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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1936.
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
THE UNTAMED TONGUE: He
that keepeth his mouth keepeth his
life; but he that openeth wide his
lips shall have destruction. —Pro-
verbs 13:3.
WE’VE HAD “HOPE”
AND “HOT AIR”
Some bewhiskered gazabo back in
the days of much Cambridge and
Concord poetic wisdom used up an
ink bottle one night on a bit of sub
sequent immortality in which one
line ran “Hope springs eternal with
in the human breast.” He was %ure
right but if he had added something
further about wearing out a lot of
shoe leather, spending a heap of time
and much expense money needlessly,
and chasing back and forth to Ra
leigh eve¥y week or so, he would
have brought out what a consam
mess of foolishness there is to this
thing called “hope.” In fact the dif
ference between hope and reality
hereabouts is just about the differ
ence between $2,000,000 and pretty
near nothing.
To make another start with this
excellent thesis it might be said that
never before had the sun shone so
gloriously as it did one afternoon
last March. Across the Cupola
House grounds its effulgent rays
blazed in upon and warmed the
cockles of the hearts of a select and
hopeful gathering of Edentonians
clustered about the long board table
in the council chamber of the city
hall. At the end sat D. Minton War
ren, rotund and smiling as usual but
with his tongue rolling merrily
around the inside of his cheek. At
the other end sat W. Dossey Pruden
on hand to lend official legal guidance
to what might transpire. Near Mr.
Warren was Mayor £. W. Spires,
and across from him was John A.
Holmes, secretary de luxe of the
meeting. The rest of the patriots
were the leading business men of the ,
town all interested in “hope.”
They were on hand in answer to
the first cry from Raleigh to get
busy and secure some of the great
Work Relief Bill then before Con
gress. At the moment the idea was
backed by the CWA, but it later be
came a PWA matter, and finally a
WPA scheme, and, lastly, just about
hot air. Hope carried the word that
Edenton and Chowan and countless
other state municipalities could se
cure just about what they wanted of.
this $5,000,000,000 to be awarded by j
the government, and that North;
Carolina would be allotted more than 1
$300,000,000 of the total aggregate, j
Well, the Edenton folks about whom;
the sun blazed so cheerfully that j
crisp spring afternoon, got busy all
right, even if Mr. Warren’s tongue
did roll a little more back and forth
inside his cheek, and Mr. Pruden kept
on slyly answering every query with
“Os course you can ask” and “that
will do no harm.” Those faithful
servitors of hope planned that after- j
noon and projected well. When they
got through, what they went after
totaled around $2,000,000, including
everything that could be thought of,
a new Albemarle bridge, new high
schools, a new armory, a recreation
auditorium, yes, by gracious, even a
fancy bathing beach down the shore
for John Graham’s boy scouts.
Well, as another verse has it, “you
know the rest in the books you have
read, . i . . . ~ how the farmers gave
them ball for ball from behind each
fence and farmyard wall,” and so on.
Only this time the farmers of the
Albemarle got it in the neck instead
of the other way around. Day and
night for a month and more Mr.
Spires and Mr. Holmes and W. J.
Taylor and others worked on those
project plans. Delegations went to
Raleigh time and again. Special
committees were named to make,
surveys for road work and-rural elec
trification. Large bills were run up
for telephoning and telegraphing and
and, glory be, what fine pub
licity. Story after story went out
about what Edenton and Chowan
were to get, new schools, new bridge,
a new armory, and so, much else.
Then one day came word that the
CWA was turning things over to the
PWA ahd that not so much as was
expected would be allotted, but be
assured., the projects would go
the allotments would be
heavy and all would be well with the
world. •/
Then , came another day a month
or so ago. Telegrams came from
Raleigh urging haste and immediate
action in filing new applications.
Again Mr. Holmes, Mr. Spires, Mr.
Taylor and others motored to the
Capitol City, went from one bureau
to another, got approvals everywhere
and came back tired but to say, still
optimistically, “it’s all settled.” Lo-
cal scribes vied with each other as
Ito just what would eventually trans
pire. It was absolutely certain there
would be new schools and a new ar
mory, anyhow, and Chairman Way
nick penned a long statement setting
forth the bridge as a certainity.
Committees kept up their fine
work, news items went forth saying
that much street paving and side
walk improvements would be made,
and with right—all lured on by the
[will o’ the wisp “Hope." And then
(another change followed, the WPA
'had taken hold and things would not
b'e quite as elaborately carried out,
(but, never mind, they would be car
jried out in big shape at that. And
then, to show you how nasty “hope”
can really be, the front pages blazed
forth with news stories on Tuesday,
one from Washington that North
Carolina would get about $1,000,000
from the federal fund instead of the
$300,000,000 promised a few months
ago, another from Chairman Waynick
; that his board would get nothing in
i the way of help, which, of course,
means no bridge, and still another
saying schools and such small things
might come some other time but not
now, that the new armories the State
was to be allotted have been cut down
, to five or six and, of course, the big
I cities will get them and Edenton
, won’t.
So it goes. Hope’s a great pal
, but cheer up. Edenton is not to be
’ made a sucker of any longer. The
. latest word is that the WPA is to be
! allowed to spend *27,000,000 for pro
■ viding work for its impecunious, hard
, pressed and unemployed writers and
publicists and that Edenton is to get
[ “a substantial share” of this sum to
I tell the world about the “seven won
ders of the Albemarle.” The “won
, ders” are here. So are the impe
cunious writers, as covetous and sel
, fish as ever. But between ourselves
about SI,BOO of this original $2,000,-
. 000 we started out for last March
could be better spent building some
sidewalks here and there.
However, it’s a great life if you
don’t weaken and the first hundred
years are always the hardest.
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK OCT. 6-12
Although it isn’t infrequent that
Edenton makes the State Honor Roll
in keeping damage by fire to the
minimum, it is not amiss to call the
attention of readers to the observance
of Fire Prevention Week which will
be observed between October 6 and
12.
Not only on this account, but be
cause the time of year is at hand
when fires are made for the first
time since last winter, Fire Chief R.
K. Hall urges all citizens to inspect
their flues and remove fire boards to
see that there is no defect or collec
tion of trash that may catch fire.
|He also urges housewives to inspect
garrets and store rooms to see that
no paper or other material is placed
near chimneys which may cause a
fire. He will gladly aid in this in
spection and recommend a remedy.
Fire prevention makes it worth
while to meditate on what it means
to an individual, a taxpayer, a home
owner and worker.
Fire prevention saves lives—yours
and your loved ones. Thousands of
people are now cremated each year—
| because some one was careless,
j Fire prevention is the friend of
I the home. Without it, your home
may be turned to ashes—and insur
ance can never replace the many in
| tangible values each home represents.
I Money cannot compensate for every
thing.
Fire prevention tends to keep taxes
down. Each time a fire destroys
taxpaying property, thus removing it
from the tax rolls, higher taxes
must be paid by all other property
I within the community.
I Fire prevention keeps insurance
rates down. Over a period of years,
the rate for each locality is based
upon fire loss—many fires mean high
rates.
Fire prevention is the friend of
employment. When a firfie destroys
a business, jobs are lost, and thous
ands of dollars in purchasing power
is lost with them. Untold privation
and misery can result.
Fire prevention means progressive
towns and cities, Cases are on re
cord where a single fire, destroying a
town’s main industry, has resulted in
permanent retrogression, at the ex
pense of property and all other val
ues in the community.
Prevent fire—and save lives and
money. Do your part during Fire
Prevention Week.
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THIS WEEK’S
RECIPE , ]
An eggless recipe for really good
cake is an important recipe now with
the price of eggs on the up and up.
Below is one that everybody will
enjoy, and It is easily made:
APPLE SAUCE CAKE
2 cups apple sauce
2 cups sugar
4 cups flour
T cup lard or butter
1 cup chopped nut meats
2 cups raisins
1 teaspoonful each of cloves, cinna
mon and nutmeg
1 teaspoonful salt
2 teaspoonfuls soda
Cream shortening and sugar, and
add apple sauce. Add nuts and fruit
and mix well. Sift flour to which
salt, soda, and spices have been add
ed, and mix well in batter. Bake in
moderate oven.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935.
LIFE'S BYWAYS
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l ’ JL A —By “BUFF”
i-
[. Now that yours truly has discarded
s the much-talked about summer straw
r hat and bought a brand new cap,
h Harvey Thomas during his leisure
e moments Sunday contributed the fol
lowing for this column:
u “Don’t let ’em kid you, Buff, about
d your new and awful looking but cer
tainly much needed cap. Take a
peep at what I culled from ‘Esquire,’
the very fancy and readable man’s
magazine of style: •>*&•
t “ ‘The cap, so long associated with
11 gangstering, dock walloping and
e pool room loafing, is becoming re
e fined and is shown in the fall and
e winter ensembles of those dark tim
-1 bered, indirectly lighted shrines of
i the chapeaux. A specialist who
fashions them out of imported cloth
- at sl2 per individual fit has a salon
i niched in one of the swank towers,
t Fat men or those of short stature
» should not wear caps, the stylists
t say. Billy Gaxton, as might be ex
o pected, is an accomplished cappist.
- Dwight Fiske sports one with rakish
!• aplomb, as do Harold -Vanderbilt,
t George M. Cohan and William Goad
t by Loew. Two other well known cap
i wearers are John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
1 and Joe Laurie, Jr.’
“Os course, though, sl2 caps may
be beyond you, but they should stir
‘ you into being ambitious and giving
s you something to look forward to —
" you, I’m talking about, not me, for I
still thing caps are for ‘deck-wallop
s ers,’ pool room sharks and good old
* Yeopim gangsters. Still J must be
■ mistaken, for John D. wears nothing
but a cap—l’ll bet he even sports a
f night cap which, by the way, should
2 make you sleep better,*”!md if you
■ can’t wear a night cap with eclat,
' try drinking one. They are very ef
ficacious. And get that word in the
' ‘Esquire’ blurb—‘cappist.’ Why not
offer a prize for the best essay by
s anyone on ‘Chowan’s Leading Cap
s pist’? You’ll be surprised at the
' way your subscribers will tumble
s over themselves to rush you copy.”
f Well, if only fat men are not in
style wearing a cap, yours truly
e ought to be right in style. And
> what’s more, if the covering on top
of the dome continues to disappear
1 and we have some cold nights, a
night cap will be worn if it is with
f eclat or not.
3 o
Mrs. Ike Hobowsky and her two
r sisters-in-law usually drop in the
1 office Wednesday night to see if we
are getting along all right with the
2 paper. Last Wednesday they were
- accompanied by little Frieda Hobow
i sky. She wasn’t in a very talkative
1 mood and I held my old pipe to
- ward her and asked if she wanted to
- smoke it.
“Sort of sleepy, isn’t she?” I ask
i ed of her mother,
e “No, I don’t think so,” said Mrs.,
Hobowsky, “I think it’s the effect of
- that old pipe of yours.”
I hustled off to finish writing an,
editorial . . . the mean thing!
j Anyway, possibly Frieda wks wor
| ried, for just prior to that rime she
l urged her . mother to - call a doctor
j because her doll baby had a belly^
1 ache.
o
1 Cal Kramer now gives a good rea
son why he and I didn’t catch a big
bunch of fish the other day. He says
he knows where all the bad places
are and a few of the good places. He
took me to the former ones. Any
way, we are planning to go soon
again and take Parson Ashby along
to prove what we may claim.
Last week in this column was men
tioned the fact that Night Officer
Bob F/att was all diked out in a new
i uniform. But shucks, that is just
t about half . . . the whole police force
i is sporting new outfits. Chief of
- Police Helms also is all “dressed up.’
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* Mrs. Jesse White gave me specific
instructions about writing up her
visitors last week. Last summer Mr.
and Mrs. White visited Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., at Canton, N. C.,
and the editor of the local paper in
writing about the visitors said Mr.
White was a classmate of Mrs. Hoey
while in college. The truth of the
matter is that Mrs. White was Mrs.
Hoey’s college classmate, but Mr.
Hoey said he didn’t care about the
mistake so long as the bloomin’ edi
tor didn’t say that Mr. White was a
roommate of his better half.
o
This one ought to be told Robert
Ripley. At any rate it was reason
for yours truly almost bursting out
in a fit of laughter right in the middle
of a wedding ceremony. On Mon
day a colored couple from Williams
ton journeyed over to Edenton to be
married, which was done in the office
of the register of deeds by Justice of
the Peace W. S. Summerell. “Come
here, Buff,” said the J. P., “I want
you to sign as a witness to a mar
riage.” Tljpt part wasn’t so funny,
but I almost swooned when the
couple made it known that it was a
secret marriage and they didn’t
want it known. Imagine that! And
before it was over another newspaper
man acted as a witness. Oh, yeah,
it will be kept a secret when two
newspaper men acted as witnesses.
o-
And when the marriage vows had
been taken the groom asked, “How
much is it ?” “Anything you want to
give,” said Mr. Summerell, but quick
ly added a proviso that “it must not
be under one dollar.” The latter
part of his statement had its effect
because more than a dollar was paid,
and Mr. Summerell doesn’t object in
the least to paying over the mini
mum.
o—
The Taylor Theatre isn’t the only
place in town featuring little Shirley
Temple. Just take a glimpse at Jim
Holmes’ window which is all decorat
ed with Shirley Temple dresses for
the little folks. What I’m about to
say is that if the same number of
youngsters want Shirley Temple
dresses that want to see her pictures
the Holmes’ supply will soon be ex
hausted. (No charge for that ad,
Jim.)
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Jim is a lucky name this week.
This paragraph is a free ad for Jim
Daniels. He sings all over this sec
tion, you know, and some time ago
he went off and forgot one of his
favorite song books. Jim is getting
old, too, and he’s forotten where he
left the book. So if anyone comes
across the book, please notify Jim or
yours truly, and I’ll collect a cigar—
or else!
o
If politics ain’t sumpin’, I’ll hush!
Part of a story written by M. R.
Dunnagan in the Charlotte Observer
appears in this issue of the Herald
in which-he says .the eastern part of
the State complained that Governor
Ehringhaus wasn’t “taking Care of
his home folks” early in his
tration, but things had changed now
and that the “hand-outs” in the east
is far out of proportion according to
population and taxes paid in the
western part of the State. The job
of being Governor, no doubt, is like
running a newspaper . . . it’s a devil
of a job to try to please everybody.
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Over the week-end the writer
chased up to Durham to see a foot
ball game, and like Herbert Leary
said after returning from the west
coast, “Give me the good old Albe
marle." However, it was my first
trip to Duke University, and I’d like
to know how students at the college
keep from getting lost in order to
get to the various buildings.
o
Right many folks have hopped on
cme about At error in this column last
week. The mistake appeared in the
paragraph about the gate at the re
cent fight between Baer and Louis.
It was stated that a billion dollars
was spent to see the scrap. In writ
ing about such a figure a poor printer
with scarcely a buck in his jeans be
comes nervous. You see, the “b" and
“m” on a typecasting machine are
side by side and in the nervousness
I touched the “b" instead of “m.”
Anyway, what’s the idea of so much
fuss over a mere $99,000,000 mistake ?
o
The Red Men have started a drive
for new members in which three sides
have been selected, the winning side
to be given a feed at the expense of
the other two sides. The bad part
about the contest is that the sort of
“feed” hasn’t been decided
looks like a cracker and water supper
to me. However, Raleigh. Hollowell,
Noah Goodwin and Joe Habit are
captains of the respective groups and
when these three fellows get really
warmed up it’s no telling which side
will bring up the rear.
As in former years, I’ve been
watching for the first overcoat to ap
pear. And by George, down the
street Monday morning rambles Har
vey Thomas all bundled up in his
overcoat and a hat perched atop his
sun-tanned dome. I’m wondering
what he’ll wear when it gets cold.
o
Coach Brogden’s high school foot
ball team is now going through
strenuous practice work, and they
sure look good. Here’s hoping Joe
• Conger and Sonny Davis, co-manag
ers, will soon have their schedule
completed, so we will know what to
look forward to. At any rate, Eden
ton should go places again this year
and here’s hoping the whole bloomin’
town supports the team. Some of
the boys have been offered chances
1 to play in another state, but they re
mained loyal to the team and will be
1 on the local lineup again this year.
Let’s back the team and Coach
Brogden in his first year with the
local school. He’s a fine fellow and
1 deserves all the cooperation we can
give.
o
A1 Owens, our faithful and effici
ent fireman, is now daddy. At the
Red Men meeting Monday night, it
was reported that he may not be in
distress, but probably will soon be
unable to follow the hunt. A1 ought
to collect from some of the members
of the Herald staff, some of whom
betted that he would be pappa to a
boy.
o
According to the daily papers
North Carolina has received far less
than was expected from the $4,800,-
000/100 roll of Uncle Sam, and Cho
wan County . . . well, let’s forget it.
That is, of course, if we are called
upon to pay a proportionate small
amount of taxes in order to repay
the Uncle. Eh, what!
! WHAT OTHER '
I EDITORS SAY
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BALLHOO OVERPLAYED
(The Charlotte Observer)
The experience North Carolina is
passing through in procuring only a
crumb of the WPA funds made avail
able by Congress after having been
induced to believe its share would
be 10, 15 or 20 times such an amount,
is somewhat typical of the overdone
ballyhoo up Washington-way.
One conspicuous fault of Adminis
tration spokesmen has been of this
nature.
Great promises have been held out
and left unfulfilled. The hopes of
the people have been raised by the
sudden announcement of some policy,
only to find that it was a fluke
alarm.
What was going to be done by
this agency and that was heralded in
glamorous publicity and in the end,
it simmered out to little.
When all of this vast treasure
chest of relief money was voted by
Congress, it was assumed that North
Carolina would get its share on
I Edenton Building and Loan 1
I Association |
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I I V R. E. Leary I
I Secretary
| NOTICE TO OPERATORS OF
|; PEANUT PICKERS J:
3j < >
< > Operators of peanut pickers are required by law to obtain a li- 3 3
] ’ cense at the Register of Deeds office. These pre now ready and I sug- < >
~ gest that y&a obtain the license promptly. If you pick your own pea- |
< > nuts only, there is no charge for license; if you pick for others there >
J 3 is a license fee of BO cents. 3 |
< > Respectfully, 3 3
33 M.L. BUNCH ::
< > Register of Deeds of Chowan County 3 3
31 October 1, 1936. 3 3
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Practical and Smart
A SIMPLE daytime suit in the new
crush-resistant velvet. It is prac
tical, smart and flattering in the
extreme. This is the seasqp when
velvets are in the lead. Hat, bag and
gloves are also In crush-resistant
velvet, which means serviceability
as well as elegance and chic.
whatever basis of distribution might
later be determined.
Some thought and said that the
State ought to have $100,000,000 of
this unthinkably large relief fund.
Later it got down to $50,000,000.
The State and its political sub
divisions were advised to hurry along
projects that might be undertaken.
Washington was eager to get its
hands on something to do.
In response, the State and its
cities, towns and counties piled up
potential projects that would have
required the $50,000,000 or more,
ostensibly worth-while and compar
able with others from other States
and communities in deservedness.
But now it turns out that if the
State gets as much as $3,000,000 it
will be lucky.
There is by no means any assur
ance that the diverse projects sub
mitted of a useful and constructive
type will be approved to an amount
even reaching that figure.
It is not so much that North Car
olina is being dealt with after a
fashion it ill deserves, but that there
has been so much of what The Gas
tonia Gazette calls “hurly-burly” a
few weeks ago on the part of the re
lief administration and “stony si
lence” now when that authority gets
down to knitting.
REOPENS OFFICE IN COLERAIN,
Dr. Chas. T. Roebuck, of Colerain,
has reopened his office at Colerain
for the practice of medicine.
Have You Secured
Your Driver’s
License?
Only this month remains before
they cost you SI.OO.
See Me at Burton’s
SECURE YOUR APPLICATION
NOW!
LENA MASON
Branch Manager
Carolina Motor Club 4
EDENTON, N. C.