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uJijr Warrrn Krrnrt) Jiublished Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTEREDASSECOND-CLASS MATTER ATTHE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." QTIPCPPTPTTHM D A TT?C ? YEAR, S3.00; SIX MONTHS, $1.50 OUDOtXVirilUIN out OF STATE. ONE YEAR. 14.00; SIX MONTH8. $2.00 Gaston Lake Development A number of years ago when the building of Gaston Dam was in the discussion stage a group of War ren and Halifax County citizens met with VEPCO officials at Lit tleton. At this meeting Vice Presi dent Hutchinson and other com pany officials painted a rosy pic the lake would mean to Warren County. More than five years later as one visits the development on Lake Gas ton at the opening of another sea son, one knows that VEPCO offi cials did not exaggerate at the Lit tleton meeting. If anything the picture they gave was under paint ed. No one single thing has done more to halt the economic de cline of Warren County and to start it on its upward climb than has the creation of Gaston Lake. As a result of building this lake, millions of dollars have already been added to the tax base of War ren County, and many of the de velopments are just getting start ed. Millions of more dollars will be added to the t$x valuations with in the next tew years and many people are making their summer homes in the county, and a sur prisingly large number of persons are making homes on the lake their all-year residences. Industries are beginning to come into Warren Coun _ty and . the influence of the lake on the decision to locate indus tries in Warren is a great factor. Not only is Gaston Lake a great drawing card to the county but the fishing, swimming, boating and picnicking makes the county a much more attractive place for all the county's inhabitant^. With the decline in population checked, with a fine factory em ploying men assured, and chances for other industries bright, with a continuing rise in the economic base, Warren County is headed upward. One of the best tonics we know for new faith and new hope for War ren County is a visit to the many developments on Gaston Lake during the spring. For Campus Order The Christian Science Monitor There is no longer any excuse?social, political, pedagogical, or theoretical ? for college authorities, city officials, or the police to allow rioting, vandalism, terrorism or just p^airi nastiness to contlnuq on campuses of hlgMH 'icjsfrV TUaSUfTh IPT a decisive, hefinitW,' fejHrac#6v*4*f 'terroristic, as distinct from legitimate and constructive, protest has come. Such activities must be brought to an end. And, there is reason to believe, if college and university officials are not strong enough and wise enough to do this on their own, the public will step in and do it for them. Happily, there are signs that the era of weak-kneedness and bootless shilly-shallying on the part of some institutions of higher learning is drawing to a close. Harvard Uni versity has had arrested five outsiders who have been arraigned on charges of disrupt ing a classroom. And there is a gradual move towards similar action on some other campuses. But in far, far too many cases youthful destructionists are still being allow ed to trample on the rights of the great majority of students and faculty who merely wish to get on with education. Highly significant is the overwhelming pub lic support for strong and decisive action on behalf of campus order. More than four out of five persons questioned by the Gallup Poll believed that students who break laws during demonstrations should be expelled and stripped of federal education loans. And the surprising ? and gratifying?thing Is that more than seven out of every 10 persons aged 21 to 29 think the same. -- This Is a powerful public mandate and demand to end once and for all the lawless, destructive permissiveness which has enabled small groups, both white and black, to ter rorize campuses and withhold from the major ity Its civil right to education. It Is also a warning that there are vast numbers of Ameri cans who might quite easily support strong outside, off-campus Intervention wherever a college or university showed Itself unable or unwilling to take the needed strong steps to produce lasting order. The situation must not be allowed to reach such a point. We repeat what we have often said In the past, none of this should mean a stifling of legitimate and reasonable student protest or request. It could be a great gain for society that so many students are now concerned with the quality and the circumstances of today's higher educations. Such Interest should be fostered, listened to, and where reasonable, followed. It would be a tragedy If violence were to create an atmosphere where intel ligent protest was no longer welcome. Man Above Mandate The Smithfield Herald One of the myths of American politics Is the belief that a President can hardly be a strong leader If he does not go Into of fice with a clear and resounding mandate from the people. Many of us have wonder ? ed whether Richard Nixon has much promise of achieving a successful administra tion since he Is to become a "minority Pres ident," having polled only 43 per cent of the votes cast In the November 5 election and having run only slightly ahead of his closest rival, Hubert Humphrey. On second thought, after 'leafing through the history books," as the Christian Science Monitor phrased It, . editors have begun to give Mr. Nixon a good chance of rising above mejii?fity. The Christian Science Monitor reminds us that Thomas Jefferson was a minority President." 80 was Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilaon when they began their first terms In the White House. Harry Truman, no weakling, failed to win a majority of the ?popular votes. John Kennedy ran ahead of. Richard Nixon, In I960 by only 111,000 votes, hat he became a strong President even though the assassln'sbullet deprived him of op portunity to fulfill his presidential asplra The Christian Science Monitor also re in tads us that "massive mandates can fade a. ldent needs a clear and resounding man date from the electorate, and such a mandate undoubtedly benefited some men who served as President. But the reality is that the man in the White House is more Important than the mandate at the polls. Richard Nixon is not doomed to presi dential mediocrity by his narrow victory at the polls on November 5. Whether his destiny is mediocrity or greatness will de pend on human qualities. As the Christian Science Monitor concludes, Mr. Nixon "will be Judged by the caliber of his appointments, by the wisdom of his advocacies by his ability to persuade and enlighten, and by the skill of his appeal to Congress." Democrats, Republicans and supporters of Oeorge Wallace should Join in the hope that Mr. Nixon will be a strong President and an effective President, a President who leads the nation to sensible solutions to the pressing problems at home and abroad. We should not regard him as "the Republican President." He la to be "our president," as Hubert Humphrey reminded us in his graceful acceptance of defeat. Quotes 111 not listen to reason . . .Reason always what someone else has got to s^. - Letters To Editor WRITES FROM JAIL To The Editor: Due to circumstances that are not pertinent to the letter, x ?nd myself confined In your local jail. However, I would lllce to take the time to (rive son|e praise where praise seems due. I have found your sheriff, Mr. Davis, to be an honest and capa ble officer. The only indignity and lack cu privileges that he Inflicts upon the people In his care are the ones dictated to him by the established law. Mr. Pegram, h'.i Wiler. s qualified and efficien. sf job. The jail is clean and well, run, and no Inmate, ? agarrtless of his length of stay, would suffer any nutritional I.arm. In this era of rats, sit-ins, and great confusion, It Is reas suring and gratifying to find people who still believe In the Constitution and, what's more important, work to defend and preserve it. ARTHUR SIEMNER WaiffarCuunty jail - Warrenton, N. C. REPLIES to EDITORIAL To The Editor: Judging from the number of telephone calls your librarian has received, the Warren Re cord editorial of April 3, 1969, has given the Warren County Muinui ial Hillary a lot of pub licity. Not that we need any publi city, as the State Library Su pervisors, who travel from Murphy to Manteo, have rated us as one of the best small libraries In North Carolina. As you may not know, the State pays for all of our books and periodicals and heartily ap proves our methods and sche dule of operations. Our esteemed editor appears tp be the only one around who doesn't know the Library hours. In spite of his accusations, we have NEVER closed at four o clock, I can't Imagine who gave him the false information as the sign on the door clearly states 4:30. Students are In the Library five days a week, coming di rectly from school at 3:15 or 3:20 with their text books and their lists. They browse, ask questions, search and generally find a book or several books on the required subject. Thus, the more than an hour after school Is ample time to trans act library business. On a busy day your librarian has checked out new books and old books to the amount of 98 in the hour before closing with each stu dent on his way well before closing time. Loulsburg College students, as well as those from other col leges and universities, regu larly check out books at our library. Several of the profes sors at Loulsburg College have sent messages to your librarian via their students to the effect that many of the books at the local library are not obtainable In Loulsburg. a lady from Loulsburg recently spent the whole day going through our genealogical records. The head librarian from the Henderson Library recently visited us at the suggestion of some of her patrons. While looking around, she made notes of_numerous titles from our new books? whteh~tEe~Uenders Library did not have. Many Warren County citi zens, as well as those from various other cities and towns, have expressed the belief that the Warren county Memorial Library is a vital, growing, expounding source of Informa tion and education In this com munity. Your librarian knows as well as any other parent, that Satur days were not made for study unless It Is to make up a day of school on account of bad weather and even that Is not considered a satisfactory solu tion by the great majority of teachers and students. MRS X. x DANIEL, tbrarian : / Personal Bv Bl< IN ALL JONES Last week Duke went down to the .jail to take a picture of officers pouring a quantity of moonshine whiskey down the drain. He said that the odor of the whiskey almost made hl'm sick, and we both wondered how people can drink the stuff with its evil smell, and any lack of official standards In its manu facture, knowing that the mash In the open barrels often Is a trap for flies, ants, rats, may be an o'possum, or what have you, and that often the whiskey Is poisonous because of the metals used In Its manufacture. Actually, we have been In formed that some people like moonshine whiskey better than the legal brands, claiming that It has much more "authority". However, persons telling me this always qualify their state ment: They say they like it better If it Is made In a copper kettle and aged. Most moon shine whiskey is neither made In a copper still nor Is it pro perly aged, and from that I have smelled since the end of prohibition I can't understand how one can swallow it. The chief appeal of moonshine whiskey, I suppose, Is that It Is cheaper and Its principal use ers are those with limited funds but with the same appetite for alcohol as the affluent. Dur ing the days of prohibition when intoxicating beverages was a little more trouble to obtain by strangers, many persons drank hair tonic and distilled canned heat for its alcohol. Sometimes they died from drinking wood alcohol. I don't suppose that today's moonshine Is any less poison ous or smells any worse than it did during prohibition when a surprisingly large number of people of all ages were drink ing this type booze, bought in half-gallon jars from boot leggers or In pint bottles from service stations. I have seen persons holding their nose as they swallowed the concoction and 1 have seen them mix It with Cokes so that they could swallow it and I have seen the mixture pitched back the mo ment it hit the stomach, and I have seen others drink the same booze and smack their lips. The damage to stomachs and the drunkenness that almost In variably followed the drinking of moonshine was not all the harm done during the years that Her bert Hoover called the "Noble Experiment," when those who knew the harm of alcohol tried to abolish Its use through pro hibition of its manufacture and sale. It bred disrespect for law and finance organized crime and Its evil creation still lin gers with us. Its evils were not confined to the large cities ed many of those In the small towns and rural areas. The pouring of whiskey down the jail drain last week recalls the capture of a tremendous still In the twenties, during the years of prohibition, and the Warren Honor Society Participates In Meeting Twalve North Warren Hlfh School atudents and Mrs. v. J. Catling, advisor of Excelsior Chapter of the Crown and Scepter Honor Society at North Warren, participated IntheSSth annual Convention of the Crown and scepter Hooor Society on Saturday, March 20, O. H. Washington, principal, an nounced this week. The conven tion was held on the campus of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. The theme for the con vention was "The Black Maat Past, Present, and Future." The guest speaker was Dr. Boniface L Obtchere, Pro fessor of History at the univer sity at California at Los a native of Blafra. held hi the Of the Black Man of the Past, the Black Mae of present, the Black Mfnaf the Center with Miss Linda John son of North Warran presid ing. Miss Barbara Jean Rant er won the honor of being elect ed state assistant secretary of the CSC. Miss Mattle Jordan acted as her campaign man Mary Coleman bad the dis tinction of winning a trophy for capturing second (dace in talent show which follow ed the Installation service. Her song was "Bless This House." Washington said that special >ee to Larry Boyd, Coleman, Dairy Boyd, Mary Coleman, John H. Bol lock, sad Nancy Brown tor help wlth the campaign posters transportation. ?; History Of T By BIONALL JONES Routine matters were be fore the board of Town Commis sioners at their regular meet ing on Jan. 3, 1915. On Jan. 26 the commission ers had a called meeting, the purpose of which was to have the town charter amended. The minutes fall to state what chang es the commissioners wanted, but It was ordered that Mayor Allen go over these changes with attorney J. H. Kerr and to report as soon as possible his recommendations and his charges. The commissioners met again in called meeting on Jan. 27 to discuss an engineer ing proposition with Mr. White concerning survey for water and sewage for the town. Mayor Allen appointed W. G. Rogers and H. A. Moseley as a com mittee to meet with Mr. White that night and complete the contract. At the regular meeting on Feb. 2, 1915, the committee appointed to meet with Gilbert bringing of some 500 gallons of moonshine whiskey to Warren ton where It was stored In the jail and ordered to be destroy ed following a hearing of the still operators who were sen tenced to the penitentiary. But that whiskey was never pour ed down the drain but was pour ed down the thrbats of a sur prisingly large number of War officials and law officers. The stature of limitation has run out and all of those who perpetuate the hoax on the law are now dead, so the story may now be told. After all It was simple. A few highly respected citizens carried the custodian of the whiskey as many empty fruit jars as there were jars of whiskey, and empty Jars were swapped for full jars, and for months there was no shortage of whiskey among a certain group In the town. This, of course, could not have been done without a bit of connivance on the part (if?those elected to enforce the law. Looking back on the lawless ness and hypocrisy of prohibi tion, I can recall cases where a person was arrested for vio lating the prohibition laws by a drinking officer, tried by a drinking Judge, prosecuted by a drinking solicitor, . Jailed In a bastile. kept bya drinking Jail er, when he was not freed by a drinking jury. And the public knew this and acted ac cordingly. White, Civil tnglneer. report ed that ||r. White would com plete hie contract In typewrit ten form and submit same to the board. Among the items of cash received was $3.00 from the sale of a street lamp. The sanitary condition of the town was reported fair. Jr-Hs Kerr appeared before the board in reference to amending the charter and read the different amendments. Ac tion was deferred until a future meeting. A called meeting was held at the office of J. H. Kerr on Feb. 18 when changes in the town charter were approved and Mr. Kerr was Instructed to have a bill Introduced In the General Assembly making the changes. One of these changes was to have authoriza tion for water and sewage bond made in 1911 in amount of $50,000 changed to $75,000. At the regular meeting on March-2, 1915, the board or dered that Mr. Scott, Civil Engineer, be paid $19.50 for making a survey and map of the Town of Warrenton. The meeting -was adjourned until - Tuesday night, March 9, In order that Gilbert White, Civil Engineer, might meet with the board. Mr. White was unable to be present at the adjourned meet ing of March 9 and at a sec ond adjourned meeting on March 12, but was present at a meet ihg on March 16, 1915, when-he gave the commissioners the In formation they requested con cerning water and sewage for the Town of Warrenton. Following Mr. ? White's re port, Commissioners c. R, Rodwell made the motion that led to the establishment of a water and sewage system for the town. His motion was seconded by H. A. Moseley and unanimously carried. Mr. Rodwell's motion was that "Pursuant to chapter 269. Pri vate Laws of 1911 and amend ments thereto: and as provided in section four thereof, that an election be called and that there be submitted to the qualified and registered voters of the Town of Warrenton, by the Board of Commissioners of said town, the proposition to Issue bonds in the sum of $50,000 for water and sewer system in said town; that said election be held, pur suant to Sald laWs, bH Tuesday after the fit-st Monday in May, A. D.,19lS."' voting for the motion' wer e Commissioner s^r." G. Rogers, A. D. Harris, c. r! Rodwell, H. A. Moseley, Frank Serls, W. N. Boyd and W. H. ttggan. The board elected J. Willie White as registrar fortheelec-j Ion. J. Ed Rooker and C. C., lunter were named poll hold-' ire. The action of the board In he adjourned meeting was ronflrmed In the regular meet ng of April 6, 1915, but the notion to have the bond issue vas withdrawn and re-phased In anguage to meet legal requlre nents of bond attorneys. At the regular meeting of the joard on May 4, 1915, the :ommissloners canvassed the results of the town election on Way 3, which revealed that the nayor and seven commlsslon srs were re-elected with each receiving 75 votes. John W. Allen was re-elected mayor. Commissioners re-elected yere A. D. Harris, W, G. Rog >rs, Frank Serls, W.H. Rlggan, C. R. Rodwell, H. A. Moseley, md W. N. Boyd. In the election of May 17, 1915, voters of the town ap >roved the $50,000 bond Issue or the construction of a water ind sewer system for the Town >f?Warrenton.-^Fhe vote was - ranvassed at a called meeting >f the board on May 18, 1915, ind showed the following re sults; 100 voted for the bond ssue; 23 voted against the lond Issue. One hundred and hirty-four voters were regis ered. WARREN THEATRE WARRENTON,N.C. Phone - 257-3354 MATINEES ONLY SAT & SEN?3:00 P. M. SHOWS NIGHTLY 7:00 & 9:00 P. M. SEN - MON - TEES APRIL 13-14 & 15 A MilVIN f RANK IIIM Buona Sera, ? Starring ? 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