IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Two Candidates To
Seek House Position
/ Robert P. Burns Filed Mon*
day and He and Ed. P. War
ren Make Announcement
Tuesday
Promise of an at least two-sid
ed competition for Person’s seat
in the house of representatives at
Raleigh were fulfilled Tuesday
, rooming when Ed P. Warren and
Robert P. Bums, announced their
i candidacy for the position, subject
to the Democratic primary, May
; 25.
First to announce his desire for
t nomination was Mr. Burns, but
‘ his statement was followed short
ly iby that of Mr. Warren, who has
been Person’s representative dur.
ing the speicial and regular terms
since 1936.
' In his formal statement Mr.
Bums, who is County Attorney
• and a well-known member of the
local bar, said:
“I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for nomination as
Person County representative in
the State House of representa
tives, subject to the Democratic
primary to be held on next May
25.”
Similar announcement from Mr.
Warren, who is a farmer residing
in the Bushy Fork community,
reads:
“I hereby announce that I am
l a candidate for nomination for
the position of representative in
the House of representatives of
North Carolina, subject to the De
mocratic primary, May 25, as a
representative from Person coun
ty.”
In an elaboration of his inten
tion to seek the office Mr. Bums
added;
‘‘lf nominated and elected my
every a!ct and vote in the House
will 'be dictated and governed by
what I think is to the best inter
est of the people of my county.
At the present time I know posi
tively of tout one vote that I
would cast and that would be to
restore the time for the listing of
taxes to the mcnfch of April. The
' vote of any member of the elec
torate and the active support of
my friends will be deeply appre
ciated.”
Mr. Warren, in an extension of
his statement said:
‘‘l will appreciate all the sup
port that is given me and I as
sure all that if nominated and
elected, I shall do my best to ser
ve the best interest of the people
of this County.”
MAWarren first served as Per
son’s representative in the De
cember 1936 special session of the
legislature; was returned to the
regular sessions of 1937 and 1939
and was also present for the spec
ial session in August, 1938.
Mr. Warren, who is an alumnus
of the University cf North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill, is a popular re
sident in Person and it is expect
ed that the contest between him
and Mr. Bums, who is also a po
pular political figure, will be of
more than usual interest.
Mr. Burns is a member of the
First Baptist church, this city, and
is a graduate of the academic di
vision and the law school of Wake
Forest college. He is a former
mayor of Roxboro and has ser
; ved on the County Democratic
Executive committee. _
To date the only announced
candidate for the state Senate,
which goes to Person this year by
. notation agreement with Gran
ville, the other county in the
| senatorial district, is Finn D.
Long, Person agriculturist and
I business man.
Iraon|Minies
Good Friday
Program. To Be
Conducted Here
The following program of the
three hour service for Good Fri
day has been released by the min
isters in charge. The entire pro
gram will be in the First Baptist
church of this city and will be
gin at 12 o’clock tomorrow. Mem
bers of the Pastors’ Conference of
Roxboro and Person County are
sponsorng the program.
Introductory Address - Rev. W.
F. West.
Violin Solo - Rev. T. H. Hamilton.
The First Word - Rev. D. A. Pet
ty.
Song - ‘‘There is a Fountain”
The Second Word - Rev. E. B.
Ferguson, Jr.
Duet - Mesdames Newell and
Walker
The Third Word - Rev. E. G.
Overton.
Song _ “Beneath the Cross of
Jesus”
The Fourth Word - Rev. T. H.
Hamilton.
Solo - Mrs. George Walker.
The Fifth Word - Rev. W. C. Mar
tin.
Song - “When I Survey the Won
drous Cross”
The Sixth Word - Rev. L. F. Fun
derhurke-
Song - “In the Cross of Christ I
Glory”.
The Seventh Word - Rev. J. H.
Shore.
Silence
Benediction
Song - The Old Rugged Cross”
People are at liberty to come
and go faring the three hour
:srvice, but are requested to do
so only during the singing of
hymns.
C. T. Hall, Jr.
Is Star Farmer
Contest Winner
C. T. Hall, Jr., president of the
Bethel Hill Chapter of Future
Farmers of America, has been
declared winner of the Star Far
mer contest in Durham, Person,
and Orange counties, according
to an announcement just made by
L. C. Lilies, Federation adviser.
This award was made for out
standing acomplishments in the
following chapter activities: sec
retary of chapter in 1938-39; pre
sident in 1939-40; toastmaster of
Father-Son banquet; chairman of
three F. F. A. committees; mem
ber cf livestock judging team;
delegate to Federation meetings
for two years, and delegate to
state convention one year.
During his three years of vo
cational agricultural training, he
has earned $525 for farming and
has saved $282. He also holds the
“Green Hand” and Future Far
mer degree in the local chapter
and is a candidate for the Caro
lina Farmer degree.
This contest is sponsored by the
Division of Vocational Education,
in cooperation with the Chilean
Nitrate Educational Bureau.
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LOCAL P. T. A. MEETS
The Roxboro Parent-Teachers
asociation held its regular month
ly meeting on Tuesday afternoon
in the Central Graded school.
Miss Inda Collins took charge
of the meeting, as Mrs. R. H.
Shelton, the president, was ab
sent. Mr. H. C. Gaddy and R. B.
Griffin were the principal speak
ers. s
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Royal Brothers Study Democratic System
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Km
Archduke Otto of Hapsburg, scr.ted left, pretender to the non-existent
throne of Austria, and his younger brother, Archduke Felix, as they start
on a three-week tour of America to “see how democracy works.” Arch
duke Otto’s study of American democracy is to be used as a model for a
post-war central European federation of states.
HOSPITALITY WEEK
CHAIRMAN TO BE
SELECTEDSOON
Directors of Chamber of
Commerce To Take Action
Within Ten Days; Meeting
Held Monday Night.
The directors of the Roxboro
Chamber of Commence met Mon
day night in the office of the sec
retary, W. W. Woods, and began
the first of a series of steps that
will be taken in connection with
Hospitality Week that comes the
last week in June.
President Glenn..-Stovall ap
pointed a committee composed of
J. S. Merritt, J. A. Long,
Jr. and Howard Strang to work
with the Hospitality committee
and to select a chairman for Hos
pitality Week. This committee
will start- working at once and a
chairman will probably be nam
ed within ten days.
Percy Bloxam, city manager,
was present at this meeting and
outlined several plans the city
was considering that would im
prove traffic conditions in Rox
boro. Chief of these was a plan
to make a permanent parking lot
of the space behind the court
house. Mr. Bloxam pointed out
that the space now accommodates
about thirty cars while it could
handle around one hundred and
thirty if it was marked off and
handled in a correct manner. The
chamber cf Commence approved'
this idea and appointed a com
mittee to work with Mr. Bloxam.
The committee is composed of J.
D. Mangum, David Brooks and
Bill Minor.
Other routine business was tak
en up at the meeting- and the
directors approved the work of
Secretary W. W. Woods since he
took over the position of secre
tary about two or three months
ago.
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BENEFIT PROGRAM
Under the auspices of Mrs. Ro
bert P. Biurns’ Sunday School 1
class, a benefit performance for
the building fund of the Roxboro
First Baptist church, will be giv
en by the Holden Brothers radio
troupe at Central Grammar school,
this city, on Saturday evening at
eight o’clock.
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ROXBORO ROOFING CO.
ANNOUNCES TIRE SALE
Starting Saturday, March 23, a
special- sale cf Mohawk tires is
being offered at the Roxboro
Roofing company, of which Jam
es W. Newman is proprietor, and
at North End Service station. The
sale, which will 'be continued for
one week, features one tire at
regular retail price, with option to
purchase another at half price.
REV. HAMILTON
TO GO TO CHURCH
AT KINSTON, N. C.
Will Probably Leave Rox
bero Around April 1 Has
been Here Six Years
Rev. Thomas H. Hamilton, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church of
this city, has 'been extended a
call by the congregation of the
First Presbyterian church of
Kinston, N. C. and it is under
stood that he will accept this call.
The call was extended last Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will
probably ■leave-Roxboro early in
April, and Mr. Hamilton will en
ter upon his duties as pastor of
the church at once.
Mr. Hamilton came to Roxboro
in the summer of 1934 and began
his ministry in this city. He has
proved himself to be a very cap
able preacher and pastor and it
is with many regrets that the
members of his churches and peo
ple of this city and county hear
that he will leave.
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BANK TO CLOSE
The Peoples Bank will be closed
Monday, March 25, in observance
of Easter.
Truck Driver Creates
Momentary Excitement
Driving a heavy bright red
storage truck of the cabin type,
a white man said to be from
Spartanburg, S. C„ who gave
his name as Enoch A. Camp, start
led Roxboro residents last night
about ten o’clock by speeding
down North Main street at a clip
estimated as being between forty
and fifty miles an hour.
Curiosity was whetted further
when the truck came to a sudden
halt in front of a local furniture
establishment near Bumpass and
Day filling station and the driver
leaped out, saying he had been
attacked by two men, who had.
according to his story beat him
up immediately after the truck
had stopped and had then sped
away in a car.
His face ws bruised and his
mouth bloody, with two teeth,
missing, and service station at
tendants, at his request, called
police. Officer Ollie Watson, who
made the investigation, said that
employees and Iby-standers at
filling station reported that they
had seen no car stop in front of
the truck and that there had ap
parently been no fight of any
kind whatever.
But the South Carolinian in
sisted he had had a running con
test with his attackers for some
thirty miles on the Durham road
and that he was a victim of at
Play Will Be
Given By Grades
At Bushy Fork
On Friday evening, March 22,
at 7:30 o’col'ck, in the school audi
torium at Bushy Fork, the first
and second grades, under the di
rection of Mrs. Charles Nelson,
and Miss Lelia Russell, will char
acterize “The Old Woman in the
Shoe” with health rhymes and
songs, and Miss Younger’s second
grade, under her direction, will
stage an operetta “Dream Bags”,
while the third and fourth grades
will present a play, “Have You
Seen the Easter Rabbit?”, direct
ed by Mrs. J. L. Hester.
Those wishing to know how
“The Old Woman in the Shoe”
manages her countless brood,
what becomes of lost dreams, and
where to find the Easter Rabbit,
are cordially invited to attend.
There will be no admission
charge.
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Debating Teams
Os Hurdle Mills
Speak Next Week
i
The triangular debates between
Hurdle Mills, CreedmOor and
Helena high schools will be held
on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 o’-
clock.
The Hurdle Mills affirmative
team represented by C. B. Davis,
Jr. and Doris Hamlett will meet
"the Helena " negative team" at
Hurdle Mills.
The Hurdle Mills negatives, rep
resented by Clarence Hall and)
Rachel Porterfield will go to
Creedmoor on Thursday night,
March 28 and debate the afirma
tive team from Creedmoor. The
query for debate is, Resolved:
“That the Federal Government
should own and control the rail
roads in the United States."
RECENT ARRIVAL
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Satterfield, Jr., a boy, Preston
Satterfield. HI, Sunday morning
at 7:20.
trucking war. He told this story,
with several variations, even af
ter he had ben placed in the Per
son county jail forth night, un
der a warrant charging him with
driving a vehicle under the in
fluence of whiskey or some other
intoxicant
Not until he faced trial this
morning in mayor’s court before
S. F. Nicks, Jr., when he was
bound over to county court un
der a $250 'bond, where he will
be tried next Tuesday, did the
truth come out that Camp’s im
agination had supplied fancy de
tails for a fist fight which occur
red near Somerset mills oh the
Durham road, less than three
miles outside Roxboro’s city li
mits.
Sober fact has it that Camp,
engaged to haul some furniture
from a northern point, stopped in
South Hill, Va., purchased some
whiskey and was both intoxicat
ed and profane by the time he
reached his Somerset mills des
tination, so much intoxicated, in
fact, that the angry owner of the
fumture. which was damaged in
tronsdt, gave him several blows
about the head and face.
The truck, empty of furniture,
is now in storage under the cus
tody of the city—so is Mr. Camp,
who has been unable to raise the
bond whioh would release him
front jail.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1940
Hester To Pay Fine And Be
Under Suspended Sentence
PAYMENTS GOOD
ON FSA LOANS
FSA Reports Splendid Co
operation From Fanners
Who Have Been Aided By
Organization.
Collection of funds advanced to
farm families farming under the
Farm Security administration, in
region four, for the first eight
months of the current fiscal year
exceeded collections for the same
months last year by $683,515, ac
cording to figures received here
by Joe Y. Blanks, County FSA
Supervisor.
Between July 1, 1939 and Feb
ruary 29, 1940, FSA
in this region totaled $3,290,419,
as compared with $2,606,904 for
a similar period last year. In
North Carolina $1,206,356 was
Collected in the 8-month period,
as compared with $889,556 for a
similar period last year.
Mr. Blanks attributes the good
collections largely to the planned
economy program of the Farm
Security administration for all
farmers who borrow from this
federal agency.
“This agency,” said Mr. Blanks,
“is helping small farmers to be
come self-supporting, by furnish
ing them credit to get in shape to
farm and technical advice in
sound farming practices.
“Farm families who borrow
from FSA,” he continued, “are
assisting in planning their farm
and home operations, keeping
accurate records, and getting the
best possible use out of the mo
ney they borrow.”
Mr. Blanks said diversification,
a live-at-home program, conser
vation practices and following
approved methods of seeding,
feeding and production are some
of the basic faletors in the suc
cesses of the farmers who are be
coming rehabilitated.
Although the repayment re
cords established by thousands of
farmers in North Carolina, Virgi
nia, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Kentucky is an important yard
stick in measuring progress in
rehabilitation, it is not the only
index of progress in rehabilita
tion, it is not the only index of
progress accordng to FSA offic
ials.
The increased net worth of
these rural people, higher living
standards and better health are
of equal importance.
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Class Play Will
Be Presented On
Friday Evening
As the annual Junior class
play. “Aunt Miinnie From Minnes
ota” will be presented Friday ev
ening, March 22, 7:30 o’colck at
the Allensville school auditorium.
Roles in the play will be inter
preted by members of the Junior
class of the school and tickets
for the production may be obtain
ed from them and at the school.
The play is said to be packed
full of humorous situations and
it is felt that those who attend
will derive much entertainment \
and pleasure.
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MORE PEOPLE KILLED
IN RURAL SECTIONS
Four times as many people were
killed on rural highways as on
city streets in this state last year,
although the number of urban
and rural accident was about the
same.
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Ferrera Draws Much Heav.
ier Sentence From Judge
Hayes In Federal Court.
Trial of Joey Ferrera, of New
York city, convicted yesterday in
Federal court, Durham, before
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
North Wilkesboro. on charges of
a counterfeiting conspiracy, end
ed this morning when he was sen
tenced by Judge Hayes to serve
concurrent sentences of two and
three years at Chilliclothe refor
matory on two charges in connec
tion with the case.
Ferrera also received an addi
tional five year suspended senten
ce upon good behavior, while
Theodore C. Hester, Roxboro
man implicated with Ferrera, re
ceived a fine of SSOO and the
ccsts, with a suspended sentence
of a year and a day at Chilliclothe,
subject to good behavior. Mr.
Hester entered a plea of nolo
contendere.
Others in the case included:
Charlie Olive of Durham, wh»
will serve concurrent sentences
of two and three years at the
Lewisburg, Pa., reformatory and
three Negroes, Andrew Williams,
William King and Ora Mclver, of
Durham, who received sentences
of a year and a day, respectively,
at Chilliclothe.
Federal investigation into the
case began last year when local
banks reported counterfeit bills
were 'being passed and the sub
sequent atrests were made later,
although trial was not held until
the apprehension of Ferrera. The
case has held attention of the
court for the past three days.
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HEALTH FILM TO
BE SHOWN THREE
TIMES IN WEEK
Negro Health Educator To
Present Motion Picture At
Person Training and Olive
Hill Schools.
Dr. Walter J. Hughes, of the
State Board of Health, who has
been teaching public health and
prevention of disease spread a
mong Negroes in Person county
during the past few weeks, will
show two film productions at the
Person County Training school,
and at Olive Hill colored school
on March 26 and 27, respectively.
The mo vies to be shown by Dr.
Hughes are said to be instructive
and entertaining in nature, ant
present an interesting why the
tuberculosis ad syphilis problem,
particularly as it occurs among
the colored race. In the film, mu
sic is furnished by the famed
Tuskeegee choir.
The schedule of showings is as
follows:
For teachers of Person County
Training school, 3 p.m. Tuesday,
March 26, at the school. On the
same day at 8 p. m. the Negro
ptiblic is invited, the showing to
take place again at Person Coun
ty Training school. At 8 p. m.
Wednesday, March 27, the film
will be shown at the Olive HiU
colored 6chool, to which the Neg
ro public is invited.
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JHANKS KNIGHT
(I wish to thank Knight’s In
surance Agency and his company
for another check of $105.00 from
my hospital policy. I have receiv
ed about $93.00 on this same
polick three months ago. I re
commend Knight’s Insurance to
you.)
Jim Anderson
I thank you.