F. Paul, as
associate manager. First on the
program was a “Chapel Choir”,
followed by solos, quartettes
and a minuete dance by six boys
and girls. Part II was composed
of similar numbers and the finale
consisted of a “Scotch Folk Dan
ce”.
Sponsors of the program re
ported considerable financial suc
cess and said they were well
pleased with public response to
the attraction.
i Observe Precaution
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Citizens of Roxboro are re
quested not to burn off lots
or to pile up leaves during
the present dry Reason, ac
cording to announcement
made today by City Manager
James C. Harris. Mr. Harris
said that two out of three
fires reported in the city
during the wMk were grass
fires. Such be es
pecially etengerous at this
time of the year ,it was said,
and people jk-e urged to be
careful. %
HOE if; TALKS TO
COUNTY LEADERS
Mrs. Wagstaff And Others
Attend District Welfare
Conference At Carthage.
Speaking at the Central Dis
trict Welfare conference of which
Person ccunty is'a unit Governor
Clyde R- Hoey said “There can be
no government that does not have
financial cares,” but added that
there is no section of the state “so
poor that it cannot join in the fed
eral aid programs. Progress in
public welfare cannot be measur
ed in dollars and cents, and North
Carolina cannot afford to neg
lect the care of its old people and
dependent children,” the gover
nor added.
The meeting was attended by
three Person county representa
tives, Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, Admin
istrator cf WPA and Public Wel
fare,' and by Mrs. Glen Brandon
and Miss "Marjidarie Griffin, case
workers for the departments.
Many counties, Mrs. Wagstaff
said, also had representatives
from members of the boards of
county commissicners, and other
interested county officials.
Governor Hoey asked North
Carolinians to help find jobs for
persons who have broken the law.
and “have paid their debt to so
ciety by a term inside prison
walls.” It is difficult for a for
mer prisoner to find employment,
he said, and it is difficult for a
man to “go straight” unless he
has a job.
Much juvenile delinquency inj
the state derives from lack of
home discipline and “lack of j
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NO SERVICES
No services wil be held Tnanks
giving morning at Edgar Long
Memorial Methodist church, ac
cording to announcement made
Wednesday morning.
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THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY TO BE
QUIETLY SPENT
Traditional Activities For
The Day. Business Suspen
ded.
Today is Thanksgiving day and
people in Roxboro and Person
County are taking the entire day
as a day of rest and thanksgiving.
Practically every place of busi
ness in the city is closed for the
day and people are staying in
their houses. 1
The tobacco market is closed i
today and will remain closed over :
the weekend. Heavy sales took 1
place on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday prior to the holidays.
Numbers of people from here
are planning to attend the Caro
lina-Virginia fcotball game be- I
ing held in Chapel Hill this af
ternoon, and many residents will 1
attend other games in this sec
tion.
All schools in the county are
closed for the weekend and a
number of teachers who do not
live in the county have gone to
their respective homes. The
schools will re-open Monday.
Turkey is the main item on the
menu today, but a large num
ber have compromised with
chicken or a lesser item. Many
people are said to be saving their
turkey fer Christmas.
Business is expected to be re- ;
sumed tomorrow and Christmas
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shopping will probably start up
in full blast by the first of next
week. f^*
Taking everything into consid- J
eration, Thanksgiving is a quiet
day in this county, but is being J
enjoyed by all. ,
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Knight Makes
A Fine Record \
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Mr. Knight just received word (
that he only needs to write an 1
application each week for three' j
weeks longer to finish out five
yeats for producing an applica
tion each week, for The Ohio State
Life Insurance company. t
He appreciates your business
and since the company is complet
ing a $100,000,000 in just this 1
year he will appreciate all the ]
business you can give him. 1
They write policies that pay i
good dividends or non-participat- 1
ing. If you need any insurance seel <
Knight’s Insurance Agency. ,
Pd. Adv. ]
THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1939
Hunting Season Calls Many
Local Nimrods Into Fields
Have Services At
Church At Ten
Members of the Roxboro Pres
byterian church wil have their
annual Thanksgiving service this
morning at 10 o’clock, according
to announcement made by the
pastor, Rev. Thomas H. Hamilton,
who will deliver a special sermon.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
David Gilliland
Hurt In Accident
On Oxford Road
David Gilliland, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Gilliland, of
this city is a patient at Duke hos
pital in Durham, where he was
taken Wednesday morning fol
lowing an automobile accident
which occurred early Monday
afternoon at the Tar river bridge
on highway 158, between Rox
boro and Oxford. He was first
taken to a hospital in Oxford.
The full extent of his injuries
have not been determined, al
though X-ray pictures were tak
en soon after his admission to the
hispital. He has a dislodged shoul
der and has been unable to use
his legs, according to hospital
authorities, who have expressed
an eppinion tha the may be para
lysed.
Mr. Gilliland was enroute to
Henderson when the accident oc
curred. He had been recently em
ployed in Henderson but had had
to give up his work there because
of injury to one of his hands. He
was on his way there to see about
resuming his work.
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CORNERSTONE OF
CEDAR GROVE IS
LAID BY MASONS
Exercises Held At Metho
dist Church Served By The
Rev. S. F. Nicks.
In response to the request of
the pastor, the Rev. S. F. Nicks,
members of the Masonic lodges
in the 21st. North Carolina dis
trict, with appropriate exercises
held last week, laid the corner
stone of the new Cedar Grove
Methodist church. Reports cf this
event will be of considerable in
terest to many Roxboro and ’Per
son county citizens, sine? the Rev,
Mr. Nieks, Who has recently en
tered upon an ether year of work
at Cedar Grove, is well known
here, both as a minister and as
the father of Mayor S. F. Nicks,
Jr., of this city.
With Dr. H. W. Moore, Master
of Eagle lodge No. 19 cf Hills
boro, presiding, the principal ad
dress was delivered by J. Edward
Allen, of Warrenton, Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina. Music fer the occasion
was under the direction of T. C.
Ellis, past master of Eagle lod
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CORRECT DINER SCORE
The sanitary rating accorded
the Roxboro Diner, in*i story re
leased Sunday morning -in this
paper, should have read, 95, in
stead of 90, acordingto a correc
tion reported by the Department
of Health. The error in' figures
was contained in the office report
prepared by the department.
fHE TIMES IS PERSON 1 *
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER NINETEEN
Today Marks Opening Os
Season For Quail, Rabbits
And Grouse. N
Thanksgiving plans for many
Person county and Roxboro citi
zens include a day of hunting, for
today marks the opening of the
state hunting season on quail,
turkey, grouse and rabbit, accord
ing to announcement made by
ccunty game warden, R. G. Rey
nolds.
Many hunters, Mr. Reynolds
said yesterday, will be hunting
Thanksgiving quail, and in this
connection he cites the following
announcement made by the State
Department of Conservation and
Development in regard to state
wide hunting rules:
Quail —The season ends Feb
ruary 15, except in Union county,
where it opens December 10 and
closes January 10. Quail shooting
• will be allowed only on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays in nine
counties—Lenoir, Duplin, Craven,
Carteret, Pitt, Greene, Jones, On
slow and Pender. In all other
counties bird shooting will be per
mitted every day except Sunday.
The bag limit is 10 a day and
150 for the season, and the pos
session limit is 20—meaning that
a hunter may keep as many as
20 quail in his refrigerator or
may put that many in cold stor
age for his personal use until 10
days after the close of the season.
After 10 days, he may not have
any in his possession.
Wild turkey The season is
the same as that for quail. How
ever, the bag limit is one a day
and three for the season, and the
possession limit is two until 10
days after the season ends. Hunt
ing of wild turkeys this season
1 will be confined to eastern and
piedmont qpunties because the
season will remain closed in and
including all counties west of Al
leghany, Wilkes, Burke and Ruth
erford, and in Surry and Yadkin
counties.
Grouse The seasbn ends Jan
uary 15. The bag limit is two a
day and 10 for the season, and
the possession limit is two. Grouse
are to be found only in the moun
tains or mountain meadows in
higher altitudes.
Rabbit The season continues
to February 15. The sky’s the lim
it on the poor cotton-tails no
bag, season or possession restric
tions have been made, and they
are the only game that may be
sold during the open season. Tjre
game division said hunters should
find a plentiful supply in nearly
every section of the state.
The deer, bear, and Russian
boar seasons already have open
ed and will continue until Jan
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Tobacco Market
Is Closed For
Holiday Season
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About 400,000 pounds of tobac
co were sold on the Roxboro
tobacco market during the three
day pre-Thanksgiving short week
which closed at noon yesterday,
according to reports made yes
terday afternoon. This brings the
total amount of tobacco sold on
the Roxboro market during the
present season up to 4,746,862
pounds, in round figures.
An official average for the
week was not obtainable at the
noon hour, although the average
was reported as a “Fair Price**.
The market here will re-open
Monday after closing for . the
holidays, and heavy sales will be
expected during the next week-