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Oar Job Is to Save tAggi Dollars War Bonds L\\ S<- Evtry Pay Day VOLUME XIV Two Judges May Be Presiding Officials For January Terms Thompson And Dixon Expected To Serve Here * New Judges Will Hear Cases Against Cates, Johnson And Aiken. Old Business, Unfinished, May Come Up. Person Superior Court, Janu ary term, scheduled to begin on Monday, the 25, and to continue for two weeks, will have as pre siding judges C. E. Thompson, of Elizabeth City, for first week, a mixed' term, and Richard D. Dixon, of Edenton, for second week, beginning Feb. 1, for trial of civil cases, according to R. A. Bulicck, assistant clerk of Per son Court. Judge Thompson resident jud ge of the first district and reg ularly assigned to Person for next six months, goes to Oxford for Granville court' Feb. 1, and for this reason Judge Dixon is to held second week in Person. Neither of the two judges has previously held a court in Per son, both being among newer Superior judges in the State. In criminal division, cases to come up include those against William Cates, 14, Negro, charg ed with attempted assault with inten o ccmmi rape; James Johnson, 25, also a Negro, charg ed wih assault with intent to kill; and Willie Thomas Aiken, Roboro white man, 27 years of age, charged with robbery from Arthur F. Perkins, of Roxboro. In civil division it is probable that whatever is left of the Whitten-Whitfield-Clayton cases, developing nearly a year ago be cause of the death of Thomas P. Whitfield in a Person Jail cell, will be disposed of. Os interest to Person residents will be the trials of Bernice Mooney, 20, and Elmia Oakley, 25, Person men, charged with manslaughter in connection with the alleged hit-and-run killing of Tom Wilkerson, 35, Granville Negro, Dec. 13. The raises will come up before Judge Thompson in Oxford. Surplus Program For Commodities Now At End • Person WPA surplus commod ities room is now closed in con formity with abandonment of the WPA program, according to Mrs. T. C. Wagst'aff, Person WP A and welfare director, who said that closing of the surplus com modities project brings to an end one of the oldest relief programs, instituted here in 1932. Under the surplus commodi ties program food supplies were furnished to families with de finite needs. Keeper of the Per son surplus commodities room in the court hfeUse (las’ been Boyce who has re-] cently received di&npensation forj the remainder of salary due.j Alexander’s wife is now taking a course in airplane engineering, a WPA appointment secured be fore abandonment' of WPA was announced. She will complete the course. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943 Rites Held For Mrs. Clayton At Her Home Ceffo Woman Probably Oldest Resident Os Per son County. Mrs. Jane Clayton, 98, proba- j bly the oldest resident of Person i Ccunty, died early Tuesday I morning at her home at Ceffo. j . Wife of the late Marion Thomas. Clayton, Confederate veteran, who died in 1920, she was born; in Person County Oct. 3, 1844, and lived through five of seven [ wars in which the United States [' has been engaged. Funeral was held Wednesday . afternoon at two o’clock at her late residence, with interment in l . the family cemetery near the' . home. 11l two weeks,, death was 1 • attributed to infirmities of age. j [ Daughter of the late Green I and fine an Combs Clayton, shoj ; 1 lived all her life in the same .j community. A Primitive Baptist,, ;jshe was a member of Story’s! .: Creek church and later of Ebe-j • nezer. Jlites were in charge of j Elders Pruitt and Woods, and j Rev. Rev Monk, tl Surviving are two sons, four, -1 daughters, twenty-four grand-, ij children, thirty-eight great' ; J grandchildren and one great-] -1 great grand-daughter, her photo-j a ] graph with the last named hav- j , j ing been taken only a few j E: months ago. Also surviving are a j i number of nieces and nephews, j Sons surviving are: J. Alfi > (Continued On Back Page! ! : SANDERS GIVES j FARM REPORT TO :j COUNTY LEADERS ;i I Commissioners Hear '| Farm Agent’s Summary ? | Os Work Done. x I i 1 | Person County Farm extension I I work in 1942, as carried out by |H. K. Sanders and A. I. Park, ! agent and assistant agent, was j reviewed by Sanders Monday in his annual report presented to I the County Commissioners, j Digest of the eighty page re j port is as follows" “Extension work in Person l County was carried on in 1942 j | by the agricultural agent and the i ; assistant agricultural gent, who | ■'worked twelve months each. 1 ‘ i They were on annual leave 6, days and had 8 1-2 holidays. 88 (Continued on back page) i »! 1 Alkins Child Dies, ,j Rites Held Here j Audrey 'Fay Alkins, fotnri months-old daughter of Mr. andi Mrs. Henry Alkins, of Roxboro, j , died Tuesday afternoon in Watts! [ Durham, following an 1 .■'[■operation. Funeral services wasj ■ ! held Wednesday afternoon at; | four o’clock in Roxboro, with r 'the Rev. J. N. Bowiman, of Pro vidence Baptist church in charge. Survivors include the parents, j ;one brother Bobby Lex and one j > sister, Frances Jeanette, all of the home. B TIMES a® Jurors For | Two Termsj I Selected I \ Arrangements Authoriz ed For Inspections And Reports. County Judge And |Solicitor Named. Person County Commissioners 1 , meeting in regular session onj Monday, authorized selection of the following citizens for Janu ary-February Superior court jury^ I duty: J Clyde Oliver, A. E. Jordan, J.j |T. Hjerton, J. W. Moore, J. E. j I Pulliam, Reuben Strum, E. D.| 'Morton, C. H. Dunkley, W. E. j 'Wilkerson, C. B. Robertson, A. ; Y. Clayton, J. B. Wade; Simpson Vaughan, E. B. Craven, Jr., and! E. W. Garrett. Also. N. T. Williams, H. C.j Fogleman. J. W. Tillman, O. D.' Deng, R. B. Brooks, E. C. Mims, j . F. E. Chandler, Clyde Meadows,! L Dee Davis. W. R. Wade, H. N. , ]Foushee, H. F. Snipes, W. A.! ;■ Breeze, Jake C. Jones, S. P. Gen-' ! try. B. H. Oakley, L. W. Horton, j I I S. G. Winstead. John W. Mooney, J. B. Satterfield, Robefrt Hawk- j , ins, J. C. Monk, M. J. Daniel, T, ] G. Blalock, W. P. Barton, P. G. ; ; Dunivant and Martin Bohanon. j . j Also, W. E. Tilley, T. J*. I Crutchfield, Stanley E. Oakley, t T. A. O’Briant, M. H. Hicks. G. ! C. Pulliam, Jim Fox, F. W. Rog •] ers, A. W. Clayton, John McEl . viny, J. Robert Reade, H. L. ■ 1 ] Woods, G. W. Wrenn, (O. H.)l . 1 C. C. Oakley, J. T. Brandon, W. I . j 11. Oliver, Rennie Foushee 1 , J. E. jDean, C. D. Oakley, Bunnie Luns rl ford. J. W. Hill, A. L. Parham, i; T. E. Evans and C. A. Hall, all . j names in this group being in a EI second list. | Commissioners at this same j session reappointed as Person I Recorder’s court officials R. B. j Dawes as judge and T. Fitz Dav is as solicitor, terms being as of j February 1, fer two years each, I with salaries on basis now oper ! ating. W. H. Gentry, of Allensville, one of two new commissioners, was named to the Person County Public Library board to succeed D. M. Cash, former commission er and board member, the ap pointment being made by recom mendation of the Library Board. J I | W. T. Kirby, register of deeds, ’ J by authorization of Commission “ i ers, has been requested to pur ’ | chase a land transfer title book lin which tof keep required re cords and to furnish hereafter each year to each tax lister a list of title transfers in his re spective township, so that chang “ I es may be recorded. Authorization was given for I purchase of a new well pump at the County Home and resolu | tions pertaining to reports from | the Clerk of the Court’s office Ito the treasurer and by the i | County auditor were adopted. Present for the meeting were Frank T. Whitfield, of Bushy Fcrk, chairman, W. H. Gentry, of Allensville, and M. Banks Berry, of Roxboro, board mem • i bers, together with R. P. Burns,! I I attorney, and J. S. Walker, audi-j , j tor, both of Roxboro. (I I i' ! ; | BROTHER DIES ;| Funeral services were held; i Wednesday in Huntington, W. | Va., for Louis Burger, 66, a . resident of that City and a ; , brother of Karl Burger, manager J ■ | of Hotel Roxboro. Louis Burger : died Tuesday in Huntington as- ( ter a heart attack. Raleigh Rector i '■ ft ' *il M _ THE REV. JOHN WRIGHT j The Rev. John A. Wright, rse-l | tor of Christ Episcopal church,: i Raleigh, who will held a four-j | day preaching mission at Saint, j Mark’s church late in January, | I will deliver his first message on I Sunday night, January 24, at : ! 7:30 o’clock. Other ssrviees will be held ; : Monday, Tuesday and Wludnes- j 'day nights at the same 1 hour.j ! Services will be in simple form i and will be featured by “ques-l tion-box; programs. Prayers of ( j intercession will also ..be offered; ! and a cordial invitation te being; | extended to all Person and Rox-1 : boro residents. Rector of Saint Mark’s is the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, who is, ' himself, a former resident of Ra jleigh. GOODWINHEREAS i CONSULTANT ON i ; MANPOWER PLANS: j Located In Roxboro. Has j District Os Three Coun- i 1 ties. <i A. L. Goodwin, War Manpr w , er commission representative un j der NYA, has arrived in Rox ! boro for residence and while here will serve a district composed of f j Person, Granville and Caswell j counties. He succeeds Mrs. Eliza . j b:lh Brown, of Henderson, who i has been transferred. Goodwin, formerly of Raleigh, M . . |is particularly interested in in , | terviewing young men and wo- I i men, both white and Negro, bs .'tween the ages of sixteen and . j twenty-five, who may be inter .' ested in taking training in wood .j working, sheet metal, welding, radio and machiru; shop work. . I Training centers are to be in . I Greensboro, Burlington, Durham, c j Raleigh and Fayetteville. High . | school graduates have good op -' portunities. Knowledge of math i [ ematics is helpful, especially in -1 radio work. Gjcodwin will be at -i his Roxboro office, Room 13, I basement of the Poet! Office -I building cm Friday and Saturday; t! of each week, from nine until j - 1 ten-thirty each morning, while | I I on Monday and Tuesday he will j 1 1 be in Oxford and on Wednesday :! and Thursday in Yanceyville. | J His Roxboro address is box 263, j >; room 13. ri Roxboro has not previously; ,jhad a resident manpower com-: ;. mission representative. ,i __ k , I SPEAKER •! W. E. Debnam, of Raleigh, 1 j news commentator for WPTF, I will speak Saturday night at] ! Person County Court' House at ! an open meeting of Lester Black-; I well Post of the American Le-! I gkn at 7:30 o'clock. Those plan- ( ning to attend a dinner at Hotel Roxboro earlier in the evening Jat which Debnam; is to be a guest are requested to notify Dr. B. A. Thaxton, post com-. mander. I I Governor Wants Post War Plan And Urges Care With Surplus SHORE RETIRES I AS HEAD AFTER , LONG SERVICE | > New Leader Os Person i Ministerial Association j Is Rev. J. N. Bowman. ■ Person Ministerial association, cf which the Rev. J. H. Bow-j man, Baptist minister, is chair- • ; man, will have its monthly meet-; l ing on Monday, January 11, ac-j 1 j cording to the association secre-j 1 I tary, the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, I who, with the Rev. Mr. Bfcwman, 1 I was chosen as an official at the j ■ December meeting. i To be honored at the session! j next week is the retiring chair- j \ man the Rev. J. H. Shore Meth | odist minister who has for sever : al years been head cf the organ | ization and at this time a gift will be presented to him by the j. | eighteen members, j Program will be devoted, to j j planning a sustained program for j the monthly series. Meetings are ' now held on Monday after the second Sunday of each month. Retiring secretary is the; Rev. F. B. Peole, al?|c a Methodist min j inter. Purpolse of the~'association | is promotion of Christian ideals ! and fellowship in various Pro . testant denominations. .!' The Rev. Mr. Shore, veteran \ j minister in his church, has for j several years since his retire jment from an active pastorate j lived in Person County. Members I of the association have been par- I ticularly interested in develop- j ■ ment of the voluntary Bible teaching course at Roxboro high .! school and in the cultivation of . | cordial County and City rela- 1 .| tionships wit# Camp, Butner men. Both problems were discussed [j by the Rev. W. F. West, of Rox-; _| boro First Baptist church at the, , 1 last meeting. The new secretary,! | the Rev. Mr. Womble, is rector ; of Saint Mark’s Episcopal church. Rcxboro. ■i , Dr. George Carver !| Famed Scientist j Dies At Tuskegee (| TUSKEEGEE, Ala., Jan. 6. j • ■ Dr. George Washington Carver, j - j the noted Negro scientist, died; 1 ! Tuesday at his home of Tuskegee t; Institute. ( Dr. Carver had been in fail-| ‘ ing health for some months and! f j was confined to his bed for the] ! I past 10 days. I I Born of slave parents, at Dia-, . | mond Grove, Mo., he never was | ' Sure of his birth date, but once! | estimated that it was “about; 1874.” ] He became a member of the] : Tuskegee Institute faculty in ] ' 1894 and has been attached to I the Negro institution ever since. Dr. Carver was recognied as; I one of the outstanding scientists l in the field of agricultural re- j * search. He discovered scores of, ] uses for such lowly products as sweet potatoes, peanuts and ] clay. From the South’s red clay ] and sandy loam, he developed ( ink, pigments, cosmetics?, paper, paint, and many other articles. ———— Mr. and Mr?. R. P. Burns , went to Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. j Burnis is Person Representative’ 1 in the House. I I Bond Sales Uph Again; Hunter ' Praises Work | ] i I’erson School Plan Will I Be Written Up By Treas- j ury Department. I December War Bond sales in Person County reached $80,512- ' .50, according to Gordon C. Hunt •cr of Roxboro, Person chairman' 1 cf sales who says that' next is- ] A sue of the Minute Man, monthly publication of the treasury de- j 1 partment, is to carry a story of the Person plan for selling War, 1 ' I Bonds and stamps through pub- j lie schools, with assistance froirij* ! ~ j i pupils. Hunter at the same time adds that $421,500 worth of Bonds and _ notes have been sold in Decern-: •ber in Person County through ' | the Victory Committee. The regular War Bond com- 1 ' mittee no : longer gets credit for] 1 the Sale of F & G Bonds. These i ' have been turned over to the' Victory Committee. It w'as the j Victory Committer's job to sell, nine billion dollars worth of: Government Bonds during the' month of December. Those bonds, consisted of Income tax notes, 1 ; Coupon Bonds and F & G Bonds.! i The Victory Committee s’old j in twenty three days of Decern-] ber twelve billion nine hundred million dollars in these Bonds^! :cr exceeded their quota by three billion nine hundred million, j The Victory Committee in Per , son County sold $421,500.00 of; these Bonds and Notes in Person] , County'during December. Secre-, tary of the Treasury, Henry . 1 Morgentheau, Jr., in commenting] 'in the sale; stated: 'There is comfort for all of us in this, ! years response by the people to J (Continued on back page) ! PERSONCOUNTY 1 GETS GASOLINE i | SIGNALS CROSSED ] I Stations Here First Or j dered Not To Sell, Then j Get Go Signal I I Pleasure driving restrictions; ■ j announced tloday, apparently j , | were foreshadowed here yester-j , | day by confusion in announce- j : ment of gasoline restrictions, thej ! confusion appearing to come ] ] from Raleigh. j Early yesterday afternoon Per-] ] sion and Roxboro filling station' | operators were notified of sus-; ] pension of A, B and C Coupons. ] Later, after many stations had! obeyed orders and prepared to j close and numerous patrons had ] hastily bought what gasoline] could be obtained, a second an-! ] nouncement countermanded the ] first and permitted the sale of | gasoline on all coupons. j Both announcements here werei issued by Philip L. Thomas, j chairman s?f the Person War , Price and Rationing board. The first instruction was received by ] Thomas in good, faith, according ,to Person Coordinator Percy Bloxam, who consulted with him last night after the “sell again” order was received. Thomas is said to have received the first', announcement by telephone and ; | the correction was made after he ]; ■again talked with Raleigh offi-j, ] rials late in the afternoon. j; Buy DEFENSE BONDS-STAMPS BONDS-STAMPS NUMBER 27 Speaks Out On Schools And For Salaries Promises Again That School Amendment Will Be Amended. Praises War Program. EDITOR’S NOTE: Published below is a virtually compete text of the address of Gov. J. Mevilk Broughton, de livered in Raleigh at noon today to members of the North Caro lina General assembly, which got underway yesterday with Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris, Repre sentative Robert P. Burns ( both from Person County) and other officials in attendance. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Members of the General As sembly of North Carolina: One hundred and fifty years ago the 3iat of government for the. State of North Carolina w’as establish ed at Raleigh. Sine? that time the chosen representatives of the people hav|e met in the Capital 1 City fer annual, bionnial or spe ! cial sessions, and for more than ' one. hundred years such sessions ! have been held in this historic I Captial Building. In all that peri od no session of the General As i sembly of North Carolina has’ met under circumstances so fate i ful cr critical -as now’, confronts i the world of which we are a part. For the first time in all re corded history truly global war ] exists, Under thjese circumstances there can be ftp place for non ] essential, experimental or petty j legislation. The one thought up permost in the minds and hearts of the people whom you and 1 represent is to win this war.. It te I our duty insofar as we can to ' see to it that North Carolina shall Jdo its full part, and more, to j wards the consummation of vic tory and peace; and any legisla tion that may h? essential for I these purposes should receive ] preferred consideratien. Further- I more, it may well be observed ] that critical and emergency con . ditions throughout the state, the i anxiety of mind on thi? part of [ all our people; and other circum ] stanaes incident to war are such j as to make it desirable that this j session of the General Assembly j shall not be unduly prolonged. ] WAR LEGISLATION j The Selective Service system lis a federal function that is j wisely being administered throu ] gh state and local cooperation, i Too much cannot be said In j praise of thjese local boards, ap | peal boards and advisory com ' mittecs who, without compensa tion and under difficult circum j stances, are faithfully discharg j ing a high responsibility. If any I legislation, either state or local, I is needed to facilitate the work of these boards, I urge that such be given favorable action. Under the leadership of the State Council for Defense there has been set up in the State a civilian defense program, with local units in every city and county of/ the state. While this (turn to page three, please) TO PREACH The Rev. Dan E. Goldsmith-, of Union Theological Seminary; Richmond, Va., will be guest preacher Sunday morning as eleven o’clock at Roxboro Pres byterian church. , jj f WASI