THE NEWS of Orange County
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THE NEWS, INCORPORATED
J. Roy Parker, President
Hillsboro, N. C.
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Pherson, Hillsboro Negro representative; and L. v ickers, I,
Chapel Hill-Can boro Negro representative.
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THE NEWS of Orange County is the oldest newspaper of continuous
operation in Orange County.
Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Caro
lina Press Association for 1946.
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The News, March 11, 1948
Few Understand Sterilization
Sterilization of the feeble
minded to prevent reproduc
tion is gaining favor in many
counties in the state.
Already in this county a
number of feeble-minded per
sons have been sterilized and
a number of others are in need
of the operation.
Too few people really
understand what happens when,
a person undergoes the op
- eration. t
For that reason we. present
the following excerpts from a
report by die Human Better
ment League, which has head
quarters in Winston Salem, on
a survey made of students ip*a
North Carolina college.
The survey indicated that “a
surprisingly small proportion
of-them understand the nature
of the operation of human
sterilization that is provided
for by law in this and a number
of other states with the view
to preventing reproduction by
persons handicapped by severe
mental deficiency or by disabl
ing physical conditions that
are hereditary'
“Only one third of the stu
denty surveyed knew that in
the case of men sterilizatiop
involves only the blocking of
the tiny tube which carries the
sperm cells,” the report said
“Only one-fourth of them
understood that sterilization ot
a woman required nothing
more than a blocking of the
tube through which the micro
scopic egg passes.”
Only six out of 10 were able
to explain correctly that in a
man no change in sexual cha
racteristics result, said the re
port.
In answering this question
regarding women the students
did somewhat better, for
“three-fourths knew that fri
gidity did not result. However, |
only 42 per cent gave the cor
rect answer that a woman’s
periodic function is not inter
ferred with. W*
“No significant differences
were found between the know
ledge of the spohomores and
juniors tested when compared
with that of the seniors.’’
‘The Human Betterment
League,* in studying the prob
lem of the feeble-inded, has
found that “surgical steriliza
tion is an important protec
tion, both for the feeble
minded themselves and fur the
children who might be born
into unsatisfactory surround
ings. If this fact were more gen
erally understood, there woyld
be fewer children in the next:
generation inheriting feeble
niihdediiess,“ the report com
eluded.
Publisher P-A-L-A-V-E-R
By 7 he President
HAS FAMILIAR SOUND . . .
Reason for Rowan County com
^ missioners’ resolution against
highway patrolmen could - have
been because the wrong people
„ were being cited for breaking the
laws, says a reporter for one of
the newspapers I read, Sounds like
a reasonable deduction even with
out supporting facts in the instant
case, seeing as how you and I have
observed such things in our own
bailiwicks.
• * *
THE CLINCHER . . - In the
Rowan ease, “The resolution fol
lowed the arrest Feb. 25 of the
wife of the register .of deeds and
secretary of the board of county
commissioners, on a charge of
‘failure to stop at stop sign. A
case of petticoat power aiding and
abetting political ditto. It’s a
powerful combination.
• * *
STRONG MEN NEEDED . . .
Hatcher’s uniformed men of the
highways are" walking chalked
lines these days. There is in
creasing evidence of their aware
ness of the fact. In my neighbor
hood of counties, a highway pa
trolman’s conduct , is checked as
closely as suspected violators of
State traffic laws. That s all to
the good, as a recent reprimand
and resignatiop have shown.
ON THE OTHER HAND , . •
Many are the provocations under
gone by law officers, the Rowan
incident being a sample. Every
time an officer slips up he makes
it a thousand times harder for the
of his brothers. You dont
have to go any further than your
nearest courtroom to discover how
many devices are employed to
smear all foiK the sins of the few.
* * *
OLD FOGEY - ISSH ... At the
hell-bent-for-election rate we’ve
been going for security, ease, com
fort, retirement from work, short
er working hours, and all the
things that make “the life abun
dant,” first you know somebody
is going to rise up and smack Dr.
George B. Cutten squarely in the
jaw for the things he has been
telling Durham and other service
clubbers. This sounds like 1948
heresay: ■ -.— r
“The present overemphasis
on social security tends to lull
the people into indolence and a
feeling of false security.”
This doctrine sounds opt of date,
despite recollections of my early
teachings-r
“Growth of an individual or
nation is based on exertion, in
tegrity and initiative. . . Growth
and prosperity Is the result of
exertion and industry.”
A lot of folks I know won’t like
this either—
“The price of ease is destruc
tion while the price of progress
is pain and adversity which
eventually lead to profit and
prosperity.”
* * *
SPEAKING OF EASE . ... There
must be an easier way to earn
$1,000 than entering a radio prize
contest. Soon as I hear from my
first and only entry, you will have
an answer to that one. Question
Keeping the Constitution
A LIVING DOCUMENT
Oliver. Wendell Holmes,Jr.
MARCH 8, /84t - MARCH 6j /93S
Scholar,soldier,philosopher,
LAWVER- HOLMES ACHIEVED A
AMONG GREAT AMERICANS DURING
I
The HISTORY OF OUR. COUNTRY IS A RECORD OF DYNAMIC CHANGE!
OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS. YET THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES IS AS ALIVE TODAY AS THE
DAY IT WAS WRITTEN- "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
INTERPRETING AND APPLYING THE CONSTITUTION
TO THE DEVELOPING NEEDS OF THE NATION AND
THE PEOPLE HAS RESTED WITH THE SUPREME COURT,
It is men like Oliver wendell holmes who, in the
JUDICIAL ARM OF OUR GOVERNMENT, HAVE GIVEN
VITALITY AND DIRECTION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL
PROCESSES OF OUR REPUBLIC,/
Sunday School*
Lesson
March 14
Lesson: Acts 20: 17-38, Ephe
sians 5:21.
Topis: The Worth of Christian
Character.
Paul is an example of the nob
lest18 soTt of Christian character.
Only eternity will reveal what he
and many other fine, true, noble
Christians are worth. When John
Wesley died he left six silver tea
spoons and the Methodist church.
Our every act, every thought,
every word, what we read, what
we strive" for, all these leave de
posits in our inner being. We are
| to redeem the time because the
days are evil. A great mass of man
j kind is ehgaged in doing evil.
| Christians should not be satisfied
| with being good but should be
! busily^engaged in doing good all
! the time. Some of the things seen
j in Paul were joy, freedom from
.anxiety, thankfulness, peace, and
i purity. Yet he was not satisfied.
] He said “I press on toward the
mark for the prize of the high
calling in Christ Jesus. Be not
drunk with wine, but be filled
with the spirit. Let in the Divine
Spirit and the evil will .flee. Wine
intoxicates, makes a person proud
and boastful. The Holy Spirit im
parts true strength, not for boats
ing but for service. One leads to
uhcleanneSs, the Other to purity.
One to a headache, the other to a
joyful heart God sent this message
to Zacharias foretelling the birth
of John the Baptist. He shall be
of the Week:: . Why did I do it?
* * •
RADIO REPORT . . . Out here
on the farm where the ether is so
filled with—broadcast waves "you
have to split hairs with your se
lector to stay tuned to your favor
ite station, we are raising loud
hurrahs for the new kind of
broadcasting. FM — frequency
modulation—they call it. My set
gave me a perfect seat at the
Southern Conference Basketball
Tournament in Durham.
* * *
ADVERTISING ADVERTIS
ING . . . You radio set dealers are
missing a sure bet if you aren’t
buying space in your favorite
hometown paper (this one) to tell,
us farmers what you have in the
way of FM radio receivers. We
want to get them paid for out of
this year’s crop so as to begin sav
ing for a television receiving set.
Charlotte has made two applica
tions for sending television sta
tions and Greensboro one.
* * *
POLITICAL . . . We farmers are
the darlings of the day. State
candidates, campaign managers,
and publicity directors are being
so nice to us and so considerate of
our every need—more and better
roads, more tobacco acreage, more
power lines, less^ taxes cn farm
supplies and equipment, more' of
everything good and less of every
thing bail. . . . On the local level,
the premier's, if any, will of neces
sity have to be- more and better
taxes to pay for new schools, re
pairs to the old ones, courthouse
and jail construction, repair and
reconditioning, improving and ex
.panding public health facilities,
and raising pay checks to keep
employees happy. All that, and
yet incumbent county commis
sioners are coming up for more
and some new aspirants are brash
enough to seek votes for such a
job.
great in the sight of the Lord and
shall drihg neither wine or strong
drink and shall be filled with the
Holy Spirit even from his mother’s
womb.
To find the current price of pro
ducing a dozen eggs, multifply the
average' number*crf pounds of feed
the flock is eating a day by the
price per pound and divide by the
number of dozen agges laid in a
day.
True for years—and truer
than ever today—with the advent,
"°of this newer,.smarter, finer Chevrolet for
194jif Official registration figures prove
that more people drive Chevrolets—and
seven independent surveys jirove that
more people want Chevrolets—than any
other make of car! The reason, of course,
is more value. And now Chevrolet value
is made all the more outstanding by the
smart new styling, brilliant new colors,
and even more luxuriously appointed
interiors which have been added to all
the other advantages of Chevrolet's
famous BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST
COST. See the new 1948 Chevrolet,
and you'll know why more people drive
Chevrolets than any other make!
You II odmirj |
tasteful new
• the new color}*
; monies, t|,e il
and richer
sfdry and
ments which odd,
much to the ,
viable Big.j,
beauty o! Chew,
let's Body-byfd,
You’ll find there isn’t any other car in its
field that gives the Big-Car comfort of
Chevrolet for 1943—direct result of the
Unitized Knee-Action Gliding Ride.
Chevrolet’s world's champion Valve-in
Head engine gives an unequalled com
bination of performance, endurance, de
pendability and economy.
The record demand for new Chevnli
prompts us to suggest that you keepyg
present car In good running condilb
See us for service—today I
CHEVROLETIS FIRST!
ENO CHEVROLET COMPANY
-—-— ^r —. Hillsboro, N. C.
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