In these columns will be
found a fear presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume IL—Number 15.
There’s Still Time To
Enter Herald Contest
t Few Candidates In Race
For S4OO In Cash
Prize
EASYMONEY
Votes For Subscriptions
Count More Early
In Campaign
The names of candidates who have
entered in The Herald’s big prize
campaign and the number of votes
cast for each up until Wednesday
noon are published today.
It is quite puzzling to the manage
ment why more do not take advan
tage of The Hetfald’s big campaign.
While we have been commended on
all sides for making such an oppor
tunity, but comparatively few people
have entered. More active candidates
are wanted and friends should urge
their choice for candidates who are
not entered to do so at once.
Nomination Still Open
There may be some who would like
to enter who may be of the opinion
that it is too late; that those who
have already entered have too big a
lead. Glance at the vote schedule.
Just one or two good subscriptions
will give you enough votes to lead
the procession. There is plenty of
room and time for new leaders to be
developed. There are many districts
in which no one is working and no
place but that there are numerous op
portunities for new contestants to
get the few subscriptions necessary
to put them in the lead.
Valuable Rewards
Think of the value in hard cash
represented in this splendid list of
prizes to be given away absolutely
free. $400.00 as first prize, SIOO.OO
as second prize, and fifty and twenty
five dollars as third and fourth prizes
and a large amount set aside in cash
commissions. This is certainly sub
stantial pay for work done (only in
your spare time during the next few
weeks.
Some one is going to be richer by
four hundred dollars in these coming
weeks, amd others are going to add
to their bank balances by many (dol
lars, and just for using their *g>are
time. Will you make up your mind
now to be one of the above someones ?
Clip the coupon and mail or bring in
to The Herald office today. That
starts you with 5,000 votes and puts
you in line for one of the prizes you
make up your mind to work for.
Who Win Lead Next Week?
While several of the more aggres
sive candidates have started in the
race with a good number of votes to
their credit, the leaders of today do
not necessarily mean that they will
be the leaders next week. Just a few
subscriptions, and still fewer of the
longer period variety can make a new
leader.
Don’t Get Discouraged
The contest is just now in its in
fancy and there is not a single can
didate among those listed or new
ones for that matter who could not, if
proper efforts were put forth, secure
enough votes to lead the field in just
a few days.
When one considers that 100,000
extra votes are allowed on every $lO
turned in it can be readily seen how
easily you may forge your way to the
top.
Votes Count More New
Now is the time for you to get all
the renewals and subscriptions you
can. They have a larger vote value
now than later on. A single year’s
subscription now counts 10,000 votes,
while during the last week of the
campaign it counts only 3,000, or less
than one third. * A five-year subscrip
tion (new) now counts 300,000 votes
besides the extra club votes and dur
ing the last week such a subscription
would count but 75,000.
Get all the subscriptions possible
now. The present vote schedule is in
effect until April 27. Then it begins
to decline.
To New' and Old Entries
If you will display some enthusi
asm, see your friends, put forth
some earnest efforts, you can count
on your friends to help you. They
are interested in your success in the
same measure as you try yourself to
win a prize. They can be counted on
to help you if you will help yourself.
Work fast nowi You must get votes
to win.
« FLUE FIRE WEDNESDAY
The Edenton Fire Department was
called out late Wednesday afternoon
in answer to a call from the home of
John Dobson on Mosely Street, where
a flue fire was in progress. No dam
k'age was reported. I
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Made Richest Boy
In Chowan County
The will of R. E. Cochran, well
known Chowan County farmer who
died last week, was probated Sat
urday before Superior Court Clerk
Richard D. Dixon.
James Robert Hendricks, 7
years old, great nephew of the de
ceased, and a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Hendricks, was named as the
sole beneficiary of the entire es
tate. The will is of peculiar in
terest from the fact that it was
made when the child was but one
year of age.
The estate is valued on the tax
books at $30,000 which makes
young Hendricks the richest child
in Chowan County. " Other chil
dren probably will inherit large
sums but young Hendricks came
into possession of the estate at the
age of 7. His parents and W. M.
Hollowell, cashier of the Bank of
Hobbsville, were named as the
boy’s executors.
TUESDAY, MAY 7, SET
FOR CITY ELECTION;
NO CANDIDATES OUT
Mayor, Treasurer, Members ts Board
of Public Works and Six Coun
cilmea Will Be Elected
The election of city officers will be
1 held Tuesday, May 7, at which time
will be elected a mayor, treasurer,
three members of the Boand of Pub
lic Works and six coundhnen, one
i from each of the four wards and two
councilm«n-«t-large.
Registrars and judges of election
1 were named Tuesday night at the
- meeting of city council, which are as
; follows:
i First Ward: Registrar, R. L. Spry;
judges, W. A. Everett and W. W.
Byrum. The polling place is at the
Armory.
Second Ward: Registrar, C. H.
Wood; judges, H. J. Boyce and H. B.
Jones. The polling place Is in the
i Court House.
Third Ward: Registrar, T. C.
1 White; judges G. B. Potter and A.
M. Forehand. The polling place is at
Enoch Ward’s store.
Fourth Ward: Registrar, C. T.
, Griffin; judges, W. T. Gordon and
Roland Ward. The polling place
; will be in the Boy Scout Cabin.
The registration books will be open
April 17 and remain open 20 days be
fore election for voters to register.
All candidates for any of the of
fices are requested to file their appli
cation with Roy E. Leary, town clerk,
on or before April 30 in order that
their names will appear on the bal
lots.
So far as The Herald could learn
nobody has expressed a desire to date
to run for office, and while none of
the present office holders have com
mitted themselves, it is believed they
will all re-run.
Prospects Bright For
Baseball This Summer
Plans are going forward for base
ball in Edenton during the summer,
and at present prospects are bright
for league baseball again this year
with possibly six clubs in the circuit.
A meeting was called in Windsor
Friday night by H. W. Earley, presi
dent of the league last year, at
which time Edenton, Ahoskie and
Windsor were ready to form a
league. Williamston is definitely out
this year, having joined the Coastal
Plain League.
Another meeting was held at
Windsor Wednesday night at just
about the same time The Herald was
going to press. At this meeting
plans were expected to be completed
so that the various clubs could begin
practice and select a team. It is ex
pected that Washington, Scotland
Neck and possibly Weldon will make
a bid to enter the league as new
comers this year. Plymouth nor
Elizabeth City were not present at
the meeting last Friday, so just what*
action they take is problematical.
Graham Byrum, manager of the
Edenton team, is very optimistic at
the prospects for a good team in
Edenton this year, and at a subse
quent meeting of the local organiza
tion ways and means will be decided
to raise finances to start off the
season.
HAVE YOU? j
Have you bought ll ticket for the I
Business Men’s Supper tonight ? |
llf noL you ought to!
lenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 11,1935.
| CHOWAN CLASS OF 1935 j;
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Above is pictured the 1935 graduating class of Chowan High
School. Due to serious illness of Pauline Hollowell, a member of the
class, when the picture was taken, she does not appear on the pic
ture. Miss Hollowell, hovewer, has recovered sufficiently to do her
school work at home and most likely will graduate when the exer
cises are held on Monday night, May 6.
Those in the group, left to right, are as follows:
Front Row—Nina Jordan, Daphne Ward, Lucy Baker, Grace
Monds, Dorothy Perry. .
Second Row—Horace Lamb, Wilson Berryman, Cary Pnvott.
Third Row—Emmett Dale, Pauline Byrum, Marjorie Boyce,
Edith Bunch, William Belch.
Back Row—Miss Marion Fiske, member of the faculty, Joseph
Byrum, Gordon Boyce, Carey McNider, Josiah Perry, Adolph
Spivey, Elbert Byrum. • - ________
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, Plans Set To Form Business
i Men’s Group Tonight In Hotel
A dinner will be served tonight at
7:30 o’clock in the King’s Arms Tav
! em the purpose of which is to reor
-1 ganize the Chowan Chamber of Com
> merce or form a Business Men’s As
’ sociation.
: At a recent meeting of citizens
’ who are vitally interested in a busi
ness men’s group, J. A. Moore was
1 named temporary chairman with in
! structions to lay plans whereby a
! permanent body could be organized.
It was thought that by having a
’ dinner those who are interested would
• attend and an organization set up to
1 look after the interests of the town
and county. Tickets at 50 cents
• each have been put in the hands of a
■ committee for sale and it is expected
i that a large crowd will attend the
dinner.
In connection with the efforts to
. organize a business organization the
; following request was sent to The
Herald for publication:
Agreeable to a plan adopted by a
I group of business men and other in-
Edenton Debaters
i Off To Chapel Hill |
The Edenton High School debating i
team left Thursday morning for
Chapel Hill, where they will com
’ pete with winning teams from all
' over the State. The Edenton debat
ers are Eleanor Small, Margaret
Spires, George McKenna and Junius
Davis.
Superintendent John A. Holmes ac
companied the team and while away
will confer with Dr. H. G. Baity, as
well as Capus M. Waynick relative
to the allocation of funds to be used
in the building of a new high school
and remodeling the present plant.
The debaters will take part in the
preliminary debate at 7 o’clock on
Thursday night which contest in
cludes 68 negative teams and the
same number on the affi|mative side.
From this number 16 teams on each
side will be picked in the second pre
liminary and from this number a neg
ative and affirmative team will be
selected to debate for State honors.
The final debate will take place on
Friday night.
Bank Os Edenton
Closed On Friday
The Bank of Edenton will be clos
ed all day Friday, April 12, Halifax
Day being observed as a legal holiday
in North Carolina. Patrons of the
bank will please note the holiday.
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HERE’S HOW THEY STAND 1
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■ The names of the candidates in the Herald Expansion Campaign, 1
and the votes cast for publication up to Wednesday noon are listed be- i
low. Many communities are not represented and there is a splendid T
opportunity for someone to enter and earn S4OO in the next five week.®. (
Miss Sara Lee Hobbs, Edenton 199,000 a
Mrs. John W. Hollowell, Edenton Route 1 197,000 1
Miss Bernice Williams, Edenton 194,000
Miss Sue Doris Smithwick, Merry Hill 193,000 *
Miss Dorothy Moore, Edenton 193,000 <
Mrs. Yf- R- Lawrence, Perrytown 125,000
Vlrs. Maxine Hollowell, Small’s Cross Roads 5,000
Mrs. K. R. Winslow, Hobbsville R. F. D. 5,000
j Miss Margaret Dail, Edenton R. F. D. 5,000 {
terested citizens at a meeting held
last Thursday for the purpose of re
organizing the Chowan Chamber of
Commerce, a dinner will be provided
at the King’s Arms Tavern Thursday
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Accordingly, a committee consist
ing of F. P. Wood, J. H. Conger,
Junius W. Davis, W. W. Byrum and
W. D. Holmes was appointed by J.
Augustus Moore, temporary chair
man, which .committee is now making
all arraugg|nents and selling tickets
for this dinner.
Summarizing the past accomplish
ments of the Chowan Chamber of
Commerce and realizing the present
possibilities for even greater achieve
ments by such an organization, we
urgently request and cordially invite
all interested citizens of the entire
county to attend this important meet
ing.
D. M. WARREN, Chairman,
Chowan Co. Board of Com.
E. W. SPIRES Mayor,
Town of Edenton.
Gty Fathers Discuss
N. Edenton Sidewalks
A full board was present Tuesday
night at the monthly meeting of
Town Council, including Mayor E. W.
Spires, O. B. Perry, Graham Byrum,
T. W. Jones and Dr. L. P. Williams.
Routine business was transacted,
including the payment of all bills.
Mr. Copeland, councilman from the
Fourth Ward brought to the atten
tion of the city fathers the necessity
of making sidewalks in North Eden- .
ton, especially mentioning First
Street and Johnson Street. At pres
ent pedestrians are forced to walk on 1
these streets which is dangerous, as i
well as very annoying while passing <
cars in wet -weather. Instances were
reported that school children while 1
on their way to school have been i
splashed with mud and water by ’
passing automobiles. The matter was <
thoroughly discussed and the condi- 1
tion will likely be remedied during
the summer. j
“Eyes Os Love” Friday
At Advance School j
The play “Eyes of Jtove” will be ]
given at the Advance, school house on
Friday night, April 12. This play
recently was ■ put on at the.. Oak
’Grove school and will go to Advance
by request. The same cast of char- 1
acters will be used and a small ad- 1
mission charged. - 1
Movement On Foot
For New Court House
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Arrests Expected
For City Speeding
Members of City Council have
lately received numerous com
plaints regarding automobile
speeding on the streets of the city.
Especially is speeding reported on
North Broad street, some of the
councilmen being informed that
cars travel anywhere from 30 to
60 miles while going out and com
ing in on Broad Street.
Members of city council sense
the danger of this practice, and it
was brought to their attention
that much of this speeding is done
by Edenton residents. The police
have been ordered to warn drivers
who exceed the speed limit and to
make arrests if the practice is not
stopped.
R. C. HOLLAND AND
T. C. BYRUM HEAD
WATERMELON MEN
Will Attend State Meeting When
Delegates Will Be Named to Form
Marketing Agreement
A large number of watermelon
growers and shippers of Chowan
County gathered in the Court House
Monday morning for the purpose of
electing a representative of each
group to attend a State meeting of
watermelon growers through which a
watermelon marketing agreement
will be formed for the 1935 crop. The
meeting was called and presided over
by N. K. Rowell, County Agent.
Mr. Rowell explained the purpose
of the marketing agreement, stating
that watermelons were not included
in commodity acreage control but
that if a marketing agreement is per
fected the prices of watermelons can
be controlled and more money realiz
ed from the crop.
R. C. Holland was elected to repre
sent the growers and T. C. Byrum
will represent the shippers. These
two delegates will attend a State
meeting which will be held in the
near future at which time an advis
ory committee and a control commit
tee will be named to represent North
Carolina growers. The marketing
agreement includes four states, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.
Each one present signed an affida
vit to the effect that Mr. Holland
and Mr. Byrum will represent them
and at the State meeting each signer
Monday will count as a vote cast by
the respective representatives to
elect an advisory committee and ;
control committee. One North Caro
lina member will be elected on the
control committee and four en the
advisory committee, which together
with similar committees from the
other states will have charge of the
marketing agreement.
Mr. Rowell could not say definitely
just how the marketing agreement
would be set up, but was of the opin
ion that an arrangement will be made
to prevent the market from being
glutted and thus lowering the price
of watermelons.
Mr. Holland and Mr. Byrum will
be officially notified when and where
the State meeting will be held, and
watermelon growers will be inform
ed what action has been taken as
further developments materialize.
At the meeting here Monday 32
growers and 33 shippers signed the
affidavits electing Mr. Holland and
Mr. Byrum, and all present appeared
very anxious to enter into an agree
ment which ultimately would net a
larger return for watermelons.
Rev. E. T. Jillson To
Speak At St. Paul’s
Rev. E. T. Jillson, of Hertford, will
be the special preacher at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church tonight. This ser
vice will conclude the special Thurs
day night sendees in progress since
March 7 at which visiting preachers
have filled the local pulpit.
Next week, Holy Week, services
will be held Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at 6:15 P. M. A service
will also be held at 11 A. M. Wed
nesday and at 8 P. M. Maundy Thurs
day, at which time Holy Communion
will be observed. On Good Friday an
11 A. M. service will be held.
On Easter Sunday Holy Com
munion will be observed at 7:30 A.
M. and 11 A. M., with a Sunday
School celebration at 4:30 P. M.
YOU’RE NEEDED!
Every person interested in the pro
gress of this section should attend the
dinner tonight at the hotel.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Plan Would Transform
Present Building Into
Museum
BUY CITIZENS BANK
Closed Bank Would Be
Used For Court and
Centralize Officials
Two propositions of great interest
to every resident of Chowan County,
one having to do with the acquisition
of a new court house and the other
with the abandonment of the present
old structure and its transfer into a
public museum of history, are up be
fore the County Commissioners for a
likely decision at the forthcoming
May meeting.
Purchase of the Citizens Bank
Building for $20,000 and remodeling
it into a court house in which all the
1 county officials now scattered about
I the town can be housed under one
■ roof, is one phase the commissioners
are especially interested in.
The other has to do with the trans
i fer of title to the old building to a
prominent wealthy and philanthropic
North Carolinian who has agreed to
make the building over into the shape
i it was when constructed in 1767, and
i endow and maintain it through the
: Daughters of the American Revolu
f tion or Colonial Dames as a public
i museum of history for the entire
f Albemarle section,
i In order that there may be no un
t due excitement over the matter it
: can be said the entire situation is in
r purely a formative stage and that all
profers and suggestions are so far
; informal.
; That the present court house will
i have to either be restored and fixed
t up for further court uses has been a
- matter of knowledge for several
i years. The commissioners are well
- aware of this and have sought vari
ous ways whereby a. readjustment of
- conditions can be made.
l It remained for W. g. Privott.
s former director of the Citizens Bank,
j to lay his plan before the Commis
-5 sioners, a plan that has awakened an
. interest on their part. The bank
. building cost around $150,000 Mr.
i Privott said, and he explained that it
r could be bought for the flattering
l figure of $20,000.
: It would be simple, he said, to re
model the first fto.od barking offices
. into a court room larger than the one
I at present in use, and that the sec
, ( ond and mezzanine floor offices would
.. make admirable suit? for all the
county officials, while the third floor
j could be made into a jail with a
home in the front for the hail keeper,
j Senate i Griffin brought up the
. other angle, and announced that he
> j had received■ positive assurances from
. | his. philanthropist that if a deed for
, j too court house was given he would
, 1 spend lavishly making it a museum of
j Statewide interest, and would also
, go along with the Commissioners in
making possible a new court house.
Just whether this means he would
buy and remodel the bank building,
. Mr. Griffin did not know over the last
; week-end, but expects to learn before
he returns to Edenton, this week.
The proposed changes no doubt will
cause a lot of talk about town and
it’s about fifty-fifty either way as to
whether the court house should go or
whether it should stay.
Masonic Meeting Called
Off On Account Dinner
Due to the dinner being held to
night in the King’s Arms Tavern for
the purpose of reorganizing the
Chowan Chamber of Commerce or
forming a Business Men’s Associa
tion, W. C. Bunch, master of Unani
mity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
has called off the regular Masonic
meeting which would likely conflict
with the formation of a business
men’s group.
Members of the lodge are asked to
note the calling off of the meeting,
and urged to attend the dinner if
possible.
Cora Bass Presented
In College Recital
Thursday evening, April 18, Chow
an College will present Miss Cora
Felton Bass in a graduating voice re
cital at the college.
Twelve numbers are listed in the
recital, which will be accompanied by
Forrest DeLano.
Miss Bass, a mezzo-soprano, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bass,
rear Colerain, and is the niece of Mrs.
L. S. Byrum and Miss Inez Felton, of
Edenton.