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FORT BRAGG COULD BE
AID TO FARMERS
Raleigh, May 2.—The 1941 mar
keting authority act puts the State
Department of Agriculture in a
favorable position to make Fort
Bragg and other military camps
in the State tremendously valu
able to Tar Heel farmers, in the
opinion of Rondal B. Etheridge,
chief of the department’s divis
ion of markets.
The army setups, he thinks,
should be looked upon as addi
tional markets, but markets which
will affect the price of perishable
food products to a much greater
degree than would opening of new
trade territory of the same pop
ulation.
"New areas would not show the
same spirit of cooperation as has
been shown by General Dover s,
the post exchange ,and the quar
termaster officers at Fort Bragg
' who have said that whenever
practicable they would like to
purchase locally grown food pro
ducts,” Etheridge said.
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LABOR TROUBLES IN
DEFENSE PLANTS NEAR
VANISHING POINT
Washington, May 3.—Labor
management conflict in. defense j
production approached! the van
ishing point today.
Settlement of two disputes re
duced strikes in defense indus
tries to 19, the lowest figure in
weeks. Only 11,000 workers were
idle.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Gen
eral Thurman Arnold said the
strike problem had been eased
by “the growing influence of the
mediation board.”
The basic danger today, he said
in a speech at New York, is the
‘‘exploitation of low income
groups and the crushing of busi
ness men between the thundering
herds of large business organiza
tions and large labor organiza
tions.”
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FORCES BEING MOBILIZED, !
NAZIS REPORT
New York, May 3. —The Ger
man radio broadcast today a re
port that Iraq has mobilized ‘ all
classes of special units and tne
1916 classes of the regular army”
and that the foreign-exploitcd
Mosul oil fields are “under the
control of special troops of the
Iraq armed forces.”
The Berlin broadcast quot
ed Stefani, official Italian news
agency, for the reports, in part.
The German broadcast was heard
here by CBS.
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NO SPEAKERS FOR GRADS
AT N. C. STATE
Raleigh,’ N. C., May 3. —The
senior class of N. C. State Col
lege today announced it was wall
aware that these are parlous
times, and that now is the time
for them to keep heir eyes on
the stars, their feet on the ground,
their shoulders to the wheel, thair
hands to the plow, and their noses
to the grindstone.
As a result, the class announc
ed, they will have no commence
ment speaker. Diplomas will be
presented at brief exercises in
which Governor J. Melville
Broughton, Dr. Frank P. Gra
ham, president of the University
of North Carolina; Colonel John
W. Harrelson, State College dean
of administration, and Class Pres
ident Bill Friday will be asked
to “please limit any remarks to
three minutes."
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lerson^imts
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Marshals Named For Roxboro
High School Finals Tonight
Other Details Os Program
Which Begins With Ser
mon are Announced By I
j Faculty Committee.
Os ch|ef interest in for /nal
opening of Roxboro high school
graduation exercises Sunday night
at 8 o’clock in the high school au
ditorium will be the baccalaur-j
cate sermon to be delivered by 1
the Rev. John A. Wright, well
known young rector of Christ
Episcopal church, Raleigh, while
climax of the week will be reach
ed on Tuesday evening at the
same hour when diplomas will be
presented immediately after the
finals address by North Carolina’s
governor, J. Melville Broughton.
Gov. Broughton, who will with
Mrs. Broughton be a dinner guest
of Lt. Gov. and Mrs. R. L. Harris
earlier that evening, will be in
troduced by Lt. Gov. Harris. Oth
ers to be seated on the platform
will include Person Senator Flcm
D. Long and Representative Rob
ert P. Bums, Supervising Princi
pal H. C. Gaddy, Superintendent
of Schools R. B. Griffin and oth
er school officials.
Chief Marshal will be Miss
Mary Lou Dixon, with Misses
Emily Moore, Christine Hall,!
Madeline Tapp and Anna Frances!
Harris, all of the rising Senior j
class; Misses Janie Pearl Crump- 1
ton and Ruby Carver of the ris
ing Junior class and Bruce New-;
ell and Miss Jackie Gordon, of,
the rising Sophomore class, all of
whom have made highest aver-|
ages during the year in their re-,
spective classes.
Presentation of diplomas is ex-1
pected to be made by the acting
chairman of the district school
board. Dr. B. A. Thaxton. Also
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of interest will be presentation of
awards. Among these will be the;
Roxboro Kiwanis club citizenship
award, the Woman’s club loving
cup for English composition and
the Edgar Long Memorial schol
arship. Announcement of the val
edictorian and salutatorian will
also be made.
Special music will feature the
program for both nights, with se-j
lections by trios and quartets j
from the high school glee ciub!
and a prosessional and recession-j
al, all under direction of Mrs.
Sam Byrd Winstead arid John
Thompson of the music faculty. |
On Sunday night the invocation [
will be given by the Rev. J. M.
Walker, of Roxboro Presbyterian
church and the scripture reading
by the Rev. W. C. Martin, of Ed
gar Long Memorial Methodist
church, while_ benediction will be 1
pronounced by the Rev. W. F.j
West, of Roxboro First Baptist 1
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CULLEN BRYANT j
CASWELL FARMER
DIES AT HOME
Rites Will Be Held Today
or Monday.
W. Cullen Bryant, 59, died at
his home near Milton, Caswell
county Friday afternoon at four
o’clock, of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. Bryant had been in declining
health for several months, hav
ing recently spent sometime in
Duke Hospital, but was thought
to be improving.
He is surived by his wife, and
three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Od
um, Yanceyville, and Misses Mes
cal and Katherine Bryant of the
home, and two sons, James Bry
ant, Radford, Va., and Randy
Bryant, of the home.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday or Monday.
FOLGER RITES
HELD FRIDAY IN
MOUNT AIRY
National and State Officials
And Number From Rox
boro Attend Services For
Fifth District Representa
tive.
Mount Airy, May 3. —Funeral
services were held at 2 o’clock
yesteiday afternoon from Central
Methodist Church for Rep. A. D
(Lon) Folger, who died in a
Mount Airy hospital Wednesday
from injuries suffered a few hours
earlier in an automobile accideu*.
The House of Representatives
was represented by four of the
North Carolina Congressmen, Rob
ert I. Doughton, Zebulon Weav
er, John H. Kerr, andi J. BayarJ
Clark. They were appointed by
Speaker Sam Rayburn after
Doughton formally notified lhe
House of Folger’s death.
The Rev. W. J. Miller and the
Rev. A. S. Hale conducted the
services, and burial was in
Dobson Cemetery at Dobson, a
short distance from Folger’s birth
place.
Pallbearers were Dr. M. S.
Martin, T. H. Macklie, Dr. E. C.
Ashby andi H. H. Llewellyn, of
Mount Airy; Harvey Lupton of
Washington, D. C.; J. Thad Reese
cf Yadkinville; R. C. Freeman oi
Elkih; W. Avery Neaves of Elkin
and Henry Hampton of Dobson.
The Congressman Was injured
fatally when his automobile
struck another car and crashed
into a tree. His family said he
suffered! from attacks of asthma,
and it was believed a fainting
spell might have caused him to
lose control of the car.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Gertrude Reese, and
two sons, A. D. Jr., and 1 Jack, 13.
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CITY ELECTIONS
City elections will be held Tues
day, May 6, at which time May
or S. G. Winstead, city commis
sioners C. Lester Brooks, George
J. Cushwa, Preston Satterfield,
Sr., and Gordon C. Hunter, al!
renominated, and Philip L. Tho
mas, new candidate, will b«
voted upon.
Along The Way—
With the Editor
Saturday looked like “Reunion Day ill the county of Per
son. A number of boys who formerly lived in this county, but
have moved away came back for a brief visit. We suspect that
they really came back for a square meal that didn’t cost any
thing. The three boys were Stokes Brooks, Garrett Stanfield
and Victor Winstead. They are al! married and will tell you
that they are doing well. Personally, we do not know.
Stokes Brooks, son of Davidt, is in the hardware business
way down East. He said that he was coming in and pay
$1.50 for this paper. Right now the writer of this column
waiting for him to come in. If he presents us with a note v/e
are going to give it to his dad.
Victor Winstead is in the tobacco business. His stationery
has his own name printed on it. This may prove a lot or it
may only prove<that he had enough to pay for the printing of
the paper. Victor is living up North and believe or not lie is
beginning to talk like a Yankee.
Garrett Stanfield, son of Louis, has recently taken unto
himself a wife. If he is not making any money he had better
start right now because that wolf that hangs around peoples’
doors is not dead and he can roam around Garrett’s house.
Each and every one of these boys is afraid of Uncle Sam.
They have no desire to serve in the army and since they arc
all married/ it may be that they can stay at home and help
pay the heavy taxes that are headed their way. We doubt if
they pay much as we do not believe they make as much as
they say.
SPEAKER
Governor Broughton
Names Os Five
More Negroes In
!
Service Announced
Charles Noell, (215 v) ( Nat
Reid (397 v), James Thomas Bass
(53), Norman Jewell Williams
(59), and Edgar William Outlaw
(79), all Person county Negroes,
will report to Person Selective
service office Tuesday morning
at 9 o'clock to receive final in
structions before leaving later
that day for Fort Bragg, accord
ing to office manager Baxter B.
Mangum. Noell and Bass are yol -
unteers.
These men will be second Ne
gro group to leave this month.
Three other men will lea ve-on
Wednesday, May 7.
Qitestionaiites, said Mr. Man
gum, are going out to all remain
ing registerants at approximate
rate of 25 per day,, this being
in line with official requests re
cently made.
STILL QUITE ILL
C. A. Green, of Ellenboro, a
former resident of Roxboro, con
tinues to be quite 111 at his home,
Mr. Green, who left this city
about two years ago, was at one
time associated with the Green
Jewelry company.
TO BANKER’S CONVENTION
Gordon C. Hunter, Executive
vice-president of the Peoples
Bank who has been recommend
ed as candidate for nomination
as third vice president by bank
ers of this district will next Thur
sday go to Pinehurst to attend
the three day sessions of the State
Bankers association.
Leon Couch Accepts Roxboro
District School Appointment
Dr. Holton At Helena Gives
Estimate Os Our Democracy
| Duke Professor Evaluates
Role of Education In De
mocracy. 32 Graduates Re
ceive Diplomas.
Having as his theme, “Educa
tion’s Responsibility to Democ
racy,” Dr. Holland Holton, chair
man of the department of edu
cation and director of the sum
mer school, of Duke Univers.ty,
speaking to the 32 graduates of
Helena high school, Person coun
ty, delivered an impressive com
mencement address in whicn he
summarized the role of educa
tion in a dehaocracy and clearlv
brought out the obligations and
duties of educated citizens who
are fortunate enough to live in
a democracy.
Dr. Holton, introduced by Tho
mas J. Shaw, Jr., City Editor or
the Person County Times, spoke
at the last of a series of Person
county public school finals held
Thursday night of last week. In
vocation was given by the Rev.
E. L. Hill, Methodist Minister,
pastor of the Mt. Tirzah church,
and presentation of diplomas anc!
special awards was made by R.
C. Garrison, Helena principal,
while medals were awarded by
R. B. Griffin, Person superin
tendent of schools, and music
rendered by the Helena glee
club.
“Personally," said Dr. Holton,
“I consider it one of education's
responsibilities to democracy to
teach the children of democ; acy
its history and traditions, to
prepare them for participation
in the religious emotions and' ua
litical history that undergird oar
democracy, as well as teaching
them conformity in spelling, read
ing and how to hold a forte at
the dinner table....No wonaer
so many of our younger children
are bewildered and confused
when they have had every ques
tion forced) upon thm in their
education and every theory pre
sented except the theories uncter
-1 lying the things we hold most
dear.”
Also mentioned by the speak
er was education for conform !/,
as, opposed to education for dis
covery. although, as he indicat
ed there must first be an appre
ciation of conformity and of past
history before the principal of
discovery can be expected to
bear lasting fruit. A majority
vote, he said, is a straw in the
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Ray Jackson Now
More Comfortable
Ray Jackson, co-owner of an
electric appliance company here
is resting comfortably in McPher
son’s hospital, Durham, after
having been taken there late
Thursday afternoon for treatment
of gas burns on his face and in
his eyes.
Jackson, at the time he was in
jured, earlier in the afternoon,
was making repairs to an electric
refrigerator at a home in Person
county when in some unexplain
able manner gas was forced from
the freezing unit of the refrig
erator and struck him in the face.
He was first taken to a local
hospital and then removed to the
Durham institution where at
tending physicians said that in
jury to his eyes is not expected
to be permanent.
SUNDAY MAY 4, 1941.
NORTH CAROLINA
HEADQUARTERS !
OF GROUP OPENED
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State Activities In Behalf :
Os Britain To Be Centered
In Durham.
Durham, May s.—State head
quarters for the British War Re
lief Society opened at 508 Trust
Euilding on Main St., this week
with the organization of 100 local
chapters in the State as a goal.
One of the first chapters to be
organized was the Roxboro unit,
formed shortly after Christmas.
Mr. Clark came to Roxboro at
that time and assisted in forma
tion of the local chapter new
headed by Mrs. S. M. Ford andi
Mrs. G. I. Prillaman. j
Since George Clark, full-time
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SI-year director, began work in l
North Carolina more than a’
month ago. chapters have beep!,
organized in Raleigh, Rocky
Mount, Fayetteville, Wilson and
“Wilmington
The organization has Mrs. E
W. Nelson as secretary of the
State group, Clark as director,
and Mrs. Frank L. Fuller, Jr. ; of.
Durham, chairman of the emblem
division. J. L. Kirkland Jr., rep
resentative of the Durham Bank
and Trust Company, will handle!
all the accounts of the State or-:
ganization; and Prof. Malcolm
McDermott, of Duke University!
Law School, is a member of the'
executive committee of the or-j
ganization. Percy Foote is chair- j
man of the State Advisory Com
mittee, which has a membership
including Carl Goerch, Raleigh;
John Oates, Fayetteville; Hyman
Battle, Rocky Mount; and Lav/-'
rence Sprunt, Wilmington. Giher,
committee members will be .■’nos
en later.
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TEACHERS MUST
RECEIVE PROPER
DISCHARGE NOTICE j
Should Be Fired Before
Year Over If Services No
Longer are Needed.
Raleigh, May 3.—Attorney Gen
eral Harry McMullan ruled that 1
teachers and principals must be
.notified before the end of the
school term if rejected as teach i
ers for the next term.
In another opinion, he said that
although vocational teachers arej
employed on a different basis [
from other teachers, they too'
must be notified of rejection be
fore the end of the term.
The absence of such notice
would be equivalent to reelection
under present provisions of the
school laws, McMullan said.
In other rulings, McMullan held
that; ,
A clerk to a local draft board
is not an officer within the mean
ing of the constitutional prohibi
tion against double office hold
ing.
A county board of education
has no authority to remove mem
bers of a district school commit -j
tee who were appointed by the
oreceding board and whose terms
have not yet expired.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
Head of Grantham High
High School, Wayne Coun
ty, Expected To Make First
Official Appearance Here
During Commenceme n t
Week. Gaddy Silent. Some
Teachers Resign.
Elected as supervising principal
of Roxboro dsitrict schools is
Leon Couch, of Goldsboro, who
is at present Principal of Gran
tham high school Wayne county.
After being on Friday noti
fied of his election to the Rox
boro position, Mr. Couch yester
day morning sent the following
telegram: “Thank you so much.
I accept the position definitely.’’
One of several applicants for
the Roxboro position made va
cant by the resignation last month
of H. C. Gadciy, Mr. Couch was
interviewed here Thursday by the
Roxboro district school board of
which acting chairman is Dr. B.
A. Thaxton. Meetings of the board
were held Thursday, with a final
meeting that night.
The board has within the past
two or three weeks had several
meetings and at one of these
meetings the resignation of Mr.
Gaddy was accepted! after it was
made plain by him that he would
not reconsider his previously an
nounced: decision to resign. The
chairman of the board today de
clined to make public the names
of several teachers not returning
to the district schools next year,,
although it is expected that these
resignations will be announced
this week.
Mr. Gaddy Friday afternoon
said he had no statement to make,
although it is known he is con
sidering several attractive offers.
Mr. Couch, who is married, has
had 14 years of experience as
teacher and principal and was
at Eureka before going to the
Grantham school. He received his
A. B. degree from Emory and.
Henry college, his M. A. from
Duke and has had summer school
work at the University of Noi 1h
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and at
Harvard and Columbia.
'■ Mr. Gadidy came to Roxboro.
two years ago and will remain
here until May 7.
In his resignation announce
ment last month Mr. Gaddy said
he was leaving the Roxboro
1 schools because of desire to se
cure a position in a school system
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MRS. YOUNGER, OF
THIS CITY DIES
WHILE ON VISIT
.
Former Resident of Dur
ham Dies in Raleigh While
Visiting Her Niece.
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| Funeral services for Mrs. W. L-.
I Younger, of Roxboro, former res
i ident of Durham, were held Fri
] day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
St. Marks Episcopal Church. Of
ficiating minister was the Rev.
Rufus J. Womble, deacon in
charge. Burial followed in Burch
wooc) Cemetery.
Mrs. Younger died Thursday
night at the home of her niece,
i Mrs. Milton Howell in Raleigh.
She had been in declining health
for a number of years.
Surviving are her husband and
; three sisters, Mrs. E. B. Goodman
\ of Richmond, Mrs. C. B. Davis of
j Goldsboro, and Mrs. Lacy Moore
of Washington.
Mrs. Younger was well known
j in Roxboro,/where she had resd
ence for about ten years. She and
Mr. Younger recently moved to
a house cn Lamar Street. X',