PAGE EIGHT
CHRISTMAS
40 YEARS AGO
By BILL ARP lowrance
(In the Mecklenburg Times)
To tnose of us who were children
f.'ore than forty years ago, we
haj-dly see how any child could
v. ant more than he has every day
■ \ the year. The gifts and luxuries,
which we enjoyed at Christmas
t.me are common place every da;,
m the year now. Ihe only raisins,
'■ranges and foreign nuts we had
during the year were not eve! 1
plentiful at Christmas, and all the
mild got of these would not halt
nil his stocking.
I here was little during the
ytar a mint Christmas We had stick
. andy, guns diops to
•"•st most of the’big Day. Apples
gri.w on most every farm and some
them were saved for Christmas,
a id there was enough to go around
".th the family and some to give
to the neighbors who had none.
Other gifts for members of the
family and close friends were limit
ed to handkereniefs, lace collars,
vases, tin horns, tin trains, dolls,
and pocket knives. There was little
else to buy and little else expected.
Some of the older people did do a
little knitting of special gifts for
special friends and loved ones and
occasionally there was a new quilt
for the married son or daughter.
Now everything is available and
everything is expected up to the
limit of the pocketbook or bank ac
count, and so many times to the
straining of the credit of the giver.
Forth years ago no one thought of
giving a gift that had not been
paid for in full at the time it was
given.
In those days the families would
get together and the men and boys
Beware the Danger Month
3
The slightest cold or chill is a warning sign that should
not be neglected. Be sur© you have an approved
remedy on hand when you need it!
, Phone 29 Columbia Drug Co.
Tgjf EDWARD P. COHOON. Jr.
iHI Pr °p-
Where Quality Counts
Columbia, N. C.
New Arrivals!
Butcher Boy and Tom Girl Pajamas $1.93
Man Tailored Pajamas $1.19
Satin House Coats in solids, Scotch Plaids and Stripes.
Both zipper and wrao-a-round models $3.49 to $5.95
Slips SI.OO and $1.98
Satin Night Gowns $1.98 $2.98
The Fashion Shop
Located in old bus terminal Elizabeth City, N. C.
HAPPY NEW YEAR To All Our Friends
And A Timely Thought; Plan Early For The Lumber You Need
1940 will likely be an exceptional year: new conditions may ad
vance prices. Buy now when you can benefit by present low prices.
“Everything in Lumber for the Complete House”
Millwork, Windows, Doors, Frames, Shingles, Laths, Wallboard —Delivered on
the Job Anywhere in Eastern North Carolina
i
Chesson Manufacturing Co.
NUMBER- EllXabetll City, N. C. NOR™‘rOAD N ”xTxT S
spent most of the day hunting with
dog and gun. This sometimes con
tinued through the whole of Christ
mas -week and the families would
spend a day in each other’s home.
{The hunters usually furnished
i plenty of rabbit, turkey, squirrel,
I uii and other game for families
'to eat.
> Ihe women did the cooking and
cared for the small children and
had a good time with their visiting.
It was a great time for all and
there was p'enty.
During the evenings the group
j would gather around the organ and
s r.g gospel hymns, while the young
people sat in the corners and court
j ed Ox* pi eyed games in the parlor.
I
| Many of the boys of the teen
age had a little money and spent a
part of it for firecrackers, which
they shot during the holidays.
Those who did not have the money
for firecrackers usually devised
some other means of making a
noise. Every family had a gun
and powder to load it with. This
could be used to make a noise, but
the boys wanted a louder noise
than the gun would make, so they
would get the anvil from the shop
and put powder on the holes and
“shoot anvils.” That would make
a noise. Occasionally a stick of
dynamite would be fired to wake
up the community, and it did. We
believe that this had more to do
I with the laws against fireworks in
, this state than anything else.
| Once we tried to make a noise
I that was a little different. A hole
l was bored in a big stump and an
iron used to place over the hole in
| which the powder had been packed
! was weighted down with a few
| sticks of wood. When the charge
: was fired the iron came down and a
Jbig log of wood on top of it broke
the handle off. It was the best iron
in the house and we learned from
mother that this was no way to
make a noise.
And there was the nice custom
of kissing the young lady under the
mistletoe. But this should be done
properly or your efforts are in vain.
Every time someone kisses under
the mistletoe a berry should be
plucked from the branches for there
are only as many blessings bestow
ed as there are berries. And if the
mistletoe ever touches the ground
its properties of good luck are de
stroyed.
The romantic story o' the mistle
toe is an old one and still popular.
The reason for failure in most
cases is that the rules are not
strictly carried out. Remember
the rules and “she who is not kiss
ed under the mistletoe at Christmas
will not be married in the year
which follows.”
COLUMBIA PERSONALS
i _
i
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kimberly, and
son, Ralph, of Norfolk spent the
holidays with their mother, Mrs. J.
A. Spencer.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thurston and
family of Whiteville, N. C., are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Thurston’s father, J. B. Snell.
I Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCormick and
daughter, Louise, of Norfolk, are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
McCormick’s brothers and sisters.
Mrs. W. B. Cobb and Misses
Mary Martha, Carol and Billy of
Chapel Hill are guests of Mrs. S.
C. Chaplin.
I Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Darden and
family, of Wilmington, are spend
ing the Christmas holidays with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Walker.
| Charles McClees of Williamston
.is spending the holidays with his
[parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mc
j Clees.
j Miss Martha Sykes has as her
’house guest, Miss Sabra Sykes of
Durham.
j Miss Ida Harrell of Valdese, is
visiting her father Mr. Clyde Har
rell.
I
| BUFFALO CITY
■
j W. B. Cain spent several days in
Elizabeth City last week.
David Twiford of Lexington is
spending the holidays here with his
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Twi-
I ford.
, George Ambrose motored to
Elizabeth City Thursday.
Mildred and Dorothy Pinner
: spent Friday and Saturday in
Elizabeth City and Columbia.
| Jessie Basnight, Hubert Am
brose, Wilferd Crees, Dick Twiford,
and David McGowan of Nashville,
N. C., are spending the Christmas
holidays here.
Mrs. Odell Duvall and Maynard
Duval! of Manteo spent Friday
here.
| Misses Johnnie and Julia Jordan
are spending some time at Stumpy
Point.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Ambrose
and Lee Ambrose motored to Co
, lumbia last week.
| Lennon Twiford, Asa Gaboon,
Charlse Smith, Mrs. Walter Crain,
Mrs. E. L. Twiford and Mrs. John
Twiford motored to Creswell Wed
nesday.
| Charlie Bateman of Camp Vir
ginia Dare is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bateman,
j McAdoo Crees of Camp Virginia
Dare is spending the Christmas
holidays here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Crees.
Mrs. Noland Ambrose and Doris
Cain were in Norfolk Friday.
tfUSY
Four-H Club mambers in Cald
well County are electing their 1940
officers, planning future club pro
grams, and starting project activi-
Ities for the new year.
THE TYRRELL COUNTY TRIBUNE
WARREN WATSON iVAMEDI
FOR HYDE CENSUS WORK'
a j
j
I
W. WARREN WATSON, promi
nent Hyde County man, former j
chairman of the County Commis-I
sioners, and former State Presi- !
dent of the Association of County 1
Commissioners has been named to |
compile the business census in ITyue
County.
D. W. Lupton, District Super
visor of the Census of the First
Cehsus or Congressional District
announced that his office had com
pleted preparations for the taking
of the business census in January.
The Bureau of the Census only al
lotted 12 people to do this work in
the entire district and selections
have been made as follows:
Pitt—Frank Brooks, Greenville
and Mrs. John Andrews, Ayden. .
Beaufort —Ruffin O’Neal, Wash-j
ington and R. H. Paul, Jr., Edward, i
Martin—Claude T. Smith, Rober
sonville.
Pasquotank—J. J. Hughes, Eliza
beth City.
Hyde—W. W. Watson, Lake]
Landing.
Dare —Mrs. Vivian Ryder, Man
teo.
Camden and Currituck —James)
A. Taylor, Maple.
Washington and Tyrrell—Delbert
Allen, Plymouth.
Hertford and Gates —W. A. Mc-
Glohon, Murfreesboro.
Chowan and Perquimans —R. T.
Brinn, Hertford.
These enumerators v»jll be in con
ference during the week with Mr.
Lupton and the Assistant Super
visor, W. A. Everett, of Edenton.
Mr. Lupton stated that the farm
and population census would noc
Ibe taken until April and that enu
merators Tor that work would not
be selected until the latter part of
March. No informaion has yes
[been given him as to how many
enumerators will be assigned to
each county and those who do the
work must successfully pass a test.
, Enumerators do not receive any
salary nor travelling expenses and
are paid fees for thpir work.
ENGELHARD NEWS
Miss Christine Cox of Murfrees
boro spent the holidays here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
I Cox.
I Bryan Berry of Raleigh spent the
] holidays here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mat Berry.
Miss Dorothy Long of Louisburg
spent the holidays here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long.
Miss Claire Matthews of Greens
boro spent the holidays here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.j
Matthews. J
The Engelhard Alumni All-Star (
basketball team defeated the Swan
Quarter Townsmen 28 to 27 in a
hard fought battle at the local gym
last Wednesday night. Robert
Burrus was the outstanding player
of the game for the All-Stars.
Many of the young folkis of the
TWO STRONG CONTENDERS FOR GOVERNORSHIP
} i *j^* l ** *“ '!
p^' 1 } . .;...y
<< ~ jHm
WILKINS V. HORTON
The first two men to announce 1
for the Governorship in the Demo- c
cratic primary of 1940 are Wilkins c
P. Horton of Pittsboro, Chatham ]
County, and J. Melville Broughton r
of Raleigh. Mr. Horton is the «
Present Lieut. Governor, and has s
served as Senator from his district, t
Mr. Broughton is a prominent Bap- s
list, and former Representative of t
Wake, former president of the i
State Bar Association. The two t
men are regarded locally as per- ]
section gathered at the local gym i
last Friday night where the Alumni <
Association was giving its Christ- <
mas dance. Miss Hazel Asby, Leon j
Ballance and Mendall Long were on I
the decoration committee. j
Miss Elizabeth Gibbs of Raleigh j
spent the holidays here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gibbs, j
Miss Julia Cox of Swan Quarter \
spent some time here during the ]
holidays with friends. t
P. D. Midgette, president of the i
G. A. A., attended the Alumni ]
dance here Friday night. }
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mann spent l
Christmas with Mr. Mann’s father,
Ed Mann of Middletown. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Mann were ]
visitors here through the week end. j
Sidney Lee Roper and Miss (
Dorothy Long from Louisburg Col- <
lege are home for the Christmas J
bolilays. 1
Miss Christine Cox from Chowan ]
College is home for the holidays. <
John Watson of the Navy is
spending the holidays with his mo- ’
ter. Mrs. Fannie Watson. i
Misses Hazel Asby, Sarah Roper 1
and Robena Gibbs were supper i
guests of Miss Christine FuKord i
Friday night. '
Mrs. J. M. Long was taken to the
Columbia hospital Thursday for |
treatment.
The members of the Christian
church gave a very impressive
program Sunday night.
The Engelhard M. E. Sunday
school is progressing nicely under
the leadership of Earl Meekins. Mr.
Meekins has had wide experience in
Sunday school work and we are
very foi'tunate in having him for.
our superintendent.
BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL
REPORTS ENCOURAGING
J. O. Rowel!, extension entomolo-}
gist of State College, says that en
couraging' reports of boll weevil j
control through the 1-1-1 molasses
poisoning treatment continue to
pour in to his o fice. As an exam- j
pie of the effectiveness of the con- 1
I trol measures advocated by tlie ex- j
.tension service, Rowell quoted the
following report from F. W. Reams,!
assistant ferm agent in Halifax j
County.
“Three farmers—C. H. Smith of'
Scotland Neck, R. Hunter Pope of.
Enfield, and J. G. Shields of Scot- j
land Neck—averaged 499.7 pounds i
J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON
haps the two strongest contenders
of the list of prospective candi
dates which includes Lee Gravely of
Rocky Mount, Tom Cooper of Wil
mington, and Willis Smith of Ral •
eigh. Dr. Clarence Poe has been
suggested and is expected to take
top rank with the candidates,
should he run. Both Mr. Brough
ton and Mr. Horton are well-known
in this section. Mr. Horton par
ticularly, as he has been visiting
here for several years.
of lint per acre on 27 acres treat
ed with the molasses poison. Farm
ers not using poison made average
yields of from 150 to 200 pounds of
lint per acre, with a number of
growers reporting less than 100
pounds per acre.
“Mr. Smith made a yield of 510
pounds per acre on 37 acres, where
the cotton was grown on land that
had a good growth of lespedeza
I turned under. Mr. Pope reported
an average of 498 pounds of lint
per acre on 211 acres. Mr. Shields
grew 4r3 pounds per acre on 28
acres.”
Rowell explained that the 1-1-1
treatment consists of mixing one
pound of calcium arsenate with one
gallon of water and one gallon of
cheap molasses, and mopping the
cotton beginning several days be
fore the squares form, and contin
uing at the rate of one application
per week until at least three appli
cations are made.
“The best results are obtained
when the treatment is made early,
and at least three applications of
the poison mixure are used,” the
entomologist stated. Farmers who
mopped late, and mopped only once
or twice, obtained better yields
than those who did not try to con-
NOTICE
Tyrrell County Property Owners
Your Property Must Be Listed in
JANUARY, 1940
Failure to Do This Subjects You to
Minimum Fine of SI.OO
WATCH FOR TAX LISTER IN
YOUR TOWNSHIP
M. OWENS ... Tax Supervisor
Columbia, No.rth Carolina
Thursday, December 28, 1939
trol the weevil, but their yields fell
short of those of growers who fol
lowed the complete recommenda
tions.
HUNTING GUIDES
INJURED IN WRECK
John I/?e and Earl Harris, hunt
ing guides of Swan Quarter, were
injured Monday morning as their
car crashed into a fish truck on the
lake road. The heavy smoke near
Marvin Swindell’s prevented the
drivers from seeing the approach
ing car. Lee was injured most
SHEEP
Federal and State research agen
cies are renewing attempts to adapt
sheep types to the region or sec
tions in which they are being pro
duced so as to produce superior
animals.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
COLUMBIA
Theatre
COLUMBIA. N. C.
Friday, Dec. 29!h
Last Showing Bing Crosby
—in—
“THE STAR MAKER”
Saturday, Dec. 30th
Charles Starrett
—in —
Outposts of the Mounties
also Dick Tracy’s G-Men and
Cartoon
Matinee 3:30
Sunday, Dec. 31st
NEW YEAR EVE
“These Glamour Girls”
—with—
Lew Ayres, Lana Turner,
Tom Brown, Anita Louise,
Jane Bryan
Monday, Tuesday, Jan. 1-2
“Th© Hardys Ride High”
Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone
Thursday, Jan. 4th
with Margo, Walter Abel,
“Miracle of Main Street”
Lyle Talbot