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Offers Much Promise
To one who remembers when some
farmers dropped corn by hand, and
the great majority chopped corn,
pulled fodder or shocked corn In a
day when often rows ran up and
down hill when erosion was not
understood but poor land was a
reality and 20 bushels an acre a
good yield, the revolution in corn
growing is a near miracle.
The use of hybrid corn, more
and better fertilizer, green manures
and closer planting has steadily
boosted yield until the average in
Warren County is nearly 50 bushels
an acre with numbers of farmers
producing more than a hundred bush
els to the acre. P"lling fodder is but
a relic of the past and corn shocks
seldom add picturesqueness to the
fields on a fall day. The hoe and
the turning plow have given away to
the tractor cultivator and corn har
vesters take the shelled corn from
the field. Asd still change and pro
gress goes on with chemicals play
ing an increasingly big part in the
v cultivation of crops. ? ^
Tuesday afternoon we saw abeau
? tiful crop of corn, estimated to
yield 80 bushels of corn to the acre
or better, with a matting of grass
protecting the soil from erosion.
The remarkable and revolutionary
thing about this corn was that it
was planted in a grass sod that
had not been broken, treated with
chemicals to retard the growth of
grass, and then left completely alone
to mature.
This particular field was grown
for silage by a dairy farmer. When
the corn is cut and cool weather
comes, the retarded grass will again
grow and forage will be provided for
the farmers cattle. Next spring the
field may again be sown to corn
and the fescues and clovers treat
ed and the process repeated with
practically no loss from erosion
and maximum effort.
Bugs still remain, present chemi
cals do not kill or retard crab
grass, but the principle has bee
worked out, and it will be only
matter of time before improved
chemicals and better slicing imple
ments will be perfected and it could
well be that within a few years this
will be the commonly accepted way of
producing corn. It may well be for
many other crops that land-break
ing may become a thing of the past.
Corn and pastures are the back
bone of a livestock program. Once
Warren County was one of the
wealthiest counties of the state when
its agriculture was based on small
grain and livestock-cows, pigs and
sheep. It could well be that this
new method of productioh could go
a long way to rebuilding a livestock
industry In our county and opening
new opportunities for many of our
farmers to remain on a bit of land
that is much more than Just a place
of subsistence.
Charges Almost As Old As UNC Itself
The Smithfield Herald
If your neighbors defend the Speaker Ban
Law by telling you that the University of
North Carolina Is becoming a breeding ground
of radicalism and atheism, tell them that
this description of Chapel Hill Is not at
all new. Indeed, it is almost as old as the
University. And still the University survives
as an institution worthy of North Carolina's
pride.
Dr. Hugh Lefler, the Chapel Hill historian,
recorded long before the Speaker Ban con
troversy that the University of North Carolina
was harassed by politics in the years im
mediately following its opening In 1795. His
research uncovered letters to newspapers
in which the charge was made in those
years that Chapel Hill was becoming a "hotbed
of atheism," which "unsettled the minds of
Was there ever a time when a university
worthy of being called "university" was not
hafaMed by people with misconceptions about
the nature and purpose of education, about
the value of free inquiry in the preser
vation of freedom?
Critics gave Chapel Hill a hard time in
the Nineteen Twenties, when President Harry
Woodburn Chase defended academic freedom
on the UNC campus, and Joined hands with
Dr. William Louis Potest, the president of
Wake Forest, in supporting the right to
iMkfiii evolution.
Man, It seems, always has looked for a
scapegoat. Ws have troubles today and ws
blame them on "atheistic Communists." In
the Sooth, Just after the eod of World War I,
evolution was branded as an "atheistic Idea,"
and an oversealous preacher (accordingto an
article on William Loots Potest by Suzanne
Cameron Llnder, in the N, C. Historical Re
view, Spring IMS) charged that evolution
had earned World War L This preacher ex
plained that the Germans believed In the
Quotes
Things don't turn 19 in tUs world until
somebody tuns them np.-Jamee A. Garfield.
r? mind is cleaner than a man's,
it more often.?Oliver Hsrford.
trnm ?.
survival of the fittest, and since they con
sidered Germany the fittest, they thought
they ought to conquer the weaker nations.
He attacked Dr. Poteat, charging that "the
Baptist of North Carolina through the presi
dent they have for their great Baptist College
are partners with Chicago University in fast
ening this German-ruling, world-crushing,
soul-destroying doctrine on the South."
As fears and frustrations mounted, the
whole college and university world were sus
pected of teaching "atheism" and "foreign
doctrines," and of spoiling the minds of
youth.
What we must remember, other than the
fact that today's harassment of universities
is not something new, Is that our institutions
at learning survived vicious attacks in other
years and moved on to new heights of achieve
ment. Sober thinking prevailed over the mis
conceptions about the nature and purpose of
education. It will be so again.
NEWS OF FIVE. TEN. 25 YEARS AGO
Looking Backward
Into The Record
August 9. 1960
The Norllna Baptist Church will hold com
mitment day Sunday.
Nancy Rom Harris of John Graham, Judy
Woodburn of Littleton High School, and Linda
Dora of Norllna High School have been named
"Good Citizens" by the Warren County DAR.
James Clark of Vaughan, Warren County
4-H Club member, was winner of a blue
ribbon in the Health Pageant held In Raleigh
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. a Daniel and family are
at the beach this week.
August S, 1953
Norllna High School will hare night foot
ball tor the first time in its history this year.
Boll weevils are very active on a large
per cent of Warren County farms this year,
Comity Agent Frank Reams reported yester
day.
Senator and Mrs. John Kerr, Jr., were
goests of Mr. and Mrs. Lather Hodges at
the Mansion in Raleigh Sunday night.
Plane potters may be partly responsible
tor damage to the roof ot Hotel Warren,
the hotel oommlttee reported Monday night.
AngostS. 1940
Howard Daniel, employed by the Citizens
secretary-treasurer, tax collector ?
clerk of the Town of Warrenton.
The cocnty has purchased 7.37 acres of
land from Willis Meal tor tbe site of an
armory. Perafcsaa price was fSSl.
James C?*?r of Raleigh has assumed
a position as Pro a* the Warrenton CMf
Club. '.?ii.\???? ?:'. V
Cotton hti ftlntd a ftlM jwtfc but ftM>
a blockade petite ?? :?
Letters To
The Editor
SIGNIFICANT
To Tt?? Editor:
In refereoce to your editorial
entitled "A Disgraceful Act"
It Is significant to note that a
citizen should have the freedom
to walk down the streets of any
town in this nation without hav
ing his picture taken against
his will. Whether or not he
has this freedom or the right
to protect himself from such
a cleancut invasion on his
privacy I do not know.
However, I do know that now
you and your young nephew
both must realize how the mer
chants and restaurant owners
of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel
Hill felt when the mistaken stu
dents from the universities
Impeded their service and ob
on free enterprise as they pre
ferred. Students, lncidently,
who were inspired by radical,
left-wing professors, ami l>y
known Communist speakers:
Only a little thing then; true
and when university officials
failed to act responsibility?the
Speaker Ban Paradoxical as the
True Story isn't it?
C. E. WHITE
Chapel Hill, N. C.
GOOD, BAD NEWS
To The Editor:
The Record has both good
news and bad news lately.
The good news is about the
coming of a nice young doctor,
Dr. Harrison, to the county.
I have not visited In Warren
lately for fear that I might need
a doctor and could not get one.
But never mind medicare Is
almost here, and if I should have
a long illness and a big hospital
bill I would not have to sacri
fice my home, and I feel that
Since my husband paid S S
taxes from tha time the S. S.
Act went Into effect in 1935
until the time he died in 1960,
that I am entitled to use medi
care if It should be necessary.
As for the bad news. It is
the reactivation of the Ku Klux
Klan. I have seen them burn
the fiery cross back In the
1920's at Wise, but what the
purpose was I do not know. I
do remember that my young
nephews were visiting me from
Boston and one of them said,
'?just *alt until I tell Pete
about this." He was referring to
the Irish Catholic cop on the
beat where he lived.
I am writing an article now
about the colored folks I knew
50 years ago when I first came
to the county, and how kind they
were to Ae.
First there was Aunt Mllly
who slept on a pallet right by
my bed when my husband first
went on the road and I was
alone on a main highway with
a small baby. Then -ehe used
to pick and roast a turkey for
ua when we had one, and did
whatever she was able to until
she died at past ninety. I was
told that she was one of the
few slaves owned by my hus
band's family. I do know that
my husband helped her grand
daughter get her Social
Security. The granddaughter
was my first "cook" and it
either her Aunt Molly's
son or grandson that my hus
band made an affadavlt for as
to his ace. They were born
close together and used to al
ways fox hunt together.
And then I recall Uncle Amos
who would walk over a mile
and cut wood for me all day
long for ten cents an hour and
bring my children a bag erf black
walnuts from the planatlon upon
which ha lived.
I recall Aunt Rose, who was
the first midwife I had ever
seen and who stayed with me
for a month after mv babies
were born and Dr. Holt had
officiated at the deliveries. Aunt
Rose, I do not think could read
or write, but she was very
careful in her work and when
things were not going right,
she never failed to call a doc
tor.
There was an old colored man
who, when you asked him how
he was feeling, would reply, <1
am holy and righteous and liv
ing without sin."
I remember another Incident
which was a little bit funny.
This happened when a relative
of a neighbor of mine died sud
denly and I was asked to shroud
har. I went to my front door
?ad saw Aunt Delia passing.
So I called her in to assist
me. I gave her a seat fit the
kitchen while my neighbor sent
aeroaa the creek to get her
relatives' Bandar clothe?. Bat
when I got ready tor the clothes
I called Aunt Delia ?d she had
disappeared and wasaowfcarato
befOwad.
My experience with colored
people since I came to Norfolk
la abort the same as it was
la Warrea County, only I do not
think the people here kaow thai
I am a Yankee. I love MM M>
and Its people M* I ?*"
ways triad U? ?* *?r ss I oortd
to conform to thalr ylw*.
On? day wbaft my Iwbwifrwfr
very U1 I ?U out in front of
my house trying to rake up
son* leaves. An eldarly color
ad man cam# by and said' "Lady,
1st me do that for you." I
replied, "I cannot afford to pay
you a dollar an hour." Ha said
"Never mind that, pay what
ever you can." So he helped
me and I paid him and ha has
helped me avar since and he
has helped a widow I know who
has a large house and rents
some rooms. He keeps them
clean for her, because she Is
unable to climb stairs. Come to
find out Lee was retired from
the U. S. Public Health Hos
pital hare, and had I known It,
he could have helped me care
for my husband.
A colored woman I know nam
ed Hattle Jones Is of the more
modern type. She helped me
serve our 50th anniversary din
ner and reception and p.Iso she
served?the recaplluu fui nvy~
grandson, married this spring.
Hattle says all she wants Is
.to be a first class citizen. She
voted and certainly has no feel
ings toward white people ex
cept the very best, for her
husband was a chauffeur for
one of Norfolk's best knowr.
doctors. He left his chauffeur
$5000 In cash and a trust fund
to be used when he can no
longer work. Hattle has recent
ly taken care of an elderly white
lady who had no children and no
near relatives. She was hired
and paid by one of the banks
here, and of course she was
left a legacy too. Her son works
for the Post Office and her
daughter has a private kinder
garten for colored children.
When I lived in northern New
Hampshire there was just one
Negro. He was brought there
by a doctor who graduated from
West Point and was retired from
the Army. George was quite
a curiosity and the doctor was
always telling about. the funny
things ne said and did.
In Laconla where I was mar
ried there were two Negroes.
One was a mulatto who sent
his Utle boy to our school.
The white boys made his life
miserable and he was finally
sent to a reform school. I do
not know how he turned out for
that was over 50 years ago.
The other colored man was
a fireman on the Boston and
Maine Railroad. My friend's
husband was the engineer and
! ?fter I had been living fl> the
South, I remarked that I was
not used to seeing a white man
and a colored one so chummy.
He then told me that his fire
man said that he would be will
ing to be skinned alive If his
skin could only be white.
The situation In Warren
County is a peculiar one and
fraught with danger and any
move which creates hatred be
tween the races Is very much
to be regretted. Such a move
should be discouraged by all
good thinking Christian citi
zens.
CHARLOTTE STORY
PERKINSON
Norfolk. Va.
Corn
(continued from page 1)
ful, ha told those on the tour,
corn must be planted early.
Hunt's corn was planted on April
13.
Some mistakes were made
and many bugs yet remain to
be Ironed out, but those in
chars* seemed to be pleased
with the progress of the new
process which may revolu
tionize the growing of corn in
Warren County. One change
suggested for next year is the
use of a heavier planter with
Improved covering materials.
The planter used in the experi
ments this year was a rela
tively light shopmade machine.
Improvement* need to be made
in the chemicals to be effect
ive on different types of grass
es. This was brought out by the
agronomist.
The corn planter, demon
strated by Dr. Martin, consists
of a planter with a sword-llke
tongue, followed by a wheel.
On this planter is the usual
fertiliser bopper and a com
hopper, and in addition is lo
cated a chemical tank. The
planter is palled by tractor
across an unbroken field and
sows the fertilizer and corn
and applies the chemicals de
signed to retard grass growth.
On* of the bugs revealed In
th* first tests Is a difficulty
la planting the eon at the right
level where the plantar encoun
ters thin and/or vary hard aril.
|T" H"*?" f"-?*ad tha view
that a heavier machine would
do much to overcome this dif
ficulty. A more off active chemi
cal against crab (rasa has toba
developed, and a number of
other corrections will have to
be made In subsequent experi
ments
The theory being tested la
that there la no need to break
ground to plant corn or to cul
tivate corn once It la planted.
This would enable a farmer to
reduce the amount of labor
needed and to substitute ma
chine labor for hand labor.
A part of the theory is that
not only Is It not necessary
to turn sod and bury crass, but
that grass need not be killed.
Instead, by the use of chemicals,
the trass Is retarded and trows
out after the corn Is harvested,
when It may be grazed. Chemi
cals have already been develop
ed that retards certain trasses,
and the?hunt 1m on for cheml
cals that will retard a wider
variety.
One of the most promlslnt
tains from the new system Is
that of soil conservation. The
soil is never bare and rain
run-off is checked, washlnt
halted, and leachlnt reduced,
while humus Is beint added to
the soli. Taklnt note of this,
Soil Conservationist Nat White
told the groups at the demon
strations, "I have always heard
that you couldn't have your
cake and eat it, too. But this
is the nearest thing that I have
seen to it."
Program
(continued from page 1)
"Whereas, Mr. Sam E. Allen
served as Register of Deeds for
Warren County and as Clerk to
the Board of Commissioners of
the County of Warren for over
27 years;
"And, whereas, the Board ol
Commissioners el?Wairen
County desires to express its
appreciation to Mr. Sam E.
Allen for his services to War
ren County;
Now, Therefore, Be It
Resolved:
"1. That the Board of Com
missioners of Warren County
expresses its appreciation to
Mr. Sam E. Allen for his long,
devoted and honorable service
to Warren County as Register
of Deeds of Warren and Clerk
to the Board of Commissioners
of Warren County.
"2. That a copy of this reso
lution be sent to Mr. Sam E.
Allen, to The Warren Record
and to The Littleton Observer."
Women Work
Outside Home For
Money, Other Reasons
The working wife and mother,
like her pioneer forebears, is
seeking the best the world has
to offer for her family and her
self. It may not be the easiest
way to live, but It has distinct
advantages, according to a
current report.
Findings Include that she
works for the money mostly,
but also for stimulation and her
main problem is finding time
enough for everything that must
be done. She's among 16
million working women, ac
cording to the current issue
of Changing Times magazine.
To survey working wives and
mothers in 35 states the monthly
Klplinger publication Joined
with the Bureau of Laundry and
Dry Cleaning and queried a ran
dom sample of about 600. Ask
ed why they work, a solid 88
per cent listed a financial con
sideration first. The three most
frequent were: to pro vide batter
living for the family; provide
for the children's education;
and, to get out of debt.
Even those working for finan
cial consideration revealed
secondary interest when asked
in another question "why do
FOR THE BEST
FURNITURE
VALUES
IN TOWN
SEE US
Satterwhites
HENDERSON, N. C
woman Ilk* to work outside
the bomoT" Replies were heav
ily weighted with such com
ments u "It keeps th?mbett?r
informta" ui "it >iim ttw>
>ung."
Although 63 par cant of tha
wItm raport they are able to g at
tha necessary task* dona at
homa with ? feeling of satis
faction and a minumum of fatl
gua, thay candidly admit that
they don't have enough time.
Half of those surveyed think
'achoola should place more
emphasis on the dual role of a
working wife or mother," and
they readily aay why: "Schoola
are unrealistic In educating
girls - most woman are train
ed for one role or the other,
but never for both." Almost
unanimously, they think girls
should be taught to budget time
as part of their education.
Lacking the extra hours, how
do thay cope? More than half
report that they get help from
husbands and children. In ad
dltlon, thay use an average of
three outside aervlces apiece.
Most common are dry cleaning
and laundry, home delivery of
dairy products, and beauty par
lors.
Despite the lack of enough
hours In the day, 67% of the
mothers told Changing Times
they manage to have some un
hurried time for each child.
Although only 50% have unhur
ried time for themselves, they
do manage to read an average
of three magazines regularly
and to participate In church or
community activities.
The majority regard the
wife's salary as family Income,
to be applied where It Is need
ed most and * high 90%, re
ports Changing Times, say they
are achieving the goals they
set when they went to work.
"Haven't I seen your face
somewhere else?"
"I don't think so?It's always
been right there where you see
it now."
i
Jurors Are
Drawn For
Sept. Court v
Jurors tor th? criminal term
of Warren County Suparlor
Court, which will oonvana on
Saptambar 7, wara drawn Mon
day by tha board of county com
mlaalonara as follows:
E. C. Raid, C. W. Egerton,
E. K. Flshal, T. E. Naal, C. H.
Thompson, Horace 8. Shaarln,
L. M. Bandar, WllUam C. Holtz
man, Charles A. Hobgood, J. W.
Mayflald, Clifton Brantlay,
Donald W. Pltchford, Jamas J.
Whlta, H. E. Browne, E. C.
Raid, Mrs. Frank R. Klllan,
Mrs. L. A. Fowlar, Mrs. R. E.
Llmer, Jr., Mra. A. C. Blalock,
Jr., Mra. W. R. Woodall, Joseph
C. Calllhan, Jerome Boyd,
Joe w. Brown. W. S. Hides. Jr..
C. D. Carter, Jease Dunston,
Dennis Harris, Mrs. C. T. Par
kinson, L. A. Fowler. ?
Wllbart E. Stalnback, Reuben
Palmer, Sidney G. Burton, Sam
mla D. King, Rufus J. Harmon,
Hal Paschall, Mrs. Joseph P.
Newsom, Mrs. Margaret Leach,,
Jim D. Robertson, Tom Myrlck,
D. B. Wilson, X. J. Perklnson
Mrs. Franklin Stansbury,
Grandlson Christmas, Horace
P. Twltty, A. W. Paschall,
George Lee Edwards, A. L.
Evans, A. T. Carroll, Walter
B. Rivers, Mrs. Joe Rlggan,
Tyree Calllhan, A. D. Johnson,
H. M. Tharrlngton, Bettle H.
Howard, G. D. Knight, William
C. Paschall, Marshall Flaming,
Jefferson Daniel, R. A. Brown,
Glen H. Weldon.
This automation we hear ao
much about these days Is some
thing that gets all the work
done while you just sit there.
When you were younger, this
process was called Mother.
TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
12:00 680 90%
1:00" 70? 94%
2:00 69? 94%
3:00 69? 94%
4:00 7o? >i% "
5:00 69? 91%
6:00 6s? 90%
7:00 70? 94%
8:00 75? >5%
9:00 78? 80%
10:00 82? 70%
11:00 _ 84? oi%
12:00"*" 84? 59%
1:00" 87? 57%
2:00 88? 58%
340 09? 54%
4:00 84? 41%
5:00 92? 65%Rain
6:00 68? 90%Rain
7:00 69? 9o%Rain
8:00 ?9? 90%Rain
9:00 68? 91%
10:00 48? 91%
11:00 68? 90%
FACT:
No matter what the weath
er is, you can have cool
comfort 24 hours of every
summer day with electric
air conditioning.
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