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Vol. LXXII, No. 48 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Single Copies 50< All eyes on Mill Village for this year's tour Cotton Mill among revitalized structures on display for Candlelight BY REBECCA BUNCH The Chowan Herald Curious eyes from around town and around the country will be fixed on Edenton’s Mill Village, restored Cotton Mill condominiums and other sites during the Christmas Candle light Tour Friday and Satur day from 4 - 8 p.m. Ann Perry, Edenton Cotton Mill Condo Tour Coordinator, says that couldn’t be more ap propriate. The Mill Village, ^he says, “represents this com County tax revaluation "accurate" Only two corrections needed to date BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald Despite the hundreds of calls from concerned property owners about the 2006 revalu ation, few recalculations have been necessary, according to Chowan County Tax Adminis trator Linda Hendricks. ‘'One hundred ninety indi viduals have set up appoint ments for their 386 parcels,” Hendricks told the Chowan County Board of Commission ers Monday night. “But consid ering that there are 12,000 par cels in Chowan County, the per centage is not bad. The fact is that the revaluation is accu rate; market and sale prices are skyrocketing.” Of the 129 hearings held No vember 30 through Dec. 2, only 2 corrections were needed, 41 rechecks have been imple mented and 86 had no changes, ■ Hendricks said. Thus far the tax department has hearings scheduled through December 13 in the Panel Room of the 1767 Chowan County Court ■ house. “The number of calls con cerning the revaluation have slowed down, but I invite any one with any questions to con ■ tact me, ” Hendricks said. The revaluation is mandated See TAX On Page A2 INSIDE Calendar..C2 Church.C7 Classifieds,.... D1-4 Editorials. A8 Obituaries.C8 School.A7 Society......C5 Sports......B1-3 The Edenton Christmas Parade will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday munity’s commitment to his toric preservation in a very tangible way.” In addition to Mill Village Local jobs to go to El Salvador \ Staff photo by Sean Jackson The George C. Moore building will soon house just 40 employees working under contract with the U.S. military. Those jobs will be the only ones not moving overseas as its corporate office, The Moore Company of Rhode Island, announced plans late last week to relocate its operation to El Salvador. The decision will result in the layoff of 200 employees locally. Textile woes hit home 200 employees of George C. Moore Co. will fall victim to a prevalent theme in industry BY REBECCA BUNCH The Chowan Herald ■■■ Two hundred local elastics manufacturing jobs are being eliminated at the George C. Moore Company in Edenton and being moved overseas to El Salvador. The transition is ex pected to take place over the next 16 to 18 months, according to company official Peter Moore of Rhode Island, where The Moore Company is head quartered. Moore described the decision as “very difficult” but said it was a necessary one. “This is a sad day for our employees and for my family,” said Moore, whose grandfa ther started the company. “This is a day countless U.S. textile companies have faced Area food stamp numbers rising BY EARUNE WHITE The Chowan Herald The federally-funded Food Stamp program is at the high est level it has been in 13 years, Ben Rose, Director of Social Services (DSS) told the Chowan County Commission ers at their December meeting held Monday night. houses and condos, there are several other fine private homes on Gale and Moseley Streets that will be open for th tour. Tourgoers will also have the opportunity to join local resi dents in celebrating the holi day season beginning with Caroling on the Green Friday night at 6 p.m. Held on the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse Green, the event will feature local choirs and musical groups singing Christmas fa vorites. Citizens gathered on over the past 15 years and will continue to face in the future. We have tried many things to continue to operate here in Edenton and we appreciate the hard work our employees have done to meet the enormous challenges of the ever-chang ing global business environ ment. The reality is, we need to have close proximity to our customers and regrettably, it is not here in North Carolina.” Moore, who lived in Edenton in the early 1980s, said the ac tion was inevitable given the passage in August of the Cen tral American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) by the U.S. Congress. The agreement, he noted, “allows apparel manufacturers in the CAFTA region to purchase apparel “The recent spike is due to a lot of factors, including the new federally-mandated out reach efforts, the SNAP pro gram, which gives automatic eligibility, the increase in sea sonal work as well as the gen eral flexible guidelines for the large number of working poor in Chowan County,” said Rose. “The Pood Stamp caseload is at the Green will be invited to join in. Then, on Saturday morning, the annual Christmas parade will get underway at 11 a.m. The parade, featuring Old Saint Nick himself, is spon sored by the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce and the Chowan Ruritans. Tour tickets are $25 each. Children age 12 and under will be admitted free of charge. There is also a special rate of See TOUR On Page A2 components within the mem ber countries, and receive duty-free treatment of goods within the United States.” Some of George C. Moore’s biggest customers manufac ture their garments in the CAFTA region, Peter Moore said. “They are now free to purchase their components within the CAFTA region and they are now asking their sup pliers to begin manufacturing their respective products within the region. Conse quently The Moore Company has agreed to move the manu facturing of these particular products to El Salvador.” Moore noted that approxi mately 40 employees would See TEXTILES On Page A2 the highest level I’ve ever seen,” said Rose whose 13-year history with the department has seen an evolution of the program itself. The Food Stamp program provides a basic need, Rose explained. “The program is not like that of the welfare See NUMBERS On Page A2 The restored Edenton Cotton Mill is a highlight of tour Special session helps relieve crowding at jail Plans for a 16-bed addition to Chowan County jail are in works BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald In an effort to reduce over crowding in Chowan County’s jail and trim a backlog of pend ing court cases, a special Supe rior Court session was held Nov 28 in Edenton. And County Manager Cliff Copeland said the session helped ease the overflow of in mates housed in Chowan — at least for now. He hopes judicial officials will continue to ease the overcrowding at the Chowan County Detention Fa cility in Edenton. Court offi cials said Monday that the 22 bed jail has been housing roughly 50 inmates, most awaiting trial. Monday night, the Chowan County Board of Commission ers adopted a resolution ask ing the state to restore the Pre Trial Release Program. That program formerly allowed non-violent offenders to avoid incarceration while awaiting trial. In recent years, incar ceration regulations have stiff ened, while arrests for such Pair arrested on drug trafficking charges From Staff Reports A Tyner man and a Hertford man were arrested in Novem ber on drug-trafficking charges stemming from a year-long probe conducted by the Perquimans County and Chowan County sheriff’s de partments and the state Bu reau of Investigation. According to a press release, Shawn Christopher Elliott, of Tyner, was arrested Nov. 2 on federal charges of distribut ing crack cocaine. Marqchello Jordan, of Hertford, was ar rested Nov. 3 on a similar charge, the release stated. Both Elliott and Jordan were referred to as “two local major drug traffickers” in the release. Both men were offenses as driving while im paired have increased. Copeland said Tuesday that Chowan is not immune from the state and national trend of overcrowding in jails. “We’d much rather spend the money (to house inmates) on education,” he said. The county typically bud gets between $50,000 and $60,000 annually, Copeland said. “This year we’re already close to budget,” he added, “and will exceed it.” However, plans are in the. works to build a 16-bed expan sion to the jail, the county manager said. Officials are planning to review an architect’s plans for the pro posed expansion. But the ex pansion would only be a four to five-year fix to overcrowd ing. “That (expansion) would take the immediate load off of us,” Copeland said. “Down the road, we’re going to have to look at other alternatives, See JAIL On Page A2 taken before a federal magis trate in Pitt County and are expected to remain in cus tody until their trials, the re lease stated. “The arrest of these two in dividuals will make a major dent in the drug trafficking in Chowan and the surround ing counties,” Chowan Coun ty Sheriff Fred Spruill said in the release. According to Chowan County court records, Jor dan is also awaiting a court appearance on charges of felony kidnapping and as sault on a female, a misde meanor. A court appearance on those charges originally set for Nov. 28 was resched uled until the Feb. 6 Superior Court session in Chowan. 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