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Entered as Second Class matter April 3rd, 1914, at the poet office
at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of March 3rd, 1879
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
ENGLISH WAR BRIDE
Two English war brides landed in this coun
try this week to make their homes in North Caro
lina. One of them comes to Roanoke Rapids. Much
water has passed under the bridge in the swiftly
moving centuries since our forefathers and hers
landed in this new country to face the dangers of
the wilderness and here founded a new nation.
She, likewise, faces dangers in leaving her home
and loved ones and entering a new life on this
continent. It is up to us to see that life here is as
pleasant as possible. We owe it to ourselves in the
interest of hospitality, fair-play and decency for
which our country is noted. We owe it to this
former young citizen of our great English-speak
ing ally for the future hope of the world depends
to a great degree on the continued friendship and
co-operation of America and England. Never was
understanding, tolerance and unselfishness more
necessary between two great peoples.
HUHHH OK EEEEEE
The greatest statesman who ever lived had
no name. His wife (or rather, his woman, for they
were not married) probably called him either
Huhhh or Eeeeee, depending on whether she was a
grunter or a squealer.
It will never be known how or when he got
the Great Idea, the most revolutionary political
conception ever to enter the mind of a man. Of
course he couldn’t talk, since he had no words to
talk with. If he had been able to express it verbal
ly, it would have gone something like this:
“Now that my son is big and strong, the time
h^s come for us to fight each other, and for one
of us either to kill the other or drive him out of
this cave and keep him out. It has always been
that way. But that guy in the cave on the other
side of the mountain is bigger and stronger than
either of us, and sooner or later he will get the
one that stays here. But what if Junior and I don’t
fight? What if we both stay here and stick to
gether? Then we’re safe, from that guy or any
other guy. This is a good idea. I’m going to do my
best to explain it to Junior.”
That fantastic idea, born in the brain ot tne
greatest statesman that ever lived, known as
Huhhh or Eeeee, has gone far in the centuries
that have passed. It now dominates, for instance
the political structure under which 140 millioi
Americans go about the business of living. I
seems destined inevitably to continue its progress
to the logical conclusion of a world government
with world law to preserve the peace. For the
statesmen got the idea not only as a means of
protection from the guy on the other side of the
mountain, but also as a means of protecting him
self from Junior.
How about a statue to Huhhh or Eeeee?
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The other conference at London
netd not have failed. We could
have made it a great success, too,,
by giving the Russians what they
demanded.
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