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Court Decision
The recent Supreme Court decision in
regard to prayer in the public schools
of New York State was the subject of
discussion at both the NVarrenton Bap
tist Church by the pastor, the Rev.
John Link, and at the Methodist Church
when the Rev. Jesse Seaver, in ? the
county in the interest of organizing
christian unions, addressed the combin
ed Men's Sunday School Classes.
The Rev. Mr. Link took the position
that the Supreme Court was correct in
its ruling; and the Rev. Mr. Seaver
took the position that the Court was
wrong, that the ruling offered a threat
to religion and that the Constitution
should be amended to allow the teach
ing of religion in the schools.
The discussions tended to again focus
attention on one of the most misunder
stood rulings of the court in recent
years and affords us reason for some
comment on the decision and the func
tion of the court.
It seems to us that there is a woeful
amount of ignorance in this country
about the Constitution, the Bill of
Rights, and the purpose and duties of
the Supreme Court, which have been
brought to the front by the most re
cent decision about prayers in the
schools.
The Bill of Rights was placed in the
Constitution to protect the people from
their government, and it is the duty of
the Supreme Court to interpret the
Constitution.
The first of the ten amendments to
the Constitution states; "Congress shall
make no law respecting an establish
ment of religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof." This is the corner
stone of the separation of church and
state. It was presumably placed in the
Constitution because the people's repre
sentatives felt that a person's religion
was no business of the state.
Thomas Jefferson stated it well when
he said that a man's belief broke no
bones.
Contrary to popular belief the
Supreme Court did not say that it was
unconstitutional to have prayers in
schools. It did say, and we believe cor
rectly, that it was unconstitutional for
the State of New York to impose a
prayer upon the schools, as the state
had done. j
Regardless of any virtues or faults
that President Kennedy may have or
lack, he is probably the most devout
Christian to occupy the White House in
our lifetime. He advised the people to
accept the decision of the Court, and
suggested that the people could pray
more in the home and in the churches.
That, it seems to us, is excellent ad
vice.
As for efforts to have a Constitu
tional Amendment adopted to permit
(or require) the teaching of religion in
the public schools is concerned, we feel
that it is a futile gesture that is not apt
to get to first base, and that it is
neither right nor proper.
The Supreme Court protects the peo
ple from their government. It is not
always right, but it is always there for
that purpose. Today we may feel that
it is wrong because in its protection of
some minority it goes contrary to our
mores, but we should remember that
tomorrow it could well be us to whom
it affords its protection.
School Dropouts And Crime
The Greensboro Dally News
Buried far down in one of the news stories
having to do with the sentencing of Thomas
Woodrow Dixon, young textile worker, to life
imprisonment after he had evaded possibility
of the death sentence b; pleading guilty to
the first degree murder of Greensboro Police
Officer Edward Ford, was one sentence which,
aa we reached it, stood out as though set in
black-face type: "Dixon attended school at
Jesse Wharton, ending his attendance at the
sixth grade."
No one can say what would have happened
to Dixon's life had he remained in school and
followed a course which more education might
at least have opened up for him. As it is,
however, a school dropout wound up as an
admitted murderer.
There must be something jarring about that
circumstance. It is significant, fitting into a
general pattern, that the average educcation
of the state's prison inmates is about, or a
little below, this level. The last breakdown
ad prison statistics we saw showed a relatively
number of high school graduates and a
smaller number of prisoners who had
gone to college. Crime somehow goes
ignorance, with school dropouts and the
idttion8 which bring them and pile up in
wake.
Dent get us wrong. Many school dropouts
good, law-abiding citizens. But the
of what we used to call "the self-made'
is increasingly hard. Jobs are growinj
for ignorant or even high school non
ites. Social and economic factors which
_ Inst them and all too frequently lead
te crime, as prison statistics bear out, are
iting and so is their toll in frustrated
lives and violence.
'e come back to lack of enforcement oi
attendance laws, especically in rural
ie~ reasons for and forces behind the
shockingly high drop-out rate in North
ilina. There have been studies galore and
endless recommendations for dealing
this problem. But more than studies
than recommendations, more than ao
case histories will be required t(
It
is the collections of dropouts, 01
have not even attended school oi
the chance of special education or psychi
shocking than in oui
In all dropout studies, has any re
tried to And- out from these mon
tragic cacaa precisely where some
went wrdng with their lives and, mon
what caused them to quit school'
will never be rehabilitated
rehabilitation is -?'?-i-1:
costly for all concerned, including society, pre
vention would have been.
Looking Backward Into
The Record
July 19, 1951
Dr. Robert R. Huntley was installed as a
member of the Warren County Welfare Board
on Monday.
Work is underway on the new 4-lane by
pass of Highway No. 1 from a point near the
Virginia line to a point near Middleburg.
Herbert Charles Davis, a Warrenton native
will deliver the sermon at the Warrenton
Methodist Church Sunday morning.
Mrs. Penelope Gaitber, special teacher in
the John Graham School for the past five
years, has accepted a position with the Nash
ville school faculty.
July 18, 1952
Ground was broken this week for Warrer
County's new $33,200 Health Center.
The Norlina tax rate is expected to remain
at $1.50 on the $100 valuation for the fiscal
year 1952-53.
The Rev. John R. Dale will be ordained and
installed as pastor of the Warrenton Presby
terian Church on Sunday night.
W. R. Drake, delegate to the Nations
Democratic Convention in Chicago, will leavi
on Saturday for Chicago.
July 1$, 1987
Tobacco curing has started in Warrei
County.
The work of constructing a new motlot
picture house here to be occupied by the War
ren?Theatre?is expected to get under WS]
within the next week or so and be completet
early in the fall.
I .egg eft's Department Store will open fo
business Saturday In its new quarters on tin
corner opposite the court house square.
Fifty ggcats attended the surprise birthda;
dinner given to Mr. Fate Weaver on Sunday.
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By J. B. PARVIN
"For unto you it is given
in the behalf of Christ, not
only to believe on him, but
also to suffer for his sake."
PhlllippUns 1:29.
I am sure you have hearc
someone say why did this hav<
to happen to me or what have
I done to deserve this punish
mcnt? We are not worshipp
ing a God that receives pleas
ure from seeing his childrer
suffer. Would you enjoy see
ing your own children sufferl
Suffering is for a reason; 1
is true that at the time wc
may not have the ability t<
see where any possible gooc
could come from our suffering
but we mortals too often mak<
the sad mistake of underesti
mating the power of God, anc
many times attempt to rur
our life without His help.
Suffering can be a way ol
testing us. We could ask why
we need testing? Let us stop
| and think for just a moment
I on testing. Our world today
is a network of testing. There
are millions of dollars spent
each year in the laboratory
for testing. The student in
the class room is tested, the
automobile, the airplane and
the rocketships are constantly
being tested. We could almost
say we are living in a world of
test tubes. If a man feels
that he must do so much test
ing to see if his product is I
worthy. and to advance (
(through the grace of God)
.ivilization, then why should.
Sod not test us to see if we,
sre worthy to receive the!
Greatest of all gifts, his prom-j
ise of eternal life through His
Son Jesus Christ?
Jesus did not promise a life
of safety and comfort for those
who followed him; rather he
definitely warned them of the
dangers one would have to
face after accepting desciple
ship.
siepnen Knew me price n i
would cost him to stand up for
jhLs Lord, but he did so any-'
| way and became the first
I Christian martyr. After Ste
phen had gone to his reward
who is to say that his suffer
ing did not lay the foundation
for other giant Christians to
stand upon?
The noted English poet John
Milton was blind when he
wrote "Paradise Lost," but yet
he had the courage to say
"Who best can suffer, best
can do." This was true in the
days of John Milton as it was
in the days of our Lord and
Saviour and even today July
19, 1962.
Suffering is a cleansing fire;
it can burn the hate and fear
from our souls. Suffering can
be used as a weapon for God,
or one for self destruction. We
find in the New Testament
two men that denied their
Lord; they were Simon Peter
and Judas Iscariot. Peter suf
fered the agony of his denial
and sought forgiveness and
went on to pave a path of
pure gold in the land of
Christendom, while Judas took
the cowardly way out by hang
ing himself. Each suffered
but only Peter permitted his
suffering to be used to the
glory of God.
We must be worthy to be
called children of God, and
suffering is one way to prove
our worthiness. Suffering
gives a person patience and
patience developes personality
and personality builds charac
ter. These threg patience,
personality and character
make up a mature person,
"this is the kind of Christian
person our Lord and Saviour
wants us to be.
The first lesson for those
who want to find the will of
God is to honestly and truly
want it. The second thing is
to wait for it The advice of
a preacher of another genera
tion, with rare insight was
"If you write to the mail or
der house for something you
need and they answer back
that they are temporarily out
of stock, .then you have only
to wait for them to send it to
you or grow impatient and
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reluctant to remove your suf
fering it does not mean that
he Is toying with you. He
doea not delight in being mys
terious. The limitations rather
are ours. Whosover wants to
know the Father's purpose
can find it by a patient search.
Let our prayer be: Our
Lord and Master, give us this
day the strength to face the
suffering that has come and
will come our way. We pray
that thou will permit us to
draw upon thy never failing
resources, and thereby receive
the strength that is needed to
live a righteous life. Amen.
A. F. Recruiter
Is On Vacation
S/Sgt. Bill Waters, area Air
Force Recruiter, has announc
ed that he will be on vacation
from now until August 1. Sgt.
Waters normally visits Hen
derson every Wednesday and
Friday, and Warrenton every
Tuesday and visits anyone,
anywhere, by appointment.
While he is on leave he is re
ferring all persons to the
USAF Recruiting Office, locat
ed at 217 S. McDowell Street
in Raleigh, and hopes that this
will not be a great inconven
ience for his "patronage."
Sgt. Waters will resume his
regular schedule after vaca
tion. He accepts applications
for the regular enlisted pro
gram and most all officer pro
grams. Beside enlistments
| Sgt. Waters answers questions,
I provides literature and just
| "talks" about the U. S. Air
Force. He invites all citizens
to visit him for information
relative to the Air Force; he
says if he doesn't know the
answers he will refer inquires
to the right place.
Returns Home
Mrs. Lucy Perry McDowell
has returned home after spend
ing several days in Warren
General Hospital as the result
of an infected foot.
Use the elessifed advts.
Returns Home
T. F. Stallings returned to |
his home on Monday from j
Warren General Hospital where j
he has been recuperating from j
a broken ankle.
Mrs Dorothy H. Rhodes it
visiting her son in an Atlanta,
Georgia, hospital.
Miss Elizabeth Allen, Mrs. R
P. Dowtin, Mrs. J. B. Bobbitt
and Mrs. Virginia Pearsall are
spending this week at Nags
Head with Mrs. J. N. Kills.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles John
son and son of Klnston were
weekend guests of Mrs. S. L.
Crinkley.
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