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In these columns will be found « fair presentation of load and county news o) general interest. Volume X.—Number 48. Many Cases Disposed of By j Judge Everett Thompson! • njTerm of Superior Court < Monday Morning Ses sion Develop Into Divorce Mill SEVEN DIVORCED Criminal Docket Com pleted at End of First Day i Though Judge C. E. Thompson, of Elizabeth City, faced a crowded cal endar at a. term of Chowan Superior Court beginning Monday morning, there were no cases docketed of an., special interest, so that quite a num ber were disposed of. Court was convened promptly at 9:30 o’clock, and little time was lost in selecting the grand and petit juries. James L. Hassell was named fore man of the Grand Jury, the others serving with him being: E. L. White, A. M. Harrell, Henry B. Harrell, Louis Goodwin, John L. Parrish, Glenn Bunch, Henry Jordan, I. R. Blanchard, O. M. Eason, G. D. Cale, W. H. Deil, Vandy Nixon, J. T. Parrish, J. T. Layton, William E. Speight, A. L. Hobbs and C. S. Mor- j gan. In his charge to the Grand Jury, Judge Thompson complimented the men who served for not requesting to be excused from duty. Very few re quests were presented, and the Judge said he hoped none would be greatly inconvenienced. He emphasized the Tact that they are theguardians of the county, and while their powers' and duties are many and varied, he point ed out that none the least of them is to see that criminals are punished, and at the same tune guard against any unfounded accusation. Judge Thompson, in quite a lengthy charge, rehearsed the formation of the court system and explained the; various forms of lawlessness to be j considered by the Grand Jury. When the Grand Jury was sent to s room and the petit jury selected, jfi: • Court developed into somewhat of i - divorce mill, for while waiting for! .he return of.any true bills seven di- 1 vorce cases were heard. In six of these Herbert Leary represented the party seeking a divorce. Those grant ed divorces were: Vernon McWilliams Boyce, colored,! .from Jesse Elizabeth Boyce. Rosetta H. Taylor, colored, from Willie H. Taylor. William Madrin, colored, from Glaudie P. Madrin. Mary Bonds Howell, colored, from Chester Howell. J. R. Hare, white, from Elizabeth W. Hare. Roy E. Peters, colored, from Mary H. Peters. Olivia Meekins, white, from Ivan’ M. Meekins. This suit was trans ferred to Chowan from Pasquotank! County, with George Spence as the I attorney. The criminal docket was completed Monday afternoon, and those cases disposed of included the following: James Edward Perry, colored, was sentenced to 12 months on the roads on a charge of assault with a knife. He cut Larry Burke, another Negro. Willie Moore, colored, who was also involved in an attack upon Burke, failed to appear, and Judge Thomp son ordered visiscifa against the bond I (Continued on Page Six) Duke And Malone Dissolve Partnership 111 Health Causes Man ager Malone to Leave Hotel Joseph Hewes Effective Wednesday of this week, Haywood Duke and W. G. Malone dissolved partnership as operators of Hotel Joseph Hewes, the action being taken due to ill health of Mr. Malone since assuming managership of the hotel several months ago. Mr. Duke, who is manager of King Cotton Hotel at Greensboro, was in Edenton Tuesday to execute dissolu tion papers and brought with him E. B. Schwartze, who will succeed Mr. Malone as manager. Mr. Schwartze has been assistant mana ger of King Cotton hotel before com ing to Edenton and is well versed yi the hotel business. ) While in Edenton Mr. Malone has made many friends and he regrets to leave for another section of the State in the hope of regaining his usual health. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Plaque Unveiled On Sunday Afternoon In Baptist Church 103 Names of Men In Armed Forces Listed On Tablet AT 5 O’CLOCK i J. L. Wiggins and Lloyd E. Griffin Speakers For Occasion A special service in the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at .’> o’clock has been announced by the pastor, the Rev. K. L. Wells, at which time a beautiful plaque will be un i veiled containing the names of 103 boys front the church and congreg ation now in the service of their : country. The plaque will be unveiled • by Miss Mary Eliza White, daughter , of Mr. anu Mrs. J. Frank White, Sr., i who has five brothers in service. Speakers for the occasion will be J. 1.. Wiggins, chairman of the Chow ■ an County Draft Board, and Lloyd K. ■ GC Bn, who has been tile Sun lay • School teacher of a large number of those whose names appear on the plaque. Special music has also been arranged by the church choir, under the direction of Mrs. M. A. Hughes, , and includes a solo by <’. \V. Over , man. | The plaque will be hung in the ■ vestibule of the church, where it can ’ be easily seen by any who enter the i > nil. ■j The public is invited to attend the 1 service, which Will bake the place of, , the regular night service, and aj , -pecinl invitation is extended to men 1 I and women at the local 1. S. Marine! 'Corps Air Station. I Mrs. Zebulon Hopkins President Os Local Officers’ Wives Club Officers of New Organi zation Elected Mon day Afternoon At a meeting of a group of wives' .of Marine and Navy officers of the: • I U. S. Marine Corps Air Station held! in the LSO Club Monday afternoon, | an organization was effected and of- • ficers were elected. Officers chosen by the ladies were ! as follows: President—Mrs. Zebulon C. Hop- > kin.-. Vice President - Mrs. H. L. Patter son. 1 Secretary—Mrs, M. E. Derry berry. | Junior. Treasurer—Mrs. H. M. Gregg. ! The next meeting of the club will; j be held Tuesday, December 7, at 1! ! o’clock, in the CSO Club, at which j time plans for a Christmas dance j will be discussed. All officers’ wives | I are especially urged to attend this' meeting. I St. Paul’s Auxiliary Meets Next Tuesday! i The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Church will meet on Monday afternoon, December 6, at 4 o’clock, in the Payish House. All women of , the church are urged to attend, and a ; special invitation is extended to visi tors and strangers in town. | Communion Sunday At Methodist Church Services will be held in the Metho dist Church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, when the the Rev. H. Freo Surratt, will administer the holy communion and preach on the subject “Is the Christian Way Real istic?” Church school will be held] at 9:45 a. m., and the pastor extends i a friendly welcome to all. i . Fight Tuberculosis.... | Buy Christmas Seals I fvdenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 2, 1943. i Three Etchings Os j Edenton Included In Orr Collection Court House, St. Paul’s Church and Hayes In cluded In 11 Subjects USED AT COLLEGE Valuable Gift Given to Library at Woman’s College Gift of the artistically and histori cally valuable Louis Orr North Caro lina etchings to The Woman’s Col t'ge library is announced by Dr. W. 'C. Jackson, dean of administration. Fund for purchase of the etchings ..as given by Mrs. Julius I. Foust, wife of tile president emeritus, as a memorial to her parents, Cleveland and Caroline McNeill. The completed collection will in clude five albums of five etchings each and one larger etching of the State capital. Eleven etchings, two full albums and the extra etching of llie eapitol, have been finished and are in possession of the library. An exhibit of the It etchings will! open in the library Saturday and will be shown for the remainder of the month. Descriptive notes about the buildings and homes represented, illus trated books on North Carolina, bior graphical notes and portraits of the; donor and her family will be included in the exhibition. Subjects of the jl completed etch ings are the portico of the state capi- j to!, a full view of the state eapitol,i two scenes from Orton plantation, near Wilmington; Chowan County Court House, St. Paul’s Church and Hayes plantation, Edenton; Play-' makers’ theatre, Chapel Hill; the! Market, Fayetteville; servants’ quar-' ters, Hillsboro; the inner court of Salem academy, Winston-Salem. At the college, the Orr etchings: will be used for exhibits and for in-l i struction in art and history classes,! according to Guy R. Lyle, librarian. J Representative Coming ; To Assist Farmers In Filing Income Returns C. H. Robertson, of Greensboro, collector of internal revenue, has ar-| ranged to have a representative at the I Edenton post office and the County: Agent’s office on Thursday and Fri day, December 9 and 1(1, to assist farmers in filing federal income tax returns. .Special attention is called to the. fact that all farmers having an income : , of at least $524 net are liable for a return. I | FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT Fire Chief It. K, Hall wishes to re mind firemen that the monthly meet ing will be held tonight at 8 o’clock, j Every member of the organization is urged to attend. SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS GETS OFF TO GOOD START; LEADERS HOPE FOR SJSS Every Mail Bringing Batch of Contributions to Mrs. R. C. Holland, Treasurer; Booths In Operation at Air Station Though Mrs. R. C. Holland, treas- I urer of the Chowan County Christmas ' Seal Sale, had no definite figures to , j release Wednesday relative to the j amount received from the sale of the j ! tuberculosis seals, she, as well as ! Mrs. J. A. Moore, is greatly pleased I with the response to the letters j which were sent out last week. The drive is off to a good start, accord ing to both ladies, and Mrs. Holland, in every mail, is receiving a batch of letters containing contributions in re turn for Seals mailed. 'Mrs. Moore expresses her appre ciation for the interest shown in the drive and made special mention of Mrs. George I. Dail and Mrs. William Sexton, Jr., who mimeographed and sent the letters to those from whom contributions were expected. Mrs. Moore was also greatly en couraged in the drive, due to Lieu tenant-Colonel Zebulon C. Hopkins so generously allowing a booth to be in stalled at the U. S. Marine Corps Air ! Station for the sale of the Seals. I This booth has been in operation j since Monday, when the campaign was i | opened at the Base by Mrs. Hopkins, I and the response has been very gra tifying. The Seals have been on | sale two hours daily at the Adminis tration budding and at the Post Ex ' change, where a wife of a Marine; Company 26, State j Guard Called Early On Sunday Morning Unit Goes to Williams ton to Practice on Civic Disturbances VERY SUCCESSFUL Members of Local Out-; fit Alerted at Noon j Saturday Members of Company 26, of the State Guani, were alerted at noon Saturday and at 6 o’clock Sunday morning were called to Williamston on a practice maneuver, where the | jail was protected from a would-be I mob. About 75 per cent of the Chowan unit participator in the maneuver,', going to Williamston in private cars escorted by State patrolmen. All in-j structions were carried out by means j ‘ c-i , •• Mate Patrol radio system. 'while the local Guardsmen knew they would be called, there was no jo., .-.nation given as to where they j w.'itld be sent or for what purpose. The first instructions were to go to; Windsor, from where the orders Were to proceed to Williamston, where the! maneuvers to quell civic disturbances were used. The results of the practice were, 'very successful and were reason for many compliments from Major W. A. Blount, Jr., of Washington, N. C., j I Commander of the Second Battalion.: : In the group were representatives; from the units at Edenton, Elizabeth i ; City, New Bern, Washington and j Greenville, and after the drills, a I barbecue dinner was served at the I Williamston Athletic Field. Patriotic Program In Methodist Church On Next Sunday Night i j Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock, in j the Methodist Church, a patriotic play will be presented in which about 5b children will take part. The play j is sponsored by the Woman’s Society j of Christian Education and is being j directed by Mrs. W. C. Moore. The public is cordially invited to i attend. Of Cotton 65 Bales Ahead 1942 Cotton ginning in Chowan County j prior to November 14, led last year • at the same time by 65 bales, accord ing to a report of F. W. Hobbs, spec- I ial agent for the Bureau of the ' Census. Accon/ng to Mr. Hobbs’ figures 4,740 hales were ginned in the county from the 1943 crop, prior to Novem ber 14, which compared with 4,675 bales fi;om the 1942 crop at the same time last year. officer and a lady from Edenton j were on duty at the same time: j Both Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Holland are hopeful of receiving at least ! $756 from the Seal sale. Last, year approximately $625 was received,: which was tile nighest amount ever! collected during a drive. The import-; ance of more funds is emphasized j by Mrs. Moore, for upon them depend ! the amount of work to be done in fighting tuberculosis. “There is too much tuberculosis in Chowan Coun ty,” says Mrs. Moore, who calls at tention to the fact that only 10 more counties in the State have a higher tuberculosis death rate. The county’s death rate is higher than the aver age for the State and nation. Seventy-five per cent of the money realized through the sale of Seals re mains in Chowan County to fight the dreaded disease. The disease is both preventable and curable, so that with i enough funds an educational program could be inaugurated to prevent tuberculosis and more done in way of curing those cases which have al i ready developed. About 650 letters have been sent out, but that does not mean that others may not contribute. Mrs. Holland will be delighted to receive contributions in any amount to apply i to the drive. 1 {Restricted Area In Sound Cause Os Dissatisfaction Among Group Os Fishermen PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM TUBUCULOSIS BUY aid USE Christmas Saak Have YOU i Bought Any? I * 2,500 Registrations ‘ For Sales Permit Books For Liquor Restrictions Reduce the j : Number of Books Is sued In Chowan With registration for liquor permit j hook no. 2 ending Tuesday, approxi ! match- 2.500 of the books ;were issued] jby the Chowan County ABC Board. ; This number by far trails last year’s i initial registration when about 4,0 b() j books were issued ami which figure; later jumped to- around 6,000 for the I year. Os course, there arc a number of, reasons for the drop in the number• ••f books issued this year, a major: contributing factor being that there ! were, more restrictions placed upon * issuing the books. In the first regis tration a book was issued to residents lof any county or state, while this year a resident of a wet county was' obliged to secure a book in the coun . tv in which he or she resided, so that jail of the 2,50(1 books issued went to residents of Chowan County or ad joining counties, Where there are no ABC stores. i Another curb on the issuance of book came about due to the refusal to issue a book to any whose name appeared on the “black list.” This list includes any who have been ar rested or involved in any kind of trouble as the result of liquor. The new sales permit books became usuable Wednesday, but any who failed to secure a book must wait un til the first part of January, for none j will be issued during the month of December. Another Game Os Football Planned Hertford and Edenton Will Flay Second Game Os Season Friday Though last Friday's football game ] was expected to wind up the sche ! dales for both Edenton and Perquim i aiis High Schools, a game between I the two schools has been arranged for next Friday afternoon, to be played ‘ on the Hertford gridiron at 2 o’clock. The game will definitely wind up the season for both Coach Max Campbell’s and Coach Rock fellow Venter's boys. Though the Hertford hoys won last j Friday’s game 6 to 0 , the two; teams ; were evenly matched, so that Friday’s j game should be well worth seeing bv j any fans who enjoy a hard-fought and clean game of football. Masons Will Elect New Officers Tonight New officers for the year 1944 are scheduled to be elected at tonight’s meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. For that reason every member of the lodge is especial ly urged to be present. S. C. Mills has been master for the year 1943, and is very anxious to see a large number at tonight’s meeting. ROTARY MEETING TODAY Though the Rotary meeting was called off last Thursday on account of Thanksgiving, the regular meet ing will be held today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock, in the Parish House. President R. N. Hines urges every member to make a special effort to be 1 present. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wdt realise good results. $1.50 For ice*. Board of Conservation And Development Holds Meeting IN EDENTON Use of Middle Third of Sound For Nets Re sults In Argument Many commercial fishermen from both sides of Albemarle Sound and Chowan River assembled in the Muni cipal Building Monday afternoon when they were given a hearing by the Board of Conservation and De velopment. The meeting was the out growth of the Army and Navy re stricting certain areas in Albemarle Sound for target and bombing prac tice, which virtually put fishermen in the area with no place to set their nets. At present the law provides for fishing in two thirds of the Sound, with the middle third obliged to be kept open, and those affected by the government restrictions asked for the right to set their nets in the middle third to prevent being Virtually put out of business. I This idea, however, met with oppo sition on the part of upper Albemarle Sound and Chowan River fishermen, who advanced the argument that setting nets in the middle third would prevent fish from coming up the Sound, thus vitally affecting thefr j catch. Those fisermen directly affected | t>.v the government restrictions argued i that they should be allowed to use the middle third, adjacent to the re stricted area, claiming that nets could he so set that they would not interfere with navigation. It was al so pointed out that many pound nets are located near the practice grounds, so that the middle third was about all which remained to do any fishing. Fishermen who use upper Albemarle Sound and Chowan River agreed that those directly affected by the government order were badly crippled, but maintained that the middle third should remain open to allow fish to move up and down the Sound. A suggestion was even advanced that fishing in the territory be abandoned altogether for the duration, the idea being that it would be as fair to one as it was to another, and besides due to the labor situation fishing would also be cripped this season. Members of the Commission heard arguments by both sides and assured those present that despite the fact that they are working under abnormal conditions, they will endeavor to work out a plan as early as possible which will cause as little loss and inconven ienee as possible. Members of the Commission present for the hearing were: Roy Hampton, chairman; J. i,. Home and Chas. H. Jenkins. Director R. Bruce Etheridge, Captain John Nelson, fisheries commissioner; D. M. Davis, assistant fisheries commis sioner, and Cage Hayman, depute commissioner, also attended the meet ing. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Board went into executive session, but no definite action was taken pending further investigation as to whether or not the government will revise any of the area at present re stricted. Regular Meeting Os PTA Tuesday The regular meeting of the Parent- Teachers Association will be held in the High School Library on Tuesday afternoon, December 7, at 3:45 o’clock. It is hoped that a large number of parents will attend. A special invitation to attend and join the P. T. A. is extended to all parents who have recently moved to Edenton. A prize of SI.OO will be awarded to the room having the largest num ! ber of parents present. Chaplain Henry Chace will be pres ent at the meeting and speak to members of the organization. Joseph Long Promoted To Lieutenant General Friends will be pleased to learn that Joseph Tong, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. long, has recently had another promotion in the U. S. Army. Young long had been a major, but has now been elevated to a lieutenant general. He is connected with the Finance Division of the 100th Division and is now taking part in maneuvers in Tennessee. ‘
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