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VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY * THURSDAY
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i COLDEST WEATHER IN 100
YEARS STRIKES EUROPE
Copenhagen, Denmark Tem
perature ranging down to 70 de
grees below zero were recorded
in a recordbreaking cold wave in
the northern countries this last
week.
The 70-degree level was re
corded on the Petsamo front of
Artie Finland, reports said.
At Helsinki and Moscow, the
Finnish and Russian capitals, the
temperature reached 58 below.
Wednesday was reported the
coldest day in Moscow since tem
perature recording was started
100 years ago.
WHAT WAR CAN DO IN
AMERICA IS DESCRIBED
Chapel Hill. —Frank Waldrop,
editorial writer of the Washington
Times-Herald, told the opening
session of the North Carolina
Newspaper Institute that “what
was first thought a phony war
has turned out to be serious busi
ness and the longer it last the
more dangerous it is for us.”
Mr. Waldrop drew a vivid pic
ture of what would happen should
the United States be drawn into
war by describing the war
time workings of the industrial
mobilization plan.
“We were indignant,” he de
clared, “when Hitler moved peo
ple around, but we’ll be doing
the same thing in an emergency.”
RUSSIANS FIGHT DESPERA
TELY TO REACH HOME LAND
Helsinki.—Russian forces, rout
ed within striking distance of
success in an attempt tg cut Fin
land in two with a highway andj
rail drive, were reported fighting j
a bitter rear guard battle in a,
desperate attempt to escape to
their frontier.
Advices from the Lapland front
just above the Arctic Circle, said
that the Soviet troops, after ham
mering vainly at Finnish defenses
for six weeks, suddenly abandon
ed their trenches, retreated to
ward their own border near Salla
and were fighting desperately to
night to get safely away.
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< Rfttarians Hear
On Ethics
Having as their topic “Profes
sional Ethics”, Nathan Lunsford,
prominent attorney of this city,
.and Dr. A. L. Allen, of. the Per
son County Health department,
'•were speakers at the regular
. weekly evening dinner session of
the Roxbpro Rotary club held at
■ytke Hotel Roxboro. Speaking of
(the ethics of the legal profession,
'■Mr. Lunsford explained in some
detail the standards set up by
■6lsesnbera of the bar and in the
'"tame manner Dr. Allen present
ill gn outline of professional rul-
OS of conduct established by doc
r tors of medicine.
|p§» program was presented by
J, D. Fitzgerald, who intro
|&Mad the speakers and made a
statement in conwartion
with the topic. President R. B.
i&rftttn was presiding officer and
rnmk was in charge of Wallace
Woods. Announcement was
made of the Action of Thomas
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Early political predictions were confirmed recently when President Roosevelt announced that Attorney
General Frank Murphy, left, would succeed the late Pierce Sutler as a member of the Supreme court bench.
Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson, center, replaces Murphy as attorney general, and Judge Francis Bid
dle of Philadelphia leaves the circnit court of appeals to succeed Jackson as solicitor general. The bigh court
seat has been vacant since Butler’s death on November 16, 1939. *
JOINT SESSION
OF BETHEL ILL
CLUBS PLANNED
A. G. Bullard Will Preside
Over Group Meeting At
Which Open Forum Will Be
Held.
Plans are now being made for
a joint meeting of the Farmer’s
*ClUtr afiaTKeTrSrffe 'DeriT: hstrsu'
tion club at Bethel Hill on Wed
nesday evening at 7 o’clock, ac
; cording to announcement made
| Saturday. Presiding officer will
be A. G. Bullard, teacher of ag
riculture at Bethel Hill, who is
expected to outline the purpose cf
the meeting, which is being held
in an effort to effect a closer
(partnership between husbands
and wives in the operation of
farms and homes.
An open forum discussion on
the “Outlcok for Farm Family
j Living for 1940” will be held and
I introduction of speakers will be
I made by Mrs. W. B. Humphries.
Brief talks will be made by Mrs.
J. Y Humphries, who will discuss
t health; by Mrs. E. L. Wehren
berg, who will speak concerning
foods and nutrition; by Mrs. _C.
T. Hall, who will discuss home
management; by Mrs. Clyde
Woody, who will present home
furnishings, and by Mrs. W. R.
Day and Mrs. A. G. Bullard, who
will talk on clothing.
Those in charge of the pro
gram are expecting a large and
representative attendance and it is
hoped that many citizens of the
Bethel Hill community who have
not been present at former meet
ings cf the two clubs will make a
special effort to be present.
ROBERTO AKLET
RITES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TODAY
Veteran Os Civil War Pass
es Saturday Morning At
Durham Road Residence.
Robert H. Oqkley, one of two
surviving Person county veterans
of the War Between States, died
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
at his home on the Durham road.
Mr. Oakley was 95 years of age,
and would have celebrated his
96th birthday within • short time.
Death was attributed to jn
firmaties of age. Funeral ser
vices will be held this afternoon
at 3 o’clock at the graveside at
Mt. Harmony Baptist church.
Surviving set five sons: John,
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Mrs. J. E. Bradsher
Passes Thursday
After Long Illness
Funeral services for Mrs. Es
telle King Bradsher, 31, who
died Thursday afternoon at the
home of her mother-in-law, Mrs.
W. G. Bradsher, route 1, this
city, after an illness of many
months, were conducted at 2 o’-
-pTbck Saturday" afternoon ai 'the -
Bradsher residence. Rev. E. G.
Overton, pastor of Concord Meth
odist church, of which Mrs. Brad
sher was a member, conducted the
rites. Interment took place in
Burchwood cemetery.
Mrs. Bradsher, who had been
confined to her room for more
than a year, is survived by: her
husband, James E. Bradsher;
cne son, William Graham Brad
sher, age 10; her father, W. T.
King, one sister, Mrs. Clarence
Milam, all of Roxboro, and by
three brothers, Sam and Carlton
King, of Tampa, Fla., and Ivey T.
King, of New York City.
Pallbearers were Lawrence
Hall, Charles Howard, John Win
stead, Jr., Clarence Brooks, Ellis
Dunkley and Aubrey King.
Flower bearers as follows were
members of her Sunday school
class: Mrs. T. T. Mitchell, Mrs.
Claude Long, Miss Minnie Lee
Winstead, Miss Grace Tillman,
Miss Mary Winstead, Mrs. Mon
tague Pruyear, Miss Mary Shore,
Mrs. William Mrs.
Jchn D. Winstead, Jr. and Mrs.
! Charlie How:,:d. Others were
I Miss Louise Pulliam, Mrs. Earl
Humphries, Mrs. Meade Sparrow,
Mrs. B. G. Clayton, Mrs. Mason
Crews, Mrs. Aubrey King and
Miss Mary Emma Strum.
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Belvin Barnett
Is New Manager
Announcement is made by Bel
vin Barnett that he has taken
over the management of the North
Main street Gulf service station
formerly operated as Bumpass
and Day Service Station -No. 2.
Under Mr. Barnett's manage
ment the station will be known
as Belvln’s Gulf Service Station.
Mf\ Barnett says he expects to of
fer all facilities usually associat
ed with first class service stations.
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ATTENDS CONVENTION
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A. C. Fair, of the Roxboro
Dairy Products company, was in
Pinehurst during the week, where
he attended • convention of
dairymen and dealers in milk
supplies. -
JUDGE CARR TO
OPEN COURT ON
MONDAYMORNING
Criminal Cases Will Be
Tried First. Few Important
Cases Scheduled.
With Judge Leo Carr, of Bur
lington, resident judge of the
-district- the January term of Per-*
son county Superior court will
be convened at 10 o’clock Monday
morning. The court is to be a
mixed term lasting one week.
Criminal cases, with William H.
Mprdock, of Durham, as solicitor,
will be tried during the first two
days cf the week and civil act
ions have been calendared for
Wednesday and Thursday.
Although cases of special im
portance are on the dockets, it
is expected that a number will
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Return From Rites
For Mr. Calhoun
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Mangum,
who were called to Winston-Sal
em Thursday because of the death
of Mr. Mangum’s brother-in-law,
C. Lee Calhoun, have return
ed to their home here.
Mr. Calhoun, who was a grand
son of John C. Calhoun, was kill
ed by the accidental discharge of
an automatic pistol. Funeral ser
vices were conducted Friday at
Winston-Salem and interment
took place in the family plot at
Clemson, S. C.
Along The Way
With the Editor
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Stokes Brooks, big butter and egg man from Mullins, S. C.
was in town a few days ago. Stokes owns a big hardware store
down there and the report is that he is making money hand
over fist. When he was in Roxboro he spoke as he always had
and didn’t try to flash his money around.
Here’s news Jack Strum just paid his subscription to this
paper. Jack must have been clipping coupons from his bonds
recently. Whether he paid, us the last dollar and a half he had
—we do not Know.
We notice in the papers that our old friend George Burch
is married. George must be in the money or planning to get
his hands on quite a bit soon- He waited a long time before
he married. As a matter of fact be has no hair on his head
and is even beginning to lose that baby-face look.
We noticed something the other day and couldn’t figure
out what was wrong. Hill B. Stanfield was walking around
and looked like he was “stupk up.” We couldn’t figure out
what was wrong with “Hill B.” or why he should be “stuck up”.
Then someone told us. Hill had been taken in the Kiwanis
club and the thing had cons to his bead; Perhaps he win get
accustomed to being a Kiwanian and it will not bother him
so much.
PLANS WILL BE
CONSIDERED FOR
FESTIVAL WEEK
Hospitality Program Will
Be Planned During Feb
ruary. Annual Event To Be
Staged In June.
The Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce plans to begin outlining
plans for “Hospitality Week”
during the month of February, it
was learned yesterday, although
so far little has been done in pre
paration for the 1940 event that
cobles the last week in June.
“Hospitality Week,” started last
year, was a big success on its
first birthday and in the opinion
of many people much of its suc
cess must be attributed to the
chairman of the occasion, Mrs. B.
G. Clayton. But Mrs. Clayton
has stated that she cannot serve
this year and the directors of
“Hospitality Week” have not yet
been able to elect a new chair
man.
Though the Chamber of Com
merce sponsors the venture, it is
really managed by a group of dir
ectors working separately and a
part from the Chamber of Com
merce directors. The job for the
local Chamber now is to get the
ball rolling for 1940 and then to
turn the program over to the
Hospitality committee and other
interested local citizens,
W. W. Woods, secretary of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
has said he will appreciate sug
gestions concerning a program
-for this -year and - also suggestions
as to who would make a good
chairman. It is the desire of all
concerned to start early this year
and to make the occasion even
larger and better than that of
last year if such is possible.
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Hester Released
After Posting
Appearance Bond
T. C. Hester, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Hester, prominent
residents of Person county, post
ed bond of SI,OOO Thursday of
last week and has been released
from jail in Durham, where he
had been confined since the first
of the year when he was arrested
bn a charge of passing counter
feit bills
One other white man, Charlie
Oliver, cf Durham, held on sim
ilar charges is at liberty under
$3,000 bond. Three Negroes are
also charged with complicity in
the business. Trial of all five is
scheduled to be held at the win
ter term of the United States
district court which opens Febru
ary 5.
SUNDAY, JAN. 21, 1939
I. G. Greer Will
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Be Dinner Guest
At Scout Affair
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I. G. GREER
i. G. Greer, General Superin
tendent of the Thomasville or
pending several days in Raleigh
phanage is to be chief speaker at
the Cherokee Council Annual
Boy Scout banquet to be held in
Reidsville, January 23rd. At pre
sent, Mr. Greer is in Washington
at the request of President Roose
velt attending a conference of
several nationally known youth
leaders on the youth problems of
America.
Mr. Greer is known through
-out~tbe South as a very .capable
speaker on boys and all who have
heard him state that there is nev
er a dull moment in one of his
talks. Before becoming superin
tendent of the orphanage, Mr.
Greer taught at Teacher’s college
and he is an authority on folk
lore, songs and habits of the
mountainers.
Fathers of all Scouts and Cubs
are urged to contact some of the
Scout officials and make their
reservations for the banquet,
which will be at 7:00 p. m„ South
End school, Reidsville.-
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JOHN H. GARRETT
DIES SUDDENLY
Rites For Prominent Per
son Farmer Will Be Con
ducted This Afternoon At
Residence Os Son.
John H. Garrett, 76, for many
years a prominent Person county
farmer, died Saturday morning
at 10:30 o’clock at the residence
of his son, E. W. Garrett, in the
Barton’s Mill community, after
an illness of three days with
pneumonia. Mr. Garrett retired
from active farming several years
ago and had since then made his
home in the Barton’s Mill commu
nity.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock at the E. W. Garrett re
sidence by Elder Lex Chandler,
of the Primitive Baptist church,
and interment will take place in
the family cemetery.
Surviving are seven sons: Geor
ge H., E. W., W. A., O. J., J. R.,
S. R., and D. R. Garrett, all of
Person county; five daughters,
Mrs. Maria Clayton, Mrs. Chalie
Mcßroom and Mrs. John Mooney,
of Person county, and Mrs. Ruth
James and Mrs. R. A. Pearce, of
Durham. Also surviving are 33
grandchildren.
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GO TO RALEIGH
R. L. Perkins and W. R. Minor
attended a meeting of ofttnUh of
the North Carolina State Hair
held in Raleigh at the Sb Wetter
hotel Wednesday.
rHE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPApSStr
A LE ADER AT ALL TOOK-
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
CAFE SCORES OF .
MONTH REVEALED
BY SANITARIAN
Roxboro Diner Has High
est Score, Followed By
Four Others..
Five local cases have received
monthly sanitary scores during
the past month of 90 or above, ac
cording to the report of Perron
County Sanitarian, T. J. Fow
ler, released yesterday. Highest
score of 94.5 was received by the
Roxboro Diner. Others in the high
brackets for the month are: Ho
tel Roxboro, 93.5; Royal Case,
93.5; Feedwell Case, 91.0 and
People’s Case, 90.0.
In connection with his report
Mr. Fowler issued a statement
stressing the importance cf
Grade A” certification of res
taurants and of the public’s ac
ceptance of “Grade A” establish
ments in preference to others of
lower rating.
This statement, together with
other case ratings here, is printe i
below. In Mr. Fowler’s opinion:
- When the public sees a “Grade
A” certificate displayed in a case
or hotel, it is a guarantee that the
establishment is maintained in a
sanitary condition and wholesome -
and well prepared food is ser
ved. In order to display a grade
“A” certificate the management
must fully meet thirty eight sani
tary requirements required by
the State Board of Health. When
the requirements are not met in
the very best way possible the
cases are graded B and C accord
ingly.
Some of the requirements are:
A well lighted kitchen, dining
room, and wash room, a doable
compartment sink for dish wash
ing with hot and cold water, the
dishes must be scalded dry with
out the use of towels, a clean
kitchen with good cooking uten
sils, all silver and glassware must
be thoroughly clean, all help ■;
be tested and approved, toilet
facilities must be maintained and
the surroundings must be kept \
clean.
The following are the addition
al grades obtained in the recent,.,
inspection:
Grade A is 90 to 100, Grade B
is 80 to 90, Grade C is 70 to 80.
All places not rating at least 70'
were closed.
Brown Bobby, 87.5; Moon
Glow (c), 88.0; Blue Bird (c),
88.0; Boody’s Place, 85.0; King’-
Palace, 80.0; Red Lane Case, 73.0;
Mundy’s Lunch, 72.0; George’s
Place, 70.0; New Home Case (c),
71.0; People’s Lunch (c), 70.0;
Lynhaven Case, 47.0.
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MARKET SELLS
SIX MILLION POUNDS
DURING SEASON:
242,522 Pounds Os Tobacco
Sold During Second Selling
Week After Christman.
* The Roxboro Tobacco market ■_
sold 242,522 pounds of tobacco
last week for the sum of $23,653.-
56, according to reports filed Sat
urday. Prices were low and the
quality poor. The local market
has sold a total of 5,994,971 lbs.
for the season which is aimo’A
twice as much as was sold here
last seaon.
So far a closing date has not
been named, but it is understood
that the market will close around .
the first of February. The enact _.
closing date will probably be de
cided upon this week.
All four houses will ntmia
open until the season ends. und
all fe#en will rwMria on, ttue
markat- v.