In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume ll.—Number 10.
Edenton Boy Scouts
To Have Four Patrols
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Change Will Take Place
At Meeting Friday
Night
PLANHIKE
Officers For Various Pa
trols Will Also Be
Elected
The Edenton Boy Scout troop which
was reorganized recently under the
Scoutmastership of John Graham
with an enrollment of 16 boys, divid
ed into two patrols, has steadily
grown until now it is necessary to
form four patrols. This will be done
at the weekly Scout meeting Friday
night in the Scout Cabin at 7:30
o’clock. Mr. Graham urges every boy
to be on hand promptly so that the
organization may be effected and the
various patrol officers elected. It is
Mr. Graham’s plan to place the pres
ent Scouts in each of the four patrols
in order to have Use various patrols
more uniform as to the knowledge of
scoutcraft.-
At the meeting Friday night plans
also will be discussed for a hike on
Saturday.
The present Scout roster includes
the following boys:
Robert Chesson, Alex "White, Em
mett Wiggins, Parka- Helms, Edward
Bass, Ewell Hobbs, .Jo® T- Rowlett,
Roy Spruill, Fred Hoskins, Meredith
Jones, Daniel Reeves, George Ward,
Theodore Roberts, Frank Muth, Tom
Byrum, Murriell Byrom, Murray By
rum, Carroll Stewart, Edmund Tore
hand, Charlie Wood, Elbert Copeland,
Pete Everett, Junius Jteras, BiHy
Shepard, Tom Elliott, Clyde Spencer,
.Jack Bond, Billie Coffield, Turwood
Harrell, Joe Conger, Bill WWafirard,
Guy Hollowoll and Wendell Copeland.
Interest is also jjoHiifest in Scout
work among the colored toys of the
town, it being expected that a colored
troop will be formed hs the near
future.
58 Children Receive
Free Lunch At School
Fortunately the soup kitchen at the
local -school has continued to serve
meals to children of relief faunlies
and others who are able to buy a
mid-day meal at a nominal eost. It :
was feared last week that this service
would fcawe to be discontinued due to
the exhaustion of ERA funds to pay
for the operation thereof.
On Mardh 1, however, 32 relief
children were taken off the roll due
to their families being taken off the
ERA relief, leaving 58 children who
are now eligible to receive a hot meal
free of charge while attending school.
Chowan Tribe Adopts
New Set Os By-Laws
A large attendance was present of.
Monday night at the regular meetir;
of Chowan Tribe of Red Men, when
the new set of by-laws were read for
the third and final reading before
adoption. Discussion of the new laws
was continued until next Monday
night, when they will be sent to the
Great Council of North Carolina for
ratification. \
Chowan Tribe has recently taken on
new life, adding a large number of
new members to the lodge and is now
in a better condition, both as to mem
bership and financially, than it has
been in many years.
Sentenced For Being
Drunk And Disorderly
Three colored men, Charlie Blount,
Edward Rountree and Joe Shannon
house, were tried before Justice of
the Peace W. S. Summerell on Mon
day charged with being drunk and
disorderly.
Blount was fined $2 and costs,
Rountree was taxed $5 and costs,
while Skinner was sentenced to spend
15 days in the county jail.
UNITED CHARITIES FUND
HAS NOW REACHED $466
The last repbrt of Mrs. A. T. Bush
treasurer of the United Charities,
shows that to datfe the actual amount
in cash received duHng the campaign
for funds is $466.26, tfee last member
Signing up being Mrs. Jackson.
i, x Mrs. Bush is anxious UK. Any who
to donate to this fun* do so
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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! 1 JURORS NAMED |
The County Commissioners at theii
meeting Monday drew the following
to act as Jurors for the April term
of Superior Court:
W. A. Mills. G. P. Byrum, E. G.
. Blanchard, J. C. Saunders, A. M.
Harrell. Jno. G. Wood, R. C. Hollo
well, J. W. Cates, Geo. D. Smith, H.
D. White, J. E. Dail, D. R. Baker, J
A. Curran, J. C. (Dick) Leary, A. S.
( Smith. C. W. Sawyer, R. A. Chappell,
. J. I. Boyce, Jr., C. D. Privott, C. N.
, Griffin, W. D. Holmes, T. 0. A shell.
J. H. Harrell, Wade H. Jordan, C. H.
, Barher, L. E. Twine, Eugene Baker.
, W. J. Goodwin, W. C. Baker, J. C.
, Leary, G. B. Potter, W. J. Yates, E.
' E. Boyce, W. D. Elliott and A. S.
j Bush.
: Asks Cooperation In
j Breaking Up Thievery
There appears to be an outbreak of
| petty thievery in Edenton during the
’ past week or so which is rather an
noying and hard to break up by the
police. The thefts for the most part
; are from parked automobiles, in sev
-1 eral instances articles having been
stolen which could be of no benefit
! whatever except to the owners.
A number of complaints have been
• made to the police, who are endeav-
I oring to break up the practice, but due
, to the small number of officers and
i the wide area in which thefts have
, been reported, they have been unable
i to apprehend the responsible parties.
Chief of Police G. A. Helms has re
■ quested citizens to refrain from leav
, ing anything in their cars while park,
r ing or else lock the doors of their
, car while away, in order to check the
I thefts. ...
Library Receives New
Shipment Os Books
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Another shipment of new books has
been received by the Shepard-Prodea
Memorial Library. Included in the
list are the following:
“Mary Peters” by Ellen Chase;
I ‘Forget If You Can” by John Er-j
' skine; “Budapest Parade Murder* by
. .Mason; “The Road To Nowhere” by
j James Hilton; “The Natural Gardens
: «of North Carolina” by Wells.
, Books for children are as follows:
; “The Pied Piper of Hamlin” by Rob
. ert Browning; “Adventures of a
i Brownie” by Miss Mulock; “Child’s
Kip Van WtoMe” by Washington Ir
ving; “The Fat Camel of Bagdad” by
• Kos.
Four Marriage Licenses
Issued Over Week-end
Register of Deeds Maurice Bunch
continued his land office marriage li
cense business over the week-end
when four more marriage licenses
were issued, one a white couple and
three colored couples.
The contracting parties were as
follows: ,
J. Cameron Boyce, of Center Hill,
and Miss Kate Leary, of Rocky Hock.
Marvin Young Costen and Mattie
Marie Brown, colored, of Chowan
County.
Will Askew and Beulah Roberts,
colored, both of Chowan County.
J. E. Coffield and Olive Lamb, col
ored, both of Chowan County.
STATE SEVENTH GRADE
EXAMS HELD MARCH 20
The State-wide examinations foi
seventh grade pupils will be held on
March 20. This examination is held
simultaneously in all schools in th(
State for the purpose of determining
the eligibility of pupils to enter high
school.
LOCAL MASONS PLAN VISIT TO
PLYMOUTH LODGE ON TUESDAY
A delegation from Unanimity
Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will
leave Edenton, next Tuesday after
noon to visit the Masonic lodge at
Plymouth. All who desire {o join in
this visitation are asked to meet at
the Court House sq that transporta
tion facilities can be arranged.
R. H. BACHMAN LEAVES
ST. yiNCENT’S HOSPITAL
R. H. Bachman, who has been in
St Vincent’s Hospital in Norfolk.
Va., left the institution Wednesday :
and will be located for a while at the
home of Mrs. Bachman’s sister in
Norfolk. Mr. Bachman is reported to
be Jjfrable to i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 7, 1935.
SENATOR 808 REYNOLDS
REQUESTS PICTURES OF
OLD CHOWAN LANDMARK
Richard D. Dixon Sends
Latest Picture of Old
Court House
VERY SIGNIFICANT
Will Be Enlarged And
Hung In Washing
ton Office
The Chowan County Commissioners
last week received a request from U.
S. Senator Bob Reynolds for a pic
ture of some outstanding building in
the County which he intends to have
enlarged to adorn the wall of his of
fice in Washington. The Commis
sioners turned the matter over to R.
D. Dixon, Clerk of the Superior
Court, who forwarded a picture of the
Chowan County Court House. The
picture sent was taken by Hamlin
during the Joseph Hewes celebration
here on April 28, 1932, being an ex
cellent 14x16 reproduction of the old
building.
It was thought that the picture ol
the Court House would be the most
appropriate for the purpose, being
very significant in view of the
the building has occupied in connec
tion with men of affairs in Washing
ton. It was in this Court House that
Samuel Johnston was one time clerk
of court, who later became Governor
and a United States Senator. James
Iredell also practiced law in the old
building before being appointed Su
preme Court Justice.
Joseph Hewes, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, served
on the committee to build the Cc|rt
House and later became one of the
County judges before becoming a
member of the Continental Congress
in Philadelphia.
These as well as other, prominent
figures are intimately associated with
the old Chowan County Court House
and citizens of Edgnton may well be
proud of the fact that a picture of
the old building will soon repose in
the United States Senator’s office.
Legionnaires Discuss
Possibilities Os a Hut
The monthly meeting of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion was held
Tuesday night, and although atten
dance was somewhat light a very in
teresting meeting was held. W. W.
Byrum, post commander, presided a.
the meeting.
Aside from routine business the
most outstanding thing discussed was
the possibility of erecting a hut for
the Legion and Auxiliary. After quite
a discussion, the matter was placed
in the hands of the building commit
tee with instructions to" formulate
ways and means to have a hut erect
ed and report back to the post at the
next meeting.
As an evidence that the hut is
greatly desired, a poll .was taken of
the members present at the meeting
which disclosed that a total of S3IT
would have been subscribed to the ex
pense. Members of the p<|-t feei
confident that, with the assistance of
the Auxiliary, a building of their own
will be realized.
Hi jh School Students
Issue The Spotlight
The Spotlight, a semi-monthly pub
lication of the Edenton High School,
made its first appearance last week.
The paper, six pages, bound in a deep
orange cover, contains timely school
news and a number of advertisements.
The paper is well gotten up and re
fleets credit on those who hr.re under
taken the venture. The paper is a
product of the school’s mimeograph
machine.
Members of the staff are: Editor
in-chief, Worth Spencer; business edi
tor. Eleanor Small; associate business
editor, Kathryn Holmes; circulation
manager, Edmund Forehand; society
editor, Marjorie Powell; sports editor,
William Harrell; literary editor.
Saintie White; joke editors, Billie
Gregory and Charlie Wood; art edi
tors, Clyde Cates and John Briggs.
LOCAL DEALER RECEIVES
CARLOAD OLDSMOBILES
The Charles H. Jenkins Motor Com.
pany this week received a carload of
new Oldsmobiles. This shipment in
cludes one 4-door 5 passenger sedan,
one 4-door touring sedan and one 5-
passenger coupe. One car of the
shipment xhas already been sold and
th» of the
CHOWAN NEGRO KILLED
INSTANTLY ON ROAD IN
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Said to Be Walking On
Concrete at Time of
Accident
BAD BRAKES
Robert Bragg Held In
Perquimans County
Jail
Struck by an automobile driven b\
Robert Bragg, colored, of Winfali,
Charlie Dillard, colored, of CVowar
i County, was instantly killed on Sun
day night, while walking on the high
way between Winfali and Belvidere.
• about two miles from Winfali.
Robert Bragg, who wa« arrested by
: Sheriff J. E. Winslow following tlu
; accident, and who was placed in jail
‘ in default of a two hundred dollar
1 bond to await a hearing on next
1 Tuesday, stated that the accident was
' unavoidable. He stated that lie sav.
the man, who was walking in the
same direction In which he was driv
[ ing, on the right-hand side of the
“ road. He was meeting another car
’ and was unable to avo’d the peies
• trian, who was said to have been
walking on the concrete, about 5 feet
from the edge.
Dr. T. A. Cox, Perquimans County
’ Coroner,) who viewed the body short
‘ ly after the accident, said that death
j was instantaneous. The man’s body
was badly mangled, his back and one
leg being broken and the back of his
, head crushed.
I The car which Bragg was driving
l had no brakes other than an emer
. gency brake, according to Sheriff
t Winslow.
Hewes Descandtne
Views Monument
i
• A very distinguished visitor was ir
! Edenton Tuesday in the person of
Clarence B. Hewes. Mr. Hewes is a
1 descendant of Josiah Hewes, who
was a brother of Joseph Hewes,
signer of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. He is a member of the Amer
ican Embassy at Berlin and is now
on leave of absence. He came to
Edenton especially to see the monu
men* erected in honor of his kins
man, it being his first visit to the city.
While in Berlin Mr. Hewes was
sent a copy of the New York Times
• which carried the story regarding the
unveiling of the Hewes monument,
and was the first information he had
• that the monument was erected. Hp
: was a guest of Richard D. Dixon,
Clerk of the Superior Court, who ac
-1 eompanied him on a visit to the va
rious historical spots In the com
munity.
The Hewes monument is especially
significant in that it is the only
monument erected in the United
States in honor of a signer of the
Declaration of Independence the funds
for which were appropriated by
Congress.
Commissfoners Meet
In Monthly Session
The Chowan County Commission
ers met in monthly session Monday
with a full board present.
The usual orders were passed for
help in support and current bills were
ordered paid.
W. S. Privott was re-appointed ar
tax supervisor for 1935 at a salary
of S3OO per year, and salaries or
list takers fixed as follows: SIOO for
First Township; S6O for Second Town
ship; SSO for Third Township and
SSO for Fourth Township.
The Commissioners will recommend
to the State Highway Commission tt
take over and maintain the road from
Hurdle's school house to the Gliden
road, as well as the road leading
from H. A. Hobbs’ gate to the Para
dise road.
Four names were added to the list
for help in support, and after receiv
ing the reports of the treasurer, home
demonstration agent, sheriff and
health officer the meeting adjourned.
COLORED MAN SHAKEN UP
WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK
George William Gilliam, colored,
narrowly escaped serious injury Sat
urday afternoon when he was un
avoidably struck on Broad Street by
a small truck of the Edenton Feed &
Fuel Company, driven by Worth Lay
den. Gflliam was only slightly bruis
ed and went about his business after
be was attended by a physician.
Rotary Has Big Night
At Inter-City Meeting
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Boys Look Good
Says Henry House
Aspirants for berths on the
Edenton High School football team
next fall are now undergoing two
weeks of strenuous spring training
under Coach Henry House. The
first work was started Monday af
ternoon and will continue each af
ternoon for two weeks in an en
deavor to better equip the boys
with the finer points of the game.
Prospects are very bright for a
■ very successful football team next
year in view of the fact that prac
tically the same members of the
past season’s championship tgarc
will be on hand as well as a good
supply of reserve players.
Coach House, while commenting
on the first few days of spring
I training, said the boys looked very
- good.
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Sculptor Would Design
Betsy Dowdy Memorial
; Mayor E. W. Spires this week re
r ceived a letter from' J. A. Meliodon,
a sculptor in Philadelphia, who is
1 very anxious to have erected in Eden
-1 ton a monument paying morage to the
memory of Betsey Dowdy. He de
’ sires to make and submit sketchers
- at a very reasonable cost, suggesting
i in his letter to Mr. Spires a monu
i moit mounted with a bronze figure
; on horseback.
! Betsey Dowdy’s ride is recorded in
“Grandfather’s Tales of North Caro
; lina History” by Col. Richard Ben
- bury Creecy, when in 1775 she brave
s ly mounted her pretty black pony at
the home of h|' fatter on the “banks’’
opposite Knott’s Island to journey to
the home of General William Skinnei
l along the Yeopim River in Perqui
mans. It was at the time Dunmore
threatened to take Great Bridge and
In order to defeat Dunmort? it was
r thought the services of General Skin
-1 ner and his militia would be needed.
1 She reached General Skinner’s hos
’ pitable home and after telling of the
situation and receiving his promise of
assistance she journeyed back to her
home, when upon her arrival it was
1 learned that the British troops were
defeated, sought refuge on their ships
and left for parts unknown.
Mr. Spires has written to Mr.
Meliodon, sending him clippings of
| newspapers and referring him to
Senator Dudley Bagley of Currituck.
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I Visiters From Canada
View Historical Spots
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Linney, of
Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, were in
Edenton Tuesday afternoon visiting
some of the historical noints of in
terest. They are on a six weeks hol
iday in the South and drove over
from Rocky Mount especially to se
cure first hand historical information.
Mr. Linney is an old newspaper
man and expects to write several ar
ticles about Edenton and its histori
cal significence, which will most likely
appear in Northern newspapers, He is
prominently identified with the Ma- i
sonic lodge in Canada and was par
ticularly interested in the records and
relics of Unanimity Lodge.
Jo A. Crawford Again
N. So Night Operator
J. A. Crawford, formerly of Eden
ton, has returned to resume his duticr
as night operator at the Norfolk
Southern Railroad station, being
transferred here from Chocowinity.
N. C. He went back to his old jot
on Sunday night. Mr. Crawford re
places William Trueßlood, who ha?
been transferred to Hertford.
Mrs. Crawford and little son, whe
are now at Chocowinity, will come tc
Edenton as soon as Mr. Crawford car
arrange to secure a house.
W. L. COMER INJURED WHILE
INSTALLING RAILROAD SIGNAL
W. L. Comer is nursing an injured
hand this week as the result of an
injury which occurred last week
while working in Plymouth. A quan
tity of hot sealing compound ~acci
dentally splashed on his right hand
while installing a railroad signal. Mr
Comer continued working, but the
wound became infected, thus prevent
ing him from attending to his duties.
COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY
The monthly meeting of Town
will be held Tuesday night in
Vhf fttoT'icipal Building, ak.7 :3$ o’clock.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Five Clubs Represented
In Parish House Tues
day Night
GOOD MUSIC
Jack Weymouth Makes
Principal Address to
Rotarians
What probably was the most suc
cessful Rotary meetings ever held in
Edenton occurred Tuesday night in
the Parish House when an inter-city
meeting was held with Hertford, Eli
zabeth City, Greenville and Washing
ton sending representatives. Approx
imately 100 were present. Prior to
assembling around the tables each one
present was tagged with a sign giv
ing his name and the club from which
he came. Acquaintances were renew
ed and a spirit of fellowship pre
vailed.
C. H. Wood, president of the Eden
ton Club, opened the meeting with a
few well-chosen words, welcoming the
Rotarians to Edenton and turned the
meeting over to Edmund Harding,
group leader for the district, who is
a member of the Washington club.
The entire gathering was asked to
sing “America” after which Rev. C.
A. Ashby was called upon for the
invocation. A numbei of Rotary
songs were sung by the crowd of
Rotarians which were led by Bill Lee
of the Greenville club with David
Bell at the piano.
During the evening the presidents
of the clubs represented were asked
to give a brief resume of the activi
ties of their respective clubs and
their members asked to stand. C. H.
Wood spoke in behalf of the Edenton
Club, Graham Bell for Elizabeth City,
W. H. Oakey, Jr., for Hertford, Bill
Lee for Greenville, and John Robbin
for Washington. Elizabeth City out- -
numbered the other clubs in atten
dance, there being 26 present. Eden
ton was next with 23, Washington
16, Hertford 11, and Greenville 4.
As an added feature Bill Lee picked
a quartet at random, which to the
surprise of all, rendered a number of
songs in first class order.
The principal speaker for the occa
sion was Jack Weymouth, a past dis
trict governor of Rotary from Vir
ginia, who was asked by Ed Harding
to sound the death knell for Virginia
losing the Elizabeth City, Hertford
and Edenton clubs now since the toll
has been removed from the Chowan
River Bridge.
Mr. Weymouth, a very interesting
speaker, in a short address traced the
organization and prrgress of the Ro
tary movement, bringing cut the fact ,
that its spread over the entire globe
was caused by Rotarians being desir
ous for other communities to enjoy
and reap the benefits of Rotary, there
being no paid organizers employed
as in many other organizaitons.
Early in the Rotary movement, Mr.
Weymouth explained clubs were
formed only in cities of 100,000 or
more, later in towns of 5,000, but
that now no town is too small to have
a good live club. He said the first
convention of Rotary was held in
■ 1910 and at the 1911 convention a
speaker during an address remarked \
that. “He profits most who serves the
best,” since which time this has been
the slogan of Rotary.
The speaker dwelt upon the fact
that in a Rotary meeting members
gather on a common ground, every
man having many things in common,
and that every Rotarian earns his
preferment. In closing, Mr. Wey
mouth complimented the ladies for _
the splendid meal herved and the ser
vice rendered by the members of
Floars Orchstra, who delightfully in
terspersed the program with a num
ber of the latest song hits. He like
wise expressed pleasure at such a
successful inter-city meeting, saying
such affairs are invaluable in devel
oping a more friendly feeling among
the neighboring towns.
Much favorable comment was heard /
about the splendid meal served by the
ladies and the music by Floars Or
chestra during which Dick Harrell '~
sang several numbers.
NO RECORDER’S COURT
No session of Recorder’s Court was
held this week, there being only one
case on the docket, that being an as
sault with a deadly weapon charge.
The case will be tried Saturday morn
ing, being postponed until L. E. Grif
fin is in town, he representing the
defendant.
Mutt Welsh is charged with hitting
Joe Walker in the head wi&i a brick.
Both are colored. a
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