In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume II. —Number 40.
Local Red Cross Aims
To Make Homes Safe
Campaign Launched to
Eliminate Accident-
Causing Hazards
NATION-WIDE
Special Program Will Be
In Charge of Local
Committee
“The Chowan Chapter of the Red
Cross launches a campaign to elimi
nate accident-causing hazards in the
home today,” it was said by Mrs. J.
N. Pruden, Chairman of the local
Chapter. “It is the Chapter’s pur
pose,” Mrs. Pruden said, “to make
the homes of this community safe.
Home accidents are due to careless
ness, negligence and lack of knowl-.
edge and most of them are prevent
able.”
According to Mrs. Pruden millions
of people are injured in the home
each year. Last year more than
34,000 were killed and the number
permanently disabled by accidents
occurring in the home ran into six
figures. “People do not realize that
the home is not safe,” Mrs. Pruden
stated “and it is the purpose of this
Red Cross program to correct this
erroneous belief, to point out common
and uncommon home hazards and
show how each may be eliminated
and to conduct an actual inspection
of the homes of this community.”
A program of this nature, Mrs.
Pruden pointed out, is of necessity
largely educational in character. The
Chowan Chapter will campaign
against disinterest and fallacy
through the medium of the written
and spoken word. A comprehensive
public speaking schedule is being ar
ranged in an intensive effort to
make children and parents aware of
the very real danger which lurks in
the home itself. The generous coop
eration of newspapers and various
publications have been enlisted. In
dividuals, civic and social clubs and
business groups are being contacted.
Many have already pledged their aid.
A number of national organizations
have signified their willingness to
help the Red Cross minimize home
accidents and the close cooperation
of the local branches of these organ
izations is anticipated.
“Special home inspection forms
have been prepared,” Mrs. Pruden
sai, “and are to be introduced into
the homes here through the children
in our schools. Arrangements have
been made with school superintend
eifis, principals and teachers so that
school children will receive thefce
blanks, take them home and conduct
an actual inspection of the home to
eliminate accident causing hazards
with the help of parents or relatives
and return the blanks to the school,
where they will be forwarded to the
Red Cross for compilation of statis
tics to indicate what type of home
accident hazard is most prevalent.”
The local Red Cross states that the
Committee in charge of this special
program will be chairmaned by Mrs.
J. N. Pruden. Other members of the
Committee are as follows: P. L.
Baumgardner, W. J. Taylor, John A.
Holmes, and E. L. Walker, colored
school principal.
This home safety campaign, it is
understood, will also include farm
safety and safety while at work on
the farm. Because of the inaccessi
bility of farms and the difficulty of
securing accident statistics pertaining
to them, little safety pioneering has
been done in this direction.
“Preventing unnecessary death and
alleviating human misery,” Mrs.
Pruden, Chapter Chairman pointed
out, “is a chartered obligation of the
Red Cross, and home safety,” she
said, “is a natural outgrowth of First
Aid, a Red Cross service which has
been in effect for some 25 years and
is annually responsible -for saving
many lives.” c
“The accident prevention cam
paign,” she said, “will be carried out
on a nation-wide scale and each of
the nearly 13,000 Red Cross Chapters
and Branches will ]ilay a part.”
Mrs. Pruden indicated that the
campaign would not be an intensive
affair of a few months which would
subsequently be dropped but, rather,
would be a continuing year-by-year
program to prevent unnecessary
deaths and accidents in the home and
on the farm.
The Red Cross believes that knowl
edge of first aid will do much to pre
vent home accidents. A person in
structed in first aid is accident con
scious; and certainly, when an acci
dent does occur in the home, the
practical application of first aid
knowledge may prevent a minor in
froiu lulling. '
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Mr. Chambliss, according to the
State Fair book, will stage one
of the most interesting fairs in
years. The fair will be held in
Raleigh October 14-19. Under
Mr. Chambliss’ managership the
Rocky Mount and Williamston
fairs are also expected to be
above par and draw large crowds
from this section. Mr. Chambliss
again this year plans to have a
press banquet at the Carolina
Hotel Monday night, October 14,
immediately after the fireworks
display.
Edenton Schools In
Mid-Season Form
John A. Holmes, superintendent of
city schools, is able to attend to his
duties following an attack of mala
ria, which confined him to his home
for several days last week. Despite
his absence the schools have been
running along systematically and at
present appear to be in mid-season
form.
Mr. Holmes is still seeking a
teacher for mathematics, which study
is being temporarily taught by Miss
Pencie Warren, who took over the
classes when the teacher resigned
after the first day of school. At
present no regular teacher has been
secured.
Aside from the attack of malaria,
Mr. Holmes is more or less bothered
by a needle which was broken off in
his back. Several weeks ago Mr.
Holmes accompanied C. G. Conger in
the latter’s automobile for a ride
down town and upon sitting on the
seat a needle pierced his back. The
needle is thought to have been left in
the seat when new covers were put
in the car. Half of the needle is
thought to be lodged in the spine, an
X-Ray picture failing to reveal the
needle point.
All Peanut Pickers Must
Get License To Operate
M. L. Bunch, Chowan County Reg
ister of 'Deeds, is this week adver
tising the fact that operators of
peanut pickers are required by law
to obtain a license for this purpose
at his office. Mr. Bunch says that
those who pick only their own pea
nuts must have this license, as well
as those who pick for other farmers,
except that in the latter case a fee of
50 cents is charged, whereas the
former is free.
With each license is given a memo
randum for the purpose of keeping
an accurate record of the number of
bags of peanuts picked which must
be returned properly filled out to the
Register of Deeds at the close of the
season. Mr. Bunch in turn is requir
ed to send this information to Wash
ington in order to arrive at the ex
act number of bags raised in Chowan
rather than an estimated crop.
The licenses are now ready and
farmers are being notified by Mr.
Bunch who urges them to secure
same promptly.'
Large Still Raided In
Green Hall Section
Sheriff J. A. Bunch and a number
of deputies on Saturday morning
raided one of the largest stills ever
captured in Chowan County. The
still was located in the Green Hall
section and had a capacity of 500
gallons of liquor.
No one was on the scene when the
raid was made and no arrests have
been made. The sheriff and his men
destroyed the still as well as a large
quantity of mash that was ready to
b€ run.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 3, 1935.
EDENTON SLATED
TO GET PORTION
OF WRITERS’ FUND
Plan to Publicize Points
Os Interest In Small
Towns of Nation
officeliere
“American Guide” Will
Acquaint Travelers
With Beauties
Special Dispatch to The Herald J
By Columbia Press Service
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30.—1 nan
extensive nation-wide program to
bring before the traveling public a
graphic and more comprehensive pic
ture of points of interest and folk
lore to be found in Edenton and oth
er selceted North Carolina cities, the
Federal Writers project, a subsidiary
of the Works Progress Administra
tion, has taken the initial step toward
organizing the “American Guide,” it
was learned here today.
This exhaustive American Bae
decker which after completion is ex
pected to reveal the seven wonders
distinctive of special American cities
but little known outside their imme
date communities, is to be a five
volume affair, paying particular at
tention to ci. es of less than hundred
thousand population size at the be
ginning, inasmuch as those above
that class generally have guide books
already.
According to Director Henry Als
berg, chief, offices will be set up in
Edenton and comparable cities over
the country out of which the unem
ployed of that district will gather
material for the guide. Funds will
come from the $27,000,000 allotment
given to the Works Progress Admin
istration for the needy folks in the
music, art, drama and writing field.
“Each field office established in the [
various cities,” Mr. Alsberg told The;
Chowan Herald correspondent, “will
be allocated funds as they are needed
to carry on the work. We intend to
gather material on the little high- ,
ways and by-ways of America so
that travelers may more fully appre
ciate the beauties of our country.”
W. D. Holmes Presents
Clock To Rotary Club
A beautiful clock has been donat- ]
ed to the Edenton Rotary Club by
W. D. Holmes. The clock, a unique
affair, has the numerals placed
around a circular contraption, the en
tire machine making a revolution,
with a stationary indicator denoting
the time.
The timepiece is placed on the din
ing table directly in front of Presi
dent Bill Hart and is a positive as
surance that the Rotary meetings
will not run over time.
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Governor Is Taking Care Os
His Home Folks, Says Scribe
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“North Carolina’s Albemarle sec
tion, the northeast, previously refer
red to as the State’s ‘lost colonies,’
and with half centuries between pe
riods pf its chief executives, is now
riding a high crest and is bounti
fully fed by its own Governor J. C.
B. Ehringhaus,” says M. R. Dunna
gan in a feature article in Sunday’s
Charlotte Observer.
“Earlier in his administration,”
continues Mr. Dunnagan, “Governor
Ehringhaus was accused by his own
people of not taking care of his home
folks. That charge cannot lie now.
It has been history that governors
generally looked after their own,
either as to their location or their
support. It is not new in politics.
Governor Ehringhaus has done that,
probably to a greater extent than
any governor within the memory of
living men- Nor are his appoint
ments criticised generally. It is no
toriously true that practically all of
them, if not all, have made good.
“But even that is not justification
for filling all of the desirable offices
of an administration from the gov
ernor’s front yard, and leaving large
areas completely in the cold. Good
many can be found all over the State
to hold the offices at his disposal.
Yet, that heavily populated pied
mont and western area, both of which
admittedly ‘saved’ him in the pri
mary contest with R. T. Fountain,
have little to boast of in the way of
appointments—in fact, is being
classed as the proverbial ‘red-headed
step-child.’
"A recent check on appointments
made by Governor Ehringhaus, or
those he made, indirectly, or con
FOOTBALL SQUAD
READY FOR FIRST
GAME OF SEASON
Aces Unable to Secure
Game For Friday
Afternoon
caytonTnjured
First Game Here Oc
tober 11 With Beau-
Fort High
The Edenton High School football
team has been taken through a se
ries of stiff practices during the
week and is now about ready to take
on opponents. Despite the fact that
a number of the squad have been of
fered opportunties to play elsewhere,
practically the same team as last
year will be on the field. ,
However, at the outset the team
has been weakened <Tue to the injury |
late Tuesday afternoon of William •
Cayton, who has been filling the
quarterback position. Near the end
of the practice session Tuesday af
ternoon young Cayton had the mis
fortune to break and arm while run
ning with the ball. His injury will
have its effect on the team, for it no
doubt means that a lineman will
have to be shifted to quarterback
and one of the reserves, of which
there are few, be put in the line.
Cayton demonstrated in what games
he played last season that he was a
good ball carrier and together with
Paul and Worth Spencer and Melvin
Layton, Coach Brogden’s backfield
problem was about settled.
It was hoped to play the first game
of the season Friday, but despite
the fact that several teams had open
dates, no opponent could be secured,
so the season for the local team is
scheduled to open Friday, October
11, when Beaufort will be entertain
jed on the local gridiron. Chowan
j College will' “be the attraction on the
following Friday on Hicks Field,
while on the 25th the Aces will go
to Roanoke Rapids, at which place
they undoubtedly will meet their
strongest opposition. Elizabeth City
is scheduled to play here on Novem
ber 1, while November 8 is open at
present.
Some of last year’s plays as well
as a number of new ones will be in
the locals’ bag of tricks and fans
are very anxious to see the Aces
perform. The team should be just
as strong as last year, providing the
injury to Cayton does not interfere.
He most likely will be out of the
lineup all season.
The team up to Tuesday lined up
as follows: Calvin Sexton and John
Byrum, ends; James Smith and Ver
non Spruill, tackles; John Martin
Harrell and Josiah Elliott, guards;
Edward Wozelka, center; William
Cayton, quarterback; Worth Spencer
and Melvin Layton, halfbacks; and
Paul Spencer, fullback.
tinued with his approval, shows that
nearly one-third of the individuals,
drawing 30 per cent of the salary ol
all appointees, are from his home
district.
“The First District has six resi
dents in major positions, so classed
because of salary or prominence of
the places, or both, and five others
in positions paying full salaries, or
their equivalent. Eighteen major
and six minor jobs are filled on his
appointment or direction by people
living in all of the other ten congres
sional districts of the State.”
Included in Mr. Ehringhaus’ ap
pointments, either directly or indi
rectly, are:
Dudley Bagley, Moyock, Currituck
county, chairman Rural Electrifica
tion authority, salary $4,000.
Lloyd E. Griffin, Edenton, secre
tary, State School commission, sal
ary, $4,150.
R. Bruce Etheridge, Manteo, direc
tor, Conservation and Development,
$4,800.
Stanley Winbome, Murfreesboro,
Utilities commissioner, salary, $6,000,
later elected.
Clayton Moore, Williamston, spec
ial judge Superior court, salary,
$7,000.
Harry McMullan, Washington, N.
C., chairman, Industrial Commission,
salary $4,800.
Charles Whedbee, Hertford, legis
lative adviser, two sessions four
months each, paid $4,800.
Herbert Peele, Elizabeth City, sec
retary, N. C. Railroad, salary, $1,500.
Thad A. Eure, Winton, escheats
collector for university, salary, $3,
(Continued on Page Five)
Fire Prevention Week
Observed Oct. 6-12
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
ROTARY’S PROGRAM
Mayor E. W. Spires Last Week Paid
Fitting Tribute to the Late
X. E. Copeland
The Crippled Children Committee
will have charge of the program at
the meeting of the Edenton Rotary
Club at 1 o’clock today. Members on
this committee are O. H. Brown, C.
A. Ashby, M. F. Bond and Earl
Goodwin.
At last Thursday’s meeting Mayor
E. W. Spires gave a thorough re
hearsal of the improvements com
pleted and now under way in the city
during the past year. During the
course of his remarks especial tri
bute was given the late X. E. Cope
land, who, the Mayor said, was one
lof the most civic-minded men of
j Edenton. The two men had bqpn
very closely associated as members
*of City Council and whenever called
upon for an expenditure of time and
energy Mr. Copeland could be confi
dently relied upon to give his best
services. “He will be greatly missed
on the Board,” said Mr. Spires, “and
the town and county have lost a val
uable citizen.”
Chowan Tribe Starts
Membership Drive
Chowan Tribe of Red Men at its
meeting Monday night decided to
start a contest for the purpose of in
creasing attendance and securing new
members, the contest to run until the
end of the year. Joe Habit, Raleigh
Hollowell and Noah Goodwin will
captain three teams taken from the
membership, the winning team at the
end of the contest to be guests of the
two low teams at a banquet.
Special rates will be in force dur
ing the drive and it is the hope of
the tribe to gain enough new mem
bers to entitle the lodge to another
representative in the Great Council
at its next meeting, when A. S. Hol
lowell will be in line for election as
Great Junior Sagamore.
A delegation from Elizabeth City
was present at the meeting Monday
night, all of whom made short ad
dresses.
All members of the local tribe will
be notified to be present at Monday
night’s meeting, when the contest will
officially get under way.
District Rally Today
In Methodist Church
A rally of the Elizabeth City Dis
trict of the Methodist Church is in
progress at the local church today,
the meeting being held from 10 a. m.
to 1 p. m., and being attended by
a large group from all over the dis
trict. Os especial interest is an ad
dress by Bishop Paul Kern and I.
S. Shaver, a missionary who was
supported on the field by > this dis
trict.
The devotional service is in charge
of Presiding Elder J. H. McCracken,
and special music will be rendered
by the church choir. The meeting
will close with a check-up on the
church’s benevolences.
Methodists Preparing
For Revival Oct. 13-20
Preparations are now being made
by the Edenton Methodist congrega
tion for the fall revival services
which will be held in the local church
October 13 to 20. At each prayer
meeting service Wednesday night a
list of revival hymns have been sung
and other preparations made looking
forward to a successful meeting.
Dr. J. M. Ormond, a former pastor
in the Albemarle, and now a member
of the faculty of Duke University,
will preach during this series of
meetings, the congregation feeling
very fortunate in being able to have
such an able man in charge. Dr.
Ormond will arrive in Edenton on
the 14th and will preach through the \
20th, a general invitation being given
to all to hear him.
Four More Checks Sent
To The United Charities
Following the announcement last
week by The Herald that the United
Charities was in dire need of funds
four more donations were received,
thus enabling the dispensing of relief
to go on as usual among the unem
ployables in the County.
United Charities officials are very
grateful for this response and are
hopeful that more will be received so
i that this important work may con
, tinue throughout the winter when
the need of relief is more in demand.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
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Mayor E. W. Spires
Urges Full Coopera
tion of Citizens
CHECK-UP MADE
Fire ChieFl*. K. Hall
Gives Instructions to
Prevent Fires
Fire Prevention Week, which will
be observed from October 6 to 12, is
brought to the attention of Edenton
and Chowan County residents both
by Mayor E. W. Spires and Fire
Chief R. K. Hall. The latter during
the week will check up on his recent
inspection in Edenton to see that
proper repairs have been made to
prevent fires. In addition to this,
Mr. Hall urges citizens to take extra
precautions in starting fires at this
time. He is very anxious that resi
dents inspect flues and also urges
them to take down fire boards and
remove dry soot whish may have
collected during the year. Garrets
and storage rooms should also be
inspected, according to the fire chief,
and any inflammable material moved
away from flues.
Mr. Hall will gladly render any
advice during the week to the end
that fire hazards are reduced to a
minimum.
Governor J. C- B. Ehringhaus has
issued the usual proclamation setting
aside Fire Prevention Week, in
which he urges mayors of cities to
issue a proclamation and earnestly
solicits the cooperation of chambers
of commerce, civic and women’s clubs
and the press.
In commenting upon Fire Preven
tion Week, Mayor E. W. Spires has
the following to say:
“The President of the United
States and the Governor of North
Carolina have proclaimed the week
of October 6-12 as Fire Prevention
Week.
“Although the fire losses in both
protected and unprotected areas in
North Carolina last year were the
lowest' during the past ten years,
these losses were in excess of eight
million dollars. This decrease indi
cates that through education and im
proved fire fighting facilities we have
been enabled to accomplish a great
deal, however, there is still ample
room for improvement.
“Therefore, in cooperation with our
National and State leadership and in
order to encourage the use of every
possible precaution with a view of
further minimizing these heavy
annual losses, I desire to designate
the aforesaid week as Fire Preven
tion Week and to bespeak for Fire
Chief Hall your earnest cooperation
during his inspection.”
Eleven Arrests Made
Over Past Week-end
Eleven arrests were made in Eden
ton over the week-end on various
minor charges, all of which were dis
posed of by Justices of the Peace F.
W. Hobbs and W. S. Summerell.
Haywood Bond, colored, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly,
receiving a 15 days’ sentence in jail,
or payment of $2 and costs.
Charlie Jordan, colored, was taxed
with the costs for being drunk on
the streets.
Reuben Burke and Otelia Burke,
colored, were tried on a disorderly
house charge, the former being fined
$5 and costs, while the latter was
ordered to pay court costs.
Will McClenny was fined $2 and
court costs for being drunk.
R. L. Boyce, for being drunk on
the streets, was fined $5 and costs.
Clayton Wynne, Philip Mcßae,
Vance Lambert, James Harris, and
Joe Walker, all colored, faced a
charge of gambling, all being found
guilty except Walker. They were
each fined $2 and costs. The group
was arrested Saturday night at the
home of Mcßae on West Albemarle
; Street.
• Sherman Collins, colored, charged
with assault upon Nelson Gillam,
was found guilty and taxed $2 and
costs.
Missionary Society
Completes Course
The Missionary Society of the
Edenton Methodist Church has just
completed a Study Course, using the
book entitled “Orientals in America.”
Each class had different leaders, and
the members of the Society showed
much interest, a good attendance be
ing present. Each chapter of the
book was very interesting, and much#
was accomplished by all who attend!
, ed these study classes. m