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■ 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!
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Birth
I Death
Itures
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■ was re
■t of Dr.
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a calf
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fudge!
; v V'-D'.'.'HK prisoner will re
st -e f 'ted calf in nine
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938
■ i
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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
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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
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LEADING FIGHT FOR OIL MEN
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! 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
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Saturday, January 22
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Wednesday, January 26
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Also Comedy and Act
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! 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
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