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PAGE FOUR COURIER-TIMES i Roxboro, North Carolina PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY Courier-Times Publishing Company The Roxboro Courier Established 1881 The Person County Times Established 1929 J.W. Noell .5 Editor J. S. Merritt and Thos. J. Shaw, Jr Associates M. C. Clayton Adv. Manager D. R. Taylor, In Service With U. S. Navy l year, Out of State $3.00 ■ i year $2.50 months" $1.40 3 months 75 ADVERTISING RATES Display Ads, 49 Cents Per Inch Reading Notices, 10 Cents Per Line Thfc Editors Are Not Responsible lor Views Expressed By Correspondents Entered at The Post Office at Roxboro, N. C. s As Second Class Matter rapsBE3CT MONDAY, MAY 7, 1945 It Isn’t true because the COURIER-TIMES says it, but the COURIER-TIMES says It because It Is true. THE JOB—HALF DONE .i Whether V-E Day comes at this moment, or tonight, or in the morning, day after to morrow, or next week, or the next, we, as Americans must soberly and resolutely real ize that the end of fighting with guns in Eu rope is not the end of struggle there. Indeed, V->E day dawns with more of moral and eco nomic chaos than was visible at any time while physical battle was in progress, for the whole ragged fabric of man stands revealed —on one side, the victors, on the other, the defeated —and what will come afterwards in Europe depends entirely on how the opposing forces of peace are marshalled. In that sense is the job half done with the laying down of arms in Europe. More obvi ously, Japan appears to be poles removed ev en from that kind of peace. The war in Asia goes on, may possibly go on for months, for years. Any other conception of what is to come in Asia is unrealistic. The Japanese, themselves, would probably like to see their war drag on so long that we, their enemy, would become weary in well-doing. Call it an attrition of effort, if you will, a wearing away of the democrhtic impulse. And that must not happen. The victory in Asia, over a much less familiar geographical and emo tional terrain, must be won, or else the vic tory in Europe will remain half won. And so, whether V-E Day in Europe comes suddenly, tonight, or piecemeal, country by country, which appears to be the pattern, it does not so much matter, if only we will face the hard tasks of peace there as we must face the remaining job of war in Asia—resolute- j ly and with courage, determined that there shall be no stopping in the final effort which must be made before peace in the dreamed of sense can be world-wide in application. o THE MIGHTY SEVENTH In this issue of the Courier-Times will be found a number of advertisements urging people to buy more war bonds in the mighty Seventh War Loan, and although it is not a policy of this paper to call attention to ad vertisements in its editorial columns we feel it is not out of place to do so at this time. The war in Europe seems about over. It may be over, and probably will be by the time this editorial gets into print. That is the sin cere wish of all those connected with this paper—BUT—the war with Japan is not ov er and for that reason we should not be too light-hearted and joyful. When you are fight ing two men there is reason to rejoice when one is down, but the fight should never be stopped until complete victory is achieved. A task h<alf accomplished needs to be finished. If, by any chance, you think that the war | is about over talk a little while with the boys who have been to the Pacific, talk with the boys who think that they will have to go to the Pacific or talk with the parents of those who have boys who are either in the Pacific or who think that their boys may go to the Pacific. Truly, when the war in Europe is over, the time for rejoicing will be here but not the time for stopping the fight. Just the time for tightening the belt and getting ready for the last half of a great fight for a great cause. Person County’s quota in the Mighty Sev enth is $544,000. The E Bond quota is for $248,000. That is for people like me and you. The Person County boys in service have started the drive off by buying over $5,000 worth of bonds before the drive gets a head start. If they can do that and fight too what are we going to do about it? The drive is oft. Put your money up. That does all the talking that is needed. o PUTTING IT ON PARENTS That Person Health department report of Thursday as to the number of communicable here in the past month among chil- i dren shows too many cases of whooping cough and of scarlet fever, to say nothing of the case of diphtheria, of which even one case, is too many. Parents of today have for many years regarded these diseases of child hood more seriously than did their own par ents, or their grandparents, but there re mains room for improvement and it will not be the fault of ignorance that will hold im provement back, if health departments have their way. The Person department, for example, off ers clinics for the administration of preventa tive vaccines. It offers, also, consultation, and advice to parents, and where necessary a nursing service. It may be all right if your child escapes scarlet fever, diphtheria or whooping cough or mumps, but every time your neighbor’s child has one of these diseas es the risk of infection for your own child is increased. Knowing, too, that these “diseases of childhood”, as we used to call them, can and do lay foundations for other and perhaps more serious illnesses and physical defects in adult life, we cannot and should not laugh off the aforementioned communicable di seases as unimportant. Good health in childhood remains a guar antee, as close as man can come to it, of con tinued good health in adult life, when success will depend in large measure on that health. Rare individuals are able to triumph over physical ills. Those who do are people of gen ius, or gifted above the average with deter mination. The road is slower for most of us, and we stand a better chance if we can “en joy” good health. When health departments can convince us of that truth the battle of medical knowledge, aided by commonsense from parents, will be more than half won. o WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING A CHURCH GETS ITS ORDERS Charlotte Observer The pastoral letter from the House of Bi shops of the Protestant Episcopal church,! which was read in the Episopal churches of j Charlotte last Sunday morning, is one of the I most encouraging developments in recent trends of American public opinion. There have been some misgivings ever j since the war started as to whether the j church would come out of the cloister, stop its quibbling over the question of how to reconcile its Christian duty with the obvious necessity of using force to defeat the enemies of Christian civilization, and face the reali ties of a world in which predatory paganism was running wild. The letter of the House of Bishops sets at I rest this uneasiness, for that letter contains no hedging, no evasive reservations, no hid ing behind meaningless platitudes, no vague doubts as to where the church should take its stand in dealing with chronic troublemakers who understand only the language of vio lence. The bishops have bodily grasped the nettle and issued the forthright pronouncement that peace “cannot be achieved and maintain ed without a union or concert of nations or ganized under law and hacked by force.” Recognizing the defects of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, the bishops nevertheless tell their communicants that it is the best we can get at the present time, but it can be amend ed as experience shows the need for change. “We think,” the letter says with sound common sense, “that an irresponsible ideal ism which will not submit to the discipline of the achievable will ultimately give support to the isolationism so deeply rooted in many cit ' izens and so dangerous to the peace of -the | world. Let us take what we can get to start with and improve it as we go along, say the Bi- I shops. Only in that way can we arrive at what they call the achievable, in contrast with the perfectionist idealism which places the first rung of the ladder so high that none can reach it. But the Bishops do not stop there. They cast their church in a definite role in the post war world and give it a job to do. Pointing oUt that Christianity can be the one great unifying force throughout the world, where all other ideologies fall short in some respect, they charge the church with the duty of evangelizing the world and thus of spreading international good will. But mere talking about it will not suffice. The Bishops point out a stern duty. The young men of the church who have served as soldiers, sailors, and marines in the utter most parts of the earth and have learned there “the stark realities of life and death” must go back again to those corners “to share with all men of all nations and races the truth which makes men free, the love which is life more abundant.” Thus is laid down a definite task for the church in the postwar world. Where its Chris tian duty plainly calls for the use of force, it must, unhesitatingly use force. But it' is to rely mainly on evangelizing the world and THE TaXJRIEB-TIMES ' f carrying to all peoples the principles of Christianity upon which alone the whole world can be united. o HAPPY PRISONERS Christian Science Monitor. Our recent advances on all fronts have freed many prisoners of war. Words can’t ex press adequately what I’ve seen. I’ve seen grown men and women so happy to just be free that they could hardly contain them selves. We’re a mass of Abraham Lincolns to these peoples. Square and robust Russians, lanky Poles, French, and Italians —all liberated for the first time in years. These people have been herded around like animals—all underfed and poorly clothed.'They' were so' hungry that they set to butchering dead German artillery Paper Turned To New Uses As War Progresses New York, May—Paper that looks like any'other paper, but can be soaked in water, scuffed on and not ofi\y remain durable, but provide a legible writing surface for pen and ink, is just one-sample of what the American industry has in store for the postwar consumer. - Such paper had long been avail able in Europe. 'lt gave the Nazi armies a decided , advantage over its enemies in many ' respects. It made possible rain-proof maps, weather-proof camouflage, pup tents and general purpose weather protection that was far more eco nomical and lighter than canvass. Europe no longer has the “ex clusive” on the process that makes this kind of paper possible, be cause its inventor, J. Schefak, a Czech engineer is in this country. _______ - - _ SHEETROCK We have, just unloaded a ear of sheet fork. Send us your orders before the suppl' is exhausted v. • © !; ( j; ; PAINTS We have a stock of 100' < [lory paints. The limitations on ppiigs, liaye lireh made mure drustjc • Uiis. year There,will be only a lim lei supply «v«ihJw/e-J 4** del Your require merits early • 5 PLYWOOD We have been able to secure a» limited supply ol plywood No priority required; for this iWahi • ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY “Home of Quality Lumber’’ (STEADY THERE, JAV DID A Iv,NEl v ,NE JOB OF DRIV- IT WAS VOUJ? IDEA.jj YOU STILL r V.V I BOYS, r ING, DAN. THE BEST I'VE I DIDN'T DO ANY-J HAVE A RACE WHOA % a EVER SEEM f < uxti THING BgSBR. TO WIN, JAY VEAH, WITH THAT PARKER KID I /#\\ |,| WHAT IN I MUD HOLE, AND WE'RE 'TV-WVWF/'I A‘-1A ~ l ' f THE--?)\ IM if UP TO THE , JAYV/Ayyi -AA A Knf p ;'=J*A — ’ I'. AS Hwhatdowe] | meanwhile, on the trail behind. hofses by the roadside. For miles I saw no dead horses which hadn’t had meat cut off in some spots. Todd was eating with Maurie along the road. Maurie dropped one bean from a C ration stew, and a passing Russian pounced upon it, eating dirt and all. Todd was over come and gave the fellow about half of his uneaten ration. Before he could move, the Russian dropped to his knees and kissed his hand. We don’t know what humility is. To think that we ever resented our entrance in to this conflict. We should never have let things go so far originally. I pray for divine guidance to be given those who plan the peace. . . . We must pray diligently for en lightenment of peoples and removal of hu man hatred. —An Indiana Soldier, written to Christian Science Monitor. has taken out citizenship, and is, here to stay, ready to "transplant” | the ; nonsolutable paper industry to , the United States. With the practical experience of 1 operating 10 factories in Europe | behind him, Mr. Scherak sees his i process serving not only in the I manufacture of inexpensive paper raincoats and capes, but as huge ! paper "tarpaulins” to cover rail-! road freight cars in transit. Such | paper, because it takes ink and li-j thrographing exceptionally well, j is also suited for outdoor bill- • boards. One of Mr. Scherak's major in- [ teresls is to see developed in the | United States a waterproof and! noninflammable paper industry which would compare favorably with that of Germany, where sucli paper has been in wide use for almost two decades. , He also looks to the day when such paper is used in the making of Braille books for the blind. Inflation Control We would not expect to live as! well in wartime as in peacetime.! War causes waste and waste costs | money. We are approaching the j most critical days in the big gam j ble we have undertaken. Now is ! the time to tighten our belts and j take the necessary steps to begin to strengthen our production ca i pacity. Let us not add to the fuel \ Bk WE BUILD FOR Roxboro and Person County i With All Work Guaranteed i j No Job. Too Large and None Too Small George W. Kane Roxboro, N. C. wiiHr She Would Like To Be Remembered With Jewelry At Graduation Time Bill Folds 'gjyUHl .Bill Folds . -Fountain Puns . . 'IhHkR ~ Watch Bands Bairettes Fountain Pens *//& Neweili Jewels From The Newells of inflation by increasing costs and maintaining selling prices at figures which curtail production. Let us strike at the cause of infla tion and begin to build a program which will work us out instead of deeper into trouble.—The National Grange Monthly. o The Best Epitath When my son was killed in ac tion in Italy last year, many com forting thoughts came to me from many people. In the process of time there came a certificte sign- ATTENTION FARMERS! 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Roosevelt. Here is the text: It seems to nr’ the best epitaph that ever could be ■ written for him was written bj him, for others! “He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who dared to die that freedom might live, and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives, and through it he lives, in a Way that humbles the undertakings of most men." (Mrs.) Alice L. Smith, of Nevl York in Christian Science Moni tor.
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