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PAGE TWO The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. J. EDWIN BIUFFLAP Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURiSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942 Let’s Have No Mud-Slinging With the stage all set for the Democratic primary election on May 30, two contests for office in Chowan County will have to be decided by the voters, one of which is for Representative in the General Assembly and the other for Judge of Recorder’s Court. While both of these races are expected to be close, there is no reason to believe that any of the candidates will resort to mud-slinging or any other unsportsmanlike methods to win the election. This, however, cannot be said about the Congressional race, in which the principals are Herbert Bonner, Mar vin Blount and Jack Edwards, for already there is evi dence of mud-slinging, emanating principally due to the fact that Blount is seeking the office. The writer can hardly believe that Herbert Bonner himself condemns Blount for seeking the office, but there are those of Bonner’s friends who, for reasons better known to themselves, possibly, apparently think it little less than criminal that Blount should have the audacity to oppose their candidate. It is the inherent right of Marvin Blount, Jack Ed wards or any other citizen in • the district who feels qualified to ask of the voters the right to represent the district in Congress. In fact, it is a healthy situation to have a contest so that the voters themselves may make their decision. As the matter now stands, Herbert Bonner was placed in office by a small group when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Lindsay Warren. The voters, as a whole, had no choice in the matter, and now when the office must be filled for a regular term, it is only fair and right that they have a say-so in the matter, and no candidate should be con demned merely because he seeks Bonner’s seat. The time has passed when voters in the main follow the dictates of a few in casting a ballot. Generally speaking, voters become acquainted with candidates and the issues involved, if any, which in the case of the Congressional race is only a matter of three candidates wanting the same job. If Herbert Bonner, in Congress, is as valuable to the district as some of his friends say he is, the voters will send him back. If the majority think otherwise, then Bonner will be replaced. In either event, the vot ers should do the deciding and not a group interested in this or that candidate. Merit of the candidate should be the deciding factor in casting a ballot, and so far as the writer is concerned, mud-slinging is not a very ef fective way to elect a candidate in this day of more enlightened voting. Lend A Hand Chowan County will, during the week of May 4-9. conduct a campaign to pledge systematic purchase of defense stamps and bonds. This community is a local sector of the state and nation-wide battlefront, and every person who is financially able should support this pledge campaign to his or her utmost ability. The pledge is entirely voluntary, but upon theiipuccess of this campaign will depend the freedom of America, for without tanks and guns and supplies to be purchased through this investment, America cannot win the war. War material must be forthcoming and to meet the cost, the more dollars voluntarily pledged for the pur pose, the less will be the tax load. The bill must oe paid and if financial aid is not voluntarily offered, Uncle Sam will, in the end, be obliged to order stamp and bond purchases deducted from incomes. The Herald urges its readers to join in the pledge campaign willingly and cheerfully in this mobilization of American dollars so that America will continue to be a free country. NOTICE! • I TO CHOWAN COUNTY I TAXPAYERS | By order of the Chowan County Commis- I sioners, I will on May 4,1942, advertise property I for sale for 1941 delinquent taxes, the sale to be | i held on Monday, June 1,1942. I PAY YOUR TAXES NOW AND SAVE THIS EXTRA 1 1 EXPENSE AND EMBARRASSMENT 1 -! ill J. A. BUNCH Sheriff of Chowan County ; THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1942 UEARD and SEEVT M. ■ - . “BUFF” 1..- —O Though the boys leaving Edenton last Thursday for Fort Bragg were smiling, it was a serious group and not a very pleasant affair. Upon their departure, John Holmes told the boys that they would be transformed from a life of freedom to a life of army discipline, and that if they go in a spirit of serving their country, army life would not be hard. However, he said, if any go in a stubborn spirit, they will encounter difficulty with Uncle Sam. Everything was as quiet as death when J. L. Wiggins, chairman of the Selective Service Board, read the final instructions, until Dick Harrell suddenly interrupted to ask, “Mr. Wiggins, does it say on that paper how many Japs we must kill?’* The boys, as well as the crowd on hand, burst out in a fit of laugh ter as Captain Wiggins said, “You’ll get those instruc tions later.” o He or she may not be the meanest person in town, , but someone played a dirty trick on Mrs. B. F. Francis j one day last week. She had some beautiful hyacinths f blooming in her backyard, which were a source of much . pleasure to her as she nurtured the flowers and fre , quently went to the yard to enjoy their beauty. How \ ever, one day she noticed that the flowers had suddenly t withered and upon examination, found that they had 5 been dug up, the bulbs taken away and the stalks stuck ’ back in the ground. Now, wasn’t that a mean trick? I 0 And speaking of flowers, Edenton is a place of beauty - just now if you want to ramble around a bit. -(Gardens : are especially beautiful and just to mention a few lovely i places cal laround at the following homes: Mrs. W. I. i Hart, Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mrs. Fred, Wood, Mrs. J. A. : Powell, Mrs. R. P Badham, Mrs T B Williford, Mrs. O. i T Hollowell, Mrs. J. H. Holmes, Miss Carrie Coke and., i of course, St. Paul’s Churchyard. ■ o Over 100 Baptists braved the chilly air Tuesday night ta attend a fish fry at Bridge Inn and they had a 1 “sinner” among them, for I was a special gust of Jim ! Daniels. I got by all right, for some of ’em there, in cluding Walter Wilkins, get to Sunday School so sel dom that they didn’t even know I was not a member of Lloyd Griffin’s class which staged the fish fry. It was a fine affair, but Preacher Wells “insulted me.” It was while 1 was watching Henry Goodwin directing af fairs where the fish were being fixed that I felt a gentle touch on the shoulder and a whisper something like this: “That’s about the only way you’ll get any fish, for you can’t catch any.” And this statement at a time when I was carrying a picture of myself holding a string of fish (which I caught). But I’ll find out yet where the Preacher and O. C. Davis have such good luck. o A1 Lamb and Sam Nash, sports writers for Bingham ton newspapers, and who have been here with the Bing hamton baseball team, were high in praise of Edenton at last week’s Rotary Club meeting. They were espe cially pleased with the climate and beauty of the'town, Nash saying it was one of the prettiest he had ever seen, and he’s been around a bit. But what appealed to them more than anything else was the hospitality they experienced at the hands of Edenton people and the wholesome influence for training a baseball club. This influence, both writers said, would be reflected in the team which finally represents their home town in the Eastern League. But shucks, neither of them applied for a job as sports editor on The Herald, where the editor has to do just about everything from sweeping the floor on up or down as the case may be. Publicity is given in this issue of The Herald to the campaign to secure pledges to purchase Defense Stamps and Bonds, but much information can be secured tonight when a broadcast will be made over the blue network from 10 to 10:3© o’clock. On the program will be Sec retary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secre tary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard and leaders of business and labor organizations. A special guest will be Edward Henry O’Hare, hero Navy pilot, who knows something about the Japs. Tune in and learn some thing about the need to help Uncle Sam by purchasing stamps and bonds on a systematic basis. John Garrett didn’t like my comparing him with Le- Roy Haskett as a bicycle rider last week, for John says he knows how to ride. Furthermore, he said he didn’t think much of an ordinance he heard discussed about bicycle riding. I don’t know if he had reference to lights at night, but I understand Branning Perry is in on it. Rationing Os Sugar Begins Next Week (Continued from Page One) hotels wholesale houses, canning plants, school lunch rooms, bottling plants, and any other commercial and industrial establishments not here stated, will register. Townships Noe. 1 and 4 Edenton High School (White) —9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Edenton High School (Colored) — 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. For Township!-, Nos. 2 and 3 Chowan High School (White and Colored) —9 a. m. to 5 p. m. All business establishments regis tered on these two days will be is sued the “Sugar Purchase Certifi cate” Form No. R-306. The second registration will be held May 4th, sth, 6th and 7th. This registration is for the individual con sumer. By this is meant that the head of the family, whether it may consist of one or more members, will go to the designated place most con venient and register. If he or she can qualify at the time of registra- | tion, under the rules and regulations, same will be issued the “War Ration Rook One,” Form No. R-302. Places of registration follow: Townships Nos. 2 and 3 Chowan High School (White only) —9 a. m. to sp. m. Rocky Hock Central School (White onlv) —9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Green Hall (Colored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. White Oak (Colored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Hudson Grove (Colored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Townships Nos. 1 and 4 Edenton High School (White only) —9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Advance (White only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Edenton Colored High School (Col ored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. St. Johns (Colored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Triangle (Colored only)—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. It is important to note that every person should register -for the War Ration Book One. Many people may lie living in a boarding house, or staying at the hotel, or staying at a rooming house and eating at some other place. Such persons may think it will not be necessary to register, since they do not buy sugar. War Ration Book One may cover other items which such persons do buy. | The War Ration Book One covers sugar for the time being. The word "sugar” is no where written on this book of stamps, and therefore can be War .Ration Book on a number of items before the next 56 weeks move by. If other items are covered with in the period of War Ration Book One, and a person does not have the No. One Book, such a person may have plenty of headaches. In connection with the registration, retailers must be prepared to sub mit the following information: sa. Gross sales of all meats, gro- 1 ■ Now s the time 1/ to get an I OK USED CAR ■ from your I Chevrolet dealer I mm c °M®m ■ ms H REASONABLE ■ PRICES H HO ■ »»>» CHOWAN MOTOR COMPANY EDENTON, N. C. , \Hionelso | cedes, fruits and vegetables, etc., for week ending April 25, 1942; or it registering unit began operation af ter April 20, 1942, give estimated sales for the first complete calendar week of operations. sb. Quantity of sugar equal to one pound fonqeach dollar of gross sales. sc. Sugar delivered to and ac cepted by registering unit during the month of November, 1941. sd. Approximate weekly average. se. Allowable inventory. sf. Present inventory. ! sg. Maximum weight value of Sugar Purchase Certificate which may be issued. sh. Excess inventory. sj. Weight of Sugar Purchase Certificate, applied for. The following questions must be iinswered by wholesale dealers. 6a. Number of months in 1941 during which registering unit made deliveries of sugar. fib. Enter the one c*" the following quantities: 2.500 los., 5,000 lbs., 10,000 lbs., 20,000 lbs., 40,000 lbs., (>O,OOO lbs., or 80,000 lbs., which most nearly approximates the Shipping Unit by which the registering unit customarily took delivery of sugar on or about December 1, 1941. (For example, if delivery was customarily taken in carloads, the Shipping Unit is one carload). < 6c. Quantity of sugar delivered to and accepted by the registering unit '■ Let That Mother’s Day Thought Be Flowers SEE OR CALL OUR AGENT Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt Phone 312-J and Place Your Order ANNA LU FLORIST ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. V> FOR JUOCE RECORDER'S COURT I hereby announce my candidacy for Judg-e of the Recorder’s Court of Chowan County, subject to the Democratic Primary to be held on May 30,1942. I solicit your vote and support, which will be greatly appreciated. CHARLIE T. GRIFFIN during 1941. 6<L Divide item 6c by TWICE / item 6a. 6e. Allowable inventory (item 6b plus item 6d). 6f. Present inventory (number of pounds of sugar now owned by regis tering unit for sale). 6g. Maximum weight value of Sugar Purchase Certificate which may be issued (item 6e minus item 6f if item 6e is greater). 6h. Excess inventory. 6j. Weight value of Sugar Pur chase Certificate applied for (not to exceed quantity shown in item 6g). Binghamton Plays Final Game Sunday Binghamton’s baseball club, train ing in Edenton for a month, will play its final exhibition game Sunday when the Hartford Club will appear on the local diamond. Shortly there after the club will depart on the trip back to Binghamton for the opening of the Eastern League next week. Business Manager Gene Martin and Manager Eddie Sawyer are well pleased with their training facilities and have every reason to believe the club will make a fair bid for top ■ honors in the league. • -i Defense workers! Make an investment in tong, dependable, low-cost transporta tion! Buy an OK used car from your Chev rolet dealer and con serve time and energy for your job! Good buys • • • Good prices •••Convenient terms. k SJEE YOUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER -TODAY!
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