IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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VOLUME XII
Allensville Wins Banner
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•RAFT OBJECTORS
GIVEN SENTENCES
New York, —In a courtroom
rawded with gravefaced men and
women, eight young theological
students reiterated today their re
fusal to register for selective ser
vice and were sentenced to serve
a year and a day in Federal ptis
an.
Courtroom attaches said the
scene was one of the most solemn
they had witnessed when Federal
Judge Samuel Mandelbaum, just
before passing sentence, gave the
men an opportunity to register
“at this last minute.”
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PRESIDENT HOPES FOR
LABOR PEACE IN BOARD
CHANGE
Washington, Nov.— President
Roosevelt shortly will nominate
Doctor Harry A. Mills, vet
eran labor disputes arbiter and
economics professor, to succeed J.
Warren Madden as chairman of
the National Labor Relations
Board, it was disclosed today.
Observers expect that Miliis
Swill team up with Board Member
William M. Leiserson to form a
more conservative majority than
has held sway in the past, and
thus silence much of the criticism
directed toward the New Deal
agency. Madden, himself, was the
abject of many attacks.
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UNIVERSITY ASKS
5t PER CENT HIKE IN
APPROPRIATION
An increase of almost 50 per
t cent in State appropriations for
* the coming two years was re
quested yesterday -by the Greater
* University of North Carolina with
the Advisory Budget Commission
as hearings closed on requests
which total $176,000,000 for the
* Coming biennium compared with
.The record-breaking $159,000,000
appropriated for the current two
year period.
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GRAND JURORS EXONERATE
FORMER HARNETT AUDITOR
Lillington, Nov—The Harnett
County Grand Jury today absolv
ed former County Auditor J. Sted
man McLean, who resigned last
February after an alleged short
af more than $20,000 in hi 3
office was found.
Action of the Grand Jury came
today after an order of Judge
Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw, who
.demanded a thorough investiga
tion of the situation.
' D. Hugh Green, foreman of the
Grand Jury, reported shortly be
fore adjournment of court for ihe
•week. Judge Stevens praised the
Jurors for their action and said
the considered the matter dosed,
lor good.
•v **As result of our investigation,
|#e do not find any evidence or
to support a present
'plant at indictment against Mr.
||gJ&«aß lor the commission of
|ttnr crime,” die report stated.
If" fWe find that much and un
necessary publicity was given to
.alleged shortage on the part
ip; McLean, which was unjusti-
Ijfßpd, as his accountability was
lipp made when it was definitely
PjCttl and upon demand for pay
jjflbafc” the report continued.
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Other Clubs Also Do Well.
Meeting Attended By More
Than 150 Persons.
Winner of the Achievement A
ward banner at Person County
4-H club Achievement Day pro
gram presented Friday morning
was the Allensville club, lead by
Miss Elsie West as president. The
award was made on the basis of
complete records, members at
tending meetings and general high
quality of work done during the
year.
Speaker at the exercises, held
at Roxboro Central Grammar l
School was L. R. Harrill, State
4 H club leader, of Raleigh, who
also presented awards. Special
recognition was also accorded to
dubs from Olive Hill, Bethel Hill
and Bushy Fork, as well as to in
dividuals from various clubs. Sup
ervision of 4-H club work in Per
son county is under direction of
Miss Velma Beam, Home Demon
stration agent and H. K. Scinders,
farm agent.
More than 150 persons attended
the Achievement Day program
presided over by Lyle Davis, pre
sident of the Allensville club. Af
ter a devotional by the Ca-Vel
Club and the singing of the 4-H
hymn by a group of Longhurst
Club members, greetings were
extended by R. B. Griffin, county
superintendent of schools.
The program, built around the
theme of “4-H Club Work Builds
Useful Citizens f ”,was arranged
by Miss Velma Beam, county home
demonstration agent. Those who
took part were: Louise Davis and
Thomas Horton, county 'health
queen and king; Eunice Coates,
discussing “An Adequate Food
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CARVER AND LONG
CARRY ON ROLL
CALL FOR an
Program Delayed One Day.
Miss Velina Beam Directs
County Divisions.
Red Cross Roll Call workers
for the Person-Roxboro campai
gn assembled on Tuesday mol
ing at Hotel Roxboro at a break
fast presided over by F. O. Car
ver, Jr., chapter director, to be
gin the local drive postponed
from Monday because of the sud
den death on Sunday of Mayor
S. F. Nicks, Jr., who had been
appointed campaign director se
veral weeks previously..
Although complete reports have
not as yet been turned in to head
quarters, Robert Edgar Long,
Roxboro attorney, who is direc
ting the city divisions, Miss Vel
ma Beam, County Demonstration
agent, who is in charge of the co
unty divisions, and Mr. Curver
expressed confidence that the
goal of 500 memberships will
not be difficult to obtain.
In his message to the more than
tiwenty-five workers assembled,
Mr. Carver paid tribute to the late
Mayor Nicks, who during his re
sidence hare was exceptionally
interested in all matters pertain
ing to the Red Cross and had pre
viously lead Roll Call campaigns.
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P. T. A. TO MEET
* The Bushy Fork Parent Teach
ers’ Association will meet Thurs
day evening, November the twen
ty-first, at seven-thirty o’clock. A
very interesting program, per
taining to books, is being pre
pared.
The Executive Committee will
meet on Tuesday, November the
twenty-first, immediately follow
ing the adjournment of the Ex
ecutive Committee.
Get Your License
Plates Early Says
Club Manager
Sale of 1941 automobile license
plates will begin on November
?' and will continue through Jan
uary 1, according to Miss Mary
Stanfield, Roxboro branch man
ager of the Carolina Motor club,
who said yesterday that her or
ganization will again handle sale
of the plates in this area.
Miss Stanfield says that office
hours during the sales period
mentioned will be from 9 o'clock
in the morning until 5 in the af
ternoon and she urges all owners
cf motor vehicles to procure lic
enses before the rush period be
g'ns. The club office is now locat
ed in office of the Tar Heel
Chevrolet company, next to the
City Hall.
Until November 30 the office
will be open from 1 o’clock until
5 in the afternoon.
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Horton Boy Dies
At Hospital On
Friday Morning
Curtis Thomas Horton, 11, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Horton, of
Hurdle Mills, route 2, died Fri
day morning at 3:10 o'clock at
Community hospital, where he
had been a patient since Sunday.
Death was attributed to compli
cations. He had been in ill health
several days.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock
at the home, with interment fol
lowing in the family cemetery,
near Bushy Fork.
In addition to the parents, sur
vivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Clyde Homer and Miss Elizabeth
Horton, and one brother, Douglas
Horton, all of Roxboro.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Murray’s
Father
Funeral services for Hiram
Laws, 86, retired farmer, of near
Hillsboro, whose death occurred
Thursday at the residence of his
son Ernest Laws, at Hillsboro,
were conducted Saturday after
noon at two o’clock at Cedar
Grove Methodist church by the
pastor, Rev. S. F. Nicks and the
Rev. J. W. Mann. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Laws’ death was attributed
to infirmities of age.
Survivors include his son Ern
est, and two daughters, Mrs.
Ralph Murray, of Hurdle Mills,
and Mrs. D. S. Bowen, of Dur
ham. His wife, Mrs. Evie Laws
died two months ago.
Along The Way
With the Editor
At long last S. G. “Champ” Winstead has realized his most
cherished ambition. He is now mayor of Roxboro. After being
retired for about twenty-five years he has started to work a
gain. How much he will enjoy his work remains to be seen,
but anyway he is going to try it for a while provided the job
does not have too much work attached to it
"Pee Wee" Herman Burton of Rocky Mount, was in this
city last week. “Pee Wee” lived here many years ago and al
though he did fairly well when here, you should see him now.
He was wearing good “store clothes”, had on a nice pair of
shoes and even looked like he had money in every pocket He
gave this writer a dollar and a half for the paper and was
still smiling when we left to give Maynard 75c of the haul.
Coleman King has returned to Roxboro from Sanitonum.
It was said that he was engaged to five girls when he left
there and it is noW said that he is running around with the
“women folks" in Roxboro. Isn’t it funny how changable a
man’s heart is?
E. B. Craven asked Dr. Robert Long, dentist, to give him
some samples of tooth paste. Robert wrapped up a package and
gave it to E. B. When Craven arrived at his home he unwrap
ped the package and found that it contained a number of
sample laxntiyes
‘Marching as to War’
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Father, mother, brother and sister joined the parade of the marines
down Constitution avenue, Washington, D. C., as the Fifth battalion, ma
rine corps reserves, marched to the Union station. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Smith, Elizabeth, 18, and Robert, 8, tramp alongside their own Henry
Smith, who is one of the contingent departing for a year’s training.
Grammar Grades
At Allensville Will
Give Performance
Postponed because of contin
ued inclement weather, the “Torn'
Thumb” wedding scheduled to
have been given last week by
grammar grade pupils at Allens
ville school, will be presented
this week on Friday evening, No
vember 22, at 7:30 o’clock at the
school auditorium, according to
announcement made yesterday.
The role of Tom Thumb will
be portrayed by Maury Gentry;
the bride will be Mildred Gravit
te, while more than a dozen oth
er pupils from the first four
grades will be wedding attend
ants.
As an. extra feature there will
be also a “Wedding Anniver
sary”, with a number of songs. A
small admission will be charged.
Grammar School
Pupils Give Play
Pupils at Roxboro Central
Grammar school will on Thurs
day evening at 7:45 o’clock pre
sent a TTnanksgiving program
featuring a play with a cast of
more than 100 children. Directors
will be members of trie faculty,
assisted by music teachers of the
public schools. Also on the pro
gram will be a melody band and
a chorus, who will present
Thanksgiving songs. A modest ad
mission will be charged. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
MASONS GATHER
i HERE FOR THEIR
! ANNUAL AFFAIR
Certificates of Service A
warded To Four; Pictures
Are Shown.
With between 80 and 85 Ma
j sons of District 20 in attendance,
1 and With Person Lodge 113, of
; Roxboro, acting as host, a program
j begun with a brunswick stew
’ 'upper and continued with a
lodge session at the Masonic hall
' and a public meeting at the court
| house, where technicolor talking
’ motion pictures of Oxford Or
phanage and Masonic and Eastern
! Star home, at Greensboro were
shown, was held here last night.
Person Lodge members who
presided at the brunswick stew
and assisted with serving were
C. A. Harris, J. J. Woody, Guth
rie Bradsher and Tom Brooks.
Special guests included Grand
Master Thomas J. Harkins, of
Asheville; Junior Past Grand
Master J. Edward Allen, of War
lenton; District Deputy Grand
Master D. S. Johnson, of Oxford;
Lon G. Turner, District Deputy
Grand Master of the 21 district,
from Burlington, and Grand Se
cretary John H. Anderson, of Ra
leigh.
After the district session held
at the Lodge hall, the Person
Masons and their guests assembl
ed at the court house for the
motion picture previously men
tioned. Another feature of this
part of the program was presen
tation of 25th year certificates of
service to Dr. J. H. Merritt, of
Woodsdale, to Dr. H. M. Beam, of
Roxboro, to his brother, G. M.
Beam, of Louisburg and to W. R.
Cates, of Roxboro. W. B. Williams,
of South Boston, Va., who was
also to be presented with a cer
tificate, was unable to be present
and his certificate will be award
ed at a later time.
At the presentation both the
Grand Master and the Past Grand
Master made brief talks stress
ing the importance of service and
Americanism as exemplified by
the Masonic order.
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Card of Thankg
We wish to thank each and ev
ery one for the many deeds of
kindness and expressions of sym
pathy shown us and our sister,
Mrs. S. F. Nicks, Jr. during her
recent sorrow.
The Woodward family, Mrs.
David Cooke, Jr., and Mrs. Floyd
Williams.
SUNDAY, NOV. 17, 1940
Gaddy Regards Condition of
High School Gym As Unsafe
xVliss Starling To
Speak At School
Members of the Roxboro
ral Grammar School Parent
Teachers association will meet
uesday afternoon, November 19,
at the school, at 3:30 o’clo:k to
•car Miss Bessie Starling, of Dur-j
ham, representative of a dairy
.ouncil, who is expected to bring 1
an interesting message. Another j
feature of the program will be
presentation of a movie: “More
Life in Living”.
The devotional will be in
charge of the Rev. W. C. Martin,
cf Edgar Long Memorial Metho
dist church. Mrs. Logan H. Um
stead and other officers of the
association request a full attend
j ance.
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Bill Timberlake
Wants Person
Boys In Navy
A letter from Bill Timberlake,
formerly of this city, but now
with the Recruiting Service of the
U. S. Navy in Raleigh, states that
a Navy Recruiting Party will
be in Roxboro on Wednesday,
November 27 for the purpose of
procuring applicants for enlist
ment in the United States Navy
Bill states that the Navy has
very few applicants from Person
county and he says that he
may be on hand with the party
to see a few of the boys.
Below is some information re
garding enlistment in the Navy.
First enlistments in the Navy
are made only at Navy Recruit
ing Stations.
Applicants for first enlistment
must be :Native-born or fully
naturalized citizens of the Unit
ed States; Not less than 18 years
of age when enlisted; Under 31
years of age when enlisted, ex
cept the ex-members of the Mar
ine Corps, Army, and Coast Guard
with creditable discharges (by
reason of expiration of term of
enlistment or for the convenien
ce of the government) may be
enlisted beyond this age, provided
they are under 35 years of age;
Os good character; Mentally qua
lified; Not less than 64 inches in
height (Recruiting Officers may
request waiver of underneight
of well qualified applicants down
to 63 inches); Os proportionate
weight to age and height; Unmar
ried.
They must also: Pass a rigid
physical examination; Qualify in
general classification (intelligen
ce) test; Furnish authentic evi
dence of age; Secure written con
sent of parent or guardian if un
der 21 years of age; Furnish list
of former employers, or school
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Man Turns Car
Over at Barnett’s
Attendants at Barnett’s Service!
station, North Main street re
ported Saturday that a Hurdle
Mills resident giving his name
as Crabtree, on Friday night about
11 o’clock overturned his car near
the service station, after striking
a tree and telephone post and
running upon the lawn of a near
by residence.
The man, who appeared to be
uninjured left the scene of the
accident immediately. The car was
turned bottom-upwards, wheels
in the air, and was damaged by
the impact. Observers reported
that he apparently lost control
of the car because of excessive
speed.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FOUR
Dangerous To Use In Wet
Weather, He Declares.
Building Is Closed Bat Not
Condemned.
Considerable discussion is be
ing caused in the City because
of a statement in regard to the
leaky condition cf the Roxboro
high school gymnasium, made
Friday by Supervising Principal
H. C. Gaddy, who said that “it
has been decided that the leaking
roof has made the building un
safe for use during rainy weath
er.”
In an amplification of this ob
servation Mr. Gaddy added that
although “the floor has been
weakened in places because of
constant moisture, the building
will continue to be used in dry
weather, since funds lor needed
repairs are not now available and
a considerable sum has already
been spent for such purposes,
without effect.”
Consultation with other school
authorities Saturday morning con
firmed Mr. Gaddy’s statement,
but it was said that the building,
contrary to rumor, has not been
condemned. Action of temporarily
closing the building, which is
used by at least four county high
school athletic teams as well as
by the Roxboro teams, was ap
parently taken by Mr. Gaddy.
Next athletic event scheduled
there is a double-header basket
ball game Wednesday night be
tween Allensville and Mt. Tirzah
and it is expected that the gym
will by that time be in wmditiorr
for use. Mr. Gaddy is of the opin
;cn that persons who use the
gymnasium do so at their own
risk. Mr. Gaddy being out of the
city during the week-end, no ad
ditional comment could be ob
tained.
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MRS. SAM BASON
WILL SPEAK TO
HIGH SCHOOL PTA
Benefit “Follies” Will Be
Given Later In Week. Pro
duction Now Underway.
Speaker at Roxboro high school
Parent Teacher association whicli
meets Tuesday night at 7:30 o’-
clock at the high school, will be
Mrs. Samuel Bason, of Yancey
ville, active PTA worker of that '
place, who is expected to bring a
message of unusual interest to the
Roxboro members, according to
announcement made today by
Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff.
Also to be on the program wE
be scenes from the PTA sponsored
“Darktown Follies” minstrel,
which will be given a complete
performance on Thursday even
ing, November 21. The produc
tion, which will be under direc
tion of Leo Rabon, was postponed
last week because of continued
rain. Among those to appear in
the cast of the show, which is a
benefit performance, are Maynard
C. Clayton, Wallace W. Woods,
Coy Day, and Bill Murphy, as
end men.
Music will be a feature of the
show and among the musicians
participating will be Robert Ed
-88- (Buddy) Long, young lawyer
of this city, who will sing' teveral
selections and give numbers on
the piano as well Mr. Woods util
also contribute to the musical,
peris of the production.
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, president at
the Rooibojpo high school PTA’unit
is anxious that a full attendMwe
be made at the aUOriatlan mint
ing and at the “Follies”. Proceed*
from the inti itlillisisiil will bo
used for purchase oFyiedad apt- '