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SECTION ONE- The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowm Herald, a partnership consisting oj J- B- Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 428-425 South l Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. /North Carolina /• mss AMOCIATKyyi I J. EDWIN BUFFLAP —-Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I One year (Outside State)-- *“•{"' ' One year (In North Carolina) *2.00 , Six Months- <l ”f I Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934. at the Post Office at EdentomNorth Caro lina, under the act ol March 3. 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of reapect, etc., wall be charged for at regular advertising rates. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954 ' A LIFTFOR TODAY Every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Rom. 14:12. . . The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God. —Daniel Webster. Merciful Father, impress upon us the feeling of a di rect responsibility to Thee so that our stewardship may be pleasing in Thy sight. Suggestions Welcome An important meeting is scheduled to be held Friday afternoon in the Court House, when the recently ap pointed Fire Commission for Chowan County will meet for the first time to consider rural fire protection. For many years the Edenton Fire Department has been answering calls for help, which has been an expense to the town, as well as placing the town in jeopardy in event a fire of any‘magnitude developed while the fire men and the fire fighting equipment is out of town. A few years ago the town requested an appropriation from the County Commissioners to help cover the cost of answering rural fire alarms, and SSOO per year was ap propriated. However, within the last year so many calls were answered outside the city limits that the actual ex pense is estimated at a little more than $3,000. In order to provide fire protection the County Commissioners agreed to pay this amount during the present fiscal year. However, a Fire Commission was appointed by the County Commissioners to make a thorough study and determine if this is the most economical and efficient method of rural fire protection, or if some other plan should be worked out to provide fire fighting equipment located at a more central point in the county. The opin ion has been advanced that the Edenton firemen can do a lot of good in fighting fires close to Edenton, but that in the far reaches of the county little help can be given by the time an alarm is turned in and the firemen arrive at the scene. Members of the Fire Commission represent a cross section of the county, and each one should have some ideas as to the most satisfactory method to provide fire protection to rural citizens. It is for this purpose that Chairman Bond has called the meeting Friday afternoon In the meantime, members of the Commission, The Her aid, feels sure, will welcome any comments or sugges tions from those who live in their respective neighbor hoods. After all, it is a county proposition and the pur pose is to proteCt,.So far as possible, loss by fire in the rural section by the most adequate and economical method. Every member, therefore, should be present at the meeting Friday afternoon. A good neighbor knows how to live and let other people alone. One of the dangers of looking ahead is that we see things that never happen. Advice: Be cautious when the salesman says he’s got a nice gift for you. Men who overtalk—about themselves—rarely succeed in fooling the public long. Intolerance is the one subject that some people write ibout and then fail to practice. , 'sß' Now His the best time to buy a Ferguson Tractor! Your beat buy is Ferguson::; any timet And now is the beat time to buy a Ferguson. Hen’s why: Ferguson will be more in domnn/1 in the future than any other farm tractor .. .of any size. In addition to the established superiority of the Ferguson Tractor, new and revolu tionary Ferguson Implements are coming to farming better «nd more profit able for you. The same men who brought yen tin famous Ferguson System of i tractor-mounted, hydraulically controlled implements—the imt imitated feature in 4 .... • EDENTON TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. •r Jr West Water Street EDENTON Phone 461 *5 K' / Page Four THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1964. Heard & Seen] By “Buff" Mrs. H. T. Hobbj»j uflio lives in Jthe Paradise section, doesn’t have the goose that laid tlffi golden egg, but she has two geese that laid 119 eggs this season and of that number 108 hatched. She lost eight, so that she still has 100 little geese. Mrs. Hobbs has not bought an egg or a goslin. One of the geese hatched twice during the lay ing season, but the other did not—it just kept on laying eggs. However, Mrs. Hobbs “drafted” some chicken hens which helped out in hatching the goose eggs. In other words, where there’s a will, there’s away. At any | rate, if the 100 geese follow the example of their mother, what’ll Mrs. Hcbbs do with all the eggs? o I’ve heard a lot about the Chowan Ramblers, but the first time I’ve heard them was at Thursday’s Rotary meeting, when they presented a very delightful .program. For one, I enjoyed the boys’ singing and playing a lot better than some radio and television programs I’ve heard and seen. The Ramblers include Leon Privott, Stuart Hollowell, Sammy Byrum and Britton Byrum. The boys have appeared on quite a few programs throughout the county, but here’s one who thinks they’re good enough to appear on television. They’re as good or bat ter than some of the groups I’ve seen. By the way, I’ve been told the boys appeared on a recent Sunshine Sue’s . Old Dominion Bam Dance program. Good luck to ’em! * This week and next week I’ll be without the help of . Pete Manning, who sets practically all of the type for > The Herald and is now with the Edenton National Guard unit in camp at Fort McClellan in Alabama. While sit ting on my back porch Tuesday at supper time a hawk swooped down and flew across my yard directly in front of the porch. The bloomin’ thing must have been look ing for something to eat, but it was a little ahead of time, for if we have many more hot days and nights like Monday, by about the end of next week I’ll be at least half dead and ready for a hawk or buzzard to carry off due to trying to do two men’s work. Wild animals must be getting tamer, too, for the other evening Elton Jordan heard his dogs barking up a storm in the front yard of his home in the Rocky Hock section. He went out to investigate and spied a large raccoon perched in a cedar tree in his yard. He got his gun and 1 that was the end of Mr. or Mrs. Raccoon. The bloomin’ J hawk at my home was too swift for me to take a crack at it. | The latter part of last week I had as guests one of my ' brothers, his wife and daughter. Some three months j ago my brother decided to pull stakes in his home town in Pennsylvania and go to California with some big ideas of getting ahead faster in the world. But it took him just about three months to be convinced that all is not ( gold that glitters and that he was just naturally in the ! wrong place. He became a victim of home-sickness and a burning desire to be in his home town. He’s now back home with an experience which was very convincing but costly, which makes me all the more certain that how ever rosy many other communities may appear, give me good old Edenton in which to live. ' John F. White is experimenting with a crop of Ramie and on Tuesday he was displaying some of the fibre from the plant, which was sent to him from Florida, where it flourishes in the Everglades. John turned his attention to chemistry for a while, for he was asked to cut some of the fibre, which looks something like coarse rope, into four-inch lengths and boil in oakite for an hour and then bleaching with cold clorox or bleaching water. This operation is supposed to make quite a transformation, but I haven’t seen John since he was trying to find some oakite. At any rate, it’s worthwhile trying to raise a Ramie crop and if it can be done in Chowan County, it will, from all indications, be a lot easier on farmers than some of the other crops. While in Norfolk Friday Saving a chiropodist chop on my feet, I heard a colored man ask a policeman where the bus station was. “Right over there,” said the police man, pointing to a sign “Bus Terminal.” The colored man looked up quickly and replied, “Dat’s the bus term inal—l wants the bus station.” the history of mechanized farming—are developing newer and greater machines. And, of course, these new farm machines are Ferguson designed to take the greatest possible advantage of the Ferguson Sys tem. So your investment in a Ferguson now will increase in value! Naturally, as your authorized Ferguson Dealer, we’ll be bringing you these out standing Ferguson developments as they’re introduced. In the meantime, do this: See us soon for a Showdown Demonstra tion of the more powerful Ferguson “30”! John F. White Plants Crop Os Ramie Roots Plants In Three Areas In Order to Experiment Success of Growth John F. White on Thursday after noon of last week planted a crop of Ramie roots. The roots were sent to 1 him by Jerry St. John of Zellwood, i I Florida. Mr. White planted the roots in three different plots in order to de i termine the best conditions under which the plants will thrive. They were planted 6 inches deep and 18 inches apart. Mr. White says Ramie grows sim- | ilar to reeds and yield three crops a year. The fibre from the Ramie stalk is longer than cotton and is mixed with cotton. He says, if suc cessfully grown in this section, it will not interfere with the cotton industry but rather will help it. It is necessary to plant only one time, for the plants multiply and come up each year. I If the crop can be successfully j grown, Mr. White says there is a pos-| sibility of an industry locating in this community for processing the fibre. | Mr. St. John informed Mr. White that he plans to make a northern trip some time next week, at which time he will stop over in Edenton to dis cuss the possibility of growing Ramie in Chowan County. 4-H Pullet Show And Sale August 25th 13 Club Members Will Exhibit and Sell Birds 1 At Armory, 2P. M. i " Chown County’s 1954 4-H Club pul • let show and sale will be held at the| Edenton armory Wednesday after noon, August 25, at 2 o’clock, when | thirteen 4-H Club members will each exhibit 12 of their best pullets. These 156 top grade Parementer Rhode Isl and red pullets will be offered for sale at public auction at that time. They, Iwill be sold in pens of 12 each. I This project is sponsored by the Berkley Feed Corporation of Norfolk, which furnished each of the 13 con testants 100 pullet chicks each. The concern is also offering prizes for the best pens. * These pullets were hatched off last March and are just about ready to | start laying. They come from- high egg producing strains, so that this provides a good opportunity for any one interested to purchase very good pullets. Duncan Speaker At Lions Club Meeting Comments on Change In Mail Service Now In Effect O. E. Duncan, assistant postmaster at the Edenton Post Office, addressed members of the Edenton Lions Club at their regular meeting Monday night. Mr. Duncan talked to the club relative to the changes in mail service effective this week. Duncan stated that there would be no curtailment of service whatever and in some inst ances service will be improved. Duncan stated that now all parcel post will arrive in Edenton for deliv ery on the same day it is received, whereas heretofore the majority of the parcel post arrived in the after noon and residential areas were not served until the following morning. A. E. Jenkins was in charge of the program and A1 Phillips presided in the absence of President Earl Harrell The next regular meeting of the club will be on Monday, September 13, at which time the club will resume its | regular schedule of meetings every Monday night. Chowan County Fair September 13 To 18 (Continued From Page One) prizes will be limited to Chowan County and all exhibits must be in place and fully installed by 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, September 14. The same article cannot comnete for two or more premiums numbers except sweepstakes or when otherwise stated. Livestock and noultry may be taken out Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock and must be taken out by 7 o’clock Saturday night, September 8. Judges will be specially instructed not to award premiums to any animal or article because of its presence. It, must be individually worthy. It is not the policy of the Fair to encourage indifferent production of any kind, or to distribute premiums eoually among exhibitors, and no premiums will be swarded to any animal or article that does not possess high intrinsic merit,: and is not worthy of a premium. Judges will award second premiums on all tingle exhibits, unless otherwise stated. , I The 1954 .Premium has been; Little Change Seen In 801 l Weevil Situation Infestation of Red Spid er Showing Consider able Increase The cotton insect survey made on ; Monday of this week showed the boll ■weevil situation to be about the same as that of last week. Regularly dust jed fields showed a punctured square count .of five per cent. Fields parti - ; ally dusted had a punctured square ’ count of 18 per cent. Undusted fields had an average punctured square 1 count of 55 per cent, the highest be ing 72 per cent. | The red spider infestation has in creased considerably since last week. 1 Some red spiders were found in every field and in some spots the cotton was | beginning to defoliate. Growers were urged to examine their fields carefully, and to dust with 20 to 25 pounds of 1% parathion or 25 to 30 pounds of ! sulphur per acre. Many growers have dusted for red spider and have the in-! - sect under control. i Jehovah Witnesses . j Meeting On Sunday, , I A. F. Muscariello, circuit supervisor for Jehovah’s Witnesses, is visiting ! the Edenton congregation this week, I , assisting in ministry work. Mr. Mus . cariello and his wife just graduated, (from the Watcb tower Bible School of Gilead, where they, along with 116 others, were given special training for | foreign missionary service. They will soon leave for Honduras, Central Am | erica, where they will take up their I ministry work among the Spanish speaking people of that country.' • 1 Mr. Muscariello will terminate his | visit with a special public talk en-j titled “Living For the New World,” to be delivered on Sunday afternoon, August 22, at 3 o’clock at 939 North 'Broad Street. It is free and no col lection will be taken. ! | MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will hold a stated communiea- 1 tion tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. W. M, Rhoades, master of the lodge, urges a full at tendance. I ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. The program will be in charge of Frank Holmes. President Gilliam Wood urges every Rotarian to attend. j WEEK-END | awcuus Fresh Picnic Shoulders, Hj. .......45c ;• 3; Brookfield Sausage Meat, 1-lb. bag 39c < > I; Swift’s Premium Franks, 1-lb. cello 49c j Swift’s Sliced Bacon, 1-lb. cello.. .53c i! <> 7 < ► ■ : Harrell’s Smoked Picnics, lb. 49c • - ;; Fresh Spare Ribs, lb. 59c Fresh Dressed Fryers, lb 45c ;> Jiffy Steaks, lb. 75c | 1; Libby’s Pineapple Juice. 46-cz. can 29c I | Horsey Grapfruit Juice, 4fi-oz. can 23c j - ■ Libby’s Tomato Juice, 46-oz. can 29c 3 3 , j 33 10-OZ. PACKAGE J | 3 3 Sunshine Chocolate Crunch Cookies J 3 o <t j; Cudahy Corned Beef Hash, can.._29c 33 i! Swifts Corned Beef, 12-oz. can... .43c il ° * o 33 Large Lemons, dozen 39c :: > < ► 3; Large Lettuce 2 heads 29c 3 3 3 3 New Hanover Salad 3 lbs. 25c 33 Tender Green Collards 3 lbs. 25c 3 3 3! ■< ;; ;; Local Grown Cabbage ----- -4 lbs. 17c ;; j 3 Green Field Peas ~-3Tbs. 35c 3 3 3; Firm White Potatoes J_ __ _-J__ - 10-lb. bag 37c 3 3 1 3 NO ORDER TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE ' 4 DAIL’S GROCERY | i North Edenton , !; 3 FREE DELIVERY — PHONE- 71 FOR PROMPT SERVICE Bizabetb City Wins j 1954 Championship In Albemarle League Title Hinged on Game With Colerain Mon day Night FINAL STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Elizabeth City 26 16 .684 Colerain 25 16 .610 Hertford 20 20 .500 Rocky Hock 18 22 .450 Edenton 12 28 .300 1 The regular season of the Albemarie League came to a close Monday night 'when Elizabeth City and Colerain m«tf in Elizabeth City to decide the leagueoJ championship. The two teams were ’ tied with 25 victories and 16 defeats each, but Elizabeth City won the game 7 to 6, thus giving them the ! title. At the same time Edenton’s Co lonials forfeited a doubleheader to Hertford in that the resdft would not have affected the standing. | Hertford wound up in third place after a shaky start and had a record of 20 victories and 20 defeats, while (Rocky Hock was in fourth place with an 18-22 record. JEdenton’s Colonials were in the cellar position and out of (he play-off series with only 12 vic torie and 28 losses. I 1 We Have a Full Line of ,• • • I Fall Garden Seed Book your Fall Lawn Grass orders with us now. i Baby Chicks arriving every y Friday by orders. Let us book i yours and be safe. Prices will be much higher in September and October. HALSEY FEED & SEED STORE “The Checkerboard Store” Phone 273 Edenton
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