In these columns will to
,found « fair presentation
of local and county notes
Volume IX. —Number 35.
[Civilian Defense Workers
Inject Tench Os Reality In l
Monday Night’s Blackout
Would-be Victims Treat
ed By Red Cross
First Aiders
ONE ARREST MADE
Spires and Byrum Well
Pleased With Coop
eration In Test
■' *
■“Except for one violation, Chowan
County’s second black-out test Mon
day night was practically perfect,
and the way it was handled by those
in charge and the cooperation on the
part of the citizens as a whole was
reason for no little satisfaction on
the part of E. W. Spires, county
civilian defense chairman, and W. W.
Byrum, chief county air raid warden,
both of whom were free in their ex
pressions of appreciation for the
complete success of the black-out.
Os course, practically every person
in the county was aware that the
black-out test would be called except
that the exact hour was not made
public. The alarm was made at j
9:41 and lasted 26, minutes. It was
only a matter of seconds after the|
siren blasts at the power plant that
not a single light could be seen,
though the light of the moon helped
those taking part to easily discover
anv irregularity during the test.
So well organized were the airj
raid wardens and special police, thatj
the last key man to report that every-|
thing was well, made his report at'
9-42. only two minutes after the
black-out had been in effect. These
reports were received by leroy Has
kett, assistant to W. W. Byrum. who
was stationed in the Town Council
*Th amber, which was completely
blacked-out. .
. Adding to the reality of the black
qn.itet of la.?iae also V>
Chamber, where they had
arranged a first aid depot. The
quartet was composed of Mrs. Roland,
Vaughan. Miss Gladysteen Hester, |
Mrs. R. E. Learv and Mrs. D. M.
* Reaves, all of whom passed the Red t
Cross first aid and nursing courses, j
They were given an opportunity to|
demonstrate the lessons thev were|
taught as would-be victims of the air,
raid were brought into the rooms. 1
These supposedly injured persons
were Billy Deans and Willis Odum,!
reported to have broken legs, and!
Virginia Byrum. with a broken arm.;
This, however, did not complete the
drill, for in each instance the ladies
proceeded with the same kind of
treatment as if the injuries had been
real.
Then, too, R. N. Hines, superin
tendent of the Electric & Water De
partment, purposely opened a water
tonain at Freemason and Broad Street*
and a fire hydrant at Church and
Oakum Streets. This was done un
known to the air raid wardens and
special police as a test to see just
•what they would do under the cir
cumstances. Those on duty, however,
were on the alert for anything out
of the ordinary, in each instance the
matter being reported to Mr. Has
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Bank Opens Doors
Wednesday Nights
To Cash Checks
) Convenience For Air
Station Workers
For the first time in its 48 years
\ of existence, the Bank of Edeaton, on
Wednesday, began opening its doors
at night, and will continue to do so
: during the construction of the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Station.
Every Wednesday night hereafter
the bank will be open from 6 to 7 sSO
o’clock for the purpose of cashing
checks for base workers, a service in
augurated as a convenience for those
who desire to secure cash money for
their checks.
1 Wednesday is pay day for base
Prorkers, and while checks are distri
-1 toted during the greater portion of
fthe day, employees reeaain on duty
hmtil 6 o’clock, at which tune the
jxtoak is closed, wwy incon
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| “Praise Agent"
Judge Richard D. Dixon
Favorably Received
At Charlotte
town has changed in the
last several months.** Panl quotes
Judge Dixon as saying. “We had
tIM peaplt aad now we have
that anaay workers—a naval air
station going up. you know. It
certainly has changed our town.
It was peaceful and qaiet. bat
now it’s a bustling town like
other towns where war indus
tries are thriving.**
“Judge Dixon.” writes Paul,
“doesn't say whether he ap
proves of the change which has
come to his beloved Edeaton.
•He just wakes a report of the
change, jwst as be collects mfor
mation about Colonial Edenton.
By the time his term expires as
judge practically everybody in
North Carolina will know a
whole lot about Edeaton. Judge
Dixon wilf see to that.”
That Judge Rickard D. Dixon
made a favorable impression in
Charlotte, where he presided last
week for the first time over
Mecklenburg County Superior
Court, is reflected in quite a
j lengthy article in the Charlotte
'News, as well as a large picture
; of the judge While apparently at
rase and telling his hearers about
his beloved home—Edenton.
The story was written by C. A.
Paul. News staff writer, who re
ferred to the judge as a “praise
agent** for Edeaton and a prince
boaster for the aged former capi
tal of the State.
The writer apparently became
>1 very lywh in Mr. Mix- .
on’s knowledge of the town’s his
tory. for Interspersed in the story
are n number of interesting inci
dents in which there is nobody
better versed than Edenton*s ron-
I tin button to the State Superior
I Court Bench.
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[Deserter From Army
[Returned Camp Lee
I
Colored Man Plays Skin
Game to Get Money
From Red Cross
Fred Blackburn, an army deserter
from Camp Lee. Ya., was on Wednes
* day taken back to his headquarters by
Chief of Police G. A. Helms, having
been arrested after it was learned
that he worked a skin game to secure
money from the local Red Cross.
Late last week Blackburn contacted
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, putting up a plea
that unless he could secure enough
money to return to Camp Lee, he
would' be charged with AWOL. Mrs.
Pruden immediately contacted Geddes
Potter, in charge of this phase of Red
Cross work, who instructed William
Privott, manager of the Norfolk
Southern Bus Station, to* give him a
ticket, for which the Red Cross would
be responsible.
However, according to police, the
Negro arrived after the bus left and
again told Mr. Privott that unless he
returned to Camp Lee immediately he
would face an AWOL charge, but that
he had a friend who would drive him
to Norfolk for the bus fare. Mr.
Privott then advanced the $1.52 in
cash. Subsequently Blackburn went
to Mr. Potter with the story of miss
ing the bus, saying that $5 would get
him back to camp in time. Potter
advanced a five spot, but a day or so
later discovered that the Negro was
still in Edenton.
Chief of Police Helms was notified
and Blackbarn was placed in jail.
Upon communicating with the com
manding officer at Camp U», Chief
Helms was informed that the Negro
was a deserter and was wanted in
camp. The Chief, therefore, left
early Wednesday morning with his
prisoner, returning Wednesday night
Two New Lay Readers
At St PinPs Church
Bishop Thomas C Darst has ap
pointed two additional lay readers
for St Paalh Chuck, these being
Ernest A. Swain and Marvin Wilson.
The appointments bring #e number
of lav reads— ho five, tH others be
ing Mm W.,Graham, f A. Moore
and E. M Conger. *
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 27, 1942. $1,50 Per Year.
[Fanners Cotton &
| Peanut Co. Newest
Concern In Edenton
1 B. W.'Evans, J. E Dav
enport, E J. Brough
ton Officers
TWO 'PLANTS
I
Succeeds Evans Mills
And Clark Peanut Co.
Os Plymouth
Edenton’s newest concern came in
to being last week when the Farm
ers Cotton and Peanut Company was
organized, succeeding Evans Mills,
j Inc., of Edenton and the Clark Peanut
j Company of Plymouth. Officials of
j the new company are B. W. Evans,
i president; J. E. Davenport of Mack
eys, vice president, and E. J.
Broughton, formerly of Hertford,
as manager.
It was at first the intention to
’ move the Plymouth plant to Edenton,
but due to war conditions this idea
was abandoned and the plants will
be operated separately, with Mr.
Broughton as manager of both plants.
» Mr. Broughton has had a consider
j able amount of experience in the
cotton peanut and soy bean business.
He was for 25 years connected with
the Southern Cotton Oil Company in
Hertford, after which he was located
in Norfolk for 10 years, where he
was interested in the cotton seed oii
industry. He recently purchased the
Plymouth concern, a peanut cleaning
and shelling plant, from the Bain
Peanut Company of Suffolk, and to
gether with Evans and Davenport,
organized the Farmers Cotton and
Pleanut Company. The new company
will, however, have nothing to do with
B. W. Evans’ business at Tvner,
where he will continue his cotton gin
and dealing in seed cotton, cotton
seed, peanuts, soy beans and com.
Under the new arrangement the
company will buy cotton, cotton seed,
bale cotton, peanuts, soy. beans and
corn, as well as do custom ginning
and exchange cotton seed for cotton
seed meal.
At the Evans’ gin in North Eden
* ton the latest approved type of dry-
I’ ing and cleaning equipment has been
installed, and W. L. Langdale will
continue to be in charge of this
phase of the business.
1 Cash market prices will be paid for
materials purchased and the trio of
well-known business men solicit the
I business of a host of friends
* throughout the section.
I Again Over Top I
! —i—
IChdwan County again reached
its quota in war bond purchases,
J. G. Cam pen. chairman of the
.! War Savings Staff, reporting
, that up to Wednesday sales had
j' amounted to $15,967. The quota
J, f»c August is $15,700, thus the
county passed the quota by $267,
|! with five more /days to go.
Os the sales reported, the
j Bank of Edenton is given credit
, foe $12,375, while bond sales at
the Post Office amounted to
. $2,750 and stamps $842.
! COTTON DINNERS IN CHOWAN PREPARE
1 TO RENDER BETTER SERVICE TO FARMERS
l
\ New Equipment Being Added and Gins Put In
First Class Condition For Coming- Season;
801 l Weevil Attacking Late Squares
! Chowan County is on its way to
' wand better ginning of cotton this
fall, according to County Agent C.
W. Overman, who reports that Fred
P. Johnson, cotton gin specialist, has
checked over the equipment in the
gins and made recommendations to
operators.
Two ginners are installing cotton
dryers, one gin is installing two new
gin stands and other ginners are co
operating in trying to put their gin
ning equipment in the best of condi
tion for the ginning season.
All ginners have agreed, when re
quested by a producer, to gin cotton
separately so as to prevent the mix
ture of seed that will be saved for
next year’s planting. The rolls will
he dumped and the gins cleaned for
seed before cotton for seed is ginned.
This work, however, will be done at
a time that is most convenient to the
ginner.
Recent rains have stimulated new i
growth in cotton, tobacco and pea- :
nuts, reports County , A»ent C. W. 1
Overman, who also observes that,
while in most cases a fair crop of |
White Schools In
County Unit Open
Friday, Sept. 4th
Colored Schools Sched
uled to Open Next
Monday
! TEACHERS MEET
«
Very Little Change Ne
cessary In Routes of
School Buses
W. J. Taylor, superintendent of
; schools in the Chowan County Unit,
, announced this week that the Chowan
; High School and the Rocky Hock
: Central school will begin Friday Sep
, tember 4, while the Negro schools
• will begin August 31.
The faculty meeting for the white
, schools will be held Thursday after
noon, September 3rd, at Chowan High
» School at 3 o’clock. The faculty
, meeting for the colored schools will
i] be held tomorrow (Friday) morning
Ij at 10 o’clock, in the office of the
. I Board of Education in the Citizens
, J Bank Building.
School bus drivers have been no
. tified to meet the superintendent and
principal at the Chowan High School
[ at 10 o’clock Thursday morning, Sep
l tember 3rd, when their routes will be
I outlined and instructions given.
, There has been no change of school
[ bus routes to any great extent, and
, where changes have been made, it was
r done because of the location of the
\ new drivers. All routes as traveled,
heretofore will be covered this year.
Mr. Taylor announced that the
I book rental fees and the basis of
renting books will be the same as
, heretofore, while laboratory and in
structional supply fees will be an,
[ nounced by the respective schools.
Thus far a teacher for vocational
agriculture to replace C. O. Myers,
,Tr., at Chowan High School, who has
entered the U. S. Army, has not been
j secured, J»ut the,.. following teachers
have been employed:
Jean Paul Barnett, principal, with
' Miss Dolly Myers. Mrs. John Byrum,
Mrs. Thomas D. Hollowell, and Mrs.
Charles T. Hollowell in the high
school. Tn the elementary school will
! he Miss Eleanor Kidd, Miss Christine
' Miller, Miss Mildred Horner, Mrs.
Nora Lane Boyce, Mrs. Nina B. El
liott, Miss Myra White Bunch, Mrs.
, Eunice Hobbs Ward, Miss Louise Wil
son, and Miss Marie Anderson for
home economics. Mrs. Ralph White
! has been contacted to continue to
give piano lessons.
I At the Rocky Hock Central School
Mrs. Mattie Nixon will teach and act
ns principal, being assisted by Mrs.
I Percy Parker and Miss Ada Morris.
’ Janitorial services have also been
provided.
The following teachers have been
employed for the Negro schools:
Mrs. j. E. B. Gilliam, Center Hill;
Mrs. Thelma Spellman and Rosa
Howcott Joyner, Hudson Grove
School; William H. Creecy, Mrs. Har
riett F. Creecy and Tinie Jernigan.
White Oak School; Mrs. S. J. V.
Etheridge and Mrs. Naomi B. Hicks,
Warrens Grove School; Chas. L.
Fayton and Delilah Virginia Holley,
j Green Hall School, and Mary E.
[ Harvey, Britts School.
cotton has already set, the boll weevil
is taking a bountiful toll of late
squares.
The new growth of tobacco, accord-j
ing to the county agent, is making it j
almost impossible to cure and the
quality of tobacco being cured from
same will be very poor.
Peanuts are making a bountiful
growth in vines which is causing
some concern among farmers that
this will no doubt result in an unusual
vine growth with perhaps a lower
yield. However, this depends largely
upon weather conditions from now on.
Mr. Overman last week attended
the Southern Regional Convention of
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion held in Raleigh, where he assist
ed in conducting the music in con
nection with the Convention. Present
at the meeting were Farm Bureau
Federation members from all of the
Southern States, all determined to
build a farm organization to repre
sent agriculture in all its phases.
The social aspects of the convention
were so directed as to exemplify the
real farm bureau fellowship.
J.G.Campen New President
Os Consolidated Chamber
Commerce And Merchants
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J. G. CAMPEN
After having served as the
I first president of the Edenton
Merchants Association J. G. Cam
pen has been elected president of
the Chowan Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Associa-
I tion, which two organizations
1 consolidated last week. >
i
; Legion And Auxiliary
Drive Nets Over 2,000
Records For Soldiers!
« Still Opportunity to Con-;
, tribute Before Ship
ment Is Made
• •
;
Though actual canvassing has been |
. completed in the American Legion and ;
Auxiliary drive to secure old phono-;
. I graph records for the benefit of men ,
, | in the armed forces, Mr. and Mrs. R. '
|L. Pratt, commander and president,
•! respectively of Ed Bond Post and the
. Legion Auxiliary, will this week ac
, cept any records which may be con
tributed for the purpose.
I At the conclusion of the canvass
: over 2,000 records were accumulated,'
but Chowan’s quota was set at 3,000,
and it is the hope of both Mr. and
i Mrs. Pratt that this number will be
secured.
i The latter part of the week all'
: records on hand will be shipped to
national American Legion headquar
i ters, so that any further contribu
. tions should be made at once. Not!
. only records of further use are want-'
, ed but warped and cracked records
as well for these will be melted and
made into new records for the enter
tainment of soldiers in various USO
centers throughout the nation.
While the quota has not been real
ized, both Mr. and Mrs. Pratt are
very appreciative for the services of i
the canvassing committee as well as!
the cooperation on the part of those
who made contributions.
Those who solicited records during
the drive were: Mrs. Geddes Potter,
Mrs. John A. Holmes. Mrs. Thomas J.
Wood. Mrs. Wallace Jones, Mrs, Car
roll Kramer, Mrs. Dan Carter. Mrs.
D. M. Reaves, Mrs. West Byrum. Mrs.
Philip McMullan, Mrs. Lloyd Griffin,
Mrs. Ernest Ward and Mrs. Ernest
White.
Questionnaire Aid At
Armory Three Days
!
| J. N. Pruden, Chairman of the Ad-;
visory Board for Chowan County
.Draft Board No. 1, announces that!
I registrants who need assistance in
filling out their occupational ques
tionnaires may receive such assist-!
ance at the Armory on Monday, Tues- i
day and Wednesday, August 81,
September 1 and 2.
C. L. McCullers Patient i
In Hospital At Duke
Friends will regret to learn that
C. L. McCullers, former Edenton band
director and Chamber of Commerce
secretary, is a patient in Duke Hos
pital. According to information re
ceived from Mrs. McCullers, her hus
band in some way fell and crushed,
several ribs.
He is now stationed at Camp But-1
ner and was taken to Duke Hospital
following the accident
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Parrish as Vice Presi
dent Chairman Mer
chants Bureau
$5,000 Budget
Meeting of Membership
8 O’clock Tonight In
Court House
Consummation of the consolidation
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association resulted last
| Thursday night when a meeting of
j the majority of directors of both
! organizations met in the Municipal
j Building, at which time an unanimous
j vote was recorded to merge the two
I groups under the name of Chowan
! Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association.
Officers for the new organization
1 are a president, vice president, treas
urer and six directors, three each
elected from the old Chamber of
Commerce and Edenton Merchants
Association.
The meeting was presided over by
Richard Elliott as temporary chair
man, who, after it was voted to con
solidate, appointed M. F. Bond, R. P.
Badham and W. E. Malone as a nom
inating committee to retire and rec
: commend a new slate of officers for
I the new organization. This commit
| tee named Richard Elliott as presi
| dent, but the position was declined,
j Mr. Elliott saying his duties would
| not permit proper amount of time to
serve. Subsequently, others were
1 suggested and finally J. G. Campen
j agreed to shoulder the responsibility
j Serving with him will be Ralph Par-
I rish as vice president, and W. M
! Wilkins as treasurer. Under th?
j plan of organization, Mr. Parrish
; will act as chairman of the Mer
chants Bureau, which phase of the
| organization will provide about the
same services for merchants as here
| tofore. The “Six directors include J.
Clarence l ean,-, T. C. Byrum and
| Richard Elliott, coming from the
| former Chamber of Commerce, and
from the Merchants Association are
iW. E. Malone, John Mitchener and
j Guy Hobbs.
Mr. Campen immediately appointed
a by-laws committee consisting of
R. P, Badham. John Mitchener and
M. F Bond. This committee will
: draw up a constitution and by-laws,
j which in large measure will corre-
I spend with those of the Merchants
Association. —.
.{ Another appointment was the Fi
nance Committee, including W. M
Wilkins. Richard Elliott and T. C.
. Byrum. This group met immediately
after the meeting, when, after a
survey of the income of both organi
zations last year, s tentative budget
Jof $5,000 was set up for the year.
If this amount can he raised, it is
the purpose to employ a full-time
experienced secretary. In the mean
time Mrs. Jimmy Gibbs will be em
ployed as secretary for the consoli
dated organization.
Both the Finance and By-laws
Committees will have their reports
ready to be presented to the member
ship at a meeting called for tonight
(Thursday) in the Court House, at
8 o’clock. This will be an important
meeting and for that reason Presi
dent Campen. as well as other offi
cers. urge all who are interested in
the organization to attend.
Labor Problem
Not only has progress on the
construction of the F. S. Marine
Corps Air Station been held up
due to excessive rains, but a new
problem has developed among
laborers. Officials report that
due to unskilled labor not willing
to work continuously, work pro
gress has been retarded and un
less there is a change in attitude
on the part of such laborers, they
will be replaced with imported
help.
[Specialist To Work
On St. Paul’s Organ
St. Paul’s vestry has authorizes!
James N. Reynolds, Atlanta specialist
on old organs, to tune the Eben organ
in St. Paul’s Church. Mr. Reynolds
is expected to arrive within a few
weeks to put the organ in first class
> shape.
Oil a previous visit to Edenton. Mr.
| Reynolds inspected Hie old organ,
. which he termed as a priceless instru
' raent. (