IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xn More Troops Come Through City, Enroute To Maneuvers Third Day Os Activity Within Week Passes With out Incident. Schools Not To Close. Third day of movement of troops engaged in the Southern area occurred here this morning when coast artillery and infan try units coming probably from Rhode Island, via Lynchburg, •df- Va., began passing through Rox boro at 4:30 o’clock. Other units of the 101 Cavalry, Fort Devens, Mass., came before noon. Reported to be in the caval cade were as many as four hun dred trucks, some of whicn passed through Main street, al though most of them were di verted south by Lamar street. A minor collision occurred near North End Service Station in the City limits, and two or three trucks were stalled by blowouts at a point near Ca-Vel Circle, otherwise nothing marred the day’s military activities. Chief of Police George C. Rob inson said he has had no inform ation concerning probable pass age of other troops through this City. Troops were expected here yesterday but none arrived. All that have passed have headed South. Carrying men of the 44th di vision from Fort Dix, N. J., 800 or more U. S. army trucks and cars passed through Roxboro Monday enroute from overnight camp near Farmville, Va., to next stopping point, Guilford battleground, at Greensboro. Included, in the convoys were Infantrymen of the 57 and 87 brigades, 156,167 Field artillery and 119 ordinance, all under command of Lt. Col. Limer. Second day of the move ment of troops in the Roxboro area passed without accidents being reported. Troops from In diantown Gap, passing here last Saturday were routed over res idential streets, but those com ing Monday came through North Main street to Reams avenue, causing some congestion of traf fic. R. B. Griffin, Person Superin tendent of Schools, said that movement of troop trucks has caused no interruption of school bus service, but that drivers of school busses have been instruct ed to follow directions of Army men in charge of traffic, land where necessary, to wait until convoys pass. Schools in Person will not be closed, said Mr Grif fin. Many citizens who live along routes followed by the Army trucks have given the passing soldiers cold drinks. Soliders, most of them in jovial mood, have thrown out to citizens let ters to be mailed and slips of paper costaining names and ad dresses, most of the latter pick ed up by smiling young women. o . JUNIORS EAT i Members of Longhurst Coun cil J. O. U. A. M., meeting this week at Ca-Vel school, were served dinner by women of Ca- Vel Methodist church. Presiding was B. B. Knight, Roxboro in surance man, who expressed ap preciation to the hostesses and reported a successful meeting with large attendance. | RETURNS pT Dr. Earl Daniel has returned ||trOm Graham, where he attend- : |i%l the meeting of Central Dis jjjfefct Chiropractors held there. !i ■ JurßDns®mes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY RITES HELD FOR SAMUEL CUSHWA AT BLACKSTONE Father Os George Cushwa Dies At Son's Home in Roxboro. Samuel Cushwa, 88, retired real estate man of Kenbridge, Va., who was a native of Wasr ington County, Maryland, died Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock in Roxboro at the home of his son George J. Cushwa, Roxboro Cotton Mills official, after an illness lasting four weeks. Death was attributed to infirmities of age, with complications. Rites for the elder Mr. Cush wa, who had been Visiting in the home of his son since Aug ust, were held here Wednesday afternoon at the Cushwa resi dence, Reams avenue, at one o’clock, by the Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro First Baptist church The funeral party then left for Blackstone, Va., where interment took place. Son of the late William and Anne Prather Cushwa, of Mary land, Mr. Cushwa was at first a I railroad employee, but had made his home at Kenbridge for twen ty-five years. He retired from his real estate business in 1926 and had been a frequent visitor in Roxboro. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Annie Charles, of Kenbridge, Va., his son of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. C. T Ripberger, of Kenbridge, Va. Also surviving are twelve grand children and three great grand children. o South Boston Growers Make Good Profits South Boston, Va., Oct. 2. The sum of $333,255.60 was dis tributed to growers selling their tobacco in South Boston on a single sale day. Monday, Sep tember 29. This meant an aver age of $34.36 for 970,016 pounds. This market has withstood in flations and deflations, with a continued recognition of higher prices grade for grade for 75 years. South Boston is rightfully considered the Tobacco Capital of the World, and much of the important tobacco news eman ates from this city. Representa tive buyers from all major com panies, and an army of indepen dents, insures all who sell at South Boston, the peak of com petition on all grades. o S. D. CM STEAD DIES • S. D. Umstead, of Lypchburg, Va., brother of Lee Umstead, of Roxboro, died Monday night at a South Boston, Va., hospital, af ter having been stricken with hemorrage of the brain shortly after he had visited brother in Roxboro. Final rites were held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock in Lynchburg, Va. Survjvors in clude his wife, five sisters and three brothers. o « IN AIR CORPS Frank Hester, Jr., Wake Forest alumnus, of this city, left this morning for Maxwell Field, Ala. where he will be stationed with the Air Corps. Father and Son, M. D. llii' M \ SB !! llte ftm SB wr BppM| m m who is now assistant FSA ad ministrator. Liljts will discuss objectives of the FSA program and a full attendance is request ed. STILL BROUGHT IN Taken Monday by Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton and Depu ty Bob Whitt was a 40 gallon still found in Mt. Tirzah town ship. Copper portions of the still, which was empty when found, were brought to the Court House, while the rest was destroyed on the spot. Operators were not present and have not yet been apprehended, said Sheriff Clay ton. o WAR-PAINT Another child. of the second modern world struggle is a new traffic sign and lane paint now being made from soybeans. PERSON FAIR TO CONTINUE TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS Fair Draws Good Attend ance And Has Worthwhile Displays Now in progress here and continuing through Saturday night, is the eighth annual Per son County Agricultural fair, which opened JVlonday njght. has since then had good attend ance. according to R. L (Bob) ■ Perkins, owner-manager. Especially noteworthy is an! exhibition pertaining to farm work and handicrafts by Ne groes. One entire building is de voted to this exhibition. There are also attractive exhibitions of 4-H club work done by both races. Likewise pleasing are shows of horses and cattle. For many persons the feature attractions are provided by the midway and I its shows, regarded this year as being of a better than average calibre. Attendance at the fair for the past three days has been good, said Mr. Perkins. o Bloxams Move, So Do Bennetts City Manager and Mrs. Percy Bloxam and their daughter, Miss Barbara Bloxam, have moved to the former E. V. Boatwright res idence, North Main street, re cently purchased by Mr. Blox am. In the Guthrie Bradsher house, formerly occupied by the Bloxams, are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Bennett, previous oc cupants of the Boatwright house. It was a swap across the street for the two families, one house being in front of the other. LATEST ON CAMP REVEALED IN THIS WASHINGTON REPORT Washington, Sept 30.—Offici als of the War and Agriculture ' Departments, actin at the insti- ■ gation of Representatives Carl • T. Durham and John Hi. Folger, granted definite assurances for the guidance of 1,255 farms fam- 3 ilies living the Durham, Person 1 and Granville Counties area se- < lected as the site for a proposed < new army area. These assuran- * ces, in brief are: 3 1— Farmers should proceed' i with the planting of their crops t and the (losing of 1942 agree- c ments with their tennants. 2 i They should make improvements r in their farms. 3—The camp site c will not be used unless it is de- t cided to further increase the size 1 of the army. I ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941 New TrvCounty Library Unit jM ay Be Formed To Aid Plan Couch Urges Cooperation In Democratic School Program i Supervising Principal Says Sustained Program Backed By Patrons And Pupils Necessary Here. Discussing "Democracy In the Public Schools,” with particular I references to the Roxboro Dis i trict schools. Leon Couch, super- I vising principal of schools in i this City, who was speaker at I the Kiwanis club Monday, said I that parents and pupils should ■be interested in what they can j givp the schools ,not what they j can get out of them, j Mr. Couch, in characterizing i public schools said that burdens j placed upon them by society are heavy, that they must now be operated for the benefit of ail and not for special groups, and that he is patricularly pleased with the morale of students in the Roxboro district. He did, however, make it plain that schools of the District can not prosper unless there is some permanency of plan. '“There should be,” he said, “an end of the tenant system of supervising principals in Roxboro, once the Board has secured the services ■■W-'3~goOO“fflahr ' - ~ “Patrons of the schools should jat the end of the year examine [the work accomplished, and if they are satisfied they should give to those in charge full sup port,” he said. New member of the club is J. D K. Richmond, tobacconist, for mer resident of Roxboro, who recently returned to this city to make his home. Mr. Couch in his address to the Kiwanians stressed the fact that public schools are our line of defense in democracy and that they must be operated on a bas is providing equal opportunities for all, with freedom from group influences and interference from special interests. o Mr. And Mrs. T. E. Stainback Visit In City Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Stainbeck, former residents of Roxboro, re turned this week for a brief vis it before establishing their home at Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Stain back, formerly with the Roxboro Drug company, has been in Ports mouth for the past two weeks, but Mrs. Stainback has been in Kinston with her sister. Both Mr., and Mrs. Stainback came to Roxboro from Hender son, where they lived for a num ber of years. In Portsmouth Mr. Stainback will be connected with a drug company as pharmacist. o NAVY NEEDS NEGRO MEN IN RESERVE AS MESS MEN Raleigh, Oct. 2.—ln addition to Regular Navy Enlistments, the Navy Department announced to day that Negro men between 17 and 36, single and of good char acter, can voluntarily enlist in the Naval Reserve, Class V-6, as mess attendants third class. Pay to start is s2l a month with chances for rapid promotion and increased pay to as hig as $lO5 a month. Free clothing, medical care, travel, food,, and a chance to learn at free schools while be ing paid, is also offered by the N fl vy. PRESBYTERIANS j TO HAVE SERIES OF SERVICES j Rev. W. C. Neill, of Smtih field To Preach For Five Successive Evenings, Be ginning Monday 1 ; Beginning on Monday evening 1 [October 6, and continuing ’ | through Friday, October 10, the! Rev. W. C. Neill, pastor of the i ! Presbyterian church at Smith- ■ ’ field, will conduct special serv- ! ■ ices at the Roxboro Presbyterian | ■ church, according to announce-1 l ment today made by the pastor.) 1 the Rev. J. M. Walker. i The services will begin each 1 evening at 7:45 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Neill, a grad -1 uate of Davidson college and of i - Union Theological Seminary, j Richmond. Va., received his Mas ' ter of Theology degree from the j i latter institution in 1939 and has! ? had a year graduate work at ■’ Yale Divinity school, Yale Uni-[ 3 . vorfitv. New.Haven.-.Conn—. I He has for two years been pas- I tor of the Smithfield and Pro ? ■ gressive Presbyterian churches, f Granville presbytery, and is. re-1 3: garded as a forceful and an at - tractive speaker.. Residents of I Roxboro and the community are . | cordially invited to attend the - [ services, which will have a spirit - ual life emphasis suitable to i present times. Speaker at the Sunday serv > ice will be the pastor, the Rev. t jMr. Walker, whose topic will be, ; i “Who is this Jesus?” Sunday t j School, with Thomas Dixon, su perintendent, will be held at s ; 9.45 that morning and Young d: Peoples’ meeting will be at 6:45 l in the evening. Hour for the j morning service is 11 o’clock. I I o | Highest Average . Reached By Mart Here This Week Tobacco on the Roxboro mar ket continues in good form, with „ heaviest sale for first three days . of this week on Monday, when I , 165,000 pounds averaged $32.32 ’’ per hundred, highest average of j the present Roxboro season. On , I Tuesday 42,248 pounds sold for I $12,802.56, at average of $30.30, . I while on Wednesday 53,650 pounds sold for $17,908.70. o ! BOARD TO MEET Quarterly meeting of the Per- : son County Board of Education, of which W. R. Wilkerson is chairman, will be held Monday morning, October 6, in the Board ! office at Roxboro Community House, Chub Lake street, at 10 : o’clock, according to announce- : ment by R. B. Griffin, County j Superintendent of Schools. o I IN ASHEVILLE Miss Frances Whitt left yester- i day for Asheville to visit her sister, Mrs. E. El Abbott, and Mr. Abbott. —o MRS. HICKS IMPROVES (Many friends of Mrs. M H. Hicks, who has been confined to her home for the past three weeks, are glad to hear of her improvement. 0 THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER FIFTY-ONE Chatham May Act This Week ' Caswell County Is Out Os Set-Up Including Person And Orange. Board -Chair man Appeals For Books. Bookmobile Planned. I Mrs. J. H. Merritt, of Woods j dale, chairman of the Person : County library board, today j confirmed reports concerning a [ conference with Miss Mariorie ! Beal, of the State Library com j mission, Raleigh, relative to i plans for a tri-county library j set-up in which Person, Orange [ and Chatham may work together |in order to derive greatest ben ! efits from the State Library J commission’s county allotments. Members of the Chatham li i brary board are expected to meet | this week or next to consider ) plans for cooperation. Orange and Person have already agreed jto the plan, said Mrs. Merritt, j who added that she expects to I call a meeting of the Person j board as soon as definite infor- I mation can be secured from Chat \ ham. ■j By arrangement with Person [Superintendent of Schools R. B, Griffin, it is expected that a [school bus taken out of service ~-becausu.i>£.»aw-tval of new ~ WTes for the schools will be adapted to use as a bookmobile for the [ exclusive use of the Person !ty library. Formal authorization of this adaptation is expected to be given Monday morning at quarterly session of the school board. It is also thought a WPA driv ier for the bookmobile can be I secured and that arrangements for fuel may be made with the school system. Men and women throughout the county are al ready cooperating with the Per son Library in distribution of books and are expected to do so more completely in event of bookmobile plans being perfect ed. Major appeal of the tri-countv set-up is fact that a trained li brarian would have direct super vision in the area. Person’s share for salary of the librarian would amount to about S4OO, but hav ing a trained librarian would’as sure complete and more efficient working with the State commis sion and would mean that the County would get its proportiin ate share cf library aid, $900.00. j County appropriation from ' Person county commissioners is j SSOO. Under tri-county arrange ments each county’s individual contribution would remain in its own possession. Also, present WPA library staff would remain intact. In commenting on work of the Person County Library, Mrs. Merritt today issued an appeal for contributions in cash or in books from civic clubs, social or ganizations and individuals, pointing out that service of the library to citizens will be muen more improved if citizens will make private contributions and not depend entirely on the small state and county budget. Out of the tri-county set up is Caswell county, it being reported that officials there have been unable to arrange a workable progTam. Mrs. Sue Featherston, WPA library assistant, has this week reported recepit of a number of volumes and she and Mrs. Zelle Barnette have expressed appre ciation for them. The Person li brary is in the Board of Educa tion and Community house build ing, Chub Lake street, Roxboro.