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Tut'nday. July 15, 1111.
Democracy la I'eriletl in the Soulli
Speaking before the eighth International Con
ference of the New EducatioQjE8?pFwship in
Ann Arbor, (Mich.) a few days ago, Jonathan
Daniels offered national and southern leaders
something to think about
"If Democracy u. to survive in the American
South. a section which had half the farmers and
until recently only a fifth of the farm imple
ments, defense.must he adjusted more fully to
tori" region and helt) it -meet its ser
ious problems of unemployed youth, poor edu
cational lacilities, and extreme poverty," Mi
Daniels declared. He continued'
"Democracy must be fought for not only in
the streets of London but also on the dustiest
roads of Alabama.
"Where defense money has come to the South
workers have poured out of the canebreaks the
lulls, the farms, the blaekbelts to share it, and
yet in North Carolina after two camps had tak
en what was thought to be the labor supply,
there is still a sharp unemployment problem
They stand in line waiting while America talks
of a boom We have a right in national defense
to urge a defense that is national and which con
siders the strength and the welfare, the will to
participate, and the ability tu. participate, of all
the regions and people of this land
"From the South by voluntary enlistment
have gone more young men than from any oth
er section in America to defend Democracy,"
Mr Daniels declared, but described the "Democ
racv" that remains behind them as a South
where many schools are wretched because the
people although making the greatest effort can
not afford to have better ones, and as open to
the charge that?Democracy does not jjio-vMc
-the decency, the .security, and the hope that
men ask ol any lorm of government under
which thev live
Concluding his'remarks to the conference, the
Iialeigh man said. "All of us in America have
responsibilities for failure 111 human terms ev
erywhere in America, and the fight for Demofc
-rarr-re-whert-vei1 men u re-And now In re is there
a more dramatic task, a more essential victory
for the world and for the Nation than here in
our own South "
Mr Daniels ,110 doubt, had 111 mind and was
speaking about a system that called grown
persons to the farms and offered them sixty
cents a day for their labors. He was talking
about a system That permits human values to
be measured 111 terms of a machine. He was
talking about a system that encouraged men to
accept service in the armed forces as a means
of escape from unemployment, poverty and
want, allowing, of course, for patriotism.
There is a dramatic task to be handled in the
South, and those who would oppose even a
study of the problem are extending a cordial
hand to some ism foreign to Democracy.
Miibranded
There has been much said in recent months
about the type of books used and the political
faith of the professors in our schools and col
picture.
It is possible that some of the foreign isms
are being "squeezed" into the modern school
curriculum, and we, as every red-blooded Am
erican should be. are against it. It is also possi
ble that some people would misbrand the type
of education being dished out to the American
youth. They refer to the Magna Charta and the
Bill of Rights as great documents now, but
wouldn't they have branded those movements
as communistic or certainly as socialistic had
they lived in those days? It is indeed possible
that many of our teachers who are being ac
cused of communistic leanings too are only
trying to help better the lot of mankind by
pointing out the flaws in our own system of
government and appealing to the youth of the
land to prepare themselves for the task of cor
recting those flaws.
With almost half of this country's population
underfed and countless numbers hanging on to
life by an economic thread, we can't say our
system of government and our way of life are
perfect Surely, the system as a whole, is fine,
but there are details foreign to the system and
those details must be tuned to the whole or we
may lose everything.
It is wrong, no doubt, to teach the young buck
that the world owes him a living, but it is not
wrone to teach a child that the world owes him
the right to make a living. And when a nation"
denies its youth that right, they should be told
in the schools what to expect.
Thinking It Over
By Kay Camp
Said Diogenes: "Education is a controlling
grace to the young, consolation to the old,
wealth to the poor, and ornament to the rich."
Where could one find a more complete defi
nition of what modern higher education defi
nitely'is not?
A student goes to college and specializes. He
trains himself for one particular job and rigid
ly excludes from his course of study every sub
ject that does not bear directly and specifical
ly upon that type of work. He knows that one
think and nothing else. He becomes a specialist
and his training isolates him from every other
interest in life.
, Too narrow or technical specialization in edu
cation sometimes defeats the very purposes it
is designed to serve. Eor instance, the dean of
a medical school said recently that students
-who had a broad cultural training as a rule mas
tered medical subjects more quickly and thor
oughly than those who hud limited their pre
medical preparation to strictly scientific sub
jects To cultivate the most helpful "bedside
manner" the physician must know more than
the technical tools of his trade.
One of the country's most prominent news
paper publishers said to a college president in
answer to the query as-ln what snhjert.s a stll
dent should pursue to qualify for journalistic
work, "Give him a broad training in history, lit
erature, the natural sciences, the humanities,
mathematics We will teach him the mechan
ics lie iiiu.,1 know what to write. We will shun
him how."
It is necessary ,of course, that there be high
ly specialized training for technical vocations.
But a young man or woman who has become
acquainted with the masters of good literature,
who is familiar with some of the rich values re
vealed by tin- history of the lium^t race, who
has learned to coordinate and systematize his
thinking through thedaws of Mathematics and
Logic, who, in other words, knows more than he
is expected to know to do his particular -job,"is
likely to go farther in that profession or voca
tion and to enjoy life more fully.
1'he Liberal Arts College still has its place
m modern society.
I Faith h'or Living
Christian Science Monitor.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in his radiocast for
the United Service Organizations, gave a creed
which distills the experience of typical Ameri
cans and voices "the hope of countless others. His
statement is an epitome ail the ethics and aims
on wIRi-li generations of God-fearing freemen
-have dwell reared It exemplifies the deep-laid
faith that grows about family firesides, and ex
alis the qualities which parents like to see re
affirmed in their sons.
"I believe in the supreme worth of the indi
vidual." began Mr. Rockefeller, enumerating
ten points which he said had been guiding max
ims in his family. Coupled with counsels of
thrift,?honesty, justice, und uuefulneau?were
these:
I believe that every right implies a respon
sibility; every opportunity, an obligation; ev
ery possession, a duty . . .
1 believe in the dignity of labor, whether with
head or hand; that the world owes no man a
living but that it owes every man an opportun
ity to make a living . . .
I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God,
named by whatever name, and that the indi
vidual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness
and widest usefulness are to be found in living
in harmony with His will.
J believe that love is the greatest thing in the
World, that it alone can overcome hate; that
right can and will triumph over might.
Through practical, everyday services the
United Service Organizations help keep Am
erican soldiers in touch with their loved ones
and with the sources of sustaining faith. Such
contacts will not make American soldiers soft
but will make them strong. Millions of parents
will agree with Mr. Rockefeller that they <^o
not want their sons made "tough" by military
training but they do want each one to be "a
man with ideals, holding duty and honor above
life."
Invetlment in l)efent*>
Yes, defense is costly. But it is not as cost
ly as war. To date this country's expenditures
for defense represent less than 10 per cent of
the current national income. War efforts cost
Great Britain half her present national income,
while Nazi Germany is spending 60 per cent.
Dimes spent for defense now will save us dol
lars later.?Democratic National Committee.
/le/iere il Or Not!
Spring 19311: "Neither I nor anybody else in
the National Socialist party advocates pro
ceeding by anything but constitutional meth
ods."?Adolf Hitler.
Spring 1941: "Neither I nor anybody else in
the America First Committee advocates pro
ceeding by anything but constitutional meth
ods."?Chas. A. Lindbergh.
AT LONG LAST)
6liT 15 Trtt M
H0V23tSTlU-T?Et?E? -
Koom Is E\|K'ctc(l
To Ta|KT Off Soon
The boom that has been going on
for seven or eight months in durable
|consumer goods?like autos, refrig
erators, radios, stoves. vacuum
cleaners and so forth?is bound to
"taper off soon. The demand is still
|strong as ever, probably stronger,
not only materials, but also plant and ;
manufacturing equipment needed
for defense production, means that
output for civilian use just has to be
I curtailed. A survey by the National
; Industrial Conference Board Shows
that more than one-fourth of all
j manufacturers of such products nave
[already started to reduce their out
put for civilian use . . . Indication of
how these lines have been booming
Is seen in these retail sales figures!
for the first five montljs of this year,
|compared to the same period of 1940:
[Autos?up 41 per cent, and headed
for the best model year since 1929 .
I. . Mechanical refrigerators up 35
per cent . . Vacuum cleaners?up
20 per cent . . . Elecfric ranges?up
51 per cent . . . Radios?up 15 to 20
per cent . . Furniture (new orders1
booked by manufacturers)- up 58
per cent.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
Having qualified as the executor
of the estate of George Williams, do
Livestock
Marketings of livestock and total
meat production so far in 1941 have
bat !i about as large as m the corre
sponding months of last year, re
ports the U. S. Bureau of Agricul
tural Economics.
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned
within one year from the.completion
of this publication of notice or same
will be pleaded in bar to any recov
<ry
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate settle
ment.
This the 27th day of June, 1941.
RUSSELL WILLIAMS.
Exuutoi of the estate of
jlyl-6t George Williams, deceased
NOTICE OF RE-SALE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
Martin Little vs. Callie Little.
Under and by virtue of an order
of re-sale made by L. B. Wynne,
Clerk (if the Superior Court, o'n the
12th day of July. 1941. the under
signed commissioners wjll, on Mon
day. the 28th day of July, 1941, of
fer for sale for cash to the highest
bidder, m front of the courthouse
door in the town of Williamston,
Martin County, the following de
scribed tract or parcel of land, to
wit:
That certain house and lot in the
town of Williamston, Martin County,
N C., beginning at Caesar Purvis'
corner on a lane: thence along said
lane 50 feet to a stake; thence South
105 feet to a stake; thence West 45
Mr. Farmer!
lurs youk
Tobacco Twine
HERE!
Ihiusimlly Low Prices On
"Hirersiile3 plv or 4 ply
BELK^TYLER
COMPANY
WIUJAMSTON. N. C.
1-2 feet to Caesar Purvis' line; thence
along Caesar Purvis' line to the be
ginning And being the same prem
ises owned and occupied by Nora
Rice at the time of her death, and
| being the same property devised to
Martin Little and Callie Little in
! the Last Will and Testament of Nora
i Rice, deceased, wmcn if 01 KCOTtl 111
'the office of the Clerk of the Super -
I mr Court of Martin County and here
' by referred to.
This the 12th day of July, 1941.
HUGH G. HORTON,
ELBERT S. PEEL
jlyl5-2t Commissioners.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in that certain Deed
of Trust recorded in the Public Reg
istry of Martin County in Book H-3,
at page 227, said-Deed of Trust hav
ing been given to secure a certain
I note of even date and tenor there
with, and the stipulations therein
j contained not having been com
j plied with, at the request of the par
lt;es - interested* the undersigned
Trustee will, on Monday, the 28th
| day of July, 1941. at 12:00 o'clock
M . in front of the Court House door
j in the Town of Williamston, N.X.,
offer for sale at Public AuctipnjKo
the highest bidder for cash, the fol
1 wing described real estate:
LOT NO. 1: Being Lot No. 16 in
tin Moore Fields?adjoining Amy
Puivis en the W t fronting N.
Str ef 3.'' and running back to two
parHkl lues S 41-4') feet east to
the (j pth ef 136 1 ' t. Being same
land purcoased fiom Williamston
Land and Improves ?r t Company by
George and Jane Ri Recorded in
Book E-l, page 112.
LOT NO. 2: Begi, ng 73 feet
from Broad Street at i ner of Lot
No. 1 in Block B in the Moore Field
plot, thence Eastwardly aloe ? th<
line of lots 1 and 2 about 130 feet t<
Lot No. 4; thence Southerly along
I-iut No. 4 to Jane Rice's back corner;
thence along Jane Rice's corner i
about 130 feet to a Street; thence
along said" Street to the beginning,
being same land purchased of H. M
Burras by George and Jane Rice.
LOT NO. 3: Beginning at the cor
ner of Pine and North Streets in the
Williamston Land and Improvement
Company, Moore Field, running
North 42* East 72.8 feet to Augustus
Purvis corner; thence along his line
South 41 3-4* West along Pine Street
tn thr beginning and being Lot ~No.
19 Being same land purchased from
Williamston Land and Improvement
Company on the 24th day of Octo
ber, 1940, recorded in Book MMM,
page 225
This the 26th day of June, 1941.
B A CRITCHER,
jlyl-4t Trustee.
NOTICE
1 North Carolina, Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin against Mandy or
Mary Lewis and Town of Parmele
The defendant, Mandy or Mary
Lewis, above named, will take no
tice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Super
ior Court of Martin County, North
Carolina, to foreclose the taxes on
land in Martin County in which said
defendant lias an interest, and the
su,d defendant will further take no
iice that she is required to appear
before L. B Wynne, Clerk of the
: Superior Court of Martin County
at his offiee in Williamston, North
Carolina, within thirty (30) days af
t tor the completion of this service of
publication by notice and to answer
, or demur to the complaint of the
plaintiff in this action, or the plain
i tiff will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
This the 3rd day of July, 1941.
L B WYNNE.
Clerk Superior Court
| jy8-4t of Martin County.
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