IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME xn
Unusual
Views
Os The
News
Realizes Ambition
Elizabeth City, Aug 23. —Lieut.
W. B. Scheibel, executive officer
of the Elizabeth City Coast Guard
sir station, realized a| life’s am
bition when he was named fire
chief of the air station, and giv
en a white helmet to match the
dignity of his new title.
The presentation was made by
Mayor Jerome B. Flora at the
Kiwanis Club, fish fry at Eliza
beth City Beach. In making the
presentation of the helmet, May
or Flora revealed that “ever since
Bill was a little boy he has want
ed to be a fireman.”
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He Loves Chickens
Goldsboro, Aug. 23. —Jrmes
Bowden, Goldsboro Negro, seems
to be unable to leave other peo
ple’s chickens alone. About two
months ago he was brought into
court on a charge of stealing
chickens, Judge Paul Edmundson
gave him a four-month sentence,
suspended on condition of good
behavior.
Several weeks later Bowden
again was brought before Judge
Edmundson, charged with steal
ing chickens, and the four-month
sentence was put into effect, to
be served working at the County
Home. JV
Sunday Bowden toaSF^F rench
leave from the county home, and
on Wednesday morning was in
the city jail, pending an explan
ation as to where he got three
chickens that he was attempting
to sell at E. G. Outlaw’s store.
The last three chickens, two red
and one white, are being held at
the police station, and will be re
turned to their owners upon iden
tification.
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Tag Printer Gets One
Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 23.—Carl
H. Webster got a tag today for
overtime parking—a tag he had
made himself.
Webster brought it to the po
lice station per instructions —and
tool< along 10,000 others just to
save an extra trip.
He prints the tags for the po
lice.
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Time Extension
Jacksonville, Aug. 23.—Thei
Marines today granted farmers
until October 1 to evacuate their
property condemned for the Ma
rine Barracks. Early this year,
property owners were notified
that they would have to evacu
ate bj* September.
Reason for the extension, ac
cording to W. R. Jones, in charge
of land acquisition, was to al
low farmers “properly to gather
and harvest their crops.”
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On Order
Del Monte, Calif., Aug. 23.
The guest said he was planning
a party and asked the hotel to
provide him 'with some material
for decorative effects.
The manager said he’d be glad
to, an(J what did the guest de
sire? Here’s the list:
Two thousand pine trees; 5,000
gunny sacks; 4,000 pounds of old
newspapers; four truckloads of
pumpkins and melons; one wreck
ed automobile; one baby giraffe;
three goats.
The guest is Salvador Dalli sur
realist painter.
ImonMimes
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Durham Citizens Present
Petitions Against Camp
Committee Takes Fight For
Farms To The Capital.
Washington, Aug. 23.—A dele
gation from the Durham section
presented today to War Depart
ment officials and to Representa
tive Carl T. Durham the brief
and petitions compiled by the
Camp Community Committee and
Durham County Land Use Com
mittee opposing establishment of
an Army camp in northeast Dur
ham, southeast Person and west
ern Granville Counties.
In the group were J. A. New
ton, camp community chairman;
V. C. Taylor, land use chairman,
the Rev. Millard Dunn, Methodist
pastor of the Bahama communi
ty, and a Mr. Umstead. They con
ferred with the Congressman and
then proceeded to the office of
the quartermaster general at the
War Department.
-The data presented included the
surveys of county agents in the
area involved showing the tre
mendous acreage of productive
farm land involved, its value and
itemized statment of the of
each farm crop produced.
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Jack Fowler
Startled By
Headlines
Jack Fowlfer, former sanitary
officer for Person County, but
now with the U. S. Air Corps in
Texas had the surprise of his life
on Saturday, Aug. 16th, when he
glanced at the San Antonio news
paper and saw those big head
lines—“ Negro Youth Saved From
Mob.” Jack then went on to read
the story that people here know
only too well.
Fowler then sat down and sent
his subscription in for the Times
and stated that he really felt
backward unless he kept abreast
of the times.
He then went on to say in his
letter that he had been in the air
day and night and that he cer
tainly missed Roxboro and golf.
Mrs. Fowler and his daughter
are with him in Texas.
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Squire Newton Out
Squire J. T. Newton, familar
court house figure, is able to be
out again after having been con
fined to his home for several
weeks by illness.
Now at Watts hospital, Durham,
is I. T. Glenn, of Roseville, who
returned to the hospital for treat
ment after having had an opera
tion several weeks ago.
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Meeting To Close
The tent revival meeting that
is now being conducted between
Longhurst and Ca-Vel will close
Sunday night, August 24th.
Dr. Jordan W. Carter, general
Methodist Evangelist of Wilmore,
Ky., will speak during the Sun
day afternoon service at 3:00 p.
m. and at night at 7:30. There
will be special singing and the
public is invited.
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LUNSFORD REUNION
All relatives of the Lunsford
families are requested to gather
at Surl church Sunday, Septem
ber 7, a. m. for the annual Luns
ford Reunion. *
A big picnic lunch will follow.
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WAR OBJECTORS CAMP
Marion, Aug. 23.—A group of
eight young men are now expect
ed to arrive here Saturday to pre
pare for the opening 'of North
Carolina’s first conscientious ob
jectors camp on Buck Creek. The
group had been expected to ar
rive today. '
SHEPHERD TALKS
BEFORE ROXBORO
ROTARY THURSDAY
Says War Department
Hopes To Give Farmers
Ample Time To Plan For
Crops Before Taking Land
Declaring that the War Depart
ment hopes to be able tol an
nounce date of taking over the
proposed camp area, if it is to
be taken, in sufficient time to al
low farmers and farm owners
therein to plan for planting of
crops on the land, Captain R. E.
Shepherd, construction engineer,
of the U. S army, of Durham,
speaking Thursday night at Rox
boro Rotary club, said that own
ers and tenants, in event the
camp is located in the Person-
Durham-Granville triangle, will
have about 90 days in which to
make arrangements to move else
where.
The Captain said he wished he
could be more definite, but that
he, himself, does not know more
concerning immediate plans.
In discussing the camp, which
ig to affect some six hundred
farm owners and four hundred
tenant families, Captain Sheph
erd, who was introduced by Rox
boro City Manager, Percy Blox
sm, asserted that the military
set-up of the camp, at present
designated as a camp for white
troops, will provide accomoda
tion for an infantry division, in
cluding three regiments of artil
lery, and that largest of the ar
tillery ranges will extend about
eight miles.
Troops will be housed in wood
en barracks and total area of
t>he land now 'being considered
for the camp, one of 28 such sites
being considered, is approximate-
Jy 60,000 acres.- Typographical
maps have been completed, ap
praisal of cash valuation of the
land js going forward and so is
title-abstract work, he said.
It is estimated that there will
be in the camp about 25 miles
of roads and approximately 1,700
buildings, with accomodations for
35,000 men,
Attendance at the dinner ses
sion of the club, held at Hotel
Roxboro, was quite large, with a
number of visitors present. Pre
siding was Claude T. Hall, presi
dent. At the end of his address
and after the meeting, Captain
Shepherd discussed informally,
various other aspects of the pro
posed camp program.
Negroes Escape
Serious Injury
After having had an automo
bile accident which his car
went out of control on a curve,
turned over two or three times
and then landed upright oni a
cemetery wall, James Brooks,
Washington, D. C., Negro, togeth
er with his wife and| two chil
dren, is thankful that chief suf
ferer was the car.
The accident happened Thurs
day morning about ten o’clock
on the Oxford road, near Rox
boro city limits, at Burch wood
cemetery. Damagd to the ceme
tery wall, of concrete and wire
fencing, was about SSO, according
to City police, who investigated.
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Joins Army
Landon Whitt of this city, join
ed the U. S. Army "for Foreign
Service Friday of last week. Mr.
Whitt joined in Danville and will
be sent to Porto Rico.
History Made on High Seas
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President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great
Britain, pictured during their historic meeting on the high seas aboard
H. M. S. Prince of Wales, at which they joined in a declaration of general
war aims which voiced the determination to achieve the “final destruction
of Nazi tyranny.”.. The joint declaration, constituting the most concrete
war aims yet disclosed on the British side, embodied eight points on which
the President and Mr. Churchill agreed to “base their hopes for a better
future for the world.”
TOBACCONISTS
REPORT GOOD
PRICES PAID
State That Prices Are
Higher Than They Have
Been In Many Years and
May Go Higher.
Tobacconists returning to this
city from Georgia and ether
markets during the past week re
port that tobacco prices are high
er than they have seen for years
and a large number state that
they expect prices to be even
higher by the time the Roxboro
Market opens on September 16.
Sales supervisors for various
markets reported the following
averages for Thursday sales.
Fairmont $28.42
Clarkton, Wednesday $28.14
Lumberton 29.76
Chadbourn $28.30
Dillon, Wednesday... 28.25
Growers everywhere report
that they are well pleased with
prices and very few tags are be
ing turned.
In a speech at Wilson Thurs
day, Grover B. Hill, First Assist
ant Secretary of Agriculture of
the U. S. said:
“This year,” he said, “your to
bacco market is going to be a
more cheerful affair than it has
been in years past—since 1934,
as a matter of fact. Tobacco prices
finally are on the up-grade, and
prospects are for better times a
head for (tobacco growers. The
price-supporting programs have
helped.”
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Shaw On Vacation
Tom Shaw, City Editor of. the
Times is now on his vacation. Mr.
Shaw will go to Weldon today to
spend several days with friends.
Along The Way
With the Editor —
Duke Hospital maintains its record of not having yet lost
a father. E. B. Craven, Jr. was interned there for several hours
Tuesday morning and left there a proud papa. A male heir had
been bom and Craven immediately bought a number of cigars
and started treating all who smoked. Where he charged the
cigars remains a mystery.
I bumped into Gilbert Oakley at Carolina Beach last week
and lo and behold after talking to him a few minutes I saw
that he was blushing up a storm. I questioned him and found
out that he was on his honeymoon. The boy had up and mar
ried and there he was just as happy as a bumblebee.
Tom Shaw is now on his vacation arid for one time I can
write what I want to and not have him eternally making sug
gestions and telling me what to do and what not to do. The
last report that we had from him was that he did not have
money enough to leave town and would hang around here
waiting for invitations to free meals.
BRAND NEW
POLICEMAN
Pat Robinson, Roxboro’s new
pc lice chief, has received his
new police uniform and is
wearing it Whether he has
more than one this reporter
could not discover.
Anyway, Roxboro has a new
policeman with a new uni
form. How about one for the
City Manager, Mayor and com
missioner Cushwa?
NATIONAL UNIFORM
HOURS FOR GAS
STATIONS URGED
Chicago, Aug. 23.—A resolu
tion asking Oil Coordinator Ickes
to establish nationwide uniform
hours for retailers of petroleum
products—filling station opera
tors—was adopted by directors
of the National Association of
Petroleum Retailers today.
The directors acted following
an informal poll of delegates at
the convention yesterday which
showed the majority in favor of
operating their stations from 7
a. m., to 7 p. m.
This move by the directors sup
erseded an earlier decision to
take no action on the “curfew.”
The resolution, announced by
Executive Secretary Carl B. Hodg
es, said it was the “patriotic duty
of every American citizen to co
operate with the Government in
conserving power and materials
vital to national defense.”
Retailers in many sections of
the country, the resolution said,
vdere willing (to 'reduce their
hours to conform with the 7 a.
m. to 7 p. m., hours “now in ef
fect in certain sections of the na
tion.”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1941
Sale Os Defense Bonds
To Be Pushed In County
NOTICE TO FARMERS
All farmers who need to
earn additional soil building
units and wish to order ground
limestone or superphosphate
will please make application
before September 15th, as that
’is the closing date for accept- j
ing applictaions.
H. K. SANDER, County Agent
ROXBORO C OF C
ASKS PEOPLE
TO LIST LAND
Would Like To Help Re
locate Those Who Have to
Move From Proposed Camp
Area.
In an effort to help families
who will have to leave their
lands and homes in the proposed
camp area of this county, the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
is urging all who have any prop
erty that is for sale to list that j
property with the Chamber of j
Commerce.
A part of the letter that was i
sent to C of C members by the J
secretary, W. W. Woods follows:;
“In event this proposed camp
becomes a reality, those families
living in this area will be dispos
sessed of their lands, and it will
mean quite a sacrifice to the ma- j
jority of the families living in this;
area to relinquish their homes
and to reestablish themselves else
where. The people of this area
have been loyal Person County
citizens and it is most desirous
that as many of these families,
as well as citizens from the ad
joining counties that may be af
fected by this proposed camp, be
induced to locate elsewhere with
in our county.”
“To facilitate such matters it
would be advantageous to have
a designated place where those
citizens seeking new locations
might be furnished a list of the
names of other citizens who may
have in their possession, or know
of other citizens who have prop
erty for sale. To this end the
Chamber of Commerce is asking
any of its citizens who have or
knew of anyone who has property
for sale, to list with the Chamber
of Commrece such names, and if
possible a description of the
property, the price of same and
the location.”
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New Store
Hours Given
Beginning Monday, August 25,
1941 the following stores will ob
serve new opening and closing
hours.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday the stores
will close at 6:00 p. m.; Saturday
9:00 p. m. and will open at 8:30
a. m. each day. Peebles Depart
ment Store, Young Mercanhtile
Co., Carney’s Millinery, Bruce’s
5-10 c Store, Roses, 5-10 c Store,
Roxboro Shoe Store, Foushee
Clothing Store, Leggett’s Depart
ment Store, Raiffs Department
Store and Forman’s Department
Store.
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Brooks and Long Reunion
Members of the and
Long families will have their
fifth annual reunion on the first
Sunday in September,at the
Kenneth Long place, Leasburg
road, and all connections of the
two families are invited to be
present. A basket dinner will be
served at noon.
THE TIMES IS PERSON'S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
numbeH TGrty . six
Additional Members Os De
fense Group Named And
Suggested That Merchants
Sell Bonds and Stamps.
A mass meeting, called by the
Committee for the sale of De
fense Bonds and Stamps, was
held in the Grand Jury room of
the court house, August 21, at
8:00 o'clock p. m. The meeting
was presided over by the Chair
man, G. C. Hunter. Purpose of
the meeting Was to more effec
tively organize for the sale of
Defense Bonds and Stamps for
Person County, in order to get
a wider distribution cf the small
bonds and stamps.
Tlie purpose of the Defense
Savings Program is actively to
enlist the ciitzens of America in
affirmative aid to the great na
tional effort for the freedoms for
which the country stands. It is
to cause, if possible every Ameri
can citizen to take part in the
program of effective national de
fense, not merely by a passive
consent to the endeavor but rath
er, by an active burden bearing
in the Program. One of the paths
for attaining this objective is the
regular, systematic savings of a
part of each individual’s earnings
during the period of total defense.
An unlimited emergency has
been declared by the President.
Tlie nation is engaged upon a pro
gram of preparedness never be
! fore equalled in our history. Bil
lions of dollars are being spent
on planes, tanks, guns, equipment
of all sort for effective defense.
This leads to a vigorous employ
ment of our natural and human
resources and a substantial in
crease in the money income of
the people. It is greatly to be
desired that a substantial part
of his current income be saved
by those who receive it, not only
for immediate values but as a
cushion to the shock which may
come when peace returns.
The best means of doing this
is for each citizen—man, woman
or child to become a partner of
Unde Sam by investing in a
people’s bond or a savings stamp.
By so doing, each such citizen in
the United States owns a share
Continued on back page
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Conservation
Picnic Slated
For Friday A. M.
There will be a soil conserva
tion picnic on Friday, Aug. 29th
at 10:00 a. m.— 4:00 p. m., it was
announced from the office of H.
K. Sanders yesterday. Details fol
low:
A meeting was held on the last
Friday in August, 1940, of the
coope.rators and friends of the
Dan River Soil Conservation As
sociation. At that meeting those
present voted to make this an
annual affair, and that each suc
ceeding gathering would be held
on the last Friday in August.
A program has been arranged
for this occasion for Friday, Aug
ust 29th, 1941. Mr. E. B. Garrett,
of Raleigh, Mr. James Parks, of
Reidsville, Mr. Joe Ellis, Jr., of
Roxboro, and Mr. O. F. McCrary,
of the Extension Division, StatjH
College, Raleigh, have been w|
vited to take part in the pt'ijM
gram. The meeting wifi, be Hifl
at Olive Hill School.
Each family is invited to ccnm|
and bring a picnic basket. DinjM
will be served in the ComranfefcK
ty House at Olive HHL ||
This has been such a busy sdnl
mer that each farm family
enjoy meeting friends
over the county. Ask igh
bors to come along wftldjflL