•THE CHOWAN HERALD
Published every Thursday by
Buff’s Printing House, 100 East
King Street, Edenton, N. C.
J. Edwin Bufflap Editor
Hectcr Lupton Advertising Mgr.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1934.
CHOWAN COUNTY’S
NEW NEWSPAPER
This is the first issue of the Cho
wan Herald, a brand new newspaper
for Chowan County and this section,
and is presented to every box-holder
in the County as well as every home
in Edenton in order that readers
may get somewhat of an idea of the
kind of newspaper that will be pub
lished. Several issues will be sent
free in order that prospective sub
scribers may become acquainted with
the paper and know what they may
expect before being solicited for sub
scriptions.
The publishers want as many read
ers as possible and as an inducement
to subscribe the subscription price of
$1.25 per year will be reduced for
a limited time only. The publishers
are desirous of making the paper as
interesting and informative as pos
sible and to that end beseech the co
operation and suggestions of any
reader to the end that each issue of
this newspaper may be looked for r
ward to by a host of subscribers.
We will welcome any news or in
formation in the county that will be
of interest to the people as a whole,
which may l be mailed, telephoned or
communicated to anyone connected
with the Herald.
INTRODUCING
OURSELVES
Although the publishers of the
Chowan Herald are well known in
Chowan County and this section of
the State, it is no more than proper
that the community should know
something about them.
The publishers of the Chowan
Herald are J. Edwin Bufflap and
Hector Lupton, who are the owners
of Buff’s Printing House in Edenton.
Bufflap will act as editor of the new
publication and Lupton will act as
advertising manager.
Hector Lupton came to Edenton
about eight years ago from Wash
ington, N. C., having been raised in
Hyde County. He has worked in
Eastern Carolina and for a time in
Long Island, New York. He mar
ried an Edenton girl, the former
Elizabeth Hollowell, daughter of
Mrs. N. J. Hollowell. They have one
son, Teddy.
J. Edwin Bufflap came to Edenton
about 12 years ago from Elizabeth
City, and has been working at the
printing business since graduating
from a Pennsylvania high school in
1910, and has held positions during
that time throughout the New Eng
land States and Eastern North Caro
lina. He has three children, two boys
■and a girl. “Buff” came to Edenton
it© work with Mr. R. G. Shackell
shortly after the Edenton Daily News
was established and remained in the
employ of the paper continuously
until about a year ago, when he sev
ered relations with the paper and, to
gether with Mr. Lupton, opened a
job printing plant which is now lo
cated at 100 East King Street, next
to the Western Union office, where
the -Herald will be published.
Both of the publishers are fully
acquainted with the newspaper situ
ation in Edenton and believe that
they know about the sort of paper
the community wants and will use
all their energy and efforts to put
ting out the best paper possible.
Naturally the first issue will be im
proved upon, for there are many dif
ficulties and obstacles to be over
come in starting a newspaper. We
hope to profit by our mistakes and
strive to print a paper that will meet
the needs of the community.
POLICY OF THE
CHOWAN HERALD
' It will be the purpose of the Cho
wan Herald to publish a fair presen
tation of news of general interest.
The opinions of the publishers will
not be reflected in any news stories,
being alllowed freely according
+6 the news value, irrespective of the
opinion, religion, and politics of said
publishers.
Both of the publishers are Demo
crats, one a Methodist and the other
an Episcopalian, but we have not
reached the . point where we think
every Methodist, every Episcopalian
and every Democrat is an angel, but
rather that there aie good and bad in
every denomination and every politi
cal party.
'v’J’he opinion of the Herald on any
question will be set forth in the edi
torial column, but we are satisfied
that lour opinion, is no better than the
option of many of our readers. We,
therefore, throw open our columns to
any criticisms that may appear there
in, whether the criticisms agree or
with
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Heard and seen
By “BUFF”
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Like a bad penny, “Heard and
Seen” is back again. Thanks to all
those who have expressed an interest
in tiiis column and a hope that it
would be revived. So here ’tis:
The first thing to “hop” on is the
weather. Yep, sort of warm lately.
And while working on another paper
recently some bird telephoned the
editorial rooms, asking if they want
ed a report on the weather. “Sure,”
came the answer from the news
paper office. “Well,” came the reply,
“you can put in your columns that
with as. hot weather as we’re having
lately, hell can’t be far away.” The
“tip” never reached the composing
room.
o
Anyway with such hot weather as
we’ve had already this summer, I
can’t see what kind of folks our
preachers are. I’ve gone to church
quite regularly through it all, and
bless my soul, unless I’ve gone to
sleep at times, I’ve never heard one
of them yet say, “Men, if you’re un
comfortable, take off your coats.”
That would be welcome news, but
then there’s another thing to be con
sidered—a fellow would have to put
on a clean shirt every time he went
to church, and what about we fel
lows who have only one Sunday
shirt?
o
The busses are doing a big busi
ness these days, but there’s no tell
ing what a fellow will run up against
while riding in one of the things.
For instance, on one occasion a lady
sitting in the 'seat in front of me
wanted the window raised to get a
little breeze. Naturally, being ac
commodating to the lady I raised the
window for her. But the bus hadn’t
vite a discussion of timely subjects
in the columns of this newspaper.
KLAN STAGING
A COME-BACK
According to literature sent out
from Atlanta, efforts are being made
to revive the Ku Klux Klan. Ac
cording to information sponsors of
the Klan a few years ago secured a
neat sum from initiation fees and
assessments on the local organiza
tions.
The principles of the organiza
tion, like those of most secret orders,
are truly American and ideal if car
ried out, but where such a set of ex- ,
cellent principles are used by a com- ,
paratively few for their own per- ,
sonal gain, such organization will ]
not survive. We doubt whether the ]
Klan will • ever again reach the ]
strength it attained just a few years
ago.
WE’RE KEEPING ON ii
THE SAFE SIDE
The Carolina Journal has the fol
lowing to say about “Manners”:
“Manners is only another name for \
courtesy, and without courtesy to- ,
ward our fellows, and from our fel- ,
lows to us, we would soon be no •
more than savages. One of the .
things that go to make a manly man ]
or a womanly woman is proper
courtesy to others.
“One of the most trangressed can- ]
ons of good manners today is that j
of calling older people by their first ]
names without the prefix Mr., Mrs. ,
or. Miss. The calling of one 15 years i
or more older than yourself by their
first name, unless you have been in- j
vited to do so by that person is a ,
confession that you lack in good ;
manners.” .
The Herald agrees in every par- ]
ticular with the above editorial, but j
the editor of this paper thinks, too «
much of his life to ask a Miss or a (
Mrs. if they are 15 years or more i
older than he. So we’ll keep on the 1
safe side and call them all either 1
Miss or Mrs. even if we do happen to
speak to some younger than our
selves. |
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gone very far until the lady sitting
back of me wanted the window pulled
down, whereupon I tried to please
her and yanked the window down.
But before I had chance to sit down
the first lady jumped up and said,
“Say, will you please open that win
dow and let it open?” And at the
same time the lady in the back said
“Close that window, it’s too much
breeze in here.” Well, in despera
tion I got up and shouted to both of
them: “I no speeka da Engleesh,”
and found a seat back near the col
ored section.
o
The umpires at the baseball games
sure catch the dickens for some of
the decisions. With all this trouble
about umpiring I don’t see why some
guy don’t invent some kind of a light
that would light when the runner’s
foot touches the base and when the
baseman catches the ball. It would
be easier to see which one of the
bulbs lighted first. I haven’t gone
very far in the matter, and I don’t
reckon I will because what would a
baseball game be without nagging at
the umpire once in awhile?
o
It will not be so very long now
until hunting season opens, and I’ve
found out the best way to prepare a
’possum. The recipe goes something
like‘this: Skin and clean thorough
ly, roast to a nice brown. Then open
the window and throw it in the garb
age can.
o
We’ve had to buy a typewriter at
the Herald office, and in looking over
some ads we saw this one: “Type
writer for sale. Writes good but
not a good speller.” We didn’t buy
that one!
o
I felt sorry for a companion not so
long ago. He and I attended an
evangelistic meeting, in the course
of which the evangelist was making
a plea for five dollar donations to be
used toward the expense of the cam
paign. Some sort of a bug lighted
on the neck of my friend, and for
fear the preacher would see him
raise his hand, he allowed the bug
to bite and scratch until the offering
was over. But come to think of it,
he was in a bad predicament because
that preacher sure could see the
hands as they went up.
o
Right much has been heard this
summer about the disease “Devil’s
Grip.” I don’t know how the name
originated but it’s not so new, for
by the looks of things the devil has
had a mighty grip now for a long,
long time.
o
Doctors generally have a fine
sense of humor. Not so long ago a
man, thinking that he was suffering
with low blood pressure chased into
a doctor’s office and all excitedly
said, “Doc, wTiat in the world can I
do for my low blood pressure"'' the
doctor qrhvuig 'mm the “once over,”
calnhly replied: “About the best
thing's!, know’ is to get on your knees
and Jx>rd that you don’t
have high blood press ffrpr”
Edenton surely has a bunch of re
ligious yellow flies, mosquitoes and
flies. And the bad thing about it I
believe the most of them are Metho
dists. Os course the yellow flies
must have gotten religion because
you see very few of them in the
Methodist church here lately. How
ever, the flies and mosquitoes still
attend quite regularly. And even
Sunday before last a bat attracted
right much attention sailing back
and forth in the church at the night
service. But I don’t see why folks
don’t like to be bitten by mosquitoes.
Gosh dam, just notice how good it
feels when you scratch a mosquito
bite.
o
The other day I was riding with a
local business man who’ had stopped
smoking just a short time before.
He told me that at that particular
time he would give a dollar for a
cigarette, but that he would not
smoke one for a dollar. I can’t quite
l- figure it out.
o
1 Although the front and back yard
1 at the residence of Captain and Mrs.
■ Pat Bell in the middle of Chowan
1 Bridge is the waters of Chowan
■ River, I’ll bet a ginger cake that the
• flower beds in front of the house
: have called for more compliments
l than any flower garden hereabouts.
1 The space in front of the house is
| covered with beautiful vari-colored
; flowers, which have been blooming
now for quite a while, and rarely
■ does a bus pass over the bridge but
that you hear: “My oh my, aren’t
those flowers beautiful?” And to be
J truthful, they.are beautiful, due, no
■ doubt, to the care given them by
s Mrs. Bell.
j
; The chances are that we will have
1 to hire a colored boy around our
• printing office, which reminds me of
I one I heard about in a nearby town.
1 The colored boy was telling a group
! of friends how" much work he had
; been doing, in fact he said he did
■ everything at the office. One of the
; other employes heard him boasting,
and said: “Do you mean to tell the
folks that you do everything down at
the printing office?” “Yowsah,” re
plied the boy, “dat is everything but
reading’ and writin’.” We’d like to
get hold of him for our shop.
o
T. J. Wilder surely has something
to be thankful for during the hot !
summer time. Bre’r Wilder was tell
ing a group of fellows a little while!
back about a certain room in his ■
home on Eden street. This room, he
said was so cool that if a person
went in while perspired he would
need a coat to keep from getting cold.
Don’t rush folks, I don’t think he
wall rent it out. Fact is I wouldn’t
if I had a room like that. Os course
Mr. Wilder explained the reasons for
this cool room, but now I’m wonder
ing if the same room is warm during
the winter days.
o
I’ve lost track of the membership
of my false teeth club. I do know,
though, that Harrison Spruill sports
a new set of teeth. But Harrison
don’t try to hide the fact. He’s just
as liable to carry hi 3 teeth in his hip
pocket as in his mouth. I think he
ought to be careful, lest he sits down
and bites himself.
o
What I’d like to know is, who is
the champion watermelon grower
this year? A. B. Griffin had one
displayed in the window of Leggett
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& Davis Drug Store near about as
long as the cane the Uses while walk
ing around town.
o
The NRA, FERA, AAA, and all the
other A’s don’t bother us so much,
but what gives us a fit is the C. O. D.
o
Recently a couple of young fellows
from a neighboring town were in
volved in a slight automobile wreck
just outside Elizabeth City. The
other party was a prominent man in
Elizabeth City, and after the accident
the usual argument arose as to who
was to blame. After seeing the
town’s license plate, the Elizabeth
City man roiled something like this:
“Why don’t you look where you’re
driving, you ignorant countrymen.”
The boys sort of resented the remark
and asked the man where he might
be from. “Why I live in Elizabeth
City, if you please,” was the answer.
Be careful folks, if you go to the big
town; don’t get lost.
o
It’s no joke about folks eating rat
tlesnake. C. P. Wales took me along
in his laundry truck to the CCC
camp near Windsor a little while
back and during the day Woodrow
Pierce of the Sixth Section killed a
6 1-2 foot rattlesnake. The reptile
STOVES..
Just received a teiegxom from
“JACK FROSTsaying:-
“Get your Stoves from J. C. Bonj
(p. and have things Hot when]
arrive.”
Prices and up. 1
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was brought home, skinned
cook fried tiie meat. A nu^BHH
the boys were standing arouncHHS
the snake meat. It really
good and one of the boys
a piece. It was around s^ju.er
but really I wasn’t hungry ;
tackle a piece of it. H
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J finally got up with C/ pUJ
Swanner. He said he’s been
out in the sticks. I inquired hpu
dress to send him the first issue o|
our paper, and Charlie said: “Wei
just put on ‘Charlie Swanner,’ bjl
cause there’s no other Charlie Swaß
ner around here—in fact they maß
only one.”
o I
There sure are some “reckless!
gamblers in town. The other dB
when Edenton was leading Williamfl
ton 10 to 1, I heard a fellow in froß
of Quinn’s Furniture Store, wiiile tlfl
game was being broadcast, saß
“I’ll bet a quarter Edenton wins tfl
day’s game.” Taking right much B
a chance, I would say. H
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Oscar Duncan, down at the Broß
Street Fish Market, must thinkß
“just came to town.” The other dafl
I asked him if he was selling eggß
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