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PAGE FOUR THE CHOWAN HERALD Published every Thursday by Buff!* Printing House, 100 East King Street, Edenton, N. C. J. Edwin Bufllap— -^Editor Hector Lupton Advertising Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 51.26 Six Months —7sc Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rate 3 furnished by re quest. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT THE PRINCE OF PEACE: Unto us a child is born, unto us a son i 3 given; hhd the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. —Isaiah 9:6. BUY PLENTY CHRISTMAS SEALS Citizens of Edenton and Chowan County, in fact citizens all over Am erica, will on Friday again be asked to support a worthy cause when the annual Christmas sale of seals will go into effect. Everybody is urged to buy some of these seals, even if it isn’t many. The money derived from, the sale of these seals could hardly be put to better use. Seventy five per cent of the money received in Chowan County will remain here, to be used to buy milk and provide tubercular treatment for people who otherwise could not be treated. A group of excellent workers will canvass citizens, and it is the hope that everybody will buy these seal 3 and help as much as possible in this worth-while undertaking. . _; i SORRY AND HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME It’s a peculiar circumstance to want to express happiness and regret at the same time. But that’s the situation with the Herald relative to the leaving next week of Miss Nelle Caldwell, who will be married at her home in Dillon, South Carolina on December 26, and subsequently make her home in Raleigh. From our acquaintance with club members and farm people, Mi3s Cald well has. endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact during the course of her work. She has been an able home agent, accomplishing much good among the rural women, there fore many will regret to see her leave. On the other hand, we can but ex- [ press pleasure over the fact that she I will take unto herself a mate, and in j this undertaking the Herald and, most j assuredly, her co-workers and friends , rejoice with her and wish for her all the success in the world in her matri- ! monial career. IS TAKING CHANCES WORTH THE COST? Do you, Mr. Motorist, ever grow impatient when your car is held up by traffic lights at a seemingly vacant intersection, and attempt to beat them ? It may interest you to know that, last year, 326,000 accidents oc curred at intersections and cross roads, resulting in 6,330 fatalities and 378,300 injuries. Or, possibly, in a desire to get borne in a hurry, you’ve passed other cars on hill tops and curves. That practice killed 140 people last year and injured 5,530. Again, you’ve seen cars weave in and out of traffic—maybe you’ve done ft yourself when traffic was moving too slowly to suit you. The price of that in 1933 was 3,000 fatalities and 185,000 injuries. You’ve seen children playing in the street, oblivious to traffic. Almost 50,000 such children were involved in accidents last year—and 1,680 were killed and 48,000 injured. Driving on the wrong side of the road is still another of the tricks of the careless or incompetent driver. Last year this “motoring crime” wa3 responsible for 1,270 lives and 71,000 injuries. And finally, here’s one for the pe destrian jaywalking resulted in more than 3,000 deaths in 1933. Think that over when you’re not driv ing. Then think of it again when you get behind the wheel—it may save the life of a pedestrian. So it goes, throughout the whole automobile accident category. Last year's death total was around 35,000 —and nearly every life was lost un necessarily. Is taking chances worth that? > ■ In Edenton there is only one stop light and several arrests have been made for passing against the red Ight. Os course, strangers very easily could mistake the red light as merely a warning light such as at Queen and Granville streets. But there •’? no excuse for local citizens disregarding the traffic signals, and arrests will continue to be made for violations. Officers, we are sure, will use dis cretion when apprehending a stranger who very easily could pass the light not knowing it is a stop comer. Such arrests for violations, very often done unintentionally, leave a bad taste towards the town. i » ,■ v7rrfi.tri'•■h j OEARD AND SEEN JL M By -BUFF* < ■ ''■ p-1 ■ ■ ».i ■,i —.—l .i'aiif In last week’s writeup about the big time had by the men’s and wo men’s bible classes at the Baptist Church, I’m told we made a big mia , take. It was said that Clarence Leary won the bicycle race, but in stead Lee Moore won very easily. Well, Lee has been driving the mail truck long enough > to know how to ride a bicycle at least, and we should have known better. Anyway, Clar ence had to stop a couple of times to get some wind. o I just know Mr. Owens, the A. & P. manager felt sick the other morn ing. These grocery store men go to a lot of trouble to make their dis play windows enticing. And after fixing up a window that he calculat ed ought to draw some trade, Mr. Owens came down one morning to discover that a cat spent the night in the store and didn’t like the display a bit. Cans were knocked down kaa the display torn up in general. ■o -- ■ Mr 3. Howard Jackson is the first I know of to have a tree decorated for Christmas. This tree stands fn front of her home, and many favor ; able comments have been heard about it. -.... Charlie Swanner just don’t keep his mind on the game when playing set-back. On Saturday night after a hand was played the score-keeper asked: “Who was high?” Charlie, evidently forgetting himself, said, “1 was on the night of the policeman’s ball.” o Eddie Spires recently told this one about former Mayor J. L. Wiggins. It was prompted by the presence of Mayor Jerome Flora, who came over to watch Edenton defeat Gamer. ,It appears that the former Mayor on one occasion asked Mr. Flora why Elizabeth City didn't adopt * slogan; “You see, kaid Mr. Wiggins, Eden- slogan is /The Cradle of the Colony/, and 4t seems to me that Elizabeth City should have an ap propriate slogan.” After a moment of silence Mr. Flora said, “I agree with you. Well have to use one, ana my suggestion , will be: ‘The hand that rocked the cradle’.” t r f ; ' 0 Just because Chief Helms was moving a beer sign, one of our citi-. zen3 asked me why the Chief is ad vertising beer. Well, he wasn’t ad vertising the beverage, but if any body wants to know, hi: favorite [ brand is Schlitz. c But the Chief is some detective in ! spite of J. G. Campen’s color blind -1 eilness. Just recently a little girl swiped a $29 wrist watch from the Campen’s Jewelry Store, and when j Mr. Campen informed Chief Helms J of the theft, he said the girl had black I hair and was dark complected. Trie | chief went to work, and despite the fact that the girl had red hair ami was light complected, the watch was recovered. o It’s nice to have friends interested in a fellow’s welfare. W. S. Sum merell and a few other Masons ap peared much worried at the sauer kraut supper Thursday night when yours truly, as well as a number of others went to town on Mr. Muth’s sauer kraut Shucks, just because a fellow eat 3 a “little” sauer kraut they get all excited. I wonder what they’d have done had I not eaten a big supper before going to lodge. Chances are that Doc Whichard and B. F. Britton wouldn’t have had a chance to drink up the juice that was left in the Jcettle. Mr. Summerell in desperation asked what kind of flowers I wanted placed on the grave. Well, if it’s all the same to him, a cabbage plant would have been as appropriate as any. o And while on the subject of sauer kraut, T. B. Williford and C. W. Sawyer were found in the lodge room Friday morning. The only reason I know for their presence was to get a smell of the kraut. (Note to Gus Hughes: It wasn’t their “fauncy,” either.) Hooray! It pays to advertise. In this column last week I asked for a picture of jackasses. And by gosh, during the week one guy made his appearance in the office saying he 3aw my ad. I didn’t take his picture because his ears weren’t long eno&slsr o Quite a crowd was on hand last Friday , afternoon ,at * Hicks Feld when the Edenton and Hertford col ored high schools played a game of football. Hertford -won the game 7 to 6, but the local cheering far out matched the Cheering of the white girls. Sorry the cheering couldn’t pull their team through. The colored folks are strong for the champion Aces, however. When a few of the members of the cham pionship team approached the gate Friday, the man taking up tickets re marked quite proudly: “No, suh, man, dey don haffta pay—theyse some of the Edenton Aces.” o The Aces may have had to go easy on grab during their championship - -4HI I .fcr £» tmjSSfoAY AECCKISR 11 ifti ■■ .'■>»* '-y ■ fight, bat now th*y can cut : loose. guests of honor Friday ; night a special Rotary luncheon, and then Tuesday night they’ll be I guests 'of the Ed Bond Post «« ap. • oyster roost Our heroes) ! •• ' -—*-©•—-‘-T.; 'V Raw- H. L Glass, popular .preacher 1 in Edenton a number of years ago, i while greeting Captain J. L. Wiggins last week, gently patted him on the 1 bread basket, and said: “Why, Captain, it doesn’t look like a. de pression here.” But Doc Hart soon straightened out the preacher by patting Eddie Spires’ belly, and in -1 forming Mr. Glass: "Here’s where the depression has been.” I don’t ' know if “figures” lie or not. o The Rev. Mr. Glass also wanted to 1 put on a test at the Rotary meeting, i He was tempted to ask how many of the Rotarians told therr wives (that i lets out J. N. Pruden) that they loved them before leaving home. One of the Rotarians saved the day, ; however, by jumping up and infform -1 ing the gathering that the preacher 1 had been married “only a few years." Who in the dickens want 3 to tell his • wife at the breakfast table that he loves her anyhow? Reminds me of some lodge degree work: “This is not the time nor place.” o Os all things! One of the ladies attending the party given by Mrs. Jim Daniel for Miss Nelle- Caldwell dropped in the office and urged me to write a poem on the card accom panying her present. Just because a fellow needs a haircut and don’t have the price they take me,for a consara poet - , o This one comes from Rev. Mr. Ashby, so it ought to be straight stuff. Carroll Kramer, on his return from Norfolk recently after seeing a football gams, is. said to have seen 40. fcbbits at one place, tj»e cotton tails •ven- jumping on bis car And-4 few jumping on trees. The number sort of puzsled the rector, and upon questioning the number dwindled, to about 20. I’m looking for the post master to see if it was “A” rabbit he saw. - *v \ .<O ■ ■ And Speaking of game reminds me of an incident happening to a local hunter last week. Upon his return home he told his wife they had bagger' 19 birds and one rabbit. "What, how many?” asked the Missus. Xt that point the man’s son chimed in: “Yep Mamma, they killed 19 birds, one rabbit and one pint.” o Merchants urge everybody to dc their Christmas shopping early. Os course, if it’s window shopping—well, any old time will do for that. o One little fellow in town makes it a point when down town to stop at the Jno. C. Bond’s window to look at Santa Claus waving his hand. And the bad part about it is this little chap kept the “old man” awake half the night on one occasion talking about what Santa was doing. o These cold days a fellow likes to stop and look at the thermometer. I’ve forsaken the old standby in front of the Jno. C. Bond Company since they put one up in front of Leggett & Davis and Mitchener’s. The one in front of Jno. C. Bond’s is the larg est thermometer, but it takes too consam long to see how far down the mercury is registered. I move that somebody cut a finger or sumpin’ and put a drop of blood in the thing. At any rate, the one at Jno. C. Bond’s will be my summer ther mometer and the.others my winter thermometers. o There’s one advantage in going to church early these cold Sundays. The first ones there get a chance to sit near the radiators and keep warm. But apparently it’s too cold to go to church, according to the Sunday night crowds. o The Edenton Case makes a fine ap pearance on the comer. Think 111 stop in and eat one of these days. If any body wants to see me and can’t lo cate me, 171 be back in Mike’s kitchen washing dishes to pay for the food shelled out to me. o “How about a nice cut of a carving set in your ad ?” I asked X. E. Cope land the other day. "No, I don’t think so,” said Mr. Copeland, "we carry them but for some reason it appears that carving sets are a thing of the past.” It’s only two reasons, I reckon —one is that folks can’t af ford turkeys or else they’ve gone back to using the fingers. •'-I <• -\ V o—— It’s a lucky break! The Masons last week hid a sauer kraut supper. Monday night the Red Men had a hot dog supper, Friday night the Rotary Club will have a banquet and next Tuesday the Ed Bond Post will stage an Oyster roast All I need to do now is get the wife and kids to join up with all of them. o Note to the person who is pinch hitting for our Center Hill corre spondent while she is away: You sent last week’s letter to the wrong printer 4ouae,. the Hamid office is next to tiie Western Union office on fffng strait Takr nrjftro. bat year bide! W 6 want that news for .bar'readers.\ Joe Habit crawled all over mo tor not mentioning the fact last week , that hi* side is leading in the Rad , Men membership drive. ; Well, I’m not angitis side, so that ought to be ex cuse enough. Anyway Joe says any body wanting to Join the Red Men should see him. That is, of course, after seeing Raleigh Hollowell. Joe is away ahead since the meeting on Monday night. But keep it up, tol i lows—we’ll eat just the same! ■ ■ —--o— . ,ti • ' . . • j Mayor' Spires at the Council meet ing Tuesday asked Captain Dick Hall the condition of the roof on the Municipal Building, and Mr. Hall re plied, “It needs painting.” “Well,” asker the Mayor, “when is the best time to ’paint a roof?” Captain Dick's answer was "In cool weflther.” Councilman Albert Byrum, thereupon aptly remarked, “Better paint it to morrow, then.” . o- . Mack Gregory asked me the other morning how cold it wa3. I told him the mercury was hanging around the freezing mark when I passed the drug store. “Oh, I know that,” said Mack, “I mean early this morning.” Now what I’d like to know is who’s going to crawl out of a warm bed early these mornings just to see how cold it is—it’s too demed cold, if you ask me. o And speaking about the weather, how would you like to be the mail man these days—or a two-by-four re porter chasing all over town still clad in summer BVD’s trying to catch up with some news? It’s a great life if you don’t weaken . . . that’s what I’m scared of. But one of the mail car riers told me to urge people to mail those bloomin’ Christmas cards early. Fact is, he said mail carriers like to enjoy Christmas just like folks, ' Which reminds me of the sentence fipt, 4speqra .on the front of the New York City postoffico. It runs-some-, thing like this: “Neither sqaw nor rain nor heat nor gloom of 'night stop these couriers from ths swift completion of their appointed rounds.” o- v*. - j While Fn thinking about the post officer } thought anybody working around the post office kndw where every city, town and hamlet wa3 lo cated. But on one occasion one of them, after hearing over the radio the weather forecast for Norfolk, Portsmouth and vicinity, remarked: “I know * where Norfolk is, and I know where Portsmouth is, but dog gone if I know where Vicinity is.” Neither do I, o!y scout! o About the only way Superintendent Taylor will be able to furnish funds to light up the Chowan High School basketball court is for a number of drunks to be hailed before Recorder Pruden and receive stiff fines. I reckon the students want the lights all right, but here’s hoping a whole gang will not have to pittch a big drunk to get them. o The city councilmen are a wise bunch. They decided to give two prizes for the best decorated out door Christmas tree thi3 year, and when it came to naming a committee to decide the winners, they very gra ciously decided that the women of the Garden Club should handle the whole works. And just to show my ignorance, I’d like to know how long a Garden Club has been in existence in Edenton, and who the members are , —another source of news I’ve over-! looked. Former County Citizen Tracing- Family History W. H. Welch of Kingstree, South Carolina, returned to his home this week after spending some time with his father, E. C. Welch, in the Welch’s Mill section of the county. During his visit Mr. Welch consum ed much of his time in tracing the geneology of the Welch family, it be ing his purpose to draw a family tree and possibly publish a book concern ing the family. Mr. Welch is tracing the ancestors of four brothers, Edward Welch, David Welch, Miles Welch, the fourth’s name being unknown to date. Tradition has it that the four brothers came directly to America from Wales and that Edward and David settled in the upper end of Chowan County prior to the' Revolu tionary War. Mr. Welch is a descendant of Ed ward Welch and is primarily inter ested in tracing his offspring. He has delved Into many old records and traveled many miles in quest of in formation, and has discovered in his findings many prominent people who were members of the family. Mr. Welch left Chowan County about 21 years ago to enter the real estate and insurance business in South Carolina, and would like to get in touch with anybody who could give . any information about any of his an cestors. Incidentally, he subscribed to the Chowan Herald in order to keep acquainted with the happenings "back hd)Q£. n . The. record hong up by the 1984 Edenton High School tootbell team is , not only a record to shoot at by local . football squads, but State teams a* weU. Following are a -few statistics . taken from their championship nee: , Games played _____ -lI_ T IQ . Points scored ____ 236 [ Opponents' points 0. ( Edenton first downs 100 , Opponents' first downs 26 , Edenton touchdowns 37 . Opponents’ touchdowns 0 Edenton extra points 14 Opponents’ extra points ; 0 : Cold Weather Means Discomfort Unless you are pre* $ | pared to keep warm. 4 1 I mM !We Are Now Handling the Famous KOPPER PROCESSED | P°CAHONTAS COAL All Coa|s are washed ‘ ; pressure, :: J: thereby giving you move good elean Goa! :: ;; per ton. * - ■"• ;;; ” Satisfaction Gnaitanteed ; -; ; 11 ... i II- m in. I— > M ————— • • {Edenton Ice Co.f Phone 47 For Prompt Delivery | 1 1$*^ j&S/1 1 Veal Patties QA. | 1 Per lb. 4iUC | I Hamburger OF JJ t 2 lbs. 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