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«l?iS ffrlt' * • 8 I By MARJORIE HAYES I TRARLY everyone has a Christmas li\| tree nowadays, bat If you bad boen a child In America a hun dred years ago the chances are that Ton might never bare seen one. The cojtom was universal In England many yokls before It was very common here. exnFt In communities of Oerman or Scandinavian settlers! For It was In Germany that the Christmas tree bad Its- origin. There are several different .legends In regard to it. Here Is one 'which dates from the Twelfth century: An English monk named Winfred who had gone as a missionary Into Germany, came upon some priests [about to sacrifice the young prince Asulf to the god Thor beneath the "blood oak." He stopped their cere monies and ordered them to cut down the oak, whereupon a young flr tree appeared In Its place which Winfred told them signified the tree of life, or of Chrlstly living. From that time Germans who became Christians made ithe fir a part of the Christmas festival, decorating It with gilded nuts and ap Ties to shine like stars. The two trees most commonly used [for Christmas trees are the spruce and -fir. They look very much alike, but Sprues Twig, Showing the Cones Hang ing Downward. the spruce is likely to shed its needles after two or three days In the bouse, while the flr remains in good condition much longer. There are several ways In which you may distinguish them, first the cones. Those of the spruce hang downward while the cones of the flr are held erect. This will not he much help to you In selecting a Christ mas tree, however, as they are usually not old enough to bear cones. But if you examine a twig of the spruce you will find It covered with little horny projections In which the needles are set The spruce tree is pyramidal in shape, the long cones hanging from the branches near the top. The needles are arranged In aplral rows around the stem, those at the top pointing sharply upward. They have three or four die tinctly angled sides. Some common varieties are the red, black, white and Norway spruce. Spruce timber has been used a great deal of late years for wood pulp. Flr trees In various sections of the country are the balsam firs which grow abundantly In the mountains and which we find displayed in our markets at Christmas time. The flr Is shaped much like the spruce, but the needles are flat and blunt, and usually spread feather-wise from two sides of the stem only. They are dark green above and silvery beneath. The dark purple cones stand erect glistening with balsam near the top. Balsam also exudes from the trunk, and Is used for medicine. The fresh needles are used as a stuffing for sweet-smelling balsa ip pillows. Another evergreen sometimes used as a Christmas tree Is the hemlock. U Is more slender than the spruce, with feathery waving branches which grow very close to the ground. The needles are arranged In two flat rows on the twigs, and have tiny sterna They are The Balsam Flr Is Shaped Much Like Sjj,,. the Spruce. soft, arill silvery underneath. The cones are tiny, growing at the ends of the twigs. The bark Is used in tanning leather. Wraths made of branches I |||jgh little cones on them are very Miss (6aldweti>liaVifts \ Chowan Neoci Week 1 IHss Nolle Caldwell, Eomd, demon stration agent for Chowan CoUhty for the past five years, will complete her work here next week, her last meet ing with the club Women taking place Wednesday night with the Cen ter Hill women. V Miss Caldytell expects to leave Chowan County next Thursday for Dillon, South Carolina, where she will be married on December 26th to W, G. Woodall, of Raleigh. A series of social functions have been held in Miss Caldwell’s honor, and her many friends regret to see her leave. COUNCIL TO AWARD GASOLINE CONTRACT AT NEXT MEETING A number of gasoline dealers were present at the meeting of City Coun cil Tuesday night in an effort to fur nish the town with gasoline and oil. The City Fathers, however, decided to have any gasoline dealers who de sire to bid for the contract to sub mit their prices in writing at the January meeting, at which time the contract will be awarded. Burton’s Super Service Station was given the contract for the pa3t year. COTTON GINNING According to a report by F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau of the Census, Department of Com merce, there were 3,777 bales of cot ton ginned in Chowan County from the crop of 1934 prior to December Ist, as compared with 3,652 bales ginned to December Ist of the crop of 1933. SOUP KITCHEN OPENED LAST WEEK AT CHOWAN HIGH A soup kitchen was opened in the new lunch room at Chowan High School last week, under the supervis ion of Mrs. C. P. Wales, administra tor of the FERA for Chowan Qoufcty. Food for this purpose is supplied through Federal relief. Mrs. Pete Dail is in charge of the kitchen, find it is reported that approximately SO pupils aye being served each day Children from relief families are fed free, but for'those who. desire this warm food may be bought at a very low price: SCHOOL BUS EXPECTED SOON The new school bus for Chowan County has not arrived here yet, but Superintendent Taylor was called by telephone this week to give the num bers to be painted on the bus, and its arrival i 3 expected at any time. The bus, a Dodge with a 19-foot body, will be known as No. 9 and will be used in the upper end of the County. CHIEF HALL IS COMPLIMENTED FOR FIRE TRUCK APPEARANCE Fire Chief R. K. Hall was compli mented by members of City Council Tuesday night for the fine looking job he had done on the old fire truck. Mr. Hall made several minor repairs and repainted the truck a bright red so that it now makes a favorable impression beside the larger and new fire truck. FISH IN DEMAND Fish on the Baltimore market are bringing good prices compared with a week ago. Wednesday’s quotations from G. W Moger & Company quote rock at 18c per pound and spotted trout at 16c per pound. Fish are in great demand on the northern mark ets, according to information received here. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Duncan an nounce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday night, December 11th. tht j»wr '^<fiTawi Tmr ~»»wr Tiiur^im’jwf sni 3i%T~WMi~SKT~3nt"BIftT 3nr~3MT~3Ar~gfff"gAT’'3F/IT~JWT~3Wr’3RI~3TWf jwr lAr~3nr'jnr~jnT"anT | SALT! ♦ SALT! 4- SALT! I | FOR THE TENTH YEAR WE ARE AGAIN HANDLING I I The Myles Meat Salt | I You should buy MYLES SPECIAL MEAT SALT because it re- 1 quires less per 100 pounds of me at. . . the initial cost is cheaper, p and it is one of the purest Salts ... running as high as 99 84G00 per m cent PURE—packed in 100-pound white cotton sacks. By using g MYLES MEAT SALT you may rest assured that your meat will be B satisfactory in every respect. H .Carload Arrived This Week ... Get Your Supply At Once @ BROWN BROS. | Edenton, N. C. Phone 70 g ;*n ernm&muX. «*w*S*-*e.m .JU»ku.m MRS. ROWELL ENTERTAINS IN HONOR OF MISS CALDWELL Mrs. N. K. Rowell delightfully en tertained at a bridge party Wednes day afternoon at her home on Gale street in honor of Miss Nelle Cald well, who will leave Edenton next' -week for her home in Dillon, S. C., where she will be married on De cember 26. Six tatales of bridge were in progress and dainty refresh- ; ments were served. Miss Madge Pettus Still In Hospital Miss Madge Pettus, who was se riously injured in an .automobile acci dent near Robersonville recently, is still in the; Greenville hospital. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pettus, were hoping that she could be brought home over the week-end but upon advice from the hospital she will remain for possibly a week or two longer. Miss Pettus is recovering satisfac torily from her injuries with the ex ception of the broken collar bone, physicians having some trouble in keeping the cast in place. CANDY SALE TODAY The Y. W. A. of the Edenton Bap tist Church, under the leadership of Mrs. J. L. Wiggins, is having a candy sale today (Thursday) in the Taylor building on Broad Street. Proceeds from this sale will go toward the an nual Lottie Moon Christmas offering donated by this organization. Schedule Os Week For Home Agent Following is the schedule for the week of Miss Nelle Caldwell, home demonstration agent: Friday—lo:3o A. M., Advance girls at the school house; 2:00 P. M., Ad vance women at the home of Mr 3. W. . T. C. Briggs; 6:00 P. M., Enterprise i women at Enterprise school house. Saturday—Office. Monday—lo:3o A. M., Byrd women , at the home of Mrs. T J. Hoskins, Jr. I Tuesday—lo:3o A. M., Elmo girls i. at the school house; 2:00 P, M., Ry- I land -women at the school house; 7:30 • P. M., Ward women at the hdme of Mrs. J. E. Perry. • Wednesday—2:oo P. M., Riverview 1 women at the home of Mrs. W. J • Bunch; 7:30 P. M.> Center Hill wom en at Center Hill school house. All the night meetings of the va rious clubs will be in the form of a social gathering at which the hus . bands and children of members will ! be asked to attend. . ♦!* l OUR BOYS’ & GIRLS’ CONTEST l ¥ -I ! Closes Dec. 24 ! 1 X X X X At 4:00 P. M X , X \t ❖ I I I i: EACH PENNY SPENT OR PAID ON i £ ACCOUNT, COUNTS ONE VOTE f f I f ❖ * x x | See Our Display of Christmas Gifts f £ Before You Buy. | i 1 A - - - .t. Leggett & Davis j X X l Phone 67 Edenton, N. C | A v I * .♦. -V- .*. —V— A. AA A -V- A -V- -V. —V- -V- A. .*. -V. .I. .♦. ... . IN D'ESP furrows f 1 "Did you make the money you ex pected raising chickens?" “No, after a little experimenting, 1 decided that the way to make money is to raise chicken feed.” DEATH TAKES PAL, AVIATRIX FLIES ON Helen Rickey Undaunted by Partner’s Crash. Pittsburgh. Death rode Frances Marsalis down out of the sky, but Helen Rickey, her pretty flying part ner from McKeesport, Pa., Is continu ing her aerial career undaunted. It was Helen who won the contest during the National Women’s air races at Dayton, Ohio, the day Mrs. Marsalis, with whom she had broken the women’s endurance flying record, crashed from a low altitude and was killed. And It was Helen who, though saddened by the tragedy, flew In the air cortege across Pennsylvania to Roosevelt field, Long Island, where funeral services were held for the fa mous aviatrix. Not so long ago It was Helen and Frances —together in the Outdoor Girl, the sturdy cabin plane they called home during their endurance flight But the "powder puff” team Is no more. The only fate which could have separated theae two flying mates for long overtook the New York woman as she was rounding a pylon In her racing plane. Caught in the backwash of five other planes and too close to the ground to recover, she crashed and died almost Instantly. Helen is ho "jinx" convert She’s going on In the flying game, just aa she la certain France* would have done had she been the winner and Helen the "loser’’ in that-fateful Day ton air race. Soberly and not unmindful of her friend’s skill as a pilot, she says: “Os course It will not interfere with my flying. It’s like a friend being killed In an automobile. We think such an accident will never hit us." Wtm COUNCIL HAS MONTHLY MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT Town Council met Tuesday night In the Municipal Building with the following eouncilmen present: Mayor E. W. Spires, Albert Byrum, X. E. Copeland, O. B. Perry and G. M. Byrum. The minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved and all bills ordered paid. FIFTH GRADERS HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE AVERAGE During the third month of school which ended Wednesday, John Has I**' School Property For Sale 1 The following school property will be sold | to the highest bidder at Public Auction, on I Monday, January 7, 1935, at 12 o’clock noon, I at the Court House door. The Board of Edu- 1 cation reserves the right to reject any and all I bids: I Riverview Site, 2 1-2 acres, Third Township, described fully | in Book L, page 138. y Walnut Hill Site, 3-4 of an acre, First Township, described | fully in'’Book C, page 305. % T Hurdles, building and site, 2 acres, Third Township, de & scribed fully in Book O, page 69. Z | W. J. TAYLOR, County Superintendent I k> NOTICE «&>! I On Saturday, Dec. 28, 1934 | I At 10 o’clock A. M. the undersigned will | I sell at Public Auction, on the Shannon- I 1 house place, on Edenton-Hertford Road, I I the following: I I 3 Mules, All Com and Hay, All | I Wagons, Cart, Cultivators, Plant* | I ers and other Farm Implements. 1 | 1 This 23th day of Nov. 1934 | : 1 I ; I Mrs. G. W. Goodwin ! «®®®®®®®>®®®®®®®®X®®®®®®^S>®®o®iSxS®®®®®<®®®®{®®<®®®®®^^ ’ '^S®®®®®®®®®®®®®®)®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®*®®)®®)®®)**^®®®®®®®® For Ih' [.innlr FOOTBALLS - BASKETBALLS - KNIVES 1 FLASHLIGHTS-HUNTING CLOTHES I GUNS - SKATES - WAGONS - SCOOTERS 1 AUTOMOBILES - CHINA WARE 1 PYREX WARE | wam -p—————^———————a— a— i nvii—i j— (•) Byrum Bros. Hardware Co. 1 | EDENTON, N. €. 1 ®®>®®®®®s>®®®>S)®®®®-3S>GS-®®S®®S'®®S3®®®£®®®®®£®®®®®®XS®®®®®)@ sell Was graded "Excellent” for spell ing in the fifth grade, taught by Mrs. W. S. Summerell. Twenty-six girls and boys were neither absent nor tardy during the month. TENANT FARMER LOSES HOME BY FIRE MONDAY The home of Cecil Dillard, colored, tenant on the G. W. Ashley estate in Rocky Hock was completely destroy ed by fire Monday night about 11:80 o’clock. Nothing was saved from the ruins but the clothing the family had on and a few quilts. Dillard was forced to seek aid for his wife and six children from the local relief depart ment. PAGE SEVEN
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