IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
i PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
State Senator Roy Rowe Will
Deliver Address On Control
Will Be Here Saturday and
WOl Be Followed On Sun
day by I. G. Creer.
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With State Senator Roy Rowe,
of Burgaw, and I. G. Greer, sup
erintendent of Mills Home Baptist
orphanage, of Thomasville, as
speakers, a full week-end devoted
to discussion of the “Control” is
sue to be decided by Person coun
ty citizens, who will on August
24 cast ballots for or against the
legalized sale of whiskey here,
will get under way on this com
ing Saturday.
Senator Rowe, well-known
Pender county business man, leg
islator and outspoken advocate of
the ABC control system, is to ap
pear here Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock at the Person county
court house, whera he will speak
under auspices of Person citizens
who are in favor of the adoption
of control, according to announce
ment made today, in which it was
pointed out that Mr. Rowe’s home
county of Pender is one of the
comparatively few eastern coun
ties where the control system has
not been adopted, and that for
this reason his message is expect
ed to be of unusual pertinency
with respect to similar conditions
in Person county.
Following Mr. Rowe’s address
on Saturday, the debate will be
continued on Sunday, when Mr.
Greer will speak at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon at a mass meeting
to be staged by the Person county
Tinit of the United Dry Forces at
Roxboro high school auditorium.
Mr. Greer, fourth speaker brought
here by the United Dry Forces
within a week, will also speak at
the 11 o’clock morning service at
Edgar Long Memorial church, ac
cording to announcement from
the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of
that church.
Since the appearance here
of Frederick H. Brooks and A. M.
Noble, two Smithfield attorneys
from the “new dry” territory of
Johnston, local observers have
noted an increased interest in the
ABC question which will be again
decided at the Person polls be
cause the Person Board of elec
tions last month authorized the
calling of. a special election after
601 duly accredited voters in the
-county had signed a petition re
questing it. At the previous spec
ial election, held in the early
summer of 1937, advocates of con
trol came within less than twen
•'jty-five votes of carrying the elec
tion.
In that election approximately
two thousand votes were cast
. but it is expected that the total
vtrte on August 24 will be some
what larger, since control advo
cates as well as the members of
jjthe United Dry forces have been
'"much more active this time than
Ithey were previously.
L Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of Rox
iboro, who is also chairman of the
{Ptffxon Board of elections, in a
Statement issued last week fol
lowing the closing of registration
BKn>, pointed out that this re-
BpktriKtion was held for conven
■pnee of voters not previously re
mßend Or for those who have
cWm* residence from one pre
<®|£to another, and that all duly
voters will be permit-
Jpi & cast their ballots on August
«hould be urged to do so.
evidence of local and
interest in the Person
vfWfe' whetted by recent rever-
Johnston, was de
last week by
fFwfPgPjSattribution of hand
continued this
W* k ?-pfeted to increase
pp'i't ifete# S' iltoe and Super-
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Control Speaker
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Shown above is State Senator
Roy Rowe, of Burgaw, who will
deliver an address 'on the Control
issue Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock at the Person County
Court House. Senator Rowe will
be introduced by Nathan Luns
ford, prominent Roxboro attorney.
Fire Calls Used
By Department
Announced Today
The system of fire calls by
siren to be used by the local fire
department, as recommended ar.d
passed by the City Council are:
1 Call The fire district and
business district, i. e. Main
street Post Office and
Methodist church; Lamar street
between Presbyterian church
and Primitive Baptist church
beyond Reams avenue.
2 Calls All portions of Main
street and Depot street west of
R. R. to Burch avenue.
3 Calls All Main street from
Academy street to City Limits
west of Railroad.
4 Calls Lamar street to City
Limits, then City Limits to
south of Bradsher avenue.
5 Calls South of Leasburg road
following City Limits to North
east of Reams avenue.
6 Calls South of Morehead
street .to Lamar street to Burch
avenue intersection.
7 Calls North of Burch avenue
to City Limits and all territory
beyond towards Longhurst and
Ca-Vel.
8 Calls All territory within
Corporate Limits east of Nor
folk and Western R. R. from
Burch avenue.
Each Saturday a test call will
be made of two calls at 12 o’clock
noon E. S. T.
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Troop 49 Will
Have Parents At
Next Session
Members of troop 49 of the
Roxboro Boy Scout council will
observe “Parent’s Night” next
Wednesday night at the home of
Assistant Scoutmaster and Mrs.
T. J. Fowler, on Gordon street.
Dr. Robert E. Long, scoutmaster,
urges all boys to bring their par
ents.
During the past week members
of the troop were entertained at
supper by Toufielk Ameen and his
father at the Peoples Case, oper
ated by Mr. Ameen, whose son is
a member of the troop. On the
program for the evening * was
Billy Spencer, Star scout, who
described his experiences at the
C. M. T. C., at Fort Bragg last
month. .
Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Robinson
Tuesday Morning
Mrs. Rosa Chandler Robinson,
69, wife of the late Rev. C. W.
Robinson, Methodist minister of
Clayton, died Tuesday morning at
8:40 o’clock at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Jacob Thompson, near
Cpncord church in Person coun
ty.
The deceased had been ill £or
over a year. Her condition had
been critical for the past two
weeks and death was attributed
to a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Robinson, who for the'
past two years had made her
home with her sister, is survived
by one son, Horace W. Robinson,
of Butler, Pa., and two other sis
ters, Mrs. Bessie Ferguson of
Greensboro and Mrs. Lillie Wil
liams of Blanche. She was a mem
ber of the Methodist church at
Clayton.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at 2.30
from the chapel of the Methodist
orphanage in Raleigh with the
superintendent, the Rev. A. S.
Barnes conducting. Interment was
in Oakwood cemetery in Raleigh.
Pall bearers included Clair Tay
lor, Tommy Pinchback, Delmas
Chandler, John Smith, John
Thompson, and Emerson Chand
ler.
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Floods Disrupting
Train Facilities
In This Section
Delayed train, telegraph and
telephone service, resulting from
continued rains through North
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia,
was reported here this morning
by C. A. Bowen, clerk at the lo
cal Norfolk and Western station,
who said that the noon train, No.,
37, from Lynchburg, Va., to Dur
ham would not run today because
of high water at Clarkton, Va.,
forty miles south of Lynchburg,
where the Staunton river has ris
en 40 inches above the tracks.
Rain has fallen steadily in the
Roxboro-Person area for two days
and nights but so far no flood
damages have been reported.
A later report from Mr. Bowen
said that all train service of the
Durham to Lynchburg line has
been cancelled for the day. Tracks
this side of Lynchburg are re
ported in some places to be under
under four feet of water, with
the water still rising.
Convoys of motor trucks pas
sed through Roxboro during the
middle of the afternoon, the dri
vers reporting that the trucks had
been re-routed because of a
bridge washout over the Roanoke
River.
County Schools Begin Operation
During First Week In September
Preceded by a number of ad
county schools will open for the
1940-1941 session on Wednesday
morning, September 4, according
to announcement made this morn
ing by county superintendent of
schools, R. B. Griffin, who also
presented a tentative calendar
for the school year.
Faculty lists, Mr. Griffin re
ported, are practically complete.
Latest additions are Miss Rose
Beeman, of Raleigh, who will
teach home economics at Bethel
Hill high school, and Charles E.
Palmer, of Texas, who will be,
at Mt. Tirzah high school, where
he will teach science and French.
One vacancy still remains, at
Bushy Fork, although it is under
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“Sleep, Slip,
And Smash”
John Hobgood, operator of
a fruit store on Reams ave
nue, yawned and stretched
before he settled himself in
a split-bottomed chair in
front of his establishment
for a Tuesday afternoon nap.
Soon he was snoozing and
snoring; suddenly, he was
awakened by an unusual
noise. Just as suddenly he
stared at the street in front
of him, then sprang to one
side.
A split second later the
split-bottomed chair was
smashed into a thousand
fragments and up against *be
brick wall was an automobile.
'Mto car, which had been
parked across the up-the-hill
avenue by its owner, Dr.
John Merritt, of Woodsdale,
was less damaged than the
chair. The Doctor, who was
away at the time of the ac
cident, said the brakes must
have slipped. He was glad
the damage was no worse.
So was Hobgood, who has
not bought a new chair yet,
because he thinks beds are
much safer to sleep in.
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Several Dogs Now
In City Pound
Following issuance of an or
der earlier in the week directing
Chief of Police S. A. Oliver to
empound all stray dogs found in
the city, City Manager Percy
Bloxam today reported that sev
eral dogs are now in the pound,
near the city water works, and
that six dogs have been killed.
Mr. Bloxam pointed out the im
portance of ridding the city of all
stray canines, since within the
week no less than a dozen resi
dents have been compelled to take
anti-rabies treatment because of
their contacts with dogs reported
to be victims of the disease.
Among those taking treatment
are City Engineer Collins Abbitt,
and H. L. Umstead, of North
Main street, and four members
of his family. Mr. Bloxam urges
all residents _to keep their dogs
confined or muzzled, according
to law.
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DOLLAR DAYS VALUES
Peebles Department store offi
cials today announced that start
ing tomorrow and continuing
Saturday and Monday, special
Dollar Days values will be offer
ed in all departments of their es
tablishment. Readers of the Times
are requested to read the Peeb
les advertisement printed else
where in this edition.
stood that the selection has been
made and will be announced soon.
First pre-school administrative
meeting will be held on Saturday
morning, August 31, at 9:30 o’-
clock, in the grand jury room at
the county court house, when dri
vers of school buses and the
principals of the various institu
tions will have a conference. Next
meeting, on Monday, September
2, wil be held at the same place
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon by
the principals, and will be fol
lowed on Tuesday, September 3,
by a county-wide teachers meet
ing at Central Grammar school,
Roxboro, at 10:30 o’clock in the
morning.
PROMOTION OF
TRAFFIC SAFETY
INSTIGATE HERE
American Legion Sponsors
Third Annual Campaign In
City and County.
The third annual “Safety Cam
paign” in the interest of decreas
ing traffic accidents and re
sulting injuries and fatalities, ec
pecially among children of school
age, was instituted here on Tues
day under the auspices of the
Lester Blackwell Post No. 138 of
the American Legion.
Heading the campaign commit
tee for the Legion will be Dr. O.
G. Davis, Adjutant; Onnie Jor
dan, Post Commander, and R. H.
Shelton, prominent civic leader
and former Post Commander. In
an interview this morning Dr.
Davis said that the campaign will
continue through Tuesday of next
\feek, that it will be county-wide
in scope and that it is being un
dertaken by the local Post in
connection with a national “Saf
ety Week” campaign sponsored by
the American Legion.
Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of this
city, in a statement issued Tues
day, said, “With the realization of
the importance of educating the
public upon the subject of Saf
ety, I hereby whole-heartedly en
dorse the Safety Campaign which
is being waged by the American
Legion Lester Blackwell Post,
No., 138.
“Tlie loss of life is not the only
price that we pay for our neglig
ence while traveling. Three or
four times the number acctually
killed are injured, many of them
seriously and some are left help
less for life. Many homes are
broken up or left in want when
the bread-winner is removed by
death or injury.
“With these facts in mind I
earuestly solicit the cooperation
of all the citizens of Roxboro to
make this a real Save-a-Life pro
gram.”
Chief publicity in connection
with the local campaign is being
handled by means of posters and
through the press, said Dr. Da
vis, who added that full coopera
tion of all citizens must be se
cured if this particular work of
the Lester Blackwell Post is to be
effective.
Members of the Post had their
regular monthly meeting Satur
day night at the American Leg
ion hut on Chub Lake street,
where chief topics for discussion
were the Burke-Wadsworth con
scription measure and the propos
ed reorganization of the Home
Guard.
Sentiment generally, Dr. Davis
reported, was in favor of both
measures, although no formal re
solutions were passed.
Negro teachers wil also have a
county-wide session at 2 o,clock
: that afternoon at Person County
■ Training school.
Tentative calendar for the
school year calls for a district
teachers meeting in November,
probably at Durham, and the
State teachers meeting, which will
; be held at Raleigh in March.
- Schools will close on dates sel
■ ected for these sessions. Other
holidays indlude: Thanksgiving,
November, 28 and 29; Christmas,
, December 20, to January 1, and
Easter Monday. Unless there are
, unexpected interrtpttoM .-felltal
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
Zoned Fire Signal System
Will Be Instigated In City
EARLY PRACTICE
All boys, college and high
school, interested in pre
season football practice are
urged to report to the Rox
boro High School football
field on Monday, the 19th.
at 10:00 a. m. This is a good
chance for the boys to get
in shape for the coming sea
son. Anyone interested may
attend.
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Methodist Union
Has Gathering At
Long Memorial
With an attendance of 81, reg
ular session of the Person Coun
ty Methodist Young Peoples’ un
ion was held Monday night at
Edgar Long Memorial church. Led
by John Cline, representatives
from the Durham union presented
a program dealing with plans for
a rally to be held at Crabtree
Creek Camp, near Durham.
During the business session it
was decided that the Person un
ion . should publish a paper in
which news pertaining to the un
ion’s activities may be publish
ed. Refreshments were served by
members of the union from Grace
church.
CCC Enrolee
Services Held
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at
the New Hope church near Mil
ton for Everett Talent, about 19,
who was killed Sunday afternoon
in an automobile accident near
Semora.
The Rev. N. R. Claytor, Presby
terian minister, conducted the ser
vices assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Gamer.
The deceased is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Gilbert,
two sisters and two brothers.
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Liquor Pays
Past Debts
Os Halifax
Weldon, Aug. 13 The sum of
$262,000 plus interest has been
placed on deposit in New York
city for Halifax county for the
purpose of a $500,000 bond issue,
according to an announcement
made today.
Payment of this bond issue
makes it possible for the county
wide tax rate to be reduced from
85 cents to 65 cents, giving Hali
fax county one of the lowest tax
rates in North Carolina. It is be
lieved that this is the third- low
est rate in the state.
In addition the county officers
have announced that there will
be no levy this year for debt ser
vice inasmuch as the profits from
the ABC stores will pay both the
interest and the principal in the
remaining county debt.
The announcement was made
by C. S. Vinson, county auditor,
on behalf of the board of county
commissioners, who when the
ABC stores opened in this coun
ty adopted a suggestion that all
profits from ABC funds be placed
in a sinking fund for bond retire
ment and tax reduction.
Payment of the $262,000 leaves
whin will be handled exclusive
ly ABC profits and for the
firsdlßbei in
THE TIMES IS PERSGfIKJ
PREMIER NEWSPApjjjp
A LEADER AT ALL TlMw|
Plan Passed Upon At City
Council Session Is Design
ed To Improve Fire Service
By order of the city commis
sioners, City 'Manager Percy
Bloxam today announced the in
stitution in the city of a system
of zone-division fire signals,
whereby eight distinctive signals
will notify residents in the dif
ferent zones whenever a fire sig
‘nal is turned in.
The adoption of some system
•for the siren signals; designed to
facilitate immediate location of
fires when they occur, has been
contemplated for some time, ac
cording to a statement made this
morning, and the zone listing,
was adopted at the monthly ses
sion of the city council held this
week. In his statement in connec
tion with the announcement Mr.
Bloxam said that a zoned map has
been prepared and may be view
ed at the City Hall, where it will
be courteously explained to all
persons interested in knowing in
which zone their premises are
located.
One blast of the siren will de
signate the “Fire District” or
Main street business district be
tween the Post Ofice and the Ed
gar Long Memorial Methodist
church, and Lamar street be
tween the Presbyterian church
and the Primitive Baptist church
beyond Reams avenue.
Two calls, three calls and so
on up to eight will distinguish
other zones throughout the city.
Various other matters were con
sidered at the council meeting,
Mr. Bloxam reported. Among
them was an authorization from
the board to empower the City
Manager to relieve from duty
those police officers, if any, who
fail to enforce laws pertaining to
traffic-regulations, misdemeanors
and the like, it being reported
that enforcement of various laws
has not been carried out as
strictly as public service de
mands.
Mr. Bloxam, in commenting on
this authorization, said that he
would not hesitate to carry it
out, although he is thoroughly
appreciative of the good work
which has been done and is being
done by the members of the lo
cal police department.
Also discused at the council ses
sion was the ordinance pro
hibiting the keeping of pigs with
in the city limits. This ordnance,
drown up some years ago, was,
according to City Attorney, F. O.
Carver, never ratified by the
council. Following some discus
sion by board members it was de
cided that determination of de
grees of enforcement of the mea
sure shall be left up to a zoning
commission soon to be appoint
ed. *
Financial report of the month
indicated that $14,222.97 had been
collected from various taxes,
water rents and other sources of
income.
It was also reported that a sur
vey is being made for extension
of sewerage and water facilities
within the city corporate limits.
It is expected that these imporve
ments can be carried out through
cooperation with WPA. Announ
• cement was made that from now
on no garbage collections will be
made outside of the corporate li
mits. This decision was reached af
ter a measure fixing certain rat
es for collection of such garbage
was rejected.
In connection with the recent
iy