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PAGE FOUR PERSON COUNTY TIMES | /North Carolina v4k /MUSS ASSOCIATION^ A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE I. 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 Three Months 50 National Advertising Representative New York : Chicago : Detroit Atlanta i Phil*. Idvertisinff 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 I'. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1943 y ' " For Good Causes Person and Roxboro War Thrive Red Cross TP. 11 Call, the Library Victory Book campaign and the ; mewed Salvage and Tin Can drive, all announced as bei ’ i plan ned to take place within the next few weeks, t rtainly by March 1, are good and worthy causes, as are the In rantile Paralysis campaign and the War Bond Drive, and all must be supported by citizens here, we have no doubt they will be. j Some of these causes, such as the sale of Wa- Bonds I and the collection of Salvage are, and must be cl a con tinuing nature, with us for the duration. Othe ’y such as the Infantile Paralysis drive and the Victory Book campaign, are of an annual, semi-annual or peri die na ture, and still others, such as the War Drive Red Cross Roll Call may be changed from one classification to another depending upon urgency and need. And always, in every community, there are citizens who gladly meet each and every civic demand, just as there are other citizens, like certain types of church- j men and civic clubbers, who grow hot and cold under re peated pressures. To the honor and credit of Person County and Roxboro, it must be said that driving ener- ; gy, call it hard-headedness, patriotism, or what you i will, sees to it that whatever is started, Whether for the j War effort, or for civic improvement, is finished. The volume measure of what is accomplished here may not be so large, but the mass-energy directing the accomplishment is wonderful to behold. For that reason the directive jobs that are upon the shoulders of various chairtnen and committeemen are not unbearable. We have stood back of these leaders in the past, and we will do so for the duration. The honor of Person re quires it. Thanks, For The Illustration To be formed here soon in those schools having upper grades are High School Victory corps programs, elo quently described last week by Charles Spencer, of the State Department of Public Instruction, at an open meeting of the Person Schoolmasters’ club. The Victory Corps plan is nation-wide in scope and is intended to join together educational processes in a program of. working, learning and serving so that present ugly but necessary business of carrying on the war effort can be better aided by public school pupils, particularly i those of high school age. Survey of the report on Spencer’s address, plus a backward glance at the statement issued Thursday by Person Superintendent of schools R. B. Griffin, should show parents, teachers and pupils that much of what will be called Victory Corps work is already being done here, especially in production; and community service divisions. Weakest local links are apt to be in air, land and sea service divisions, but it is to the credit of Su perintendent Griffin that these links are seen for what they are. • If and when advanced courses in mathematics and aeronautics can be introduced into the Person system, they will he, and the same goes for expansion of already existing military drill and physical fitness and recrea tional programs. To be considered too is the Vocational guidance offered in the name of the Victory Corps, but Superintendent Griffin is wise in the ways of Person when he plans for, as he has said he will, the full utili zation of such parts of the Victory Corps program, as are at hand. Illustration of practicality in adaptation of a national program to local conditions is valuable and should be appreciated. The program is good and much of it should have long ago received the dmphasis it is now getting, but that is another story. \ The Work Not Ended Desire to shock Person folks into an awareness that the accident in which Elder Lex J. Chandler met death marked the breaking of Person’s up to now perfect re cord for 1943 traffic fatalities influenced the writing of the headline in Thursday’* Times in which it was t implied that death of this Primitive Baptist minister ended his work. As a matter of fact, his work goes on, as does the work of any man or woman who truly gives community service. It so happens that in Person County are many of the churches of the denomination in which Elder Chandler was a minister. The field was large, but so was the man, according to the tenets of his faith. What he did here will live on in the minds and hearts of those to wtyom he was pastor and friend. And it is possible that the very manner of his death, magnified by his standing in his community, may be the imeans of saving the lives of others, who, through carelessness or sheer accident, would be added to the traffic toll hereabouts. Small But Important Small story, but an important one came last week from Helena school, where faculty members, students and bus drivers are apparently united in a common cause, the saving of wear and tear and gasoline by in telligent curtailment of bus mileage. In pure mathematics the difference between 152 miles per day and 129 miles per day is not much, but if all schools, all companies operating commercial ve hicles over fixed routes and all passenger drivers would be as considerate in their driving there would not be so much need for such restrictive measures as the “pleas ure driving” ban. Fbr leading the way, or for having good sense to publicize their methods, the Helena folks deserve com mendation. Other schools, companies and individuals may be doing as much, but the world will not’hear of their good work unless it is given out for the rest of us to see and hear. There arfe vermicelli citizens who deliberately flout and evade restrictions, but it is a pleasure to know that there are many good folks, too. . $1.50 Sunday School LESSON i From The Adult Student JESUS AND HUMAN ILLS John, like the earlier Gospel writers, represents Jesus as a doer of mighty works, common-! ly called miracles. He imples I that there were a great many of | them (see John 2:23; 3:2), but he actually describes only a few. The restoration of the son of the Capernaum nobleman (John 4: 47-53) and the healing of the sick man at the pool of Bethesda seem so credible because they 1 have a great human motive. In the presence of human ills Jesus was “moved with compassion”. A tradition had grown up a round the pool of Bethesda. Evi dently an underground spring fed into it at irregular intervals. When the spring burst into ac tion, the waters of the pool were agitated. The tradition ignoran tly ascribed the movement to an “angel”. It would seem that the j inrushing waters had certain j curative powers. I That cures sometimes occured is quite credible. Two factors worked together—the psycholo- i gical factor of expectancy and the specific mineral quality of the inrushing water. It wfc-uld require only an occasional cure to give rise to the conviction pos-. sessed by the man to whom Je sus spoke. i But the cure effected by Jesus was not of this sort. There be- . longed to Jesus a pjewer that was i his alone. He did what nobody else could do for the one reason that there was nobody else like him. That is, he was the Son of God in the flesh, and he was the only £|cn of God. This is the one intelligible ex planation of Jesus’ healing pow er. As he himself so plainly | said, what he did, he and the 1 Father did together; which is i the plain meaning of versd 17, ] a thought repeated and elabora-1 ted in the verses that follow (es pecially vss. 19-20). Why did Jesus cure only one Os the great multitude of sick persons' that lay around the pool? The question is an im portant one.' Jesus exercised his healing power according to the principle of parsimony. That is to say, he used it with restraint. It would have been a doubtful blessing for Him to have cured all. the sick people cf Palestine. The re sultant agitation would have been uncontrollable. He cured some, partly as a witness to him seilf and his mission, partly out lof h'is great sympathy; but he . left many uncured. Jesus left them uncured be caue he did not* want to appear to be just a wonder worker, be cause he did not want great crowds following him for wrong PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. reasons (as suggested in John 6: 26), and because he did not want to take away from the weli and strong all responsibility for the sick and afflicted. | Ministry to the sick, properly undertaken and properly noti vated, is an activity creative of indispensable human values. If all pain and distress were to dis appear, much else would disap pear as well—tenderness, sym pathy, patient care, and that dis clipine in loving service which produces great souls. But we still ask, why did Je sus select this particular man from all the rest? For one thing, we must re member that many of those who 1 lay there were fakers. The pro fessional beggar was common, as he still is in the East. He sim ulated diseases and infirmities he did not actually have. This man, however, was no faker. Je sus knew him. He knew his story. He knew that' for thirty eight years he had been in that case. He knew that the man des perately desired to be healed. Thlcse would be reasons enough. We may well believe, howev er, that Jesus was looking be yond the sick man and his nec essities. As we ponder his public ministry, We observe that Jesus often uses a single incident to dramatize his total mission. He does so in the present case. The healing of the infirm man be comes, so to speak, a living ser mon. It constitutes a challenge. It is not difficult to see what the challenge is. The challenge is, in fact, threefold: Galley 2 Sunday school leslson 1. The incident challenges the powers of evil. Jesus did not be lieve that infirmities expressed the will of God; he believed that they expressed a demonic inter ference with that will. Every time he healed the sick, he was serving notice that there was a rfewer in the world which would not always yield to evil. 2. The incident challenges a ! burdensome tradition. It was the i tradition that the Sabbath was TIRES - TUBES - TIRES - Batteries WAR-TIRES - Chains - Jacks Paint - TIRES - Reliners - Seat Covers - Spark Plugs - WAR-TIRES Cushions - Bicycles - GOODRICH WAR-TIRES - Tire Inflaters - Grill Guards - Fog Lights - TIRES - Oil Bottles - Boots - Patching - GOOD RICH TIRES - Polish - Polishing Cloths. GOODRICH WAR TIRES 112 Depot Street ‘"" ! On Arctic Patrol .i, i THE HUGE GUNS of a British battleship on duty in far northern waters. This picture gives an idea of the icy conditions .in which the supply route to Russia is maintained. It will be a tough job for the chipping party to get these guns cleared. State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: When will the point rationing program begin? more imporant*than human wel fare. Institutions, so Jesus be lieved, were important only as they served human good. Not that Jesus would do away with the Sabbath, but he w|culd re store it to its proper place. 3. The incident challenges hu man complacency. Little was be ing done at that time for the afflicted. All too often they were left to look after themselves. Je sus held an afflicted man up be fore the face of men of power and qcmpelled them to recognize him. They looked for excuses, but it is not to be doubted that they were made uneasy and be gan to take more note of the sick on their streets. ANSWER: Because of the complexity of the task involved, it is now impossible to state the exact time. However, the pro gram will begin as early in Feb ruary as possible. It will be nec essary for every member of the family to secure War Ration Book No. 2. Following the re gistration date for the new ra tion book, there will be a freeze period (perhaps about 10 days) during which nf> point rationed goods can be bought. During this period, merchants will make preparation for the new system by stocking up on supplies and porting the point values of each rationed commodity. QUESTION: What is the best type of Heme made chick brooder for North conditions? ANSWER: There are a num ber of different types of home made brooders used on farms in North Carolina, and each type appears to be giving satisfactory results These hicmemade brood ers are designed for a particular AT FIRST Mfe. SIGN OF A m. O cQh use §3*ls?'#' 666 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS Get 666 at Thomas & Oakley Drug Store purpose and fill a definite need. When used with this objective in view, they are practical, eco nomical to build, and easy to operate. The fuel used may be wood, oil, or electricity. Details are found in Extension War Series Bulletin No. 5, “Equip ment for poultry,” which may be secured free from the Agri cultural Editor, State College, Raleigh. QUESTION: Are horse and clinics being continued this year? ANSWER: Clinics are being conducted in a number of coun ties during January and Febru ary. The Animal Husbandry Ex tension office of N. C. State Col lege has arranged these clinics, in cooperation with county a gents and local veterinarians. County agents should be con tacted by those interested in having their animals treated and to see if one tof the clinics is scheduled in the county. There are abfcut 25,000,000 trade union members in the U. S. S. R. One Day! SERVICE Call Us——Phone 3601 SERVICE DRY CLEANERS 1891 fih :fsgr 1943 KEEP YOUR WAR 1 BONDS UNDER LOCK and key PERHAPS you have never had a safe de posit box. Well, don’t let that keep you from renting one now. Those War Bonds of yours are important property and should have safe deposit protection. True, they are registered—which means that only the right ful owner can collect on them. BUT, their loss Would cause you inconvenience and mental anguish. So rent a box for them, ar.d for ycur other valuable papers such as insuranpoli cies, mortgages and deeds. The cost is small. BUY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS & STAMPS HERE ‘ <j The ♦ 5,000 r% * Irn I (ISil MAXIMUM *Sk\ W) \\ m n r-1 j-a Fn r s M' ■ssssrl § Peoples \lr9 depositor VWj SI m X§gg-7 Bank SUNDAY,. JANUARY 24, 1943: Legal Notice IN THU SUPERIOR COURT NORTH: CAROLINA. PERSON COUNTY. Ernest Puryear -vs~ Elizabeth Puryear NOTICE The defendant, Elizabeth Pur year, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Super ior Court of Person County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff against the defendant for the purpose of obtaining a decree of absolute divorce. The defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the of fice of the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of Person County at the courthouse in Rox boro, North Carolina, on the Ist day of February 1943, or within 20 days thereafter and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff which was filed in the cffice of said Court on the 29th day of December, 1942, or judge ment as demanded therein will be rendered against her. This 31st day of December, 1942. R. A. BULLOCK, Asst. Clerk Superior Court Jan. 3-10-17-24 Crumpled Feziaer Smashed Wheel —one days damage is more costly • -than 36S days' insurance with THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY Roxboro, N. C.
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