PERSON COUNTY TIMES
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J. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, MANAGER
THOMAS J. SHAW, JR, City Editor.
Published Every Thursday and Sunday. Entered As Second
Clara Matter At The Postoffice At Roxboro, N. C., Under
The Act Os March 3rd., 1879.
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SUNDAY MARCH 16, 1941.
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1 xigical Step Forward..., j
Conferences with Wallace W. Woods, secretary of
the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce and with City Man
ager Percy Bloxam indicate that proposed numbering of
houses, based on information secured by the North Car
olina Inspection and Rating Bureau, and given approval
by the Roxboro City council in monthly session, may re
sult in development of* a City Postal Delivery service,
a service so long needed here.
We are particularly pleased that this house number
ing, previously partially completed, will be carried
through and we hope that the young people who propose •
to undertake sponsorship will do so. We remember, 3omo j
months ago, that we had an editorial on the need for
postal delivery service in Roxboro and that there was
apparently no public response to or recognition of said
need, despite fact that business people asd home-keep
ers, too, are frequently inconvenienced because of effort-,
to conform to and keep up with mail schedules at tin
local Post Office, said schedules being no fault of the j
Post Office or of the railroad under present conditions
We believe, however, that once people here become
accustomed to the convenience of street delivery str- j
vice, which will include collection boxes, they will not
want to do without it.
The Postal service, as Postmaster L. M. Carlton can
tell, is exacting in its demands and no attempt to secure
city delivery service can be made until prior demands
such as numbering of buildings and houses are compiled
with. It is to be hoped that all residents here will coop
erate with the project. Cooperation is the least thing
that can be done to secure for the City an orderly house
to house enumeration.
That from such enumeration may come sidewalks
and other improvements, is beside the point. Greatest
relief will be the end of having to tell strangers that So-
In-So lives on Such-and-Such street, next to a cow pas
ture and across the street from John Smith or Billy
Jones, when we know full well that the strangers don't
know where the pasture is and don’t know which house
belongs to John or to Billy. Only those who have them
selves been strangers in Roxboro or any other un-num •
bered city can fully appreciate what the prospect of or
derly numbering will mean.
Humor Is Appreciated
Through courtesy of the Northern Valley Tribune,
of Englewood, N. J., we are in this issue of the Times
reprinting, “I Am The Publicity Chairman,” a one-act
playlet which is to our mind more truthful than amus
ing. If, however, any of our readers, especially those
concerned With publicity, can derive amusement from
the playlet and its accompanying cartoon they are most j
welcomed to do so.
We are happy to say that friends of the Times can
not be compared with Messieurs, et Mesdames Wacky, j
Crabface, Numskull, Picklepuss and Windbag, but we
hope that all our friends will read this near-tragedy of
editorial life and that they will resolve never to contrib
ute to its personal application.
Newspaper work, like any other public business, on
ly more so, is absolutely dependent on cooperation from
the public, but we doubt seriously if the public is aware
that the accuracy and conciseness of news items can be
greatly increased by a corresponding brevity and eon
ciseness. on the part of those who contribute news items
or the information making up news items. Too, it is hu
manly impossible to take care of all late copy, since the
machines man has made will, like a horse or cow, go
only so fast regardless of whips or pressures from ex
ternal forces—and publication deadlines must be met if
readers and advertisers are to profit most from the
services for which they pay cold cash.
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'‘Know Your Money”
By cooperation of Prank J. Wilson, of Washington.
Chief of the United States Secret Service bureau the
Times is today publishing a chart called “Know Your
Money”. The message of that chart is too obvious to
need repeating, although we trust that not many persons
in this community have been so unfortunate as to have '
personal experience with counterfeit or its makers.
In a signed letter Chief Wilson says that a 90 per
cent reduction “in losses to the public through the ac
ceptance of counterfeit notes has been accomplished
during the calendar year 1940”. As illustration of contin-
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ual decline of such losses within the past five years Chief
Wilson says that largely through the education of the
public, losses often running as high as $1,000,000 per
year were in 1940 reduced to about SIOO,OOO. To folks
who never have had a large amount of money the last
named and smaller figure looks large enough, but the
government is no piker and to those who are willing to
send ten cents to the Superintendent of Documents, Se
cret Service, Treasury Department, Washington, will be
returned an illustrated brochure containing even more
information on counterfeiters and their products.
We could, if we had mind to, give our copy to any
one of a baker’s dozen of Person parsons and then sit
back to listen to a fine sermon on the “Wages of Sin”,
or the “Root of All Evil”. We can’t do the preaching
ourselves but we can tell others and we are glad to do so
University Trustees.
Greensboro Daily News
It is not an altogether lovely situation when Raleigh
reports that a Governor of North Carolina has to go
to bat to see to it that the manager of his primary cam
paign goes on the board of trustees of the University oi
North Carolina. And when this is heralded as one of
the major engagements of the legislative session we
cannot escape the suspicion that somebody is engaged
in rather small business.
Not that we think the board of trustees will lx
seriously affected for better or worse by the addition
of the Hon. E. B. Denny—an A. 8., as we understand t
of Wake Forest, who took himself a bit of law at Chap
el Hill. There are several men, and perhaps a woman or
so, on the university board who have less of erudition
and public accomplishment to recommend them.
As a matter of fact, legislative appointment to
university trustees has never been characterized by"
unusual acumen, patriotism or what-have-you. Ine
majority of those who have served within the memorv
of the present generation were put in place by commit
tee log-rollings which have always seen members of the
committee having themselves nominated.
The Woman’s college, of course, does not lend it
self to quite as much pressure and trading as State col
lege and the university at Chapel Hill; but it is seldom
indeed that a trusteeship comes to a citizen, male or
female, solely as a tribute to fitness.
The first step in changing this order would be to
secure from the attorney general, or if he were loth to
take action, from the Supreme court, that a trusteeship
is a public office and cannot be held by one who’s at
ready holding a position of honor and trust conferred
by election or appointment.
That ought to be easy. It would rival falling off a
log if members of the legislature would cease appoint
ing themselves. Certainly a university trusteeship en
tails more responsibility to the public and confers great
er honor than does a notorial seal and the office of
notary public long since has been declared an office and
notaries have been barred from holding other offices
It is cheerfully admitted that it actually costs, in
stead of pays, a citizen to be a university trustee. But
it is going to be difficult to convince all of the common
run of the absolute bona sides of a board which is com
posed in the main of members who swapped themselves
into the direction of what is generally held to be the
gieatest of this state’s democratic institutions.
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SCHOOL LESSON
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The Adult Student
Through the years there has
been no object which has called
forth so much devotion and so
much contention as the Lord’s
Supper. The arguments have cen
tered about the meaning of the
Supper, what happens there, who
may administer it, and who may
partake. Some contend that the
dements are turned to the actual
body and blood of Christ at the
prayer of consecration, while oth
ers think of the Supper as simply
a memorial observance. Some
think that only he who has been
ordained by one supposedly in a
direct line of succession from
Peter is capable of properly ad
ministering the Supper, while
others believe that any layman
is qualified. Some hold that only
these who have been enrolled as
members of some particular sect
are eligible to partake, while oth
ers invite to the table all who
truly and earnestly repent of their
sins and intend to lead a new
life following the commandments
of Gcd.
Yet, regardless of what attitude
one takes in these matters, he
finds at the Lord’s Supper great
spiritual help and inspiration.
The Lord's Supper in the early
church was reserved for the in
itiated. During the days of per
secution, it was frequently heJc.
in the catacombs. Through the
centuries, many of the devout
Christians have partaken of the
Supper as they were slipping in
to eternity.
It is very proper that wo'
should inquire into the meaning
of this institution which has had
such a prominent place in the
church and which has been the
strength of the living and com
fort of the dying.
The Supper Was Instituted By
Jesus
On the Thursday evening be
fore the Crucifixion, Jfesus ar
langed to eat the Passover with
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his disciples. “With desire I have
desired to eat this passover with
you before I suffer” (Luke 22:
15). On that fateful night he com.
memorated the deliverance of
Israel from the bondage of Egypt.
He also instituted a sacrament
which was to deliver from the
bondage of sin and to be a sign
of God’s new covenanat with
men. “He took bread, and gave
thanks, and brake it, and gave
unto them, saying, This is my
body which is given for you: this
do in remembrance of me. Like
wise also the cup after the sup
per, saying, This cup is the new
testament in my blood which is
shed fer you” (Luke 22: 19, 20,’,
A Memorial Supper
Jesus asked his disciples to
observe the supper in remember-1
ance of, him just as the Passover!
had been observed in memory of
and in gratitude for, the deliv
erance from Egypt. When we
come to the Lord’s Supper we
bring to remembrance Christ's
life and death.
Jesus felt that if men would
only remember the extent and
intensity of his love, they could
not long resist his appeal. Dr.
Joseph Fort Newton says of the
Lord’s’ Supper: “It is an hour of
memory; it takes us back across
the years to the upper room, and
we hear once more the voice of
truth and hope. Some may not
need these emblems in order to
remember Jesus: but, if we use
tbm aright, they will make the
thought of him most vivid. Be
side, it unites us by an unbroken!
tie with those in all the ages who
have loved Jesus and sought to
live in his spirit evoking a sense
of historic fellowship. Francis of
Assisi remembered Jesus, and it
broke his heart.”
To the world it seems strange
that Jesus wanted a monument to
his suffering, defeat, and death.
Most of our observances are tej
commemorate birthdays, days ot
victory and achievement. Nations
celebrate Independence Day.
Navy Day, Flag Day, Armistice
Day, and the birthdays of their
national heroes. Why did Jesus
wish men to commemorate his
suffering? He realized that his|
zeal moment of victory and ach- j
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ievement was the surrender of
his will to the Father and the
giving of his life as a ransom
for many. By the road of suffer
ing, he was to win—he was to
draw all men unto him.
Personalises Redemption
The celebration of the Lord’s
Supper vividly brings to our
minds the great cost of redem
ption. Just as the wheat must be
ground between the millstones,
so the bedy of God’s Son must
be broken. As the grapes mus:
be crushed in the winepress, so
the lifeblood of the Savior must
be poured out.
We likewise become aware tha:
what happened on Calvary wa
for us. In distributing the bread
Jesus said: “My body which is
giver, for you.” In referring to
the wine, he said: “This is the
new testament in my blood, which
is shed for you.” When I realizc
that Christ suffered for me, l
am awakened from my indiffer
ence and challenged to renewed
devotion.
One of the most heroic and in -
spiring experiences which I hav
read is the adventure of Captain
Robert Falcon Scott and his com
panions in an effort to discover
the South Pole. They made the
difficult and dangerous journey
to the South Pole only to discover
that Amundsen had preceedea
them there. As they returned to
ward their base, one disaster af
ter another befell them. One
member of their party was kil
led by a conucussion; the toad
and fuel ran short; and heavy
storms and exceedmgly cold
weather hampered their progress.
In the party was Captain L. E.
G. Oates. His feet were so badly
frostbitten that he could not keep
up with the others. He was en
dangering the lives of all the par
ty. Captain Scott entered in his
(*iary, which was found years
later in the frozen wastes, ihe
following tribute t o Captain
Oates: “He walked out into tne
blizzard on March 17 (1913) ano
was never seen again. He laid
down his life in the hope that
the others unhindered might win
through to safety.” In a very
real sense Christ went out into
the darkness for each of us.