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THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
fVernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H
JCamp, Jr.. Hobert E. May, K. H. McCommons, James W Whit
fey. Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert
’Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram
* Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G Whitby’
jThomas H. Cook. Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Rob
jert L. Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, .Davie L. Harper Brut’as W
Stook, Robert R. Northington. Euge.-« Basil Glover William C
iJMoody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne L. Green, Rufus S. Finch
Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L Whitby
Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers. Rufus J T Wood
'ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles
Leatherwood, Jr., John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock Jr
Frank P. Hunter, Cecil* Coburn, Wilbur Anderton, Latt Harris
Shearin, Kenneth L. Evans.
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Editorials—
Something to Think About
Looking down Roanoke Avenue and across
Second Street this morning, your editor began to
hink about a lot of things—none of them directly
connected with Roanoke Rapids, but all of which
trould have an effect here or on any American
lity much the same as if a 500 pound bomb drop
ped right in the middle of either the 200 block or
he 1000 block of that thoroughfare.
In the first place we were thinking what high
irices, labor strife and other general unrest are
foing to do to us in 1948. In the second place we
*vere thinking what would happen to those people
/ou see strolling up and down the avenue if the
vrong crowd of people took over this nation by
iorce.
In many of the neighborhoods you’ll see neigh
jorhood stores. Folks come in those stores to buy
l few pounds of sweet potatoes, a can of coffee,
Dr maybe even some cigarettes. In Roanoke Rap
ids—in the U. S.— those aren’t “big” stores. But
in a lot of places in this world today, they would
be compararable to Macy’s.
Young fellows, out of service maybe a year
or two, drop in to listen to sports events or to buy
a cold drink or just to see friends and talk.
Suddenly, this might all be changed if prices
.jWere to go to “sky-high” and no one had enough
money to buy even a loaf of bread. It can’t happen
here? Lots of other folks thought it couldn’t hap
pen there too, but it did.
Take for instance Germany. They listened to
the wrong man for too long. More than just a
chicken in every pot was the promise of the little
Corporal. He even said the pot would be solid
•gold.
Today, what do you have in Germany? You have
Communism in one area with partial starvation
and partial starvation in the other area with a
faint hope of democracy. *
What would happen if the U. S. were suddenly
taken over by Communists? The neighborhood
store wouldn’t be there any more. Instead there
^would be a sign hanging up above the store say
ing “Government Store Number 651”.
Before you start saying this is far-fetched did
you know that when the Communists took over
Russia there were only 2,000 party members in
the entire nation? And did you know that in the
United States today there are more than that
1 number and that this country is less populated
than Russia?
We’re out to fight the Communists. Kut a lot
of us don’t know what a Communist is. A fellow
editor once said that “A Communist is anybody
whom you dislike.” That isn’t so. A Communist
is a man who believes with all his heart and
fcsoul that the state should dictate to the indivi
dual. He is convinced there is no God. He is con
vinced that Moscow is the immaculate city and
he must follow the orders from that country
blindly even if it costs him his life. He does not
believe in free enterprise. No one could own a
store but the state. He does not believe in freedom,
period. He believes in slavery. He believes in ad
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ministering sudden death to those who refuse ti
captitulate to the communistic pattern.
He would hang Rev. Johnnie Walker or Rev
Gordon Price or Rev. W. R. Stevens to the neares
lamp post if he got into power.
He would have my kid or your kid be an in
former to tell the secret police that you anc
“preacher” were plotting against the • state bj
reading the Bible or listening to a foreign radic
broadcast.
There would be no Christmas, no July 4th, nc
spirit of helpfulness whatever. There would be a
vacuum devoid of any individual enterprise. You
wouldn’t be able to trust your neighbor or youi
own kids.
If you think it can’t happen here you are shirk
ing your duty to the principals of American demo
cracy.
Each person, man, woman and child, must learr
that when a person tells you a rumor about som<
group, some race, some creed, they may be doing
so with a premeditated plan to overthrow our soc
iety. They may be poisoning your mind againsi
your fellow American.
They are deadly. They want to bring starvation
and economic chaos into America—an America
which has known near chaos before but which
has surmounted them in a free manner and not
by inviting the ascendency of a dictator wearing
a crimson shirt.
Mrs. T. J. Taylor.Is
Bridge Club Hostess
Mrs. T. J. Taylor was hos
tess to her bridge Club and in
vited guests on Wednesday even
ing of last week.
Winter greenery and berries
were used in the rooms where
three tables were placed for
playing. After several progres
sions were enjoyed Mrs. Dick
Taylor *was awarded high score
prize for the club and Mrs. Bea
man Helms received high score
prize for guests. Mrs. Jim Tay
lor, a recent bride was remem
bered with a gift by the hostess.
During the game Mrs. Taylor
served soft drinks and.peanuts
and at refreshment time straw
berry short cake and coffee was
served to the following— Mes
Taylor, T. R. Wilson Clyde
Liske, W. G. Collier. D. E. Ben
nett, Houston Fuller. R. A.
Daniel, Roderick Meikle and
W.' D. Hall.
Wildlife Federation
Meeting To Be Held
In Winston-Salem
The No^th Carolina Wildlife
Federation's third Annual Meet
ing will he held in Wins! >n-Salem
on January ‘ 5 and 26 Heactjuar
tais will b1 the Robert E. Lee
Hotel. Sev^a! nationally mi wn
speakers incudir ; Carl D SI ■
maker of th? National Wildlife
I'ederation wdl he on t'12 pro
gram. Federation President P.K.
Gravely of Rocky Mount will pre
side and give a report. Wendell
Tesh, president of the Fovsytn
County Wildlife Club, and Dr.
Fred Garvey, both of Winston
Salem, are in charge of local
arrangements and have prom
ised several, entertainment fea
tures. Election of Officers for
1948 will be held at the business
session. Officers are president,
three vice presidents, and sec
retary and treasurer.
Keep your foot on the curb
and out of the grave, the Na
tional Conservation Bureau
warns pedestrian. During win
ter months, when early darkness
overtakes the peak traffic period
of 0 to 7 p.m. more pedestrians
are killed than at any other time.
Look both ways, cross only on
the signal and at designated cros
sing places, the man on foo) was
warned.
Mrs. Jay Thompson and Mrs.
Lloyd Allen spent Saturday^ in
Richmond.
' 92 Counties
Prepare For
Relief Drive
Durham, N. C., January 17
. —92 counties throughout North
| Carolina are this week making
final preparation for participa
tion in the state-wide overseas
relief collection to be held Janu
ary 25-February I, the Rev. Jul
ian A. Lindsey, state director
of the campaign- has announced
! from the state office at Durham.
| With their goal “Fill a Ship with
Friendship” communities across
North Carolina will gather up
clothin-; shoes, bedding and oth
er needed relief supplies for the
needy abroad. Participation of
the Negro population of the state
is being enlisted with the help
of co-director, R. E. Jones, state
extension agent for Negro work.
Everywhere churches, schools,
.civic and service groups and oth
, er organizations are uniting to
realize the goal of the drive in
their communties.
Need overseas, Mr. Lndse y
points out, far from being over,
has mounted since the war’s end.
It is difficult to imagine the suf
fering fainter has brought, es
pecially in cities where, with
practically no coal available,
people collect wood scraps to
burn. Where cities were bombed
and burned, almost nothing us
able for fuel is left. Clothing is
needed to replace the garments
people have worn almost con
stantly through months of hard
ship. Shoes must- be had to en
able men and women to continue
work and to allow children to
attend School.
House - to-house collections of
materials throughout the state
will make possible the shipment
of aid to many thousands of suf
fering human beings. All goods
are being shipped directly from
Ncith Carolina to the Church
'.Vo’id Service Center at New
W:ndsor, Md., Communities are
ananging their own shipment,
o.hen 1 rectly by trucK or rail
road box car. All materials are
suit pie-paid.
The '''enter at New Windsor,
In gest of nine maintaned throu
ghoul the United States by
Church World Service, int?rdc
non:iu»ticnal relief ageic / of tl e
I roti > rant churches, can pack
fo* shipment fifty tnou sand
pounds of goods a d*»/. Help is
s?nt to more Lhan 4U cou.itr es
overseas, where it is distributed
through churches and church in
stitution to those in most need.
Materials being collected to
“Fili a Ship with Friendship”
include: clothing of all
kinds blankets, sheets
shoes, galoshes, rubbers, (all
footwear tied in pairs), tools,
feed and flour sacks, soap, can
dies, silverware,' felt hats, farm
tools and harness, and kitchen
utensils.
In selecting hogs for breeding
animals, whether for the pro
duction of slaughter hogs or for
' breeding stock, type and ability
to produce large litters are of
utmost importance.
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