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In these columns will be found e fair presentation of local and county nows of general interest. Volume ll.—Number 36. Former Chowan Boy Has Excellent Record i ¥ George Norman Ashley j Has Made Name For Himself WELLVERSED In Big Demand to Make Lectures About Holy Land Os interest to many readers of the Herald is the success made by Rev. George Norman Ashley, who is now living at Salemburg, N. C., and pas tors the Salemburg and Roseboro churches. Rev. Mr. Ashley is the son ■of G. V. Ashley, who died about two years ago, and was bem and raised in the Rocky Hock section. Mr. Ashley left the county in 1921 to attend preparatory school at Buies’ Creek Academy, now Campbell College. Graduating from this insti tution he entered Wake Forest Col lege in the fall of 1924, from which he received a B. A. degree in 1928. As a student in college he distin guished himself as an inter-collegiate debater, engaging in numerous foren sic contests. Upon finishing Wake Forest Col lege he entered the School of reli gion of Duke University from which school he obtained an M. A. degree in 1930, and in 1931 the degree of B. D. was conferred upon him from this sime institution. In the fall of 1931 Mr. Ashley went to Sampson County to become pastor of a new field of churches, and to as sume the chair of Bible in Pineland College. In the fall of the same year he was elected by the board of trustees as a member of their body, and since that election he has beep elected vice-president of this widely known institution. Since leaving the University, Mr. Ashley has been interested in the work of the archaeologist in Pales tine and Egypt. By reason of his interest and special study in this field, he was invited July last to join a group of graduate students from Yale and Johns Hopkins Universities to engage in an excavation in Pales tine on the site of ancient Bethel which is associated with Jacob and Amos, and to pursue a course of study in this field in the American School of Oriental Research in Jeru salem, which was conducted last year by Dr. W. F. Allbright, world famous archaeologist and professor of Semetics in Johns Hopkins Univer sity. Mr. Ashley spent four months in the city of Jerusalem engaging in study and supplied as missionary pastor in the Baptist Church and mission in that city, delivering mes sages each Sunday to a congregation of natives by means of an inter preter. While enroute to Palestine Mr. Ashley was a delegate to the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Berlin, Germany, and also witnessed the famous Passion Play in Oberamma gua. In addition to the study in Pales tine and Egypt, Mr. Ashley made two trips across Europe studying political conditions, having been in Germany (Other Personals On Page Seven) John Horne Hearing Fails To Materialize The Chowan Court House was crowded to capacity Friday, when it was expected that John Home would be given a preliminary hearing in Recorder’s Court on a charge of mu» dering his wife. Home nearly sev ered his wife’s head from Jier body with a razor several weeks ago in the cotton mill, since which time he has been confined in the Elizabeth City jail. It was reported in Edenton that Home waived a preliminary hearing, but later it was learned he desired a hearing. He will be given a hearing before Justice of the Peace W. S. Summerell on Monday morning prior to the convening of the September term of Superior Court, and will be immediately transferred to big court to face the charge of murder. Only two cases were on the docket Friday. John Privott, who was charged with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, was found guilty, Judge J- N. Pru den sentencing the defendant to a fine of SSO and coats, and ordered him not to operate a motor vehicle in the State for a period of 90 days. V. E. Tynch, who was with Privott at the time of arrest, was charged with aiding and abetting -in the oper ation of a car under the influence of whiskey. This' charge was nel THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY L | IN GREAT DEMANd| Wm mm amp mb ' ”, Mpi’iil M ak. Bk mm n jusisgz ■ HlSk: REV. GEORGE NORMAN ASHLEY Mr. Ashley, a product of the Rocky Hock section, is regarded as the best informed young man in the State on geography, topo graphy and archaeology of Pal estine, and his lecture engage ments run many months in ad- Yftnoft Motorists Warned To Park Properly Chief of Police G. A. Helms complains that motorists are fail ing to park between the parking lines on Broad Street. This prac tice has been going some time and is especially troublesome on Saturdays when parking space is at a premium. The officer states that on the past Saturday two spaces were wasted on Broad Street by careless drivers failing to park properly. Motorists are warned that here after tickets will be issued for failing to observe parking rules. Rotary Cup Winners Be Luncheon Guests As a special feature of the Eden ton Rotary Club at 1 o’clock today the Rotarians will have as their guests the two Rotary Cup winners of the last school session. These two guests will be Miss Pauline Byrum, winner of the cup at the Cross Roads school, and Frank Holmes, the Edenton school winner. W. J. Tay lor, county superintendent of schools, will also be an invited guest- The Rotary Cup is given each year by the Edenton Club to the most outstanding student during the four years of high school activities and includes all phases of school life. The Cup winners will be presented by Millard Bond, and the remainder of the time will be allotted to Rev. C. A. Ashby, who will speak briefly on the origin and observance of Labor Day. All Rotarians are urged to attend. At last week’s meeting John A. Holmes very interestingly explained the Italian-Ethiopian situation, illus trating with a map how Africa has been grabbed up by European na tions and bringing out the possibil ity of another world war if these two countries engage in a war. Governor Revokes Lonnie Hux Parole Acting upon instructions from Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Sheriff J. A. Bunch Saturday arrested Lonnie Hux, colored, charged with violating his parole. The Negro was returned to complete a two-year sentence, of which he served nine months, being paroled last December. Hux was convicted of manslaugh ter at the April term of Superior Court in connection with the death of Sam Davis. BOY SCOUT CAMP AT POINT HARBOR Edenton Troop Will Be Away For Week; Boys Enthusiastic Over Trip The Edenton Boy Scouts left Eden ton Wednesday morning for P° int Harbor, where they will be in camp for a week. The boys will be in charge of Scoutmaster John W. Gra ham and were much enthused over their outing as- they prepared and Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 5, 1935. REVIVALIN LOCAL CHURCHTOSTART SUNDAYJCT. 13 Rev. J. M. Ormond of Duke University Will Be Preacher weliTkn OWN Meeting Will Last Week Running Through October 20 A definite date has been set for the revival meeting to be held in the Edenton Methodist Church. These ' services will start Sunday, October 13 and last through October 20. The preacher will be Dr. J. M. Ormond, member of the Duke University fac ulty, who is well-known in the Albe marle, having served pastorates in Hertford and Elizabeth City before going to Duke. Rev. W. F. Walters, pastor of the local church, feels very fortunate in being able to secure Mr. Ormond as the speaker and has urged the entire congregation to work and pray to the end that a successful meeting will be held. The local church will also be hon ored on Thursday, October 3, when Bishop Paul Kern will be here to conduct a missionary institute for the entire district. Preachers and lay men from the entire section will be present for this occasion. The insti tute will begin at 10 A. M. and last until 1 o’clock. Bishop Kern recently completed a visit in the first district and was very favorably impressed with the work of the church in this part of the State. HUNTING LICENSES ARE NOW ON SALE Three Places Named In County; Hunters Urged to Buy Permit Before Enjoying Sport ’ J. G. Perry, Chowan County game warden, has announced that licenses for hunting are now on sale and urges all hunters tb secure their per mit to hunt before taking to the woods and fields. The licenses this year may be se cured at the following places: Byrum Bros. Hardware Company in Edenton. Hollowell & Evans at Small’s Cross Roads. N. Bunch at Center Hill. Mr. Perry himself will also supply, hunters with licenses who are unable to secure them at the above-named places. SECRET MARRIAGE SURPRISE TO FRIENDS IN MERRY HILL The marriage of Miss Flora Belle Overton and William Roland Lecies ter was solemnized in South Mills on Sunday, August 25. The marriage came as a surprise to their many friends in the Merry Hill section. “Captain Dick” Hall Oldest Fireman In North Carolina Edenton’s fire chief, “Captain Dick” Hall, was signally honored at the State Firemen’s annual convention held in Wilmington last week. State Deputy Fire Commissioner Sherwood Brockwell requested each fire chief present to bring their mayors up to the speaker’s platform for introduction. Seven or eight mayors present went up with their chiefs. “Why hello there, Captain Dick,” exclaimed Mr. Brockwell. “Say, fel lows,” said Brockwell, “let’s all give a big hand to Chief Hall, who has an unbroken and unequalled record of 54 years service as a volunteer fire man and is still going strong,” whereupon the 700 delegates gave Captain Dick a tremendous ovation. Mr. Brockwell highly complimented the Edenton Fire Department upon it’s splendid record for low fire loss es. “Edenton ranks right up with the best of them in keeping it’s loss es to a minimum and they should be congratulated on this fine record,” said Mr. Brockwell. Mayor Walter Blair Bf Wilmington delivered a fine address of welcome to which Jno. L. Miller, secretary of the Association, responded. Senator Har ris Newman of New Hanover, gave the principal address, which was in terrupted repeatedly by liberal ap plause. Every speaker mentioned the so briety of the delegates. Both Mayor Blaus—and SosaUeo-Nowmair s*a**n COMMISSIONERS < TRANSACT LITTLE BUSINESS AT MEET Defer Action on Bonds And Raising of Salaries WARRENABSENT Board Approves Appli cation for PWA Loan To Build Road The Chowan County Commission ers met Monday morning with W. H. Wffiborne acting as chairman in the absence of D. M. Warren, who is in a hospital in Norfolk, Va- J. A. Webb likewise was absent and in view of “ lack of a full board little business ] aside from the payment of bills was transacted. William Privott appeared before the Board relative to an increase in salary of County officials in accord- . ance with the White act passed in the last Legislature. This act provides for the salary of the sheriff to be S3OOO instead of $2400, and boosts the salary of the prosecutor and ] judge of Recorder’s Court from S6OO to $750. This law is already in es- ! feet, but to date no action has been 1 taken by the Commissioners and at the meeting Monday action was de ferred. Action likewise was deferred on the proposition to issue bonds to secure new, school buildings at Cross Roads and. in Edenton. A delegation appeared before the Con missioners with a request to spoi sor an application for a PWA loan to build a road from Gum Pond to I ighway No. 321. This would not obli ate the County financially, and the loan was approved. John A. Holi les will fill out the proper appli cation blanks for the improvement. X. E. Copeland Taken Suddely 111 At Store Friends will regret to learn of the sudden illness of X. E. Copeland, who became violently ill in the Jno. C. Bond Hardware store about noon Wednesday. Mr. Copeland had been attending to his regular duties and suddenly complained of a severe pais in the head. Dr. Williams and Dr. Powell were summoned and after a vomiting spell Mr. Copeland was taken to his home a very sick man. He was conscious, however, and as The Herald goes so press, he is re ported to be as well as could be ex pected. It is thought a congested chill or a light stroke was the cause of his sudden attack. MISS GLADYS GRIFFIN ILL IN PROTESTANT HOSPITAL Miss Gladys Griffin is quite ill in Protestant Hospital, Norfolk, Va. Miss Griffin, who is the only daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Griffin, of Edenton, was visiting in Norfolk, Va., when she was taken ill. that it was the most sober convention ever held in Wilmington, and Mr. Brockwell said that he was an Epis copalian, but doubted that even 700 members of his church could congre gate in Wilmington, or any other city where ABC stores were in oper ation and present a more sober crowd of men. Walker Taylor, of Wilmington, amused the delegates with ancedotes concerning the old days when he was a volunteer firemen. “You fellows have reduced fire fighting to a science and take your jobs seriously,” said Mr. Taylor. We used so much water on a fire that there was danger of drying up Cape Fear River, but the Federal Government came to our res cue and dredged the river so we would have plenty of water; and, be lieve me, we used a plenty. It was nothing unusual for us to have a $60.00 fire damage and a $60,000.00 water damage. On one occasion we were called to a doctor’s home. The fire was in the cellar, but we throw water through the second floor win dows. ‘Damned if I ever saw such an unnecessary flood in my life,’ said the doctor, to which one of ceur boys replied, ‘Well, doctor, we don’t throw half as much water on your house as you throw dirt on your patient.’ ” Chief Hall reports that of the 150 fire departments in the State, all ex cept 12 were represented. Last year, according to Secretary Miller’s report County Women Plan Fall Garden Contest ■ ■ , .—— + ig Achievement Day Changed To Oct. 19 Achievement Day, which was planned to be held Saturday, Sep tember 21, by the home demon stration clubs of Chowan County, J has been changed to Saturday, October 19. This change was made at the recent meeting of the county council. The following committee was appointed to arrange an appro- i priate program for the occasion: Mrs. Percy Smith, chairman, Mrs- 1 Z. W. Evans and Mrs. W. H. Holl owell. ' i EDENTON MASONS ! VISIT WANCHESE LODGE TONIGHT About 25 Plan to Make Trip; One of Series of Visitations by Una nimity Members Plans have been completed by members of Unanimity Lodge to vi sit the Masonic Lodge at Wanchese tonight. About 25 from Edenton will make the trip with cars leaving at various times from 8 o’clock this morning until late in the afternoon. This is another visitation in the num ber planned by the local lodgemen, and is the longest jump among the visits contemplated. Many of those making the trip have never seen the coastal county and much interest is centered on this visit. Masons who plan to go include: G. A. Helms, Paul Olsson, J. R. Byrum, C- W. Sawyer, J. A. Curran, W. J. Daniels, A. S. Hollowell, D. M. Reeves, W. D. Holmes, T. C. Byrum, C. H. Wood, B. F. Britton, R. L. Spry, S. C. Mills, J. E. Jackson, J. Edwin Bufflap, J. W. Cates, John Lee Spruill, L. C- Burton, Rev. W. F. Walters, Dr. W. S. Griffin, Mike Kehayas, F. F. Muth and W. C. Bunch. Richard Elliott will also ac company the Masonic delegation and will spend the day fishing- Faculty Selected For Merry Hill School Preparations are going forward for the opening of the Merry Hill school on Monday, September 16. The selection of the faculty has been com pleted and a successful year is in prospect. The teachers for the year will be as follows: High School —J. A. Williams, of Merry Hill, principal; Miss Frances Maness, of Spray, and Alton L- Ward. Elementary—Miss Mary Frances Hedgepeth, of Morehead City; Miss Bertha Leceister, of Merry Hill; Miss Mittie Phelps, of Merry Hill; Miss Ethel Callis, of Colerain; Mrs. J. A. Williams, of Merry Hill. Progress Made On Decorating Os Local Masonic Lodge Hall Paul Olsson, local artist, has made rapid progress on the decorating of the old Masonic lodge room in the historic Court House this week. The ceiling of the room has been practic ally finished and in about a week he hopes to have the entire job done. Os especial note was the finding of many names written in pencil on the original wall of the room. These names were discovered when the loose plaster at various places was scraped off in order to make a firm foundation for the new decoration. They had been covered over with a coat of plaster in years gone by and as the plaster was pulled off pjrrts of many names could be seen. Various opinions have been expressed regard ing the names, some claiming it was a list of the charter members and others being of the belief that mem bers jotted down their names as a pastime. At any rate very few of the names could be read and the wall has received a new coat or plas ter, upon which Mr. Olsson will com plete his job of decorating. At the completion of this work the local lodge will have a celebration of the event, in connection with which past master’s night will probably be held, when A. S. Hollowell will be presented with his past master’s jewel. ATTEND CHEVY MEETING O. B. Perry and Ernest Jackson will return this afternoon from Ra leigh, where they attended a meeting of Chevrolet dealers. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wul realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Prizes Awarded to Stim ulate Interest In Bet ter Gardens LASTS SIXMONTHS Entrants Must Sign Up With Garden Leader Os Clubs In order to stimulate interest in more and better gardens, a fall and winter garden contest, sponsored by the extension service of State College will be conducted among Chowan club women. The contest will begin October 1 and continues for six months, coming to a close on March 31, 1936. Entrants in this contest must en roll with the garden leader of their respective clubs by September 25 in order to participate for the various prizes to be awarded. According to Miss Rebecca Colwell, county home agent, the contest will also be open to non-club members providing they sign up before September 25. As an inducement to secure contestants the County Council will give two prizes, SI.OO and 50 cents, to the garden leader of the clubs who secure the most participants in this contest. The enrollment must be completed and sent to the home demonstration agent’s office by October 1, from where they will in turn be sent to the state office. Monthly records giving a list of vegetables growing in the garden and the number of times served on the family table during the month will be required. Record blanks for this purpose will be supplied, and a story of the garden should be includ ed with the record. At the close of the contest, March 31, the local garden leader and a member of the County Council will determine the highest ranking indi vidual in the community by the fol lowing score. Efficiency of garden indicated by monthly records, 75 per cent; written story of garden not more than 500 words), pictures may be included, 25 per cent. All records and stories must be sent to the home demonstration agent’s office to be turned over to the judges for the selection of the county winner. The two high scoring gardens must be determined not lat er than April 10, and must be in the State home demonstration office by April 20. In each county in the state where at least ten contestants enter county prizes $5.00 and $2.50 will be award ed. To the four higest scoring indivi duals in the State four prizes will be given as follows: S2O, $12.50, $7.50 and $5.00. Miss Colwell is very anxious that as many as ten club members at least will enter the contest and urges all to sign up with the garden leader as soon as possible. Successful Revival Closed Sunday At Rocky Hock Church A very successful revival meeting, which had been in progress for a week, came to a close Sunday night at the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. The preacher for the meeting was Rev. T. P. Simmons of Kentucky, who delivered interesting and power ful sermons which resulted in about 35 additions to the church. Large crowds attended every service and the membership has been greatly re vived. Baptismal services will be held on Sunday, September 15, at Bass Land ing on the Chowan River. The cere mony will start at 9 o’clock in the morning, and a large gathering is looked forward to. Mr. Simmons will continue his evagelistic work in this section for two more weeks, preaching at War wick church this week and conduct ing a revival at Center Hill next week. He has won many friends while here and large crowds no doubt 1 will attend the remainder of the ser , vices. D. M. Warren In SL Vincent Hospital ( Right much concern is evident in , Edenton concerning the condition of ' D. M. Warren, who is now in St. Vin ' cent’s Hospital, Norfolk, Va. Mr. Warren and family left last week for a vacation at Virginia Beach, and shortly after their arrival, he was i taken to the hospital. At last reports he was somewhat f better, but just when he will return is not known. 1
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