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Hardly Fair
Four of the five members of the
Board of County Commissioners will
have opposition in the Democratic Pri
mary of May 29 and it is not the pur
pose of this newspaper to suggest to
any citizens how they should cast their
votes.
But it has been reported to us that
some of this opposition stems from re
sentment over revaluation of real estate
in Warren County, a matter which this
newspaper championed for years. In fair
ness to those now serving as commis
sioners, it should be pointed out that
while the law plainly states that real
estate shall be revalued every four
years, it took some 20 years for the
commissioners to obey this law, and
then they revalued it only after the
Legislature told them they must. So
far as revaluing Warren County real
estate is concerned, the commissioners
had no choice: they were forced by the
state to revalue it.
The commissioners did have a choice
in the way the real estate should have
been revalued, between local appraisers
and professionals. While some of the
commissioners at first leaned toward
local appraisers, the difficulty of ob
taining capable^ appraisers who would
be willing to serve in this capacity,
caused the commissioners to abandon
the idea and adopt the system used by
at least two-thirds of the counties of
the state who had at that time had real
Important Factor Of
College Admission
The Smithfield Herald
UNC's President Friday, speaking at the
Johnston County NCEA dinner Friday night,
calmed some fears regarding reliance on Col
lege scores in determining admissions to the
University.
The colleges and universities don't have
room for a host of students seeking admission.
It is not easy to say no. Administrators
dont want to be charged with favoritism. They
fall back on the College Board tests.
Henry Belk, editor of the Goldsboro News
Argus, recently expressed the sentiment of
many Tar Heels when he commented on the
injustice of overly strict reliance on the Scho
lastic Aptitude Tests: "Principal reliance on
nationally devised tests misses much in a
young life. No allowances are made for
background, age, purpose, stage fright, tem
porary illness or psychological block which
might make a student make a poor grade on
the teats at a particular time.
In his Johnston County speech, President
Friday pernio 't clear that the University of
North Carolina is neither overlooking the
"human element" nor relying on "mechanical"
determination in admitting students to Wo
man's College, State College, and the Univer
sity at Chapel Hill.
This la what he said:
"In the threefold University the number
of applications for admission continues to
grow. In screening these applications, we use
scores on College Board tests, the student's
record of achievement in high school, and rec
ommendations from the principal or super
intendent The most Important factor is the
high school record. This is the evidence of
his motivation and promise. In some Instances
the College Board teat la taken a second time
if an applicant's high school record indicates
bettor performance than the teat scores reveal.
It ie not our intention to exclude students by
this procedure, it is our purpoee to help each
??? find the program best suited to his
This admission procedure is under
study and review to be cure that we
are doing our beet to be helpful to all appli
Many Tar Heel high school students an
?ir parents will welcome that sentence: "TO
most important factor la the high schoi
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estate revalued. While we think that the
commissioners made the better choice
in this regard, actually, here again, they
had little choice.
That the appraisers did a perfect job,
we would be the first to deny, but we
seriously doubt if even a near perfect
job could be done without a cost that
would have been prohibitive. Today, it
is true, that many inequalities still re
main in the valuation of Warren Coun
ty real estate, and we begin to think
that they will always be with us. But
there is no way in anything to obtain
absolute justice to everyone, whether it
be revaluing real estate or being called
to serve one's country in time of war.
There are always hardship cases, there
are always cases of injustice. The goal
should be to eliminate as many injus
tices as possible.
Thus while all inequalities were not
removed in the valuation of the apprais
ers, in our opinion the inequalities were
greatly reduced and today Warren Coun
ty real estate is more fairly valued than
it has been in a score of years. Frankly,
we feel that where the greatest error,
persists is in the valuations put on tim-l
ber almost without exception and farm i
lands in generaLThese values -are "still j
far out of line. However, this is a view |
with which we hardly expect farm and
timber owners to agree. On the other
hand many with property in towns will j
concur.
But whether or not voters will concur
in our views on revaluation, the point
we would stress is that the commis
sioners had no choice in calling for a
revaluation, and little choice in select-;
ing professional appraisers. There may
or may not be plenty other reasons for|
voting against the present commission
ers and for new commissioners, but to j
base opposition on their action in re- j
gard to revaluation is hardly fair in!
view of the record.
NEWS OF FIVE, TEN AND 25 YEARS AGO
Looking Backward Into
The Record
April 12, 1957
Levi Hicks will open a grill at his place ol
- business on the Norlina road around the first
of May.
John Kerr. Jr., Warren County Represents
tive in the General Assembly, has introduced
a bill in' the House asking for the sum ol
$4,000 for the restoration qf Pnrinn'l OHilHI J
historical landmark of Littleton.
The State Highway Commission on Tues
day called for bids on the 4-lane No. 1 bypass
in Warren County.
Mrs W. B. Weilons, district supervisor ol
Smithfield, was the guest speaker at a dinner
meeting of the Little Garden Club on Tues
day.
April 11, 1952
Two thousand visitors are expected here
next week for the Woman's Club antique show
and tour.
The Warren County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross mailed a $273 cheek this week
to Regional Headquarters in Atlanta for the
benefit of tornado victims in the several mid
western states.
A cash award of $23 will be made by t
Warren ton Chamber of Commerce to the p<
son who will submit the best slogan of i
words or less to the Chamber within the ne
two weeks.
The John Graham High School Band w
make its debut on Tuesday night at a meetli
of the local PTA.
April 9, 1937
More than $800 was cleared from the Lio
sponsored Auto Show last week.
The Board of Education on Monday agrei
to appropriate $1700 for the installation of
water and sewage system at John R. Hawkii
High School.
The Board of Commissioners on Mondi
U*eed to pay Joseph P. Pippen of Littiefc
$2$ a month for his services as assistant 1
Solicitor W. H. 8. Burgwyn.
Hugh W. Holt succeeded A. A. Williams i
a member of the Board of CommJeeionert i
the result of the convention hold to the ?
on Tueeday. Mr.
MOSTL Y
PERSONAL
By BIGNALL JONES
Sometimes Howard attends
meetings of the Board of Edu
cation while I cover the meet
ing of the Town Commission
ers as both bodies meet on the
second Monday night in the,
month.
Monday night, I had a prob
lem as Howard had to attend
National Guard drill in Ral
eigh and there was only one
man to cover two meetings.
After studying the agenda
sheet prior to 'the board of
education meeting and a quick
visit to the town hall to find
what business was likely to be
before that body. I hurried
back to the court house to
the Boatc of Education meet
ing. only to find that ihe
Board of County Commission
ers were meeting across the
hall.
A V'sit to the commissioners ,
room revealed that the commis- J
sioners were studying changes:
in revaluation and that this ;
would be covered as full asj
necessary' >n the minutes of
the board, and with the know-j
ledge that the minutes of J
Edward Rooker, clerk to the j
town board, are always well
and fully written. I settled j
down at the Board of Educa-I
lion meeting.
This was the first time that |
1 can remember that the Board;
of County Commissioners, the i
Board of Education and the |
town Board were in session.
simultaneously.
Since I have not collected j
the minutes' of the county com->
niissioncrs or the town board,
as this is written I do not i
know how it is going to turn j
out, but as it happened that all j
three meetings wore more or;
less routine. I guess it will be
alright.
Usually I get along alright;
with the boards and the rela-j
tions?stay?friendly with" the ?
members. Occasionally I feel j
that the members would have j
been just as well pleased if |
I had stayed away, and some-j
limes I feel that they are de-i
lighted to see me. This has!
nothing to do with my person- ;
ality or lack of personality, but |
with the kind of matters be- j
fore the bodies. Sometimes
things happen that the board
had rather not see published,
or feel freer to discuss with
out fear of premature publici
ity, or sometimes without any
publicity. At other times the
boards have some matter that
they are anxious to get before
the public and then 1 am wel
come as the flowers in May.
Usually I get a warm welcome
and am always treated courte
ously. In return I try to be
fair with the members of these
boards and as a result I haven't
faced an executive meeting in
years.
The relationship between
newspapers and politicians is
an odd one. Frequently they
cuss each other out, but al
ways find that it is expedient
to maintain a working rela
tionship. Actually, 1 think
many newspapermen and poli-|
ticians are really fond of each
other, in spite of the tug be
tween reporters anxious to get
in a newsnaner and
politicians anxious to keep it
out; or between politician
anxious to get something in
the papers and newsmen try
ing to keep it out.
The greatest weakness in
our democracy, I think, is the
distrust of politician by busi
ness people, and a feeling that
there is by its very nature
something evil in politics. Ittfnay
be, for evil can be found in
many things. But people should
realize that there are good
politicians and bad politicians,
just as there are honorable
and dishonorable businessmen
Actually, after a lifetime of
rather close association with
both politicians and business
men, I find there is little to
choose between them. If any
thing, the politician is per
haps the more honest as he is
the closest watched. I have
had politicians to be friendly
to get itit vote and I have had
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He Was Just A Country Boy
But Now Commands N. Guards
By VINCENT J. HOVANEC
UP Writer In
The Durham Morning Herald
RALEIGH ? He was just a
country boy in town when he
enlisted and now he wears two
stars and commands the North
Carolina National Guard.
Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers,
the state adjutant general, easi
ly recalls that day in 1921
when he enlisted as a private.
"I was just a country boy in
town and they were asking for
people to join so I signed up,"
he says. Today the 62-year-old
Bowers directs the military af
fairs of some 12,000 Tarheel
National Guardsmen.
"You can get a liberal edu
cation out of service with the
guard if you're interested. You
learn to work with men, you
learn leadership," he says.
Bowers learned leadership
fast. He rose to a captain in
three years
"All of the company officers
had jobs which made it neces
sary for them to move to other
towns and I was promoted be
cause of that," he says.
In the years since, the coun
try boy from Halifax County
served with the 30th Division
in North Carolina and on the
sands at Casablanca and the
businessmen to be friendly to
get my dollar. I have seen
politicians straddle in an effort
to stay in office, and Miave been
told time after time by busi
nessmen, "Of course you know
I can't afford to come out and
take a stand as it would hurt
my business." I have also
found out that the poor can
oftentime be just as dishonest
as the rich: and that oftentime
the rich can be just as stupid
as the poor.
I suppose it can all be sum
med up in the verses once
frequently heard, but now
seldom repeated;
"There is so much good in the
worst of us.
And so much bad in the best
of us.
That it hardly behooves any
of us
To talk about the rest of us."
rocky soil of Sicily.
As the state's adjutant gen
eral. Bowers commands all
Army and Air Force Guard
units in the state. Gov. Terry
Sanford is "the commander-in
chief and I'm just the office
keeper," Bowers says. Sanford
once served as a captain under
Bowers when an infantry com
pany was formed at Fayette
ville after Wold War II.
In civilian life Bowers was
an oil distributor in Warren
ton. But- now as the state ad
jutant general, he works full
time for the guard. "My one
interest is continuing the guard
and security of the state and
the nation," 'he says.
North Carolina's 30th Divi
sion has yet to be affected by
the Pentagon's sweeping re
vision of the National Guard
and reserve structure. Bowers
believes the division's record,
personnel and equipment status
and spirit are responsible for
it not being mentioned in the
guard cutback.
"I wouldn't try an! out
guess them up there," he adds,
in speaking of the Pentagon
decision announced Wednesday.
As he sees it, the 30th could
either expand or reduce its
strength. "Actually, at the pres
ent time we are 73 men over
our assigned strength," Bowers
says. Before taking over as
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state adjutant qen.-ral, he com
manded the division.
He may have joined the
Guard under less than idealist
ic circumstances, but that is
not the case now.
'I frhnkly don't think there'3
any organization in America'
today that is worth as much to {
the American boy as the Na-j
tional Guard except the i
church. He can get something
out of the Guard that he can't
get anywhere else."
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Sandra Helen Stump, white,
to Berney Joseph Thompson ol
Arlington, Va
Eva Shaw, White, of Roa-1
noke Rapids to Ernest W. Call :
ahan of Roanoke Rapids
Victoria May McCandlish, |
white, of Bremen, Ohio, to
Kenneth Eugene Hoplite of
Logan, Ohio.
Gloria Marie Stone, white, of
Stafford Springs, Conn., to
John Victor Biggins of Rock-:
ville, Conn.
James M. Micklem, white, of
Hopewell, Vs., to Plato G.
Eliades of Hopewell, Va.
Sigma L. Paulette, white of
South Hill, Va., to James G.
Calllhan of Chase City, Va.
Farmers in North Carolina
had their first bout with the
alfalfa weevil in 1952. Since
then it has spread rapidly
across the state and increased
in numbers until it has become
the number one pest in alfalfa.
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