The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 4

THE ROBESONIAN Dalit Except Saturday Sunday At UimbertoB, North Carolina By THE ROBE8ONIAM, BiC. 3. A. SHARPS, Editor ft Publisher 1907-1947 J. A.

SHARPS, JR A. E. BRANNOCK, JR Adv. Manager Entered at second clan matter at the post office at Lumberton, N. C.

under act of March 8 1879. 'The Associated Is exclusively entitled to the me tor republication of all news dispatches credited in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: By Mail ID Robeton and Adjoining Countici One Year-- $6.00 Six Months-- $3.50 Three Months-- $2.00 ElMwhere In the United One Year-- $7.00 Six Three Subscription for Carrier Delivery One Year-- $10.00 Six Months-- $5.00 Three Months-- $2.50 MEMBER: Audit Bureau of Circulation-- Associated Press-- Southern Newspaper Publishers Association-- North Carolina Press Association. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1951 A Lift For Today The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Ps.

27:1 THE MAJESTY of God revere; fear him and you have nothing else to Fordyce Purge our souls God of fear and anxiety and grant to us a knowledge of Thy grace and power. --Park Southern Attractions The advice, "Go West, young man, go West," has been changed in recent years to, "Go South." This is now regarded as the land of opportunity. The South has not yet reached i fullest development, and its future is bright for that Reason. Opportunities still exist for individuals and for industries to establish themselves in this area, to grow and prosper as further development of the region takes place. From a business standpoint, the South offers expanding markets.

From an industrial standpoint, it offers a large supply of labor and a climate that enables operations to be carried on the year 'round. These advantages have been made known throughout the nation, and have brought some people to the South with ambition for success in commercial enterprises. But there is another attraction in the South, less often mentioned. For a Southerner to mention It would seem boastful, so a Northerner may be quoted. In a letter of application to a Robeson County business firm, a resident of New Jersey wrote recently "I should like to locate in the South, not only for myself, but also for the sake of my family, as social and other conditions in the North are fast becoming intolerable.

My 'prime desire is to be able to raise my family in a Christian, God- fearing town, where mutual respect and courtesy is the watchword rather than the exception. It pains me, as a Northerner, to stale this, but the South today seems to be the only section of our great country whore this is possible." Distinctive Railroads Lumberton is a few miles away from the main railroad lines, and it became recognized as a transportation center only a vs were built through the city. But its railroads have several claims to distinction. The Seaboard Air Line railroad has a straight stretch running from Old Hundred through Lumberton to Wilmington, that is the second longest set of tracks in the world without a curve. The Virginia Carolina Southern, runniusj from Lumberton to Hope Mills, has a motor- powered train that stops at grade crossings to let automobiles pass.

Another distinction that railroad men did not plan dates back to 1901. It also is connected with the V. C. and the reminder comes from "The Carl Goerch's magazine published at Raleigh. In an article entitled "Bugs Stop Trains," the magazine quotes Dr.

David L. Wray. entomologist with tlie state Department of Agriculture, as follows: "The forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma Diss- tria), or what is sometimes called the 'forest army is a serious defoliator of many forest and shade trees and, by its habit of stripping the leaves from trees, can cause considerable damage to forests. "When they have defoliated a section of forest they seek other feeding areas, and often migrate by the millions to the new food plants, sometimes swarming over homes, cabins, barns and other structures, to the annoyance of farmers, tourists, and any other people who happen to be in their pathway. "It was such a 'migration by tho millions' which attracted national attention in May, i near Lumberton.

Here they congregated so thickly on the rails of the old Carolina Central Railroad (now known as Virginia -Carolina Southern) that they made the rails greasy and caused considerable delays in train traffic. "This probably it the oldest official record kept by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's 'Insect Survey" in which insect infestation was noted in such large numbers. About 1920, another outbreak occurred in the southeastern part of the state, and a third, which I wltneited, took place in April and 1949, in approximately the same area." The World Today BY JAMES MA1MXW WASHINGTON, July Is h'ke flypaper. You can get stuck in it. If you're stuck, after two weeks of steady talk in congress about controls, here's an explanation.

Last fall congress passed the Defense Production Act (DPA), giving the government power to control prices, wages, materials, and so on. That was after the Korean war started, when we were beginning the defense program, and it was pretty sure prices would go up, and wages, too. Nobody knew when the Korean shooting would be over. An end to that might possibly relieve some of the economic pressures. Congress said the DPA--and all the controls- would end 30, 1951 unless congress decided to continue it.

In April, with war in Korea continuing, President Truman asked congress to continue DPA two years beyond June 30 and add even stronger controls. It wasn't until the end of June a congress got around to voting on whether to keep DPA two years more, or one year, or not at all, and by then two very influential things had happened: 1. Various special groups which had been hit by controls, particularly price controls, began to pressure congress for relief. Their theme was always: "These controls shouldn't be placed on me," or "these controls on me are too tough," or "There renlly isn't any need for these controls." 2. The communists had suggested an end to the Korean fighting, which brought hope that in weeks or months it would be ended.

This provided ammunition for those congressmen who had been persuaded, now a the Korean war might bo over, into arguing it. was no longer necessary to keep such tight controls. The senate voted to keep DPA only eight months more--until Feb. 2f), 1952--instead of Iho two years asked by Mr. Truman.

And the ale bill not only fell short of Riving him the new controls he asked but took away some of those he had had. But the June deadline WHS approaching fast. The house i hadn't decided on a bill that would extend DPA for months or a year or two or even on what kind of controls Mr. Truman should have. Still, unless both houses acted, DPA would i i i die altogether on 30.

There was only one i Hint could keep it a i Some kind of emergency, slop-gap measure. So both houses ngi-optl- this had nothing do with Ihe eight-month extension plnn voted by the senate to keep DPA a i HI dnys beyond This gavn the house i to vole on i i in the right-month bill of the senate. Tin- house has been voting on such a bill this work. It nuiy not finish up for several more days. At this point i not known whether the house i vote to keep DPA Koine for six months, eight months, or a year.

But the house and senate bills i not be the same. This menus wo won't know the final answer until members of both houses then gel to- nhor and agree on a single i It probably will be the end of July before the business is finished. This much seems sure: The house and senate i approve keeping DPA some timo longer but make the government's controls weaker a they wore under the old DPA. Other Papers Say: CAN F.TC, Observer.) The Army bought 6S million cnn openers last year. That ought to be one i of military supply that wo can stop worrying about.

But it is only one item in a long list contained in a i of the Council of Stale Chambers of Commerce, showing a the government is a from following the advice it has born giving to civilians. President Truman has several times advised us to buy only what wo need and to be cautious about, it, lest we start the whole country on a buying spree. But when has any i i i a bought more than a pound of black pepper for each member of his family? But the Army has done that. It bought up 918.000 pounds of black pepper, though there are only 3,500,000 men in the army. How long will it take one person to use up more than a pound of black pepper? If any huu.sesvife with five poisons to food riishod to the store and bought Iti'i- pounds of margarine, she would be accused of both scarp buying and hoarding, but the Army did just a It bought i i pounds of margarine at cents a pound for it 1.5 i i men at thr same time that the government was selling surplus margarine to Italy for 15 cents a pound.

But the Army is not the only offender. The State Department asked Congress for $24,875 to pay for a series of luncheons for visiting foreign students. There are to be 175 luncheons for 14 to 18 persons each. So the luncheons will cost $8.73 for each person, and that is a very nice luncheon for a visiting student. LITTLE RAY OF Letters to The Editor OPEN FORUM lice by stifling the voice of the majority, lie said in 1875 when important issues were at stake his competitor sent a telegram to "Hold Robeson and Save the State." He dilated on the groat crime against Democracy that this man was guilty of, daring 10 thwart the sacred purpose of the franchise.

"Hereafter this man," he said, "will be remembered as William Robeson Cox." General Cox followed, and when it came time to lake notice of his great crime, he said: "There is gopd ground for my speaking of One columnist quoted recently I my competitor as Moses Arnold I that, if Truman dared to do so he Bledsoe, because he has betrayed would also "relieve" both Vanden-' jberg and Sherman, air and navy members, because of their honesty a frankness in giving testimony before the committee. Recently the American Society MacArthur DUmisial Still Not Justified TO The Editor: After weeks of interrogating many witnesses, most of them either friendly to the administration or "tongue-tied" to the point of evasiveness through fear of the same punishment dealt out to General MacArthur, the big debate has, so far, failed to prove the President had any grounds save his constitutional prerogative interspersed with persual ani- jmosity, to. justify his rude dismis- jsal of General MacArthur. People In Review NEW YORK Should children bo made to dress alike? This question has our British cousins in a mild at the mom The grownups over there have- been doing a lot of things alike for years, sharing their wealth and health, watching Ihe same government, radio programs and eating the same number of eggs a week. But there are signs of rebellion.

The British Army has come up with a new i i sneers at the. standa ammunition used by tin; ril'le of other Allan- lie power's. And there was instant reaction against a proposal by Tory Sir i i a Darling a British children up to the age of 14 wear a "standard i in order to cut the cost of clothing. Chief fio-orier against this idea was John Taylor, the a named editor of "Tailor and Culler," a trade journal. "If all children to wear the snme uniform," he said, "then the a a a a a of a uniform a other people are not eligible to wear it will imme- i a vanish." I don't think i a holds water all.

It is typical of another old-fashioned Hril.ish idea a parents have any choice in i children i wear. llei-e in America the kids tell what they a and goes out and buys it for thorn anil there's no nonsense about congress having any i in the a i the lawmakers ever even considering the subject, American children have pretty much achieved Sir William Darling's goal in this country. They have adopted a uniform the cowboy suit. It is now standard with both sexes from tho ages of two to about 16. Up to about: 8 they seem to gallop about in full regalia --guns, bandanas, chaps, lassos and sombreros.

After a they go around like cowboys off-fluty, wearing only a pair of battered blue lovis and a sloppy shirt, with tho tail out. More and more the girls after Iho ago of 10 arc their hair short like the boys, and how they tell each other apart is a rnys- tory to me and. of course, none of my business. What difference does it make anyway? Girls will bo boys if they want. to.

The problom of even identifying i offspring at all is a task growing more harassing to the parents of small offspring, a 10-pallon hat how can you tell One small cowboy from another? It takes a real knowledge of movie horse operas. Returning to my lonoment home the other day, I met a worried mother who asked if I had passed her i son. She said he was wearing a cowboy suit. "One gun or two guns?" I asked. "One." "Hoy Rogers, Gone A or tho Cisco Kid?" "I believe he calls himself the Cisco Kid," she said.

"Certainly, madam." I told her. "The Cisco Kid is on the other side of the playground. A young lady who calls herself Miss llopa- long Cfissifly has got. him down and is boating his head on Ihe pavement. She says ho is a horse thief, and maybe you had bolter hurry." Carolina Caravan Students Help To Correct False Ideas About South IVv H1U, A a i I I OX THE ATLANTIC 2 The flat; of South hiKh on M-S Nelly loda.v.

Two girls of the North Carolina Youth Caravan to Germ.iny- Austria captured the spotlight, in a big way. causing all of we Southern folk on hoard to be truly proud of our group. Sue Upchurch from Raoford was named "Miss of the Nolly in a ship-wide beauty contest. A Southern belle if there ever was one. she wore a strapless a i red mulling suit.

The best description of the Queen of the Nolly perhaps was given by a British gent Ionian who said in typically English fashion. "Do you "see her i I ''an'' believe my eyes she is so a i All of our Rung is sure proud of Sue. As she walked out before everyone in ihe show, wo all snng Dixie and really gave her a hand. Hut her victory in part must be credited to our loader. Rev.

Forrest Hodden While preparing for (ho contest, Sue accidentally nicked her legs in several places and began to blood profusely. All efforts of the girls in her cabin to stop the bleeding wore to no avail. Soon they rounded up Rev. Hodden, who came a running with a bottle of alcohol and a stoptic stick. After working about half an hour the Wooding was chocked, the damage hid.

All this was completed just a few i before the contest began. Preachers have to be mon of i a a Kv 01 voito was teoljiu; happv mvr this we to a i on what various groups going to Ku- rope would do this summer. On the program representing our group was Pam Cherry. The program opened in a usual dull way; several speakers came on, went and then came Pam. Pam looked like a Southern lady and in a a friendly voice saiil, "If you-nll haven't hoard of wo-all from North Carolina you- all sure have missed something." This brought tho house clown and then she started to describe our work.

She told of our plans to work with Methodists in Austria and in Berlin, how wo hoped to bring encouragement to these oppressed minority groups, how wo plan- nod to work with youth groups, displaced persons, and so on. 1 Pam sure won a lot of friends i for North Carolina and for South. all have enjoyed trying correct false impressions I which so many people have about I tho South. I Some passengers on boat, especially those from Now England and from tho far west, pectod us to ho from largo plantations, live in big homes, and a tho Negroes of tho South. have tried to correct these i false impressions.

have tried to stress the point "that all Southerners don't belong to tho KKK and that outside interfcronco with tho Negro problom can do much more harm than good. Many of tho people with whom our group talkod know nothing about ac- a conditions. Wo, too. have learned uUiiil. parts of tho country.

All of of Newspaper Editors alleged that this administration was spending three hundred million dollars a year on propaganda, some of it in an endeavor to control public thought. Their success, can be judged by the liberal display of box car headlines in certain newspapers, who have in the past been hostile to the administration, declaring that "Bradley Raps MacArthur," while "The White House Backs Bradley," which is not news and was to be expected by even the most gullible. Certain columnists who have, in the past, proven that they would for a price, smear the very elect, have not hesitated to use half- truths, or outright camouflaged lies, in an effort to confuse the issue, one such recently captioning his column with "MacArthur Again Rides Down The Avenue," having reference to a political lie out of the whole clash, fathered by old Charlie Michclson, the New- Deal "ananias" of the 1930's, that MacArthur ordered troops to fire on the "bonus marchers," just prior to the 1932 national elections. It. should also be recalled that two Presidents branded this writer as a "common liar." while one of them later labeled him as a 0.

One news editorial endeavors to show "why MacArthurism is losing force" which is wishful thinking of the dreamiest, sort. As proof: Recently in a popularity poll conducted by a Democratic press in the Democratic state of Texas, MacArthur had a 5 to 1 lead over Mr. Truman. And recently an "arm o.hair military strategist," dubbed by a Tar Heel daily newspaper as "a specialist in psychological war- faro." questioned giving such unprecedented freedom of action to a general whoso recent errors of judgment have carried this lion close to i i a disaster." Another "fly-by night" chair warmer, who probably doesn't know what it's all about, questions "MacArlhur's military and war record." He should by all moans, keep as a "war souvenir" the chair he was warming, while MacArthur was successfully, battling tin 1 Japs from Now Guinea to Tokyo. But "kept" propagandists, who for any reason will try to smear their betters, may woll enjoy their ill-gotton "thirty pieces of silver," because, after all the 'frustration i stirred up by them and their ilk in an endeavor to discredit the general, it is still evident that the common people are more than convinced that, without, a doubt, ho has been made the 'scapegoat' for rhe blunders of i mon in big placos.

And beyond a doubt, the "Geth- scmane" ho has boon forced to endure will, in days to como prove a blessing in disguise, to both him and the American people. J. L. WALKER SI. Pauls.

Recalls Bitter Speech In 1876 Congress Race To The Editor: i I am under obligation to someone for an expansive and complete history of groat State of Robeson. I remember one thing about Roboson. a political speech a I hoard in 1876. In those days Greek mot Greek. They met face to face on the The speakers on this occasion were Genl.

Wm. R. Cox and Mosos A. Bl.edsoo. They wore pittod against.

each other in a race for Congress. Cox was running on the Democratic i Bledsoe was representing the Republicans. Blodsoo was not a loyal party I man ho could change his creed to moot any situation. Ho had re- I doscrtofl the Democratic i party. Blcdsoo made the first speech a ho was appealing to his list- loners to teach Cox a lesson for i perfidy in trying to defect jus- every political party he ever belonged to, or Mosos Africanus, because he is a loader of the African race." 1 was present and heard these two men speak.

Each did his level best to convict the other of being a crook. I am glad to get the facts about this telegram. Perhaps this political bout was the beginning of the error in the wording of the telegram. M. C.

MILLENDER, M. D. 240 Pearson Drive Asheville, N. C. GI Education Deadline Near MAXTON--A veteran will have his last chance to enroll for education at Presbyterian Junior College under the G.

I. Bill of Rights (Public Law 346) in the second term of summer school which begins 16. College classes and preparatory classes are offered in the day, and a night class in accounting will meet each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:30 to 10:40 p. m. Veterans interested in saving their opportunity to receive an education should write the Veterans Administration at once requesting a letter of eligibility for general college and business courses and night classes at Presbyterian Junior College and write the college, for information and entrance blanks.

The veteran must have begun training before July 25, 1951 or his bene- i expire, except in the case of Daily Bread By Rev. A. Purnell Bailey I'ray for lliein which despitaful- Jy use' you! (St. Matt. 5:44) Since God is ail-powerful he can change your enemy.

He may not work accord- to your time- I table or your idea, but he can change even the worst. It is important that we be free of resentment when we pray. A lew after the Civil War ended Robert E. Lee was telling of the grief he felt over the spirit of hatred that possessed so many persons in the South. He was'asked, "But did you never feel resentment toward the North?" He replied quietly.

"I believe I may say, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never known one moment of bitterness or resentment." Pray tor them which despitefully use. you! BIRTH Mr. ana Mrs. S. D.

Sanderson announce the birth of a son Thursday afternoon at the Thompson division of the Robeson County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sanderson is the- former Miss Dorothy Watts, daughter of Mr. and Wesley Watts. INFANT DEATH ST.

PAULS Graveside rites for Joan Ann Neeiy, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Neely of St. Pauls who died Saturday morning at Reeves Clinic, were held Sunday afternoon at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Surviving are her parents and Mr.

and Mrs. Charles M. Purvi- once and son, Johnny, have returned their home in California after a visit with Mrs. Purvionce's mother, Mrs. Walter Stone.

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