columns will be I
fair presentation
local and county news
I of general interest.
Volume I.—Number 4.
CITY COUNCIL FORCED
TO RAISHAX RATES
School Deficit Is Reason
For Six-Cent Increase
In City Levy
A joint meeting of the Tow Coun
cil and the Board of Public Works
was held Wednesday night in the
Municipal Building for the purpose
of going over the town’s budget and
setting a tax rate for the fiscal year.
The purpose of meeting with the
Board of Public Works was to learn
if that board would advance $5,000
toward balancing the budget as it did
last year. However, the department
has had much more expense than
last year due to the storm and extra
cost of repairs, as well as sewerage
work, that members felt that it was
impossible to take any of the funds
this year.
The Council was compelled to in
crease the school tax from 20 cents
last year to 26 cents this year. The
increase in the school tax is caused
by a deficit from last year and lack
of a levy by the county commission
ers for the debt service,
v. The levy will be divided this year
as,follows: 50 cents for the general
fund, 50 cents for the debt service
and 26 cents for schools. Last year
the levy Vas 60 cents for the general
fund, 40 cents for debt service and
2i/*cents for schools.
Had the E. and W. department
been able to duplicate last year’s
help, the city levy could have been
held to $1.15 despite the six-cents in
crease for schools.
Members of Town Council were
very reluctant to raise taxes, but it
was the only solution to balancing
the budget.
In event *the pending parallel suits
in the state decide that county com
missioners must levy a county-wide
debt service tax, Town Council feels
they will be repaid by the local com
missioners.
The following information was re
ceived by John A. Holmes from At
torney General Dennis G. Brummitt:
“The facts of your situation do not
clearly appear. I call your attention
to the following sentence in Section
17 of the School Machinery Act: ‘All
county-wide school funds shall be ap
portioned to county and city admin
istrative units on a per capita basis.’
“I assume that the county has not
1 taken over all local debt service. If
such is the case, I think that this
means when a county-wide levy is
made for debt service there should
be per capita distribution of it. Os
course, no one can tell you authori
tatively as to this until it is passed
on by a court.”
Ed Bond Post Planning
Activities For New Year
The Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion met Tuesday night with mem
bers of the Legion Auxiliary also in
attendance, to hear the report of the
State Legion convention held at
Greensboro. W. S. Privott gave a
detailed report of the convention
much to the satisfaction of all pres
ent. In his remarks he urged mem
bers of the Auxiliary to attend the
next convention which will be held
at Fayetteville in order that the wo
men’s branch of the organization may
become acquainted with the great
work being done by the Legion and
Auxiliary. Mr. Privott expressed the
opinion that the Legion will have a
good year and urged all officers and
members of the local post to take a
more active part in the organization.
C. E. Kramer made a plea for Le
gionnaires to support the orthopedic
clinic at Elizabeth City, stressing the
worth while work that can be ac
complished.
Every member present Tuesday
night pledged their support to the
incoming commander, W. W. Byrum,
and the post has set the goal at 100
members.
Beginning with October the Legion
voted to resume their meetings twice
a month, the first and third Tues
days.
Installation of new officers will
take place on October 16. An invi
tation has been sent to Hubert Olive,
the new state commander, to attend
the installation ceremonies.
It is planned to have a huge Arm
istice Day celebration this year sim
ilar to the one held several years ago
and thi3 affair will be discussed at
the next meeting.
I,
588 PUPILS ENROLLED IN
WHITE SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
Up to Wednesday, when Superin
tendent W. J. Taylor made the last
check-up of attendance in the Chowan
unit, 588 pu
pils w™ enrolled in the white schools
of the county. Os this number 380
were enrolled at the Chowan High
school.
Mr. is hopeful that atten
dance wiMincrease in order to secure
8 few in the unit.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
LOCAL MEN FIGURE
IN TRUCK WRECK
Truck Wrecked to Extent of From
S7OO to $800; Load of Feed
Also Damaged
William Sutton and Horace Belde,
local men, miraculously escaped death
Monday night about 9 o’clock in a
truck wreck at Mitchells Fork in
Gates county. Mr. Sutton, driving a
truck for Brown Brothers, local feed
dealers, was bringing a load of feed
from Suffolk and at Mitchell’s Fork
ran into a truck carrying extended
long piling, driven by Clyde Lassiter
of Windsor. Lassiter, according to
information, had made a turn into the
highway with his truck cab facing the .
approaching Brown Bros, truck,
but had slowed down to see if he
could clear a parked car, the piling
forming a barricade across the road.
Mr. Sutton saw the lights on the pil
ing truck but could not see the piling
extending across the road and ran
head on into the heavy timber. He
was completely pinned under the logs
and according to reports it was noth
ing less than a miracle that he es
caped death.
The truck was badly wrecked, dam
age being estimated at between S7OO
and SBOO. Damage to the feed was
said to be between S4O and SSO.
Today the two men were reported
to be improving from their bruises in
the wreck.
Edenton Ball Club May
Stag:e Burro Ball Game
Officials of the Edenton Baseball
Club are now dickering with repre
sentatives of a company who pro
mote burro ball, in an endeavor to
stage a game of this amusing pas
time in Edenton.
Burro ball is played along similar
lines as baseball except that the
players are mounted on donkeys, ex
cept the pitcher and catcher. Vari
ous rules govern the game which
should furnish plenty of amusement
if a game is consummated here.
The purpose of the game is to
raise enough money to pay off the
remaining small baseball debt. The
company handling the affair fur
nishes donkeys, as well as instruc
tors to direct the game.
The proposition was presented to
the Edenton Rotary Club a short
while ago, and was passed on to the
baseball club.
Frequency Os Traffic
Signal Now Changed
There has been a change in the
traffic light at the corner of Queen
and Mosely streets, the frequency of
lighting being reversed from the ori
ginal schedule. Traffic on Queen street
is allowed to pass for 20 seconds and
stop 20 seconds, while Mosely street
traffic must go 20 seconds and stop
30 seconds. This change was made
on account of so much more traffic
on Queen street than on Mosely.
Authorities were hopeful that the
frequency could be regulated, but the
only adjustment possible was to make
a half turn of the entire signal.
Several violations have been report
ed by citizens and Chief of Police
Helms stated today that if apprehend
ed the violators will be arrested and
the law carried out.
Reemployment Office
Takes More Territory
The Edenton District of (Jie Nation
al Reemployment Service now in
cludes only nine counties in addition
to the six counties already in this
district, instead of the twelve counties
first included. Washington, Martin
and Tyrrell counties have been added
to the local district. Mr. Floyd White
is district manager and Mrs. H. C.
Wozelka is in charge of the Edenton
office.
A reemployment office has been set
up in Elizabeth City in charge off
Alvin O’Neal.
The school projects in Camden
county and Elizabeth City are now
under way. George W. Kane of Rox
boro is contractor for the Elizabeth
City project and Ward and Thomason
of Lexington are contractors for the
Camden project.
MACEDONIA REVIVAL CLOSED
LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Revival services at Macedonia '
church closed Sunday afternoon, and
although there were no converts, the
meeting was considered a success. ,
The preacher was Dr. J. L. Vipper- ,
man of Spartanburg, S. C.
Dr. Vipperman has earned a wide \
reputation as a Bible student, mem- \
bers of the congregation being partic
ularly impressed by his ability to i
quote hi 3 texts, Scripture readings <
and references without the use of his (
Bible. j
W. J. Daniels had charge of the !
music during the meeting. :
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 20, 1934.
RED MEN HOLD VERY
SUCCESSFUL FISH FRY
Judge W. C. Morse, Jr.,
Describes Tenets of
Red Men Order
What proved to be the largest and
most successful fish fry ever held by
Chowan Tribe, No. 12, I. O. R. M.
took place Monday night in the Eden
Street Armory when local Red Men
and their wives and a delegation of
about 30 Red Men from Pasquotank
Tribe, No. 8, of Elizabeth City gath
ered for the annual affair of the local
tribe. The armory was decorated and
a table erected in the middle of the
building. A spirit of friendship pre
vailed during the evening and appar
ently everyone thoroughly enjoyed the
affair. It is estimated that approxi
mately 300 people were in attendance.
The program was in charge of Os
car H. Brown, Sachem of the local
tribe. The affair opened by singing
the Red Men’s opening ode by the
gathering, led by W. J. Daniels. Fol
lowing this, W. J. Daniels made the
invocation.
Senator Lloyd E. Griffin in ex
tending a welcome to the visitors re
hearsed the habits and customs of the
aborigines and compared the visits of
the ancient tribes in Chowan, Per
quimans and Pasquotank to the occa
sion which brought together such a
body of Red Men on Monday night.
Mr. Brown then introduced and re
cognized A. C. Garrett, past great
sachem; C. W. Ward, past great sach
em; W. L. Sherlock, great junior sag
amore and Elmer Brothers, sachem of
Pasquotank tribe of Elizabeth City.
Mayor E. W. Spires fittingly intro
duced Judge W. C. Morse, Jr., of E.
City, who was the principal speaker
for the occasion. Judge Morse is a
very interesting speaker and during
the major portion of his address he
dwelt upon the tenets of Redmanship,
Freedom, Friendship and Charity.
Immediately after Judge Morse’s
speach, fried fish was served, along
with the proper accessories including
com bread, pickles, coffee and cold
drinks.
Music for the occasion was furnish
ed by Swanner’s String Band and af
ter the meal quite a number indulged
in square dancing.
BARLOW HARRELL FOUND
GUILTY ON TWO COUNTS
Barlow Harrell last Friday was
tried and found guilty in Recorder’s
Court of selling insurance without a
license and selling insurance for a
company not licensed in the State.
He was fined SIOO.OO and costs,
but took an appeal, which will be
heard at the December term of court.
The issue in the trial was whether
Mr. Harrell was selling life insurance
or soliciting membership in a mutual
protective society. Judge J. N. Pru
den, however, found the defendant
guilty as charged.
Prizes Are Awarded In
Women’s Club Contests
Although inclement weather evi
dently reduced the crowd, a goodly
number last Saturday attended the
Achievement Day Celebration of the
Chowan Home Demonstration Clubs
of Chowan county.
A program was given on the Court
House green at 4 o’clock, Leary Bros,
truck being used as a platform.
The program opened with the
singing of America and invocation by
Rev. W. F. Walters of the Methodist
church.
Miss Caldwell then introduced Pat
Alderman of Dunn, N. C., who is a
leader in this State in community
singing. Mr. Alderman was assisted
by Frederick Allen, of Sherrill, N. Y.,
who is now connected with the North
Carolina Festival Association and is
stationed at Kinston.
The following familiar songs were
sung: “Carolina”; “There’s a Long,
Long Trail”; “Old Black Joe”; “The
World Is Waiting For the Sunrise”;
“John Brown’s Body”; “Let Me Call
You Sweetheart”; “Row, Row, Row
Your Boat”; “Quilting Party”; “Let
the Rest of the World Go By”. Mr.
Alderman and Mr. Sherrill also sang
solos during the singing.
After the singing, Miss Caldwell
told of the type of work the club
women were doing and thanked those
who cooperated in the celebration.
She expressed disappointment at
being unable to secure a speaker for
the occasion.
Following the home agent’s re
marks an exhibit of dresses made of
cotton bags was shown. This inclu
ded a dress made and worn by Mar
garet Dail which won a urize in the
State contest. Winnifred Hollowell
also displayed a dress made from
EDENTON SCHOOLS NOW
IN MID-SEASON FORM
Total Enrollment For
First Day 852; Little
Change In Books
Schools in the Edenton City Admin
istrative Unit opened Monday morn
ing for the 1934-35 session, with the
same faculty serving as last year.
Everything was in readiness for the
opening and on Tuesday, the second
day of school, a full schedule of class
es was held and from observation it
was difficult to distinguish the work
from mid-season form.
The first day’s enrollment in the
graded school was 570, which is about
the same number as last year. This
number will increase due to quite a
few children being unable to attend
the first day on account of sickness.
The Advance school has been added
to the Edenton City Administrative
: Unit and the first day’s enrollment
there was 85, bringing the total num
: ber for the unit to 655. This figure
compares with 688 at the end of ten
. days in the elementary school last
year.
. In the high school the enrollment
■ was 195, being a larger number than
. last year. The increase is due to a
. larger seventh grade last year and
, the small graduating class. The high
school would have registered 200 this
year, but a number of high school
- students have left Edenton and will
attend school elsewhere.
The enrollments recorded by grades
• for the first day are as follows:
First Grade 79
Second Grade 76
Third Grade 97
[ Fourth Grade 102
Fifth Grade 80
‘ Sixth Grade 78
[ Seventh Grade 60
’ * ’ 572
Advance school 85
: 657
j High School 195
Total Number in school ____ 852
There was no change in books in
the county this year except history
' in the fifth grade through the elev
enth grade. High school students in
the tenth grades who have not had
United States history will take this
’ j subject along with the 11th grades
this year so that next year eleventh
grade students can take sociology or
economics.
1 Superintendent John A. Holmes is
1 very well pleased with the progress
made thus far and indications point
’ to a successful year. Both teachers
' j and scholars appear to be happy to
■ I be back at work again after the sum
mer vacation.
' This attendance as set up by the
l State school department entitles the
■ elementary department of the unit to
: two more teachers, changing from 17
to 19.
- Etta Evans wore a dress costing
r $1.25; Lois Hope Lane 96c; Kathleen
: Asbell 75c; Evelyn Smith 765; Eliza
i cotton sacks.
5 In the 4-H Club contest Margaret
beth Bunch $2.00; Beulah White $2.50.
t Evelyn Bunch won first prize, for
. which she will receive a gold filled
medal from the National 4-H Club
; Association. She will also represent
’ Chowan county in the State 4-H con
; test.
In the women’s afternoon dress con
; test the following took part: Mrs. E.
, E. Harrell, who won first prize, and
• Miss Mary Elizabeth Byrum.
Doris Jean Ward won first prize in
the evening dress group while Mar
garet Asbell was second. Margaret,
by the way is the 1933-24 health girl
of Chowan county.
Mrs. Percy Smith, Miss Lillian
Perry and Mrs. H. H. Lane of Ry
land competed in the club meeting
dress contest. Mrs. Lane won first
place and Miss Perry won second
honors.
Miss Gladys Bunch won first prize
and Mrs. Tom Spencer second in the
kitchen and home work dress contest.
In the street dress contest Mrs.
Ezzell Ward, Mrs. R. B. Hollowell
and Mrs. Louis Goodwin participated.
Mrs. Ward won first place and Mrs.
Hollowell second.
Prizes for the winners in the above
contests were awarded by Leggett &
Davis, Oglesby Bros., Goodwin’s Qual
ity Store, W. D. Holmes, Badham
Bros., J. H. Holmes, Quinn Furniture
Co., Anne’s Beauty Salon and Pen
der’s.
Much favorable comment was heard
about the window displays in the vari
ous stores.
CHOWAN COTTON
INJURED BY RUST
Estimated that Crop Will Be Re
duced as High as 50 Per Cent
In Some Sections
According to information available
much of the cotton in Chowan Coun
ty is damaged by rust this year. It
is estimated that this disease will
reduce the crop from 15 per cent to
as high as 50 per cent in some sec
tions of the county.
It is the opinion of N. K. Rowell,
county agent, that the cause for this
disease is due largely to poor land.
Because of the low price of cotton in
recent years, farmers didn’t feel jus
tified in spending money for fertil
izer and the land is lacking the
proper nourishment.
Cotton rust, however, can be the
result of weather conditions, such as
very abrupt changes in weather,
changing suddenly from a high to
low temperature or from an ex
tremely dry to wet conditions. Some
fields may develop rust as a result
of heavy and continuous rains in the
latter part of the season. Other
names for cotton rust are black rust,
yellow leaf-blight and potash hunger.
Cotton fields which show general
and severe rusting are usually in
need of rotation with other crops in
order to build up the humus supply
which has been exhausted by con
tinuous cotton cropping. The plow
ing under of green manure Crop,
such as rye, cowpeas and velvet
beans, or the addition of a liberal
application of stable manure will do
much to improve soil conditions and
prevent rust.
Workers Make Progress
With Malaria! Control
The malarial control work being
done here is furnished with local la
borers from the office of Mrs. C. P.
Wales, chairman of the FERA. The
Town and County are buying mater
ials to control the malaria carrying
mosquitoes, using larvacia to dust the
river front, creeks and ponded water,
as well as infested spots in Chowan
County. All town ditches are being
oiled with the town and county pro
viding parris green machines for the
use of the material.
The purpose of this malarial work
is not to control the pest mosquito
but to get rid of the malarial carrying
mosquito. The project is being super
vised by the Public Health service un
der the direction of C. L. White, dis
trict supervisor of malaria! control
and W. P, Brickhouse of the State
Board of Health.
Sellers Os Old Gold
Cheated By Weight
It has been called to the attention
of the Herald that some agents arc
going through the country buying up
old gold and that in weighing the
metal they use a copper penny in
stead of a pennyweight. Through
this scheme the seller is -wiir 'i-, ~u t
of about half the money he shhuid
receive because a penny weighs : twice
as much as a pennyweight. Sever.u
instances have been reported here.
Buyers of old gold must have a
license and jewelers who buy old
gold must furnish accurate records.
Buyers Os Gold Must
Now Secure License
At Wednesday night’s meeting of
Town Council the city fathers passed
the following resolution in regard to
agents buying up old gold:
“Be it resolved that any person,
firm or corporation engaged in the
business of purchasing gold or silver
shall pay an annual license fee.
“Provided, however, nothing in this
act shall be construed as applying to
an established jewelry store operat
ing under the general retail merch
ants tax.
“All ordinances in conflict with this
act are hereby repealed.”
APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT
MUST APPLY AT LOCAL OFFICE
Any person in the Edenton district
of the National Reemployment Ser
vice desiring to register for work or
desiring to employ help are reminded
that they should get in touch with
the local office.
Elizabeth City is the only other of
fice in this district and it is import
ant that applications reach the pro
per channels.
MR. HAYES OF CROSS ROADS
PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK
Mr. Hayes died at the home of his
son-in-law George Davidson last
week and interment took place in the
family burying ground in Gates coun
ty. He was about 83 years old and
lived in Gates county until some time
last year when his home was destroy
ed by fire. He then came to live
with his daughter and son-in-law.
This newspaper is circu-
I lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
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EDENTON HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYS SUFFOLK FRIDAY
First Game of Season
For Coach House’s
Eleven
Perfecting a football team in record
time, Coach Henry House will send
his Edenton High school charges
against the Suffolk High school
eleven on Friday afternoon, the game
taking place in Suffolk. The local
gridders have been taken through the
various conditioning processes and
coach House is very much encouraged
at the prospects of a fast team.
The relative strength of the oppos
ing teams Friday can not be deter
mined. Suffolk, however, generally
puts out a strong aggregation.
The last time the two teams met
was in 1931 whep Edenon had an ex
ceptionally fast team. The result at
that time ended in a 6-6 tie,
A string of about 18 players- will
travel to Suffolk, but the possible
line-up for the first game of the sea
son will be as follows: Wozel
ka; Tackles, V. Spruill and Satter
field; Guards, Layton and Boyce;
Ends, Bufflap and Rogerson; Quar
terback, Bill Harrell; Leftback, Paul
■ Spencer.
i New equipment for the team has
arrived including suits, helmets and
jerseys. Coach House has arranged
| this year for the players to have their
1 number, displayed in front as well as
on the back.
Next Friday the Edenton team will
1 play Beaufort on the latter’s gridiron,
and the following Friday the locals
will . play their first game on the
home field.
The opponents for this game have
not yet been decided upon.
| Edenton will play conference ball
this year, the first conference game
being with Roanoke Rapids, which
will be played here. Roanoke Rapids
always has produced a strong team
| and Coach House is hopeful that by
. the time this game is played the local
boys will be well hardened and ex
perienced enough to give the visitors
plenty of opposition.
1 |Two New School Busses
Expected Here Shortly
Two new school busses are expected
for the schools of Chowan county by
October 1. Tim busses, will be replace
ments for worn but busses now in use.
One bus will be used by the Chowan
Administrative unit arid the-'other by
the Edenton City Administrative unit.
! The chassis of these truck.-: are. be
ing assembled in Raleigh and wilt be
sent from there to body manufac
turers for placement of bodies.
The delay in getting the busses, ac
cording to the State school comniis
i sion, is due to the hold-up of Federal
: funds.
I
i )r. L. L. Gobble To
Give Lectures Here
Dr. L. L Gobble of Durham, secre
tary of the Methodist Conference
Hoard of Education will arrive in
Edenton Sunday to conduct a series of
lectures on work of the church school..
Dr. Gobble is hoping to arrivt in time
for the morning service Sunday mor
ning, but in event he doesn’t arrive in
time he will speak at the evening
service at 7:30.
Dr. Gobble is said to be a very in
teresting speaker and other denomina
tions are cordially invited to attend
the school, which will be held through
Thursday at 7:30 o’clock.
METHODIST CHURCH SCHOOL
TEACHERS TO MEET FRIDAY
The Sunday school teachers and of
ficers of the Methodist church will
meet at 7:30 Friday night in the
Sunday school room. This meeting is
called to lay plans for the coming
school year, arrange literature and
discuss other matters relative to the
school. ' ‘ V
Every teacher and officer is urged "
to attend.
LESS MALARIA IN COUNTY
The Malaria situation in Chowan
County is much improved, accord
ing to local physicians. Earlier in
the summer there was an epidemic of
malaria and fever, but according to '
one physician folks in the county are
“depressingly healthy.”
LIBRARY HOURS
Following are the hours of opening
of the Shepard-Pruden Library during
the winter months.
Every afternoon, including Sun
days, from 3 to 5 o’clock;——
Monday and Friday evenings from
7 to 9 o’clock.