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l MONDAY, OCTOBER .15, 1945
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js:t THE MARSHALL REPORT
A few days ago General George C. Mar
shall issued a biennial report calling for a
permanent peacetime citizens army for the
United States and for an underwriting by
Ibis nation of a permanent foundation for the
promotion of scientific research. Emphasis
on tlie later part of the Marshall program
has also been stresses! by President Truman.
It is not to be expected that all of the citizens
of so large a nation as the United States
could be in agreement with both arms of the
proposal made by General Marshall, but it is
highly important that as many citizens as
possible should inform themselves on the
subjects he has discussed, for upon what is
done about the army and the scientific re
search for military advancement and protec
tion may depend whatever we are to have
in the way of a permanent peace.
The atomic bomb around which so much
has been written in the past two months,
changed the shape of the world's interna-!
tional thinking. That the change has been
appreciated by many minds, both great and •
small, sharp and dull, does not to any degree
lessen the importance of what General Mar- !
shall and President Truman are saying on
the same subject. That what they speak of
is not yet properly understood even in high
est circles is reflected in the diplomatic fail
ure of the London conference, an event which |
may be far more tragic for future peace than j
it now appears.
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TALKED AT. TALKED TO
President James Brvant Conant of Harvard
University, speaking Friday at Chapel Hill,
and R. P. Burns, who talked the night before!
to teachers assembled at Hotel Roxboro for
a civic club session, both arrived at the same
conclusion, the hope of education as a lever!
in a democratic world, hut we liked particul
arly what Mr. Burns had to say anent too
much of talking at teachers. As he says, the
teachers get it. going and coming, and any
body who so much as looks at three or more
teachers gathered togeher feels free to tell
them what he or she would like to have them j
do in brin§m.g, Lip the next generation.
There between being talked
at and talked to. Being talked at suggests
advice freely given, hut without thought be
hind it. Being talked to is a more subtle pro
cess in which the speaker takes his hearers
into his confidence for a discussion of mutu
ally known and appreciated problems. All of i
us can appreciate this approach, hut none of
us, frankly like to he talked at. and fortun
ately only those speakers with lesser minds j
attempt it. The only trouble is that in a
democracy they seem at times to be in the
majority, and that is another way of saying
that teachers have to work hard to produce
pupils who will in their later years exhibit
the fruits of the teaching system to best ad
vantage.
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BOOKS FOR REMEMBRANCE
Thought about for some time but not j
brought into being until this week was the |
“Memorial book-shelf at Person County
Public library, which has been attractively l
and appropriately arranged by Mrs. Margaret
Howard, chief library clerk and acting libra
rian. Highly significant are the initial gifts
to the collection, three books for children in
memory of Miss Evie Long, and two volumes |
for young people in memory of Bassett Poole.
These gifts are in away symbolic. Miss Long
loved children and flowers. Young Poole was
killed in World War 11, and readers of these
books will, we hope, remember as they read
something of the character of the lives mem
pralized.
The idea of books for memorials is not new.
Tlje plan has been highly successful in War
1-enton and in Greensboro, for example, and
will doubtlessly be followed more and more
ip. jail libraries in the future. Mrs. Howard
has the promise of a number of additional
volumes. We like the plan and commend it to
thoughtful citizens. It seems particularly ap
propriate that books should be given in mem
ory of young men killed in the war and a.-,
tributes to older leaders in civic and cultural
r affairs. There is room for a wide range of se-
J lection of books, but it can he both inti
mate and personal, a reflection of tastes of
the givers and of those memoralized.
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HOW OLD YOU ARE
It happened on a Roxboro street yesterday:
. a woman, definitely middle-aged, with the
spread that women strive so hard to keep
. from having, hut with gray hair and a pleas
ant face, stopped to grasp the hand of a man.
• He, too. was marked with similar signs of a
middle-years’ weather-heating and was obvi
ously the woman’s contemporary, perhaps, a
neighbor, also come to town, but the woman
grasped his hand, and said—
“ How are you, young man.”
That's the way it is. People are young to
the people they grow up with, which is one |
reason why married couples who can no long
er pretend to possess the charms of youth ;
with which they once snared each other, man- 1
. age, somehow, over the stretch of the years
to preserve an illusion.
, School and college friends, meeting after
; long years of separation the same trick of not
I seeing, but the job is harder and sometimes
j not successful. It takes a long time of living
to learn that youthfulness comes from spirit
lof living, and not from custom, style, lan
guage. circumstances, or date of birth.
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WHERE NEEDS ARE GREATEST
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| Survey :>f a map prepared h.v one of the
international news services shows,- quite
j plainly where the greatest hell) from the!
j United War Fund for relief purposes is need
ed in Europe. Citizens ot England. Norway,
Sweden. Denmark, parts of France. Germany
and Russia, will have adequate, byl not plen
tiful supplies of food, clothing and fuel. In
'the dangerously destitute category in all es
sentials of living are the Greeks, the Poles.
:the Finns, 'he residents of the Balkan states ,
and Hungary and the inhabitants of Holland.
Nobody quite knows what needs will be or
jhow acute a hey are in the Philippines. China, j
Japan and the Far East.
Some of the peoples of the world who will
| be in need this winter were once our enemies.
| Some were once our allies in arms, people
[Without whom we could not have won this
war, people who are destitute because they
.fought for us before we were‘ready to fight.
Unless these people, all of whom were drawn
into the vortex of war, have help from us in
America, who have more despite what we
have called privations, there will be more of
; suffering this year than last year. The Unt
ied War Fund appeal rightly has put large
, emphasis on its aid to USO services for om
own soldiers; but it should not be forgotten:
that the actual relief angle for overseas civ- i
ilians and displaced persons is important, too.!
There can he no long or lasting peace in a
world in which people are cold, miserable and j
starving. And there can be little progress in j
{government or social order, ditto. We may ;
not be able to give democracy to thesq one j
time' friends : ahd! eriomiqs rtf pUrs.Y liii-Uwe
stand a better chance of having them like
democracy, if we will first see to it that
spirits are prepared and bodies rested from
long days and nights of horror and pain and
fear, not only for what the day may bring |
'forth, but for tomorrow as well.
The Germany that absorbed the teaching j
of Hitler was a starving, stricken Germany, |
! with worthless cash. There was then no hope, j
where the seeds of Hitler’s doctrines fell and j
flourished. So, also, was Italy ready for Mus-1
solini, and Spain for Franco, Well-fed. well-!
housed, properly clothed people, people who
are warm and comfortable, are not revolu
tionaries.
Giving through the United War Fund can |
be considered an act of generosity. It may
he one of salvation, not only to the receivers j
j but to the givers.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
COOD DRIVERS BUT POOR PARKERS
O' f< i d Pir He Ledger ,
Parking in 0;;.or«' : n parallel of the wea
jther: everybody talks ;d >•'■+ it, but nobody
does anything about ;t.
It’s bad; in fact it’s atro ’in • -,nd i n
to make safety engineers turn ’l. -h. 're!
over-night at what they would obser .t ‘ ■•rv.
Proper use of parking areas and cooper,
tive observance of the laws which have been
provided to make streets both safe and use
ful would eliminate many of the dangerous
hazards which are constantly prevalent.
Special consideration in the matter of
parking, in the matter of driving or in the
matter of law enforcement is sure to he fob
THE COURTFR-TIMES
lowed by abuse. It.may be abuse of Jhe.spec
ial consideration, abuse of the officer at
tempting to discharge his duty, or abuse of
the rights of others to use streets and walks
with a reasonable degree of safety.
The greatest danger in Oxford is not the
manner in which automobiles are operated on
the streets, hut in the manner in which they
are parked when not in use. It is not the pur
pose of this column to say how motor ve
hicles should be parked, for that is set forth
in traffic regulations adopted by the Town
of Oxford.
Double parking, parking in such manner
that intersections are blocked, parking in
alley-ways or across sidewalk walk-ways are
hourly occurrences here and at places where
small children are hurrying to and from
school, where older persons pass to and fro
in the transaction of their business affairs,
at the banks, the post office, utility offices
and other public places, a dangerous condi
tion is created for both pedestrian and oper
ators of vehicles in motion where such haz
ards exist.
The condition is bad. Anyone will admit
Fire Losses In
[The United States
During 1944. there were 122 fires
j which involved a loss of $250,000 or
more. Os this number. 105 occurred
:in the United States. 16 in Canada;
| and 1 in Alaska, These fires include
42 in which individual losses of
$500,000 or more were reported, and
of this number 18 topped the $1,000.-
; 000 mark. In a year that saw the
largest number of big fires since N.
F. P. A. began recording large loss
fires more than 15 years ago, there
were two disasters which took top
public attention because of outstand
ing loss of life rather than because
of large monetary loss. These were
the Circus fire at Hartford. Conn,
toil July 6 which resulted in a loss
•of 168 lives, and the great gas ex
plosion and fire at Cleveland, Ohio
on October 20 which took 130 lives
and caused more than $6,000,000
damage.
A tatol of 353 lives were lost in’
these 122 large fires. Similar large
loss fires in 1943 totalled 105 with
103 persons dead, apd in 1942 there
were 86 large fires which accounted .
for 515 deaths.
in the United States: 465 cities;
i population over 20.000* reported to
the N. F. P. A. a .tptal firq lqss of ■
$131,160,221 in 1944. Inhabitants in
this group of totalled 51,191,402
and the average file JoU per person i
amounted to $2.56. A similar group. 1
reported per capita fire losses of!
$2.40 in 1943 and SLBI in 1942,
Fin- 455 cities reporting both dollar
losses and the number of building
fires suffered in 1944. the average
loss per building fire amounts to'
SOIO. The corresponding figure in
1943 was $529; in 1942. $441. The
number of building fires averaged
4.20 fires per 1000 population in,
1944. according to reports from 457
U. S. cities of over 20.000 population.
The corresponding number of fires
ill 1943 was 4.56; in 1942, 4.02.
Property Fire Loss—United Slates
1942 314.295.000!
1943 373,000,000
1944 437,237.000
1945 * First six months* 233.391.000
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
The undersigned administrator of
the late Lester Luster will on
Tuesday, October 23rd, 1945, at ten
o'clock A. M. at the home of the
late Lester. Luster, sell to the high
est bidder, for cash, all personal
property belonging to the deceased.
This the sth day of October, 1945.
SCOTT BOWMAN. Administrator. I
Lunsford fc Burke. OAttys. J
Oct 8-15-22
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that. City officials, admit it, police admit it
and even the drivers themselves admit it.
Police are doing a good job, but without e
nough officers to serve in each block through*
out the business section, they can hardly
handle the situation as safety suggests if
should be handled.
The best alternative is for the leading
citizens of Oxford, men and women, to co
operate with police and the public. Further
improvement might be developed by the
launching of “Traffic Safety Week,” during
which speakers would appear before various
groups to point out the most common traffic
dangers and enlist the cooperation of all per
sons who drive, or who park after driving.
Unless some consistent, constructive effort
is made to better a situation that is growing
more dangerous as more cars come into op
eration and more cars get in increasingly
poor mechanically condition, then Oxford is
a fertile field for accident insurance sales
men.
Editor’s Note: Substitute Roxboro for Ox
ford ip each and every sentence, please).
SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
I As administratrix of the" estate of
i the late C. L. Dixon, I will on
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1945,
at 10:00 a. m. at the premises of the
j deceased in Holloway Township, of
i fer for sale at public auction to the
! highest bidders for cash the per
sonal chattels of the deceased, the
same consisting of one 1938 model
) four door Ford sedan, one good
: t railer, one nice upright piano and
stool, household and kitchen furni
rtiire of various kinds, two large hogs,
! two mules, one milk cow, large
quantity of corn, a lot of irish and
j.sweet potatoes, one two-horse rake,
! mowing machine, one-horse wagon
plows and farm implements of many
kinds, tobacco sticks, one stack of
I straw, several stacks of wood, one
j double barrelled shot gun, one good ]
; bird dog and various other articles:
Sale will begin at 10:00 a. m. and I
I continue until completed. This Sep- '
i! ember 29. 1945.
Mrs. Eliza Dixon. Administratrix.
R. P Burns, Attorney. Oct. 1-8-15. !
SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
; As administrator of the estate of;
the! late E. R, Blalock, I will on
{ SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1945, !
j beginning at 10:00 a. m. at the j
* premises of. the deceased at Brooks- i
dale, sell to the highest bidder for
i cash certain personal chattels of!
i the deceased, the same consisting j
i jjf one 1940 Chevrolet sedan, articles
j of household and kitchen furniture, I
smqli quantity of farm implements |
and a large quantity of carpenter’s |
I tools and implements, the same in- |
i eluding three heavy jacks for mov- j
ing;buildings. Persons desiring carp- j
enttr's tools can find almost any-j
thing on sale they desire. This!
September 29. 1945.
; A. W. Blalock. Administrator •
R. P. Burns. Attorney Oct. 1-8-15.
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WALKER INS. AGENCY
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
FERSON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed by Hazel Lacy
Whitt and husband, Arch J. Whitt,
dated the 24tli day of June, 1944,
and recorded in Book 11, page 241,
in the office of the Register of Deeds
of Person County, North Carolina,
default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness there
by secured and the said deed of
trust being, by the terms thereof,
subject to foreclosure and at the
request of the holder thereof, the
undersigned Trustee will offer for
sale at public auction, to the high
est bidder for cash, at the court
house door in Roxboro, North Caro
-1 lina, at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday,
' the 17th day of November, 1945.
the property conveyed in said
I deed of trust, the same being parti
|cularly described as follows:
That certain lot or parcel of land
; lying and being in the Town of
j Roxboro on the East side of South
I Main Street and being lot No. 2
of the J. A. Long estate property
!as appears of record in Plat Book
3, page 1. reference to which is
j made for a description of said lots
|by metes and bounds. Thera is lo
| cated on this lot a frame dwelling
j house.
The high bidder will be required
j to deposit 10 per cent of the amount
; bid as evidence of good faith.
This 12th day of October. 1945.
R. B. Dawes, Trustee.
| Oct 15-22-29 Nov 5 .
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ESSO GAS & OIL
EXPERT LUBRICATION
Now Is The Time To Change
Your Winter Oil
ROCK INN
SERVICE STATION
PREVENT IT!
PROTECT IT!
AND
The best protection ls cau
tion. The next best is insur
ance! Don’t risk losing prop
erty and other valuables.
Be Sure To Insure With
BILL WALKER
' The Ea*e of Financing
|plj&gg Amazed This Home
—1 __ I m Tfi»B show us the property, tell ui your
ttl Iff Ii r P n budget limits that’s all you do.
Start with a reasonable first pay
meat, easy to complete with month
‘ - J * ’ 1 ly repayments—just like rent Visit
our office. Get full details.
Roxboro Building And Loan Asso.
J. C. WALKER, Secretary
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Beginning
Monday, Oct- 22
The Roxboro Tobacco Market
Will Go On A 5 Day A Week
SELLING PROGRAM
:
I Bring Your Tobacco To Roxboro
! Roxboro Tobacco Board Os
I Trade
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Prolong The Life Os Your Home
A THREE POINT PROGRAM
1| |H L Wollboard
Jj I A hobby room made with the
■ I*!)/Ill,/ I use of wallboard Ls a grand
H 1 1 ,IT,'/ V and welcome surprise for a
o returning serviceman.
UTILITY PLUS BEAUTY
Before another rain, repair
your roof. We have asphalt
shingles and roofing—guaran
teed for 15 years.
NO FINER ROOFING MADE
Window Sashes
IML/JP! XU/ ■ Get more light inside and
flj, ■HHIIf • / I more beauty outside with mod-
W ern window sashes many
U.7.1[ models to choose from.
TO PERFECTION
ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY
‘Home Os Quality Lumber”
AUCTION SALE
OF FARMING EQUIPMENT
Saturday, Oct. 20
i will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder at my home on
the Hurdle Mills Road about 3 miles
from Roxboro, the following:
2 Nice Mules, Ages 5 and 6 Years old
1 two horse wagon, all plows, culti
vators, etc. Farming tools.
15 or 20 bushels of corn
1 mowing machine and - hay rake
And many other items will be put
up and sold.
J. WALTER MOORE
Roxboro, N. C. # Route 3
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 194*