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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap ana Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South
Broad Street, Eden ton, N. C.
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J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
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
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949.
BIBLE THOUGHT
PRAISE IN PRISON: And at midnight Paul and
Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God; and the prison
ers heard them. —Acts 16:25.
Unjustified Criticism
Quite a few Edenton people complained Monday morn
ing, and rightly so, due to flooded conditions about their
premises, and the same complaint is raised after almost
every good-sized rain in Edenton. In some instances
damage has been done, and during these flooded condi
tions the local Street Department is a target for severe
criticism which, if the facts were known, is unjustified.
When water fails to run off, the first accusation is
that the town’s storm sewers are stopped up, or that the
lines or manholes are not large enough for the water to
drain away. The latter is true in one instance on East
Queen Street, but back of the major amount of com
plaint the trouble does not lie in pipes or manholes being
too small.
A careful study has been made by the writer time and
again after a heavy rainfall, and the trouble is blamed
on an inadequate passage for water at the cemetery
bridge, and the same is true across U. S. Highway 17
near Boswell’s Restaurant. At these two points the
volume of water is so great that due to inadequate open
ings, it forms a dam and, of course, there is nothing for
the water to do but back up toward its source.
No matter how free the sewer line is, or how large the
pipes or manholes are, the water cannot run off unless
there is a free outlet, ar.d at present this is not the case.
Several years ago town officials conferred with State
Highway officials, who at that time admitted that the
cemetery bridge, as well as the opening across Highway
-17 were inadequate to take care of the great volume of
water. Town officials were given to understand that a
drainage engineer would be sent here in short order to
make a survey and determine the size the two openings
should he, but to date nothing has been done.
Os course, there has been a change in highway officials,
and the condition has been called to the attention of
the new group.
So long as the present outlets remain unchanged, there
will be flooded areas in Edenton during heavy rains.
Os course, the elements must also be considered, for
in event of a heavy downpour at a time when there is a
high tide, such as was the case Tuesday, no amount of
pipe or outlet openings will allow water to drain. Eden
ton is not alone in being flooded, for many towns are in
the same fix when an abnormal amount of water falls
within a short time.
This item is written in order to enlighten some people
who have made no further study of the condition other
than raise sand when water accumulates to form a great
nuisance and inconvenience.
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In the mail the other day was a pleasant letter from
Roy Parker, one of my Ahoskie newspaper friends. Said
Friend Roy, in part: “I read of your wife’s illness, but
1 you’ve got the fortitude to stand up and take the ills
that come your way, I know. I had hoped to read that
Mrs. Bufflap was on the mend, but it must not be so from
what I deduce from the little items picked up from The
Herald.” But talking about fortitude, Friend Roy is
blessed with a goodly portion of it, too, for he’s been
confined to hospitals, his home and bed, 30 that he knows
what it is to be out of circulation like my betterhalf has
been lor several months and with no immediate signs of
improvement Roy is fighting another kind of terrible
disease, and here’s hoping he as well as Mrs. B. will be
able to ward off the attack.
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Clyde Hollowell believes in advertising, but he also is
convinced that good food and courteous service go hand
in hand with advertising to help build up a business-
Just a short time ago. when funeral services were held
in Elizabeth City for the late J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Clyde
was no little surprised when he spied Governor Kerr
Scott, Secretary of State Thad Eure and a number of
other prominent State officials seated at a table at the
Triangle for dinner. Clyde felt rather honored that they
selected his place to eat, but later in the afternoon he
was again agreeably surprised when the same group
stopped on their way back to Raleigh after the Ehring
haus funeral for their supper. Clyde figures the food
and service was satisfactory, else they would not have
stopped the second time. Ciyde learned one thing—Gov
ernor Scott likes strawberry milk shakes. And here’s a
tip for Clyde: Stick in an extra slice of ham on my next
sandwich for this plug.
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An unusual high tide occurred Tuesday, so that water
in the Sound overflowed th-=> banks at some places. At
the county dock boats were floating on about a level with
the street and at J. N. iPruden’s home the water backed
far up in his yard. Prudy didn’t mind the water so
much, but he didn’t want to see a gang of folks fishing
in his yard. Well, if water has anything to do with it,
a fellow could have fished at a number of places in Eden
ton Monday morning—even on Broad Street. If we con
tinue to have such heavy rains and the State does noth
ing about providing adequate outlets for the water, I’m
going to print some “No Fishing” signs for,use of those
people who have trouble enough with the wuter and don’t
want fishermen hanging around. All a fellow needs to
do is pull out a fish—the crowd of fishermen will soon
find it out —and they’ll be on hand.
I must come to the defense of Jim Daniels, local rural
mail carrier, who necessarily delivers The Herald to
subscribers on Route 1. Last week Jim noticed that he
was one bundle of papers short and, of course, he could
not make the usual delivery. As a result, he caught the
very devil, some of the subscribers blaming him for not
delivering their Herald. After Jim took a few tongue
lashings and in turn hopped on me, I investigated and
found that a boy in the office skipped an entire galley of
names, so that this group of papers were not stamped.
I hate to hear about any subscribers not receiving their
paper, but I like to hear ’em raise the devil when they
are missed —makes a fellow feel that our efforts to get
out a paper are not in vain.
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I see that a golf tournament is being planned at the
Air Station course on September 11. Participants must
qualify to play before September 5, and in the tourna
ment I imagine someone will keep track of the number
of strokes each player makes on the various holes." That,
my friend, will make a difference in some of the fopres.
Mrs. Lela McClenney
Dies After Long Illness
-Mrs. Lela Jones McClenney, 78,
died Friday afternoon shortly after
5 o’clock at her home on East Queen
Street after an illness extending over
a period of four years. Deceased was
a native of Chowan County, the
daughter of the late Jerry M. and
Nancy Baas Jones, and the widow
of the late John MdClenney. 1
Surviving are one son, Waverly
P. McClenney of Norfolk and a half
sister, Mrs. Arrie Lee McClenney of
Edenton.
The body was removed to Norfolk,
where services were held Sunday as-
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