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’The Chowan Herald
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j Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap ana Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
f , Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 21. 1958.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
i ir ... I will arise and go to my father.
—Luke 15:18.
TEMPTAHON is ever near. Only wisdom
j teaches that we should seek the Father first of
all, as He is able not only to deliver us from evil
but to keep us from falling.
May we Our Loving Fafher. learn to walk in
Thy Co mmandmenls.
Void Hard To Fill
• , Though not unexpected for about a week,
the death of West W. Byrum Friday night
cast a pall of sorrow over the entire com
tnunity. In. his death Edenton and Chowan
County have lost a valuable citizen, one whose
shoes will be hard to fill.
Mr. Byrmp for many years has taken an
• active part iff the affairs of the entire county
and having served for over 13 years as chair
man of the County Commissioners he, no
cloubt, knew the pulse of the entire county
better than any other person.
He was called upon for his services and
advice on many occasions and was one of
those men who could always be depended
upon when asked to perform some duty, piany
times sacrificing his personel business and
convenience.
In his passing Edenton and Chowan Coun
ty have lost a valuable citteen, his church a
loyal member and his family a dutiful and
devoted husband and father. His passing
leaves a void which will be hard to fill.
The Herald joins numerous friends of the
family in extending its sympathy to the be
reaved ones, and commending his exemplary
life as a benediction in the time of sorrow.
Hard To Understand
Jhe Herald likewise extends its sympathy
to the families of Joseph K. Swanner and
Chief Pharmacist Mate and Mrs. Richard
Whitaker. Both families had the misfortune
to lose a son in automobile accidents which
were shocking to the entire community. The
lives of both boys were snuffed out almost
instantly, thus increasing the shock and deep
sorrow of both families.
Death causes a great deal of sorrow even
when it is expected, but when a boy, full of
life and apparently healthy in every respect,
is alive one minute and the next a lifeless
body, causes a burden which is hard to bear
and hard to understand.
Beth families have been robbed of a ten
der Soul causing heartaches which are hard to
. heal. But, like many of the mysteries of
fife,: a kind Providence doeth all things well,
IP'’that some day they will understand. The
Herald, therefore, commends to the bereaved
families, the Father of us all who alone is
able to soothe the wounds caused by the
tragic and untimely deaths of the two pre
cious boys.
Hard Way To Die
Nothing is more horrible than death by
fife. And this grisly way of dying is suffered
b|y someone every 47 minutes in the United
States. i
The greatest single death in our his
tory occurred on October 8, 1871, when fire
Ptrgulfed the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and
cJaihied 1,152 lives. That disaster is immor
. talized in history, and people still write about
it. But Peshtigo was unique only in the fact
that so many perished in so brief a period of
time. The truth is that our average annual
fire toll is more than 10 times the Peshtigo
figure. : ,
• ' Last year, for instance, fire killed 11,300
people. The average over the last seven
years has been 11,616. And, as is to be ex
pttted, fire-exacts its largest human toll among
tip old and the young—the two extremes of
tht human spectrum. The highest death rate
k hnttong persons 65 or older, and the second
highest is among infants under five.
Will we continue to endure what amounts
to 10 Peshtigo cataclysms every year? The
I answer to that can come from only one
ftfatrce —the people of this country. Almost all
I ffres are the result of human error, ignorance,
lor fcarelessness. Almost all fires, therefore,
I fletd never htown If everyone in the cotlD*
I try Would do his share in the great cause of
I fife prevention we would save thousands of
I fives a year—to say nothing of hundreds of
I millions of dollaT? worth of property.
I Optimism is that quality that permits us
I so hope that somebody else will do something
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Jdeard & Seen
By Buff
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It was suggested at the meeting of the exec
utive committee of the Chowan County Chap
ter of the American Cancer Society Friday
night that Dr. Frank Wood make a speech at
a meeting of the directors scheduled for Wed
nesday night, October 15. “Nope,” said Doc,
“I stutter and will not make a speech.” But
Mrs. Bert Tyson, field consultant said,
“That’s all right. It will allow the directors
longer time to think about what you say.”
At any rate Doc will not speak and instead a
cancer film will be shown. Which reminds
me that if some of the speakers I’ve heard al
ready stuttered, it would have been a case of
spending a night at a meeting. Seems like
some of ’em would never wind down.
o
At the rate of births, the gals about 15 or
16 years hence might find it a little difficult
to catch a beau. Os the 14 babies born at
Chowan Hospital last week, 10 of ’em were
girls and four boys. And last Sunday’s Sun
day School lesson was something about the
minority groups.
o
Edenton Bay the last several days has been
a mecca for rock fishermen. It hasn’t been
unusual for a single fisherman to land as
many as 28 of the rockfish and at times the
bay put a fellow in mind of Ocean View when
the croaker and spot fishing attracted many
a fisherman.
o
Edenton Jaycees and their wives enjoyed an
outing at Sandy Point Beach Thursday night
instead of holding their regular meeting. From
reports of some of the Jaycees, it was one of
the most enjoyable affairs held by the local
group.
' o
Mrs. Joon Aynes, who made many friends
in Edenton while her husband was stationed
at the Edenton base, is now living at Corona
Del Mar, California. Mrs. Aynes renewed
Her subscription last week and in a note said:
“Enjoy The Chowan Herald and reading about
the activities in Edenton. Each edition is like
meeting old friends. I would like to say how
much I enjoyed Irene Jordan’s writing of the
NAAS Notes. And. of course. I always read
your editorials with interest. Major Aynes is
now in Japan with many of the Marines who
have been at Edenton and I want to be able
to send him clippings from The Chowan Her
ald—especially about any of the activities at
the base.” Many of the Marines who have
been stationed here miss Edenton and it works
the other way around, many Edentonians also
miss the Marines and are sorry they had to
leave.
o
An interesting visitor in The Herald office
the other day was the Rev. R. E. Walston,
former pastor of the Chowan Circuit of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Walston saw a copy
of The Herald in which Mrs. Emmett Jones
WRs pictured as “Homemaker of the Month.”
He officiated at Mrs. Jones’ marriage and
wanted a copy of the paper for he’s proud of
her achievement. He’s now preaching at
Camp Ground Church near Fayetteville.
o
Something new in these parts was on dis
play last week when an armored car was
parked at the Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany. The car is owned by the bank and will
be used as a pick-up and delivery service of
bulk currency and silver between the bank’s
various branches. It’s a good thing to have,
for there’s some people in this world mean
enough to knock a fellow in the head for a
dollar or two, so it’s wise to have such a truck
to prevent some hard-boiled guy from trying
to get some “easy” money.
o
It’s not altogether football weather, but
Coach Bill Billings has a group of boys who
are ignoring the hot weather in order to get
in shape for the coming gridiron season. They
are going through the paces and while it might
seem like hard work, the boys later in the
season will, no doubt, be glad they underwent
the “tortuous” training to be in proper shape.
It’s better for ’em to have their tongues hang
ing out now instead of when they’re in a game
of football. Here's hoping the Aces will again
round out into a championship aggregation.
o
Youngsters and grown-ups alike will have
an opportunity to see a circus Wednesday,
September 10, when the Beers-Bames Circus
will present two performances on the field op
posite the Coastland Oil Company. The cir
cus is sponsored by Chowan Tribe of Red
Men, members of which hope many people will
patronize. A good program is assured and it
will not be necessary to travel many miles to
see what a circus has to offer in way of
wholesome entertainment. The Red Men are
anxious to make some money on the deal, so
here’s hoping large crowds will turn out. •
o
Just as The Herald went to press a news
release was received that the drawbridge
across Albemarle Sound will be closed to
'igavigation Tuesday, August 26, from 7 A. M.
to 7 P. M., to make some repairs to the op
erating machinery.
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDEKTQM* JIOHH CAROLINA. THURSDAY AUGUST 21. I#s».
New Push To Debt Growth Looms In
Trend Os Finances In United States
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A new, and by past standards
unusual, push has been’develop
ing on the debt front as the re
sult of simultaneous boripwing on
a major scale by both the public
and private sectors of disecono
my.
The prospect that this will be
accentuated is inherent in the ex
tent that the U. S. budget is now
running “in the red,” and in fore
casts that the deficit fel the cur
rent fiscal year, which started on
July 1, may be of the magnitude
of $lO billions. Deficits of such a
size were incurred only in war
time in the past.
A prolonged 'period of Federal
deficit financing, superimposed on
the normal and necessary capital
and credit needs of a high-invest
ment economy, and continue
large State and local government
borrowing for schools, rpgjls, etc.,
is practically certain to compli
cate the fundamental problem of
maintaining economic stability
and of holding inflationary forces
in check. It likewise puts a dif
ferent complexion on the entire
question of taxes.
Without Exact Parallel
This debt development has no
exact parallel in the records.
Long-term data compiled by the
U. S. Department of Commerce
show that public and private debt
rarely scored major increases to
gether for any considerable
period of time in the last four
decades. Usually one dominated
while the other was quiescent.
Historically, for example, Federal
borrowing has always gone up
greatly in wartime. Up to the
Thirties this was always followed
by an extended period of debt re
payment. The rise in U. S. debt
during that period, and the trend
in recent years, have reversed a
tradition going back to the coun
try’s earliest days, of reducing a
war-time incurred debt in peace
time.
Usually Unchanged
Over the years, private debt
has usually changed little or gone
down when the public debt was
expanding, and then climbed as
a normal peacetime characteristic
in keeping with economic growth.
Increase in private debt is invari
ably tied up with providing the
production facilities, homes, and
other capital and credit needs of
an expanding economy. For ex
ample, the, rise of some $340 bil
ions in private debt from the end
of World War II through 1957 was
based on expenditures of nearly
SSBO billions during the period for
plant and equipment, new Homes(
and other investment outlays, ac
cording to gross private domestic,
investment data of the U. S. De
partment of Commerce. Growth!
of the people’s savings In. life in- 1
surance and other thrift' institu
tions has been a major source
of capital and investment funds
in this period.
As it is, the total of. debt in
the economy, has reached record
proportions. Department of Com
merce figures show that aggregate
gross public and private debt
reached a total of $852.7 billions
at the year-end. The rise during
1957 Was about s3l billions. The
gross 'debt of the economy now
works out to the equivalent of
just under $5,000 for every person
in the population.
Private Debt Trend
Growth in the private sector
has been the dominant debt fac
tor during the post-World War II
period. Actually, private debt de
clined $25 billions from 1929 to
1945, a period in which the gross
public debt went up from around
*35 billions ;.to just under *3lO
billions, practically * a ninefold
rise. Since the end of 1945, grew
private debt has incensed from
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WHEN THE FOG CLEARED—BIack smoke from burning gasoline rises to the leeward of
i SS Graham, a 1,475-ton coastal tanker that collided with the tanker SS Gulfoil, at the entrance*
'to Narragansett Bay near Newport, R.I. .Navy and Coast Guard firefighting crews abandoned
' attempts to extinguish the inferno. Though the Graham was carrying one million gallons of.,
gasoline, when the collision occurred in dense fog, her 13-man crew escaped. Not so lucky was
| the 16,000-ton Gulf oil .where 15 .crewmen died, including the skipper, Capt Montreville EdCOOt
Port Athur, Tex- • ‘
$154 billions to just under SSOO
billions at the end of last year,
a rise of about 225 per cent. Ap
proximately 45 per cent of the'
gross private debt total is indi
vidual and ’noncorporate, with
home mortgages and consumer
credit major factors.
In the public sector of the econ
omy, gross Federal debt which
stood at $292.6 billions at the end
of 1945 declined during the im
mediate postwar years but has
risen from $268.4 billions at the
end of 1950 to $301.7 billions at
the end of 19S>7. State and local
debt, in contrast, has risen stead
ily since 1945, going from $16.6
billions to $52.5 billions. A sub
stantial part of the net increase
of $45 billions in the public debt
since 1945, from $309 billions to
$354 billions, represented state
and local borrowing to meet social
investment needs of the expand
ing population. Gross Federal
debt includes amounts owed by
U, S. agencies and certain cate
gories of debt not subject to stat
utory limit.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Firemen Called
To Three, Fires
Edenton firemen were called
out three times within a week,
one of which was about 9:20
O’clock Wednesday night of last
week. A Dodge truck on U. S.
17 south caught fire as the result
of- driving with the emergency
brake on.
At 11:30 Saturday night a 1954
DeSota belonging to Will Hill on
West Albemarle Street extended
caught fire and was practically
destroyed. No cause of the fire
could be learned.
Sunday morning about 4 o’clock
the firemen were called to the
farm of L. C. Bunch in the Han
cock section. One of Mr. Bunch’s
tobacco barns caught fire and
was destroyed along with the to
bacco in the bam.
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Even here below, but more in
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Whatever enlarges hope will
also exalt courage.
—Samuel Johnson.
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