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?lj* BSarrrn Krrari) Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES, Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year. $3.00; Six Months, $1.50 Welcome, Dr. Graham When Dr. Frank Porter Graham delivers the commencement address at John Graham High School on Tues day night he will be speaking from the almost identical spot where he received his high school diploma at the old John Graham Academy around 60 years ago. Dr. Graham has many close ties with VVarrenton where he has fre quently visited and where he has spoken on several occasions. He is the nephew of the late John Graham, for whom the school is named. A former president of the Uni versity of North Carolina, where he was the architect of the consoli dated university plan, and a former United States Senator, he is at present a United Nations media tor. John Graham High School is in deed fortunate to have a speaker of such prestige and ability as Dr. Gra ham, recognized as one of North Carolina's greats, deliver the com mencement address. It is well, we think, that in the twilight of a life dedicated to education and to the service of his fellowman, that he is to honor and be honored by a school that bears the name Graham. Knowing and admiring Dr. Graham for many years, we believe that he will welcome the opportunity to again visit Warrenton where much of his heart is still to be found. We be lieve that Warren County citizens will welcome the opportunity to make amends for wounds unjustly afflict ed on a noble man in the heat of an emotional Senatorial campaign, with charges that passing years have proven to be utterly absurd and ut terly unjust. Dr. Graham never uttered a word of public protest. With his Senator ial job done, he simply turned to another field of service, the United Nations, where he again demon strated his great^jibility and his love of his leuovvman. Welcome, Dr. Graham. A Matter Of Confidence Writing in the Sunday edition of The Durham Morning Herald, Ann Colarusso, a staff writer who writes on the General Assembly, had the following comment on proposed changes in the UNC Board of Trus tees: ' "Strangely enough, the most ardent supporters of change are not men who are unfriendly to UNC or to the trustees. They are men like Rep. Hugh Johnson of Duplin. John son appears to believe that some change is necessary just to restore public confidence in the university." The Implication in the quoted paragraph is that the people of North Carolina have lost confidence in their university, which to us is just so much hogwash. While it is true that since its creation nearly 200 years ago, there have always been people of North Carolina who disapproved of the Uni versity of North Carolina as a "hot bed of atheism," and later as a place of "the wrong ideas, commun ism and what have you, but by and large the people of North Carolina admire, respect and love the uni versity, although there may be some misgivings on the part of some who do not know the difference between the functions of a college and a uni versity. In spite of a foolish gag law, which The Christian Science Monitor re cently said "The Legislature showed the good sense to repeal," the Uni versity is steadily growing in status and service, in spite of needs for funds, and is making progress towards becoming one of the lead ing universities in the country. It has recently been ranked among the top six universities of the South, along with Duke, The University of Virginia, the University of Texas, Tulane, and Vanderbilt. Its national ranking is further attested to by a recent grant of nearly five million dollars for research from a nation al organization. Its graduate school is one of the best in the country and its stand ards and enrollment are constantly increasing. In the face of its re cord it is ridiculous to intimate that the people have lost confidence in the University of North Carolina. It would be nearer the truth, we think, to say that the public is losing con fidence in a legislature which is willing to play politics with the edu cation of its children. Graham (Continued from page 1) rected by Robert M. Davis. Baccalaureate Sermon The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered at the school auditorium on Sun day night by the Rev. John R, Link, pastor of the War renton Baptist Church. The invocation will be given by the Rev. L. T. Wilson and the scripture reading will be given by the Rev. J. M. Long. The Rev. Grady J.Hayneswill pronounce the benediction. fmtaii (Continued from page I) honoring the occasion will be Rex Gordon, prin cipal, said that members of the i of 1917 a* well as mar shals and others participating > the original exercises have Mm invited to return as spe tests. Many, he said, have ?ted their Into* to be the occasion. rctses ware be school on twhtn the High will be held on Sunday night at 8 o'clock at the gym when the Rev. Alfred Ayscue, cas tor of Pir.e Level Baptist Church, will be the speaker. Mr. Ayscue is a former pas tor of the Wise Baptist Church. On Wednesday morning, June 7, at lOo'cIock an awards program will be held In the gymtorium. At this time the honors and awards which var ious students have earned over the past year will be presented. Principal Gordon said the public la cordially invited to attend each of these programs. Morgan Speaker At Littleton School Senator Robert B. Morgan of Harnett County will be the commencement speaker at graduating exercises at Littleton Hldl School on Monday nlgfrt at 8 o'clock. Hm Rev. Frank K Pulley, rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church it Loulsburg, will de liver the baccatanra*e ser mon on Sunday night * 8 o'clock. The Rev. Cardell Troutman, pastor of Enterprise ? Clark Is Speaker At Lions Meeting Dan dark of Rocky Mount, district commercial super visor of the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Company, was the principal speaker at the regular meet ing of the Warren ton Lions Club at Colonial Lodge last Friday night. Presented by Lion Ed Hooker, Clark talked on the direct distance dialing system recently installed by the local telephone company. The new system allows telephone users to dial a long distance call without going through the operator, dark used a large map of the United States with special Illumination to illus trate his talk. By pressing a button the root* at an auto matic call would he traced on this map. He said that about 67 per cent of the country now has direct dialing. President Pete Barrows presided over the meeting. Uon Ted Wilson said the grace. Monroe and Nellie Gardner led in group singing. District Governor Gardner In tommy Warner as a of the club. War ner was sponsored by Lion W. R. Drake. Hy Diamond made a Dr. Morgan Tells Of Beainning As Evanaelist By DR. S. L. MORGAN The first VMk, after begin ning my pastorate at Little ton, August 1, 1804, I went out a few miles to preach a week at Harriss Chapel in revival services, vreaching in revival services was new to me. I had preached in one re vival meeting in W. Va. dur ing my first pastorate of two yeais. I remember Harriss Chapel as a dear little church of plain, good people. A young blind preacher named Mar shall, well trained in music, had been invited, and he help ed much by leading the sing ing. He became widely known over all that area as preach er and singer, and as an ad mirable person. The small church was pack ed at the two day services, with lunch on the ground. My diary notes that there were seven conversions, mostly men and boys. During that week I first became aware that my solos could be a de cided help in winning people. For many years afterward I usually sang rather regularly in my revival meetings. The happiest memory of my years in Richmond College was my part with the college glee club, directed by Prof. R. E. Gaines. Besides, I had taken some vocal lessons under good teachers. My favorite solo In my early pastorates was, "Will there be any Stars In my Crown?" My people in the congregation at Enterprise loved it so, that on a return visit a good many years later, there seemed a demand for me to sing it again. At first that little church, Enterprise, was so weak in leaders that 1 had to urge the man I thought best fitted to be a leader to become superin tendent of the Sunday school. Under my pressure Ed L. Hale accepted, and served for a good many years. He declared my pressure had made the Christian life a Joy to him, and his family, long after, asked me to take part In his funeral. Not long after the revival at Harriss Chapel, an event occurred that was to influence all my future life. I was con ducting the funeral of aproml nent Littleton member (Mrs. Wilker?) when a couple came from Harriss Chapel Church asking me to come for the funeral of the organist who had played for us in the church during the revival just weeks before. She was a beautiful talk on International Under standing. Bill Benton of Littleton, zone chairman, was a guest of the club. Lion Eugene Odom was Lion X and the dollar went to Lion C. W. Currin. young wife and mother. Sunday afternoon before, she was in her father's home, standing by her sister near the organ, and was singing the last stanza of the hymn, "I'm Going Home to Die No More," when sud denly her head dropped on the shoulder of her sister?dead, and in the hotne she was singing about. Her beautiful smiling face came back to me as I had so recently seen her dally for a week. And now a sudden heart attack had taken her "Home." And I could never forget her two little girls as they stood by her grave, sobbing their hearts out. They, and the beau ty and loveliness of their mother, moved me as I had seldom been moved and the unforgettable memory, left something so poignant that it has, indeed, been a force in my life as a minister. Two years ago I wrote that story briefly for a Littleton paper, and it resulted in a beautiful sequel: those two girls, mature women and the husband of one, drove to see me in the Hamilton home, and asked to kiss me for writ ing the "beautiful story of their mother." One of them is postmaster at Hollister. It seemed to me maybethelove liest visit of all I've had in nearly three years. It's a story that has really given depth to my life as a minister. At Littleton a young Metho dist minister, Raymond Browning, put a marked stamp on my life. He was principal of a Methodist academy for boys, under the same auspices as the college. He was my warm friend, a lovely singer, often attended our services and rather frequently sang in a male quartet with me in our church. After ceasing to be head of the Academy in Littleton, he became known widely as a high-grade evangelist. He was eloquent and magnetic, insist ed on a conversion that turned one into a high type of Christ ian. His was a high standard. Some of his revivals seemed to bring an entire town or community to higher living. I counted him a fascinat ing personality. One day in my room, he was standing by my bookcase looking at boofcs when he said, "Morgan, you have some things I like." I thought he referred to certain books. He replied, "You love your people; I like that!" He couldn't have pleased me more. And to this day, when I think of the people of Littleton and the community round about, I feel a thrill that can mean only love. And I can't doubt that the gracious people, alike In town or coun try responded to my love. A good number of years after my pastorate ended, I went back on * visit. A? I walked down the aisle to the fronts as I had done hundreds of tones, all at once it came to me, "If heavenly reunion can be more precious than thts,?what must be Its do-. Court (Continued from page 1) guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was sentenced to the roads for 90 days, with a recommendation that he be placed under work release. Roy Shear In pled guilty of escaping from the N, C. State Prison System, and had 90 days on roads added to sen tence previously imposed. Harry Blake Johnson was sentenced to the roads for 30 days when he pled guilty to a charge of gambling. The road sentence was suspended upon condition that the defendant pays a $50 fine and court costs. Maynard Calvin Paynter was given a 30 days sentence to the roads when he pled guilty of drunk driving. The sentence was suspended pro vided the defendant pays a fine of $100 and court costs. The State took a nol pros with leave in the case of Percy O'Neal, charged with escape. Robert Jenkins Pittard, charged with speeding and failing to stop at s$op sign, entered a plea of speeding 75 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs. Tyler Carter Webb, Jr., charged with speeding, en tered a plea of driving 75 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone. Prayer for Judgment was continued for one year provided the defendant does not drive a motor vehicle upon the public highways for llgWI" And I feel surging through me a real pity tor the pas tor: ?*x>d*esn't know the real delight of loving hts people and feel the joy of their loving him InTfur^, " 30 days and pays court costs. William Gray Neal pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving and was given a 30 days road sentence. The sen tence was suspended provided the defendant pays a fine of $100 and court costs. Ivey Manuel Clark, who was charged with speeding and driving with an expired opera tor's license, pled guilty to driving with expired opera tor's license, but not guilty to speeding. A jury found him guilty to driving in excess of 75 miles per hour. He was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and court costs. In the case of State vs. Roy Shearln, It was ordered that the State recover from the defendant the sum of $50 paid attorney by State and the judg ment be placed on the Hen docket. The State took a nol pros with leave In three cases against Willie Butler Davis, charged with violations of whiskey laws. The State took a nol pros with leave In the case of Har ry Blake Johnson, charged with operating a gambling house. " ?-?*v " George Edward Stevenson failed to appear In court to answer to a speeding charge. Judgment on his bond was or dered and a capias was Issued. John Thomas Southerland, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, also failed to appear in court. His bond was declared forfeited and a capias was issued. Moses Levister was granted a divorce from Margaret Annie Gill Levister. Wallace Holtzman was granted a divorce from Mil dred Ball Holtzman and given custody of their two children. Mary Sommervill Hender son was granted a divorce from John L. Henderson. A case against George Washington Davis, charged with drunk driving, was con tinued because the defendant was in Veterans Hospital. Other cases continued in cluded: James William Pre war, drunk driving; John Thomas Southerland, assault with deadly weapon; George Edward Stevenson, speeding; Duster Richardson, drunk driving; Milton Owen Gard ner, Involuntary manslaughter and driving on wrong side of road not in passing; Walter Davis Hawkins, drunk driv ing. Miss Linda Norwood of Wayne Technical School in Goldsboro, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. Norwood, at Areola during the quarter break. 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