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,—SECTIOW OHE PAGE FOUR I flie Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Mtiid' * partnership consisting of J. Edwin akiffiap and Hector Lupton, at 413-425 South (Dread Street. Eden ton, North Carolina. 4. EDWIN BUFFLAF S aXCTTOR LUPTON AHvertUln* Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (ojtside Iwh Carolina) $3.00 ’ One Year Cm North Carolina) $2-50 Six Months ; —slso Entered as second-class matter August 30,1934, «t the Post Office at Edenton. North Carolina, under the act of Mmpch 3. 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of re spect. etc., will be chaiged for at regular ad vertising rates. THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1960. A LIFT FCR TODAY it I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of Gqd. unto salvation to ev ery one that believed —Romans 1:16. EACH ONE needs faith in Jesus as a personal gaviour from sin; establish our rights to salvation when we believe In the Christ of the Living God who sent His Only Begotten Son into the world to Teveal . Himself as the father of mankind. Almighty God, estebl sh within us a well grounded faith that will enable us to "do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Letters *Are Welcome The Herald welcomes “Letters to the Edi tor/’ especially those pertaining to the wel fare and progress of Edenton. One such letter appears in the adjoining column writ ten by A. B. Harless and provides food for thought. As stated, The Herald welcomes letters and will be just as willing to publish those with which the editor disagrees as those with which be is in full accord. Mr. Harless directs his thoughts toward 3 sewagu disposal system which, in his opin ion. could be constructed without any undue hardship on any taxpayer, thus satisfying the state and reflecting a step in the direction •f progress for Edenton. The Herald goes along with most of the suggestions advanced by Mr. Harless. In fact, The Herald is somewhat inclined to be lieve that defeat of the recent sewer bind election was due to a large degree in the man ner in which the election was held. Whether it was intended or not. there appeared to be sort of a veil of secrecy about the whole thing and many people were confused. Some even, at first, thought the sewage disposal filant could be constructed without any in crease in taxes which, of course, is absurd. As The Herald sees it. the proper course to pursue, even if another election is called, is to levy a tax on bonds, just as is the case with county taxei at present. In fact that is the true intent of a bond issue anyway. No bonds would be authorized on the as sumption that they would be paid for from electric and water earnings. Then, with a tax on bonds, earnings of the Electric and Water Department could be transferred to the general fund, thus helping to offset the levy made for bonds. Just why this course was not pursued seems also to be sort of mystifying. At any rate, the bond issue was defeated and time will tell whether it was a wise or unwise decision wade by Edenton voters. •Which leads us to invite letters on the sub ject. whether the editor agrees with the writ ers or net. Fine Future Farmers Nine Chowan County 4-H Club boys, ac companied by their fathers were special guests of the Edenton Rotary Club at its meeting Thursday afternoon in the Parish House. These boys participated in the 1959 peanut growing contest, in vyhigh Zackie Harrell was the winner, not that he produced the largest yield per acre, but because he led the other boys on five requirements to follow in the contest. The basis for top awards were, of Cburse, yield, but .also included quality, fol lowing recommended practices, proper stack ing of crop and keeping project records. These nine 4-H Club boys turned in an average yield of 2.590 pounds per acre, which is quite a credit to them. The experience the e boys have gained as the result of this contest will stand them in good stead in future years, so that it would be safe to predict that they will, in a short time, become seme of Chowan County’s best farmers. In fact, it would not be surprising tb see the faces of som£ of the fathers of th: se boys turn red, when they compare their peanut yield with those turned in by their sons. f The boys are to be -congratulated for their Successful contest which it is hoped will at tract more boys to participate in the 1960 contest, which is sponsored by the Rotarv Club. Life has no secrets that a teen-ager can’t read about in some of the magazines offer ed for sale. . , The happiest person in this community is probably the one who has helped the most people, in oue way or another. _ a J4earJl Cf S«n Brßuf In this issue of The Herald are two letters to the editor. But Tuesday night ye editor received eight “Postcards to the Editor.” In effect the opinions expressed on the postcards were in favor cf the proposed plan for beau tification of the Court House Greet and a Confederate park at the south end of Broad Street. These postcards were signed by the following: "*Gerry Fry. Imogene M. Byrum. Mrs. Bruce F. Jones, Mrs. Robert B. Smith, Virginia M. Byrum, Dr. and -Mrs. Edward G. Bond. Mrs. Ralph Blades and Mrs. J. H. Conger. Jr. o And incidentally, note the sketch of the proposed Confederate Parkway appearing on the front page of this issue of The Herald The County Commissioners will, no doubt, at their meeting Monday either grant or re fuse permission to move the Confederate monument from the Green to the proposed new Confederate Parkway at the foot of Broad Street. If permission is granted to move the monument that will be one hurdle the Woman's Club has cleared, but then there will be another one, the matter of financing the project, but if the Edenton ladies con tinue their determination and perseverance, here's betting a stogie they'll eventually rea lize their ambition. At any rate the prospect is that the County Commissioners will have plenty of company at their meeting Monday morning. o As this column is written Wednesday morn ing it is cold and the sky is overcast. The weather man says we might get some sleet or snow. Which reminds me that Jim Daniels calk'd me on the phone Tuesday and asked if I remembered what happened on March 2. 1927. exactly 55 ye'ars ago. My memory fail ed at the moment but Jim soon reminded me that we had a sure enough snow storm on that date. In fact, the rural mail carriers were snowbound and almost froze. Jim. who was a mail carrier at the time, had to be brought home on a mule and cart and he say; two or three mules gave out while bringing him back to town. Here's one who don’t want such a mess in 1900. o Tom Ridgeway was the target of a lot of joking recently. He is administrator of Cho wan Hospital, but he went to Norfolk Genera 1 11. spital for an operation and returned home Thursday. Don't sound so good, but it so happened that he had to have a special op eration on his knee which could not be dont locally. It wasn't like the waitress who was leaving the restaurant after the noon rush hour. The boss asked. “Where are you go ing:” and was floored when the waitress re plied. “I'm going to a restaurant to get my dinner.'' o The Herald has a new neighbor, since John Burton Harrison moved his second hand fur niture store from 205 South Broad to 427 South Broad Street, next door to The Herald office. Seemed sort of quiet since the Griffin Musicenter moved further up the street, so that we re glad to have the Harrisons as out neighbors. o Edenton's Fire Department has just added a 1000-gallon water tank to its equipment. It is mounted on a chassis and is calculated tc be a big help in fighting fires where there is a limited or no water supply. Where are they keeping it? Well, on the street for a while, but now it is parked in the old Byrum Implement \- Truck Company building back of the hotel. Well, that gives the boys a little exercise by running to get the truck when it is needed —enough time probably to save a lot of damagt' at a fire. o Wilmer Malone had a lot of damage done to the front of his store Saturday morning when a station wagon was rammed in the window. Friend Malone says he has a serve ycurself store, but he can't figure out how anybody figures he has a drive-in store. o . Coast Guard officials were in Edenton Tuesday relative to relocating the signal tow er from the site of a proposed Confederate Parkway. They had with them all kindl of credentials and it was very interesting to read a letter from Town Council written January 4. 1887. in which was this statement: “Town Council authorizes cutting down a tree and replacing it with a shaft.” However, the present signal tower was erected, in 1938. o ' Johnny Phillips, star end of the Edenton Aces, has been signally honored by Wigwam Wisemen of America, who picked seven AH- America prep first teams, together with hun dreds from all over the nation who received honorable -mention. Johnny was among 32 North Carolina high school football players who were on the Honorable Mention list. Our hat’s off to Johnny and we’re sorry his football olayine days are over for John A. Holmes High School. N THE CHOVAM HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1960. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FLAN PRESENTED Dear Mr. Buff lap: Edenton is diligently seeking new industry and needs addi tional industry with its payrolls. To be attractive to industry a low tax rate and a sewage dis posal system, one that would af ford water sports, is essential. Assuming, but not granting, that the state could force the installation of a system, the state fully realizes that town officials or a group of anti’s or both could through court pro cedure delay or stall a plant for four or five years or longer. Under these conditions and the state’s reluctance to make Eden ton an example it is believed that the state would agree to a ;ound pay-as-you-go proposal guaranteeing installation in a| certain period of time. If so, the state eould be satisfied; costs to our citizens minimized and make possible the maintenance of our favorable SI.OO tax rate. Too, the possibility of a nation al democratic administration in 1961, who have proved to be nore pollution conscious than he Republicans, could mean arger appropriations for water >ollution and likewise a larger 'ederal share of our costs. The pay-as-you-go plan can be accomplished 'by creating a 5- year reserve account. Immedi ately to this account should go the present E&W surplus, less a safe reserve for emergencies and i small working surplus for capital improvements and addi .ions. Then yearly effective July 1, 1960, the 10% discount in electric bills should be dis continued and the water bill be ncreased 50 percent and only o those whom the sewage plant will serve. These funds also to ce earmarked. for the reserve account. At the end of five years, all he while earning interest, the ■eserve account should contain 1300.000 to $350,000 and the 10 acrcent discount can again be :ome effective. Meanwhile, more ‘ederal funds might be avail able; no citizen would be unduly axed; the E&W Department could have operating capital; if aeeded up to $25,000 per year ;ould still be diverted to the general fund; the general public vould be fully informed; infla tion should be halted and best if all our .Industry seekers could still boast of our low valuation and its corresponding SI.OO tax rate. . The 10 percent increase in •lectric bills would only return as to five years ago when they were reduced and which are iow partly to blame for our >roblem. Water has been sold ■>elow cost for years and tbt light increase of 50 percent is "ully justified, with or without a sewage disposal plant. It is hoped that the Town Council will give serious con ideration to this or some other oroposal that will enable us to naintain or lower our SI.OO tax -ate and at the same time com ely with state regulations with he least possible cost to the ndividual citizen. Such a proposal will fully an swer the critics of the first ref erendum except as to the site selection. This can be explain :d by informing the public that a site nearer Edenton would igve meant condemnation pro-j -■edures and its unknown costs, j Very truly yours, A. B. HARLESS. FAVORS IMPROVEMENT To the Editor: I hate to be on the opposite side from some of my old friends in Edenton but in the matter of moving the monument, | I am at the foot of Broad Street! To me it is not a second-rate site but a pivotal point that will give the monument much more prominence than it has today., Flanked by the waving flags of the Confederacy, the United States, North Carolina and the Regiment, and with the glisten- 1 ing waters of Edenton Bay as a j back-drop, the monument will be seen far up Broad Street and will attract the attention erf thousands of tourists for a closer view. There is plenty of precedent, I too, for having our Confederate I Monument at the end of Broad Street We need go no further than Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, to see typical examples. There, on Monument Street you will see ! a veritable gallery of statues of! the Confederate great notably | Generals Lee, Jackson and Stu-i art Furthermore, moving our Con-1 federate monument to the pro-; posed site at the foot at Broad! Street will toe the beginning of j a much Dented plan W improve] -1 : Freak Wreck On Broad Street \ la ( \ -k; Above is pictured the station wagon of Elton Boswell when it was jammed into the front of Malone's 5 and 10-cenl Store Satur day morning about II o'clock. The vehicle, parked on the street, was hit by a car driven by Mrs. Don J. Green of Sunbury after she backed out of a parking space and hit the Boswell car when the accelerator either stuck or Mrs. Green pushed on it instead of the brakes. Both cars were damaged and the damage to the Malone store was estimated at SSOO. Two parking meters were also broken off, but fortunately there were no pedestrians on the sidewalk in the path of the station wagon.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.) and beautify that area right down to the water. I As for the remainder of the: improvement project, I feel that i the paint should by all means j be removed from the Court 1 House, in order to bring out the| original beauty of the old brick,] which should resemble that of I the Episcopal Church. Also, the I plan to plant a row of sycamore | trees down each side of the| Court House Green seems veryi appropriate to me, as well as the plan to re-seed the Green with more luxuriant grass and gently terrace it down to Water Street. About a year ago, Emmett I Winslow told the Rotary Club j that when the tunnel is built under the Chesapeake Bay from Cape Charles to Cape Henry, we could count on about five million more peode annually driving through this area from j North to South and that we would have to increase our fa cilities many times over to take care of their needs. It would seem sensible to me, therefore, that we should lose no time in making our com munity as attractive as possible in order to get our share of this profitable tourist trade. TENDER DELICIOUS Rib Steaks lb. 79c I B LUTER'S JAMESTOWN \lh Food Stores W g3C 011 lb. 45c shop at the friendly J FRESH GROUND D& M Hamburger Super Market „ PHONE 2317 TrOC 4-6 LB. AVERAGE SMOKED PICNICS lb. 33c FRESH MISS VIRGINIA Country Eggs Evaporated Milk 3 doz. SI.OO 3 tall cans 39 c 4-ROLL PAK ■ SUN-SPUN Delsey Tissue Biscuits pkg. 49c 3 ca ”s 25 c 4-OZ. PKG. 303 CANS RED <t WHITE Royal Pudding golden n 1 if W. Kernel Corn 2 ..... QUARTS _ 22-OZ. CAN RED It WHITE Wesson Oil Liquid Detergent qt. 47c 20-OZ. BOTTLE REGULAR SIZE R & W Catsup Ivory Flakes bonk 25c box 30c For as the Prudential says, “The Future belongs to those who prepare for it.” JAMES E. WOOD. Zackie Harrell ’59 Peanut Champion Continued from Page 1. Section 1 fourth. Second place winner re ceived a check for $5.00 and third and fourth pLace winners were given a check for $2.50 each. The boy who raised the larg est crop on his acre was Lewis Harrell with 2.770 pounds. H Ivey Ward had a crop of 2,721 pounds for ihs acre. Zackie Harrell produced 2,515 pounds and while under -the other twe boys, he won the contest which is also based, beside yield, thr quality, following recommended practices, proper stacking of the crop and project records. There were nine boys in this year’s contest and each boy’s yield was as follows: Zackie Harrell, 2,575 pounds; Lewis Evans, 2.770 pounds: Gene Har rell, 2,600 pounds; Carroll Fore hand, 2,261 pounds; H. Ivey Ward, 2,721 pounds; Richard \yhi*e. 2.J264 pounds; -( Jimmy Ward,, 2,28C1 pounds; Bernard Dale, 2,200 pounds; Jack Perry, 1,700 pounds. The average yield turned hi by the boys was 2,390 pounds per acre, which foi* the past 10 years was topped only in 1952, 1954 and 1958. Zackie Harrell was also coun ty winner in 1957 and in 1958 he was state 4-H Peanut Chib champion. Edenton Band Plays In District Contest Continued from Page I. Section I lina will participate, with the program scheduled to begin at 9 A. M., and continue until about 6 P. M. Edenton’.? band is scheduled to play at 1:40 and will per form for 25 minutes. Judges for the contest will be Herbert Fred, director of bands at the University of North Caro lina; Dr. Paul Bryan, head of the Music Department at Duke University, and Dr. Earl Slo cum, head of the Music Depart ment at the University of North Carolina. The Edenton group will re turn to Edenton after the pro gram. Classified Ads HUNDREDS OF DENTISTS rec ommend OLAG Tooth Pule. Buy at the drug store. FOR SALE FRIG IDAIRE refrigerator and gas range, in good condition. Reasonable. See Mrs. E. E. Harrell at 110 J/irginia Road or Dial 2580. Mar3,lo;i7c BOATS! ACRES /OF FIBER - GLASS BOATS! The public is cordially invited to visit our Factory Open House from March 4th through 14th. Six teen different models, 12 st and 14 ft. Fishing Skiffs, 15 ft. and 16 ft. Runabouts. Some seconds, used boats, old mod els, and sail boats at' factory prices. On the spot financing. Several hundred boats to choose from. Hours week days 7 A. M., to 9 P. M., Sundays 1 P. M., to 9 P. M. Water demonstration Satur days and* Sundays. CAROLINA FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS COMPANY 510 E. Jones St—WUson. N. C. Telephone 3964 or 2196 lte | Custom Built Homes Built on your own lot, for only SI.OO down. $1,695.00 up. Im mediate financing; small month ly payments. Health, accident and life insurance coverage. Star Homes, Inc., P. E. Cayton, Representative, 500 Office St. Phone 3388. Edenton. tfc VATCH REPAIRING —JEWEL ry repairing and engraving . . .. Prompt service. Ross Jewelers. Phone 3525. tfc HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE— -708 Johnston Street. Contact Mrs. Pearl ‘Hughes, 314 West Queen Street. Marttfc FOR SALE 1959 MODEL Waste King electric dishwash er. Used very little. Good as new! Price S2OO. Apply Mrs. J. Edwin Bufflap. Phone 2438. JOOD HOME FOR SMALL family. Westover Heights. Very low cost. Fontaine Bout well. Phone 3561. tfr SALESMEN WANTED—Be your own boss. Earn more sellinp' Rawleigh Products—everybody knows and likes them. ’Work part time at start, see for yourself. Vacancy in Chowar County. Write Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCC-210-16. Richmond, Va. Mart,10,17,24, 31p BULLDOZER 'WORK LAND clearing and dirt pushing. Phone 2956, Clarence Lupton. tfc / Industrial Equipment — tot— Wheel Type end Crawler Tractor* Backhoe*. Doaers, Trencher* Crawler Tractor* With Winch** Loader*. Land*capfag Rake* — _ i Hnnho Tmnlnmanf uii|Hviiiviii Company -->• LbAIjtQWE at is Merit&holarship ’ I Q |*Ml« V poration aSSgtf. Over $15,000,000 has beerfßwarded in the first four yea *of the program. For stuwnts taking the test on Mach be re ported th*;, all participating schools beftSffe the end of the spring semesljff in time tor use by class adaptors. The scores may also jijied in many high schools Jft/help students make decisiort&JOiout college and the most appropriate courses to ma jor in. Many students through out the country who do not ex pect to win have registered for the test in order to learn more about their individual strengths and weaknesses. The National Merit Scholar ship Prpgram is a nationwide search for Students who dem onstrate extraordinary ability to benefit from .a college educa tion. More than a million and a half high school students have participated In the merit pro gram, and in the fall of 1959 more than 3,100 merit scholars were enrolled in nearly 400 col leges and universities in the United States. ’ THB best m- Custom , Jture framisf see Jomf R. Lewis st the Edea ton Furniture Company. Com plete line of moulding to ehosM from tfc FOR RENT OR SALE TWO and three bedroom houses. Electric stove, refrigerator, hot water heater. On school bus route. Terms can be arrang ed. 1,. E. Francis, Route 3, Edenton. ‘ Phone 3472. FOR RJ2NT OR SALE—2-BED room house in Albemarle Court, Stove and refrigerator furnish®! also floor furnace. Phone -3122. tfc FOR RENt TWOJBEDROOM house at 116 Morris Circle. Nice, sarge yard. Phone Mr. BuncHjHW'ephone 3410. , Mart,10,17,24c APARTiIBNT FOR RENT 3 bedrooms, downstairs. See C. W. Swanner, 217 East Queen Street,. Phone 2544. Dec2BU<P-i -l* FOR RENT —7-ROOM HOUSE and both, located 5 miles from Edenkmir* Has garden spot. Rent per month. Apply . Gilbert* Harrell, Rt. 3. Phone 4211. Feb2s,Mch3c FOR QUICK AND EXPERT service on your radio and phonograph*, call the Griffin Musicenter, phone 2528. We carry a complete line of phono' needles. - FKIGYIfAIRK AUTOMATIC AND DRYERS Patented •-<t - Ring “Pnmp” Agitator, Ulij underwater deter- Cent, bleach and r*l«lD*l»l rin«e dispenaera. Fabric Selector, Soak Cycle, choice at color*. Match ins: Dr • 1. Authorised Salea and Service. RALPH e’ PARRISH, INC. PHOMjg 24*1 . EDENTON FOR SALE ' • Cabbage Plants • Lettuce Plants • Onion Sets • Seed Potatoes • Complete Line of Vegetable Seeds E. u Seedsman Phone 3839 Edenton •ft '■ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SPARE TIME SETTING ROUTE * WITH HERSHEY CANDY We will select a .responsible per son in 4teir Jbcal - area servicing NEW CmiDir MACHINES US ING . MtSHEY ': PRODUCTS. No expjpfence necessary. Quali fied pereon will have oppor tunity at earning BIG MONEY devoting"' Only spare time to start. About 6 hours per week required to service route and manege business. To be eligi ble you must be able to make mull investment of $594.00 cash o handle. For personal inter view wri§e giving particulars and phone to Division Manager, 11821 Detroit. Ave., Room Nq. V Ohio. . ltp rROW YOUR OWN Fruit and Nuts. Write for Free Copy ■ illustsapted Spring price 'list, offtriag. lame assortment of Fruit Berry Plants, Nut Trees, UPd | scape plant ma teria I—indud-
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