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We're For Liquor By The Drink The act to authorize a statewide referendum on mixed drinks is getting considerable attention throughout North Carolina. The opposition will have you believe that approval of the referendum -would immediately transform the great-majority of the citizens of this state into alcoholics. The Tact of theTnatter is that the act, if ap proved, would give the counties-jn North Carolina greater corjtrol of the sale of beverages. First of all, it should be made crystal clear that if the referendum is approved November 6, no sale of mixed beverages will be permitted in any county without at least one county or municipally operated ABC store within the county. “It should be pointed out, too, that presently 87 of the 100 counties in North Carolina operate ABC stores. Another point to be considered is that passage of the referendum would mean that counties which currently have an ABC store can, on a local option basis, authorize mixed beverage sales only in Class A restaurants, hotels, motels and social, recreational and patriotic membership clubs which meet criteria established by state law. In the case of restaurants, its primary income will have to come from food. The approval of sale and consumption of mixed beverages in a county may be implemented by the county commission petitioning in writing to the State ABC Board either by their own action or by the results of a local referendum which they may authorize for such purpose. And counties which authorize the sale and consumption of mixed beverage shall collect an additional five dollars per gallon on alcohol which is to be so dispensed with the entire proceeds going to the county’s general fund. . Greater Control Is Assured Control is assured by seven restrictions on who may receive permits to dispense mixed beverages ' from the State ABCk.Board, and' 20 specific prohibited acts by licensees. Other points to be considered are that 18.ye^r olds are permitted to vote in both the state and local referendum but cannot be served mixed beverages until they are 21. Saloons and bars are specifically prohibited and brown bagging will not be allowed in establish ments holding a mixed beverage license. To qualify a restaurant must be classified* as Grade “A.’’ It must seat at least 36 persons with an inside dining area maintaining and using facilities for the preparation and serving of full cooked"meals and be engaged primarily in ser ving meals or*furnishing lodging. Social establishments must have 100 percent closed memberships and only special occasion establishments such as National Guard Armories, auditoriums, coliseums or civic centers would be licensed. Passage of the mixed beverage referendum would also boost the tax revenue. Counties which authorize the sale and consumption of mixed beverages shall collect an additional five dollars per gallon on alcohol which is to be so dispensed with the entire proceeds going to the county's general fund. Also the state ABC Board shall . issue permits only after a fee of 1300 is paid which is not refundable. If a permit itlssued, an additional fee of S300 will be paid for establishments with 50 seats or less and an additional fee of 25.00 per seat for all seats over 50. The maximum fee will be 21,000. Renewal on an annual basis will be at the rate of 50 percent of the original total fee. • w - f __ , /\ *' - * THE CHARLOTTE POST | Published every Thursday by the General Publishing Company with executive offices at 105 South Main . Street. Belmont. N.C. 28012. known office of publication ' 23,5 LaSalle Street. Charlotte. N.C. 2821*. Mill Johnson.T7. . .-Manager-Kdilor Hose Miller , James Peeler..* ‘ ‘ S*‘cn‘,ar> .Photographer ** The deadline tor all news cops and photo* is ."> p in Mandat. The Post is not responsible for ant photos or news copies suhiniUfd for publication L n 'Thin vi. \i>\ khtisini. kkphkskn i \ n\ t Xmalganialed Puhlisiicrs. Inc Jill Madison A venue. \e« York n \ . WiYKHTISING l»K\l)l INK if |> \| t,nNI) u Subscription Hales I tear in adt nitre S.C.'ii i. uioiiths - *J■ VI*. IJ weeks 12 nil Subscriptions and change of addresses should he mailed* to 2IIIS LaSalle Street. ( hurlotte. N t 2*211; Telephone j'r.'-lJiH. \ :t*T2- I.hiT To Be Equal r ■ f Home Rule For Washington, D. C. by Wrnon K. Jordan. Jr. Picture one of the great cities of the world, with thre^ quarters of a million people, stadiums. museums headquarters of national organizations and businesses a thriving community life, and a national communications center. Picture such a mplrnpnli. whose citizens do not have the right to vote for their loca officials, whose every "ST" local law has to be approved by people who live elsewhere and whose main interest is elsewhere. Picture such a city, whose residents pay —tenet but—cannot—elect_the. officials who formulate those taxes. The city Washington D C. the capital of the United .States. This nation, which won its independence nearly 200 years ago under the banner of: "no taxation without representation," follows the same course with regard to its own citizens in its own capital. This is an intolerable -sUnalinn nn. Ihal _ immediate solution. All it takes is for home rule to be extended to the citizens of Washington, D.C. All they are asking the right to elect their own mayor, now appointed try— the President, and their own city council, - also now' ap pointed. All they are asking is what every single town and village in this country has. Home rule for the District of Columbia is something so Ion? overdue and so obvious a right, that nearly everyone is in favor if it A national poll some years back showed Americans support home rule by a 6 to 1 margin. A recent -peH-of &C. residents shows 80 percent want home rule. The Senate overwhelmingly passed home rule legislation; by a 64-8 in 1971 ami 0»17 in '73. Both major political parties have supported home rule in their . national pl?t forms, as has every Ptesidenl since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Congress serves as the city legislature. Local laws passed by the Districts appointed council have to be passed by the Congress as well. That means that a city ordinance on kite-flying has to pass the local council, and then go through 28 separate legislative steps in the Congress before it can become law. This is not only a grossly inefficient way to run a city, but an unbelievable waste of the time of Congress, which ought to be dealing with matters of national concern. Apologists say that since the federal role in the city is so pervasive things .-plight tn stay as they are. But if that logic were to hold, then4he 50 . states ought to take over and run their BO-capitals in the same manner. The district once had home rule, but in 1874 Congress ^“temporarily” established direct control. That “tem porary” control became permaneht to the detriment of the capital’s citizens. It has resulted not only in their disenfranchisement, but also in broken promises and inequities. Back in 1874, Congress promised to pay half - HOROER RATES FOR SLACKS IN CITY & TIMES THAT FOR WHITES. UbVo OF MURDERS IN£7 CITIES a COMMITTED BY BLACKS I KILLING SLACKS. 1 from a s tupy by the n. y. times m WbHTEY COULD, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES PUT HIS GUNS AWAY. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLETOKILL 0UPS ELVES BETTER THAN HE CAN CLAYTOU PI LEY, LIBERATOR BLACK COMMUNITIES BECOMING THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE EOR BLACKSv...? ~~ > Letter To The Editor x ' Don’t Encourage Crime Mr. & Mrs. Black: The Active Black Brothers Inc. a nonprofit inmate organization strives to facilitate. the release and improve the conditions for all the inmates...not just the Angela Davises, Rap Browns and Huey Newtons...and to persuade the sisters and brothers to get out of prison and into the real struggle for economic political and social equality before more lives are wasted in prison riots and street crimes. Moreover, in this sophisticated world of chance where the devastation of dope and the frequency of murder and robbery bring death and sorrow to every community, it offers you the opportunity to help save, lives, liberate the inmates and spread wholesome happiness throughout this land of blacK. and white, rich and poor, by merely forwarding a con tribution to the ABB. National Inmate Fund, P.O. Box 422, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49001. Punishment did not free our foreparents from slavery or make them economically equal to the whites. Neither will it stgmp out crime or substantially reduce the disproportionate number of black men, women and children who murder, rob and BIRTHS Mr. & Mrs. Donald Smith, 321 Oregon St., a girl. Mr. & Mrs. Hoyle H. Martin, 3012 Burbank Dr., a girl. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Leach, 2815 Beechnut Rd., a boy. Mr. & Mrs. Wilford E. Howie, 2628 Duncan Ave., a steal to avoid the scourge of poverty. Consequently, to disregard the opportunity to help the inmates encourages crimd»-and reflects a base degree of humanifyin spite of our very best explanations. Frank W. Burrell Founder & Director ACTIVE BLACK BROTHERS. INC. Dr. Bertha Lewis Is Woman’s Day Speaker CONTINUED from Page 1 as coordinator of the neighs borhood agent program. Her dream is to wake up and see the day when people would have plenty of jobs, better housing, education and self supporting families. They dynamic Mrs. Lewis is . the proud mother of two x - . Miss Lajoie Gets First , Jeld-Wen Miss Kathleen O. Lajoie has been named by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to receive the first JELD WEN, Wenco Foundation scholarship. Miss LaJoie was a' top student in the 1973 graduating class at Charlotte Catholic High School. She was also active in Student Council, annual staff and other student activities. Keith Jones, manager of Wenco, Inc. of Charlotte, said that this is the first such scholarship to be awarded in Charlotte. The company plana to award the scholarship \ annually. The scholarship is in addition to one provided for sons and daughters of Wenco employees. children and grandmother of fyur and the adopted mother and guardian of many. ",Mrs. Lewis is a loyal and faithful member of Little Rock A.M.E. Zion Church. Mrs. I.W. Philson is chairman of the program committee. - Has your name been in the' CHARLOTTE POST lately? Keep us informed of what you are doing so that we can let your friends know by running it in Charlotte’s fastest VERNON E. JORDAN. JR. the costs of running the city, but in the past fifty years, it has been a Int -th'n. When you consider the special costs to the city of such events as inaugurations, state visits, etc., costs necessary to the running of a capital but paid for by local citizens, it becomes clear that the District is places under burdens not shared by any other city, in the country Add to this the many tax-exempt embassies and government building^, aqd you see how important it is for the government to pay its fair share to the city’s costs. I wonder what goes on in the minds of foreign visitors to the capital of the nation that proclaims itself a democracy when they learn that the residents of this big city cannot even vote for their own mayor and council. And how do the District schools teach civics lessons to children whose parents are disen franchised and pay taxes without adequate represen tation? If there is anything all people can agree upon it is that fairness and equity demand home rule for the District now. ~~ 1 ■ I “Where Christ Is Preached As He Is, To Men As Thev Are” J ~ Greater Mount Sinai Baptist Church 817 East Seventh Street - Charlotte,. N.C. 332-3639 372-3420 Rev. Norman £. Kerry, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. — Mid-Week Service 7:30 p.m. (Wednesdays) • • The Church With “Soul” j | Career Opportunities j Police Patrolman j ~ With The j Charlotte Police Department S 'i ■ Position} Open: Police Patrolman i Salary Range : $8,720 to $10,890 annually i Type Of Work : General - Duty Law ! Enforcement Work 1 * , ' 0 # * ® The City of Charlotte is accepting applications Applicants 21 to 34 years of age are encouraged 1 for positions of Police Patrolman. These are to aPP*y- Applications may be made on a con § career opportunities with good salary, vacations, l'nuous basis at the City Personnel Department, I sick leave, medical insurance, salary increases, th'r'd floor, City Hall, 600 East Trade Street, 8:00 I retirement, job training and many advantages. a m- to p m., Monday thru Friday, until A further notice. An E(^ual Opportunity Employer ‘Cotton Come To 11th St. 11th Street Sandwich Shop And Fool Room 506 (Cast llth St. T , , c hTlotte. N.C. ■ • _<704 > h74 --- ..rrrm. What Do Many Doctors Use? When They Suffer Pain Of Hemorrhoidal Tissues? Exclusive Formula Gives Prompt, Temporary Relief In Many Cases from Such Pain. Also Helps Shrink Swelling of Such Tissues Due to Infection. [n a survey, doctors were asked vhat they use to relieve such gainful symptoms^Many of the ioctors reporting said they ■ither use Preparation H them-'" telves or in their office practice. Preparation H gives prompt, :emporary relief for hours in l ' many cases from pain, itching in hemorrhoidal tissues. And it -actually helps shrink painful swelling of such tissues when' fmicted &nd inflamed. Just see if doctor-tested Preparation H* doesn f'hctp-'you. Ointment or suppositories. FOR SALE VA HOMES / ■ READY FOR OCCUPANCY * EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 1900 UMSTEAD ST. - 5 rooms, Frame and t! : Aluminum Siding, Price $12,650, cash down r ? payment $400, balance payable in 360 monthly ; ; installments of $94.18 each including principal ; i payment plus interest at an annual percentage rate of 8V£ percent. j : 0' 748 EDGEGREEN DR. - 5 rooms, Brick. ,Prlce cash down payment $500, balance payable in 360 monthly in stallments of $126.88 each including principal payment plus interest at an annual percentage rate of 8% percent. * 80« EDGEGREEN DR. - 5 rooms, Brick. ' ; Veneer, Price $15,350, cash down payment $550, balance payable in 360 monthly in- . : stallments of $113.80 each including principal payment plus interest at an annual percentage rate of 8ft percent. B i •* • • f ■ t * ** 1127 CHOvrB *•'* ' - .... I'i / Shingles, $300, ball stallmen ti payment | rate of t\ 2619 ALI Veneer, 1 $450. bal stallment payment | rate of 8> VET
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