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PAGE FOUR “CAPTAIN HIKE'S PUCE" | By EVELYN LEARY Away back in the year of grace 1868, while Edenton was still strug gling under the baleful influences of Civil War reconstruction, business depressed, property valueless and life uncertain, there appeared in Edenton Bay one beautiful spring morning a trim clipper-built sloop of good di mensions, wearing a new coat of white paint and a full complement of sails. Close observers saw that the name M. J. Forshay was gilded upon her stem. The captain soon came ashore, and went up town where he purchased an old building which was destined to become one of the most unique insti tutions of the town. A sign soon ap peared high above the door “Jacob Wool’s, High Grade Liquors and Ship Chandlery,” but later referred to as simply “Captain Jake’s Place.” The building, what is still known as the old bowling alley of Colonial days, a long house with its green, standing ' on the extreme end of Main Street whose extension forms a sort of prom ontory jutting out into the bay, was divided into three compartments. The first filled with cordage, anchors, chains, cakum, cars, etc., the middle room composed of what the French call estaminet, where the finest of liquors were housed, and the rear apartment was used as a store room. A side door opened upon a small court of closely cut grass, shut off from the street by a high wall but open on the back of the water, com manding a fine view and furnished with a few tables and high backed comfortable chairs of the Windsor pat tern. It was an idyllic spot to loaf, drink, gossip and dream. There was also a covered walk along the side of the building forming a secret exit, through one might enter or leave the court without passing through the building. The habitues of this place were gentleman of brocaded velvet vests and long frock coats, and you were nobody unless you were invited to walk down there and drink with them. “Capt. Jake” was the purveyor and arbiter of elegance in liquors. He knew that the best old apple and peach brandies came from Gates County, and that Jim Cannon made the best scuppernong wine in eastern North Carolina out at his winery at Center Hill. His whiskeys were the perfection of the blenders art, old, mellowed, with bouquet, and of long pedigrees. Under the sunny lea of the house grew a fragrant bed of spearmint, cultivated with great care for mint juleps, his masterpiece and classic. They had some blue laws then, too, and drinks could not be sold on Sun day. But Capt. Jake with character istic ingenuity opened a barrel of soda crackers and with purchases threw in a drmk. Sunday mornings everybody, including Polly, wanted a cracker. Just inside the door on the counter was a rock the exact size and shape of a watermelon, which he had painted in stripes to resemble the rattlesnake variety. The deception was so perfect that the unwary would al ways stop and thump it to his sor row “Capt. Jake” enjoyed this pro ceeding very much. It was the only practical joke he ever indulged in. “Captain Jake” was born some where in Germany on the Rhine, but had more the appearance of a Dutch man just from the wharves of Am sterdam. He was below the average in stature, stout, of a swarthy com plexion, with small black eyes, deep set, that twinkled and was clean shav en. His body was unusually long for his legs clad in full loose trousers, and as your line of observation drop- MIDWAY 1 Drive-In Theatre ON U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 17 Shows Start Week Nights at 7:00 Sunday Night Shows at 8 O’clock ADMISSION—3Sc Children Under 12 Years Free Friday and Saturday, October 21-22 Tex Ritter in “ARIZONA TRAIL” Comedy Serial “G-Men” No. 4 Sunday, October 23 Alexis Smith and Eleanor Parker in “WOMAN IN WHITE” Cartoon > Monday and Tuesday, October 24-25 William Elliott in “PLAINSMAN AND LADY” Comedy and Cartoon Wednesday and Thursday, October 26-27 — Dennis Morgan and . V. Lindford in “TO THE VICTOR” Cartoon ped from his head downward to his , feet you would not have been sur prised to fiad him wearing a pair of 1 Dutch shoes. He was quiet, thought- " ful, and shrewd, and carried a certain , amount of aloofness that made one desire to converse with him. , 4-H Members Learn i To Select Craps Results of Controlling Insects Vary In Cho wan County Four-H Club meetings last week , devoted to teaching club members how to select corn, peanuts and sweet po- ] tatoes for fair and achievement day 3 exhibits. Samples of these products were provided by C. W. Overman, County Agent. After Mr. Overman’s demonstration, club members wei* given an opportunity to practice. The club members were urged to select exhibits and bring them in by Satur day noon for entries in the N. C. State Fair. Several lots of peanuts were in by that time. Others were picked up Monday morning. According to yield reports, demon strations on controlling cotton insects is quite varied. The field checks made in early August indicated that where the cotton had been reasonably well dusved with toxaphene there was a very good control of insects, but it continued to rain practically every day in August and as a result practi cally all of the August bloom propped due to the rains. Final yield results will be published when picking is com pleted. Permanent pasture establishment in Chowan County this fall has far ex ceeded any year in Mr. Overman’s recollection. Seed and fertilizer ma terials being made available at re duced cost through the P. M. A. dem onstrations conducted during the past two years and the combined efforts of the agricultural agencies working in the county were some of the main contributing factors in this accom plishment. Pastures seeded in early September are up to a good stand and off to a good start. Those seeded the latter part of September and early October, especially on high land had enough moisture to give good seed germination as yet. It is believed that these will come when sufficient moist ure is available. mmm EDENTON, N. C. Week Day Shows Continuous From 3:30 Saturday Continuous From 1:30 Sunday, 2:15, 4:15 and 9:15 o Thursday and Friday, October 20-21 Loretta Young and Celeste Holm in “COME TO THE STABLE” o Saturday, October 22 Monty Hale in “OUTCAST OF THE TRAIL” o Sunday, October 23 Randolph Scott and Ella Raines in “THE WALKING HILLS” Monday and Tuesday, October 23-24 Percy Kilbride and Marjorie Main in “MA AND PA KETTLE” o Wednesday, October 26 Double Feature William Eythe in “SPECIAL AGENT” (Richard Travis in “ALASKA PATROL” Eden Theatre EDENTON, N. C. Week Day Shows 7 and 9 P. M. Saturday Continuous From 1:30 Sunday 2:15, 4:15 and 9:15 Thursday, October 20— Joe E. Brown in “SHUT MY BIG MOUTH” o Friday and Saturday, October 21-22 Victor Mature and Coleen Gray in “FURY AT FURNACE CREEK” o Sunday and Monday, October 25-26 Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt in “THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE” o Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25-26 Tyrone Power and • Dorothy Lamour in “JOHNNY APOLLO” THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1949. Heating Equipment Should Be Checked 1 Witb cold approaching, farmers are advised by C. W. Overman, County Agent for the State College Exten sion Service, to check their heating equipment and condition it for safe winter service. Fire strikes without warning, he pointed out, and it destroys about 90 million dollars worth of farm property annually—or about four farm build ings every hour. The National Safety Council recom mends a systematic check-up of heat- ATHLETE’S FOOT No Alcohol No Add No Sting For quick relief and good results et the famous VICTORY OINT IENT. 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See that all stove or furnace pipes are in good condition and a safe distance from combustible walls, ceilings, curtains or paper. Use metal containers for ashes. - The misuse of petroleum and its YOU'LL Know how good bread can be! Here’s a loaf that will bring you many a compliment from your family and guests. No matter when or where you buy it. .. you’ll be delighted! Qambry bread TAKE HOME BAMBY BREAD products causes many farm fires. Every time you use gasoline, kerosene' or even tractor fuel to start or hasten a fire, you invite disaster. Don’t gam- ' ble with leaky connections, defective equipment, or poor adjustments on ■ kerosene stoves or oil-burning furn aces. Tankheaters, feed heaters, and oth er types of heating equipment around I the farmstead should be checked care fully. See that they are in good con dition and installed safely. Defect ive tank heaters, installations too close to buildings, and flammable ma terials may lead to costly winter fires. 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