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found a fair presentation
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' Volume ll.—Number 31.
Fail To Accept Plan
To Dispose Os Bank
Three Plans to Gose
Liquidation Presented
To Depositors
CRUMPPRAISED
Another Meeting: Called
For Saturday After
noon at 2 O’clock
The Chowan County Court House
was filled with depositors of the
Citizens Bank Saturday afternoon
when a meeting was called for the
purpose of discussing the disposal of
the local bank building and the wind
ing up of the liquidation of the
closed bank.
W. 0. Crump, the liquidating agent,
called the meeting to order, explain
ing its purpose, and later turning the
affairs over to Smith Medlin of
Monroe, a representative of the
Banking Department of North Caro
lina.
The first order of business was the
naming of a chairman and secretary,
W. S. Harney, formerly of Edenton,
but now of Norfolk, Va., being select
ed as chairman, and W. A. Everett,
secretary.
Mr. Medlin explained the various
methods that could be used to com
plete liquidation, stating that the
banking department could complete
the affairs in 30 days, but that it
was the desire to have all interested
parties have a voice in the matter to
the end that the most satisfactory
results may be obtained.
Three suggestions or plans were
outlined by Mr. Medlin, anyone of
which he said would be fruitful in its
results. The first plan had to do
with the disposal of the smaller re
coverable assets. Out of any such
recovery “the little depositors,” as
Mr. Medlin put it, would be paid in
full. Any balance would revert back
into the larger funds. Under the
second plan this balance and any
moneys that could be secured through
the disposal of all notes outstanding
on the institution’s books, would take
care of depositors placed by Mr. Med
lin in the second class, meaning those
depositors “between the small fellow
and the large fellow.” The third
plan carried a method whereby 54 of
the largest depositors of the bank
would take over the building in re
turn for what was owing them.
There seems to be no unanimity of
opinion as to the wisdom of accept
ing any of these plans hurriedly, how
ever. Wood Privott moved that
Plan No. 1, as it was called, be adopt
ed, anyhow, but it was not concurred
in. Senator L. E. Griffin asked what
was owing by the bank and was told
“around $39,000” or which the bank
building was carried at $25,000, leav
ing $14,000 to be cleared up besides.
There was further discussion re
garding the action to be taken which
culminated ii L. E. Griffin offering a
motion that a committee of five be
appointed and clothed with power to
select a plan and meet at the Court
House Saturday, August 3, at 2 P. M.
The motion was seconded by S. E.
Morris and passed unanimously. The
committee named consists of Z. W.
Evans, chairman, D. B. Liles, E. L.
Winslow, S. E. Morris and N- L.
Ward.
A resolution was offered by D. M.
Warren, seconded by L. E. Griffin and
unanimously carried expressing ap
preciation of W. O. Crump’s admin
istration of the affairs o£ the closed
bank.
The resolution follows:
. “This meeting hereby goes on re
cord in expressing its appreciation to
Mr. W. O. Crump for his administra
tion of the affairs of the Citizens
Bank. While his work has been done
in a most competent manner and his
accomplishments have been most sat
isfactory, he has at the same time
been sympathetic to the needs, the
rights and interests of both the
bank’s depositors and borrowers.
“The time, efficient and diligent
services he has given this community
has meant much to all of our citizens,
“Therefore, be it resolved that this
resolution be sent through Mr. Med
lin to the Commissioner of Banks of
North Carolina, with our thanks to
him for his fortunate appointment of
Mr. Crump.”
The committee named will study
over the three plans submitted and
will be ready to furnish a definite
decision at the meeting to be held
Saturday when the depositor's will be
given an opportunity to express their
opinion. All interested parties are
. urged to * ttend v V
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
> RED MEN HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING
A. S. Hollowell Unanimously En
dorsed As Great Junior Sagamore .
of North Carolina
■ The first district meeting of the
I newly organized First District of the
Improved Order of Red Men was held
Tuesday night in the local Red Men
Hall, when a large number of repre
sentatives from Edenton and Eliza
: beth City was present.
: In the absence of Sachem Johnny
, Williams, of Elizabeth City, the
, meeting was presided over by Leslie
1 Sherlock. Various phases of Red
manship were discussed and more
' thorough methods of organization
: of the district consumed much of the
time.
, The district voted unanimously to
. endorse A. S. Hollowell as a candl
> date for Great Junior Sagamore at
[ the next meeting of the Great Coun
; cil of North Carolina.
The next meeting of the district
will be held in Elizabeth City.
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! School Men Apply
For Loan From PWA
’ Edenton school officials continued
, their efforts to secure more adequate
[ school facilities last week when John
, A. Holmes, Thomas Chears and J. H.
[ Conger, representing the city schools,
; and W. J. Taylor, S. E. Morris and
j L. W. Belch, representing the county
( schools, journeyed to Raleigh to file
, an application with PWA officials for
funds to build a new school in Eden
ton and a new building at Cross
; Roads. The application, however, will
; be presented to the local government
’ commission, which body must pass
' on the application and if accepted the
matter must again come before the
1 County Commissioners for approval
| or disapproval.
J Maurice L. Bunch Is
Back From Hospital
| Maurice L. Bunch, register of deeds
' of Chowan County, who has been in
the Protestant Hospital in Norfolk,
’ Va., for over three weeks, has recov
[ ered sufficiently to be brought home.
, He was brought home Sunday and
; stood the trip very well.
‘ Although Mr. Bunch is still very
weak and is required to remain in
, bed, his friends will be glad to know
‘ he is recovering as well as could be
expected.
■ Four Cases Tried By
| Justice Summerell
! Four cases were tried Monday af
‘ ternoon in the Court House by Jus
tice of the Peace W. S. Summerell.
Daniel Boone, colored, of Hertford,
, was found guilty of being drunk on
{ the streets of Edenton, and was sen
, tenced to 10 days in jail.
J Sylvania Brooks, also colored, was
. found guilty of the same offense and
was given the same sentence.
Joe Stallings, colored, was charged
J with giving a worthless check to R.
' L. Chesson, but the endorser failed
to show that the check was refused at
’ the bank. The case was dismissed
and Mr. Chesson was charged with
the cost of court.
j Ham Blount, colored, was charged
with giving worthless checks to Tom
Goodman and was found guilty. He
' was sentenced to 30 days on the
roads or pay the checks and court
costs, but entered an appeal to be
tried in recorder's court. His bond
' was set at SSO.
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; Ambulance Company
Enjoying: Camp Life
i —■"■
Word has reached Edenton to the
> effect that members of the 115th
> Ambulance Company who are now in
• camp at Camp Jaekson, South Caro
lina, are thoroughly enjoying them
; selves. During the first week in
’ camp the Company stood well in
, rank with other companies in the
i United States, and the boys are work
ing hard to get as much training as
! possible during the 15 days in camp,
i (In a letter sent to The Herald, the
’ two officers, Major M. P. Whichard
and Lieutenant P. L. Baumgardner
are very well pleased with the show
l ing made by the local boys.
ATTEND DISTRICT MEETING
A. S. Hollowell, accompanied by W.
Ben Goodwin and Leslie Sherlock, of
Elisabeth City, will attend a meeting
of the Eighth District of Improved
Order of Red Men to be held in Char
lotte Saturday. This is the largest
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 1, 1935.
PEANUTGROWERS
DISCUSS PHASES
OFNEWCONTRACT
, Many From Section At
r tend Meeting Friday
Morning
CROP COMPARED
Reports Show Peanuts
| Not as Good as Last
Year
County agents and prominent pea
nut growers from all over the eastern
■ section of the State met Friday
■ morning in the Edenton High School
building when a general discussion
■ was held regarding the peanut con
i tract for the coming year. Those
i taking part on the program were W.
A. Gwaltney and H. W. Taylor of the
1 Department of Agriculture and E.
Y. Floyd of State College.
Mr. Gwaltney gave an interesting
background of the peanut situation
during the past several years, at the
■ conclusion of which he explained the
peanut program of last year and ask
ed opinions and suggestions as to
what the growers thought would be
acceptable for the next contract-
Right much time was used in the dis
cussion of what the growers thought
' would be a fair minimum price to be
! placed on peanuts. This figure ranged
from S6O to $65 per ton. It was
stated, however, that not until 1933
■ was there a control board whereby
prices were regulated so that a mini
mum price was set at S6O per ton and
1 later increased to $65 per ton. In
' order for such a price to exist, the
growers were told that more of the
; crop must be diverted to the manu
facture of oil and that peanuts thai
; are used for this purpose are not
1 subjected to the processing tax.
Mr. Gwaltney also interrogated the
representatives from the various
counties relative to the condition of
the peanut crop compared with last
year at the same time. Aside from a
section in Bertie and one section in
Gates, where it was reported to be
100 per cent, the stand averaged
about 85 per cent of last year.
The meeting consumed the entire
morning and in the afternoon Mr.
Floyd held a meeting with the county
agents when he explained the proper
method of filling out tobacco blanks.
Dr. W. I. Hart Figures
In Automobile Wreck
Dr. and Mrs. W. I. Hart were out
riding just before supper Tuesday
night. They had been swinging
around through the watermelon coun
try and finally came back onto the
Suffolk road about four miles outside
of Edenton. A negro driving a truck
decided to turn off in front of them.
The answer was obvious; the Hart
coupe shot into the truck and was
pretty badly tom apart. Mrs. Hart
was quite severely shaken up and
bruised. The doctor escaped un
scathed. The car is in the “hospi
tal.”
Nephew Mr. Etheridge
Is Killed In Norfolk
George W. Etheridge of Norfolk,
Va., who is related locally, was fatal
ly shot Tuesday afternoon when he
attempted to play the part of peace
maker in a Norfolk confectionery
store. He was shot when he got in
’ line with two bullets which were in
, tended for Nicholas Renesis, who was
| quarreling with Vasilios Tsakiery.
Mr. Etheridge died about 6:15 in a
Norfolk hospital as a result of his
wounds. He is a nephew of T. J.
Etheridge, and a cousin of Mrs.
George Harrell and Mrs. George Las
siter of Edenton.
The funeral will be held Thursday
in Norfolk, Va.
Watermelon Display
In Byrum’s Window
An interesting display of water
melons can how be seen in the win
dow of the Byrum Bros. Hardware
store. The display consists of 10
melons, all of large and uniform size.
They were grown on the farm of C-
D. Hollowell at Cross Roads and are
of the Cowpen Neck Special variety.
This particular seed is featured by
the Byrum store and T. C. Byrum is
convinced that this variety will make
more money for growers than any
other variety.
NEW V. E. CO. MAN HERE
N. T. Cross of the Virginia Electric
Company, who has been stationed in
Edenton, will leave Edenton and re
turn to Suffolk, Va., the letter part
Counties United In Method Os
Choosing Location Os Bridge
William E. Parks
Will Is Probated
By the terms of the will of the late
William E. Parks, aged Gliden sec
tion farmer who recently died, fifteen
farms and $4,500 in cash are be
queathed to the widow and children
of the deceased. The will signed in
1918 and two codicils dated in 1931,
were all admitted to probate by
Judge R. D. Dixon last Saturday.
Deeds for most of the farmlands had
been made to the children prior tc
the death of their father. Deceased
was a farmer, horse trader and small
store keeper and acquired his acre
ages and other wealth fifteen or
twenty miles away from any com
munity of even 100 population.
State Nurse Instructs
Mid-wives Os Chowan
An excellent response was made to
the call of Chowan County mid
wives when a meeting was held Fri
day morning in the Court House.
Mrs. Margaret Sloan, State nurse,
had charge of the meeting and very
ably instructed those present as to
the proper methods to pursue in their
work.
Eighteen or twenty mid-wives were
present for the class.
J. A. Curran Buys
The Community Store
Os particular interest to residents
of Edenton is the change in hands of
the Community Store which took
place last Thursday when the part
nership between Rupert Goodwin and
J. A. Woodard was dissolved and the
store takdfc over by John A. Curran.
The Community Store which was
opened for business on September
15, 1932, has been managed by Mr.
Goodwin since that time. Mr. Cur
ran, who for the past several years
has been in the insurance business,
has had experience in the grocery
business, having been employed for
a number of years with W. D.
Holmes. He plans to devote his en
tire time tin the store after next
week when his successor is named.
Mr. Curran has changed the name
of the store from the Community
Store to J. A. Curran, Grocer.
Mr. Goodwin has accepted a posi
tion with the Self-help Fishermen’s
Corporation and expects to leave
shortly for Morehead City, from
which point he will cover a number of
eastern counties.
School Property To
Be Sold On Sept. 2
Notices have been posted by W. J.
Taylor, superintendent of county
schools, to the effect that two school
sites will be sold at public auction at
the Court House door on Monday,
September 2, at 12 o’clock noon.
These two pieces of property in
clude the Riverview site containing
2 1-2 acres in the Third Township,
and the Walnut Hill site in the First
Township, containing three-fourths
of an acre.
Joyce Moore Injured
In Auto Accident
Six-year-old Joyce Moore, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Moore,
was painfully but not seriously in
jured Wednesday night when she
was struck by an automobile as she
started to cross the street near hei
home.
The little girl sustained injuries
about the head and face, and one
knee was injured, but she is now able
to be about.
The driver of the car, Wade
Pritchard, of Chapel Hill, carried the
injured girl to a local physician,
who dressed the wounds- The acci
dent was unavoidable and Mr. Pritch
ard was not arrested.
Little Girl Swallows
Calcium Sulphate Pills
Cynthia Harrell, 3-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrell of
the Cowpen Neck section, was rushed
to the office of Dr. L. P. Williams
Monday afternoon after it was learn
ed that she had swallowed some cal
cium sulphate pills. A stomach
pump was put in use and the little
girl is apparently not suffering any
ill effects.
YOUNG WOMAN’S BIBLE CLASS
TO MEET TUESDAY EVENING
The Young Woman’s Bible Class of
the Edenton Baptist Sunday School
will meet Tuesday evening, August 6,
at 8:00 o’clock, with. Miss Iva Mae
LOCAL LIBRARY
CLOSED SUNDAYS
58000 Volumes Now On Shelves:
Library Has 1,190 Borrowers
During the Year
The trustees of the Shepard-Pru
den Memorial Library met on Mon
day at which time it was decided to
close the library on Sunday after
noons during the month of August.
Os particular interest to those
present was the report of Mrs. S. M.
McMullan, the librarian, who report
ed that at the present time there are
5,800 volumes on the shelves of the
library, 3,369 of these volumes being
for adults and 2,433 for children.
For the year ending July 1, there
was a total circulation of 27,750 vol
umes, 14,100 volumes for adults and
13,650 volumes for children.
The total number of borrowers
during the year was 1,190.
Madge Pettus Enters
Suit For SIO,OOO
Suit for SIO,OOO damages has been
entered in Superior Court here by
Miss Madge G. Pettus, school teac
her, against her near neighbor, Mrs.
Emily Badham, of Edenton, and Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Coxe, Jr., of Darling
ton, South Carolina. On November
30, last the complainant avers she
accepted an invitation to accompany
the others to a football game at
Chapel Hill. Near Rbersonville the
car skidded, turned over twice and
slambanged into a tree, precipitating
Miss Pettus through the top and
necessitating her removal to a Green
ville hospital. The complaint sets
forth that the car was going 60 miles
an hour and htat the plaintiff has
\ been permanently injured and incapa
citated from school work.
Rabies Inspectos Start
Check-up On August 1
The rabies inspectors have com
pleted their canvass of Chowan
County and vaccinated dogs which
have been brought to the various
places for this purpose.
Starting August 1, a check-up will
be started and owners of dogs who
have not complied with the law will
be given notice to have this work
done within three days or be prose
cuted. This vaccination must be done
by inspectors who have been appoint
ed by the County Commissioners.
Edenton Case Sold
; To Mike Kehayas
J. N. Pruden, one of the adminis
■ trators of the estate of Anton Athos,
r on Tuesday sold at public auction, on
the premises, all the equipment of the
, Edenton Case, notice of which sale
had been posted the required time-
Very little bidding was done and
the highest bidder, Mike Kehayas,
whose bid was S6OO. This bid, how
ever, will remain open for 10 days
and unless it is raised the sale will
be considered final.
One item, “1 cat," about which
there has been much in public prints
and which created much discussion,
was stricken from the inventory and
was not called out among the various
items by Mr. Pruden.
Watermelon Shipments
Continue From Dock
Watermelon shipments are still
holding up well, to date 29 boats hav
ing been used to transport the Cho
wan crop to northern markets. Over
100,000 melons are said to have been
shipped by boat thus far which does
not include what melons have gone
away by truck and train- Melons are
being loaded on cars at Valhalla,
buyers being located at that station.
While the crop is not as large as
last year, there still remains quite a
few melons to be marketed.
Filling Stations Raided
By Federal Officers
Federal officers from Williamston
suddenly made their appearance in
Edenton last Thursday and raided the
filling stations of Jim Davenport and
Harry Crummy, both on the Hert
ford highway.
Davenport was summoned to ap
pear in Williamston, where Commis
sioner W. C. Manning ruled there was
not sufficient evidence to hold him.
Crummy, who was not at home at
the time of the raid, is understood
to have posted a bond/ for a future
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
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$1.25 Per Year
Resolution Will Be Pre
sented to Highway
Commission
MANY PRESENT
Travel Long Distance In
Heavy Rain to Attend
Meeting
Despite a downpour of rain Fri
day afternoon, the Chowan County
Court House was filled to capacity
by representatives from Chowan,
Perquimans, Gates, Pasquotank and
Washington counties to discuss the
possibility of the North Carolina
State Highway Commission erecting a
bridge across the Albemarle Sound.
The meeting was scheduled to begin
at 4 o’clock, but was held up half an
hour due to the heavy rain.
X. E. Copeland, chairman of the
committee from the Chowan Business
Men’s Association, who arranged the
meeting, called the gathering to order
and explained the purpose of the
meeting, immediately after which
John A. Holmes was selected to act
as secretary.
Mr. Copeland called on Mayor E.
W. Spires to extend a welcome to the
visitors, who in the course of his re
marks, stated that he was happy to
see such a large crowd despite the
weather. He extended a cordial wel
come to all not only for the bridge
meeting, but at any other time they
saw fit to visit the city.
“For the past two years,” said
Mr. Spires, “efforts have been made
to secure a bridge, or bridges provid
ing a shorter route between the
counties situated on the South and
North sides of the Albemarle Sound.
The historic failure of these efforts
is familiar to all of you. In Novem
ber, 1933, we attempted to secure a
toll bridge financed by a PWA loan.
This likewise met with failure.
“About two months ago a commit
tee consisting of X. E. Copeland, D.
M. Warren, F. P. Wood, W. J. Berry
man and myself was appointed by
the Chowan County Business Men’s
Association for the purpose of facili
tating the matter of securing a
bridge connecting these territories.
Our committee was authorized to
proceed in any manner which we
thought most advisable.
“Last month we read an Associated
Press item from Raleigh stating that
a delegation from Washington Coun
ty would appear before the Highway
Commission in interest of this bridge.
We secured an appointment, but upon
arrival in Raleigh we learned that
only Senator Bailey was there and
1 that he was asking for roads; not the
bridge.
“Chairman Waynick informed us
’ that we should return home, get to
gether with our neighbors and para
-1 mount the necessity of a bridge
: rather than any particular location.
He strongly indicated that unless we
ceased fighting on the location we
could expect little consideration at
their hands.
“Accordingly, our committee de
cided to call this meeting in hopes
that we could adjust our differences
, and present an united plea for the
bridge, agreeing to leave the location
in the hands of the Highway Com
mission.
“We of Chowan are not fighting
against anyone; we are merely
working for a much needed link in
our highway system. Therefore, may
I suggest that we work in harmony.
It has been truly said that a house
divided against itself will surely fall.
Tha Public Works Administration has
offered to give 45 percent of the
total cost of such projects. This be
ing true, it seems to me that if we
fail now, many years will have elap
sed before we again have such an
, opportunity. i
“The iron of opportunity is now at
white heat. Shall we use it to sear
our souls with envy, jealousy and sel
fishness, or will we make use of it
for the mote floble purpose of
smoothing out the wrinkles of con
tention which adorn our brows? This
answer rests with you, gentlemen.”
Mr. Spires read a telegram from
C. W. Morgan, chairman of the Per
quimans County Board of County
Commissioners, who was in thorough
accord with the purpose of the meet
ing. Letters were also read from C.
E. Thompson of Elizabeth City, and
Charles W. Whedbee of Hertford,
both of whom urged harmony and
paramounted the need of a bridge
rather than the location.
Rev. E. L. Stack of Washington
1 County, who has served most of his
pastorate in Eastern North Carolina,
was called upon to express the senti-
I ments of citizens on the south side
> of the Sound. Mr. Stack, who is