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Roxboro, North Carolina
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MONDAY, APRIL 23. 1945
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2t isn’t true because the COURIER-TIMES says it,
ut the COURIER-TIMES says it because it is true.
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* MEETING DECIDES THAT IT SHALL
BE A HOSPITAL
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2 For some time the question of what kind j
Jof a monument the City and County would j
IJerect in honor of the memory of our boys and !
JJtfirls who have fought such a great fight for
•us in foreign lands has been under discussion.
•There were several things proposed, and all
•of them worthwhile, but at a meeting held
•recently the question was finally settled, and
5t will be a hospital.
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2 We are in entire agreement with this de
cision, for we can conceive of nothing which
JJwill be of more service to humanity at large
a real hospital, a place where not only i
••those who saw service for Uncle Sam. and
•their loved ones, but all who are in need of
•hpspitalization can receive treatment. The
Spfan is that we shall have a hospital which
Zwill care for the rich and the poor, the white,
3li?dian and Negro. A hospital where the
"wealthiest can have service in keeping with
ftheir desires, and at the same time a hospital
£where the poor will never be turned away for |
jjlack of money.
~ But, you say, are you not expecting too i
jjjmiuch? No. The people of this good County
•are well able to finance such a proposition, i
•the only question is, are we willing to do it ? j
jjThat old question, “Am I my brother’s keep
er,” has long been recognized in the affirms
stive, and we can not evade it. Any city or
Tfouifty vVhlch does not provide for its sick is
j-tlhrelect in its duty and we must not delay
‘ longer in doing our duty in this respect.
We had just as well make up our mind that
I;a hospital for Roxboro and Person County is j
ha home affair, and that we must pay for the j
Of course, there are good prospects j
;?that we can, and will, get some outside help,
'Tout the bulk of the cost will rest upon our
We can do it, and will do it, the
•.only question for us to decide is whether we j
*!want to pay for it out of our individual pock
ets, or shall we resort to a bond issue. It can
;!be built either way.
At the meeting above referred to a com
i’mittee was appointed and this committee
Ogives assurance of success. It will be a large
>part of this committee’s job to look into the:
•best plan to undertake in building the hospit-'
-*al, but the committee will also be charged
- with the duty of seeking the opinion of the
; people as to how they want to pay for the
-^hospital.
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! WHERE WE ARE IN BLACK MARKETS
I Quoted elsewhere on this page today is an
:;OPA statement relative to black marketing.
;an issue that is receiving at the moment;
and national emphasis because of
increased shortage of poultry and other
•.meats. The statement is from an OPA News i
addressed to OPA Boards and staffs i
•land there is in it an appeal to the boards,
-itheir staffs and the public. The appeal is pa-j
Itriotic, for closer cooperation all up and down
;Itbe line, and can best be summed up in this
ffash ion; it takes two to make a black market,
I*the buyer and the seller.
?• Sometimes, there is a go-between, a third
yarty as an intermediary, but the only real,
--reason a black market develops is because
•[John Jones wants a scarce commodity and is
• willing to pay John Smith a higher price for
-lit. In Roxboro and in Person County lb it-;
Ihave been and still are black markets of one
Jlsort or another, just as there are and have
2 been similar markets in all of the hundreds
*of cities and towns and counties throughout
"rthe nation, and for that matter, across the
yeas.
•; It is a matter of supply and demand versus
-'conscience. It takes two to make a fight, and
vit takes two to make a black market. Purely
-3ocal interest attaches at the moment to two
cases involving black market allegations, the
.-one at Oxford, where it is alleged that two
women, OPA staff members, were
I in gasoline coupons, and the one
I brought up in Durham in Federal court in
| which a Roxboro poultry dealer and a nation- \
| ally known meat packing company are in
volved. At this writing neither of these cases
j has been disposed of. but until they are, and
; until all evidence has been heard the public
should not be too hasty in passing judgment j
!by the easy expedient of throwing enforce
jment back to the OPA. The OPA is no strong
er and no better than the public makes it.
We, the people, if we willingly create black
market conditions, are the ones who ought tc,
be condemned. Those who stand in court and
take the rap are merely the “front".
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FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITY
Renominated and expected to be returned
|to their respective offices without opposition ]
jure Mayor S. (i. Winstead and a five-man
' Board of Commissioners, most of whom have ,
served several terms in office and are fam- j
ilar with the duties and the pattern connect-;
ed with the administration of Roxboro’s af
fairs. The citizens who gathered Thursday
night at the Court House in a mass meeting!
i wanted these men returned to office and |
thought well enough of them to make their
denominations a matter of acclamation. There i
lis evident satisfaction on the part of most;
citizens and every reason to believe that ex
perience in government can count.
Indeed, it is possible that experience gain-:
ed by the present municipal officers in the;
| past two terms, of two years each, can pay
(off better in the coming two years than ever
before. Municipal leaders have had a hard!
time ot it because of the. war, but that excuse
may be ended soon, or at; least partially lift- ■
led, by the fall of Berlin and the ultimate col-]
lapse of Japan. In the world of peace that lies
'ahead there is much that can be done to im- ]
prove conditions here at home and it is to be j
hoped that Roxboro’s city officials will be!
ready for the day when street repair supplies,[
trucks and cleaning equipment, sewer and
water equipment and the like, become more
plentiful. There is much that can and should;
be done.
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IHE SAME COUNTRY
Yesterday morning a young Roxboro man j
| recently returned from service in England
land in France was making uncomplimentary j
I comparisons as far as the English attitude j
! towards Americans was concerned. He liked I
the French and Paris much better than the]
English and London. There is, he says, a >
greater appreciation on the part of the
French, whereas the English are on the in
jdifferent side. Last night we rode home with
another soldier, just back from twenty-seven
months in Great Britain. He was full of noth- j
ing but praise for the English people and;
their spirit, their kindness and their" consid- j
Oration, He is. in fact, receiving letters from j
ail English family with whom he lived.
The England that these two soldiers have [
seen is the same. It is a country full of loyal, j
' sympathetic people. It is a country that is j
! still conservative, and to a degree, class con-[
’.scions. It is a country that has not as yet re- |
covered from dreams of empire, but one that
has been capable of contributing to the up-'
'building of both American and French demo
cracy.
The two Person soldiers under discussion
have, however, come back home with con-1
Hinting ami different impressions. The an
, swer is that people usually find what they [
are looking for. Although it is perfectly pos
sible that soldier number one, who liked;
France better, was simply unfortunate in the
English people whom he met, there is the
'other answer from soldier number two. Both ;
are right, and the first people to say so would i
lie the British. I
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
HIGHWAY HOME FRONT
Greensboro Daily News
The highway safety division, if you want
to call it that, reports that 40 persons were
j killed and 242 injured on the roads of this
j state in February, an increase of 21.2 per
cent over February of last year.
W; it were the causes of this inexcusable
■a' -hter? “Carelessness, excessive speeds
anti 1. :b;. v-ment.”
We take ; r 1 be of stlch things.
Public sentiment : bouid ’ mire that auto
mobile equipment be ch,U:eJ,.i'j” —>nre effi
ciently than is the case and tho o —ho!
have time and again proved themselves to
reckless drivers should be stopped from driv
ing.
Meantime, there are two rules of the road
worth observing: (1) Don’t be in too much
of a hurry; (2) always assume that the oth
er driver has just escaped from a lunatic
asylum and has never driven a car before.
THE COTTRiIER-TIMES
THERE IS NO MYSTERY IN BLACK
MARKETS
OPA News Letter, Region Four.
Some people seem to have lost sight of the
fact that the intensity of the war in Europe
and in the Pacilic—now at its height—has
brought an unprecedented need for supplies
and food. To give an idea, the invasion of the
Jap stronghold of Iwo Jitna alone required
enough fuel oil to fill a tram of tank cars
(10,000 gallon capacity) 238 miles long . . .
enough gasoline to operate 301.730 automo
biles for a full year . . . enough lubricating
oil for a complete oil change in 406,000 auto
mobiles . . . enough ammunition to fill 463
train cars. And. enough food to feed a city
the size of Atlanta for 30 days.
This, mind you, is the supply requirement
for one small operation in a’.baitl.efront that ;
extends hundreds Os miles on two continents.
The food supply is more cr 4a I than at
any time since the war began, and as you
know, the scarcer an item becon, -. the great
Why Farmers Should
Buy War Berets
By L. N. Duncan. '.-President'.-,"
Alabama Polytechnic, Institute,
Auburn. Alabama.
Farming is hard v.vrk. Farmers
'have no pension .anti •!.cement
[plans, and the land they cultivate.
I must produce for lire needs of to
day. pay the debts of yesterday, and
I provide the security „i tomorrow.
Farm prices cmnur e ■ spected
to remain at their pre i h lov4
el. and the factors >.vl.i.-h eonfr.’SV
j profits from farm >■: prises are
i always variable. It is. therefore,
highly important tie. r n profits
accruing from farm ions to
day be carefully hits'- . ; mrt used
in- a cushion attain ' e: .allures
land price decline- . . too row.
| Mortgages on farm holding?
[should be reduced r!c rtrr possible.
New investments m a m il farm
lands should be made r-ub after the
most careful weiahm : i m l'.’ions
governing our farm . wv in a
war cycle.
It is my considered ' iv.ont that
tile safest possible eouir-- farm
ers to follow should 1 1 the re
duction or retirrmc ' i outstand
ing obligations: J e..ieful im
iprovement of lands . i auipment:
'and '3' the puri-h t. ■ • ■ "• r Bonds.
The purchase ui \\ B'nils out
of profits now will pr the best
'possible security to tin- individual
farmer tomorrow ' i < 'trillions
may .be much 1.-- f.n orabl In ad
idition. investmen; oi • ' pri fits in
War Bonds now is "a ' single
guarantee against : im':a';. u. Since
) farmers as a group uv i ■ low
1 capital brackets tie r in: r u.-ll \--
pect to be among the fi - .her
from inflated prices.
Black Market Meat
The reasons f. r the bla " rki'
in meat are expUiineil pr
i two figures, th- Ofiin of PrK-e V.cl-*
Imtnistratfon said Aifterican
j ians witli tin- pure!'. • -in
: available to them pro' u *r
!at ceiling prio s of 170 is of
'meat per capita >r
\ticns for the present , . t
[year allow for a civ:", tti •• r.s.tim.p
jtion of 115 pounti- Tin- ."t
.between a detlirnd if lptl
,and,a supply of 1’ ; -
tutes the root of tin b>
The LONE IEJR HAdThEAVV RA\| h=’S ACROSS AND C..*"’ AXSTER?^
jay -ARKER «£ ~-~Eb~ A CHANCE TO N MAKE HiS WAY TO BANCROFT ' \(COME v V ' CTDR '*
&N iMPASSAB’-E BARRIER.. 3EAT OAKHURST, CREEK W WE'RE STUCK r sl> 7'- - ■ -
±
'MM/?//' ■-/' " ■iwmm \uNDER THE WATER ?/] IT DEPENDS ON HOW THERE'S THE '^GOIIY'S
IF you CAN Gr : A | NOT A- THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE// GOOD YOU ARE AT V/y ANSWER/ 1F YOu ) I DON'T
er the Black Market menace. •
We are now witnessing the disgraceful
spectacle of a meat Black Market that is a
travesty on the sacrifice the men and boys of
our country have made, and are making ev
ery hour around the clock.
The situation is such as to demand of you
at the Boards a vigilance such as you have
never been called on to show and a militant
action to stamp out any and every illegal
tratfic in meat that comes to your notice.
It is necessary for you and all Good Soldi
ers to wage an intensive campaign directed
at those who BUY as well as those who SELL
in the Black Market.
There is no mystery about a Black Market.
It is as simple as this:
A person who buys or sells at a price over
the ceiling is engaging in a Black Market.
A person who buys or sells without ex
change of proper rationing currency is deal
ing in a Black Market.
district Club
Passion Soon
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■-’cflings To Be Held At I
: i.apel Hill, Reidsville. Ox
ford and Surry County.
I >: leigh, April.—The North Car
: Federation of Home Demon
i urn Clubs will hold four divis
! ’. meetings in the northwestern
: it an enormous gap between de
..iiui and supply has placed a ter
tn I'Asure on firms and individ- [
> in the meat industry to violate [
,■ . i filiations. The need for an :
; -ed public opinion against black j
i k«.t operations is of the utmost i
ri.inee. OPA pointed out. The;
■ewife who willingly pays black
> rket prices for meat is depriving
men in the armed forces, cheat
in'!' fellow citizens of their fair
1 are of meat under rationing, and
in- the pockets of greedy men
i are taking advantage of the
■ for their personal gain.
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Volunteers Needed
. To Help Food Crop
Upwards of 500.000 part-time and
‘ '-time workers will be needed for
canning, dehydrating, drying,
■ ''tig and packing of the 1945
' ;> of perishable fruits and vege
‘ ble. the War Manpower Commis
: i’ii has announced. The number of
migratory workers —those who fol
■ low the crops to work in food pro
cessing plants—will be relatively
=mall but the important part of the
total number of workers, full-time
and part-time, that are needed. For
the most part, communities in which
canning, drying, dehydrating and
freezing plants are situated. will
have to depend largely on volunteer
•libfcr furnished by youths, teachers.
• merchants, housewives and others.
"If youths, housewives, merchants,
ministers, retired persons and oth
; ers respond this year as they did
iast year." said Paul V. McNutt,
Chairman of WMC. "we should
have no great difficulty in canning
and otherwise processing the fruit
and vegetable crops. We are still
. at war and need all the processed
foods wo can get."
! section of the state beginning Tues
day. the State College extension ser
vice announced today,
j Speakers at all meetings will be
j Mrs. Edison Davenport, of Mackeys.
president of the federation, and
[ Miss Ruth Current, state home
j demonstration agent. Attendance j
! will be restricted to delegates and i
presidents of the county councils in
each division.
The first meeting will be at Chap
el Hill on Tuesday, with delegates
from the eighth district attending.
The district is composed of Wake,
Durham, Chatham, Orange and Per
son counties.
Tlie second meeting will be at
Reidsville April 25, for the seventh
district composed of Rockingham,
I'Caswell, Alamance, Guilford and
'Randolph counties. The 14th dis
jtrict meeting will be held at Oxford
[on April 26, with delegates from |
I Northampton. Granville, Franklin, j
Vance and Halifax counties attend- |
ing.
The final meeting will be for the
sixth district, at the Franklin high 1
school in Surry county on April 28.
Counties in the district are Forsyth. !
Davidson, Davie, Stokes, Yadkin and j
Surry.
Wake Alumni |
To Vole Soon
I
Lee Weathers Os Shelbv,
Nominated As Vice
President.
; Wake Forest. April 19. —Members j
of the executive committee of the !
general alumni association of Wake j
Forest college, an organization rep- [
1 resenting 15.000 former students i
' now living:, have nominated as presi- j
dent of the association for the 1945- j
I 46 school session Dr. Bahnson.
1 Weathers, 1915 graduate and Roa- 'j
jnoke Rapids physician.
. j Nominated for other offices are: j
■ | First vice president, Lee B. Weath- j
. ers, class of 1908, Shelby newspaper- I
■ [man; second vice president, J. Henry ;
I j Leroy ’2O, Elizabeth City attorney; 1
. 1 executive committee: Rev. Dr. J.j
I I Glenn Blackburn '35, pastor of First [
s [ Baptist church of Lumberton, and [
l! Carroll C. Wall 17, Lexington raan-
Hufacturer.
i I Ballots will appear in the forth- |
coming i May) issue of the Wake
Andenf Letter
Comes Home
NEW BERN, April 19.—A letter
carried from New Bern 154 years
ago by President George Washing
ton’s party has been presented to
the New Bern public library by A.
B. Andrews, Raleigh attorney.
Written by Dr. Isaac Guion, wor-
Forest College Alumni News, and
paid-up members of the association
will vote for those nominated or
for others of their choice.
Election results will be announced
at the annual meeting of the alumni
association to be held during com
mencement at a luncheon on Mon
day. May 28. Classes reuniting this
year are as follows: 1940, 1935, 1930,
1925, 1920, 1915, 1910, 1905, 1900,
1895, 1890, 1885, 1880, 1875.
Present officers of the associa
tion are: President. Benj. T. Ward.
Greensboro; first vice president, Dr.
Bahnson Weathers: second vice
president, Dr. Marvin Slate, High
Point; alumni secretary, Prof. Jas
per L. Memory, Jr.
.. The Ease of Financing
liijfrj Amazed This Home
-how us the property, tell ns yo«r
iT'ia 1 I jndget limits that’s all you do.
ttl H'ipi IIT j'hW iB J Start with a reasonable first pay*
-vcftj ijaggy inent, easy to complete with month
j ly repayments—just like rent. Visit
our office. Get full details.
Roxboro Building And Loan Asio.
J. C. Walker, Asst. Sec.
SHEETROCK
We liave just unloaded a ear of slieetroek. Send us your orders
before tlie supply is exhausted
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PAINTS
We have a good stock of lAOC pure paints. The limitations
on paints have been made more drastic this year
There will lie only a limited supply available
Gel Ywu requirements early
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PLYWOOD
We have been able to secure a limited supply of plywood
No priority required for this board
ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY
“Home of Quality Lumber"
MONDAY, APRIL 23* 1946
No. 3, A. F. and A. M., when Wash-
I
ington visited New Bern April 20-
22, 1791, the letter was addressed
to Joseph Clay, of Georgia, and
was taken to him by Colonel Jack
son of President Washington's
party.
Still in excellent state of preser
vation. the letter reads as follows:
i “Joseph Clay, Esquire, Georgia.
Mon’d. by Col. Jackson.
“Dear Sir: Since writing you in
Feb’y last I have not been fav'd
with a line. I have to request the
; favor of you to inform me the pres
ent value of such certificates as
: mine in your hands, and if I can
[ have it funded or the particulars of
j the interest, etc.
j “I could not omit writing you by
Iso favorable an opportunity. The
President of the United States hav
ing favored us with a short visit
and going to your State Col. Jack
son of his family condescended to
be the Bearer. Please write by post
and oblige.
“Very sincerely,
(
[ “Your most obedient, humble Ser
vant,
“Is. Guion.”