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PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
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VOLUME XII
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STATE TAKES EXCEPTION
TO REPORT ON LYNCHINGS
Raleigh, July s.—State officials
took exception to a report by the
Tuskegee Institute of Tuskegse,
Ala., showing a lynching in North
Carolina last April—the first in
many years—and said *the inci
dent could hardly be classified
as a lynching.
An investigation showed Rob
ert Melker, 23 Negro of Gaston
County, was shot and killed at
his home near Cherryville fol
lowing a rock fight with four
white, boys. All four of the men
who participated in the shooting
were sentenced to prison.
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LOST COLONY’ MAY NOT
BE STAGED NEXT SUMMER
htanteo, July 5. “The Lost
Colony,” Paul Green’s historical
play, began its fifth season here
this week amid a warning that
the “unpredictable pattern of the
international battlefront” might
preclude its being produced a
gain next year.
D. Bradford Fearing, president
of the Roanoke Island Historical
Association, said "whether we are
going to present ‘The Lost Gol
enly’ again next Summer is as
unpredictable as the trend of
world events.”
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VICHY FRENCH TROOPS
REPORTED AT SALONIKA
_ CAIRO, Egypt, July 5.—A usu
ally responsible source reported
today that Vichy French troops
had been concentrated at the
German-held Greek port of Sal
onika in an effort to reach Syria
by sea to reinforce resistance to
the British there.
Concentration of troops at Sa
lonika would mfean Ifhat they
had been moved across the Nazi
occupied Balkans with the ap
proval of Berlin.
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MAINE WIFE SLAYER
CONVICTED AT BATH
ON HOLIDAY
BATH, Me., July 4.—Dr. Mer
rill E. Joss, 34, accused of slay
ing Kis physician wife, four years
his senior, so he cuold marry a
tea-room hostess, was found guil
ty of manslaughter by a jury
that! deliberated, six lyours and
10 minutes.
Because (the 1 verdict was re
, turned os'the Fourth of July hol
iday—at 12:21 A. M. (E. S. Tj
while firecrackers of passing cel
ebrators resounded outside the
Sagadahoc-County Court house—
sentencing was deferred until to
morrow.
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PETAIN THANKS FRENCH
TROOPS FOR RESISTANCE
VICHY, France, July s. —Mar.
shal Henri Phillippe Petaln to
day sent a message of apprecia
tion to French Foreign Legion
troops who had held out 13 days
before surrendering the Syrian
city of Palmyra to the British.
“Well fought,” the message
said.
Hie British were reported con
solidating their gains and start
ing new columns westward
through the Mohamed- Pass to
<ward the rail junction of Homes.
The fall of Palmyra liberated
about 8,000 British troops with
1.500 armored 'vehicles to press
t the drive westward, it was re
ported here.
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Troops of the first division are pictured as they boarded a C. S.
army transport vessel in New York, before sailing to take part in
joint maneuvers with United States marines along the coast of North
Carolina.
Small Blaze Furnishes Only
Holiday Excitement In City
Law Officials Report Quiet
Time. City Court Hteld Sat
urday To Dispose Os Few
Cases Including Fighting
And Drinking.
Only Fourth of July excitement
in Roxboro occurred about 11
o’clock at night Friday when a
one-room structure near the resi
dence of Mason Crews, beyond
Burchwood cemetery, outside the
corporate limits, was destroyed
by fire.
One of two Negroes occupying
the structure was slightly burn
ed. Response to the alram was
made by the Roxboro fire depart
ment and material assistance was
rendered by a heavy rainfall.
The day was otherwise cf a
quiet nature here, no reports of
serious accidents being received
by police, by the sheriff or by
the hospital.
Only large gathering scheduled
• was the Helena school rally with
• Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Chap
i el Hill, as speaker, a picnic lunch
■ eon and a baseball game. Num
• erous family parties -were held,
one being that given by, Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Holeman for members
of Mrs. Holeman’s family, but
general holiday spirit was some
what curtailed because of the
fact that Roxboro merchants and
many other business houses will
observe Monday as the holiday.
Remaining closed until Monday
is the Peoples bank and the Per
son welfare department, but of
fices in the Court House resum
ed business yesterday.
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TO MANTEO
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris and
children, Daphne and Claude, Jr.,
accompanied by Mr. an|o Mrs.
Felton Hamlin will leave this
morning for Manteo to see a
performance of the “Lost Col
ony.” They will return to Rox
boro Monday.
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FROM FORT JACKSON
Home from Fort Jackson-, Col
umbia, S. C., is John Painter,
who is spending the holidays
here. Mr. Painter’s company re
cently participated in manuev
ers in Tennessee,
Zamzam Refugee
Doesn’t Like Nazi
Horse Meat Diet
Roxboro gossips (male, lncst
ly) listened last week with avid
ity to James Smith, Lake City,
S. C., tobacconist, who was on
the ill-fated Zamzam and who,
after recently arriving in the
United States via France and an
other ocean voyage, spent a few
hours here with friends.
Principal concern of Mr. Smith
during his period of confinement
was his diet. German food, in
cluding horse-meat, was very
unpalatable, said Mr. Smith, whe
spent much of his energy in try
ing to evolve combinations of
foods not expected to upset his
digestion.
Mr. Smith had no particular
comments to make about other
aspects of treatment by the Ger
mans, but he was impressed by
the food, or rather by the lack
of it.
A long The Way
With the Editor
Newton Day, prominent Bethel Hill citizen and C. and A.
boss has moved into his recently purchased home on Lamar
Street. Newton has been quite busy with his lawn since mov
ing. Henry Long, Jr., the former owner of the house, had not
moused it for about a year and Newton was refelly in high
grass. He is gradually beginning to see his way out —of the
grass.
Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald must be mighty sigk. The other night
he was invited to an ice cream eating. His supposed host had
made a whole gallon of ice cream ana nad it all ready and
waiting. Exactly one half of it had been marked for Fitzger
ald, but he never did show up. Now the doctor can eat a half
gallon of ice cream at any given time and when that man fails
IfrShow up at a cream eating he must be near death’s door.
Well, well, well, Rufus Womble and his bride will b? in i
Roxboro before long. The preacher is now a married man and
he will have to be on his dignity all the time. He will also
have to stop playing softball at night as husbands have ,to be
in early. With Womble married that leaves only one single
preacher in Roxboro, J. M. Walker. He can talk to Rufus on
his return ana get some advice, ,but he can get better advice
from him if he waits about a year.
Wonder who looked after Curtis Oakley’s garden while he 1
was at the beach—and also his overdrafts?
ROTARIANS HEAR
DOCTORS REPORT
ON TWO PROJECTS
Formal Installation Os Of
ficers Will Take Place
Next Week At Hotel Rox
boro. Hunter And Hall
Talk.
Reports from Dr. A. L. Alien,
chairman of the club’s eye clime
ctmmittee and from Dr. J. D.
Fitzgerald, of the crippled chil
dren’s committee, constituted part
of the program at the Thursday
night dinner meeting of the Rox.
boro Rotary club at Hotel Rox
boro. Installation of officers, plan
ned as a feature, was deferred'
until the next meeting, although
Gordon C. Hunter, retiring pres
ident, did turn over duties of of
fice to the new president, Claude
T. Hall.
Also presented was the treasur-!
er’s report by E. E. Bradsher, wired
will also serve as treasurer dur-;
ing the coming year. j
In his message of appreciation
for cooperation extended during
the year, Mr. Hunter mentioned
the work of the vocational guid
ance committee, with particular
thanks to Rotarian Ray Parrish,
and to recorder’s court judge, R. I
B" Dawes and S. M. Ford, lesi-1
dent manager of C-Vel corpor
ation, who rendered to the com
mittee valuable assistance.
Mr. Hunter said that during the
year vocational assistance result
ed in job placements for six
young people in out of town po
sitions and three in Roxboro,
while others are still pending.
A brief message of thanks was
given by Mr. IJall, who arrived
a few minutes before the meet
ing was having at
tended a cooperative session at
Myrtle Beach.
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SPENCER ENLISTS
Now with the United States
Army air corps at Fort Bragg
is William Spencer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Spencer, of this
city, who last week enlisted in
the service. Mr. Spencer was un
til this summer a student at Rox
boro high school.
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MRS. ARBITT MORE
COMFORTABLE
Mrs. I. O. Abbitt, prominent
Roxboro resident who several
weeks ago fell in her garden and
broke her right hip, is improv
ing at Community hospital, al
though it will be some time be
fore she can leave the hospital.
Largest Number Os Draftees
Named by Manager M angum
HUDSON MAN
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G. P. DICKINSON
DICKINSON S AT
NEW QUARTERS
■
Motor Company Takes
Over Store Space In Kirby
Building. Offers Additional
, j Hudson Service.
. | Moved into new quarters is
■ the Dickinson Motor company.
■ Hudson agency, operated by G.
P. Dickinson, formerly a resi
‘ dent of Beaufort and Durham,
■ who several months ago moved
-j to Roxboro to establish the com
• pany here. _
, Formerly located in a North
Main street warehouse, where
> temporary quarters were set up,
I Mr. Dickinson’s company now
■ has a show room in the Kirby
■ Ledbetter building, in a store
t formerly occupied by Long’s
Flower shop. Also provided is a
used car lot and a parts and ser
vice department.
Associated with Mr. Dickin
son are Mack Saunders, well.-
known Roxboro automobile man,
’ and D. O. Whitley, all of whom
• will be pleased to receive friends
5 and customers in their new loca
-1 tion.
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UNITED SERVICE
UNIT IN PERSON
WILL BE FORMED
Mass Meeting Scheduled
[ Far Monday Night At Court
House. Among Those Inter
ested In U S O Is Lt. Gov.
Harris.
Rocoboro and Person County
citizens interested in supporting
the United Service organizations,
a local unit of which is to be
formed in Person county, are re
quested to attend a Monday night
mass meeting to be held in the
Main Court room at the Court
house that night at 7:45 o’clock.
Person quota for the USO, of
which Robert M. Hanes of Win
ston-Salem ,is state chairman,
has been set at $750, the money to
be used for provision of recrea
tional facilities for men in vari
ous branches of the military ser
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NEW FLOOR
A new floor is now being plac
ed in Rdxsboro Drug Company
and it is expected that covering
for it will be laid next week. In
the meantime business goes on
as usual—on bare boards.
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IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Roxie Riggfebefc, mother
of J. Brodie Riggsbee, is a pati
ent at Community hospital, where
she recently underwent an oper
ation. 4
SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1941 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
PLEASANTS WINS
4-H CLUB SHORT
COURSE HONOR
Named As Leading 4-11
Member In Person County,
Says A. G. Floyd.
Named as the outstanding Per
on county 4.H club boy is Thom
• as Pleasants, of Hurdle Mills, son
I of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pleasants,
[ and formerly a student at Hurdle
[ Mills school, who has attended
: Rcxbr ro high school, according to
announcement made today by 4-
H club officials from North Car
olina State college, Raleigh.
Mr. Pleasants will be a Person!
delegate to the 4-H short course
at the college this year and as
the outstanding club member in
his county is the winner of a
scholarship to the course, awarded
by the Chilean Nitrate Educa
tional bureau, of which A. G.
Floyd, of Raleigh, is state direc
tor.
s The 1941 State 4-H Short
’ Course at State College will open
• j with registration on Monday, July
- J 28, and will continue through a
• J morning assembly period on Sat
• urday, August 2. L. R. Harrill.
- State 4-H Club leader, and Miss
Frances MacGregor, assistant
1 State club leader, have announe
- ed a complete program for the
> event.
1 Govrnor J. M. Broughton will
- speak on the Achievement Day
- program Friday morning, August
s 1, and Dr. Frank Porter Graham,
3 president of the Greater Univer.
• sity of North Carolina, will ad
dress the young people on Wed
■ nesday morning. A Citizeship
• Ceremonial will feature the
’ Thursday morning session, dur
-1 ing which J. O. Howard of the
s Bureau of Agricultural Econom
" ics, Washington, D. C., will lead
a panel discussion of “The Re
sponsibility of Rural Youth as
Citizens.”
Dean I. O. Schaub, director of
the Extension Service,. and Miss
Ruth Current, State home agent,
will talk on “The Responsibility
:f Rural Youth on the Farm and
in the Home” at the Tuesday
morning assembly.
The annual 4iH- Health Festival
will be held Thursday night, and
new officers will be installed at
a Candlelighting Service on Fri
day evening, both events being
i r planned for Riddick Stadium,
g Dairy production, foods and cat
i, tie judging contests are also
5 scheduled during the week.
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: Little Rain For
t
Three Months In
City Says Abbitt
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Rhinfall in this area has to
taled less than six inches /within
the past three months, according
to I. O. Abbitt, superintendent
of the Roxboro Water depart- i
mentt who said that total precipi- j
tation for April, May and June ,
measured 5.31.
July has ia better start with ]
two showers within the week ]
said Mr. Abbitt, but the Spring
season has been unusually dry. i
April precipitation was 2.040, ]
while rainfall for May was scant- j
iest of all .84, and June was next ]
with 2.07. Vegetable and flower ]
gardens, lawns and crops have j
been affected by the dryness, but ]
good rains now will be helpful, t
it is reported.
THE TIMES IS PERSON'S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Group Os Twenty White
Men Reports Friday. Eight
Less Than Were Called.
Officials Go To Meeting.
Twenty men, largest group
cf Person County white residents
reporting at any one time for
Selective Service, will on Friday
morning, July 11,. receive final
instructions at the Selective Ser
vice board office, according to :
offie. manager B. B. Mangum,
who today said that the men are
to be at the office by 9 o’clock
that morning.
Scheduled to have been called
at that time were eight more
white men who have been de
ferred under the thirty day or
der affecting draftees over 28
years of age. This deferment is,
said Mr. Mangum ,in line with
changes in age-limits which may
be made permanent by act of
Congress.
On Tuesday night, July 8,
Mr. Mangum, together with
board members J. W. Noell, O.
B. Mcßroom and O. Y. Clayton,
will meet at 7:30 in Durham at
the Washington Duke hotel,
where a district meeting of Sel
ective service officials is to be
held. At the same time and place
xamining physicians will also
meet tod thjt official,
Dr. B. A. Thaxton, is expected
to attend.
Expected to report Friday to
Fort Bragg are: Guy Winstead
Gardner and Ennie Long, of Rox
boro, Eugene Roberson, Clarer
cc Alley Hawkins and Howard
Thomas Bowen, of Longhurst,
Hubert Merylin Hicks of Ca-
Vel, and Warren Oldham Satter
field, George Lester Hargis, Ha
rold Richard Anderson, Hefoxd
Conner Stewart, George Weldor:
Wrenn, Jr., Wilborn McKinley
Dagenhart, all of Person county.
Also, Clifton Wilson Jones, El
ven Nathaniel Rhew, Wilson
Hall, Coba Franklin Yarboro-,
John Dewey Taylor, Robert Ir
ven Clayton, John Doljphin Clay
ton, Jr., and Thomas Gravitt
Talley, of Person county.
r JOHN A. GLENN
RITES CONDUCTED
j AT HIS HOME
1 Roseville Man Dies At
' Community Hospital After
Long fplness. Was Active
In Clement Church.
Funeral services for John A.
Glenn, 66, of Roseville, near Rox
boro, whose death occurred Thur
sday night at Community hos
pital, Roxboro, wenfe conducted
Saturday morning at 11:00 c’clouk
at his late’ residence.
Rites were in charge of the
Rev. L. V. Coggins, of Clement
Baptist church, assisted by the
Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro
First Baptist church. Interment
was in the family cemetery.
Mr. Glenn, a prominent citizen
in his community, a member of
Clement church and superintn
dent of the Sunday school, had
been in ill health for several
months and was a patient in the
hospital for about ten days. Im
mediate cause of death was a
heart attack.
Mr. Glenn, who never married,
made his home with his sister,
Miss Minnie Glenn, who survives,
as does another sister, Mrs. Jule
Daniel, of this city, a brother,
I. T. Glenn, of Roseville, and
four nephews, among them T.
K. and Stephen Glenn, Roxbota
business men.