IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XU
City Commissioners Pleased
With Water Service Report
‘Plan To Make Additional
Connections For Main Street
Buildings If Owner Will Meet
Fee Requests.
Approval of the request of
Claude T. Hall, owner of Hotel
Roxboro building and other South
Main street property, for an
eight inch water connection, Ab
bit avenue side, for hook-up with
a recently installed sprinkler
system in these buildings was
voted at August session of Rox
boro Board of City Commission
ers held Tuesday afternoon.
In this connection City Mana
ger Percy Bloxam pointed out
that installation of the required
water-main, which should tie in
to Lamar and Main streets, will
entail material costs of approxi
mately $45.0 and that a stand-by
charge should be made to Mr.
Hall. The Board set this fee at
SSO per year.
The Commissioners personally
thanked the City Manager for
his Water Department report,
saying that the department, un
der I. O. Abbitt is in the best
condition it has been in for ten
years.
City Attorney F. O. Carver,
following approval of the matter
at the July session, was ordered
to “clear and process’* all de
linquent municipal taxes wilhin
next 60 days.
With reference to streets in
his development, T. B. Woody
was referred to Streets Commis
sioners Cushwa and Brooks and
to City Manager Bloxam, and a
full meeting of the Board, Com
missioner Gordon C. Hunter and
Philip L. Thomas being absent
from the August session.
Appreciation to State Highway
and Public Works Commission
was expressed for giving suffici
ent crushed granit to cover Front
street from Depot street to Bar
nette, and Broad street to City
limits, ne&r Elco Dairy.
Miss Lois Pickering, clerical
assistant at City hall, was placed
under SI,OOO bond in view of
the fact that she handles cash in
the Water department, assisting
Mrs. Hattie C. Carver, collector.
Approval was also given to
purchase of a "much needed” raw
water pump for the City Water
department, the pump having
been purchased by Water Depart
ment Commissioner Cushwa and
the City Manager after they were
advised by Fairbanks and Morse
of an impending 15 percent in
crease in the cost of the pump.
It was pointed out by the City
Manager that the City water plant
during many days in July pump
ed over one million gallons of
water per day.
The City Manager reported up
on the arrival of George C. (Pat)
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“Practice Sing”
Wilt Be Held
Sunday Morning
A practice singing, in prepara
tion for the annual event to be
held later in the month, will be
held Sunday, August 17, at 11
o’clock E. S. T., at Olive Branch
church, according to the pastor,
the Rev. J. B. Currin.
The service will last not longer
than one hour, said Mr. Currin.
“The Big Singing” in which Olive
Branch participate is scheduled
for Sunday, August, 31.
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
AT STORE
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Coy Day, popular Roxboro man,
well known in automotive sup
ply circles, will tomorrow become
associated with the Easy Pay
Tire store, Abbitt avenue, as man
ager, according to announcement
today made by the owners.
Associated with Mr. Day, who
was until recently with a whole
sale house here, will be Joe King,
in the budgtet department. Mr.
King has been with the store for
some time.
MRS ELIZA BOWES
DIES AT HOME
OF HER DAUGHTER
Rites For Semora Resident
Held At Floyd Phelps’ Home
This Afternoon.
Mrs. Eliza Reaves Bowes, 85
cf Semora, Route 1, died yester
day morning at 6 o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Phelps, of McGee’s Mill, follow
ing an illness of two days. Death
was attributed to a stroke of
paralysis and infirmities of age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
at the Phelps’ 'residence, with
interment following in the Reeves
family cemetery. Officiating min
ister was the Rev. C. E. Sullivan,
of Theresa Baptist Church.
Mrs. Bowes who was a mem
ber of Ephesus Baptist church,
was twice married, her first hus
band, Mr. Reaves having died a
number of years ago. Her second
husband Aaron Bowes also pre
ceded her in death.
Her surviving children are three
sons and three daughters. The
sons are: Charles Reaves, of Al
ton, Va., Ed. Reaves, and John
Reaves, both of Woodsdale; the
daughters are: Mesdames Mary
Reaves and Viola Holt, of Woods
dale, and Mrs. Phelps, of Semora.
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Guest Preacher
Will Speak At
Revival Service
Guest speaker at a tent re
vival service being held near Rox
boro on highwy 501, between
Longhuhst and Ca-Vel, will be.
,th£ Rev. George W. Swinney,
pastor of Glenhope Baptist church,
Burlington, according to an
nouncement from the Rev. L. H.
Marshall, evangelist in charge,
who reports that services will be
continued for another week.
Services are held at 7:30 at
night and at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoons. Time is Eastern Stan,
dard. Special music is a feature
of the services and the public iR
cordially invited.
INJURED MARINE
IMPROVES AFTER
AUTO ACCIDENT
Ed Green, Taken To Three
Hospitals, Now Reported to
Be Better. Driver Lost Con
trol While Glancing At Road
Map.
The condition of Ed Green, 20,
of the United States Marine Corps
Brooklyn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Green, of Roxboro, who
was seriously injured Saturday
Morning in a automobile accident
rear intersection of the Yan
ceyville.Hillsboro highway is som
v/hat improved today, according
to reports from Duke hpspi.tal
Durham, where he was taken
Monday morning.
Green, who was first taker, to
a Danville, Va., hospital was on
Sunday morning brought to Com.
rriunity hospital Roxboro. Dri
ver of the car, which went down
an embankment, was a Roanoke,
Va., Negro named Cox. Green,
who enlisted with the Marines
about 6 months ago, was enreute
home for a week-end visit at the
time of the accident. Extent of
his injuries was at first not fully
determined, although Danville hos
pial attaches reported that he
suffered a concussion of the
brain.
He was unconscious for several
hours after the accident and his
parents wert not notified until
about 10:30 Saturday night.
Mr. Green is well known in
Roxboro. It was at first thought
that an operation would have to
be performed at Duke, but he
is now reported to be out of dan
ger.
Cox, also injured, is in a Dan
ville hospital.
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SEE “LOST COLONY”
Mises Lucille Davidson, Leon
ard Broadwell and Jessie Suggs
will today return from Manteo
where they attended “The Lost
Colony.”
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REGULAR MEETING
Regular fourth Sunday meet
ing of Baptist Sunday schools in
Person County will be held Sun
day afternoon, August 17. at 3
o'clock at Highview Baptist
church. A cordial invitation is
extended to all who are interest
ed in Sunday school work.
Schools to Open Six Days
Later, Says Superintendent
Date Changed. Teachers Will
Meet Before School Re-Open.
Full Callendar Released.
Opening date for Person Coun
ty and Roxboro district schools
has been set for Tuesday, Sep
tember 9, according to announce
ment from County Superintendent
of Schools, R. B. Griffin, who call
ed attention to previous announ
cement of a tentative date and re
quested patrons and pupils to
note the change.
Leon Couch, supervising prin
cipal of Roxboro district schools,
arrived here last week for resi
dence and other out of sown prin
cipals and teachers will be ex
pected to arrive before a series
of teachers meetings to be held
before the formal opening of the
schools.
First of these meetings, for
principals, will be he|d Friday
afternoon, September 5, at 2
o’clock at the Board of Educa
tion office in the Community
House, Chub Lake street, and on
OBJECTIVES OF
CLUB THEME OF
MINISTERS TALK
Business And Professional
Woman’s Club Hears the Rev.
W. F. West At Dinner Ses
sion.
Speakers at first August ses
sion of the Roxboro, unit of the
Business and Professional Wo
man’s club was the Rev. W. F.
West of Roxboro First Baptist
church, who on Tuesday night
had as his topic “Objectives of
the Business and Professional
Woman’s Club”, in which he
pointed out important civic and
social services which the club
members may render in their
communities.
The Rev. Mr. West was intro
duced by Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff.
dirtetor of the Person Welfare
and WPA divisions.
Musical part of the program,
givtn as an evening dinner meet-.'-
ig at Hotel Roxboro, was in
charge of Mrs. Dorothy Flythe,
who presented Miss Julia Fisher,
of the Person Health department
as vocal soloist, Miss Fisher’s
selections included: “Song of
India”, “Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes’, “Cradle Song’ and
Schubert’s “Serenade”.
Mrs. Flythe also conducted a
movie quiz, awarding prizes to
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those persons giving correct an
swers. Presiding was Miss Agnes*
Brake, vice president.
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BROOKS’ SUCCESSOR
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Successor to the late L, W.
(Joe) Brooks, Negro, teacher at!
Person County Training School,!
will be George Thomas, who hasj
for several years been connected j
with the County school system.
Brooks, who died last month lived
near Allensville and was teacher
in the 7th grade.
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ON VACATION
Going on vacation is Dr. Al
bert L. Allen, director of the Per-j
son unit of the tri-county Health
Department, who will leave to
morrow for Atlanta, Ga., and will
from there go to Charleston, S.
C. Dr. Allen exepets to be away
until September 1.
During his absence his work
will be in charge of Dr. T. E.
Forbes or Dr. W. P. Richardson,
the last named being director
of the tri-county Health De
partment.
Monday, September 8, white
teachers will meet at 10 o’clock
in the morning at Roxboro Cen
tral Grammar school auditorium,
while in the afternoon on that
same day, at 2 o’clock, Negro
teachers will gather at Person.
County Training school.
At a date to be announced later
school bus drivers will meet for
a conference expected to include
special driving instructions.
Other events for the 1941-1942
school calendar include a dis
trict teachers conference in Dur
ham, November 7, and a State
teashers session in Raleigh,
March 6.
Thanksgiving will be observed
November 27 and' 28, while coun
ty schools will close from Decem
ber 19 to January 31 for Christ
mas, and Roxboro District schools
will have from December 19 to
January 5.
Easter Monday will be April
6, and County school finals will
be held May 6. Roxboro district
schools close May 9.
"Fire-Racing” And Parking
Close To Truck Should Stop
PREMIUM LISTS
FOR PERSON FAIR
NOW OBTAINABLE
R. L. (Bob) Perkins, Manag
er Reports Big Events Plane •
ed for Annual Event.
, The premium list or booklet
I for the eighth annual Person
j County Agricultural Fair has
: now been printed and is available
: at Long, Bradsher hardware ccr.i
--; pany. according to R. L. (Bob)
Perkins, Fair Manager.
Contained in the booklet is a
complete list of premiums to be
awarded for best entries in live
stock, poultry, farm produce,
! canned goods, flowers, household
I arts aiid other divisions, with'
, regulations governing entries:
Fairground buildings, including
a new, additional exhibition hail
i are now ready for’ the opening
of the Fair, scheduled to be. held
from Monday, September 29,
through Saturday, October 4. On
the Midway will be the W. C.
Kaus shows, with plenty of rides,
shows, fun and free acts.
Children 12 years of age and
under will be admitted frej on
Children’s days, Tuesday, Sep
tember 30, for whit" children, and
Wednesday, October 1, for Negro
children, between 12 noon and 4
o’clock in the afternoon.
Flaps are now being formu
lated to make the Fair one of
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the biggest and best ever held,
said Mr. Perkins, and friends
and former patrons are invited
to secure their premium books
at the store mentioned, or from
Mr. Perkins, personally.
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Tobacco Sales
Pleasing All
In Carolinas
Florence, S. C., Aug. 13—The
U. S, Department of Agriculture
reported today that gross sales on
13 of the 16 markets in the Caro
linas flue-cured tobacco border
belt averaged 25.37 cents a pound
on the opening day, an increase
of almost seven cents over the
18.44 cent average for gross sales
for the opening of last season.
The announcement said no com
parison was available for the op
ening day of the 1940 season.
The report covered, all the
markets but Lake City, Chad
bourn, N. C., and Clarkton, N. C.,
it said.
Sales yesterday totaled 5,272,
442 pounds on the 13 markets
covered, with a gross value of
$1,338,012.00.
Prices meanwhile continued
firm today, and grower reaction
was described as ranging from
mere satisfaction to jublilation.
Offerings continued heavy, and
demand was reported keen for
smoking types of leaf.
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BRUNSWICK STEW
Members of the Young Peo
ples’ class of Brookdale Metho
dist church will on Saturday, Au
gust 16, serve a brunswick stew
supper at the church at 6 o’clock.
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BARN BURNS
A tobacco barn on the Allens
ville farm of W. R.> Woody, of
Roxboro, was with its contents
destroyed by fire last week. Ten
ant) on the farm is “Pete” Hol
loway, Negro.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941
WILLIAM MORRIS
RITES CONDUCTED
Cluster Springs, Va., Man
Dies Tuesday At Home After
Long Illness. Was Step-Father
of D. J. Morris.
William Edward Morris, 63, of
near South Boston, Va., died!
Tuesday at his home after an ill- J
ness lasting eight weeks. Death!
was attributed to complications. ;
The son of the late R. A, and:
Eliza Elliott Morris, Mr. Morris
was born in Halifax county. Vir
ginia, July 24, 1873. lie was for
many years a farmer and was a
member of Black Walnut Bap-!
list church. Cluster Springs, Va., 1
where services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. S. C. Owen, H. N, Saycr and
Elder Lex J. Chandler. Interment!
took place in the church ceme
tery.
Survivors include his wife, the,
former Mrs. Nannie Gravitie
Morris, whom he married March
28, 1915, and one daughter, Miss
Flora Morris, both of the home.
Also surviving are three step
daughters, five stepspns, three
brothers and two sisters. Oil’S of:
the stepsons is D. J. Morris, of.
Roxboro.
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Julius Hicks, 24
Escapes Injury
Sunday Evening
Private Julius Hicks, 24, of
Longhurst, who suffered from
shock but was apparently not
otherwise injured when struck
by a car Sunday night on Main
street, near Abbitt avenue, was
released from Community hospi
tal shortly after a physician made
an examination.
Placed under S3OO bond was
Talmadge Long, 21, driver of the
car. Long, who drove around the
block before returning to the
scene of the accident, reported
to Sheriff M. T. Clayton that
Hicks walked into the side of the
car.
Hicks at time of the accident
was crossing the street to take a
bus to return to camp in Geor
gia after having been here for
the week-end. Hicks claimed he
did not see the car.
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Eloise Newell To
Be “Miss Roxboro”
At Gay Festival
Miss Eloise Newell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wheeler Ne
well, of this city, will be “Miss
Roxboro” at the seventh annual
Tobacco Festival, September 4
and 5, at South Boston, Va., ac
cording to announcement today
received from R. O. Harrell, Jr.,
of South Boston, chairman of the
Queen an!d Maids Committee
Miss Newell, who will be in the
Court of the Queen, Senorita
Michels, daughter of the Chilean
ambassador to the United States,
will be this Fall a Senior at Wo
man’s College, the University of
Norhth Carolina, Greensboro.
Miss Newell, a blond, is known
both in her home city and at
college as beautiful and popular
young woman. She is a graduate
of Roxboro high school.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FORTY ONE
Rorboro Chief of Police Rob
inson Reminds Residents as
to State Law Regarding Con
duct of Fire-Chasers.
“Speeding behind a fire truck
enroute to a fire and parking
dose in behind the truck when
it has reached the scene of the
blaze, constitute traffic hazards,
hampering work of the firemen
and thereby increasing risks of
property damage”, said George
C, (Pat) Robinson, Roxboro Chief
of Police, in an appeal to c-iti
zens to comply with State laws
regarding cooperation and safety
at fires.
Occasion of the suggestion to
day made to Roxboro residents
in the interest of public safety,
said Chief Robinson, was the oc
currence of a small fire Tuesday
night at which . congestion arose
and in which the fire truck was
delayed several minutes by hav
ing to wait for fire-followers to
clear a lane so that the truck
could go from one section of the
City to another.
“State law”, said Chief Robin
son, “says that other motor ve
hicles shall not follow fire trucks
or other fire-fighting appara
tus closer than one block behind
the truck”.
The Chief also pointed out the
wisdom of the law requiring
vehicles to pull to the side of a
street or road when fire trucks
or other vehicles directly con
nected with fire-fighting are pass
ing.
In the classification of “other
vehicles directly connected with
fire-fighting” the Chief of police
specifically mentioned the elec
trical service (and wire cutting)
truck operated by the local pow
er and light company, saying that
it is at times very necessary for
the power company truck to im
mediately be on the scene of a
fire.
Chief Robinson, in this his
first public statement since tak
ing office on August 1, said that
numerous citizens have approach
ed him with regard to cooperat
ing with fire-fighters, particularly
in the past two days.
He specifically said that those
persons who are volunteer fire
men must go to fires but that
other citizens, sight-seers and
curiosity-seekers, should' stay
away, since the City now has
an organized and definite
system of alarms so that citizens
can tell in which section of the
City the fire is, eliminating the
necessity of running to fires to
see where they are.
In making this appeal to Rox
boo citizens Chief Robinson said,
that his words are to be taken
as a suggestion beneficial to the
City and its people, but that un
less the suggestion is followed it
may be necessary to have a police
man follow immediately behind
fire trucks and then divert fionl
the stopping place all other ve
hicles of curiosity seekers.
This does not mean, according
to the Chief of Police, that spec
tators are to be debarred foro
fire-watching, provided the spec
tators will oblige by parking
their cars sufficiently far away
from the blaze.
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IN THREE TOWNS
Mrs. P. E. Greivey and her
daughter Miss Vivian Greivey
are spending several days in
Gibsonville, Greensboro and Dur
ham. They will later return to
Roxboro to visit Mrs. Greivey**
sister, Mrs. C. D. Clayton,