PAGE FOUR THE CHOWAN HERALD Published every Thursday by Buffs Printing House, 100 East King Street, Edenton, N. C. J. Edwin Bufflap Editor Hector Lupton Advertising Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.26 Six Months 76c Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates furnished by re quest. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934. WE WELCOME TWO NEW WEEKLIES This week a brand new weekly newspaper has made its appearance in Hertford, the Perquimans Weekly. The editor of this new publication is Mrs. W. E. White, who for a nunlber of years has done newspaper work in Hertford. The first issue is well balanced with advertising by Hert ford merchants and a goo'dly afnount of local news, together With news of general interest to citizens of the county. Apparently the citizens of Perquimans are very happy to have this new newspaper, and the editor promises her best efforts to produce the kind of paper that will best suit county. Last week The limes of New Bern, also a weekly newspaper, made its appearance after a suspension of some time. The paper has been bought by Harlowe C. Waldrop and Henry B. Jones, who in their first issue have published a paper full of advertising and interesting news matter. The Herald, though still an “in fant,” welcomes both of the new Eastern Carolina weeklies into the journalistic field and wishes for them the same amount of success as is ap parent would result if all issues are as well supported as the first. FIREWORKS TO BE “PUT ON SPOT” With the approach of the holiday season, undoubtedly will come the fireworks nuisance. For what reason fireworks are used to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace the Herald has never been able to figure out. However, City Council is determin ed to curb this sort of celebrating this year, members remembering to what extent the nuisance was carried last year, when on several occasions it was dangerous to walk the streets due to reckless handling of fireworks. Mayor E. W. Spires was authorized by City Council to request the County Commissioners to request Represen tative John F. White to introduce a bill in the next General Assembly to make it unlawful to sell fireworks in Chowan County. It appears that the city fathers are determined to get rid of this style of celebrating dur ing the holidays. The Herald believes the City Coun cil is on the right track. The only way to prevent fireworks being bought in the county is to prevent any from being offered for sale. And it is much easier to check up on where they are sold than who throw them at pedestrians or in automobiles. This newspaper was informed this week that at the first sign of the fire works menace, plain clothes men would be deputized to arrest any who go to extreme with the dangerous • explosives. It is hoped that this holiday season will witness a saner celebration than was the ca3e last year. ALL SHOULD JOIN THE RED CROSS Os all the worthy causes to which Chowan citizen are asked to help, the Red Cross stands out among the leaders. The annual roll call was "Started this week, and the Herald hopes the workers will have no trouble in reach ing their quota in this most worthy undertaking. Colored Red Cross Workers To Have Tea Mrs. Aggie Holley will hold a tea Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at her home for all colored Red Cross work ers in the annual roll call. All en listed workers are urged to be pres ent. Mrs. C. P. Wales, secretary, and Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman, will attend the tea also, and explain "details for the drive. GIRLS’ AUXILIARY MEETS WITH MRS. W. M. WILKINS The Girls’ Auxiliary of the Eden ton Baptist Church held its monthly meeting Monday evening at the home of Mrs. W. M. Wilkins on .Dakum Street. The meeting was with a song, “Living for followed by prayer led by ■Hra Meade Smith. Roll was then lied and minutes of the' previous meeting read by Mrs. Wilkins, after which all old and new business was disposed of. During the business ses sion Misses Lena Smith and Rebecca Hollowell were appointed on the pro gram committee for the December meeting, while the refreshment com mittee will be composed of Misses Ruth Elliott and Clara Meade Smith. Delightful refreshments were served by the hostesses, Misses Saintie White and Kathryn Holmes. UEARD AND SEEN [ By “BUFF” . * *' Yours truly has somehow become affiliated with that “eating, crowd”— the Rotary Club. And sure enough the ladies at the Parish house serve , a meal good enough fpr any Rotarian . or any other hearty eater. The fact [ of the matter is that I was much surprised how I was “filling” as some of the fellows now ask. The truth of the whole matter is that before go , ing to the Rotary luncheon I in formed the “other half” to save a few scraps from the dinner at home be cause I was going to a luncheon and would have to come home to eat. That’s done you know. I’ve seen many a fellow attend a high falutin’ banquet and immediately after the affair see some of them making a bee-line for a restaurant to get “something to eat.” Not so, how ever, with the meals the ladies put up-for the Rotarians. o Aud here's a bit of warning. If anybody sees a tussle up the street comparable to a small rat terrier tugging away at a big shepherd dog, don’t get excited because it will be only yours truly pushing, shoving and pulling John Small to the Rotary meeting. President Charlie Wood al ready put that job on me. I don’t see why he didn’t sic me on some body like Doc Hart, Millard Bond, Jr., Earl Goodwin or Eddie Spires. • ———o And while talking about Rotary, Herbert Peele made a talk extolling his Daily Advance. I was too far away from him to whisper in his ear, that the Chowan Herald is able to accomplish just as much or possibly more than the Advance in this imme diate territory. It’s our task to work for the benefit of Edenton and Chowan County and we intend to work our finger-nails off to that end if need be. We also need support come across! o The presiding officer of a local lodge one night last week was apolo gizing to a new member of the or ganization who attended the meeting for the first time. “I’m sorry we have such a small crowd present to night," said the man in charge. “Oh, don’t mind that,” said the “first nighter,” “I’m used to small crowds; I go to church every Sunday night.” o Even folks who know very little about Edenton like to read the Cho wan Herald. This can be attested to by Don Francis, a subscriber living in Brooklyn. The same day Don re ceived his copy of the paper a friend called at his home. Don, politely, handed his guest the paper to glance over, and lo and behold, when the latter left he took the Herald with him. Now Don is squealing for an other copy of that issue. Note to Don: Give that bird our address and subscription rates. o Baseball fans are turning out strong for the football games also. However, football can’t win over al together some of the baseball root ers. Take for instance Cecil Byrum. He enjoys a football game, but what gives him the biggest thrill, he says, is “when they sock that rock.” o In looking over last week’s Eliza beth City Independent I failed to find a single word about Elizabeth City taking the “cockiness” out of the Edenton Aces in the football game played with the Yellow Jackets. I’d like to inform the writer of the “forecast” that a game was played and that Edenton is now champions of the Northeastern Conference. o Shucks, it isn’t winter time yet. Just look in the personal column and notice the crowd that went to the beach over the week-end. And be sides that I understand Jim Holmes and his son-in-law, Earl Goodwin, took a dip in the ocean just for sum mer time’s sake, I reckon. o There must be plenty of people af ter Jno. C. Bond Company’s Aladdin Lamp to be given away to the person holding the lucky number. Their supply of tickets almost became ex hausted and X. E. Copeland gave us a rush order to print some more. Anybody else need any job printing done? o Two interesting telegrams were i exchanged Friday night. Gordon Huffines, brother-in-law of Spec Jones, after the New Bem-Fayette ville football game, wired Spec thus ly: “New Bern 33, Fayetteville 0. Call out your reserves.” Spec, not to be outdone, immediately wired back: “Edenton 84, Hertford 0. Call out your fire department.” Not bad, eh what! o As cold as it was Monday night, a couple of youngsters with red noses and shivering limbs were paiked in front of Leggett & Davis drug store looking over the" prizes to be given away. I didn’t know the youngsters, but they sure were interested. Stand ings are posted on the window for the convenience of those who would like to know who is in the running to secure these nifty toys. In the girls’ race the three leaders are Jacquelin Adams, Nenie Bunch and Ruth Muth. The three leading boys are Thomas Shepard, Logan Elliott and West By- THE CHOWAN HER/ TD, EDENTON, N. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1984, - —————————— ——4 * , > rum. Os course, it’s no telling how ■ the standing will be at the wind-up, i for there’s a gang on each list > o i I don’t know how true this is, but t I’m told Jake Muth was left in i charge of the drug store the other : day and a man came in to get some ? thing for a headache. Jake recom - mended and sold him a do3e of cas • tor oil. Shortly after another cus s tomer wanted something to stop a • spell of sneezing. Jake again sold a I dose of castor oil. Upon being ques ■ tioned about business, Jake told i what he’d done. “Well,” he was told, ’ “castor oil was all right in the first ! case, but you should not have sold a i man castor oil for sneezing.” That’s : not quite all of the story, but I’m not going to see Jake when I’m got a toothache or ingrown toe naiL o R. C. Skiles come up on a funny one last week. While coming back from Elizabeth City he passed a car parked along the road, and noticed smoke pouring out of the window- He stopped and went back, and just about that time a fellow was crawling out of the car and made the the following remark: “Ich too hot in that plash; I’m gotta (hie, hie) get eut and cool off a little.” It was discovered that the cushions in the car were burning. Must have been hot stuff! o A little girl on Saturday night was trying to put on a pair of shoes. She wasn’t making much headway, when her mother took hold of the shoe, and without much success, she exclaimed, “Daughter, you’re not do ing a thing to help to get thi3 shoe on.” “Yes I am, mamma,” said the little tot, “I’m grunting as much as I can.” o F. F. Muth had a crowd around at his house Saturday night to cele brate his birthday and eat sauer kraut. It’s hard to tell who was the champion sauer kraut eater, but Cam Byrum, who has held this title, fell by the wayside. It now looks as though the “honor” lies between Fermor Hobbs, Charlie Wood or Ed die Spires—of course I’m running in there some place, too. But the last I saw of the Mayor he lacked about two inches of being able to button the top of his breeches. The only trouble with Mr. Muth’s birthdays is that they don’t come once a week in stead of once a year. o A fellow in Edenton who is inti mate with Governor Ehringhaus in tends to remind the Governor of a sales tax Penny here. It appears that Rev. Mr. Penny, pastor of the Disciple Church here, some time ago became the father of his eleventh child, and upon being asked what he named the baby, said: “Well, it takes a penny for every ten now, so I reckon it will have to be ‘Sales Tax’ Penny.” I CENTER HILL | V Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce went to Reynoldson, N. C., Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs. Thur man Bunch. Mrs. Bernice Smith, of Ports mouth, Va., is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Goodwin. Mr. and Mr 3. J. S. Turner had rela tives from Edenton, Holly’s Wharf and Icaria to visit them Sunday. Mrs. B. F. Lamb has returned to her home at Ocean View, Va., after a visit with her mother, Mis. Chas. Bunch. Mr. T. E. Chappell and Rev. M. O. Stephenson attended the football game in Portsmouth, Va., Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Byrum spent Saturday morning shopping in Eliza beth City. FATHER OF CHAS. H. JENKINS DIES AT HOME IN AULANDER Joseph H. -Jenkins, 83, died Mon day night at his home in Aulander following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Jenkins was the father of Charles H. Jenkins, proprietor of the Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Company here. The deceased is survived by his wife and four daughters and three sons, as follows: Mrs. D. E. Hender son, of Charlotte; Mrs. G. C. Mitcheli, Mrs. W. E. Marsh and Mrs. Ned Saunders, of Aulander; Charles 11. Jenkins, of Washington, N. C.; Her bert Jenkins and Wayland Jenkins, of Aulander. Funeral services were neld at 2:00 j o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the ! Aulander Baptist Church. Those from Edenton attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. George Lassiter, H. H. Taylor, A. E. Jenkins and R. W. Stokeley. LOCAL MAN’S GRANDMOTHER DIED THURSDAY MORNING! Mrs. E. B. Walters, 82 years of age, grandmother of M. L. Flynn, mana ger of the local Pender store, died i last Thursday morning at her home j in Washington, N. C. She was buried i i Friday in Washington County, Mr. j and Mrs. Flynn attending'the funeral. 1 RYLAND ) V J Miss Gertrude Jackson and Thomas Jackson returned Sunday to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parks af ter spending several days at Chap pell Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Park 3, of Gates County, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Louis Winslow, and Mr. Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Copeland and children visited her mother, Mrs. Louisa Ward, Sunday afternoon. Mr 3. H. N. Ward and little grand daughter, Leila Faye, visited Mrs. Noah Jordan Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ward and children were in Edenton Saturday afternoon. William Ward spent Saturday night and Sunday ip Edenton with George Case Ward. Rev. John Byrum filled his regu lar appointment at Ryland school Sunday afternoon, this being the regular preaching Sunday. McCauley Byrum, .of Greenville, was the week-end guest of his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Byrum. Mrs. Harriett Parks was in Eliza beth City Saturday on business. Mrs. G. A. Boyce and children, G. A., Jr., and Sarah Jane, Mrs. Wardie Heningar and children and Miss Mary Lee Davis visited Mrs. Matthews Parks Saturday after noon. Mrs. D. T. Ward and daughter, Miss Elise, were in Suffolk, Va., on business Monday. Roy Parks, Arthur Jordan, Ralph Ward, Beecher Ward, R. S. Ward, H. H. Lane and Miss Evelyn Jordan were in Elizabeth City Friday *oI last week on business. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE MEETING AT HOME OF MRS. G. A. HELMS The Intermediate Group of the Young People’s Division held its monthly business and social meeting with Theodore Roberts, Jr., and Parker Helms at the home of Mr 3. G. A. Helms on West Eden Street on Monday evening, Nov. 12. The meet ing was opened by singing “Dare to be Brave, Dare to be True.” The Scripture lesson, 100th Psalm, by Mrs. Walters, was followed with the Lord’s Prayer repeated by all. After the business was over, many games were played which were en joyed by all. Mrs. Walters then read some very interesting stories. Re freshments of fruit and candy were served. Everybody expressed them selves as having had a good time, and then Thera Mae Roberts invited the group to meet with her next month. Those present were: Sarah Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Thera Mae Roberts, Kathryn Brown, Theodore Roberts, Jr., Frank Walters, Parker Helms, Mrs. W. F. Walters and Mrs. G. A. Helms. JOHN LOUIS WILLIAMS, 19, DIES IN BERTIE COUNTY John Louis Williams, 19 years of age, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Merry Hill. Funeral services are expecteed to be held to day at 2:00 o’clock at the residence. Interment will follow in the family burying lot. 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