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PERSON COUNTY TIMES 1 A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE 1.8. MERRITT, Editor M. C. CLAYTON, Manager E. J. HAMLIN City Editor. Published Every Sunday and Thursday. Entered As Second Class Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under Hie Act Os March 3rd., 1879. —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year S l ™ Bix Months 75 Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Advertisers at all times, Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not later than Monday to insure publication for Thursday edition and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1939 TODAY’S THOUGHT “Practice not profession, understanding not belief, gain the ear and right hand of omnipotence and they assuredly call down infinite blessings.” —Mary Baker Eddy. Lindbergh Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, world’s most famous flier, was called to the colors last week in a dramatic move to in sure that the United States Army shall nave world leadership in the development of warplanes. A few days after expert witnesses had told Congressional committees that Germany was building better planes than the United States, the surprise announcement was issued by Secretary of War Woodring that Lindbergh, an Air Corps Re serve Officer, had gone on active duty and would make a survey of American aviation research facilities for the Army Air Corps. Col. Lindbergh knows quite a bit about airplanes. No one will deny that statement. However, we have an idea that there are several in this country who know just as much. Those experts who are in this country could not dramatize the survey as much so as Lindburgh, hence the call was is sued to the famous flyer. On the other hand it is a known fact that “Lone Eagle” has been in close touch with aeronautical accomplishments in Europe and that one fact alone may be the best reason for calling him back to the United States to make this sur vey. Many people got mad when the Colonel left this country to make his home abroad, but none will get mad at this visit to help our country in a survey that is deemed to be very important. Lindbergh is still an American citizen and even though he has done a few things that we did not like we hope he retains his citizenship in this country and so do many high officials in the war department. Ninth Month A very interesting meeting of the Roxboro P. T. A. was held at Central school last Tuesday night. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the addition of a ninth month to the present eight months school term in Roxboro. Several speakers were on the program. Some said that they were in favor of the ninth month, others did not say whether they favored it or opposed it. It was pointed out that the tax rate for'this extra month would be about 20 cents on the hundred dollar valuation for the special district. Increased taxation always brings up more talk and therefore if this movement really gets go ing you might as well prepare for a lot of argument on both sides of the question. This writer does not care to take a definite stand on either side of the question yet. We need the extra month our money is short. The proposal requires a large amount of consideration on the part of every citizen of Roxboro, but we praise the ladies for their stand in what they believe to be best for our fu ture citizens. Good Law - But Attorney General Harry McMullan has made public ' a ruling in which he advised county register of deeds to “seek and follow” the literal meaning of the new marriage examination law. The measure, passed by the 1939 general assembly, re quires applicants for marriage licenses to present proof that they are free from certain diseases. McMullan pointed out that the law requires North Carolinians married in other states to file health certificates with registers of deeds within 60 days after their return to this state. He added the registers were not required to “search out” violators of this section. “Where any violation of the act in this respect is called to your attention or comes under your observation, however, you should bring the matter to the attention of your local prosecuting attorney,” McMullan held. This new law will mean much to people of North Caro lina if the law is followed. We are a little afraid that the law does not have enough teeth in it to make it as import ant as it should be. For instance if North Carolininas get married in other states they are required to file health certificates with registers of deeds within 60 days after their return to this state. Will they do that? The registers of deeds are not required to search out violaters of this section of the law. If North Carolinians can get around this law by leav ing the state to get married, refuse to file the health cer tificate when they return and then not be caught, where is your law? It looks like the state needs someone to be on the look out for violaters. FLOTBMOVE A MYSTERY ■Washington, D. C.—Uncertainty aa to-the reaaon for the move enveloped the sudden orders, is sued by the President himself; for the Pacific Fleet’s Immediate return to its West Coast bases. The unexpected change of plan effect? 96 ships and 43,000 men who were on the eve of assembl ing in New York Harbor, where they were, to remain a fortnight in celebration of the World’s Fair. As now planned, the Navy’s participation in the Hudson River will consist of a third at the feroe originally contemplated. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Look Out, Here Come ike Nature Lotteri , n i . yLi imp Y? ' Nation*ti If’ildlit* With Our Contemporaries mami CONFESSION News and Observer Former Governor O. Max Gard ner, generally credited with a practical operation of party mach inery in North Carolina under a system of not too remote con trol, is entitled to a very consid able amount of credit for the can dor of his latest declaration. Obviously no political leader ship would go about bragging of powers possessed or making open declaration of intent to extend them further. “I fought Senator Simmons and A. D. Watts with all the power I possessed and denounced them for attempting to dominate the political life of the State,” said Governor Garnder. “I have al ways regarded it as ironical that later on, in the last two cam paigns, I was in the position of trying to do what I had denoun ced them for doing.” This almost unprecedented con fession, Governor Gardner fol- SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON From The Adult Student PRACTICING CHRISTIAN FREEDOM Lesson Material: Acts 15: 1-35; Gal.. 2: 1-10 Golden Text: “A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.” (Gal. 2: 16.) The letter in Acts mentions four things as “necessary” re quirements to be observed by gen. tile converts. Paul does not men tion them, as such, in any of his letters, but what Paul does write about some of them is instructive. WARNING Thousands of flies are head-Uk ing this way. Why uotEKA brl ,===;/ kgSk m! ■§ screen your house now? afeiUlLtX YBri WE HAVE EVERY KIND OP SCREEN and can furnish any amount that yon desire. Yon can repair your old screens or get new ones. Watkins & Bullock EVERYTHING TO BUILD WBH ROXBORO NORTH QAnQfJNA lowed by an explanation which, on his part, was equally candid. “I regarded the circumstances in both of these campaigns as ex ceptional,” he said. “In 1932, a direct and violent attack was be ing made upon my own adminis tration and in 1936 my dear friend and relative was a candidate. He had to carry all the burden con nected with his association with me and I felt it only fair that he should have also whatever benefit might be derived from that asso ciation.” All of which is fairly illumin ating from the standpoint of Gov ernor Gardner. The point is, did n’t Senator Simmons whose ma chine he challenged and denoun ced have for his own satisfaction and vindication an equally per suasive explanation? What man short of criminality ever aspired to be a political boss without arrangement of motives that at least would pass inspec tion before his own rationalizing? “Things offered to idols” he dis cusses with the Corinthians. All meats are clean and I am not bound by another’s conscience,” he says. But it is expedient to ab stain “if eating causes a brother to stumble”; otherwise “eat, ask ing no questions for conscience’s sake.” Not the meat, but the wel fare of the brother; not law, but love, guides him in the practice of freedom. Here is a test we may well apply to our freedom. So long as any practice is destroying the souls of men, we ought to l BUCK JONES j !; fob ;j ijTransfer Service ■> or j; |i Public Hauling ji abstain from it and lend it no countenance. “Through (our) knowledge shall the weak bro ther perish, for whom Christ died? But when (we) sin so a gainst the brethren, . . . (we) sin against Christ.” Hence a sec ond bulwark of Christian freedom is “love.” When we really love Christ and our brethren, we are free to do what we will. But the question of “these ne cessary things” remains. In the practice of Christian freedom, are there any necessary things? Paul says so about a number of things. “Be not deceived”: he writes (I Cor. 6: 9, 19), neither fornica tors, nor those gulity of many other forms of sin shall “inherit the kingdom of God.” John Wes ley believed so, and laid down the general rules of our church. Our own consciences tell us so, and they are the voice of God in our souls admonishing us to “do the right and refrain from wrong.” All these requirements are mo ral. So we have a third bulwark of our freedom, the Moral Law. And if we obey its precepts not slavishly from fear, but because of love, we do not by the liberty of our love nullify the law—we establish it. Our day is marked by much questioning concerning the rela tion of law to individual freedom. The belief is widespread that laws are repressive of freedom and provocative of evil, rather than guarantees of freedom and our protection against evil. We need to see again that Christ and Paul lend no countenance to such a position or attitude. The Christ ian’s freedom from law is not law lessness; it is allegiance to a high er law—the perfect law of liberty, as embodied in the life of Jesus. Today we again need to find for ourselves the relation of the Christian’s practice of freedom to the many activities of daily life. Recreational activities, business practices, civil liberties, personal and community relationships,' in ternational intercourse the world is filled with problems, to which the earnest Christian will seek solutions that “seem good to the Holy Ghost.” o JAPANESE SEE GOOD WILL Yokomama, Japan—The arrival of the ashes of Hirosi Saito, late Japanese Ambassador to the United States on the U. S. Cruiser Building A Home Is The Investment Os A Life Time For Ideal Home Sites See— “ Sunset Hills.” THOS. B. WOODY, Agent. DOLLY MADISON THEATRE Monday-Tuesday, April 24-25 Talk About Air Thrills! . .Wait till you see dare devil “Doug” in action!..With bis smile, hi* “crate,” in the drama behind the most amaz ing do-or-die deed on record^^ cs&l mHW! jswsrSaSwns . hOM«IMMTM« Special Morning Show Monday 10:M; Afternoons dally 1:15-1:45; Admission 10-25 c. Evenings Daily 7:15-9 Ada. 10-Ue. (Tax Included) Astoria, is accepted by Japanese as an evidence of American good will. Many silent demonstrations of gratitude were observed. o DANZIG’S FATE DECIDED Warsaw, Poland—Reported a greement between Germany and Poland over the Free City of Danzig would restore that sea port to its ancient Hanseatic status as a free port, nominally allied to the Reich but locally Palace Theatre ADVANCE PROGRAM From Monday, April 24 thru Wednesday, April 26 Motion Pictures Are Tout Best Entertainment Monday - Tuesday, April 24-25 Merle Oberon - Laurence Oli ver - David Niven with Flora Robson - Donald Crisp - Ger aldine Fitzgerald in “Wuthering Heights” Emily Bronte’s powerful novel of the desperate man who av enged a lost love—a picture that will be remembered 20 years from now! Popeye the Sailor in “A Date to Skate” Hearst Metrotone News - “News while it is still news.” No Morning Shows; Afternoons daily 3:15-3:45; Admission 10-25 c; Evenings daily 7:15-9:00; Adm. 10 -30 c (Tax Included) Wednesday, April 26 Fay Wray - Grant Withers - Craig Reynolds in “Navy Secrets” A daring girl pitting her beauty and brains against the cunning of ruthless spy ring! Color Parade: “Roaming Cam era” Variety: .“The Craw fords at Home” Morning Show 10:30; after noon 3:15-3:45; Adm. 10-25 c; evening 7:15-9:00. Adm. 10- 30c. (Tax Included.) I SEE THESE BIG [REFRIGERATOR "BUYS’” 1 kelvinator! (••Ist cold where moist cold I Normal cold where normal cold 1 • Model Rhslnted it K-t /"calling all housewives! Come in—help us celebrate Kelvina- tor's 25th Anniversary ... the biggest event in our history. For never before have we been able to offer such refrigerator values as these beautiful new 1939 Silver Jubilee Kelvinators. This new Kelvinator is modem, streamlined, beautiful. 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Adm. 10 -30 c (Tax Included) Wednesday, April 26 Anne Shirley - Roger Daniel - James McCallion - Alan Bax ter, in “Boy Slaves” (First Run) Innocent kids in their teens hi-jacked from the open road and forced to labor in the turpentine terror camps! Leon Errol in “Home Boner” Morning Show 10:30; afternoon 3:15-3:45; adm. 10-25e; even ing 7:15-9:00; adm. 10-30 c (Tax Included) economy of operation. Its family plnnn»H interior is designed to make meal-planning easy, pleas* ant, more economical for you. More good news! We're able to offer you unbelievably low prices on these beautiful new 1939 models by Kelvinator, oldest maker of electric refrigerators, It's the of a lifetime to own one ... don’t miss itl Come . in—now!
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