Volume XIII. —Number 14.
John W. Graham And John
* White File As Candidates
ror County Representative
Contest Develops When
Both Announce Early
This Week
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BOTH POPULAR
Graham Returned Vet
eran; White Veteran
In Office
With few candidates filing for of .
fire in the May Primary election, a
contest for County Representative de- ;
veloped this week when John W. (Ira |
hant filed for office and shortly as- !
terward John F. White filed for re
election.
Mr. Graham, who recently was dis
charged from the Navy, has resumed
his law practice. He was prosecuting
attorney in Chowan Recorder’s Court
from December, 1938 until February,
1941, when he became judge of the
same court. He served in that oapa- j
city until September, 1942, when he j
enlisted in the Navy and when dis
charged in March of this year lie held
the rating of lieutenant commander. !
In the Democratic party Mr. Gra
ham has served as precinct chairman, I
member of the County Executive !
Committee and Congressional Com- ;
mitteeman. He also served as secre- |
tary of the bar for four years and j
has been active in civic and business j
affairs in Chowan County for many I
I
yvars.
Mr. White is a veteran Represents- I
live, having served in the House in j
1931, 1935, 1937, 1939 and 1943. fie- j
fore going to the Legislature he ser
ved as Judge of Recorder’s Court,
prosecuting attorney and one term, as 1
town attorney.
) igram Completed;
ror BTU Convention,
To Be Held In E. City
Prominent Baptists Are
Scheduled to Take
Active Part
Baptist Training Union members,
workers and friends will be delighted
to learn that the North Carolina
Training Union Secretary, Harvey T. t
Gibson of Raleigh, has definitely ar
ranged to be present and take active |
part in the annual Regional Training i
Union Convention which meets April
26-27 at Blackwell Memorial Church
in Elizabeth City.
Secretary Gibson will bring one of
the feature addresses of the conven
tion during the Saturday morning ’
session on the subject, “Christ Above
All In Our Work.” Those planning j
to attend the convention will look for- !
ward to this helpful and inspiring ad- j
dress from the State Secretary. Ini
addition to this, Secretary Gibson
will lead the conference for pastors,
directors, general officers and adult
members during the Saturday morn
ing session. The conference will be
conducted on problems and practical j
phases of the training union work. |
This will be quite an opportunity for!
the adults, general officers and pas
tors of the Chowan and West Cho
wan Associations and many are ex-j
pected to avail themselves of this i
opportunity.
The sermon of the Convention is to j
be preached by Dr. F. Orion Mixon, j
pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church |
in Raleigh. Dr. Mixon will be remem- j
bered as the N. C. State Chairman of i
(Continued on Page Three!
Edenton High Meets
Elizabeth City Friday
Edenton High School’s baseball
team is scheduled to meet the Eliza
beth City aggregation on Hicks Field
Friday afternoon in what should be
hard fought game between the old
als. The two teams started a game
J y weeks ago in Elizabeth City, but
ere rained out after one inning was
played with Elizabeth City leading
2-0,
Supporters of the Elizabeth City
outfit venture the guess that the team
i 3 10 runs stronger than Coach Tex
Lindsay’s Edenton boys, while Eden
ton fans are greatly encouraged over
the showing made in games thus far
played, so that the general feeling
is that the visitors will not have a
walk-away.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Oh, Boy! |
Though sport fishing in inland
waters closed Saturday and will ■!
remain closed through May 19. !
the Board of Conservation and
Development, hv special conces
sion, will allow fishing during j
the Easter holidays, including
April 20 to April 22.
During these three days all
| areas will he open to the public
for fishing, and already a num
ber of inquiries have been made
relative to permission to fish dur
ing the holidays, as has been the
policy in previous years.
Easter Seal Sale
Now On To Help
j Crippled Children
W. J. Taylor Again Act
i ing as Chairman For
Chowan County
\ W. J. Taylor, Chairman of the F.as- |
i ter Seal Sale in Chowan County, an- [
; flounced Tuesday that the drive is al- j
| ready in progress and that he is j
j hopeful that this year’s drive will !
i raise more money to aid crippled
children than last year, when seal i
: sales amounted to s2lll.
The campaign this year will be con- 1
ducted through the schools, as well ;
.as mailing quantities of the seals J
through the mail in the hope that j
recipients will return the money for ,
them. Karl Harrell is treasurer of'
the drive, and will he glad to receive
any contributions.
j "It is a rare thing to find an indi
vidual who does not hive children, and !
|no ehild is niore appealing than a
crippled one,” says Mr. Taylor.
The work of the North Carolina j
| League for Crippled Children is
among those small citizens of our
country who have been afflicted and
who do not have the means to secure
treatment which may permit them to
become strong and active. This is (
made possible by the contributions of |
unselfish people from all over the j
State who, finding it impossible to j
seek out and aid these children per
sonally, still have the desire to help.
“We have expanded our services as |
rapidly as our income permitted. Cef- I
tainly, we do not want to stop now :
when so many important things
need to be done! We need to ex
pand our teacher-training program, ;
to add niore special education classes, *
•*o provide visiting teachers for the !
homobound, to open convalescent \
i homes and rehabilitation centers •
| where treatment and training may be |
' combined, arid to increase other ser
| '.'ices now in process.
‘‘While the scope of the work has;
grown yearly, the need has develop
ed proportionately; and many worth
while phases of crippled children’s
work await only the more generous
■ response of public-spirited citizens.”
I
Triangular Debate
Takes Place April 17
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Timely Query Has to I)o
With Military Train
ing; Public Invited
i
Wednesday, April 17, has been set
for the annual triangular debate,
which will be held at 11 A. M. in
Edenton, Elizabeth City and Washing
ton High Schools.
In Edenton the Elizabeth City and
Washington negative teams will de
bate. Edenton’s affirmative team,
Laura Skinner and Marion Harrell,
will meet the Washington negative
debaters in Elizabeth City, while the
negative debaters, Harrell Webb and
Marion Alexander will oppose the
Elizabeth City team in Washington.
The public is urged to attend the
debate, the query' being “Resolved
that compulsory training should be
given every' boy between the ages of
18 and 24.”
BELLE BENNETT CIRCLE MEETS
The Belle Bennett Circle of the
Methodist Church will meet Tuesday,
April 16th, with Mrs. John Skiles. All
members are urged to be present.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 11, 1946.
Civil Term Superior
Court Will Be Held
Week Os April 29th
Judge Henry L. Stevens
Scheduled to Return
To Preside
i .
With a mixed term of Chowan Su- j
[ perior Court being held only last j
week, another term for civil cases is j
scheduled to be held the week of!
I April 29, with Judge Henry L. Ste-1
; veils again presiding.
The docket its arranged by members |
jof the bar include the following |
!cases:
S. K. Morris vs. C. E. Burnett, an
i ejectment proceeding.
George Benny vs. A. !’. Godwin, j
damages arising from an automobile j
collision. i
George ('. Swain, guardian of j
George Alton Swain, vs. S. W. Taylor,
an action bought about by the injur- ;
1 ing of the younger Swain.
J. 11. Conger vs. J. S. Wiggins of
Gatesville, claim for .damages to auto
mobile.
J. Wallace Goodwin vs. Louis Good
win, a case involving claim and deliv
j cry of hogs.
W. B. White vs. Frank Winslow, tot
recover for timber cut.
Luther Mann, et als, trustees of I
Free Grace Disciple Church of the!
Disciples of Christ vs. M. G. Brown
Company, to recover a balance al- j
leged due on deposit for unfilled ord
' er.
Divorce cases will be heard at the j
i convenience of the court.
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Awards Made For
Swimming Course
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57 Youngsters Success- j
fully Pass Tests Held
1 Friday
i-• ■ j
Benjamin Askew, chairman of the j
| junior life saving and waiter safety j
j course, reports that of 81 members i
of the class, 57 were awarded certlfi-j
j cates of graduation on Friday when '
final tests were conducted.
The course was sponsored by the ]
i Chowan County Red Cross Chapter,
of which Mrs. ,1. N. l’ruden is chair
man ami classes were conducted at !
the Edenton Naval Air Station swim- |
tiling pool. Members of the class made ]
outstanding progress under Mr. As
s kew, who is well pleased with the!
■ success of the course,
j The course consisted of three
'classes, the beginners being instruc-|
i ted by W. <’. Bunch, Jr., while George
j Willoughby was in charge of the in
; termediates and Mr. Askew instruct- 1
l ed;the junior life Saving class.
Those in the beginners class who j
received, awards were:
Frank Williams, George Harris,
1 Webb Griffin, George Lel’ine, Clif- ,
jford Overman, Milton. Flynn. Laurai
Skinner, Faye Daii, Archie Patterson,
| Branch Bunch, Elbrige Smith, Patsy
Taylor, Lillian Leary, Peggy Good
win. Caroline White, Peggy Williams,
Barbara Chappell, Richard Hutchin
! son, Arthur Chappell, Harriet Con
ger, Joan Cobb, Mary A. Perry, Wil
lie Keaton, Frankie Keaton, Chan 1
Wilson. Fred Byrum, Tav Byruni and
Lynn Bond.
Intermediates receiving awards l
were: Charles Overman, Johnny j
Goodwin, Helen Carter, Dot Cobb, Lu |
cille Snell,. Billy Bond, Ernest White, j
Ella M. Crummey, John Dobson and I
Dorothy Chestnutt. j
Awards for junior life saving went
\ to P. S. McMullan, Jr., Heilig Harney, i
Nelle Perry, Betsy Wood, Joe Pri
vott. Frances Wood, Paul Cayton, j
Sue Speight, Josephine Mills, Hector
Lupton, Jr., Sara Kemp Wood, Mary
Cease,* John Harney, Jim Earnhardt,!
Jr., Polk Williams, Sanford Spruill,
Betsy Shepard and Bobby Jordan.
C. I\ WALES SERIOUSLY ILL
C. P. Wales, operator of the Eden- (
ton Laundry, is seriously ill at his j
home. His condition was so critical !
Tuesday that no little concern devel I
oped that he would recover. 1
| CITIZENS BANK BUILDING SOLD |
Herbert S. Small, prominent and.
successful Chowan County farmer,
has purchased the Citizens Bank
Building, one of the outstanding
structures not only in Edenton but
any where in Eastern North Carolina.
The deal was negotiated through J.
H. McMullan, who will also act in the
capacity of manager of the building
for Mr. Small. The new owner plans
extensive renovation and necessary
modernization. The building will be
used as hertofore for offices of pro
Baptists Extend Cal!
To Rev. R. N. Carroll
As Pastor Os Church
Will Succeed the Rev.;
E. L. Wells, Pastor
For Over 35 Years
Members of the Baptist cotigrega- I
I tion on .Sunday morning voted unani- |
j mously to extend a call to the Rev. |
! R. X. Carroll of Knoxville, Teriri., to j
I become pastor of the church to sue .
j ceed the Rev, K. L. Wells, veteran .
I pastor of the church, who will .re- j
! tire. Mr. Wells tendered' his resigns !
! tion several months ago. when hi j
:.completed In.- hath year as pastor. j
The Rev. Mr. Carroll preached at j
] both services in the church on April ;
! 7. and made such a favorable inipres
! slop that he was called unanimously j
j after the eongretration hml nre.vjous-j
|ly d. -iled i . aiiic.'* pUne pas tot. .
i” m v niiiiis'er i. • i ted t"
come to !!■:!• ■ .. . tv,, p,-. !l "II
April 28.
The lte\. vl . u.'i.s will pi.va.ch his:
retirement : mi or Fasti n Sunday
morning and at the evening service
will receive St vt ral tnetitbers into tile
church in a hap;isinaj.service.
| Ministerial Group
! Plans For Sunrise
i Service On Easter
! Affair Scheduled to Re!
Held on Court House
Green at 6:30 A. M.
At a meeting of the. Chow an-Per- •
j quimans- Ministerial Association held
i Monday morning at the Hertford '
| Methodist Church, the association !
f agreed to sponsor a sunrise sendee on i
I Easter Sunday morning at • o:3ft ■,
' o'clock on the court house green in
I Edenton The program will feature
Faster music in which several talent-,
Jed musical artists will take part, arid j
| the Rev. W. C. Francis, pastor of the
; Rocky Hock Baptist Church, will de- ;
j liver a short inspirational address, j
The. Rev; D. (’. Crawford, Jr., H. F. 1
i Surratt, W. C. Francis and Mrs. Jul-j
j ian Wood were chosen as a committee 1
j to work out details for the service, |
|to which everybody in the county is j
cordially invited.
Definite and final plans for the ser- [
I vice will appear in The Herald next !
I week.
The next meeting of the association ■
• will be held at the new Presbyterian ;
Church Monday morning, May 6, at !
' 11 o’clock;
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New Furniture Store
Will Open Saturday
Owners Invite Public to
Visit Store and Inspect
Merchandise
• After several weeks of remodeling
a store arid purchasing merchandise,
! the Edenton .Furniture Company, one
jof Edenton’s newest concerns, will
j open for business Saturday, April
I 13. Owners of the concern, which is
| housed in the building next to the
Citizens Bank Building,, are Jesse
Harrell arid J. P. Partin,who invite
the public to their store to inspect
1 their merchandise.
Both of the owners are proud of the
I assortment of merchandise they have
! secured at a time when it is extreme
ly hard to buy furniture.
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AUXILIARY MEETS TODAY
1 The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
■ Paul’s Church will meet this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 4 o’clock in the j
Parish House. All women of the par-J
i ish are urged to attend this meet- j
] ing, and visitors will be cordially
I welcomed.
; fessional and business men and in
stitutions.
Edenton is fortunate in having such
a fine office building to grace its
main business section, and with the;
coming of the new Belk-Tyler store
just across the street, together with j
the new furniture store of Harrell j
and Partin and the proposed new j
theatre in the Taylor-Ziegler building
all grouped in this area, Edenton will
have a business section second to no
town of its size in the country.
Beaver Hill Cemetery Now
Under Administration Os
Members Os Town Council
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|_Clean-up WeekJ
This week is being observed as
! Clean-up Week in Edenton. hav- 1
ing been designated by Mayor
Leroy Haskett, who early this
week expressed appreciation of
some evidence of cooperation in
an effort to tidy up around prem
ises and make Edenton more at-
I ractive.
Observance of Clean-up Week
will continue throughout the re
, mainder of the week and Mayor
i flasket) appeals to every person ‘
to join in the movement.
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Masonic Banquet At
Cross Roads Tonight
Rev. C. W. Puling- of
Hertford Principal
Speaker
;' Members of the Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, A. F. & A. M., as well as visit
ing Masons will enjoy a banquet to
j night (Thursday) at tile Community j
| Building at Cross Roads, the affair I
! being scheduled to begin promptly at |
S o'clock. The banquet will take the I
; place of the regular riieeting.
The Rev. C. W. Duling. pastor of |
■j the Hertford Baptist Church, w ill he ;
I the principal speaker for the oeca-
I sion, rind it is expected that about
i 125 Masons and their wives w ill at - I
! tend. Tickets are on. sale under the :
| direction of Harrell Pratt at the Al
! bemarle Restaurant.
( The committee in charge "f ar
rangements is composed of .the Rev.
W. ('. Francis, Hubert Williford, Jack
, Mooney, Harrell Pratt, W. .1. Daniels ;
i and Richard Baer.
I The dinner will he served by mem- :
! hers .of the Chowan Woman's Club.
Jesse Harrell Named
Head Os Cancer Drive
|
Chowan Asked to Con
tribute $325 to Fight
Disease
Jesse Harrell last week was appoint
ed chairman for the Chowan County
cancer drive, succeeding Jesse White,
who 'served' as chairman last year. ;
The drive to raise funds to combat '
cancer is now in progress, the coun
ty’s quota being $825. . '
In announcing, the drive Mr. Har-J
relj emphasized the fact that cancer 1
is the number one enemy, being more |
deadly than war. He points out that !
from Pearl Harbor to V-J Day 294,-
476 Americans were slain by the Ger- j
mans and Japs on the battlefield, j
| while during the same period 607,193 j
Americans lost their lives on the
home front as cancer victims.
Mr. Harrell states that the drive j
will continue throughout April and!
that ho will appoint a committee to
make a solicitation, In the meantime j
he will be glad to receive contribu- '
tions from anyone who is interested in.
the fight against cancer.
High School Host To
Federated Music Clubs
On Friday, April 12th Edenton High ;
School will be host to the North Eas
tern District of Federated Music
! Clubs, This is the season of the
( Spring Festival.
j Therewill be 62 children front this
j section playing for National honors.
The young pianists will play in the
1 High School Auditorium. Mrs. Lewis
j is trying to get the Parish House, for
[the voice numbers. Those entering "
| from Edenton are as follows: Evelyn
Bunch, 3rd grade; Barbara Dail, 4th
grade; Betsy Duncan, Margery Thig
pen, sth; Marietta Perry, Joan Cobb,
6th; Susan Thigpen, 9th; Charlotte
i Bunch, Uth. The young people will
perform first. The hour 9:30. The
public is invited to attend.
Bank Os Edenton Will
j Be Closed On April 12
Friday, April 12, being Halifax j
! Day, the Bank Os Edenton will be
; closed all day in observance of the
I holiday. Patrons of the bank are,
> therefore, asked to transact their
banking affairs accordingly.
.w Per Year.
W. M. Wilkins, Custo
dian, Submits Several
Recommendations
DISCUSSPOLICY
Price of Lots Roosted
With Uukeep Charge
Eliminated
lu. a comparatively brief meeting
Tuesday night, Town Council official
ly took over operation and mainten
ance of Beavers Hill Cemetery in ac
cordance with action taken at the
previous meeting which was. subject
to transfer of a deed to the property
by the Beaver Hill Cemetery Corpor
ation and tile Beaver Hill Cemetery
Association. The two groups have
passed a resolution to that effect, so
that as of Tuesday night the ceme
tery will be Under administration of
the Town .of Edenton.
Walter M. Williams, Fourth Ward
Councilman, has been appointed cus
todian of the cemetery and will have
charge of selling lots, employing a
keeper or keepers and to see to it
! that the ceriieterv is. properly main
tained.
At the meeting Mr. Wilkins pre
sented some recommendations and as-
I ter discussing each one they were
| adopted as read. The recommenda
tions in substance were as follows:
No family is allowed more than
two lots.
; The price of lots will be SBO for
residents or property owners in Eden
ton, and sl2ii for non-residents or
1 non-tax payers, with no charge for
| upkeep.
Any person will have the privilege
of purchasing half a lot provided it
he the east or west end of lot hut cat:
■ not buy the south or north side. The
; second purchaser of half a lot must
buy the balance of lot from first pur
chase.
Grave spaces may be sold at $10:
per space but a let must be Sold
complete before a grave is sold in an
: other lot.
! Grave spaces on all lots, will be de
signed by numbers,
j . A record will be kept of all lots
and spaces, which information shall
j be furnished by the undertaker who
i conducts the funeral,
j. After the recommendations were
[adopted Mr. Wilkins discussed with
the Councilmen the necessity of se
j curing a power law n mower, employ
ment of .a caretaker and other respon
sibilities he will assume as custodian.
Burchase of lots or grave spaces will
also he handled by Mr. Wilkins.
During the meeting a taxi license
' was granted Willie Goodwin, Jr., col
ored. He expressed his purpose to op
lerate. the taxi in the colored section
| of Edenton.
I Golden Frink, commander of the
Jernigan-Gramby Post of the Am
i erican Legion, appeared before the
; Board to request use of the armor\'
[ for a colored Legion meeting. Due to
! tlie N. ('. State Guard having pre
| ference over use of the building, the
matter was referred to Marvin Wil
lson, commanding officer of the local
i State Guard outfit.
Miss Louise Coke was authorized
! to advertise delinquent 1945 taxes the
I second Monday in May with the sale
| to be held the second Monday in June.
J, Edwin liuffiap, Street Comniis
' sion. reported on a demonstration of
j a refuse getter, an up-to-date piece
! of equipment for collecting trash and
j garbage, but the matter was tabled.
R. G. Henderson, Jr.,
Enlists In U. S. Army
Robert G. Henderson, Jr., one of
the stars on last season's high school
football team, enlisted in the U. S.
Army Tuesday. He left Wednesday
for Fort Bragg to undergo his physi
cal examination.
Young Henderson enlisted with the
'recruiting officer at the post office,
who is stationed there every Tuesday
arid will be glad to discuss with any
young men the advantages of en
listing or re-enlisting in the Army.
Edenton Stores Close
For Easter Monday
Marvin Wilson, secretary of the
j Chamber of Commerce, informed The
i Herald Wednesday morning that all
j business concerns have been canvass
ed relative to closing all day on Eas
ter Monday, April 22. According to
the result of the canvass practivally
every store will be closed in obser
vance of the holiday.