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:V't ' y iT." , - : . s ''I nlv, IRewspapev pubUsbeb in Chowan County "LOOK FORWARD AND NOT BACK" Vol. 6. No. 41. EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915. Subscription: $1.00 a Year AT WORK AGAIN OH THE PROPOSED AUDITORIUM. The erection of a City Audi torium is prospOsed, the estimated cost of which will: not exceed $20,000.00, and of this sum $12, 000 00 has been subscribed by responsible, public-spirited citi zens, thus leaving a balance of $8,000.00 to be raised by public subscription. The undersigned, a self-appointed Committee of three, have assumed the labor incident to raising the required sum; and, that there may be no misunder standing with respect to remuner ation, it is expressly stated for the benefit of those who are apt to attribute to the Committee ulterior or mercenary motives, that not one cent in the way of compensation is expected or will ba accepted The- Committee simply realizes the urgent need of a public building of this type, and is willing to donate the time and attention necessary to make it an assured fact. ine site selected tor the pro posed edifice, is the present loca tion of the home of Miss Martha Bright on Main street, adjoining the furniture store of L. F. Zieg ler, which can be purchased for a reasonable sum . Some of our citizens think, and have so stated pnbiicly, that it would :be inad-1 visaDie to Duna at tnat particular point, asserting its" remoteness from the heart of the business district as an argument against it, but such have been unable thus far to suggest & more desirable location, and until they do, the Committee is not justified im making any changes in that re spect. Locations admitted to be more desirable cannot.be bought for any price. However, any and all suggestions will be. favor ably and thoughtfully considered. In brief, it is proposed to build two stores, ''dimensions 24x75 feet, abutting on Main street, and between the two stores a - vesti bule 15 feet wide will form the main entrance to the auditorium, which will be erected in the rear of the stores, and to which more particular reference will be made farther on- The stores and audi torium will comjprise the first or ground floor of the entire struc ture, covering a space of approxi mately t5x200 feet. Immediate ly above the stores, and adjacent to the street, it is proposed to provide for an Assembly Room, dimensions 63x36 feet, which can be used by the public at large for meetings of a public charac ter, social events, such as danc ing, etc., and other like purposes. It is also thought that some lodge or secret order would be glad of the opportunity to lease by the year hall space with the dimensions of the proposed as sembly room. Immediately in the rear of the assembly room it is planned to build offices for the use of the public officials of the City, as fnayor, city clerk, city engineer, police department,-sup erintendent of water works, etc., each of wtfich is to be 14x24 feet, with the exception of the mayor's office, which is riot to' be quite so large. A corridor will separ ate the offices in the center, with a cloak and hat room inthe for ward part, The auditorium is the building with which we are principally concerned, the stores, etc. , hav ing been planned as mere auxil iaries, chiefly for the purpose of providing an income, and also for the express purpose of re ducing the first cost of erection: therefore,, a, more detailed de scription is not thought to be in appropriate at this juncture. ' The stage, which will occupy the far or west end of the pro posed building, is to be 28 feet long and 51 feet wide, and the main body or pit of the audito rium 80x51 feet, the estimated seating capacity of which will not be less than 450 in the pit or main body and an, additional 200 in the balcony, thus providing for an aggregate seating capacity of 650 persons. Comfortable, modern and up-to-date seats will be installed and the furnishings and other like equipment will be of a kind suitable for the pro posed building. Immediately adjoining the stage and separat ing stage, from pit or main body ot the auditorium, space will be provided for an orchestra, and thus adding that attractive fea ture to this proposed modern structure The plans of the proposed buildings will be found in the window of the post office, on the right as you entet, and all interested in public improvements are invited to examine them. The above is a very imperfect description, and a much better ant3h:ieareffideai can be had reference to the plans. It is thought advisable to refer briefly to the source of income, conceining which every prospec tive investor in stock in this pub t lie enterprise will wish to be fully informed. Estimating the cost of the building as above described at $20,000.00 (though it is thought it can be - erected tor approxi mately from $1000 00 to $1,500 less) an annnual income of from $800.00 tq $1200.00 must be realized in order-that those who invest their funds may expect to receive from four to six per cent interest on the investment. Hard ly any one will dispute the fact that the stores should rent for $20.00 each monthly, or $480.00 yearly. The five offices certainly for not less than $5 each month ly, or $300 yearly, and the audi torium can be leased for a period of five years from the date of its completion for the monthly ren tal of $55.00 or an income of $660.00 yearly from this source alone. Mr. r. W. Uarrell has al ready signified his desire to enter into a lease for that period of time in the sum stated. The assembly room, the size of which is 36x63 feet, could be rented for dances, etc., or probably to some secret organization, or orders of like character. The income from this source would be fluctuating to say the least, yet would swell to lsbme extent, however, slight, the income from the. buildings1 as a whole. Thus, as will appear from a simple case of 'addition, the entire income from all sources would amount to not less" than $1500.0$ provided, of course, the y stores, auditorium, offices and assembly j room r ' could be rented regularly and ior the sums sbCiAeificV is: questionable to say; the least. '-In fact there is little :dotibt buVfchathe income r as figured herein would be con-J siderably reduced by reason of bad rents, failure to rent, repairs, insurance, taxes, etc , and, there fore it must be candidly conceded that the income for any one year would not equal the sum of l&l,- 500.00. However, suppose we allow for a 40 oer cent, reduction which in all probability would off-set the cost of maintenance, repairs, insurance, taxes, failure to rent, etc., there yet , remains $900.00 net income or 4 per cent, on the investment. Mr. P, W. Harrell is willing to enter in to a binding contract to lease the auditorium as soon as completed for a term of five years, on the rental basis of $55 00 per month, or $66Q.00 yearly. That being true, the public would have reas onable cause to expect some ex pect some excellent productions n the line of gooa plays, come dies, etc., for Mr. Harrell is well informed and his judgment may be depended upon in that re spect. Every natural advantage is ours. xLidenton is the second oldest city in the State, and his torically among, if not the first in importance, having at an earlier period in our history been the seat of government. Yet, for several decades the population has remained approximately the same, and few, if any public im provements have been made. Therefore in the expressive words of Longfellow: 'Let us then be up and- doing, i , w. H. WARD, : 7 -' H. r: LEARY, Committee. Edenton, N. C. Oct. 5, 1915. To The Citizens of The Town of Edenton: Upon request of the Audi torium Committee, I certify that the sum of $6,000.00, the sale price ofmy property on Main street, adioininc the furniture store of L. F. Ziegler, is the a mount for which I have granted an option to said Committee, and that not one cent of said sum is to be paid by me to any one of the members of the said Com mittee in the way of Commis sions, or otherwise; that the said sum represents tne true sale price, and is the amount I have agreed to accept for the same. Respectfully, (Miss) M. C. BRIGHT. Public Schools to Open in November The Board of Education at its last meeting ordered that the white public schools, except in special cases, begin on the first Monday in November. It further ordered that the colored schools begin the last Monday in Novem ber. J. O. ALDERMAN, County Supt. NOTICE Examination for Teachers. Beginning at 9 o'clock on Mon day Oct. 11 and lasting two days Monday and Tuesday, examina tions will be held at the negro public school building in Edenton for the negro teachers of Chowan county. On Wednesday and Thursday of the same week examinations will be held at the Court House for white public school teachers J. 0. ALDERMAN. SQfftlE FACTS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL ,3;. EQUIPMENT The Graded School opened up his year with the largest atten dance in its history, enrolling 850 jhe first day. This is an in crease of 43 over last year's open ing arid an increase of 36 over he opening of year before last. Already a score more children have been enrolled than had been enrolled last year at Christmas. The! crowded condition of the school is becoming distressing. We have in our grammer Lchool upon an average ot ntty pupils o ;the teacher. This is twenty more than a teacher should have to teach. This is unsatisfactory both from the standpoint of teacher and pupil. The strain on the teacher is too great and he individual attentionreceived by the pupil is too meagre. From a sanitary standpoint conditions are even worse. The state: department of education recommends' that each child have at 'least 250 cubic feet of breath- ngsrpace. : This much is neces sary that the atmosphere of the ouin uj not Decome contami nated and poisonous. No pupil or teacher can do. good work with bad air to breathe. They become sluggish and drowsy. Vital' ty and energy are lacking, lsay, nothing atjout the .per ma- nent injury TOircarcii. - Let us see how much breath ing space we have per pupil in our school. At the Paxtori build ing, where the beginners go the place above all others Where conditions should be ideal and pleasant there, instead of a breathing space of 250 cubic feet, we l)ave a breathing space of 89 cubtc feet to the pupil. At the maii building conditions are only slightly improved. In Miss Smitjh's room the pupils have a breathing space of only 135 cu bic ffcet ; in . Miss Coke's room 150 ubic feet ; in Miss Moore's i room; 170 cubic feet; in Miss Aldetmans's room 100 cubic feetj and In Miss Jones' room 116 ! cubicjfeet. In the high school the boms are slightly less crowled. Tluse are the conditions that confrpnt us. They must be met. The inly way to meet them is with ti new building. From the standpoint of school buildings and equipment we are very much behind other towns in the State of oui size. By way of compari son le; us notice the value of the schoo equipment in some of these owns about the size of E dentoji and smaller. The town of Luiuberton with a population ot at least five or six hundred less tlan ours, has a school equip ment valued at $60,000. The town bf Waynesville, with a popu lationjof more than one thousand less tlian ours has a school equip ment raiued at $50,000. Rock inghan with a population of 2, 500 p;oplc has an equipment worth $43,000. Murphy, a town of eig it hundred people situated in the back-woods of North Caro lina mountains, has a school equipment worth $40,000. Cary, a littld towp of fcur hundred people in Wake county,- has an equiprkent. worth $41,000. , Our town has far outgrown our school facilities, and while we have kept apace with progress in many other ways, we have fallen far short in school facilities. The Question is ' saiardy before riow. We wi r(''ce us to vote for a lltrvin the near uture. Will continne to withhold from our children what other towns are 'freely srivin? theirs? Do our children not de- Serve as good facilities for their education as the children of othtr towns? The time is here uoon us when the erudition of the past will not suffce for present neces sities. Do you want your child to have a comfortable building in which 'to go to school?. Do you want your child to be surrounded by sanitary conditions at school? i Are you satisfied with auy- thing but the best for your ehild ? HOG CHOLERA AND HOW TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL Government Expert in Chow an County to Show Farm ers How to Save Their Meat. Hog chlolera, the most costly df all animal diseases, and which Annually takes a toll of over $75, 000,000 from the American far- er, is to be combatted in Cho- ratt county, for Dr, D Owen, ( the United States Department df Agriculture, is about to open campaign of Education and Demonstration at several points in Chowan county to show the armers how this costly disease c&n be controlled, and if proper cooperation is given, can be en tirely eradicated. Dr. Owen states that his work consists in going riglft out into the farming districts and there showing, by means of practical demonstrations how to make use of the anti-hog cholera serum, and then also, at nigiits or in the afternoons if arrangement can be made for a darkened hall, to give an illustrated lecture on the dis ease, showing by means of a stere- opticon and about 60 slides, how this serum is made, how it is to be used, its limitations as well as its benefits, and also how to clean up and disinfect farms, and many other pictures showing how. the swine industry can be made a very profitable one in North Car olina if we can but control or get rid of entirely, this hanicap, hog cholera. This anti-hog cholera serum that is used so successfully in combating this' disease is nothing niore or less than the blood of another HEALTHY hog that has been made so immune that he has a great deal more of the fighting powers than he needs for himself, and it is borrowed and used in protecting oxner nogs, cut one thing that Dri Owen -insists upon, and that is the serum must not be regarded as a patent medicine, neither must it always be regarded as a CURE, lor as the following figures, quoted by Dr. Owen, show, the serum has a great deal more value in its being a preven tive1 against the desease than as a cure for it after the Animals are sick. He summarizes ' the efficacy of thefeaminthis " way:- The nsn&itimber of hogs to die from Jmj hog cholera, when the serum is 85 per cent or 850 hogs out of each thousand to get sick will die. Now when the serum is used as a preventative, that is, used in ad vance of the disease but after the animals had been txposed to' it, this loss was cut down from 'the usual 85 per-centrto-S'-iO of one per cent., or in other words, from the 850 hogs in' a thousand Uo but three hogs in a thousand. And in a test conducted upon over 53,000 bogs that were actual . ly sick at the time theynrerertreat ed, the loss was reduced fromythe usual 850 per thousand to 291 per thousand. Thus it is cleat ly demonstrated that the serum is a preventive first of all,- but ten hough the animals were sick, hat it even then does usuallypay to inocculate and save many. For hese figures were secured from using the serum on tens & thoos ands of nogs and covered all sorts of cases and conditions. One other thing that Dr. Owen ays great stress upon; as a r re presentative of, the United States, and that is, the nselessness of farmers spending their hard earn ed money for all kinds of; patent' so-called cures and ramediaa. For he says that the Department of Agriculture has had the 'best minds of the Veterinary ' prbfes- sion searching for years for a careT foi hog cholera which coulcWbe depended upon, and snch a thing has never yet been found. The work of Dr. Owen ttUlbeV glnWErm Hall on Oct. 14, -: and is trie tnizt day he will at Rocky Hock, mtxd on Saturday, the 16, he wl&givte an address at Edsnton in the Opera House at 3 o'clock-in i the afternoon; the J other fcwas places being at night, at 7:30. As there will be no charge for admission to these addressesyandas it is for the good of our farmers wevnope that every one will make it a point of attending and learning of this work. Attention! Look! Notice! Sunbury, N. C. Oct. 4, 1915. Mr. Editor: We wish to make some correction to the Sunbury News of last week abont a ball game played here. It said that Silver Spring beat the Sunbury High School boys 28 to 4 in favor of Silver Spring. This was a mistake. The Sunbury High School boys played against the Gates county team and Gates county won. ;t Tours truly, ' JNO. B. HAiCRELL, C. C. MAN FIN G. RocKy HocK Items. Mesdames R. B. Hoilbwell, Clara Ashley, Fannie Haste and Miss Mollie Bunch left Tuesday to attend the Woman's Associa tion to be held at Sawyer Greet; Wednesday. Mr. John W. Hollowell spent Sunday afternoon North Eden ion. f Mr. M. Bunch is very ill at this writing. Mrs. W. D.'Byrd continues ill There was a large crowd "at Sunday school Sunday. The collection for State missions was 10.85. Bro. Josiah Elliott dined at Mr. R B. Hollowell Sunday, itr. vr ir u u u m "Ftsaboy.' (J- t I r ..V-'' : - ti 1 .. .v. 1 -ti f -1 '
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