North Carolina Newspapers

In these columns will be found * fatr presentation of local ana county news of general interest. Volume IX. —Number 48. Snag Struck In l aying Sidewalks On Eden Street i ! 14 Crepe Myrtle Trees \ In Path of Proposed ! , Sidewalk Though two petitions for con structing cement sidewalks have been filed with Town Council and $5,000 ordered transferred from the Elec tric and Water account to meet the town’s expense, a snag has been en countered in at least one of the pro jects, and as a result, starting of this work on Eden Street has been Feld up. Signatures of the owners of the majority of the frontage on the north side of Eden Street from the Citizens Bank to Granville Street were affixed to the petition, but at the time of signing no thought was apparently given to the group of 14 crepe myrtle trees in the path of a sidewalk. Since the petition was presented to Town Council, no little opposition has developed to removing these trees, so that the street com missioner has held up this work un- j til a meeting of Town Council can be j held in order to be equipped with | official instructions from the Town’s j governing body as to what course to \ pursue. The only alternative to lay a side walk without removing these trees | would be to cross private property for about half of the distance. It would be possible to lay a sidewalk adjoining the curb for about half the distance and then swing in several feet so that the sidewalk would be between the line of trees and the houses. This, naturally, would not be an attractive sidewalk and proper ty owners affected would have to give consent to crossing their pro perty. If these trees are to be removed, j at least one of the signers wants to ! withdraw from the request for a sidewalk, and in this event it may be passible that not a majority of the "rontage has been signed for. There •e some of the property owners who .re very envious for the crepe myr tle trees to be removed, while others strenuouslv object to such action. Eden Street is very narrow, the hard surface from curb to curb being onlv IS feet, so that with no side walks. pedestrians are obliged to walk in the street, thus subjecting them to danger injnied by automobiles. Rotarians Advance Idea Os Plaque For All Men In Service Names of Everyone In Armed Service Would Be Inscribed In traveling about, several mem bers of the Edenton Rotary Club were favorably impressed in several towns recently where large plaques were constructed containing the names of every person in the county now in the Nation’s Armed forces. At last week’s meeting the idea was presented of erecting an appropriate plaque at some conspicuous place and on which would be placed the name of every person in Chowan County in the service. At the conclusion of the discussion, R. N. Hines, Marvin Wilson and J. G. Campen were appointed as a com mittee to present the matter to both the County Commissioners and Town Council and see if the two governing bodies would agree to meet the ex pense involved. Cotton Ginning: Far Ahead Os Last Year Cotton ginning in Chowan County is leading last year at the same time hv 963 bales, according to F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau of the Census. Mr. Hobbs’ report shows that 4,675 bales of cotton were ginned in the county from the crop of 1942 prior to November 14. This compares with 3,712 bales ginned from the 1941 :rop at the same time last year. Bank Os Edenton Closed i On Thanksgiving: Day Due to Thursday being Thanks giving Day, the Bank of Edenton will i be closed all day in order to permit s employees to enjoy the holiday. < Business will be resumed as usual on i Friday monvng. i THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE iNTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Tom Byrum Named Co-Captain U. N C. 1943 Football Team | Edenton Boy Honored I By Lettermen of Tar Heel Squad Friends will be delighted to learn that Tom Byrum, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Byrum, was on Monday night named co-captab. cf the Uni versity of North Care ir.a football team for 1943. The other captain is Craven Turner, a Raleigh boy. Byrum, a 200-pounder, was one of the leading linemen of the Tar Heels this season, developing into the out standing blocker and tackier of the outfit. He will be a senior next year and was chosen for the honor in a ballot taken among lettermen of this year’s squad. Mrs. A. T. Bush Dies Suddenly Friday As Result Heart Attack Funeral Held In Baptist Church on Sunday Afternoon Many friends were shocked Satur day morning when they learned that Mrs. Py. T. Bush died suddenly at 7:30 o’clock Friday night at her home on West Queen Street. She was 70 yeas old and though in declining health for some time, her condition was not considered serious until about two weeks ago, when she took i a turn for the worse. She succumbed 1 to a heart attack. Mrs. Bush, before her marriage, was Mrs. Lula Rice Sharp, of Bertie County, coming to Edenton in 1903 to teach school. She was a member of the Edenton school faculty for several years until she married Mr Bush. She was for many years a faithful member of the Edenton Bap tist Church and was known for her sympathy and generosity in behalf of the unfortunate and poor of the com munity. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lester Todd, of Durham, and Mrs. George R. Shelton, of Seattle, Wash., and a brother, John Rice, of Windsor. Funeral services were held in the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon w'th the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Wells, officiating. The many beautiful flor al tributes attested to the esteem in which she was held by a large circle of friends. Interment was made in one of the few remaining lots in the i Rantist burying ground adjoining the church, where she was laid to rest beside her husband, who preceded her to the grave on November 6, 1923. Active pallbearers were: C. T Hollowell, John M. Elliott, W. C. Hollowed. R. E. Leary, William D. Holmes, Nathan Dail, W. C. Bunch and J. L. Chestnutt, deacons of the Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers were: W. A. Everett, W. M. Wilkins, O. C. Davis, M. A. Hughes, W. A. Leggett, D. B. Liles, C. H. Wood, W. J. Berryman, W. E. Bond, Dr. L. P. W iliams, Wil liam Privott, Earl Goodwin, David ' Holton, A. S. iSmith, R. C. Holland, Kenneth Israel, D. M. Warren and C. j E. Kramer. Bank’s Christmas i Club Checks Will Be Mailed December 7 About Will Be Distributed Among 1,000 Members On or about Monday, December 7, the Bank of Edenton will distribute in the neighborhood of $40,000 which represents savings accumulated by members of the bank’s Christmas Savings Club. The club this year has broken all previous records both as to the amount distributed and the number of members. There were about 1,000 members this year who participated in this popular method of saving. PROMOTED AT PENDER’S Mrs. F. H. Benbury, who has been employed at the local Pender Store since her husband, fqfenerly manager, entered the U. S. Atony, has been nromoted to managajof the produce department. a Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 26, 1942. IKlljpg h Gfate ._<n' ’*■ -*■ /*SXv/jrt/ % WHEN THE PILGRIMS SET FOOT OH AMERICAN SOIL THERE LAY BEFORE THEM W TbnAY, WHILE WE ARE FIGHTING TO PRESERVE OUR heritage of liberty— born OF sacrifice , NURTURED IN STRUGGLE WB.TOO/TAKE TIMS TO PAUSE....AND GIVE THANKS. . " l--—- t ; Aces In Final Game 1 Thursday Afternoon » i Columbia "will Be At ; traction In Home Con test Starting at 2:30 i Edenton High School's football ; team will draw the curtain on the 1 1943 season Thursday afternoon, when Columbia is scheduled to play on the local gridiron. The game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 o’clock. That the final game should be ’ a hardfought battle is reflected in ’ the fact that the Columbia outfit ' played Hertford to a tie, while the 1 Perquimans County boys handed the ’ Aces their worst defeat of the year a few weeks ago, the score being | 31 to 9. However, for the Hertford 1 game, several of .Coach Roy Watson’s | boys were handicapped due to injur ' ies, so that he, as well as the boys, feels very optimistic that, barring in ’ juries during practice, the Aces will tack at least another victory to their credit. So far as victories for the season go, the Aces are on the short end, having won only two games out of eight games played. However, they have gone through a tough schedule and Coach Watson was greatly handi capped due to lack of reserve strength. Boy Scouts Change j Night Os Meeting Boys Decide to Meet Wednesday Instead Os Friday At Friday night’s meeting of the Edenton Boy Scout Troop, the boys voted to change their meeting night from Friday to Wednesday night, be ginning this week. The matter of also changing the hour was discussed, some of the boys desiring to step up the meeting from 7:30 to 7 o’clock. However, the vote resulted in a tie and after hearing arguments on both sides, Scoutmaster C. W. Overman broke the tie by voting for the 7:30 hour. During the meeting three boys were dropned from the Troop due to non-attendance, but three new mem bers were proposed. The boys had a lively meeting which was climaxed by an I. Q. session led by Wood Privott and William Leary. MASONS CALL OFF MEETING Due to Thursday being Thanks giving, the weekly meet’ng of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7. A. F. & A. M., will not be held. At next week’s meeting, December 3rd, the lodge will elect new officers for the year 1943, and a request is made for all members to be present for this im portant matter. Teen-age Youths To i Register Next Montii ,- Days of Registration Arranged According To Birthdays i .. Though the Chowan County Drafl Board has not been notified relative I to the registration of ’teen-age 111 youths, this registration is expected / to begin December 11 and continue IS through December 31, the groups to register in three periods in order of birthdays. This registration follows Pres dent II j Roosevelt’s recent proclamation call ie i ing for registration of all youths ie | who have become 18 since the last ' r | registration this summer. The periods for registration follow: , I December 11 to 17—Boys who be s came 18 during July and August, r ‘l December 18 to 24 —Those who be -s’|came 18 in September and October. December 26 to 31—Those who 1 became 18 during November and De r cember. Thereafter there will be a continu !’ ous registration for youths as they ’’ reach their 18th birthday. 1 According to the amended selective y service law, these youths are liable e for induction into service inline " diately. e Coffee Added To r List Rationed Items * Sales Frozen For Week t From Last Saturday Night Taking its place on the rationed I foods list, sale of coffee was re ; stricted Saturday night and . no sales 3 will be permitted for a week, after t which rationing will be in effect at . the rate of one cup a day. That p other foods will be added to the ra tioned list is reflected in the fact , that the Office of Price Administra tion admits that butter and meat , supplies are in pretty bad shape, i Meat is expected to be rationed about i January 15, when new universal I hooks are expected to be issued. I Questionnaires Go To 18-19 Year Old Boys ! Chowan County’s Draft Board is . now sending questionnaires to the group of 18 and 19-vear-old bovs who registered June 30. The ad visory committee has set aside Wed nesday, December 2nd, as a day when ’ members will sit at the Armory for , the purpose of assisting in filling out : these papers. The committee will be on duty ■ from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and any of those affected who need help are re quested to report between these hours. Registration For Fuel ! Oil And Kerosene Is Prolonged Two Days | Saturday’s Crowd Un able to Be Attended To By Workers Though all day Saturday was de voted to registering for rationing of fuel and kerosene, many consumers could not be waited on, so that the Chowan County War Price and Ra tion Board continued this regstration Tuesday and Wednesday, At both the white and colored schools crowds milled about all day in order to se cure their but the number was too great to be finished in one day and thereby Caused no little confusion among consumers as well as >'ier>i' e t of t| lP Ration Board; So unruly did" the crowd at the colored school become that D. F. \ Walker, principal of the school, clos- ! i ed the doors and called the police in order to maintain order. ] S 1 4-H Boys Turn In i Splendid Reports On Home Protects J | Profits Realized Range From $7.50 to sl6l Reports Show I According to County Agent C. W. : ! Overman reports of 4-H Club mem- Jbers are showing very good results. Reports show that James Roy Wins low realized $22 y' v , profit on a calf- L raising project; Francis Chesson re- I ports 522 pounds of lint cotton from * his acre and 2,200 pounds of peanuts from 114 acres; Horace Rountree I netted $14.50 profit on his poultry project; Wallace Reid Peele made j $7.50 profit on his poultry project; | Joe Hurley Ward netted a profit of sl3 on a pig feeding project, the money being invested in war bonds; ■tj Edward Copeland realized $8 profit e on a poultry project; Gurney Fore el hand reported $10.50 profit on a pig djDrnjpct, and $8.25 on a poultry nro e ject: James Alvin Copeland made a <> profit of sl2 on a pig-feeding pro f ject: Jack White, on a calf project, cleared $22: John Winborne Privott tj realized sl6l profit on a brood sow -i and pig feed'ng project and a 65- si bushel yield on a corn project: Wil t ford Goodwin reports a return of | S2B for vegetables in a garden prn : ject. and Herbert Byrum has a good -j report on his garden proiect. I A large majority of the 4-H Club -I boys have not completed their pro | jects due to late harvesting. o 1 Home orchard planting orders are - coming in nicely, and neighborhood leaders, in cooperation with the farm - and home agents, are doing a good y job in most cases. • Effort In Making To Contact Families In .Share Meat Program Requirements Call For 2 1 / 2 Pounds Per Per son Per Day I Neighborhood leaders in the Coun ty and block leaders in Edenton are, asked to contact every family in the ’ County next week, November 30 to ■ December 5, for the purpose of ex i plaining and securing cooperation in | | the Share-the-Meat Program. Miss ( | j Rebecca Colwell heads up the County j group, while Mrs. John F. White is j chairman of the block leaders. To Civilian Defense Councils the Government has entrusted the respon sibility of reaching every home with the message of the vital necessity of limiting the consumption of meat to 2% pounds a week by each adult as j outlined by the food requirements committee of the War Production j ' Board. The list of chairmen and commun- j ity committeemen will appear in next week’s issue of The Herald. County And City Offices Closed On Thanksgiving Both county and city offices will be olosed all day Thursday in order to observe the Thanksgiving holiday. 1 Street department employees will ob serve the usual Saturday night sche dule of cleaning up Wednesday night, but will not be on duty on Thursday. This newspaforkdrm+l lated in Ike laerkmw I where Advertisers wm I realise goad rems Ha. J Per Year. ■ A - Tv/jase Workers /id In Accident Near Fish Hatchery Bus Loaded With Men And Beer Truck Sideswipe Two Washington, N. C., Negroes were killed and about a dozen injured shortly before 7 o’clock Saturday morning when a bus, heavily laden with Negro workers from Washing ton enroute to work at the U. S. Ma rine Corps Air Station, and a beer ! truck sideswiped on the curve near the U. S. Fish Hatchery on U. S. 17. The dead are John Foster, 55, and Luke Best, 50. Faster died shortly after the wreck, while Best ded shortly after reaching the Windsor Hospital, where seven of the other injured men were taken for treat j merit. The most seriously injured of this group were Ersell Fulcher. Who had a fractured skull and William | Henry Murrell, whose left hip was I fractured. John M. Midgett, Robert A 'VI-h-v. William Battle, Jobt HiU and Abraham Hardv were more fortunate, suffering onL- from lacer at'ons and bruises. Still others hurt in the wreck wore taken to local doc tors’ offices and the. first aid sta tion at the base for treatment, none of ■hom were seriously injured. I I The bus was on its wav to Edenton, | while the beer truck, owned by the Citv Beverage Company, of Elizabeth i City, was goin" in the oooosite di rection. The left s'dp of the bus was ripped off, and the men inside were thrown in every direction. The ' bus wos completely demolished, while ■the beer truck, more sturdily built, ,| was little damaged. , -j The bus was owned by L. F. Hem . I don, of Wendell, who had for his - driver James Whitley, colored, of - j Washington. Driver of the beer - truck was Clarence Beals, white man, i of Elizabeth City. Both of these men were said at the scene of the e ! wreck to be very careful drivers and / ■ some of the eye-witnesses estimated e that neither of the vehicles was trav ; eling faster than 30 to 35 miles an f hour. ; 1 Sergeant George Dail arrived at ; the scene of the wreck shortly after t it occurred, hut despite a thorough - investigation was unable to gather • suff’eient information to place the • blame on either of the drivers for the i accident. There were no markings 'on the highway to show that either , | of the two vehicles was on the wrong . side of the highway. The bus, how ever, continued for some distance af ter the crash, but the driver said the ■ wheels locked after his car was hit. Three Found Guilty Os Drunken Driving Judge Marvin Wilson Imposes Minimum Sentences James F. Reed, William T. FarlesS and Enoch Ward, all three white men, faced charges of drunken driving in sessions of Recorder’s Court held late last week. The three were found guilty by Judge Marvin Wilson, who I imposed the minimum sentence of 60 days on the roads, suspended upon j payment of SSO and costs and revoca tion of driver’s license for 12 months. Enoch Ward, however, appealed to the Superior Court. A. L. Blackwell, white, a worker at the Air Station, was found guilty of | stealing clothes from P. G. Turner ! and was sentenced to six months on ; the roads. Gordon Sharpe, colored, was hound over for Superior Court on a charge of stealing a watch and other articles ! from the home of Percy Snvth. iSharpe is being held in jail in de fault of a SI,OOO bond. Ed Bond Post Meets Next Tuesday Night Robert L. Pratt, commander of Eld Bond Post of the American Legion, | announces a meeting of the Post in ' the Red Men’s Hall Tuesday night at : 8 o’clock. For this meeting Mr. Pratt j is expecting to have a number of vis \ iting speakers and for that reason urges every Legionnaire to be pres -1 ent. Rotary Meeting Called Off On Thanksgiving With legal holidays being the only reason for abandoning regular Rotary meetings, the Edenton Rotary Club will not hold its usual meeting Thursday afternoon. The usual meeting will, however, be held next Thursday at 1 o’clock.