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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chqaran
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufllap ana Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
PETER CARLTON Associate Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
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THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT
BE SATISFIED ONLY WITH PERFECTION: Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.—Matt. 5:48.
Opportunity To Speak
Though it has not been officially adopted, Town Coun
cil has approved the proposed budget for the fiscal year
1947-48 which calls for a tax rate of $1.60 on the SIOO
property valuation. Both the Finance Committee and
members of Town Council gave considerable thought
to the proposed budget, in the course of which appro
priations in practically every department have been cut
to less than last year. Despite these reductions and
the added fact that the Town’s property valuation has
been increased by $419,000, it was necessary to main
tain the same tax rate as last year.
This in part is due to falling off of anticipated
revenue, which last year was $3,711.97 more than is
figured this .year. Besides, expenditures at the base are
estimated at $3,850, while the income from the same
source is $1,200.
Many times Town Council is criticized for spending
too much money or for making this or that appropria
tion. Every taxpayer has the opportunity and right
to inspect the proposed budget, which appears in this
issue of The Herald and is on file in Town Clerk R. E.
Leary’s office. , Objections to any phase of the budget
may be registered at Town Council’s regular meeting
Tuesday night, September 9.
If there are any objections to the budget, those con
cerned should make their complaint at Jthe appointed
time, rather than to air criticisms in the drug stores or
street corners. Town Councilmen will be willing to con
sider any constructive criticism presented in the proper
manner and will, The Herald feels sure, be glad to ex
plain why any particular item has been provided for in
the proposed budget.
The budget and tax rate ar* only tentative, so that
if no objections are registered as provided, Town Coun
cilmen will take it that their conclusions are satisfactory
and will no doubt adopt the budget at the proper time.
Time To Call A Halt
Attacking an umpire on the part of Windsor baseball
fans Friday night was a regrettable affair, and one The
Herald hopes will put to an end the everlasting argu
ments at baseball games in the Albemarle League. At
tendance has been very good at practically all of the
games, and while fans have enjoyed some good and
thrilling games, not a few of them are disgusted with
the arguments over this or decision made by an
umpire, most of which are trivial and after all results
in nothing gained except dissatisfaction on the part of
fans who, sifter all, pay the “freight.”
Os course, umpires make mistakes, but they canndt
call every decision to the satisfaction of all fans. The
Herald does not believe that any Albemarle League
umpire has or will deliberately call a decision to the
detriment of any particular team or player, and even if
a mistake is made, an argument very seldom changes
the decision. So after all, an argument instead of add-
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Heard & Seen!
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Dave Holton, R. T. Pickier and Cal Kramer passed
around cigars the other day. At the Rotary Club Dave
did the honors by parading around with a box of smokes,
while Cal Kramer at the same meeting distributed a
pocketful. Reese Pickier passed around cigars at the
Men’s meeting, so that I’ve had fewer to buy this
week. Os course, Dave and Reese passed out the cigars
due to an increase in the family, but that wasn’t Cal’s
reason —he received a box from a friend and very sel
dom smokes cigars. Well, some of his friends do.
An interesting fan at the baseball game Saturday
night was George McNair, a former Edenton boy who
has been ih the Navy for tfinny years and is now Chief
Petty Officer. George was the printer’s devil when I
first came to Edenton and while not piddling around
was playing a mouth harp. Anyway, George is station
ed in Virginia and having seen in the paper that Eden
ton has a good team, he came down to see a game. It
was the first game he saw in Edenton in over 20 years
and he said it was worth seeing. '
C. D. Stewart evidently does not become acquainted
with people very quickly. He’s been transfered to New
York City from Hampton, Va., and despite the fact
that he’s been there about four weeks now, he says he
still doesn’t know all the people he meets on the streets.
Isn’t that strange?
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Mrs. Paul Holoman presented me with the sweetest
thing the other day—a jar of honey. It came from Mr.
Holoman’s bee hives, which have produced a lot of honey
and is now being sold. And speaking about bee hives,
Friend Paul and my freind Preacher Surratt do not
mind at all messing around the bloomin’ bees. But
here’s one who isn’t going to do it, for, like a big
crowd of people, thereie liable to be one darn fool in
the lot that might do ,the wrong thing at the wrong
time.
J. Clarence Leary made a rather vague statement one
day last week. Clarence is chairman of the Finance
Committee of Town Council and has been working on
the 1947-48 budget. He had about gotten his figures
together and wanted to have a meeting of the Board,
but didn’t know just when to ask Mayor Leroy Haskett
to call it. Dropping in The Herald office, Clarence ask
ed, “Buff, can you attend a special meeting Thursday
afternoon to consider the budget? I don’t like to have
the meeting at night because some of the members are
interested in the baseball games.” What I’d like to
know is what he means by “some” members.
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Mrs. Chrystal (Gregory) Gladfelder, writing from
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to order The Herald sent to
her, says Grand Rapids is a fine town and Minnesota
a fine state, but nothing can compare* with good oT
Edenton. Which reminds me of what E. J. Hudson
night telegraph operator at the Norfolk Southern depot,
had to say the other night. “I’ve been in many towns,”
he said, “but the longer I am in Edenton, the better I
like it. It’s one of the nicest towns I’ve ever seen.”
Well, that’s the way a lot of us feel about the town, de
spite the fact that there are others who are all the time
bellyaching about this or that, but do not make any effort
to get on to another town.
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Gib Perry is what I call a humanitarian, for evidently
he doesn’t like to see people go hungry. Tuesday night
about closing time my daddy was occupying his “of
ficial” chair in front of The Herald office as Gib passed
with some watermelons. Evidently the “old gent” was
looking hungry just before supper, for Friend Perry
pulled up to the curb and brought in a choice water
melon. And to prevent an argument in The Herald of
fice, he brought in another one for Hec Lupton. To saj
the leaSt, it Was a real sample of Rocky Hock water
melons, and I’m still licking my “chops.” T’anks, Gib!
ing interest to the game tends to dampen the enthus
iasm of those who fill the grandstand and bleachers,
which should be considered by officials and players
alike.
Robert H. Bazemore
Dies Near Merry Hill
Robert H. Bazemore, 44, died at
his home near Merry Hill Monday
1 afternoon following a period of ill
health extending over two years. He
was a veteran of Bertie County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Bazemore; a son, William
Robert Bazemore; a daughter, Bar
bara Ann; his mother, Mrs. W. C.
Bazemore; three brothers, Raymond
Bazemore of Burlington and C. H.
and Roy G. Bazemore, both of De
troit, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. S.
D. Dempsey of Petersburg, Va., and
Mrs. Joe Butler of Newport News.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in Bethany Baptist
Church, of which he was a member.
The Rev. T. V. Teague, pastor, of
ficiated. Burial was made in Hill
Crest Cemetery in Colerain.
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Clearance Sale ]
If you haven’t attended to this big event ... be sure and do so today. We still have j
several outstanding bargains that will surprise you, including Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses,
Coats, Suits, Hats, Shoes, Sun Suits, Play Suits and many other items. Also men’s and
Boys’ Suits, Sport Shirts, Slacks, etc. <
REMEMBER! . TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, IS THE LAST DAY
Cuthrell’s Dept. Store
BROAD STREET EDENTON, N. C.
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A Statement To Our Customers About Resate
PRICES of PRODUCTS
Built by International Harvester Company
Here at Harvester we are con
cerned over the fact that a
growing number of our prod
ucts are appearing on the re
sale market at greatly inflated
prices.
As manufacturers, we try to
produce at the lowest possible
cost. We cannot set the prices
at which our products—trac
tors, motor trucks, farm im
plements, refrigeration, and in
dustrial power equipment—are
sold. We can and do suggest
list prices which the great ma
jority of our dealers adopt as
their retail prices.
$20,000,000 Price Reduction
Our basic pride spolicjy Jgas
publicly stated in March, 1947,
when we announced price re
ductions at the rate of approxi
mately $20,000,000 pec year
on our products. At that time,
Fowler McCormick, Chairman
of the Board, said: “amt prick
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Practically all of our dealers
cooperated with this policy and
passed on the savings to their
customers.
The objective of the price
reductions was to make it pos
sible for customers to buy oar
products, which they need so
badly, at 16 wee prices. Natu
rally, this purpose is defeated
„ when qur products art sold by
anybody at inflated prices.
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the difference between supply
and demand. To increase sup
ply, we now have the greatest
number of employes in history
on our payrolls— almost 90,000
in the United States, as against
about 60,000 prewar. Large
newplants aregetting Into pro
duction in Louisville, Evans*
ville, and Melrose Park. A
fourth will soon be in opera
tion in Memphis. The men and
women now employed are
turning out the greatest quan
tities of IH products of all
kinds that we have ever made.
These are also the finest prod
ucts we have ever made, and
recognition of that feet Is an
Important contributing factor
to the demand for them.
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Distribution to Dealers
But even record-breaking pro
duction is not sufficient to give
your dealer—and other IH
dealers —enough products to
meet today’s demand. Vfo have
tried to make the fairest possi
ble geographical allocation of
our products so that every
dealer would get a fair share;
and we know that dealers, in
most coses, have tried earnestly
to the fairest posable
distribution to their customers.
But we also know that many
of our products—far too many
—am being resold at inflated
prices. The public criticism and
luneit iismt of three mnnlrn nrn
of real concern to ns, as we -
know they must be to our deal
v see, because such reactions en-
danger the good will of both
the dealer and the Company in
any community.
Distribution to Customers
Experience shows that many
IH new products are being re
sold by users who decide they
can continue to make out with
their old equipment after they
have had an inflated offer for
their new equipment. To elimi
nate this, many dealers are
taking measures to be sure that
equipment purchased is for
their customers’ own use and
is not to be resold.
Nearly all IH dealers, we be
lieve, are now using the basis;
of present need as their pri-'
tnary guide for the sale of;
scarce products. The customer
whose need is real and urgent
is not likely v to resell.
What Price Should
You Pay?
While it may take a little more
time to get delivery, we urge
our customers to consider all
of the factors mentioned here,
before paying more than the
list price for any IH product.
Any IH'dealer or branch can
furnish the suggested list price
for any IH product.
■ We know that the over
whelming majority of IH deal
ers are as much opposed to in
flated prices as we are. In the
public interest, we have , al
ready aslced their cooperation *
—and are now asking the co
operation of cuitolriert—in
correcting this situation.