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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DRS. CHARLES H. AND CHARLES E. BRADSHER
Shown above are two members of the Braddher family
who were medical men of distinction. Stories of their lives
and of their families are related in today’s installment of
Miss Eugenia Bradsher’s interesting history of the Bradshers
and their connections.
BRADSHER STORY
CONTINUES TO
AROUSE JNTEREST
Second Installment Ap
pears Today. Few Copies
Os First Remain. Those
Interested Urged To Sub
scribe.
Published today on the editor
ial page of the Times is the sec
ond installment of Miss Eugenia
Bradsher’s history of the Brad
sher family, a feature being read
with interest by many subscrib
ers to the Times.
So great has been the demand
for extra copies of the issue con
taining the first installment that
J. S. Merritt, editor of the Times,
has been forced to announce that
only a few back copies are avail
able and that subscriptions, be
ginning with the present issue or
[later, will be $1.50 per year, or
j 75 cents for six months, payable
in advance.
Persons interested in following
the Bradsher history ar e advised
to enter subscriptions at once, as
back copies will not be available,
said Mr. Merritt.
Today s installment is concern
ed with Stella Bradsher White
field and her children and with
Drs. Charles H. and Charles E.
Bradsher. Photographs of the
two last named appear on the
front page. Other photographs
are on editorial page.
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CLUB REORGANIZES
Re-organization of the Farm
ers’ club at Bethel Hill will be
effected Friday at a meetting to
be held at 7:30 o’clock at Bethel
Hill high school. Presiding will
be A. G. Bullard, instructor in
agriculture at the school, and
chief speaker will be L. C. Liles,
iformer teacher in Person >
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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IN ASHEVILLE
Miss Frances Whitt left yester- i
day for Asheville to visit her
sister, Mrs. E. El Abbott, and
Mr. Abbott.
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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.
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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.