"THEY GIVE THEIR
MfffVIVES YOU LEND
jSWyUjI YOUR MONEY"
WarßondsToday
VOLUME XIV
Hunter and Leaders
Gratified by Bond
* Sales Made Here
Reports During
First Days Os
Drive Turned In
Initial Meeting Held Sun
day At Hotel. Much Re
mains To Be Accomplish*
ed.
Gordon C. Hunter, Person and
Roxboro chairman for the Sec
ond War Loan drive which be
gan here Monday, reported that
total sale of bonds during the
first three days, mostly from sub
scribers who bought bonds in
small denominations, has for
first three days reached $35,000
out of a goal of $242,900.
Hunter praised these first sub
scribers, saying that many our
chases are being made under
conditions {representing genuine
sacrifice, but he was emphatic
in declaring that many more of
small bonds, $18.75 to SIOO, as
well as larger ones must be sold
if the quota here is to be reach
ed.
Another official here pointed
out that War Bonds do not re
present a complete sacrifice,
since there is a percentage re
turn on investment involved,
and he added that the Person
Red Cross over-subscription of
70 percent toward a fund that' is
an outright gift, has established
a challenge for the Second War
Loan drive here.
Formal organization of the
.Second War Loan campaign
group here was effected Sunday
at a meeting at Hotel Roxboro!
at which chief speaker wias 1
Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris and a!
guest of honor was 'Sam C. Fish-|
er, Sr., whose sen Pfc. Sam C.
Fisher. Jr., was first son of a
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Roxboro resident Skilled in ac- j
tion in this war. Displayed at
the meeting was the award of (
the Purple Heart, given posthu-|
mously to Pfc. Fisher and recent- j
ly presented to his parents by
the War Department.
Gathering at the hotel inelud-]
ed thirty to forty citizens, many)
of them school officials, who are!
active in promoting sale of
bonds and stamps. Light refresh- 1
ments, furnished and served by
hotel manager Karl Burger, |
were appreciated. Chairman pre
siding was Mr. Hunter.
feeorges Returns
From Passport
Review Hearing
Sephen Georges, Roxboro case
operator, whose State Depart
ment passport case was reopen- 1
ed last week, returned yesterday,
from Washington. Roxboro at
ttotmeys for Georges are Nathan
Lunsford and Melvin Burke,'
who accompanied him.
Reopening cf the case was up- j
on technical grounds, with no;
new information involved. The
hearing took place this time be-1
fore the inter-debartmental com- 1
mittee of the State Department,
vila division, and no new de
velopments are expected
Fire Chief Beprv E. (YBriant
spent Tuesday in Greenville at
PUBLISH EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1943
Mass Meeting To
Nominate Officials
Planned Tonight
Civic-minded Roxboro resi
dents will meet tonight at eight
o’clock at Person County Court
house in an authorized mass
meeting to nominate candi
dates for mayor and members
of th'e Board of City Commis
sioners.
S. G. Winstead, now in office
as mayor, has announced that
he will seek re-nomination.
.Present City commissioners
are Gordon C. Hunter, George
Oushwa, C. Lester Brooks, R.
qiiff i Hall, and Philip L.
Thomas, all of whom are ex
pected bo seek re-nomination.
Other nominations may be
maefe from the floor. Election
will be held May 4th.
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MASON TO HEAD
SCHOOLMASTERS
FOR NEW YEAR
Howard, Os Bethel Hill,
New Secretary-Treasurer
aw
C. H. Mason, principal of
Bushy Fork school, is president-J
elect of the Person Schoolmas
ters club and R. E. Howard,:
principal of Bethel Hill, new sec- j
retary-treasurer. Mason will suc-|
eaed Leon Couch and Howard
will fill the place now held in'
the club by C. L. Shuford, Al
lensville.
Election of officers occurred!
at April meeting of the club
held Tuesday night at Hotel
Roxboro, where Miss Hattie
Parrott, of Raleigh, elementary
supervisor, spoke on “Using
What We Have”. Miss Parrott, I
here for a professional visit of
, several days, stressed the im-j
portance of use of what’ the
! schools- now 1 have and said: that,
this commonsense and practical
! program should be followed for
I the duration and should have
support from parents, teachers
• and pupils.
| Miss Parrott is under no illu-'
, slon that sdiool facilities and
! programs cannot be improved,
tier present concern is an, a-,
.wakening of school people! to :
fire full value of what they do '
have.
WITH MOTHER
Mrs. Henry N. Broym, HI, of
rniiino
“ I Imho
'EATING PLACES AND
CAFE OPERATORS
TO FILE PRICE LISTS
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Proprietors Os Restau
rants And Other Eating
And Drinking Places Re
quired To File Menu
Lists.
) The Office of Price Adminis
tration has issued an order which
requires every proprietor cf an
eating or drinking establishment
to file a true copy of each menu,
bill of fare or price list in use
during the seven-day period be
ginning Sunday, April 4, 1943,
and ending Saturday, April 10,
1943. The order applies to own
ers or operators cf a restaurant,
hotel, case, dining car, bar, de
licatessen, soda fountain, cater
ing business, or any other eating
or drinking place.
The filing requirement is very
simple. If menus, bills of fare,
or price lists show the price
for every food item, meal, and
beverage offered during the sev
en-day period (April 4 to 10,
1943) all needed is to:
Sign a ccpy of each menu,
bill of fare, or price list with
the name and address; mail or
bring the signed copies to the
! War Price and Rationing Board
t
I as soon as possible and not later
than May 1, 1943. Keep a copy
I 6f each menu, bill cf fare, or
price list for own use.
If menus do not show all the
food items, meals, or beverages,
offered during the seven-day l
period, a supplementary price;
list must be prepared. This price j
list must show the highest price j
charged during that period for!
each fcod item, meal, and bever--
age which is not shown in'
, menus. If menus are not used,I
prepare such a price list fori
every food item, meal, and bev-|
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NET PROFIT OF
COLLINS - AIRMAN
GAINS FOR YEAR
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Report Includes Plant E
At Ca-Vel, But No Speci
fic Figures Shown For
That Branch.
NEW YORK, April 15. Col
’! lins and Aikman Corporation and
I subsidiary (excluding Canadian
subsidiary) reports a net profit
after Federal and State income
' taxes, of $122,839.40 for the fis
j cal year ending February 27, |
1943. Tris compares with net in-j
1 come of $800,951.13 for the sis
! cal year ended February 28, j
1942. i
Net profit from operations be-}
fore provision for pensions of f
$13,910.02 ancf provision for de
preciation of $512,820.65 and
provision for Federal and State,
income taxes of $105,000.00 a-i
! mounted to for the'
fiscal year.
j Dividends of $198,750.00 were
paid on the company’s outstand
ing preferred stock during the
twelve months just ended. As of
February 27, 1943 the company’s
earned surplus aggregated s7,*
484,512.75. Practically all the;
| company’s production now con-! 1
1 sists of various types of fabrics,
for the armed forces. Included
in the report are figures for
Plant E at Oa-Vel, although no
separate Ca<Y«l statement ,ik
shown. .
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Pfc. L. H. Clayton, Jr., of Otyp
null, who hat spent several days
with his parsots, Mr. and Mrs.
Fishers Receive
Purple Heart
For Their Son
Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Fisher,
of Roxboro, father and step
mother, of Pfc. Sam C. Fisher,
Jr., of Roxboro and Halifax
County, Va., who was killed in
action Jan. 13, in overseas ser
viqe, have received from the
War Department the medal of
the Order of the Purple Heart,
awarded posthumously to Pfc.
Fisher “for military merit and
for wounds received resulting
in his death.”
Certificate of award is signed
by Henry L. Stimsan, secre
tary of War. Public announce
ment of receipt of the award,
was made Sunday at a Second
War Loan rally at Hotel Rex
boro at which S. C. Fisher, Sr.,
a grocery store proprietor, was
an honor guest.
Other Person recipient of the
Purple Heart to date is Corp.
Farris Humphries, of Texas,
whfl was wounded in Hawaii,
and is now at Midlands in the
Air Corps. Order of the Purple
Heart was firrt established in
1782 by President Gjeorge
Washington. Fisher was first
son of a Roxboro family to be
killed in action in the present
war.
College Sextet
From Greensboro
To Come SiimJav
Greensboro College sextet,
composed of Misses Mary Lillian
J ones, Lincoln ton, Margaret Ross,
Burlington, Louise Taylor, Ox
ford, Margaret Weldon, Stovall,
and Inez Pleasants and Helen
Owenby, both of Greensboro,
with Ella Troy Woodson, Salis
bury, accompanist, will give
musical selectionr at the Sunday
morning service at Edgar Long
Memorial churdh, Roxboiro, on
April 18.
Walter Vassar, musical direc
tor, will come with the young
women, as will Dr. Raymond A.
Smith, director of religious acti
vities, who will be guest speak
er.
Newbold and Odum
Among Signers of
Southern Statement
Man Well-Known -
In Person Agrees !
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On Negro Problem
Southern Leaders Sign
Reasonable Answer To
Durham Manifesto.
Atlanta, April 15.—The text of
the statement of policy by con- j
fenence of white Southerners onj
race relations in answer to a sim- j
ilar conference by Southern Ne
gro leaders in Durham, N. C.,
last October, follows:
In October, 1942 a represen
tative group of Southern Negro
leaders met in Durham, N. C.,
and issued a statement in which'
the current problems of, racial
discrimination and neglect, and
to ways In which we cooperate
ia the advancement of programs!
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Superior Court Cases Monday
to Feature Daylight Crimes
"Sparkin” Play
by Seniors to
be Presented
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Matinee Will Be Given
Friday At Roxboro High
School. Tea To Follow.
“Sparkin’’, a folk-play in one
act, by E. P. Conkle, will be
given by the Dramatics class,
Roxboro high school, in a mati
nee performance Friday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock in the school
auditorium, with Mrs. B. G.
Clayton of the English depart
ment faculty, director.
The play is being given by
Seniors.
This will be first dramatic per
formance given by students at
this high school in many months
and is to be followed immediate
ly afterwards with a tea and re
ception to be given in the home
economics department for Seni
ors, parents and friends.
Scene of the play is the kitch
en of Tude Hanna, several years
ago and actors will include Eve
lyn Ann Garrett', as “Granny
Painsberry; Juanita Dixon, as
“Susan Hanna”; Muriel Rimmer,
as “Lessie Hanna” and C. Martin
Michie, Jr., as “Orrey Sparks,
Scenery, make-up and manage
ment will be by students. There
will be no admission charge. |
Technical and business staff
members will include: assistant,
to the director, Juanita Perkins;'
stage manager, Lawrence Harris;'
costume mistress, Stella Mcore;l
make-up manager, Lois White-j
field; property manager, Elsie
Foushee; house manager, Frances
Mangum; lighting, Billy Jordan,
and as assistants in construction
and painting of scenery, Brad
sher Pulliam, Nat Whitfield, G.
C. Fleig, Giles Oliver, Boyd
Blalock, Frank Whitt'; costumes,'
Pattie Sue Clayton, Frances Har-;
ris; make-up, Gladys Dickerson,
Pattie Sue Moore; properties,!
Billy Kirby, John Pass, Dewey!
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[aimed at the sound improvemenl
j of race relations within the dem
j ocrat'ic framework.”
, Their statement is so frank
I and courageous, so free from any
suggestion of threat and ultima
tum, and at the same time shows
such good will, that gladly agree
to cooperate.
We do not attempt to make
here anything like a complete
; reply to the questions raised nor
to offer solutions for all the vex
ing problems. We hope, howev
l.er, to point the pathway for fu
| ture cooperative efforts and to
[give assurance of our sincere
good will and desire to cooper
ate in any sound program aim
ed at the improvement of race
relations.
These Negro leaders rightly
placed emphasis in their* state
ment on discrimination in the ad
ministration of our laws on pure
ly racial grounds. We are sen
sitive to this charge tmd admit
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MRS. MCCANN, 80,
OF ROCK GROVE
DIES AT HOME
Was Mother Os Two
Sons In Service And Had
Many Grandsons In
Army.
[ Mrs. Margaret Averitt Mc-
Cann, 80, wife of the late B. J.
McCann, died Monday night at
11:45 o’clock at her home in the
Rock Grove community, Person
; County. Death was attributed to
; complications. Her husband died
Dec. 30th.
!- Funeral will be held Friday as-
I terncon at three o’clock at the
| home, with interment following
|in Allensville Methodist church
j cemetery.
' Ministers in charge will be th4
i Rev. J. N. Bowman, of Provi
\ dence Baptist church, her pastor,
assisted by the Rev. J. B. Cur
rin.
Survivors include: feur sons,
j H. C., of Brooksdale, James F.,
sos the home, Pvt. Joseph Roy
! MlcCann, of Camp Livingston,
: La.; also, four daughters, Mrs.
Lonza Powell, of Clarksville, Va.
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Mrs. O. N. Yarbcraugh, of Rox
boro, and Mrs. Eva Cozart and
Miss Annie McCann, of the
home, and sixteen grandchildren
i and five great grandchildren.
WELFARE PROGRAM
DISCUSSED FOR !
WORKERS’GROUP |
Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, Person'
director of public welfare, was'
chief speaker at April session of
the Agricultural Workers’ coun-'
1 cil, held Monday at Prrsonl
County Court house. Business cf
the day was appointment of H.
K. Sanders, Person Farm Agent,
as chairman of the Farm Advis
ory committee.
Other members of the commit
tee are J. C. Howard, vice chair- ■
man, and L. C. Liles, of Helena,
secretary. Purpose of the ocm-i
mittee, implied in its title, Is to
advise with fanners who wish to j
secure laborers and with citi-.
z:ns who are interested in secur- !
ing farm positions.
Farm labor shortages are be- |
ing felt in the Person area, parti-1
cularly because of continous
drafting cf young men into mili-|
tary service, but the situation
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hers has by no means become
acute. Mrs. Wagstaff in her ad-!
dress mentioned briefly some of
the changing aspects of welfare
work brought about by the war.
Abraham And
Jacob Have Flu,
Isaac Escapes
Abraham and Jacob, largest
and smallest of the Day triplets, l
during the week have had their j
first serious illness, an attack of
influenza. Isaac, third of the
trio, escaped iwith a light cold.
Thf infants, sons of James and
Mabel Day, Negro tenant farm
ers, were bom a little over two
months ago.
Nurse Mary Mills, Negro staff
member of the Person Health
department, and Dr. H. M. Beam,
physician, report the/
aside from losing soma weight, .
ire now much improved.
BACK
YOUR BOYfIM
Buy an Additional
Four Negroes
Will Be Tried
For Participation
Thefts From Bottling
Company And A High
way Robbery Case Hold
Spotlight. County And
City Courts Yield Cases
This Week.
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Four Negroes, Robert Hamlrtt,
i 19, of Sugar Hill, Roxboro, Who
1 allegedly secured SBO in a day
| time theft from a bottling com
' pany here, and Luther Tucker,
j 24, Desedee Cannady, 22, and
1 June Ragland, 22, all of Rox
| bero, who are said to have stag
;ed a daylight assault and rob
, b:ry here in a residential sec
j tion of Main street, will furnish
chief interest in the criminal di
; vision of Person’s April term of
j Superior Court which will begin
Monday, April 19, with Judge C.
E. Thompson, of Elizabeth City,
presiding.
i Hamlett, arrested in February
and since then in prison, impli
cated Preston Hlorner. 33, an om
' ployee of the bottling company,
' and subsequently, in a separate
confession said that he himself,
without aid from Horner, took
j S2OO from the bottling company
j at an earlier date in December,
Horner is now out on bond.
Tucker, Cannady and Ragland,,
all in prison awaiting trial, arc.
accused of having taken arouncf
SIOO from another Negro, Quincy
Lawson, 27. on March 15
Tried here this week were the
following County and City court
cases, few, if any. to be on the
Superior dodket:
Willie W. Peed. 28, drunken
driving, SSO and costs, with li
cence, suspended for twelve
months; Robert Oliver, unlawful
possession, continued to second
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Satterfield Gets
Silver Plaque
For Service
In a brief ceremony yesterday
at the City Hall, Preston Satter
field, Sr., who for seven years
served this City as a commis
sioner, was presented a silver
plaque by the eity cemmission
ers of Roxboro.
The plaque was presented by
Mayor S. G. Winstead and a few
friends and City officials were
present for the ceremony.
The plaque was of beautiful
wood and silver and the follow
ing was inscribed upon it:
In grateful recognition
•f his capable and public-spirited
Services to the people of
Roxboro
This Plaque is presented to
Preston Satterfield
For seven years 1935-41 a leading
member of the official Board
S. G. Winstead, Mayor,
G. J. Cushrwa G- C. Hqnter
C. L. Brooks P. L. Thomas
R. C. Hall F. 0.. Carver,
; CRy Afty.
Percy Bloxam, City,
. i. quit .*‘h+ ;
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IN CRABLOnS
Mrs. Headly KypocJi, president
elect of Roxboro Genfral Gram
-8»r #*q6l PTA,
Ae ; State Convention now being
Wijn Charlotte. ‘ \ .. *
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