IF IT -IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XHI
LOEVINSBOND
REDUCED AS CASE
GOES HIGHER
Preliminary Hearing
Waived; Trial Set For Jan
uary Superior Term; Loe
vin Stays In Prison.
Hearing was on Tuesday
waived by suggestion of counsel
in the Arthur Loevin, alias
Charles M. Hale case, for false
pretense, in Person Recorder’s
court, before Judge R. B. Dawes,
where appearance bond was fix
ed at SSOO for January Superior
court. Loevin remains in jail,
having been to date unable to
arrange bond, originally set at
SI,OOO. It is understood that au
thorities at Boone, Graham and
Clinton have requested that Loe
vin be held here.
He was placed in jail here on
Thanksgiving night after having
been arrested the previous day
in Abingdon, Va., on charges in
connection with an alleged ad
vertising scheme for theatres.
Other cases coming up in Re
corder’s court were:
Charlie Cozart, malicious in
jury to property, called and fail
ed; Tom Terrill, assault with a
deadly weapon, pleaded not guil
ty, taxed with $25 and costs;
Henry Richardson, Negro, speed
ing, judgment suspended on pay
ment of the costs; Johnnie Dix
on, assault with a deadly wea
pon, $5 and costs.
Also, Bigon King, larceny,
three months judgment suspend
_ ed .00 payment of s2s_aad. costs;
Egbert Villines, Negro, driving
drunk, SSO and costs, with li
cense revoked for 12 months;
Hester Saunders, no operator’s
license and hit and run driving,
to pay William Thomas $16.50
for damage to car.
Also, Raymond Brooks, Negro,
speeding, judgment suspended
on payment of costs; Reuben
Blackwell, Negro, found not guil
ty of careless and reckless driv
ing; Helen Oliver, Negro, assault
with a deadly weapon, case con
tinued; Charlie Newman, im
proper brakes, judgment sus
pened, payment of costs; Gaither
J. Yarboro, not guilty, careless
and reckless driving; Bradsher
Day, resisting arrest, judgment
suspended, payment of costs;
George Whitfield, unlawful pos
session, $5 plus costs; Willie T.
Fears, obtaining money under
false pretense, continued to Jan
uary term, and George W. Brann,
drunk driving continued with
prayer for judgment.
Assistant Court Clerk R. A.
Bullock being ill, court records
were kept by the Clerk, Miss
Sue Bradsher.
E. G. Thompson
Has Goose Dinner
For Friends Here
Host at a goose dinner Tues
day night at the Royal Case was
E. G. Thompson, young Roxboro
business man, who entertained,
twenty or more friends and
business associates after his re
turn from an eastern Carolina
hunting trip. On the trip with
Mr. Thompson was D. W. Led
better.
Those who enjoyed Mr.
Thompson's hospitality were: Dr.
J. D. Bradsher, Maurice Allen, D.
R. Taylor, Bill Winstead, T. R.
Bennett, Everette Jones, E. E.
Thomas, M. C. Clayton, J. Sam
Merritt, Philip L. Thomas, Our-j
tis H. Oakley, W. K. Moore, Cole
man C. King, D. W. Ledbetter,!
W. D. Weatherly, Gordon C.
Hunter, Henry Gates, Charles
Wood, Sam Byrd Winstead, Bill
Walker and Garrett Stanfield,
the last named from Greenville.
IraoniMimes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
C. OSCAR DIXON
RITES CONDUCTED
AT MULLINS, S. C.
Person Native, Who Be
came Prominent South Ca
rolina Business Man, Dies
Sunday At Hospital In
Mullins.
Funeral services for C. Oscar
Dixon, 73, native of Person
County, but for many years a
, prominent resident of Mullins, S.
C., whose death occurred Sun
day in that city, were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at the Mul
lins Methodist church.
Mr. Dixon, a past president of
; the South Carolina Belt Tobacco
Warehouse association, was the
, son of the late J. J. Dixon. He
I went to Mullins, in 1904, where
I he was active in business, civic
and church affairs, being a
member of the board of trade,
j a school trustee and bank di
j rector.
His wife, who survives, is the
former Miss Loyd Brooks, sister .
of D. S. Brooks, of Roxboro. Also
surviving are four sons, four
| brothers and five sisters, togeth- |
! er with his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. |
Dixon, the last named being a
resident of Allensville.
Among survivors are Mrs. Will!
Thomas, of the Oxford Road, a
half-sister; Jack and Alex Dix
on, half brothers, of Allensville;
Mrs. J. A. Denny, of Leasburg,
and Mrs. Ida Yarbrough, of Mil
ton, sisters, also, another sister
at Reidsville, and a half sister at
Allensville.
■ -i'- ' . ’
Roxboro residents attending
the final rites included: Mr. and
Mrs. D. S. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs.
James Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. J.
I. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. George
M. Fox, Jr., Mrs. Glenn Titus,
Mrs. W. T. Carver and sons, Da
vid, Gilbert and Brooks Carver,
Hall Brooks, of Henderson, Mrs.
Will Thomas and children, Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Gates and Jaqk
Dixon.
PATRIOTIC COW
Bennie, son of John R. and
Flora Stephens Bradsher of Rt.
1, Roxboro, and great grand-son
of Squire John and Sarah Moore
Bradsher, is the proud owner of
! twin jersey calves, one male, one
female, bom November 20. This
seems to be a patriotic cow since
she observed the “President’s
Thanksgiving.
State Fire Marshal Will Be
Kiwanis Club Guest Speaker
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Sherwood Brockwell To
Be At Kiwanis Club’s La
dies’ Night Function In
Early December.
Speaker at annual Ladies’
Night of the Roxboro Kiwanis
club to be held Monday, Decem
ber 8, will be State Fire Mar-
shall, Sherwood Brockwell, of 1
Raleigh, who has visited in Rox- 1
boro a number of times in the '
past few years and is regarded :
as a popular after-dinner wit and
humorist.
The affair will be given at Ho- >
tel Roxboro at 7 o’clock, with ]
Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of Ed- 1
gar Long Memorial Methodist 1
church, as toastmaster. Presid- 1
ing will be club president, E. B. 1
Craven, Jr. Introduction of the
guest of honor, Mr. Brockwell, <
will be by R. D. Bumpass. s
Welcome to the women will be
extended by Robert Edgar Long, t
Roxboro attorney, and response 1
will be by Mrs J. J. Woody. It ;
is expected that 100 Kiwanians 1
and guests will be present Fa- i
vors will be presented to the 1
women and many, entertainment .
features not yet announced will
be provided. \ V j !
Coal for Strike-Bound Yale
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Picket at gates of powerhouse of Yale university, New Ilaven, Conn.,
moves aside when truckload of coal arrives for the sirike-bound uni
versity. employees at the university struck an hour before
the state board of mediation was scheduled to meet with the C. 1.0. to
discuss settlement of union shop dispute. Inset: Phillip Murray, C. 1.0.
president who, on the same day resigned from the national defense medi
ation board because of an opinion rendered on “captive” coal mines
of the bituminous coal industry.
Mr. Martin, Father
Os Local Minister,
Dies In Raleigh
Emory A. Martin, 85, of, 205
Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, father of
the Rev. W. C. Martin, of' Rox
boro, died yesterday morning at
his home following an extended
illness.
Funeral services will be held
at Martin- Yelveeton .*• Funeral]
Home in Raleigh, Friday at 11
a. m., conducted by the Rev. j
Howard M. McLamb, pastor of j
the Fairmont Methodist Church, i
assisted by Dr. John C. Glenn, \
pastor of Edenton Street Method- (
ist Church. Burial will be in Oak
wood Cemetery, Raleigh.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Theresa Hinton Martin and four
sons.
TO ENTER CONTEST
Mrs. Dora Beam, of Hayesville,
formerly of Roxboro, has been
invited to enter her crochet work ]
in the Fifth annual nation-wide j
crochet contest to be judged this
month in New York City. Mrs.
Beam is the mother of Miss Vel
ma Beam, until recently Person
county home denfonstration
agent, now of Hayesville.
Albert Pulliam ,
Dies At Longhurst
After Illness
Albert Pullian, 54, of Long
hurst, died Monday morning at
9:15 o’clock at his residence after 1
an illness lasting four weeks. He
had been in ill health several 1
years. Immediate cause of death ‘
was dropsy.
Final rites were held Tuesday .
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the (
late residence by the ReV. T. (
Marvin Vick, Jr., pastor of Ca- ,
Vel Methodist church. Interment
was in Providence church ceme- j
tery. ;
Surviving are: three sons, one ]
daughter, three brothers, four ]
sisters and his father. ,
The children are: C. T., John,
William and Louise, all of the j
home; the brothers, J. D., Henry
and Buck Pulliam; the sisters: i
Mesdames Katie Satterfield, Mi- j
nerva Wrenn, Hallie Long and ]
Lonnie Hargis, and the father, i
John Pulliam, all of Roxboro. ]
His wife, was the late Mrs. l
Susie Fuller Pulliam. r
ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941
CHIEF ROBINSON i
SPEAKS TO CIVIC I
CLUB IN CITY
!
Chief Os City Police Pleas
ed With Spirit Here; Is
Presented By Program
Chairman,' Dr. Robert E. j
Long.
. j
pleased wife the law enforce-;
ment spirit now being shown in
the City of Roxboro, Chief of Po
lice George C. Robinsqn, guest
speaker at Monday’s dinner ses
sion of the Roxboro Kiwanis
club, added that he has since his
arrival in Roxboro been treated
“swell” by citizensl of both the
City and County.
Mr. Robinson, who had as his
theme the “Duties of an Offi
cer,” explained not only his own
conception of the duties of an
officer to the public, but also the
duties of the public to officers.
Concerning law enforcement he
said: “If we have a bad law, the
best way to repeal it is to en
force it.”
Introduction of Chief Robin
son, who came to the Roxboro
department as chief in August,
although he had previously lived
here for several years while with
the State Highway Patrol, was
by the program chairman, D.r.
Robert E. Long.
Presiding was club president,
E. B. Cranven, Jr. The dinner
was served at Hotel Roxboro.
County Negro
Hit On Head
And Robbed
Durham police last night were
investigating the daylight hold-j
up of a Person County Negro'
who was hit on the head and
robbed of $95 in Durham early
yesterday afternoon.
John Tapp, of Hurdle Mills
Route 2, reported that he was
accosted by an unknown Negro
on Pine Street Road at the un
derpass, near the city limits,
shortly after 2 o’clock.
When Tapp hesitated about
handing over his money, the
stranger knocked him in the
head, forced him to hand over
his money, and ran away, the j
victim told detectives.
AT ST. MARK’S
Speaker at the Sunday morn
ing service at St. Mark’s Episco
pal church will be City Manager
Percy BJoxam, who will speak in
the absence of the Rector, the
Rev. Rufus J. Womble, who will
be at the Milton church that
morning.
Rites For Accident
Will Be Conducted
ROXBORO CUBS i
GAIN MEMBERS !
November Pack Meeting
Has Good Attendance;
Handicraft Prize Given.
With the Rev. Rufus J. Wom
ble, assistant leader, in charge of;
the program, November Pack ,
meeting of Roxboro Cub Scouts i
was held Tuesday night at Cub .
headquarters in Roxboro Com
munity house.
Present were, t; n or more
Cubs, several of them new mem
bers, together with a number of
parents, and leaders and assist
ants, among them Charles Har
ris. Jr., and Thomas J. Shaw. Jr. •
Winner of Pack prize for han
dicrafts was Bill Michie, soil of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Michie.'
I Presentation of the prize was by
| Shields Clarke. By decision of the '
; members, December meeting of j
| the Pack will have a Christmas'
| theme and will be held at the
! same place ori Monday evening, 1
j December 15, at 7:30 o'clock.
December handicraft project'
1 will be devoted to making gifts
; for parents. It is also expected j
! that Christmas baskets for the
! less fortunate will be prepared ;
iby the Cubs, working! with an- 1
| other Scout unit in the City, ■
t~ uontfftued’’’on“l>d6Tc' phge ' !
New Restaurant
Now Operating
Near City Limits
Now being operated on the
Greensboro highway, near Rox
boro, is the Berk-Alien restau
rant, lease having been obtained
by J. P. Allen and Edward Berk
from the building owners, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Howard Franck.
Mr. Allen was formerly with
the Correct - Time Inn, near
Greensboro, on the Burlington
road, and Mr. Berk, of Burling
ton, was with Berg’s Bakery
there. The new restauranteurs
cater especially ?o supper par
ties. but will also serve sand
wiches and cold drinks.
Mrs, Haas, WPA Case
Wcrker, Tells Os Program
t
Chapel Hill Resident Is
Guest Speaker At Agen
cies Council Session
An analysis of six WPA pro- j
jects, with particular refenrence
to Person County, in which num
bers of persons certified, work
ing, awaiting assignment and in
private employment were men
tioned, was presented yesterday
at November meeting of the Per
son County Council of Social
agencies by Mrs. Vivian P. Haas,
of Chapel Hill, WPA Social
Worker, who was guest speaker.
There are now certified for
WPA in Person County 115 men
and 30 women, of which 32 men
and 21 women are working,
while 12 men and six women
are awaiting assistance, and 67
men and two women have found
private employment, according
to Mrs. Haas, who added that
under the classification of delay
ed for other reasons, there are
four men and one woman.
Particularly noticeable, said.
Mrs. Haas, is the increased num-1
ber now in private employment
and the small number now work- ,
CLUB UNIT HAS
PEACE AND WAR
PROGRAM TOPIC
Mrs. W. T. Kirby Leads
Discussion; Executive
Committee Meets Tonight.
Second of two November ses- .
sions of the Roxboro unit of the
Business and Professional Worn-*!.
an’s club was held Tuesday j ■
night of this week at Hotel Rox- j
boro, w ith Miss Louise Croom, J
president, presiding. Program
was in charge of Mrs. Thomas 1
Featherston. with Mrs. W. T. Kir-j
by as speaker on ‘‘Problems of a j
WmvTom World."
In discussing war problems
Mrs. Kirby had particular refer-;
once to peace conditions which]
may come at the war's end. Pre
sented by her were three pos-1
. sible solutions.
j Welcomed as a special guest j
was Miss. Grace Lee Allen, form-j
; erly of Snow' Camp, and now a
j resident of Roxboro as Person
j County Home Demonstration
j agent, succeeding Miss Velma
! Beam, resigned.
| Announcement was made that
an executive committee, com
posed of chairmen of various [
| committees of the club, will
meet Thursday night at 7:30
o’clock at the apartment of Miss
Croom in the Alvin Warren res
idence.
I
NEW MEMBER
New member of the nursing
staff of the Personi unit of the
tri-county health department is
Miss Laura Cromartie, of Fay
etteville, who takes the position
held by Miss Agnes Brake while
Miss Brake is on leave of ab
sence because of illness. Miss
Cromartie who received training
at Highsmith hospital, Fayette
ville, was educated at George
Peabody college, Nashville, Tenn.
DOLL SHOW
An outstanding event of this
week will be the Presbyterian
church benefit doll show to be
given Saturday ih a storeroom in
the Kirby-Ledbetter building by
members of the Woman’s Aux
' iliary.
j ing. Average per month, from
April, 1940, to May, 1941, who
■ were connected with Person’s
WPA was 161 persons while
average Federal funds was $5,-
j 172 per month.
By decision of the Agencies
council December meeting, con
flicting with the holiday period,
will be omitted, but sessions will
be resumed in January, when
the program will be devoted to
Mt. Tirzah township. Presiding
in the absence of the President,
was Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, Person
Director of WPA, who also in
troduced the speaker.
Mrs. Haas, in addition to dis
cussing Person WPA work, con
ducted a question and answer
forum on eligibility and on
channels through which WPA
functions as an assisting agency.
It was brought out that present
reduction in WPA. is occasioned
by curtailment ofi funds and by
a lessened need for WPA by
persons now in private employ-
I ment. Also discussed was farm
assistance regulations.
The meeting was held at Hotel
Roxboro, where luncheon was
served.
RE^H!
NUMBER FIFTEEN
Victim
At Home
Two Cousins And
/
Uncle Involved
Ralph Day Dies, Bradsher
Day Seriously Hurt, Lee
Day Less So, In Automo
bile Wreck
One Roxboro man was killed
and two others from Roxboro
were injured, one critically, near
Apex yesterday afternoon when
an automobile crashed into the
'rear of a truck, Highway Patrol
! man A. E. Leavitt, of Raleigh, re
j ported last night.
The man killed was Ralph
Day, 21, of Roxboro, Route 3. He
i died in Rex hospital about
I uvo hours after the accident.
] Funeral services for Ralph El
j bert Day will be conducted Fri
! day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
] home of his parents, Mr. and.
] Mrs. Alexander Day, of the Ox
! fqrd road.' Rites will be in charge
! of Elder Lex J. Chandler. Inter
i
j ment will be in the L. B. C.ay
j ton family cemetery near the
Day home.
The driver of the car, Bradsher
Day, also of Roxboro, Route 3, is
in the hospital critically injur
ed. He still vvas unconscious sev
eral hours after the accident. ‘
Lee Day, also of Route 3, Rox
boro, the third occupant of the
automobile, suffered a cut on the
head. ~
Leavitt said t’ J'Aruck was
driven by J. Alfred of Holly
j Springs andythat Claude Page,,
also of Holly Springs, was a pas
senger. They suffered minor
hurts.
The accident occurred on U. S.
1 near the intersection with U. S.
64 about 4 o’clock in the after
noon.
It was Wake County’s 51st
highway fatality of the year.
The accident happened shortly
after four o’clock yesterday af
ternoon. Still in a serious condi
tion in Rex hospital, Raleigh is
Bradsher Day, first cousin of
Ralph and son of Mrs. L. E. Day
and the late Mr. Day. Less se
riously injured is Lee Day, an
uncle of Ralph and Bradsher
Day. .
Autopsy performed on Ralph
Day indicated that death, which
occurred about 6 o’clock last
night, was caused by a hrain in
jury. ■v"'
In addition to his parents,
Ralph Day is survived by six
brothers, Lattie, of Kinston, But
ler and Alexander, Jr., of An
gier, Tommy and Rex, of Rox
boro, and Onzalo, of Fort Meade,
Md. Also surviving are several
sisters, among them Mrs. Evan
na Shaw, Mrs. Dorcas Day and
Misses Audrey and Lessie Jane
Day, all of Person county.
Raleigh reports indicated that
Bradsher Day was driver of the
car occupied by the Days.
Highway Patrolman Leavitt,
who investigated the accident,
1 said both vehicles were going
. south at the time. The Day car
struck the truck in the rear, Lea
vitt said, then overturned and
skidded along the highway on its
top for about 170 feet. Ralph Day
and Bradsher Day were thrown
from the car, which was badly
damaged. The truck was not so
seriously damaged.
The accident occurred on a
curve.
The identity of Ralph Day was
not determined until members of
his family arrived at the hos
pital.
NEXT DANCE
Members of the Bachelors’
club state that their next dance
will be held here on December