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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume ll.—Number 45. Relief Fund Drive November 11 to 13 *; Committees For Four Townships Named on Monday Night ’ COLOREDWORKERS Food, Clothing and Fuel ! Will Also Be Accepted i By Committee Welfare workers m conjunction j -with the United Charities met Mon- j day night in the Municipal building j to complete definite plans for the raising of a fund to aid unemploy- j ables during the winter. It was de- finitely decided to put on a drive to . raise this money between Monday, , November 11, through the 13th. This drive is for the benefit of the ] United Charities, which organizaztion ( will distribute whatever may be se- j cured to those in absolute need and | have no where to seew aid than by public charity. Those in charge of , the drive desire it to be thoroughly ( understood by those who will be so- ( licited that this money will go only to help that class of people who are j too old and unable to work. They ] receive no help from the Federal re- j lief rolls, this class of relief having ( been turned back on the County since , the first of the year, and what relief < they have received has been the small amount given by the County , Commissioners and the United Chari- | ties. I The committees of the four town- | ships, and the colored group will , canvass their respective communities t and will make their report to W. J. Berryman, general chairman, on j Thursday, November 14. A meeting j will be called immediately after the , drive to determine just what ar rangements can be made to tide these - old and infirm people over the cold weather. In case anyone is unable to donate money, the committees will gladly accept food, fuel and clothing. This 1 material will be turned over to Wei- ] fare Officer W. J. Taylor, who has i made a thorough investigation of all 3 cases and is very well posted as to 1 the needs of those on the list. The 1 donations will be stored by him un- : til the United Charities designate i distribution. < Each township chairman has been 1 given a list of their committees and < each committee member has been notified of their selection. The < chairman should contact the co- i workers and explain thoroughly the < purpose of the canvass and how it will be made. The committees named to conduct : the drive are as fellows: ' First Township J. W. Cates, - chairman; Joe Conger, J. W. Davis, > Millard Bond, Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Mrs. i W. 0. Elliott, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. J. A. Holmes, Mrs. M. G. Brown, Mrs. R. C. Holland, Mrs. George P. Byrum, Mrs. N. K. Rowell, Mrs. Fred Wood, Mrs. J. A. Powell, Mrs. W. B. Shepard, Mrs. D. M. Jones, Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs. S. E. Morris, j Mrs. Vernon Moore, Mrs. W. C. Bunch, Mrs. W. I. Hart, Jr., Mrs. R. ! (Continued on Page Five) Commissioners Have \ Brief Session Monday ] The November meeting of the | County Commissioners last Monday was one of the shortest ever held. Only a morning session was found necessary to pass upon the customary assortment of bills, lend agreement ( to the plans under way for the sale of property for unpaid taxes in 1933, j accept the reports of Miss Rebecca T Colwell, home demonstration agent, j and W. J. Taylor, County Welfare Os- ( fleer, and listen to a trio es colored citizens headed by Dr. O. L. Holley, - urging that some cooperation be giv- J en toward making it possible to transport outlying Negro pupils to the colored high school here; The Commissioners said it was out of 1 their jurisdiction but that they would 1 take the matter up with the County’ i Board of Education. c Just before the meeting~adjouTTied i Prosecutor W. S. Privott, speaking c for himself, Recorder J. N. Pruden, \ and Sheriff J. A. Bunch, asked that r the Commissioners go on record one way or another with respect to the i White Act of last legislative session t providing for mandatory increases in s salary for the three officials. Mr. c Privott didn’t get mueh encourage- e ment even after he had presented bills for salaries due since June 1 r when the raises went into effect The 1 suggestion was made that suit p should be brought against the county, v and this will be done. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 7, 1935. HYGIENE COURSE IN LOCAL SCHOOLS Red Cross Nurse Conducting Classes In Edenton and Chowan Schools; Colored Class Formed Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross, has been successful in securing a course in home hygiene and care of the sick in the Edenton High School and Chowan High School. This course was start ed Monday, the class being held one hour each day, and is open to all jun iors and seniors in the two schools. Mrs. Pruden was hopeful of starting this course in the colored school also, but due to lack of room the idea had to be abandoned. Instead, however, a class was started for adult colored women in which 20 have enrolled. Twenty-six enrolled at Chowan High School which necessitates two classes, while 20 have enrolled in the Edenton school. The course will con tinue for six weeks. Miss Lois Shearin, a Red Cross nurse, of Roanoke Rapids, has charge of this course, and students appear to be very enthusiastic over the idea. The courses are planned to give practical instruction in subjects re lating to the health of the individual, the home and the community, and emphasize positive teaching, based upon normal living. It gives the students an understanding and ap preciation of the need to guard and maintain health and is aimed to pre pare the girl or boy to assist intelli gently -in the daily duties of the home, in the care of younger broth ers and sisters, and in the care of ill members of the family. The course is free to students and is made possible by the Red Cross, the annual membership drive of which will soon be made in Chowan. Many Expected At Officials’ Meeting Due to a large number of invita tions sent and much publicity in the press, a large number of law enforce ment officers are expected in Edenton Friday afternoon to take part in the law enforcement conference to be held in the Court House under the auspices of the Institute of Govern ment. The program calls for the consideration of important phases of law enforcement and will be present ed by able speakers. It is expected that around 200 officials will be on hand for this meeting, which is called for the eastern section of the State covering 13 counties. In connection with the meeting stocks and a whipping post will be erected on the Court House green by R. K. Hall for the purpose of demon strating to the visiting officials the mode of punishment in years gone by. Large Mortgage Is Recorded Monday One of the largest mortgages ever recorded in the State, certainly the largest ever to hit this county, was offered for record Monday by the Virginia Electric and Power Com pany. The indenture filed in the office of the register of deeds covers property assigned to the Chase Na tional Bank of New York to guaran tee payment of a series of first re funding bonds. Because the utility concern owns a tract 1.67 acres here the mortgage had to be recorded in this county. It is 371 pages of fine printed matter and will fill up one of the large mortgage books at the Court House, and will require about six weeks time to copy. The record ing fee was $264 which will prove f very welcome Christmas gift for Mrs. MauricV Bunch, acting register of deeds. Masonic Celebration Held In Hall Tonight Unanimity Lodge will tonight cele brate the 160th anniversary of the lodge and the completion of the deco ration of the lodge hall, which is now one of the most unique lodge rooms in the State. This decoration was done by Paul Olsson, who will like wise be honored by his brother lodge men. Invitations have been sent to members of the lodge living out-of town, as well as to high State Ma sonic officials to be present for the occasion and a large attendance is expected. No elaborate program has been mapped out, but E. W. Spires will have charge of the affair which he promises will be interesting to all who attend. Refreshments will be served. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS PLANNED BY ED BOND POST Local Legionnaires Hold Lengthy Meeting on Tuesday Night 40 MEMBERS Decide to Render Pro gram at Regular Meetings A very interesting meeting of Ed Bond Post was held Tuesday night with John A. Holmes, the new com mander, in charge. Fourteen mem bers were present. The Post accepted an invitation from the ladies of the Auxiliary to be their guests at the Parish House Friday night. C. E. Kramer made an interesting report of the installation services held in Raleigh. The Post discussed at length means of creating interest in the meetings, and it was decided to render a pro gram at each regular meeting of the Post The membership committee made a good report showing that forty ex service men have paid their Post dues for the year. These were as follows: O. H. Brown, J. C. Boyce, J. A. Bunch, M. L. Bunch, T. C. Byrum, W. W. Byrum, L S. Byrum, W. V. By rum, W. C. Bunch, W. E. Baker, S. A. Caton, J. H. Conger, J. W. Davis, W. B. Evans, L. E. Griffin, -J. C. Hassell, J. C. Haste, Jno. A. Holmes, H. C. Jackson,, J. E. Jackson, T. W. Jones, C. E. Kramer, S. W. Moore, W. H. Parker, O. B. Perry, G. B. Potter, R. L. Pratt, R. C. Privott, W. D. Pruden, D. M. Reeves, W. B. Shepard, W. H. Saunders, T. L. Ward, J. W. White, F. I. White, W. J. Yates, H. S. Jiegler, R. E. Leary, J. N. Oglesby and Graham Byrum. Os especial interest was the dis cussion of the formation of a junior drum and bugle corps in Edenton un der the auspices of the Post. It was brought out that such an organ ization would be an asset to the town especially on special occasions, and that enough boys would be interested in the organization of such a group to make it a success. The matter will be investigated and reported at the next meeting. The method of celebrating Armis tice Day will be decided upon at the meeting with the Auxiliary on Fri day night, to which all Legionnaires are urged to attend. Shackell Is Director Os Atlantic Beach Morehead City. Announcement was made today of the election of Aubrey E. Shackell, of East Orange, N. J., as vice president and director in charge of the Atlantic Beach and Bridge Company, owners and opera tors of Atlantic Beach. Mr. Shackell succeeds Robert W. Cordon, resigned. The Atlantic Beach and Bridge Company owns and operates Atlantic Beach, the Atlantic Beach conces sions, many building lots and the At lantic Beach Hotel. Mr. Shackell, a North Carolinian, who for the past few years has been employed in New York for the Man ufacturers Trus„ Company, passed through here this week enroute to Palm Beach, Florida, where he will be in charge of real estate and opera tions for the Manufacturers Trust Company at that point until April. In April he will be at Atlantic Beach, where he will assume charge of the operations of the beach for the season of 1936. Mr. Shackell, when reached would make no announcement of any changes in personnel at the beach, or of any of his plans of operation for next season, which are reported to be quite revolutionary over past man agement. Mr. Shackell formerly lived in Edenton and will be remembere3 by many residents. Legion Auxiliary Now Has 58 Paid Members The American Legion Auxiliary held its second meeting of the year Friday night with Mrs. Haywood S. Ziegler. Quite a large number ans wered to roll call and the meeting proved to be very interesting. The names of the various commit tees were read by the President, Mrs. Jesse White. The membership com mittee has done very good work, the Auxiliary now having a paid mem bership of 58 for this year. Auxiliary members expect 1936 to be the best year in the history of the organisation. UNIQUE PROGRAM SUNDAYIN HONOR REV. E.J. WEILS Church Crowded to Ob serve 25th Annivers ary of Pastor OUT OF DEBT Speakers Tell of Events Leading- up to Pres ent Building A crowded church auditorium on Sunday morning greeted Rev. E. L. Wells in the Baptist Church when the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate was celebrated. The seat ing of the congregation was rather unique in that one side of the church was reserved for those who have been baptised by’Mr. Wells, while ; on the other side were those whom he has united in marriage. The center of the church as well as the class rooms on the sides were filled with worshippers, with a few being obliged to find seats on the balcony. The services were in charge of Rev. A. A. Butler, of Hertford, and were interspersed with music by the choir. Lloyd E. Griffin in an address traced the history of the building of the present edifice which replaced an inadequate building for the growing congregation, and very vividly show ed how the Baptist denomination has kept pace with the progress of the town. Hubert Elliott, next on the pro gram, presented an interesting paper on “Footprints on the Sands of Time.” Mr. Elliott very cleverly chronicled the gathering of foot prints at the church to discuss the erection of a new building as well as the various subsequent phases of the progress of the church. W. J. Berryman in his reminis cences told of being the first man to meet and speak to Mr. Wells when he arrived in Edenton 25 years ago. He has beeu a constant companion of the preacher since then, saying he has traveled with him, dined w-ith him and slept with him. “There have been times that we have not been of the same opinion,” said Mr. Berryman, “but in every case we have thought the thing through and come to an amicable decision. We are now both facing the eventide of life and by the grace of God we will continue to fight for the upbuilding of Christ’s kingdom.” William Privott in a short address expressed appreciation of the service of Mr. Wells and in behalf of the Dime Society presented him an en velope containing a check as a token of love and devotion from the ladies of that organization. Mr. Wells very feelingly expressed appreciation for the honor bestowed upon him and referred to the faithful members of the church who have passed on but who shouldered a large share of the burden and responsibil ity of paying for the new church, especially during the trying days when things looked very gloomy. He appeared to be happiest during the entire service when he made the statement that due to the excellent Work of a committee he was able to say that “today the church owes no man a penny.” At the conclusion of the service Mr. Butler read a letter from the Presbyterian Church congregation congratulating Mr. Wells upon the completion of his 25 years of service as pastor of the church. Miss Betty Bloxton New School Teacher Miss Betty Bloxton has been add ed to the faculty of the Edenton High School. She replaces Miss Pencie Warren, who was temporarily teaching mathematics. Miss Blox ton’s home is in Drivers, Va., and she comes highly recommended. Her mother is teacher of home economics in E. C. T. C., Greenville. Miss Bloxton assumed charge of her classes Tuesday. RECOVERING FROM INJURIES Richard, young son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hoskins, Jt, is rapidly recover ing from injuries and shock received when he was thrown from the car in which he was riding with his father. Richard had opened the car door, unknown to Mr. Hoskins, and when the car swerved was thrown out with the car making about forty miles an hour. The accident occurred while on the nine-foot road between the Hoskins’ home and Edenton, and tht youngster was right badly skinned and bruised. Edenton Aces All Set For Elimination Fray — i Meeting Called For Garden Club Friday An effort will be made to re organize the Garden Club of Edenton on Friday morning at 11 o’clock, when a meeting has been called at the Municipal Building. Mrs. R. P. Badham, who has been president of the Club, which for some reason has not been very active, is very anxious to have a large crowd present and urges every lady in Edenton who is in terested in the work to attend. The purpose of the Garden Club is to create interest in keeping neat lawns and gardens and to beautify the town in general. One of the major projects of the Club is to beautify the Court House green, plans for which will be made at the meeting Friday morn ing; SHERIFF BUNCH CAPTURES LARGE STILL ON SUNDAY Said To Be Largest Ever Found In Chowan County;; Outfit Destroyed by Posse Apparently each still that is cap tured in Chowan County is a little larger than the one captured before. A rig captured and destroyed by Sheriff J. A. Bunch and a posse of men last Sunday night was the largest one ever found in the county. Early last Sunday night Sheriff Bunch, Deputy Shelton Moore picked up a lead that led them straight to this huge distillery. It was found in the Yeopim section of the county about 7 miles from Edenton on the Indian Trail road and about a mile and a half off the road in the section known down there as Snow Hill. The officers were lead to the road through sheer curiosity. They turn ed in aijd followed a well beaten path direct to the still. There they found a huge upright boiler, a steam pump for water, two huge cooking vats and two sections of copper coil worm, ap proximately a quarter ton of coal, between 75 and 100 malt vats and barrels filled with fermenting mash of rye meal, 25 or 30 empty jugs and much other equipment. The officers made a fire out of the vats and barrels, confiscated as much of the other equipment as they : could easily bring out of the woods • and dynamited the boiler. The mash ■ was dumped out to run down the side • of the wooded hill to the swamp 1 below. 5 After destroying the plant Sheriff Bunch employed Henry Smith to use his truck to bring the confiscated equipment out of the woods. The ' Sheriff gave him two large cooking ' vats which he unloaded in his yard, where they stayed until Monday night. During the night, Mr. Smith 1 reports, someone came to his home ' and carried them away. Sheriff Bunch said that he did not find any clues as to who operated the still. Members Ed Bond Post Auxiliary Guests Friday The American Legion Auxiliary will entertain the members of Ed 1 Bond Post No. 40 on Friday night at ! 8 o’clock at the Parish House. A delightful program has been arranged and the ladies extend a cordial invi tation to all Legionnaires to be present. Card Party Tuesday At Parish House A subscription card party will be held at the Parish House on Tuesday 1 afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by St. Mary’s Guild. Reservations for this 1 affair should be made immediately to Mrs. W. O. Elliott, Jr. BERTIE WORLD WAR VETERANS INVITED TO BARBECUE MONDAY All World War Veterans of Bertie County will be entertained at a bar becue to be held in Windsor on Mon -1 day night. Plans have been made for a large gathering of the veterans, and all are urged to attend. - SALE OF PROPERTY SATURDAY A sale of real estate •will be helc at the Court House door on Saturdaj at noon, when property of Pattie M. Jones, deceased, will be sold. The sale will be held by W. S. Privott, Jr. administrator. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will reatite good results. $1.25 Per Year * Defeat Elizabeth City 32-6 Last Friday Af ternoon STILL UNDEFEATED Interest Centers on E. City-Roanoke Rapids Game By W. Carlton Mason Coach Leon Brogden’s Edenton Aces showed a similarity of their last year’s drive and ability last Friday afternoon when they defeated the Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets, 32 to 6 on Hicks Field here. Now their heads are set toward another State Championship drive and they-will be hard to turn back from this determi nation. The “Jackets” have a powerful ■ team this season but-the Aces demon strated a large amount of superior power over them Friday. One sports commentator said in a daily news paper story after the game last Fri day that the Aces showed power to , spare over the Jackets in the game. Local faDS thought that well ex pressed. This week the Aces have been tak ing heavy drills and are keeping , training in order to be able to turn back the Roanoke Rapids eleven | should it become necessary for them f to clash again. In the meantime , Edenton intends to show Elizabeth City a friendly disposition and on f Friday when the “Jackets” clash with I Roanoke Rapids in Elizabeth City , many Edenton fans, many members , of the squad and supporters will turn j Yellow Jacket fans. Edenton com , mentators, who saw what Roanoke a Rapids had in the game against the ! Aces and then saw what Elizabeth City had when they met the Aces, say j that the “Jackets” have a good chance at defeating them. Members , of the Edenton Aces are warning the I “Jackets” against unfair play. i About last Friday's encounter with l the Yellow Jackets the Aces showed, -for tre first time this season, that , same spirit and ability that the team ] showed throughout its triumphant i march to the Class B championship iof North Carolina last year. Once more the old members of the team 3 found themselves clicking with their j new material and the new material y found out what it was all about. The s Spencer brothers, Worth and Paul, h both played a bang up game with e Layton and Harrell also playing well, p Harrell’s blocking ability seemingly improved in this game and Layton, j, who was a star at guard last season, l showed his ball carrying and pass re ’l ceiving abilities. Wozelka, Spruill, Sexton and Byrum, who are veterans of last year’s line found themselves fighting beside Josiah Elliott, “Mug” ’ Smith and Reuben Miller. The latter three has made first string this sea c son for the first time and are looking fine. At any rate, Elizabeth City’s , fast backeld failed to find any open ‘ ing in the line on numerous attempts. Predictions are that the new line is just as strong as it was last year, especially on the defense. £ Already Edenton’s hopes, are j stretching out toward the same goal that was reached last year. They v . want another battle with Roanoke ,j (Continued on Page Five) Many At Inter-City ! Meeting Monday e Almost 100 per cent of Edenton’s Rotarians attended the inter-city meeting held at Hertford Monday night, when good representations j were also present from Hertford and Elizabeth City. The meeting waw e held at Hotel Hertford, where a de y lightful turkey dinner was served. t The meeting was presided over by g Graham Bell, of Elizabeth City, who 0 called on Silas M. Whedbee to make the address of welcome. This was responded to_ by Rev. C. A. Ashby, g Featuring the program were songs yr by R. S. Monds, Jr., and a humorous reading by Mrs. W. E. White. e The principal address was made by .. William Paxton, of Norfolk, Va., governor of the 56th district of e Rotary International. Mr. Paxton 3 held the attention of everyone pres ent by his extremely interesting re marks in which he recounted the ac- Y complishments of Rotary during its comparatively short existence, as well !d as dwelling upon what to expect from iy Rotary in the future. His hearers I. were kept in a state of laughter by ip the interspersion of many humorous ■., episodes in his travels in connection with Rotary work.