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PAGE TWO PERSON COUNTY TIMES Carolina v&t /Util ASSOC lATl^^] A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE 1. 8. 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 & MEPICA.N J rESS/\TSDCIATIDN |» New York i Chicago : Detroit : Atlanta i Phila. Advertising 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. SUNDAY. MARCH 7, 1943 Just People Horror story of the week comes from London where nearly two hundred men, women and, children were crushed to death in a subway air raid shelter jam that started when a woman carrying a baby fell near the bottom of a flight of steps and caused a piling-up of struggling Londoners, each one. pushing the next and fighting for breath as he did so. Significance of the story, leaving out of account the tragic elements, is its simplicity. One woman fell with a baby in her arms. She had some bundles, too. She was in a hurry to reach the safety and security of the shelter. A moment of haste and death came, not I only for the woman and her baby, but for many peo ple. Life is like that. People fear the big dangers such as air raids, but those that trap them are frequently the little ones. Fear drove these Londoners to the subway shelter. Death was falling from the skies. You could see it, hear it coming, almost, you could touch it, out there in the open. Death waited, too, in the shelter. Not with bombs, but with another and a more subtle form of fear. The fears that trap us in America are the little fears. We worry about pleasure driving, now become a matter for conscience and judgement rather than law. We fear that we (may suffer because of food rationing. We worry about our sons and brothers and husbands, where as battle-fields and far off places' of employment are not, in proportion, more filled with danger than are the quiet places at home. Oftentimes those who fail in the midst of danger, like the woman and the baby, are innocent victims. The real size of a catastrophe depends upon the rest of us— just people—and how we meet it. Luck Plays A Hand Mrs. Ora Hughes, of Route 3. Roxboro, the woman who lost her pocketbook with a large sum of money on a Roxboro street and then had it restored to her through courtesy of law enforcement officers, probably knows now that money should be kept in a bank or lockbox. It is not safety or good sense to carry for long large sums of money in pocketbooks and billfolds. Mrs. Hughes, when she discovered her loss was in great distress. Luck played a hand in restoring her cash because the right man saw! her handbag on the street and promptly turned it over to law officials. ‘ Additional point to the Hughes incident was the same, temporary loss of at least four ration books belonging I to the family. It is to be supposed that the Person j OPA office by going through mountains of red tape can issuq substitute ration books to supplant those j legitimately lost, but the issuing would be a job and a time-taker. Ration books are as valuable as money, in a sense I they are more valuable, and should be guarded accord- j ingly. For March 18th ! Landon C. Bradsher, Person director of Civilian De fense, about two weeks ago had words of praise for Roxboro and Person cooperation in the last practice blackout. He was of opinion, and rightly, that folks ! here caught on to the one, two, three signals and the sirenless “All Clear.” Word comes now that there is to be another prac tice blackout in the Wilmington area, which includes Roxboro and Person County, on March 18. Both the date and the actual clock time of this new blackout are made definite, which means that there will be this time no excuse at all for bungling signals. In Roxboro and elsewhere whatever of confusion arose last time came from misunderstanding of the manner of signaling “All Clear,” and while we could raise opinion as to necessity of having three alarm sig nals and as to wisddm of the new inaudible form of “All Clear”, we do believe that Roxboro and Person people wRI jbe anxious to continue their good record on March 18. The previous blackout here was not perfect, but it PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. was imore nearly so than in many other co(mmunities, sqme of a much larger size. Another Emphasis Person and Roxboro Boy Scouts; some of whom were present at March Court of Honor last week, have been asked to lend their energies to two other forms of the continuing War Salvage campaign here, the collection of fats and of tin cans. Heartening feature attending collection of these two items is announcement that arrangements have been made for district service lines, probably from Greens boro and Durham, to take fats and cans collected here to central depots in those cities. Details for Roxboro and Person collection of tin cans have not been completed, but the gathering-in of fats will continue under the plan that has been in operation. Major job will fall upon housewives, who are asked to place waste grease, such as cannot be used in their own holmes for cooking or for soap-making, in suitable con tainers and take it to their grocery stores, where Scouts will have a hand in seeing that contributions are gath ered up and placed in a Roxboro depot to await collec tion by service lines. Scouts will also call at homes for fats whenever nec essary and it is to be supposed they wifi do the same for tin cans, although it should be said that all fats must be in containers and that tins should be washed and flattened out in the prescribed manner. It is not fair to ask Scouts to do both the getting ready and the col lecting. Biggest improvement in these two renewed campaigns is establishment of the district service lines. Folks who know that their contributions will go directly into disposal plants and be put to use will be and should be that much more willing to cooperate. t editorial one WITH OTHER EDITORS Gandhi Loses Face Durham Sun Mohandas Gandhi, who is something of a saint to tens of ‘.millions of Hindus in India, has lost face. His 21-day fast failed of his purpose. Gandhi survived, but his influence, in its entirety, did nqt. It is not likely that Gandhi lost face with the millions of his people who look on the ascetic with reverence and awe. Most of them are incapable of anything but the most elemental thinking. He lost face in the out side world. His gesture of martydom failed in two ways. (1) It failed to arouse his own people because he did not die and is, therefore, no cause celebre. (2) It failed to frighten or compel the British. They did not release him from custody. India’s Nationalist Party is no farther along the path to Hindu government for India. Gandhi has lost face in the outside world because he has worn blunt the edge of his starvation weapon. Gand hi fasts have become cdmmonplace. Moreover, Gandhi is old, old. Callous humanity has about made up its mind that even Gandhi must die sometime. It is pro bable that Gandhi must adopt new tactics. In the time that may remain to him, he may be well advised to re gain what strength he can and turn from passive to ac tive endeavors for India. Will Not Be Obtunded News And Observer Recently Madame Chiang Kaishek sent Americans to their dictionaries to ascertain the meaning of a word in her address to Congress. She said “the gallant Allies will not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent rda sons of expediency.” Now what did she mean by “ob tunded” was asked by people who had never heard of that word. Was it a Chinese importation or was it in the dictionary ? A search found that Webster defines it as “to reduce the edge, pungency, or violence of; to dull.” So the Chinese lady, educated in America, assures the world there will be no reducing the edge, no lack of pungency, nothing dull in the prosecution of this war. The in troduction of this rare word recalls to The Winston- Salem Journal a somewhat like word that originated with Grover Cleveland when he sent the writers to the dictionary by using the phase “innocuous desuetude.” Mrs. Catt Declares | Equal Rights Idea Snare and Delusion NEW YORK, March 6. ln the forfronts of the womans’ rights movement for more than 50 years, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt today had reopened fire on the drive by feminist militants EXHAUSTION W; Don’t let h—dacha double the mb* cry of exhaustion. At the first sign of pain oka Capudine. It quickly brings relief, soothes nerrss upset by the pain. It is liquid—already dksotrsd—alii yaptsd. Ms, Ms, We. CAPUDINE for passage of the equal rights amendments pending in Con gress, declaring it to be “a i #§ VfcA W. c. BULLOCK rF7 ssare and a delusion.” Speaking through the West chester County branch of the National League ol Women Vot ers, which she organized, Mrs. Catt reiterated her argument that the 100-year-old equal rights proposal, of which Lucnetia Cof fin Mott was the original spon sor, would sweep away protec tive laws for women workers. As chief mover in the struggle of women for the right of suf frage when she- succeeded Susan B. Anthony, as President of the National Woman Suffrage As j sociation in 1906, bringing about adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Mrs. Catt | holds that “equal rights” will ! not prevent inequalities in posi tions held.” “Prejudices will not melt a way because the Constitution decrees equal rights”, she added. ] “|So many and such varied pro blems are involved that the ‘equal rights amendment’ would let loose upon the nation a con tinuous procession of test cases in the courts.” Simultaneously the issue had featured place at the ninth an nual observance of Internation al Day by the International Fed- j eration of Business and Profes sional Women when representa tive of 18 countries joined here in a discussion of “problems of the peace table” that added com- j plete equality for women to the four freedoms objecive of the' postwar world. With Dr. Lena* Madeson Phillips, President, pre-j siding and speaking over a na tional radio network, the Women heard their causes described as “one With the darkskinned, the sharecropper and the Jew'.” OPA relaxes the curb on the recapping of autimobile tires. —— Call City Dairy and Ice Co.' Phone 4233 for good Country - Style Butter milk. ts Legal Notice NOTICE SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the au thority conferred by a judge ment of the Superior Court of Person County made in the special proceeding entitled An nie iStatterfield Walker et al vs Lonnie Satterfield et al I will on Monday, March 29, 1943, at 12 o’clock noon, at the) court house door in Roxboro, North Carolina, sell to the highest bid der, for cash, the lands describ ed in the petition in said action, to-wit: Lying and being in Allens ville Township, Person County, North Carolina, adjoining the lands of James Peace, W. A. Denny, W. O. Harris, R. J. Buch anan and John Ed Perkins and bounded as follows: On the INSURANCE SEE US FOR ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. GOOD SERVICE. WALKER INSURANCE AGENCY J. S. and BILL WALKER Roxboro, N. C. Protect Your Home With Good Paint We sell Good Paint at sur prising low figures. See us, we will give you the cost of good Paint to repair your home. North by the lands of James Peace; on the East by the lands of W. A. Denny; on the South by the lands of W. O. Harris and on the West by Lot No. 3 owned by R. J. Buchanan and John Ed Perkins, containing 100 acres, more or less, and being Lots Nos. 1 and 2 in the subdivision of the Newton farm as shown by plat I and survey made by W. R. Cates, surveyor, dated May 23, 1921,] which plat is of record in the of fice cf the Register of Deeds of Person County in Bbok 32, page 145. The successful bidder will be required to maike a deposit of five per cent on the date of sale. The sale will remain open for 10 days for an increase bid. This February 26, 1943. MELVIN H. BURKE, Commissioner Feb. 28- M. 7-14-21. Notice NOTICE SALE OF LAND Under and by virtup cf an or der of the Superior Court of Person County, made in that ac tion entitled The Board of Com missioners of Roxtooro vs. Willie' Barnett and wife, Lillie Barnett, j and Bessie Barnett on the 10th I day of February, 1943, it being j that action to forecose tax liens, ' the undersigned commissioner will on the 20th day of March, 1943, at twelve o’clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in Roxboro, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described; parcel of land, to-fwit: Adjoining the lands of Nat | Barnett, the Roxboro and Hurdle Mills road et al and bounded as follows: That lot or parcel of land situated in the corporate limits of the Town of Roxboro, on the South side of the new sand clay road leading from! Roxboro to Hurdle Mills, and on i the West side of the old public road leading from Roxboro to Hurdle Mills and described as follows: On the North by the lands of All Purpose Top Coats $6.95 Overall Pants $1.39 Overall Coats $1.89 ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY m Fifty-Two Years 1 QkA 9 of Service lt/Tj On the Mi Gasoline restrictions needn’t curtail your bank contacts. We are geared to handle mail deposits as efficiently as though you made them in person. Just endorse checks “For deposit only,” plus your signature, and mail them to us. We’ll be glad to send you a supply of deposit slips. If you’ll send slips made out in duplicate, we’ll receipt one and return it to you for your records. One pre caution: Do not send cash unless you are able to do so by registered mail. If you have any questions, why not drop us a line? BUY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS & STAMPS HERE dElfi SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1943 Irving Barnett; on the East by thp old public road leading from 1 Roxboro to Hurdle Mills; on the [ South by the lands of Nat Bar- I nett and on the West by the I lands of W. L. Foushee et al, containing approximately three fourths of One acne, more or less, being a part of the lands oonvey- I ed to Nat Barnett by A. R. Fou ] shee and of record in theoffice j of the Register of Deeds of Per son County. This February 20, 1943. MELVIN H. BURKE, Commissioner. Feb. 21-28 Mar. 7-14 Legal Notice IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. The Board of Commissioners of Roxboro, -vs- Aubrey Barnett and wife, Emma Barnett, Irvin Barnett nnd wife, Myrtle Barnett. NOTICE The defenlants, Irvin Barnett and Myrtle Barnett, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against them in the Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, and that the purpose of said action is to enforce the land for taxes against the real property listed in the name of Aubrey Barnett upon the tax books of the City of Roxboro. And the defendants, Irvin Barnett and Myrtle Barnett, will take notice that they are requir ed to appear at the office of ths Clerk Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action within twenty days after the last publi cation of this notice, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 12th day of February, 1943. R. A. Bullock, Asst. Clerk Superior Court Feb. 14-21-28-Mj r. 7 SIIIIS£ Gas of No Gaia Yow Con Still Bonk by Moil The Peoples Bank ■' ■ -
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