onr Job Is to Save
fegggg, Dollars
War Bonds
Hll S-h Every Pay Day
VOLUME XIV PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1943
More With Less To
Be Accomplished
'By Person Farmers
Floyd Cites Goals
At Mobilization
Rally Tuesday
Claude T. Hall Presides.
Farmers Jam Grand
Jury Room. Committee
Meetings Held.
E. Y. Floyd, of Raleigh, for
years recognized as an agricul
tural leader, on Tuesday after
noon told Person farmers who
gathered at the court house here
to observe “Farm Mobilization
Day”, that job of producing
"more with less” is up to them.
Floyd, in driving home his
points, cited Person’s 1943 agri
cultural production quotas and
emphasized the importance of
meeting and exceeding them.
Presiding was Claude T. Hall,
of Woodsdale and Roxboro, USi
DA chairman, who introduced
Floyd. Immediately after the
meeting, the national Farm Mo
bilization radio program was
heard. Also held was a com
mittee meeting of all owners of
combines which working
plans were considered. All ses
sions were held in the Grand
Jury room, which was crowded
to capacity.
On the following day Person
AAA committeemen met' here
and made plans tjo present the
farm quota program to all farm
ing residents in their respective
districts.
Floyd in his address mention
ed Person’s quota of 7,000 acres
of wheat, 150 acres- of rye, 26,210
acres of corn, 821 acres of oats,
167 acres of barley, and 10,500
acres of hay. He qlso specified,
1,139 acres icf soybeans, a large
increase,, and the small 7 acres
of cotton, together with 508 acres
of Irish potatoes, 622 acres of
sweet potatoes, and 11,858 acres
of tobacco. Large single Per
son item is to be 543,116 dozen
eggs, with 205,830 chickens,!.and
779 turkeys.
Milk production is put' at 16,-
396,000, and milk cows at 4,174,
with cattle and calves at 1,090,
sheep and lambs at 84, and sows
to farrow, at 340, all figures be
ing those arrived at' a State j
meeting of farm leaders held re
cently in Raleigh.
Jitc Welding And
Machine Work To
Be Taught Soon
*Hie need is urgent for train
ees to enter machine shjop and
arc welding courses at Durham
high school. Training is free and
women and men who are draft
exempt are eligible. The mini- j
mvm requirements for admis
sion to this class are: age—lß to
45, education— two years in high
school. Applicant must be able
to work comnyjn fractions and
simple decimals.
All persons interested in get
ting iaare information about this
trainftp£ will please see Roy Mil
ler in the basement of the
Courthouse, Roxboro, Friday
morning. • ■*
No (one will be considered who
is employed in a defense indus-
TIMES ~
Two Negroes
Go Up Under
Judge Dawes
Charged With Robbery
Os Ernest Townsend.
Many Cases Crowd Doc
ket.
•John Henry Walker, alias John
Henry Warner, 30, and George
Junior Lunsford, 28, both Ne
groes, charged with robbery
from Ernest Townsend, also a
Negro, will face trial in Person
Superior Court, Jan. 25, follow
ing trial this week in Person Re
corder’s court before Judge R.
B. Dawes, who found probable
cause and set bonds at SSOO each.
Other cases were': Edd C.
Whitt, drunken driving, contin
ued (for fifth time") to March
term; Zeke Tuck and Sam Ham
,'let, both Negroes, 23 and 18
'years of age, assault with deadly
. weapons, $5 and half costs as to
I each; John Flint Day, 27, drunk
I driving, SSO and costs, license
1 suspended 12 months; James
Duncan, 23, Negro, assault on fe
j male, n\ct guilty; Wallace O’-
1 Briant, 17, no driver’s license,
judgement suspended with costs;
| Arch Love Walker, drunk driv
j ing corit., Bill Bailey, Negro, 58,
’ possession for sale, guilty of ille
| gal possession, fines of $5 and
I and $5, pus costs.
Also, Howard Walker, drunk
| driving, continued; Bunn C.
• Brann, 27, unlawful possession,
I judgement suspended, with costs;
; Jesse Reaves, 28, larceny, $5 and
costs; Forrest Lawson, 28, Ne
gro, assault with deadly weapon,
18 months in jail, suspended on
payment of $2.00 to D. R. Berry,
with fine of sls and costs, -upon
promise of gcpd behaviour for
12 months, during which time
he is not to molest D. R. Berry.
Also, Ernest Landon Graves,
18, Negro, speeding $lO and
costs, with license suspended 12
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No Clues Yet As
To Break-In At ,
C. A. Wrenn Store
•
S. P. Gentry, partner in the
C. A. Wrenn and company store,
today said that no clues as to
identity of the robber or rob
bers whj> broke into the Wrenn
store and removed quantities of
merchandise, have been receiv
ed. The break-in occurred Sat
urday night and was second at
the store within a month.
Case is in the hands of Per
son Sheriff M. T. Clayton. Own
ers of the store are offering a
reward for apprehension of the
robbers.
JACOBS’ RITES |
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Ja
cobs, of Raleigh, whose death
occurred there Friday, was held
Sunday, with interment follow
ing in a'Roxboro cemetery. Ser
vice was. first planned for Satur
day. phe was an aunt of Leb
Dixon, ts Roxboro.
TO CHICAGO
0
George E. Jackson will leave
Sunday for Chicago to attend a
three dav session of the National
Association of Dry Cleaners.
ELECTRIC CHAIR
RETURN SOUGHT
IN SENATE BILL
Chaffin Os Harnett Intro
duces Bill; Senate Passes
Post-War Fund Bill.
RALEIGH, Jan. 12. lf a bill
introduced in the Senate be
comes law, North Carolina will
scrap its lethal-gas chamber and
return to imposing capital pun
ishment by execution.
The measure, introduced .by
Senator L. M. Chaffin of Har
nett. substitutes electrocution as
the means lof taking the lives of
persons sentenced tb death. It
would apply to crimes committ
ed on or after July 1 of this
year.
The bill was the chief item of
general interest introduced Mon
day as the Senate reeled off
itg first Monday evening session
in 10 minutes.
It was one of two bills apply
ing to methlods of punishment in
convictions for capital crimes.
The other, introduced by Sena
tor Herbert Leary of Chowan,
continues his efforts to provide
an alternative of life imprison
ment in capital-crime convic
tions. Thi4 bill wlbuld permit' a
life sentence when recommend
ed by the 'jury in cases of rape
and first-degree murder. At the
last General Assembly, Leary in
troduced a bill for altenatlve
punishment and succeeded in
getting it passed only as it appli
ed to other capital crimes of that
period—burglary and arson.
Leary, for many years a Su
perior Court solicitor, is hopeful
that this time he can complete
the sweep of capital crimes in
obtaining the alternative of life
imprisonment when recommend
ed by the jury. At present the
death sentence is automatic when
a first-degree conviction is re
turned in murder and rape cases.
REV. MR. WRIGHT
TO RE SPEAKER
AT HIGH SCHOOL
»
Raleigh Minister Will
Also Conduct Preaching
Mission And Auxiliary
Classes
The Rev. John A. Wright, rec
tor of Christ Church, Raleigh,
will speak to the Bible Class tit
the high school on Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday, January
25, 26, and 27, while he will be
jin Roxboro conducting a four
I day preaching mission at St
| Mark’s Episcopal church which
starts cn Sunday night, January
I 24, at seven-thirty P. M.
The Rev. "Mr. Wright has a
I large following among the young
! people and is constantly invited
jto speak to the various young
| people’s groups throughout North
j Carolina. Students at Roxboro
I high school should.be pleased to
I have him as their guest teacher
: for three days..
| The Rev. Mr. Wright will also
teach a Bible Class at St. Mark’s
church on January 25, 26 and 27,
at four o’clock l in the afternoon
for the Woman’s Auxiliary and
all others wh|o wish to come. The
public is cordially invited to
these classes which undoubtedly
will be informative and interest
ing. Mr. Wright will speak on the
chapter of Raising Lazarus from
the Dead.
IN CITY •
W. Ransom Frederick, of
Greensboro, a former resident of
Roxboro, spent Sunday here with
his mother, Mrs. Stella Frede
rick, and other relatives.
In Navy
JOHN WESLEY J(,NES
John Wesley Jones, of Rox- |
boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jones of this City, isi with the
United States Navy, now station
ed at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Prior to entering the service he
was a resident of Richmond,
Va., where he was connected
with a tobacco company.
Business And
Professional
Club Disbands
Rcxboro Unit Os Club
For Women May ■. Be
Revived After War Ends
■ ,
Roxborp unit of the Business
and Professional Woman's club,
organized here about two years
ago, is sc/on to be a casualty of
War, according to a decision
reached by members at a meet
ing held here Tuesday night at'
Hotel Rcxboro. There will be
one more session of the club this
month and it will then be dis
banded for the duration.
"Diminishing membership, due
to war conditions is reason as
signed. Present president is Miss
I Louise Croom, of the "Person
j Health department nursing staff,
, but it is understood that Miss
I Croom is to resign in order to
enter military service as a nurse.
Membership of the club, which
j was "organized in the Spring of
i 1941 is 17. First president was
Miss Nancy Bullock, of the FSA,
now of RaMgh. Leading spirit
in organization of the Roxboro
chapter was Miss Velma "Beam,
now of Hayesville. Final meet
ing of the club will he in form
of a dinner to be held at Hotel
Roxboro.
Roster of the club has qon
j tained the names of many pro
minent Person County and Rox
boro women, leaders in business
and social service activities.
Sailor Returned
By Police Chief
Johnnie L?e, a young U. S.
sailor, attached to the mine de
pot, Yorktown, Va., was taken
, lb Raleigh yesterday by Roxboro
1 Chief of Police George C. Robin
son after being detained in Rox
boro as a “straggler” from duty.
In Raleigh, Lee was turned over
to Navy # authorities. It is thought'
that he became frightened after
overstaying his leave. He was
identified as a resident of Hills
boro.
TROOP SPEAKERS
H. G. Hlelleman and the Rev.
E. C. Maness, pastor of Brooks
dale Methodist church, were
sDeakers at Wednesday meeting
of Troon 63, Bov Scouts, Brooks
dale, of which Clyde Whitt is
Scoutmaster. Regular program
features included “good turn”
reports and troop business.
City Commissioners Approve
Additional Library Support
COUNTRY CLUB
TO STAY OPEN
DESPITE RATION
I
I
Directors Agree To Pay \
(Dues During Period Os
Emergency. Finance
Committee Meets.
f
i
I
At a meetirfg of the members I
of the Roxboro Country club !
Monday night in the court house j
it was decided by the members j
that the Country club and glclf j
course would be continued even j
tho the members could not get |
to the grounds to play golf. Ap- j
proximately twenty-five of the
thirty-five members were pre
sent and they all voted to con
tinue to pay their dues right
thrfeugh the restricted pleasure
driving program.
At this same meeting a finance j
committee to direct the finances
of the club was appointed. This
committee consists of Charlie
Harris, chairman, George Kane, j
Earn B. Winstead, Tom Woody !
and James Long. This same com- j
mittee will draw up resolutions !
acknowledging the present in- I
debtness tef the club and trying
, to work out some plan whereby
i it can be curtailed at regular in
j tervals. The committee will re
' port hack to the club member
j ship on the night of January 25th
jat the courthouse. Club mem
bers went on record at this
; meeting "by admitting to all old
| accounts of ltng standing that
J the club owed.
It was also decided at this
j same meeting to continue all of
j fficers for another eight months
! thus giving them two years in
I'office instead of one.
| Report "from the treasurer of
l the club, E. B. Craven, Jr., shjow
j ed that the club had something
j over a hundred dollars in the
j bank and that current bills had
been paid.
J. S. Merritt presided at the
meeting.
I #
: Fuel Oil Advisory
| Committee Issues
New Statement
In view of increasingly serious
' fuel oil supply situation, it is
"imperative that buildings other
than -private dwallings convert
to qral or lose their fuel oil ra
tions. Only most conclusive proof
that property is not convertable
will be -acceptable.
I In accordance with instructions
; from Raleigh all applications for
j store buildings, service stations,
I churches and other rten-residen
| tial buildings in Person County
j have been forwarded to Raleigh, j
j to the State OPA Office. It is ex- j
j pected that the people who have I
not converted la coal will hear
from Raleigh in a short while, j
The Fuel Oil Advisory Com- j
mittee calls attention tio the fol- 1
lowing: Any person wishing to 1
convert is eligible for a certifi
cate for a coal heater and may j
get same by turning in their j
coupons for fuel oil to their Ra
tion Board.
Attention is also called to the
fact that the Coupon Credit Sys
tem is now being eliminated.
Any person who fails to redeem
their coupon notes will be re
ported to the Board and their
ration wil be subject to revoca
tion.
Taxi Men Get
Together,Rate
To Be Lowered i
j
Two Units Agree To Re
turn To Previous Scale.
Woods Writes Statement
For Them.
Roxboro taxi cab drivers, in
cluding those of City Taxi Com
pany and Lockhart’s, this week
issued a statement of agreement ,
to return to former prices, after j
last week announcing an in- ;
crease in prices.
Return to old prices was ef
fected at a meeting held Satur- J
day, althought statemen of rea- J
sons for reversion to lower scale
|cf fares was not issued until
Tuesday of this week.
Drivers responsible for issuing (
the compromise plan were Leb |
Dixon and R. A. Walker, spokes
men, although it is understood
that all drivers in the City have
! concurred. The statement was
prepared by W. Wallace Woods,
| chamber of commerce secretary,
I who, with City Manager Percy
! Blcxam and Robert P. Burns,
1 attended the last meeting of the
taxi men and were instrumental
in settling their difficulties.
Burns was present as an attor
| ney representing interests of the
’ taxi men.
1 Under the increased scale,
! which was in effect for a few
! days, patrons, particularly those
j from mill sections were paying
I double the previous rates,
I but protests from numbers of
citizens and officials prompted
the reconsideration and the re
turn to the original scale.
Drivers here at first said that
the increase in fare rates was
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HIGHWAY GROUP
MEETS IN CITY
WITH G.W. KANE
Roxboro City Commission
ers Extend Honor With
Luncheon At Hotel Rox
boro.
Georgs W. Kane, of this City,
district highway commissioner,
assisted by district engineers,
this week held January session
•of the district in Roxboro, where
delegations from various coun
ties, among them Person and
, Alamance, sought road improve
; me-nts.
Also appearing before the
Commissioner was R. B. Griffin,
Person (Superintendent of
schools. In addition to Kane, of-
ficials here for the meeting in
cluded' Tom Burton, district en
| gineer, Greensboro, Jesse Proe
j tor, of Durham, area engineer,
i J. H. Jenkins, of Burlington and
j Greensboro, supervising engi
; neer, Bob Kent and’ J. White,
| secretaries, and Kyle Jones, of
1 Roxbr ro, maintenance supervis- i
1 or, all of whom were luncheon
guests of City of Roxboro com- j
! missioners at Hotel Roxboro.
| Presiding at the lunchefon was
Gordon C. Hunter, Mayor pro- j
tern. Also present were City
Commissioner Philip L. Thomas,
M. Banks BfTry, county com
missioner, J. S. Merritt, editor of
the Times, J. W. Noell, editor of
the Courier and City Manager
Percy Blioxam. Response was
made by Highway Commission
'sl, Kane - . ......
i.
NUMBER 28
Institution Now
On City - County
And State Basis
Motion Mad<? By Thom
as, Seconded By Hall
And Unanimously Pass
ed, Provides Salary Sup
plement For Library
Clerk As WPA Fades
Away.
Roxboro City Ccmmissioners,
on motion of Commissioner Phi
lip L. Thomas, have unanimous
ly approved appropriation of
S2OO to the Person County Pub
lic library to supplement the
salary of a library clerk until
the end of the fiscal year in June,
the supplement from the City to
take up salary payments after
March 1, when WPA assistance
will be no longer available.
Seconding the motion was
Commissioner R. Cliff Hall. Mat
ter of the' special appropriation
t)o meet emergency created by
WPA withdrawal was presented
to the Commissioners Tuesday
night by a committee from the
library board of which Mayor S.
G. Winstead is also a member.
Spokesman was Miss Ernestine
Grafton, tri-county librarian.
Board members present included
Mrs. R. H. Shelton and Thomas
i •»
J. Shaw, Jr.
! Action of the City Cfcmmis-
I sioners in meeting this emer
, gency call will mean that the
| library here will be able to
i maintain its present schedule of
I hours, 12 nc(on to 7 at night. City
i of Roxboro made its initial lib
r
] rary appropriation of SIOO in
! June 1942 for the 1942-1943 bud
| get and the new appropriation is
jan additional amount, making
1 the library here for the first
time a completely State-County-
City supported institution, with-
I ou WPA aid.
Prior to the naming of the
amount needed, Miss Grafton
presented to the City commis
sioners an itemized report shtow
ing rapid increases in City use
of the library within the past
two years since adoption of the
State Aid program.
Commissioners also made plans
for adoption at next meeting of
the revised City code, copies of
which will be open for inspec
tion until then in office of City
Manager Bloxam. It was also
ordered that the City manager
prepare a survey and advertise
for bids for correction of a sew
er line running from Barnette
street by the residence of Com
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Rites Held For
Mrs. Dillehay Os
Virgilina Road
Mrs. Sallie Gilliland Dillehay,
70, of the Virgilina Road, Person
Oaunty, died Monday morning
at her home, death being attri
buted to a heart attack with
! complications.
Rlltes were) held Tuesday af
ternoon at four o’clock at the
home by the Rev. J. N. Bowman,
Baptist minister, with interment
in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Dillehay, daughter of the
late James and Jane Dillehay,
was a native of Person County!
Survivors include two daughters;
Mrs. L. E. Brinkley and; .Mitt-
Lena Dillehay. t\f