North Carolina Newspapers

In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. olume II. —Number 8. PLANNING BOARD FOR CHOWAN COUNTY MEETS TO RECEIVE PROJECTS Ten Projects Presented At Meeting Wed nesday Night MEET SATURDAY Committees Appointed To Secure Information On Each Project A large number of representative? of city and county organizations as well as other interested citizens met Monday night in the Municipal Build ing for the purpose of forming a central planning board to receive suggestions for projects to be submit ted under President Roosevelt’s $4,- 880,000,000 relief bill. Mayor E. W. Spires, who presided over the meeting, explained the purpose of the meeting and suggested that projects be sub mitted in an effort for Chowan County to secure its share of Federal money if the bill is passed. Suggestions regarding the forma tion of a central planning board were made by a number present am after a thorough discussion of tlr matter a motion was made by D. M. Warren, seconded by S. E. Morris, and unanimously passed that a com mittee be named consisting of twc members from Town Council, two members from the County Commis sioners, one member from the E. & W. Department and one member from each of the school boards, this com mittee to name one member from each of the four townships of the County. The board as named is as follows: W. H. Winbome and D. M. Warren, representing the County Commis sioners, L. W. Belch, representing the County School Board; Thomas Chears representing the City School Board; Fred Wood, representing the Board of Public Works; X. E. Copeland and E. W. Spires, representing Towi Council. This group met Tuesday night to appoint a representative from each of the four townships in the County as follows: First Township, W. LV Pruden; Second Township, B. W. Evans; Third Township, E. N. Elliott; Fourth Township, J. A. Webb. D. M. Warren was duly elected chairman of the board, and John A. Holmes, secretary, the latter without power to vote. John A. Holmes, Thomas Chears and J. H. Conger made a report of their visit to Capus Waynick, chair man for North Carolina, in Raleigh, when it was reported that requests for projects were coming in very slow. Mr. Waynick urged the local delega tion to get up a list of projects to be submitted as soon as possible, saying that he hoped to take to Washington a request for $160,000,000 to be spei: for work in North Carolina. Last week when the delegation was ii Raleigh Mr. Waynick had only enough projects presented to him from the State to call for an expenditure oi $13,000,000. There is no limit to the number of projects which may be re sented, which of course will be ap proved according to the amount c Federal money allocated to North Carolina and the necessity of the pro ject asked f«r. The Mill village sewerage project has been signed and sent in to head quarters and Mayor Spires feels cer tain it will be approved. John A. Holmes, while in Raleigh asked for a new high school for Edenton, the present plant being in adequate for the increased number c children attending the local school A similar situation prevails at other schools of the County. The central planning board met Wednesday night iix the Municipal Building, at which time 10 projects were received, approved and com mittees appointed t<j> secure the ne cessary information. The board will meet again Satur day afternoon at 3 to receive reports of each chairman, after which proper forms will fbe filled out and sent to Raleigh. The projects submitted Wednesday night are as the first named committeeman beiWg chairman of his particular committee: Project 1— project includes three which have been sub mitted, including a request for sew erage disposal system, additions to the plant, a gymnasium and garage at Chowan High fechool; a new high school for Edentpn, modernizing the present\bujldingfand building an ex-1 Bojf to the cfclored school; and the' I (Continued on Page Fiye) THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY 1 A MAN OF MANY DUTIES ] ■> ■ ■’■ &> y --W PJ .'Tib ■r mr jM m IP ' (■ I W. J. Taylor, pictured above, .besides hk rcgc-iar W:r,: as: super r.tan 'tr.x r t the Chowan County Ad ministrative Unit of schools, has been, called ■.fCcn . . kouider the many, du.ies as welfare officer for Chowan County. It was through M.-. TayloUe vhcrou T.vcsfigaticn of eoad.t -m. throughout the county, bringing to light many cases oi abtohr.e suffering, th ::co-,l of .b: I r.lied Charities vas realized and subsequently reorganized. Through his efforts reii :. h: rbeen given to 'many families, and at present the United Charities has a fund large enough ;o tab are >f the situation'. Mr. Taylor is to be compli mented for his efficient work as a welfare officer, as veil so his work in the school;, of Chowan County. United Charities Campaign For funds Closes; $450 Secured For Relief In Chowan County Chairman F leased With Response to Call For Relief Money ALMOST COMPLETE Few Remaining Contri butors May Mean Rea lization of Goal With a total of $450 and a number of donations, as well as a few more contributors to hear from, Mrs. J. N Pruden, chairman of the United Charities drive for funds, is elated over the result and feels sure that when everyone is heanl from the goa’. of SSOO will have been reached. This sum will be turned over to Mr?. A. T Bush, treasurer, of the newly organ ized United Charities to be used in relief work in the County. According to W. J. Taylor, welfare officer, suffering has been very much alleviated throughout the County, the milder weather being a big factor. Following are the names of those who cooperated in raising she relief fund. Contributing Members (Contributing Over $1.00) Mrs. W. A. Graham, Miss Mary Pruden. Miss Margaret Pruden, E. R. Conger, Mrs. E. R. Conger, Mrs. O. M. Elliott, Mrs. C. S. Vann, Mrs. Ravenel Holland. Rev. C. A. Ashby Mrs. C. A. Ashby, Miss Jessie Me Mullan, M. F. Bond, Jr., Mrs. M. F Bond, Jr., Mrs. G. K. Mack, G. K Mack. Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Mrs. R. F Roper, R. R. Roper, Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs- M. G. Jones. W. J Berryman, Young Peoples’ Service League of St. Paul’s Church. C. E Kramer. Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Ofcowar. Motor Co., J. H. Holmes, John C Bond, Wallace .Tones. Mrs. Wallace | (Continued on Page Five)i ■ r 1 Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 21,1935. * - 1 Major Bond Furnished Data On Postmasters The Herald last week carried ;• story naming all the postmasters and dat.es of their appointments since a post.office was established ■ in Edenton. Postmaster C. E. Kramer was given credit for the research necessary to secure this information, but it has been learn ed since that Major John C. Bond i furnished all of the data. 3 The Herald giadly makes the correction, giving credit where , credit is due. . v. ~ 1 Chowan Teams Divide ’ Honois In Twin Bill The Newsome, Virginia, Hig' , School basketball team, which i coached by Leroy Dail, Chowan Higl > School’s former coach, went down i< , defeat at the hands of his forme? cohorts Saturday night on the Chow an court by the score of 37 to 15. > Carlton Goodwin starred for Chowan r scoring 25 of his team’s points. In the second game of the double bill the Newsome, locals downed thf Chowan locals in a close game by th ■ score of 23 to 19. Leroy Dail, play ing a forward position for Newsome was high scorer with 14 points. For Chowan Herbert Leary led the scor ing with 7 points. SUCCESSFUL CLOTHING SCHOOL HELD FRIDAY The clothing school held last Fri day morning in the Hinton Hotel proved to be very successful, 35 club members being present for the ses sion. Miss Willie Hunter, State clothing specialist of Raleigh, con- I ducted the school, which was very in teresting and instructive. Parents In Chowan Registering- Babies 1 Chowan County parents are starting their reports to Washington of the births of children born in th( county during the past 12 months Cards mailed during the fAst twe weeks of the “Register Your Baby’' campaign show that 66 children have been properly registered This is compared with 266 childrei which were recorded as having beer born in this countey during the yeai 1933, as shown in the files of the Bu reau of Vital Stotistics of the State ■ Board of Health in Raleigh. iParents are urged by Dr. John H. Hamiltor director of the Bureau, to send h 5 these cards as early as possible. North Carolina had 75,238 birth properly recorded in 1933, and in complete figures show tHaT 79,35( births had been recorded for 1934, b> which Dr. Hamilton estimates tha: enough more will be added to make the number of births in the State last year 80,000, or more. With almost a 5,000 increase? in births in 1934 over those in 1933, a; shown by the records, it is believed that North Carolina has the chance of again taking her place at the head oi the list in birth rate, a position held for many years, but from which she was dislodged last year by New Mexico, and tied with Utah for second place. Complete recording of births is be ing urged in the State by the U. S. Bureau of the Census, the State Board of Health and the State Emer gency Relief Administration. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight at 8 o’clock. A good attendance is requested. k ». Local Fishermen Seek Patrol Boat In Sound — -★ < Boxing Match Called Off Due To Injuries Due to injuries to members of the Edenton High School boxing team, the match with Elizabeth City High School which was sche duled for tonight (Thursday) has been cancelled by Coach Henry House. The two teams in their previous meeting several weeks ago fought to a draw. The boxing season for the local team is apparently over, as the Elizabeth City match was the only remaining one on the schedule. The loss to Rocky Mount Friday night is the only defeat suffered by Edenton this year. V J Corn-Hog Contract Signers Requested To Sign By March 1 Corn-Hog contracts are rapidly be ing signed in Chowan County, N. K. RowelL County Agent, expecting that the total number of signers will reach between 75 and 100. All ap plications for contracts should be in by March 1, in order that each coun ty can organize its own association. If there is sufficient signers in any one county, that county will he allow ed to form its own association. Other wise it will be affiliated with an as sociation comprising two or more counties. The reduction for 1935 will be 10 per cent as against 25 per cent last year. Signers last year will only have to renew their contract, but new signers will be obliged to furnish supporting evidence as to the num ber of hogs sold from titters bom from December 1, 1931, to December 1, 1933, in order to arrive at a base. The same amount as last year, sls per head, will be paid on the number of hogs reduced. A payment of about SIO,OOO to Chowan County com-hog contract signers for last year will soon be received, which will make a total of $32,000 Chowan farmers re ceived by cooperating with the gov ernment. About 99 per cent of the farmers have signed the peanut contract for 1936. Four Forged Checks Passed In Edenton An outbreak of check forging seems to have occurred in Edentor this week when four forged check came to light. Those upon whom thf checks were written were Dr. M. I Whichard, Dr. J. C. Hines and tw< on Dr. O. L. Holley. The checks were cashed at Ganderson’s, J. Li Holmes Co., Pender’s and one at tin Bank of Edenton. Endorsements or the checks are signed by two differ ent parties, and police are now en deavoring to identify the forger. Rowell To Explain Tenant Proposition There appears to be a certain amount of uncertainly among 1934- 1935 cotton acreage reduction con tract signers as to the tenants on their farms. Some seem to think they are required to keep the same tenants and other employes as were employed the previous year. Section 7 of the Contract explai n the tenant proposition, and N. K. Rowell, County Agent, will withir the next several clays send out letters to farmers making clear the statutes of the contract. Safety Signal Now At Grade Crossing The much needed traffic signal a' the grade crossing of the Norfolk Southern railroad just beyond North Edenton is now installed. This safety device was approved in May 1934 but plans were held up by the Federal bureau of roads. The equipment was furnished by the Federal Government, the State Highway Commission furnished the labor and the signal will bh main tained by the Norfolk-Southern Rail road. , The signal is a red light on the right side approaching the crossing each way, the two lights flashing in termittently as trains approach and pass over the highway. Jason Bell, of Norfolk, Va., was in Edenton Monday on business. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. '"m 'MBiiiMwa—wr $1.25 Per Year k Many Nets Reported to Have Been Stolen In Fishing Grounds PETITION SIGNED Fisheries Commissic xer Asked to Help Stop Thefts Fishermen in this section are con fronted with a situation which i very annoying and costly to a number of them. Several having nets set in the vicinity of the Norfolk-Southern railroad bridge report th.eir equip ment stolen, which in some cases practically puts fishermen out of busi ness. Last week nets valued at around S4OO were reported stolen, it being the opinion that they were taken during the night. Nets pre vious to this time we:e also stolen and in all instances there is no clue as to who took them. Last week nets were reported stolen belonging to Albert Lassiter, J. W. Bembridge, W. C. Waff and L. V. Holley. In an effort to protect their proper ty, a petition was signed by practic ally every fishermen hereabouts an sent by special delivery letter Monde. ,r to John A. Nelson, Commissioner o Fisheries, asking that a patrol boat be sent to the area in which theft have been committed. The petition sent to Comml-rio: Nelson follows: John A. Nelson, , Commissioner of Fisheries, Morehead City, N. C. . Dear Mr. Nelson: We, the undersigned gill n»t and pound net fishermen of Alb marie Sound, in the vicinity of the Norfolk- Southern railroad bridge, near Eden ton, do respectfully petition that you send a patrol boat into the ibov mentioned area for the purpo e of breaking up the larceny of nets that is now very prevalent in that fishing ground. Seven nets have been un lawfully taken from this area within the past week and other net have been stolen earlier this reason. Hoping that you w'l cooperate with us in this matter and send : boat to watch this area. Edenton High Boxers T one To Rocky IE: u T The Edenton High School < < -- ; rg team experienced its only d- at < f the season Tuesday night . t the hands of the Rocky Mount High School mittmen, when every fight ex cept one on a six card program was awarded to Rocky Mount. The one decision gained for Edenton was a technical knockout by Melvin I.ayton Tom Wilder lost the decision to Holmes in the opener. John Briggs lost to Bostain. Pete Everett lost to D. Brake. Lance Bufflap lost to J. Brake. Clyde Lee Cates, a new addi tion to Edenton’s team, lost to Mur chison. Melvin Layton won by a technical knockout over Johnson in the first round for the only victory of the night. Five C arriage Licenses Issuea On Last Saturday Register of Deeds Maurice L. Bunch had a busy day Saturday, when he issued five marriage licenses. The contracting parties were as follows: C. B. White and Blanche Wiggins, white, both of Chowan County. James Beasley and May Ella Good win, colored, both of Chowan County. Matthew Brown and Catherine Spruill, colored, both of Chowan County. Henry Leary of Bertie County, and Beulah Jordan of Chowan County, colored. William Barner and Mattie Has *•ll. colored, both of Chowan County. I NEW BOOKS !| v_- i The latest addition of books to the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library recently arrived and includes the fol lowing: “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh” by Franz Werfel; “The World Out side” by Hans Fallada; “All’s Fair” by Landau; “Phantom Crown” by Al fred Newman; “The Dark Island” by V. Sackville West; “Heaven’s My Destination” by Thornton Wilder; “The Spy Paramount” by Oppen heim.