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Volume Xlll.—Number 44. Chowan County Registers Very Light Vote In General Election Held On Tuesday Little Interest With No Opposition On County Slate ONLY 360 VOTE V oters Oppose More Pay For Members of Gen eral Assembly Tuesday’s; general election failed to interest many voters in Chowan County, when only . ’>(10 persons oust a ballot, so that the county was among the first to have complete re turns turned in for State tabula tion. Os course, there Was no oppo sition for county offices and on the State ticket a Republican candidate opposed only three candidates. M. Barnhill was opposed by Herbert Sea well, Jr., Republican, for Associ ate .Justice of the Supreme Court, while Herbert Hornier for Congress man of the First District was op posed by Zeno O, Ratcliff, Republican, and Henry. Stevens for Superior t'nurt Judge of the S’ixth District had ■Dscar Turner, Republican, as an op ponent. S.-a well polled only 12 votes in the comity, Turner l.'i and Ratcliff I!) votes. The vote on the two constitutional amendments was rather- close, the voters registering their approval for women serving on juries, which was Amendment No. I. There were 179. votes cast in favor of the amend merit, wh.lv I<l4 voted against the Amendment .Nov 2, haying to do v\ ith. providing extra pay for: mem tiers 'f the General .Assembly for any special session, was defeated in the county. There wlio 145 votes cast in favor of the airiei.idii.ieiit, while 175 voted against it. In the < ongressional race, Herbert homier poi fed 255 votes, while his op pon.mt, Zeno Ratcliff, was given 19 votes. With no opposition on the county ticket. the vote ranged from 809. to •too. tile officers elected being John Graham, Representative, 809; Marvin l‘. Wilson, Judge Recorder’s Court. Weldon A. Holhiwel!. Prosecut ing Attorney. 8(>2; E. W. Spires, ( Jerk Superior Court, 2(17; J. A. Hunch. Sheriff, .'1(17; County Commis sioners, W. w. ByruhV 8(58, K. N. K! : liott 258, J R. Peele 255, J. A. Webb ' 250 and A. S. Holfoweil 858, Charles H. Jenkins was given 2(iu votes for State Senator and L..rimer Midgett 240. for Associate Justice of the Su- I ptvme Court. M. V. Harnhill’s 'vote was 255 and Herbert F. St a well, Jr.. Republican, 12. J. Wallace Win j borne received 250 votes. The . vote for judges of the Su perior Court was as follows: -Re. E. Thompson, First District, Mon: Walter J. Hone, Second District, 252; J. Paul Frizzelle, Fifth District, 255; Sixth District, Henry L. Stev jtns, Jr., Democrat, 255. and Oscar B. Turner, Republican, 18: John J. Bur ney, Kighth District, 252: Q. K. Nim ocks, Jr., Ninth District, 258; Leo Carr, Tenth District, 254; H. Hoyle Sink, 12th District, 854; William ‘li. Bobbitt, 14th District, 265; Wilson Warlick, lfith District, 852, and Al len H. Gwyn, 21st District, 252. Luther Ashley Has Leg: Broken Friday Night Luther Ashley, custodian of the Post Office, had the misfortune to have a leg broken at Friday night’s football game between Plymouth and Kdenton High Schools. Mr. Ashley was standing along the north side of the field when Dick Hollowell, Eden ton halfback, was headed off while racing toward a touchdown. As he "'as tackled several players were thrown along the line, knocking down Mr. Ashley and a Plymouth girl. The latter, aside from being badly shaken up,was not injured. Mr. Ashley was carried away in an ambulance and an examination re vealed that his leg was broken in two places. J__Stores Close Jesse Harrell, president of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Asso ciation, announced Wednesday morning that all Edenton busi ness establishments will be closed half a day Monday in observance of Armistice Day. THE CHOWAN HERALD A MQMM EEWBPAPEA DEVOTED TO TEE INTEME9TM OF CHOWAN COUNTY i | | |_ Accepts Job _J As was intimated in last week’s ■ Herald, Peter Carlton has ac cepted the offer as full-time sec retary of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association. .Mr. Carlton, who is now Hoy Scout field execu tive, will begin his new duties January 1. 1 A college graduate and former 1 | sehool teacher before entering j Boy Scout work, Mr. Carlton has ; I had much training which is ne cessary for Chamber of ( om ■, merce woik. He sees much in the future for Edenton and Cho ‘ wan County and is very much • enthused over the prospect of • ! taking over the Chamber of Com merce duties. With the proper cooperation, he believes Edenton , and the county will be able to make rapid strides forward. ; Chowan’s 4-H Club Achievement Day ! Draws Big Crowd j Very creditable Exhibits Presented By Boys And Girls Clmwah’s 4-H Club Achievement j Day, held Saturday in the armory, | was very successful, when approxi mately 20(1 club members and their I families viewed ; many exhibits fur- I nished by 4-H Club members, many |of which compared very favorably with similar exhibits at the recent I State Fair. The principal speaker for the .occa sion was Dean 1. (). Scliauh. State director of the X. C. Extension Ser vice, who spoke on 4-H Club work and complimented the group for the i exhibits and progress of the work, in I the county. 1 A very interesting program was ; arranged with Sara Jordan calling ; the meeting to order and the devo jtional offered by the Rev. W. C. I Francis, Clara White explained the | purpose of Achievement Day, Anna < Lee Asbell spoke about 4-H work in J 194(> and Herbert Ray Lane spoke Jon "Looking Ahead—l 947,” Miss | Hazel Shaw li d a song "The 4-H ! Candle” and County Agent ('. W. ! Overman introduced Dean Schaub. i Recognition and awards were made j by Miss.,Shaw and Robert Marsh. | The sponsi rs of the Achievement j Day were Edenton Cotton Mill. Al bemarle Peanut Co., Edenton Peanut Co., Home Feed & Fertilizer Co., n ontmuei on Paat* Four) Edenton Aces Meet Hertford Monday; Benefit Game Between! Rivals Will Start at 8:15 Edenton High School’s football squad will have a rest Friday, with no game scheduled, but the Aces face another hard game Monday night when they play a return game with the Hertford Indians on Hicks Field as an Armistice Day attraction, The game was scheduled as a benefit to help defray the cost of X-rays and other expenses caused by injuries to some of the players during the sea son. The two teams met earlier in the season, whet) Hertford won (5-0. Since then, however, the Aces have shown marked improvement and the Indians have been strengthened by the return of Joe Nowell, so that an other battle royal is in prospect. The game is scheduled for 8:15 in order to allow Legionnaires who have a fish fry earlier in the evening, to be able to attend the game. Both teams are in good condition, so that a good game is in prospect. Bank Os Edenton Will Close Armistice Day Next Monday, November 11, being Armistice Day, the Bank of Edenton will be closed all day in observance of the holiday. Patrons of the bank are asked to transact their banking affairs ac , cordingly. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 7,1946. 11 Edenton Police Nab i! One Os Eight Negro 1 Escaped Conyicts Stranger Picked Up at Coal Chute Monday j 1 Evening I COPS SUSPICIOUS Group of Officers Con j tinue All Night Search For Two Others J Patrolmen S. J. West and E. K. Tolley early Monday night arrested a Negro who happened to be one of a group of eight convicts who es caped from til)' Martin County Prison Gamp. The Negro aroused the' sus picion of the officers when he was. 110- | tired loitering around the .' coal chute j of the Norfolk Southern Railroad and when lie was taken to headquarters for questioning, lie admitted he was one of those who escaped. The of ficersbelie,\e he was waiting for a freight train on which to continue his I race for freedom. | Giving his name as Georgy Bald win, 80. the Negro informed the po lice there Were two others in his party, who, he said, planned to steal |an automobile to aid in their get ’ away. . Shortly after the arrest of Baldwin 4 a group of highway patrolmen and prison guards arrived in Edenton and, together with local police, continued I : an all-night search for the other two i Negroes, but they evidently left this II vicinity, for they were not found. "Another Negro, Charlie Campbell, i was picked up at Plymouth on Tues -1 day morning.. .. Baldwin was taken back to the: • prison, while tire, search continued over a wide area for the other eon ! viefs. one of whom is said to have ■ drowned while attempting to swim ! , across a rivei near Kenansville Mon day while being pursued. , Junior Woman’s Club Sponsoring Contest Papers to Be Prepared to Stimulate Interest In World Peace Edenton High School will be a par- j ticipant in the State-wide Oratorical I Contest to be held ill the near future.! . | with the Junior Woman’.- Club as j ; j its sponsor, The primary objective j ij of this program is to stimulate in-1 torest in World Peace and since the High Schools of North Carolina are) tin a position to lead public thinking | j in their communities,, it is proposed Ito hold in each school such a con test' on the subject. “Is World Gov ernment the Path to Peace?” The speeches of the contestants ' must be original compositions and the winner, who will be determined by secret ballot in which all persons | in the audience 18 years of age or j older may vote, will be awarded a I gold medal, given by the Club, j The Extension Division of the j University of North Carolina is sup-j ; ervising the program and will pre pare and distribute background mat erial. The contest may end here or if so}.. ! desired the winner may compete with those from other high schools. Ini the event the contests continue, the I rules and awards for such will be j arranged by those conducting the ad- ; ditional contests. Ross Stevens Speaker j At Wildlife Meeting At a district meeting of the North I Carolina Wildlife Club held in , the j Court House Monday night. Ross O. j Stevens, executive secretary, spoke i relative to the proposal to present a request to the General Assembly to separate the Fish and Game Division from the Department of Conservation and Development, one of the princi pal projects of the organization, Mr. Stevens emphasized the im portance of wholehearted coopera tion, which he said will be necessary to bring about the change, for there is no little opposition to the plan. During the meeting David Holton was elected vice chairman of the district. RED MEN CALL OFF MEETING Chowan Tribe of Red Men have called off their regular meeting next Monday night in order to give mem bers an opportunity to witness the Armistice Day football game between Hertford and Edenton High Schools on Hicks which will start at 8:15. Ralph Parrish Calls Meeting Tonight Os ; Tuberculosis Group) President Says Very Ini- j portant For All Mem- j bers to Attend AT COURT HOUSE j | Plans Will Be Consider-1 j e:l to Combat TB In County i Ralph Parrish, president of the l Chowan County Tuberculosis and Health Association, has called a meeting of the executive board with j chairmen of standing committees to' be held in the Court House tonight - (Thursday > at 7:20 o’clock. At this meeting the executive hoard : will hear reports from the chairmen of the standing coni.tiiitt.eeft. From tile report of the fact-finding commit . tee the program and budget commit, i tee will plan tile work of the asso ciation for the coming year. This will he the first meeting of the . executive board since the organization ; of the association. Mr. Parrish, therefore, urges every member to be . present to help in making successful plans to combat tuberculosis in Cho wan County, Aces Easily Defeat Plymouth 35 To 6 Local Boys Play Best Brand of Ball This Season ! Playing by far then best game of the season, the Edenton High School ) football team turned back a favored I I’lyn -| | ‘e-.H- !•', d:i- night on [ Fief,! by a scon- of 85-th The | Aces chalked up five touchdowns, making good all live tries for extra point. The entire team performed as i a unit, so that it is hard to single out ’ any particular stars of the game. Dick Hollowell, Jack Habit, Jimmy Cates and Bobby Byrum all played a bang-up game, with Cates; thrilling I J the fans with a 7t)-y:ard .jaunt, with I I perfect blocking. . Hollowell. too. j made: some spectacular runs, while' 1 Habit and Byrum added yardage in } the touchdown marches. Pressley made two extra points good by kick ' ng. while Wheeler was -a the re . reiving end of passes for two other ! extra points. , I 1 4he entire Eden'tiyi line formed-, a | veritable brick wall for tile Plymouth ball carriers, and George Habit,; j Stanril Davenport, Pete Manning, j Russell Wheeler and Teddy Lupton,, frequently tore through the Plymouth - line to bring down runners for a loss. ) Edenton scored its first touchdown: : at the opening of the second quarter ; : when Bobby Byrum lacked one foot ! I <»f crossing: the line.’ Jack Habit : crashed through for tin- first score. , A little later Jimmy Cates made his sensational run of 70 yards when .it.j appeared that he was bottled up by ; most of the Plymouth team. The) ] third score came near the end of the . • quarter when Hollowell passed to : Wheeler. No scoring was done in the third ) quarter and the visitors drew blood! at the opening of the fourth period,.! I when they marched 72; yards to' score I their only touchdown. Swain picked | up 89 yards in the visitors’ best play of the game, and with Gurganus and Basnight alternating in carrying the ; ball, it rested on the five-yard line | and first down. The Aces yielded • i only four yards in three downs and -m fourth down Basiiight lateraled to. i I fierce for the score. | The Aces added two more touch ' downs in this quarter. Ward passing, I j to Wheeler for one counter and Dick j I I Hollowell intercepting a pass near the 1 end of the game, easily outrunning ■ the Plymouth players. < During the game both Cates and I j Hollowell were hurt, but returned to 4 ! the lineup later. < . I-- ; -—■ ———_—i Legion Planning Fish ; Fry On Monday Night Edward Bond Post of the Ameri J can Legion will stage a fish fry on Monday night at the post’s head quarters in the enlisted men’s club at the Naval Air Station, the affair | scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock in or- s der to allow members to attend the < football game between Edenton and ,’ ; Hertford High Schools. Members of i the Legion Auxiliary and wives of I members are also invited to attend. i The committee in charge of the as- i fair includes Edmund Mills, Kermit 1 Layton, William Perry; Willie Spruill, Lester Jones, Edward Byrum, Ward i Hoskins and Roy Spruill. t January 15 Tentative Date Set For Opening Hospital At Edenton Naval Air Station | Wanna Buy A Jail? | .- - —■ i An unusual advertisement ap ! pears in this issue of The Her |’ aid in which a jail is being of j ferod for sale. The jail in ques tion is the old htiilding at the I Comity Home which has been standing for many years and was recommended to be torn down by a Chowan County Grand Jury, The jail was used many years ago for housing unruly or de mented inmates of (lie County Home and during the interven ing years has come into a had state of repair. j The Commissioners have had a few private offers for the jail, hut decided to sell it at public sale, so that anyone desiring to bu> it may submit a bid, and it will go to the highest bidder. Bids must be in the hands of Chairman West Byruni before the first Monday in December. Jury List Drawn For Term Superior Court To Be Held Nov. 25 .1. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill Scheduled to Preside \(i!ti a tt rni of Chowan ('.unity Superior Court scheduled to begin the week of November 25, the Chow an County Cpurir : ssioners at their meeting drew a list of jurymen from the juror Imx. The term will he for trial of criminal and civil cases with Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hit! scheduled to preside. I Those drawn for jur\ d’.itv are: !' - George H. Privott, Hey wood Phth j isie. Gilbert Harrell. R. K. Jordan. Mack Jordan. <l. I!. Potter. David. Holton. H T. Copeland, O. J. Fore band. W. W. Bunch. Jr., D. H. Berry man, T. K. Parker. W. S. Bass. J. II Harrell. Jesse 1.. Harrell. \\ U. Shepard. M Whit- W. S. Jones, lv. Goodwin, Mite’ " Par’ Vntone Davenport. Alton .J. Harrell. Winborne Hutchins Whihorne. T H. ■ Ward, Edward Wells, (j. A. Helms. I-. F. Francis, Ralph' Parrish,-, C. W. Perry, William S. ..Morris, Henry .Bunch, Charles P. Wales. Jr, J. Louis Harrell, Jesse Smith, ..P, .C..j Ashley. Jr., and T. E. Bunch. Rotarians To Sponsor Scout Court Os Honor Edenton Rotarians at their meet ing last Thursday Voted to sponsor a II") :Scqet; Court of Honor, which has been tentatively set for November 19. President C. W, Overman appointed j Richard Elliott. J. L. Chestnutt. Lloyd j Bunch. Ernest Kehayes and William j Jones as a committee to make the necessary arrangements. Philip Mc.Mullan, in charge of ad- : vancement, has two Scouts, Hector Lupton, Jr, and Polk Williams, who ; are ready to be advanced to the rank of Eagle Scouts. Umbauarh Speaks At Lions Club Meeting Raymond Umbaugh, in charge of biological research at the Naval Air Station, was the principal speaker at the Lions Club meeting Monday night. Mr. I'nibaugh told about his work in connection with breeding cattle on a large scale, and also expressed his appreciation for the hospitality and cooperation he has received since be ing in Edenton. and offered his assist anco in any way he. can be of help to j the conimui-ity. , 350 Seats Available At E. City Concert Tuesday by Mrs. Ervin H. Midgette, secretary of the Pasquotank County Community Concert Association that 350 seats are available for Chowan members for the concert to be held in Elizabeth City Monday night, No vember 11. The concert will be held in the S. L. Sheep school auditorium beginning at 8:15. The artist who will present the concert will be Mary Van Kirk, con tralto, a Metropolitan Opera star. $1.50 Per Year. ♦> jjMany People Visit Base | Sunday Afternoon to ! Inspect Plant ALL SURPRISED 1 j Opening Depends Upon | Securing Surgeon and Members of Staff Chowan County Hospital trustees - met Wednesday of lastweek for the I discussion Os plans for the organiza j tion and opening of the hospital lo cated at the Ed- ntmi Naval Air Station. Tentative plans call for the opening date to be January 15, con ditioned, of course, on receiving a surgeon and staff by that date. The status of the money donated by individuals and by the Town ami County Was discussed. This fund is . being held in trust by the Bank of Kdenton and is invested in Govern - 1 ment bonds. It was the opinion of 4 the trustees that this money be held ! as it is until such time as it is need ji-ed for the construction of a hospital plant in Chowan County. This was considered necessary because of the fact that the base hospital is leas ed t o the town of Edenton on coit , ditional terms and may be called back , into active duty On thirty days' no ■ tire. ' That there is a great, deal. of in terest in the hospital is reflected in the fact that many people from every section of tile county, as well as some from nearby towns, visited the plant Sunday afternoon. Arrangements were made by the trustees *-■ lime the building open for publ■•- inspec tion from 2 to 4 o’clock jind between those hours a steady stream of pi - pie wer- isinducted throughout the hospital. flie> were shown the rooms, equipment and supplies and a general note of surprise was cx pressed by practically all who had not previously seen the inside of the hospital. Obviously, many people were under the impression that the hospital was more or less merely a first aid stat on. so that they were surprised and very favorably im ! pressed with Ho completeness of the plant. rwo ii:em!n rs of the Navy started to conduct groups through the hos pital. bui si. many people crowded in n tin- entrance that Mayor Leroy Haskett. J. VV. Davis and Richard Elliott won also pressed into ser , vice to act as guides. lie response to the invitation of the hospital trustees to inspect the hospital by far exceeded expectations, atnl as tie- result it is certain that [there will he fat less objection qn j thc part of some in the Town of : Edenton and hospital trustees taking "over the hospital- front the Navy; De partment. Junior Woman’s Club Secures Headquarters In,an effort, to secure headquarters, the Junior Woman’s Club has re j quested the use of the building used ! as a canteen at the Naval Air Station. Mayor Leroy Haskett contacted David Hervey, president of the Her vey Foundation,, who . has agreed to use of the building by the club. Improvement Made In Old Panel Room Another addition was added to the Panel Room of the Chowan County Court House Tuesday when a new : colonial type chandelier and pictures i of Joseph Hewes and Hugh William son were hung, thus making the his toric room more attractive The work was done under the direction of the Panel Room Committee. Interested persons are invited to visit the room since the improvement has been made. | Goal In Sight Membership in the Chowan Farm Bureau skyrocketed last week, and as a result the quota of 515 is now in sight, according to County Agent C. W. Overman. At the end of last week Mr. Overman reports that around 450 Chowan people had signed up in the organization, over 40 of whom are colored farmers. Officials of the Farm Bureau are very anxious to reach the quota, so that those who have not and will joi v are urged to do so at once.
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