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VOLUME XI
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PRESIDENT URGES
STRONGER NATIONAL
DEFENSE
Washington, D. C.—A stronger
national defense financed by new
taxes, a continuation of New
Deal policies, and a national uni
ty reinforced by “calmness, toler
ance and cooperative wisdom,”
were urged upon Congress today
toy President Roosevelt, in a mes
sage delivered personally to the
newly-convened session.
These things, backed by an ex
tension of the administration’s
authority to reduce tariffs by
agreement with other countries,
Should be sufficient, he said, to
protect the nation against any
tendency toward dictatorship at
home and “world-wide forces of
disintegration” as well.
; For the rest, Btr. Roosevelt
pledged anew his determination
.to keep the United States out of
the war abroad, and let it be
known, to the ironical cheers of
the Republican membership, that
the budget to be submitted to
morrow would include a reduct
ion in all important items except
that of national defense.
APARTMENT HOTEL FIRE
CLAIMS 18 LIVES
Minneapolis—A cigarette toss
ad down a garbage chute was
, blamed today for fire that claim
ed at least 18 lives at the Marl
borough Apartment Hotel in the
worst disaster in this ■'city’s his
tory.
Only 12 victims had been
identified as firemen prodded a
bout in the wreckage of the three
' story, 45-year-old building, seek
'ing the bodies of additional
yktms.
Red Cross workers said there
yrere 114 persons in the building
wltfen the fire broke out. Os these,
18 were known dead, 53, had
registered with the Red Cross as
either uninjured or slightly in
jured, and 19 were unaccounted
for.
BORAH AVOIDS
“DANGEROUS” ROOSEVELT
INFLUENCE
Washington Senator Borah
(R-Ida) stayed away from the
joint session of Congress today
because he did not want to fall
under the spell of the Roosevelt
voice. ~
It’s dangerous to listen to
BttMevelt because he could re
£te an example in algebra and
puke it interesting,” Borah told
with a smile. “When I
want to- know what he said, ,1
kave to sit down and read it. Be
Ipored that I will read his
As a matter of fact, Borah said
Be' couldn't remember when ne
|m44ieard a President deliver his
Ihpening message to Congress.
TAKES PLACE LEFT VACANT
BV DEATH OF H. M. LONDON
Raleigh,—Wooford F. Humph
ries, former State land grant clerk
!'|*re and now deputy clerk of
iplbcombe Superior Court, has
named as director of the
Smartment of publications of
J0I&- Secretary of State’s office,
the late Henry M.
London.
! The appointment was made by
pSSCTStary of State Thad _ Eure.
Hpjk'lut legislature moved the
s ioB «f legislative reference li
pph. which had been held by
' London for 20 years, into the
pffic* of Secretary of State.
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
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PAUL V. McNUTT
Paul V. McNutt, prominently mentioned as a presidental nomi
nee in 1940, will deliver the main address at the Jackson Day dinner
Raleigh on January 8. Mr. McNutt now heads the huge Federal
Security Agency as administrator, which includes the Social Security
Board, the National Youth Administration, the C. C. C., the Public
Hel)jth Service and the Office of Education. For seven years Dean
of the Indiana University college of law, Mr. McNutt became Gover
nor'pi Indiana in 1933, and after establishing a remarkable record
as ah efficient and able administrator and leader, was appointed High
Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, in 1937 by President Roose
velt, who last July named him as head of the newly created Federal
Security Ageney. He-enlisted fer-War Service in 1917, rising-to the
rank oi Lieutenant Colonel, and is a past national commander of
The American l_,egion.
SCOUT COUNCIL
MEETS TUESDAY
Illness Os Speaker May De
lay Scheduled Annual
Cherokee Council Banquet.
Regular monthly meeting of
the Person and Roxboro council
of the Boy Scouts of America will
be held in the office of Dr. A. F.
Nichols Tuesday evening at 7:30
o’clock, according to announce
ment from the chairman, O. B.
Mcßroom. Mr. Mcßroom said that
time of meeting has been moved
up one week because of the sche
duled annual Cherokee council
banquet meeting to be held at
Reidsville next week. .
Information from A. P. Patter
eon, executive of the Cherokee
council, who resides at Reids
ville, indicates, however, that the
proposed banquet session there
may have to be delayed one week
because of the fact that Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, who was expect
ed to be chief speaker, is now a
patient at Duke hospital, Durham,
where he underwent an opera
tion Thursday. Definite announce
ment as to the date of the ban
quet will be made later, Mr. Pat
terson said, as soon as arrange,
ments to secure another speaker
can be made.
Lewis S. Cannon
To Make Address
On Thursday night at 7:30 o’-
clock Lewis S. Cannon, princi
pal of Bethel Hill school, will ad
dress the parent teachers associa
tion of Bushy Fork school on “Sa
fety Patrol Work in the Public
Schools”. The meeting will be
held at Bushy Fork school and a
large attendance is requested.
Other features of safety work
in the schools will be discussed by
Mrs. G. S. Slaughter. I
ImonlMinies
BURNS FATAL TO
SWANSON CHILD
Final Rites Held This Af
ternoon At Woody’s Funer
al Home.
William Arthur Swanson, three
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Swanson, of near Leasburg,
died at Comunity hospital, this
city, early Friday morning from
the effects of bums received
Thursday afternoon when his
clothing caught fire as he was
standing in front of an open fire
at the family residence.
His mother, who was in an ad
joining room, heard the child’ f
screams for help and rushed to
his aid, but before she could
reach him his garments were a
blaze. Taken at once to the hos
pital, the little boy lived through
the night but death came at 7:10
o’clock in the morning.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at two o’-
clock at Woody’s Funeral Home
by the Rev. Roy Monk. Interment
took place in the annex of Burch
wood cemetery, this city. Uncle*
of the child served as pallbearers.
Survivors include: the parents;
three brothers, Warren, Arvin
Nichols and Walfcce Allen Swan
son and three sisters, Mary Hel
en, Janie Lou and Peggie Ann
Swanson.
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Seven Boys Go
To Camp Victor
Seven OCC enrollees were ad
mitted to Camp Victor, at Madi
son, from this county on Thurs
day. Those received were Gardner
K. Adcock, William S. Day, Al
an Jones, Stewart Hatcher, John
Thomas Stone, Albert Tate and
John L. Thaxton.
“Our ideals are our better sel
ves.”
—Alcott
Melvin H. Burke
Enters Law Office
Melvin H. Burke, former sec
retary of the Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce, who recently re
signed his position in order to re
turn to the practice of law, ac
cording to announcement yester
day by Nathan Lunsford, promin
ent barrister of this city, has en
tered his office and will be as
sociated with him in general prac
tice.
Mr. Burke moved '.into offices
adjoining Mr, Lunsford’s in the
Thomas-Carver building the. first
cf the week. «
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Water Pipe Leak
Floods Baseinents
In Two Stores
For two days workmen of the
city waterworks and sewerage de
partment have been digging into
the Main street at a fire hydrant
at the Reams avenue comer in
front of Sergeant and Clayton’s
store attempting to find the
source of a flow of water into the
basement of the store.
Efforts of workmen were re
warded Saturday afternoon when
a leak was discovered in a main
line water pipe. In the middle of
the afternoon no repairs had been
made, but it is thought it will
not be long before the seepage
can be checked.
In the meantime water has also
begun to creep into the basement
cf Long, Bradsher hardware
company, and on the street out
side the Saturday crowds, like
sidewalk lookers in New York,
stand around and stare at the
hole in the pavement.
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Will Manage
King’s Palace
Marshall Twisdale and Flynt
Oliver, well known young men
of this city, this week assumed
management cf King’s Palace,
popular Durham road restaurant
and will operate it during the
illness of Coleman King, prop
rietor of the establishment. Mr.
King, who has been a patient at
Community hospital for more
than a month, will take a leave
of absence of several months in
order to regain his health.
Mr. Twisdale, for some time,
has been Mr. King’s assistant and
I Mr. Oliver has had considerable
experience in restaurant business.
He is a son of Chief of Police S.
A. Oliver, of this city.
Along The Way
With the Editor
you never can tell about a man. Take R. L. “Taft” Perkins for
instance. One cold day last week this writer saw Taft on his way
to his home, It was about three o’clock in the afternoon and was
getting colder by the minute. You would never guess wky he was
going home. Taft was on his way home to take a bath. What a man.
Flash—Local boy makes good. W. W. Woods has been elected
secretary of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce. Here’s a tip on
what we expect from the new secretary the first year. (1) Excellent
airport. (2) White Way for main street (3) Four or five new mills.
(4) More business development in Roxboro such as stores, etc. (5)
About fifty new members of the Chamber of Commerce. (6) Main
lire railroad running through the city and county, etc., etc., etc.,
ihis writer might as well confess—if he doesn’t someone in this
office will put it in this column anyway. Santa brought him a set
of goit clubs' and he is now looking for golf breeches.
l hey say that birds are so scarce in this county • that Fred
Masten doesn’t even care much about hunting.
i< sash—Commissioner Phil Thomas does not care to talk business
out ct his place of business. When he leaves the store he leaves all
of his cares and troubles there and is just as happy and carefree as
ne can be.
Uur old friend Robert “Salty” Mills spent several lays in Rox
boro during Christmas. He is not President of R. J. R Tobacco yet,
but give him time.
Golf Course Work Has Made Much
Progress During The Past Two Months
New Canners Add
To Effectiveness
Os Club Progarm
With the recent addition of four
steam pressure canners, the total:
number new in use by Person
county Home Demonstration club
women has been increased to'
eight, according to a statement
made yesterday by Miss Velma
Beam, director of club work a
meng the women in the county.
These four new canners, given
through the courtesy of the Peo
ples Bank, in this city, also don
ors of the first four last year, have
doubled the effectiveness of the
Home Demonstration canning
projects and are in constant use
by women of the county, said
Miss Beam, who also expressed
appreciation of the Home Demon
stration organization and club
members for this increase in can
ners available for use.
During the past year, according
to Miss Beam, there has been a
wide-spread interest throughout
the county in canning by approv
ed methods and much of the suc
cess of the program may be attri
buted to the equipment furnished
ed by the bank.
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Safety Will Be
Topic At Club
Mrs. Bilf Flythe, field repre
sentative of the State Highway
Safety division, will be speaker
at the monthly meeting of the
Roxboro Woman’s Club, at the
Community house, Monday after
noon at 3 o’clock, according to
announcement from the club pre
sident, Mrs. R. C. Hall.
Mrs. Flythe will discuss high
way safety and Mrs. Hall said
a full attendance-is urged, since
the address is to deal with a topic
of importance to all citizens of
this community.
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Troop 49 Has
Regular Session
Boy Scouts of America Troop
.49 held its regular meeting
Wednesday night at 7:00 at tht
community house. Good turns
were given and three boys were
received for tenderfoot awards.
Afterwards a game of first-aid
baseball was played. During
Christmas baskets were taken
to poor families, they were ap
preciated greatly.
SUNDAY, JAN. 7, 1940
Dark Victory
Blind since birth, Miss Lillian Hill
man of New York saw a lifetime
ambition realized recently when she
was given a specially written part
in a new Guild Theater play, “The
World We Make.”
Rotary Club Has
Question And
Answer Program
For their first 1940 program
members of the Roxboro Rotary
club, meeting at the Hotel Rox
boro Thursday evening, submitt
ed to a quiz session on club af
fairs by one of their fellow mem
bers, Claude T-JHaIL Calling, up
on the members one by one, Mr.
Hall tested their “Vocational Ac
quaintance” by asking them to
identify one another by their clas
sifications as club members.
At the end of the hour Mr.
Hall was compelled to close his
quiz before it wal. completed, but
in the opinion of the members
present, he uncovered an aston
ishing amount of historical infor
mation pertaining to the club.
Prior to the presentation cf the
program the regular dinner ses
sion was held.
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TOBACCO MARKET
OPENS FOR TRADE
FIRST OF WEEK
After Closing For Christ
mas Four Warehouses In
City Are Ready For Busi
ness.
The Roxboro Tobacco market
will re-open for the sale of leaf
tobacco Monday, January 8. All
four houses in this city will be
ready for business and the same
set of buyers that were here be
fore the holidays will be back on
the Bth.
The Roxboro market has sold
five and one-half million pounds
of tobacco during the present
season and it is thought that this
figure may be rounded out ints
an even seven pounds be
fore the season closes. Quite a bit
of tobacco remains in the county
and much of this will find its
way to the Roxboro market.
A definite closing date for the
season has not been named, but
it is understood that markets in
this belt will remain open until
sometime in February.
The season of ’39-’4O marks one
of the best that Roxboro has en
joyed for many years from a
standpoint of pounds sold. Dur
ing the 1938-39 season the local
market sold three and a half
million pounds; the present sea
son will probably double thst fig.
un.
THE TIMES IS PERSON? **?!*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Grass Not To Be Sown 1
i
Until Spring. Sewer Pro
ject Now Being Carried
Out.
Although 54 men have been
busy at work on the Roxboro
golf course for the past several
days and much progress has been
made, City Manager James C.
Harris stated Friday that these
men have now been transferred
to the sewer project and little
additional work will be done on
the golf course until spring. At
that time grass will be sown on
the fairways and the course should
be in fair shape by midsummer.
A number of men will be used
to sow the grass and finish the
course in the spring and officials
of the project have really made
progress during the past two
months, so that it seems as if the
community will eventually have
a good nine-hole golf course.
The club house is in excellent
shape and is ready for all festivi
ties that may take place either
this winter or next spring, Mr.
Harris said.
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MILD CASES OF
INFLUENZA ARE i
REPORTEDHERE
Typhoid Fever An Import
and Item In December
Health Report.
Though few actual cases were
reported, the beginning of a mild
epidemic of influenza was obser
ved in Person county in Decem
ber, according to the monthly re
port submitted yesterday by Dr.
A. L. Allen, director of the Per
son unit of the Orange-Person-
Caswell health department.
Prominent in health news of
the month, said Dr. Allen, was
the occurrence of two cases of
typhoid fever, the first incidence
of this disease in a year and a
half. Both cases were diagnosed
in a county residence, lacking
adequate sanitary facilities, and
discovery of them was made
shortly after a statement had
been issued by the department
stressing the importance of tbs
privy project.
Five new cases of syphilis were
reported in December, but chick
en pox and whooping cough lead
in the incidence of communicable
diseases, with 27 each.
In school hygiene 280 pupils
were given physical examina
tions; 144 were given the Schick
test for diphtheria and 465 attend
ed health talks. Patients given
fluoroscopic examinations foe
tuberculosis reached 44 and 18
nursing home visits were paid.
Blood tests were given to 40
in the syphilis clinics; treatments
were received by 380 and patients
enrolled numbered 160. SmalL
pox vaccinations reached 242
typhoid 140, while toxoid vaccin
ations totaled 18. In maternity
Care 18 pregnant yromen were
examined ty physicians and if
were recipients of contraceptive
advice. *
In the sanitation department
39 case inspections were report
ed, 7 new privies were installed,
and 3 sewer lines surveyed.
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ILL AT HOME
R. H. Griffin, of Raleigh, fa
ther of Person County Superin
tendent of Schools, R. B. Griffin,
suffered a stroke of paralysis
Wednesday at his residence. Mr.
Griffin, who visited his father
Thursday, reported that his con
dition is not serious, although he
will be confined to his bed for
some time. T