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Duplin's Board of County Commissioners has changed
leaders ? well, chairman, anyway. Chairman Bill Costin
has stepped down and Allen Nethercutt has assumed the
duties of chairman. In Duplin County, this changing of
chairmen is a sort of mundane uneventful sort of thing.
One member simply steps down while another takes over.
The chairmanship is an improtant job though in Duplin the i"4
commissioners just pass it around with no competition for
it. As each commissioner worked for the seat they now
hold on the board, there was plenty of competition
i between them and others wanting that same seat. . .Yet,
once they get to this board that they claimed they were
more qualified for, or could better serve than the others in
their district wanting the job, they want to do like a
- chameleon and blend in. . .This individual who stood out
in the crowd no longer wants to do so, but simply wants to
join and be a part of the gang. Allen Nethercutt will be as
good a chairman as Bill Costin. Calvin Turner will be as
good a chairman as Allen Nethercutt was. Dovie Penney
will be as good a chairman as Calvin Turner was, and D.J.
Fussell will be as good a chairman as Dovie Penney was,
and so on, an on. and on, and on. . .1 personally would
like to see one of the commissioners want the job bad
enoughjo work for it. . .to "politic" for it so that the word
"chairman" would mean the leader of the board, and not
just "it is my turn."
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The Kenansville Town Board has discussed the ABC
store in each of its last two or three meetings. . .There are
a couple of things that I think are important to understand.
. .One is that no matter what is done, who is in charge, or
how much is sold, the store's part of the sales will be
around 26% of each dollar. , .The rest, the other 74%, is
the state's profit, or taxes, or cost, or what ever. . .There is
no way to change this break-down. . ,So, the cost of
running the store and the profit to be passed on to the town
must come from this 26%. It is that way in each and every
ABC store in North Carolina. . .So, how well you manage
the 26% will determine how much the town will receive for
allowing this store to operate. . .Another thing I think to be
important is why the store is there. . .1 do not believe it
was established so the people of Kenansville or those
passing through could get drunk. . .It was established as a
source of revenue for the town. . .A source of revenue for
the town. . .Of those 26 pennies left over from each I
dollar, the town ends up with less than three of those
pennies.. .A source of revenue for the town. . .There is no
other business in the town of Kenansville that can operate
with only a three-cents-on-the-dollar return. . .A source of
revenue for the town. ...
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I have had an on-going conversation with 4-year-old
Chris Grady for several days about today, tomorrow and
yesterday, . .There are few subjects that can confuse one
so much as trying to explain about tomorrow. For several
days each morning, Chris would ask, "Is this tomorrow?"
and I would go back over the explanation that yesterday
this is tomorrow, but right now it is today, and the day
after today is tomorrow. . ."But you said this day would be
tomorrow," says Chris. . .Of course 1 would answer. "That
is right. I did, but today it is not." For the past few
mornings when he asks if it is tomorrow, I just look at him
and shake my head and smile. . .He looks at me like he
thinks I am kinda confused. . .And, he may be right. . .1
am going to figure it out tomorrow. . .Son-of-a-Gun.. .
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craftsmanship
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American textile and ap
parel manufacturers are
going directly to the con
sumer with a new logo that
will identify their products
and make it easier for shop
pers to buy American-made
merchandise.
The logo?a red, white
and blue star with the slo
gan "Crafted with Pride in
U.S.A. "?will appear in ads,
on hang tags and on labels
sewn directly into garments
and other textile products.
It is the cornerstone of the
American Fiber, Textile, Ap
parel Coalition's (AFTAC)
national campaign to foster
pride in American workman
ship and concern for the
challenges which face Amer
ican workers.
Studies show that Ameri
can consumers are increas
ingly aware of the relation
ship between jobs and their
purchase decisions. Fifty-five
percent of those polled in
a recent Gallup survey are
concerned about imports en
dangering American jobs and
want to do something about
it with their dollars.
Similarly, a survey done
at the University of Missouri,
Columbia, indicates that con
sumers are disturbed about
the quantity of imports
flooding the American mar
ketplace. Forty-seven per
cent of those interviewed
expressed a preference for
American-made goods and
59 percent felt it was im
portant to buy clothing
made by Americans.
The battle for the Amer
ican textile dollar is not to
be taken lightly. More than
2.6 million Americans are
employed in the industry
and their work is being un
dercut by imports.
AFTAG's campaign is
the first industry-wide ef
fort in the U.S. to attack
the import problem by
promoting American-made
products. The new logo fa
cilitates a decision that the
American consumer has al
ready made: to support tex
tiles and apparel "Crafted
with Pride in U.S.A."
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