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Volume X.—Number 44.
Edenton Lions Sponsor
# Hew Boy Scout Troop With
4. R. Tanner Scoutmaster
Chief of Police Vitally
Interested In Future
Os Edenton Scouts
TWO TROOPS
New Group Calculated
To Stimulate Interest
Among Boys
As the result of action taken by the
Edenton Lions Club at Monday
night’s meeting, another troop will be
added to the Edenton Boy Scouts, the
new troop to be sponsored by the
Lions Club at the suggestion of Dis
trict Scout Commissioner Geddes
Potter. An application for a charter)
has been made and Chief of Police j
J. H. Tanner has agreed to act as I
Scoutmaster for the new troop. The |
organizing committee is composed of
W. W. Byrum, J. Clarence Leary,
Geddes Potter and Chief Tanner.
Chief Tanner has had considerable,
experience in Scouting, a movement I
which is dear to his heart. He was)
district commissioner in Rocky
Mount before coming to Edenton and
has also served as Scoutmaster. He
was honored by a number of farewell
parties before leaving Rocky Mount,
as well as being presented with sev
eral gifts which he prizes very i
highly.
The new troop will use the Boy
Scout cabin and its organization is
not intended to be detrimental to the
present troop, which is sponsored by
the Rotary Club and of which C. VV.
Overman is Scoutmaster. In speak
in;' about another troop, Chief Tanner;
expressed it as ridiculous that Eden
ton should have only one Boy Scout
troop. In fact, he very definitely
feels that not enough boys are taking
advantage of the splendid opportuni
ties offered in Boy Scout work and
he figures that there should be at
■ast 17/) boys in the county who are
i y Scouts.
’ I'he new troop, according to the
-dm of Chief Tanner, is to bring
Scouting to Under-privileged boys
and he feels certain that another
troop can be organized and rather,
than tear down what has already been;
accomplished, it will bring about more
interest and that due to rivalry!
among the troops Scouting will againj
come into its own in Edenton.
Oscar Duncan, president of the
Lions Club, will be assistant Scout
master, while the troop committee
will be named later.
Another feature of Monday night’s
meeting was the presentation by Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Mooney of a number
of piano and vocal solos, which were
very much enjoyed.
PTA To Sponsor
Girl Scout Troop
Action Follows Address!
By Chief of Police
J. R. Tanner
“Juvenile Delinquency” was the
subject of the talk by Police Chief
J. R. Tanner to the Parent-Teacher
Association in its regular meeting
1 uesday afternoon. Mr. Tanner gave
figures which showed juvenile delin
quency to be decidedly on the increase
in the nation and stated that, while
this is not as true in Edenton as it is
in many other places, it is a condition
which warrants our attention. Mr.
Tanner said, “The police cannot han
dle juvenile delinquency; they can
handle only delinquent juveniles.” In
other words, a young person usually
comes in contact with the police after
he has been in trouble.
“It is, therefore, the responsibility
of the home to prevent juvenile delin
quency, and in these times, when
many children are being neglected by
their parents, it becomes the responsi
bility of organizations such as the
P. T. A. to lend assistance.”
Mr. Tanner explained that this
neglect is often due to both parents
being at work and that it sometimes
is necessary. He then gave some de
finite and practical suggestions which
should be adopted in Edenton. He
stressed the importance of Scouting, i
stating that it helps boys and girls
every day. He announced that plans
are underway for the organization of
another boy Scout troop, and urged
the P. T. A. to spensor a girl Scout i
troop. He also urged everyone to
help the churches have more definite
(Contirued on Page F*ivet i
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Less Whiskey |
Consumers of whiskey suddenly
! learned by newspapers and radios
Sunday that, effective Monday
morning, the value of whiskey
II coupons in North Carolina had
I been cut exactly in half. Hereto
fore, each coupon was good for
| one pint of whiskey, with two
j coupons redeemable every I.">
days. According to the new rul
ing, each coupon will be good for
only half a pint, so that during
the 15-day period each consumer
I is entitled to only one pint.
This action was taken, stated
, Girl L. Williamson, chairman of
.I the State ABC Board, with a view
of more equitably distributing the
limited supply of whiskey. The
| plan to cut the value of whiskey
coupons was kept secret until
after the dosing of ABC stores
Saturday night in order to pre
vent a run on the limited stocks
) on band.
Flouroscope Likely
1 For Chowan County
i
Need Presented to Com
missioners at Meet
ing Monday
Strong possibilities loomed Monday
1 morning that Chowan County will be
equipped with a flouroscope in an ef
fort to curb the spread of tuberculo
sis. In behalf of this necessary
equipment, Mrs. J. A. Moore and
Mrs. R. C. Holland appeared before
the Commissioners with a proposition
that if the Commissioners agree to
purchase a flouroscope, part of the
expense will be borne by funds from
the sale of Christinas Seals.
Mrs. Moore very ably reiterated
the status of tuberculosis, emphasiz
ing the fact that it is both prevent
! able and curable, if proper precautions
1 are taken. She also told the Com
missioners that while the death rate
I from tuberculosis has declined, it is
still too large and that With war con
ditions its presence Will naturally in
crease.
M rs. Moore’s argument for the need
of the equipment was very convincing
and was favorably considered by the
j Commissioners, except for the fact
that the Commissioners felt that if
the machine is so necessary, it would
be unwise to use any of the Christ-1
aiiis Seal funds which go toward pur
chase of milk for those threatened j
with tuberculosis as well as other ex
penditures in connection with pre
venting the development of the dis
ease, such as transportation of sus
pects to nearby towns where flouro
scopic service is now available,
i While the Commissioners were fav
orably inclined to the acquisition of
| the equipment to that already in the
' local district health office, no defin
ite action will be taken until further
information is obtained from the
State Board of Health officials.
Edenton High Tackles
Henderson In Night 1
Game Next Friday
- i
Edenton Higli School’s football j
team is scheduled for another tough j
game Friday, when they go to Hen-'
derson to play a night game under]
the floodlights.
Little is known of the strength of
the Vance County team except that
they were recently defeated by the
Methodist Orphanage, the first time
a defeat has been administered on the
home grounds in three years.
Auxiliary Will Meet
Monday Afternoon
The regular business meeting of
the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s
Church will be held next Monday,
November 8 at 4 o’clock in the Parish
House. A full attendance at this
meeting is desired. A cordial invita
tion to attend is extended to all visi
tors in the parish.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s firemen wBl meet in
monthly session tonight
at 8 o’clock. Fire ChiePJR. K. Hall
requests every member ofithe depart
ment to be present.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, lhui sday, November 4, 1943.
i i Mrs. Marshbilrn Is
.Transferred To USO
' Club In Mississippi
Succeeded By Mrs. E. R.
I" Hall, Scheduled to Ar
rive This Week
Mrs. Esther I’. Marsiruurn, who lias
! been assistant to Director Abe Mar
! tin at the Edenton USO Club since
! early in August, will leave the latter
j part of the week for Biloxi, Mississ
. ippi, to which place she has been
transferred. During her brief stay
| here, Mrs. Marshburn has won many
I friends both among the service men
| and women and civilians, so that her
; leaving will be regretted by many
people.
| Mrs. Marshburn will be succeeded
iby Mrs. E. R. Hall, who comes here
from a I'SO training school in New
York City. She is a native of Fred
ericksburg, Va., and was graduated
from Mary Washington College. For
six years she lived in New Jersey un
til her husband entered the Army,
when she decided to enter USO work.
I Mrs. Hall is expected to arrive on
Friday or Saturday to begin her new
duties.
John White Named
Member ABC Board
1—
j Succeeds M. F. Bond, Jr.;
j Hector Lupton Is New
Secretary-Treasurer
,
j Meeting jointly Monday afternoon,
) the County Commissioners, the Chow
lan County Board of Education, and
| the Board of Health appointed John
' Fernando White as a member of the
Chowan County ABC Board to succeed
Millard F. Bond, Jr., deceased. There
were four applicants to fill the va
cancy caused by the sudden death of
: Mr. Bond, but Mr, White secured a
I majority of the votes on the second
’ ballot.
: Mr. White will fill the unexpired!
I I term of Mr. Bond, which terminates
jin July, 1945, Mr. Bond was also
l secretary - treasurer of the ABC
Board and at a meeting Monday
night of the Board members. Chair- ;
' man R. P. Badham, Hector Lppton
and Mr. White, Mr. Lupton was ap-j
! pointed the new secretary-treasurer. |
Chowan Cotton Ginning
Is Leading Last Year
Chowan cotton ginning continues to
lead last year, according to a report
[ of F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the
Bureau of the Census. Mr. Hobbs’
J figures show that 3,199 bales were
ginned in Chowan County from the 1
j 1943 crop prior to October 18, as com
| pared with 2,978 bales from the crop
,of 1942 at the same time last year.
NOVEMBER 11 TO DECEMBER 11 SET AS
MONTH TO PRODUCE MORE POLPWOOO
Slogan of Important Drive to Bolster Production
Is to Cut an Extra Cord For Every Man and
Woman Serving In the Armed Forces
I .
I November 11 to December 11 has
been designated as a month during
■ which Chowan County is asked to cut
i a cord of extra pulpwood for every
I boy and girl in the service of their
| nation. There are over 600 men and
I women now in the armed forces, so
| that over 600 more cords of pulp
-1 wood are expected. A recent cam-
I paign throughout the pulpwood pro
ducing area of the nation has been
very effective in staving off a seri-
I ous shortage of pulpwood used in
| manufacturing vital war materials,
but there is still more needed. In
fact a minimum of 1:1,000,000 cords,
are necessary for war and essential
civilian requirements for the re
mainder of 1943.
i Governor J. M. Broughton rea- j
lizes the seriousness of the pulpwood t
situation, and in a recent proclama
tion endorses the new U. S. Victory
Pulpwood Campaign, urging every j
farmer, or any other individual, to
utilize any possible available time to
cutting pulpwood.
“This community has a great op
portunity To show our boys and girls
in the armed forces that we’re be
hind them 100 per cent and that
while they are fighting at the front
we are working at home to keep pace
with our production of war ma-,
terial,” said T. W. Earle, manager
of the Wood and Land Department
Philip S. McMullan
Reappointed As Tax
Supervisor For 1944
Commissioners Also Re
appoint Tax Listers
At Same Salaries
Philip ...cMullan was on Monday!
. reappointed tax supervisor for the
» year 11144 by the Chowan County
r Commissioners. Mr. McMullan was
. the only applicant for the office and
i in his application recommended, if he
r was re-appointed, the appointment of
r the same tax listers who served last
i year. The Commissioners complied
r with the request, so that the tax
r listers will be as follows:
First Township—Mrs. Philip Mc
| [ Multan.
.! Second Township—Percy L. Smith.
Third Township—T. A. Berryman.
Fourth Township—Chas. H. Parker.
I i The Commissioners made the ap
-! pointments at the same salary as
■ 1 last year, which is S4OO for the super
, visor, S2OO for the First Township
, lister, $125 for the Second Township,
I I SIOO for the Third Township, and
•j SOS for the Fourth Township.
! Important Meeting
l! Fishermen Monday
I OPA Ceiling Price on
Herring Main Rea
son For Hearing
* !
I An important meeting for oommer
t rial fishermen in this section will be
. held next Monday night at 8 o'clock,
[ at the Rocky Hock Qentral School,
i i Os especial interest will be a discus
. si on of the OPA ceiling price placed
I on herring, so that every fisherman;
is urged to be present.
Among those who are scheduled to
speak on the subject are J. A. |
Pritchett, of Windsor, and L. D. j
Perry, of Colerain.
Negro Seriously Stabbed
At Small’s Paradise Case
Edward Riddick, 19-year-old Negro,)
I was arrested Monday night and is)
) being held on what may develop into
la charge of murder. Riddick se-j
! riously stabbed Edward Tripp, 14-
year-old Negro, in a brawl at Small’s
Paradise, colored case on Oakum
street.
After local treatment for a wound
just above the heart. Tripp was rush
ed to Tayloe Hospital in Washington,
where his recover,' was considered
doubtful. Riddick was arrested a few
• minutes after the fight on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon, but
which charge will be changed to mur
der if the victim dies.
of the N. C. l’ulp Company at Ply-!
mouth, in connection with the now
pulpwood drive*
“We may not have the huge war
plants that are found in largo manu
facturing cities,’’ he continued, "hut ! :
we do have an essential War industry
that is just as important to the war j
| effort as the production of planes,!
tanks and guns. It's the cutting of
pulpwood.
“Many of us, because of age or
i family responsibilities, are unable to
join the actual attack on the Axis in
Europe or the South Pacific. But
i that doesn’t mean we can’t have a
, hand in winning—and shortening—
the war. Our country needs every
man, some of them for fighting, but
j the majority to keep the combat
troops supplied with supplies in good
1 condition and on time.
“That’s where pulpwood conies In.
j Without the thousands of military
products into which it is made, our
boys would be severely handicapped.
With an abundance of it, our boys
will be able to do their job effectively
and quickly. They will lick the Axis
and be home sooner if we do not
falter.’’
Reciting the slogan of the news
paper pulpwood drive for November
,11 to December 11, Mr. Earle said:
“Cut a cord of pulpwood for every
(Continued on Page Six!
Chowan County Early This
Week Reaches Its $6,000
Total In War Fund Drive
i
Tickets On Sale Fpr
Premier Showing Os
“This Is The Army”
Army Relief Benefit lec
ture at Taylor Sun
day Night
Tickets are now on sale for the
j premier showing of “This Is the
Army,” to be shown at the Taylor
Theatre next Sunday night at 9:15
i o’clock. The film is presented for
the benefit of the Army Emergency
Relief Fund. Robert L. Pratt has
. been appointed Chowan County chair
man to sell tickets for the show, the
! appointment being made by Judge
Henry Stevens, State chairman,
j. Mr. Pratt has placed tickets at
j Leggett & Davis drug store and has
arranged to have a ticket committee
; on the street from Ed Bond Post and
I the Auxiliary of the American Legion
j in an effort to sell a ticket for every
j seat in the theatre,
i Jimmy Earnhardt, manager of the
.j theatre, will also present the picture
Monday and Tuesday on regular
j schedule and at regular admission
prices.
I The picture, in technicolor, is the
i work of Irving Berlin and stars men
1 of the armed forces and George Mur
phy, Joan Leslie, Lieut. Ronald
'Reagan, George Tobias, Alan Hale,
Charles Hutterworth. Kate Smith and
others.
The premier admission is sl.lo'
I with the proceeds going to the Army I
Relief Fund.
School Cleared In
I Record Time During i
Surprise Fire Drill!
All Children March Out'
Os Edenton Building
In 81 Seconds
i
On Monday, Superintendent John 1
j A. Holmes of the local school, gave!
a surprise fire-drill, with most grati-1
tying results in emptying the build
ing of around 800 students and facul
ty members in record-breaking time, j
These drills are held on an average j
of two per month, and at all times j
the results are good.
The drill held on Monday was the
speediest yet. From the front door,
; the students cleared the building in,
j 62 seconds. From the north doors,
where students come from the third
: floor, only 80 seconds were required
to dear that passage way. From the
south doors, where another group of
third floor students have to pass
through in order to leave the building,
81 seconds were required.
Such speed in a surprise drill for
the number of people involved, is con
sidered extra good.
Violation Os Rent
Regulation Nets Jail
Term In Wilmington
Judge I. M. Meekins, in a session
• of. the U. S. District Court held in
'Wilmington, sentenced J. P. Newton,
! horse and mule dealer to four months
in the county' jail and fined him S2OO
, for falsely registering rental proper
ty with the OPA and charging above
maximum rent regulations.
It was the first criminal case in
volving violation of maximum rent
regulations to be tried in the Wil
mington Division of Eastern North
Carolina District Court.
Thomas J. Markham, area rent di
rector, urges local landlords to com
ply with rent regulations in order to
avoid similar sentences in this area.
Red Cross Garments
Sent To New Jersey
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the
Chowan Red Cross Chapter, reports
that a shipment of Red Cross gar
ments was made last week to the
State arsenal at Seagirt. New Jersey.
Included in the shipment were 44
Army mufflers, six layettes, four
women’s shawls and seven children’s
bathrobes.
j
This newspaper it ctrcu- I
ktad in the territory I
where Adtor titan wAI I
rooliaa good ratuiU. j
„ c s»« ==
r j..uu re r Year
♦8 —■
Chairman J. H. Conger
Elated Over Success
Os Campaign
THANKS ALL
T \
Proceeds of Dance To
night Will Also Swell
Local Fund
i
Though reports are still incomplete
• 1 in Chowan County’s United War Fund
• drive, J, H. Conger, general chairman
•! of the drive, on Monday morning, re
i | ported that the quota had been
• reached, the amount deposited in the
■ Bank of Edenton Monday morning
; ! totaling $6,020.84.
•
■j That the final amount realized
• during the drive will be substantially
! in excess of the quota is now confi
] dently expected due to the fact that a
: dance is scheduled to be held tonight
(Thursday) in the local Armory for
■ the benefit of Chowan County’s
United War Fund drive.
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by Hal Thurston and his or
chestra from Rocky Mount, and indi
• cations point to a large gathering of
i dance enthusiasts. A greatly re
■ duced price will be charged service
i men, so that a goodly number of the
service men and women are also ex
pected to enjoy the affair.
Dancing will begin at 10 o’clock
and continue until 2 o’clock.
In reaching the: quota, Mr. Conger
expresses deep ap'.eciation to every
one who in any way contributed to its
j success. Those who solicited, as well
! as those who contributed, did a splen
| did job, he says, and helped to again
keep Chowan County in the top rank
when it comes to a patriotic or worth
while cause. >
While never seriously doubting the
fact that the quota would be raised,
| Mr. Conger sensed the magnitude of
j the S6,(MM) goal, and from the start
maintained that much hard work
would be necessary to succeed. He
j drilled this idea into the various chair
| men, and as a result the quota was
reached in just about the time it was
; hoped.
I Much publicity was given to the
j drive, one of the most unique being a
j huge thermometer erected in front
! of the Bank of Edenton which daily
j registered the progress of the drive.
A great deal of literature was distri
| buted as well as placards and posters,
much of the credit for the distribution
of this material going to a group of
tlic Edenton Boy Scouts.
35 Will Graduate
j From Police School
Wednesday, Nov. 17
In the neighborhood of 35. members"
of Edenton’s police school will grad
uate Wednesday night, November 17,
according to Chief of Police J. R.
Tanner. The principal speaker for
the graduation exercises will be Ed
ward Scheldt, of Charlotte, agent in
charge of the FBI in the two Caro
linas.
The exercises will be held in the
Court House at 8 o’clock, the full pro
gram to be announced later.
Red Cross Asked Make
250 More Kit Bags
Added to the work of the Chowan
Red Cross Chapter, Mrs. J. N. Pru
den, chairman, announces an urgent
call to make 250 more kit bags and
250 “housewives” to lie packed in the
bags. While quite a few are already
doing Red Cross work, Mrs. Pruden
feels that there are those who would
volunteer to do this work in their
homes and she will greatly appre
ciate hearing from anyone who will
help.
The kit bags are given to service
men who leave for overseas duty
and are needed as quickly as possible.
Rains Delay Picking
Chowan Peanut Crop
Rains during the early part of last
week delayed harvesting of the peanut
crop in the North Carolina-Virginia
area, reports the War Food Adminis
tration and the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture.
The quantity of peanuts so far
picked in this section and the move
' went of farmers’ stock to market
' j have both been light. Practically all
; | sales, however, have been reported at
I the C. C. C. schedule of payment.