Volume Xlll.—Number 27.
Highway Officials Present
To Eliminate
Problem In North Edenton
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Agree to Curbs and Gut-!
ters If Storm Drain
age Is Provided
PIPE COSTS $2,000
Present Partial Storm
Sewer Considered
Too Small
T. J. MoKim, engineer for the First
Division ,of the State Highway Com
mission, and W. S. Winslow, hydro
graphic engineer, last week met with
Mayor Leroy Haskett and Street
Commissioner J. Edwin Bufllap to
present a report regarding the con- ;
struction of curbs and gutters on U. j
S. Highway 17 in North Edenton as
a solution to a very annoying drain
age problem. The report followed a
recent survey by the highway engin
eers.
Mr. McKim stated that the State,
he believed, will construct curbs and
gutters provided the Town installs
adequate storm sewers to carry off
the water. It was explained that un
less these storm sewers were ade
quate to carry off the water, there
would be no point in providing curbs
and gutters. It was also explained
that there is very little fall in the
area affected and that it would be
necessary to remove some of the trees
along the highway, for the 24-foot
highway would have to be widened
to “6 feet.
At present there is a line of storm
seuer, b»; this is too small to carry
off the water and would have to be re
placed with large pipe. In fact, to
tiro vide necessary drainage, it will re
uire about 620 feet of 24-inch pipe
dir ,nd about 62(1 feet of 18-inch pipe.
This pipe will cost in the neighbor
hood of $2,000 not counting the cost
of putting it in place.
Mayor Haskett assured McKim and
Winslow- that he would bring up the
matter at the next meeting of Town
Council and inform them immediately
thereafter what action was taken.
North Edenton drainage has been
a problem for many years and despite
temporary repairs made by the Street
Department, residents are greatly
handicapped after practically every
rain, so that much complaint has
been registered from time to time
with members of Town Council.
Rain Halts Play In
Albemarle League
Fourth of July Contests
Postponed Due to
Showers
STANDING OF CLUBS
Team Won Lost Pet.
Windsor - ..11 4 .733
Hertford . 10 7 .588
Colerain - 8 6 .571
Elizabeth City 5 7 .417
Edenton 6 it .400
Camden - 4 10 .280
Rain put a damper on all Albemarle
League games last week, w ith double
headers and a big Fourth of July
schedule postponed because of con
tinuous showers.
With the sun peeping through
shower laden clouds, the Colonials
attempted to dry the field and get the
grounds in playing condition two
days last week in a vain attempt to
.present a ball game. Each time “the
rains came.”
Officials Have Eye On
Drivers Os Taxicabs
Chief of Police George I. Dail re
ports that there is a growing tend
ency on the part of a few taxicab
drivers to wink at the taxicab regula
tions, which are now under the juris
diction of town authorities.
“We are determined to break up
tv the illegal use of taxicabs in Eden
s' ton,” said Dail, and he will have the
wholehearted support of Town Coun
cil.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in the Court House. Last
week’s meeting was called off due
to the July Fourth holiday, so that
W. P. Goodwin, master of the lodge,
urges all members to make an effort
to attend. There will be work in the
third degree.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY N
Old Town Hitching
lot Thing Os Past
Plot Purchased By Ed
enton Bay Packing
Company
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j Edenton’s. familiar hitching lot
which ever since the memory of old
EdenUmians has been located on West
Water Street, is a thing of the past.
The lot was recently purchased by the
Edenton Hay Packing Company and
will be used by the concern.
| J. M. Jones says that on the lot
j is a small building which many years
ago housed the Edenton Post Office.
Mr. Jones is willing to give the build
ing to anyone interested in its pre
servation, but if no interest is shown
he plans to tear down the building.
The lot for many years was rented
by the Town as a hitching lot for the
convenience of farmers coming to
town, and j'own Councilmen are now
making an effort to secure the lot
of Mrs. M. G. Brown on East King
Street for the same purpose.
JlPettus Escapes
Injury In Accident
Crashes Into Ditch to
Avoid Collision With
Automobile
J. L, Pottos narrowly escaped ser
ious and probably fatal injuries Sat- i
urda.v afternoon when he crashed into
a ditch about two miles below Cres
vvell in order to avoid colliding with
an automobile heading toward him.
The accident occurred about 2:20
o’clock, but in his struggle to get out
of his predicament, he was unable to
secure the license number of the car,
which continued on its mad rush
down the highway.
Crawling out of the water about
waist deep, Mr. I’ettus (lagged a
freight train which brought him into
Edenton. His car was brought home
by a local wrecker and asjde from
water, little other damage was done.
Rev. D. C. Crawford
Plans Leave Edenton
Ministers Express Ap
preciation of His Work
While In Edenton
The Chowan Ministerial Associa
tion met Monday mornin, at the Pres
byterian Church at Edenton, the time
of meeting being set at 11 o’clock.
The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., presi
dent of the association, presided. A
report was given on a recently-held
vacation Bible school which was a co
operative effort of a number of Eden
ton churches. The school was de
scribed as successful.
On account of conflicts, it was de
cided to dispense with the August and
September meetings, the next meet
ing being set for October 7 at the
Parish House on Gale Street in Eden- '
ton at 11 o’clock in the morning.
Mr. Crawford announced that he '
was not expecting to be present at the
meeting in October, as he was plan
ning to leave Edenton some time in
September. Words of appreciation ■
for the work done by Mr. Crawford
were expressed by the Rev. H. Freo
Surratt on behalf of the other minis
ters. The Rev. John T. Byrum, vice
president of the association, is ex
pected to preside at the October
meeting. I
After a prayer by Mr. Surratt, Mr.
Craword gave his final blessing in
form of a prayer for the association 1
and its members. Five members
were present at the meeting.
LEGION WILL MEET TUESDAY
A meeting of Ed Bond Post of the 1
American Legion will be held Tues- 1
day night at 8 o’clock in the Court '
House. William P. Jones, commander i
of the Post, urges all members to at- ;
tend.
TWO FIRES IN JUNE
Fire Chief R. K. Hall reports that i
the Fire Department was called out i
only two times during June. Neither ]
of the fires caused any damage.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 11,1946,
Referendum For New
Tobacco Marketing
Quotas Held Friday
Chowan County Grow
ers Will Vote at j
Court House
Friday, July 12, Chowan County
tobacco growers, together with other
growers in the State, will determine
whether or not marketing quotas will
be continued, for on that day a ref
erendum will he held at which grow
ers can vote for or against a program
which will insure fair prices for the
next three years. For Chowan Coun
ty the voting place will be at the
Court House, with the polls being
open from 7 A. M. until 9 P. M.
If quotas are approved by the to
bacco growers, acreage allotments
will be continued at a level designed
to keep production in proper balance
with demand, thus assure a fair re
turn fir tobacco marketed. If the
referendum is* defeated there will be
no acreage allotment, so that there
is no telling how much tobacco will
be raised and, of course, there is the
very strong possibility that a glutted
mar.ret will materially pull down
pric-s, so that a larger crop without
quotas will not bring in as much re
venue as a "smaller crop under the
marketing quota program, despite
the greater outlay for raising the
srop.
It has been pointed out that in 1939
without quotas, tobacco averaged 14
cents per pound, while under quotas
in 1945 prices jumped to an average
of 43 cents per pound. The Farm
Bureau, county agents and leading
tobacco growers are very much in
favor of the marketing quota, seeing
in it a properly balanced relationship
between supply and demand and (he
means of maintaining the economic
level of the tobacco farmer, which
prior to the marketing quota system
was very low.
In event any of the details of the
i referendum are not clear, any county
| agent or AAA officer will be glad to
furnish any information, all of whom
urge tobacco growers to east a ballot
in the referendum and, of course,
hope it is a favorable vote.
Colored Man Killed
In Boiler Explosion
At Edenton Plant
Erie Harrell, White Ma
chinist, Also Injured
In Accident
A boiler exploded in the Edenton
Building Supplies Company in North
Edenton early Wednesday morning,
killing William Riddick, colored lab
orer and injuring Erie Harrell, white
machinist.
The loud explosion was heard
throughout town and was followed by
billowing clouds of smoke coming
from the North Edenton section.
Fire engines and police cars were dis
patched immediately and had the sit
uation under control in a short time.
The body of Riddick, the colored
laborer, was found intact with the
skin blanched from the heat. He was
a former employee of the Edenton
Street Department.
Harrell was treated for burns, cuts
and bruises, but was permitted to re
turn home.
The building is owned by B. W.
Evans and suffered considerable dam
age, with numerous machines torn up
from the blast. Both ends of the
boiler were blown out, showing the
intensity of the blast.
The explosion occurred at 8:10
A. M., and was over in a matter of
seconds.
ANOTHER WAR CASUALTY
J. L. Wiggins, chairman of the
Chowan County Draft Board, inform
ed The Herald that another name had
been omitted from the list of those
who lost their lives in World War 11.
The name omitted was Elsberry
Chappell, white.
LOSE ANOTHER GAME
Edenton’s American Legion Junior
baseball team lost another game in
the series Saturday night in Wilson,
where it was forced to take the short
end of an 8-3 score with the Raleigh
youngsters.
TEARING DOWN OLD HOTEL
Workmen this week began tearing
down the old Penelope Barker Hotel
on Broad Street, which will be re
placed by a modern and up-to-date
building by the Belk-Tyler Company.
Revived Edenton
Band Thrills Large
Crowd July Fourth
Concert In School Audi
j torium Directed By
C. L. McCullers
Edentonians were treated with
band music on July Fourth which re
vived memories of a few years ago
when Edenton proudly boasted one
of the best high school bands in the
State under the leadership of Direc
tor C, L. McCullers. Mr. McCullers,
now Chamber of Commerce secretary
at Kinston, again waved the baton
as over 30 of his former pupils as
well as other former band members
played with as much ability and en
thusiasm as when they proudly par
aded for many occasions in various
parts of the State.
The concert was an idea of Mr.
McCullers who, together with Mrs.
McCullers, had a hankering to have
more or less of a reunion with their
former young pupils and friends.
Members of the band had been prac
ticing for some time in anticipation*
of the proposed concert, so that when
Mr. McCullers arrived Wednesday
night to lead a rehearsal he was very
agreeably surprised with the way the
boys and girls played after so long
a time of inactivity.
The concert, planned as a Fourth
of July feature on the Court House
Green, was presented in the school
auditorium due to inclement weather
and attracted a large number of in
terested people who were loud in their
praise for the splendid program and
the way the members performed.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. McCullers
entertained them Wednesday night
and on Thursday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. McCullers entertained their
young friends at a weiner roast.
Albemarle League
Plans An All-Star
Game On July 18th
Rosters of Clubs Decid-I
ed to Be Frozen as of
August 15
Officials of the Albemarle League
held a special meeting here Friday 1
night in the Edenton Supply Company
office to formulate plans for an all
star game to be played July 18 at
Hertford’s Memorial Field at night.
The league was divided into two
camps with Windsor, Colerain and
Edenton representing the Southern in
terests and Elizabeth City, Hertford
and Camden appearing on behalf of j
the upper Albemarle or northern j
cause.
Star players from each team will:
perform, with pitchers allowed a
maximum of three innings. Hert- |
ford’s Moe Bauer and Edenton’s Gar- j
land Little will probably tangle in
the first three innings of the all-star,
spectacle.
In the interest of fair play, and so
that no “ringers” could be tossed into
the Shaughnessy playoffs to be played
in the latter part of August, the di
rectors voted to put a freeze on alt
players in the league August 15.
A resolution calling for all chief
umpires to be appointed by the
league president was voted into the
by-laws. This was done to avoid con
troversy when “home town” umpires
officiate.
A tentative schedule for the re
mainder of the season was presented
and approved by the directors who
adjourned immediately thereafter.
Attending the meeting were Gene
Freeman, acting Colerain director;
Graham Byrum, Edenton director; A.
W. Hefren, Hertford director; Fred
Dunstan, Jr., Windsor director; W. J.
Daniels, league president, and Walter
Hoitorj, league secretary.
Edenton Police Arrest
83 Persons In Month
During June Edenton police arrest
ed 83 persons, all of whom were
found guilty. According to Chief of
Police George I. Dail’s report, those
arrested were 56 white males, two
white females, 23 colored males and
two colored females.
As usual, drunks led the list with
29, followed by 24 for parking and
traffic violations and 19 for speeding.
Fines amounted to $578, costs
$759.30 and officers’ fees turned over
to the clerk, $192.15.
Fifty-one calls were answered dur
ing the month, 30 street lights report
ed out, 35 warnings issued and 10
courtesies rendered.
Faced With Small Amount
Os Business, Town Council
Has Brief Session Tuesday
New Rotary Officers
To Be Installed Today
C. W. Overman Will Be
Successor to Marvin
Wilson
At today’s (Thursday) meeting of
the Edenton Rotary Club, C. W. Over
man is scheduled to be installed as
president, succeeding Marvin Wilson.
Richard Elliott at the same time will
become the club’s vice president suc
ceeding John A. Holmes.
Officers of the club were elected in i
May but installation is always post- j
poned until the first of July, the beg- J
inning of the Rotary fiscal year. The
meeting last week was called off due
to the Fourth of July holiday, so that
every Rotarian is urged to attend
today.
Red Men Planning
For Visit On July 26
About 50 Virginia Red
Men Expected In j
Delegation
Members of the Chowan Tribe of
Red Men are expecting a delegation'
from Massasoit Tribe, No. 77, of Nor-j
folk to pay a fraternal visit Friday
night, July 26. The visitation was
originally planned for Friday night
of this week, but was postponed.
About s(i Red Men are expected to
compose the delegation, so that an
effort will be made to secure (lie Ar-
I mory for the occasion due to the
crowded quarters of the local tribe.
| R. 11. Hallowed and J. Edwin RulHap
j were appointed as a committee ti>
arrange for the meeting. Prominent
I Red Men of Virginiawill be among
the visitors, so that a special meet
ing will be called for the occasion in
order to allow'- time to hear some of
j the visitors speak.
Life Saving Rig Is
Now Ready For Use
Boat Delivered and Oth
er Equipment Also
On Hand
!
I For the first time in the history of
the town. Edenton is now equipped
I with life saving equipment for use
in any emergency in the water. A
| sturdy skiff has just been received
| and will be placed on a trailer so
1 that- it can be rushed hurriedly to
any place an accident occurs.
The boat will be propelled with an
outboard motor and with it is a set'!
of dragging hooks and an inhilator)
for use when needed.
The equipment was authorized
about a year ago when the need was
emphasized after a series of drown
ings.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Goodwin Entertain
At Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodwin were
delighted hosts last week when for
the first time in over four years they
entertained all of their children and
grandchildren at their home. For
the occasion Mr. Goodwin barbecued
a pig, which, together with many
other good things to eat, provided a
bounteous dinner.
'Children of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin
and their families present for the af
fair were: Caleb Goodwin, Wallace
Goodwin, Earl Goodwin, Mrs. Mack
Warden of Bridgeport, Conn., Carrol
Cason Goodwin, David Goodwin and
Miss Mary Goodwin.
METHODIST CONFERENCE IN
EDENTON CHURCH JULY 17
The Rev. J. H. Miller, district sup
erintendent of the Elizabeth City Dis
trict, will attend the mid-week ser
vice at the Methodist Church Wed
nesday night, July 17, at 8 o’clock.
At that time the third quarterly con
ference of the local church will be
held.
$1.50 Per Year.
j Drainage Petition From
North Edenton Is
Adopted
STATE INVOLVED
Two Taxicab Drivers up
For Violations of
Regulations
Town Council held one of the brief
est meetings in months Tuesday night
when business coming before it wa3
attended to in time to adjourn be
fore 10 o’clock. The most important
matter to come before the Board was
| the adoption of a petition signed by
: practically all of the residents on
Broad Street in North Edenton re-
I questing the North Carolina Highway
and Public Works Commission to pro
vide adequate drainage and consent
ing to the removal of any trees ne
cessary which will interfere with such
| drainage and widening of the street
from 24 to 36 feet. This petition
was adopted by Town Council and
was signed by the following:
William A; Sexton, Jr., Clyde S.
Adams, Lee V. Spruill, Howard L.
Spruill, O. P. Overman, Paul Wallace,
Cl. C. Swain, Mrs. J. E. Swain, W. A.
Munden, George T. White, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Crummey, Mrs. P. J.
| Warner, Mrs. Ralph Hawkins, Mrs.
:B. E. Britton, Clyde Hollowed, Mrs.
I Emma W. Perkins, H. W. Layton, T.
i A. Goodman, Mary Morris, Mrs, C. J.
Wiggins, O. L. Brown, C. W. Hay
! man, C. H, Craddock, L. H. Craddock,
H. T. Layton, John Lee Spruill, Mrs.
1 W. A. Mills, George Shaw, Willie H.
Bunch, W. S. Sutton, T, C. Cross,
Mrs. Jessie Eason, William Adams,
I Robert Perry, L. W. Stallings and
Miss Bernice Williams.
Under the provisions of the peti
tion the State will construct curbs and
gutters and catch basins, while the
Town will be required to replace a
present 15-inch pipe line with an 18-
inch line, as well as add 24-inch pipe
to carry off water.
J. N. Pruden was authorized to sell
at public- auction a small, lot on East
School Street, The lot is owned by a
party in New York, who turned over
the deed to the town and county
rather than pay the accumulated
j back taxes.
A. S. Hollowed and W. J. Daniels
I appeared before the Board requesting
| permission for Chowan Tribe of Red
| Men to sponsor a carnival the latter
| part of September. This request was
I granted.
Backing up the police in their effort
to curb violations of taxicab regula
tions, the license of M. W. Hughes
was suspended based upon a charge
of speeding. S. J. Moore, Jr., was
placed on six months’ probation on a
charge of driving a female passenger
on the front seat when the rear seat
was unoccupied.
During the meeting seven taxicab
drivers’ licenses were renewed. These
were Harry Crummey, Limuel Mc-
Kinley Vaughan, Willie Payton Dan
iels, S. R. Cobb, Madison Phillips,
Burley Winfield and S. J. Moore, Jr.
t Clerk R. E. Leary reported that he
was notified by the Edenton Bay
[Packing Company that the concern
I had purchased the piece of ground
used for many years as a hitching
lot, so that arrangements were made
with Mrs. M. G. Brown to use her lot
on East King Street as a hitching lot.
W. M. Wilkins, chairman of the
Finance Committee, was out of town,
so that a special meeting will be held
within a few days to consider the
budget for the year 1946-47.
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METHODIST SERVICES
Services will be held in the Metho
dist Church Sunday night at 8 o’clock,
when the pastor, the Rev. H. F. Sur
ratt, will preach on the subject, “The
Revitalized Church.” Church School
will be held at 9:45 A. M., and the
Youth Fellowship meeting at 7 P. M.
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP MEETS
The Youth Fellowship of the Evans
Methodist Church met Monday after
noon with Belle White. Following
the meeting the young people visited
Holley’s Wharf beach. There were
16 young people present for the
meeting.
NEW AGENT ON JOB
Robert S. Marsh, new assistant
county agent, is now on the job, the
first part of last week being princi
pally with acquainting himself with
office affairs and visits to 4-H clubs,
one feature being working out a sche
dule of classes, physical training,
vesper services and supervised recre -
ation with the Chowan and Perquim
ans agents.