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Worthy Of Study
This was brought to mind during
the past week by an editorial in
The Faquer Democrat of Warrenton,
Va., concerning a revision of the
18,000-word constitution proposed
for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The revision would provide for the
taxation of real estate on a use basis
instead of an ad valorem basis as
is presently in force, and as is the
case in North Carolina.
Under the proposed constitution
the Ad valorem method would be
continued but the General Assembly
would be permitted to "define and
classify real estate devoted to agri
cultural. horticultural, forest or
r-?I
We have often thought that it would
pay the State of North Carolina to
create a commission to study the
governments of other states, par
ticularly those of the region with
common problems. Such a study
group might find that problems faced
by North Carolina have already
been solved by some other states,
and that in some respects other
states might have methods of opera
tion superior to our own, even
as other states might find much to
copy in North Carolina's method
of operation.
open space uses and provide for the
assessment thereof for taxation on
the basis of such use" and "may
establish appropriate procedures
for the determination of ranges of
values applicable to such classi
fication of real estate'' and "may
allow (tax) relief or deferral" of
tax payment to owners of farm,
garden, and forest land, and land
held for the purpose of providing
residents with open space.
Frankly we don't know whether the
proposal in the Virginia Consti
tution would be for the best inter
est of North Carolina, but we do
think that it might be wise for
North Carolina to consider a study
of the value of taxing real estate
under certain classifications.
Virginia also has a tax on whis
key and tobacco and permits open
sales of whiskey following local op
tion, matters expected to come
before the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly during its present
session. We might take a look at
its experience, and no doubt the
Legislature will. There must be
many other items in Virginia's mode
of operation as well as those of South
Carolina that might well be worthy
of study.
And Smog Too
The Christian Science Monitor
The usually docile Russians are clamoring
today for automobiles, our correspondent
writes from Moscow. Well, we warn them.
If the auto age grabs you, look out! The
Soviet Union, from Leningrad to Vladivostok
will never be the same again.
Crowds of fur-hatted citizens are trying
to sign up in Moscow for the new family
car Fiat. None has yet been built (output to
reach 660,000 by 1975) but the waiting list,
if the Kremlin would allow it, could be as
long as Red Square is wide.
And the auto era is more than waiting
lists or finished cars. It is service stations,
repair shops, accessory stores, tire fac
tories. It is long four-lane superhighways,
of which there isn't a genuine lengthy example
In all the Russia. Once cars are built, the
clamor will shift to demands for more gas
stations and repair shops, and for roads and
more roads. Remember how Henry Ford spark
ed an economic-industrial-agricultural-social
revolution in the United States with his Model
T?
No wonder Premier Khrushchev wanted
at first to make all Soviet autos taxis or rent
a-cars. He knew. Let a fellow buy his own
chariot and he becomes a capitalist, addicted
to private ownership. Moscow will have a
bear by the tail. Let Russia embrace the motor
revolution and it will be whisked into more
new ventures than Lenin ever dreamed of!
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Cool Spring 4-H Clubs
Hold Joint Meeting
The Cool Spring Senior and
Junior 4-H Clubs held a Joint
monthly meeting at the com
munity club house Sunday, Feb.
16. The meeting was called to
order by the senior president,
Dora Russell.
The group sang one stanza of
"America." The 4-H pledge
was led by Katrlna Bullock; and
the Fledge of Allegiance, by
Joan Somervllle. The Minutes
were omitted?^
In discussing new business,
it was decided thai the 4-H
Clubs would work together with
the local Home Demonstration
Club in presenting a program
In honor of the elder members
of the community. Also, for this
year's project, It was agreed
upon that the clubs would work
with other community organi
zations and OEO In installing
a lavatory In the community
building which Is also used as a
headstart center.
Members who plan to raise
poultry, swine, and calves dur
ingthls year wei e asfcudtugtvg"
their names to the leaders so
that plans could be made for
acquiring these animals Im
mediately. The members were
also informed of the July 7-12
session during which 4-H'ers
from Warren County will be able
to attend camp near Roanoke
Educational part of
program, one of the lead
Leora Davis, gave
"How to Look Your
you Wear."
Alston Funeral
Held On Sunda>
Funeral services for Miss
Bernadlne Alston, 75, of Lit
tleton, who died Friday, were
conducted Sunday at 2 p. m.
at Lakevlew Park Baptist
Church In Roanoke Rapids by
the Rev. Rudolph Evans and the
Rev. W. P. Pope. Burial was
In Sunset Hills Cemetery at
Littleton.
Surviving are two sisters,
Frank Ryder of Littleton; and
by three brothers, R. M., C. C.,
and D. H. Alston of Littleton.
Court
(Continued from page 1)
guilty to a charge of drunk
driving and was assigned to the
roads for one month. The sen
tence was suspended for twelve
months provided the defendant
voluntarily surrenders his
driver's license to the Clerk of
Court and not operate a motor
vehicle on the public highways
of the state for 12 months.
William Henry Hyman,
charged with reckless driving
and with driving with no opera-'
tor's license, was sentenced to
the roads for four months. The
sentence was suspended for two
years provided the defendant
pays a fine at fit and court
costs, and that he not violate
any at the criminal laws at the
state for two years.
Tournament
(Continued from page 1)
Massengail, Pope, Twiadale
Thome. > ?jf. ??. i;.
TUlery led Murfreesboro
with 13 points. Others playing
were Davla 5, Hill, Lackey 7,
Phillips, McLean,
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Tickets On Sale For
Friends Of College
Mrs. L. Y. Ballentlne, cam
paign chairman for the Friends
of the College concert series,
and Chancellor John T. Cald
well of North Carolina State
University have announced the
appointment of Mrs. J. Boyd
Davis, Mrs. Leonard Kill an
and Miss- pHy.ahAth Rooker as
membership representatives
for Warren County in the 1969
70 membership drive.
The eleventh season will
bring seven programs to the
Coliseum at N. C. State Univer
sity. Memberships will re
main at seven dollars even
though the budget will exceed
$130,000.
The season will include con
certs by: The Roval Scots
Greys, the Gordon Highland
ers and the Parachute Regi
ment Tattoo, the National
Ballet of Canada, Richard
Tucker, Beverly Wolff, Phyllis
Curt in and Frank Guarrera,
the Stockholm University
Chorus, The London Sym
phony Orchestra, The Pitts
burgh Symphony Orchestra and
Andre Watts. These programs
are designed to appeal to every
one In the family, Mrs. Bal
lentlne said. i
The drive ends March 25.
10. Pegram netted 2 and Allan
failed to score.
Rivers and Nat White led
Warrantee with IS points each,
followed by 8hsarin with IS
points, others playing were Ed
wins 5, Spruill 4, Fleming 2,
Steve White 6, Young.
HARMON PROMOTED
U. 8. ARMY, VIETNAM -
Harmon, 22, whose
Mr. and Mrs. Roy
L. Harmon and wife, Barbara,
live at 127 Dowtln St., War
rantor N. C., wa* promoted to
Army Mhlil' 1 or Jan. e,
the let
Letters
To Editor
NICE TO FORGET
To The Editor:
One of the things we like tc
do after Christmas Is to teat
up the "lists." Lists of things
to buy, to make, to do. Tele
phone calls to make and all
the things to remember. Well,
It's all over now, and we can get
rid of the lists.
We always have this pressure
of remembering. Did you ever
think that sometimes It's very
nice to forget.
This morning In goingthrough
some old clippings, I came
across this little piece written
by Mildred Duff.
She said, "Be as grateful for
the power to forget as for the
power to remember ? It Is a
lovely thing to forget."
And I knew exactly what she
meant, for only the other day
I was part of a group who were
remembering someone known
to us all, now dead. Unfor
tunately, it was more of her
faults than her virtues that
were remembered, until some
one who had known her and lov
ed her spoke up.
"Well," she said, "I have
known all that about her, but I've
forgotten it long ago. She has
been so kind to me, and done
so many generous and loving
things for other people that I
never think ol tne otner side.
I just love her for the beauti
ful things she did and some
how or other I forget the rest."
Of course it's so much easier
when we love. The father of the
Prodigal Son forgot because he
loved. He forgot all the years
of hopes brought low, of suf
fering and humiliation and dls
palr and anguish as his son
"drdpped out" to try life In the
big city. When the young man
came back all his father could
remember was that this was his
dearly loved son, his little boy
with the loving ways, who had
been lost for a while, but who
had now come home.
That must be why God is able
to forget our failures and oui
sins, because he loves us sc
much. It is said that He
will forgive our iniquity and
remember our sins against us
no more, forever, and when we
think of our selfishness and
coldness, our wanderings anc
faithlessness, our bigotry apd
stupidity, which we cannot for
get and find difficult to excuse,
we know that it is only His
great love that is enough tc
forget our sins.
The forgiven are not left
without obligation, though not
to God, for His forgfVeness is
as free as it is unmerited.
Our obligation is toward those
"who have trespassed against
us." And not even the trespass
ers, but those who annoy us
because they think differently,
because they cannot accept our
particular dogma or doctrine,
yet bear His name as do we
ourselves.
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more deeply and more sensibly,
so much more does He give
us that loving heart, for as St.
Paul says, "Love Is very pat
lent, very kind ? love Is never
glad when others go wrong,
love Is gladdened by good
ness, always slow to expose,
always eager to believe the
best, always hopeful, always pa
tient. Love never disappears."
MAKES CORRECTION
To The Editor:
I read my letter concerning
schools, printed in this weeks
edition. I left out a sentence
that will change the paragraph
In regard to the public school.
I do not know how I could have
made this mistake, but If. you
will please print or correct that
paragraph for me I will certain
ly appreciate it.
The sentence left out. ? "The
teacher, Miss Lucy Ricks, one
of the best teachers In the county
and I for one had a very good
school term."
Thank you very much.
SALLIE TUCKER POLAND
Boyklns, Va.
In Hospital
Patlants In Warren General
Hospital it B p. m. Tuesday
were listed as follows:
Fannie Duke Hester, Bertha
Parkinson, Charles Tucker,
Richard Henry Seaman, Bertha
Hscht, Andrew Stansbury, Fred
White, Leesle Davis, Nor a King,
Wiley Coleman, Emma Jenkins,
Herbert Hooker, Qayle Tar
water, Annie Mae Isreal, Rob
ert Prewer, Clarence Qllchrlst,
emuel Newell, Charles Pen
dergrass, Mary Clark, Laura
Alston, Jacob Marks, James
Williams, Mary I*oik Glbbs.
Warrenton girls huddle with Coach Plaster during time out of Warrenton girls game with
Enfield Monday night.
Local Girls
Conference
Champions
Tied for first place in the
Roanoke Basketball Confrrence
with Anrgllan Spring follow
ing a defeat by AurelianSprings
here last Tuesday night, the
Warrenton girls became cham
pions on Friday night wher
the Norlina girls downed Aurel
ian Springs.
The Warrenton girls endec
their season with a 16-2 over
all mark. Their only losses
were at the hands of Aureliar
Springs. The last several games
have been played without the
services of two of their start
ers, also out for the tourna
ment. Center Jean Drake is oul
with a chipped bone and sprain
ed ankle and Guard Jane Con
nelJ is out with a torn knee
ligament.
All year the Warrenton girls
have put on a defensive show,
holding their opponents to a
20-point scoring average.
The John Graham boys finish
ed third in the conference, be
hind Weldon and Gaston, with
a 13-7 overall record and 10-6
loop standing.
Norlina Girls Aid In
Warrenton Title
Norlina not only ended regu
lar season play on a happy
note Friday night with two good
double wins but also gave John
Graham High School girls a
clear title to the Roanoke Con
ference championship by down
ing the Aurelian Springs girls,
previously tied with Warrenton.
The Norlina girls won over
Aurelian Springs 36 to 31
and the local boys won over
Aurelian Springs 71 to 58.
The Norlina trirla font a 1 a
Leon Edmonds shoots for basket during Warrenton boys
game with Gaston in tournament play Tuesday night. Warren
ton lost by the srn,re of fin to 5a ?
to 5 first quarter lead and al
though the visitors whittled the
lead down during the remainder
of the game they were never
able to overcome it and were
down by five as;the final buzzer
sounded.
Hunt led Norlina with 17
points. Others playing were
Hawks 2, Debbie Floyd* 9,
Stokes 8, Sabrowski, Newsome,
Norwood.
Williams was high scorer for
Aurelian Springs with 11 points.
Others playing were Adkins 3,
Butts 1, Chichester 5, Cathy
Crawley 3, Shearin 8, L. War
ren.
Boys Game
Norlina and Aurelian Springs
played on almost even terms
during the first half when
Norlina led by a single basket,
but Norlina spurted ahead in the
third quarter as it scored 24
i DOints to Aurplian Snrln'M 11 ?
lead the visitors were unable
to overcome.
Al Floyd had a big night
as he led Norlinawith 23points,
followed by Seaman with 15 and
Kimball with 13. Others play
ing were Macon 5V Wimbrow7,
Foley 8, Jordan, Shearin, Hicks,
Pitchford.
Boseman and Shearin led
Aurelian Springs with 16
points each, followed by Vi
verette with 12. Others playing
were Warren 5, Keeter 5, Llles
4, Robertson.
INITIATED
ELKINS, W. VA. - Miss
Gloria Alston, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Alston
of Route 2, Wa. renton, N. C.
was recently Initiated into Phi
Beta Lamba national business
fraternity at Davis and Elklns
College. She is a sophomore.
faciei s Take1 Double
Win From Louisburg
John Graham ended regular
season play here Friday night
when they downed teams from
Louisburg In a double-header.
The Warrenton girls won 32 to
16 and the boys took a 71 to
58 win.
The John Graham girls took
a first quarter lead and were
leading 12 to 8 at the end of
the half. Held scoreless In the
third quarter, while Warrenton
netted 10, the visitors outscor
ed the locals 8 to 7 in the last
quarter when Coach Plaster
swept his bench.
Carroll led John Graham
with 11 points. Others playing
were Wood 4, Lloyd 5, M.
Thompson 5, Rooker, Taylor,
Robertson, V. Thompson,
Fleming 3, Coleman, Roberts,
Daniel 1, Mustlan.
Beasley led Louisburg with
6 points. Others playing were
Kimball 3, Keith 3, May, Smith,
Patterson, Shearin 4, Stone,
Griffin, Merrltt, Ball, Pabron,
White, Jones, King.
The Warrenton boys had lit
tie trouble with Louisburg as
"they took a 12 to 9 lead in
the first quarter and increased
it fn each of the three remain
ing quarters.
Rivers led Warrenton with
17 points, followed by Edmonds
with 16 and Nat White with 11.
Others playing were Steve
White 1 Shearin 8, Spruill 8,
Fleming 2, Young 5.
MAKES DEAN'S LIST
Miss Linda M. Silver, a
1965 graduate of John R. Haw
kins High School and a senior
at Johnson C. Smith University
of Charlotte, has made the
dean's list for the first semes
ter. Miss Silver, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrey
Silver of Route 3, Warrenton,
is a psychology major. She Is
attending college on a scholar
ship from Warrenton Fertilizer
Company.
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