PERSON COUNTY TIMES
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
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J. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, MANAGER
THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
Closer and Closer
Publication last week of the names of those who
were recommended to Governor Clyde R- Hoey and sub
sequently approved by him as members of the Person
County Selective Service board, means that the people
of Person County are one step closer to experiencing act
ual operative effects of the Selective Service act. During
this week other details, pertaining to next week’s regis
tration day, Wednesday, October 16, will be worked out
by the Person Elections board and the cooperating re
gistrars. Several meetings of the Board of elections have
been held and registrars are scheduled to confer with
the members of that body tonight. Also established is a
physicians’ preparedness committee, which may be re
garded as step three, although said committee will con
tine activities to recommendations as to service of those
within its professional group.
To those who are apprehensive over culminative ef
fects of Selective Service, not only in Person county,
but throughout the nation, we must say that no man or
woman now living in America can foresee the outcome.
We are living, as we did in 1917 and as we have since
1929, in a one day to the next atmosphere. The days
when nations could collectively be put in their places
and measured by standards of character comparable
to standards of individualized personality seem to be
gone and not even in our own nation can we say precise
ly: “X over Y equals 10”.
We do know, however, regardless of the imposition
of Selective Service or of the outcome of the National
Election next month or of our possible involvement into
armed conflict with any one of several nations now
seeking world power through conquest, that there is yet
left in America a character reserve strong enough to
preserve and to fight for those principles of individual
ism embraced in the democratic tradition. It is a pain
ful paradox that our present efforts to conserve demo
cracy must be executed through mass regulations such
as the Selective Service act. It is eqally painful that our
pre-election days are foreshadowed by a campaign bit
terness unheard of since the first Lincoln election of
1860 and it is no less painful that a comparatively pea
ceful nation has before it the fact that an undeclared
warfare may become one in which men as well as guns
may be required in a fight to a finish.
As the mad world of which we are a part draws us
closer and closer into actual conflict we must take care
to keep our own house in order, remembering always
not to become too much like that portion of the world
in which kindness, tolerance and consideration for min
orities have been pushed aside in the name of the all
powerful state.
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Not To Be Too Long Deferred ....
> Although members of the Person County Board of
commissioners on Monday deferred until a later session
further consideration of a petition presented by a rep
resentative group of Person citizens who believe that
the County needs an Agricultural building to house var
ious (and apparently expanding) agricultural agencies
and departments, we sincerely hope that postponement
will not be taken as a “do notning” way out.
We understand that the matter of the construction
of such a building was first discussed some two-three
years ago, that for what appeared to be good reason the
proposal was then turned down and that in the meantime
activities of the County Agent’s office, including Four-H
and Home Demonstration work, to say nothing of work
more nearly of the red-tape classification, have so in
creased that Person folks coming to town to obtain as
sistance and advice from these various departments of
tentimes have to wander all over the courthouse and
into other buildings before they can find that for which
they seek.
Spokesmen for the group appearing before the
Commissioners have said that they nope to secure WPA
assistance for the construction of such a building. No
mention was made of the amount of money required
for the structure, but it is understood similar buildings
have been put up in more than half the other counties
in the State for comparatively modest In a county
so predominantly agricultural as Person is the question
of money, more than anything else, is apt to be the
stumbling point, but we might also remind the Com
missioners and citizens that the very fact that Person
is an agricultural county is all the more reason why its
major occupational program should be handled with that
efficiency which could doubtlessly be increased by the
construction of such a building as has been described.
Never would we be among those subscribing to the
theory that Person county should have an Agricultural
building simply because this and that and the other
neighboring county has one. Person people have more
commonsense than to be swayed oy any such reasoning.
When they have thought the matter through we believe
they will rally to the support of the group making peti
tion and that they will go to the Commissioners and
there make their wishes known. We are of the opinion |
that the Commissioners are themselves of favorable I
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inclination and that although it may take some time to
get machinery in motion, Person county will ultimately
have an Agricultural building, small auditorium arid all.
While they are about it the Commissioners might
remember that construction ot such a building would re
lieve the court house structure of congestion but that
somewhere in the new set-up some provision tor an in
adequatel housed and a cramped health department
should be made, to say nothing of ditto for the depart
ment of public welfare.
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Stop This One!
The News and Observer
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia
University,has started a movement which should be
stopped in its very beginning by the force of public
opinion.
Speaking to what has been described as “an unpre
cedented assembly of the university faculties,” Dr. But
ler described the present war as one between “beasts and
human beings”, and under a clearly implied penalty of
dismissal called upon every teacher in Columbia to es
pouse the side of Great Britain in the name of ‘‘nat
ional defense.”
After all, freedom of speech and liberty of thought
are two of the most precious things this country is sup
posed to defend.
Dr. Butler brushed aside tnat concept with the re
mark :
“It is very essence of our national defense that our
people as a whole should understand what it is that they
are defending, and that they have this presented to them
with calmness, good judgement. In this regard the res
ponsibility of each one of us is very great. We must not
ourselves be misled by phrases and formulas, and we
must do our best to keep others from being misled- Let
there be no doubt where Columbia University stands in
this war.” .
Removing any possibility of doubt concerning what
might happen to those not conforming, Dr. Butler said:
"Those whose convictions are of such a character
as to bring their conduct in open conflict with the uni
versity’s freedom to go its way toward its lofty aim,
should, in ordinary self-respect, withdraw of their own
accord from uinversity membership in order that their
conduct may be freed from the limitations which univer
sity membership naturally and necessarily places upon,
it.”
Even in time of war, such doctrine in a democracy
would be highly questionable. In time of peace, it vio
lates all principles of democracy
Fortunately no other university is on record as hav
ing followed the example of Dr. Butler. Regimentation
of ideas is the last kind of regimentation desired in this
country. It is to be hoped that the example of Dr. But
ler will not be followed by any other responsible educa
tor.
Those who value the “phrases and formulas” so light
ly dismissed by Dr. Butler should make known their
views in no uncertain terms. This is no time to outlaw
liberty of thought and freedom of speech in the name
of “defense.” From what are we to be defended if they
are not worthy of preservation ?
Cniiiy Weather Favors
Fall Planting
Chilly weather and light freezing
at night is not a sign that the fall
planting season is at an end, but
-ather that it is beginning.
Until the time when the ground Is
frozen and can no longer be firmed
properly around the roots of plants,
all planting operations may be car
ried on. Hardy plants are indiffer
ent to temperature: it is the physi
cal conditions which low tempera
tures create in the soil that puts
a stop to planting.
If the ground remains unfrozen
until Christmas, it will still be pos
sible to plant perennials, including
peonies and iris and all hardy bulbs,
as well as shrubs and trees, and
they will not suffer from the late
ness, except that they may leaf and
bloom somewhat later in the spring.
When any seed, bulb or plant is
set in the ground it must be placed
firmly in contact with the soil. This
contact is necessary in order that
the roots may absorb food. It is ob
vious that in frozen soil such prop
er contact is impossible. When soil
is muddy there is also likely to be
unfavorable contact. The ideal con
dition for soil is to be moist and eas
ily crumbled.
It is sometimes necessary to de
lay planting until after the ground
may have frozen. Where it is known
that this delay will be necessary for
any reason, all that is required is
to cover the surface of the ground
in which the planting is to be done
with 6 inches or so of leaves or
other suitable mulch. This will keep
the ground soft and workable dur
ing any low temperature lik-’y to
prevail before Christmas. So do r 1
let chilly weather det-r ye t
planring, but at the seme tir.i;
not delay unduly.
Vegetables To
Be Stored Should
Be Well Chosen
Raleigh, Oct. 8 There is no
reason for discarding surplus ve
getables, or for dumping them on
a depressed market, says H. R.
Niswonger, horticulturist of the
N. C. State college extension ser
ice. But on the other hand, there
is no use to store vegetables that
are not of high quality, free from
mechanical injuries, insect and
diseases, and mature but not
aver-ripe.
“If you put an inferior, diseas
ed, damaged product in storage
it will come out an inferior, dis
ased, damaged product, in worse
condition than when it went in,”
Niswonger declared.
The problem of where to store
vegetables is important, and the
State college specialist makes the
following recommendations along
this line: Beans and field peas
may be picked in the pod, spread
out in a warm dry place in the
attic until dried and after be
ing shelled the beans should be
placed in tight containers and
treated with carbon disulphide to
control weevils.
Root crops, such as carrots,
beets and turnips, should have the
tops cut off, leaving short leaf
stems, before storing. They may
be stored in shallow crates and
placed in the cellar. An occasion
al sprinkling with water will pre
vent shriveling. Cabbage .and
collards can best be stored in
trenches out-of-doors. Another
method commonly used in East
ern Carolina consists of pushing
the heads of the plants toward the
North and covering the stem and
base of the heads with soil. The
plants are thus, left right in the
row where they grew.
Sweet potatoes keep best in a
dry place, and where the temper
ature throughout the storage per
iod is around 55 to 60 degrees.
Onions should be kept in slatted
crates in the attic where the at
mosphere is dry and the tempera
ture is around 50 degrees. A base
ment or cellar is not a good place
to store onions. Pumpkins and
squashes should also be stored in
a warm dry room at a tempera
ture of 50 degrees.
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Sheep Make
Comeback As
Farm Enterprise
Raleigh, Oct. 8 There has
been an acute awakening of in
terest in sheep production in
North Carolina within the last
year, reports Dr. John E. Foster
of the State college animal hus
bandry department.
He says that whereas sheepmen
formerly experienced difficulty
in placing their surplus ewes and
frequently had to send valuable
breeding animals to the butcher,
now all available ewes are taken.
In addition, western ewes are
being shipped into the state to
meet the demand.
Why the increased interest? “A
number of factors have contribut
ed,” Dr. Foster replies. “The sub
stantial profits derived from most
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Roxboro, N. C.
flocks for the past five years
have had an effect. The change
in our farming system has also
been conducive to sheep produc
tion.”
“The reduction in cotton, to
bacco and other raw crop acre
age has released more land for
pastures and feed crops. The im
provemnt of pastures through
proper fertilization and manage
ment has been almost as import
ant.”
“Then too, the sheep organiza
♦:cr.s, establishment of parasitic
control methods, improving breed
ing and controlled marketing
have been major factors. The co
operatives have been instrument
al in promoting interest, in ob
taining protection from the dog
rUnace. and in providing and
encouraging better breeding and
dipping to control paarsites.”
Dr. Foster said that, in most
cases, sheep production is with
grade ew r es and pure-bred mut
ton-type rams. Spring lambs are
the chief product and wool is a
by-product. It is conducted on a
farm flock, rather than a large-
S’ale commercial basis, with 10
to 30 ewes per farm being the
average. “Yes, sheep production
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is returning to North Carolina,
but not on the haphazard basis
of old,” the animal husbandman
concluded.
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EGGS
With slightly more layers on
farms than last year, egg produc
tion in August was the largest
for the month since 1931, reports
the U. S. Agricultural Marketing
service.
UNAFFECTED
Despite the European war and
the national defense program,
living costs in the United States
are urflikely to increase by more
than 2 to 5 percent before spring.
REMOVED
The development of a method
at Georgia Tech for removing the
wood from flax fiber takes away
the main obstacle to profitabl
flax growing in Southern states.
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