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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934.
THIS WEEK'S BIBLE THOUGHT
FINDING THE RIGHT WAY:
Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is
near; let the wicked forsake his way,
.and the unrighteous man his thoughts
and let him return unto the Lord, and
he will have mercy upon him; and to
our God, for he will abundantly par
don. Isaiah 55:6-7.
TOWARD BETTER LEGAL
PROCEDURE
The American Bar Association is
carrying out a five-point educational
' program directed both to lawyers
and to the general public. The point;
included are: Enforcement of profes
sional ethics; criminal law and its
enforcement; legal education and ad
mission to the bar; unauthorized prac
tice of the law; selection of judges.
A3 a start, the association sent
letters, pamphlets, questionnaires
and informative releases to the 1,400
bar associations of the country, ex
plaining the scope and purposes of
the campaign. This was followed by
a radio program, designed to give
the public a knowledge of the work.
The program has been on the air
each Saturday night.
The association believes that the
public, at the moment, is particularly
receptive to proposals for reforms in
criminal law, and this phase of the
project has been emphasized. Acting
directly, the association is now co
operating with the International As
sociation of Chiefs of Police in an
effort to secure more efficient police
personnel, and to improve the stand
ard of departments throughout the
country.
Here is a work in which every citi
zen has a vital interest it affects
his home, lib property, the very
lives of himself and his family.
Strengthening and improving the
law, and the practice of the law, is
one of the great needs of the time
and the Bar Association in pursuing
its program, is performing an in
valuable patriotic duty.
The code that might help the most
in these days is the one that Moses
brought down from Mount Sinai.
Hertford County Herald.
FROM OTHER
SANCTUMS
MORE MUSIC
Music seems to be on the up grade
in our State. Choral clubs, mu3ic as
sociations, brass bands and string
bands seem to be springing up every
where. Music seems to be one of man's
most choice endowments. Men can
not march to war without music, nor
can they abide in peace without mu
sic. It seems to soothe the soul, and
give us more of a kinship with the
Almighty. Our public educational
system needs to give more attention
and encouragement to the teaching
of music. Williamston Enterprise.
EXILE
Judges frequently condemn a per
son . who has been found guilty of
some crime to exile from the city or
state in which the crime was com
mitted. The News and Observer of
Raleigh does not think highly of
such procedure. If, reasons the Ob
server, the man was not guilty he
should be set free and if he was
guilty he should not be sent to be
come a menace to some other Inno
cent community. Editor, - Beasley of
the Monroe Journal thinks that there
can be no general rule made about it
but that' every case must be handled
separately. He recalls some instances
in which the change of, environment
has helped the exiles ' to live better
lives, Our idea is that judges have
., made too. free use of the exile pen-
any, mat is especially true ol city
( court judges. Too often men and
,. wdmen are run out of one city only
t to go to the neighboring city to carry
on- their' nefarious ' lives. A city
' judge, however, has a problem on his
nana. Jivery city is afflicted with a
number of undesirables and it takes
Solomon to know best how to handle
' them.. Exile is not a solution, for as
.fast as the judge of one city court
exiles his bunch, their places ere filled
.by those who have been exiled from
, the neighboring city. Mayba some of
,'."11 . . I ttt , m a '."T'.'-V
iTnom .V trot tiva Af hniMM niI Aitf
of cities and will decide to straighten
up. ,. It is not a simple " problem.
Charity, and Children. ( . . : j-. -,
HAPPY and prosperous New
Year!"- All day the words
had been flung at Bob Cam
eron ; everywhere he went
they echoed In his ears. He
wanted to shut them out, to
i'orget that a New Year was
beginning.
Lust night,. In summing up Clio old
year, he had come to the conclusion
that lie was an utter failure, that lie
might as well discard the Idea of be
coming a writer. Every story that he
had scut out hud come back. It was
true that a few editors had encour
aged him one of the best known In
the country had told him to keep on,
that he had a fine literary style. But
none of them had kept his offerings.
Bob felt that the wisest thing he
could do was to chuck the whole thing
at the beginning of the New Year. Yet
down In his heart ho knew that writ
ing was n part of him; that it would
be an almost Impossible task to keep
away from the untidy desk back In his
den. I!nt he would have to do It, a
man couldn't Isold a girl to a promise,
with nothing to offer her but failure.
Bob knew that Dorothy Trent was
hack ot his resolution to quit the writ
ing game. He loved Dorothy and she
loved him. They had been engaged
since their senior year at Northwest
ern. It was time that he should say
something about marriage; it was not
fair to hold her as he was doing. He
would have to get a position that
would enable him to keep a girl like
' it Will Be Glorious to Help You Work
Out Your Career."
Perot.' ; he couldn't asl: her to c:;ist
on the meager pittance he was getting
from the I'ry.or company. He bad tak
en the job simply because It gave him
:o much time for writing, earing notli
lir at the time for the small salary
ami the lack of opportunity that It
held.
'I he unlmppiness brought by his re
solve showed plainly In the weary
droop of Bob's shoulders and the tired
Sines on his boyish face. He found It
.iard to join In the small talk and fun
ol the New Yenr's party that was go-1
i:ig on. If Dorothy hadn't been so In-1
sistent upon his coining, he would have
remained away, for he was In no mood
for frivolity. And now, an even deeper
bitterness had crept Into his heart, as
he watched the crowd pay tribute to
Kverett Elstun. the literary Hon of
Itaymondvllle.
He wondered how Dorothy had got
Elstun to her party ; he was a bit of a
recluse and seldom mingled with the
crowd. He was surprised as he saw
him walking across the room, with an
eager look upon his face.
"How are you coming with your
writing?" he asked.
Bob gave a mirthless laugh. "I've Just
decided that as a writer I'm a pretty
good hod-carrier. The fact of the mut
ter Is, Mr. Elstun, I've made a New
Year's resolution to quit.'
"Giving up in a hurry?" Elstun said,
a trifle sharply.
"I've been trying for almost two
years," Bob answereu.
"And you think a few hours every
now and then for two years should
have brought you success? Listen,
hoy, I was writing full time for more
rlian three years before I got a hint
that I wasn't, wasting Ink." . .-' ; -.-
In a moment Bob was confessing his
real reason for quitting. Elstun lis
tened quietly, then be spoke. "I, too,
had that problem," he said. "There was
a girl; I felt sure she wouldn't be sat
isfied with what I had to biter. For
tunately, I found out in 'time she want'
ed to share my struggles. , Maybe the
girl you love feels the sflme way." t
Bob" found that1 Elstua was right
Dorothy was aghast at the though of
his giving up the vwork, he loved,? or
doubting that she would -want to share
bis poverty. "It will nal glorious! to
help yon work' out' yoV: career
assured him. L. , , i ?
So a new. resolution was made that
called for success Instead of fallflre.
The New Tear .was. going to bring Bob
the acceptances that he craved. , i
e. Wwttrn Nwppr Union. -.' F ' ;
" Pretty' WrMff.'t
Scientists studying evolution predict
that mankind will become ' perfectly
adapted to its environment Id about
;?,000,000 years." ' If ir Is going to take
us long at that.-we can afford to yield
briefly to fho, holiday spirit and say
blithely tlsaf this Is a pretty' good
wocld that for . one so young It has
done ; a " good deal and , has never
behaved itself better than. right now.
Woman's Home Companion, ,-
Cold Frame Advccd
f For Errly Vegetables
1 - The construction of a .cold frame in
January will be a big help in the
growing of early' vegetables, says E.
B.. Morrow, extension horticulturist at
State Colhe.- s ; ; -'
.At small -expense, he' says, a cold
frame can be prepared to' protect the
young vegetables -until they have be
come comparatively hardy and until
the coldest weather has passed.'
The frame should be located on the
southern or eastern slope of a bill,
when possible, to protect it from the
north winds and to give the plants
the best .exposure to .the- sunlight.
Bank dirt around the northernand
western sides of the frame as an ad
ditional protection.
A frame is what the name implies,
Morrow says: a framework of
boards over which can be spread light
cloth or canvass to protect the plants
from the weather. The top of the
frame should be approximately three
feet above the ground.
The cloth should be arranged so
that it may be rolled back on warm
days to allow fresh air and sunshine
to reach the plants. On extra cold
nights, canvass or sacks should be
spread on top of the regular cloth
covering as an additional protection.
If necessary, a lighted lantern left in
the frame overnight will help keep
the temperature above freezing.
In ventilating the frame, he says,
be sure to avoid drafts and open the
frame only on warm days. The soil
should be kept moderately moist, but
do not water heavily enough to make
the ground wet.
Mrs. Mamie Corbitt
Buried Wednesday
Mrs. Mamie Corbitt, 65, died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. W. E. Mat
hews, in Old Neck, on Christmas day.
Funeral services were held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock atj,the
home. Burial took place in Cedar
Grove Methodist churchyard. Rev.
J. W. Dimette, pastor of the church,
officiated.
Mrs. Corbitt was the widow of
Henry V. Corbitt. Three sisters
survive. They are Mrs. W. E. Mat
hews, Mrs. Herbert Eure, Mrs. Rob
ert Stallings. Five half sisters also
survive, Mr3. Joe P. Elliott, of Chap
anoke, Mis. Fletcher Russell, oi
Hertford, Route Three, Mrs. Nathar,
Jordan, of Camden, and Mrs. John
Speight, of Elizabeth-City, and Miss
Eva Benton, of Norfolk. One hall
brother, Alton Benton, also survives
Irrpressive Wedding
Held In Local Churcl
A wedding of unusual beauty anc
simplicity took place at the Hertfor
Methodist Church on Wednesday
December 26, at 10 o'clock in th(
morning, when Miss Hannah Mar
garet Stephens, of Hertford, becarm
the bride of Mr. Alfred Carver Shan
nonhoube, of Elizabeth City.
Miss Kate M. Blanchard, organis.
of the church, rendered the wedding
music, using the Bridal Chorus froir
Lohengrin as a processional and the
Wedding March by Mendelssohn as
recessional. While the guests were
assembling Elgar's "Salut D'Amour
and Liszt's "Lieb3traum" were play
ed, and during the ceremony Mc
Dowell's "To a Wild Rose."
Immediately preceding the cere
mony Miss Blanche Cannon, of Hert
ford, sang Shubert's "Serenade.'
Miss Cannon wore a tunic dres3 oi
red and black, with black accessories
and a shoulder corsage of cream
roses.
Mis3 Patricia Stephens, a sister oi
the. bride, who lighted the candles,
wore a dress of brown crepe, with
brown accessories, her flowers being
a shoulder-corsage of pink roses.
Miss Mary Onella Relff was mail
of honor and the bride's only attend
ant. She wore a dress of grey crepe,
made with a tunic, with which she
wore brown accessories. Her flow
ers were pink roses.
The bride, who was given in marri
age, by her father, was lovely in a
traveling costume of green, with
brown accessories. Her flowers wcr
a shoulder corsage of lilac roses.
The - bridegroom had as his besi
man his brother, Archie Shannon
house, of Elizabeth City. The ushers
were John and Roger Shannonhouse,
also of Elizabeth City.
The ceremony was impressively
performed by the Rev. B. P. Robin
son, pastor of the church. , . -
.' The bride Is the attractive younjt,
daughter, of Mr, and Mrs. .P. L. Staph?
ens, of Hertford; and is a young wo
man of ' much personal charm. ."She
is very popular with a wide circle o
friends. 4 , . ? a ; t i ?'
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. am?
Mrs. J. W. Shannonhouse, of Eliza
beth City, and is. a prominent young
business man of that place., . t ' . ,
WINFALL BOY PAINFULLY " 1
INJURED BY FIRECRACKERS
Robert, the younsr son -of Mr. .and
Mm. W. P.1 Morgan, of WInfall, suf-C
fered ' painful ' burns on Christmas
day when he picked up some lighted
firecrackers' which he thought had
gone out after they had been light
ed. The boy was '' brought to Hert-ford-to
have- the injuried hand dress
ed by a physician, " .
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1 ETHEL BARRYMORE
Ethel Barrymore, star of stars
in the serious drama, will join
with Beatrice Lillie, international
favorite on the musical - comedy
stage, in heading the long array
of celebrities in the Nash-LaFayette
New Year's Day broadcast, over
88 coast-to-coast Columbia net
work stations, from 2 :30 to 5 :15
p. m., EST.
Other outstanding stars on .this
two and three-quarter hours pro
gram are Noel Coward, famous
dramatist, composer, and actor;
De Wolf Hopper, "grand old man
of the American stage"; Alexander
Woollcott, master of ceremonies;
the Mills Brothers, radio and mo
tion picture favorites; Josef Pas
ternack, conducting a thirty-five
piece concert orchestra;- James
Melton, tenor; Ethel Shutta, stage
-and radio star, and George Olsen
and his orchestra.
THROUGH; STATE CAPITOL
KEYHOLES
(Continued from Page One)
Commission didn't follow his ruling
on the audit nroposition it might go
ahead and disregard him. That got
a rise out of Mr. Johnson but the
smoke is clearing away once more.
. MONEY MAN The grapevine re
ports that Representative Reginald
Harris, of Person, who held the
speakership in the 1933 session, will
head the House finance committee in
1935 if either Robert Grady John
son, of Pender, or Laurie McEachern
of Hoke are elected speaker.. It
Representative VW. L. Lumpkin, of
Franklin, gets the speakership that
will change the picture and Tarn C.
Bowie, of Ashe, friend and support
er of Lumpkin, probably will get one
of the ma'jor committee osts.
SANTA CLAUS Ycu can fnul
plenty of politically-wise people who
believe that there will be a real
Santa for school teachers, highway
employes and other State hired
help when the General Assembly
meets. Governor Ehringhaus is as:
proud as a dog with two tails over
increases in State revenues and he i;
not expected to oppose increases ir
pay for the public slaves. In fact,
nobody would be surprised if he
recommended a little more gravy to
go with the dry bread. The legisla
tors themselves, . as well as their
neighbors have more money than
they did two years ago and every
thing looks brighter. State employes
are not failing to hang; up theii
stockings, even though some of them
may have to tie up holes in the toes
and heels.
GETS A BREAK Representative
Tarn C. Bowie, the political powder
keg from Ashe County, is quoted 'as
saying Raleigh scribes are not men
tioning his name (a3 a candidate for
the gubernatorial nomination in 1936
for reasons of their own which could
not be called ethical or public-spirited.
"Mt, Bowie can't ;; hurl - that
charge at Keyholes, which has never
minimized his political powers but
ha3 quoted his friends as saying that
he will not run in opposition to, his
close personal and political friend,
Congressman R. L. Doughton, if that
gentleman decides ..- to start a race
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from Sparta, '',6rth Carolina, to a
certain red brick house on Blount
street in Eak-'rh. . .
MAX FAES BETTERV-Two years
ago the Department of Conservation
and Development and the parole com-
'missioner were objects of concerted
legislative attacks. The 'parole of
fice had been an issue in the guber
natorial campaign and the conserva
tion rdepartment ; was in - Dutch be
cause of certain game wardens. All
has changed. . R, Bruce Etheridge in
winning' acclaim for the former set
up while 1 Parole Commissioner Ed
win M. Gill has done the latter office
untold good. . Prospects are good that
both these important JState offices
will get better than the shoe-string
doled ojut by the last General. As
sembly. CRIME AH these state and na
tional .conferences on crime are striv
ing toward a goal that can be de
scribed in one word cooperation.
From coroner to Supreme Court and
still upward to the governor and
executive clemency what is needed
most, in the opinion of those who
handle criminals in State institutions,
LUKE RILEY SAYS THE RATS DIE
BEFORE REACHING THE RIVER.
Since moving near the river several years ago we've always. used ,
BEST-YET. We watched the vicious water rats nibbling at BEST-,.
YET, outs;de the hcuzc. ALout 15 minutes later they darted-off for .
tiic river to cool their burning stomachs, but died before reaching it.,
Kills rat3 and mice only. Will not hurt cats, dogs or chickens, and;
there is no smell from the dead rat. BEST-YET comes in two sizes,;
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is' cooperation. AU too cT. i jfilla
oncers think fett t!.e whola system
of justice depend on ' them. Like
wise sbn:e jud -es- seem . under the
impression that it is up to them to
administer justice . in - its entirety '
from beginning to. end. . Prominent,
North Carolina criminologists are of
the opinion that all - these officers
and their legal functions should work
as parts of one" big' machine of jus
tice and that such cooperation would
result in better law enforcement and
fewer crimes. - , ' " ' . ,
v SALES TAX Over in' f the old
state of Mecklenburg the boys who
furnish the material for newspapers
will telj you that the sales tax is not
so unpopular as it once was and that"
Governor Ehringhaus is gaining
popularity. Some of them will even .
venture the prediction (off record)
that he could" beat Senator Josiah W. ,
Bailey in 1936 race for one of the
State'3 seats in the most august leg
islative body in the world. ' That
may mean something with a legisla
tive session just around the ' corner
and the Governor's friends ? urging,
him .to oppose Senator Bailey two,
year3, or less, hence. "
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