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PAGE SIX DICE FURNISH CLUE ,• " TO LIFE AGES AGO I They Prove Trade Flourished, Says Scieatist. Philadelphia.—Terra cotta tHee used (a gambling operations at Tepe <3awra nearly 50 centuries ago furnish evi dence that International commerce flourished to a hitherto unsuspected de gree In ancient Mesopotamia, according to Dr. E. A. Spelser, University of Pennsylvania archeologist Describing in a new volume the ex cavations at Tepe Gawra, Professor Spelser points out that although all numbers from one to six appear on the dice, the tuna of the numbers on oppo site sides does not total seven. Thus, he says, they are like dice found at Mohenjo-Dare, an archeological «tte in India, and Indicate the existence of commercial relatione between the two cities. The dlee are among objects found |ln the first eight levels of the an cient mound at Tepe Gawra by an expedition under Professor Spelser’* ; leadership. He cites also a toy four wheeled wagon of terracotta, figurines representing the Mother Goddess and other finds of pottery, stone and cop per as evidence of « widespread In ternational commerce there. The toy wagon, drawn by an anl imal of terracotta, belongs to a type mnknown In Mesopotamia in that pe riod but It closely resembles models of hooded chariots found above and beyond the distant Caucasus and .tho Caspian sea and constitutes tangible proof Os trade with those regions. Doc tor Spelser contends. Other Tepe Gawran finds, it is -stated, have aflUlations with cities in -various parts of the eaelent East, including Cyprus, Susa In Persia, and Ur of the Chaldees, Kish and tlruk in Baby lonia. 7 ' Doctor Spelser first investigated the ancient mound at Tepe Gawra in j northeastern Mesopotamia in 9927 'when he was field director of an arche ological expedition sponsored by the j University museum of the University :of Pennsylvania and the American • Schools Os Oriental Research. Doctor Jfpelser returned to the unU versity lh 1932 to resume his work las professor of semltles, and Charles >Bache become field director of the joint expedition. During the season of 1934-35 the ex pedition led by Mr. Bache uncovered the oldest city In the world on Level 12 at Tepe Gawra. This month the expedition, which recently left this, country for Tepe Gawra, will begin Its; campaign with the clearing of a sill] ! older level. Weather Men to Speak Language of Their Own Washington.—An International lan guage for the weather, made up of signs and figures Instead of words so as to avoid the confusion of varied national languages, is to become uni form for the world’s weather man, |W. R. Gragg, chief of the United States weather bureau, asserted. Returning from Warsaw he reporetd ; that the International Meteorological organization at its eighth meeting there, with representatives of 42 coun tries present, adopted a program for unification of codes, symbols and units In the exchange of weather reports. The maps on which dally weather forecasts are based will look alike the world over. A black dot will mean ; light rain or drizzle, a star will mean light snow, and a plain circle will mean clear, cloudless skies on every weather map, whether the observers supplying data for it speak English, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, or any other language. Loggers Cut Down Giant Spruce 405 Years Old Cathlamet, Wash.—A gigantic spruce tree, one of the largest ever cut In Washington, was felled by Jacobsen Brothers, logging contractors, near here. The tree was 11 feet in diameter where It was cut, 10 feet from the ground. The first sawlog, 16 feet long, scaled 11,000 board feet. The top of the stump showed it was 405 years old. Jonas Larsen and Pat Jacobsen felled the forest giant after a day and one half of work. It took John Ashley six and one-half hours to cut the log In two the first time. Smallest Man in Orient Is Only 32 Inches Tall Kobe. —A Manchurian farmer, who claims to be the smallest man in the Orient Is “celebrating” his thirty-sec ond year of grass widowhood. He is Huang Chen Yu and he Is only 32 incites in height. But in addition to this, he has two other claims to dis tinction, for he was married at eight and divorced at fifteen. Huang Chen Yu Is not going to marry again. “How can a man my size command respect In a wife?” he asked reporters. Deaf and Dumb See Plays Acted Out Moscow. —One theater for the deaf and dumb, believed to be unique, where the management, cast and audience are all deaf and dumb, is operating here. Instead of spoken words the lines of the plays are expressed by gestures and facial expression. Among the plays In the theater’s repertoire are most of Shakespeare's tragedies. The theater has a seating capacity of 500. It Is nearly always full. Minutes Os Board ~ Os Education - The County Board of . Education met in’regular session MoncLay,.Dec.< 2,' 1935, at 10 o’clock in. the, superin tendent’s office with the fallowing members present; Mrs. Geo. C. Wood, Mrs. E. L. Winslow, L. W- Belch, Isaac Byrum, and S. E. Morris, chair man. The minutes of the previous meet-! ing were read and approved, and the! treasurers report was read and ap proved. The following State and County bills were approved and ordered paid: County Bills Payable Wm. Welch Mfg. Co $ 41.23 N. G. B|ok Depository 1.34; D. S. Heath Co. 1.04 1 The MacMillan Co. 1-50 Harcourt, Brace & -Co. 1.60 i P. B. Dail 10.05! J. H. Byrum .75 E. W. A. Rowles Co. 1.36 B. G. Willis .50i A. T. Allen 26.44 Wood & Warren Ins. Agency 162.54 Edenton Graded School 200.00 Bush-Elliott Co. .31 Standard Oil Co. 3.77 William A. Forry 39.19 Chowan Realty Co. 12.50 Jno. C. Bond Co. 3.44 John C. Winston Co. 4.67 Roy Furry 4.75 The Chowan Herald 5.00 Rupert Chesson .75 Total $522.73 State Bills Payable 'Superintendent’s sailary $ 137.66 Superintendent’s travel 13.85 Clerical Help 12.00 -Office Expense 10.64 Board of Education per diems 19.90 White Elementary Teachers’ Salary 1140.00 Colored Elementary Teach ers’ Salary 683.00 White High School Teachers' Salary 294.00 White High School Princi pal’s Salary 158.66 Janitor’s Salary 37.50 Wood to J. C. Byrum 43-00 Fuel Light Plant „ 3.0?, Janitor’s Supplies 7.20 Truck Drivers’ Salaries 76.50 Gasoline (Standard Oil Co-) 184.34 Repairs by State Highway Department —. —— 105.44 Chas. M. Johnson, for truck 981.47 Reader’s Digest 3.00 ! Delong’s Subscription Agency 17.38 Total $3,928.87 The Board of Education recom mended that the balance of the 1934 Literary Fund with interest be paid immediately. The Board of Education moved and seconded that if Bus No. 10 was re placed by the State School Commis sion with a new bus, that No. 10 he given to the Negro schools to operate at their expense. The 1934-35 Audit was inspected 1 and discussed, same being found ir 1 good form and accurate with infor mation at hand. < There being no further business, motion was moved and seconded to > adjourn. S. E. MORRIS, Chairman W. J. TAYLOR, Secretary | 139 Sign Up For Red Cross 1 (Continued from Page One) Parker, E. W. Spires, Mrs. Ethel H Boyce, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. W. A Graham, Mrs. H. G. Wood, H. G Wood, Miss Carrie W. Coke, Mrs. J A. Woodard, Sutton’s Drug Store 1 Louise P. Coke, John W. Graham, Dr : W. I. Hart, Gulf Filling Station ’ Mrs- Heywood Ziegler, Leila’s Beautv Salon, Dr. W. S. Griffin, Hobowsky’s 1 Store, T. C. Byrum, William Privott, 1 C. E. Byrum, Miss Zene Elliott, Bank i of Edenton, George Wood, Chap’s New Deal, Jenkins Motor Co., John 1 G. Wood, Mrs. John G. Wood, Mist Sophia Wood, J. N. Pruden, J. A i Bunch, R. C. Holland, H. R. Leary, Mrs. H. R. Leary, Mrs. W. D. Pruden. Dr. L. P. Williams, Mrs. Jno. M Rcatty, R. D. Dixon, Mrs. George C Wood, F. I. White, Dr. J. A. Powell Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. Lloyd Griffin Mrs. Phillip McMullan, Mrs. H. M. S- Cason, Mrs. J. T. Satterfield, Mrs. J A. Powell, Mrs. Walter S. White Mrs. T. H. Shepard, Mrs. Geo. Mack Geo. Mack, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Mrs M. F. Bond, Jr., Mrs. D. M. Warren Capt. J. L. Wiggins, Miss Mary Pru den, Miss Margaret Pruden, Rev. C A. Ashby, Mrs. C- A. Ashby, Mrs. R C. Holland, Mrs. C. S. Vann, Mis: M. Skinner, Mrs. O. M. Elliott, Mrs M. G. Brown, Chowan Woman’s Club President Endorses Christmas Seal Sale In connection with the Christmas Seal Sale, President Franklin D Roosevelt lends his endorsement of the movement by having the follow ing to say: “The cooperation of every man, woman and child, every organized group and every governmental official is needed in order to bring this dread diseases under control. It is proper ly the duty of each lochl community to raise the funds for its own protec tion. Christmas Seals give everyone an opportunity to do his part. The funds are spent in the communitier in which they are raised for the pro tection of all. The need is great.” ) TMR 6HOWAM HffITAIJ!). EDENTON. N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1986. ■ ■ " - '• ■ ■ - ■' V I Traveling Around America ca Bim ip a, «•. v' *■ '.a/ 5., anfl ** . life ■;/; ,- . .yaws* » ~ fhoto Greet Lint PLACE WHERE THE SUN WAS TIED HERE .is the giant sun dial with which the Incas measured their seasons -the “Inti-huatana,” or “plaoe where the sun was tied.” The shadow cast by the cone on the stone platform beneath formed the basis «f itibe ancient Indian method of reckoning time. The InUihuatana in varying forms is found ta many of the dead cities which have ibeen unearthed In Peru —the one shown above Is part of the ruins at Kenco scattered over a high hill east <of <Gusco. ancient cap! tal of the taeaa. iCusoo Is fast com ing to the frocut as .an archeological center and—particularly since It has been mads so easily accessible by the weekly *9-day iPern cruises to Cuzco —Is becoming a popular Large Congregation Hears Final Sermon Os Rev. W.F. Walters Rev. W. F. Walters preached his final sermon Sunday morning to a large congregation in the Methodist Church preparatory to leaving Eden ton for Warsaw, to which place he was transferred by the Annual Meth odist Conference. In his farewell message Mr. Walters expressed re gret at having to leave Edenton, where he has made many friends and where his work was made very pleasant by many co-laborers in the church’s activities. He spoke very highly of Rev. George W. Blunt, who will replace him at the local church, coming here from the Warsaw church. Mr. Blunt is said to be an inter esting speaker and is a graduate of the divinity school of Yale Univer sity. Mr. and Mrs Walters and son, Franklin, left Edenton Tuesday for their new location, and the same truck used in moving their belong ings brought Mr. Blunt’s property to Edenton. He is expected to preach his first sermon Sunday morning. Quinn’s Leading In Free Cruise Contest W. M. Wilkins, manager of the Quinn Furniture Company, has just received information from the Tide water Electric Company, of Norfolk, Va., Philco radio distributors, that his store is leading in the Havana Cruise Contest put on among dealers in the Norfolk area. This Contest provides for a trip to Havana with all expenses paid and runs until May 1. The Quinn store has 2370 points to its credit with the next competitor having 1310 points MISS AVIS WARD HONORED AT DELIGHTFUL PARTY Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ward, of the sign Pine Section of Chowan County, entertained quite a large number of friends Saturday evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Avis Ward. The guests spent a most delightful evening in playing games and enjoy ing other forms of amusement. An assortment of delicious home made candies and apples were served. LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET AT HOTEL JOSEPH HEWES The regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the Hotel Joseph Hewes. The presi dent, Mrs. Jesse White, is very anx ious for a full attendance, as the Auxiliary must have the full coopera tion of its members to function as it should. SERVICE LEAGUE PREPARING TO SPONSOR STOCKING FUND The Service League of St. Paul’s Church met last week preparatory to making a drive for funds for the Christmas Stocking Fund. This or ganization will appreciate any dona tion, which should be given to Mrs. J. M. Jones or Mrs. R. G. White. I mecca not only for scientists bju tar the globetrotters as welL The outstanding characteristic ot Cuzco its its walls made of huge stones out and fitted togther Id some mysterious mannei without the ase «f sharp Instruments, mor tar sr cement. Other ruins Include stone seats, remnants of baths archways end staircases: the ts moss ftedafiero. a steep naturally grooved nock seed by the Incas as b toboggan slide long before the Spaniards arrived: and the “Throne of the Inca.” a rounded-off rock with steps cot tats U. on either side—the vantage point from which, it U said, the Inca and his engineers directed the construction of the fortress of Sacsahuaman. Mission School Held In Colerain Church During the past week a mission school was held at the Colerain 3 Baptist Church. Ea«h evening the 1 class was taught by a different t teacher and various pastors in the ■ Association brought very inspiring ; messages. The school was well attended and • much interest was shown in the - study. , - | 500 Pieces Property Are Sold For Taxes r _____ • Sheriff J. A. Bunch on Monday at • noon held an auction sale when al ' most 500 pieces of property in Chowan County were sold for delin quent 1934 taxes. Despite the many : pieces of property listed for sale, very few interested bidders were on hand, and aside from a few pieces, all the property was bid in by the • County. I Mr Bunch started his sale on the I Court House steps, but a brisk cold i breeze coming off the sound soon forced him to complete the sale inside the Court House, where he was just about alone when he finished crying out the “once, twice, three times and sold.” Edenton Loses State Title To Mt. Airy (Continued from Page One) ; line. Successive plunges at the line and end runs by Pan! Spencer, Worth 1 Spencer and Melvin Layton netted two first downs, much to the delight 1 of Edenton fans, who were still hope ful that Edenton would score. Wo -1 zelka was forced to kick, however, • booting the hall to the 12-yard line. j A Good Place To I T < > Sell Your Peanuts i| j | For twenty-six years The Edenton Peanut 3 3 I Company has been an active buyer of peanuts j; | in your section. We feel that our record is 3 3 I ample assurance that you can depend on us <; I for fair dealing and full market prices. Be- :; | fore you sell or store your 1935 crop, we be- 33 < > lieve it will pay you to get in touch with us or <; ;; one of our buyers. Our storage rate is very 33 3 3 attractive and our local bank will make lib- 3 3 :: eral Loans on Peanuts Stored With Us. : j= ij j The Edenton Peanut j Company 1 EDENTON NORTH CAROLINA J Upon Mt Airy’s return kick Edenton . fought desperately to score which re sulted in three first downs, one of which was a beautiful 26,-yard run by Worth Spencer. The Aces were in possession of the hall as the quar ter ended. During the final quarter both teams resorted to passing, the most spectacular play being when Wozelka on a fake kick passed to Sexton for a gain of 20 yards. Wozelka also made a gain of 15 yards when instead of kicking he skirted left end. The Mt. Airy defense, however, tightened, forcing Wozelka to kick, with the western champions in possession of the ball as the game ended. The lineup follows: Edenton Mt. Airy Sexton L. E. Holyfield Smith L. T. Marion Elliott L. G. Eldridge Wozelka C. Laughridge Miller R. G. . Gwyn Spruill R. T. __—_—George Byrum R. E. Davis Harrell Q. B. Marberry W. Spencer L. H. B. -Pendergraph Layton R. H. B. Gilbert P. Spencer F. B. Stewart Upward Trend Shows Progress In Chowan (Continued from Page One) speak of it, through magazine arti cles, as “wilful waste” and “needless extravagance,” but in Chowan it is viewed as manna from Heaven. And with the Christmas season soon approaching the report of all this is a happy effort. Edenton is already being festooned wjith the spirit of a new birth. Its store windows display the best the land af fords. 'There are gaieties to tickle the hearts of the little ones and to restore life and hope in the hearts of the more elderly. There is much merriment in the air. Joyousness abounds and Christmas will mean to this neighborhood everything that Christmas should be. Wanted Ash Logs See, Write or Wire Clinton Lumber Co. CLINTON, N. C. t' ROYAL Typewriters Expert Repairs On All Make Typewriters And Office Machines OFFICE SUPPLIES EMMERSON'S INC. 231 High Street Portsmouth, Va. r MONEY! | On Used CARS and TRUCKS Only aFew More Days Left of This Great Sale These Cars are going i fast since we have re duced the prices to rock bottom, but ow ing to the large stock we had on hand, we still have a few left of the most outstanding values in used cars and trucks ever of fered in this section. Some of these cars have traveled far less than 10,000 miles. Phone 150 And we will send a representative to your door. Chowan Motor Co. Edenton, N. C. **. 'r'. -3fSt •/
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