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found 0 fair presentation
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of general interest.
Volume ll.—Number 4.
PLANS COMPLETE FOR
BIRTHDAY BALL TO BE
HELD TUESDAY NIGHT
Interesting Floor Show
Will Add to Enter
tainment
MANY EXPECTED
Music By Paul Jones
And Orchestra From
Rocky Mount
Plans are now completed tor Presi
dent Roosevelt’s birthday ball in
Edenton, according to General Chair
man William Jones. The various
committees have performed their du
ties and everything will be in readi
ness for the affair which will be held
in the Edenton £rmory Tuesday
night Tickets for the hall are now
on sale at the various drug stores, as
well as by members of the committee.
The charge for dancers will be $1.50
while spectators will he admitted for
50 cents. The advertising committee
is now at work and plans to have at
tractive programs printed which will
be distributed. Placards have also
been put on display advertising the
ball. Many are expected to attend
from nearby towns.
An added feature of the ball this
year will be a floor show starting at
9 o’clock. This will include specialty
dancers, music and singing by the
best talent in the Albemarle. Paul
Jones and his orchestra from Rocky
Mount will play for the dance, and
he promises to have entertaining fea
tures for the floor show. The main
dance will start with a grand march,
in which all are uiyed to participate.
Chairman 3®n®s stated today that
ample accommodations will be made
for spectators. *
The ball in Edenton will be held
the night before President Roosevelt’s
birthday", which is in contrast with
those in many other cities and com
munities, winch will be held on the
night of the B©fih.
Seventy per cent of every dollar
taken in at the birthday balls will go
toward rehabffitating victims of in
fantile paralysis in the communities
where the funds are raised while ?'
per cent will be turned over to the
President to be used in infantile
paralysis research use.
Expectations are that a large crowd
will attend the Edenton affair.
D. M. Warren Named
County Commissioner
Mr. Julien Wood, on Wednesday
tendered 1 his resignation as chairman
of the Board of Chowan County Com
missioners, following Ms acceptance
of the appointment on the State High
way and Public Works Commission
by Governor Ehringhaus. His resig
nation will take effect February 4th,
prior to taking up his new duties
with the State body. Mr. Wood's
terms as a commissioner expires in
December, 1936.
Mr- D. M. Warren ha 3 been ap
pointed by Clerk of Superior Court
R. D. Dixon to fill the vacancy caused
by Mr. Wood’s resignation, and will
be sworn in at the next meeting of
the* Board on Monday, February .4th,
at which time a new chairman will be
chosen to succeed Mr. Wood.
Home Agent’s Schedule
For The Coming Week
Following is the schedule of Miss
Rebecca Colwell, home demonstration
agent, for the next week:
Friday morning, office and visiting;
2:30 P. M., Hurdle’s women with Mrs.
Curtis Chappell.
Saturday morning, office; 2:30 P.
* M., County Council meeting at the
Hinton Hotel.
Monday, 9:30 A. M., Winston H.
Johnston, field representative of the
Canner Company, Atlanta, will
r be in the office to discuss any prob
lems with canners now in use in the
County. In the afternoon Miss Col
well will meet with the Chowan
women at the club room.
Wednesday, Chowan High School:
10:30, seventh grade; 11:30, fifth
grade; 1:46, eighth grade. Wednes
day afternoon will be devoted to office
work and visiting.
|gjjj||kd office work in the afternoon.
COURT TUESDAY
M?no cases being\on the dock
s' was no session: of Record
held Tuesday. > i
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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When. President Roosevelt re
cently consented to “lend” his
53rd birthday anniversary on
Jan. 3ft, 1935, to a nation-wide
ball, proceeds ot which will be
used to fight infantile paralysis,
again the country’s attention was
focused on the seriousness of the
disease.
The map above shows the
number of orthopedic hospitals
in the United States recognized
by the American Medical Asso
ciation, and their location. These
69 today carry the load in giving
treatment to the 200,000 persons
in the country who bear the
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; Dan Cannady Starts
1 Finger Print Club
i Dan Cannady, who has taken a
! course on finger printing, will start a
1 finger print afttib with headquarters in
the Herald fiffice. It is Mr. Cannady’s
i plan to have finger prints made, read
and classified free. These records he
plans to keep in the Herald office to
1 be used as a record of identification
should the occasion arise. He will
have his equipment here grery Sat
urday afternoon, starting February 2,
. and will gladly answer any questions
on the subject. Many similar finger
print clubs have been organized in
towns throughout the country.
Mr. Caimady emphasizes the fact
that finger printing is not used solely
to apprehend criminals. He is of the
opinion that finger printing will be
come universal within a year or two
as a means of protection. Many
wealthy people have finger prints
made as a protection against kidnap
ping, and in many other cases such
as losing life in an accident, or other
wise, finger printing can play an im
portant part in establishing the iden
tity of a person.
Mr. Cannady is very anxious that
many avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to join the finjjer print club.
Water Street Bulkhead
Now Being Reinforced
Forms are now being placed along
the bulkhead on Water Street into
which will be poured cement in an ef
fort to save the embankment. Con
tinual washing of the waters has un
dermined the present sea wall, caus
ing large holes in the embankment,
and City Council has ordered the ce
ment reinforced at the places where
damage has been done.
MEETING OF TRUCK OWNERS
CALLED FOR 7:30 TONIGHT
Joe Habit has called a meeting of
all truck owners of Chowan County
to meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the
Red Men’s Hall over the Bank of
Edenton. This meeting is for the
purpose of discussing rates as well as
other matters of interest to any who
have trucks for hire.
FEW SIGNATURES FOR
TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT
Very few people have given their
names to Miss Reed at the Western
Union office to be attached to the
birthday greeting telegram to be sent
to President Roosevelt. This tele
gram will be sent next Wednesday
and any-who desire to place their
names on it should communicate with
the Western Union at once.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The weekly meeting of Unanimity
7, A. F. A A. M., will be
held tonight at 8 o’clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 24,1935.
handicaps of the disease. Seventy
cents of every dollar raised this
year will go to aid these victims
in communities raising the mon
ey.
The other 30 cents will be
turned over to the President’s
Birthday Ball Commission for In
fantile Paralysis Research head
ed by CoL Henry L. Doherty
(lower center) of New York and
Miami, who was chairman of the
1934 Birthday Ball for the Presi
dent and was recently appointed
to serve in the same capacity in
1935.
Vice-chairman is Jeremiah
Milbank (lower right) of New
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Edenton’s Water
Is Almost Perfect
Water in Edenton is very nearly
perfect, according to a report on
samples just received from the
State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Perfect scores were marked in
every instance except chlorides,
which showed 100 parts per mil
lion gallons, and a 7.4 mark on
permanent hardness. There were
no bacteria of any character
found in the water.
This condition of Edenton water
speaks well for the city, which was
criticized several years ago when
the present supply from artesian
wells was inaugurated.
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Building And Loan
Stockholders To Meet
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Edenton Building and
Loan Association will be held at the
Court House on Monday night at
8:00 o’clock.
Notices have been sent to all stock
holders, who are requested to be
present or execute a proxy so that
their stock will be represented.
The Association is in excellent con
dition, the rate of interest for the
past year being a little over 7 per
cent, according to the secretary, Roy
E. Leary.
FIREMEN OBSERVE ANNUAL
OYSTER ROAST FRIDAY NIGHT
A goodly number of the members
of the Edenton Fire Department
gathered at the power plant Friday
night to enjoy an oyster roast. Thi:
is an annual affair for the fire-fight
ers and was very much enjoyed.
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Old Horniblow Hotel License
Interests Hinton Hotel Patrons
Many of the improvements at the
Hinton Hotel have been completed
since being recently being taken over
by C. A. Lovejoy.
He plans to have printed and dis
tributed .between New York and
Florida much literature through
which he is confident many travelers
can be persuaded to drive through the
city. He also plans to chahge the
name of the hotel to the origiral
name, King’s Arms Tavern, which oc
cupied the same site about 250 years
ago. This move however, hasn’t
been authoritatively announced as
yet.
Os especial interest in the lobby of
the hotel now hangs a framed copy
of a license issued to Elizabeth
Horniblow to operate a tavern. The '
license is printed in the English style
of type and has been attracting quite
a bit of attention from hotel patrons.^,
York, treasurer and trustee of
the Institute for the Crippled and
Disabled and a noted philanthro
pist. Paul de Kruif, formerly a
bacteriologist at Rockefeller In
stitute and- famous as an author,
will be secretary, while Edward
S. Harkness (lower left), a trus
tee of the Presbyterian Hospital
and of the Metropolitan Museum
of New York, will be the treas
urer.
Other members of the Commis
sion are Felix M. Warburg, Sen
ator James Couzens, John S.
Burke, Edsel B. Ford, Lessing
Rosenwald, Mrs. Nicholas Brady
and Raymond B. Fosdick.
Court Street Closed To
Traffic At Intervals
Mayor E. W. Spires Tuesday an
nounced that during the remainder oi
the school- term traffic on Courl
Street between Church and Queer
Street would be closed as a precau
tion to possibly avoid accidents t<
school children while they are not ir
the school room. Several accidents
were narrowly avoided recently anc
this step was taken by Mayor Spire:
in cooperation with Superintendeni
John A. Holmes.
The time that traffic will be for
bidden on Court Street is as follows
8:00 to 8:40 A. M., 10:40 to 11:30 A
M., and 12:30 to 1:30 P. M.
School children have been urged tc
keep off the street by teachers and
the superintendent, but in spite oi
that fact many of them continue to go
on the street. The Student Council
of the school will also lend its efforts
to keep children out of danger.
The city will also mark off safety
zones near the school biulding for use
of the children in crossing th
streets.
Drivers of automobiles are urged to
cooperate in the new traffic ruling.
COUNCIL OF DEMONSTRATION
CLUBS WILL MEET SATURDAY
The County Council of Home Dem
onstration Clubs will meet Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Hin
ton Hotel. The Council comprises
the four officers of each club.
This is the first council meeting of
the year, and Miss Colwell, home
demonstration agent, is very anxiot
that all attend. Reports of the com
mittees on window displays and the
dress review will be heard and plans
for the year discussed.
The license is the property of Richard
Dixon and was loaned to Mr. Lovejoy
to add to the interest of travelers
stopping at the hotel.
Following is the wording of the
license, which is quite in contrast with
licenses issued today:
“State of North Carolina.
“Know all men by these presents,
that Elizabeth Horniblow of ’he State
aforesaid is held and firmly bound
into his Excellency Benjamin Wil
liams, Governor of the said State, in
the just and full sum of one hundred
pounds current money, to be paid to
the said Benjamin Williams or his
successors, governors or commanders,
in-chief for the time being: To which
payment well and truly to be made,
we bind ourselves, and every of our
heirs, executors and administrators,
jointly and severally, firmly by these
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Julien Wood Member 1
Highway Commission I
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1 BOUT CANCELLED ! 1
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The bout between the Edenton am
Roanoke Rapids High School boxing
teams, which was scheduled to 1
place Wednesday night in the latter
city, was cancelled due to the incle
ment weather. The match will I
held Friday night instead.
Coach House’s boxers have been
practicing hard and he expects the
team to make a creditable showing, in
this, their first bout of the season.
Roanoke Rapids is scheduled to per
from here Friday, February 15th
which will be the first match in the
home ring. A large crowd will most
likely be on hand, interest in school
athletics having been boosted by the
unusual record made by the football
team.
“Register Your Baby”
Now Slogan In State
“Register Your Baby.”
This admonition is the slogan of a
campaign Uncle Sam will conduct in
every county in North Carolina dur
ing the next few weeks, going into
every city, town, village, community,
and the ruralside in an effort to get
a complete record of every baby bom
in the State during the -past 12
months.
State laws require that every doc
tor or midw r ife who attends a mother
at a birth make a report of such
birth and this is usually done. On
occasions, however, midwives, particu
larly, and doctors occasionally, fail
to make the proper report, with the
result that there is no permanent
record of the birth, and no birth cer
tificate is later available. And many
times, during the life of the average
man, it becomes important, even vital
to establish his age.
The Federal Government is at
tempting to complete the records of
births of babies throughout the
United States and is calling upon all
parents in North Carolina now to aid
i in this compilation. The campaign is
being conducted by the United States
; Bureau of the Census, through the
; North Carolina State Board of
Health and with the aid of the
. North Carolina Emergency Relief
Administration.
Early in February the Bureau c
the Census, with the aid of the Post
office Department, will distribute to
every family in the State a card on
which a few simple facts are to be
filled in, and the card dropped in r
mail box, without postage. Th
principal effort is to get all parents
to whom babies have been bom within
the past year to fill in these cards and
mail them. This simple act makes
sure that the child reported is ther
properly recorded and a certificate of
birth will be easy to secure. A com
plete response to the call is sought.
Number From Chowan
Have Legislative Jobs
Since last week when The Herald
announced the selection of Frank
Holmes to a Senate appointment, it
has been learned that Chowan County
is well represented by other appoint
ments. Through the efforts of John
F. White, Chowan’s representative,
four ether appointments were secured
as follows:
Alphonso Jordan of the Ballard’s
Bridge section, is assistant door
keeper of the House.
Miss Sarah Badham is the enrolling
offker in the Senate.
Miss Nina Elliott is permanent
secretary to the Barber’s Examining
Board.
Mrs. Katie Dail Parham, formerly
, of Edenton, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Dail, hold's a position in the
principal clerk’s office in the House.
The Herald wishes all of these
young people success in their various
positions. i ,
RED MEN ATTEND OYSTER
ROAST HELD AT E. CITY
A large number of Edenton Red
Men last Thursday night journeyed to
Elizabeth City, where they attended
a big barbecue supper given by the
Pasquotank Tribe of Red Men. Sev
eral interesting talks were made with
O. H. Brown making the response to
the welcome address.
MID-TERM EXAMINATIONS
UNDER WAY IN SCHOOL
This week closes the first semester
of the Edenton schools, and the mid
term examinations are now under
way, starting Wednesday and lasting
through Friday.
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lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
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$1.25 Per Year:
Governor Selects Promi
nent Edenton Man 1
Monday Night *
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus on m
Monday night appointed Mr. Julien I
Wood, of Edenton, as a member 6f ■
the State Highway and Public Works ■
Commission. Mr. Wood replaces Mr. I
Charles Whedbee, of Hertford, who I
resigned the position to become the ■
Governor’s legislative counsel during 1
the meeting of the General Assembly, l i
a position he held during the 1933 ’
session.
Mr. Wood’s duties with the High* 'j
way body will begin February 6, when I
the Commission is scheduled to meet. 1
Friends in Edenton, the Albemarle
and all over the State are happy to
learn of Mr. Wood’s appointment.
Mr. Wood is now chairman of the
Chowan County Board of Commis
sioners, president of the Bank o * a
Edenton, and also prominently con- 1
nected with many of the enterpriserJP
in the community.
The general feeling in this section
regarding Mr. Wood’s appointment to.
his important position is ably ex
pressed by Mayor E. W. Spires, who
made the following statement to The
Herald after learning of the ap
pointment :
“In. the appointment of Julien
Wood, Sr., to membership on the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, Governor Ehringhaus
has once more evidenced his usuai
good judgment. -
“My personal association and cot:-*
tact with Mr. Wood on many occa
sions over a period of years,—and
particularly during the eighteen
months—has convinced me that there
is not a better qualified man any
where in the State for this important
office than Mr. Wood.
“Possessing a knowledge of the en
■ tire highway system of our State, I
, predict that Mr. Wood will serve with
honor and great distinction.
“It was a case of the ‘office seeking
the man’ and the Governor is to be*
congratulated upon his wise selec
, tion.”
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James Walter White
Buried At Bethel
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Funeral services for Jajnes
, White were held Tuesday aftemoo:
at 2:30 o’clock in Bethel Baptist
Church, with the Rev. John Byrum
pastor of the church, officiating.
Interment was made in Bethel Ceme
tery by the side of his wife, who pre
ceded him last June.
The pallbearers were: Howard C
Jack=on, J. M 1 Fleetwood, T. J. Long
Roland Ward, George Swain, M. *7.
Griffin, L. A. Proctor and Julia
Ward.
Mr. White would have been C.
years old in March. He was bom : >
Perqui 'lans County and i’ved in tl
county all of his life. Just a few.
days before he died, his health br
came so bad that he went to tho
home of his brother, Mr. W. T. Whit
in North Edenton, to stay until h •
was better. He died Monday abort -
1:30 in the afternoon.
The deceased is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs. B. F. Francis, a half siste~.
Mrs. George T. Leary, and a brother.
Mr. W. T. White, all of Edenton.
EDENTON CAFE SERVING
BUSINESS PEOPLE S LUNCU
The Edenton Case announced r
special luncheon served daily exce *•
Sunday for all business men and W' -
men at a reasonable price. Mil '
Kehayas, the proprietor is very
anxious that business people givu
this new service a trial.
SCHOOL PROPERTY FOR SALE -
The Canaan’s Temple school house 7
and site containing about one acre ,7
will be sold by the Chowan County $
Board of Education. Anyone into
ested should see W. J. Taylor,
Superintendent. 4HH
BUILDING NEW BUNGALOW*®®
Work on the new bungalow bei
built by Mr. Tommy Jordan on"£he
Parrish place on the Virginia High
way, is going on rapidly. The house
will be most attractive when com
pleted.
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ROTARIANS MEET
The regular Rotary luncheon was
held at noon today in the Parish
House. At this meeting two applica
tions for membership weis received.
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