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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ./North Carolina v4k f PMss association^) A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE J. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, MANAGER THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor. Published Every Thursday and Sunday. Entered As Second Class Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under The Act Os March 3rd., 1879. —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year $1.50 Six Months 7*5 Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Advertisers at al' times. Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not later than Tuesday to insure publication for Thursday edition ahd Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 End of a Job As announced in this issue of the 1 imes, Philip L. Thomas on Monday ended two terms as chairman of the Board of Person County commissioners and wiil not again serve with that body unless there is a call session between now and December 2. Mr. Thomas, like all men w'ho devote part of their time to public service, has at times, together with other members of the board, been subjected to criticism for sins of omission as well as commission while in office. \Ve think, however, that citizens of Person owe Mr Thomas a vote of thanks for work well done, since there are in this day few business men who are willing to subtract time from their per sonal affairs and to apply it to those of public nature. Mr. Thomas should be pleased to think that hot ail actions taken by the Board during his chairmanship have met with unqualified public approval. We say this deliberately, as highest compliment, since a public ser vant who only strives to please frequently enas up with pleasing neithej the people nor himself. Going back to private life, the former Chairman should know that lie has the appreciation of many or his fellow citizens and the last official act of the board during his administration, namely, the instigation of a system of record revision at the court house, should stand as a commendable undertaking, one much needed here. With this thought in mind we are glad to add our personal thanks for services rendered, not only by Mr. Thomas but by his fellow members, D. M. Cash and Frank T. Whitfield, who will continue in an■•'office that is much more important to county welfare than is gen erally supposed. O—o O O Sickest People At a thousand to one chance, we are willing to haz ard this morning that the sickest people in North Caro lina are the Paul Leonard and Rufus Smith “Willkie erats”. Since this state is a segment of democracy we must not be displeased that the Tar Heel Willkie-crats were allowed to display their wares to the public, but we would remind those persons who fell under their spelt that campaign tactics employed by that group more nearly approached falsification than any other political utterances made in our native territory. And in saying so we have in mind that simon-pure Democrats or Re publicans were not as lily-white as the angels, either. The last minute radio blasts and the frenzied count ing of votes are now happily buried in American history, just as we hope the Willkie-crats are buried- We frank ly admire individual voters who have spunk enough to cease being Democrats or Republicans, as the case may be, when they have a strong feeling that the man of their choice is not.a member of .the party to which they have held traditional allegiance, but we can see in the recurrence of “Hoover-crats” and “Willkie-crats” an unhealthy evidence of a desire to hang onto the coat tails of one party while subscribing to the faith of an other and we sincerely hope that the election just past has seen the end of such abortive and halfway splits from political parents. Most voters, having made a Democratic or Repub lican choice on Tuesday will now be willing to go ahead with what they have and in such a cooperative spirit w ■ hope all readers of the Times will forget partisanship and give to local representatives of the government under which they live full ana willing support during their terms in office. o*o*o : " : o*o ::: o :: o*o Flowers for the Living . Reginald Lee Harris, Person gentleman and busi ness man, to the eternal satisfaction of his friends and neighbors, will soon be lieutenant governor of North Carolina. Having in times past said that Mr., we beg your pardon, Lieutenant Governor Harris, is one of the most modest and engaging men in public life, we are today prepared to re-emphasize our admiration of the manner with which he conducted himself during the campaign just ended. Tradition has it that lieutenant governors, like v. ell bred children, should be seen and not heard. Acting on that principle, Mr. Harris, during the interval between his nomination and his election as running mate of "Gov ernor ’ Broughton, stayed at nome in Roxboro, giving bis attention to that business with which he has been associated for a quarter of a century. Only at intervals did he speak at party gatherings in neighboring coun ties, but when he did speak he had something to say and on the occasion of any appearance must have ha<; the satisfaction of knowing that he was wanted, not because he was a man wno would be lieutenant gover nor, but because he was “Reg” Harris. Governor-elect Broughton, shrewd as he must oe as a politician, will doubtlessly have need of a man whose warm human qualities will draw others who do not see eye to eye with the ci/fef executive. With such a mediator as Lieutenant Governor Harris by his side, we can imagine that Broughton should feel in him soine- PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Rail oddities jah. J.® 39 BILLS. THE RAILROADS C,; WORKED 32* DAYS LAST YEAR. IN 1929 TAXES won IHt RAILROADS'TOTAL 1. mg Receipts for only vDne hundred years^# THERE WERE LESS THAN % /M j 3000 MILES OF RAILROAD j J IN THE UNITED STATES. ' TODAY. THERE ARE 410.118 MILES- j ENOUGH TO MAKE 133 PARALLEL TRACKS g NEW YORK what of that satisfaction Person people have long since felt. We tender our congratulations to Mr. Harris and to ihe people of the state who this week gave him their vote of complete confidence. o-o-o-o-o-o- Good Work Person citizens who have had opportunity to know of the good work being done by H. L. Price, principal of Person County Training School for Negroes, will re gret that he and his wife were somewhat seriously in jured Sunday in a Durham county automobile accident, r. a test reports indicate that Price will be able to return to his work before many weeks, although his wife must remain in the hospital for a longer period of time. We mention his absence from his accustomed dut ies merely byway of calling attention to quality of per formance. At best school service calls for rare ability to got along with the public. Principal Price has shown, this at al! times and has also conducted his business on sound prinicples. We know oi nothing better to be said oi any man and we must join with his personal friends in being pleased that the automobile juggernant has not ended his useful career. jggggg 800,000 Model Husbands? Chritian Science Monitor A good plan not only may serve its own good pur pose but produce valuable by-products besides. Take the draft of American manhood for military service, for example. What previous single year of American history produced 800,000 prospective husbands who knew how to make a bed? Veteran husbands may think they know how, though it is hard to get them to prove it. Even before the first contingent of American re cruits goes into training, the young men of America are receiving hints on how to make a bed so that it can be slept in. “Basic things” like keeping the center fold of the sheet in the middle of the bed, working from the foot toward the head of the bed and tucking in the bottom sheet before attempting to camouflage it with the up per one-—these are points that an expert in bed-making is now stressing. There is also the question of the fold back at the top of the sheet that rests against the chin, ana the problem of the pillow. It does seem a little unnecessary, however, to .vara the men against letting the pillow become a pancake; in tact, this sounds like the “spoofing’' that initiated peo ple always wittily indulge in when instructing the neo phyte. And one bit of advice will De decidedly unwel come to most men of our acquaintance. This is that if one wakes up in the middle of the night with all the bed clothes in a tangle one should immediately get up and make the bed over. No, there are tnings worse than sleeping on the sofa, and this is one of them. O-O-O- O - 0 - o - Indefensible Greensboro Daily News A grand jury report on the Carteret county prison camp tells of 15 convicts sleeping in a room si:t by fif teen feet. Toilet facilities are also held quite undesir able and the investigators do not seem to have encount ered any provisions for baths. Naturally the report will be relayed to the highway commission at Raleigh and by the chairman thereof reterred to the supervisor of prison camps. It is to be hoped, though, that the judge piesiding follows through. I 1 or, frankly, the Daily News, which has been in clined to brag on county prison camps as better kept than the average of consolidated public schools, believes tnat if Supervisor Oscar Pitts haa been displaying the same interest in his job that he exhibited in Governor- Nominee Broughton’s campaign, something could have been done to make the condition of the Carteret prison ers less untoward. And even should this be Lhe exception proving the rule we believe to obtain, there is all the more reason promptly to do away with this public disgrace. It is ad mitted that not every convict can be given a room with private bath, but 15 divided into 90 square feet does hot give space enough for even that privacy to which the most desperate of criminals is entitled. Anyhow, if such sleeping arrangements must be maintained, we should like to see those at the heau of the prison administration required to sleep at the feet of some of their charges. “Reader Appeal” In New Campaign For Chesterfield “Give the readers what they like”, appears to be the basis of Chesterfield Cigarettes’ newest advertising series appearing in newspapers throughout America beginning this week. Famous per- 1 sonalities and colorful events car ry out the plan in each of the new advertisements which fea ture the theme, “Chesterfield gives smokers what they like.” Leading the parade is an ad vertisement based on a one-in-a -million family—featuring fam ed sports writer Grantland Rice and his daughter, Florence, ris ing stage and screen star. Bette Davis makes another glamorous “Chesterfield appearance,” and Ellen Drew of the screen, chosen "Miss Veteran of Foreign Wars” for 1940, is charming in her mil itary costume. Another adver tisement stars the United States Marines - “at ease”. The Christmas advertisement introduces the new Chesterfield holiday package one of the most brilliant of a long line of beautiful Christmas designs for .he famous cigarette. The “Ches-| airfield Christmas Girl” wears a; special ski outfit designed by Merry Hull. The new Professor Quiz radio j program by another ansous Liggett and Myers pro-! duct. Velvet Pipe and Cigarette Tobacco is now being braod east on Columbia Broadcasting System stations every Tuesday evening at 9:30 P. M. EST. This was the original question-and answer program ,and for four years has held its place among Contestants appear from all pa, Is of the United States, and addit ional prizes are awarded each week for the best lists of qeustions received. Fred Waring’s, “Pleasure Tima,”j broadcast five nights weekly on I National Broadcasting Company j stations, and Glenn Miller’s,! “Moonlight Serenade,” on the' Columbia network continue tneir Chesterfield successes. The Chesterfield newspaper campaign is also supported by magazines, billboards and color ful cutouts for display by the dealers. • c • . - j INCOME I Cash income from farm mark-i etings and Government payments in September amounted to $894.-' 000,000 as compared with the re- J vised estimate of $749,000,000 fer August and $901,000,000 in Sep tember, 1939. HI PEEBLES Dai'T. STORE "Now I'm unaware of underwear!",! “Yes, sir ... I’m telling you that Hanes mid- \ '/A / . dleweight Winter Sets are made for a man’s \ / I . J—' comfort. You hardly know you’ve got them onl L g>*. > You’re warm enough outdoors without swelter- l\ ing indoors. 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C. sfi **V4d «cu«iy” ,m ‘ mm We sell Eye Glasses to Sat isfy the eyes $2-00 to SB.OO THE NEWELLS Jewelers Roxboro. N. C. PALACE THEATRE ADVANCE PROGRAM From Thursday, November 7th through Saturday, November the 9th. Motion Pictures Are Your Best Entertainment Thursday - Friday, November 7- Bth Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ron ald Reagan, Donald Crisp in “KNUTE ROCKNE—AI L AMERICAN” A picture as great as its hero! He made Notre Dame famous. He made its teams invincible. And he made a nation thrill to a daring new kind of football. But more than that—He made Men! It isn’t that you win the game—lt’s how you play it! Walt Disney Cartoon: “GOOFIE’S GLIDER” Paramount Sound News—The eyes and the ears of the world. No morning shows: afternoon daily 3:15 - 3:45; admission 19- 30c; evenings daily 7:15 - 9:00: admission 15 -35 c. Saturday, November 9th Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Neil O’Day in “LAW AND ORDER” Episode No. 9 of the serial “DEADWOOD DICK" (The Fatal Warning) with Don Douglas, Lorna Gray. Harry Harvcr, Marin Sais——Terry Toon: “CATNIP CAPERS" (In color) “ON THE STAGE IN PER SON” “SARIE f»|VD SALLIE AND THEIR CABIN CREEK BAND ‘ Stars of the national broadcast ing company and featured in Gene Autry Westerns. Matinee starting at 1:30; box office opens 1:15; adm. 10-30 c; night 6:30-8:30-9:30 (Box of fice opens 6:15; admission 15- 35c. Notice: Patrons will pleas? no tice a slight change in our schedule for both matinee and night performances on this date. 3 <slL T, ::iow yc'j ifr I X THE NEW nasi * EGGETT’S DEPARTMEN’ STORE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,194 Hg CABBAGE PLANTS We can supply your wants in Early Jersey Cabbage Plants. MOORE’S CASH STORE 7 b Relieve Misery cMAU L.CJO,TABLETS.SALVE. NOSE DROP’S DOLLY MADISON THEATRE ADVANCE PROGRAM From Thursday, November 7th through Saturday, Nov. Bth. Motion Pictures Are Your Best Entertainment Thursday, Friday, Nov. 7-Bth. Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Walter Brennan, Fay Baintei, Charles Ruggles, Hattie Mc- Daniel. in “MARYLAND" (In technicolor ) (A return engagement brought back for your enjoyment). The romance, the beauty of the proud South! —Stirring with the heart-story of the two spir ited young people in love:-- flaming with the Vivid color of the fox hunt. (! —climaxed by the most spectacular Steeple chase in America! Special morning show; Friday 10:39; afternoons daily 3:IE - 3:45; adm. 10-30 c; evening daily 7:15-9:00: admission 15- 30c. Saturday, November 9th Dela Lugosi with Hugh Wil liams, Greta Gynt, Edmon Ry an, Wilfred Walter in “THE HUMAN MONSTER” (First Run) Man or boast? A brute with the power of a giant who kills at the command of a mad Sev engali!! Astounding shod: drama—-Amazing thrilling It’ll give you the “Creeps"!! Andy Paudda’s; “CRAZY HOUSE" (Lantz colored car tunes). Box office opens Saturday morning 10:15; picture 10:30: adm. 10-30 c; Box office opens Saturday night. 11:15—Picture 11:30. Admission All seats 35c. Saturday, November 9tli George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, in “TRIPLE JUSTICE" (First Run) Opening episode of the new serial, Zane Grey’s— "KlNG OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED” Based on the new story with Allan Lane—Robert Strange, Robert Kellard, Lita Conway. Based on the newspaper sen sation! The greatest thriller ev er screened! Action! Thrills! Suspense! Mystery! Animated Antics: “S/NOOP SNEAK SNITCH” Continuous Shows Starting at 2:30 p. m.; Admission adults 30c. (Children 10c up to 6:00 o’clock, 15c after 6:00 o’clock) NOTICE TO PATRONS, effec tive with this date the Satur day shows in the Dolly Madi son will be continuous starting at 2:30 p. m. throughout the winter months. POSTER PRINTING Get attention for your promo tion with colorful posters We build them inexpensively Phone 4501 Person County Times
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