IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XIII
Library Board In Agreement
With State Commission Plan
Miss Grafton To Come As
Tri - County Librarian;
Bookmobile Nat To Be
Planned Immediately
Agreement with the State Li
brary Commission’s plan for a
tri-county library set-up where
in the Person County Library
will coopeate with library units
in Orange and Chatham counties
in the employment of Miss Ern
estine Grafton, now of Cincin
nati, Ohio, as a trained librarian
to work with library programs
of the counties concerned was
this week reached by the Person
-County Library board.
Matter of securing a school
truck from the Person school bus
fleet to serve as a bookmobile
was deferred until more detailed
information can be secured as to
cost of equiping and operating it
as a bookmobile. It is expected
that definite action on the book
mobile will be delayed until af
ter the arrival of Miss Grafton,
who will not be here for several
weeks.
Miss Grafton, a native of Tex
as, is described by Miss Marjorie
Beal, secretary of the State Li
brary Commission, as a very ca
pable, attractive woman, trained
in the cataloging and selection of
books and in management of li
brary affairs. Under the tri
county plan Miss Grafton will re
ceive from each county $425 as
proportionate parts of her salary
and will be under contract to re
main until the -end of the State
fiscal year, June 30, 1942.
By cooperating with the State
Library program Person County
will be assurred of receiving its
yearly allotment of S9OO from the
State Library fund, out of which
Miss Grafton’s salary is to be
paid, and will have left over
from that fund about $475 to be
used with the Person County
Commissioners’ library allotment
of SSOO for purchase of books,
upkeep and repairs.
This sum of nearly SI,OOO is to
be larger than any Person Coun
ty has yet had for library work,
and according to Miss Beal it is
possible that a small additional
sum may be later in the year de
rived from the State fund. Mem
bers of the Person board are,
however, anxious to point out
that need for continued coopera
tion and assistance from private
sources is great and that contri
butions in cash o.r books will be
greatly appreciated.
Mfs. John Merritt, of Woods
dale, chairman of the Person Li
brary board, stated that schedule
v fOr Miss Grafton has not been
Worked out, but that she will
probably come first to Roxboro
and will then go to Hillsboro and
1 Pittsboro, evolving afterwards a
definite schedule and program.
Assisting her will be Mrs. Sue
Featherston and Mrs. Zelle Bar
nette, of the library division of
WPA, both residents of Roxboro,
who have in the past year kept
the library program in going
condition.
Elected as treasurer of the lo
cal board was Thomas J. Shaw,
Jr., City Editor of the Times.
Continued on back page
OLIVE. P.T.A.
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Speaker at October session of
the Otfve Hill parent-teacher as
sociation to be held tonight at
7:30 o'clock at the school will be
Lawrence Pittman, of the science
department, Roxboro high school,
and Miss Louise Croom, of the
Person health department. Mr.
Pittman’s topic will be “Correct.
Diet for %e School Child,” while
Miss Croom will discuss a “Health
Program Sr Olive Hill School."
'A full attendance is requested.
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C. T. DUNCAN, 61,
OF CHUB LAKE
DIES IN ROXBORO
Rites Held This Afternoon
At His Home; Survivors
Include Wife . And Two
Sons
Charlie Thomas Duncan, 61, of
Chub Lake, died yesterday morn
ing at 7 o’clock at Community
hospital after an illness lasting
three months. Death was attrib
uted to a cerebral hemmorag*.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the late residence this
afternoon at two o'clock by the
Rev. F. B. Peele, Methodist min
ister. Interment was in the fam
ily cemetery.
Mr. Duncan, who was the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Duncan, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lelia Duncan, five broth
ers, William HL, George G., Joe
E. and John Duncan, all of Chub
Lake, and five sisters, Mrs Cora
Bowen, of Durham, Mrs. Jennie
Brann, of Caswell county, Mrs.
Harry Foushee of Orange coun
ty and Mesdames O. S. and C. D.
Oakley, of Person County.
Pallbearers were J. E. Rhew,
A L. Davis, G. T. Lee, L. F.
Guill, G. T. Ramsey, Bennie Wil
liams and Nathan Seamster.
Preacher With An
Eye For News In
City This Week
In Roxboro during the week
was a Negro minister, the Rev.
R. H. Terrill, of Route 2, Dunn,
who* says that he has been
preaching for 71 of his 83 years,
that he is the father of 31 chil
dren by three marriages, and that
he received 31 wounds while
serving with the U. S. Army in
the Spanish-American war
Terrill claims to be part Indian
and insists that he never preach
es for money. While in Roxboro
the “Reveren’’ was guest of Wil
liam Nichols and on Sunday
preachqjd at New Mount Zion
Baptist church. For all his being
a preacher and father of many
children, youngest of whom is
twelve years of age, Terrill is
sorrjething of a publicity-man:
he was careful to ask the Times
reporter who talked to him to
send to his Dunn address, Box,
180, a copy of the paper contain
ing this story.
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Person Zone To
Have Session At
Methodist Church
Final Person Zone meeting of
the conference year will be held
at Oak Grove Methodist church
Sunday, October 19, from 2 until
4 o’clock in the afternoon, ac
cording to announcement receiv
ed today from Mrs. W. M. Fox,
Zone leader, of Roxboro, who
said that an interesting program
is being planned and a full at
tendance is requested.
In charge of music will be Mrs.
K. L. Street, of Roxboro, and a
guest speaker will be Miss Flo
rine Robinson, of Burlington.
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AT ROXBORO DRUG CO.
Bob Whitten, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Whitten, a prominent
Carolina athlete, and popular
resident, has accepted a position
at Roxboro Drug company.
LOOP ROAD IN
HANDS OF STATE
HIGHWAY; BOARD
Plan Presented To Body
At Hillsboro Session Tues
day
By recommendation of the City
of Roxboro Planning and Zoning
Commission a delegation consist
ing of J. W. Noell, E. G, Thomp
son and Mayor 9. G. Winstead
appeared this week at the Oc
tober session of the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion’s division hearing at .Hills
boro and requested that body to
survey three possible routes for
loop roads through or around
Roxboro and to make proper fi
nancial appropriations to carry
out the same after agreement as
to routes has been reached.
It is intended that the suggest
ed surveys be presented to the
Roxboro Planning and Zoning
commission and to the Roxboro
Board of City commissioners and
that final approval as to routes
will be reached after consultation
with the State Highway and
Public works commission.
When appointment of the Rox
boro delegation was announced
last week it was said that the
sum of $150,000 would be re
quested for the loop road project,
which has been long discussed
here, but Mr. Thompson in an
interview yesterday said that
sum to be needed was left to dis
cretion of the Highway division,
of which chairman for this dis
trict is George W. Kane, of Rox
boro
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Foushee Child
Dies In Hospital;
Rites Held Today
Clarence Anderson Foushee, 5-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence H. Foushee, of Cedar
Grove, Orange County, died yes
terday afternoon at 12:45 o’clock
at Duke Hospital, Durham, after
an illness lasting seven months.
The child was admitted to the
hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at two
o’clock at the residence of Mrs.
R. T. Foushee, near Cedar Grove,
with interment in the Long cem
etery near Roxboro. Rites were
in charge of the Rev. S. F Nicks,
Methodist minister, of Hillsboro.
Survivors include: the parents,
one sister, Nancy Dean Foushee,
one brother, Carol Thompson
Foushee; the maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Monk, and the paternal grand
mother, Mrs. R. T Foushee, all
of the same community.
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HELENA P. T. A.
October meeting of t{ie Helena
Parent-Teacher Association will
meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in
the school auditorium. The pro
gram committee has planned a
program for the evening that no
parent who is interested in the
child and the school can afford
to miss.
The program is as follows:
Devotional, Rev. E. L. Hill; Mu
sic, Miss Eleanor Carr, while
speaker will be Miss Julia Fish
er. whose subject is, “Are Our
Children Well Fed?”
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TROOPS. PASS
Chis of Police George C. Rob
inson earlier in this week was
advised that troops from Fort
Devens, Mass., part of a unit
traveling South in 800 trucks,
would pass through Roxboro
Thursday or Friday over high
way No 501. Part of the convoy
peached here early this morning.
COMMISSIONERS
OF CITY MEET
TUESDAY NIGHT
Routine Session Held; Ma
jor Interest Out Os Court
Settlement Os Jennie Win
stead Case
Roxboro City Commissioners
at October session held Tuesday
night in the City hall approved
on certain conditions condem
nation proceedings to secure
right-of-way at Southern inter
sections of Highway 501, accord
ing to suggestions made by the
Planning and Zoning commission
last week.
Item of interest was out of
court settlement of the suit in
stituted against the City of Rox
boro by Mrs. Jennie Winstead,
who alleges that she was injured
when she tripped and fell over
an obstruction on a Court street
sidewalk two winters ago. Mrs.
Winstead asked for some $3,000
damages, but attorneysj in the
case declined to reveal the set
tlement amount, although it is
known to have been small.
Date of November 1 was set
for advertising 1940 taxes, with
date of sale as December 8.
By approval of Commissioners
the City is to cooperate w ith the
soil conservation service program
on City Watershed areas. Order
ed were certain improvements to
Burch avenue.
Present for the session was
former City Commissioner
George .W.
his thanks for a plaque previous
ly presented to him by Commis
sioners in a private ceremony in
which tribute was paid to him
as Commissioner Mr. Kane re
signed from his position as City
Commissioner last Spring after
he was named as a member of
the State Highway and Public
Works commission.
During his years of service as
a City official Mr. Kane served
as Commissioner of Police and
Public Safety, a position now
held by Commissioner Philip L.
Thomas, who succeeded Mr.
Kane in the last municipal elec
tion.
JURY ALLOWS
$4,506 TO GIRLS
HURT IN CRASH
Henry Elam Denies Driv
ing Machine In Reckless
Manner
Durham, Oct 15.—A Superior
Court jury yesterday awarded
Flora J. Singleton $3,500 and
Louise Singleton SI,OOO for in
juries sustained while they were
passengers in an outomobile driv
en by Henry Elam, former Rox
boro resident, now of Baltimore,
which overturned on Highway
14 near Yanceyville last Decem
ber.
Elam, who was a popular mem
ber of the Roxboro A. & P. store,
was sued for $30,000 by Flora
Singleton and for $5,000 by Lou
ise Singleton. The plaintiffs stal
ed that they were 16 and 17 years
old respectively at the time of
the accident, and the suits were
brought by Mrs. Della M. May,
as their next friend, n
It was alleged that Flora Sin
gleton received fractured verte
brae in her back and neck and
that Louise Singleton sustained
a wrenched back, sprained ankle,
and laceration of the legs.
Elam contended that he had
paid S3OO in full settlement of
the claims against him, and de-.
nied allegations that he was driv
ing recklessly.
With Elam at time of the ac
cident were two Roxboro young
men, who were slightly injured.
ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941
Bill Os Indictment Against
Ten Returned By Grand Jury
Resume Account
|Of First Steps
Os Winstead Case
. | Grand Jury Indicts Negro
. | For Rape; Judge Delivers
Special Charge
Monday's Proceedings
The Person County grand jury
on Monday afternoon at 4:30
.o’clock returned a true bill
(against Cy Winstead Jr., 20-year
j eld Person Negro charged with
[jcriminal assautl.
j Trial of the case, however,
was continued to the January 26
I term of court by agreement of
I j Solicitor William H. Murdock of
. Durham and Merritt and Long,
private prosecution for the State,
at request of Cooper Hall, Bur
lington lawyer retained for de
fense by Winstead's father.
Judge Grady did not mention
the mob case in his routine
. charge to the grand jury Mon
, day, it was said, because he wish
, ed the jurors to dispose of the
bill in the rape case before tu n
t ing to an investigation of the
mob.
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. Named as witnesses in the bill
. of indictment returned against
■ Winstead were the alleged vic
tim, Miss Pauline Dunn; Charles
Dunn, son of her foster father.
( Jitn Dunn; Person County Sher
, iff M. T. Clayton, who arrested
Winstead; Dr. B. A. Thaxton, ox
, amining physician, and W. I.
. Gatling and James Bradshaw of
- the SBI.
. Person court house was well
filled but not crowded by peo
; pie who came early and stayed
I long awaiting official mention of
I the Winstead ease. Keeping good
order, they watched Judge Gra
dy open court shortly after 10
o’clock, saw selection of a grand
. jury of 18 men of which O. B.
Mcßroom, Roxboro business man,
was named foremen, and heard
j the white-haired judge’s charge,
i In the court room and later in
! the downstairs hallway was Miss
Dunn, whose alleged rape re
suited in Winstead’s arrest, caus
ed the mob to threaten the jail
and prisoner and be thrown back
by tear gas, brought high army
and CCC officials here to inves
tigate a charge that CCC Negro
boyr, marched down, Roxboio
streets to aid Winstead, stirred
Governor Broughton into de-
manding a full investigation, and
1 turned the attention of a wide
part of the United States upon
' ordinarily peaceful and easy-go
ing Roxboro.
The young white woman—she
■ appears to be about 22 years old
i —wore a light blue sweater over
a pale green dress and seemed
quite unconcerned about couit
proceedings. She is less than five
1 feet in height, with a plain,
1 slightly heavy face framed in
light brown hair.
Winstead will remain in Cen
; tral Prison in Raleigh until the
January court term.
While the orderly crowd wait
-1 ed for the much publicized Win
stead case to open, it was treat
ed to a flurry of excitement caus
ed when a jury hearing the case
of “General” Williams, a Negro
charged with possession and
transportation of liquor, return
ed a verdict of not guilty. Judge
Grady’s wrath was apparent as
he threatened to send the jury
■ home for incompetence until a
spokesman declared that he and
ether members of the jury had
misunderstood the case.
(Continued on back page)
ENTERS STOCK FIELD
% MBmsm gg,.
Thomas R. Bennett, above,
has entered the stock business
and has opened a sales stable
at the Camp Fertilizer plant
near Roxboro. Associated with,
him is W. C, ‘'Bill” Winstead.
SALES STABLES
OPENS IN CITY
Tom Bennett And Bill
Wimtead " Return From
Tennessee With Stock Os
Horses And Mules
Thomas R. Bennett and W < .
“Bill'’ Winstead, both of this
county, have recently opened a
sales stable and will handle
horses and mules. The new sta
bles is located at the Camp Fer
tilizer Co., on the Durham Road.
Both Mr. Bennett and Mr. Win
stead can be found there.
Mr. Bennett is well known in
this city where he has lived for
some time. He is president cf
.Camp Fertilizer Co and interest
ed in many civic ventures of this
city and county.
Mr. Winstead is a native of
this county, living in the Olive
Hill section where he has been
(engaged in farming and other
| projects.
Both are well known here.
The two partners have just re
turned from farms in middle
Tennessee where they purchase!
a number of horses and mules
from the farmers who raised
them and these are being offer
ed for sale. They invite the pub
lic to their place to see then
stock at any time.
j Slade Crumpton In
Money As He Goes
From Fair To Fair
$131.50 richer is Slade Crump
ton, Roxboro farmer, of Route
2, because he exhibited choice
grades of tobacco in Fairs in two
States. Last week Mr Crumpton
took to the Danville, Va., Fair
tobacco which won him three
first prizes on separate entries
of bright and dark mahogany
wrappers and o-range wrappers
and three second prizes on fill-'
ers, smokers and cutting leaf,
for total cash of $67.50.
This week at the State Fair,
Raleigh, Mr. Crumpton won first
prizes on the same three types
of wrappers exhibited previous
ly in Danville, and first prize on
his display of cutters, bright wrap
pers, smokers and fillers. Total
winnings from the State Fair,
$64, and says he, counting both
sets of winnings, “Fairs are great
institutions.”
IHE TIMES IS I‘ERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES*
NUMBER THREE
Special Term
To Be Called
At Later Date
Grand Jury Concludes In
vestigation Os Mob Action
Instigated By Cy Winstead
Affair
A bill of indictement was to
day, shortly before noon, return
led by the Person Grand jury
against ten Person County cit,-
zens alleged to have been par
ticipants in a mob that "did wil
lfully and unlawfully assemble
near the Person County Court
House" on tin: night of August
15, during tin- Cy Winstead af
fair.
Those indicted are: Coy Har
ris. P. I. Holt, Willie Aiken,
I Johnnie Holt. Leb Dixon. Wil
i liam Green, W. G. Bradsher.
Thomas Slaughter. A. P. Spriggs
and Kvon James.
The Grand Jury report, signed
!by O. B. Mcß'oom. foreman, as
| sorts that the indictements hav
been issued after "examination
of a large number of witness, s '
and that "wc have had the So iei
: tor draw a bill of indictom -nt
| against those v e have evidence
; against."
1- Capiases are, to be issued im
mediately and bonds are set at
!SSOO each.
Grady 's Statement
i Immediately after the Grand
Jury made its report. Judge Hen.-,
fry A Grady made the following
i statement:
“Mr. Foreman and Gentlem- .i
i of the Grand Jury. 1 want to ex
tend to you my sincere thanks
for the work that you have don .
'and commend you for the cout-e
you have taken in this particular
matter. It will be heartening ' ,
law-abiding peopl, of the Sta.e
to know that you have returned
a bill against those you had \ i
| dence against. If their is any
thing in the world that shocks
me it is mob violence, and it
everybody who has any
1 respect for law and authority.
Whatever becomes of this bill
i that you gentlemen have re
-1 turned, whether these men ar<>
convicted or not, is a small mat
ter in comparison with the fact
I that you have returned a bill.
It shows that the Grand Jury
wants to do the right thing, and
it will be a lesson to those who
wish to violate the law in as
i sembling in such a riotous inan
-1 ner. I am going to ask the Gov
j ernor to call a special term of
court here so that this matter
| may be tried as early as possible
and these particular men brought
j to justice. If they are found gud-
Ity of course they will be prop
j erly punished.
I “I thank you gentlemen very
much.”
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COMMITTEE TO MEET
Executive committee session >f
the Person County Council of
Social agencies scheduled to have
been held Wednesday, has been
postponed until Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock, in the Grand
Jury room at Person Court
House. Postponement was caused
by this week’s session of Supe
rior Court during which the
Grand Jury was constantly using
the room in which the committee
meets.
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Friends of Mrs. I. O. Abbitt
will be glad to know that she is
getting on nicely at her ' home
after being confined to her home
since June when she was injur*
ed in a fall. ,