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PERSON COUNTY TIMES A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE fIL 8. MERRITT, Edßor M. C. CLAYTON, Manager E. J. HAMLIN City Editor. Published Every Sunday and Thursday- Entered As Second Gass Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under. Vke Act Os March 3rd., 1879. »> —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year 11-50 Mix Months *75 Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Advertisers at aH times, Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not later than Monday to insure publication for Thursday edition nod Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1939 WE ARE SATISFIED WITH EUGENIO CARDINAL PACELLI The writer of this article does not see how anyone could help but be impressed with the election of new Roman Catholic Pope. Everything surrounding the election was covered with dignity and religion. It was no hurried matter, yet the cardinals must have ' know what they were there for. They know that the task of holding this office was one filled with responsibility and they voted •their honest convictions. Pope Pius XII must be quali fied to fill the new office that lie now holds. His election was expected by many and it is evi dent that the cardinals made a Wise move. It has been indicated that the new Pontiff will strive to bring the church into close relations yrith all foreign nations. If Pius XTT can do this he may come as near to bringing peace on earth as any other power can possibly 80. The democracies hailed the el ection of Cardinal Pacelli as the 282nd Pontiff with joy. In Catho lic France it was regarded as a blow to Germany, where the church and the Nazi regime have "been involved in a long and hit ler struggle, and even to Premier Benito Mussolini’s Fascist rule in Italy. The choice of Cardinal Pacelli, Tather than a man known as a "Pastor Angelicus,” was believed -certain to prove annoyance in] Germany, where he long has been regarded as a moving spirit behind the Vatican’s opposition do Nazi policies. j One might suppose that Pacel li will oppose Nazi policies, but one does not suppose that Germ-] any or Hitler will deter from any policies that are now in the making or that have been plan ned for the future. However it is good to know that these policies will be opposed by strong or ganization. As we said in the beginning of the editorial we have been greatly impressed with the elec lion of the new Pope. We have faith in him and in the Catholic' church. Catholics and Protest-] ants alike must have a deep sense of satisfaction in thd elevation of ; Pacelli to the Papacy. - ‘ ; A CRAZY STORY * A most fantastic story is now traveling around Europe The story that Adolph Hitler is dead. It is said that he was poisoned at a meal while he was dining with Goering, Goebbels, Von Bibbentrop and others. A South American drug was used. And now the story goes that there are several people in Europe who are impersonating Hitler and posing for him as the occasion demands. The Nazi party is in charge. It is said by publishers of a book that tells this story that it is the. most important book out of Nazi Germany. So far evidence to support the story is entirely lacking. It is this writer’s opinion that it has no foundation. That story was bound to come sooner or later. It comes about all big men and Hitler was an ideal subject. Hitler may die tomorrow, but when he does we believe that the entire world will know about it at once. There are too many people connected with Hitler for his death to be kept 9 ncwi We remember the story of the death of President Harding, the story of John Wilkes Booth and other men who were in the spot light. We believe none of them. Strange thing* happen in Hii« : World, but if Hitler should die "Bmm would be Mutowt such that the Nazi could not hide. The Fuerher’s impersonators may be good, they may fill has place at public meetings while he is liv ing, but when he dies they die too —so to speak. PLANT BEDS DAMAGED Anything can happen to a to bacco crop. Recent rains have damaged tobacco plant beds in Eastern Carolina to such an ex tent that farmers fear they will not have enough plants. This same damage may affect our crop here. For the past sev eral years our farmers have been going to Eastern Carolina for tobacco plants after blue mold had ruined plant beds here. Eas tern Carolina trouble may come home to us this year. ■ o- Residential sales of electricity in the nation in 1938 were up 10 percent over 1937, farm sales [ jumped six percent, and retail | commercial five. | . o It has been said, “The eye is the window of the soul.” | °“ , FOR NEWSPAPER SERVICE DIAL 4501. I ———————————— REFLECTIONS By R. M. SPENCER IGNORANCE. One man says “Tell me about l it.” His mind is like a sponge, it absorbs knowledge constantly; conversely, there is the man who says “Not interested.” His mind is like a piece Bl of granite, it has size but ■Jfli'l lacks that ab - -fSB sorbing essent ■l ial It will * shrink rather than expand. The barrier to progress is I JPPPfI that granite-! - like mind which refuses to absorb new ideas; which sees chaos in everything except-1 its immutable ones; who prefer j the sailing ship era because the. Vikings came to America by wind. Ignorance clutches at our feet It! is a heavy weight attached to the feet, of most of us. Progress is exemplified by mi riad salesmen who educate a mil lion women to throw away their brooms and use vacuum cleaners; who sold adding machines and typewriters to keen minded busi ness men instead of quill pens; who have sold a hundred million men and women time and labor saving devices; who find easier ways of doing hard jobs, and who satisfy unkniwn wants. The white flag of defeat is the symbol of ignorance; the fl«g of progress is brilliant It waves on the ramparts at initiative and in satiable curiosity. Service hOur/hm. HHHHRS: atUmhiNb'AM’ SPENCER’S IgSip FUNERAL HOML M —J3BSft&£ a3B •... PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. [ With Our Contemporaries »- PACK ’EM IN. Chapel Hill Weekly A member of the faculty who had gone through the new Wool len gymnasium and then through the nearly finished medical build ing, said to me the other day in a rather sad tone: “I notice that the gym has beautiful tiles and that the walls in the medical building are made of tile blocks of a much poorer grade.” I thought of this remark the other evening after I had bought a ticket and joined the crowd gathered to see the Carolina- State basketball game. Maybe the medical teachers and researchers don’t care much a bout the appearance of their til ing just so it is easy to clean and is reasonably sound-proof. But if they crave beautiful wall sur faces such as are seen in the gym, let them raise money for the purchase of the same by put ting on some shows that people will pay 75 cents or 31 a head to see. They might prepare an arena in one of their large assembly rooms and have a program something like this: 100-yard dash of the steptococ ci, with Critz George as trainer, starter and timer. Carving contest (appendix, gall bladder, goiter) under direction of guest artist Foy Roberson. 440-yard high hurdle of the Xe nopsyllae cheoper (rat fleas); re feree and commentator, Milton J. Rosenau. Bone-judging exhibition by students, with violin accompani ments by the director, J. C. An drews. Grand parade of the Paracites (coocidia, eimeria zurnii, plas modium vivax, leishmania tro pica, spirochaetes, and others); band master, Harold Brown. But I forgot one thing. It would be necessary to supply every spec tator with a high-powered long distance microscope, and that ex pense would overbalance the gate receipts. GROWING CITIFIED Salisbury Post An odd little thing happened the other day which, meaning nothing in itself, has a big thought behind it A schoolteacher in Chicago showed a stalk of wheat to sev enth and eighth grade pupils. Fifty-four named it correctly; 109 hadn’t the faintest idea what it was; 27 said oats; eight said rye; five allowed it might be bar- Palace Theatre Monday . Tuesday, March 6-7th. feO* 00 JSk, Ik ■{§&< No Morning Shows; Aft will «afij lOMJtoUi Tv Hogs Dally YOf-Mft ley; one said com, one bearded wheat and the last one, an eighth, grade Boy Scout, thought it was a corncob. A whole generation of rural A mericans would never have made that last mistake. In fact most recent population] estimates fix the farm population of the country at 31,800,900 in ’35. That is a large number of people] but since the population of the whole country is now estimated at around 130,000,000, it is easy to see how the man of the soil has been thrust back from a majority to a minority position. The traditional American Pre sident has had a log-cabin back ground. Who will be the first Pre sident bom in a glistening clinic and reared on the 14th floor of a big-city apartment house? CLEARED THE LINE. Capper’s Weekly A farmer wanted to telephone, but found the line busy. “I just put on some beans for dinner,” he heard a woman say to her neighbor. A few minutes later he tried wwvinwwvmvvwvvwv I BUCK*JONES \ FOR jj ijTransfer Service!; j: Public Hauling i; For Whatever You Grow ... NACO BRAND FERTILIZER We now have a complete stock of NACO BRAND in the Pioneer Ware house in Roxboro and at our store at Bushy Fork. See us for what you need. I TRY OUR Penguin Tobacco Grower OR Caravan Tobacco Special We can give you the analysis that your land needs. If you want a fertilizer that you can depend on; one that has been tried and tested and continues to produce year after year then you want NACO BRAND. Let NACO BRAND Make Money For You This Year! Frank Whitfield -*r• • . . • Pioneer Warehouse at Roxboro or Store at Bushy Fork. again. The same two women were stUl talking. “Say, lady, I smell your beans burning,” he broke in. There was a scream, two re ceivers went up and the line was open. o SPEEDIER WEATHER REPORTS . Washington, D. C.—To meet I the necessities of safer airplanes ] travel, the U. S. Weather Bureau will speed up its weather reports iby exchanging data between ■ principle observation points by I teletype and making these re i ports immediately available to i air port dispatchers the instant they are received. NEW JEWISH REGULATIONS Berlin, Germany—Under new Dollar Day Specials One Rack Suede Shoes 97c Bed Room Slippers ' 99c BAGS—New Patterns SI.OO Mens Socks [Regular 25c] 5 pr. SI.OO Womens Pure Thread Silk Hose 79c 3 Days Olny A ROXBORO Thurs.y Fri. f Sat. laws effective this week, 100 Jews must leave Germany' every day. Jewish leaders may select the names scheduled for deportation, dollar day specials For THURSDAY - FRIDAY -SATURDAY MARCH 9th. -.loth. - 11th. $1.69 DEFROSTER For SI.OO SI.OO ZERONE Antifreeze 69c $1.49 OIL CANS SI.OO L- ■ " Economy Auto Supply DEPOT STREET SUNDAY, MARCH Bth, 1989 turn them over to the police, and ' the individuals so chosen must leave the country within two weeks. $1.75 OILFILTERS For SI.OO sl.lO HORNS For SI.OO HOOK-ON CHAINS 20c up.
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