Chowan Residents Get More For $$ In Government
Is the cost of local government higher
or lower, for residents of Chowan Coun
ty, than it is for people in other areas ?
How much is spent locally, per capita,
for all municipal and county operations
and for all special services? How does
the local government debt compare with
the average elsewhere?
A new report, just released by the
Census Bureau, sheds light on these mat
ters. It is based upon a detailed study
of financial data gathered from every
county in the United States.
The study, entitled Census of Govern
Survey Shows Number Os Women ‘Moonlighting Is On Increase In County
For a growing number of married
women in Chowafa County, running a
home and raising a family are only part
of their 'activities.
With each passing year, more and
more of them 4 are finding that they can
take care of their household responsi
bilities and still have enough spare time
to permit them to take outside jobs.
As a result, locally and elsewhere, the
proportion of wives at work—in offices,
stores, factories and in professional oc
cupations—is at an all-time high.
In Chowan County, an estimated 47.6
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Mitchener’s Pharmacy
AND
Hollowell’s Rexall
Drug Store
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3
Will Close Saturday Nights
7:00 P. M.
NOTICE
TOWN OF EDENTON
TAXPAYERS
The Tax Books for the year 1969 are
now in my hands for the collection of
taxes. We urge you to pay your taxes
now and avoid the penalty which will
begin on February 1.
A PENALTY OF 1% WILL BE ADDED ON 1969
TAXES NOT PAID BEFORE FEBRUARY L AN
OTHER 1 % WILL BE ADDED MARCH 2 AND AN
ADDITIONAL V 2 OF 1% WILL BE ADDED FOR
EACH ADDITIONAL MONTH TAXES ARE UNPAID.
TOWN OF EDENTON
.< W. B. GARDNER, Administrator
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY I. UN
ments, is the first made since fiscal 1962.
They are conducted every five years.
For people living in Chowan County,
the figures show, the total cost of local
government operations came to $156 per
capita in the year.
In the rest of the nation, the average
was $299 per capita and, in the State
of North Carolina, $207. ,
It took a total of $59.5 billion to op
erate the various county, township, mu
nicipal and district governments in the
country and provide the public with ser
vices in the fields of education, health,
per cent of the married women are now
employed, according to the latest statis
tics. This compares with 36.1 per cent
in 1960.
On the average, throughout the United
States, in more than one out of every
three husband-wife families, the wife is
employed, either part-time or full-time.
It represents a considerable change
over earlier years. In 1952, for example
only one out of five wives was in the
labor force.
No less than 15.8 million wives in the
43.3 million husband-wife families in the
History Os Alcohol Can Be Traced To Early Times
(Editor’s Note: This is the
first of a series of articles on
alcoholism).
By JEFF RAY WHITE
Alcohol was not invented
by man; man merely discov
ered it. Quite likely the
earliest caveman tasted alco
hol and experienced its pe
culiar effects on his appetite
and attitudes. He probably
tasted the juice of over-ripe
grapes which had fallen into
a stone hollow and had been
fermented by the action of an
airborne microscopic plant
known as yeast.
Early known records de
scribe drinking and drunken
ness as immoral conduct.
These records date back to
the Stone Ages and are well
recorded in Roman and Bib
lical history.
In the United States, dis
tilled beverages are popular.
Whisky, gin, brandy, etc., and
even the crudest forms of al
hohol, are consumed by an
alcoholic In his moments of
desperation.
Alpojiplic .beverages may be
#vbjed, .inter three main
groups: wines, brewed bever
ages and distilled spirits.
Wine is the easiest to make
and the less expensive. For
tified wines are often called
“Sneaky Pete" or even a
“Little Man,” the latter name
coming from a pint of wine
costing about 50 cents.
Before the method of de
termining the alcoholic con
tent of a beverage by chemi
cal means, a common method
of testing the proof of "corn
whisky” was to saturate gun
powder with the whisky,
then strike a match to it. If
it burned, it was considered
“100 proof,” that is, it con
tained 50 per cent alcohol.
However, good "corn whisky”
can be well over 100 proof or
over 50 per cent alcohol.
If we were to drop an egg
welfare, roads, sanitation, parks, hous
ing, libraries, police and fire protection
and the like.
That represented an increase of $19.7
billion in the period of five years.
In some communities, the amount
spent for local government operations
was adequately covered by revenues. In
many others, however, more was spent
than was taken in.
The figures for Chowan County show
that the direct expenditures, $156 per
capita, were offset by general revenue
receipts equivalent to $196 per local
United States were in paid jobs in the
past year.
Their contributions to the family
exchequer have made it easier to cope
with the family budget, to save for jun
ior's education and to live on a better
scale generally.
The increase in the number of work
ing 'wives reflects only part of the chang
ing pattern of women’s attitude toward
economic self-sufficiency. The proportion
of single women in jobs has also been
going up.
Between 1950 and 1968, it is shown,
into a glass of alcohol, the
egg would coagulate and
shrivel. Imagine what hap
pens to our stomachs and our
brains when one partakes of
alcoholic beverages exces
sively.
The previous paragraph
may be somewhat hypothet
ical; one fallacy of the alco
hol-egg test is that the egg
war dropped into pure 100
per cent alcohol. The alco
hol known to the drinking
man as pure grain alcohol is
180 proof. Once alcoholic
beverages have been con
sumed, though straight, it is,
in fact, impossible for it to
reach our organs stronger
than a fraction of one per
cent concentration. It is a
fallacy that alcohol eats
away our stomach and brains
but it does cause some tis
sues to become inflamed and
may cause them to become
inflamed and become perma
nently damaged.
Excessive or alcoholic con
sumption of straight whisky
often produces inflammation
of the stomach lining, known
as "alcoholic gastritis.”
-Alcohol is a depressant,
just as ether is a depressant.
Alcoholic or excessive drinks
or drinking (less than .05 per
cent concentration of alcohol
in the blood, our brain is not
greatly affected) has an an
esthetic effect on the brain.
Consequently, excessive
drinking causes one to:
1. Lose inhibitions.
2. Lose muscular coordina
tion.
3. Lose other basic body
functions.
It takes a concentration of
.60 to .70 per cent alcohol in
the blood to anesthetize the
respjratjon • and heart and
functions of the brain to
cause death. Normally, a
person becomes unconscious
Plumbing Is
On the Move
Outdoor living is fast be
coming the favorite summer
pastime so much so that
many people now eat, relax,
entertain' and play in their
backyards.
All this is causing plumb
ing to move outdoors, the
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling
Information Bureau points
out.
An entertainment sink
with hot and cold running
water on the patio is a prime
example. It gives kitchen con
venience right in the yard.
Sticky fingers can be wash
ed in a Jiffy. A glass of water
is only an arm's reach away.
Dishes and cooking utensils
can be washed on the spot.
The
unlosables.
The U.S. Treasury will replace
your Bonds free of charge if they
are lost, stolen, or destroyed.
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Take stock in America
resident.
Some $96 of this revenue came from
local taxes and the remainder from Fed
eral and state payments.
. In order to finance their expenditures
fqr capital improvements and other
needs, many communities have been
forced to go deeper into debt.
Chowan County’s outstanding debt is
listed in the report as s3l per capita.
Nationally, the debt of local government
averaged $4lO per capita. Those in
North Carolina averaged $167.
the number of working women rose 60
per cent, although the number of men
employed went up only 16 per cent.
In Chowan County, similarly, there
have been marked changes. The pro
portion of working women has been edg
ing up steadily.
In 1960, when the last census was
taken, there were 1,393 local women in
the labor force, or about 34.5 per cent
of the female population over 14. There
are now approximately 40.4 per cent.
The ratio, high as it is, is below the
national figure of 40.7 per cent.
at a lower per cent and, ob
viously, can drink no more;
it is unlikely for a person to
kill himself in this manner
and only rarely does -this
happen.
Alcohol is oxidized mainly
in the liver at the rate of
eight to nine ounces of pure
alcohol in a 24-hour period
for a man of normal size.
This would amount to ap
proximately one pint of
whisky.
Although the amount of al
cohol one can drink during a
day or a week or a month
cannot destroy tissues in the
body, these people frequently
develop actual physical dis
eases a* an indirect result of
drinking. Most diseases are
brought about by malnutri
tion and vitamin deficiencies
which result from inadequate
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nutrition and rest.
The alcoholic may develop
one of several diseases, pel
lagra or beer heart, each
caused by poor diet. The
role of alcohol in relation to
cirrhosis of the liver is not
fully understood, but success
ful treatment depends on to
tal abstinence from alcohol.
Alcohol in moderation does
not cause stomach ulcers, al
though alcohol can greatly
aggravate existing physical
conditions.
When an alcoholic gets
neither food nor rest, his
body demands, he may go in
to a temporary alcoholic
psychosis known as DTS.
When a person is in this con
dition, he is in desperate
need of hospitalization, for
death can easily occur from
it.
Taking your wife to a con
vention is like going hunting
with the game warden.
Always remember that
your tongue is in a wet place
and is liable to slip.
G<od made men first be
cause He didn’t want any
suggestions.
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BACON Ib. 75c
CAMPBELL’S CHICKEN NOODLE AND VEGETABLE
SOUP 5 cans SI.OO
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PEAS 5 cans $1.09
48-OZ. I.N.S.
VEGETABLE OIL 79c
T N S
MILK 6 cans $1.09
SUNSHINE
CHEEZ-ITS box 35c
GILL’S RED BAG
COFFEE Ib. 55c
APPLE JELLY jar 15c
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