In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume ll—Number 11.
Samuel H. Y onge Dies
At Home In Edenton
Internationally Known
As Engineer of Rare
Skill
DIED MONDAY
Assisted In Many Im
portant Projects In
This Country
Edenton joined with the outside
world on Monday last in mourning
at the bier of Samuel H. Yonge
nonogenarian resident here for the
past three or four years. While not
a native of this section, Dr. Yonge
had endeared himself to all Edenton
ians who had the honor of his ac
quaintance, and his spry and active
step and alert mentality had made
him one of the prides of the town. He
had complained of a weakened heart
for several weeks but it was not un
til last Friday that it was felt neces
sary to call in a physician. On Sun
day he seemed stronger and smilingly
complained of a friend’s lack of at
tention at that time. He began to
sink toward midnight Sunday and
died within a couple of hours.
Dr. Yonge was internationally
known as an engineer, archaeologist,
and bridge maker. He had been a
consultant in later life on the Wil
liamsburg restoration project and in
the ’7o’s discovered and excavated
the old ruins at Jamestown, V 2. Prior
to that he had engaged himself in
levee construction on the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers, and for 30
years was in the government employe
as chief engineer of the James River
dredging and jetty work. His bridges
included the Brooklyn Bridge, the
suspension bridge at Niagara Falls,
several bridges over the Mississippi
River, as well as numerous railroad
r . bridges in different sections of the
country.
In addition to the widow, who was
Miss Elizabeth Archer, of Richmond,
y*., deceased is survived by three
daughters and two sons by a previous
marriage. The latter are William K.
Yonge, of Irwin, Pa., and Allen
Yonge, in the government service at
Havana, Cuba. The daughters are:
Mrs. L. Y. Hayne, of San Francisco,
Cal., Mrs. Horace Stringfellow, of
Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. J. Blair
Easter, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Funeral services were held in Rich
mond, Va., where the deceased hao
lived for a quarter of a century before
coming to Edenton.
Small Crowd Attends
Meeting: Thursday
A small crowd gathered at the
Court House last Thursday night to
attend the mass meeting calleff "By R.
L. Chesson to discuss the principles
of the ERA in Chowan County. Mr.
Chesson presided and after giving a
few of his opinions a motion was
made and carried that E. W. Lordlev.
district manager, be requested to
make an investigation of affairs in
Chowan County.
So far as The Herald could leam
today no further action has been tak
en in the matter, and from conversa
tions on the street the whole affair
takes on the air of a joke
Residents In North
Edenton Use Alley
Residents of North Edenton re
quested permission from Town Coun
cil Tuesday night to use the land
back of their property which is re
served for an alley way. Prior to the
putting in of sewers this condition
prevailed and the Councilmen were of
the opinion there would be no object
tion to the continuation, provided
nothing was done detrimental to the
sewer pipes or any buildings erected
that would hinder opening up the
alleys in case of necessity.
ORCHESTRA PLAYS SUNDAY AT
PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH
Jim Daniels and his Baptist Sun
day School Orchestra will furnish
special music at the Providence Bap
tist Church on Sunday afternoon,
when a rally will be held by the color
ed congregation. Other special music
will also be on the program. L. G.
Nichols, the pastor, urges a large at
tendance, stating that seats will be
reserved for while people.
GONE TO MONROE
Mrs. Nathan Dail is spending
some time in Monijoe with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Tucker.
Mrs. Dail was called home on account
of she death of her uncle, who was
Friday in an acci-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Citizens Bank Pays
Another Dividend
Gurney P. Hood, Commissioner
of Banks announces the payment
of a 5 per cent dividend to claim
ants of records in The Citizens
Bank of Edenton as of March Ist.
1935. This 5 per cent dividend to
tals $13,343.67 and will be distri
buted among approximately eleven
hundred depositors, the checks will
be available Friday, March 15th.
1935.
This 5 per cent dividend makes
a total of 85 per cent paid to de
positors holding “Common Claims,”
preferred claims having all been
paid in full.
Local Masons Visit
Lodg-e At Plymouth
Seventeen members of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &. A. M., on
Tuesday night drove through a driv
ing rain to Plymouth, whire they paid
a visit to Perserverance Lodge. The
meeting of the two lodges was very
interesting, each visitor being called
upon to make a short address in the
course of which a spirit of brother
hood prevailed and the desire express
ed that the citizens of Edenton and
Plymouth intermingle more now that
the toll i 9 removed from Chowan
bridge.
J. W. Darden, former representa
tive of Washington County, made r
very appropriate address, welcoming
the Edenton Masons and expressed
the hope that all Masonic lodges ii
this section would visit each other t>
• the end that the fraternity may be
closer bound together.
Those in the Edenton party were-
E. T. Rawlinson, 0. C. Davis, W. J
Daniels, T. B. Williford, C. A. Boyce.
C. H. Wood, B. F. Britton, Sr., W. C.
Bunch, J. Edwin Bufflap, W. S. Gris
fin, John Lee Spruill, C. W. Sawyer,
J. R. Byrum, G. A. Helms, W. M. Wil
kins, J. E. Jackson and W. S. Sum
merelL
High School Turning
Attention To Baseball
With football spring training over,
the Edenton High School athletes are
now turning their attention to base
ball, practice being scheduled to begin
on Monday afternoon. Prospects arc
very bright at present for a very
successful season.
Tlfe Edenton school will play con
ference ball this year, the first game
to be played in Edenton on Friday
March 22, when they will cross bats
with the Columbia High School nin<
Heavy Wind Storm
Hits Section Tuesday
The entire Albemarle section lay
in the path of a heavy rain and wind
storm late Tuesday night, with re
ports trickling in of minor damage in
several sections. A number of trees
and wire poles were blown down bj
the heavy wind.
The srtorm played havoc with T. A
Spencer’s log camp in the Rocky Hocl
section, buildings being blown down
as well as doing other damage.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
OUT TWICE ON SATURDAY
The Edenton Fire Department was
called out twice Saturday when fire
broke out at the residence of J. A.
Curran on West Queen Street and
on West Gale Street. In the former
instance the damage has not been
estimated while the latter was merely
a flue fire which resulted in no dam
age.
MRS. HUGH DUKE DIES IN
LAKE VIEW HOSPITAL
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Hugh Duke, of Ahoskie.
who died around 1:00 o’clock Tuesday
in Lake View Hospital, Suffolk. Va..
following an operation.
Mrs. Duke was about 30 years old.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Margaret Overton, of Colerain. and
for several school terms made hei
home in Edenton with her aunt, Mrs
John M. Elliott, Sr., while attending
the Edenton High School. She grad
uated from the high school, and re
turned to her home at Colerain. While
in Edenton Mrs. Duke was very popu
lar, having a large circle of friends.
ATTEND INSURANCE MEETING
J. A. Curran and Jesse White at
tended a business meeting of agents '
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company held in Portsmouth, Va., on
Tuesday night.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 14,1935.
MOTORISTS WARNED TO
OBSERVE TRAFFIC LAW
DURING FIRES HERE
Services WiU Be Held
Each Night During
Week
Chief of Police G. A. Helms and
Fire Chief R. K. Hall stated to The
Herald this week that hereafter the
State law and city ordinance relating
to the duties of drivers of vehicle:
during a fire will be rigidly enforced.
An arrest was made Saturday for
failure to abide by the law in which
a serious accident was probably
averted when a driver endeavored to
turn into a side street ahead of the
fire truck.
Both of the officers made it cleai
that when the siren is sounded driv
ers are required to turn to the curb
to give the fire truck complete right
of way, and besides no driving will be
allowed within 200 feet of the truck
while answering an alarm. It is a
matter of public safety and officers
are insistent that the law be enforced
to the letter.
Fire Chief Hall also made the state,
ment that hereafter no parking will
be allowed in any block in which the
fire truck is located while fighting a
fire.
The law calls for a fine of $lO and
costs for violations and officials urge
all drivers to cooperate in order to
save themselves embarrassment.
Everything Calm At
The Advance School
All is calm at Advance school aftei
all sorts of rumors last week that a
number of boys had whipped a teach
er, as well as counter claims that the
teacher walloped a gang of boys.
It appears that a crowd of eight
hovs in the Advance school became
disgruntled over the sort of discipline
Ernest Swain, the teacher, demanded
in the school and the boys, urged on
by other boys in the community, de
cided to whip their teacher. From an
investigation it was learned that old
er boys not now in school urged the
gang of eight not to stand for what
Mr. Swain demands of them because
in former years the same rules were
not in fore*.
The boys discussed *mong them
selves the idea of licking their teach
er. but evidently a cog slipped in the
plans.
During a recess period all plan.-:
were lead and when school convened
one of the boys went to the desk to
get help on a problem. At almost
the same time another of the gang
walked to the desk. The latter grab
bed Mr. Swain around the shoulders,
saying, “Come on, we might as weK
do it now.” However, Mr. Swain or
dered the boys to be seated, and there
wias no teacher beat up. On the oth
er hand the principal took off his
belt and; gave each one of the con
spirators a sound thrashing.
Every boy, except one, displayed a
penitent attitude for his part in the
affair, and at present their efforts
are turned to developing a good base
ball team, with Mr. Swain coaching
and helping the boys.
50 Papers Entered In
B. & L. Essay Contest
Fifty essays have been turned in
by students of the Edenton High
School in the Keesler Memorial Con
test sponsored by the North Carolina
Building and Loan League in the high
schools of the State, and for which
the Edenton Building and Loan Asso
ciation has offered two prizes of $lO
and $5 for the two best papers in
Chowan County. These papers are
being judged this week by Mrs. John
Badham and Mrs. W. S. Summerell.
the two winners to be represented in
the district contest. The winner in
each of the ten districts in the State
will compete for grand prizes at the
league convention which will be helo
in Winston-Salem on May 28-29.
Prizes in the final contest will be SIOO.
SSO and $25.
School officials are very well
pleased with the large number of pa
pers turned; in this year, interest in
the contest last year having lagged.
ERA Receives Funds
T,o Pay Soup Kitchens
Funds have been received by the
ERA for paying the operating ex
penses of the four soup kitchens in
the county which were threatened to
be closed due to the lack of funds.
The budget allows enough money to
maintain these kitchens through
March, after which nothing definite is
promised unless Congress appropri
ates money which can be used for
this purpose.
DR. R. CARY MONTAQUE
CONDUCTS PREACHING
MISSION AT ST. PAUL’S
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Traffic Must Give Right
Os Way to Fire
Truck
Dr. R. Cary Montague, of Rich
mond, Va., will hold a preaching mis
sion at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
starting Monday, March 22. Dr.
Montague is numbered among the
best preachers in the Episcopal
Church, having been a very promi
nent member in the Richmond city
mission for many years.
The mission services will begin each
night at 8:00 o’clock and Rev. C. A.
Ashby, the rector, urges all Episco
palians to attend, as well as invites
members of other congregations to
hear Dr. Montague.
Special preachers will fill the pulpit
each Thursday night during Lent,
with Rev. Stephen Gardner, of Wash
ington scheduled to preach tonight
: Other visiting preachers are as fol
lows:
March 21, Dr. R. Cary Montague, of
Richmond, Va., who will be conducting
the mission.
March 28, Rev. George F. Hill, of
Elizabeth City.
April 4, Rev. E. F. Moseley, of Wil-
I liamston.
! April 11, Rev. E. T. Jillson, of Hert
< ford.
Old Age Pension Bill
Explained Saturday
W. B. Fisher, State manager for
the Townsend old age pension plan,
who spoke to a crowded house about
six weeks ago in the Chowan County
! Court House, will again explain this
pension bill to the people of Chowan
County. He will speak in the Court
! House at Edenton on Saturday, Mar.
1 16, at 1 o'clock.
: The bill has already been
1 introduced in Congress and is being
favored by a large number of Con
-1 gressmen.
About 35,000,000 voters have signed
1 and sent in petitions, but according
to Mr. Fisher more signatures are
’ needed.
The Bill provides that the Govern
ment pay to all citizens of the
United States, man or woman, over
60 years of age S2OO per month the
rest of their lives upon two condi
tions, vizz: Job, if any, be given up
to the younger unemployed; and to
spend the-entire amount of the pen
sion every 30 days.
Prominent Ahoskie
Citizen Passes Away
Friends in this section of the State
were grieved to leam of the death
Monday of Henry S. Basnight, ol
Ahoskie, who died in a Norfolk hos
pital. He was very prominent in the
business affairs of Ahoskie, being
connected with a number of business
firms there, as well as having othe?
business interests in Eastern Carolina
and Suffolk. He was the son of the
late Thomas and Mrs. Sarah Bas
night, of Creswell.
Mr. Basnight was a brother of Mrs.
O. C. Byrum,' of Edenton, and of Mrs.
N. J. Rhodes, of Mackeys.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in Ahoskie with :
large number attending.
Corn-Hog Association
Soon To Be Organized
A Cc\n-Hog controlled association
will be formed in the near future so:
Chowan and Bertie counties with
headquarters in Edenton. Bertie
County has 15 contracts while Chow
an County will have about 110. A
meeting will be called soon, at which
time officers will be elected.
The officers serving last year, for
Chowan County, when headquarters
were in Elizabeth City, included
Julien Wood, J. B. Webb, H. T.
Hobbs, W. H. Winbome, A. D. Ward,
and E. G. Blanchard.
Old Tombstones Are
Found Under Church
Termite exterminators from Nor
folk, Va., creat(|! somewhat of a
stir in Edenton tnis week while dig
ging under the old St. Paul’s church
in order to rid the historic edifice of
the pests. During their “excavating”
they came upon a couple of graves
the dates on the tombstones indicat
ing that they were placed there before
the date of the erection of the church.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M„ will be
held tonight at 8:00 o’clock. A good
attendance is requested.
Cotton Sign-up Days
Be Held Next Week
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Drivers Warned To
Observe Light Signal
Complaints have been received
by members of City Council that
motorists are failing to observe the
traffic signal at the comer oi
Queen and Moseley Streets. After
discussion of the matter the city
fathers instructed Mayor Spires to
order police officers to make
thorough check on traffic at this
intersection and arrest violators.
The bulk of travel is on Queen
Street and the red light for this
traffic is on only 20 seconds at a
time. The Councilmen feel that an
investment was made in this signal
for the safety of the motoring pub
lic and see no excuse, especially
among local drivers, for not ob-
Certificate Os Birth
Given To Governor
Governor John Christopher Blucher
Ehringhaus, of North Carolina wa;
presented Tuesday with a certificate
of his birth more than half a century
ago by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, actin'
State health officer and secretary c'
the State Board of Health.
Dr. Reynolds related briefly the
achievements of Burbank with plant?
and of biologists in producing sped
mens approaching prefection. He con
gratulated Governor Ehringhaus or
his parents and the excellent specimar
of manhood they produced in him e
he presented the little copy of th'
Governor’s “citizenship papers.”
“I thank you, Dr. Reynolds, and ap.
preciate this evidence that I wa
bom,” said Governor Ehringhaus
“Your campaign should have the
hearty and full cooperation of the
citizens of the State. Children now
will live to appreciate the care their
parents exercise now in making sure
that their births are registered. 1
appreciate mine.”
Governor Ehringhaus, the certifi
cate he proudly displayed, shows, was
bom in Elizabeth City, N. C., Febru
ary 6, 1882, the son of Erskine and
Carrie Colville (Mathews) Ehring
haus. His father was 28 and his
mother 25 years old when he was
bom. He was bom “without benefit
of bookkeeping,” as births were not
required by law to be registered un
til 1914. His mother had died, as had
the attending physician, Dr. W. L
Lumsden.
Only his father, Erskine Ehring
haus, now approaching his 82nd birtl
anniversary, is living, of those whose
word as to the birth would be accept
ed without question. The father ha:
been sick, but was again about hi:
duties a few days ago. Certainly
within a few years, at most, the
father would not have been here tc
make out a certificate of birth for the
Governor of North Carolina—am’
much trouble would have been ex
perienced to establish that fact
The certificate was presented as a
feature of the “Register Your Baby”
campaign now about to end in North
Carolina, conducted by the Bureau of
the Census, State Board of Health
and State ERA.
Glass Blowers Perform
At School On Tuesday
The auditorium of the Edenton
High School will most likely be filled
to capacity on Tuesday, March 19.
when the Venetian glass blowers will
give a demonstration in the school.
The demonstration will be held at
2:15, the nominal charge of 10 cents
being charged to witness this very
educational and interesting perform
ance.
The glass blowers make all sorts oi
almost unbelievable articles from
glass, several specimens being in the
school library from their last* visit
here. They blow, weave and spin
glass, explaining and demonstrating
as they go.
The demonstration is primarily for
the benefit of the school children, but
parents may also witness the affair.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
The regular meeting of Town Coun
cil was held Tuesday night in the
Mnniciptl Building with a full board
present, as follows: Mayor E. W.
Spires, Albert Byrum, X. E. Copeland,
O. B. Perry, Graham Byrum, Dr. L.
P. Williams and T- W. Jones.
Only matters of a routine nature
were transacted.
PRACTICE DEGREE WORK
All members of the Red Men de
gree team are requested to be pres
ent at the lodge hall Friday night at
7:30 o’clock forth purpose of prac
ticing.
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Committee Will ]Vf<*£t to
Render What Sendee
Is Necessary
MARCHTB TO 21
Information Must Be
Secured For Govern
ment Officials
Sign-up days will be observed in
Chowan County next week for cotton
contract signers. The days for this
work will be Monday, Tuesday, We
nesday and Thursday, March 18 to
21, and for the convenience and help
of cotton growers committeemen will
be at the various meeting places to
render any information or help that
■ may be needed. The places desigi
ed for this purpose are as follows:
, Edenton Township—County Agent
Rowell’s office.
Middle Township—R. C. Privott’s
r store.
Upper Township—G. A. Hollowt-H’s
? store.
Yeopim Township—R. E. Coffield’s
store.
Farmers who had cotton contracts
last year and grew cotton in 1933 or
1934 can sign contracts if they had a
cotton base for the period. Those
who signed contracts last year and
complied with the requirements will
still hold their old contracts with the
same base, but will be obliged to sign
an agreement to plant so many acres
and rent so many acres of the base
acreage. The purpose of this is to
let the farmers know how many
acres they can plant in 1935 and the
Washington office know how many
- acres the farmers will be paid for
taking cotton out of production,
r The cotton sign-up committee (net
i in Mr. Rowell’s office at 10 o’clock -
r Thursday morning to discuss the no v
i contracts. This committee is com
posed of the following:
County Committee Julien Wood.
3 R. P. Badham, R. C. Holland.
Edenton Township—W. Harrell,
j J. B. Webb, H. T. Hobbs.
Middle Township—L. W. Belch, W.
: H. Winbome, J. C. Haste.
; Upper Township—A. D. Ward, E
t G. Blanchard.
t Yeopim Township —J. E. Brabble.
. W. J. Goodwin .
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H. C. Goodwin Honored
By 54th Birthday Party
“‘Love took up the glass of Time.
And turned it in his glowing hands,
Every moment, lightly shaken,
Ran itself in golden sand*;.”
The poet could not have more apt
ly described the spirit nor the occa
sion. On Wednesday, March 6th,
; 1935, H. C. Goodwin was 54 years
’ “young” and that night there gather
ed at his home near Hancock Station
some of his friends, who with “Love
. took up the glass of Time.”
The home was beautifully decorat
ed with spring flowers and Henry,
surrounded by his friends and loved
i ones, was happy. Only the cake,
with ites 54 candles, told the tale—no
one would ever have guessed it.
Many useful and beautiful remem
brances showed how we love him
“Happy birthday, dear Henry,
Happy birthday to you.”
i Those who enjoyed this happy oc
! casion and the delightful buffet sup
. per which was served were: Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. S. Good-win, Mr. and Mrs.
N. J. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Good
win, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Goodwin, Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. P. Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Winslow, of Hertford, Dr. and Mrs.
M. P. Whichard, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Moran,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Ward, Mrs. H. B.
Jones and Mrs. S. W. Taylor, Misses
Emma Byrum, Mary Cody, Sarah
Mac Donald, Lena Jones, Edna Good
win and Ruth Davenport, Messrs.
F. W. Hobbs and William Privott.
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS TO MEET TONIGHT
All officers and teachers of the
Methodist Sunday School are request
ed to meet tonight at the parsonage
at 8:00 o’clock. The purpose of this
meeting is to discuss literature and
plan for the celebration of Easter.
LICENSED TO WED
One marriage license was issued
Saturday by Register of Deeds Mau
rice L. Bunch, the contracting parties
being John Brickhouse, Jr., and
Rachel Williams, colored,, of Chowan
County. They were married by Rev.
U. G. Privott.