County Fair At Legion Grounds
When you sit back and close your
eyes and imagine the smell of hot
dogs smothered in chili, onions and
slaw; homemade, apple pies*, fudge
with nuts; candy apples; cotton
candy and french fries sprinkled
with salt, the 19B4 Chowan County
Fair comes to mind.
Also, picture rides like the roller
coaster, ferris wheel and other
“super rides”. Feel the wind
rushing by as you turned over,
under, up and down. There are also
rides for the kids like the merry-go
round and miniature cars.
For the more earth-bound, a wide
variety of games and amusements
are available. Let a barker guess
your weight or age, or try to dunk
the clown by throwing a softball at
a target. Let the kids shoot at
targets with waterguns, with stuff
ed animals as prizes for the win
ners, or just walk around and see
what the t-shirt, souvenir and
jewelry vendors have to offer.
Don’t miss the fascinating ex
hibits of art, canned-goods, stit
chery, crafts and of course the
amazing livestock on display.
As you leave the fairgrounds at
the American Legion Building,
don’t forget to take a candy apple
or two, or some "fair fudge" home
with you, Also, while you are at it,
don’t forget to take some memories
along, too—at least enough to last
until the next Chowan County Fair.
Bring your family and friends for
a fun-packed day or evening at the
1984 Chowan County Fair. There’s
something for everyone.
Conservation funding
Chowan County farmers who
farm land that drain into the
Chowan River may be eligible for
financial assistance to offset the
cost of practicing conservation
measures, according to Tony Short,
District Conservationalist for
Chowan and Perquimans Counties.
An initial allocation of $50,000 has
been received by Chowan County as
part of a new state program aimed
at reducing non-point sources of
pollution. The main intent of the
program is to stop flow of nutrients
into nutrient sensitive waters.
The program will be ad
ministered locally by the
Albemarle Conservation District
(Chowan District). “If someone has
some conservation work to do, they
need to check with us.” said Short.
Assistance will be availabe for
farmers who begin practices that
will control runoff or settle out
nutrients and sediments before
Continued on page 4
Volume XLVIII • No. 86
Ednnton, North Carolina, Thursday, September, 20, 1984
Single Copies 25 Cents
Our Placebo President
Ronald Reagan has been describ
ed as the teflon President because
of his ability to avoid having things
stick to him. We prefer to think of
him as the placebo President
because of his skill in treating the
ills of the nation with bread pills.
There are still 7.5 million people
out of work—exactly the same
number as when he took office
almost four years ago. Bank
failures are becoming bothersome
for the first time since the Great
Depression and business failures
have reached a record high for the
decade. Family farms are being
lost by the hundreds.
Taken all together, these things
are brought Up by some realist who
has managed te~ pene&atejtfee.
security ring around the President,
he says there is nothing to worry
about, that the economy is boom
ing, new jobs are being created
every day and that we have suc
ceeded in putting God back in
heaven.
Then he slips them this wonder
ful placebo: “We are in the sprin
time of hope.” And everybody goes
home feeling better, convinced
those stomach pangs were merely
in their minds.
Despite the fact that the United
States has now become a debtor
among the nations of the world,
with the balance of trade running
against us at the rate of $100 billion
a year and the federal deficit hover
ing around $200 billion a year, the
President prefers to talk about
those days of “double-digit inflation
and sky high interest rates” under
his predecessor.
He assures us there will be no tur
ning back of the clock and passes
out another placebo. “America is
standing tall again before the
world.”
But perhaps the most famous of
all the remedies he has prescribed
in this campaign year is the safety
net designed to catch the ‘'truly
needy” if we can only separate
them from the freeloaders. When
reminded that there were, even in
the nation’s capital, destitute peo
ple forced to sleep in parks, under
bridges, in culverts and abandoned
automobiles, he wondered how
many of them were “there by
choice.”
Then he prescribed for the do
gooders another bread pill and they
all went home with their cons
ciences epsed. “Read the want ads
and you will find jobs are going
begging."
In a way it reminds us of that
most famous placebo of all,
prescribed by the Queen of France
when told the people were hungry
for bread. “Then let them eat
cake.” That was one bread pUl* if
we read the record right, that did
not go down well. v ’'V
SENATORIAL RACE— Gov. James B. Hunt, candidate for the
U.S. Senate, is shown here speaking to Allen Harless (right) and
Nick George (center) at a rally and fundraiser held at John A.
Hohnes High on Monday ererring.
Voter Registration Weak
There are over 2,300 eligible
voters in Chowan County who are
not registered to vote, according to
Board of Elections chairman Felix
P.Chambers.
“We are working now at trying to
get them registered and then get
them out to vote,” Chambers said.
“I hope there will be a good turnout
for the election due to publicity
about the Helms—Hunt race.”
The elections chairman gave an
example that every vote counts
saying, “In the 1980 Lieutenant
Governor primary in the county,
Jimmy Green carried Chowan by
nine votes over Carl Stewart.”
Registration books close for the
November 6 general election on Oc
tober 8. Chowan citizens age 18 or
over register at the Board of Elec
tions office at the Old Courthouse on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Other
registration places include: the Tax
Listing Office, County Office
Building; the Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library, Water Street;
Chowan Credit Union, Broad
Street; any registrar or judge by
appointment; members of the
Board of Elections and special
registrars. Special registrar names
are on file in the elections office.
Chambers pointed out that there
are special registrars in virtually
every community in the county.
Aside from the much discussed
U.S. senate race between
Republican Senator Jesse A. Helms
and Democratic Gov. James B.
Hunt Jr., North Carolinians will
choose from other national, state
and local candidates. On the na
tional level, county voters will
decide between President Ronald
Reagan, a Republican, and former
Vice-President Walter Mondale, a
Democrat. Voters will also decide
on the next governor between Att
ny. Gen. Rufus Edmisten and
Republican Cong. Jim Martin and
for lieutenant governor between
Continued on page 4
Edenton Aces Record Even 1-1
Following First Home Game
The Edenton Aces’ record was
evened 1-1 Saturday night when
they lost a home game to Roanoke
Rapids. The final score was
Roanoke Rapids 16- Aces 0.
The Aces suffered from two in
terceptions, two fumbles, and two
blocked punts.
During the first quarter, Edenton
punter Johnny Goodwin had his
punt blocked; Roanoke Rapids
Jackets’ Jerry Barber then ran it in
Weather Helps
Most Crops
Cooler temperatures and scat
tered showers during August were
most beneficial to the development
of all North Carolina’s crops, accor
ding to the North Carolina Crop and
Livestock Reporting Service. Pro
duction estimates were up from
fpjipan 1 percent for peanuts to 13
percent for soybeans. Corn, sweet
potatoes and burley tobacco pro
continued on page t
for his team’s first touchdown of the
game.
Roanoke Rapids blocked another
punt during the first quarter. When
the ball was in Edenton territory,
Brian Finch kicked a 24 yard field
goal giving the Jackets a lead of 9-0.
In the second quarter, Roanoke
Rapids began a drive on its own 49
yard line. After 11 plays, including
three completed passes, the
Jackets brought their lead to 16-0
with their second touchdown of the
game.
The Jackets managed to in
tercept two Aces passes; one was
returned for 44 yards, the other for
20 yards.
Edenton ran up 113 total yards:
73 rushing and 40 passing
“We’ve made some changes on
offense,’’ Aces head coach Jimmy
Addison said this week. “We are
looking for a good game Friday.”
The Aces travel to RobersonviUe
this Friday to meet Roanoke, game;
time is 8 p.m.
COUNTY FAIR— There’s something for everyone at the Chowan County Fair. The thirty-sixth an
nual fair is being held through Saturday, September 22 at tyie American Legion Post 40 Fairgrounds
on Highway 17 Business.
Hunt Visits High School And Fair
by Ron Anderson
Gov. James B. Hunt Jr., can
didate for the U.S. senate, visited
Edenton Monday during a cam
paign swing through Northeastern
North Carolina. The governor ap
peared at a rally and fundraiser at
John A. Holmes High School and
later visited the county fair.
An estimated 200 supporters from
Chowan and surrounding counties
attended the $25 a person fun
draiser for Hunt, Democratic can
didate for the Senate seat held by
Republican Senator Jesse A.
Helms.
Hunt spoke on his views about the
upcoming election, taxes, educa
tion, roads, agriculture, the en
vironment and social security.
“North Carolina is recognized as
clearly the leader of the South,"
said Hunt. "We've got pride in
ourselves, we believe in ourselves,
and we have great faith in the
future.”
He said that the upcoming elec
tion is more of a choice between
Smith Challenges blmore
For Commissioners Seat
By Maru Amburn
W. Carrol Smith, 52, recently an
nounced he will wage a write-in
campaign for the county commis
sioners seat now held by Alton G.
Elmore. County voters go the the
polls on November 6.
Describing himself as a “country
boy come to town,” Smith said he
moved to Edenton in 1951 to work
as a mechanic’s assistant. For 16
years he has owned and operated
Northside Auto Parts. Smith was
born and raised on a small, rented
farm in the Copperneck section of
Chowan County. “This county has
been good to me,” the candidate
stated. “I feel responsible to try to
do what I can to help the county in
any manner.”
The 1951 Edenton High School
graduate said he had considered
running for office many times, but
it wasn’t until almost two months
ago, when people from different
sections of the county asked him to
run for the commissioners, that he
decided to try it.
Thomas Paul Griffin, former Board
of Education member, is heading
up the Smith campaign. Smith’s
wife the former Marjorie Jones and
two sons, Jeffery, 30 and Glenn, 25,
will also help with the campaign.
When asked what motivated the
citizens to approach him, Smith
said, “I’m running for office, not
running against anything.” Local
political observers have suggested
that the Smith election bid stems
from Advance Community citizens
displeasure with the location of the
Town of Edenton's land application
sewer site, in their neighborhood.
“I like challenges," Smith said.
"That’s the way I have attained a
little success in life—I’ve never
been afraid to accept a challenge."
As a deacon at Macedonia Bap
tist Church, former President of the
Advance Ruritan Club, a member
of the Masonic Lodge and a 30 year
veteran of the N.C. National Guard,
Smith says he'knows how to make
decisions.
“As a National Guard First
Sergeant, I am responsible for 154
men,” Smith noted. “If you can
make a decision on a board of
deacons for the Lord and for 154
men, you can make decisions for
the county.”
Smith will spend the next month
and a half speaking to local civic
groups and educating voters on the
method for write-in votes.
His opponent, 12-year county
commissioner Alton Elmore said of
the Smith candidacy, "This doesn't
change what I am doing at all. I
have no qualms, I run on what I've
done and I have done the best job
I can do."
Elmore, who has been the
board’s chairman for two years,
said, “I have been in Edenton 23
years and I’ve always known Car
roll Smith—we are friends.
“As an individual, I have no ax to
grin the challenger Smith said.
“I love this county. People have
given me the opportunity to let me
candidates, but a choice involving
the future. “The choice in North
Carolina is clearer than any other
state in America.” he said.
Describing his opponent as a
senator for the wealthy, Hunt said
that the State of North Carolina
could be run for 38 years on the $227
billion in tax advantages Helms
voted for in 1979.
If elected senator, Hunt said he
would want to be known as
“America’s Education Senator”
( onlinucd on page I
W. Carroll Smith
make something of my life and I
am trying to pay the good people
back for giving me a chance.”
SPCA Plans
Cocktail Party
The SPCA Cocktail Party and
Auction to raise funds for an animal
shelter for the Edenton-Chowan
Chapter of the SPCA will be held on
Thursday evening, September 27th.
The party, which will take place in
the garden of the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R.N. Campbell at 209 East
King Street, will start at 6 p.m.
Everyone interested in animals, the
SPCA. or its shelter activities is
welcome. For tickets or informa
tion please call Wesley deCamp at
482-8129.
All party and auction proceeds
will be used for the construction of
an animal shelter suitable for the
Continued on page t