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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1945
It Isn't true because the COURIER-TIMES says It,
but the COURIER-TIMES says It because It Is true.
THE PRESIDENT COMES CLEAR
In line with some of the more serious
thoughts expressed the other day by Cpl. W.
C. Jr., whose letter was quoted in the
Courier-Times, President Roosevelt in his
message to Congress last week came out
clearly in the statement that war effort must
be more closely knit together on the home
front. Nobody particularly likes the idea of a
national service act for all people and many
may regret that citizens of 4-F classification
may have to be still further pushed around,
just as numbers of citizens connected with
the operation of home front hospitals cannot
help but be concerned over the fact that still
more nurses are to be called up for military
duty, possibly under Selective Service.
It cannot be expected that all citizens will j
agree with the at last hard-fisted attitude
the President has taken, but there must j
quite literally be millions who are saying i
amen, and who are perfectly willing to doj
more in order to get the war business over j
with. Locally, there are some folks who are j
confused and in doubt about total war effort: |
what such people need is a mental shot in the |
arm—such as can be furnished by any num- j
ber of Person or Roxboro men now on fur- i
lough and leave from overseas duty—if and
when they will talk.
For such men the war is deadly serious,
even grim, and they don’t like to talk much.
There are some experiences which cannot be
put into words.
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THAT RED CROSS QUOTA
Finance chairman for the March drive for j
Red Cross funds here is O. B. Mcßroom, who |
on Monday announced the coming quota foi i
the Person-Roxboro area. It was a modest j
figure, $7,900. Yesterday Mr. Mcßroom, who |
is a very conscientious man, had a confer- [
ence with Mrs. Mary Pegram, of Greensboro, j
field representative for the Red Cross, who
told him that the national quota is to be in
creased by about twenty million dollars and
that consequently Roxboro’s portion of that
increase will run the local quota up around a
thousand dollars, making the total to be
raised in March come close to $9,000.
That revised quota here is not too large,
in comparison with Red Cross funds raised
here in other years, and although March is
a good way off, this is as suitable a time as
any to begin thinking about Red Cross obli
gations. Citizens owe much to the Red Cross
that can never be paid in dollars and cents,
but there is a quite definite place that money
does take, just as it is an effective agent in
the soon to come Polio drive and in the as j
yet incomplete Christmas Seal sales.
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WHAT THE PREACHER SAID
Cherokee Council Scout leaders who on
Tuesday night here heard Dr. Richard Own
bey, Reidsville. minister, declare, that
“What we do for boys we have to do now ’,
will never forget the urgency which
propelled his words, lifting them out of and
above the commoplace. On the other hand,
there is that picture of the Rev. Dr. Ownbey,
delicately unwrapping a package and com-j
ing down to the final small paper containing
a golf ball, gift of the council to him. The
smile on his face as he grasped the ball and
gave it a smacking kiss was indicative of his
apreciation, but it evidenced also his
capacity for the enjoyment of living, an cn- 1
joyment without which the leadership ot
boys (or girls) is difficult, if not impossible.'
Dr. Ownbey in his talk here avoided the!
profound atmosphere, but he also shied away
from unseemly levity, leaving instead some
genuine thoughts on the good that boys do
adults —and the other way around.
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WHAT THE TEACHERS WANT
Some indication of needs in the profession
"which teachers themselves consider impor
tant is contained in a resume of topics to be
/discussed next Monday night'at Bushy Fork
Rt the January session of the Person Chapter
I of the N. C. E. A., under the heading, “Leg
j islative Matters”.
| Person teachers are going to hear about
'the following: adequate salaries, compulsory
I attendance and needs for supervision of in
structors, health and recreation, needs for
and use of supplies, salaries for janitors and
bus drivers, ten months of pay for principals,
and guidance and vocational education. In
addition, the teachers are expecting an as
yet unnamed member of the Education com
mittee in the < leneral Assembly to be with
them to discuss coming legislatiive acts in
the field of education.
We mention this coming program by Per
son'teachers because we think that the topics
to be discussed pretty well cover weak spots
in the present educational system. Teachers,
it seems, are forever asking for more money,
but they do need it, and although this is so,
their minds are not exclusively upon cash.
When teachers themselves become concerned
about self-improvement and the improvement j
of their pupils, also, there is room for much |
hope that a zeal for higher goals is finding |
expression.
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THE SILVER BEAVER
Presentation of the Silver Beaver, Scout
leadership award, to two such leaders here
Tuesday night was unusual. The distinction
is usually reserved for one man each year.
Roxboro interest attaches particularly to the
giving of the award to C. A. Harris, long
known hereabouts for a continuous and sus
tained interest in Scouting, in Masonic activ
ities and in church and school affairs, al
though we can also appreciate the similar
Silver Beaver recognition accorded to Bur
lington’s William Coltman.
Other Roxboro wearers of the Silver
Beaver are, D. Clyde Swartz. Dr. Robert E. 1
Long and George W. Kane. Mr. Harris joins .
the ranks of a distinguished company. Fact :
| that, the award came in absentia, while lie :
jhad to’be ir. New York on a business trip,
j will probably be a source of chagrin to him
when he returns.
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LEGISLATIVE COM MITTEES
Person's Senator Flem I). Long and her i
I Representative R. P. Burns, as by official an
| nouncement. have been placed on twelve and
eight committees, respectively. Sen. Long has ,
the chairmanship of the Banking Currency :
committee and Rep. Burns heads the Manu
facturers and Labor group,
j Folks back home, the constituency, do not
as a rule pay much attention to committee
posts landed by their State senators and rep
j resentatives, but those who know the inner
i workings of a General Assembly do not have
|to be told that much of the major work of
jan Assembly is accomplished in committee
I sessions. Such work is the solid timber of
| democratic processes, as opposed to the spok
jen words of oratory that get so much more
into print and the public consciousness.
The committee posts that Person men are
holding in the 1945 Assembly offer, too, an
adequate justification for returning men of
experience to legislative positions. Both Mr.
Burns and Dir. Long are in the legislative
sense veterans of a sort and are now begin
ning to reap the rewards of seniority, a sen
iority which will he of increasing benefit both
here at home and throughout the State.
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what"others are saying
THE THORNY ROSE
Baltimore Evening Sun
The Texas rose grower has named a new
variety after Secretary Harold lekes. It is
i described as an especially thorny rose.—
News item.
Harold lekes is a rose.
If the light-verse writers want ,t° make
something of it, that ought to be easy. Rose,
blows, nose, goes, shows, pose, toes, foes —
plenty of rhymes available. Or the wags
might Work in Gertrude Stein. She wrote:
“A rose is a rose is a rose.” Period. (Mr. Mac-
Leish said that a poem should not mean but
| be.) Mr. lekes wrote “The Autobiography of
a Curmudgeon,” Webster defines curmud
geon as “a churl.” And lekes is a curmudgeon
is a churl is a rose. . . *
We resist the temptation to pursue the
matter further, but we feel impelled to call
’it to the attention of wags, poetasters and
: je'-tmek ‘touts in their spare time off the
| assembly , \
FOR THE SOUTH b ’ A WHOLE
Hertford County Herald
It is not for the Herald to say v.T.::. I: ’"as
that first interested Irving D. Margulics i:i !
Ahoskie as the site for his projected pickle
plant, but the possible chain of circumstances
that may have led to Ahoskie is significant
of the growing trend toward an industrial
South.
The Herald’s sole purpose in mentioning
this subject is because your newspaper firm-
THE COURIER-TIMES
ly believes that credit, as well as blame in
some cases, rests upon some person or group
of persons.
It is a fact that Mr. Margulies—without
acquaintances in Ahoskie—first called on
W. H. Harrell of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad. Loath to claim any publicity in
connection with the project, Mr. Harrell nev
ertheless admits that he spbnt several hours
with Mr. Margulies looking over prospective
sites.
Further following the chain of events that
might or might not have had anything to do
with this particular incident, a current ad
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Mrs. Catt’s Birthday
Today, January 9, is the birthday
of the Hon. Carrie Chapman Catt,
the ablest champion of woman's 1
tights and the recognized first wo- ]
man constructive statesman in the |
world and for lasting peace. She re- i
ceived and wore the mantle of those'
|illustrious pioneers for woman suff
rage—Julia Ward Howe, Frances
Willard. Susan B. Anthony and Eli- ,
zabeth Cady Stanton. She and Anne
Howard Shaw were not only leaders i
for suffrage but served as the Wo
men Associates of the Council of I
National Defense in the Worid Wav. 1
In the chapter ‘'The Woman Suff- 1
ragists Bombard Wilson,'.' Josephus'
Daniels in his "The Wilson Eta" j
gives the folowing account of how :
Mrs. Catt made him a convert to
woman suffrage:
"I had given little thought to wo
man suffrage prior to 1912. In North
Carolina: little or nothing was heard ■
of the agitation that the great wo- |
men leaders were making in other I
states. In the closing days of the!
Cleveland ad'/iinistration I chanced
to be in Washington when Mrs. Car- '
rie Chapman Catt was billed to j
speak on woman suffrage.
Let's go and hear what the pussy i
eat will say,” I remarked to a friend. |
"I don’t like her name." he said,!
"and moreover. I do not care to!
hear a woman who wants to ape
men.''
"The hall was small and crowded,
and I had to stand in the rear. I
went out of curiosity, perhaps to
scoff, and was converted and always
remained a real convert. Mrs* Catt
spoke so logically, so clearly, and
was so free from emotion that I
could neither answer nor resist her
arguments. afterward I
witnessed a yomim suffrage parade
on Fifth Avenue. In a spirit of "bad
inage I wrote my wife: "I am now'
on the side of woman suffrage. Rea
son: Every woman in the. parade
wore a , hat, that cost only 39 cents.
If that sort of hat will come to be
universally worn when women get
the ballot, husbands will save a lot
oft money." Upon my return heme
my wife asked m e'how the women
in the parade looked. I said: "Fine.’'
She banteringly replied: “I'll be?
they looked like 39 cents." It wadi
a long time before she was a con- j
vert, and she never did declare for |
it until she heard Mrs. Anna How- j
ard Shaw. whose eloquence and
personal charm and reasoning pow
er captivated her. “I. got religion
when she spoke,", she often said
afterwards. We were both converted
to the. suffrage for women by the
eloquence of great women—she by
Anna Howard Shaw and I by Carrie
Chapman Catt.
"In 1920 my wile was appointed
by President Wilson as the delegate
to represent the United States at
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there it IS...SAFE and H ™ nT P E T o r\
vertiaement of the ACL invites those.inter: ,
eated in industrial plant sites or distribution
facilites n the Southeast to make use of the
ralroad’s research ?taff in respect to point
ing out the territory’s possibilities.
So, here is the pattern to follow if we are
to take the greatest advantage of “The
South’s Economic Opportunity” referred to 1
by Donald M. Nelson, former chairman of
the War Production Board. 1
Private enterprise, railroads, boat lines,
civic organization,—yes, even farmers, must
become individual chambers of commerce for
the South as a whole.
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Aid To Beauty
If the people of Ahoskie should
make a collective resolution for the
| new year, we would suggest that this
resolution be to make and keep the
| streets, sidewalks, alleys, and back
wards clean and tidy. There is not
much that can be done in these '
days in the way of buying new
things' to make improvements in
property, public or private. But
i there could be made a great im
" movement in the looks of things j
| about Ahoskie, notwithstanding war- j
• time restrictions on buying new i
i things, if what we have now were
! kept clean and tidy,
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| The job can not.be done by the
small force of street cleaners that
the town authorities have employed
for this work. It is a job that must
be joined in by each householder, i
each property owmer, each business j
stablishment and each renter. It
I needs to become a matter of per
! tonal and civic pride, the cleanliness
‘and tidiness of streets, alleys, and
.backyards, as these are regarded
i ‘
| the World Woman’s Suffrage Con
ifererice at Geneva, and later was
active in the cause both in Wash
ington and in North Carolina.” —
! Josephus Daniels.
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with pride by the housewife for the j
home.
The town and community can be !
kept cleaner and present a better j
appearance, if the people who live
here will keep their own premises
tidy. It ; can be done even if the :
trashman isn’t able to get around !
every day. The place can be kept
clean and tidy if the people who j
live here wish it so. So, we suggest!
again, that a good community reso
lution would be spruce up the ap
-1 pearance of Ahoskie through a col
| lective effort at and pride in keep
j ing the place clean and tidy.—Hert
j ford County Herald.
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Beware Cough*
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel j
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature I
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in- I
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell yol !
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un* 1
derstanding you must like the way it i
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
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for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11. 1946 <
Navy Beans Dried 2-lb bag Ilk
Pinto Beans Dried 2-lb bag 21c
Collard Greens No, 21 can He
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Yolo TcSnato 4 (J * Crimson Queen
CATSUP 14oz bcttle &9C
Old Virginia Apple PfiflfilGS
BUTTER 20-oz jar
Hurffs Soup 4>] . Halves
TOMATO 20-oz can A. *"&■ L, No. 2 1-2 can
Stokley's Tinv {On ’
Green PFAS No 2 can A & w ““
Fen thouse—DlCED
Sunshine Krispv 4 , *
CRACKERS 1 -lb pkg A27
Quaker
PLAIN OATS sin pkg JLfeb
White Basket P « can 13c
BLEACH 2qt bots *3= <2 __________________
ENRICHED PLAIN FI.OUR
Pillsbury's !0-!h bag 65c
PLAIN OR IODIZED TABLE SALT
Sterling 2-lb pkg 6c
MRS. FILBERT'S
Margarine Mb pkg 25c
TRIPLE-FRESH BRE tl> Toilet Soap ■*
I ■ i CAMAY Cake ■ C
jctnowicic Larß ° packrge
11 Ilk I a flO* Medium Package
HD 11C nYSNOW ... 10c
Large Size
DOUBLE-FRESH TOFFEE IVORY SOAP 10 C
Silver Labe! 1™ 5c
Paper Towels Q _
2Mb bans 41c ssw wc
* GREEN PEAS 4
GOLD LABEL .... lb .... 2ie No. 2 can ....
GRADE A MEATY
Veal Chop; Ib. 39c
Chuck Roast lb. 28c
Frankfurters Ib. 35c
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Bacon End !b. 23c
Grade k Round Steak Ib. 40c
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS