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Ull}F ISarrat Srrnri) Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, $3.00; Six Months, $1.50 Even The Klan Has Rights We regret that the Office of the Attorney General failed to rule on whether a member of the Ku Klux Klan who has taken the fifth amend ment would be barred from the campuses of state supported Insti tutions of higher learning under the Speaker Ban Law. Although we have no great ad miration for the Klan and no wish to "honor them" by allowing them to appear on our college campuses, we believe that both the Klan and the communists have a constitu tional right to evoke the fifth amend ment, that both have a cherished American right to state their cause, and students have a right to hear their exposition, should the college administrations approve. Actually, communists speakers whenever they have appeared on col lege campuses, as was recently the case at Wake Forest, have been made to look rather silly under the verbal fire of the students during the questioning period. We have no doubt that such would be the case should a Klan speaker appear. For this reason we are sorry that Klan Leader Bob Jones will not speak at the University. Whether or not a communist speaks at the University makes little difference to us, for either way the results will have little or no effect on the cause of communism. But it does matter a great deal to us that the Legislature of North Caro lina attempts to Interfere In the operation of the University by those chosen for this Important work. It is this Interference that threatens our institutions of higher education with loss of accreditation. Simple Rule Of Driving Sunday afternoon the son of the editor, while driving near Oxford, quickly swerved his station wagon un to the shoulder 01 tne nignway and thus he, the editor, his wife and daughter were prevented from being a statistic in Sunday morn ing's paper. You may have guessed It. The driver of the oncoming car, In the wrong lane of the highway, had dis regarded a yellow line on the high way, warning him that it was not safe to pass. Sometimes there is no chance to avoid a neaa-on collision when this practice is followed and highway fatalities continue to mount. The best way to avoid highway accidents is to obey all road signs. Until our motorists learn this simple, elementary rule of driving, there Is little chance to stop the slaughter on our highways. Scott On The Ban The Chapel Hill Weekly A couple of weeks ago we used a wire editorial brush on Lieutenant Governor Robert Scott for what appeared to be his revolving position on the Speaker Ban Law. You will recall that among his first pro nouncements as a candidate for lieutenant governor was a pretty strong attack on the gag law. Back then he said, "Obviously the law is not satisfactory," it pointed a "finger of suspicion" at administrators, faculty mem bers and trustees of the University and the St ate-supported colleges, and "should re ceive new, full, careful, unrestricted con sideration by the next (1965) legislature." Last month, Mr. Scott gave a talk in Dunn and was quoted In news reports to the effect that he didn't think a special session of the legislature was necessary to deal with the speaker ban and he thought the legislators would require assurances that Communists would not be allowed to speak on State cam puses before they would agree to e&se the Rag According to the news reports, which Notice To Hunters The (North Wilkesboro) Journal-Patriot At this time of the year many hunters are annoyed and often disgusted at finding much of the better hunting areas are posted land. The law provides that a person can pro hibit hunting on his land by posting it, giving warning that hunting is forbidden. Many hunters think such prohibition on the part of land la unjust, and thai game should be for everybody. Aa a matter of fact, a minority of hunt ers are responsible for so much land being posted. Too many hunters show absolutely no retard for the property on which they hunt. They damage fences, leave galea open, occasionally shoot cattle and livestock through careless use at guns, and they some times set forest fires, the most incident of all the trespassing. The Elkln Tribune last week carried an of a land owner finding a pile o doves on his tarn, where some m outers had piled the birds aftei killing them. The togry land owner im mediately posted his land, which previous ly had bsen open to I prompted our editorial criticism, Mr. Scott didn't seem to think the speaker ban was such a bad law after all. Last week, Mr. Scott said that his re marks In Dunn had been misinterpreted, lift ed out of context, and generally done vio lence. That figures, since It turns out that Mr. Scott was interviewed and the news stories were turned out by Hoover Adams, a newspaper hatchet man for supporters of the gag law. Lieutenant Governor Scott says, and we are certainly relieved to hear, that his po i sltlon on the gag law has not changed. "I have never felt the law was effective," he said last week. "I say, In effect, that the law will have to be amended to give the authority to regulate speakers back to the trustees." Although he had ample grounds, he was charitable enough not to add, "Don't believe everything you read In the papers." NEWS OF FIVE. TEN. 25 YEARS AGO Looking Backward Into The Record November 1,1940 Timothy Thompson Is the first man drawn In Warren County under the United Stales first peace time draft. A Red Cross reorganization al meeting was held at the court house on Friday night. The annual drive tor funds for the Warren County Memorial Library will get underway next Thursday. November 4. 1960 The painting of the inside of the new Jerusalem-Zion Methodist parsonage at Nor llna has been completed. The general election when the nation will choose a President, will be held Tuesday. Frank Daniel of Warrenton will head the annual Warrenton Christmas Seel Sale fund drive. November 4, 1955 Arthur Nicholson, Mason postmaster, has been named chairman of the board of trust ees of Warren Memorial Library. Mlse Mary Burwell Davis at tarn has been named winner of the State 4-H Safety Con test and will attend the National Convention in Chicago. Juanlta Jones of Littleton won a $100 scholar ship a* the 4-H Electrical i held * AsbevOle this week. Moore Hails Vote As Evidence Of Further Proaress In State By ADRIAN KINO Raleigh? Approval by Tar HmI voters at the $900 million road bond Issue and the court of appeals amendment was hall be Governor Moore Tuesday night as "further progress for North Carolina." ."I think It reflects the Inter est of the people In the develop ment of the State." he said. Moore went to the Sir Walter Hotel shortly after supper Tuesday to await the returns with a group of friends and po litical allies, Including Joe Hunt, Highway Commission chairman, and Robert Holding, chairman of the Governor's Committee for Better Roads. "This Is a good day for North Carolina," Moore said, "and I can assure the people that the road bond money will be spent wisely. There will be no crash program. . . It will be well planned." Referring to the $200 million road bond election In 1949, Moore said he thinks his $300 million program "will have a similar effect as the 1949 Is sue-an added push to our eco nomy." He discounted the Ku Klux Klan opposition to the bond elec tlon. "I don't think the KKK . had any particular Influence on the outcome," he told re porters. Moore said he was not "par ttcularly surprised" with the Road (Continued from page 1) In 2, ISOpreclncts reporting was below the most conservative es timates. Alex Brock, executive secretary of the State Board of Elections, made the closest guw>a-tn?tlmatlng 868,684. State Highway Commission Chairman Joe Hunt was far off base with an estimate of 750,000. The bond Issue was rejected In only two counties?Greene1 and Franklin. The vote was 701 to 661 against the bonds In Greene and 1,345 to 894 In Franklin. The road bonds seemed to find their highest proportion of friends In Western North Caro lina, home of the Governor and the scene of Intensive bond campaigning. Clay County?first to finish adding up all Its votes?went for the bonds by a vote of 1,151 to 33. But the majority was size able, too, In the Piedmont, and in the East a stronghold of the Ku Kline Klan which waged the only organized opposition to the bonds. Apparently, the bond Idea had Immense appeal to the people In the State's larger municipali ties. in Mecklenburg County the bone Issue was winning by early margins of 8-1 and In Guilford by 4-1. It carried by 2-1 In Wake. That wasn't the case in 1949, when the last road bond Issue was voted on. That $200million proposal carried by a 3-2 mar gin, but moat of the big urban counties went against It. Governor Moore, who pushed the bond Idea throughout his 1964 political campaign, and State Highway Chairman Hunt, who has toured the State to promote the bonds, counted on two features of the bond pro gram to bring In the "yes" votes: (1) No new tax would be levied to pay off the bonds, and (2) there would be something for everybody when the money was spent. The 1965 law authorizing Tuesday's election provided that a one cent a gallon gaso line tax levied in 1M9 to fi nance a $200 million road bond issue would be continued to pay off the $300 million issue. State Treasurer Edwin Gill has estimated that the tax will eventually yield $19 million a year - more than enough to pay off the bonds. He also has estimated that Interest on the $300 million will total about $100 million over a 85 - year repayment period. The bond law splits the $300 million into these three basic blocks at money: - $180 million for construc tion ot primary roads. The law ?pells oat how much at this will be spent in each of the State's 14 highway divisions. Allocations are based on the primary road mileage in each division. - $75 minion for road work. This Is broken town into counties. Allocations road - $75 mUlian for urban street ruction. The law specifies "Whan there Is do controver sial Iuih at atake," ha aid, "It's hard to get the people out to rota. Wa realised from tha beginning that this waa a prob lem." Hunt, who criss-crossed tha Stat a to drum up support (or tha road bonds, aald "I think North Carolina won today. . . highway development la tha key to future development In North Carolina." Hunt characterized support for the road bonds "as a great victory for the Governor." Holding also saw the outcome as a "tremendous vote of con fidence for Governor Moore and his administration." "It'a a great day for the fu ture of North Carolina," he said. Hunt, who didn't know "what to expect" on the size of the vote said "it's ashamenomore people voted than they did, but I am well pleased with the per centage" favoring the road bonds. Holding said the voter turn out was "about what I thought It would be." _ "We labored from the begin ning with the problem of a light vote." he said. Hunt told a group of approx imately 100 people at the hotel, "We've been killing a lot of people (on the highways) In North Carolina and It's been tethering me." Governor Moore's greatest bow much is to be spent In every one of the State's 400 Incorporated municipalities. Allocations are based on pop ulation. Although the money is ear marked for spending in the counties and towns, it won't be doled out to them for-road Duuaing as they choose. The State Highway Commission has complete say - so as to how each penny of the $300 million will be spent and Is obligated only to stay within the allo cations spelled out by the law. Hunt, Governor Moore and his Committee for Better Roads campaigned for the bonds with out opposition until the last pre - election weeks. Then the Ku Klux Klan came out against the bond Issue, claiming It would place an un fair financial burden on Tar Heel taxpayers. Also, various individuals de clared their opposition to the bond tdeu - most of them con tending that the State has wait ed too long to start a "pay - as - you - go" road - build ing program. Two of the critics were Capus Waynlck of High Point and Clifton Benson of Ralelgh both of whom served the State under former Gov. Terry San ford. Waynlck, a former State specialist In race relations, complained that the Stale's citizens would have to pay too much interest for $900 million in roads. Benuon, former vice chairman of the highway com mission, said $300 million - lumped with all the other road funds that will come in dur ing the next five years - is too much money for a commis sion to spend wisely In so short a time. Fonntain (Continued from page 1) Post office Building In Tarboro for appointment every Monday between now and December M. In addition, a member of hi* staff will be available to the general public on Monday through Friday of each week. Congressman Fonntain will begin his visitation program on Nov. S at the county court house in Vance County and will and it about the middle of De cember in his home county of Edgecombe. Thereafter he will spend as much time as possible out in the Second Congression al District. In announcing his schedule of visits to each county seat and the poet offices outside the county seats, Congressman Fountain said: "I am looking toward to seeing and visiting personally with as many of oar people as possible and hearing anything they may have on their minds. Such a full schedule will necessarily limit my time In any one community, however, I sin cerely hope that all who can will afford me the privilege of a visit" killed by mistake by Ma troope while inspecting his ? st atgfct. (an, his wife, viewed the verdict as a "compliment to the Oor ernor and the people who ara helping him." "But moat of all," Mr a. Moor# a lid, "lt'a a oompUmant to tha people of North Carolina. Whan presented tha (acta, thay taka tha right path." She said aivmval of tha bonds was "another step forward. Tar Hoeis always do It right." State Treasurer Edwin Gill said 'It's a great victory. I had toped it would be good, but thla la a greater majority than I had expected." He was "not aurprlaed" at tha light vote. State Democratic Party Chairman J. Melville Broughton a aid he was "very pleased with the results on both the road bonds and the court reform amendment." He wlrted that "the vote had been heavier." Dan E. Stewart, director of the Department of Conservation and Development said approval of the road bonds "Is going to be a big boon to both the tour ist business and Industrial development . We can't have growth In either one without a good highway system." Stewart saw the margin of support as "a tribute to Gov ernor Moore's leadership." William P. Saunders of South ern Pines, former CAD di rector and now a member of the C&D board said he thought the outcome "is wonderful. This Is just about what 1 expected." Judge Says Vote Like Reprieve Raleigh?The ntrwa that Tar Heel voters had approved the court reform amendment came to Associate Supreme Court Juatlce Susie Sharp like a "re prieve" Tueeday night. Mlsa Sharp laid she had been running scared," afraid the State's voters would reject the amendment to lessen the work load on her and the other six North Carolina Supreme Court justices. "I'm very thankful that the people understood and author ized the legislature to establish an Intermediate court of ap peals." she said. Voters approved the amend ment by a margin of 3-1. The court proposal will per mit the General Assembly to set up a new court of appeals between the Superior Court and Supreme Court levels. While Miss Sharp had been afraid of what the results could be, Chief Justice Emery Denny said he had never really doubted the amendment would carry. The amendment was almost uni versally endorsed by State of ficials and legal organisations. Denny and Miss Sharp agreed that approval of the amendment means a new and lighter day for the over-worked court. Under the present system, any person can appeal a Judicial decision to the high court. On Tueeday, said Denny, the court heard a case Involving only $197. Denny said the present work load of the court is "entirely too much" for each case to b< given the time and considera tion It deserves. Denny and Miss Sharp both hope the General Assembly will now create a system allowing the supreme Court to hear only those casea It wishes to try. "I hare every reason to be lieve the General Assembly will adopt a practical and reasona ble system with respect to ap peals," said Denny CHRISTMAS STAMP Silver Ben, Aria. ? More than 680 stamp collectors, gov ernament officials and tourists crowded into this tiny mining community Tuesday to witness the first-day issue of the IMS Christmas stamp, depleting archangel Gabriel blowli* his horn. The stamp goes on sale Thereday throughout the ooun try. A tiger's eye is a semiprec ious stone. It is quarts spotted with iron oxide. Raisins were need as a pot son antidote by the ancient no mans who believed that thefmt, washed down with wine, relieved the effects ot poison hemlock, bee and wasp atlags, ? ' yoor Mbaerlptlon. f Tic?l to 1 an Okl Habit? Itny a V c Dryer Dry your laundry soft, fluffy, fresh every time. 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