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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.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943
The Governor Repeats
Gov. J. Melville Broughton, appearing last week at the
southern regional conference ol'the Council of State
Governments in Atlanta, again spoke out on the grow
ing importance of States’ rights in the national pattern.
In repeating the message and the warning delivered a
few months at another conference, in Baitunure, he a- |
gain calls attention, and rightly, to those bas'e Ameri- j
can principles for which we are fighting and which we
are in danger of losing by reason of the very intensity
of the undemocratic processes of war.
Pointing out that the question of States’ rights is no
longer narrow, sectional or economic in scope, the Tar
Heel executive declared that “it cannot be denied that
centralized government in its bureaucratic manifesta
tions has attained proportions that are alarming.”
“The war has necessitated much of this and undoubt
edly has sought to use the emergency to exploit schemes
that are abhorrent to our form of government—schemes
that would wither in the normal light of true American
principles.
“But we may take heart in the aroused conscious
ness of the states and of the people. We are not going
to have in America either a dictatorship or a totalitarian
form of government.
“But,” he said, “Let the states be reminded of this: we
cannot solve the problems or meet the needs of the peo
ple merely by academic discussions or assertion of
rights . . .
“The states cannot be unmindful of the fact that
much of their own failure to serve adequately the peo
ple—has been in the past, and, if continued, will be in
the future, an unfailing invitation to federal encroach
ment.
“Also," he observed, “If states do not give the people
and their children a fair chance to live under decent
conditions they will not hesitate to look to the federal
government for relief, and no amount of harking back
to ancient creeds will deter them.”
That is putting it strongly, but no more forcefully
than it should be. The Times commended the Gover
nor’s first statement at Baltimore, and if and when
necessity demands, will be just as ready to repeat and
remind. We must win the war, yes, and at all costs, but
we must be eternally on the watch to see that democra
tic faith is not submerged completely in the process, and
from the looks of things in Washington the President 1
himself unless he gets out of his Hot Springs “hot
spot” in a hurry —is most in need of conning the
Broughton lesson.
Queer Sense Os Humor
Enough of drama is contained in the Morganton mur- J _
der mystery of Aldie Gragg, a young girl left in the j
front door of a hospital with three ten dollar bills beside I
her, but we are certainly glad we don’t know John T. ;
Crump, the man accused of the shooting. j
Crump has a right to go fishing at odd hours, and j
come heme when he likes, but his playful habit of shoot- • |
ing into the house “just to frighten the occupants ...
which he often did”, seems to us an approach to the
limits of the theory that every man’s home is his castle.
The Crumps may be a rough and ready family, true
Caldwell and Burke hill-folks, and so to be excused, but
it would seem that fate has caught up with them now
and that the psychological twist is the old one of fear
of consequences. Hbw else can be explained the rush
ing to the hospital of the girl and the equally speedy
flight of the man who is alleged to have carried her
there ?
Doing Right Well By Itself
A forward step was taken Monday night when offi
cials and leaders of the Person a<nd Roxboro chapter of
the American Red Cross authorized Dr. Robert Long,
president, to appoint a committee charged with the duty
of selecting a full-time paid secretary for the organiza
tion.
The Chapter, with a tremendously expanded program,
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N- C. *
has during the past year been doing right well by itself
in keeping up with the demands made upon it, but the
time has come when the efficiency of its program de
mands the full time of at least one paid worker.
* Suggestion was made at the meeting that the Secre
tary is to be a local person and that the appointment
will be for the duration of the war, assigning that the
Chapter, after the war will go back to its original peace
time small size. Biggest job of the Secretary will be as
sistance in the Home Service department, a branch
which Mrs. Walter Woody is now heading.
We rather agreed with one of the officials that get
ting a paid secretary, who in turn has another secretary
to do the work, is not always the answer to needed effi
ciency, but we are of the opinion that whoever gets the
job here won’t let it degenerate into that kind of a posi
tion. The Red Cross is by instinct a volunteer Organiza
tion and as such, particularly in RoxboTb, it has done its
best work and there will be no let-up in the volunteer
schedule now, but rather an intensification of it.
Free From Bondage
Our Jewish friends this week are celebrating the Pass
over, their traditional days of remembrance of freedom
from bondage in Egypt. The Passover feast is a festi
val of ancient sorrows and new joys, much as the East
er of the Christians, which gains emphasis tomorrow
with Good Friday, is a time of moral stocktaking in rec
ognition of spiritual freedom made possible by sacrifice.
Uppermost in the mind of man today is the preserva
tion of political liberty and intellectual independence.
Equally significant is freedom of the soql, implicit in the
Passover and Easter seasons. Difficult at all times, pre
servation of the spiritual attitude and its associated lib
erties is particularly difficult in time of war, but it is a
paradox of experience that danger and the fear of death
are somehow productive of new avenues of strength.
The discovery of these new avenues will, we think,
cc.me close to many of us during this Passover and East
er season. We shall discover the old truth that holy
days can be most holy when there is a shadow over the
sun, and we shall come that much nearer to being free
from bondages of the flesh and from small, self-created
fears.
WITH OTHER EDITORS
Just Pardon
Greensboro Daily News
Governor Broughton is to be commended for his act
of justice in unconditionally freeing William Mason
Wellman, negro, who was indicted and convicted in Ire
dell county for committing rape “under most brutal cir
cumstances upon the person of an elderly white woman
of excellent character and standing.” She and a negro
wc(man identified Wellman as the perpetrator of the
crime; they testified in good faith, but they were 'mis
taken.
Evidence brought to light after the trial conclusively
proved that on the day of the crime Wellman was work
ing at Fort Belvoir, Va., 350 miles away, and could not
have committed the crime with w'hich he was charged.
He had been condemned to execution, but Governor
Broughton when he became convinced of his innocence
gave him an unconditional pardon.
This simple act of justice, which secures to the most
humble citizen his “unalienable rights,” is in sharpest
contrast with the capricious executions by the gangster
gauleiters of the axis new order. The attributes of jus
tice exemplified by the Governor are “what men come
out to fight for, and to defend . . . They do not end with
arranging your conflicting rights, and mine . . .. they
turn the animal courage of this people into moral and
religious courage, and present to the lowest of mankind
plain reasons and strong motives \yhy they should resist
aggression from without, and bind themselves a living
rampart round the land of their birth.”
Neglect Shortens
The Life Os
Spray Equipment
Neglect in cleaning, lubricat
ing, adjusting and storing spray
ers shortens the life of a machine
more than the actual work done,
says H. R. Garriss, Extension
plant pathologist of N. C. State
College. He urges every grower
to take such good care of his
sprayer that it will last for the
duration of thet war. ,
He pointed out that sprayers
are attacked by corrosive mat
erials in the spray when they are
idle and, for this reason, they
should be thoroughly cleaned af
ter using. Since this corrosion
goes on each hour the machine
stands neglected, Garriss sugges
ted that during the active season
growers wash out the sprayers
each night with clear water.
When not in actual use. the
sprayer should be tospt under a
good shelter. If stored for any
length of time, it should have
those parts subject to rust cov
ered with a coat of ordinary mo
tor oil.
Garriss said that if simple ad
justments are made as soon as
the need develops, many break
downs can be avoided. Growers
already handicapped! by a lack
of help, cannot afford to have
sprays rs stand idle with so much
wcrk to be done. Although the
implement dealers and manufac
turers are doing every thing pos
sible to keep all machines in op
eration, repair parts will be hard
to get when breakdowns occur.
I Thirteen billion dollars—the
sum the Treasury must raise
in the Second War Lean drive,
is only one sixth of the esti
mated cost of the war for the
fiscal year of tStt.
'throve ran
LIVES—YOU LEND
jMLLII YOUHMONEr
Easter Services
Being Planned
By Churches
A preaching service will be
conducted in three of the
churches of the Brooikisdale
Methodist charge Easter Sunday,
April 25. Morning service will be
conducted in Brooksdale church
at 11:00 o’clcck.
Aftetmoon service will be con
ducted in Trinity church at 3:30
o’clock following the Sunday
school to be conductetd at 2:30
o’clock.
The evening service will be
held at BrooMand church at 8
o’clock and will be a continua
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The tradition of American cavalry
threads back to Indian warfare days
and although modern armies are
largely motorized today, the cavalry
still plays an important role. Sturdy,
well trained horses and excellent
equipment and trappings are neces
sary.
When men are in the saddle for
hours, their saddles, saddle rolls and
other equipment must be made to
stand the wear. Complete with car
bine and helmets, the equipment
for the cavalryman runs into hun
dreds of dollars. You can help pro
vide this with your War Bond pur
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join the Payroll Savings Plan and
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ZZ* eraytime # gOL.
JL tainer goes to If. BBS
Panama to cheer our
troops. Soldiers want to f \ -"wfli ''■ %
enjoy a Coca-Cola with ' • • M
her and talk. A pretty girl '. 'W‘Wm -A
and a Coke ... just like home. »|i: 4
In Iceland, the news told how ■HHp. V
troops had a good-natured fight to get the first Br^uaß
Cokes available. Such are the stories from our
fighting men everywhere. p P y
To mean so much, a drink must have some- *
thing—in taste, in goodness and in true
refreshing qualities. Just to sip ice-cold
Coca-Cola is to find all those things. Yes, fmSffimt' •f #
all the difference between something really
refreshing and just something to drink.
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Maybe it's a makeshift dressing room, but Uncle Jk
Sam’s soldiers have given a homelike touch
... fresh flowers and a frosty bottle of Coke. Who
could ask for morel
Even with war and to many Coca-Cola bottling plants In yKB
enemy-occupied countries, our fighting men are delighted
to find Coca-Cola being bottled In so many places all over B upH
the globe. BzC
The best is
always the better buy! •
IOTTLIO UNOIR AUTHORITY OS THI COCA-COLA COMPANY RV *
COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS ROXBORO, N. C.
RITES HELD FOR
MARY! T. BLALOCK
NEAR ANTIOCH
Daughter Os Mr. And
Mrs. H. G. Blalock Dies
At Home.
Funeral for Mary Thomas Bla
lock, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Blalock, of Antioch, was
bsld Wednesday afternocn at'
three o’clock at the home. Death
occurred Sunday morning from
an attack of membranous croup.
Interment was in the Mooney
family cemetery near Surl.
Ministers were the Rev. L. J.
Raine.v, assisted by Elder N. D.
Teasley, of Durham. Surviving,
in addition to the parents are
two brothers and three sisters.
Brothers are Bert Blalock, of
Newport News, Va., and Hugh, (
of the home, while sisters are I
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tion, and perhaps the conclusion !
of the special series of services
that began last Sunday to con- i
tinuc through Easter. The ser- |
vices are all to be appropriate to
the Easter season and the public i
is cordially invited to attend j
them. The pastor, E. C. Maness, j
will be in charge of each of the !
services.
IN THE
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“CHOP-CHOP" l J CAMELS-THAT A
for hurry up M SWELL FLAVOR
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Marines, and Coast Guard, the . / JuVklsjßijlk //
favorite cigarette is Camel. J*"- ®
(Based on actual sales records in X, _
Canteens and Post Exchanges.) JMgjSSr
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TOBACCOS
THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1943
Misses Elna, Raymell and Bob
bie Ann, all of the home.
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INSURANCE AGENCY
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