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PAGE TWO PERSON COUNTY TIMES • ' • , t * >£ij«Ui Carolina * 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— -1 year $2.00 6 months $1.25 3 months ... .75 Out of N. C. —1 year .................. $2.50 National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York : Chicago : Detroit : Atlanta : Phila. Advertising Cut Service At Disposal o' 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, SEPTEMBER 5, 1943 The Black Shank Evil Person’s Farm Agent H. K. Sanders is greatly, and rightly, concerned over the re appearance in Caswell and Person of Black Shank, a tobacco disease that if not con trolled can cause serious damage to the weed crops hereabouts. The report sub % mitted by Sanders and the committee of farmers who went with him on a Black Shank inspection tour to other counties is, however, an encouraging one. Farmers in Forsyth and Rockingham have fought Black Shank to a show r down so that the disease, while troublesome, is not devastating. • And what other growers are doing in the way of fighting on the Black Shank front •an be done just as well by Person farmers. The rules for prevention of infection are simple. But they must be followed. Some times we are inclined to question the neces sity of much of the farm production advice dished out by agricultural agencies, and that goes for those here at home as well as for State and National Departments, but there are times when Agency advice can be invaluable, as in the instance of the Black Shank war. There! is no need for Person growers to work themselves up to a point of hysteria ——about Black Shank, but it is quite clear that if they do have it in their fields and then deliberately fail to follow the advice offered by Sanders and other experts, they have only themselves to blame. And they will be almost as much to blame if they fail to fol low the ounce of prevention idea. It always costs more to get rid of a diease than it does to take precautions. The Sanders article in Thursday’s Times deserves full and careful study. It has in it both preventatives and cures. One More Group That Meets From Mrs. Sue Featherston, executive sec retary of the Person and Roxboro Red Cross chapter, we learn that the Executive Com mittee, headed by Dr. Robert E. Long, chap ter chairman, is to meet once each month and that cne such session has already been held. Survey of activities reported on at the August meeting above referred to does not show that any matters of great moment were considered, but it is good to know that meetings will be held. The Red Cross is now an important organization and it is practi cally impossible for good work to be accom plished in any unit that does not have its officials fully informed about program trends. Officials of the Red Cross chapter here have done wonderful work in the past: by having regular board sessions they can do an even better job from now on, and we say this although we know that meetings can degenerate into pallid, monotone affairs. Lift to the spirit of the chapter here was furnished last week by the report of the Kit-Bag committee headed by Miss Sue Frederick. That is one side of the meet v ing. Other side is furnished by the pro blem of secumg volunteer workers to stay in the Executive Office in Person Court House during the time that Mrs. Feather ston has to be engaged in field work. A few weeks ago Mrs. Featherston prais ed highly the office assistance rendered during the Summer by the Junior Red Cross corps, but the Juniors are back in school now and cannot continue to find time to carry this part of their work forward. In other words, the opportunity is at hand for cider women to come forward. The hours they are needed are in the morning. The is not difficult, but it is distinctly on the servee to mankind side of the ledger. Only those who keep in touch with as- I'A'm’ • • fairs of the Red Cross cap realize that it of fers chances for all kinds of community work and that even in places the size of Roxiboro its demands are constant, whether in the making of kit-bags or bandages or in the furnishing of home service informa tion. The Silver Star Confirms An Impression Awarding of the Silver Star for gallantry in action to the late Pfc. Sam. C." Fisher, of Nathalie, Va., and Roxboro, comes as no surprise: it merely confirms an impression that was conveyed in that first brief mes sage sent last January when Fisher was killed. All of Roxboro, however, as well as Person County, can share with his Nathalie and Roxboro kinspeople an appreciation of the public recognition of Fisher’s valor. Medals and stars are at best a poor com pensation for life, but they do remain as one of the forms of recognition and as such they are accepted, although it must be observed that the members of Fisher’s family, for ex ample, probably appreciate stiil more the generous letter from Captain Robertson and the dignified message of the citation pre pared by Lieut. Gen. Harmon. The citation was a necessary accompaniment of the’an nouncement of the awarding of the Silver Star, but nothing except genuine feeling and appreciation of Fisher’s high character were responsible for the choice of words by Gen. Harmon, or for the fine courtesy of Captain Robertson’s letter of sympathy. Particularly is this true of Robertson’s message. He did not have to send it, but he did send it, and those at homq who knew Sam Fisher, Jr., must be and are grateful. By such thoughtfulness, rather than by medals and stars is the hard reality of a grave in Guadalcanal made more bearable. Quietly And Without Fanfare Thursday of this week marks opening date for the Third War Loan drive in which Person and Roxboro participation in the quota sense has been set at $567,000. It is significent that the drive here begins quiet ly and without fanfare. Person people, we think, do not have to be prodded into doing their part in buying War Bonds. They have only to sit quietly in their homes or in their places of business and call up to their minds the names of their own sons and daughters and husbands and wives and friends who fighting in the Armed Forces, or are busy with training that is to end in fighting. The contrast between what is demanded of those who are called upon to do actual fighting and those whose duty it is to stay at home, ought to be a sales argument of most potent capacity for the sale of War Bonds. With such a contrast in mind, patriotism deserves to be melted into shame if the quota is not met. Those who do the actual fighting have no quota on honor or on service. If they did have, the rest of us would not be allowed to enjoy the privilege of buying War Bonds.. WITH OTHER- EDITORS Gaudalcanal Message (Published below is a copy of the mes sage of Major General J. Lawton Collins, Commanding General, at dedication of the American Cemetery, Guadalcanal, on April 20, when Memorial Day exercises honoring Pfc. Sam C. Fisher, Jr., of Roxboro, and oth ers buried there were held. The address, to gether with a program folder, was sent to Fisher’s parents recently by Adjutant Gen. J. A. Ulio, Washington.) ' ’ We are gathered here today in the Amer ican cemetery on Guadalcanal in respect and memory of our fellow soldiers who have died on this Island. Without distinction 'as to creed or heritage we offer our united pray ers in their behalf to their common Maker. And as we pray that their sacrifices may be acceptable to Him, we grieve for their loss as we would for our own sons and brothers. But as we look over this quiet scene, so peaceful now in the moning light, these dauntless dead seem to answer us and say, “Grieve not! We have lived to the full our youthful lives. There are no regrets amongst us. We have a clearer picture now of why we fought and died in this far off place. We fought to preserve inviolate those things which in the privacy of our hearts we call America: our homes, our loved ones, our blessed land, our freedom of thought and religion, our priceless right to live out indi vidual lives as we see fit. There can be no real tragedy in dying for such things— un- PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. less they are lost! Grieve not! Keep up the fight!” We will keep up the fight. And so, as we offer up our prayers this morning for the men who died here, let us ask the Almighty God for a share of their strength, their loy alty, their bravery, their willingness for self sacrifice. If we can thus infuse ourselves with the essence of their spirit they will truly never die but will live on witjrin us, strengthening and guiding us in the fight that lies ahead. Then shall we be loyal to these gallant men and pledge to them our lives that their America shall triumph. Still Too Early To Celebrate Camp Butner’s Lightning Every time our forces score a victory worthy of real rejoicing, a lamentable cock iness seems to come over a lot of us. We Plan For Saving Good Cotton Seed Says Shanklin North Carolina growers will soon face-the problem of saving planting seed for the 1944 cot ton crop and J. A. Shanklin, Ex tension cotton specialist at State College, suggests that they make definite plants now for saving seed of highest quality. The germination of cotton seed may be affected by weather damage in the field, by heating of the seed-cotton after it is put in the house, and by heating of the seed after the eotton is gin ned. Shanklin advises that the cot ton in the field shouM be fluffy and fully matured to give seed with high germination. It should be picked when there is no dew on it and not too soon after a rainy period of weather. Cotton should not be picked and carried directly to the gin under average conditions. The specialist suggests that it be put into the cotton house and turned for several days so as to be sure that it is thoroughly dry and does not have the opportunity of going through a heat. When the cotton has been gin ned, he advises that the seed be immediately taken from the sacks and spread out in thin lay ers so that they may dry out. Too much moisture in the seed will cause them to heat and reduce the germinating qualities. Shanklin points out that when growers have seed showing a bout 50 percent germination, they simply overcome this factor by planting twice as many seed. He suggests, however, that if proper care be taken in saving the seed so as to obtain high germination, the extra seed that would have been planted can be delivered to the mills to produce oil and extra feed for cattle. DOLLY MADISON THEATRE Monday - Tuesday, September 6 - 7th [■ Special Morning Show Monday 10:30; Afternoons Daily 3:15- 3:45; Adm. 15-30 c; Evenings Daily 7:30-9:15; Adm. 15-30 c. ._ can’t lose; we’re bowling ’em over like duck pins; it’s all over but the armistice night whoop-hoorahing. When we talk like this —and too many of us do—we’re guilty of speaking unwarran ted bushwah. Actually, we have gone only a little ways down the path that must end with the complete crushing of the enemy. It’s a path that millions more fighting men —including the Lightning soldiers —will have their chance to tread. Kicking the Japs out of Kiska and boot ing the Fascists all over Sicily were both boSom-s well ing feats. But there’s no time for boasting until the German, Jap and Italian armies—all three still powerful, hard-hitting forces—are utterly destroyed. Then we’ll really turn loose some whoops and hollers that will make the war’s loudest artillery barrages seem like a sputtering firecracker. LIBRARY CORNER Library Hours: 12:00-5:00 The Person County Public Li brary, Chub Lake street, has just received the following easy books for the very smallest li brary patron: All Day Long, Always Ready, Animals Are Fun, Animal Pa rade, At Don’s Farm, Animals Work Too, Away We Go, Before Winky, Beginning Days, Biddy And The Ducks, Bigger And Bigger, Bob And Judy At Play, Book Os Clothes, Book Os Food, Book Os Heat And Light and Book Os Houses. HIDES Greater care in skinning slaughtered cattle and in hand ling the hides will makt more quality leather available for pressing military needs, livestock specialists at N. C. State College report. FOR SALE—OId Newspapers. 5c bundle. Times office. I Pay Your Telephone Bill By The 10th MAIL YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS OVERSEAS NOW"- WE HAVE THEM 9f Gn VPN 1 € USE YOUR l» »li N 8 CREDIT LONG MEMORIAL CHURCH Rev. W. C. Martin, Pastor 945 a. m. Church School, C. A. Harris, Supt. 11:00 a. m. Worship; sermon by the pastor; subject, “The Optimism of Jesus.” 7:15 p. m. —• Youth Fellow ship. 8:00 p. m. Worship; the pas tor (will preach on, “The Great ness of Man.” A cordial welcome will be found at Long Memorial. $25 REWARD For any watch or clock that we fall to repair. GREEN’S “The Square Deal Jeweler” » Protect Your | Home With Good We sell Good Paint at sur prising low figures. See us, we will give you the cost of good Paint to repair your home. W. C. BULLOCK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1443 PALACE THEATRE t * i . Monday - Tuesday- Wednesday, September 6-7-Bth WBBSBKP" a man doesn’t leave it behind...it is part of his courage whatever he does, wherever mwr n U-PAUL LUKAS in WARNER BROS’. ™ A ward as Year*! Best Play! j w„t Geraldine Fitzgerald! LUCILE WATSON • BEULAH BONDI • GEO. COULDURI^ (* A HAL B. WALLIS production ( Directed by HERMAN SHUMLIN • From tha heart) and pen of LILLIAN HELLMAN • Screen Play by Daah.eH I lam/netl * Additional Scenes and Dialogue by Lillian Music by MfxSl*iaCi' No Morning Shows; Afternoons Daily 3:15-3:45; Adm. 15-30 c; Evenings Daily 7:30-9:15; Adm. 15-35 c.
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