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SBI AGENT SAYS
MEN CONFESS ARSON
Greensboro, Sept. 19.—The al
leged confessions of four of the
nine defendants were related in
Guilford Superior Court by W.
I. Gatling, agent of the State Bu
reau of Investigation, the chief
witness in the trial of nine Char
lotte and Gastonia men charged
with the hijacking and burning
of a $15,000 truck and trailer
near Stokesdale, June 22.
The State completed its case
late in the day, and the defense
tested without evidence. Argu
ment began Friday morning.
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HATTERAS GIRL WINS
AWARD BY MAGAZINE
Chapel Hill, Sept. 19. Jose
phine Austin, student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has
been awarded the first prize of
SSO in the Harper’s Magazine
Student Writing Contest for her
essay, “Forgotten History.” it was
announced today by the editors
of the magazine.
After completing high schooL
- 4P- Hatteras, she attended the
Woman’s College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina in Greens
boro before enrolling in the
school of journalism at Chapel
Hifl, where she was graduated
this year. She was a member of
the Philanthropic Assembly, the
student entertainment club.
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STARTS COLLECTING
TO GET THAT RIGHT
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Charlotte, Sept. 19.—A buxom
middle-aged Negro woman ap
peared at the office of the city
clerk to get “beggin’ puhmit.”
The clerk informed her there
was a fee of three dollars for
such permits.
Somewhere from beneath her
dress, the Negro woman produc
ed a tin box.
“Wellum,” she said, ‘ah guess
ah’ll have to start collectin’ to
get up dat fee. Drop a nickel,'
mam?”
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•PM EDITOR DECLARES
REDS WILL HALT NAZIS
Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 19.
(Delayed)—Ralph Ingersoll, pub
v lisher of the New York newspa
per PM, who arrived in Ankara
from Moscow, said he believed
the Germans might take a few
more “limited objectives” in Rus
sia but ultimately would be stop
ped.
Then a mass of American ma
terial appearing on the Russian
front will be felt, he said.
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TREASURE HUNT
BY ACCIDENT
Aurora, Ind., Sept. 19.—An ac
cident to a mail pouch started a
treasure .hunt along the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad tracks,
The pouch, carrying an esti
mated $5,000 in bills and silver
sent by registered mail to Switz
erland County banks, was thrown
off at the station.
It bounced back onto the track
and was cut tp pieces, and the
mgney was scattered along more
a mile of the right-bf-way.
i! Townspeople went out with
baskets and scooped up the rich
es. One man got $323. But the
- tilinders feared they wouldn’t get
to keep die money. A postal in
spector was sent from Cincinnati
f investigate. \
Jfrrson|Mimrs
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Hall, Who Has Permit, Says
He Will Erect Structure
Petition Os Residents Will,
However, Be Presented To
Zoning Body
Latest angle on the Chub Lake
street and Leasburg road garage
controversy was today furnished
by R. Cliff Hall, owner of the lot
on which the proposed and pro
tested garage is to be erected, who
said that he had on Friday morn
ing secured from City Manager
and building inspector Percy
Bloxam a permit for erection of
such a structure.
It is understood that the gar
age which Mr. Hall proposes to
erect will cost between three and
four thousand dollars and will be
of sound construction, not un
sightly to the neighborhood.
City Manager Bloxam, contact
ed Friday night after his return
from Raleigh, where he and Chief
of Police Robinson attended a
State Civilian * defense meeting,
said that he had that morning
signed the permit for Mr. Hall,
but that it was expected that the
O’Briant petition would be pre
sented, as planned, at October
session of the Planning and Zon
ing commission.
Confirming reports that the
building is to be of metal and
wooden construction and that it
will be occupied by E. L. Harris’
garage, now on Court street, Mr.
that materials have been
ordered and that the building wiTl*
be erected.
Hall, who is a well known mer
chant, proprietor of Hall”s Hard
ware company, Court street, ex
pressed a desire to avoid contro
versy with the residents of Chub
Lake street area, who the first
of last week got up a petition
requesting that a permit be not
issued, but he was quite positive
in saying he was going ahead with
his plans.
Leading petitioners against the
garage building are Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert O’Briant, Mr.
and Mrs. O. Z. Gentry and Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Long, who with
Maxie U. Daniel, presented a pe
tition to City Manager Bloxam.
Bloxam, in turn, discussed the
matter with several City Com
missioners and promised to see
that it would be presented to the
planning and zoning commission
iat its next meeting, October 7.
Mr. Bloxam was out of the
City Friday and could not then
be reached for comment. Chair
man of the planning and zoning
commission is J. W. Noell, editor
of the Roxboro Courier. Conten
tion of signers of the petition is
that their residential property
will be decreased in value if a
garage is erected in their vicinity.
There are, however, in the neigh,
borhood several buildings of bus
iness * or semi-business usage.
Mr. Hall is himself a member
of the commission supposed to
pass on the issue.
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GARRETT REUNION
Members of the Garrett family
will on Sunday, September 21,
have their annual reunion at
Surl Baptist church, on the Ox
ford Road, near Roxboro. The
affair will begin at 10 o’clock in
the morning, with a sermon by
the Rev. Mr. Yarborough, fol
lowed by a basket luncheon serv
ed on the church grounds. All
friends of the Garretts are in
memb&s of the family and
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WEEK OF PRAYER 1
The week of Prayer for State
Missions will be observed this
week at the First Baptist Church.
A special program will be giv
en Wednesday evening at. 8:00
o’clock. The pastor will bring the
message.
All pf the ladies of the church
are urged to attend this service.
ABIDING INTEREST
The following quotation was
taken from a letter written to
the Editor of the Times, by Dr.
James W. Vernon, native of
this county and now in charge
of Broadoaks Sanatorium at
Morganton. Dr. Vernon is well
known to many people in this
county.
“I am very glad indeed to
subscribe to your paper and I
am sure that I shall enjoy the
paper as it comes to me. I find
that my interest in Person
County and its people does not
lag as the years go by.”
Very truly yours, .
James W. Vernon
The publishers of this paper
feel that Dr. Vernon has paid
this county and its people a
high compliment by his abid
ing interest even tho he has
been away for many years.
And somehow or other the
publishers feel that he must
be a true and loyal native, one
that we can well afford to be
proud of.
ROBINSONWILL
SPEAK ON HIS
work racROOP
Police Chief Will Be Guest
At First Fall Session Os
Agencies Council At Hotel
Guest speaker at the Septem
ber 24 meeting of the Person
County Council of Social agencies
will be Roxboro Chief of Police
George C. Robinson, who will
discuss aspects of his work here
as a law enforcement officer.
Luncheon will be served at
Hotel Roxboro at one o’clock in
the afternoon and a full attend
ance is requested at this, the first
session of the Fall season. It is
expected that the president, Rob
ert Edgar Long, will preside.
Chief Robinson, who in Aug
ust returned to this City as head
of the Police department, was
formerly stationed in Roxboro as
a member of the State Highway
Patrol and is well known here.
It is expected that his talk will
be of unusual interest. The meet
ing will last one hour.
Henry Smith
Located In City
In California
Several weeks ago there was
published in a Roxboro newspa
per announcement of the fact
that Henry Eugene Smith, form
er Person man, known to be a
resident of California, had not in
some months communicated with
his brother, Jule Smith, of this
City.
Interested in the case, W Wal
lace Woods, Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce secretary, wrote to
the Police Department, Los An
geles. Back came the reply that
there were in that City three H.
E. Smiths.
Secretary Woods thereupon
wrote each of the three Smiths:
today he had a letter saying that
the Person County Henry Eu
gene Smith lives at 685 Berendo
street, Los Angeles.
SUNBEAMS
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The Sunbeams of First Baptist
church will meet at the church
on Monday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock.
PERSON REOPLE I
LOOK AT SKY AS
LIGHTS APPEAR
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Display Os Northern Lights
Attracts Attention Os Rox- {
boro Residents
Roxboro residents, along witjr
hundreds of others in this area,'
watched the northern skies
Thursday night when an unusual
display of the Aurora Borealis
or “Northern Lights” was visible
from 7:30 o’clock until around'
midnight.
Streaks of greenish light, ting-;
ed with rose and red, filled the j
skies and occasional shooting}
stars were seen.
The atmospheric phenomenon, I
supposed to be of electrical ori
gin is best seen in the Arctic re
gions and most frequently ap- !
pears at equinoctial seasons.
For many years the aurora bo
realis was regarded more as a
curiosity of nature than anything
else, but since the coming of the
telephone and radio it has been
regarded with scientific interest.
During times of the display'
wireless and telephone and radio
service is frequently interrupted.
No particular report of interrup
tions in the Roxboro area were
reported, but in the newspaper j
and telegraph offices of larger;
cities service was rather severely
curtailed during the night. In
seme cities residents telephoned
newspapers wanting to know if
■ the Germans werf? coming.
The lights may have looked
that way to some people, since
they did resemble huge beam
lights similar to those now used
to guide airways traffic.
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Helena Group
; Hears Woodsdale
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| Civic Leader
Speaker at the Helena P.-T. A.
, meeting held last week at the
school, was Mrs. J. H. Merritt, of
. Woodsdale, who discussed the
. “Standard” P.-T. A. Introduction
of Mrs. Merritt was by Mrs. R.
B. Holeman. Presiding was the
president, Mrs. L. C. Liles.
I Also a speaker was the new
. principal, Jerry L Hester, form
. erly of Bushy Fork. Decision was
, reached that the Helena P.-T. A.
should strive to reach standard
L requirements. It was also an
nounced that the Cafeteria is now
open. Attendance was large and
much interest in school affairs
was shown. '
Along The Way
With the Editor
Here’s a rather strange thing and yet it happens to al
most any young man. Glenn Stovall is in his thirties and some
time ago he up and married. Then he settled down and stop
ped running around but it didn’t pay. Glenn began to put on
i weight, but he didn’t’ stop after he put on a little weight. He
i kept right on. Now he has six or seven suits at his tailors
i who is trying to let them out or piece them up so that Glenn
* can continue to wear them. Maybe the moral is for Glenn to
start running around again in order to lose weight and wear
the suits.
( A few days ago Harvey Chappell, cf Clarksville, came to
Roxboro. Harvey dropped into a local furniture store and
t began playing the piano. A crowd gathered and Harvey play
ed request numbers. Soon Dr. A. L. Allen came in and took
his seat by the piano. Doc began to request “love songs” and
i Chappell played them. There were those two men together,
one requesting “love songs” and one playing them so very
t sweetly both completely separately from the rest of the
- ( world. Me and Lawrence Woods called for “Tiger Rag.”
1 , James Brooks has just celebrated his first wedding an
niversary. Wonder; if he forgot to bring his wife a present on
the day of days? Wonder if he still thinks that two can live
as cheaply as one or has he decided differently and planted his
t winter salad patch.
t Preston Satterfield, Jr. has built three dog houses. Talk
) about being in the dog house —if he doesn’t like one he can
go into another.
ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1941
TWENTY-NINE
PEAK HOLDS ALL
OF FIRST WEEK
Roxboro Market’s High
1 Average Sustained; 314,-
852 Pounds Sold For 93,-
302.21
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j Average for sales for the first
four days of the 1941 Roxboro
tobacco market was $29.63, per
hundred pounds, according to
, tabulations from official daily
j figures furnished by Senior Field
I Assistant James B. Clayton, Gov
| ernment market official station
j ed in Roxboro.
Total pounds sold during the
I week were 314,852, bringing a
financial total of $93,302.21.
j Prices are higher than they
I have been at any time since
World War I days and farmers
are pleased. Quality hasj been
medium to poor thus far, but bet
ter quality is expected this next
; week.
.Highest daily average was
reached Thursday, with $30,91,
and next highest was $29.85, on
I Friday. Largest number of
pounds, 161,994, were sold on
Tuesday’s opening day. Prices
per pound on that day went as
! high as .46 cents.
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East Roxboro
Man Dies In
Brookneal, Va.
Dorsey Lee Coates, 35, of East
Roxboro, died Thursday after
noon at Brookneal, Va., where he
had been on a visit to his par
| ents. Death was attributed to a
heart attack.
Mr. Coates had just left the
j house and was en route to Rox
boro at the time he was stricken.
Funeral services were in Hali
fax County, Va., yesterday aft
ernoon with burial there.
Surviving are his widow, a
number of children and his par
ents and three sisters.
Mr. Coates was an employee
of Roxboro Cotton Mills, and
had lived in Roxboro for some
time.
NO AFTERNOON SHOW
Sunday afternoon performance
of “When Ladies Meet” will be
ommitted because power service
in this city will be off during
hours scheduled for the showing,
said Teague Kirby, Manager of
' the Palace Theatre, this morning.
Ford Hopes Conditions Will
Improve At Collins-Aikman
FOUR H CLUBS
SELECT OFFICERS
FOR NEW YEAR
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A. I. Park And Miss Vel
, ma Beam Report Names
Os Those Who Are 0f
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Various 4-H Clubs in Person J
county are beginning their organ-
, izations for the coming year, un
j der the direction of Miss Velma
Beam, Home Agent, and A. I.
■ Park, Assistant Farm Agent, and
, according to them are “getting
i off to a fine start.
, The John C. Terrell Club elect
ed as its officers: President, Mary
Ellen Owen: Vice-President, Wil. ‘
lie Lee Clark; Secretary, Dorothy
; Brooks; Treasurer, Nellie Bray.
The Olive Group chose its
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officers as follows: President,
■ Carroll Dunkley; Vice-President.
Geraldine Clayton; Secretary, Ar
i ista Rudder; Treasurer, Hubert
i Rudder.
Hurdle Mills Club will be led ! ‘
by: President, Jeanette Grinstead; |
Vice-President, W. T. Hawkins;
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Secretary, Belle Baynes; Treasur-
er, Vernon Davis.
Bushy Fork Club elected the
fqJlqwing. officers; President, Col
leen Long; Vice-Prelident, P. T.
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Howerton, Jr.; Secretary Bonnie
, S Belle Vernon; Treasurer, Bobby
Hester. .
Leaders for Mount Tirzah are:
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Ruby Whitt, President; Clayton J
Dean, Vice-President; Wilson
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Peed, Secretary; Verna Mae '
Chandler, Treasurer.
Allensville Club chose as Pres
ident, Elsie West; as Vice-Presi
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dent, Aph Yarboro; as Secretary,
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Pearl Hicks; as Treasurer, Ed
Gentry.
( All of these club organization
meetings were well attended, and
much enthusiasum has been
, shown for the work offered in the
I 4-H program.
, “In most of the schools a teach
er is to have 4-H work as a part
of her or his extra-curricula
duties, and this will be a great
help to the members, for it is dif
ficult for two Extension workers
: to meet these clubs more than
: once each month. Local Leaders
; are really the power that makes
i the work effective in the local
> communities, and not only teach
f ers are urged to be interested in
!• the program, but parents who
' will give some of their time to
the work, said Miss Beam,
p “The community that would
build for the future, that would
cultivate its greatest asset, that
would render itself the greatest
possible service must turn its at
tention to its youth, and in this
day of efficient organization in
all fields, the task of training the
young involves the formation of
organizations of boys and girls
into clubs which will at once
interest the members and give
them supervision and inspiration
which will tend to make them ;
good citizens”, she added.
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BETHEL HIIX TO HAVE
P. T. A. MEETING
The Bethel Hill Parent-Teach
er ”s Association will hold its first
meeting at 7:30 p. m., September
22. W. T. Gibson, Principal, and ,
the members of the faculty urge
all parents and other interested
persons to be present. An inter
esting and inspiring program wiil
be offered.
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G. A’S. TUESDAY
On Tuesday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock the G. A’s of First Bap
tist Church will meet with Jean
Marie Whitfield. >
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SHE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES-
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
Resident Manager Says
Curtailment Due To Con
ditions In Automotive In-
Dustry; Defense Orders
Being Sought
Discussing present curtailment
of production at Collins and Aik
man Corporation’s Plant E, at
Ca-Vel, near here, S. M. Ford,
resident manager, yesterday
morning said that efforts are now
being made to secure defense
orders to supplement the falling
off in demand for upholstery
(plush) used in automobiles.
Direct cause of the present up
set in Collins and Aikman pro
duction is, said Mr. Ford, a cur
tailment in automotive produc
tion by automobile manufactur
ers, who at Government request
are turning to production of ma
terials for national defense and
for aid under the lend-lease act.
Declining to enumerate the
number of employees at the local
Collins and Aikman plant who
have been released or placed on
shorter working hours, Mr. Ford
pointed out that number of per
sons affected changes from day
to day.
He did, however, describe the
situation as somewhat serious,
but added that he and other of
ficials of the Corporation are
hopeful that normal operation of
the mills may be resumed as
soon as adjustments have been
made.
Release of employees at Plant
E has been in progress for the
past week or more, although
numbers of them are still work
ing on part time or full time
schedule.
Mr. Ford declined to estimate
how long the present upset might
continue, although he was this
morning anxious to impress upon
the people that it will not be
continued longer than absolutely
necessary.
It is understood that other
plants producing similar mater
ials are facing like difficulties.
CENTRAL SCHOOL
PARENT-TEACHER
GROUP TO MEET
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Griffin Will Speak At First
Meeting Tuesday After
noon
First Fall meeting of Roxboro
Central Grammar school Parent-
Teacher association will be held
I Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
lin the school auditorium, with
| Person County Superintendent of
Schools R. B. Griffin as chief
speaker.
Mr. Griffin’s topic will be,
“Our Schools.” Leon Couch, now
supervising principal of Roxboro
District schools, will be intro
duced and devotionals will be
led by the Rev. W. F. West, of
the First Baptist church.
Presiding will be the president.
Mrs. Logan H. Umstead, who is
anxious that all members attend.
An attendance prize will be giv
en.
Members of the association
will on Thursday night at 8 o’-
clock at Hotel Roxboro sponsor
a benefit card party, with tables
reserved for bridge, rook, whist
and other games.
The Roxboro High school P.-
T. A. will not meet until a later
date, according to announcement
by Mrs. T. C. Wingstaff, publici
ty chairman.
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WORKERS' COUNCIL
The Sunday School Workers’
Council will be held on Friday
evening at 7:00 o’clock.