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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume lll—Number 32 Increased Budget Causes Boost Os Tax Rate To $1.19 County Called Upon to Spend SIO,OOO Over Last Year BUDGET^SBO,OOO Commissioners Cut to Bone to Hold Down New Rate The Chowan County Commission ers at their regular meeting Monday morning approved the County tax rate ior 1986 taxes, fixing tne levy at 81.19 per 8100 to raise a budget expenditure of 880,000. The budget calls for approximately 810,000 more than last year, when the tax rate was 81-06. The increase is due to a large appropriation for three items of expense, 82,000 more for charity, and health, 83,000 for schools and $6,000 for bonds. The levy was made on a property valua tion of $61760,000. The $1.19 rate is thus made up: General County 8 -16 Charity .10 Health .08 Bonds -69 Schools .17 Total 81.19 The school levy this year will be on a county-wide basis, the County taking over the indebtedness of both the Edenton and Chowan school dis tricts, totaling $55,000, the increased rate, therefore, having little effect on the total amount of taxes paid in these two distriats. It will, how ever, raise taxes in that portion of the County not included in special school districts which heretofore escaped the tax on school indebted ness. The Commissioners did not hastily anise at the new tax rate, but scru tinized each individual item in the budget and did what twisting and eliminating of figures they could to arrive at as low a rate as possible to transact the County's business during the year. Various calls have been made upon them for outlay of County funds, some of which they would have liked to accept, but after careful consideration they put thumbs down on everything except what they deemed was absolutely necessary in order to hold down taxes, wnich are hard to collect even at the lower rate. To date Sheriff Bunch reports $48,387.76 collected from a total of approximately $76,000 on the tax books. New Storm Sewer Being Laid In North Edenton Laying of a storm sewer in North Edenton was begun Monday morn ing, the project being approved at the last meeting of Town Council. The work started at Park Avenue and pipe will be laid on Johnson Street to Third Street. The project calls for the employment of 32 men, with 20 of this number starting work the first day. The construction of the sewer is under the supervision of J. H. Wro ten, city sewerage foreman, with W. M. Williams acting as labor fore man. It is estimated that the pro ject will take three months to com plete, involving an expenditure of 88,925, of which the Federal Govern ment will pay $2,295. end the Town’s share is $1,630. The Town, however, expects to shave its part of the ex pense to about SI6OO. ■ ■■ »t v a* a Chief Os Police Helms | On lftßw*»fon Chief of Police George A. Helms started this morning on a 10%ys’ vacation, which will be spent fat the Sue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. r. and Mrs. Helms and their son, Parker, left for Willis, Virginia, where they will visit relatves. During Mr. Helms’ absence the police duties will be handled by Robert L. Pratt and Carroll Boyce, who will be assisted by Wayland Moore as extra policeman. Legionnaires Hear Convention Report Despite the extremely hot weath er, a goodly number of Legionnaires attended the regular meeting of Ed The principal Rem of business was THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Peltier Comet Be Closest To Earth On Thursday Night >. The Herald’s brilliant Science Editor reports tonight as the most propitious time to see the new Peltier comet, providing the skies are clear of all cloud obstruction. The Comet is discernible to the naked eye down close to the eas tern horizon, and can be seen in the early hours of the evening be fore the full harvest moon starts to outshine everything about it. Tonight the comet is nearer the earth than at any time since it first appeared and begins its de parture tomorrow night. But you won’t be out of luck if you miss it, for never have the heavens ex hibited such astral beauty as right now. Jupiter shows gloriously off toward the south. To the south west Venus is similarly wonderful with its silvery rays scintilating earthward, while eastward, not far from where the comet should be found, is Saturn and all its rings. »————■ ii TENNYSON SUBJECT AT ROTARY TODAY Edenton Club Again Arranging to Hold Meeting In Rural Section; Meekins Speaker Last Week Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., will be the principal speaker at the luncheon of the Edenton Rotary Club today at the Parish House. August 6 being the birthday of Lord Alfred Tenny son, Parson Aylett Ashby, program chairman, has- called on Dr. Hart for an addess of Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England during the Vic torian period. An extremely interesting program was held last Thursday when Judge I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth City, spoke on the constitution. Judge Meekins’ address was very enlight ening as well as interestingly pre sented. The Rotarians had planned to hold another meeting at Cross Roads to night, but due to the Home Demon stration Clubs’ picnic at Eden House Beach, Wednesday, the ladies were unable to prepare the meal. A com mittee is now at work to arrange another meeting in the rural section possibly next week. TUESDAY, AUG. 11 BE CIRCUS DAY Children May See Show for 15 Cents by Clipping Coupon From The Chowan Herald Edenton will play host to its first circus of the season next Tuesday, August 11, when Barnett Bros- big three ring circus will erect its tent ed city here for a one day engage ment. The city and county have been decked out in typical circus colors by the advertising crew of the show which has “plastered” billboards, buildings, store-windows, etc., with gaudy colored posters announcing the coming of the circus. Announcement that a circus is coming to town should be good news enough for any youngster but here is something of even greater interest to the kiddies. Children of readers of this news paper will be able to see the circus for only 15 cents by using the spec ial coupon which appears in the cir cus advertisement. J- f; ' / j - Advance notice indicates that the performance being presented by Bar nett Bros, this season is one of the most elaborate that this show has attempted in the number of yean that it has Been on tour in the Unit ed State*, f Clowns, acrobats, tumblers, tra peze artists, bare-back riders, aerial ists, gymnasts, tight-wire walkers, equestriennes, cowboys and cowgirls, besides the many trained animals will perform in the three rings under the circus tent in an almost unend ing procession of thrills and feats of daring. Miss Vivian White Hope tops the list of head-liners Barnett Bros, will bring to Edenton. This young lady completes from 76 to 100 one-armed plunges at each performance of the circus and it is this feat of endurance which is fast heading her toward stardom as one of the leading aerialists of her sex now on tour in the United States. Performances of the circus will be Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 6,1936. NO IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN CHOWAN MELON CARGOES Not ar Single Load Has Left Harbor During Past Week NO BOATS HERE Estimated Only Half of Crop In County Has Been Harvested Though it is calculated that just about half the Chowan County water melon crop has been shipped, loading of the crop at the County Dock has been at a complete standstill during the past week. Not a single boat has left since last week's issue of The Herald when the total boats leav ing was eleven. Os this number not a single boatload was completely inspected, though some growers had a portion of the load inspected. R. L. Peck, inspector, is still m Edenton, and is at the service of growers who want the inspection service, but very few of the growers appear to want the service. Just what is holding up the ship ment of melons is not certain, the opinion being that a major portion of the crop has been taken to the markets on trucks without being in spected, and also that the cold weather of last week materially af fected the ripening of melons and that many more will soon be shipped. A shroud of mystery surrounds the outcome of growers who have re fused to have watermelons inspected. This newspaper was unable to learn what or if any action will be taken for bolting the watermelon agree ment which was signed by a ma jority of watermelon growers in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina. According to the agree ment any action taken will be direct ly through the Secretary of Agricul ture. According to information, the Chowan crop is far below normal, which was the case also in the watermelon belts further south. Baptist Services Called Off After Sunday Night Remainder Os August The evening service next Sunday night at the Baptist Church will be the last night service during the month of August. This announce ment was made by Rev. E. L. Wells, the pastor, at the close of the ser vice Sunday night, saying it would enable members of the congregation to have a vacation from attending church at night during the hot weather. Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of the Methodist Church, before leaving on a two weeks’ vacation, expressed his opinion that he would also call off his night services during the re mainder of August. Patrolman Dail On Two Weeks’ Vacation State Patrolman George Dail, Mrs. Dail, Miss Agnes Chappell and Mrs. Wallace Jones left Sunday morning for a two weeks’ northern trip through the Shenandoah Valley- While on their trip they will visit the Luray Caverns and New York City, but expect to spend the greater portion of the time at Atlantic City. Firemen Receive Pay At Meeting Tonight Hi K. Hall, fin chief, has an nounced that a meeting of the Fire Department will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The fin men will 1m paid at this meeting and all an urged to attend. Only One Service At M. E. Church Sunday Due to Rev. George W- Blount, pastor of the Methodist Church, be ing on his vacation, no night service will be held Sunday. The morning service will, however, be held with Rev. Mr. Ritchie, Duke University student, doing the preaching. PICNIC RAINED OUT The annual Masonic picnic sche duled to take place at Tuscarora Beach last Thursday was rained out. It was the hope of the picnic asso ciation officials to draw a large crowd and turn over a substantial sum to the orphanage. Rain continued all day, however, resulting in no picnic *t*lL ... . County Commissioners Approves9o,ooo Bond Issue To Build And Repair Schools Legion Auxiliary Wins| Citations At State Meet! The following members of the Auxiliary have returned from Ashe ville, where they attended the Amer ican Legion State Convention. Dele gates: Mrs. W. E. Baker, president of the local unit; Mrs. Edna White, and Miss Nannie Ward; alternates: Mrs. Shelton Moore, Mrs. C. Y. Par rish and Mrs. D. M. Reeves. Mrs. Howard Jackson was a visitor from the local unit, and Mrs. Duffy Saw yer and Miss Bernice Williams were non-member visitors. The delegates were honored in re ceiving three citations: one National and one State citation for member ship, and one State citation for filling all obligations, placing the unit on the honor roll. Mrs. Jesse White was president of the Auxiliary for the past year, and Mrs. Shelton Moore was chairman of the membership committee- The Edenton Auxiliary received special mention in the meeting for the work that had been accomplished during the past year. Over 400 women attended the Con vention and found it to be very inter esting. The membership of the State Auxiliary is 5,027. Commissioners Delay Action On Two Items W. J. Taylor, County Welfare Of ficer, brought to the attention of the County Commissioners Monday that in order for Chowan County to have a certifying agent to enable relief workers to secure jobs on various projects it would be necessary to ap propriate $32.50 per month as the County’s part of the salary. Mrs. J. H. McMullan had been serving in this capacity until the first of July, when the Federal govern ment made it necessary for the counties to share in the expense. It would be necessary for Mrs. McMul lan to serve as only part time, but the Commissioners tabled the matter until their next meeting. The appropriation of $137.50 as the County’s share in maintaining the district office of the North Caro lina Employment Service was like wise held over for consideration at the next meeting by the Commission ers. TYRRELL CITIZENS WANT NEW ROADS Large Delegation Confer With Com missioner Julien Wood Wednes day Morning A delegation of Tyrrell County citizens that just about filled the Chowan Court House appeared in Edenton Wednesday morning to con fer with Julien Wood, member of the State Highway Commission, in behalf of new roads for their coun ty. There were over 75 in the group with R. H. Bachman acting as spokesman. The Tyrrell County folks want about 26 miles of improved roads or at least made passable during the coming winter. It was brought out that the county was absolutely de feated in both school and marketing efforts due to roads that not even a horse can travel over. Two roads were urged, both lead ing from Columbia to Fort Landing and Gum Neck agregating approxi mately 26 miles. Mr. Wood informed the delegation that SIOO,OOO had been set aside for Tyrrell roads, but that he was hope ful of securing an additional $50,000, this amount, however, being insuf ficient to permanently improve both roads. He asked for opinions as to how the delegates thought would be the best way to spend the money and do the most good, the concensus of opinion being that half the amount be spent on each road to insure passage over them. Mr. Wood told the committee that he realized the pathetic situation in Tyrrell and that he was anxious to remedy the situation, but there is only a certain amount of money available with which to do it. Another delegation will undoubt edly appear before the Highway Commission when they meet the latter part of next week. COMMISSIONERS MEET AT COUNTY HOME AUGUST 24 The Chowan County Commission er* will meet st the County Home on Thursday, August 27, st 10 A. M. This is the usual meeting for th# Commissionors to ehacfeup sad inspect conditions st the Hems. NEGRO FARMERS DESIRE SERVICES OF FARM AGENT Willing to Raise Cost Among THiem selves; Would Serve Chowan and Perquimans Counties Rev. S. N. Griffith appeared before the County Commissioners Monday morning in behalf of colored farmers of the County in an effort to secure a home agent whose time would be equally divided between Chowan and Perquimans counties. He explained that farmers of his race were anx ious to have this service and that part of the cost would be paid by the State and part by the Commissioners of the two counties. The Commissioners, however, in the face of a boosted tax rate felt reluctant to add the extra expense to the county inasmuch as N. K. Rowell, Chowan’s home agent, has charge of the entire county and de votes his time to the problems of colored as well as white farmers. The Commissioners are aware of the fact that more work has been placed on Mr. Rowell than he can handle, but were of the opinion that both white and colored farmers would have to be content with the service he can render under the circum stances. The colored folks, according to Griffith, are so anxious to have a home agent that they are willing to raise the cost of the venture among themselves, but would have to have a resolution passed by the County Commissioners endorsing the employ ment of a man. This the Commis sioners agreed to do providing they would not be called upon for an out lay of money. List Jurors Drawn For September Term Court The September term of Superior Court for Chowan County will con vene on Monday, September 14, with Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, scheduled to preside. The County Commissioners at their meeting Monday morning drew the following list to serve as jurors dur ing the term of court: Roy Parks, F. G. Rountree, John R. Asbell, M. W. Jackson, McCoy Spivey, A. W. Bunch, R. A. Chappell, Wilbur Hollo well, E. B. Williams, W. H. Dail, James Davenport, R. A. Beasley, George C. Wood, E. J. Bunch, N. E. Hollowell, Edgar Pierce, Earl Daven port, E. B. Boyce, Elliott Belch, O. E. Duncan, J. N. Smith, T. J. Jordan, A. S. Smith, Russell Byrum, L. A. Bunch, J. V. Lane, C. C. Nixon, W. C. Bunch, C. H. Barber, Albert Bunch, Glenn Bunch, F. O. Muth, T. S. Leary, J. W. Overton, Herbert Jordan and J. H. Haskett. Baptists Meet In Hertford Sunday According to George W. Lassiter, associational chairman, on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock in the Hertford Baptist Church, there will be held the monthly meeting of the Chowan Sunday School Convention and with it the Executive Promotion Committee of the Chowan Associa tion, which consists of all the pas tors, and one layman appointed from each church. The speakers will be mostly for the Sunday School work, but one will direct and explain the promotion stewardship revival for the associa tion. Every member of the committee, and one representative from each Sunday School is urged to attend. Baseball Game In Edenton Sunday Baseball fans will have an oppor tunity to witness a game of baseball Sunday afternoon when the Edenton Club will be host to the Perrytown team in a Bertie-Chowan League game. A large crowd was on hand last Sunday to see Edenton down the Westhaven club of Norfolk 4 to 1 and another large crowd is expect ed Sunday. The local team played in Perry town Wednesday afternoon, while the schedule calls for Windsor here to day with a return game in Windsor Friday. NEW SIGN AT QUINN’S The latest improvement to the business section of Edenton is an attractive neon Philco radio sign in front of the Quinn Furniture Com pany. The sign was put up the Utter part of last week. ■hks * This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Agree on $66,000 For New Building at Cross Roads MEET AUGUST 18 New Auditorium and Repairs Will Be Made At Edenton Plant After six months of worry, study, correspondence, traveling, and ar guing the County Commissioners on Monday took definite steps toward the erection of a new school building to replace the one burned at Cross Roads and to make necessary re pairs and additions to the Edenton school. The long delay has been caused by the expectancy of receiv ing Federal aid in replacing the burned school and it was only as last hopes apparently faded that the Commissioners decided to assume the total indebtedness to meet the school needs. Up until this week hope was held that the County would receive a grant through the PWA to build a new school, but chances appeared slim, indeed, following receipt of let ters by Representative LihdSey War ren and Dr. H. G. Baity, State di rector of the PWA, as well as news paper reports that President Roose velt intended to be “hard-boiled” re garding the employment of relief work on PWA projects. Mr. Warren’s letter, ggve Chowan a slim chance to receive help, due to the large number of projects sub mitted in comparison to North Car olina’s allotment of funds.. He must have, however, been referring to the original application made by the County which, had; since: been reduced, and since which the County’s, finan cial status has improved.. Dr. Baity’s letter also held; nn ray of hope in that he made' it. clear that skilled labor for projects must be furnished in the county where the work is done. Chowan,, on the other hand, has none of this labor avail able which by assumption is to the effect that it is not eligible for the grant. The Commissioners met with school representatives in an after noon session, when all concerned se riously went over the matter of school requirements, finally resulting in the Commissioners approving a bond issue of $90,000 to build a new school at Cross Roads and make necessary repairs to the Edenton plant. Os this amount $49,000 will go for the new school at Cross Roads to which will be added the $17,000 insurance money on the old building, making a total of $66,000. The re maining $41,000 will go toward im proving the Edenton school, which includes a new roof, new heating plant, toilet facilities on the second floor and a new auditorium. The amount seemed too small to both the county and city units, but wearied with meeting after meeting and no headway being made, and realizing the expense to which the county will be put all apparently were satisfied and relieved at the ac tion taken by the Commissioners, by which the school situation will be greatly relieved. Thomas Chears, chairman of the Edenton School Board, protested at the amount awarded for the Edenton school, saying it was not sufficient to make only absolutely necessary re pairs. He did, however, thank the Commissioners for what they had de cided upon in that it would st least enable some improvements to be made. Likewise the County unit doubted if they could put up a building of the type specified by the Commis sioners for the amount given them. Contracts had been received for the erection of a school, but most of these have been withdrawn due to increase in the price materials. At any rate school officials and school patrons as well appear happy over the prospect of work soon being started on the building. The school proposition took pre cedence over other matters coming before the Commissioners and after the Board of Education passed a re solution authorizing the expenditure of the respective amounts, the Coun ty Commissioners approved the bond issue. The Commissioners adjourned to reconvene on Tuesday, August 18, when any taxpayer may register his or her protest to the issuance of the bonds, which will be on a County wide basis.
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