In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume lll—Number 36.
Sound Bridge Will Be Placed At Sandy Point
Legion Members Tell
Os War Experiences
Commander Holmes De
parts From Usual
Routine
ALLSPEAK
Meet Again to Decide
On Armistice Day
Celebration
An extremely interesting meeting
bf Ed Bond Post was held Tuesday
night, when John A. Holmes, com
mander, departed from the usual
ro.utine and instead called on each
Legionnaire present to relaie an out
standing incident recalled during the
World War. Varied and ranging
from plumb foolishness to heart
rendering episodes, the meeting prov
ed to be one of the most interesting
in many months.
The matter of celebrating Armis
tice Day also came up for discussion,
and while it was the concensus of
opinion that the day should be appro
priately celebrated, the form of cele
bration is very vague. In connec
tion with this event Commander John
Holmes notified members that a
meeting would be held later in the
week, at which time it will be de
cided in what way to observe the
day. An after-meeting gathering,
however, was strongly of the opinion
that the Post could not stage a free
dinner but rather thought the ladies
of the Auxiliary could operate booths
during the day and possibly raise
some money for their organization.
Most of those expressing themselves
favored a parade and possibly some
branch of the government coming
here for a demonstration.
Commander Holmes also read a
letter from Department Headquar
ters, urging all posts to have a sim
ultaneous installation of officers on
September 15. On this date Jose
phus Daniels, out-going commander,
will speak from Raleigh on a State
wide hookup, and later Wiley Pick
ens, incoming commander, will speak
from Charlotte over a State-wide
hookup. It is the purpose of the
department to have all officers in
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MRS. GEO. C. WOOD
BALL CHAIRMAN
Raleigh Terpsichorean Club Selects
Her as Chairman of North
Carolina Debutante Ball
Os especial interest to friends in
Edertton and all over the State is the
information from Raleigh that Mrs.
George C. Wood, of Edenton, has
been selected by the Terpsichorean
Club of Raleigh, as honorary chair
man of the 1936 North Carolina de
butante ball which will be a brilliant
event on Friday, September 11. A
number of Edenton’s young ladies
have been invited to make their
debut.
Mrs. Wood will receive at a tea
Saturday afternoon, September 12, in
honor of the season’s debutantes.
Perrytown Leads In
Post Season Series
With Perrytown leading Edenton
3 games to the 1 in the post-season
series for the championship of the
Bertie-Chowan League, the two
teams wen scheduled to cross batik
on the Edenton diamond fit The Her
ald ttras. going to preses Wednesday
afternoon. Perrytown
.of concluding the series by winning
the game, while with Lester Jordan
in the box Manager Graham Byrum
hadn’t given up hopes that his boys
still had a chance to even the count.
Belief Strengthened
For Improvements
At Fish Hatchery
Belief that considerable improve
ments to the Edenton Fish Hatchery
will be made was strengthened last
week when Glen Leach, assistant
chief of the Bureau of Fisheries of
Washington was here for observa
tions. Information has been receiv
ed that a WPA grant of $26,000 will
be secured which would provide for
the building of new ponds, as well as
possibly a boat operated by the Fed
eral Government to cover the waters
of Eastern Carolina for the strip-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Bank Os Edenton
Closed Labor Day
The Bank of Edenton will be
closed all day Monday in obser
vance of Labor Day. Patrons of
the bank are urffed to arrange
their banking business accord
ingly.
FIFTH SUNDAY
SING ATTRACTS
A LARGE CROWD
Spacious Edenton Baptist Church
Filled Sunday Afternoon;
Program Highly Praised
Residents of Edenton on Sunday
afternoon were given an opportunity
to enjoy a Bertie County Fifth Sun
day sing held in the Edenton Baptist
Church, when the building was
crowded with folks from both sides
of the Chowan River. The affair was
held in the Edenton church solely in
appreciation of assistance and co
operation in past sings by W. Jim
Daniels and George W. Lassiter, na
tives of Bertie, who are much inter
ested and in the past have contri
buted materially to the success of
the popular Bertie event.
The highest kind of praise has
been heard from Edenton people
who attended the sing for the first
time Sunday relative to the splendid
music as well as the neighborly fel
lowship among people from both
counties.
An excellent program had been ar
ranged, with Rev. George Bond con
ducting the devotional service. The
presence of Judge Francis D. Wins
ton, of Windsor, who is a faithful
attendant at the sings, and J. E-
Mathews, of Aulander, whose activi
ties in teaching music lead to the or
ganization of the sings, added great
ly to the pleasure of the affair.
Mayor E. W. Spires in welcoming
the visitors from Bertie emphasized
the fact that similar song services
among a greater number of people
would go a long way in building up
neighborliness and peace at a time
when there is apparent unrest on
every hand.
Scarboro Mizell, president of the
organization, appointed a committee
to determine where the next sing
would be held resulting in the selec
tion of Ross Church, Bertie County,
where the first sing was held in
1931. The sing will be held the fifth
Sunday in November, to which an in
vitation is extended all to attend.
Local Red Men Plan
For Annual Fish Fry
The principal item of business dis
cussed at the Red Men meeting Mon
day night was the Tribe’s annual
fish fry, which will be held week af
ter next. Harrison Spruill, chair
man of the entertainment committee,
was instructed to make arrangements
for the affair and to report next
Monday night on what night it will
be held.
Quite an elaborate fish fry will be
held this year, which will take place
on the fairground with a speaker
scheduled to make a short address.
Mr. Spruill is hoping to secure Judge
W. C. Morse, Jr., of Elizabeth City,
for this feature.
Filial arrangements will be made
at,Monday night’s meaning, to which
«}1 members are urged to attend.
Training School At
Hertford Church
Os interest to Methodists is a
Christian Workers’ Training School
to be held in the Hertford Methodist
Church from September 6 to 11.
Mrs. H. M. Wade, conference director
of children’s work in Durham, and
Robert W. Bradshaw, conference sec
retary of Christian education, also of
Durham, will have Charge of the
school, to which all are invited to at
tend.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Little Betty Byrum charmingly
entertained a number of her little
friends Tuesday afternoon at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Byrum, on North Broad
Street, the occasion being her third
birthday.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 3,1936.
NEW DRY GOODS
STORE TO LOCATE
ON BROAD STREET
J. H. Cuthrell of Enfield
Rents T. W. Jones’
Building
FULL LINE STOCK
Expects to Be Ready
For Business By Mid
dle of September
Edenton will have a new store in
the main business section of town
within the next few weeks. This fact
was revealed early this week when
T. W. Jones announced that his
building at the corner of Broad and
Eden Streets had been rented to the
Cuthrell Department Store. The new
concern expects to be ready for busi
ness by the middle of September.
The Cuthrell store is one of a
small chain of stores with headquar
ters art Enfield, N. C. An up-to-date
line of shoes, ladies’ ready-to-wear,
gents’ furnishings as well as a com
plete line of dry goods and notions
is carried.
Mr. Jones recently purchased the
Northcott building and at a great
deal of expense will very shortly
have transformed the old building in
to one of the most attractive stands
in the business section. The new
concern will have ample room for
displaying merchandise and when
completed the building will have two
large plate glass windows for the
purpose of decorating and window
displays. The second floor likewise
has been repaired and will be used as
a stock room, with an elevator in the
rear for moving the stock.
J. H. Cuthreii, operator of the
chain, was in Edenton last week in
specting his new location and appear
ed very optimistic over the building
as well as the location and feels cer
tain that when he has his stock in
place and is ready for business he
will be able to attract a large num
ber of shoppers. Mr. Cuthrell plans
to have one of his sons act as mana
ger of the new store.
Jimmy Partin Leases
Bridge Turn Station
Jimmy Partin on Tuesday leased
the Bridge-Turn Filling Station,
which for the past several years has
been under the management of L. S.
Byrum. Mr. Partin, in taking over
the station announces that there will
be no change in the personnel, but
has decided to change the name from
Bridge-Turn Filling Station to
Bridge-Turn Service Station.
Mr. Partin before venturing in the
service station business on his own
account for a number of years had
been employed by Mr. Byrum, work
ing at both the Bridge-Turn and
Triangle stations. He has many
friends in the section, all of whom
are invited to patronize his station.
DAN CUPID INACTIVE
Only one marriage license was is
sued within the past week, that be
ing to Kermit L. Perry and Lizzie
Pearce, both of Chowan County.
A license was also issued on Au
gust 14 to Leotis Jones, colored, of
Edenton, and Margaret Bland, of
Richmond, Va.
New Mail Schedule Betters
Service From Tyner Office
Patrons Now Receive Mail 24 Hours Earlier
Through Change; Herald Received Same
Day of Publication
Improved delivery of mail in the
Tyner section went into effect Tues
day when all incoming mail for that
section was taken to the Tyner post
office by Jim Daniels, Edenton Route
One carrier. This mail arrived in
time for the Tyner rural delivery
which heretofore was delivered by
the Suffolk Starßoute leaving Eden
top in the afternoon and arriving af
ter the rural mail had left. The
change steps up mail delivery for
this section about 24 hours.
Through the change the two Tyner
routes have been merged into one,
Jimmy Boyce, one of the carriers be
ing transferred to Hertford, while
EDENTON HIGH IS
AGAIN WITHOUT
ATHLETjC COACH
David Holton Asks Re
lease After Accept,
ing Position
COACHESSCARCE
John Holmes Has Wires
Hot In Effort to Se
j cure Man
Edentdn High School is still with
out a coach. This became known
early this week when upon the re
turn of Superintendent John A.
Holmes from Durham he found a
telegram from David Holton await
ing him. Mr. Holton previously had
accepted the position as coach at the
local school and his arrival was ex
pected some time during this week.
However, in his telegram he request
ed his release, saying that he desired
to accept a position which offered a
better opportunity for advancement.
The resignation of Mr. Holton
threw a wrench in Mr. Holmes’ plans
and he is again obliged to search
for a man to replace Leon Brogden,
who has gone to Wilson. Mr. Holmes
sent a number of telegrams imme
diately after notifying Holton of his
release, but realizes that the sort of
a man needed here will be hard to
find. In fact he has learned within
the past few days that quite a few
superintendents of other schools are
in the same predicament regarding a
coach, and that competent coaches
are much in demand. He is hopeful,
however, of securing a man by the
time school opens on September 21st.
Holton was highly recommended
and had been a star at Wake Forest,
later acting as coach of the fresh
man team and even serving in the
capacity of a scout to contact stu
dents who showed promise of devel
oping into first class men on the
gridiron.
Signs To Coach At
Chowan But Resigns
Though W. J. Taylor, superinten
dent of county schools, the latter
part of last week thought his trou
bles were over for the year so far as
teachers and a coach were concerned,
he was again the early part of this
week angling for a prospect to take
over the teaching of mathematics and
science as well as athletic coach at
Chowan High School.
J. R. Mcßimmon of Roberson Coun
ty, had wired Mr. Taylor that he
would accept the position and was
expected to arrive Tuesday, but it de
veloped later that Mr. Mcßimmon
asked to be released in order to take
the place offered to him again in his
home county near Lumberton.
25 LOCAL WOODMEN OF
WORLD ATTEND CONVENTION
Twenty-five members of Elm
Camp, No. 946, Woodmen of the
World, attended the eastern district
convention held in Ahoskie last
Thursday. All attending reported an
excellent meeting which was featur
ed by a big parade and a free barbe
cue dinner.
Rocky Mount was selected as the
place of next meeting.
Titus Chappell will deliver all the
rural mail.
The improvement of mail delivery
for the section resulted when an ef
fort was made to change the Suffolk
Star Route, starting from Edenton
instead of Suffolk. The change was
opposed by neighboring cities, but
the new arrangement will greatly
improve the service. Especially does
The Herald welcome the new set-up
in that many more of the subscrib
ers will now be able to receive their
copy on the same day of publication.
Today’* issue should reach all sub
scribers in the Tyner section today.
Definite Site Decided
At Meeting Tuesday
Much Better Mail
Service For Asking
With the advent of improved
mail delivery from the Tyner
postoffice, patrons between Cross
Roads and Tyner may also speed
up delivery by several hours.
Folks living between these two
points can have their mail deliver
ed by the Edenton carrier instead
of its being relayed through the
Tyner office. However, a request
must be made to the local post
master.
In a communication from the
Post Office Department, Mr.
Kramer was informed that if
these patrons request mail service
from Edenton it is incumbent on
this office to serve them. Mr.
Kramer feels certain requests will !'
be made for the improved service.
1
Unimportant Cases
On Calendar For
September Court i
1
But few criminal cases and none 1
of them important, and but eight -
civil actions, five of which, in all (
probability, will be continued, make 1
up the small calendar for the forth- :
coming term of the Chowan Superior >
Court to open here on September 14, 1
with Judge J. Paul Frizelle, of Snow
Hill, presiding. In a list of the
causes following the first four mat
ters have been up before the court ]
during the last three terms, and on 1
each occasion have been passed over. :
The fifth action has to do with the
marital troubles of Mordecai M. Nix
on and his wife, Marcia Small Nixon, ,
which was featured around an alien
ation suit last term lost by Mrs.
Nixon, and which now comes up in
the shape of an action for divorce to ,
which the defendant enters protest
and claims the allegations of deser
tion are “criminal and wilful.”
Simpson V. Spruill has to do with i
a $5,000 damage action alleging false
arrest. Spruill lost some soy beans
out of his Washington County barn
and had Simpson arrested. The lat
ter was brought to trial in Plymouth ;
and acquitted, subsequently moved
here, and now wants to be paid for i
his annoyance.
In the last action the plaintiff,
acting as guardian, is suing for
SIO,OOO damages for the death of his
daughter, Elizabeth Twine, last
March. The child was run down and
instantly killed on the Suffolk high
way near Sign Pine.
Following is the court calendar for
the term:
Monday, September 14
Criminal Cases.
. Tuesday, September 15
American Surety Co. V. Edenton-
Mackeys Ferry Co.
J. Harrell V. Griffin
E. Harrell V. Griffin.
Chappell V. Griffin.
M. M. Nixon V. Nixon, (Defendant
Protests).
Simpson V. Spruill.
Wedneday, September 16
Brown V. Lassiter
J. T. Twine V. F. A. Ward.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
BEGIN SESSIONS
Teachers Met Wednesday Morning at
Center Hill School to Discuss
Plans for Year’s Work
White schools of the Chowan
County administrative unit opened
this morning, following a teachers’
meeting held at Center Hill Wednes
day morning at 10 o’clock, when
plans were thoroughly discussed for
the present year’s program. Teach
ers appeared very optimistic con
cerning the year’s work just ahead
despite the handicaps of teaching in
temporary quarters pending the erec
tion of a building to replace the one
burned at Small’s Cross Roads.
Mr. Taylor informed the teachers
that library books and laboratory
supplies had been ordered and that
temporary shelving had been ar
ranged at the Center Hill school in
which to store supplies.
The first and second grades will be
housed in the old Ryland school
building which has undergone re
pairs.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Building of Structure Is
Expected to Require
Year’s Time
TOLLFREE
Bridge and Approaches
Will Cost Approxi
mately $1,150,000
Definite and final decision as to the
location of the proposed highway
bridge across Albemarle Sound wa3
agreed to by the State Highway
Commissioners on Tuesday, and as
Edenton has long advocated and per
sistently hoped, the big span will
have its ending on this side in the
Sandy Point section, and will cost
around $1,150,000. The south shore
terminus of the bridge will be at
Leonard’s Point, east of Mackeys,
the crossway to be the other side of
the Norfolk Southern railroad
bridge.
The decision by the State body
puts an end to all the controversy
that has raged for a year or more
now as to where the bridge might go.
Assurance is given that the highway
department engineers will have their
survey completed for contract letting
at the October meeting of the Com
mission with final completion of the
bridge being set as some time late in
1937.
The following report of this week’s
Commission meeting appeared in the
News and Observer yesterday, and
because of its completeness and ex
actness is given in full.
“Plans for a bridge across Albe
marle Sound a few miles east of the
present toll ferry between Mackeys
and Edenton are being prepared by
the engineering division of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion.
“The location of the bridge, which
was authorized by the Highway Com
mission last month, was decided up
on by Chairman Capus M. Waynick,
Chief Engineer W. Vance Baise and
Commissioner Julien Wood, of Eden
ton, after considering two other loca
tions, one east of the site selected,
and the other west. Construction of
the bridge and approaches at the lo
cation selected will cost approxi
mately $1,150,000, of which $500,000
will come from Federal aid funds.
“Plans will not be completed in
time for the contract to be offered
at the October highway letting, but
are expected to be in shape for the
next letting. Construction of the
bridge, which will be 3% miles long,
and approaches of about six miles,
is expected to take a year.
“The bridging project will be one
of the most expensive ever undertak
en in the State. Only the Cape Fear
bridge at Wilmington, which cost
$1,250,000, has amounted to more.
The Edenhouse bridge across the
Chowan at Edenhouse Point cost
$600,000. Both were toll bridges at
first, being freed from toll charges
during the Ehringhaus administra
tion, along with all other major
bridges in the State.
“The Albemarle bridge will be free
from the beginning. Its object is to
open up the rich farming territory
south of the sound, giving quick ac
cess by truck to northern markets.
At present, movements by truck from
this territory, which includes the
counties of Washington, Tyrrell and
Hyde and parts of Martin and Dare,
must use the Mackeys ferry or use
the circuitous highway route byway
of Williamston. The bridge at the
location selected will save 70 miles.
“At the Highway Commission of
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Sheriff And Police
Chief Go To Officers’
Meeting - In Tarboro
Sheriff J. A. Bunch and Chief of
Police G. A. Helms were the only
Edenton officials to attend the Insti
| tute of Government district training
school for law enforcement officers
held at Tarboro Monday,
Both officials report a very instruc
tive and pleasant meeting, the pro
gram including the discussion of a
crime detection laboratory for North
Carolina, floating criminals, enforce
: ment of street and highway safety
[ laws as well as a number of other
• timely topics relating to practical
police work.