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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. olume lll.—Number 12. Few Melon Growers Vote On Agreement Only About 25 Present To Hear New Plan Discussed FOUR SPEAKERS Majority at Meeting Un favorable to Signing This Year A small percentage of Chowan County’s watermelon growers gath ered in the Court House Friday af ternoon when the watermelon mark eting agreement was explained. The Chowan meeting was similar to ones called in the watermelon growing sections of the two Carolinas, Geor gia and Florida for the»purpose of ascertaining the attitude of growers relative to a marketing agreement. Os the 200 watermelon growers of this county, only about 25 were on hand to express their opinion as to whether they favor the agreement this year or not. On Monday N. K. Rowell, Chowan agent, addressed all the watermelon growers in the county through a letter from his office in which he referred to the small attendance at Friday’s meeting, stating that but 12 votes had been cast at the gath ering, but that subsequently he had received 20 others and that all would have an opportunity to express themselves by ballot. In the other states, parties to the agreement, Mr. Rowell said the endorsements had ranged fromJ£s to 100 per cent, and, as he put it, “without this agree ment we will be selling our melons at the time the growers south of us are selling their culls, and I am sure do not want this to happen.” for marking the ballots were explained in the Rowell letter, also. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Rowell, who immediately named E. B. Morrow, of State Col lege, to preside. Those who spoke during the after noon were Mr. Morrow, S. L. Pobst, of tlte AAA; Hinton James, of Lau rinburg, grower and shipper member of the watermelon control committee last year; A. F. McLean, of Rowland, grower member of the control board, and Randall D. Etheridge of the agricultural extension service. Mr. Pobst was called on first to speak and in opening his address he informed his hearers that the mark eting agreements under the AAA had not been affected by the Su preme Court ruling. He went on to say that the proposed agreement this year is similar to the one last year, but that due to the experience in a new phase of crop control, he felt confident the new agreement could be made even more effective. Before the agreement can be en forced, Mr. Pobst said, it will be nec essary for at least half of the ship pers to sign the agreement and two thirds of the growers must agree. It will be one unit and if the major ity in the four states are unfavor able, the agreement cannot be en forced In any one state. The speaker explained the advant age of the agreement by keeping off the market inferior melons from the other states when the local crop is at its peak. Violators of the agree ment this year could be better dealt with, he said, in that enforcement would be directly in charge of the secretary of agriculture. Mr. Pobst was free to admit that the agree ment was less effective in this sec tion last year than in all others due to the boat and truck movement and on account of the county being in the northern end of the territory. Many questions were fired at Mr- Pobst by some in attendance, most (Continued on Page Five) Census Supervisor Gives Chowan Data L. J. Copeland, of Hertford, census supervisor of the Fourth Census Dis trict of North Carolina, in looking over his census work, this week mail ed to Mayor E. W. Spires informa tionwhich no doubt will be of inter est to Herald readers. Mr. Copeland’s records reveal that the land area in Chowan County is 165 square miles, with a population in 1930 of 11,282 as compared with 10,649 in 1920, an increase of 633 for the period. Os the 11,282 there were 6,513 males and 5,769 females. In 1930 there were 4,838 children between the age of 5 and 20 years, of which 2,167 were males and 2,71 females. The population of Edenton increas ed 786 between the two census tak- THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY SPRING FASHION REVUE AT TAYLOR ON MONDAY NIGHT The Merchants Will Display Latest Creations In Wearing Apparel On Theatre Stage What is hoped to be another inter esting feature at the Taylor Theatre will be the staging of a spring fash ion revue, which will take place on Monday night at 9 o’clock on the theatre’s stage. This event is spon sored by leading Edenton merchants and will include the showing of the latest creations in women’s and men’s clothing. To properly display seasonable merchandise a corps of Edenton’s most beautiful girls and attractive young men will appear on the stage dressed in clothing to be found in local stores. As an extra feature Manager Jim my Earnhardt has booked one of the year’s outstanding pictures for this night, being “Dangerous” and star ring Bette Davis and Franchot Tone. In commenting on this film Mr. Earn hardt stated that Miss Davis won the Motion Picture Academy award as the best actress during 1935 and the merits for this award were judg ed for her acting in the picture “Dangerous.” A number of local merchants have already consented to have a display in the spring revue, and Mr. Earn hardt is hopeful that • practically every clothing store in town will join in this unique advertising scheme. Meetings Planned To Discuss Working New Farm Program A meeting of countly agents will be held in Raleigh Monday and Tues day, March 23 ahd 24, when the va rious phases of the new farm pro gram will be discussed and thor oughly explained N. K. Rowell, Chowan agent, will attend this meet ing. Following this gathering and be ginning on Thursday, March 26, a series of county-wide meetings will be held throughout the State for the purpose of explaining the program to the farmers of their individual counties. For these meetings a group of seven speakers have been selected to visit the various coun ties for the sole purpose of making provisions of the program known and understood by all who attend. The county-wide meeting in Chow an County will be held Friday, April 3, when E. W. Gaither will be the principal speaker, and at which meet ing it is hoped most of the farmers will attend. Similiar meetings in this section will be held in Bertie County on April 4; Perquimans, April 2; Tyr rell, March 26, and in Gates, March 31. It is expected to have all in formation at hand for each of these meetings and they will no doubt draw capacity crowds. Project Leaders Meet Saturday Afternoon A meeting of project leaders of Chowan County demonstration clubs will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the office of Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent. This is a very important meeting in that a program will be planned for pro ject leaders in the local clubs. All project leaders are urged to attend. Singing Gass Appears In Edenton May 14th The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class, -which makes an annual visit to Edenton, is now arranging its schedule for the 1936 tour. The class will again appear in Edenton the date of its appearance being set for Thursday, May 14. The entertainment will be rendered in the auditorium of the Edenton High School. DAN MORAN BETTER Reports from Norfolk, Va., as The Herald goes to press are to the effect that Dan Moran, who underwent a pancreatitic operation in the Protes tant Hospital last week, was show ing "signs of improvement. His con dition was reason for considerable concern among his friends and rela tives, who will be glad to know he is somewhat better. i MASONS MEET TONIGHT “The regular meeting of the local Masonic lodge will be held tonight at 8. o’clock. 'litf-ferV Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 19,1936 AMATEUR NIGHT DRAWS MANY TO TAYLOR THEATRE Hard Problem to Select Winner of $lO First Prize HE ART Y~APPLAU SE Colored Talent Only On Program For Next Friday Night The second of a series of amateur night programs being staged by the Taylor Theatre managament on last Friday night again packed the thea tre, when five acts were put on by local talent. As was the case the previous Friday, standing room only was afforded late comers. Again the selecting of the winner proved to be a problem when Miss Gladys Jordan presenting an act by herself and sister, and a singing act by Ethelyn Everett claimed about equal applause on several attempts to pick the win ner. The former, however, won the $lO prize when on the last attempt she gained a slight advantage. Those on the program included the Chowan Coon Hunters, composed of Sidney Ward, Roy Evans, Everett Ashley and Pearly Ashley. This gipup rendered several lively selec tions on string instruments and were given hearty applause. Miss Mary Perry, of Route 2, sang two selections, “Lights Out” and “Red Sails In the Sunset,” which were also enthusiastically received by the large audience. The Jolly Cut-ups, composed of Ambrose Long,' William Corprew, William Pearce and John Corprew also rendered string music. The following number, was two duets by Mrs. Maude Jordan and Miss Gladys Jordan, accompanied on the guitar by Pearly Ashley. In answer to an encore, Miss Gladys Jordan brought down the house by a shag dance and was called upon for a repitition, which no doubt figured (Continued on Page Five) B. & L. CONTEST WINNER PICKED 11 A. M. FRIDAY High School Students Will Compete For County Honors; Two Pirzes of $lO and $5 Mrs. R. E. Leary, county chair man of the Kessler Memorial Build ing and Loan Essay Contest, an nounces that the elimination contest for Chowan County will take place Friday morning at 11:20 o’clock in Edenton High School auditorium. As an inducement for high school stu dents to participate in this contest the Edenton Building and Loan As sociation has appropriated sls for prizes, $lO of which will go to the student writing the best essay and $5 to the next best. Eliminations have taken place in the county schools as well as Eden ton, resulting in Mabel Craft win and Rebecca Hollowell in the Eden ton school. These two young ladies will compete Friday morning to de cide which one will represent the county in the district contest which will be held in Tarboro next Tuesday. The district winner will in turn com pete in Rocky Mount later on to de cide North Carolina’s winner in the nation-wide contest which will be held during the summer. Mrs. Leary is well pleased with the interest shown in the contest this year, despite the fact that plans for participation by Chowan High School students was materially dis rupted by the burning of the school. She is anxious that adults hear these essays has issued a cordial invita tation to attend the contest on Fri day morning. 947 Defective Children In Chowan County Schools Mrs. Margaret Sloan, registered nurse of the Bureau of Medical In spection of Schools, North Carolina State Board of Health, has just re leased her report of conditions of the County’s school children for the week ending last Saturday, March 14. During Mrs. Slann’s inspection she examined 1,861 children in the schools which revealed the fact that 947 children were found defective in some manner. Os these children the greatest number were found to have defects of the throat, 520 being re ported by Mrs. Sloan. Other defects found by the nurse included the following: Hearing, 14; rision, 84; teeth, 240; breathing, 291; Commissioners Decide To Give Favorable Consideration For A $60,000 School At Cross Roads COURT CALENDAR FOR APRIL TERM Judge Walter Small of Elizabeth City, Will Preside; Few Cases of Interest With Judge Walter Small, of Eli zabeth City scheduled to preside, the calendar of the April term of Super ior Court for Chowan County has been prepared by Richard D. Dixon, clerk of court. The docket includes few civil cases of" exceptional interest while the on the criminal docket about the most outstanding cases will be that of Abraham Nowell, who confessed to murderously attacking William J. Harris, and Malachai Lowther, who confessed to breaking into and robbing an automobile own ed by R. R. Pierson, a representa tive of the Federal Land Bank. With criminal cases scheduled to be heard Monday, the remainder of the calendar is as follows: Tuesday, March 31st Satterfield et al vs Boyce et als; American Sure ty Co. vs Edenton Maekeys Ferry Co. Wednesday, April Ist—ixie etc Co vs Mitchener & Leary Hill vs Albe marle Fertilizer Co. et al. Thursday, April 2nd—E. Harrell vs Griffin; J. Harrell vs Griffin; Chappell vs Griffin; Owens vs Crad dock. Motions —Pettus vs Badham; M. M. Nixon vs Nixon; White vs Fore man Blades Lumber Co. Motions and divorce cases heard at the pleasure of the Court. Heavy Wind Storm Hits Edenton Tuesday Edenton was visited Tuesday af ternoon by a wind storm, accompa nied by rain, which rocked many houses, and slapped and banged shutters much to the discomfort of a number of citizens. The heavy wind also disrupted power service, the users being cut off entirely for i something like an hour until repairs could be made to the power line. Telephone facilities were also hampered, Edenton being cut off en tirely from the outside world by broken lines. A number of phones in town were also put out of com mission, but at present the service is again back to normal. The roof of the Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Company building was partly blown off during the early part of the blow Tuesday afternoon, which caused much water to run in the building. The Albemarle Sound was so rough, and the breakers were rolling so that when they broke on shore, the spray spattered across to the op posite side walk. From the Frank Wood corner on down toward the Oakum Street comer, the street was kept wet by the breakers. Mrs. Geo. Hoskins In Charge Os Seed Loans Chowan farmers may now make application for government seed loans, Mrs. George Hoskins, in charge of this work in Chowan Coun ty, having started Wednesday. E. F. Morgan, field supervisor for five Albemarle counties, was in Eden ton Tuesday furnishing Mrs. Hoskins with application blanks and neces sary information. Many Chowan farmers took ad vantage of this seed loan last year, and Mrs- Hoskins urges all who de sire this service this year to file their applications immediately. Her office this year will again be in the Jenk ins Motor Company building. posture, 338; orthopedic, 10; skin, 24; other ailments, 305. Mrs. Sloan also reports that 896 children have been immunized against typhoid fever, while 623 have been given treatment against diphtheria. The number of children who have had tonsils removed was 134; 308 were found to be 10 per cent or more un der average weight and 50 children 20 per cent or more over average weight. The report further shoiys -that only three schools have individual drink ing cups or bubbling fountains of approved /type and 24 schools have sanitary ‘toilets for both sexes. $7,506.47 Received As Last Cotton Parity Payment Following a delay due to the Supreme Court’s ruling against the AAA, a large batch of gov ernment checks have just arrived in Chowan _ County. Checks total ing $7,506.47 have been received by County Agent N. K. Rowell, which will be distributed among 655 signers in this County. The amount represents $7,464.65 as the last parity payment on cotton, and 41.82 as the second rental payment. Mr. Rowell has notified farmers that the checks have arrived and urges them to call at his office to get their money. ______ START VACCINATE” DOGS ON APRIL 1 Pugh Roberson Named Inspector For Chowan Cou n ty by Dr. J. A. PowelL, Health Officer Chowan County will again this year observe the dog vaccination law, Pugh Roberson having been ap pointed .by Dr. J. A. Powell, county health officer, to act as inspector for the county, in compliance with the act passed by the General Assembly. Sheriff J. A. Bunch, in order to car ry out the law, will subsequently appoint deputies in each township to vaccinate dogs. These deputies will be under the supervision of Mr. Rob erson. It is hoped that the vaccination of dogs will not bring about the mis understanding which prevailed last year. Mr. Roberson says that ac cording to the law dog owners need only use one dose of the vaccine, but in cases of large dogs, if owners so desire a double dose will be adminis tered provided they pay for the extra vaccine. He stated to The Herald Tuesday that the vaccination pro gram would be carried out differ ently from last year and that he hoped owners or dogs understood the law and would cooperate in having their dogs treated against rabies. The vaccination work will be be gun on April 1 and must be complet ed in 90 days. The charge made this year will again be 50c per dose, with owners of large dogs having the privilege of an extra dose for better protection if desired. Rowell Urges Farmers Plant Less Than Base A lengthy explanatory letter of advice relative to 1936 farm acreage plantings in this county, with an ac companying table r ecommending changes over last season, was sent out to all Chowan farmers this week by County Agent N. K. Rowell. The letter, one of a series that have pre ceded it and which will follow, has to do with the new farm program now under advisement and consideration as a substitute for the AAA of last year. Mr. Rowell advises that for cotton the planters should sow about 60 to 70 percent of their base acre age, peanuts around 80 per cent, to bacco around 70 per cent, and as for com-hogs “plant all you need and raise better hogs.” The proposed new farm program Mr. Rowell said is a voluntary one and no farmer need cooperate who does not feel it will be beneficial to him. METHODISTS HOLD SECOND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE Rev. B. B. Slaughter, presiding elder, preached at the evening hour at the local Methodist Church Sun day, immediately following which the second quarterly conference was held. Reports of the various branches of the Church were made which shofed that the Church activities were in splendid shape. LIGHTNING FIRES BARN Jordan Ward, of the Merry Hill section, Bertie County, lost a pack barn and about 200 bags of peanuts last Thursday afternoon. Lightning set fire to the bam in which the peas were stored, and Mr. Jordan was un able to save any of them. BERTIE FARMERS VACCINATE A vigorous hog vaccination cam paign has been conducted in Bertie County to overcome outbreaks of hog cholera. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers vm realize good results. $1.25 Per Year Amount Includes Entire Outlay For Complete New Plant WILL MEET AGAIN Plan of Building To Be Submitted Monday Afternoon Some headway resulted Monday afternoon in the Chowan school sit uation when another joint meeting was held of the County Board of Education and the County Commis sioners relative to the erection of a new school building to replace the one recently burned at Small’s Cross Roads. At a previous meeting the County Commissioners agreed to consider the erection of a building costing $50,000, when plans were submitted for a SIOO,OO plant. The Board of Education, therefore, instructed Frank Benton, architect, to draw up new plans, which were submitted at the meeting Monday and called for an expenditure of approximately $75,000. Both Boards were serious in their consideration of the problem, going over the need of school facilities as well as the financial condition of the County and the ability to meet the necessary expense. The Board of Education felt that the proposed building was nothing less than needed, while the Commissioners, conscious of the fact that something must be done, felt that the amount asked was too large. After much discussion the Com missioners passed a resolution to the effect that the Board would give favorable consideration to the erec tion of a school costing $60,000, which amount would include the $17,000 received for fire insurance on the burned building. They furth er specified that for this amount a solid brick building was desired, with modern equipment to meet the present need, and would not act on the matter until a plan was sub mitted showing the kind of building to be built. The Commissioners further made it plain that they ex jected the $60,000 to cover all the expenses of a new school ahd would consider no request for additional funds either for the building or equipment. Accordingly, Mr. Benton was or dered to draw new plans which will be submitted to the Commissioners on Monday, March 23rd at 3 o’clock. The Commissioners’ greatest objec tion to building the proposed $75,000 building was the relation of taxation to those not living in either of the two school districts. They further argued that the cost of the old build ing was about $32,000 and could not see why the amount now asked was so much more. However, the members of the Board of Education presented arguments in favor of their plans, with the discussion consuming prac tically the whole afternoon. W. H. Winbome offered a motion to issue bonds for $50,000 and use the $17,000 insurance money includ ing the payment of the $5,000 indebt edness. His motion, however, failed to secure a second. A. C. Boyce then offered a motion to allow an amount not to exceed $60,000, but in asmuch as he failed to specify any requirements as to the kind of build ing, his motion was rescinded. It was when Chairman Warren threat ened to adjourn the meeting that A. D. Ward offered the motion to limit the exepnditure to $60,000, a plan of the building to be submitted, which was finally passed, and action on which will be taken at the meeting Monday afternoon. The Commissioners further realiz ed that demands will be made for funds to repair and enlarge the Eden ton school, the extent of which has not as yet been presented to them. The cost of building and repairing schools will have to be met by a County-wide assessment and for this reason the Commissioners are very cautious as to what action they take. In any event taxes will necessarily have to be increased, and the Com missioners in whatever they do will try to provide adequate school facili ties at the least possible expense. “CAPTAIN DICK” BETTER Fire Chief R. K. Hall, who has been seriously ill since last Thursday with an attack of flu, was reported to be somewhat improved yesterday. Though Mr. Hall is better he is still confined to his bed.
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