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SUNDAY, FEB. 4, 1940
Two Men in Trouble
Plainsclothes Officer 0. L. Smith, of the Raleigh
police force, and H. V- Norris, of Fair Bluff, until re
cently a member of the State Highway Patrol in the
Mocksville area, have both been in the news during the
past week on account of charges of unnecessary harsh
ness and misconduct while in office.
Technically as well as morally the accusations a
gainst Norris, who has been arrested and placed in Davie
county jail Thursday, under a SI,OOO bond on charges of
accepting a bribe of SSO and of malfeasance in office,
are, we suppose, far more serious than those being
brought against Plainsclothesman Smith, who apparent
ly has done nothing but treat a certain citizen named
Bellman, who was brought to the Raleigh police station
after having fallen on Edenton street, with an unnec
essary roughness described as “two punches in the
bade”.
Nothing less than the discharge and arrest meted
out to Norris seems possible under the circumstances,
granting that ex-Patrolman Norris did actually accept
a bribe from the drunken-driving Yadkinville man who
turned the tables against him by marking the money
and inviting other officers to accompany him to the pay
off spot at the county line. On the other hand it seems
to us that Chief of Police A. H. Young, of Raleigh,
should at least suspend Plainclothesman Smith from
duty until the facts in his case are completely washed
and on the line
It stands against the Smith record to recall that he
it was who was “spot-lighted in the state press” last
August for “bludgeoning a dog nearly to death” on the
streets of Raleigh. Smith may have used profanity last
week and he may have been too rough with Sellman, as
all too frequently police officers of the less responsible
type can be, but our natural judgement tells us that the
"deg” incident should have been enough and that Smith I
should have been discharged at that time- A man cap
able of beating a dog, according to the law of averages,
•ught to be perfectly capable of beating a man.
There is, however, this much to be said in defense
of the two law enforcement officers whose names have
been discussed so publicly in print. Officers of the law
are, as much as any criminals or law violators whom
they may arrest, “marked characters”. All that they
<l6 or say that is in the least out ot line with standards
aet up for them is noted with severity by the world in
which they live. Under such a code, however right and
Siewever needful such a code may be, officers of the
law are compelled to sometimes possess and prserve an
almost super-human resreve of character. Demands are
made upon them and upon judges and ministers and
others connected with moral preservation departments
of the social order, which to the average John Doe citi
zen would become an intolerable burden.
These demands are inescapable and will continue as
long as men live on earth, but persons who are on the
outside looking in should not be too critical of officers
behind the bars until all fafcts are known.
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Future of Education
More than a hundred years ago the great Thomas
Arnold, of Rugby, father of Matthew Arnold
the English poet and esayist, won recognition as an
educator of boys and men. He was lor his times, far in
advance of other teachers, though his classification
might today be somewhat lower, but we mention Ar
nold’s name merely to record the fact that some advan
ces and stirrings of thought and method are always
taking place in the teaching profession, despite the
fact that the profession as a profession has honored
tradition almost to the point of extinction.
As a close at home and up-to-date example of “ad
vances and stirrings” we cite for our readers the ad
dress delivered here Thursday night by Ray Armstrong,
superintendent of schools at Goldsboro. Speaking to
members of the Roxboro Rotary club, Mr. Armstrong
said he was critical of education and its results in much
the same fashion that he might be critical of automo
biles which failed to function properly. According to
Mr. Armstrong there is today no other business in which
. a man or woman can “lie down on the job” and get by
•with it as much as they can in the field of education-
According to Mr. Armstrong, the school of today must
nave attractive classrooms and must have equipment
other than desks and textbooks if it is to appeal to stu
dents and to hold their attention
He said much more which cannot be mentioned here
* the important fact is this: his talk, regardless of
agreement or disagreement among his hearers, provok
ed animated post-meeting discussions among them
Three hours after the Armstrong address had been de
livered some of his hearers stood in a local drug store
gad discussed with some heat the ideas the speaker h»H
proposed.
And that, we think, is what Mr. Armstrong will
appreciate, The future of education will take care of it
coming out in the process as neither white nor
Mack, as kmc as Mr. Armstrong and others like him,
together with those educators of a more conseravtive
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. CL
‘Abe Lincoln’ and Wife Visit White House
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A railroad accident didn’t prevent Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Massey
from reaching a dinner party given by President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Their train stalled en route to Washington from Chicago, the pair com
pleted the trip by plane. Massey, an actor, has won fame through
his portrayal of Abe Lincoln.
stone, can cause parents to think progressively about the
their children are receiving. There is hope that
learning as a process will shake loose whatever it does
not need- We think too that said shaking will mean the
loss of some “modern ideas” as well as some brought
over from the long past of Thomas Arnold and Horace
Mann.
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Milk and Water for Wine ......
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* Like many other Roxboro people, young and old,
but mostly young, we went to see the film version of
Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”, and like them we
found it beautiful to behold, in a grotesque and sugar
sweet, stick-candy fashion. As an example of Hollywood
lavishness and of the reduction ot an adult theme to the
levels of what passes as childish intellect, we know of
none better than “Gulliver’s Travels”.
The movie people are, of course, not entirely to
blame, since the Gulliver story, properly expurgated, has
long since been thrown to the nursery, but we wish some
oldsters would dig up the adult version and relearn that
Swift intended his tale as a bitter satire on the big and
little world and- its ways.
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Save The Prop
News and Observer
North Carolina tobaceo farmers are aceustomed to
the hazards of weather. This year it appears to be their
fate to be subjected to far different hazards, but ones
which affect them just as vitally and over which they
have as little control as they do over the weather.
The European war has already laid a heavy hand on
the North Carolina tobacco farmer. Great Britain has
not only stopped the puurchase of American tobacco,
but is seeking to “educate” the British public to use a
substitute for it in the form of tobacco produced in Tur
key, now politically allied with England.
That would appear to be disaster enough for one
season. But there now appears a strong chance that
Congress will remove any possibility of the Federal
government intervening to protect the marketers as
it did last year when the British embargo was first im
posed. Between forty million dollars and fifty million
dollars of government funds were placed in the market
in the form of purchases by the Surplus Commodity
Credit Corporation of tobacco upon which English
companies were given an option. Now when it appears
doubtful that the British companies will exercise their
option in time to help the situation in 1940, if at all, it
is proposed to cut off funds from the only agency which
could be of assistance.
In submitting his budget to Congress, President
Roosevelt reduced the funds for this and other farmer
agencies. Now a committee of the House, iii the throes
ot an economy wave, has recommended the complete eli
mination of the $72,000,000 recommended by the Presi
dent for purpose, although the recommendation it
self was $40,000,000 below the appropriation made last
year.
This additional cut should be restored. This is the
only agency of the Federal government in a position to
minimize disastrous and sudden developments which
™ der , the Present world conditions, have a disas
trous effect upon other farm commodities as well as to-
Dacco- *
North Carolina members of Congress would do well
at the moment to concentrate their efforts upon restor
ing this appropriation, which can be justified fully by
existing circumstances. * y
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Snow Man Mixes Deliveries ......
Christian Science Monitor
While idle skiers in "snowless Boston” have been
hopefully scanning the skies, boys and girls in America’s
southland, have been revelling in drifts, many for the
first time their lives. Skate r and sled manufacturers
have found a new outlet for their wares; snow that
stays on the ground in Georgia and Middle Texas is as
unusual as November apple blossoms in New England.
Dude s youngsters have unearthed the snow and ice
equipment their elders last used in the winter of 1917-
ifr—and probably will hang it up again shortly for an
other quarter of a century. Weather plays queer pranks,
snowbound Southerners may have heard radio reports
of rain in Canada. Imagine Mt. Monadnock in New
Hampshire being practically bare while skiers whoop
with joy on the slopes of lookout Mountain in Tennes
see!
SUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON
From
The Adult Student
“Every man has his price.”
That is true or untrue according
to who makes the statement and
why. On the lips of one who
holds man in high regard it !
points to the infinite worth of ]
the soul. On the cunning lips of <
the betrayer of souls it becomes <
the deceptive indictment—“all i
that a man hath willjoe given for :
his life.” From the lips of the sel- <
fish who hold no honor sacred, i
it is confession of small, value of i
self, and less of others; and from <
those who have much of this
world’s blessings it is a confes
sion of snobbery and mean ap
preciation of human personality.
There are all sorts of ideas a
bout the true value of the human
being, and each shows the bread
th of truth known and accepted
by the holder. The ancient adage,
“Only the true can recognize
truth, and only the great can
know the great,” should be con
sidered. The scientist who is
awed by immensity and begins
to be sorry for man’s insignifi
cance, should be alarmed at the
inability to keep his thinking
balanced. He has no way of know
ing greatness or immensity ex
cept he is possessed of such quali
ties. If he doubts, let him try to
impart his awe of immensity to
some unlettered and ignorance
imprisoned soul. The experience
will quickly convince him that
his conception and respect for
greatness cannot be passed on to
another until that person has
paid the price of greatness by
which to receive and judge.
What Makes Life Sacred?
When does human life and per
sonality become sacred in the
eyes of man? The selfish who
seek every pleasure and fear all
discomfort are no nearer true
value than those who have lost
reason’s balance by focusing on
one set of faces. Judgment by
any group is limited to the ex
tent facts are known and re
spected. The religionist cheapens
his evaluation when he ignores
or refuses the facts of science,
philosophy, and other fields of
learning, and the learned scholar
or scientist can miss right values
through ignorance of spiritual
truth.
The three brief selections of
Scripture for our use in this study
present an amazingly up-to-the
minute message dealing with the
basis for human evehiation. A
cross the centuries from Genesis
to Corinthians there were men
who thought to make their gods.
They fashioned the image, dicta
ted powers, and determined the
place in their midst. Awed by a
material world such people set. a
material image before them in
stead of a living personality. Their
successors'* today fashion their
own thoughts and set them up in
place of a living personal God.
They still substitute the handi
work of man for an eternal God,
and man shrinks accordingly.
Genesis, written in the midst of
a people whose god was a man
made image, sounds the warning
that this is all wrong. Truth is
the other way around. God made
man in his image.
The message is always up-to
date, for man is ever tempted to
begin by creating symbols and
materials to remind him of truth,
and then he loses sight of the
truth symbolized by the adora
tion of his skill creation. By skill
man may make images—material
or mental—to remind him of the
truth, but Genesis challenges him
to remember that man himself is
a living image or reminder of the
Master Creator.
Here is a call to keep our think
ing dear: “Male and female
created he them,” and in our
common expression, “he saw to
it” that the image was well made.
Biologist, physiologist, and che
mist have brought from their
fields many proofs that the image
is well made.
One common tragedy of life is
the misuse of possessions and pri
vileges. However, we have capa
city to regret misuse, tor we era
pained when some valuable thing
is used for a cheap purpose. The
mockery stings when a sublime
opera is used to advertise dime
cigarettes, or a pasterpiece paint
ing to encourage sale Os cheep
beer. It should sting more when
that which is noble enough to
house the Spirit of God stoops to
shelter the cheap, tawdry, de
graded levels of human ambition
and deeds.
Created to be a temple of com
munion and fellowship for the
Holy Spirit, misuse is sacrilege,
for the promised dwelling place
of God is defiled. Therefore Paul
calls upon us to be clean from
all filth of flesh and spirit, per
fecting holiness in the awe of
God. If we are aware of the sac
redness of personality, the body
as its dwelling place and means
of expression becomes precious,
and its functions are considered
and exercised in respect for per
sonality. What is it worth to be
the conscious possessor of the in
dwelling Holy Spirit?
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Sale of Electrical
Appliances Good
During Past Year
Electrical dealers sold more
than $5,000,000 worth of electri
cal appliances of all kinds in
1939 in the territory served by
the Carolina Power and Light
company, according to a report
just released by the utility com
pany.
The report shows that more
than 1,202,000 electrical applian
ces were sold to make 1939 one
of the best years in history for
the sale of appliances in the com
pany territory, according to S. P.
Vecker, vice president and gen
eral sales manager of the power
company.
Mr. Vecker pointed out that of
the more than five million dol
lars worth of appliances sold in
his company’s territory independ
ent electrical dealers accounted
for more than 90 percent of all
sales. Five years ago, he said, the
dealers aoounted for only about
one-third of all sales of applian
ces in the company’s territory,
but that their annual sales have
climbed steadily since the institu
tion of the coordinated dealer
company sales program in 1935
while sales of the company have
dropped from year to year.
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