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(Star Varrrtt Sworii Published Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BOX 10 - VARRENTON, N. C. 27589 B1GNALL JONES. Editor — DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECONDCLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Clmsa Postage Paid At Warreaton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Sn ofstaSu*on YBAjrT4.Mt*six months. ia.es Congratulations To WARR We congratulate Radio Station WARR upon Its starting operations here on last Thursday morning and wish for them the public support necessary for Its growth In service to Its community. The establishment of a radio station here Is but another step In the business growth of Warrenton and offers Its business people another media for the promotion of business necessary to the growth of the town. It Is true that In one sense a radio station Is a competitor to a newspaper In that both seek the ad vertiser's dollar, but It has been found In other towns, and we think will be found here, that the addition of a radio station does not mean smaller slices of the business pie but a larger pie as buslnss people Increase their appeal to the public. Radio and newspapers should compliment each other in service to the community both in news and business and community promotion, and we feel that the building of a radio station here means merely the broadening of the news media and better service to the community. Safer Driving, Fewer Deaths The Smithfield Hearld There was a time when repeated highway safety campaigns seemed not to make any headway at all in checking automobile deaths. Roads became bloodier even as slogans became catchier. A steadily rising highway death toll appeared to be Inevitable. Safer driving seemed an unattainable goal. That's not the way It is now. North Carolina and the whole country are demonstrating that highway safety efforts do bring desired results. In spite of heavier traffic than ever before In America, there la a decline In road de*hs. North Carolina for the second consecutive year is showing a significant decline in automobile accident fatalities. Our safety experts say that the* decline is due to drivertraining programs in the schools, emphasis of safety in road construction, installation of safety equipment In automobiles, mechanical inspection that forces car owners, to keep their vehicle in good repair, use of breath tests In checking drunken drivers, and better patrolling at highways. Motorists who have traveled widely In North Carolina and other states lately think they detect a decided Improvement in the way people drive and an increasing respect for rules af the road. From both statistics and observation comes hope for a sustained trend toward fewer road deaths. Could It be that careful, conservative driving is becoming the "in" thing among America's young people, who as a group have been mainly responsible for the rising accident tolls through the years? Whatever the improvement k, driving habits and whatever the decline in road deaths, neither young nor old persons have room to relax whan they get behind the wheel. Good driving continues to require presence of mind and sobriety. And "defensive driving" continues to be ne'jessary, for with all the Improvement the roads still are not free from reckless and drunken drivers. Nor are they free from unsafe conditions and unsafe cars. Eternal vigilance remains the price at accident prevention. Means And Ends Greensboro Dally News • would be risky to assume that justice Hugo Black's Impromptu remarks from the Supreme Court bench on Tuesday Intimate secret sympathies with the anti-busing cause In the crucial school cases bow before the court. Often the sharpest Judicial interrogators are testing their own inclinations. Bat it is our impression, at least, that Justice Black meant what be said, that "from the first case" be has "been interested in plain discrimination on account of race." "We should correct that," he continued. "Bat it disturbs me to hear we should try to change the whole lives of people around the country, you want 0» was addressing an NAACP Legal and Defense Fund lawper) to haul people miles and miles to give them equal percentages in the schools. I think there's something to the coocept of schools that's worthy of consideration In this court." The lawyer's zeal la easy to understand and Is not really at issue, for there la, tot's face It, a certain hypocrisy In tha Sooth's fervent affirmation at the non-discriminatory principles of law told down In the Brown decision of 1954. B the Intrinsic taatlce and urgency of those principles had been more widely acknowledged 16 years ago, It la entirely posalble that we would not be In danger today of deetroylng the progress gained in the past five years by adopting unreaaonahto and Impractical remedies. Delay has ahanmed Kept) aggrtovemest and reduced his pattonoe with half-measures and token compliance to tha vanishing point, and whan that happens It Is no wonder that the courts are urged to go well beyond the full measure of eliminating ootor-consctouaness from the law and shuffle the children all over the cities In a vain and aelf-defeatlng quest for Utopian perfection. Today we have in the CharlotteMecklenburg case aad others court-ordered plans at Integration so unsettling la their mechanics as to make ends at mere means and thus totauleriuine public sigport for public education. And we would Insist that when the law becomes oOlor-hUnd as to ends and objectives On the sense mandated by the original In criminal Justice, for Instance, there are zealots (and Indeed some who are not zealots) vfao urge us to cut corners and take short cuts to "catch criminals," even when the means of doing so actually threaten the basic principles of the system. Similarly, though we would not compare the great objective of equal educational opportunity tor all to the lesser objective of catching criminals, there are those whose zeal for a morally commendable end has pushed them far in the direction of authoritarian means. Crocs-busing, the denial of choice of which school one may attend, is authoritarian in tendency and the worthy ends for which they are designed do not extenuate the fact. B would be an Immeasurable tragedy if the Supreme Court, In the present cases, Jeopardised the modist but material progress of the last five year* in school integration by insisting that the moral imperative to so organ* that the morality at means is to be shuffled aside and forgotten, undoubtedly, there are those who talk about "neighborhood schools" who mean no more than that they want the school a all-white, or as little Integrated as possible. But we do not believe that Is true of a majority. Most white southerners have now recognised the evil and blight of discrimination backed by "the hand of the state." The problem now la to find ways at encouraging that recognition, not smothering It The ethic of democracy iaslsts on the Ideal of eqpal Justice and opportunity tor all, but balanced against that goal there la the mora than secondary ^asstioo at how that Justlce is to benalized.There Is nothing shameful or Immoral about the "neighborhood school" Issue, nothing "unworthy," In Justice Black's words, "of consideration In this court" B is the a«e-old issue at means and ends, practical and worthy ways of achieving praiseworthy enda. We an glad that justice Black, tor one, seems to agree. Huh? j The Chapel Hill Weekly A Urn dagre back, when the Ma Highway (Forsyth County), M.C. (Bad) Benton, WtaakMSatem'a Mayor, pot to Ms leet and asked that certain highway improvements be made in his ana to the nest tow yeara. to all, Mayor Banton's repeats came to about *80 million. Mostly Personal By BKSNALL JONES PeUr Hulth writes ft readable column for Tbm Smithfleld Herald, ft newapaper that mns to have everything and from time to time I borrow ft bit of hi* material. From his Oct. 13 1 picked up the following "Recently Ed Hlntoo told his father, Jonas Hlntoo, that U be asw an old fashion kitchen cabinet at an auction to buy It for him. Ed Hlntoo also told his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lena Twigs the una thing. "Sure enough, it the auction, they rolled out ft kitchen csblnet. And JOnas Hlnton made a bid. "lira. Twlgg was on the other side of the large crowd at the auction, and aha made a bid. And on and on. "Finally Mra. Twlgg bought the Item tor her eon-In-law— but not until Jonas Hlnton had run the price almost out of alghtl" I have been reeding Peter Hulth'a column for year a and during that time he must have been present at some of the newspaper conventions I attended, but It was not until the past summer that I met and Introduced myself to him. lfy son-in-law, Pat Ralford of Charlotte, rented a cottage at Long Beach last summer and Invited the family down to vend several days with my daughter and grandson. On the way down we made an early start and ate breakfast at a restaurant there. I noticed a man sitting alone at a table and learning that It was Peter Hulth I went over and Introduced myself. He Is not only a good writer but Is fine looking — "for a newspaperman." I have bean writing this column, off and on, for about 36 years, and I suppose* vary weak tor about tan years. Since the contents of the column have been mostly things that I recollected from many years past, 1 stand In fear that I will repeat myself, a tendency that grows with the passing years. But last week was the first time that I have been caught with the goods. If the column Is a repeat of an article more than ten years 90*, 1 think It ip not pf much consequence, since not only do people soon forget but a new generation has Joined the list of our readers. With this In mind, I have been tempted to go beck Into the newspaper flies and simply re-run some of the old pieces. As a matter of fact, I did that several months ago. In looking through the files for some other Information, I came across a piece that I had Letter To Editor To The Editor: We know that since many at our member* are mothers of school age children we are perhaps more concerned about the safe and prompt transportation at the children of Warren County to and from school than some other people. However, It to completely beyond our comprehension that anyone, even someone like Mr. Beddlngfleld, with no school age children or grandchildren would not agree that this la one of the moat important operations of our county each day. We think our school administrators should be commended lor the excellent record they have concerning the safety of our children. We cannot see any reason for anything but compiappreciation ftni* co~ operation with an administrative unit that can dismiss as many children and buses as are involved in this situation and complete the entire procedure In between thirty and forty-five minutes. We find 11 impossible to bsltovw that Mr. Beddings field's schedule fa sny more rushed or important than lots of other people who gladly wait a tow minutes if it will mean the safest possible transportation of these children. ft to oomaaoa knowledge thst Warren County last the only school unit to our state to use teacfcera to aid the school buses to traffic, is Mr. Bsddtogftold planning to tackle the whole atsto, or toft Just Warren County he wMto corrected? We habere there's not a written about my son, Howard, wten he tu three or tour yaara old. with a tatter'* bias, I decided that It «ti worth rape atteC ami re-ran It. I still think that It was a comparatively food article and worthy at being repeated. But It was the only (hat I can remember which a readar told me he did not like. We had abort notice of Cochrane Eastern, Inc.,Open House awl aa a reault I was hard pushed to gat «f> the additional oopy tor the larger paper we anticipated. This was especially true as 1 and my wtfa and daughter want to Chapel Hill tor the football gam* with South Carolina, tor which I had bought tlckata weeks ago. But thanks to hard work on the part of the office tore* and the splendid cooperation we rac*lv*d from local bualnoaa people and from Harold Tester, public relations officer with Cochrane, we war* able to com* out on tim*. ' However, in anticipation of the ne*d for a large amount of type, I bad pushed myself on tte previous Thursday and Friday during which I wrote an article for this column, which was sat into type on Friday by our machine operator. The article was no masterpiece but I did think It at least had the vlrture of tying in to what was largely a Cochrane Eastern, Inc., edition. With this behind me, I turned to other matters and gave the column no thought until Monday afternoon when my wife, who reads proofs, told me that I had run practically the same column before. "Well," I said, "maybe we have obtained some new readers since that time." To which she replied, "It was only about two years ago." It was too late to do anything about It in view of the rush we were In. Jaycees Hold Second Meeting Of Month Warren County Jaycees held their second monthly meeting at the Warren County Department of Correction, Unit 5037, on Thursday night, Oct. 15. President Roy Neal presided over the business meeting following a delicious meal served by the members of the correction unit. Charles Havley, State Supervisor of the Correction Center „ gtfve an informative talk on the purpose and Importance of correction centers and stated thai anyone is welcome to visit or inspect the center. Members of the Jaycees visit In tbe promotion at Its anti-litter campaign in Warrenton the Warrenton Junior Garden Club this week promoted puppet shows in the local schools, carrying out the theme "Keep Warrenton Beautiful and Clean. Don't Be A Litterbug." Mrs. Fred Bartholomew lent her voice to the Princess, Grandmothers and Kaspar. Mrs. W. H. King spoke for the King, Policeman, Apple, Devil and the Dragon. ed with the Inmates after the meeting. Tommy Blanks, club reporter, said yesterday that the Jaycees would like for more people to Inquire about stat3 projects of this nature so a.*> to better understand state and local needs. During the business session the members decided to sell fruit cakes again this year for the project of helping needy families at Christmas. The members also voted to make a contribution to Bute Development Co., Inc., to assist the company In Its efforts to obtain a new Industry. The highway patrol stopped a man on a crowded freeway and told him that his wife had fallen out of the rear door a mile back. "Thank heaven," the man said, "I thought I had gone Th e Uhttefl States is the world's third largest agricultural importing country. The United Kingdom leads and West Germany Is second. A Revolution In Oil Space Heating A F*EF=tr=EC-Tl(£)Ki OIL HEATERS • Can Not Flood • Insulated Top • Forced Draft • Forced Heat • 10- year Guarantee BURNS 40 HOURS ON ONE GALLON OF OIL LOW OIL FLOW OF ONLY Ittec PER MINUTE PAYS FOR ITSELF WITH FUEL SAVINGS UP TO UV »«0° as low at QJ W. A. MILES P'i 'nfj bru? r»» HARDWARE COMPANY Main Street Wanenton THIS MAY BE THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD BARGAIN 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, thai, 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 of electricity for your home. So the price you pay today for electric service 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 company. 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 6f 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, electricity would be a luxury for a few instead of the bargain it is for everybody. We hope you understand.
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