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True Economy
1 tu ' . .in i ijiii t S Li 11
"iiimeiited editoriaih 'in 1 • ut
Kionuitn .n its ia>t Friday
edition Impressed with it
reasoning we decided to opy
much of it and had actually run
-idered o new lead i ti'se
premises leads to false con
clusions when we discovered
that section of the ;Mper placed
in our car could not tx- found
Someone had advanced ihe
idea that the destruction caused
by the recent tornados *n North
and South Carolina would ac
tuallv stimulate the economy
This premise was based on the
idea that broken windows, for in
stance, would have to be
replaced and this would riot only
' ,ii t'111 p 11■ > nit-rit t arpeti
t**i ^ 'jut t< manufacturer^ "t
t
lhe State pointed <>ut that the
11 uikiip'. does not work that
wav Instead tht* person whose
windows were broken would
'iave tu >peiul all tht moiiev he
"ould raise to repair his house
and thus would not have an>
::ione\ to bu> shoes, and other
necessities and thus Una1
business would be destroved
l'ti.it was the gist of the
paper s rebuttal, and there was
much more We comment to the
limited extent we have under the
idea that half a loaf ma> beat no
loaf
Abstracts Are Printed
Warren (. uunt\ histor\ buffs
will be interested to IVarn of the
recent publication b\ a Rock\
Mount historian of a 253-page
volume Abstracts of the Early
Deeds of Franklin County.
North Carolina, 1779-1797."
Franklin Count} was formed
in 1779 when Bute County was
abolished and divided into
Franklin and Warren counties
The early deeds of the count)
were recopied in 1802 and 1803.
but are not in chronological or
der
The volume contains abstracts
of the first seven deed buoks
Aii introduction by genealogist
Hugh Buckner Johnston and an
early map of the county prepar
ed b> cartographer Garland V
Stout are included in the volume
The names in the book are in
capital letters and are indexed
The cloth-bound volume is avail
able for $22.50 from Joseph "'at
son at 406 Piedmont Avenue,
Rocky Mount, N. C. 27801 All
books must be postpaid North
Carolina residents should add a
three percent state sales tax and
a 11 percent county sales tax
Worth Quoting
The Charlotte Observer
publishes in each of its Sunday
papers a column headed Ob
servations. a collection of
notable quotes." The quotes
collected each week are com
piled by Fid Williams, Observer
Associate Editor
From the issue of Sunday,
April 22, we select two quotes,
On Praying In Public," and
The Limits of Government."
They follow
On Praying In Public
Editor K G. Puckett in the
Biblical Recorder, journal of the
Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina, on a scene at a fast-food
restaurant
One man seated near me was
typical of many in the place at that
time of the morning. He was neat,
clean and well-shaven but dressed
casually He was definitely not the
banker, lawyer, doctor, minister
type I do not know his name or what
he does for his living
He arranged his food on the table,
neatly organized for consumption
Then he bowed his head and closed
his eyes I assumed he was praying
No one told hin to pray; no one
told him he couldn't. He seemed
oblivious to the presence of others
around him; he didn't know I was
there or was observing. .
As I drove to my appointment
through a small monsoon that hit
Raleigh that morning, I reflected on
what I had witnessed . With so much
talk about prayer in public these
days, my impression is that here is a
man who has found the answer He
doesn't talk about it; he just does it'
The IJmiU Of Government
< nlumnlsl Robert J. Sarmwison in
Newsweek:
Few would contest government s
responsibilities to alleviate hardship
and poverty, though people argue
over how much and where An
economic system that cavalierly dis
cards anyone it can't use isn't much
as a social system The welfare ethic
grafted onto capitalism during the
Depression has eased poverty and
insecurity Without Social Security
payments, roughly 50% of the over
65 population would be counted as
poor" compared with only about
15% after Social Security
But what started as an effort to aid
capitalism's worst casualties and
reduce its most crushing insecurities
has turned into a broader belief that
any unwanted economic change
deserves to be protected against or
compensated We are now learning
that this quest for absolute security
is both futile and self-defeating.
Domestic price controls couldn't
keep oil prices low in the mid-1970s,
because low prices stimulated
demand and increased imports of
high-priced oil The effort to deny
change, by causing individuals and
firms to delay adapting on their own,
often makes the ultimate change
more traumatic Do we really help
auto-workers by protecting them
against imports if protection leads to
higher wages and a less competitive
industry0
Politicians do not want to admit
the limits of government power,
because the whole post-Depression
political enterprise is to soothe in
security But what insecurities can,
or should, government soothe9. By
evading issues that almost everyone
senses are there, politics feeds our
anxieties
25 Years: A State
Twenty-five years a state as of
.January 3, 1984, Alaska boasts the
largest national parks, refuges and
forests in the country, totaling 150
million acres, National Geographic
says. The Alaskan territory was
purchased from Russia for $7.2
million in 1867
Fenre Isn't A Platform
As I see the Helms and Hunt TV
ads, both are standing on a fence
trying to convince us it's a plat
form Billy Arthur in Chapel Hill
Newspaper
A sculptor's r-'iditiiiii of Keesr n: lli^hl is arfi-ii bv the < riituries-old oaks
drap»-d with Spanish moss at the Krookyrt'rn (Amicus lot atcd midua) be
tvu-cn Myrtle Beach and (.corti- inwii "s ( lhe burdens will he featured in
Mosek Personal next week Mat! I'hoto
Mostly Personal
Visiting South Carolina
IH BH.NAU. JONKS
l'he family, (irate
Howard. Ann anil I. loft
Warren ton shortly after
■ a m Friday bound for
Myrtle Beach. South
Carolina, on our first
trip of the spring It had
been more than 50 years
since my last trip to the
famous South Carolina
beach, and the first trip
for both Grace and Ann
Howard had often visit
ed tins beach
Grace, who always
furnishes transporta
tion for these family
trips, said that she had
figured that the shortest
way from Warren'on to
Myrtle Beach was by
Louisburg. So we turned
off just south of Louis
bur^ for Bunn, Selma
and Smithfield in Johns
ton County, by way of
the Bentonulle Battle
ground. From there we
continued southeast to
Clinton in Sampson
County, the largest
county in North
Carolina, stretching j<)
miles on*- way and .!5
another, for a total of %:i
square miles This we
learned Monday from a
reference book in the of
fice. Sampson Countv
my reference said is
only a few miles smaller
than Rhode Island
Clinton is the home of
Lauch Fatrdoth.
Democratic candidate
for Governor of North
Carolina, who had said
recently in a Raleigh
meeting that while
Sampson County
produces a lot of toba<
co, that tobacco oiu\
represents a third of its
farm income
From Clinton we went
to Elizabethtown, to
Whiteville where we ate
lunch From White
ville we went to Tabor
City to I,oris. South
Carolina, only a short
distance from Myrtle
arrived in the middle of
the afternoon and soon
found quarters for the
night
As soon as we had
found our rooms, we
went to Captain Juel's
Hurricane Restaurant
at Ijttle River overlook
ing an inlet for a fish
supper and salad. After
dinner we rode to
Calabash, a settlement
on the edge of North
Carolina where scores
of restaurants and mer
cantile specialty houses
re located (>n the front
of many restaurants
were -its.s ;»J\
till the -nr 1.x11|i > on i an
I'.it fin ><' (i»e restau
rant adwtised shrimp
fur jo All Mm can
cat. :i" ngei appeals
In Uli : a that I an: a
seniOt ' it:/en
We >ti ippt'ii : 11 lint*
i a t h e r ta i" g i'
conglomeration of in
dividual stores, where
stuffed annuals, pic
turt's, and many other
gifts were on display -I
thought the stuffed ani
mals uere rather at
tractive arid became
separated from the
family while I wandered
through several stores.
Finally Howard came
up to me and said that
one of the stores was
selling G A Henty
books, and he thought I
might want to bu\ one
for Charles White I
read several Henty
books as a boy, but they
were not my favorite,
but I had learned
several months ago
when a friend sent me a
Henty book. that
t'harles still likes to
read them My favorite
adventure books as a
child and teenager were
Alger books, Frank and
Dick Merrill, the ( astle
rnen Series, The Hover
Roys, Tom Swift, and
several others 1 went to
the store where I not
only found a Henty book,
hut a copy of The Hover
Boy s, On Hoard Ship"
and a book written by
Booth Tarkington
There were many other
old volumes, hut the
three were all the books
that I wanted at the
moment I have not had
time yet to set* if they
still have any appeal to
me
Much of the day the
sky had been overcast,
and it was sprinkling
when we returned to our
rooms For many years
we have visited the
beach at least once a
year Although it has
been many years since
we have (x*en in swim
ming, but we have en
joyed walking on the
beaches at night But we
did not Friday night be
cause of the rain
However we were pret
ty tired after riding
most of the day, and
went to bed early
The next morning we
were up early and ate
breakfast in the motel
restaurant The others
ate pancakes, but I set
tli'i 1 t'j>i i ggs. bacon a:;d
t ilt I ill; glad I ilnl.
'■at 1 tlMiiilit 'tiii' grits
ui'i r ttii' best tti.it I ha\ c
I'UT eatell
\t tei i niinu, ,11 >inid
Myrtle Beact where I
c; t•.111> impressed
by its sl/• ■. we managed
In reach a beach where
we stietched our legs for
Mime time l'hen vse
headed fur Brookgreen
Gardens billed as
\ meriea s most
beautiful sculpture gar
den, with its beautiful
giant live oak trees, its
flowering plants, and
magnificent lawns
Monday morning
before 1 could write any
account of our two-day
trip, I had to read a
number of papers that
had accumulated over
the weekend 1 noticed
with much pleasure as I
read Pete Hulth's
column in The Smith
field Herald, that he had
devoted half of his
column to the
Brookgreen Gardens,
which he visits every
year I shall quote freely
from his column in next
week's column
On this trip, Howard
carried his camera, took
mi pictures on the first
day, hut several in the
Hardens, and later at
Georgetown Several of
the pictures taken m
Brookgreen Gardens
will be used in this ar
ticle. and others in next
week's column
Cancer Crusade
Is Said Off To
Good Beginning
The Warren County
I ancer ( rusade is off to
• i good start, according
to Mary I) Williams,
chairman The first
report from volunteer
workers on April 27 in
dicates that $1,200 was
collected, a little more
than 25 percent of the
1H84 goal
Mrs Williams will
receive reports on May 4
and May 11 at the ( orn
muruty Center on
Franklin Street in
Warrenton from noon to
4 p m
We are hoping to
have all kits turned in by
May 11." the chairman
said this week We are
really trying to help find
a cure for this killer,
cancer
Letter To The Editor
Lawmaker Is Thanked
I u Uit hdltol
I want tu publicly IJiank Kep h rank Ballance Jr
Vtarren Halifax and Martin counties • for fus sup
port and leadersfup role in correcting an unfair
situation in automobile insurance I'he insurance
industry had been cfiarging people excessive!* for
one speeding ticket even though they tiad an other
wise safe driving record no points in a tfiree year
period With Representative Ballani.es support
and leadership role we were able to get a law
passed stopping this unfair practice N .t you
fiave iiu traffic offelLses for a period of ".cars
and rei eive a speeding ticket of 111 mile ur or
less, vout rates will not go up l'his . es not
however, apply if the speeding isin a si ' me
l'his new law will save North ( arolini. inilliotLs
of dollars on then auto insurance bill l'lie insurance
companies argued that it would cause auto in
suralice rates tt go up generally But as a result of
the hearings my office held in Nuu'inbei. l'Jtt3. auto
liability insurance rates will not increase one ;..cn
ny Physical damage rates, which include collision
and coinprehensive. w ill actually drop It is because
of support like Representative Ballance s ttLat
North i arohna has according to a I I'I article
January l'.W the 4th lowest auto rates in
Vmeru a
Again. 1 wish publicly thank Representative
Ballaiu c !oi lie pit.,- t.. fight f.x the people of North
( arohna
JOHN INC,'AM
i 'ommissiontT of Insurance
News Of Yesteryear
Looking Back Into
The Warren Record
MAY 5. 1944
Ktfurls art- bt'ii... mailt' to have 250 German
prisoners brought to Warren County tu work on
farms and at sawmills, Hob Bright, county agent,
>aid yesterday
Kdward Price Grant, son of Mrs Mary Kleanor
Price Grant, of Warrenton has been commissioned
as a warrant officer This was a direct appointment
in the field and in the war zone
Mr and Mrs. Vivian Shearin entertained the
faculty of Macon High School at a dinner Sunday
with Mr and Mrs John Rodgers of Warrenton, Mr
and Mrs R J Parrish, Mesdames I^auren lA>ete,
Helen S Moore, Misses Carrie Brame, Emily
Milam. Irene Litham. Marjorie Rice of Macon at
tending
May 1. 1959
The Rev Kdward l>aurence Baxter, 44, of I-ake
City, Penn. has accepted a call as rector of Em
manuel Episcopal Church in Warrenton, effective
No\ ember 1
( V Whitford was nominated for president of the
Warrenton Ijons Club for the coming year at a
regular meeting of the club held on Friday night at
Hotel Warren
Mr and Mrs. Butler Jones of near Warrenton
have recently moved to their new home, formerly
owned by Mr and Mrs Paul Bobbitt on Snipes
Street
May 2, 1974
Charles Alston Hayes, 27, a native of Norlina, has
been named by Warren County commissioners as
county manager and industrial director and will
lake office in July
Richard Holtzmann, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs
Richard Holtzmann of Norlina, has been named
state winner of the Conservation of Natural Re
sources 4-H Project
Bruce Bell, Macon postmaster, was this week
named Postmaster of the Year by his fellow post
masters in Warren County
I' Mil IMI ITU \l tMVKKTISKMKNTi
ELECT
JOYCE
D.
ODOM
Warren County
Board Of Education
Democratic Primary May 8, 1984
Your Vote For Quality Education
Will Be Appreciated