Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Alton L. Smith III, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Carolina Investment Partners Limited Partnership;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

4. The Registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluations; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrants most
recent fiscal quarter (the Registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting;

5. The Registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial
reporting, to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have
a significant role in the Registrants internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: March 29, 2006

/s/ Alton L. Smith IIIAlton L. Smith III, General Partner of WalsmithAssociates Two, General Partner of the Registrant