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Incentive Must Be Provided
No small measure of disenchant
ment with public welfare is rooted
in the fact that programs designed to
encourage self-support'by the indi
vidual often fall far short of their
goal.
Opponents of the welfare system
frequently attribute this lack of suc
cess to laziness on the part of the
individual receiving welfare. It is
easy to blame the malfunctions of
programs on lack of individual ini
tiative, and heaping the blame at
the feet of men who can be classi
fied as "lazy" produce^ an argu
mor* that is hard to counter.
Surely there are lazy people on
welfare rolls, but there are also
lazy people administering the pro
gram, just as there are lazy peo
ple condemning the concept of public
welfare, and lazy people supporting
the idea
At least a part of the problem
of welfare, as we see it, is not trace
able to lack of individual incentive,
but a practice of the welfare agency
which stifles fruitful initiative.
In commenting on the prospects
of greater self-support by welfare
recipients, the New York Times con
tends that most relief authorities are
convinced that a substantial num
ber of these recipients might start
along the road to self-support if
they did not have to pay what amount
ed to a 100 per cent tax on any wages
they earned on relief.
For this reason, the Times
tgpk obvious delight in report
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ing that New York City has been
authorized by the federal govern
ment to offer relief recipients a
financial incentive for taking out
side jobs even on a part-time basis.
The first $85 a month in
wages will entail no cut in a
client's welfare allowance. After
that a reduction amounting to 70
per cent of the extra earnings
at $4,900 a year for afamily of four.
This is the kind of incentive
that is needed, not only in New York,
but in North Carolina and elsewhere
if the cycle of dependency is to
be broken.
By obtaining authorization of the
kind received by New York City,
welfare departments throughout the
country might find the level of in
dividual Incentive increasing. At
least, many of these departments
would move toward making outside
work more attractive, if not morr
profitable, to welfare recipients.
New York City's plan for increas
ed self-dependency doesn't promise
to deplete the number of names
on the welfare rolls, but it does offer
chance for many to begin pull
ing themselves up by their own
boot straps.
Similar self-support programs
in other areas would not accomplish
overnight results, but they would
serve to reveal whether people on
welfare fail to seek jobs due to
laziness or because of incentive
blocks within the framework of wel
fare department guidelines.
Dr. Morgan Tells Of Famous Peoole
By DR. MORGAN
Writing at the age of nearly
96, my heart melts at the
memory of touching the lives
of some of the greats I've
known. My main problem is
to select a few from the many
I've known. I'm bound to name
several from the Littleton
church and community, In
cipient greats, I might call
them, simply because of what
they meant to me as a young
pastor. As "Incipient" greats
I'd like to name certain mere
ly In their teens for what they
meant to me as I saw them
growing great.
One was Edwin, one of a
dozen in our "boys" prayer
meeting, later to be a banker
and devoted churchman. I had
resigned as pastor, soon to
leave. How could I ever for
get his prayer: The memory
yet goest to my heart: "Lord,
If It's possible, lead him to
stay with us; we so hate to
see him go!"
Or "Willie," the most sin-'
cere, honest girl I ever knew.
Three times she went forward
professing her faith, but twice
refusing to Join the church,
as her pals were joining: "be
cause," as she told me, "I
love so to dance, and the
church is against dancing, and
I'm not willing to give It up."
She came the third time weep
ing, and said, "I'm ready now
to give It up and be a con
sistent member," and has
now come to old age with
the same lovely spirit of aban
don to Christ and the church.
For 60 years I've held her up
as my model of utter devo
tion and sincerity. I think her
deacon son, a doctor, caught
from her that spirit ot "all
tor Christ."
:V. : The leaders in the Littleton
church 60 years ago were
Prof, and lira. L. W. Bailey,
principal tor years of their
academy tor boys. They were
truly greets in character and
*fcm. Infallibly they were
first at church, ? bit be
died, leaving her with maybe
7 children. She seemed at once
to adopt me as helper In her
great task. Almost In tears she
pointed to a spot on the
sofa,- and said with her gentle
voice, "Every day I come and
kneel at that spot and pray
for my children." It's almost
a matter of course she suc
ceeded. All became devoted
Christians and church lead
ers she and they continued my
Changing
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of the country Is doing today?
a national standard.
The argument that it Is
cheaper to live In North Caro
lina can not be substantiated,
Esser said. On the basis of
empirical evidence it does
.not appear that income dis
? parities are substantially re
duced by lower living costs in
this state. In the case of food
costs, for example, a survey
conducted by the Committee on
Manpower and Economic De
velopment, indicate that, for
the market basket of items
used for the food section of
the Consumer Price Index,
prices In North Carolina are
actually higher than national
averages.
North Carolina still ranks
43 in per capita Income, and
North Carolina industrial
wages are the lowest In the
nation, with the state tied
with Mississippi for bottom
place with factory wages at
$1.82 per hour, compared with
an U. S. average of $2.61.
In the incredibly short span
of fifteen years, the report
continues, agriculture has
dropped from one-quarter to
less than one-tenth of all ci
villan employment In North
Carolina. Workers released
from agriculture will no
longer contribute a significant
share of the labor required
for the future economic
development. Nevertheless,
too much of manpower policy
is still predicated oa a need
to locate jobs for dUvlaced
low
MMssary - to create entry
level jobs In the industrial
'Tf manpower is not
to be a barrier to eco
wlth jobs to
of gre*M*
warm friends. Paul, now a
prominent Littleton business
man, endowed a room In my
name In the Hayes home for
aging In Winston-Salem. Re
peatedly she told me through
the years, 1 want you to con
duct my funeral. I did so In
her 90s, one of the rarest
Christians I've ever known.
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manpower potential."
Esser said that two-thirds
of the new manufacturing Jobs
created In North Carolina each
year since 1960 have been in
Industries paying less than the
average wage for the staiefor
that year. Between 1950 and
1960, 88 per cent of all new
Jobs created in that period
were obtained by white women.
Wages are low In North
Carolina in part because a
large share of the labor force
is Inadequately prepared for
higher paying Jobs. At the
time of the 1960 census, Esser
said, 43 per cent at our fami
lies were headed by indi
viduals who had completed
less than eight years of school.
The North Carolina per
centage was twice the national
percentage, and was greater
than that of every other state
in the union except South Caro
lina.
"This fact," he said, "helps
to explain the related fact thai
in North Carolina a smaller
proportion of persona em
ployed were professional oi
technical workers than in an]
other state."
m summary, the r^ioii
states that the goal of total
development must be to clos<
the Income gap. "The earllei
we set the target date ft>i
achieving this poal, th<
greater must be our eoonoml<
statesmanship Mid the greats]
must be our allocation of re
jniDM to tliat iad. ?
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closing the income re
quires two distinct sets o
public policy committments
?a. committment to struc
ture! economic chsnfe b
North Carolina, if exist ini
economic trends are ajtSU
tered, we cannot expect It
reach our ?m1 within i
reasonable time. .EJ';;,
| Committment to recap
ture the leadership of the Not
?o?**. B is not enough tha
. we progress at Mm hm i*
Dr. Green To
Head Med.Soc.
Dr. James P. Green, a Hen
derson physician, was In
stalled as president of the Old
North State Medical Society at
its 80th Annual Session in Win
ston Salem on Wednesday,
June 14.
In his Inaugural address,
Dr. Green praised the society
for the outstanding work that
it has done in the past. He
pointed out however, that just
as segregated education is un
equal, so is medicine. He
prodded the membership to
enter the main stream of
American Medicine by taking
advantages of the opportunity
recently opened to Negro phy
sicians. He must join the State
Medical Society and the Aca
demy of General Practice and
participate actively in the
affairs of these groups. "We
must work in the North Caro
lina Heart, Mental Health and
Public Health Organizations,"
he said.
Noell Funeral Is
Held In Burlington
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Home Noell, 58, of 310
W. Markham St., Durham,
were conducted Sunday at 2
p.m. at Rich and Thompson
Chapel in Burlington by the
Rev. Robert Kimball, pastor of
the First Christian United
Church of Christ in Burling
ton. Burial was in Pine Hill
Cemetery in Burlington.
Mrs. Noell, a retired school
teacher, died suddenly at
3 p.m. Friday, June 16, from
burns received in a fire at her
home, she was the widow of
Edward Speed Noell.
The daughter of Mrs. Minnie
King Horne and the late Sid
ney Anderson Horne, Mrs.
Noell was born in Burlington.
She was educated in Burling
ton City School and was a
graduate of Elon College. She
was a member of the First
Christian United Church of
Christ In Burlington.
as the other southern states.
Achieving the goal of closing
the income gap between North
Carolina and the average
American means that we must
advance more rapidly than the
other states at the bottom of
the income rankings."
Class Of
1943 Holds
Its Reunion
The John Graham High
School graduating class of
1943 held Its 24th reunion
at the Warrenton country Club
Saturday night. This was the
first reunion of the class since
graduation. Forty - seven
guests enjoyed a delicious
steak supper.
Class officers recognized
were William E. Kldd of Wash
ington, N. C., president; and
Rebecca D. Newman of Nor
lina, secretary.
The class prophecy and last
will and testament were read.
Awards were presented as
follows: for the person living
the furtherest away, Ted Dick
erson of Snow Hill, Md.; for
the person with the most chil
dren, Allison M. Jones of
Bules Creek; for the person
with the youngest child, Eliza
beth H. Davis of Inez.
Plans were made for the
25th reunion to be held next
year.
Among those present were:
Cary and Elise Ayscue Wea
ver of Raleigh, Bennie Thar
rington Wagner and husband of
Lexington, William E. Kldd
and wife of Washington, N. C?
Katherine Petar Williford and
husband of Virginia Beach,
Va., Douglas Hardy and wife
of Roanoke Rapids, Joseph
Shaw, Jr., and wife of Hen
derson, Mary Bowers Betts
and husband of Henderson,
Jesse Overby and wife of Kins
ton, W. L. Harris, Jr., and
wife of Lexington, Va., Ted
Dlckerson and wife of Snow
Hill, Md.
Also, Peggy Loyd Prince
and husband of Washington, D.
C., Clinton Lancaster of
Maysville, Lucille Thar ring
ton Mayo and husband of
Greenville, Allison Modi in
Jones and husband of Bules
Creek, the Rev. Jimmy Ay cock
and wife of Rt. 1, Willow
Springs, Gordon and Lucy
Seaman Poindexter of
Waynesboro, Va., Rebecca
Daniel Newman and husband
of Norlina, Stephen A. Daniel
and wife of Norlina, Margie
Martin Brauer and husband
of Norlina, Elizabeth Harmon
Davis and husband of Inez,
Llllie Gupton Shear In and hus
band of Inez, Evelyn Stevenson
Gupton and husband of Inez,
Betty Davis Benton and hus
band of Warrenton, Lois Evans
Copley and husband of War
renton.
Surviving aretwo sons,Paul
M. Noell of Henderson and Ro
bert N. Noell, with the U. S.
Army, stationed in Alexan
dria, Va.; her mother, Mrs.
Minnie King Home of Burling
ton; two sisters, Miss Llllie
B. Home of Burlington and
Mrs. S. J. Stephenson of
Greenville, Rhode Island; and
one brother, Dr. Harvey O.
Home of Burlington.
In 1943, the United States
and Britain ratified a treaty
abolishing extraterritorial
rights in China.
Farmers Have One
Week To Report
Warren County farm opera
tors have only one more week
to visit the County ASCS
Office and file a report of
crops planted or other land
uses.
T. E. Watson, ASCS office
manager, said yesterday that
the farm operator must report
no later than Friday, June 30,
at the county office, in per
son, or have someone de
signated by him in writing
report for him.
Failure to file a report,
Watson said, will mean loss
of payment, refund of pay
ments already advanced and no
price support on crops for
the farm.
Reports cannot be accept
ed by mail, Watson stressed.
He said: "We urge all farm
operators who have not
reported their acreage to do
so immediately and avoid the
last minute rush."
Gaston
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residences with ten of them
built for year- round living on
the lake. There are numerous
golf courses and one 2600
foot air strip.
The Lake Gaston C. of C.
has planned-as its first pro
ject the distribution of a bro
chure in a wide area, in which
these figures and others will
be included.
"These figures may even be
obsolete now," Andrews said,
"as the recreational area is
developing so rapidly."
The dinner meeting was held
at the Howard Johnson Restau
rant near Roanoke Rapids, and
was attended by chamber
members, representatives of
VEPCO and the press.
The Chamber of Commerce
lire Department To
Hold Annual Program
The Warrenton Fire De
partment will hold Its annual
sermon and program at the
Warrenton Baptist Church on
Sunday, June 25, at 8 p.m.,
u/lth fho Bov Pnhnrt Bnrnr4t
preaching the sermon.
Scripture and prayer will
be given by the Rev. T. W.
Pettway, and the welcome ad
dress will be made by John
Ellis. McCarroll Alston will
Introduce the speaker.
Mrs. A. M. Alston will bring
a message from the Ladles
Auxiliary, and Arche King will
bring the message from the
Fire Department. The of
fering will be taken by Jethro
Turner and L. C. Cooper.
Special music will be fur
nished bythe Warrenton Men's
Chorus, the New Bethel Choir,
the Williams, Sisters, and the
Snow Hill Junior Choir.
was organized on May 17 at
Eaton Ferry Marina with H. E.
(Dick) Dickerson as first
president; Clyde Delbridge as
vice-president; T. J. King,
Secretary; and L. F. (Bus
ter) Price as treasurer.
Directors for the first year
will be T. W. Myrick, Dicker
son, Delbridge, King, Price,
Robert Salmon and Marvin
Newsom.
Revival To Be Held
It Svlphir Spriigs
Revival services will begin
it Sulphur Springs Baptist
Church on Sunday, JUno 28,
at 8 p. m. with the Rev. M.
U. Bonlster of Henderson
serving as evangelist.
Mr. Bonlster Is pastor of
Knott's Grove Baptist Church
near Oxford. He is a form
er long-time pastor of the
Oxford Baptist Church of Ox
ford.
The Rev. J. M. Long, pas
tor of the church, said that the
mu&lc will be led by the Adult
and Youth Choirs. Citizens of
the area are invited to at
tend these services.
Jamestown, Va.,was settled
in 1607 by John Smith, an
English colonist.
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