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pelp Southern' Industry - Buy Cotton Goods This Wee£: IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XX PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY KITCHEN GIVES FINALS ADDRESS AT HIGH SCHOOL f-r Sixty-Six Seniors Receive Diplomas Wednesday Night. Large Crowd Attends. “Education”, said Dt. Thurman D. Kitchen, in an address before 66 graduates of Roxboro high school, “is a progressive search for truth in the name of Christ, for the benefit of mankind.’’ In concise form the President of Wake Forest college, who was introduced by Reginald Lee Har ris, then continued his approxi mation of truth in education as one of the verities in a troubled world by saying that the only or dered force in the world today is the Christian force. Dr. Kitchen’s address, delivered last night in Roxboro high school auditorium, marked the culmina tion of three days of commence ment activities for the Seniors. His appearance here, as indicated in his preliminary remarks, was in the nature of a home-coming for Dr. Kitchen, and Roxboro, once the home of two of his bro thers, showed appreciation fori his presence by crowding the aud itorum to the doors. Highest scholastic honors of the evening went to Lois Mary Pickering, valedictorian, and to Louise Walker, salutatorian. Miss Pickering also received the Ed gar Long Scholarship medal and . ...Mias Walker-receivedAhe Kiwanis Citizenship medal. Both young women were graduated “Summa Cum Laude’’. Winner of the Roxboro Wo man’s club cup for the best es say was Margaret Elizabeth Green, while second, third and fourth places in that contest were accorded to Annie Laurie Day, Kitty Ellmore and Ted Parker. In recognition of high attain ments in scholarship Annie Sue (Continued On Back Page) o COUNCIL PASSES TAXI CODE AND ORDERS REVIEW Delinquent Taxes Must Be Paid. 1939 Taxes Will Be Advertised In August Consideration of an eight point code for city taxi regulation, which was, with the exception of one clause pertaining to stipulat ed fines and punishments for vio lations of the code, virtually ad dicted as read, was the chief item of .business confronting Roxboro City commissioners at their monthly session Tuesday night. The commissioners also author ized a review of delinquent taxes for 1939 through 1934, ordering the City Attorney, F. O. Carver, to take action in regards to col lection of the same. It was report ed at the session that back taxes owing to the city total $23,689 and that unpaid and! delinquent , street assessments now on the city books total $9,695. Advertisement of 1939 city tax es will be made in August acdord ing to plans made Tuesday night and it was announced that for closure proceedings will be insti tuted after that time against all persons failing to make proper settlement wih the city. Members of the council also stressed the fact that settlements for previous years must be made under pen alty of similar action unless back payments are made both in tax es and street assessments. It is un. (Continued On Bank Page) |ersons|(Eimrs Baptist Group At Ceremony ft jf iff 11K& W Ilf g jg* ftst < j' a fw W w wmiP mt: 'gap aas xfoKSzy ~y-•jV'L. Shown above are some of the members of Roxboro First Baptist church, who were present at and participated in the Monday Morning ceremony of breaking ground for the institution’s new edu cational building, construction of which will begin soon. On the front row, from left to right arc J. W. Noell. W. T. Daniel, Miss Patsy Beam, Rev. W. F. West, the pastor, and City Manager Percy Bloxam. Also in the picture are E. E. Bradsher, A. M. Burns, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Whitfield, Mrs. W. T. Pass, Mrs. W. E. Stewart, Mrs. Dave Gilliland, Ge rge W. Kane and Fred Masten. Baptists Gather For Ground Breaking For New Edifice [GRADUATES HEAR HOYT BLACKWELL Baccalaureate Sermon For Roxboro Seniors Delivered Sunday Night. Having as his theme the devel opment of Christian character, Dr. Hoyt T. Blackwell, president of Mars Hill college, who chose his text from Acts, 13: 36 and 37, delivered the baccalaureate ser mon to the graduating class of Roxboro high school Sunday night in the school auditorium. “We all live”, declared the speaker, “in three generations. Youth, maturity and old: age are the three natural divisions of life and we should each one of us take all possible advantage of each stage in life, making our liv es worthwhile through Christian character”. In expanding -his subject Dr. Blackwell said that some people are forward looking, some live in the present and others have a tendency to look toward the past, but in his opinion those persons are most vital and successful who have the forward goal in view.” Dr. Blackwell was heard by an appreciative audience and the au ditorium was practically filled. Introduction of the speaker was made by the Rev. W. F. West, of the First Baptist church, while the invocation was given by Rev. W. C. Martin, cf Edgar Long Me morial Methodist church and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. E. G. Overton also a Methodist minister of this city. Music was furnished toy the high school glee club. Second event on the commence ment program was the seventh grade finals Monday night at the high school. On Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock Roxboro seniors, numbering 68, staged a high school night program at the high school. o It is estimated -that speed was responsible for more than 8,000 traffic fatalities in the United States last year. i Ceremony Held Monday Morning At First Baptist ' Church For Educational Building. Ceremony of breaking ground for the new Educational building cf the First Baptist church, this city, construction of which will begin shortly, was held Monday morning at 10 o’clock on the site where the new building is to be erected. Participants in the ritual in. eluded several members of the church who were members of the church when the present struc ture was erected 42 years ago. These older members included Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Daniel, J. W. Noell, and Mesdames Ida Mitch ell, E. D. Cheek, H. H. Masten, and John Morris, Sr. Actual breaking of the ground was performed by the pastor, the Rev. W. F. West, while the first earth wtas shoveled by W. T. Daniel, 81 year old member of the church. Attendant at the rites was little Miss Patsy Beam, eight year old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Beam, and youngest mem ber of the ichunch. A feature of the program was an address pertaining to the his tory of the church, which was de livered by J. W. Noell, editor of the Roxboro Courier and for many years a prominent Roxboro resident and member of the church. Prior to the beginning of the exercises the Rev. Mr. West, read a scriptural selection and rendered a prayer. Two older members of the church who were unable to be present were J. H. Carver and W. T. Pass. The educational building will be erected on the site of the present Sunday school building, wheih will in a few days be torn down. ——o EXERCISES HELD Commencement exercises for the sixth grade, members of which will go next year to the seventh grade at the high school were held Tuesday rooming at Central chool. Editorial Person Democrats are urg ed to go to Raleigh tomorrow to attend the State conven tion that takes place at 11 o'clock In' the morning. R. L. Harris, our coundi date for Lieutenant-Gov ernor, will ,be on hand and there should be a large num ber of fellow citizens with him. E. G. Thompson, campaign manager for Harris, and sev eral others are expected to leave for Raleigh tonight. After the convention is over those who have attend ed are requested to come home and attend the meet ing that is being held in the oourthouse at 7:30 in behalf of the Harris’ candidacy. Summer School To Begin Next Month Registrations for a summer school session at which both grammar and high school work will be carried on, began this morning at Roxboro high school, where the work will be done un der the direction of Frederick R. Moore after June 1. Those per sons who wish to attend the school but were not present this morning are requested to see Mr. Moore at any time after May 24. Appointments may be made with him at his residence on La mar street or at any other place convenient to the parties con icemed. Work in the summer school will range from the first grade through high school and may be taken by students from any school in Person county or Roxboro. o SUNBEAM MEETING The Sunbeams of First Baptist church will meet Monday after noon at 3:30 with Sarah Thomas at her home on Morgan street. o G. A.’S WILL MEET On Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock the G. A_’s of First Bap tist church will meet with Mrs. J. «. Walker. "National Cotton Week” To Be Observed In Roxboro PARTY LEADERS GO TO RALEIGH County Democrats Join Dc crats In Convention At Capital City. i- Many Person Democrats will tomorrow morning attend the state Democratic convention which will be held at Memorial audi torium, Raleigh. Among those ex pected to attend will be R. B. Dawes, recently re-elected Chair man of the Person Democratic Executive committee, Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., who is president of the Young Democrats, Philip L. Tho mas, chairman of the board of county commissioners and others, including R. L. Harris, candidate for nomination as Lieutenant- Governor in the primary of next week. While no limit has been set as to the number of delegates who may attend, it is understood that Person will have fifteen votes in the convention and it was pointed out that if as many as thirty per sons from the county attend the gathering each one will be entitled to a half vote. It is the hope of party leaders that as many members of the organization as can arrange to do so will attend. E. G. Thompson, manager for Mr. Harris, has an nounced that there will be a meet ing of Person friends of Mr. Har ris Friday night at the county court house, after the return of the delegation from Raleigh. This meeting will be called at 7:30 and a full attendance is desired. o Executive Group Meets Wednesday At a meeting of the executive committee of the Person Council of Social agencies held yesterday afternoon plans for the May meet ing of the council, which will be held Wednesday, the 29, were discussed. Rev. T. M. Vick, pre sident of the council presided. Members of the committee also heard a report from Mr. Vick as to Social Agency work being done in Rochester and other New York cities. Plans were made for in clusion of representatives from all social agencies in the county, it being pointed out that a num ber of such organizations have not been previously represented. Chairman of the membership, who has been requested to pre sent a report at a later meeting, is Nathan Lunsford. o Painting of Zones Here Completed Work of completely repainting parking zone areas on the main streets of the city, in progress all this week, is now practically com pleted. Restricted zones are being marked in yellow. Other areas are designated by white lines. It is expected that completion of parking zone designations will mean a more strict enforcement of parking regulations than has been heretofore observed in this city. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 Proclamation * “Whereas, the Professional and Service Division of the Woman’s Work of WPA, has contributed materially to the health and welfare of all our citizens, and “Whereas, the week of May 20 - 25 has been designated as National “See for Yourself Week” cr “This Work Pays Our Community Week” to call attention of the people of ev ery community in the nation to the service rendered by their organization. Now, therefore, I, S. F. Nicks, Jr., Mayor of Roxboro, by vir tue and the power and auth ority vested in me, do hereby proclaim the week of May 20- 25, 1940 as “This Work Pays Our Community” in Person county and urge our citizens to visit their local WPA pro jects during that week and obtain first hand information' on the splendid work being performed thereon.” S. F. NICKS, JR., Mayor. MAD DOG SCARE CAUSES BLOXAM TOREVIVmW Two Children Bitten By Dog Believed To Have Been Rabid. All Dogs Should Be Muzzled. Following reports that at least two mad dogs have been recent ly running at large in the city, City Manager Percy Bloxam this morning reminded citizens of an ordinance requiring all residents to keep their dogs muzzled. Bebe Daniels Knight, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Knight, and Dewey Yeung, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Young, are among those reported to have been bit ten by a dog once belonging to the Knights, but more recently staying with a neighbor. Both children are taking anti rabies treatment. The Knight dog was shot by Mr. Knight and a report was yesterday received from Raleigh confirming belief that the animal had rabies. Mr. Bloxam in his statement this morning urged all citizens to keep their dogs confined and un der observation. Mr. Bloxam said he is urging this action as a pro tection both to the children and to dogs. About two weeks ago two resi dents in the city Were report ed to have ben bitten. Treatments were administered and the ani mal was killed, although no of ficial report was obtained. No other persons have been re ported as being bitten. o GO TO NEW YORK Thomas Long, Martin Michie, Jr., C. A. Harris, Jr., and Bud Thomas, Roxboro Boy Scouts have made application for attendance at the World’s Flair soout camp and it is expected that they will leave here Sunday. The boys, who have been very active in Scout work throughout the year, will be away about ten days. THE TIMES 19 PERSON 1 * PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMER NUMBER THIRTY-THRKft Stores Featuring Cotton Materials For Two Week ends; Special Values On Display. May 17th. to May 25th. has been officially designated as “National Cotton Week” over the U. S. and this week is being observed in Roxboro. In today’s Times many adver tisements may be found calling attention to this week and to the fact that people in this county are asked to buy cotton goods during Cotton Week. Many stores of this community are featuring cotton materials during the week and have arran— jj ged special values for shoppers. Cotton goods can be found in practically every dry goods store in the county. Literally the purchasing power of everybody in the United States is directly or indirectly affected by the status of cotton and the cotton growers. It is, therefore, essential to business generally that an ever-increasing domestic consumption of cotton be effect ed. Acreage for growing cottott has now been cut to, roughly, 25 million acres which represents! pretty nearly the irreducible minimum if people living Oft farms in the Cotton Belt are to be. given a chance for earning a-Kit-—*' ing. This restricted acreage, aIX Y lowing for the usual abandon ment and' average yield, is ex pected to produce normally about" 12 million bales. In no calendar year has domestic consumption ever pushed through the eight mil lion bale level. Yet, if we reckon with the realities of export pros pects, we are confronted with tha ■ fact that in order to restore our American cotton economy, we must find a market annually in the United States for apparel, household items, and industrial products in any single year. The Palace theatre is featuring' on Monday and Tuesday of next week a short picture entitled “Threads of a Nation”. This pic ture shows that inside workings of a cotton mill. o . J -V Census Drive Continues For Short Time Yet The census drive that is now being staged in Roxboro is show ing some progress. This drive i* being waged to add extna names to the census list and thus in crease Roxboro’s population. First figures released last week show ed that Roxboro had 4,599 peoples James Carver, who has charge of the census here, stated that bis staff had made every effort to list each individual, but added that several could have been, missed. Books will remain open, for several days in order that any 1 who were missed can be added. -J People who have not ben list. -»S ed by the census takers are urg- i|g ed to turn in their name to theOj Chamber of Commerce, City Roxboro, Roxboro Courier or Per son County Times at once. ■ Any information concemmßlii anyone who has not been UaMjjßH will also be appreciated by ttMp above concerns and'«rganizationfc. A I Accident records show that 4 y 210,200 persons were injured motor vehicle accidents fttijH country last year. 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