In then columm will bo
found o fair presentation
' of local and county nows
of general interest.
Volume IX.—Number 50.
11 Polling Places Set II p
In Chowan For Farmers To
Vote In Cotton Referendum
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Places Increased Due to
Present Transporta
tion Facilities
VOTE DECEMBER 12
Enough Cotton Now on
Hand For Almost
Two Years
A total of 11 polling places will be
established for Chowan County cot
ton producers to vote in the referen
dum on marketing quotas on the 1943
crop on Saturday, December 12, it
has been announced by R. C. Holland,
chairman of the County AAA Com
mittee.
The number of voting places has
been increased this year in view of
the current transportation shortage,
the chairman said, and the register
of eligible voters has been compiled
for use by persons who will conduct
the election. Polls in Chowan Coun
ty will remain open from 9 a. m., to
5 p. m., (Eastern War Time). Chair
man Holland said that all persons en
gaged in the production of cotton in
1942, including tenants, land owners,
and sharecroppers are eligible to vote.
“An interest in a cotton crop, ex
•cept in the case of standing rent, w r ill
qualify a farmer to vote on December
12,” he said. “This is pretty far
removed from the situation faced by
fanners in other nations of the world.
We have a crop control measure put
up to us for decision in the democratic
manner—by secret ballot —and it is
our duty as American farmers to go
to the polls and state our preference.” j
Discussing the referendum, Mr.
Holland declared the nation now has
on hand enough cotton for almost
two years, and it is beneficial to the
war effort for acreage devoted to
cotton to be shifted to production of
(Corftimied on Page Five)
Roads To Marine
Corps Air Station
To Be Improved
New Road Will Practic
ally Follow Present
Roadway
Chowan County Commissioners, at
their meeting Monday, passed a reso
lution asking for relocation and re
construction of the road leading to
the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station.
The resolution affects the road lead
ing to the base from Highway 32 at
Neil Hobbs’ store, as well as the road
leading to the base from the Albe- 1
marie iSbund bridge highway.
Maps of the roads affected were
submitted by R. R. Roper of the
Highway Department, which showed
that the roads would follow practic
ally the old roadway.
The cost of this work will be borne
by the Federal Government, and it is
expected that the roads will event
ually be hard-surfaced.
PROGRESS ON CHRISTMAS PARTY POINTS
TO ONE OF EDENTON’S BIGGEST AFFAIRS
Cash Contributions Already Reach SSOO Mark
And Sales Brisk For Dance and War Bond
Tickets; All Committees Active
If present indications are any sort
of a measuring stick, Edenton’s
Christmas party on Saturday night,
December 19, should be one of the
most successful social affairs ever
held in Edenton. The affair, spon
sored by personnel of the Navy De
partment and the two contracting
concerns at the U. S. Marine Corps
Air Station, and with the coopera
tion of a large group of Edenton’s
most prominent citizens, includes a
dance, a floor show and the awarding
of three war bonds.
George C. Cunney, Navy auditor, Is
the man behind the gun and though a
"hard and peristent worker, he has ex
pressed no little satisfaction at the
cooperation and offers of help he has
received both at the base and in
Edenton. At the outset Mr. Cunney
offered his services in any way need
ed and though in Edenton only since
construction of the base was started,
he agreed to head up the important
TiSK CHOWAN HERALD
A HV NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OR CHOWAN COUNTY,
| Mail 'Em Now |
In common with other post
offices, Postmaster C. E. Kramer
is experiencing a shortage of
labor which will materially affect
the dispatch and delivery of mail
during the holidays at the Eden
ton office.
Despite publicity broadcast to
imail Christmas mail early, Mr.
Kramer sees little response and
therefore warns that unless mail
for Christmas is mailed earlier
than in former years there is
little doubt but that much of it
will not reach its destination be
fore Christmas.
Mr. Kramer said on Tuesday
that at present stamps for mail
ing postcards should be purchas
ed and such cards mailed to es
cape blocked mail nearer Christ
mas which will undoubtedly hold
up delivery several days.
In order to secure the best ser
vice in mailing parcels, as well
as window service, Mr. Kramer
urges patrons to attend to these
matters from 9 to 11 o’clock in
the morning, and from 3 to 5 in
the afternoon.
I
Privott Is Granted
Leave Os Absence
As County Solicitor
i
J. N. Pruden Appointed
Monday to Serve For
, Duration
William Privott, who had no oppo
sition in the May Primary election
for the office of solicitor of Chowan
County’s Recorder Court and was
subsequently elected in the November
general election, left Friday for Jack
sonville, Florida, where he was com
missioned as lieutenant, junior grade,
in the U. S. Aviation Corps.
Before leaving, Mr. Privott quali
fied for the office, Clerk of Court E.
W. Spires administering the oath of
office. Immediately Mr. Privott ad
dressed a request to the County Com
missioners for leave of absence dur- j
| ing the time he is in the Navy or un
| til his term of office expires.
At Monday’s meeting of the
County Commissioners, Mr. Privott
was granted the leave of absence and
J. N. Pruden, a former judge of Re
corder’s Court, was appointed as
temporary solicitor.
Sgt. Herbert Dale
Reported Missing
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dale, of near
Cross Roads, were notified last week
that their son, Herbert Dale, was re- j
ported as missing.
Young Dale was a sergeant in the
U. S. Air Corps. He enlisted in
California in September, 1940, and
after a training period was transfer
red to Alaska. i
contributions committee in an effort
to boost the amount to go to Navy
relief. Before beginning his solici
tation, Mr. Cunney expressed his be
lief that he could raise SSOO in the
way of contributions, and though
some local solicitors in various pre
vious drives doubted his statement,
that amount has already been assured
and on Wednesday Mr. Cuney had in
hand $3Bl with more than enough
pledged to assure SSOO.
Mr. Cunney reported the following
contributions:
Ed Habit $ 1.00
J. N. Pruden 5.00
F. J. Ward __t 5.00
Everett Smoked Products 5.00
J. Habit 5.00
Ed Habit 5.00
Jimmie Earnhardt , 6.00
Ed Habit, Jr. 1 & 5.00
J. Alvah Bunch if 5.00
Arthur Chappell uL 6.00
(Continued on P&Jf Two)
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 10, 1942
Plaque In Honor Boys
In Service Os Country
Is Being Considered
County and City Name
Committees to Study
Matter
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Idea of Recognition Ad
vanced By Edenton ,
Rotary Club
An idea recently discussed at
Edenton’s Rotary Club meetings to
give some recognition to Chowan
County boys now in the nation’s
armed forces was this week presented
to the Chowan County Commissioners
and Town Councilmen and with the
proposition favorably received, each
governing body has appointed a com
mittee to meet jointly and make a
thorough study of the idea.
At last week’s Rotary meeting R.
N. Hines presented an attractive
miniature plaque to give the club
members some idea as to what was
thought to be an appropriate plan to,
in some way, make some recognition
(Continued on Page Five)
Resolution Passed
j Asking Widening
Os Blount’s Bridge
Fatal Accident at Nar
row Bridge Arouses
Commissioners
Due to a number of wrecks having
' occurred at Blount’s Creek bridge
about a mile from town on the Yeo
pim road, and only last week a man
being killed at the same bridge due
to an automobile accident, the County
Commissioners on Monday passed a
resolution asking the State Highway
and Public Works Commission to give
i some attention to widening this
■ bridge.
Present at the meeting at the time
was R. R. Roper, who informed the
Commissioners that due to priorities
on materials, he felt that the High
way Commission could do little about
the matter at the present time.
Traffic has greatly increased on this
road, especially since construction was
begun on the Marine Corps Air Sta
j tion, and the thought was advanced
that if the proper pressure was
brought to bear, priority on necessary
materials might be given, or that
possibly the Federal Government
would do something about widening j
the bridge and even eliminating the 1
dangerous curve near the bridge.
War Ration Book |
Necessary To Get
j Book Number 2
Deadline to Get First
Book Is Set at De
cember 15
j According to information from the
Chowan War Price and Ration Board
every' individual must register and
obtain War Ration Book I, whether or
hot he buys sugar or coffee. No one
will be allowed to obtain War Ration
Book II unless he has War Ration
Book No. I. However, no one may
obtain more than one book.
The deadline for registration for
War Ration Book 1 is December 15.
No consumer may register after that
date.
Every consumer must register for
War Ration Book I with the local
board which serves the area in which
he regularly resides. He may regis
ter for himself or by an agent, which
ever is required or permitted by the
sugar rationing regulations.
The following information must be
furnished the board: Proof of iden
tity, proof of permanent address, re
cord of previous address, statement
why no previous application was made
and other evidence which the board
may deem necessary.
All babies bom within the area of
the local board must be registered
within 30 days after birth to obtain
Ration Books.
Persons who were denied War Ra
tion Books due to excess sugar may
now obtain such books with part or
all sugar stamps removed, being
based upon their excess.
Fatal Automobile
Accident On Friday
j At Narrow Bridge
William Blount, Negro,
Crushed Under Load
Os Logs
DIES INSTANTLY
Log Truck and Truck
From Air Station
Collide
1 V'
Another man lost his life near
Edenton Friday afternoon, when
William Blount, 18-year-old Edenton
Negro, was instantly killed in an au
tomobile wreck at Blount’s Bridge
on Route 32, about a mile from
Edenton, near the curve before
reaching the farm of Ed Harrell on
the Yeopim road.
The accident occurred when a logj
truck owned by the M. G. Brown |
Lumber Company and a dump truck |
from the U. S. Marine Corps Air Sta
tion collided at the north end of the
narrow bridge. Blount, a janitor at
the air station, was riding in the body
of the dump truck and the force of
the impact threw him bodily from
the truck and under the load of logs
which were thrown from the log
truck. His head was severed and his
entire body badly mashed.
At the scene of the accident James
White, white driver of the dump
truck, was quoted as saying that up
on approaching the bridge and see
| ing the log truck he applied brakes
! which caused his truck to swerve into
the oncoming log truck, which was
said to have just about cleared the
bridge. White received only minor
cuts and bruises, while John Sawyer,
Negro driver of the log truck, had
an arm broken.
! Highway Patrolmen Downs and
Payne were soon at the scene of the
’ accident, and a warrant was issued
5 charging White with reckless driving
and involuntary manslaughter.
: Streets! Edenton
: Will Not Be Lighted
During Christmas
Town Complies With Re
; quest From War Pro
duction Board
In compliance with a request inadei
1 to city officials, civic clubs, chambers i
of commerce, merchants and citizens j
by the War Production Board to gen-1
erally dispense with outdoor decora
j tive lighting this Christmas, Town
j Council Tuesday night requested the
I Board of Public Works to abandon
i the decoration of Edenton streets as
j has been the custom in recent years.
WPB pointed out that Christmas
Slighting requires the use of critical
materials, electricity and manpower,
and is not in line with general con
servation programs already under
way.
The attitude of WPB toward
Christmas lighting was announced
because of numerous inquiries that
have already been received from city
j officials, chambers of commerce and
civic clubs asking what they should
Jdo this Christmas in regard to out-
I door decorative lighting.
WPB is not asking that indoor)
Christmas lighting, whether in the
home or in stores, be eliminated, but
it believes that outdoor lighting, such
as festooned store fronts and decorat
ed streets, must be dispensed with in
war time.
Although the electric ty saving and
! the resultant fuel saving may appear
I small, as compared with the total
annual usage, nevertheless the elimi
i nation of outdoor Christmas lighting
' is estimated to save 50,000,000 kilo
watt hours of electricity, enough to'
meet the lighting and power require
, ments of a city of 50,000 for a year.
Stores Close Friday
And Saturday For
Christmas Holiday i
Store owners and clerks in Edenton
will enjoy a two-day holiday for
Christmas, according to an announce
ment Wednesday by Mrs. Jimmy
Gibbs, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion. The stores will close on Christ
mas Day, Friday, and remain closed
Saturday, thus providing a three-day
rest over the week-end.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Stillman, in the Albemarle Hospital.
Elizabeth City, on Saturday, an SMt
pound son.
Liquor In North Carolina
Now Among Rationed List
Os Items Caused By War
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| More Red Tape |
When applying for tire or tube
rationing certificates it will be
necessary for all applicants to
rontact the gasoline board having
jurisdiction over them and have a
member of that board sign a
statement giving the class of book,
serial number of book and the
monthly mileage allowance.
It will be absolutely necessary
for this action to be taken be
fore the application can be accept
ed by the Edenton Board.
Farm Families Will
Meet At Chowan
High School Friday
District Agent Ferguson
Will Be Principal
Speaker
The annual Get-together for farm
ers and farm women of Chowan Coun
. ty will be held at Chowan High
, School Friday, when B. Troy Fer
, guson, district farm agent, will be
, the principal speaker
r The program includes reports from
4-H Clubs, home demonstration clubs
1 and neighborhood leaders’ work, and
certificates will be given to families
1 who have met requirements in the
; food and feed program,
j Will Harrell, county chairman of
r the community leaders organization,
will preside over the meeting and the
speaker will be introduced by E. N.
Elliott. County Council officers will
be installed during the afternoon.
County Agent C. W. Overman will
| lead the singing with a special fea
] ture being a solo by Adrian Chappell,
accompanied by Myra Boyce. Helen
; Evans will preside at the piano for
‘j tlie community singing,
f All white farm families in the
I county are urged to attend, and each
j family is requested to bring a picnic
■j lunch. Hot coffee will be served.
j S. C. Mills Elected
j Master Os Masons
Group of Officers Will
Be Installed at Meet
ing December 31
S. C. Mills was elected master of
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F, & A.
M., for the year 1943 at the election
of officers held Thursday night. He
' succeeds Louis E. Francis, who held
the office the past year.
Other officers elected included W T .
i J. Daniels, senior warden; J. E. Jack
) son, junior warden; C. H. Wood, treas
urer, and J. Edwin Bufflap, secretary.
I These officers, as well as those ap-
I pointed by the new master, will be
■ installed at the meeting to be held
j on December 31.
EDENTON WILL BE CANVASSED TUESDAY
BY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS FOR SCRAP METAL
Calls Will Be Made at Every Home In an Effort
To Round Up Every Piece of Scrap Metal In
Wind-up of Chowan’s Drive
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Next Tuesday Edenton High
School boys will swing into action in
not only searching all over Edenton
for scrap metal, but will call at every
home in an effort to round up all
metal possible which may be lying
| about the phemisesw TH* trucks to
make these c*llectimssP» will he fur
i nished by some of a list of 130 who
■ several weekj ago agreed to cooper
. ate in the pnal wind up of Chowan’s
■ campaign.
Because of this canvass, R. C.
. Holland, county salvage chairman
and director of the campaign, urges
every housewife, so far as possible,
to remain at home next Tuesday so
that when the boys call any avail
able scrap metal can be hauled away.
From now until next Tuesday, Mr.
Holland is very anxious that house
wives put on an intensive hunt for
any metal about their homes which
can be added to the county’s huge
This newspaper k dress
letad In fit imritmm
where As earthen |m
reaUoe good nmka.
$1.50 Per Year.
Local Store Jammed By
Applicants For Ra
tion Books
SALES STOPPED
I
54 Coupons Worth One
Pint Each Must st
12 Months
Liquor in No. th Carolina, on Mon
day of this week, joined the group of
other rationed items as the result of
war-time conditions, and as a result
j no 1 quor was sold Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday in order to allow
those who desired to continue to pur
chase liquor to register and secure a
sales permit book. This registration
was held in the local store, which
was a very busy place the first three
: days of the week.
Relative to the liquor rationing, R.
P. lladham, chairman of the Chowan
County ABC Board, has this to say:
“We have been requested to inform
1 the public in our community why
rationing of whisky in North Caro
lina is necessary. Two months ago
we were informed that a five-year
supply of whisky would be available
’| to the nation. Now we are informed
" I that this available supply has been
1 cut to only a three-year supply. We
are further informed that under the
most favorable circumstances we can
j not hope to receive in this State more
1 j than 35,000 cases of whisky each
s : month, which incidentally is only 35
* j per cent of North Carolina’s October,
s j 1942, sales of 100,000 cases. At a
e ; joint meeting of the North Carolina
! State Board of Alcoholic Control and
fjthe boards from control counties, it
l > I was decided that something had to be
e done to halt the fast dwindling stocks
'• of whisky.
1 “After extensive study of several
systems of rationing, a sales permit
* book was adopted, which, of course, is
~ not perfect but the best available, and
• from time to time can be amended
1 (Continued on Page Five)
r
Christmas Club
Members Receive
$40,000 In Savings
1 1942 Club By Far Larg
, est In History of Popu
lar Saving Plan
Late last week the Bank of Eden
ton sent out checks amounting to
' $40,000, which represents the savings
accumulated by the 1942 Christmas
, Savings Club. Both the amount and
: the number of depositors this year
I breaks all previous records, there be
ing approximately 1,000 members en
. rolled in the club.
The 1943 club is now forming, and
• bank officials predict that next year’s
. J club will be even larger than this
-! year. Members should enroll as ear
■ ly as possible, for payments begin as
I' of November 30, and the deadline to
I join will be January 1.
j scrap pile. In event the weather in
terferes with the collection, it will be
made the following day, according to
Mr. Holland.
This drive, which will continue un
til Saturday, December 19, is the cli
max to a campaign which has been
2h progress several weeks and during
i&iluch scrap has been deposited at
nine community centers throughout
the county.
Final collection is in progress in
the rural sections this week, each
neighborhood taking the metal to the
nearest school or a central point from
where it is to be hauled. The collec
tion, so far, has been very satisfac
tory to Mr. Holland, who is delighted
at the fact that every truck owner
who has thus far been called upon has
freely offered his truck. In fact, so
generous has been the response that
Mr. Holland expects ..the entire town
to be covered in e single day.