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HARRIS RELATES
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BEARED STORY
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Otharo Os Delegation To
Scout Council Dinner At
ReidsVille Are Delayed.
||— local citizens, represent-
Jng the Person and Roxboro
Council “of Boy Scouts of Amer.
\ \ Sea, attended" the annual Chero
■ kee district council banquet and
!£ get-together held Tuesday after
■ noon apd night at Reidsville. but
by 10 O'clock this morning appar.
ently only one of them, R. L.
JHawis, who left the banquet ear-
iy and went to Greensboro, had
returned.
The others, including O. B. Mc-
Broom, president of the local
council, Hen|ry OBriant, F. O.
Carver, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Woods and Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Rynd are, to all re
ports still on the way home, some
what in the manner of going a
- ~Sfol(j*d aijd around the little red
barn.
JThe eight Person representa
tives, acording to Mr. Harris,
V traveled the greatest distancf of
any of those and totiSLat
tendance at. the MMiiet was a
. ' bout 150. the
ville Rotary and.ltiwanis clubs,
Reidsville members of the co&n
--r cii, together wfcfc
| from Alamance,’ and Caswell
.counties were others in /kiiea?
oance. Speaket for the
was I. G. Greer, qt Thomasville
v Orphanage, Thomasville.
. t Mr. Harris left the council din
prior to election of officers
fC' and awarding of prizes and could
Sajlttherefore give no information
these points, although he re
g? ported toe g#flierjng to be a very
■f' Enjoyable, if snowed in, affair.
Last night Mr. Mcßroom tele
phoned his residence here to the
effect that toe members of his
‘.party had readied Durham by
train byway of Greensboro, but
toid missed*'connections in Dur
> ham and would spend the night
j there before coming on to this
city. Mr. McßrooU) and those in
hjar party made the trip up by
, automobile but- were forced to
lgjjge their car at Reidsville.
> Harris, who made his es
cape because <Sf a jMrevibus en
gagement plan
|jjk, ned to spend’ mmfc there, but
found the':lio|telS full of other
’ stranded quests. For lack of any
betfer solution of .‘the problem
” Mr, Harris took a bight train to
Raleigh which left'Greensboro at
Sj&iabQHt the b@ur it was supposed to
® be“ due in Raleigh. Wednesday
morning Me Harris completed
P his'business in, Raleigh and re
turned to this city by train.
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Washington, Jon. 23 Senator
Bailey (D., U. C.) said today the
of tithe British embargo on
tobacco was at its pre
sent =Mge one that “must be
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« telegram from
Poe, North Caro
mmitiMjt fffoj Egor, Bailey said con
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BttTt Feis, the state
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY Sr THURSDAY
Smallest Republic Observes 200th Anniversary
mm DyHfl wBP Y / \j SAN MARINO
EJ 1 I Area. 38 Squaro .
San Marino, oldest and smallest republic in Enrope, celebrates the 200th anniversary of its inde
pendence in February. Perched on a rock in the heart of Italy, (see map and picture at lower left) San Ma
rino is governed by a great council of 60 members, two of whom exercise executive powers for a term of
six months. Free of debt, the country has postage stamps and coinage of its own. It maintains a military
force of 39 officers and 900 men (upper left). Abraham Lincoln was an honorary citizen of San Marino.
Five Dollar Fine To Snowball
In Roxboro*s Business District
Criminal Docket
Finished On Day
Eourt Is Opened
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Finishing the criminal docket
of Person Superior court by late
Monday afternoon; after the trial
of a bare half-dozen cases, Judge
Leo Carr, of Burlington, ordered
a recess of the court until Wed
nesday morning when trial of the
civil calendar was scheduled to
begin. On Tuesday night, how
ever, after toe beginning of the
heavy snow which fell Tuesday
afternoon arid Tuesday night.
Judge Carr in a communica
tion by telephone told local court
officials that court would not be
gin until Thursday morning.
Most important criminal case
disposed of Monday was, perhaps,
the one involving Ewell Eskrid
ge and Lewis Poole, two Negroes
charged with breaking, entering
and larceny, as the result of thefts
of firearms fromc the Hall Hard
ware company here in December
of last year.
Both Eskridge and Poole pled
guilty and received sentences cf
not less than four, nor more than
seven years in state prison.
Carl Winstead, Negro, charged
with disposition of mortgaged
property, by directed verdict of
the court was found not guilty,
and Robert Harris, also a Negro,
charged with abandonment and
nen-support, pled guilty, but re
ceived a suspended sentence of
two years on the roads under
condition 'that he contribute to
the support of his wife and child
ren and report to toe court at
stated intervals to shew com
pliance.
Arthur Newman, Negro, pled
guilty to a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon, and received
sentence of six months on the
roads. Four Negroes, Charlie
Pierce, Dezdee Cannady, Hender
son Stanfield, Jr r , and Wright
Coleman, charged with attempt to
commit rape, pled guilty of for
cible trespass and received sen
tence of eight months on the
roads, sentences suspended under
probation.
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“The greatest test of courage
on the earth is to bear defeat
without losing heart”
—lngersoll
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“What a new face courage £uts
on everything!”
—Emerson.
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Snow Causes Some Dam
age To Roofs and Forces
People To Remain At Home
Until Late Hour Wednes
day Morning.
Other News' Items
A new police order for Rox
boro reads: “Five dollar fine to
throw a snowball in the business
district of Roxboro.” This police
order, says James C. Harris, city
manager, is to prevent window
glasses from being broken by
hard sncw balls. Yesterday found
many boys and men throwing
snowballs in the business dis
trict and the new order was
deemed necessary.
The snow that fell Tuesday and
Wednesday created many items
of interest and caused much dam
age in some places. Practically
the entire back end of a building
on Main street that* had been
used by the Tar Heel Chevrolet j
| Co. caved in. This was that sec- j
I tion of the building that had been j
I used as a repair department and I
I was net a main part of the build-:
i ing. The building was unoccu
j pied at the time as the Chevrolet -
company had just moved.
Several men were employed to
remove snow from the Winstead'
' warehouse. There was no damage
I there and much of the snow was
j removed by Wednesday night.
I Stcres in Roxboro did not open
| on time Wednesday morning. No
one was in a rush to break the
path and there really didn’t seem
to be much need to' get to the
stores. Department stores reported
heavy sales of boots, overshoes
and galoshes.
A majority of Roxboro’s main
streets were open for traffic by
Wednesday night. People were
forced to walk in the streets as
the sidewalks were not cleared.
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“Pinafore” Will Be
Given Next Week
Chapel Hill, Jan. 25 Plans,
are being made for presentation
of the Carolina Playmakers’ pro
duction of the Gilbert and Sulli
van opera, “H. M. S. Pinafore” i
On the evening of Friday and
Saturday,. February 2 and 3. Re
servations may be secured from
the business office at the Play
makers theatre and season tick
jets may be used, according to
theatre officials.
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Farm Program Will
Not Be Presented
At Scheduled Hour
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Cancellation of a program on
farm problems scheduled to have
been presented Friday morning
at the Person county courthouse
was announced today by Miss
Bessie Daniel, of the local farm
agency office, who received the
information from Raleigh about
ten o’clock this morning.
Cancellation was made because
of adverse weather conditions and
the subsequent dangers of travel
ing. It is probable that the meet
ing, with speakers fram the State
College extension department,
will be held at a later date. Fur
ther announcement will be made
as soon as a new date can be ar
ranged.
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CIVILIZATION
“No one is so savage that he
cannot become civilized, if he
will lend a patient ear to cul
ture.”
—Horace.
Offices Os Mill Viewed
At Evening Open House
In celebration of the opening
of the new* office building of
plant E of the Collins and Aik
man corporation at Ca-Vel, near
this city, officials of the company
observed a community open
house Tuesday evening between
the hours cf 7:30 and 10 o’clock.
Despite the inclement weather
a good number of local citizens
and employees of the corpora
tion were present to inspect the
building, a large well-lighted
structure with a commodious
central office, as well as private
offices for officials.
Also provided are rest rooms
and a department for medical
treatment equipped with a num
ber of beds and hospital facilities,
as well as rooms for scientific
testing of materials used in weav
ing velvets and other cloths pro
duced by the plant.
As a special feature of the ev
ening a motion picture showing
the processes of weaving and
finishing of various types of cloth
was shown during the latter part
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CANDLES GO OUT
BUT KIWANIANS
EAT THEIR CAKE
Enjoyable Silver Anniver
sary Kiwanis International
Program Presented Mon
day Evening.
Cake topped with burned spots
and melted tallow came near be
ing the piece de resistance at the
meeting of the Roxboro Kiwanis
club when, in celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the
feunding of Kiwanis Internation
al members of the local club at
their Monday evning dinner ses
sion at the Hotel Roxboro had on
the banquet table a huge three
tired birthday cake blazing with
the appropriate number of can
dles.
The candles, according to re
ports. as birthday candles will
sometimes do, burned down to
“cake-top” before the program, in
charge of vice-president Ben
Brown, Hill Stanfield and George
Currier, was completed, but after
the tapers were snuffed cut (or
puffed out) the members assur
ed the program committee that
Kiwanis’ silver anniversary had
been appropriately observed, des
pite miscalculations as to burn
ing speeds. They also said the
cake was good.
Presiding at the “cake” din
ner was the club president, F. O.
Carver, Jr., and although no for
mal addresses were delivered,
Messers. Brown, Stanfield and
"Currier eacF'madrTeranrter-per=
taining to the history of Kiwanis
International and to the local
club’s part in the programs of the
large organization.
More specific information con
cerning the history of the local
club was furnished by Jimmy
Millican, who called upon each
one of the charter members pre
sent and requested him to stand
for a movement’s recognition. Mr.
Millican also gave a list of for
mer presidents of the club, the
first of whem was Baxter Man
gum.
Special' guest of the evening
was Thomas Hatchett.
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ATTEND SHORT COURSE
Person county representatives
at the tobacco short course held
at State College, Raleigh, last
week included W. J. Snipes, Gat
tis Davis and O. R. Yarborough,
who reported that they found the
course both instructive and pro
fitable.
TRAIN SERVICE
MAINTAINED
Although train service on the
local Norfolk and Western line
was slightly behind schedule
Tuesday night and Wednesday,'
officials at the Roxboro Railway
station said last night that no
major interruption in service has
been experienced here.
of the evening.
In use since late in the fall,
the building was constructed by
the George W. Kane company, of
this city. Officers of the corpora
tion present last night included
S. M. Ford, plant executive, Ben
Brown, office manager, and B. B.
Man gum, personnel director. Also
assisting were Misses Elizabeth
Cheek, Miss Winnie McWhorter
and other women of the office
staff. Refreshments consisting of
punch and cake were served dur
ing the evening.
THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1940
Deepest Snowfall In Recent
Years Blankets Person Area
CHURCH PEOPLE
ENJOYBANQUET
Officers, Teachers and La
Leaders of Person Circuit
Hear Rev. J. H. Shore and
Rev. Mr. Overton.
With an attendance of about
sixty officers, Sunday School
teachers and lay leaders of
churches of the Person circuit,
a successful fellowship banquet
wa held at the Rcxboro commu
nity house Monday night, accord
ing to report received from the
Rev. E. G. Overton, minister in
charge of the five churches com
prising the circuit.
Dinner was prepared by wo
men of Oak Grove church and
served at 7 o’clock in the evening.
This was followed by a discussion
of the “Methodist Advance Mo
vement” as well as by a consid
eration of problems connected
with the year’s operation of the
local churches. Speakers included
the Rev. J. H. Shore, retired
Methodist minister, now resident
in Person county, and the Rev.
Mr. Overton.
Announcement was maade by
Mr. Overton that there will be a
North Caarolina conference “Ad
vance Movement” meeting at Ed
enton Street church, Raleigh,
on February 6, and that a district
meeting for purpose will
be held at Trinity church, Dur
ham, on February 15. Although
no special representatives will
be delegated to represent the
churches on Person Circuit, Mr.
Overton said that he expected a
representative delegation from
the various churches to attend
both the conference and district
meetings. The district meeting is
to take the form of a Missionary
institute.
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“COMMON COLDS”
FURNISH THEME
FOR DISCUSSION
Mrs. Vincent Talks to Mem
bers of Roxboro Parent-
Teacher association Tues
day.
Classifying the “Common Cold”
as “Public Enemy No. 1”, Mrs.
Blanche Vincent, of the nursing
staff of the Person County Health
department, spoke to the Rox
boro Parent-Teacher associaation
at their minthly meeting Tuesday
afternoon on the “Cause, Preven
tion and Cure of the Common
Cold.”
Mrs. Vincent, speaking in the
absence of the scheduled speaker,
Dr. A. L. Allen, who was unable
to be present because of illness,
said that colds, as proved by ex
priments in Alaska, are not caus
ed by cold or winter weather
but are spread by contact with
the cold virus, which is too small
to be seen by the naked eye and
is most frequently transmitted
by kissing, by use of a common
drinking cup and by contact with
the hands.
The meting was opened by the
president, Mrs. R. H.. &heltan and
devotionals were led Rev.
Thomas H, pastor of
the Roxboro Presbyterian church.
At a short business meeting a
donation wat made to the
fund and a sum was contributed
for the purpose of purchasing
student patrol cass. Mrs. Hugh
Beam, attendance chairman, re
ported 172 mfattfcfcrs are now en
rolled on the Parent-Teacher reg-
THE TIMES IS PERSON!
PREMIER NEWSPAPER 1
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
Schools Closed Until Mon
day. Court Resumed This
Morning for Trial of Civil
Cases.
Under a blanket of snow var
iously estimated between ten and
sixteen inches deep, with drifts
in some places of much greater
depth, Person county and Rox
boro, like the rest of North Caro
lina- and much of the southern
area suffered a virtual suspen
sion of business arid social acti
vity Wednesday morning.
County and city schools were
closed and according to announ
cement from Person Superintend
ent of Schools, R. B. Griffin, they
will remain closed until Monday
morning of next week. This act
ion, Superintendent Griffin said,
has been taken because of prac
tically impassable roads and
streets, although main streets of
the city and principal highways
are being gradually opened to
traffic and many streets and high
way crews worked Tuesday, night
and into Wednesday morning in
an effort to keep roads open.
Person Superior court, schedul
ed to be reconvened yesterday
morning for trial of civil cases,
following completion of the cri
minal docket Monday, was post
poned until this morning by or
der of Judge Leo Carr, who tele
phoned Person court officials last
night in regard to delay in op
ening.
Also practically suspended mir
the work at the county health da-,
partment, while merchants re
ported that business was at a
standstill. Likewise affected wina
telephone service, with Severn!
wires in the city down.
Motorists in the city became
walkers Wednesday morning but.
did not so easily give up during
the night and garage men labor
ed past mid-night responding te
calls from drivers whose cars
were stuck in drifts. Other cars,
caught in a full night of snow,
stayed where they were yester
day.
“School Days” Will
Not Be Presented
Friday Evening
Because of the recent heavy
snow an indefinite-'postponement
of “School Days.!’ a comedy pro
duction scheduled to have been
tomorrow night at
Roxboro high school auditorium,
was announced today. The pro
duction, under the auspices cf
the Roxboro Parent-Teachers as
sociation and directed by Mrs. B.
G. Clayton, head of the high
school dramatics department,
will be given at a later date,
sometime after resumption of re
gular school ctivities. Schools of
the city and county which have
been closed since Tuesday after,
noon are expected to be re-open
ed Monday of this next week.
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Court Reconvenes
After Long Recess
Following the arrival of Judge
Leo Carr, of Burlington, who
reached here about 11 o’clock this
morning, Person County Superior
Court was reconvened for the
trial of cases on the civil dofcket
Although several cases were be-,
fore the court during the daf, it
is expected that work Will be:
continued through Friday. ’
Some county residents report
ed difficulties in reaching the
city this morning but enough per
sons concerned with the Opera
tion of the court Were on hand .
to carry oh its work. ~ t J.