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PAGE TWO The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin HuttJap and Hector Lupton, at 423-4-5 South Broad Street. Edenton, N. C. Caroline . ■ -essassoc iahon*)) \jp* J. EDWIN BVPFLAP ~ —Editor HECTOR LEPTON—- Mgr. SEBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months 1 fEOU Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act of March 5, 1879 Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. d NOVEMBER 11, 1943 Both Glad And Sorry While it is the pleasure this week for The Herald to welcome a new minister of the Gospel to Edenton, at the same time regret is registered iiecause of the early de parture of another. The newcomer is the Rev. H. Preo Surratt, who was appointed at the Methodist Conference in Rocky Mount last week as pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church. He and Mrs. Surratt moved to Edenton this week and will live in the parsonage of the church, though Mr. Surratt will also serve the Windsor Church, where he bus been pastor for four years. The new pastor comes highly recommended, hE W ind sor congregation being delighted to have him for the filth year. He has also preached five years in Char lotte, lour in Graham, three in Thomasville, and two in Winston-Salem. The minister who will soon leave is the Ke\. F. Schuick, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, who ha.- resigned, the resignation to go into effect Decem ber 1. Mr. and Mrs. Schenck will go to Burlington, N. C., where Mr. Schenck ha- ‘accepted the rectorship of the magnificent Church of the Holy Comforter, a $190,000 church plant. Mr. Schenck has been the rector of St. Paul's for about a year, and during that time the church has en joyed a very pleasant and successful year. He is an able and promising young minister and in leaving for his new church, he will enter a field where ne believes he can be of more service. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schenck have endeared themselves to 1 many Edenton people in and out of St. Paul’s congregation, so that their de parture will be reason of no little regret. The Herald, therefore, welcomes the newcomers, the Kev. and Mrs. H. Freo Surratt, and joins with the many friends who will be sorry to see the Rev. and Mrs Lewis F. Schenck leave. Cut a Cord, Cook Axis’ Goose W lien the big artillery shells of the A. E. F. fell on Sedan, France, in early November, 25 years ago, the Fast and West armies of the Kaiser were cut in two and the Kaiser's goose was cooked. Then came the Armistice. Der Fuehrer’s goose will be cooked one day, too, anu then To jo’s. How soon depends on us at home as much as on our fighting men. For they can t win victories unless- w*c keep them supplied .vith more and better equipment than the enemy’s. Planes, ships, tanks and guns are essential needs, w€* know, but just us essential arc ammunition, rrient. food, medical supplies and a hundred other materials of war.needed in each day’s battle. One of the essential products for hundreds of item? of war today is puipwood. It goes into the manufacture of smokeless powder, surgical dressings, mine covers, cargo parachutes, vests for aviators, weatherproof maps, containers for blood plasma, first aid kits, emergency rations, just to name a few. Tons ot food and equipment are shipped overseas each, month in waterproof boxes and bags made of pulp wood which nas replaced millions of pounds ot critical metals. Now the nation, at war, is suffering from a serious puipwood shortage which can only be relieved by the farmers and woodcutters in puipwood producing areas like ours. We can’t all work oil the planes and ships and tanks and guns but every able-bodied man in the community can give them life by the fruits of his axe and saw. Remember the Victory I’ulpwood Campaign slogan: "Cut a Cord of Puipwood for Every Local Boy in Service.” We aren’t asked to. (Hi L. but to cut a cord, with profit to ourselves and with service to the nation. Your cord may help bring Sedan a little closer for Hitler and Tojo and provide the fire for the cooking of the Axis goose, forever. Buy More War Bonds Chowan County has been allotted its quota of war bond sales for November, the amount being $51,512. It’s a sizeable amount of bonds to be purchased in the county, but .1. G. Dampen, chairman of the war savings staff, is very optimistic that the quota will again be reached. Mr. Dampen, however,Warns that because the Allies appear to be getting the upper hand in the war should be no reason why there should be a let-up in buying bonds. Rather, he says, this encouraging news should have the opposite effect, for the more bonds bought, the mote materials can be provided our fighting forces which, in turn should hasten the day of complete victory over our enemies. Chowan County lias done a splendid job in buying war bonds thus far and citizens are urged to puli In their belts and determine to continue the good work. Armistice Day 1943 As the nation today honors its soldier dead, especially those who died in the first World War, let no American regard their sacrifice in vain. Brave men can do no more than lay down their lives for their country, which represents their people, and there is no justification whatever for the thought that the present war proves that the heroic dead wasted their lives. We are tired of the nonsense about losing the last w ar. We did not lose it. We won it decisively, magnifi cently. Those who fought its battles have a right to be proud of their contribution and to revere the memory of departed comrades. THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1943 H*~ EARD and SEEfJ j By “BUFF” " j “THE BATTLE OF DEAR OLE EDENTON” \\ hen God was designing creation And laying out oceans and sands \\ ith never a moment’s relaxation Not even to spit on his hands. As any one will do in a hurry He let things go now and then And in all the excitement and worry lie shook! have done it over again. So rather than mess up the outfit He saved every blunder and blob And stored them away in the comer id use at the end of the job. On the sixth afternoon of the contract Toward the end of the day He boiled down the dregs of corruption And shoveled the litter away. He gathered the scum and sewage The slop and wreckage and scum And built in the swamps of Carolina The great international dunm. He did this up in a hnrry And because of the rush he was in He named this place Edenton And Edenton it has always been. The politicians set aside this land And said it was one of their dreams And into this forsaken hole They sent United States Marines. The Negroes, Whites and Halfbreeds came To build the barracks fine And after months of sweat and toil The buildings were in line. Then they started on the mess halls And built them two abreast The Mess Officer said. “The chow in here Is of the very best.” Now hundreds formed in lines Extending to the street And after finally once inside Found very little to eat Then feeling gloomy and sarcastic Because it was Saturday night The Lord picked the sorriest comer And named it Edenton for spite. It is here that they do things backwards And the mud does not dry between rains Where costs and high prices are plenty And thievery is better than brains. It’s the land of the rebel and nigger The buzzards and sea-going crows My strongest impression of Edenton 1 received from the tip of my nose. It’s the land of an infernal odor This town of the ungodly smell The average United States Marine Would rather be stationed in Hell. The ABC is the only whiskey selling plYce And if you get there after six The door slams in your face. Marines are tough (or supposed to be) And like their whiskey strong But if you are lucky to get a pint The people think it is wrong. A pint ain’t much, and a good Marine Can drink a gallon or more But Hell, you can’t even buy the stuff When they close that gosh darn store. Now some boots stagger all over town After drinking one short beer Still, weak beer is served at Habit’s place Where the old salts sit and sneer. Some l»oots go on liberty With fire in their eyes And after ten minutes in the town They all sit down and cry. 1 could think of a million places That 1 would rather be Out fighting the little Japs Or far out on the sea. I’ve seen liberties good and bad But this is by far the worst You go to town and walk around And almost die of thirst. So listen, recruits and salty boots, And from this place stay dear The mail is always two weeks late And they sell yon water for beer. So it’s haqk to civilization for me Though I’m not wishing any one ill Edenton can rot for all I care And 1 really hone that it will. Yes. it’s back to civilization for me, A sadder, but wiser chap, The Lord played a joke on all mankind When he put Edenton on the map. I’ve heard about the above poem for some time, but inly this week was I able to get my mitts on it. It’s characteristic of some people not to be satisfied with anything or anybody, and despite the fact that Edenton people always have been and still are very anxious to be hospitable and friendly to those who come here, this poem in no uncertain manner reflects the feeling of the writer and it sounds as though he may not like Edenton very much, by heck. However time was when Edenton was more or less bottled up and it was hard to get here and hard to leave when once here. It’s only a matter of about 20 years ago that the writer consumed from three to nine hours to go from Edenton back to Eliza beth City or vice versa, which meant getting stuck in the mud, detouring in some cases through a woods to skip a more dangerous place in the road, rigging up a way to continue the journey due to a broken automobile spring or some other accident brought about by difficult traveling conditions. There were no bridges, and the only exit south was byway of a ferry across the Albe marle Sound. But there’s been a vast change, for now there’s a fine vehicular bridge across the Albemarle Sound, and one across the Chowan River, there’s a *road hard-surfaced highway leading north toward Suffolk, another leading northeast toward Elizabeth City and Norfolk. There are no barriers or guards on these high ways, so that any person dissatisfied with Edenton can easily go elsewhere. Then there’s another hard-sur faced road leading down into the Yeopim section and on to the Albemarle Sound, where the caustic critic can S; ~~ .... i _ "AMcta Lucky Y» AM a BWr jump overboard if he wishes. True, if the writer is in the Marine Corps, he cannot leave at his will, but on the other hand Edenton and Chowan County have over 600 splendid young men who are in every branch of the service and who will be damned glad to get back to the place which the writer of this poem (?) terms such a forsaken hole. o Wade .Marr, of Elizabeth City, to- j gether with Will Gaither and Ed J Conger, were visitors at last week s | Rotary meeting. Wade, the silver- j tongued orator, did not make a I speech, hut he did tell me, as we ate j side by side, that everything is now | rationed except breath and that getting short. Wade also advanced a cure for Charlie Overman’s habit of snoozing through a sermon or Rotary speech. Charlie was for a long time located down Manteo way, so that Wade’s suggestion was to place a salt brick near him so that he can again breathe the salt air. Jim Daniels and 1 ought to have] some good speckled perch fishing in | a year or so. for 1 allowed him to go - along the other day when Carey! Bunch and his assistants at the Fish ] Hatchery turned loose a few thousand j young fish up the creek. Jim promis-: ed me he would not bother the hole I i where they were planted unless I was j i along and I blindfolded that Fish j Hatchery gang so they wouldn’t know where they were. Here’s hoping the young perch stay where they were put—and it wasn’t at the Fish Hatch- | ery bridge. Anybody want to get rid of a job? j It looks as if I’m in the market for j almost anything, for a week or two I ago the chairmanship of the Chowan | Chapter of the National Foundation ' for Infantile Paralysis was unloaded « on me and a little later Eddie Spires < and Mayor Haskett “drafted” me as < chairman of the Chowan County Sal- « vage Committee, If 1 had enough < space. I’d like to list all the duties < I’m expected to perform. Which coup- * led with getting out a newspaper with | < practically no help, is enough rea-or < to make a fellow forget where he left < his hat, or even that he has a head <• on which to put a hat. It’s a great j life, if a fellow doesn’t weaken but <i here’s one who is showing some signs j 2 j of weakening. j < By reason of the fact that thi-- <j war has resulted in boys and girls <j going to every corner of the nation, maybe we’ll learn more information about certain localities than that, sent ? out by Chamber of Commerces. Tale Johnnie Forehand, for instance, who i is in the Marine Corps at San Diego.■ I Cal. In a letter to The Herald, i Johnnie tells how much he enjoys get- j J ting the home town paper, but goes or | j to say that in the “land of sunshine” ] j he almost burns up in the daytime j but at night he has to sleep under |-j two blankets. It was necessary, he: « says, to wear an overcoat the other ! J night to go swimming, when he al- j ways thought California was so Warm j Johnnie is one of the boys who will i be glad to get back to Edenton. Imi 2 he’s not the sort who would write r j poem like the one appearing in thU « column. j Frank Muth must think I am a nut. 2 for a letter from him the other day l was addressed “Kurnel” J. F. Ruffian, * He’s now in Havelock. X. C., and i while reminding me of a few interest- J ing incidents happening a few years J ago, said he wanted to see the Board <• of Stewards of the Methodist Church \ and put me in line for pastor, because i I had several qualifications, one of « which was eating chicken—and what < else, and another, the knack of ap- < proaching the congregation informing < them that a new car would be needed, < the pantry empty and whatever hints ‘ are necessary. Hint nothing, Frank, < when are you coming home and pul! ! off another sauer kraut supper? It > would be enough to tempt Doc Which- ' ard to make a trip from Murphy. ! 1 o While Edenton is a small town, it ; j looked like big town stuff up around the Taylor Theatre Sunday, Monday | and Tuesday nights when long lines j were formed to get in to see “This I |ls The Army.” It isn’t strange, how i ever, of late to see a line formed in front of the theatre, but it’s been a long season since folks crowded like Our riisrining facilities are I working 100* on war pro- ■ r White StMj duction. That is why you ■ may occasionally be unable I to get Carstairs White Seal ■ whiskey at your local store ■ CARSIAIRS Mr\ Whitt Seal \ \ * HINDI* WMISMT M l *»©♦< NmiM tplrth. CanWfi lew*. DtotiUmg C# laMawt, Ma. It, ‘I. _ •• jfiL Lam ~;.|§MrcsL ■< J \ '• s s£x: v* : Salute Your Serviceman i WITH A BOND | | Salute him with a bond and give him a better send-oft I I buy a bond and hasten the day ol his return! On the sea, un- | I der the sea. on the land, in the air he’s fighting with all his might | |> "to get it over with —to come home! Is it \()L R money that s x f buying the ammunition, tanks, ships, guns . . . the medical sup- S | plies he needs to do this? Perhaps you've made plans together.| | for your -peacetime living. Plans of where you’ll live, what | T vonTl do. Remember, these will be tentative plans until after « | the new Armistice. With every bond you buy you help sink a | 1 ship, demolish a base, defeat an enemy, bring an ultimate | 1 PEACE. Those same bonds are a concrete endorsement of | I your postwar plans. Make this Armistice Day a tribute to the i | next by pledging to buy more and more bonds and bring both 1 him and the new Armistice Day closer to home. | Buy an EXTRA Bond on Armistice Day! I THE BANK oTeDENTON ! > ' j’ “Safety For Savings Since 1894” | f Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation % 0 *> that to get into a church. The last time I saw it was in Philadelphia, when it was a case of push and shove to get into a tabernacle to hear Billy Sunday. Do we need a fiery evan gelist to wake up church people in Edenton ? Women of Chowan County, you're urgently needed in the WAC. Join North Carolina’s own WAC Company now. See Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. James E. Wood or Miss Lena Jones for full information on how to join. ———o Charles H. Jenkins made a splendid address at last week’s Rotary meet ing, one of his remarks being Edenton was never like it used to bqP ! and possibly he’s right. At any rate, ! here’s one change which is already j very noticeable. It wasn’t so very long ago that, when meeting anyone on the street early morning or at night, and even during the day. it was an exchange of “Good Morning” or “How do you do?” Well, get up a little early one morning or come down town some night and start out by bidding the time to everyone you meet and see how much response you get. J. 11. COBB VERY ILL J. H. Cobh, who has been assistant ■to Captain P. H. Bell, bridge keeper at Chowan River bridge, for 16 years, ! is in a grave condition at his home at Eden House. Mr. Cobb became Mr. Bell’s assistant very shortly after the bridge was put into use and has been unconscious for two weeks, following a stroke of paralysis. v
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