PERSON COUNTY TIMES
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
J. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, Manager
THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor
Published Every Thursday and Sunday. Entered As Second
Class Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under
The Act Os March 3rd., 1879.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939
It Did Happen Here
The long deferred opening of the Roxboro Tobacco
market Tuesday morning found the warehouses full of
tobacco, and people. At the time this is written it is too
early to say much or anything about prices, tnough a
guess may be ventured that highest prices were not as
high as many growers desired them to be, nor were the
lowest figures as low as some of the growers had feared
they would be.
In any case, the faces of growers, warehousemen,
buyers and “just-on-lookers” were full of animation, if
not jubilance. Sounding like a cross between the put
pop-put of a machine gun and the grinding medley put
out by an Italian monkeyman’s hand organ, the chant
cries of the auctioneer held the owners of the faces under
a spell. Young men and boys came along with iron
hooks and pushed and pulled baskets into line.
People stopped to look at prices and sometimes
the boys pushed the people, too, but not often. A few
tags had high prices. Most of them were medium. A
handful had been scratched, turned over or torn out,
saying that the owners liked not what they saw at the
moment and would prefer to take a chance on another
day.
Oldtimers say the opening scene was much as it
has been in former times, with even more people than
usual. But what all of us will have to remember is this:
our 1939 market, in common with all other markets of
the belt areas, is open and in operation under unusual
conditions. If prices turn out to be better than expect
ed, or if they hold an average we should be glad. And
even a lower price is better than no price. Before long
pound upon-pound of the weed will have been sold and
we have reason to think that most of us will be glader
and more self-confident than we have been during
these past four weeks. Indeed, self-confidence seems
to be in the air and on the streets of Roxboro. Let us
hope that this same spirit reaches out to Person’s bor
derlines and even spills over into our neighbors fields,
for all of us, as we must know, thrive together, if we
thrive at all.
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Referendum Note
Washington releases saying that approximately
89.8 percent of the referendum votes for crop-control
of the 1940 tobacco output were affirmative appear to
be a little below the Person county average, as readers
of Sunday’s local story can remember, for only 171
votes out of 3,409 in the county were negative. Person
went for control, despite some fears, and dowj? in the
Farm Demonstration office in the courthouse Miss
Bessie Daniel and the others are having a quieter time.
Though, mercy knows, Miss Bessie and her boss still
have plenty to do, and would not know how to loaf if
they could, now they have the referendum infant in
its bed for the winter. They and the committeemen
are wisely remembering tnat care and feeding of con
trol are almost as difficult as pre-natal supervision.
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Checkers
Being somewhat smaller than the New York
Times we cannot order our staff artist to draw a picture
of Adolph Hitler’s six years of checker-boarding up
and down and across middle Europe. But there is no
law that prevents our looking at what the other Times
artist has drawn, a graphic map showing with pretty
signs each step in Hitler’s progress.
First, of course comes his acceptance of the Ger
man chancellorship, January 1933. Next is Germany’s
resignation from the League ot Nations, less than a
year later. Then comes the unforgettable “Blood Pur
ge” of 1934, followed quick succession by his invasion
of the Saar, his rejection of the Versailles treaty, his
Rhineland occupancy and his more or less open interven
tion in Spain.
Jn retrospect, these events seem small beside
those still closer to us: the Rome-Berlin axis, the collapse
of Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Memel and Poland, and
the formation of a non-aggression pact with Russia.
«**. Last week came the next move, a challenge to
France and Britain on peace or war. The challenge
came in an address before the Reichstag last Friday
morning in which Hitler said he wished to see the
establishment of a Reich frontier “which shall be in
accordance with existing historical, ethnographical and
economic conditions”.
•He said much more. But France and England and
the rest of the world have not yet agreed to take his
words at face value. The world, that part of it outside
of Hitler’s direct control, is beginning to see the cul
mlnative power he has gained through the checker
board moves he has made in six years. At the present
moment it is impossible to say what jump will come
next. ' „
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A Program Worth Time and Money
- The other night we went to a civic club meeting,
giwanis, to be specific, and heard a program presented
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
Estonia Fires Her Army; Russia Takes Charge
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Tiny Estonia packed away her vest-pocket army when her foreign minister Karl Belter was forced to
sign a treaty making the nation a virtual protectorate of Soviet Russia. Photo shows soldiers of the tiny de
fense force watching a tank being taken to storage. Map shows Estonia’s position. The two Islands off her
Baltic sea coast are being made into Soviet air and naval bases. Later the Soviet demanded and won mutual
assistance treaties with Latvia and Lithuania, to the south, placing them In substantially the same position
as Estonia. Observers believed Russia was strengthening her position against any possible action by Ger
many, her new “ally.” ....
by J. B. Snipes, Miss Velma Beam and a selected and
representative group of Person County 4-H club boys
and girls . Being a guest, too, we sat at the guest table
with these young people and their leaders. We sat there
and looked at them and heard them, and we were im
pressed. We were impressed with the worthwhile char
acter of the 4-H program being carried on in Person and
we were even more impressed with the active young club
members.
They had poise and dignity, but not too much of
such and they spoke with conviction concerning summer
camps, schools and individual research problems foster
ed by the clubs. Having come from what is supposed to
be a North Carolina city, we are not sure that we have
caught the 4-H club spirit yet, but we hope other Per
son county folks do not need to go through a process
of introduction to this good work. It is here. It can be
seen and felt. That is all we can say.
Order and Freedom
Christian Science Monitor
It has been said that mankind must have order,
even before liberty. Some will question whether the one
is really procurable in the absence of the other. Man
kind must strive on both fronts if it is to win the battle
on either. There is world-wide conflict today between
ideas of liberty and order against notions of order with
out liberty.
In the Bible we read that God created the heaven
and the earth, that he divided the day from the night
and the waters from the dry land—statements which
symbolize the orderliness of divine activity. We also
read that “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is lib
erty.” It is, then, no mere coincidence that those nations
which respect free institutions and individual liberty
within their boundaries are most insistent on order in
the international sphere. This compound ideal is as old
as religious perception.
While it is not conspicuously honored by the leader
ship of the Third Reich, it has long been honored by the
German people and even by German thinkers whose
philosophies—in incomplete form—have been adopted
by Nazis as consonant witn National Socialism. One
such thinker was Treitschke, who stated a concept of or
der as dependent on respect and even reverence for the
State, but who stated the fundamental of liberty as part
of this concept:
The different circumstances qf our lives prevent
(the ancient Greek ex-aggeratiin of importance of the
State), and above all, that recognition of our undying
personality which Christianity has brought us, through
which we realize that man can never be merely a mem
ber of the State, when he is free to think as he will of
God and the Kingdom of God.
Much in German philosophy has alarmed the world
and especially the philosophy of opportunism stressed
in “Mein Kampf.” It is heartening therefore to remem
ber that German thought, like that of most people, has
been deeply influenced by scholars whose perception was
eminently capable of understanding the inevitability of
order and freedom inseparable in the divine plan.
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Slaughter At Home
News and Observer
The best sign of the advance of a state is shown
when it becomes sharply critical ol itself. For that
reason the statement of L. J. Folse, executive director
of the Mississippi State Planning commission, about
murder in Mississippi is important. He declared:
Theife is ho place in the world where homicides are
ftiore prevalent than in Mississippi. In 1935 the homi
cide ratp in Mississippi was higher than the homicide
rate In any other country in the world, Be it classed
as civilized or uncivilized, religious or pegan, Christian
or heathen. Such a record is an indictment of the state.
In 1935 there were 516 homicides in Mississippi,
with the homicide rate of 26.2 for 100,000 population.
Florida, with a homicide rate of 25.1, was second to
Mississippi, and New Hampshire, with a homicide rate
of 1.0, was the lowest among the states.
It is interesting to note that the homicide Fate in
Mississippi was 26 times greater than that of Maine.
What he says about his stats applies in lesser de
gree to all the Southern states and cities. Not all the
blame for it can be put, as it is too often, upon the
Negro. Law-enforcement is everywhere in the South
in white hands. At a time when men in the South as
elsewhere are considering and condemning slaughter,
a little more consideration would seem to be in order at
home.
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QUESTIONS
WSWERED
Question: What causes leg
weakness in poultry?
Answer: This trouble may be
brought about by several causes,
chief among which is an unbal
anced ration. Another cause is
infestation with internal para
sites, When leg weakness oc
curs, the first step is to check
carefully the feeding schedule and
see that the birds are getting a
balanced ration. Then several
birds should be opened and ex
amined for internal parasites. In
mast cases, however, the safest
policy is to send a typical bird to
the Poultry Department at State
College with a complete history
of the case The bird will be ex
amined and the cause of the
trouble given together with cor
rective measures.
Question: When should I set
fruit trees for my home orchard?
Answer: Fruit and nut trees
may be set anytime during the
winter in Eastern North Carolina,
Ir. the western section, where
weather conditions are severe,
planting may be delayed until
spring. Grapes and other small
fruit may be planted in the fall
or spring. In setting out the young
trees, be sure that they are plant
ed from one to two inches deep
er than they stood in the nursery
row The hole should be wide
enough to receive the roots with
out bending them from their
natural position. Apple and pear
trees should be set at least 35
feet,apart, with peach, plum, and
cherry trees as much as 25 feet
apart.
Question; Is it too late to seed
a pasture?
Answer: The best time for
seeding pastures in the fall is
from September 1 to October 15.
It is too late, however, for deep
plowing in preparing the seed
bed. On land that has been in
row crops the bed may be pre
pared by discing and harrowing
to a depth of three inches, and
left undisturbed below that
depth. Freshly cleared land may
be gotten ready by burning the
brush and harrowing with a
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Items Os Interest
From Bethel Hill
School, Community
The Parent-Teacher association
cf Bethel Hill high school had its
first meeting of the year Monday
night, October 2. Approximately
150 people were present.
Mrs. J. Y. Humphries, vice
president of the association pre
sided in the absence of the presi
dent, Mrs. J. H. Merritt.
Mrs. Billie Pleasant Flythe and
Ronald Hoccutt of Raleigh were
introduced by Louis Cannon as
great speakers. Mrs.. Flythe and
Mr. Hoccutt are from the offi
ce of the North Carolina Highway
Safety department in Raleigh.
Both speakers urged the parents,
teachers and students of the com
munity to do all they can to pro
mote a program of safety at
school and at home.
They congratulated Bethel Hill
school on its bus patrol.
CLASS OFFICERS ELECTED
The following is a list of class
officers of the various Bethel
Hill classes;
Freshman Margaret Hall,
president; Nat Whitfield, vice
president; John Hall, secretary;
Dorothy Watts, reporter.
Sohpomore Frances Curtis,
president; John Honeycutt, vice
president; Ruby Humphries, sec
retary and treasurer; Christine
Perkins, reporter.
Junior Garnell Wilkins, pre
sident; Frank Murray, vice-pre
disc or old fashioned A shaped
harrow. Where it is impossible
to give the land any other pre
paration, the brush may be burn
ed afid seed sown by hand in the
ashes. Use a liberal amount of
seed and cover lightly with a
weeder or brush.
Dolly Madison
THEATRE
From Thursday, Oct. 12 thru
Saturday, Oct. 14
Motion Pictures Are Youi
Best Entertainment
Thursday - Friday, Oct. 12-13
Ralph Richardson - C. Aubrey
Smith - John Clements - John
Duprez in
“Four Feathers
(First Run)
In Glorious Technicolor
Every emotion the Screen Can
Ever Give You . . . All in one
Magnificent Picture!
Music Hall Vanities: “A Night
In A Music Hall”
Pete Smith Specialty: “Weath
er Wizards”
No Morning Shows;
Afternoons daily 3:15-3:45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evening daily 7:15-9:00;
Admission 10-25 c;
Saturday, Oct. 14
Richard Arlen - Andy Devine
with Beverly Roberts ■ Lou
Merrill • Samuel S. Hinds in
“Tropic Fury”
(First Ron)
A two-man Cyclone
Smashing the Human Beasts
of Prey in Perilous Tropics!
Episode No. 11 of the serial
“Daredevils of the Red Circle”
(“The Red Circle Speaks”)
with Charles Quigley - Herman
Brix - David Sharpe - Carole
Landis
On The Stage • In Person
(Both Theatres)
WSM Grand Ole Opry Stars
“Sarie and Sallie and their
Cabin Creek Band”
featuring ICHABOD, The
Country Cousin
Just returned from Hollywood
where they were featured with
Gene Autry in his latest pic
ture “In Old Monterey”. Now
you can see and hear them in
person with their hillbilly
music, singing and comedy!
Don’t mbs this beat!
Matinee 3:30-4:00; Admission
10-25e; Evening 7-8:10-9:45.
(Box office opens at MS.)
Adalsrion 10-25e.
THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1939
sident; Inez Gillis, secretary;
Daphne Davis, treasurer; Nellie
Ramsey, reporter.
Senior Elsie Whitfield, pre
sident; Mary Sue Wrenn, vice
president; Rachel Lee, secretary
and treasurer.
HOMEMAKERS CLUB MEETS
The Bethel Hill Home Demon
stration club met in the home of
Mrs. Lillian Day Friday, Sept. 27.
Mrs. W. B. Humphries opened
the meeting by asking Mrs. W.
W. Rogers to read the Club Col
lect as a prayer.
The president appointed a no
minating committee to select new
officers for the new year to be
voted on at the October meet
ing.
A short article was given by
Mrs. Claude Hall telling how a
farm family of Arkansas bought
land and prospered without rais
ing a stalk of cotton. "Cotton,”
she said, “was their chief money
crop just as tobacco is a money
crop in North Carolina.”
Mrs. E. L. Wehrenburg told
how to prepare hard pears for
salad.
The club was glad to have as
its guest, Mrs. J. A. Beam. The
meeting adjourned to meet again
in the home of Mrs. W. W. Ro
gers on October 25, 1939 at 2:30.
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SHORTAGE
The shortage of hay in some
states is causing dairy farmers,
their leaders and college special
ists to urge the disposal of low
producing cows and cows in
poor health or suffering from
diseases.
DR. R. J. PEARCE
EYES EXAMINED
MONDAYS ONLY
Thomas-Carver Bldg;.
Palace Theatre
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Thursday, Oct. 12 thru
Saturday, Oct. 14
Motion Pictures Are Tout
Best Entertainment
Thursday - Friday, Oct. 12-13
Fred Mac Murray - Madeleine
Carroll - Allan Jones with
Akim Tamiroff - Helen Broad
erick - Osa Massen - Carolyn
Lee, in
“Honeymoon In Bali”
Romance with Madeleine and
Fred in far off, beautiful Bali,
where languorous natives 101 l
beneath that tropic sun, and
life is just one long holiday!
Walt Disney Cartoon in Color.
Passing Parade; “Angel of
Mercy”
Special Morning Show
Friday 10:30;
Afternoons daily 3;15-3:45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evening dally 7:15-9:00;
Admission 10-30 c.
Saturday, Oct. 14
Fred Stone - Rochelle Hudson
- Richard Fiske - Eddy Wal
ler in
“Konga, The Wild Stallion”
Konga, King of stallions, leads
his wild-horse herd in a fren
zied stampede against a ruth
less enemy!
Episode No. 10 of the serial
“Overland with Kit Carson”
(“The Black Raiders”) with
BUI ElUott - Iris Meredith -
Bobby Clack
Terrytoon Cartoon: “G-Man
Jitters”
On The Stage - In Person
(Both Theatres)
WSM Grand Ole Opry Btars
“Sarie and Sallie and their
Cabin Creek Band”
Just returned from Hollywood
where they were featured with
Gene Autry in Us latest pic
ture “In Old Monterey”. Now
you can see them In person
with their MllMlly morfy
singing and eopuedyl
Matinee 2;30-4:00; rslin
IfegfeL Evening 74ktO-ti4K
(Bn* offiee opens at tils.)
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