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. —SUBSCRIPTION RATES— One Year $1.50 Six 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 Tuesday to insure publication for Thursday edition and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1940 The Word Comes Within the week citizens of the United States who have been wondering what the Democrats will do with the “third term” issue should be relieved of anxieties in either direction, for on Monday the Democrats gather in Chicago and it is reasonable to suppose that Presi dent Roosevelt’s decision will soon be made public—if he does not break the long silence before that date. We can well understand the motivations both do mestic and international which have prompted the with holding of the President’s decision from the general public, although we are of the opinion that far more of the influential Democrats know what that decision is to be than has been generally supposed. Regardless of the direction the issue will take, we are more con cerned with the attitudes people will exhibit after the announcement has been made- This is no time for display of petty resentments, political or otherwise. If Mr. Roosevelt were to break all traditions and permit his name to be presented yet again as the party standard bearer, those people who believe in his poli cies should support them. On the other hand, if the no mination goes to Hull or to some other capable Demo crat the same loyalty should be forthcoming. Come what may at Chicago, we shall not be uneasy about the politi cal future of the United States. We can say this with some confidence because it happens that the Republican presidential candidate, Wendell L. Willkie, appears to be a man of integrity and wisdom and if the Democrats should lose, the man who heads the opposition has just as good a chance to be a worthy national administrator o—o—o—o Out of Person The alert Ronald Hocutt, director of the State Highway Safety Division, has this week sent out a news release advising motorists to “Stop before they swat”. We are sure that Person residents will have no difficul ty in interpreting that phrase, since it was in Person that the accident to which Mr. Hocutt has reference occurred. The story of that accident, in which a woman receiv ed painful head injuries and others in the car were shak en up because the car overturned while driver en deavored to kill an invading bumble bee and drive at the same time, was printed in the Times and in the state press last week and carried its own moral, even with out Mr. Hocutt’s well-timed emphasis. As an editor the immediate interest concerning Mr. Hocutt’s version of the warning stems from the fact that events in Person county do occasionally exert an influence outside of the county. On Sunday a week ago another example of news copy out of Person was a long comment on the local ABC election possibilities in Tom Bost’s “Among Us Tar Heels” column in the Greensboro Daily News. Despite Mr. Bost’s reference to Person as a “rural” county, folks from Person do “break into the news” and the more publicity we have, the better, although some of us may regret the nature of some of the stories re leased about us. O—o—O—O Promises of Good Work Approval of the Roxboro city budget for 1940-1941 at the City Council session last week carries with it the promise of an excellent fiscal year to come. The tax rate of $1.35 remains the same as it was during the past year, but there is more taxable property on the books so that revenue is expected to be increased by some $78,000. Too, there has been a judicious allotment of various funds and provision has been made for wise but careful expenditures for improvements which must be effected if the city is to conserve its existing.facilities for the public service. As was indicated in the well-ordered budget report prepared by City Manager Bloxam and his secretary, Mrs. Hattie Carver, the city must have better street re pairing equipment if streets are to be economically kept in condition and it must likewise look after the up keeping and the expansion of its water facilities if sav ings, with improvements, are to be effected in that quar ter. Members of the City Council have publicly 'express ed their appreciation for the presentation of this for ward-looking budget in which the necessities of economy have been delicately but sensibly balanced against needs of the future. And an example of a well thought out program we commend this budget report to the attention of all tax-paying residents of Roxboro. A thoughtful survey of that budget should put an end to the always to be expected complaints of those citizens who are disgrunt led with the usages accorded to “their” money. When people can go to a municipal, county or state office and readteports like the one under discussion they should bave no cause for fears of a frame-up. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Let’s Not Deceive Ourselves Durham Morning Herald “We will not use our arms in a war of aggression; we will not send our men to take part in European wars. “But, we will repel aggression against the Unit ed States or the Western Hemisphere.” The President used those two sentences (made those two pledges, is the way some put it) in his message to the Congress asking $4,848,000,000 additional for nat ional defense, and in the order above. Immediately, and perhaps fortunately, the “We wilt not send our men to take part in European wars” asser tion was seized upon as not only the most important statement in the message but as an indication that Mr. Roosevelt has deserted the interventionists to join the isolationists. And, of course, since the Democratic convention is just ahead, the tendency is to link Mr. Roosevelt’s “anti war pledge” with the Democratic platform as an expen dient move to out-maneuver the Republicans on the non-intervention illusion. Such political by-play and surface thinking and writ ing, we suppose, is to be expected. And out of it may emerge a communal view on the foreign policy issue that will help to make the coming campaign digestible. It seems to us, however, that we, especially the is olationists, run the risk of deceiving ourselves when we cheer a presidential declaration that our men will not be sent to take part in European wars and ignore the equally as authoritative declaration that they will be used to defend the Western Hemisphere. The reason for that general reaction is obvious. Ev erybody who has made a fetish of the slogan “don’t send our boys to fight Europe’s wars,” including the nar rowest isolationist, has also to urge defense of the Mon roe Doctrine (Western Hemisphere) at all cost. Largest recorded poll on that is the 380 to 8 House vote and 78 to 0 senate vote reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine. What we fear too many of us do not understand, or care about understanding, is that there are miles and miles of foreign territory within the Western Hemis phere, much of it a greater distance from the United States than is' Europe. And while it doesn’t seem to re gister with the “to hell with Europe, let’s defend the Western Hemisphere” boys, fact of the business is de fending the Western Hemisphere is as big, or bigger, job than defending say. England. We are not, let us emphasize, objecting to the pro position that we send no men to take part in European wars. On the contrary we subscribe to it. Again we sub scribe to the Western Hemisphere defense idea, though we hope we never have to implement it. *’ Our point is that if in one breath Mr. Roosevelt rul ed out sending men to take part in European wars, in the next he committed us to defend the Western Hemis phere. And as between the two pledges, if you want to them, that the latter, in our opinion, holds a much greater meaning to present-day Americans than the former. Parenthetically, it might be remarked that whether or not we have to make good on the promise to defend the Western Hemisphere depends largely on the tide of battle in Europe. O—O—O—O Back To The Bastile News and Observer By overwhelming vote the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of France has given Premier Marshall Henri Phillipe Petain unrestricted powers to write a new to talitarian constitution. The action was taken on July 9, just five days be fore Bastile Day, the 14th of July, on which France every year since 1789 has celebrated its liberties. On July 14 in that year (the same year in which George Washington became the first president of the United States) the people of France took the action which has been symbolic of their freedom ever since. The old Bastile prison in which not only men but in a real sense their liberties had been so long kept prisoner was surrounded by a tumultuous throng. The old prison tell and the next day its total destruction was begun. Now under German domination the French are building its meaning in France back almost stone for stone. For that is what Fascism is despite all its mo dem machines and methods—the old dungeon for hu man dignity and the free human mind. Not a new sys :em but an ancient tyranny is promulgated and advanced But such a tyranny can last long only if in France and elsewhere strength and spirit have disappeared from the hearts of men who would be decent and just, noble and free. If man has lost that spirit he might as well be in a dungeon. If he has not, no prison can be built so stoutly that it will long stand. You need go no further than our .IsiafcSiiSd your home a better place to live in. WATKINS €r BULLOCK EVERYTHING TO BUILD WITH ROXBORO NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON The Adult Student The experiences of Job had been most perplexing. He had more than ample reason for thinking Jehovah had deserted him. He could see no reason for all the suffering that had come upon him. It is no wonder that Job should have been perplexed and confused. In the midst of all this painful situation, however, there was one mighty faith to which he clung. It held him securely. He was con fident that the future would bring complete vindication of his loy alty to Jehovah. Faith Brings Immediate Mental Relief There is always immediate re- : lief for anyone In the midst of 1 tragic difficulties and spiritual 1 confusion If, with con fidence, he can say: "I know that my redeem er liveth and ... I (shall) see] God.” When we make our own this unyielding trust, there is imme diate relief for our mind. We be come sure that the individual is of great enough importance to warrant immortality. 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