THE County TIMES-NEWS
Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium
Vol. 81 No. 46
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1972
☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — EstabUshed 1926
lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
14 Pages
EAS Study ‘Only
The First Step’
JACKSON — “The response
to approving an Extended
Area Service (EAS) study in
Northampton has been very
favorable but, at the same
time, I am beginning to feel
that many more of our citizens
are not fully informed on just
what the first step is and what
the costs,are,” This statement
was made by county
Accountant Tim Ellen
Wednesday.
Although stated at the
public meeting in September
and in this newspaper in
several stories since, many
people still feel that
endorsement of the EAS study
will mean an automatic
increase in rates along with
Use Hogs To Salvage
Peanut, Corn Crops
COTTON LOSSES ARE evident in fields
throughout the county as a result of a freeze
October 20-21. Many of the cotton bolls have
Rep. Roberts Jernigan;
cracked but were hit by the light freeze and the
extremely heavy front and did not continue to
open.
'No Tax Reduction Until We
Catch Up With Our Needs'
AHOSKIE — “I’m not going
to vote for a reduction of taxes
until we are caught up with
our needs in the eastern part
of the state, particularly, and
the entire state as a whole.”
State Representative
Roberts Jernigan of Ahoskie
commented on Gov. Robert
Scott’s Tuesday speech in
which the governor suggested
that he was leaving the state
government in such good
financial standing that the
incoming governor will
“ have the opportunity. to
recommend to the
Legislature a program of tax
relief for our people.'”
Tuesday Scott addressed a
luncheon meeting of the
legislative task force of the
Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce and stated that ,
“It appears the credit balance
at the close of this biennium on
June 30,1:973, will be in excess
of $20(rrnillion.” He also stated
that/“This money will not be
required to support my
recommended budget...”
Jernigan said Wednesday
afternoon in an interview with
Vour Home Newspaper that it
Land Bank Holds
Annual Meeting
AHOSKIE — Cecil J.
Maddrey of Severn was
reelected at a three-year term
on the board of directors of the
Federal Land Bank
Association of Ahoskie at its
annual stockholders meeting
here Wednesday night at the
National Guard Armory.
Also elected to a three-year
term on the board was J. G.
Pollock of Gatesville.
H. 0. Edwards of Route 2,
Ahoskie, chairman of the
board of directors, presided
over the brief business session
which preceded the evening
meal served to all
stockholders and guests.
Ahoskie Land Bank
President Jimmy Rowe
introduced Tom Morgan,
regional supervisor for the
Federal Land Bank of
Columbia who addressed the
group and told them of the
many services the land
bank has to offer and of their
concern for those they serve.
Other directors who terms
expire later are T. B. H. Wood,
Edenton; H. O. Edwards,
Ahoskie; and Frank
Hollowell, Elizabeth City.
is high time for us (in the
eastern part of the state) to
take a stand and insist we get
some of the additional
services to which we are
entitled.
Among the things which
Jernigan feels are needed “at
home” are road
improvements, more modern
and complete mental health
care, additional
appropriations for the East
Carolina Medical school and
prison facilities.
High on Jernigan’s list of
priorities is a node-n*fou’
lane highway to serve this
area of the state. “We have
been hoping that U.S. 64 would
be four-laned from Raleigh to
Rocky Mount. . . so far it has
gotten to Zebulon. It should
have at least been completed
as far as Rocky Mount by now
and before long, it should go
into Williamston.
Other roads in need of
repair or upgrading are U.S.
158, 17, 264 , 70 and 74. There
should be at least one major
four-lane highway with 30 or
40 miles of every resident of
the state.
“Our need for mental health
facilities is not as great now as
it has been in the past. The
most needed improvements
are in the area of staffing,”
according to Jernigan.
“During the past several
years, we have upgraded the
physical plants but that
facilities are still under
staffed.
“The same is true to a
certain extent,” Jernigan
2jdt?d. “in th>'prison facil'H.vs
iff the piedmont and east.
Around 1967 the general
assembly appropriated $5
million to build a modern 13
story, single unit correctional
facility at Morganton which
was to be used exclusively for
first offenders and non-
hardened criminals. It is
among this group that
rehabilitation is best
accomplished and it would
have been enhanced even
(See Tax, Page 3)
JACKSON — Northampton
County Agricultural
Extension Agent D. W. Eason
advises farmers to salvage
those lost peanuts and corn
crops by “hogging down”
those fields.
Eason said, “Again this
y6ar ther© will b© a surplus of
field crop residues left in our
fields after harvest.
“With very little effort these
crops can be successfully
salvaged. With our present
prices these ‘lost peanuts’ are
worth about 10 cents a pound
when fed to hogs.”
The extension agent went on
to offer suggestions in using
this “free feed.”
Thanksgiving
Is Holiday
JACKSON — Thursday,
November 23, is Thanksgiving
Day, and a holiday for most
Northampton residents.
Northampton schools will be
closed Thursday and Friday,
re-opening Monday morning,
November 27, providing
students and teachers with
four days away from classes.
All courthouse and county
employees will also have a
ir./i'- V fS3itnd .holiday. Offi,'„
will be closed on 'Thursday,
(Thanksgiving Day) and
Friday.
All banks in the county will
be closed Thanksgiving Day
and holiday hours will be
observed by the Post Offices,
with no window service on
Thursday. There will be no
rural mail deliveries on
Thanksgiving Day.
Many of the county’s stores
and business establishments
will also observe the holiday.
N. C State Now Conducting
N’ampton Wetlands Study
RICH SQUARE — A study
of North Carolina Wetland
Areas is currently being made
by Dr. Arthur J. Hawley, an
assistant professor of
geography at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This study is a part of his
research on the water
resources of the state and is
supported by a grant from the
Water Resources Research
Institute of the University.
The final results will be
published by the Institute as
one of its Research Reports
early in 1973.
Why
This study is being done at
this time in order to identify
important wetland areas in
North Carolina before they
are threatened with alteration
or drainage. Dr. Hawley feels
that more intelligent decisions
can be made in a non-crisis
atmosphere devoid of political
influences and that local
citizens in this county are
thoroughly familiar with their
wetland areas.
“You are in a better position
to identify the important
wetlands and outline their
values than anyone else in the
state. Therefore, I am
requesting your help in
identifying and helping to
protect those wetlands which
deserve this special
attention,” Dr. Hawley said.
Objectives
“I am seeking answers to
three basic questions: (1) Are
there any wetlands in this
county worth preserving
either in their present state or
in some form of multi-purpose
use? (2) If so, where are they
(See STUDY, Page 2)
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He suggested: “For hogging
down use heavy, thrifty pigs
weighing preferabley from 70
to 100 pounds. Pigs this size
make more efficient use of the
drop residues.
“Provide an adequate
supply of clean, fresh water.
Hand feed approximately one-
half pound of medicated
protein supplement per head,
per day. This may be self fed if
an appetite regulator is
included in the supplement.
“Use field gleanings as soon
as possible. The longer these
crops remain in the field, the
less value they have as feed.
“Preferably fence a small
acreage and let the hogs clean
it up, then enlarge the area.
“Provide some protection
from the weather. A small
area of woodland should be
sufficient.
“Check hogs often and
watch for any that may be
sick,” Eason reminds area
farmers.
the service.
“This is not the case,” Ellen
said. “Actually, this first step
is just a study to see if the
service is wanted or needed.
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company is in the
service business. Giving
service to their subscribers is
their job as well as improving
the service. EAS will be an
improvement if it is passed
and installed. However, they
are not going to conduct the
study, which will cost several
thousand dollars, unless they
feel there is some very real
interest in it.”
EAS, when installed will
afford telephone subscribers
the privilege of making toll-
free calls between Jackson,
Rich Square, Seaboard,
Conway and Woodland. At
present this valuable service
is available between Rich
Square and Woodland.
“At the public meeting there
were voices for and against
this service,” Ellen stated.
“Most were for. Since then not
too many voices have been
heard.”
FHA Announces Two
New Loan Programs
JACKSON — “Two
authorities have been given
the Farmers Home
Administration to give
financial assistance to county
farmers,” Northampton FHA
Supervisor Marvin Coleman
reported this week.
The first, the Emergency
Loan Program allows for
refinancing of debts for
landowners suffering from
losses by Hurricane Ginger
last year. Terms for these
loans will be 40 years at three
per cent.
To obtain a loan under this
program a farmer must be
unable to obtain adequate
credit from any other source.
“Emergency loans cannot
exceed $300,000, Coleman
72 Harvest Much
fir
Like Last Year's
JACKSON — “From the
looks of things at this time we
are not going to have one of
the best peanut harvests on
record but things could have
been worse,” said North
ampton ASCS Manager Ben
Mann.
“A late planting, wet
summer and freeze October
20-21 has taken its toll. At best
we will be no better nor no
worse than we were last year
if things continue in the
direction they seem to be
going.
“With about 98 per cent of
the crop harvested it looks like
peanuts are going to run the
same as last year, 2,300
pounds per acre. In 1970 this
average was 2,900.
“Because of immaturity of
this crop due to the freeze
quality is much lower.
“Just across the Meherrin
River in Virginia things are
much worse but this does not
alter the fact of how its going
here,” Mann said.
Cotton
“The cotton picture is worse
yet. The bolls were very
immature when the freeze hit
and now will not open. Some
fields have from 10 to 100 per
cent damage. We estimate
that at least 30 per cent of the
county crop was damaged.
Very little had been picked)
before the freeze. Another two
weeks would have made all
the difference in the world,”
Mann stated.
“The corn yields may be the
best ever but unfortunately its
not one of the money makers
for the county. We are just
beginning to get into the
soybeans,” Mann said, “And
we have no reports as yet to
make.”
said.
Loans under this program
can be made to refinance an
existing debt.
Small Farm Ownership
Program
“The other program is the
Small Farm Ownership
Program. It can be made only
to a farmer who’s operation is
no larger than a family size.
Maximum for this is $5,000
and the rates are five per cent
at‘ 40 years,” Coleman
reported.
Tht i—oncy canno! be iscu
to purchase more land but can
be used for almost any other
purpose.
“One of the high points of
this program is that there are
no fees involved and the
money can be forthcoming
within a few weeks. On a
regular loan of $6,000 the fee
can be as much as $70 and take
up to six weeks to process.
“This new program is a lot
faster and cheaper. At most it
would cost $5 to record a deed
of trust if one is involved.
Actually it would be a second
(See FHA, Page 3)
9382,133 for
Christmas
AHOSKIE — Going into the Roanoke-Chowan’s
economy just when it’s needed most is a total of
$382,133 in Christmas savings checks being welcomed
in the mail this month.
Leading the iist in individual county amounts is
Hertford with $192,804 from its six banking facilities.
Next in line is Bertie with $109,417 from its five
facilities.
Gates is getting $49,093 from its four institutions,
and Northampton savers will be getting $30,891 from
four.
This figure for Northampton may not be accurate
for many citizens who live in that county work in
Roanoke Rapids and bank there also. Therefore their
Christmas Savings checks would be mailed from that
city and not appear on the list researched by Your
Home Newspaper.
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Present Northampton Wetlands Map
SIX MONTHS OLd Michael Scott, was posing for a free color portrait, and
being entertained by the photographer and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie G. Smith of Woodland, when the Times-News photographer filmed
the scene. Subscribers, who received the portrait offer bonus, are reminded
to come to the Times-News office in Rich Square Monday, November 20, or
Tuesday, November 21, to select their portrait. Hours are from 2 p.m. until 7
p.m.