w SBBBT Knch stamp ■ Destroyed! Escape. ■■■■PUKihilalHLst: will rff! " ■t> and a rarity, to *■ Be sever a' 1 Descartes is ops B incineratoi ,>l the issue is to be de- Igf Sir ->i ;vM e 0 f an imperfec- HMion, it a certainty Sfia.’ Fi'/sßg a nation is avid jgProout poslHFstamps, and someone Psjn the printing office has acquired * 'camples of the new stamps that r'will never gb into circulation. The stamp, issued in celebration * of the 300th' anniversary of the ap pearance of Rene Descartes’ “Dis course on Jlethod,” bears his pic ture surrounded by books, on one of t which can be read the title “Dis j§ pounr-sur la Methode.’’ Unfortu ■ nately, by general agreement, Des f ,carte»* book is known in academic f circles as “Discours de la Methode.’’ g||Hbice a 9()-centime red stamp bear ■■ Descartes’ picture, with the Hjßfc n v will identify the issue. curious thing about the sup \t:ftreandn /of the stamp, of which several thousand examples already that there is no evidence . .j-SsHkscAtes wrote “de”—or for ■fft|p that he wrote “sur” or his book a title at all. Biys such things as titles ■ to be left to the printer. HHHBAe same, but “de” has archaic flavor, famous portrait of Franz Hals > the title : Vvs^? ‘Discours sur la Meth first edition of Lan- of French Litera ' ■‘sur.” In Grazier’s dic - ■ “sur.” In Larousse it postoffice, even a a matter of concern, ng; of two or three of 1 Hespite plenty of authc ) ity e purists will get their philatelists, with luck, stamp. University Has ’** '* ' r ■andinavian Works [ Minneaßis. With more than 100,000 vo®nes in its Scandinavian t , department library, the University f 'ltd Minnesota’s collection is recog | nixed as thi finest library of Scan gkdinavian wsrks in the United States, Andrew A. Strom berg, K departm^Bhead. Bffsity collection is the %i .' , i country which con- Bete record c pi : Bverning bodies of Nor- and Sweden, Strom- V “to the last, Scandinavian stu ff dents have Blown slight interest in t the courses our department of ■ sered,” Stromberg said. “They were ■ too dose to the immigration period ■of their parents. As they become 'f- more widely separated from that Bcreasing EHture and ■ hi Baled the I de. art- Be whose j ■on since I Scand! I greater ■fact'! dice I ie. Birth I Death Itures ■ M : be ■ was re ■t of Dr. He Lakes ■atior at ■m. I >b!; ■ in the I The dis ■ CM m to the ■g heat, ■ ■om Jack ■h, as is ■ “They B ” He* ■ft is an ■Michael ■use of a iver, on isconsin I igh, his ■ —— I untry istrate pwn a ;s are ent of in the being ntence hours rrived a calf ither’s fudge! ; v V'-D'.'.'HK prisoner will re st -e f 'ted calf in nine K l ' .. ■ __ THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938 ■ i . ■ j ■■ = Bobby Breen, firmly established by singing two popular song hits, will appear in “Make a Wish” with Henry Armetta at the Taylor Theatre, Eden ton, Wednesday. Negro Farmers Os Albemarle To Meet In L City On Friday Corn Show and Banquet Scheduled at Normal School A corn show and banquet will be featured when the Negro farmers of the Albemarle meet at the Elizabeth City Normal School next Friday morning. Scheduled to get under way at 9 o’clock with registration of visitors, the activities of the day promise to be lively throughout. Group meetings will be held for men, women, boys and girls from ten until twelve .o’clock. These groups will hear lectures from specialists from State College on some particular phase of farm activity suitable to the groups. Men from the Elizabeth City Production Credit Association and others are also expected to be on the program. From 12 to 1:30 a demonstration in killing and curing pork will be put; on by Prof. S. A. Haley, Agriculture teacher at State Normal School. At 2 o’clock the banquet will be held. This meeting will draw agriculture teachers and their patrons from Pitt, Hyde, Washington, Tyrrell, Martin, Bertie, Hertford, Chowan, Perqui mans, Pasquotank, and Currituck counties. The last four compose the Northeastern Croup and are sponsor- ■ ing the affair under the direction of j Prof. S. B. Simmons, Supervisor of j Agriculture in Negro schools, assist-! ed by the officials of the Normal! School. Alexander Blaine, teacher of Agri culture in Chowan County and chair man of the Northeastern Group, ex ; preses the opinion that this will be' one of the most helpful meetings ever j held in this area for Negro farmers. I The highest producers of com per! acre in this section will have an op- ! portunity to compete in a State-wide; contest at a later date for prizes to. be given by the Chilean Nitrate of ! Soda Educational Bureau. j I When Soaking Salt Fish When soaking salt fish add a small, glass of vinegar to the soaking water! and it will draw out more of the salt. Removing Mustard Stains Miustard stains can be removed from table linen by -/ashing in hot water and soap and rinsing :n warm water. i 1 even bigger and better- I H looking than last year's I JIW —- ~ J Look Ahead at Curves JSBf jfc Lions Observe First Anniversary Monday Program Not Complete But Interesting Meet ing Assured Though the program has not been completed, the Lions Club expects to have an interesting affair next Mon day night when they will celebrate their first anniversary. J. Clarence Leary, J. A. Curran and W. S. Griffin compose the committee on arranging for the affair and promise a very in teresting meeting. Efforts are being made to secure a visiting speaker and an interesting feature of the program will.be a re port of the various club committees in order to show the accomplishments and progress made during the first year of existence. Accompanying the Lions will be their wives or lady friends, and it is hoped a 100 per cent attendance will 1 |be on hand. The hour of meeting for this occasion has been changed | from the regular time to 8 o’clock. Guy Hobbs and T. Wallace Jones ' had charge of the program at Monday ! night’s meeting when Edenton’s col ored song bird, Johnny Wilson, sang a number of selections much to the j delight of members present. Wilson ! was accompanied on the piano by O. I B. Lambert. __ _ Rotary Club Boasts Two 100 Pet. Meetings Edenton Rotarians are on the war path to give the Manteo Rotary Club a hard fight in the January attend ance contest. The two meetings thus far* held by the Edenton Club have been 100 per cent and President John j Graham is hopeful today’s meeting j will result in a perfect score. A few members were absent at the regular luncheon last Thursday, but the meeting was made up by attend ing an adjoining Rotary meeting. I KKs“"and tnink of a SB I that gives 22 to |H I 27m lies per gallon! B VtORDV-si ■ »«»«»». “ » I s 644i°° «.*«., P ! » LEADING FIGHT FOR OIL MEN f pgiiMP; .mmmm •» lllilWMßfe illliiiili- v 19 wmM ! S. GILMER SPARGER Mr. Sparger presided over the 5 meeting of oil men Thursday, when , a Chowan group was organized. Methodist Workers Enjoy Church Supper > i Officers and teachers of the Meth ’ odist Sunday School, as well as mem- I bers of the choir, enjoyed a supper held in the Sunday School room on s Wednesday night. Immediately after - the supper the choir held a rehearsal . and the Sunday School workers dis ; | cussed the school’s program for the . i year. .i - j Y\ COLERAIN )\ ; V t Mrs. Harry Smith left Monday to , accept a position as teacher in the ' Bonlee High School. Mrs. Dora Saunders and Miss Doris! Saunders were visitors in Windsor! ' on Monday. A number of the ladies of the W. i i! M, U. attended the Bertie Quarterly j Xaaa ('oifs ODD Fever FIRST DA V LIQUID, tablet* HEADACHE. 30 •ALVE, NOSE DROPS MINUTES TRY “RUB-MY-TISM"-WORLD’s BEST LINIMENT meeting at Mars Hill Wednesday. Mrs. Graham Harrell, Mrs. M. T. j Megee, Mrs. G. B. Miller and Miss] Eloise Miller were visitors in Ahoskie Tuesday. Miss Eloise Miller, accompanied Rev. D. J. Robinson to Wilmington Saturday. They will teach for a week in a B. T, U. enlargement cam paign. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Daniels, of Edenton, visited Mrs. I. G. Beasley Tuesday evening. Mrs. 'C. S. Credle and her son, Carol, left Friday to spend the week end with her parents in Newport News, Va. Mrs. Bessie Allen spent the week end in Norfolk, Va., with Mr. and Mrs. Mason Myers. The Circles of the Woman’s Mis sionary Society held the first meeting for 1938 Friday afternoon. Rev. L. M. Dixon was in Windsor on business Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Askew, of Rich Square, visited friends here on Monday. Miss Syble Brown, of Norfolk, Va., was the week-end guest of Mr. and j Mrs. C. W. Beasley. Mrs. Hallie Phelps and Miss Helen I Phelps went to Rocky Mount Sunday | to see Bob Phelps, who is very ill in! the hospital. Miss Doris Pierce and Miss Doris Saunders went to Wake Forest Sun- j day to see Thomas Belch, who is aj student there. Harry Smith went to Rocky Mount on business Saturday. Miss Hazel Hughes and Mrs. Shel ton Pierce were business visitors in Greenville Monday. Mrs. H. O. Harrell and Mrs. S. D. Pierce and Miss Doris Pierce were in Ahoskie Saturday evening. Colerain residents are happy to STATE THEATRE HERTFORD, N. C. CAROLINA’S FINEST THEATRE , Friday, January 21— ON THE STAGE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 9 O’CLOCK “THE RHYTHM CLUB” Featuring Lim and Bill of Station WFTC, Kinston, N. C. ON THE SCREEN Pat O’Brien and George Brent I “SUBMARINE D-f" ALSO COMEDY Saturday, January 22 $lO To Be Given Away At 9 O’clock ALSO DICK TRACY NO. 5. COMEDY | Monday and Tuesday, January 24-25 I - DICK POMJLL** \X> FRED WARING ALSO NEWS Wednesday, January 26 PRIZE NIGHT CLARK GABLE - MYRNA LOY WILLIAM POWELL —in— “ Manhattan Melodrama” Also Comedy and Act I THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS * 1 a will come to your home every day through w THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ft An International Daily Newspaper . » K It record) for you the world's clean, constructive dclngs. The Monitor £ IS does not esplott crime or sensation; neither does It Ignore them, £ » but deals correctively with them. Features tor busy men and all the { W family. Including the Weakly Magasine Section. A * nie Christian Science Publishing society S ft) One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts if Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor for fi JS i parsed of |i jj * months *4.50 3 months *3.35 1 month 75e j 8 Wednesday Issue, Including Magasine Section: 1 year *3.00, 0 issues 35c WS&t&t, Cmpx •* Heqmmit I ! learn that W. J. Daniels and his Bap j tist Sunday School Orchestra will j play at the local Baptist Church on Sunday night. The program will take place after the preaching ser vice and is expected to attract a capa city house. Too Late to Classify WAN TED—OLD GOLD OF ANY kind. Will pay highest cash price. Campen's, Jewelers, Edenton, N. C. Jan.20,27,Feb.3,10 Cream Puffs and Chocolate Eclairs * i» ALL KINDS OF Cakes - Pies - Cookies Famous Butter Rolls i Parker House Rolls ; Finger Rolls I 10c Doz. j Bread ..5c loaf SLICED FRESH EVERY DAY HARRIS BAKERY Opposite High School Thursday, January 27 Also Comedy and Act PAGE FIVE

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