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U. 8. WILL TRAIN
’CHUTE SOLDIERS
Washington Formation of an
experimental unit of parachute
troops and plans for mass training
of air corps bombardment crews
were disclosed Saturday by the
War department.
Secreatry Stimson announced
that a test platoon of two officers
and 48 men, chosen from volun
teers in the 29th Infantry at Fort
Benning, Ga., would undergo pa
rachute training from July 29
through August 3 at the Safe Pa
rachute Company, Hightstown, N.
J., near Ft. Dix.
NOTIFICATION RECEIVED
FROM TELEPHONE BOOTH
Chicago From a dimly light
ed, peach colored telephone booth
in a reception room of a lakeside
hotel (Blackstone), President
Roosevelt received his first of
ficial notification that the Demo
cratic national convention had
shattered precedent by nominat
ing him for a third term.
The notification came in the
form of a telephone message
from Senator James F. Byrnes,
long time personal friend of the
President and his unofficial man
ager at the Chicago convention.
INDIAN ORDERED HELD
FOR RELATIVE’S DEATH
Whiteville A coroner’s jury
ordered Lannear Ellerbe, Lake
Waccamaw Indian, held without
privilege of bond in connection,
with the slaying early Sunday
morning of his brother-in-law,
Sanford Huggins, 18, also an In
dian.
The only eye-witness to the fa
tal shooting, besides the wife of
the accused man, was Daniel
Chavis. He testified before the cor
oner’s inquest here Tuesday morn
ing.
HAILE SELASSIE BACK IN
AFRICA TO FIGHT ITALY
London Haile Selassie, “King
of Kings and Conquering Lion of
Judah”, is back in the Anglo-
Egyption Sudan, just across the
border from his Italian-conquer
ed Ethiopia, with the weight of
Britain behind his dream to win
back his kingdom.
GERMAN SOLDIERS
REPORTED IN SPAIN
New York A concerted move
ment into Spain of German sol
diers—openly armed, uniformed
and mechanically equipped
was reported by Americans who
fled troubled Europe through the
Spanish peninsula.
Many say that they saw “thou
sands of Nazi soldiers” entering
Bilbo by armored car, as well as
choking the streets of Barcelona
and crowding the hotels of other
Spanish cities.
ALCATRAZ PRISONERS
BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE
San Fran cisco Nearly 100
convicts at Alcatraz prison have
been on a partial hunger strike
since last Monday, Warden James
Johnston disclosed.
Hie men, allowed to select their
food cafeteria style, are eating
only sparingly but otherwise have
made no demonstration. Here are
SSO of the nation’s toughest fed
eral prisoners in the San Fran
eisco Bay island prison.
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As Uncle Sam’s mammoth naval building program gets under way, Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward, com
mandant of the Third naval district, drives the first rivet to lay the keel of the new United States Battleship
U. S. S. lowa at the Brooklyn navy yard. Observing die ceremony are Captains C. A. Dunn of the navy yard,
(left); T. B. Richey, production officer of the yard; and Commander J. E. Kiernan. The public was not invited
to the keel-laying, because of the necessity for privacy and speed.
Hunter Installed
As New President
Os Rotary Club
Installation of Gordon C. Hun
ter, executive vice president of,
the Peoples Bank, as president of
the Roxboro Rotary club was a
feature at the dinner meeting
Thursday night at Hotel Roxboro.
Installation address, in humorous
vein, was delivered by George
Y 7 fMhar installed
were Glenn Stovall, vice presi
dent and Glenn Titus, secretary.
E. E. Bradsher, treasurer, contin
ues in office.
In his brief message of thanks
Mr. Hunter suggested the estab
lishment of a vocational place
ment service for young people of
high school and college age, the
committee to be headed by offi
cers of the local Rotary club. An
nouncement was made that the
club will meet next week at Ho
tel Roxboro. It is expected that
a feature of the session will be
a report from the retiring secre
tary, W. Reade Jones, who re
cently returned from the Rotary
International convention at Hav
ana, Cuba. On motion of Claude
T. Hall a rising vote of thanks
was extended to retiring club
president, R. B. Griffin and to
other officers of the past year.
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Drivers Should
Know Arm Signals
And All Meanings
Raleigh, July 2C “Every dri
ver in North Carolina is supposed
to know the various arm signals
and their meanings, yet hardly a
day goes by but that an accident
occurs somewhere in the state as
a result of some driver disregard
ing a signal, failing to give a sig
nal, or giving a wrong signal.”
In connection with the above
statement, Ronald Hocutt, direc
tor of the Highway Safety divis
ion, reported this week that 160
accidents occurred in North Caro
lina last year as a result of dri
vers failing to give a signal be
fore coming to a stop or making
a turn. Another 841 accidents, 13 |
of which were fatal, resulted
from disregard of signals. -
“Entirely too many North Caro
lina drivers take the attitude that
arm signals are unimportant,”
Hocutt said. “The average driver
generally gives no signal at all, (
or gives the wrong signal, before
stopping or turning. And some
drivers seem tp think they have
given an adequate signal if they]
simply flutter their hand out of
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ANOTHER ARREST
MADE BY ORDER
OF DEPARTMENT
Herbert Yancey, Negro,
Refuses To Take Treat
ment And Is In Jail By Re
quest of Health Official.
Herbert Yancey, 24, Negro, ten
ant on the Howerton farm near
Ca-Vel, was arrested Friday at
4JUa~requ«st- of Dr. Ar-L.~AlJen,
director of the Person unit of the
tri-county health department, and
was placed in the Person County
jail under a charge of refusal to
take treatments prescribed for
syphilitic infection.
Yancey is the second Person
Negro resident arrested on this
charge within a week, said Dr.
Allen, who also said that other
Negro residents who may be ar
rested on similar charges include:
Ernest Hamlett, Curly Mae
Clemmons, Woodrow Day, and
Sidney Royster, who will be con
fined to the jail if they can still
be found in the county. It was
also announced that Mary Swann,
Negress, will be confined to the
jail for refusal to take a prescrib
ed blood test for syphilis. The
woman will loe detained until a
report can Ibe obtained.
In continuing his campaign to
enforce laws pertaining to com
pulsory treatments for social dis
eases, Dr. Allen said that the num
ber of arrests which can be made
is limited because of the fact
that patients placed under arrest
must be isolated and because of
the fact that quarters of this type
at the jail are also limited in
number. Treatments usually re
quire three or more weeks be
fore infections can be checked.
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Microscope And s
Apparatus Given
To Local Office
Dr. Ralph J. Sykes, of Raleigh,
assistant to Dr. J. C. Knox, of the
State Board of health, was in
Roxboro Thursday for the pur
pose of presenting to the Person
health department a microscope
and dark field apparatus to be
used in syphilitic examinations.
The equipment is a gift to the lo
cal department from the Stat;
Board of heatlh and is expected
to materially increase the effi
ciency of work at syphilis clinics.
Only a limited number of the
microscopes have been given opt.
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- Somebody is being paid real
money for knowing the tilings
you don’t know.
Committee Will
Meet Again To
Consider Plans
Members of the executive com
mittee of the Person county unit
of the United Dry forces,
recently formed to combat Per
son’s August 24 election on the
legalized sale of whiskey in the
county, are expected to meet a
gain on Monday, according to
announcPTnentniy - tile Rev. _ W.
F. West, chairman of the com
mittee.
Mr. West, pastor of Roxbora
First Baptist church and an ac
tive Dry leaders, said today that
further plans for organization
work in the county will be the
main topic to be discussed.
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Featherstons Hold
Family Reunion
Seventh annual reunion of the
Featherston family was held re
cently at Concord Methodist
church, Person county, with an
attendance of 134 members of the
family and seventeen visitors. Of
ficers lected for the new year
were Earl C. Dameron, of Dur
ham, president; George T. Fea
therston, of Durham, vice-presi
dent; and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, of
Roxboro, secretary, re-elected.
A sketch of the family history
was presented by Miss Annie E.
Crowder. Musical features con
sisted of duets by Misses Emily
and Ann Williams andd quartets
by Mesdames W. L. Mann, W. A.
Homaday, C. B. Harper and E.
C. Dameron.
Along The Way
With the Eidtor
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Although the Fourth of July was celebrated several days
ago the fireworks really did not start until one day last week.
Victor Satterfield bought a new set of golf clubs and went down
to Champ Winstead’s meadow to the rear of his house to try
out the clubs. Vic had a caddy and sent him way across the
meadow to round up his balls as he drove them. He teed up his
first ball, took deadly aim and let go a teriffic blast. Strange
enough he hit the ball and it sailed in the wrong direction o ver
die hills. The ball crashed in the window of a house that was
occupied by a number of colored people and the story is that
they came running out of the house like squirrels out of a
tree. This column doesn’t know whether Satterfield got his
ball back or not.
Here’s another golf story. Dolian Long has been playing
golf for some time, but he refuses to play with boys who have
played before. He gets a fellow who has never played, takes
him put to the course and shows him a big time. Then on the
way back home he sells him a set of clubs and everything that
is necessary for a good golf game. Whether you call that good
business or not is more than we can say.
We saw a funny thing last week. Coy Day had a nice size
'copper still over at his service station. Now this writer doesn't
know whether Coy is going to use the still or not, but in case
you are interested you might ask him.
A. M. BURNS, JR.
HEADS NEW WAKE
FORESETGROUP
Plans For Chapel Discus
sed. Zon Robinson Speaks
On Value Os Christian Edu
cation.
Following a dinner meeting
called for the purpose of presen
tation of plans for the propose!
new chapel at Wake Forest col
lege, Person County alumni of
the college, after a lapse of sev
eral years, effected a re-organiza
tion of the local alumni associa
tion Friday night at Hotel Rox
boro. New president of the local
alumni group is A. M. Burns, Jr.,
prominent Roxboro attorney, who
presided at the dinner session.
Elected to serve with Mr. Burns
was Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth, well
known physician of this city, and
members of the executive commit
tee, appointed by Mr. Bums, in
addition to the two officers, in
clude R. B. Griffin, R. B. Dawes
and Rev. J. B. Currin.
Honor guest and speaker at the
dinner, which was attended by
eighteen alumni and friends of
the college, was Zon Robinson,
director of public speaking, who
quoted James Truslow Adams’
opinion that the time has now
come when Americans should
place spiritual values above mat
erial estimates. Using this thought
as his- theme, Mr. Robinson then
passed on to an analysis of the
place of a Christian college in'
the field of higher education, say
ing that Wake. Forest college is
meeting this challenge in an ad
mirable manner.
In the discussion of plans for
the new chapel at the college it
was indicated that seating capa
city of the auditorium will be
2,150 and that in the building
will also be provided a commons
room for students, an art gallery
for housing the valuable Simmons
collection of paintings, and quar
ters for the divinity school. Par.
ticular stress was laid on the im
portance of the rooms reserved
for the Simmons collection, said
to be one of the most valuable
collections belonging to any Am
erican educational institution.
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Churchill Says
Children May Stay
London, July 18 Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill told
Commons today the exodus of
children to the Dominions and the
United States was most undesir
able and that he did not believe
the military sitaution required
it.
SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1940
Tobacco Growers Hear Two
Speakers Before Balloting
Young People To
Camp For Week
At Clement Church
During the week of July 22 to
27 a camp for young people will
be held at Clement Baptist church,
with attendance being limited to
young women during the first
three days of the session. Young
men will be at the camp from
Thursday through Saturday.
Leaders at the camp will in
clude Mrs. R. L. Wilburn and Miss
Nina Rigers, of Roxboro; Misses
Helen Graves and Ella Thomp
son, of Leasburg; and Misses Ad
die and Bessie Hester, who will
plan and supervise meals. An im
portant feature of the camp will
be programs on Bible study, de
votionals, mission work, and oth
er related topics. Recreational fea
tures will be games, talent hours,
and campfire services. Leaders
for Friday night’s services will in
clude Billy West and Jarvis Ad
ams, of this city.
As a part of the camp program
a joint Sunday school picnic of the
Clement, Lambeth Memorial, Lea
Bethel and Semora churches will
be held on Thursday afternoon,
July 25. The picnic supper will
be served at six o’clock. Starting
at two o’clock in the afternoon a
program consisting of a singing
' contest, with all the schools par
j ticipating, and of various con
4eete and-games-wtH-beginr Ulass
stunts will be held and will be
given by students of all ages.
A full attendnace is requested.
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REV. D.H. STEWART
WILL LEAVE HILL
Presbyterian Minister Ac
cepts Call To First Church
Os Frankfort, Ky.
. Chapel Hill, July 20 The
Rev. Donald H. Stewart, who for
the past six years has been pas
tor of the Sprunt Memorial Pres
byterian church in Chapel Hill,
has accepted a call from the First
Presbyterian church of Frank
fort, Ky.
One of the most absorbing and
thought-provoking ministers in
the village, Dr. Stewart has
drawn large audiences to the small
church, which often was so crowd
ed that all visitors could not be
seated even when chairs were
placed in the aisles and vestibule.
Although his resignation will
not become effective until Sep
tember 1, he will conduct only two
more services here, on July 21
and July 28. He and his family
will vacation in August and oc
cupy the manse until Septem
ber 4.
Bom in England, Dr. Stewart
attended Repton School, receiv
ed his A. B. degree at the Univer
sity of Louisville in 1927 and his
B. D. degree from the Presbyter
ian Seminary two years later.
Last year he received his Ph. D.
degree from the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland.
Dr. Stewart is married and has
two sons, six and four years old.
His wife is the former Miss Mary
Howard Turlington of Moores
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Goodfriend’s Store, Main street,
’operated by Simon and Jake
Goodfriend, has during the past
week been renovated. A new
window front has been installed
and walls of show windows have
been redecorated, so that the
general appearance has been
much enhanced.
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PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
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W. G. Finn and E. Y. Floyd
Tell Person Growers That
Control Issue Is Most Vital.
Although complete results form
the Person county vote on the
flue-cured referendum are not
yet available, residents of this
area reported that balloting,
which began at 7 o’clock yester
day morning, will apparently go
in favor of adoption of the ex
tended three-year control plan.
Friday night between 175 and
200 Person growers gathered at
the Person county court house to
hear addresses on the referendum
issues by W. G. Finn, of Washing
ton, director of the Eastern Cen
tral division of the AAA, and E.
Y. Floyd, executive secretary of
the North Carolina division. The
two speakers and C. J. Weeks,
State college graduate this past
June, who also came with Mr.
Floyd from Raleigh, were intro
duced by Claude T. Hall, promin
ent Person landowner and grow
er, who presided at the meeting.
Mr. Finn, who came to Roxboro
from Danville, where he had spent
the afternoon, emphasized the fact
that the setup under which the re
ferendum was called comes near
er meeting the requirements than
any other similar law which has
been introduced or passed by
Congress. He also indicated that
conditions for the referendum, as
stipulated in that act, have been
met with, while both Mr. Floyd
and Mr. Hall spoke on more, local
'problems connected with issues
settled by the referendum and
sought to bring home the import
ance of the longer period of con
trol as a safety value on present
values rendered precarious by
closing of European and Asiatic
markets.
Prior to closing the meeting an
open forum discusion was held
and a number of citizens, among
them Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of
this city, were called upon for an
expression of their views.
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Camp Plant
Is Purchased
By Bennett
Thomas Bennett, of Norfolk,
Va., has purchased the local
•branch of Camp Fertilizer Co. and
is expected to arrive in Roxboro
soon to begin operation of this
plant, it was reported in this city
last week.
It was also stated that he had
purchased the trade name and
formula of Camp.
Mr. Bennett has a wife and one
child and is expected to make his
home here.
Camp Fertilizer company has
formerly been operated by Davi
son Chemical corporation and was
managed by Famk H. Willson.
Mr. Willson resigned to accept a
position with Person Motors.
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HOSPTAL DEBT FUND
Although reports of the Com
munity Hospital Debt fund cam
paign continue to come in, it was
learned Saturday afternoon that
many solicitors have not yet fil
ed their reports andtfor this reas
on officials conducting the drive
are witholding an accounting re
port until next week. Many con
tributors have been most gener
ous, it was said, and those who
wish to contribute but have not
yet been contacted may mail
contributions to the co-chairman,
O. B. Mcßroom and R. M.
Spencer, this city. Checks should
be made payable to Nathan Luna,
ford, chairman of the board of
directors of the hospital
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