North Carolina Newspapers

In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. II. —Number 29. State Farmer Section! Makes Debut Today Initial Number Carries Articles by National And State Leaders 12 PAGES Section Will Be Confined To Every Phase of Agriculture Replete with brightly edited agri cultural news and feature articles, the first issue of the State Farmer Section of the Herald appears this week. The editors of this agricultural section have spared no effort or ex pense in making this issue an out standing contribution to the agricul tural welfare of the Carolinas, and this same policy will continue with future issues. The same high stand ard of editorial meet will be constant ly maintained. :■ "y Contents of the farm feature sec tion will be confined strictly to in formation affecting the Carolinas, and every phase of agricultural act ivity will be covered. Included in the initial presentation are articles and news stories prepar ed by state and national leaders in this field. Among the contributors, and some of the subjects discussed are the followings: Alfred D. Stedman, Assistant Ad ministrator of the AAA, and the man who is responsible for all AAA news releases, writes exclusively for the State Fanner Section on “Farmers and the Facts” -a discussion of the basic idea of farm self-government. J. Roy Jones, Commissioner of Ag riculture in South Carolina extends a message of greeting to farmers in that state, and tells of the work of his department. Roy H. Parks, of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation, and correspondent for the State Farmer Section at Raleigh, con tributes the column, “The Carolina Co-operator”, a digest of all co-ope rative activities. Colonel L. Brown, market news an alyst, and correspondent for the State Farmer Section in New York, pre sents news of all commodities grown in the Carolinas as they are affect ed by competitive producing areas, and by conditions in the terminal markets. E. Y. Floyd, Tobacco Specialist, N. C. State College, tells of the tobacco referendum, and contribute other to bacco news. Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the Poultry Department at State College, presents up-to-the-minute poultry facts. M. E. Gardner, Professor of Horti culture has prepared articles cover ing the fruit crops—peaches, apples, grapes and berries- , Cotton activities are covered in se veral feature articles. Harold C. Booker Sr., director of public relations for the Farm Credit Administration at Columbia and sec retary of the S. C. State Press As sociation presents a treatise on FCA activities in the two states, while Harold C. Booker Jr., Correspondent for the State Farmer Section at Co lumbia, contributes a round-up of State Capital news. Forney A. Rankin, U. S. jSoil Con servation Service, writes! on the ex tensive program of the Federal Gov ernment to “heal” eroded lands in this area. John A. Arey, Extension Dairy man at N. C. State College, writes on construction of trench silos; L. I. Case, Extension Specialist in Beef Cattle and Sheep, presents articles on those subjects; there are 4-H Club and vocational agricultural features; a page of interest to women, by Mrs. Jane McKimmon, State Home De monstration Agent, and many others. CHOWAN FARMERS RECEIVE OVER $9,000 $7,567.34 Paid For Cotton Rental and $1,776.35 as Final Corn-Hog Payment Over $9,000 has been recently dis tributed among Chowan County farmers when $7,567.34 was received as part of the first rental payment on cotton and $1,776.85 to corn-hog growers, which represents the final payment for 1934 corn-hog contract signers. The cotton payment was for old signers, the payment to new signers being expected in about two weeks. There is one more corn-hog con tract signers this year than last, 113 signing up as against 112 last year. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Special Notice To Herald Subscribers The Herald has just completed a rearrangement of the mailing list in order to cooperate with the local postoffice in rendering bet ter service in delivering and dis patching the paper each week. In the transferring and bundling of the many names on our list it is easily possible that a subscriber may have been omitted, placed in the wrong bundle or not given the proper expiration date. In either event, complaints will be welcome so that every subscrib er will receive the paper at a re gular time each week and that their subscription expiration cor responds to our office records. Opposite the name on the paper will be found two numbers, the first representing the month and the latter the year that the sub scription expires according to our records. Subscribers are urged to notice the date on their paper and notify us at once if it isn’t 'Correct so that the proper changes can be made. Any subscriber knowing of a person who subscribed to the He rald and isn’t receiving it will con fer a great favor by notifying us, so that we can investigate and rec tify the error. THE EDITOR CHANGE IN HEAD OF WPA OFFICE HOLDS UP LOCAL PROJECTS R S. Askew of Bertie County Re places E. W. Lordley As Director For This District All projects in connection with the local ERA office have been ordered held up pending information from E. S. Askew of Bertie County, who last week was appointed director of the Works Progress Administration in the first district. The counties af fected in this change included Chow an Northampton, Halifax, Hertford, Gates, Manteo, Bertie, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Currituck, Camden, Dare, Tyrrell and Washington. The former director was E. W. Lordley, of Hertford. W. R. Wyatt was named assistant director. Mr. Askew, the new director, is well known in Chowan County, while Mr. Wyatt has heretofore been an engineer with the ERA. The order holding up work in this connection includes the material con trol, sewerage and roads projects, as well as the Federal Housing Cam paign which is now under way. DR. ‘BILL’ HART NOW ROTARY PRESIDENT John A. Holmes Replaces N. K. Ro well as Secretary of Club; W. D. Holmes, Sergeant-at-Arms Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., last Thursday was formally installed as president of the Edenton Rotary Club for the ensuing year, taking the place of C. H. Wood. Mr. Hart in taking over the presidency explained what he ex pected of each Rotarian and made known his plans by which he hoped to create more interest in the club during the year. Specific instruct ions were given the various commit tee chairmen to the end that during the coming year interesting programs are expected. John A. Holmes was elected secre tary of the club by the board of di rectors, taking the place of N- K. Ro well, who was forced to resign due to his many; other duties. W. D. Hol mes was re-elected sergeant-at arms, a position he has very credit ably filled during the past year. The chairmen of the various com mittees are as follows: Aims and Objects, C. H. Wood; club service, C. A. Ashby; vocational service, M. F. Bond; community service, C. E. Kramer; classifica tions, Fred P. Wood; international service, E. W. Spires; fellowship and attendance, Jesse White; public in formation, J. Edwin Bufflap; boys’ work, John Graham; crippled child ren, O. H. Brown; rural urban ac quaintance, N. K. Rowell; special pro jects, L. E. Griffin; student loan committee, J. N. Pruden and Fred P. Wood. CONDITION IMPROVED Miss Mildred Smith, formerly of the Rocky Hock section,'now a nurse at the Protestant Hospital, Norfolk, Va., is reported to be getting along isaJttofactorily. Miss Smith under operation Inst Wfifik. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 18, 1935. |NO SUCCESSOR TO COACH HOUSEHAS YET BEEN NAMED Letters Written to Ver gil Weathers and Suttenfield taking” TIME John A. Holmes Anxious to Secure Competent Man As The Herald goes to press this week no successor to Coach Henry House of the Edenton High School has been secured. Mr. House sent his resignation to Superintendent John A. Holmes last week when he definitely decided to accept the posi tion as athletic coach of Augusta Military Academy at Fort Reliance, Virginia- Mr. Holmes, while anxious to se cure a good coach, is not rushing about the matter, but rather is tak ing everything into consideration be fore naming a coach so that the best possible man will be secured. He has written to Frank Suttenfield, Eden ton’s coach preceding Henry House, but hasn’t had a reply as to whether he will accept or not. At the time Mr. House’s resigna tion was received by Mr. Holmes, Roy Armstrong of the Extension Depart ment of the University of North Carolina, was in Edenton, and upon ' being asked if he knew of a good i man, suggested that Vergil Weathers, was an outstanding athlete and stu i dent at the University. It isn’t known whether Weathers would be interest ed or not, but Mr. Holmes subse quently wrote him. He hasn’t heard from Mr. Weathers as yet. Mr. Holmes also has the application of Henry M. Woods, Jr., who coached last year at Greenville, N. C., where he developed a baseball team that won 15 out of 16 games. He ha 3 also coached major sports at Miami, Bir mingham, Knoxville, and Danville. While at Miami his team played for the state championship. He has a good recommendation accompanying his application and is anxious to make Edenton his home. Mr. Holmes has not taken any de finite action regarding Coach House’s successor and at present one guess is , as good as another as to who the next , coach will be. i Local Boys Land In ; Germany July 7th Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Griffin this week received a letter from their son, Ambrose Griffin, which was sent from Germany. Ambrose and Jack Pruden and their orchestra, who are playing i on the S. S. Europa, arrived in Bremen, Germany, on July 7th. They i made a trip to Cologne and from < there they expect to go to Paris. The i boys report a wonderful time. •, Comrade Relates War Record Os Major William S. Privott Always being' reluctant to rehearse his experiences during his military service, The Herald is able, through the courtesy of Robert L. Pratt, to give a short sketch of Major W. S. Privott’s activities in the service of his country from the time he enlist ed in 1909 until he was honorably discharged in 1918 after the close of the World War. Mr. Pratt had been in almost constant contact with Major Privott in his military connec tions and is well versed with his re cord. A member of Mr. Privott’s battalion, since his death, remarked, “I may not have been in accord with every action of the Major in his civilian life, but in the army he was a soldier of the first calibre. There could have been no braver soldier nor one who had the interest of the men under him more at heart.” According to Mr. Pratt, Major Privott’s military record is as fol lows: He joined old Company I, Second North Carolina Regiment, Third Bat talion, as a private in 1909, and in 1910 he was promoted to corporal- In 1911 he was made captain and placed in charge of Company I. On March 9, 1914 he was commissioned major of the Third Battalion com posing Company I of Edenton, K i from Wilson, L from Lumber Bridge, and M from Bunn. On June 19,1916, < his battalion was ordered out for i duty on the Mexican border and was < assembled at Camp Glenn, Morehead City, on June 27, 1916, and went un- I der extensive training under his ex-. CALL MEETING TO DISCUSS DISPOSAL OF CITIZENS BANK Stockholders Urged to Be Present at Court House SATURDAY, 2 P. M. W. O. Crump Desires to Bring Liquidation To Close W. O. Crump, who has labored faithfully and patiently to liquidate the affairs of the Citizens Bank of Edenton, is deeply anxious to bring the liquidation to a close in order that the expense of liquidation may be stopped. There remains certain assets of value and the bank biulding to dis pose of. For this reason Mr. Crump is calling a meeting of the depositors of the bank to be held at the Court House in Edenton on Saturday, July 27th, at 2 o’clock P. M., for the pur pose of discussing the most practical procedure to follow in order that the liquidation raa; be completed and the bank building disposed of to the best advantage for the whole community and for the protection of the whole group of depositors and other credi tors of the bank. There will be present at this meet ing Smith Medlin, of Monroe, N. C., a representative from the Banking Department of the State of North Carolina, to work with the citizenship of the community in any plan having for its ultimate objective the future welfare of the community and the protection of the depositors and cre ditors of the bank. The discussion wiU be entirely informal and it is earnestly desired that every deposi tor, creditor’and stockholder be pres ent in person if possible that practi cal, constructive suggestions may be discussed thoroughly. POST AUXILIARY NAMES OFFICERS Mrs. Jesse White Elected President; Auxiliary Meetings Postponed During Summer Meetings of the Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post have been postponed dur ing the summer, the next regular me eting being scheduled for the first Friday in October. At the July meeting of the Auxiliary the follow ing officers were elected to serve during the year: President, Mrs. Jesse White; vice president, Mrs. C. A. Boyce; secre tary, Mrs. Edna White; treasurer, Mrs. H. S. Ziegler; historian, Mrs- Richard Dixon; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. W. E. Baker. All of these of ficers have been notified of their el ection, and to date no information has been received by the secretary of the inability of any to serve. Ir event any cannot serve a special meeting will be called to elect another for that particular office. cellent leadership. On September 26, 1916, his battalion left Camp Glenn for the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, and arrived at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Sunday morning, October 1, 1916- His battalion was loaded and left the Mexican border March 20, 1917, and returned to North Carolina, going in camp at Goldsboro to be mustered out of the Federal service back into the National Guard, but as hik country went to war on April 6, 1917, his battalion was never muster ed out and continued in camp at Goldsboro until July 4, 1917, and from there he was sent to Camp Greene at Charlotte, N. C., where he remained in direct command of the entire camp area while it was under construction. After completion of the camp and Western troops moved in he was or dered to join the Second Regiment, North Carolina National Guard at Camp Severe, Greenville, S. C. While in Greenville the Second Regiment was changed to the 118th Infantry. Major Privott remained in extensive training with the battalion through the winter of 1917 and 1918, and his battalion, under his excellent leader ship, captured honors from other battalions in the Regiment on numer ous occasions. On May 2, 1918, Major Privott was ordered with his battalion to proceed to debarkation and went in camp at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. On May 11, 1918, he left Camp Merritt for Boston, men marching up Aon Page Four) New School Buildings Hanging In Balance MELON GROWERS BALK AT CHARGE FOR INSPECTION Federal Inspection Certificates Neces sary to Dispose of C r op to Com mission Merchants Apparently there is some misun derstanding among watermelon grow ers regarding the marketing agree ment controlling the crop which is now about ready to be shipped. It appears that quite a few of the grow ers object to having their melons in spected by the Federal inspectors. Glenn Hotchkiss, in charge of the inspection in this territory, explained that it is necessary to have water melons graded and inspected before they can be disposed of to commission merchants. The commission men are operating under the same agreement and are liable to a fine and revoking of their license for accepting any shipments without the Federal inspec tion certificate. He explained that the watermelon growers benefit by the marketing agreement just as much so as do farmers under major crop control. “Had it nqk been for the marketing agreement being carried out in South Carolina,” said Mr. Hotchkiss, “there would be a poor demand for Chowan melons at this time due to many in ferior melons being dumped into the territory from southern points.” One of the chief objections met by Mr. Hotchkiss is the inspection charge which is a minimum of $1 on a truck load. A charge of $4 is made on a carload or its equivalent which would include from 800 to 1300 melons. M. W. Edmondson has arrived from South Carolina to assist Mr. Hotch kiss at the County Dock in the in spection of watermelons, and has made it plain that no melons will be allowed to be shipped unless they are inspected and graded, only U. S. l’s and 2’s being allowed to be sent out. J. B. Ezell, also an inspector, has ar rived in the county and will inspect melons in the Cross Roads section. Mr. Hotchkiss desires it to be known that he has inspectors available to be sent out to any shipping point and any information regarding the matter can be secured at the office which is located in the Willis warehouse at the County Dock. The grading of melons, from in formation secured, will not be any stricter than grading as done hereto fore, the only requirement being that the melons are well formed and sound. Up to Wednesday afternoon seven truck loads had been inspected and it was expected a boat would be loaded the latter part of this week. Some growers report their crop somewhat retarded by the dry weather shortly after planting, and it is thought ship ments will be in full swing by next week. ROTARY" AND INTER-CITY MEET IN E. CITY Meetings Held In Virginia Dare Hotel; Luncheons For Officers At Noon Plans have all been made for the annual Rotary Assembly which will convene in the Virginia Dare Hotel, Elizabeth City, on Friday morning at 9:00 o’clock. The session will con tinue until 3:30 o’clock in the after noon, with a recess being taken at noon for lunch. This lunch will be held in two separate groups, the presidents and committee chairmen of the various clubs being in one group and the secretaries of the clubs being in another group. For the Rotary-annes who will ac company their husbands a bridge luncheon has been arranged at the noon hour with a theatre party fol lowing. At night an inter-city Rotary meet ing will be held, to which all Rotar ians, as well as their wives, in the district are urged to attend. This meeting will be held in the Virginia Dare Hotel at 7:15 o’clock. A goodly number of Edenton Ro tarians are expected to attend both the assembly and the inter-city meet ing. Ambulance Company To Camp Saturday Members of the 115th Ambulance Company, of Edenton, will leave Sat urday for their annual encampment at Gamp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. The outfit consists of two officers and 50 enlisted men and will remain in camp ;for 15 days. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year Plans Sent to Raleigh For Man Hour Breakdown AWAITWORD Local School Men Will Go to Capital Next Tuesday Although school officials are very optimistic about securing better school facilities in Chowan County, , the two new plants at Chowan High j and in Edenton are still far from realization. Both W. J. Taylor and John A. Holmes have worked un ' ceasingly in furnishing data and in , formation regarding the needs of new schools, and if the buildings are se , cured according to the architect’s ’ drawings and blue prints, creditable plants would be erected at both t places. r Plans, however, have been sent to i Raleigh, where they will be broken - down into man hours before the pro jects will be acted upon for a PWA , loan. Local school officials were to | have gone to Raleigh this week in , connection with the projects, but due [ to the impossibility to have the breakdown completed, they are sche , duled to go next Tuesday, at which time it is expected to learn if the project will be accepted, j Those who most likely will go to , Raleigh are John A. Holmes, J. H. , Conger and Thomas Chears, repre [ senting the city school board, and W. I J. Taylor and a committee from the county school board. Frank Benton, ( the architect who drew the plans for the local schools, will also be in at tendance. 5 If the projects are approved on the , 55-45 basis, then the next move on , the part of the school men will be to . present their case before the county commissioners; who must agree to . the furnishing of the County’s part ; of the money before the new build ings can be realized. i The Edenton school project calls ; for an outlay of approximately $173,- I 000.00 while the school at Cross • Roads would cost about $62,000.00. ; Os the Edenton amount, it is hoped ; that the valuation of the site on Hicks Field, which is placed at be tween $60,000 and $75,000, can be ■ subtracted as part of the city’s 55 per • cent of the total amount to be spent. The new Edenton school would I contain 16 class rooms, aside from rooms to be used as a clothing labo i ratory, food laboratory, science labo : ratory and a large reading room. It 1 would be two stories, with a base ; ment for heating plants, and archi t tectural motifs in artificial stone. It ’ would also be equipped with a gym - nasium and .an auditorium which : would seat more than 1000 people being acoustically treated in the most modem method. The improvements at the Cross Roads school call for a 2-story struc ture of 20 class rooms, the building to be of brick veneer and containing rooms for clothing, food, science and ? reading activities. School officials feel that the county commissioners realize that something ultimately must be done about the , school situation in the county, and I that rather than wait until later when the entire burden will have to ; be borne by the county, they will see fit to favor a PWA loan when the . matter is straightened out and pre sented to them. ; Maurice L. Bunch I Able To See Visitors Maurice L. Bunch, register of deeds of Chowan County, who underwent a ! serious operation in Norfolk two : week’s ago, is reported to be im ' proving as well as could be expected. He is now able to see a limited num ■ ber of visitors. ' Mr. Bunch is in the Protestant | Hospital in Norfolk, contrary to the information in last week’s Herald 1 that he was in St. Vincent’s Hospi tal. The correction is gladly made ’ for the information of any who may wish to write to or visit Mr. Bunch. Bad Weather Kills Eclipse Party Monday r _________ The “Eclipse which was > planned to be held at “Little Amer ■ ica” Monday night was forced to be t called off di»e to the cloudy weather. > It was expected also to have music ) at the pavilion, but the inclement l weather caused this feature also to be called off.