IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
T. E. Austin Rites To Be
Conducted At Home Friday
Popular Resident and Pro
minent Business Man Dies
At Duke Hospital After
Sudden Illness.
Troy Edward Austin, 60, for
more than 35 years a prominent,
resident of this city, and a mem
ber of the drug firm of Hambriek,
Austin, and Thomas, died about
8:30 o’clock at Duke hospital last
night, following an operation
performed last night after
his admission to the hospital.
Mr. Austin had been in ill
health for several months but his
condition did not become critical
until after he had returned to his
home from the drug store Tues
day night. He was taken to the
hospital early yesterday morning,
where it was reported that his
sudden and serious illness had
resulted from a number of com
plications.
Funeral services will be held
at the residence, on South Main
street, Friday morning at 10 o’-
clock by the Rev. W. C. Martin,
pastor of Edgar Long Memorial
church, of which the deceased was
member. Assisting with the rites
will be the Rev. W. F. West, of
Roxboro First Baptist church. In ■
tenment will follow in Buchwood
cemetery.
Mr. Austin was a native of
'Johnson county, having been born
near Clayton. He came to Box
boro more than three decades
ago and entered the drug firm
with which his name has been
associated. He was active in civic
affairs and was popular in a wide
circle in the city and in Person
county.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Alice Hester, of Person
county; a daughter. Miss Mary
Hester Austin, both of this city,
and two brothers, Willis Austin,
of Smithfield, and Joseph Austin,
of Four Oaks.
Mr. Austin received his educa
tion at the University of North
Carolina, graduating in pharmacy.
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WAR RELIEF TO
BE UNDERTAKEN
IN PERSONAREA
Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., Will
Head Special Drive For Red
Crew Funds.
Beading the campaign now be
ing conducted in Person County
and Roxboro to secure emergen
cy relief funds for citizens of
war-tom nations is Mayor S. F.
Nicks, Jr., who has agreed to
Undertake collection of Person’s
quota of S6OO. According to state
ment from F. O. Carver, Jr.,
head of the Person chapter of the
Red Cross, the campaign will be
placed on a voluntary basis and
contributions will be received at
offices of the Times and Courier,
and at Mr. Nick’s office, as well
.as at the Peoples Bank.
Several persons have already
contributed and it is expected
that many Person and Roxboro
residents will respond to this
special appeal for money to al
leviate suffering of residents in
battle-scarred areas. It is under
stood that conditions are especial
ly acute in Belgium and Holland
at the present time. The Person
campaign staged by the Red Cros3
: is a’ part of the national drive for
relief funds which began recent
' ly with an adfeess toy the Presi
dent of ittae United States.
i^onH^imrs
Mrs. E. G. Long’s
Mother Passes
Mrs. Caroline Reems Pearce, 79,
of Durham, mother of Mrs. E. G.
Lcng, of Roxbcro, died Wednes
day afternoon at the home of an -
other daughter, Mrs. Mable P.
Howard, following an illness of
some duration. Also surviving are
another daughter, Miss Lucile D.
Pearce, cf Durham, a sister and
three nieces.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 11 at First Bap
tist church, Durham, of which
Mrs. Fean?e was One of the jld
en* members. Interment will be in
the old section of Maplewood
cemetery.
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GROUPS MEET TO
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR DEBT DRIVE
Representataives Meet With
Hospital Board. Assisting
Committee For Campaign
Formed.
At a meeting held in the office
of Nathan Lunsford, prominent
Roxboro attorney, who is chair
man of the board of directors of
Community hospital, representa
tives from the Junior Order, the
American Legion, the Ca-Vei Em
ployees council, the Hospital
auxiliary and the Rotary and the
Kiwanis clubs, together with
other civic organizations, on Mon
day discussed with the hospital
board of directors plans for a
campaign to raise $3,442 neces
sary to relieve the hospital of its
debt and to meet the conditional
grant cf $12,000 recently offered
by the Duke endowment for that
purpose.
At the suggestion of the repre
sentatives present Mr. Lunsford
was named as chairman of the
meeting, and R. M. Spencer was
chosen as secretary. Decision was
reached thait one person from
each group should be Mined as
a committteeman to meet Tues
day night of next week at Mr.
Lunsford’s office at 7:30 o’clock
to perfect plans for a community
campaign to raise the required
sum to establish the Community
'Hospital on a paying basis.
It was shown that conditional
grants from the city, from the
(county, from Longhurst Cotton
Mills and from the Ca-Vel Em
ployees council in the amount of
i $5,500 have been made, leaving
j the sum of between $3,400 and
with the Duke grant of $12,000,
$3,500 to be contributed by local
I town and county citizens if the
total endebitness of approxim
ately $21,000 is to be cleared.
Appreciation was expressed for
contributions made by the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the hospital
and it was decided that their
(contribution should be applied to
current expenses and special pro
jects rather than to the debt
fund.
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CAKE SALE
Mary Nichols Circle of Edgar
Long Memorial Methodist church
will on Saturday sponsor a cake
sale at the Palace theatare at 9:30
o’clock in the morning. Mrs. O.
T. Kirby and Mrs. Rofoah F. Bay
nes will have charge of advance
orders, which may be placed with
them at any time prior to the be
ginning of the sale.
BOARDING HOMES
TOPIC AT AGENCY
COUNCIL MEETING
Miss Ellen Trigg, of Ra
leigh, Presents Aspects Os
Work. Mrs. R. L. Wilborn
Heads Committee.
Discussing the value of board
ing homes for the care of child
ren who may need provisions for
homes because of unfortunate
circumstances in their own hom
es, Miss Ellen Trigg, of Raleigh,
consultant on Children’s Institu
tions and Boarding homes, Board
of Charities and Public welfare,
told members of the Person Coun
ty Council of Social agencies
yesterday at a luncheon meet
ing, that careful study in recent
years has shown that boarding
home care for children is not
only less expensive but is more
profitable from the standpoint cf
the physical and mental well-be
ing of the children concerned.
At an open forum discussion
which folowed Miss Trigg’s ad
dress members of the Council
authorized the appointment of
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn as chairman
of a committee to secure county
cooperation with the establish
ment of a boarding home in Per
son and it is expected that Mrs.
Wilburn and members of the
committee will present the mat
ter to the Person County Board
of commissioners at their next
meeting. It is also understood
that the state agrees to pay fifey
percent of the amount needed to
care for each child and that the
total expense to the county need
not be out of proportion.
The Council also went on re
cord as favoring support of the
Red Cross drive for war relief
funds.
Speaker at the next meeting,
June 12, will be Dr. John S.
Bradway, of the Legal Aid clinic,
Duke University school of law,
who will be present at a special
meeting to be held June 12.
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Miss Lake Allen
Now Working In
Chapel Hill UniL
Miss Lake Allen, who since
January 1, 1938, has been con
nected with the nursing staff of
; the Person unit of the tri-county
Health department in Orange,
Perscn and Chatham counties,
and who has recently completed
a three months course in rocial
service for ftUrSes in syphilis, at
Philadelphia, has beeil transfer
red to the district office fit Chapel
Hill for the month of Jurie, ac
cording to announcement made
today by District Health Officer,
Dr. W. P. Richardson, who said
that Miss Allen’s connection with
the Chapel Hill office may be per
manent.
In commenting on the change,
Dr. A. L. Allen, under whom Miss
Allen has worked in Person coun
ty, said this morning that he re
garded her new -position as a
distinct promotion, although he
and the department members
here greatly regret that the ap
pointment may be a permanent
one, since Miss Allen’s services
here have been commensurate
with her popularity in Roxboro
and Person county.
Miss Margaret Evans, who has
taken Miss Allen’s place during
leave of absence, will herself be
transferred to some other health
department in the state on the
first of July and it is not yet
known who will be selected to
fill Miss Allen’s position in event
her Chapel Hill connection will
be extended beyond the month
of June.
Official Returns
From Saturday’s
Primary Given
By official returns from Satur
day’s Democratic primary, Robert
P. Burns, prominent Roxboro
lawyer and County Attorney for
Person county, was nominated r s
Perscn’s representative in the
legislature. Bums received 1,603
votes, while Edgar P. Warren,!
incumbent, who had served two
terms, received 872 votes and a
third candidate, Clyde H. Hurdle,
183. Fiem D. Long, candidate for
the Senate, had no opposition and
therefore did not participate in
the primary.
High men in a five man race
for Person’s three county com
missioners were Frank T. Whit
field, who received 1544 votes,
and D. M. Cash, 1,395, and Sam
Byrd Winstead, who had 1399,
was running for the first time.
Philip L. Thomas, present chair
man was fourth with 1,389, while
W. H. Gentry was last with 1,192
votes.
Person’s official vote for R. L.
Harris, for lieutenant-governor
ship was 2,504, Martin 67, Smith
48, Thompkins 23. Hightest gub
natorial candidate was Gravely,
with 970. Next was Broughton,
732, then Horton, 550. Maxwell
fourth with 282, trailed by Coop
er 53, Grady 43 and Simmons 11.
Close county race was between
J. Brodie Riggsbee, incumbent,
for treasurer, who received 1,552
votes to 1,162-for W. Irving 'O’-
Briant.
Republican primary: governor,
McNeill 10, Hoffman 12, Pritch
ard 6, and for Lieutenant-Gover
nor, Leavitt 15, Whitten 9.
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Second Dance Os
Season Planned
Members of the Roxboro Coun
try club will on Saturday evening
have their second dance of the
season at the club house at Chub
Lake. Dancing will be enjoyed
from 8:30 until midnight and it
is expected that members will
invite a number of special guests
for the occasion.
Attendance at the first dance
held recently was most gratifying
and the entertainment committee
promises another evening of
equal festivity. Persons inter
ested in becoming members ofj
the club or in re-establishing pre- 1
vious memberships are requested
to contalct the club president, Dr.
J. H. Hughes, the secretary, Ho
ward K. Strang, 'cr Thomas Street,
who will explain advantageous
plans for memberships and rein
statements.
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TO CLOSE
Thofilas arid Oakley Drug store!
and Roxboro Drug Co. will be|
closed for the funeral service ofj
T. E. Austin. SefVice will be held
Friday morning.
An Appeal Fbr War (belief
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I take this opportunity to appeal to the people of Roxboro and
Person County for to the Red Cross War Relief
Fund. The cause is worthy; the need is great. Many, many per
sons, to be aided by these funds, are suffering and are in dire
circumstances brought about by everits about which they could
do nothing.
We, in this country, are wonderfully blest. We are free from
the horrors of the war tom countries. We have safety and we
have an abundance of everything compared! with those whom we
seek to aid. Let us give as we are able to give.
Person County has always responded to the call of the Red
Cross. Our minimum quota this time is $600.00. It is my hope
that more than this amount can be raised without any personal
solicitation, that the contributions be made purely on a volun
tary basis. Please consider this appeal and GIVE ACCORDING
TO YOUR ABILITY.
Respectfully yours,
S. F. NICKS, JR.
Chairman Person County Red Cross Relief Fund.
BAPTIST GROUP
HAVING SESSION
NEXT TUESDAY
Woman’s Missionary Union
Os Beulah Baptist Associa
tion Will Meet at Provi
dence Church.
Speakers at the annual meeting
of the Woman’s Missionary Un
ion of the Beulah Baptist asso
ciation, at Providenice Baptist
church, Caswell county, June 4,
will include Mrs. J. Clyde Turner,
of Greensboro, president of the
State Union, who will speak in
the morning, and Mrs. W. R.
Stone, of Durham, superintend
ent of the Raleigh division, who
will speak in the afternoon.
Also on the program will be
Mrs. W. D. Briggs, executive sec
retary, of the State Union, who
will hold conferences on mission
study. Also to be discussed are
personal service and religious li
terature. On the program, in ad
dition to Mrs. will be
Mrs. W. F. West, Miss Ella
Thompson and Mrs. P. T. Worrell.
Members of the association
will assemble at the church in
the morning and will have a pic.
nic luncheon served by the wo
men of Providence church. Pre
siding over the afternoon session
will be Mrs. L. V. Coggins, young
peoples’ leader, who will present,
the theme, “Building Today and
Tomorrow for Christ”. Young,
people present will participate iu|
the program by opening a tool
(chest, each tool useful in the
work being done.
Devotionals will be given by
Rev. W. R. Hovis, in the morn
ing, and by Mrs. J. F. Funder
burke in the afternoon. Mrs. Fun
derburke is' the wife of the
Rev. J. F. Funderburke, new
pastor of Mill Creek and
Bethel Hill Baptist churches
near Roxboro, while Mr. Hovis,
has recently become pastor of
Antioch and North Roxboro Bap
tist churches. Mrs. R. L. Wilburn,
of Roxboro, superintendent, urges
o full attendance from all socie
ties. Visitors will be cordially
welcomed.
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HAIL INSURANCE
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If you are setting out tobacco,
your hail insurance will not cost*
any mere for the entire searison
than it will if you wait. We have
the best companies that can be
represented and can give satis
factory service. We shall appre
ciate your hail business
H. D. Young, Agent.
B. B. Knight, Agent.
Knight’s Insurance Agency j
PASS BUYS GUERNSEY
Raleigh, May 29 The Ameri
can Guernsey Cattle Club, Peter
borough, N. H. reports the sale of
a registered Guernsey bull by B.
W. Kilgore, Jr. to T. O. Pass of
Roxbcro. This animal is Pauline's
Rowdy King 278550.
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940
Smith Not To Call For
Lt. Governor Run - Off
One Gray Hat
Saturday night after the
primary returns had been
received at the Person Coun
ty court house, custodian A.
M. Long, looked over the
court room before turning
out the lights. On an empty
bench he found a new light
grey felt hat.
Discovering a gentleman’s
name in the hat, Mr. Long
searched his jailer’s records
but could find no similar
name on the books. He has
the hat in custody, however,
where the owner, R. B. Grif
fin, Person County Superin
tendent of Schools, may find
it, if he wants to quit going
bare-headed.
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Thomas Has Asked
Nominee To Meet
With County Board
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Philip L. Thomas, chairman of
the Person County Board of com
missioners today expressed his ap
preciation for the support given
to him in the recent Democratic
1 primary and announced that he
jhas asked Sam Byrd Winstead,
who was nominated for election
to the board, to join him and
Messers. Cash and Whitfield at
all successive meetings of the
beard, although Mr. Winstead will
not, if elected, take office before
December of this year.
In extending to Mr. Winstead
an invitation to sit with the board,
Mr. Thomas said that often times
newly elected commissioners, tak
ing office after the yearly bud
get has been made up, are at a
loss to gain full comprehension
of financial affairs of the coun
ty and are frequently called upon
to serve from December until the
middle of the next year before
they can exercise any control
over the budget under which
they must work.
Mr. Thomas further said that
by having Mr. Winstead present]
at the time the 1940-41 budget!
is mode up, he should, a* a new
member, be In a much better po
sition to serve the county. In
conclusion, Mr. Thomas, whose
term will expire in December,
said today that he, “Will continue
to help the officers and people
of Person county in any way pos
j sible, by whatever means they
may suggest.” - -
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Mangum To Go
Into Furniture
Business Soon
B. B. Mangum, popular Rox
boro resident sihce 1923, has an
nounced that he has resigned his
(position with Collins and Aik
man corporation, effective June
1, and will enter the furniture
business in Roxboro.
Mr. Mangum will be connected
with R. H. Shelton, who has ser
ved as manager of Roxboro Fur
niture company for the past sev
eral years. The two will open a
new furniture store in this city
sometime in June.
Since 1929 Mangum has been
with Collins and Aikman. He was
born in Durham, but has lived in
Roxboro since 1923, coming here
as a tobacconist. He also served
as city manager of Roxboro for
three yeans and lately was assist
ant personnel manager of Coffins
and Aikman.
THE TIMES IS PERSON?
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER THIRTY-FIVB
Harris Now Leading Alber
marle Man By Something
Like 20,000 Votes.
According to newspaper reports
this morning there will be no sec
ond primary between R. L. Har
ris, of this city, and W. Erskine
Smith, of Albermarle. Harris led
Smith in the first primary by
approximately 20.000 votes.
The News and Observer of Ra
leigh has the following to say:- ..
“The possibility of a second
state-wide primary on June 22
was yesterday narrowed to the
gubernatorial race by a decision
of W. Erskine Smith of Alber
marle not to call for a second
primary with R. L. Harris of
Roxboro, who led Smith by ap
proximately 20,000 votes in the
voting last Saturday. All other
state-wide races and all of the
congressional races except in the
eighth district were settled m the
first primary.
“Smith’s decision was made
known to Governor Hoey and
other party leaders as well as
to bis own supporters as elminat
ed gubernatorial candidates con
tinued to line up between J. Mel
ville Broughton, and Lieutenant
Governor W. P. Horton, who has
not waited for official returns to
begin his second primary cam
paign. Smith is expected to make
a formal statement within the
next 24 hours.”
BURNSEXPRESSES
PLEASURE OVER
HIS NOMINATION
Issues Statement In Which
He Promises Careful Con
sideration of County and
State Problems.
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Declaring that he war particu
larly pleased by the large vote
he received in Saturday’s Demo
cratic primary, Robert P. Burns,
well-known Roxboro attorney,
who received his party's nomin
ation as Person Representative in
the State legislature, today said
I that he was “sincerely grateful
for the confidence in him which
j was expressed by that Yet?”
Mr, Burns, who entered the
contest with Edgar P. Warren, in
cumbent, and Clyde M. Hurdle,
Person farmer, as opponents, re
ceived 1,603 votes. Mr. Bums is
senior partner in the law firm of
Bums and Bums. He is county at
torney and has long taken an ac
tive role in civic and political
affairs here, -t*-—' i'd®
In his interview this morning "
Mr. Bums said that he, “Would at
all times try to govern his acts
in the House by what appears
within reason to be for the good
of people of North Carolina and
Person county” and that in so
acting he hopes to justify that
faith in him which has been shown,
in the voting last week.
In conclusion, Mr. Burns paid
tribute to the fairness of the cam
paign waged by his competitors,
Mr. Warren and Mr. Hurdle, and
addled that he will at all times
be willing to discuss county af
fairs with citizens of the county,
regardless of whether the mea
sures under discussion will be
adopted.
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AT CHURCH SUNDAY
Preacher at Roxboro Presbyter
ian church Sunday morning at IT
o’clock will be the Rev. J. M. Wal
ker, Jr., of Richmond, Va„ who
last week accepted a call to be
come pastor of the church. This
will be Mr. Walker’s second visit
to the churph and it k expected
that he will soon establish resi
dence here. ■ .- "