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/ Tribute To Wilkins
America is only as strong as the
people of whom it is formed and no
section can prosper except as the
whole prospers. No people should
have learned this better than the
people of the south. Because we
believe this and among many other
reasons we have been for many
years a great admirer of Roy
Wilkins, former director of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
who died on Wednesday of last week
and who was largely responsible for
the Supreme Court ruling in 1954 in
Brown versus the Topeka Board of
Education in which separate but
equal ruling of the nineties was
stricken from the law books.
Quiet and soft spoken, he labored
for the advancement of his people
for many years and he labored well,
seeking wherever and whenever
possible the support of the courts. He
did not believe in all black towns or
in segregation in any form, whether
white or black, and was a supporter
of ERA for many years before it be
came popular, and as it has tumed
out, he proved to be a friend of the
white man.
We did not know all of this until
after his death when it was set forth
in a tribute in The News and
Observer on Thursday morning by
its editor Claude Sitton. But we were
greatly impressed by his dignity and
honesty and sincenty and by many
of his successes which were
successes for all mankind. Like all
who strive for worthwhile goals, I
think he was misunderstood and
faced abuse, and was called "Unele
Tom" but he calmly continued his
efforts. This was called to our
attention Tuesday by a black leader
in response to our praise. But that
was at one time, he said. They have
now learned better.
We think that many of us have
learned better about a great many
things, and we can thank Roy
Wilkins for this.
ManlnThe Shadow
By CLAUDE SITTON
In The News and Observer
To those who say let us now praise
famous men, one might ask in reply who
in this day deserves such praise. Among
the few ñames that come readily to mind
is that of Roy Wilkins. He stood quietly
for years in the shadow cast by lesser
men who sought and won public acclaim
as civil ríghts leaders while using the
base that Wilkins built and defended
against assault from within and without.
I first met Wilkins in 1959 in the slight
ly shabby quarters in midtown Manhat
tan from which he directed the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. Memory offers no
anecdote that might give a clue to his
success. Modesty left him all but thread
bare of drama. But in more than six
years of covering the civil rights
movement in the South and elsewhere
for The New York Times, I found no
leader more effective, more courageous
and more dedica ted to the best in that
cause and in America.
The Martin Luther Kings, the James
Farmers, the Whitney Youngs, the Floyd
McKissicks, the Julián Bonds and the
Rap Browns carne and went, but Wilkins
—who was there before them—remain
ed. Protest marches, freedom rides and
sit-ins claimed printer's ink and
camera's eye. But the N-Double-A under
Wilkins never deviated from its
emphasis on the political and legal
action that, with hind-sight, can be seen
as the lever to black progress.
Unlike the oratory of the Kings, the
Abemathys and the Shuttlesworths, that
of Wilkins swayed no multitudes. But his
rhetoric, while sparse, was sharp, evoca
tive and to the poine. Once when the
Kennedy administration had succumbed
to pressure to aDDOint the segregationist
W. Harold Cox to the federal bench in
Mississippi, Wilkins asserted: "For
986,000 Negro Mississippians, Judge Cox
will be another strand in their barbed
wire fence, another cross over their
weary shoulders and another rock in the
road up which their young people must
struggle." And so he was.
Wilkins was a breeder of champions,
his NAACP Youth Councils providing the
testing grounds on which future leaders
of the movement pioneered some of the
direct action tactics later adopted by
other groups. Vernon Jordán, who
resigned yesterday after distinguished
service as president of the urban
League, carne out of that background in
Atlanta and served as a Southern field
secretary of the NAACP under Wilkins.
Wilkins was a practitioner of women's
equality while ERA was but a gleam in
the eye of the leaders oí women's libera
tion. For his toughest assignment, that of
opening in Birmingham the first
permanent NAACP office in the Deep
South, he chose Mrs. Ruby Hurley. She
arrived thore in 1961 when lynchings
were not uncommon in the South and the
city's segregation ordinances «ven
cootained a prohibítion against blacks
and whites playing cbeckers together.
Wilkins was an integrationist, even to
the day when black separa tism carne
into political fashion among the
remnants of the dvil rights movements.
The altblack new town—that slicked-up
versión of the ghetto—and the black
studies fad held no appeal for him. He
vowed publicly in 1969 that the NAACP
would go to court if necessary against
this separatism, just as it had fought
white-ordered segregation in years past.
Wilkins was also a patriot, in the best
sense. He never lost faith in the ability of
America to live up to the promise of her
Constitution and Bill of Rights. Yet, none
knew better than he the sorry details of
this nation's denial of that promise to his
ownpeople.
Wilkins' deep belief in the American
system and his refusal to go beyond its
bounds in seeking solutions proved to be
both strength and weakness. That
approach brought slow but certain
progress. However, the frustrations it
generated among a people too long
denied cost Wilkins and the NAACP
in membership and support in the 1960s
and 1970s.
For all of his quiet demeanor, Roy
Wilkins stood firm — a symbol of endur
ance and faith among a weary people —
at a time of crítical stress in American
society. The fact that this can be said of
but few others provides perhaps tribute
enough at his death.
Drawling Reply
Finds Its Mark
Ln The Smlthfield Herald
This little story was not "clipped" but
it was "lifted" from an oíd book
gatheríng dust on a top shelf almost out
of reach. It illustrates how Tar Heel
countryfolk in the oíd days could hit the
bull's eye with a rebuke without raising
the voice in anger.
Soon after the Civil War a prominent
man stopped overnight in the little town
of Warrenton up near the Virginia
border. Next morning, as was nis
custom whether on a trip or at home, he
took an early stroll. And he met a
countryman who greeted him with a
"Howdy" and passed the time of day
cordially.
The native was barefooted, and the
visitor's curiosity was aroused. With air
of condescension, the man of promin
ence said: "Is it the custom of the
country for the men to go without
shoes?"
"Wal," came the drawling replay,
"some on us does, but most on us 'tends
to our own business."
Quotes
Drafting women into the army will
sol ve a lot of problema/ Once they start
drafting women, the men will all be
rushing to volunteer.—Peter Falk.
If all ™nHnri minm nrm mu of
opinion, and only one penan were of the
ffwtufy «miihm muid te no
more Justified in aUendng ttet one
penan tten te, tf te hnd the pone»,
i |,„na, .1 i_ »« * -.fL, «.,1
wouKi De jusunea in suencing maiuana.
— John Stuart Mili.
Mostly Personal
Paying For Our Roads
By BIGNALL JONES
High school and college
football seasoos are now
underway and this week I
will use a recent bus trip to
a high school game and an
automobile trip the past
Saturday to a college
game, as \ chicle» (or
observations and reflec
tions about matters of
which I hope will be of
some inte re st to readers of
this column
The high school game
was held at Mebane on
Sept. 4 and marked the
debut of the Eagles of the
Warren County High
School, and was scoreless
un til the last 30 seconds
when the Mebane Eagles
scored on a pass and made
the extra point for the
victory.
Some years ago Deputy
Sheriff Theo Williams
entered the bus business
with one bus and now
operates three. Working in
-he office of Sheriff
Clarence Davis with Depu
ty Williams is Mrs. Billy
Frazier, office deputy, and
wife of Warren County
High School Coach Billy
Frazier. Some one conceiv
ed the idea of going to
Mebane by bus and Mrs.
Frazier made the arrange
ments with Theo, who
agreed to furnish all his
buses if they were needed.
He agreed to take as few
as one full bus of 39 for
$5.00 a person, and then
agreed that he would send
one bus with a partial load
at this figure, when he
found how badly some of us
wanted to go by bus.
Rain threatened all day
Friday and due to this
threat several persons who
had promised to go by bus
backed down and others
did not apply. As a result
the bus pulled away for
Mebane around 6 p. m.
with only 22 passengers
aboard. It was the first
time that I had ridden a
bus in about two years and
I thinkthe first time that I
had ever ridden a regular
bus to a high school game.
The Trailway size bus was
deán and comfortable and
with toilet facilities.
As we drove South on
Highway 1-85 with interior
bus lights off and at times
traveling through the rain
with now and then girlish
laughter from young wo
men being heard, with cars
being overtaken and meet
ing large trucks carrying
on the business of state and
nation, I tbought of how
important to North Caro
lina is its highway system.
As one who likes to go
places, I reflected that I
would rather -pay $1.50
per gallón for gas and ride
over good roads than pay
the present gasoline P rices
and ride over worn roads
Liled with pot boles and
run the risk of breaking
shock-absorbers and
wrecking the car.
Howard and I were
seated a few seata back oí
the driver, Joe Williams,
brother of Theo I was
greatly impressed by bis
skill as he drove that big
bus at a constant speed and
always in the correct
traffic lañe, and at the
skillful way he parked the
bus when we reached the
school near Mebane. An
account of the game has
already been wrítten up in
the last week's edition of
this newspaper.
On Friday oight of last
week Howard and I
attended the first home
game oí the Warren
County High School Eagles
the ir second game- and
this time they won, an
account of which will be
found on another page. The
next morning, at around
10:30, Grace and Ann took
us to Chapel Hill in Grace's
car, where Howard and I
witnessed the football
game between the Uni ver
si ty of North Carolina and
East Carolina University,
which North Carolina won
quite handily and in the
process gave encourage
ment to Carolina fans,
among which Howard and
I are both included.
Again I was thankful
that we had a four-lañe
highway from the outskirts
of Manson to the outskirts
of Chapel Hill and devout
ly wished that it had
continued around Chapel
Hill to a point near the
stadium as cars moved
bumper to bumper for
miles over a two-lane
highway.
We settled in our seats on
the south side of the
stadium fíve minutes be
fore the kick-off, having
stopped for a light lunch at
a K&W cafetería in Chapel
Hill, when we made up our
minds to leave earlier on
tiie next Saturday. There
were more than 53,000
persons gatbered in the
stands. Figuring the coats
of tickets, travel, food and
drinks, I figurad that the
average cost per person
would be at least $20, or
more than a million
dollars, not counting the
tbousands of dollars do
na ted in addition by
members of the Rams
Club. And this was only one
of several stadiums in the
state.
In politics, I know that
political leaders must do
the best they can, and I am
thankful that Governor
Hunt induced the legisla
tors to pass a 3c gasoline
tax for our roads, but I
tbought then and I think
now that roads sbould be
built and maintained by a
gasoline tax only, and my
visit to Chepel Hill only
strengthened this belief
that the folks who use the
roads should pay for tbem.
I know hundreds of persons
wbo never attend football
sames or for that mattor
seldom use their roads, or
go anywhere. Many of
them find their only
diversión» ln wlne, beer, or
Intoxicating liquor, whteh
is to be regretted. I doot
th<nk it ia a falr thing to
add to their taxes while
tpiHng about a one-cent
a>yip<i tax on food, and no
increase on tobáceo taxes;
and Ialaofeel that ifweaa
a state are able to spend
so much on athletics, we
are rich enough to raise the
salaries of our teachers.
Sunday afternoon we
read an editorial in the
Southern Pines Pilot on the
valué of tourism in which it
was stated that last year
touri»"» meant $48,073,000
in business for the Sand
hills and Moore County,
which is another example
of the valué of good roads
to the state. We ate lunch
in Chapel Hill, my wife
and daughter bought a few
articles in Chapel Hill, and
to boot we all ate supper at
Darryls. So the "wasted"
money on a football game
at least meant more jobs,
more happiness, more
state taxes and even more
taxes to a federal govern
ment, which does much
good, but seems willing to
cut food to school children
and the poor, while
reducing the taxes of the
rich.
To end on a happier note
the Carolina fans saw a
new record established by
a Carolina back when
Kelvin Bryant, black play
er from Tarboro, establish
ed a new touchdown record
of six in one game, while
also rushing 211 yards, and
our kicker, Jeff Hayes,
who kicked nine extra
points and all kick*offs
going into the end zone.
And Bryant only played
less three quarters.
Eartbmoving
Sinkholes occur in regions
underlain with water-soluble
rock formations such as lime
stone and dolomite, where wa
ter percolating down through
the porous rock over the cent
uries has carved away subter
ranean tunnels and caverns.
PUCKER POWER... Water
melón seed spitting contesto
wbere distance is tbe ñame of
the game are happenlng at fairs
•II arouad the country when
enthusiasto of all ages try lo
break standing records.
News Of 10y 25 And 40 Years Ago
Looking Back IntoThe Record
Sept. 23. It71
Roosevelt Alston, coun
selor at Ñor lina High
Scbool, was recently ap
pointed assistant principal
by the Wairen County
Board oí Education. He
carne to Nortina from the
Wilaon County school sys
tem wtaere he served as a
counselor in the Spring
field School.
Both the Warrenton
Chamber of Commerce
and the Iicenae Píate
office will be relocated by
the end oí the month at the
Rotary Room at Colonial
Lodge, Chamber directora
announced yesterday. A
side en trance to the office
at Colonial Lodge will be
provided.
Sulphur Springs Baptist
Church oí Elberon will
homecoming htvíccs
on Sunday, Sept 26. A
picnic dtaner will be
•errad on the grounds at
12:90 p. m.
The gueat speaker will
betheRev. J. M Loog oí
Murtrewhoro, a fonner
pastor of Sulphur Spríngg
Church.
Sept. 21,1956
David Shearin, son of
Sheriff and Mrs. Roy
Shearin, and sophomore
center on tbe John Graham
High School football team,
broke his ankle in tbe
game at Norlina on last
Friday night
Billy Rogers, young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Peytoo
Rogers, broke his arm in a
fali from a tree on
Saturday afternoon. He
ieft tbe hospital Monday.
V. Krisna Menon is
Tnrfian Prime Mlnlrff
Nehru's trouble sbooting
en voy.
Ttús btt oí Information
wat responsible toe Mrs.
James T. Mustian winning
more tfaan 9800 worth of
merchandtee oo Tuesday
afteraoon when abe an
swered correctly the day's
question by Ourham TV
iVx i IMim llenan.
Sept. 10,1M1
at this term of court by tbe
Grand Jury cali for tbe
installatíon of a signal light
at tbe railroad crossing at
Warren Plains and tbe
presentation of ñames of
tbose wbo ha ve failed to
have their dogs vaccinated
to prevent rabies before
tbe investigating body for
poesible action at tbe
January term of court.
Warren County's finan
dal rating was gi ven a
boost this week when
$15,000 wortb of Fork
Townahip refunding bonds
were aold with an interest
rate of ooly 2 cents and 2*
cents on tbe dollar.
There will be community
■inging at the Areola
sebool friflrting oo Friday
nigbt, Sept. 36, at 8 o'clock
daylight saving time.
Mita Mae Williams,
formerly with the Baldwin
Beauty Sbop in Durbam,
has mytfrtwl a [wiittfm
with Maifarat'a Beauty
Shop in Warrenton.
Peanut Program
Means Much To Us
By REP. L. H. FOUNTAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Expreaatona like "He'«
worklng for peanuta" or
"That reward waa no
thing; it waa peanuta" are
alten uaed wtaen talking
about low pay or low
reward. The meaning
being that worklng for
peanuts ia like worklng for
next to Dothing.
The orlgin ot tbese ex
pressions ia unclear; but,
ooe thing which ia ciear ia
that tbe peanut-tbrough
the peanut program- ia a
vital contributor to the
economic growth of North
Carolina aa well aa to
many other states.
Indeed, there are juat
under 60,000 peanut fariña
in the three major peanut
producing areaa of tbe
United States, and about 18
percent of them are
located in North Carolina.
So wbether or not we are
directly involved in tbe
peanut induatry, we bene
fit from the peanut
program aa a atate. We
benefit becauae peanut
farmers and the ir familiea
and workers not only grow
a valuable crop, but they
also contribute to the
economy of our cities and
towna-they contribute
through the buying of
goods, of bornes, of
automobiles, and they are
an important part of rural
North Carolina.
Unfortunately, there are
those in the Congresa wbo
would do away with tbe
crucial peanut program -
a program which has
helped to stabilize the
family farm, keep a steady
and high quality supply of
peanuts available at a
modest price, and all tbe
while insuring a reason
able return for tbe farmer.
Those in the Congreas
who would destroy the
peanut program are kick
ing the peanut farmer
when be is down-down
becauae of the severe
drougbt laat year which
saw tbe North Carolina
peanut harvest fall about
40 percent below that of
1979.
Incidentally, even with
the peanut shortfall-the
first such shortfall in over
a quarter of a century
the farm price for a pound
of peanuta was only 24
cents, up juat 12%. And
with or without the peanut
program, there isn't a
Congressman I know who
can control the weather.
Some who would dis
mantle the peanut pro
gram argüe that the
arroagf n^inám—i* and
marketing quoU system
"restricto" tbe peaaut in
dustry
But, does an industry
which, in tbe space at oáty
22 years, nearly tripled
production to about 4 bü
ttoa pounds aouod restrict
ed? Does tbe peanut indu»
try, which has increased
ito per acre yield thróugb
tbe uae ol new aeed vari
eties, new tecbnology, bet
ter uae of fertilixer, and
improved MÉÉM—it,
sound restricted? And does
an industry which had a
crop valué of $800 mlltton
in 1979 alone aound
restricted?
The answer, of course, ia
a definite No.
The Houae Agricultura
Committee has drawn up
an exoellent 1981 Farm
Bill, and tbe bilí includes
tbe peanut program- a
program which at tbe
reasonable coet of about
one cent per perno per
year has insured an
adequate supply of high
quality peanuto for tbe
conjumer and protection
for tbe farmer.
Tbe Committee Farm
Bill will preserve tbe
peanut program by retain
ing peanut acreage allot
ments and poundage
quotas (1.3 million tons
mínimum), and aetting
loan levels at tbe a ver age
cost of production, but not
less than $600 per ton.
Hopefully, this bilí wffl be
adopted witbout massive
and destructive change.
For with tbe adjust
ments placed in tbe 1981
Farm Bill, tbe cost to tbe
taxpayers for tbe peanut
program is projected af
only $1.8 million by 1985.
And that's a smaD price to
pay for a program which
contributes so much- a
program which' has, in
fact, helped tbe U. S. to
displace India as tbe
world's leading exporter of
peanuts, with exporto of
over 360,000 metrie tona of
edibie peanuto in 1909.
The peanut program
contributes
to tbe economy of both our
State and Natioo. I doo't
beüeve tbe American
people want our farmers
thrown off tbe land and tbe
peanut industry controlled
by a handful of corporate
farmers. So we must not
and will not permit our
peanut program to be
destroyed by tbose who do
not understand ito valué,
neither to tbe farmers ñor
to tbe total American
economy.
Letters To The Editor
To The Editor:
A letter to tbe editor in
your last week's paper
stated tbat I was raiiting,
raving, and using profan
ity at a recent meetíng at
tbe Town Hall in Warren
ton. If attempting to bring
jobs to Warren County in
order that tbe dtizens can
ha ve a better standard oí
living is "ranting Md
raving," so be it. As to tbe
accusation that I was using
profanity, I suggest that
tbe writer seek Webster's
advice concerning tbe
difference in profane and
profound.
CHARLES A. HA YES
Warren County Industrial
Development Team
Member
To The Editor:
After having a very en
lightening conversa tion, I
thought of something that I
had written sane time ago
that might be of interest to
your readers. It made me
think. Maybe they will
think about it too.
Love is a many
splendored thing. It is
needing and being needed.
It is understanding and
being understanding. It is
being a friend and having a
friend. It is loving someone
to talk to when you're lone
ly and when you're not
lonely. It is being giad
when that one special
per son is happy and feeüng
his or bar sadness too.
Finally it is foeling that
there is no one alae quite
like your lover, no one
quite so beautifui, or
intelligent or otctting.
Yet love means
simultaneously that your
friend is not perfect, that
sheorhecanbe wrongand
that he or abe ia human. It
is love and care despite
humanitv. It means being
able to care for aome one
witbout smothering tbem.
It means being able to
agree wlth them and at the
same time remain a
different peraon.
Paradoxically, it ia being
one yet being two. It is the
coming together at two into
one.
MILTON O. DAVIS
Rt. 1, Box 100
Warrenton, N. C. 27569
456-4219
Completes Course
U. S. Air Forcé Airman
First Clan Frandne D.
Alston, Jr„ oí Rt. 3,
Warrentoo, has graduated
(rom the U. S. Air Forcé
course for electrooic com
putar systems repalrmen
at Keesler Air Forcé Base,
Misa.
Graduales at the course
team to inspect, operate
«mi electrosdc
computen and related
equipment. Itwgr atoo earn
credlt toward an assodate
degree ta appüed sdeoce
II m_jl_ Mía ** "
tnrougn rae tonununity
coDege ct tbe Alr Forcé.
Airman Alston has now
been asslgned at Offutt Air
Forcé Base. Neb. for duty
with the lst Aerospace
Commimicatlous Group.
She recetad an associ~
ate degree ta 19» (nm
Durham CoDege ta Dar