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Cost Of Refuse Disposal With a ban on burning garbage expected to go into effect in North Carolina within the next few months, and with constantly increasing quan tities of garbage, counties are turning more and more to land fills as a means of disposal. It appears inevitable that Warren County must assume this cost, at considerable expense to the tax payers. An idea of what this cost may be is revealed in a news story last week in The South Hill Enterprise, covering landfill discussions for Mecklenburg County, Va., which borders Warren County on the north. According to the i>i.ory a revised and updated plan for garbage dumps was presented to the Mecklenburg Board of County Supervisors by Paul Stewart of the Virginia Department of Health. There were two plans presented for consideration. Both were land fill operations. Both plans call for closing dumps in the five towns of the county in favor of the county wide operation. Plan A called for multiple sites all over the county and Plan B callid for one central site of about 100 acres. Mayors of the five towns differed over ths better plan. Plan A calls for five dump sites in the county, the original cost of equipment would be $40,000 and the operating cost about $31,000 ayear. Each site would consist of a minimum of 20 acres of usable land for refuse disposal for the next 20 years. Here the refuse would be covered twice weekly. In Plan B, cannisters would be placed all over the county, except in towns. The equipment cost for the plan would be $48,000 amortized over a period of years. Operation, maintenance and repair would cost about $56,000 a year, including salaries. Under the plan towns would continue to transport their own refuse but would not have to bear their present cost of operat ing a landfill. Mecklenburg County is consider ably larger in both population and area than Warren County and the cost would be considerably more. But even if Warren County's cost were found to be half that of our neighboring county, the cost could easily be in the neighborhood of $50,000 a year. Under the present valuation of some $74 million with 50% of valuation being used for tax purpose, this would call for an in crease of around 14$ in the tax rate. Such an increase is not to be anticipated with any degree of plea sure but it is a part of the cost of modern civilization based in part on the disposable carton and the non returnable bottle. Crime-Breeding Prisons The Smithfleld Herald Prisons are supposed to discourage crime. They may be doing just the opposite. The latest respected North Carolina voice sounding a call (or prison reform Is that of Associate Justice Susie Sharp of the North Carolina Supreme Court. ".?e cannot fight crime by breeding it," Justice Sharp said In expressing hope that "the conscience of an aroused people and their representatives" will prod the General Assembly In 1971 to lift the state's prison system from Its degrading condition. Commenting on Justice Sharp's call for re form, Editor Claude Sltton of the News and Observer cited some alarming statistics about inhabitants of prisons. "The odds are great," he said, "that a youth consigned to these lockups will emergy an embittered graduate In crime. Return an old ,qon to the system and he simply learns new criminal tricks. Two thirds of the 10,000 or so Inmates of the state's prisons are repeaters, back for a sec ond, third or even fourth term. The same is true of the 200,000 inmates of federal and state prisons throughout the nation." B Is obvious that a prison system Is not working when two-thirds of offender* Im prisoned are repeat offenders. The sys tem does, Indeed, appear to be acrime breed er. Rehabilitation?although we have been hear ing about the need for It many, many years Is yet to become dominant In treatment of prisoners In North Carolina. We will not achieve success with rehab ligation of prison ers In North Carolina without spending a large sum of money for new prison facili ties and for employment of a sufficient num ber of trained persons to provide prisoners fully with the counseling, education and psy chiatric treatment necessary to give them a changed outlook upon life. There will have to be enough prisons to separate first offenders from repeaters and to keep the young apart from older prisoners who re quire attention different from that given to youth. We In North Carolina will quickly provide the kind of prison system that can rehabili tate criminal offenders if we abandon the ancient and barbaric concept that a prison exists for vengeance. Vengeance does not be long to man. What does belong to man Is responsibility for man, even criminal man. And responsibility toward criminal man de mand that we look upon him not in terms of what he had done or what he is so much as in terms of what he can become If we compas sionately minister to his needs. Order In The Court Greensboro Daily News The State Supreme Court in its latest set of "general rules of practice" has made it clear that it will frown on any attempt by flamboyant lawyers to turn the state courts into theaters for a day. And it specifically prohibits the sort of bullying that witnesses, defendants and even plaintiffs are sometimes subjected to under cross-examination. The court said: "Adverse witnesses and suit ors should be treated with fairness and due consideration. Abusive language or offensive personal references are prohibited." We hope that those lawyers who occasion ally, or regularly, resort to such tactics will pay attention to this. The same thing goes lor some of the state's own prosecutors who sometimes appear to be more interested in naming up an unbroken string of convictions than In protecting the rights of defendants. ? U to be toped also that the state's Judges wOl enforce this nde Impartially. Any news man who has covered the courts tor any leagth of time can vouch that certain jodfis tend to grant a good deal of leeway tore, per - t is conduct courtroom. But If a lawyer wants to appear In court dressed like a gambler fresh off an old time Mississippi River steamboat, It should be his own business?and his risk. The court's decree on dress makes one wonder If the eminent Justices have vlsltei the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly lately and observed the attire of the men who make the state's laws. Some Tar Heel lawmakers could pasa tor refugees from a race track. And a few of the more bizarre dressers might be mistaken for Jockeys ready to ride a long shot In the next Quotes Man's capacities have never been measur ed, nor are we to Judge by any preced ents what be can do, so little has ever been triad.?Henry David Thoreau. Women are not much, bat they are the beat other sex we have.?Don Herold. The one thine that hurts more than pay ing m income tax Is not having to pay ? tax.?Thomas Dewar. Mostly Personal By B1GNAJLL JONES When one sees tbe litter toss ed on our streets every day and sees hundreds at wrappers, candy, bottles and trays tossed out of car windows with little regard for the beauty of the town, it may be hard to believe that Warrenton today Is cleaner and more healthful than It has ever been. But I believe this to be true. It Is true that in my child hood that the streets were not Uttered with trash, because people did not throw away much and spent a great deal less on items whose cove rings litter the streets. Bags were saved, strings were saved, bottles and Jugs were saved and re-used. Nails were picked up, straight ened and re-used. Old plow points and other Iron were bought and re-used by the blacksmith. The newspapers were small and the number few, but papers and catalogues were saved and utilized in a manner no longer familiar to many of those of the present genera tion. Hogs were the great disposals long before the mechanical disposal was attached to the sewer system. Slop barrels were placed a short distance from each kitchen, and all vege table peels, waste food, and often the dish water was pour ed into these barrels to be carted to the hog pen. Waste at hotels and boarding houses were gathered by hog raisers. The dogs took care of most of the bones. Vegetables were canned In glass jars, which were re-used year after year. Cow, horse, hog, chicken and human manure were scattered on the land, and leaves were burned as well as what little other debris ac cumulated, including chicken feathers. As a consequence there were no garbage trucks and our people had about as little use for a landfill as a hog has for a sidesaddle. And yet the town was far from deal}. English sparrows nested In the eves of many stores, obtaining their food largely from horse drippings In the street, and practically disap pearing with the horse. The town was filled with rats and Qlas and the odors of privies, horse stables, cow stalls, chicken pens, and hog pens, and the odors of large numbers of the unwashed. Signs up and down the main street warned that there was a $1.00 fine for spitting on the sidewalk, a much needed warning In the days when a large number of the people used chewing tobacco and snuff and the spittoon was a com mon object at every public and many private places. Warrenton was a dirty place, a place where typhoid fever was none too rare, and yet It was probably as clean as all other towns, and perhaps clean er than most of them, and our people through their news paper and public board bragged of the health of the town. And over these streets and through chicken Infested yards the young went barefoot In the summer and often protested the rule that feet must be washed before being placed In bed. Farmers plowed furrows up and down hill and the creeks In which we swam rang moddy In a day when there were no concrete swimming pools with filtrated water, chemically treated to kill germs. People accepted things be cause that was the way things had always been, without pity and with little thought. Life was simple and predictable and full of youthful Joy, and our people were perhaps neither more nor less happy than are the pre sent young people, or the young people of tomorrow. One grows old and finds one problem Is solved and another springs up. We gat rid of the filth of a horse stable only to have our *mosphere polluted by exhaust from automobiles. And we find almost overnight th* we are being smothered In waste aqd garbage and that it Is going to be very expensive tn get rid of this menace. Attend Workshop Mrs. Maria H. Thomas aw] Mrs. Minnie F. Kennedy, spec ial education teachers at North Warren School, have completed a two weeks workshop course In arts and crsfts at the FFA Camp at White Lake. Sponsored by Bast Carolina University at OreenVtUo, the assisted at MO tpfliiilif ootnitlori, Hawaii's Rich Heritage Keeps Island Strife free WASHINGTON - People are one of Hawaii's most success nil Imports. The Polynesian settlers who probably landed on the unin habited islands about A. D. 750 built a society that remain ed undisturbed until 1778 when the great English explorer and navigator Captain James Cook sighted the green, still heights of the Island of Kauai. I News of Cook's discovery! spread and Hawaii became a mid-Pacific melting pot. Chi nese, Japanese, Portuguese, Koreans, Spaniards, Filipinos, P<>erto Rlcans, and American missionaries and sailors all came to the islands. s; Formed Harmonious Blend Today the people of the 50th state represent a rich blend of Yankee Ingenuity, Oriental in dustry, and Polynesialf ??d will. Each elemsnt sparkles in a broad mosaic of Hawaiian culture rernvkably free of rac ial tension and strife. "Such a mixture helps to ex plain Hawaii's climate of toler ance and comparative lack of racial problems,"jprltes Wil liam Graves in National Geographic Society's new book, Hawaii. A member of National Geo-, graphic's senior editorial staff,J Mr. Graves roamed from the 13,796-foot peak of Maun a Ke? to undersea formations of "pillow lava" to compile a fresh, comprehensive report on the Aloha State. A Tourism gradually -is over taking the military as Hawaii's chief source of Income, fol lowed far behind by those two familiar symbols?sugarcane and pineapple. By the year 1978 the state expects 3,000,000 tourists annually ? a mjmbeT more than four times.great er than Its current permanent population of 700,000. Of all the 132 Islands, shoalsH pinnacles, and reefs forming the newest state, only seven Is lands are inhabited to any real degree ? Hawaii the largest, Maul, Molokal, Lanal, Oahu,. Kauai, and Nilhau. Coats Are Soaring The tourist tide has helped push up prices on all of them. The state, especially Oahu's commercial heartland Honolula has one of the highest costs of living In the United States? roughly 20 percent above the na tional average. The skyrocketing costs have not deterred growth. Metro politan Honolulu, which encom passes all of Oahu, still ranks among the 10 fastest growing major cities In the United States, with an Increase In popu lation of 29percentovecttjelast decade. W High In the luxuriant forests of Oahu's Koolau Range, the flumes or large Irrigation dit ches that carry water down from the mountains have con tributed a uniquely Hawaiian sport called flumlng to chal lenge the newcomers. Flumlng fans hop In the con crete ditches, float on their backs, and catch a free ride down the mo< ntainside. In some places, they are swept through tunnels and ride aqueducts over the valleys. Hawaii may be obtained only 5>y direct order from the Na tional Geographic Society, Department 100, Washington, D. C. 20036; cost, $4.65 Including postage and handling. Minister Resigns HENDERSON?Rev. JamesB. Storey has resigned as pastor -M the First Presbyterian Church In Henderson and the resignation was accepted by the congregation at a session fol lowing the morning worship service Sunday. Rev. Mr. Storey will go to Dallas, Texas, as of Sept. 15 as pastor of West Shore Presby terian Church. The congrega tion there Is about 400 or much the same as in Hender son. SEWING TIP Use of elastic Is Important in the 1970 spring and summer fashion scene. Fashion dictates its use for waistbands, neck lines, wristbands and around midriffs, points out Mrs. Sandra Brown, Extension home eco nomics agent, Washington County. A simple technique that will eliminate twisting and rolling of elastic Inside the easing Is this: distribute fullness even ly after Inserting elastic. Then from the right side "ditch stitch," sewing by machine along the line of each seam, starting at the top and ending at lower edge of casing. With the elastic held at cen ter front, center back and each side seam It cannot twist. ?v?. I To 4-H Members RALEIGH - A total of 286 scholarships valued at $166,700 are offered this year to cur rent ife former 4-H mem bers. These brlnf the dollar amount of educational grants given during the last decade to 91.4 million. The figures were compiled by the National 4-H Service Com mittee, Chicago, which obtains funds from private sources. Some 45 of 60 donors con tribute funds for scholarships which range from $300.00 to $1,600. Each business firm or foundation sponsors a specific program such as safety, or un derwrites scholarships to be Felts Funeral Is Held On Monday Funeral services (or Ira Griffith Felts, 61, of Hender son were held Monday at 4 p. m. at Kesler Funeral Home by the Rev. Gerald Wilson and the Rev. Rowoll Lane. Burial was In Sunset Gardens In Hen derson. Mr. Felts, a retired rail road watchman, died Saturday. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Abbott Felts; a daughter, Mrs. Forrest Aiken of Henderson; five sisters, Mrs. Cheatham Mabry and Mrs. Ho ward Currln of Vance County, Mrs. Jesse Finch of Hender son and Mrs. Vernon Mabry and Mrs. Edward Fuller of War ren County; four brothers, John and Malvln of Warren County and Clifton and Wilson Felts of Vance County and three grandchildren. Myrick Funeral Held On Sunday LITTLETON ? Graveside services for J, Clyde Myrick, 64, a farmer who died Friday, were held Sunday at. 2 p. m. at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery by the Rev. C. R. Breedln, Jr. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clara Thompson Myrick; his mother, Mrs. Leah Butts My rick; a daughter, Mrs. Rob ert Jean Moore of Route 3, Littleton; a son, Carlton My rick of Greenville; a daugh ter, Shirley Myrick and a broth er, Murry W. Myrick both of Norfolk, Va., and two grand children. used In pursuing specific courses of study such as forestry. Several companies have been supporting 4-H In this manner for about SO years. Among the pioneers are Montgomery Ward; International Harvester Company; The Santa Fe Rail way System; Chicago and North Western Railway Company; The Sears-Roebuck Foundation and Kerr Glass Manufacturing Cor poration. In the leam-by-dolng 4-H programs, scholarships are awarded to national or region al winners who usually are high school juniors or seniors, of college freshmen. There are 45 such programs which range from achievement to veterinary science. The scholarships can be used for a regular four-year college course or in vocational schools, short courses, busi ness training, nursing and the like. Among other scholarship donors of long tenure are The Firestone Tire & Rubber Com pany; Coats & Clark Inc.; West - inghouse Electric Corporation; Ell Lilly and Company; Simpli city Pattern Co. Inc.; Standard Brand Incorporated; Allls Chalmers; Carnation Company and Ford Motor Company Fund. 4-H programs arp .supervis ed by the Cooperative Extension Service with program awards arranged by the National 4-H Service Committee. Information on specific pro grams may be obtained by con tacting the county extensionof flce. In 1920, the average woman worker was 28 year" old, sin gle, and most likely to dt a fac tory worker or other operative worker. Today, she Is 39 years old, married and living with her husband and most likely to be a clerical worker. Card Of Thanks I would like to thank our friends for the cards, food, flower., gifts, visits and every kindness shown to us while Mr. Fair was a patient In Warren General Hospital and since his return home. A special thanks to the en tire staff of' the hospital and to the doctors. MllS. A. C. FAIR ffihp Marrrn ?rrnri> Published Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BOX 70 - W.^RRENTON, N. C. 27589 BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFriCE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Cliu Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." QTTRCPDTPTinV D A T,U*0 . ONE YEAR, $3.00; SIX MONTHS, $1.30 aUDOtiVirilUIN KA 1 Ci) . oux op STATU ONE YEAR. $4.00* SEX MONTHS. 92.00 THIS MAY BE THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD DARGAIN IN AMERICA. MISUNDERSTANDING NO. 1 Everybody knows what's been happening to the cost of living. It's been going up like crazy. About 160 percent since 1940. And if you're like most people, you assume that the same thing has been happening to the price you pay for electricity. So we'd like to correct this misunderstanding. Until this year, there has never been a rate increase in electric service for your home. Not one single residential rate increase in the history of CP&L. MISUNDERSTANDING NO. 2 Why, then, is your monthly bill higher than it was say fifteen, or even ten years ago? Well, just think about this for a minute. How many electric appliances do you have today that you didn't have then? You're spending more, mainly because you're using more. And because you're using so much more, you've actually helped us lower the unit cost o! electricity for your home. So the price you pay today for electric ser vice is only about half what it was 30 years ago. And our rates are among the lowest in the country. Just ask someone who's moved here from another state. We hope this corrects the second biggest misunderstanding of all. MISUNDERSTANDING NO. 3 Now we have asked for our first general rate increase. And just in case there is any misunderstanding about this request, we'd like to tell you why. Just as it costs more to run your household, it costs us more to run our com pany. More for fuel. Equipment. Wages. Construction. (And you know what it costs to borrow money these days.) Yet, while everybody's been passing on higher costs to us, we've invested large sums in more efficient facilities, so we wouldn't have to pass them on to you. But we can no longer hold the line. The rate increase we've requested is about 14%,whiCh amounts to less than 6<P a day ($1.72 a month) for our average residential customer. So look at it this way. If CP&L rates had gone up like everything else, elec tricity would be a luxury for a few instead of the bargain it is for everybody. We hope you understand. 1 , h W ?
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