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Here’s one who was surprised Thursday of last week. It was necessary to go to Portsmouth to let Doc William Dodson poke some needles in my Jaw to get some relief from severe pain. At the time Edenton looked like a won derland with trees, shrubs, streets and everything covered with a blanket of snow, so that in making an appointment the previous day I mentioned the fact that if driving was too hazardous the ap pointment would have to be cancelled. However, after leaving Chowan County, the closer > Portsmouth Bill Goodwin (he wps driving) and I came, the less snow was in evidence and the highway was as clear as on a mid-summer day. So apparently Edenton got the most snow in the neck of the woods. And then we got another snow scare Tuesday afternoon of this week when enough snow fell to cover tops of automobiles and house tops, but as of this writing Wednesday morning practically all of the snow had disappeared. The trip to Portsmouth resulted in a nice birthday present for Friday was my birthday and no pain was felt the entire day and up to this writing the relief has been very gratifying. And incidentally, here’s extending thanks for the birthday cards, messages and to top it off, a box of the best brand of cigars on the market and a box of my favorite candy. Birthdays and first Saturdays in the month arrive very rapidly, so that Saturday being the first Saturday in March, members of the Methodist Men’s Club will put on another pickled herring break fast. It will be in progress from 7 to 9 o’clock at the church and it is hopeful that a big crowd will turn out for the meal. And another surprised person lately is Bill Harris. Bill and the Missus slipped off to Florida in the ‘hope of enjoying nice warm weather while we were having a spell of real cold weather. But Bill says, all the time they were in Florida it rained and was cold so that most of the time was spent indoors. However, Bill did manage to bundle up and go fishing twice and, so he says, he caught quite a few fish. And proof that he was in Florida is that a bag of oranges and grapefruit was put in my car Monday night. Thanks, Bill! Tonight (Thursday Unanimity Lodge will observe past masters’ night, an event observed once a year. At this time all past masters of the lodge will fill the stations and places so that it’s doubtful if the “has beens” will remember enough of the work to get the lodge closed. At any rate, George Midgett, present master of the lodge, is hopeful that all past masters will be present, as well as a large number of members. William (Buster) Spruill was among those who renewed his subscription to The Herald this week. Buster lives way out in Camarillo, California, and in a let ter had this in part to say: “Can’t let my subscription to The Herald drop, for although since leaving Edenton 51 years ago a lot of names and places are un familiar to me. I still read thd paper from the first to the last 1 page and many memories come back and that’s the beauty of it. Occasionally a familiar name does occur in print and that, too, brightens up the memories of the past.” Then Buster referred to our Thursday, March 2, 197ft’ The Chowan Herald B«x 207, EDENTON. N. C. 270)2 Published every Thursday at Eden too by The Chowan Herald, Inc.,. L. F. Amburn, Jr., president and general manager, 421 425 South Broad Street, Edenton. North Carolina 27932. Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Carolina/under act of March 3, 1070. L. F. Amburn, Jr., President-Gen. Mgr. J. Edwin Buff lap Editor E. N Manning Production Supt. Subscription Rates One Year (cutside N. C. > 09.0 C One Year (in N.C.) SS-32 Six Months (outside N.C.t SS.9O Six Months (in N. C.) - ■ yr ' : - Continued From Page l' which he said he never “con sidered the change orders extra costs to the county.” The blame is being laid at the feet of the architect. Although we don’t know the role of the architect in the construction phase of the project, we would bet local in terests are attempting to make him a scapegoat. A change order on a con struction contract is either a plus or a minus. And it doesn’t take a genius to determine the dif ference. This is mentioned here because Chowan County commissioners are now deeply involved in a con struction project which means a great deal to the county and has a great affect on the citizens. There’s a difference. Because of a $l.B-million federal grant the commissioners did not have to put it to a vote of the people. They set the course and collectively are responsible for the outcome. However, unlike their coun terparts down in Brunswick, they have wisely taken steps to insure that the county’s interests are adequately represented and protected. It is in the nature of a third-party representing the county at all levels of decision making to insure that months down the road they experience no surprises. Chowan County commissioners have taken more than a fair amount of heat over the court house-detention facility project— primarily with regards to the site. They knew they could not gamble with a “plus” or a “minus” during construction and the community can appreciate the safeguard written into the program, at no cost to the county. It is hoped that the same foresight and safeguard is used in the selection of a county manager, now under consideration because there's a difference. Today’s plus could prove to be tomorrow’s minus. At this point in time this can be ill afforded. Guest Editorial WHY NOT LOCAL OPTION?- Considerable discussion is going on down in Raleigh and elsewhere in the state about what form the proposed inventory tax relief should take. Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., is proposing limited relief to new and some existing industries to total now more than $5.7 million a year and to become effective in 1981. Lt. Gov. Jim Green favors the gradual elimination of all manufacturing inventory taxes through credits against state in come taxes. And Speaker Carl Stewart takes a position somewhere in between, saying the Governor’s proposal is a good beginning but does not go far enough. But all three of these men have one thing in common—they would let the state pick up the tab for any tax relief granted on manufac turers’ inventories. We do not agree with that ap proach. We feel it would be better to make the levying of an inventory tax optional with the boards of commissioners in the 100 counties, just as was the 1 per cent sales tax. Thus, counties which already have an adequate industrial base would be slow to repeal their in ventory tax unless to do so would attract enough high-wage, high inventory manufacturing plants to bringing enough additional ad valorem revenue to offset the loss of the inventory levy. But poor, developing counties, which at present realize very little from inventory taxes, would more likely be willing to forego taxing inventories in order to attract new industry and build up their ad recent snow, saying that it was 70 degrees out there, but that two weeks ago they thought they’d be headed down the drain from the heavy rains. “Anyway,” be said, “maybe each section of the country has its good and bad point." P.S.—Even before finishing this column now is falling very briskly so that there’s no telling what we are in for. District Court: Third Offense DUI Means Term In Jail Samuel R. Williams, Route 2, Windsor, was given an active prison sentence of 12 months Tuesday morning in Chowan County District Court. Williams, arrested by Edenton Police Department, entered ideas of guilty to drunk driving, third offense, and driving while license valorem base. This would have an additional advantage—it would tend further to disperse industrial development across the state, rather than continuing to concentrate in already highly-developed coun ties. That, we believe, should be a conscious end in all state planning: As things now stand, the coun ties are the sole beneficiaries of the inventory tax. It produces a large portion of their operating in come year after year, and they are loath to lose it. But, on the other had, to offset inventory levies with state income tax credits could eventually cost the state from $l5O to S2OO million in revenue, a loss which it would have no immediate means of recouping since it does not levy a property tax. The state can ill-afford to lay itself open to such a loss at a time when the cry for additional ser vices is becoming louder and more vociferous each year. With the passage of the recent bond issues, the state’s debt now stands at $1,958 billion; and already we are being told that some taxes are go ing to have to be raised to meet increased operating expenses. The state benefits only indirectly from industrial development, while the counties and cities benefit directly. The state must wait until the new jobs produce additional wages to benefit through the income and sales taxes, while the counties benefit from the time the first brick is laid as new plants are built and new homes erected. So, we would permit the counties and cities, as the prime beneficiaries of industrial growth, to make their own decisions as to whether they wanted to collect an inventory tax or not. They are in better position than anybody else io' dedde Whether the' benefit s offset the costs. Many of them, no doubt, would come to that decision. Jay Huskins Statesville Record & Landmark WHEN YOU ORDER A ROAST BEEF. Stop by a participating Hardee’s any day of the week from 3:00 p.m. to closing for a limited time and order a M ■ ■ m piled high and juicy Roast Beef Sandwich. You’ll not only get a mouth watering Roast Beef, but you’ll get a m IHI Wlßvw^ Free Regular Fries and a Free Regular 7AA N QrnoH c+root Soft Drink too. So say hello to a great direei meal.. . and a great deal soon. Ed6dton, N. C. ••. , ; . . O' ' V. i ■ revoked. A no operator’s license count was dismissed. The defendant gave notice of appeal. Judge John T. Chaffin presided over the regular session of court with Asst. Dist. Atty. Larry Overton prosecuting. The following other action was taken: Steven Harry Davenport, speeding, $lO fine and costs. Annie Smith Hughes, speeding, $lO fine and costs. Roy Evans, speeding, called and failed. James Calvin Jordan, reckless driving and improper equipment, 60 days, suspended upon payment of $75 fine and costs. Thomas Isaac Jones, improper passing, $lO fine and costs. Norma Jean Taylor, no operator’s license and driving wrong way on one way street, $75 fine and costs. Notice of appeal entered. ' Charles P. Leary, simple assault, seven months, suspended upon payment of SIOO fine and costs. Notice of apr al entered. Carlos Coello, spt g, called and failed. Milton Leroy Elliott, speeding, $lO fine and costs. Lenton Calvin Holley, speeding, S2O fine and costs. Zack White Mabine, hit and run, nine months, suspended upon payment of S2OO fine and costs. Willard Jean Rosenboro, speeding, called and failed. Johnnie R. Ferguson, non support of child, six months, suspended upon payment of costs and make support payments. Steinar Jarl Kulseng-Hansen, judgment absolute on bond. Donald Wayne Winslow, drunk driving, dismissed. Scott Michael Freese, driving while license revoked, dismissed. Mariner Gibbs, worthless check, 30 days, suspended upon payment of $25 fine and costs and make restitution. W ozny Heads Continued from Page 1 . . Wozny .holds. xlegrefeS' ‘from'”* Wayne State University at Detroit, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and currently is involved in graduate work at N.C. State University. He and his wife, Sandra, have two children. John Edward Britton, carrying a concealed weapon and traffic violation, 90 days, suspended upon payment of $175 fine and costs. Notice of appeal entered. Robert McClease Holley, traffic violation and failure to report an accident, 60 days, suspended upon payment of SIOO fine and costs. William Henry Holley and Hospital Gets Duke Funds Chowan Hospital has received $3,297 from the Duke Endowment to be used to assist in operating expenses. Assistance from the Endowment toward operating expenses amounts to $1 a patient day. for each day of free care reporteq.byi qualified hospitals for the fiscal year which ended September 30, 1977. I 5 t . Community Calendar Thursday, March 2, 1978 Rotary Club -1:00 P.M. St. Paul’s Parrish House. Chowan High School PTA - 7:30 P.M. High School cafeteria. Sunday, March 5, 1978 Attend the Sunday School and Church of Your Choice. Monday, March 6, 1978 Lion’s Club - 7:30 P.M. Boswell’s Restaurant. i i ( ■( f v r i ' Give Mood. Cross is counting o: “O' / i sjrtk t ■, Preston King, assault, identical judgments of" nine months, suspended upon payment of SIOO fme and costs. Delvin Eugene Lamb, reddest driving, improper equipment and failure to report an accident, six months, suspended upon payment of S2OO fine and costs. Chowan Hospital was one of 187 hospitals and 43 child care in stitutions to share in $2,103,808 distributed, according to Billy G. McCall, executive director of the hospital and child care sections of Duke Endowment. Duke Endowment was established in 1924. By the end of 1977, total financial assistance to beneficiaries totaled $466-million.
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