IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xm Unusual Views Os The News WAR GAMES IN SOUTH TO GET SPEED THIS WEEK CAMDEN, S. C.. Nev. I.—The tempo of the First Army’s Fall maneuvers in the Carolinas will be stepped up this week with the entry of this nation’s two armor ed divisierts. The first armored division from Camp Polk, La., with more than 1,000 tanks, artillery and motor ized equipment, will join Major General Charles F. Thompson's First Corps in a field exercise against the remaining two corps, the Second commanded by Major General Lloyd R. Frendendall and the Sixth by Major General Ma gruder, the First armored will be concentrated in the Rock Hill, S C., area the latter part of this week. The Second armored di vision, based at Fort Benning, Ga., also will arrive in the area about the same time. RECORD NUMBER FLYERS ADDED TO ARMY MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 1. —The Southeast air corps train ing center today bestowed diplo mas and wings upon its eighth and largest graduating class. Four advanced flying schools in the center graduated 447 new second lieutenants who have com pleted a course of 30 weeks in struction. This number more than quadruples the number in the first class of army fliers turned out at! the training center less than a year ago. BROUGHTON PLANS ANOTHER POWER MEETING RALEIGH, Nov. I.—Governor Broughton plans to return to Washington for another confer ence with officials of the Federal Power Commission, and possibly President Roosevelt, on the ques tion of diverting additional pow er from North Carolina to other Southern States. The Governor and Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winbotrte, have taken the position that they would be opposed to any diver sion which could cause curtail ment of North Carolina industries, unless industries in other states were similarly curtailed. MARIE PIERCE OF VIRGINIA AND BOSTON . ACQUITTED BERRYVILLE, Va., Nov. I. Marie Pierce, blonde Bostonian socialite, today returned to her career of raising livestock after • a Clarke County Circuit Court Jury found her not guilty of the fatal shooting of Lewis T. More ' land, 58-yjear-)old neighbor who once gave her farming advice. The jury returned the verdict after deliberating 30 minutes. Miss Price, who sat tensely while waiting for the jury to make its report, broke into opensmiles of relief- when she was freed, and after shaking hands with mem bers of the jury, grabbed and kissed her father, Alworth Pierce, Boston importer. NEW FAN DANCING STYLES PHILADELPHIA, November 1. —Four black grosgrain bustle dresses were put on sale at an auction disposing of the SIOO,OOO worth of antiques left by a 74- year-old recluse. lfT9oD^|(Einies PUBLISHED EVERY BUNDAY A THURSDAY POWER RATIONING 1 LOOMS IN DRYER ; PARTS OF NATION North Carolina Not So Se verely Cut; Non-Essential Lighting To Be Eliminated Washington, Nov. I.—The Of fice of Production Management ordered an immediate blackout of ornamental and unessential lighting in the Southeast and an nounced that an electricity-ra tioning program for Siuthern in dustry would begin November 10 unless heavy rains ended the region’s, water shortage. It issued a mandatory order for immediate creation of a giant power grid connecting 40 public ly and privately owned systems in 13. States, in order to bring power fro mareas having some power from areas having some en industrial region. J. A. Krug, head of OPM’s power section, said he would proceed to Atlanta to set up a field office in which GPM staff men and representatives of the State Public Service Commis sions affected will collaborate in administering and curtailment program. Krug told a press conference that the ban on ornamental and non-essential lighting in the sev en States, the curtailment pro gram, and the power pool would last until rains alleviated the stringent situation. The odds were 50-50, he said, that the rainy season would start by De cember 1. Signs Affected The word “immediate” applied to the discontinuance of power for sign lighting, show-window illumination, flood - lighting of athletic fields, ornamentation of theatre marquees and other pro hibited uses. “Immediate” means as soon as OPM can acquaint power consumers with the sacri fices expected of them, Krug said. He conceded that textile mills, particularly those of Georgia and Alabama, would sluffer under the curtailment order. He said, however, that OPM had confer red with textile manufacturers and had received their opinion that they “can stand a 30 per cent reduction.” Most Users Exempt While most residential and small commercial users consume less than 10,000 kilowatt hours a month, and thus would be ex empt from mandatory provisions of the rationing program, Krug said a campaign would be launched to enlist their support. Conferences with state officials have led OPM to believe, Krug said, that) governors of the sev en affected states would issue proclamations calling fop volun tary reduction on the part of householders. Laid To Dry Year “This drastic order was neces sitated by one of the driest years years in recent history, coupled (Continued on Sport Page) FIRST AID CERTIFICATES The nine adults and young people recently received their Standard First Aid certificates from the American National Red Cross for the course in First Aid taught by Miss Ruby Jane Wells in the Chub Lake Community last August: Mrs. Grant Long, Mrs. Edgar Long, Mrs. Thomas Long 4 Mrs. C. W. Carver, Mrs. Andrew Holt, Mrs. Mattie Wrenn, and Misses Sallie Sue Wrenn, Frances Long and Ruth Brooks. 1 The following children receiv ed Junior First Aid certificates: Delma Holt, Elma Holt, Ida Rae Long, Annie Mae Long, Helen Long, John Richard Wrenn, Wil liam Wrenn and Annie Zell Wrenn. PERSON CASES NOT TO COME UP BEFORE JANUARY Governor And Solicitor Reach Agreement In Ra leigh During Week Raleigh, Nov. 1. —After a con ference with Solicitor William Murdock, of Durham, Governor Broughton has announced that ho will not call a special term of Person County Superior Court for the trial of 10 persons on charges of attempting to storm the 'Person County jail in an attempted lynching. Governor Broughton said that the trial probably would be held during a one-week term of Per son Superior Court scheduled to begin on January 26. Judge R. Hunt Parker is due to preside. Solicitor Murdock told the Governor that he would be so busy in other courts of the dis trict that a special term in Per sin for the trial would be inad visable. The Person County grand jury handed down an indictment on October 16 charging the 10 men with unlawful assembly in the vicinity of the Person court house for the purpose of forcing the sheriff to hand over to them Cy Winstead, a Negro who is charg ed with rape. The attempted lynching oc curred on August 15. Bethel Hill Will Have Party And P.-T. A. Meeting The Bethel Hill Parent-Teach er Association will meet at the 1 school house Monday night, No-i vember 3, at 7:30 o’clock. An in-! teresting program will be offer-! ed on “The Values of Reading.” All members of the community are cordially invited to attend and new members will be wel comed. There will be a Halloween Par ty at the Bethel Hill school Tues day night, Novmeber 4, at 7:30 o’clock, with a cake walk, bingo, fishing pond, box supper and other contests and games. It is Halloween again, if a bit late. Dress in costume and come pre pared to have a good time. TO FLORIDA Enroute to their winter home at St. Petersburg, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Boardman, o/Buriing ton, Vermont, were on Thursday dinner guests of their cousin, Miss Lizzie Pixley. Along The Way With the Editor — “Time Marches On.” A fevy years ago the following young men were the shieks of Roxboro or of their respective home towns. Boy, they drove their dad’s car and went far and wide to see the ladies. Last Friday night they were down town with a hand full of children letting them enjoy the Halloween celebration •as dad looked on and grinned—Burke Mewborne Ben Brown, John Morris, Page Brooks, Dewey Bradsher, Rainey Hawkins—pshaw, we almost said Wallace Woods. _ , Just saw Garrett Stanfield of Greenville. He is here for the week-end. If you remember, that guy owes us $1.50 and to save our life we can’t see why he doesn’t pay it. He says that he is making good money and that he has been paying income tax. Maybe he will pay this time. Great day in the morning- Glenn Stovall has let the con tract for his mansion in Sunset Hills and the contractor has started to work. What a place it is going to be and what a time we are going to have at his house and at John Fitzgerald’s place too—a big housewarming* at both places—all on the owners. . Jesse Rogers, mayor of Allensville, has remodeled his service station and made it larger. He invites charge account!;. So long—l “gotta’-’ go shine my shoes and get ready for Sunday school. Me and H. K. Sanders sorter lead the singing in our class—a sorter mixed tenor. Sanders leads and I hold the book. He has a swamp root bark and I have a Lamar street “holler.” ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1941 <.mS' *■ Hh IjP J HENRY R. DWIRE TALK BYDWIRE TO HAVE THEME OF COOPERATION Former Newspaper Man, Now Duke University Of ficial, Will Be Here Friday Feature of the Annual Fall meeting of the Person County Duke University Alumni Asso ciation to be held at Hotel Rox boro, November 7, at 7 o’clock will be an address by Henry R. Dwire, vice presideht of Duke Univeristy. His subject will be: “Duke University in the Serv ice of the Nation.” In addition to the address of the evening, there will be a num ber of other interesting features, including the election of offices for the ensuing year. There will also be brief remarks bjTmembofs of the local association, and a short musical program. This annual fall meeting is one of many to be held in North Ca rolina and other states. These will reach a climax in a meeting to be held at Duke University in December in celebration of Duke University Day.” Arrangements for the Person meeting are under the direction of Rev. T. Marvin Vick, Jr., pres ident of the Person Association. Other officers of the association are: Mrs. A. F. Nichols, vice pres ident; Mrs. Lawrence H. Rynd, secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. R. H. Shelton, alumnae represen tative. Mrs. Rynd has since mov ed to Illinois. In Person County are an estimated 75 alumni. SON BORN Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Mc- Whorter announce the birth of a son, Friday, October 31, at Watts hospital, Durham. * Clubs Tie For 4-H Banner At Annual Achievement Meeting MORGAN GOES TO WAKE JAIL IN PROTEST STAND Refuses Opportunity T o Return For Few Days To His Wake Forest Home Raleigh, Nov. I. David R. Morgan, 24-year-old Wake Forest youth who chose to go to prison rather than fill out his Selective Service questionnaire, has de- he would go to jail im mediately rather than have a few more days freedom. Morgan drew a sentence of 18 months in Federal Court here Monday, and he reported toi U. S. Marshal Ford Worthy Thurs day. Worthy said that he informed the youth and his parents, the Rev. and Mrs S. L. Morgan of Wake Forest, that it would be several days before the office of the Attorney General in Wash ington* designates the prison in which Morgan will be confined. “You can go back home for a few more days,” Worthy said he told Morgan. He said the youth replied that he already had told everyone goodby” and was “rea dy to go.” He was placed in Wake County jail the first time since he refused to fill out his draft quh r stic r TfTrarrp ‘ in' 'orde’T'W'-make “my protest against war more effective” that he had been con fined. l ip Top Station Now Being Made Over By Rogers Now enlarged and in process of renovation is Tip Top service station, Allensville road, operat ed for the past year or more by Jesse Rogers, who returned to Roxboro two years ago from Washington. Mr. Rogers reports that floor space at Tip Top has been doubl ed and that many improvements will be made. Halloween Passes ! Quietly Here | Roxboro’s Halloween passed i quietly, with no major distur- 1 bances reported to 1 law enforce-, ment officers in City or County.! Main street was on Friday night! filled with costumed merry-ma kers, mostly of the younger and I youngest sets. Given in the City and County were numerous ben efit and private parties. Cooper-; ating with the spirit of the sea- i son were many merchants who, had their windows decorated for the occasion. o Army Pigeon On Sick List After Accident In City A wounded Army carrier pi geon, with a serial number and code message on its leg band is being cared for by Dr. O. G. Davis, to whom it was given af ter it struck a car on Court street Friday and suffered a broken wing. The bird was found by Thomas R. Bennett, Jr. R. H. Shelton, of Lester Blackwell Post of the American Legion, has written to Army headquarters giving the serial number and it is expected that the pigeon will soon« recover and be on its way to maneuver areas. MARTIN CLAYTON i HAS HONOR POST IN DISTRICT 19 I- Longhurst Council Os J. O. U. A. M. Represented At Hillsboro Session Hillsboro, Nov. L—Tyree Jones of Durham has been elected councilor of District No. 19, Jun ior Order, United American Me chanics, at a district meeting attended by several high officials I of the fraternal organization. About 40 delegates were guests j of Eno Lodge No. 173 here and heard the Rev. C. W. Allen, chap lain of the Junior Order Chil dren’s Home at Lexington, re port on orphanage work. A col lection was taken for the home, ( which now cares for 193 children. , Gurney P. Hood, State Junior- Order treasurer and North Caro lina Banking Commissioner, was a special guest,, as were M. G. , Flanigan of Graham, State vice councilor, and J. L. White of Ox ford, past State councilor. District officers elected to serve with Jones were Martin E. Clayton of Longhurst, vice coun cilor; the Rev. S F. Nicks of Ef land lodge, chaplain; C. W. Stal lings of Durham, recording sec , retary; J. I. White of Durham, assistant secretary; C. _W. Stall ings of Durham, financial secre tary and treasurer; J. R. Weaver of Chapel Hill, conductor; F. L. Guthrie of Durham, warden; Alex Riley of Hillsboro, inside sentinel, and C. C. Clark of Lowes Grove, outside sentinel. J. Frank Adams of Durham is district junior past councilor. ( The Nineteenth District in cludes lodges of Durham, Orange and Person Counties, Crabtree Rites To Be Held At Berry’s Grove Artemus Crabtree. 54, World War veteran and native of Per son, died Saturday morning at ! four o'clock at Veteran’s hospi j tal, Fayetteville, where he had i been a patient for about a month. I i Death was attributed to pnt u j monia. 1 1 A resident of Hurdle Mills, Mr. •j Crabtree is survived by his wife,; ■ ’ the former Miss Bertha Allison, ; ■! and five children. Funeral ar- j -, rangements are incomplete, but: • | rites, with military honors, will j 11 be held sometime Sunday after ’ j noon at Berry’s Grove Baptist: -! church, Person County. i|Ransom Frederick Goes With Justice In Greensboro W. Ransom Frederick, former Roxboro resident, who has for the past year been connected with the Johnson Drug Co., Dan ville, Va., has accepted a posi tion with the Justice Drug Co., 1 Greensboro, a wholesale house. 3 Mr. Frederick while in Roxboro . was with Roxboro Drug Co. He - began working in Greensboro t yesterday and it is expected that J he and Mrs. Frederick will estab r lish residence there. 1 MRS. RHEW ILL s Mrs. Lessie Rhew is a patient s at Community hospital, where t she underwent an operation Fri -1 day night. Her condition remains y about the same, hospital attaches said Saturday morning. THE TIMES IS PERSONS PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER EIGHT Miss Slaughter Wins Indi vidual Honors; Miss Beam Receives Gift; Many Win Certificates Climax of the annual Achieve ment Day program held here Thursday night by Person Coun ty 4-H clubs was presentation of certificates of achievement to 135 members of the various clubs,, and recognition of Miss Mary Elizabeth Slaughter, daug ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Slaugh ter, as county champion. Bushy Fork and Olive Hill tied as winning clubs for 1940- 1941 and will share the banner. Prize for the best banner went to the Ca-Vel club. Pictures of officers of the County Cou,nciL and of individual clubs were taken by Gordon C. Hunter and S. M. Ford. Presentation of certificates, at exercises held at Roxboro high school, was by L. R. Harrill. of Raleigh, State 4-H club leader,, while installation of officers was by Miss Frances MsGregor, also of Raleigh, assistant leader. Tribute to Miss Vela Beam, 4- H leader and Person County Home Demonstration agent, who will this month go to her 1 , new work in Clay county, was final part of an evevning crowded with events illustrating progress of club work in the Person area. Presented to Miss Beam from the combined clubs was a gift “for which she expressed sincere appreciation. Presentation was by Miss Elsie West, president of the County Council of clubs. General theme of the program, “4-H Strengthens Democracy,”' was illustrated by brief address es given by members. Also a fea ture was patriotic music. Stage decorations were autumn leaves, combined with flags and ban ners. Attendance was unusually good at this, the first such program given at night. Cow ‘Arranged For Milking,’ Says Young London Boy London, Nov. I.—A cow has “six sides” and is “arranged for milking.” according to an essay written by a 10-year-old boy from the East End slums of Lon don and released by Ernest Brown, Minister of Health. The boy had been evacuated from the city to the country where his amazed eyes beheld a cow for the first time. "The cow is a mammal,” he j wrote, "it has six sides, right and loft and upper and below. At the back it lias a tail on which hangs a brush. With this he sends flies away so they don’t fall into the milk. The head is for the purpose of growing horns and so his mouth can be somewhere. The horns are to butt with and the mouth to moo with. Under the cow hangs milk. It is arranged for milking. “When people milk, milk comes and there never is an end to the supply. How 1 the cow does it I have not yet realized but it make more and more. The cow has a fine sense of smell and one can smell it far away. This is the reason fir the fresh air in is the reason for the fresh air in “A man cow is< called an ox. . The cow does not eat much but • what it eats it eats twice so that it gets enough. When it is hun gry it moos and when it says nothing at all it is because its insides are full up with grass.”

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