IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY A THURSDAY
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COMMITTEE MAKES IT LESS
DIFFICULT TO CONSIDER
FOREIGN LOANS
Washington—The Senate bank
ing and currency committee
pointed the way to possible non
military loans to Finland and
other Scandinavian countries
when it approved, 17 to 2, a bill
increasing the Export-Import
Bank’s revolving fund by SIOO,-
000,000.
Despite the overwhelming vote,
Congressional leaders were chary
of predicting ultimate disposition |
of the issue which has become
known as the most scorching of
political hot potatoes.
The measute faces innumera
ble obstacles and even if it hur
dles them there is no guarantee
that Finland will get a loan. The
bill now goes to the Senate forei
gn relations committee which will
consider it in the light of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
BRISK TRADE REPORTED
ON FURNITURE MARKET
High Point Although Tues
day’s 19-inch snowfall will have
a noticeable effect on the mar
ket for the remainder of the week,
several exhibitors stated today
that they had experienced more
business in the first two days of
Southern Furniture and Rug
Market than they had expected.
Registration at the market at
noon today'was 102.
Buyers at the market repre
sented North and South Caro
lina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia,
and West Virginia.
MRS. PHOENIX DINES •
WITH PAUL V. M’NUTT
Washington Mrs. Bess Phoe
nix. of RaaJeigh, former president
of the North Carolina Young De
mocratic clubs, dined with Demo
cratic Presidential candidate
Paul V. McNutt.
The meeting, however, does not
necessarily hold political signi
ficance. Mrs. Phoenix, as secre>
tary of the North Carolina Auto
mobile Dealers association, was
an honor guest at the annual
banquet of the National associa
tion which was addressed by the
Federal Security administration.
Speaking of “social security
and business security” McNutt
closed a three-day meeting in
which Mrs. Phoenix has been a
most active participant.
MARINE CHARGED WITH
DEATH OF FORMER TAR
HEEL TOBACCO SALESMAN
Washington J. Edgar Hoov
er, director of the Federal Bur
eau of Investigataion, announced
that Private Alexander Joseph
Stevenson, a marine stationed at
Quantico, Ya., had been arrested
in the slaying of Sidney M. Lit
tle, tobacco salesman.
He said Marine authorities
were holding Stevenson at the
wequest of the FBI arid that the
man would be arraigned before
• IT. S. commissioner at Alexand
ria, Va., on a first-degree mur
der {barge.
Little, who came from a Wash
ington, N. C.. family but had
been living at Fredericksburg,
|dd., was found bludgeoned to
.death the morning of January .7,
jat a picnic ground at Fort Hunt,
(Ya. His blood stained automobile
was found two days later at Tri
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Massachusetts National Guard Drills—a la Finland
* First of American troops to use camouflage measures so successful in Finland were companies of the
101st regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard, practicing winter maneuvers at Camp Curtis Guild,
Wakefield. Left: Machine gunners in action clad in the strange white garb, testing its effectiveness. Right:
Three wounded guardsmen are cared for by the field medical detachment. *
TRIAL OF CIVIL
CASES FINISHES
SUPERIORCOURT
Work Hampered By Winter
Weather; Divorces Granted
And Other Cases Tiled
Following a session of approxi
mately a day and a half, Person
County Superior court, reconven
ed Thursday morning for the
trial of civil cases, closed late
Friday afternoon after disposing
of a number of divorce actions
and a few other cases. Work of
the court, with Judge Leo Carr,
resident judge of this district
presiding, was somewhat delayed
by the week’s winter weather
and many cases were continued.
The criminal docket was finished
Monday morning and an adjourn
ment was ordered until Wednes
day moaning, but this recess had
to be extended until Thursday
after the onset of snow began.
Divorce action granted includ
ed: Roy W. Bohannon vs. Stacy
P. Bohannen; Mrs. Claudia Leo
Pointer Davis vs. Owen S. Davis,
Jr., with Mrs. Davis awarded
custody of their two sons; Thel
ma Esterling vs. Archie Easterl
ing and Emily M. Robertson vs.
James Robertson.
An order of settlement was
signed by Judge Carr in the suit
of S. G. Winstead and others vs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Montague
and others, with M. W. Satter
field, T. B. Woody and G. W.
Walker appointed as a commissi
on of settlement. The case, tried
sometime ago was brought to
court in order to effect a division
of property in settlement of an
estate.
The grand jury report, filed at
the first of the week, with E. E.
Bradsher acting as foreman in
the absence of W. R. Wilkerson,
who was unable to be present
for final report because of the
weather, contained a number of
recommendations and also speci
fic approval of the work being
done for school children by civic
clubs and the county health de
partment.
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TROOP 32 MEETS
Troop 32, of which Lawrence
Rynd is Scoutmaster, had its reg
ular meeting of the week Mon
day night at Edgar Long Memor
ial Methodist church, with an at
tendance of about IS boys. After
opening with a song, brief pat
rol meetings were held and dues
collected.
Features of the program were
a first aki contest and a knot
tying contest and report* wfre
presented by same of the Scouts
in ti>e International lforae code.
Just 3 Above
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It’s first one thing then an
other in the city of Roxboro.
The deep snow fell Tuesday
and Wednesday. That was fine,
but then Thursday night saw
the thermometer go down to
three above zero and Rox
bcro’s coldest night was here.
Pipes froze and people shiv
ered, but there was nothing
they could do but throw on an
other lump of coal. No one
claims that- -Thursday night
was the coldest night that this
city ever experienced; it was
simply the coldest of this win
ter, and that was cold enough.
P. S. Th eabove was written
Friday. Many people now claim
that Friday night was colder
than Thursday.
Snow Halts Sales
On Local Market
Tobacco sales were suspended
in Roxboro following sales on
Tuesday. Snow that fell Tuesday
afternoon and night prevented
the bringing of tobacco to mar
ket the remainder of the week.
It is thought that sales will be
resumed Monday morning unless
there is more snow that will pre
vent wagons or trucks from trav
eling.
A definite dlosing date for this
market has not been announced.
Along The Way
With the Editor : ——
Landon Bradsher lives about two miles from Roxboro. On
the morning of the big snow he just put on his boots and broke
the trail to Roxboro. A regular old “Daniel Boone” if you ask
me.
Kelly Paylor has been playing golf each Monday after
noon. As he viewed the snow Wednesday his biggest lament
was—“l will not be able to play golf for two or three weeks
now.” Kelly plays at the Country Club and he is really turning
out to be a golf fan. Os course he hasn’t challenged such pro
iessionals as Charlie Harris, Jack Hughes or Dr, Beam, but
you can watch for Kelly. He has blood in his eyes and swings
a wicked club.
A few children had lots of fun throwing snowballs early
in the week. You know children love the snow and like to have
a good time. These children were D. D. V. Long, Gip Prillaman,
Kay Jackson and a few others. They were on Main street and
really had a big time until their parents called them in to
. warm their feet and hands.
They say that this snow is bad on boys who go courting
in the country. The snow is so deep that it is impossible to
get to their destination. For example, D’Arcy Bradsher has
. nothing to do but stay at home
James Long, Jr.; was late for work Friday morning, -His>
wife was sick and Jimmy had to dress his «m«n daughter. Nowi
drpssip* a eh* l * l “ not hard work, but it took Jimmy about one
hour Which proves that he had not beer, doing it before
on him, ’
M’BROOM REPORTS
ON SCOUT MEETING
HELD AT REIDSVILLE
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F. O. Carver, Jr. Elected
Second Vice-President Os
Council.
O. B. Mcßroom, president of
the local Scout council, reports a
splendid meeting of the Chero
kee council that was held in
Reidsville Tuesday night. Appro
ximately 125 were present. Bad
"weather prevent'd ’"*a&6ut the
same number from attending.
Officers elected were: President
Cherokee Council, Holland Mc-
Swain; Ist. vice president, Aaron
Weinstine, Reidsville; 2nd. vice
presiden, F. O. Carver, Jr., Rox
boro; 3rd. vice-president, Ernest
Thompson, Graham; National rep
resentative, C. G. Somers, Bum
lington'; Treasurer, C. M. And
rews, Burlington; Commissioner,
Bruce Carter.
Mr. Mcßroom reported that all
districts except one were repre
sented at this meeting that was
held on the night that snow fell
to a depth of ten to twenty inch
es. The Roxboro party was strand
ed in Reidsville and Durham un
til Thursday, arriving back in
Roxboro that afternoon.
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SON IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gen
try, of Ca-Vel, announce the
birth of a son, Robert Eugene, at
their residence, on Thursday,
January 26. Mother and SQn are
doing well. Robert Eugene tips
the scales at 8 pounds.
GADDY TALKS
ON CLUB MAGAZINE
Roxboro School Principal
Makes Address At Rotary
Club and Urges Members
To Read Publication.
In an informal address on
“Why I Like the Rotarian Maga
zine”, H. C. Gaddy, supervising
principal of Roxboro high school,
told fellow members of the Rox
boro Rotary club at their evening
dinner session Thursday night,
that the magazine, carefully read,
will often furnish its readers with
an impetus to make progress and
in addition, is always a source of
reliable information.
Mr. Gaddy was presented by
J. S. Walker, program chairman,
who added a few remarks of his
own on the value of the club pub
lication and emphasized the fact
that this week is being observed
as “Rotarian Magazine” week by
clubs throughout the world. The
dinner was held at Hotel Roxboro
and announcement was made that
the next meeting will be held at
the Roxboro Community house.
Special guests were Clarence
Holeman, and Judge Leo Carr, of
Burlington, now presiding over
Person Superior court, and a for
mer member of the Burlington
club, who made a few remarks
on the value of clean reading mat
ter for young people and the ne
cessity of suppression of undesir
able publications frequently cir
culated among school children.
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., elected to
membership at a previous meet
ing, was to the club by
W. W. Morrell, who conducted the
induction ceremony.
GARDENING WILL
BE FOUR-H CLUB
MINOR PROJECT
Home Garden Records Will
Be Kept and Comparisons
Made At Beginning Os
Next Year.
Four-H club members in Per
son county are planning to use
Home Gardening as a minor pro
ject during 1940, according to an
nouncement made Saturday. In
each club at least two boys and
two girls will keep a complete
record on the family garden fo
the entire year, which will show
the value of a year-round gar
den in dollars and cents, besides
helping the youngsters to learn
the value of keeping records.
A record kept in 1940, for ex
ample, should be an invaluable
help in planning and planting
for 1941—by referring to last
year’s notes the gardener may find
on what date he planted seeds,
just when they came up, bloom
ing date and the date on which
the product was ready to eat. The
practice of planting English peas
each week during this planting
season will show when the best
season for planting them is, pro
vided the seasons are similar.
The boys and girls are being
urged to plant at least two vege
tables not grown before, and at
least one small fruit not previous
ly grown.
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WATER-FILLED DITCH
YIELDS BODY OF MAN
Goldsboro George Brogden,
45, was found dead in a water -
filled ditch near a highway south
Os here. The body was submerg.
ed.
Sheriff Paul C. Garrison said
Mrs. Brogden reported that her
husband left home, about 6:30 4t
night and sheiAdnot seen hii a
since. He said the body apparent
ly had been in the water several
hours.
SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 1939
Schools To Remain
Closed Until 31st
To Aid Franco
. wn/.
Miss Anne Morgan, sister of Fin
ancier J. P. Morgan, pictured as
she arrived in New York from
France. Miss Morgan plans a lec
ture tour for benefit of the “Ameri
can Friends of France,” an organi
zation to aid French uon-ccmbatrr.ts
who have been evacuated from c ::i
--bat zones.
ARMSTRONG AND
WOLF SECURED
FOR PROGRAMS
Teacher and Coach Will
Headline Next Two Ses
sions of Rotary Club.
At the annual Roxboro high
school football program, attend
ed by members of the squad and
Coach George Wirtz, and sponsor,
ed by the Roxboro Rotary club,
Ray Wolf, head football coach at
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, will be guest speak
er, according (o announcement
by the Rotary jclub president, R.
B. Griffin.
The football j program meeting
will be held Thursday, February
8, at the Roxboro Community
house at 7 o’clock and coming
with Wolf will be “Bob” Whitten,
former Roxboro high school star
athlete, who is now a student at
the University, where he has
just completed a year of out
standing performance on the
freshman football team.
I Coach Wolf’s subject will be
announced at a later date, al
though it is certain he will speak
on some phase of football work.
Mr, Griffin also said that speak,
er at next week's ciub session will'
be Ray Armstrong, superintend
ent of Goldsbbro public schools.
Mr. Armstrong wil be here on the
evening of February Ist., and he
will be accompanied to this city
by J. W. Gaddy’ Jr., principal ol
Goldsboro high school, and a for-1
mer resident of Roxboro, where !
he was supervising principal of
the city schools prior to his re
moval to Goldsboro. Mr. Gaddy
will also attend the dinner, which
will be held at the Community
house at 6:30 o’clock.
Council; Speaker
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Speaker at the monthly meet
in* of the Person and Rorbore
Council of Social to bo
Hotel Roxboro, will he Dr.
Richard**, bead Os the Par**-
THE TIMES IS PERSON’*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER*.
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
All Public Schools Closed
Until Wednesday And
Opening Then Will Depend
On Weather
Person county and Roxboro
public schools, for both white and
Negro children, closed since Tues
day night on account of tha
heavy fall of snow Tuesday and
Wednesday, will remain closed
until Wednesday morning of this
week, according to announcement
from Superintendent of Schools,
R. B. Griffin, who said Saturday
morning that even a Wednesday
opening will be contingent upon
weather conditions.'
Last week Mr. Griffin had said
that schools would open Monday,
but postponement has again been
ordered because of continued
cold weather and the fact that
since the snow has melted only
slightly, all county roads ai
not yet opened to traffic.
It was pointed out by Mr.
Griffin that a large number of
Person county children come by
bus to attend schools in the Rox
boro city system and for this rea
son, since these children are un
able to reach the city, it is not
practical to begin operation of.
even the city schools.
W.W. WHITFIELD
SERVICES HELD
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Well Known Bushy Fork
Man, Who Died Thursday,
Is Buried In Daniel Long
Cemetery.
Wesley W. Whitfield, 70,. for
many years a prominent Person
county farmer, who resided in the
Bushy Fork community, died late
Thursday night at his residence
after an illness of five months.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home Saturday after
noon at one o’clock by the Rev-
S. F. Nicks, Methodist minister,
with interment following in the
Daniel Long cemetery near
Bushy Fork.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Annfe Blackard; one
daughter, Mrs. Maude Blalock, of
Greensboro; four sons, T. P. and
Z- W. Whitfield, of Greensboro,
and A. H. and C. B. Whitfield of
the home; three brothers, Reu
ben, Jack and Dan L. Whitfield
and two sisters, Mrs. Lex Bla
lock and Mrs. Sadie Brooks.
Pallbearers were nephews of
the deceased.
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City Trucks Haul
Ice and Snow From
Business District
Snow was being hauled free*
the business district of Roxborw
yesterday and city manager Har
ris announced that this wk
would be continued until a large
portion of the snow was gone.
Only two trucks were balac
used but Harris confessed that
ten were needed. Only the «nr
that was piled up against fee
curb was beinghauled oft
Although snow has been act
ing in the busineas district te
some little extent it is only sea a
very few places that one ean tee- ■■
the road. Cars are traveUat by ■
the use ©I chains and even fees
reach placet where they ght:
navigate.
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