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Bond Issue Proved Profitable
For a long time people will be
talking about how fortunate Warren
ton is that the huge damage from last
week's fire was no greater, recount
ing the help of firemen, the fact
that no wind was blowing, and that
the brick wall on the East of the
Dameron building was solid and
without windows, recognizing that
had the Dameron building burned
a great portion of the business dis
trict would have probably gone with
it.
But there is another thing not so
often mentioned that has made pos
sible the routine operation of busi
ness here after the town had lost
its water tank as a result of the ware
house fire. That is, that Warren
ton citizens had the good sense to go
to Fishing Creek a few years ago
as the result of a bond issue for an
ample water supply. Under the sur
face water system, the pumps can
maintain pressure in the water
mains without an elevated tank.
With the old well system this would
have been impossible.
Of course, the maintenance of
pressure by pumps is but a make
shift and an elevated tank, serving
both to maintain pressure and to
store a water supply for emergen
cies is necessary, and thus the loss
of the tank is a real financial blow
to the town. But it should be re
membered that without a water sup
ply the town would soon become
uninhabitable, and that without the
modern pumps provided by the bond
issue that there would be no water
supply.
It is regrettable, in the light of
what has transpired, that the citi
zens defeated a bond issue here
several years ago in which provi
sion was made for a 150,000-gal
lon tank located at a site without
the business district, but happily
the commissioners have decided to
erect a 150,000-gallon tank at an
other site from that of the de
stroyed tank. The failure of the
bond issue in question does dem
onstrate that sometimes in trying
to save at the spigot we lose at
the bung.
In order to erect another tank
a bond issue will be required, but
since the cost of the larger tank
is not much greater than one of the
size of the destroyed tanks, and
since the necessity for another
tank is obvious, there should be
little difficulty in the passage of
the necessary bond issue.
Town Officials To Be Congratulated
The Board of Town Commission
ers are to be congratulated upon
their * decision at a called meeting
Monday night to erect a 150,000
gallon tank to replace the 75,000
gallon t^nk destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night of last week and to
locate the tank in the northern sec
tion of town where pressure may be
obtained from both the pumps at the
filter plant and from the proposed
tank.
The commissioners, Mayor Miles
and Town Manager J. Ed Rooker
are also to be congratulated upon
the diligence with which they have
been working to make quickly avail
able a temporary water pressure
system for the town and for planning
for the erection of a permanent tank
'iiere. They have been in called ses
sion in two or more occasions and
have spent many hours working for
the benefit of the town.
In addition to consulting with gov
ernment officials in the hope of
obtaining a grant for a new water
tank and with engineers in planning
both emergency and, permanent
water supplies, the town officials
have also shown considerable ingen
uity in completing temporary plans
to keep a normal flow of water in
the mains and to prepare for the
emergency of fire.
The governing body of the town is
doing a good job and deserve the
thanks of all our citizens.
Dr. Nathan P. Fitts
On another page we are publish
ing the final article by Dr. Nathan
Fitts on "Legendary Figures" of
Warren County. Shortly after the
article was put into type on Tues
day moraing, we received word that
Dr. Fitts had died in his sleep at
Veterans Hospital on Tuesday morn
ir.g.
It seems appropriate that we
run the article as Dr. Fitts wrote
it, because it is indicative of the
natural kindness of the man who
loved his town, his county, his rela
tives, and was quick to point out
those things that added to their lus
ter. It is also indicative of life,
for on the morning's mail we had
received a letter from Dr. Fitts
telling of his plans for future arti
cles about Warren County people
and people whose lives were part
ly shaped by the county. Looking
forward to life, he calmly left it,
as if a door had been opened and a
good friend walked through it, to be
seen no more.
We had been privileged in the
past few months to know Dr. Fitts
rather well and to see him quite
often, so the news of his death
came as a personal loss. We were
impressed with his natural kindness,
with his sense of civic responsibil
ity, 'his loyalty to his kin and his
country, and with his sense at com
passion for the unfortunate. We are
also deeply grateful for his kind
words of encouragement so often
or spoken when support was
In the death of Dr. Fitts War
renton and Warren County have lost
a good citizen, and we have lost a
good friend.
Sets An Example
The Milwaukee Journal
The Maldives, smallest member of the
United Nations with only 97,000 citizens,
has its own broadcast service. And this
cluster of little islands in the Indian Ocean
must rank as one of the most permissive
societies existing. The Associated Press
reported recently on a series of broadcasts
in Male, capital of the country.
First there was a period of American
music. Then Radio Moscow gave a news
program. The Voice of America followed,
trailed by th e British Broadcasting system
and All-India Radio, U. A. Khalell, deputy
foreign minister, explains that "we like to
be friends with everybody who likes to be
friends with us."
Small as it is, the Maldives would do the
world a service if it could get that policy
adopted in the UN.
Quotes
Fun is like life insurance; the older
you get, the more it costs.?Kin Hubbard.
We should be content with what we have
but never with what we are.?Channlng Pol
lock.
Those who dream by day are cognizant
of many things which escape those who
dream only by night.?Edgar Allen Poe.
There la not much comfort In life until
one la old enough to have the courage of hU
cussedness.?Don Harold.
With reasonable care the human body will
last a lifetime.?Arnold GUaow.
Legendary Figures
BUCK AND BOB
CDr. Graham, former Pres
ident of UNC, former Senator
from North Carolina and now
of the United Nations, was
called Buck by his classmates.
House was called Bob by
Dr. Frank, also by other In
timate friends. Bob House Is
Chancellor Emeritus of UNC.
Hence I chose the tltleof Buck
and Bob.)
These two men, Buck and
Bob, were educational and
spiritual twins. Their twlnshlp
extended Into other areas of
endeavor. I'll mention some of
these twlnshlps as follows:
They were both prepared
for college In Warrenton, N. C.
Both of them were Latin
scholars under the tutelage of
John Graham, Dr. Frank Gra
ham's uncle and a famous
Latin teacher.
Each served in World Wax
I. Dr. Frank (as he was af
fectionately called by his stu
dents) was a Lieutenant in the
Marines in WWI. Bob House
was a Lieutenant in Infantry
in WWI 1917-1918.
They were both Greek
scholars at UNC.
Both of them became mas
ters of the dicta and scripta
of English prose.
And, of course, they were
both cultured gentlemen of the
first water.
The first time I saw and
heard Dr. Frank Graham was
at a political rally in War
renton. He was running against
Lawyer Smith of Raleigh, N.
C. Lunsford Long Introduced
him to us in the Warren Coun
ty courthouse. His presence
brought rapt attention the min
ute he began to speak. This
most articulate man defined
the issues sharply, using his
fingers to illustrate his points,
pointing not at you but upward.
His voice was not heavy, but
it was in the clear tones of a
calm and self contained speak
er.
The next and last time I
saw, and first time I spoke
to him was at the Airport in
Alexandria, Va. He was walk
ing down the corridor In a
meditative mood. I was drawn
to him immediately. I intro
duced myself and also a lady
of high degree whose husband
was a close friend of mine.
She was to pick up her hus
band in Washington that night
after dropping me at the air
port. It was shortly before his
appointment to the Senate in
1949. I assumed that his flight
was to the Orient, having read
of his great work in Indonesia.
I was to take a plane to New
Orleans in order to sign on
the transport General Mc
Crae as Ships Surgeon and
make sail for Naples, Italy,
so as to bring back to Brazil
a load of refugees. The ship
was a government transport
under the franchise of the
Export Lines.
I told Dr. Frank that I
know Dean House and was
under his deanshlp while tak
ing a course In Public Health
and that the great Milton Rose
man was my professor In 1937.
His face brightened into such
a smile that would tell anyone
that his first love was the
University of North Carolina.
Our conversation was animat
ed but short, for his plane
was about ready to take flight.
I could have talked to Dr.
Frank all night without be
Letter
To Editor
SCHOOL OPENING
SHOULD BE DELAYED
To The Editor:
I see our good Board of
Education has turned down
the pleas of many farmers,
also a request from the Coun
ty Agent, to put off the open
ing of schools for one week.
It seems as our Board knows
better than the boards In ad
Joining counties and all the
farmers of our own county,
also our county agent. Chil
dren don't do anything now but
help save tobacco.
1 wonder If our Board real
izes what the tobacco means
to the children in getting
them ready for school! Labor
Is hard to get and the chil
dren play a good part in sav
ing the crop. Of course the
children, or a good part of
them, will stay at home and
help and that is what they
should do, but it la not right
to cut them out of a week of
school when they are doing
what they should do.
I am tor education; bat there
are somethings Just as impor
tant, and even more so. I
think every banker, every
lending agency and every sup
ply man in the county would
say put the schools off.
W. K. TURNER
rl a
Henderson, N. C.
coming tired.
Dr. Graham was too peat
to be Just a Senator. He was
too strong to be a slave to an
unpredictable and capricious
constituency. He was a states
man before entering the
Senate.
While he was In the Sen
ate, he doubtless Influenced a
number of his colleagues to
strive from political ex
pediency toward the stellar
regions of statesmanship.
Chancellor Emeritus Bob
sent me a pamphlet of the
presentation ceremonies of
his portrait. In his speech,
Dr. Frank said of Chancellor
House:
"As I see him here, com
rade of many enterprises, I
am reminded that Presidents
come and presidents go, but
Bob House, 'like old man
river, he Just keeps rolling
on.' They tell me, Bob,
that In a year or so, the
Mississippi will reach New
Orleans. When you reach the
freer and wider waters,
and return to your first love
of teaching, whether it be
Greek, Latin or English, it
will be with mastery and hap
piness. You will through any
of them teach your own au
thentic home spun philo
sophy."
(To Be Continued)
~ rrsTHaw p. fitts, m. d.
Tickets
(Continued from page 1)
game.
Coach Jon Burwell said that
with most of his boys return
ing to the basketball court he
looked for a good season in all
three sports.
Principal Bartholomew ex
pressed his appreciation to the
Boosters for the support that
they have given the athletic
program in particular and the
school in general over the
years.
B. G. White and M. D.
Hllliard, in charge of the
ticket sales, distributed tic
kets to a number of the
Boosters for sale. White said
the goal last year was 250
and that 240 tick at s ware sold.
Ha said thai he hoped this year
that the goal of 250 may be
reached.
President Nat White spoke
briefly about the value of a
good athletic program to stu
dents and school, before de
claring the meeting adjourned.
Robinson Funeral
To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for John
Robinson, 43, of Warrenton,
who died on Aug. 19, will be
conducted Saturday at 3:30
p. m. at Spring Green Baptist
Church by the Rev, I. C.
Cooper, Jr., pastor of the
Oak Chapel A. M. E. Church
in Warrenton. The body will
be carried to Wadesboro for
burial Sunday.
Mr. Robinson was a native
of Wadesboro but for the past
20 years, had worked and made
his home in Warren and Nash
Counties where he was af
filated with Green's Funeral
Home in Warrenton and Rich
ardson Funeral Home in Nash
ville as funeral director and
embalmer. He had been in
retirement since November of
last year and had been in de
clining health for the past two
or three years.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Virginia Robinson, and
two sons of Englewood, N. J.;
six sisters, three brothers
and his step-mother, all of
Wadecboro.?? .
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Mrs. Hawkins Observes
Her Hundredth Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Hawkins cele
brated her 100th birthday at
her home In the Snow Hill
Community Sunday, August 20,
at 3:30 p. m. This event was
especially significant, being
that five generations were to
gether as follows:
Mrs. Hawkins; her daugh
ter, Miss Annie Mae Hawkins;
her granddaughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Williams; her great
granddaughter, Mrs. Rosa W,
Inez News
Miss Debbie Paschall of
Hampton, Va., Is spending
some time with Miss Jenni
fer Taylor.
Mr. R. J. Harmon and
granddaughter, Mary Ann
Davis, have returned from a
visit with relatives in West
ern North Carolina.
Masters Glenn and Victor
Coleman spent several days
at Atlantic Beach with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Whitford.
Mrs. L. A. Fowler has re
turned home after a visit with
her mother at Mt. Lookout,
West Virginia.
Mrs. Rue Coleman and Mrs.
Glenn Coleman, Sr., visited in
Rocky Mount, Friday.
MRS. HAWKINS
Green, and her great-great
granddaughter, Miss Wanda
Faye Green. Miss Gussie Y.
Williams, another great
granddaughter, Misses Angi
nette and Patrina Green,
great - great - granddaughters
and Delton Green, great-great
grandson, were also present,
along with many other rela
tives and friends.
Refreshments, consisting
of a beautiful birthday cake
and several other calces, ice
cream, peanuts, mints and
punch, were served.
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