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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XU Views Os The News U. S. DIPLOMAT CONFERS WITH NAZI LEADERS bers of the House Ways and ris, the United States Charged’- Affaires, discussed increasingly tense German-American rela tions of the foreign office as United State consulates in Ger many and seven German-con quered European nations pre pared to shut their doors at the request of the Nazi Government. Many problems urgently re quiring clarification were said to have been raised by the Ger-j man request and by other is sues, including the sinking of the American steamer Robin Moor. o AMERICA MAY RUSH ITALIANS SONSULS HOME Washington, June, 21—Hurry up orders for Italian consuls to leave the United States were ex pected to be the administra tion’s answer to Axis demands that our consular representatives vacate practically all of Europe. That will leave United States relations with the two European Axis powers hanging by the mere thread of formal diplomacy, all . pretense of trade and normal association having been abandon ed. German consuls already are under orders to be out of the United States by July 10 and cur consular representatives have marching orders from Berlin and Rome dated July 15. o NEW EXCISE TAXES HINTED IN CONGRESS Washington June 21—Mem bers o fthe House Ways and Means Committee hinted at sur prise excise tax levies to raise the $850,000,000,000 (m) to sl,- 000,000,000 (b) balance of the (b) revenue pro gram. The Committee agreed on a program of corporation and indi vidual income plus excess prof its tax increases to raise $2,480,- 900,000 of new revenues. It ex pects to get approximately $150,- 000,000 more by plugging loop holes and raising rates on es-j tate and gift taxes. o FINLAND ORDERS ALL MEN; FROM 18 TO 44 TO REGISTER Moscow, June 21, —There was no outward indication in Mos cow that Soviet Russia expects an invasion but the Government newspapers, Izvestia, declared that “neither through the for est, nor the Steppes, mountains nor seas will the enemy ever step across the forbidden boun dary.” While the capital was perfect ly calm, intesive training of the Red Army and its reserves was underway throughout the Sov iet Union. The Russians were represented as ready to answer blow for blow any attmpt to violate the Soviet frontier. o NEGRO IS EXECUTED FOR ASSAULT IN MISS. Port Gibson, Miss. June 21— ( Roosevelt Green, 24-year-o 1 d Negro convicted of attempted criminal assault, was executed early yesterday. Green was placed in the State’s | portable electric chair at 12:40, A. M. and pronounced dead at 12:44 A. M. according to Sher-j iff Sam Bagnell. The attempted Best Wishes To All “Hospitality” Visitors PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Church Going Important Part Which Draws Guests Many Features Women, Get Idea Which Starts Hospitality Week, Now In Third Season. All Is Ready. Person County folks, and that means Roxboro, too, like to go to church, and this morning many of them will be there, surround ed by friends and neighbors, to begin the third annual cele bration of a week combining piety, friendly visiting, merry making and a certain amount of ballyhoo. Story of this week, which since its beginning in 1939 has b“on known as “Hospitality Week”, is as typical as is the story of the County and Town in which it was born. In the Spring of 1939 three Roxboro women, mothers of college-age daughters who would soon be coming home tor the summer, sat on a front porch and talked. Conversation drifted from one topic to another, touch ed upon the coming home of the daughters, veered away and then came back to these same daugh ters. each one of whom was anx ious to arrange a house-party for entertainment of school friends. The mothers talked of this de sire: wondered how they could arrange a program of entertain ment three times over, then sigh ed and sat silently in the morn ing air. Birth Os Idea Suddenly, Mrs. B. G. Clayton, one of the mother hostesses-to i be, stirred from her chair. Her face lighted, as it always did in animated conversation: “Why not”, said she, “why not have all three house parties the same week, and why not arrange at: entertainment program in which the three debutantes and their guests, together with other young people in the town and county could participate?”. First fruit of this idea indicat ed nothing more than a three times one house party, such as might be given in any small Southern town, but Mrs. Clayton was and still is a woman with imagination. She talked and she planned and it was not long.be fore half the town was interested in party plans—because Mrs. Clayton had by then expanded the party series into the last week in June event now known as’ “Hospitality Week”. | And so, tomorrow will see the third observance of a big neigh borhood get-together, which draws not only from Person County and its natives for sup port but gathers in from distant states friends and relatives and friends of friends, many of whom (Continued on Sports page) o Rotarians Go To Olive Hill For Supper Session Roxboro Rotarians and Rotar iannes on Thursday went to the | country for a supper session held at Olive Hill community house. Speaker was the club president,' Gordon C. Hunter, Roxboro bank er and local chairman for sale of Defense bonds, who discussed, in some detail the purpose and plan for sales of the bonds. Mr. I Hunter reported that Defense bonds are selling reasonably well in this area. Supper for the club members and their guests was served by women of the Olive Hill com munity. , The members of the Chambei of Commerce, composed of dus iness and professional firms and individuals of our town ano county, extend cordial greeting* to our guests and friends during Hospitality Week. We hope your visit with us will be most en joyable and you will agree that Roxboro is “The Courteous City.” We extend a personal in vitation to all guests to register at our office while here so that we may greet you personally and present you with a “Courtesy Booklet.” Cordially, W. W. Woods, Secretary Roxboro Chamber of Commerce COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HAVE PROGRAM “ College students will conduct the evening worship service at the First Baptist church here to day with the theme being “Youth Follows the Master.” The services will open at 8 o’- clock, and the public, especial ly college students, is extended a cordial invitation to attend. Talks will be made by Miss Bar - bara Bloxam, UNC graduate, who will speak on “Following Him I>j using our Opportunities”, Billy West, Mars Hill graduate, whose subject is “Following Him by living pure lives”, and Miss Nan cy Bradsher, who will discuss “Following Him through ser vice”. o DUTCHESS SPINELLI GETS NEW LIFE CHANCE San Quentin, Calif., June 24- Mrs. Evelita Juanita Spinelli 52 “The Duchess” to the underworld gang she dominated —has es caped for at least 30 days being the first woman executed by Cal ifornia. Sentenced to die at 10 A. M. yesterday in San Quentin’s gas chamber she was granted a re prieve by Governor Culbert L. Olson. o MISS. EDITOR FINED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Jackson, Miss., June 21— Two paragraphs and an editorial in the Jackson Daily News brought Edi tor Frederick Sullens a SIOO fine and a 15-day suspended sen tence for contempt of court. The contempt citation and sen tence came from Circuit Judge J. F. Barbour who objected to comments made on the Circuit Court in last Sunday’s front page editorial and, Sullens’ inline 10 column, “Low Down on the Higher Ups." FOUNDER » Mrs. B. G. Clayton, shown above, in 1939 originated and for two years directed the “Hospital ity Week” program which wxl. this week be observed for the third time. OIL DELIVERY PLAN MAY COME THROUGHSHORTLY Delayed For Months, Line From Louisiana T o Greensboro May Be Con structed In Next Few Months. Greensboro, June 21—Prepara tions for construction of a com mon carrier pipe line to deliver gasoline and other refined pro ducts to seven southeastern states are being rushed by the Plantation Pipe Line Company in anticipation of passage of the Cole bill (House Bill 4816) by Congres. The bill gives the P.cs ident the authority to grant right of eminent domain to pipe lines designated as essential to nation • al defense and will enable the Company to proceed immediate ly to construction of its propos ed 1,261-mile line running from Baton Rouge, La., to Greensboro, N. C. Officials for the line said that orders has been placed for 123,000- tons of steel pipe and that the engineering contract has been let. An office for purchase cf rights of way has been opened in Meridian, Miss., and addition al offices will be opened short-j ly. Pipe delivery is expected to start in July and to be complet ed in October. Held up for more than a year, (Continued On Back Page) i Along The Way With the Editor Gordon Hunter says that he and his men have any number of bull frogs in training for the frog jumping con test to take place during Hospitality Week. He even said that he had imported frogs from Kinston for the event. Peo ple who live in the swamps near Kinston had been missing chickens, said Hunter, and later they discovered that these big frogs had been carrying the chickens away. It was a few of these frogs that were sent here for the contest. Well, you can believe it or not but Brodie Riggsbee has made a hole-in-one. Now he and Sam Merritt are going around with their heads in the air. C. A. Harris has been appointed manager for Riggsbee while E. B. Carver, Jr., is serving as Sam Merritt’s manager. Merritt and Riggsbee are now assisting Fred Main, local pro in giving lessons. They charge a little more than Main, but then they give lessons on holes-in-cne while Main does not. If you want a lesson you will have to see one of thier managers. They re fuse to talk money to anyone. P. S. They will endorse any article for a consideration. “Hospitality Week” is here and we would like to men tion the fact that there are a few homes here that can take care cf a few more extra guests during the week. Viz. A. L.. Bradsher, E. G. Thompson, Billy Harris HI, Percy Bloxam and David Brooks, owners of these houses are try ing to charge a 25c breakfast fee, but this column wants to make it clear that the fee is not authorized by the Hospitality Commutes. Refuse to pay it. - is t ■...' . ■ . W-*' * CLUB HEAD * WET s jr * % mk - \ S-V E. B. Craven, Or., is presiden* cf Roxboro Kiwanis club, which for the third time is responsible for the Friday night dance at which the Queen will be crowned by Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris. Early Morning Ride Comes To Quick Ending “Now I reckon you is ready to go home”-these words addres sed by Foicster Graves, Negro man of near Belvin’s tavern, to “Alice”, whom he called his wife, ended an early Saturday morning ride Alice took on the Roxboro-Semora highway with an unidentified white man, who according to reports brought Foicster and Alice to town and then drove off with the Negro’s wife after Foicster got out near the tavern about twelve-thirty o'clock. End of Alice's ride came ten minutes later when Foicster, riding in another car, overtook the pair and brought the woman back to the tavern starting poin.i. o Mason To Have Scout Award C. H. Mason, Scoutmastr cl Tribe 4, Bushy Fork, will on Wednosday be awarded a Scout master’s key for distinguished service to scouting. Presentation is expected to be made at exer cises to be held in connection with the “Hospitality” picnic. Only two other keys have been awarded in the Person district and both of these recipients have since retired from active service. SUNDAY JUNE 22, 1941. Lewis S. Cannon Accepts New Position At St. Pauls LIBRARY GROUPS OF THREE UNITS TO MEET HERE Will Meet With Miss Beal To Discuss Possible Plans | For Joint Library Project In Person, Orange anti Caswell. ! ! Speaker at a tri-county libra ! .ry meeting to be held i:i R jx ! l 'oro Thursday morning, Juiy 26. at 10 o’clock at Person Conn-, ly court house, with library con;-| inittccmcn from Orange, Caswell and Person counties in attendan-j cc, will be Miss Majorie Beal, of 1 Raleigh, of the State Library | ; commission, who is expected to | iead a discussion on the estab i lishment of a tri-county library; I service in which advantage may; !be taken cf State appropriations | j for library work. Announcement of the meeting: was this morning made by Mrs.i J. H. Merritt, of Woodsdale, | chairman of the Person County! library committee, who said tint Representative Robert P. Burns,: also of the committee, and Lt.! Gov. R. L. Harris, are expected [to be present. Also urged to at | tend are all other committee j [ members, as well as members of th Roxboro Board of City com- j missioners and the Person Coun ty commissioners. Mrs. Merritt and others inter-1 ested in the expansion of coun ty library facilities have for sev-l eral months been concerned j with development of better sac-j ilities for library work and the tri-county plan has been under consideration for some time, al though it is not yet known what action may be taken. u OBRIANT REUNION i Members of the family of Eli jah O’Briant, 1790-1878, will to- : day hold their third annual ffcm-j ly reunion at Flat River Baptist' church, where luncheon will be 1 served at the noon hour after »! morning service held at the church. i I* o • 1 LARGEST NUMBER j Baxter Mangum, selective ser- 1 vice office manager for Perse l county, yest.J day reported that; 26 men will on Friday, July 11. be called for service. This is the: largest number of men to be! called at any one time, to date,! said Mr. Mangum. o JERRY HAS OPERATION Jerry Clayton, son of Mr. anu ,J Mrs. Maynard C. Clayton, yes terday underwent a tonsilectomy at Community hospital, where lie was later reported to be rest ing comfortably. o FIRST LONG WALK Out for his first long walk yes terday afternoon was J. A. Long, Sr., who has been recovering from a serious illness. He is now much improved and appeared to be enjoying his afternoon stroll. o Lieutenant Miller Here Lieutenant Billy Miller of Quantico, Va. was ini Roxboro Wednesday afternoon for several hours. He was on his way to Greensboro to visit his parents, Mr..and Mrs. W. G. Miller. j X . .. j THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR Bethel Hill Principal Goes To Larger School. Fifth Major Change In County - City System. Lewis S. Cannon, for the past six or seven years principal of Bethel' Hill high school, yester day morning announced his icsginatinn from that position in order to accept a similar po-. sition at St. Pauls. Mr. Cannon's announcement was made to members of the Bethel Hill school committee. He was a teacher at Bethel Hill for several years before he succeeded R. B. Griffin as principal. Mr. Griffin has since then been Person County Super, intendent of schools. Mr. Cannon has been one of the most popular principals in the Person system. His wile, who has also been teaching at Bethel Hill, is a sister of Glenn j Stovall, Roxboro business man. Epps Family Late In Learning Os Fourth Death ! Not until Friday morning did j the Zan Epps family learn that , the fourth cf four infants born ; Tuesday to Mrs. Louise Epps i had died Thursday at Duke hos pital. , It is expected that Mrs. EppS ■ will remain in the hospital for f a week or more. F. O. Carver, Jr. r chairman of the local chaptei -of the Ameracin Red Cross, which, had agreed to underwrite ex penses of hospitalization of the mother and the infants, said that his organization will meet its obligations. The Epps, who are Indian,s i live in a remote section of Fc-r --* sen county about 14 miles from \ Roxboro. Reports of the death | of the last remaining quadruplet ; was given to one of the grand mothers by a nurse from the ‘ Person Health Department who i returned to the Woodsdale com -1 munity Friday morning. o | Mrs. I. O. Abbitt Breaks Hip In Fall On Lawn I Now a patient at Community hospital is Mrs. I. O. Abbitt, prominent Roxboro woman, who ;on Friday fell on the lawn at her Academy street home and fractured her right hip- The ac cident happened about 10 o’- clock in the morning, when Mrs. Abbitt's foot slipped as she was in her flower garden. She is expected to remain in the hospital for some time, although she is now more comfortable. o Kinnett To Talk At Associational Sunday Afternoon The fourth Sunday School meeting of the Belulah Baptist Association will be held at Beu lah Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The church is located on route 158 between Roxboro arsd Yanceyville, five ! miles from Yanceyville Guest speaker for this occa sion will be Rev. A. D. Kinnett, i pastor of First Baptist Church. I Burlington. His subject will he j Personal Soul Winning”.
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