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SLOT MACHINE BAN UPHELD
BY COURT IN WAKE APPEALS
Raleigh, N. C.,—ln no uncertain
t?ims, the State Superme Court
ruled Thursday that the 1929 law
> legalizing “play-for-fun-only : ’ slot
machines did not invalidate the
1937 Flannagan act outlawing all
gambling devices.
The opinion, written by Asso
ciate Justice Heriot Clarkson, was
in one of a series of slot machine
appeals filed by persons convict
ed in Wake Superior Court in
September and sentenced by
Judge R. Hunt Parker, Chief Jus-j
lice W. P. Stacy wrote a brief
opinion concurring and Justices
M. V. Barnhill and J. Wallace
Wlnborne joined with him.
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ARTILLERY DRAFT CENTER
ASSIGNED TO FORT BRAGG
Fort Bragg, Nov.—Contracts un
der negotiation here today for
the construction of the First
Army’s Artillery Replacement
Center, housing 637 officers and
16,460 enlisted men, to be com
pleted by the middle of February
and occupied March 15, bring the
aggregate total outlay for post ex
f pansion* -to $24,0.00,000, jyijh an
additional $2,000,000 for the ex
tension of water and sewer facil- j
ivies.
Plans for making Fort Bragg l
the Artillery Replacement Center j
for the First Army, commanded (
by Lieut. Gen. Hugh Drum, have;
been in progress since his visit!
here two weeks ago, and were,
definitely announced from Major i
Gen. Jacob L. Devers’ headquar
ters this afternoon, with construc
tion to begin during the coming J
"week on an area in which clear
ing is already well under way.—
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BROUGHTON HITS STATE’S
RECORD IN LAWLESSNESS
Charlotte, Nov.—North Caro
lina's record for lawlessness is
“one of shame, ’’ governor-elect J.
M. Broughton told the Baptist
State Convention.
’ There are more than 10,000 per
; sons in the State’s prisons, he
; said, and crime and the number
j of delinquents are on the increase.
*,"■ To those weak enough to stray
,-fi om the right course, the Ra
. jeigh Baptist leader continued,
the Christian should set an ex
ample; for the “good Christian
must be a good citizen, help to
ra’se the standard of government,
- and create sentiment for law ob
servance.”
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HUNGARY MEMBER
OF AXIS COMBINE
Vienna, Nov.—Adolf Hitler an
nexed Hungary to the German-
Italian-Japanese Axis which he
thus converted into a four-power
alliance dedicated, to defeat of
Britain and to the totalitarian re
organization of Europe, Asia and
Africa.
By treaty, Hungary joined her
Axis friends in a military, poli
tical and economic compact pledg
ing joint action against any coun
; try which in the future may en
gage in the European or Japan
ese-Chinese wars.
Conclusion of the pact was fol
lowed by a luncheon at which the
Fuehrer was host to the top
flight diplomats who participated
in the ceremony.
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V, Mrs. F. J. Hester spent last
Monday in Raleigh with her sis-
I ter, Mis. N. C. NeWbold.
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Moving Into New Quarters This Week
Pictured above, left to right, are Emory Foushee, Thomas “Shank” Bumpass, R. D. Bumpass and A. C. Fair. Mr. Foushee is pro
prietor of Foushee Clothing Store. Messrs. Thomas and R. D. Bumpass are proprietors of Shank’s Grill while A. C. Fair is the proprie
tor of Roxboro Dairy Products Co. All of the above mentioned firms are, this week, opening their new quarters in the recently com
pleted Kirby Building on Main Street, Roxboro,
FORMAL OPENING J
OF SEASON SET '
FOR DECEMBER 6
Chamber Os Commerce
Sponsored Christmas Sales
Program Opens Friday Ev
ening In December.
Formal opening of the Christ
mas shopping season in Roxboro
will take place on Friday even
ing, December 6, when street de
corations and lights are expected
to be in place, according to an
:wnweme*t~f»ade today by Wal
lace W. Woods, secretary of Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce, spon
soring organization for the annual
event, held in cooperation with
local merchants, who will on that
evening remain open until 9
o'clock.
Mr. Woods, who has been busy
for some time with plans for the
holiday opening, has contacted a
number of merchants and other
business men here and has secur
ed from them asurances of co
operation in making the opening
night a festive occasion.
New stocks are being bought
by merchants and it is expected
that additional street lights will
make decorations previously used
?til more impressive. Mr. Woods
is anxious that all merchants
make plans to decorate store
w indows as (Well as lend their as
sistance to the street decorative
program.
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Rites Held For
Howard Infant
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Final rites for Cora Kathleen
Howard, 3 months old infant,
whose death occurred Friday
at 7 o’clock at the home of
her mother, Ophelia K. Howard,
in the Longhurst community, were
conducted Saturday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the graveside in
the Fox family cemetery. Only
survivor is the mother. The child
had been in ill health since birth,
and death was not unexpected.
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BREAK—IN AT
STORE REPORTED
Tom Owens, Cunningham
township filling station and
store operator, Saturday morn
ing reported to Person Sheriff
M. T. Clayton that his estab
lishment was entered Friday
night and that some cash was
taken, as well as supplies. En
trance was made through a
window, broken after the
screen had been cut. Futile ef
fort was made to break in
through the front door, where
the screen was also cut.
Officers made investigation
yesterday morning, although
no clues have as yet been
found.
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Schocl Holiday
Roxboro and Person County
public schools will close Thurs
day and Friday for Thanks
giving according to announce- j
ment made toaay oy Person
Superintendent R. B. Griflin,
who also said that Christmas
holidays will be from Friday,
December 20, to January 1, al
though city schools may adopt
a schedule subject to some
modifications.
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Attend Rites For
W. F. Franck " ' ’
• Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Franck,
of this city, accompanied by Mr.
Franck’s brother, T. D. Franck
and Miss Leah Franck, of Jack
sonville, who were their overnight
guests, were in Durham Friday
for the funeral of W. F. Franck,
o f that city, brother of the Mes
sers., Fran'ck, who died Thursday
at Duke hospital, of a heart at
tack, following several years of
ill health. Interment was in Ra
leigh.
Mr. Franck, former real estate
man at Fayetteville and Durham,
and who organized the Durham
Real Estate board, in 1930 be
came business manager of Duke
hospital, a position which he held
until five years ago when his
health failed. He was a native of
Wnshing.ton, North Carolina,
where he was born in 1891.
He had frequently visited the
J. Howard Franck’s in Roxboro
and was well known here. Also
surviving are his wife, a son and
a daughter, all of Durham, his
step-mother and two sisters.
Mrs. Wilburn Talks
At Helena P.-T. A.
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, Roxboro
artist, was speaker at the Novem
ber meeting of the Helena P.-T.
A. Tuesday night in the school
auditorium. Mrs. Wilburn gave
several very interesting chalk
talks entitled: “Seeing Beauty in
Things About Us”, “The Pilgrim
Story,” Smiles and Frowns”, and
“Punctuation.”
During the business session, R.
C. Garrison, principal, gave a fi
nancial report of school activities.
According to the report, the
school cafeteria sponsored by the
P. T. A, is working very success-
The P. T. A. adopted as its
next project the installation of a
sink in the gymnasium kitchen
and drinking fountains in the
gymnasium.
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Miss Annie Allen Wilkerson,
student of ECTC, Greenville, was
at her home here during the past
weekend.
Man Injured In j
Truck-Auto Crash ii
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Robert Young, Jr., young man
of the Providence community,
son of Robert Young, driving at
what investigating officers said
was a fast rate came up over a
Vrll on the Virgilina, Va., nigh-1
way, near Roxboro Thursday. j
night and crashed into the back •<
of a lumber truck operated by "
Doll Wagner. Young’s machine ;
was badly damaged by lumber, '
which gr ed the top of the en-jj
gine and went through the wind- <
shield'. - “ “ * 1!
Young was given first aid treat-j i
ment at a Roxboro hospital. He|i
received a cut wrist and head j
lacerations but was otherwise un- i
injured. He claimed he did not j t
see the lumber truck, saying i
there was no tail-light. No charg-.'
es Were preferred against him.! J
Wagner was not injured. The ac- !
cident occurred about 7 o’clock.:
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Agencies Council
Meets Wednesday
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November meeting of the Per
son County Council of Social a-J
gcncies will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 1 o’clock at Hotel
Roxboro. where luncheon will be
served. Program is expected to I
be devoted to the tuberculosis
Christmas seal campaign to be j
’aunched here shortly. Speaker
to be secured by Mrs. R. H. Shel-|
ton, who has directed the cam-1
paign for several years, will be!
an out of town representative cf i
the seal organization. j
Along The Way
With the Editor
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Do you remember Dan Richmond who once lived in Rox
biro? Well, Dan doesn’t live here anymore, but he decided to
come back here and register in his old home town for the
army draft. Dan had heard that this county had furnished a
large number of volunteers and that the first craft might not
be so heavy because so many boys had volunteered. After go
ing to all this trouble Dan’s number was among the first drawn
from the fish bowl and now he expects to go almost any old
time.
Chitterling time is about here and we understand that
men like Will Kirby, Lin Lunsford, Robert Dixon, Lawrence
Woods, Kelly Paylor and a few others are standing ready to
accept invitations at any time. The above mentioned men can
eat Chitterlings for a solid hour at any given time'and then
top off the meal with a few helpings of backbone and sau
sage.
Aubrey Baynes of Bushy Fork came to town the other
day. He is almost like thd “old man of the mountain.” He comes
to town about once a year and then doesn’t stay any longer
than he has to. Yes, he was wearing shoes.
Jerry Hester, City Manager of Bushy Fork, came into this
office a few days ago. He is getting so fat this writer hardly
recognized him. Jery said that he had gained about forty
pounds since returning to the country from South America. He
said the climate here suited him, but this writer thinks that
it is free food from Pa’s table and garden that suits Jerry.
HOLIDAY PLANS
IN CITY FOLLOW
OLD TRADITITION
Churches Have Special Ser
vices. Business Houses To
Close.
Citizens of Roxboro, joining
North Carolinians and residents
of fifteen other states will on
Thursday celebrate the tradition
al Thanksgviing day, nationally
observed! on the last Thursday ir.
November since President Lin
coln’s time until President
Franklin D... Roosevelt,, last year
moved the day forward one week
in interest of pre-Christmas trade.
■Services will be held in the
morning at various churches in
the City and County and all Busi
ness houses, including warehouses
will be closed, as will official of
fices of municipal and county
government.
The United States Post office
Cintinuing a policy begun last
year, will also be closed, although
rural mail service will be contin
ued since rural carriers observed
the day last week.
The hunting season officially
opens Thursday and many resi
| dents are expected to take to
| lields and woods with dogs and
i guns. Football, too, will claim the
! attention of some, although no
1 game is scheduled in Roxboro.
I On Friday night after Tlianks-
I giving Roxboro high school; ath
| letic association will sponsor a
! benefit dance in the high school
| gymnasium, with a nationally
j known orchestra playing.
| For the rest —Thanksgiving
I will, as always, be a day on which
j to eat Turkey, with trimmir.s’, in
| eluding pumpkin pie.
THURSDAY, NOV.
Five Firms to Move
Into New Quarters
Civic Club Has
Classification
Night Thursday
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Lead by Wheeler Newell, pro- t
gram chairman, members of Rox
boro Rotary club Thursday night ,
observed "Classification Night”
by telling how and why they en
tered their various professions
and occupations. Speakers includ
ed Lee Umstead, of the Norfolk
and Western. H. C. Gaddy and
Glenn Titus, School teachers, Dr.
A L. Allen, public health, and
George W, Kane, contractor and
builder.
Welcomed back after several
months of illness was Dr. B. E.
Love, who expressed his appre
ciation for greetings extended on
I behalf of the club by President
Gordon C, Hunter.
Announcement was made that
the annual "Ladies Night” will
he held on Thursday, December
12. Members of the executive and
piogram committees met with
Mr. Hunter at conclusion of the
session to make plans for this
event.
Music was in charge of Wallace
W. Woods, with Mrs. Woods at
the piano. Dinner was served at
Hotel Roxboro.
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C. A. WAGSTAFF, OF
ALTON, VA.; DIES
AT SOUTH BOSTON
Former ’ Person Resident
Buried Saturday at Concord |
Church.
Funeral services for Charles
Allen Wagstaff. 79, of Alton, Va.,
formerly of Person county, who
died Thursday night in a South
Boston, Va.. hospital, following
an illness of two weeks with pne
umonia, were conducted Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock at Concord
Methodist church, near Roxboro,
by the Rev. H. S. Roane, Metho
dist minister of Halifax county,
Virginia. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Wagstaff was a member of
a family long prominent in Per
ron county and was for many
years a successful farmer. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Miss Mary E. Hall, of Alton, Va.,
or.d three sons, Willie Wagstaff.
of Semora, L. E. Wagstaff, of >
1 urberville, Va., and J. A. Wag-!
staff, of Alton, 111.
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Five Person Men
Go Into Sen ice
Five Roxboro men: James Lee
Chambers, 22, and William B. j
Chambers, 19, Jack Selby Clay
ton, 24, George Edward Hargis,:
18, and Ralph Harden Clayton,
19, have recently enlisted in the!
tegular army of the United States*
for a period of three years, ac
cording to announcement receiv
ed from Sergeant Hufbert U.
Stephens, Durham sub-station
commander, who received the
applications.
The two Chambers youths, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Chamb
ers, of North Main street, have
enlisted with the medical depart
ment and will be stationed at
Fort Bragg. All of the others men
tioned will also be at Fort Bragg.
Jack S. Clayton, son of A L
Clayton and Ralph H. Clayton
ward of L. T. Cozart, of this
city, also signecj for artillery,
as did Mr. Hargis, son of Mrs. A.
N. Hargis, this city. . .
THE TIMES IS PERSON'S'
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FIVE.
Kirby Building Opening To
Take Place During This
Week. Attractive Stores
Provided.
Following delays occasioned by
rainy weather experienced dur
ing the month and by unexpected
last minute technicalities of con
struction and finishing, five Rox
boro business establishments are
planning during this week to
move into stores in the new Kir
by building, North Main Street,
across from the Dolly Madison
theatre.
Occupying the first store, south,
will be Ledbetter’s electrical sup
.y
ply company, operated by D. W.
Ledbetter, and until recently lo
cated on Depot street. On the
north end will be Shank’s Grill,
a new restuarant, with a modern
kitchen and grill, electrically e
quipped. The Grill will be oper
ated by Thomas M. (Shank) Bum
pass, popular young business man
of the city, with his brother, R.
D. Bumpass, as partner in the
business. “Shank” Bumpass has
had several years of experience
in food business and was former
ly connected with a drug store
here.
Other firms moving into the ’
Kirby building include Longls
Flower shop, Foushee Clothing
company and Roxboro Dairy
Vji*
products. The floral company and
Roxboro Dairy products will be
joint tenants in one'of the new
stores, while Foushee Clothing ;
company will hav*e an entire If
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store space.
Long’s Flower shop, operated
by Mrs. E. G. Long, who has had ;
years of experience in the busi
ness, is moving from the Hole
man building, North Main street, N
while Roxboro Dairy Products,
operated by A. C. Fair, will for
the first time have a downtown
office, although the company,
which features Quail Roost milk,
butter and other dairy products,,
has maintained an office at Mr.
Fair’s residence.
Foushee Clothing company, op
erated by Emory Foushee, has for
several years occupied a store ac
cross the street from the Kirby
building. Mr. Foushee’s previous
co-tenant, Roxboro Shoe com
pany will remain in the old loca
tion. Mr. Foushee’s company of
fers a complete line of clothing
and furnishings for men.
The new building into which
these establishments are moving
is owned by O. T. and, C. B. Kir
| by, theatre men of this city, who
I have made provision for later use
! of a part of the structure as a
theatre, although no such conver
sion is contemplated at the pres
ent time. Construction of the yel
low brick building, on the site
of a garage building formerly oc
cupied by Tar Heel Chevrolet
company, was begun early last
j spring by the George W. Kane
j ccmpany, this city.
1 Included in the ground floor
| plan are two other stores not yet
| leased and a number of desirable
i offices on the second floor, some
of which have been engaged.
Equipment includes steam heat, •
adequate, sanitary facilities and
proper lighting.
An attractive feature is an ar
cade which now leads to one of
the stores but which can be con
verted into a theatre foyer. Sup
ervising foreman of construction
has been Bert Miller, who has
also had charge of erecting the
now practically completed Chris
tian education building of Rox
boro First Baptist church at the
Other end Os Main street
Both structures are considered |
important additions to an Vt&tM
(Continued rij|Ml lton a