IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1940 . NUMBER FORTY-SIX
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CONFESSION SOLVES
19-YEAR-OLD CRIME
Winstcn-Salem Percy G.
(Snake) Newsome of Winston-
Salem, 40-year-old prisoner, had
confessed a $9,000 bank robbery
in Winston-Salem 19 years ago
Director Fred C. Handy, of the
State Bureau of Investigation said
yesterday.
The SBI chief said Agent Guy
L. Scott obtained the confess ; on
during a recent investigation of
the robbery of the Pilot Mountain
Motor company. Newsome, an es
cape artist who has broken jail
at least four times, was round j
ed up in Durham with other sus
pected of the Pilot Mountain
crime.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
BLAZE IN LONDON
London Anti-aircraft guns
protecting London blazed into
action early and air raid
sirens shrieked, only a few hours
after Geripan “Big Berthas” on
the French coast bombarded Do
ver; and British bombers counter
attacked in an efort to silence the
big Nazi guns.
German planes swept high over
the London area and searchlights,
criss-crossing the sky, caught one
of the big raiders flush in its
beam of light.
Anti-aircraft shells burst a
round the spotlighted plane.
WILLKIE CHARTS
CAMPAIGN ROUTE
New York Wendell L. Will
kie decided today to make a 3,-
800-mile campaign tour through
18 states of the middle and far
west.
After a conference with chair
man Joseph W. Martin, of the
Republican National Committee,
the Presidential nominee announ
ced that he would leave his tern -
porary headquarters in Bushvillc,
Ind., September 14 and go by
special train to Coffeyville, Kan.,
where he wiU open his campaign
formally two days later.
ITALO-GREEK SITUATION
GROWS MORE SERIOUS
Athens King George II met
with his ministers and defense
leaders in a summoned con
ference at 2:15 a. m., today as
unconfirmed reports spread that
both Italian and British warships
were cruising off the Greek Is
land of Crete.
The emergency conference at
the foreign office gave rise to ru
mors of impending grave deve
lopments in the mounting ten
sion between Italy and Greece
MADDRY TO SPEAK
AT MOUNT MORIAH
Durham Dr. Charles E. Mad
dry, nacretary of the Southern
Baptfet Foreign Mission Board,
will be the guest minister at the
Mount Moriah Baptist church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock for
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock-
Mount Moriah is Dr. Maddry’a
oM home church, , from which he
entered the ministry.
An all-day session has been an
nounced with dinner on the
{round.
Using a ten year old letter head
is a mighty poor way to try to
impress a firm’s customer with its
progressiveness.
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President Promotes Pan-American Friendship
Pan-American unity, given impetus at the recent Havana conference, received farther promotion when
members of the South American delegations were entertained by President and Mrs. Roosevelt on the fam
ily estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. The President shonts over the heads of cameramen for his car so that he can
take the wives of the delegates for a ride around the estate. Delegations from Argentine, Chile, Paraguay
mad Uruguay were among the South Americans entertained. Present at a luncheon in honor of the delegates
♦m Capt. Joseph M. Patterson, New York publisher.
MR. CONNALLY, OF
DURHAM, PASSES
AT DUKE HOSPITAL
Funeral For Fortner Leas
burg Resident, Well Known
In Roxboro, Will Be Held
Today.
Eugene Connally, 31, promin
ent Leasburg and Durham resi
dent, who had been in ill health
for several years, died FrL night
at Duke hospital, Durham,
where he had been undergoing
treatment for the past six weeks.
Immediate cause of death was
pneumonia.
Mr. Connally at the time of
his death, was connected with the
Long Meadow Dairies, at Durham
as office manager, and was a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, class
of 1932. Immediately after grad
uation he became affiliated with
the Home Owners’ Loan corpora
tion, Cincinnati, where he re
mained until 1935 as an assistant
regional statistician. He then
came to Durham, where he was
connected with the Alexander
Motor company.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Connally, of Leas
burg, and one brother, Julian
Connally, of New York City, as
well as a number of aunts and
uncles.
Funeral services will be h«ld
at the Connally residence, Leas
burg, at 3 o’colck Sunday after
noon, by the Rev. F. M. Lupjpn,
pastor of Leasburg Methodist
church, where the deceased held
membership. Interment will take
place in Leasburg cemetery.
Active pall bearers will include:
E. G. Thompson, F. O. Carver,
Jr., Charles B. Wood, John Steph
ens, Sam Byrd Winstead/ Paul
Forth, Fleming Lyon and Ed Yar
borough.
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BARN BURNS
S. G. Winstead reported the
loss of a tobacco barn Friday,
near his residence. The bam,
which was destroyed by fire, was
valued at about SIOO, while to
bacco stored in it was estimated
at S2OO.
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ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK AT
PARK ON LABOR DAY
Washington President Roose
velt will dedicate the Great Smo
ky Mountains National Park in
mid-afternoon on Labor Day, Sep
tember 2, at Newfound Gap, the
joint Nortl( Carolina-Tennessee
park gateway.
This information was learned
definitely today by Representa
tive Zebulon Weaver, Eleventh
District -Congressman.
Club Notice
Attention of all Person
Home Demonstration Club
members is called to the
fact that the County Federa
tion meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, September 5, at
Roxboro high school. The
Farm and Home Tour will
start at 1 o’clock in the af
ternoon, followed by a pic
nic at 5:30 and the Federa
tion program at 7 p. m. All
are urged to attend.
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Young Democrats
Announce Plans
For Supper Stew
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Preliminary plans for a bruns
wick stew supper to be held by
Person County Young Democrats
at the American Legion hut,
Chub Lake street, on Friday ev
ening, September 6, at 6:30 o’-
clock, were discussed by Presi
dent S. F. Nicks, Jr., and other
officers of the club, at a meet
ing held yesterday afternoon at
his office.
More definite plans will be an
nounced later, according to Mr.
Nicks, who said that admission to
the affair will be by ticket. In
addition to Mr. Nieks, other offi
cers include three vice presidents,
Philip L. Thomas and Mesdames
R. H. Shelton and R. L. Hester,
and the secretary-treasurer, F. O.
Carver, Jr.
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George W. Oakley
Not Yet Informed
George W. Oakley, Roxboro
resident, who recently received
notification of his appointment as
a member of the State Highway
Patrol, said this week that he has
as yet no information as to when
he will be expected to take up
his new duties.
It is expected, however, that
Mr. Oakley will be stationed at
Albermarle. His name has been
on the waiting list for some time,
following completion of a pre
liminary training course and the
appointment was made after a
number of transfers were effected
in the system. For the past sev
eral months Mr. Oakley, a popu
lar young man here, has been
connected with the circulation
staffs of state newspapers in this
territory.
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Approximately three males
were killed to every female kill
ed in traffic accidents the first
half of this year.
PERSON COUNTY
YOUNG PEOPLE
TO ATTEND CAMP
Will Represent Conserva
tion Group. Other Aspects
Os 4-H Work Reported On
By Sanders.
Person county will be repre
sented at the Wildlife Conserva
tion camp to be held at Swan
non«T next week, according fo’an
nouncement made yesterday
morning by County Agent H. K.
Sanders, who reports that Jack
Daniel and Miss Mary Evelyn
Long, both of Route 1. Roxboro,
will attend.
This will be the second time
that Person representatives have
attended the camp, last year’s
representatives having been Miss
Carol Leigh Humphries. of
Woodsdale, and R. B. Holeman,
Jr., of Timberlake.
In reporting on other aspects
of Farm Agency work with young
people, Mr. Sanders said that
he has visited all club members
who have baby beef calf pro
jects and that the work seems (u
be progressing satisfactorially, so
that the inspection visit of Sam
Williams, who will be in the
county on September 12, repre
senting L. I. Case, of the State
College Extension department,
should be more or less routine.
Mr. Williams is expected to
check on whether dr not the cal
ves are in good condition for ex
hibition at the State Fair. Boys
who own baby beef calves are:
Thomas Long, Bobby Hester,
Alvin and Herbert Moore, Lyle
Davis, Pete Pridgen and James
Earl Moore.
Along The Way
With the Editor
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Along The Way Editor. - .
Times, Roxboro, N. C. £ /"r i*
Dear Sir:
Even down here in Warsaw, Va., I see the Times twice a
week. I tried to get away from that sheet for a while, but guess
it’s impossible to get away from that paper.
And so I see by the Times that Bill Walker wants to bor
row a baby carriage. Tell < him that he can borrow one from
any furniture store if he will only promise to pay a little each
week or month. I also notice that he wants to know when
babies sleep. Please tell him that they do not and neither
do papa and mamma.
I suppose that E. G. “Ducky” Thompson is about ready
to move into his palace on Wesleyan Heights. I know that
Gus Deering hates to see this move as he likes to sleep at
night and Thompson has no idea that nights were made for
sleeping.
Well folks—it’s “kinder” hard to be down here in Virginia
and write about things at home, Anyway, it’s about time
me to go swimming, play golf and then eat a picnic supp«.*
I really feel sorry for people like Percy BlOxam, Ferd MaSjpi,
and Curtis Oakley, who cannot afford a vacation.
Editor Merritt
ALIENS IN THIS
AREA REQUIRED
TO FILE DATA
Postmaster L. M. Carlton
Will Bo Pleased To Render
Registration Assistance To
AH Persons Concerned.
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Starting on Tuesday, Septem
| her 27, and continuing through
December 26, an opportunity will
be given to all aliens 14 year; of
age and over to comply with the
Alien Registration Act of 1940, ac
cording to announcement from L.
M. Carlton, Roxboro postmaster,
who reports that he has at hi; of
fice in the Post Office building!
preliminary information blanks
for this purpose and will be pleas
ed to confer with any persons
coming under the requirements
cf the act.
It was pointed out by Mr. Carl
ton that the required registration
may take place at his office or
at the office of Miss Sue C. Brad
sher, Clerk of Superior Court.
Under the regulations of the
act all aliens above the age lim
it mentioned will be required to
register and all alien children un
der 14 years of age must be regis
tered by their parents. It is also
indicated that those persons who
have taken out first citizenship
papers must register.
The registration mentioned in
cludes finger printing, Mr. Carlton
reports, and a fine of SI,OOO is
provided for all who fail to com
ply with this or any cfher provis
ion of registration, although all
: Irrfuniwtiwr given by aliens will
, be kept in confidence by regis
tration authorities.
Under terms of the act those
, aliens who change place of resi
dence are required to notify the
Bureau of Immigration and Nat
uralization within five days after
, such a change has been made. It
, was pointed out by Mr. Carlton
, that the alien registration rules
. apply to all non-naturalized for
eign-bom residents in the United
States and that the measure i;
expected to offer retroactive pro
’ tection, both to the persons con
cerned and to the United States
. government.
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• BOTH AT HOME
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i George Cushwa, Jr., son of Mr.
s and Mrs. George J. Cushwa, of
Reams avenue, is expected to
s return to his home today from
, Community hospital, where he
underwent an appendectomy last
week. His sister, Miss Annette
• Cushwa, who had her tonsils re
moved at the same institution ear
i lier in the week, has been at
home for several days.
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The man of the hour spent
many days and nights getting
getting there.
School Commisson Secretary
To Address Person Educators
Ballot Reports
Complete reports of Satur
day’s balloting in the election
to decide whether or not
whiskey sales shall be legal
ized in Person county, will
be published in Thursday’;
edition of the Times.
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OLLIE GRAVITT
RITES ARE HELD
, Providence Farmer Dies At
Hospital. Interment Takes
Place At Church Cemetery.
Ollie Clyde Gravitt, 50, well
known farmer of the Providence
community, Person county, died
Friday morning at a local hospi
tal, where he had been a patient
for 10 days. Death was attributed
to a sudden heart attack, which
occurred at 8 o’clock, although
his condition had not previously
been considered as serious.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs.
Mollie Gravitt, of the home; four
sons, Bradsher and Jack Gravitt,
both of Red Springs, D. L. Gra
vitt, of Washington, D. C., and
John Gravitt, of Roxboro; one
daughter, Miss Ella Sue Gravitt,
of Thomasville; three grand
children; 2 half brothers, Herman
and John Gravitt, and 2 half-sis
ters, Miss Hattie Gravitt and. Mrs.
Bertha Burton, all of Person
county.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 4 o’-
clock from Providence Baptist
church, by Rev. J. B. Currin. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery. . . , . •
Pallbearers were George Per
kins. C. L. Perkins, Sr., Henry and
Luther Whitt, L. R. Long, D. H.
Holt, Clinton Walker, and Walter
Gentry.
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Final Report On
Debt Fund Due
September 1, is deadline date
for contributions to the Commun
ity Hospital debt fund, according
to announcement made today by
Nathan Lunsford, chairman of
the board of directors of the
hospital and treasurer of the debt
fund drive which was begun last
month in an effort to raise ap
proximately $3,500 locally in or
der to meet a conditional grant
for debt service from the Duke
endowment.
Pointing out that he has been
pleased with the response made
thus far, Mr. Lunsford emphasiz
ed, however, the importance of
having all contributions listed by
September 1, at which time a re
port must be presented to the
Duke Endowment authorities. Ac
tively in charge of the local cam
paign are O. B. Mcßroom and R.
M. Spencer, who will be pleased
to receive contributions during
the coming week.
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BETTER
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The quality of the 1940 crop of
bread grains appears to be some
what better than that of the 1939
crop, according to the U. S. Agri
cultural Marketing Service.
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No one, not even the Governor,
can restore a driver’s license that
has been revoked for drunken
driving.
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The season approaches when
the family must choose between
Fall clothes and new tires for the
rear wheels.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Negro Teachers Meeting To
Be Held On Same Date At
Training School.
Speaker at the county-wide
teachers meeting to be held
Tuesday morning, September 3,
at 10:30 o’clock, at Central Gram
mar school, Roxboro, for the
more than 125 white teachers and
principals in Person public
schools will be Lloyd Griffin, of
Raleigh, secretary of the State
School commission, according to
announcement made this morning
by Person Superintendent of
Schools R. B. Griffin.
Negro teachers in the county
system will also have a county
wide meeting on the same date
at two o’clock in the afternoon at
Person County Training school,
and work in all the public schools
in the county, as prevoiusly an
nounced, will begin on the morn
ing of September 4.
First pre-school administrative
meeting will be held next Satur
day at 9:30 o’clock in the morning
in the grand jury room at the
court house, when drivers of
school buses and the principals
of the various institutions will
have a conference. Next meeting,
on Monday, September 2, will be
held at the same place at 2 o’-
clock in the afternoon by the
principals.
Enrollment in the schools is ex
pected to be slightly increased
over the 7,000 registration for
1939-1940 season,--Mr. Griffin
said.
According to a list released to
day there are 126 principals and
teachers engaged for the white
schools of the county during the
season. Included in the list are
20 men, the larger number of
whom are principals in the 14
schools, while 38 of the total are
married women and 70 are “spins
ters”. Mr. Griffin also pointed out
that four changes have been
made within the faculty system
from one school to another and
that a total of 19 new teachers
has been added in order to take
care of resignations and needed
expansions of staff facilities.
Printed below is a list of prin
cipals and teachers at Roxboro
high school and at Central Gram
mar school. Those employed in
the county system will be publish
ed in the next edition of the
Times.
Roxboro High School H. C.
Gaddy, George Wirtz, Norwood
Carlton Tilley, Glenn N. Titus,
Frederick Daniel Moore, Misses
Helen Melton, Mattie Lee Rog
ers, Roxannah Burch Yancey,
Kathleen Soles, Ida Farrior Da
vis, Mesdames Grace O. Clayton,
Rebecca Westbrook Tilley, Mil
dred S. Nichols, Maddine C.
Trowbridge, Isabel Dunn Rabon,
Sarah Armfield Moore, Margaret
Harkrader Harris, and Margaret
D. Winstead.
Roxboro Graded School Mis
ses Inda Collins, Rosa Claire Har
ris, Nellie Byrd Woods, Sue
Merritt, Blanche E. Winstead,
Virginia Wilson, Maude Leigh
Montague, Mesdames Rena Allen
Blalock, Musette M. Bailey, W.
H. Long and Myrtice Brooks
Woody.
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JOINS NAVY
Curry Barnette, popular young
Roxboro man, will leave today
for Raleigh and Hampton Roads,
Va., following his recent enlist
ment in the United States Navy.
It is expected he will be at Hamp
ton Roads for two or three months
for preliminary training. Mr.
Barnette has for some time been
connected with Barnette’s Service
station.