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found e fair presentation
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Volume III.-Number 26.
Prospects Fade For PWA
Funds To Build New School
little Encouragement Is
Given By Representa
tive Lindsay Warren
MEETTODAY
May Apply For Loan
FVom State Literary
Fund
Though the proposition for erect
ing a new school building at Cross
Roads to replace the one burned has
been postponed from time to time in
the hope of securing Federal funds,
the prospect is no brighter now than
it was at the time the building was
destroyed. The County Commission
ers are anxious to exhaust all ef
forts to secure Federal help before
placing the entire burden of the cost
on the County’s taxpayers, and at
their meeting on June 15 instructed
W. J. Taylor to communicate with
Lindsey Warren in an effort to learn
what may be expected in the way of
financial assistance.
Mr. Taylor subsequently wrote Mr.
Warren, presenting to him the school
situation in upper Chowan and re
questing any information relative to
the chances of the county to get part
of the PWA allotment.
In response to Mr. Taylor’s letter,
Mr. Warren wrote as follows:
“I am in receipt of your letter of
June 15th about the application of
Chowan County for a PWA loan and
grant. This application is known as
docket No. 1065 which means that
the original application was filed af-|
ter April 8, 1935. You state that it |
has been amended and is now in the
sum of SBO,OOO. I have just talked
with PWA and they inform me that
this amended application has not yet
been received from Dr. Baity.
“I wish I could give you the
slightest encouragement about same,
but I note that what you and the
school board desire is facts. The De
ficiency Appropriation bill carrying
the relief item passed the House
without any provision for PWA. It
passed the Senate carrying a $250,-
000,000 provision for PWA, and the
bill is now in conference, and we will
not know what will be its final out
come until about the end of the week.
“If it should finally carry $250,-
000,000 for PWA then the allotment
to North Carolina would only be suf
ficient to take care of certain pro
jects that have been approved for a
very long time and certified on to
Congress amounting to about $4,-
000,000. Only two of these projects
are in the first Congressional dis
trict. Allotments would have been
made for them over a year ago had
there been any funds, and this ap
proved list in every state has the
pHority.
“The Chowan application has not
been approved or acted upon, and is
in the same catagory with a total of
$42,000,000 in projects in our State.
To take care of all of these projects,
should they be approved, would re
quire a total PWA appropriation of
several billion dollars, which of
course will never happen.
“Before you make any final deci
sion I suggest that you wait two or'
three weeks. I have certainly active
ly-interested myself in every PWA
application from our district that I
have been called upon about and
would do anything I could to aid
you in your present situation, but
can see from this letter that your
chances are very slim indeed. If by
chance the amount of the North Car
olina allocation is increased I will
certainly strongly present your case*
jklany of our projects when first filed
lost out on account of the financial
statements of counties and towns
applying.”
Mr.'Taylor also had a letter from
H. G. Baity, State director for the
administration, which presented
another angle to the hope of secur
ing aid. He had the following to
say:
“A number of our applicants for
loans and grants have not been able
to qualify financially. It is believed
that your application in this respect
does not have a favorable status.
“However, following the past three
years of PWA construction there
has been a substantial increase in
the market demand for county and
municipal bonds. It is therefore pos
sible that your County Commission
ers can negotiate the sale of bonds
for the construction of your project
to others than the Government, and
at an acceptable interest rate.
"If you believe you can finance 55
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Three Edentonians At
Rotary International
Meet At Atlantic City
Dr. and Mrs. W. I. Hart, Jr„ and
John Graham left Edentpn Sunday
for Atlantic City, N. J., where they
will attend the International Rotary
Convention which meets this year at
“the World’s play grouild.” Dr. Hart
and Mr. Graham will represent the
Edenton club at the convention,
which convened on Monday and will
continue through Friday.
This 27th annual convention of
Rotary International will attract
thousands of men representing some
60 countries and virtually every
classification of business or profes
sion.
Included on the program were out
standing speakers from different
parts of the world as well as individ
ual gatherings of various classifica
tions for the discussion of the par
ticular problems of their own voca
tions.
The convention will come to a close
Friday when the great growth of
Rotary in China in the past year or
two and the outlook for the next
few years will be described by Dr.
Chengting Wang of Shanghai. Fol
lowing him Wilfrid Andrews of Lon
don, England, will extend his Rotary
Club’s invitation to attend the 1937
Rotary Convention which will be held
there. The final address will be giv
en by W. W. Emerson, of Winnipeg,
Canada, on the topic, “Why I Am A
I Rotarian.”
j Herbert Dale Picked
As Candidate For
Township Constable
Chowan County’s only contest for
office which failed to decide the can
didate in the June 6 primary was
settled on Friday, thus eliminating
the necessity for a second primary
for the office of constable of the
Second Township. Herbert W. Dale
was declared the nominee in an exe
cutive session of the County Board
of Elections.
A tie vote was registered in the
Second Township for the position of
constable and in accordance with the
ruling of the attorney general the
Board met to decide the nominee.
The procedure adopted by the
elections board was the writing of
the names of each of the two candi
dates on three pieces of paper, the
six slips being placed in a hat with
each member of the board drawing
a name. It so happened that two of
the pieces of paper bore Dale’s
name and one was a Boyce slip,
thereby entitling Mr. Dale to be the
Democratic nominee, which is equiva
lent to election.
Each of the two gentlemen re
ceived 166 votes in the June 6 pri
mary.
Large Crowds Expected
At Eden House July 4th
Plans for the Fourth of July at
Eden House Beach in Bertie County,
inelude special preparations for ca
tering to the entertainment and con
venience of the crowds of people ex
pected to come there for the day
from all sections of Bertie and ad
joining counties.
A number of picnic parties are ex
pected. Many families will come,
bringing all the members, for a day's
outing. The bath house, the lunch
stands and other features of the
beach are in readiness for the day’s
crowds.
The cool, inviting shade of the
great groves at this popular resort
spot, the gently sloping beach, the
ideal bathing and swimming facili
ties, and the convenient location of
Eden House will attract many visi
tors for the holiday of the Fourth.
I. Lee Parker Goes On
Largest State Project
I. Lee Parker, supervisor, North
Carolina State Employment Service,
and Mrs. Parker attended the insti
tute of the North Carolina State Em
ployment Service affiliated with the
United States Employment Service,
at Chapel Hill last week. Mr. Park
er left Monday for North Wilkes
borq, Sparta and West Jefferson,
where he will be working in connec
tion with procuring labor on the Blue
Ridge Parkway, which is the largest
government project in operation in
the State at the present time*
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 25,1936,
SECOND PRIMARY
SPURS INTEREST
AMONG WORKERS
McDonald and Hoey
Forces Seeking Gra
ham Vote
BANNERS UP
Windsor Is Headquar
ters For McDonald
Campaign In East
Though there has been a lull in the
gubernatorial campaign in this im
mediate section since the primary
election held on June 6, interest has
been revived this week which augurs
well for a lively campaign from now
until the run-off primary to be held
on July 4. The McDonald banner,
which was blown down several times
at the comer of King and Broad
Streets has now been stretched
across Broad Street from the Citi
zens Bank, while the Hoey banner
still swings across the street at
Broad and Queen Streets.
Mayor E. W. Spires, who was ac
tively engaged_ in working for Mr.
Hoey in the first primary, is again
hard at work in an effort to swing
the Graham vote in Chowan to the
Hoey column. McDonald supporters,
on the other hand, are hopeful that
the largest portion of Graham voters
will cast their ballots for Dr. Mc-
Donald.
The Winston-Salem candidate is
the first to invade eastern territory
in the second campaign, having ap
peared Wednesday night in Elizabeth
City, where he spoke in the Pasquo
tank Court House at 8:30 o’clock.
McDonald activities in the extreme
eastern part of the State will eman
ate from Windsor, which town has
been chosen as the central McDonald
heada.uarters for 14 counties includ
ing Chowan, Bertie, Martin, Dare,
Perquimans, Hertford, Camden, Cur
rituck, Gates, Beaufort, Tyrrell,
Hyde, Washington and Pasquotank
counties. As a further incentive to
secure McDonald votes, H. B. Spruill,
of Windsor, son of Representative
Way land Spruill, together with Thos-
H. Broughton, of Dunn, have set out
in organizing what is known as the
Young Democrats’ League for Mc-
Donald, through which they expect
to do intensive organization work
among young Democrats throughout
the State. Mrs. C. J. Sawyer of
Windsor is also already at work in
the interest of women voters for Mr.
McDonald. She is chairman of the
Women’s McDonald Club for Bertie
County.
While the McDonald forces are
preparing for a hard fight, the Hoey
supporters likewise have become ac
tive, working for the present, at
least, very quietly and they feel con
fident that though their candidate
was a poor third in June, he will
carry the county in the run-off elec
tion. Mr. Spires predicts that Chow
an, at least, will go for Hoey by a
large majority. On the other hand,
McDonald admirers are not making
any predictions, but are firm in their
belief that he will carry the county.
Inasmuch as the second primary
will be held on July 4th., a national
holiday and a day when many are
away from home, all voters are urg
ed to apply for absentee ballots in
order to register their choice for
candidates in the run-off election.
These absentee ballots can be secur
ed at the clerk of court’s office.
Hotel Property Sold
Monday For $53,500
The Hinton Hotel Oiow Hotel
Joseph Hewes), together* with the
furniture and fixtures and the prop
erty back of the hotel building were
sold at the Court House door Monday
at noon. The sale was held to satis
fy default of payment according to a
deed of trust executed to the South
ern Loan and Insurance Company
(formerly Southern Trust Co.) by
E. V. and W, E. Hinton for the build
ing and a chattel mortgage for the
equipment to W. G- Gaither, trustee.
The sale was made by R. Clarence
Dozier.
Both the building and hotel equip
ment were bought by the Edenton
Hotel Corporation, a recently formed
organization at Elizabeth City. The
price bid for the building was $50,000
and $2,000 for the equipment.
A third sale in connection with
the hotel property was held by J. N.
Pruden due to default in payment
according to a deed of trust by the
Hintons to W. G. Gaither. This sale
included the property back of the
hotel and taking in the large garage
building. It was sold to the First
Chowan County Democrats Plan Rally
On Court House Green Saturday Night
Edenton - Perrytown
Tied For First Place
Bertie-Chowan League Now In Full Swing; Sche
dule Calls For Three Games a Week; Local
Ball Park Being Repaired
Playing the first scheduled game
last Wednesday afternoon, the newly
formed Bertie-Chowan League is
now well under way, with three
games having been played up to
Wednesday As this week. The circuit
is composed of Edenton, Windsor,
Perrytown and Lewiston, all four
clubs appearing to be very evenly
matched.
The rules of the league, of which
W. P. King, of Windsor, was elected
president, calls for the use of only
local talent, with the restriction that
no player may he used who has play
ed in organized baseball within the
past six months, and further that no
man may play who has not lived in
his team’s county since January 1.
The gate receipts will be retained
by the club on whose diamond the
games are played.
The season will be divided into
two halves, each of 30 days or 12
games, and in case of a tie for lead
ership of one or the other half, the
two top teams will play a series of
three games to decide the winner.
The schedule calls for three games
a week.
The managers for the teams in
the circuit are as follows: Edenton,
Graham Byrum; Perrytown, Jim
Brown; Windsor, Fred Dunstan, Jr.,
and Lewiston, T. N. Peele.
Manager Byrum is very much
pleased with the showing of the Eden
ton team and feels confident his boys
will be strong contenders for the
championship. Included in the local
lineup are Lester Jordan, Edward
Wozelka and Ernest Ambrose, pitch
ers; Vernon Spruill, catcher; Carroll
Goodwin, first base; John Byrum,
second base; Tom Hoskins, third
base; William Cay ton, shortstop;
Trot Leary, left field; Clyde Cates,
center field, and Calvin Sexton, right
field. The team has greatly improv
ed since playing together for a few
games and baseball fans will be af
forded an opportunity to witness
Progress Made On
Edenton’s New Well
Progress is being made in the
digging of the nef well on the fair
ground property. On Tuesday work
men had drilled to a depth of 225
feet, which was somewhat retarded
due to being forced to drill through
a rock. It is expected to be neces
sary to drill to a depth of 300 feet
in order to get the kind of water de
sired.
The tank and other material is
expected to arrive in Edenton within
the next few days.
Upon completion of this well the
one now in use will be repaired and
regraveled.
John Horne Put To
Death In Prison’s
Lethal Gas Chamber
The final scene in the John Home
murder trial was enacted Friday in
State Prison, Raleigh, when he was
executed in the lethal gas chamber
for the murder of his wife, Nellie
Home, on August 14, 1935, as she
was at her work in the Edenton Cot
ton Mills.
Home, clad only in a pair of
shorts, and not blindfolded was ex
tremely calm to the end, his only
statement to Warden H. H. Honey
cutt being that he held no malice to
anyone, that it was his own fault he
was there.
The condemned man apparently
went through little suffering, going
off into a sleep shortly after the gas
was released. His body was claimed
by his mother, Mrs. Annie Home, of
Bennettsville, S. C., where burial took
place.
The execution was uneventful ex
cept for the fact that a newspaper
man from Durham fainted as Home
was waiting for the gas to be turned
into the death chamber.
Four Edenton people, Alvin Ben
nett, Graham Byrum, Hector Lupton
and J. Edwin Bufflap, attended the
execution, besides about half a dozen
newspaper reporters.
Oft of Hospitality
Stay ill' a charming word in a
friend’s yoaibulary.-A Bronson Al-
some interesting games throughout
the season.
The fence around the ball park
which was blown down by the storm
during the winter has been repaired
and a new grandstand will be erect
ed within the next few days.
Up to Wednesday Edenton and
Perrytown was tied for first place,
each team having won two games
and lost one. Lewiston was in third
place with Windsor occupying the
cellar position.
Edenton lost the opening game
last Wednesday on the home dia
mond, when Lewiston carried off the
long end of a 5-3 score, having come
from behind to win the game by a
thrilling ninth inning rally. The
locals, however, evened the count on
Friday at Windsor when they easily
won by a 10-6 score. They added
their second victory on Sunday after
noon on the local park defeating
Perrytown for the first time 6 to 2.
The team was scheduled to play
in Windsor Wednesday afternoon as
The Herald went to press, and will
cross bats with Lewiston on the local
diamond this afternoon. A return
game is scheduled on Sunday with
Perrytown, to be played on the Ber
tie team’s diamond.
Manager Graham Byrum has also
announced that his team will play in
Elizabeth City on the afternoon of
July 4th, in connection with the In
dependence Day celebration sponsor
ed by the American Legion.. Eliza
beth City has a strong club and a
hotly contested game is in prospect.
Many local baseball fans are expect
ed to accompany the team for this
affair.
The standing of the clubs in the
Bertie-Chowan League up to Wednes
day of this week follows:
W L Pet.
Edenton 2 1 .666
Perrytown 2 1 .666
Lewiston 1 2 .333
Windsor 0 3 .000
Little Billy Davis
Still Clings To Life
Despite little encouragement for
the recovery of little Billy Davis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis, he was
still clinging to life Wednesday. The
lad is in the General Hospital, Nor
folk, Va., where he is a victim of
spinal meningitis.
His father returned to Edenton
Tuesday and reported that when he
left the hospital the boy was some
what better, but was still in a very
precarious condition. He was able
to take a little nourishment and had
asked about some of his friends.
The case is a very unusual one and
has attracted the attention of many
physicians in and around Norfolk,
who have observed the patient.
Billy was four years old on Mon
day and much concern is evidenced
in Edenton in the hope that he will
recover.
John A. Holmes Will
Remain In Edenton
Though John A. Holmes, at the re
quest of a number of friends, went
to Raleigh last week in connection
with his application for the superin
tendey of Raleigh Schools, he is still
back at his post as head of the
Edenton Administrative Unit.
The position in Raleigh was given
to Claude F. Gaddy, assistant execu
tive secretary of the State School
Commission, who will replace P. S.
Daniel, who resigned at the request
of the school board.
While Mr. Holmes would have ac
cepted the position, he was not very
optimistic in expecting to be appoint
ed before going to Raleigh. He told
a Herald reporter before leaving that
he was of the opinion that Mr. Gaddy
would be selected and paid high tri
bute to the Raleigh man in that he
was a well informed and thoroughly
competent school man.
While hosts of friends in Edenton
would rfjoice in Mr. Holmes having
bettered himself financially, they
likewise are happy in the fact that
he will remain in the city as head of
city schools as well as continue his
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Will Listen In On Roose
velt’s Acceptance
Speech
QUOTATs $355
Entire County Canvass
ed to Raise Fund For
Campaign
A goodly number of Chowan Demo
crats gathered in the Court House
Saturday afternoon at the call of B.
W. Evans, chairman of the county
executive committee, to formulate
plans for a local Roosevelt Nomina
tors rally Saturday night and the
raising of the county’s quota toward
national Democratic funds. Mr.
Evans told the gathering that it was
the purpose in Chowan to hold a
rally on the Court House green prior
to the acceptance speech of Franklin
D. Roosevelt in Philadelphia, when
provisions will have been made to
tune in on the speech.
Chowan’s quota in the national
Democratic fund is $355 and Mr.
Evans expressed the sincere hope
that this amount would be raised.
In an effort to reach this goal a
county-wide canvass was arranged
whereby practically every voter will
be given an opportunity to share in
the raising of the fund. Mr. Evans
expressed the hope that many would
contribute small amounts rather than
a few loyal Democrats making sub
stantial donations. The name of
each person who contributes will be
registered on a roster and sent to
State headquarters, from where it
will in turn be sent to national Dem
ocratic headquarters. Donations from
$1 up are solicited.
To raise the $355 Mr. Evans nam
ed each chairman and vice chairman
of the various precincts as a can
vassing committee, giving them au
thority to arrange the canvass in
their particular section as well as
appointing their helpers in the work,
j In order to check up on the success
1 of the canvass, a check-up meeting
has been called of the precinct chair
men Thursday night at 8 o’clock at
the Court House. The fund has been
pro-rated, the Wardville, Yeopim,
Center Hill and Rocky Hock precincts
being asked to raise $33 each, while
East Edenton precinct has been ask
ed to raise $132 and West Edenton
$99. If these quotas are not reached
by the time a check-up is made, a
last minute whirlwind drive will be
made to keep the county on the honor
roll. Mr. Evans told his workers
that in view of the greatly improved
conditions under the present adminis
tration he saw no reason why at least
1000 Chgwan Democrats should not
glady contribute to the fund.
All money collected in the drive
is to be turned over to George Hos
kins, who was appointed treasurer.
,He in turn will send it to State
( headquarters and from there it will
be forwarded to the national head
-1 quarters.
I It is planned to have a brief en
tertainment prior to the listening in
party of Mr. Roosevelt’s speech of
acceptance and to arrange for this
feature the following committee was
appointed: E. W. Spires, T. W. Jones,
R. D. Dixon, K. N. Floars, M. F.
Bond, Jr., Jim Hassell and- C. W.
Swanner.
All Democrats of the county are
invited and urged to attend the rally
Saturday night on the Court House
green, which will get under way
about 8 o’clock and will last until 9
o’clock when Mr. Roosevelt’s speech
will be broadcast. An entertaining
program will be arranged prior to
the speech for the amusement of
those attending, while the whole af
fair is planned to stimulate interest
in the national presidential campaign.
Cale K. Burgess Will
Address Union Meet
On Sunday, July sth
Hon. Cale K. Burgess, of Raleigh,
and leader of the United Dry Forces,
will address a union service of the
churches of Edenton Sunday night,
July 5, at 8 o’clock. This meeting
will be held in the Edenton Metho
dist Church and Rev. George W.
Blount, pastor of the church, in an
nouncing the meeting said all de
nominations are represented in the
United Dry Forces, making the union
service quite appropriate.
Ms. Burgess has a very pleasing
personality and is a vigorous speak
er, which fact is expected to draw a
Urge congregation when he speaks
here. Everybody is cordially invited