PERSON COUNTY TIMES
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
ae*. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, Manager
THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor
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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940
More About Guilford
Having recently returned from our former home
county of Guilford, we can now report on the progress
being made there in the factional fight over county
government. Latest account has it that County Commis
sioner R. C. Causey has asked the County Board to con
sider appointment of a county manager to take over
duties now performed by George L. Stansbury, Commis
sioners’ chairman. Although he speaks of this change as
one making “for more economical and efficient govern
ment”, Mr. Causey, it would seem is falling right in line
with .those members of the “Better Government Lea
gue”, who, it appears, have already picked their candi
date for'the position-
Two members of the board expressed doubt as to
the efficiency of the managerial system; Mr. Stansbury
took no side in the matter, except to say that he has
always been interested in good government for the
people; R. Flake Shaw took position that the suggestion
should be given thought and the other commissioners
agreed with Mr. Shaw. Guilford citizens and the rest of
us must now wait to see what the next move will be.
Circulating in the county and its two chief cities
is a pamphlet, “A Tale of Two Cities”, written by a vet
eran lawyer who has taken the side of Thomas C. Hoyle,
Jr., ousted County Democratic Executive Committee
chairman. A clever leaflet, using biblical allegory and
plenty of insinuation, the pamphlet is being read by both
factions in High Point and Greensboro. The added emph
asis of this “Guilford Affair” will probably mean a lar
ge primary vote in Guilford this month-
And for this we are glad. Some Person people have
been wondering why Guilford’s affairs have ever gotten
into the shape they are in. The answer is: indifference.
In Guilford and in many other counties in the stale
rank and file citizens have not been and are not as in
terested as they should be in the personal integrity of
the people elected to office. In comparison with some of
the larger counties, Person can be considered fortunate
in that in her borders everybody knows everybody else
and the degree of efficiency and public service rendered
by those who are in office is relatively high.
But Ihe moral is plain in Guilford and can well be
taken to heart all over the state. People get the kind
of government they ask for, and the American way to
the answer is by exercise of voting privileges.
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What Can Happen
In South Pasadena, California, Verling Spencer,
junior high school principal who had presumably had
some disagreement with local school board, went into a
rage at a meeting called to consider his case and shot
the superintendent of schools, the business manager of
schools, another principal and a printing instructor.
Having killed these men, Spencer then wounded two wo
men connected with the educational system and turned
the gun on himself. •
The bloody day in South Pasadena illustrates what
can happen when man loses control of reason- If Spencer
lives he will probably be adjudged insane. Knowing noth
ing of the case except what is reported through the
Associated Press, we can only assume that Spencer was
insane at the time he put his skill as a marksman to such
deadly purpose.
The tragedy demonstrates once again that educa
tion, of itself, offers no insurance against mental in
stability. The unfortunate persons who were killed are
dead and suffer no more, but the horror of the scene for
the children in the school buildings where the shooting
took place can well be imagined. Psychologists have in
dicated that children do not forget sharp, vivid impres
sions gained during childhood.
Too often, it seems to us, parents and school offi
cials are not as considerate as they might be of the so
cial and economic well being of those persons who teach
children day after day during a year. A little more
thoughtfulness on their parts might have kept Verling
Spencer from reaching that stage of desperation which
brought on wholesale slaughter and turned institutions
of learning into houses red with blood.
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Author John Steinbeck
Steinbeck is again in the news, this time for win
ning the Pulitzer prize for his highly controversial.
Grapes of Wrath”. We have a notion that the selection
will meet with approval from those readers'who have
been able to estimate the social significance of the novel-
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ly scattered abroad than it has been. It is far more
vital to do something to keep alive the morale of famil
ies like the Joads than it is to read about them, but be
fore there can be conscious concern for them, there must
be a general awakening to their problems. The book has
opened the wedge to this awakening.
For this reason we are pleased because the prize lias
come to Stejpbeck.
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Darkest Migration
News and Observer
The tragedy in which so large a part of the Neg
ro race in the United States is caught is pointed with
clarity and wisdom by The Pittspurgh Courier, a large
Negro newspaper, in an editorial discussion of the Neg
ro migrations from the South to the North which has
extended over a long period of years.
The Courier predicts a marked increase in the mi
gration as a result of “the further collapse of the cotton
economy wheih all government efforts have failed to pre
vent.” But The Courier observes the Negroes “are com
ing to cities where already from 40 to 50 percent of the
Negro population is receiving relief and unable to get
employment.”
There is a human tragedy here equal to that more
widely publicized one of dispossessed white farmers
moving from desperation in Oklahoma to bitter insecur
ity in California. In describing the situation in the South
from which Negroes are moving, the Courier adds:
This low price cannot help but hurt the American cotton
grower. In seeking for other means of maintaining the econo
mic standards cf life, the South has been encouraging by ev
ery means the industrialization of the region, making attrac
tive offers to manufacturers to establish more mills and fac
tories. The new Southern industries ar employing only a
small number of the Negro workers displaced by the change
in the status of cotton, and in many factories no Negroes at all
are employed
This, coupled with the inadequate relief payments to un
employed Negro workers, is the cause of tne growing migra
tion of these people to the North and East.
This is a fair statement of the situation as South
erners realize. Perhaps the situation to which they go
is more complex but none the less disturbing. Obvious
ly, between both the almost hopeless condition of thous
ands of Negroes, moving but to no destination in oppor
tunity, is a national problem deserving the most sympa
thetic national consideration. There are 12,000,000 Ne
groes in America. The almost general poverty of so many
people is a load not merely upon relief but upon our
whole economy, North and South. Improvement in the
security of such a group —a widening of its opportun
ities for employment would serve not only the Neg
roes of America but all the white people in all parts of
America as well.
If there is a tragic human problem No. 1 it is that
of the Negro in the United States in the great cities
as well as on the farms.
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Something’s Wrong
Durham Morning Herald
The Wilmington Star, reflecting observations of
New Hanover County Agent Galphin before the Wil
mington Kiwanis club, says there is something wrong
when farmers in that area plow crops under for lack of
a market while farm products of the same variety ship
ped in from afar are selling at top prices in Wilming
ton stores.
California lettuce, The Star recites, dominates the
Wilmington market even though New Hanover truck
growers have developed and are growing lettuce of equal
flavor and quality but can’t seem to capture the Wil
mington market.
North Carolina tomatoes, the paper continues, have
rotted in the field while Texas tomatoes move in and out
of Wilmington stores. And even now, it reports, new po
tatoes are being brought in from outside and sold-
We are inclined to agree that something is wrong
and no doubt part of that something has to do with our
far-flung, in some respects highly developed, system of
distribution which is half-,modern and half-outmoded.
It is highly developed and modem in the sense that it}
puts an enormous volume and large assortments of
goods on store shelves throughout a wide area and out
moded in that it still geared to the pattern that grew up
when products New Hanover farms did not yield were
products buyers wanted and hence had to be shipped in.
A greater factor in our marketing and distribution for
mula than many readily recognize is th-e habits acquir
ed in yesteryears. We do many things we do the way
we do because once upon a time was thought to be, and
possibly was, the only way.
It is not exactly out of order, however, to remind
The Star and County Agent Dalphin that if North Caro
lina ships in certain products it produces, North Caro
lina also ships out the choice output of some of its farms.
For examples one might mention Sandhill peaches and
strawberries of that same general area. Most of both,
and the best we understand, are shipped out and not a
F ew North Carolinians buy the same products from out
of-state markets.
One of the reasons for that, of course, is that the
peach folk figure they can get better prices and a high
er net return in money by selling to suppliers of-the
metropolitan markets. The strawberry folk probably
reason the same way. i. fj * J
Annbttsss, if any, in the equation is not all
on one *i*h Ami the preaphing and practicing—-that too
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MIDDLe OF THE
In Memory of Mrs.
Nannie Ramsey
On the ninth day of April, 1940.
our Heavenly Father in His infin - j
ite love and wisdom called home
to her eternal reward our belov-!
ed mother, Mrs. Nannie Ramsey, j
While we miss her so much and i
it is sc lonely without her, help ’
us dear Lcrd to bow in humble
submission to Thy will, for we
rejoice in the certainty that she
has been called to higher things.
Mrs. Nannie Ramsey was born
August 2, 1854, making her stay
on earth 85 years, seven months
and seven days. In the year of
1877 she was married to- Willie
H. Melton, who passed away in
1892. One daughter and two sons,
blessed their union.
In the year 1898 she was mar
ried to E. J. Ramsey, who passed
away in 1910.
In early life she joined Allens-!
ville church and about 47 years
ago joined Olive Branch where
she remained a member until
death.
As long as she was able she en-j
joyed her church and was an ac-i
tive member. Os late years she j
could not attend regularly. It is
with love and appreciation we re-1
member our dear mother for the|
memory of her long and faithful j
servicb were an inspiration and,
will always be cherished by all of:
us.
Hers was the exemplary life
of a quiet, humble Christian whrv
let her light shrine that others
might see her good works.
With her going her family hasj
lost a good mother, Olive Branch
church a consecrated member
and her community, a loyal citi.
zen. |
May God raise up many others
to witness for him as well as she!
did.
The final rites were conducted
by her pastor, the Rev. J. B. Cur
rin. The large concourse of friends
who attended and the numrous
floral offerings bespoke the high
esteem in which she was held.
She leaves to mourn their loss
three children, Mrs. Corina Poo!,
G. R. and Samuel Melton, be
sides numerous other relatives
and friends who are missing her
too.
What mother meant to us can
not be put in words. As the days
are passing we are coming to feel
that her spirit is still with us. And
that she will never be forgotten.
The old, old days hid in mem
ory sweet—are still a part of our
lives that we tcherish. Without
them so much would be incom
plete.
A daughter-in-law who
has lived in the home @
with her for 14 yean.
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RE-QUEENING
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Carl Ingram of the Fork Town
ship -so Wayne eckinty Was forced
to re-qwen** apiary because of
an outbreak -ed—ihe European
foulfartMP ttaedifc, reports-IB.'
Harper, aaistaut county farm mi
giaft.o-? AlrfliA.i
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CONTROL
A group of Johnston county
armers are seeking an extension
>f the tobacco control program,
ind limited reduction of allot
nens in any tone year, M. A. Mor
;an, county farm agent, reports.
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When drivers lose patience,
ioctors gain patients.
Palace Theatre
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Thursday, May 9 thru
Saturday, May 11
Motion Pictures Are Tom
Best Entertainment
Thursday - Friday, May 9-10
Tyrone Power - Dorothy La-j
mour - Edward Arnold - Lloyd
Nolan, in
“Johnny Apollo’’
Dynamite Drama, Not Since,
“Jesse James” has Tyrone |
Power had such a role: “Col- J
I lege Man, Banker’s Son, Now
a Mobster, Why Not?”
■ Traveltalks: “Qld Natchez”
Special Morning Show
Friday 10:30;
Afternoons daily 3;15-3:45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evenings daily 7:30-9:15;
Admission 10-30 c
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Saturday, May 11
Victor Jory - Jo An Sayers, in
Zane Gray’s
“The Light of the Western
Stars”
Episode No. 10 of the serial
“The Green Hornet” (“Bullets
and Ballots”) with Gordon;
Keye Luke - Anne Nagel
Terrytoans: “The First Robiu”,
(In Color)
Matinee * :30-4 ; M; Admission
10-25 c; evening 7:00-8:30-9:45;
(Box office opens at 6:45). Ad
mission 10-30 c.
SUNDAY, MAY 12th
Mother knows best about grocer
ies and that’s why so many moth
er come here for their daily needs.
We keep a supply of groceries on
hand that please mother, father*
and the entire family.
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THURSDAY, MAY 9,1949
WAKT_m
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DollyJVFadison
THEATRE
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Thursday, May 9 thru
Saturday, May 11
Motion Pictures An Youl
Best Entertainment
Thursday - Friday, May 9-10
Lynn Bari - Mary Beth Hugh
es - Joan Davis - Henry Wil
coxon, in
“Free Blonde and Twenty-One”
(First Run)
A fool little sport! Or a good
little girl? That’s always tWe
question when a girl thinks
she’s got to circulate and there
is nobody checking np!
Traveltalks: “Land of Alaska
Nellie”
Screen Snapshot
No Morning Shows;
Afternoons daily 3:15-3:45;j
Evenings daily 7:30-9:15; j
Admission 10-25 c
Saturday, May 11
Charles Starrett with Lornrt
Grey, in
“Bullets For Rustlers”
(First Run)
Episode No. 2 of the serial
“Drums of FuManchu” (“The
Monster”) with Henry .Bran
don - William Royle - Robert
Kellard - Gloria Franklin
Headliner: “George Olsen and
His Music”
Afternoon 2:30 - 4:00; Evening
7:00 - 8:30 - 9:45 (Box office
opens 6:45). Admission 10-25 c.
Effective with Monday, May 6,
the evening hour has been
changed from 7:15 - 9:00 o’-
clock to 7:30 - 9:15 p. m.
For Saturday Shows, the con
tinuous shows at the Dolly Ma
dison will bo discon tinned af
ter Saturday, May 4 and the
Matinees in both the Palace
and the Dolly Madison will be
2:30 - 4:06. Night Shows at
7:00 - 8:30 - 9:45 p. m. with the
box office opening at 6:45 p.
m.
9-21-ts-ts