In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume lll.—Number 9.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
WILL REOPEN ON
MONDAYMORNING
Opening Delayed Due
To Adverse Weather
Conditions
TEACHERSTO MEET
May Have School Sat
urdays to Make Up
Lost Time
Resumption of public school activ
ities throughout the county, retard
ed, as they have been, by the recent
•destruction of the Chowan High
School at Small’s Cross Koads and
by reason of vicious weather condi
tions, will be begun next Monday Ls
possible, according to County Super
intendent W. J. Taylor.
There will be a meeting of teach
ers in the Center Hill school at 3
P. M. Saturday at which time it will
be definitely determined as to wheth
er conditions are such as to make
Monday’s prospective opening a sure
thing. Mr. Taylor, who, despite his
illness, has been most active in ef
fecting arrangements for re-opening
of the schools in and about Center
Hill, was quite confident yesterday
that the good weather of the last
few days and which he hopes will
continue through the rest of the
week, will have drfed up the roads
jso as to make them more or less sat
isfactory for bus transportation.
Once the schools get going again
it is Mr. Taylor’s idea that it may
be well to hold Saturday sessions
for the rest of the term to help the
young folks make up for the time
they have * lost this winter. This,
t however, is indefinite and will be left
*to parents and teachers for a de
cision as to its agreeability.
Due to the fact that a number of
books were lost in the school fire,
Superintendent Taylor urges students
M;q bring either rental money or
money with which to buy new books
so that the operation of school will
not be handicapped on that account.
In every Way next Monday bids
fair to be an important school day
in the county. The County Board of
Education will meet at that' time
and, if possible, have a joint meeting
that day with the County Commis
sioners to discuss the entire school
proposition, especially with regard
to the construction of a new school
to replace the one destroyed. In this
connection Frank Benton, Wilson
architect, has prepared plans and
drawings of what he thinks the pros
pective school should be like, and
these will be submitted to the joint
conferees on Monday.
Observance Os Lent
Begins At St. Paul’s
The observance of Lent in St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church began Wed
nesday* with Ash Wednesday service
being observed at 11 a. m. Lenten
...services will also be conducted in the
church this afternoon and Friday af
ternoon at 6:15 o’clock. The same
schedule of meetings have been an
nounced by Rev. C. A. Ashby,, the
rector for next week, except that the
Wednesday service will also be held
«t 6:15.
AH members of the congregation,
as well as others, are invited to these
Lenten services.
Mail Carrier Injured
During Snow Storm
W. L. White, of Hobbsville, mail
carrier through Gliden, has been
• traveling during February j by mule
cart. Havfajg'; made his trip
through-the blinding show storm on
Friday, he : was -crossing the Virginia
Highway enroute to his home when
an automobile crashed into lde-cart.
Mr, White was badly bruised and
has been confined to his bed since
the accident. It is thought that both
drivers were blinded by the dense
fall of snow.
Parole Sought For
Glaven Hollowell
Notice is this week being publish
ed by A. P. Godwin, Gatesville at
torney, that an application for the
parole of Glaven Hollowell will be
filed with Commissioner of Paroles
Edwin Gill.
Hollowell, 18-year-old white man,
was charged and found guilty of
manslaughter in the September term
of court ,in connection with the death
of Jess Bass, and was sentenced to
the roaVta for 18 months.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
MRS. J. A. MOORE
MADE PRESIDENT
OF GARDEN CLUB
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Tuesday;
25 Ladies Have Already Joined
Organization
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Garden Club was held in the Munici
pal Building Tuesday morning, when
the Club was reorganized and plans
laid for a definite program through
which Edenton will be greatly beau
tified. The meeting, which was very
well attended, was called to order
by Mrs. R. P. Badham, temporary
chairman, immediately following
which a nominating committee com
posed of Miss Carrie Coke, chair
man. Mrs. W. I. Hart and Mrs. J. A.
Powell, presented the following as
officers of the Club for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. J. A. Moore;
vice president, Mrs. R. P. Badham;
treasurer, Mrs. L. P. Williams; sec
retary, Mrs. George Byrum. These
officers were subsequently unani
mously elected and will begin imme
diately to form a program of work
by which the efforts of the Club will
be apparent in the town as a whole.
Mrs. Moore appointed a number of
committees to the end that the Club
will lose no time in perfecting the
organization and undertaking what
tasks come before it.
The Club will meet the second
Monday of each month at 4 P. M.,
with the next meeting scheduled to
be held again in the Municipal Build
ing, at which time it is hoped the
committee appointed to name a meet
ing place will have a recommenda
tion as to a permanent place of
meeting.
The following were appointed as a
membership committee: Mrs. W. W.
i Byrum, Mrs. Albert Byrum and Mrs.
' John F. White. This committee will
i start immediately a canvass for new
s members through which it is hoped
> to secure a large roster of members.
, Already there have been 25 ladies
; to join the Club who are as follows:
Mrs. W. A. Graham, Mrs. J. H. Mc-
Mullan, Mrs. W. A. Legget, Mrs.
[ Sidney McMullan, Mrs. Allison Cam
, pen, Mrs. R. C. Holland, Miss Mar
i garet Pruden, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs.
W. I. Hart, Mrs. R. G. White, Mrs.
John F. White, Mrs. Thomas Elliott,
Mrs. W. W. Byrum, Mrs. L. P. Wil
liams, Mrs. M. P. Whichard, Mrs. J.
C. Leary, Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mrs.
John Wood, Mrs. A. G. Byrum, Miss
Mary Pruden, Mrs. J. L. Pettus, Miss
Carrie Coke, Mrs. R. P. Badham,
Mrs. J. A. Powell and Mrs. George
Byrum.
A committee on constitution and
by-laws, of which Mrs. John Wood is
chairman, will draft a set of rules
to govern the group, and it is ex
pected they will be ready for adop
tion at the next meeting.
The meeting was very well attend
ed Tuesday morning, all present be
ing very enthusiastic over the pros
pect of having an aggressive and ef
cient organization through which
much good can be accomplished in
the town.
Local Masonic Lodge
Seeking Ehringhaus
As Banquet Speaker
The annual Masonic banquet of
Unanimity Lodge will again be held
this year, according to action of the
lodge at last Thursday’s meeting. A
committee has been appointed to se
cure a speaker for the occasion, the
date of the banquet depending on an
open date of the speaker. It is the
desire, however, to secure Governor
Ehringhaus this year, but at this
time it is not known whether or not
he will accept the invitation.
The banquet this year will be held
at the Parish House.
Important Meeting
Os Club Members On
Friday Afternoon
- Miss Rebecca Colwell, ■ Chowan
heme agent, has announced that a
meeting will be held in her office on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, at
which time she desires to meet all
home demonstration club members
who are interested in a tour to
Washington, D. C., in April. The
purpose of this meeting is to make
definite plans and decide how many
will go. A very reasonable rate has
been quoted by a man who has had
much experience in conducting tours
of this-kind, and it is necessary to
have definite information now.
Last year a similar tour was made
to Williamsburg by Chowan club
women, when 27 made the trip and
reported an excellent time. It is
hoped many will make the Washing
ton tour this year.
The regular communication of
Unanimity Lodge will be held tonight
at 8 o’clock. All members are urged
to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 27, 1936.
Indians Said Devil Ljved Here
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“The Devil’a tombstone," shown
I above, is in Palo Duro Canyon, near
; Canyon City, Texas, 18 miles south of
lAmariPj. The canyon is one of the
tbeauty spots of Texas that will lure
[tourists in their 1936 visit to the
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( Amateur Night At Parish I
I House Exceeds Expectations I
d»
Exceeding by far all expectations
both as to attendance and the qual
ity of entertainment, the amateur
night held Tuesday evening in the
Parish House proved to be one of the
most successful entertainments held
in Edenton in a long time. The first
floor of the building was packed,
with many standing, while the over
flow w;l> obliged to witness the show
from the gallery. Every one on the
program performed very creditably
and the stunt brought out the fact
that Edenton is not lacking in plen
ty of talent to put on a show at any
time it sees fit.
C. E. Kramer, as “Major Bowes”
displayed a good imitation of the
popular radio amateur “boss” with
his “all right—all right” after each
applause as well as questioning each
amateur as they confronted the
microphone. Oscar B rown also as
“Graham McNamee” carried out well
his part of the program in making
station announcements and adver
tisements. The program, according
to Mr. Brown, was broadcast on a
frequency of 50 icicles.
Possibly the most outstanding
feature of the entire program was
the ability displayed by Mrs. S. C.
Mills as a whistler. Mrs. Mills
Merry Hill Section
Badly Crippled By
Condition Os Roads
Information coming from the
Merry Hill section of Bertie County
reveals the fact that Bertie is a vir
tual quagmire, with conditions worse
than have ever been known. The
only means of travel is by foot or
mule and cart, and in some places
even this mode of travel is difficult-
Farming has virtually been sus
pended and due to road conditions
the school at Merry Hill has been
closed indefinitely, to be reopened
when it is possible to travel on the
highways.
Wholesale deliveries have also
been impossible with stocks at the
various stores running very low.
Rural mail carriers have likewise
been greatly handicapped, with the
mail being obliged ter be delivered by
mules, apd carts with some routes
being unable to be served.
Stores are very lonesome and many
of the farmers are greatly distressed
due to the fact that tobacco beds
should now be planted and the
ground is in no condition to start
this work. Wild life is suffering
and everything as a whole looks
rather dark, but the Merry Hill sec
tion folks have taken on an optimis
tic attitude, knowing there is always
sunshine behind the clouds and are
eagerly awaiting the arrival of fair
weather, which was apparent the
early part of this week.
MAYOR OUT AGAIN
Mayor E. W. Spires, who has been
conned to his home the past two
weeks, has improved sufficiently to
be able to be out again- He was
able to be in his office a few hours
Monday and has been attending to
his duties Bince then.
Texas Centennial Exposition at Dal
las and other celebrations throughout
the state. The rock drew its name
from an Indian belief that it was the
burial marker of an evil spirit.
brought down the house after her
two numbers as well as when each
contestant appeared before the au
dience to decide winners after the
program. She won the $2.00 first
prize in the adult division, her ap
plause lasting uproariously for 40
seconds.
Mary White and Anna Wood took
second prize with their tap dancing
number.
In the young people’s division lit
tle Rebecca Swanner and Gordon
Brown won first prize of SI.OO These
two youngsters, dressed in full dress
attire, appeared first on the program
and easily won out over their compe
titors. Little Anne Harliss took
second prize, singing “Good Ship
Lollypop," followed by tap dancing.
Quite interesting is the fact that
only two were given the gong, these
being Charlie Swanner and Jim Dan
iels. Mr. Swanner was called back
after his string band had played a
number and after announcing that a
solo by him was dedicated to the
editor of The Herald and Earl Good
din, he began. He had gotten only
a few measures sung until the
“Major” heard plenty and walloped
the gong. Jim Daniels dressed as a
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Young- People In
Charge Os Methodist
Service Sunday Night
Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of
the Methodist Church, has announced
that the service on Sunday night will
be in charge of the members of the
Epworth League. Young People’s
Day will be observed Sunday
throughout Methodism and the day
will be observed in the local church
byway of a pageant, “Love—A
More Excellent Way,” by the Lea
guers. There will be about twenty
young people participating, all of
whom are working earnestly to make
the affair both enjoyable and inspir
ational.
The service will begin at 7:30
o’clock, and everybody is cordially
invited.
Baseball 1 Bug Busy
. At High School
Providing the present brand of
weather continues, the Edenton High
School baseball players will very
soon don their uniforms and begin
getting in shape for a season on the
diamond which promises to be very
bright. Following an undefeated
season last year, the local squad
will be lacking only three of last
year’s stars, Clyde Lee Cates, Rich
ard Rogerson and Bill Harrell.
The school plays conference base
ball this year and it is the hope that
the team will be able to bring anoth
er championship title to Edenton.
R. D. BOYCE VERY ILL
R. D. Boyce, aged about 80 years,
father of Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell, is
very ill with pneumonia at his home
near Cannon’s Ferry. His condition
is veiy grave, and he was reported
to be no better, late Wednesday.
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! Triplets Arrive In
Chowan Tuesday!
§ Chowan County may not be able:
Ito claim quintuplets, but does j
1 claim a set of triplets. This i
iclaim materialized Tuesday after-:
!noon when Lucille Leary gavel
I birth to three bouncing baby boys. I
1 Lucille and Fred, her husband, are =
| tenants on the E. N. Elliott farm:
| near Cross Roads. I
| The youngsters weighed 514,1
:514 and 5% pounds when born |
i and despite the fact that they I
| were bom without the aid of a I
| doctor or registered mid-wife, arei
iall three strong, healthy babies. =
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ROWELL IN CHARGE
ROTARY PROGRAM
W. Jim Daniels Last Week Told
Rotarians About Rural
Carrier Service
N. K. Rowell, Chowan County farm
agent, will have charge of the pro
gram at the meeting of the Edenton
Rotary Club at the Parish House to
day. Mr. Rowell is chairman of the
rural-urban committee and no doubt
will present a program of especial
farm interest.
At last Thursday’s luncheon W.
Jim Daniels claimed the attention of
the Rotarians as he spoke to them
about rural mail delivery and gave
some interesting reminiscences as a
rural carrier. He told his hearers
that on June 30, 1935, there were
34,848 rural routes in operation in
the United States, by which approxi
mately 6,950,000 families or 25,745,-
760 individuals were given postal
service. These 34,8448 routes, said
Mr- Daniels, at the close of the fiscal
years were of an aggregate length of
1,355,078 miles and were served by
34,783 mail carriers who traveled an
average of 1,344,317 miles each
scheduled day and 411,361,002 miles
during the year.
Mr. Daniels also pointed out that
during the past ten years there has
been a net decrease of 10,341 rural
routes which were the result of con
solidations of service as vacancies
occurred in the rural carrier force
and in connection with the separation
of carriers who had completed 30
years of service and who were, there
fore, under the exisiting law, eligi
ble for retirement annuity. But de
spite this reduction, he said, investi
gations have disclosed that there was
no impairment of the service.
The Edenton office serves three
rural routes, the carriers of which
travel approximately 46,818 miles a
year, said Mr. Daniels. There are
698 rural boxes,, 1,009 families and
5,112 patrons above 10 years of age
in the County who receive their mail
once each day by the Edenton car
riers, and in all of Mr. Daniels’ ex
perience he related only one in
stance when he was unable to com
plete his route by some means.
Mr. Daniels paid high tribute to
Postmaster C. E. Kramer and to the
assistant postmaster, J. Frank White,
Sr., referring to the entire post office
force as one happy family.
Paul Olsson Presents
Valuable Sword To
Unanimity Lodge
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., can now boast of another val
uable possession. At the regular
meeting of the lodgemen last Thurs
day night Paul Olsson, local artist
and present tyler of the lodge, pre
sented a beautiful sword to be used
by the tyler. The sword was accom
panied with a leather case and is a
beautiful piece of work.
Mr. Olsson gave the prized sword
to the lodge under the one condition
that he be allowed to take it home
for safe-keeping after each meeting
of the lodge so long as he is the
lodge’s tyler. Members of the lodge
gave Mr. Olsson a rising vote of
thanks for his beautiful and valuable
contribution.
Auxiliary Essay Contest
Winners Named Friday
The essay contest sponsored by
the Auxiliary of the American Le
gion has closed and the papers are
in the hands of the judges. Prizes
will be presented on Friday morn
ing at 11:30 o’clock at the chapel
exercises in the school auditorium.
At this time a patriotieprogram will
also be rendered. Miss Lena Jones,
chairman of the Americanism com
mittee, will have charge of the pro
gram.
Members of the Auxiliary are urg
ed to be present, and to patrons of
the school a cordial invitation is ex
tended.
This newspaper is drew
lated in the territory I
where Advertisers wiU |
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
ORGANIZATION OF
COUNTY FARMERS
FORMED TUESDAY
R. C. Holland Named
Temporary President
Os Group
HQLSTUN~SPEAKS
General Meeting Will Be
Called Later to Com
plete Organization
Temporary organization of Chow
an farmers into a branch of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau, identi
fied as it is with the American Farm
Bureau Federation, was effected at
a meeting Tuesday afternoon in
County Agent N. K. Rowell’s office.
An effort will at once be made to
have the movement spread through
out the county at a series of com
munity gatherings, and in the near
future a countryside meeting of all
the agriculturists will be held here
at which a permanent affiliation with
the national body will be effected.
At Tuesday’s gathering R. C. Hol
land was elected president, L. W.
Belch, vice president, and Mrs.
George Dail was made secretary and
treasurer. A temporary board of
directors was also named comprising
R. C. Holland, T. C. Byrum, R. P.
Badham, Julien Wood, J. B. Webb,
J. E. Brabble, W. J. Goodwin, H. T.
Hobbs, L. W. Belch, A. D. Ward, E.
G. Blanchard, N. K. Rowell, W. D.
Moran, W. A. Harrell, J. C. Haste,
and W. H. Winbome, all of the above
except the last four being present at
the meeting.
Already 34 Chowan farmers have
joined the organization and have
paid their dues.
The gathering with Mr. Rowell
was one of a series of similar meet
ings that have been and will be held
in this territory, at which B. R.
Holstun, of Greenville, Ala., repre
senting the Farm Bureau of that
state, has been making addresses.
There was a meeting Tuesday morn
ing in Bertie County, other meetings
were held yesterday in Hertford and
Gatesville, still another will be held
today in Pasquotank and Camden,
and on Friday Currituck will be vis
ited by Mr. Holstun.
In outlining the Bureau aims Mr.
Holstun firsts explained that the in
dividual dues are $2 a year, of
which one-fourth goes toward the
support of the county organization,
a second fourth for the State unit,
a third fourth as payment for the
Farm Bureau Federation News, the
official organ of the organization,
and the last fourth to the national
body.
“The Farm Bureau is an educa
tional and public affairs organiza
tion,” said Mr. Holstun. “It fur
nishes an organized group and the
machinery through which the Exten
sion sendee in Raleigh, with its
county farm and home demonstration
agents may work in extending the
program of that great institution to
the farm people of the State.
Through its Farm Bureau News it is
constantly giving farm people in
formation on economic, legislative
and other problems affecting agricul
ture, and is persistently seeking a
solution.of the problems.
“The Bureau develops information
on public questions and represents
farmers before public officials,
boards, commissions and all legisla
tive bodfes, national and state, point
ing out all needs and demands* It
promises legislation for safety, pro
tection and the benefit of agriculture
in every way. It brings to farmers
the benefits of the various acts of
Congress relating to farm credits,
production adjustment, economic
planning and other problems. It co
operates with the state agricultural
college in developing and extending
the training of our young people for
agricultural leadership. It cooper
ates with all public agencies and in
stitutions for the good of the people
of the state as a whole.”
“The bureau is not a business or
ganization. It does not and will not
engage in business for profit but it
may promote, establish and super
vise such activities as may seem
necessary and advisable to its board
of directors. It encourages coopera
tive activity among farmers because
such activity is beneficial to the in
dustry of agriculture. Above all the
bureau stands for
(1) The Agricultural Adjustment
Act, a tariff for agriculture, a sound
tobacco program.
(2) Equal and adequate educa
tional opportunities for farm boys
and girls.
(3) Ample support for experi
mental work in agriculture, for the
work of county and home demonstra
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