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PAGE FOUR The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. 1 nnil»r r J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor PETER CARLTON Associate Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months—- . SI.OO Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act of March 3, 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. ____ THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1947 THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD? This people draweth nigh unto me with their month, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.—Matt. 15:8. Write Your Congressmen Now! Lies are as deadly as bombs! During this past war psychological warfare was "proven” a most potent weapon by all warring nations. We need only to refer to the Nazi tactics to verify that. They used psycho logical warfare to divide and then- —to conquer. The Russians are following the same pattern. What pattern are we following—the same that caused Pearl Harbor’ Even the Japs with their insurmountable speech ob stacles and woeful lack of knowledge of the mentality of the American soldier, kept up a flow of propaganda designed to demoralize their enemies. This weapon is more insidious in pacetime! The mind of the public has relaxed its wartime vigil, and is apt to become prey to the infiltration of the lies: broadcast by Russia. The key to peace lies not only here in America, but in what is going to happen to that mass of human misery in Eu rope. Helping them materially is not enough. We must keep on sending along the refreshing, vitalizing truth of the American way of living! “This is the L'nited States of America”, our European radio broadcast is threatened With the axe, Federal appropriations are going to be cut off. Let’s not give away our goods that Russia may build our beneficiaries into a “Frankenstein” which will turn on us just as soon as it gets the wrinkles out of its belly r and strengthens its sinews and multiplies its cannon fodder. Let’s give— but let us also keep on broadcasting “This is the United States of America.” The greatest Russian or Com munistic lies could never withstand the telling of the simple, unvarnished truth. Representatives of the people in all branches of the government of the United States—don’t discard this most important bulwark against war—the weapon of truth. Write to your Con gressmen and tell them how you feel! To Share —Six Billion A Year —Plus! Conventions and recreation bring in billions of dollars yearly. The Federal Reserve Hank recognizes recreation as the largest industry in New England. The State Chamber of Virginia expects a post war tourist business of $100,000,000 a year. W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America says va cationers are reported to spend more than $6,000,000,000 a year. It is estimated that through its 200 scheduled conventions for the year 1947, some $7,000,000 will flow into Boston, Mass., from this source alone. Says Channing H. Cox, President of the Boston Cham ber of Commerce, “We must awaken our own New Eng land people to a sense of pride in this area and what it offers. Let us not overlook the expanded recreational market now being created by air travel. All Americans are taught to recognize Boston as the Cradle of Liberty. Every American school boy and school girl knows the story of Plymouth Rock. Bunker Hill and others, and most of them have a desire to breathe the. air that gave Sam Adams and Paul Revere inspiration to do immortal deeds. We have hardly scratched the surface in arous ing the underlying interest of millions of Americans.” (The Edenton Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association has made some progress in this dir ection in promoting the “Cradle of the Colony” in the schools of North Carolina and suggesting tours for the children and teachers. This work is expected to expand to school children in other States.) More and more Edenton is becoming the center for sizeable meetings. On recent occasions from ,200 to 500 have come here for meetings. There. is a definite indi cation that if the accommodation were available, we could get conventions to meet in this historical town, and spend several days each. Members of civic clubs, fraternal organizations and church groups have informed the Chamber of Commerce officials that they could have got ten conventions to use Edenton as their convention town, if they could have promised accommodations. There is a fortune to sharp in tourist and convention business which is in "addition" to other business, if a thoughtful, concerted effort were made to garner some of this ready money. There is scarcely an industry or a corner of the nation which is not in some degree benefkted. The department stores and specialty shops in the home town usually get a sizeable cut of a family’s vacation dollar. To Share—six billion dollars a year—plus! What are we going to do about it? ✓ XI ■■l New Equipment In Stock For Immediate Delivery! JAEGER U-Bag Concrete Mixers. JAEGER Pumps. Diesel Power Units (ioo to 150 con tinuous H. P.), Disston Chain Saws. Hypres sure Jenny Steam Cleaners, Kohler Light Jaeger Mixer Plants and Many Other Items 0f.... CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL AND LOGGING EQUIPMENT FOR PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE CALL— HAMPTON ROADS TRACTOR t EQUIPMENT COMPANY West 39th Street and Killam Avenue Phone 2-2717 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA P. O. Box 237 THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDEN ION, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1947 j Heard & Seen | | By “Buff” I One of my county friends called in the office Saturday ! to pay his subscription and, of course, we hit upon a con versation about the weather. He said his land did bet ter during dry weather than wet, but even then rain would help a bit right now. Which reminded him of a friend he heard about who was praying for rain. While the man repeated, “Lord, please send us some rain,” another farmer interjected, “And ask Him about the price of next year’s crops, too, if you don’t mind.” o Os course, the Town election is over and for the most , part forgotten, no doubt. But I’m not forgetting a cam paign pledge I made in order to win the vote of Mrs. George Hoskins. Mrs. Hoskins complained that I fre quently misspell Mosley Street, the street on which she lives. Occasionally I put the “e” before the “1”, and the only assurance I had for her to vote for me was to pledge the right spelling of her street. So hereafter I’m going to try to remember the correct spelling, but if it does appear wrong I have an alibi, for I can blame it on the Intertype operator (when I’m not the guy) or the proofreader. With an old clothing drive just about finished and two other drives in progress, one for cash in order to help | the Boy Scouts and the other for cash in order to pur chase a bus to transport athletic teams, I'm reminded of the Rev. Harold Gilmer’s remarks at a recent Rotary meeting. Mr. Gilmer, one of the best speakers in Edenton, in my opinion, was praising Chowan County and Edenton in particular and in the course of his re marks referred to the lack of accredited colleges i” North Carolina, especially in the eastern half of the State. He said Edenton is ideally located for a college and all he needs to start one is a mere five million bucks. Well, we might just as well throw that drive in with the others. o When The Herald first began publication in 1934, we did some business with a concern in Towanda, Pennsy lvania, the name of which was Montgomery & Bacon. Just the other day I had a letter from the firm (nope, not for a past due account) and I noticed the name was i changed to Montgomery & Co. Well, with the price of bacon so darned high, maybe they were forced to elimin ate the Bacon. A lot of us have also been obliged to go without bacon during the past few years. People are funny creatures and hard to understand sometimes. Take the recent city election, for instance. On the one hand the Board of Public Works was severe ly critized for making too much money and in almost the same breath Town Council was just as severely criticised for spending too much money. The one big trouble is that those who “knew” what best to do will not offer themselves as candidates. It would be interest ing to see just how much criticism some of ’em would receive if they were in office. Well, somebody has to be the “goat”. One of the oldest and most thorough readers of The Herald is Mrs. G. L. Davenport of Mackeys, who fre quently writes to the editor and sends her subscription, together with renewals for two of her friends, without ever being notified. This week Mrs. Davenport sent in a short poem which was composed by Mrs. Fannie Bond when she visited Mrs. Davenport back in April, 1923. The poem follows: COUNTRY After leaving the city, With its noise and strife, The country seems to me A quiet, happy life. I All the plants are verdant. And trees so grand and tall. Some draped in gray moss, How I do love them all! I love the flowers, too, That bloom so sweet and wild, They bring to me sweet memories, When I was but a child. Our blessings seem to brighten When we go far away: And leave our home an d loved ones, If only for a day. Figuring on going to Asheville for a week or more, Arthur Hollovvell, Jim Daniels, Raleigh Hollowell and I were somewhat concerned about what kind of clothes to take along. The latter part of last week it was cold here, so that we had about decided to take along over coats, and to be doubly sure of not getting too cold, I figured on dragging along some heavy underwear and even borrowing Lena Jones’ red flannels. But then, I expect the underwear problem would have been a “quick” fit. At any rate, the weather Saturday did away with our Worries, so that a bathing suit would have been more in order. This column being written Saturday and the group being back about the time The Herald is printed, what’s the use to agonize what sort of clothes to take along when we’re already back home. John R. Griffin’s a friend like you read about. The other day he brought me a box of just about the nicest strawberries I’ve seen this year. “How much are they?” I asked. Looking sort of surprised, he replied, “Why ■ nothing, if I charged you anything they would not be a present.” Friend Griffin not only has nice strawberries, but each year he has one of the nicest gardens in town, and his vegetables are fittin’, for he’s also given me some samples of ’em. County Agents Go On Tour C. W. Overman, Chow’an County Farm Agent and R. S. Marsh, Assis tant County Agent, were among a group of thirty County and Assistant Agents who visited test farms and experiment stations in North and South Carolina last week. Among the farms and experiment stations visited were the Willard Test Farm, the Pee Dee Experiment Station, the Coker Seed Company and its farms, the poul try dressing plant at Albemarle and the lespedeza plant at Mahshville. “The purpose of this tour," states Mr. Overman, was to enable the ag ents to observe one of the latest ex perimental practices being conducted in the field and also agricultural de velopments in Union County. The lat ter was a very poor agricultural coun ty forty years ago. Mr. T. J. Broom, veteran county agent explained that the leading farmers and business men joined him in a joint study of the situation with a determination to im prove conditions. Soil improvement greatly increased the crop yields. So that today with lespedeza as one of the leading commercial crops, along with poultry and livestock as two of the main cash crops, the county has become a living agricultural County, where people live on the farm, board at the same place, have most of the i conveniences of life, and are happy j in their work.” Accompanying the group were Di- j rector I. O. Schaub and District Agent j B. T. Ferguson, Cotton Specialists! Dan Holler and J. A. Shanklin. Both the local County Agents agreed that the tour was well worth while and that it would have good effect on their work this year. Take Off Simple Candy Plan k Perhaps vou too can regain a loraly, mora ■ \ •lender brut*. You don't cat ant waala \ or all tba foods you like—yoajaat cat them down. It'a aiarpla whaa fM tafia J \ j LEGGETT & DAVIS Gift Wrapping Materials and i Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN'S ! JEWELERS f CARNATION | EVAPORATED MILK f 4 Z 49c f O’CEDAR | PASTE W AX f f 59c I A DINNER TREAT, DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT! f SPAM T YAMS < Hormel’s Spam, 12-oz. can 37c Sugary Sam Yams, No. 2]/ 2 can. _ _2sc I' A BREAKFAST DELIGHT HOMINY GRITS QU P A r 15c . EXCELLENT ON TOAST, CHIVERS ORANGE MARMALADE £ 35c FOR SALADS AND DESSERTS, STOKELY’S BARTLETT PEARS Sr -45 c A NEW FRUIT JUICE, STOKELY’S CITRUSIP Bottle 23c IN PENDER MARKETS | READY FOR THE PAN CUT UP FRYING I CHIC KENS per lb. 59c f Spiced Tasty Luncheon 11 ■■ ■ ,1. Meat lb. 49c Porterhouse or T-Bone Spiced Pimento and \ I LA It Pickle Loaf lb. 45c OILHI\ | Shoulder, Grade A Grade A lb. Grade B lb. £ Veal Chops lb. 51c ~ic n I Skinless /jl, Q/|, § Franks lb. 45c I | FLORIDA EXTRA LARGE f <» GRAPEFRUIT 3for 17c | J | Asparagus lb. 39c Florida New White I California (360’s) POTATOES Lemons lb. 27c | J t Large Tender Florida fa ||)A 00A t Corn 6 for 29c 31115. Id l Red Ripe Fresh * 5 lb. Bag 26c | < » Tomatoes ctn. 29c . I .siii^aww^P AN EXPRESSION OF THANKS The pastor, trustees, and members of Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church of Edenton, wish, to publicly thank Miss Foreman as teacher, and the 7 B Class j for the splendid care taken of the j Church Annex this school term. The j use of the annex by Miss Foreman and her class has been an asset to the church and community. Signed by ‘Pastor, Trustees and Members. BULOVA, GRUEN, ELGIN and LONGIXES WATCHES C AMPEN’S JEWELERS I i ——— —————— V B9TTUS ANDM WUNTABtt Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y. PEPSI COLA COMPANY OF ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. P A FITTING Every customer ! t MEMORIAL — 9 Satisfied 0 , ..j ti ' 1 ot J- W'inton Sawyer Marble and 0 V ■ Granite Works does not lean or 0 P JR fall because it is set on a foun- Customer’s time ™ ! J. WINTON SAWYER J ,'P MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS IP PHONE 1119 405 S. ROAD ST. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. % "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mm; PENDER] ATHLETES FOOT GERM—HOW TO KILL IT IN ONE HOUR IF NOT PLEASED, your 36c back. 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