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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1948.
THIs'wEEK’S BIBLE THO UGHT
CHRISTMAS JOY WAS LONG FORETOLD: For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. —Isa. 9:6.
Again We Celebrate Christmas
Once again we come to the celebration of the birth
of the Prince of Peace, a season which should fill all of
our hearts with joy and thanksgiving. We have much to
be thankful for, even though good fortune, good health
and prosperity has not been equally divided. It is rea
sonably safe to venture the statement that there are
none who can say their condition in life could not be any
worse than it is, and we need not look far to see some
one who is a little worse off than ourselves.
No matter what our station in life is, Christmas is a
time for joy and happiness for everybody. Whether we
have any sizeable amount of worldly possessions or not,
each one has an equal opportunity to celebrate the birth
of Him Who came in the interest of all and has no more
to offer the richest and most powerful person in the
world than the poorest and most humble.
Yes, we have to be thankful for, and in a
spirit of thankfulness and brotherly love ldt us celebrate
this Christmas in 1948.
Reason For Concern
It will be noted in a news story in this issue of The
Herald that the County Commissioners are somewhat
disturbed about the continual presentation of bills al
most every month for poultry and farm animals killed
by dogs, and they are justified in their concern.
If anybody causes damage by an automobile, he or
she is expected to pay for the damage done. If a horse,
cow or hog happens to get loose, stray away and do
some damage, the owner would most assuredly be re
quired to pay for what damage is done, yet dogs roam
at large throughout the county and when they destroy
property, not the owner, but the county is asked to pay
the bill.
The Commissioners have every right, too, to be con
cerned when it is learned that in Chowan County there
are only 912 dogs listed on the tax books, when as a
matter of fact there are many more. It is no secret
that some owners of dogs have not listed them, and it
is also believed that in some instances where one, or
two dogs are listed, the owners have more than that
number.
For some time, the Commissioners have intimated
that they will ask tlie Representative in the General As
sembly to have a bill passed eliminating the dog tax,
so that owners of dogs will be responsible for any dam
age done by their dogs, which is as it should be.
It just isn’t any fairness in some dog owners listing
their dogs and paying taxes as they are required to do,
while on the other hand, there are some who do not list
any dogs at all which they own or only about half the
number. ■>
If there is no way to get all dogs listed on the county
tax books, then, it seems, that the dog tax is a farce
and should be done away with.
Timely advice for the holidays: Drive carefully;
obey traffic signals and, maybe, a speed cop won’t run
you in.
There are individuals who are so good for the here
after that they are good for nothing here.
Prices, it appears, have heard that there’s more room
at the top.
The idea of making a living without working seems
to be the sparkplug that makes the rackets go.
When men and women fight for principle rather than
for personal advantages the so-called human race will
be moving along.
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By “Burr”
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I’ve reed a lot of poems in my life end some of ’em
almost drove me “nerts”, bat I got hold of one the other
day which was written by 18-year-old J. B. Harris of
. Plymouth, a pupil of Mm. W. H. Peele, the “boss” of
Cop Peele on the Edenton police force. The youngster,
who doesn’t experience much trouble in writing poetry,
wrote thusly:
TWO SANTA CLAUSES
You may be forgotten at Christmas-time,
And poor and lonely without a dime.
But Jesus never forgets the poor and heartbroken,
For many times on this he has spoken.
There are two Santa Clauses that I know of,
One’s on earth and the other’s up above.
Santa Claus comes once a year,
But Jesus is always near.
Santa Claus sends presents so gay,
But Jesus makes us happy all day.
Santa Claus is a good old fellow, and this I will agree
But when you compare him with Jesus,
He doesn’t come up to His knee.
The Rev. W. H. Davis, one of my colored preacher
friends, gave me some good advice the other day. When
he asked me if I was ready for Christmas, I told him,
“No, I’ve had my nose, hanging over a typesetting ma
chine keyboard night and day for the last few months
so that I have had little opportunity to get out.” “Well,
you’re all right,” he said, “if you can stay on the job
until after Christmas. If you come out, it will cost you.”
And even then, he said, “if you stay in, sometimes
they’ll send for you.” And he’s about right.
I’ve had something to say about my daddy being 81
years old, and he gets about very well for that age.
But there’s another “young” fellow in Edenton who ap
parently defies the gradually mounting years. A quiet
and unassuming fellow is D. A. Webb, who works at
the Brown Lumber Company. Friend Webb is 79 years
old and saws wood every day at the local lumber mill.
And, besides, he went to Dick Baer’s barbecue supper
last week and handled the barbecue on a par with a
lot much younger Masons. I don’t know his recipe for
betraying his age, unless it’s the fact that the Missus
does all the paying of bills.
If we ever have a dry spell, I’ve learned another per
son beside Joe Cheshire who might help us out by mak
ing a visit to Edenton. Miss Joyce Moore, who works
in Washington, has come to visit her mother, Mrs. W.
C. Moore, on several occasions and every Sunday she has
been home it rained. Last Sunday was no exception.
So when we need rain again (nope, we don’t need it
now, do we, Mr. Peanut Grower), call on me and I’ll
invite either Joe Cheshire or "Joyce Moore, or both of
them if it is real dry, to make a bee-line for Edenton.
Yep, Santa Claus is here, and if you* don’t believe it,
drop around to Izzy Campen’s yard on Water Street,
where you will see a man-sized likeness of Santa, with
lights playing on him at night. Then, too, Santa can
be seen in the Campen’s Jewelry Store window, a rather
unique contraption made by Izzy himself.
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And while having Christmas on my mind, who re
, members when Town Council offered prizes for the most
attractive Christmas decorations in Edenton ? Are we
losing out with the Christmas spirit, or is the Town too
near broke to spend a few bucks as an incentive to have
attractive decorations? We shouldn’t be -broke, how
ever, for the bond issue a short while back was de
feated—remember? Os course, had the bond issue
passed—well, according to some, we’d most likely have
a gang of poor houses scattered around for most of us
to live in.
o
Many of us have heard the popular song hit, “All I
Want From Santa Is My Two Front Teeth.” Santa
Claus was on hand at the Christmas party held at the
Macedonia Church Sunday night, -when he told Jim
Morgan, “All You Need Is a Full Set of Teeth.” And,
by George, though my friend Jesse Smith is undergoing
a siege of ill health, I understand Santa might tell him
the same thing. But even at that, I remember Friend
Jesse eating Smithfield ham at a Red Men “feed” a few
years ago just as fast as a lot of us who had either na
tural or artificial teeth. At any rate, here’s hoping
Jesse will soon be back on the road to good health—
teeth or not.
o
It was while hanging around the school the other day
that Principal Fenton Larson called Evelyn Leary’s at
tention to a recent group picture of the school faculty.
While looking at the picture, Miss Minnie Hollowell
passed and informed Mr. Larson that Evelyn, who is now
reporter for the Suffolk paper, was once one of her
pupils. That was back in 3.926, and brought vividly to
Evelyn’s mind a very interesting experience which she
will never forget. She was sitting at a desk on the very
afternoon when diplomas were to be issued at graduation
exercises that night, going through a most strenuous
history examination, having flunked on the first one.
Thoughts of possibly having to return all the gradua
tion gifts already received was not a pleasant one for
her. So the other day Evelyn frankly asked her former
teacher: “Miss Hollowell, did you or did you not inten
tionally pass me on that history exam back in 1926?”
You see, Evelyn strutted a mark of 76%, and passing
grade was 75. Close shave, I’d say.
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Holy mackerel, here this column is just about filled,
and I almost forgot to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
And besides, read all of The Herald this week and see
how many others are doing the same thing.
L H S. Basketball
Team Goes On Tour
Aces Play Three Non-
Conference Games
On Trip
Coach George Thompson and the
Edenton High School basketball
squad left Monday for a three-day
tour, during which the Aces met
Chapel Hill School Monday night,
Faquay Springs '<Jn Tuesday * flight
and Sanford on Wednesday night.
While on their trip Coach Thomp
son took his boys on campus tours at
the University of North Carolina,
Duke University and State College,
as well as visiting other points of in
terest.
The Aces will begin Northeastern
Conference competition after the
Christmas holidays.
Those who were in Coach Thomp
son’s group were Russell Wheeler,
Earl Goodwin, Jack and A1 Habit,
Paulette Lane, Malcolm Eason, Jim
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day Night
Officers were elected by Chowan ]
, Tribe of Red Men at Monday night’s ,
, meeting, with Leroy Skinner being !
. chosen as sachem, succeeding Wil- !
liam Wright. Other officers elected !
i for a six-month term are: William .
i Wrigljt, prophet; W. M. Rhoades, :
senior sagamore; M. L. Flynn, Junior !
■ sagamore. : ]
Officers elected for a 12-month j
, term were J. Edwin Bufflap, chief of
■ records; R. B. Hollowell, collector of
wampum and W.'
of the wigwam.
These officers, together with those
appointed by the new Sachem, wfll
be installed at Hie meeting of the
tribe Monday night, January 3.
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