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VOLUME XI PUBLISHED KVKBY SUNDAE ft THURSDAY
i J. J. DAVIS, 25,
I KILLED TUESDAY
! IN AUTO CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Whitt,
Jr. and Theodore Vickers
Mso Injured At Brookneal,
Va/'ln Early Morning.
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i Funeral services for James
Jenkins Davis, 25, whose death
‘ oocurred early Tuesday morning
at Brookneal, Va., following an
■ automobile crash in that city,
■ were conducted this afternoon at 1
two o’clock at Allensville church.
. Hites were in charge of the pastor.
Rev. D. A. Petty, assisted by the
, Rev. S. F. Nicks, of Cedar Grove,
a former pastor.
Interment followed in the Al
lensville church cemetery.
A patient at Community hospi
tal, but now resting more com
fortably, is P. T. Whitt, Jr., coal
dealer, of this city, who with Mrs.
, Whitt and Theodore Vickers, of
this city, was a passenger in the
- Davis car.
The crash in which Mr. Davis
was killed is said to have occur
red about 1:30 o’clock Tuesday
morning, when the machine, driv
en by Mr. Davis, was struck by a
car driven by Floyd Cole, of
I Brookneal. Although there were
no eyewitnesses, it is understood
that Mr. Davis, in an effort to
avoid the collision, pulled to
, to the left at an intersection and
that his oar was given a side
[ swiping blow on that side by
L Cole’s machine. Cole is now being
f held in Brookneal jail.
I Mr. and Mrs. Whitt and Mr.
who had been to Wash
-1~ intgton for an Easter week-end
trip with Mr. Davis, and were en
route home at the time the acci
dent occurred, were first taken to
a Lynchburg, Va., hospital, where
Mr. Whitt received treatment for
head lacerations and three brok
en fingers. Treatment was also
: given to Mr. Vickers, who suf
; sered a dislocated shoulder.
Mrs. Whitt was uninjured ex
cept for bruises and scratches,
j and she and the surviving men in
the party were returned to Rox
boro Tuesday afternoon, where
Mr. Whitt was placed in Commu
, nity hospital for further treat
ment.
' Mr. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Boone Davis, of Allensville,
was an employee of the Collins
and Aikman corporation. It is
understood he had but recently
purchased the car, which was
| considerably damaged.
Surviving are his parents, four
i brothers, Thomas Kendall, Hu
bert Boone, Theodore Beverly and
Arch Lyle Davis, and three sis
ters, Misses Annie Louise, Hazel
■ ine and Frances Leggett Davis,
: all of the home.
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Nicks To Speak .
At Hillsboro Finals
6. F. Nicks. Jr., mayor of this
S city and for a number of years 1
a member of the Person bar, has
L been asked; to be the featured
speaker at commncement exercis.
r es held at Hillsboro high school,
Friday, May 17, at which time
a program is to be presented by
ahimni of the schcol.
Mr. Nicks, who is himself, an
j> alumnus, having finished with the
class of 1925, has accepted the in
vitation, although he has not an
nounced the choice of his subject
t for the occasion. *
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BENEFIT DANCE
Members of the Ca-Vel Parent
Teachers association will on Sat
t urday evening splonsor a benefit
round and square dance at the
All patrons and friends
rrt ur to attend.
lersonMimes
Sunday School
Meeting To Be
Held At Lamberth
The fifth Sunday meeting of
the Baptist Sunday school asso
ciational group of Person coun
ty will be held at Lamberth Me
morial church on Sunday, March
31, beginning at 11 lo’clock. The
Rev. C. P. Bowman, pastor of
Providence and McGregor Me
morial churches will deliver the
sermon, and Rev. L. F. Funder
'burke, pastor of Mill Creek
church, will speak on Sunday
school work.
In the afternoon, H. D. Young,
superintednent of Roxboro First
Baptist Church Sunday school,
and other superintendents will
speak ion various phases of Sun
day school work.
Thomas B. Perkins and his
quartette will bring several spec
ial numbers in song.
Mrs. Errol Morton, superintend
ent of the associational work, and
a member of the host church, is
most anxious that a large repre
sentation from each church be
present. Lamberth Memorial Sun
day school will serve dinner on
the grounds.
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R. L. Harris Is
Kiwanis Club
Speaker Monday
Speaker at the regular dinner
session of the Roxboro Kiwanis
club, held at Hotel Roxboro, was
R. L. Harris, of this city, a mem
ber of the Rotary club and a can
didate for Democratic nomina
tion as lieutenant-governor of
the state. Mr. Harris was intro
duced by Tom Brooks.
Welcomed to Kiwanis member
ship was the Rev. D. A. Petty,
Methodist minister and a former
Kiwanian. Reports on the Rotary •
Kiwanis basketball contest were
presented by Gus Deering, who
said that game receipts were pre
sented to the Roxboro high school
athletic fund. Total amount con
tributed was $22.50.
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Allensville Teams
Meet Opponents
Friday Evening
Allensville high school debaters
will meet Oak Hill at home and
Wilton away from home in the
triangular debates Friday even- 1
inig, March 29, at 8 o’clock.
Frances Evans and Geraldine
Moorefield, upholding the affir
mative side of the query, “Re
solved, That the federal govern
ment should own and operate the
railroads,’’ will meet the Oak Hill
negative debaters in the Allens
ville school auditorium at 8 o’-
clock.
Pearl Hides and Elsie West, on
the Allensville negative, will go
to Wilton t)a meet the school’s af
firmative team.
All four of the Allensville de
baters are girls. The affirmative
members are seniors, while the
negative debaters are sophomores.
Judges in the ARensville-Oak
Hill clash will be F. O. Carver,
Jr., of the Roxboro Courier. Tho
mas J. Shaw, Jr., Icf the Person
County runes, and R. B. Dawes,
attorney and former Mayor of
Roxboro.
The school in each triangle
which has two winning teams will
be permitted to send its teams
to Chapel Hill to debate for the
Aycock Memorial cup on April 18
and 19.
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Speeding caused at least 188
highway (fatalities in North Caro,
lina during 1939.
Scientist Proves There’s Magic in Mud
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Using erode Bentonite clay, Dr. Ernest Hauser, Massachnsetts In
stitute of Technology scientist, has developed a new substance which Is
Impervious to the strongest acids and alkalies and is fire, oil and water
proof. The substance may be processed to be made as pliable as silk.
The elay is mined in Wyoming, California and many other places.
Services For W. I. Newton
Conducted At Residence
One of Oldest and Most
Prominent Citizens of This
City; Had Contributed Much
To Progress.
William Ira Newton, 86, one of
the oldest and most prominent
residents of this city, and since
1932 judge of Person county
court, died yesterday morning at
two (o'clock at Community hos
pital, following an illness lasting
about two weeks.
Judge Newton’s illness develop
ed after a fall which he sustained
at his heme and the term of court
which he had been holding was
recessed until a later date, being
subsequently postponed again this
week in the hope that he might
recover sufficiently to resume his
work on the bench. Although he
apparently suffered no injuries
from the fall, he was confined to
his bed at his residence and gra
dually grew weaker.
On this past Sunday he was re
moved to the hospital, where the
end came.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Newton residence on
Morgan street this afternoon at
4 o’clock, by the Rev. W. C. Mar
tin, pastor of Edgar Long Memor.
ial church, of which he was for
many years a member, assisted
by the Rev. O. W. Dowd, of Ox
ford. Interment took place in
Burchwcod cemetery.
'Surviving are ihis wife, Mrs.
Martha Lenora Newton, whom he
married on April 22, 1885, and
seven daughters, Mesdames G. C.
Cox and D. D. Lott, of Bluefield,
W. Va., W. G. Thomas, of Roan
oke. Va., E. G. Clayton, of Lex
ington, Ky., and Mrs. F. W. Ho
ward and Misses Ruth and Eva
Newton, of this city. Also surviv
ing are a nurriber of grandchild
ren and great-grandchildren. An
only son and another daugh
ter died several years ago.
. Judge Newton, who was wide
ly known throughout this section
of the state was a son of the late
John and Minerva Brown New
ton and was bom in Bushy Fork
township, this county, on. June 3,
1853. After receiving such edu
cation as could be obtained from
local schools of the time, he en
tered Rutherford college, 'where
he remainded from 1874 to 1876.
During the next few years he
taught school in the western part
of the state and in Orange, Cas
well and Person counties, but by
1890 he had interested himself in
the tobaodo business with which
he was associated, with brief in
terruptions, until 1920,
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Mrs. Barrett To
Head Hospital
Auxiliary Here
Election of Mrs. Mollie Strum
Barrett, a leading figure in civic
and social affairs of this city, as
chairman tof the recently organiz
ed Community Hospital auxiliary,
was announced this morning fol
lowing a call meeting of the or
ganization held last night at the
residence of Mrs. C. B. Kirby.
Appointment of chairman for
various committees charged with
executing the auxiliary program,
designed to furnish cooperative
community assistance to the hos
pital, were announced as follows:
membership, Mrs. Preston Satter
field, Sr.; finance, Mrs. J. D. Fitz
gerald; supply, Mrs. Roger Wil
kerson; sewing, Mrs. G. B. Mas
ten; wards, Mrs. Cliff Hall; motor
corps, Mrs. C. B. Kirby; enter
tainment for nurses, Miss Esther
Thompson, and grounds; Mrs. O.
B. Mcßroom.
As announced last week, reg
ular meeting date will be the
second Wednesday in each month.
The April meeting will be held
at the residence of Mrs. C. B.
Kirby, it was said, by the secre
tary-treasurer, Mrs. Reade Gen
try. Attendance at the meeting
last night reached thirty-five or
irjore. Mrs. Gentry reported.
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District Class
To Be Initiated *
Feature of a meeting of the
Junior O. U.A. M., to be held at
Longhurst on Friday evening,
March 29. at 7:30 o’click, will be
a district class initiation at which
many new members will be taken
in, according to announcement
made by counsellor Talmadge
Davis.
Several counties are in this dis
trict and it is anticipated that a
splendid program will be present
ed.
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HI-Y REPRESENTATIVES
Four representatives from the
Roxboro girls’ senior Hi-Y group
will attend a district meeting of
the Hi-Y group to be held tomor
row in Kinston Names of local
representatives were not announ
ced, although it is expected that
those going will participate ful
ly in the program to be present-
A. M. BURNS JR.
RESIGNS PLACE
ON LOCAL BOARD
Action Taken In View Os
Fact That His Brother, R.
P. Burns, Is Candidate For
Legislature.
In a letter addressed to the
State Board of Elections chair
man, W. A. Lucas, of Wilson and
Raleigh, A. M. Burns, Jr., Rox
boro attorney who has served as
a member of the Person county
Board of Elections for several
years, on Tuesday submitted his
resignation as a member of the
county board.
This action was taken by Mr.
Bums because of the fact that bis
brother, R. P. Burns, has recent
ly announced his candidacy for
the position of Person’s represen
tative in the House, in which Mr.
Burns, Jr., is expected to active
jly connected. In his letter Mr.
Bums also pointed out that state
statutes forbid a candidate to
serve as a member of the board
of elections.
In calling attention to this last
fact Mr. Bums said he wishes to
comply with the spirit as well as
the letter of the law,, but that
he is deeply appreciative of the
trust reposed in him by reason of
his previous appointment to the
board and that he is giving up
the appointment with genuine re
[ gret.
AGENCYCOUNCIL
HEARS TALKS ON -
HEALTHPROGRAM
Dr. Wilkins and Members
Os His Staff Discuss Spec
ial Educational Work Be
ing Done.
Speakers at the monthly lunch
eon session of the Person and
Roxboro Council of Social agen
cies held Wednesday at Hotel
Roxboro were Dr. Walter Wil
kins and Misses Boyd, Brown and
Hutchinson, members of the co
operating staff of the state de
partment of health and education,
who told lof various phases of
the work being done by this staff
in a special program of health
and education in Person public
schools.
Introductions were made by
Person County Superintendent of
Schools, R. B. Griffin, while pre
siding officer for the session was
the council president, Rev. Tho
mas H. Hamilton, who announc
ed appointment of a number of
committees to carry on the work
of the council. These appoint
ments were approved.
Mr. Hamilton announced that
because of his recent acceptance
of the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church, Kinston, this
would be the last session of the
council over which he would pre
side. He expressed pleasure in be
ing with the council and in work-
I ing for irt and said the next meet
ing would be in charge of Miss
Velma Beam, vice-chairman.
In presenting the program of
the afternoon Dr. Wilkins discus
sed the general nature of the
work being done by his staff in
lpcal school, while Misses Boyd,
Brown and Hutchinson present
ed detailed aspects of their work
in nutrition, physical education
and public health nursing.
Appointment of Mrs. R. L. Wil
burn as council member at large
was announced, the other mem
ber at large being Dr. A. L. Al
len. Committees as announced by
Mr. Hamilton included the fol
lowing chairmen and groups:
membership, Nathan Lunsford;
hospitality, Wallace W. Woods;
. publicity, F. O. Carver, Jr.; and
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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940
Triangular
Beginning
Robert Williams’
Rites Held At
Home of Brother
Funeral services for Robert Wil- 1
liams, 52, of Roanoke, Va., who
died Saturday night, were con
ducted at the home of his broth- j
er, N. T. Williams, Route 3, this 1
city, Wednesday afternoon. In
terment took place in the family
cemetery.
Mr. Williams was a patient
in Veterans hospital, Roanoke, for
several years and before then
was in business at Union Leve?
Va.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
N. T. Williams of Person county,
he is survived by five sisters,
Miss Freddie Williams, Mrs. Ro
bert Foushee, Mrs. Wallace Fou
shee and Mrs. George Blackard,
of Roxboro find Mrs. Ned Noell,
of Jonesboro, and three brothers.
N. T. Williams, of Roxboro, Char
lie Williams, of Chase City, Va.,
and John Williams, of St. Peters
burg, Fla.
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Regular Troop
Session Is Held
On Monday evening, March 25,
the regular meeting of troop 32,
Boy Scouts of America, was held
in the basement of Edgar Long
Memorial Methodist church, with
about ten boys present.
Following attendance report,
brief patrol meetings were held.
Announcement was made by the
Scoutmaster, Lawrence Rynd,
that hikes scheduled for Friday
and Saturday of this week had
been cancelled. After the playing
of a game of tag, the meeting was
adjourned.
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F. O. Carver, Jr.
To Be Broughton
Manager In Person
Raleigh, N. C., March 27 F.
O Carver, Jr., of Roxboro, as
sistant editor of the Roxboro
Courier, has been appointed Per
son county manager for Guberna
torial Candidate J. M. Broughton,
of Raleigh, it was announced to
day by State Manager E. B. Den
ny, of Gastonia.
Mr. Carver is prominently
connected with the business, civic
and political life of Person coun
ty. He is president of the Roxboro
Kiwanis club and is actively con
nected with the Long Memorial
Methodist church. Mr. Carver is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina.
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City Manager 111
City Manager Percy Bloxam,
who returned to his former home
in Raleigh for the weekend, is
now ill with bronchitis, although
messages from Raleigh indicate
that his condition is not serious
and that he will be able to return
to his duties here by the "first of
next week.
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IN CHAPEL HILL
Among those attending the
State Board lof elections meeting
held yesterday in Chapel Hill were
R. D. Burrvpass and the Person
county board chairman, S. F.
Nicks, Jr.
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PREMIER NEWSPAPU*
A LEADER AT ALL UMAR.
NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
Debates
Tonight
Both Teams Winning From
Any School Will Go T*
Chapel Hill April 18-19.
Starting tonight and continu
ng tomorrow various high schools
n Person county will stage their
;liminative triangular debates
with high schools from near-by
communities, in preparation for
the finals to be held next month
at Chapel Hill.
The Helena negative team com
posed of Miss Violet Starke and
Paul Garrison will meet the Hur
dle Mills affirmative team com
pi:sed of C. B. Davis and Miss Do
ris Hamlett tonight at 7:30 o'-
clock at Hurdle Mills high school
where the query, resolved that:
“The Federal government should
control and operate the railroads”
will be discussed.
Also in the debate series will
be a contest between the Helena
affirmative team, with Mias
Nancy Tillett and Lawrence Ro
gers, speakers, and the Creed
mor negative team, at Helena,
starting at the same hour, while
the Hurdle Mills negative pair,
Clarence Hall and Miss Rachel
Porterfield, will confront Hie
Creedmoor affirmative team ah
Creedmoor.
On Friday morning Bethel Hilt
teams will meet teams from Ox
ford Orphanage and Middleburg.
Because of an arrangement
whereby the teams are to meet
'r,n neutral ground, the debates at
Bethel Hill school, starting at 10
o’clock, will be between Middle
burg, affirmative and Oxford Or
phanage, negative teams, while
Miss Carol Leigh Humphries and-
Clyde Sullivan, Bethel Hill nega
tives , will contest with Oxford or
phanage, at Middleburg and the
Bethel Hill affirmative team, com
posed of Miss Christine Perkins
and an alternate, will meet Mid
dleburg at the Orphanage audi
tortorium, Oxicrd.
Also -in the series will be de
bates Friday evening at Allens
ville and in Roxboro between
schools participating in their res
pective triangles. Under the neu
tral ground plan, in the Rcxboro,
Hillsboro and Chapel Hill contest,
the Hillsboro affirmative team
meets Chapel Hill negative team
here tomorrow morning at 10:30
in Roxboro high schclcl auditor
ium, Roxboro teams will meet
Hillsboro at Chapel Hill and
Chapel Hill at Hillsboro.
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Music Elimination
Contest To Be Held
In the district music elimination
cpnitest to be held tomorrow in
Durham, preparatory to the State
contest in Greensboro, it is ex
pected that between thirty and
forty members of Roxboro high
school glee club will participate.
According to announcement
made at the high school this morn
ing, students participating will
enter contests for mixed quar
tettes, mxed glee club, girls glee
club, vocal solos, boys’ quartette
and girls’ trio. Mrs. S. B. Win
stead, of the high school music
faculty, will accompany the stu
dents to Durham.
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BRAND NEW BABY
Bom Wednesday, March 27, tl
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Griffin, a
baby girl, Sarah Jane.
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C. H. OAKLEY IMPROVES
C. H. Oakley is much improv- ■
ed after being confined to hi*
home on South Main street with
a severe cold. . .....
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