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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.
/ WtM ASJOCIATKVOn
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON__ Advertising Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Tear , ; $1.50
Six Months SI.OO
Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of
respect, etc., will be charged for at regular
advertising rates.
Entered as second-class matter August 30,
1034, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro
lina, under the act of March 3, 1879.
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1040.
THIS~W EEK’S^BIBLE^THOUGHT
WE MAY TRIUMPH OVER DEATH ITSELF: So
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.—l Cor. 15:54.
Difference Os Opinion
The Herald’s editor has always had no little respect
for the judgment of former Mayor J. H. McMullan, but
there is a parting of the way so far as our opinions rela
tive to proposed permanent town improvements are con
cerned, which are opposed by Mr. McMullan and his rea
sons set forth in an article written by him and appearing
on the front page of this issue of The Herald.
Mr. McMullan is perfectly right in saying that "this
is a matter of great importance and should be given
serious consideration by every voter.” but The Herald
believes he is just as wrong when he says, “I consider it
unsound economically and not for the best interest of the
town or the abutting property owners.”
Mr. McMullan, like others opposed to the improve
ments, plays up the big bugaboo of high taxes and the
scary prediction of people losing their homes due to in
ability to pay their taxes. He would have readers be
lieve that if the. election is carried, a tiiS-eent tax rate
would be added to, last year’s $1,50 fate. Let us be fair
and study the tax rate a bit.
It is true that last year’s rate was boosted 35 emits,
making it S 1.50 on the SIOO property valuation, but this
raise has principally caused by the purchase of a n-w
• fire truck and a street sweeper, which, was paid so: dur
ing the tax year in order to save a goodly amount of in
terest. Os course, no, figure is available at this writing
■. as to what the 1940-47 rate will he; hut it is reasonable
to believe that it. should not be me. to again have
the $1.50 rate. Then, too, sorpe opponents of improve:
ments would have property owners believe that if the
election is carried, right then and then approx i lately
03 cents would be added to the rate to pay for ,XTit.oOO
worth of bonds., which isn't true at all. The Only levy
which would be made for bonds would be oh the amount
used to make improvements authorized by Town Coun
cil, which can be any part of the proposed project. so
that the tax rate.should not be as high and,.dizzy-as.some,
would have us believe, On the other hand, some Opposed
to tile bond issue advance the argument-that it might be
all right to make some of the improvements but not all
at this time, but unless the election is carried. Town
Council will be powerless to make any of the proposed
improvements, aud if it comes to a show down. The Her
ald doubts if some of these arguments are sincere. ,
Mr. McMullan refers to the high cost.of paving at this
time, but call he or anyone else expect. to have paving
dime at a price paid some. 25. years ,ago? Does it not
cost hie or anyone else more to live arid do business
how than- it. did a .quarter of a century ago V. Can .Mr.
Mi-Mullanigi.ve us any idea when the cost of paving will
be lower, or even low enough to meet the approval of
some of those opposed to paving streets, m any other :
improvem ;:t. so far as that, is co.nci rn- d
And in the meantime.,do the opponents of -hose inj- |
.proveinems think that those people living cm. dirt sareets. ,
are not.e; titled to: sfmie. consideration ? Would they he i
content to. he obliged to keep windows and doors.closed |
and ~e deprived of tile pleasure of sitting on front j
pore! - due to clouds of dust coming from dirt streets?
These people- are entitled to some for. they .!
pay ist as much in taxes in proportion to tlnur prop- I
erty . ion as any':.other person in town. A*: this
point, it might be well to state that for the last two j
years, in order to .provide some r'< r .-f for people living ■
on dirt st reets, approxii a- y S2,(MI was spi nt euch year (
for ca’ ,n .chloride to settle the di:,t. which was- only i
tempo ry. ■Either, these people are to. be'ignored alto
get! '. or Cse in tin- matter of a few y ears 'enough
money; will have been spent for temporary relief to help
material y in improvements of a permanent nature.
If. The Herald editor has been erredly informed, then
was ,a great howl when paving of present paved streets
wa- pioposed, and so much objection materialized that
in.order to put the project over. Various streets were
joined with others in order: to secure enough signers.
Li effect, the same cry went up. "Ederffnn will he j
mined. ’ but who is it uho would be willing to return to I
the old dirt streets? And is there anyone whw can fur- J
uish the information as to how many people- lost their j
homes due to inability to help pay off the bonds? Well, j
even if the election is defeated, it will have at least i
served one purpose, that being to discover how. many are
so vitally interested in the welfare of ‘‘poor” folks who
might, lose their .homes .because of their inability to pay
their portion of the expense of roikl iig improvements,
which many iif ,them have already done in order to have
what streets are now paved, and at a time when money
was far less plentiful, than it has been in recent years. i
Yes. Edenton has had a SI.OO tax rate for a long time. ;
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THE CHGWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 18. 194 C.
I Heard & Seen
By “Buff’’
4 ——«
It was a year ago Sunday, July 14, that I experienced
the heart-breaking tragedy of losing a dear son and
precious young grandson by drowning and in the same
accident narrowly missed a watery grave myself. Ex
actly a year later I could not help from thumbing
through the large number of cards, letters and telegrams
coming from a host of friends as the result of the trag
edy, and came across one from Mrs. J. D. Traylor.
Three short verses written by James Whitcomb Riley ex
press our feelings as one year has to some extent helped
to heel a wound which seemed almost impossible to bear
during the ordeal :
We cannot say—and we will not say
That they are dead —they are just away—
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand
They have wandered into an unknown land.
- And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since they linger there,
o And you—O you —'who the wildest yearn
d .For the old-time step and the glad return,
e
s Think of them faring on—-as dear
In the love of There, as the love of Here
Think of them stili as the same, 1 say
They are not dead—they are just away.
[ With my daddy visiting me and, of course, going about
every place I go. some people seem to think that we are
brothers instead of father and son. Well, even if he does
look almost as young as 1 do, I might say that He~"never
had to contend with the trouble and worries of working
on a newspaper. And incidentally a family row almost
s developed Saturday afternoon when I took “Junior” fish
-1 ing. We had live bait and salt water shrimp, and of
j course, 1 used live bait in an effort to catch speckled
|. perch. My dad preferred the shrimp and after fishing a
i few minutes he up and pulls out a big speckled perch,
while all I caught was two small fish, with emphasis on
the “small.” I told him it was unorthodox fishing to
, j catch a speckled perch with shrimp and asked him to
j throw the thing back in the water, but he put up an ar
j gument to the effect that he got the fish in the boat and
s | intended to keep it —and he did. Which all goes to show
, | that the bloomin’ fish around here are getting more so
ciable with strangers than with home folks.
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; G. D. Stewart was a visitor in town for a few days,
- stopping over oh his way from Florida to Hampton, Va„
where he is now located. C. I). kept his hat on most of
the tone so that a fellow could not see how bald he has
become since leaving Edenton. Anyway, he says there is
. good fishing near Hampton, so that he just might as
well get read'v to have some company from Edenton,
I o
Chief of 1 'olice George Dai! wants to remind bicycle .
owners in Edenton that their licenses were due July 1.
■Some 1- neglected buying their license, so that they
| 1- ;>t .!-. .surprised if they are picked up. The licenses .
i.-aie available at the Police Station, and it will be better
!t- go 1 - and buy one than to try and explain why one 1
h..sn’t been bought. <
Tuesday was pay day at the Post Office, only the ’
■whole works failed to get a check. It all came about be- •
cause the ,$,1,(590,090,000 treasury post office bill,which ;
includes money for the pay roll, was snagged in Con- j
gress. All salaries will, of course, be held up until the
hill passes. Those guys in Washington do some funny ;
, -1 brags. Hit the local Post Office employees doiLj think
this is vm funny. ■ ,-yv '.
1 '-gi.-m:'.!''-. s at a meeting of Ed Bond Post Tuesday
night accepted the recommendation of a committee to
.-ell .stock to members of the Legion and veterans to 11
i raise enough money to build a Legion hut. It is interest- •
ing -to note that .40 new members were added to the post
i and, .hot satisfied, plans are in the making for a mem- : ,
bersl-iip drive to secure more members and, of course, get I
j; more funds. The Post will select ;i high School boy to
- attend i>oys State. Commander Speck Jones announced
; that there are openings for veterans as management jy
j analyst and statistician at salaries of $5,905 per year.
Arthur. Holiowell was among those attending the base
hall ga.pve in Hertford Tuesday night. While many of '
the fans had on coats, Arthur said he was going it. *.iis J
; shirt sleeves because: he still had not forgotten how hot I
I it was "ii Sunday.
..Which. reminds- hie, of the queer weather we’re having. \. *
: A fellow almost melted Saturday and Sunday, and then :
along comes weather cool enough to wear a coat. Who’s j
messing with the weathdA anyhow? ' j
This dieting,business is also a funny thing. For in- 5
stance, 1 was eatingwith a friend recently and seeing 1
him make away w ith a heavy meal, I asked him. "I un- j
derstand you are on a diet." He replied, "Well, I am, '
aside from my regular meals.” ■ | I
but .iust what progress has been made with, the rate? 3
•Mr. McMullan apparently senses a feeling that to make J
improvements, coupled with the necessary higher tax j c
rate, will prevent industrial establishments from locating 1
in Edenton. (an Mr. McMullan or anyone else point out ! j
any industry now in Edenton which has been attracted
here due to a SI.OO tax rate? The rate has all too long m
provided only enough money to carry on the bare neces- J
sities of town government. No. wide-awake industries > J
seeking new locations are not interested so much ii> a. f
low tax rate as they are in an up and coming town, %
which cannot be- shown on a sl.oo tax rate in this day Aj
and time. . ' j
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
EDENTON—THE LOST COLONY
OF TODAY
Steeped in tradition and historical
background,.the smug little commun
ity nestled in the rolling, lush farm
country of the Albemarle Sound,
known as the initial home of North
Carolina and the “Iron Men of the
Albemarle”—Edenton is rapidly be
coming a metropolis of the past.
The very cradle of democracy,
where the first white settlers of the
Tar Heel State colonized and pro
gressively built schools, court houses,
churches and homes, is actually ret
rogressing to the point where ancient
doctrines are held in such high es
teem by the few ruling families that
today' when a business enterprise en
deavors to establish in the commun
ity, the antiquated hierarchy of the
town—high society as it were—con
nive to deprive this aged settlement
of any industrial reform. It matters
little to them that the returning war
veterans are seeking employment—
that the youngsters graduating from
the poorly equipped high school can
find adequate positions. Few of them
realize that the young men who went
abroad and the boys and girls return
ing from college care little about ac
cepting jobs as soda jerkers or ser
vice station attendants.
Why can’t present day Edenton be j
as progressive as their forefathers?! 1
A CHOWAN VETERAN !
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i HEALTH FOR HI
\
KEEPING COOL
Keeping cool in the summer is an •
I 11 ’ [t ' s an art well worth cultivat- '-
mg when the rays ..f the sun beat i
down at their hottest in mid-summer.
Its an art which can be learned if '
one thing is kept in mind—mddera-
Mod ration in eating, in plav. in f
a ~f physical - exertion ' will *
heat Spells : more X
,’ :1 ;i “ Getting id! “hot up” about
■' n ' iii "iily nuke in- more r
uncomfortable. Since we cannot ~
change the weather and many of us
• on '.t ctxvler climes. n
' G-! days approach, it is just
•f.' TGi I” ''i -uii ourselves to the heat?'J
a T '' try to be as eornfortahJe: as
possible.
. : rp are a few slnph- rtdes which P
if followed, may help make the sum
> .
FRESH PRIDUCE!
IPENDER
[Eo QUALITY FOOD STORES U
▼ ppr*awprTqP|
SHREDDED WHEAT Kft, 11c
SPRY SHORTENING 'BSST 25c
LYNNHAVEN MUSTARDS,,,, 13c
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 85S. 27c
1 BLENDED JUICE “Si c. 37c
PEAS L * h '' 2 S., 2 29c
SAUERKRAUT*— £. 2 * 13c
BETTER YET
1 PEANUT BUTTER
29c
f Baked Beans vssnst 9c
l Tomato Juice “Sir 25c
f Baby Foods ,gaa 9c
$ IN PENDER MARKETS
[ Smoked Sausage, lb.. .46c
[ Dressed Fryers, 1b..... 58c
f CROAKERS, TROUT AND
BUTTERFISH
? Franks, lb. 48c
Dill and Sour Pickles, gal. $1.50
9 Pork Luncheon Meat, lb.__s9c
<By GENE CARR
JUST HUMANS ’
■ _ 4” |
"He's Going Back to the Springs for His Livei”
“T hat s Just Li ice Him; He d I eave His Head Behind If It VVasn t
Fastened On”
mer more pleasant.
1, Dress comfortably. Light ■ iotr
that are not too confining, should he j
worn on hot days.
2. Eat s-nisibiy. 1! avy food -, dis
ficult to digest, should be '.avoided.
This docs. no. i.iicui, li\.iig 0,1 suiiu
wiches and salads throughout tliej.
summer. A well balanced diet i< |
necessary at all times, and hot meals. |
if well planned, will not add to the
discomfort of summer. Rich, heavy :
foods, however, cause the body to i
work overtime in the digestive iii-"- I
cess jpnd should be omitted from the j
diet in hot weather.
•'!, Drink plenty of water and
fruit juices. Because the body per-!
spires, niore in the summer than in
the winter, it is necessary to con-j
sunie an extra amount of liquids.
Coolwater and lemonade are partic
ularly good on hot days. Extra salt !
is needed, too, because the body loses !
much salt in perspiration. This salt ! 1
may be obtained by adding it to fruit j
irinks or bv eating salt tablets:
4. Be carefi 1 a.-, ,',i ivei ■- ':
posure to the sun. j.
Many people:, look . forward to yet- ! '
MOTT’S
VINEGAR
fcSi 36c
r. S. NO. 1 YKI.I.OU
I ONIONS 5 lbs. 19c J
■ 5-lb. Mesh Bag- 22c
Bf'FlT FRY ,ar «‘- Fancy Per O,
Michigan Stalk f
LEMONS '‘S; n “ ST 12c |
CUCUMBERS 2fe 8c f
PEACHES 5 £ 29c 4
, SQUASH SSi' [« 5c f
BUTTER BEANS •££2 Jj 2.5 c f
PEPPERS I? 11c f
POTATOES 'C 1 JUT 10 !?•' 32c T
SWT. KOSA
Pt-UMS
lb. 231-
LUX TOILET SOAP 3 21c
LIFEBUOY SS™ 3 21c
CAMAY JSS" 3 21c
SUNBRITE cleaner LD c- Sc
SPOTLESS BBSP <*• 10c
PASTE WAX S&KK** *‘ ,bc “ 39c
BEE BRAND
INSECT SPRAY
Pint
Bottle AOC
ting i xtra <!"- .- of. suhsK ,e during
■tl ■ s mn.’.-f, but top much sun may
. 'iv.; a health hazard. It may cause
:i paiiff.il; .ml- >i or may lead to
-..iiist! "ke, wEi. ii swiftly i.’ ir.gs on
:S - :. .-? ay < a death.
Sunstroke occurs most frequently
! among people exposed to the direct
! heat of the sup. and who are too heav
ily; clad., It is more commo; among
I men than among wliuten aiid children.*
j It may come on suddenly, hut usually
!it. is the result of prig exposure and
may come on gradually. The .syinp
; loms are a pain ir the head, dizzi
ness. a feeling of <(ppressioi-. the ab
| sence of perspiration and. s - .‘times,
: nausea and vociiting.
While a doctor is being >. moiled,
| 'he patient should be removed to a
.•ol spot. His clothing should be
! loosened and an effort tide t- reduce
j his temperature rapidly. If he is
I conscious, he should be given .-ait and
| water to dr ink i>r fruit juices.
Moderation pm-vsed during the
s - ■■■■>’ I'.uhiis i nia’ie these
• "Utils pass • .or- pleasa t'y . and
comfortably;
FANCY COOKING I
apples I
lb. 12c T
MASON JARS |
Pint* >
Dozen i
Quart* A A
Dozen [ 5
SILVER LABEL 1 »
TEA
tS 17c «f