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VOLUME XI
Chaplain L. A. Watts Brings
Vital Message To Council
Organization Decides to
Sponsor Local Unit of Re
habilitation Bureau.
"Prison rehabilitation,” said
State Prison Chaplain Lawrence
A. Watts, of Raleigh, Wednes
day addressing the Person Coun
-1 v Council of Social agencies at
its monthly luncheon session, "is
an almost virgin field and one
in which much work yet remains
to be done.”
Introduced by the Rev. W. C
Martin, of this city, Mr. Watts
•ited specific instances coming to
his attention as Chaplain; said
that the majority of prisoners at
the State institution seemed grate
ful for opportunities for consul
tation and advice, and urged that
Person county form its own unit
•f the North Carolina Rehabilita
tion bureau, units of which have
already been organized in 45
•ounties of the state, for purposes
#f Conner a ting with the State Pri
son Rehabilitation bureau pro
gram.
Acting upon his suggestion,
members of local Council of Soc
ial agencies adopted a resolution
favoring Council sponsorship of
such a unit, elected Rev. J. M.
Walker, Jr., as president of 'the
unit, with B. B. Knight as vice
president and Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff,
director of the Person County
Board of Public Welfare, as sec
retary, and decided that details
•f formation of the unit be left to
the newly elected officers.
In describing the effectiveness
•f rehabilitation as now practic
ed at State Prison, Mr. Watts, a
Methodist minister who has ser
ved as Chaplain since July 1939,
said that nearly 1,600 persons are
being discharged from prisons in
North Carolina each month, most
•f whom are destined to return
to the communities from which
they came and are in great need
•f cooperation from citizens in
these communities If they are to
return to the good citizenship of
which most of them are capable.
Their needs, Mr. Watts said, are
economic, but not purely so. A
kind word, sympathetic under
standing and willing cooperation
in personal readjustment are of
almost equal importance and can
be perhaps best offered through
units of the rehabilitation bureau
previously mentioned.
The speaker also mentioned the
meed of an expanded program of
prychoanalitical guidance and
praised the present Governor,
•lyde R. Hoey, for being instru
mental in establishment of the
program of rehabilitation of which
him own work as Chaplain ia but
a part.
High School Now
Has Lectures On
Health Topics
Students of the 10th and 11th
grades in Roxboro high school
will receive lectures on health
topics on alternate Mondays dur
ing the school year, according to
announcement made today by,
Supervising Principal H. C. Gad-|
dj, who stated that the lectures j
ta be given at the 10:30 o’clock
morning period will constitute a[
definite part of the school’s cur-|
rioulum and will be presented by
Person Health director, Dr. A.L. 1
Allen and members of the de
partment staff.
Dr. Allen, commenting on the
proposed program said that gen
eral health topics will be dicussed
but that particular emphasis will
ba placed on social diseases and
problems pertaining to sexology
md that lectures of this latter
type will be presented to separ
ate classes of young men and
wamen.
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Fishes At Play -
Have Nothing On
Gilbert Wagstaff
James J. Jr., aged about
three and a half years, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Woody,
of this city, was playing with
Gilbert Wagstaff, Jr., aged
two and a half years, and son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wag
staff. Scene of their activities
was the front lawn of the
Woody home on South Main
street, around five o’clock
Monday afternoon. The boys
filled the air with shouts of
pleasure as they chased one
another, Indian fashion, a
round a fish pond.
Suddenly, all was quiet;
just as suddenly James, Jr.,
entered the living room
where his father was seated
at his desk, stared at him a
moment, then shattered sil
ence by saying in matter-of
fact tones: “Daddy, Gilbert’s
in the fish pond.”
A split second later, not
knowing what to expect, Mr.
Woody dashed down the
steps, only to find Gilbert,
Jr., calmest of all, floating on
his back and using an uncon
scious swimming stroke to
keep position. Gilbert, Jr.,
cried a bit after being res
cued, but was otherwise not
upset.
The fathers and fishes
were,, and now the fishes
will have to live somewhere
else; the pond is filled up.
FLEIG FUNERAL
HELD ATCHURCH
Respected Citizen Dies At
Hospital After Illness Os
Three Weeks. t
Grover C. Fleig, 47, lumber
man and farmer of Route 1, Rox
boro, whose father came to A
meijica many years ago from
Germany, died Monday morning
at 2:15 o’clock at Watts hospital,
Durham, following an illness last
ing three weeks. He had been in
ill health for several months.
Death was attributed to compli
cations.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at S o’clock
at Warren’s Grove Methodist
church by the pastor, the Rev. E.
G. Overton, and interment took
place at Burchwood cemetery an
nex, Roxboro.
Surviving are hi* wife, Mrs.
Cora Soloman Fleig and two sons,
Raymond and Grover C. Fleig, Jr.,
all of Roxboro; one brother Felix
Fleig, of Annapolis, Md., and two
sisters, Mrs. W. A Wrenn and
Mrs. T. C. Tapp, both of Roxboro.
Pall bearers were Claude Bar
rett, E. G. Davis, Alex Wrenn,
Ralph Long, Claude Harris and
Lewis Winstead.
Flower hearers were nieces and
nephews of the deceased.
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BENEFIT BRIDGE
Women of St. Mark’s parish
auxiliary will stage a benefit
bridge and Chinese checkers
tournament tomorrow night at
8 o’clock at Roxboro Communi
ty house, Chub Lake street. Re
servations may be made by con
tacting Mrs. Philip L. Thomas or
Mrs. John D. Morris.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Johnson, of
this city announce the birth of
a daughter, Barbara Gale John
son, at Memorial, Danville, Va.,
on Thursday morning, Septem
ber £O.
Listening Post in Our Canal Defenses
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Left: Amid the dense jungle of the Chagres river section of the Panama Canal Zone, a listening pest of
oar growing air defenses is shown in action under eyes of Brig. Gen. Sandford Jarman, commanding Panama
coast artillery brigade. Right: Ruins of ancient Fort San Lorenzo, Sixteenth century "strong point,” are used
for camp site by men of the Canal Zone’s artillery brigade. The fort is at the Atlantic entrance of the canal.
Mrs. Wagstaff And Others
To Go To Welfare Institute
Annual Session Will Open j
Sunday Night At Chapel
Hill.
Person County representatives
at the 21st Annual Public Wel
fare institute opening Sunday
night at Chapel Hill will include:
Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, director of
the Person Department of Pub
lic Welfare, and Mrs. Glen Bran
don and Miss Marjorie Griffim
department case workers.
Speakers at the Sunday session
beginning at 8 o’clock, will in
clude Dr. Howard W. Odum, Ke
nan Professor of Sociology and
director of the Institute for Soc
ial science, University of North
Carolina, who will discuss, "The
Next Twenty Years in Public So
cial Service”; and Mrs. W. T.
Bost, Commissioner, State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare.
Remarks will also be made by Dr.
Frank Porter Graham, president
of the University, and presiding
officer will be Dr. Roy M. Brown,
director and professor of Public
Welfare, division of public wel
fare and social work, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Real work of the six day insti
tute will begin Monday morning
at 9 o’clock and will continue
thorugh Friday, October 4, with
lectures and courses on "Case
Work With Family and Children’s
Problems”; “Public Welfare Ad
ministration”; "Welfare Resour
ces and Services Available Thro
ugh Public and Private Channels
in North Carolina”; Social Work
Practice As Influenced by Its
Historical Background and Deve
lopment”; “Unemployment Prob
lems, State and National”; Cur
rent Social Legislation”; “Princip
les of Family Economics”;; Fin
ancial Administration in Public
Welfare”, and “The Federal Pro
gram of Child Welfare Service.”
In addition to many state wel
fare department officials, togeth
er with members of the faculty of
the Chapel Hill and Greensboro
divisions of the University of
North Carolina, speakers will In
clude David C. Adie, Commission
er of the Department of Social
Welfare, New York; Miss Thom
asine Hendricks, Training Con
sultant, Division of Technical
Training, Bureau of Public As
sistance, Social Security Board,
Washington; Miss Katharine F.
Lenroot, Chief of the Children's
Bureau, U. S. Department of La
bor, Washington, and Miss Bertha
Reynolds, Consultant in Staff De
velopment Mr. Adie, will speak
Monday evening at 8 o’clock;
Miss Lenroot on Tuesday at the
same hour, and Miss Reynolds, on
Thursday at 8.
Roxboro Man Is
Somewhat Better
The condition of John Moore,
Roxboro resident, who was ser
iously injured Sunday night about
8 o’clock when struck by a car
driven by Bedford Pulliam, of
Longhurst, on High School drive,
this city, is somewhat imporved,
according to information received
this afternoon from authorities
at Community hospital here,
where Moore was taken immed
iately after the accident. Chief of
Police S. A. Oliver and Policeman
Ben Chaney, who investigated, re
ported the accident as apparent
ly unavoidable.
Pulliam, about 20, who was
driving south, stopped his car al
most at once, apparently pulling
it across to the right side of the
street in an effort to avoid hit
ting Mr. Moore, who had stepped
out from behind a parked mach
ine almost directly in the path oT
Pulliam’s machine. Pulliam was
placed under SSOO bond, pending
out come of Mr. Moore’s injuries
With Pulliam were three young
men. Moore, a retired merchant
had been to his farm with his
brother Ervin Moore and was
returning to his home here, hav
ing just gotten out of the car and
started across the street when
he was struck.
Both legs and one arm were
fractured and he received numer
ous cuts and bruises about the
head, face and body.
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CLUB POSTPONED
Mrs. B. B. Bullock, president of
the Warren’s Grove Home Demon
stration club, which was sche
duled to have met today at the
home of Mrs. Alec Wrenn, has
announced that the meeting has
Ween postponed because of ill
ness and death in the community.
Time and place of meeting will
be announced later.
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FIRST MEETING
First meeting of the Bethel
Hill Parent-Teachers association
will be held Monday evening at
7:30 o’clock at the school, ac
cording to announcement made
today. Mrs. J. Y. Humphries, pre
sident, will preside and objectives
for the year will be outlined. Dur
ing the social hour a motion pic
ture will toe shown and group
singing will be enjoyed. A full
attendance is requested.
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO XV
ROXBORO.
JAMES H. CLARK
ENDS HIS LIFE
AT CUNNINGHAM
Tenant On Old Cunning
ham Place Dies Monday.
Rites Held Tuesday.
James H. Clark, 66, tenant far
mer, who lived at the old Cun
ningham home place, Cunning
ham township, Person count;
died there Monday morning at
8:30 o’clock two hours after he
had; shot himsplf in the rig’ht
temple with a single-barreled
shot gun. The act took place in
Mr. Clark’s bed room on the sec
ond floor and discovery was
made by his son, Fred Clark, who
rushed to the room when the
shot was fired and found his fa
ther slumped across the bed, his
head in a pool of blood.
Medical aid was summoned and
later in the morning, about 4 o’-
clock, Person Sheriff M. T. Clay
ton and County Coroner Dr. A. F.
Nichols were called. Dr. Nichols
reported Monday afternoon that
a coroner’s jury composed of six
men rendered a verdict of death
by suicide, decision being reach
ed about 11 o’clock that morning.
Members of the family reported
Clark as having been in usual
health when he retired Sunday
night, though he had frigtened
them at one time during the past
Spring by references to suicide.
Dr. Nichols said the deceased ap
parently left no note of explana
tion.
Survivors are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Ira B. Brooks and
Mrs. F. A. Taylor, both of Sem
ora; four sons, Willie, Harry, and
Fred Clark, all of Semora, and
John Clark, of Roxboro; a sister,
Mrs. L. N. Montgomery of Sem
ora; and eight grand-children.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Tuesday at Connelly Me
thodist church, near Milton.
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TO STUDY MUSIC
Miss Billie Street, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Street, of
this city, left this week for Lyn
chburg, Va., where she will spend
the winter studying music. Miss
Street, who is an alumna of
Greensboro college, is a talented
voung violinist and has previou
sly studied in Durhaiß.
UNCLE DIES
Person Superintendent of
Schools R. B. Griffin will leave
tomorrow for Goldsboro to at
tend the funeral of his uncle,
B. H. Griffin, who died today at
his apartment at Hotel Sir Wal
ter, at Raleigh. Mr. Griffin was
a widely known hotel owner and
operator.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1940
Tobacco Sales Pleasing
First Three Days Os Week
Two Day School
For Firemen Held
In This City
Culminating feature of the two
day '“’Fire School” conducted
here Tuesday and Wednesday by j
State Fire Marshal Sherwood!
Brockwell ,of Raleigh, was pre
sentation of certificates of merit!
to the 45 to 50 participating fire
men all of whom attended a din
ner held at seven o’clock last
night at Hotel Roxboro. The din
ner program was otherwise of an
informal nature.
During the afternoon sessions,
Mr. Brockwell, assisted by Rox
boro Fire Chief Henry E. O’-
Briant, Ca-Vel Chief Joe Gussy
and by members of the Durham
Fire Department, with Durham's
Assistant Chief B. C. Canady, pre
sented porgrams involving hose
evolutions from second floors,
pulling with ropes, scaling lad
der operations and the use of life
lines, all demonstrated at Central
Grammar School in the heart of
the city, and not far distant from
the Roxboro Fire station.
Attendance at exercises was
estimated as being at between
fifteen to twenty from out of
town, while more than twenty
five local firemen and members
of the group at Ca-Vel participat
ed.
Among those responsable for
the School was Insurance Commis
sioner Dan C. Boney, of Raleigh.
City Manager Percy Bloxam and
Chief O’Briant both expressed
pleasure at results obtained at
the school, the first to be held
in smaller cities in this state.
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CANNON CASE IS
DISPOSED OF BY
JUDGE R. B. DAWES
Crook’s Matter Also Set
tled Earlier In Week.
After disposing of fifteen to
sixteen cases in court Tuesday,
County Judge R. B. Dawes, in
conference with Coronor Dr. A.
F. Nichols and with Dr. H. M.
Beam, this morning considered
the case of Horace S. Cannon,
Richmond, Va., man who last
week was arrested on charges of
careless and reckless driving af
ter he had driven through streets
of this city early in the morning
without lights and who subse
quently created a seen* ia a lo
cal bank.
Evidence was introduced to
show that the defendant ia in
need of treatment in a sanitorium
in that he has shown signs of
mental derangement.
Following conference Judge
: Dawes announced that Cannon
had been released to custody of
Mrs. Horace S. Cannon, his wife,
and his sister, Miss Cannon, who
came here from Richmond and
were present at the conference.
It is understood that members
of the family have agreed to place
Mr. Cannon in a suitable hospital
or institution.
In regular session Judge Dawes
disposed of the case of J. W.
Crooks, Burlington pin-table
salesman and operator, arrested
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IN NEW LOCATION
Johnnie Tillman and Bill Zim
merman are now located in their
new garage building in North
Roxboro just to the rear of Bel
vin’s Gulf Station. The new
building is complete in every de
tail and the proprietors invite the
public down for inspection.
THE TIMES IS PERSON*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FIFTY
Tobac . tveraging Around
Twenty Cents; Sales For
Week Comparatively Light.
The Roxboro tobacco market
opened Tuesday morning with a
rather small break of tobacco oa
hand. Prices for first and second
day sales averaged around twen
ty cents even though quality of
the weed was not so good.
Very few tags, if any, were
turned and generally speaking
the growers were well pleased
with their sales.
Farmers over the county have
not stripped much tobacco and
that may account for the small
amount that has been on the
warehouse floors during this
week. Many growers have been
busy harvesting other crops.
Local warehousemen expect a
larger amount of tobacco next
week and it is thought that sales
vjill strike a normal stride at
once.
All buyers are on hand and
there seems to be a demand for
every type of tobacco that is
raised in this section.
Local busines leaders report a
pick-up in business and it is
thought that these extra sales
will continue throughout the to
bacco selling season.
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MRS. R.C. CARVER
PASSES AT HOME
Funeral Held Yesterday
There. 11l For Past Several
Weeks.
Mrs. Jennie Carver, 82, of
Route 1, Roxboro, wife of the late
R. C. Carver, died Tuesday morn
ing at 11:15 o’clock at her home,
after an illness of several weeks
She had been in declinig health
for a number of years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at 3:3#
o’clock at the home. Officiating
was the Rev. E. G. Overton, pas
tor of Warren’s Grove Methodist
church, of which Mrs. Carver was
a member for many years. Assist
ing was the Rev. S. F. Nicks, es
Cedar Grove. Interment was ta
the family cemetery.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. Rainey Crumpton of Rox
boro, with whom she made her
home, Mrs. Arch Hamlin, also at
Roxboro, and Mrs. M. V. Lawren
ce, Mrs. Oscar Wilkerson, Mrs.
Will Moore, and Miss Fannin
Carver, all of Durham; and twe
stepchildren, Mrs. James Stan
field of Roxboro and M. M. Car
ver of South Hill, Va.
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ATTENDS MEETNG
Person Superintendent a t
Schools R. B. Griffin, accom
panied by Supervising Principal
H. C. Gaddy, Mrs. A. F. Nichols,
Miss Nelson, R. C. Garrison and
D. H. Young, was in Henderson
yessterday for a district confer
ence of the North Carolina Ed
ucation association. Mr. Griffin
reported a successful meeting,
held for purposes of stimulating
interest in the work of the asse
ciation.
COPIES AVAILABLE
Wallace W. Woods, secretary tt
the Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce, reports that copies of tka
1939 "Revenue and Machinery
Acts” are now available at his
office. These publications, said
J Mr. Woods, cover most of the lic
ensee collectable by the State.
Numbers of citizens have request
ed copies of the booklet and the
local Chamber wDI be pleased to
furnish whatever Information is
desired.