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found a fair presentation
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of general interest.
Volume ll.—Number 30.
Mass Meeting Friday To Discuss Bridge Location
Commissioners Study
County’s 1936 Budget
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Budget a Few Hundred
Dollars More Than
Last Year
MORE FORRELIEF
Tax Rate Will Be De
cided Upon at Meet
ing In August
The Chowan County Commission
ers met in special session Monday
morning to approve the budget for
1935-36. A full board was present,
including D. M. Warren, chairman;
A. C. Boyce, A. D. Ward, W. H. Win
borne and J. A. Webb.
The Commissioners thoroughly
went over the figures as proposed,
comparing the various items with last
year and after very few changes had
been made the total amount to be
raised stood at $70,041.48. Os this
amount $20,000 is the estimated gen
eral county budget, $41,627.84 for
roads and bonds, and $8,413.64 for
schools. The total amount to be
raised this year will be between SSOO
and S6OO more than was necessary
last year, which for the most part is
made necessary by the increased de
mand on the county for poor relief
and hospitalization. The amount
needed for bonds and interest is less
this year than last, but this saving is
just about offset by the added need
for relief. There is also a slight in
crease in the budget for schools.
The levy for taxes will be made on
a property valuation of approximate
ly $6,750,000, which will mean that
the tax rate will be about the same
or possibly one or two cents more on
the hundred dollars than last year.
The estimated budget, however, will
remain open until the commissioners
meet in August at which time the
tax rate will be definitely fixed.
The estimated general county bud
get is made up as follows:
County Commissioners, $3,000; list
ing property, $800; sheriff, $3,000;
election, $400; county accountant,
$600; county treasurer, $600; court
house, $600; register of deeds office,
$1,400; coroner, $100; county jail,
$1,000; county home, $1,625; poor re
lief, $3,200; agricultural development,
2,200; county health, $1,000; county
aid, $150; Superior Court, $1,200;
clerk recorder’s court, $400; record
er’s court, $1,800; juvenile court,
$250; vital statistics, $175; making a
total of $23,500. From this amount
will be deducted an estimated amount
of $3,500 which will come to the
county in the way of beer licenses,
returned jury fees and other sources
bringing the budget down to $20,000.
Unique Program
At Rotary Meeting
Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., president of the
Edenton Rotary Club, has instructed
the chairmen of the club’s various
committees to have prepared a one or
two minute speech at the regular
luncheon at 1 o’clock today. Mr.
Hart made it emphatic that each
speaker would have only a minute or
two and in this time he wanted each
one to give a general outline of what
Rotary International planned for each
committee during the year.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees are as follows: C. H. Wood,
C. A. Ashby, M. F. Bond, C. E. Kram
er, E. W. Spires, Fred P. Wood, Jesse
White, J. Edwin Bufflap, John W.
Graham, O. H. Brown; N. K. Rowell,
L. E. Griffin and J. N. Pruden.
At last Thursday’s meeting one of
the largest crowds in many weeks
was present, and. Dr. Hart is very
anxious that every committee chair
men as well as all other members at
tend the luncheon today.
Edenton Rotarians
At Inter-City Meet
A goodly number of Edenton Ro
tarians went to Elizabeth City last
Friday to attend the Rotary Assem
bly and the inter-city meeting which
was held Friday night. The meeting
at night was held in the Virginia
Dare Hotel and was presided over by
C. E. Kramer.
A very interesting program was
rendered, including musical numbers
and a number of dancing stunts. The
principal address was made by Rev.
Sylvester Green, of Richmond, Va., ;
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Bank Stockholders
Will Meet Saturday
Post cards have been mailed by
W. O. Crump, liquidating agent
for the Citizens Bank, urging all
depositors of the bank to meet in
the Chowan Court House Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock for the pur
pose of discussing the most prasti
j cal procedure to follow in dispos
ing of the bank building so that
the liquidation of the bank may be
completed.
Smith Medlin, of Monroe, N. C.,
a representative of the Banking
Department of North Carolina,
will be present and all depositors
are urged to attend and lake part
in the discussion.
The bank has to date paid off
85 per cent to depositors, with
another substantial payment ex
pected when the building is sold.
RED MEN DISTRICT
MEETING FRIDAY
Members of Order Will Gather In
Local Wigwam to Transact
General Bus'ness
A district meeting of Red Men will
be held in the local Red Men hall on
, Tuesday night when many members
of the Order in the Albemarle are
expected to attend. This district was
recently organized and this will be
the first official meeting of the group.
Various items of business affecting
Red Men in this section will be dis
cussed, and some of the great chiefs
ar expected to be present. Ice cream
and cake will be served after the
business session.
The district officers are as follows:
Sachem, Johnnie Williams, of Eliza
beth City; senior sagamore, W. E.
Baker, of Edenton; junior sagamore,
Horace Holt, of Elizabeth City;
prophet, T. J. Wilder, of Edenton;
chief of records, Claude Ballard, of
Elizabeth City; keeper of wampum,
W. J. Daniels, of Edenton.
The lodges in the district at pres
ent include Chowan, Pasquotank,
Manteo-Wanchese, Stumpy Point,
Fort Landing and Knotts Island.
Wedding Os Interest
Held In Robersonville
A wedding of particular interest to
friends in Chowan County and this
section of the State was solemnized
last Wednesday in Robersonville
when Miss Eoline Everett of that
city became the bride of William S.
Privott, Jr., of Edenton. The cere
mony was performed at the home of
the bride’s parents, with Rev. Frank
Perry, a Baptist minister, officiating,
and was attended by only intimate
friends of the couple.
The newlyweds left immediately
after the ceremony for Virginia
Beach, Va., where they are spending
their honeymoon. They are expected
back in Edenton over the week-end,
where they will make their home.
Rocky Hock Men In
Bad Truck Accident
Luther Bunch, John S- Bunch and
Roland Ashley of the Rocky Hock
section narrowly ascaped with their
lives last week while enroute to
Washington, D. C., with a load of
2500 cantaloupes. Luther Bunch and
John S. Bunch were slightly injured
but have now recovered.
The truck, belonging to John S.
Bunch, was totally wrecked when it
became necessary to stop on the high
way near Richmond, Va., due to
another wreck, and was run into by
a car driven by three Negroes, all of
whom were killed in the crash. Due
to the Rocky Hock men hurriedly
leaving their truck on account of a
car burning along the road, possibly
saved their lives, for the front of the
car was completely demolished.
Footprint Found In
Step To Court House
Quite a bit of interest is manifest
around the Court House these days
due to the belief that the footprint of
some prehistoric animal has been dis
covered in one of the steps to the
Court House. Time after time water
is sprinkled on the step, bringing out
more clearly what is supposed to be
the footprint as the water evaporates.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 25, 1935.
IWILL APPLY FOR
P.W.A. MONEY TO
BUILD SCHOOLS
Commissioners Select
Holmes and Taylor \o
File Application
STUDYMATTER
County In No Way Fi
nancially Obligated
Thus Far
New school buildings or improve
ments to the present plants in Chow
an County under the PWA program
of 45 per cent grant and 55 per cent
loan are still very uncertain. A new
form of application was submitted to
the County Commissioners on Mon
day by John A. Holmes, one of the
provisions of which was that the
Commissioners name a person or per
sons authorized to make the applica
tion for the money.
The Commissioners discussed the
■ proposition at length and when they
felt satisfied that they were in no
way obligating the County at pres
ent they authorized John A. Holmes
and W. J. Taylor to make an applica
i tion for the sum required. These
two men will fill out the application
and present it to PWA officials and if
the application is accepted the terms
of the agreement will be placed be
fore the Commissioners for final ac
: tion.
Improvements to the schools or
; new buildings are badly needed, but
1 the Commissioners in their discussion
of the matter left the impression that
they could not see how the County
could afford to go further into debt
1 to take care of the 55 per cent loan
that would be necessary.
In the meantime Mr. Taylor and
Mr. Holmes are attending to all the
red tape in connection with the propo
sition, hoping that if the application
is accepted by the PWA officials the
i Commissioners will see their way
clear to comply with the terms as set
forth by the government agency.
About Half County’s
Dogs Vaccinated
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Vaccination of dogs is now in full
swing throughout Chowan County,
Pugh Roberson, who was appointed
by the County Commissioners to as
sist in this work, reporting that dog
owners in the county are cooperating
splendidly in carrying out the State
law which provides that all dogs
must be vaccinated or killed. The
supply of serum has -been exhausted
on several occasions, but new ship
ments have arrived in time to prevent
the vaccinating from being held up.
Up to Wednesday noon Mr. Rober
son had vaccinated 540 dogs in the
county, where he estimates there are
about 1,000 dogs.
He will be at George Goodwin’s
filling station at Hancock Station all
day Friday, and Saturday all day he
will be at Burton’s Service Station in
Edenton. On Monday afternoon he
will be at Henry White’s store at
Cowpen Neck.
All dog owners are urged to have
their pets vaccinated as soon as pos
sible, for their is a likelihood that
the rabies inspectors of Chowan
County will include Gates County in
their vaccination work.
CHOWAN’S MELONS
BEING MARKETED
Crop Is Smaller anid Fruit Not As
Large As In Former Years;
Fewer Boats Leave
Right much activity prevailed at
the County Dock this week when
much of the County’s watermelon
crop was shipped by boats to the
northern markets. Up to Wednesday
night 14 boats had left loaded to
capacity with watermelons and canta
loupes from this section.
According to reports the crop is
very short this year, and for some
reason the melons have not developed
into the size of former years. It is
expected that not more than 20 boats
will leave the dock this season which
compares with 53 in 1933 and 47 in
1934.
This shortage, however, is not alto- 1
gether due to the short crop. Many
of the watermelons and cantaloupes 1
are sent direct to the markets by I
trucks, which in formers years was
not as convenient
There is also some difficulty to
have growers have their melons in- 1
ipected by government agents. L
PEANUT PLANTS
OBJECT TO PAY
PROCESSING TAX
Cooperating: With Other
Concerns In Similar
Actions
10 PER CENT HERE
Await Decision of Con
stitutionality of AAA
Tax Law
As a protective measure brought
in consonance with similar action by
Suffolk peanut operating manufac
turers, the Edenton Peanut Company
and the Albemarle Peanut Corpora
tion, of this town, have secured fed
eral court in/unctions temporarily
restraining the collection of peanut
processing taxes from them for the
last three months. Technically the
first named concern enjoins the collec
tion of a little more than $3,000 in
such taxes for May and June, and the
latter company would stop the pay
ment of around $13,500 for the
months of April and May.
The injunctions, two of thirty simi
lar actions, were secured from Fed
eral Judge Johnson H. Hayes, sitting
first at his home in North Wilkes
boro and later at Greensboro. They
will hold and prevent the collection of
all processing taxes until the consti
tutionality of the AAA processing
tax law is passed upon by the U. S.
Supreme Court.
In a statement made at Greens
boro, W. D. Pruden, counsel for the
local companies, said the Edenton
operators were in no sense out of
step with the AAA tax law but did
feel that as their brother operators in
Suffolk and other communities had
acted, similar action by the companies
here was necessary. Mr. Pruden,
who went to Greensboro Sunday with
Millard F. Bond and James E. Wood
representing his clients, is quoted in
State papers as saying the peanut
processing of the nation is divided
about 90 per cent elsewhere and 10
per cent in Edenton.
Application For School
Money Is Presented
As a further move to secure more
adequate school facilities in Chowan
County, John A. Holmes, Thomas
Chears and J. H. Conger, represent-
the city schools, and W. J. Tay
lor and-S. E. Morris, representing the
County Board of Education left on
Thursday morning for Raleigh, where
they will present the application foi
the money to build two new school
buildings, one on the fair grounds
and one at Small’s Cross Roads.
They were also equipped to give any
other information that may be neces
sary in connection with the school
situation in Chowan County and are
hopeful that the money will be forth-
In event the application is accept
ed, the school men will present the
proposition to the County Commis
sioners, who will have the final voice
as to the carrying out of the contract,
coming.
Rev. J. V. Knight
Preaches Sunday
Rev. J. Vincent Knight, of Tarboro
who was pastor of the local Metho
dist Church nine years ago, preached
at the morning hour Sunday. Mr.
Knight, his wife and daughter, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Barber, returning to theii
home Monday.
County Agents Meet
At School Friday
County agents from Chowan, Ber
tie, Camden, Gates, Perquimans,
Washington, Tyrrell, Pamlico, Hert
ford and Pasquotank counties are
scheduled to meet in the Edenton
school building Friday morning at 10
o’clock. The purpose of this meeting
is to discuss the new peanut contract
for next year.
Declamation Contest
Has Been Postponed
The County-wide Stewardship dec
lamation contest which was scheduled
to be held in the Edenton Baptist
Church Saturday afternoon, July 27,
has been postponed until a later date.
This decision was made by Mrs. C. T.
Doughtie, county leader, who desires
to cooperate with the State Board of
Health in precautions during the in
fantile paralysis oujtf^h
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' Chowan Court House
To Be Scene Os Action
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Ban On Children’s
Meetings Not Lifted
There is apparently some mis
understanding relative to the local
health authorities lifting the order
prohibiting children under 15
years of age from gathering to
gether. Rumors were afloat last
week that the quarantine had been
lifted, but this is not true.
• Dr. J. A. Powell, county health
’ officer, did remove the quarantine
from the colored family having the
r infantile paralysis victim, but he
has not lifted the order prohibiting
children from attending public
' gatherings. Although the paraly
sis victim is greatly improved, Dr.
• Powell is of the opinion that gen
'■ eral precautions should be ob
served.
CHOWAN MAY GET
NEW COUNTY HOME
Architect Presents Sketch of Build
ing to County Commissioners at
Monday’s Meeting
Frank Benton, architect from Ra
leigh, appeared before the County
; Commissioners on Monday with a
. plan for a new County Home. Mr.
Benton explained that he was hope
■ ful of securing a grant from the
‘ PWA to erect the building without
i any obligation on the part of the
- County, the County Commissioners
1 authorizing him to proceed with his
i plans on those conditions.
I The architect’s drawing displayed
; a beautiful one-story brick building,
, containing 16 rooms for inmates. The
structure would be modern in every
respect, and would be a credit to the
County if the grant goes through.
The present county home is inade
quate and the Commissioners feel
that if the proposed new home is
erected it will take care of the needs
of the county for a long time.
E. W. Lordley Still
Director Os ERA
Despite efforts to secure accurate
data regarding the local ERA status,
The Herald was misinformed last
week in reporting that E. S. Askew,
of Bertie County replaced E. W.
i Lordley as director for this district
and that all local projects were being
held up pending a reorganization of
I the personnel.
Mr. Lordley was in Edenton Mon
day and explained that Mr. Askew
r has been named director of the WPA
for District No. 1, Which includes
the territory covered by four ERA
districts, headquarters for which are
in Elizabeth City, Plymouth, Manteo,
and Weldon and includes 12 counties.
Mr. Askew will take charge on Au
gust 1, from which time the WPA
will make up projects and use men
from the ERA. When all the men
from the ERA are placed on the
WPA rolls, the ERA obviously will
go out of existence.
In the meantime Mr. Lordley will
act as director of the Elizabeth City
office and stated that the reason for
the hold-up on projects was due to
lack of money.
No Coach Secured As
Yet For Local School
Although rumors have been heard
that Frank Suttenfield has accepted
the position as coach for the Edenton
High School, none of these could be
substantiated. According to John A.
Holmes a letter was written to Mr.
Suttenfield, but up until late Wed
nesday afemoon no information was
available as to whether or not he
would accept the position.
Nothing further has been done
about securing a coach, according to
Mr. Holmes.
Many Tomatoes Are
Now Being Canned
About 35 hands were employed
early this week by the Neuse Packing
Corporation when the canning of to
matoes was started in the old cotton
oil mill building. W. C. Crockett,
manager of the plant, is now in Eden
ton, and looks forward to a very suc
cessful season.
Tomatoes are coming in in great
quantities from the surrounding terri
tory and the plant is hopeful of
canning 5,000 cans daily.
This newspaper is circu - J
lated in the territory I
where Advertisers will I
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Many Invitations Sent
To Citizens of Entire
Albemarle
expecFcrowd
Julien Wood of High
way Commission Will
Be Present
What is hoped will result in the
most concrete movement toward the
erection of a bridge across the Albe
marle Sound is in prospect when the
matter will be discussed at a general
meeting called for Friday afternoon
at 4 o’clock in the Chowan County
Court House. Invitations have been
sent out by John A. Holmes, secre
tary of the Chowan Business Men’s
Association, to representative citizens
• all over the territory on the north
and south sides of the Sound, and
many are expected to be present for
the meeting.
It is understood that the Highway
Commission is very favorable to the
erection of a bridge across the Albe
marle Sound, and that funds have
been ear-marked for the purpose, but
that no definite steps have been taken
. by the commission due to the wide
spread dissatisfaction as to the loca
tion of the bridge. It is for this rea
son that the meeting Friday has been
called by a committee from the Cho
wan Business Men’s Association, con
sisting of X. E. Copeland, chairman,
D. M. Warren, Fred P. Wood, W. J.
Berryman and E. W. Spires. This
committee hopes to have the loca
tion of a bridge discussed pro and
con and a definite place decided upon
to present to the Highway Commis
sion.
The invitation sent out by the com
mittee is as follows:
“For several years efforts have
been made to secure a bridge afford
ing easy transportation facilities for
the people residing on the South and
North sides of Albemarle Sound. In
every instance’these movements have
failed because we were divided
against ourselves, stressing the lo
cation rather than paramounting nec
essity of said project. On each oc
casion the State Highway Commis
sion has wisely counseled us to re
turn home, adjust our differences
and then present the proposition to
them for consideration.
“With this thought in mind, the
Chowan County Business Men’s As
sociation appointed the undersigned
committee for the purpose of pres
sing this matter in whatever man
ner we deemed most expedient and
effective. Therefore, we have de
cided to call a meeting to be held in
the Court House at Edenton next Fri
day afternoon, July 26th, at 4:00
o’clock. Commissioner Julien Wood of
this district has agreed to attend the
meeting. Edenton was selected only
because the citizens of Washington,
Tyrrell, Hyde and Beaufort counties
could drive to Mackeys, catch the
2:30 ferry as foot passengers and re
turn by the ferry leaving Edenton at
5:00 o’clock. Invitation is being sent
to a large number of interested citi
zens residing in these counties and
also to those of Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck .
“We believe that the time is oppor
tune for a concreted movement, but
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Notices Posted For
Sale Edenton Case
Notices of sale have been posted at
the Court House by J. N. Pruden and
L. E. Griffin, administrators of the es
tate of Anton Athos, advertising all
the property of the Edenton Case to
be sold on Tuesday, July 30, at 12
o’clock noon. The notices contain a
long inventory of restaurant equip
ment, among the items being “1 cat.”
The “cat” item has caused much
comment through daily newspapers,
resulting in telegrams and letters to
the administrators bidding on the ani
mal, when according to Mike
Kehayas, present operator of the
restaurant, there is no cat on the
premises.
It was thought by some that the
“cat” should have been listed as a
“cot,"” but upon investigation the
stenographer is very insistent that
the original inventory listed “1 cat.”
In the meantime, the administra
tors are anxious for the time of sale
to arrive to be relieved of the bother
of answering questions regarding the
“cat”