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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP —--r': —
ECTOR LUPTON Advertising Mgr.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Entered as'second-cli^'matter August 30,
1934, at the post office at Edenton. North Caro
lina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1942
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK;
REVEALED IN CONVERSATION: Who , 18 *
man and endued with knowledge among you ■
show out of a good conversation his works with m e
ness and wisdom. —James 3:13.
Temptation Too Great
Temptation to make easy money has, no doubt, seized
pome people in Edenton and as a result, the town is m
a fairway to gain some ill repute. Reason for this
situation is the fact that there is an acute shortaga of
living quarters for many families who have already ar
rived in Edenton in connection with the construction
the Marine Glider Base and the further fact that many
more will gradually arrive and will want to have a place
The principle of supply and demand always has been
the basis for the establishment of prices, but it should
be no reason for profiteering, which is actually hap
pening in Edenton, if The Herald has been accurately
informed. ,
Reports have come to this newspaper that one of the
men connected with the Glider Base had been promised
a single room for S2O per month, but on returning to
notify the owner that he would take it, the price had
jumped to S4O per month in less than an hour’s rime.
Other reports are to the effect that from $75 to SIOO
and more per month is being charged for two and three
room apartments. As a matter of fact, there is no
house in Edenton for which SIOO per month rent nad
been charged before the Glider Base was announced.
Those families who are moving to Edenton are will
ing to pay a reasonable price for rooms and apart
ments and, of course,. do not object to paying a little
more than normal prices, but such prices as are being
asked by some of Edenton’s people are just out of all
reason. . ,
The condition as prevails in Edenton should not be
primarily to take advantage of those who are obliged
to come here to work and live. There should be more
involved than merely making money. It is a patriotic
duty to cooperate in the building of the Glider Base
and a fair return for a room or an apartment should
satisfy the owner of such rooms or apartments.
Then there are those, The Herald understands, who
have available rooms but who refuse to offer them to
help out in the emergency. The base is being built oy
our government to help defeat the Axis and to preserve
the American way of life, and those who refuse to offer
available rooms should compare their right in volun
tarily offering their rooms to being faced with an iron
heeled guard ■saying, “Open this house, we want your
rooms.” And who is it who will dare say that rnrs
cannot happen?
Then there is another phase of unwarranted prices
for rooms. One of the primary reasons for landlords to
raise rents is when taxes are increased. This surely
isn’t the case in Chowan County this year, for the
County rate has been reduced from $1.02 to 80 cents, or
a drop of 22 cents on SIOO property valuation. Os
course, the reduction is less in two townships, including
Edenton, where a 12-cent levy was added to pay for an
extra month of school, But even at that, County taxes
for Edenton citizens were reduced 10 cents per SIOO
valuation.
Owners of rooms and apartments, if they persist in
charging prices out of reason, may cause a government
investigation, for profiteering is a Federal offense,
and were this to occur, it would be a blot on Edenton’s
long standing reputation for being a hospitable and
congenial community.
A fairway would be to evaluate the rooms and
aparments available for renting and With a fair return
to the owners and a large number of satisfied new
comers in Edenton, the town can continue to be one
of the best places in our land in which to live.
Have You Contributed?
Another opportunity will be offered on Monday tor
Chowan County to reach the goal of $1,600 for USO,
Chinese and Navy relief, when a final round-up drive
will be staged to collect $447, the amount needed to
put the County over the top.
Enough has heretofore been said by The Herald as
to the worthiness of these three funds, and there should
be little trouble to meet the present deficit.
The truth of the matter is that comparatively lew
have contributed to this joint fund. W. H. Gardner,
the treasurer, has $1,153 on hand and by checking the
names of contributors in this issue of The Herald, the
per capita contribution amounts to about $6.00. It isn’t
just fair tQ these few contributors to bear the Tirunt
of the burden when, if more would contribute even
small amounts, the quota would have been reached long
before now. And in checking the amounts given by
some of the contribuors, they made just a gesture or a
contribution to the three causes.
As stated before, Chowan County can and should
raise this $1,600 fund, iso get back of T. C. Byrum,
Geddes Potter, J. H. Conger and Mayor J. H. McMullan
to put this county over the top. If you haven’t given,
make a contribution, and if you have made a contribu
tion which you would be ashamed to see in print,
dig down in your jeans and give another one.
It Don’t Cost “Nodding”
Another contribution to a worthy cause which may
not be as "painful” as giving cash to war relief funds
will begin today an<J continue until August 7, dun nig
which time Eld Bond Post of the American Legion Is
joining in an effort to collect 37% million old Victrola
rec ords. The e records will .go to entertain men tn trre
: ' forces at USO centers. Good records will be
t r id. . di'le broken, cracked ami warped records will be
■ elted a:id new "ones made for entertainment of boys
in the service.
Ed Bond Post is very anxious to make a good show
ing : .;i Chowan County, and for that reason, together
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THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 23, IM2
Heard and-see
By “BUFF” i
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Whew! If it’s true that cotton thrives best in hot
weather, there’s no reason why we should not have a
aumper crop in these parts. But what II can’t under
stand is why, if they ration sugar, gasoline, tires, auto
mobiles and the diokens kaiows what else before this
war is over, why in the Sain Hill don’t they ration the
warm weather? We could easily use sonle of it next
winter.
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You had better be careful whom you pack a fight with
these days, for Edenton has a gang of auxiliary police
for use in any emergency. The other day each one was
presented with a wicked-looking club for use if neces
sary. Gosh, its good the boys are not playing soft ball
this year, for some of the clubs would no doubt turn
up on the diamond as a bat. i
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Henry Gardner is sort of absent-minded sometimes.
The other day he was asked to make up a list of the
contributors to the USO, Navy and Chinese Reliei,
which he did. Bjit lo and behold, he forgot to put his
own name on the list, which explains why his name is
not included on another page. He made a contribution,
however, and if he skipped any other names, let u*
know about it.
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Pretty nearly everybody in town got a good rating
at the school house last week when they were given a n
“A”. But isome must have made a lot of mistakes when
papers' were corrected for I see some Bs, Cs and Xs
pasted on a lot of cars. One fellow didn’t do so bad,
for when I asked him what he got he replied, “An A
card and a siphon hose.” Real rationing is on now,
folks, so watch out for the siphon hose.
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Here’s one who felt he was going to the Army last
Friday. Captain J. L. Wiggins, who is chairman of the
Draft Board, stopped his car in front of the office and
called me. As I reached his car, he began, “You go —"
(Right then I decided he was going to finish his sen
tence by saying “ —out to the draft board anil get ready
to go.”) But instead his order was like this: “You go
in the back of my car and pick out the biggest water
melon you can find, for I know you like watermelons.”
Hiis orders were duly executed, and the taste of the
watermelon was as enjoyable as his invitation to help
myself.
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Anyway, it’s great to have friends, for Asa Griffin
and Nathan Copeland also saw to it that the season did
not pass without a mess of watermelon. And I am
just ishrewd enough not to say which one was the best,
for none of them could have been any better.
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Another of the “youngsters” wants to play soft ball.
1 learned that Sunday at Sandy Point, where a gang
of folks went to get some relief from a broiling sun.
West Leary (that’s right this time) had a rubber ball
along and after chunking the thing all around the
beach, said he thought some games could easily be
played before dark, now that war time is in force.
Anybody want to play ? See Jim Daniels or Bill Privott.
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Some of the “homeless” boys have something to look
forward to now. Arthur Chappell, who since July 1
has had his billiard parlor and general meeting piace
closed, plans to re-open a week from tomorrow (Friday).
The reason ? Why the Glider Base, of course. But
with work scheduled to begin August 3rd, and an em
ployment office opened by the contractors on Monday,
who’s going to open a restaurant so that the folks
can get something to eat?
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It just didn’t seem natural to get out The Herald
this week with Charlie McCullers not hanging around
and chasing in the office about ‘time the forms were
made up asking for a iitory to go in the paper. Mac
suddenly disappeared and from what I understand, is
now working in a uniform for Uncle Sam. Because of
his leaving for the army, the annual Edenton Band
Camp at Bay View was abandoned, which was a disap
pointment to the youngsters. Mac sort of sneaked off,
not that he feared any creditors, but because he had
become so attached to the boys and girls in town anti
they to him that the parting would have made it that
much harder for him to join the army. As I told trim
many times, he was a general nuisance in a printing
office, but it will be a devil of a job to find a man to
take his place and who will be thought as much of by
the town’s boys and girls as they do of him—and that’s
a tribute to him.
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And speaking of the Edenton band, have you noticed
the enlarged picture in the winilow of Leggett & Davis
Drug Store? It’is a fine picture and a fine band, but
with Friend McCullers gone, what in the dickens will
happen to the band? It is one of the town’s oest as
sets, even if the glider base has come to town.
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It appears certain that Edenton will lose the local
U. S. Employment office, which is a puzzle to me. At a
recent meeting when R. A. Wadsworth, field supervisor,
met a lot of local opposition to moving the office to
Washington, his arguments gradually dwindled to one
reason, that the office must be moved to Washington
because, of a defense project. What he no doubt had In
mind was a glider base since which time has come to
Edenton. But despite this fact, newspaper stories are
to the effect that the office will be moved just the same.
From this angle it looks like he was just determined to
move the office, even if hell froze over.
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What may compare to an irresistible force meeting
an immovable object might develop tonight at the spec
ial meeting of Town Council. The meeting is primarily
called to set salaries and discuss other budgetary mat
ters. Town employees feel the pinch of soaring living
costs and want higher salaries—which might be termed
the “irresistible force.” On the other hand, Town Coun
cilmen will want to hold expenditures down and main
tain a low tax rate—and may be termed the “immov
able object.” But with hundreds of workers needed
for the glider base, as well as other better paying jobs,
the “immovable force” will most likely he moved dr the
Town will have no force at all.
with contributing to the enteraintment and welfare of
our soldier boys, every person in the county is urged
to search hia premises and turn over all unwanted
records to the Legionnaires. Or these records may oe
turned in to Taylor Theatre and Leggett A Davis, t*e ■
two receiving centers. ,
“Did a Union Man Do th’ Plaster Work?**
Tar Heel Swine Growers
Facing- Feed Shortage
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Scarcity of fish meal and tankage j
has created a feeding problem for
North Carolina hog producers, reports
Ellis V. Vestal, Extension swine spec
ialist of N. C. State College. These
two feeds have been the standard
protein supplement used by swine
growers for years.
"Some farmers,” says Vestal, “are
inclined to feed corn, or other grain,
exclusively as a result of the short
age. The feeding of com alone to
hogs is very expensive. It requires
approximately 11.2 bushels of shelled
com to produce 100 pounds of pork
when the corn is fed alone. It re
quires only 6.1 bushels of com to pro
duce the same poundage of pork when
mixed with 03 pounds of fishmeal and
three pounds of minerals.”
As supplements to reduce the use
of fishmeal and tankage, the Exten
sion specialist suggests the u)?e of
320 pounds of shelled com (about
six bushels), 23 pounds each of cot
tonseed meal and fishmeal, and three
pounds of a good mineral mixture.
Another similar feed that, with
present prices, will likely give the
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sults, is the feeding of 320 pounds ol
shelled com in one compartment of a
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“If neither fishmeal nor tankage is
available to mix with cottonseed or
soybean meal,” advises Vestal, “there
are iseveral 40 percent protein sup
plements for hogs available as com
mercial feeds, already mixed by the
dealer. These commercial feeds are
being used quite extensively now, but
the economy of this feed depends
upon its cost.”
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Victory Gardens Should
Include Fall Vegetables
War is not a seasonal affair;
neither ishould the Victory Garden be
restricted to summer vegetables, de
clares H. R. Niswonger, Extension
horticulturist of N. C. State College, i
Surveys have indicated that more
than 90 per cent of North Carolina’s
278,276 farm families planted bigger
i and better gardens in the spring.
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“But,” says Mr. “a real 1
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a year-round supply of vegetables I
and small fruits for the farm $
family.” |
With this definition of a Victory ,J
Garden in mind, the Extension horti- jjjl
culturist reminds farm people that If
“now is the time to begin preparing - ®
the soil for a fall garden.” He says ; §
that a fairly wide variety of vege- |
table crops will grow well in the late 1
summer and fall under average North’
Carolina conditions.
Crops recommended for the fall
garden, and suggested planting
dates, include: Collards, sow seed now
to produce plants to be iset in Sep
tember in most parts of the State >
carrots, plan this week and next week
in the Piedmont and mountains, and
August 1-15 in the Eastern part of
the State; snap beans, plant in the
East and Piedmont about August 1;
leaf lettuce, plant in August in the
East and mountains and in September *
in the Piedmont.
Other crops for the fall garden are:
Beets for roots and greens, plant
August 1 in the Piedmont and moun
tains, and August 20 in the East;
mustard, kale and tendergreen,
plant over the entire State in Sep
tember and October; winter spinach, s
August and September in the Pied
mont and mountains, and from Au
mist to November in Eastern Caro
lina; radishes, August in the moun
! tains, and August and September in t
the East and Piedmont,
4-H Clubbers Attending:
Camp At White Lake
Eighteen 4-H girls and 24 boys left
Edenton Monday for White Lake to
i enjoy the annual 4-H Club summer
camp. They were accompanied by
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent,
and County Agent C. W. Overman.
The group expects to return Sun
day.
JIMMY GIBBS IN ENGLAND
Mrs. Jimmy Gibbs was delighted
Wednesday afternoon to receive a
cablegram from her husband, who is
j a member of an engineers’ division
of the U. S. Army. The cablegram
came from England, not designating
the place, but stated that he was
well and getting along splendidly.
Calling Out The Reserves
Small Boy—“ Quick, policeman. A
man’s been beating my father for '
more than an hour.” <
Policeman —“Why didp’t you call
me sooner?”
Small Boy—“ Father was getting
the best of it until only a few
minutes ago.”