In ttkese columns nriU be
found a fair presentation
e/j local and county news
«j general interest.
Volume II. — Number 21.
Large Crowds Atter
School Closing Even
¥
Auditorium Unable to
Accommodate Friends
Os Students
ERWIN~SPEAKER
59 Graduate From Sev
enth Grade to Enter
High School
TTStt 1934-35 session of the Eden
ton schools very fittingly came to a
close Friday night when 25 seniors
graduated from the school and 59
seventh graders received their di
plomas and will enter their first year
in high school at the opening of the
next school year. Class day exer
cises were held on Thursday night,
both of which affairs drew a crowd
"too large to be accommodated in the,
inadequate auditorium.
The class day exercises were rea- ;
son for much laughter and fun as the.
prophecy of the class was read by'
Clara Meade Smith, and the various:
gifts to each member of the class ;
given, together with an explanation,:
by Marjorie Powell. The address of
welcome was made by Frank
Holmes, president of the class.
Eleanor Small read the history,
Saintie White gave the statistics,
John Briggs delivered the last will
and testament to the incoming senior
class, and John Paul Morgan read
the class poem. Doris Bond, valedic
torian of the class, made the vale
dictory address.
Clyde A. Erwm, State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, addressed
the graduating class on Friday night,
the graduates as well as the large
audience being very favorably im
pressed with Mr. Erwin’s address
and his first visit in the Albemarle
country.
In the beginning of his speech, Mr.
Erwin very generously thanked the
Edenton people for their hospitality
during his short stay here and ex
plained that though it was his first
visit he felt very much at home,
being very intimate with John A.
Holmes, city superintendent, and \V.
J. Taylor, superintendent of tha
county administrative unit. He like
wise complimented both Senator,
Lloyd Griffin and Representative John.
T\ White for their cooperation and
support of educational legislation;
during the recent session of the
-General Assembly.
The speaker in the main used as
"his subject the problems of education
in North Carolina. “These gradu
ates on this stage,” said he, “repre
sent the wealth of your town, and
the two agencies Uv«L can.---
this • '.‘{OaFth are the church and the
school.” He championed a safe and
sane school program, explaining that
quite different than when he was a
high school student, graduates now
must make quick decisions. ‘‘Twenty
five thousand at this time in North
Carolina are graduating from high
schools,” said the speaker, “and
these are like uncrowned queens and
must win their crowns, not by acci
dent or he presented with them on a
silver platter, but they must come
as the result of hard and stern ef
fort upon the part of each individual."
Mr. Erwin urged the students to
live such lives that they may be
proud of the record they have made,
reminding them that their lives can
not be re-lived and that the record
they make will stand. He said a
group of graduates represent the
finest group of young people he has
ever seen, and did not wish to criti
cise, but rather remind them that
they are living in a reckless and ir
responsible age and in order to make
the sort of success they should that
it would be necessary for them to
enter their work with their xvhole
heart, that the whole world is look
ing for sincerity of purpose and not
the hypocritical sort.
“These graduates,” continued Mr.
Erwin, “are standing on the most
challenging age, an age of miracles,
when civilization is making swift
(Continued on Page Five)
Edenton School Board
Meets With Architect
The Edenton school board met on
Tuesday when F. W. Benton, an arch
itect from Wilson, was present and
urged immediate action lo secure an
outright grant for a new school
building. Mr. Benton drew plans for
the Citizens Bank, the Taylor Thea
tre, the W. D. Pruden home and oth
er magnificent buildings in this sec
tion.
A committee was appointed to
adopt the necessary, resolutions in
the hope that a much needed school
) building can be secured through the
Federal government. ,y'
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
PLANS SHAPING FOR
HONE TALENT PLAY
EDENTON FIRE DEPT.
Cast Already Selected
For “Black-Eyed
Susan”
COACH HERE
Ruth Haverty Impress
ed With Progress of
Local Players
The Edenton Fire Department will
present on Thursday and Friday
nights of next week a musical come
dy “Black-Eyed Susan” with entirely
local talent. The play is directed by
Ruth Haverty, who is with the Wayne
P. Sewall Producing Co., of Atlanta,
Ga. The performance will begin at
8:15, and the doors will be open to
the public at 7:45.
The cast has been selected and re
hearsals have started with the prom
ise of a very excellent show. ‘‘Epp’’
Debnam will appear in the title roll
of Phil Langdon, a breezy young
newspaper reporter who answers an
ad in the newspaper and finds ro
mance in it. Mrs. John F. White is
Black-Eyed Susan. The rest of the
tie Parks, Catherine Leggett and
roles are comedy ones portraying five
old maids in their attempts at matri
mony and their various suitors,
Eleanor Small, Marjorie PoweTl, Myr
tle Parks, Sara Lee Hobbs, and
Dorothy Moore will enact the parts
of the five old maids, and John F-
White, Jack Satterfield, Frank
Hughes, William E. Bond and Frank
Holmes are the answers to their
maidenly prayers- The black-faced
comedy roles will be played by W. B.
Shepard and Marjorie Sawyer. Mrs.
Gordon Blow will be the accompanist.
Cozart, Foy Cozart, Mary Elizabeth
Sara Lee Hobbs, Helen Goodwin,
Mrs. Rupert Goodwin, Annie Mason
Cobb, and Mrs. James Taylor are the
Garden Club ladies who are sponsor
ing the flower show. The chorus
girls are Esther Mae Hollc | ell, *Myr
• tie Spruill, Dolly Spencer, Evelyn
Spruill, Evelyn Brown, Ethelyn Ev
erett, Margaret Satterfield, Orphia
Cozart Foy Cozart, Mary Elizabeth
Cates, Arlene Jackson, Sara Elizabeth
White, Lena Smith, Maud Miller arid
Margaret Spires. Juanita Hayman
r Gtase Wilkins, Prances, Hollowed,
Virginia Hayman, Bill Cozart, Ike
Byrum, Mike Byrum and John Has
sell will appear in a special arrange
ment of “The Garden Implements”
and the “Hai’nt Song.” There will
also be a chorus of the most attrac
tive and talented of the little tots
who will sing the “Flower Song.”
Edenton can well be proud of her
talent and of her ability to put over
a show in :a big way. The coach,
who has played all over the South,
declares that she has never before
been more impressed with the entire
ensemble of actors and committee
men, and all indications would point
to a musical show that will be well
worth your time and money.
Reserved seats will go on sale at
Leggett and Davis Drug Store on
Friday and the advance sales of tick
ets will start at the same time.
Don't forget the dates —Thursday
May 30, and Friday, May 31. The
local committee heads are Fire Chief
R. K. Hall and Mayor E. W. Spires.
Some of those attractive little tots
who will offer their talents in the
‘‘Flower Song” are: Martha Conger,
Betsey Goodwin, Ruth Goodwin,
Mary McDonald Holmes, Charlotte
Bunch, Ruth Byrum, Joyce Brunson,
Beverly Moore, Joyce Moore, Mary
Dail Spry, Ruth Muth, Lillian Byrum
Mary Griffin, and Frances Wood.
Merry Hill Minister
Will Go To Belhaven
Merry Hill folks regret to leant
that Rev. Mr. Mackie will leave his
work in that community to take up
new duties at Belhaven, N. C., on
July 1. His stay of ten and a half
years in Merry Hill has been very
pleasant and his friends wish him
nothing but the best of success in his
new field.
COLERAIN FOLKS WITNESS
GAME OF DONKEY BALI.
Messrs. Clarence and Edward My
ers, C. W. Hughes, and Mr. Spruill
attended the baseball game, played
on donkeys, in Rocky Mount Friday
night. Quite an interesting game,
they said.
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Edenton. Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday, May 23, 1935.
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SATURDAY
Poppy Day will be observed on Sat
urday, May 25th, when the ladies of
the Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post will
sponsor the sale of these paper flow
ers and everybody is urged to buy
and wear a poppy.
This year, when approximately 10,-
000,000 poppies have been made, the
earnings of the disabled men have
amounted to over $lOO,OOO. The work
has been carried out in 56 hospitals
and workrooms in 40 different states.
The distribution of the poppies ex
cept in a few southern localities, is a
one-day nation-wide endeavor con
ducted on the Saturday before Memo
rial Day. On that day an army of
nearly 100,000 volunteer workers
takes the poppies out on to the streets
and pins them on the coats of pass
ers-by. By nightfall the little crim
son symbols of remembrance bloom
on millions of lapels and the coin
boxes carried by the women are heavy
with offerings which will mean relief
for countless victims of the war dur
ing the year to come.
Wearing the poppy draws its wide
appeal from its dual purpose of hon
oring the dead and serving the living.
Every poppy worn on Poppy Day
means that the wearer has thought,
at least for a moment, of the men
who lie beneath the poppies in France,
and has contributed something to the
relief and rehabilitation of those who
are still suffering from results of the
, war, the disabled, their families and
the families of the dead
■ The poppies will be offered on the
; streets of Edenton by a corps of Girl
Scouts and volunteer workers under
: the leadership of Carroll Kramer,
• chairman of the Poppy Day commit-
J tee.
No price will be asked for the pop
pies, each person being free to con
tribute as little or as much as he
| chooses for his flower. All funds re
ceived will be expended in the wel
> fare activities of the American Le
-1 gion and Auxiliary among disabled
: veterans and needy families of veter
ans during the coming year. The
' bulk of the money will remain right
here m Edenton, to be used in the
1 work of the local Legion post and
Auxiliary unit.
1 Don’t fail to buy a poppy!
i
! Singing Class Appears
In Edenton May 29th
’ The Oxford Orphanage Singing
’ ; Class will appear in Edenton on
j Wednesday night, May «29th, when
. they will render their program in the
school auditorium.
Reports from other towns are to
’ the effect that this year’s program is
exceptionally entertaining, and a
r large audience is expected for their
r appearance here.
> The group consists of 14 gills and
> boys who put on a Dutch-girl skit,
; Black Cats a-plenty novelty as well
: as a number of other amusing num
' bers. A small admission will be
- charged.
; Arrangements Completed For
Masonic Banquet Here Tonight
• Judge Clayton Moore of Williamston Principal
Speaker; Unique Stunts by Clara and Ruth
Crumpler, Merry Hill Twins
>
Everything is in readiness for the
: eighth annual Masonic banquet of
, Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, which will
take place tonight in the King’s Arms
Tavern at 7:30 o'clock. The banquet
this year will be held in the vacant
store rooms of the hotel which will
provide ample room for the approxi
mate 100 who are expected to attend.
The room has been cleaned and at
tractively arranged for the occasion
and those in charge are expecting the
banquet to be a success from every
angle.
The principal speaker of the even
ing will be Judge Clayton Moore, of
Williamston, and as an added attrac
tion Clara and Ruth Crujnpler, 12-
year-old twins of Merry Hill, will
give an exhibition of acrobatic stunts,
singing and dancing, which is some
what of a departure at former ban
quets. These young artists have per
formed before large audiences for
various clubs across the Sound and
this will be their first appearance in
Edenton. Their part on the. program
is expected to add materially to the
enjoyment of the evening.
Mrs. John W. Hollowell Wins
First Prize In Herald’s Contest
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JUDGES’ STATEMENT
Edenton, N. C., May 18, 1935.
We, the undersigned, who have been selected to act as counting
judges and auditors of the Chowan Herald’s Expansion Campaign,
concluded this date, certify and state that we have this day made a
f final count and check of ballots cast in the election and find the re
-1 suits to be as follows:
MRS. JOHN W. HOLLOWELL 14,203,000
1 MRS. K. R. WINSLOW 11,030,000
SARAH LEE HOBBS 6,748,000
BESSIE ALLEN 1,408,000
> We further find that the contestants whose names are hereby 1
: given received the number of votes opposite their names and are do- i
3 dared winners in their respective positions. s
MRS. E. N. ELLIOTT, * :
W. M. WILKINS,
, W. H. GARDNER,
Judges.
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I Little Progress Made At Special
; Term Chowan Superior Court
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BUSINESS GROUP
ENDORSE BRIDGE
Memoralizes State Highway Com
mission to Erect Structure
Across Sound
The Chowan Business Men’s Asso
ciation met Tuesday night in the
Municipal Building with J. W. Davis,
vice president, presiding in the ab
sence of W. D. Pruden, the president.
Various matters of interest to the
organization were discussed, with de
finite action being i.|ken on thd pro
ject for a bridge spanning the Albe
marle Sound and endorsing a number
of other projects.
A motion was passed memoralizing
the State Highway and Public "Woiks
Commission to build a bridge across
the Sound, the committee named to
draw up the resolutions being com
posed of Fred Wood, D. M. Warren
and John A. Holmes.
Another motion was aiso passed
that the organization endorse four of
the projects of the number recently
submitted for first consideration.
These four projects are new schools,
county home improvements, rural
electrification, and the bridge. The
president and vice president were au
thorized to appoint a committee cf
four for each of these projects whose
energies will be centered on their
particular project, endeavoring to
learn the naxtt'i'i'.SiT speT/iiug agency
and make contacts.
Those attending the meeting ap
: peared optimistic of securing a bridge
over the Sound through the public
i works fund.
COMMISSIONERS MEET AT
COUNTY HOME ON MAY 29
The Chowan County Commission
ers will meet Wednesday, May 29th,
at the County Home when investiga
tions will be made relative to needed
improvements.
Plans for a new building have been
submitted by F. W. Benton, Wilson
architect, and it is hoped this project
will be realized through the Federal
relief fund.
; W. C. Bunch, master of the lodge,
f will call the gathering to order, im
-1 mediately after which J. W. Cates.
; chaplain, will offer the invocation. A
t short memorial service in honor of
t two departed brethren, T. C. Jones,
1 Jr., and C. A. Boyce, will then be ob
- served, after which Mr. Bunch will
. present the gavel to E. W. Spires,
- grand lodge historian, who will act
> as master of ceremonies.
s Major W. S. Privott will make the
’ address of welcome, which will be
responded to by S. E. Phelps of Wind
• sor, district deputy grand master of
! the second district, which now em
• braces the Edenton lodge. At this
' point in the program the audience
I will be asked to sing “Let Me Call
, You Sweetheart," after which Clara
Ruth Crumpler will entertain with
their act.
Judge Francis D. Winston, past
I grand master, of Windsor, will pre
sent the speaker of the evening,
i Judge Clayton Moore. The program
: will be -interspersed with music by
Kenneth Floars and his orchestra.
Uncertainty of Oppos
ing- Counsel and Cli
ents Causes Delay
SMALL CROWDS
! Little Interest Shown by
Regular Court At
j tendants
Figuratively justice may be swift
. but it was pretty slow here this
. week when Judge Clayton Moore, of
• Williamston, held a s.|:cial term of
the Superior Court for the trial of
r civil actions that have long been on
’ the calendar. The slowness of pro
’ ceedings, however, was in no sense
’ attributable to the court itself but
rather to the uncertainity with which
j opposing counsel and clients faced the
various issues. In many of the cases
heard much time was spent in secret
! conferences intended to effect out oi
court settlements or compromises,
’ and some of these were successful.
Court opened Monday, and it was
j a sumptuous looking place. Custodian
, Richard Dixon had had a herd of
slaveys at work for several days prior
, swabbing things up and polishing the
‘ benches and floors so that everv
r thing was spick and span when Judge
5 Moore arrived to notice the transfip
, uration. He did and smiled, and to
' add eclat to the transformation
laughingly seated himself in the
great throne chair tYv&t Gordon Leigh,
the original architect, built info the
building back in 1767, and whicl.
still remains fastened to the wall in
the rear of the oriel rostrum.
9 Changing from custodian to court
. clerk, Mr. Dixon started the special
term by laying a list of all the cases
. before the court. Absence of wit-
I ness and lawyers delayed proceedings
on opening day, Monday, for a couple
of hours- When things did get to
A going the alienation suit for SIO,OOO
t brought by Mrs. Marcia Small Nixon
1 against her father-in-law, H. C.
Nixon, up county farmer, was called.
- Mrs. Nixon, who is separated and
receiving $25 a month alimony from
• her husband, M. M. Nixon, alleges the
latter’s father is responsible for the
marital trouble. Lawyers for both
sides agreed it would be better to let
the action ride awhile longer and it
was continued to the September term.
I Other Monday cases continued were
Blades vs. K. R. Winslow and Dixie
Co. vs. Mitchener and Leary. Judge
ment was allowed in the actions
brought by U. S. Hoffman Machine
t Co. vs. Watson, involving failure to
. pay for a pressing machine, and R.
W. Stokley vs. his brother, Murden
, S. Stokley, of Hertford, centered up
s on a S4OO note transaction.
, After much argument and healthy
forensic fighting, W. D. Pruden se-
I cured a judgment in favor of the
, Bank of Edenton in an action brought 1
; against it by John R. Wheeler, form
er owner of the Edenton Lumber
! Company. The complainant sought
i to recover on collateral deposited
against a $16,000 borrowed indebted, ’
but Mr. Pruden, without calling wit
nesses, had little difficulty in show- 1
ing the collateral in question had de- 1
predated and that the bank was a
heavy loser by the transaction. 1
John Fernando White and J. A. 1
Pritchett, counsel for Wheeler, beg
ged an appeal to the State Supreme (
Court, and it was granted. 1
On Tuesday a non spit was grant
ed in the case of Evans & Etheridge
vs. Habit and a compromise resulting <
in a continuance until the next term ;
was effected in the action against t
• (Continued on Page Five) j
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Mrs. K. R. Winslow,
Sarah Lee Hobbs and
Mrs. Bessie Allen Also
Prize Winners
ALL GET PAID
Paper Now Has Envi
able Circulation In .
Section
Mrs. John W. Hollowell, Edenton,
Route 1, won first place in The
Chowan Herald’s Subscription Exten
sion Campaign which came to a close
Saturday night and as a reward for
her efforts was awarded the first
prize of S4OO. Mrs. Hollowell like
wise won a special prize of $lO which
was given during one of the latter
weeks of the campaign as a special
inducement to obtain new subscribers.
Mrs. K. R. Winslow-, Hobbsville,
R. F. D., was a runner-up in the race,
winning the second prize of SIOO.
Miss Sarah Lee Hobbs, of Edenton,
won the third prize of SSO, and Mrs.
Bessie Allen, of Colerain, was the
fourth prize winner, which was $25.
Others in the contest, including Miss
Bernice Dail, Edenton, Route 2, Miss
Sue Doris Smithwick, Merry Hill,
Miss Bernice Williams, Edenton, and
Miss Dorothy Moore, each received a
10 per cent commission for the
amount of subscription money turned
in.
The campaign, the first one to be
put on by The Herald, was a success,
the best of feeling prevailing among
the contestants during the seven
weeks’ drive in the course of which
the winner was in doubt until the
final count by the judges Saturday
night. The contest, however, lacked
the number of contestants as was
desired, which most likely was caus
ed by the disastrous results of a
campaign put on a few years ago by
a newcomer in Edenton when the
hard work of the contestants went for
naught.
. The Herald, already boasting com
plete coverage in Chowan County,
has through the campaign extended
its. circulation into Bertie County,
Gates Coiio 1 y. and parts of several
oi" live rl'-u-yr neighborin': cor■’tip?,-
which will Fie of pa; lieu!;;: lev- - :o
advertisers.
The judges who cfiecked the final
results were Mrs. 'E. Elliott, W- ;
H. Gardner, and W. M. Wilkin?.
Board Os Education
Has Called Meeting-
The County Board of Education
im t in a call 'll meeting Tuesday with
a iufi ’• .«ard pri . at, ... follows: S.
E. Mot-pis, i&tjriHari; 1 Belch,
Isaac Bjit a, Mis. •'.• >rgc Woo
Mrs. i%. I. Winslow,
F. W. Benton, architect of Wi is
was present and explained the no; ■ s
sily of getting plans before the Fed
eral Emergency Administration of
Public Works, and that it would be
advisable to make application for an
outright grant for a new school
building at Chowan. Upon this ex
planation the Board of Education
passed resolutions which were made
by Mrs. George Wood and seconded
by L. W. Belch authorizing the Chair
man and Secretary to execute the
necessary papers and make applica
tion for said grant.
The Board also moved and second
ed that C. M. Evans be appointed
as one of the advisory committeemen
for Gum Pond school, taking the
place of Jim Bunch, who did not de
sire to qualify. „
Winners In Poppy
Day Poster Contest
Attractive Poppy Day posters have
been plac«d in store windows in town,
which 'is tV work of school students.
Prizes for the best posters have been
awarded as follows: „„
Sixth to Ninth Grades—First prize, .
Myda Weaver, $1.00; second prize,
Alex White, 50 cents. ~."
Tenth to Eleventh Grades —Saintie
White, SI.OO.
These prizes have been donated by
the ladies of the Auxiliary of Ed
Bond Post, American T egion.
The judges in the contest were
Mrs. George Byrum, Mrs. E. T.
Rawlinson, and Mrs. R. F. Tuttle.
OXFORD SINGING CLASS GIVE
PROGRAM AT COLERAIN SCHOOL
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class presented their annual pro
gram at the Colerain school audi
torium on Friday night. A most en
joyable affair was reported. «.