PERSON COUNTY TIMES
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i. 8. MERRITT, Editor M. C. CLAYTON, Manager
E. J. HAMLIN City Editor.
Published Every Sunday and Thursday. Entered As Second
Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under
Ike Act Os March 3rd., 1879.
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SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1939
Why Not?
A certain business man of Roxboro pointed out to this
writer last week that a number of stores in Roxboro allowed
all kinds of trash to be swept out of their back doors and ac
cumulate wherever it happened to on the back lot. As proof
of this he took this writer to a certain spot in the business
district and proceeded to prove that he knew what he was
talking about.
This business man then pointed out that Roxboro could
be a much cleaner city if all store employes and managers
would see to it that trash from the store was put in a con
tainer or pen at the rear of the store. Then, it was pointed
out, the city truck could come along and get the trash and
haul it away. If each store would get a large box or wire pen
and keep trash in it Roxboro would certainly be a cleaner
city. Paper and other items that are pushed out of the back
door are quickly blown all over the city and the garbage
truck cannot collect this trash with any degree of satisfac
tion.
It really wouldn’t be much trouble to get these boxes or
build pens. Then we would see a big improvement and there
would be less danger of fire breaking out.
Big Fair
A 10 per.cent salary cut “from top to bottom,” will go
into effect for World’s Fair employes August 1, President
Grover Whalen announced last week. He attributed the ac
tion to lack of business.
It is evident that business at the World’s Fair has not
been as good as was expected. Many people have been to New
York to see the fair and many more plan to go. However,
there have not been as many people as were expected.
Does this mean that there have been so many fairs or
expositions in the past few years that people are tiring of
them or does it mean that those who have been to New York
and returned home are not thrilled enough to make others
want to go ?
They say the fair is good, but many say that there is
just so much there that you can’t start to see it all in a
short time. Could that be one reason why it is not drawing
so many customers ?
Our idea is that even though the fair is one of the best
and there are thousands of exhibits and shows people had
rather go to the beeches and mountains in the summer than
to the big city to see a big fair.
After all is said and done some people like to rest in the
summer and there couldn’t be so much rest walking around
the fair grounds.
The New York World’s Fair is probably the best fair
that has ever been staged, but there must be a little too much
money tied up in it for it to be a profit making venture.
However, we still hope to go before it is over.
More Fever
Each day, it seems, we read of more cases of Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever in North Carolina. This county had
one mild case last summer and one fatal case this summer.
Doctors say that the disease is caused by the bite of
a tick that is infected. So far as we have heard there are no
other means by which the disease is carried. If this is true it
looks like the time has arrived to do something about tick
biles. Our advice is to go to see a doctor. This may be hard
to do in the case of a farmer who is in daily contact with
ticks, but he could probably go the first time and learn the
treatment himself.
This fever is said to be eighty per cent fatal and so far
there has been no cure found. If it continues to spread it will
possibly be the cause of a large amount of research on the
part of medical science in a short time.
i. 8. MERRITT, Editor
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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
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usually constats of a aeries of transactions Involving comparatively
modest amounts of each.
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Winston-Salem Journal
Charles M. Sievert, automobile
editor of the New York World-
Telegram, announces the appear
ance of a new book which should
turn out to be a best seller.
It doesn’t touch on fiction, eco
nomics, biography or .politics. It
is entitled “Motorists’ Auto-Know
Law,” and it gives a digest of the
traffic laws for each of the 48
states and the Dominion of Can
ada.
If one is planning a vacation in
states other than his own; if he
intends to motor to either of the
World’s Fairs now in progress at
New York and San Francisco, or
is thinking of a trip into the
Canadian Rockies, etc., or if his
business requires him to travel
in several States, this book should
be extremely valuable to him.
Unfortunately the various A
merican States have never been
able to get together and arrange
for uniformity in their traffic
laws and regulations. So what
may be perfectly legal in one
state may be illegal in another.
The motorist who hails from
North Carolina, for example, is
apt to be ignorant of certain traf
fic rules regarded as highly im
portant in Maryland, New York
or Pennsylvania.
Since in courts the old prin
ciple that “ignorance of the law
is no excuse” is often taken liter
ally, the wise motorist is he who
studies a digest of the traffic laws
prevailing in the states through
which he motors. The day may
come sometime when, thanks to
cooperative efforts toward nat
ional uniformity in the enactment
and enforcement of traffic laws,
this study will be unnecessary.
But until then the motorist who
knows the laws of the different
States through which he travels
may save himself much grief.
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SUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON
From
The Adult Student
THE RESULT OF A LIFE OF
TRUST
In reading of the acounts of the
kings of Israel and Judah, as re
corded by the Chronicler, it is
exceedingly interesting to note
the impression that one gets of
the character of the various kings
and their respective reigns. A few
swift chapters or verses will pre
sent a man and his achievements
in such away that the emphasis
seems focused on some particular
aspect that may well be the key
note of the whole. That, we
know, was the definite purpose
of the writer of the Second Book
of Chronicles, and in his bio
graphy of Asa, the king of Judah,
the author’s intention was car
ried out with clarity and dis
tinctness. Over and again in the
space of several chapters one
chief idea is introduced, and one
word, like a refrain, is used to
characterize the impression that
the period of Asa’s reign made
upon the historian. Let us note
what these may be.
AN UNDERLYING MOTIVE
If there is strength and power
in the life of any man, there
must be some underlying motive
in it, some goal toward which
it moves, so that consistency is
given to the whole, and all ele
ments of it are bound together. In
regard to the life of Asa, that
motive is found in the opening
words of the account in today’s
lesson. “Asa,” writes the Chron
icler, “did that which was good
and right in the eyes of the Lord
his God.” A simple enough state
ment, we think, but one that is
inclusive, and describes the
strongest rock upon which a per
son may well build an enduring
life. To have as the aims of all
our living to do only that which
is pleasing to the One who has
made us—this gives at once a
simplicity and directness to ev
eryday affairs, and releases a
strength that is free to concen
trate upon important matters at
hand. Asa, to be sure, did not al
ways succeed in following this
purpose as the record plainly
shows, but this was the way in
which he endeavored to walk.
This was the path in which his
feet were set. We would expect
the results, therefore, to be shown
not only in his own life, but in
his reign as well, and we are not
disappointed.
TRUST IN GOD THE BASIS OF
ALL PEACE
To understand the significance
of the time of Asa, however, we
must first remind ourselves of
the historical period in which it
was placed. The days of Rehobo
am were long over. Abijah, his
son, had followed him, and now
Asa ruled in his father’s stead.
Since the revolt of the ten nor
thern tribes at Shechem, there
had been years of conflict with
the new state, which was super
ior to the southern kingdom in
rich resources and the number of
men who made up its population.
The people of Judah were weary
of war and bloodshed, and longed
for a lasting peace. This had fin
ally been achieved under the
leadership of Asa. For 10 precious
years there had been no call to
battle in Judah, no time of con
fusion and turmoil and fear. The
king had thus been able to turn
his attention to the task of
strengthening the national life of
his subjects. Cities had been built
up and repaired against the in
vasion of possible enemy—the re
ligion of Jehovah had been puri
fied, and the places of worship
had been cleafised. “We have
sought the Lord our God,” said
Asa in speaking of this state of
affairs, “we have sought him,
and he hath given us rest on ev
ery side.”
JESUS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
FAITH AND TRUST
In times of tension and strain
such as characterize the era in
which we live, it is well to re
mind ourselves not only of Asa,
but of Christ and his attitude of
trust in the midst of increasing
conflict. As we read the record
of the Gospels with this thought
in mind, we see that it was his
constant faith in the Father that
constituted the foundation of the
Master’s own inner strength and
calm, and that explained the am
azing quality of his tranquil life.
We are helped to understand,
even though very faintly, some
thing of what this trust in God
meant to Christ if in our own
experience we have found some
kindred or friend upon whom we
can absolutely depend, and who
in their guidance and love have
been to us as an anchor in the
storm, and a light in the midst
of darkness and distress.
The Master too has revealed to
us another result of trust in God,
that is, its dynamic effect in the
creation of new personalities a
mong men. Where there was di
vine faith, miracles took place in
the hearts and lives of those who
came in touch with Jesus in times
gone by. And when there is this
same quality of simple faith in
God today in the heart of any
person, miracles happen again,
so that no matter what the stress
and confusion of modern life
may be, the spirit within seems
to blossom out into new sweet
ness, new courage, and new calm.
The more this faith in God is
tested and tried, the more certain
one becomes that it will never
fail in an emergency. And when
we ourselves make faith the bas
is of all that we say or do, the
experience of Asa in Judah and
of those who walked in Galilee
with the Master is likewise re
produced in us, and we know
for ourselves the peace that pass
es all understanding.
An electric egg cooler with a
capacity of 2,500 to 3,000 eggs in
cases or other containers is now
available from a commercial
manufacturer, says C. F. Parrish,
extension poultryman at State
College.
NOTICE
il will exchange feeds of
any kind to the farmers
for oats and will allow you
$1.25
per hundred pounds. I will
also exchange flour.
R. H. Gates
Depot Street
Eggs So Huge
It Took Hatchet
To Crack ’Em
It took a studio property de
partment two months to find
fourteen ostrich eggs that were
l.ept on ice in the studio commis
sary awaiting a dramatic scene
between Maureen O’Sullivan and
Johnny Weissmuller in “Tarzan
Finds a Son!” It seems that os
triches lay eggs only once or
twice a year, so the prop men
had to scour the “ostrich world”
for the supply. They weighed
two to three pounds each, and
the shells were so tough that Miss
O’Sullivan had to use a stone
hatchet to crack them.
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