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P O Box 70 Warrenton, N C 27589
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HOWARD F JONES, Business Manager
Member North Carolina Press Association
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In Warren and
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Junk Mail Attacked
Selma T. Carter of Wake
Forest is dissatisfied with the
priority given junk mail by the
U. S. Postal Service, as are
many others, including the
editor of ihis newspaper. Unlike
most of us, Ms. Carter has done
something about it. The first
thing she did was to gather sta
tistics concerning the cost of
junk mail, and then she made
her protest in the form of a letter
to the editor of The News and
Observer in its Tuesday (Jan.
17) morning edition.
Ms. Carter's concern with junk
mail has to do with its nuisance
to postal subscribers and its
threat to increase the cost of first
class mail. Our chief concern is
with its interference with the
handling of second class mail,
plus any rise in our postage
rates.
"I understand," Mrs. Carter
wrote, "that he (the Postmaster
General) has put a priority on
what I call junk mail, although
he has designated it 'bulk
business mail,' with the instruc
tion to the Postal Service that it
should be delivered within a
three-day time limit."
The Warren Record (which is
handled as second class mail) is
placed in the Warrenton Post
office before 5:20 each Wed
nesday afternoon and is received
by our subscribers in Florida on
the following Monday. And quite
often newspapers mailed to us
from Roanoke Rapids take two
or three days to reach us. And
according to Mrs. Carter, the
postal rate for "Bulk Business
(Junk) Mail" is from 3% cents to
11% cents, and is very com
petitive to first class mail."
Her letter to the editor of The
News and Observer reads in full
as follows, under the head
"Postal Priority For Junk Mail
Irks Reader:"
"I see that Postmaster General
William F. Bolger is going to ask for
another increase in first-class post
age rates, from 20 cents to 23 cents.
"There is no justification for this
increase. Evidently Bolger has
forgotten what the Postal Service
was created for. In his fervor to
create a profitable monopoly, he is
courting the advertisers, going over
board to please them while sacrific
ing first-class mail.
"I understand that he has put a
priority on what I call junk mail,
although he has designated it 'bulk
business mail,' with the instruction
to the Postal Service that it should be
delivered within a three-day time
limit. For this mail, with a postal
rate from cents to llVfe cents,
delivery is very competitive with
first-class mail.
"On average, I receive seven
pieces of junk mail daily, ranging
from letter size to 11 inches. This
bulky, outsized junk has to cost more
to handle all the way through the
system than the letter from one in
dividual to another, yet it costs no
more than half the postage.
"Bolger should put the cost of
mailing where it belongs: not on per
sonal correspondence, but on profit
making ventures that use the postal
service to their advantage.
SELMAT. CARTER
Wake Forest"
Along The Beat
By PETE HULTH
In The Smithfield Herald
Several years ago, a number of
Smithfield residents clamored for a
dog-leash law. Elderly persons who
liked to walk for exercise, bicyclists,
and joggers were among those who
begged the Board of Commissioners
for a law "with some teeth in it" —
but one which dog lovers who hate to
pen their animals "could live with.''
Town Attorney Bob Spence, Sr. ob
tained copies of dog-control ordi
nances from other towns, studied
them, presented them to the com
missioners to study, and composed a
law for Smithfield based on the
wishes of the commissioners.
In other words, Mr. Spence wrote
the law.
It was ironic that Mr. Spence ap
pearcfd before Judge K. Edward
Greene in District Court in Smith
field this past Monday, charged with
allowing the family dog, "Big," to
ran at large.
He said he felt no recourse other
than to plead guilty and pay the
penalty — an assessment of court
costs.
"Your Honor," he told Judge
Greene, "it's a good law, and it ought
to be enforced."
How many bother to take the time
to try to set things right?
A man the other night returned to
his seat with a friend at a Mc
Donald's restaurant and asked him
if he had seen the graffiti on the
walls in the men's room. When the
friend replied in the negative, he got
him to go and see.
Then they both went to the
manager to ask that the dirty words
be erased from view of the public,
specially the younger generation.
The manager responded quickly to
have the wall cleaned before other
graffiti could be added. And he
thanked the two gentlemen for
taking the time to call the offending
scribbling to his attention.
The editors of The Scrapbook gave
me this one:
A traveler stopped to observe the
curious behavior of a Tennessee
farmer who was plowing in his field.
The farmer had one mule hitched to
the plow, and the mule wore blin
ers. '
"Giddap, George!" cried the
farmer. "Giddap, Herk; Giddap, 01'
Bill! Giddap, Jeb!"
After watching this curious per
formance for some time, the
traveler just had to ask: "Say,
mister, how many names does that
mule have, anyway?"
"Just one," the farmer replied.
"His name's George."
"Then why do you call out Herk
and Jeb and...."
"It's like this," explained the
farmer. "If 01' George knew he was
doing all this work alone, I couldn't
make him do it. But it he thinks
he's got three other mules workin'
alongside of 'im, why, he does it all
hisself."
"What a marvelous idea!" ex
claimed the traveler; and when he
got back to his corporation's office in
New York, he invented the commit
tee.
Scouting has changed, according
to The Scrapbook.
The Scoutmaster told his troop:
"Now, this is very important, and it
may save your life someday. If
you're lost in the woods at night, get
your bearings from the iky."
"You mean, tell direction from the
stars?" asked a Scout
"Not from the stars," said the
Scoutmaster. "Look for a yellow
glow near the horizon. Then Just
walk toward that until you come to
the nearest McDonald's."
Mostly Personal
At School In Capital
By BIGN ALL JONES
When I went to Wash
ington and accepted a
Job with the Govern
ment Printing Office the
Journalism School at
George Washington
University was in its
last semester and I had
to wait for the opening of
the fall semester. Ben
Cook and another
Congressional secretary
were at that time going
to law school at night.
This friend was named
Haley, but I can't
remember his first
name. In addition to at
tending law school at
one time he had worked
as an organizer of
banks. As I understood
it, he would agree to do
all the organizational
work for $1,000 and
would take his payment
in the new bank's stock.
Whether or not he con
tinued this work during
his vacation I never
learned. Some nights I
would go with Ben and
Haley and listen to
various cases being
discussed. It was in
teresting, but to me con
fusing.
Both Ben and Haley
are now dead, but
Haley's widow was
living in the thirties and
one day as I was visiting
my parents in Washing
ton, she asked me to
dinner. That was the
first time I ever ordered
a mixed alcoholic drink
in a restaurant.
After I had been
working at the Govern
ment Printing Office for
several months, I went
home on leave and
decided to stay. I wrote
the GPO of my decision.
In a few days I received
a letter from the
Government Printing
Office telling me that I
was working under Civil
Service and could not
quit and if I did it would
be a mark against me. I
was young then and
knew little about
government rules, and
was rather indignant at
being told that I could
not quit a job. However
when I returned to
Washington later in the
summer I decided to go
by the Government
Printing Office and ex
plain my reasons for not
returning to work there.
I did not want to work
there any more, but I
did not want a mark
against me.
As soon as I returned
to Washington, I went by
the GPO where I sought
to see the manager and
spent quite a while
waiting. I noticed that
no one was paying any
attention to me although
there were a number of
persons available. Tired
of waiting, I went by the
office of Senator Fur
nifold Simmons where I
told Frank Hampton, his
secretary, of my
trouble. He picked up a
telephone, and called
the GPO manager.0
Hampton said that he
was Senator Simmons
and that he wanted an
appointment for his
young friend, Bignall
Jones.
Hie next morning at
the appointed hour, I
went back to the
Government Printing
Office. This time there
was no delay,^ the
manager was sorry for
the mistake and assured
me that it would all be
set right This was my
first experience of the
power of a United States
senator, and Simmons
was a powerful senator.
Hampton's assuming
the role of the senator
was neither unexpected
nor wrong in routine
The manager was
almost groveling as he
welcomed me, and I felt
ashamed for him at that
time. And now some for
myself for my part in it.
The next day I found a
job in a small printing
shop, where a number of
jobs had accumulated.
At the end of two weeks I
had worked myself out
of a job. Then for a few
weeks I picked up work
by "working the board,"
filling in for linotypists
who wanted the night or
day off — many to at
tend the races at Havre
de Grace, Maryland.
These positions were
found at the Washington
Daily News and at the
Hearst papers. While at
Hearst I was told that
Judd and Detwielder, a
large printing plant,
wanted a man. I applied
and got the job and
remained there until I
had completed my
journalism course at
George Washington.
I think that we had 16
linotypes at Judd and
Detwielder and after
several months I was
operating the number
one machine, making
most of the corrections
for the office. The
magazines holding mats
(type molds) on each
machine must have
weighed from to 80
pounds, and in making
these corrections some
times I would have to lift
off one of these
magazines in order to
make a single correc
tion. I was young and
fairly strong and did not
mind.
Judd and Detwielder
was then printing (in
part) The National Geo
graphic, and the
Cavalry Magazine, and
among other jobs the
DAR Journal, whose
typing I enjoyed, but
could only do when the
office was short of work,
as it tied up too much
metal, or so our
foreman told me. Here I
learned how to write
great - great - grand
father, with the hyphen
ations running for
several generations,
and written gr-gr-gr. In
order to become a
member be or she had to
submit proof that an an
cestor had rendered
assistance to the
Revolutionary cause.
Considering the number
of ancestors one, living
in the twenties, had who
might have participated
in the American Revolu
tion, that does not seem
too difficult, nor did the
service rendered have
to be very much. I
remember tracing the
application of one per
son who traced his or
her lineage to an Irish
woman, whose service
in the Revolution was to
run out of the house with
a broowi and chase away
a number of Tories.
In setting a medium
length article for the
Cavalry Journal one
day, everytime the word
cavalry was used I
spelled it calvary. When
I carried the proof to the
proofreader, he remark
ed, "Jones, you must be
a good churchman." He
added, "throw the type
into the 'Hell Box' and
reset it."
While setting another
article to go into this
magazine, I ran across
the name of Captain
James Rivers, a boy
who lived at one time in
Warrenton and whom
we called Philippino,
because his father had
served as military
governor of the
Philippines.
I would get up each
work-day morning at
6:00 o'clock, go by a
nearby cafe for break
fast, pick up a couple of
sandwiches for lunch,
ride a street car across
town where I would
reach Judd and Detwiel
der in time to start work
at 8 a. m. At 12 noon we
would have 30 minutes
for lunch, and complete
the day's work at 4:30.
The location of the
plant was none too good,
but working conditions
were pleasant and I en
joyed my work and I
learned a lot about
operating a linotype
while I was there.
Looking Back Into
The Warren Record
January 21,1944
John E. Rowan, son of Thomas H. Rowan of
Macon, has won his Navy "Wings of Gold," and has
been commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve
following completion of the prescribed flight
training course at the Naval Air Training Center at
Pensacola, Fla.
Honoring Mrs. W. G. Maddrey of Fort Meade,
Mrs. Joe Andrews and Miss Josephine Pinnell of
near Warrenton entertained on Wednesday evening
at several tables of Rook.
The Hamme brothers, Joseph of Oxford and
Richard of Virgilina, Va., are now putting 60 to 70
tons of ore per day through their tungsten concen
tration mill near Townsville, Vance County, Joseph
Hamme said today.
January 16,1959
Plans to put a temporary addition on the east
front of the State Capitol meets with disapproval of
the Warren County Historical Society whose presi
dent, W. Lunsford Long, has written a letter to
Governor Luther Hodges protesting erection of the
structure.
Edward L. Perry was installed as Worshipful
Master of Francis S. Packard Lodge No. 630 A.F.
and A.M. for the year 1959 at a meeting at the Lodge
Hall on Thursday evening of last week.
An auxiliary company of the Warren Rural Fire <
Department will be established at Inez if plans of
the Inez Community Gub are carried out.
January 17,1974
Warren ton commissioners have gone on record as
unanimously favoring the building of a new town
hall, and have instructed town officials to shop for
available federal and state funds to underwrite con
struction of such a facility.
Mrs. Eva S. Holtzman, Ridgeway postmaster,
wv one of the hostesses at the grand opening of the
first N. C. Postique in the lobby of the main post of
fice in Raleigh on Wednesday morning.
William N. (Bill) Guill, Warrenton businessman,
will be installed as president of the Warrenton
Chamber of Commerce during the chamber's an
nual banquet to be held Jan. 28.
Letter To The Editor
. i t
Board Commended
To The Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to commend
the Warren County Board of Commissioners on the
selection uf Mr. Charles Worth as county manager.
While I can understand and appreciate the board's
desire to offer the position to someone with prior
experience, I feel that it is very appropriate that
Mr. Worth, who is clearly qualified and has the ad
ded advantage of being a local resident, has been
hired.
This brings me Commissioner Jack Harris and
his opposition to tl-c hiring of Mr. Worth. I suppose
Mr. Harris' reaction and his illogical logic were
both predictable. I have followed closely Mr.
Harris' opposition to most, if not all, progressive
steps that the board has taken since he vacated the
chairmanship and Mrs. Eva Clayton was elected
chairlady. In reference to the county manager, Mr.
Harris has conveniently forgotten his improper
conduct in attempting to tie the hands of the new
board by awarding a contract to then manager, Mr.
Glenwood Newsome, which ran beyond the term of
office of the board which signed the contract. Mr.
Harris knew that the makeup of the board would
likely change when he acted. Since his scheme has
been uncovered and exposed, he has been "crying
the blues." Further, he has used every opportunity
to "kick" Chairlady Clayton and the majority of the
board rather than cooperate with them in working
for the unity and progress of the citizens of Warren
County.
Another example of Mr. Harris' efforts to
discredit the board majority was his single-handed
effort to oust ABC Board Member Bill Delbridge,
whose only crimes were to attempt to bring more
efficiency into the ABC system and apparently to be
out of grace with Brother Harris. Although the
board went along with his wishes and removed Mr.
Delbridge, Mr. Harris refused to support the
removal of another member, Mr. John Palmer, and
further, was critical of the board's action regarding
Mr. maimer.
I feel that the time has come for Mr. Harris and
those who think as he does, who seek to turn back
the clock of progress, to remember the comments of
the poet, K. Gibrand, "For life goes not backward,
nor tarries with yesterday." As citizens of Warren
County, we have a great opportunity to show the
state and the nation that blacks, whites and Indians
can live, work and prosper together in a spirit of
cooperation and brotherhood rather than simply
exist in a state of recrimination and hostility. I am
convinced that the white citizens of Warren County
have seen the restraint that the black majority has
exhibited since taking office in December 1982,
sometimes in the face of complaints from black
citizens who have felt that they were not moving far
enough and fast enough. One need only look at the
present makeup of county employees to understand
that the present Board of Commissioners, and par
ticularly the black majority, has indeed acted in a
spirit of cooperation and restraint during its first
year in office. In fact, hopefully the board will take
a look at a plan of affirmative action to bring more
blacks and Indians into county government in an ef
fort to correct past discriminatory hiring policies,
many of which occurred during Mr. Harris' admin
istration when the official policy of the board was to
hire county employees in secrecy, and to let the
public know about these hirings only after the fact. I
didn't hear Mr. Harris doing a lot of griping then.
As an elected official, I realize that my comments
may not be politically popular, particularly as I,
too, face re-election this year. However, it has not
been my policy in the past, nor will it be in the
future, to only speak out on popular issues. In fact,
"Mamma didn't raise me that way." I feel that
public officials should speak out on all issues,
popular or unpopular, and should have the courage
to face the consequences. I also feel that those who
can't stand the heat, should get out of the kitchen!
FRANK W. BALLANCE, JR.
Dateline: Washington
Message Of Peace
By REP. TIM VALENTINE
Last month a truly remarkable message of peace
linked the people of Wilson, North Carolina with
their counterparts in Zagorsk, in the Soviet Union.
In the finest spirit of Christmas, members of a
church in Wilson designed a holiday greeting card
that bore the simple message of peace and good
will, and sent it to a community of roughly equal
size in Russia. Its illustration depicted the Stars and
Stripes and the Soviet flag, and a dove carrying an
olive branch flying toward the Soviet flag.
Deliberately non-political, it was a simple ex
pression of the desire for peace with the people who
inhabit the largest land area of any country in the
world.
Christinas is not celebrated by everyone in the
Soviet Union. According to Western estimates,
about 30 million of Russia's 270 million people are of
the Russian Orthodox faith, although the Soviet
Communist Party claims there are only half that
number. In order to be legal, all religious congrega
tions must register with the government and are not
allowed to seek converts. Thousands of unregis
tered Protestant congregations worship secretly to
avoid official interference. In spite of government
policies, however, Soviet churches are believed to
be gaining members.
The winter holiday season is a time of year when
we traditionally re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals
of peace and brotherhood.
We in the Second District should be proud of the
citizens of Wilson, who have drawn on the reservoir
of goodwill that exists between our peoples to ex
press their greetings and wishes for a peaceful New
Year.
It is hoped that gestures such as this one will
serve to Improve the peraon4o-person dialogue be
tween our nations in the interest of fostering better
understanding and appreciation.