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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
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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.”
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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.
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Miss Nina Abbitt
Accepts New Job
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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
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Winners In State Contest
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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
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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
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“All actual heroes a*e essential
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. .