Roxboro Woman's "Club Activities The cool, crisp days of September remind us that vacation time is over. Again we scuttle to our va rious responsibilities, feeling So rested, having spent a delightful va cation, are ready and anxious to be on the Job again. It is such a pleas ure to greet old friends and co workers after the vacation and once more together work out the prob lems confronting us, ' v The flrtt meeting of the year will ; "he on (Oct. 1st, at 3 o'clock "In the club room. At this time we hope to have-some one to explain the new proposed * Stale (Constitution which is to be voted on*in Novem ber. Since we are allowed the privi lege of voting let us be prepared to do so intelligently. It will not be long or tedious, so please fill the club room on this date and prove that you are interested in the af fairs of State as well as County and town. Earnestly desiring the good will and cooperation of the people of Roxboro and Person County, we pre publishing for your consideration some of the work we are attempt-' ing to accomplish this year. In do- I ing this we hope to arrest your at- | tention and interest to the extent ofl helpful, constructive criticism and a j desire to Join with us in the year's work. The membership committee has been appointed and already at work. When they call on you to join the- Woman's Club please do not carelessly turn them away, but carefully consider whether' or not it Is your duty to Join and by so do- j ing pledge your best judgment and, service to the building of a larger, | better and more beautiful town in | which to live. Don't think there is j a plenty to do this work without i your assistance. Suppose all should | make this decision? We do really! feel that every woman in Roxboro] is duty bound to join and support the Woman's Club for your own i welfare as an interested citizen.' "Ihe town in which you live should be of the same vital interest to you 1 as your home. Would you leave j your home indefinitely to some one 1 else at all times without any thought as to its future success and well-being? Then you should .be equally anxious about your tovfn and community for there is where your children are going to get their first impression outside of the home. Should we see to its being a good or a bad one? Shoulder to shoul der we can and will succeed?brok en ranks mean defeat. The first thing we are most In terested in is the new community house, being erected by the FERA. We are sorely in need of such a building, for the use of the many organizations of the town and coun ty. Those who are in position - to know assure us that this house will soon be completed for which we will be most grateful. It will fill a long felt need in Roxboro. In this community house will be a nice, spacious room for our library, the enlargement of which is our objec tive for this year. The growth of the Woman's Club library has been slow but steady. We. have at this time 688 volumes. The books are being mended, clas sified and catalogued by the FERA in a vfery satisfactory manner and we are indeed grateful for this op portune service. It is of much value to us all. This library from the be ginning until the present time has been maintained by donations of books_from the literature clubs and citizens of Roxboro and Person county ^Douglas Davis recently gave eighty boy's books to the library. We thank you,"Douglas, don't for get the| library when you have more books to give. Now, won't others follow suit, thereby enabling us to reach our gcal of 1500 volumes by next Pall? To. get- some of these seldom used books in our town and county bundled off to a long career of usefulness will be very satisfy ing to the donor and enjoyed and of unending good to those who need and enjoy reading. We are very much In need of children's .books Any good juvenile books sent to the library wil get maximum circulation. Any small community, while work ing for the ultimate establishment of library service or a unit large enough to provide access to a large reference service, specialists in chil dren's reading, etc.. can have access to many more books than any one family could hope to own, by pool ing its resources to the ultimate end of a county and state supported li brary. Don't you really think Per son county needs a free public li brary? If so. then lend us your as sistance and watch it grow. Five departments and two clubs compose the Woman's Club. The Study Club, Mrs. R. A. Whit field. president, is a literary club of 14 members. The Garden Club. Mrs. Mamie Merritt, president, Is for beautify ing our homes and town. The de partments are: Art, Mrs. Allen Grif fin chairman, -with Mrs. R. L. Wil burn and Mr. Lynwood Carver, as sisting; Literature, Mrs. R. A. Whit field, chairman; Health and Wel fare. Mrs. J. D. Morris, chairman; Civics, Mrs. I. O. Abbitt, chairman; Needlecraft, Mrs. L. M. Carlton, chm. Come to the first meeting and identify yourself with some one or all of these cluhs and depart ments. At the close of the year we hope to give an exhibit of the work done by the cluhs and departments. We are asking other organizations of the town and county to join with us in this. We dont see any rea son why we shouldn't have an ex hibit worth anyone's time to see. We will let you hear more about this later. ? ? We really want a huge member ship this.year and for your infor mation' will say that the members will not be called on tor anything other than their dues. * Come and let us acquaint you with our plans. Mrs. S. B. Davis, Pres. o Sunday School Lesson By Rev. Charles E. Dunn ISAIAH COUNSELS RULERS Lesson for Sept. 23:,Isaiah 31 Golden Text: Isaiah 26:3 Isaiah denounced his people for their reliance upon military prow ess. The Assyrian empire was at its peak. It had already swallowed up Israel, and was now threatening hapless Judah. As the Hebrews, were painfully aware of their weak ness in cavalry, an alliance with Egypt, well provided with horses and chariots, seemed immensely attrac tive. It was the folly of trusting in the might of Egypt rather than in their God which provoked the woe recorded at the beginning of the 31st chapter of Isaiah's prophecy. Such a warning is very timely to day when we think of the new ar mament race now in full swing. De spite the intolerable misery and woe visited upon the earth by the practise of war, men still trust in bombs and guns. In the midst of economic disaster without a parallel the nations today are stupidly spend ing four and one-half billion dollars annually on armaments. What can be done to check the drft toward war? First of all there must be real and drastic disarma ment. An effective step in this di rection would be the abolition of all battleships, submarines and heavy artillery, and the absolute prohibition of chemical warfare. Secondly, the private manufac ture of armaments'should either be abolished or placed ? under - strict control. One of the mtet sinister aspects of the war racket is the greed of the armorers, merchants of death indeed who do not hesi tate to stir up international strife that their pockets may be filled with gold. Further steps toward a world se cure from the threat of military upheaval are American membership in the World Court, a revision ownward of the debts owed to the 'nited States, a re-establishment f the sanctity of internatlpnal law. nd a mutual non-aggression pledge ever to cross borders in hostile loods. YOUR DAUGHTER?Distinguish - ?d President of a college for women liscusses modern girls and advises hocked and worried fathers .and nothers what to do about things hey don't approve. An interesting irticle in the American Weekly, is ;ue which comes with the Baltimore SUNDAY AMERICAN; issue of Sep ember 23. Buy your copy from your ?avorite newsdealer or newsboy. PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION mmm Between now and November there will doubtless be much discussion, both pro and oon, regarding the proposed new constitution (or North Carolina. , In last week's issue of The State, Carl Ooerch's magazine, Kemp D. Battle, Rocky Mount lawyer, has an interesting discussion of the pro posals. The question is not wheth er the document 1s perfect, Mr. Battle says, but whether it is bet ter than the old constitution. He gives seven reasons for thinking it is. Here they are: l. Under the old constitution,! the state has accujnulated about the esir per-capltffvdebt In the Un-1 largest" per-capitS\debt ited States, practically all of it without popular vote. Under the re vised constitution, the debt-making power of the legislature is severely curtailed. 2. Under the old constitution, it was possible for a county without popular vote to issue millions of dollars in bonds for extravagant construction of county buildings and, similar purposes. Look at Bun-' combe. Under the revised constitu tion .the debt-making power of counties, cities and towns is severe ly curtailed. 3. The legislature under the re vised constitution can provide a better general s$3tem of taxation. The present limitation Of 6 per cent on income is lower than in any other state. V'4. ynier the revised constitution, the 'exercise of the taxing power, who sell beer in violation of the Ject to a modified veto (the veto, however, to be overridden by ma jority vote.) Ours Is the only State In the Union with no veto power at} si, and we hsve no monopoly on wisdom. 5. Under the revised constitution, exemption of a homestead from taxation will be possible as an ob jective of state policy. ---S * 6. Under the revised constitution. the present "Jungle" of county courts, recorders' courts, justices Tobacco growers know that we look to their every interest on every pile of tobacco sold on our floor. We are never satisfied until each pile brings^ the highest possible price. We follow every sale and our auctioneer works with us. Bring Us Your First Load Planters Warehouse Roxboro ?!? D. Perkins, Prop. North Carolina