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Help The War Sufferers Today- Donate To Red Cross IV IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAE A THURSDAY R. L. HARRIS LAUDS W. ERSKINE SMITH, WHO GAVEUPRACE t Roxboro Nominee Predicts Great Democratic Victory In November. R. L Harris, of this city, Demo cratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, on Monday released to the Associated Press a statement in which he expressed “deep ap preciation” to W. Erskine Smith of AlbenmaMe for conceding him the nomination without calling for a second primary. Mr. Harris was in Raleigh dur ing the afternoon and while thera issued his message of apprecia tion, although he arranged for the story to carry his home town date line. Harris and Smith were winner and runner-up, respectively, in a four-man race for the nomination in a first primary on May 25. Harris issued this statement: “I have deliberately refrained from making any public state ment until the official vote had been canvassed, but now I do not wish to wait another minute be bore making my grateful acknow ledgement to the fine friends throughout all sections of North Carolina for the nice plurality vote accorded me. “This has been a clean cam paign. I have contested with three personal friends and no one of us has said anything which needs to be taken back. “I would be less than grateful if 1 did not also express my deep appreciation of the very generous statement of my good friend, Erskine Smith, when he announ ced that he would not exercise his privilege to call for a second contest. “I pledge my best efforts in be half of the entire Democratic ticket and predict a great victory in November. In the capacity of Lieutenant Governor L desire to be of real service to all 6f North Carolina.” o Committee Meets To Discuss Plans Meeting in the office of Nathan Lunsford, chairman of the board of directors of Community hospi tal, members of the organization committee for the forthcoming campaign tor funds to relieve the hospital debt on Tuesday night discussed details of plans for the ..campaign. n It was decided that at least one additional pre-campaign meeting be held before the drive is li*ig»tril It has been estimated that additional funds in the a.- mount of 13,442 will have to be contributed by Person and Rox boaro residents before recent con ditional grants from the. city, county and business firms here •can be accepted as a matching fund for the $12,000 grant made in similar fashion and for the same purpose by the Duke Found ation. —o Miss Nina Abbitt Accepts New Job A- i - -• Mis Nina Abbitt, who has for several years acted aa manager of the Roxboro branch of the Caro lina Motor club, has accepted a pbkttop as bookkeeper with the Ttoxboro Furniture company, Court Mr**. Mias Abbitt wilVbe. -in her new dutiea on Saturday. 'Muter. Chib office, mJAWJP* Abbitt, will be doted flrrson|^(Eimes Winners In State Contest iHwiniii ' i WMMMM hL Wm&jp mm J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, and R. L. Harris, of this city, shown above, will be Democratic nominees for governor and lieu tenant governor, following withdrawal announcements made this week and last by W. P. Horton and Erskine Smith, second high men in the respective primary contests. CITIZENS URGED TO GIVE FREELY. TO WAR FUND \ . Chairman Nicks of Red Cross Relief Fund Says Much Yet Remains To Be Done. In a statement issued today Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., chairman of the Person and Roxboro cam paign to raise Red Cross War Relief funds, again appealed to local citizens to make contribu tions to this worthy cause. The quota for this area, accord ing to information received by the local Red Cross, amounts to S6OO and of this amount a reasonable sum has been raised but much more remains to be contributed. The needs of those residing in war-stricken countries is partic ularly great and increase each day that the conflict Continues. Persons dashing to contribute may leave funds at Mr. Nicks’ office, at the Peoples Bank, at the chamber of commerce and at the offices of the Courier or the Times. All contributions wtfl be acknowledged through the press. Printed below is a list of. local contributors to the American Red Cross Relief fund: G. C. Duncan $2.09 Dr. H. M. Beam 3.00 Mrs. Walter O. Humphries 1 .00 Mrs. Ola Evnas 1.00 A Friend 1.00 Ernest Winstead 1.00 Mrs. C. C. Winstead’s Sunday School Class 3.70 H. W. Ashley LOO Wheeler Newell 500 Mr. and Mrs! Earnest Lunsford 2.00 Miss Ruth Sims .50 M. W. Satterfield 5.00 J. F. Willson LOO T. T. Mitchell 5.00 Miss Maude Satterfield 5.00 Eddie Foreman '2.00 Mrs. George Spivey 5.09 Miss Mary Harris 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Nicks 5.00 Preston Satterfield 5.001 Dr. R. E. Long 2.00 Feedwell Case 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Montague 10.00 T. B. Woody, Jr. '. 1.00. Grace Tillman . .. 2.00 Isaac Abbitt . „ 1.00 Mrs. Hattie C: Carver LOO, W. L. Clayton ' ' LOO • ■■■ "t i , . MR. RAIFF BETTER H. Raiff, of Raiffa department store, this city, who has « patient at Conunufitt/ hospital, where he underwent an operation, is nufrftig a latisticlow rtcover/# Joe A. Carver Rites Conducted At Son’s Home Funeral services for Joe A. Car ver, 79, retired Person county farmer, who' died at 6:20 o’clock Saturday evening at the home of his son, Fletcher A, Carver, Route r 1, with whom he resided, were l conducted Sunday at the home ■ by Elder J. A. Herndon of Dur • ham, assisted by the Rev. L. V. i Coggins of Semora. Interment ■ was in the Flem D. Long family cemetery. Mr. Carver had been critically i ill for a week, following a stroke i of paralysis. Survivors are his : son; a daughter, Miss Dora Car . ver of Roxboro; a brother, Paul Carver of Ro-xboro; and a sister Mrs. Mary E. Sally of Durham. o Negro Arrested Early Sunday On Whiskey Charge Russell Hunt, Negro, of this city, charged, with possession for sale, was arrested early Sunday morning at his home here by Pat rolman Gilbert Oakley and De puty Bob Whitt and turned over to Federal officers from Durham. Hunt has been suspected of boot leg activities for s6me time and officers found at the house seven and, a half gallons of whiskey. Taylor Now With Raiff s As Manager] « - * i J. Alfred Taylor, of Farmville, who has for a number of years been engaged in advertising and sales promotion, has accepted a position at Raiffs Department store, Roxboro, where he will be sales manager and in charge of advertising. . Mir. Taylor, who is a brother of Mrs. W. E. Malone, of this city, has come to Roxboro from Kins ton, where he whs connected with -L.'Harvey and Son’s department Store - Mrs/ Taylor and their son an i daughter will arrive next week. _ MEET MONDAY The Woman’s Missionary So ciety of First Baptist church will meet an Affonday aftexnobb :at toft c&gofc at 3:30 o’clock. Atten tion' Is called to toe Change of. ■vm/sUssst' Mi CUB PACK WILL MEET IN JULY Dens Will Meet Prior To That Time To Plan Program For Pack Session. First regular cub pack meet ing of the recently reorganized Roxboro and Person Cub pack will be held Mdnday evening, July 1, in the educational depart ment, Edgar Long Memorial Me thodist church, according to plans made last night at a meeting at tended by members of the organi zation committee, cub pack lead ers and den mothers. At the same time it was an nounced that den meetings, suit ing convenience of the den mo thers and others concerned will be held before July 1 and it is expected that each den will pre pare stunts to form part of the program to be presented at th: general pack session. Under plans formulated last night boys whc have not previously been inter ested in cubbing will be invited to the den gatherings, with the prevision that their parents musl agree to cooperate with the pro grams and to attend the subse quent pack meetings. Cubmaster of the group is Joe EU-is, at whose home last night’s meeting was held. Den mother* are Mesdames Charles Stewart. R. B. Dawes and J. A. Long, while older boy scouts serving as leaders are Thomas Long, Jack Hughes, Jr., and William Picker ing, Jr. The cub pack is being sponsored by men of St. Mary’s and St. Edward’s Catholic church. Committeemen present were Cly de Swartz, William Pickering and Thomas J. Shaw, Jr. -o Whitfield Rites Conducted Today Rose Mae Whitfield, 13-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Whitfield, who resides on the Oxford Road five miles from Roxboro, died yesterday morning at 3:20 o’clock at Duke hospital, Durham, following an illness with whooping cough which on Tuesday developed in to pneumonia. Funeral services were conduct ed this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the graveside in the Mtatoney fa mily cemetery, near Surl, by the Rev. J. B. Currin, Baptist minis ter. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are five brothers, Grover, G. D., Jr., Gardner, Merritt and Herbert Whitfield, and four sis ters, Misses Virginia, Kate, Hat tie, and Ruby Whitfield, all of the home. o BROOKSDALE EVENTS Young people of Brooksdale church will sponsor an ice cream supper tomorrow night at 8 o’- clock at the church, according to announcement made ■ today. On Tuesday at the same hour, the same group will sponsor a musi cal program presented by a group from Station WPTF, at Roxboro high school auditorium. o CIRCLE NO. 5 TO MEET On Monday evening, June 10, Circle No. 5 of the First Baptist church will meet with Mrs. Vic tor Satterfield and Mrs. p. H. Gilliland at the home of Mrs. Sat terfield, the meeting will begin at 7:45, and a full attendance is requested. ■ o—; • “All actual heroes a*e essential 'l".’ -- v?.v -Y'-**---" *—■»<• = Work To Begin On Roxboro Street Program Tomorrow Legionnaires To Meet Saturday At Local Hut Regular monthly meeting of the Lester Blackwell Post of the A merican Legion will be held at the Legion hut Saturday even ing, June 8 at 7 o’clock, accord ing to announcement made today by Commander R. H. Shelton, who stated that the nominating committee, of which R. A. Whit field is chairman, will at that time present a list of nominees for of -1 ficers during the coming year. : Members of the committee, in ’ eluding Mr. Whitfield, are K. L. 1 Long, Bunnie Lunsford, Onie ’ Jordan and T. A. Chambers. All committeemen are requested to ’ get in touch with the chairman, • who will designate a time and ' place for the committee meeting ■ which must be held prior to the regular session of the Legion. > o LAW MAKERS HIT : HIGHER LEAF TAX Tar Heel Congressmen Say t Proposed Measure Would » ; Hurt Tobacco Grower. Washington, June 5 Bearing [ the signatures of five North Caro lina Congressmen, a vigorous protest against any further in crease in tobacco excise taxes, as planned in the new national de fense tax bill, was presented to day to the House Ways and Means Committee. With disaster facing tobacco - growers as a result of drastically curtailed production and loss of ; export markets, the brief warned that the proposed tax increase might not only severely injure growers but result in a loss of total tax revenue as well. Urge Fair Burden Joining to present the case for tobacco to the committee, Repre sentatives Harold D. Cooley, Carl Durham, J. Bayard Clark, A. L. Bulwinkle and Zebulon Weaver stressed the patriotic desire of the tobacco industry to contribute to the national defense program, but insisted that the burden should “fall evenly and fairly upon all groups of our citizens.” The capacity of the tobacco far mer to contribute to the nation al defense program, they main tained “must necessarily be mea sured by their financial endition and the economic plight in which they now find themselves,” which was characterized as “desperate and distressing.” If additional taxes are to be levied on tobacco, the Tar Heel Congressmen contend in their briefs, “some means should be de vised whereby the government would reasonably protect the in come of our tobacco farmers.” Out of $1,750,000,000 now paid for tobacco products annually in this country, it was pointed out, the government now receives nearly $600,000,000 and the gross income of the tobacco farmers is only $175,000,000. See Lees Revenue Calling attention to the fact that production has been curtailed nearly 50 percent end that the loss of export market* cut off what amounted to 80 per cent of ft* flttWMrad outlet, the brief declared: (Continued On Beck Face) THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 James R. Nelson Os Florence, S. C. Is Buried Here Final rites for James Ransome Nelson, 80, prominent resident of Florence, S. C., who died Tues day night at McCloud hospital there folowing an illness of sev eral weeks, were conducted at the graveside in Burchwood ceme tery, Roxboro, this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Assisting in the services was the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of Ed gar Long Memorial Methodist church. The rites were in charge of Masons from Florence and from Person Lodge 113. Mr. Nelson, who has been in failing health for some time, was the father of the late Mrs. Emily N. Watkins of Roxboro and the garndfather of Mrs. Clarence Pemberton, the former Miss Anne Watkins, now of Yanceyville. Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Florence Greenwood Nelson, of Florence, S. C.; two daughters, Mrs. William Bragaw, of Wash ington, N. C., and Mrs. R. O. Yancey, of Salisbury; four sons, Charles Nelson, of Roxboro, Lewis Nelson of North Wilkesboro, Ro bert Nelson of Washington, D. C-, and Lance Nelson of Charleston, S. C.; and a number of grand children. o Mrs. Denny Dies At Cook Residence Mrs. Lucy Knott Denny, 94, wife of the late 1. T. Denny, of the Trinity Methodist church com- j munity, Person county, died this morning at 3:20 o’clock at the' home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cook, j the latter her step-grand-daugbJ ter, following an attack of angina' pectoris. Mrs. Denny had been in [ ill health for two months. Funeral services will be held at the Cook residence, where she has made her home, Friday after noon at three o’cock by the Rev. Mr. Raney, who will be assisted by Rev. J. B. Currin. Interment will take place in the Denny family cemetery. Surviving are one stepson, I. A. Denny, of Richmond, Va., one stepdaughter, Mrs. P. M. Hardy, of Aurora, and four nieces, Miss, Elia Knott and Mrs. J. C. Fraz ier, both of Stovall, Mrs. W. A. McFarland, of Oxford and Mrs. T. A. Mratin, of Berea. o Person Board Considers Budget For Coming Year Major feature at the regular meeting of thq Person County | Board- of commissioners Monday was consideration of the budget for the year 1940-41, which will be drawn up by July. The com missioners heard a number of de legations seeking appropriations but declined do make definite de cisions at this time, though sev eral applications were given ten tative approval, pending adjust ments between budgetary de mands and the tax rate. V , Presiding over, the session was L. Thomas, chainnan. Also present woe OonomMonm D. M . C«h and ttwfc T. *****: THE TIMES IS PERSON* PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIME* ! NUMBER THIRTY.FIVB Foushee Street To Be Made Into All-Weather Road; Main To Be Resurfaced; Morgan Will Be Widened. PARKING LOT WORK TO BR STARTED TOMORROW City Manager Percy Bloxam an nounced this morning that the city had secured a W. P. A. ap propriation of $26,000 for work on the streets, curbs and gutters of Roxboro and that this work would be started at once. The work will be done under super vision of the state highway and local W. P. A. labor will be used. A large rock crusher will be set up tomorrow just off Depot street in East Roxboro and work of crushing stone will get under way at once. First part of the program is that Foushee street will be made into an all-weather road running into the Durham road. This all weather road will also go north! fbr a limited way. This will en able all of the trucks to avoid Main street with their hauling to other streets in the city and also •improve Foushee street. Morgan street will be improved and widened to the city limits. Curb and gutter wfill also bn.,, placed. i r All of Main street will be re surfaced and bad places in th* street will be fixed. Curb and gutter will be laid above Firs# street to the city limits. That street commonly known as “Old 144”, running by Wesley an Heights will be patched up and generally fixed at an early date. The work cn this street will be done by the city and will be started soon. Another important announce-* ment by the city manager was -that work on the parking lot jus# at the rear of the courthouse will be started tomorrow. This lot wilt" be hard surfaced and marked off in order to accommodate parking space for a large number of cant. Mr. Bloxam and County Commis sioner P. L. Thomas have been working on this project for somer time. The street, curb and gutter work will use approximately 12H men in addition to the state high way force. o Local Man Gets j Bums From Flames Os Stalled Truck Thomas Clayton was painful ly but not seriously burned Mon day afternoon on his right arm and side about 1 o’clock on the Chub Lake Road when flames shott out from the motor of a stalled truck. Clayton, who was examining the motor while an attempt wax being made to start it, received treatment at a doctors office here. —. o DAUGHTER GRADUATES Mr. and Msa. R. M. Spencer were in Richmond. Va., Tuesday evening to attend graduating ex ercises at which thdir daughter, Mias Ifhrie Spencer, received her R. N. degree from the Medical College of Virginia. The exercis es were held at the Mosque thea tre. Mias *jpadr wffl a* . re. .