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SECTION ONE- The Chowan Herald Published every Thuraday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting cS J< E. Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 453-42 K Sooth 1 Broad Street. Eden ton. N. C. 1' J EDWIN BUFFLAP -——-Jltßtor £ HECTOR LUPTON 4dvertwn* Manager SUBSCRIPTION HATTO: I One year (Outside State)- Sri One (In Nerth Carolina)- gag aecond-claaa matter *J?’ 1934. at the Post Office at EdentomNorth Caro lina, under the act of Mart? 3. 18TO. u hur ‘ S p A 17, 1954 _ - n I-,)—w—1 [p Ji/yu «r~e~»~~~ 1 - - A LIFT FOR TODAY The Light shineth in the darkness.—John 1:5. light if the symbol of Tnith-the very shadowof God We thank Thee, our Father, for the gift of thy so the only way of Light and Life. Advancing With Caution Two problem* face the Edenton Town Council, both of which have to do with the welfare and progress of the town. The two important matters concern zon g and extension of the city limits. A considerable amount of time has already been spent on the two projects and it is encouraging to note that the Counc.lmen have not plunged head-long into a hasty decision. Rather, they are seeking all the information possible in order to be intelligently informed before any defi nite action is taken, and just about the most compre hensive explanation of zoning in particular up to the present time, was given Tuesday night by George Frank lin of the League of Municipalities when Town Council and the Edenton Zoning Commission met jointly. Zoning was considered in detail and many questions were asked by those present at the meeting, so that Mr. Franklin was employed to work with the Zoning Com mission in furthef investigation of the feasibility of Edenton adopting a zoning ordinance. It is rather significant that Edenton is the largest town in North Carolina which does not have a zoning ordi nance and it is also significant that of all the towns and cities which have adopted zoning not a single one has been rescinded. What has proved beneficial for the majority of North Carolina towns should also be good for Edenton, so that The Herald is favorably inclined to the adoption of a zoning ordinance. New Era For Your Dollar That dollar of yours has taken a fearful beating, so far as purchasing power is concerned. But things are looking up, in the view of Sylvia Porter, a widely syndi cated writer on business affairs. In one of her late columns she said: “It’s a new era for your dollar. For the third consecutive year, the dol lar you are earning, saving, spending, borrowing, lend ing or investing is a ’stable’ dollar. Its buying power no longer is being slashed by vicious inflation —soaring prices, increasingly shoddy goods, black markets. ) our i dollar is holding its own. It is buying better quality I goods and greater variety of products. It is becoming worthwhile to save because its value in the marketplace has steadied, At the same . time, it is becoming myry , worthwhile to spend because it commands higher quality |. and variety of goods at stable prices.” We can see this situation in our retail stores, today. Naturally, the dollar doesn’t buy what it did ip .past: times—current wages, taxes and other costs preclude that. But its value isn’t going steadily downhill either. As Miss Porter also observed. ” . . . it has regained re spect and respectability.” Let’s all pray it keeps those characteristics. I PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR A NEW | 6 - ROW HIGH CLEARANCE HORSE - DRAWN I DUSTER | POWERED BY A 2 H.P. CONTINENTAL ENGINE 1 , We also have John Blue tractor mounted Dusters and Fertilizer Side Dressers for immediate delivery. 1 ’ I Hobbs Implement Co., Inc. Guy C. Hobbs, Mgr. “Your John Deere Dealer ” Edenton * • SHBKSPSSBFI} Page Four THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 17, 1954. Heard & Seen 1 By “Buff” In an effort to boost membership in the Edenton Golf I Club, A. B. Harless, president, sent me and no doubt some others a letter this week. Effective July 1, when , the Marines take over the golf course, the dues will be $5.00 per month, which is half of what they formerly were. Then, too, he says, the Marines Will provide a much better course. The reduction in dues alone should be an incentive for former members, as well as new comers to join the club, but not being altogether devoid of vanity, Mr. Harless’ opening paragraph intrigued me. Wrote Mr. Harless, “As one of the original members and one of the BETTER PLAYERS of the Edenton Golf Club, we hope you will once again renew your member ship.” Yep, I was one of the original members, but who in the dickens have I ever beat playing golf, What the heck, is Harless getting ready to run for some kind of office ? o Quite a number of people wondered why Old Glory was displayed in the business section Monday. Well, it was Flag Day—the national flag was adopted June 14, 1777. And speaking about flags, Jimmy Ricks informed me Monday morning that the Bishop Laundry has adopted a year-round policy of dry cleaning any American flag for . a business concern or individual free of charge. Inci-1 dentally, some of the flags need a good cleaning and in a few instances a new flag wouldn’t hurt a bit. Let s be grateful that we still have the opportunity and privilege to see the Stars and Stripes wave in the breeze. o , I sort of lost track this year on the clocks in Campen s windows which decide the two winners of watches, one at the Edenton school and the other at Chowan High School. Anyway, members of the two graduating classes watched the clocks closely and when the hands stopped Harriett Bembridge Was the winner in the Edenton school and Alvis Perry for Chowan High. o One of the boys at my home got a haircut the other day and his mother was scolding him for getting such a short haircut. “I didn’t tell the barber to cut it so short,” said the boy. “Well, what did you tell him?” asked his mother. “I just told the barber not to leave much hair on my head, that’s all,” was the boy’s reply. o One day last week while his wife was still in the hos pital following an operation, Harry Crummey carried her some flowers and a box of candy. “The flowers are beautiful,” said Martha, “but I don’t like that kind of candy.” Harry was quick to respond, saying, “I made darn sure I bought the kind of candy I like.” o Philip McMullan was the only Rotarian at last week’s meeting who wore a coat. One of the Rotarians asked him why he didn’t shed his coat and Philip said, “Do you want me to tell you why? Well, I’m wearing a tom shirt.” ' Tom shirt or not, it’s too bloomin’ hot lately to wear a coat at a Rotary meeting or church, either. o For a minute the other day I thought sure Cap’n Dick Hail, now only 88 years old, became bitten by the golf bug. From all appearr-ricos from my side of the street he was jwa.’ti' inu with hi •• cane in front of the fire sta tion. However, upon going over to see how he ,was get ,ting along 1 discovered that her was knocking cigarette j butts from the sidewalk to the street with his cane, and so.proficient has he become that he usually hits ’em out on the street with one wallop. Should we say a hole in one? Anyway. Cap’n Dick uses a cane, but he doesn’t need glasses to See the cigarette butts, nor does he, need ’em to read. If I resume playing golf. I’d like to have him as a caddy, not because of the distance I can hit a golf ball, hut rather to find the bloomin’ thing in the 1 ditches and bushes. Use Os Machines Will Be Feature Os Cotton Meeting (July 28-30 Session Will Place Emphasis On Mechanization Highlighting the annual Beltwide Cotton Mechanization Conference to be held at Little Rock, Ark., July 28-30 will be a field demonstration of mech anized cotton farming, the National Cotton Council has announced. The field demonstration will tie in with the general conference emphasis on mechanization of pre-harvest prac tices such as sub-soiling, seedbed prep aration, planting and thinning meth ods, cultivation, weed control, insect and disease control, fertilizer place ment, and irrigation. A special effort will be made to show: (1) the contrast between good t and bad crop disposal as it affects pre- Icision planting—both drilling to a stand and hill-dropping to a stand can eliminate thinning operations: (3) how thinning operations can be mech anized with mechanical choppers and by cross-plowing; (4) How rotary hoes, flamers and chemicals can help , eliminate hand labor in weed control; (5) how soil fumigation may aid in ■ insect-disease control; (6) how ferti- , lizer placement two inches to the side of the drill and three to four inches deep, compares with the old under-the- , drill placement; (7) how cotton on sub-soiled land compares with cotton on land which has not been sub-soil ed; (8) how cotton receiving supple mental irrigation compares with non irrigated cotton. Site of Demonstration The site for the demonstration will be about 15 miles from the Arkansas capital on the farm of Harold A. Young, chairman of the National Cot ton Council’s board of directors. Kyle Engler, head of the Agricul tural Engineering Department of the University of Arkansas, is in charge of the demonstration phase of the conference. Machines, chemicals, and new cot ton production techniques are rapidly lowering the man-hour requirements for producing cotton in the Southeast, the agricultural engineer observed. Improved Practices Irrigation, precision planting, vast v improved mechanical methods for weed control, chemical weed control, It's Here! Once-a-Year Savings From 10,000 Itemsl Hundreds More Like These In Store! Don't Waitl Window Fan "rONir" , s29 t 9s Enjoy 'round-the-clock sum mer comfort with this budget priced Wizard. Circulates up to 2950 C.F.M. Safe, quiet. Fits windows 17" to 34" wide. 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