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IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xn North Carolina Farmers Hear Wickard Describe Progress Person County Represent \ ed At Raleigh Meeting Tuesday By Claude T. Hall And Others. i Numbers of Person County farm representatives, among them Claude T. Hall and H. K. Sanders were in Raleigh Tuesday to hear Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard declare that the South can aid the cause of democracy by producing enough food and feed for its own con sumption in an address featuring the annual joint membership meeting of the North Carolina Cotton Cooperative Association and the Farmers Cooperative Ex change. "It is ironical,” the Cabinet member said, "but a fact, that the South has been equipped by nature to produce almost any thing that grows, and yet there is ample evidence that its farms do not feed their own.” Secretary Wickard’s address was heard by more than 5,000 farmers and their wives, gather ed from all parts of North and South Carolina, who overflowed into the balconies of Raleigh's big Memorial Auditorium. The occasion marked the completion ! of 19 years of service for the Cotton Association and six years for the FCX. During the past year the two co-operatives did a combined business of over $9,000,000. M. G. Mann, general manager of each, told the farm audience in his annual report on the operation and condition of the organization. Governor .J. M. Broughton, wh:>j welcomed the visitors to the cap-j ital city, declared that he had been a member of the Cotton] Association since its beginning and planned to continue his mem- j bership as long as he lived. Gov- j ernor also assured Wickard and! the audience that patriotism of North Carolina farmers was un questionable, and that "there arei no Fifth Columnists among them, -they wouldn’t even know one if they saw him.” Secretary Wickard was intro duced by Congresman Harold D. Cooley of the fourth district, and more than 100 farm leaders from the Carolinas and adjoin ing states were present to wel come the Nation’s No. 1 man in agriculture and hear him des (Continued On Back Page) o Harris Speaker At Memorial Day Hotel Program V __ ...Speaker at Confederate Mem oriad day exercises held by the Person Chapter of United Daugh-j tars of the Confederacy at Hotel Roxboro, at which W. F. Reade, of Mt Tirzah was an honor guest, was Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris, of this city, who paid tribute to the soldiers of the South, not only as soldiers but as builders of a new South, who turned military defeat into personal victory cf another order. Presiding at Saturday’s lun cheon was Mrs. Ralph G. Cole, .president of the local chapter. Also a guest was R. P. Reado, prominent Durham attorney andj son of W. F. Reade. Special mu sic was furnished by Mrs. Wheel er Newell, soloist, with Mrs. E. E. Bradsher at the piano, and by Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Woods. Invocation was given by the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of Edgar Long Memorial Metho dist church, and introduction of the speaker was by F. O. Carver, Jr. M" - Jraon|Mmes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY SUMMER SCHOOL ! WORK OFFERED j AT HIGH SCHOOL } Grammar School and ! High School Courses Of fered By Mrs. Trowbridge And Mrs. Harris. Starting on Monday, an eight : weeks summer school offering high school and grade work be i gan at Roxboro high school, with 1 Mrs. Madeline Trowbridge and 1 Mrs. William Harrs, IH, as teach-J 1 ers. Teacher of grammar grade subjects is Mrs. Trowbridge, j while high school courses are be ; :ng offered by Mrs. .Harris. Mod « crate fees are being charged and r students desiring to enroll were ■ requested to see Mrs. Trowbridge [ ' at the high school between 3 and! • 9 o’clock in the morning. Courses offered are mainly • make-up work, saiw Mrs. Trow -1 bridge. Both Mrs. Trowbridge' and Mrs. Harris are regular l members of the school faculty; I and the school is under their su-j ; porvision. Leon Couch, of Golds-1 'jboro, recently elected supervi-] ' sing principal of the district ' i schools has returned to Golds- j > boro and will not come to Rox-! i boro for residence until later in ■ l. i 1 the season. Thaxton Will Be ] Head Os Legion j Incoming Commander of Leu j ter Blackwell Post of the Amci - |!ican Legion will be Dr. B. A. ,j Thaxton, of this city, chosen at , 1 a regular meeting of the local; . Legion. First vice-commander is i K. L. Long, second vice-comman-j I der, Gordon C. Hunter and ad-, ■:jutant, R. A. Whitfield, all of I . | whom will be instated in June, j .! Minor officers and committec (l men are to be named by Dr. . Thaxton at a later date. Retir ing Commander is Onie C. Jor . dan. Named as a committee to make plans for Memorial Day, I May 30, were R. A. Whitfield, i O. G. Davis and B. B. Knight. o i Government Moves L j jin Hurry When j llt Does Move . j ! Within less than five days one, i road in the CCC camp on the j Winstead property in this city I has been cpmpjetel. Remaining roads have been staked out, and one building, moved from the old . location near Yanceyville, has ; been virtually re-erected, ac . t cording to reports from a Times I! newsman who visited the camp site Wednesday afternoon. Also in place are four to live ■ tents and work is expected to . go forward with similar speed ■ in the next few days. Camp i Superintendent is W. B. McMan us and the commander is Lt. : Charles L. King. Removal of the camp, devoted to soil conserva . tion, is expected to be completed o - ’ LITTLE ACCIDENT Slightly injured was James I Bobbitt, Negro delivery boy for Roxboro Drug company, about . 10:30 this morning, when he was] , struck by the opening door of' a car on Main street, near Depot , street, and knocked from his bi i cycle into the path of a car go -1 ing north and driven by a Mr. Spivey, of this city. Driver of the ! other car, a traveling salesman, said to be from Charlotte, de clined to give his name. . NEWLY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS TAKEPOSmONS 1 Southern Bell Telephone Seeks Franchise. Thomas Heads New Committee On Health and Sanitation. I j j i Installation of newly elected ! officers and appointment of var -1 ious minor officers and commit tees constituted principal busi ness at May session of the itox boro Board of City commission ers Tuesday night. Sworn i:no office during the afternoon be-! j fore the Clerk of Superior cant! .was Mayor S. G. Winstead, wnoj then entered upon his first term! as an elected mayor, j First duty of the Mayor at the night meeting of the mum cipal board was induction of the Commissioners, Gordon C. Hun ter, C. Lester Brooks, George J. j Cushwa, Preston Satterfield, Sr., and Philip L. Thomas, only new ! man of the re-elected group be ing Mr. Thomas, who was nom inated and elected as successor 1 j to George W. Kan'e, now serving ',as State Highway commissioner. Passed on first of two requir !ed readings was an application I by Southern Bell Telephone and j Telegraph company for a fran chise in this city. Second read-’ j ing will be expected to take j place next month. Adopted es ; presented were all but two or I three revised ordinances as giv : i'ii in the revised charter. Re maining ordinances may be corf ! sidered at a later date. Mayor pro-tom is Gordon ■ ('. Hunter, who was also renamed ; City treasurer and will with j Commissioner Satterfield cousti | tute the Revenue committee, i City Clerk is Commissioner Cushwa, Who has held the posi ! tion for a number of years, j Named to the street, water and I sewer committee were -Brooks, j and Cushwa while on the ceme ! tery committee is Mr. Brooks. | Heading a new committee of health and sanitation is Philip L. Thomas, who will also serve as Commissioner of Police and t Public safety, a position former ly held by Mr. Kane. June meeting will be the fin al meeting before ending of the fiscal year and to be considered at that meeting will be appoint - i ment of the City Manager, Chief |of Police and others. j Tonsil Exams To ■! Be Given During Last Os Month Tuesday May 27 is the date set for health department examina tion of Negro children having i diseased tonsils, it was announ -1 ced by an official to-day. This examination is prelimnary to the second tonsil clinic to be con ducted by D. B. E. Fassett and staff June 11. Examination of candidates for tonsil removal on May 28 (first clinic) was carried out at the health department on Tuesday, and prospective patients have bten placed in readiness for op eration. Only two of these Kiwanis sponsored clinics are being held this summer, and positively no children will be taken at either | clinic who have not reported for 1 physical check-up by health of ficials Tuesday, May 27. IN RALEIGH Miss Kathleen Wilkins is spending the week with her aunt, I Mrs. B. H. Woodllef in Hayes 1 Barton, Raleigh, N. C. * . TREASURE HUNT HAS ATTENTION LOCAL PEOPLE ! Smal Crowd Attends Com munity Sing, But Many Residents Interested In Treasure Hunt Prizes. j A comparatively small but en thusiastic audience attended the hospital benefit “Community I Sing” held Saturday night at Person County Courthouse, un der direction of Mr. and Mrs. wJ Wallace Woods, but interest m' j the “Sing” is contiuning because! i of the “Treasure Hunt, staged in \ j connection with the event by j ! Roxboro merchants, which w:li; : continue until Saturday, May 24 In commenting on the “Treas ure Hunt” Mr. Woods, executive secretary of the Roxboro Cham ber of commerce, today remind ed the 74 holders of lucky tickets that these tickets must be re deemed by Saturday, May 24, and that participating merchants all have on the windows of their establishments red-lettered signs saying that they are participants Numbers can be checked by rail ing at these establishments and holders of corresponding num bers will receive appropriate awards. j Participants in the Community j Sing included residents from; Bushy Fork, Mt. Tirzah, Allens-1 ville, Helena. Hurdle Mills, Oive| Hill and other sections of the county. Merchants offering prizes ioj ! the “treasure hunt” are as fol-j lows: (Continued on Sport Page) JAMES LUNSFORD ! DIES AT HOME Kites For Surl Man Con ducted Monday Afternoon. Had Been 111 With Pne monia. Funeral services for James C. Lunsford, (59, of Surl, whoso death occured Sunday at h s home, following an illness of 13 day with pneumonia, were con ducted from the home Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with El der Lex J. Chandler as officiat ing minister. Interment follow ed in the family cemetery. Survivors include, his wife, Mrs. Gladys Dixon Lunsford, two sons, James H. and William H. Lunsford, and four daughters, Misses Maggie Jane, Hattie C., Nannie Belle land Njettie Annie Lunsford, all of Person County. Surviving also are two brothers, John and Tom Lunsford, and two sisters, Mesdames Lucy A. Luns ford of Person county and Cara Adcock of Granville county. Pall bearers were: Houston Blalock, J. H. Chandler, Clyde Satterfield, Charlie Russell, Bun yan Brann and Baxter Duncan. Miss Hunter Has Federal Reserve , Bank Position i - Miss Rachel Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Hun ter, of this city, today left for. CAarlotte to accept a position wih the Federal Reserve Bank, at Charlotte. Miss Hunter was until this week a second year student in the commercial department at Woman’s College of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Greens boro. By special permission of the college authorities Miss Hun ter left the college three weeks I before completion of her course l in order to accept the position in Charlotte. Helena Residents Disturbed i By School Committee Policy Roxboro And Person People Participate In Cotton Week Local Residents And Mer chants Ready To Join Na ! tion In Observances Os National Cotton Week. j Beginning tomorrow and con | firming for one week, the elcv | enth annual Cotton Week will be observed throughout the United States, Particular emphasis na turally is given to the week in the South and Roxboro and Per son county .although not in the ■cotton growing areas of the South, join in this national tri bute t,o a southern product, which with tobacco ranks as an impor tant factor in American and i world economy. Presence in Roxboro of a a -it ton mill, a towel mill and a plush mill in which cotton is empoyed in the manufacture of cloths of various types does, however, make up for whatever local lack j there may be in traditional cot ! ton .fields and singing Negro J banc’*, because many residents | of this city and the Person area I are employed in the industries i above mentioned and the t'inan j cial betterment -of the eommuni jty is largely dependent on sales 'volumes from these industries. | By proclamation of Gov. 1. Melville Broughton the State is] j.joining other States in observance |of the week and in larger cities of the nation, particularly in publishing and merchandising ; circles, attention is being paid to [discoveries of new and fashion able trends for cotton, in -cloth j ing for men, women and child | ren and in laboratories and in heavier basic industries. Logic for support of National Cotton week scarcely needs ar ' gument in a section of the nation 1 which benefits directly or indi rectly with every extra cotton consumption made, although there is an added force brought ' to bear by the economic pressure now being exerted by the gener al and world-wide influence of 1 , World War 11. 1 Printed elsewhere in today’s issue of the Times are articles and advertisements dealing with 1 special features of a week ' which has been observed in the United States for more than a de- ( cade and which increases rather 1 than diminishes in importance with each anniversary that comes. o Mrs. H. W. Newell’s Pupils To Give Music Recital . j Pupils of Mrs. H. Wheeler New- 1 ell, teacher of music, will appear in annual 'recital Friday even ing, May 16, at 8 o’clock in the auditorium at Roxboro Central, Grammar school, according to announcement made yesterday. A similar recital was last week given at the same school by | music students of Mrs. W. Wal lace Wontls. Winners of prizies were Kirk Kynoch and Miss Mary Jo Jackson in the grammar school division, and from the high school, Miss Lillian Day. Assisting artists and !guest so loists included Jarvis Adams, Nat Brooks, Miss June Woods, Miss Meriel Rimmer, Miss Mar jorie Dickerson, Miss Violet ] Starke, Miss Peggy Whitten and Miss Mary Jane Fox. THURSDAY MAY 15, 1941 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN PAUL S. BARNETTE RITES CONDUCTED TODAY ATCHURCH South Boston Road Resi dent Dies In Rex Hospi tal, Raleigh, After Long Illness. Funeral services for Paul S. Barnette, 41, resident of Ihe South Boston road, near Roxbo ro, whose death occurred Tues day night at Rex hospital, Ral eigh, were conducted this after noon at 4 o’clock at Longnurst Methodist church-, by the pastor, Rev. T. M. Vick, assisted by the Rev. J. N. Bowman, of the Bap tist church. Interment took place in Burch wood cemetery, K-ix boro. Mr. Barnette, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barnette, had been in ill health 10 years. He wtes admitted to Rex hospital Saturday. Death was attributed to complications. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Steele Barnette, one son, Paul Munroe Barnette, bote, i ;of the heme, and two sister.-, j Mrs. W. H. Yarborough and Mrs i A. R. Davis, both of Roxboro, I .arge Number Os Cases Disposed Os In Petite Court Forty-two cases, largest nui i ber yet to be heard in Person Recorder’s court were heard m a two day session which ended late yesterday afternoon, with Judge R. B. Dawes presiding. Auproximately thirty of the cas es were disposed of Tuesday, mainly traffic violations. Out work of the court on the next day was slowed up by eases contested before the court. Major interest Tuesday exhibition of a number of paste board boxes, a punchboard or two and packages of cigarettes and swjpetstuff allegedly stolen and cached by four Negro boys, l two of them minors, who were all released for lack of evidence. Officers lit first thought they had in the ease a clue to some three or four recent filling station and roadhouse thefts. The boys concerned went, free, but the goods they were charged with having stolen remained in custody of Sheriffs Deputy, ! Bob Whitt, at end of court. I 0 ( C. A. Green, Os Ellenboro Dies ; In Hospital C. A. Green, of Ellenboro, bro ther of W. J. Green, of Roxboro, | and a former resident here, died this morning about 10 o’clock sit Rutherfordton, after a long ill ness. Funeral services will pro bably be held some time tomor row, at Ellenboro. Mr. Green, who was at one time connected with Green’s Jewelry company herfe, inovfd back to Ellenboro about two years ago. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews in tbit city and a sister, Mrs. Ida Whisnant, |of Boydton, Va. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. Four Teachers Allege Rea son Not Given For Failure Re-Elect Meeting Held This Morning May Have Some Bearing On Case. Still unsettled, although there are persistent rumors that the district school committee con cerned has met or will meet to reconsider its action, is a con troversy between members of the district school committee of Helena high school and patrons of the school, precipitated by failure of the committee to re elect at least three popular teach ers, Mrs. Penn Noell, Miss Ger trude Holt and Miss Eioi.se Pearce. Also not re-elected is Miss Margaret Warren, of Bushy Fork science teacher at Helena, who came in at mid-term to fill a va cancy originally caused by resig nation of Cecil Willis, now -n military service. Helena Residents today re-j | ported that a meeting of the; committee was this morning at) 9:30 o'clock called for pur-| i. ! pose of consideration of sele«.-j tion cf a successor to 11. C.! Garrison, principal, Designed. 1 and that at this meeting re-! consideration of the matter of; elccion of the four teachers I named above might iak“j j place. Second meeting was; ! held this afternoon. Complaints first develop e d when the women above named reported in the community that the committee, of which J. G. Chambers is chairman, had de clined to give reasons for fail ure to re-elect them, although at least eight other members if the faculty had been re-elected following a general release from oontracts which tile committc* ordered shortly before the close of school two weeks ago. Regarded ns cause for th' Helena committee’s decision to release contracts of all members of the faculty, is resignation of R. C. Garrison, principal there for 16 years, and of Mrs. Garris on, faculty member. Garrison’s rt signat ion was presented to Pers o n Superintendent oP Schools, R. J}. Griffin, on Tuos (Continued on back page) WALLACEWOODS RESIGNS POSITION AT CITY PLANT Wlil Continue As Secretary Os Roxboro Chamber Os Commerce. Munday Will Be At Plant W. Wallace Woods, for twelve years manager of the City Ice plant, today announced his res ignation from that position, out said that business at the plant will be continued by Arch Mun day, previously employed by the company on part-time basis. Mr. Wood, who is also execu tive secretary of Roxboro Cham ber of Ccommerce, a position which he accepted January 1, 1940, will continue as secretary of that organizaztion. Owner of the City Ice plant is Matt Long, of Greenville, who was in this city Monday to com plete re-organization of the ice company staff. Beginning today, Mr. Munday will make deliveries ! of ice and will look for new bus iness. Ice may still be obtained , at the plant building near the Norfolk and Western station. •