PAGE 6-A Correctness Urged By Bond Postmaster James M. Bond today urged the citi zens of Chowan County to be sure to use the correct address on their letters and packages going to ser vicemen overseas to avoid serious delays in delivery. Postmaster Bond report ed that millions of letters and packages going over seas have been delayed be cause they were insuffici ently addressed. He said that one of the biggest problems has been the failure of persons to in clude the very important five digit APO or FPO number in the military ad dress. Mail not contain ing this number is incor rectly addressed. He said that last year more than nine million pieces of mail were de layed in delivery. O's this number, 3*,i million pieces failed to include the com plete five digit APO or FPO number in the ad dress. This improperly ad dressed mail had to be sent to a military locator directory where time-con suming searches were made to determine the proper addresses. “As the Christmas mail volume going overseas is expected to increase up to 30 per cent or over four million pounds above ' last year, every precaution should be taken by friends FOR SALE Jt ' ' ■*>&"**'* -■ ■■ , Six-room brick home with one full-tiled bath and one one-half bath, carport t and storage room LOCATED IN HOBBS ACRES IN EDENTON EHA loan terms 30 years with low down payment of $450 VA finaneng, no down payment CALL COLLECT: 688-6374 Berens Companies Durham, N. C. Ask For E. T. Newton 4 ON SAVINGS 4 i /V/ COMPOUNDED I i JUNE 30 AND */O /§§ DECEMBER 30 Vonr Savings Insured Up To $15,000 By Federal Sivlnfs and Loan Insurance Corp. Open your passbook savings account here and Mmpla a generous helping of gamings. You'll find tip ‘‘goal-reaching!’ flavor grows on you. Save by the 10th - Earn from the Ist Edenton Savings & loan Assn. A Safe Plate To Save Slate 1905 A ~»• 8T JHp EDENTON, N C THE CHOWAN UAALO. EDENTON. NOETH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1237 and relatives of service men to address their let ters and packages properly to assure rapid delivery to its destination,” Postmaster Band said. There are four essential elements to an overseas military address. They are: 1. The identity of the serviceman: grade, full name and service number. 2. His military unit: complete. 3. Gateway post office: New York, San Francisco or Seattle. 4. APO or FPO: a five digit number. When any of these ele ments is missing, the let ter or package will be de layed in delivery. M MAGIC IN Sj want ads mm- • I ' pwßpßj 4 rj \jjj i f V**'* j£a. IL Jk l W Ifeni ; ".: . H f m ■plP* 4 ' Jr '* DECORATED—Lt. Col. Eugene C. Chandler, right, has been decorated by the Government of Vietnam for Cutstanding Contribution io Nation Budchng and Bravery and Honor Medal, First Class. A native of Hertford, the 38-year-old career officer is currently stationed at Ft. Sill. Okla.. with the U S ;.^ r . m lA'‘ lillery Board. His guardians are Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie C. Sharpe, Route 3, taen ton. Senator Sam Ervin Says WASHINGTON-Few is sues command more in tense day to day concern than crime and justice in this country as our citi zens try to cope with law lessness and its tragic ef fects. Like other Americans, I am deeply concerned about this problem. It has a di rect bearing on the sur vival of our civilization. No individual is truly free if he remains in mortal fear that his person, his prop erty, and his home will be ravaged by criminals and that all that he cherishes may be senselessly de stroyed. For this reason, I have fought to secure legisla tion to aid the pplice and the courts in their prose cution of criminals. Re cently, the Senate Crim inal Laws and Proced ures Subcommittee favor ably reported three amend ments, which I have spon sored, as a part of the 1967 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. My amendments, in es sence, would restore rules of evidence which have protected society from the menace of crime since the founding of the Republic. They would restore the use of voluntary confessions in criminal prosecutions and the use of eye witnesses to identify the accused. My third amendment would permit the accused to have his day in court, but would terminate endless litiga tion over the guilt of crim inals who have exhausted their appellate rights through the highest state and federal courts. It would prevent lower fed eral courts from sitting in judgment on criminal cases previously tried in state Hatteras Downs Chowan Gagers By WANDA MORRIS The Hatteras Blue Dev il', hosted the Chowan Bulldogs Friday, Novem ber 17, for their third non conference game of the season. The Blue Devils held the lead at half time with a score of 20-11. Final score was 32-22 in favor of Hat teras. Ward netted 11 points for the Bulldogettes. R. Bunch and Goodwin both dropped in four points for the girls. Burras was high scorer for Hatteras with 16 points. The Bulldogs were de feated by the Blue Devils with a score of 81-32. White swished the net for a total at 18 points for the boys’ team and Copeland was next with eight points, Hatteras’ T. Midgett dropped in 16 points for his team and Gray netted a total of 10 points. courts. These amendments are necessitated by recent de cisions of the U. S. Su preme Court which ignore the fact that the victims of crime are just as much entitled to justice as is the accused. These rulings are contrary to all the prece dents down to the date of the decisions, and are bas ed on sentimentality for the accused rather than upon the gravity of the problems they foster. Voluntary confessions by the accused in criminal trials have been largely ex. cludetf as evidence as a result of the June 13, 1966 Miranda decision. Under this strange ruling, the Supreme Court reversed the role of the police of ficer from that of society’s protector of that of pro tector of the rights of the criminal. More recently, the Su preme Court went a step USE CHRISTMAS SEALS Us e Christmas ■5 CH»UrM*»llS7s' g CKEETIHGS IM7 ? - r tyour FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS Holiday and other Mai u Respiratory Diseases SHOP I. N. S. AT W. E. S. 6 COUNT Pillsbury Biscuits can 5c FRESH CUT Pork Chops lb. 39c CHUB’S Barbecue lb. 99c GILL’S OR GOLDEN BLEND Coffee lb. 59c APRIL SHOWER NO. 303 SIZE Peas .2 cans 39c U. S. NO. 1 WHITE Potatoes 10 lbs. 39c FROZEN French Fries 2-lb. pkg. 29c Krispy Crackers pkg. 35c I Try Us For Fresh Meats and™" I WW • j,, _\. . I I WjSjL ; I I KUt~/lv I IxV/vlk {jJjv JL lUi’i I further and made it ridicu ously difficult for courts to receive in evidence eye witness identifications of criminals, if the witness has taken a “forbidden look” at the accused while the accused is in ’custody. These court opinions have created absurd and illogical handicaps for law enforcement officers who deal with staggering crime burdens never before ex perienced in the history of this nation. Evidence con tinues to mount that these court rulings are obstruct ing the administration of justice in this country. The prevention and con trol of crime is our coun try’s most serious domestic problem. In fighting for these amendments. I feel that the crime control bill will accomplish little un less it permits the police and the courts to deal with crime without -illogical re strictions. This IsThe Law By ROBERT E. LEE (For the North Carotin* Bar AaHMtatkn) NEW APPELLATE COURT There are now two ap pellate courts in North Ca rolina: the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals, sometimes referred to as the “intermediate appellate court” was created by the 1967 General Assembly, pursuant to an amendment to the North Carolina Con stitution approved by the voters cf the state at a general election held on Tuesday, November 2, 1966. An appellate court, in general, is concerned only with errors of law alleg edly committed in the court below. The litigants are represented therein by attorneys. Rarely do the litigants themselves appear even as interested specta tors. In an appellate court there are no jurors or tes tifying witnesses. An ap pellate court renders its judgment on the basis of the written record of the case as made in the trial court below. There is no new trial of the facts in the appellate court. The Supreme Court of North Carolina consists of a Chief Justice and six as sociate justices. The ses sions of this court are re quired to be held in Ra leigh. | A Chief Judge and five other judges presently con stitute the new Court of Appeals. The -number of judges on this court will be increased to nine in 1969. The members of the Court of Appeals sit in panels of three judges each. The 1967 statute provides: “The Court of Appeals shall sit in Ra leigh, and at such other lo cations within the state as the Supreme Court may designate.” Thus, beginning in 1969, it would be possible for the Court of Appeals to hear appellate cases in three separate cities on the same day. The members of both the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals are elect ed by the qualified voters of the state for terms of eight years. Governor Moore has made temporary appoint ments to the six initial judgeships. These appoin tees will serve until Janu ary 1, 1969. i f/i 0/ i 1 f(/ /0 1 I DISCOUNT DAY! f iAt GENE'S 5&10c STORE I '§ EDENTON, N. C. §, I FRIDAY, DECEMBER Ist I M OPEN 9 A. M., TO 9 P. M. S :« »: M Your local Gene’s employees cordially invite you to jij jjj attend our Annual 10% Discount Day for Christmas j£f W, 1967. This is the sale you have been waiting: fori ft •Jj We wish to say ‘‘Thank You” for shopping: with us j®- gj throughout the past year. For this one day only, jg m we offer 10% discount on all purchases and Lay- ft jJ! A ways! S GENESS&IBc STORE | 6)0 Gilt Certificate 11 I fti flip Uprdri Pnpfc Pnrnpf i lie nuidiu rums uuinci THE LAST BUTTERFLY The last butterfly of summer flutters its wings to and. fro across the last days of late autumn. Butterfly, oh beautiful butterfly, your beauty is real and deep, yet it is an intangible thing. You toss and wave in the air on your aimless course, yet - I everyone wants to catch you; fly on, fly on, fly on, _ His wings waving freely in the air takes him across schoolground where children are running and play- * ing London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. ~ His flight takes him across a corner where the dead: . leaves crackle like dry bones dancing with one another to a muffled minuet. As he glides and floats through the air, the sidewalks beam with brightness from a recent shower; they-: glaze like fine porcelain with a network of fine, cracks running through thin pottery. The last afternoon has a spiritual sound that floats along in pleasing harmony; the peas have fallen from the vines and the seed are scattered in the garden. The lightning bugs have long gone, so have the frightful' spiders in the passing fall; the forests are filled with perfumed scented berries and fragrant flowers that spills over the ground same as tiny pearls or beads on a thread that breaks. In the hushed silence the butterfly stops his flight for a short rest, as the butterfly crosses the Sound to' John’s Island, the mellowness and ripeness of tht. tender evening glasses itself in a burst of glittering, colors across the water. Into the night soft as red wine the butterfly flutters' under ft sky that has a ringing similar to tinkling chandeliers suspended by an umbrella of stars. :.-A In the night of cold and pearly ice the butterfly is left calm and watching with a piercing stare. The last butterfly of summer flutters and expires as - the icy fingers of the mulberry tree holds him softly' in their grasp, little winter birds give a shudder and go back to sleep. —MURRELL SMITH \ Bits Os Wisdom NOTICE I will not be responsible If you can see some for mat j e by anyone good in everyone, nearly other than myself. everyone will see some J. H. STROUD, good in you. .Edenton, N. C. —The Grit. Nov 23 30 Dec 7c FOR SALE! Just outside city limits, two-story four bedroom home. 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