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The Chowan Herald |
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Buffiap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South ,
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
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' MAY 8, 1947 _____ _
The Voters Have Spoken
Though the largest crop of candidates in recent years
were in the race for city offices in Tuesday s election, and
pre-election propaganda insinuated that incumbents were
more or less incapable of conducting Town affairs in an
efficient or business-like basis, the rank and file of voters
obviously thought otherwise, for all of the eleven save
two were sent back to serve another two-year term. And
of the two who were defeated, it might be said that one
was a patient in the hospital at a time when he might
have solicited and secured enough votes to make him a
winner. The other defeated candidate merely-placed
himself at the disposal of the voters and if he did any
urging to get votes, the writer has not heard about it.
Present officials are a group of comparatively success
ful business men who. The Herald believes, are just as |
eager to conduct the Town’s business as efficiently as 1
their own. It is doubtful if any other group of men in j
the same shoes would have made a better showing. It is j
easy to stand on the outside and criticize, but when in i
harness and vexing problems present themselves, it is" |
hard to say what any particular person would do at the j
time action is necessary to be taken.
The Town’s affairs are in good shape, and even though j
there was a concerted movement to oust some or all of
the old officials, there is no reason to fear that the Town
will go to the dogs during the next two years on account
of the inefficiency of the officials elected to serve. They
are willing to do their best which, of course, cannot be
realized unless they have a reasonable amount of cooper
ation bn the part of those they serve.
“To Arms ”
The damyankees have done it again’ They have be- i
littled the fair name of Queen Anne’s Town. Chowan
County, Bertie County and the Albemarle by implication,
when without the benefit of trial by jury, or benefit of
the law, and indeed without permission of the innocent
victim, they have moved the ancestral homeland of
Inglis Fletcher, one of our outstanding citizens from
North Carolina, to South Carolina. Indeed, it is an in
sidious slight, and looks like a plot hatched to deprive
Colonial Edenton (Queen Anne's Town) and the Albe
marle of its richly deserved heritage.
Sound the Alarums! The “damyahkee" editors of a
magazine called “Omnibook" have in their April issue
given a book report on Inglis Fletcher’s “Toil of the
Brave”. In speaking about the author’s background
they say she writes about her ancestral homeland,
“South Carolina.”
We object, sirs, to this unmannerly treatment! In the
name of the noble characters, about whom the book re
volves. many of whom lie buried in our own Epis
copal Churchyard here in Edenton (Queen Anne’s Town)
alongside Royal Governor Charles Eden, we rise in pro
test!
Without Hatteras. of the North -Carolina coast, an ;.im-: .
port-ant part of the plot would be removed. Without the
historic green and the Chowan County Court House, and
Broad Street; without Madame Penelope Dawson, whose
mother was the stepdaughter of Royal Governor Eden:
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDEN J ON. N. U., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947.
*| Heard & Seen!
j j By “Buff" |
Going down to the Chowan Hospital Friday night to
see Walter Wilkins, l was sorry that he was in such
condition that I was not permitted to see hint. I was
determined to see some of the patients, so 1 rambled
in the colored ward, where I saw Joe Austin, colored
janitor at the Court House. Joe had his right leg
amputated near the knee and was as cheerful as any
patient could be. In fact, he looked much better than
he did before he went to the hospital, and said he “could
not be at a better place.” Joe was high in his praise
of Dr. Frank Wood and all those in the hospital who
are looking after him. Incidentally, only praise have I
heard regarding the hospital since it began operation.
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Paying exchange on checks from various banks causes
a lot of trouble in some accounts where an accurate ac
count of every penny is required such as Sheriff J. A.
Bunch, Register of Deeds Maurice Bunch and Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires. When a check is received for an
account, the bank deducts the exchange charge, which
shows a shortage according to the books of those who
received checks. Eddie Spires had a peculiar experience
a while back. Upon receipt of a check on which over
$3.00 would have been deducted for exchange charges,
Friend Spires returned the check, explaining that it
was short $3.00. Instead of receiving a check for the
total amount, the first check was returned, together
with another check for $3.00. But even at that Friend
Spires was short a dime, for he was charged 10 cents
exchange for the new $3.00 check. He didn’t take a
chdnce on asking for another check for 10 cents, for
at best he would have only broken even.
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Don’t bother me for a while, for I’ve got a lot of
figurin’ to do in connection with the election Tuesday. j
! Dave Holton and Jesse Harrell pushed me so hard that |
| I got only 504 votes and was re-elected by only 72 votes I
! over Dave and 178 more than Jesse. What I’m trying
! to figure out is that 504 votes were cast for me, and |
! by "almost” actual count 520 people have already con- |
| gratulated me upon my re-election and said they put !
in a vote for me. All of which reminds me of what
the late Brack Cobb said on one occasion (and most j
?veryone knows what that was). Anyway, maybe 1
should call for a recount, for I’m short of votes.
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The County Commissioners had plenty to occupy their
minds Monday, so that they didn’t have time to talk
about crops. Besides, some entertainment was provided
when a real dog fight developed outside the Court House,
which caused the Commissioners to hold up their deliber
ations for a while.
There evidently must have been a late funeral after
Tuesday’s election, for on Wednesday morning a number
of “graves” appeared on the Court House Green. At
the head of the graves was a sign reading. “Here Lies :
Three Dead Ducks”. Well, had the election gone an
other way, there is a possibility that there would have
been a “graveyard”, except the names of the "interred"
would have been different. Politics is a queer “creature”.
o
If Eddie Spires had had more film it is doubtful if
he would have arrived home vet from his trip to Ala
bama. It so happened, the way I get it, that just about
every stream he saw he had to stop and take a moving
picture of it. Well, maybe he figured it wasn’t very
much water in this neck of the woods. !’m waiting to
see his pictures and hear about how many fish are in;
the streams he took pictures of.
without the Italian, Captain Pc’ Medici, who owned land
in Bertie; without Edenhouse. Samuel Johnston. Joseph
Hewes. the Pollocks; without all the characters who
made the -history described in this book, and who lived
here in Edenton (Queen Anne’s Town), Bertie, Chowan
County and the Albemarle; without all the background
and setting about which the whole book. Toil of the j
Brave, "practically revolves”—all of North Carolina—
how could the book have been written?
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COUNTY DEBT REDUCED
W. W. Byrum, chairman of the Cho
wan County Commissioners, was on
Monday authorized to pay $4,342.28 .
on the county’s indebtedness. The
amount represents road and bridge
bonds and coupons and Edenton grad
ed school bonds and coupons due
June 1.
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From where I sit... 6y Joe Marsh
Bert Solves
4|||f the Labor Problem
Too hear k lot about capital and
labor nowadays, as if the two eoold
never get together. But look at
Bert Childers—who has 328 acres
of producing land, a fair-sized herd
of cattle, and two farm hands work
ing for him.
If you called Bert a "capitalist”
he wouldn’t know what you
meant, and neither would Spike
Sandy, the hired men. Bert
works side by side with both of
them; and in the evenings they sit
around the fire together—sharing
a friendly glass of beer or two.
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