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PAGE TWO THE CHOWAN HERALD Published every Thursday by Buff’s Printing House, 100 East King Street, Edenton, N. C. J. Edwin Bufflap Editor Hector Lupton Advertising Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION One Year sl-25 Six Months 75c Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the post office at Edenton, North Carolina, under the| Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates furnished by re quest. Cards of thanks, obituaries, reso lutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935. BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK: GREAT POWER FROM GOD: Be hold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of an enemy; and noth ing shall by any means hurt you.— Luke 10:19, JO OUR FRIENDS— GREETINGS! At this happy season of the year ■ when we celebrate the birthday of Him who taught that it was more blessed to give than receive; when ; men’s hearts are warmed by kindly thoughts and deeds, and when we , gather about the family circle to , draw tighter the ties of friendship : and blood, The Chowan Herald finds ] great pleasure in wishing every sub- , scriber and advertiser a Christmas • season full of joy and happiness and , a bright vision of the new year just ahead. The Herald has endeavored to ] serve the people of a wide area in this section of North Carolina during the year about to come to a close, , and feels that whatever measure of ■ success it has experienced has been • due to the loyal support of subscrib- , ers and advertisers, for without the , former, the latter obviously would be ] useless. I We trust both groups have been enlightened and benefitted by The Herald’s existence. It shall be our ambition to be of even greater ser vice during the new year and we ear nestly desire to merit the confidence that has been shown in the efforts for betterment of the territory and the advancement of the welfare and prosperity in the section wherein the paper is circulated. So, while we anticipate a happy Christmas, may we again wish for all, rich or poor, black or white, a truly joyful Christmas time. MAY WE ALL HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT The spirit of Christmas implies universal fellowship, bountiful un selfishness and renewed acknowledge ment of the centuries-old principle that it is actually better to give than to receive. Christmas is a fine op portunity, not only for expressing our love to our friends, but for giv ing tokens of grateful affection to many of God’s (I ildren, not as char ity but as gifts from hearts that de light to express their love and t( give joy to others. This opportunity is now present in Chowan County. Aside from the ap peal made recently by the United Charities, the Red Cross, Christmas Seals, and the several orphanages, all of them worthy, indeed, there are at this time 31 cases in the county where prospects for a happy Christ mas are very gloomy, indeed. In this list is included old and infirm people who no doubt have contributed many times to making a Christmas merry for others but now are even at the mercy of kind hearts and sympa thetic souls for the bare necessities of life. Some are sick, some feeble and crippled, living alone or with rela tives, scarcely able to provide for themselves. This group of individ uals receive what help is given from the United Charities, which has no funds to furnish any more than abso lute necessities. If these dependent people are to share at least a small part of the bountiful supply of Christmas fruit or candy or even needed articles of wearing apparel, i* must come from individuals or groups of individuals who are inspired with the noble purpose to carry good cheer to others. W. J. Taylor, Chowan County’s Welfare Officer, is thoroughly ac quainted with each case and wil 1 gladly give anybody interested the name and address of any particular case listed in the group. May our impulses not be to spread good cheer only to the family circle, but rather to bring out the finest of human emotions—the desire to .do good deeds. We shall be the happier and at the same time emulate in a feeble way the teachings of the lowly Nazarene. By so doing the deepest chords of human sympathy are touch ed, hearts are made mellow, thoughts grow tender, which is a true signi ficance of the day of days we will soon celebrate. JUST FOUR MORE SHOPPING DAYS LEFT Gradually creeping upon us, Christ mas shoppers now have only four more days in which to do their shopping. For your convenience, glance over Herald advertisers, thus saving J>oth time and money. Heard and seen By “BUFF” In last week’s column a paragraph appeared referring to a newspaper reporter as being “the noblest work of God” or an “imp of hell.” Just about the best reporter ever to hit town, especially during the residence here of yours truly, is Harvey Thomas, and in glancing over The t Charlotte News, one of the papers for which he writes, I found the follow ing in the column “Not Strictly News:” Trials of an Editor “EDENTON, Dec. 7.—J. Edwin Bufflap, publisher of The Chowan Herald, had just finished a weekly editorial praiseworthy of a marked return to better times in the Albe marle and the local finish of the economic bugaboo. Mike Sawyer, letter carrier, arrived with the Bufflap ’ ,«rr'i the use? mail. A heavy-papered envelope from j the commissioner of banking contain- ( ed a check for ‘Buff’ representing his , final dividend on deposits he had five < years ago in the defunct Citizens bank. The check was for three cents. Buff tore up his editorial ( and started another on ‘When, oh ( when will times improve?”’ ( Since reading the article I’ve come 1 to the conclusion that Harvey is the . latter of the two titles referred to. ] Anyway since cashing the check < Friend Thomas is all diked out in a c new suit. He has two other suits, but i the pants of one pair are so thin he s always hunts a warm chair to sit 3 down, while the other pair has taken t on too much the appearance of a i looking glass. We printers stick to gether! “ 0 ( Cal Kramer almost got himself ir. 1 Dutch at last week’s Rotary meeting, i He put on a stunt asking each Ro- i tarian to name an adjective. To ■ start off with it looked as though i the bloomin’ Rotarians forgot all about their school days for they had a hard time picking a word, but after 1 Parson Ashby came through, the rest ' of the crowd came across all right 1 until John Holmes had his chance. ; He spieled out a descriptive adjec tive so long that when he was through Cal didn’t know how to start spelling it. At any rate, he was able to read the list, but he wouldn’t let a fellow see how he spelled them. o Minton Warren, who very often, while studying weighty bank prob lems, chases across the street to get a soda pop and chat a little with friends, will henceforth be more care ful while crossing the street. Last week while on one Os these “tours” with his head somewhat bowed, he heard the squealing of brakes and as he looked up he was face to face with a young lady driving a Virginia car. She greeted him something like this-: “Hey, you fat jay-walker—why in the devil don’t you look where you’re going?” He didn’t even reply to his new “acquaintance,” but went on hurriedly for his coca-cola. But even at that, he fared better than the cop in a neighboring town who stood at an intersection to direct traffic. When he was sent sprawling, the lady driver exclaimed: “Well, dammit, maybe you’ll be careful where you stand from now on.” Rev. M. O. Stehpenson, the Center Hill Methodist preacher who was transferred to Durham, surely likes The Herald. I’ve just got a postal card from him saying: “I live in town now, but I still have to make fires— please send my copy of your paper to 1810 Lakewood Avenue, Durham.” I don’t see why he should tell me his troubles. Why don’t he get married for then he wouldn’t have to make fires. o One of the post office crew almost croaked last week when answering the phone during rush hours he re ceived the following message: "How about sending up a pint right away?” Wrong number, I reckon! Anyway, Chowan is a “dry” county—liquor isn’t advertised. If there’s an epidemic of St. Vitus dance in Edenton it can be blamed on only one thing—the marble boards. It says on these machines that it’s a game of skill, and from the way some ' of the fellows twist and turn while 1 the ball is rolling down the board, skipping over the holes that pay off, . it surely looks as though it is a game of “skill.” o I don’t quite understand the con -1 versation of some of the set-back players. Some of them last Saturday night were insistent on playing with extra cards, saying, “I like to play with the ‘widow.’” I wouldn’t have noticed anything except for the fact that every time the remark was made one of the gang peeped out over 1 his specs. Anyhow some widows are dangerous, the set-back kind as well , as others. i a 1 m ■■ Mae Jackson Went to the trouble to i THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C-, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935. decorate an outside tree in competi tion with the offer of prizes for the best out-door Christmas decoration this year. But she didn’t even get a chance to be judged, for somebody stripped the tree of the bulbs. It may have been the work- of young sters, but apparently was done by boys who were weaned possibly 20 years ago. The Taylor Theatre management especially selected “Ah Wilderness” as the Christmas day picture. But what’s in a title ? The title is proba bly the most discussed today. The story is that of a boy and girl in the first love of their youth and Eugene O’Neill took the title from a verse in “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.” The verse in question comprises the last two lines in the “A book of verses underneath the bough” qua train reading: “And thou, singing beside me in the wilderness, Ah, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” 0 W. E. Forehand is renewing an old form of entertainment on Christmas Day, when he will hold a shooting match at Elmo school- The best shooters will receive a chicken as a prize. The good thing about it is that a guy will have to be seen toting off chickens when telling how good a shot he is. The racket of collecting new calen dars is at hand. E. R. Conger no doubt has the distinction of receiving one from the fartherest distance, one being sent to him this week from 1 John Taylor & Co., bell founders in Loughborough, England. The calen- ; dar pictures many famous churches of the world where the concern has furnished bells. The English folks secured Mr. Conger’s name many , years ago in correspondence relative to St. Paul’s bell and have been send- : ing him a calendar every year since. 1 o Fermor Hobbs will be the auction eer at a public auction on the Town lot Saturday afternoon. Here’s hop ing he brings back to life the old auctioneer’s sing - song language which in by-gone days was a treat in itself- Items are somewhat scarce for this column sometimes, but an out-of town subscriber sent me a card sug gesting the following: Buff’s pro gress with a Sunday School; how many sleep during a sermon; who is the most pious person in town; the best pipe and the v*)rst pipe in town; the editor’s new suit and the guy that broadcasts the wild stories about Edenton. All of these subjects may be written about later, but as to pipes, I think mine is the best, while those I meet up with think it’s the worst. The guy that sent the card smokes a corn cob pipe, so his pipe might be classed as the worst—only it is out-of-town now. 0 At this season of merry-making, it is well to bring to mind those who will not have so. much reason to be glad. On the front page of this is -sue appears a list of cases where what joy will result must come from those in better circumstances than MV METALTUBES The first dynamic loudspeaker— by RCA—brought radio to lifo. Tha first suparhatarodyna, also RCA-davalopad, gavo brilliance and color. And whan RCA pro duced tha first AC sat, its con venience thrilled listeners by tha thousands. Now RCA advances radio en joyment by leaps and bounds in tha 1936 instruments that not only bring U. S. # foreign, police, aviation and amateur broad casts, but serve them up with a clarity, warmth and beauty delightful to hear. Buy an RCA Victor and you buy immense radio satisfaction! ••TUN Moon CO-15 H.re it one of the instrument, ducribod above. Consider all it brings you—th« way It brings it—and you’ll coniidor its price unbelievably low. 540-15,000 ha. Colorbond Dial 2-Speed Tutting High and Low Ton* Control—Automatic VolumoControlandTonu’ <m - - Compensation and | manyotherfeatures.Only “ wW MITCHENER & LEARY • ;i £ s : i Corner Oakum and Queen Streets EDENTON, N. C they. W. J. Taylor has listed s group of needy cases, each of whicl merits a Christmas remembrance by an individual or some local organi zation. Look over the list and see Mr. Taylor if you want to help make . somebody happy at very little ex -1 pense. j DIARY I By OLIVER N. WARREN Sunday: Jane had a hous partie of sum gurls over the wk. end and they thot thade take a ride on a hors. So they ast a man cud they take 1 of hisn. He sed how long do you want him & Jane replide & secl the lon S est 11 have got there - is 8 of us wants to j iflfj^v' r^e ° n * i ' m ' jFv Y*Sl|Njtofij Monday: Pa got , f H HHH Hie noo sepaper -v I where he wirks at H in bad agen this ”8$ wJL 4H&S& armestes day & ffi ''l they slang a rope , e/i acrost the st. & tide the ends to lite co °den’t get in | b.i DKU ' e was Tormeit! 1 ~ ‘ 1 A otto hit the rope | & busted a Ifte on top uv same. Tuesday: Monday kontinuel. Pa , writ a peace & sed how culd peepel § see a rope when they cant see a frate | trane acrost a hi way. The editur | cald up Pa & sed the 1 that hit the I rope is are most largest advertizzer g Pa lookt solum about sum thing or a I nother. Wensday: The ft- ball koach at a are skool sed to me. He sed Slats 1 your a huskey kid & big & strong, j Why is it you dont never get to Bee j ft. ball star. I replide I most shurely j cant think & the koach sed then ■ thats the resen. I wander What he ! ment. Xpect no thing komplement- j ery. j Thirsday—Joe Hixes mistress wife j sed to Joe she thot they is a women ] in the moon to & when Joe ast why J she thot so she replide no man wood j be out by hisself thataway. Joe savs he wanders is she hinten at sum j thing. j Friday: The teecher ast are klass does eney 1 no what is a game war- j din. Jake new & held up his hand j & sed it is 1 who envents games for J to be plade by us kids. From teechers j skornfle look I Xpect Jake was rong. j Or not Xactly rite. Saturday: A frend of mistress j Lige Kidd who rezides on the opislte side of the crick whos better % dide not long censt ast her cood she not get o k atomeys- And she sed lawsy no Im haven so mutch trubbel with them I most wish Lige hadnt of went & dide. Methodist Sunday School Entertainment Held Sunday Night The Methodist Sunday School Christmas entertainment will be hel< Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Sunday School room, taking the place of the regular evening service. The entertainment is in charge of Mrs. G. Toko e y«er te pey ee Ike M* I CLT.-tCA Victor Ftoenee Plee I A. Helms and will include recitations, poems and Christmas music by mem bers of the Sunday School- Decora tions will be in charge of Mrs. J. W. Davis and Mrs. A. M. Forehand. At this service a special offering will be taken which will be sent to the Methodist orphanage. j- STUFF AND NONSENSE By Wilborne Harrell FIVE AND TEN He stood at the window of the Five and! Ten With his nose pressed tightly 'gainst the paste, A wistful, wistful longing in Ms eyes As he gazed at the ball and' the book and the choo-choo train'. She stood by the counter of the Five and Ten A trembling tear on her lashes, Oh, how she longed for the beautiful dolls With their ribbons, and their bows, and their Tovely sashes. 1 OUR BOYS’AND GIRLS’ “ Ii CONTEST Jj Closes Dec. AT 4 P. M. , Each penny spent oiTl paid on accounts will ! % count one vote. I See our display of i j| Christmas Gifts be- \ J ! | A box of Candy always ; i j; makes a very desir- | * 1 LEGGETT & DAVIS Druggists ms | PHONE 67 EDENTON, N. HhH f Santa Says: < | If the Gift Problem has L ; you bothered, visit Rose’s | | Store, where a great many V )j ' JJB 1 I inexpensive, practical and H « 1 acceptable gifts may be A|. \ found ... | JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR MOTHER ; Hand Painted Cake Plate 25c ; Dinnerware Set, 56 Pieces $7.65 .1 ! Silver Plated Ware, 20 Pieces $1.60 i Novelty Table Lamp $1 : Oven Serveware 10c and FORDAD Flash Lights -49 c to 9flH Fishing Rods 79c to SI.ShH ; Auto Ash Trays IQHH Novelty Ash TVays 10c and 2dH| Rear View Mirror lsH| FOR SISTER f Popeye Spinach Sets .. -..,45c Jj Lunch Thermos Kits 69c and SLIO S| Lamp Shades v : 10c jo 49c L | FOR BROTHER Pen Lights, complete Saws -25 cJb 69c |i I Pliers - —2§£;f | Hammers —.loc to 25c 1 j Wrench Sets 25c to 69c Ij ROSE'S] 5 - 10 * 25c STOftl 3 Ede t N f Both the boy and the girl Hera 11 AM had denied V Such things that should by \ right; ym With plenty and riches they stood side by side— •'*’ Yet empty-handed and heart-broken they trudged home that night. Vote for Santa Claus for President on the platform of a “Full Stocking for Every Kid.” Dere Mister Santy Claws: I’nha writing to you becawa Chrissmus Is a-coming and I want you to bring: Me a lot of toys ’n everything, f Plese excuse this old stocking ,-✓ y/J I had to tie it at the toe, But you’re a nice old fellow H Jgi And you wont mind, I It’s just an old sock of But it’s all right, aut itMgplPl Claws? Jingle bills! Jingle bills! It’s papa who has to pay, For the gifts and things that Santa brings To folks on Christmas day.. A Merry, Merry Christmas, ladies and gents— That’s all stuff and no nonsense!
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