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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.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
BE SURE YOU ARE IN THE CHANNEL OF DI
VINE LOVE: I am the vine, ye are the branches. He
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.—
John 15:5.
An Irreparable Loss
Death early Wednesday morning summoned another
of Chowan County’s sons when Julien Wood died after
an illness of only 10 days’ duration. In his passing
Edenton and Chowan County suffers an irreparable
loss for he was one of the county’s most outstanding
citizens.
Though no doubt one of the section s most educated
■men, Mr. Wood was slow to speak and when he did,
every word apparently was weighed, so that his advice
in any matter was highly regarded. He was a Southern
gentleman of the old school, a quiet, unassuming in
dividual, always polite and kind, so that he held the
respect and admiration of friends who are legion.
Though not given to fanfare, Mr. Wood was a booster
for the section he loved. He never failed to perform
any duty thrust upon him, and was more energetic in
matters pertaining to the welfare of Edenton than
many serving with him who were much younger in
years.
The editor of The Herald counts if a privilege and
an honor to have known Mr. Wood, and on a number
of occasions to have served with him on committees
appointed for some specific purpose in betterment of
the commupnity.
Mr. Wood was well-educated and a man of influence,
but he also was a man who knew how to make ana
keep friends and found it not too much trouble to con
verse with them wherever he happened to meet them.
The writer feels keenly the loss of he who has de
parted, and this loss and sorrow in the immediate family
is multiplied many fold. The Herald, therefore, tenders
its sincere condolence to the family in their deep afflic
tion, for as he was valuable to the community, so was
he even more valuable, honored and loved by his family.
He Got A Lift
To realize success in a venture, after devoting mucn
thought, time and work was the portion of the Rev. V.
C. Benson this week, when rooms at the hotel were
leased for a local USO Club and a director, Abe Martin,
was appointed to supervise its operation. It was at a
Rotary meeting several months ago that Mr. Benson
made an address on community sendee, and though
not a member of the club, he was requested to take the
initiative in providing proper recreational facilities for
sendee men. Several meetings pertaining to the mat
ter followed and though little progress at first seethed
apparent, Mr. Benson refused to give up the idea and
doggedly jumped from one angle to another.
Possibly the mose encouragement resulted when hr
met Vesper C. Smith, associate regional supervisor
for USO, who gave the persistent-working preacher
every consideration. Mr. Smith, a high type of man.
is one of those individuals who makes a.good impression i
and wins friends at first meeting. He was thoroughly
cooperative in helping to establish a USQ Club here,
and apparently has as a goal the policy of cooperation
without friction.. Mr. Smith made a good impression
on committee members and his pleasing personality and
cooperative spirit had no little to do with Mr. Benson,
continuing until the USO Club was assured.
There’s Only One Trouble
“The farm labor problem was quite serious last year
and the indications are that it will be so critical this
year as to jeopardize even our national safety,” said
Governor J. M. Broughton in a recent press release,
which further stated, “Throughout the nation there is
grave concern about the production of essential food and
feed crops. North Carolina, which ranks among the
first four states in the volume of its agricultural pro
duction, will feel this situation very acutely. Undoubt
edly we should plan now to coordinate the efforts of
every State agency in order to solve this vital problem.
Furthermore, we should seek to cooperate with every
federal agency dealing with this all-important question.
However, we cannot sit down and wait for Washington
to settle our farm problems for us. To do so may in
volve us in a very serious predicament.”
Governor Broughton, in order to give the subject im
mediate and thorough study as well as prompt ana co
ordinated effort, has appointed a special commission to
try to reach a solution for the plight of farmers who,
while urged to grow larger crops, are greatly handi
capped by lack of sufficient labor on farms. Un
doubtedly various and sundry proposals will be ad
vanced, but as The Herald sees it, there is only one
thing which needs to be done to hold labor on the
farms, and that is to make it possible for the farmer
to compete with wages paid for labor in other kinds oi
work.
The Herald doesn’t believe that it is especially a
dislike for farm work that has caused so many to leave
farms to secure other jobs. The primary reason, with
out doubt, is a more regular and fatter pay envelope
at the end of a week’s work, and who blames any man
for accepting a job at a salary, say two, three or even
four times what he can earn on a farm? The farmer
himself does not blame his labor for leaving, and while
he hates to see workers leave one by one, he cannot be
gin to meet the wages offered elsewhere.
Os course, many have left farms to enter the armed
forces which has had its effect on labor, but the opinion
of this newspaper is that far more have left the farms
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943
vwEARD and SEEM
JtM—— By “BUFF” .
An interesting letter was received during the week
from Charlie Swanner, saying he had received the first
batch of Chowan Heralds since he left the States.
Other than that he is in the Aleutian Islands, Charlie
could not say exactly where he is located, but was very
frkuch impressed with the sights he saw while on the
trip to his present quarters, saying the voyage to
Dutch Harbor was uneventful. Charlie commented up
on the splendid entertainment for service men while
in California, at one time being stationed only 50 miles
from Hollywood. Where he now is located, he says,
there are a couple of things which he doesn’t have to
worry about. One is rationing of whiskey because
there just isn’t any. The other is keeping late dates,
for the simple reason that there are no women within
hundreds of miles. Charlie says that he is feeling fin*,
and getting along swell under the circumstances, but
winds up his letter by wishing that he could be back in
Carolina. Os course, he had to say something about
fishing and asker if Cal Kramer and Walter Wilkins
had gotten behind. He also made a guess that Rupert
Goodwin has little trouble in disposing of the stock
down at the corner of Broad and Queen Streets. It was
nice to hear from Charlie and here’s hoping more of the
boys write, for they can tell us of some interesting
things which are not military secrets.
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William E. Barrow also sent an attractive card from
Scott Field, Belleville, 111., where he was graduated
from the radio school. He has been transferred to
Kearns, Utah, and of course requested his. address
changed so that he can keep up with what is going on
at home. He said he will soon be ready to put into
practice what he has learned.
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James T. Twine, who has recently been promoted to
sergeant, has been transferred from Will Roger*
Field in Oklahoma, to the Army Air Base at Casper,
Wyoming. He says he enjoys reading The Herald and
asked to be billed when his subscription nears the end,
so that he doesn’t miss an issue. Gosh, why don’t all
of our subscribers do that very same thing?
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For the information of those people in Edenton who
have never seen the proceedure in hatching fish, a batch
of yellow perch are now in the process of being hatch
ed at the U. S. Fish Hatchery here. Superintendent
W. C. Bunch will be glad to show visitors this interest
ing sight, and incidentally the Fish Hatchery is one of
the very few government projects for which to visit
it is still unnecessary to secure a pass or go through a
lot of red tape. And by gosh, maybe that’s what’s
wrong with our hook and line fishing of late. Have j
any Japs, Germans or Italians been hanging around
here. Whether there’s been some sabotage or not.
fishing just “ain’t what it was last year.”
o
During cold weather a lot of folks drink whiskey to
keep warm and when it is hot, some of these same peo
ple drink the stuff to cool themselves a bit. But it’s
gone further than that now, for the other day I fteara a
fellow say, “I’m as hungry as a bear—give me a drink
of that whiskey.” Powerful stuff, eh?
Having teeth yanked out makes a lot of difference
in the appearance of a fellow, which will be vouched
for by Raleigh Hollowell. Recently it was necessary
for Raleigh to have all of his remaining teeth removed,
and he's geeting along all right except he cannot eat
some of the things he did before. At any rate, the
other day he called at a colored woman’s home to col
lect insurance. In this particular case he collects oniy '
once a month, so that it was his first call since he ftas
been toothless. When he told the woman he wanted to
collect insurance, she looked at him and said, “Is you
some kin to dat Mr. Hollowell what used to collect from
me?” Raleigh was stumped, but after a while replied,
“No,. I’m no kin to that ugly-looking fellow who useo i
to collect,” The colored woman, none the wiser, re
i plied, “Well, you sho fovors him.”
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?,Jiss \ Elizabeth Wozelka . was. a . welcome visitor in
The Herald office, Tuesday. She now lives in Wash
ington, If. U., and despite the reported crowds in the
national capital, it appears that living there agrees
with her. At any rate, she has some advantage by tie
ing small, for she is able to sUp through small open
ings in the huge crows where, apparently, it is a case
of everyone for himself. It must be a strenuous
“sport” getting to and returning home from work, but
Miss Wozelka apparently has weathered the storm
all right.
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It was a pleasure this week to receive a tetter from
Mrs. G. L. Davenport, who lives near Mackeys. In the
letter was a check for $3.00 to pay renewal of subscrip
tions for Mrs. G. S. Cutrell, who lives in Washington,
D. C., and N. W. Spruill, whose home is in Charleston,
S. C., both cousins of Mrs, Davenport. Mrs. Cutrell
, and Mr. Spruill were raised in Edenton and lived here
many years, says Mrs. Davenport. She expects of their
old associates very few remain, but still the former
Edentonians are very much interested in the progress
of the town. Apparently The Herald hasn’t made
much progress, for Mrs. Davenport says she has some
old Edenton papers dated 1877 which her mother saved,
and at that time the price of the Edenton paper was
in order to secure higher wages than have enterea
the service.
Farmers are not unlike other human beings, so that
it is not strange to find among their number those who
brag about their success. At the same time, there are
some who complain irrespective of how plenteous a crop
is produced or how large the income is from the sale
of crops. It is characteristic among a certain group
that wages on the farm should be lower than any other
class of work, regardless of how much money is made
as the result of this labor.
If growing of food is as important as the building of
defense projects or producing implements of war, then
surely the labor necessary to produce this food is en
titled to wages at a par with comparative labor on de
fense work. Until farm labor is changed from $2.00
and less per day, to something like what laborers re
ceive on defense work, farmers can expect to lose their
hands, and until the farmer is given some relief to meet
such rising costs in labor, the food problem will con
tinue to be a vexing one despite the setting up of com
missions and the arguments to find ways and means to
remedy the situation.
| Tin Cans |
Edenton’s Street Department
will again on Friday morning
collect tin cans, which house
wives are requested to have at the
curb by 9 o’clock. This is a con
tinuation of the schedule of mak
ing a collection every third Fri
day.
WHITTERFIELD—STEPHENSON
Mrs. Sam X. Stephenson, of Nor
folk, Virginia, announces the mar
riage of her daughter, Mildred Dar
den Stephenson, to James M. Whit
terfield, of Philadelphia, Pa. The
wedding took place Saturday' after
noon, March 6th, at 3 o’clock, in the
Miami Hotel in Dayton, Ohio.
Ceiling Price Set On
Herring By OPA
Maximum prices for processors
sales of salt-cured herring, a staple
for many low-income families, have
been established by OPA. Prices to
the domestic consumer, which will be
established under wholesale and re
tail fixed margin regulations, will re
main about where they are now.
Ceilings for the herring (alewives)
which are caught along the Atlantic
coast, in the Chesapeake Bay, and in
the rivers of Virginia and North
Carolina in March, April and May,
are based on a price of $10.35 per
thousand to the fishermen.
$1.50 per year. She says it is in
teresting to read in a copy of the old
paper the prospects of a railroad to
Edenton. Mrs. Davenport is 75 years
(young) and well remembers the
first excursion to Norfolk after the
‘ long struggle for a railroad, which
was June 1, 1883. But then, maybe
about 50 or 60 years hence it will
also be interesting to read in old
copies of The Herald about a ve
hicular bridge built across Albemarle
Sound—that was a fight, too, Mrs.
Davenport.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank White, Sr.,
received an unusual package from
their son, Sergeant Ned White, who
is stationed at Camp Beale in Cali
fornia. It was a bag filled with Eng-
I lish walnuts as large and larger than
■ a hen’s egg. Information on the bag
was to the effect that the walnuts
wre from the “Nut Tree” which
stands on the state highway near
Vacaville. The tree grew from a nut
picked up on Gila River in Arizona
and planted where the tree now
stands by Josiah Allison in 1859.
The highway follows the old immi
grant trail that was traveled by
“prairie schooners” which brought
the first settlers to California.
They’re some nuts and Friend White
left one of ’em on my desk, which I’ll
show to anybody—unless I get hun
gry before they ask to see it.
IT PAYS TO
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Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott spent
the week-end in Tarboro with Mrs.
Elliott’s mother, Mrs. Fannie B.
Knight,
Miss Marguerite Etta Evans, of
Westminster Choir School, Prince
ton, N. J„ is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Evans.
Mrs. W. H. Winbome and Hutch
ings Winbome visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Perry, of Rocky Hock, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hollowell, Sr.,
and Mrs. Lindsay Evans visited Mrs.
George Asbell, of Sunbury, Friday
afternoon.
Miss Frances Evans, of Courtland,
Va., spent the week-end with Mrs.
Z. W. Evans.
Mrs. W. A. Terry visited Mrs. J. H.
Asbell, Mrs. Z. W. Evans, Mrs. L. R.
Christie and Miss Helen Evans on
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. J. G. White and Miss Helen
Evans attended the Annual Confer
ence of Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, at Sanford, last week.
Mrs. L. R. Christie spent last week
in Hertford with Mrs. R. L. Knowles.
Mrs. B. W'. Evans, Mrs. L. R.
Christie, Misses Marguerite Etta,
Mary Winborne and Beatrice Wilson
Evans made a business trip to Suf
folk, Va., Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Esther Evans, of Hertford,
spent the week-end with Mrs. Z. W.
Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hollowell,
of Greenhall, spent Sunday with Mr.j
and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell. '
Mrs. Bertha Hoggard, of Coffield,|
was the week-end guest of Mr. and)
Mrs. C. J. Hollowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hollowell and
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hollowell, of
Corapeake, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hollowell Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Leary,
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Mr. and Mrs. Luke Hollowell and
son, of Portsmouth, Va., spent the
week-end with Mrs. Lena Asbell
Mrs. Wilbur Hollowell and son, of
Corapeake, spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Ralph Hollowell.
Mrs. W. D. Welch has returned
home after a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
John Welch, at Moyock.
Mrs. Herbert Dale, Mrs. Wayland
Perry and daughter went to Sunbury
Tuesday to see Dr. Payne, who is
treating Mrs. Dale.
Mrs. Norman Hollowell spent last
week at Harrellsville with her moth
er, Mrs. Minnie Holloman.
What’s Your Day Off?
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Officer —You’ve been doing
miles an hour. Don’t you care any
thing about the law?
Lady—Why, Officer, how can I
tell? I’ve only just met you!
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