H. W. Thomas Dies
In Wilson County
Hospital Sunday
Veteran Newspaperman
Victim of Heart
Attack
WELL KNOWN
Very Close Friend of
% Former President
- Wilson
i
Harvey W. Thomas, who tor several j
years lived in Edenton during which
time he wrote for a group of news
papers, died Sunday morning in the
Wilson County Hospital, to which
institution he went when leaving
Edenton a little over a year ago,
Mr. Thomas succumbed to a sudden
heart attack similar to a number he
experienced while living at Hotel |
Joseph Hewes before entering the,
hospital. » I
Mr. Thomas was a newspaper man J
of many years' experience, beginning I
as a country correspondent in south-,
ern New Jersey for New York and!
New Jersey newspapers. He was at
one time editor of an Atlantic City j
newspaper, being hired by the hoard-;
walk hotel men primarily to fight un
fair taxation and created no little
attention while editing the paper.
He was also at one time postmaster
of Atlantic City, being appointed by
President Wilson, who was a very
close friend. The first World War
President later offered Mr. Thomas
a diplomatic post in Belgium, which
he refused.
Mr. Thomas had traveled exten
sively and was a very well read man,
being able to converse intelligently
upon almost any subject which might
arise. He had a nose for news and j
while In Edenton he was responsible
for more Edenton date lines appear
ing in various periodicals than any
previous newspaper person.
He at one time held a responsible
position with the Prudential Insur
ance Company, being supervisor of
publications. He handled large sums
of money for the insurance company,
and his advertising programs attract
ed nation-wide attention. He also
directed Red Cross drives in New
Jersey during the last war.
Mr. Thomas was the author of at
least two books, “The Signers of the
Declaration of Independence" and
“The Lives of the Presidents.”
\ Mr. Thomas came to Edenton as
correspondent for the News and Ob
server and his stories were accepted j
by a group of other newspapers, both :
in this and other states. He came to j
North Carolinn primarily to get his
son started as a newspaper corre
spondent at Wilson.
Funeral services were held at Mount j
Holly, New Jersey, Tuesday after-;
noon. Surviving are his wife and;
daughter, Miss Katharine Thomas, j
who live in East Orange, N. J., and j
a son, John G. Thomas, a newspaper ;
man at Wilson, N. C. A brother Ar
thur Thomas of Oakland, Calif,, and
a sister. Mrs. S. A. Atkinson of
Mount Holly, N. J., also survive.
Growers To Combat
White Peach Scale
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The growing invasion of the white j
peach scale, which has "made sub
stantial gains in North Carolina or-j
chards since 1940, will be met with a;
“secret weapon" this year, reports
Dr. Clyde F. Smith, entomologist of (
N. C. State College.
Not serious for many years, the
peach scale made noticeable gains in
the Sandhills in 1940, moved into
new territory and new orchards in;
1941, and made additional advances j
last year.
Dr. Smith said the “secret weapon” j
farmers can use against this unwel- ]
come invader is two applications of a i
4 percent oil emulsion. The two
sprays should be applied before the
buds begin to swell on the trees.
They should be spaced about two
weeks apart.
The State College specialist sug
gested that growers go through their i
orchards and spray the infected trees!
first. Then two or three weeks later, !
the entire orchard should be sprayed
with the oil emulsion.
If the sprays are applied thorough
ly, they will control the white peach j
scale, as well as another enemy, the j
San Jose scale. Two sprays are ah-;
solutely necessary for satisfactory
control, Dr. .Smith said.
JOE HABIT RETURNS
Joe Habit returned Friday from
New York, having returned earlier
than he contemplated due to exper
iencing considerable inconvenience
because of snow. Immediately upon
his return, he re-opened his case and
having secured a competent cook is
'low operating his case as usual.
T. E. L. CLASS TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting of
the T. E. L. Class of the Edenton
Baptist Church will be held Monday
evening with Mrs. Clayton Hollowell.
The meeting begins at 7:30 and all
members are urged to attend. Visi
tors are always welcome.
Mr. And Mrs. Hollowell
Celebrate 50th Wedding
Anniversary Feb. 2nd
Mr. and Mrs. B. ivi. Hollowell, Sr.,
celebrated their 50th wedding anni
versary on reuruary first, at their
country home at Small Cross Roads.
Their children gave a dinner par- ,
ty in their honor at 7 o’clock Monday
evening.
The children are: Mrs. George As
bell of Sunbury, Mrs. Lena Asbell,
Mrs. Edna Asbell, Mrs. Lindsay
Evans, Mrs. Melton Bateman, B. M.
Hollowell, Jr., Tommy Hollowell and
Bertram Hollowell all of Chowan
County, Miss* Orene Hollowell of
l Reidsville, and Weldon Hollowell, U.
IS. A., now in camp in Alabama. I
Those present for the dinner were: j
Mr. and Mrs. George Asbell and chi)- (
. dren id' Sunbury, Mrs. Lena Asbell |
; and children, Mrs. Edna Asbell and
I children, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Evans l
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Melton Bate
man and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Hollowell and children, B. M.
Hollowell, Jr., and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Bertram Hollowell and son,
Mrs. Rosa Ward, Mrs. Luke Hollowell
and son of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. and l
i Mrs. A. M. Forehand, Rev. and Mrs.
iJ. T. Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. It. H. j
: Hollowell, Mr. and Mrs. E, N. Elliott
| and George E. Goodwin. Mr. and ;
j Mrs. Hollowell have 21 grandchildren
I and one great grandchild.
Cotton Crop Insurance
Program Is Completed
Plans for offering 194 b crop insur
ance to every cotton producer in
North Carolina have been completed
and will he in operation in every cot j
ton producing county of the State i
within a few days, according to Tom
M. Cornwell, Cleveland County farm
er and a member of the State AAA
Committee.
The 1943 insurance program was I
explained to field officers of the
AAA and others by officials of the!
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
j at a meeting held at the State AAA
Office at Raleigh.
Yields which may be insured and;
premium rates have already been!
compiled and now are in county AAA ’
I offices where applications may be :
made until April 1.
“This insurance is not designed to !
make money for either the farmer or \
the Crop Insurance Corporation,"!
Cornwell said. “It is offered as a
part of the national farm program j
to protect the fanner against partial!
or total loss of income in years when j
he has a crop failure due to any cause
beyond his control.”
Under the program, cotton pro- j
ducers have the option of insuring 1
either 50 or 75 percent of their nor
j mal yields against losses from such;
! causes as floods, drouth, hail, Wind-1
: storm, insect damage, and fire. The j
! program this year also covers losses
caused from wartime shortages of;
, labor, machinery, and materials dur
ing the growing period which it is i
j impossible for the producer to over-j
eonie.
Cotton insurance was offered for
the first time in North Carolina last
! year, and more than 11,000 growers
insured their yields.
Picture Circular
Issued On Gardens
A new publication showing in pic
; tores the step-by-step procedure in
preparing and growing a garden has
; just been issued by the Extension
Sen ice of N. C. State College.
Prepared by' Lewis I’. Watson, the
i publication is designed to impress
the gardener with the importance of
j proper preparation of the seed bed,
the correct placement of fertilizing
materials, the proper handling of
seed and plants, and the necessity of
good care in cultivating the plants
; during their growing period.
A free copy of this booklet may be j
! obtained by writing to the Agricul
j tural Editor, State College, Raleigh,
I and asking for Extension Circular
i No. 261, “A Garden Guide.”
The illustrated guide shows how a j
garden should be handled from the
time the ground is broken to the!
time the vegetables are harvested
The methods described, according to
Watson, are those which have been
i tried and found satisfactory under
! normal conditions.
| Forty-seven of the step-by-step
pictures are contained in the 20-page
circular, which has an attractive
cover page of tomatoes in color.
Memorial Services At
Gale Street Church
Memorial Day services will be held
1 at the Gale Street Baptist Church on
; Sunday, February 14, the services
beginning at 10 a. m., and running
into the afternoon.
An interesting program has been
arranged which includes special mus
ic, the features of the service being
speaking both niorning and afternoon
by the Rev. G. D. Griffin, of Eliza
beth City, who was the second pas
tor of the church.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s Fire Department will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
o’clock. FTre Chief R. K. Hall de
sires a full attendance and for that
reason every member is requested to
be present.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943
| OUR DEMOCRACY byM.t j
To WIN THIS WAR. EVERY MAN. EVERY WOMAN.
EVERY CH/LO HAS A "/VA/C" TO FORGE ....
LACK OF A FULL MEASURE OF WORK, OF
SAVING AND SACRIFICE,OF WHOLE-HEARTED
DETERMINATION —ON THE PART OF ANY ONE OF US -
HANDICAPS OUR FIGHTING MEN, j
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Earlier Marketing
Os Calves Advised
Getting the steer calves ready for
. market a year or more earlier than
i usual has been suggested to 4-H
i Club members and livestock men by
| L. I. Case, in charge of animal has-1
j bandry extension at N. C. State Col-j
] lege.
The club members, by feeding out
I the calves for six to eigjit months m-<
! stead of handling them in the usual
i way, will aid in increasing the total
j amount of meat available from North
! Carolina farms.
j Home grown steer calves are the 1
best to feed, Case explained. Next!
best are thrifty animals purchased:
i as near the home community as possi
] ble at commercial prices. L’ndei
i present conditions, show yard stand
j ards are of less importance than
! economy in production.
The State College specialist ex
■ plained further that calves from two.
1 good flesh are recommended. The
Ito 10 months old and in reasonably
animals should be started each Feb
ruary or March for fall sale, and in
August or September for sale next
spring.
Fifty bushels of corn or its equiva
lent in concentrated feed are re
quired to geta calf ready "for mar
ket, which will account for gains of
from 400 to 500 pounds. In addition,
it will require from 1,000 to 1,200
pounds of good roughage to feed a
calf six to eight months.
If possible.. Case said, the calf!
should he sin ted on grain before
weaning. Because of the need for
milk in the war effort and economy
of gains, the calf should be weaned,
at about 500 pounds weight.
Colon Sawyer Very 111
In Norfolk Hospital
Friends will regret to learn that!
Colon Sawyer, son of Mi - , and Mrs. C.
W. Sawyer, former Edentonians but
now living at Hilton Village, Vir- 1
i ginia, is in a serious condition in the
] Naval Hospital, at Norfolk. Young
Sawyer, who & short time ago er.-
! listed in the 1. S Navy, is suffering
from spinal meningitis, which devel
oped after an attack of measles.
Wanted!
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MALE OR FEMALE
For Full Time Job
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A & P TEA CO.
Edenton
Coffee Shop Closed At
Hotel Joseph Hewes
Faced with an acute labor situa
, tion as well as difficulty in securing
; food, G. H. Harding, proprietor of
! Hotel Joseph Hewes, on Sunday
! closed the coffee shop for the dura
i tion, signs to that effect being post
ed on the doors.
s Mr. Harding expects to enter the
I service and operation of the coffee
shop would add to the responsibili
, ties of Mrs. Harding, who will con
tinue in charge of the hotel. It is
expected, however, that the coffee
shop will be leased very shortly.
NEWS
FOR MOTORISTS
—as broadcast this week on
S«the Kaltenborn program
I Announcer:
“Are you one of those people who think
that because you’re driving less you can
/JBl get along with less frequent lubrication r
I )as) Ih en listen to this sound advice from
Bl Pure Oil lubrication engineers. Your car
needs lubrication, for safety, at least
Listen to H. V. Kalian
born, dean of News every sixty days—even if you have only
7:43™*M. t ™°WTAt! driven six to eight hundred miles during
Norfolk, Monday thru that period. Greases are designed for
Raleigh, Monday thn. action. If they don t get the action they
Thursday. were b u jj t for, they are apt to break down
even during a fairly short interval—and
you don’t get the lubrication protection
your car should have. So make it a point
to see your Pure Oil dealer regularly for
Pure Sure Lubrication. His expert serv
ices will help you make your car operate
with maximum efficiency and economy jj
—and get every mile you’re entitled to
WINSLOW OIL COMPANY
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Distributors of Pure Oil Products
Hertford, N. C
Be sure (pure| with Pure
Point Rationing
System Expected I
During February
Book One Necessary In
Order to Secure
Book Two
Because of the needs of our armed
forces, rationing has become neces
sary, and already its effect has, been
felt, even if not enjoyed, by praetic
i ally' everybody. Rationing of foods
'.will, however, become more pro--
. nounced with the proposed adoption
of the point system of rationing sche
duled to go in effect March 1. Soon,
therefore, citizens will be obliged to
register for War Ration Book Two,
and to secure this book War Ration
Book No, 1 must be presented.
At midnight February 20,. sale of
canned goods including fruits and
vegetables, is scheduled to close and
not be resumed until the rationing l
becomes effective.
Rapidly' gro.i ing American and
Allied arnuHi -forces fighting in. wider j
battle fronts need more food, cloth
ing and ammunition, anil if there is
not plenty for both soldjeis and civil
ians, then civilians must get along on
less, Rationing assures all a fair
share of the scarce goods necessary
to protect health aim to keep work
ing.
The new point rationing will en
able each peisoii to buy a fair share
of some ire.n ill a similar group of
commodities, and is regarded as the
best system of rationing a group of
similar commodities which can be
substituted for one another. Every
one will be entitled to use a certain
number of points each ration period
out of Book Two to buy commodities
!in that group. Each commodity ra
tioned will be given a point value,
and each person will be allowed so I
many points worth of the commodity
in a certain group during a period of]
time. Point values will always be
posted on counters, bins or cash )
registers.
It was easy to plan the coupon ra-!
tinning system. It worked well for!
such food items as coffee and sugar.
However, there are few foods which j
are as easy to ration as sugar and!
coffee, which is why the point sys-;
tern will be introduced.
! j
Love Match
1 First Sailor—You say you are go
ging to marry a woman with SIOO,OOO j
1 and you add it’s a love match.
• Second Sailor —It is! I love money.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock,
the weekly meeting of Unanimity
Imdge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will he
held in the Court House. Visiting
Masons are extended a cordial invita
tion to attend.
DO YOU kftOW—
-#AHA«k-
exact evidence as to
the origin of the nickname
“gob” in connection with
sailors of the U. S. Navy is
lacking, but the term was
applied to the English
Coast Guards many years
ago. An old meaning of
“to gob” is to split and the
name may be from this
source.
OMcCtaK Ncraaos 'i.lri
CARD OF THANKS
Our deepest appreciation gv.es oil'
to all the friends who made oni loved
one comfortable in her last days, and
have extended t<> those of us who re
main so much kindness and sympathy,
J. S. Turner and Family.
BABY CHICKS
U. S. - N. C. Approved
First hatch Jan. 21 and each
Friday thereafter. Rocks, New
Hampshires, White Leghorns.
Hatchery on l. S. Highway No.
17, two miles west of Edenton in
front of 1,. R. Sutton’s home.
Superior Hatchery
DRAMATIC ADVENTURES WITH
WORLD-FAMOUS DETECTIVES
“Manhunting With the Pinker
] ton’s," a new series of articles relal
i ing dramatic adventurers of world -
] famous defectives on the trail of
dangerous criminals. Don’t miss
i these exciting stories beginning
: February 7th in
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