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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XII Soil Conservation Gains In County Says G. W. Phelps Nearly 20,000 Acres Taken f Care Os In Two Years. Ellis Suggests Plans For Cover Crop. Complete conservation plans covering approximately 19,785, acres of farm land in Person County have been developed • since the Dan River soil conser-| vation district began operation in 1 August 1939, Guy W. '"Phelps of the board, of supervisors today reported. Developnig a complete conser-i vation plan is the first step in bringing about actual conserva tion on the land, Mr. Phelps j pointed out. Soil Conservation' Service technicians assigned to J the district assist farmers in working out their farm plans he explained. Erosion cannot be controlled, by any one remedy, Mr. Phelps; continued. The purpose of cim-j servation planning is to develop, a plan for the farm as a whole,! instead of trying to patch up the erosion scars here and there on the separate fields that make up the farm. Before making a conservation plan, an inventory is made of the soil type, steepness of slope, de-, gree and extent of erosion, and existing land use on every por tion of the farm. With this in formation indicated on a map of the farm, the farmer and the con servation technician go over the. fapn field by field, working out landi use changes and erosion control practices to hold the soil and provide a well rounded pro gram for the farm. In discussing the Person Con servation program Joe Ellis, Jr., work unit leader for the Soil Conservation Service i n this area said that cultivation of Kudzu set out this spring is one of the most important require ments for survival and growth. Unless clean cultivation is given, competition for moisture by other types of vegetation growing along the rows will se riously retard its growth the first year. If necessary, weeds and grass should be hoed out of rows and sufficient plowing should be done aldng the rows to control other vegetation, to keep the soil well broken and to keep the; vines dragged back to a relatively nar row strip along each row. By Cultivating of this crop will con each time, there is less danger of breaking the vines. (Continued on Back Page) New Troop Has Meeting At Its Regular Place The newly, organized Troop 63 met for its third time in its usual meeting quarters. Much business was cleared up and' patrols form ed. There are four patrols, but not yet organized fully. Frank Whitt was elected senior patrol leader, Burke Petty, bugler, and Wallace Kirby, troop scribe. The patrol leaders are Leamcn Wilson, Bernard Petty, Reginald Jones, and Ralph Tingen. . “Going to Camp” was one of the main subjects which the boys discussed. Most of the boys in the Troop are going or at least expect to go. They also discussed the improvements that have been made at the camp. After all business was discuss ed a game was played and then the meeting was dismissed * with the great Scoutmaster’s benedic tion. JersonlMimrs PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY BRITISH ENVOY ASKED TO COME TO FIRST SHOW British Ambassador to De cide in June Whether He Can Attend Drama. Washington, May 21—An invi tation to Lord Halifax, the Bri tish Ambassador, to speak at Fort Raleigh on the opening 1 night of “The Lost Colony,” July 3, was extended by Representa tive Herbert C. Bonner. The First District Congress man called at the British Em bassy and conferred at great lcngth with the Ambassador, whoj exhibited great interest in the proposal and has taken it under advisement. Only the possibility that he may have to take a quick trip back to England deters him from giving an affirmative answer at this time, the Ambassador tola Bonner. But he assured the Con gressman that he would try to make necessary arrangements and would give him a definite ans wer about the middle of June. “Lord Halifax is most anxious to accept the invitation,” Bonner stated. “He asked many ques tions and expressed a deep in terest in the spot where the Eng lish landed-. I am vry hopeful he will be able to accept the invi tation. Whatever message he wiuld choose to give the nation from Fort Raleigh would be de - livered against an historically significant background which emphasizes the common origin of cur two countries.” MRS. W. A. WOODY j PASSES AT HOME IN BETHE HILL Rites For Well-Known Resident Conducted To day At Baptist Church, Os Which She Was One Os Oldest Members. Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ranes Woody, 74, of Bethel Hill, whose »Jeath occurred Tuesday night at her home following an illness lasting two weeks, were conducted this afternoon at 4 o’clock at Bethel Hill Baptist church, of which she was one of the oldest members. Rites were in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. F. Funderburke. Interment was in the church ceemetery. Mrs. Woody, whose death was caused by complications,! was the wife of the late W. A. Woody, who until his death in 1925, was a prominent Bethel mer chant. Survivors include one son,' R. B. Woody, of Bethel Hill, j four daughters, Mrs. C. S. Wal-! ters of Blanche, Mrs. E. C. Cline, of Granite Falls, and Misses Marie and Lucille Woody of Bethel Hill, and two brotheis, Newton Ranes, of Lacross, Va., and Charles Ranes, of Bethel Hill, also two grandchildren. o MUCH BETTER J. A. Long, prominent Rox boro resident, who has for sev eral weeks been a patient at Duke hospital, Durham, continues to improve, although it is ex-i pec ted to be some time before he will be able to return to his home here. MISSION UNION TO MEET NEXT MONTH AT LEA’S Mrs. W. R. SSme, Super intendent of Raleigh Divi sion, Will Address Annual Meeting At Lea Bethel Baptist Church. Thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary y-.i --ion of the Beulah Baptist associa tion, with a number of speakers from various churches in the as sociation, will be held at Lea Bethel church, Tuesday, June 3. according to announcement made today. At the morning session, which will begin at 10 o’clock, the de votional will be lead by the Rev. J. N. Bowman, and the super intendent’s report will be pre sented by Mrs. R. L. Wilburn. Greetings will be extended by Mrs. J. R. Williams and response will be by Mrs. L. A. Goodson. General theme of the coference will be, “Our Continuing Task, Making His Way Known.” Divi sional reports will be made by Miss Nina Rogers, secretary treasurer, and by Mesdames W. F. West, Paul Worrell, A. F. Yar borough, Miss Ella Thompson, Mrs. Hester and- Mrs. Garrett. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 o’clock and at the after noon session, beginning at 1:30„ Mrs. W. D. Briggs, secretary of the State Woman’s Missionary Union will hold an open con ference. Leading address at the morning session will be given by Mrs. W. R. Stone, superinten dent of the Raleigh division, who will have as her theme, “Contin uing In Witnessing.” In the afternoon particular at tention will be paid to young peoples’ work and a report on this phase of activity will be giv en by Mrs. L. V. Coggins. A pro gram feature will be a playlet, “No Time,” presented by the young peoples’ groups and di rected by Miss Hursh. Special music will also be given and ad journment prayers will be offei ed by the Rev. A. F. Yarborough and the Rev. C. L Sullivan. T E. STAINBACK WILL COME TO DRUG FIRM HERE Henderson Man To Be At Roxboro Drug Company. Byrd Goes To Danville Store. In this city today was T. E. Stainback, Henderson druggist, who will next Monday come to Roxboro to be associated with Roxboro drug company as phar macist. Mr. Stainback will take the position now held by Clement Byrd, who is to be transferred to Johnson Drug company, Dan ville, Va., which is ine of a number of stores operated by the owners of Roxboro Drug com pany. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd have been popular residents here and many friends will regret to see them leave this city. . Mr. Stainback and his wife will establish residence here at once. They have been Henderson residents for ten or fifteen years, where Mr. Stainback has been as sociated with the Parker Drug company. o x NOW IN CITY H. M. Kennedy, formerly of Chatham, Va., arrived in this city and will have charge of the meat market at Pender’s. Mr. Kennedy has the position for merly held by Horace Faulkner. BOYS RECRUITED FOR FARM WORK Experience With Fir s t Truckload Leads Raleigh Job Office to Policy of Cau tion. Raleigh May 21—-Unhappy ex periences with a truckload cl Raleigh Negro boys who went to the strawberry fields near Chadbourn apparently have caused the Raleigh office of U’;> State Employment Service to adopt a policy of extreme :au tion in recruiting such labor,, particularly among children. “It is the first truckload- wnien has gone from here and is likely to be the last,” L. J. Craven, manager of the office asserted. Some ten days ago, the Ra,- eigh office cooperated wth strawberry growers to the ex tent of selecting a “runner” to round-up labor for the strawberry fields. The “runner” selected, one Lester Evans, reputedly an ex-convict according to reports to Randolph Johnson, Negro -con sultant with the State Board’s Charities and Public Welfare, was to be paid- 50 cents a head and went along as a picker him self. The State child labor law ex empts agricultural labor, but re quires the permission of parents in such cases. J. Robbins Bau com, the farm placement officer of the Raleigh office, personally obtained the consent of some of the parents of the children, som - of whom were only 12 years of age. But, 'in some cases, Bauer,m relied upon the statement of Evans that consent had been giv en. It now develops that parents of four of the boys deny flatly ever giving such consent. A lew days after the boys loft, com plaints were made to the Wal-ce County Welfare Department and when Craven heard of it, he spent sl3 sending for the boys and geting them back. PLANS BEING MADE FOR PERSON FAIR— . _ -■ ■' ! R. L. (Bob) Perkins, Man ager, Announces Dates j And Says Stock Facilities Will Be Improved. Plans are now being made for the 1941 Person County Agricul tural fair, to be staged at the fairgrounds north of this city, September 29 to Oct. 4 and ac cording to R. L. (Bob) Perkins,! manager, particular improve ments are being made for faciii this for the exhibition of livestock sc that this feature of the fair will he larger than ever. Mr. Perkins, who has for sev eral years been manager of the fair, today said that premium books are being prepared' and will soon be released. Listed in the book will be nutnbers of at tractive premiums and' prizes in various classifications, with special emphasis upon awards for farm products. Entertainment features will also be provided, with many free acts. W. C. Kaus Shows, Inc., regarded as entertainment of high order, will furnish midway shows and attractions. The fair, said Mr. Perkins, will be oper ated in the same location. o HAS OPERATION Miss Mary Virginia Clayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lester Clayton, who on Monday morning underwent an opera-j tion for appendicitis at Commun ity hospital, is reported to be rapidly improving. DEFENSE STUDY: MADE BY CLUBS 1 ■ ; j Home Club Women in Piedmont Section Anxious To Aid In Defense Plan. I Home demonstration club wo-! men in Piedmont North Carolina are anxious to help in the pro-! paredness program. They realize that there is no place on earth where they would have a greater chance of hap piness than in rural North Caro lina— a land- where each wants the best not only for members of her family but for the neigh bors’ family, too. They have soils and climate to produce rich harvests; a section where many crops are grown, and where an abundance of food for the family and- feed for live stock can be grown. Realizing these privileges, and many others club women are anx ious to do their part in a pro gram to defend their nation. Meals that are ample, meals that are well balanced, meals that taste good, meals that provide an abundance of protective food —all these play an important part in defense. At the Lee Home Demonstra tion Club meeting the need for more dairy cows to increase the milk supply was discussed. In Gaston County members ex pressed their willingness to help at least three of their neighbor? in planning and conserving a food supply. The planting of larger gardens and- canning early to avoid droughts later on in the season are being streesed. . There were 2,964 persons who attended meetings in Caldwell County to discuss and- plan for growing food and feed crops so that they might be as far as possible self-sustaining in the coming year. It has shocked farm women that three out of every five men in North Carolina examined by the draft boards have been min ed down because of physical un fitness. If the people are lack ing in health in a nation all other forms of preparedness are worthless. Because of these health con-! ditions it is the intention of the! club women to grow, produre and conserve an abundance of food so that they may serve well ! balanded meals to their families! and also enrourage their neigh-, bors to do likewise. Even though it is gardening! time club women are sewing forj the Red Cross, and, as is hue' in many counties, Anson County; Home Demonstration Club mem-! bers offered their services and have completed for the Red Cross garments whicli have been sent out. So, as emergencies arise, or ganized farm women will rise to meet the occasion. o School Library To Be Open On . ! Alternate Fridays Beginning tomorrow morning the Olive Hill school library, at request of patrons of the school, will be open on alternate Fridays from 10 to 10:38 o’clock in the morning. Children desiring to obtain books must have same signed for by their" parents. In charge of the library is Mrs. Maurice Daniel, Alive Hill parent teacher association president, who today said that she hopes the entire community will take advantage of the summed sche dule for the library. \ THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941, Griffin Has Not Heard Os Any Action Taken By Group HERBERT C. DAY VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK TUESDAY ! Rites Conducted Yesterda’y At Lea’s Chapel Metho dist Church For Reams Avenue .Man. 1 ! I Herbert C. Day, 38, of Reams avenue, this city died Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at his home 1 following a sudden heart attack, I suffered a few- minutes earlier , while riding on a truck near the city limits. Mr. Day, an employee ! of Hyco warehouse, with Albert J<|ies, Negro truck-driver, was - hauling lumber at the time he I was stricken, near the Sam Bar nette service station. - At Mr. Day’s request Jones took him home, but the strick -Icn man had to be carried into his house when they arrived. A physician and an ambulance j were immediately summoned, .but the physician, who was 3lso acting coroner in the absence of > Dr. A. F. Nichols, reported Mr.; Day died shortly after being tat - ,cn to the hiuse. | Only member of the family at ! home at the time was a yousg ! daughter, Mrs. Day having gone !to visit Mr. Day’s mother, Mrs. i Sallie Day, who had just been , taken home from a hospital. - Funeral services for Mr. Day were conducted at Lea’s Chape) Methodist church, at 3 o’clock 1 yesterday by the pastor, the Rev. If. B. Peele, assisted by the Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro first Baptist church. Interment was in ( Ebenzer Church cemetery. , Surviving are his wife, Mis. i Ollie Chambers Day, one son,! Albeit Day, three daughters, | Misses Eliazabeth, Frances and Eva Day, all of Roxboro; his j mother, Mrs. Sallie Day, and a brother, Toppin Day, both of Person county, two other bro thers, Bradsher Day, of Burling ton, and- Charles Day, of Norfolk, j Va., and two sisters, Mesdames ! ElTie Dixon and Minerva Wrenn, i both of Danville, Va. Rites Held For Edward Booth Os Caswell County Funeral services for Edward Benjamin Booth, 63, of MiltonJ whose death occurred Sunday night in a Danville, Va., hospital, 1 after a brief illness, were con-j ducted yesterday morning at ; 11 o’clock at the late residence' in Milton. Officiating was the; Rev. S. F. Nicks, Methodist min- 1 ister, of Hillsboro, assisted by; the Rev. N. R. Clayton, of Mil-1 ton Presbyterian church, by A1 Yarborough and Mr. Patterson, also of Milton. Interment was in the Christian church cemetery at Semora. Mr. Booth, who was taken <o the hospital on Saturday, was an employee on Saturday, was Railway company. He is survived by three daughters, Miss Min nie Sue Booth, of Milton, Mrs. G. A. Williamson, of Rockville, Md. and Mrs. R. H. Voigt, of Wash ington, D. C., and two sons, Wil lis S. and E. B. Booth, Jr., both of Washington, D. C. THANKS The inmates of the Person County Home wish to extend their sincere thanks to the visi tors Monday evening for the many nice things they brought. The inmates are glad to be among so many good Christian people. THE TIMES IS PERSONS PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT Helena School Situation Still Unsettled. Bushy Fork Committee Met This After noon. Other .Matters Being Considered. Although Person Superinten dent of Schools, R. B. Griffin this morning reported no new devel opments in the Helena high school controversy, which devel oped two or more weeks ago af ter the district school committee, of which J. G. Chambers is chairman, failed to re-elect lour teachers previously employed there, it is understood that a sec ond petition asking for re-instate ment of one or more of them is being circulated and {fiat definite action may be taken soon by the committee. J. L. Hester, recently elected to serve as principal at Helena, in place of R. C. Garrison, re signed, has this week been in conference with Mr. Griffin, but no announcement has been made regarding Mr. Hester’s successor at Bushy Fork, although several applicants, sime of them from. Person county, conferred today and yesterday with Robert Hes ter, chairman of the Bushy Fork committee, which met this af ternoon. No definite announcement as to successor to H. L. Price, prin cipal of Person County Training Shool for Negroes, has yet been made, although applicants are being considered for this posi tion and for four teaching posi tions at Roxboro high school. Helena teachers not re-elected were Mrs. Penn Noell, Miss Ger trude Holt, Miss Eloise Pearce and Miss Margaret Warren, all of whom with exception of Miss Waijren, had been with the school, for several years. Scout District Group Meets On Tuesday Night With C. A. Harris, district president presiding, regular mor. thly meeting of the Person Scout Leaders group was held in the office of Dr. A. F. Nichols Tues day night. Discussion of plans for participating in activities at Camp Cherokee, which opens in July, was held and- consideration was also given to the financial program evolved for purchase of the camp. Leaders were urged to see that boys going to camp make reser vation in advance. Regular re ports of troop activities were pre sented, with particular empha sis upon the newly organized troop at Brooksdale. o Charlotte Has Quiet Holiday ! Charlotte, May 21—The 166th anniversary of the day that a band of spirited Mecklenburgcrs repudiated the rule of King George 111 of England, passed without fanfare. The city and county govern ments gave their employees a holiday, and the banks closed. And in mid-afternoon several hundred Boy Scouts and the city school bands paraded through the business districa. But otherwise, the day was very much as the others—except that it was hotter. The tempera ture was 93 degrees in mkl-af emoon.