In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume lll— Number 3.
* gambling Ring Hits
Snag In Operations
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Nine Men Arrested Sat
. urday at Home of
I Reuben Blount
[ ALL FOUND GUILTY
* Ellis Mater, White Man,
Ordered Remain Out
Os County
k. What appears to be a wide-spread
gambling met with some diffi
culty in Edenton Saturday afternoon
when officers swooped down on the
home of Reuben Blount, aged Negro,
on West Albemarle Street, and ar
rested one white man and eight
Negroes. The raid was made by
Chief of Police G. A. Helms, Sheriff
J. A. Bunch, Jt. L. Pratt, Shelton
Moore, Wayland Moore and George
Dail.
In the raid officers confiscated two
slot machines, a brand new adding
machine and a quantity of books and
tickets used b,y the gamblers.
The yhite man caught in the raid
was Ellis Mater, of Elizabeth City,
the colored group consisting of
t Reuben Blount, Charlie Wilson, Theo
f dore Felton, Melton Simons, W. H.
Nixon, Grady Sessoms, Oscar John
son and Levi Privott. It is the
opinion of the police that had the
raid been made a little later many
more would have been arrested.
The affair was aired in Recorder’s
I Court on Tuesday morning, when
I Mater was charged with operating a
I lottery and illegal possession of a
I slot machine. The colored men were
I charged with aiding and abetting in
I operating a lottery.
[ Evidence produced was to the es-
feet that Levi Privott had been em
ployed by an unidentified man to
conduct the game of numbers, selling
tickets and adding up the totals so
rthat when the “banker” or “boss”
arrived the winners would be paid
off. Privott testified that he had
been working for about two months
for the man he called the banker,
hut did not know his name.
Reuben Blount testified that he
rented a room in his home to a
strange man, and that different men
would appear at his home from time
to time, all of them strangers to
him. He also testified that he was
unaware of what was going on in the
room. He was paid $2-00 a week
rent which included making a fire
and keeping the room clean.
Blount, Wilson, Nixon and Felton
plead not guilty while the other
four confessed their guilt.
Mater was represented by W. D.
Pruden whose argument tended to
, show that his client was not guilty
of either of the charges.
* Judge J. N. Pruden found the
white defendant guilty on the first
count but not guilty of illegal posses
sion of a slot machine. He was sen
tenced to six months on the roads or
pay a fine of SIOO and costs of the
entire court action in the case, in
cluding the colored defendants. He
was further ordered to remain out of
Chowan County for a period of 12
months. The number machine, add
ing machine and other equipment
was ord or ed held by the Sheriff un
til further orders from the court.
The adding machine, however,
through argument of Mr. Pruden,
was released to Mater.
All the colored defendants were
sentenced to 30 days which was
suspended upon condition that they
show good behavior for six months.
The police claim that the gambling
has been going on for some time,
the ticket* being sold about tomn
y and large numbers gathering at the
’ Blount home when paying off time
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Christmas Saving
A Oub EndsJ*n.lß
Hjß* Saturday, January 18, is the dead
|||»jine for any who desire to join the
Christmas Savings Club of the
HgHßank of Edenton, on which date the
will be closed for entering in
Bjnthis ever-growing popular method of
■■Baving money for a time when it is
needed.
Bank officials are very well pleased
the Inrollment in this year’s
V club, around 400 having joined to
date. This number represents a sub
stantial increase over the 1935 mem-
with the several dehomina-
Hgjj|Hg of the club also showing a sub-
increase over last year when
SIO,OOO was distributed
club members.
eye superstition has been
parts of the world and
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
INSTITUTE HELD
AT M.E. CHURCH
District Missionary Institute Will
Be Held Tuesday, January 21;
Prominent Speakers Expected
Edenton will be highly honored
next week, when on Tuesday, Janu
ary 21, the Missionary Institute of
the Elizabeth. City will meet in the
Edenton Methodist Church. Edenton
is the smallest town in which these
institutes have been held, others tak
ing place in Durham, Raleigh, Kins
, ton, Fayetteville, and other cities of
: similar size.
The institute will begin at 10
o’rlock in the morning and is sche
■ dujed to be completed by 1 o’clock,
| when the ladies of the congregation
will serve a luncheon for those in at
tendance.
Besides several presiding elders,
all the prealhers of the district will
attend. Lay leaders, presidents of
women’s missionary societies and
church school superintendents from
all over the District will also be in
attendance.
Members of the conference board
of Christian education, including the
executive secretary, Rev. Robert
Bradshaw, Mrs. H. M. Wade, direc
tor of Children’s Work, and Mrs.
Earl W. Brian, director of Yourtg
People’s work, will have part on the
program. M. T. Plyler, editor of the
North Carolina Christian Advocate,
is also expected to attend the in
stitute.
Former Edenton Pastor
Accepts Call At Raleigh
Friends in Edenton will be inter
ested to learn that Rev. W. Payne
Brown, assistant pastor of the Bream
Memorial Presbyterian Church, of
Charleston, W. Va., has resigned and
has accepted a call to the First Van
guard Church of Raleigh.
Rev. Mr. Brown was formerly
pastor of the Presbyterian Church in
Edenton and won for himself a host
of friends. Beside his church activi
ties, while in Edenton, Mr. Brown
was also scoutmaster of the local
Boy Scout troop.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown expect to be
gin their work in Raleigh the first
of February, and according to the
church paper of the West Virginia
Church, the couple made many warm
friends who will regret to see them
leave.
E. H. S. Boxers Tackle
Windsor January 24
The first boxing match of the
season for the Edenton High School
boxing team will be held Friday
night, January 24, their opponents
being the Windsor boxers. The bout
will be held in Windsor.
The iocal mit artists have been
practicing hard to get in shape, and
prospects appear bright for a strong
team in the ring.
Windsor, their first year in boxing,
is reported to have abundant mater
ial and have been able to arrange a
match with every weight appearing
on the local squad, including Sexton
and Spruill.
Flag Code To Be
Taught In School
At the last meeting of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary it waa decided
to ask the Edenton Graded School to
take up the study of the Flag Code
this month. The Code will be studied
by the pupils from the Fourth
through the Seventh Grade. Mrs.
Jesse White, the Auxiliary president,
said today that a prize will be given
the room showing the best progress
in learning the Codec
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Crackers And Water
For Red Men Winners
A novel “banquet" will be held
next Monday night in the Red Men
hall when a cracker and water dinner
will be served. The affair is the re
sult of an attendance and member
ship contest which closed the last
Monday in December. The Tribe
was split up into three divisions with
the understanding that the two los
ing teams feed the winners.
Noah Goodwin and his associates
won out in contest and will be
“guests of honor” of the teams cap
tained by Raleigh Hollowell and Joe
Habit. Crackers and water are all
that is included in the menu so far
as The Herald could learn, but at
that, a large attendance is expected
to be on hand.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 16, 1936.
E. H. S. GRIDDERS
ENTERTAINED BY
ROTARYFRIENDS
Calvin Sexton Winner
In Unique Beauty
Contest
MANY~SPEAK
Sonny Davis Principal
Speaker At Today’s
Luncheon
Members of the Edenton High
School football teams, coach and
officials .were honor guests of the
Edenton Rotary Club Thursday even
ing in the Parish House, when the
Rotarians held their annual banquet
in honor of the gridders. The boys
were so seated as to be mingled with
members of the Rotary Club, which
necessarily produced an excellent
, atmosphere of fellowship.
President Bill Hart hearity wel
■ corned the boys and their coach, Leon
1 Brogden, especially emphasizing the
training of clean sportsmanship
1 among the boys. Rotarian Hart
then turned the program over to
. Parson Ashby, who in turn called on
Oscar Brown. Mr. Brown introduced
; an unique stunt in the form of a
beauty contest in which the high
school boys only were eligible. Cal
■ vin Sexton won first place, much to
! his surprise, for which honor he re
! ceived a large box and upon opening
, it found a beautiful head of cabbage.
Naturally he was called upon for a
speech, which was as followsr “Ha,
111 eat tomorrow!”
1 Pete Everett was a close second
in the beauty contest, but unfortu
-1 nately no prize was provided for
second place-
John Holmes was called upon for
a few remarks in the course of
which he paid high tribute to Coach
Brogden and the boys, saying that
the Edenton team has been observed
by many football enthusiasts and
that most of the credit for the East
winning over the West in the all
star game New Year’s day was due
to the nucleus formed by the Eden
ton players.
Another stunt that caused necks
to stretch and eyes to bulge was
when Coach Brogden was placed be
fore a microphone ostensibly for an
interview over Station WPTF giving
his reasons for the success of the
Aces and the future prospects for
football in Edenton.
Fred Wood was called on for brief
remarks, and he commented on the
excellent training of the team and
the development of new football
material.
A number or tne ooys were called
upon and briefly they had the fol
lowing to say:
Junius uavis, co-mangaer, said he
thoroughly enjoyed his duties in con
nection with Coach Brogden and the
boys, and expressed his appreciation
to the Rotary Club for their interest
and cooperation in the school ath
letics.
Joe Conger, co-manager: “I didn’t
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Carroll Boyce Added
To Police Force
Carroll Boyce, possibly the young
est police officer in the State, on
Wednesday was sworn in as a night
patrolman on the city police force.
Mr. Boyce was added to the force
in an endeavor to break up petty
thievery which has been rampant in
the city for some time.
He went on duty Wednesday night.
Drunken Driver Is
Fined SSO And Costs
A. F. Bolton, of. Norfolk, Va.,
faced Judge J. N. Pruden in Record
er’s Court Tuesday rooming charged
with operating an automobile while,
under *.the influence pf liquor and
with failure to stop following an ac
cident.
Bolton struck a car driven by Paul
Spencer at King and Court Streets,
causing slight damage to the Spen
cer car. Bolton continued South on
Court Street, turning East on Water
down King Str#et to head off Bol
down KiKng Street to head off Bol
ton on Oakum Street. Following an
argument as to paying for the dam
age done Spencer’s car, Bolton was
arrested. He was found guilty of
operating a car under the influence
of liquor, but the latter charge was
dropped. Judge Pruden imposed a
sentence of 60 days or SSO and costs
and payment of the damage done
Spencer’s car. He was further or
dered not to drive an automobile in
North Carolina for 12 months.
EDENTON OFFICE
ABOVE AVERAGE
IN EMPLOYMENT
Record Gratifying In
View of No Large
Cities
RURALSECTION
I. Lee Parker Apprecia
tive of Cooperation
In District
In a recent survey of the Employ
ment Service in North Carolina to
determine thf ratio of district per
sonnel as to active balance and place
ments for August, September, Octo
ber and November 15th, 1935, it was
found that the Edenton district held
second place as to average or above
the State’s average, with seven other
1 district offices in the entire State.
It was found that eight of the dis
trict offices in the State were not
average or above the State average.
1 I. Lee Parker, district manager of the
1 Edenton district, states that this re
■ cord is very gratifying to him since
1 the Edenton district is made up of
an entirely rural population and only
has one town with a population in
excess of 10,000 and none of the
; counties in the district are in the in
dustrial section of the State.
The following counties make up
' the Edenton district: Northampton,
Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Washington,
Tyrrell, Chowan, Perquimans, Pas
' quotank, Camden, Currituck, Gates
’ and Dare. There are 155 districts in
the North Carolina State Employ
■ ment Service and they are located in
the following places: Asheville, Bry
son City, Charlotte, Durham, Eden
ton, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Kins
-1 ton, Morganton, North Wilkesboro,
’ Raleigh, Rooky Mount, Salisbury,
i Wilmington and Winston-Salem.
At the dose of business Saturday,
1 January 4, 1936, there were 12,498
1 active applications on file in the
■ Edenton district, whieh balance is
made up of 4,351 women and 7,947
1 men, and of this number of men
there were 413 veterans. There are
four branch offices located in the 13
i counties of the district at the follow
ing places: Jackson, Northampton
County, which takes care of the ac
tivity of Northampton, Bertie and
Hertford counties, which is in charge
of Mrs. Randolph Holoman, Wil-1
liamston, which serves Martin County
and is in charge of Mr. Curtis
Gilliam; Mr. Howard Flora is mana
ger of the Elizabeth City office,
which serves Pasquotank, Camden
and Currituck Counties; the office at
Manteo controls activities of the
service for Dare County and is in
charge of Miss Evelyn Rogers; with
the district office located in Edenton,
which serves Chowan, Perquimans,
Gates, Washington and Tyrrell Coun
ties.
Mr. Parker reports that he has had
wonderful cooperation from the lead
ing citizens of all the counties in the
district, which has made this report
possible and for this cooperation he
wishes to express his sincere appre
ciation and asks for the continuance
of their support during the coming
year, which he hopes will make it
possible to make even better showing
during the year 1936.
Bonus Would Release
$124,282 In Chowan
Ex-service men in Chowan County
and the Albemarle are following
closely the fate of the bonus bill
now before Congress, and already
passed by a large majority in the
House.
In event the bill becomes law,
63,926 veterans in North Carolina
will get $34,622,162.80. Os this a- I
mount $124,282.50 would be distri
buted in Chowan County, Bertie is
scheduled for $284,697.51, and Gates,
$106,229.82.
Contract Let Jan, 22
For New Water Tank
A joint meeting of the Town Coun- •
cil and Board of Public Works will
be held on Wednesday; January 22nd, :
to open bids on the erection of the
new water tank for Edenton. :
The letting of this contract has 1
been postponed on two previous oc- i
casions due to lack of sufficient in
formation by the bidders, which has
now been furnished. ,
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R.
Ward on Saturday, January 11, at ]
their home near Edenton, a daughter,
Catherine Anne. '
Petition Signed For
Recreational Center
LAST CHANCE TO
GET MONEY LEFT
IN CITIZENS BANK
Fund of $1,228.03 Now In Hands of
Richard Dixon to be Distributed
Within 90 Days
Richard Dixon last week received
the fund remaining from the Citizens
Bank which will be paid to deposi
tors who have thus far failed to
make claims for their portion of the
money. The amount of this fund
was $1,228.03, and represents 700
depositors with amounts due ranging
from one cent to SSO.
He will hold this money for 90
days, after which time what remains
will be escheated to the University
of North Carolina, thus winding up
the affairs of the closed bank.
Many claims have been made to
date and Mr. Dixon is hopeful that
the greater portion of the depositors
will come in and get their money,
thus keeping as much as possible in
Chowan County.
Bank Os Edenton
Closed On Monday
On account of the fact that the
birthday of Robert E. Lee fails on
Suiyipy, the Bank of Edenton will
observe the holiday on Monday,
January 20. Patrons of the bank
are urged to note the holiday and
attend to their banking business ac
cordingly.
Ed Bond Post Auxiliary
Sponsors Essay Contest
As has been the custom of the
American Legion Auxiliary for the
past few years, they are again this
month sponsoring an Essay Contest
in the Edenton School. The subject,
according to Mrs. Jesse White, presi
dent of the Auxiliary, will be “How
Can I Be a Good Citizen?” A prize
of $2 is oifered for the best essay,
and all essays must be turned in not
later than the end of the month.
County Council Meets
In Hotel January 25
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent
for Chowan Cc/.ity, has announced
that a meeting of the County Coun
cil will be held at Hotel Joseph
Hewes on Saturday, January 25th.
Matters of importance will come up
for discussion, and while Miss Col
well’s program has not been, com
pleted at this time, she is urging all
members of the Council to arrange
to be present.
Business Increases
At Local Post Office
That business has been on the up
grade is shown in a report from the
local postoffice.
The postal receipts during the
quarter ending December 31, 1934,
were 13 percent more than in 1933,
while the 1935 figure exceeded the
1934 amount by 11% per cent, repre
senting receipts of around $5,000 for
the quarter.
The money order business has also
been on the increase. During De
cember, 1935, $7,820.56 were ex
changed for money orders, which
compares with $7,471.81 during the
same month the year previous. The
total money order business done dur
ing the year 1935 was $71,588-15.
Os. especial interest to readers
also is the fact that since the be
ginning of the sale of United States
saving bonds in March, 1935, patrons
have invested $31,000.
Council Holds Up
Insurance Premium
Members of Town Council were
right much disturbed Tuesday night
when Clerk R. E. Leary read a bill
for the premium on the city’s work
men’s compensation insurance. The
bill was boosted $75.36 due, a foot
note said, to an interchange of labor
between the street cleaning, garbage
collecting and street repairs.
The city was billed for the highest
rated classification, causing much
comment and the holding up of the
payment of the premium.
An ash tray has been combined
with a wire rack that holds a news
paper upright on a table so it can be
read by a man whose hands are
occupied.
This newspaper is circu * .
lated in the territory I
where Advertisers will I
realize good 1 results. I
$1.25 Per Year
Boy Scouts Ask Consid
eration of Town
Council
OYER 200~SIGNERS
City Fathers Forced to
Buy Another New
Trash Truck
Though very few matters were
brought up at the meeting of Town
Council Tuesday night, the Council
men were held in session until after
10 o’clock, two propositions alone
utilizing practically the entire time.
These were the purchasing of a new
truck for the Street Department and
the matter of providing recreational
facilities for the youth of the town.
John Graham, accompanied by a
group of Boy Scouts, appeared before
the Council with a petition signed by
over 200 citizens in which the Town
of Edenton was asked to provide
some sort of rcreational center for
boys. The petition was circulated
by the Scouts and was signed by
adults only and shows that the town
was pretty well covered.
Before offering the petition Mr.
Graham presented conditions as they
, are and urged the city fathers to
consider the matter and do what was
possible for the boys of the town.
The petition as presented is as
follows:
“We the undersigned, citizens of
Edenton, do respectfully petition as
follows:
“Realizing that within the Town of
Edenton there is no facility either
public or private provided for the
■ citizens of the Town, particularly
those of a youthful age to take part
in indoor sports or other types of
i indoor recreation and
“Believing that the continuance of
this situation is and will be detri
mental to the health, happiness and
morals of the youth of our commun
ity and that the erection of an ade
quate gymnasium, recreation center
or other facility for indoor sports
and recreation will aid in large
measure the up-building of character
and physical well-being among the
youth of our community:
“We do eamsetly petition the
Mayor and Council of the Town of
Edenton that they either separately
or in cooperation with other govern
mental agencies do provide for the
erection of such a gymnasium, re
creation center or other facility so
that the youth of our community
may have an opportunity for indoor
sports and recreation.”
Those signing the petition are as
! follows:
Junius W. Davis, Mrs. W. I. Hart,
Jr., Mrs. R. P. Badham, R. C. Hol
land, Billie G. Partin, F.thel H.
Boyce, Goldie Layton, G. A. Helms,
Geo. Dail, Wm. S. Elliott, J. Edwin
Bufllap, H. W. Thomas, Marie Reed,
J. N. Pruden, Myrtle Parks, M. P.
Whichard, M. D., Myrtle Jenkins, J.
A. Powell, Nelson Powell, W. R.
Horton, R. E. Forehand, W. D. Pru
den, Mrs. J. A. Woodard, Carrie W.
Coke, Mrs- J. L. Pettus, R. D. Dixon,
Mrs. R. D. Dixon, Mrs. M.-L. Bunch,
Mrs. J. H. Holmes, Mrs. Earl Good
win, Mrs. Thos. W. Elliott, A. M.
Day, Mrs. W. C. Moore, Mrs. Julian
Ward.
Mrs. R. F. Elliott, Mrs. A. B.
Harless, R. P. Badham, Hector Lup
ton, Capt. Leon Billington, Mrs. Wm.
J. Leary, Neva Gan Roper, S. W.
Moore, Albert Cullipher, Mrs. J. W.
Davis, Mrs. T. A. Spencer, Mrs.
Claude Jones, Miss Eva Bateman,
Mrs. A. R. Owens, Mrs. T. E. Parker,
Mrs. N. J. Castello, W. C. Hollowell,
Mrs. W. C-. Hollowed, Mrs. Jasper
Copeland, Mrs. Alvah Bunch, S.
Ganderson & Sons, by Ben M. Gan
derson, J. A. Bunch, Mrs. H. C.
Wozelka, I. Lee Parker, W. I. Hart,
Z. Bright Tucker, W. W. Olive, J. A.
Crawford, Mrs. J. H. Conger, Mrs.
B. C- Hoskins, Mrs. W. B. Shepard,
Louise D. Coke, H. G. Wood, Mrs. H.
G. Wood, Mrs. W. A. Graham, John
W- Graham, J. W. White, W. H.
Gardner, D. M. Warren, Zene Elliott,
Geo. C. Hoskins, R. G. Whiete, M. F.
Bond, Jr., J. R. Byrum, Ike Hobow
sky, Mrs. Isaac Hobowsky, Esther
Hobowsky, Hazel G. Goodwin, Henry
B. Harrell, Fanny Hobowsky, Mrs.
Annie Hobowsky, Mrs. A. M. Fore
hand, Mrs. Wade Olive, Fred White,
W. P. Jones, J. H. Conger, Inez Fel
ton, Mary B. Pruden, Mrs. R. E.
Leary, R. E. Leary, Mrs. J. H. Mc-
Mullan, Mrs. Meredith Jones, Mrs.
B. W. Hathaway, Mrs. W. Q. Elliott,
Jr., E. T. Rawlinson, Mrs. E. T.
Rawlinson, J H. McMullan.
Mrs. W. J. Davis, W. O. Elliott,
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