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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 423-426 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. 7"l ' Mfionh Carolina /PRESS ASSOC I ATI J. EDWIN BUFFLAP E( *‘ tor HECTOR LUPTON Advertis.ng Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: &|) One Year —-—— —-- * j*i < t Six Months ~ Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the Act of March 3, lb,J. . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY •». BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: THE PROTECTION OF A GREAT FRIEND Come unto me, all ye that labour and ale heavy lade: . an. ’ will give you rest. Matt. 11-^. Another Job Well Done Chowan County, it will be noticed on a front page Story in. this issue of The Herald, has again done a splendid job in purchasing war stamps :mu '" ,k '• With a quetu of $29,70U for the month of January, just j about five times the amount. $145,456, was invested in America, which sum is not to be sneezed at in a cour.H the size of Chowan. This splendid record reflects not only the patriotism and wisdom in sound investment on the part of Chowan people, but also the persistent and whole-hearted inter •est'.in the county’s war effort on the part of J. (.. Cam- | pen, chairman of the county war savings staff. To say the least, Mr. Campen is delighted with the report, but he also realizes that there must be no let-up in the purchase of bonds. “This is war business.” he says, and he hopes the county will continue to promptly meet its quota until victory is assured. Mr. Campen has done a splendid job as head ot the county war savings staff and he is sensing no little de gree of satisfaction because of the cooperation of the people as a whole, who are investing so generously in bonds to help pay the war bill. Three Cheers For Boy Scouts February 6 to 12 will be observed as Boy Scout Week when the whole nation will pause to salute the organi zation which has contributed no little in both the present and the last war toward ultimate victory. But scouting does not rest on its laurels'. The praises which Scouts so justly deserve for their countless services to their country only spur them on to greater endeavor. Scouting is training for away of life, the kind of life America chooses to lead, the kind for which hei j sons are fighting across the seas. On those fronts, ami on the front at home, the qualities which Scouting stands so and character- —assure us of Victory and a lasting peace. Approximately 400,00 Scouts in America are 15 years, or older, many of whom may change ranks to the armed forces before the conflict is over, and the youngster who has been a Boy Scout will undoubtedly make a bet ter soldier or sailor. Boy Scout training produces men—men of charactei and decency, men who cooperate for the common gbod, men who have known freedom in the fields and on the waters. Discipline and devotion are not new to them, and initiative is at the core of their being. This being, true, have we in Edenton shown the proper interest in the little troop of Boy Scouts struggling for existence? Are the boys convinced that Edenton as a whole is in terested in them? Has Scoutmaster Overman had im proper and actually necessary cooperation on the part of assistants he needs ? The boys have a creditable cabin, thanks to one of bur former citizens, but simply a cabin and a group of boys in itself cannot be considered a real Boy Scout troop, any more than any kind of a house can be te fined a home. It takes something more than merely four walls, a roof and a few human beings. The Herald desires to pay tribute to the Boy Scouts on this, another birthday of their organization. May it live long and wax mightily for the good of us all. V eterinarian On Job With' the need for veterinary service in C.iiowan County so apparent, it is encouraging to note that Dr. G. L. Gilchrist has decided to enter private practice here, Dr. Gilchrist arrived in Edenton over the week-end ana entered upon his new duties Monday morning. He was, until this week, employed by the North Carolina De partment of Agriculture and because of his previous work has come in contact with problems which, no doubt, are common in Chowan. He was one of the three veterinarians sent into Chowan County recently to study the hog situation when conditions became alarming, due to the loss of so many hogs. Dr. Gilchrist is interested in the welfare of farmers and is very desirous to be of service to them. At pres ent he has no office, but can be reached at the home of John F. White on West Church Street, where he will be temporarily located until permanent headquarters are arranged. He is anxious to meet farmeds and help in solving their problems in his particular field, and vvitn the proper cooperation the county may again be rid of the present hog diseases, as well as prevent, develop ments in the future which could be equally or more disastrous than the financial loss experienced this year by hog growers. “30” In newspaper parlance “30'’ means the end and among writers these two figures appear at the end of a story when it is completed. “Thirty” appeared Sunday to the career of Harvey W. Thomas, who for a number of years, and until he was obliged to enter a Wilson hos pital, adopted Edenton as his home. Mr. Thomas was a veteran newspaper man whose peer has never worked in Edenton, at least in the past twenty years. In nis time he traveled extensively, was well read and was one of those individuals who could participate intelli gently in a conversation on almost any subject. He was a man of means in his time and though meeting with financial reverses, he was still generous to a fault. He was kind-hearted and many of his charitable deeds have never been made known. With it all he was only human and himself admitted his short- THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 Heard and SEEty j! “BUFF” j Appearing to be no end of mistakes in The Heraia of late, ye editor joined tire “paratle” last week ami gummed up a story. As a result, the gals in Pender’s store were about to mob me. It came about when 1 wrote a little story about Horace hurdle leaving as manager, saying that he had held the position for sev eral years and was succeeded by J. P. Chesson, Jr., a clerk. The ladies made me to understand that Air. Hurdle succeeded Francis Benbury as manager when the latter entered the army several months ago and, too. | that Mr. Chessim was assistant manager ami nut a clerk. ; 1 should have known that, for in tile Pender store the customers wait on themselves and are theietore them- . selves tin clerks. Gosh, i! lever have to write anything j about those gals I’m going to tie darn sure 1 get straight I with this title business. Anyway, if other businesses i i ate like- a small newspaper, a title doesn't meanmuch, lor iieia 's an editor who instead of sitting at a dc.-.. tin dresse.i up, cleanly shaven and eu»t» tue ne>.s, ts , aiigi >t to do just about a little of e-.ciyt. ing on do..u to ; ■ jamti rial jobs. o— Java Mooney probably has gotten smile local Red -'leu hi it jam, Jack is the new sachem of Chowan Trine, ant; • iu miter to; boost attendance, adopted a Scheme Os i-c-.m --i. g cards to members who were absent at trie meeting tu the etfect that they were greatly missed and hoped tne> would be able to be present «t the following 1 meeting. The first batch of cards went out late last week and as a result some members had to do some ex plaining. In a number of instances members’ wives ! m,w the card and forthwith asked, “Where were you last i Monday night? You told me you were at lodge. A few of the fellows said they tore up the card before their wives saw it. Anyway, we tnen just have to stick together, so to help out some of the boys, I’d like to sa.. \ that through some mistake cards were addressed to members who really were present at the lodge meeting. Honest, Missus! o- Chowan County Commissioners are a very considerate group of fellows. On Monday Commissioner Lonnie Boyce was suffering With a severe toothache and ap parently was determined to sit through the meeting. 1 It was obvious that he was in much pain and one or two times during the meeting Chairman Mint Warren told Lonnie he could be excused if he wanted to visit a dentist. Finally, the hurting Commissioner decided he would go and have the tooth yanked out, and it was then that the entire Board asked if they should accom pany him to the dentist’s office. He went by himself, though, and returned to take part in the last stages ol the meeting. Some of the Edenton old-timers may remember C. \\. I Byrd, who is now president of the Davidson Cotton Mills at Davidson, N. C. Mr. Byrd is one of the newest subscribers to The Herald and in a letter this week han this to say: “1 have just received a sample copy of Tne Chowan Herald and enclosed is my check for one year's sub scription. "1 spent my early boyhood in Edenton, leaving there i when 1 was around 17 years old. That’s been more than • 40 years ago. .Since that time I have passed through only two or three times. In reading one of the current best sellers ‘Men of Albemarle,’ my interest in the tie- ■; lightful old town has been revived, lienee ib - sub ! scription. “it was interesting to see the names of Jack Me- Mullan, Richard Dixon and Fermor Hobbs in the paper you sent me. These 'boys’ attended the obi Edenton Academy when 1 did. t haven’t seen any of them in in years, but it is good to know that t! e, have -apparently been successful.” -o— *— •— Jimmy Earnhardt, who has been confined to his home home about a week having an argument with the flu. must be getting better. 1 haven’t seen aim, but the Missus says he’s getting granky because, he thinks, he's not getting enough to eat. V\ eXi, when a sick guy lx- , gins to get fussy it’s a pretty sure sign he’s getting better, or at least that's the information I’ve had arounn my home already. Thank goodness, there’s no. rationing of energy and as a result, it yvas an tinusuaLsigiit-Alonday-muvFtiing te see T. B, Williford, O. C. Davis and Walter Wilkins parading down King Street loaded do\Vn with fishing poles, oars, paddles, bait and whatever else is needed (outboard motor not needed now) to go fishing. The trio piled in a boat near W’. D. I‘ruden's home, rowed a spell, fished a while and caught three fish. Think I’ll try my luck tomorrow, but I’m going to fish in the bath tub at home. It should be just about as much fun, ac cording to the way the devilish fish have been acting of late—if there are any around to do any acting. o 1 hiring these days of rationing, if a fellow has any money to carry at all, it is almost necessary to have two wallets—one for the money and another for all of the bloomin’ cards, coupons and the like necessary to drive an automobile, buy stuff to eat, operate a boat • arid so on. It’s a mess and sometimes embarrassing, as one local fellow can vouch for. This fellow went to the post office to cash in a book of war savings stamps for a bond and when doing so, planked a book down on Postmaster Cal Kramer’s desk. Friend Kramer picked up the book, gave it the once over and remarked, “Why you’re in the wrong place—this is a coupon book to buy liquor.” The fellow at once realized his misiaKe and, after fumbling around in his pockets, finally produced the book of war savings stamps and, of course, secured a bond. ■ —-—- —o Which reminds me of a little mixup I had in the bath room Sunday morning. It was when attempting to gargle my throat that I got hold of a bottle of shampoo instead of an antiseptic. Taking a pretty good swig, it didn’t take long to discover the mistake and you can take it from me, shampoo lotion tastes quite different from the way it smells. There was a spell of gagging and spitting going on for a while. o Some of the workers at the U. S. Marine Corps Air coinings. He fell in love with Edenton upon his arrival here and numbered not a few of our as his best friends. He would have liked to return to Edenton but “30” was “written” before his hope was realized. ay GENE CARR JUST HUMAMS c Emm i/| ew arm* ■■ ■ .>■ l i» ■ ! i ■ “I Waited Two Hours Fer Her. So I Guess She Threw Me Down’ Station have become very much at tached to Edenton and the folks Who live here, and one of these is \\. S. Oliver, who, has severed his connec tion at the base and will, in a day or twq, go elsewhere. My first conver sation with Mr. Oliver over the tele phone. gave me the impression that lie was haid-boiled and might be pretty hard to get along with, which when meeting him personally proved to be exactly the opposite. We've j gotten along fine and Mr. Oliver said of all the construction jobs with j which he has been connected, little | Edenton appealed to him more than; any other. Here’s one who regrets; seeing Mr. Oliver leave the old burg, and there are others who feel the same way about it. . ——o Some friend of mine, no doubt reading in this column from time to time about chitterlings, this week went to the trouble to mail me a piece touching upon the subject which was entitled "Chittlin’ Strut,” which appeared in the News and Ob server and was written by The Hhamkatte Roaster (Editor Josephus j Daniels). Here’s the piece, but it! has not yet converted me to eatin’ the things: “Last nite 1 cuddeht help recallin’, agin the 100-year-old Hosting lady! who when asked by Dr. Eliot what. had interested her most in her long! life, answered ‘Vittles’,” said the Old r j Codger as he dropped in this morn ! ing in a mellow mood. Asked what brought that celebrat ! ed remark to. his mind, the Old Cod- ; ger said: “I wuz invited out last nite to a chittlin’ strut. You don’t know what' that nil ? You shore air an ignorant ; editur. I’ll tell. you.. A chittlin’ strut air the name given by Rhamkatters to a chitteriing supper. Maybe you , don’t like chittlin’s? Then you ain’t a natural-born oldtime Rhamkatter. 'Front time out ov mind it has bin a favorite dish hereabouts. Properly cooked an’ seasoned, it air a dish, dear to the heart ova real Rham katter. If you don’t believe it. cum over to my shark an' ipy .ole woman will cook you stint chitunAs that will make you thank God fer the room you hav on the inside ov you,” The Old Codger paused as if in itt'eniory enjoying his feast of chit-, tellings, and then he resumed: “It wuz a swell supper. It began with tomato juice (grown an’ fixed on the -place>. rbirtlin’s. snare ribs (browned to a turn ), corn none, home made butter (not a trace of oleomar garine). persimmon beer (non-alco holic), coffee an baked apple (grown on Rhamkatte trees) an’ rich cream from the spring-house. Nothin’ ’cent the coffee what wuzent grown on the place. T wuz in New York once an’ a city chan a-trvin’ to sell me a bill ov goods tuk me to Delmonico’s an’ set me up to a seven-course dinner ov things with French names, but it cuddent hold a lite to that Rham katte chittlin dinner.” It was sort of a shock to read in.j the papers Monday morning that i Harvey Thomas had passed away in Wilson. He kept things livened up! in Edenton while "here and though, not a few objected to many of his. stories written for newspapers, the fact remains that, as a newspaper man, he was the best who ever struck Edenton, especially since the writer, has been in Edenton, some 20 years. ! Friend Thomas made The Herald of-i fice his headquarters, where he was 1 a familiar figure for several years. He time and again criticized The Herald editor and while some of the Cullen Swindell Now In Aviation Trainin? Cullen Swindell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Swindell, Jr., has been or dered to report to the Army Air Forces basic training center, No. 9, at Miami Beach, Fla., where he will go in training as a pre-flight avia tion candidate. Young Swindell, who has been at tending Mars Hill College, came home last week for a visit to his par ents, before reporting for training. LOOKING AT WASHINGTON By HUGO S. SIMS Parley A t assblanca Results To Appear Later The meeting of President Rouse-; veil arid Prime Minister Winston! ! Churchill in North Africa, where the! leaders of “the two democracies and i their staff officials, contemplated the! war situation indicates in a dramatic! manner, the spirit of cooperation that! exists between the two nations, now j common allies in two wars. There is no way to know what plans were laid for future military i . act ivies, or whether anything more j was done than f. tonfirm previous de cisions as to ti course that the: English-sneaking ; i-ople vu! follow ! ‘ iu making war upon the aggressors. The fact that the President ent- j | phasizeii that nothing but the uncoil-! ! ditionai surrender of Germany, Italy ! and Japan will be satisfactory to the United Nations ought to put at rest; ’ any false ideas that the wily leaders •of these nations may have of negoti-. tiling a premature peace. i i The absence of Joseph Stalin, Pre mier of Russia, was duly noted, witn the explanation that the Soviet Chief tain had some important work at home. Nevertheless, there is every : reason to believe that the Soviet goy ; ernment is, and has been, fully in formed as to Anglo-American plans j and that no basis for misunderstand ing exists. Naturally, Generalissimo Chiaiig- Kai shek was n< t present but em phasis is laid up< n the scope of aid that will be extended to the Chinese in waging their war agai: .-t Japan. One may readily concliiile that the I‘resident ami Prime Minister dis closed both of the wars in which their nations are engaged. Consequently, since Russia is not fighting Japan it would have been rather singular for the Soviet dictator t. .-.t in on the cotilVrences. Howevi t r a n ger things have happened n. tnis >var. Generous Aiti ’•’« Russia Planes, Tanks aim 1 nod The lend-hva.se operatic. > under taken b.. the United States in March, 1941, represent one of the great pei'ii.- in the history of the present war and cannot be duplicated in any , previous war. Eight months after the policy got] underway we began to extend assis- ■ tance to the Russians, who had been" attacked by the German army in June, 1941. Since that time we have shipped to the Soviet more than 3,200 tanks, almost 2,600 planes and 81,000 trucks, jeeps and other mili tary motor vehicles. Some of the shipments have been lost at sea, says Edward R. Stettin ius, Jr., administrator of the lerul lease, who adds that our aid to Rus- I sia in' 1943, with food shipments | “rapidly growing in importance,” j It is interesting to note from his recent report that the United States has shipped more planes to Russia i than to any other war theatre, in ] eluding the British Isles. Moreover, the British have sent to the Russians ! 2,600 tanks and more than 2,600 planes. j Considering the fact that the United : States and Great Britain are engag | ed in two wars and that both had to start from scratch in equipping their own armed forces it would seem that they have extended generous assis tance to the Soviet government. Jeffers’ Criticism Untimely. Armed Forces Come First. The charges made by Rubber Ad ministrator Jeffers that army andi navy officers are curtailing and in-1 terferring with war plant production . represents an unusual example of what not to say. There naturally exisits differencees suggestions Vent in one ear and out the other, some of his advice was heeded and no doubt had had its in fluence in helping The Herald to have just a little better editor, though the veteran newspaperman had a mighty poor subject to work on. of opinion as to exactly how the na tion should meet all the problems of the present emergency but there is little to be gained by such remarks. We frankly prefer to submit the fate of the United States, in the present war, to the judgment of trained army and navy leaders thau to industrialists who happen to be in charge of specific programs. After all, the officers probably have some good reasons for the r'sition that they have taken even it they are not broadcast. We are now engaged in a very serious conflict. Only the trained of i fieers of the armed service.*; have j what Mr. Jeffers.: i-I other indus trialists would term ’ • t “kn v - ow. . I The nation might '.'ell lei these officers use their intelligence in meeting the war i r.-:is. A Naturally, Mr. *‘fers, as me ■ her chief, wants t produic rubber ! anil keep civilians riiting. It would be a nice feather in his cap and would be pleasing to everybody who wants to ride. -Just the same, it may be . that the armed services need some •things that they won’t get unless j civilians do less riding. The U-Boat Puzzle. What Berlin Claims. Escort Ships Needed. There is much -peculation as to j losses now being sustained by the j United Nations through the operaU n ‘of German, Italian and Japanisi Ü boats. ' Few reports indicate that Japan ese or Italian submarines are having ( much success but there are repeated estimates, by Americans, that the Germans are sinking 1,000,000 tons of ; shipping a month, i It may be interesting to state that the German High Command only claims that U-boats sunk 7,686,000 tons of Allied shipping in 1942. To i thus total Berlin adds nearly a mil-, j lion and a half tons, which it claims | represent sinkings by airplanes, sur face vessels, mines and other means. Berlin thus claims a grand total 'of 8,940.000 tons for 1942. It is rea ! sonable to suppose that any error ! has been made in favor of the Ger ; mans since Berlin knew that the fig ; ures would get out for foreign con sumption. We have no idea how |of shipping the United Natk;-. lost in 1942 but we have been impressed as other Americans, with the recent ly published forecasts and official admissions that the U-boat continues to menace prompt expedition of our war plans abroad. There are few signs that U-boats have been effective in the Mediter ; ranean and official reports assert this war, the United States Army moved six times as much supplies 1 abroad as in the first year of the last war. Contrariwise, the military expe-'% and the columnists advise us Germany has more I’-boats in opera tion than ever before, that a huge new fleet is under construction and that there will certainly be a more vigorous U-boat campaign, with heavier losses in Allied ships. Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Hor nam Noble, now representing the British Admiralty in Washington af ter commanding the British Mediter ranean fleet up to the time of the North African invasion terms that expedition a “perfect operation.” He says it involved the greatest number of ships ever gathered into one armada and was guarded by a sufficient air escort. Some 500 car go and transport vessels were accom-, pnnied by 350 warships and not one ship was sunk before the fleet pass ed Gibraltar and only one in advance of the actual landing. Admiral Noble reiterates that the answer to the submarine is “escort ships, more escort ships and still more escort ships.” He cites the l North African venture as proof that when enough escort ships we>e along | submarine attacks could hi «u' “<*ss fully countered. I ______________________ : Will Rogers’ Humorous Story By WILL ROGERS ONE of these here flapper ban dits was in the bandit lineup In the Chicago police court lately. She was a regular one, and such a per il feet bandit in her makeup that . you’d never know but what sne was a daughter of a North Shore mill- T jagg ionaire packer, all made up for a party. She wore her most becom ing clothes, which wasn’t much as far as quality was concerned. She had on about eight ounces sf stuff, becomingly, arranged as a shirt ana waist and stockings. There was a big bruiser along with her, and aha was telling the judge it was all his I fault. “This guy done all the rough ' stuff,” she say*. "He got me into 1] this mess. Why, judge, ne’s a wdpv known good-for-nothing. You kne _ him, don’t you?” “Yea, he’s been in hare n let of times, and I knew he's • worth less bum. But go on.” ; “Well, you're right, lodge, he*i n worthies* bum. He’s Been hiding behind my shirts for years.” "Humm,” says the judge. 1 never thought he was gone that little."