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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI WRECK INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO JOSEPH LUNSFORD Person Man Succumbs To Hurts Suffered On High way. Funeral Held. Joseph Nathan Lunsford, Jr., 24, son of Mrs. Joe N. Lunsford, of the Barton’s Mill community, Person county, who was injured early Sunday morning when struck by a car driven by Char les Donald Garrett, 18, on the Durham highway near Roxboro, died Monday morning at 12:30 o’clock at Community hospital, where he was taken shortly after the accident. Lunsford, a machinist at Col lins and Aikman corporation, Ca- Vel, is survived by his mother, two brothers, Ernest J. and El mus Lunsford, both of Roxboro; nine sisters, Mesdames Jack Dix on, D. C. Edwards, and John Cur rin, of Roxboro; Mesdames Mer ritt Chambers and W. R. Rod gers, both of Timberlake; Mes dames R. W. Wicker and P. L. James, both of Burlington; and Misses Willie and Ethelene Luns ford, both of Roxboro. His father died a number of years ago. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the residence of his mother, with whom he lived. Rites were in charge of the Rev. W. F. West, pastor of Roxboro First Baptist church. Interment followed in Burchwood cemetery annex, Rox boro. Garrett, placed under SSOO bond following the accident, is still at liberty under the same bond, but will face preliminary hearing on manslaughter char ges in county court September 10. Garrett reports he was blinded by light of a car and failed to see Lunsford. Heavy rain had just fallen. Highway patrolman W. A. Bax ter, who made an investigation reported that Lunsford’s car was stalled in a ditch and that Luns ford, driving alone at the time the car went into the ditch, got out of the machine, hailed a car coming from Durham, driven by Elbert Phillips of Roxboro, and that about the moment the Phil lips car stopped, the third mach ine going towards Durham and driven by Garrett struck Luns ford. Pall bearers included Merritt Chambers, Richard Rogers, John Lou Vurren, Paul W. Wicker, Garrett Hicks, Penn Rogers, Per cy James, Jack Dixon and David Edwards. Flower bearers were Nobie Ro gers, Eunice Rogers, Ada Lee Ro gers, Reona Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Billie Rogers, Harry James, Lan dis Dixon, Bernice Rogers, Jack Blanks, Donald Garrett, Virginia Yarborough, Christine Yarbor ough, Beryl Barton, Edna Bar ton, Lorena Dixon, Lou; Ellen Rogers, Laura Garrett, Julia Gar rett, Melba Yarborough, Mrs. Madison Yarborough, Mrs. Char lie Tapp, Mrs. Jack Blanks. o Shoots Husband Instead Os Dog Harry Laity, 34, Longhurst man who received a serious stomach wouund Sunday afternoon, when he was shot accidentally by Mrs. Laity was reported as “slightly better" today. Mrs. Laity was at tempting to kill a dog at the time the shotgun was discharged. The dog escaped but Mr. Laity, who was standing on the porch of their home, happened to be in line of fire. No charges have been in stituted against Mrs. Laity by of ficers. tooiig|®mrs PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Bloxam, Nicks To Be Speakers At School Openings (Mayor S. F. Nidks, Jr., and City Manager Percy Bloxam, both of Roxboro, have been se lected as speakers at opening ses sions of Hurdle Mills and Allens ville schools next week, accord ing to announcement made this week by principals of the insti tutions, where first term exer- will be held at 9 o’clock in the morning, on Wednesday, Sep tember 4. Mr. Bloxam will be at Allens ville and Mr. Nicks will be at Hurdle Mills. Principal Thomas O. Gentry, of Hurdle Mills, reports the addi tion of two new teachers,’ Miss Rachel Bright, of New Hill, and Mrs. Lessie Johnson Rowe, of Princeton, N. C. Miss Bright will be connected with the high school department and Mrs. Rowe with the grammar school division. At Allensville, Principal S B. Satterwhite reports three facul ty changes due to resignations. New teachers will include Miss Cleo Fox, of Roxboro, Miss Sarah Mae Britt, of Wendell, and Miss Doris Matthews, of Durham. Patrons of both schools have been requested to remember that school buses will begin regular schedule on the morning of the opening of the schools. o Opening Exercises At Bethel Hill On Next Wednesday Although the elementary build ing now being renovated at Beth el Hill school will not be com pleted for some time, both the el ementary school and the high school session will begin on Wed nesday morning, September 4, at 9 o’clock, according to Lewis S. Cannon, principal, who reports that a new feature of the work to be offered in the high school division will be commercial sub jects taught by R. E. Hendricks. Primary grades will hold their classes in Bethel Baptist church near the school, while other gra des in the grammar school divis ion will use space in the high school building until renovations are completed. Mr. Cannon has requested the following bus drivers to attend the meeting to be held Saturday morning, August 31, at 9:30 o’- clock at the county courthouse: John Honeycutt, Roland White, Lewis Wilborn, Frank Murray, W. H. Bray, Jr., Allen Dixon and Riley Whitt. o Picnic Session To Be Held Again Person farmers and landowners interested in soil conservation will hold a demonstration ses sion and a picnic on the Guy W. Phelps farm, near Wheeler’s Baptist church, Friday, August 30, according to announcement made today by County Agent H. K. Sanders. Starting at 10 o’clock will be several addresses on soil conser vation; at noon there will be a picnic and during the afternoon inspection tours of farms virill be made. o CHANGES POSITION Boone Monk, formerly with the Roxboro Drug pompany, has ac cepted the position of manager at Booty’s Place, restuarant on the Greensboro road. Mr. Monk entered upon his new duties Tues day. Running Mates in Shirt Sleeves v . j- Jkwf l A picture of informality, President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential nominee, greet ing women Democratic party workers assembled at Mrs. Roosevelt’s Val-Kill cottage in Hyde Park, N. Y. The President drove over from the family home to introduce Wallace as his 1940 running mate. Perry Will Speak To City Educators On Fall Program Roxboro High and Central Graded Schools Ready For Opening. Speaker at a meeting for all teachers in the Roxboro system to be held Tuesday afternoon, Sep tember 3, at three o’clock at Rox boro high school auditorium will be H. A. Perry, of Raleigh, as sociate in the division of Instruc tional Service of the State of North Carolina, according to an nouncement from H. C. Gaddy, supervising principal of the city system. In an afternoon interview Mr. Gaddy said that Mr. Perry is re garded as well qualified to speak on school problems and that his message is expected to be of great assistance to those planning the program of work for the year. Speaking of his own plans for the season, Mr. Gaddy brought out the fact that what he regards as an excellent faculty has been se cured and city schools, which open on the morning of Septem ber 4, may look forward to an un usually good year. Considerable painting, cleaning and refurnishing has been done at Roxboro high school and at Cen tral Grammar school. o Former Company Holds Reunion Honoring H. L. Crowell and other officials of the Crowell Mo tor company, an organization which -was in business here fhr approximately two decades, for mer employees of the company held their second annual reunion Sunday at Hotel Roxboro, where dinner was served at five o’clock in the afternoon. No formal program was present ed although a number of guests made brief speeches. Several songs were sung and additional music was furnished by a Negro quartet. About twenty guests were pre sent, among them Mr. Crowell, W. L. King, A. M. Long, Coy Day, Miss Nina Abbitt and C. C. Cole, the latter of Yanceyville. Chair man for the past year was Mr. Day, while serving in the same capacity during the coming year will be Mr. King. Miss Nina Ab bitt, secretary, was re-elected. o LOSES BARN F. O. Carver reports the loss of a tobacco bam, destroyed by fire Monday, on his property near the city limits. Election’s End End of the chapter of the ABC election held here Sat urday was reached Tuesday morning when the Person County Board of Elections, of which Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., is chairman, certified as the official ballot total, 1,301 against control and 1,240 for control, the same figures re leased as the unofficial count of Saturday night, when the Drys were first reported a head by 64 votes in Person’s second election on the issue in three years. o CLUBS WILL NOT MEET NEXT WEEK Federation Session To In clude Tours, Picnic and Ev ening Program. Becauuse of the fact that the annual county federation of Home Demonstration clubs will be held Thursday, September 5, at Rox boro high school, there will be no meetings of the Helena, Mt. Tirzah and Providence clubs dur ing that week, according to an nouncement made today by the Person Home Demonstration ag ent, Miss Velma Beam. Included in the federation ses sion will be a Farm and Home tour, starting at one o’clock in afternoon; a picnic, which will begin at 5:30 and an evening pro gram, at the high school audi torium, at 7 o’clock. All demon stration clubs in the county will be expected to participate in the various activities of the day and a special invitation is being ex tended to husbands of the mem bers. In commenting on Home De monstration work accomplished during the present week Miss Beam said this morning that the Monday and Tuesday visit of Miss Pauline Gordon, Home Manage ment and Furnishings advisor from the State extension depart ment, Raleigh, was especially pleasing. Miss Gordon’s parimary purpose for coming to Person at this time was to complete scorings of kitchens entered in the kitchen improvement contests held here Thirty-six women of the coun ty have entered those contests in the past two years. o U. S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt tried for but failed to get third terms in the White House. PERSON DRYS DEFEAT CONTROL BY SMALLMARGIN Second Victory Cheered By Anti-Liquor Advocates Os State. By a 64-vote margin Person county Saturday rejected legalis ing the sale of liquor. Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., chair man of the County Board of El ections, announced complete but unofficial returns late that night which showed that the drys poll ed 1,304 votes, the wets 1,240. The victory in Person county for prohibition sentiment cheered State Dry Forces, who asserted that on the basis of these returns and the repeal of ABC stores by popular vote in Johnston county they would ask the 1941 General Assembly to call a state-wide re ferendum on the question of re turning all of North Carolina to prohibition. The margin against establish ment of ABC stores in the first Person county election, held in June, 1937, was 22 votes. The Drys polled 1,113 ballots, and the Wets, 1,091. Recently Johnston county, w’hich had been wet for more than three years, voted to return to the dry column. ABC stores there are scheduled to close to day. o C of C Members Re-elected At Board Meeting Re-elected as officers of th< Roxboro Chamber of Commerc for 1940-1941 were Glenn Stovail president; J. A. Long, Jr., vice president, and E. G. Thompson, treasurer. Also re-elected was the Chamber secretary, Wallace W. Woods, who on January 1, of this year succeeded Melvin Burke, now returned to the practice of law. The officers above named were chosen at the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors held Tuesday night at the final session of the fiscal year. Present were both new and old directors, who heard encouraging reports of the work of the year and out lined a tentative program for the coming session. Glenn Stovall, the re-elected president, is a popular young busi ness man of the city, who was last year elected as vice-presi dent and subsequently served as president following the resigna tion of J. S. Merritt. o Long, Brooks Reunion Slated The annual reunion of the Long and Brooks families will be held Sunday, September 1, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Long, Leasburg road, according to an nouncement made today. All re latives and friends are invited. Picnic luncheon will be served and those planning to attend are requested to bring baskets. o HAS RETURNED T. Miller White, local manager of the Carolina Power and Light company, has returned to his home here after spending several weeks in the mountains in' the interest of his health. He is now much improved but will not re turn at once to his office, which is now being managed by Norman i York, of Greensboro and Golds boro. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 Jimmie Wade Released Uuder S3OO Bond Following Trial McNary Accepts A $ / '.<• • • w/iJWIR Charles L. McNary, Republican rice presidential candidate to be for mally notified of nomination by Gov. Harold E. Stassen, on August 27, at Salem, Ore. The acceptance speech will be made at Oregon State Fair grounds. FSA COMMITTEE HAS NEW MEMBER Group of Three Will Assum Duties For 1940-1941, Ac cording To Announcement By J. Y. Blanks. Three leading Person county farmers have been appointed to serve on the committee to con sider loans for the purchase of farms in Person County under the Bankhead-Jones Tenant pur chase program, for the next fis cal year, according to Joe Y. Blanks, FSA Supervisor, of Rox boro. The committeemen, who recen tly received their appointments from the Secretary of Agricul ture, are: Thomas B. Davis, Roxboro, R. F. D. 3. J. H. Shotwell, Rox boro, R. F. D. 2. George M. Fox, Jr., Roxboro. The only new member of this committee is Mr. Fox who re places John Brewer who served on the committee last year. A new committeeman is named each year. Since the tenant purchase program was inaugrated in Per son County in 1938, the committee has approved loans for the pur chase of 19 farms in the county. This means 19 more property owners and taxpayers —families who have climbed up the econo mic ladder to ownership. Mr. Davis was elected chair man when the committee organi zed at a meeting last week in the office of Supervisor Joe Y. Blanks of Farm Security Admini stration. The FSA administers the Bankhead-Jones program, but all loans must be approved by the committee. Funds for this program are provided by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in a $50,- 000,000 loan to FSA. Loans are made for periods up to 40 years, with interest at three per cent. The prospective borrower may pick out his own farm, which must then be appraised and ap proved by FSA and the commit tee. Any Person County land own er who has farm land for sale may register it with the FSA of fice for consideration under this program. The FSA loan for the purchase of these farms may also provide for improvements to land and buildings, including sanitation facilities. When a loan is made, the FSA farm and home management supervisors and the new owner work out a plan for the opera tion of the farm, a plan which is aimed at providing a living for the family through a sound sub sistence and livestock program, . (Continued On Back Page) THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER FORTY-SIX But Person Negro Will Be Tried In Superior Court For 'Murder of John Henry Bailey. Other Cases Brought Up. Jimmie Wade, Negro, of the Bethel Hill community, charged with the murder of John Henry Bailey, another Negro, who died in a Durham hospital shortly af ter a cutting scrape earlier in the month, at a preliminary hearing in county court, concluded yes terday, was bound over to Sup erior court, but released under bond of S3OO. It is expected the case will come up for trial at the October term. Also tried yesterday was James Moses Bailey, brother of the slain Negro, who pled guilty to forc ible trespass and received a sen tence of sixty days on the roads, sentence suspended upon payment of the costs. James Moses Bailey was with John Henry Bailey at the time the latter was fatally injured. Eighteen cases were disposed of by Judge Dawes, with a number of continuances, among them the case of “Doc” Walters, Negro, charged with assault with a rif le, the alleged offense having tak en place when City Policeman Gilbert Oakley was called to the Walker house about two weeks ago. o— HARRIS FEATURED ON PROGRAM AT OPENINGSESSION Textbooks To Be Distribut ed Opening Day At Bushy Fork, Says Hester. R. L. Harris, prominent Rox boro resident who has received the Democratic nomination as lieutenant governor of North Carolina, will be speaker at the formal opening exercises at Bushy Fork school, aoording to announ cement made today by J. L. Hes ter, principal. Mr. Harirs will speak at 9 o’clock on the morn ing of September 4. Devotionals wil be lead by the Rev. F. M. Lupton, of the Meth odist church, Leasburg, and in ad dition to Mr. Harris, a number of other citizens will deliver mes sages of welcome. Among those speaking will be: Mrs. E. P. War ren, of the Parent Teacher asso ciation; Fred Yarborough, of the Boy Scouts and Miss Martha Louise Hester, of the 4-H clubs. Following the exercises, text books will be distributed in the various class rooms. Dismissal will take place at noon, but regu lar class-work will begin the next morning at 8:30 o’clock and will continue on schedule. School buses, running on pre vious schedules, will be operated by Bernard Long, Fred Whit field, and Thomas Pleasant. Teachers have been assigned as follows: first grade, Mrs. K. S. R. Nelson and Miss Lelia Russell; second grade, Miss Dorothy Younger; third grade, Mrs. J. L. Hester; fourth grade, Mrs. E. B. Vanhook; fifth grade, Miss Ruth Sims; sixth grade, C H. Mason; seventh, eighth and ninth grades, Misses Grace Cockerham and Frances Lanier and the principal, Mr. Hester. Misses Cockerham and Lanier are recent additions ‘ to the faculty. Teachers are expected to at tend a teachers meeting at the ' school, Tuesday afternoon, Sep * tember 3, at 2:30 o’clock. o—— Some spiders have a set of eye* > for daytime use, and another for night.