IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
HISS LANIER TO
TEACH DURING
COMING SEASON
Bond Issue Officially Auth
orized For Bethel Hill and
Opening Date For That
School Not To Be Delayed.
Selection of Miss Frances Lan
ier, of Winton, and a Meredith
college graduate, who will teach
science and mathematics at Bushy
Fork high school, was announced
this morning by Person county
Superintendent of Schools R. B.
Griffin as the final faculty ap
pointment at that school for the
season.
Mr. Griffin also reported that
opening date tor Bethel Hill
school, where extensive repairs
are being made to the building
under a bond issue formally au
thorized this week by the County
Board of Commissioners, will not
be delayed beyond the regular
September 4 opening date for all
Person public schools. It was
pointed out by Mr. Griffin that
through courtesy of Bethel Bap
tist church, near the school, Sun
day school class rooms will be
used during the time full facili
ties at Bethel Hill will not be a
vailable.
It is expected that renovations
at Bethel Hill will be completed
some time during the month of
September.
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Official Results Os
Past Referendum
Given By Floyd
Raleigh, Aug. 22 Official re
sults of the flue-cured tobacco
referendum held July 20 have
been announced by E. Y. Floyd,
AAA executive officer of N. C.
State college. The state-as-a
whole approved three-year quo
tas by a margin of 87.1 percent
The total Mate was 123,863 for
three-year quotas, 2,073 for one
year quotas, and 16,307 against
quotas.
The vote in Person county was
2,388 for three-year quotas, 72
for one-year quotas, and 491 a
gainst quotas.
Among the larger counties in
the state, where n*>re than 60
votes were cast, Greene county
ty gave the three-year plan its
largest margin of approval, with
99.2 per cent of the growers fav
oring restricting of production in
1941, 1942 and 1943. Following in
order were the following other
counties which cast 95 percent or
more percent of their votes for
three-year quotas:
Martin 98.2, Edgecombe 97.9.
Pitt 97.6, Lenoir 96.3, Granville
96.2, Wilson 96.1; Hoke 95.9, Cho
an 95.5, Nash 95.4, and Robeson
95.
Only two counties in the State
failed to give the three-year plan
the necessary tvto-thirds appro
val. These were Sampson, where
only 55.2 percent of the growers
favored three-year control, and
Pamlico, where the vote was 66.5
percent in favor of three-year
quotas.
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WATCHING
United States packers and live
stock men are watching closely
the struggle of Canadian packers
and farmers with the pork sur
plus problem created by Eng
land’s failure to buy the volume
' expected.
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HOW THINGS CHANGE
ife TJja first transcontinental auto
. made in 1903, took
lersonsPimes
Funeral Services
For Robert L. Day
Held At Bethany
Funeral services for Robert Lee
Day, 68, well known retired far
mer of Person county, Mt. Tirzah
community, were conducted Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Bethany Baptist church in Per
son county. Rev. L. J. Rainey, pas
tor of Mt. Harmony Baptist
church, Rev. Eugene G. Usry of
Oxford, and Rev. Joe B. Currin of
Roxboro officiated. Intermnt was
made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Day, who died Tuesday
micrning at his home, had been
in declining health for the past
year. His condition became cri
tical three months ago and little
hope was held for his recovery.
Complication of diseases due to
his advanced age was assigned as
the cause of his death.
He was bom and reared in Per
son county, the son tof Rober J.
Day and Mary Tatum Day. II?
lived all his life in the commun
ity in which he was born, being
successfully engaged in farm
ing. He was a member of Mt.
Harmony Baptist church.
In 1900 he was married to Miss
Rebecca Peed also of Person
county, who died in 1938. Surviv
ing are two daughters, Miss lola
Day and Mrs. C. R. Shermon;
two slons, Alpha Day and Roy Day,
all of Person county. Also two
brothers, J. F. Day of Virginia,
and C. A. Day of Rougemont; one
sister, Mrs. Nell H. Hill, of Rouge
mont, Route 1.
Pallbearers were D. M. Cash,
Sam Tuck, A. Dorsey Newton,
Jim Cothran, H. O. Eakes, and
Robert L. Hunt.
Person Fair Will
Open Next Month
The annual Person County Ag
ricultural fair will be held at the
fair grounds near this city during
the week of September 30, accord
ing to announcement made today
by Manager R. L. Perkins, who
reported that the exhibition hall
will be completed by that date
and that other details of renova
tion are being carried out.
Mr. Perkins also said that he
has signed the Endy Brothers
shows, well known throughout the
eastern section, as a central at
traction. The Endy Brothers,
whose show is also a feature at
the North Carolina State fair, Ra
leigh, are reported to have one
of the largest and most attrac
tive entertainment organizations
on tour.
Dance Will Be
Held At Club
Members of Roxboro Country
club will have a dance Saturday
night at the club house, at Chub
Lake, from 8:30 until 12 o’clock
according to announcement made
this morning by the club secre
tary, William Harris, HI, who sta
ted that guest list will be restrict
ed to members only, and their
out of town guests.
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DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lunsford,
of Virginia avenue, this city, an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Linda Emette,' on Saturday,
August 17, at Watts hospital,
Durham.
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Said an excited citizen to a
candidate: “I wouldn’a vote for
you if you were the Angel Gab
rieL”
. To which the poUtiei^-Wldtedi
20th Anniversary of Women Suffrage
Twentieth anniversary of women suffrage in the United States will b
celebrated with observances at the headquarters of the National Lct.cn
of Women Voters in Chicago on August 25. A-Ove, left, is Margaret y.
Wells, president of the league, and Carrie Cl.?~rr.?.n Cn't. wlla lei V
suffrage movement 20 years ago.
Slaughter Rites
Held Yesterday
At Bushy Fork
Funeral services for Miss Dor
othy Ann Slaughter, 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. S.
Slauughter of Bushy Fork, who
died Tuesday morning at a local
hospital following an illness of a
week, were conducted yesterday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Slaughter residence.
The services were conducted
by the Rev. W. F. West and Rev.
W. C. Martin. Burial was in the
Burchwood Cemetery annex
Miss Slaughter, who suffered in
testinal hemorrhages shortly be
fore her death, was a student at
the Bushy Fork school last year.
She is suurvived by her par
ents; a sister, Mary Elizabeth; one
brother, Billy Slaughter, all of
the home; her maternal grandmo
ther, Mrs. Annie Cothran of Hen
derson, and several uncles and
aunts.
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Two Campers Are
Honored at Manteo
Miss Edriel Knight, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Knight, and
R. H. Shelton, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, who have
recently returned from Camp
Seatone, Manteo, were awarded
bronze plaques in recognition of
their attainments while at camp.
Miss Knight, whlo spent six
weeks at camp, was recognized
as being the best all-around cam
per and during the last few weeks
of residence was a junior coun
cillor, while young Shelton, who
also won a sweater monogram,
was credited with having made
most progress while in camp.
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WILSON GREETS
FESTIVAL CROWD
By JOHN G. THOMAS
Wilson, Aug. 21 The van
guard lof over two score of North
Carolina’s most beautiful girls ar
rived here tonight to compete for
the title of Queen of the North
Carolina Tobacco Exposition and
Festival of 1940 as this world’s,
largest tobacdo market prepared
to celebrate its Golden Jubilee
for the next three days.
Tonight, Miss Frances Graves
Padgett of Asheville was one of|
the first of the 48 girls to arrive.
Tomorrow morning bright and
early the 48 will register at the
Cherry Hotel here and will then
be whisked to the Wilson Thea
tre, where
H. E. O’Briant Is
Again Chosen As
Group President
Re-elected as officials of the O’-
Briant Family Reunion association
were Henry E. O’Briant, presi
dent; and W. Irvin O’Briant, sec
retary, at the annual reunion of
O’Briants held Sunday at Flat
River Primitive Baptist church,
near this city.
Chief speaker was Miss Bessie
Daniel, secretary of the Farm Ag
ent’s office, Roxboro, who pre
sented an interesting sketch of
historic Flat River church and of
the families, including O'Briants,
I who have been associated with it.
Miss Daniel was introduced by
President O’Briant. A feature of
the gathering, attended by more
than four hundred persons, was
a song service held in the church.
Following the morning pro
gram, concluded at the noon
hour, a picnic luncheon was ser
ved in the church grove. Next
meeting of the association, which
was organized two years ago, will
be held on the third Sunday in
June, 1941.
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Andrew P. Carver
Passes Sunday
Final rites for Andrew Paul
Carver, 73, who died early Sun
day morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Cora Seamster, of
Chub Lake, after having suffered
two strokes of paralysis, one
shortly before his death and the
other on Thursday, were con
ducted Monday aftersoon at 2:30
o’clock at the Joe Duncan resi
dence by the Elder Lex Chand
ler and the Rev. E. G. Overton.
Interment followed in the Long
family cemetery.
Surviving are? one daughter,
Mrs. Seamster, and fifteen grand
children.
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Whitten Assists
Coaches At School
Bob Whitten, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Whitten, of this city,
and a sophomore at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, where
he was an outstanding member of
the freshman football team last
year, is attending the coaching
school which opened Monday at
the University. Mr. Whitten,
who is expected to be an import
ant figure on the varsity team this
season, is assisting the staff at the
coaching school
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The teacher was testing the
power Ufvpbeervation of a clast
Stepping a tyalf on the desk,
she said A#rp4y: "What is thatT”
Instantly a voice from the back
row caDefc -nails.”
GREER ADDRESSES
TWO AUDIENCES
Prayer Meeting Friday
Will Be Final Session Os
1 Drys.
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Issuing a challenge to Christ
ian voters to do their duty in Per
son county in the Control elec
tion on Saturday, August 24, I.
G. Greer, superintendent of Mills
Home, Baptist orphanage at
Thomasville, who spoke here
twice Sunday under auspices of
the local unit of the United Dry
Forces, declared that victory in
next Saturday’s balloting would,
like rejection of the ABC system
in Johnston county, mean much
byway of encouragement to dry
forces in the state and nation.
Mr. Greer, who was introduced
by J. W. Noell, was heard by a
large audience at a local church
Sunday morning and by approxi
mately 150 people at an afternoon
mass meeting held at Roxboro
high school.
In his introductory remarks,
Mr. Greer said he would use
strong words because the issue
involved demands strong words.
He then characterized liquor
traffic as selfish, and declared
that “legalization of the sale of
whiskey might just as well jus
tify legalization of other sins, ’
and that citizens need to protect
young people as much as they
can from whiskey influneces.
Next and final session of the
United Drys will be a prayer
meeting to be held Friday night
at 9 o’clock at Edgar Long Me
morial Methodist church, this
city.
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Rites Held For
W. Thomas Carver
Funeral services for Walter
Thomas Carvver, 3, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ivey W. Carver, of
Olive Hill, whose death occurred
Sunday morning about 10:15
o’clock, after, an illness lasting
less than 24 hours, were con
ducted Monday afternoon at
Lambeth Memorial church by the
Rev. L. V. Coggins. Interment
took place in the church ceme
tery.
The child, who died while en
route to a Durham hospital where
an autopsy was performed, is sur
vived by the parents, two broth
ers, A. J. and Lewis Carver, and
one sister, Miss Louise Carver, all
of the home.
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Family Reunion
To Be Held Soon
Members of the Posey family
will have their annual reunion on
Sunday, September 1, at the re
sidence of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Posey, on the Mt. Cross Road,
Danville, Va., according to an an
nouncement made today. Picnic
luncheon will be served and all
relatives and friends of the fam
ily are invited to attend. It is re
quested that those in attendance
bring picnic baskets.
Also scheduled for Sunday,
September 1, is a reunion of the
Lunsford families, to be held at
Surl church, near Roxboro, where
a picnic luncheon will also be
served.
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NEW POSITION
Miss Mary Alice Hester, of this
city, who recently completed a
business course at King’s Busi
ness college, has accepted a posi
tion with the Piedmont Canteen
company, Greensboro.
Uoemplqjmmt is blamed cm
the machine age ; . . as a matter
of fact the fault lies in Oil age
of the machine, ,J
Eight Weeks Os Discussion
On Control End Saturday
Proudest Widow
' Proudest widow in England is
' Mrs. Harry Nicholls who learns that
t her husband who died in action had
been awarded the Victoria Cross,
highest award for gallantry. She
shows her baby daughter one of her
father’s trophies. r
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WADE HED FOR
KILLING BAILEY
Bethel Hill Negro Charged
With Murder Os Another
Negro.
John Henry Bailey, 22, Person
County Negro, died at Lincoln
Memorial hospital ip Durham ear
ly Sunday morning as a result of
wounds received in a fight in the
Bethel Hill section Saturday
night between nine and ten o’-
clock.
Jimmy Wade, 21, Negro tenant
. on William Humphies’ farm in
Bethel Hill, was jailed here short
ly after the brawl occurred Sat
urday night, charged with inflict
ing the wounds.
Sheriff M. T. Clayton, who in
vestigated, stated that witnesses
testified that Bailey approached
the Wade house, and broke out at
least ten window panes. Bailey,
who was apaprently drinking, the
sheriff said, entered the house
and Wade is alleged to have cut
Bailey on the arm. Preliminary
hearing for Wade will be held
next Tuesday before Judge R. B.
Dawes in county court.
Bailey’s brother, who was re
portedly with the Negro when the
accident occurred, was not arrest
ed by Person county deputies.
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Popular Residents
Move To Raleigh
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Timberlake,
popular and socially prominent
Roxboro residents, accompanied
by their young daughter, Miss
Genna Timberlake, moved this
week to Raleigh, where they have
established residence on Alexan
der Road. Mr. Timberlake has
been in Raleigh for the past two
months.
During their stay in Roxboro
the Timber lakes resided on Bar
nett street.
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STORE RENOVATED
Long, Bradsher Hardware com
pany, one of the oldest mercan-'
tile firms in the city, this week
completed exentsive interior re
novations to their store.
New counters and display shel
ves have been installed.
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Don’t be fooled: that “stop,
took and listen” slfk at railroad
I crossings is not intended for the
CTT^illCCr
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Chairman of the Board of
Elections Which Ordered
Election Held, Urges Citi
zens to Vote. McGirt Tele
gram Arouses Local Inter
est.
Person voters, following nearly
eight weeks of pro and con dis
cussion concerning virtues and
defects pertaining to county op
tion on the legalized sale of whis
key, will on Saturday, August
24, go to the polls to cast ballots
to determine wthether or not
control shall be adopted in this
county. The polls, according to
S. F. Nicks, Jr., Mayor of Rox
boro and chairman of the Person
County Board of elections, will
be open from 7 o’clock in the
morning until the same hour in
the evening.
Without reference to controver
sial issues brought forward dur
ing the past few weeks by advo
cates of control and members of
the local unit of the United Dry
Forces, Mayor Nicks, in a state
ment issued this morning urged,
all eligible voters to participate
in the election as a matter of ci
vic duty. Mr. Nicks also urged
registrars of the various per
cincts to make reports of ballot
totals as soon as possible and said
that he will be at his office in
the old First National Bank build
ing Saturday night to receive
their reports.
Mr. Nicks’ office telephone
number is 4801.
Unusual interest in the forth
coming election has been-aroused
here and throughout the state
because of the fact that this will
be the second time that the ABC
question has been presented in
Person county since the enact
fent of the local option measure
by the state legislature. The first
Person election on the issue, held
in 1937, resulted in close voting,
with a margin of less than 25
votes against adoption.
Speakers from both control and
non-control territory have been
brought here in an effort to per
suade local voters to preserve the
present absence of control or to
adopt the ABC system and spec
ial emphasis has been placed by
the United Dry Forces on mes
sages delivered by Johnston coun
ty opponents of the ABC system,
where the control system was but
recently defeated after a trial
period.
Latest reaction has been the
posting on a Main street bulletin
board of a telegram from W. A.
McGirt, Wilmington insumaca
man, protesting the vali
dity of statements made here by
State Senator Roy Rowe, of Bur
gaw, Pender county, in an ad
dress last Saturday, which was
delivered at the county court
house under auspices of advocates
of adoption of control in Person,
and in which the success of the
control system in New Hanover
was described.
Upon being informed of the con
tents of the McGirt telegram
Senator Rowe sent the following
message to the City Editor of the
Person County Times:
“W. A. McGirt is Wilmington
real estate man, confirmed dry
leader, (and) one of the few who
was never reconciled to Control
system. This view (is) held by
extreme minority in New Han
over county, as my legitimate in
vestigation will disclose. New
Hanover voted tor control three
to one and would be even more
(in) favor of Control if election
held now.”
Climax of the pre-election dis- ■
cussion of the issues involved is
expected to be a union prayer ser
vice to be held at Edgar Long Me
morial church Friday ni#t a*