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PAGE TWO PERSON COUNTY TIMES i^ggfisjpp) A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ITS. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, MANAGER THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor Published Every Thursday and Sunday. Entered As Second Class Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C.. Under The Act Os March 3rd., 1879. —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 50 National Advertising Representative E^rCJU^-P Cj AT i 0 Slf B New York t Chicago : Detroit : Atlanta t Phila. Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Advertisers at all times. Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not later than Tuesday to insure publication for Thursday edition and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1943 Pocketbook And Stomach/ | Most vigorous and most largely attended of any war prompted Person meeting of recent date was the Food Dealers conference of Thursday night on the up-and coming War Ration Book 11, which, as we hope every body knows by now, deals with foods under a point sys tem. Interesting revelation was disagreements between even those leaders who are supposed to know, and who have been exposed to opinions of other leaders in Ra leigh, who are supposed to know, but for general under taking of the point rationing system we have no fears that all the confusions will come out in the wash. What troubled us Thursday night was the length of time it may take for the laundry to dry—and the degrees of whiteness that will obtain. Clearest statement thus far appearing in Person County is Ralph G. Cole’s Longhurst Mercantile com pany letter. It does not bother with details, but it does indicate the best public attitude, both for wholesalers, retailers and the general buying public. No one will deny that the establishment of point rationing will be con fusing. No one will deny that work of setting up the point system will be pestiferous and bothersome. But no one can deny that acceptance of the system is a pa triotic duty, binding for the duration. As for those problems peculiar to dealers: how and when to take inventory, how to buy and when, and at same time preserve a balance of tickets and comimodi ties, and how to use ration banking, we have an idea that practical, working solutions will be found. It would seem to be better to make use of ration banking, for ex ample, and it appears that inventories, both as of March 1 and March 31, will be advisable. And, as we under stand it, wholesale! purchases made during the freeze this week will be taken care of by the wholesalers on a deferred stamp basis. One thing we do know, citizens all, who are touched both in pocketbook and stdmach must do their best to learn about point rationing. We know, too, that launch ing the thing is a difficult task for OPA, for the teach ers who do the registering and for John and Mrs. Doe, who will do the buying. Tolerance, sympathy, tact and intelligence will be required from all, and only at times will there be demands for hard-headedness. Another Form Os Patriotic Duty ... j. Person citizens join with all in America in concern for what is to be hoped is but a temporary reversal of American success in Tunisia, where both British and American fighters are engaged in a struggle with Rom mel, the German fox. Chances are that many Person and Roxboro lads are engaged in that Tunisian struggle and law of averages ; suggests that not a few of them may be reported as kill ed. missing or wounded. We hope the number will be small. We even dare to hope that all of our boys will come through safely—that no messages other than those of courage and hope and thoughts of home will have to reach Roxboro from the Tunisian area, but in case personally adverse reports do come to Roxboro, we do as earnestly hope that hearers of such news will be careful to check the sources of their hearing before they go about spreading rumor as truth. Parents, relatives and friends of men in military ser vice should bear in mind that no casualty information is sent to persons ether than next of kin, that all casualty messages come by telegraph, officially from the War Department, Washington, and that letters from the De partment follow delivery of telegraphic messages. Too, telegraph companies are not authorized to deliver and do not deliver casualty messages to any person except the next of kin to whom said messages are addressed. A Person father yesterday told us that his son, in J service over seas, has been three tijnes in the past | twelve months in Roxboro unofficially and falsely ! reported as killed in action. These reports have not I come from any telegraph company, or from the War De- i partment. These reports, as this father knows, are false. ! The spreading of such false reports amounts to a sabot- ■ age of morale, not to be tolerated or indulged in by ! good citizens. j From Democracy’s Torch * i Underway in Person County is the beginning of a movement to seek parole for Cy Winstead, Jr., 22, a young Negro, whose case is sufficiently well-known in Person County, in Roxboro and in North Carolina. Significant angle of the petition business is not that one is to be presented, lies rather in the official, po litical, economic and social standing of the signers, all of whom are white and have, without protest, put their names on the document. The signing that has been done here is, in other words, an illustration of that fair-mind edness that comes up, be it soon or late, in Southern white citizens who are at all concerned with fair play and with the betterment of race relationships. Petitions are in thqmselves easy things to get up, and in ordinary cases the more names attached the bet ter. But in the Winstead instance the backers are show ing singular wisdom in keeping the language of the doc ument free of verbosity and in seeking out the signa tures of citizens who do most accurately represent the sober-minded and thinking elements in Person society. The gesture of petition was slow in coming, but it has come. Real job, may we point out, lies ahead, and big gest' job of all is the development of a county-wide, backlog attitude capable of preventing in the future any repetition of the exaesses of emotionalism that have scorched and seared. Scorching and searing are, properly, speaking, tools for Nazis and Facists, against whom our boys in over seas service are now engaged in combat. At home, thank Heaven, we still have open minds and can manage to see by the light from Democracy’s torch. .. $1.50 .. .75 .. .50 Live Wti News fpNb from Camp " BUTNER. Camp Butner, Feb. 20.—Sol diers must abide by the same ra tioning regulations as civilians in the purchase of shoes states Ma jor Frank H. Ale, post exchange officer of Camp Butner. On the strength of a War De-' partment order, a member of the armed forces must also present sugar ration stamp, number 17 j from Iris 1 own ration book, ori from the book of a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption, liv-j ing under the same roof. “If a soldier does not have a 1 sugar ration book or has used stamp “17”, explains Major Ale, 1 “he must obtain OPA certificate R-306.” Each person will be allowed three pairs of shoes a year un der the rationing plan. Between now and June 15, Number 17 will be good to purchase a new pair of shoes. v This will not effect the issu ance of “G. I.’ shoes. CAMP BUTNER, N. C., Feb 20.—Most wives wait for their soldier-husbands to get furloughs —but not IMrs. Zenas Wheeler. The fact is, she had to get a fur lough herself to Visit her hus band, Technician Fifth Grade Zenas Wheeler of the 303rd Med ical Batalion. , Call City Dairy and Ice Co. Phone 4233 for good Country Style Butter milk. ts >W\AWVUWAMAWUVWWWWUWWWUVWWWVWVWWW jj To Our Customers | ;■ We have Changed our opening and closing hours at !; >1 Our Service Station. , j| Sunday Hours ■ j Open 10:00 A. M.—Close 7:00 P. M. jl I; No Beer Sold until 1:00 P. M. I| I Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday j| Open 8:00 A. M. Close 9:00 P. M. !; Friday And Saturday «J Open 8:00 A. M. Close 10:00 P. M. •! We will appreciate your cooperation in our new working hours. jl Rock Inn Service Station II J. Lester Clayton, Prop. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Mrs. Wheeer, a WAAC, Auxil iary, has ocmpleted her basic training— weeks of extensile study on such subjects as military courtesy, law, close-order drill, calisthenics—subjects which ev ery Army man or woman must cover before being fit for ser vice. “The life of a WAAC is simil-l ar to that of any soldier,” Mrs. Wheeler explains. “Our day be gins when the lights go on at 5:45 a. m. We stand Reveille and Retreat just like Army men and frem 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. we have our assigned task.” Auxiliary Wheeler —a rank that corresponds to Private—is sta tioned at Des Moines, lowa where I she is receiving advanced train | ing in supply. She hopes to be i attached to the Quartermaster Corps When she has completed her specialized training, j The majority of WAACs are ; to Work in fields in ! which they have had civilian ex ! perience, Mrs. Wheeler explains. J Trained women are now rapidlyl replacing able-bodied soldiers i Clerks and officer workers—typ ists, personnel worklers, telephone I operators, postal clerks, field I clerks and motor drivers. Scientists in India who worked on the problem of -warm cloth -1 ing for the growing Indian Army discovered a process of treating cotton cloth with thei seeds of two native trees, and have pro duced a finished product that is warm, soft, and durable. When EXHAUSTION leads t* Headache Don’t let headache double the mto- h) 1 ery of exhaustion. At the first sign of pain take Capudine. It | | quickly brings relief, soothes \ |! 1 nerves upset by the pain. It is % 1 liquid—already dissolved —*11 fr7 * [ ready to act—all ready tov bring comfort. Use only as di- \\t*- mm | j-ected. 100, 800, 600. CAPUDINE ! IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES Prohibiting the use of tin In repairing certain small-type gas meters will save more than 125 tons of this metal) a year. Notice NOTICE SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue cf an or der of the Superior Court of Person County, made in that ac tion entitled The Board of Com missioners of Roxiboro vs. Willie Barnett and wife, Lillie Barnett, and Bessie Barnett on the 10th j day cf February, 1943, it being that action to forecose tax liens, < the undersigned commissioner will on the 20th day of March, 1943, at twelve o’clock noon, in' front of the courthouse door in 1 Roxboro, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for! cash, the following described j parcel of land, tc-iwit: Adjoining the lands of Nat, Barnett, the Roxboro and Hurdle Mills road et al and bounded as follows: That lot or parcel of land situated in the corporate limits of the Town of Roxboro, on tb|? South side of the new : sand clay road leading from | Roxboro to Hurdle Mills, and on I the West side of the old public j road leading from Roxboro to; Hurdle Mills and described as J follows: j On the North by the lands of Irving Barnett; on the East by ! thp old public road leading from Roxboro to Hurdle Mills; on the South by the lands of Nat Bar-' nett and on the West by the ( lands of W. L. Foushee et al,] containing approximately three fourths of one acre, more or less, ] being a part of the lands convey- ' ed to Nat Barnett by A. R. Fou-1 shee and of recofd in theofficej of the Register of Dseds of Per- j son County. This February 20. 1943. j MELVIN H. BURKE, Commissioner. Feb. 21-28 Mar. 7-14 | The Devil chuckles whexilusees a home left unprotected by fire insurance See us artd f i forget him/ j THOMPSON i INSURANCE AGENCY • Boiftm, N. C. m HEATERS Just Received A Shipment of AUTOMATIC HEATERS CIRCULATING HEATERS OAKWOOD HEATERS These Stoves and Heaters Are m Made By The Famous Roman Eagle Stove Company. ' EASY TERMS. m \ Roxboro Furniture Company “WHERE MOST FOLKS' BUY” Legal Notice IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. The Board of Commissioners of Roxboro, -vs- Aubrey Barnett and wife, Emma Barnett, Irvin Barnett and wife, Myrtle Barnett. NOTICE The defenlants, Irvin Barnett and Myrtle Barnett, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against them in the Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, and that the purpose of said action is to enforce the land for taxes against the real property listed in the name of Aubrey Barnett' upon the tax books of the City of Roxboro. $25 REWARD For any watch or clock that we fail to repair. GREEN’S “The Square Deal Jeweler" 1891 “s T dr 1943 1 W WAKKS A Billions • »or Victory Quietly, behind the scenes, the great battle of war-production financing is being fought and won. America’s banks are in the forefront of this vital war activity. A survey recently made by the American Bankers Association shows that 421 of the nation’s 15,000 banks have already loaned more than 5 billion dollars for war production. The total for all banks must reach astronomical figures. These billions spell Victory for our cause disillusionment and defeat for our enemies. If you need funds, by all means apply here; BUY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS & STAMPS HERE ,#l§\ The //&/&* 5 - 000 laiL&xi _ // m)) MAXIMUM ||l\ fQ \l V Peoples Bank SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1M3 - > i T, v' • And the defendants, Irvin Barnett and Myrtle Barnett, will take notice that) they are requir ed to appear at the office of th« Clerkl Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action within twenty days after the last publi cation of this notice, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 12th day of February, 1943. R. A. Bullock, Asst. Clerk Superior Court Feb. 14-21-28-Mar. 7 Wanted Customers Drink plenty of Quail Roost Guernsey Grade A milk. We can supply your milk de mand. CITY MILK AND ICE CO. DIAL 4233
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