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0 COURIER • TIMES
Roxboro, North Carolina
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1945
It Isn't true because the says It,
but tlie COURIER-TIMES says It because It Is true.
“THE UNFINISHED TASK”
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Those Rotarians who gathered last week!
In a sort of semi-official district session at
Hotel Roxboro expected, looked for and re
ceived a shot in the arm in the doctrines of
their club, with the last of four speakers
and the most effective being Dr. C. Sylves
ter (“Preacher") Green of the Durham Morn- \
ing Herald, whose “Unfinished Task” theme j
regarding peace deserved a larger audience |
than any Roxboro civic club can muster. |
The idea advanced by Dr. Green that
World Wars one and two belong together j
in moral responsibility, with the armistice;
between them as a mere interlude in the;
storm of the century, is not new, any more
than is his parallel thesis about the over
whelming opportunity of the “unfinished
task” for peace, but there is not a man or
Woman among us or a boy or girl, either, J
who does not need to be reminded of his in-j
dividual responsibility for the achievement j
and the keeping of that peace. Sweeping;
away the underbrush of history and racial,;
economic and social antagonisms, Dr. Green j
says we are in a new world, one born of the j
sorrows and the trials generated from 1914,
onwards.
The signing yesterday of formal Japanese
surrender terms in Tokyo Bay was a public
step in the winding up of the task referred
to by Dr. Green, but what he was and is
rightly concerned about is the score for
peace. The call is for idealism, yes, but there
must be backbone with it, too, and a willing
ness to accept the responsibilities of peace
as vigorously and as strongly as they have
been fought for with guns and bombs.
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SMALL BRAWL. SMALL PLACE
Asheboro and Randleman, neighboring
city-towns of Oscar Coffin’s “Shucks and
Nubbins” Randolph, apparently have nipped
in the bud or after it a considerable slice of
juvenile delinquency excused under the
name of a school feud between schools of the
respective towns. The dispatch which
throws light on the incident starts off with
the namqs.: of five .Randleman boys, one of
them a from overseas soldier, who
have been bound over to Superior court un
der charges of knifing and bottle throwing. \
That sort of thing could happen anywhere,;
school feud, or no. but what interests us is
this final paragraph from the report.
“Yesterday, 50 Asheboro and Randleman
boys received 30-day road sentences, sus
pended for 12 months, on affray charges re
sulting from a street fight in Randleman:
the night of August 15. For the most i
part, these boys were younger than the five'
involved in the assault case today.”
Such an aggregation of court sentencing j
as that in Itoxboro would create as much if
not more of a sensation than the resigna
tion of a dozen boards of Selective Service.
Our manners to the justice-makers of bust
ling Asheboro and staid Randleman and to
the mammas and papas able to take and
abide by the decisions of a court for the bene
fit of their off-spring. And no murmurs
either, about what the said parents ought
to have done before they let these boys slip
off on expeditions prompted by school
•spirit gone wrong.
We have a little of that here in Person,
too, although manifestations have by God’s
grace been kept a little more in the genteel
order.
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<■ A CHANCE TO BE IMMORTAL
One of the youngest of Person soldiers
whose death may be attributed to War ser
vice was Pvt. John J. Hubbard, 19, for whom
rites were held on Thursday at Theresa
Baptist church. Victim of leukimiia (an ex
cess of white corpuscles) a condition which
developed within a few weeks after his ar*
rival in the Philippines, Pvt, Hubbard died
from one of the few “mystery ’ diseases left
in this age of medical science. That he was
a victim was an accident or chance of na
ture, not at all connected with military ser
vice unless it could be said that severity of
training may have hasened the develop
ment of conditions which brought the di
sease to light.
It just happened, and Pvt. Hubbard died,
suffering before he did so fro man array of
disease complications. Quite properly he
will be put down as a casualty of war, but
his death, aside from personal and family
aspects of grief, serves as a reminder of new
cures yet to be reached in the field of medi
cine. Leukimia. the common cold, cancer and
infantile paralysis, are just a few that come
to mind. The man or woman, technician or
doctor or laboratory scientist who discovers
ways to beat the “diseases of the tfnknriwn”
will deservedly be among the immortals, as
much as Pasteur, Harvey or Jenner.
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A PERSON FARMER QUITS
Tired, discouraged and wornout with the
struggle, a Person farmer came in the of
fice of the Courier-Time* the other day and ■
said he wanted to run an advertisement to
the effect that he is selling out. We do not
I remember the man’s name, for he never got
Ito the point of having his advertisement
drawn up, the sale, being one of those things
'planned for the future. Perhaps, it is just
as well we do not know the weary farmer’s i
name, because as an anonymous figure he '
can stand for a lot of weary folks, and not j
all of them farmers, who want to sell out, |s
quit and get away from whatever is their
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present occupational world.
The air is ripe for change. For weeks, days i
and months, people have been thinking in f
their minds and saying aloud what they* J
would do when the war was over. It is over, i
and the fetters are loosening, but of all the
i people who ought to go slow with changing, J
the number one example is the farmer, even ,
that discouraged farmer who started to run ;
an advertisement in the Courier-Times. We
agree with him that farming is back-break
ing work under the best of circumstances i
and that to battle with the earth and at the 1
1
same time contend with labor shortages and :
the whims of nature takes it out of a man. :
Financial rewards, under any conditions are
uncertain, hut not quite as uncertain on a .
farm of average quality as they are for in
dustrial workers, storekeepers, publishers
and the rest of us.
It is the old idea all over again that life
is a gamble, but farmers ought to be remind
ed that their gamble is on the average more
of a pay-off in things that count. We hope
the man who wanted to advertise will think
a while before he does it and quits. People
here and in good many other places depend
on farmers to keep the world going. Their
job is important far out of proportion to the
rewards offered, and while we don’t at all
blame the man, “our man”, who wants to
quit, we remember, too, according to a news i
item from Camp Butner hospital that many
of the men there dream of the time when
they can go back to a farm—one in .all prob
ability very mutlji
he advertiser wants to be rid of.
And who was it that first said that piece
| about the grass on the other side of the
' fence ?
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
NOW IS POST-WAR
Hertford County Herald
| There was a lot of talk and writing a few
'months ago about post-war planning and
what to do about having the country ready
for the veterans who fought for it. That
time is here. Post-war is now. And, not
withstanding the talking and writing, many
communities are unprepared. Instead of
plans worked out and ready, there are only
problems. Post-war has caught many com
munities and many individuals flat-footed.
In this section, perhaps, the problems will
' not be as complex and intense as in larger
I'm! more congested areas. But on ai smaH
hero, r« elsewhere, the problems of
readjust m<ai'u! r Vorption of the veter
ans and displaced \\v\ c ‘rt ers have to be
faced. In general, fhcD has been little pre
paration and few, if any, ckfPnfft pfafis have!
been made for meeting the change If ora v. ar
to peace.
The young men who are now returning X i
their homes throughout this afea were boys,
many of them, when they went away. They
are returning seasoned men who have sefctt
more of the world and know more Os the"
way's of men than the rtiajorfty of theif def
ers and others who have remained at home.
No doubt these young mett WiH hi Ut
return to the homes of their birth. What
they have seen and learned will have, we
hofW and believe, shOWp to them that, there
is NO place that exceTls their home section as
a place to live and work in peace, nor doss
arty place afford more opportunity for them,
who by reason of their service have been de
nied the normal opportunity to lay a foun
dation and advance in business toward finan
cial security, to make a success of life. But
it is not likely that they will be satisfied sim
ply with recoginition of these things. They
will want the means of turning opportunity
into accomplishment, and it is unlikely that
they will be for long satisfied with inac
tivity and the status quo.
Now is post-war. If there are post-war
plans, now is the time to put them into ef
fect. If there are no plans, it may be ex
pected that the veteran will be disappointed
jvith the folks at home and soon become dis
satisfied with the home section for which he
held great affection while away in service.
If these men do riot remain with us, if they
are not assisted in establishing themselves
here and encouraged to develop with this
section, the loss to us will he as great as the
disappointment to them. Opportunity and
enCouragemerit will keep them at home and
save them from disappointment.
Cherindult Hds
Fears Os Keeping
Emperor's Power
Miami. Fla —Ma.i. Gen. Claire
L. chennault today expressed fear j
rhat the Japanese Imperial fami- J
ly will be able to re-establish,, the j
military strength of Japan and 11-
gain seek world conquest.
Chennault. recently resigried as !
commander of the 14th Air Force
in China, said here that the Amer
ican people themselves could play
a part in restoring Japanese mili
tarism, by becoming sympathe:.?
with the beaten people and allowing
them to grow strong.
•ThCre is danger, in my opinion,
that with the royal family remain
ing in control of the Emperor will
try to build up the same structure
as before —he couldn't do other
wise. or the Emperor would cease
to exist," Chennault said.
"The Japanese structure has the
mass of the common people at the
bottom, Indoctrinated with the idea
that the Emperor is God and his
mission is to rule the world. Next
is the commercial class, which is
the one class that might prevail,• so
that It can continue making money.
Then the professional class, and
the military class which lives and
dies by the code of the warrior.
"The Emperor is at the top. And
he would have no structure to sup
port him if he remove the warrior
clique."
"There will either be a popular
revolution by the commercial class,
or the Emperor will rebuild for
conquest at some future date. He
would have an excellent chance, in
time, of rebuilding.”
Chennault cited the American
"talent"" of easing up on enemies
once they are beaten, and becom
ing sympathetic with theme.
"As soon as we do that," he
warned, “the Emperor can rebuild
I his structure."
Chennault resigned as comman
der of the 14th only 14 days be
fore the Japanese surrendered. He
had been engaged against them,
working for China, since July. 1937.
and organized and led the Ameri
can volunteer group in the counter
blows to the Jap strike at Pearl
Harbor.
Before that time he had accom
! plished his three main objectives in
j the Far East —to defend American
bases and keep supplies c tilling
over the '"hump"; to wipe out the
Japanese air force in China, and
to sink as much enemy shipping
some 2,000,000 tons as could be
found in his range.
He is now undergoing a physical
checkup at the Air Forces' Biltmore
Hospital here. In about a week he
hopes to go to New Oreleans.
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General Loses
His Shirt Fast
Dallas, Texas—Many a G. I has
lost his shirt in a crap game, but
When a general loses hts shirt, the
reason for suth a loss has to be
different. As a mater of fact. Brig.
Gen. E. H. Marks of the Eighth
Service Command lost more than
his shirt. He lost his pants and
several other garments—all in a
suitcase in his car, which a sneak
thief broke into. The thief got the
clothes, the general got hot under
hts bhly remaining collar and his
chauffeur, who had left the car to
§6 into a case for a "coke”
1 J a bawling out for leaving the car
•.•nattended.
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t'tC-l* IV#tSSINGS AT *2
f
, New (brclteaife—Bernard Remain,
. tf2, Has roll. M .003 wound’ dress
ings by hand as his Contribution
r to the War effort. Roinahi works
i seven td eight hours a day 'at a
, smut) table overlooking hts second
stoifr ptrfbh. tit estimates that ft
' (dies SO hours to roll 1,000 Otek
-1 ings.
COURIER*TIMES
Qasun Neupi
Home economics specialists of
the State College Extension Service
have proposed a recipe for making
water stains for the floors of homes.
These specialist srecommend the j
use of one gallon of water to one |
peck of green walnut hulls and al
low the water to remain over " h “ |
hulls for 48 hours.
Strain offf and apply to the clean
dry floor. Test the stain on pieces
of board like the floor on which it
is to be applied.
If the color is darker than you
desire, add water to it. If it is light
er than you like, add one or more
teaspoons of permanganate of pot
ash.
Further information on stains, I
floor wax, and liquid wax may be
secured by writing to Ruth Current, |
State home demonstration agent of j
the State College Extension Ser- I
vice in Raleigh.
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. .Raleigh—The war is over. It now
behooves all our county health au
thorities to recind concessions made
regarding the sale of milk; as a
wartime expediency, and return to
a strict interpretation of Grade A,
said Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state i
health officer today.
The State Board of Health was j
always opposed to any concession, j
as it was believed this might en
danger the health of our people,
but expediency prevailed and the
bars were let down by county health
authorities.
But the time now has arrived
when these bars should be raised
again; when we should realize our
duty to the consuming public, and
reassume an obligation which, with
the return of peace, we cannot es
cape.
We have been very fortunate in j
North Carolina in not having had
numerous outbreaks of milk-borne
diseases as result of the relaxation
in milk requirements that was al
lowed in the name of emergency.
This relaxation;, was a constant
source of potential danger. If we
are to safeguard the health of the
milk-consuming public, a large por
tion of w’hich is made up of babies,
young children, and those in old
age, we must remove the dangers
jto which wartime expediency ex
posed ns.
During the war year of 1943, ac
cording to a report submitted to
the state and territorial Health Au
thorities, there were approximately
forty outbreaks of milk-borne di
seases in the United States, inclu-
ding one in North Carolina. They!
consisted of diphtheria, food poison- |
ing, septic sore throat, gastroent- j
eritis, typhoid fever, and undulant
fever. Some hold to the theory that,
in certain instances, poliomyelitis
may be traced to milk.
In the outbreaks of milk-borne
diseases in the United States in
1943, nearly 1,600 persons became
ill, and from these illnesses a half
dozen deahts resulted, to say noth
ing of the crippling effects suffered
by the victims.
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De Gaulle Says
France Ought
To Be Own Boss
■ Ottawa—France will decide her
; oWn policies “only in her own in-,
i tirests" and will not be especially
■ Influenced by other powers, Gen.
> Charles de Gaulle said in a press
conference yesterday.
The president of the French pro
visional government made the state
nient In answer to a question
, whether Russia, in view of her con
- tinental position “is likely to ex
i ert a treater influence on the fu
llture of France than Great Britain
i l and the United States.”
. “Trench policy is conducted in
i the interests of Trance, alone" de
• GWulfe replied, “and is aimed at in
suftng food relations' between
THERE IS NO RIVALRY
Morgan ton NeWS-Herald
I’ve always held that there’s no rivalry b -
t(veeri the larger daily paper and homie
community newspaper, whether weekly or
semi-weekly. The daily, as a rule, is reac(
for its “big” news and special features; the
weekly has more of the items about folks
“around home.” The “local touch” which
really counts to a newspaper reader was
strikingly portrayed by a short item in the
‘'Life in These United States” department
of The Reader’s Digest in a recent issue.
The anecdote, sent in by Mereb E. Mossman,
read.
“A friend of ours, visiting in Charleston,
S. C„ heard that an old friend was laid up
with rheumatism. Remembering that the
old lady always read the newspaper from
cover to cover, she sent over her copy of
the New York Sunday Times, sure her old
friend would derive much pleasure from so
much reading matter.
A few days later our friend went to call
and as she was leaving the old lady handed
her the paper, neatly folder and obviously
unread. ‘Thank you, honey, for this paper,’
she said. ‘But you know —I don’t know
anyone in New York’.”
France and other great powers."
He said the public wishes greatly
to contribute to good relations
among Soviet Russia "in the same
manner as with the United States
and Britain."
State Press
(Meet Planned
Raleigh—" Die 1945 convention of
' the North Carolina Press Associa
tion, postponed for several months
due to wartime conditions, will be
held in Raleigh, Sept. 20-21 now
that gasoline rationing has been lif
ted and regulations regarding con
ventions have been modified.
The second day of the convetion
; will be given over to group meet-
( ings of weeklies and dailies, with
a business session for the election
i of officers coming sometime during
! the day.
j Other plans for the convention
j are being mapped out.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
; PERSON COUNTY.
-IN THE SURPERIOR COURT
! NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
I Rosa Lee Johnson Royster
vs
Thessalonia Royster
The defendant. Thessalonia Roy
ster, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Person County, North Carolina, for
the purpose of the plaintiff’s se
curing an absolute divorce from (he
defendant based upon the grounds
that the plaintiff and defendant
have lived entirely separate and
I apart for a period of two years
immediately preceding the filing of
the complaint. This being ono of
the cases in which service of sum
mons by publication is permitted
and it appearing that the defend
ant is a non-r.esident of the State
of North Carolina and cannot after
due diligence be found within the
■state he is hereby directed to ap-
I I pear at the office of the Clerk of
‘ the Superior Court of Person
' J County, North Carolina, within
I twenty days after the 24th day of
i September, 1945, and answer or de
mur to the plaintiff's complaint.
’'This August 31, 1945.
R. A BULLOCK,
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT
I Sept 3-10-17-24
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NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
PERSON COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NOTICE
Harold Gentry and wife, Allene
Gentry
vs
A. E. Horne, individually and A. E.
Horne, executor of Ella Slaughter
Horne, deceased, Mrs. Nola Clayton,
widow, et als.
The defendants, A. E. Horne, in
dividually and A. E. Horne, execu
tor of the estate of Ella Slaughter
Horne, deceased, and Mrs. Nola
Clayton, widow, will take notice an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Person County, Norta Carolina,
to sell for partition real estate in
, which the defendants have or might
claim an interest. And the said
defendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear at
the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of said county at the
courthouse in Roxboro, North Caro
lina, on the 30th day of September,
1945, or within ten days thereafter
and answer or demur to the c6m
plaint of said action, or tW plain
tiff will apply to the Omit for tfrf
relief demanded in said cdthpUkfnt.
This 30th day of August, 1945.
CLERK StJPERIOR! OttXJ&t.
,ft B Dawes, Atty. Sep 4-11-ltf-K
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fHI RECONVERSION Sf A6E --6 yCo Ilia?
NOTICE SALE OF LAND
i
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conveyed upon me by a cer
tain deed of trust, executed by Ella ;
Slaughter Horn and husband. A. E. ]
orn, on June 19th, 1935 and duly
recorded In the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds of Person County in :
Deed,of Trust Book 10, at page 183,
default having been made in the
payment of the bond there by secur
ed and at the request of the holder
thereof, I will on Saturday. Septem
ber 29th, 1945, at the court house
door in Roxboro. sell to .the highest
bidder for cash, the tract of land
conveyed in said deed of trust, to
'Wit;
That certain tract of land in Al- '
lensville Township, bounded on the
North by the lands of W. H. Gen
try and other , lands of Ella S. Horn, \
East by E. E. Bradsher. South by
other lands of Ella S. Horn and H. 1
D. Dickerson and on the West by
I the lands of G. W. Walker, contain
ing ninety-four (94) acres, more or •
less and being composed of two
tracts, T. P. Slaughter, tract of 1
fifty-four (54) acres and the Ida
Slaughter tract of forty (40) acres.
The purchaser will be required to
make a deposit of 10 percent on day
of sale.
This the 27th day of August, 1945
NATHAN LUNSFORD,
Trustee. !
Lunsford & Burke. Attorneys.
Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17. !
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ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having 4een duly qualified as ad-1
ministratot of the estate of Mrs.
Edna B. Bullock, deceased, late of
Person County, North Carolina, this i
is to notify all persons holding
claims against the said estate to ex
hibit them to the undersigned ad
ministrator on, or before August 16.
|1946, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to sain estate will please
make immediate payments.
This August 16, 1945.
R. A. Bullock,
Administrator, j
Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24. pd.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having been qualified as the ad
ministrator of the estate of Joe T.
Hamlin, deceased, notice is hereby,
given to all pTfsons holding claims j
against the estate to present tb
same to the undersigned administra
tor within twelve months from the
13th day of August, 1945, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
Sheetrock
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Wi Have Jifst Received A Car Os
Sheetrock
If you need this material now or will
- need any in the near future we
would Urge you to get your needs
from this shipment
ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY
"Home Os Quality Lumber”
V ■ , „ ■ i . - • , ;**-»%**
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER BilW*
the estate will please make Immedi
ate payment. This August 13, 1945.
I. T. STANFIELD,
Administrator
R. P. Burns, Attorney.
Aug. 13, 20, 27. Sept. 3, H), 17.
! SALE OF REAL ESTATE
: Under the authorized investment ('
in me as Trustee in that certain
deed of trust, executed June 19th,
1935 by Ella S. Horn and husband,
A. E. Horn and duly recorded in the
(office of the Register of Deeds 6f
Person County in Deed of Trust
Book 10, at page 184. default having
been made in the payment of the
bond thereby secured and at the re
quest of the holder thereof, I will
on Saturday, September 29th, 1945, ,<»,
at 12 o’clock noon, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder) for
cash, at the court house doOr In
Roxboro. the lands conveyed tsy the
said deed of trust, to-wit:
Beginning at a stake on the road
from Roxboro to Mill Creek; thence
North 88 degrees East 16.60 chains
to a stone; thence South 14.98
chains to a stone in the Roxboro
thence North 88 degrees West 30.32
chains t oa stone in the Roxboro O
and Mill Creek road; thence with
the road to the beginning, contain
ing thirty-one (31) acres, more or
less, being Lot No. 2 in the division
; of the J. M. Slaughter land and al
lotted to Ella Slaughter Horn In the
division of J. M. Slaughter’s estate.
See Book B, at page 453, of Orders
i and Decrees in the Clerk’s office of
Person County. North Carolina.
Highest bidder at the sale Will be •
! required to deposit ten per cent of •*
the bidder’s price as evidence of
! good faith.
This the 27th day of August, 1945.
NATHAN LUNSFORD,
Trustee.
! Lunsford & Burke, Attorneys.
Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17.
EXECUTORS NOTICE
Having been duly qualified as (
' executors of the estate of D. W.
| Knott, deceased, late of . Person -
; County, North Carolina, this Is tc
notify all holders of claims against
the said estate to exhibit them to
! the undersigned executors on or
before August 27, 1946, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
' recovery. All persons Indebted to
! this estate will please make im
; mediate payment. (
This August 23, 1945.
A. E. KOGLEMAN,
W. R. SHERMAN,
Executors.
Lunsford & Burke, Attys.
i 6-ts-Aug 27, Sept 3-10-17-24, Oct 1