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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.
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August 30, 1934, at the post office at
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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-
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> 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.”
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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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at a lovely birthday party Saturday
afternoon at the home of her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce.
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Boyce served delicious ice cream,
cake and suckers to the seventeen
present Myra received a number of
nice useful gifts. The guests depart
ed wishing Myra many happy returns
of her birthday.