Volume XTV.—Number 38.
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Aces Raise Curtain
On Football Season
With Kinston Friday
First Conference Game
Expected to Be Filled
With Action
Edenton High School’s Aces will
raise the curtain on the 1947 foot
ball season Friday night when they
meet the Kinston High School Red
Devils on Hicks Field. The game
is scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock,
and according to Coach Tex Lindsay,
a slight increase in admission will
be made as the result of higher cost
of equipment and officials this year.
Friday night’s opener will be the
first conference game, and while the
strength of Kinston is a big question
mark, the Aces are shaping up fairly
well and should be in good condition
to give a good account of themselves.
Coaches Lindsay and Nick George
are expecting to see a lot of action
and hope a large crowd of fans will
be on hand to launch the Aces on
their 1947- season.
Boys who are expected to see ac
tion Friday night include Earl Good
win, Paul Hassell and Stancil Daven
port at ends; George Habit, Edgar
Rogerson and Hector Lupton, tackles;
A1 Habit, Edgar Gay, Gene Spruill
and Earl Menshew, guards; Frank
Habit, Mickey Wright and Spruill at
center, and in the backfield Jack
Habit, Russell Wheeler, Bobby By
rum, Andrew Whitson, Bill Altman
and Paulette Lane.
Coach Lindsay stated early this
week that the probable starting line
up will be Goodwin and Hassell, ends;
George Habit and Lupton, tackles; A1
Habit and Gay, guards; Frank Habit,
center; Jack Habit, quarterback;
Wheeler and Byrum, halfbacks, and
Whitson, fallback.
Lindsay also stated that a bus for
transporting the football team will
be ready by this week-end. He him
self has contributed $25 toward the
purchase of the bus and is appealing
! to anyone who' is interested in school
activities to make a contribution at
once.
Chowan Com Tour
Scheduled Friday]
Group Asked to Meet at
Edenton Post Office
At 8:45 A. M.
According to County Agent C. W. ,
Overman, the corn tour for Chowan .
County will be held Friday. Dr. F. ,
R. Cojlins, Extension Agronomist, ,
and Dr. R. P. Moore of the State Ex
periment Station will be members j
of the group and will discuss corn '
production as well as answer ques- ,
tions.
Those attending the tour should (
meet in front of the Post .Office in :
Edenton on Friday morning, Sep- (
tember 19, at 8:45 o’clock. The fol- (
lowing stops are scheduled:
i 9:OO—W. O. Speight Farm. Ob
• serve com breeding work.
9:46 —M. W. Jackson Farm. Ob- *
serve a crossing plot of N. C.-27 hy
, brid seed in production; also, a Lad
i ino clover pasture. 1
I 10:30 —J. D. Swindell Farm. Ob- 1
.serve hybrids and varieties in test; 1
a field of N. C. T-20 ahd one of <
G-714; Ogden, Roanoke and Arksoy ]
■•ybean varieties in production. (
12:00 Edenton Armory. Eat <
lunch.
1:00—R. C. Holland-Bowen Farm 1
(Adjoining Chambers Ferry)—lj. C.- <
27 crossing plot.
1:46—8. T. Boyd Farm, Cross I
Roads. Hybrid and variety test.
2:00 Carlton Goodwin-E. B.
White farm in Bear Swamp in front
of Bennie Monds. Hybrid and va
•riety test.
2:46—Vernon Asbell Farm (Icaria)
Hybrid and variety test.
8:30 —R. O. Blanchard Farm (Sign J
Pine). Hybrid and variety test.
Mr. Overman urges all farmers in
Chowan County, to attend the tour
fmd observe this com work. Each
one is requested to bring lunch.
Births Result In Close \
Race During August
1 Births in Chowan County during j
■August were almost evenly divided j
§Lbetween white and colored. Forty- j
Bflne births were reported, of which
Hi were white and 20 colored. Our-
IXg the month there were two white j
Sdhaths and three colored.
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THE CHOWAN HERABP
Gordon Belongings Sold
At Auction On Saturday
On Saturday, beginning at 10:30
A. M., all furniture, china, jewelry
and glassware of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Gordon will be -sold at
auction on the premises of the James
Iredell home on East Church Street.
H. A. Campen will serve as
auctioneer for the sale and Pete
Smith is manager.
Vet Administration
Plans Inspection To
Find Hospital Site
Edenton Among Many
Towns Angling For
Vet Hospital
According to the Edenton Chowan
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, an inspection team from
the Veterans Administration will in
spect possible sites for a 1,000-bed
neuro-psychiatric hospital in Eden
ton and Chowan County on or about
October 5.
This highly sought after facility
will mean much to the community
which is fortunate enough to secure
its location, in terms of payroll and
visitors.
Some time back towns under 10,-
000 in population were declared in
eligible for consideration. The Cham
ber of Commerce protested this de
cision and since then have been as
sured that Edenton would be given
consideration.
Many towns and cities are jockey
ing for the hospital including Eliza
beth City, which came into the pic
ture last week.
It is the opinion of some, that “if
Edenton can’t satisfy the officials,
then there is no town in North Caro
lina that can.”
Mrs. Charles Wales
Woman's Club Guest
i First Meeting of Year
Held Wednesday of
Last Week
i The Junior Woman’s Club held its
first meeting of the year Wednesday
lof last week at the club house, with
the new president, Mrs. Earl Good
win, presiding.
Mrs. Nathan Dail reported that
two patients from Chowan County
were being cared for from funds
collected during the cancer drive last
spring.
In her report on the playground
Mrs. Rupert Goodwin announced
that more equipment is now on order.
She stated that the playground was
well attended and that only one acci
dent had occurred during the sum
mer. Also, that many tourists as well
as parents here have praised the wise
selection of the equipment.
The president announced that the
district meeting will be held in Cam
den on September 27 and a number
of members plan to attend.
Mrs. Frank Holmes, program chair
man, introduced Edenton’s well
known historian, Mrs. Charles Wales,
who read her charming story of the
Court House, written by her for the
program at the meeting of the North
Carolina Society for the Preservation
of Antiquities, which was held in
Raleigh last spring. Mrs. Wales’ ar
ticle in its entirety will appear in a
subsequent issue of The Herald.
Cub Scouts Resume
Program Os Work
Meetings Again Sched
uled After Lazy Sum
mer Season
After a long restful summer the
Cub Scouts of Pack 169 met last
Monday for the first time this fall
with their new . Den Mothers.
This year will see Den No. 2
meeting at the home of Mrs. Albert
Byrum, Den Mother, while Den No.
3 will meet with Mrs. Charles Over
man, Den Mother! Den No, 3 Cubs
will gather at the home of their As
sistant Den Mrs. W. E.
Malone, who will take them the
short distance out of tones to Mrs.
Overman’s.
Cu^s’
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 18,1947.
■i - ■ ■ ■ ii - . 7
! Campaign Begun To
: Help Cotton Growers
Receive Full Value
j Urged to Request Gin
ners to Take Samples
From Cotton
In a campaign to help cotton grow
ers to receive tbe full potential value
of their cotton crop, Fred P. Johnson,
vice-president of the Carolinas’ Gin
ners Association, this week urged
I them to request ginners to take
* samples from their cotton so they
might take full advantage of free
r classing and grading provided
through the Smith-Doxey Grading
Service.
With over a hundred different
grades and staples of cotton produced
in the Carolinas and Virginia, John
i son pointed out that “growers are
3 not in a position to bargain for the
1 fair market value of their cotton un
- less they know the grade and staple
i of each bale.”
According to Dan Holler, Exten
t sion Cotton Marketing Specialist,
every grower requesting this service
r will be furnished a small green card
j showing the official U. S. grade,
> staple and CCC loan value. “A grow
-1 er Js then in a position to know
whether the price offered him is be
. low the government loan rate, and
. if so, to place his cotton under loan
. in an approved warehouse to await
. more favorable prices.”
Johnson said the classing service
, is particularly valuable to both the
cotton grower and to the ginner.
“It not only gives the grower the
* true market value of his cotton,” he
said, “but notifies him if the staple
length is less than that of the adopt
. ed variety and whether or not he
should secure new seed for another
’ year. It also helps to point out ■ to
the grower the necessity of good har
vesting and pre-ginning Handling.”
As for the value,to ginners, John
son said “the Smith-Doxey Classing
Service may be used as a guide for
further improvement of gin machin
, ery and serves as a check on his
processing operation; affords the
’ farmer a basis for appraising the
gin service he gets. In fact, Smith
, Doxey planning can be used as a
basis for ‘guaranteed ginning’.”
R. E Evans Releases
Seasons For Hunting
.
October 6th Ushers In
Sport For Squirrel,
Deer and Bear
R. E. Evans, game protector for
this area, this* week called attention
to open seasons and regulations for
taking game in the First District,
which includes Bertie, Camden, Cho
wan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hert
ford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Tyrrell . and Washington
counties.
The squirrel season will be open
from October 6 through January 1.
The daily bag limit is 8, possession
limit 16 and no season limit. Two
fox squirrels can be. included in daily
bag limit. There is no open season
on Roanoke Island, however.
Turkey hunting will be closed in
all counties except Bertie, Martin
and Washington. The season is from
November 24 through January 15,
with a daily bag limit of one and two
for the season. *
The bear season is from October 15
through January 1, except in Hyde
County, where beat hunting is allow
ed Mondays through Saturdays from
October 6 through November 27 and
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days only from November 28 through
January 1. In other counties of the
district bear hunting is allowed Mon
days through Saturdays. The daily
bag limit is two and the season limit
two.
Deer (male): Deer must have ant
lers plainly visible to the hunter.
Hunting for deer is permitted in Ber
tie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington
counties from October 6 through Jan
uary 1; except that in Dare County,
Atlantic Township and Roanoke Isl- '
and are closed to deer hunting, and :
in Hatteras Township the season is <
November 1 through November 30.
Hunting for deer is permitted in Hyde
County from October 6 through No
vember 27 Mondays through Satur- i
days, and from November 28 through <
January 1 on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays only. Daily bag limit j
1, possession limit 2, season limit 2.
Hunting with gun and dogs for '
opossum and raccoon will be allowed
October
i Edenton Scenes In
; October Edition Os
i Holiday Magazine
North Carolina Featur
ed as Outstanding Va
cation Area
North Carolina is featured in the
> October issue of Holiday as one of
, the nation’s outstanding • vacation
• areas. The magazine went on sale
I Wednesday and included in the
: edition is a number of Edenton pic
' tures.
: “It’s the richest State in the Old
I South,” says the lead article in the
' national travel magazine, “yet it re
mains the pioneers’ preserve that
: the early Americans found it.”
I This description of the Tar Heel
State appears in an elaborately il
: lustrated 26-page portfolio which
■ gives Holiday readers a complete
guide to the interests that lie within
■ its borders. This year the State will
realize $175,000,000 from visitors
seeking “sun, fun and a wonderful
i opportunity for laziness,” adds the
review.
According to the publishers of
Holiday, more than five million per
sons will see the North Carolina is
sue, for which Jonathan Daniels,
well-known newspaperman, has writ
ten a 10,000-word account of his
native State.
More than 100 photographs, most
of them in color, depict many of the
• State’s attractions. The magazine’s
: tobacco-tan cover, executed by artist
Arthur Williams, carries five scenes
i of the State, the words “North Caro
: lina” and the State seal.
Eastern North Carolina, the State’s
third portion, is rich in fish and game
i as well as history, says Holiday in
1 its review.
k “It happens to be a place where
more history happened among fewer
people than at any other point on the
Atlantic coast,” says Daniels.
In .% list of historic “firsts” which
took place in this region the magaz
ine includes the birth in 1587 of Vir
ginia Dare, first child of English
parents born' in America, and the
first airplane flight by the Wrigh't
brothers in 1903.
Merchants Protest
N. S. Elimination Os
Delivery Service
Letters Being Written
To Railroad Officials
In Norfolk
As the effects of the elimination of
the delivery service from freight
depot to store are being felt, more
and more Edenton merchants are
letting their ire be known by writing
stiff letters o the President and
Traffic Manager of the Norfolk
Southern Railway in Norfolk.
The Edenton Chowan Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion has been contacting merchants
and trade groups in Columbia, Cres
well, Hertford and Elizabeth City 1
relative to making plans to fight
what is termed unfair discrimination 1
to merchants in only certain towns
along the Norfolk Southern Railway
system. The Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants group is also making
a thorough investigation to see
whether or not the Norfolk Southern
Railway is violating the Fair Trade
Act, inasmuch as the elimination of
this “depot to store” free delivery <
is causing a rise in cost of merchan- '
dise purchased; thus placing them at '
a price disadvantage with their com
petitors in other towns. 1
Enrollment 900 In |
County School Unit
j
502 White and 398 Col- ;
ored, According to
W. J. Taylor
According to W. J. Taylor, super- 1
intendeni of county schools, 900 stu
dents have enrolled in the county ad- •
ministrative unit. Os this number, )
502 are in Chowan High School and i
Rocky Hock school and 398 in the <
colored schools. At Rocky Hock the <
enrollment Is 90, while at Chowan :
High 295 are enrolled in the element
ary grades and 118 in high school. *
Enrollment in the colored schools -
was recorded as fellows: White Oak ,
112, Hudson Grove 61, Green Hell 54,
Britts 85, Center Hill 56 and War- j
I Solicitor For Money
Stopped In Edenton
Thursday afternoon Peter Carlton,
executive secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion, was responsible for stopping a
girl who was soliciting money for the
“United Gospel Workers.” Mr. Carl
ton remembered reading a bulletin
from the Department of Public Wel
fare concerning the organization to
the effect that workers soliciting un
der this name are violating a State
law. He immediately contacted the
Raleigh office, and was informed that
the organization is not authorized to
solicit in North Carolina.
The Rev. W. C. Hopkins, who ac
companied the girl, agreed to leave
town and not solicit any more until
he had cleared his organization
through the State Department of
Public Welfare.
Lions Club Planning
For White Cane Sale
J. A. Curran Appointed
Chairman of Edenton
ClubVDrive
W. J. Taylor, secretary of the
Edenton Lions Club, at Monday
night’s meeting called attention to
the second Statewide White Cane
Sale and membership enrollment
sponsored by the Lions of North
Carolina. The drive will be in pro
gress from September 22 to 27,
though the date was not definitely
announced for Edenton. J. A. Curran
was appointed chairman of the drive,
with the local Club’s quota being ask
ed to raise at least at the rate of
$3.00 per member.
The State drive is being directed
again this year by Sam Alford of
Henderson, President of the North
Carolina State Association for the
Blind and former District Governor
of Lions Clubs.
The annual statewide campaign for
the sale of White Cane Buttons and
enrollment of members In the asso
ciation was authorized unanimously
by the State convention of North
Carolina Lions Clubs. It is annually
the principal over-all project of the
more than 150 Clubs in the state.
The Association, now 13 years old,
prior to 1946 was supported by spas
modic local campaigns and contribu
tions of Lions clubs and friends of
the blind throughout North Carolina.
It serves as a connecting link be
tween the State Commission for the
Blind, which also is a product of the
initiative of North Carolina Lions,
and Lions clubs and interested civic
groups and individuals in all parts of
the state. *
Specifically, the association aids in
providing eye operations and hospi
tal care in needy sight conservation
cases. It provides examinations and 1
eye glasses for underprivileged school '
children; purchases supplies for de- '
serving blind persons taking voca- 1
tional and home handicraft training '
and otherwise lends every possible
aid to the more than 7,000 blind per- 1
sons in North Carolina.
.Mr. Alford said one-third of all
funds derived from the sale of White '
Cane buttons during the campaign
will be retained by the cooperating
Lions clubs and the money will be de- 1
voted entirely to the local programs '
of aid to the blind and conservation
of sight being conducted by such 1
clubs as their major projects. Aid to f
the blind and conservation of sight 1
long has constituted the major pro- *
ject of Lions International. 1
The remaining two-thirds of the
proceeds from sale of White Canes
will go to the Association for the
Blind and expansion of its statewide
program.
At Monday night’s meeting Presi
dent West Leary praised the work
of the local baseball club for what it
did for the town, and stated that
Lions should now get back to more -
serious activities of the club.
Dr. W. S. Griffin spoke about the
recent zone meeting in Hertford and
stated that the next international
meeting will be held in New York
City. 1
John Goodwin presented an inter- ‘
esting talk on the process involved (
in bottling Double Cola and other ]
drink products by the Barrow Bot- i
tling Works. Eldridge Baskins was a i
guest of A. E. Jenkins. <
MASONS WILL CONFER SECOND 1
DEGREE AT MEETING TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday) 1
at 8 o’clock. W. O. Elliott, master 1
of the lodge, announced that the sec- -
ond degree will be conferred upon a '
candidate and, therefore, (requests a 1
full attendance.
CALLED TO BROTHER’S BEDSIDE '
Mrs. E. K. White and sister, Mrs. ]
Yates Jordan of Elizabeth City, left i
today (Thursday) for Binghamton, j
N. Y„ where they have been oalled to
the bedside of taeir brother, Clifton 1
G. Bunch, who is critically ill.
4' V- J* 1 a H . .r • • Vr, .. • *
$1.50 Per Year.
Legion's Memorial
Committee Makes
Progress For Drive
Spectacular Events Be
ing- Planned on Arm
istice Day
At last week’s meeting of the
Finance and Building Committee of
Ed G. Bond Post No. 40, a definite
advertising campaign was formed
and adopted, the date for the fund
raising campaign chosen and the
manner in which the fund solicitation
should be conducted was practically
formulated.
The fund raising period is to be
restricted to the period between No
vember 3 and November 11, Armis
tice Day. Plans are being made for
spectacular and gala events to occur
throughout Armistice Day in cele
bration of the close of the campaign.
•During the coming weeks motion
pictures, radio, placards, newspapers
(and lots of talk) are to be used ex
tensively to advertise the American
Legion, why we need it, the good
it has and continues to do and why
the Legion needs a permanent home
in Edenton.
The committee, headed by Kermit
Layton, is enthusiastic at the res
ponse and optimism displayed by
some fifteen influential and well
known men of the community when
they were asked to select persons and
areas of population from whom they
would raise SIOOO each toward the
fund. Their answer was a definite
“yes”. These men are assisting in
selecting an additional twenty or
twenty-five men who will likewise be
asked to raise SIOOO each. It is
hoped that in this way most people
will not be solicited too many times
and that at the same time persons
and sections will not be overlooked
and deprived of their opportunity to
participate.
Revival At Baptist
Church Scheduled
To Begin Sunday
Dr. Fred F. Brown of
Knoxville, Tenn., Will
Be Preacher
The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of
the Edenton Baptist Church, an
nounced this week that revival ser
vices will be held in his church be
ginning next Sunday morning at 11
o’clock and continue through Sunday,
Septeniber 28. During the meeting
services will be held at 10 o’clock
each morning and 8 o’clock at night.
Dr. Fred F. Brown, retired pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Knox
ville, Tenn., will preach during the
revival. Dr. Brown is a former presi
dent of the Southern Baptist Con
vention and will be remembered by a
host of Edenton friends, having
preached for the local Baptist revival
last year.
While in Edenton for the revival.
Dr. Brown will preach the doctrinal
sermon at the Baptist Association
which will meet Wednesday, Sep
tember 24, at Sound Side Baptist
Church. He will preach at noon.
Rotary Club Ladies’
Night September 25
Affair Will Be Held at
American Legion Hut
At Edenton Base
Edenton’s Rotary Club will observe
ladies’ night Thursday, September
25, when Rotary Annes will be guests
of the Rotarians at dinner and a
program to be held at the Legion hut
at the Naval Air Station. The com
mittee appointed to make the nec
essary arrangements is composed of
George Twiddy, Joe Conger, Jr., and
David Holton.
The affair will get under way at
7:30 o’clock next Thursday night
with the dinner being served by
members of the Legion Auxiliary.
It. is hoped every Rotarian and Ro
tary Anne will be present to enjoy
the program.
The principal speaker, according to
Chairman Twiddy, will be the Rev.
W. W. Finlator, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City.
Favors will also be provided for the
Rotary Annes and a program ar
ranged which should be very,inter
esting and amusing.