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VOLUME xn
Person Native
Dies Tuesday
In Greensboro
■►Stephen Riley Garrett, 44, died
at 3:30. Tuesday morning at his
home on Freeman Mill Road in
Greensboro after being ill for
three months. He was a native
of Person county but had been
living in Greensboro for 20 years.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’-|
clock at Bessemer Presbyterian]
Church by the Rev. K. L. Whilt-i
ington. Burial was in Midway j
cemetery near Greensboro.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Ada Whitesell; one sot’,
S .R. Garrett, Jr.; two brothers,
Lacy Garrett of Greensboro and
Kenneth Garrett of Leasburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Charles Coop
er of Greensboro, Mrs. Keefer
Batten of Thomasville and Miss
Foy Garrett of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and his father and step-mother,
Mr. and Mrs. William Garrett of
Greensboro together with a num
ber of other relatives residing ; n
Person county.
Wade Acquitted; Others Tried
For Murder Given Sentences
Superior Court Term Ends
Wednesday After Civil
Docket Is Completed.
By directed verdict of emerg
ency Judge Henry A. Grady, of
New Bern, who on Monday open
ed the January term of Person
Superior court, Jimmie Wade, 21,
Negro tenant on the William
Humphries farm, Bethel Hill, was
found not guilty of the second de
gree murder charge brought a
gainst him for the death of John
Henry Bailey, 22, Person Negro,
who died last August 18, in a
Durham hospital after he had
been cut by Wade with a piece
of glass or razor blade the pre
vious night, following a dispute
at Wade’s house.
Evidence was introduced show
ing that Bailey was ordered from
the house after using abusive
language, that he and others
threw rocks at the windows, and
that he grabbed Wade, attempt
ing to pull him through the win
dow, whereupon Wade seized a
piece of glass and cut Bailey on
the arm. Judge Grady and mem
bers of the jury listened to wit
nesses about three an a half
hours before he directed verdict
at conclusion of evidence, saying
that Wade was within rights in
ordering the man from his house
.and in attempting to defend him
self. Bailey died enroute to the
hospital, apparently from loss of
blood.
Norman Wade, also a Negro,
received 8 months on the roads
for attempted forgery, while
George Wright, Negro, pleaded
guilty to breaking, entering and
larceny of recapping rubber from
a local filling station and receiv
ed sentence of three months at
State’s prison.
Named as foreman of the grand
jury was J. A. Rogers, farmer, of
Lea’s Chapel, who together with
other members of the jury heard
a brief but instructive charge
from Judge Grady.
Trial of criminal cases was re
sumed Tuesday morning at which
time sentence of 5 years in States’
prison following conviction of
NO MEETING
On account of first of the week
closing of schools, January meet*
ing of the Roxboro high school
P. T. A. has been postponed in
definitely, according to Mrs. R.
H. Shelton, president.
Irrsonl^dimes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Shelton Speaks
To Kiwanians
R. H. Shelton was speaker at
the Roxboro Kiwanis Club Mon
day night at the regular weekly
meeting at Hotel Roxboro.
Mr. Shelton spoke on morale
and stated that the first world
war was won on this one factor.
When the Americans arrived in
France, stated the speaker, the
morale of the average French sol
| dier was very low, but after Gen
| eral Pershing started his drive
i their morale picked up to such an
| extent that the war was won very
shortly.
The speaker was an officer in
the war and served over one
year in France.
E. B. Craven, president of the
club, presided over the meeting.
MID-YEAR EXAMS
High Point, Jan. 22.—Midyear
examinations at High Point Col
lege started Monday, January 20,
and will continue through Fri
day.
Registeration for the second
semester will begin today.
manslaughter in connection with
the early December 1940 fatal
knifeing of Fleming Talley, Ne
gro, was received from Judge
Grady, by Louis Paylor, Negro,
. who until arrested last December
near Philadelphia had been --at
liberty for almost a year.
Evidence introduced was to ef
fect that Talley and Henry Pay
lor, who has since served a road
1 sentence for his part in the case
and who is a brother of Louis,
had some words that night and
that in the general ensuing fight
Louis Paylor, who was also pres
ent at the scene of the struggle,
stabbed Talley with a knife,
wounding him fatally.
Third murder trial of the week
began immediately after ending
of the Paylor case, when Lizzie
May Pass, young Negro woman
of the county, and other witness
es in her case took the stand to
1 testify in the matter of the shoot
ing and subsequent death of Jack
Moore, also a Person Negro, last
October after Moore had alleged
ly attempted assault upon the
Pass woman in a cornfield near
her Bushy Fork home.
Claiming Moore threatened to
kill her after the cornfield inci
■ dent when he followed her to the
house, the Pass woman testified
that she shot him in self-defense.
Also on the stand were her sister
and a male companion of Moore's.
Main points brought out by the
State were: a quarrel between
MiDore and the woman over a
fifty cent piece” and evidence
that Moore who made a dying de
claration several days later in a
Durham hospital to Sheriff M. T.
Clayton, was shot in the back.
After the noon recess on Tues
day, at qonclusion of presenta
tion of evidence, the defendant's
attorneys entered plea of guilty
as to manslaughter. The State
accepted this plea and the wo
man was sentenced to serve in
the State prison for 18 months.
Civil docket, consisting of 18
cases, many disposed of by con
tinuance, was concluded in less
than a days time yesterday and
Judge Grady left for his Rome
immediately.
MRS. WOOD HOME
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Mrs. Sallie B. Wood of Lamar
Street, who was for several weeks
a patient at Watts hospital, Dur
ham, returned Sunday to her
home here, where it is reported
she is much improved.
FLU STATISTICS
Person Health Officer, Dr. A.
L. Allen today reported 500 or
more cases of influenza in the
county and city and estimated
that there may be 200 or more
unreported cases, mostly in Rox
boro and its suburban areas.
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FOWLER CALLED
TO FORT BRAGG
Sanitarian Requests Leave
Os Absence For One Year.
Will Leave February 10th.
Effective as of February , 10 j
leave of absence for one year has
been requested by Sanitarian T. ]
J. Fowler, of this city, who today j
received orders from the war de- j
partment to report to Fort Bragg >
for service in the U. S. Army, j
Mr. Fowler, who is a first-lieu- 1
tenant in the reserve corps, has!
been sanitarian for the district!
health department composed of |
Person, Orange and Chatham
county for the past two and one
half years. Announcement of his
temporary successor has not been
made, although Mr. Fowler has
said that he will be a trained
sanitarian.
Mr. Fowler, a graduate of die
State College division of the Un
iversity of North Carolina, class
of 1935, received four years of
military training in the R. O. T.
C. unit at that institution, was
for one year, 1936, with the air
corps.at Pensacola, Fla., and saw
six months of duty with the reg
ular army thereafter.
He will be at Fort Bragg three
days and will then be transferred
to Fort Benning, Ga., where Mrs.
Fowler and their small daughter!
will join him after visiting for a
month at Monroe. The sanitarian I
was first called to service last'
November, but the call was deJ
ferred until now In order for ar
rangements as to his successor to
be completed.
He and Mrs. Fowler have been
popular residents here, active in
civic, social and church affairs
and news that their absence from
the city will be only temporary
will be received with pleasure
fcy their friends here and
throughout the district.
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Mrs. Whitfield
Dies At Home
At Bushy Fork
Mrs. Gilbert B. Whitfield, 25,
wife of Gilbert Whitfield of Bushy
Fork and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Johnson of Roxboro,
died Tuesday morning at 9:35
o’clock at her home after being
ill with heart trouble and compli
cations for two weeks.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 V-j
clock at the Whitfield residence.]
Burial was in the family ceme-i
tery near Bushy Fork.
Surviving besides her husband i
and parents are two daughters,
Margaret Anne and Dorothy Jean
ette; five brothers, Arch, Joseph,
Jerry, James and John Johnson
six sisters, Mesdames Ida Huff,
Nannie Belle Whitt, Sarah Dunn
and Harvey Russeli and Misses
Elsie and Helen Johnson, all of
Roxboro.
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DENY NAZI PLANE
FIELD IN HAITI
Port Au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17.
—An investigation by competent
officials of rumors of a secret
Nazi landing field in Haiti has
proved them unfounded, author
ities said today.
President Takes Oath at Third Inaugural .
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j lering the oath of office to President Franklin Delanc Roosevelt as he
I was inaugurated as the first third-term President of the United States
| on Monday, January 20. Iu his inaugural address the President dc
' clared that "democracy is not dying" and “cannot die." it is speech was
j marked by constant references to his faith in American democracy.
Most Schools Now
Ooen For Work
With exception of Ca-Vel school
Roxboro district schools, closed
Monday and Tuesday because of
an apparent increase in number
of cases of influenza, reopened
Wednesday morning. Consulta
tion with Dr. A. L. Allen, Person
unit’s health officer reveals there
may be a slight increase in num
ber of influenza cases, although
the number is not alarming and
cases are in most instances mild.
County schools-dkLnot. and will
not be closed under present cci'.-
ditions, according to Person Sup
erintendent of schools, R. B. Grif
j fin, although the Cunningham
. school is closed.
SCHOOLSSELECr
DEBATING TEAMS
Bethel Hill and Allensville
Teams Chosen. Hurdle
Mills Representatives Will
Be Chosen.
Person county high schools,
participants in the annual triang
ular debates culminating in the
finals which will be held at Chap
el Hill on April 17 and 18, are
now preparing for that event. |
The query for discussion this
year is: Resolved, that the United
States should adopt a policy of
requiring one year of military
training of all able-bodied men
before they raech the age of 23.
Selection of debaters to repre-|
sent Hurdle Mills will be made
Tuesday. Bethel Hill representa
tives were chosen today and Al
lehsville’s were selected this
week. , i
Allensville, only team last year
to go to Chapel Hill, will be rep
resented on the affirmative side
by two veterans, Misses Pearl
j Hicks and Elsie West, juniors, and
lon the negative by Miss Hazel
| Slaughter, senior, and Miss Wil
lie Mae Moorefield, junior. Other
teams in the Allensville triangle
will be from Wilton and Oak
Hill, Granville county.
Coach of the Allensville team
is W. S. Humphries.
Bethel Hill high school will de
bate this year in the triangle with
Hurdle Mills High and Altama
haw—Ossipee in Alamance Coun
ty.
It is expected that Hurdle Mills
will debate at Bethel Hill and the
other Bethel Hill team at Alta
mahaw —Ossipee.
i The preliminary debates were
held today. The following stud
ents are tried out for the team:
Doris Hall, Mary Clayton, Jean
ette Oliver, Christine Perkins,
Nellie Lester, Margaret Hall, and
Mary Eleanor Gravely.
War Relief Agency
Office Now Open
Office of the Roxboro unit of
the British War Relief society,
recently established in the Kirby
building, Main street, is now open
each week day from 10 o’clock
in the morning until four in the
afternoon, according to announce
ment from the society’s chair
man, Mrs. S. M. Ford, who said
that suitable cloth for making
garments has already been ob
tained and will be made into gar
ments by NYA workers directed
by Mrs. Beth Brewer Pridgen.
Major need of the downtown
office is two sewing machines
and persons who are willing to
lend them are requested to call
Mrs. Ford. Items arranged for
include the shipping department,
which will be supervised by
Charles Wright, head of the ship
ping department of the Ca-Vel
corporation plant here. Also ar
ranged is the bundles committee
headed by |Mrs. Percy Bloxarn
and Mrs. Arthur Crosley, who
I have said they will be glad to
I call tor any and all clothing
bundles donated. Underway is
organization of the office or store
committee and also plans for
memberships according to five
classifications.
I Mrs. Crosley may be reached
at phone 3903, Mrs. Bloxarn at
4651.
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NEGRO IN JAIL
Under a warrant issued to Per
son Health officer Dr. A. L. Al
len, Henry Wilson, 25, Negro, of
Woodsdale, was placed in jail un
, der charges of refusal to report
for syphilitic treatments. War
rants have also been issued on
same charges for Clifton Roy
ster, Olive Hill, John E. Pulliam,
Ceffo, and Floyd Lawson, Rouge
mont, all Negroes, who will be
placed in jail unless they comply
at once . ,
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Associational
Group To Meet
Demonstration.. teacher at the
associational meeting of Baptist
Sunday schools to be held at
Bethel Hill Baptist church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock will be
Mrs. K. D. Stukenbrok of Rox.
boro First Baptist church, ac
cording to announcement made
today by Miss Lucille Davidson,
First Church secretary, who has
said that the meeting will be the
regular 4th Sunday gathering
held monthly. A full attendance
is requested.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941
Dr. R. E. Long Recipient Os
Cherokee Council's Award
IN WASHINGTON
Lt. Governor and Mrs. R. L.
Harris, together with Governor
and Mrs. J. Melville Broughton
were special guests at the Mon
day inaugural of President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. While in Wash
ington they attended a number
of Social functions given in hon
or of distinguished visitors.
RITES HELD FOR i
MISS A. E. WEBB
AT CHURCH HERE
One of Oldest Members ol
Edgar Long Memorial
Methodist Church Dies In
Durham.
Miss Anna Elizabeth Webb, 7£.
for many years a well known re
sidnet of Roxboro, and daughter
of the late Rev. and Mrs. William
R. Webb, of this city, died yes-1
terday morning at 7:45 at 205
Buchanan Road, Durham, where'
she had resided for a year or
more. Death vAis attributed to
complications.
Miss Webb, whose father was
a local Methodist minister, was
a member of a family prominent,
in Roxboro for many years and
was one of the oldest members 1
of Edgar Long Memorial Metho
dist church, having become affil - ]
iated with the church when she
was eight years of age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the church in this city this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by the
pasor, the Rev. W. C. Martin, as
sisted by the Rev. W. F. West, of
the First Baptist church. Inter
ment was in the family plot in
Burchwood cemetery.
The body lay in state at Edgar
Long church from 2:30 o'clock
until the hour of the service.
Miss Webb, the last member
of her immediate family, is sur
vived by a number of nieces and
nephews, among them being,
Mrs. Roger Wilkerson, Sr., of
Roxboro, Mrs. J. M. Allen, of
Leasburg, Mrs. Frank Harris, of
Tampa, Fla., and Messrs. E. B.
Webb, of Kinston, T. A. Webb, of
South Boston, Va., E. L. Webb,
of Thomasville, C. J. Webb, of
New York City and R. M. Webb,
of Durham, as well as a number
of great nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers included Lt. Gov. R.
L. Harris, of Raleigh and Rox
boro, C. A. Harris, Roger Wilk
erson, Jr., R. H. Gates, Joe Wilk
erson and C. B. Kirby, all of Rox
boro, and Raymond Webb, Jr., of
Durham.
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JUNIORS HEAR BLOXAM
Speaker at regular session of
the Longhurst Council of the J.
O. U. A. M., Monday night was
Roxboro city manager Percy
Bloxam, who praised principles
of patriotism for which the order
stands, and mentioned dangers
now besetting America but at the
same time expressed confidence
that America, England and other
democracies will ultimately win
the struggle in which they are
now engaged.
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REGULAR SERVICES
Regular morning services will
be held Sunday at St. Mark’s
Episcopal church, with morning
prayer and sermon at 11 o’clock
by the Rev. Rufus J. Womble,
deacon in charge. Church school
will be held at 9:45 o’clock, Rob
ert Michaels, superintendent
Men of the church will meet Fri
day night at Hotel Roxboro at]
8 o’clock.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES,
NUMBER ELEVEN
Scoutmaster Recognized
For Leadership. Kane
Makes Presentation.
Recipient 'cf the “Silver Beav
er’ award for distinguished ser
vice to Scouting in the Cherokee
council in 1940, is Dr. Robert E.
Long, Roxboro dentist, who has
tzr a decade or more through
j leadership as a Scoutmaster and
| committeeman contributed to the
| up-building activities in
] both the Roxboro-Person district
; and throughout the territory
served by Cherokee council.
Presentation of the award was
made Tuesday by George W.
Kane, of Roxboro, who spoke
words of appreciation on behalf
of Cherokee council at the coun
cil’s annual dinner meeting held
this year at Hotel Belvedere,
Reidsville, with an attendance of
approximately 20 0, including
many from Dr. Long’s district.
Dr. Long, native of Roxboro,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
I Long, of this city, did his under
| graduate work at Duke Univer
| sity and since receiving his pro.
I fessional degree has taken a lead -
ing part in civic and church af
fairs here. He is a Kiwanian and
has for the past few years served
as Scoutmaster cf troop 49 and
has since boyhood been associate
ed with the scout movement.
His is the third “Silver Beav
; er” award won by Roxboro men,
; past recipients being Mr. Kane
j and D. Clyde Swartz. In present
ing the award to Dr. Long, Mr.
Kane paid warm tribute to his
abilities as a leader of boys and
men and as an organizer of work
in the district and council.
Attendance award at the ban
quet session was won by the East
Alamance district, while renam
ed as council president was Hol
land McSwain, of Yanceyville,
Caswell superintendent of
schools. Other officers renamed
included: W. E. Thompson, A. S.
Daniels (new) Bruce Carter, E.
S. Powell, and Scout Executive
A. P. Patterson. ’ Heading com
mittees are: finance, George W.
Kane; organization, E. H. Eaton;
Health and Safety, Dr. A. J. El
lington; advancement, Aaron
Weinstein, and training, D. J.
Bowden.
Presiding was Mr. McSwain
and most important announce
ment of the evening was that of
completion of plans for council
ownership of Camp Cherokee, the
scout camp near Reidsville, which
serves the boy and girl scouts of
the six districts. It is understood
the deed will be filed next month
and discussion was held as to
methods of financing, with em
phasis on large contribution be
ing planned for purchase and up
keep by the Reidsville district.
Suggestion was also made that
the budget for next year include
a sum sufficient to employ a paid
assistant to Executive Patterson,
it being pointed out that Chero
kee council is one of the largest
in this Region and that it is prac
tically impossible for one man to
properly supervise the field.
Reports from various commit
tees were heard, indicating that
the council is in good condition.
An attractive feature of the pro
gram was a series of responses by
Boy Scouts and Cubs, including
a representative from Negro
troops, who all but "stole the
show” by his bright and easy
but serious manner of speaking.
> Music was led by Rev. E. Les
; ter Ballard and special guests, in
i addition to a number of wives of
1 representatives, included David
- Gallagher and Scott Executive
• Frank Dix, of Greensboro. Rox
- bo no recipient of the milk bot
:| tie award was Joe Gussy, o t 6a
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