In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and. county news
of general interest.
Volume II. —Number 22.
Tyrrell Case Bej
'•Tried In Next
Chowan Court
Aged Colored Couple
Granted Change of
Venue
CONCERNS FARM
Action Result of Farm
Sold For Fertilizer
BiU
A change of venue from Tyrrell
County to the Chowan County Su
perior Court has been granted in the
action of Ellen Hill and Charles W.
Hill, aged colored couple, versus the
Albemarle Fertilizer Company, Inc.,
of Elizabeth City, and also involves
W- S. Carawan, of Columbia, and the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C.
The action involves the 480-acre
farm, known as the Ben Hassell
place, which the Hills had acquired,
and which is located near Columbia.
H. S. Ward of Washington, N. C.,
and P. H. Bell, Negro barrister of
Plymouth, brought the suit for the
Hills.
The action originated five years
back in a purchase of fertilizer, fol
lowed by note transactions and, in
clearance of the notes, a mortgage on
the farm for $1,600 to the fertilizer
company on which S6OO was paid,
with later foreclosure and sale to the
fertilizer company that held the trust
deed, its officer being trustee. Private
sale was then made by the fertilizer
company to W. S. Carawan,. agent
for the company, and he, it is claim
ed in the papers, secured on the
property a loan of SB,OOO from the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C.
According to the answer filed, Mr.
Carawan paid taxes, and made con
siderable improvements on the farm
before securing the loan from the
land bank.
The colored couple are suing for
■- the return of the farm, and asked the
case to be transferred to Chowan
County for trial which was accord
ingly done, the proper papers having
been received by Clerk of Court R. D-
Dixon.
Two Cases Disposed
Os In Court Tuesday
Two cases confronted Judge J. N.
Pruden Tuesday morning in Record
er’s Court when Roy Forehand was
hailed before the court on a charge
of driving an automobile while under
the influence of liquor and larceny of
an automobile, and Eugene White,
colored, was charged with breaking
into Tom Walker’s store.
Forehand was found guilty of the
first charge and sentenced to 60 days
on the roads, the sentence to be sus
pended upon payment of SSO and
costs, his driving license revoked for
12 months and showing good behavior
for the same time.
White pleaded guilty to the house
breaking charge and was held over
for Superior Court.
Local Doctors Attend
Reunion Os Classes
Dr. M. P. Whichard and Dr. W. I.
Hart, Jr., left Edenton Tuesday for
Baltimore, Md., where they will at
tend their respective class reunions
of the University of Maryland. It
will be the tenth reunion of Dr.
Hart’s class, while Dr. Whichard’?
class will celebrate its 25th reunion.
While in Baltimore Dr. Whichard
will also attend a clinic and undergo
an examination for sinus trouble.
Club Women Sponsor
Special Supplement
A special Home Demonstration
Club supplement to The Herald
will be issued on Thursday, June
13, plans for which are now under
way. This effort on the part "of
club members is in charge of MiSs
- Rebecca Colwell, Chowan home
agent, and from advance indica
tions the special supplement will
be a creditable edition, containing
timely club information of general
interest.
The advertising committee has
already secured a number of ad
vertisements to appear in this is
sue and this work * will continue
next week. Aside from going to
every Herald subscriber this spec
ial supplement will be distribute-*
by club workers to members of the
various clubs.
The Club women urge merchants
and business meii to cooperate with
them in their latest venture.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
[.COUNTY SCHOOL
TEACHERS NAMED
FOR NEXT SESSION
Pearly Baumgardner Will Return as
Principal at Chowan High
School
The County Board of Education at
a special meeting Monday appointed
the following district and advisory
committees for the Chowan adminis
trative unit.
The advisory committee do not
elect teachers, but advises with the
district committee in recommending
teachers and have oversight of the
school property for their particular
school. The advisory committees are
as follows: Chowan High School —
E. G. Blanchard, J. L. Savage, and J.
C. By rum; Beech Fork School—John
S. Bunch, Stillman Leary, and Mark
Bunch; Oak Grove School—J. N.
Smith, Calvin Haste, and A. M- Har
rell; Gum Pond School—Lewis Smith,
L. A. Bunch, and C. M. Evans; Cen
ter Hill School —N. Bunch, E. C. Per
ry and Jesse Bunch; Elmo—C. E.
Asbell, E. D. Byrum, and T. D.
Boyce.
The district committee is charged
with selection of teachers, same be
ing approved by the County Superin
tendent and the Board of Education.
The district committee is composed of
B. W. Evans, Dewey Berryman, and
J. H. Byrum.
The following teachers have been
selected for approval:
White Schools
Chowan High School: Marjorie
Hefren, English, History and French;
E. C. Woodard, Science and Mathe
matics; P. L. Baumgardner, principal,
Mathematics and History; Marian
Fiske, English, French and History;
Lois Savage, First Grade; May Belle
Edwards, Second Grade; Eunice
Hobbs, Third Grade; Mrs. Nora Lane
Boyce, Fourth Grade; Myra Bunch,
Fifth Grade; Mrs. Evelyn Blow, Pub
lic School Music.
Center Hill: Mrs. Mary Nixon
and Miss Virginia Cale.
Beech Fork: Miss Mary Lee Cope
land.
Oak Grove: Mrs. Sadie Morris,
and Miss Gladys Smith.
Colored Schools
Center Hill: Mrs. Alethia J. Ed
wards.
Britts: Edith Jane Bonner.
Hudson Grove: Rosa Howcutt and
Virginia Anderson.
Green Hall: Mrs. Delilah Satter
field and Chas. L. Fayton.
Warren’s Grove: Mrs. Naomi
Blount Hicks and Mrs. S. J. V. Ethe
ridge.
White Oak: William H. Creecy,
Tinnie Jemigan and Harriett Louise
Futrell.
Vacation Bible School
Has Closing Exercises
Quite a number of parents and 1
friends were present in the Methodist j
Church Tuesday night when the i
commencement exercises of the daily <
vacation Bible School were held. The \
program was very interesting, the i
pupils, about 40 of them, demon
strating some of the things learned j
during the school. i
These children have been meeting i
daily for a little over a week under ■
■ the direction of Mrs. W. F. Walters, ]
Mrs. G. A. Helms, and Mrs. Wayland i
Moore, who were assisted in the va- j
rious groups by Mrs. S. X. Stephen
son, Mrs. Franklin Britton, and Eve- i
| lyn Brown. The school was the out
growth of the recent visit of Mrs. H.
M. Wade, who conducted a Bible
1 school training institute in the local
. church.
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Increased Interest
In Housing Plan
I Washington D. C.—Farmers in all
i parts of the United States are show
ing increased interest in the modern- 1
ization credit plan of the Federal
■ Housing Administration, according tc
reports from field representatives in
’the rural areas.
Both interior and exterior repairs
to homes lead the work now being
done, according to the reports, al
though bams, poultry houses, grana
ries, machine sheds and other build
ings involved in efficient production
are not being neglected.
Masonic Meeting In
Williamston June 12
A meeting of the second
district will be held in Williams;
Wednesday night, June 12, at 7-:
o’clock, according to information 1
eived here from S. E. Phelps, distr
deputy grand master. A number
'ocal Masons plan to attend *’
meeting.
bEGION MEETS TUESDAY NIGI
The regular meeting of Ed Be
Post, American Legion, will be h<
Tuesday night at 8:00 o’clock,
few very important w
I come up for discussion and Comma ■
der W. W. Byrum urges every w •
. I ber to be present.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 30,1935.
Mayor E. W. Spires Endorses
Better Housing Program Here T
The first impression gained by visitors is usually a lasting one.
Edenton has been the recipient of many complimentary expressions
upon the cleanliness, neatness and beauty of our town by tourists and
other travelers in our midst, for which we have a right to feel very “
proud. s
However, there is always room for improvement. Painting, reno- E
vations, alterations and enlargement of homes not only adds to the t]
beauty of our community and reduces unemployment in the building ti
trades but also will relieve the acute housing problem now extant. f (
Moreover, it will impress visitors with the fact that we have civic a
pride and are enjoying a measure of returning prosperity. s
With the back-bone of the depression definitely broken, we can t,
well afford to face the future with a full measure of confidence. Our
forefathers who hewed a nation for us out of a forest literally swarm- ,
ing with hostile savages faced with determination many hardships far
greater than those endured by us for the past few years. Their ac- “
complishments is a challenge to us.
Therefore, it is with genuine pleasure that I give my unreserved 1
indorsement to the drive which is being instituted in Edenton com- v
mencing on June Ist by the Federal Housing Administration through t
the efforts of Field Representative J. H. McMullan, County Chairman t
O H Brown and a corps of workers, and w express the confident hope 0
that our people will take full advantage of this excellent opportunity. a
(E. W. SPIRES, Mayor. r
School Boards Meet
With Commissioners
Following information relative to
the method of disbursing the Federal
government’s $4,800,000,000 relief
fund, both the city and county
school boards met with the County
Commissioners Wednesday morning
to discuss the procedure to be taken
in securing adequate school facilities,
projects for which were submitted
when the Chowan planning board was
formed.
John A. Holmes, who is thoroughly
conversant with the school problem,
presented the matter and after a
thorough explanation asked that the
County Commissioners pass a resolu
tion authorizing the school boards to
make an application to the PWA
board for a new high school in Eden
ton and alternations made to the
present building. The plan will also
call for additions to the colored
school.
At Chowan the plan calls for re
building the school, including a gym
nasium and water and sewerage dis
posal system.
The County Commissioners unani
mously passed the resolution, which,
however, does not commit the Com
missioners at all but gives the schools
a chance to get on the eligible list,
and if the project is accepted then
the Commissioners will have the op
portunity to accept or reject the
proposition of government aid.
Local Boy Scouts Play
Game Os Baseball
The Boy Scouts of the Edenton
troop played an inter-troop game of
baseball Monday afternoon in which
no little amount of interest prevailed
among the boys. The team made up
of the Panther and Flying Eagle pa
trols defeated the Beaver and Wolf
aggregation 16 to 7.
The Scouts left Wednesday morn
ing and returned Thursday morning
after enjoying an all night hike
which was for the tenderfoot boys
who passed their test. The regular
meeting will be held Friday night in
the Scout cabin, to which all Scouts
are urged to be present.
Two Os Edenton’s Cannon
Blown To Pieces In 1890
Investigation by Mrs. W. A. Graham Reveals
Information That Famous Cannon Were
Thrown From Train at Hillsboro
More light this week has been shed
on the whereabouts of at least two
of the cannon which were made from
the metal of the Edenton bells dur
ing the Civil War and about which
right much publicity has been given
in recent days, the last report being
that they were resting on the bottom
of Eno River at Hillsboro.
Mrs. W. A. Graham recently re
turned from a visit to Hillsboro,
where she spent no little time and
energy in tracing any information
available regarding the cannon and in
the course of which she conversed
with a number of old. residents of that
section whose recollection is quite
clear in reference to the cannon.
Mrs. Graham, in her investigation,
has learned that two of the Edenton
cannon were thrown from a train
where the railroad crosses the bridge
at the Hillsboro depot, landing in a
deep ravine which empties into Eno
river. It is thought that possibly at
the time the river had overflown its
banks and the cannon were thrown
overboard when it became apparent
that they might be captured by the
Federal troops. The cannon, accord
ing to Mrs. Grahjfcn, remained in the
ravine, obscured from view by pine
'■.rees for a number of years after the
War closed, and subsequently were
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Swiifiming Allowed s
’ At Fish Hatchery *
L t
W. 8$ Vincent, superintendent of s
the U. %. Fish Hatchery, out of con- t
sideratjon for the pleasure of local j
swimmers, will allow swimming at 0
the fish hatchery during certain hours
this summer provided certain rules
are observed. In commenting on the c
matter Mr. Vincent issued the follow- j.
ing statement to The Herald: s
“I have been implored regarding c
the privilege of swimming at the Fish p
Hatchery and have decided to grant I
permission under certain restrictions t
which if not strictly observed, will be 0
withdrawn. r
“Beginning with June 1, swimming a
will be permitted from 4:00 P. M., to a
7:00 P. M. only; providing one comes \
dressed for swimming. No one must
interfere with any equipment of the t
Hatchery, such as boats, etc., nor ;
overrun the buildings. £
“The Bureau can not afford the £
policing of the grounds, therefore, *
these restrictions must be observed. 1
The grounds are not public in every ;
sense of the word, and order and 1
quietness must be observed.”
Edenton’s Poppy Day
A Complete Success |
Poppy Day was a complete success J
i in Edenton Saturday when the 500 ’
poppies ordered by the Auxiliary of
the American Legion were sold be- \
fore noon. In fact quite a few of the 1
I poppies were turned in and resold,
the sale netting $37.10, which was a <
| larger amount than was realized 1
r from the sale last year. j
| The Auxiliary members are very
1 well pleased with the response made 1
i by interested citizens and desire to
. thank all for their cooperation.
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TWO LICENSES TO WED ISSUED
; Register of Deeds Maurice L.
s Bunch on Saturday issued a marriage
3 license to Milton Jordan and Irma
r Holley, colored, of Chowan County. A
i license was also issued Monday night
3 to Alford Mayo and Martha Holley,
also colored, of Chow’an County.
pulled up on the bank of the ravine
on the grounds of the railroad sta
tion, where they were used b} young
men of the community for celebrat
ing the Fourth of July, Christmas,
and other occasions when the merry
makers felt that noise was neces
sary. This was done for years un
til Christmas, 1890, when due to too
heavy charges both cannon exploded, 1
in one instance a man narrowly es- <
caping death, and sending the pieces
all over the immediate area. A large
piece of one of the cannon, it is
stated, was blown across the railroad
tracks and imbedded in Occoneechee
mountain. The whereabouts of the
other two cannon still remains a
mystery.
The four cannon were made from
the bells of St. Paul’s Church, the
Methodist Church, the Court House
and the fire bell, as well as a collec
tion of other smaller bells in the
section and were given to Captain
William Badham’s Bell Bati |y, for
whom the local chapter of the United
Daughters of ' the Confederacy is
named.
The names of the cannon were the
Columbia, the St. Paul’s, the Eden
ton, and the Sallie Roulhac, but it
isn’t known which of the two were
; blown up.
LARGE CROWDS
EXPECTED TO SEE
FIREMEN’S PLAY
Two Presentations of “Black-Eyed '
Susan” Given Thursday and
Friday Nights
The Edenton public will see the i
first performance of the Firemen’s
show “Black-Eyed Susan” at the
Edenton High School auditorium with
the curtain' rising promptly at. 8:15
tonight (Thursday). The second per.
formance will be given Friday night
at the same time. Besides the main
show there will be added attractions
before the show and between the acts.
Miss Mary Simpson, of Elizabeth
City, will appear in a song and dance
number and a qaurtete composed of
Claude Evans, Jim Lassiter, Jim
Daniels and George Lassiter, which
will sing at the 60th Anniversary of
the Shenandoah Conservatory at Day
ton, Va., will render several numbers
on Friday night. Music between the
acts and before the show will be' fur
nished by Floars’ orchestra.
With “Eppe” Debnam and Dorothy
Moore in the cast the success of a
show is secured. They ?re both sea
soned actors and have a well-rounded
supporting cast. Frank Holmes in
the role of the absent-minded profes
sor is unusually good. He and Doro
thy Moore are cast together. Mrs.
Rupert Goodwin who plays one of the
old maids has given a splendid por
trayal and promises to be very good-
With her is William E. Bond who not
only gives an excellent performance
but sings one of the title songs of the
show. Frank Hughes and Marjorie
Sawyer play the black-faced comedy
parts of Uncle Ed and Mandy.
Eleanor Small, Marjorie Powell, Myr
tle Parks, each are well cast and have
done some very good work in their
roles. The others in the main cast
are Dick Goodwin Jack Satterfield,
and John F. White. Mrs. John F.
White will be ‘‘Black-Eyed Susan.”
Not the least of the attractions of
the show will be the excellent accom
panying of Mrs. Gordon Blow. Then
are ten song hits, all of which have
special chorus arrangements. The
show will open with the Flower pro
logue. The theme song of it is “The
Song of the Gardens.” The girls in
this part of the show are Sarah
Edith Oliver, Virginia Moore, Mary
Ellen Moore, Emily Howard, Eliza
beth Moran, Corinne Forehand,
Catherine Reeves, Pauline Moore,
Doris Jean Leary, Ruth By rum, Joyce
Wood, Helen Carter, Josephine Mills,
Lois Reich, Betsy Wood, Betsy Good
win, Ruth Goodwin, Joyce Brunson,
Mary Dale Spry, Charlotte Bunch,
Carolyn Elliott, Lillian Byrum, and
Margaret Ann Mansfield.
The other choruses are composed
of Evelyn Spruill, Margaret Satter
field, Mary Cates, Margaret Spires,
Orphia Cozart, Sarah Elizabeth
White, Arlene Jackson, Dolly Spen
cer, Myrtle Spruill, Ethelyn Everett,
Foy Cozart, Ann Hinton Davis, Lena
Smith, Maude Miller, Evelyn Brown,
Sarah Ellen Goodwin, Jennie Ruth
MsAlily, Juanita Hayman, Ike By
rum, Bill Cozart, Mike Byrum, and
John Hassell. The members of the
Garden Club who appear in the first
act are Helen Goodwin, Annie Mason
Cobb, Kathleen Barrow, and Mrs.
James Taylor.
The stage will be beautifully deco
rated, which work will be done under
the direction of Mrs. J. W. Davis.
Reserved seats are on sale at
Leggett and Davis’s Drug Store-
The doors to the auditorium will be
opened at 7:30. The show is good
and it is for a good cause. Let’s sup
port it, Edenton.
Ladies Seek Better
Road To Cemetery
The ladies of the Cemetery Asso
ciation are up in arms over the con
dition of the road to the cemetery
as well as the unsightly city trash
pile near the city limits. The ladies
have been discussing among them
selves just what can be done to
remedy the situation, the suggestion
having been made that shrubbery bc
planted along the road to hide the
dumping grounds which have become
quite conspicuous while on the way to
the cemetery.
The road beyond the city limits is
badly tom up, the many holes in the
roadbed making the journey to the
cemetery very rough.
This piece of road sometime ago
was repaired by the city street de
partment, but since has become in a
bad state of repair. As to the road
beyond the city limits, an official of
the city stated to The Herald that he
didn’t feel that Town Council would
be justified in spending city tax-pay
ers’ money to repair a road not in
the incorporated limits.
The ladies are willing to cooperate
and do all in their power to remedy
the situation and in all probability
the Association will be represented
at the next meeting of Town Coun
cil and the County Commissioners to ;
•equest something to be done about i
the matter. '
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Campaign For
Better Housing
Is Under Way
Corps of Canvassers Be
gin Work Next
Week
OFFICERENTED
Campaign Under Super
vision of Edgar
Rea
Edgar Rea has been appointed
supervisor of the Chowan County
Better Housing Campaign, his office
being in the old postoffice building
next to the Bank of Edenton. Or
ganization of the Chowan unit has
now been effected and work on this
program wilt get under way next
week when canvassers wiH make a
house-to-house canvass to determine
the building needs of city property.
A canvass of the county will likewise
be made at a later date.
All information will be brought to
Mr. Rea’s office by the canvassers
where it will be taken down and clas
sified, and wiH be available to the
public in general interested in sup
plies and work. The office will also
furnish information as to securing
loans for building and repairing, and
will furnish the proper blanks for tills
purpose.
J. H. McMullan, field representa
tive for Eastern North Carolina was
in Edenton this week assisting in the
organization of the Chowan Unit, and
work in this phase of government
relief is expected to be well undei
way by next week. O. H. Brown is
Chowan County chairman, having
been named at a meeting of inter
ested business men a few weeks ago.
Mr. McMullan in explaining the
function of the Federal Housing Ad
ministration said:
“Embodying two phases under sep
arate titles, the housing act is de
signed to encourage both the repair
ing and the building phases of home
ownership.
“Title one deals with moderniza
tion and improvement and title two
with financing a new home or re
financing an existing home.
“Loans made under title one are
character loans, with no mortgage
being required. Applications for
these loans are received at the Bank
of Edenton here. However, manu
facturers of building materials will
make the loan if the borrower buys
one fourth of his material from them.
Application for loans from manufac
turers should be made with their dis
pensers.
“Loans of from $1 to $2,000 are
made, with five per cent discount.
Payment is made in monthly install
ments, and the borrower is given
from one to five years in which to re
pay the loan.
. ‘‘For instance, on a SI,OOO one year
: loan, the borrower would receive
i $950 and pay back SI,OOO in 12
. monthly installments. In this way,
the home owner gets the advantage
. of being able to pay cash instead of
■ credit prices for material used in
repairs.
“Loans under title one are made
. for any kind of a building, located at
■ any place.
| “Loans under title two. are made
. only on home property, located in
urban communities. However, loans
may be made for apartments design
ed to house up to four families, and a
builder may secure a loan to build
- any number of houses for personal
use, sale or rent, provided the real es.
tate market is favorable to more
houses. Loans are made up to 80 per
’ cent of the appraised value of the
property. The maximum amount al :
(Continued on Page Four)
No, No Bounty Paid
For Blue Eagle Head
Richard D. Dixon, clerk of Su
perior court to whom was given
authority by the Department of
Conservation and Development to
pay bounties for heads of destruc
tive birds and animals, struck a
snag this week.
“Hello,” came a voice to Mr.
Dixon over the phone, “are you
still paying a bounty for the
heads of birds?”
“No, I’m sorry,” said the clerk
of court, “that fund has all been
paid out.”
“Well, I’m some kind of sorry,”
was the reply. “I wanted to bring
in the head of the Blue Eagle and
collect some money on it.”
The conversation was the out
come of the Supreme Court’s rul
ing against the NRA, and Mr.
Dixort hurriedly hung up the
receiver.
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