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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1943
THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT:
DRAW ON THE UNISEARCHABLE DEPTHS: It
any man Tack wisdom, let him ask.of God, that giveth
to all men liberally anil upbraideth not and it shall be
given him. —James 1:5.
Catch Second Breath
Chowan County, up to Tuesday morning, had just
about reached the half-way mark in its Third V. ur ta.au
quota, when J. G. Campen, chairman of the Chowan
County War Finance Committee, figured $208,000
worth of bonds had been sold. The quota for Chowan
is $4)7,01 >0 so that while the half-way point has been
reached, the second half will, no doubt, be more diffi
cult to secure.
While the goal seems afar off, Mr. Campen con
tinues to be optimistic and believes the county will
rally to the need of funds and purchase enough bonds
to meet the quota. To that end, he begs of everyone
in the county, to go the limit in purchasing bonds from
now until September 30.
Patriotism alone should be an incentive to buy as
many bonds as possible, but aside from that fact. Tim
investment is the best in the world today- You are not
giving Uncle Sam anything when you buy bonds, but
you are making a safe investment with your dollars
going toward winning the war. which if not won vein
mean the loss- of freedom and bank, accounts as well.
Chowan’s quota is large, but. it is not conceded that
the. county cannot meet it. If every citizenwill do his
or her utmost in buying bonds, Chowan, without doubt,
will again be numbered among those who have gone
over the top.
Let’s Pull Together
In this issue of The Herald Mayor L. H. Haskett
makes an appeal to Edentonians to cooperate in helping
to make the town cleaner and more attractive. He
has made . several recent inspection trips during which
he found a number oC instances where the beauty anu
cleanliness of the town was marred principally due to
thoughtlessness or carelessness, and it i- because o;
this fact that he calls atention to the situation.
Os course, wlven: these . i rditiOns arise, naturally
criticism is focused at the Street Department, but in
this particular instance, the. Town employees are
blameless, for the untidy .premises in question happen to
be private property and . Tow n: employees have. no re
sponsibility in cleaning up private property. The de
partment. however, is and has been vitally interested in
maintaining a clean Town and up until recent months
boasted a reputation in this respect but with the growth
of the Town has tome added responsibilities for the de
partment aswelj as more carelessness on the part of
some who live here.
Mayor Haskett is to he commended upon hi- efforts
to improve the Town’s appearance, but until the citi
ben i y ns a w hole, w ant a cleaner Town and are willing
to cooperate, the Street Department, or two or three
Street Departments for that matter, cannot make any
appreciable progress over present conditions.
-The progress of civilization depends upon the co
operation of human beings but it is essential to
understand the necessity that the cooperation be vol
untary and not compulsory.
Voluntary cooperation, based upon the free will of
individuals, represents permanent gains for society.
Compulsory, cooperation, regardless of the pressure that
enforces it, inevitably creates individual dissatisfaction
ami w ill be dissipated whenever' the pressure is lifted.
Draft Os Fathers Postponed
Drafting of fathers, it seems, will be postponed for
some weeks, white a study of the status of single men
is concluded.
While we have no sympathy with the idea of some
Congressmen that the drafting of fathers is practically
immoral, we do not believe that they should be called
into the Army until it is absolutely necessary.
For some reason, the nation has failed to utilize
nearly a million illiterates, giving them deferred classi
fication. There is little doubt but that they could be
used, if necessary, in. limited occupations, but with the
effect of releasing other soldiers for the fighting front.
The same observation also applies , to the estimated
400,000 men who' have been deferred because of ven
erea! diseases. These men. it seems to us. should ue
taken into active service, sent to hospitals and cured.
Then, they could serve the nation as other young men
who do not have the disease.
The money loaned to the government, through the
purchase of War Bonds, makes it unnecessary to create
that much money and move that much closer toward
inflation.
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Home-front grumbling over minor inconveniences is
strange music to fighting men, shot to pieces on the
battlefield.
The war, we are told, has disrupted many homes;
from what we read, however, it has started a number
of families.
The suspicion is becoming general that the “simpli
fied, pay-as-you-go” tax plan is neither simple nor
paid-as-you-go.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1946
Heard and seeij j
. By “BUFF”
* Thanks to a reader of this column. I’ve been infom
ed of a new "disease” which is named “Pnonty Palsy.
In the mail the other day was the following:
PRIORITY PALSY
Do you get hot sweats after a long distance call to
black things in front of your eyes when
reading ?
Do vour shoulders ache?
L you afraid to go to sleep at night because you
think you’re going to die before morning.
Do you say the Lord’s Prayer before you open you.
mail in the morning ? • , i
Don’t worry, Brother, you ain’t going to die,
„ llt “PRIORITY PALSY.” It’s something new. Its a,
germ originated in the W, P. B. and is now beginning .
to affect the whole Nation. Doctors say 1 * * ,
bv a combination of eating too fast, worrying too muen,
not getting enough sleep and nervous tension Few I
people die with it. but everyone who gets it thinks he
is about to cash in. U comes about like this—you're
in a hurry and excited about something you must do
like filling out Form 5-856-ISEF-D on the 10th of the
month. Intent on that, you either forget your luncl.
which causes gas on the stomach due to being empty’,
you eat too fast and get indigestion. Then you be
en,'to pass gas and that causes a pain as if it was just
i.vev vour heart. You won’t die if you just say to H—
and get a little more rest than you’ve been getting ■
and don’t try to run both the. war and your business. ’
lf s Hell while it lasts —Doctors haven’t a name for n |
yet. but they will probably call it
EN DOC ARTQPRIORITIS
Most important, Brother, you won’t die with it even I
though you might be better off dead.
K. H. Bachman is the latest one to comment on my j
recent operation, and he’s an “old hand” at hospital ex
periences. At any rate, he told me about one which he J
recalls very vividly. It was while he was waiting for
one of a series of blood transfusions that he heard one
of the doctors say, “He will not live until 9 o’clock,
which was only a few hours in the offing. But tne
doctor missed his guess for Friend Bachman is stm
very much alive and if you don’t believe it. just drop «
hint that you aie interested in some of the hidler |
merchandise.
Charlie Overman, at last Thursday’s Rotary meeting !
said that there are two things which he enjoys, one j
being a long, soothing sermon and the same sort ol a
Rotary talk, for it affords him a splendid opportunity
to slip in a nice little snooze. It so happened that Dei
was sitting in front of your- truly who had the program
for the meeting and was planning to read a long treatise f
on the art of printing. It also happened that Chaplain
Henry Chace was sitting close by and heard ( harlie’s
remarks. 1 told Charlie to get settled for a snooze,
while Chaplain Chace said: "Well, in defense of the
! preachers, there is some consolation to know that we
can do some good for the bodies of some people if not;
for their souls.” Friend Charlie did not sleep duiinp |
one meeting at any rate.
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And speaking about the Rotarians, they have agreeu j
to foot the bill for a nice barbecue pit at the Armory. ,
One member made tie suggestion that possibly the .
bricks would be contributed by some one not a member
of the Club, which met with immediate opposition.
"We want this to be strictly a Rotary affair, said lzzy |
Campen. "If there is anyone in Edenton having enough |
extra bricks, why not moke him a member of the i
Club?”
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Edenton Rotarians arid Lions are very anxious to
see Chowan meet its quota of war bonds and have enter
ed into a contest to see which Club is responsible for the
most sales. At the conclusion of the drive, the losing
Club is to furnish dinner to the winners. Some Rotar
ians figure they have the jump on the Lions, for with j
Mint W arren at the bank, Cal Kramer at the Postoffiee, j ]
ami even -I. (1. Campen, chairman of the County War j
Finance Committee, being Rotarians. they ought to do
speli of talking to sell bonds, in which case the Rotary j
Club would get credit; Any way, some of the Rotarians |
feel that if they lose in the contest, the above-namee :
trio ought to foot the bill. I hen, the Rotary Club has j
another advantage, for the writer is a Rotarian and i- j
the Lions win maybe nary a line will ppear about the
outcome, but if the Rotary Club wins - well, that would
be different.
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Haywood Jones, who operates a grocery store near j
The Herald office, believes in newspaper advertising. j
but. the other day he used a different method. He had ,
just managed to get hold of a couple of. boxes of candy j
which, of course, i - very scarce these days. Picking j
out a.piece of the candy, he stood in the doorway of his j
store and proceeded to eat it. prominently displaying it,
as he raised it to his mouth. It wasn’t very long until \
his newly acquired stock of candy had entirely dis-j
appeared. Os course, there are some storekeepers wno j
keep the stuff, especially popular brands, under cove:, j
i Gosh, i.aven't business practices changed along some
| lines?
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According to the way gun shells which will be avail:
i able are handled, it looks as though the farmer has
been “looked after.” Anyway, one of ’em, the other
day said, “Oh yes, the ‘boys’ in Washington realize aii
election is approaching, so that once again they must
! look out for the ‘poor old farmer’ by seeing to it that
| we get gun shells first.” However, the fellow wound
i up his remark thusly: “They always ‘look after’ the
| farmer around election time, but in the end the ’poor
!'• farmer’ gets the dirty end of the stick.”
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j Maybe the life of the Lady Marines isn’t so hard after
' all, if what I heard one of ’em say the other night is any
| indication. The attractive young lady was walking
along Broad Street, when she told her companion, “. . . .
and when this war is over and I go home, I’m never
again going to wear high-heel shoes and silk
stockings.”
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| Chief of Police Tanner is convinced that his wife
would make a good supervisor of labor on a defense
project. You see, the Tanners moved to Edenton from i
Rocky Mount Saturday and since then the Missus has I
I put him to work helping to get the.
house fixed up. He was not allowed!
to knock off on Monday night until!
about 10 o’clock and when he arrived
down town he looked as though he
had been pushed through a knot-hole
with a white-wash brush. Anyway,
he’s glad he has his family with him
and now’ feels that he really is n
part (and a big part) of Edenton.
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When it comes to fishing, 1 hand !
the palm to Frank Hughes. Satur
day afternoon, it will be recalled, |
lacked a lot of being as hot as some j
of the days we’ve had this summer,
and he, Willie White and the writer
went fishing. It so happened that 1
caught one more fish than Frans
| (Willie was high man) but as we left
i the final fishing hole the devilish
stringer caught oil a stump and;
‘ tore the line. It was Frank’s op- j
portunity to beat me, so he didn't!
do a thing but crawl out of every j
! stitch of his clothes, and ooze oyer- j
board. He slowed up a bit when the
chilly water reached his belly, but he '
was determined to get the fish, am..
finally did, taking credit, of course,
for every one he saved. He was shiv- j
ering up a storm when he crawled |
back into the boat, but as scarce as
fish are these days, coupled with the
second successive time of being low j
man, he figured it was no time to lose
fish, especially after they were on a
stringer.
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The Herald mascot, a little black
cat, recently adopted, has disappear
I PUN NOW TO CUT FEED ANOfillLlinxPESler?
SPRING... BY PUNTING COVER CROPS |
SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED OF 1
Genuine Abruzzi Rye j
(Delaware Grown) T
and Fulgrain Seed Oats f
We Are Now Booking Orders For New 72-inch 71-2 ounce J
and 8 ounce Burlap Peanut Bags and Hay Wire. f
MAY WE SERVE YOU? ?
Cut Your Corn Requirements In Half By Feeciinu e
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THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. C ~1
m The more / read about it. Judge, the more /
realize the tactics and requirements of this war
are as different from the one 1 Jougkt in 25
years ago as night is from day.”
“ Yes, and I can give you an example of
how true that is. Fred. In World War I the
chief uses of alcohol produced for war pur
poses were found in smokeless powder, medi
cal supplies and chemical warfare materials.
In this war the need for this product is far
more vital because it is also used as a fuel to
propel torpedoes, to make shatterproof glass
HFGĎJ
1 ed. Search high end low has been {
I made for the kitten, but no trace
has been found, so that about the
1 only conclusion 1 can come to is that
“the critter ventured off a little too
s far and happened to visit Scott s Seed
. and Feed Store, where one of Leon
1 Halsey’s rats decided to have a cat
steak. Anyway, Friend Leon Halsey,
manager of the store, had a rat in
fFrom where I sit...
/y Joe Marsh
"Well,* aaya Judge Cunning
ham. "I tea they’ve got it!”
“Got what?” 1 ta.vs.
"Look," beam* the Judge. And
ho pull* out an article about a
apodal kind o' lie detector-an
"alcoholometer” they call It
Whan a fellow gets haled Into
eourt for doing mischief, and
blame* it all on a “couple of
beera," this scientific machine
proves whether just a “couple of
•eel's" Is really the true answer.
And o’ court* it isn't Because
• oo up It ts beers, enjoyed with
0 If4l, SRfWINO INDUSTRY f < a r ,
Ms* H. tain. Slot* Director, 0.. tw .■ so.. . I'o.c.fli, N. C
1 a trap the other day which was large
enough to ©at cur cat.
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P Liquid for Mhl.mW SvatMtM
friends, Is a « ay people keep nut
of ti’imlile. i>r>( c<‘l into if!
From where i sit. i certainly
agree with the Junge. The fellow
with the alibi about a ‘Votinle
oT beers" is reflecting on g od
citizens everywhere who enjoy
-a quiet glass of beer with their;
meals -sinin' with their friend*
or jiist relaxing after a (I n '*
worn Alorierate folks like that
are entilitii to rut.' a .••ration.
• SS '
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for airplane windshields and instrument coy- *
ers, to make lacquers used in ramnnfl.^|.
equipment and us a base for synthetic rubber
needed for tires, gas masks, para troop equip
ment and dozens of other things. ft
“Every time I think of it, Fred, I realize
how fortunate we were in having a bevaraga
distilling industry in existence when war
broke out.,.ready and willing to cams*
100% to the production of this critically ;
needed war product I’m mighty sura boo*,
leggers wouldn’t have.” J