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y In these columns will be jiund « /dr presentation of local used county news oj general Interest. —Number 24. Hoey Holds Slight Lead In Race For Governor Chowan County Turns In Majority Vote For Graham m . - ♦ Leads Dr. McDonald 805 to 489; Hoey Is Third Man TIE VOTE White Defeats Berry man For County’s Representative Going to the polls Saturday with a total vote of about 1,550, Chowan County Democrats fell short of an anticipated vote of 1,800 in the pri *mary election. There was a rush of voting during the early voting hours at both the Edenton precincts, but gradually the voting dropped off with but spasmodic spurts as work ers for favorite candidates rounded up groups of voters and brought them in to cast their ballot. As was predicted by followers of Sandy' Graham, he easily carried Chowan County, polling 805 votes against 489 for McDonald, who was second, 262 for Hoey and 8 for Mc- Rae. Mr. Graham had a majority of 46 votes of those cast for Governor. The McDonald supporters in Eden ton, however, felt confident that even though their candidate did not lead the ticket here, he would lead in the 1 State or at least be in second place with enough votes to participate in a second primary. The Hoey backers, while not sur- S prised that Graham carried the Coun ■ ty, had the utmost confidence that Mr. Hoey would easily be high man in the State. In the_ First Senatorial race W. I. Halstead, of South Mills, was high man, with Jerry Hughes, of Eliza beth City, winning the other sena torial seat. Merrill Evans, of Ahos kie, came in third, followed by Miss Ethel Parker, of Gatesville, and Tom Brown, of Hertford was low man. Chowan gave Halstead the best vote, getting 667, followed by Evans with 432, Miss Parker 411, Hughes 379 and Brown 344. John White defeated W. J- Berry man for the County representative seat by 744 votes. White polled 814 votes against 740 for Berryman. This contest was decided during the latter part of the ballot counting in East and West Edenton precincts. The , County vote for representative had been returned before counting ballots on the County ticket had begun in the two Edenton precincts, which result ed in Berryman leading White by 138 votes. As votes began to be counted in West Edenton, Berryman took an early lead, while in East Edenton it was nip and tuck with White having only a few more votes than Berry (Continued on Page Five) Bertie Women Want Demonstration Agent A. committee of ladies from dif ferent sections of Bertie County went before the County Commission ers last week seeking a county dem , onstration agent. The county has not had a home agent for several years and the rural ladies feel that entitled to one. They re ported to the Commissioners that much good work was accomplished during the years a home agent was employed and that now more phases cf farm work is taken up by these workers. Though the Oertie Commission ers offered nothing definite last week their attitude toward the moyfenent was very encouraging to the delegation preset 1 • " 1 " '** Chowan Delegates Off To Convention Part of Chowan County’s dele gates to the Democratic State Con vention will leave for Raleigh at noon today, with the remainder leav ' iag -Friday morning. The County has SB delegates with a half vote and all of them or an alternate raw expected to attend the conven tion. The delegates are: T. L. .Ward, E. N. Elliott, T. A. Berryman, J. J- Byrum, W. H. Pearce, Mark Bunch, J. C. Haste, W. E. Bunch, Mrs. George -Wood, Frank Wird. W* J* Jordan, R* A. Bansioy, v ▼ o Wheeler. Rufus otokciy, v< 4* THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 11,1936. WONDER BOY ——a —a—. JOHN FERNANDO WHITE “J Mr. White on Saturday won his third term as representative in the General Assembly from Chowan County. His first ma jority in 1930 was 7 votes, in 1934 it was 11 and his latest majority was 74, the sum of the two figures being 11. He claims he has won the right to repre sent Chowan County on three “naturals.” CHOWAN VETERANS WILL SHARE $124,000 FOR WAR SERVICE Approximately 240 Veterans Will Receive Adjusted Service Bonds Next Week Approximately $124,000 worth of Veterans adjusted service bonds will be distributed in Chowan County be ginning next week. These bonds will be distributed among approxi mately 240 veterans of the World War. They will be sent by regis tered mail and dispatched on June 15, and are expected to arrive in Edenton on or about June 17th. They may be cashed at any time after de livery to the veterans. They will be issued in SSO denominations so that if the veteran desires to cash only a part of his bonds he may do so. Bonds held by veterans will earn simple interest of 3 per cent per an num but no interest is payable on bonds that are redeemed before June 15, 1937. The regulations with reference to the delivery of the bonds to veterans and the certification of requests for payment are very strict and must be observed in every detail. Veterans should thoroughly familiarize them selves with the proper procedure for the receipt of bonds and method of payment. Following is information with which the veterans should be familiar: Delivery By Carriers If addressee is known by carrier, no other identification is necessary. (Continued on Page Five) Historical Weeping Willow Planted In St. Paul’s Churchyard More history was added to St- Paul’s Churchyard last week when Rev. C. A. Ashby, 'rector of the church, planted a cutting of a weep ing willow tree, the ancestry of which is traced to the weeping willow tree at the first grave of Napoleon Bona parte, at St. Helena. Mr. Ashby, while returning from a commence ment trip to Alexandria, Va., stopped at the William Lee Byrd estate near Gloucester, Va., where a weeing wil low which was started from the fam ous tree is now flourishing. He was given a sprig of the tree and will watch with interest the progress it makes in the local historic church yard. Red Men Nominate Officers On Monday Members of Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, will on Monday night nominate new officers THE VOTERS' CHOICE CLYDE R. HOEY The two high men in the four-cornered race for Governor in the Demo cratic Primary held Saturday- They will oppose each other again in a run off primary to be held July 4th. Early returns gave Mr. Hoey a large plu rality, but late reports .reduced his lead over McDonald to about 4,000 votes. j voteinchow aFTcounT^ y j 4) § Ob J > "c -£» a *E 3-S J-S gs l £ g sa osc > > ostfi h U. S. Senator: i Q Griffin 26 25 6 2 1 3 63 Bailey - 227 250 65 55 79 67 743 Fountain -• 1H 92 40 49 25 19 336 Strain 52 29 8 4 3 8 104 Governor: , , a 71,2? 4 8 4 262 McDonald 153 155 67 46 36 32 489 Graham 237 239 75 75 101 78 805 Lieutenant-Governor: 42 g 5 ?4 428 McNeiii 143 120 29 27 12 24 355 Swretary of State: 14Q 2? 32 * 4 7 335 Wade 23g 103 64 100 94 8g6 8 g6 l3 » ■ ■ 3 « «> DoS“”1 « ™ ‘j % ” *l° Miner 130 142 23 38 10 43 3 86 Durham":::::::::- 145 u* 46 32 34 5 4oe "Treasurer: ____ g 6 u „ 10 9 170 jbhnson"::::::::::"":: — 30s 305 78 73 se 54 904 Supt. PuWic instruction: m 1?() 45 31 44 19 480 Alderman" "“"-"I 144 123 36 23 21 30 377 Commissioner of Agriculture: ~ ~ 42 518 Gmimm"":::::::::":::::::::: 222 219 33 43 67 32 eie HaUtead Senßte: - 234 236 36 26 76 59 667 S 122 118 46 22 76 48 432 Hughes ::::_ 135 123 35 69 9 & 379 Parker "I""""" - 124 135 51 45 37 19 411 Representative: m 261 56 63 65 52 814 Cryman":::::::::" i?e 190 ns se 33 n? 740 Board of Education: 187 „ 49 62 43 651 Relrh - 346 369 153 87 118 137 1210 Morris 362 370 148 79 120 138 1217 Evans :" - 319 337 110 80 111 122 1079 Bvrum ' 280 314 123 78 99 116 1010 Wood 1‘ 337 337 99 97 80 67 1017 "CONSTABLE—SECOND TOWNSHIP Center Hill Rocky Hock Total Bovce 94 72 166 Dale— 83 83 166 Melvin Layton Takes Life Saving Course Given By Red Cross Melvin Layton, outstanding high school athlete, has been selected by the Chowan County Red Cross Chap ter to attend the first aid and life saving course held at Camp Carolina at Brevard, N. C., under the auspices of the National Red Cross. He will leave Edenton today for the camp, which is one of the six camps in the United States for the training of life savers, and which is attended by boys and girls from all the southern states. The camp opens on June 14 and continues to June 21, after which he will return to Edenton and act as an instructor for the local chapter of the Red Gross. Melvin is very athletically inclined and Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman qf h DR. RALPH MCDONALD District Meeting Os Masons In Edenton Thursday, July 16 A meeting of Masons in the Sec ond District will be held in Edenton Thursday, July 16, according to S. E. Phelps, district deputy grand master, of Windsor. Mr. Phelps has inform ed local Masons that two sessions will be held, one at 4:30 o’clock and again at 8 o’clock, the regular meeting hour of Unanimity Lodge. At the former hour, Johp H. Anderson, of Raleigh, grand secretary, will be present and it is his purpose to meet with all Masonic lodge officers in the district. The meeting will bring to Edenton a large number of Masons, it being a long time since a district meeting was held here. The local Masonic lodge will appoint committees in am ple time to arrange for the meeting. MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT The regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge will be held tonight at 8 Late Returns Reduce Lead To A Scant 4,000 Margin | CADET HONORED j •l* mono mm nmma ■■ u w n ■■ me iinimm n■■ .. - ■ EDMUND FOREHAND Edmund C. Forehand, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Forehand, was awarded the medal which is annually given by Fishbume Military School to the new cadet who has shown the greatest gen eral improvement. BUSY SESSION OF TOWN COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT D. M. Warren Calls Attention to Re lief Situation; Delay Action On Extra Patrolman Considerable business was trans acted at the meeting of Town Coun cil Tuesday evening, though it was all handled with dispatch and de spite a late start the Council ad journed shortly after 10 o’clock. John White appeared before the Councilmen in behalf of the Albe marle Beer Distributors in an effort to have a fair and equitable license placed upon Joe Habit for the right to distribute beer wholesale in Chow an and adjoining counties. Mr. White told the city fathers that Edenton needed new business and that it was detrimental to the wel fare of the town to prohibit new enterprises to operate by exorbitant license fees. After scanning the re venue act it was decided to charge a city license of S2O for beer distribu tors. They are also obliged to pay a county and State license. Jack McMuilan also appeared in the interest of the . State Magazine. (Continued on Page Five) Horne Scheduled To Die Friday, June 19 Unless Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus intervenes, and a petition signed by 78 Chowan citizens asks him not to, John Horne will pay with his life the penalty for the murder of his wife in the Edenton Cotton Mill. Horne was convicted and sen tenced to die in the Chowan Superior Court, but W. D. Pruden, who was appointed to defend him, was suc cessful in securing a reprieve for the condemned man which expired Tues day. The date set for Horne’s death in the lethal gas chamber is set for Friday, June 19. Fire Inspector Hall Completes Inspection R. K. Hall, building inspector, re ported to Town Council Tuesday night that he had completed his in spection of Edenton and was pleased to report that everything was found to be good shape. He found only six buildings that were unsafe or a fire menace, all of which he condemned. Interesting Story Omitted This Week Much as it is regretted, a very in teresting account of the trip to Washington, D. C., made by Chowan Club members and written by Mrs. S. E. Morris was forced to be left out of The Herald this week. It will appear in next week’s issue. TEACHERS’ MEETING The regular meetingof the This newspaper Is drew lated In the territory where Advertisers Wm realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Straggling Reports Give Boost to Vote For McDonald SECONDPRIMARY Josiah Bailey I s Easily High Man In Sena torial Contest Though, according to early re turns, Clyde R. Hoey led by a large vote all other candidates for Gover nor in the Democratic primary held Saturday, Dr. Ralph McDonald ma terially cut down this lead as strag gling reports trickled in, and on Wednesday Mr. Hoey was leading Dr. McDonald by a mere 4,000 votes with still a few precincts to be heard from, it is not expected, will change the standing of the candi dates. Hoey had received almost 190,000 votes compared with over 185,000 for McDonald, 125,000 for Graham and Mcßae trailing with over 6,000 votes. Hoey lacked the necessary num ber of votes to entitle him to be the party’s candidate in the general elec tion in November, and will fight it out for this honor with Dr. McDon ald in a second primary on July 4. The four-cornered race for Gover nor created an exceptional amount of interest due to the variance of the platform of each candidate, resulting in a second vote being tabulated in the State, ■when over 500,000 voters trekked to the polls to express their choice for office holders. In the four-cornered contest for United States Senator Josiah Wil liam Bailey easily led the field, fol lowed by Fountain, Griffin and Strain. Bailey was also given a large majority of the votes cast in Chowan County. Richard T. Foun tain, who polled almost 176,000 (Continued on Page Five) VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSES Sixty Children Awarded Certificates For Perfect Attendance at Com mencement Exercises A large number of parents and friends gathered at the Methodist Church Friday night when com mencement exercises were held in connection with the Daily Vacation Bible School, which closed after a two weeks’ session. An appropriate program was rendered which includ ed singing and memory verses from the Bible. Following this, those present were invited into the Sunday School room, where much of the handwork completed during the school session was on display and re freshments were served. Ninety-seven had enrolled for the school which included 38 children from the Methodist Church, 38 Bap tists, 13 Episcopalians, 6 Presbyte rians and 2 Catholics. That the children enjoyed the school is evident from the fact that an average atten dance of 84 was recorded for the two weeks. Sixty children attended the school every day and were presented with a certificate at the exercises Friday night. These were: Gordon Brown, Sam Holmes, Sue Speight, Eunice Anne Britton, John Goodwin, Jr., John Ward, Pope Wil liams, Peggy Williams, Mary Dail Spry, Ruth Muth, Uva Mae Arnold, Beverely A. Moore, Charlotte Bunch, Nelle Perry, Annette Oliver, Ella Gray Crummey, Jack Hicks, Lillian Byrum, Betsy Goodwin, Martha Con ger, Hubert Brown, Mary Griffin, West Byrum. Jr., Millard Ward, Mel vin Ashley, Mary Eliza White, Helen Mansfield, Julia Habit, Jeannette Habit, Joyce Brunson, Elizabeth Crummey, Lloyd Griffin, Mary Alice Muth, Jean Smith, Carolyn Elliott, Sarah Elizabeth Miller, Alice Belch, Cora Edward Bond, Mary Elizabeth Jones, Thera Mae Roberts, Virginia Hicks, Doris Brown, Marguerite El liott, Margaret Griffin, Vivian Hay man, Juanita Hayman, Samuel White Maurice Bunch, Lester Stewart, Al bert Holmes, Jack Moore, Muriel Hurdle, Julia Burton, Sarah Fontaine Pettus, Margaret Jones, Norma Gib son Perry, Alma Hicks, Lloyd Bur ton, Mary E. Moore, Emily Howard, Mildred Owens, Elizabeth Hurdle, Kathryn Brown, Corinne Forehand, Jean Bunch. Rev. George W. Blount expressed great appreciation for the success of ' the school and paid a high tribute to the teachers who at a great sacrifice
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