IF IT Isl NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
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Nicks Rites, Tribute To His
Memory, Held Here Monday
Igany Citizens Attend Fun
enl For Late Mayor at
Lang Memorial Church.
Flowers Are In Profusion.
final tribute to Samuel Free
man Nicks, Jr., 34, Mayor of the
City of Roxboro since May, 1939,
an active Democrat and a lead
ing young member of the Person
bar for the past seven years,
whose death occurred Sunday
morning, was paid Monday af
ternoon at three o’clock at ser
vices held at Edgar Long Memor
ial Methodist churdh.
Officiating ministers were the
pastor, the Rev. W. C. Martin, the
Rev. A. J. Hobbs of Durham, dis
trict superintendent of the Meth
odist church, the Rev. H. C. S' , 'Uh
of Duke Memorial Methodist
church, Durham, and the Rev. E.
G. Overton of Person Circuit. In
terment was in Cedar Grove
Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Curtis
H. Oakley, Dr. Robert E. Long,
J. S. Merritt, M. C. Clayton, F.
O. Carver, Jr., T. J. Fowler. E.
B. Craven, Jr., Preston Satter
field. Jr., and J. Brodie Riggs
bee, all of Roxboro. More than
75 other citizens were honorary
pallbearers.
Offices at the city hall closed
Monday at noon out of respect
to the late mayor and a guard of
honor from members of the po-!
lice department was stationed at;
the residence until the hour of
the service.
, Mr. Nicks was a native of Ala
mance county, where he was bom 1
on August 10, 1906, and was the
■ron of the Rev. and Mrs. A. F. !
Nicks, who were this week trans- !
ferred from Cedar Grove Meth
odist church to the Hillsboro
church. Mayor Nicks was an un-J
usually popular Roxboro resident
and his sudden death by suicide
was a shock to the entire city.’
Several years ago, shortly af
ter coming here to practice law,
he suffered a nervous break
down, but apparently recovered
his health, although intimate !
friends and members of the fam-1
ily reported that he had within |
the past few weeks again become
depressed and attributed his de-.
eision to take his own life to
curring despondency.
Discovery of Mr. Nicks’ body
was made by J. H. Scarborough,
about 11:30 o’clock Sunday morn
ing, when he went to the second
floor of the D. Pender building
•n Main street to close up a two
iootn office used during the past
few weeks as Person Republican)
headquarters. The door had been
left unlocked several days, Scar
borough said. Suspended from a
nooae made of three neckties
wrapped around several loop 3 of
near picture frame wire attached
to a transom crossbar, the body
was found hanging in the door
way connecting two rooms.
Hr. Scarborough at once noti
fied the police and in a few mo
ments tooth Dr. A. F. Nichols
Peraon county coroner, and Sher
iff M. T. Clayton were summon
ed to the scene. Dr. Nichols, who
rendered a verdict of death by
suicide from hanging, said death
had apparently occurred about an
hour before Mr. Scarborough’s
discovery.
On the door of his law office
across the hall from the room in
which he died was a note in ink
saying he was out of town. When
the door was unlocked the office
was found in perfect order. No
note of explanation was found in
his clothing.
Behind the body in the door
way a little to one side were pil
ed four law books which he evi
dently used to step upon before
fastening the noose around his
neck.
Mr. Nicks left his Sunset Hills
home here Sunday morning about
9:30 o’clock, saying he was going
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S. F. NICKS, JR.
I Mr. Nicks, who died Sunday
was one of the most popular les
idents of the city which he had
served as Mayor. Like his father,
ReV. S. F. Nicks, he was a mem
ber of the Junior Order.
‘.o Sunday school. He rode to
Main street with a friend and was
I last seen at 9:45 o’clock, standing
, on the street in front of the build-
I ing in which his body was later
found.
j He was a graduate of Duke
university, class of 1929, and re
| ceived his law degree from the
I same institution in 1932.
At the university he was pro
minent in campus affairs. He was
a member of Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon fraternity, and in Roxboro
was active in church and civic
affairs. He was to have directed
’ the Roxboro Red Cross roll call
Monday; was president of Person
i county Young Democrats and was
j until a few months ago chairman
iof the Person county board ot
elections. He was a member of
, Edgar Long Memorial church
i Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Mary Cathryn Wood
ward of Hazelhurst, Ga., and two
young daughters, Sylvia and
| Carolyn, all of Roxboro; his par-
I ents, Rev. and Mrs. Nicks, of
Cedar Grove; two brothers, John
I Nicks, of Sweepsonville, and Ro
bert Nicks, of Martinsville, Va., i
| and two sisters, Mrs. Hill Stan
field, of Roxboro, and Miss Kath-j
erine Nicks, of Cedar Grove.
Honorary pallbearers at the i
service Monday included: M. T.
Clayton, D. M. Cash, F. T. Whit
field, S. B. Winstead, Coy E. Day,
Robert P. Burns, A. M. Burns
Jr., B. L Satterfield, S. G. Win
stead, Fred Long, Dr. A F. Nich
ols, A. H. Rimmer, W. R. Cates,
I. O. Abbitt, Collins Abbitt, B. B
Strum, C. A. Bowen, W. E. Ma
lone, Ben Brown, R. B. Griffin
R. A. Bullock, Maurice Allen, B.
B. Knight, M. W. Satterfield, Dr.
W. R. Hambrick, D. W. Long,
Victor H. Satterfield, Karl Bur
ger, L. M. Carlton, E. E. Thomas,
Fitz Davis, Burke Mewborne, P.
L Thomas, W. W. Woods, R. B.
Dawes, N. Lunsford, W. D. Mer
ritt, Melvin Burke, F. O. Carver,
Sr., Robert Edgar Long, J. A.
Long, Sr., F. D. Long, Preston
Satterfield, Sr., Dr. J. H. Hughes,
S. A. Oliver, Percy Bloxam, Geor
ge W. Kane, Gordon C. Hunter,
G. J. Cushwa, Lester Brooks, L.
C. Bradsher, W. G. Bradsher, O.
B. Mcßroom, O. Y. Clayton, W.
A Sergeant, M. A. Stewart, v "H.
W. Newell, B. B. Newell, Thomas
J. Shaw, Jr., J. W. Noell, D. R.
Taylor, A. M. Long, J. E. Kirby,
W. R. Hawkins, Emory Foushee,
R. L. Harris, W. H. Harris, "Sr.,
C. A. Harris, Earl E. Bradsher,
Jr., Jack Parham, George Fox,
Jr., E. G. T/ing, T. Miller White,
J. S. Walker, Henry E. O’Briant
and Jess Whitt
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American Automobile factories
have produced 79 milion motor
vehicles valued at 53 billion dol
lars in forty years.
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L. R. HARRILL TO
PRESENT AWARDS
4-H Club Achievement Day
Program Will Be Held Fri
day In City.
Annual achievement day pro
gram of Person County 4-H clubs
will be held tomorrow morning at
10 o’clock at Central Grammar
School auditorium, where chief
speaker will be L. R. Harrill, of
Raleigh, who is State 4-H club
leader and is expected to bring an
interesting message.
Mr. Harrill, who will make a
brief address, will present the
awards. Several county and city
civic leaders will also make short
talks. Ariangements for the pro
gram are in charge of 4-H club
leaders, assisted by Miss Velma
Beam and H. K. Sanders of the
Farm Agency service.
A special section of the audi
torium will toe reserved for Bar
ents and special guests and it is
expected that a number of per
sons will attend. Achievement
day is regarded as the most im
portant day in the local 4-H pro
gram.
Masons Os District Meet
In City Tomorrow Night
The Rains Come
Officials of the City Water
department this morning re
ported that between yesterday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and
9:30 this mornyg 1.47 inches of
rain had fallen in the Roxboro
area. A report received yes
terday for the previous day in
j dicated that the fall was 1.7.
Many residents, before the rain
started Monday were wanting
it to come; now they are com
plaining anent leaking roofs
and flooded basements.
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S. C. BARNETTE
PASSES AT HOME
lINTffISJHY
Father of Late Herbert and
Jack Barnette of Show
World Was 85.
Samuel C. Barnette, 85, retired
Person farmer, father of the late
Jack and Herbert Barnette, mid
gets who won fame with Ringling,
Barnum and Bailey circus, died
Sunday night at 11:30 o’clock at
his Reams Avenue home here
following an illness of two days
from a stroke of paralysis. The
two showmen sons died several
years ago.
Mr. Barnette was a member of
Person Masonic lodge 113, mem
bers of which served as pall-'
bearers at the funeral conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock
by his pastor, Rev. W. C. Martin,
of Long Memorial church, at
the residence of a son, W. C. Bar
nette, South Main street. Inter
ment was in Burchwood ceme
etery, Roxboro.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Barnette, two sons,
W. C. and B. K. Barnette, both of
Roxboro, two grandchildren, and I
one sister, Mrs. J. P. Williams,
of Woodsdale.
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SISTER DIES
Mrs. W. A. Baxter, of Lamar
street, was called to Reidsville
Sunday night because of the in
jury and subsequent death of her
sister, Miss Anna Drake, of May
odan and Warrenton, who was in
an automobile accident at Reids
ville. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter were
•'lso in Warrenton for the final
rites held there Tuesday.
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Sixty Papers Now
Returned to
Service Office
Approximately 60 selective ser
vice questionaires have been fill
ed out and returned to the Per
son county office of the Selec
tive Service Board, according to
Baxter Mangum, office manager,
who today said that to date near
ly 150 questionaires have been
issued.
Mr. Mangum said also that he
has been informed that all ques
tionaires must be filled out in
ink and must be duly attested.
It is expected that classification
of papers received will get un
derway tomorrow 1 or Saturday,
although it will still be some time
before any of the men accepied
will go into service*
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DAUGHTER BORN
Sanitarian and Mrs. T. J. Fowl
er announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Mary Anne, Monday night
November 11, at Community hos
pital, Roxboro.
Masons of district 20, with Per
son Lodge 113 acting as hosts,
will assemble here tomorrow
night for a banquet, a lodge ses
sion and an open meeting and
among those expected to be pres
ent are: -Thomas J. Harkins,
Grand Master, of Asheville, J.
Edward Allen, of Warrenton, Jun
ior Past Grand Master, D. S.
Johnson, of Oxford, D. D. G. M.,
Lon G. Turner, of Burlington, D.
D. G. M., of the 21 district, and
John Huske Anderson, of Ra
leigh, Grand Secretary,
At the open meeting which will
be held at 8 o'clock at the Per
son County court house, a techni
color talking picture of life at
Oxford Orphanage and at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star home,
Greensboro, will be presented.
Also at this time 25th year certifi
cates of service will be presented
to five members of Person lodge
113 who have reached this per
iod of service since April, when
last presentations were made.
Presentations will be made by
l Mr. Allen, who will also be
; toastmaster at the banquet, for
' members only, which will be held
« at 6 o’clock at the American Le
-1 gion hut, Chub Lake street
; Presiding at the lodge hail ses
; sion at 7 o’clock will be C. A.
• Harris, of this city. It' is expected
: that all Masons of Person Lodge
L 113, as well as many others in
district 20 will attend.
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Woman Remanded
To County Jail
Lizzie May Pass, 19 year old
Person Negro woman, given a
hearing in Person County court
Tuesday before Judge R. B.
! Dawes on charges of murdering
Jack Moore, Person Negro
man, was bound over to Superior
court and will face trial at the
January term. She was remanded
to jail until that time, having
previously been in confinement
there since arrested on October
7.
Evidenoe was introduced to
show that Moore threatened as
sault on the woman, who is said
to have shot hifn near the door
way of a tenant house on the
Wade farm in Bushy Fork town
ship.
Moore died at Lincoln hospital
about two weeks ago.
Look! Look!
Due to weather conditions
during the post week, the
semi-finals game between tbe
local Ramblers and Sanford
High school, scheduled for to
morrow afternoon at Sanford,
will be postponed until Mon- I
day afternoon and the Sanford
park at 3 o’clock in the after
noon.
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HARRIS SPEAKS
AT SERVICES AT ,
LOCAL THEATRE
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Lester Blackwell Post Ob
serves Armistice Day With
Memorial Service, Parade,
Luncheon and Dance.
Speaker at Armistice day ex
ercises held here Monday by Les
ter Blackwell post of the Ameri
can legion was Lieutenant Gov
ernor-elect R. L. Harris, whoso
message, given at the Palace thea
tre at 10:45 o’clock that morning
was concerned with the value of
a sane Americanism, the signifi
cance of the day being celebrated
and the necessity for prepared
ness for adequate defense.
Mr. Harris was introduced by
R. P. Burns, Roxboro attorney,
who was last week elected as
Person representative in the State
legislature. Another speaker was
R. B. Dawes, lawyer of this city,
who gave an address of welcome.
Presiding was Post Commander
O. C. Jordan. Music was in charge
of Wallace W. Woods and Edgar
Long. - —-
At noon the legionaires ard
members of their families had a
luncheon at the hut on Chub Lake
street, and in the evening an in
formal dance was held. Other
feature of the morning was a
colorful parade participated in
by legionaires, the Red Cross, the
h’gh school bank and Boy Scouts
and other organizations here.
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OVERTON TO GO
TO NEW CHARGE
Minister In His Place Will
Be Brother of Bishop Peele.
Others Remain.
With the exception of the Rev.
E. C. Overton, who has been tran
sferred to the Fayetteville cir
cuit, all Methodist ministers hav
ing churches in the Person and
Roxboro area of the Durham
district were this week returned
to their various churches here,
according to Conference appoint
ments read Sunday night in Wil
mington at the closing session of
the North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist church.
Rev. Mr. Overton, who last
year came to the Person circuit,
including Concord church, is ex
pected to move to Fayetteville
next week. Prior to his appoint
ment to the Person circuit lie was
with a church in Rale’gh. His
successor at Concord and other
churches of the circuit will be
the Rev. F. B. Peele, During his
stay here the Rev. Mr. Overton
had residence in Roxboro ar.d he
and Mrs. Overton have many
friends who will regret to see
them leave.
Ministers returned include:
the Rev. W. C. Martin, of Edgar
Lang Memorial church, this city;
Rev. t. M. Vick, Jr., of the Rcx,-
boro circuit, including CaVcl and
Rev. D. A. Petty, of Brooksdale.
Rev. S. F. Nicks, father of the
late Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of
Roxboro, who has been pastor of
the Cedor Grove church, will re
turn to the Hillkboro church he
forrmerly served, and tbe Rev.
E. L. Hill has been returned to the
Mt. T : rzah church.
THURSDAY NOV. 14, 1949
S* Ge Winstead Will Serve
City As Presiding Officer
Helps Roll Gall
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Robert Edgar (Buddy) Long,
shown above, Is Directing City
Divisions In the Red Cross Roll
Call Which Is Now Underway.
Mr. Long is a young attorney at
law.
Youth Service
Meeting Has Been
Set For Monday
Due to inclement weather con
ditions, the meeting to organize
an Older Youth Service club in
Helena has been postponed until
Monday night, November 18, at
7 o’clock, according to announce
ment made today. —•-*-
Those who are interested are
urged to come and bring with
them other interested young peo
ple of that community. An inter
esting and entertaining program
has been planned.
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TO PORTO RICO
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Glover, Jr.,
left last night for San Juan, Por
to Rico, where Mr. Glover , will
be connected with the Soil'Con
servation division. He has been,
with the Dan River unit in Rox
boro for about a year. He and
Mrs. Glover were married two
months ago in Ash«boro.
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DEMONSTRATION CLUB
The Hurdle Mills Demonstra
tion club will meet on Tuesday,
Nov. 19 at 7:30 p. m. in the schooi
auditorium with Dr. A. L. Allen,
health officer, as guest speaker.
The public is invited.
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Show At High
School Will Not
Be Given Tonight
Presentation of the Roxboro
high school Parent Teacher as
sociation’s benefit, "Darktown
Follies”, minstrel show, .schedul
ed for tonight in the high school
auditorium, has been postponed
until next Thursday evening, No
vember 21, at 8 o’clock, accord
ing to announcement made this
morning.
Practice has been In progress
for some time and it is expected
that the production in which
more than seventy-five of the
city's best amateur actors will
take part, will be unusually en
tertaining. Funds derived from
the performance will go toward
equipment needs at the high
school.
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During the past ten years an
average of 2,388,000 motor ve
hicles annual/ have been scrap-*
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THE TIMES IS PERSON'S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THREE
Real Estate Man and Law
yer Will Be Mayor Until
May 1941. Appointment
Made Tuesday.
S. G. Winstead, Roxboro real
estate man and attorney, wai on
Tuesday night chosen by the City-
Council as Mayor to fill out the
unexpired term of the late S. F.
Nicks, Jr., whose death occurred
Sunday morning.
Notified of his appointment im
mediately after the executive ses
sion, Mr. Winstead, who is a nat
ive of Person County and member
of a prominent family, said that
he would accept the position.
Next election for the office will be
held in May 1941. The new Mayor,
active in civic affairs, is a mem
ber of Edgar Long Memorial chu
rch, and is an alumnus of Trinity
College of Duke University. He al
so attended Yale.
Named as a committee to pre
pare a memorial tribute to May
or Nicks were City Manager Per
cy Bloxam and City Attorney F.
O. Carver.
Chief civic busines acted upon
was decision that parking on Oak
and Bradsher streets and Reams
avenue shall be limited to one side
and that parking on Main street
shall be limited to one hour. A
special session to consider prob
lems pertaining to the city water
department will be held at a la
ter date.
Mr. Winstead as Mayor will be
called upon to preside over ses
sions of city court. Names of sev
eral other Roxboro citizens eligi
ble for the Mayorship were con
sidered by the Council before de
cision was reached. In politics Mr.
Winstead is a Democrat. Members
who made the choice are: Gordon
C. Hunter, mayor-pro tern, Pres
ton Satterfield, C. L. Brooks,
George J. Cushwa, and George W.
Kane.
NEW BUILDING ,
NOW FINISHED
Bethel Hill Will Also
Offer Evening Commercial
Courses.
Virtual completion of repairs
to Bethel Hill grammar school
building, upon which extensive
repairs have been made and which
is now in use were announced to
day by Lewis S. Cannon, principal
who reports that the structure,
formerly of stucco, has been bri
ck veneered and that classrooms
have been re-arranged for great
er convenience.
Bonds in the amount of $28,803
were arranged for by the Person
County Boards of Commission
ers and Education were arranged
for in the late summer to take
care of expenses in connection
w ; th repairs at Bethel Hill and
with minor repairs at two other
schools in the county. Certain
painting, yet to be done at Bet
hel Hill will .be done during Chr
istmas holidays, said Mr. Cannon.
In making report of work being
done at Bethel Hill, Mr. Cannon
also said today that beginning on
Monday, November 18, R. H. Hed
rick, of the high school commer
cial department will offer even
ing classes in short-hand, book
keeping and other commercial su
bjects to adults. Classes will be
held Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 7 o”c3ock in the evening
and at present meet in the
Agricultural building, although
both time and place of meeting
may be later modified to suit re
quirements of class members, who
will toe expected to pay a mode
rate fee for courses offered.
Mr. Hedrick came to the school
this year. He is a graduate of
Bowling Green Commercial Col
lege, Bowling Green, Ky., and baa
' had considerable teaching exper
ience, according to Mr. GmjpMk:V