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DUNN MAN CLEARED
IN FATAL SHOOTING
DUNN, October 26.—A coron
er’s jury has exonerated Benja
min Franklin Turlington of the
death of Raymond B. Bethea, 29,
Dunn truck driver, who was shot
to death when he entered the
Turlington home.
Turlington said he had not seen
Bethea before and expressed be
lief Bethea may have entered the
wrong house unintentionally. He
said Bethea came into the house
and when he did not answer his
shouts, he fired.
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DECLARES FIGHT MAY
BREAK OUT ON 24
HOURS NOTICE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Se
cretary Knox said that a “colli
sion” in the Far East was virtu
ally inevitable and could occur on
24 hours notice.
“The situation in the Far East
is extremely strained,” Knox told
a group of naval munitions man
ufacturers.
* “We are in our own
minds that the Japanese have no
intention of giving up their plans
for expansion. If they pursue that
course a collision there is inevit
able. It can occur on 24 hours no
tice,” Knox said.
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DEAN PIERSON GOING TO
MEET, UNIVERSITIES WILL
GATHER IN NEBRASKA
CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 26.—Di.
W. W. Pierson, Jr., dean of the
Graduate School of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, left today
for Lincoln, Neb., to attend the
annual meeting of the Associa
tion of American Universities.
Dr. Pierson will attend the
meeting of the commitee on class
ification, a unit of the Associa
tion, prior to the opening of the
convention proper. Purpose of this
convention -is to establish a list
of institutions to be recognized
by the Association.
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CALL FOR HELP
VEVAY, Ind., Oct. 26. —“ Nu
mber, please,” said Mrs. Edward
Mead, telephone operator, in an
swer to an early-morning signal
from the Vevay Reveille Enter
prise.
' “Bow-wow,” came the reply.
Mrs. Mead, puzzled, telephoned
Richard Henry, worker on the
newspaper.
Henry went down to the office
and found his beagle hound, Fan-.
ny, had been locked in.
She’d knocked the telephone re"
ceiver off the hook and was bark
ing at the instrument.
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AMERICAN JSDITOR IN
CHINA IN NARROW ESCAPE
SHANGHAI, Oct. 28.—J. B.
Powell, American editor of the
Ching Weekly Review and con
sistent Cfitic of Japan’s program
in China, narrowly escaped injury
or death when a hand grenade
‘ thrown by an unidentified assail
ant hit him on the shoulder but
failed to explode.
A Powell was walking from his
rjjffice to the American Club in
Lftie International Settlement fol
lowed by his Chinese bodyguard
fthen the attempt was made.
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PUBLISHED EVERY BUNDAY & THURSDAY
County Groups Meet To Act
On Rehabilitation Program
Person, Granville And
Durham Farm Folks Plan
For Possible Coming Os
Army Camp In Area
The organization of land use
planning committees in Granville
and Person Counties will be
speeded .up in order to have rea
dy the machinery for helping
farm families to move and find
new farms if and when the army
announces its intention of taking
land for the proposed training
camp in Granville, Person and
Durham Counties, it was last
week decided in Durham at a
conference at the Farmers Mu
tual Exchange.
Such a committee already has
been set up in Durham County,
as a part of the broad land use
planning program headed by
Dean I. O. Schaub of N. C. State
College. These committees are
permanent county committees of
farmers, and will serve in the va
rious counties .whether or not
the army builds the camp.
Representatives of the Exten
sion Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, North Carolina Em
ployment Service, North'Caroli
na Department of Public Wel
fare and farmers from the three
counties discussed the organiza
tion of the committees and their
part in assisting the families in
! the proposed training base area.
The meeting was presided over
by John Goodmart, Sssistant di
rector of North Carolina Exten
sion Service.
At the suggestion of Vance-
Swift, State director of Farm Se
curity Administration, Raleigh,
it was decided that the land use
committees in each county should
proceed with surveys to deter
mine the needs of the families in
the' area in case they have to
move on short notice.
Should the camp be authorized,
many families will be forced to
move from farms in the camp
area and with their removal will
arise the problems of jobs for
farm hands as well as of new
homes.
No definite information con
cerning the army camp is yet
available. The gag rule applied
by Washington upon the War De
partment officials in charge of
the camp project here is still in
effect, but the general belief
among those who have kept .in
touch with the situation as best
they could is that the camp will
be built.
At a meeting held last week at
which representatives of the va
rious agencies were in attendance,
R. T. Melvin, a representative of
the Bureau of , Agricultural Eco
nomics, was elected chairman of
the group to assist in the work
with the local camp, and Guy An
drews, also with the BAE, will be
in general charge of the work.
Committees from all three coun
ties have been appointed and have
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J. Y„ Brown Gets
Hair Singed Free
In Red Taxi
J. Y. Brown, taxf driver of
this City, enjoying the Thursday
morning sunlight, was bumping
along over a country road about
ten miles from Roxboro, enroute
to a saw mill. In the back of his
car was a five gallon can of gas
oline. Without thinking much
about it, J. Y. struck a match to
light a cigarette.
There was a sudden poof! J. Y.
got his hair singed as he went
out the door, and his employer,
Harry Lockhart, also of this City,
lost a new Hudson
J. E PIGFORD
NEW MANAGER
OF ROSE’SSTORE
Malones Leave This Week
For Edenton; Express Ap
precaition For Friendship
Experienced Here.
New manager at Roxboro's
unit of Rose’s store is J. M. Pig
ford, of Weldon, succeeding Wil
mcr E. Malone, who last week
announced his resgination, ef
fective yesterday.
Mr. Pigford, an alumnus of
Duke University, has been with
the Rose organization for sever
al years and came to Roxboro
Thursday from the Weldon store.
He and Mrs. Pigford have estab
lished residence here.
Mr. and Mrs. Malone and their
son, Mike, will leave here Mon
; day or Tuesday for Edenton,
i where Mr. Malone will be in
, mercantile business for himself.
He and Mrs. Malone, who have
been active in social, civic and
church affairs in Roxboro, have
expressed keen regrets that busi
ness affairs require them to leave
i this City.
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Bushy Fork Party
Will Be Held
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Thursday Night
At Bushy Fork the Hallowee n
“Carnival” will be held Thursday
‘ night at 7:30 o’clock. Feature will
|be the Baby Contest in which
there are now six entrants. Lead
ing at present time is Mary Kath
arine Cates Other entrants are
Virginia Love Long, James Tug
gle Simpson, Claudia Joyce Whit
field, Edith Lsobel Whitfield and
Mary Ann Fuller.
First event of the “Carnival”
will be a motion picture. Other
entertainment will include a
bingo contest, a fish pond and a
cake walk, together with other
stunts and games. Women who
will assist with the program are
Mesdames Charles Nelson, Scott
Hovatter, Frank T. Whitfieid,
Ralph Phelps, C. L. Shuford,
Luther Long, E. P. Warren, H. E.
Long, J. W. Van Hook, G. S.
Slaughter and James L. Bradsher,
together with Misses Sims and
Thompson
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A. B. Drug Co.
Stages Sale
A. B. Drug Co., this City, is
staging a sale this week, start
ing Monday and continuing
thrrough Saturday. This sale fea
tures many quality products at
a greatly reduced prioe, stated
the owners, Clement Byrd and
W. W. Allgood.
For details see the ad on an
inside page of today’s Times
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FOREST FIRE HOLDS UP
TRAFFIC ON N. C. ROAD
RALEIGH, N. C., Oct 26.—A
large forest fire producing large
billowings of smoke and uphold
ing traffic is raging near Wash
ington, N. C., W. C. McCormick,
director of the State Forest Fire
Control Service, reported.
McCormick said the fire was
burning in peat bogs and could
not do much serious damage. He
said fire-fighters were depending
largely on heavy rains, which are
not in sight, to quench the ground
fire.
TO BE GUEST SPEAKER
Edmund Harding, Washington, N, C„ speaker extraordinary,
shown above, is also a musician. He will be in Roxboro on
Tuesday evening, November 4. as guest speaker at the Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce banquet
STATEMENT FOR
NAVY DAY GIVEN
BY CITY MAYOR
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Roxboro Official Joins
Those In Other Cities In
Proclaiming Monday As
“Navy Day”
In keeping with the tradition,
observing Navy Day which is be
ing celebrated tomorrow, Mayor
S. G. Winstead, of this. City, has
issued the following proclama
tion:
To the citizens of Roxboro:
Believing that our Navy is one
of the bulwarks of national de
fense, because of our love for it,
and to show appreciation for all
that it stands for in this hour of
trial in the Nation’s history;
By virtue of my office as May
or of the City of Roxboro, North
Carolina, I do hereby ordain and
designate October 27, 1941 as
“Navy Day” and call upon all the
citizens of Roxboro to remember
this day in conjunction with the
President of these United States
and all other well-ordered and
loyal cities, towns and villages in
America.
Given under my hand and seal
this twenty-first day of October,
nineteen hundred forty-one at the
City Hall.
S. G. WINSTEAD,
Mayor
Along The Way
With the Editor
Wanted—Another retired capitalist to run around with
Henry Gates, our auto man, who recently retired from business
—for a few days anyway—’till that wolf starts eating on the
front door.
Hurrah, Riley Oakley is putting some of his frozen money
into circulation. Hie is having his place of business painted and
someone has to pay the bill. Since Wheeler Newell and Harry
Winstead own the building, we know that Oakley is paying the
bill. It just couldn’t be the other two fellows. Anyway Riley
has plenty—so he might as well turn some of it loose.
Gordon Brown is a real nice fellow to take on a trip. The
other night he and me went to Raleigh. Gordon tried to pay
for all the gas, all the sandwiches, all the peanuts and every
thing. Os course I refused to let him pay, but he really tried—
well I did let him pay for some things.
Another brave boy “bit the dust” recently. John Bradsher
is married/ Since he sells furnaces and stokers there’s no rea
son why he shoudn’t have a warm, cozy, comfortable home this
winter—with never a cross word ’tween he and she.
ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1941
High Averages
Maintained On
Roxboro Mart
‘‘j * Consistently high averages of
the season were maintained last
week on the Roxboro tobacco
market. On Thursday the aver
age was $34.61, for 43,822 pounds
at $15,167.63. On Monday the
i average was higher, $34.85, for
113,462 pounds at $38,649.46, and
■ ! on Tuesday the average was
, $34.41, for 30.446 pounds at $lO,-
. 477.10.
Slightly lower was Wednes
day’s average of $32.69, for 38,-
482 pounds at $12,580. Figures
have been furnished by James
. ! B Clayton, field assistant.
Friday’s average was $33.51,
! for 104,000 pounds.
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Streamliner Will
Be In Roxboro
Roxboro residents will on
Tuesday have an opportunity to
view a Norfolk and Western
“Streamline” train, consisting of
engine with coaches, similar to
those running between Norfolk
and Cincinnati. C. A. Bowen, of
the. local office, says the train
will arrive at 2:43 in the after
noon, making the run usually as
signed to Number 35 and will re
main here a few moments long
er than usual. It will make the
return trip from Durham at the
same time Wednesday.
Final Plans For Civic Event
Being Made By Organization
LAST RITES FOR
A. W. YOUNG TO
BE HELD TODAY
Olive Branch Citizen Dies
After Illness Lasting Two
Weeks
Funeral services for Andrew
William Young, 64, of the Olive
Branch community, whose death
occurred at his home Friday
night after an illness lasting two
weeks, will be conducted Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock at Ol
ive Branch church by the Rev.
J, B. Currin, with interment in
the cemetery. Death was attri
buted to asthma and heart trou
ble.
Mr. Young, who was the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Young, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Caroline Morris Young;
three sons, Gurney, of Roxboro,
Minuel, of Norfolk. Va., and
Drumwright of Person County;
four daughters, Mesdames . Vera
Murray, of Virgilina, Va.. Riley
Tingcn, of Washington. D. C.. Ed
na Royester. of Stem, and Miss
j Dora Young of Person County;
four brothers. Aubrey, of Virgi
lina, Va., and Clove, Ed and Woq
j ver Young, of Person County;
I two sisters, Mesdames Patty
Long, of Rougemcnt, and Ophelia'
Stone, of Person County, also
eleven grandchildren.
Hurdle Mills To
Have Hallowee’n
Party Wednesday
Annual Hallowee’n party at
Hurdle Mills school will be held
Wednesday, October 29, at 7 o'-
clock. First feature will be the
primary program and grammar
grade play under direction of
Mesdames Bailey Dickerson and
Lessie Rowe. Later in the even
ing there will be games and con -
tests, with many attractive prizes.
An added feature will be con
clusion of the high school popu
larity contest, an event which has
been in progress for several
weeks.
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Navv Day Story
Os J. Paul Jones
To Be Featured
Calvalcade of America salutes
Navy Day, Monday, October 27,
with a radio adaptation of Com
mander Edward Ellsberg’s new
book, “Captain Paul.” The star
of the show will be Claude Rains
Supported by ithe Calvalcade
Players and with a musical back
ground arranged by -Don Voor
hees and his orchestra, the story
will portray the life of the burly
Scotsman, John Paul Jones, who
started his services before the
mast at the age of 12 on slavers,
privateers, and finally because of
his love for a Virginia girl set
out to make a name for himself
and in doing so made U. S. Na
val history.
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DISTRIBUTION MUST
BE MADE THIS WEEK
The Person Farm Agency office
today said that there will be a
double deduction frohi farm pay
ments if lime or super-phosphate
received for use in 1941 remains
undistributed by October 31. All
distribution of 1941 allotments
must be made by October 31, if
double deductions are to be a
voided.
THE TIMES IS I‘ERSON’&
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER SIX
Chamber Os Commerce
Dinner Will Be Held Next
Week; Harding Speaker;
New Members Added
Speaker at the 1941 Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce dinner to
be held at Hotel Roxboro on
Tuesday evening, November 4.
will be Edmund H. Harding.
Washington, N. C., humorist and
civic leader, whose topic will be.
•‘What Helps Business Helps
You.”
Dinner is to be served at 7
o’clock, with E. G.Thompson. Rox
boro insurance man and Cham
ber of Commerce president, as
toastmaster. Introduction of Mr.
Harding will be by Lieut. Gov.
R. L. Harris and presentation of
other cut of town guests will be
by S, M. Ford, resident manager
of Collins and Aikman corpora
tiin. Plant E. Ga-Vel.
Seated at. the speakers table
with guests of honor will be past
presidents. Gordon C. Hunter.
Mr. Ford. O. B. Mcßroom. J. D.
Mangum, J. Sam Merritt and
Glen Stovall. Also present will
be other members, their wives,
and special guests. Reservations
are to be made for more than
two hundred persons
Membership in the Chamber
of Commerce, which, has this
year experienced unusual success
now totals 114. Fall time""eScttT"
five secretary is W. Wallace
Woods, v ith Mrs. Dallas Whit
field as secretary of. the credit
bureau and office assistant.
Much of detail planning for the
banquet is being handled by Mr.
Woods and Mrs. Whitfield, but
I considerable work is also being
done by the Aims and Objects
I committee, Mr. Ford, chairman,
i and the Public Relations commit
tee, Glen Stovall, chairman.
| Those assisting Mr. Ford are,
j City Manager Percy Bloxam and
: E. E. Bradsher, Sr., while wdrk-
I ing w ith Mr. Stovall's group are
Rev. W. F. West, J. J. Woody.
Robert Edgar Long, Karl Bur
| ger and Claude T. Hall.
In addition to present officers
named, other members of the
; board of directors are: J. A.
Long, Jr., treasurer, D. S. Brooks,
E. E. Bradsher, Sr., D. W. Led
better, R. D. Bumpass, S. M Ford
and Percy Bloxam.
Ticket reservations to the ban
quet will this week be offered
to the members and to other
Roxboro business men and wom
en, but all reservations must be
made by the end of the week,
said Mr. Woods, following a
meeting of the Public Relations
committee last week.
Mr. Harding, the honor guest,
has visited Roxboro several
times in the past few years and
is well known and popular here
and his coming visit is expected
to be well received.
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Mill Creek Will
Have Annual
Harvest Program
Annual “Harvest Day” pro
gram will be held at Mill Creek
Baptist Church, Saturday, No
vember 1, beginning about 10:30
o’clock in the morning with a
discussion on “Stewardship.” At
noon a benefit luncheon will be
served and in the afternoon an
auction sale of farm produce will
be held, all profits going to the
church fund.
Pastor at Mill Creek is the
Rev. J. F. Funderburke, who,
with members of the congrega
tion, extends to all friends of
the church a cordial invitation to
attend