In these columns will be jound a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Ihime ll.—Number 2. Meeting Thursday To Han President’s Ball i Jones, Chair- Urges Large ttendance ones, chairman of the Sail committee for Chow has called a meeting for rder to lay plans for the Ball on Wednesday, Jan e urges everybody who is » meet at the Municipal 8:00 o’clock, when com be appointed and other ussed relative to the ball, se the second nation-wide .1 for President Franklin t, which will be held in ind towns throughout the !S. Edenton cooperated ; last year, and Mr. Jones ious to have a large at light so that plans may 1. >se or the ball varies rom last year’s celebra no part of the funds rais to the Georgia Warm ndation. This is in ac resident Roosevelt’s own n approving a recommen s trustees of the Founda snts of every dollar of th sed by each local birth nmittee will t»e retained committee to be expended ommunity to relieve ar local infantile paralysis its of every dollar of the il go to the National to be presented through it, to the President’s 11 Commission for infan s research, created to ■ch efforts to bring under lisease itself. uts Wifl Discuss Meeting Friday iloy Scouts will meet the Soout Cabin, the being changed from l At this time the s the idea of taking morning with Scout iham instructing the ius phases of scout ite. registration cards of been returned and aham is anxious to ler to secure the new his is received it is dr. Graham to have , Scout executive of ea, of Norfolk, Va., and officially install p. win Released For Accident cause was found Joodwin, of Edenton. Recorder’s Court on learing was conduct svith a fatal accident r , proprietor of the •e Company, in Hert er 19. Two trucks, udley and the other ded near Woodville Slizabeth City High being rendered un- Dsequently dieing in ispital. as driving with Mr. ime of the accident, according to testi- Mr. Goodwin from ident. I OF BANKS BID FOR BANK >r the Citizens Bank b and furniture, December 22, has r Commissioner of . Hood. The bank at to R. E. Cochran, rivott bid SIOO for I’S BIBLE CLASS 'H MRS. GRIFFIN nan’s Bible Class of tist Sunday School ting with the assis- : E. J. Griffin, at her Queen Street. The in charge of the e made 'plans for a Griffin gave a most b, after Which rou i Mrs. 1 ' *' |lass to I n o r I nvf THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY * Presbyterians Hold Big S. S. Convention Os interest to members of the Presbyterian Church is the State Sun day School Convention to be held in Greensboro, N. C., January 21-23. The sessions of the Convention will held in the First Presbyterian Church. This Convention promises to be one of the most outstanding events in religious education in the State and i fitting start for a great year. Among internationally known men who ap pear on the program are Dr. Robert M. Hopkins of the World Sunday School Association; Dr. Charles L. Goodell, of the Federated Council of Churches of Christ in America; Harry C. Munro, of the International Coun cil of Religious Education, and Prof. H. Augustus Smith of Boston Univer sity. Leaders of the denomination arc anticipating 1500 delegates to tb convention and any who expect to at tend are requested to register now. Hotel Undergoing Many Improvements C. A. Lovejoy, the new lessee of the Hinton Hotel, has already launch ed a campaign of redecorating and putting the hotel in first class con dition, a corps of painters, electri cians and plumbers now going on with the work. The lobby will be rearranged and painted in white and ivory, while the dining room will be covered witn “Day in June” Colonial paper. The whole building will be gone over and when the work is completed every room will be in first class condition. A unique decoration in the lobby will be the charter of the old Horni blow Tavern, which was granted in 1808. Nothing Further Done About Airport Here No further developments have been made to securing an airport for Eden ton, Mayor Spires being out of town last week when John M. Gurikin, of Norfolk, Va., had planned another visit to Edenton to discuss the mat ter. Mr. Spires arranged for Mr. Gurikin to meet Town Clerk R. E. Leary in event he came here, but for some reason he didn’t arrive. Health Officer Will Be Named Monday Ex-officio members of the Chowan County Board of Health, including Julien Wood, E. W. Spires and W. J Taylor, met Monday in the Municipal building, when the remaining mem bers of the Board were named. These include Dr. L. P. Williams, Dr. M. P. Whichard and Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., as the dental member. This is the first time Dr. Hart will have served in tin: capacity. The entire new Board will meet Monday, January 14, at which time the County health officer will be ap pointed. Dr. J. A. Powell is at pres ent the health officer. P. T. OWENS NAMED PRESIDENT A. & P. MANAGERS ASSOCIATION P. T. Owens, manager of the local A. &. P. Store, has been elected pres ident of the Norfolk division of the A. & P. Managers Association and will be installed as the head of the group next Tuesday night at the meeting to be held in Norfolk. The Association has approximately 100 members, including managers in Nor folk, Newport News, Suffolk, and in this section of North Carolina. BAKERY STILL CLOSED The local bakery, which closed Christmas eve, has not been reopened at this writing. Earl Cullipher, manager of the bakery, has accepted a position with an oil company in Elizabeth City, and it was reported that Mr. Cartwright, who assisted Mr. Cullipher, contem plated operating the bakery. FIREMEN EAT BARBECUE Nineteen members of the Edenton Fire Department assembled last week to enjoy the annual "feed” given the fire-fighters. This affair-was - ’ leld in the liMßuild- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 10,1935. CITY COUNCIL AWARDS CONTRACT TO FURNISH GASOLINE SIX MONTHS Contract Will Rotate Among Dealers In City Town Council at its meeting Tues day night possibly settled for future : members of the body one of the most vexatious matters to come before the Board, that of giving the contract to supply the town with gasoline, oil and accessories. Inasmuch as there ; are now four different oil companies doing business in Edenton and that due to the code the prices are all practically the same, the city fathers decided to award the contract for a period of only six months instead of a year as heretofore and that the contract shall alternate among the various stations. L. S. Byrum was awarded the con tract for the first six months and will furnish the .town from the Triangle and Bridge-Turn Filling Stations. His contract will expire June 30, when Tom Goodman will be given the con tract to furnish Shell gas and oil foi tne next six months. The Gulf Sta tion, managed by Guy Hobbs, follow; ! in order, with Lloyd Burton, who had the contract last year, coming last to • supply Texaco products. The only inducement dealers could [ make to the town was a 10 per cent discount on the retail price for tires, ■ tubes, batteries and other accessories, the price of oil and gas remaining at the regular retail price. ! County Commissioners Hold Regular Session , The Chowan County Commissioners met in monthly session Monday with a full board present as follows: Julien Wood, chairman; W. H. Winborne, A. ! D. Ward, A. C. Boyce and J. B. Webb. Only matters of routine nature were transacted, with applications for re lief consuming most of the time and running the meeting into late after ! noon. The regular donations for help in support were granted and bills paid. The reports of Dr. J. A. Powell, county health officer, and Sheriff C. A. Boyce were received and ordered filed, the Sheriff asking to be relieve*., of $149.12 uncollected taxes, which was granted. Trophy Cup On Way To Local High School Superintendent John A. Holmes re ceived word Wednesday that the trophy cup for the Edenton High School championship football team has been mailed by parcel post from Chapel Hill. It is expected to arrive here today. It is likely that the cup will be put on display for a few days in a downtown window, after which it will be placed in the trophy cabinet in the reading room at the local school. School Association To Drop Many Members Letters have gone out to schools who are members of the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, of which the Edenton school is a member, to the effect that 61 of the 67 schools in North Carolina are being warned that they will be drop ped from membership unless steps are taken to comply with standards and regulations. Among these re quirements are a 9-months term, sa laries must be materially raised, too high pupil-teacher ratio and too heavy pupil load per teacher. In a letter to John A. Holmes, J. Henry Highsmith, chairman, es a possibility that a conference may be held with superintendents and principals to lay out a plan of pro cedure to prevent the dropping of the schools. CITY COUNCIL MEETS Town Council met in monthly ses sion Tuesday night with the follow ing members present: E. W. Spires, mayor, A. G. Byrum, X. E. Copeland, Graham Byrum and T. Wallace Jone 3. Hie minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approve<^^^id routine business transacted. STOCKHOLDERS A meeting oikthe the was hJ Peanut Growers Urged To Hear Explanation Os Peanut Program Senator L. E. Griffin Addresses Rotarians A good attendance was present at last week’s luncheon of the Edenton Rotary Club when the feature was a discussion by Senator Lloyd I Griffin of several phases of legisla tion which will be reason for much concern in the General Assembly which opened its 1935 session Wed nesday. Os statewide interest, according to Mr. Griffin, will be a movement for increasing salaries of teachers and State employees. Another item which is calculated to create much opposi tion will be an attempt to divert highway funds into the general fund. Referring to figures, Mr. Griffin pointed out the various sources of income during the last biennium, some of which brought in the amount of money estimated, while others fell short. If teachers’ salaries are in creased provisions must be made to provide the extra funds, and it was Mr. Griffin’s opinion that even a 10 per cent increase would not be offset by the removal of exemptions in the present sales tax. Senator Griffin intimated the be lief that there would be no diversion of highway funds, which fact puts a somewhat gloomy aspect to the r'e ' moval of the toll over Chowan River 1 bridge. He expressed the belief, however, that toll bridges, which d: rectly affects this section at th; time, would be given some considera tion. What will make it difficult to pass legislation for free bridges, ac cording to Mr. Griffin, is the fact ' that some legislators will vote so such a bill only unless a promise i made to support another bill for ; road or other improvements in thei; particular section of the State. Mr. Griffin left Tuesday to be or hand when the General Assembly convened. Colerain Family Loses Home By Fire Sunday G. W. Miller, w’ho lives near Cole rain, had the misfortune to lose hi; house and every piece of furniture by fire last Sunday. Only a cook stove was saved which was carried out by r. neighbor. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left home Sat urday to visit, relatives and upon re turning home Sunday evening found the home in ashes. Besides the fur niture which was burned, Mr. Millei had about $125 cash in the hou.-e. which was also lost. The fire occurred about 3 O'clock Sunday afternoon, the cause of whir! could not be determined. Norris Essey Opens Shoe Repairing Shop Edenton now has a new shoe ■ pairing shop. Norris Essey, of Wind sor, is at present installing equip merit in the Sam Habit building in v ; to W. I. Cozzens on Broad Street. Mr. Essey formerly operated a shop i Robersonville, which equipment i being moved here. The proprietor hopes to be able to be ready for business by the first o: next week. SISTER OF MRS. ELLIOTT BURIED IN HERTFORD Mrs. David A. Baynes, of Columbia, S. C., sister of Mrs. Miles S. Elliott, was buried in Hertford Saturday morning. Mrs. Baynes died at the home of a niece in Bethel, Pitt County, last Thursday, the funeral and inter ment taking place at Hertford. Those from Chowan County attend ing the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Miles S. Elliott, Mrs. Emmett Elliott, Mrs. W. H. Winborne and Miss Pattie Winborne. NO BIDS FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY The three pieces of County school property which have been advertised were put up for sale Monday at the Court House door. No bids could be secured for two of the pieces of prop erty and the bid on the third, the Hurdle’s property, was rejected by the Board. This was, however, sold privately after the sale. MANY COLDS IN COUNTY The schools of the County are now |wining along smoothly after the . |fcholidays, hyt according to cut down -A Must Buy City Tags By Jan. 15 Or Else! January 15 is the last day city motorists will be allowed to drive unmolested for not buying and dis playing a city automobile tag. Police have been instructed to arrest after that date all who have not a 1935 tag displayed, Chief G. A. Heims making it plain that the tag must be placed in view, and j not thrown on the seat or floor of the car. To date 222 tags have been sold which leaves about 50 automobile drivers liable to arrest unless they abide by the law. The police urge ; all owners to purchase their auto mobile tag in order to save em ; barrassment, for arrests will be made. Seeking To Stage Fair In Edenton Next Fall N. G. Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com merce, communicated by letter with . Town Council this week relative to his organization staging an agricul tural fair in Edenton in the fall. Mr. Bartlett was in the city last week looking over the fair ground, and if very anxious to hold a fair for Chowan County. i Last year the Eastern Chamber of Commerce sponsored the fairs in Wil t liamston, Robersonville and Green ville, it being Mr. Bartlett’s desire to add to the list this year. Due to negotiations relative to an airport being established on the fair ground, Town Council at its meeting Tuesday night declined to act on the matter, but will likely decide one way or the other at the next meeting. Good Material Reports For Local Boxing Team According to indications, Edenton High School will put a good boxing team in the ring this year, practically the same material as last year try ing for places on the team. The first practice was held Monday and Coach House is holding daily workouts to get the boys in shape. New equf'ment for the boys has been secured, including trunks, shoes: and jackets, .as well as new gloves. There is no conference boxing provid ed this year, but it is expected the local team will make a good showing against any of their opponents. At pie e t Frank Holmes, the manager, is communicating with various 1 | schools for matches but at nid J I 'none have been scheduled. Tiui.-e who have already report: I for a place on the team are: Vernon ] I Spruill, Calvin Sexton, Lance Bufffap. j Bill Harrell, William Cayton, John! Byrum, John Briggs, Pete Everett, Melvin Layton and Tom Wilder. More are expected to report later. THREE MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED OVER THE WEEK-END Three marriage licenses were issued over the week-end by Register of Deeds Maurice L. Bunch. The con tracting couples, one white and two colored, were as follows: Jerry Harrell and Elizabeth Chap pell, white, of Chowan County. James Warren and Malisie Leary, colored, of Bertie County. Matthew Wills and Lucille Bond, colored, of Chowan County. EYESORE GONE The old frame building on North Broad Street, which has been for a long time condemned and an eyesore to citizens, has finally been tom down and the lot cleaned up. The building was last used as a colored lodge hall. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS The Board of Education met in monthly session Monday morning at which time only routine business was transacted. Those present were: S. E. Morris, chairman; L. W. Belch, W. D. Welch and W. J. Taylor, super intendent. — 1 ■■ ■ ‘’*r GIVEN ROAD SENTENCE Haywood Brewer, colored, was sen tenced to 30 days on the Tues day in Recorder's Court J. IN. Pruden. The sentence re-. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realite good results. $1.25 Per Year $40,000 Will Be Distri buted Among- Growers In Chowan County County Agent N. K. Rowell, in an •ffort to help peanut growers, has sent out the following letter: “There will be approximately $40,000 in payments for this county under the peanut program. The fol lowing meetings are being called to explain the adjustment program, and you are invited to attend. “Taylor Theatre, Tuesday, January -15, at 10 a. m. “Chowan High School, Tuesday, January 15, 3 p. m. “To get your share of adjustment payments, you will have to sign con tracts. We will have the committee men at the following places to assist you in making out your contract, be ginning Wednesday, January 16, through Saturday, January 19: “Edenton Township, County Agent’s office. “Middle Township, Tim Blanchard’s •tore. “Upper Township, G. A. Hollo well’s store. “Yeopin, Township, Dick Coffield’s ! store. , Contracts will be at the above places for the four days mentioned and you may go to the place which is most convenient. We are anxious to get our contracts in Raleigh by ■ January 21st, so please do not neglect this.” A separate letter has been mailed to colored peanut growers inviting them to attend a meeting at the , Court House Monday, January 14, at 10 a. m. To get their share of adjustment payment they should meet the com . mitteemen at the same places and [ days as the white growers. , Negro Jailed Monday After Cutting Affair Lawrence Collins, colored, was ar ■ rested and placed in jail Monday morning by Chief of Police G. A. Helms, charged with severely cutting Malachia Lowther, also colored, with a knife. Lowther’s throat was cut practical ly from ear to ear, it being necessary to make 22 stitches in order to close the wound. The cutting occurred Sunday night on Oakum Street, the victim being rushed to the office of Dr. J. A. Powell. Collins will be tried in Recorder’s j Court Friday morning nroviding the r prosecuting witness is . ! to apju a. .. | d.'-piuq Aftv-Nince In Edenton Schools : Te 1, i nlas vacation of two veek- ..and' two i