IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY A THURSDAY
HAMILTON WILL
CONDUCTJANUARY
SUPERIOR COURT
Jury List For First Term
Announced. Second Term
Be Decided Upon This
Afternoon.
With Judge Luther Hamilton,
of Morehead City, presiding, the
regular January term of Person
County Superior court will be
convened on January 22, for a
period of one week, according to
announcement from Clerk of
the Court, Miss Sue Bradsher
Selection of a jurist for the sec
ond week of court, scheduled to
begin January 29 has not been
announced, pending a meeting
of the local bar association at
which plans for the second week
of court will be made if it is
deemed advisable to prepare for
additional court.
Jurors names drawn for the
January 22 term at a recent meet
ing of the board of county com
jmissioners are as follows: John
W. Mooney, Fred Tuck, R. M.
Jackson, C. P. Garrett, Thomas
Blalock, Stephen Glenn, A. L.
Moore, E. W. Gentry, R. C. Hall,
J, D. Winstead, Jr., Monroe
Cash, S. E. Peed, J. L. Brad
sher, G. W. Eakes, G. G. Woody,
A. L. Parham, N. E. Davis, B.
A. Foushee, D. H. Day, C. E.
Mims, J. F. Wagstaff, A. H.
Baynes, Tinnie Ashley, M. I. Bur
ton, D. S. Long, E. Hester Long,
W. R. Wilkerson, Otho Moize,
E. E. Bradsher, W. C. Bullock,
S. M-NmJ,,!*. T. Pulliam, E. W.
"Oarrett. k, P. MotrrgTJfL. Wft
stead, ’ Harvey Chambers, A. J.
Hill, George W. Pulliam, D. E.
Whitt, W. H. Rudder, Willie L.
Pleasants, and W. W. Peed,
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ANNIVERSARY OF
LODGE UNION TO
BE MARKED HERE
Masonic Officers Installed
By Grand Master Allen,
Who Speaks At Previous
Meeting.
Following a dinner meeting
at Hotel Roxboro at which J.
Edward Allen, of Warenton,
grand master of Masons in North
Carolina, made the principal ad
dress, officers and members of
Person Lodge 113, of this city,
are making preparations for a
second dinner meeting to be held
at the hotel on Tuesday, January
9, at which time the fifteenth an
niversary of the consclidaticn of
Woodsdale Lodge No. 625 with
Person Lodge No. 113 will be
observed.
Preparations for the event of
Tuesday evening are being made
by Past Masters J. J. Woody and
E. M. Bailey, both former mem
bers of Woodsdale lodge. Dinner
will be served at 6:30 o’clock and
Messers. Woody and Bailey are
expecting a full attendance from
the united lodges.
After the address by Grand
Master Allen, who is superinten
dent of schools of Warren coum
ty, officers of Person Lodge 113
were installed in an elaborate
ceremony at the Masonic hall
here. Exercises were in charge of
Grand Master Allen. The officers
installed included: C. A. Harris,
Master; W. F. Timberlake, sen
ior warden; J. W. Montague, Jr.,
junior warden; W. H. Harris, Sr.,
treasurer; O. Z. Gentry .secre
tary; N. H. Fox, senior deacon;
D. R. Taylor, junior deacon and
A. S. Hassan, tiler.
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“Our ideals are our better sel
ves.”
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Ifrson|i,(EinifS
To Assist President in World Peace Problems
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* Hopes for world peace on the part of President Roosevelt have resulted In two recent far-reac’.:in ;
moves. First was the President’s appointment of Myron C. Taylor, left, former head of United States Steel,
as this country’s representative to the Vatican to work with Pope Pius for peace. Second was his invitation to
religious leaders to confer with him. Invitations went to Rabbi Cyrus Adler, center, president of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, and to Dr. George A. Buttrlck, right, president of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America. Archbishop Spellman of New York City was expected to be named as representa
tive of Catholics in the peace conference.
Funeral Services
Held Yesterday
For Mrs. Van Hook
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Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Morton Van Hook, 74. whose
death occurred Tuesday evening
at her residence near Hurdle
Mills, were conducted Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at Wal
nut Grove Methodist church, with
the Rev. S. F. Nicks and the Rev.
E. L. Hill officiating. Interment
took place in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Van Hook, pho was the
widow, of Oscar J. Van Hook,
had been ill for one week. Pneu
monia was the immediate cause of
death.
She is survived by five daugh
ters, Mrs. G. A. Reams, of Apex;
Mrs. A. T. Wright, of Hillsboro;
Mrs. P. P. Wilson, of Durham;
»*rs. W. F. Compton, of Cedar
Grove &nd Mrs : W.- S. Pool, of
Cary; by three sons, F. T. Van
Hook, of Goldsboro; Q. A. Van-
Hook, of Fuquay Springs and O.
V. Van Hook, of Hurdle Mills;
by two sisters, Mrs. N. O. Harris,
f Hurdle Mills and Mrs. C. B.
Paylor, of Greensboro, and by
one brother, D. L. Morton, of
Milton, as well as by twenty
four grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
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Alumni Group Has
Been Formed At
City High School
Organization of the Roxboro |
High School Alumni association
was effected at an afternoon
meeting held at the high school.
President of the new organiza
tion is Miss Annie Mae McWhor
ter, cf the class of 1939; vice-pre
sident is Barden Winstead and
secretary treasurer is Bill Mich
aels, both of the class of 1939.
Present at the first meeting
was H .C. Gaddy, principal of the
high school. The purpose of the
new association is to stimulate an
interest in the local high school
among the alumni and to add the
progress and development of var
ious high school activities. Date
for the second meeting of the as
sociation will be announced later,
it was said.
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DAUGHTER IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Leland G. Clay
ton, of Route 1, Roxboro, announ
ce the birth of a daughter, Violet
Joe, on Friday, December 29,
1939, at their home.
Flower Blooms
Mrs. Archie Wrenn, of Route 1,
Roxboro reports the out of sea
son blossoming of a May Cactus
being grewn at her home. Now in
bloom, in January weather, the
flower is supposed to live up to
its name and open in May.
HESTER REMAINS
IN DURHAM JAIL
Local Resident Charged
With Passing Counterfeit
Bills. Arrested Sunday.
T. C. Hester, young white man.
of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. T. Hester, prominent Person
county residents who live on the
Leasburg road, remains in jail in
DurhSPlj under bond of SI,OOO,
following his arreH kv FetL
eral officers on a charge of pass
ing counterfeit money.
The arrest was made Sunday
afternoon when Hester drove his
car up to a local filling station.
Identification of Hester as a pass
er cf counterfeit money is said to
have been made by parties from
Durham, although officers had
been watching him for some time.
Hester faces trial in Federal
court. Counterfeit bills in $lO sil
ver certificates appeared here
shortly before the Christmas holi
days and investigations have sin
ce then been underway. It is i
derstood that Hester’s arrest is
nly the first step in what offi
cers hope will be a complete solu
tion of the bogus money troubles
here.
Hester, whose father is a well
known landowner, has been en
gaged in a number of business
enterprises here.
ILL AT HOME
Mrs. A. W. Clayton, of this
city, has been ill for several days
at her home on Oak Street with
an attack of influenza. Although j
somewhat improved, she is still
confined to her bed.
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VISIT HERE
Dr. Lester Crowell, his brother,
Henry Crowell, both of Lincoln
ton, their neice, Miss Mary
Schenck, of Greensboro, visited
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crowell, of
.his city, Tuesday.
SON IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Jackson of
this city, announce the birth of a
laughter, January 1, 1940.
Reservations For
Tobacco Course
To Be Arranged
Less than two weeks remain be
fore the annual Tobacco Short
course for growers will be held
at North Carolina State college,
Raleigh, and officials of the Person
County Farm Agent's office are
anxious that all local persons
planning to attend the course,
which will be condficteH between
January 16 and 19, make proper
reservations in advance.
Local officers said today that
they will be happy to assist far
mers in filling out application
blanks and to arrange for groups
who desire to attend the course,
j A limited number of applications
| are available at the office in the
I courthouse and all who are in
i terested are urged to make ar-
I rangements at onpe, In previous
years attendance from Persoil
J eeufity has ranged between 10 and
I alli'ifnikh it is bf'ped that more
growers will be present this year.
H. K. Sanders, county agfcrltj
said today that those in attend
ance in former years were par
ticularly pleased with instruc
tions received in grading tobacco.
Knowledge of proper methods of
grading is regarded as essential
if demands of marketing are to
be properly handled, it is said.
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Kiwanians Hold
Initial Meeting
At Local Hotel
Holding their first meeting of
the New Year at the Hotel Rox
boro, members of the Kiwanis
club enjoyed a varied but enter
taining program.
Reports on the progress of the
club were submitted by the presi
dent, F. O. Carver, Jr., and by
the retiring treasurer, J. B. Snip
es. Mr. Snipes then turned his
books over to the newly elected
treasurer, E. E. Bradsher, Jr.
Success of the “Christmas Basket”
fund was also reported by the
chairman, Dr. B. A. Thaxtoiv
who called upon Miss Bivins Win
stead for an itemized account o£
the contents of the baskets fur
nished.
Special guests were S. F.
Nicks, Jr., Thomas Bowles ana
Edgar (Buddy) Long. Mr. Long
..ntertained the members with
two piano selections. Next meet
ing of the club will be held at the
hotel on Monday evening, Jan
uary 8, at 6:30 o’clock.
THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1940
Wallace W. Woods Selected
To Succeed Melvin H. Burke
SIX MEN FACING
WHISKEY CHARGES
Large Still Captured In
Raid Staged By Sheriff M.
T. Claytau and Deputies.
Tentative date for a hearing in
Person county court for John
Henry Glasgow, white, Ed Law-!
son, Chester Poole, Chunk Bar
nette and John Watts, Negroes,
who were placed in Person coun
ty jail, charged with manufactur
ing whiskey, following their ar-,
rest the first of the week in a
raid on a still located in the low
er edge of Holloway township,
has been set for Tuesday, Jan
uary 9, according to information
received from the sheriffs office.
Sheriff M. T. Clayton, who with
his deputies Bob Whitt, Baxter
Dunn and Erasmus Clayton, of
Person county, with the assist
ance of Deputy Joe Currin, of
the Granville county sheriff’s of
fice, Patrolman Carter, of Ox
ford and Patrolman W. A. Bax
ter, of this city, made the raid on
the still, reported that the stjll
was of approximately 200 gallon
capacity.
Robert Tuck, who appeared to
be acting as a lookout for the oth
er men at the still, was arrested
close to the scene on a charge of
aiding'and abetting, although he
is now at liberty under a SIOO
bond.
Around 2,000 gallons of mash
were poured out at the scene of
the raid, and between 30 and 40
gallons of whiskey were also
poured out. In addition some ?;
gallons were brought back to
this city, together with a mule
and wagon found at the spot.
The men arrested all pled guilty
to charges of manufacturin'*
whiskey. Officers said the
was one of the largest to be stag
ed in Person county in some
time.
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HEALTH PROGRAM
RESUMED AFTER
HOUDAYSEASON
Regular Schedule of Clinics
To Be Carried On. Appro
val of New Law Expressed.
Routine work in the office of
the Person County Department of
Public health was resumed the
first of the week and the regular
weekly venereal disease clinic
was held today.
On Friday, January 12, at
Chapel Hill, the district orthope
dic clinic for the Orange-Person-
Caswell health department, of
which Person county is a unit,
will be conducted and local of
ficials are anxious to have all
regular patients as well as new
ones in attendance.
Also scheduled is the mater
nity clinic which will be held in
Roxboro on Tuesday, January 16.
The maternity clinic is conducted
monthly and attendance has in
creased considerably during the
past few months.
Dr. A. L. Allen, assistant health
officer of the local department
said yesterday that he wished to
express his approval of the re
cently enacted and now effective
blood test required of all expec
tant mothers. Full cooperation in
carrying out the law will be ex
tended by the local department,
Dr. Allen said.
Becomes Sixth
In Beef Project
Pete Pridgen, of the Olive
Hill community, is the sixth
Person County 4-H club mem
ber to undertake beef raising
as a club project, according to
announcement today from As
sistant County Farm Agent, J.
B. Snipes.
Purchase of the animal by
Pridgen was aranged through
the loan service cooperation of
the Peoples Bank, which has
also assisted other boys in the
county who are undertaking
the project. Young Pridgen is
the son of Mrs. Beth Pridgen
and the grandson of John Bre
wer, well known resident of
this county.
DEMONSTRATIONS
HELD BYJESTAL
Methods of Cutting and
Curing Hog Meat Shown
During Day.
Under the supervision of E. V.
Vestal, assistant swine specialist
of North Cayblina State college,
Raleigh, two meat 'cutdng and
curing demonstrations were con
ducted in this city today. The
first demonstration, illustrating
approved methods of cutting and
curing under the sugar-cured
process was held at the Person
County Negro Community, pudd
ing at 10 p’clppk in the morning,
With JvSfll 3 1- 2hgements in char
ge of C. J. Ford. Negro county
agent.
Ths second, was held at 2 o’-
clock in the afternoon at ihe
Pioneer warehouse. Wogs fo r
this demonstration were furnish
ed by J. M. Brewer and J. C.
Wagstaff and local details were
handled by County Agent H. K.
Sanders and Assistant County A
gent J. B. Snipes, who reported
that attendance was quite large.
Similar demonstrations have
been held here in other years
and it is reported that farmers
have been unusually anxious to
study the processes of cutting and
curing, which are said to impro
ve both the texture and flavor of
the meat.
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Schools Take Up
Regular Schedule
Despite the prevalence of in
fluenza in many communities in
the state, superintendent of Per
son County schools, R. B. Griffin,
said today that attendance in the
schools of this county remains at
a normal figure.
Work in the local schools was
resumed on New Year’s day after
a holiday period of approximate
ly two weeks. Many of the teach
ers in the school system took ad
vantage of thq long holiday to
make trips to larger cities and
others went to their homes in
this and other states.
Examinations will begin in the
schools before the end of this
month and the second semester
will begin in February. Students
are now busy preparing for the
scheduled examinations and tea
chers report an unusual interest
in classroom work.
THE TIMES IS PERSON!
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
Prominent Local Man Ac
cepts Office of Secretary of
Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce.
Wallace W. Woods, native of
this city and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Woods, has acepted an ap
pointment as secretary of the Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce, a«-
cording to announcement made
Wednesday night by Glenn Sto
vall, president of the organiza
tion.
Selection of Mr. Woods, who is
manager of the City Ice company,
and a popular resident of Rox
bero, was made at a call meeting
of the officers and the board of
directors of the Chamber held
Tuesday night. Mr. Woods, who
will enter upon his duties as sec
retary immediately, takes the po
sition left vacant by the resigna
tion of Melvin H. Burke, local
attorney, who gave up the sec
retaryship in order to engage in
the active practice of his profes
sion.
Mr. Woods, an alumnus of Oak
Ridge institute, has been active
in Roxboro civic and religious
affairs for many years and is a
member of the Roxboro Rotary
club. For the present he will es
tablish the Chamber of Commer
ce office in a suite in the building
known as the Old Posto/fjce
building.
Election of Mr. Woods as sec.
retary comes as the culmination
of a series of meetings held dur
ing the past week by members,
officers and directors of the local
Chamber, in which plans for {he
future of the orgapj?at!pT\
frankly discussed, It w»** sai( j
l ist nifih 1 ; [hat dues will rern»iq
the same and {{iPt Mr. {Voods,
liile Ms predecessor, will have {he
assistance of an office secretary?
In an interview this morning
Mr. Woods expressed his person
al pleasure over the appointment
and requested the cooperation of
all members of the organization
and residents of the city.
Speaking for the members of
the organization of which he is
president, Mr. Stovall expressed
his confidence in the abilities of
the secretary-elect and said that
he has no doubt that work of the
Chamber of Commerce will con
tinue to go forward. Mr. Stovall
also said he wished to emphasize
the fact that a well established
credit bureau for the convenience
of local merchants and citizens
will be maintained by the Cham
ber.
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Newton Continues
As County Judge
In regular monthly session
members of the Person county
board of Commissioners re-elect
edW. I. Newton, of this, city as
judge of the county court. Judge
Newton, who will serve a term
of two years, has held office ever
since the position was created
Also re-elected were T. F. Da
vis as solicitor of the court and
S. G. Winstead as assistant Jud
ge.
The commissioners, after con
sideration of various routine mat
ters, agreed on a proposal to re
fund a $65,000 bonded indebted
ness contracted several years ago
for the building of the Roxboro
high school and taken over by
the county from the city. The a
mount will be refinanced in or
der to secure a better interest
rate, it is said.