Thursday, March 25, 1071
Public parade
Contlnuwf from Pag* 1
of the Board of Public
Works are out of step with reality about
what is best for the town when they
continue to harbor a self-righteous at
titude of superiority. While we can’t
buy change for the sake of change, on*
this particular issue an adequate case
has been made for the change.
The time is long overdue to stop
fighting and start switching. Without
such action there won’t be any need
for gasoline. We ain’t seen a nag yet
who could run on the stuff.
Red Fgceo; Black Eyes
It has often been said that candidates
for public office can’t help who sup
ports them. By the same token, politi
cal parties can’t help who contributes
to the war chest.
An anonymous mail box contribution
is one thing. A mail box donation from
an announced favor-seeker is entirely
' different.
Chuck Barbour, former Democratic
Party executive director, may have act
ed in good faith in the Castleberry mat
ter. All Castleberry wanted was a
travel permit which would allow him as
a parolee to legally leave the state to
work.
It may be “routine” for a party exec
utive to call at least two ranking state
officials concerning the travel permit,
at the insistence of a Durham friend
and attorney, Art Vann. Gov. Bob
Scott seems to think along these lines.
Barbour’s first refusal to accept
Castleberry’s money was a display of
his integrity. However, when he re
moved the SSOO in cash from his mail
box he showed bad judgment.
Anyone who takes up residence in
Raleigh’s Blount Street executive man
sion leaves himself open to attack from
many fronts.
A governor’s administration rises or
falls on those he appoints, those he
chooses to surround himself wi
Scott has made a good governor*; Some
k of his appointee?, while master of po
litical strategy, have left much to oe
desired. In more cases than ode sorrfe
of the “old rats in the political bafn”
which Gov. Scott chose to let back in
have brought embarrassment to the
governor personally and discredit to his
administration.
Chuck Barbour rapidly became a
bright young star in the Democratic
Party. He was rewarded for his
fbrts by first part*”"
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with just criticism was when he mixed
party business with that of a public
relations firm in which he held stock.
But Gov. Scott chose to further re
ward Barbour recently by putting him
in the prestigious position as head of
the travel and promotion division of
the State Department of Conservation
and Development. ,
Gov. Scott has chose, through thkk
and thin, to stand by his friends. His
friends, and most surely those who en
joy handsome positions in state govern
ment, owe as much to the governor.
Going In Right Direction
Two reports recently released by
state agencies are good news to those
who meander along the Public Parade.
The first, a comparative statement
of gross sales and use tax collections,
shows business has been good in Cho
wan County. Collections between Feb
ruary, 1970, and January, 1971, when
compared to the same period a year
ago, reflect a 10.99 per cent increase.
(This is the period during which the
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Hie second item is on investments
and tax collections by municipal gov
ernments in Tar Heelia. It shows the
Town of Edenton is being operated in a
sound business manner with income
from investments alone equivalent to
five cents on the tax rate. (This reflects
a federal water and sewer grant as woJl
as a $600,000 bond referendum).
Gross sales and use tax collections,
as reported by the State Department of
Revenue, is considered one of the most
accurate gauges as to the rise and fall
of business activities. Latest figures
show Chowan is 20th in the state in
the percentage of increase in the past
year.
In the Albemarle Area, the counties
of Dare (19.76 per cent), Gates (14.4*
per cent), Washington (12.64 per cent),
and Hyde (12.39 per cent), were greater
than Chowan. Pasquotank’s increase
was 7.66 per cent.
Neighboring Perquimans, with a de
crease of 1.14 per cent in collections,
was one of three counties in the state
in the minus bracket, joining Craven
and Davie.
The greatest increase was in Bruns
wick County with a tremendous 48.89
per cent jump.
Local Government Commission re
ported that as of January 1, the Town
of Edenton had $112,745 in demand de
posits; $610,000 in certificates of de
posit; and SIO,OOO in other investments
for a total of $732,745. Os the total
amount of cash ami investments on that
date the town had 84.61 per cent in
vested as compared with 51.33 per cent
a year ago.
The town earned $5,578 on invest
ments during the year. Uncollected
1970 taxes in January amounted to
$87,745 or 46.5 per cent of the levy.
By comparison, Elizabeth City earn
ed the equivalent of a penny on their
tax rate on investments and had 58.11
per cent of the levy uncollected; Co
lumbia had the same realized on invest
ments with 62-92 per cent of levy un
collected; Gatesville, the equivalent of
nine cents on the tax rate realized from
Investments and 58.21 of the levy un
collected; and Hertford, about one-half
,of one per cent of the tax rate realized
from investments and 47.37 in uncol
lected taxes.
A great percentage of the sales and
use tax is generated in Edenton. There
fore, it is not unreasonable to claim
that Edenton is a good business town.
It didn’t just happen this way. No in
dividual nor group can take the credit
for this success. And it will be well
if all of us remember it, too.
Re -Certification
ATLANTA, Ga. All North Carolina
grocers currently authorized to ac
cept food stamps will be required to
apply for new authorization numbers,
the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s
Food and Nutrition Service has an
nounced.
Reauthorization is necessary, officials
explained, to allow the federal agency
to automate its redemption certificate
processing operations.
Copies of . the new application forms
will be mailed on April 1 to all authoriz
ed food retailers in North Carolina.
Wholesalers are not involved in the
automation program. The grocers must
return the application as soon as possi
ble, it was pointed out.
Among the statements required are
those relating to last year’s total gross
and food sales, which will be held in
strictest confidence, officials said.
Upon receipt of the new authorization
numbers, food retailers must use them
on all subsequent certificates, the an
nouncement declared.
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Hoke Motor Corp. Opens In Edenton
Hoke Motor Corp. is sched
uled to open in Edenton on
April 1. The new company
will be located in the old
Colonial Motor Company
building on East Queen
Street.
‘The firm is owned and
will be operated by Hoke and
Joe Roberson of Windsor.
Hertford Fanner Peanut Champion
The Progressive Farmer
magazine’s “Peanut Profit
Guide” appearing in the pub
lication’s March issue features
the world champion peanut
grower, E. W. Evans, Jr., of
Hertford.
In 1970 he harvested 6,317
pounds of peanuts from one
acre to break his own 1969
world record yield of 6,057
pounds.
Last year’s average per
acre yields of peanuts across
the South was 2,064 pounds.
Some of his friends claim
that Evans, a rural mail car
rier, travels 75 miles a day
through some of the best pea
nut-growing land in the na
tion, and that he gets his
ideas for record yields from
studying what good farming
neighbors are doing.
Others say, with tongue in
cheek, that the mail route
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They will hold the dealer
ship for Buick, Opal, Pontiac,
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They will have a complete
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ment.
Salesmen for the new
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: so his wife, . Jane, can run
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“Actually,” he admits, “the
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That’s when I take my vaca
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the peanuts produced in the
nation —1,445,000 acres with
an annual value of over
$320,000,000.
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