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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. THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940 As Much As Can Be Said Persons who heard or read the reports of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Monday addresses at Chicka mauga Dam and Newfound Gap will be pleased, or dis pleased, according to their susceptibility to Presidential magnetism. Offering clever combinations of national and international themes, bulwarked by references to the American “pioneer spirit”, his messages were the longest since the Democratic convention in Chicago this summer and were quite obviously designed to appeal to that larger body of citizens who are not too critical of how the nation in which they live is to meet its day to day emergencies. Carping critics of Republican persuasion have since Monday openly said that the President has begun to use public occasions for private political purposes. They might, with more logic, criticize the absence of men tion of specific plans for national defense, just as they undoubtedly will say that his Chickamauga speech con tained thrusts at Wendell Willkie’s public utilities back ground. We wonder, however, how any man placed in the Roosevelt position could afford to be more specific about national defense or how he could resist the temp tation to do a little campaigning under cover of presi dential duties? Until the Senate and House come to terms on the now debated conscription issue the President cannot afford to come to employment of more definite terms describing details of national defense. Chances are, be ing the opportunist he is, he does not himself know the precise steps which will have to be taken. He knows, too, that there are in the nation minority groups of formidable proportions whose sympathies are opposed to peace-time conscription and he likewise knows that these minority groups “have power to muster many vot es in November. Also, he is too good a politician not to make what use he may of the left-handed opportuni ties he has for conducting his campaign.' And so, we have a brace of speeches filled with the never-ending Roosevelt personal charm and padded with ligitimate patriotic references to the place the Ameri can pioneer spirit has in a world full of “unmatched” perils. At Newfound Gap the man in the White House had and used an “unmatched” opportunity to re-sell himself to that American public upon which he is de pendent for power and influence. o—o—o—o Twenty Days Within less than three weeks the Roxboro Tobacco market will again open and with the prospects of that opening Person life should once more feel its annual re newal of strength. And, having survived a year in which uncertainty came to.be regarded as a natural con dition, citizens here should face the new season with more hope and courage than they were able to muster at this time last year. Although they do not expect too much, tobacco growers and warehousemen now know the firmness of the economic ground on which they stand. They, and all of us, must in consequence be con tented with less than we would like to have in the way of ready cash, but they, and all of us, should know by now that Person county living, where bombs do not fall, is infinitely more to be desired than it has ever been. Barring unforeseen developments the local mar ket will open on schedule, Tuesday, September 24, and prices, measured by comparable prices in these'areas where warehouses have already opened, should be rea sonably satisfactory, but before we become too satis fied with the prospect of “normal” abnormal conditions it seems to us that no time should be lost by the Rox boro Chamber of Commerce and by warehousemen ir. promoting whatever publicity may be needed to stimu late the local market. Plans for this stimulation may now be underway. We hope they are, for we remember that in last year’s confusion of opening, closing and re-opening not as much was done as could have been done. There was ad vertising, much of it good, but sporadic, with too little planning before hand. There was, too, we think, some evidence of lack of cooperation between the various warehouses and between private citizens called upon to help in a publicity program which could do no less than be reciprocal as far as financial benefits were concern ed. The memory of those dubious September days a year ago when the opening of that war which has now endured a year, was second only to the lowered tobacco prices which it induced, will not soon be forgotten, but we should face the month with us once more, with forti tude bom of experience and should bend all efforts to ward getting the best from what we have by working together. O—o—o—o Courteous Solution Announcement that S. F. Nicks, Jr., who has so satisfactorily served as Mayor of the City of Roxboro since his election to that office in May, 1939, has been PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. President Roosevelt at Maneuvers \ \ ■ „ \ S/rM " F'"H j v —, i \ jjlra iKUKL... IMiMI The situation in the nation’s biggest peace-time army maneuvers is explained to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by General Hugh Drum at Norwood, New York. The President, who is seated in his car, and the general carefuUy go over a map of the terrain over which the maneuvers were held. “unanimously elected to fill out his own expired term as mayor” will please many people who did not know of the technical grounds for vacancy of the office and it should please even those who were aware of the techni calities. By accepting the additional office of Chairman of the Person Board of Elections last March while he was still Mayor of Roxboro, Mr. Nicks did no more than had previously been done by others here and the action of the City Council in re-electing him as official head of the City Monday night can be regarded as nothing less than a courteous solution of a temporarily embarrass ing problem. We are pleased, as we are sure Mayor Nicks must be, that a situation capable of being subjected to criti cism has been ended. We are, however, no less pleased that the issue was brought out into the open, since pub lic officials cannot afford to be less scrupulous than Caesar’s wife. Father of Hawk-eye Christian Science Monitor The sharp bark of “Kill-deer”, followed by the almost soundless chuckle of Natty Bumppo, may be heard almost any day now along the shores of Lake Ot sego. That is, by those whose ears are attuned to such sounds. Their hearing may even be sharp enough to de tect the shrill war-hoop of “Le Renard Subtil” from across the water and the echoing cry of Chingachgook. Doubtless these noises are audible in this locality at any time to ardent lovers of the Leather Stocking Tales, but just now there are more of these on the lake shores, probably, than ever before. It is the 150th anni versary of James Finimpre Cooper’s coming to the Sus quehanna headwaters; and Cooperstown, New York, is celebrating. Cooper was America’s first novelist of American life, and, like the immortal juvenile creations of Sam uel L. Clemens, Natty Bumppo is among the outstand ing original American characters of fiction. Practically every boy in the United States, at one time or another, has made an idol of “Hawk-eye”, “Leather Stocking,” "La Longue Carabine,” as he was variously called. Most Americans’understanding of Indian history—indeed, that of many Britons, as well—was gathered from Cooper. Those who thrilled at Hawk-eye’s exploits, who mourned over Uncas, and who followed the adventures of the pioneer scout through five volumes will not quar rel because critics have called Cooper’s plots meager and his style lacking in beauty. They are content that virtue triumphed in every volume, that vivid narration has en tertained them, and that they have gained from the products of his pen authentic pictures of early American life that are like a moving panorama. o—o— o O Lundeen’s Counsel News and Observer Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota who died in the terrible air crash on Saturday in Virginia was one ot those senators who took a strong isolationist view with regard to the American position in the European war. In a speech delivered in the Senate not long ago, he said: “Our defense should serve American purposes only. It should not be used as a screen for unneutral aid to the BritisTi Empire. No. one, neither the Allies nor the axis, can assail us if we are guided solely by American interests. We must take into protective custody, with, the cooperation of our sister republics, every strategic point in the Western Hemisphere. We must bar from this American Hemisphere all the nations of Europe. We shall then be unassailable, even if both the axis powers and the Allies should combine against us at the end of the war or in the future. “Europe for the Europeans.” “Asia for the Asiatics”; “America for the Americans”. If we adhere to the slogan, the lamp of liberty will con tinue to burn brightly in the Western Hemisphere, no matter what happens in Europe or Asia. The lamp of liberty will shine on—the symbol of American civiliza tion—a beacon of hope for all mankind.” Perhaps a decreasing number of Americans agree with all the implications of the statement now. The mood of America has changed with growing fears. But it is important that all views be presented in a democracy moving to momentous decision. Senator Lundeen will press that position no more hut. whatever decision Amer ica finally makes as this war proceeds, his position needs careful consideration even if after consideration !f is dead but the man’s words still deserve the consideration of his countrymen. Vidor Has Own Camera Technic Importation into Hollywood of foreign directors has changed methods of movie-making in ways not always obvious to theatre goers. This is particularly true of camera technique. The contient als, differently schooled in their cinematography, use the lens in a manner that contrasts sharply with the methods of the Holly wood trained director. The late Murnau was one of the first to introduce the Euro pean idea of camera angles and movement to this country more than 14 years ago. Since then it has had other apostles. Not all of them have followed the same procedure, but for the most part they have tended to keep not only players but lens in motion. A few American directors move the lens only if it is more or less essential. When Charles Vidor, who re cently directed Columbia’s “The Lady in Question,” which stars Brian Aherne and Rita Hayworth at the Palace theatre Thursday and Friday, is at work, the lens is mostly traveling. o Ziegfeld Gave Ann Her Start On Comedy Stage Ann Sothern, who repeats her popular characterization of Mai sie, the stranded showgirl, in “Gold Rush Maisie,” opening at the Dolly Madison theatre today, is the daughter of Annette Yde, concert singer, and W. J. Lake, Seattle broker. She was born in Valley City, North Dakota, January 22, while her mother was between engage ments in a concert tour of the Northwest. Her real name is Har- j riette Lake. During her child-1 hood she lived in Minneapolis Coca-Cola has the charm of purity. Its clean, exhilarating taste never loses the freshness of appeal wMHHHHHMw that first delighted you. It brings a feeling of complete refreshment C PAUSE THAT REFRESHES BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS t Roxboro, North Carolina. and won first prize for original musical composition while attend ing the Central High School there. Later she attended tfce University of Washington. She first' visited Hollywood while her mother was filling a concert engagement, and was seen by Paul Bern, producer. He sug gested she try the screen. When the late Florenz Eiegfelil visited Hollywood he saw' her on.lhe the screen and later met hcMHe suggested she go into his mKical shows in New York. 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