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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by Hie Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
Broad Edenton, N. C.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor i
PETER CARLTON Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
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Entered as second-class matter August 30,
1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro
lina, under the act of March 3,1879.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1947. , .
~ THI^wI^ICS^BIMiE^THOUGHT
LIFE IS A WITNESSING: A faithful witness will
not lie; but a false witness will utter lies— Prov. 14:5.
Chowan Not Guilty
Congressman Stephen Pace of Georgia delighted the
large number of farm people who heard him speak at
the annual Farm and Home Week held in Raleigh last
week when he said that North Carolina has made the
greatest progress agriculturally of any state in the na
tion, and that the South is in the role of the nation’s
number one land of opportunity.
Congressman Pace also during his remarks denounced
farm tenancy as the curse of the South and a major
problem in a list that included purchasing power, in
dustrial development, marketing facilities and oppor
tunities on the farm. He stated that Sherman’s des
truction of Georgia at the close of the Civil War was
by no means comparable to the evils visited upon that
State by its present farming methods by which tenant
farmers who have no other interest in the land they
use except to mine the soil are depreciating the land at
a rapid rate.
In this connection it is not amiss to call attention to
Herald readers that in Chowan County the number of
farms have increased from 623 in 1890 to 1,048 in 1945,
according to the U. S. Census. This fact obviously
means that there are more individual farm owners and
no doubt has no little to do with the fact that Chowan
County, though small in size, produces the most crops
per acre and had the reputation, according to statistics
a few years ago, of receiving a higher price for crops
than any other county in the state.
In this respect the Rocky Hock section especially
can be pointed out with pride, where practically all
farmers own and operate their farms. The land is kept
in good condition and as a result record crops are pro
duced.
As a city is a better community where the residents
own their own homes, so is a rural community better
in more ways than one where the farmers own and op
erate their own farms, rather than allow their land to
be at the mercy all too often of careless and reckless
tenants.
Scheduled To Be Up-to-date
From all indications, the ancient Chowan County
Court House will not go through another winter with
the fire hazards which have been present over a period
of many years. In fact, it is more or less of a miracle
that with the old style stoves in use over the years and
the sort of janitor service maintained much of the time
that no fire has occurred.
As a matter of fact, but for the vigilance of Clerk
of Court E. W. Spires, the chances, are that at least a
portibn of the building would have been burned several
times. On a number of occasions Mr. Spires has dis
covered an overheated coal stove in the main court
room, and more times than he can remember he has
come from his home late at night after various kinds
of meetings to make sure there was no chance of a fire
in the building.
Modern heating of the Court House has for many
years been the subject of discussion by the County
Commissioners, and on Monday the present Board took
the biggest step in this necessary improvement by
authorizing Architect Frank Benton to advertise for
bids for the erection of a boiler room and the installa
tion of an oil burning hot water heating system.
Not only will this improvement do away with the
fire hazards in the building, where several stoves are
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1*47.
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(Heard & Seen
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It cannot be said that I am a woman-hater, for a whole j
room full of ’em and I—the only man—were on hand
Friday afternoon when Badham Bros, put on a fashion j
show on the second floor of their store. Os course, Jack ,
McMullan came in for a short while, but he took pic- ]
tures of the models—he’ll be able to look at em longer i
than I. At any fate, the gals looked*very nice all diked
out in the latest fashions, but what business an old mar- «
ried man like me had at a fashion show I’m still trying
to figure out. I did learn, however, that while I expected |
to see dresses down about to the shoe-tops, they were <
just a little below the knees, so a lot of we old codgers
still have something to look at.
There must be something to this thing of each suc
ceeding generation being wiser or smarter. My grand- :
daughter spent several days in Edenton last week and
the day she left she confronted me with a hat. “Can
you donate to the cause?” she asked. “What kind of a
cause?” I inquired. “Because I’m going home,” she re
plied, and, of course, it isn’t a penny or a nickel like it
was when a lot of us were kids. i
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The County Commissioners are the “bosses” of the ,
County, but they were crowded out of their regular
meeting place Tuesday due to a session of Recorder's ;
Court. The “bosses” went upstairs in the panel room- ;
and on other meeting days, if they are as hot as last i
Monday, it might be a good idea to meet upstairs. There 1
was a nice breeze going through the room, and it wasn’t ,
“hot air” either.
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And speaking about being hot, Sunday afternoon was
a corker, but a large number of baseball fans braved the ,
scorching sun to watch Edenton and Hertford wind up
the semi-finals in the Albemarle League play-off. Thp
supply of pop gave out, despite the fact that the cops
didn’t cooperate. One fan yelled at an Edenton cop as
he paraded past the bleachers, “Hey, bring us a bottle
of pop. You’re doing nothing but walking around any
way.”
At the Rotary meeting the other day Cal Kramer
threw a cigar to Charlie Overman. Charlie looked rather
surprised and asked, “What’s this for?” Well, it wasn’t
for the usual reason, so Cal replied, “I caught another
big bass.” He’s no doubt giving away a cigar for every
fish he catches. What I’ve got to do now Is to check on
how many cigars he has left in order to see how many
fish he caught.
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Readers of The Herald will ' miss Peter Carlton’s
“Scoutin’ Around” column this week. Due to the Labor
Day holiday and the fact that Peter.was more or less
under the weather a day or two, it was impossible to get
his column in type. He’ll be back next week with his
usual chatter.
Who would have ever thought that so many people
would attend a baseball game as was the case Monday
and Tuesday nights at Hicks Field? Practically every
body in town must have turned out. At least there
wasn’t enough people down town during the game to
start a decent poker game. One fellow arrived at the
park about half hour before game time, and a friend
asked him why he didn’t come on time. “I am on time,”
he said, “but not time enough to get a seat.” Even
young Clarence Leary requested over the loud speaking
system, “Folks, please tighten up as much as possible.”
About the only way to make more room would have
been for some fans to sit on the laps of others.
I heard some good philosophy the other day. One fel
low was asked why he was working so hard. I don’t
know what the answer was, but his friend remarked,
“what’s the difference in working one’s self to death
than starving to death?” Well, after all, is there much
difference ?
now used, but it will add to the appearance of the in
terior by the elimination of the unsightly stoves and
pipe, dust and dirt. Os course, the installation of a
modern heating system will cost some money, but there
is no amount of money which could replace the dean
of Edenton’s historic shrines if it were destroyed by
fire. The Commissioners are to be congratulated upon
the step they have taken, which is more effective than
! mere talking about the project.
John S. Dozier, Jr., !
Manager Maytag Co.
Announcement has been received by
Ralph E. Parrish, Maytag dealer in j
Edenton, that John S. Dozier, Jr„ has i
been named regional manager for the 1
Maytag Company of Newton, lowa, (
with jurisdiction over 41 counties in 1
Eastern North Carolina. Mr. Dozier
works under the Richmond branch, «
headed by Wint Wilks, and will make i
frequent calls on the local dealer. i
A native of- North Carolina, Dozier ;
attended the State University and be
fore the war was engaged in sales '
work with the Liggett & Myers To- 1
bacco Company. He is the son of
John F. Dozier, tobacco buyer, of ;
Rocky Mount, N. C. He is unmar
ried. During the war Dozier served
44 months in the Army Air Forces.
Prior to taking over his duties as a
regional manager, he underwent in
tensive training in sales and service
supervision at the Maytag factory in
Newton.
Colonials And Colerain
Split In League Series
(Continued from page One)
were the only Colerain batters to
make a hit off Vick, while Bohonko
led the Edenton batters with two hits
and Claude Griffin, John Byrum, Her
man Vick and Joe Wheeler getting
one hit each.
The two teams crossed bats again
Tuesday night on Hicks Field, when
Colerain won 2-0 in a game called
on account of rain after one man was
out in the first half of the ninth.
Vinnie DiLorenzo and Lester Jordan
were the opposing pitchers, with the
Colerain port-sider having a shade
the better of the argument. He set
down the Colonials with three hits,
a triple and single by Trot Leary and
a single by John Byrum.
Jordan gave up only four hits, but
was in trouble several times due to
streaks of wildness, which put men
on the paths.
The visitors scored their .first run
in the third when Magee and DiLor
enzo singled in succession. Sangalli
walked, filling the bases. Batchelor
walked, forcing in Magee. The other
run was registered in the sixth when
Fowler doubled, went to third on a
play at first base and scored on Fred
Castelloe’s fly to left field.
A large crowd of spectators was
again on hand for the second game,
though somewhat smaller than the
opening game Monday night.
The two teams were scheduled to
meet in Colerain at 3:30 Wednesday
afternoon at about the time The Her
ald was printed. The fourth game of
the series is scheduled to be played
tonight (Thursday) in Edenton. The
fifth game will be played in Edenton,
the sixth in Colerain and the seventh
in Edenton, if necessary.
Gates County News
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Harrell have
returned from a trip to Baltimore
where they visited their son, Cpl.
Roy A. Harrell and Mrs. Harrell.
They also visited her sister, Mrs.
Jimmie Sutton and Mr. Sutton in
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. R. L. Byrum and children
spent last Thursday with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Harrell.
Jack White of Edenton spent a
few days last week with Walter and
Luther B. Harrell..
Rev. and Mrs. Alphonso Jordan of
Raleigh spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. George Jordan and preached
at Gatesville Baptist Church Sunday
A. M.
Kermit Jordan has finished his
school course in Norfolk and is now
home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Jordan.
Rev. and Mrs. Alphonso Jordan of
Raleigh, Rev. and Mrs. Frank Morris
and two children of Richmond and
Mrs. Johnnie Lane of Hertford and
Jimmie Sutton, Jr., of Richmond and
Mrs. R. L. Byrum and two children
of Suffolk dined with Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Harrell recently.
The Gates County schools will
open Monday. x
Mr. and Mrs. George Jordan and
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Jordan of
Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Harrell visit
ed Mrs. Isaac Jordan of Smalls Cross
Roads Sunday afternoon.
62 JAILEDJN AUGUST
An increase in the jail population
in Chowan County resulted in Aug
ust, when 62 persons were placed be
hind the bars. Confinements ranged
from one to 31 days with the cost
amounting to $200.35, which includes
jail and turnkey fees.
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Soft Conservation Notes
By R. C. Jordan, Soil Conservationist
Complete soil conservation farm
plans have been prepared recently
for F. W. Hobbs, Frank V. White,
M. C. Hobbs, Guy C. Hobbs, H. C.
Goodwin, I. D. Harrell, R. H. Hol
lowell, Herbert V. Bass and J. B.
Webb. These farm plans have been
set up for the above farmers by R.
C. Jordan, farm planning technician
of the Soil Conservation Service,
Included in the plans ate measures
to better conserve soil and water.
On some farms plans have been made
to install erosion control practices,
on others drainage practices, and on
still others practices which offer bet
ter land-use. Farmers who are in
terested in getting conservation plans
set up for their farms may do so by
placing their name on Mr. Jordan’s
list of applications.
E. L. Ward, a SCS Cooperative,
has built the first fishpond in Chowan
County. Starting a couple of years
ago, he built his dam across a ravine
located on his Greenhall farm. This
dam flooded an area of approximately
f/3 acre. Since this area was not
as large as was desirable, Mr. Ward
has been enlarging his pond by ex
.avation along one side and has
doubled his water surface area. Next
year he plans to make an addition
equally as large. He should then '~j
have a pond with approximately an
acre of water surface. From a pond
of this size, under recommended
stocking and production practices, .
Mr. Ward expects to produce from
300 to 500 lbs. of fish per year. Aside
from the fact that this is an import
ant contribution to his dinner table,
Mr. Ward anticipates many hours of
fun and relaxation in making his
catches and in just sitting on the
dam watching them feed and grow.
In addition to tossing them a few
grasshoppers now and then, his fish
are being fed in a scientific manner.
The adding of several applications
of fertilizer per year to the water
increases the growth of plankton in
the pond. Aquatic insects that feed
on this plankton are thus greatly in
creased, thereby providing more food
for his bream. His bream provide
more rfood for his bass and his bass
(and bream) in turn provide more
food for his table. Mr. Ward is al
ready taking sizeable specimens and
expects to continue to produce them
by attending to the matter of proper
stocking proportions—lsoo bream to
100 bass per acre in fertilized ponds.
Mr. Ward is finding that a farm fish
pond will provide not only a most
pleasant hobby but one which will
supply a regular and appetizing food
item to the family diet.
Other farmers having fishpond
sites and interested in building farm
1 ponds may secure assistance by con
tacting the Chowan Soil Cons^rva-
tionist.
R. H. Hollowell, E. B. Boyce, J. A.
Webb, W. A. Twine, B. P. Monds
and others plan to establish perman
ent pastures this month.
WELFARE REPORT
According to the monthly report
of Mrs. J. H. McMullan; superinten
dent of public welfare, 110 persons
in Chowan County received old age
assistance during August, with $2,-
058.50 being distributed among this
number. During the month ' there
were 18 aid to dependent children
cases who received $639 and 10 blind
cases who received $204.
General assistance was given in
six cases and other finaacial assist
ance amounted to $50.66, which in
cluded-hospitalization for two per
sons outside the county, meaical care
for three persons in Chowan Hospital
and ambulance service for David
Cooper.
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PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH
Revival services are now in pro
gress at Providence Baptist Church
with the Rev. George Smith of Rich
mond, Va., as evangelist. Services
are held every night at 8 o’clock.
The pastor of the church, the Rev. C.
C. Boone, the public to attend.
LEAVES FOR COLORADO
Miss Judy Cozzens left Friday for
Denver, Colorado, where she will
be director of the Industrial Depart
ment of the YWCA. Miss Cozzens
gained quite a reputation as director
of a Teen Town development in New
Orleans, which project was discoiF
tinued.
LEAVES FOR MARS HILL
Davey Lee Ward, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ward, left Wednesday
morning for Mars Hill, N. C., where
he will attend Mars Hill College#
POOR TAX COLLECTION MONTH
August proved to be a poor month
for paying taxes, Sheriff J. A. Bunch
reporting to the County Commission
ers that during the month he collect
ed only $107.62 for 1946 taxes.
To date Sheriff Bunch has col
lected a total of $84,062.07 of the
$90,539.15 levy for 1946. He also
reports that $8,292.40 has been col
lected for pre-payment of 1947 taxes.
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