Along The Way
With the Editor —
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Champ Winstead, of Lafnar street, has dug his potatoes and
there is no need for anyone on that street to worry about the
potato shortage this winter. As a matter 'of fact they can put
it down that there will definitely be one. He planted a bushel
and three pecks and got back a bushel and two pecks.
A few weeks ago Maynard Clayton, partner in the Person
County Times, took a flying trip with Jimmy Long in his air
plane to the western part of the state. Now Maynard had never
been in a plane before and he did not feel so sure about the
plane or about Jimmy’s running the thing. As a matter of fact
he was a little nervous about the entire affair ' but he had
promised the pilot to go with him ancTTTiere was no backing
down on the proposition. They were to ride from Roxboro to
Danville and get the plane there. As Clayton left the Times
office he said goodby to his partner, Sam Merritt and then
added. “Merritt if anything happens to me you can "have the
darn business.”
James T. Thomas, of Charleston, West Virginia, was in the
city' a few days ago and dropped by to see his old business
partner, Claude Harris. While in Claude’s place he pulled out
a two hundred dollar check and asked Claude to cash it for
him. Now two hundred dollars is two hundred" dollars to Har
ris and he didn’t believe that Thomas had any right to that
much money and he almost reported him to the police.
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hale Heuis Bulletins
CANNING BOOKLETS RECEIVED AT OPA OFFICE
Mrs. L. Sanders McWhorter, Person OPA Community Ser
vice chairman, today announced that bulletins on canning have
been received and may be secured at the OPA office or from
Mrs. Philip L. Thomas, Nutrition Committee chairman. The
booklets are expected to be helpful to canners.
PARKER SAYS WEED CROP OFF FIVE PERCENT
RALEIGH, July 10. The flue-cured tobacco crop in North
Carolina is expected to be five per cent below that of last sea
son, Frank Parker, Federal-State crop reporter, said.
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LEGION WILL GET STATE QUARTERS
RALEIGH, July 10. The State Board of Public Buildings
yid Grounds voted to provide space in one of the State office
buildings for State headquarters of the American Legion.
Two Children Hurt
In Accidents Said
To Be Improving
REVIVAL SERVICES
BEGIN TODAY AT
TRINITY CHURCH
Brookland Speaker Will
Be Rev. F. S. Love.
A series of* evangelistic ser
vices will be conducted in Trini
ty Methodist church, of Brooks
dale charge, beginning today and
continuing through the week.
The service will be conducted at
12:00 o’clock noon today and
each evening through the week
at 8:00 o’clock. The pastor, the
Rev. E. C. Maness, will be in
charge.
Rev. Dr. F. S. Love, superin
tendent of the Durham District
of the Methodist church, will
preach in the Brookland church
of the Brooksdale Charge today
• at 3:30 o’clock. Immediately fol
lowing the sermon, Dr. Love
will conduct a business session
of the Third Quarterly Confer
ence. A good delegation from
each of the churches of the
Charge is expected to be present.
Churches composing the charge
are Allensville, Brookland,
Brooksdale, Trinity and Webbs
Chapel.
Revival Will Be
Held At Church
At Bethel Hill
Revival services will begin at
Bethel Hill Baptist church on
Sunday to continue throughout
the week with the Rev. Bruce H.
.Price, of Ashboro, guest minis-,
. ter. The meeting will begin to
day with a School of Missions
at 11:00 o’clock. Following an
hour of study there will be din
. near on the grounds to which all
h are asked to bring baskets. After
fegunch there will be classes for
gj'An hour.
Fuller Child In
Fall; Wilkins One
Hit By Car
Mrs. Henry Tuck Not
Blamed For Unavoidable
Crash.
Two Roxboro and Person
children, Cary Wayne Fuller, 2,
and George Evans Wilkins, 5, in
jured Thursday night and late
Thursday afternoon in separate
traffic accidents and both pati
ents at Community hospital are
making satisfactory progress,
hospital attaches said today.
The Fuller child, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. JD. Fuller, of Long
hurst, fell off of a; truck being
operated by its father and was at
first thought to have been seri
ously injured, being rushed to
the hospital about seven o’clock
shortly after the accident occur
red.
The Wilkins child, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, of Route
■one, Virgilina, in Person County t
received a fractured leg and
head lacerations when he alleg
edly darted in front of a car
driven by Mrs. Henry Tuck. The
accident happened late Thurs
day afternoon in front of the
Wilkins’ residence.
Investigation was by State
Highway Patrolman John Hud
gins and Sheriff M. T. Clayton,
but no charges were brought a
gainst Mrs. Tuck, the accident
being termed uriaviidable. She
was reported as driving at be
tween twenty and twenty-five
miles per hour. In the car with
her were her husband and Mrs.
W. M. McCarthy and four chil
dren.
WHEAT
Forty farmers in Warren
County recently purchased a car
of Government feed wheat for
poultry and hogs, says County
Agent R. H. Bright.
PERSON TIMES
VOLUME XIV
Person Tax Rate
May Climb Up By
Five Cents For Year
Court Term For
August Not To
Be Held Here
August term of Person Su
perior Court, scheduled to
open on Monday, the 9, has
been cancelled, it was learned
today. Next regular session
will not occur until October.
Cancellation was by request of
the Person Board of County
commissioners, on recommend
ation of the Person Bar, it be
ing said that cases docketed
are insufficent to warant hold
; ing the term in August. An
| nouncement of the cancellation
was made by R. P. Burns,
County attorney.
Cancellation of August terms
here is not unusual.
FARM BUREAU
GROUP REQUESTS
CONSIDERATIONS
Points Out That Tobac
co Ceiling Should Be
Higher..
WILSON, July 10. A reso
lution asking that the govern
ment, in considering ceiling
prices for this year’s tobacco
crop, take account of higher
costs of production and higher
costs of living for producers' was
among a number adopted at—a
meeting ‘here this week sponsor
ed by the North Carolina Farm
bureau.
Farmers, tobacco warehouse
men and factory representatives
attended the meeting.
The resolution on ceiling
prices also asked that any ceiling
j be fixed on a weighted average
i for the entire season and not on
I individual sales.
Other resolutions:
Opposed allocation of the 1943
flue-cured crop by the govern
ment to the several tobacco com
panies on' the ground that it
would hurt competition on the
auction markets.
Asked that the opening mar
ket date for the eastern Carolina
belt be set at August 19 instead
of August 24, the date already
fixd, and asked the bureau to
contact Governor Broughton for
help in seeking the change.
Asked that the U. S. referen
dum on 1944 tobacco quotas be
called by July 24 if possible.
Called for an investigation of
the potato situation in the east
ern part of the State.
License Plate
Half Year At
Hand Says Head
Mrs. Linda T. Rogers, manag
er of the Roxboro office of the
Carolina Motor club, today is
sued a reminder that July 1,
marked the beginning of the last
half of the year for license plates
for cars and trucks and other
motor vehicles, with a conse
quent reduction in prices.
She also said that all trailers,
except |2.00 trailers must be
titled and that a fee of fifty
cents each must be charged. Fees
of thirty-five cents each will be
charged for replacement issuance
of lost registration cards for the
year 1943, said Mrs. Rogers. Mo
tor club office here is in the
front end of the Bowling center.
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C.. SUNDAY, JULY 11
Tentatively Set
At $1.30 Says
i
• Auditor Walker
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Bond Issuance Maturity
Factor In Increase.
School Budget Down. All
Departments Held.
Person County Commissioners
at a special budget session held
Thursday afternoon set tentative
tax rate for the new fiscal year
at $1.30, according to announce
ment made today by J. S. Wal
ker, of Roxboro, County auditor
and tax supervisor, who said the
new rate represents ail .increase
of five cents over the past levy
of 1.25.
Increase, said Walker, is large
ly accounted for because of com
ing maturity of a $35,000 bond
issue. As far as could be learned,
no departmental increa-es were
granted. Approved at an earlier
meeting of Commissioners was
the budget for Person public
schools, presented by Person Su
perintendent R. B. Griffin on be
half of the school board.
One item of expense in con
nection with the schools—is'con
struction of a County garage,
. but it is expected that total bud
. get for schools this year will be
, several thousand dollars less
, than it has been.
The County tax rate, even if
. it is set at $1.30, will be lower
. than it was in 1941 when it
climbed to $1.34. The Commis
sioners cut short their first ses
sion of the week because of de
sire to attend the Person “Work
or Fight” meeting and better
part of their business of budget
reviewing was accomplished at
■ the second session.
Next local government group
to go into a budget huddle will
be the Roxboro Board of City
Commissioners in a session to be
held at City Hall Tuesday night.
Also expected to come up at that
session will be a City ban on the
sale of wine and beer, a ban al
ready placed in effect in the
County.
Corp. P. B. Day
Finishes Work
At Army School
Corp. Philip B. Day., 22, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Day, of
Route three, Roxboro, has grad
uated from the factory training
school operated by the Army
Air Forces Technical Command
at the Republic Aviation corpor
ation, Farmingdale, Long Island,
N. Y., according to announce
ment received here today.
Corp. Day, in civilian life a
sheet metal worker, graduated
from Helena high school in 1939
and was inducted into the Army
last year.
Chaplain Daane
To Preach Today
Chaplain C. P. Daane, of Camp
Butner and Roxboro, a Presby
terian minister, will be guest
speaker Sunday morning at ele
ven o’clock at Roxboro Presby
trian church. Special music will
be rendered by a .vocal soloist,
also from Camp Butner. Chap
lain Daane and his family have
residence with Mr. and Mrs. B.
G. Clayton.
Vacancy Created In Ranks Os
Commissioners By Berry’s Job
A. V. Goodman
Will Talk With
Vehicle Owners
A. V. Goodman, of the Office
of Defense Transportation, will
be in Roxboro Wednesday,
July 14, at Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce between 9 and
12 noon in the morning for
purpose of consultation with
operators of commercial ve
hicles in regard to gasoline
allotments.
Neither Goodman nor his of
fice, however, handles prob
lems pertaining to private au
tomobiles or to trucks used on
farms. The District County
committee is said to handle
farm truck matters.
PRESIDENTS
ORDER FOR 1944
TOBACCO QUOTA
Will Remain Same As
They Were For 1943.
WASHINGTON, July 10.
President Roosevelt this- week
signed a House joint resolution
(144) authorizing the Secretary
of Agriculture to proclaim 1944
marketing quotas for hurley and
flue-cured tobacco on the basis
of 1943 quotas.
The legislation was introduced
by Representative Chapman (D-
Ky) to give tobacco growers a
foundation on which to base
their next year's farm operations
and to prevent the diversion of
farm machinery needed for food
production to tobacco production
in the absence of a quota mar
keting program.
Normally the next year’s quo
ta would not be announced until
later in the season. •
The legislation does not take
away from the growers the right
to vote in a referendum should
they want to abandon the pro
duction control program in 1944.
RETURN HOME
Miss Imogen® Ramsey, Mrs.
Etta Blalock and Basil Blalock,
who spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Q. V. Regan, have re
turned home.
Irwin Address To
Be High Spot In
Business Circles
Banking Epert
To Talk Here
Thursday Night
Charles J. Fox Inducted
Into Membership Os Ro
tary Club.
Roxboro civic clubs, Kiwanis
and Rotary, in a joint session to
be held Thursday night at 6:30
o’clock at Hotel Roxboro, will
hear W. A. Irwin, a New 1 York
City banker and economist, who
will also be in Chapel Hill to at
tend a hanking institute.
Program in Roxboro is being
prepared by G. C. Hunter, past
president of the Rotary club and
executive vice president of the
Dixon Clan
Has Reunion
At Ashleys
Soldiers And Wives Hon
or Guests At Family Af
fair. .
(By Mrs. A. R. Davis)
The Dixon clan, descendants
of the late Andrew Dixon, held
a family reunion Sunday, July
4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Ashley, where special re
cognition was accorded to young
men and women of the family
group that are now in military
service.
Coming from four states, a
mong them were, Pfc. and Mrs.
Grady Gentry, of Columbus,
Miss., Pfc. and Mrs. Andrew W.
Yarborough, of Maxton, and
Mesdames W. C. Coates and
Venoy Day, whose husbands are
in service in California and at
Fort Breckenridge, Ky.
Luncheon was served picnic
style, on the lawn, and later in
the day old songs were sung,
1 with Mesdames J. B. Dixon and
j Sam Ashley, pianists. Plans were
made for preparation of the
"Dixon Family Record,” by Mis.
J. B. Dixon, who secured much
information and many family
pictures from the group.
Also present were: Mr. and
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Roxboro’s Wet
L O. Abbitt, City Water
Plant Superintendent, yester
day morning reported rainfall
for the past twenty-four hours,
starting at 9:30 A. M„ Friday,
reached 3.65 inches, greater
part of the precipitation occur
ring late Friday afternoon. To
tal for four previous days
through July 6, reached .69,
making total for the week 4.54
inches.
Water at the spillway, ac
cording to Abbitt, has reached
record proportions, hut no dam
age has been done.
When traveling at high speed,
spotted lizards run on their hind
legs for short distances.
Peoples bank here. It is expected
that a number of special guests
will be on hand to hear Irwin.
New member of Roxboro Ro
tary club is Charles J. Fox, man
ager of the Roxboro unit of
Rose’s store, who came here
from Smithfield. Fox, who is a
native of Kentucky, was induc
ted into the club Thursday night
with exercises by Dr. B. E. Love.
Fox, who is married and has one
daughter, has residence here
with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Winstead.
Regular Rotary program for
the week was in charge of W.
Wallace Woods, new president,
who is also chairman of the
aims and objects committee and
who presented a discussion of
committee duties and introduced
committee chairmen. Guest
pianist was Miss Bivens Wins
tead.
NUMBER 78
Person Official
Gets State
Barber Place
Banks Berry Honored
By Broughton, But Will
Have To Resign As Coun
! ty Commissioner.
I
M. Banks Berry, of Roxboro,
j only urban representative on
the Person County Board of
| Commissioners, who on Thurs
j day was appointed by Gov. J.
j Melville Broughton as a,member
|of the State Board of Barber
i Examiners to succeed the late
| Stanley R. High, of Durham, to
: day said he expects to be sworn
! in shortly.
His appointment to the Bar
ber Examiners board, however,
| will create a vacancy on the
Board of Person County commia
| sioners, since State law prohibits
double tenure in office. The
| vacancy in Person, under the
’ law, will be filled by appoint
ment from the Clerk of Superior
j Court, who is Miss Sue C. Brad
' sher.
: Other two. Person Commission
; ers arc Frank T. Whitfield, of
Bushy Fork, chairman, and W.
H. Gentry, of Allensville, and it
is regarded as likely that newly
j appointed member will be a res
i ident of Roxboro. Berry has ser
j ved as a Commissioner since
December of last year, having
• •been elected in November, and
! his successor will be in office
until December of next year. *
‘ Berry, a native of Person
i County and for many years a
; resident of Roxboro, has been a
| barber for fourteen years, being
i now associated with the Corner
! Barber shop. He is also superin
l tendent of the Sunday school at
First Baptist church and is des
cribed as being first “journey
man barber” to be appointed to
the State Board, other members
|of which live in Winston-Salem
j and High Point.
Berry’s new appointment is to
July 1, 1949,. and will require him
to travel over the State as an im
| spector and to attend Board ses
j sions at which license examina
j tions are given. The position is
j said to pay between $3,300 and
I $3,600 per year. Berry, however,
i will keep his residence in Rox
i boro and will remain associated
with the Corner Barber shop.
Golf Match r 4
Is Proposed
The Blues, a local golf team
captained by Tobey Ledbetter,
has issued a challenge to the
Reds, another Roxboro team
whose captain is Dr. Hugh Beam.
The date being mentioned is
Wednesday, July 21st and the
course will be the local one at
the County Club.
The first match played be
tween these teams was on July
sth and the Reds won.
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Son-In-Law Os 7'.
The Hugh Woods*
Goes To Norlina
W. O. Reed, nqw public school
principal at Norlina, formerly at
Goldsands high school, Franklin
County, is a son-in-law of Ifr..
and Mrs. Hugh Woods, of Rax
boro. His wife was the former
Miss Anne Brame Wngfipl