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VOLUME XI
M. i. CRUTCHFIELD
PTES CONDUCTED
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Prominent Bethel Hill Busi
:£] ness Man And Church Man
U Dies Monday Morning At
f t Bis Home.
,
P Andrew Jackson Crutchfield,
I 73, Bethel Hill merchant and far
| mer and a director of the Peoples
| Bank, Roxboro, died Monday
s morning at 8 o’clock at his home
■ as a result of a heart attack. He
had been in ill health five years
, and in a serious condition the past
four days.
Mr. Crutchfield,, a native of Per
son county, was a Bethel Hill
school committeeman and was for
40 years superintendent of Beth
el Hill Baptist church Sunday
School. He was also chairman of
the board of deacons.
Funeral services were conduct
ad Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the church by the pastor, Rev.
J. F. Funderburke. Interment was
in the Woody family cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Maude Woody Crutchfield;
three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Gar
rison, Timberlake, and Misses
Jennie and Mary Howard Crutch
’ field, of the home, and one son,
-A. J. Crutchfield, Jr., of Charlot
(ttesvSUe, Via., a studtent in the
medical school at the University
•f Virginia.
Pall bearers were members of
the board of deacons of the
•hurdh. Honorary pall bearers
« jnpfeided many prominent Rox
boro and Person county business
men.
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Final Rites For
Mrs. Yarborough
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ja
mes W. Yarborough, 45, of the
Allensville community, Route 2,
Roxboro, whose death occurred
Sunday night at her home fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis suf
ieeid about 5:30 that afternoon,
were conducted Tuesday after
aoon at 3 o’clock at Rock Grove
Baptist church. Interment was in
Burdhwood cemetery annex, Rox
boro.
Rites were in charge of Presid
ing Elder B. T. Solomon, of Rox
baro, assisted by Elders Reed W.
Benson, J. A. Johnson, J. H. Wells
and Fred Guyman of the Church
•f Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
•f which Mrs. Yarborough had
been a member for many years.
Mrs. Yarborough had been un
well for a number of years, but
had not been seriously ill until
Sunday afternoon.
Survivors include: her husband,
live daughters, Miss Gertrude
Yarborough, of Elizabeth, N. J.,
and Misses Maude, Melba, Clytie
and Patsy Arm Yarborough, of
Roxboro; three sons, Andrew J.,
James Leon and James Louis Yar
borough, all of Roxboro; her fa-
Iher and step-mother, Mr. and
Mm. A. J. Dixon, of Roxboro; four
sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Lee Rad
ioed, of Tappahanock, Va., Mrs.
Rachel Ashley, of Timberlake,
Miss Lorena Dixon, of Roxboro,
and Miss Urania Dixon, of Wash
ington, D. C.; tour brothers, J. B.
Dixon, of Elizabeth, N. J., and
Jwk, Maxie and Woodrow Dix
«n, all of Roxboro, also two half
brothers, Jesse and Thomas Dlx
an, at Roxboro.
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APPOINTED
Gordon Q executive
vice president of the Peoples bank,
this city, has been Informed by
Carlisle R. Davis, chairman, of
Richmond, Via., of his appoint
ment to the Research Committee
as the American Institute of bank
fa* Mr. Hunter said today that
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JersonJMimts
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Musical Program
Held At Local Club
Feature of the weekly dinner
session of the Roxboro Kiwanis
club was a musical program pre
sented by Miss Agnes Long, of
Hurdle Mills, who sang several
solos and gave numbers on a Ha
waiian electrical guitar. Guests
at the dinner included Thomas
Bumpass, brother of clubmember
R. D. Bumpass, and Edward Long,
father of the soloist.' The program
was in charge of Frank Whit
field, of the rural-urban relations
committee.
personcoTfair ,
GREETED BY LARGE
CROWD TUESDAY
Many School Children Pre
sent Tuesday and Wednes
day Afternoons and Nights.
The Person County Fair formal
ly opened for business on Tues
day of this week and a large
crowd of visitors were present the
opening day and night.
Tuesday was a free day for
white children and a large num
ber were present both afternoon
and night.
Colored children took advant
age of a free day on Wednseday
and reports indicate that they en
joyed the occasion.
Endy Bros. Shows are on the
midway and this company has
brought a large number of at
tractions to the fair. Many shows
and riding devices are on hand to
offer amusement for young and
old.
As a free attraction Endy Bros
ofers a “Cannon Act’’. It is said
that a man is shot from the
mouth of a cannon over two lar
ge ferris wheels. The free act is
supposed to take place twice
daily.
Exhibits are better than they
were last year and are of a very
high class variety.
Stores Close For
Religious Holiday
In observance of “Rash Hash
ana”, the Jewish New Year 5701,
whch began yesterday at sunset
Raiff’s Department store, Fore
man’s Department store and S
and J. Goodfriend’s will be clos
ed today. Raiffs, it is said, will
also be closed Friday, but will
re-open for business Saturday
morning.
Observance of this Jewish holi
day, marked toy a strengthening
of family ties and renewal of
friendships, begins with temple
services held during the evening
and the day of holiday and eul
urinates in “Yom Kippur”, the
“Day of Atonment” after ten days
of penitence and prayer.
Hill Rit^Held
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Naomi Wise Hill, 7, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hill, died
Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock at
the home of her maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Rhew,
near Somerset She had been ill
a week with pneumonia.
Final rites were held Wednes
day afternoon in the Hill family
cemetery at 2:30 o’clock.
Survivors are, in addition to
w j
the parents and grandparents,
a brother, Darrow Hill, and a sis
ter, Miss Mamie Joe Hill, both of
the home; the paternal grandfa
ther, A. J. Hill and a number of
aunts and uncles.
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TOURNAMENT PLANS
Plans are now complete tor the
benefit brdge tournament which
♦)e woman’s auxiliary Commun
ity hospital, will stage at 8 p.m.
at Roxboro j Community house.
Leaves From Great Britain’s Scrap Book
V " ' w ' s'
L'j'.vcr: A convoy steaming up the English channel, currently the most dangerous siretch of water in the
world, under the guns of an escorting British warship. Upper Left: Winston Churchill surveys a great crater
left by a German bomb in a London street after a night raid. Upper Right: An anti-aircraft gun crew in action
during a practice session with a 3.7 “Archie” somewhere in Canada.
Langford Rites
Held At Church
Final rites for Bertha L. Lang
ford, two year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Langford, of
Person county, whose death oc
cured Friday afternoon at the
home, were conducted Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Mill
Creek Baptist church by the Rev.
K. D. Stukenbrok, of Roxboro.
Interment was in the church ce
metery.
The child was ill about 24
hours, death being attributed to
meningitis.
Survivors include: the parents
three brothers, Bill Bryant, Geor
ge Edward and Tex Wayne Lang
ford; four sisters, Misses Mae
Frances, Maify Elizabeth, Ethel
Marie and Carolyn Langford
three grandparents and a number
of aunts and uncles.
Pall bearers were: Jesse Wal
ker, Tommie Walker, Raymond
Carswell and Rainey Lee.
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MRS. LAWS DIES
AT RESDENCE OF
HER STEP-SON
Rites Held At Cedar Grove
Church Wednesday.
Mrs. Evie Laws, 70, of Cellar
Grove, died Tuesday afternoon
at 5:45 o’clock at the home of
her stepson, Ernest Laws, at Hills
boro, as a result of a stroke of
paralysis. Mrs. Laws was visiting
at the home of her stepson when
stricken fatally.
The funeral service was held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the Cedar Grove Methodist
church by the Rev. Mr. Mann,
Presbyterian minister, assisted bv
the pastor of the church, Rev. S.
F. Nicks.
Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Laws leaves her husband,
Hiram Laws; two step-daughters,
Mrs. Dennis Bowen of Durham;
and Mrs. C. R. Murray of Hurdle
Mills; her stepson, Ernest Laws;
a sister, Mrs. R. N. Workman of
Mebane, and a number of nieces
and- nephews.
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ELECTION SCHEDULED
As previously announced, elec
tion of township comznittemen
1o serve during the coming year
will be held in various town
ships in Person county on Sat
urday, October sth, at places de
signated by those in charge of
elections. Balloting will be at
2 o’clock in the afternoon and all
eligible to vote ore requested to
do so.
J. M. BROUGHTON
TO BE SPEAKER
Fifth District Democratic
Rally To Be Staged At
Leaksville Saturday.
Ralcign, Oct. 3 Two separata
speeches by J. Melville Brough
ton, Democratic candidate for
Governor, are to be .made .in
Rockingham county Saturday but
only one, that in the afternoon,
will be a part of the rally -of Fifth
District Democrats scheduled for
Leaksville at 3 o’clock.
Broughton is scheduled to speak
at Wentworth at 11 o’clock in
connection with a barbecue for
district highway officials and em
ployees. Congressman A. D. Fol
ger who represents the Fifth, par
ty officials from Raleigh head
quarters and a number of candi
dates for State office will be at
Leaksville.
Ar ’• T . Allen, secretary of the
Dem c State Executive com
mittee, said today that an added
feature of the rally in the Fifth
will be a dance to be given by
Young Democrats on Saturday
night. A number of prominent
Young Democrats, including sev
eral members of the Wake Coun
try Club, are planning to attend
the rally and remain over for the
dance.
Speeches will be made only by
Nominee Broughton, Congress-
Folgf '’ l «te Chairman E. B. Den
ny, ft \ P. MlcCain, vice dbair
man, h Gardner, State Pre
sident . she Young Democrats,
and Secretary Allen. The four
last officials will talk about ten
minutes in all.
The Leaksville rally will be
the the fourth of the campaign.
Previous rallies have been at Lil
lington in the Seventh district
and at Morganton in the tenth.
The ninth district rally is at Salis
bury.
Vick Recipient
Os Eagle Award
Latest recipient of the Eagle
Scout award in the Person coun
cil is Rev. T. M. Vick, Jr., pastor
of Ca-Vel Methodist church, and
an active councilman and Scout
mast r, who received toe badge
Sum iy night Presentation was
mad by City Manager Percy
Bloxam, just before toe evening
church service held at Ca-Vel.
Introduction of Mr. Bloxam was
made by Henry E. O’Briant local
Scout leader. Other leaders pre
sent included George J. Oushwa,
president of the Ideal council, and
Clyde Sviartz, district oommid
sioner.
Tobacco Sales
Pleasing But
Rather Light
hough tobacco sales in Rox
boro have been fairly light all
the week the price nas continued
to hold up well. The average for
the season is hovering around the
twenty cent mark. One house in
this city averaged twenty-five
ai d one-third cents for every
pound sold on the floor during
one day this week.
It is pointed out that farmers
have been very busy harvesting
other crops and for this reason
have not stripped much tobacco.
They will start getting the weed
ready for market within a few
days.
As a general thing sellers hav
been pleased with their sales
Very few tags have been turn
ed and farmers are not complain
jin ess in Roxboro has pick
ed up nicely, but not as much a
it will when the golden weed reel
iy starts to town.
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Hall Funeral Held
Funeral services for Fannie
Dora Hall, two years of age, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Berg Hall
of Olive Hill, whose death occur
ursday of last week at the
were conducted Friday af
\ i at 4 o’clock at the Hall
rt -uence, by the Rev. J. N. Bow
man. Interment was in Story’s
Creek cemetery. The child was
ill .for four days. Death was at
tributed to complications.
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Gill To Speak
Speaker at Roxboro Rotary
club’s dinner session tonight will
be Dr. Everett Gill, of Wake For
est college, according to announ
cement made by program chair
man, Rev. W. F. West, who said
that Dr. Gill, a distinguished Bap
tist leader, who has traveled much
in Europe, is expected” to discuss
present war conditions there. The
meeting will be held at 6:30 o’-
1 'ocl: at Hotel Roxboro.
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ALL MEETING
A call meeting of toe Soeety of
Christian Service, Warem’s Grove
Methodist church, will be held
Thursday evening at 7:30 at the
church. The pastor, toe Rev. E.
G. Overton, will install officers
of the society and a full attend
ance is requested.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910
Miss Mcßrayer
Added To Faculty
Os Central School
Miss Martha Mcßrayer, of Lat
timore, a 1940 graduate of Mere
dith college, has been selected as
an additional teacher for the
first and ' second grades at
Roxboro Central Grammar schoct
accor "'' ‘ a to announcement mad,
this ji ing by Supervising
Print l I. C. Gaddy. Employ
ment T ss Mcßrayer, who be
gan her duties this morning, was
made necessary because of in
creased enrollment at the schoo l
Mr. Gaddy said.
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COMMITTEEMEN
FOR PERSON UNIT
NOW SELECTED
Faculty Members From
Each Person School Named
On NCEA Body.
Committeemen from faculty
members of eleven Person Coun
ty and Roxboro schools were
named today to serve on the re
organization committee of the
Person County unit of the North
Carolina Education association,
following an evening session of
the S ;olmasters club earlier in
the v ~zk.
Names, released by Miss Helen
Melton, of Roxboro high school
include: Glenn Titus, of the high
school here; Miss Sue Merritt, of
Central Grammar school, city;
Mrs. Ray Parrish, of Ca Vc-1
school; Miss Bonnie Wright, of
Longhurst; Miss Mary Kelly, of
Olive Hill; Mrs. M. C. Glenn, of
Allensville; Miss Eloise Hester,
of Mt. Tirzah and Mrs. Van Hook
of Bushy Fork. A representative
from Helena will be chosen later,
it is said.
Members of the committee Eire
expected to work together to
formulate plans for execution of
the proposed statewide program
of the N. C. E. association.
B? At Home
And Pleased, Is
Enos Slaughter
Back at home and looking tan
ned and well pleased after a good
season with the St. Louis Cardin
als is Enos Slaughter, star out
fielder and a Person County na
tive, whose first 'baseball exper
ience n ained with the Ca-
Vel < Hon team, near this
city.
Slai who arrived here
Tuesday night, said he would be
“at home down on the farm” off
and on through the fall and win
ter season, and that he is glad to
breathe Person air again. When
he popped into the Times Wed
nesday morning for a few minutes
chat with the editor, Enos was
wearing one of those out of Es
quire looking spectator sports
jackets, buff colored, with a belt
A matching hat and blue trous
ers completed thle un-baseball
manner of his attire, but there's
probably plenty that this Person
favorite son of the sports world
could tell.
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LIMESTONE ORDERS
Person Farm Agent H. K. San
ders today requested that all
farrrx a interested in obtaining
grour 1 limestone through grant
of ai contact hkw immediately
at his office in the Person County
courthouse. Applications must be
filled out at once, since they must
be forwarded to Raleigh by Octo
ber 10. Thirty oarloads have been
ordered thus far this year, said
Mr. Bandas, and orders for sev
eral additional carloads are al
most complete. No cash payment
is required to place an order.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
SCHOOLMASTERS
MEET TO PLAN
SEASON’S WORK
Reorganization Plans For
County Unit of Education
Association Also Effected.
Re-organization of the Person
county unit of me North Carolina
Education association and discus
sion of principles of the associa
tion as outlined in the planning
committee’s handbook formed
principal business at the first
meeting of the Person Schoolmas
ters’ club held in the form of a
dinner session at Hotel Roxboro.
Tuesday night.
With club president, H. D.
Young presiding, discussion of the
handbook was given by: Person.
Superintendent of Schools, R. B.
Griffin, Miss Helen Melton, of
Roxboro high school, Mrs. A. F.
Nichols, also of the high school,
and by Mr. Young, with others of
the club contributing comments.
Program chairman was Herman C.
Gaddy supervising principal,
Roxboro schools.
Plans were formulated for fu
ture programs and decision was
reached that Person representa
tives in the state legislature
should be invited to meet with
the club in order that legislators
and schoolmen may come to full
understanding in regard to aims
and objectives of the NCTA. Ap
pointment of various cooperative
committees were made, giving
each school in the county repre
sentation.
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Has Trouble And
Plenty of Same
Jeffers Tuck, said to be of the
Allensville community, went back
to Person County jail Wednesday
morning following appearance in
Mayor’s court before S. F. Nicks,
Jr., where hearing on three
booked-as-one charges of assault
with a deadly weapon, as well
as charges of malicious damages
to personal property and of care
less and reckless driving were
waived following a disturbance
created about noon Tuesday at a
filling station on South Main
street, Roxboro.
As maters now stand Tuck will
face trial next week in county
court before Judge R. B. Dawes
and must remain in jail until
trial unless he is able to raise
bonds totaling $250 for his var
ious alleged offenses against law
and order.
Police Chief S. A. Oliver and
Policeman Charlie Wade, of this
city, report that Tuck spied thro
ugh the south end of Main street
at high speed, stopped at the fill
ing station and there assaulted
Gopeland Clayton, of this city,
and James Creach and Fred El
lis, of Durham, drivers of a fur
niture store truck from that city,
who were at the filling station
when Tuck came to a halt.
The deadly weapon was, the
officers said, a beer bottle. Tuck,
who appeared to have been in
toxicated, also damaged the
filling station interior before he
was taken in hand by officers.
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VANCE YVILLEFIRE
Roxboro Fire Chief Henry OV.
Briant is pleased with a com-
niunication received this week
from Thomas J. Ham, Jr., aeor*-
tary of the sanitary district, at
Yanceyville, who reported that
instructions received by Yancejr
vflle firemen at the recent Rox
boro fire school enabled them to ...
confine what might have become a
serious file fat that city to one
dwelling house. Advene wind and
weather conditions are add ta
lave made the flames more dan
gerous.