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BBCTION TWO
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
Br JAMES H. GRIFFIN. Soil PonswroHowfat
George Ward has just finished
revising a conservation farm
plan his father prepared in 1953.
Technical assistance was sum-
I idled Mr. Ward by the Soil Con
servation Service through the
Albemarle Soil Conservation Dis
trict Most of the conservation
practices planned by his father,
J. E. Ward, in 1953 were carried
but therefore, the farm plan
needed to be revised.
George Ward started by plan
ning a complete tile drainage
system to be installed over a
three year period. Present field
ditches will be filled as the tile
is installed. A new and up-to
date cropping system was plan
ned meeting the capability of
the land and his needs. The
land will be in winter cover
crop about 90 per cent of the
time. Cover crops planned were
rye, vetch and crimson clover.
For erosion control along the
field border Sericea Lespedeza
is planned and part of it applied.
Next year, the rest will be seed
ed. Mr. Ward has changed the
row direction in one field to
help control erosion on a long
slope. In other words, he short
ened the row length and put the
rows across the slope.
In the woodland, he plans to
carry out a poisoning program
every year for four years. 2-4-
5T will be used to poison unsale
able “weed trees”. Dense clumps
of young pines will be thinned
and the products sold. (
This is an example of the
technical assistance available to
you through your local Soil
Conservation District. See the
district supervisors in your soil
conservation district for assist
ance.
Open Ditch Maintenance
Curtis Forehand has done an
excellent job of installing diver
sions along the berms of the
new dragline ditches on the J.
L. Hassell farm near Edenton,
which he rents. Purpose of these
diversions is to prevent surface
water from entering the new
ditches except at controlled in
lets. Wooden boxes have been
built and placed at controlled
points along the ditches for wa
ter gathered in the diversions to
enter the ditches without erosion
to the ditch sides. The diver
sions were prepared by plow
ing about four furrows toward
the open ditch on each side
building up a ridge along the
ditch. This plowed area was
fertilized, limed and seeded to
fescue to stabilize the berm area
of the ditch.
T. C. Byrum has installed di
version along his new ditch near
Cross Roads. He, also, seeded
the berm area on both sides of
the ditch in fescue. Inlets are
being installed now to turn sur
face water from the field into
the new ditch.
W. E. Bond of Edenton built
diversions along his new ditch
last year and seeded fescue. He
has some erosion in low areas
along the ditch where surface
water enters the ditch. He plans
to install surface inlets in the
low places for water to entei
the ditch without washing the
sides of the ditch.
Terraces
Gilliam Wood has his first ter
race on the Hayes farm. His
rows are layed out with the ter
race. Odd corners in the ter
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reiced field are being seeded to
millet for wildlife cover and
food.
A W-ditch has been construct
ed along a multiflora rose fence
to stop erosion and to serve as
a farm road. It is 30 feet wide
with drains on both sides of
the road. The drains were fer
tilized, seeded and mulched with
wheat stra'w. Oats, fescue and
sericea lespedeza were used in
the seeding.
Conservation Farm Plans
Scheduled to receive technical
assistance in preparing conserva
tion plans on their farms this
month are Eugene Jordan, Gli
den Community; Rubie Byrum,
Center Hill; Thomas O. Harrell,
Yeopim Community; Jesse C. |
Copeland, Ryland Community,
and C. M. Evans, Rocky Hock I
Community. W. E. Bond andj
Gilliam Wood, both of Edenton,]
have time scheduled this month!
in finishing up the revision of|
their conservation farm plans, j
They started revising their con-i
servation plans several months]
ago and have carried out several
new practices, especially on
erosion-control.
It pays to plan . . . why not
start planning your farm or if
you have an old plan, revise it
and bring it up to date. See
your district supervisors for
technical service available
through the Soil Conservation
District program. District super
visors of the Albemarle Soil
Conservation District here in
Chowan County are L. C. Bunch,
Fahey Byrum and J. A. Webb,
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CELEBRATES 86th BIRTHDAY
Solomon Miller celebrated his
86th birthday with a family re
union held at the VFW Club
Sunday, April 31. Mr. Miller
has eight children, 17 grand
children, 17 great-grandchildren
and orte great-great-grandchild.
Those present at the reunion
were: Mr. and Mrs. Solomon
Miller, Sr., Mrs. P. J. Warner,
Mrs. Frank Miller and daugh
ters, Phyllis and Betty Jean;
Mrs. Madison Phillips and chil
dren, Madison, Jr., Lindon and
James Lin wood, Mrs. Thomas
Bateman and children, Elizabeth,
Tommie, Buddy and Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Brabble, Mrs.
E. J. Boyce, and daughter Jackie, I
all of Edenton; Mrs. Raleigh
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The National Outlook
Kennedy’s Recommendations On Taxes
By Ralph Robev
Finally the Congress has re
ceived the recommendations of
President Kennedy on taxes. In
his first three months as chief
executive, Mr. Kennedy sent an
unprecedented number of mes
sages to the Congress, but none
had the pre-build-up of this one.
Week after week it was promis
ed and then delayed. And now
that the proposals have been
made, one cannot help but wish
that the message had never been
sent. ,
This is not because our tax j
system does not need an over-:
hauling. There is no more im
portant problem facing the na- 1
tion than tax rate reform. But
the Kennedy suggestions do not
even begin to do the job.
In broadest terms the message ’
consists of two parts. First is |
a tax device for encouraging;
business investment. The cost |
of this is estimated at $1.7 bil-.
lion. Second are changes de-1
signed to recoup this loss of 1
revenue.
There is no question as to
the desirability of modification
in our method of handling de
preciation, but the Kennedy pro
gram will not do this. Our
present system is less liberal
than in most important foreign |
industrial nations, and this is |
hindering our ability to com- [
pete with these producers. Cur-:
rently, too, our total deprecia
tion is some $5 billion less than
it should be to cover the real
cost of the wear and tear on our
capital equipment. This means
that American business is paying
taxes on this much over-state- ■
ment of profits.
The Kennedy system is to
provide a tax credit dependent
upon the percentage which new
investment is of current depre
ciation allowances. The formu
la is extremely complicated. If
it were enacted into law it 1
Barbara Ann, Mrs. Tend* Car
rier and son and Mrs. Sherman
Roberson of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs.
David A. Cool and daughter,
Terrie Marie, Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Newsome, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Miller and children,
Louis, Jr., and Katherine of
Portsmouth, Va. There w€re al
so thr&e guests present, Mrs.
Alma Carter of Portsmouth and
Warren Williams and Janet
Small of Edenton.
might cause some increase of
investment, but not enough to
be significant, and it would leave
the basic depreciation problem
untouched.
To offset the anticipated re
duction of revenue from the pro
posed change in depreciation,
numerous suggestions are made.
The more important are:
Require a company to pay a
tax on profits earned abroad in
developed nations; in the under
developed countries the present
deferral of taxes would be con
tinued.
I ‘ Tax foreign inpestment com
panies, American citizens living
abroad for a temporary period,
property owned abroad, and
; bring the taxation of foreign
dividends into line with those
on domestic dividends.
Impose a with-holding tax of
20 percent upon all dividends
and interest.
Repeal the present SSO exclu
sion Os dividends from taxes,
and the 4 percent dividend cre
dit.
Eliminate abuses in business
expense accounts by prohibiting
the deductibility of excessive
entertainment and such items as
yachts, hunting lodges, and so
forth.*
Tax at regular rates, rather
than as capital gains, any gain
from the sale of depreciable
business property.
Improve the taxation of co
operatives and bring them more
in line with what other organi
zations have to pay.
Stop inventory manipulation
for the purpose of curtailing
taxes.
Extend the present 2 cent rate
on aviation gasoline to jet fuels.
The President refers to his
proposals as a “set,” and urges
that they be considered as a
“unit”. Such consideration will
1 start with hearings by the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee, and it is not to be expected
that the program will emerge
as recommended by Mr. Ken-,
nedy.
And it is to be hoped that the j
Ways and Means Committee dis-l
approves of the proposal as a’
whole. This is an unfortunate
set of recommendations, and we
would,be better off to make no
changes until we can have a
thorough reform of our tax sys
tem.
Local Police Make 53
Arrests During April
Chief of Police George I. Dail
reports that Edenton police
made 53 arrests during April, of
which number 48 were found’
guilty as charged. Os those ar
rested 25 were white males, six
white females, 21 colored males
and one colored female.
Fines amounted to $145 and
costs $453.80 for a total of
$598.80. Os this amount $1712.25
represented officers’ fees and
was turned back to the town.
Activities of the police during
April included 57 calls answer
ed and investigated, eight auto
mobile accidents investigated,
four funerals worked, 18 cour
tesies extended, 28 doors found
unlocked, two fire calls answer
ed, 8 lights reoprted out arid
919 traffic citations issued. The
police made 1,050 radio calls and
were on the air 2 hours, 2% min
utes and 30 seconds.
0« N.C. HIGHWAYS
Raleigh The Motor Vehicles
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M., Mon
day, May 8, 1961, follows:
Killed To Date 337]
Killed To Date Last Year ,352
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|| Minutes Os County
1 Board Os Education
May 1, 1961
• The CpuntV Board of Eduea-
I tion held itk regular meeting
! May 1, 1961, at 10 o’clock in the
Superintendent’s office with the
following members present: G.
B. Potter, Marvin Evans, Eu
gene Jordan, O. C. Long, Dr. L.
F. Ferguson and Garland As
bell. :>r
The meeting was called to or
der by the chairman, Mr. Pot
ter, by having the secretary read
the minutes of the previous
meeting. A motion to accept
| the reading of the minutes was
made by Mr. Evans, seconded by
Mr. Jordan and unanimously
carried.
West Byrum, Jr., of the West
Byrum Agency, Inc., appeared
before the board in regard to
school insurance. A motion by
Mr. As bell, seconded by Mr.
Jordan, and unanimously car
ried, that the board authorize
the superintendent to write a
letter to the State Insurance
Commission, giving'' permission
for the West Byrum Agency,
Inc., to discuss school insurance
rates.
A letter from Dr. Charles F.
Carroll, State Superintendent of|
Public, Instruction, was read by l
the secretary in reference to
school bus transportation. School
bus reports were discussed and
it was noted that the number
of buses was adequate for trans
portation in the county unit.
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The district committee's report
was presented. The committee,
accepted resignations from the
following teachers: Mrs. Betty
Hamilton Busey, Mrg. Martha S.
Stanton, Karl P. Harrell, George
K, Gelbach and Paul Stanton.
A motion to accept the action of
the district committee on the
election of teachers and other
personnel was made by Mr. Jor
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dan, seconded by Dr. Ferguttb
ana unanimously cameo,
A motion to approve payment
of bills, paid since the last meet
ing in the amount of $3,058
made by Mr. Evans, seconded by
Mr. and unanimously aß>
ried£ f* f
There being no further
ness, the Board adjourned. I 4
*<*,<* B. POTTER, Chairman
w. J. TAYLOR, SecretiEr