Volume Xlll.—Number 33.
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
Will Publish Another
i o v Book In October
“Toil of the Brave” Is
Fourth of Author’s
Fine Series
GRAND STORY
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Latest Book Parallels
First Novel,‘Raleigh’s
Eden’
Announcement has been made that
another book by Inglis Fletcher is
scheduled to be published in October.
This book. "Toil of the Brave”, the |
fourth of Mrs. Fletcher’s fine series j
4 of Historical novels laid in the At-i
bemarle district of North Carolina,
parallels her first novel, “Raleigh’s
i Eden.”
The year is 1779, after Washing
ton’s bitter winter at Valley Forge,
the memories of which are fresh and
galling to the patriots. The Ameri
can cause is at low ebb. The war is
moving to the south. On the great
estates along the Chowan River, fam
ily is divided against family. This
proprietor is patriot; the next, sus
pected of allegiance to the crown.
Feeling against the Tories runs high
among the common people. There is
rioting in the streets of Queen Anne's
Town, and dueling on the Green be
fore the Court House. British agents
try to foment a slave rising.
But there is also indifference, a lack
of appreciation of the sacrifice which
so great a cause demands. The lead
ers must use all their eloquence to
arouse a spirit of wholehearted de
votion. The struggle to recruit men,
to secure supplies, the difficulty of
getting action out of the Assembly,
the plight of the farmers, the plight
of the young Frenchmen who have
come to America to fight for the new
free country--we live with these
-••oblems presented in terms of per
-lit v and dramatic contest,
a leading figure is Captain Peter
.ley, staff officer of the Continen- !
, u i Line, who comes to the Albemarle j
on a secret mission, under the sub-;
terfuge of collecting the money from i
an Army lottery. His quarry is An- I
thony Allison, a dashing British of
ficer pretending to be a merchant
from Boston. Both men love Angela |
Ferrier, beautiful daughter of a Span
ish mother. It has needed only one j
glance for Angela to fall desperately;
in love with Anthony. It needs only 1
one glance for Peter to lose his heart
to Angela. Peter’s cause is favored
by Senator Ferrier and his wife—but
the winning of Angela’s favor is an
other matter. For further complica
tion there is the lovely, intelligent
widow, Penelope Dawson, who can
see through disguises and who knows
Peter’s worth.
Associated with Peter and a perfect
foil for that serious, purposeful
Scotchman, is the dark and lively
Cosmo de' Medici, Captain of Drag- !
oons on recruiting service.
Adam Rutledge, William and Mary i
Warden, Parson Earle, Dr. Armitage j
and other well-remembered charac
ters from "Raleigh’s Eden” appear
again. And so firmly have they been j
characterized that they seem as vital j
as living acquaintances, more vital
than personages of recorded history, t
All this development on the coast!
builds up to a great climax far from j
the coast—the Battle of King’s Moun
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Nine Chowan Club I
Women Attending
Farm - Home Week
Mrs. Fred White Will Be
Among Group to
Graduate
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Nine Chowan County women are
attending Farm and Home Week
which began at State College, Ra
leigh, Monday, and will continue
through Saturday.
Representing Chowan are Mrs. S.
’ Morris and Mrs. J. W. Skiles from
rd Club; Mrs. R. H. Hollowell, Mrs.
■*.' / »d White and Mrs. W. J. Bunch
.om Chowan Club; Mrs. C. W. Tynch
from Enterprise Club; Mrs. L. R.
Ward and Mrs. W. A. Ward from Ry
land Club, and Miss Kathleen Parker.
Mrs. Fred White will graduate this
year, having attended Farm and
Home Week for four years.
Mrs. R. H. Hollowell graduated in
1941, that being the last time Farm
and Home Week has been held until
this year. I
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, August 22,1946.
Pictures Show Highlights of Atomic Year One |
I The atomic age opened July 16. 1945, with the New Mexico test of the tomb ***"
observers saw it A year ago, at Hiroshima (2), the first war bomb left 160,000 dead and injured At Nag
asaki (3) a few days later casualties were 80.000. Only other atomic explosions have been in two Bm.ni .
tests (photo 4 shows first one), scored by atomic scientists as long on showmanshia short on science A* >ng
with others, scientists are observing Hiroshima anniversary with pleas for controls to end all use of bomb.
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The most lethal way HIH
to deliver an A-bomb
is by rocket. Army
trials of German V-2
type (above) brought
assurances by the end
of Atomic Year 1 that
the day of long range HUP
atomic rockets is al- ■ 11
most here. Scientists
know of no defense.
BB
H Ji ■
After directing Los Ala
mos bomb laboratory, Dr.
J R. Oppenheimer helped
draft State Dep’t proposals
Uldil omvc v.
Every Chowan 4-H
[ Club Represented
At Short Course
Group Returned Satur
day After Spending
Week In Raleigh
Every club in Chowan County was
represented at the State 14th annual
4-H Short Course held in Raleigh
last week, the first to be held since
1940. It was the largest course ever
held with more than a thousand
clubs from every cross roads, school,
'village and hamlet of North Carolina
! being represented.
Very interesting and instructive
| programs were held throughout the
Uveek, the final program being a can
jdle light ceremony at Riddick Stad-
I ium Friday night, at which new
| State officers were installed,
j During the week the club members
j heard talks by the following notables:
I Dr. I. O. Schaub, State Director of
| Extension; John W. Goodman, As
sistant Director of Extension; L. R. i
jHarrill, State 4-H Leader, Dr. Erwin j
I H. Shinn, Field Agent of U. S. D, A.,:
| Washington, D. C.; R. Gregg Cherny,
Governor of North Carolina; Dr.
Clyde R. Irwin, Superintendent of N.
C. Department of Public Inspection;
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, Master of
N. C. State Grange; Flake Shaw,
Secretary of N. C. Farm Bureau; Dr.
David Rose, Dr. L. D. Baver, Dean of
the School of Agriculture and Mrs.
A. WJ Pearce, President of the State j
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs.
The Chowan group returned home
Saturday and were accompanied by
Miss Hazel Shaw, assistant home
agent, and Ralph S. Marsh, assistant
farm agent. The 4-H boys and girls
attending the short course were
Aubrey Harrell, Wilbur Harrell, Her
bert Ray Lane, Howard Bass, Wallace
Goodwin, Wallace Reid Peele, Ray
mond Layton, Anna Lee Asbell, Sara
Jordan, Audrey Bunch, Christine
Harrell, Audrey Pearce, Esther Mae ;
Brabble and Nora Lee White.
RED MEN PLANNING TO ATTEND
BOOSTER MEETING IN NORFOLK
Several members of Chowan Tribe
of Red Men expect to go fcb Norfolk
next Monday night to att&d a Red
Men’s booster meeting. Tfto meeting
will be held in the hall of Massasoit
1 Tribe, No. 77, on Freemason Street.
All through the year scientists emerged from their lab
oratories to speak up on political aspects of atomic en
ergy Photo (from August March of Time) shows Albert
Einstein with Harold Urey (left) and Leo Szilard, all
active in fight to control the bomb.
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Biggest issue of Atomic Year ■
1 was international control. U. S. H
plan, presented to UN Atomic ■
Commission by Bernard Baruch, ■
drew counter proposals from D
Russia’s Andrei Gromyko ■
(shown above reading his plan; BH
Baruch, at ri >ht > . Most obstrv- 18
ers expected :• il . musty gi
The great American public
spent Atomic Year 1 coping with
new words, new fears and new
hopes,. Photo shows exhibit at
New York Museum of Science.
Football Practice
Gets Under Way
For Edenton Team
Hot Sun Monday After
noon Fails to Curb
Enthusiasm
MANY CANDIDATES
Season Is Scheduled to
Open With Columbia
September 27
Under a hot mid-summer sun a
goodly number of prospective foot
ball players at Edenton High School
gathered on Hicks Field Monday af
ternoon for the first practice of the
season called by Coach Tex Lindsay.
Coach Lindsay reports interest in the
gridiron sport far above any previous
year with in the neighborhood of 40
boys expected to make bids for berths
on this season’s squad. At the out
let prospects appear bright for a
j creditable team, for among the can
! didates 15 are letter men, who have
seen previous action on Edenton
teams.
Coach Lindsay lost no time in try-;
ing to get the boys in shape, not only
using limbering up exercises blit res
orting to using a few signals as well
as running some of the plays.
This year’s season is scheduled to
open on Friday, September 27, when
[ the Aces are booked to meet the Co
lumbia High aggregation on Hicks
Field.
Boys who reported to take part in
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Mrs. Harry C. Hand
Leaves To Join Her
Husband In Tokyo
Mrs. Harry C. Hand and little son
William, who have been making their
home with Mrs. Hand’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Frank White, Sr., for
the past 15 months, left Wednesday
for Tokyo, Japan, to join her hus
band, the Rev. Harry C. Hand. The
Rev. Mr. Hand is a chaplain in the
Army of Occupation and is now sta
tioned in Tokyo.
Mrs. Hand and little son left Nor
folk by plane for Seattle, Washing
ton, and thence they will go by ship
to Japan. She expects to join her
husband about September 15.
lab HI;
jmmm Drive for civilian con
trol of atom in U S. was
led by Sen. Brien McMa-
BBMB hon (D., Conn.).
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Edenton Colonials
On Winning Streak
| Taking 4 Out Os 5
Still In Third Place, But
Pressing - Hertford
And Windsor
STANDING OF CLI BS
(Including Tuesday’s Games) i
W L Pet. i
Windsor - -—25 14 .641 ]
Hertford - -27 17 .614 ]
Edenton 25 18 .581 ]
Colerain -.-I— -.—19 21 .475 ’
Elizabeth City —l .17 22 .436 j
Camden - .10 Ml .244 j
In a thrilling game of baseball on
Hicks Field Tuesday night the Eden
ton Colonials won a 10-inning game! (
from Elizabeth City 5-4, thus winning j
four of the five games played since
the last issue of The Herald. The
only defeat was at the hands of the ■
Hertford Indians Wednesday of last
week. The Colonials came back to
defeat the Indians Saturday night j
and won two more games from Wind
sor, now the league leaders. (
Tuesday night’s game thrilled the (
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Dr. Wm. Dunkler At
Rotary Meeting: Today !
Dr. William Dunkler of the Dunk- ]
ler Laboratories in Chicago Will ad- e
dress the Edenton Rotary Club at its ;
regular meeting today (Thursday), i
Dr. Dunkler is known extensively
in clinics and universities of Europe
for his work in simplified uninalysis
and cancer identification tests. The
latter tests were developed and pre
jseoted back in 1934 but have not been ,
used extensively in this country until l
recently. ]
While in Edenton Dr. Dunkler will |
be the house guest of Dr. George T.
Crawford, local Chiropractor. t
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Class In Stewardship '
At Baptist Church ;
A book on Stewardship, “Give Ye”,
will be taught by the Rev. R. N. Car
roll at the Edenton Baptist Church
tonight (Thursday) starting at 8 I
o’clock. This class has been arranged <
at a time convenient for men, work- 1
ing girls, as well as members of the 1
W. M. U. of the town and county to |
attend. Anyone interested is cor- t
dially invited to join the class. i
Chamber Commerce Gets
Into Working Order As New
Set By- Laws Are Adopted
i Very Grateful J !
West W. Byrum, general chair- i
man for Chowan County’s obser- ' ]
vance of Home Coming Day for
World War II veterans which was ,
held Wednesday of last week, de
sires to express his sincere ap
preciation for the splendid co
operation received in staging the
affair. “I have been connected
with many affairs of one sort or
another in Edenton,” said Mr. (
Byrum, “but I have never exper- 1
ienced better cooperation. No I
matter what I asked any person '
to do in connection with the cele- 1
hration, he or she entered into it I
wholeheartedly without a single '
excuse. The homecoming, though 1
simple, was very successful and I
because of the limited time to '
make preparations, had we not I
had such a fine spirit of coopera- 1
tion, the affair might have easily
been a complete flop. I want 1
every one who had anything 1
whatever to do with the celehra- :
tion to know that I appreciate
very much what they have done
from the chairman on down to
any who took lesser parts in
staging the celebration.”
Bethel Revival Will
Start Next Monday
Rev. L. L. Jessup of
Newport News Will
Be Preacher
A series of revival services will be
gin at Bethel Baptist Church next
Monday afternoon, August 26, and
run through the evening service Sat
urday, August Ml. The Rev. L. L.
Jessup of Newport News, Va., will
do the preaching and comes very! 1
highly recommended for revival ser- 1
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vices.
The Rev, ,1. T. Ily.rum, pastor of the | ]
church, cordially invites the public to
hear the visiting preacher at as many L
services as possible. Services will be j,
I held at 3 o’clock each afternoon and I,
j 8 o’clock at night.
| College Quartet Sings
At Methodist Church
The congregation in the Methodist j
Church was treated to some excellent ,
music which was furnished by the ,
High Point College quartet. The ,
program included “The King of ,
Love”, "Into the Woods”, “I Walked |
Today Where Jesus Walked”, “O Div- (
ine Redeemer” and “Fanis Angel-!,
ious”. “The Lord’s Prayer” was sung • (
as the benediction. J j
This quartet in recent months has 1
j presented programs in many churches I
'throughout the State. :i
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successful Bible School ;
Closes At Rocky Hock \
j
A daily vacation' Bible school at <
Rocky Hock Baptist Church came to s
a close Friday, the Rev. W. C. Fran- s
cis, pastor, reporting an enrollment i
of 215 with an average attendance of l
196. During the session the offering
amounted to $84.07. 1
This was the largest Bible school i
held in the county this summer and i
was the first to be held at the Rocky i
Hock church. Commencement ex- 1
ercises marked the closing of the
school, which was attended by a large
number of friends.
Revival In Progress
At Warwick Church
Much interest is being shown in
revival meetings now being held at
Warwick Baptist Church, where the
Rev. E. R. Steward of Windsor is
preaching.
Services will continue throughout
the week at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
and 8 o’clock at night. The public is
invited to attend.
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Second Degree Tonight 1
At Masonic Meeting
At the meeting of Unanimity Lodge :
No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight (Thurs
day), the second degree is scheduled i
to be conferred upon a candidate. W.
P. Goodwin, master of the lodge, ur
ges members to make a special effort i
to be present. Visiting Masons are ;
also invited to attend.
51.50 Per Year.
Two Changes Made Af
ter Lengthy Discus
sion Monday Night
BUDGET PRESENTED
General Opinion Favors
Services of Full Time
Secretary
At a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association
held Monday night in the Court
House, the constitution and by-laws
were adopted with very few changes
made after they ifrere read by M. A.
Hughes. Jesse Harrell, president of
the organization, presided over the
meeting and at the outset expressed
the hope that members would be
frank iri expressing their opinions re
lative to the policy and activities of
the organization to the end that prob
lems can be settled at subsequent
meetings rather than have members
express their objections or criticize
at drug stores or on street corners
actions taken by the organization,
which do not tend to remedy any par
ticular problem.
Mr. Harrell stated that the first
matter of business was to adopt the
constitution and by-laws, which are
necessary to function as a Chamber
of Commerce, Mr. Hughes was then
called upon to read his committee’s
report. In only two instances were
any changes made, one ragarding
the number of directors necessary
from the county and the other hav
ing to do with a credit bureau.
The by-laws as presented called for
at least three members of the hoard
of directors being from the county.
As previously elected there are only
two directors from the county so ti,.,t
the section was amended requiring
only two county members.
Considerable time was taken up
with the credit bureau phase of the
by-laws. As presented, any member
would have been bound to prepare a
complete list of his customers, when
requested, with a credit rating ac
companying each customer. Quite
a hit of objection was raised to this
requirement in view of the amount
of work involved at a time when
I there is still a shortage of help. A
[motion was made to delete the credit
[section altogether, but no little op
position immediately arose on the
part of merchants who had some ex
perience with credit rating as car
ried on by the former Merchants
Association. Merits of the credit
plan were presented by several mer
chants, so that when the motion to
strike it out was voted upon it was
defeated. Subsequently a motion
was made and seconded to change the
wording of the section so that any
member will be required to furnish
credit information regarding any par
ticular individual. This motion was
carried without a dissenting vote and
it was then that the constitution and
by-laws were adopted,
A report of the budget committee
was presented, which provided for
a budget if a full time secretary is
employed, as well as if a part-time
secretary is again employed. For a
full time secretary, the budget called
,for an expenditure of $6,425, of which
amount $4,500 was earmarked as the
secretary’s salary. For a part time
secretary the budget was placed at
$3,250, with $2,200 set up as the sec
retary’s salary.
The general opinion prevailed,
however, that a full time secretary
is desirable and in fact absolutely
necessary if the Chamber of Com
merce is to be a success. President
Harrell stated that the secretary
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Revival Begins At
Rocky Hock Sunday
Rev. D. M. Blanch of
Scotland Neck Doing
Preaching
Revival services will begin in the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church next
Sunday night at 8 o’clock and con
tinue throughout the week, with ser
vices at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and
8 o’clock at night.
Preaching for the revival will be
the Rev. D. M. Blanch of Scotland
Neck. A great deal of interest in the
revival meeting has developed in the
community and the public is cordially
invited to attend all or any one of
the services.
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