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THE PEACE OF GOD: The peace ol
God. which Uus>eth till understand
ing. shall keep your hearts and
minds througu Christ Jesus.—Philip
pians 4:7.
Juc'^cial Convenience
By \ >• ui the esteemed Public
Ledger lthe information that
"indignati.m was rampant among
members ot t:.e oar and their clients
in civil action* set tor the July term
of Granville Superior Court" in Ox
ford over action ui Judge Henry L.
Stevens. Jr.. .:. adjourning the term
Tuesday afternoon and leaving tor
his home in Warsaw.
The activ*. u: uie judge in what
appeared to be an arbitrary termi
nation v: the session alter disposing
of t:.e few criminal cases on the
doci\ct causcct some cisturoancc and
disruption «.i scheduled hearings.
One g.ii seeking a divorce, and ex
pecting lv u granted or. Wednesday
hud vo%«^r*i. <x iiou^s6uu *01 j
second man iage Saturday. A Louis
burg attorney who had a case pend
ing in civil court Wednesday came
to Oxford lur the trial, only to find
Judge Stevens had adjourned court
and gone home.
The Public Ledger says the judge
made no explanation In open court
of his decision to carry over the civil
cases, but privately confided to a
member of the bar tjiat he had
planned to take hi< wife and son to
the beach for a tew days. The paper
also added that ta4k around the court
house was for presentation of a bill
in the 1941 legislature to require |
superior court judges to remain in a
county until Friday evening of the
week set tor the term. A penalty oi
S10U a day would be applied for fail
ure to comply.
Ui course, mai woum ue r«tuici ,
drastic. Ii the business of the term
were concluded earlier, there would
be no point in the judge staying over
to idle away his time. Moxeover, ill
ness might justify an earlier ad
journment. But. on the face of the
news from Oxford, there would
seem to be no good reason for the
action of Judge Stevens in this case.
Fortunately, there are few judges
on the superior bench who look upon
their duties so lightly as this. Furth
er, it is no place for men who place
mere judicial convenience ahead of '
the business oi administering justice.!
It is not a pleasant experience to sit i
in a stuffed court room all day in;
July weather of the intensity of that
during the past week. But the com
mon run of humanity who pay taxes
to provide S8,000 salaries for superior (
court judges couldn't adjourn their ,
affairs and gu to the beach, how
ever oppressive the heat may have
been.
Positions on the bench carry duties
and responsibilities for which most
people are ununited and unqualified.
But thuy arc not so burdensome but j
that i t those entrusted with the '
work < estly seek the posts. And
they out- it to the cause of justice
and to the State to put public inter
ests ahead ol their own. After all,:
it is their job. and when they take
liberties as Judge Stevens did in
Granville county, it the reports are
accurate, they cannot be said to be
faithfully discharging their obliga-,
tions.
Since the term of court has been
set by law and the calendar fixed by
the bar, it would seem to have been
the proper procedure to work
through the remaining two days
necessary to finish the docket, or at
least to have obtained the consent of
court officials and attorneys to
shorten the session il sufficient
reasons could be given lor doing so.
Certainly there could have been
sonic considei at ion foi lln* lig.its
and plans of others as well as the
convenience of the presiding judge.
Oh! The Heat
For several days now we have
been listening for some one to blame
the heat on Hitler or Roosevelt, or
say that it is a. sign of the times.
Maybe a lot of people have seen
hotter spells than this as the result
of Hitler's maniacal doings, and a
lot of anU-third-termers likewise
have found themselves quite hot
under the collar toward the Presi
dent, And it may be a sign of the
titr.es. in that it is indicative of a
place still hotter than we have
experienced the past ten days it we
fail to mend our ways.
One thing certain is that when
they come to write the history of
the year 1940. they cannot safely or
properly overlook the weather. It
has played tricks on us that are al
most as unusual as the blitzkriegs.
Figuring back a bare six months,
some strange things come to light.
It was on the night ol the 27th of
January that the mercury slid to
eight degives below ::ero for an all
lime low hereabouts. It was the
atternoon ot the 27th ot July—six
months to the day—that what is ap
parently an all-time high tempera
ture ot 105 was recorded. That is a
difference of 113 degrees from one
extreme to the other, and in the
space oi exactly >ix months to the
day. in the same year. Maybe, after
all. it is a sign of the times, eh?
One who i> tiie least bit supersti
tion- . iike a lot out ot this. .
I
They u>u!d say that not only has old
Mar.- set out to hand us a wallop,
but that the weather man "has also •
turned against us. Well, well! j
What next.' And what are we com
ing to. and whither are we headed."
Bla. bla: for our part we onlv wish
we knew.
But. heck, ain't it been hot?
Plans and Denials
Henry U allace. personal pick ol
President Roosevelt on the ticket
with him that will attempt to smash
America's sacred anti-third term
tradition, says he will quit his job to
campaign k>r vice president alter he
has been officially notified. And in
trie same breath the secretary lots
loose a salvo to the effect that the
\ust AAA set-up wiil not be used as
a political machine.
It impresses us as being proper I
that the secretary separate him
self from the public payroll while I
he is seeking higher office. Yet the
President is not resigning his office'
to run again, nor did Cactus Jack j
Garner :>tep out four years ago, when, |
with Mr. Roosevelt, he sought and.
won re-election. Those with good1
memories can recall, too, that the i
present head of the Democratic na- J
tional ticket did nut resign as gov- 1
einor of Xew Yurk to run for presi
dent in 193J lor the lirst time. There'
i.; plenty of precedent for Mr. \Val- i
lace to stay put if it suits the tup j
man that he should hold on.
Maybe the huge AAA organ iza- 1
tion wont be used lor political pur-J
poses: it should .not and we hope it
will not be. But what one may
hope and what he sees actually hap- !
p«ning are at times quite at variance.
It has been repeatedly said that
the \Y PA reliel set-up was not in '
politics, and that government funds
were not being and would not be '
made use oi in election campaigns, j
But there was a lot of talk to the j
contiary in that "mandate"' elec
tion of 1936: there was a lot of talk |
of pressure being brought from Wash- j
ington in the 11)38 purge, and in one ;
notable instance of a certain sena- !
torial campaign two years ago.
Alieudy, betore the 1940 campaign i
is scarcely begun, more than a bil- j
lion dollars has been voted for relief,
and the time in which it is to be 1
spent limited to eight months from '
the beginning ol the curient fiscal :
year, which is barely a month old.1
And some people are wondering just;
how much politics there will be in
the spending in the multi-billion- j
dollar defense program.
Ihc agricultural chief announces,'
^ retirement and denies j
agt Huutiral suU idies will exude the
odor of political taint. To all of j
which we can enthusiastically shout
our fervent aniens. But Mr. Wallace j
knows the man who is agreeing to, if
be did not suggest, his retirement j
dui ing the campaign, will still have !
the power to restore him to office!
should he fall by the wayside. And
il he should win, he won't care for'
the old job again anyhow.
So about all the country can do j
is to wait and hope—and in Novcm- j
ber vote.
A Nebraska man who has lived in |
a cave for 59 years is now visiting ;
New York. What an odd time to j
leave such a nice, comfortable, bomb- .
proof air raid shelter!
!
There are 59 summer theaters ,
scattered through New England. The
actors, it appears, now outnumber j
the farmers.
A Louisiana Purge
Hedged about as it is with the
stench of cruelty and murder in
European dictator countries, and with
the odor of political venom in our
own. the word ping1 has comc to
have about it something that makcf
it feared and despised. But down
in Louisiana they are removing some
of that sour taste and giving the
term a ring of respectability.
Governor Sam Jones, who a few
mouths ago took the measure of the
old corrupt Huev Long dynasty and
threw it overboard, is purging the
State payrolls of some 20,000 hench
men of the former czar. Many of
these will not be replaced because
their jobs will be abolished, and new
and uneontaminated employees will
be put into positions that are es
sential to the proper conduct of the
government.
Louisiana, under its new gov
ernor, is setting an example for
other states, and even the Federal
government, to follow. Of course,
they will not take the hint, but this
old game of political patronage is
> ne of the cankers that infest and
shackle the efficient functioning of
democracy. It is present nearly
everywhere hi our government ma
chinery from Washington on down,
and those in position to perform the
operation necessary 'o remove it arc
either unable or unwilling, chiefly
the latter, to undertake the process.
It is fairly generally known and
admitted thyt public affairs could
be carried on with far greater effi
ciency and with from a third to half !
the present cost but for the hideous j
patronage system that infests govern- J
mental agencies. There arc not
.Hough good citizens to root it out,
and the people not only stand for
it but give their approval, many in
the hope of somehow, sometime pcr
onallv becoming a beneficiary to an
easy living. Others tolerate and
upport it because they can use it
us a vehicle upon which to ride into
>ifice or to stay in once they make
the grade.
Governor Sam Jones' drastic purge |
is so unusual that it makes an odd- j
ity of him. but a characterization,!
nevertheless, that. is wholesome and
me that justifies a feeling of genu- ,
ine pride on his part and on the j
part also of the people of his State !
well, if not. indeed, the whole
country.
A Law To Himself
American citizens who by their
■ulcncc or otherwise are consenting
to the conscription act now on its
way through Congress might do well
in find out what the bill actually!
contains. For the first time a copy
of the "Selective Training and Serv
ice Act of 1940" has come into our
hands, and some sections of it con
fer amazing powers upon the Pres
ident.
After enumerating a long list of
authorities granted to the chief exec- j
utive in administering the act after
it becomes law, there follows this
i
Sec. 12 (a): "All regulations and i
proclamations issued by the Presi-!
dent, or pursuant to his direction,
in carrying out the provisions of this
:;ct shall have the force and effect ol'
law." The full meaning of that
sentence, in its final analysis, is, in
effect, to make the President a law
unto himself.
The bill is seven printed pages in
length and sets lorth its purposes in
rather much detail, but at the same
time delegates vast powers to the;
L-hicf executive. It is a further step
in verification of what hitherto has
been known as "inside" information
from Washington that all of this and
note has for some time been in the
ninds of the war group. It is a pre
liminary to that other reportedly
secret document that prescribes a
plan for complete regimentation and
mobilization of industry, presum
ably with as much power for the
President in that direction as over
the military establishment.
Opposition in the Senate commit
tee hearing on the bill made the
point that conscription should not be
forced on the country until volun
tary service had been given a chance,
which is what we have been con
tending for from the outset. Senator
Wheeler said the project had been
"conjured up in the minds of a few
people who want to see us go to war
and send our youths to Asia or
Europe." And we fear that once this
country has a highly trained and
capable army reserve, somebody's
sons are going to be sent from these
shores to fight on foreign soil.
Another fallacious proposal that
is being inserted into the act is one
that would force employers to rein
state draftees in their old civilian j
jobs after finishing their course in
the army. In the first place, such a
requirement is not necessary. In the
vast majority of cases, employers
would be happy to cooperate to that
md and would consider it a patriotic j
duty and privilege to take care of i
youth who come back to their old ,
OIL FOR THE LAMPS OF CHINA
jobs after serving their country.
But to make this compulsory might
conccivabJy work a tremendous
hardship on some firms. Where a
youth went away for a year and his
job had to be filled during his ab
sence. and the vacancy could be fill
ed only by the promise of perman
ency, what could an employer do in
that case? On the one hand, his bus
iness suffers if the place is not fill
ed. On the other, if filled on terms
of permanency, he faces the al
ternative of violating a law.
It is another case of government
interference in private affairs
where it has no proper right to in
terfere. But that is nothing new in
these days; it is so common that
free enterprise is virtually a thing
of the past and bids fair to remain
so and more so unless somehow,
some time we shall experience a re
birth of freedom in America.
The conscription act is a new de
parture in American life. If found
necessary and a last resort, few
would objcct. But we have not come
to thai yet, except arbitrarily in the
minds of a comparatively few peo
ole who have authority and are get
ting ready to use it with a vengeance,
whatever the wish of citizens gener
ally. Meantime, and along with ail
the other activities, more and great
er power is being vested in the
hands of one man, until we know
neither where we now stand nor
whither we are headed.
But the people submit to it. and
that is why movements of this sort
arc carried through to success.
The world does, occasionally,
learn its lesson. So far no one has
called this one the war to end all
wars.
Recent baseball news suggests that
this may become known as New
York Yankee weather. i
I
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAT
1. Who was the North Carolina
senator who resigned in 1829 to be
come Secretary of the Navy?
| 2. What was the ghost of fusion
days ihat came back to plague Jus
tice Walter Clark in 1902?
3. When was Howell Cobb, native
of Granville coiyity. electcd congress
man from Georgia?
4. How many furniture manufac
turing plants does North Carolina
have?
j 5. When was the Carolina colony
divided into North and South Caro
lina?
6. When were the terms of North
Carolina governors changed from one
to two and four years?
ANSWERS.
1. Senator John Branch, of En
I'ield, elected United States senator
in 1822 and in 1829. resigned to ac
cept the appointment as Secretary
of the Navy in President Andrew
Jackson's eabinat. Ho served at this
cabinet post from March 9. 1829. un
til May 12. 1831, when he resigned.
North Carolina immediately elected
him to fill a vacancy in congress and I
he returned to Washington.
2. His friendship with the popu- j
lists and Republicans in 1894 when,
both parties endorsed him after the
Democratic party had already chosen
him as a candidate for an associate
justiceship of the Supreme Court.
3. Georgia elected him in 18f)(j and
again at the next two congressional,
elections. He did not complete his j
third term, however, but returned to
his Georgia plantation. Cherry Hill,
where he devoted his time to farm- j
ing. He died in 1818. He was born j
in Granville county in 1772.
4. Recent reports give a total of
178 plants. These employ more than'
16.000 persons.
5. Alter trying to operate the col-'
onies under one governorship the'
Lords Proprietors abandoned the i
idea in 1712 and established both as.
separate colonics. Edward Hvdc wasi
SALLY'S SALLIES
Registered U. S. Patent Office
The beauty about telling the truth is that you don't have to re
member what you said.
tunned governor of North Carolina.
(j-. The Halifax Constitution in 1776
fixed the term of governor at one
year, and allowed a person to hold
office three terms within a six year
period. In 18)45 the term was changed
to two years, and two terms were
allowed. The 1868 constitution made
the term four years and limited it to
one term.
ANSWERS TO
rEN QUESTIONS
See Back Fage \
1. Federal Communications Com
mission.
2. Yes.
3. Theodore Roosevelt.
4. Mediterranean.
5. Lowisburg. Pa.
G. A manicurist.
7. Coal.
8. No.
9. In central Maryland.
10. St. Swithin's Day (July 15).
YOUTH EXONERATED
IN FATHER'S DEATH
Boy Ol' Near Iteiclsvilic Says lie Fired
Fatal Shot To i'roteet His
>lother.
Reidsville, July 2U.—(AP)—A cor
oner's jury here Saturday exonerat
ed a lo-year-old boy who said he
shot and Ruled ins lather who 111 a
drunken rage was about to strike his
moiner witn an iron pipe.
The boy was Louis L.. Pruitt, and
his lather was Louis D. Pruitt, 3U, a
tanner of the Mayiield community,
ubout lu miles northwest of Keids
ville.
The boy and other members of the
family testified that the senior Pruitt
returned home with a companion Fri
day night with a gallon jug and a
quart ol whisky.
They said the senior Pruitt's com
panion leit alter a while and Pruitt
continued drinking and began to
quarrel with and threaten the mem
bers of his family, attempting to beat
up his wife.
Saturday morning, the witnesses
said, Pruitt resumed the quarrel with
Ins wile. Tne boy testilied he shot
his father while he was struggling
with his mother m the yard.
Pruitt died two hours later in a I
hospital, lie is survived by his widow j
aim lu children.
HAIL DAMAGES CROPS
IN SANFORD SECTION
One Farmer Says Ilis Tobacco Is
Total Loss—Storm Came Out of
Clear Sky
Sanlord. July 29.According to in
ormation reaching Sanlord, consid
erable damage was done to growing
:rops on a number of farms in Swann
Station and Olivia sections in south
ern Lee and western Harnett counties
luring a sudden hail storm Thurs
lay afternoon. Damage by hail also
i'as reported from the Cameron sec
ion in Moore county.
The storm, described as coming
ip almost out of a clear sky about
o'clock, ."lit a swath about a mile
vide, beginning at Swann Station
nd moving southeast towards Oli
ia.
Eugene Womack of Swann Sta
ion reported his tobacco crop a '
otal loss, his cotton crop about two
hirds destroyed, and his corn and
arden riddled by hail.
A. L. Seawell of near Olivia said
is tobacco crop was about 50 per
ent damaged, and Arnold Butcher
eported his damage as somewhat
?ss. Possibly 90 to 95 per cent of
he tobacco crop was still in the
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shoes, $1.79; all $3.5u sli.n .
wash pants, 75c and SI L'.'i; ci»pe
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advancement to young mm:. .Ski'.!' 4
workmen in this Industry an- in do
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AD.MIMSI K.ATOliS NO'i li .
I I have qualified as adn n v '
| of the estate of E. K. .\lar.-ioii. <l<
I ceased. This is to notify .ill i». •
having claims against the < * < '
said deceased to present Un
to me duly verified on or i» l • <•
9th day of July. 1911. or tin- n- "
will be pleaded in bar of tin
covery. All persons indebted t"
estate of said deceased v.ill i '• ■
make immediate payment.
This 8th day of Julv. 191".
A.'A. IIUN.W
Administrator of the Estate ..t
F. E. Marston, defeased.
8-15-22-29-5-12
NOTICE OF Sr.M.>IO\s !'•»
PUBLICATION.
In Superior Court.
State of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
G. L. Burton. Plaintiff.
vs.
Fanny Alice Burton. Defend "it.
The defendant, Fanny An',*
tun. will take notice th.it .1
entitled as above has lx>
menccd in the superiot e«.ii
Vance county. North Car"'
Divorce absolute upon yroini'i
year separation: and '.I ••
i'endant will further take n* '
she is required to appear ' 1
of the clerk of the Mipei •<
the courthouse in Mender-'■
Carolina, on the IGtli. day •>
1940. and answer or di
complaint in said action, m
til t will apply to the c >u
relief demanded in said •
This the 15th. of July
E. O. FAI.KNf"
Clerk of Superior C«u; '
Vance Countv.
D. P. McDuffee,
Attorney.
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