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found a fair presentation
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Volume lll.— Number 5.
Demonstration On
Meat Canning Feb. 4
Put On For Benefit of
Chowan County Farm
Women
AT HOTEL, 2 P. M.
Miss Dicksie Lee Lewis
Will Be In Charge of
Meeting
Os particular interest to members
of Chowan County home demonstra
tion clubs and farm women in gen
eral, is the public meat canning
demonstration to be held in Edenton
on Tuesday, February 4. This dem
onstration will be held in the Eden
ton High School, starting at 2 P.
M., according to Miss Rebecca Col
well, Chowan home agent.
Miss Colwell is pleased to report
that Miss Dicksie Lee Lewis, who is
now engaged in similar demonstra
tions throughout the State, will be
in charge, and that it will be well
worth the time of the women of the
county to attend.
Miss Lewis is a home economics
graduate of Maryville College, Mary
ville, Tennessee. Before her college
work was completed she had entered
her chosen profession of dietitian.
During the school year she was in
demand as supervisor for numerous
banquets given for large groups of
college or city folks.
She ..introduced the canning of
meat by both pressure cooker and
water bath methods. She has given
much time and effort to the study of
meat canning, both as a source of
better food and as an economic meas
t ure to the farm home. She has fre
quently appeared before Women’s
Clubs as speaker and demonstrator,
supervised numerous food exhibits,
judged fair exhibits and has written
weekly newspaper articles on f oods
and nutrition.
Miss Lewis has done much to ad
vance the daily use of the pressure
cooker. She has given numerous
demonstrations in “whole-meal in the
pressure cooker.” She is very con
scious of the fact that the pressure
cooker method of preparing the daily
meals insures delicious, well cooked
food for the family and saves the
busy housewife many hours of kitch
en labor. She practices what she
preaches, for she uses the cooker al
most daily in her own home and bus
iness.
She has won the friendship of
women and interested them in demon
strations of food preparation and
canning as a means of combating the
rapid growth of pellegra.
Recently Miss Lee has conducted a
series of meat canning demonstra
tions in the drought areas in cooper
ation with the lowa State College
and the State Relief Administration.
Through this program, cattle that
would have been a total loss to the
farmer before the season had passed
were converted into much needed
food. Thousands of women have
learned that delicious meat may be
canned right in their own kitchens
and that a wide variety of meats
may be placed on their pantry
shelves each year by the canning of
beef, hogs, and poultry that would
otherwise be sold on the market at
a loss.
In these demonstrations the women
actually canned a cow in a day and
were so trained that they were able
to repeat the demonstration in their
own communities.
Miss Lewis understands the needs
-of the farm family andthe problems
in canning . that-the average ffuro
woman roust meet. /Through, hqr.
demonstrations in canning each step
is made -simple. Women are taught.
. to use the equipment found in their
homes for their home canning, thus
eliminating the cost of expensive
equipment.
A charming personality and the
ability to understand the problems
of others and to respond to their
request for assistance in an alert,
sympathetic manner, has gone far
toward making her professionally
successful. Her message of "Good
food, with the least effort and at the
6 lowest cost” appeals to the house
wife, of today. She is their friend.
FELLOWSHIP SUBJECT AT
ROTARY LUNCHEON TODAY
The regular luncheon of the Eden
ton Rotary Club will be held at 1
o’clock today. The Fellowship Com-
composed of Jesse White,
chairmab. W. D. Holmes and Chas.
H. WoodVwill have charge of the
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
I KNOWS HER MEAT
p I n §§
MISS DICKSIE LEE LEWIS
Fogds and nutrition expert
who will conduct a public meat
canning demonstration for farm
women Tuesday, February 4, at
2 P. M., at the Edenton High
School.
ARTHUR CHAPPELL
BUYS SATTERFIELD
STORE ON MAIN ST.
Will Move Billiard Parlor and Open
First Class Case In Building Next
To Quinn’s Store
A change in ownership of property
in the business district of Edenton
took place on Friday when Arthur
Chappell, proprietor of Chap’s New
Deal, purchased the W. T. Satterfield
property next to Quinn Furniture
Company. One-half of the building
at present is occupied by the Broad
Street Fish Market, while the other
half has been vacant since the Qual
ity Bakery suspended business sev
eral weeks ago-
Mr, Chappell intends to completely
remodel the building and move from
his present location in the Nejam
building. It is his plan to use the
one-half of the building as a, billiard
parlor and in the other half put in
an up-to-date case. Carpenters were
put to work Monday morning repair
ing the interior of the building and
when completed, Mr. Chappell says,
and furnished with the latest type of
case equipment, will be a great im
provement in the business district.
No definite date has been set for the
opening of the new business, but the
work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible and the new case opened at
the earliest possible date.
The Broad Street Fish Market will
move next door in the Northcott
building, while rumors have it that
Mrs. A. Nejam, owner of the building
housing the billiard parlor, will open
a fruit store. Mrs. Nejam now lives
in Jackson, Mississippi.
New Books Received
At Local Library
Mrs. S. M. McMullan, librarian at
the Shepard-Pruden Library, has an-
that the following new books
have been received at the library,
and are available to the public:
"Valiant is the Word for Carrie,”
by Barry Benefield; “If I Have Four
Apples,” by Gertrude Lawrence;
“Silas Crockett,” by Mary Ellen
Chase; “Seeds of Tomorrow,” by
Mikhail Sholophor; “Royal Purple,”
by Bertita Harding; “The Sound
Wagon,” by T. S. Stribling; “Blood
Relations,” by Philip Gibbs; “The
Trail Driver,” by Zane Grey; “The
Son of Marietta,” Johan Fahricius;
“Men and Brethren,” by James
Gould Cozzens; “Hlyrian Spring,” by
Ann Bridge; “The Jews of Rome,”
by Feuchtwanger; “The Washington
Legation Murders,” by Van Wyck
Mason.
Dead Line For New
City Tajrs February 1
Warning has been issued by city
officials that the dead line for dis
playing 1936 city automobile license
tags is Saturday, February 1. All
automobile owners residing within
the corporate limits of the city must
have a city tag, and after February
X, failure to comply w4th this law
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January SO, 1936.
EDENTON B. & L.
RE-ELECTS SAME
UST DIRECTORS
Annual Meeting Stock
holders Held Mon
day Night
IN GOODSHAPE
Prizes Again Offered In
Kessler Memorial Es
say Contest
Despite the exteremly cold weath
er Monday night, a goodly number
of the stockholders of the Edenton
Building and Loan Association met in
the Court House for the annual
meetingof the organization. Os
the 4,059 shares of stock in force,
2,348 shares were represented either
personally or by proxy, which num
ber was enough to constitute a quo
rum. The meeting was presided over
by F. W. Hobbs, president, who re
placed R. H. Bachman, when the
latter left Edenton.
The Association will again this
year cooperate with the Kessler
Memmorial Essay Contest, offering
two pi-izes, one of $lO and the other
$5, to the two high school students
in the County presenting the best
papers in this State-wide contest-
Winners of these two prizes last
year were Mary Elizabeth Cates and
Sarah Elizabeth White, when about
50 papers on the subject were pre
pared. It is expected that ever more
papers will be entered this year due
to the fact that last year students
at Chowan High School were handi
capped in entering the contest.
The Association will endeavor to
persuade Mrs. R. E. Leary to act as
chairman of the contest in the Coun
ty. She very efficiently carried out
this work last year when Mr. Bach
man became ill.
During the meeting tribute was
paid to W. S- Privott and C. A.
Boyce, who have died since the As
sociation last met. Mr. Privott was
a faithful member of the board of
directors, while Mr. Boyce served on
the auditing committee. Mr. Bach
man, former president, who is now
very ill, was also remember by those
present and a letter of sympathy and
encouragement was ordered to be
written to him by the secretary.
All of the present directors of the
Association were unanimously re
elected, four by a membership vote,
four by a stock vote and these eight
electing the ninth member of the
board. Those, elected by the mem
bership are: M. F. Bond, Jr., E. C.
White, L. C. Burton and F. W.
Hobbs; while the stock vote named
R. C. Holland, O. H. Brown, Fred P.
Wood and T. C. Byrum. These eight
met immediately after the meeting
and elected R. P. Badham as the
ninth member.
Very favorable comments were
made as to the condition of the As
sociation, it being pointed out that
the affairs were as good or possibly
a little better than last year. The
rate of interest earned for the past
year is just a trifle under the 1934
rate, the latter being .0711.04 as
against .070043 for 1935. This little
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Congressman Urges Farmers
To Hold Down Production
Washington, D. C.—ln a state
ment sent hack to his district, Repre
sentative lindsay Warren declared
that there would be no potato pro
gram this year, and warned potato
growers as well as tobacco, cotton,
and peanut farmers that they faced
the same bankrupt condition that
existed prior to 1933 unless they
exercised their own control over what
they planted and produced.
The North Carolina member who
has played an active part in agricul
tural legislation during the last six
years said: v
“By reason of the amazing decision
of the Supreme Court, the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration has
been destroyed, as well as the con
troll bills for cotton, tobacco, and
potatoes. These measures had the
overwhelming approval of the farm
ers of our State for they were fast
being liberated from an economic
serfdom that has brought bankruptcy
and ruin to them. As a result of the
decision Congress has been placed
in a straight jacket, for everyone
knows that agriculture is a national
problem. Congress will remain hare,
in session and pus some new mesa-,
ure which we hope vtfll include crops.
gy ** o f when It wM he-.;
POLICE BREAK UP
PETTI THIEVERY
IN LOCALJSTORES
' Four Fined For Buying
Stolen Goods From
Young Boys
long’session
Judge Pruden Orders
Goods Returned to
Merchants
Recorder’s Court on Tuesday con
sumed the entire morning, running
over into the afternoon. The major
ity of the time was taken up with
what is thought to be the breaking
up of an epidemic of petty thievery.
Four defendants, three colored and a
white man, faced Judge J. N- Pruden
charged with receiving stolen goods,
which was bought from a group of
Negro boys of approximately 13
years of age. The stealing has been
going on for some time with possibly
the greater portion taking place
during the holiday season.
Local officials have been on the
lookout to apprehend the responsi
ble parties and only this week were
they able to round up the guilty
persons. One of the colored boys
was seen carrying a hat evidently for
the purpose of selling and upon be
ing questioned involved three of his
companions, all four of them admit
ting the thefts.
Among the items stolen by the
boys were clocks, shirts, hose, neck
ties and rubber boots, which were in
turn sold at ridiculously low prices.
About, $35 or S4O worth of stolen
goods yms returned to the owners.
The various pieces of merchandise
was stolen from Byrum Bros. Hard
ware Company, D- B. Liles, J. H.
Holmes Company and Badham Bros.
Those charged with receiving stol
en goods were R. T. Mizell, Vernon
Halsey, Lillian Halsey and Helen
Valentine, the latter three being
colored. Amelia Overton and Oscar
Wynn face similar charges, but their
hearing was postponed until next
Tuesday. The quartet was found
guilty, each one receiving a 30-day
sentence or payment of the court
costs and showing good behavior for
six months. Judge Pruden also or
dered the stolen property to be re
turned to its owners.
The four colored boys were subse
quently tried before Richard Dixon
in juvenile court and after a severe
reprimand their parents were order
ed responsible for them remaining
on their premises between 7 A. M.
to 7 P. M., and they must stay away
from the business district at all
times. These orders must be car
ried out pending the entrance of the
boys in the Morrison Industrial
Training School at Hoffman.
James Riddick, colored, of Bertie
County, was found guilty of operat
ing an automobile while under the
influence of liquor, receiving a sen
tence of 60 days on the roads or SSO
fine and cost of court, with the revo
cation of his driving license for 12
months.
Buster Raynor, colored, charged
with stealing a chicken house from
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come a law, no one can now tell or
predict. In my opinion it is going
to be difficult to secure anything as
effective as the AAA. Planting time
will soon begin, especially potato
planting. If our growers, especially
after all they have suffered in the
past, again plant the earth in pota
toes and run wild with the contract
system, then the same bankruptcy
stares them in the face. We made
the greatest fight for the potato
grower that has happened here in
Congress for many years, and it
was won against almost insurmount
able odds. But the Supreme Court
has now destroyed that. The same
thing applies to tobacco, cotton, pea
nuts and other crops. The only hope
I can see for our farmers this year
is that they plant only what allot
ment they would have received had
the AAA been continued, and in no
case should they exceed that. After
the hard lessons they have been
taught in thq past, they now have
the opportunity to exercise self con
trol and voluntarily hold down their
production. As one who is vitally
interested in agriculture and who
hu fought its battles, I urge them
to do this Over production in 1936,
before any*oannanent farm policy is
Local Library Is 15
Years Old On Feb. 3
Old Man Winter
Still Grips Chowan
Old Man Winter again thurst
his icy fingers over Chowan
County, the section experiencing
one of the coldest snaps in years
since Sunday. Another snowfall
was experienced Sunday night
which still lingers. Though it
was only about one or two inches
deep around Edenton, the upper
end of the County had a good
four inch snow.
The extremely cold weather
has worked a hardship on citi
zens, the mercury falling toward
the zero mark on several occa
sions. Places of business have
had much difficulty in keeping
their places warm, and since
Monday the Edenton school has
been operating on the rainy day
schedule.
Travel on the highways was
handicapped the early part of the
week due to sections of the road
being covered with a thin sheet
of ice which withheld what rays
of the sun that fell upon it.
The Edenton Bay has been
slowly freezing since Sunday and
ice skaters were venturing out
Wednesday.
LET CONTRACT FOR
CITY WATER TANK
60,000 Gallon Tank at Power House
Will Be Replaced At Contract
Price of $6,000
At a joint meeting of Town Coun
cil and the Board of Public Works
last Wednesday night, a contract was
awarded the R. D. Cole Manufactur
ing Company of Newnan, Ga., to re
place the damaged 60,000-gallon
water tank at the power house on
the water front. This decision was
made when it was learned that to
replace the old tank, with necessary
reinforcements to the foundation,
would be a saving of almost SIOOO
over the erection of a new 200,000
’’allon tank on the town property on
Freemason Street.
The contract calls for an outlay
of S6OOO to replace the present tank,
and also provides for two coats of
naint on the 250-000-gallon tank on
the same site. The cost of a new
tank on_ Freemason Street would
have been $15,880, and aside from a
larger storage capacity would have
been of no other advantage.
When the old tank is replaced the
city will have a water storage capa
city of 310,000 gallons, and with
both tanks in first class condition
the water storage facilities should
be adequate for the next 20 to 30
years.
It was the intention of city officials
to build a new tank on Freemason
Street, but when the difference in
cost was considered they decided on
replacing the old tank.
Four Greenville Ladies
Hurt In Auto Wreck
An automobile wreck occurred
near the Chowan River bridge Tues
day night resulting in injuries to
four ladies from Greenville. The par
ty including Mrs. E. B. Ficklin,
Mrs. Ned Meyers, Mrs. Charles Skin
ner and Mrs. James Ficklin were on
their way to visit the Misses Mary
and Margaret Pruden, when their
car evidently struck an ice-covered
portion of the highway and over
turned.
All of the party except Mrs. Skin
ner were able to return to their
home, but Mrs. Skinner remained
overnight at the Pruden home to
await the arrival of her son, a phy
sician, before being removed to her
home.
Congress Overrides
Veto Os President
On Vets’ Bonus Bill
Ex-service men in Chowan appear
jubilant over the result of the sol
diers’ bonus which was made a law
Monday over President Roosevelt’s
veto, being overridden by a vote of
76 to 19 in the Senate and 8244 to
61 in the House.
The payment of, the bonus will re
sult in the availability of $124,282
for Chowan Veterans, which will be
in the form of non-transferable baby
bonds of SSO each. These bonds may
be cashed or may be held by the
veterans, and they^ n draw interest
a* the rate of 4 <
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$1.25 Per Year
1,290 Book Borrowers
Listed During Year
1935
5,800”bOOKS
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Librarian Guest Speak
er at Edenton Rotary
Meeting
Monday, February 3, marks the
fifteenth anniversary of the founding
of the Shepard-Pruden Library in
Edenton, in which Edentonians have
just reason to be proud. Housed in
the historical Cupola House, this li
brary from a very modest beginning
now has the distinction of being the
only chartered library on this side
of the Albemarle Sound, and on its
shelves for circulation boasts 3,367
books for adults and 2,433 for chil
dren, which does not include refer
ence books and encylopedias.
The library was opened February
3, 1921, when it was presented to
the white people of the town by C. S.
Vann on behalf of the donors, Mrs.
W. A. Graham and the widow and
children of Hon. W. D. Pruden. It’s
name, Shepard-Pruden Library, was
adopted as a memorial to Mr. Wil
liam Blount Shepard and Mr. William
Dossey Pruden. The library was ac
cepted on behalf of the town by
Mayor E. I. Warren.
During the year 1935 there were
1,290 book borrowers, 750 of these
being children and 540 adults, result
ing in a circulation of 14,100 books
among adult readers and 13,650
among children.
Mrs. S. M. McMullan has been the
librarian during the entire life of
the library, and during her term of
office has had" associated with her as
assistants Miss Marian Drane, Miss
Madeline Elliott and at present Hu
bert Elliott.
Mrs. McMullan was the guest
speaker at the weekly luncheon of
the Edenton Rotary Club last Thurs
day, at which time she explained
the working of the library., and
modestly gave a brief idea of the
progress and benefits derived from
the organization. Mrs. McMullan
stated that it was interesting to
note that, non-fiction reading has in
creased during the past three years.
She further told the Rotarians that
the library serves as a great help to
school students, in that practically
all the parallel reading is furnished
by library books.
D. M. Warren, who preceded Mrs.
McMullan, on the Rotary program,
gave a brief history of Mr. Shepard
and Mr. Pruden, for whom the li
brary was named, explaining in his
remark's the sterling qualities of
these two gentlemen and their like
ness in many respects.
Two Arrests Made
In Connection With
Automobile Robbery
Though two arrests have been
made in connection with the robbery
of the contents of an automobile
parked at the Hotel Joseph Hewes
Friday night, Edenton police are still
working on the case in the hope of
finding the guilty party. The two
men arrested in connection with the
robbery are Malachai Lowther and
Calvin Speight, both colored.
The car was the property of R. R.
Pierson, connected with the Federal
Land Bank of Columbia, S- C., and
had been locked and parked back of
the hotel. The glass was broken
and three brief cases, a typewriter,
pistol, and $153 in cash removed.
Two of the brief cases containing re
ports and other data were found
back of the Court House, while the
third was found, the contents gone,
back of Speight’s shop. The type
writer was found back of the colored
Methodist Church on Gale Street.
Police found a gun in the posses
sion of Speight, who claimed that
he bought it from Lowther, the latter
saying Tie bought it from another
party. But upon investigation police
claim Lowther’s story is false and
believe it is the gun taken from the
car.
Fingerprints were found on the
typewriter, and Lowther and the
typewriter were taken to Norfolk,
Va. f Wednesday to have the prints
compared with the man arretted, and
while the ease hasn’t been ‘entirely
/dice are of the opinion
\have the guilty party.