PAGE EIGHT Garland Little Shows Up Well On Diamond For ECTC Ball Outfit Popular Port Sider Will Again Be With Eden ton Colonials The screwball that he tosses with ■■devastating; effect has nothing to do with the nature of mild-mannered, short, stocky Garland Little, ace left hander of the mound staff of the East Carolina Teachers College Pirates, and who will play with the Edenton Colonials again, this year. Little hail.-, from the big city of ( Ayden. He paced the Ayden high ! school baseball .squad for three years For Councilman ' FOURTH WARD j I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for re-election as i Councilman from the Fourth Ward. | It is niv only purpose to serve the j. Town and if el acted, I will devote ; my efforts to the best interest of : the Town as ,a whole. W. M. Wilkins . t' 1 Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN'S i JEWELERS v- ■*' Used Cars 1 Wanted t I WE WILL PAY TOP MARKET PRICES |j | FOR GOOD CLEAN LATE MODEL |j I USED CARS. 1 ❖ I CHOWAN MOTOR COMPANY Dev Soto Sales and Service Plymouth | WEST WATER STREET EDENTON | tytm 0 j* *&*#&/ (T-OO Keepsake 3ir w 52 ■.mini I»i«i>ii » >^l^*^j* r CAMPEN'S JEWELERS EDENTON, N. C. before graduating from that school in 1943. He boasts a little of having once pitched a no-hit game in an in- I dependent league organized in the r Ayden section. ' Now a sophomore, Little plans to ■continue his studies at East Carolina ■until he graduates. He is majoring ' in physical education and plans to ! follow a coaching career. !!, The 1946 Pirate nine saw Little showing his stuff for the first time at East Carolina. Strike-out king of the Pirates, he blazed third strikes by 19 befuddled Oak Rjdgers in one of his best performances last season. In his first outing this year, he i teamed up w ith two other ECTC hurl ers, to pitch a no-hitter against Guil ford college. In this game Little worked three innings, striking out four. In his second game of this : season, he was never better, as he I fanned 19 Little Creek, Va., Amphib j ians and equalled the mark set last i year. When not on the mound, Little is in right field for the East Caro linians. He is one of the leading hit ters on the club, posting a 350 batt ing average for the 1947 season. Last summer he played semi-pro i baseball with Edenton and gained recognition as an outstanding hurler. He ended the season for Edenton with a record of 14 wins and four losses. An ex-Gl, Little spent two years : in the army. He is married and is the proud papa of one child. Roper Youngsters Plani Spend Day In Edenton Roper’s fifth grade school children i are planning to come to Edenton to j visit the historical points, of interest.! The youngsters, together with their I teacher, expect to spend practically ; the entire day'. They will bring their ; lunch and have dinner either at Hol ley’s Wharf qr the Fish Hatchery. The group expects to make, their • visit to Edenton Thursday of next j week and have asked Peter Carlton Ito escort them. THE CHOWaN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947. i —__— •. Uncle Sam Says Hats off. my countrymen, to your newspaper boy. Once a year, we set aside Newspaper Boy Day to honor his thrift and enterprise. On Newspaper Boy Day in 1943 the late President, Franklin D. Roose velt, paid him tribute for his in spiring work of selling nearly two billion ten cent war stamps. Today he rates a salute for setting an ex ample in training for success. He is now enrolling in Treasury De partment Newspaper Boy Thrift Clubs by which he invests his earn ings in U. S. Savings stamps and bonds, which will pay him $4 for every $3 ten years hence. I 5. Treasury Department Drive Inaugurated To Check Swine Disease i Brucellosis Said to Re sult In Farmers Los ing Millions A new drive to check the spread of the costly swine disease, brucel losis, has been launched by the Amer ican Foundation for Animal Health. Brucellosis was described as one of the few swine ailments that show ed a serious increase in prevalence again last year. “Farmers are losing millions of dollars because of this disease,” the American Foundation said. “Breed ing irregularities, premature births, stillbirths and weak and sickly pigs are some of the destructive effects of swine brucellosis,” To check upward trend in this dis jease, swine raisers were urged to I adopt a “rigid” control program, in cluding: “Remove weaned pigs to separate I TAYLOR THEATREI EDENTON, N. C. SHOWS CONTINUOUS EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY o Today (Thursday) and Friday, May 1-2 Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes in “THE JOLSON STORY" Shows Start 3:30 Features 4:00, 6:40 and 9:20 o Saturday, May 3 Tex Ritter and Dave O’Brien in "WHISPERING SKI LL" ■ o Sunday. May 4 Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes in “APACHE ROSE” o Monday and Tuesday, May 5-6 Peter Lawford and Butch Jenkins in “MY BROTHER TALKS TO HORSES” o Wednesday, May 7 Double Feature Tom Conway in “CRIMINAL COURT” Robert Lowery in “GOD’S COUNTRY” Also “JESSE JAMES RIDES AGAIN” o Coming May 8-9 “TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY” L ..... . -- c • « For You To Feel Well 24 hours every day. 7 day* every week, never stopping, the kidney* filter waste matter from the blood. If more people were aware of how the kidneys must constantly remove sur plus fluid, excess acids and other waste matter that cannot *av in the blood without injury to health, there would be better understanding of irhy the whole system is upset when kidneys fail to function properly. Burning, scanty or too frequent urina tion sometimes warns that something is wrong. You jnay suffer nagging back ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic pains, getting up at nights, swelling. Why not try Doan’9 Pills ? You will be using a medicine recommended the country over. Doan's stimulate the func tion of the kidneys and help them to flush put poisonous waste from the blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doan’s today. Use with confidence. At all drug stores. | quarters away from adult sows and I boar. I “Before they reach breeding age, I have all pigs blood-tested. Eliminate the reactors, the carriers of brucel losis. “If brucellosis is present in the herd, repeat blood-testing at frequent intervals until all infected animals have been eliminated. “Be sure that newly-purchased hogs have a similar blood-test; avoid bringing the infection onto the farm. "Maintain strict sanitary measures, and avoid the use of contaminated feed and water.” Swine brucellosis is also a threat to human health, since the germs of this disease can cause an especially severe form of undulant fever in humans, the livestock health organi zation warned. Therefore, farmers were urged to use special care in handling swine in infected herds. SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS DAMPENS I VOTERS .. . | I JOul (Place “X” After Each Item -Then Vote) I YES NO I 1. Do you want to eliminate “secret” Council meetings? (X) ( ) 2. Do you want to be able to “get” information when you want it? (X) ( ) I 3. Do you want a representative who will try to get “your” wishes done? (X) ( ) I 4. Do you want a practical business man who knows the SIMPLE fundamentals of a contract? (X) ( ) I I If You Have Voted “Yes” to All Four Questions, It Means I I (X) GEORGE S. TWIDDY, - Councilman for Third Ward I ■ | "Nobody was ever sorry 1 | he saved!" j W .... M f 1 ¥. I * U. S. SAVINGS BONDS- SAFE. SURE, PROFtTABIE i «! T • ” ~ 'The Bank of Edenton “SAFETY FOR S/1 VINGS SINCE 1894” i 1 • | MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION , • MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ( > J — ' MISSIONARY MEETING TODAY > The Woman’s Missionary - Society of , 1 ' the Eden*on Baptist Church will hold a prayer meeting at the home of Mrs. ; John M. Elliott, Sr., this (Thursday) t afternoon at 4 o’clock. A large crowd . is requested to be present. || To The Voters Os Edenton J l $ I wish to state that I will be a candidate for the office of f t t Mayor of the Town of Edenton in the May Primary. 2 f f lam seeking this office at the solicitation of a large number ¥ i of citiaens, who have requested me to do so solely in the interest |> ’ f of efficient and economical city government. They assert that |> i § my record and past experience as Mayor, together with my <f 1 T abiding and continuing interest in the welfare of the Town will f x justify my candidacy. x f If elected, I can give the office practically all of my time, X S and if the voters desire my services. I will be glad to render the <| 1 best of which I am capable. S 't Respectfully. 2 I J. L. WIGGINS I BAPTIST MISSIONARY GROUP WILL MEET MONDAY, MAY 5 A meeting of the Missionary So ciety of the Baptist Church will be held at the church Monday afternoon, May 5, at 4 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

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