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Even the most liberal end tolerant
persons may well question the worth
of the visit of a croup of out-of
state younf people sent here by
the Friends Society in an hffort
to Improve race relations In the
county. We hold the position thai
the best solution of this problem
can best be reached by local people
both races, and what we need most
now Is time to adjust to present
stress and strains existing In both
races.
What one should not condone Is
efforts by groups of white men to
terrorize the young people who have
violated no law, as has been the
case on two recant occasions dur
ing the past week. These men are
not serving their race or the cause
of segregation and are giving the
county a bad name. To think other
wise Is showing a nalvelty not ex
ceeded by a group of young people
who seemingly think that their
presence will serve as a cat all st
for Improved race relations over
night. The sooner our people learn
that the courts are the places to
readdress wrongs, real or fancied,
the sooner will we be able to work
out a livable accomodation between
the races.
Perhaps this newspaper Is at
fault In not informing the general
public Just what are the objectives,
the personnel, and the reason the
- Friends are In this county under
the sponsorship of the Quaker
Church and at the Invitation of
Negro citizens of this county.
They are white Protestants, Jews
and Negroes, all college students,
dedicated to Integration, and violat
ing sacred mores of the white race
as they seek to prove their belief
In the cause to which they are
dedicated. They are missionaries
of a respected church and their
prime mission In the county Is to
teach. They are not concerned with
boycotts, picketing or demon
strations, rumors to the contrary
not withstanding.
They are young, idealistic, sen
sitive, filled with missionary seal,
and, we rather think, much over
their heads In seeking to find a
way where older and, we believe,
wiser'heads have failed. But, be
bewilctored and hurt that they are
being ostracized by white people
of the county and are being threaten
ed by a group In the nighttime.
In their teaching adults to read,
we feel that they are performing
a worthwhile work. But In some
of their other actions they have
shown extremely poor judgment that,
if one Is charitable, must be
blamed on Ignorance of local cus
toms and mores and to youthful
exuberance.
Perhaps, on balance, it would have
bean better if they had not come
to Warren County; If they, as Is
so frequently suggested, worked In
their own vineyards. Whether they
came or stayed, In the long run,
we feel makes very little difference.
But comes the nagging doubt as a
girl worker confesses that she has
been hurt but says she Is glad
that she came for, she said, "1
have taught a man to read." That
Is no little feat.
But whether the decision to come
to Warren County was wise, or
foolish, good or evil, it Is likely
that the Friends will remain in
Warren County for a few more
weeks. At the end of that time
they will return to New York, Cali
fornia, Mssachusetts, with a picture
of the South they will carry with
them and spread all their lives.
We would like for them to be able
to say of Warren County in the years
to come that Its white people, if
not friendly, were at least tolerant
and fair and that we are a law
abiding people.
The Pidgeon Was
Really Swinging!
Chapel Hill Weekly
There are bird-watchers who get up early
In the morning and clock-watchers who want
to leave their Jobs early in the afternoon; but
only In Heywood, England do the bird-watch
ers and the clock-watchers get together.
For the past eight months the people of
Heywood have been upset because the big
clock in the church tower in the heart of
town, which timed their days and nights and
regulated their lives, had been running slow.
Men were late to work, boys were late for
dates, time was slow In passing. What was
the matter?
A group of local workmen was sent up
In the tower to Investigate. They reset the
clock but could not find the trouble. By next
morning the clock was slow again. During
the next few months 11 more attempts were
made to locate the trouble, but without suc
cess. The clock was still slow every day
and had to be reset.
Finally, the town's superintendent of
lighting, William Theaker, went up Into the
tower himself and examined both clock and
-tower inch by Inch. He found a hole In the
window?and had an Idea, so he sat down
by the window and waited. Soon a pigeon
came through the hole, took a perch on the
clock's pendulum, and started swinging hap
pily to and fro. His weight was just enough
to alter the swing of the pendulum and slow
down the clock.
Mr. Theaker pushed the pigeon out, stopped
up the hole? and now Haywood's tardy
town clock Is back on time again.
There must be a moral or two to this tale
of the swinging pigeon and the tardy clock.
You can't make time stand still by coming
oat swinging, but you can slow it down. And
If the pendulum swings too far In either
direction, any attempt to stop it is strictly
for the birds!
Qiotes
A hone Is no house unless it contains
good sad fire for the mind as well as for
the tag#. ? Margaret Fuller.
B the world were good for nothing else,
H Is a fine subject for speculation.?WU
, llam Hazlltt.
NEWS OF FIVE, TEN. 25 YEARS AGO
Looking Backward
Into The Record
July 24. 1959
The 17 markets of the Eastern North
Carolina tobacco belt will begin their 1959
sales season August 18?three days earlier
than last season.
The Warrenton Rotary Club voted on Tues
day night to make a contribution to the War
ren Hotel Corporation In an effort to keep
the town's only hotel open.
The current sharp rise In polio cases will
Increase expenditures for patient care by the
National Foundation to nearly $20 million
this year, a foundation official estimated
Saturday.
July 23, 1954
George Comer, Warrenton lumberman, has
been appointed a member of the Board of
Town Commissioners. He succeeds Tom L.
Read, resigned.
Winning out In a field of 13 contestants,
Miss Diane Rowland of Norllna has been
named "Miss North Carolina Semlpro Base
ball " and will represent this state at the
National Semlpro Tournament at Wltchlta,
Kansas In August.
Two high honors came to a Warren County
4-H Club girl at the annual 4-H Club meeting
at Raleigh this week. Miss Charlotte Jones
of the Littleton 4-H Club won first place in
the State Vegetable Use Contest, and on
Tuesday night was tapped Into the state
July 21. 1939
A marker has been placed In front of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the State
Historical Commission calling attention to
the fact that Horace Greeley, editor, pub
lisher, and political leader, was married
there July 5, 1836 to Miss Mary Young
Cheney.
Warrenton's ABC store. No. 1 in the coun
ty system of three, will be moved several
doors down the street Into the building form
erly occupied by the Motor Sales Co. and
later the Gilliam Auto Co.
Rldgewsy*s cantaloupe crop, which is said
to be better this season than In several
years la being rapidly moved to the north
ern markets where prices are regarded as
being satisfactory. Prices early in the i
ranged from $1.78 to $8.50 per crate.
Can Republicans Make Touchdown
SmithfieM Herald
j The Republican convention
came out swinging?to the Right.
And now Barry Goldwater really
Is the Republican nominee (or
ithe Presidency. What "does that
! mean?
| First of all, It has potent
repercussions (or the Repub
lican Party Itself. For the first
| time In 50 years the Repub
licans have nominated an ex
' treme right-winger, reverting
to the archetype of William Ho
ward Taft In 1912.
The Midwestern, Southern
and Southwestern Goldwater
forces nave defeated the Eaat
ernmoderates represented by
Scranton, Rockefeller and
Lodge. This victory was achiev
ed by astute Goldwater pre
| convention maneuvers which fo
cused on state and local Re
publican politicians and office
holders and Ignored the pre
conventlon opinion polls Indi
cating that 60 per cent of the
rank and file Republicans pre
ferred Scranton to 34 per cent
for Goldwater.
From the opening sessionsol
the platform committee right or
through the nomination, the Re
publican convention was mort
Goldwater rally than open de
cision-making session. All the
bitterness of right-wing Repub
licans who still resent "Mr
Republican" Robert Taft's de
feat for the nomination by Wa
Hero Dwlght Elsenhower In 1952
welled up In the determlnatlor
to name a Republican as differ
ent from Democrat Lyndoi
Johnson as possible. The Re
publican Congressional powei
structure fell in behind Gold
water, with Senator Everet
Dirksen of Illinois nomlnatlnj
him. House Leader Charlei
Halleck of Indiana seconding th<
nomination. Republican gover
nors were left out In the cold
Whether Goldwater wins o:
loses the Presidency, the Re
publican rlghtwlng has capture<
the party. Only Dwlght D. Elsen
hower might have precentec
torn between his brother Mil
ton's plea for Scranton and hit
friend George Humphrey's plei
for Goldwater to take any actlor
at all. When he remained "a
bove the party strife," ht
may also have ignored the
party's life.
For since 1940the Republlcar
Party has gradually been slip
ping Into the^role of a minor
ity party, able to win an elec
tion only by appealing to In
dependent and dissident Dem
ocrats. In 1940 polls showed
that 42 per cent of the Ameri
can voters called themselves
Democrats, 38 per cent Repub
licans and 20 per cent Inde
pendents. By 1960 the figures
had so changed that there were
47 per cent Democrats, 30 per
cent Republicans and 23 ner
cent Independents. This year's
polls show 52 per cent Demo
crats, 25 per cent Republicans
and 22 per cent Independents.
Now what about the elect
Ion?
Goldwater appears commit
ted to "the Southern strategy'
of Ignoring such large-vote
states as New York, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio and concentrat
ing upon the South and the West.
But In the South he faces two
perils. For the first time In
100 years a Southerner will be
heading the Democratic ticket?
and Southern pride may well
outweigh Southern prejudice.
Johnson has an overwhelming
nationwide popularity, with the
latest poll showing 74 per cent
of the public approving of the
job he Is doing.
The second obstacle to a
Goldwater victory Is the pre
sence on Southern ballots of
Gov George Wallace of Alabama
who may be expected to siphon
off many of the segregationist
votes which might otherwise
have gone to Goldwater In pro
test of the Civil Rights BUI.
At least the Republicans have
banished the old "me-toolsm"
from their party. They have an
out and out conservative, "no
echo of the Democrats," which
they were successively denied
by the convention choice of Wen
dell Wlllkle In 1940. Dewey in
1944 and 1946. Elsenhower In
1952 and 1956, Nixon In 1960.
? ? ?
The Republican Party having
made Its choice, the voters can
now make theirs.
They may find It a bit dif
ficult to pin Goldwater down as
to exactly what he does stand
for, since he is given to making
Impulsive statements - and then
later modifying them.
But It Is generally accepted
that on the domestic scans het
?prefers less government to
more government.
?Is opposed to all farm
prace supports or production
controls and would like to
abolish the RE A.
? is against all federal aid
to education,
i is against manpower i
velopment and training pro
gram.
? Is against all federal
housing program.
? Is against welfare pro
grams and thinks that welfare
recipients are on the rolls be
cause of "low Intelligence or
low ambition."
He voted against the Civil
Rights Bill, against tax reduc
tion, against the anti-poverty
program, against the railroad
arbitration bill, against the Mc
Carthy censure resolution.
? * *
' In the field of foreign^ af
fairs lie:
?favors a tough line against
I Russia, possibly breaking dip
lomatic relations, attempting
virtually no negotiations, halt
ing cultural exchanges.
?has said he favored U. S.
withdrawal from the United Na
tions, later modifying his stand
to withdraw If Communist China
Is admitted.
?has voted against all foreign
aid bills and all foreign trade
bills.
?voted against the limited
nuclear test-ban treaty.
?favors allowing military
commanders In the field to de
cide on use of small nuclear
weapons.
?advocated marching ma
rines Into Cuba and training and
I equipping Cuban refugees.
Obviously Goldwater has
strong support among the hard
(Taft core of far right Repub
licans, among local party lead
ers and office-holders, among
voters chronically dissatisfied
about Big Government, Big La
bor, Big Waif are, among thoae
trigger-happy about Invading
Cuba, risking an all-out nu
clear war with Russia or ex
panding the war In Vietnam,
and those lmblttered about the
Civil Rights Bill.
Can Barry Goldwater now
campaign against Lyndon John
son In a way that will give the :
electorate a clear choice be
tween two philosophies of gov
ernment?or will he Inevitably
move toward an emotional ap
proach to the civil rights pro
blem In hopes of attracting seg
regat lonlat votes In?the-;
North as well as the South,
thus making a divided nation
even more bitterly divided?
The other 1964 question Is
this: Are the American voters
more aware of the dangerously
complex world we Inhabit today j
than Mr. Goldwater appears to J
be? However sincerely Gold- i
water may prefer 1864 to 1964
there are no simple, emotion-!
al answers to the vexing pro- j
blems of Uvln g at peace both
at home and abroad.
Goldwater may be the un
thlnklng man's hero; but our I
survival Is more likely to de
pend upon the thinking man.1
l
The little city boy, looking
over a flock of sheep, finally
worked up the courage to pet
one.
"Drddy!" he chirped delight
edly "They make them out
of blankets."
POLITICS
Public speaking. The art of
diluting a two-minute Idea with
a two-hour vocabulary.
Announcement
By Negro Agent
MRS. BERTHA FORTE,
Negr* Home Ec. Agent
Telephone: X51-394S
Schedule Of Home
Demonstration Club Meetings
Monday, July 27: 1:3Q p. m.,
Olive Grove will moot with Mrs.
Susie Boyd, with Mrs. Mayonla
Turner as co-hostess.
Tuesday, July 28: 1:00 p. m.,
Wise will meet with Mrs. Ida
Baskervllle.
12:30 p. m., Epworth will
meet with Mrs. Katherlne
Crump. ;?; ?
PRACTICE SAFETY
Take Time To Take Care
Be open -minded to safety sug
gestions. Realize that haste
makes waste. Plan to avoid an
over-crowded schedule.
Keep Your Farm and Farm
Home In Order-Eliminate Ha
zards as you find them. Be a
good housekeeper In your home |
and on your farm.
Chemicals are becoming
more widely used In agrlcul
ture and about the farm home.
Always read the label-, use as
directed, store In original con
tainers and In locked cabinets.
Dispose of empty containers
safely.
Plan Ahead - Good planning
reduced the temptation to hurry,
means better production and
'ewer accidents. Repaid and
llscard broken and unsafe lad
lers. Make sure the stairways
ire adequately lighted and pro
jerly hand railed.
Be Courteous On The High
way - A courteous driver be
leves In living and let live.
Know and obey all traffic lava
and follow aafa driving prac
tical. Ramova trees, waadaand
shruba at farm antraneaa and
Intersection to improve visl
blllty. Obey tha "Signs of Llfa."
Don't Dapand on Luck-Make
aura your ta tn'safa
operating condition. Make car
tain all guards and aafaty de
vices ara In place. Always stop
the machine before undogglng,
oiling or adjusting. Equipment
should be well marked with flaga
and properly lighted.
Take safety serloualy-every
where-all the time. Around
bodies of water (both large and
small) be especially careful.
Learn to handle guns properly.
Include safety In farm family
vacation plans. ?
Washington?Some 94.5 mil
lion Americans in 1964 will
travel by automobile approx
imately 130 billion miles on
vacation and pleasure trips.
The distance Is roughly equi
valent to 700 round trips to the
sun, National Geographic says.
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