I In these column will be
I found a fair presentation
I •/ local and county news
1 6f general interest. .
folume lll.—Number 1.
lour Highwaymen
lob Filling Station
!|t' Shaw Held at
of Gun Sunday
Night
X)T STORE
•s Travel In Chev
(Vithout License
Plates
3haw now is acquainted
icperience of being held up <
rayman. He had this ex- i
inday night when the fill- ’
of Albert Lassiter, near
mits on the Bridge Road, 1
by four robbers. Shaw, 5
in a room back of the sta- 1
someone at the front door ]
early morning hours and
Iressing and arming him- <
l pistol went around to i
[oor, but upon his arrival I
limself looking into the <
gun, and he was confront- ;
men. i
s held at bay by the gun
the others entered the sta
' took several guns, a
cigarettes, and practically
; the store. About $25 in
Iso reported stolen.
•ted to Night Patrolman j
that there were four men ’
rty, who were travelling in J
hevrolet sedan, but that
no license plate on the ;
further clue could be secur- ‘
t yet the robbers have not
ehended.
e opinion here that the
ip were connected with rob
ich took place in Windsor *
night when safes in the D. '
ore and at the railroad sta- ‘
stolen. (
Fred Dunstan of Windsor ,
ay morning endeavored to
n Cannady and his blood- (
trace the thieves, but Mr.
nnady could not be reached, as he
is spending the day out-of-town.
olored Man Frozen
To Death In Storm
Pom Phelps, colored, aged about 65 j
irs, was found frozen to death on (
farm of Rufus Boyce on the ,
Ike Road just outside the city lim- j
Thursday morning. Phelps, 1
g&as well-known by Edenton citi-
IMs “Old Tom,” was found with ,
■jHbe buried in the snow. It is *
i Hed that he became drunk and !
KHon his way home lost his bear- j
became exhausted in the 1
llMsas unable to work and secured J
he'could by 1
on the streets. It was not j
|KI for him to remain away from
night and his family felt .
when he failed to appear
fateful morning. His body
by members of the family,
they noticed an object a short
from their home.
■ck” Hines Named
Hommissioner Public
■ Works In Hertford
■V
■ leads of Richard N. Hines, form- 1
Alof sEdenton, will be delighted to ;
H that he has been appointed ]
|Hiiasioner of public works of
|Botd- Mr. Hines has for several
H Served as town electrician in (
Kford, and was promoted last ,
K when Mayor E. L. Reed resign- j
Reed was replaced by H- G. ;
with Mr. Hines securing the -
|Bon as commissioner of public •
Hat an increase of salary. He ;
the position as town ,
BHcian, performing the duties of ,
gMorficea,. ■ 1
U Jackson Day
■ Dinner In Edenton
gHttgh many Jackson Day dinners
by Democrats on Wed-
Hk January 8, there will be none
HgMpSdenton. Those interested in ,
BHlly of Democrats feel that it is
for local enthusitsts
■Hcend the dinner which will be
EVin Elizabeth City. John C. Rod-
H, of Washington, N. C., has sen*
urging these dinners to be ,
due to the possibility of a
a local affair will not be ■
BujSjjiNERS MEET
will
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 2, 1936.
201 IN CHOWAN
JOIN RED CROSS
$205.50 Collected of Which $lO5 Will
Be Used For Work In
This County
The final sign-up for the Annual
Red Cross roll call in Chowan County
brought the 1936 membership to 201.
The amount of money turned in to
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, County Chairman,
was $205.50, of which amount $100.50
will be sent to National Headquarters
of the Red Cross, while $lO5 will re
main in Chowan Copnty. to carry-on
Wofrk sponsored by the organization
Four ipote. signed up for 1936 since
the last f lißt was published, including
Mrs. P.\L. Baumgardner, Mrs. W. Y.
Warren, Mrs. Thomas Chears and the
Edentori~Cotton Mills.
While the quota of 250 for the
County was not reached, Mrs. Pruden
is very well pleased considering the
handicaps to the drive, and desires to
express her appreciation to all who
joined and especially to those whe
made the canvass.
Awarding Contract
For Tank Postponed
The special meeting of Town Coun
cil, which was to have been held to
night for the purpose of opening bids
and awarding a contract for the erec
tion of a new 200,000 gallon water
tank in Edenton has been postponed
and will be held instead on Thursday
night, January 16.
This action was necessary when
bidders requested engineering infor
mation before submitting their fig
ures. Especially do the contractors
desire information relative to levels
and grades between the old tank at
the power house and the site on Free
mason Street where the new tank
will be built. They further seek data
relative to driving piles on the site,
desiring to be sure that this work
would in no way interfere with the
present well on the property.
Charged With Setting
Fire To Shell Station
Claude Chappell, of Hertford, has
been arrested and placed in the Per
quimans County jail charged with
setting fire to the Shell filling station
near ’Light Nixon Fork on the Eden
ton-Hertford road.
The station, which was owned by
Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow, was de
stroyed by fire early Christmas morn
ing, the loss being estimated at be
tween SI2OO and SI4OO.
Chappell confessed to setting fire
tojhe asJus msfm
financial embarrassment and his
thought to be the best way out of his
trouble.
Watch Night Service
At Methodist Church
A watch night service was held on
Tuesday night in the Methodist
Church. Those in attendance, how
ever, were somewhat disappointed
when it was impossible to get two
addresses from Memphis following
the local program. A radio was in
stalled by which it was hoped to hear
the addresses of Bishop Paul Kern
and Dr. Umphrey Lee, pastor of the
Highland Park Methodist Church, of
Dallas, Texas.
The two speakers were on the pro
gram at the Young People’s Confer
ence held at Memphis, which was at
tended by 5000 delegates of young
people. Bishop Kern’s subject was
“Facing Life With Christ,” while Dr.
Lee’s subject was “Shall Jesus Be
Lord?” Both are outstanding speak
ers and the Methodists were greatly
disappointed at not being able to hear
them on the radio.
Rotarians Resume
Regular Meetings
The regular meeting of the Eden
ton Rotary Club will be held today at
10 o’clock in the Parish House.
John A. Holmes, secretary, has noti
fied every member of the Club follow
ing the calling off of the meeting last
week, urging each one to be present
and start the year right.
The program will be in charge of
J. Edwin BufHap, chairman of the
public information committee, who
will rehearse the outstanding local
events during the year just closed.
SCHOOL REOPENS
Edenton school opened Thurs-
i^^ffiristmas
A Damn} Nrm spar to AU
Two Fined SSO For
Driving While Drunk
A session of Recroder’s Court was
held Friday morning with one case
extending over into the afternoon.
Two charges of drunken driving was
included in the docket, the minimum
fine of SSO and costs and revoking of
the driving license being imposed in
each case.
Frank Wadsworth, colored youth,
was found not guilty of reckless driv
ing. The charge was brought by
Tom Riddick, t*lso colored, whose
truck was badly damaged by the
Wadsworth car on the Yeopim Road
on December 9th. Both parties con
tended that they were on the right
side of the road, but the accident hap
pened just the same.
Hubert Nixon, white youth of the
Rocky Hock section was charged with
driving while drunk, operating a car
with insufficient brakes and having no
driver’s license. The latter charge
was nol prossed when Nixon produc
ed his license in court- He was
found guilty of the former charges
and on the first count was sentenced
19 60 days or SSO and costs, and his
driving license revoked. On the in
sufficient brakes charge he was fined
$5 and costs.
The charge against George White
head for assault with a deadly wea
pon upon T. R. Hollowell was post
poned until Saturday, January 4,
when the prosecuting witness failed
to appear.
B. M. Hollowell, Jr., charged with
operating a car under the influence
of liquor and being drunk and disor
derly, and his brother, T. R. Hollo
well, charged with aiding and abet
ting and being drunk and disorderly,
failed to-gppear in court. A capias
was acconlngly issued and the Hollo
wells were fogoid to >e> unable to ap
per due to this snow and ear trouble-
They wpre given a Hearing in the af
ternoon, the former receiving a fine
of SSO and costs and the revoking of
his driving license on the first charge,
and a fine of $5 and costs on the
second count.
T. R. Hollowell was fined $lO and
costs for aiding and abetting and $5
and costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
CHIEF HELMS RETURNS FROM
VIRGINIA IN SNOW STORM
Chief of Police G. A. Helms, Mrs.
Helms and their son, Parker, return
ed Monday from Willis, Va., where
they spent Christmas with Mr.
Helms’ father. The trip back home
was made in snow the entire way
ranging from 5 to 12 inches deep.
The Helms expected to remain longer,
but as the snow storm progressed the
Chief decided he had better head for
home- Accordingly he purchased a
set of chains and made the trip from
the Virginia mountains without mis
hap. - :
CHOWAN HOME AGENT BACK
AFTER HOLIDAY VACATION
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
County home demonstration agent,
returned Wednesday from a two
weeks’ vacation spent with relatives
and friends in Wallace, N. C. She
will start immediately with her work
among the club women of the county.
Miss Colwell drove from Wallace
and experienced quite a bit of diffi
culty with slippery roads in some sec
tions.
BUSINESS MEETING OF W. M. S.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH MONDAY
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Edenton Baptist Church will
hold its regular monthly business
meetmgat the church Monday after-
memhera are urged to be
" Colored Youth Kills
Stepfather With Gun
. Chowan County experienced anoth
. er murder on Monday morning when
Llewellyn Peoples, 50-year-old Negro,
was kilfed by his step-son, Henry
[ Bolden, a youth of about 16.
Peoples had been at his home on
( the Indian Trail road about six
months following a term on the chain
.gang and is reported to have been in
1 ■an ill-frame of mind for some time.
| He was sent to the roads for cutting
' another Negro with a brush hook.
| He was said to have been extremely
j quarrelsome recently and on Monday
made the statement that he would
kill the whole family. It was at this
' time that he picked up a butcher
knife and started after Bolden. The
latter made a getaway, however, and
secured a shotgun. As Peoples emerg
ed from the house Bolden shot him*
in the groin, and he died shortly af
terward.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch was called and
he placed Bolden under arrest. He is
now in the County jail charged with
murder. He will be given a prelimi
nary hearing in Recorder’s Court on
1 Friday morning.
Wedding Solemnized
On Christmas Eve
Bennie Wilkins and Miss Bessif
' Nixon were happily married or
' Christmas Eve at the home of Rev.
W. T. C- Briggs, with Mr. Briggs of
i ficiating. Mr. Wilkins has for some
! time been making his home wit!
James Morgan in tfie Cowpen Neck
section, while the bride is a resident
of Rocky Hock.
, Those witnessing the marriage
: were Miss Mildred Nixon, Edwir
Goodwin, Mrs. W. T. C. Briggs and
duggKjgdia ! Irene.
MISS KATHRYN HOLMES HAS
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
t
, Miss Kathryn Holmes delightfully
: entertained the younger set at a
dance Tuesday evening at the home
I of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H
; Holmes, on East Water Street. Fol
. lowing an evening of dancing, supper
was served at midnight.
Miss Holmes’ guests included: Miss
es Eleanor Small, Evelyn Brown,
[ Marjorie Powell, Margaret Satter
field, Saintie White, Clara Meade
Smith, Elizabeth and Ruth Elliott,
. Mary Cates, Pearl Whichard, Connie
. and Barabar Fagan, of New York;
Marguerite Etta Evans, and Jean
| Trant, of Norfolk, Va.; Frank and
' Bill Holmes, Jesse Powell, Dick Good
win, John Moore, Charles Wales,
George Wood, Frank Williams, Geo.
[ M. White, Edmond Forehand, John
’ M. Harrell, Tom Hoskins, Bill Har
rell, Robert Savage, Stuart Blow.
Thomas Lamb Cardon, of Washing
-1 ton, N. C., Dick Payne, Edison Har
ris, Alvin White, Guy Newby and
Robert Riddick, all of Hertford.
r BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FRIDAY
1 The Christmas tree and entertain
’ ment of the Edenton Baptist Sunday
[ School was held Friday evening at
| the church. Quite a large crowd at
| tended, despite the cold, and those
present felt well repaid for venturing
1 out. The tree was beautifully deco
• rated, and a splendid program was
rendered. Santa Claus was much in
' evidence, distributing stockings filled
with Christmas goodies to everybody.
MISS SMALL ENTERTAINS
One of the most enjoyable affairs
' of the holiday season was the dance
l given Monday evening by Miss Elea
i nor Small at the home of her parents,
- Mr. and Mrs. John G. Small, on West
! Queen Street. The guests numbered
evening
Chowan Still In Grip
Os Freezing Weather
Opening- Os County
Schools Postponed
Due to the extremely cold
weather and bad condition of the
roads, W. J. Taylor, superintendent
of county schools, has postponed
the opening of schools throughout
the county. Mr. Taylor on Wed
nesday was unable to say just
when the schools will be opened,
but it will depend altogether upon
the weather and condition of the
roads.
V J
Harry T. Hollowell
Now Commander Os
Post In Yonkers
Many friends in Edenton will be
delighted to know that Harry T.
Hollowell, formerly of Edenton, and
a son of Mrs. N, J. Hollowell, has
been signally honored by ex-service
men in Yonkers, N. Y., by electing
him commander of the Lowerre Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, for 1936-
Mr. Hollowell was recently installei
at an elaborate installation ceremony
in the Post’s club rooms which was
attended by delegates from many oth
er posts in the metropolitan area.
Mr. Hollowell has lived in Yonk
ers for the past ten years and is a
charter member of the Lowerre Post.
Last year he served as senior vice
commander, as a delegate to the cen
tral committee and the county coun
cil of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was bom in Edenton, and enlisted
at the age of 20, serving with the
field artillery as a corporal.
Mr. Hollowell’s picture appeared in
a recent issue of a Yonkers news
paper, which was accompanied by a
very complimentary write-up of the
former Edenton man .
Three Injured In
Automobile Mishap
The condition of J. D. Ward, prom
inent citizen of upper Chowan County
remains about the same, though hr
was reported to have rested better
Monday than at any time since he
was hurt. Mr. Ward was seriously
injured in the afternoon of Christmas
Day as he was walking on the Vir
ginia Road, when he was struck by a
skidding automobile. With him at
the time of the accident were Jimmie
Dail, and a Negro, all of the upper
end of the County. Mr. Dail was cut
about the face, having eight stitches
taken in his forehead. The extent of
the Negro’s injuries could not be
learned. The three men were walk
ing on the highway in front of Ernest
Boyce’s farm, which is down-grade,
when the car driven by a Negro,
skidded on the icy, slick road, getting
out of control, and hit the three men.
Mr. Ward’s collarbone Was broken,
a knee-cap dislocated, and his back
injured.
Land Office Trade
With Auto Tags
Miss Lena Mason, agent for the
Carolina Motor Club, in Edenton, did
a land office business on Tuesday, the
last day of the year, in selling 1936
automobile license plates. Over 500
sets were sold whi«h is about 100
over the number sold on the same
day last year.
Though sales are far ahead of last
year, Miss Mason has taken in a
smaller amount of cash due to the
reduction this year for the new li
censes.
Due to the bad condition of roads,
Miss Mason expects a continued rush
of business for the next few days,
as many country people felt disin
clined to make a trip to town just to
get a license plate.
There will be no extension of time,
however, this year to display the new
plates and unless they are secured
immediately, automobile drivers will
get in trouble with State patrolmen
as well as with city policemen.
Fines Increase In
County For Year
Fines imposed on law violators in
Chowan County Recorder’s Court dur
ing 1935 exceeds the 1934 amount by
$1,240, according to figures available.
Fines totaling $2,243 were imposed in
Recorder’s Court with costs amount
ing to $267.20. The major portion of
the fines were the result of drunken
driving or cases in which liquor was
concerned.
Fines collected by Justices of the
Peace Summerell and F. W.
reached the SIOOO
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
o
Longest Period of Win
try Weather In Many
Years
twcTsnows
Icy Streets Make Trav
eling Very Difficult;
Business Hurt
Edenton and Chowan County is
still in the grip of the longest period
of the coldest wintry weather exper
ienced in many years with snow still
banked along the highways and many
of tjie streets covered with a sheet of
ice. The extremely cold weather and
icy streets have caused no little in
convenience to motorists as well as to
1 housekeepers. Traveling has been
held to a minimum due to the snow
and ice and in many of the homes
water piper froze even indoors dur
ing the cold snap.
The cold wave has lasted over two
weeks now, starting on Friday be
fore Christmas when the weather
suddenly turned cold, freezing the
ground prior to a snowfall of about
eight inches on Sunday, December
22. There was no moderation and
very little of the snow had disappear
ed until Christmas, the section exper
iencing the first white Christmas in
many years.
Before any of the snow had melted,
a second snow of about five inches in
depth fell last Sunday morning, add
ing to the inconvenience of citizggg
both in the county and city. Tty*
snow turned to rain shortly before
noon, forming deep slush and mak
ing both walking and driving very
disagreeable. The rain, however,
failed to remove much of the snow,
for as night approached it became
colder and again froze.
City street employees were called
into service Sunday afternoon and
they put a grading machine in opera
tion in an effort to clear the snow
and slush along the curbs in order to
allow the water to run into the sewer.
The force worked valiantly until
about B.o’clock trying to make streets
and sidewalks as nearly passable as
1 they possibly could. The highway
force was out most of Sunday also,
and by night had succeeded fairly
well in clearing the highways.
The snow and slush played havoc
with church services Sunday in the
city as well as in the county. There
were very few in attendance at Sun
day Schools Sunday mornings, and
very few turned out for morning
preached service. In Edenton the
at night were called off at
both the Baptist and the Methodist
churches due to the extremely dis
-1 agreeable weather.
At Rocky anniver
sary program of of
the church was w
; ed. An had been
' arranged by Rev. Frank Cale which
called for the reading of the history
of the church by Rev. A. A. Bulter,
of Hertford. Rev. W. H. Hollowell,
-of Republican, W. J. Berryman, of
Edenton, and Rev. Norman Ashley,
of Salemburg, were included on the
| program, but were unable to attend.
J Special music had also been arranged
’ and members of the congregation
’ were anticipating a very enjoyable
service in connection with the obser
vance of the 100th anniversary. The
! program will be given at a near fu
ture date, but at this time Rev. Mr.
' Cale is unable to set a definite time.
‘ The severe weather also crippled
! ferry service between Edenton and
Mackeys, the boat being bound by
ice. W. A. Everett, manage of the
’ line, has done all in his power to re
-1 establish his schedule, but until this
’ time the ferry has been unable to
| make the trip.
Ice is formed far out into the
sound, making it impossible for fish
! ermen who have nets set in the
I deeper water to reach them. The ice
I has provided considerable sport for
, skaters, those being fortunate enough
to own skates enjoying the sport on
the ice near the shore.
The disagreeable weather has also
had its effect on business, causing
' shoppers to remain at home, resulting
in very little business being done
i during the cold snap. Farmers are
- unable to do much more than feed
r stock, carry in wood and keep fires
. burning.
i Wednesday the skies were overcast
■ with the weather still cold and very
f little melting of the snow resulting.
i The weather forecast for Thursday
s called for rain or snow.
While walking has been very dan
-3 gerous, there have been no accidents
. to pedestrians reported, and in the
) meantime city officials urge citizens