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The Chowan Herald
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Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943 __
BLBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
A HUMAN EXAMPLE MAKES ALL SIMPLE: lam
the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, j
and shall go in and out and find pasture. —John 10:9.
Let’s Go, Chowan!
If interest manifested at the Red Cross meeting Tues
day night counts for anything, and if this interest can
be transfused to workers and in no less degree to con
tributors, there should be little trouble encountered in
Chowan County in raising the $4,200 Red Cross War
Fund quota despite the fact that the amount appears
to be a high mark to shoot at. Both W\ J. Berry-man,
chairman of the drive, and Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman
of the Chowan County chapter, feel optimistic that the
county will measure up to what is expected of it.
Os especial interest in this year’s drive is a plan pre
sented by Mr. Berryman which was immediately' adopt
ed at the meeting whereby a quota is allocated for each
of the four townships in the county, which quotas were
figured out by Mr. Berryman according to taxable
values. This is a fair proceedure and should create
more interest and a keener sense of responsibility
throughout the entire county.
As Mr. Berryman stated at Tuesday night’s meeting,
it is hardly necessary to recount what the Red Cross
has done or what it is willing and able to do in alleviat
ing suffering and helping the unfortunate. Not only in
war time is this organization ready for service, but one
need not search very long to become acquainted with
no end of the deeds of mercy performed during peace
times. But this year we are in the midst of a war
which is causing no end of suffering, and if any relief
is to be rendered the Red Cross is the best organized
and most adequately equipped agency to go to the
rescue.
There should be no hesitancy on the part of anyone to
make a substantial contribution to this fund this year.
With so many families in one way or another affected
by having boys in the service, who knows but what
amount any of us contributes may go to relieving the
suffering of our own flesh and blood, or possibly the
boy of some of our neighbors.
That there will be untold suffering during the re
mainder of this year caiyiot be doubted and relief can
be administered only in proportion to what we give of
our money for the purpose. This relief cannot be
measured in dollars and cents, so that no person should
hesitate to contribute as liberally as possible to the end
that suffering is kept at a minimum.
Though Chowan County’s drive will officially start
Friday, March 12, it is not too early to plan now for a
substantial contribution, and not just pass out what
small amount might be on hand when a canvasser calls.
It is creditable in peace times to enroll in the annual
roll call for one dollar, but this year the need is far
greater so that all are asked to contribute as liberally as
possible.
Chowan has ever had a warm spot in its heart for
the Red Cross and $4,200 should hot prevent reaching
the quota again this year.
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Her Heart’s In It
Only one woman was present at the Red Cross meet
ing held Tuesday night, she being Mrs. J. N. Pruden,
faithful and hard-working chairman of the Chowan
County Chapter. There is no way of calculating how
much of her time Mrs. Pruden has devoted to the Red
Cross and its work, for she has been at it continuously
since the first World War. In fact, Mrs. Pruden organ
ized the first Red Cross chapter while the first Worla
War was in progress. The chapter shortly thereafter
became more or less dormant and it was then that Mrs.
Pruden assumed the chairmanship and has held it since.
Her heart is in every phase of Red Cross work, and
while she is obliged to shoulder many responsibilities
and sacrifice much of her time and effort, she feels well
repaid when reflecting back over the years and not be
ing able to recall a single instance of having called upon
any one who refused to respond.
With her experience and knowing the pulse of Chowan
County when called upon to rally to a worthy cause, it
is little wonder that Mrs. Pruden feels certain that
Chowan County will again come through with flying
colors in the war fund drive and that she will be able
to report that Chowan gave $4,200 willingly to help re
lieve suffering in this war-tom world when even
Chowan’s sons are scattered all over the face of the
earth.
Mrs. Pruden is due no little credit for her loyalty to
the Red Cross, W. J. Berryman is to be complimented
for his interest and sincerity in the forthcoming drive,
and we await with eagerness the opportunity to con
gratulate Chowan County as a whole for going over the
top in this very important and necessary appeal for
funds.
Not All Os ’Em Are In Service
Much is seen in public print of late relative to the
man-power situation in this nation. This, has to do
with the proposal to draft married men with children,
deferring men of army calibre on farms and even bring
ing men from the Army back to work on farms. Each
plan has its proponents as well as opponents.
With food so paramount to* winning the war, the im
portance of raising food and crops cannot be under
estimated, but apparently the armed forces are credit
ed with too much of the disruption to farm labor. Os
course, many farm boys are now in the armed service
and their absence is felt, but has anyone checked to see
if there are not more able-bodied farm boys working on
THE CHUWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. inuKSD.-t MARCH 4, 1943
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CJL By “BUFF" II—JL™ 1
At one stage of the Red Cross meeting Tuesday night
it appeared as though only about half a dozen would
show up and in counting noses it was found at the time
that two Baptists were there, two Methodists, an Epis
copalian ajid one Catholic. Eddie Spires couldn’t under
stand why the Baptists were not far in the majority
because it was raining, but W. J. Berryman promptly
let him know that Baptists don’t like “sprinkling.’’
Which reminds me of a meeting held before Parson C.
A. Ashby left Edenton. At that meeting, too, members
of the various organizations were counted and when the
Parson came to Eddie Spires he classed him as an X
meaning nothing. At any rate, more came to Tuesday
night’s meeting and the forthcoming drive became so
interesting that everybody forgot about their denomi
national affiliations or whether they were an X or not.
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Well, the point rationing system is now in effect and
apparently there is little confusion in buying under the
j new scheme. Which recalls an incident happening last
j we*k. A colored man went into one of the grocery
stores and asked for a pound of beans. “They’re froz
en,’’ he was told by the clerk. “Dat don’t matter,” said
the colored man, “Ah likes beans that is friz a little
! bit.” He didn’t get any beans, though, whether they
were frozen or not.
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D. M. Warren no doubt has some idea what movie
fan mail is like now. You see, a recent story about the
sign posted in the Bank of Edenton announcing a holi
day on the day Hitler is buried got into the hands of the
Associated Press and was carried in many daily news
papers in the country. As a result, Mr. Warren has
received letters of approval from far away places. It
Was interesting to note in a letter written by Michael
Lubin, a Philadelphia realtor, that “on that day the
Jews will also have a holiday.” But shucks, the Jews
are no pikers. Here’s betting a stogie that plenty ot
Jews would be glad to celebrate a whole week if Hitler
was placed under the sod.
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Time was when merchants were anxious to display
as much of their merchandise as possible and tried to
sell all they’ could. But not now. fake candy bars and
chewing gum, for instance. These two items are now
hid under a counter. Then take coffee, butter and lard,
there's no telling where the bloomin’ merchants hide
these items. And coca-cola —well, most of ’em must
keep those bottles on hand locked in the safe. Money
doesn’t count much now, but what counts more than
anything else is whether a person is a regular customer
or only scouting around to buy as much of the scarce
items as possible.
o
R. F. Tuttle was a popular man Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday and will continue to be so today (Thursday)
■when he winds up his stay at home to help in filing in
come returns. For those who have yet to see him,
help him out by having your figures separated as to ex
penses which are deductible. Don’t wait until he fig
ures out the thing and when you find you are scheduled
to pay income tax, you suddenly think of another item
or so to be deducted.
o
At a neighboring newspaper office the other day a
rather well-to-do lady called the newspaper to inquire
why some airplanes were flying so low over the town.
“I am rawther bothered by the noise due to flying so
low,” she said, “can you tell me the reason for such low
flying?” The lady answering the phone reported the
call to the editor, but when the printer’s devil heard it
he yelled, “Tell her if she don’t like it to get the hell
out of the United States and go w’here the planes fly a
little higher.”
o
Eddie Spires has many duties to perform and there
fore has quite a few- titles, but darned if I can figure
out how he is Judge E. W. Spires. This title has been
tacked to his .name several times in the Elizabeth City
Advance, but titles without the salary doesn’t mean
much. Anyway, he’s the clerk and not judge of the
court.
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Lions will, next week, begin meeting: in the Parish
House, where the Rotarians have met for many years.
The Lions, however, will meet Tuesday at 1 o’clock,
while the Rotarians continue to meet Thursday at the
same hour. On Tuesday night the Lions met with
Jimmy Partin and from what I understand, the cars
were lined along the street. Say, fellows, the ban on
driving means you may drive to attend church but not
to drive to park in front of a church.
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Edenton High School’s boys’ basketball team lost a
heart-breaker Friday' night w-hen their arch rival on the
gridiron, Elizabeth City, won the last game on tne
schedule to mar a perfect record. The kick in the pants
was bad enough, but for Elizabeth City to do it makes
the defeat even harder to swallow. Anyway, 14 out of
15 games isn’t a bad record and here’s a lusty “hooray”
for the boys, and the girls as well, who also lost only
one game out of 10.
o-
What the hec! Just about the time we got over a
dickens of a cold spell and enjoyed a few balmy days,
snowwas flying as this column was being finished.
Looks like w’e’re in for a cold snap, for William Reeves,
our handy man, immediately went to w’ork and shook
up the fire, setting the thermometer as far ahead as it
would go.
defense projects than have entered the service ?
In fact, there are many nou-essentiar workers em
ployed o,n essential war projects and in plenty of cases
it would be a safe wager to bet that these are working
for two reasons only—one to evade army duty and the
other because far more money is earned than on the
farm.
The Herald believes that there are very few married
men with children who would hesitate to enter the
armed forces if it is absolutely necessary, but The Her
ald also believes that the greatest majority of them
would resent being called when a large number of sipgie
and childless men hold positions on defense projects wno
could easily be replaced by those who are older and less
fit for active service in the armed forces.
That all too many defense workers are not taking
their jobs seriously is reflected in the wave of absen
teeism, which is detrimental to the war effort. There
should be little argument in opposition to making this
class of fellows either work or go to the army.
Guard Gossip |
From
26th Co. N. C. State Guard
Edenton, N. C.
Who heard the air raid alarm
Thursday night? We know 44 men
that did. Our company formed at
the Armory on the blue signal, and
by the time the red signal was sound
ed we counted 41 men and three offi
cers present. Not bad for our or
ganization. Shows we know just
what to do when the alarm is sound
ed. We also know just what to do
after the alarm is sounded —but,
that’s a military secret.
We are still getting equipment.
We have received our Company flag,
and it’s pretty, too. White letters on
a blue background. Some day, fo
long we are going to show ourselves
up street. During the black-out last
Thursday night, the Captain was ask
ed to bring his company up street
when the lights were turned on, but
he figured he better not —guess it
was too late, and not enough people
on the street to see us. When we do
go, we want a crowd present.
From the office comes word that we
are losing two good men. We are
i sorry that some folks have to work
so hard and can’t find time to have
a little fun with us once a week for
two hours. The two men we have re
ference to are, Hector Lupton, who
before long if the draft keeps up,
will not only be selling advertising
on his paper but will be composing,
printing, mailing and selling the
sheet. We hate to lose Hec. The
other is Rupert Goodwin. Maybe af
ter the rush season is over, Rupert
will be able to come back with us.
Rupert and Hec both were good sol
diers.
Upon making up our strength re
port and submitting same to the Ad
jutant General for the month of
February, we find that we had an
average attendance of 90%. Not bad.
Forty-five out of fifty men were
present each night. Don’t know just
how we will stand with the rest of the
Companies in the State, but we think
we will be above the average.
Maps, maps, maps. This Company
is really going to town on maps. If
the headquarters section keeps up it
will know just where every road,
house, tree and ditch is in Chowan
County. They have even put dead
fallen trees on their maps. Just
anything that would afford cover if
necessary. Lt. Morgan and iSgt.
Wozelka are wizards at making:
maps. Capt. White took Lt. Morgan,
Sgts. Wozelka and Hobbs out Sunday
afternoon over the route that the
Company hiked over Tuesday night,
and believe it or not, those boys
(Morgan and Wozelka) drew a map
of the whole route, showing every
thing, Sunday night.
The three officers and the first
sergeant are the only ones sporting
new shoes as yet. We did not re- !
ceive shipment enough to outfit the
whole Company, but those four men,
having to go to Fort Bragg on the
14th of this month, thought it best
that they take advantage of it, and
have for the past week been trying to
break them in. Will be glad when
we get enough to go round, for hikes i
like the one Tuesday night will have : i
lots of us using the 17 coupon. j
I MR. FARMER: j
Grow Pickles This Year! I
Contracts for Pickles are now being - obtained for Manhattan f
Produce Exchange Receiving Station in Edenton this coming sea- ?
son. Government authorities have asked farmers to grow Pickles l
as a food crop due to the demand for the armed forces. Fertilizer J
will be available for their production, and land heretofore used in a
growing cantaloupes and watermelons can be made to yield satis- f
factory returns. ?
CASH PAID ON DELIVERY AT MY GIN j
ALL CUCUMBERS sound and merchantable ranging in size from $y 2 inches to 6 inches in £
(length, not exceeding 234 inches in diameter, at $1.50 per 100 or $30.00 per ton. :
SEED NOW ON HAND FOR PLANTING ' 1
-SEE-
W. O. Speight, Contracting Agent 1
, t Phone 73-J Edenton, N. C. g ,
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W. O. Speight Handling
Contracts For Pickles
Chowan County farmers are being
urged by W. 0. Speight, contracting
agent for the Manhattan Produce Ex
change, to sign contracts to grow cu
cumbers for pickles this year. Mr.
Speight will be in charge of a re
ceiving station at his gin, where cash
will be paid for the cucumbers de
livered.
Regarding the signing of contracts,
Mr. Speight calls attention to a
clause in the food production admin
istration of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, which reads:
“No fertilizer manufacturer, dealer
or agent shall deliver any chemical
fertilizer containing chemical nitro
gen for use on melon or cucumber
crops except where grown specifical
ly for seed production, or in the case
of cucumbers when grown for pro
cessing, and no person including fer
tilizer manufacturers, dealers, or
agents, shall use any chemical ferti
lizer containing chemical nitrogen for
any purpose restricted by this para
graph.”
Mr. Speight also has seed now on
hand for planting cucumbers, and will
gladly give any information regard
ing the pickle contract.
GUILTY OF RECKLESS DRIVING
Only one case was docketed In
Recorder’s Court Tuesday morning,
that being Marvin M. Ross, Rober
sonville truck driver, who was In
volved in a wreck with Charlie By
rum. Ross was found guilty of reex
less driving by Judge Marvin Wilson
and was sentenced to 30 days on the
roads, suspended upon payment of
SSO for damages to Byrum’s car and
paying court costs.
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Sale Os Personal Property
The undersigned will offer for sale at pub
lic biddings for cash to the highest bidder at
10:30 A.M. on March 22,1943, at the residence
of the late Lawson Spruill on Paradise Road
in Chowan County, North Carolina, the follow
ing personal property owned by the late Law
son Spruill:
3 Mules.
2 Carts and Wheels.
1 Farm Wagon.
One 2-1 Cultivator. Q
A number of Plows, Planters and other
fanning implements and all other chattel
property.
The Mules to be sold at this sale are young
and are broken and ready to go to work any
where.
Signed and posted this March 2, 1943.
R. E. LEARY
Administrator Lawson Spruill, Deceased
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Special Music At Next
i Meeting Os Red Men
’ Members of Chowan Tribe of Red
’ Men will enjoy music after the regu
’ lar meeting next Monday night, when
a program will be rendered by Miss
• Edna Baughm, who will entertain
’ the Red Men by playing an accordian.
1 Miss Baughm, whose home Isl in
Washington, N. C., but who is at
present employed at the U. S. Marine
1 Corps Air -Station, has appeared on
1 a number of programs in Edenton.
C. B. Mooney, sachem of the local
' Tribe, is especially anxious to have a
large number of the members present
for the occasion.
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419 S. Broad St. Phone 273
EDENTON, N. C.
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