IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
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VOLUME xn
BRITISH SAILORS
BLOXAM’S GUESTS
AT SUNDAY DINNER
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One Boy Lived Within 12
Miles of Home of Mrs. Blox
am in England; All Enjoy
ed Visit
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Bloxam of Roxboro,
for Sunday dinner were three
British sailors who are now va
cationing at Camp Crabtree near
Durham, while their ship is un
dergoing repairs at some Ameri-
Branch, Able Seaman, of Bed
can port. The sailors were Albert
ford, North Devon, S. Atkins.
Able Seaman, of Penzance and
N Westlake, Royal Naval Re
serve, 17 years service, of Beer,
South Devon. Westlake lived
within 12 miles of where Mrs.
Bloxam made her home while in
England. Both Mr. and Mrs. Blox
am are natives of England and
Mr. Bloxam saw service during
the last world war. j
These men had not been to an
English port for the last 18
months and have been on patrol
duty in the Atlantic. Their boat
was in the patrol that was trail
ing the Bismark, but had to fall
out for repairs. The boat that took
their place was sunk.
Bloxam stated that it was quite
interesting to watch he boys in
their mannerisms. For instance
they said “ta” for “thank you”
and tears rolled down their cheeks
and they said “good bye.” They
requested Mrs. Bloxam to write
to their parents in England.
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F. O. Carver Jr.
Chief Speaker
Roxboro Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club met Tues
day evening, August 26th at the
First Baptist Church and heard
as chief speaker F. O. Carver, Jr.
Supper was served by Mrs.
Warren’s Circle:
Miss Nanqy Bullock presided
at the meeting. After hearing a
business report, Miss Bullock
turned the meeting over to Mrs.
A. F. Nichols, who is chairman
of the Educational Committee.
Mrs. Edgar Masten presided at
the piano and Mrs. B. I. Satter
field sang two selections.
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GAS DEALERS CUT
10 PERCENT OF
JULY AMOUNT
Cut Passed On By Distribu-...
tor To Station and On To
Consumer Not Known
What Comes Next.
Gasoline distributors of this
county have been notified by their
companies that they have be?n
cut to the tune of 10 percent in
gas that they are to continue to
receive and they in turn have
passed this cut on to their re
spective service stations.
It is understood that all sales
are made on a basis of purchases
made in July of this year. For
instance of a station bought 100
gallons of gas in July they can
only get 90 gallons in September
and the rule works the same way
for the distributor.
Some local stations are refus
ing to sell tourists or strangers
as much gas as they call for and
thus trying to take care of the
‘shortage in this manner. A ma
jority are trying to supply reg
ular customers with all they need.
Gas distributors are frank to
state that they do not know what
is coining next
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Person County Times
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
JACK STRUM TO
HEADKIWANIS
FOR YEAR 1941
Dick Bullock Elected Vice
President and James
Brooks, Treasurer.
B. B. “Jack” Strum, charter
member of the Roxboro Kiwanis
Club, was on Monday night, elect
ed president of this club for the
year 1942. Dick Bullock was
elected vice president and James
Brooks, treasurer. Directors for
the coming year will be Stuart
Ford, W. C. Martin, R. D. Bump
ass, “Buddy” Long and Ben
Brown.
Annual election of Kiwanis of
ficers came earlier this year in
order that the president and se
cretary could attend the state
convenion that is to be held at
Myrtle Beach early next month.
Strum has been an active mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club since it
was organized many years ago.
He has served in various offices
and has been regarded as an ex
cellent member. Other presidents
of the club have been Baxter
Mangum, Furman Herbert, Sam
Merritt, Bill Warren, Sam Byrd
Winstead, Jake Taylor, F. O. Car
ver, Jr. and the present president,
E. B. Craven, Jr.
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Labor Day To Be
Quietly Observed
In Roxboro
Monday, September 1, Labor
Day, will be a rather quiet oc
casion in Roxboro and Person
County as far as general holidays
are concerned. A majority of the
places of business will be open as
usual and so will various offices.
Among those places that will
be closed are the Post Office,
Bank and Norfolk and Western
Depot.
A large number of people will
take a trip on Labor Day week
end, but they have arranged their
business so that it will continue
in their absence.
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175 Persons Now
Working On Local
3 County Camp
Approximately 175 persons are
employed in the preliminary plans
pertaining to the proposed army
camp to be located in Durham,
Granville and Person Countie's,
according to officials yesterday.
At present there are 125 men
of the surveying crew in the pro
posed camp area. These men are
completing the task of establish
ing property lines and making
possible the proper valuation of
the lands involved in the 65,000
acre project.
Office help and experts in
charge of the executive work of
the preliminary projects include
approximately 53 persons, it was
stated.
All clerical aid has been sent
here from the Department of Civil
Service in Washington. Persons
passing certain prescribed exam
inations submitted by the Gov
ernment are placed where they
are most fitted to serve in the
office set-up it was stated.
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News From Colored Readers
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Nannie H. Williams and Charlie
Thaxton, Jr. left Sunday for New
Kensington, Pa. where they will
spend several weeks visiting her
son and daughter, Mary Stroud
of New Kensington, Pa.
Martha Orange left Sunday
where she will make her home
with her son and daughter of
Pittsburgh, Pa. >
\t Commissioning of New Hospital Ship
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General view of scene on deck of U. S. S. Solace, first hospital shij:
to be added to U. S. navy since World war, as the craft was commis
sioned in Brooklyn. The new addition to the navy was formerly the
Clyde Mallory liner, Iroquois. The ship has 400 beds and will carry 13
medical officers and 3 dental officers.
“White Liquor”
i
Gets Negroes
Into Trouble
Ross Thomas and Willie Cash,
colored men of Roxboro. were ar
rested by Roxboro police officers
Mnday night and Tuesday morn- j
ing respectively and there held on
a charge of illegal possession of
whiskey for sale.
Officers raided the case on 1
Gallows Hill Monday night and
found three jars of “white liquor.”
The case was owned by Cash, who
was not present at the time but
Thomas was in charge and he was
brought to town by the officers
and placed in jail. Cash was ar
rested Tuesday and placed in
jail.
In Mayor Winstead’s court
Tuesday morning Thomas was
freed and Cash was bound over
to court under a bond of SIOO.
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Scout Troop 49
Has Big Stew
At Loch Lily
Troop 49, Boy Scouts of Per
son County, entertained their
parents end a number of guests
at Fred Long’s Cabin on the
banks of Loch Lily Wednesday
night. The scouts served bruns
wick stew and iced tea.
Robert Long is scoutmaster of
the troop and after the meal, that
was prepared by his wife, he
made a short talk to the parents
on the value of scouting.
Jack Hughes, scout of this
troop, presided over a short pro
gram that dealt with scout work.
This stew is an annual affair
with troop 49 and is looked for
ward to each year by those who
are lucky enough to get an in
vitation.
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Sunbeams To
Meet Sunday,
August 31st
On fifth Sunday, August 31,
we, The Sunbeams of Mill Creek
Baptist Church will celebrate our
25th anniversary.
Services will begin—Sunday—
school at 10-15. The program of
the day will follow immediately
which will be all day.
Dinner on the grounds.
Come! The public is invited..
We are asking every one for a
little gift of money which will go
to furnish the children’ depart
ments. The program will be giv
en by old and young sunbeans.
ROXBORO MOB
BEING PROBED
Raleigh, Aug. 28.—The State
Bureau of Investigation report
ed today that two agents are
rushing a probe into a riot and
threatened; lynching in Rox
boro recently but that “we
can’t talk about developments
yet.”
Director Frederick C. Handy
said the investigation was not
being aimed at only ringlead
ers of the mob but that “we
intend to get every man we
can.”
A crowd surged around the
Roxboro jail, firing shots and
throwing missies, threatening
to lynch a 22-year-old Negro
accused of raping a white girl.
GROUND IS BROKEN
FOR SANATORIUM
Lee Gravely Officially
Opens Work on $500,000
Hospital Near Wilson
Wilson, Aug. 28.—Lee L. Grave
ly, State Senator of Rocky Mount,
officially broke ground today for
the projected $500,000 Eastern
North Carolina tuberculosis sana
torium which will be riased on
the heights which overlook near
by Toisnot Swamp.
The ground-breaking took place
almost two years from the day
that the special State committee
picked the hospital site.
The State building committee
for the hospital today approved
the site for the buildings that will
compose the hospital plant. Con
tractors estimated that it would
take a year to finish the project.
Five buildings will be in the
group—three will be connected
with the main hospital building.
There will be an administration
building, a separate building for
Negro and white patients, and a
power and heating plant.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintend
ent of the State Sanatorium, went
over the blue prints of the
grounds with the building com
mittee and contractors.
Members of the committee are
L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount,
chairman; Dr. McCain; E. A. Ras
berry of Snow Hill, Dr. G. E.
Bell of Wilson, Dr. Thurman D.
Kitchin, and Laurie McEachern,
Raqford.
In addition to the committee,
others present for tha .ground
breaking were Paul Bissette, pres
ident of the Wilson Chamber of
Commerce; W. M. Wiggins, Wil
son| city manager, and Thomas
H. Woodard of Wilson.
CCC Boys Did Not March
On Roxboro Said Investigator
PUBLIC IS URGED J
TO SETTLE DEBTS
Eccles Warns that Further
Curbs on Consumer Buy
ing May Be Expected
Washington, Aug. 28.—Chair
man Marriner S. Eccles of the
Federal Reserve Board tonight
warned the nation to expect ad
ditional restrictions on consumer
purchasing as a curb against in
flation and an aid to defense pro-1
duction.
Commenting on the Federal re- j
serve limitations on installment
buying ujiich\ become effective
September 1, Eccles said further ;
j changes in the plan of credit re
striction would be made “as eco
nomic conditions require a furth
er dampening of buying power in
order to safeguard the interests j
of consumers and the public gen- |
crally?”
To Protect Economy
After September 1, all business J
extending instalment credit will j
be required to demand from one
third to 10-per cent of the pur-!
chrse price as down payment on j
a selected list of 24 durable goods.
The length of time over which
instalment payments can be j
spread will be limited to 18
months; the same time restric
tion will apply also to loans un
der SI,OOO and to loans for home
improvements.
“The imperative demands of de
j sense must have the right of way
I over civilian needs.” Eccles said.
IHe explained thqt the govern
ment seeks to curb consumer de
mand for articles which deprive
the defense program of badly
needed materials and manufac
turing skills.
He recommended that Ameri
can wage earners take advantage
of present debts or get out of
debt.”
“Our people cannot spend their
increased incomes and go into
debt for more and more things
today without precipitating a
price inflation that would recoil
ruinously upon all of us,” he
said.
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Country Club
Greenskeeper
Badly Burned
Elbert Thorpe, negro greens
keeper for the Roxboro Country
Club, was badly burned Tuesday
night about 9:00 o’clock when gas
that he was pouring into a tractor
was suddenly set afire and burn
ed him badly from his neck on
down the front of his body. It
was reported that a lantern that
he was using ignited the gas.
The injured man was first
brought to Roxboro and then
carried to Duke Hospital where
it is thought that he will have
to remain several months.
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Bushy Fork To
Have Bloxam
As Speaker
Bushy Fork school will have as
its opening day speaker, Percy
Bloxam, City Manager of Rox
boro, stated W. S. Humphries,
principal of the school this week.
Mr. Humprhries stated that he
was expecting a good opening
with a large number of parents
and pupils on hand.
Further details concerning op
ening exercises will be announc
'ed later.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1941
CARVER ACCEPTS
STATE POST
F. O. Carver, Jr., Associate
Editor of The Roxboro Courier
for several years has accepted
a position with the state of
North Carolina as Press Rela
tions man for the State High
way and Public Works Com
mission, stated L. B. Prince,
highway chairman this week.
Mr. Carver’s work will con
sist of news reporting for the
highway commission and also
feature story work.
He will report for work
September 15, and will be lo
cated in Raleigh.
Helena P T A
Appointments
Made Wednesday
Mrs. L. C. Liles, president of
the Helena P. T. A. made a num
ber of appointments last night
for the coming school year. The
aim of the P. T. A. for this year j
is to become a Standard Unit.
School at Helena will open on
September 9th with appropriate
j opening exercises and a large
number of pupils are expected
to be on hand.
The P. T. A. appointments are:
j Membership Committee: Miss
Sue Noel], chairman; Mrs. Frank
Rogers, Mrs. Wright Clayton.
Program Committee: Mrs. Cav
jiness Foushee, chairman; Mrs.
Byrd Satterfield. Mrs. Sam How
ard.
Publicity Committee: Mrs. R.
B. Holernan, chairman; Mr. Jesse
Slaughter.
Hospitality Committee: Mrs. T.
H. Clay, chairman; Miss Nina Rog
ers, Mrs. W. L. Barton.
Finance and Budget: Miss Ruth
Lunsford, chairman; Mrs. L. C.
Idles, Mrs. Puryear.
Publications: Mr. Puryear.
Room Representatives: Mrs. J.
C. Taylor.
Music Committee: Miss Carr,
Mrs. Edgar Masten.
Study Group: Mrs. J. L. Coth
ran, chairman; Mrs. Thomas
Brooks.
Summer Round-up: Mrs. Riley
Brooks.
Safety Committee: Miss Hodgin,
Miss Estelle Lyon.
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Price 0£ Coal y
To Be Checked
Washington, Aug. 28.—The Bi
tumnious coal division called up
on selling groups today to furnish
information for a hearing Sept,
9 to determine the price to be
paid by American soft coal con
sumers during the coming Winter.
The division asked the coal pro
ducers boards and regional mark
eting agencies throughout the
country to propose ceiling prices
not more than 10 per cent over
prevailing levels. Final decision on
the prices will be made after the
hearing.
The 21 boards and a like num
ber of marketing agencies were
told by the division that consum
ers are paying “executive and op
pressive” prices in many areas,
making establishment of maxim
um prices imperative to rectify
imperative “abuses.”
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PAUL AND POSEY REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Posey will
hold a reunion at their home on
the ML Cross Road, Danville, Va.,
September 7. All friends and rel
atives ere invited. A picnic lunch
will be served at noon.
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Ten Boys Sent
Home As Result
Os Investigation
Boys Had No Guns or
Bats Said Hotchstim
Final results of the investiga
tion of the role played by Negro
CCC boys in a “March” of the
negroes into the business section
of this city on the night of Aug
ust 15th. “mob night” led to the
dismissal of ten CCC enrollees,
stated Special Investigator Lieut.
J. J. Hochstim of District A of
the CCC. Fort Bragg.
Lieut. Hochstim spent several
days in Roxboro and questioned
all of the involved negroes at
great length.
Findings of the special investi
gation revealed the following
facte:
That the negro CCC boys were
not in any organized mob and
did not march to Roxboro in any
group or formation as was “al
leged by the Governor in his tel
| egram to the War Department.”
That only ten boys actually came
to Roxboro-during the court
house activities and not fifty or
seventy five as had been stated
! by various people.
That sometime during the night
;of the 15th, someone started a
j rumor in the local CCC camp
| that a CCC boy was in jail and
that he was being mobbed by
men at the jail. Ten boys left
the camp and went to Roxboro
about one mile away. These boys
went in groups of twos or single.
When they arrived at the City
Hall they were fired upon by
members of the mob and return
ed to camp. That they didj not
enter Roxboro in an armed group,
but some had picked up sticks
and rocks.
That four other CCC boys did
pass through the business district
late that night, but they were
not with the ten and were simply
returning from a trip that they
had made earlier in the night by
special permission of camp au
thorities.
Lieut. Hochstim also stated in
his report to the War Department
that Lt. Thomas, military com
mander of the CCC camp, knew
nothing of any trouble that was
taking place in Roxboro and that
when he did learn of the trouble
about 2:00 a. m. Saturday morn
ing, he placed the entire camp
under restriction. He stated that
had he known of any impending
trouble that he would have tak
en steps to have prevented any
thing unusual happening at the
CCC camp. ;
Also included in the report of
the special investigation was the
statement that prior to this
trouble with the CCC boys there
had been none.
It was recommended in the
special report that Lt. Thomas
of the camp be exonerated of any
neglect and that he be commend
ed for the action that he took
when he did learn of any
trouble.
It was further recommended
in the report that the Governor
be informed of action taken by
military authorities.
Lt. Hochstim was confident
that his investigation was thor
ough and that he learned every
thing that was done on this night
by the COC enrollees.
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WALLACE WHITE VISITS ' Jffi
Wallace White of Canton, N. C, 1 Sfl
was a visitor to this city SwwJwßjiia
after an absence of 17 years. Vkl- "M
lace lived here at the tim*
father was pastor of the. tfagl-Srf
Baptist Church. ►-