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VOLUME XIV PUBLISHED EVENLY SUNDAE AND THURSDAY
Canine Cause Os
Shooting Between
Allensville Men
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Clyde Evans, Tenant Farmer, Shoots
At Mr. Clayton, Who Grabs Gun To
Return Fire; Both Are Hospitalized
COL POOL TAKES
BUTNER COMMAND,
HUNTLEY RETIRES
New Officer Has Had
More Than 32 Years
As Administrator.
CAMP BUTNER. Sept. 25.
Colonel Herbert M. Pool, former
commandant of Clemson College
ASTP and ROTC unit, arrived at
Camp Butner last week to famili
arize himself with the adminis
tration of this garrison until he
takes command from Colonel
Harold W. Huntley who has
retired from active service,
in accordance with a war de
partment order, retiring over
age officers.
Colonel Pool brings to Camp
B/utner more than 32 years ex
perience as an army administra
tive executive in infantry in
structor ad tactician.
Upon arrival, Colonel Pool com
mented, “the camp seems to be
well laid out and constructed.”
" ’The Colonel is a graduate of
the Army War College and the
Command and General Staff
School and attended the advance
course of the Infantry School. A
graduate of Texas A. and M. in
1911, the college whose motto is
“We’ve Never Been Licked.”
Colonel Pool’s first tour of duty
tooki him to Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., as a second lieutenant in
infantry. Fort Leavenworth was
soon followed by Fort Francis E.
Warren at Cheyenne, Wyo. In
1914 the Colonel was transferred
to the Panama Canal Zone with
a unit to defend the locks of that
vital waterway. Early in 1917,
Colonel Pool was promoted to
the rank of first lieutenant, and
later that year, in the rank of
captain, he was made supply of
■ fjeer of the newly organized
48th,: Apfantry, which has added
much history to the an
nals of *the United States by its
brave stand in the Philippines
and Bataan.
In Ahgust 1917 Colonel Pool
• began his long period as an in-
of military science and
-tactics, . when he taught at the
Tnffthtry' School of Arms which
later became known as the In
fantry School located at Fort
Denning, 6a. As Major Pool, he
was on the staff of the Chief of
Infantry, Major General C. S.
Farnsworth. The Colonel’s teach
in* qualities were again in de
mand and he was transferred as
an instructor to the Army War
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TOT At IN BONDS NOW $346,000
Total received so far iri the Person and Roxboro Third War
iXiiOan campaign i 5.5346,000, out of a quota of $567,000, according
to yesterday's official report. Thursday, day after the Bond
, auction, (Will be 4ta| movie day at Roxboro theatres for patrons
Whb b#ye bough n|(jr will biiy bonds at the theatres or have
aalescrtdited theathes.
y H RAMMJBRS TO OXFORD
Roxbaro high school in its opening game with Oxford high
school Friday night lost by 19 to 0. Oxford was heavier, with
one touchdown in first half and two in last quarter, but the
«®d had a good delegation from home.
Next game, Friday, will be with Methddist Orphanage here.
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FRIDAY BEST DAY ON MART
JRoxboro market for ending Friday, sold 565,622
pounds for $201,517.89, at average close to Wednesday’s report
of on‘"Friday, when 203,294 pounds
were tifeipifr' of. Hdtt beat day Was Monday. Quality was
. with-a lorwer edge'Friday in that respect.
Person County Times
Both Men, In Community
Hospital, Will Later Face
Indictment On Assault
Charges.
Two Allensville men who shot
at each other after allegedly hav
ing quarrelldd over a dog, will
face trial for assault as soon as
they have recovered sufficiently
to appear in court.
Investigation of the affair,
which involved Clyde Evans and
Ruffin Clayton, was by Person
Sheriff M. T. Clayton, who said
that the double shooting, with
one weapon, a shotgun, occurred
near a tobacco barn on Clayton’s
farm, where Evans is a tenant.
Both men are now in Community
hospital receiving treatment for
leg wounds.
Evans, it is reported, ran to
Clayton’s house, where he also
lived, and secured the weapon,
inflicting wounds in Clayton be
low the knee. Clayton, it is then
alleged, seized the weapon and
shot Evans above the knee. Con
dition of neither man is consid
ered serious.
It is said that the quarrel de
veloped when Evans began kick
ing a dog belonging to Clayton,
who told him to stop. The shoot
ing occurred late Thursday af
ternoon, about six o’clock.
Dance Patrons
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, chairman in
charge of the Wednesday night
dance for Company B Which will
be held in the Roxboro high
school gym from 8:30 to 12, has
announced the following as pat
rons and patronesses: Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon C. Hunter, Lieut.
Gov. and Mrs. R. L. Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Griffin, Dr. and
Mirs. Robert Long, Dr. and Mrs.
J. H. Hughes and Miss Claire
Harris. The dance, which will be
private and formal, is a courtesy
to men and officers of! Com
pany B.
Bank Staff Helps
Peoples Bank will close at 12
noon on Wednesday in order to
permit the Bank staff to assist
with the War Bond auction.
WAC’S To Come
Lieut. Hazel Ferguson and Cpl.
Edna Waddell, WAC recruiters
from the Durham District office,
Will be in Roxboro at the Post
Office on September 30 and Oc
tober 1 and 2 for purposes of re
cruiting, according to Lieut.
Dorothy E. Cooper, assistant re
cruiting officer.
ROXBORO, N. C. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1943
T. B. Woody Elected
As Club Executive
Succeeds Editor As Head Os
Roxboro County Club Board
Bond Fire No
Loss To Torian
In February 1943, Edgar Tor
ian’s house burned. Away
from home at the time, he lost
all his furniture, clothing, a
sum of money and a $50.00
War Bond. Immediately after
the fire he applied for a dupli
cate Bond. The Treasury De
partment requires a waiting
period of six months. Friday
that time was up and Torian
received a duplicate War Bond
for $50.00. If this amount had
been at home in cash it would
have been lost forever. He
lives on Route 3, Roxboro.
ADVERTISING TAR
HEEL STATE PAYS
SAYS BROUGHTON
Governor Has Praise For
Benefits Received From
Program.
RALEIGH, Sept. 25. Gov
ernor Broughton said this week
that North Carolina’s belief in
“a broad and constructive pro
gram of newspaper and maga
zine advertising” had increased
the state’s tourist industr annu
ally from $25,000 to more than
$130,000,000 and listed six fund
amental factor? as an advertise
ing approach to industrial and
agricultural expansion for the
state and the south.
Writing in the magazine
“Southern Advertising” on his
state’s own five-year advertising
program, Broughton said “it has
been the feeling in our state that
the program of advertising and
planning with respect to the re
sources and opportunities of the
state should not be abated even
during the emergency of war.”
He said every southern state
“would be well advised” to pro
ject and put immediately into ef
fect a comprehensive program of
advertising' and postwar plan
ning.
“Broadly speaking,” Broughton
wrote, “such a plan should com
prehend advantages in the fields
of agriculture industry and gen
eral tourist attractions,” adding
that there is “an undoubted
trend* toward industrial diversi
fication and decentralization.
The bottlenecks and headaches
of this War industrially have im
pressed upon the industrial
leadership of the nation the wis
dom of a wider geographical
distribution of production.”
“The very necessity for getting
out of congested areas,” he point
ed out, “has caused the govern
ment itself to insist upon loca
tion of many war industries in
southern areas which have not
been considered feasible for
such operations. In a large num
ber «Jf these instances the opera
tors who grudgingly assented to
such establishment in the south
have completely changed their
attitude and have found, much
to their surprise, that the opera
tions have been highly satisfac
tory and the circumstances con
ductive to further expansion.”
He said that industry in Amer
ica is “not actuated by senti
ment,” and listed six funda
mental factors for southern
states to consider in seeking
agricultural and industrial ex
pansion:
1* Financial stability. “New
industries are interested not
merely in the present financial
circumstances of a 1 state, but in
its past and future prospects. In
dustry wants to know what the
situation has been during the
past 15 or 20 years. Has. the state
met its obligations? Does it have
an intelligent and accurate bud
get system? Is the financial sys
tent one that over a period of
years would commend itself to
sound business judgement?”
2. Tax policy. “Business has
long since looked askance at tax
policies of a ‘bait’ character . . .
There are other more important
questions . . . Industry certain
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Other New Officers Are
J. A. Long, Jr., And E.
B. Craven, Jr.
Thomas B. Woody, Roxboro
business man, is new president
and chairman of the greens com
mittee, succeeding J. S. Merritt,
of Roxboro Community Club.
Election of Woody took place at
a meeting of directors and club
members held this week at Per
son Court House, where the re
tiring president presided.
New vice president is J. A.
Long, Jr., and secretary-treasur
er is E. B. Craven, Jr., while
new directors are: for three
years, vice president Long
and C. A. Harris; for two years.
George W. Kane and the retiring
president, and for one year, Dr.
J. H. Hughes and the new presi
dent. About twenty members at
tended the meeting.
Also discussed at the meeting
were general business affairs of
the club.
Bob Whitten Has
Daughter To Come
Back Home To
Pfc. Robert Estes Whitten, of
Roxboro -and Mullins, S. C., a
former athlete at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, who is
on the sea or in overseas duty,
has <a daughter, Dibbrell
Broocks Whitten, four days old,
but chances are he doesn’t
know it yet.
i Mrs. Whitten is the former
Miss Katherine Smith, of Mul
lins, daughter of Mrs. J. H.
Smith and the late Dr. Smith,
of that City, wtoere the child
was horn in a hospital on
Thursday, September 23. Pat
ernal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. S. R. Whitten, Sr., of
Roxboro.
CUNNINGHAM TALKS
ON ELECTRONICS
AT CIVIC CLUB
Discusses Radar And
Role Electronics Plays In
War And Peace.
E. W. Cunningham, engineer
with Collins and Aikman, speak
er Monday night at Roxboro Ki
wanis club of which he is a
member, di: cussed electronics,
including radar, with advances
being made both far peacetime
and war in the field of electro
nics. New member of the club is
Coleman King. Guest was Bern
ard Whitfield, son of Robert
Whitfield. The meeting was at
Hotel Roxboro, with J. J. Woody,
j president, presiding.
Cunningham said: “Electronics
today plays a tremendous part
in industrial and domestic life.
I Radar helps planes, ships and
guns to see enemy through fog
and darkness and will guide
| these planes and ships through
fog and darkness in future
peace time traffic. Electron mi
croscopes magnify objects 10,-
000 times, which is 10 times
greater than the present day
can magnify.
One million volt X-Ray mach
ines see through 8 in. of cast ir
on, and fluoroiscopes make it
possible for one man to inspect
800 machine parts per hour, thus
eliminating lost time on defect
ive materials. Electron tubes con
trol spot welding tol-120th. of
a second.
Rectifiers utilize approximate
ly 1-10. of this country’s power
to produce metals. It is estimated
that this year it will be possble
to produce two billion five hund
red million pounds of Aluminum,
Magnesium, etc. for war machin
es and planes. These constitute
a very few of the thousands of
applications for electronias, not
to mention developments in ra
dio, television and electric eye.
Elecrtonics of the very near fu
ture will constitute the brain
power for operation of industrial
machinery as well as the piloting'
•of planes and ships. j
Person Native, Army Officer
In Africa, Buys War Bonds
Somebody Gets
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Gov. J. Melville Broughton
HARRIS COPS TIE
AS AUCTION ITEM
FOR WEDNESDAY
Broughton Gives Unique
Association Item As Bond
Prize.
Somebody will get it, a con
temporary historical association
piece, the necktie of the Hon. J.
Melville Broughton, Governor of
North Carolina. The tie is to be
an auction item to be given as
a prize at the Person and Rox
boro Third War Loan Bond rally
here Wednesday.
Immediate past history of the
necktie also involves Lieut. Gov.
R. L. Harris, who with Gov.
Broughton, was coming back Fri
day night from South Boston,
Va., where the two Tar Heel
first gentlemen assisted the Gov
ernor and the Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Virginia in a War Bond
rally in that City. Quite sudden
ly and soberly, with professional
finish, Harris pulled the ends of
the Governor’s neckpiece. In Rox
boro, Harris, who is co-chairman
of the Person drive, got out at j
his own doorstep, while Brought
on rode on to Raleigh—without
his familar bowknot, but glad to
contribute to the P:rs6n cause.
Gets Release
Mrs. Mildred Simmons Whitt,
of Roxboro and El Paso, Texas,
who resigned from the WAAC
when that organization became
the WAC, a privilege granted to i
all members of the WAAC when j
the change was made to WAC, !
is now teaching school in El Paso j
after having received an honor- ;
able discharge. Her husband,
Pfc. John Franklin Whitt, is at
Fort Bliss, near El Paso. 1
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FROM PANAMA ,
Sgt. Ellis Pritt, of Clarksburg, j
W. Va., who has just completed I
three years of duty in Panama, j
is spending several days here, f
He was in civilian life connected ]
with the General Electric com- '
pany and during that time fre- j
quently visited Roxboro on bus- j
iness trips.
Along The Way
With the Editor
A few days ago this paper zan a picture of Banker Gordon
Hunter. He was all smiles and looked like he was in love with
the entire world. I couldn’t help but look at the picture and '
laugh out loud. It was not the Hunter that 1 knew. This man
looked friendly and happy; not like the cold-blooded banker
that has been frowning at me ever since I went in business.
Why the Mr. Hunter that I have been doing business with in
that little loan office doesn.t knoiw how to smile when he has
me in there, much less laugh. I know that he must have blood
in his veins because no man coiuld live with ice water in them
but the only reason that I know it is because doctors tell me
that he has to have blood. Anyway, people, iwt are asking you
to believe that the picture was one of Hunter and that he can
smile when he has to and that he is a human being, all other
ideas being to the contrary.
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Furnishes Example To Home Folks 1
Who Stage “Sacrifice Day” Wednesday
NEXT SHOE STAMP
MUST LAST SIX
MONTHS, NOT FOUR
Change Effective Nov. 1;
No. 18 Good Indefinitely.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25—The
office of price administration re
veals that the new shoe lation
stamp which becomes valid
November 1 probably will have
to last six months , because of a
critical leather shortage. At the
same time it extended indefin
itely the validity period of cur
rent stamp No. 18 which was to
have expired October 31.
Officials emphasized the new
regulation “does not mean the
civilian ration has been set at
two pairs a year.”
They explained that shoe per
iods are not set on a yearly
quota basis but are adjusted to
the available supply in inventor
ies and new production. Thus,
the period for the new stamp
will be shortened and another
stamp made valid' if production
exceeds present' estimates.
One of the reasons for ex
tending the vaidity of stamp No.
I 18 was to avoid a repetition of
j last-minute buying such as
occurred last June when stamp
i No. 17 expired. That stampede
| alarmed rationing officials and
I dealers whose stocks were de
i plcted and normal business in
terrupted.
The extension will permit
more orderly buying and pur
chases according to need rather
than for the purpose of merely
u-ing the stamp.
The new stamp is stamp No. .1
on the “aeroplane” sheet of War
Ration Book 3.
Police Receive
Thanks For Gift
Os Cigarettes
Lkut. Col. Richard S. Sollman.
headquarters New York Port of
Embarkatation, this week wrote
a letter of appreciation to Chief
of Police George C. Robinson,
Roxboro, expressing thanks
for receipt of 10,000 cigarettes
sent by Robinson and members
of the Roxboro Police department
for free distribution to overseas
troops. Money for the cigarettes
j was collected here by Robinson
: and his officers, who are contin
; uing their “Jar Campaign” and
! now have on hand enough funds
ito buy about 5.000 more cigar
ettes, although they will not
i make another shipment until the
110,000 quantity can again be
sent.
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SON BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Vernon
Massey, of Roxboro, announce
the birth of a son, weight sever,
and one-half pounds, on Satur
day, September at Communi- i
ty hospital.
Phone 4501
If you have any news items
or for advertising or com
mercial printing service.
NUMBER 9!
Hunter Announces Final
Plans For Bond Auction. (
Schools To Be In Parade
As Will Library Repre- j
sentatives.
Stationed in North Africa and
recently a participant in the in
vasion of Sicily is a young Army
officer, a native of Person Coun
ty, who believes in War Bonds.
So does his wife, who is engaged
in war work at home. The two
of them (they don’t want their
names used) recently bought
$1,500 worth of bonds.
Their story of fighting and
working, the War Bond part of
it at least, is on file in the office
of Gordon C. Hunter, district
chairman of the Third War Loan
drive that in Roxboro will reach
its climax Wednesday, Setember
29, in a “Person and Roxboro
Sacrifice Day” War Bond auc
tion, when a campaign to reach
and pass the Person quota of
$567,000 will be climaxed with a
parade participated in by Camp
Butner's “physical fitness” cham
pions, men of Company B, 311th
Infantry, Lightning division.
The young Person officer who
is in North Africa won’t be here
Ito see these men of Butner’s
j Company B on the march down
| Roxboro’s main street, but it is
rather apparent that he has the
idea of “sacrifice”, thinks Chair
man Hunter, and in agreement
with him are the Person and
Roxboro co - chairmen, Lieut.
Gov. R. L. Harris and R. B. Grif
fin, Person Superintendent of
schools.
The men of Company B, who
scored 99.1 on pushups; 89 in the
300 yard; 99.3 in the “burpee”;
97.1 in the pigaback; 97.1 in the
zigzag and 100 in marching, with
a Company score of 96.77, against
an average of 95.07 for four
companies in the 311th, will ar
rive in Roxboro Wednesday
morning, bringing with them a
28 piece band. 1
With them they will bring’
equipment, such as an anti-tank
gun, a machine gun, infantry
equipment and a complete field
kitchen, with which they will
stage a demonstration at the
Court House prior to the two o’*
clock parade. It is also planned
that they will cook supper for
their own men (expected to
number about 200 men) in the
field kitchen which will be set
up back of the Court House.
District and County schools
will close at noon on Wednesday
and it is expected majority of
! stoles will close between two
| and four o’clock, with the Bond
; Auction scheduled to begin at
12:30, where prizes, through
courtesy of merchants, will be a
feature. Among prizes it is said,
will be two pairs of nylon hose.
War veterans, civic organiza
tions, the Red Cross, schools and
other groups, together with Boy
I Scouts, will be in the parade, as
! will the Person Public library,
! represented by its bookmobile.
The men of Company B are ex
pected to remain here through
Friday, camping near Chub
Lake. Social feature Wednesday
night in the high school gym will
be a formal dance, with a four
teen piece orchestra. Sponsorship
of the dance is by a group of
Roxboro young women who have
been attending USO dances at
Camp Butner.
Among the officers of Com
pany B who will be here will be,
Capt. Paul P. Foran, First Lieu
tenants William Jerrell, Joseph
Lewordski and Secorid Lieuten
ants William Comes and Freder
ick Dixon. Commanding officer
of the 311th Infantry is Col. M.
E. Olmstead, who has given par
ticularly hiyh praise to Company
B, as has Gen. Edwin P. Par
ker, Jr.
Day Reunion
Members of the Day family,
Person County, will have their
annual family reunion at the old
John Day homeplace on Satur
day, October A, five miles from