Editorial and Opinion Polio Victims Meed Help Not since 1916, says the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, have so many children been hit by the dis ease. Widespread epidemics have created emergencies which have all but exhausted the funds available in many of the 2800 chapters that reach into every county, every city, and every home in America. At this time, interested workers are seeking to raise an epidemic emergency fund to assist in meeting the excep tionally heavy expenditures of this year. This should not be confused with the annual March of Dimes, which has financed research and education and assisted the National Headquarters to make needed money available to communi ties so hard-hit that local funds are wiped out. It is understood, of course, that half of what the peo ple of Orange County give to the annual March of Dimes campaign stays in this county to pay for the care and treat ment of patients in this area. Nevertheless, when a full scale epidemic hits any section of the country, it is practi cally impossible for a local chapter to take care of the situ ation, National Headquarters then shoulders the chapter’s financial burdens for the remainder of the year. The emergency campaign to raise funds is an excep tional effort, necessitated by this year’s widespread inci dence of polio- The money Raised will go into a national epidemic fund, to be available to every state and county where victims require assistance that only motley will pro ,— vide. Some of the money, according to National Headquar ters, will pay hospital expenses of those unable to pay for themselves, to mobilize medical and technical personnel at points of need and to purchase the special equipment need ed in (lie treatment of this dread disease. ^ , Money given to this special drive will be translated" and to the"many who will con Hue tb need help for months or .years to come. A contribution might mean the differ ~ CTree-between Hfe-and death"to "soirte child;' ~Tharis whv the contribution of every person is important. Readers of The News of Orange who wish Co con tribute to this emergency fund should send in their contri butions immediately. Simply put it in an envelope and mail to “POLIO,” care of your local postoff ice. Schools Serve Democracy With the opening of the schools of Orange County, it might be well for parents and teachers to do a little thinking about the pupils that present problems to both of them. . . Children going to a school system should not be re garded as raw material to be subjected to certain definite processes in the expectation that the finished product*can be certain or standardized. Factors o%^jfyeritance and en vironment combine to make each chilci a special subject re quiring, more or less individualized treatment. Parents, who expect a school and its teachers to take a rough specimen of untrained humanity and develop it. •into a polished human being, are looking for a great deal - They must not expect the school to take the place of the home and the church. The guidance that a teacher can - to a pupil is valuable and necessary, but it should not and cannot replace entirely all functions of parents. Teachers, on the other hand, facing a mass, of little hu- ‘ main- beings in their classrooms, should hot overlook the importance of identifying each pupil as a separate and dis tinct-human entity. The good teacher is not a mass-worker. There must be the recognition of the peculiar difficulties that confront eachv student, together with an intelligent tol erence for the child if the greatest improvement in the in dividual is to be secured. Naturally, we are vefy proud of the school system in this community. Along with millions of other Americans, we thoroughly endorse the common schools which offer ed ucational opportunities to all children upon practically equal terms. The schoolhouse, in our opinion, is the bul wark of democratic processes, which should be understood, respected and appreciated by officials and teachers, as well as by the students themselves. TOE NEWS of Oraage Coanty Published Every Thursday by ' * v‘ THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. C. Edwin J. Hamlin..Editor and Publisher Community Representatives— Miss Elizabeth Kirkland, New Hope; Mrs. Ira Mann, Carrboro; Mrs. C. H. Pender, Cedar Grove; Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, Mebane; Mrs. Marinda McPher son, Hillsboro Negro Community; Mrs. Golden Sellars, Chapel Hill Negro. Community, Manager, Chapel Hill Bureau, SUBSCRIPTION RATE8 1 Year (in North Carolina) .... 6 Months (in North Carolina) ......... 1 Year (outside North Carolina) . ... * Months (outside North Carolina 1 . $2.00 $1.50 $2.50 $2.00 ... *nteJred as 8econd Class Matter at the Pest Office at Hillsboro, N. C. under the Act of March 3. 1879. Exclusive National Advertising Representative Greater 'Weeklies New York • Chicago • Defroft • Philadelphia Member North Carolina Press Association Thursday, September 22, 1949 PRESS COMMENT Better Race Relations If experience of recent years continues to hold true, gradu ates of Johnston County Negro high schools well enter college in fairly large numbers this fall. A great many more will en roll than will finally get college degrees, but even so we may ex pect to see a continued steady increase in the number of col lege graduates among Johnston County Negroes. North Carolina has a long road to travel in providing bet ter higher-educatioij^ opportu* nities for its Negro young people and in lifting the economic level of its Negro population so that more Negro boys and girls will be able to go to college. But we mgy take in what has already been accomplished. Some months ago the North Carolina Public School Bulletin published some interesting sta tistics showing the growth of higher education for North Car olina Negroes_. _. . A tabulation by G. H. Fergu son, Assistant Director of Ne gro Education in the State De partment of Public Instruction, revealed that approximately 17,000 students have been grad uated from. North Carolina’s Negro colleges since 1921. The number of Negro college graduates in 1921 was 58. By 1930, the number had risen to 497, and TO years later 937 were graduated from the Negro col leges. During the Nineteen For ties, war prosperity plus the G. I. bill of- rights sent the fig ure to 1,751 for 1948. The report did not give figures for the cur rent year. Negro colleges in North Car olina were not standardized until 1921 and there were few graduates. Mr. Ferguson’s sta tistics show that from 1921 to 1301 a large percentage of the Negro graduates were from the state’s two-year normal schools. But it is significant to note that since 1944 practically all the graduates have had four years of training in college. A great many of the gradu ates should have a beneficial effect on the quality of instruc tion in the Negro schools. Better instruction will mean more Ne gro byos and girls prepared for college. And as more and more Negrb young people show an * eagerness for higher education, the, standard of instruction in the colleges should tend to rise. We will have, it seems, and end less cycle which can work won ders in widenin the opportuni ties of Negroes and in creating better race relations in North Carolina.—Smithfield Herald. o County Agent’s Coljnu _ Hillsboro—Two visits w e re made to Oddie Lee Torian’s farm. Monday afternoon, to plan prep aration of soil for seeding the two-acre alfalfa plot, which was placed in the project plans last spring. A crop of lespedeza was turned under the first week in August. Tuesday of this week, the two jcre plot was disked and har rowed. W ednesday afternoon, about 15 veterans under the su pervision of John Poteat, Asst. Vocational Agriculture teacher, and 5 adult farmers assisted in the seeding operation. Two thous and pounds of lime per acre was applied to the plot March 15th: 700 of 2-2-12 fertilizer with bo ron mixed-was drilled with grain drill Wednesday afternoon. The alfalfa was enoculated just before they were cross-drilled with a hand seeder at the rate of 30 pounds per acre. The seed were covered by running a smooth drag drag over the surface of the land. The Oddie Lee Torian farm is under constant observation by his most of the practices recommend ed in the farm plan by R. L. Mohler and C. V. Ferguson, of the Soil Conservation Service. ^ l-j .MV.-- rs-.i/My.VVH?•-. f WMATTAYOU MEAN BALANCED HEAT IN -YOUR HOUSE? ive cor proper.even] TEMPERATURE in EVER/ROOM... thanks to a*;*.' LINWOXurATlNG 5VSTEM/ 11_IS WB Glenn Oil Co Carrboro Caldwell News MRS. ELIZABETH C. MURRAY Jr* *• ! . ' Personals Mr. i1 and Mrs. Costen James , and their small son have moveq ^ from Grundy, Virginia, to Rox boro, where they now plan tf> make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Burley Shafers, of Gastonia, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miller and fajnily recently. Mrs. C. T. Crabtree has been confined to McPherson Hospital in Durham lor the last few days, having undergone a delicate eye. operation. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gates, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gates, Jr, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cothran of Efland, visited Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Blalock of Fuquay Springs this past Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.. R. E. Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Flint Hamlin mo tored to Washington, D. C., this past weekend, in order to attend the double-header baseball game Sunday between Washington and Detroit. « Mr*. Laws Hostess The W. C. S. C. of the New Bethel Church held its regular monthly meeting last Friday eve ning in the home of Mrs. Pattie Laws. Miss Pattye Mae Laws gave a short devotional, following which Mrs, Pattie Laws, the local president, held a brief executive session. After the executive meet ing, the monthly adopted pro gram, centering around faith and its relation to a new life, was pre sented by Misses Emma and Mar garet Gates and Mesdames R. E. Murray and Harvey Gates, Jr. - At the conclusion of the meet ing, the hostess served assorted soft drinks, cookies, cake and mints” to the following: Mesdames C. R. McBroom, Travis McBroom, Hubert Laws, Joseph Donohoe, Addie Hall, Reade" Hall, George Hall, Richard Gates, Harvey Gates, Sr.„ Harvey Gates, Jr., and R. E. Murray; Misses Margaret Gates, Emma Gates, and Pattye Mae Laws and the pastor of the group, Reverend Joseph Dono hoe. Mr. and Mrs. Raeford McKee, an dsmall son Charles, visited relatives in Person County Sun day. -- -- National Fire Prevention Week will observed from October 9 to 15. Painting >oetry is if speech. * is silent yoetry, ana painting with the gift —Simonides. --— om my mother made me •. , *" ' V* * • Benjamin West. Dr. Jams Warner Graduate Physio Therapist f CHIROPRACTOR MINERAL HEALTH BATHS laurel ave. carrboro k t Fertilizer Makes Grain Get lip and /20/)£U/ OR ABUNDANT YIELDS of X1 better-quality grain next summer, get your crop off to a good start of quick, vigorous growth this fall! At seeding time, give each" acre 300 to 600 pounds of well-balanced,' complete fertilizer, such as 5-10-5, 4-12-4, 3-12-6 or a similar analysis recommended by your County Agent or Vocational Teacher. Fertilizer makes grain get up and grow! The stand is thickened. Strong root sys tems are developed which mean less win ter injury and less soil erosion. Plants are ■i BUY FJER LI LIZ E R N QW / Place youriqraffe} with: /our Regular ferlj t™*' suppler pnd\ request immadlcte ship wndfucfco«r an«f trainmen on 'the Mfswiuri T-;m Pacific. They are known as “operating* employes, and are the most highly paid d all employes on the nation’s railroads, but their strike action has resulted in the los* of work to 22,500 other employes of the - Missouri Pacific. In addition, they have imposed great inconvenience and hard* 8lnp upon the public and the communities served by that railroad. The Railway Labor Act was designed to protect the yublic against fust such in terruptions of commerce. Ohs* men wil| „0| con,p|y wittl the provisions . ttleiJaw h»r the settlement of such dispute* ,,en Jinking Americans must face the ques “on. “What is the nest step?"