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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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
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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. The pro
phets of Israel brought it to a
further consummation when they
asserted the personal ethical res
ponsibility of man and insisted
that individual communion with
God is a possibility.
We gain the highest kind of as
surance when we are confident
of a God who loves us. And that |
steadfast centainty of a future life j
brings immediate relief.
In the midst of pronounced phy.j
sical suffering, or of great spirit- 1
ual confusion, it is exceedingly
important that one should win
some such trust. This is how we
gain great enough power to face
innumerable difficulties. Jesus
was able to meet the cross be-
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a future, that will vindicate our
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us in the perplexing confusions of
the present
Faith in a future means that
sometime those who have remain
ed true will receive the commend
ation of Gbd. It is what has been
called Gfod’s great “Amen”. Here
is the ultimate vindication for
wheih all of us long. In our best
moments we know that we will
never be satisfied with anything
else. We ernestly desire the fun
damental faith that was Job’s
when he exclaimed that in spite
of all the disturbing effects that
would come to him he was sure
that he would see God.
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are confident the years ahead
will justify all the trust that we
implicity place in him.
This is the epitome of Christian
faith. In spite of the temporary
nature of our world, we are con
vinced that behind all our catas
trophes is a Deity who watches
over us and who will ultimately
demonstrate that righteousness is
in the order of the universe. This
is the grand adventure of the hu
man soul, for it is in this way that
we find resources of poise and
unshaken trust. We may be des
pised and rejected of men many
of the most loyal followers of
Christ have been but we know
that the future will vindicate
our faith. We may be perplexed
with pain and sorrow that cannot
be solved, but we look to a God
upon whom we can depend.
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