Junior Woman’s Club Grateful For Aid In Playground Project Number of Contribu tions Aid Materially In Ladies’ Efforts - i Members of the Junior Woman’s Club are greatly encouraged over the mounting interest in the playground , » project at Hicks Field. Several con tributions have been made toward de fraying the expense of the play- : ground, so that the club desires to , publicly express its thanks and ap preciation to the following for their invaluable support and aid of the playground: The American Legion, Hughes-Hol ton Hardware Co., the Edenton Street Department under the supervision of Superintendent Frank Hughes, B. W. Evans. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bond, J. H. Conger and the many ladies who have donated shrubs. Operetta Repeated At Colored School Tonight The streamlined Cinderella oper etta which was presented recently by the fourth to sixth grades of the colored high school, will be repeated tonight (Thursday) for the benefit of the May Queen project. The enter tainment will begin at 8 o’clock. A small admission will be charged. METHODIST SERVICES Preaching services will be held at the Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, when the pastor, the Rev. 11. F. Surratt, will preach on the subject, "The Family a Witness.” At the conclusion of the service the Holy Communion will be observed. Church School will be held at 9:45 Sunday morning and the Youth Fellowship meeting at 7 o’clock Sunday night. Mid-week prayer service will be held at S o'clock Wednesday night. J To The Voters j I of Edenton I I—❖ I J I have served on the Board of Public I Works for two years, and offer my I [services for another term. If you be- I lieve that I have been honest and sin cere in my work on the Board and will continue to do what is best for the in- I terests of the Town and the people, I will highly appreciate your vote. | G. B. Potter j ......... S For Councilman -At - Large S ) ASK YOURSELVES THESE QUESTIONS j 0 Should World War IT veterans have, a voice in City Government? j Do you want someone to represent YOU on the Town Council? 0 Do you want a progressive, economical representative? | ! IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES, THEN VOTE FOR J i JESSE L. HARRELL j 0 For Councilman-at-large Next Tuesday 0 If elected, I pledge to serve to the best interest of the people to " g the best of my ability. Your support will be appreciated. pp M R| pp pp pp pp pp pp pp PP pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp «pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp 1 DAVID HOLTON I Candidate Councilman-at-Large, Election May 6th YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED J. Thomas Twiddy, 88, Passed Away Sunday j Funeral services were held Monday ! afternoon at 4 o’clock for J. Thomas | Twiddy, 88, who died Sunday morn- > jing at the home of his son, D. F. Twiddy on East Church Street. De ceased was the vicitm of a cerebral hamorrhage Saturday afternoon and never regained consciousness after he was stricken. Services were held at the son’s home, with the Rev. Preston Cayton officiating. Interment was made in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Surviving are the one son, D. F. Twiddy, and a brother, Uriah Twiddy of Edenton. Pallbearers were Tom Basnight, Tom Harris, George Twiddy, William Wright, Andrew Hawkins and David Twiddy. MASSES NEXT SUNDAY AT WINDSOR AND EDENTON The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered Sunday, May 4, at 8 A. M. in Duke of Windsor Hotel con vention room, Windsor, and at 11 A. M. in St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Edenton, each including sermon, Holy Communion, concluding in 45 minutes, followed at once by Sunday School, confessions starting 15 minutes, end ing five minutes before services, stat ed Father F. J. McCourt, pastor, who invites everybody to all services. Thursday, May 1, at 8 P. M., devotions consisting of prayers for the people of Russia, Litany, Rosary, sermon on “Mary, Queen of the May.” HISTORY STUDENTS ENJOY “DICK’S ADVENTURES” School children are finding “Dick’s Adventures in Dreamland” a fascin ating way to study American history. The story of early America is re vealed pictorially in this interesting feature. Look for it in PUCK, THE COMIC WEEKLY Magazine Distributed With THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your Local Newsdealer THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSLAY, MAY 1, 1947. i SUNDAY SCHOOL l_ LESSON _ THE REVOLT OF THE NORTHERN TRIBES International Sunday School Lesson For May 4, 1947 ' Golden Text: “A man’s pride shall bring him low; but he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.”— ' Proverbs 29:23. Lesson Text: I Kings 12:14; 12-15; 19-20. First Kings takes up the record of the Hebrews from the point where second Samuel stops, beginning with the old age of David, and recounting the glory of Solomon’s reign. Our lesson this week is about the division of the kingdom. Solomon’s era was one of outward greatness, but it contained the seeds of dissension. This king had hundreds of wives, many of them being foreign prin cesses with heathen outlooks, who set up their pagan shrines and turned the people of Israel from their allegiance to Jehovah. The construction of temples, pal aces, cities and other public structures made the burden of labor and taxation heavy, and towards the end of Solo mon’s reign there were signs of the discontent and dissatisfaction. Following the deatn of Solomon, the twelve tribes of Israelites as sembled to crown his son, Rehoboam,. king. Already there was much dis satisfaction and discontent in the kingdom because of the heavy bur-1 dens which the extravagances of Solo-1 mon had imposed on the people. Before crowning their new king, the people asked Rehoboam to pledge to ease their burdens. Rehoboam asked for three days to consider their request. Hehoboam wisely went to some of the older counsellors in his father’s kingdom and they advised that he heed the people’s demands. He then consulted some young men, with whom he had been reared, and they counseled him thus: “Say unto them, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise J you with scorpions.” The young man j followed the latter counsel and, through his foolish decision, lost the greater part of his kingdom. Ten of the twelve tribes, instead of accepting Rehoboam as their king, chose Jereboam, a member of the | tribe of Ephraim, industrious and able, who had been promoted by Solo non into a position of leadership COBTIY FLAVOR* FOROIBH LAUD* among the many engaged in various < | public works. The prophet Ahijah < came to this leader with a divine mes- < sage, advising him that the kingdom « would be divided over fen, that he < would rule over ten tribes. <j The reason stated by the prophet j was that Solomon and his followers < had discontinued walking in the ways j of Jehovah. The change was not to « be made until after Solomon’s death j and the announcement was accom- j panied by a promise that God would j be with Jeroboam if he obeyed him j and did that which was right. 1 Solomon learned in some way of the j destined fate of Jeroboam and sought <J to kill him. Jeroboam fled to Egypt j until after Solomon was dead, then 5 he returned to Ephraim and became 1 the spokesman for the people of the 5 ten northern tribes. | The result was a division of the j kingdom, Jeroboam becoming king of | the northern ten tribes, which inher- j ited most of the sacred places of the <! nation, but Judah retained the im- j nense advantage of the location of < the great city of Jerusalem with its J temple. < Naturally, there was much rivalry J between the two kingdoms and there 1 was constant war between them. Jero boam, fearing to let his people go to ‘ Jerusalem for their own religious , feasts and rites, established two ‘ shrines, one in the northern part at < Dan and the other in Bethel, each ' having a golden calf to serve as an < outward symbol of Jehovah to the people. He sinned by permitting the people to worship an image and he further sinned in selecting men to be priests who were not of the tribe of Levi, dedicated by God for the priesthood. .Not only, did Jeroboam sin, but the j scripture declares, he “made Israel to | sin.” During the two hundred and ten years after Solomon’s death and the complete ruin of the Northern King dom, 19 different kings reigned— some for only one or two years. It is impossible to consider each, but among them there were several right eous men who tried to lead the people ! back to God. As a whole, however, 1 these kings were wicked men. Research Report Now Ready For Farmers The latest report on progress in the research projects of the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station is i now ready for distribution. ! Announcement of the publication of this report comes from the office of Dr. L. D. Baver, director of the Ex periment Station and Dean of the State College School of Agriculture, who points out that issues of this publication, “Research and Farming,” are regularly supplied to those farm ers whose names are already on the mailing list. Others may also re ceive the report upon request. Contained in the latest issue of the report are articles from most of the departments of the Experiment Sta tion, popularly written and well illus trated, on projects designed to be of interest to the farmers of the State, j Among the articles included in this issue are the following: “What Sweet Potatoes are Bought—And Why”, “The Poultry Disease Diag nostic Service at State College”, “Stratification Will Increase Stand of Peach Seedlings”, “How Exeprimental Statistics Fits Into Agricultural Re search”, “The Tobacco Research Pro gram Answers A Need of the State”, “Planning For Rural Health Centers and Hospitals” and “Use the Freezer Locker to Provide a Y'ear ’Round Meat Supply.” Free copies of this publication, Dr. Baver says, may be obtained by writ ing to the Agricultural Editor at State College, Raleigh. Requests should be made for “Research and j Farming”, Vol. V, Progress Report I No. 2. THREE BRIGHT MAGAZINES IN COLOR EVERY WEEK For entertainment, inspiration and information, turn to the Pictorial Re view, The American Weekly and the Comic Weekly three great maga zines in color, distributed every week with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your Local Newsdealer J. W. WHEELER I SURVEY WORK OF ALL KINDS Office—lo 6 Bast King Street EDENTON, N. C. Phone: 177-J Fellow Townspeople I lam seeking your support for the respon- | I sible office of Councilman from the First | I Ward. You have the right to know the rea- I I sons which prompt me to seek this office. I i As a business man, lamina position to | I know how vitally interested every taxpayer I I should be in the management of the municipal | I affairs. It is my opinion that this is a critical 1 I time, not only for the nation and the State, but I 1 also for the County and Town in which we live. I I The greatest problem before our Town is the I proper collecting and spending of the tax- | payers’ money. I stand for progress, but Ido I not stand for extravagance and waste. In be- | ling progressive, I want to keep progress in 4 proportion to our desired budget and expendi- I tures. I believe the taxpayers are entitled to | know how and why every penny of tax money I is spent, so I shall insist upon full publicity I regarding every expenditure. Therefore, if I elected to this office, I shall endeavor to ex- I ercise the same care and diligence in the hand- I ling of the Town’s affairs as I would my own. I Your vote is respectfully solicited. Frank M. Holmes j (Candidate for Councilman, First Ward) Jas. M. Raftery’s Shows EDENTON, N. C. Auspices Edenton Police Department MAY sth THROUGH MAY 10th SHOW GROUNDS HICKS FIELD SHOWS - RIDES-CONCESSIONS FIREWORKS EVERY MGHT FUN FOR YOUNG AND OLD SPECIAL SATURDAY MATINEE All Children Admitted at Gate Free! Shows and Rides Half Price PAGE FIVE

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