IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1940 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
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FORMER KAISER’S
KIN TO BE MARRIED
Doom, The Netherlands, (Via
* Berlin) Former Kaiser Wilhelm
11. announced this week the en
gagement of his grandson, twenty
four year old Prince Karl Franz
Josef Von Preussen, and his step
daughter, twenty-tvto-year-old
Princess Henriette Schoenach-
Carolath.
$2,000,900 YACHT
AGROUND ON REEF
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
With 16 passengers and a crew of
52 aboard, the $2,000,000 Delphine
11., largest private yacht on the
Great Lakes, was aground this
week on a reef off Manitoulin Is
land in Lake Huron. The 275,-foot
yacht, owned by Mrs. Anna Dod
ge Dillman of Detroit, was said
to be in no immediate danger.
Three tugs and a ferryboat were
attempting to free her.
TYRELL JURY FREES
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Columbia Clerk of Court
George W. Jones was found not
guilty in a verdict handed down
by a Tyrrell county jury shortly
before noon Thursday and soon
after Judge Luther Hamilton de
clared a mistrial in the case a
gainst Former Sheriff Robert L.
Swain.
Jones was charged with em
bezzling $1,607 of county money
while Swain was charged with
embezzling $2,001 of county tax
collections.
STILL HERE
SAYS REYNOLDS
Washington Senator Rey
nolds, Democrat, North Carolina,
startled some of his colleagues this
week during debate on the Nat
ional Guard measure by saying
he favored sending men to for
eign countries.
“But the men of whom I speak
are aliens,” he added quickly.
Then he referred specifically to
Harry Bridgers, West Coast mari
time labor leader who was born
in Australia.
PROMINENT WOMAN
KELLS GROWN SON
Oakland, Calif. ln the name
of mercy, a prominent clubwoman
killed her grown son and herself
this week, freeing him of a hor
ror of being alone and herself of
an agonizing, constant watch at
his side.
Police Lieutenant, Leon Carroll
said Mrs. Estelle Silverstein, 54,
used two pistols tp kill Phillip
Loney, her 31-year-old son by a
former marriage, and herself. Two
bullets entered Loney’s skull. One
pierced her brain.
SIDESTEPPED
ISSUE IN JAPAN
Tokyo Newspapers said
Thursday that the government
has side-setpped a request of the
United States that Japan re-de
fine her attitude toward French
Indo-China and the Netherlands
East Indies.
The government’s attitude was
tantamount to a rejection of the
American request presented Wed
nesday by United States Ambas
sador Joseph C. Grew, it was in
dicated.
The well-knotfjn newspaper
Asahi said that Japan would has
ten her southward determination
- irrespective of the attitude of the
United States.”
lerson^Mimrs
EQUALIZATION TO
AID TEACHERS IN
PERSON JSCHOOLS
White and NegTo Teachers
In County System Will
Benefit By New Ruling In
Regard To Salaries.
Thirty-one white teachers and
forty-five Negro teachers in Per
son county public schools will
receive respective salary increas
es of $2 and $6 per month under
the revised salary schedules pro
vided last week by the State
School Commission and Board of
Education, according to Person
Superintendent of schools, R. B.
Griffin, who said yesterday that
all salary increases will be con ■
tingent upon prossession of an
grade A certificate.
It is also understood that white
teachers elgible for increases
must show that they have had
eight years of teaching experien
ce. Mr. Griffin reported that there
are 76 Negro teachers now em
ployed by the county and that
approximately two-thirds of them
will be eligible for increased sal
aries. White teachers, exclusive
of agricultural and vocational
teachers, number 120, according
to Mr. Griffin, who pointed out
that the smaller number who will
receive an increase in compensa
tion is in line with the propor
tions authorized by the State
authorities.
The equalization schedule of
salary readjustments is regarded
as especially significant in what
it provides more adequate pay for
Negro teachers.
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MOORE WINNER
OF HIGH HONOR
Gold Palm Presented To
Local Scout At Court Os
Honor Held Friday.
Winner of the Gold Palm at the
Roxboro Scout Council’s court of
honor Friday night was Lawren
ce Moore. This recognition of
Moore’s advancement in Scouting
is regarded as a distinct honor.
Merit badges were also award
ed to a number of Scouts and one
boy, Charles Hughes, was advan
ced to the rank of Second class
scout. Winners of badges in swim
ming were Jack Hughes, Jr.,
Leon Wilson, Roy Cates, Jack
Parham, Charles Harris, Jr., Ralph
Tingen, Bobby Booth; in camping,
Thomas Long and Toufielf A
meen; in first aid, Charles Harris
and Roy Cates; in canoeing, Rich
ard Moore, and in path finding,
Norfleet Umstead, who also re
ceived a badge in hiking.
Officials present included Scout
Executive A. P. Patterson, of
Reidsville, Dr. R. E. Long and
Henry O’Briant
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FSA Men Attend
District Session
Leo Rabon and other members
of the local Farm Security admi
nistration personnel have return
ed from Greensboro where they
attended a two day district con
ference Thursday and Friday
at which discussion of tenant
purchasing provisions for 1940-
1941 was the central topic.
Mr. Rabon reported that un
der provisions of the FSA worthy
tenant farmers may purchase
farms at a low rate of interest
under a long term contract and
that those persons who now wish
to do so may file applications at
the local FSA office in the Rox
boro Post office building.
The sessions were held at the
O. Henry hotel.
Queen Os Tobacco Festival
AT SOUTH BOSTON Miss Martha Scott, star of “Our Town”
and “The Howards of Virginia”, who is shown above, will reign as
queen of the sixth annual National Tobacco festival at South Boston,
Va., September 5 and 6, succeeding Mary PickfortL Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley will crown Miss Scott Friday evening, Septem
ber 6, and Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians will play for the
Coronation ball. Miss Scott comes to South Boston by invitation of
Governor James H. Price, of Virginia, and festival officials.
Brooks and Noble Speak At
"United Dry” Mass Meeting
ABBITT SPEAKS
ON AGRICULTURE
Rotary Club Hears Him
Describe Farming Condi
tions of Post-Civil War
Days. ’
A description of fanning meth
ods practiced sixty years ago on
his father’s farm was presented
in contrast to present methods at
the Thursday meeting of the Ro
tary club by I. O. Abbitt, super
intendent of the City Water de
partment, whose memories of the
times when rural life was one
of self-sufficiency and simplicity
furnished a full hour of instruc
tion highlighted by humor.
In the course of his talk Mr.
Abbitt mentioned tractors, harves
ters and other machines now us
ed in farming and described his
own experiences in farming dur
ing the periods before such mach
ines came into general use. Also
a feature of his talk was a vivid
picture of his boyhood experien
ces.
Prior to Mr. Abbitt’s address a
brief session was held at whicn it
was agreed that a collection
should be taken for the purpose
of contributing $lO as an addi
tion to the club’s original dona
tions to the Community hospital
debt fund. Treasurer E. E. Erad
sher subsequently reported that
the additional sum was raised
without difficulty and that the
club’s reputation, in friendly ri
valry with the Kiwanis organiza
tion, was .saved, for the time be
ing. Rotarian contributions now
stand at sll2, against $lO3 fiom
the Kiwanians, while original do
nations from each organization
were respectively SIOO.
The club session, presided over
by President Gordon C. Hunter,
was held at Hotel Roxboro. Spe
cial guests included Thomas R.
Bennett and Norman York, new
residents of the city, and S. M.
Ford. Next meeting will be held
at Lea’s Chapel.
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HAS INFORMATION
Postmaster L. M. Carlton, of
this city said yesterday that he
now has information pertaining
to civil service examinations for
Junior Graduate nurses in the
United States Public health ser
vice and that he will be glad to
confer with persons desiring this
information. He jspid that recent
ly a number of inquiries have
been received concerning this
branch of public service.
With Frederick H. Brooks and
A. M. Noble, Smithfield attorneys
as speakers, the first of a series of
mass meetings sponsored by the
Person County Unit of the Unit
ed Dry Forces of North Carolina
in the interest of decision con
cerning the control of whiskey in
Person county was held yesterday
afternoon at three o’clock at the
Person County court house.
Judge Brooks and Mr. Noble,
who arrived here earlier in the af
ternoon, were guests of the Rev.
W. F. West, leader of the local
United Dry Forces unit, and hadj
preliminary conferences with him
and with others who are oppos
ing the coming control issue elec
tion of August 24, before they ap
peared on the program.
A representative audience gath
ered to hear the speakers, who
related some of their experiences
with control and anti-control
problems in Johnston county,
where citizens have recently vot
ed to abolish ABC stores that
were first licensed there in 1937
after the passage of the local op
tion law by the State legislature.
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DEADLINE SET
Wallace W. Woods, secretary of
the Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce said yesterday that less
than half of ballots for directors
have been received. Ballots must
be in by Thursday, the 15th
Along The Way
With the Editor
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The editor of “Along the Way” is on his vacation in War
saw, Va., and if you fellows, at whom he has been taking cracks
each week would like to write this column and get your re
venge, you may do so. One fellow has already written this
column but did not sign his name—if you should write this
column, your name must be signed.
Here’s a card received from the Editor and as you will
see—he just can’t get his mind off of golf:
“Found golf course almost in back yard. The “pro” asked
me to take his place while he went on vacation. 1 parred it the
second time around. Editor Merritt.”
The proudest man in Roxboro is E. E. Bradsher. A few
weeks ago he bought himself a brand new car. Mr. Bradsher
has owned several cars but we understand that this is his first
new one. He had it clearly understood with the automobile
dealer that a Negro had never entered the new car—as you will
remember Mr. Bradsher’s old car was formerly owned by Jim
Bailey.
It’s the truth, so help me, our good friend Bill Walker is
a papa. He is the proud father of a beautiful girl and has al
ready been asking some of the older papas “when do they
sleep?” Wants to borrow a baby carriage, too.
S. G. Winstead received a telegram from his son, S. G.,
Jr., Tuesday saying, “You are the grandfather of a fine son.”
Os course, he was very much pleased—but stated that he didn’t
mind being called “grandfather” so much but didn’t think
so much of the idea of being married to a “grandma”.
BUND GEORGE’S
CAFE FORBIDDEN
TO SELL FOOD
Order Comes Because of
Inability of Place To Meet
Minimum Sanitation Grade
of 70.
Pointing out that according to
North Carolina laws all cases,
restaurants and other establish
ments serving foods to the pub
lie must receive a sanitary rating
of 70 if they expect to remahi in
business, Sanitarian T. J. Fowler
yesterday reported the clos
ing of Blind George’s case, Depot
street, where a monthly score of
43.5 was recorded, and warned
that other establishments would
be closed unless an improvement
in sanitation standards is noted.
In commenting on the closing
of the Blind George case, Mr.
Fowler said that the proprietor
will still be permitted to sell to
bacco and bottled drinks, but
that permit to sell foods will be
suspended until sanitation re
quirements can be attained. Un
der state law any case closed for
failure to meet such standards
cannot re-open until thirty days
after issuance of suspension ord
ers.
It is understood that the owner
of the Blind George has been
I warned repeatedly in the past
and that the action taken this
month was taken only after the
operator had been given suffici
ent time to make required im
provements.
Twelve other case’s in the city
received grades of A or B, with
.high score of 94.5 going to Rox •
boro Diner. Next highest was
Hotel Roxboro, 94. Other high
scores were: Royal case 92; Feed
well, 91.5; Peoples, 90.5; Moon
glow (Negro) 90; and Brown
I Bobby, 90.
I Next in order were: Blue Bird,
88; Barnett’s case, 87; King’s Pal
ace, 86.5; Ellington’s case, 86.5;
and Red Lane, 83. Lowest of
places not closed were Munday's
case, 78, and Booty’s Place, 70
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Ca-Vel Pitcher
Injures Arm
Harold Clayton, pitcher for the
Ca-Vel baseball team and employ
ed by that corporation, is a pati
ent at Community hospital, this
city, where he is receiving treat
ment for a broken left arm. Clay
ton’s arm was broken when
caught in a shearing machine at
the Ca-Vel plant. The arm brok
en in three places, is, fortunately
not his pitching arm.
His condition yesterday was re
ported as being as comfortable
as could be expected.
Festival At South Boston
Will Be Brilliant Occasion
ROXBORO TWINS GO
INTO ARMY
Brothers In Another Fam
ily Also Join Up, Following
, Older Brothers.
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Wesley and Leslie Newcomb,
. twin brothers, of this city are
, among seven or eight Person
! county young men who have re
• cently enlisted in the United
. States Army service, according
t to announcement made yesterday
E by Hubert H. Stephens, sub- sta
-1 tion commander of the Durtiam
1 Recruiting office,
t Also included in the Person list
. are Sidney T. and Alfred S. Slu
; ughter, two of five brothers now
. in the service. In commenting on
■ the enlistments by the Roxboro
. brothers Sergeant Stephens said
: that no less than 10 other sets of
: brothers, from Durham, Rouge
■ mont and Hillsboro have also en
■ listed within the past few weeks.
Other Roxboro and Person res -
; idents reported as enlisting are:
: Willis Clay Stigall, 20 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Sti
gall, Route 1, Virgilina, who en
listed for the Quartermaster
Corps of Fort Moultrie,
Clarence W. Wilkerson, 27, son
i of Mrs. Lula Wilkerson, Hurdle
■ .Mills, who chose the Medical Corps
of Camp Jackson, S. C.
Perry Franklin Dunn, 20, .son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dunn,
route 2, Roxboro, enlisted for the
i Infantry, Camp Jackson, S. C.
James Wesley Shelton, 26, son
; of Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Shel
ton, Roxboro, choose the Infantry
of Camp Jackson.
Dewey William Gates, 26, son
of Mrs. Fannie Gates, Hurdle
Mills, enlisted for the Field Ar
tillery and will be stationed at
Camp Jackson, S. C.
Lewis Franklin Ball, 33, son of
Mr. Lewis Ball, Hurdle Mills,
signed up for the 13th. Infantry
at Camp Jackson, S. C.
The Durham Recruiting office
now holds vacancies for the fol
lowing places. Fort Bragg, N. C.,
Fort Benning, Ga., Camp Jackson.
S. C., the Hawaiian Islands, and
the Panama Canal Zone.
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QUAIL SEASON TO
OPEN AT USUAL
TIME THIS YEAR
Other Hunting Seasons Gi
ven By Game Warden, Who
Urges Hunters To Secure
Licenses Early.
Person residents may begin to
hunt quail on Thursday, Novem
ber 28, which will be Thanksgiv
ing day if President Roosevelt
does not change the order of holi
days, according to reports receiv
ed from Person Game Warden,
R. G. Reynolds, who says that the
quail season will remain open un
til February 15, 1941 and that the
bag limit will be ten and that
not more than 150 birds may be
killed by individual hunters dar
ing the season.
The turkey season extends
through the same period as that
for quail, with bag and season
limits of one and three.
There will be a split season for
squirrel hunting, from Septem
ber 1 to 30 and from Thanksgiv
ing day until January 31, with no
bag limits. Rabbits may be hunt
ed during the same season as
quail and turkeys, with no bag
limit.
In commenting on the fourth
coming seasons Mr. Reynolds said
that licenses are to be on sale at
the usual places and that he urg
es all prospective hunters to se
cure them as early as possible in
order to avoid embarrassment at
a later time.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER*
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
| Roxboro People Expected
To Attend Neighboring
City’s Festival At Which
Martha Scott will be Queen.
Roxboro and Person citizens,
now that their 1940 “Hospitality
Week” has become a memory, are
, looking forward to the “Tobacco
» Festival” held annually at near
l by South Boston, Va., and re
- ports from that city indicate that
1 the sixth festival, which opens on
; September 5, will be an outstand
j ing event.
According to W. B. Barbour, as
i tute pubilcity agent for the fes
tival, Guy Lombardo and his Royal
t Canadians, will play for the co
• ronation ball of the National To-
J baco Festival, the largest annual
i dance held in America. The Lom
) bardos will honor on this occas
l ion the beautiful Martha Scott,
E star of stage, screen and radio,
- who will reign over the fes
tivities, September 5 and 6.
Miss Scott, who will reign as
• queen of this year’s Nat
: ional Tobacco Festival, succeeds
1 Mary Pickford, who reigned over
■ the celebration in 1939. A year
■ or two ago Miss Scott was just
• another stage actress from New
York City. Today, she is one
i of the nation’s leading actresses,
s having played the feminine lead
; in “Our Town,” and will be co
starred with Cary Grant in the
i new Frank Lloyd production,
, “The Howards of Virginia”.
; James A. Farley, chairman of
the National Democratic Commit
i tee; Postmaster General of the
- United States and who recently
’ became head of the New York
Yankee baseball club will con
. duct the coronation exercises at
the Festival when Miss Scott will
be crowned. This announcement
; came to Festival officials through
United States Senator Carter
Glass of Lynchburg, Va., who
, completed the arrangements.
Guy Lombardo and his band
have been playing- together for
• many years and rank at the top,
and are admitted to play the
, “sweetest music this side of Hea
ven.” This orchestra palyed for
[ the National Tobaco Festival in:
1936 and drew the largest atten
dance of any of the coronation
balls. It is by popular request that
the Lombardos have been secur
ed for the 1940 dance, which will
be held in South Boston, on
Friday night, September 6.
This orchestra is responsible for
the sweet melody, unusual orches
trations, muffled brasses, and slow
crooning rhythm, which have
made the Lombardo outfit a lead
ing attraction from the point of
, popular folowing, and in line with
previous celebrations, National
Tobacco Festival officials are
pleased to have secured the band
for the expected ten thousand
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Baptist Bible Class
Has Lake Supper
Members of the Men’s Bible
class of the First Baptist church,
with an attendance of between
forty and fifty, held, their annual
summer outing of the year this
week at City Lake, near Rox
boro. Going out late Wednesday
afternoon the members, includ
ing the class President Merrimon
Burns, enjoyed a b runs wick stew
supper.
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WINS AWARD
For proficiency in progress at
Camp Seatone, at Manteo, Miss
Faith Brooks, of Roxboro, dau
ghter of Mr. ahd Mrs. Thomas
Brooks, has received a plaque. As
recipient of this honor Miss
Brooks won first place during the
period she was in camp.