Africa's Towering Watusis
Face Threat Of Annihilation
Washington?For centuries,
Africa's stubby Bahutus thought
their seven-foot masters were
gods. Now they are killing the
Watusls.
The carnage results from a
power struggle In the new Re
public of Rwanda In central
Africa. By virtue of a 9-to-l
population majority, Bahutus
assumed control after the na
from United Nations trusteeship
in 1962. They have driven out
many of their old masters
Recently, however, Watusl
warriors raided the frontier,
and Bahutus retaliated by mas
sacring thousands of Watusi
families still living in Rwanda.
WATIS1 CONTROL SI N
Bahutu fear and hatred of
the Watusi is an old story in
Rwanda, the National Geo
graphic Society says. Three or
four centuries ago, Watusis
wandered southward, perhaps
from Ethiopia or Egypt. Driv
ing herds of lyre-horned cattle,
they settled along the .green
mountain slopes of Rwanda. In
digenous Bahutus working in the
fields thought the six - and
seven-foot-tall giants were of
divine origin and privilege.
The Watusis claimed they
were sent from heaven to rule
not work. They neventenrr
public and lived, legend says,
only on beer and milk. Their
king or Mwami, "the absolute
Lord Ever Just," had to rise
with the sun lest he keep the
sun waiting and the world in
darkness.
But Mwamis personally
moved with the times. The 20th
century god-kings wore fash
ionable sports clothes, played
tennis, even drove American
cars specially built for their
long legs.
Under Watusi rule, the ec
onomy of Rwanda was a kind
of cattle feudalism. Hapless
Bahutu were forbidden to own
or kill cattle. They ate beef
only when an animal died of
natural causes.
A Watusi's wealth, prestige,
and political position depended
on the size of his herd. Every
cow was regarded as a sister
In his family. On special oc
cassions, the cow's horns were
polished, pearls strung around
its neck, and ribbons threaded
through the tail.
"O cow," says a Watusi poen,
"thou sparest me the shame
and weariness of the hoe."
Thanks to the hard-working
Bahutu peasants, the Watusls
could devote ample time to
spear throwing, dancing, and
high jumping. Dressed in leo
I pard-skin skirts, ankle bells,
1 and plumed headdresses, they
whirled to the music of
'elephant-tusk horns and boom
ling drums. Some of the tallest
. waxriors reportedly could jump
| more than seven feet from the
] ground. It wasn't often men
tioned?by dazzled reporters?
[that the Watusis often took off
from foot-high termite mounds.
Incidentally, though "Watusi"
is the popular Swahili form,
ithe correct name for the tribe
, is "Batutsi."
CROWDED C'Ol \TRY
; In 1894, the German explorer
Count G. A. Von Gotzen was so
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Hieh Menus, March 16- 20
Monday-Barbecue, coleslaw,
buttered potatoes, hush puppies,
\ apple sauce, milk, butter.
Tuesday - Meat loaf, rice,
i gravy, turnip greens, hot rolls,
J cake, milk, butter.
(_ ^Wednesday - HaoU? if i ts,
j string beans, sweet potato fluff,
j milk, butter, biscuits.
Thursday-Chicken salad on
lettuce, tomatoes, toasted
cheese sandwich, banana pud
ding.
Friday-Wetners, cole slaw,
navy beans, apple r'?
cheese, milk, butter
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Monday-Barbecue, cole slaw,
green beans, cornbread or hush
puppies, butter, pineapple rice
cream, milk.
Tuesday-Meat loaf, tomato
sauce, buttered cabbage, corn,
rolls, pear salad, milk.
Wednesday-Turkey salad on
lettuce, carrot sticks, buttered
peas, biscuits, sweet potato pie,
milk.
Thursday - Vegetable soup
with beef, toasted 1/2 cheese
pimento sandwich, 1/2 peanut
butter sandwich, banana pud
ding, milk.
Frlday-Welners, rolls, navy
beans, cole slaw, apple sauce,
milk.
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Monday - Hot dogs, navy
beans, cole slaw, sliced toma
Impressed with the dancing Wa
tusis that he claimed Rwanda
and Urundl as part of the Ger
man colony of Tanganyika. The
Belgians took over in World
War I and continued to rule
under United Nations trustee
ship until 1962 when the two
in-one state was split into two
Independent nations.
Rwanda's red, yellow, and
green flag files over 10,169
square miles of scenic lake-1
md-mountaln country Jam- I
packed with some 2,700,000 na
tives, of whom 85 percent are
Bahutus. The people of Rwanda
live in thatch-roof shambasand
till scattered plots of coffee, I
cotton, bananas, and sweet pota
toes.
The undeveloped nation has |
no known mineral resources,
no railroad, and less than a i
mile of paved road.
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Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Young
and children of Williamsburg,
Va., were weekend guest,sof his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Young, and also visited his
sister, Mrs. Willie Felts.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Johnston
wd children of Vaughan were
veekend guests of Mrs. Nellie
Johnston .
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lou King
ind children of Areola were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
VI. T. Dickens.
Mr. Whit Nelson of Emporia,
/a., visited Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Bobbitt on Saturday.
Mr. Whitman Sheartn of
Prankllnton spent the weekend
lere with his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Shearln.
Mrs. Lewis Cooke has re
:urned to her home after spend
toes, peach half, buns, milk.
Tuesday - Meat loaf, grits,
buttered corn, fruit Jello,
cookie, hot rolls, butter, milk.
Wednesday - Chicken pot pie,
green peas, tomato Juice, pear
salad, hot rolls, butter, milk.
Thursday -> H*m, macaroni
and cheese, Carrot and cabbage
slaw, green beans, cookie, bis
cuits, butter, milk.
Friday-Fried chicken, baked
sweet potato, Jelled fruit salad,
hot rolls, butter, milk.
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MISS JEANNE POPE,
whose engagement to Howard Reginald Munday of Greens
boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hodges Munday of Trout
man, Is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Parker
Pope of Macon. An August wedding is planned.
lng sometime in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Russell Bur
nette in Halifax, recuperating
after a stay in Roanoke Rapids
Hospital.
Miss Betty Jean West of
Peace College, Raleigh, spent
the weekend here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert West.
PFC Joseph E. Stansbury, Jr.,
PFC Ronald J. Viloria and PFC
Tommy D. Dodson of Air Force
Wing Marine Corp. Cherry
Point, were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stansbury.
Charlie Sewell of Murfrees
boro spent Sunday night with
Maynard Bobbitt.
S/Sgt. William F. Walker of
Andrews Air Force Base,
Washington, D. C., spent the
weekend here with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Walker.
Mrs. Maurice Pinnell and son
Willis, visited Mr. Pinnell in
Veterans Hospital, Durham, on
Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Johnston visited
Mr. and Mrs. . Major Pope
Powell in Warrenton on Wed
nesday.
Mr. Horace Moore of Stale
College, Raleigh, spent the
weekend here.
Adolphus Bell spent the week
end in Washington, D. C., with
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Fermia.
Mrs. Viola Etheridge is
spending sometime with her
mother, Mrs. R. H. Norward,
in New Bern.
Miss Viola Bobbitt, Maynard
Bobbitt and Charlie Sewell were
Sunday night dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Riggan.
Mrs. Paul Bobbltt and son are
spending sometime in Green
ville, S. C., with her sister,
Vlrs. Mabel McWhite.
Mrs. W. C. Jones , Jr., is
i patient in Roanoke Rapids
Hospital.
Afton News
Mrs. Blanche Burroughs, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Burroughs, Mrs.
B. L. Reavis, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. HIcks and Mel, Mrs.
J. K. Pinnell and Miss Helen
Rose Andrews were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Wynn and Mr. Earl
Wynn in South Hill, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John Felts,
Mr. Jack Felts and Miss Lula
Belle Fuller visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Puryear and sons
in Boydton, Va., on Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. H. Andrews, Misses
Helen Rose Andrews and Betsy
Frazier were in Roanoke Ra
pids on Saturday.
Mrs. W. J. Pinnell, Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Paynter, Messrs
W. T. Pinnell, E. B. Rideout
and Macey Paynter visited Mr.
Maurice Pinnell in Veterans
Hospital, Durham, during the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crow
der of South Hill, Va., were
Sinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
jlm Limer and Mr. Jimmy
Limer on Sunday. Mesdames
Ed Edwards and Dalton Ed
wards visited the Llmer family
on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. James R. Llmer was In
Raleigh on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rooker
of Henderson visited Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Oberby on Wed
nesday evening.
Mr. O, M. Llmer visited Mr.
R. E. Llmer, Sr., who is a
patient at Park View Hospital,
Rocky Mount, on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. C. Reavls of Angler
and Mrs. Kaye Roberson of
Henderson vislled Mrs. Ada
O'Brien on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Plnnell
visited Mrs. Laura Smith In
Littleton on Monday. Mrs. Smith
returned home with them for
several days and also visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Limer.
Hiliiard Receives
Plaque From SA
N. M. Hlllard, Rose's man
ager, and chairman of the War
ren County Service Unit, has
received a plaque In apprecia
tion of his services to the
Salvation Army.
The presentation was made
last Friday night at a supper
meeting of the Salvation Army
Mrs. J. K. Plnnell returned
home on Friday after visiting
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Kelly, Sr.,
I in Garner. Mrs. Kelly and
} Mrs. Plnnell were overnight
j guests of Mr. and Mrs. Her- j
ville, Va., last Tuesday night, i
advisory board held at Hender
son Steak House for the instal
lation of new officers. ID* pla
que was presented to Hill lard
by Lieutenant Edwards, com
mander of the local unit.
Captain C. J. Richard of the
Charlotte divisional headquar
ters installed the new board
chairmen and new officers.
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boarded the crowded bi>*- after
the lights had go.ie out. A
tall man standing near her ask
ed if he could help her find
a strap.
"No, thank you," she replied.
"I have already found one."
?"Then 1 wonder If vou would
mind letting go of my necktie."
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