Credit Card
Allegiance
One trouble with George
Bush is that he keeps saying
the wrong pledge. He should
I stand up, cross his heart and
say:
"I pledge allegiance to the
-Credit Card -of -the- -United.
States of America and to the
deficit for which it stands, one
obligation, indivisible, wit)}
bankruptcy for us all."
Then, when we read his
lips, we would know that he is
telling the truth.
For a presidential candi
date who talks "values," who
wants "a strong America,"
who would "deal from
strength," in a "kinder, gen
tler" climate, for such a can
didate to avoid discussion and
duck questions about the na
tional budget and trade
I deficits says something about
the level of his intellectual
integrity.
After all, we all want to
achieve higher values, to
maintain a strong America
and to deal from wisdom as
well as strength; but at least
some of us realize none of
, these goals can be achieved by
spending $200 billion a year
more than we earn and by
buying some $150 billion a
year more than we are able to
sell.
The Vice President likes to
talk about traditional values,
standing before a backdrop of
the flag. One of the most basic
i of those values requires us to
pay our honest debts through
hard work and frugal man
agement. But when it comes to
dealing with that value, Mr.
Bush is apt to respond with a
false statement* that '%e re*
duced thg defkifc by $70 billion -
under Gramm-Rudman last
year" when, in fact, more
1 than $140 billion was added.
Mr. Bush would rather talk
about gun control, being tough
on crime, putting prayer back
in the schools, things that a
president really has very lit
tle to do with. He shies away
from those problems, such as
taxes and deficits, with which
the next president will cer
^ tainly have to deal.
For example, under the
next administration the in
terest on the $2 trillion na
tional debt will exceed the
amount of red ink used dur
ing the year. Without an in
crease in rates, interest on the
national debt will amount to
it $150 billion in 1989, or about 14
per cent of the total federal
budget.
That will be more than $140
billion in red ink being fore
cast for 1989. And it will recur
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Cables Cut
ELIZABETH CITY-Car
olina Telephone customers in
the Albemarle area who at
tempted to make long-dis
tance calls Sunday and Mon
day may have been unable to
complete their calls.
Long-distance cables were
cut, preventing these- calls
from being completed, accord
ing to Bill Meekins, Carolina
Telephone's. district com
munity relations manatrer..
People affect**"
cables would have ■ „
recorded message informing
them that the call could not be
completed, he said.
"All of us at Carolina Tele
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
Volume LLIV - No. 40
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 20,1988
Single Copies 25 Cents
Council Approve s
Rezoning Request
After 15 years of effort,
Judy Earnhardt Adams was
successful Tuesday night in
gaining the rezoning of the
last parcel of her land
fronting on Virginia Road
Street. ___
Eden ton Town Council
voted to approve the rezoning
of the five acre parcel between.
Lukfe Street and U.S. 17 By
pass from R-20, agricultural
residential, to CH, highway
commercial. Dissenting were
Councilmen Willis Privott
and Allen Harless.
The rezoning has been
recommended by the Plan
ning Board three times and
rejected by the council twice.
Mayor John Dowd polled
the council individually.
Jimmy Alligood yoted yes.
E.N. (Pete) Manning re
served his comments until
after hearing from Livy
Goodman.
Goodman asked about a
market analysis and a traffic
survey which were not imme
diately available. He ex
pressed concern that adequate
planning had not been done
for the highway intersections
and that the uses allowed for
highway commercial were
"not applicable to Edenton."
He mentioned that a new
planning and rezoning doc
ument was in the works but
wouldn't be ready for several
months.
Dowd interjected with the
observation that the high cost
of the land would preclude
adverse uses for the property.
"No one could make a car
wash work there."
.Itfftti&ing said that he had
Sarah Jordan
Campaign
Party Set
Sarah Jfjfdan, wife of gu
bernatorial candidate Bob
Jordan, will be in Edenton at
the old Chowan County Court
house on Tuesday, October 25.
The Chowai) County Com
mittee for Bob Jordan is host
ing a coffee and "peanut-tast
ing party" from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Organizers for the event
said that there is no charge for
event which will provide
tunity to visit , with
dan on topics con
ng this area,
usic will be provided by
groups from Chowan and
Pasquotank Counties. Mrs.
Jordan will draw the winning
ticket for a quilt being
by Jordan supporters.
The Jordans have
married for 30 years. She is
UNC-G graduate and is a
former public school teacher.
She has served three terms on
the Board of the N.C. Chil
ty, partici
Ivon
"mixed feelings" and- would
prefer to wait for a consul
tant's advice. "If favorable, I
would accept it." He suggested
postponing a decision for a
month.
Willis Frivott said that he
too would prefer to wait. He
said that he didn't want to be
_ put in the position later of
sayiiigr"I wish I hadn't done
it."
There was no doubt in the
mind of Councilwoman Ma
rina Crummey. She said that
council should listen to the
Planning Board. Placing
"stumbling blocks" in the
path of progress can cause
problems for growth she told
council. "I think the lady has
bent over backwards to pro
duce what we have asked. I'm
voting for it."
Allen Harless said simply,
"I oppose the request."
Referring to this third re
quest, Dowd said, "I think the
council has had adequate
time. I am for controlled
growth in Edenton. I don't
want Judy to have to wait an
other six months."
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Generators Save
Edenton Money
The Town of Edenton's two
1,250 kilowatt diesel genera
tors went on line July 1 of this
year and during the last three
months, Edenton has "avoid
ed" more than $90,000 through
peak shaving generation.
The purpose of the facility
is to reduce the monthly peak
power purchases and thijg
avoid the cost of demand.
Edenton's peak demand is
measured one hour during the
month when there is a peak
> demand on the CP&L system,
known as coincidental peak.
The town’s system peak is
monitored and CP&L's peak
is monitored. The generators
are put into operation on a
schedule based upon the fore
casting of peak period on a
changing basis because suc
cessive days in the month
may set a higher peak.
In the month of September,
the generators were operated
on Monday, Sept. 12 from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m. and again on
Tuesday, the 13th and Wed
nesday the 14th.
CP&L changes its demand
rate for that one single hour in
a month when the demand is
highest. In September, CP&
L's peak hour was between 5
and 6 p.m. on Wednesday the
14th.
The town operated the gen
erators during that peak hour
and generated 2,000 kilowatts
of its own power, thus avoid
ing having to buy 2,000 kilo
watts at the demand rate of
$16.39 per kilowatt. Saved was
$32,000 from the September
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PARADE COMMITTEE-This year's Christmas Parade committee met recently at the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce to plan for the annual holiday event Seated around the
table from left are Richard Bunch, Chamber Executive Director, Frank Cox, Fran Cuthrell,
Carol Twiddy, Cindy Fields, Mary Ann Thomas and Donna Heidenreich. The parade is
scheduled for Wednesday, November 30.
SANFORD VISITS-Senator Terry Sanford was in Edenton Monday, on the stump for the
national and state Democratic tickets. He took time before the luncheon to go around the room
and greet local Democrats. He had no kind words for the Republican slate and many for the
Democratic side in this year's campaign.
Sanford Urges Demo Support
By JACK GROVE
Senator Terry Sanford
brought an impassioned plea
for support of the Democratic
ticket to Edenton Monday. An
enthusiastic crowd of local
power bill by operating the
generator during that one
hour.
Operational costs are in
curred when the generators
are running. However, the
avoidance factor far out
weighs the cost of operation
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Democrats were on hand at
Boswell’s Restaurant for a
luncheon with the senator.
Sanford made a campaign
sweep through Ahoskie,
Edenton, Plymouth and
Williamston, winding up
with a dinner and reception
in Washington, N.C. Mon
day evening.
Local Democrats heard
Sanford take swipes at the
Republican presidential and
state gubernatorial tickets
while praising Michael
Dukakis, Lloyd Bentsen, Bob
Jordan and Tony Rand.
Referring to polls showing
the state and national candi
dates trailing, the senator told
his listeners, "Democrats all
Banquet Scheduled
The eighteenth annual Ap
preciation Banquet for
Chowan County Law En
forcement Officers will be
held Thursday, October 20
(today) at 7 p.m. at American
Legion Post 40 in Edenton.
The banquet annually
honors all local law enforce
ment officers of the town,
county, state and federal
agencies that have arrest au
thority. Those expected to at
tend include law enforcement
officers, judges, court person
nel, elected officials and
members of the general pub
lic.
A special feature of the
banquet is the honoring of the
"Chowan County Officer of
the Year." Winner of Jast
year's award was the late
Capt. Ray Elks of the N.C.
Wildlife Service.
Guest speaker at the ban
quet will be J.C. Knowles of
Apex, N.C. He is an auction
eer, antique dealer and public
speaker.
Knowles is seen regularly
on Alert Cable TV with a pro
gram on antiques and an
otner on worth Uarohna his
tory. He also writes a periodic
publication entitled "N.C.
Collections."
He has served six years on
the N.C. Historical Commis
sion, 15 years on the Raleigh -
Wake County School Board,
on the Raleigh Historical
Properties Commission, the
Raleigh Human Relations
Commission, the Andrew
Johnson Commission and the
Raleigh Arts Commission.
Knowles teaches courses in
the community college system
on antiques and N.C. history.
Raised in the Oxford Or
phanage, he served in the
Merchant Marine during
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Fight Results In Man
Being Shot Saturday
A fight at the Edenton Vil
lage Shopping Center resulted
in the shooting of an Edenton
man Saturday evening.
According to a police re
port, Ernest Stephen Hardy,
17, of Rt. 2, Edenton, was shot
in the right side during an
over the state are kinda long
in the mouth. But we've got
three weeks," before election
day.
He mentioned the close
race between President Harry
Truman and his Republican
challenger, Thomas Dewey
in which some newspapers
prematurely labeled Dewey
the winner the morning after
the election. "We've got
plenty of time," to turn the re
sults around for the Demo
crats, the crowd was told.
"It just won't do to have the
Republicans in for four more
years. We just can't afford
that," he said with emphasis
and to applause.
Sanford faulted Vice
President George Bush for his
"first decision," that of nam
ing Sen. Dan Quale as his
running mate. Saying that, if
elected, Bush would be nam
ing Supreme Court Justices,
he wondered, "How will he
pick them?"
Quale was singled out for
special criticism as a "totally
inadequate person." He noted
that Quale would be "a heart
beat away from the Presi
dency," and said of the
thought, "It's enough to make
you shudder."
Bush was attacked for pin
ning labels on his opponent
and for making issues of in
significant parts of Governor
Dukakis' record. "He may
say allegiance to the flag, but
he sold weapons to people that
burned the flag," the senator
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altercation in front of U-Rent
at 7:11 p.m. Charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon
inflicting serious bodily in
jury was Harold Adrian Do
minic Hagley, 38 of Rt. 2,
Edenton.
Hagley, a native of Gre
nada, told police that when he
arrived to go to the laundro
mat, three men were beating
another man. He claimed that
he was hit with a belt buckle.
When he asked why he was
hit, he said Hardy pulled a
knife. Hagley then pulled out
a .38 caliber handgun and
shot Hardy.
Edenton Police Sgt. G.K.
Bonner, in charge of the in
vestigation, was asked this
week if any of those involved
were thought to be members of
a local street gang called the
"98 Posse." In replying no,
Bonner added, "I don't think
that there's any more posse."
Hardy was listed in stable
condition at Chowan Hospital
on Wednesday.
Hagley turned himself in
at the police department and
was released from the
Chowan County Jail on a
$3,000 bond.