THE
Roanok° Bnaron
and
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
In Plymouth, Washington County,
North Carolina
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dated with the Washington County
News in 1929 and with The Sun
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/'PULSS ASSOCIATION
November 15, 1945
Playing One
Against tlfe Other
Labor baitei s n illy scored re
cently when they spread the word
that dock wi rkers ha : the
removal of troops from Kurope. In
dependent observer-. studying the
situation as it really existed, are
confident that the strike^ at the docks
had not delayed any sailings, that
possibly they had speeded up the
homeward journey It was explained
that ships were sent back across the
ocean empts. that to have loaded
them and delivered the i agues w-nild
have (greatK delayed troop move
ments.
The main rea-rn for the delay in
moving troops home can be found
in high brass hat policies. Tens of
thousand ; could have been
moved while (lit \au was maneu
vering for \a . 1 >ay on October
27th. Drew !’•. ar.-on. Washington
columnist .recent told about hi trses
being loaded a. d shipped from ur
ope while the (II- who loaded them
were left behind. Over here trans
ports are used transport race hors
es while GIs on the west coast are
forced to catch slow trains to visit
home on the Atlantic side.
Another big reason for the delay
in bringing the boys back home is
traceable to the transfer of British
ships. Our government hasn't as
vet taken sufficient action to offset
the transportation loss.
One does not have to hold a brief j
for the striker, but when there are j
false accusations it is no more than |
right and just to brand the charges
as false.
No, A Thousand
Times, No!
Atlanta ('(institution.
Che agitation and determination I
of the senator who delivered the fam
ous 'Change the Name of Arkansas" (
speech will pale into insignificance
when compared with the wrath of
those who learn that unified com
mand would mean the elimination of
the I'nited States Marines as a sepa
rate and distinct fighting force.
The Marines, who came into be
ing before the writing of the Decla
ration of Independence, are Ameri
ca's ftr-.t fighting unit and the one
with the greatest history of fighting.
In the war just concluded 98 per
cent of the corps' officers and about
‘>2 per cent of its entire personnel
saw active service overseas. The
Marines are fighters, not office work
er.-- or rear echelon troops. They are
fighting specialists who, while grant
ing full credit and admiration to
the Army and Navy and Air Force,
know full well it was they who went
ashore to take the islands which
made possible air bases from which
to bomb Japan.
It there must be a unified com
mand. there is still no reason to
touch the Marines. Leave them
alone with their winter greens, their
dress blues and their firm belief they
are the best troops in the world.
I'lie \rnn brass hats had best
look out.
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Education For—
Not Against
Bv Rr-rii Taylor
Sometimes we are so busy talking
about the value of education, that
we don't stop to consider that edu
cation is a two-edged sword. It can
be used both for and against.
Read any of the crop of books
about (iermanv or Japan and vou
will see that however much their au
THANKSGIVING FOR ALL —
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A. IS,
Courtesy Appreciate America. Inc.
thors disagree on conclusions and re
commendations. they all agree on
one thing -that the Nazis and their
counterparts in Japan educated Ger
many and Japan for war.
That is how all dictatorships -uc
:eed—they educate against. The
first object of all education is to
train citizens. If these citizens can
he molded into a tight mass by in
graining false ideas, by teaching
hatred instead of friendships. In
showing only one side of a picture,
they become so cohesive that they
can be swayed and used as one at
the beck and call of the creator of
their minds.
In democracy it is the other way.
We deliberately take the stand of
disputing all facts until they can In
proven by the individual. Our child
ren learn to think for themselves
which is excellent if they have some
standard by which to measure the
value of their own thoughts.
Socrates said, ‘ Whom, then, do I
call educated? First, those who con
trol circumstances instead of being
mastered by them; those who meet
all occasions manfully and at t in ac
cordance with intelligent thinking;
those who are honorable in all leal
ings, who treat gnod-ualuredk pri
sons and things that an disagree
able; and furthermore, those who
hold their pleasures under control
rv food stores yi
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and are not overcome by misfortune;
finally those who are not spoiled by
success."
That is true education. If we could
put it into effect in the world we
Could solve the problems that have so
long troubled mankind. If we could
learn to control circumstances, and
act intelligently, we could bring our
accumulated knowledge to the so
lution of our problems. If we could
be hnnond.it in a our dealings with
men of all classes, creed or color,
and treat with common sense those
individuals with whom we disagree
as individuals, there c aid be no dis
sension or group hatreds to stir up
the lunatic fringe, no prejudice to
hamper justice.
Only as we educate toward this
ideal the youth, i. it only of our na
tion but the youth of the world, can
we bring peace to earth and estab
lish the principles in which we in our
heart of hearts believe these princi
ples of freedom and fair play for all
people. 1 nle-s we do this the world
will remain a prey to war and to the
ambition- of "If seeking despots who
will arise from the ashes of bitter
strife.
I'ln ta-k i- Ions'and it is not easv
SKINNERSVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Norman, of
i Norfolk, and Mrs. George Swain, of
Suffolk, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Stark Holton Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter White, with
Mrs. W. B. Chesson and Mrs. Effie
(Oni'kin. of Pleasant Grove, attended
the North Carolina annual Methodist
conference held at Goldsboro Friday
of last week.
Mrs. Sally Davenport was in Plym
outh Friday.
Aumack Everett, of Hai rellsville.
visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Everett. Friday.
Mrs. Stark Holton visited Mrs.
Richard Lucas, jr.. in Plymouth last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bell, of Chowan
River Bridge, and Mrs Willie Bell
Moore, of Edenton. were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Stark Holton Friday.
J B. White and son. Joe Jesse,
were in Edenton Saturday.
Luther Leary, who was in the Navy
for about three years, serving over
luit the end is worth till it may cost.
Kducation for good, education in un
derstanding is the long but the only
way out.
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Wedding Attendants for
Amber-Midgettc Nuptials
Miss Katherine Morgan Midgette
has announced the names of attend
ants for her wedding to Lt. Eugene
L. Amber, which will be solemnized
seas in the European theater, was
given his honorable discharge about
a month ago and is now back home
again.
Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Everett vis
ited relatives in Roper Friday.
Mrs. Vernon Everett and son. Ver
non. jr.. and Mrs. Everett’s brother,
Woodrow Curies, of Elizabeth City,
went to Roanoke Rapids Sunday to
visit their father. W. T. Curies, who
was in an accident several days ago
and is in a hospital at Roanoke Rap
ids.
Misses Eva and Alice White visit
ed Mrs. Sally Davenport Sunday aft
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Curies and
baby, of Norfolk, were guests of M’\
and Mrs. Vernon Everett and fam
ily Monday.
Mrs. Richard Lucas and little
daughter. Gale, of Plymouth, spent
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter White.
Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock
n the Methodist church.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Bray, of
Plymouth, will be the maid of honor:
Mrs. Louis Calder. ,jr . of Armonk.
NT. Y . will be matron of honor: and
Mrs. Albert D Hanes and Miss Mer
edith Johnston, of Plymouth, will be
bridesmaids.
Lieutenant Amber will have as his
best man his father, Harrison L.
f\mber. of Pittsfield. Mass. The ush
?rs are Lt. Louis Calder. jr.. of Ar
nonk. N. Y.: Lt Paul H. Peakins.
bf New York City: Richard C. Demb
>ey, of Great Barrington. Mass.: and
Ma.i. Norman L. Gidden. of Cherry
Point.
TOMBSTONES
ANY TYPE OF
Memorials & Monuments
All Sizes and Lowest Price*
See or write
Z. B. BERGERON
No. 2 River Road
Washington, N. C.
Announcement
We Will Buy Peanuts
This Season ior the
FARMERS COTTON &
PEANUT COMPANY
We will grade, weigh and settle ior your pea
nuts a! their Tobacco Warehouse in front of
the pickle plant.
|. T. Downing & Son
Office in Warehouse Phone 220-1
mon
willj
in t|
The South Welcomes Them.
*|“HE postwar readjustment period will
bring new blood to the South. Many young'
men from other sections who received their
training in southern’campswill return and
make their permanent homes in the South.
They have discovered the" South. They
were charmed by the South’s^congenial cli
mate and the quiet, easy manners of its peo
ple. They saw with their own eyes fertile
lands that will produce a variety of year
round crops. They saw in the pasture lands,
which provide green grazing two-thirds of
the year, wonderful dairying possibilities.
They were impressed by the fact that egg
production and poultry raising are at the
peak in midwinter when these products ot
the farm are at the lowest ebb in the colder
climates.
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AMERICA'S NSW
INDUSTRIAL FRONTIER
!f you ore interested In incustrial plant
sites or distribution facilMbs in the Southeast,
>ve shell be glad to reconmend stable
locations. Oar rerearch staff is c.lso available
for comprehensive studies with respefct to
industrial possibilities in our territory.
Inquiries will receive prompt and confidential
attention. J. M. fields, Assistant
Vice-President Wiftnington, North Ccrolina.
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NEW FRONTIER
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In iihiiHn‘lTiy
golden harvest from the egg and poultry in
dustry, is 3,000 miles from the big markets
of the east, while the average distance from
the South to these markets is less than a thou
sand miles. Quick transportation will put
fresh vegetables on eastern dinner tables 24
hours after the vegetables are gathered.
Every acre of fertile land in the South is
an inexhaustible diamond mine, but the dia
monds are in the form of rich sub-soils which
will produce a variety of crops twelve months
in the year.
Today the South is the brightest and most
promising section of the nation. In an eco
nomic sense, the South has turned its face
away from the past and is viewing the future
with hope and confidence.
The South will welcome these young men
who have the vision to recognize and appre
ciate its possibilities. * * *
Editorial from
The Dillon (g. C.) Herald
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