IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XD
Chief Oliver Rounds Up Two
Odd Names Following Fight
Chief, Who Leaves Ser-
Tonight, Trails Blood Spots
Sunday And Gets “Queen
Esther” And ‘Australia.’
Fourth act of an early Sunday
morning cutting scrape irl which
only clues were a horn-handled
pocket knife and blood spots
leading from Street to
Community hospital several blocks
away, took place Tuesday morn
ing in Person recorder’s court.
Principals were “Queen Esther”
Pettiford, 20, Negro woman and
“Australia” Pettiford, 18, Negro
man, the first of whom was
charged with assault with a dead
ly wjtlapon (Ithe knife) on El
dridge Stone, 23, following an
arguament said to have develo
ped when Stone requested the
Pettifords to move their parked
car so that Stone could move his
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own car.
The Pettifords, who are rela
tives, were placed under bor.a,
SIOO for “Queen Esther,” SSO for
“Australia,” after a hearing in
City court Monday morning,
where plea, of guilty was entered
by the woman. The incident took
place about one o’clock Sunday
morning. Investigating officer
was Roxboro Chief of Police S.
A. Oliver.
The kiife was found near a
Court street grocery store, where
the cars were parked. Stone, who
was cut several times about the
left shoulder, first went to the
hospital for firt aid treatment.
He then returned to his home on
the Walter Woody farm, on the
Oxford road, but is again in the
hospital, to which he was re
turned after the first Monday
hearing.
Contributing information was
furnished by Mabel Pettiford,
“Queen Esther’s” cousin.
Cases against “Queen Esther’
and “Australia” were on Tues
day continued in Recorder’s Court
until the first August term, it
being shown that Eldridge Stone
was so severely injured that it
was unwise for him to leave the
hospital and appear as a witness.
Both “Queen Esther and “Aus
tralia” were released under
bonds totaling SIOO each.
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Rock Grove Will
Have Baptismal
Service Sunday
A Baptismal service will be
held at the pool near Rock Grove
church, Sunday morning, Aug
ust 3, according to announcement
by the pastor, the Rev. J. B.
Currin. Hour for the service is
11 o’clock Daylight Saving Time,
or 10 o’clock Eastern Standard
Time. Assisting with the service
will be the Rev. J. N. Bowman.
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Promoted
William Lamberth Gentry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Gentry of
this county, has been promoted
to first class private. He is now
stationed at Fort William Davis,
Canal Zone.
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GRIFFIN at nags head
R. B. Griffin, Person Sifper
intendent of Schools,, left yes
terday for Nags Head where he
will attend a three day confer
ence of School Superintendents.
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R ETURN on visit
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“CHuck” Andrews and child
ren are visiting Mr. Andrews
sister, Mrs. Hubert O’Briant and
Mr. 'O’Briant The Andrews fam
ily formerly lived in Roxboro.
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
MRS. MANSFIELD
OF MILTON DIES
EARLY TUESDAY
Rites For Well-Known
Woman Conducted Yester.
day At Lebanon Church,
Semora.
Mrs. Mary Jane Smith Mans
field, 60, of Milton, Caswell coun
ty, died Tuesday morning at
7:25 o’cock, at her home, follow
ing a heart attack. She had beer,
ill since Saturday. *
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Lebanon church, Semora,
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. N. R. Clayton, of Milton
Presbyterian church, the Rev.
S. F. Nicks, of Hillsboro Metho
dist church and the Rev. F. M.
Patterson. Interment was in the
church emetery.
Mrs. Mansfield, wife of the
late R. L. Mansfield, is survived
by three daughters: Mrs. Charles
Powell and Miss Mary Lee Mans
field, both of Miton, and Mrs. W.
S. Booth, of Washington, D. C.,
and by four sons, James and Wal
ter Mansfield, of Danville, Va.,
and Howard and John Mansfield,
of Milton. Also surviving are one
sister, Mrs. Arthur Roberts, of
Semora, and two brothers, Jo
esph and Rae Smith, of Casvvel!
county.
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Health Officials
Have Vacation
Plans For August
Dr. A. L. Allen, director of
the Person Health department
will on August 14 leave for a
vacation of two weeks or move.
He will spend part of his time
with his sister, Mrs. W. D. Glea
ton, and the Rev. Mr. Gleaton, at
Linville Falls. He expects to go
to Atlanta, Ga., for a few days.
Dr. W. P. Richardson, of Cha
pel Hill, head of the tri-cour.ty
division will designate a substi
tute to fill Dr. Allen’s position.
The substitute is expected to
arrive Friday to work with Dr.
Allen for a few days.
Miss Louise Croom, Person
Health Department staff purse
will leave tomorrow for her va
cation. Miss Agnes Brake, of
the same staff, recenty returned
from her vacation in Canada
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Hospitality Movies
Prove Popular
At Local Theatre
Movies of 1941 Hospitality
Week, made by S. M. Ford, H.
Wharton Winstead, Jr., and the
Rev. T. Marvin Vick, Jr., and
shown at the Palace Theatre
last week were well received and
attended by the public, accord
ing to W. Wallace Woods, Hos
pitality Week Director and
Chamber of Commerce secre
tary.
Through the gjenerous coope
ration of the management of the
Theatre, the Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce was able to real
ize a sufficient amount from the
proceeds to defray the expenses
involved in the making of the
pictures. The Chamber of Com
merce is most grateful to all
who aided l in making and show
ing of the pictures, and wishes to
express particular thanks to the
men who took the pictures and
to the management of the the
atre.
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WOODSDALEBOY
GETS OFF WITH
LIGHT PENALTY
Other Cases Tried In Tues
day’s Recorders Court.
Numbers of Cases Are
Continued.
Leonard Stuart, Woodsdale In
dian youth, was on Tuesday in
Person Recorder’s court found
guilty of hit and run driving and
damage to property, and was
taxed with the costs and pay
ment of a fine of five dollars.
Other cases heard by Judge R.
B. Dawes included:
Queen Esther and Australia
Pettiford, Negroes, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
cases continued to first August
term. Both are out under bond of
SIOO each.
Jack Williams, Negro, larceny,
three months on the roads , sen
tence suspended upon payment
$25 and costs.
Graham Bigelow;, Yanqeyvill?
Negro, charged with assault with
deady weapon on S. V. Olive,
six months in jail, sentence sus
pended on payment of $25 and
costs, plus $25 medical fee to
the physician attending Oliva.
Olive was found not guilty of a
simialr charge.
Victor Beaver, charged with
driving drunk, entered plea of
riot guilty, but was given a fine
of SSO and the costs, with driv
ing license revoked for 12 mon
ths. Beaver entered an appeal to
Superior Court and his bond was
set at $l5O.
Daisy Street, Negro, entered
plea of not guilty to robbery,
but was found guilty of assault,
15 days in jail, sentence suspend
ed upon payment of costs. Mar
tin Goodman, Negro, charged
with attempted assault, entered
plea of guilty, two months in
jail, sentence suspended upon
payment of costs.
Buck Whitt, assault with dead
ly weapon, entered plea of guilty,
with sentence suspended upon
payment of costs. Fifteep cases
in all were on the docket but
many were continued.
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“Dub” Hobgood
Goes With Paper
At Henderson
After' having been connected
with the Person County Times
since last September as linotypist,
L. W. (Dub) Hobgood, Jr., will
on Saturday return to his for
mer home at Henderson, where
he has accepted a similar posi
tion with the Henderson Daily
Dispatch.
Mr. Hobgood’s new position
is regarded as a distinct promo
tion. During his stay in Roxboro,
Hobgood who has had residence
with the L. D. Pucketts, has been
popular in the younger social
set.
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Directors Will
Be Chosen Soon
By Civic Group
Ballots for annual election cf
the Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce have been mailed to mem
bers, according to announcement
today made by W. Wallae Woods,
executive secretary, who re
quests prompt return of all bal
lots. Names of fifteen nominees
for directorships, including the
nine men who are now directors,
have been placed on the ballots.
A stamped, self-addressed en
velope has also been enclose i,
Mdd Mr. Woods.
BLOXAM WILL GO
TO TWO MEETINGS
City Manager Goes Friday
To Engineers Session At
Wrightsville. League Os
Municipalities Meets Later
In Durham.
City Manager Percy Bloxam
will on Friday leave for Wrights
ville Beach to attend a three day
session of the North Carolina So
ciety of Engineers.
Mr. Bloxam, who said that
the Society is regarded as the
leading engineering and State
Highway engineers group in this
State, also said that discussion
will be on Defense and Future
Program work. Presiding will
be the president, B. S. Davis,
chief maintenence engineer, Nor
th Carolina State Highway and
Public Works commission, and
the secretary is Roy L. Will
iamson, of Raleigh, of the Pub
lic Works commission.
Mr. Bloxam, and possibly Mrs.
Hattie Cheek Carver, municipal
secretary, will also attend ses
sions of the North Carolina Lea
gue of municipaities, at Durham,
August 15 and 16, at which
speakers are to include Miss Har
riet Elliott and Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox.
Miss Elliott, formerly dean at
Woman’s College, Greensboro,
has for more than a year been
with the U. S. Government ser
vice as an important figure in
defense work.
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H. A. TAYLOR, OF
SEMORA PASSES
AT HIS HOME
Final Rite For Prominent
Resident Conducted At
Lebanon Christian Church
Today.
H. A. (Null) Taylor, 85, prom
inent Semora resident, died 'Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock
at his home after an illness last
ing two weeks. Death was at
tributed to the infirmities of age.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 4 o’clock
(Eastern Standand Time) at Leb
anon Christian Church, Semcra,
cf which he had for many years
been a member. Officiating min
isters were the pastor, the Rev.
C. E. Newman, asisted by the
Rev. F. M. Patterson, of the
Methodist church, and the Rev.
L. V. Coggins, of Semora Baptist
church. Interment was in Leb
anon church cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Marvin M. Jones of Semora,
six granddaughters, three bro
thers and two sisters.
The brothers are Robert, Scott
and George Taylor, of Semora;
the sisters Mesdames Mary T.
Fester and Mattie T. Williamson,
both of Semora, and the grand
daughters, Mrs. John McAden,
Miss Mary Agnes Jones, of Gain
sville, Fla., Mrs. Ted McCann, of
Venessa, Ontario, Canada, and
Misses Senora, Arnold and Lar
lie Mae Jones, all of Semora.
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WATER PUMPED
Records at the City Pumping
station show that during the
heat wave of the past several
days,, more than a million gallons
per day have been pumped, said
I. O. Abbitt, Water Superinten
dent.
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In Richmond and Baltimore.
Mrs. H. J. Rogers, Roxboro, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W.
F. Webb, in Richmond, Va., and
will from there go to Baltimore
to visit another daughter, Mrs.
A. W. Johnson.
Person Bar Meets With Army
Official To Discuss Titles
Many Person Young Men In
First August Service Quota
Second Largset Group Os
White Men To Leave Thur
sday, August 7.
Eighteen Person county and
Roxboro white men: Jesse James
Treadway, Dallas Edward Wil
son, Clarence Paulette Terry,
Lamberth Gtorge Gentry, Tho
mas Jefferson Oliver, Jr., Frank
Allen Hclt, Marvin Norwood Ste
wart, Darcy William Bradsher,
Clyde Lloyd Atwater, Thomas [
Frankin Beaver, John Wesley,
Merritt, Woodrow Halford Da- '
vis, Otis William Jackson, Allen
Wesley Gibson, Errol Dewitt!
Morton, Jr., Burley Thomas Clay-j
ton, Grover Cleveland Vickets
and Richard Wallace Warren, |
will on Thursday, August 7, re-'
port to the Person Selective'
board prior to leaving for the
induction station at Fort Bragg, j
Board Office Manager Bax.|
ter Mangum today called especial!
attention to fact that above
named men will report to his
office at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, Eastern Standard Standard
Time. Eastern Standard Time,
conforms with bus and train'
schedules which have not beeni
changed.
The group to leave at the time;
just mentioned is the secondi
largest group of Person Selectees |
to leave on any one date since j
the inception of Selective Sei
vie.
Raleigh, July 31—Registrants;
who get married on the eve cf
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induction or after being ordered
to report to the doctor for phy-j
sical examination will do so at
their own risk and will find that
their marriage will not keep
them out of the army.
This was today made clear
by General J. Van B. Metts,
State Director of Selective Ser
vice, as he announced a modifi
ation of the former policy of len
iency toward married men which
has been recommended by State
Headquarters. General Metts
stated that a modification in
this policy was made necessary
by an increasingly large num
ber of regisrants who are appa
rently undertaking to abuse the
policy of leniency in an effort to
evade military service.
The modified' policy, which
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MRS. DAVIS DIVORCEE
Mrs. Loretta Walsh Davis, cf
2447 Jefferson Street, Baltimore,]
Md., formerly a resident of Rox
bero, has informed friends in
this city that she has been grant
ed an absolute divorce from Ver
non W. Davis, of Washington, D. !
C., and Roxboro, in the Circuit
court, Baltimore, on July 18, 1
with the privilege of resuming 1
her maiden name, Loretta Walsh.
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MUST FILE
Applicants expecting to take
Civil Service examinations for
Postmaster at Longhurst must;
file applications by Friday, Aug- 1
ust 15. Application blanks may
be secured at the Post Office,
Roxboro.
HERE FOR VISIT
Mrs. L. W. Raby and children,
Betty Jean and Jimmy, of Sta
teville, are visiting Mr. Raby, at
Hotel Roxboro. Mr. R«by is new
A and' P manager here.
THURSDAY JULY 31, 1941.
THOMPSON THANKS
CONTRIBUTORS TO
ALUMINUM PILE
Collection Bins At City
Hal Overflow. Contribu
'tiens May Still Be Sent
In.
Ready to be dispatched to the
Raleigh concentration point is '
Roxboro’s collection of alumi- j
num, gathered here during the ]
past week. The metal will in Ral-!
eigh be weighed and sent on to
proper place for melting.
E. G. Thompson, chairman of
the Person county unit of the
State Committee for National j
defense, this morning said that]
although the City drive has been
officially concluded, any county [
residents and others who still
desire to make contributions are
requested to get in toucr with
4-H club members or Boy Scouts,
who will be pleased to see that
the contributions added to j
these already on hand.
The County committee is res-1
ponsible for getting the aluir.in-1
um to Raleigh and is expected to;
determine the gross weight. Mr.
Thompson today said that he
wishes to thank all persons who
so generously contributed to the
successful campaign.
Also continuing in the County
and- City is the United Service
Drive, under direction of F. O.
Carver, Jr., and various commit
tees. This campaign has to date
been regarded as unusually suc
cessful.
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Baptist Juniors
Have Picnic At
Durham Park
Juniors of the Roxboro First
Baptist Church Sunday school on
Tuesday went to Duke Park,
Durham, for a swimming party
and picnic. In the party were
85 persons. Among the teachers
and leaders present were Mrs. R.
L. Wilburn, superintendent, Mrs.
David Gilliland, Miss Sue Brad
sher, ’Mrs. Fred Long, Mrs. Mary
Cheek Woody, Miss Louise Da
vidson, Miss Louise Pullium,
Miss Hobgood, Mr. Sanders, Mrs.
George W. Wirtz and Mrs. Tho
mas Bro6ks.
Those furnishing cars includ
ed Mrs. Wirtz, Dewey Young,
general superintendent of the
Sunday School, Mrs. R. B. Dawes,
Mrs. J. J. Woody, Mrs. H. M.
Beam, Mrs. H. C. Kynoch, Mrs
Brooks and Mrs. Gilmer Masten.
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TENT REVIVAL
L. H. Marshall, of Burlington,
Methodist, evangelist, is conduc
ting a tent revival on highway
501 between Longhurst and Ca-
Vel. Preaching will begin tomor
row night at 8 o’clock, Daylight
Saving Time. Singing will be in
charge of Joe Caldwell, of the
Peoples Bible school.
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SON BORN
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Teague,, of
Timberlake, announce the birth
of a son, on Saturday, July 25,
at their residence. •
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
Preliminary Step In Camp
Program Does Not, How
ever, Mean Assurance That
Proposed Camp Will Come
To Person Area.
Members of the Person Bar,
meeting yesterday morning in
the office of W. D. Merritt, dis
cussed problems pertaining to
drawing of abstracts and titles
to Person county land included
in the area for the proposed mil
itary camp in this county, Gran
ville and Durham counties.
The Person Bar meeting was
called following a somewhat
similar meeting held Tuesday
afternoon at which the War De
partment spokeman was Major
Street, who came to Roxboro
from Oxford, where a Granville
Bar Association session had been
held.
Major Street who said that
the Government desires the ti
tle work to be completed in 90
days, stressed the fact that fil
ing of titles to the land is bv no
means an assurance that the
land will be purchased by the
Government, and said that tide
work involved is a preliminary
step which must be taken, so
that if and when deals are clos
ed no time will be lost. Fees of
attorneys participating will be
paid by the Government.
Mr. Merritt, as spokesman for
the Person Bar, reported that
members of the Bar have agreed
on policies to be followed, bat
that full statement cannot be
made until he has another con
ference with Majdr Street. It is
also said that the Government
will have to designate boundar
ies of the camp area before tit
le work can be undertaken.
In the Moriah section of Per
son county, where the camp
area is expected to extend, some
discussion of pro and con nature
has taken place, but no organi
zed opposition has as yet been ex
pressed. Problems pertaining to
possible closing of roads in the
area are expected to be discussed
Monday morning at the August
session of Person County Com
missioners.
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RITES CONDUCTED
THIS AFTERNOON
FOR MISSBROOKS
Aunt of Roxboro And
Longhurst Residents Dies
In Raleigh Hospital.
Miss Tilda Brooks, 55, aunt o 2
Lennie M. Carver, of this city,
with whom she made her home,
died yesterday morning at 7 o'-
clock in a Raleigh hospital. Miss
Brooks had been in ill health
several years. Death was attri
buted to complications.
Funeral services were conduct
ed this afternoon at 5 o’clock, by
Elder Lex J. Chandler and the
Rev. T. Marvin Vick, of Ca-Vel
Methodist church. Interment
was i in the Storie’s Creek ceme
tery near Roxboro.
Survivors, in addition to Mr.
Carver, include two other nep
hews, Fred Perkins, of Roxboro,
and Jack Carver, of South Bos
ton, Va., and three nieces, Mes.
dames Willie Adcock, of Berea,
and Lillian Puryefer and Ester
Dunn, both of Longhurst.
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AT OPEN WINDOW
Luther Dixon, former operator
of “The Open Window" in the
Palace Theatre building, has a
gain assumed management
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