IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY At THURSDAY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1940 NUMBER FORTY-TWO
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Os The
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J. MONROE JOHNSON
TO GET L C. C. POST
Washington J. Monroe John
son, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce since 1935, was nominated
by President Roosevelt to be a
member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
HEAVY CASUALTIES
In jap bombing
Chungking Casualties run
ning into the hundreds and ex
tensive material damage result
ed from a severe Japanese bomb
ing of Kwedyang. the capital of
Kweichow Province in South
western China recently, according
to telephone reports received here.
STRUCK WITH BOTTLE,
BOBBED OF $145
Baltimore, Md. Held up early
Friday by three Negroes, one of
w/hom struck him on the head
with a bottle, Chin Sheck, pro
prietor of the Chinese restaurant
in the 1300 block Edmondson ave
nue, was robbed of $145, North
western district police said. Sheck
was treated at the University
Hospital where physicians said
his injuries were not serious.
NOW DAD MAY USE
HIS SON’S TRAINS
Lincoln, Neb. The dad who
likes to play with junior’s train
can do it without chagrin now.
Both fathers and sans have been
invited to join an Electric Train
cldb sponsored by the Lincoln Y.
M. C. A. The purpose is to afford
an opportunity for owners of toy
trains to meet and enjoy their
hobby together.
'WOMAN’S HOSPITAL
IN CHINA IS BURNED
Chengtu, China The Chengtu
Women's Hospital, capitalized and
operated by the Women’s Mis
sionary Society of the United
Church of Canada, was destroyed
Thursday night by fire of unde
; termined origin. All patients were
- removed safely. A fire of unde
termined origin destroyed ancth
-ler Chengtu hospital—the Dental
? Hospital of the West China Un
ion University—on February 19.
HANES TO DISCUSS
GREENLAND IN U. S.
IV Oclpenhagen A special dele,
gation representing the Danish
government will soon leave for
rate.. United States to discuss with
ttkifeAmerican Government Danish
S&ferests in Greenland.
ii_ {Since the German occupation of
Denmark, the United States has
; established a consulate in Green
land, a Danish possession.
||azi ARMY gathers
[AT HUNGARY BORDER
r/Budapest Czech refugees ar-
Brtving here yesterday declared
Wat German mechanized .troops
Pn large numbers are concentrat-
Wl.il> Slovakia along the Hungar
||a£ border at points from which
AaT could make a quick dash
1 HO the Balkins.
P was reported also that more
100,000 “lightning troops"
vvW Concentrated at Bruck on
jfillvienna-Budapest railway line,
r Hfoakow, German-occupied Po.
large forces were mas-
Ikt Klagemfurt, Austria, near
Person County Times
Young Democrats Elect
Additional Officials
Also Hear Club President
and Various County Candi
' dates Speak At Court House.
With representative attend
ance from various precincts in the
county, Person county Young de
mocrats staged an effective pre
primary rally Friday night at the
courthouse in this city.
In the absence of R. L. Harris,
candidate for Democratic nomin-j
ation as Lieutenant-Governor,'
who was expected to be present,
but was detained because of a
speaking engagement m the wes
tern part of the state, the princi
pal address was given by Mayor
S. F. Nicks, Jr., president cf the
county Young Democrats’ club.
Mr. Nicks, after thanking club
members and others for interest
shown, stressed the importance
cf registration and voting in both
the May primary and the gener
al election.
He urged his hearers to work
for party interests and for demo
cratic government, saying that the
later is of vital concern at a time
when war in Europe threatens
complete destruction of the de
mocratic ideal there.
Election by acclamation of Mrs.
R. H. Shelton, icf Roxboro, Mrs. R.
L. Hester, of Bushy Fork, as vice
presidents of the club completed
the roster of club officers. Others,
were chosen earlier in the year,
Mr. Nicks, president; Phil L. Tho
mas, vice president and F. O.
Carver, Jr., secretary.
During the evening Democrats
who are candidates for various
county offices were presented to
the audience and several of them
made brief addresses. Nfo mention 1
was made of state or national
political issues. Another speaker
of the evening was R. B. Dawes,
chairman of the county Demo
cratic Executive committee, who
requested attendance at precinct
meetings being held today and at
the Committee meeting and coun
ty convention which will be held
next Saturday afternoon at 2 o’-
clock at the court house.
Music for the rally last night
was furnished by the Roxboro
high school band, recently orga
nized, playing under the direct
ion of Frederick Moore, of the
school music faculty. Several
selections were played prior to
the opening iQf the meeting. Club
officials expressed themselves as
pleased with the meeting and said
that others will probably be held
prior to the general election It
is also expected that several
social functions will be planned.
Precinct attendance committee
men who won theatre tickets for
securing largest attendance from
town and county precincts were.
Mrs. Martin Michie and B. B.
Strum, of this city, for Roxboro,
and Mrs. R. L. Hester and Allen
Hester, fcr Bushy Fork.
AT HOSPITAL
IMrs. R. D. Bumpass is receiv
ing treatment at Community hos
pital, which she entered Friday.
She is expected to be able to re
turn to her residence here in a
few days.
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Books Open One
More Saturday
Saying that Person county
registration books will remain
open only one more Saturday,
May 11, S. F. Nicks, Jr., chair
man of the board of elections to
day urged all newcomers, persons
who have moved places of resi
dence and other citizens whose
names are not on the books to
register before the books close.
Those who expect to cast ballots
in either the primary or the
end election must be registered.
| PRECINCT REPORT
Precinct No. 3, East Roxboro,
selected J. W. Montague, Jr., as
chairman.; Miss Nina Rogers, vice
chairman, and R. M. O’Briant,
Gencige Perkins and Mrs. P. H.
Yarborough as committeemen at
;a meeting held Saturday after-
at 2 o’clock. Other precinct
reports will be given Thursday.
Semora Man Ends
Life With Pistol
Semora Ernest Frank Fu
qua, 50-year-old farmer of this
community, wias fatally wounded
at his home Thursday night about
8:30 o’clock, and Caswell county
officers said it was a case of sui
cide.
A pistol bullet entered the side
of his head, and he was taken
by ambulance to Memorial hos
pital in Danville, Va., where he
lived for about an hour. 11l health
was given as cause of his act.
Surviving are his wife, who was
Miss Lots Taylor; six small child
ren, Norman, Aubrey, Laura,
| Doris, Eugene and Bernard and
five brothers.
Born near Topnot in Caswell
county, Fuqua was son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nat Fuqua.
Funeral services were held at
Lebanon Christian church yester
day afternoon at 3 o’clock by the
pastfer, Rev. C. E. Newman. Bur-
I ial took place in the church ceme
tery.
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Final Rites To
Be Held Today
For Mrs. Gentry
Mrs. Caroline Sue Gentry, 75,
resident of 303 Lyon street, Dur
ham, died suddenly Friday morn
ing at 10:15 o’clock. She had been
ill for the past three weeks, but
her condition was not considered
serious. A Howerton - Bryan am
bulance was called and she died
on the way to Duke hospital. Dr.
R. A. Horton, Durham county cor
oner, said death was due to a
hemorrhage.
She was born and reared in
Person county, the daughter icf
James Wrenn and Sallie Carver
Wrenn. She moved to Durham in
1900 and had lived there since,
She was a member of the Free
Will Baptist church.
In 1887 she married John Gen
try of Person county, who died in
1914. From this union are surviv
ing two daughters, Mrs. Kennie
Lassiter and Miss Elizabeth Gen
try, both icf Durham; two sons,
Adolphus T. Gentry of Durham,
and Henry Calvin Gentry of Mor
risville, Route 1; four sisters, Mrs.
Herrott Allen, Mrs. Henry Allen,
and Mrs. Mollie Wilson, all of
Person county, and Mrs. Martha
Young icf Draper; one brother,
Stephen Wrenn and a half-broth
er, Thomas Wrenn, both of Per
son county, eight grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
home. Rev. D. W. Hensley of the
Free Will Baptist church and
Rev. Henry W. Melvin, pastor of
the Edgemont Free Will Baptist
church, will officiate. Interment
will be in Cedar Hill cemetery.
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Crossing the street between in
tersections is five times as likely
o result in death as crossing at
intersections.
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As Na»i Battleship Invaded Norse Waters
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Made from the bridge of a Nazi warship as she shelled and set fire
to a British destroyer, this is the first picture to reach America via
radio of actual battle between ships of the English and Nazi fleets in
Norwegian waters. The picture was made during fighting in the Skager
rak. The white plume is where a shell fell short. Note the swastika on
the foredeck of the German ship —recognition mark for Nazi bombers.
Three Allensville
Students Attend
Press Institute
Three Allensville students, Ha
zel Slaughter, Hallie Crumpton,
and Louise Davis, accompanied
by W. S. Humphries, cf Allens
ville high school faculty, spent
Friday and Saturday in Chapel
Hill as delegates to the fourth
annual meeting of the North Caro
lina Scholastic Press Msitufe. ”
The session began Friday after -
noon and closed last night With
an informal banquet at which
Tern Bost, veteran Raleigh news
paperman, was featured speaker.
A discussion period on sports
was led by Lawrence Leonaid,
of the Greensboro Daily News;
society, by Carolyn L. Goldberg,
of the Durham Morning Herald;
news, by J. C. Baskerville, sec
retary of the Govenor’s Hospital
ity committee and assistant dir
ector of the State News Bureau.
Purpose of the institute is to
bring about a closer union of high
school journalists and to work
for improvement in school pap
ers.
Os the Allensville delegates,
Miss Slaughter is editor of “The
Red! Rover”, mimeographed pub
lication now completing its first
year. Miss Crumpton is editor
elect, and Miss Davis is produc.
tion manager-elect.
Along The Way
With the Editor
This writer saw Dr. Hedgepeth eat ice cream a few nights
ago He wasn’t feeling so well and all he could do away with
was about one quart. Reports indicate that he can consume a
half-gallon when he is in good shape.
R. M. Spencer has started talking about his garden. Broth
er Spencer farms the scientific way and claims that he gets
excellent results. However, he has piaqea no vegetable on this
writer’s desk and for all we know he has no garden worth
speaking of
And now comes the news that Ben Brown is golfing. Ben
has a new set of clUbs, some cheap balls and he is banging a
way at the little cup on the green. We can’t understand how a
man who is too lazy to get up in the morning to start a fire can
get up enough energy to play golf.
The maddest mam in Ro$»oro is W. W. Woods. Friend
Woods is manager of, the ice plant and this continued cold
weather does not fit in with, his line of work at all. Wallace
is looking for sunshine and, hot weather. He really can’t under
stand how it can continue to remain cold enough for a fire
during the memfh of May
Now Henry O’Briant, fire chief, is suggesting that the
volunteer firemen wear special caps when fighting fire. We
wonder how George Cusbwa would look with a fireman's cap?
Here’s the news of the week. Sam fcaroett caught a skunk
last week. He saw the kitty qn his back porch and tried to cap
ture it by throwing a coat over the animal.
ran into the bathroom and now Sam to airtPgbhAbes ddwn his
Miss Roxboro
To Be Selected
At Earlv Date
y
Monday and Tuesday evening,
May 20 and 21, on the stage of
the Palace theatre a girl from this
community will be chosen from a
group of lovely young ladies to
be Miss Roxboro, and will also
be selected for a screen test. Miss
Roxboro will have all expenses
paid while attending the state
contest and will receive a screen
test here. This screen test will be
shown back on the screen at a
later date in the local theatre,
giving the public a chance to see
the difference between screen
tests and personal appearances.
The girl who wins in the state
contest will have the opportunity
of competing in the national con
test for Miss United States. This
should mean much to some local
girl, and United Cinema produc
tions feels sure that this girl will
have one cf the most enjoyable
trips of her career.
In connection with this contest
there will be a Junior Queen
Parade to select a winner to com
pete in the national Jr. Miss Unit
ed States contest.
Amateur acts will toe secured
from the county, giving some am
ateur a chance at radio broad
casting and a trip to the state
contest.
The contest will be fast-moving,
staged in more professional sty
le than an amateur contest.
Be sure and come out to boost
y.cur favorite.
McWhorter and Short Plant
Damaged by Morning Blaze
First Place
Winner of first place in the
Scout Camporee which closed
yesterday was troop .32, of
which Lawrence Rynd is scout
master. Mr. Rynd’s troop scor
ed 1017 points out of a possi
ble 1200. Second place was won
by Troop 24, while 49 was
third and Tribe 4 placed fourth.
The camporee was in session
two days.
Commencement
Programs Start
At Various Schools
Starting today and continuing
through the week, commencement
programs at various Person coun
ty high schools will be presented
This afternoon at Allensville
the baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered at 3 o’clock by the Rev.
J. Winston Pearce, of First Bap
tist church, Durham, and on this
evening the Rev. J. F. Funder
burke, Baptist minister of this
county, will speak at Allensville
at 8 o’clock. At Bethel Hill the
speaker will be the Rev. Charles
B. Howard, also a Baptist minis
ter, who will deliver his sermon
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
At Hurdle Mills the sermon
will be delivered by the Rev. D.
A. Petty, of Brooksdale, at 8 o’-
clock in the evening.
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HARRIS RETURNS
R. L. Harris, candidate for De
mocratic nomination as Lieuten
ant-Governor, who spoke in Mor
gan ton Friday evening, has re
turned to his home here after
spending several days campaign
ing in the western part of the
state.
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IS BETTER
R. L Wilburn, who has been
receiving treatment at Duke hos
pital for several days, is improv
ing, although he will remain at
the hospital for some time. Dur
ing his illness Mrs. Wilburn is
visiting their daughter, Mrs. W.
E. Timberlake in Durham.
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MORNING SPEAKER
At the First Baptist church tnis
morning at 11 o’clock the Rev.
Frank T. Woodward will speak.
Mr. Woodward has been for a
[ number of years a missionary to
China, and has been the thick of
the Japanese invasion.
A most cordial invitation is ex
tended to every one to hear Mr.
Woodward.
CLASS MEETINGS
On Monday evening at 7:45 the
Kinozelian class of the First Bap
tist church will hold its regular
monthly business meeting at the
home of Mrs. Marvin Long. Mrs
Sam Oliver, Jr. will assist Mrs.
Long as co-hostess.
Tuesday evening at 7:45 the
Philathea class of First Baptist
church will meet with Mrs. T. P.
Riddle.
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IN FLORIDA
THE TIMES IS
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A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
Planing Milt Fire Causes
Damage To Extent Os Sit
To Seven Thousand Dol
lars.
Causing damages estimated at
between six and seven thousand
dollars, with no insurance cover
age, an early morning blaze des
troyed the planing mill building
and equipment of McWhorter and
Short Lumber company here, and
damaged piles icf scrap lumber.
Saturday. Freight cars on a near
by spur track were also reported
to have been scorched.
J. A. McWhorter and G. B. .
Short, lumber company officials;
said that the fire was reported
about 4:30 in the morning by H. C.
Kynicch, circulation manager in
this area for the Durham Herald,
who was making his morning,
rounds and had stopped at Barn
ett’s Service Station. Fire depart
ments of this city and Ca-Vel
responded and succeeded in keep
ing the blaze from spreading to
lumber stacks and the office and
adjacent residences. Firemen and
volunteers fought the flames for
an hour and fifteen minutes be
fore they succeeded in putting
the fire out.
Origin of the conflagration
was undetermined this morning,
although it is thought that sparks;
fricm a pile of burning sawdust
and shavings may have ignited
the planing mill shed- The saw
dust pile, in a protected are*,
bums constantly, it is said, as a
means of destroying waste at the
plant.
Roxboro fire chief, Henry O*-
Briant said that five or six small
fires had previously occurred at
the lumber company plant with
in the year. It was reported that
the watchman, I. J. Lloyd, wa*
asleep at the time the morning**
blaze started. Considerable head
way had 'been gained by the
flames by the time firemen reach
ed the scene and the planing mill
soon collapsed in a blazing mass.
Firemen were delayed by distance
of fire plug connections from the
plant, which is located near North
End Service Station.
Messers. McWhorter and Short,
who have operated the plant since
1936, said yesterday that busi
ness will be continued and that
part of the equipment will be
salvaged.
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Local Fund For
Students Will Be
Set Up By Club
At the evening dinner session
of the Roxboro Rotary club held
Thursday at the Community hou
se a number icf business detail*
were discussed, perhaps, the most
important being decision to es
tablish a student loan fund o£.
S2OO, beginning in the fall. Ac
cording to H. K. Strang, who pre
sented the idea to the dub mem
ber, rules governing the use of
the fund will be those established
by Rotary International.
W. H. Harris, chairman of at
tendance at the 189 district Ro
tary convention to be held! Wed
nesday Mid Thursday at Rocky
Mount, announced that , many
members have signified their in
tention of attending the conven
tion, the music for which is to be
under direction cf Wallace Woods,
member of the local dub, and
Mrs. Woods, who is pianist
W. Reade Jones, piwa«t secre- ,