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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 al" 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 F. M. for Sunday editioa. SUNDAY DECEMBER 15, 1910 Wrong Is Not Right Superior Court Judge t R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids, whom we have long known as one of the few “speak-my-mind-at-any-cost” occupants of the bench, has during the past week had his name in headlines | because of his thorough disposal of Fayetteville’s vend- ! ing machine magnate, Joe Calcutt. Aftermath of the | judgment giving Calcutt jail sentence of one year for alleged violations of anti-gambling laws was receipt by Judge Parker of an anonymous letter containing a threat upon the judge’s life. Reportedly from a friend of Cal cutta, the missive displayed the illiteracy usually asso ciated with such messages. We are not disturbed by the threat any more than Judge Parker has been. Judges worthy of the name frequently receive backhanded “fan” mail. We are, how ever, more than bothered by unsavory aspects of the case concerned We suppose that it is quite right for Joe Calcutt and - or any one of his several henchmen to go to jail for selling gambling devices (which must have been wanted, else they would not have been sold) but we think the State of North Carolina has been and still is in a most embarassing position because it has as a State taken large sums of license money from Calcutt all during years while legality of the vending business was being questioned. Personally, we have never understood why intel ligent people should want to waste money “playing” these machines, but even their desire to get something for nothing cannot be condemned so strongly as can the State’s two-faced attitude toward what is wrong and what is right. People may commend Judge Parger’s determined finishing off of a sorry business. Can they respect the law he has invoked? Knowing human na ture, we think not, but we hope lawmakers will here after be more consistent. Time To Change Not having lived in the City of Roxboro during a municipal election, we were recently somewhat shocked to learn that nomination of city officials, presumably including mayors and councilmen, has in the past been done viva voce at a town mass meeting held at the court house or city hall. Our aged politicians are surely old enough to remember when the same mass meeting principle covered over with the dignified name of a State Democratic or Republican convention was em ployed to nominate state officials from governors on down to lowliest ward-heeler hangers-on. Same politi cians, if they search memory thoroughly can likewise recall that such conventions could on occasion be “pack ed” and swayed in this or that direction so that persons not fitted for office sometimes crept in with official sanction. We are not saying that political conditions in Roxboro have ever been so low as to be conducive of evils unfortunately associated with the originally super democratic mass meeting: we do know that any such mass meeting held in a city as large as Roxboro has be come could be “managed” by persons having their own rather than municipal interests at heart. It is our understanding tnat the present Roxboro City Council at its December meeting held last week discussed charter changes necessary to abolish the elec tion mass meeting here in favor of a primary system similar to that now in use in state and county elections. We are not so damp behind the ears as to believe that mere substitution of one system for another would be a cure-all, but we are forthrightly of opinion that corruptions of the primary system are more man agable and less dangerous to public good than any sort of mass meeting could be. For this reason we hope the City council will see fit to be slightly more articulate than it has been to date. Sportsmanship At Home It has come to our attention that certain members of Person’s hunting fraternity, numbering quite a few, have been verbally set upon by owners of lands fortun ate enough to contain coveys of quails. Supposition is that these hunters have in most instances entered upon previous agreement with said landowners as to when and how much hunting could be indulged in on 3aid properties. It is no concern of ours what happens between ow ners and hunters. We are, nevertheless, constrained to remind persons in both classifications that nothing is so unsportsmanlike as wrariglings of this character. If a landowner has told so and so that he or she may hunt upon his lands he has poor taste indeed if he complains overmuch as to methods or frequencies of the hunting engaged in, it being supposed that any landowner who makes such commitments knows the characters and habits of persons whom he grants privileges and on PERSON COUNTY TIMES R»*BQB>, N. j such knowlege is willing to have visiting Sportsman on his acres." On the other hand, granting of hunting privileges carries with it rseponsibilities which must be assumed by those who receive favors. No true sportsman would presume to violate any prescribed rules laid down by those giving permission, nor would ne consider his per sonal invitation as a come-one come-all for his friends, much less would he presume to hunt on any lands mere than the number of times justified by quail thereon We mention these double-sided aspects of sports manship not in accusation against any persons who may consider themselves open to accusation, but because we hope that in the future no such misunderstandings will recur. Greek Art and the Moderns Christian Science Monitor At Harvard University a group of students are be ing taught to “think in design.” One student is painting a mural on the walls of Hunt Hall. Others are busy with similar art projects. All this is commendable, since it stimulates initiative and resource, and is a forward looking venture Samuel F. Hershey, instructor of architecture arid painting at th School of Architecture and Design, who gives the course, feels that the conventional arts and crafts are defunct, and that while archaic Greek temples were splendid in their time, they have “no more place in the modern world than a Greek chariot.” This sounds a bit harsh on the ancient arts, the virtues and advan tages of which have come down to tho present day. Is it not possible to pay homage to the past without neces sarily living in the past? There is much in the modern world that will pass while the best of the art of the past will endure. When Gray, in his Elegy, said, “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,” he was no doubt thinking of something more than the products of field and workshop. Perhaps art also was implied. Financial Aid To Britain Durham Morning Hurald The series of conferences between Sir Frederick Phillip, British Undersecretary of Treasury, and Sec retary of Treasury Morgenthau appears to have resulted in the two gentlemen and their respective Governments reaching a clearer understanding of the question of fin ancial assistance to Britain, but to have left the whole question of when and how open. And that isn’t surpris ing or disappointing to those who view the situation realistically and accept the conferences as sort of pre liminary spade work. Both Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau and Sec retary of Commerce Jones have said in so many words that they have no inclination to extend Britain credits or other financial aid banned by Congessional statute, and Secretary Morgenthau adds that no responsible Briton has asked him for any sort of a loan. Apparently, the British attitude is that in the not distant future they may have to have credits and the Morgenthau-Jones attitude, prsumably shared by the President, is that at that time credits should be exten ded, but the issue is one that ought to be submitted to the Congress. So we suspect that the immediate objective at Washington, so far as loans to Britain is concerned, is to get things in shape for a Congressional showdown on credit-banning laws and work out procedure and strate gy to be used in advance of convening of the new Con gress. That seems to us the sensible, the expedient, and the orderly procedure. If Britain keeps fighting and British financial re sources become too scant to support to Britain’s greatest w r ar effort, this country is going to extend financial assistance. There isn’t now and never has been much doubuthere. The argument now is over how nearly Brit tain has exhausted her liquid financial assets and how long it will be before we will have to start giving the support we know we are going to give. Sir Frederick’s talks witn Morgenthau and others should provide the basis of answers to those questions Time will, we think, provide the details, such as when] how much, and what kind. Legal Notice ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administra tor of the estate of I. G. Baynes, deceased, late of Person County, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them Change To SHELL STOP AT YOUR SHELL STATION FOR ECONOMICAL SERVICE Humphries Oil Co to the undersigned on or before the 22nd day of November, 1941. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This 22nd day of November, 1940. A. H. Baynes, Administrator of estate of I. G. Baynes. 11-24-6 t.-S. o ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE Having qualified as administra trix of the estate of S. F. Nicks, Jr., deceased, late of Person coun ty, North Carolina, this is to noti fy all persons having claims against the estate of said deceas ed to exhibit them to the under signed on or before the 22nd day of November, 1941, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to saijl estate will please make im mediate payment. This 22nd day of November, 1940. Mary Cathryn Nicks, Administratrix of estate of S. F. Nicks, Jr. U-24-tt.-S. At This Time Os Year We Just Get The Spiritl j we want to give. We want to Z remember our husbands, our * wives, our children, our sweet - fill! li-:* % hearts and our friends with .JfcSfSiftlsSnaffilLff 4 -.1. % > SUITABLE GIFTS j g. Never before have we had such a line of merchan- * dise as suitable for gifts that will be appreciated * iijfpPSfe and useful too-. And before making your selections $ we cordially invite and want you to inspect our % I Coasters, tricycles, skates, sidewalk bikes, scooters, | footballs air rifles, Scout suits, target games, table § tennis sens, flash fight, and toy tool sets. 1 Byrex ware, Mexican art has- M kMs. Steuhensville Chinaware, M Crystal, Roseville pottery, SU^Jh ''4' H ’ verware ’ Fenton handmadcrC glassware, Electric Irons, E- 9 H lectric percolators, Electric 9 oasters & waffle irons aS y. !* W arm clocks, Brass fire aefafllM Coa * and Oil Circulators and J Oil Heaters. Cook stoves and Jfe rosevill: Potterjl 22 Rifles, double and single barrel shot guns, gu n |i shells, razors, golf balls, tennis rackets and balls. JH 1 Long-Bradsher & | SUNDAY DECEMBER 15th, 1549
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