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PAGE TWO The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. J. EDWIN BUFFLAP- —Editor HECTOR LUPTON__-_—Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months———.— ————sl-00 Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act of March 3, , JULY 25, 1946 THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT GOOD FOR DISORDERED NERVES: And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of right eousness, quietness and assurance forever.—lsa. 32:7. Up To The Voters Saturday will be. election day in Edenton when voters will be called upon to decide whether the Town will make improvements in way of street paving, curbs and gut ters and providing adequate Storm sewers, to properly carry off surplus water. That a great deal of opposition has developed is hot unexpected, for such has always been the case, is now and. no doubt.: always will be when improvements are contemplated. Various arguments* have been advanced against the bond issue which include oposition to a nec essary increase in the tax .rate, expression of concern that homes will be lost due to inability to pay taxes ami paving: assessments, the statement that the improve- \ c ents will be made in non-profit producing areas, that , the Town should not be authorized to issue bonds so near its bond issuing capacity, that now is no time, to make improvements due to. the high cost of materials ] and labor, and no doubt a dozen or more arguments could be advanced on the. part of those, who oppose tlie. im provements. Os course, it will raise: the tax. rate if the i.iripriive n.ents are made, and in the final analysis that is the major objection even if started in. another way. It is true, too, that materials and labor are high, but it is , equally true that Edenton people, are betterUff .financial ly now, than w hen previous improvements were made. It is reasonable to assume, too. that When the cost of ir.ak isg improvements drops, there necessarily ...w ill be a tie- i crease in earning capacity, so that the argument to wait j .until pacing costs* drop .has very little merit. Now is as good a time as any; to make these improvements, if they are ever te be made. It is interesting to note. to,i. how. many property yw it ers signed petitions asking for the. iniproveitients. These property owners were appraised of the fact that they w ill* be required t<v pay approximately. half of the ex- j pense. It doesn't seem. logical that so many w ould sign their, own "death warrant", and so far as the writer ts concerned. no complaint has. been heard from them. That improvements include non-revenue producing property ‘does. ‘no doubt. ignore the Edenton . Cotton . Mill, where all streets are to be payed, and so far as that is . concerned, property rat . contemplated streets te, tie paved is just, as. much .reyen.ue-pr«dueing in propor tion to that- located on present paved streets. The Herald, of course, is in favor of making at least sonie- of the improvements NGW, but welcomed the op inions of those, opposed to. the plan. Each person it Edeiitoii is entitled, to his or her opinion, and more .of such letters, are solicited from readers regarding many other town affairs which would be .more beneficial to put in print than to he argued in a drugstore or on street corners. The present issue has been placed before the people and will be decided next Saturday, so that all should cast a ballot either for or against the improvements. Thanks to our democratic form of government, the majority will rule, so it is up to the people to vote as they see fit. Opportunity Os a Life-Time With; the Edenton Nava! Air Station; scheduled to, he closed just, as soon as .equipment and materials can. be, moved out. Town Council is to be complimented upon requesting a .ease of the base from the Navy Depart meat. The base offers many opportunities which will mean a great deal to Edenton. so that the Chamber of tjimii . re,- acted wisely in meeting shortly after the re uiest for tlie lease was made in order to put in inntim efforts to us,, the base to some distinct advantage. Already a Chamber of Commerce committee is work dig on a plan to have a <i. I. school or a freshman class f.roii *ne of the colleges at tin* base where ample facil .ties are available, .An effort is also being made, to --icfo lease the air field to a commercial air line. Then, too fishing, rights can be sold, there is a large .cold, storage, plant, a swimming pool., boat house, tenuis .c.ciurts. not, to say anything about facilities of l-H camps and th. iike. or a golf t-ourse. The i ■ ham her of Commerce i.-omniittee acted quickly on a few advantages . offered, but inarry more remain, so that ,if is hoped the Chamber. of Commerce. together •vith- Town Council, wall be alert tit the many opportune •ties to the end that Edenton will continue to benefit by the base. Os course, it will require work and some body's time so that everything should not rest upon the WE SOLICIT YOUR INQUIRIES FOR Y Construction, Industrial And ' i Logging Equipment | Distributors For Nationally Known Manufacturers International Crawler Tractors, Industrial Wheel Type Tractors, Industrial and Marine En gines Jaeger Compressors. Mixers. Pumps and Paving Equipment—Heil Scrapers. Cable- Dozers. etc. Euclid Hauling Equipment .Northwest Shovels, Cranes. Draglines—Gabon Graders. Rollers, Dump Bodies Bucyrus-Erie Bullgraders. Scrapers Cedar Rapids As phalt Plants and Crushers- Rogers Low Bed Trailers FWD Trucks Elgin Sweepers, Refuse-Getters Disston Chain Saws Lowther C-Saws Sawmills Carco Logging Winches American Preformed Cable. We Also Handle Many Other Lines of Popular Equip ment as Well as an Adequate Stock of Parts and Supplies and Are Prepared to Take Care of Any Rebuilding or • Repair Job You Might Have—Large or Small. North Carolina Equipment Co. Raleigh Charlotte Asheville 3101 Hillsboro Street 2 Miles South Route 21 Sweeten Creek Road Phone 8836 Phone 4-4661 Phone 789 S '"i THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946. C - i [Heard & Seen! By “Buff’’ j Os course, here’s one vote going for the bond issue next Saturday despite the arguments advanced by some of my best friends. Their difference of opinion does not i .lessen one iota my respect and esteem for them and 1 here’s hoping they have the same feeling toward me. 1 Like one of my friends told me the other day, if we all ; thought the same way, we’d all be wanting to marry 1 the same woman. Anyway, street paving is not the only part of the contemplated improvements. An ade quate storm sewer system is just as important as streets 1 and had anyone accompanied George T. White and my- 1 self Tuesday night after the heavy downpour, there would no doubt be less objection to at least some of the > improvements. This water, however, has no respect for those living on paved streets, for a big portion of the 1 town took on the appearance of lakes. At the Armory : the water banked up to within about 30 feet of the building. Granville street was covered with water and e at some places on Broad street a row boat could havej] gotten around. In North Edenton streets were com pletely under water and in some cases gardens were practically wiped out. Os course, Tuesday’s rain was a very heavy ona, but similar conditions exist on nor mal rains, so that there is no question about the present storm sewer system being inadequate. Os course, no complaint will likely be heard from some until they are affected by the water, which is in the same category as those people , who are now obliged to eat dust when it is dry or sink in mud when it is wet. Traveling from one end of the town to the other and even on the out skirts Tuesday night convinced me that something should be done about improvements in Town, and had some of those opposing the idea made the same trip, there is a likelihood that they, too. would have a different opinion. Talking about this dieting business. Mayor Leroy Has- 1 kett says he is supposed to be on a diet, but that his j doctor did hot tell him what to take. As a result, he is j taking all he Can get his hands on. j Em all fixed up now for fishing, for Sam Wright sent ! i me a four, five and six-leaf clover. He says he learned j ’ that 1 have, become a pretty good "bait -catcher of late, j Sam said he had to carry-a four-leaf clover in order to j i catch fish, but in order t" make sure 1 would catch some, j ! he sent an extra five-leaf and six-leaf clover. Sam also says ■ -paying the preacher has a lot to do with catching j fish and instructed me to carry the lucky clover in a \ '-pocketbonk, placing it in the left hip pocket which should | he kept buttoned. Sam’s a pretty good friend too, for he says if, after his instructions, I do not catch any fish, I should let him know and he'd catch some for me. Any way, I'm going to pay up Bro. Surratt next Sunday, park the clover in my left hip pocket and then try my-fuck. [ Anybody .want to buy some fish'.’ At; present there are. seven boats in the Edenton liar- * | hor to carry watermelons to the northern markets. Ac cording to the way some of the farmers talk, there s * hardly more than seven watermelons in the whole county this year. At any rate, rain played havoc with 'em this rear, and as a result 1 doubt if Asa Gridin, Gib Derry. Captain Wiggins. Nathan Copeland and a few others,, will make their usual visit to The Herald office with a j nice specimen of the tilings. Anyway, some of the old- | timers rememberwhen more than o<* heats left the Eden ton harbor loaded to the gills with Chowan County wa- j termelons. But not this year, brother! But here’s hop- | : ing a few. .boats will leave, or else my daddy’s visit to j Edenton w ill bp a failure, for he wants to see them load watcr-nicTous* as; much as anything Edenton has to offer. ———q If you don't believe night basetiall in these parts is popular, just go to one of the night games in .Hertford i I or Edenton. Up to this writing -two local night games j have been, played, when the grandstand and newly, con- j structed bleachers Were filled. There will be some more night games, perhaps, -if it ever decides to stop rain- j ing. Maybe we should start a movement to have boat I racing on Hicks Field. shoulders of a few. Every member of the Chamber of Commerce and every member of Town Council should be vitally interested in the utilization of the base for the. best interest of Edenton. It’s one. of those oppor-i tunities which come but once iii a lifetime. : * ‘ / -- Much To Be Thankful For News that, the Edenton Naval Air Station will def initely be closed is received in Edenton with no little re- | gret. The definite closing order was received last week ; by Comdr. Bert Creighton despite a determined fight I on the part of the Chamber of Commerce, which went I tin- limit in advancing arguments for retention of the J base. Though Edenton yvil.T lose the base, there is much to j be thankful for its few years operation, for it. has put ] many people on their feet who were dragging bottom j j at about the time work on its construction began.. No j j ,little progress has been made in paying off homes as j the result of renting .rooms, and apartments and quite] j a: few have been employed at salaries three or four j i times what they were receiving before accepting em- j ployment at the base. Furthermore, business skyrock eted during the life of the base, so that all in all. Eden ton has been very much benefitted. Aside from the financial point of view, many friend ;*. ships, have been made that will last throughout the years and many who were stationed in Edenton will look hack to pleasant memories of their stay here. Yes, Edenton as a whole regrets to Ipse the base, but there are plenty of reasons to be thankful that it was placed hero in the first place. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE “MINORITY” SPEAKS Editor Chowan Herald: It is truly gratifying to know that you are generous enough to open the columns of your interesting paper for discussions of so vital importance to an issue which is so close to the tax payers of Edenton. if there is anyone in Edenton for whom the taxpayers of Edenton, white or colored, have the greatest respect and highest regard for his wise counsel and advice, it is the for mer Mayor of Edenton, but just at this time, when beautiful Edenton ap pears to be awakening from her slothfulness and is looking forward into the future to clothe herself in ] glory by launching forward and ac claiming herself willing to improve the unsightly places so plainly evi dent in sections of the city inhabited by the great part of the minority group who are willing taxpayers, this genial gentleman has come out with a great howl that has shocked his many •admiring friends by denouncing as impractical and unsound any such movement under the guise of “un sound economy.” The following men, W, E. Cox, the 1 Revs. N. S. Harris, E. S. Darker, S. j N. Griffith, J. E. Tillett and Earl 1 Jones have had much to do with the 1 petitions presented to the taxpayers] who live on dirt streets and finally to j the considerate City Fathers and in no instance have they met opposition from anyone. -On the contrary, every j body showed willingness and jubila-' tion over the thing, which they long I ] looked forward to and hoped to see. done, namely hard-surfacing and gut- ! tering the dirt streets and filling in ' j the filthy and unsightly ditches be foretheir homes. We never heard j one voice about high taxation, which the former Mayor played up so i frighteningly as a scare crow. On the contrary, everyone ex i pressed opinion that even if it means this, they show perfect willingness in doing so, because they would have the blessed satisfaction of being able to sit out on their porches on pleasant * evenings without having to eat the ,dust which for many years they have j done whenever some unthoughtfu! i motorist drives in madness through these dirt streets without considera tion to any one. The former Mayor has lived in Edenton for the greater part of his life, but he has not suffered the an * advance of having to live. on dusty land muddy streets. He has lived on j paved streets all his life and it is im possible for. him to know the incon iVt-n? ni-e wnich the dwellers of dusty, muddy streets have to put up with, j 1 l.e ’eight, have driven through these st reets during his. incumbency, but we dost,-, that he has offered any sugges tion*. to.his Council for their relief. The f irmer Mayor takes pride in I pointing to the accomplishments ..f ] '-ity improvement during his adminis tration, which every administration likes to do, but there is evidence everywhere around us that the pres ent administration, is far ahead for its outstanding accomplishments and now that the present administration has boldly launched the idea of a general city-wide improvement that would benefit both majority and min ority groups, we hear the loud cry | from our former Mayor in opposition | under the guise of the unsound ecoti i omy bugaboo. It is this unsound j economy bugaboo cry that has held i back the beautiful and historical city | of Edenton for years and caused her | not to be classified along with the j other progressive cities of the State, j We are for conservatism all right, hut this form- of conservatism is harmful, and del rim 'Ufa] to any city, j We know, that we have: a very j beautiful, city now, but, my gosh, if ] the contemplated improvements are put through, wouldn't we have one of | the.--most attractive little cities in the I State, of which we shall all be proud ? We want these improvements, no I matter what the cost. We are quite 1 willing to do our share and we are not afraid of jeopardizing or losing our property. Other streets have been improved and we have been: assessed for them, and we do. not know of any one who has lost their property or account of this improve'.tent. We feel certain that none, of those Who now live on these streets, if they were given the choice, would go back to the old dirt streets. We are certain that the colored Citi zens of Edenton and their good white enow WEEDS PURINA WEED KILLER Don’t tolerate Weeds this year—Kill them with Purina Weed Killer. Economical— easy to use. Available lor lawns and gardens in pow der form and lor pastures, golf courses and other large areas in concentrate liquid lorm. SEE DIRECTIONS ON LABEL ™ s GARDENS \g^^PASTVBES HALSEY FEED & SEED STORE . “The Checkerboard Store” EDENTON, N. C. V.YWWWW friends, too, who live and own prop erty on dirt streets will go to the polls on Saturday, July 27, and vote unanimously for these improvements and so forget about the scarecrows of high taxation and unsound econ omy. We are truly entitled to some consideration and we believe that oui | fine white friends are willing and ready to show us that they are with us in sharing our high hopes and jubilation. We are grateful to the editor of The Herald for his very fine editorial on this matter, but we do not feel that he should be alone on the parting of ways on the issue with the former Mayor. We want him to feel that we, too,’ ought to say something in our own behalf. COLORED CITIZENS LEAGUE. IS THIS PROGRESS? Dear Fellow Citizens of the Town of Edenton: Though I have not been a citizen of Edenton for many years, 1 am deeply interested in its progress. Like you, I am called on to vote for or against the proposed bond issue to pave a certain section of the town. I am going to vote against the proposi tion and following is one of my com pelling reasons: Section 160-64 General Statutes of (North Carolina makes it unlawful for • any city or town to pledge its credit lin a sum exceeding LOG of its total ‘tax valuations. • I find the total tax valuations of ] Edenton to be $3,714,201. | Ten per cent of this sum is $371,420. | The proposed bond issue is $370,000. This is just $1,420 less than the ' maximum permitted by law, so if the ! issue carries, the town will exhaust | its total bond issuing capacity in this one Mint li re. I runsid r this improvident because ]l do not think this project worth the price if putting-all of, oi.r “hondahil ity” in just one venture, The idea is most commendable, but is a financial, straight jacket, limiting possible future opportunities. Yours verv truly, GEORGE T. CRAWFORD, li.O. FROM ANOTHER EX-MAYOR i Editor Chowan Herald: I. In your issue of July 18 I read with 'much interest the article submitted by ex-Mayor J. H. McMullan, voicing and setting forth his reasons for opposing a bond issue of $370,000 for street paving. Likewise. I read your editorial on the same subject With equal interest and in my mind 1 have drawn a paral lel between the two.views expressed. Now with your kind permission, in asmuch as you have opened the columns of your paper for a free dis cussion, I Would like to state a feu facts for the information of the citi- PEACHES FOR CANNING A large shipment of. peaches will arrive Thursday morning. Call early to get what you need. PRICES RICH I BROAD STREET FISH MARKET PHONE 26 , r1 ■ I - .-AW 100 fa 1 Pr °" f Ifi? Austiry^Nichols HOOUVn n( w vO*< K Attention! Peanut Farmers We have r been allotted foi* September de livery 6 Livermon Peanut Pickers. Two have been sold and four not sold. Place your order at once, as this will be all that will be available for the 1946 season. eimonlui^coimy “YOUR JOHN DEERE DEALER ” West Eden Street Edenton, N. C. zens of the Town. 1 had the privilege of serving the Town as Mayor for eight years from 1925 to 1933. Previous to that time I had served the Town as a member of the Board of Council from 1915 to 1921, altogether 14 years. During that period practically all the major improvements that Edenton now pos sesses were installed and I feel some what justified in giving my opinion regarding the present proposed bond issue. First —1 do not think that the ex (Continued on Page Five) PROTECT ITS TRADE-IN VALUE KEEP your f° ro l * flp-YOP SHAPE SERVICE AND GENUINE ffORD parts • YOUR « *°'SE- rO R ***■ Your Ford Dealer
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