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Friday. February 21. 1111.
I fntralizfil < nnlrtil
Those educational leaders who pointed out
the weaknesses of the school system as admin
istered in this State by county anJTocal ufiiliT
barely two decades ago should visit Raleigh
today and see what li hodge-podge system of?
control is now in effect Top-heavy with com
missions. boards and agencies, the educational
svstem in North Carolina is marked by about
as much confusion as ever existed back in the
old days when each county tackled the big
problem irom its own peculiar angle
A proposal is now being advanced to central
ize the svstem nt" the hands of a seven-man i
board Probably tin proposed plan would re
lieve the situation, but m shifting authority and
power 111 Raleigh it would possibly be a good
thing if some of the power and authority were
shifted back to tin counties, or at least enough
power and authority should be returned to the
counties to lift the title of figureheads from
the board of education members
There i. no objection to control system for
synchronizing the efforts advanced in behalf
of education, but under the system in this State
the people are almost without the light to ap
peal from rulings arbitrarily set by the school
lords In striving for better educational facili
ties. the people have all but surrendered their
rights under a system that is marked by confu
sion in the high places
E<lHe<itioii Si/nubblfH in ihe Mali I'lare*
Several weeks ago the State Board of Edu
cation approved a history book for'use in the
elementary schools, rejecting one written by
Dr. A. R. New so me and Dr. Hugh Leflcr The
Newsome-Lefler book was rejected after the
State Textbook Commission tiad unanimously
recommended it as the best available text to
bo adopted for class-room study in North Caro
lina history. The text selected by the State
Board of Education was written by Jule B.
Warren, secretary of the N C. Education Com
mission.
The textbook commission and the board of
education knew the books and were in a posi
tion to act for the public The squabble over the
selection of a text was of no direct public con
cern, Tjtlt it did arhract public attention.
Now, the State Board of Education comes
along and virtually bans the Newsome-Lefler
text from the public school libraries. It would
appear that something is wrong either with the
book or the board of education.
Could it be that the Newsome-Lefler text
deals with rotten politics in North Carolina?
Could it be that at last a true history has been
written about the Old North State, and that
the high school lords are determined to keep
the people in the dark by suppressing the true
facts* Could it be that commission "cuts" are
involved? It is only right and proper for the
board of education to explain its action Jo the
people who are now waiting for an explanation.
Periling the German H ar Machine
Elkin Tribune.
American sympathy for the beleaguered peo
ple of Europe is understandable. We cannot
be complacent in the presence of hunger and
famine and human misery If other issues were
not involved, if they were hungry through prov
idential causes or even the victims of their own
failure to provide, we would be plastering the
seas with vessels loaded with their needs.
Hut there are other issues involved?double
barreled issues that could easily fly up and hit
us in the face
The president of the commission for relief in
Belgium says the food supply in that country is
"fust approaching a crisis" and quotes a fellow
American fresh from Brussels as saying. "Bel
guim would need 300,000 tons of" wheat and
laige quantities of fat and frozen meats to
carry over to the next harvest . . ." The same
conditions are_said to prevail in the other Ger
man occupied countries of Europe. They have
he? raped of their necessities to be poured into
the maw of the German war machine.
Suppose the British blockade is lifted, in
the name of humanity, and the immediate
needs be made available, what will be the re
sults'' That is easy to answer. To the extent the
blockade is lifted, to that extent will the war be
lengthened For long before there is famine
across Europe. Germany's war machinery will
be shorn of its offensive power. Whatever we
do to make it easier for Europeans to live and
hope for a brighter day, it will only serve to
place-that day farther and farther away.
To ministei~to the needs of the workers in
Belgian steel mills, French aircraft plants and
Czech armament works, who are now taking
orders from the invaders, means that we are
only aiding Hitler to win while spending our
dollars in the hope that he will be defeated. It is
not enough to say that these are unwilling work
ers and unfortunate in the service to a hellion.
True they are in poor position to rebel without
being shot at sunrise, and therefore they de
serve our utmost sympathy. But we have some
thing at stake, too.
If these unfortunates could be made to un
derstand that over here in the United States and
Canada are five hundred million bushels of*
wheat in bins that could and would be released
at the first ring of the peace bells, don't you
think they would all but break the chains of
their slavery in order to hasten the day of
peace"
Germans, too, v.ere feeling the gnaw of hun
ger until their leader reached over into the
neighbors' granary and fed them. Maybe they,
too. might bestir themselves if they could en
vision this relief. But just as long as we insist
on feeding and clothing those who should be
Germany's charges, by every rhyme and rea
son and by every rule of war, we will be defer
ring that uprising which Hitler's friend Lind
bergh admits is the only thing that stands in
the way of a German victory.
A groundhog that would stick his head out
of a comfortable hole and into a world like this
is too crazy to predict the weather.?Elkin Tri
bune.
A Task for
The Church . .
By REV. JOHN HARDY
Chareh Of The Advent
The world today is starving and
perishing for lack of inward spirit
ual resources, knowing no innner
springs of power, healing and re
newal. What new strength would
man bring to his task, what new
power of sacrificial service, what
I trust and forgiveness if the living
Christ were enthroned in the heart
and mind of our societies. There are
no words in which we can express
what transformed spiritual quality
, would thus be released into the life
of man And the church exists pri
marily and always to be a fellow
ship of the Holy Spirit?of men and
women redeemed by Christ, enabled
and guided by the grace of God ?
called into being by God's act
through Him It is the society of the
I Eternal Kingdom, keeping open the
channels of the spirit to the "pow
ers of the world to come" for the
redemption of man's life. This it its
: only weapon?to be trying to make
; more men and women Christians,
and to nurture them in Christ's faith
j and love.
To say this brings the Christian
life back to its true source of power
and guidance. It is the life that is
ever turned God-wards and lived
in the companionship of Christ. We
are so anxious and troubled, about
many things, so b?-set with the prob
lems of Christian conduct as to be
forgetful of the one necessary thing.
The very complexity of tin- world
today and the urgency of the de
mand it makes "upon us should re
call us and the whole Church uni
versal to the elemental Christian
simplicities of faith and prayer and
reliance upon God. and trust in the
power of the living Christ. 'All
things are possible to him that be
lieveth." In the secret places of
prayer and communion we breathe
in a new life?of men transfigured
and a world redeemed, of faith and
hope and charity that "abide," of a
Power and Presence with us'all the
days, ever able to "make all things
pew." We move from man's despair
to God's promise, from man's bank
ruptcy to God's?initiative;?from
earth's failure to the divine victory.
| "His is the Kingdom and the Power
and the "Glory foFever and ever."
Perhaps this means that the first
1 need of the churches, if they would
Christianize the world for God, is to
help revive in the rank and file of
their membership the capacity for
vital prayer and worship. It is no
good urging people to say their
prayers. Most men today, including
a great many Christians, have long
ceased to be able to do that. Nearly j
all the influences that play upon us
conspire to starve and thwart the
inward life, and traditional methods I
of prayer and meditation have ceas
CHURCH
NEWS
PRESBYTERIAN
Regular services will be held at
all Presbyterian churches in the
county Sunday. Rev. Piephoff has
selected lor his subject here. "Why
Doesn't God Stop the War?"
,
CHRISTIAN
Dibit* school, 9 45 a m
Morning worship. 11 a m. Sub
ject, "The World a Field."
Young People's meeting, 6:30 p
m Subject, "What the Bible Says
About Justice."
Woman's Council presents the
missionary play. "In Times Like
These,"' bv Alma Newell Atkins.
Junior Choir meets Monday, 7:15
and the Senior choir at 8 p m.
Mid-week service, 7:30' p m Wed
nesday. Third chapter of Acts will
be studied
CHURCH OF THE ADVENl
Quinquagesima Sunday.
The Collect
O Lord. Who hast taught us that
all our doings without charity are
nothing worth; Send Thy Holy
Ghost, and pour into our hearts that
most excellent gift of chaiity. the
very bond of peace and of all vir
tues. without which whosoever liv
eth is counted dead before Thee
Grant this for Thine only Son, Jesus
Christ's sake. Amen.
Church school. 9 45 a m.
Morning prayer and sermon. 11
a. m.
Ash Wednesday, the Penitential
office and address at 7:30 p. m.
Celebration of the Holy Commun
ion. 10:30 a. m. Thursday.
The union service for the World
Day of Prayer will be held' in the
Presbyterian Church on Friday at
3:30 p. m.
ST. MARTIN'S, HAMILTON
Evening prayer and sermon at
7.30 Sunday night.
ed to serve their purpose* What we
| need most now hr a new -techniqi
for keeping open the windows of
! the spirit to the life-giving commun
ion with the Father and the com
panionship of Jesus Christ, so that
men and women living in the world
and giving themselves to its right
ful tasks and claims, may keep their
lives "hid with Christ in God." Thus
amid the problems and limitations
of the earth they may rule their
lives by the citizenship which is in
Heaven; and living in the world may
be partakers of the victory which
overcomes the world.
METHODIST
Church school 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship. 11 a- m
Epworth League, 6 45 p. m.
Evening service, 7 30 p. m
Prayer and mission study, Wed
nesday. 7 30 p. m.
RIDDICK'S GROVE
Regular services will be held at
Riddick's Grove Baptist Church on
Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock. It
is hoped that all members will be
present. TTie public is invited.
A Child's Courage
*
A little girl's courage makes the
piano standing in our home seem
very dear After General Sherman
and some of his soldiers marched in
to my grandmother's childhood home
and carried off some of her family's
possessions, they started to take the
piano. Before doing this, though, they
asked her to play a tune. Not hesi
tating, the little miss marched over
and merrily played. But the tune
she played was . . . "Dixie". The soL
diers cheered and left her her pi
ano.?Inez Frank, Calhoun County,
S. C . in Progressive Farmer.
Miss Whitmorc Gillam, of Wind
sor, visited here Wednesday.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin against Fred Sam
Biggs and Others.
The defendants. Arthur Wiggins,
i Kmma Simmons. Lou Pearl Wills,
Kannie L. Wiggins andEuzela Allen,
above named, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the ^Superior Court
of Martin County. NortIT "Carolina,
tu_..foreclose the taxes on and in
Martin County in which said defend
ants have an interest; and the said
defendants will further take notice
OiaMhe^^rej^uire^^^agjgea^b^
fore L- B Wynne, Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Martin County at hia
office in Williamston. North Caro
lina, within thirty (30) daya after
the completion of thia service of pub
lication by notice and to answer or
demur to the complaint of the plan,
tiff in this action, or the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
This the 8th day of Feb., 1841.
L. B. WYNNE, Clerk
Superior Court, Martin County.
f!4-4t
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING
OF CREDITORS
In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern District of
North Carolina. Washington Divi
sion.
In Bankruptcy No. 783.
In the matter of: Nina Fleming Mc
Clees, Individually, and one of the
Partners of the Quality Grocery
Store. WUIinnuton. N. C. Volun
tary Bankrupt.
To the Creditors of the above named
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
7th day of February, 1941, the said
Quality Grocery Store of Williams
ton, N. C., was duly adjudged a bank
rupt; and that the first meeting of
creditors will be held in the office
of the undersigned in Williamston,
N. C.. on the 25th day of February,
1941, at 10:00 o'clock a. m.. at which
time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims, appoint trustee,
examine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
WHEELER MARTIN.
U. S. Referee in Bankruptcy.
Williamston. N. C
February 11, 1941. fl4-2t
DR. V. H. MEWBORN
OP-TOM-E-TRI8T
Please Note Date Changes
Robersonville office, Scott's Jew
elry Store. Tuesday, March 11.
Williamston office, Peele's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 10 aan. to 8 pan.
Plymouth office, Womble Drag
I Store, Every Friday, 10 a an. to 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Glasses Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday.
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Sunday-Monday February 23-24
"CASK OF THE BLACK PARROT"
irilli William l.untiipan and Maris Wrixon
Tuesday DOl'BLE FEATURE February 25
"Ride. Kelly Ride,? Marvin Stephana, Rita Quiglry -J
"Range Blisters," John King and Roy Corrigan
Wednesday-Thursday February 26-87
"GIRL IN THE NEWS"
iritli Margaret l.orkuttod arid Barry Barnes
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