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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume 111. —Number 28. Chowan Voters Turn In Majority For Clyde Hoey 255 Less Votes Cast Than In First Prim ary Election EURE HIGH MAN McDonald Gets Exactly Same Vote In Both Elections Though interest somewhat lagged in Chowan County in the second Democratic primary election held Saturday, compared to the first pri mary held one month previous, 1,809 vbtes were cast for the gubernatorial Candidates as against 1,564 cast on (June 6. Os course, Saturday being a national holiday, Independence Day, some voters no doubt spent the day out of town and neglected to take advantage of the absentee ballot. Then, too, there was no local contest to add to the interest in going to the polls. In view of these handicaps workers worked exceedingly hard to get the vote out and they feel grati fied that the second primary election resulted in only 255 less votes cast than in the first. Chowan County, which in the first primary, went overwhelmingly for Sandy Graham for Governor, turned in a majority for Clyde R. Hoey gn Saturday over Dr. Ralph McDonald, the former polling 820 votes to the* latter’s 489. It is rather significant that Dr. McDonald in Chowan secur ed exactly the same number of votes in each election, which shows that either the Graham vote turned to Hoey or else what Graham support ers voted for McDonald were lost either by McDonald votes switching to his opponent or else in the failure ▼ of some to cast a vote. Chowan County voters also gave majorities to the two other candi dates who were finally elected in the run-off election, Vi,. P. Horton for lieutenant governor, and Thad Eure for secretary of State. Horton Roll ed 676 votes as against 432 for Paul Grady, while Eure received the high est vote in the county, 940, against 235 for Stacey Wade. Rev. G. Norman Ashley Listed In “Who’s Who” The readers of The Herald will be interested in knowing that Rev. G. Norman Ashley who was reared in this county appears in the 1935-1936 edition of “Who’s Who in the Clergy," which fs a biographical en cyclopedia of eminent clergymen re presenting the important denomina tions in America. Mr. Ashley is one among the very few young ministers to be deemed worthy of this distinc tion. Mr. Ashley has distinguished him Self by his store of information about world conditions, and has been, since his return from Europe and the Orient, lecturing and preaching on world problems with great profit to his hearers. On evidence of this fact he was invited to conduct conferences each day during the State Assembly . of the Baptist Training Union at Ridgecrest July sth. to the 12th. on the subject of “Internationalism, Peace, and War.” Mr. Ashley is a native of Chowan County and is the son . of the late Mr. and Mrs. George V. Ashley, of the Rocky Hock section. A sister, Mr* Percy Smith, lives in Rocky Hock. District Masonic Meet.. Held In Local Lodge Hall Next Thursday Masons from the Second Masonic District will meet in Edenton next Thursday, according to S- E. Phelps, of Windsor, district deputy Grand Master. * Two sessions will be held, one at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and again at 8 P. M., the regular meeting hour of Unanimity Lodge. John Anderson, of Raleigh, Grand Secretary, will attend the meetings and will be the principal speaker at the afternoon session, which is pri marily a. meeting with all lodge of ficers. The meeting is expected to attract many Masons, and all local Ma sons are especially urged to attend. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held in the Court House tonight at 8 o’clock. This will be the last meet ing before the district meeting on July 16, and every member is urged to alttend. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY EDENTON CLAIMS FIRST PLACE IN BASEBALL LOOP Leads Game and Half In Bertie-Chowan League® WIN 5 STRAIGHT First Half Comes to a Close With Sunday’s Game Winning five straight games the Edenton baseball club now commands a game and a half for first place in the Bertie-Chowan League, with the first half of the season terminating with the game to be played on Sun day. Perrytown occupies second ! position with Lewiston and Windsor following in order. The local club won all three games since The Herald went to press last week, defeating Lewiston for the first time last Wednesday on the local diamond 6 to 5. On Friday they journeyed to Windsor, coming home with the long end of a 5 to 3 score in what is said to have been one of the best played games of the season. The locals again gave Perrytown a 9 to 6 spanking Sunday afternoon on Hicks Field. In making up the schedule Eden ton missed out in having a game Wednesday afternoon, the usual half holiday, but this afternoon (Thurs day) the team will play at Lewiston. The next game on the local lot will be on Friday afternoon when Windsor will be the opponents. The first half of the season will come to a close Sunday when Edenton and Perrytown will cross bats on the lat ter’s diamond. The locals suffered a 3 to 2 defeat on the Fourth of July in Elizabeth City, when the two teams participat ed in the Independence Day celebra (Continued on Page Seven) Court House Roof To Be Painted, Repaired Following action of the County Commissioners at their meeting on Monday, the roofs of the Court House, the jail and the jailer’s resi dence will be repaired and painted. A bid was submitted by Byrum Brothers Hardware Company to do this work at a cost of $118.75, which proposition was accepted by the Com missioners. The roof on the Court House leaks at present and immediate repairs ate necessary, and while the Commis sioners are convinced a new roof is needed, they are hopeful that by re pairs and a thorough painting job, a much greater outlay of money can be prevented particularly at this time when they are so vitally con cerned in the amount to be raised for schools in the county, and the planning of a budget that will as much as possible prevent a higher tax rate. Cemetery Caretaker 111 For 12 Weeks J. W. Williams, caretaker of Beaver Hill Cemetery, has been con fined to his home the past 12 weeks suffering with an attack of rheuma tism. During his illness some of the lots have been more or less neglect ed, but Cemetery Association officials have employed substitute caretakers and wish to plead with lot owners that if their property has in any way been neglected to be just a little patient, for they will make extra ef fort to have all lots put in first class shape as soon as possible under the circumstances. MPLENTY WATER!™ <B>— ■—i Workmen on Tuesday struck water for the Town’s new well on the fair ground property on East Freemason Street. The drill had been driven down 440 feet and as it penetrated a dtrata of rock a supply of water was found through the opening a depth of 70 feet. The new well is approximately 100 feet deeper than the one now in use which augurs well for a plentiful sup ply of a good quality of water. , Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 9.1936. NEXT GOVERNOR . ’ _ .1 \ ' ,V, ' • * ;•». . 5 ] aHßp* jjii i Sja 11H iV a 3 :> i - CLYDE R. HOEY Winning by 53.934 votes over Dr. Ralph McDonald in the second Democratic primary held on Saturday, Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, will oppose Gilliam Grissom, Republican nominee, in November for the Governorship of North Carolina. ” HOW CHOWAN VOTED”] For Governor: Hoey 266 233 79 77 103 62 820 McDonald 159 157 50 33 43 47 489 For Lieutenant Governor: Grady 162 163 23 23 11 50 432 Horton 197 176 80 56 120 47 676 For Secretary of State: Wade 76 100 12 3 7 37 235 Eure 298 255 103 86 136 62 940 AUXILIARY NAMES NEW SET OFFICERS Mrs. W. E. Baker Chosen to Act as President; Meeting Called Off Until October The Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post, American Legion, held their regular meeting Thursday evening at Hotel Joseph Hewes, at which time new of ficers were elected for the coming year. Delegates to the State meet ing to be held in Asheville were also named. Following the regular custom of the Auxiliary, the July meeting is the last held until October, at which time the regular meeting, with the new officers in charge, will be held on the first Thursday night. The new officers named by the nominating 'committee are as follows: President, Mrs. W. E. Baker; vice president, Mrs. Shelton W. Moore; secretary, Mrs. Lyn Byrum; treasur er, Mrs. Haywood Ziegler; sergeant at-arms, Mrs. Dan Carter; chaplain, Mrs. Shack Small; historian, Miss Emma Byrum. The delegates who were elected to attend the State Convention to be held in Asheville on July 26th are as follows: Mrs. W. E. Baker, Mrs. Edna White, and Miss Nannie Ward, with the following alternates named: Mrs. Shelton Moore, Mrs. C. Y. Par rish, Mrs. H. C. Jackson and Mrs. Jordan Yates. One of the special features at the meeting Thursday was the reading of the history of the Auxiliary during the past year which was written by the president, Mrs. Jesse White, and which appears elsewhere in this issue of The Herald. Presiding Elder At M. E. Church Sunday Rev. B. B. Slaughter, of Elizabeth City, presiding elder of the Elizabeth City district, will speak at the 11 o’clock service in the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Imme diately after the regular service, the third quarterly conference will be held. An invitation is extended to mem bers of all denominations to hear Mr.’ Slaughter. .>• ' f East Edenton West Edenton Center Hill Rocky Hock Wardvilte Yeopim Total EDENTON SANELY OBSERVES FOURTH Police Department Hangs Up Record In Not Being Called Upon to Make Single Arrest That the Fourth of July was ex tremely sanely observed in Edenton is evident by the fact that the pdlice department hung up quite a record Saturday by not making a single ar rest. Not only were no arrests made, but likewise were there no re ports of accidents either by automo biles or in celebration of the holiday. Other than the appearance of many visitors, some of whom were former citizens returning home to visit their family and friends, one would not have realized the great national holiday was being observed. All the stores and business places, except the Bank of Edenton, which was closed all day, were open as usual to take care of the Saturday business. Quite a few journeyed to Elizabeth City to witness the cele bration there and to see the base ball game. Members of the police force com mented on the fact that they did not remember any former Fourth of July when it was not necessary to make some arrests. Thunder Storm Cuts Down Attendance At Union Meeting Sunday ■Though a thunder storm was in the making at the time Cale K. Burgess was scheduled to speak at a union meeting in the Methodist Church Sunday night, a goodly num ber was on hand to hear him. Mr. Burgess is a very forceful speaker and in the course of his remarks told of the detrimental effects of the liquor traffic. He is leader of the United Dry Forces. The service was somewhat dis rupted when shortly after it began the storm broke, resulting in the electric lights going out several times. However, those who attended felt that they were reliably informed and thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Burgess’ address. Commissioners Continue To Worry About Schools VERNON KNOX, 13 DROWNEDFRIDAY IN EDENTON BAY Youngster Meets Death In Just Few Feet of Water HAD CRAMPS Found By Elder Brother When Search Was Started The entire community was shocked Friday afternoon when news rapidly spread of the drowning of Vernon Knox, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Knox. The youngster, together with a group of friends, was bathing in the Edenton Bay just beyond the old oil mill at a point known as Ike’s Cove, and strangely enough met his death in water just about knee-deep. The group of boys had entered the water and after a short time Vernon was j missed by Hs friends and a search was begun, during wTiich his older brother, William, stumbled over the dead boy in the shallow water. It was reported after he was found that he complained of a pain in the stomach before going in swim ming, but little attention was paid to the remark at the time. The boy evidently suffered from an attack of cramps, becoming helpless and drowning before he was missed. After he was taken to shore friends worked frantically over the body in an effort to resuscitate the victim until the arrival of Dr. J. A. Powell, county health officer, who said the first aid administered was first class, though life no doubt was extinct when Vernon was taken from the water. Vernon, a likeable chap, was a member of Miss Nelson Powell’s Sun day School class of the Methodist Sunday School, and though living at quite a distance, was very regular in his attendance. The drowned boy is survived by his parents, two sisters, Louise and Frances, and three broth ers, William, Larry and Charles Ray. Funeral services were held at the home in North Edenton Saturday af ternoon, in charge of Rev. George Blount, pastor of the Edenton Meth odist Church, with interment taking place in Beaver Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers were Jack Barrow, William Barrow, Luther Parks, J. Cj Parks, Carlton Keeter and K. Layton, all playmates of the dead boy. Miss Gladys Smith Resigns As Teacher At Oak Grove School Miss Gladys Smith, for the last two years a teacher at Oak Grove School, and who was recently re elected by the County Board of Edu cation to teach next year, has sent in her resignation to Superintendent W. J. Taylor. The Board has a new teacher un der consideration but Miss Smith’s successor was not definitely selected when The Herald went to press. The Chowan County administrative unit was allotted the same number of teachers for this year by the State School Commission. In many places the teacher allotment was reduced due to attendance falling off, for the most part on account of the extreme ly bad weather last winter. How ever, the county unit saved its atten dance record by closing school during the most extreme weather and mak ing up what time was lost by holding school on Saturdays. pTHEYDID^OMEr] Chowan farmers are at least over $7,000 richer since Friday when the final checks were re ceived by N.i K. Rowell, County Agent, for the final payment on the com-hog contracts under the AAA. The total amount repre sented by the checks was $7,697.01 which included all but two checks, which are expected to arrive very shortly. The checks were gladly receiv ed, in view of the opinion of some farmers that the money would never be paid. •AS-. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Approve Supplementary Application For Addi tional $50,231.63 COUNTY 55% Feel Sure Grant Will Be Made For $83,636 Application Again the school situation in the County consumed a major portion of the time of the County Commission ers’ meeting on Monday. {They transacted their regular business in the morning, but in the afternoon met jointly with the county and city school boards and wound up with another meeting of their own. At the joint meeting a report was made from the committee which had journeyed to Chapel Hill to confer with Dr. H. G. Baity relative to Chowan’s chances of securing a grant with which to take care of the school situation. Both boards felt very optimistic that a 45 per cent grant for an ap plication for $83,636 would be made, and hopes were entertained to re ceive a favorable reply in about a week. However, for some reason this ap plication did not take into considera tion additions and repairs to the Edenton school. There was, there fore, plans presented at the meeting for what must be done to the Eden ton school and a resolution passed by the Board of Education and ap proved by the County Commissioners to file a supplementary application for a PWA grant for $50,231.63, making a total application for $133,867.63. If this grant is approved the Coun ty will be obliged to furnish 55 per cent of the amount necessary. The additions to the Edenton school calls for a new auditorium, toilets on the second floor, a new roof, new heating plant and the transforming of the present audito rium into classrooms. The estimated (Continued on Page Seven) Change Made In St. Paul’s Church Services Beginning Sunday next, July 12th., the 11 A. M. service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, will be discontinu ed. Vesper Service at 6:30 P. M., will take its place during July. In August there will be only an early celebration of the Holy Communion at 7:30 A. M. Mr. Ashby, the rector, says these changes are made that the congregation may have a rest. He asks that all wishing to attend church at 11 A. M., go to one of the other churches of the city. It will be well to assemble with our brethren, he says. Mr. Ashby asks no one to attend service, stay away if so dis posed. Those who have nothing else to do, and are not over-heated or over-worked, may turn out for the Vesper Services, if so disposed. He states that if not paid for attending, he would probably stay away himself. No Slot Machines Operated In County That there was no intention on the part of the local slot machine owners and operators to balk at the action of law-enforcing officers in ordering the machines removed, was evident by the fact that every slot machine in Edenton and Chowan County was removed even before the deadline which was set for noon Monday of this week. Shortly after the time limit Chief of Police Helms and Sheriff Bunch made a check-up of the places oper ating the machines and in each in stance the devices had been removed. Following the decision of the North Carolina Supreme Court last week that the machines were illegal, local law-enforcement officers warned oper ators that to continue to operate them would result in arrests. Convention Report At Rotary Today N. K- Rowell, newly installed pres ident of the Edenton Rotary Club, has not arranged for a regular pro gram at the meeting of the Club to day. It is his purpose to devote the entire program time over to a report from the delegates who attended the international Rotary meeting held in Atlantic City. These delegates are Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr. and John Graham. All members are urged to attend.
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