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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XII Many Collins and Aikman ! Employees Get Wage Boost Tea Percent Increase For - Piece-Workers And Hour -r ly Workers Effective In All - Plante. Employees of Plant E. Collins and Aikman -corporation at Ca- Vel this week read the following bulletin board notice: “Effective with the week be ginning Monday, March 17, all piece work and hourly wage rates, with the exception of learn ers, will be increased 10 per cent.” Resident manager, S. M. Ford, •confirmed the announcement but would make no comment It is known, however, that the in crease will add considerably to the local payroll and it is known that employees are pleased with prospects of increases in their incomes. o Marine Corps Officer To Be At Post Offices Representatives of the U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Service from district Headquarters in Raleigh will establish temporary offices at the Post Office build ings in both Burlington and Reidsville, from the 17th through the 21st of March, for the pur pose of interviewing and exam ining young men for service with the United States Marine Corps. Only young men who volunteer for service in the Marine Corps serve with this branch of the ser vice. Why be drafted when you can volunteer for this colorful and interesting branch of the service? Opportunity for advance ment and promotion is unlimited in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps trains hun dreds of young men in many technical fields to supply its n e ed s. Numerous vocational schools are maintained to train meritorious young men, and nun dreds of correspondence courses on any subject desired are of fered free of charge to the per sonnel of the Marine Corps. This is an opportunity to travel ex tensively and further your edu cation with pay sufficient to ' w make substantial savings. Applicants for enlistment must be American citizens of good moral character, must be wnite, ft single, 18 to 29 years of age, 64 to 74 inches in height, have the equivalent of an eighth grade education or better, and be in good physical condition. ■ o Boone Monk Now With* Ruppert’s In Advertising Before going to Mullins, S. C., where he will maintain head quarters with the advertising di vision of the Jacob Ruppert com pany, Boone Monk, popular resi dent of this city, who has for a number of years been connected with the Roxboro Drug company,! will spend this week in Fayette ville. Mr. Monk, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Monk, of Roxboro, in graduate of Roxboro high school. His wife, the former Miss Wig gins, of Mullins, will remain in Roxboro this week and will then go to Molina to iestablish resid ence. Mr. Monk accepted the Rup pert position sanetime ago, but did not until this week know when he would have to leave '% Roxboro. 4 fenmf&mn PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY OAKLEY PLACED UNDER BOND IN ACCIDENT CASE : Driver of Car Which Struck { Jim Henry Walters WiU 1 Be Given Hearing March | 25. Took Man To Hospital t ! Clarence Oakley, young white t man of this city, driver of a ca : which Monday night struck and . fatally injured injured Jim Hemy > Walters, 55, well known Rox-j i boro Negro, was on Tuesday l| placed under SI,OOO bend pend • ing trial of the case in Recorder's | court, March 25. The injured Negro, who was taken to Lincoln Memorial hos pital by Mr. Oakley, died there about one o’clock Tuesday morn ing, four or five hours after the accident. Walters’ right foot cut off but he appeared to be other wise uninjured, although death followed a short time after neart stimulants had been administer > ed at the hospital. He was at first , taken to a Roxboro hospital and r to another in Durham where his | . condition was not regarded as! [ serious. x Walters, his wife and a young . girl, a neighbor, en route to. church, were coming toward Rox i boro on the left side of the nigh way near intersection of the Ox • ford road. Oakley, also coming j toward the city, turned to pass . a car and in doing, so strucx i Walters, who was said to have 1 been walking on the pavement > about four feet from the edge. | Oakley said he did not see the j I man, who was struck by the left I bumper of the car. Interesting' . fact in the case is that the car r around which Oakley passed was ; being driven by his brother, G;l-| l bert Oakley of the Roxboro po-i i lice department. Walters was . said to have been deaf and it is i thought that he may not have - been aware of the -oncoming car. o CLEAN UP WEEK TO BE SPONSORED ; BY LAW CLASS t \ , Campaign To Take Place This Spring and Promises To Be One of Best. I Bill Murphy, president of the Business Law Class of Roxboro! High School, announced this week* that this class would sponsor aj clean-up week in Roxboro this : pring. Definite date for the clean up campaign will be named this , afternoon. The Business Law Class is very ' much interested in this campaign and is determined to stage a' ■ good one. Clean-up week with i' the class will begin at home- -the ! high school, stated Murphy and , I then the campaign will be ■ brought to the city. Co-operating with this class will be the City of Roxboro and i the Roxboro Chamber of Com-' rr.erce. Prior to this year, Clean -up - week has always been sponsored - byt the City, but since the Lawj ■ Class was willing to undertake' the task, the city of Roxboro has - turned the entire job over to the : class members. ! Definite details concerning the campaign will be released through the press at an early date. I Guarding ‘The Rock’ From Sea and Air! ° j ... f ' * A view from an accompanying British war plane high above Great Britain’s Itnck of Gibraltar, showing another plane on patrol (!uty. winging high over the harbor, wherein are several men o’ war. All arc on the alert against attack by German planes from the air and German troops that might be given a “corridor" down to southern Spain by the Fascist government. The Rock, which is one of the most formidable fortresses in the world, is Great Britain’s effective western door io the Mediterranean, through which British commerce and warships flow from day io day. Copy of Dennis O'Briant Will Found By Kinswoman j ~ 1 | Great-Great Grandfather of Henry O’Briant Wanted To Be Sure Wife Children Were Taken Care Os. Possessor of an 1817 holograph copy of the “last will and testa ment” cf her great-great grand father, Dennis D. O’Briant, is Mrs. Fanny Snipes of Person | ccunty, who discovered it in fami ily papers a few weeks ago. Among the great-great grand ' children of Dennis is Roxboro’r, Fire Chief Henry E. O’Briant, 1 who borrowed the yellowed sheet ! from his cousin, Mrs. Snipes, and ! brought it to the Times office, 1 1 where thorough examination was made. Dennifc D. O’briant, as his name is signed, lived in the Goshen-Be ■ rea section of Person county, al though when he wrote the will in 1790 Person county had not been, formed and his place of residence was then known as Granville county. The will was, however, not filed with Joseph Dickens, clerk of Person Superior couit until 1817, presumably the year in which O’Briant died. Authen ticity of the document, signed by Dennis D. Obriant, “his mark” was attested by John Harris, Jr., one of the executors appointed by Mr. O’Briant. Whoever copied the will was a good penman, but a poor speller and had no “feeling” for punctua tion, but O’Briant, who was a j farmer and must have been a man of some property, as can be seen by reading the attached copy, called upon his neighbors, and perhaps kinsmen, Patrick O’Bri (Continued on back page) o Benefit Play “Kicked Out of College,” an j entertaining comedy, will be pre sented by young people of Ca- Vel Community Church on Sat urday evening at 7:30 o’clock in Ca-Vel School auditorium. Ad ' missions for this benefit per formance will be moderate. o Harris To Speak i - John H. Harris, landscape specialist with State College Ex. tension service, will address a 1 meeting at Ca-Vel school Friday afternoon at 2:00 P. M. announc ed W. H. Brkkhouse of Collins I A Aikman. ♦ SCHOOL BOARD CHANGES MADE BY LEGISLATION r • —'*• Burns Gives Reasons For ! Naming Two New Men. Commenting on selection ol two new men to serve on the Person County Board of Educa ! tion, membership of which was announced Monday in a Raleigh news story dealing with the Board of Education omnibus bill, Person Representative Robert P. 1 Burns, in a letter to J.. S. Merritt, editor of the Person County | Times, this morning said that the new men, Claude T. Hall, of Wocdsdale, and B. G. Crumpton, of Aliensville, have been named because the communities they will represent have not been so represented for a long period of time. Named to serve with Mr. Hall and Mr. Crumpton are E. E. Bradsher, Ralph G. Cole, both cf Roxboro, and W. R. Wilkerson, Chairman, of Bushy Fork, all of whom have served on the board for a number of years. The new board, to serve for two years, will take office cn or before the next! meeting in April. Not renamed to the board were George W. Walker, of this city, who after serving 12 years re quested to be relieved of his du ties because of pressure of private business, and N. H. Montgomery, cf Cunningham, who has aiso served 12 years. It is understood that both Mr. Walker and Mr. Montgomery concurred with Mr. Burns in opinion that three of the five members should come from the county’s rural sections and that other townships should have representation. Printed below is the letter con taining Mr. Bum’s statement: March 12, 1941. Mr. J. S. Merritt, Editor, The Person County Times, City. Dear Mr. Merritt: There appears in this morning'3' edition of the News A Observer the appointees for membership on the Person County Board of Education. The men who have been appointed for the next two years are Messrs. E. E. Bradsher, B. G. Crumpton, R. G. Cole, C. T. (Continued on back page) I W. E. LAWRENCE WILL SPEAK TO SCOUTS FRIDAY Health and Safety Director To Speak At Other Places In Council. W. E. Lawrence, Assistant Na tional Director .of Heaitn .and Safety will be in Cherokee cil Thursday and Friday of this week in the interest of an ef fective Health and Safety pro gram. Mr. Lawrence’s distinguish ed record in Scouting caused him to be employed by the National Council in 1937 to promote Health A Safety. Since then, he has vis ited practically every Scout Camp in the United States. He is one of the most popular members of the National staff, having started out as a boy in Scouting 20 years ago. He is an expert woodsman, canoeist, Life Saving Instructor and First Aid Instructor. i Friday Mr. Lawrence will meet with Scout -officials of the Per-| son County District at 12:30 at Hotel Roxboro at luncheon. Mr. Lawrence will meet with the Rockingham County Health Department in Leaksville atj noon Thursday. At 4:30 he will visit Camp Cherokee with the I Camping Committee and ‘.he! Health & Safety Committee to j discuss improvements to be made for the summer season. At 7:00, P. M., the Health & Safety Com mittee and the Cherokee Council Executive Board will meet at the Belvedere Hotel in Reidsville to discuss the Camp and to plan an active, effective program oL j Health and Safety for the year. j Scout leaders from throughout! E) Cherokee will meet in Burling-! : ton Friday night at 7:00 for a ■ banquet in the First Christian ; Church. Mr. Lawrence will out i line the importance of Health ; and Safety in all Scout activities , and will present a demonstration. • A number of local Scouts will , aid Mr. Lawrence in giving a de ' monstration emphasizing n e w : techniques in the use of knives £ and axes. | A large number of leaders ( from this district have made res- ervations for the Friday night j. banquet. o I 1 Library-Minded ■ Citizens Urged To j 1 Write Secretary t ~ !| ! I Asserting that she has had a , communication frem Miss Mar jorie Beal, of Raleigh, secretary . of the State Library commission . to effect that Person county if it . experts to obtain proper share of a reoent legislative allotment for i SIOO,OOO to further State-suppoi t , ed library work must see to it that proper proportion of that i sum is directed to Person’s at prefimt inadequately supported library program, Mrs. J. H. Mer ritt, of Woodsdale, Person chair- I man of library work, has today issued an appeal to all citizens to write Miss Beal at once. It is pointed out by Mrs. Mer ritt there is great need for more bdoks in the county library (Community building, Roxboro and that need for an all-time and county supported bookmobile is 1 great Mrs. Merritt further un derstands that Miss Bod, as se cretary of the State Library com mission, will be in position to control somewhat the allocation of funds and that she should be at once contacted by citizens de. sirous of seeing that Parson coun- I ty gets its share of said funds. THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1941. Durham Resident Alleges He Was Victim of Assault Here FINAL RITES FOR WA. MILLS TO S BE HELD FRIDAY Well-known Retired Tobac co Buyer Passes At Home of His Daughter, Mrs. Clay. William Allen (Buck) Mills, 73, retired tobacco buyer, died yesterday afternoon about 5:30 o’clock at the home of his daugh ter Mrs. Omega Clay, North Mam Street, Roxboro, as the result of a heart attack. lie had beer, ill four weeks and in ill health for several years. His death was discovered by his daughter, Mrs. Clay, about ■ C o’clock yesterday afternoon. A j physician was called but efforts ! to revive him were futile and it j tvas determined that death must' ! have occurred around 5:30 01-!o 1 -! clock. Surviving are two sons, Robert Mills, of Winston Salem and W.J A. Mills, of Greenville, N. C., 1 J three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Roxboro, Mrs. L. B. Duncan of Charlotte, and Mrs. i ' Clay of this city, with whom he| : made his home, and ten grand-' children. . Funeral services for Mr. Mill;, will be held Friday morning at I 11 o’clock at the Clay residence by the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor j of Edgar Long Memorial Method ist Church. Grandchildren will act as Dower-bearers. Interment j will take place in the family plot, ! Burchwood cemetery. BURNSDISCLAIMS CONNECTION WITH REFERENDUM BILL Person Representative Says He Is Not Chairman Os Nor Connected With Com mittee. i . Saying that during the week enu uas Dten caued to his at tention “that there appeared in | the March sth edition of the Dur- I ham Sun, and possibly in other i papers, a news item relating to ! the Liquor Referendum Bill in : which it was stated that R. P. I Burns, as Chairman of the Rules | committee, introduced a rule in j the House of Representatives | which was designed, according to i the newspaper article, to kill the i Referendum Bill. Mr. Burns this morning issued the following statement: “In justice to myself, I feel that I should publicly state that the newspaper reporter was con fused as to the introducer of this rule. 1 am not Chairman of the Rules Committee, am not even cn that committee, and had no part whatever in the adoption of this rule, for it happens that when it was adopted I was not present in the hall of the house.” However, said Mr. Burns, “This statement need not be interpret, ed as criticism on my part of the action cf the House: it does hap pen, however, that under the cir cumstances I deserve • neither credit nor discredit for this ac- tion.” Printed below is the letter: . March 12, 1941. Mr. J. S. Merritt, Editor, Person County Times, City. Dear Mr. Merritt: Over the week-end it has been called to my attention that there appeared in the March sth edition of the Durham Sun, and possibly (Continued on back pare) » THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER EIGHTEEN | Two Men Bound Over To Superior Court Folowing i Recorder’s Court Trial. I I Alleging that he had on Sun day night March 2, engaged a room at a local hotel, that he had then retired and was asleep a few hours later when he was awakened by presence of three or more men in his room .Charles Long, said to be a resident of Durham, living at 108 South Queen street, testified that the men, after opening the unlocked door, entered the room and then assaulted him. Trial of this case, with Sam Lockhart, taxi driver, and tty-i associate drivers, Norman Brown 1 and Baxter O’Brient, defendants cn a breaking, entering and as sault charge, in which probable cause was found as to Brown and Lockhart, who were bound aver to Superior court under bonds of S2OO each, furnished chief inter j cst in Recorder’s court held here by Judge R. B. Dawes Tuesday. ; Released without bond war j O'Brient, the court finding no probable cause. Witnesses, in ad dition to Long, included Dr. E. j M. Hedgepeth, by whom Long .. ; injuries were said to have been i dressed, W. R. Jones, said to have j been with Lcckhart and the ot | hers, and a Negro hotel porter. Evidence was introduced to show that Long had circulated l untruths concerning characters lof the defendants and that they • merely went to his room to re monstrate with him. Bonds for • Lockhart and Brown were furn ished by Lockhart’s brother, Har ry Lockhart, owner of a fleet of toxis here. Other cases tried included those of Hez Newman, charged with carrying a concealed weapon and with assault on a female, ap peal bond for trial in Superior court being fixed at $75; of Lon nie Lyons and Charles Finger, Negroes, charged with gambling, judgment suspended upon pay ment of one-half the costs; of Eu - gene L. Evans, driving drunk, fined SSO and costs, with lies.,- - sf> suspended for twelve months: of Doc Walker, Negro charged i with assault on a female, judg ment suspended on payment of 1 costs, and of Mancy Clayton, as - i sault, continued to next term. o REVIVAL SERVICES STARTED AT FIRST BAPTISTCHURCH Rev. E. B. Morris of Dur ham preaching twice daily; At 9:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The annual revival services of the First Baptist Church of this city is now underway. Services started Sunday morning. Rev. Morris, pastor of the West Durham Baptist Church, is in charge of the preaching and G. L. Fry of Hickory, has charge of song services. Services so far have been well attended and the public is cor dially invited to attend any or all meetings. Those who have heard Rev. Morris have been very much impressed with his sermons. This revival will continue for a week or ten days. Definate dosing date has not yet been de cided upon. - o At Fort Knox Among North Carolina selec tees arriving at Fort Knox, Ky , I are two Iran Roxboro, John W. ' James and Lewell T. Butt.
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