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fagfegg Dollars
War Bonds
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volume xi\
Low Level Clothing
Fund At Samarcand
Shocks Legislators
Stanbury Says
Investigation
Welcomed
And ‘Clothes’ Include
Shoes; Trustees Ask Bet
ter Appropriations
Raleigh, Jan. 30.—Feeling ran
high here yesterday when the
joint appropriations committee
heard pleas for additional funds
from the State Farm and Indus
trial School fcr Girls at Samar
cand and learned that the State
appropriates only $4 per year per
girl for clothing at the institu
tion.
The Samarcand delegation de
scribed conditions at the State
school for delinquent girls, and
discussion arose about Judge
Frank Armstrong’s charge to the
Moore County grand jury that
an investigation should be made
of that “place of mystery.” It was
then that members of the joint
committee incficaed they will “do
something” about Samarcand be
fore the 1943 General Assembly
goes home.
Grace M. Robson, superintend
ent of the school, first appeared
before the committee and re
quested increases amounting to
S3OO for clothing equipment and
SSOO for farm equipment. She
said that the school is satisfied
with other recommendations of
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JEFFERS WILL
NOT BE GAGGED
Insists He Will Speak
His Mind.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
President Roosevelt’s advice to
high Government officials to
“button - your - lips” appeared
headed today fcr its first major
test.
Director Elmer Davis of the
Office of War Information,
watch-dog of the public remarks
of Government officials, and
Rubber Director Williams Jef
fers are the principals.
The controversy is about ex
temporaneous remarks Jeffers
made in Baltimore Monday
when he blamed Government in
terferrenoe and especially “so
called expediters Army and
Navy loafers” for his failure to
get steel for synthetic rubber
plants.
The OWI promptly reported it j
had not reviewed the “speech,” |
and Davis told a press confer
ence late yesterday he had re
minded Jeffers in a letter that
his remarks were a violation of
the President’s injunction a
gainst undiplomatic speeches, is
sued last August.
Jetffers said he had! received
Davis’ letter “very tactfully'
and nicely worded’ but im-|
plied that be would continue to
say what he thinks is necessary
“to get things done.”
“It was the kind of letter I
couldn’t take exception to,” Jef
fers said. “But Mr. Davis just
made a mistake. I didn’t make a
speech although he called my
attention to the instructions of
the President about clearing
speeches through OWI.”
Asked about his future policy,
he said: “I will speak my nfind.”
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1943
REPAIR PROGRESS
WILL INFLUENCE
SCHOOL OPENINGS
Bushy Fork May Open
Tuesday, Others Monday,
If Circumstances Permit.
j At least one sleet-closed Per
| son County school, Bushy Fork,
' | will not open until Tuesday
"j morning, according to County
“'i Superintendent R. B. Griffin..
5 I
j .who yesterday afternoon said
j that other County schools will
! re-opein MoncVhy, if electrical
' 1 repairs can be completed in
r
i time. Roxboro District schools
| will continue on schedule, on-
I ly exception being Person
i Training School,
jj T. Miller White, Roxboro
i manager of tbs Carolina Pcwer
' and Light company, said that
' repairs to school lines may be
completed by noon Sunday,
but that this is by no means a
’! certainty. County principals
j are expected to contact Grif
j fin Sunday afternoon to get
latest information. Chief diffi
[ culty of schools is disruption
| of water and heating facilities.
"1'
!j
) Dr. Love Speaks
5 On Behalf Os
i
f | Paralysis Fund
i
i
Dr. B. E. Love, of Roxboro
Rotary club, at regular meeting
of the 1 club, last week discussed
I
j the purpose and plan of the
j President’s Birthday benefit for
I the Infantile Paralysis founda
| tion and urged Rotarians to co
operate fully with the campaign.
With W. Reade Jones, club
} .i president presiding, the meeting,
■ held at Hotel Roxboro, was of
j an informal nature, in keeping
. with the sleet storm blackout,
I which caused the hotel to serve
J meals by candlelight,
j Following Dr. Love’s remarks,
’i W. Wallace Woods, also a Ro
j tarian and chairman of the Para
j lysis fund drive in Person Coun
j ty, reported on the success of
_ | the campaign to date. Held here
5 i yesterday was a Polio tag day,
r conducted by young women of
| Roxboro high school. Final re
j ports of the County and City
I campaign, whidh closed yester
) day, will not be available for
,| several days, said Mr. Woods,
j Quota for Person is around S3OO.
t|
’i Directors Favor
Repeal Os Sales
: Tax In State
Directors of Roxboro Cham
r: ber of Commerce i n monthly
,| session here Thursday, adjopted
, a resolution falvjqring eompttiete
r repeal of the present three per
cent' North Carolina sales tax.
[ Copies of the resolution will
. be forwarded to Person Repre
• sentative R. P. Burns and to
, other legislators expected to take
r action on repeal of the measure
I soon.
[ Regular monthly report was
presented by W. Wallace Wood*,
executive secretary of the Cham
-1 ber.
“* TIMES “
/
GRAHAM UNIT i
ASSISTING FARMERS
WITH 1943 GOALS
| James Bishop, Jr., Secre
tary, Outlines Program
Os Association.
i
The Graham Production Cred
it Association is providing fi
nancial assistance to farmers in
meeting their 1943 production
goals, James Bishop, Jr., Secre
tary-Treasurer, said this yester- j
day.
The Farm Credit Administra
tion, of which the production
credit system is a part, is one of
j 1
■ the agencies concerned with pro
| duct'ion, Mr. Bishop declared.
! Credit, he added, is of vital im
| portanos to many farmers in fi
nancing essential crcps they ex
! pect to grow this year to aid in
J the nation’s huge food-for-free-j
| dom program.
“Loans are made by the Pro-i
ductive Credit Association for
the purpose of buying seed, fer
tilizer, feed, the purchase cf
i livestock, machinery and equip- 1
! ment and for carrying on spe-,
j eialized operations, such as;
} dairying, the breeding and f:ed-|
j ing of beef cattle and hog
! operations,” Mr. Bishop said.
! “Loans are made for any amount
j from SSO up fcr any sound pro
duction purpose, the amount de
| pending on the farmer’s needs
j and ability to repay from the
j operation being financed.”
He stressed the fact that the
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LIVING COSTS GO S
UP 22 PER CENT j
Nine Per Cent Rise
Since Pearl Harbor
I I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—A11 !
1 living costs in the United States
1 increased nine per cent during |
the year after Pearl Harbor/
I i
| making the- total increase since |
the war began in Europe 22.1:
i per cent, Secretary of Labor
I Frances Perkins reported today.
| The iLabor Dspartmentt fi
-1 gures included ccsts of food,
clothing, house furnishings,
rents and miscellaneous ser
vices. !
I i
I From Nov. 15, to Dec. 15,
i 1942—the last date for which fi-.
| gures are available —living costs
| rose one-half of on? per cent,
t Miss Perkins said that' the 22.1
| per cent increase since 1939 com
| pared with an almost 35 percent
increase during the same period
, of the last war. |
j Responsibilities for the con
tinued increase, she said, rests
with the rising prices of goods
and services not controlled by
the Government.
! i
! Roxboro Delegates
To Church Meeting
Returns To City
Roxboro delegation , to thte
State Baptist Sunday school con
vention, which closed Thursday,
included the Rev. and Mrs. J. N.
Bowman, of Providence, Mrs. R.
F. Young, Sam Wrenn, Mrs. G.
W. Thomas, Mrs, R. A. Whit
field, Miss Ora Latta and the
Rev. Virgil E. Duncan and Miss
Lucille Davidson, the last named
being secretary of Roxboro
First Baptist church.
FROM GREENSBORO
Misses Ruby and Inez Humph
ries, students at King’s Business
College, Greenboro, are spend
ing the week-end here with their
mothers, Mesdames J. Y. and
C. G. Humphries.
j City Manager
i Thinks Topic j
Appropriate J
i.
City Manager Percy Blox- i
am, who has during the week I
had hectic business of watch- j
ing over sl'eet-disrupted ,
pumping statkn lines and has | ’
been to bed tor the better
part of two nights, will be '
Sunday morning speaker at
Saint Mark's Episcopal
, where he is a vestryman.
| His sermon topic will be,
“The Majesty of Silence”. i
He said yesterday that the
City pumping station has I
been operated during the |
stclrm with gasoline pumps,
that there is plenty of water
on hand and that the elec
tric line is to be restored
shortly.
i
' PERSON GROUP j
FROM CAM? CROFT
GOES TO BRAGG
■i ' . :
i :
High School Anti College
Men Return To Roxboro
Friday.
The following Person and Rox
' bero young men, majority of
", high school and college age, who
■ left here Wednesday for induc
■| tion into the United States Army
jat Camp Croft, S. C., returned
] yesterday evening at 7:45 after
j having been accepted for mili
: tary service and given orders to
I report to the reception center at
' Fort Bragg on Friday, February
! 5: j
| Thomas U. Hcrton, James A.
| Dixon. Riley S. Whitt. William
’H. Ashby, William M. Davis, 1
I Linwood Clayton, Jos Scott Ta-'
, turn, Jr.. John W. Mitchell, Jr.,!
Gerald M. Carver, Thomas C
j Wagstaff, William E. 'Stephens,
!j John C. Wrenn, Walter L. Car-^
: virr, John O. Howerton, Joseph
. E. McFarlan, Jr., Robert D. Sal
i ley, Wade C. Clayton, Layton K.
Morris, George I. Harris, Lin-!
wood J. Clayton, Preston W.|
Oliver, James L. Carver, Geo-j
rge J. Cushwa, Jr., Claudie B.;
I Adcock, Robert B. Lunsford.
: Calvin C. Milam, Hustler R.'
Wilkins.
Also, Melvin J. Porterfield,
Alvin G. Jones, Lacvy L. Clay,'
Robert Estes Whitten, Natt N.i
Yancey, Flint N. Brad=her, El-j
bert G. Hargis, John H. Wheel-!
er, William J. Morris, Ira Tuck,!
I Charlie B. Blalock, Jr., Burnice 1
H. Mooney, Thurman L. Long.j
Wade B. Gentry, Ralph A. Tin
gen, Hugh J. Cates. Warren T. 1
. Gravitt, Warren E. Bowes, James |
| W. Buchanan, Berley B. Gentry/
i Odell J. Davis, Burleigh G. Clay-,
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Along The Way
With the Editor
Put J. W. Greene down as one of the hard luck boys. A |
few days ago he got tired of firing his furnace and decided to
buy an electric stoker. Hb did, and then came the sleet that
put the power lines out of commission. J. W. wanted to fire
by hand but there was nothing doing. He had to freeze for a
few days just' like other human beings.
Its a gal baby at the Rufus Wcmbles. Rufus doesn’t smoke
and so he did not pass out cigars but he did wear a smile that
was as large as any you have ever seen on a Ghessie cat . . If
you don’t think that he is ’well pleased then you jjust do noit
know.
iHeres a salute to my old friend T. C. Wagstaff who has
bsen accepted by the United States Army. I know he is going
to catch cold if they make him wear a hat. The only one
that he ever had was one hat someone gave him and believe
me they did not give him much, but T. C. liked it. Each month
as boys from Person County leave for the army I get confident
as Ido now, that it won’t be long. Anyway, best of luck to
a nice fellow.
Line Crews Still Battle With
Broken Poles, Twisted Lines
Civil Court
Opens Monday
With Dixon j
Whitfield Civil Suit Sche
duled. Other Cases List
ed. Dixon Here For First
Time. j
!
Presiding over the Civil Term
of Person Superior Court which
op/ns here on Monday, will be
Judge Richard Dixon of Eden
ton, before whom\ will be tried
an average docket of civil cases,
including the well-publicised
suit of Mrs. Thomas P. Whit
field for SIO,OOO ficrllowSng her
husband’s death in a fire, which
occurred in the jail here last
January 26.
Among other civil, actions to.
appear before Judge Dixon are
the following: Cora Alkins Wade
vs. Ivey Wade: City Commis
sioners of Roxboro vs. Willie
Barnett and Person County: Joe
C, Moore vs. Vassal’ Jones: J. W,
Chambers and wife vs. W. T.
Pass, Executor, ct al; Eleanor
Shorr vs. R. B. Dawes, Trustee,
:tc.; Miriam Clayton vs. Dalian
Clayton; J. A. Vance Co. vs. G.
E. Stephens: Lucy Whitt Owen
vs. Zeb Owen: In the matter of
tftie Will of Paul Ross and Dru
cilla Long Jones vs. Horace J.
C. Jones.
Criminal court ended last
week after a three day session
before Judge C. E. Thompson, of
Elizabeth City.
Judge Dixon comes here -for
the first time Monday.
Noah Davis To
Give Mowing
Demonstration
Noah E. Davis, route 3, Rox
boro, will give a demonstration
in caring fcr a mowing machine,
bringing his own mower on a
track to Roxboro, Saturday, Feb
ruary 6th. He will answer ques
tions and demonstrate how to
repair such machines.
Person Farm Agents feel for
tunate to have Mr. Davis assist
farmers with this particular prob
lem. The meeting will be at 2:30
P. M., Saturday, February 6th,
immediately after the 4-H Coun
ty Council meeting. If the weath
er is not favorable for the meet
ing out of doors, we hope to hold
ing out of doors, the machinery
meeting may be held in the
WOODS REPORTS ON
CLAIMS MADE BY
MAIL ORDER FIRMS
i
! Says Chamber |Of Com
merce Will Be Glad To
Investigate False Claims
W. Wallace Woods, executive
j secretary of the Roxboro Cham
i ber cf Commerce; stat d today
i l that his office will be glad to
3 : offer its services in investigating
| the claims of mail-order insur
ji ance companies offering tempt-
I ing policies to Roxboro and Per
j! son citizens at ridiculously low
j rates.
i Secretary Wocds stated that
| although many offers of such in
j surance have been received here,
most of the companies are not
licensed to do business in North
Carolina, and as d result, those
” j investing in them will be unable
: to collect their claims. As to in
j surance eempanies which are
J properly licensed, a certified list
/[of the bona fide ones has re
j coritlv been received here, and
;is available to anyone who
r i
i wish s to see it at the Chamber
.’j of. Commerce-office. ’ ;
| Mi-. Woods adds the statement
: that the Roxboro insurance
1
j agencies are properly certified,
j and offer full value for money
, j invested, and make no claims of
'! disproportionate returns for
I funds invested with them.
1
< RITES WILL BE
! HELD TODAY FOR
| CHARLES SOLOMON
i 1 ■ ■ ■
! Son Os Mrs. Jos Rudd
! And Resident Os Hurdle
1 Mills Dies Friday.
j
! Charles T. Solomon, 45, oi
Hurdle Mills, Route 2, mar Hes
"'ter’s store, died Friday morning
1 at six o’clock at the home of his
’> mother, Mrs. Joseph L. Rudd,
a cf the same community.
*1 Mr. Solomon, a veteran oi
World War I, had been a patient
o at Veteran’s hospital, Johnson
i City, Tenn., and more recently
“ at Oteen. from which he return-
F ed on Jan. 24. Death was attri
" buted to tuberculosis.
Funeral will be Sunday after
; noon at two o’clock at the Rudd
" | residence, by the Rev. F. A. Lup
"j ton, of Deasburg Methbdist
*j church, with interment follow
ing in the Cooper family ceme
i tery near Prospect Hill.
B i Survivors, in addition to his
stepfather and his mother, in
clude one daughter, Mrs. Carrie
f Pleasants, cf Prospect Hill, and
three sons, Henry, of Leasburg,
Edgar, of the United States na
vy, now on duty, and Elwood,
j of Prospect Hill.
i •>
Whisper of Meat Stirs
Citizens Os Key West
KEY WEST, Fla., Jan. 29,-A
line of nearly 100 persons formed:
here yesterday in front of a
butcher shop when word spread
around that the meat truck was
in town. A shortage of meat has
been felt' here for several weeks
due to the 165-mile haul
must make from Miami, Fla.
MRS. BURGER TT.T.
Mrs. Karl Burger, of Hotel
Roxboro, who has been ill forj
the past three days, is reported,
to be resting more comfortably. !
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
NUMBER 33
Men Brought
In From Out
Os Ice Area
Some Reports Say Storm
Worst! Than In 1934.
City Service Partly Re
stored.
T. Miller White, Roxboro
manager cf the Carolina Power
! and Light company, today said
| that crews of linemen brought
|in from areas outside of the
! sleet-storm sections of the State
| have effected repairs to many of
j the powerlines in Roxboro, but
j that it will be well' into next
i week before services in out-in
| the county sections can be re
paired.
A spokesman for Morris Tele
i phone company said that damag
-les to company lines ’vere as
i heavy, if not heavier than in
1934, but that repairs ar? being
, made as rapidly as possible.. Out
i for t\vo days was telegraph ser
vice of tlie Western Uhicn com
pany.
In Roxboro proper, discomforts
occasioned by the storm i.nclud
' cd both light and heat, but in
County an as an. added discom
fort was, and in some instances,
still is the lack of water facili
ties due to stopping of electri
i cally operated pumps.
Trees, too, have been greatly
damaged, with m|a ny limbs
broken, and it is feared that,
further breaking will occur
when thawing out begins.
Hard hit by the storm, which
began Wednesday and continued
Thursday, with snow flurries on
( Friday, were Greensboro, Burl-
I 'ington, Hillsboro, Oxford and
! Yanceyville, as well as Rox
boro.
At Quail Roost farm three hun
dred cows, without water fromf
a well pumped by electricity,
l drank water hauled in barrels.
: The storm, however, was light
in both Durham and Raleigh
j. (Continued on back page)
LONGER SCHOOL
TERM BOOSTED
BY LEGISLATURE ,
j
i Nine - Month Program
| Can Be Fitted Into
i State’s Agricultural La
! bor Scheme.
I _
| RALEIGH, Jan. 30. Tha
: nine months school term may
j n ot be safely over the hurdles,
i but no impartial observer can
deny that it was given a big
, boost at the public hearing be
l f° re joint Senate and House ed
ucation committees.
Advocates of the longer term
corraled enough supporters to
fill the House chamber to capa
city, and some of the speakers
reinforced their arguments with
charts and graphs to show that
soldiers with only eight months
sahoioßng cannot' possibly com
plete on equal footing with
youngsters from nine months of
school.
Most of the . arguments deal
with the obvious advantage o
nine months schooling over
eight. Senator Coble Funder*
burk of Union County broke in*’
to the proceedings at one point
to ask for some specific infor
mation on how. the extra month '
can be fitted into the present
economic scheme. Answer to that:
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