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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 425-425 South
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1943
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
AND LIVE IT AT HOME: And he said unto them,
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every j
creature.—Mark 18:15.
“Nominations Closed”
Last week The Herald had something to say relative |
to the qualifications of Charles H. Jenkins as a candi- |
date for Senator from the First District. There has :
been no change in the opinion expressed, but it was not j
intended in any way to east any reflections on the j
qualifications of William T. Culpepper of Elizabetn
City, who will also be a candidate for one of the two
seats in the State Senate.
It was something over 20 years ago when the writer
first set foot in Elizabeth City, a perfect stranger who
at once fell in love with this section of the State. It is
also very vividly recalled that it was while passing the
Culpepper Hardware store on the way to and from work
that often 1 was called into the store by Billy Culpepper
who spoke like a life-time friend and was among the
many who at once made a strange family feel perfectly
at home during the three years of residence in Eliza
beth City. He has ever since been a friend of the editor
of The Herald, so that there is no hesitancy whatever
in recommending him to represent the district in the
State Senate.
.Mr. Culpepper is well and favorably known not only
in the district, but throughout the entire State. He is
a successful business man, energetic and progressive,
and knows the needs of this part of the State. He also
has the courage of his convictions and can be depended
upon to fight to the last ditch in the interest of his
constituents,
So that as far as The Herald is concerned, with Billy
Culpepper and Charles Jenkins as candidates for the
two Senatorial seats, it is believed that this pair can ana
will represesnt the district with dignity and ability, and
for that reason, a motion is made that "nominations be
closed."
No Stranger Here
Edenton Rotarians will be honored at their meeting
today when they will have as their guest Robert W.
Madry, of Chape! Hill, new Governor of the 18th Dis- |
trict of Rotary International, who will pay his firs*
official visit to the local club. Mr. Madry is by no
means a stranger so far as The Herald is concerned
and besides he is well known to the majority of the
Rotarians.
Governor Madry who is a live wire, being one of those
sort of persons who puts his best into anything with I
which he is connected, and so far as Rotary is concerned, .
a Rotarian who might be profitably emulated. He has J
a number of important jobs, but despite this fact; puts
ih no little amount of overtime to take case of his new
Rotary duties. He is the Mayor of Chapel Hill; for 20
years he has been director of the l Diversity of North
Carolina News Bureau; he is State director of press
publicity for the War Finance Committee of the Treas
ury Department to stimulate war bond sales; and has
served as State publicity chairman for the Infantile
Bara lysis campaign, the Easter Seal campaign for Clip
pled' Children and the North Carolina Dental Society.
He has distinguished himself in each of these move
ments. and it was while he was president,of the Chapet
Hill Rotary Club that his club won theN first District
Governor's Achievement Award for making the best
record during the year.
Mr. Madry is a human dynamo, a very congenial and
likeable sort of a fellow, so that any member of the
Edenton club can ill afford not to meet him today ana
hear what he has to say about Rotary, which is dear to
his heart and for which he is giving his best at a time
when organizations of every kind from the church
down are affected by the terrible conflict now in
progress.
Fi. X. Hines, president of the Edenton Club, is very
anxious to have a 100 per cent meeting on the occasion
of the Governor’s visit, and if such a meeting material
izes, he will be very grateful and .Governor Madry will
be a little more encouraged in his new role.
Edenton Loses Valuable Man
Though members of the official board of the Metho
dist Church were aware of the fact for several weeks,
members of the congregation and a host of friends will
regret to learn that the Rev. W. C. Benson has resign
ed as pastor and on Monday left for Hampton, Va.,
where he has assumed the duties as director of the
I SO Club.
Not only the Methodist congregation, but the Town
as a whole will /suffer a severe loss in Mr. Benson’s
leaving, for he was identified with many of the town’s
activities. That he has given entire satisfaction in his
ministerial duties, too, is reflected in the fact that at
the time he resigned he was serving his fifth yeas as
pastor. He was an active member of the Lions Club,
took a prominent part in Masonic activities, and was
chairman of the communications committee of the
Civilian Defense. He was also chairman of the com
mittee appointed about a year ago in an effort to secure
a USO Club in Edenton, and it was primarily through
his personal efforts that the USO Club, now about
ready for operation, was secured for Edenton.
The Herald regrets that Mr. Benson has left Edenton
and has no doubt whatever that the ciizenry as a whole
feels the same way about loosing him.
i’HE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1943
Heard and seew }
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It is interesting to note that Jailer Shelton Moore
had right much company at the Chowan County jail
during July. His report khows that there were 62 per
sons penned up during the month, but of this nunioer,
most of ’em were put in one day and turned out the
next. < Os course, 1 had a very pleasant room in Duke
Hospital for the greater part of the month, but f was
told that it was very hot outdoors. Maybe that’s the
reason one day was enough for most of those wno
"boarded” at the jail for a spell.
1 was obliged to miss last month's meeting of the
County Commissioners, but on Monday I was able to
drag myself into the Court House to hear their deliber
ations. Each one of the Commissioners expressed his j
pleasure at seeing me back, but it was while being wel- ,
coined that Clerk Maurice Bunch said he heard the re- j
mark made that if 1 had not come back for a while |
longer The Herald would have shown quite an improve-j
! ment and would be a better paper. All of which only .
1 goes to prove that no matter how important and indis-1
j pensable any person in any business may think he or j
she is, the business will go on, and sometimes even better
! than when that particular person is on the job.
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j Philip McMullan was among those who wrote me a
j letlei while 1 was in the hospitai, only he never did
i finish the letter before 1 returned home. 1 did learn,
however, that the portion he had written was an exhor
tation to stay away longer, for The Herald was a lor
better while I was away than when 1 was working my
fool head off.
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Then, when 1 went to the Methodist Sunday School
Sunday morning, 1 learned that John Holmes and Jim
Cates had carried on as superintendent for me while 1
was away and that they did a swell job. Friend Jim
wrote me a letter while 1 was in the hospital, and 1
promptly answered it, among other things telling hin.
not to visit me. You see, 1 didn't want him to barge In
on mv nurses.
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Parson Benson, who has also been absent for about a
month, returned home late last week and held services
in the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Immediately
upon arrival, he contacted me, for it was due principally
to his urgent request that J entered the hospital when 1 |
did. At any rate, he told me not to be like a certain
w oman who had gone to a hospital and for months after
her return, about the only thing she talked of was tier
operation. Well, it looks as though Pm following suit.
But even if 1 am overdoing the thing, 1 must not fail
to give some credit to Miss Jones, who pinch-hitted
for me so far as gathering news is concerned. It was
very nice of her to agree to help me out under the cir
cumstances and she did a fine job even though some of j
her temporary duties were new to her. Os course, any- ;
body coming to The Herald office could very soon learn j
that a lady had been working at ray desk, for it was j
tidy, clean and lacked the bunch of mess usually scat
tered from one end to the other. It’s not exactly New
Year, but I’ve made a resolution to try and keep it so—
SO long as it lasts.
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Then, too, Mrss. Julian Ward shouldered some of the
responsibility during iny absence. Mrs. Watd has been
connected with The Herald since its beginning and
I knows just about all the ins and outs of getting The
j Herald to press. She wrote the heads for stories, put
j into type all* the news (and were there any ads? I, as
' well a- attended to a hundred and one other details
which go into getting out a newspaper. Her Lupton
was also obliged to take on some extra responsibilities,
so that all in all, the whole crew went to town and got
out the paper as though nobody was missing.
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How ever, I'm inclined to get sick again, for 1 never
realized how good folks are when a person is sick. In
fact, it seems more like Christmas, according to presents
I've received. Why cantaloupes and watermelons have
been sent to me. so that instead of gaining weight, I still
weigh the same as over a week ago, maybe because I’m
carrying too much of a load—-inside. Then Thomas
('hears dropped by the house the other evening and
brought a humidor of my favorite smoking tobacco.
So. again, 1 want to thank all of ray many friends for
their interest and concern about my recovery. Though
still lacking normal strength. I'm about half-way back
in harness and hope' soon to be: “as good as new.”
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Incidentally, my friend Jim Holley,who noticed me
dragging along the other day, gave me a piece of good
advice. Said Jim: "That’s right, Mr. Bufflap, go slow
and go some more; go fast and you’ll not last.”
Gib and Percy Perry, as well as Captain J. L. Wig
gins, came across as usual with some cantaloupes and
watermelons, which were about as good as ever any
body put a tooth into. They Were very much enjoyed,
but Friend Gib, who happens to be the gain.e warden,
sort of put a crimp in the pleasure by reminding me that
it's time to buy the combination fishing and hunting li
censes I wanted to know if it would be all right for a
fellow to wait until he catches some fish outside
Chowan County before getting the license, but Gib was
very plain in saying that the license was necessary
whether fish are caught or not. Gosh, they ought to
guarantee some fish when a guy puts out the cash for a
license.
Figs are beginning to develop to some size on bushes
hereabouts, and as a result, the bushes are attracting
the usual flock of birds. Which fact is causing some
worry on the part of at least one fellow, who hates to
see his figs ruined. It was while watching a flock ot
birds the other day that he waxed poetic and made up
the following;
Sparrows give all fruit a “fit” —
There are ten billion in the Nation
But when on my fig bush they sit
They have no constipation.
Syrup of figs is a laxative, so I ought to get an art
out of some dealer.
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My old friend, Bob Madry, is scheduled to be at the
Rotary Club meeting today, and to be sure I’m figuring
lon getting up with him. Os course,
prospects for seeing football games
this fall are not very encouraging,
but Bob’s the guy who issues press
, passes, so I’ve got to keep on the
good side of him, for this devilish
war will be over some time ana •*
guy will again be able to slip up
State over the week-end to see a few
football games.
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leaving Edenton for Hampton, Va.,
in a big hurry, the Rev. W. C. Ben
son left his hat somewhere down
town. He was quite a bit behind
schedule in getting away so that he
left without the hat. It is a panama
hat with a blue band, so if anyone
comes across it, just bring it to The
Herald office and I’ll wear it until Tie
gets back.
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| Jim Daniels has a new job, but it’s
; one of the sort which entails a lot oi
work with "Thank you” for pay.
| Heretofore, Oxford Orphanage lias
sent a solicitor to secure subscrip
! tious and renew als to the Orphans j
| Friend, a publication published at
the Oxford Orphanage. The gas, rub-1
f ber and help situation prevents send- 1
jug a solicitor, so Jim Daniels has
agreed to do this work in the interest
of the orphanage. Os course, all
Masons are expected to subscribe, but
quite a few in Edenton who are not
Masons also take the paper. Jim |
has received his credentials and will 1
t soon be calling for renewals, and he t
hopes to have as good a response
as if a solicitor were on the job. It’s
a good little paper and the revenue
goes to a very worthy cause.
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Apparently a doctor and a news
paperman have one thing in common,
and that is when preparing to slip
off for a while business piles up tc
beat the band right at that particu
lar time. It usually is the case In
The Herald office, and on Monday
morning Doc John Warren was sweat
ing up a storm. He was all set to
i leave for a week’s vacation at Nags
Head, and sure enough more folks
were in his office that morning
than has been the case in a long
time. Anyway, he got away, out
later than he expected, and though
he urged me to accompany him, my
work, as usual when an opportunity
presents itself to slip off, was piled
so high that there was no chance of
going. Anyway, 1 had a “vacation."
Then, too, Paul Wallace the other
day experienced something like when
a lot of type is dropped in a printrng
office. Paul had just completed
trimming a window at Rose’s store,
and as he left for dinner the whole
works fell down, including a lot of
glassware. Paul looked at it dis
couragingly, and his expression just as
| much as said “To Hell with it,” which 1
is just about the way he felt, and fs*
about the way a printer feels aftei |
“pieing” a bunch of type. We all :
have our troubles.
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All interesting visitor ill The Her
ald office this week was Janies Au
gustus Harris, who is oh furlough
from Pearl Harbor. This is his first
visit home in three years, and while
he could not answer all the questions
1 asked, it was a pleasure to heai
what he could talk about. Friend
Harris says he receives The Herald
about a month after it is printed and
that sometimes he gets three or foui
copies at one time, but it is news to
him and he really enjoys hearing
from the old town. He was at Pearl
Harbor when the Japs made theii
sneak attack, so he figures he is very
lucky to be able to come home once
more. About the only regret he ex
perienced upon his arrival home was
the absence of most of his friends,
[who no doubt are scattered all over
the world. And, says Harris, "wc
now have the Japs on the run,” which
is good news, to say the least.
Rotary Club Shown
Synthetic Rubber Film
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Edenton Rotarians were highly en
tertained at last Thursday’s luncheon
by G. F. Ball, special representative
of Esso Marketers, of Charlotte. Mr.
Ball showed a 30-minute film on
synthetic rubber, tracing its history,
showing its development, and point
ing out the fact that the original
process of synthetic rubber was ob
tained from Germany during peace
time. He further stated that the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
had spent more than $12,000,000 of its
own money in processing this synthe
tic rubber formula. Without this
kind of rubber, we, as a nation, would
soon face a complete exhaustion of
our supplies already on hand,” de
clared Mr. Ball, “and the rubber re
quirements for this present year are
574,000 tons.”
D. M. Warren presided over the
meeting in the absence of the presi
dent, Dick Hines, who with secretary
John A. Holmes, was in Wilson at
tending the Rotary Assembly.
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Red Cross Workers j
Complete Quota Os
Surgical Dressings
Need Still Continues For
More Volunteers to
Help Work
The local unit ol the Surgical
Dressings Class, headed by Mrs. \\.
H. Coffield, as chairman, reports the
completion of the May quota of
sponges and dressings, with a fair
start already underway on the June)
quota.
The hours of volunteer service
during the month of June, in the
making of these surgical dressings
i totals 1,005 hours. The number of
I volunteers, serving during the month
|of June was 108. Miss Sarah H.
Jones made the highest number of
hours of work, during the month.
Eight visitors worked with the chap
ter during June.
These volunteer workers made
13,450 of the 4x4 dressings, and 16,-
, 600 of the 2x2 sponges, making a
total of 30,050, which completed the
' May quota.
The reason for the local unit’s tar- ;
diness in finishing the May quota.)
was not at any time because of a se- j
rious volunteer help shortage, nut >
during the Christmas holidays, thi !
shipments of materials from head
quarters were side-tracked, and ap
parently lost, until early spring
This, of course, retarded the work,
because of the lack of materials.
At the present, the Surgical Dress
ing Unit is making 30,000 of the
2x2 sponges, and with the completion
of this allotment, the June quota will
be off the record. Last week the
Unit shipped 48,000 sponges anu
dressings to the Medical Depot,
Louisville, Ky., where they will he
distributed in hospitals on land ami
sea, in order to meet the arising
emergencies, wherever the wounded
are cared for.
“There is an increasing demand foi
volunteer workers in the local work
rooms, and there is also a continuing
need for dressings to be sent for
Allied war casualties,” states Chair
man Coffield. “We who are on the
Home-Front, can not afford not to
bend our energies, and to lend our
aid in such an urgent cause. We
serve, as we help—and such .service
as one renders in these Red Cross
units, in the making of these very
necessary medical aids to the injured,
are truly worthy of a high degree of I
j praise.”
| Very Few Pay Taxes
To County In July
Very little county tax money came j
into the county coffe's during July.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch 'reporting icily
$381.87 in the way of 1942 taxes col
lected during the month. Total 1942
tax collections to Align?' 1 amounted
to $68,181.07, which compares with
$70,625.03 at the same time last
Jgar, or a drop of $2,44 3.96.
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I Decrease In Farm
Renters Materializes
Although the number of center
families on the farms of North Caro
lina has increased steadily for 30
years, figures released by the sta
tistics division of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture indicate a de
crease.
In 1910, there were 107,287 renters;
j 1920, 117,459; 1930, 137,615; 1935,
142,158. Although latest estimates
set the figures at approximately 123,-
476 renter families, agricultural sta
tisticians admitted that this is ‘hin
doubtedly a little low” but
does “definitely indicate a
trend in the number of agricultural
renters in North Carolina.”
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Two White Roys Leave
For Duty In Army
Though four white men were sche
duled to leave for Fort Bragg on
Wednesday morning, only two ap
peared at the Armory. These two
were John H. Bond and William E.
Daily Thomas Edward Francis and
Fred Fasting were the other two
scheduled to leave, hut the former
failed to put in his appearance, and
the latter was transferred vo
Stroudsburg. Ba.
i CULLEN SWIV'ELL NOW
AT MAXWELL FIELD, ALA.
Cadet Cullen Swindell, son of Mr.
) and Mrs. J. D. Swindell, has been
; classified as a pilot and has been
transferred to Maxwell Field, Ala., tc
begin his pre-flight training.
ERIE FOREHAND PROMOTED
Friends will be interested to learn
that Erie P. Forehand has been pro
moted to corporal in the U. S. Army.
Young Forehand is stationed in the
Bermuda Islands.
Spot Cotton Prices
Fall Over Week-end
Spot cotton prices declined 21
points for the week-end Friday.
Prices were down sharply in the first
half of the week but regained some
ground in the last half. Spot cotton
markets were seasonally slow. Dom
estic mills are reported to be buying
very little spot cotton and merchants
and shippers' offerings were limited
at current prices.