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“LIFE IS SO I
INTERESTING” |
By PETER CARLTON
When we speak of life, of course,
we mean everything, every person,
every place filling a part in the vast,
complex scheme of God’s creation. I
once read somewhere About a sugges
tion concerning the gbeat deal of
fun we can get out of life, if we
would just stop beating our gums
and let the other fellow talk.
I used to ride the crowded subways
going to and from work in the bowels
of that gigantic metropolis, New
York City. It was amazing what one
heard, without even trying to eaves
drop. Stories of human interest
about family life, school problems,
love stories, business worries, prob
lems of sick loved ones.
Many people think that if a strang
er or “foreigner” was pleasant
enough to pass some pleasantry, that
he is “suspect”. Might even think
him aggressive and nosey. Thank
goodness that’s not the case in all
respects. One woman, of advanced
years, used to leave a magazine on
the seat beside her during her train
trips. Invariably someone would
want to read it. She declared that
she opened up more conversations
that way and /was Able to salvage
what would have been many times, a
boring train trip. (How many of us
would think that most forward and
out of taste?)
Just plain old human relations is
the basis of happiness or distress in
our everyday contacts. When I was
a very young father back in 1937, I
was given a most serious chore to
perform. My little son Pat was born
in Gadsden, Alabama and we were
carrying him by train to our home,
which was then in New York City.
He was but a few months old. I was
genuinely touched by the men, all
evidently old hands at being fathers,
who gave me advice at how to warm
the bottle and how to pull the nipple
over the mouth of the bottle without
spilling any of the young ’uns food.
Here was an instance of common
footing. A subject apparently about
which many of the men excelled. I
appreciated the help in the helpless
ness of being suddenly a father. How
many of us feel ill at ease when
we’re out in company? We don’t
know what to talk about. (I’ve not
seen much of that in the South, I
must say; everyone seems so much
it lives up to its name
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at ease). Talking about children,
| preferably the children of one’s host,
if he or she is married, and has
I children, in a genuine and interested
fashion, could open up worlds of
wholesome fields of thought.
The problem is much solved here
in the Albemarle by the most
fascinating lure of barbecue, oyster
roasts, fish frys and chicken frys.
There’s no better way to get ac
quainted with 1 your neighbor than
over a fistful and faceful of that 1
good stuff. And I always liked the (
way Arthur Hollowell expresses his ,
delight over something—“lt was i
some kind of good.” 1
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I haven’t yet seen a town like <
Edenton, and I’ve been to many of
them in my peregrinations over the :
eastern coast of these United States.
Many people who are making the ,
“grand tour” of this Colonial Capital
are amazed at the genuine neighbor- ,
liness displayed when coming across
; someone. For instance, on one tour ;
the folks were open-mouthed in won- ]
derment when they were, on one ,
; corner introduced to the Mayor, and
on another location to the Chairman
of the County Commissioners, or the
/ Chief of Police, or to Judge Dixon
1 so recently back from the Nurem
-1 burg War Trials. (Folks here can’t
seen to understand. my own continued
1 delight at the same friendly manifes
• tations.)
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1 To get to talk with Fiorello La
-1 Guardia, former Mayor of New York
City, one wrnuld have to have a spec
ial appointment. If he walked on
s the streets he would most often be ,
1 escorted by detectives and whisked
> away in a car. (Or he might whisk
! by hanging on to a fire engine he
• loved to chase the fires.)
i
! To get in to talk to some cheap
’ politician (punks who were put in
■ office by the vote of the people, one
1 would have to have a special “visa”
1 from the State Department, almost).
1 Yet, here a neighbor can sit arm to
1 arm with a governor, or other po
! litical brass, and think nothing of it.
: The same holds with the friendliness
of Congressmen from the south in
Washington, D. C., as compared to
i those from the northern states. Even
; ’little “Susie Q”, from way back home
1 in Bear Swamp could get a recep
■ tion almost like a homecoming, in
• the office of a southern Congressman.
i I didn’t find it so some years ago,
l with the gentlemen from the north
t ern states.
1 Life in all its phases is so inter
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Prices For Cotton
Reman Steady
Fanners Continue to
Withhold Cotton From
Market
Spot cotton prices were compara
tively steady last week as inquiries
and offerings increased. Farmers
continued to withhold cotton from
the market and the quantity entering
the Government Loan program in
creased. September’s Crop Forecast
of approximately 15 & million bales
was only slightly above the August
forecast.
Prices for Middling 15/16 inch
cotton in the ten spot markets aver
aged 31.21 cents per pound on Fri
day, September 10, as compared with
31.04 a week earlier and 31.79 a year
ago. Reported sales at the ten mar
kets totaled 107,500 bales as compar
ed with 126,000 a week earlier and
137,900 a year ago.
Millard T. Long Dies
Suddenly In Norfolk
Millard Thomas Long, 40, of Nor
folk, husband of the former Miss
Margaret Stephenson of Edenton, died
in a Norfolk hospital Monday after
noon after a very brief illness. Be
sides his wife, there are surviving one
daughter, Martha Stuart Long; three
sisters, Mrs. E. H. Cuthrell and Mrs.
Henry Woodard of Portlock and Mrs.
Thurman Bullock of Roanoke Rapids,
and one brother, William I. Long of
Raleigh.
Deceased was a steward of the
Memorial Methodist Church at Berk
ley and a member of the various Ma
sonic bodies. At the time of his death
he was secretary and treasurer of the
Cuthrell Machine Works at Portlock
and formerly was connected with the
Berkley Feed Corporation for 19
years.
, Funeral services were held in Nor
folk Tuesday afternoon.
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( College Extension Service, this week.
Facilities for prompt treatment of
injury may save a life or prevent
serious infection, he asserted.
According to recommendations of
the National Safety Council, Mr.
Overman said, good first aid kits need
not be expensive or difficult to pro
vide. Homemade kitß containing the
essential medications, drugs, and
dressings may serve equally as well
as the more costly prepared kits on
the market, he added.
The Extension agent recommended
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as a small cash or fish tackle b\>x;
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Talk is oar business and y
never before have we carried
such a tremendous volume of it. Both local and long
distance telephone traffic is at a new high in split of
continued shortages of skilled workers and necessary
materials. We’ve talked a lot about our expansion
program, too, and this talk has not been idle.
During the past few years we have made rapid
progress in this program.
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desiring it.
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