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fa By WILBOHNE HARRELL A
The strong opposition to the
proposal by the Woman’s Club,
entailing the removal of t.he
Confederate monument on the
Court House Green to' the Broad
Street waterfront, came to my
attention as a complete surprise
Maybe I’m not old enough to
appreciate 'the emotional and
sentimental values involved, be
ing quite young when the monu
ment was erected and unveiled
I also realize there are mam
who feel very strongly about
the matter, both pro and con
and this is in nowise written as
criticism of these persons. I air
merely setting down my objec
tive opinions—to be honest, 1
can do no less.
The removal of the monument
would be no desecration of the
dead (the Green is not hallo wee
or sacred ground), as would be
the case if the monument mark
ed the place of burial of oui
fallen Civil War heroes. The
monument stands as only a sym
bol of commemoration, and
We should give as we would
receive, cheerfully, quickly and
without hesitation; for there is
no grace in a benefit that sticks
to the fingers. —Seneca.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
where it is erected may be ar
bitrarily and freely determined.
Edenton has no greater asset
than her historical background
It is well and good to be proud
of the past, but the present and
future are more immediate, and
any improvements to our his
torical properties that may en
hance their value as a tourist
attraction; must not be over
looked. Erected at the foot of
Broad Street, the monument
would be a beckoning beacon to
any tourist who entered Eden
ton from the north. Further,
tourist interest would not cease
at this point, but a curiosity
once aroused would seek out
other points of interest.
New Bern, Williamsburg, Man
teo, to name a few at random,
have made history pay off, and
Edenton’s historical potential is
just as great or greater than
any of these. It is high time
we waked up and put this po
tential to work for us. But we
will never do it if we do not
Your County Government... And You)
By CARSON BAIN
For North Carolina Association of County Commissioners =
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From the earliest colonial
days, the inhabited areas of
North Carolina have been divid
ed into counties. • Counties are
created by the state to carry
out certain activities within the
boundaries of the county that
the legislature believes can best
be carried out under local ad
ministration. For example,
counties in North Carolina must
build and maintain necessary
school buildings. They must
care for the poor and the sick.
They must provide law enforce
ment through the sheriff’s of
fice; the fecdreHng ttf'deeds atM
certain other documents through
the register of deeds’ office; and
judicial administration through
the office of the clerk of court
and through the inferior and su
perior courts. And they must
conduct elections for county and
! state offices. All of these ac
tivities are required to be car
ried on. and county commission
ers must levy taxes to raise ne
cessary funds.
The General Assembly may
add to or subtract from these
responsibilities from time to
time, as state policy demands.
And it may provide detailed ad
ministrative procedures as it
has in some cases, or it may* au
thorize local determination of
procedures as it has in others.
These are policy questions to be
decided by the legislature, not
by the counties or the people in
have the courage and the will
to break the fetters of stagna
tion—and move forward with
the trend of the times.
The best argument I can see
for keeping the Confederate
monument in its present loca
tion is p'urely sentimental. In
;this respect, there is no regard
or consideration for the pro
gressive impetus that this initial
step may give to anv historical
program we may undertake. If
we are to exploit our historical
heritage, or frankly, to capitalize
on it, we must make a begin
ning somewhere. W.hat better
beginning than this present Wo
man’s Club project?
In my opinion, it seems to me
that the Woman’s Club’s sug
gested improvements to the
Court House Green, and the cre
ating of a park at the water
front end of Broad Street, in
which would repose the Con
federate monument amid appro
priate surroundings, would be a
decided progressive movement.
j the counties.
But the county has come to
be recognized by the legislature
as more than an administrative
subdivision of the state, created
to carry on certain required ac
tivities. It is also a unit for
local self-government. In this
capacity, counties have been
granted power to decide wheth
er or not other activities, ap
propriate to county government,
shall or shall not be carried on;
and if carried on, counties have
; power to decide the extent to
which the activities shall be
performgfiU;. Tire -General As
'scrribly, for example, authorizes
counties to have a public health
program, to carry on farm and
home demonstration work, to
! maintain a veterans service of
fice. to conduct an electrical in
spection program, to maintain
| a civil defense program, and to
I provide rural fire protection,
i Counties may also build and
| operate airports, libraries, hos
; pitals and recreational activities.
But under our statutory frame
work, whether these activities
(will be undertaken, and to what
extent they will be supported,
arc matters for local determin
ation. The board of county com
missioners of each county, in
response to the wishes of the
people of the county, makes the
decision.
Thus, a county serves a two
fold purpose. It is a subdivision
of the state created to carry on
certain required activities that
the General Assembly believes
should be locally administered.
And it is a unit of local self
government, with power from
the General Assembly to under
take other activities, not neces
sary to the state as a whole, but
which may be desired by the
people of aparticular county.
Counties and Cities Contrasted
Perhaps the role of the coun
ty will become clearer if it is
contrasted with the role of
cities and towns. Cities and
towns traditionally were created
to provide services required by a
compact community services
not needed by the people of the
county as a whole. For ex
ample, cities provide a wate
purification and distribution
system for people, living too
close together to vise individual
wells. Cities provide a sewage
collection and disposal system,
when people live too close to-
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Igether to use individual septic
tanks. Cities provide fire pro
| tection, when houses and build
! ings are so close together that
a fire in one endangers others.
Cities provide police protection
to an extent not needed in ru
ral areas, as concentrations of
population require patrolling
and traffic direction not need
ed to the same extent beyond
city boundaries. And cities
provide street systems, with
: abutting curbs, gutters and side
walks, to provide for traffic and
the drainage of surface water to
an extent not needed in rural
areas. These basic urban ser
vices rendered by cities and
towns, and other similar ser
vices, probably make up 90 per
cent or more of the budget of a
typical city.
Let’s take a look at county
services in a little detail. As
we do, we will see that county
services are really county-wide
services, rendered to city peo
ple and rural people alike, just
as city and rural people alike
pay the property taxes that
support these county services.
County School Activities
Counties today are building
and maintaining schools for
over one million school children.
In addition, they are supple
menting state funds for teach
ers, books, instructional sup
plies, and operating funds. Back
in the early 1930’5, the state as-,
sumed responsibility for paying
the people who supervise, teach
and operate our public schools;!
and the state assumed responsi
bility, as well, for providing
books and instructional supplies
and for meeting the cost of
janitorial services and utilities.
The state sales tax was levied
to help meet this state responsi
bility. But state appropriations
have failed to keep pace with
increases in the number of
school children, with inflation,
and with school needs. So coun
ties have had to step in and
supplement state funds. Twenty- I
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five years ago, counties provid
ed only 10 per cent of school
current expense items. Today,
counties provide closer to 20 pier
cent. And when total county
effort is included, it amounts to
around one-third of total school
expenditures. In a typical coun
ty, 50 per cent of total prop
erty taxes levied go for school
suppiort, and in many counties
the percentage is higher.
This county effort is often
lost sight of in discussing our
so-called “state” public school
system. In reality, we have a
state-county system, and county
support is increasing each year.
When I speak of county funds,
I mean county-wide funds.
County-wide taxes for public
schools are apportioned among
all administrative units in the
county. Funds to meet current
expenses and routine capital
outlay items are apportioned on
Ilia basis of the number of
school children in the adminis
trative units, and major capital
outlay appropriations are ap
portioned on the basis of need.
Thus city people as well as ru
ral people have a stake in
county school support, both on
the paying and on the receiving
end.
County Welfare Activities
County public welfare pro
grams provide financial support
for around 300,000 peoole. and
each year another 200,000 people
receive some kind of non-finan
eial assistance from the welfare
department. Looking at county
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welfare expenditures as a whole,
in a typical county more welfare
funds are spent proportionately
in cities than are spent in ru
ral areas. This results from the
fact that more city people live
away from their families and
relatives and hence have less
resources to meet financial
emei gencies.
'.Counties have two interests in
public__welfai e. First, they have
the financial responsibility of
matching state and federal
funds. County financial respon
s.bility amounts to aiound 20 per
cent of total welfare expendi
tuies. Two-lhirds of the total
comes from the federal govern
ment and 14 per cent from tht
state. Public welfare appropri
ations usually take up from 15
per cent to 20 per cent of the
county property tax rate.
In addition, counties have ad
ministrative responsibility,
though at times they are ham
strung by state and federal reg
ulations. I assure you that
county officials work hard at
eliminating irresponsible people
and deadbeats from the welfare
role. I know that you hear
about the worst cases from the
papers and from general dis
cussions. But remember that
for the few you hear about (and
they are exceptions to the rule)
tncre are several hundred thoUs
'and poverty stricken people that
v- el fa re programs are feeding,
clothing, and sheltering. These
people, without welfare aid.
would starve or freeze to death.
County Health Activities
Public health programs pro
ide public health services for
•'T four and a half million North
Carolinians. These services in
elude inspection programs---cov
ering places that produce, pro
pare, and serve foods: nursim
programs to teach good heal!’
practices; school health pro
grams providing regular derm'
and medical examinations: and
clinics for expectant mothers,
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EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
, prc-school children, and others
: unable to afford the services of
! private physic.ans, lit add.non.
I there are~lhe increasing number
! of county-operated hospitals pro
j viding hospital care for the
I people of the county. Public
health programs average be
tween 5 per cent and 10 per
cent cf total county property
-taxes, and these county funds
i meet over 80 tier cent of the
cost of total public health ser
vices. Again, city pcaole as
j well as rural people benefit, and
often there is a higher propor
j tion of public health services
( rendered in the built-up areas
i in and around cities and towns.
(Concluded next week)
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