$F IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. r? , VOLUME XII . ■ ■ v Views Os The News 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. o 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.” o 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. o 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." a? V.'*!’- * . 'VV. ' 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 ’ | 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 (Continued On Back Page'* j ; O 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. o 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