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IF IT IS NEWS ABO in PfiRSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XH Unusual Views Os The News TOBACCO TICKETS GO INTO EVIDENCE Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25.—The nation’s “Big Three” tobacco companies today introduced 750,- 000 basket tickets into the record of the tobacco anti-trust trial in an effort to show that they pur chased more than a hundred mil lion pounds of leaf competitive ly in 1939, despite government allegations of conspiracy. Offer of the tickets and com putation of what they reflect were made by attorneys for the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Com pany as they closed their por tion of defense testimony to gov ernment monopoly and price-fix ing in the tobacco industry. o BLAZE DESTROYS VILLAGE CHURCH Morehead City, Sept. 25. —Fire late yesterday destroyed the Methodist Church at Salter Path. The blaze left residents of the tiny fishing village, several miles northwest of Morehead City, without a place to worship. Loss was estimated at $2,080. It was not known whether the edifice was insured. The fire, which threatened nearby homes of fishermen for a time, was believed to have orig inated from grass which burned in the churchyard during the early afternoon. o DR. HUGH C. WOLFE TO HEAD SOCIETY Goldsboro, Sept. 26.—Dr. Hugh C. Wolfe, of Greensboro, was elected president of the North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Society at the seventh an nual convention in Goldsboro. Dr. J. H. Fitzgerald, of Smith field, was elected vice president, and Dr. Vanderbilt F. Couch, of Winston - Salem, was reelected Secretary - treasurer. Greensboro was selected as the convention city for the 1942 session. Around 50 members of the so ciety attended the convention, ov er which Dr. Milton R. Gibson, of Raleigh, president, presided. Dr. Thomas C. Kerns, of Durham, is retiring vice president. STATE REA GETS ADDITIONAL FUND Washington, Sept. 25. Allot ments to seven North Carolina rural electrification cooperatives totaling $91,000 were announced today by REA Administratonr Harry Slattery. Largest of the sums advanced goes to the Cruso Electric Mem bership Corporation with head quarters in Clyde. James C. Moore is superintendent of the development which received $25,- 000. o FEDERATION PRESIDENT TO SPEAK IN WINTON SOON Gatesville, Sept. P. R. Rankin, of Mount Gilead, pres ident of the North Carolina Fed eration of Women’s Clubs, will make an address at the annual meeting of the 16th district of Women’s Clubs at Winton •on Thursday, October 2. The Winton Woman’s Club will be hostess for the occasion, which will be held in the Methodist Church. The luncheon will be at the club house. . *.V*sr* lerson^dimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Navy Editor Ready to Consult With Interested Young Men M. C. Clayton Os Times Designated A s Advisor, Will Be Pleased To Talk To Applicants Here Washington, D. C., Sept. 25. At the suggestion of Secretary of Navy Knox, M. C. Clayton, man ager of the Person County Times, has been made Navy Editor, to help the Navy in giving ambi tious local young men informa tion about the opportunities the “Two-Ocean Navy” offers them for technical training and ad vancement as they serve their country in its emergency. According to an announcement made public in Washington, a limited number of additional men between the ages of 17 and 50 will be given a chance, by enlist ment in the Navy or Naval Re serve, to get to the top, with big pay, in jobs which by their apti tude and as a result of examina tion they show themselves fitted, from among nearly 50 different trades and vocations. These in clude such callings as aviation machinist, dental technician, pho tographer, diesel engineer, radio technician, electrician, welder, storekeeper, and baker. Enlisted men may also qualify for com missions as officers. Beginning this week, the Navy plans for a limited time to ac cept new qualified men for train ing. These men will be sent to one of four Naval Training Sta tions and may have a chance to go to a Navy Trade School even before assignment to the fleet. During this period they will be given regular Navy pay and the Navy’s free schooling is valued at hundreds of dollars. “Never in the history of the United States has there been greater oppotrunity for loyal young Americans to serve their country and build their futures than right now,” said Secretary Knox. In outlining the many advant ages offered by enlistment in the United States Navy, Mr. Clayton, Navy Editor of the Times said, “It is possible for a bright young man to increase his pay seven times during his first enlistment and he can earn as much as $126 a month. This monthly figure is actually worth much more when it is remembered that the man has few living expenses and is provided with the finest of med ical and dental care. “You have all your food/ and lodging, and also your original outfit of clothing provided by Uncle Sam free,” Mr. Clayton continued. “In addition there are free sports and entertainment — 1 even to the latest Holloywood pictures. On top of this you get free travel and adventure in col orful places—a thing few civil ians can afford. “When you consider the size of this country and the fact that the Navy will select only 15,000 applicants a month from many times that number throughout the United States, the quotation, 1 ‘Many are called but few are chosen,’ will apply to local young men interested. “Navy men are a ‘hand-pick ed’ lot. Candidates must be men of more than average intelligence { and ambition, of fine moral char, acter and must have the written recommendation of at least two local townspeople.” ; As Navy Editor, Mr. Clayton has just received from Washing ton a supply of free illustrated booklets for all men interested and, in addition, will welcome inquiries from young men who wish to look into the new and greater opportunities the Navy I now offers for training for fu ture civilian careers as they | Serve their country now in its emergency. DR. BERT LONG DIES SUDDENLY ; IN GREENSBORO Roxboro Native Found > , Dead Saturday Morning Was Father Os Billy Noell Long And Brother Os Prominent Residents Here 1 Roxboro relatives of Dr. Bert R. Long, of Greensboro, native of Person County, who had for sev eral years been with the public. ‘ schools division of the Greensbo -1 ro department of Public Health, 1 were yesterday morning inform ed of his death in that city. | Dr. Long, about 60, was found | dead in bed at his home early ■ | in the morning. Information from Greensboro indicated that he had on Friday night played bridge ’ with friends and that he was in ', apparent good health when he , left the group and went home. I j Member of a prominent Rox i boro family, Dr. Long was the I I son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. ’ H. Long. He was a brother of Mrs. R. L. Harris, of this city, ■ wife of Lieutenant Governor Harris, and of Mesdames E. E. Bradsher, Sr., and Sue Hen ley, also of Roxboro. Also survi ving are two brothers, E. G. Long ' and Henry David Long, Sr., both of this city, and a son Billy Noell 1 Long, of Greensboro. Dr. Long’s - wife, the former Miss Noell, died in Roxboro last year at their summer home on the Leasburg road. , Funeral arrangements for Dr. Long are incomplete, but it is ex pected that the rites will be held I in Roxboro today at the E. E. Bradsher, Sr., residence. ARMY MEN FILL CITY, PASSING IN CONVOY TRUCKS Groups From North Start Conning Early Saturday Morning And Continue To I I Come For Several Hours Passing through Roxboro Sat urday morning at 11:30 o’clock ; was an Army convoy of men of the First Column of the 28th di vision, enroute South. In the convoy were 800 trucks and ten or more busses, coming from camp at Indiantown, Gap, Pa. The troops entered Roxboro from the Virgilina, Va., highway '(No. 49) and came down North Main (to Lamar intersection, ; thence up Lamar street to Reams Avenue and on out by No. 49 to Prospect Hill. • j An advance car occupied by Lt. K. K. Wiginall and other army officers was involved in a t wreck Friday afternoon just in side the Roxboro city limits, when it was struck by a car driv en by Oscar Long, of Roxboro. Long, coming south on 501, struck : the army truck just after the truck, coming south, had clear ed the intersection in a turn from the Virglina road. I First aid treatment was given to the truck driver, Pri. William » Grove, 19, of Columbus, Pa., and ' to Ed Clemmons, Roxboro Negro, iin Long’s car. Uninjured were i First Sergeant Seigfried and Pri vates Zimmerman and Cirinci. City police investigated and no charges have been preferred Long, although the Army offcials report he was driving at l rapid rate of speed, j Long’s car was badly damaged, ( the Army truck, slightly, al ’ , though the men spent Friday ' night in Roxboro pending its re ' pair. WOMEN TALK ON FREEDOMS DURING CLUB SESSION Democracy At Work Theme Os Six Members Os Busi ness And Professional Wo men's Club i Discussing “Democracy In The ory and Practice,” six members of the Roxboro unit of the Busi ness and Professional Woman’s club at the meeting held Wednes day night at Hotel Roxboro, per sented brief talks on freedom of, the press, religious toleration, the right to assembly, liberty and justice, majority rule and group versus national interests. In charge of the program, in the absence of Miss Agnes Brake, who is new ill in Duke hospital, was Miss Velma Beam, while presiding officer was the) club i president, Miss Nancy Bullock, who was first speaker. Others who spoke were Mrs. T. P. Rid dle, Mrs. A. F. Nichols, Miss Bar bara Bloxam, Mrs. Thomas Fea therston and Miss Frances Wes ton. Conclusions reached by those who reviewed our boasted free doms were all but unanimous in agreement that freedoms are more talked about than practic ed, and that club women and others in positions of influence must exert themselves to see that those freedoms which we do claim are not more rejected than they appear to be. First October meeting of the club will not be held, it was an nounced, because of a special meeting to be held in Raleigh and because of the district meet ing which will be held in Dur ham during the “Business and Professional Club” week, which comes in October. Members of the Roxboro unit have been in vited to and are expected to at tend both the Raleigh and Dur ham meetings. o Tobacco Holds Good In Mart At Roxboro Highest average for the second week of the 1941 season the the Roxbiro tobacco market was reached on Thursday, when 55,- 686 pounds sold for $17,743.49, at an average of $31.86 per hundred pounds. Friday’s sales were 139,- 578 pounds for $44,578.34, at an average of $31.22. Both sets of figures were reported for the Times -by James B. Clayton, sen ior field assistant with the Gov ernment service. By pounds sold, heaviest day since the opening was on Friday, September 26. Total pounds sold since opening are 726,222. Along The Way With the Editor Emery Foushee must be in the money. A few days ago a fellow sent two customers into his store. These two customers each bought a suit of clothes and Emery went out and bought his friend a cigar, one of these “two for twenty-five cent” ones. Emery also bought one and these two boys lit their golden weed and puffed away like they were smoking their regular brand. There is no war in the newspaper camp. Last Thursday night Tom Shaw, City Editor of the paper, invited Smith Humphries, Associate Editor of the Courier, to the Rotary sup per. These two men sat down and broke bread together and had a good time. Neither carried a razor. E. B. Bragg just left this office and got in a brand new automobile. Said that he wanted to try it out. Believe me that was a good looking car, but when Bragg got in that car—oh well, why keep talking about beauty. So long for today. I am off to a football game on a free pass. That’s about all newspaper people get—free tickets. People don’t even bring us vegetables or fruit or sausage like they uster. \ ' * ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1941 J. E. OWENS SEES POLARIS LIGHTS IN FULL GLORY Also Observes Attitudes Os Canadians Toward War And Rcosevelt. Just returned from Canada is [J. E. Owens, of this city, one of ! numbers of Person folks who are learned in the art of tobacco cur ing and who go each year to Can ada fer periods of six weeks or more to assist our Northern j neighbors with the preservation jof their “Weed” crops. Mr. Owens, who was stationed I this year at Courtland, Ontario, Isays that in that part of Canada he saw few evidences of the fact that Canadians are at war with the Axis powers, adding that he | is convinced that average Ameri- I cans are far better informed than are Canadians when it comes to keeping up with the war’s pro gress. j “Interest is keen in the fate of American shipping,” said Mr. Ownes, “and the name of Roos evelt is almost sacred to Cana dians, so that it is quite un healthy to speak lightly of him.” About a week before he left Courtland Mr. Owens experienc ed the display cf the “Aurora Polaris,” or “Northern Lights” observable here at the same time. There was, however, this difference: in Courtland the dis play was so bright that it was light enough far into the night to see as if it were daytime. According to Mr. Owens it was so light that “You could see well enough to pick up a quarter out of the grass.” Interested in what he had ex perienced Mr. Owtens yesterday looked up encyclopedic descrip tions of the “Aurora,” ’discover ing in the articles the now fa miliar references to relationships between the “Aurora” and mag netic storms which occur with greatest frequency in equinoctial seasons. “The display was,” lie said, “one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, and far more in tense than it was in Roxboro.” o Meanest Man Makes Away With Molasses Somewhere in Person County is the meanest man. On Tuesday Cloffus Bumpass, Negro tenant on the F. W. Rogers’ farm died, leaving h wife and six children, one of the latter an infant, 3 months of age. Next night, while the mourners watched by the body, 25 gallons of molasses, property of the deceased, was stolen from a small outhouse close to the home. Many Firemen Receive Awards At Closing Event Os School PHILLIPS WILL BE P. T. A. SPEAKER HERE NEXT MONTH District Session Will Be Held In Roxboro; Local Plans Formulated Last Week Officers and delegates from Parent-Teacher associations in the ten districts in North Carolina will between September 30 and October 22 meet in as many ci ties for discussion of the role of P.-T. A. in National Defense and I community welfare, wife partic- I ular emphasis on the place of childhood and youth in a democ racy. In Rcxboro, which is in district 6, the meeting will be held on Thursday, October 9, with Mrs. W. H. O’Shea, of Durham, as dis trict director. Held about 10 days ago at the residence of Mrs. Lo gan H. Umstead, of Roxboro, was a preliminary meeting to plan for the district session. Present at this meeting were Mrs. G. C. Vickers, county chairman, Mrs. O’Shea and ethers, and it is ex pected that the district six meet ing will be of unusual value. Featured will be an address, “We Aid in National Defense,” by Mrs. J. S. Blair, Elizabeth town, state president; a sympos ium led by C. W. Phillips, Greensboro, on “Our Communi ty”; and a question hour and panel discussion led by Mrs. E. N. Howell, Swannonoa, field worker of the organization. Each of the 10 meetings will include a mid-day luncheon for delegates and officers. It is estimated that around 2,000 people wlil attend the 10 sessions. Mrs. Blair. Mrs. Howell and Mr. Phillips will attend each of the 10 sessions, thus giving them all the same general theme of national democracy and com munity welfare. In addition, P.-T. A. directors in each of the 10 districts will schedule portions of the program dealing with problems and con ditions in their own districts, to provide a local and sectional fla vor. At each of the meetings, invo cations, greetings and responses will' be brought by district P.-T. A. members, and musical selec tions will intersperse the pro grams. Local councils will make re ports on their activities, and oth er business, including election of district officers for a new term, will be carried out. Prominent Continued on back page o P.-T. A. Benefit At Hotel Has Good Results Members of Roxboro Central Grammar Sdhool Parent-Teach er association reported a success ful benefit bridge tournament held Thursday night at Hotel Roxboro. Prizes were given at each table. Light refreshments were served and members of the association expressed their ap preciation to Mr. and Mrs. Karl Burger, of the Hotel, for their cooperation and hospitality. Second event of the week for the P.-T. A. was the first Fall meeting, held in the school audi tourium, with R. B. Griffin, Per son Superintendent of Schools, as chief speaker. Also present was Leon Couch, supervising principal of the Roxboro district schools. Attendance prize was divided with throe session rooms. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER FIFTY-ONE Sixty Or More Men Get Recognition At Banquet; Ford Presides, Thomas Pre sents Certificates Climax of a two day session in the form of a Fire College train ing school, second held here in a year for firemen from Roxboro and Ca-Vel and surrounding ci ties, was reached Friday night with a banquet at Hotel Roxboro at which certificates were pre sented to members completing the course. • Presentation of the certificates to forty or more out-of-town firemen and to twenty or more Roxboro and Ca-Vel members was by Roxboro Police Commis sioner Philip L. Thomas, while toastmaster was S. M. Ford, res ident manager, Collins and Aik man corporation, Ca-Vel. Speakers and entertainers in cluded Sherwood Brockwell. of Raligh. State Fire marshal. Hen ry E. O’Briant, Chief of the Rox boro department, and J. E. Spake, Chief of the Ca-Vel de partment. Other speakers and special guests included Lieutenant Gov ernor R. L. Harris, Mayor S.’G. Winstead, Chief of Police George C. Robinson, Police Commission er Philip L. Thomas, W. Wallace Woods, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and others from Roxboro, in adition to represen tatives from Durham and nearby cities. Also present were City Manager Percy Bloxam, of Rox boro, representatives of the press and of various civic organiza tions. Afternoon sessions were de voted to practical aspects of fire fighting and special training, with all sessions held at Roxboro Cen tral Grammar school and at the fire station. On the previous evening major attraction was a National Defense program at Person County Court House at which speakers were Ted S. Johnson, Slate Director of Ci vilian Defense, of Raleigh, and Forrest Miles, of Greensboro, deputy administrator of defense funds. Mr. Brockwell also spoke. Mr. Johnson, who first ad dressed Roxboro Rotarians at a dinner session at Hotel Roxboro, had as theme at both meetings the necessity of adequate defense. He said that citizens can help by actual assistance in military mat ters, by sustaining morale and by home defense practices, in. eluding fire-fighting, first aid work and conservation. Mr. Johnson deplored public, tendencies toward indifference, urged full realization of patriot ism and begged his hearers to become awake to reality, saying that dangers of air raids, of in vasions and of unprecedented emergencies such as have taken place in Europe and Asia seem Continued on back page o Two Officials Welcome Coming Os Offspring —— "" 1 Sons and daughlejrs arrived yesterday morning in two of Rox boro’s official families: at 1:50 o’clock Fire Chief and Mrs. Hen-, ry E. O’Briant became the par ents of a daughter, not yet nam ed; at 4:50 o’clock, three hours later, Person County Superinten dent of Schools and Mrs. R. B. Griffin welcomed the arrival of a son, Roderic Boyd, Jr. Infants and mothers, all at Community hospital, are reported to be do ing well. The two fathers,, who paced the floors together, bought up ill - the cigars in town.
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