Our Job Is to Save Dollars War Bonds Ll| S-f- Every Pay Doy VOLUME XIV Allensville Fifth Grade Sells Bonds And Rides Wagon Month’s Sale Up To S9OO, Get Holiday Youngsters Taught By , Mrs. T. K. Glenn Deli ~ herately Choose Mule And Wagon Spree. _ r Twenty-two Allensville school j children, members of the fifth] grade, who sold approximately] S9OO worth of war bonds in onej month, got a prize today, a day, and celebrated the occasion by coming to Roxboro, some five or six miles distant, in a two mule-team wagon driven by Ol lie Averitte, neighboring farm er. The youngsters, pupils of Mrs. T. K. Glenn, of this City, who] made the trip with them, visited the office of Person Superin tendent of Schools, R. B. Griffin and made a special trip to the County jail atop the Court House, where they were received by Custodian and Jailer W. L. King and Mrs. King. Seats in the wagon were rows, of planks, covered with quilts,' with straw in the bottom. Meth-j od of conveyance was chosen by the children, bent on beating the] pleasure driving ban. The children, who wore bright! paper caps, were: Magdalene and] Corene Clayton, Margaret and, Doris Dixon, Clifton Averitte, G.j B. Cox, Jr., John Carver, .Casper Clark, Charles Jeffrey, Obie Yar boro, Murray and Wilmar Gen try, Mildren Gravitte, Dora Har ris, Helen Hall, Shirley Huff, Callie Parham, Geraldine Poin-! dexter, Luna Powell, Frances! Slaughter, Estelle Melton and Margaret Denny. Principal of the school is C.L. Shuford. Also point of inspection J for the group was the Person County Public library. Vulcanizing * • 11 Outfit Bought By Tom’s Battery Tom’s Battery Co., of this City, has this week installed a modem tire vulcanizing outfit,! and has placed the same in their jplant on Court street. The outfit can handle two tires at thei 'tone time and Tom Brooks, owner-manager, is of the opin ion that he will be able to do much to help motorists who have tires (with holes in them. ; Since tires have been rationed the tire situation in thd nation has become serious and motor-' isrtis are expected to do all that they can to keep their tires in good condition. In case the public would like to see this outfjt, and also the recapping machine that is at the same place, they) may do so in Tom’s Battery Company. Both the recapper and the vulcanizing outfit are on the first floor, while accessories to the vulcanizing outfit have been placed on the second floor. TO SEE HUSBAND Mrs. John Merritt will leave Friday for Fort Benning, Ga., to see her husband reedive his com mission as a second lieutenant. Candidate Merritt' is a son of Mr. , «r 4 Mrs. W. D. Merritt PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Tobacco Men | Will Oppose New Ceilings Matthews Represents Old Belt At Raleigh Session. Washington j Trip To Be Made. RALEIGH, Feb. 10. Promi nent tobacconists from five states, met Tuesday in Raleigh to unanimously oppose govern-, ment-supervised basket-by-bas-: ket sales ceilings and to make] plans for a hearing with the OPA in Washington at which high-ranking officials will plead for the continuance of the auc tion system in the flue-cured area. The warehouse association in the five belts were represented by their presidents: Eastern North Carolina, A. W. Fleming, Wilson; Georgia- Florida, R. Y. Scruggs, Hahira, Ga.; South Carolina, W. Wesley Singleterry,i Lake City; Middle Belt, John S. Watkins, Oxford; and Old Belt, E. D. Matthews, Winston-Salem. The hearing, according to Sen ator J. C. Lanier of Pitt County, who led in the pasage of protest resolutions in both houses of the] Assembly Monday, will be sought after the Assembly has; adjourned. Meeting with the tobacconists were delegates of the North Carolina State Grange, the North Carolina Farm Bqreau, and the Independence Leaf Tobacco' Dealers of Greenville. Produc-J ers, buyers, and warehousemen; from Georgia, Florida, the Caro-] linas, and Virginia the entire 1 flue-cured area were present'.] The OPA has indicated that its [ sales ceiling plan—introduced on the burley markets last season— will be carried over to the flue cured markets this season. Un der that system, government su pervisors precede the buyers and establish ceiling prices for each pile of tobacco. “That,” Lanier said, “is mak ing a farce of the entire auction ing system.” The group here urged that price ceilings be established by buyers averages. They adopted the same resolu tion approved, by the North Carolina House and Senate on Monday, and appointed a com mittee from each of thd groups represented. The committeemen, (together with the governors of the states in the flue-cured area. Iwill present the plea in Wash ington. Eagles Is Chairman. J. C. Eagles of Wilson, promi nent warehouseman, was named chairman of the committee, 1 (continued on back page) Richard Long In Reserves Richard Long, son of Mrs. J. A. Long, of this City, who is in thei enlisted reserves, expects to be called soon. He has ben an undergraduate student at Duke University and (until last week was in the Law School, from (which he has now withdrawn be cause of impending military ser vice. He is now at home and will remain in Roxboro until the call b received. TIMES Police Get Cow Out Os Turnip Patch Monday i Roxboro police are bovine specialists. Tied up in the City Hall lot' Monday was a nice cow, “arrested” after Mrs. Parker Riddle of Fou shee street, found the ani mal, a stranger, grazing in her turnip patch. Owner, said Chief of Po lice George C. Robinson, was invited to come forward. Un til he did, the department planned to look after the milking. Owner, who did come that afternoon, was J, G. Pass. RUESHELDFOR HENRY DENNY, 60, OF ALLENSVILLE i Farmer And Merchant Dies At His Home After | Long Illness. : I ell Tuesday afternoon atj Sharon Baptist church were; rites for Henry E. Denny, 60, | Allensville merchant and farm-' er, whose death occurred Katur-1 day night at his home after an; illness lasting one month. Inter- 1 ment was in the family ceme tery. j Ministers officiating were the! Rev. E. G. Usry, of Oxford and: the Rev. E. C. Maness, of Rox boro, pastor of Allensville Meth-; odist church. Survivors include: Mrs. Mayj Wilkerson Denny, wife of the] deceased; five sons, W. H., Arch-j ie Usry and Burlie Denny, of Per-j son County, and Private Melvin] Denny of Camp Maxey, Texas;] six daughters, Misses Thelma,] Fannie Sue and Wilma Lee Den-; ny of the home, Mrs. G. L. Sher-] man, Mrs. Albert Sherman and Mrs. Billie Man gum, all of Granville County. Also, three brothers, Arthur and Jessie Denny of Person I | County and J. A. Denny of Leas-] burg; two sisters, Mrs. A E. . Huff of Person County and Mrs. ' Henry Elliott of Granville coun ty; and seven grandchildren. OPA GROUP TO GO TO RALEIGH NEXT TUESDAY Local Meeting Will Fol low Here On Point Sys tem. Person OPA officials, together with R. B. Griffin, Person Su perintendent of schools, and in terested citizess, including W. Wallace Woods, Secretary of Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, are expected to attend an area meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. Woods today said that school principals and food dealers are urged to attend. Local explana tion meeting on Point Rationing is planned for Thursday night, Feb. 18, at 7:45 in the Grand Jury room at Person Court House and food dealers are especially urged to be present. Point rationing of foods is ex pected to begin March 1. Regis tration will be before that date in public schools and between Feb. 20 and 28 a general “freeze” of rationed products will be ob served. MSa DAY BETTER Mrs- Otis Day, who is a pati ent! at Watts hospital, Durham, is showing considerable improve ment Killed In Action 1 SAM C. FISHER, JR Private First Class Sam C.i I Fisher, Jr., 21, of Halifax County,] Va., and Roxboro, was last week by the War Department report-] ed as killed in action in the South I Pacific area, Jan. 13. Father is S. C. Fisher, Roxbcro grocer. A brother, James C. Fisher, is in the Army at Fort Lewis, Wash. Horner Gives Bond Hamlett Still In Jail Both To Face Trial In Superior Court, Probaby In April. Satterfield Gets Nol Prosse In Man slaughter Case. j Preston Horner, 33, Roxboro' white man, accused by James 1 Robert Hamlett, 19, Negro, of be-] ing an accomplice in one of two robberies committed allegedly 1 by Hamlett, yesterday gave bond of S3OO and was released from] jail one day after probable cause! as to to breaking and entering and larceny had been found in] Person Recorder’s Court. Hamlett, charged with larceny 1 of S2OO and with breaking, en tering and larceny in the SBO ease' remains in prison, unable to raisel respective bonds of SSOO and] S3OO. Cases of both men will come up for trial in April Sup erior court. Sherman Satterfield, 19, charg ed with manslaughter in connec tion with the automobile death last month of Elder Lex J., Chandler, Primitive Baptist min ister, was granted nol pros with leave. Homer, who took the stand in | his own case, denied Hamlett’s accusations and endeavored by. witnesses to prove an alibi, say-1 ing he was at a pool room in the] City at time Hamlett alleges his participation in. the theft of the SBO. Both Horner and Hamlett were' employees of Roxboro Beverage company, place where the day light thefts are said to have oc curred. (Continued on back page) MALCOLM DUNCAN PROMOTED, WILL LEAVE FRIDAY Malcolm Duncan, of the United States Army air corps, who this! .week received notification of ad-J vancement to Staff Sergeant, i will on Friday morning report to Marfa, Texas, to the Army Air Force Advanced Flying school. Sgt. Duncan, who has been in Roxboro several months recover ing from injuries received in an accident, has been in the Air Corps since July 1, 1942. He was before that time connected with the Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York. 1, 1943 Pvt. Morris In Army And Wants Folks To Know It Pvt. Donald Henry Morris, . I of Longhurst and Camp Bland- j ing, Fla., who seevn months after volunteering for service | with the Army, came home ! this week-end on furlough, wants people to know he is in ( the ranks. He got back to Roxboro just in time to see his name in a list of Selective Service delinquents. ] Error was in neglect of en- ! listment authorities to report j his new status to the Person ] Selective Service Board. 1 i NO CERTIFICATES FOR CERTAIN TYPES TO BE REQUIRED ] Philip L. Tbcmas, director of the Person War Price and Ration ing board, today released the fol lowing copy of a telegram re ceived by him regarding recap-j ping of Grade F, Camelback tires after March Ist: “To encourage recapping of tires as against replacing fires and to reduce the work load on local boards, Rubber director re quests that we discontinue ration ing of Grade “F” Camelback about March Ist. This will per mit any person, including thei j operators of light trucks, to have] I his own tires recapped with pas-j ! senger type Camelback without] i authorization of the local board.”j I This does not affect any car i owner until March Ist and after, i Until that time, however, they] Iwill have to receive a certificate] | for recapping. REASONS BACK j OF RATIONING OF SHOES REVEALED I ! i Thomas Cites Regulations Under Which Shoes Can Be Bought Philip L. Thomas, chairman of ! the Person County War Price and Rationing Board, today explain-] ed the reason for America’s shoe rationing program, by saying: “Wartime demands for leather and manpower have slowed down I the production of civilian shoes. In addition, more of the supplies j are needed by our armed forces. [ With supplies scarce, our ration ing program will d i vide what we have fairly to consum | ers and at the same time enable I merchants to maintain reason-1 ably adequate and balanced stock. Mr. Thomsa also said, “Begin ning Tuesday, February 9, you will need stamp No. 17 from War Ration Book No. 1, sugar and coffee, to buy a pair of shoes.! This stamp will be good untill June 15, and people must take ra-1 tion books with them when they' ga to buy a pair of shoes. “If anyone has emergency] shoe needs they can get a special certificate from the War Price and Rationing Boards. Merchants must take extra care in keep all ] the shoe stamps and certificates that customers give them. Cus tomers may exchange one pair of unusued shoes for another without surrendering another (turn to back page, please) ON VISIT Matt Long, Jr., son of Mrs. O. Page Long, of this City, is spend- ' ing a few days here. In the Army Reserves, hej is a student at ■ Massachusetts Institute of Tech- ■ nology. Labor Permits Go Up, Showing Trend Os New War Ways Scout Sermon To Be Given By Mr. Martin i Program Planned For Last Os This Month As Part National Boy Scout Week. Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of; ' Edgar Long Memorial Methodist | ] church, this City, on Sunday ] | night, Feb. 28, at the church,' ! will deliver a special “National; Boy Scout Week” sermon, . ac cording to plans revealed today. Scouts, Scoutmasters, Cubs, and leaders of the Person Disu trict will be expected to attend. Last similar service was held several years ago at St. Mary’s and St. Edward’s I Catholic church. Annual S7cout Father and Son banquet will be held Feb. 26, at] Hotel Roxboro. Program is in i charge of C. A. Harris. LIBRARYGROWTH AT BUSHY FORK REPORTED LARGE i' I Parent-Teacher Associa tion Helpful In Program Os Expansion. i Bushy Fork Parent Teacher as-] ] sociation has this yean contri- j I buted $125 to the school library! fund and of this amount SSO gone for purchase of new books] and $75 has been contributed to: salary of the librarian, according! to a report filed today. Volumes added number 250. Os this number 75 (were bought by the County and the PTA on a fifty-fifty basis and 170 through the State rental system. Others ; were outright gifts from friends I I of the school. Titles include fiction, biogra ' phy, poetry and an International dictionary. Records are kept ac cording to State requirements, 'I circulation is increasing and reading as wise use of leisure time is being encouraged. Triplet Sons Os Negro Tenants i Making Gains Triplet sons bom here Mon- 1 day to James and Mabel Day, ! Person Negro farm tenants near I Concord church, are reported to Ibe making satisfactory progress at Lincoln hospital, Durham, j where they were taken a few ] hours later by Nurse Mary Mills, Negro staff member of the Per son Health department. Attending physician at birth of the babies was Dr. H. M. ! Beam, of Roxboro. Each infant tipped scales at four and one half pounds. The three, all full term babies, were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. TO BE HERE SUNDAY The) Rev. J. W. Myers, from lAiion Theological Seminary of Richmond, Virginia will preach at the morning services, Sunday, February 14, at the Roxboro Pres byterian Church. Buy DEFENSE BONDS-STAMPS Welfare Wor k k Meets Different Demands Made Slight Decrease Seen In Old Age And Aid To Children Ratios. Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, director of the Person Department of Pub ; lie welfare, in a survey of the j Department’s activities for the I past twelve months, today said 1 that change in the Department’s activities is indicated by an in crease in number of labor per mits, which have reached 194, and by a decrease in cases of aid to dependent children and in old age assistance, with case av erages of 822 and 82 respectively. Increase of labor permits re flects working demands under the war program, she said, while decrease in the other two. divis ions can be partly attributed to 1 larger incomes received in some families having such cases. At an end, also, except in public schools, is the surplus commodities pro gram and also at an end, or near ly so is WPA, with certifications no longer granted. General work of the Depart ment continues, however, ait a normal level and during the year a total of 3,597 interviews, either in the office, or in homes' were granted. No*w on parole and sub ject to parole interviews at reg ular intervals are at least ten J Person residents, including five I who allegedly participated in the 'August 1941 Court House Mob ' episode, j Important feature of Depart ! ment work is hospitalizaion and ] medicine, including care of tulx circulars in State sanitoria an