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fllhp Varrrn Krrnri Published Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BO* 70 - WARRENTON, N. C. 275S* 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." QTTPQPPTPTTHM D A fpo . ONE YEAR, $3.00; SIX MONTHS, $1.50 OU-DO^XVl-T 11U1> nAlCi). OUT OF STATE: ONE YEAJt* $4.00; SIX MONTHS, 12.00 Disposing Of Garbage It is ortly a matter of time until the burningof garbage will be forbid den in this state, and the State Department of Water and Air Re source has already notified the Town of Warrenton that it must come up with an acceptable plan for handling its garbage by the last of October. This does not mean that Warren ton must immediately stop burning its garbage upon approval of the plan, but it does require submission of a plan working towards that end. Pressure is also expected to be brought on Warren County in the near future to provide a county wide system of garbage disposal. Land fills will probably be the solu tion required for both town and county and it would seem the point of wisdom to determine as soon as possible whether incorporated towns of the county should enter a county-wide plan, as is being 1 done in a number of counties in North Carolina and Virginia. So far as Warrenton is concern ed, Commissioner Major Pope Powell suggested at a recent meeting of the town board that it might be well for the town to use a land fill for its disposable solids and to pile non-disposable solids, such as old car parts, refrigerators, air-conditionters, etc., into the ra vines near the town. Neither the town nor the county have entered into a discussion of the cost of maintaining these land fills, eitheT separately or cooper atively, but the cost will be con siderable as judged by the exper ience of Mecklenburg County, Va., which last week adopted a coun ty* wide plan for disposal of gar bage through land-fill operations. The initial cost in our neighboring county is expected to be about $58, 500. If the program is amortized over a period of years, the cost should be about $38,650 per year. Mecklenburg County is much larger than Warren in both area and population and thus its cost should be greater than would be the cost in Warren. However, disposal of its garbage is apt to cost Warren County and its towns a con siderable penny, but it is something that the county must accept in the near future. The Mecklenburg County super visors at their recent meeting, ac t cording to a report in The South Hill Enterprise, approved a plan to begin a central land fill program in the county. The plan is directed towards taking care of county resi dents with adequate provisions be ing made to expand the system to take care of towns when their needs are more clearly defined. It was recommended that the initial operation should involve 100 containers, one 20-yard packed truck, one tractor to operate the land fill, one pickup truck to be used for utility purposes and trans portation. Two permanent em ployees were recommended, one a truck driver and one to operate the land fill and supervise operations. Highway Needs At Norlina Plant Work on the Harriet Henderson Textured Yarns plant at Norlina is advancing at a rapid rate and one can now begin to see the size of the plant and foresee the impact that it will have on the economic, social and religious life of the county. This plant is expected to hire from 400 to 500 persons in the next few years, and while this number will be in three shifts, according to our understanding, still it must be realized that around 150 persons coming out of the plant yard at one time could cause con siderable congestion on Highway No. 1 at this point. With this thought in mind we hope that those of our people in authority will use their influence to have the State Highway Department widen this part of the highway from the plant to at least the inter section of 401 with Highway No. 1, and hopefully to Northside School. When the Highway Commission rebuilt the Warrenton-Norlina High way a few years ago, it built a four lane highway, with curb and gut ter as far as Eastern Motor Lines, a short distance beyond Carolina Sportswear Company. We believe that in the building of this four lane highway, the Highway Com mission was influenced by the traf fic from the Sportswear Company plant. We trust that it will also be influenced by the traffic need to build a similar highway from the Norlina plant. What Patriotism Means The Smlthfield Herald The meaning of patriotism has been dis torted In contemporary America. Critics of the President's policies, the dissatisfied who protest against our Involvement in Vietnam even though their protest is peaceful, Americans classed loosely as "liberals" ?All these have from time to time been called unpatriotic by some Americans who champion "conservatism." J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, has long been identified with the conservatives. He has become a hero among those Ameri cans who wave the flag as much against dis senters as for the land they profess to love, forgetting that this nation was born out of dls Mr. Hoover is sometimes called "rlght winger" as wall as "conservative," but he has (Ivan a definition of patriotism that Is worthy of acceptance by all Americans, wheth er they classify themselves as liberals or "True Patriotism," Mr. Hoover wrote re cently, "Is an essential Ingredient in our society. K Involves attitudes translated Into positive action. This means many things: "0) Unswerving dedication to the prta I fair play. ' and prejudice i dignity. I, lives, and pro perty of others. "(4) Casting thoughtful and Informed ballots for those who seek to govern us. "(5) Giving time and talent to civic efforts to build better communities. "(6) Supporting the efforts of law enforce ment in Its task of protecting our citizens. "Cf) Upholding the right of dissent, but at the same time insisting that char.gws be sought within the framework of law and order, rather than in an atmosphere of violence and disruption. "(8) Refraining from the so-called little sins,' such as dlsregardingtrafflc regulations, cheating on Income taxes, and ignoring the 'no littering1 signs. "(B) Setting an example of Integrity and decency for oar younger generation who need guidance in preparation for the day they take up'the duties of citizenship." As Mr. Hoover went on to suggest, "a renewed commitment to these guidelines" will give Americana {strength to overcome coo temporary troubles, including threats from ex tremists to dtstroy the democratic way of life. But it should be emphasised that the need Is tor commitment by lovers of America to all these guidelinea?not to the two o* three of them that some of us may find particularly appealing because the? deal with pet peeves born of prejudice. Mostly Personal By BIGN ALL JONES These days the newspapers are filled with talk at the evils of bussing, the virtues of the neighborhood concept and the fairness of freedom of choice In our schools, which I suppose may be some gain for the Inte gration concept as the "never" has given away to "under certain conditions." However, without entering too much Into the merits or de merits of integration, most of our people in Warren County should be perfectly familiar with the neighborhood school, bussing and the freedom of choice concept as they have ap plied locally. My own formal education be gan in 1907 when I entered a one-room, one-teacher school In Sandy Creek Township. At that time the public school sys tem as we now know It was In Its Infancy. At this school, which operated for only four months a year, there must have been around 40 students, rang lng In age from seven years old to around 18 years old, and the teacher taught classes rang ing from ABC's to Latin. The three members of my family who attended this school walked about a mile and a half each way. During the eight months that I attended this school be fore our family moved to War renton, I learned more than I ever learned in a comparative period. When we came to Warrenton we found two excellent private schools, Miss Lucy Hawkins School and the John Graham Academy, and a public ele mentary school with several teachers and a little more than 100 students In attendance. I attended this school. Before I finished eight grades of this school, the ninth grade had been added and I graduated from the ninth grade In formal exercises. The next year the school added the tenth grade and again I was graduated In formal exercises. In 1916-17 I stayed out of school and worked while my brother, having graduated from the John Graham Academy, attended school for a year at the Univer sity of North Carolina. I then returned to the Warrenton pub lic school, which had added the 11th grade, and was graduated for the third time from the same school, which must be some kind of record. During all my school days I walked to school, as bus ing was not adopted until several years later. Around 1920 Warrenton Township was created as a special school district, a bond issue was passed, andthe pres ent John Graham High School was constructed as a district school. This school was attend ed by a few students from outside the district, who either boarded In the town or who furnished their own transpor tation. At the time that the John Graham School was built small neighborhood schools were maintained in most sec tions of the county, and Wise had a High School, the first in the county. When we attended school in Sandy Creek Town ship I cannot remember that any provision was made for the education of the Negro children, but by 1920 small schools were being operated for both white and colored children in most communities of the county under a "separate but equal" plan. Due to the difficulty of obtain ing teachers in rural areas of the county and the belief that small schools were Inferior, around the mid twenties the state began to consolidate its schools, and the process was accelerated In the thirties when the state took over the operation of the schools. By 1954 when the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was Il legal, children were being bussed to schools at Littleton, Warrenton, Norllna, Macon and Wise. White children were being bused by colored schools and colored children were being bussed by white schools to consolidated schools at Wise and Warrenton. In one western county, where there were no Negro high schools, the colored students were bussed some 25 miles into another county which maintained a Negro high school. Although in its 1954 decision the Supreme Court stated that separate schools by their vary nature vara Inferior, it was Inferred that while no person could be dented the right to * tend the school at his choice because of race, this did not maw that anyone should be forced to attend anv school, and it was presumed that Negro and white schools would be maintained, with a few Negroes fei the early sixties a group ot Macro pareats asked the War ran Count/ School Board to per mit their children to attend Graham High School ir a freedom at ?!5? TtMlr petition wms denied and tbajr sued the school board in Federal Courts. This suit last ed for some five years, as each year the school board would grant some concessions. In 1969 the Court ruled that War ren County schools must be fully integrated and this was done, to 1970 the Courts ruled that all North Carolina schools must be fully integrated. This ended de Jure segrega tion, but left de facto segrega tion in the state and nation. The Federal Government ruledthat de facto segregation, caused by segregated residential areas, Is illegal, and ordered bussing to maintain a racial balance In the schools. This ruling has been appealed and is in the courts, while most counties and cities are busing pupils under pro- j test. The end of legal segregation in the state was responsible for J the creation of a numto. of private schools J.. '.ie most oi v.:>ich are !?? re'iV.y all-white. This resulted ,n the creation of a priv.ae school at Afton following a rulir.g that a district school at Warrenton was unconstitutional. White children in Warren County are being bussed by Integrated schools, and transported to other counties in a number of cases, while the evils of busing are being decried and the virtues of the neighborhood school are being lauded. If the Supreme Court should rule that busing to attain racial balance is illegal, then many schools in the state will remain segregated for all prac tical purposes, andthe govern ments attempt to abolish a dual school system in the South will be nullified. If the court should rule that busing must be maintained, then the only chance for the neighbor hood school is through in tegrated neighborhoods. Regardless of the Court's ruling in October, it should be obvious that it will have little effect in Warren County where busing is necessary if we are to continue our public schools. "Dad, what's the difference between a gun and a machine gun?" "Well, son," the father re plied, "there's a big differ ence. It's just like I spoke and then your mother spoke." 'WIT To Editor DIFFERS WITH ED1TOK To The Editor: Referring to your column "Mostly Personal" In the Sep tember 17th issue of the War ren Record, 1 began reading it with enjoyment until 1 reached your sixth paragraph. Here you express an opinion as a fact which I question - your state ment that there is a difference today in the ability of shooters to use a plstu: frc-"n that In the Qiys oi vcvi. ; ovv '''ay? Again in the same p-r you ex press an vf fact - th<?t hvdr rior to shot fan defense. On :n v . i, .. ; yaur state Ticn' ...'l'.icular?: .v. you admit ? .'.j>ed a mx of shells to p . ?s - squnel with a shotgun? L.i p<uag aph ten you appear to interpret the constitution. The question of the right to bear arms is an old one and if all present laws governing fire arms were enforced, perhaps it need not be brought up. In para graph eleven you mention machine guns - as if they were available. Just try to get one, illegal since 1934. Paragraph thirteen is, In my opinion, where you made your big mistake. I will not quote it except to say that you favor the registration of all weapons. Who will stop to register their wea pons - the Cosa Nostra, the Black Panthers, the KKK, the Mafia? You will register that shotgun that wouldn't kill a squirrel but the fact remains that gun registration is no answer. Hitler asked for and got gun registration. It was immediate ly followed by confiscation. The results of that are too well known to go into. Registration has a history of confiscation. It is recorded that a Lutheran Church in Oregon sponsored Russian refugees from Com munism. One of them with a doctor's degree and in command of seven languages, offered the opinion that only 5% of the Rus sians are Communists. When asked how 5^ of the Russians could control tue rest, his ans wer was, "They have all of the guns." in Appeal To Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D. C.-Con gressman L. H. Fountain, Rep resentative of North Carolina's Second District, announced to day that he and numerous other members of Congress have Joined In a bipartisan effort to file an amlous curlse (friend of the Court) brief on the Char lotte busing case ?Swann v. Charlotte?Mecklenburg Board of Education ?before the Su preme Court. "This appears to be the most significant, and probably the only opportunity we'll have to present our own views on busing to the Supreme Court," Rep. Fountain said. "The Supreme Court decision in this case will be an his toric one on the legality of forc ed racial balance in our pub lic schools," he added. "In fact, it may well be a very far reaching one.'' "It will have a tremendous effect on the very survival of many public school systems," Rep. Fountain stated. "Conse quently, after considerable de liberation, I personally con cluded that this perhaps unpre cedented Congressional effort was imperative. It is our best means of clearly presenting to the Supreme Court the legis lative Intent of the Congress? what it really meant - when it added the anti-busing amend ment to the Civil Rights Act I of 1964." | The "friend of the court" brief outlines the legislative history of this Civil Rights Act In particular and of civil rights legislation in general. Also outlined In the brief is the process the Court has fol lowed In its alteration of the original Intent of Congress when it passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The major conclusions of the brief are: 1. "Where Congress desired that the provisions of the Act be uniformly applied in all fifty States, not on a sectional basis, I repeat that registration has a history of confiscation. Please think It over. JAMES P. BECKWITH tlx courts have limited effective coverage to the old Confed eracy. 8. "Where Congress struck the notion of racial balance as an equivalent of or supplement to desegregation from the ori ginal bill, the Courts have treated the matter as If It had never been considered. 3. "Where Congress, seeking to accord Its negative action positive standing, specifically amended the Act to provide that desegregation shall not mean the assignment of students to overcome racial Imbalance, the Courts have circumvented Its Intention by ruling that the prohibition applied only in de facto areas of the North, not at all in the South where all segregation was held to be de Jure per se. 4. "Where Congress defined desegregation to mean the as signment of pupils "without re gard to their race", the Courts have decided that the opposite was Intended; that classification by race was necessary to re move the effects of past racial classification. 5. "Where Congress sought to forestall attempts by courts or officials to bus students to achieve racial balance, the courts have approved what amounts to de Jure quotas to measure compliance with their orders. 6. "Where Congress sought to preserve neighborhood schools, the courts have set the stage for | dismantling them." Completes Training SAN ANTONIO - Airman Lawrence Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jordan of Rt. 1, Man son, N. C., has complet ed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been as signed to Keesler AFB, Miss., for training in the communl I cations field. Airman Jordan is a 1968 graduate of North War ren High School, Wise, N. C., | and attended Wilson County Technical Institute, Wilson, N. C. In 1940, Bogey played Chips Maguire in" It All Came True." Vou paid 20cents to watch And if you were really in the money, you had a nickel left over for a bag of popcorn. Since then, the cost of living has gone upabout160 percent. But the average price of electricityfor your home has gone down .Today, it's just about half what it was when the chips were down for bad guy Maguire. CMUL Carolina fbww A light Company
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