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In these columns wiU be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume IIL —Number 31. Edenton High School Again Without An Athletic Coach Leon Brogden Accepts Position With Wilson High School DOUBLESSALARY John A. Holmes Putting Out Lines For Suit able Man Edenton High School finds itself in the same quandary it was late last summer in planning for an athletic coach and history teacher for the coming school term, and Mncipal John A. Holmes has numerous lines out for a successor to Leon Brogden but so far has no one lined up. Brogden goes to Wilson where he will handle the athletics for the twelve Wilson county schools, and at a salary said to be more than twice what he received here. Brogden expressed some uncertain ty to Mr. Holmes at the close of the last school year, saying he hoped to be able to resume his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. On Monday, however, Mr. Holmes got a letter from him saying he had accepted the Wilson proposition, that he enjoyed the work here, but "as you know, Mr. Holmes, it is purely a question of money.” In this connec tion Brogden will have the handling of $4,800 set aside by Wilson county for athletics, out of which his per sonal full-timb salary will be $2,000. SBOO additional being set aside to pay Miss Margaret Weeks, as assistant coach to direct the physical education • program of Wilson county girls. Brogden will do no academic teach ing at Wilson but will engage in ath letics on a 12 months basis of em ployment, and will begin his labors the middle of next month in the "world’s greatest tobacco market.” The erstwhile Edenton coach was isi Wake Forest three-letter star, be ing president of his class during his senior year and was responsible for whipping the Edenton school boys in- s to shape that permitted them to win the Eastern Class B championship in both football and baseball last sea son, losing in their try for State champions in football to Mt. Airy, and in baseball to the Burlington High School. His headquarters in Wilson will be at the Charles L. Coon high school and his selection has been announced by A. W. Flem ing, chairman of the school’s athletic commission, and confirmed by Kader R. Curtis, county superintendent of schools in Wilson- Brogden won his new appointment from 21 applicants for the position, hnd the substantial sum set aside for a working budget for him to control \came from the Wilson town Board of yVldermen. Brogden lives in LaGrange and is playing ball this summer on the New Bern team of the Coastal Plains League. Many Dogs Inoculated Following Court Action ■" ■ ■ Since last week’s issue of The Herald, which carried a report of dog owners being hailed in court for refusing to have dogs inoculated, about 60 more dogs have been treat ed, according to Pugh Roberson, In charge of this work. There utilise inoculated will be summoned to ap pear in court A few owners are scheduled to ap ' pear before a justice of the peace on Saturday and other papers are insthe course of being served. M|s. Pruden Receives 'Life Saving Pins Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the Red Cross, on Monday received the insignia and pins for those who re cently passed the tests in the jtfnior and senior life-saving tests sponsor ed by the Red Cross. Mrs. Pruden ia very anxious for . the success** THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY STATE PRESIDENT] ' ‘ MKt. C/. BtIOOKS TUCKER Mrs. J. Brooks Tucker, Pitt county farm woman who “wouldn’t trade my country home for any house and lot in town,” has served as president of the North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration clubs for the past two. years. She will preside over the fifteenth annh'al meeting of the federation, to be held at State College today (Thursday) in connection with Farm and Home Week. Councilmen Study Purchasing Material For Armory Building Concern on the part of members of Town Council relative to the new armory project was relieved at a special meeting held Friday night, when after due deliberation Mayor E. W. Spires was given authority to approve the purchase of necessary materials sa jiiat building operations will not be held up, A feeling of uneasiness had been, aroused when during one month the .city was called upon to spend SBOO for ma terials, when it was understood the appropriation was to pay for skilled and semi-skilled labor. However, Mayor Spires was as sured by those in charge of the pro ject shat what money the Town spends on materials will be charged against the labor item. Members of the Board felt reluctant to continue the purchasing of ' materials out of the Town’s funds, feeling that they might be called upon for more mon ey to pay for labor. The matter is only a juggling of book-keeping through which the armory will not be held up for minor materials. It was learned, however, that the building will cost close to $45,000 when completed as against the first estimate of $23,600. Night Services Called Off At M. E. Church Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church, left the early part of this week for Wil son, when he will spend a two weeks’ vacation - with hia mother. During the weeks Mr. Blount Sunday night sendees will also most likely be discontinued during August after Mr. Blount’s return, 4-H Short Course Termed “Best Ever” The 4-H short course at State College, July 22-27, has been termed “undoubtedly the best ever held in North Carolina.” The 647 farm boys and girls from 76 counties represented the cream of the more than 30,000 white 4-H club members in the State, said L. R. Harr ill, State 4-H dub leader at the college. The Chowan County representa tives to the short course returned Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 30,1936. CHOWAN MEONS AT A STANDSTILL BY WATER ROUTE Some Growers Hite Crop Inspected; Others Not ONE BOAT HERE Eleven Boats Have Left Harbor Thus Far This Season While substantial quantities of watermelons have continued to leave here by boats and trucks but slight change has been noted in the situa tion having to do with Federal in spection and grading in accordance with marketing regulations. Five ship loads of the melons have gone to northern markets from this port this week, making 11 boats to leave since the season opened, and of these only three cargoes have been gone over and passed upon by R. L. Peck, government representative here from Florida, or S. L. Pobst, the AAA agent here from Washington, D. C. Just how the situation will even tualize is not known, but a sharp comparison between the growers of Currituck and other counties and those from Chowan was drawn yes terday by Mr. Peck. He said that while the farmers from around here had shown no general inclination to present their crop for inspection, quite the contrary was true in Curri tuck where all melons shipped by truck or boat had been examined and given ’ favorable passports. Currituck growers,, h? said, had shown a will ingness to work with the govern ment in carrying out the marketing requirements, but here only a very small proportion of the growers had been similarly inclined. - Whether the AAA officials will in terfere later and niake complaints against those who have declined in spection Mr. Peck did hot know, he said, and, of course, nothing will de velop along this line until word comes from Washington as to what the proceedure_ should be. Mr. Peck and Mr. Pobst’are expecting further associates from national capital I every day now. At the moqpcftt the situation may be referred to as at a perfect stand still. There wrff.but one bom in the harbor yesterday. Storm Sewer Approved For North Edenton * Quite an improvement and subse quent saving to the Town will result from a WPA project to lay a storm sewer on Johnson Street between Park Avenue and Third Street in North Edenton. This project was approved by Town Council at its meeting Friday night, whereby the only expense to the Town will be the cost of the pipe, the labor being fur nished by WPA. The sewer will contain 24 and 15- inch pipe, the former being laid for a certain distance from Park Avenue to take care of a greater amount of water, the smaller pipe extending be yond, where the water volume is not so great. Aside from a health standpoint, the drainage now being by ditches, the Town, will further realize a saving by the expense involved in continual work necessary to keep ditches open and cleaned. Hassell Reappointed gift Inspector lack of information as to wSfat had been accomplished by the office and whether or not milk had been ana lyzed. Mr. Hassell was present at the meeting and explained that he had made his report to the State depart ment each month and in the future would be'glad to file these reports with the Board. Masonic Picnic At Tuscarora Today The annual Masonic picnic will be held today (Thursday) at Tuscarora Beach, near Winton. The picnic will be an all-day affair with dancing held at night, the proceeds of the picnic going to the Oxford Orphan age. WATERS OF BAY CLAIMS LIFE OF HELEN EDWARDS 15-Year-Old Girl Vic tim of Drowning Near Old Oil Mill secondlhis YEAR Dead Body Found By Charles Burr; First Aid Futile Edenton’s second drowning calam ity this summer brought much grief to the community last week as was evidenced on Saturday at the largely attended funeral of Helen Edwards, 15 years old, whose death, in some what the same manner, followed closely that of young Vernon Knox, who lost his life in the same locality. Helen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Edwards, had been swimming with her younger brother, Linwood Edwards, from the makeshift raft tethered about half a mile from shore in the bay waters off the old oil mill, last Thursday afternoon. The children were having a good time jumping off and on the raft in water about 8 feet deep. None of them were expert swimmers it is said, but even so 'Helen is belieugd to have attempted to dive from the float just before her death. Whether she struck the bottom head on or not is not known, but she did not come up. Her brother and some of the girls screamed for help and Charles Burr, local newsman, who was boat ing in the vicinity rowed to the scene and brought Helen to the sur face. Burr placed her on the raft and administered what first aid he could, but widiout effect. Dr. J. A. Powell and Dr. M. P. Whichard later re sponded and did all they could to ef fect resuscitation but expressed the belief the girl was dead when brought ashore. They found her nose well plugged with sand which may have hastened suffocation. The funeral was held from the Assembly of God church, Rev. Kelly Wigfield officiating, with interment later taking place at Beaver Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were E. J. Bunch, Tom and Ben Basnight, J. H. Mitch ell, Gibson Mitchell and Howard Bennett. Town Council Sidetracks Purchase Os Inhalator Due to considerable time spent on a number of matters confronting Town Council at a special meeting called Friday night, the Town Fath ers took no action on the purchase of an inhalator. Need for this ma chine has been brought to the atten i tion of the Councilmen especially since the two recent drownings near the old oil mill. Mayor E. W. Spires mentioned the ■ matter, but due to the session con • tinuing until around 11 o’clock no : action was taken. It will probably : be discussed and acted upon one way ■ or another at the next meeting of ; the Board. Strong Norfolk Club In Edenton Sunday Baseball fans will be given an opportunity to witness what should be a good baseball game on the local diamond Sunday afternoon when the local clnb will be hosts,to a strong team from -Norfolk. The game win : etarV* :*JeU*k,. ! Mniitjir rffirahaal By rum, .who JP . Jsrge crowd u> the Ghowarr-Bertie Lea sue stand ’ replaced by Lewiston. Edenton arid Windsor are tied for the second rung with Perrytown in the cellar position. Perrytown and the local club was battling on the home park , as The Herald was going to press and to day the team goes to Lewiston. Friday should draw a large crowd to Hicks Field when Edenton and the League leaders cross bats. The Sat urday’s game will be played at Per rytown. Crockett Leases Part Os Oil Mill Property Carroll Crockett, manager of the Neuse Packing Corporation, was in Edenton Friday. While here Mr. Crockett/ leased from John G. Wood, recant Purchaser of the old oil mill property, that building formerly used m tog canning plant. Commissioners Study Over Estimated County Budget New Church Likely For Center Hill Bishop Thomas C. Darst visit ed Edenton Tuesday night, to confer with the Rev. C. A. Ashby with reference to establishing a community Episcopal Church at Tyner. St. Paul’s Church has for many years carried on services at Tyner, but not being able to get a building, had to discontinue. Now, Bishop Darst thinks that a build ing can be put there which will serve for church services as well as for sociables and so on. Mr. EL R. Conger, Senior Warden of St. Paul’s, has given the matter of building his commendation, as has Mr. Ashby. It is believed that St. Paul’s will soon have a useful building at Tyner, provided for by funds Bishop Darst can command. !■ i I JUDGE MEEKINS ROTARY SPEAKER Experimental Rural Meeting at Cross Roads Last Thursday Evening Complete Success An unusually interesting program is scheluded for today at the lunch eon of the Edenton Rotary Club, when Judge I. M. Meekins, of Eli zabeth City, will be the principal speaker. The day lias been designat ed as Constitution Day and . Mr. Meekins will speak on the Constitu tion. Parson Ashby, who is in charge of the program, expects a large attendance and in event any others who are not Rotarians desire to attend the luncheon he urges them to inform him as early as pos sible this morning so that the ladies may be able to make proper prepara tions. The experimental meeting of the Club last week at Cross Roads was a complete success, quite a number of Rotarians as well as residents of the community being in attendance. The meeting was held in the primary school building at Gross Roads with the ladies of the Chowan Home Dem onstration Club serving an excellent dinner. A very enjoyable meeting was held with Major N. K. Rowell, president of the Club, calling on a number present for short remarks. The pro gram was interspersed with Rotary songs led by Parson Aylett Ashby. A similar meeting in another section of the County will be planned dur ing the month of August. Greenville Mayor After Warren’s Seat M. K. Blount, mayor of Green ville, N. C., was in Edenton Tuesday seeking support to the appointment of Representative Lindsay Warren’s seat in Congress in event the latter is offered the comptroller generalship by President Franklin Roosevelt. Mr. Bolunt has served three terms in the State senate, is a lawyer, merchant and farmer, and claims a strong following among the Demo cratic committeemen of the district as well as a heavy vote in event Mr. Warren’s successor would be decided by a vote of the people. Rev. Wigfield Leaves ~ Tw»i c. Rev. Jgpliy Wigfield, pastor of the IftnsirpHif tit' ■ m North <* August to be, .a**y about two months. ihiriag. Ma* absence Mr. Wigfield Will conduct a series of re vival meetings the first • of which will be held in Akron, Ohio. While away services in the local church will continue as usual with Rev. G. W. Duty, of Alexandria, Va., in charge. Mrs. Wigfield will accompany her husband on the evangelistic tour. Advertise Taxes Aug. 17 Instead Os Aug. 10 An error was made in the date of publishing the sale of property for non-payment of 1935 taxes by Town Council at their last regular meeting and which appeared in The Herald in the July 16 issue. The date as first set by the Council was August 10 with the sale to be held on Septem ber 7. The correct date for the publishing es these delinquents is August 17, This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Tentative Figures Indi cate Tax Rate Will Be sl.lß CUT TO BONE Prospects Fade To Se cure Federal Aid To Build New School .Their vision somewhat blurred by huge beads of perspiration and row after row of figures, the County Commissioners on Monday took the first step in setting up a budget and an estimate rate for 1936 taxes. The day was one of the hottest in a number of years and the Commis sioners emerged from the long drawn out meeting weary and wet shirted after a juggling of figures in the hope of keeping the tax rate as low as possible and at the same time provide enough money to take care of the County’s business. The meeting in the morning had to do with an estimated general County budget for 1936-37, while the afternoon session dealt principally with the more complicated general school budget. The estimated general County budget called for an expenditure of $23,500, but upon investigation it was found that $25,288.11 had been spent which necessitated a switching of figures. Tentative figures upon which the tax levy will be made on a basis of property valuation of $6,750,000 call for the following outlay: Interest and bonds, $46,435.98; general County, $25,500.00, of which about $3,500 is estimated to come from other sour ces, making this item about $22,000; general school fund, $8,051.00, to which must be added $3,580 for col ored school equipment, making the school budget $11,631.00. In the general County budget sev eral changes were made in the esti mate, more being allowed for elec tions due to the presidential election. The poor relief item was also boosted during the year due to extra calls made .on the County. The largest in crease noted in money spent during 1935-36 was for Superior Court, the John Horne murder case alone call ing for an expenditure of SI2OO. Both W. J. Taylor and John A. Holmes were present at the after noon session with their school fig ures, which were cut to the bone, the final figures to be levied upon being $11,631. The school bonds have been assum ed by the County, and the tax rate for schools will be figured on a County-wide basis which in the spec ial school districts will reduce this tax but increases it in that portion of the County not included in the school districts. From the figures now in hand, which are subject to change before the tax rate is set, the tax rate will be higher this year by about 12 points. As close as can be figured at present the rate for 1936 will be sl.lß on the SIOO valuation, which compares with a $1.06 rate last year. However, despite this boost, taxes in the school districts will remain about the same due to the school indebtedness being put on a County-wide basis. The figures do not, however, take into consideration the amount of money the County will hsrve to fur- Inish to build a new school building at Cr*&***** Adding still further to the worries of tlw Commissioners was the Chow an school situation, it appearing that all hope of securing Federal aid has vanished. As a last resort the same committee that conferred with PWA officials two weeks ago was instruct ed to go to Chapel Hill to see Dr. H. G. Baity, State director, in a show down as to whether any help can be expected- However on Tues day telegrams were received from Dr. Baity to the effect that no furth er changes were made in the set up and that no grants would be made unless skilled labor was available in the County. The committee, there fore, abandoned the trip. However, a ray of hope was ap parent Wednesday morning following: a report that eight pojects were apiv proved in North Carolina, including some in this district. A letter was, therefore, written to Representative Lindsay Warren urging him to use
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