North Carolina Newspapers

J In these columns will be ■'] found a fair presentation TXKof local and county news I j of general interest. ..Volume I. —Number 14. JEdenton To Battle For State Championship T! MW. Elliott Buried Sunday Prominent Otizen Die 3 Night Follow ing Stroke One of the largest and most im , pressive funerals held in Edenton in long time took place Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock in the Edenton Bap tist Church when services were held oTer the body of Thomas W. Elliott, with Rev. E. L. Wells officiating. Interment was made in the Beaver Hill Cemetery. Many floral tributes from various organizations attested to the esteem in which the deceased was held by his friends and ac quaintances. Appropriate music was rendered by a quartet composed of W. J. Daniels, W. J. Berryman, G. W. Lassiter and C. H. Wood. Mr. Elliott died at his home on street about 10:30 o’clock Friday night following a brief illness and a paralytic stroke the day before. He was 63 years of age, being born : in Chowan County on March 12, 1871, the son of the late Baker El *fiott. r Mr. Elliott during his lifetime was prominently identified with various activities in the community, at the time of his death being chairman of the Chowan County Board of Educa lion. He was a prominent merchant in Edenton for 30 years, conducting a large dry goods store. He also was a former director of the Bank of Edenton, one of the organizers and vice president of the Citizens Bank qriuch closed several years ago, chair man of the county board of elec tions, chairman of the public works department, a large stockholder of the Edenton Peanut Company and one of the founders and director of _-theEdenton Building and Loan Asso- Hon. He was an alumnus of Wake ■st College, graduating with the of 1894, and a member of the Edenton Baptist Church. In 19i2 Mr. Elliott married Miss Nina Brown of Kinston, who at that time was a teacher in the local high school. He is survived by her and six children as follows: Nina, Elizabeth, Ruth, Mary, Thomas, Jr., and Char lotte.. One brother, J. N. Elliott, also survives. Active pallbearers were: W. J. Berryman, W. J. Tajdor, George Harrell, C. H. Wood, C. T. Hollowell, J. L. Wiggins, W. H. Winbome and E. N. Elliott ■w* Honorary pallbearers included: Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., J. C. Leary, D. B. Lilea, X. E. Copeland, T. C. Byrum, P. F. Muth, J; H. McMullan, F. W. Curran, W. D. Welch, L. W. Belch, K. E. Morris, George C. Wood, John . Wood, Dr. L. P. Williams, Dr. M. P. Whichard, W. D. PAiden, J. A. Mitchener, O. M. Elliott, Oscar Brown, R. P. Badham and J. H. Holmes. Goodwin’s Quality Store In New Quarters Dec. 1 Goodwin’s Quality Store will be in a new home on Saturday, December vJ. This concern will now be located in the building formerly occupied by the Edenton Case. The interior of r thwbuilding has been altered, painted and made into a neat and roomy store room. 4 In addition to his line of general groceries, f ru its and vegetables, Mr. Goodwin has added a meat depart ment, where he will handle a line of the best fresh and. smoked meats. In celebration of the opening in new quarters, the Quality Store ha 3 V offered many attractive bargains and Goodwin invites everybody to visit ms new store. bu. BAKEft HEARING POSTPONED I. The hearing for Murray Baker, wh% was released under bond in con nection with an automobile accident P night was postponed Tues t young people, besides Bak ah Spivey, Fermor Ward, Ward, • Myrtle Monds and ker, were injured when the mobiles driven by Baker and >llided near Hancock Station, ars were damaged beyond The hearing will be held the victims of the wreck to attend. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY :]{ EDENTON’S CHAMPIONS } , * * f HR El | & UPH il ShVIH l WSI y i'ii J' i flji ii' ||P Pictured above is the Edenton High School 1934 football squad, which by defeating the Garner High School eleven last Friday became Class B champions of Eastern Noith Carolina, and will fight it cut next Friday in Chapel Hill with the Reid3ville High School, western champions, for the State championship. Back Row—Edmund Forehand, assistant manager; Laifce Bufflau. Bjll Harrell. Paul Spencer, Clyde Lee Cates, Richard Rogerson, Carroll Boyce. Middle Row—Dick Goodwin, trainer; John Byrum, Melvin Layton, John M. Harrell, Vernon Spruill, James Sflajjh, J_9giah Elliott, Frank Holmes, manager. Bottom Row—Coach Henry House, Calvin Sexton, George Wood, Worth Spencer, captain; Edward Wo zelka, Reuben Miller, E. L. Hollowell, Jack Satterfi eld, John A. Holmes, superintendent. - - ' ' * -- - ■ ■ ■ - - -- —■ ■■ - . . EDENTON FOOTBALL TEAM CHAMPIONS OF EASTERN N. C. The Edenton High School football team continued to add honors to their wonderful record Friday afternoon when the Garner High School, con tenders for the eastern championship, was defeated 18-0 before a crowd of spectators estimated all the v?ay from 1500 to 2000. The game was the cause of a fibli day spirit in town, flags being dis played and many places of business being closed in the afternoon in or der to allow employes to attend. Prior to the game a parade was held from the Municipal Building to' the fair ground. The procession was headed by a car carrying Mayor E. W. Spires, Mayor Jerome Flora of Elizabeth City, Capt. J. L. Wiggins, W. D. Holmes and John A. Holmes. Mayor Flora very kindly loaned his fire chief car which led the Elizabeth City Boy Scout drum and bugle corps, which was sent over at the expense of the Kiwanis Club of Eliza beth City.. In the line of march also was the Edenton High School cheer ing squad decorated with the school colors. The game drew many from East ern Carolina, the Albemarle section being especially well represented, the whole area falling in line to cooper ate and wish the Aces success in their State championship struggle. During the halves the drum and bugle corps pleased the crowd with their music and drills, as well as did the cheering squad by their yells, letter formations and snake drill. The game was filled with thrills, and fans were rewarded with a brand of football that compared very favor ably with many a college game. The outstanding play of the game was a pass from Paul Spencer to Layton, but it would be impossible to pick any individual stars. Each member of the entire team played his part to perfection, so much so that at no time was the Gamer team enabled to threaten to score. Edenton kicked to start the game and before the game had progressed very far it wa3 obvious Edenton had the better of the argument. During this quarter a number of first downs were made by Edenton and according to spectators the ball was taken over the Gamer goal line but it was turn ed over to the Gamer on the six-inch mark. During the second half Clyde Lee Cates was sent through the line for the first touchdown and he also bucked the line for the extra point. The last touchdown came in the fourth quarter when the climax of the game was reached as Paul Spenc er passed from midfield to Layton on the seven yard line for a counter. SilverTeiT To Be Held For Benefit Os U. D. C. Mrs. H. M. S. Cason will be host ess at a Silver Tea from 4to 6 o’clock on December 4th, at her home on Granville Street? The proceeds from this affair, which wjll be one 9t the most brilliant social events of the iiiMaon. will go to the Bell Battery Chapter, United Daughters of Con -1 fedaracy, of which Mrs. George- P. ■ -4—\ rlnnf / • ■ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 29,1934. Little Progress In Red Cross Roll Call Early this week the Red Cross Roll Call had not come up to ex pectations, only 87 being signed up for membership during the drive. From a total of 33 workers, only 14 had sent in a report to Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Cho wan chapter. The quota for the local chapter is 260, and Mrs. Pru den is very anxious that the vari ous workers solicit their territory and turn in a report. The drive is supposed to end on Thanksgiving day, but likely will be extended a short time in an ef fort to “go over the top” with 250 members. During the 1933 drive 200 were signed up in this worthy cause. A complete list of Red Cross members will be published in next week’s issue of the Herald. Miss Nelle Caldwell To Wed In December Friends throughout Chowan County have learned with regret that Miss Nelle Caldwell, Chowan home agent, will give up her work among the county’s home demonstration and 4-H clubs. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Caldwell of Dillon, S. C., last week announced the engagement of their daughter, Nelle, to Mr. G. R. Woodall of Ra leigh, the marriage to take place in Dillon on December 26. Miss Caldwell has worked among the Chowan women for five years and during that time has performed a valuable service among the rural wo men and has endeared herself to a host of friends both in town and the country. Woodall is the son of Mrs. Mattie Woodall and the late A. B. Woodall of Raleigh, and at present holds a responsible position with the Brogden Wholesale Company in Ra leigh, where they will reside after the marriage. Miss Caldwell’s successor will be named by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, state home demonstration agent, and Miss Pauline Smith, district agent for the northeastern district, their selection to be presented to the Chowan County Commissioners for ratification. CLYDE ERVIN IN E. CITY Clyde Ervin, state superintendent of public instruction, will speak in Elizabeth City Wednesday night, De cember sth. Members of parent teacher associations in adjoining counties are invited to attend. SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR HOLIDAY Most of the white schools in the county administrative unit will close for the Thanksgiving holiday and re main closed over Friday. None of the colored schools, however, will close for the holiday. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET The Chowan County Commission ers will hold their monthly meeting Monday, December 3rd, in the office of Registers, of Deeds Maurice L. V/. . ) COUNCIL OF FARM WOMEN PLAN FOR YEAR’S ACTIVITIES Ar. interesting meeting was held in the Hinton Hotel Saturday afternoon when 25 women attended the county council of farm women. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. R. B. Hollowell, Jr., after which the Lord’s Prayer was recited. The nominating committee, com posed of Mrs. R. H. Hollowell, Mrs. Noah Goodwin and Mrs. J. T. White, presented their nominations, and the following officers were elected for a period of two years: President, Mrs. A. D. Ward of the Wards club; vice president, Mrs. S. F. Small of the Enterprise club; secretary, Miss Mar garet Dail of the Edenton club. The following goals were set for next year: Four council meetings during the year; one series of window displays; one achievement day program; $lO on the Jane S. McKimmon loan fund; 20 women to go to the state short course; at least five clubs to give a one-act play during the year; a pic nic or party to be given by each club; two social meetings to be held; a cotton, silk and wool dress contest. The major project is clothing, in cluding the following subjects: Care of clothing, children’s clothing, using the guide pattern, making a better dress, making a coat, foundation gar ment and economics of clothing. The minor projects include: Food prepa ration, food conservation, gardening, hand work, literary and music pro grams. Each club president was asked to have individual club officers elected ■it tiie December meeting for two years.'--Each Derson was also asked to bring three cents to the December meeting to pay for the year books. Every club member has been re quested to fill in a permanent record card of their work to be filed in the agent’s office. Committees were appointed to work out definite plans for the dress contest and window displays and present these plans at the January meeting for approval. A rising vote of thanks was tendered retiring of ficers for their work during the year, as well as thanking Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lassiter for the use of the Hinton Hotel for council meetings. MEMBERS OF ED BOND POST URGED TO ATTEND MEETING W. W. Byrum, commander of Ed Bond Post, is very anxious to have a large attendance at the meeting of the post Tuesday night. Much busi ness is scheduled to be transacted at this time and every Legionnaire is urged to be present. REV. W. F. WALTERS RETURNS Rev. W. F. Walters, pastor of the local Methodist Church, has been re turned to the local church by the annual conference which met last week in Washington, N. C. This is Mr. Walters’ second year with the church here. TEACHERS TO MEET The monthly meeting of teachers of the county administrative unit will he held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Chowan HighAchool. ★ Aces And Reidsville Play At Chapel Hill * Mrs. McMullan Seeks ! Books For Library j Mrs. S. M. McMullan, librarian of the Shepard-Pruden Library, is ask ing through these columns for books used in parallel reading in the local schools. In the fourth, fifth, sixth and sev enth grades there are about 100 pu pils and for parallel reading the li brary has only 25 or 30 books for each grade to be used for this pur pose. Mrs. McMullan is of the opin ion that some of these books may be lying around and of no use to the owners and by giving them to the library would greatly aid in parallel reading in the local schools. The list of books include: Pied Piper of Hamlin, The Story of Dr. Doolittle, Heidi, Fairy Tales by Hans Anderson, Alice in Wonder land and Through the Looking Glass, English Fairy Tales, The Children’s Bible, Little Lame Prince, Little Women, Peter and Wendy, House hold Stories by Grimm, Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings, Early Cave Men, Pinocchio, Hans Brinker, A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales. [ A Little Boy Lost, Back of the North. i Wind, The Princess and Curdie, The ’ Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The i Court of King Arthur, Robinson Crusoe, A Christmas Carol, A Child’s i Geography of the World, The Cast i ing Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. - Aleshire, Water Babies, Blue Fairy . Book, Gulliver’s Travels, Swiss Fam ( ily Robinson, Stories from the Ara i bian Nights. Anyone having any of the above • mentioned books which will be given . to the library is requested to inform , Mrs. McMullan. i -a-- Three-act Play To Be Given At Beech Fork The play, “Aaron Slick From Pun kin Crick,” a clean rural comedy in three acts, will be presented by the Rocky Hock Woman’s Club on Tues day, December 4, at 7:30 p. m. in the Beech Fork school house. An invita tion is extended to all to attend. The cast of characters follows: Aaron Slick, not as green as he looks, Herman Bunch. Mr. Wilbur Merridew, a crooked speculator, W. H. Saunders. Clarence Green, a mysterious young man, Percy Smith. Mrs. Rosy Berry, an Oklahoma wi dow, Mrs. Percy Smith. Gladys May Merridew, a sweet young thing, Lillie Byrum. The girl in red, Louise Bunch. Little Sis Riggs, a regular tomboy, Sarah Parrish. Hotel guests, Mary Elizabeth By rum, Jessie Byrum, Elsie Bunch, Gladys Bunch, Delsie Pearce, John Lewis Tynch, Edison Bunch, Hay wood Bunch. The cast has been practicing hard on the play, and an evening of real entertainment is assured. Mrs. Mary Rumsey Kart During- Hunt The following item, in the current issue of the magazine Time, may be of interest to our readers: “Not far from her own estate at Middleburg, Va., Mary Harrison Rumsey, chairman of the NRA Con sumers Advisory Board, was riding in the Piedmont hunt when her mount stumbled and threw her. An expert rider, Mrs. Rumsey was not snry enough to extricate herself before the horse rolled on her and broke her thigh and four ribs. Rushed to a Washington Hospital, she was given a blood transfusion and is reported ‘getting along nicely.’ ” Mrs. Rumsey is the controlling stockholder in the Edenton News Publising Company, Inc., owner of the Edenton News and the Hertford News. STRONG WINDS PREVENT PARACHUTE JUMP SUNDAY Quite a number of people gather ed at the Speight farm over the week-end where a plane from the Hoffman Flying Service was sta tioned to take up passengers and where Dusty Bunarde was scheduled to leap from the plane in a para chute. A number of people availed themselves of the opportunity to make a trip in the air, but strong winds prevented the expert to make the jump. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1,25 Per Year | Many From Albemarle I Expected to Witness Contest The “Go to Chapel Hill” cry of the Edenton High School football fans, adopted early in the season, has been realized, and on Friday afternoon Coach Henry House and his high school squad will battle with the Reidsville High . School, western champions, for the Class B cham pionship of North Carolina. This is a well-earned honor for the local team, having gone through a season of nine games, amassing a total of 230 points against their opponents and not allowing a single point to be scored against them. The Aces won the honor of eastern champions last Friday when they turned back the strong Gamer team 13-0 on the local gridiron. The game in Chapel Hill will be played in Kenan Stadium, the kick off scheduled for 2:30 o’clock. ihe Edenton team will leave Edenton Thursday and spend the night at the field house at the stadium. The price of admission to the game will be 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for school children. Tickets, hov.-. ever, will be sold in Edenton to school children for 25 cents through an ar rangement with E. R. Rankin of the department of school relations of the University of North Carolina. The Edenton team is undergoing strenuous practice work in prepar:- tion for their championship tilt, and the team is expected to be in first class shape for the game. Paul Spencer was unable to participate in the practice work Tuesday, but it is hoped his arm will be in shape to en ter this important contest. It was hoped to take the Elizabeth City Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps to Chapel Hill, but due to the rodeo being held in Elizabeth City this feature had to be abandoned. The special meeting called by Mayor E. V,\ Spires at the Municipal Building Monday night for the pur pose of discussing the advisability of forming a motorcade and also arrang ing transportation to Chapel Hill for the game was attended by about 30 interested citizens. After much discussion, both pro and con, it was finally decided that for various reasons, it would not be practicable to form the motorcade, but a committee was appointed by Mayor Spires to solicit funds to de fray the expenses of a bus to carry the 50 members of the cheering squad. Chester Hawkins, manager of the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation, was reached by telephone during the meeting and agreed to reduce his first announced price of $125 to SIOO when he was informed of the cir cumstances. This offer was tentatively accepted by the mayor and he appointed the foiiowing committee to solicit for the funds: John W. Graham, chairman; J. W. Davis, . Gus Hughes, W. D. Holmes, Joe Conger, Mrs. J. W. Davis,.Mrs. J. L. Hassell, Mrs. W. I. Hart, Jr., Miss Frances Pettus and Mrs. George K. Mack. Over 60 per eent--ufjthe amount was reported in hand Tuesday afternoon and it is confidently expected, the remainder will be secured. v. It is understood that Hassell and Miss Madge Pettus"wfH — tiavel with the children as chap erones. It is expected that the game will be attended by a large number throughout the Albemarle. BOARD OF EDUCATION CALLED TO NAME A NEW CHAIRMAN A call meeting of the Board of Education was held Wednesday morn ing at 10 o’clock to select a tempor ary chairman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas W. Elliott Friday night. Due to the Herald being printed early this week on account of the Thanksgiving holi day, Mr. Elliott’s successor ,could not be published in this issue. BIBLE CLASS MEETS TUESDAY The Young Women’s Bible Class will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock with Mrs. E. J. Griffin at her home on East Queen Street. A new course of Bible study will be started at this meeting, and the president, Miss Edna Goodwin, urges a large at tendance. Election of '.officers also features this meeting.