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found a fair presentation
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Volume ll.—Number 42.
Enforcing Officials
Meet Here Nov. Bth
One of Eight District
Meetings Slated For
Edenton
BUFFET SUPPER
Many Phases of Law
Enforcement Will Be
Discussed
Local officials are expecting around
200 visitors in Edenton when the law
enforcing officers of this and neigh
boring counties will hold a district
conference in the Chowan Court
House on Friday, November 8, to
discuss mutual problems and lay
plans for concerted and continuous
effort in crime prevention and high
way safety.
Director Albert Coates, of the In
stitute of Government of Chapel
Hill, which is sponsoring the confer
ence, was here on Tuesday going over
plans and other details for the forth
coming meeting with Mayor E. W.
Spires. The visitor, who suggested
sending out a series of letters to
various officials with a view of at
tracting attendance, told the town
executive particular stress would be
laid at the gathering on the subject
of juvenile delinquency. It is his
thought that an earnest round table
discussion of this subject might be
engaged in following the evening
buffet supper to be held at the
King's Arms Taverft
A total of eight such conferences
will be held throughout the State in
all. The counties forming this dis
trict are Bertie, Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford,
Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washing
ton.
The series is being arranged
through the Law Enforcing Officers
Division of the Institute of Govern
ment by the leaders of city, county,
state, and federal officers in North
Carolina. The district conferences,
plans for which were adopted at the
State-wide School of Law Enforcing
Officers here last summer, will be
followed by city and county schools.
The Institute of Government, it
was announced, has completed ar
rangements for printing of 250,000
■copies of its new guidebook on High
way Safety. These will be distri
buted to every officer, citizens group,
and high school in the State, it was
said, forming the basis for safety in
struction and promotion by all three
groups.
In the district conferences the
morning sessions will be limited to
police, sheriffs, and state patrolmen
for the district. The judges and
solicitors of the intermediate courts
will join in the afternoon meetings.
Each district conference will cul
minate with a buffet supper at which
mayors, members of the bar, and
members of the public affairs com
mittees of the various citizens’
groups will meet with the officials in
the interests of co-ordinating the ef
forts of all groups in a state-wide
program of law enforcement.
Among the topics for instruction
and discussion at the conference in
Edenton are rules of evidence, ar
rests, searches and seizures, investi
gations, preparation of cases for
trial, civil service, politics in law en
forcement, and uniform laws and uni
form enforcement of the laws.
Along with these will be featured
the co-ordination of all groups of law
enforcing officers in the enforcement
of the motor vehicle laws, which is
one phase of the larger problem of
crime prevention and criminal law
enforcement. .
Mayor B. W. Spi res has called a
meeting of local officials Friday
.night at jnFdocJt in , the Municipal
building for the purpose of complet
ing plans foY the tpneiing..
M. G. Mann Speaks
To Cotton Growers
Emphatic endorsement of the gov
ernment in its efforts to provide new
deal aid to cotton farmers of the
south was decltfrfed to be a primary
purpose of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association at
a small gathering of agriculturists
here on Tuesday afternoon. M. G.
Mann, of Raleigh, general manager
of the State organization was the
speaker at the meeting and minced
no words in asserting that every
move the government had made had
and would continue to prove of last
ing benefit to the growers.
Mr. Mann urged his hearers to
store their cotton in an effort to
a higher price, an animated
Bdiacnaiion following his address.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
LOCAL REVIVAL
NOW IN PROGRESS
Many Hear Powerful Sermons By
Dr. J. M. Ormond;
Closes Sunday Night
Revival services are now under
way at the Edenton Methodist
Church, with Dr. J. M. Ormond, a
member of Duke University faculty,
preaching. Dr. Ormond preached his
first sermon Monday night to a fair
sized congregation which is expected
to increase as the meeting pro
gresses. Mr. Ormond is known by a
number of Edenton citizens, having
served in Elizabeth City as well as
in Hertford a number of years ago.
Two services a day have been held
thus far this week and will continue
during the meeting, the hour being
at 10 A. M., and 7:30 P. M. Mr. Or
mond will remain in Edenton through
next Sunday, preaching his final ser
mon Sunday night. He is a very
forceful speaker and the Methodist
congregation feels very fortunate in
being able to secure him.
Mr. Ormond in his first sermon
said he did not intend to throw fear
into the hearts of his hearers, that
he did not believe in the “brass band”
sort of religion, and that he would
not parade and perform in the pulpit
to attract hearers to the church. But
he was very emphatic in saying that
he would endeavor to preach about
and explain those fundamental reli
gious principles that, if understood
and practiced, would make better
men and women and better and hap
pier Christians. He likewise said
that he may not be able to attract
many to hear him, and especially
those who are not church attendants,
but that those of the congregation
who are interested in the work of the
church should pray and work to the
end that unsaved people come within
the sound of the gospel of Christ.
MERRY HILL P. T. A.
PI&NS FOR WORK
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The Item Parent-Teachers
Association met Tuesday night with
its new president, Mrs. E. S. Askew,
presiding. A good attendance was
on hand and Mrs. Askew matfe a very
interesting talk, after which many
matters were discussed and commit
tees appointed for the year. Much
is expected to be accomplished with
Mrs. Askew at the head of the As
sociation.
Meetings will be held the second
Tuesday of each month at 7 o’clock
in the school Euildihg. It is also
planned to take a silver offering at
each meeting which will be given to
the room that has the most parents
present. Programs for the meetings
during the year will be given by the
different grades.
Mrs. Askew is much gratified over
the work being done in the home
economics department, the classes
just finishing their first smocks.
Cooking will also soon be taken up.
Improvement of the school grounds
is expected soon to be under way
and with a newly painted building
and a capable corps of teachers, pa
trons of the school are looking for
ward to a very progressive and suc
cessful year.
Good Program In
Prospect For Rotary
The program at the weekly lunch
eon of the Edenton Rotary Club to
day will be in charge of the 1 ' Rural
Urban Acquaintance Committee, com
posed of N. K. Rowell, M. W. Jack
son, J. G. Small and O. H. Brown.
Mr. the chairman, can always
be depended upon for an interesting
program, and’ a large attendance is
expected again this week. A
First Peanuts Picked
On N. L. Ward Farm
What iB thought to be the first
peanuts picked of the 1935 crop in
ChoWan County are now stored in
Leary Bros, warehouse. The peanuts
were picked by N. L. Ward and are
exceptionally good, both as to quality
and size.
Masons Will Confer
Degree Work Tonight
The regular communication of
Unanimity Lodge will be held tonight
at 7:80. There will be work in the
first degree. A special meeting will
be held Friday night also, at which
timg the first degree will also be eon*
a candidate.
Edenton; Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 17, 1935.
DECORATIONS IN
UNANIMITY LODGE
ARE COMPLETED
Masonic Lodge Room Is
Now One of Most
Unique In State
CELEBRATE EVENT
Artistic Work Done By
Paul Olsson; Members
Very Proud
The decoration of the lodge room
.of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., in the historic Chowan County
Court House is now completed, the
finishing touches having been made
this week, and the lodge will tonight
meet for the first time in its uniquely
decorated hall.
This decoration work has been in
charge of Paul Olssen, local artist,
and members of the lodge are very
proud of the appearance of their
meeting place, feeling that it is one
of the most unique Masonic lodge
halls in the State. Assisting Mr.
Olsson during the past several weeks
in his task were R. L. Spry, C. W.
Sawyer and W. C. Bunch, all of
whom deserve much praise for the
interest they have taken in making
an attractivfe meeting place.
Mr. Olsson has placed on the ceil
ing many artistic designs, which in
clude the setting sun, as well as
many gold stars representing the
starry-decked heaven. Very attrac
tive panels also replace the white
and cracked plaster walls and as a
border around the top of the room
Mr. Olsson has painted any number
of beautiful Masonic emblems. The
wainscoating and door hqs been
painted and given an artistic touch
of graining by the master hand of
Mr. Olsson, while the background of
the case in which reposes the famous
George Washington chair has been
painted a light blue in order to give
a plain view of the old relic. The
old carpet which contained Masonic
emblems, but which had become
threadbare at various places, has also
been taken up and the floor painted
which also adds to Jhe attractiveness
of the room. The carpet, however,
will be cleaned and preserved for
possible use in a dreamed-of museum
for relics of the lodge.
A celebration will be held on
Thursday, November 7, in honor of
the completion of the hall, at which
time Mr. Olsson, by special request
of the lodge, will present a hand
some portrait of himself, which he
painted, and which will be hung in
the lodge room as a testimonial to
the interest and love he has always
manifested for the Masonic frater
nity.
Letters of invitation have been
sent to members of the lodge living
elsewhere to attend this celebration,
and no doubt will result in one of
the biggest Masonic meetings ever
to be held in Edenton.
205 Placements Made
By Employment Office
A total of 3,607 placements were
made during the period from Sep
tember 2st through October sth, ac
cording to the bi-monthly report of
the N. C- State Employment Service.
Os this number, 699 were Relief
Placements. Placements for the pro
ceeding two weeks totalled 3,220.
Registrations for the present period
amounted to 6,368, having decreased
over forty per cent of the registra
tion mark for the preceeding period.
The prior report showed 10,363 regis
trations. This decrease is largely
due to the fact that much of the re
lief registration has been completed.
Reregistrations for this period
amounted to 1,743, and there were
5,229 renewals. 9489 cancellations
were recorded- The total balance of
unemployed is now listed at 185,056,
of which number 131,787 are men
and 53,719 are women. The veter
ans’ balance is 7,698.
General business expansion has in
creased the demand for all classifica
tions of skilled workers and all un
employed skilled workers are urged
to register with the nearest district
or branch office of the N. C. State
Employment Service as soon as
possible. Calls are expected in the
immediate future for highly skilled
workmen, steamfitters, plumbers,
stone masons, cement finishers, plas
terers, finsh carpenters, painters and
electricians.
The bi-monthly report for the
Edenton District shows that a total
of 205 placements were made for the
period. Registrations totalled 472,
reregistrations 83 and renewals 90.
No relief placements were recorded
for the period.
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Demonstration Clubs Observe
Achievement Day On Saturday
EDENTON H. S. WINS
HARD FOUGHT GAME
FROM BEAUFORT 13-7
Team Fails to Show Championship
Form Against Strong
Beaufort County Boys
A fast and strong Beaufort foot
ball team last Friday threw a terri
ble scare in the local camp when the
Edenton team narrowly nosed out a
13-7 victory. The Beaufort team led
the locals 7 to 6 during a part of the
game and it was not until Edenton
in the fourth quarter clicked any
thing like last year that Paul Spen
cer skidded around end for the win
ning touchdown. The local team
had some difficulty in taking out op
posing tackles and time and again
the ball carriers were brought down
at the line of scrimmage. Edenton,
although securing more first downs
than Beaufort, had hard sledding and
numbers of times the first down was
only a matter of inches.
Worth Spencer scored the first
touchdown in the third quarter after
a 30-yard pass from Paul Spencer
and a 10-yard pass to Layden took
the ball to within a yard of the
Beaufort goal. Edenton was unable
to push the ball over and when Beau
fort kicked Wozelka practically
blocked the ball and Edenton recov
ered on the 11-yard line- On the
third play Worth Spencer crossed the
stake. The try for the extra point
failed.
The second counter resulted when
Edenton took ,on the form of last
year’s team and after four successive
first downs contributed by Paul and
Worth Spencer and Melvin Layton,
Paul Spencer added the winning
touchdown. Worth Spencer crashed
the line for the extra point.
Beaufort’s score resulted after two
sdccessive recoveries of punts, and
Rice wiggling out took the ball to
within a yard of the goal. On the
next play Brooks passed to Hassell
for a touchdown, the extra point
coming the same way.
Rice and Potter looked best for
Beaufort, but the entire team was
l one of the best to appear on the
local field in two years.
Wozelka and Spruill played their
usual consistent game and were re
sponsible for stopping the onrush
many times.
R. B. Hollowell, Sr.
Breaks Hip In Fall
R. B. Hollowell, Sr., prominent 84-
year-old farmer of Rocky Hock, was
painfully injured Saturday night
when he had the misfortune to break
his right hip as well as fracture his
right wrist- The accident happened
at the home of Mrs. W. J- White, a
neighbor, whom he had visited, and
while walking on the porch fell over
the side.
Mr. Hollowell has been very active
and healthy despite his over four
score years and his accident seems
all the worse to him by his being
compelled to remain in bed. He is
suffering severe pain, but is resting
as well as could be expected.
Revenue Inspectors
Antagonize Citizens
Much unfavorable comment has
been heard in Edenton following the
tppearance last week of State
revenue men who were checking up
on various forms of taxes. These
men were after legitimate informa
tion, but according to comment used
very little tact in getting it. In at
least one case they boldly entered a
private home much to the surprise of
the lady of the house, demanding
data which in nio way pertained to a
private home.
Numbers of other instances also
occurred wherein these inspectors are
said to have taken on an autocratic
air, much to the displeasure of those
being interviewed. It is understood
that several letters have been written
to Governor Ehringhaus, citing to
him the actions of these inspectors
while in Edenton.
W. R. Horton Takes
Over Local Hotel
W. R. Horton, new lessee of the
King’s Arms Tavern, took over the
managament of the hotel Wednes
day morning. Mr. Horton bought
the lease from C. A. Lovejoy last
week, the new manager being well
known among hotel patrons. Mr.
Horton plana a number of changes
in the hotel and is confident he will
be favored with an Increased patron
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Travel Bureau Folks
Here Next Wednesday
Plans are completed to welcome in
Edenton next Wednesday the caravan
of travel bureau representatives who
will stop in Edenton for about half
an hour as part of their itinerary on
a historic tour.
At a meeting of the Chowan Busi
ness Men’s Association last week
every member was appointed as a
member of a reception committee to
meet and welcome the visitors. It is
the purpose of the Association to
have as many as will to meet the
visitors at the city limits and escort
them to St. Paul’s Church, where a
brief address of welcome, as well as
a short sketch of the historical points
of interest will be made by Mayor
E- W. Spires.
Immediately after this part of the
; program is over the visitors will be
rushed to as many of the historical
; shrines as possible. Their stay in
Edenton is limited to about 35 min
utes, which is far too short a time
. to have the various places explained.
, Attractive pamphlets, however, will
be distributed which, in connection
, with the visit should provide much
, favorable publicity for Edenton.
Inasmuch as a number of ladies
will be in the group, Mayor Spires
. is particularly anxious that local la
i dies participate in welcoming and en
: tertaining the visitors during their
brief stay here.
Walter L. Main Grcus
In Edenton Oct. 24th
The Walter L. Main Circus which
■ will exhibit in Edenton for one day
only, Thursday, Oct. 24, carries
many of the greatest circus features
| in circusdom today, and number
, among their personnel of performers,
seme of the outstanding acts of the
world. '
Among the many features thi«
season is the great LaMar troupe of
aerial performers who in presenting
their daring, death defying stunts
high up in midair will thrill and send
chills chasing each other up and
down the spines of the most harden
ed thrill seekers, and would put the
“man on the flying trapeze” to
shame, and the grandeur and splen
dor of their glittering, bespangled
wardrobe make them one of the out
standing acts of its kind in America
today.
There are many other features too
numerous to mention such as ani
mals, clowns, acrobats, wirewalkers,
dogs, ponies, herds of elephants, and
droves of camels, making up a full
two hours’ performance that will
please every amusement-loving per
son. There will be two performances
at 2:00 and 8:00 P. M-, rain or shine.
COLERAIN CHILD KILLED WHEN
STRUCK BY SPEEDING AUTO
Probably one of the saddest deaths
brought to the attention of the au
thorities in the whole Albemarle re
sulted from a hit and run accident
last Saturday night, when pretty lit
tle golden-haired Clifford Smithwick,
3 years old, living three miles south
of Colerain on Highway No. 35, was
struck by a car near there and
fatally injured. The child died at
noon on Monday in the first aid
emergency station at Windsor with
out having regained consciousness.
Purgie Burke, Negro, was arrested
soon after the occurrence charged
with being culpable, and was at first
released in SSOO bail. Later the
same night word was telephoned
here of the serious injury of the lit
tle boy and George Dail, of the
State Highway Patrol, rearrested
Burke after learning he had fled to
find safety from what he feared was
an infuriated citizenry in the woods
four miles west of Colerain on the
road to Ahoskie. He was brought
here Saturday night and Sunday was
locked up in the Bertfe "County jail
at Windsor. A of murder
has been lodged agr \st him-
Little Clifford, whi.ee father runs
a filling station near where the acci
dent occurred, was paying in the
road with an eight-jvir-old sister.
Burke’s car is said to have struck
the youngster with sufficient force to
i hurl the child fifty feet off the road
: way. In the confusion consequent to
the mishap all sorts of reports were
; rampant, one being that it was the
; sister instead of the boy who Rhd
- been struck. A Colerain doctor
. treated the child at first but noting
i the crushed condition of the boy’s
skull had the victim rushed to Wind
sor, vyhere everything that could be
dene was done without avail.
This newspaper m circu
lated in the' territory
where Advertisers will
realise’ good! results.
SL2S Per Year
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Program Will Be Held
In High School at
2:30 O’clock
aw areTprizes
Store Show Windows
Decorated by Women
Os Various Clubs
Achievement Day of the Home
Demonstration Clubs of Chowan
County will be held Saturday when a
program will be rendered in the
Edenton High School auditorium at
2:30 o’clock. The outstanding part
of this program will be in charge of
Miss Julia Mclver, assistant clothing
specialist, from Raleigh.
In connection with Achievement
Day various show windows of Eden
ton merchants will be arranged by
the club women of the County which
will in some measure give an idea
of the work being done by the club
women. Last year’s displays were
reason for a great deal of favorable
comment, and this year’s contribution
no doubt will be equally as good.
A Ball canning contest will also
be held in Goodwin’s Quality Store,
the jars to be judged at 10:30 o’clock
Saturday morning. The club women
may bring their jars to the store on
Saturday morning or to Miss Col
well's office before Saturday. The
entry must be a quart jar of fruit
and a quart jar of vegetables. Con
testants must label each entry with
the name and address of the woman
who canned it, and the name of the
contents of the jar, this label being
pasted under the bottom of the jar.
The amount given for prizes in this
contest is based on the number of
women entering. If 25 enter, the
prize will be $2.00. If 250 or more
enter $35 will be divided between the
winners of the first seven places.
Prizes are given by the Ball Jar
Company, but any make of jar may
be entered, the principal purpose of
the contest being to encourage more
and better home canning.
Following are the various window
displays which will be included in the
Achievement Day program:
Dresses Arranged by Edenton
Club, Badhanv Bros.’ window.
I Children’s Clothing Ward and
Center Hill Clubs, Hobowsky’s win
dow.
Remodeled Garments—-Byrd Club,
Cozzens’ window.
Fresh Vegetables-—River View and
Snow Hill Clubs, J. A- Curran’s win
dow.
Canning Contest and Emergency
Shelf Advance and Beech Fork
Clubs, Quality Store window.
Model Home—Enterprise Club, By
rum Hardware Company’s window.
Kitchen Chowan and Hurdles
Clubs, Ziegler Furniture Store win
dow.
Christmas Suggestions Ryland
and Rocky Hock Clubs, Quinn Furni
ture Store window.
The officers of the County Council
of Home Demonstration Clubs, which
is promoting this annual affair, are
ag follows:
President, Mrs. A. D. Ward; vice
president, Mrs. S. F. Small; secre
tary and treasurer, M : s Margaret
Dail, with Mrs- W. T. Briggs, subsi
tute.
The various project leaders are:
Ezzelle Ward, clothing, major
1935 project; Mrs. Russell Byrum,
home beautification; Mrs. J. H. Mor
gan, garden; Mrs. R. H. Hollowell,
foods and nutrition.
E. H. S. Tackles Chowan
College Eleven Friday
\ ne Edenton High School football
team will play their third game of
the season on the local field Friday
afternoon when they will oppose the
Chowan College eleven. Coach Leon
Brogden and members of the team
anticipate another hard struggle
this week with the collegians and in
preparation for this contest the team
has been taken through stiff practice
work to overcome the weaknesses
displayed in last Friday’s game.
Chowan College was defeated by
Edenton twice last year, but the col
lege boys have been strengthened
since then and are expected to give
the locals plenty of opposition. They
were defeated by Elizabeth City last
i week by the score of 6-0, which Is
i reason enough for the expectation of
l a stubbornly fought game here Fri
• day.
: Coach Brogden expects to start
i with the same lineup as last week.
■ The boys are all in good shape, and
! fans can expect to see a good game
of ball.