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PERSON COUNTY TIMES ▲ PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, J. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, Manager THOMAS J. SHAW, JR* City Editor v Published Every Thursday and Sunday. Entered As Second Chum Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro. N. C„ Under 'The Act Os March 3rd, 1879. —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year $1.50 fix Months 7* .Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Advertisers at all times. Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not Mter then Tuesday to insure publication for Thursday edition and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939 Tragedy On Tragedy “One dead, 16 Hurt in Traffic Crashes”, that is the way the headline read in a first of the week edition of “The Greensboro Daily News”. Further reading disclos- J ed that crash number one occurred at the High Point - Julian - Asheboro, Greensboro intersection some miles south of Greensboro. One man was killed here and several young men and women were injured. A few min utes later, so the story goes, there was another wreck, also near Julian, resulting in hospitalization for a Negro boy. But, here is the climax, and the reason lor this commentary: “The officers said a number of persons stopped at the scene of the accident and while they were standing there a car came down'the highway, ploughed into the crowd and injured three other persons, who were taken to a hospital ... A state patrolman said he pursued the car which struck tne bystanders and over took it about a mile down the road. A man whose name was given as Clyde Wright, address unknown, was char ged with hit-and- run driving and drunken driving, the officer said”. In the same narrative there were mentions of two or three other “minor” accidents, making up tne week end total of 16 injured people, sad enough, taken indivi dually, perhaps, but not important enough to deserve front page space. We wonder, however ,why the story told in the paragraph just quoted has not had to be told more often than it has. Good driving demands that care should be taken at all times so that emergencies such as the one Clyde .Wright was faced with can be surmounted. This man, with the “address unknown” happened to be intoxicated, a fact that may account for his lack of presence of mind when the traffic crisis confronted him, but it comes home to us that many otherwise good and non-intox icated drivers have had narrow escapes at scenes of highway accidents. It is human nature for people to want to stop at the scene of a wreck. We want to know if anyone has been killed and, oftentimes, we want to help the survivors. In the present age it also seems to be human nature to drive as fast as possible, which sometimes means that quick stopping is difficult unless a car is under absolute control. Commonsense suggests that when a highway wreck does occur that passersby, whether in automobiles or on foot, should continue on their way if an ambulance crew or a highway patrolman seems to have the situation un der control. Such behavior goes against the rules of con duct, it even violates traditions of human kindness (or is it curiosity?), but under modem motoring conditions it is the only safe rule. Traffic congestion at wrecks may add tragedy on tragedy, as all of us who do‘ any night driving can wit ness. In scattered communities over the land this week’s account in the Greensboro News has happened again and again and we ought not to have to wait until it hap pens to us in order to learn one of the against the-grain safety rules of the age of swiftness. o—o—o—o Life Goes On Over the weekend we spent some time reading one of the metropolitan newspapers. After wading through first, second and third pages dealing with the Neutral ity act and the war in Europe we reached a page of theatrical comment. Here, we thought, was an escape for.a moment, though, of course, as you have guessed, we were quite wrong. Staring up from the page were dispatches from Paris and London, and there should have been some from Berlin, saying that the theatre carries on. From London comes an account of the opening of a new dra ma by J. B. Priestley, called appropriately enough, “Mu sic at Night”, and over the same cable there is a resume of a Revue, given during daylight hours of the after noon. Another dispatch records “Marrowbone Lane”, in Dublin, where the Irish take time to enjoy a problem play dealing with that perennial Irish theme, poverty. And from Paris, where theatres are not yet open there is a recital of theatrical preservation by means of the radio. The conditions under which cultural life survives in wartime may be best imagined by supposing that ev ery light in Roxboro was extinguished; that those of us who went about would creep around in our automobiles, without headlights, with only a few white lines and faint' blue lights to show intersections and curbings, or that if we walked on the streets we would hump into one another without knowing who our fellow “bumpers” might be. Suppose, in addition, that we would go to one of our movie houses for a show. The front would be as dark as it is supposed to be after midnight. We would slip into a theatre having no illumination and grope our way to a seat. Complicate these conditions by remembering Lon don and Paris and Dublin as large cities, with all the complexities of city life .Under such conditions we rath er think we would stay at home and wait for our air-raid PERSON COUNT! TOURS - ROXBQEO. BJL “ sirens. That is what we.thintnfiw.l)BiiiLwe weire B«t to the actual test of war we are of th£ opinion that most us would soon learn to carry on and pleasure as usual. It is, we suggest, nothing Rise to stand anything if we have to» that keeps life moving, o—o— o o After-Thought on Armistice Day . . ex-soldiers--and-their wives who were finishing up tbs November 11. 1939. , TOany in tß&year mvstnber 11 had become what it must now atyrays be, a memorial day to the men who did not come back,* Earlier in the week a friend of ours showed us a copy,qf a paper printed 21 years ago to the Day, with the-glowing "No More War” headlines many of us re member. Sitting there in the Hut, we mentioned this pa per and agreed the dream was long since over. Also, we mentioned the fact that since that time a whole new generation had grown up, a generation which can have no first hand knowledge of November 11, 1918, or of what people who were adults at that time thought it meant. In the end, we had to say last week that the Legion can best serve its day and generation not through talk ing or boasting, but through wise guidance in principles of citizenship. In a general measure this sentiment seems to have had state-wide and national expression. In North Carolina only one speaker got off on the “glory of war” theme. At 21 “Armistice Day” came of age. jppipi Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity . . News and Observer “The business of the school is to help to learn how to live in a democracy,” Dr. Elbert K. Fretweli, pro fessor of education in Columbia University Teachers College, told North Carolina teachers last week, “and, in turn, make democracy a fit place in which to live.” Dr. Fretwell’s statement of purposes is excellent. If his statement has any fault it lies only in the familiar tendency to say things so big that the little details which lie under the resounding philosophy do not seem as im portant as, of course, Dr. Fretweli knows they are. This business of the schools is neither new nor strange : It is to teach the children simple things well. It is to give a child a knowledge of the tools of learning which will make it possible for the child to become a useful and productive man. That is the whole business of the schools now, as in the past, and, if that is done, the children will be equipped to live in a democracy and life in a democracy will not continue to fall behind its possibilities. Nowhere else in all our civilization is there more need for that simplicity, which is humility in the proces sion of knowledge in the teacner and which is one sure way to avoid confsion in the learning child, than in the schools. All of us, teachers, preachers, lawyers, editors and the rest, like to hear our activities, which at their best are always simple, reported in surrounding phrases. But the simpleness remains more important than the rhe toric. The teachers will serve democracy and mankind best if they teach the child well. But if they think first about serving democracy and only second about teach ing the child, both democracy and the children will lose in the process. O' O o—o The Spirit of the Law Christian Science Monitor This newspaper supported cash-and-carry neutral ity in the understanding that the “carry” provisions of the Pitman Act would effectually bar American ship ping from war zones. We believe Congress and people had the same view. As we see it now, to permit any continuation of American connection with shipping into war areas—rowever tenuous such connection may be under devices like putting the ships under the Panama tlag or the chartering of foreign ships by American companies—is a violation of the spirit of the law. It is true that under either of these plans the Amer ican connection with such business is reduced to a fin ancial interest. But if it is necessary, under the “cash” provisions of the measure, to sever financial connections Wl _T a i F oods 2° in K to belligerents, is it not equally im portant to complete disconnect shipping ? Transfer to Panama registry could produce embroil ing incidents, for Panama comes close to being a pro tectorate of the United States and one of AmerX most vital defense points the Canal Zone. , ™ e 9 e are practical considerations, but the most im portant question is whether the Government is going to cny out_the Pittmap Act m the apirit in whichTwaa fS* A Enforcmg in « ood faith will involve sacri- T he seamen and shipowners should not be asked to pay the whole price of peace. The people intend to make IfigftSSfc stayoutof warandthey^be QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms of Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS DUKTO EXCESS ACID Free BookTalls of HomoTrsatmant that Most Hslp or KWM Cost Ym Nothing Over one mffllon bottles of the WILLARD TREATMENT have been sold for relief of symptoms of distress arising from Stomach and PuaSenal Matrsdne to BnamrAM- Paer oicesOaa. Sav or Upaat Mania ih Ask for “WWanPs ——rrrr** which fully explains this treatment Iras at HAMBRICK, AUSTIN & THOMAS Roxboro, N. C. m -jB ftm V We sett Eye Glasses to sat isfy the eyes —- $2.00 to $&00 THE NEWELLS Jewelers Roxboro, N.C. RTCT.T. YOUR TQRAOOO 01 ROXBORO. Wilcox Discusses New Program Os Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem —The new med ical center that will be. built at Winston-Salem*, will - concentrate on two lobs, that of getting .doc tors and nurse* oufc of North 'Caroling boys 'and girls who will stay in their own state, and that of healing the sick and injured irrespective .of' their creed or finances, according to a state ment yesterday by Rev. D. H. Wilcox, chairman of the state wide campaign committee. Meanwhile, the campaign to raise more than $2000,000 before November 20 so as to enlarge the Baptist Hospital reports encour aging returns. At present, it was pointed out by Mr. Wilcox, more doctors die each year in North Carolina than are supplied by the State. What is more, a majority of the North Carolina boys and girls at pres ent who aspire to the medical profession complete "their train ing outside of North Carolina where they usually establish their careers, he said. On top of this, those who do become doctors in North Carolina are in a large proportion of cases young men and young women from other States who go back to their home regions when they graduate. “What we are going to do,” Mr. Wilcox went on, “is to take our North Carolina boys and girls, and give them their medical training right here in ■our own State irrespective of their religion or how* much money they have, so that they will remain here to treat our own people who are now de prived of sufficient medical at tention.” Mr. Wilcox pointed out that the Bowman Gray foundation, a Methodist group, has already contributed sufficient money to pay for the construction and maintenance of the medical school. The $2000,000 that is now being raised is wholly to enlarge and modernize the hospital, so that it can participate in this project, and enable the Wake Wake Forest Medical school, which will be moved to the hos REFLECTIONS By R. M. SPENCER Fortune In Incidents Signs in Death Valley read, “Poison Water”, at Shasta “Soda Water”, at Thermopolis, Wyom ing, “White Sulphur or Black Sulphur”, in the mountains “Drinking Water. The water in • -v v each case has taken on the properties of 'Up' thes.nl through which it has 8F .J| filtered !»■§& ■ - &B The child rais ed in an at mosphere of ;¥•' oJtVI tolerance and | respect for ' authority will be taught to respect the rights of his neighbors, to find his compan ions of like kind, to pay defer ence to age, to revere and res ' pect mother and father, to hold sacred a promise to another, and to look upon school, not as an inquisition but as a privilege. His fortune will be the sum total of his early experiences. Andrew Carnegie, Charles Lindbergh, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Florence Nightin gale are unusual personalities be cause of influences they experien ced during their early life. It was the INCIDENTS through which they passed that started their for tunes or made them famous. You are what you because of what you have experienced! You will be what you want to be, by choosing incidents and experien ce that will induce it. ggMj| pital grounds, to extend its cour se from two to a complete four years. —o .•.3 ir .. CATTLE t*.! Twenty steers and 38 Hereford be&fa of-good type have bees brought in from Alabama, .Northampton , county growers, reports it G. Snipes, assistant | , . ORGANIZED With 4-H rjqfcjn School, •» to. *“**»“* organized duty, say* Assistant Farm Agent R. D .Smith. CONTROL Demonstrations using cynamid to control weeds in tobacco plant beds have Been started with H. CLEAN 1 suds! \\ (IN THE HUE 10.') M Vl f MOST ■■■“■ OUR PRICI Palmolive Soap, 3 for 20c Super Suds for washing dishes) Regular Size. 3 for 27c Giant Size, 2 for 38c Con. Super Suds (for washing clothes) Regular Size, 3 for 27c Giant Size, 2 for 45c Giant Octagon Soap, 4 for 19c Special Octagon Soap, 2 for 5c Large Octagon Powder 3 for 14c Special Octagon Powder 2 for 5c Octagon Toilet Soap, 3 for 14c Octagon Cleanser, 2 for 9c Octagon Granulated Soap, 2 for 19c Octagon Soap Chips, 2 for 19c Crystal White Toilet Soap, - 3 for 14c Hollywood Toilet Soap, 3 for 14c Klex (Pumice) Soap, 2 for 9c Universal Toilet Soap, 3 for 14c Vogue Toilet Soap, 3 for 14c Fair Sex Toilet Soap, 4 for 16c Palmolive Beads 5c FOX & CO. Roxboro, N. C. 2nd Sale Monday, Nov. 20 Friday, Nov. 24 Bring your tobacco to the Hyco and let us give you a good early sale. We will do our best to please you and assure you of the very best treat ment. We are here to serve you and consider it a privilege to do so. Hyco Warehouse George Walker Robert Lunsford Frank Hester ~ ' Rcade Jones **-•■«*«* »'i.* * w . \ * *' ' j THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1939 x. r-s H. Roberson and W. M. Harrison, Martin County grown* ——— SELL YOUR TOBACCO Os Palace Theatre : .. . - " a Mr.- r Motion Pictures An Xm j : , , ItymdayrFkiday, Nor. 14,1? rhe Marx Brothers (Groncbo- Chico-Harpo) with KWt Kenny Baker - Florence Rice- Eve . Arden - Margaret Du mont - Nat Pendleton, ~in “THE MARX BROTHERS AT THE CIRCUS” Call oat the riot squad! lie Marx Brothers are loose in n streamlined circus. RKO Novelty: “Bow Strings” Metro Cartoon: “The Beer That Couldn’t Sleep” No Morning Shows; Afternoons daily 3:15-3;45; Admission 10-25 c; Evening daily 7:15-9:00; Admission 10-30 c. Saturday, November 18th Richard Arlen - Andy Devine with Noah Berry - Constance Moore - Guinn “Big Boy” Williams - Mala, in “Mutiny On The Blackhawk” Final Episode of the serial “Overland with Kit Carson” (“Unmasked” with Bill Elli ott - Iris Meredith Merrie Melody in Color: “De touring America” On The Stage in Person (Both Theatres) “Dick Tracy” (Ralph Byrdd New thrills and adventure! With yojur Jfavorite cartoon strip detective DICK TRACY off on a spy hunt direct on our stage! Afternoon 2:30-400; admission 10-25 c; eveningti :45-8:15-9:30 (Box office opens' 6;30). Ad mission 10-30 c.
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