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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XIII Advice Supported By Humor Makes Hit With Civic Crowd Edmund Harding Pleases People At Roxboro Cham ber of Commerce Dinner Having as his theme the civic club slogan, “What Helps Busi ness Helps You,” Edmund H. Harding, of Washington, N. C., told two hundred citizens gath ered at Hotel Roxboro Tuesday night for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet that prac tical application of the slogan enters into all stages of business and social life and that people should not underestimate the in ter-relationships between busi ness and life. Introduced by Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris as a past district gover nor of Rotary, secretary of the Washington Chamber of Com merce, a wit and a humorist, Mr. Harding, who has spoken on sev eral other occassions to Roxboro audiences, lived up to his reputa tion by sandwiching his wisdom with humor, much of it derived from small-town folkways es his hometown. At end of the pro gram he played several selections on his accordion. Good health, conservation of time, fair wages, self-evaluation, the importance of the job to be done by each individual, civic responsibilities, including ap preciation for fire and police work and for educational re sponsibilities, were some of the ■ items enumerated by Mr. Hard ing. Toastmaster was E. G. Thomp son, president of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, who traced the seven years of history of the organization, spoke of its recent increase in membership and praised the part Executive Secretary, W. Wallace Woods, has had in its growth. Special guests included Frank Pearson, secretary of the Dur ham Chamber of Commerce, and 1 Mrs. Pearson, who were intro duced by Roxboro past president, S. M. Ford. Mr. Ford and other past presidents, introduced by Mr. Thompson, included Gordon C. Hunter, O. B. Mcßroom, J. D. Mangum, J. Sam Merritt and Glenn Stovall. Music was lead by Mr. Woods, with Mrs. Woods as pianist. In vocation was by the Rev. W. F. West of Roxboro First Baptist church. Favors were small boxes of candy, gift of a local drug company, and cigars. Present directors and officers [ are: E. G. Thompson, president, I Thomas Bowles, vice president, J. A. Long, Jr., treasurer, Glenn • Stovall, D. S. Brooks E. E. Brad sher, Sr., R. D. Bumpass, S. M. Ford, Percy Bloxam and D. W. Ledbetter, directors, with Mr. Woods as executive secretary and Mrs. Dallas Whitfield as secre tary of the credit bureau. Red Cross Roll Call Plans Now Being Formulated I Expected to begin here soon is ■ the annual Red Cross Roll call, ■ which will this year be under di ■ rection of the new leader of the I local unit, the Rev. J. M. Walk ler, of Roxboro Presbyterian ■ church. Mr. Walker has not yet ■ announced definite plans, al ■ though City and County lealers ■ and assistants are benig selected. ■Work of the Red Cross is this ■irear, because of war conditions, ■particularly important and it is that Person people will ■accord to it the support they ■have always previously given. |ersonsMimes PUBLISHED EVERT BUNDAT ft THURSDAY RITES HELD FOR MRS. LESSIE RHEW AT CITY CHURCH Well Known Woman Dies In Hospital; Several Chil dren And Step-Children • Survive Mrs. Lessie Perkins Rhew, 58, of Roxboro, died Monday morn ing at 2:45 o’clock at Community Hospital, death resulting from complications. Mrs. Rhew, daughter of the late Charles D. and Ellen Brooks Long, was taken ill Tuesday and a week ago and an operation was performed at the hospital Friday night. Mrs. Rhew was twice married, first to J. J. Perkins and' after his death to G. L. Rhew, who died several months ago. By her marriage to Mr. Perkins there were three daughters and four sons. Also surviving are nine stepchildren. The Perkins children are Mrs. Bernice P. Robertson, Misses El len and Elizabeth Perkins, all of Roxboro; Etheridge, Woodrow, Roland and Bedford Perkins, all of Roxboro. Funeral services were conduct ed at Roxboro Primitive Baptist Church, of which she was a member, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Officiating ministers were the pastor, Elder J. A. Herndon, and the Rev. W. F. West of Roxboro First Baptist Church. Interment took place in Burchwood Cemetery, this city. Flower bearers were nieces. Pallbearers were John Bradsher, Talmadge, Charles, and Lester Long, H. D. Inscoe, J.r., and Joe Tatum, Jr. Mrs. Linker Will Sing Sunday With Westminister Choir Mrs. W. Murray Linker, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fox of Roxboro, who is now a senior student at Westminister Choir college, Princeton, N. J., will be among those students chosen to sing in a Sunday afternoon con cert to be given on November 9, at three o’clock in Carnegie hall with the New York Philhar monic symphony orchestra, it was learned here today. The performance will be broad cast over WABC at the hour named. Mrs. Linker, who has a contralto voice, is now a resident of Raleigh, where her husband is with the State department of public health and sanitation. She was before her marriage Miss Evangeline Fox. WINS HONOR “Daughter of the Regiment” is Mrs. Molly StrUm Barrett, of Reams avenue, this city, who of fered food ai)d bathing facilities to Northern soldiers passing through Roxboro on way to ma neuvers in the South. Mrs. Bar rett has received from Pri. N. Sonneyfield, of 112 regiment, now at Fort Bragg, a silver plat ed regimental crest, in apprecia tion of her courtesy to the men while they were in Roxboro. APPRECIATION DAT Yesterday’s appreciation recip ient was Mrs. Sam Barnette. A large crowd attended and a well-known gentlemean missed being the recipient because he was not present. TEACHERS HAVE BALLOTS FOR NCEA Will Vote On Two Candi dates For President And Will Later Go To District Meeting In Durham Ballots for voting on officers of the North Central district unit of the North Carolina Education Association were yesterday dis tributed to various schools in Person county, according to Cl oun ty| ISuperinltcndent of Schools R. B. Griffin, who said that voting will take place in the next few days. Candidates this year are B. D. Bunn, Granville County Super intendent of Schools, and Prof. B._ C. Childs, of the Department of Education, Duke University, who are each seeking nomination as president. Their’s is only in stance in which there is contest. Other nominations are Miss Ruth Anderson, vice president, and Miss Annie Wester, secretary. The district meeting will this year be held in Durham, Novem ber 14, and Person schools will on that day be closed so that teachers and principals in the City and County may attend. Ballots that have been distri buted are to be returned by mail on Monday, said Mr. Griffin. Person County unit president of the NCEA is Mrs. Clyde Crowell and she and many others from here will have part in programs of the district session. W. T. James Os Timberlake Dies At His Residence W. T. James, 75, of near Tim berlake, died Wednesday morn ing at his home after an illness lasting several months. Death was attributed to complications. Funeral services were con ducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Antioch Baptist church by the Rev. E. G. Ursey, of Oxford, and the Rev. J. L. Coley, of Raleigh, a former pas tor. Interment was in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jennie Oakley James, of the home, and three foster children, Ceafus Hudgins, of Henderson, Mrs. Doris Robertson, of Moores ville and Willie James Peterson, of the home. Army Camp Question-Answer Form Supplies Information —. i Released yesterday was a ques tion and answer form pertaining to problems that may arise in connection with the Army camp area near here. First section of it is being printed today: other portions will be released in suc cessive issues of the Times. Keen interest on the part of farmers in certain parts of Dur ham, Granville and Person coun ties has arisen as a result of a survey being made by the Unit ed States Army in preparation for the possible establishment of . an army cantonment in those counties if it becomes necessary for national defense. It is not definite that this cantonment . will be established but the army is laying plans to begin develop- i ment at a moment’s notice, if the cantonment should be authoriz- i ed. Realizing that it will be too late to begin planning for as sistance to displaced families as- 1 ter the army begins operations, the agricultural and other a gen- j cies are making prepartions now : to render all assistance possible if and when the area is taken. < In order to make available the i most accurate and up-to-date in formation on the proposed can- PROMINENT FIGURE jjl ~ - . fIR- f Jjg; HI 1 W mL' * «■ ■■iii?’*'' Br' Jgpi&l KljIP A Mrs. Nannie Bradsher Mor ' ton, shown above, was a prom ' inent member of the Brad ’ sher family. Mention of her is 1 contained in this week’s in stallment of the Bradsher ' history. i • Mrs. C. T. Horner’s ' Rites Conducted ‘ By Rev. W. F. West Funeral services for Mrs. Charles T. Horner, 73, of near ’ Turtle Pond were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the \ graveside in the Westbrook Family Cemetery on the Leas burg Road, three miles from 1 Roxboro. The services were con ’ ducted by the Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the Roxboro First .Baptist Church of which Mr* Horner had been a member for many years. Mrs. Horner died Monday af ternoon at 6 o’clock at her home. She had been in failing health for several years and her condi tion became serious three weeks ago. Death was attributed to complications. Surviving are her husband, Charles T. Horner; four stepchil dren, Mrs. Herbert Clay of Rox boro, Miss Doanie Horner of Hurdle Mills, and Preston and Odis Horner of Florida; two sis ters, Mrs. Dan Oakley of Roxbo ro, and Mrs. Leavie Edwards, of Asheville and one brother, Charles Brooks, of Farmville. OFFICE CLOSES Office of the Carolina Motor club, Roxboro, was closed this afternoon because of the absence of the Secretary, Miss Mary Stanfield, who was away on a business trip. I tonment area, an effort has been made to obtain correct answers to some of the questions which have arisen. These questions and answers are listed below. The answers are based upon the best available information which can be obtained from army officials and other public agencies. These answers may be regarded as re liable although changes in the defense program may necessitate changes of policy later. As addi tional information becomes avail able it will be distributed throughout the area. Questions and Answers Ques.: What is the size of the area? Ans.: Approximately 65,000 acres. Ques.: How many farm families does it contain? Ans.: 776 or more families. Ques.; Have the boundary lines been definitely established? Ans.: Yes. The boundaries are fairly definite but there may be some variations. Ques.: Would the people in the entire area be’ required to move immediately after it is taken? Ans.: No. The area has been Continued on back page ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAT, NOVEMBER 6, 1941 PERSON OFFICIALS TO SELL WHISKEY TO AN ABC BOARD Captured Whiskey To Be Turned Over To Highest Bidder Disposition of 85 cases of tax paid whiskey captured last month near city limits by Roxboro po lice officers was subject of dis cussion at November meeting of Person County Commissioners j held Monday morning, it Deing decided that the Commissioners i will receive bids from County ABC Boards in the State, con tract for sale going to highest bidder. Bids are to be received at a special session of the Com missioners to be held on Monday morning, Nov. 17, at 10 o’clock. The whiksey was being trans ported from Baltimore to Char • lotte by Wayne Cecil Rae of Charlotte, who last week was • convicted in Person Recorder’s Court and ordered to pay a fine of S2OO and the costs. Action tak ■ en by Person Commissioners was in accordance with court ruling as to disposition of the • whiksey. r Other matters considered by . the board included authorization of installation of a record index . system for the office of Register l of Deeds W. T. Kirby, contract . being drawn up with the Felgar Indexing Company, Inc., of Char t lotte, at maximum expenditure ..of $2,500, • -of which not ’more - than SI,OOO shall be paid out of the 1941 budget, although total . amount, required is to be paid by August 1, 1942, upon satisfac x tory completion of the work, . which has been in progress for ; the past three weeks under leg > islative enactment of 1925. Re vision of indexing is to go back to 1900. Appointed as member of the . Person County Library Board E was Person Superintendent of | Schools R. B. Griffin, succeed . i ing Dr. A. L. Allen, resigned. By agreement of the County f Commissioners, County Auditor J. S. Walker will appear at next meeting of the Roxbo.ro Board of City Commissioners to make demand on payment of a bill for SI,OOO, previously presented, for the city’s share in 1939’s revalu ‘ ation costs and bill for city’s tax abstracts for the past three years, 1 it being agreed by County Com missioners “that no bills owed by the county to city shall be paid , until the city bills enumerated shall be paid by the city.” Harvest Auction i To Be Held At Baptist Church Members of Bethel Hill Bap tist church, near Woodsdale, will on Saturday afternoon have their first annual “Harvest - Home” benefit at the church between the hours of four to six o’clock. Brunswick stew will be served and a “Harvest” auction will be held. Pastor of the church is the Rev. J. F. Funderburke, who ex tends to all members and friends a cordial invitation to attend. Plans for the event were first discussed at Tuesday night meet ing of Sunday School classes of young men and women of the church, who had a supper ses sion in which the new outdoors oven and fireplace on the church grounds was first used. BACK AT DESK W. T. Kirby, Person Register of Deeds, who has spent some time at a government hospital at Fayetteville, has returned to his duties at the Court House. Mr. Kirby’s condition is much im proved. Tobacco Allotment Meetings To Be Conducted Next Week C. M. CLAYTON OF MORIAH PASSES AT HIS HOME Final Rites Held Yester day Afternoon At Bethany Church; Interment There Funeral services for Cornelius Monroe Clayton, 68, of Moriah, whose death occurred Tuesday night at his home after an ill ness lasting ten days, were con ducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Bethany Baptist church by the Rev. Charles F. Hudson and the Rev. M. C. Dunn, with interment in the church cemetery. Mr. Clayton, w'hose death was attributed to paralysis, is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Emma R. Clayton, of the home, one son, two daughters, five grandchil dren, one great grandchild, three brothers and two sisters. The son is John Wilburn Clay ton and the daughters are Mrs. Mary Willford, of Granville county and Mrs. Lucille Eakes, of Moriah; the brothers, Wiley Clayton, of Angier, Zack Clay ton, of Moriah, and Jasper Clay ton, of Copley’s Corner; the sis tprs, .Miss Nancy es Copley’s Corner and Mrs. J. P. Day, of Moriah. Active pallbearers were: Sim, Purvice and Elbert Clayton, Vick and Press Day and Caleb McFar land. Water On Hand Enough To Last For Many Days Despite fact that the water shed is down twenty-two inches, the City of Roxboro now has on hand enough water to last sev enty-five to one hundred days without additional rainfall, it was today learned at the City Hall, and although shortage of water supply is being felt in the Person County area, City resi dents have no cause for alarm at the continued dry spell. City pumps are now pumping 900,000 gallons per 24 hour day, according to I. O. Abbitt, water superintendent. Officials of the Roxboro office of the Carolina Power and Light company today said -that Roxboro and area will cooperate with the OPM orders regarding conserva tion of electric power. Details of restriction are, however, not known here. Scout Campaign Gets Underway In Person District With George W. Kane as key note speaker, twenty or more leaders of the Person Scout dis trict of Cherokee council met last night at a dinner at) Hotel Roxboro to make plans for the annual campaign for funds for the district, which began today under direction of C. A. Harris, district president. Cards were distributed to lead ers and considerable enthusiasm was shown for the work at hand. Amount to be raised will be ap proximately the same as last year, although Chief Executive A. P. Patterson, of Reidsville, has indicated that aditional funds will be needed to carry forward the constantly increasing pro gram. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER NINE Designated Places In Each Township Chosen Yester day; Allotments Will Not Be Mailed Thirty-three AAA committee men and alternate committee men representing each of the nine townships in Person Coun ty met yesterday in the Grand Jury room of the Court House to formulate plans for taking to the farmers of the county the tobacco allotments for 1942, and to discuss with the farmers Per sons’ share in producing food to “win the war and write the peace.’’ The committeemen will hold meetings all over the county next Wednesday, November 12, and on Saturday, November 15. They will have with them a no tice of the tobacco allotment for each farm. Heretofore these spe cial allotments have been sent by mail. This yeari the commit teemen have these allotments to deliver to the farmers at the meetings listed below. Each farmer is urged to attend his township meeting and receive his allotment. All meetings will be held from 9:00 a. rn. to 4:00 p. m. Town ships and places where meetings will be held are listed below: Allensville —Wed., Allensviile School; Sat., Denny’s Storer*^—'-—’'' Bushy Fork Wed., Hurdle Mills; Sat., Bushy Fork. Cunningham—Wed., T. H. Ow en’s Store; Sat., Ceffo. Flat River Wed., Talmadge Duncan’s Filling Station on No. 501; Sat., Helena, Chambers* Store. Holloway—Wed., Dixon’s Store; j Sat., R. M. Murray’s Store, j Mt. Tirzah Wed., Harmony; Sat., Moriah. Olive Hill—Wed., Zickafoose’s Filling Station; Sat., Guy Clay ton’s Store. Roxboro Wed., Grand Jury Room; Sat., Grand Jury Room. Woodsdale—Wed., E. J. Rob ertson’s Store; Sat., Chub Lake, Rainey Clayton’s Store. Goals for the county, announc ed tw'o weeks ago and calling for increase in Person County pro duction are as follows: Milk, 413.000 pounds; Cows, 90; Eggs, 43,550 dozen; Oats, 200 acres; Barley, 260 acres and Hay, - 1,000 acres. The AAA committeemen of each township will give each farmer an opportunity to say what he wishes to do to share in reaching these goals that have been set for Person county. Still And Men Taken By Sheriff And His Men Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton, assisted by Patrolman W. A. Baxter and deputies Bob Whitt, George Wilborn, Baxter Dunn and Easmus Clayton, seized a fifty gallon copper still in Mt. Tirzah township first of the week. Taken with the still were three operators, W. D. Aikens, who has given a $l5O bond for appearance in Recorders’ court, and two Negroes, McKinley Ta vorn and Jeff Williams, placed in jail. Six hundred gallons of mash were poured out and fif teen gallons of whiskey brought in with the still. DUKE ALUMNI Duke University alumni of Person County will* meet tomor row night at 7 o’clock at Hotel Roxboro to hear Henry R. Dwire, University vice president. Of ficers of the local association will also be selected) and a full at tendance is requested.