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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
ttufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
twoad Street. Edenton. North Carolina.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1960.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
•fa Give ye them to eat. —Luke 9:13.
TO FEED the hungry multitudes of the earth,
we, the followers of Christ, must set before them
not only food for their bodies, but the true
Bread of God that they may eat and live.
Give us this day our daily bread, O God, and
a willingness to share our blessings, material and
spiritual, with our fellowmen.
Worth The Effort
What should develop in better understand
ing between Kdenton merchants and Chowan
County farmers is a merchants-farmer tour
sponsored bv the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce. The tour is scheduled to be held next
Wednesday afternoon. November 9, when
what should be a sizeable group will visit a
number of farms in Chowan County. The
paramount purpose of this tour is to create
a better understanding of problems of the
farmer.
When understanding enters the picture in
any avenue of life there develops a feeling of
appreciation and trust and obviously better
and more friendly relations, which go toward
a happier and more peaceful condition. For
tunately. a very friendly feeling now exists
between Edenton merchants and the rural
population but by becoming more intimate
with problems on the farm these relations
will surely become even better.
Were there a better understanding of peo
ple of the world, the mess we are now in
would be far less complex.
Thp Voter’s Responsibility
Next Tuesday, November 8, Americans will
have another opportunity to do what many
millions throughout the world would like to be
able to do. That is having something to do
with electing public officials, among which is
the highest in the land. President of the Unit
ed States. It is not only an opportunity and
privilege, but should be considered a solemn
duty to go to the polls and cost ballots for
those who serve in public office. Much
thought should be given candidates before a
ballot is cast, for as Senator Barry Gold water
recently said about “Get Out the Vote” cam
paigns, “it seems to me the republic is in far
greater danger from those who exercise the
privilege of voting in an off-hand, casual man
ner than from those who merely ignore the
process altogether.”
The right of franchise is the greatest safe
guard any nation has against tyranny and the
destruction of the people’s liberties. But the
citizen’s responsibility does not consist of
merely marking an “X” in a square on a bal
lot, or pulling the handle of a voting machine.
It is also his responsibility to seek to under
stand and evaluate the prevailing issues which
separate the contenders and then to reach a
sober, value judgment based cn the voter’s
personal opinion of which candidate and
which philosophy offers the best chance for
preserving the republic, maintaining freedom
and providing a better tomorrow.
That, it should be added, applies to voting
for candidates at all political levels from the
town and county on up—not just the seekers
of top office. Policy begins at the grass roots
—and it is the thinking and feeling in the
grass roots which is implemented in Wash
ington.
Stumped!
Dr. Karl D. Butler, a leading agricultural
economist, recently observed that the farm
problem “has both presidential candidates
somewhat stumped.”
The two leading candidates are not alone
in this predicament. It is true of the seekers
of lesser office. And the reason is plain
enough—it has been many years since the
farm problem has been dealt with as an eco
nomic problem. Instead, it has been dealt
with as a political problem. The result, as
we can see today, is tragically incongruous.
Farm income is down—despite the fact that
the government has spent tens of billions in
agricultural aids of various kinds—and the in
credible surplus problem gets worse instead
of better.
Past programs, then, have been utter fail
ures. Present political proposals- offer noth
ing really new, or anything that seems to have
the ghost of a chance of success. It may be
that Dr. Butler came to the root of things
when he wrote: Farm legislation Will-not be
nansDC ops, _
By Buff
Ernest Ward and his family on Friday
packed up kit and caboodle and moved to
Rocky Mount, where they will make their
future home. To make sure that Ernest will
not forget Edenton he was presented a large
and beautiful silver tray. And to make sure
he will remember where it came from it is
beautifully engraved as follows:
Ernest J. Ward, Jr.
Distinguished Service
1952 - 1960
Town of Edenton
John A. Mitchener, Mayor
W. C. Bunch. Jr. J. Edwin Bufflap
R. Elton Forehand G. A. Byrum
C. A. Phillips Luther C. Parks
Councilmen
o
Despite the fact that the Edenton Aces had
little difficulty in scalping the Ahoskie In
dians in Ahoskie Friday night, Ahoskie has
a good football team. The same, however,
cannot be said about their press box. Fact
of the matter, the Ahoskie press box puts one
in mind of an overgrown telephone booth or
an old fashioned “johnny”, with two people
just about filling the thing up. Nick George
and Cecil Fry had to be perched on top of the
band stand, where they did happen to have
two chairs to record the game for the radio
station. The bad thing about it was that
there was no hole around for ’em to crawl in
had the weather man not cut off the rain
while the game was in progress. We play in
Edenton Friday night, so we’ll have room to
have a cup of coffee —I’m seeing to that.
o
And speaking about Friday night’s foot
ball game, if the Aces play the same brand
of ball from here on out, there should be
little reason why they should not cop another
state championship. In fact one of the spec
tators in Ahoskie was saying that he had seen
many of the state’s high school teams play
this year and that the Aces was just about
the best team he had seen, excepting Wil
son. Well, we take on Plymouth next Fri
day night and on paper the Panthers should
be the underdogs. However, it’s not very
unusual for an underdog to come out the
winner. Anyway, the Aces have the Albe
marle Conference clinched and are scheduled
to play Garner for the regional title on Fri
day night,'November 18. Plans are in the
making to play the game on the ECC grid
iron in Greenville. It will be remembered
that the Aces played Garner in the cham
pionship race in 1954, defeating them 13-0.
Hope we can repeat!
o
Ladies of the Eastern Star served a very
delicious turkey and ham dinner Tuesday
night at the Chamber of Commerce banquet.
And of all things when the ladies took up
the plates to serve dessert, the plate of Bran
ning Perry had everything gone but the ham.
“Don’t you eat ham?” I asked Branning. He
said he did not, so I concluded he had no
“bringin’ up” at all.
o
Nancy and Lynn Whichard, 5 and 6 year
old daughters of Major and Mrs. William A.
Whichard, must have been watching television
lately. The other day Lynn asked Nancy,
“Who is Nixon?” Nancy replied, “he’s chas
ing for President.” Well both Nixon and
Kennedy are “chasing” for the job if you
ask me.
o
Looks like Edenton might be expanding.
The other day Jim Robinson, executive vice
president of the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce, received a letter from Norfolk. The
letter stated that a party of seven from Nor
folk was planning to come to Edenton to see
Tryon’s Palace. Nope, we don’t have Tryon’s
Palace, but we have just as interesting histori
cal shrines that should attract tourists if we
tooted our own horn a little more and a little
louder. Join the Chamber of Commerce, for
that's the proper mouthpiece for the com
munity and with proper cooperation and
enough funds the Chamber will be able to do
more tooting.
o
Jerry McLaughlin, who is stationed at Shaw
Air Force Base in South Carolina, sent a let
ter this week in which he enclosed money for
his renewal to The Herald. “I do certainly
enjoy receiving The Chowan Herald,” said
Jerry. “I look forward to each Friday when
I know it will be in my mail box. I know
that many people, service personnel or other
wise really enjoy reading about their friends
in the town that we love so much—Edenton.”
o
I understand that since 1865, Republicans
have elected 12 presidents who served a total
of 64 years. The Democrats have elected
five with a total service of 40 years. Time
for a change so we can try to catch up, eh!
o ‘•-,,-
Youngsters of the community had a big
time it the Halloween party Monday night,
tod some of the grown-ups also apparently
had just about as much fun as the kids. Any
pm ft 4 ftfeflOd project for the
Wtoto'l Ch*. **- ' ■. K -- __
Ya£ enOwAS HfcfiALD. EDENTO& tfOHTH CAROLINA.
Os course, fanners provide
us with our .daily bread, as
well as cotton asd wool for
clothing, but they are making
another contribution to the
American economy thi t some
times is not recognized.
Farming, measured by al
most any standard, is our
biggest single industry and is
a major customer of other in
dustries. This industry is get
ting bigger instead of smaller.
In 1959 the gross income of
farmers was $46.3 billion. This
was 9.7 per cent of our gross
national product for that
year.
With that money farmers
buy 6.5 million tons of steel
a year—half as much as the
automotive industry uses.
They buy more petroleum
than any other single indus
try—more than one-eighth of
all the petroleum produced in
the country. They use more
electric power than Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and
Houston combined. It takes
$6 billion worth of containers
and packing materials to pack
the food farmers raise in a
year.
J Letter To Editor j
GRATEFUL
Dear “Bufl”:
I am sure I speak for every
citizen in this community when
I say thanks for the magnificent
and speedy services rendered by
our street department and oth
ers responsible for the clear
ance of the many loads of de
bris from Hurricane Donna. Dick
Hines and his crew are to be
commended also for the prompt
service they gave in restoring
electricity, without which even
greater losses would have oc
curred. Neighboring communi-'
ties were without lights at least
two days, Edenton had lights in
less than seven hours.
During the alarming, anxious
hours of the storm it was con
soling to look out and see brave
citizens voluntarily keeping
watch. To Mayor John Mitch
ener, WCDJ, Nick George, Er
nest Ward, the Rev. Paul Holo
man, members of the National
Guad and many others, I would
like to name, a most hearty
thanks. It is wonderful to live
in a community where so many
are concerned with its welfare
and such services should not be
taken for granted.
Sincerely,
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt
I No Comment]
—
Br JAMES W. DOUTHAT
iMlittii Vice Prealdent, Oomutd
Relation. Dianna of the Nattoaal
Asaoeiatioa es Vaautectaren •
'NO COMMENT" i» a report of
incidents on the national scene
and does not necessarily reflect
NAM policy or position.
Washington—There is no dis
agreement among members of
Congress that the nation’s econ
omy must continue to expand in
DO li/I PHONE 2317
ON ORDERS OF $2 OR
SUPER MORE EVERY DAY!
MARKET FOR FREE DELIVERY
FRESH GRADE A
FRYERS
WHOLE ONLY ">27.
FRESHLY GROUND I CEDAR FARM
BEEF I Bacon
STOCK UP NOW while the PRICES
ARE DOWN on the RED & WHITE
TRAINLOAD FINAL SALE!
NO. 2Vi CAN (sliced or halves)
Red & White Peaches .can 29c
NO 303 CANS
Red & White Fruit Cocktail.. .2 cans 49c
14-oz. Bottle Red & While Catsup 19c
NO. 303 CANS RED * WHITE BLUE LAKE
Whole Green Beans.. 2 cans 49c
Red & White Sandwich Spread, pt...25c
12-oz. Jar R & W Peanut Butter 29c
12-oz. Can R & W Luhchedn Meat.—39c
303 Cans R& W Garden Peas.. 2 cans 35e
RED fc WHITE 4
Whole Kernel Golden C0m....2 cans We
R & W Mixed Vegetables 2 cans 35c
26-oz. R & W Salt 2 boxes 19c
LARGE SIZS - _
Farm Facts
order to provide new jobs, more
production, and security against
communist aggression.
The big question in Washing
ton is this: How should tfiis
expansion be brought about?
Should it be based on the
treacherous sands of unlimited
government spending which,
history shows, results in dan
gerous inflation that eats away
the purchasing power of the'
people’s money?
‘Qr should it be based on the
solid rock of basic economic
principles—the principles of pri
vate enterprise and fiscal re
sponsibility that have made this,
nation the envy of the world
including Russia?
Members of Congress who
support the private enterprise
system are hopeful that the
American people will obtain a
real understanding of the fun
damental issues involved and
will support economic principles
which will provide the founda
tion for unlimited future
growth.
These members of Congress
tnink that every American
should read an explanation of
the possible courses of action,
prepared by Maurice H. Stans,
director of the Budget Bureau.
“In the months and decades
ahead,” he wrote, ‘‘the 4 meri_
>cah choice between two kinds of
government. I would like to
show you the nature of the two
alternatives.
“One choice is to legitimize
the cult of spending, and reject
finally the standard of fiscal re
sponsibility.
“This means accepting the
deficit mentality as a basic na
tional philosophy. It means a
willingness to saddle the future
with even greater liabilities and
obligations. It means giving
government a blank check. It
means govemmenj-enforced eco
nomic planning, a path leading
directly to economic controls. It
Last- year farmers bought
the equivalent of 15 billion
gallons of crude petroleum,
making them better fuel
customers than any
industry.
aft
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Citizens whose incomes
amount to $46 billion and
with S2OO billion in assets,
who buy from nearly every
body and sell to everybody,
are important indeed to the
U. S. economy.
means an open flirtation with
inflation. It means government
with a big front and an empty
purse.
“If that’s the road.,we elect to
go down, we’ll be paying a high
price for our thrills. We’ll pay
in the loss of economic freedom,
in less value in our dollar, in
more drain on our gold supply, j
in all the sacrifice and loss of j
values that go with inflation, '
in the destruction of free world
confidence in our capacity to j
lead wisely, and ultimately in |
the decline of- our strength and;
vitality in this age when West
ern man is being put to his I
greatest test, this is nothing less j
than a game of Russian roulette 1
with the life of a nation at
stake. j
“What’s the other alterna
tive?
“It’s not so glamorous, per
haps, but it’s built for endur
ance, for secdFity, for strength.
“It’s disciplined government
which doesn’t consider thrift a
discredit word. It is govern
ment which is prepared to seek
out the right answers to our
problems, in the right priorities
and within our ability to pay,
instead of the pressure-group so
lution.
“It is government that can
recognize danger signs and avoid
financial brink-walking. It is
government that won’t get in
the way of sound economic
growth, but will achieve it by
encouraging free enterprise in
stead of stifling it.
‘‘lt is government that be
lieves, with Lincoln, that it
should do for the people only
those things that they can’t do
as well for themselves, not in
the centralization of all wisdom
in Washington.
“It is government that believes
in sound money, that debts must
be paid, that the budget should
be balanced in good years, and
that the Treasury is a trust,
not a gift shop.”
The American people must
make a choice between the two
philosophies of government—
and the choice they make is
certain to affect mightily the na
tion’s future.
VFW Auxiliary To
Have Guest Speaker
The VFW Auxiliary will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
at the post home. A feature of
the meeting will be an address
by Mrs. / Blanche Hudgins of
Suribury, district president. Mrs.
Doris Toler, president of the lo
cal Auxiliary, is very anxious
to have a large turnout of mem
bers.
BARBECUE DINNER
Sponsored by the Kadesh
A.M.E. Zion Church, a barbecue
dinner will be served at L. Jones
Shop on North Oakum Street
Saturday, November 5, at 11
A. M. The public is invited to
attend.
in the all-new John Deere THIRTY-TEN
In Thirty-Ten Series Tractors—whether you’re a rojg-prop farmer, a
grain grower or a combination of both —there’s a tractor just right for
you. tor your 4- and 6-row operations choose the “$010” Row-Crop,
above, or the “3010” Row-Crop Utility ... for dowri-tb-earth lugging
ability on grain operations, the “3010” Standard. Csogee gasoline,
bieeel, or LP-Gas engine.
GUY C. HOBBS, Mgr. “Your John Deere Dealer” N C
BAKE SALE TUESDAY
Members of the Order of the
; Eastern Star will conduct a bake
! sale on election day, Tuesday,
I November 8. A variety of home
! made cakes, pies, cookies and
candy will be on sale at Anita’s
Millinery in Hotel Joseph Hewes
building.
ROTAkiANte MEET tODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
Classified Ads
BAD BREATH, EVEN ONIONS! |
Use breath-taking OLAG Tooth
Paste. At all drug stores.
SALESMEN WANTED BE!
your own boss. Earn more;
selling Rawleigh Products—
everybody knows and likes
them. Work part time at |
start, if you are dubious. See
for yourself. Vacancy in Cho
wan County or Edenton. Write
Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCK-210-829,
Richmond, Va.
N0v3,10,17,24pd
BLUE Lustre not only rids car
pets of soil but leaves pile soft
and lofty. Quinn Furniture Co.,
Edenton, A. C. ltc
FOR SALE SEVEN-ROOM
house, 900 North Broad Street;
doubel lot. Apply Mrs. Carl
Kelly, 102 Clyde Street, Hamp
ton, Va. Oct27,Nov3c
HELP - WANTED MALE OR
female in Edenton. Full or
part time Watkins Route avail
able. No investment needed.
Age 21-TO. Better than aver
age income. Car or light truck
needed. Write today Watkins
Products, Inc., P. O. Box 5071,
Dept S-3, Richmond, Va.
0ct20,27,N0v3pd
FOR "RENT TWO-BEDROOM
house, -813 Bond Street; equip
ped with kitchen stove, refrig
erator, water heater and floor
furnace. Call 3122. tfc
Industrial
Equipment
—for—
Wheel Type and Crawler
Tractors
Backhoes, Dozers. Trenchers
Crawler Tractors With
Winches
Loaders, Landscaping Rakes
“* 1 » ■ 7 T v T”V
See or Call
Hobbs Implement
Company
PHONE 3112
Edenton. N. C.
| o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of Philip arid Presi
dent fSI ton Forehand is very
anxious to register a 100 pjr
cent meeting.
FOR SALE—MODEL 540, ltfflib
Farmall Tractor with 3-bottom
.plow attachments and cultiva
tors. New tractor guarantee.
Priced to sell. Contact Claudfe
E. Small, Jr. Phone 3982 or
3983. tk
_ : ;l_—_i.
BULLDOZER WORK LAND
clearing and dirt pushing
Phone 2956, Clarence Lupton
tfc
M. G. BROWN COMPANY NG&
buying logs and tracts of tim
ber. Highest market prices
paid. Phone 2135, Edenton.
tfc
WATCH REPAIRING —JEWEL
ry repairing and engraving . ..
Prompt service. Ross Jewelers,.
Phone 3525. tfc
FOR SALE—GOOD USED GAS
ranges as low as $35.00. West
ern Gas Service. Phone 312&,
Edenton. ;une2tf
FOR QUICK AND EXPERT
service on your radio and
phonograph, call the Griffin
Musicenter, phone 2528. W«
carry a complete line ol
phono needles.
PICTURE FRAMING—FOR THI
best in custom ' cture framing
see John R. Lewis at the Eden
ton Furniture Company. Co*>
clete line of moulding to chooM
from tfe
Pansie Plants
12 Plants ..... 39c
sft Plants $1.49
100 Plants.... $2.79
500 Plants... $12.99
1000 Plants.. $24.99
THE HALSEYS
Badham Road
PHONE 2265
FOR RENT OR SALE TWO
and three bedroom houses.
Electric stove, refrigerator, hot
water heater. On school bus
route. Terms can be arrang
ed. L. E. Francis, Route X
Edenton. Phone 3472.