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Volume 11.—Number 20.
Herald Expansion Campaign Closes Saturday
Twenty-five Seniors 1
Graduate On Friday
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Class Day Exercises
Take Place Tonight at
8 O’clock
OTHER EXERCISES
IForty-seven Promoted
From Seventh Oracle
To High Sfliool
Twenty-Jive members of the senior
class of tthe Edenton High Seßnol
will graduate Friday a%ht when the
graduation exercises Wall be held, 27
:-of-this number beinglgirls.
.The principal add rent to the seniors
will be made by Clyde-- A, Erwin, State
Superintendent of BhUic Inslructinn.
The program for file evening
■ follows:
Processional
Invocation
Chorus, “All For You” sHena
. Zucca, Swrenth Grade
Piano -Solo, “The-Fauns,” Chaani
nade, Eleanor Small.
Address, Clyde AlXrwin.
Piano Solo, <‘Six -YariationSi"l®ee
thoven, Emma Harrell.
Presentation of Bialomas.
Awarding of Prisra. 1 .
Chorus, “‘Laughipg Roses,” .Senior
Class.
Benediction.
Memherp of.thecc&ss who .wili re
ceive their.. diplamasrare as follows:
Annie Laurie Beafey, Doris itond,
. Julia Byxam, Clara tEopeland, .Josie
. Ruth Colling. IRutb Elliott, jSbnma
Harrell, lEsbber ;M»e Hollowell, AGr
i ginia Goodwin, Elizabeth Jordan.
[Maude Milter, iMaybtlie Parks, >3ttar
'jorie Powell, *Frances_Xaunders*dara
Smith, Eleanor Small, Saintie
.White, John William
Harrell, Prartk Holnaot, Ward' H*.s
!j«ps, John Hail ’Morgan, Richard
Rogerson, Chaaije; SwsMmer, and. Lewis
George Wilkins.
.'Class officer* are: .President, Frank
HoJmes,; vice pi»ffldent,',William Har
rell; secretary audi .treeswer, Saiijtie
■mat*-
Class Day exerefees writUhe held ton
.-njgfct (Thursday) sat rß{o9 o'clock/
•when -the following program -.will be
jend^td:
Sophomore Song to .Seniors and
JBsfeiy Arch.
Respqpse, Senior Cl*e*
Welcome Song, Senior Class.
Address of Welcome, Fraofk JWtmes
Sf&rtony, Eleanor SmalL
Fnopheay, Clara Meade Smith.
, Statistkai. Saint!e White.
Sofgr, Senior Class.
Poem, John Paul Morgan.
Last Wtß and Testament, John
Briggs,
Giftory, Marjorie Powell.
Valedictory, JDoris Bond.
Farewell SSoqg, Senior Class.
Commencement activties started
last Friday night when the music'
pupils of Mrs. Lson Lewis presented
■"their program before an audience Ail
ing the auditorium. Each one on the
program performed very creditably.
The outstanding number on the pro
gram was a Sugar Cookie Soldiers
song and drill in Wtridi Bill Cozart
led in the singing with William Perry,
Janie Mitchener, Naanie Bunch,
Winifred Hollowell, Julia Burton,
Hurley Bunch, Catherine Sawyer and
Mary Grey Byrum taking part as the
soldiers.
The baccalaureate sermon was held
Sunday night, when Rev. M. O. Steph
i enson, pastor of Center Hill Metho
dist Church, delivered an excellent
sermon to a crowd filling the audito
rium* Mr. Stephenson used as a text,
“I can do all things through Jesus
Christ who strengthened me.” Dur-
A ing his sermon he vividly brought
out the restlessness of man and the
desire to accomplish impossible
things in life. Illustration after illu
' stration was used by the speaker and
in each instance it was shown that
the whole world rejoices at accom-
resulting from ambitious
9and hard-working people. Mr. Steph
. enson’s sermon was thoroughly en
joyed and many favorable comments
were heard both from students and
others who attended.
In the Edenton school this year
about 47 pupils will be promoted from
the seventh grade to enter high
school.
I HOME FROM SCHOOL
9 Lloyd Hobbs, who has been attend
ing school at Boone, N. C., has re
turned to spend the summer with his
parasts, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hobbs,
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Ed Bond Post Gives
Party To Cake Bakers
A' very pleasant was en
joy** Tuesday when Ed -Bond Post
■ gave a party to the cake baking con
testants of the Cnuiity demonstration
clobs. The cakes, all baked from the
. same recipe submitted by-Miss Re-
I; tecca Colwell, were taken to/Cho wan
! Sfigh School Tuesday afternoon,
j where they were . judged, Marguerite
j ’Ward winning the honor tef having
j the best cake. All of-the cakes were
f brought to the lajgion hill Tuesday
[ night, where ithe Legionnaires and
; visitors made start work of them,
j' besides a gene roue quantity of ice
cream.
j The program included-mnsic and a
; hog-calling contest, .the staging being
directed hy C. J). IStewatt. In the
tj hog-cai&xg contest Joe Bpyce won out.
over Shelton IMam®, Crajg-Hlaste and J
Frank Ward.
Mi® Colwell .aad the cclub girls’
i also eontrihate'dttolhe pleasure of the
evening tby singing two selections.
Another [feature .was ,a:;quartet com
posed of Oscar Duncan, C. D. Stewart,
Craig Haste and E. E. Kramer, who
sang “Sweet,Adeline" which contain
ed a good sample of the “barbel
shop tenor”' .
The club ;girls accompanying Miss I
r ColweH .at .the party were: -Margue
rite Ward, Eleanor YWinkkw, Lois
Lane, Dorothy Beulali Cope
land, Daphne Ward and sCamilla
" White. Miss (.Copeland won in the
county biscuit baking contest and
l - Daphne Ward was . selected :.as the
e healthiest jtiil.
I Several members,,of the jL.egion
' Auxiliary were .also present;at the
u party.
e Capehartk Fishery
ii Closed For Season
II Too many herring and too . few shad
s has cost the great Capehcrt fishery
at Avoca its reputation ttfcis season
t and Walter P. .Billing, the Wiscon
- sin lessee, hte purse .and disposition,
o Mr. Bisping 3*as found hemqgja eur
i feit and a baseness Joss, so rather
1 than continue <either he closed the
■i fishery down last JRatrsday l&r the
■j reason.
1 Capehart began figuring In the;
1 earliest commentbad geographies as
, the largest shad aemeiy Sn the w«dd,
• bgt during the lad few years it &as
get done so well, in fact it has .done
5 very poorly insofar as dha A Me <tm
cert@td.This year less than JL/600 shad,
-have Jheen caught there, and five
years ago 1,600 shad in one seine
haul would have been sneered at.
But while the shad haven’t appear-'
1 ed this season, gosh, but the haring 1
I'have. It is reported that nearly 1
every haul for the last few weeks at
the fishery /has netted around 60,1)00
or more herring. And as Mr. Bisping
1 doesn’t care £or herring and didn’t
■ rent bis fishery for their capture, why,
I naturally, he hasn’t enjoyed it at all.
It Js not being formally admitted
! but it f* understood Mr. Bisping is
• through at Capehart’s and will not
■ lease another year. It is said the
5 fishing place has been rented for the
: summer months as a colored bathing
> resort and that the residents of Mer
« ry Hill are none too pleased with this.
,
! Edenton Has Perfect
Fire Record In 1934
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According to a bulletin of statistics
and facts of fire loss in protected
■ cities and towns in North Carolina, j
compiled by the North Carolina Insur- ■
1 ance Department, Edenton was in- 1
1 eluded in the list of cities to have a J
' perfect fire record for the year 1934.
In this group were cited 19 cities in- <
! eluding Hertford which were the only
' cities named in the Albemarle.
Both Mayor E. W. Spires and Fire
Chief R. K. Hall are particularly
pleased over the showing made by
the local fire department, believing
tha tby efficient service the fire loss
has been held to the minimum.
Robert L. Pratt Now
Patrolman At Night
Robert L. Pratt has been appointed
night patrolman in Edenton replacing
A. T. Spivey, whose untimely death
occurred early Friday morning. Mr.
Pratt is a former patrolman, having
served a number of years under the
administration of Mayor J. L. Wig
gins, and until taking over his new
duties was employed on the local
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolim, Thursday, May 16,1935.
A. T. SPIVEK, NIGHT <
PATROLMAN TAKES
OWN LITE FRIDAY
i
Sends ißullet Through
Temple While On
Duty
CITED FORBRAVERY
Funeral Services Con
ducted Saturday
Afternoon
Fuiffiral services were held Satur
day .afternoon dor Alowa T. Spivey,
night policeman in Edenton for the
past several .years.
Ml. .Spivey took his-own life about
2:90 aftclock IXriday morning in front
of £fce Municipal -Building, when he
sent a -bullet from - his own revolver
thraagh tthe ttemple. -.Prior to killing
1 himself Mr. SSpivey was talking to
tew local .men, Percy' Satterfield and
Raymond White, and appeared to be
in site beat -of spirits. As the two
men started to . leave in an automo
bile they ifteard a -shot fired and Mr.
Spivey dropped death The bullet, a
steel jacket, penetrated the door of
the buflding, and was found on the
floor of the council chamber after a
diligent starch.
| Me. .Spivey, who bore the reputa
! tion as a brave officer, had been on
the local joolice force for a number of
years. He had the honor of receiv
ing the [Distinguished Service medal
for bravery in the World War as well
as a ttetter off commendation from
General ftershing. Hie carried the
scars erf battle and •.was somewhat
crippled as the resiilt of being wound
ed when he routed :a machine gun nest
in the War, for which ’he was cited
for brarwery. Prior to t coming to
Edenton from Perquimans County he
had quite a reputation for training
hunting dogs .and :did this work for
a long time for wealthy northern
sportsmen.
He is survived by his widow and
two daughter*, Celia .mid [Margaret,
of Edenton; a .sister, Mrs. C. C. Chap
pell, of Percprimans County; three
brothers, George Spivey, <of /Suffolk,
Va, Ernest and Algernon Spivey, of
Perquimans County,
Funeral services were -conducted at
the graveside in Beaver Jfitl 'Ceme
tery with Rev. E, L. Wells, -pastor of
the Baptist Church, officiating. Music
was furnished by the Edenton quar
tet consisting of Jim Daniels, George
Lassiter, C. S. Cozart aad C. ’H.
; Wood. Taps were sounded by Car-;
roll Boyce and Leon Leary.
Pallbearers, members of Ed Bond
Post, American Legion, were O- H.
Brown, R. L. Pratt, Shelton Moore,!
Ernest JaCkson, C. D. Stewart and C. j
E. Kramer.
Committee Discusses
Local Playground
A committee of Ed Bond Post,
American Legion, consisting of John
A. Holmes, C. E. Kramer, W. W. By
rum and Shelton Moore, on Monday
night met with Mrs. W. S. Privott,
chairman of Child Welfare of the
American Legion, in the Municipal
Building relative to the formation of
a playground sponsored by the Auxil
iary.
Nothing definite resulted during the
meeting pending an investigation of
plans and set-up by the Auxiliary
committee. •
MAKING TRIP SOUTH
J. L. Wiggins, Administrative As
sistant, Forest Products Division,
NRA., stationed at Washington, D.
C., spent the past week-end at his
home on North Granville Street. Mr I
Wiggins left Tuesday for South Car- ]
olina, Georgia and Florida.
NAMES OF CONTESTANTS
The following names of contestants in the Chowan Herald's Ex
pansion Campaign arc listed in alphabetical order and does NOT de
note stafiding in the campaign:
Mrs. Bessie Allen Colerain
Miss Bernice Dail Edenton Route 2
Miss Sara Lee Hobbs 1 Edenton
Mrs. John W. Hollowell Edenton Route 1
Miss Dorothy Moore Edenton
Miss Sue Doris Smithwick Merry Hill
Miss Bernice Williams Edenton
Mrs. K. R. Winslow Hobbsville R. F. D.
Saturday is the last day of the campaign—this is your last chance
to help your favorite. It may not be possible for the person you want
to help to see you during the rush of the last hours —so why not send
your subscription to them, or bring it to the Herald office, where it
will be credited to your candidate ?,>
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14 CASES SOCKETED ,
FOR SPECIAL TERM
OF CHOWAN COURT
i j
Session Will Get Under
Wny Next Monday
Morning
UST OF CASES
Judge Clayton Moore of
Williamston Will
Preside
Tie special term of Chowan .Su
perior Court, called for the trial of
civil cases, will begin Monday morn
ing, with Judge Clayton Moore, of
Williamston presiding. The .calendar
consists of 14 cases, none of which is
calculated to create an exceptional
amount of interest. The cases as
listed follow:
Monday, May 20th
ißlades vs. K. R. Winslow
iDixie etc. Co. vs. Mitchener & Leary
.Nixon vs. H. C. Nixon
U. S. Hofman Machine Co. vs.
•Watson
.Stokley vs. Stokley
Wheeler vs. Bank of Edenton
Tuesday, May 21st
.Evans & Etheridge vs. Habit
.Commissioner of Banks vs. Everett'
Hare vs. Hare and Badham
.Zachery vs. Griffin
Wednesday, May 22nd
West vs. Byrum
Evans vs. Griffin
, Satterfield vs. Boyce et als
Motion
White vs. Foreman Blades Lumber
Company.
Motions and divorce cases heard at
, the pleasure of the Court.
Masons Preparing For
Their Annual Banquet
Plans have been about completed
, for the .annual banquet of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., which
! will be held in the King’s Arms Tav
ern next Thursday night.
An interesting program has been
arranged which includes Judge Clay
ton Moore, of Williamston as the
principal speaker of the evening.
Judge Moore will he introduced to the
gathering by Judge Francis D. Win
ston, of Windsor, who together with
S. E. Phelps, deputy : grand master of
the second district, in which the
, Edenton lodge has recently been
placed, will be special guests.
As an added attraction, Clara and
Ruth Crumpler, 12-year-old twins of
M«erry Hill, will render entertainment
wMch includes acrobatic stunts, sing
ing and dancing. This form of enter
tainment is not new to these young
ladies, having performed since they
were quite young before similar au
diences.
Ticket# are now on sale for the
banquet under the direction of E. T.
Rawlinson, and from advance reports
a large number will attend the ban
quet. Special music will be furnished
during the evening by Kenneth
Floars and his orchestra.
Snow Flurry Reported
i
At Chowan Bridge
(Temperature in this section took
a sudden drop Wednesday following a
violent wind storm late Tuesday af
ternoon, when a number of trees and
large limbs were blown down. '
Captain Pat Bell reported to The !
Herald that about 10:00 o’clock Wed- 1
nesday morning a slight snow storm ’
was in progress at the Chowan
bridge. The flurry of hominy snow ’
lasted for several minutes, according 1
to Mr. Bell. £
Candidates Rallying
Aid In Closing Hours
DR. W. r HART, JR.,
ROTARY PRESIDENT
Senator Lloyd Griffin, who was
elected president of the Edenton Ro
tary Club for the year beginning
July 1, last week informed the Club
that as much as he appreciated the
honor conferred upon him he would
not be able to accept the presidency.
The Club at its meeting last Thurs
day decided to get in touch with Mr.
Griffin, who was then in Raleigh, over
the telephone requesting him to re
consider the proposition, but for busi
ness reasons he declined to accept.
Subsequently another election was
held when Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr , was
elected as president of the Club. Mr.
Hart has taken an active part in Ro
tary and is thoroughly acquainted
with the activities of the organiza
tion, and in his election the entire
membership pledged their whole
hearted support to bring Rotary to
the front during the coming year.
The regular luncheon Thursday was
called off due to the State Rotary
meeting being held in Raleigh, which
is being attended by a number of
local Rotarians-
Sheriff Alvah Bunch
Takes Oath o’s Office
Alvah Bunch, who was appointed
sheriff of Chowan County on April
I_B by the County Commissioners to
fulfill the unexpired term of the late
C. A. Boyce, on Tuesday was finally
made sheriff, being sworn into office
by Richard D. Dixon, clerk of Super
ior Court- Mr. Bunch had been as
suming the sheriff’s duties as coro
ner, but pending the securing of a
bond the tax books remained under
lock and key in the clerk of court’s
office. These have now been turned
' over to the sheriff and tax payers
will be able to receive an official re
ceipt for taxes paid. Since being ap
pointed, Mr. Bunch has collected some
taxes for which temporary receipts
were given and these may now be ex
changed for official receipts.
A $15,000 surety bond from the
National Surety Company of New
York was received by Mr. Bunch on
Saturday, but the office requires an
additional bond of $5,000 covering
money collected on procedure papers
and the like, which arrived Tuesday,
immediately following which he took
the oath of office.
Mrs. Ethel H. Boyce, who has been
employed by Mr. Bunch, will be in the
sheriff’s office for the purpose of re
ceiving taxes.
Chowan Delegation
Goes To Washington
In advocacy of a continuation of the !
AAA processing taxes, Julien Wood
headed a delegation to Washington,
D. C., this week. His associates on
the trip were F. W. Hobbs, R. P-
Badham and H. T. Hobbs, represent
ing, as thby did, all the dirt farmers
of Chowan County who were unable
to get away at this season of the
year. The quartette took the boat
trip to and fro from Norfolk, and are
expected back today.
Maurice Bunch Gets
Coveted Honor Medal
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Maurice Bunch, register of deeus of
Chowan County, last week received 1
the coveted medal of the Purple Heart
in token of his outstanding services ,
rendered dnring the World War. (
Modest as he is, the request for this i
medal was made by Mr. Bunch only
after continued urging on the part of i
a number of his friends. j
Mr. Bunch, who has been quite ill (
the past two weeks, has recovered i
sufficiently to be about town, but is
still unable to resume his duties in l
the office, which are capably being j
done during his illness by his wife.
R. H. Bachman Named
Tyrrell Superintendent
Friends in this section will be de
lighted to learn that R. H. Bachman
of Edenton has been elected to serve
as county school superintendent for
Tyrrell County for the 1936-36 ses
sion. His selection was made last
week at a meeting of the Tyrrell
County Board of Education.
Mr. .Bachman for a number of
years was superintendent for Chowan
County anil -Was .auctecdcd- by W. ; J.
Taylor.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Nip and Tuck Race For
First Prize, Which
Is S4OO
FRIENDSANXIOUS
Subscribers Very Eager
To Learn Result of .
Contest
Standing today with thair faces to
the future and the thoughts of “now
or never” hovering' in their minds,
candidates in The Herald’s Expansion
campaign are rallying their aids as
would a general on the eve of battle;;
preparing with feverish-haste to make"
their final stand fbrrvictoTy before
8:00 o’clock Saturday nigbt—the last
night—while alt of Chowan and sur
rounding counties are waiting, watch
ing, wondering and hustling for their
favorites.
Leading candidates are seeking
with the hustle of preparation for the
final dash and with one accord are
fighting valiantly and determinedly
to reach the goal—where the biggest
prize awaits.
Seven weeks of hard Work with
big prizes closes Saturday night at
8:00 o’clock, at which time The Her
ald’s Expansion campaign comes to if
close. The four successful candi
dates will receive the awards—and
the most successful of the four will
reeeivc the grand prize of $400.00-
The end is but a few hours away.
If you can trust your own judgment
as to your competitor’s strength,
based on facts and observations and'
lay your plans accordingly then there
is yet time to stem the tide and turn
it into a sweeping victory.
Don’t try to figure just how many
votes it will take to win, for you will
surely fail to get enough. Don’t be
afraid of having too many votes for
you can’t have too many. It would be
better to win by a million votes than
to get left by a few thousand. It is
up to you now, or let your rivals beat
you to it.
A few more laps and the battle'
will be over—the seven weeks of hard
work wrfll be behind you. These
weeks have meant that you will get
well paid or that you are contented to
take what may come. The leaders in
any business go out after the biggest
things, and the same with the cam
pain. It is up to each of you to get
every possible friend to help you
these last few days—the race is never
over until the line is crossed, and you
have these last few days to get the
subscriptions you need to make you
the winner. Make these days count
big for you.
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(Successful Year At
Merry Hill School
The Merry Hill school, with J. A.
Williams as principal, has had a very
successful year with progress report
ed along all lines of endeavor. Mr.
Williams’ operations have been very
satisfactory to both parents and pu
pils, and patrons of the school feel-'
very fortunate in having the entire:
staff re-elected for the next year.
The commencement programs,
which were published last week, were
carried out with the auditorium filled
to overflowing. Dr. Edwards’ ad
dress to the seniors was very impres
sive, his subject being “Answering
the Call to Duty and Heroic Sendee.”
Mr. Williams presented the certifi
cates to the class graduating from the
elementary school with very fitting
words.
Sallie Williford was presented a
medal for the best average, her mark
in high school being 93. Nettie
Cowand was also awarded a medal
for being the best all around student.
Mr. Adams, chairman of the school
board, presented the diplomas to the
graduates with appropriate words.
Gty Officials Sworn
In At Council Meeting
The monthly meeting of Town
Council was held Tuesday night,
which, aside from administering oath
of office to the re-elected city officials,
only routine business was transacted.
The members of city council were
also reappointed to serve in the fol
lowing capacities: Mayor pro tern, X.
E. Copeland; finance committee, L.
P. Williams and A. G. Byrum; street
commissioner, T. W. Jones; park and
playground commissioner, G. M. By
lurnj fire commissioner, 0. B. Perrys