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PAGE TWO PERSON COUNTY TIMES Carolina vK /PttESS ASSOCIATIoJTM A PAPER FOR ALA, 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— -1 year . $2 00 6 months ........... $1.25 3 months .75 Out of N. C. —1 year 52.50 National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York : Chicago : Detroit : Atlanta : Pliila. Advertising Cut Service At Disposal of Adver tisers at all times. Rates furnished upon request. News from our correspondents should reach this office not later than Tuesday to insure publica tion for Thursday edition and Thursday P. M. for Sunday edition. SUNDAY, JULY IS. 1943 Knocking Heads Together However right Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Je-sse H. Jones I may have been in airing publicly their dis- j agreements over foreign purchases, the i American public, we believe, will approve ! the action of President Roosevelt in strip ping from them the powers which gave rise j to controversy. It may be that Leo T. Crow ley, who heads the new Office of Economic I Warfare, supplanting agency for the now defunct Board of Economic Warfare, will do no better, but there is a chance that he will work quietly, and quiet working is now the important factor. As much as any citizen in the land we believe in freedom of expression and the right t. make protests when due. but when freedom and protests take the form of in- j subordination it is time to call a halt. Spec- j tacle of seeing and hearing open disagree- ; ments in high places in Washington breeds ! a lack of confidence and contempt, although citizens are accustomed to “acrimonius” dis putes up and down the line, and in particu lar in the smaller branches of government. It is right that such men as Jones and Wallace should have differing opinions. Dif fering opinions are fundamentally grounded into the American form of governing, but in time of war such as this leaders of men should be able to settle differences behind closed doors and in so doing work out a compromise acceptable to the President. The hope is that the President is himself at last waking up to the fact that disputes in high places furnish unexcelled copy for Axis newspapers. It is important that Americans preserve the semblance of unity in all war efforts. It is vastly more important that unity actually comes without coercion. Head-knocking is a poor substitute for intelligent loyalty. Grand Opportunity Admission to membership in Lester J Blackwell Post of the American Legion of Farris Humphries. World War II veteran, marks the Roxboro beginning of a new and j significant chapter in the history of the Le gion. a chapter that is being repeated and | will be repeated again and again throughout the nation. Because young men like Humph- j ries are coming into the organization the American Legion is destined to have a long- i er continuing force and life on the American i scene than has been granted to any other ; war-born organization known to man. Even after accounting for differences in ! ages and experiences, the veterans of World War I and of World War 11, do have the common ground of fighting for liberty, and mostly under identical circumstances of for eign service. Differences of opinions there may be within the ranks, biit there are also unities and from these unities between two distinct generations of fighting men (and possibly, women) there can come untold benefits. It has been the custom in some quarters to decry the influence of' the- Legion in politics. Much better would be the realiza tion that good as well evil can come from strength. Making the matter purely local, it is pos sible that young men like Humphries can effectively direct the Lester Blackwell Post to new emphasis in thoughtful community leadership. It is possible that the Post here, for example, will realize what it can do here in development of a Service club program for the boys who are now soldiers, who now come here from Camp Butner, and who in a few years will be members of this Post or of some other one. Knowing Lester Blackwell Post as we do, we salute it and extend felicitations to it for its new lease on life. Understanding The Direction Dr. Will Irwin, educational director of the American Institute of Banking, who last week told Roxboro civic club members what a good man Gordon C. Hunter is and how fortunate Roxboro is to have him as a lead er in its banking affairs, really did a good job at condensation when he got around to his formal subject, a discussion of the “American Spirit" and its place in a scheme of history developed by the Greeks, the Ro mans and the British. Left out of the Irwin address because of lack of time was a parenthetical discussion of dictatorships and how they have develop ed. but the omission was not noticed and really is not a part of the permanent record I of the growth of freedom. Point that Irwin was driving at was that Americans as a mingled people, the heirs of three great civil izations. have before them an opportunity to develop as no other people have in the history of the world the graces of self-con trol in liberty. Born in Scotland, but an American by choice. Irwin could say arid did say that Americans have the greatest nation in the world. The realization of that greatness, howev er. as Irwin suggests, creates an obligation to continue the work that has entered into the composition of greatness. Builders who love beauty and believe in freedom and thrive on action cannot afford to stop. Americans by their kindness, generosity, vigor and freedom have established new horizons, but with a definite moral obliga tion. That is why it is important that we know not only how but where we are going in the creation of a post-war world. By Irony Os Circumstance We do not yet know the complete circum stances of the Longhurst highway crash in which an automobile reportedly driven by Charlie Walker struck from behind with great force a car said to have been driven by Miss Annie M. Young, of Route Two, Rox boro, and knocked the Young car clean around and onto the opposite side of the highway, but it is ironic that this accident in which whiskey appears to have share of te blame should have occurred on night of the day in which many allegedly intoxicat ed and some reckless drivers had met their fate in Person’s biggest Recorder’s Court of the year. Disposition of the Walker case is expect ed to be delayed because of absence from the City of State Highway Patrolman John Hudgins, one of two officers who made in vestigation. The disposition may be delayed, but it is to be hoped that public recognition of the importance of the case will be kept alive until trial is held. Nobody was killed. Nobody was seriously hurt, but those cit izens who saw the two wrecked cars do not have to be possessed of imagination to vis ualize what could have happened. The Walker case will be by some put down as unimportant, mainly because of lack of death and bloodshed, but to our way of thinking it is not at all a pleasant thing to be riding along a highway peacefully, as the three women were—and to be suddenly cat apulted across the road in a reverse direc tion as they were. It is apparent that Judge R. B. Dawes will have to try some more of ! the stronger medicine recently prescribed. WITH OTHER EDITORS Two Snappy Sieges , (From Tom Bost's Column. “Among Us { ; Tar Heels”, in Greensboro Daily News). John William Draper’s “Intellectual De j velopment of Europe.” heavy reading for I anybody and positively crushing for most purusers. tells us that in the siege of Syra- | cuse, quite some years B. C., old Archimedes j the mathematician invented a lever which j could reach down and pick up enemy ships j and their cargoes, and cast them into the sea. Dr. Draper, who w r as credited by many Americans with photography as moderns know it, also wrote that Archimedes invent ed a burning mirror which two miles away could set on fire an enemy fleet and bum it to the water. These unpedantic remarks are submitted “Among Us Tar Heels” byway of philosophizing on the modem ways of war. The dispatches tell us that our allies and we have taken Syracuse, a very historic city in which St, Paul tarried three days, not to mention that illustrious predecessor of Arch- PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. ibald Henderson, that other “arch” who was the champion figgurer of this day and con ceivably all days, Arch Henderson again ex cepted. And all around that city are North Caro linians, boys who were selling you Piggly Wiggly, A and P, Blue Star and Superstore stuff just a few weeks ago. And they are making without the Archimedean lever which could catapult whole crews and their ships into the sea, could burn up and burj} down a fleet two miles away, history to be read all over an emancipated world. Ancient. Syracuse, a sizable city in people and in world development, in the widening of war is just a speck on our cosmos. But history is j one of the most repetitious institutions of the world. Solomon knew it and laughed at j the fellow who was always asking if there H/AASTCP StPGfANT (' ■fMIRTTONE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS ARK/, SERVICE- NOW CALLED BAOCTO OtnV- A REAL VPERAN- HR HOME IS AT S *■> CHIESMAN, TEX -WHEN HE GETS HOME/ I ?■ ~Tto*r S6HMwgr - SECOND TERM OF SUMMER SCHOOL BEGINS AT HILL Army And Navy Pro gram To Be. Featured. Chapel Hill, July 17.—With all indications pointing to another heavy enrollment, the University | of North Carolina will wind up its first Summer session this j week-end and make ready for j second term registration Wednes- ! day, July 21. “The university will continue to operate a full civilian pro gram with its various Navy anjl Army specialized training units,” ; Drector Guy B. Phillips announc- , ed today, “and admission will be open on July 21 to new and transfer students and teachers at 1 all levels of college work.” This includes entering fresh men, and applications are al ready in from a number of new boys who wish to speed up their ! education a n d pre-induction j training. The first Summer ses ! sion freshman class was the larg est in history here, and another sizeable group is expected to be gin college at Carolina next week. After this, the next session at the university will be the regu lar Fall term. Orientation week for men freshmen and for women transfers has been, set for Sept. 16 and registration for Sept. 21, $2 5 REWARD ’ j For any watch or clock that we fail to repair. GREEN’S “The Square Deal Jeweler” » Protect Your Home With Good We sell Good I*aint at sur prising low figures. See us, we will give you the cost of good Paint to repair your home. W. C BULLOCK ■ ’ ,Vv' ’ ■ ■ could be dragged out anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new.” The wise man said emphatically there could not be, that already it hath been said or done or thought, or something, by them of old time. North Carolina boys arel over there in Syracuse and surrounding territory ejecting a couple of who thought they were going to make all the new histories and all the new geographies. A small world we call it with our travel ing and listening devices, no past of it re moter than 60 hours by plane and 60 seconds by radio. But there have been big guys hang ing around Syracuse all these centuries. There is something romaritic in the thought that our soldiers may be bringing to it some of the Pauline missionary spirit. Anyway, they are there. Administrative Dean R. B. House .said today. The final registration figures for this Summer were 1,707 for the regular six weeks session for ciyilian students and 1,280 for the special new semester for Navy V-12 and pre-induction students, Director to Phillips revealed. Classes for the regular session will end Saturday, examinations will be held Monday and Tues day, and registration for the sec ond session will come next Wed neday. A number of prominent new visiting instructors wil join the reguar facuty for the second ses sion. These include Dr. J. War ren Madden, Judge on the U. S. Court of Claims; Dr. L. R. John ston of East Orange, N. J., who has a name as one of the out standing secondary school men in the country, and Dr. Ed Mc- Cuiston of the Arkansas State De partment of Education. Dr. McCuiston will be in charge of a county school workshop or demonstration laboratory for 50 selected tearhers from one of the near-by counties. Dr. Johnson rr X f I i%;> Hasps' ICE COLD WATERMEL ON S CITY MILK AND ICE COMPANY will roundout work in school ad ministration, supervision, and scrondary education, Judge Mad den, who is a former member Os the National Labor Board will teach labor law in the Law School. The university’s regular dorm itories for women are being re served for the ladies for the sec ond Summer term. These include Spencer, Archer, and the new triangle of Kenan, Alderman, and Mclver. Steele is again be ing held for men freshmen. Oth er men are being housed satis factorily in the community with the assistance of a special Hous ing Bureau. ROMMEL DEATH DEPORT DENIED STOCKHOLM, July 17. (A. P.). German authorities denied today a report broadcast yester day that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had been shot down by Allied fighter plots while en oute to Sicily in a transport plane, a Berlin dispatch to Af tombladet reported. The report, said to have originaetd from a broadcast, by a German unde - ground radio station, was carried by the Swedish newspaper Sven ska Dagbladet. MORE SUMMER BABIES J More American babies are horn in summer than at any oth er season. One Day! | SERVICE Call Us—Phone 3«01 SERVICE DRY CLEANERS 1891 “stir 1943 WEEK END LEAVE OR FURLOUGH YOUR STAKE IN THE FUTURE The future that looms beyond the war holds promise of many wonderful things. But these things will be for those who can pay for them. Millions of men and women are building their ■ iifuiuLij , stake in the future in their 1y H ”11 lily accounts, at this bank, through regular deposits. Vltlllllil BUY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS & STAMPS HERE j ' ' 1 The uKSin Peoples Bank SUNDAY, JULY 18, IMS State Treasurer Sells Bonds At Good Figures Raleigh, July -17.—State Treas urer Charles M. Johnson today 6old $750,000 worth of par value county, municipal and school dis trict bonds owned by the Teach ers’ and State Employes’ Retire ment System for $915,607.60. Sales of the bonds netted a profit of $14,431.94 over the $901,- 175.66 invested in them as of to day, Johnson said. He did riot name the purchasers. Proceeds from today’s sale will be received in United States Gov ednment bonds yielding 2.46 per hundred each year. Johnson said the bonds sold today had earned $27,307.37 since they were purchased by the re tirement system, yielding 2.15 a hundred. The new investment •will represent an increase in earnings of $3,148.67 a year, Johnson added. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES ——— The Devil chuckles whenKe sees a. home left unprotected fcy fire insurance- See us and j forget Kim/ THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY Roxboro, N. C.
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