Star Published The Record P. O. BOX 70 - W BIGNALL JONES. Editor ■y By Company I, n. c. nsn DUKE JONES, Businew Manager Member North Carolina Preee Aaaociation ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER XT THS POST OTFICK IN WAIiRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. UNDER THE LAWS Of CONGRESS "Second CUM Portage Paid At Wanutoo, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: gS 5SiSi«S , Citizens Urged To Vote Seldom In the history of this country has there been a time when it was more important for the people to become Involved in the affairs of their nation than it is now. An opportunity for this involvement will occur on next Tuesday, Nov. 3, when the General Election will be held over the nation. We trust that our people will show their interest by going to the polls and voting for the candidates of their choice. Their votes could be important to the well being of the county. hi addition to the vote for candidates, seven Important amendments to the North Carolina Constitution will be submitted to the voters. S seems to us that several of these amendments have considerable merit. They are explained briefly in a public service advt. prepared by the North Carolina Bar Association and carried on page 4 of this newspaper. We trust that our readers will give these amendments their careful consideration because of their importance, whether or not one approves or disapproves of thb!r We are inclined to suppor, ^ndments, due in part to tfca ^ of the men rer sponsible for t submission to the ' people. WhJJ.e we are on the subject of ■ amendments Jfco the State ConstituI tion, it occurs to us to "be a pity * that a change can not be made in the I matter of the electtm pf-^the offl| cers of the «ahMh4jbUrts. On next Tuesday Warren County voters will be asked to vote for three Justices of the Supreme Court, for three Justices of the Court of Appeals and for S3 Superior Court Judges. ft Is with the manner of electing the Superior Court Judps that we have our quarrel. Few of the Judges to be elected have ever or will ever bold court In Warren County. Many of tbe candidates are unknown to our voters, even their names are unfamiliar. Under the circumstances It Is impossible for a voter to express the Judgment that a voter should express when be casts his ballot. NOt only does tbe manner of electing the Judges and the large number of candidates confuse the voters but It puts a great strain upon election officials, often calling for all-night work on the part of registrars and Judges of election and delay In election returns. Next Tuesday this process in Warren County will be greatly simplified If our voters carry out the usual practice of voting the straight Democratic ticket, but even In this event It will not be a simple matter to count and tabulate the votes for 29 candidates. If tbe tickets should be split, the count would be greatly complicated. ft seems to us that our people would be better served if tbey were required to vote only for the Superior Court Judges in the districts In which they reside. Soul City Raises Question Much of the contents of Black Journal as carried over TV Station 4 on Monday night was devoted to : Soul City in Warren County and proved quite interesting. Pictured b was the old Satterwhlte home, the < old cemetery where many former residents of the plantation are buried, and a number of trailers being used by those concerned with L the planning of the city. Floyd McKisslck, promoter of Soul City, was the principal narrator, but a number of local blades ; were shown by the camera in ; various conferences held at Soul ; City. Among these were T. T. Clay! ton and Frank Ballance, Warrenton attorneys, and the pastor of a Show Hill Church, whose name we do not immediately recall. In the discussion a alight difference arose over the question of ; building a church wk Soul City, ahow£ log that there are minor as well \ as major 1 problems Involved in • the building of a city. Some of the - group favored a large central ; church, and others favored the ! retention of the present surroundj log churches. The pastor of the Snow Hill church, an advocate of «j retention of the present churches, ; said that if Soul City should bei come a city of 10,000 inhabitants :j he would count on at least 3,000 persons : joining the Show Hill church. McKisslck said thai on January * 1 there was only one inhabitant | of Soul City and that there are now ; 52 inhabitants. Also shown were 1 several activities with youth groups. I did not the t problems confrontingbuilders, thechirtof wMchUlsckofmoosy. tag Soul City would reach $S50 | million, . ractly, but be a city In Warren County. Should his dream become a reality, it does pose a question at some interest. The question is if Soul City becomes an all black city will the Federal Government require the. busing at white students into Soul City to maintain a racial balance. The question, we feel, not only points to the dilemma of integration, but also shows that in this world it is very difficult to have our cake and est it too. An Unlikely Hero '•The Itoiuiac Twentlee" product a lot of unlikely heroes, but none mora unlikely than John T. Scopes, vfao died Wednesday at 70. Seapea' one claim to lame - aa the oeater of the Dayton, Tean, "monkey trial** — la aa fickle a product of fata aa anyoaa imagine. Deaptte the underlying algntftrance of Scopea' trial. It was farce from beginning to end. The lav agalnat teaching Darwinian theory waa a flake piece of legislation that almost no one expected to be enforced, ever. The trial In Dayton was concocted by local figures who aaw It as a way to draw attaatlon to their town. B was turned into a nations! performance by the American Civil Liberties union which was locking lor a test case. Scopes was a likable, obliging temporary teacher in Dayton who agreed to be th* light-, nlng rod for the teat case. Zvaathna, ha had a problem, alnce he dMa't teach bialogy and hadn't gone Into Darwiaiam. Hut problem was notvnd thanks to the fact he had once substituted lor the biology teacher In a class where the teatbook made eome alight bat approving mention of Darwin's theories. So a Dsn who hsd never quite committed the offense he waa charged with went on trial for a town that carad mora ahoat local bashmaa than the content of Ma local aehool hooka. Appropriately enough, Soopea never uttered a word during tha trial. Hia ooovlctloe was ultlmstaly sat aside by a higher oowt on a The irony of Scopes' life is thst he, tor one, was eaUraly stnoere aboot his cane. Mostly p Personal ■y MONALL JONES M started with my wtte reedteg a recipe for perslmmoo puddkf and mM after a erabte ride, a lone walk, and a combined hunt for peraimmons, arrow beads and quail on Sta>day afternoon, and finally vttli the consumption of part of a persimmon pudding on Sunday ■10*. The reading of the recipe was roaponalhla lor our riding aome SO mites to a part ot Karr Lain ^ara ay wtte remembered that aba had aaaa persimmon troaa last fall. But part of tha road leading to this particular spot had bsaa abandoned by tha Virginia Highway Department and Mocked with a and troaa. Wa lalt tha car, panatratad tha barrier and walked about tmlla to the spot where the trees were located. There were throe of them, but two of them contained tew ripe persimmons and the third waa loaded with large, but unripe fruit Sunday afternoon waaabeautlful time tor walking and the mile to the persimmon trees was Just enough to get me limbered up. As I searched for other persimmon trees I crossad a large teapedeza field and near Us end I flushed a large oovey of quail. X must have been more than 30 years since I had been bird hunting but It all came back to me, with the thought that I might try my luck again thla fall. The birds flew "*1 X pretended to have a gun and aimed at two of the birds in succession, like a little boy with a toy gun, muttering bangbang. And then I spent nearly an hour walking over the surrounding areas in searchof a Ingle birds, finding only one, which ottered me another clear ■hot. I got no birds, but 1 did •njoy at least half the pleasure Ot hirnHny This bird hunt was different In that I hunted persimmon trees, arrow heada and birds at the same time. Meanwhile, my wlte and daughter had abandoned the quests tor persimmons and had gone to the beaches to hunt arrowheads, with little success. The ride back home was a beautiful one with the colorful foliage of trees and tha brilliant hues ot sumac and sassafras fcwhes. Beyond Soul City we found a small persimmon tree, loaded with ripe fruit and obtained all the fruit we needed. That night I ate my first peri slmmon pudding and found it