. SECTION TWO The Roundup By WILBORNE HARRELL STREET SCENE Five taxi drivers, between runs, standing in the sun against a brick wall, soaking up a little warmth . . . I have seen terrapins sunning themselves on a log in much the same manner. “It ' takes a heap 'o living in a house to call it home” is a line made famous by Edgar A. Guest, the people’s poet, and it also takes a heap more than i,cold intellectuality to create the warmth and love and humaness that comprise the average fami ly. But intellectuality, it seems, is what the N. J. Child Welfare Board expected of the Combs family, when they charged that the Combs were not educated and sufficiently intellectual to ~7~~ i il — — f; SENATOR 4 SAM ERVIN Washington Last week the Senate referred the House-pass ed civil rights bill to the Judici ary Committee, instructing the Committee to promptly return it with or without action. Spectacle The country haS| been witnessing an unnecessary' spectacle for the past weeks. I| refer to the Senate debate on I the Dirksen bill. The Senate I should never have taken up civil rights legislation until the House acted. In effect, that is what the situation is now. While I think those of us who have attempted to inject a note of reason into the debate have ac complished' much good, the Sen ate no loijger has its bill fori consideration. Its' j leting Section I as well as broadening and changing other | aspects of the Dirksen bill, now' must be reareued. I Must Be Amended —The House bill must be amended by the Senate. It is very unwise legis lation, fraught with what I sin cerely believe to be unwise and unconstitutional transgressions by the Federal government. I pro-' pose ito introduce and argue fori amendments to alter the House' version in a number of respects, j To me, it would be abandon ment of legislative responsibili ty to approve the House bill without change on the theory that change would necessitate a conference between the two I bodies to iron oUt differences.! This is the wisdom of the legis-i latlve process; to abandon it in | the bead-long rush for political! advantage will be disastrous. Moreover, I do not see how the Senate can accept Part I inasmuch as it decisively elimi WIfCHIIVI c*f the CUft ’4— % i mimmui mmamamm] '. ~ . ‘imagination and ability are j tfte fertile hills, serenity the [ sunshine that should bathe them.” Tbei% it a serene quality that • denotes expert directorship < when we officiate. * ' ’ r -‘ ■■ n* * ; THE CHOWAN HERALD rear their little four-year-cdd foster child, Alice Marie. Be cause of Alice Marie’s unusual brightness, the Welfare Board instituted proceedings to remove Alice from the Combs family and place her in custody of per sons who would give her a more educated home-life. But the Welfare Board overlooked the most important angle in this case, and that was, the Combs family could give Alice Marie what all the education, sophisti cation and erudition in the world could not give her —the all-embracing love and care of devoted parents and a happy home-life. Fortunately, this story ended happily, for the Welfare Board reconsidered and the Combs family were allowed to ; nated this section only recently. ■ You will recall this is the part that deals with obstruction of t j court orders in school desegrega tion cases. When it was broad ; ened to cover all cases, such as labor-management disputes, those !| of us who had felt no necessity it for the section from the begin ning were joined by Senators l who apparently feared the dis ; pleasure of groups other than ! Southerners. To resurrect this : Section now in the name ofi ■ quick passage of the House billj : will be an abdication of legisla- ] . tive responsibility. To passj wrongful legislation which! ■i non-partisans in the North andj • j Soutli agree dobs exist in the] i House bill—knowingly cannot be ■| justified. 1 What About the Future? —One (Who values our constitutional ■ and legal systems and t K e bal , ance of power between the , States and Federal Government becomes very concerned over, [ the prospects of passing a so-] called voting rights bll which] .'applies to state and local elec-! .] t : ons. I have said many times *hat the denial of the right to { vote to qualified persons of all j races cannot be justified. I do not quarrel with efforts to help those qualified persons in a few places who may have been de nied this right! do do resist j ‘he constant erosion of consti ! tutional and legal principles and , the encroachment of Federal power which is slowly reducing MR. FARMER SEE US FOR YOUR ' Seed Peanut Shelling We have the newest equipment to Pre-Clean your Peanuts of all trash and dirt before they go into the shell er. Our equipment is the most up-to date in this section of the State and we invite you to inspect it at any time. We Are Now Open For Business TELEPHONE 2423 Seed Peanuts For Sale Chowan Storage Co. L. E. BUNCH, Mgr. W. Carteret St Edenton, N. C. you. keep Alice Marie. FLOWERS TO THE Inglis Fletcher, more than any other person, has made me aware of the history and tra ditions that lie around me. Things I had been seeing with my eyes all my life, but never with unde> standing. THE WEST—William F (Buffalo) Bill Cody, as a Pony Express rider in his early years, is credited with making what is probably one of the longest rides in the history of the West. A mere continuous, without rest, canter of 3tH miles. Preserve Edenton’s Past with a progressive Present . the States to meaningless zeros on the map of the country. What the future holds in this respect we are unaole to esti mate, but it will indeed be a sad day for all citizens of all races when a Federal govern ment from Washington is given the responsibility for these functions that have always been ■left to local government and the people. It should be repeated frequently that the only way these problems can be solved is at the local level where people live. By the time this column ap pears in print, thi£ people should be able to tell whether political expediency will over come reason in this election year. Weeklv Devotional? Column By JAMES MacKRNZIE ' Many years ago, in a small church in an English manufac turing to#»^«r**roung i -Woman of fered to teach a Sunday School class. She was told there were no vacant classes, but a room would be provided if she would go out and round up a class of boys for herself. Nothing daunted, she went in- , use {£sso) -[ HEATING OIL • automatic delivery service CALL 2319 Harrell Oil Co. West Water Street DUTY-BOUND— Postmistress Sylvia Swanson stands beside what may be one of the largest balls of string in the world. She started the ball growing in 1927 when a federal directive to her Twelve Mile, Ind.. post office urged employes to save st>- ; to the slums of the city and gathered a class of poor, ragged boys. Among these the wors* and most unpromising was one named Bob. The superintendent bought each of the boys a new suit of clothes to wear to Sun day School, but after two or three Sundays Bob quit com ing. The teacher sought him out. She found that his new suit had become torn and dirty. She invited him back, and the su perintendent bought him another new suit. After two or three Sundays Bob was missing again. Once again his long-suffering teacher went after him, only to find the second suit of clothing in worse shape than the first. She reported the case to the super intendent, adding that she had become discouraged. ‘'Bob is just no good,” she said, “and I wash my hands of him.” This time it was the superin-1 tendent that went after Bob He offered him another suit if he wou'd attend regularly. Bob promised, an?f kept his promise.] Through the ministry of that: mission Sunday School Bob was' W' snnv L'J *° 3 ‘ r Cr,a ° rf lr '’ d; ‘P !a r hophy won witn Wood'# A V-mSi?C0 S RH TAKES FIRST c!7 won with 125.% bushels an atre, n **** «oy» togor Grogoty, Jr., es Touts!!, V% In the 1959 New Kent County and Charles City County 100 Bushel Com Club contest, Roger Gregory, Jr., placed top with 125.96 bushels-per* acre yield. His corn: Wood’s V-26Y hybrid com. His son, George, placed first in the Junior Di vision Contest with 123.48 bushels per acre—and also with Wood’s V-26Y. This is an unusual" family sweep”—but not unusual for Wood’s. The Club’s annual award has been won with Wood’s com more often than with any other! Last year’s winner was i WiD Batkins of Quinton, Va., with a record-break ing 155.32 bushels per acre, with Wood’s V-51A. i “Wood's V-26Y is a heavy corn,” says Mr. Gregory. “It has a good stalk, and therefore stands well. It dries well, picks well, and stands early planting well.” He planted his prize crop around April 15. Successful farmers like Mr. Gregory have been depending on Wood’s seeds for 81 years. They ■ „ know that Wood’s corns are especially developed to meet southern climate and growing conditions ... that each strain is thoroughly field tested be. fore being put up for sale. At Wood—they kiu>io quality comes first. j 1 FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON WOOD’S FSIL LINE, SS W ° o0 ’ 5 fiEAIER 01 WRITE Fo * ! led to accept Jesus Christ as his own personal Saviour and Lord. He became a teacher, and finally studied for the min istry. The end cf the story: Dirty, ragged, runaway Bob grew up to become Dr. Robert Morrison, one of the greatest missionaries ever to serve the Lord on a foreign field—Dr. Robert Morri son, who translated the Bible in to the Chinese language! I tell this story to encourage you Sunday School teachers. Each one of your class members is precious in the sight of God —each has an immortal soul to be saved, and each a great po tential for Christian service. As the weeks and the months go bv. some fall by the wayside. And because enough remain taitnful to keep you busy, or becausce those who fall aw'ay are not as attractive to you as