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PAGE TWO 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 j Six Months 75 Three Months 50 National Advertising Representative New York : Chicago : Detroit : Atlanta i Phila. Idvertising 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, JANUARY 7, 1943 State Os The State I i In measured term*, \v’!h n-irbr.rb!' 1 .pricK Govern or J. Melville Broughton today at opening of the State Legislature reviewed past accomplishments and future plans for North Carolina at war slightly than one year after the beginning of American war ef fort. Reviewed hurriedly but clearly are problems con fronting the State, particularly where education, the State highway program and the surplus are concerned. Vexing problem of salary increases is touched upon and relief promised. Promised also is an optional arrange ment for a nine month school term. Promised is con tinued support for the State Library system under which Person County has its tri-county library set-up. Promised is more money for State institutions for the insane. Mentioned is the matter of the State school commission. Suggested is establishment of an institu tion for delinquent Negro girls. No specific suggestions are contained in the address as to what the post-war conditions are to be, and this is perhaps a wise amission on the Governor’s part, al though the public record of his administration will be enhanced in the end in direct proportion to the amount of planning done now for the coming days of peace. Time was when public officials could endorse the “suf ficient unto the day” doctrine, but not now, and this is why his suggestion of long-ranged planning is impor tant. State of the State, as Broughton says, is good but we are sure that he does not intend to cast the shadow of an attitude of complacency, Native pride is one thing, complacency another. And the legislators, as Brough ton knows, are going to be hard put to keep the State’s good but not superlative standards at their pre-war levels until peace and the new day of forward march came into bring. o Volume Goes Up Sure sign that money is in circulation and that the average man has more of it, war prices and taxes not withstanding, is the increase in volume of State auto mobile license tab sales, particularly as reported in the Person area by the Roxboro branch office of the Caro lina motor club. Sale of the tabs is larger than has ever been reported here, and this is true in the face of gasoline and tire ra tionings (calculated to make people think twice before they put out hard-earned dollars to buy licenses. It may be that some tabs this year are being bought here by residents from other counties, but even so, it must be said that the record good. Reported here so far are a few instances in which citations have been issued for those who have not yet bought plates and there is reason to believe that city of Roxboro residents are being a little bit slower in com ing across for their city tabs, but any further delay in securing either State or City tabs must be in most in stances put down to carelessness and neglect rather than to lack of the means to pay. Right Idea From Beckley, West Virginia, known here as the form er home of Mrs. Karl Burger, comes announcement by a judge, Clay S. Crouse, that Ihe intends to seek return of indictments against lax parents. It is Crouse’s idea that parents arc) responsible for their children, parti cularly for those of “tender years”, and that whatever cf correction is to be administered to youthful offend ers should come from parents. Says the judge: “Indictment of parents is the major way of combat ting the war-inspired increase in juvenile crime. It is a known fact, that children as young as 10 years of age have been apprehended in the act of crimes. Who else but parents could be responsible for ones of such tend er age ? “We must rely on what we can do to get at the cause Carolina yJk / PRESS ASSOCIATION^)) PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. of juvenile delinquency and I think indictment of res ponsible parents is the means.” This puts blame where it belongs, we think, but a word from Person’s juvenile court officer, R. A. (Dick) Bullock, would be appreciated byway of con firmation. Century Os Life Mrs. Jane Clayton, of Ceffo, for wham final rites were held yesterday, spent all of her 98 years in Person County. Born on Oct. 3, 1844, her life-span covered five American wars and the administrations of many presi dents, beginning with John Tyler. Mere length of days is of itself no great distinction, but when age is joined with character and with adapta bility to life, the accomplishment of reaching nearly the century mark becomes an achievement. Mrs. Clay ton's achievement is known to those who were her friends and neighbors and it was no mean one. As the wife of a Confederate veteran, as the mother of child ren who are themselves in late maturity, and as a great great'grandmother, she fitted into the Person pattern and in later years accepted with grace tfie role of the very old lady of Ceffo. Last year she had her picture made, seated with one of her sons, his daughter, a great grand daughter and her own as her life had been. Mrs. Clayton carried well the bur den of her years and she lived all of them as fully as the turbulent times permitted. Having seen five wars, she was not alarmed over the outcome of this one. Age gave her the opportunity to have a sense of relativity, and this was, as it always is, a possession above price, having nothing to do with social position, education or wealth. WITH OTHER EDITORS Take Pains Durham Sun As income tax judgement day approaches, it is likely too much warning cannot be given American taxpayers. A great many are going to have to pay federal income taxes Who never paid before. A great many who paid re latively trivial amounts are going to be rather heavily assessed. Those are matters we all need to consider in time. The Sun has begun a series of Treasury articles to ac quaint Sun readers with the provisions of the law. The Government has arranged the series in the hope that Americans will read them. Apart from making sure that we are in a position to meet our tax responsibilities, we need to be sure we make accurate returns. If we take pains in preparing our returns we will save the Government an enormous amount of work and expense. Each year, a surprising number of cases which; in volve virtually no money must be straightened out. The taxpayer may even pay too much. The Treasury forces have more than they can do at best. An accurate return not only will save the Government time and money, but it will save the taxpayer annoyance and time; for, if the return is not accurate, the Treasury agents, soon or late, will be around to iron out the inaccuracies and that will mein time and trouble on both sides of the fence. Smaller But Better? News And Observer The newspapers are to be rationed on newsprint —a reduction of ten percent. In England the newspaper pages, only four, are little larger than a handkerchief. A? war goes on every necessary thing w r ill be reduced. If newspapers are to be smaller, will they be better ? “Much in little” will have to be the rule. Speeeches made over the radio have been reduced in length, and otherwise improved, because of the time limit. Will it be true of newspapers when condensation is required? A certain preacher said to his congregation: “My brethren, I must preach a long sermon today because I was too busy to prepare a short one.” Woodrow Wil son said something like this: “If it was necessary to condense a speech into ten minutes, it would take a week to prepare it; if in twenty minutes, three days; if there is no limit as to time, I am ready now\” If the law of compensation works, smaller newspa pers may be better than larger ones if subscribers are satisfied and if advertisers will pay the same rate for a quarter column of space that they now pay for a column. Tar Heel Did Share In Five j Big Navy Fights j i I ELIZABETH CITY, Jan. 7. j Charles A. Bray, Jr., oif Old! Trap, 19-year-old veteran of the' sea who is at home on a 30-day j survivor’s leave after his shipj was bombed and sunk, says “I’ve been through five major Naval battles in the Pacific and never even got' so much as a singed eyebrow.” Bray survived the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Solomons, Marshall and Gilbert Islands and Santa Cruz. The last battle is th,e most vivid in this coxswain’s memory as this was the last bat tle in which his ship saw action before being sent to the bottorn of the Pacific. His ship was dp ing duty beside the Yorktown, Quality COAL Gas- Oil Accessories, etc. Central Service Corp. Phone 3371 the Enterprise arid the Wasp when they went down. “In the Battle of Santa Cruz, Jap planes attacked us three times in one day”, Bray said. “The first attack came at 9:45 in the morning and lasted for only 15 minutes. The planes returned soon for their second attack and, following the third visit', the or der was given to abandon ship. “Four hits were scoped on the sh'P. 1,000 and 500-pound bombs being dropped. Four suicide! j planes crashed into us. The ship wasn’t sunk from damage from J I the Jap planes but we torpedoed i her to keep the Japs from fall ing h.:ir to her, the position be i ing only 50 miles fr,om Japanese | held islands. i “During the attack, we had j picked up a report that 4? sui cide planes were headed toward us, but the four that crashed in to us were the only four that got through. Os the 195 Japanese ships that were shot down, our! 'ship was credited with getting! | 50.” I _____ } INCREASE , The membership of 4-H Clubs in Cleveland County will be in creased this year, with every club boy and girl carrying a Victory project, reports Assis tant Farm Agent H. M. S.tamey. TERRACING Stanley County farmers say! they now realize that terracing their farm land is the first es sential in a good soil-building program, reports V. A. Hunney-; cutt, assistant farm agent. SCRAP i The second scrap drive in Transylvania County is being undertaken by 4-H Clubs in co operation with the schools, re ports T. S. Gash, assistant farmi agent. |BicYcS I, BEPAIRED , i; ■ Any Models Quick SerricJ Reasonable Prices WESTERN AUTO .} ASSOCIATE STORE | GET YOUR CITY LICENSE TAB NOW THE LAW REQUIRES THAT YO.UR CITY LICENSE TAB FOR 1943 BE ON YOUR CAR NOW. THE CITY WILL HAVE TO ENFORCE THIS LAW. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF EMBARRASS MENT. YOUR COOPERATION' WILL BE APPRECIATED. citylf ROXBORO PERCY BLOXAM, CITY MGR. LEGAL NOTICE RE-SALE OF FARM LAND An upset bid of 5 percent hav ing been received! for the lands hereinafter described, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Person County having conse- 1 quently ordered a re-sale of thej lands, such order being entered i in that special proceeding in the' Superior Court of Person Coun-j ty entitled “Henry Jay et al. j versus Jack Thomas et al .” I' will, on | SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1943, at twelve (12) o'clock noon, at j the courthouse, door in Roxboro offen for re-sale to the highest bidder for cash a certain tract j er parcel of land described a' | follows: Lying and being in Allens- : PLANT BED FERTILIZER It’s time to start thinking; about your 1943 tobacco crop. START RIGHT STAY RIGHT USE INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER ON YOUR 1943 TOBACCO S. B. Winstead Agent Winstead Warehouse THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943 ville Township, Person County, North Carolina, bounded on the North by lands of Mary Lee Gills, on the East by lands of T. H. Yancey, on the) South by lands of W. T. Yancey and lands ; of Ed Lawson Estate and on the : West by lands of Richard Smith, and containing 62 acres, more or | less, the same being regularly j known as the Alex Bumpass : Place. I This sale will remain open for I ten days for upset bid and high | bidder at the sale will be re quired to make deposit' of 10 per cent of bid price as evidence of good faith. Bidding will begin at the sum cf $708.75. This December 18, 1942. R. P. BURNJS, COMMISSIONER. Dec. 31 - Jan. 7
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