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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
s Herald, a partnership consisting olf J. E.
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 428-426 South
Bread Street, Edenton, N. C.
J. EDWIN BUPFLAIP -- .-Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
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«lvertising rates.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1953
a~lift~for~today
The light sMneth in darkness; and the darkness com
prehended it not—John 1:5.
A CANDLE, accompanied by prayer and patience, that
is lighted for Jesus can dispel any darkness it is inex
tinguishable.
0 Cod, we would make the world brighter by the good
we seek to do in thy. name. May each of us light a taper
of love and hope foT 4he guidance of ourselves and r
others. I
As It Should Be
At the suggestion of Town Clerk Ernest Ward, Jr., a
new poliicy has recently been adopted by Town Council
which should tend to result in more thoughtful consid
eration of problems confronting the Councilmen.
Citizens or groups of citizens wishing to present a
petition or other important matters are required now to
inform the Town Clerk of their intentions no later than
noon on the Saturday preceding the Council meeting on
Tuesday night. This enables the clerk to prepare an
agenda to be presented to the various Councilmen by
Monday before the meeting, so that some thought can
be given to any important matters.
This method is not only fair to those making requests
but also to the Councilmen as well. All too often in the
past problems have been thrown into the laps of the
Councilmen during a meeting, when no time had been
allowed for consideration, and those making requests
sitting around awaiting a decision. As the result, many
a Town Council meeting has been long drawn out with
Councilmen hurriedly .pondering over the merits or de
merits of certain requests. There have been instances
when, duo to lack of time for thorough consideration, the
Councilmen, becoming weary as the hour hand slowly
moved toward the midnight mark, took snap judgment
on some matters only to discover later on that they
would have voted differently had they had time to more
thoroughly study the problem.
Some matters confronting Town Councilmen require
serious study and consideration from a number of angles,
so that it isn’t fair to expect snap judgment to be taken
and always a fair decision reached for all parties con
cerned.
Town Councilmen to the man desire to transact the
town’s business, and it is a big business, to the best ad- I
vantage of the town as a whole. To do this they are
willing to sacrifice time and effort, so that when any im
portant requests are to be acted upon, they deserve
some advance notice so that adequate thought can be
given to what action each one as an individual will take
on any controversial issue.
Citizens are. therefore, urged to report to the Town
Clerk any important requests they may,, have in time for
him to prepare an agenda for the meeting to ba pre
sented to each Councilman before each monthly meeting.
The individual who seeks the truth rarely thinks he
knows it all.
You may discover many things in church, and you
won’t lose anything.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY JANUARY 15,1953.
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Heard & Seen
By “Buff”
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The other week I had something to say sbo«ft fish bit
ing the day before a fellow goes and again the day after,
which brought some comment in a letter from New Jer
sey. “What you said about fish biting reminds me of a
deep sea fishing trip I took some time back,” wrote a
friend. “I went out on one of those fishing boats and no j
one aboard was getting any bites, so, naturally, there was
some complaining going on. The skipper of the boat
tried to console the fishermen by saying he didn’t quite
understand it, for the day before a lot of fish were
caught. But he hadn’t much more than gotten the words
out of his mouth when a lady on the boat piped up, ‘'Why,
that’s strange. I was on this same boat yesterday and
that’s what you told us then’.”
_o
Pork tenderloin is good eating accordng to my taste,
maybe because the bloomin’ stuff costs so much. Which
reminds me that a friend was telling me the other day
that he and his wife had some for dinner, and to be sure
they’d have no company, they locked the doors and pull
ed down the shades. Not a bad idea.
o
Here’s one who, like many others, has a hard time
writing letters to relatives and friends . It’s nice to get
letters, but it’s another thing to answer them. IWhich
j reminds me that I have two nieces who live in Los An-
I geles, Cal., and because I owed,one of ’em a dime, she
recently wrote to tell me to invest the dime in postage
stamps and write her some letters. You owe anybody a
letter? If so, they’d like to receive one*, I’m sure.
o
I lost track of Gumie Hobbs, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Hobbs, until this week, when he sent me an article
entitled “It Seems To Me.” Gumie now lives at Radiant
Valley, Hyattsville. Md., and his column will be found
on page 15.
o
Maybe I was wrong about my comment last week about
the fuss heard at the Post Office. James Bond remind
ed me that it sounded to him like the Republicans were,
no doubt, trying to undermine the Post Office.
o
Town Councilmen, who were used to long-winded meet
ings, had a comparatively short meeting Tuesday night,
even without a baseball game on tap. The boys were on
their way home before 10 o’clock and quite a bit of busi
ness was transacted, too. Incidentally, a lot of baseball
fans are wondering if Edenton will have organized base
ball next season. But then it hasn’t been quite Warm
enough yet for the baseball fever to set in.
o
Frank Hughes, who because of illness has not attend
ed a Red Men meeting for about a year, managed to
climb up the steps to the hall Monday %ight for the meet
ing. Os course, Frank forgot the password, but the Red
Men didn’t forget that Frank is a past master at putting
on feeds, so at once they appointed him to stage a wiener
roast next Monday night before the regular meeting.
Frank says the hot dogs will be ready to eat at 7:30 1
o’clock.
In looking around, one still sees a lot of 1952 license
plates on automobiles. The 1953 plates were supposed to
be carried on all automobiles on January 1, but the
State allowed 30 more days to buy the new' licenses and
put ’em on cars. After January 31, you better have the
1953 tags or else have a conversation with one of the
State patrolmen. The same thing also applies for the
Edenton city tag. If you don’t have an Edenton license
plate for 1953 displayed before February 1, Chief of
Police or one of the Edenton cops will want to know the
reason why ? Better check on this little matter before
you get in dutch with the cops.
o- —■—
Henry Gardner tells me the Bank of Edenton will be
closed next Monday, January 19, -which is Robert E. Lee’s
birthlay. I have a calendar over my desk which shows
all holidays. Were all observed, we’d be working just
about half the time.
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Probably the cutest snake of then
all, if you can imagine any snake be
ing cute, is the hog-nosed snake, also
] known as the puffing adder, puffing
I viper and spreading viper. Outdoor
writer Shep Shepherd thinks this com
pletely harmless snake is the biggest
ham in-the reptile world.
When danger threatens, he raises
his body upward, flattens Ms head and
spreads a cobra-like hood. With mouth
open he hisses and'strikes ferocious
ly. This awesome performance is de
signed to frighten other creatures into
flight. For all this ■ show of
pugnacity, the little hognose won’t
bite even if you put a finger in his
mouth. If this bluff fails, he resorts
to other means. He dies. And when
it comes to playing dead he can out
possum the most expert possum that
ever lived.
He goes into violent convulsions,
turning on his back and thrashing
about in fancied pain. Gradually the
convulsions cease, the mouth comes
open, the tongue hangs out and the
hognose looks for all the world like
the deadest snake alive. He makes
one mistake in this convincing act. So
intent is he upon his purpose that if
you turn him over on Ms belly after
he has “died” he will instantly flop
over on his back again. This is his
death and, by golly, he is going to die
in the manner of his own choosing.
When he is completely “dead,” walk
away somewhere out of Ms sight and
Wait. After a few minutes he turns
slowly on his stomach again, raises
his head and takes a careful look
around. If his audience has departed
he does likewise. If they ever come
up with an Oscar for snakedom, the
little hognose is a cinch to cop it.
Incidentally, he got that name from
his snout, which is turned up on the
end for rooting in d'rt after the toads
that are the main item on his menu.
Now comes the moral of this piece.
Destroy poisonous snakes. Let the
others live. Don’t smash the skull of
every snake you see just on the theory
it might be poisonous. Learn to know
the four dangerous k ; nds and give the
rest a chance to leave you alone, which
they will gladly do. In most sections
of the country people have only one
or two poisonous snakes to think
about. The West concerns itself only
with the rattlers, except for a portion
lof the Southwest where a few coral
snakes may be found. The central
i states will encounter rattlers, copper
heads and occasionally moccasins.
New England has rattlesnakes and
copperheads. The southeastern states
have the greatest number and variety
)f venomous snakes since it is here
that the range of the rattlesnake, the I
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Time Festival
Will Follow the Sun North.
( Garden Organizations will initiaite Planting Time activitiee mi i
the date shown for each zone. ‘
Spring spreads slowly over the
North American continent. In
Florida planting time is three
months earlier than in Minnesota.
This makes it impossible for gar
' deners throughout the country to
celebrate a national garden week,
i which would fit the season in all
states.
To obtain action in unison
among all who are interested in
practicing and promoting home
gardening, the American Coun
; cil of Horticulture has devised a
' moving spring festival, known as
' Planting Time, which follows the
sun as it travels north from Jan
uary until March.
Based on records of the U.S.
department of agriculture the
country is divided into four zones.
In each the average date of the
last killing frost is approximately
■ the same. One month before this
date is selected as Planting Time
in that zone. Seeds of hardy va
rieties may be sown; hardy plants
may be transplanted; tender va
rieties may be started under pro
tection, and merchants of garden
goods should make these avail
able to their customers.
Since it is considered imprac
tical to divide a state into several
zones, each state has been con
sidered as a unit, and assigned a
date for the beginning of “Plant-
coral and the moccasin overlap, with |
a few copperheads also appearing in
northern Florida.
Fortunes Os Fame
It was the day of the big cricket
match. The famous batsman arrived
with full escort of fans. One spright
ly urchin dashed up to the hero and
presented an autograph album and
| pencil. “Let’s ’ave yer nime here,
'will yer?” and he departed with the
ing Time” which represents the j
average climate of the whole
state, although it may not be ex
actly right for either the earliest
or latest sections of the state
area. The dates assigned to the
various states on this basis are
as follows:
January I—Florida.
February I—Alabama,1 —Alabama, Arkan
sas, Arizona, California, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, South Caro*
lina, Texas.
February 15 Kansas, Ken
tucky, Maryland, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, Washington, West Virginia.
March I—Colorado, Connecti
cut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Ini
diana, lowa, Maine, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, OMo, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South.
Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wiscon
sin, Wyoming.
The Men’s Garden Clubs of
America, National Garden Writ
ers’ Association, and many other,
horticultural organizations have
endorsed the Planting Time pro
gramme, and urge that all home
gardeners join in observing it and f
. urge others to observe it in their,*
communities. \
I prize scrawl.
The game went opposite to expec
tations, the hero was a thorough muff,
the favorites lost. As the players
finished and the hero filed out of the
dressing room, the urchin piped up
from the crowd: “Hi there! Got an
eraser?”
Reason is the only faculty we have
wherewith to judge concerning any
thing, even revelation itself.
—Joseph Butler.