North Carolina Newspapers

In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume lll—Number 40. * ROOSEVELT-BOEV AND PROSPERITY CALLEDJTONERS State Chairman Win borne Sees Victory on Election Day UNBEATABLE Vice Chairman Spillman Appeals to Women Voters The Democratic party’s precinct by-precinct organization this frfH will be the most complete in the his tory of North Carolina politics—if plans of State Chairman J. Wallace Winbome are carried through. “So far we have made more pro gress toward a complete organization than we have ever made this early in the campaign,” said the Chair man. “There are three reasons for this. First there is North Caro lina’s great admiration for President Roosevelt and its determination to give him a record majority. Second, progressive men and women through out the State realize that with Roosevelt and Hoey heading the fed eral and State governments, and with prosperity returning, we may expect four years of unprecedented advance along lines of education, social legis lation and material advance. And, finally, we are receiving the closest cooperation from the county chair men and other party leaders.” “Know your precinct,” is the text the Chairman has preached on at each of the .district meetings at which he conferred with the local officers of the party. He has urged that the precinct chairmen take a house-to-house poll of the precinct to discover the potential Democratic strength, check the Democratic names against the poll books to see that everybody is registered, and make plans to get out the entire vote on election day. Mrs. J. B. Spillman, the State vice chairman, has called upon all the Democratic women workers of the State to join in the organization work. “Women are just as capable as men, perhaps more so, in doing this sort of work,” she said. “The plan of organization calls for at least one woman on every precinct committee. If the precinct chairman calls on these women to help with their canvasses and with checking the registration books, they will get the organization work done sooner than ever before. I believe women are noted for their thoroughness and, as most men already know, the more work you give a woman to do, the greater will be her enthusiasm.” Last week the Democratic cam paign spotlight turned from the wes tern half of the State, where the first six rallies were held, to the East. The First District rally was held at Ahoskie on Friday. Others will follow in the next few weeks. “I know that the West, where I now live, would go down the line,” said the chairman, “and I am de lighted to find the fighting spirit in my native East.” “I realize of course, that in the great majority of Eastern counties there is so little Republican opposi tion that it is difficult to work the Democrats up to the point of inten sive organization and a drive to get out the full vote. However, I find a determination among our eastern chairmen to do just that this fall. They feel that the East owes an overwhelming majority to President Roosevelt and to the whole Demo cratic party.” | Canning Contest Winners Will Be Decided Saturday Final winners in the canning con test conducted among county club women will be decided Friday morn ing in Miss Rebecca Colwell’s office, when Miss Gladys Hamrick, Perqui mans County demonstration agent, •will act as judge. Miss Colwell selected the winning jars in the various clubs during the recent contest and these will com pete for county honors. Democratic Executive Committee Will Meet Saturday Afternoon Attention is called by B. Warner Evans, chairman of the Chowan County Democratic Executive Com mittee, to'the meeting of the com mittee to be held Saturday after noon at 3:80 o’clock in the Court House. This is a very important meeting and Mr. Evans urges every member to attend. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY OUR OWN i **■ &jjjt \ - j * MRS. J. B. SPILMAN The most pleasing personality at the First District Democratic rally held Friday at Ahoskie, so far as the Chowan delegation was concerned, was Mrs. J. B. Spilman, State vice chairman, unless it was J. Wallace Win bome, State chairman. Both are natives of Chowan and received many felicitations from their relatives and friends from their home county. 2 MORE MARKERS PLACED FRIDAY Home of James Iredell and Business Site of Joseph Hewes Designated By Latest Markers Two additional historical highway markers were placed in Edenton Fri day, making three of an anticipated total of seven pointing out local im portant historical sites. The two placed here Friday designate the home of James Iredell on East Church Street, and the business site of Joseph Hewes at the comer of Broad and King Streets. The Iredell marker, designated A-5, was set up in front of the post office, and bears the following in scription: “James Iredell, Justice of U. S. Supreme Court, 1790-99, Attor ney General of N. C. during Revolu tion. Home stands 200 feet East.” The Hewes marker, designated A-4, was placed a few feet north of the Bridge-Turn Filling Station on Broad Street and carries the follow ing lettering: “Joseph Hewes, Signer of Declaration of Independence, lead er in Continental Congress, merchant. Store stood two blocks south.” The first marker calling attention to old St. Paul’s Church was put up some time ago and is almost oppo site the newly erected Iredell marker. Baptist Women Plan Landscape Grounds At Edenton Church Not content with the already at tractive grounds about the Edenton Baptist Church, plans have been drawn for added improvements to the appearance of the church prop erty. A movement sponsored by the Woman’s Missionary Society and other organizations of the church calls for a new landscape effect, plans for which have been made by H. E. Green, a representative of Van Lindley, landscape expert of Greensboro. The idea is to plant at tractive evergreen trees and flower ing shrubs, making the church prop erty one of the places of beauty in Edenton. Mrs. George P. By rum has been named chairman of the committee in charge of the work, which is esti mated to cost in the neighborhood of. S2OO, and will be completed about the first of November. Loyalty Sunday At Methodist Church Loyalty Sunday will be observed Sunday at the Methodist Church with appropriate sermons at both services, and with roll call of the membership at the conclusion of the morning service. All members are urged to be pres ent to answer when their names are called- Subject lor the morning service, “Loyalty to Christ,” and for the evening service, “Seeing It Through.” Bank Night Be Held Thursday Next Week Due to the showing of “The Great Ziegfield” at the Taylor Theatre on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, Manager Jimmy Earn hardt has changed the bank night feature to Thursday night. The change is for next week only, this regular feature after that time re- 1 verting to Wednesday night as usual. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 1,1936. CHANGES LIKELY REGULATING N. C. SHAD INDUSTRY Drastic Recommenda tions Are Made to . State Board 2-MONTHSEASON May Close Rivers For Whole Year on Rotat ing Basis According to reports from Raleigh recommendation that the shad fish ing season be sharply curtailed will soon be made to the State Board of Conservation and Development as an initial step in the program to re habilitate the industry in this State. At present the season starts more or less at will when the shad begin running in for spawning late in January and has had a closing date of May 1. Under the new recom mendation, however, the season will be definitely limited from February 15 to April 15, about a month’s cut from what has been. The greatest drop in the shad catch in years has led the special committee at work on the subject to suggest the curtailment, the belief being, according to reports, that a shorter season will give the shad more time to reach their spawning grounds. The United States Bureau of Fisheries, cooperating in the for mation of the program, has suggest ed the season be cut even more, with a week long closed period mid way of the season. Other drastic features in consid eration by the committees working in collaboration and which may ulti mately become recommendats have to do with the setting aside of na tural spawning areas as fish pre serves, and closing, on a rotating basis, of entire rivers for whole sea sons against shad seining. Members of tne special State com mittee on the shad program include J. L. Home, Jr., Rocky Mount; James L. McNair, Laurin’ourg; E. S. Askew, Oriental; R. Bruce Etheridge, Man teo; Capt. John A. Nelson, and Dr. H. F. Prytherch, of Beaufort. Council Meeting At Cross Roads Saturday The county council of home dem onstration clubs will meet Saturday afternoon in the old gymnasium building at Cross Roads at 2:30 o’clock. According to Miss Rebecca Colwell this will be a most important meeting, at which time new officers will be elected and meetings planned for the year. The council is com prised of all officers of the various clubs as well as the project leaders in each club. Every member is urged to be present amfcon time, a feature of the meeting being a drawing for prizes by those who are on hand at 2:30. ! Beverly Hall To Be Antique ] | Center By Mrs. R. D. Dixon j Edenton, fountainhead of much early Carolina lore, is at last going to turn its antiquity into dollars and cents. At least Mrs. Richard Dil lard Dixon, wife of the Chowan court clerk and well known authority on the Albemarle’s past, is to make a try at it. Next week Mrs. Dixon will open a history emporium and antique shop—perhaps, a tea room, later—in the little library building that nestles amongst the fine old gardens of “Beverly Hall,” the Dr. Dillard mansion on West King Street and present Dixon home, and the prospective hostess smilingly admits she is out to make the proposition pay. Mrs. Dixon’s venture is a much needed one in this section. Famed for its connection with days that go back 300 or more years tourists come here daily to revel in the glory of a past so quaint and hallowed, and in nir*e cases out of tefi they seek some memento of their traveling stay. About all they are able to secure are postal card pictures or the custo mary folders handed out at local fill ing stations. Nothing tangible is securable by them, and often and frequent has been the complaint be cause of this and the suggestion “haven’t you any old furniture or paintings or other things commemo rative of the hard flung days of your pioneers?” Mrs. Dixon has heard this inquiry with much regularity, and being an ELECTRICITY NOW GETTING NEARER CHOWANCOUNTY Electrification Brings Encouragement at Center Hill BUT NO PICTURE Line Talked of From Sunbury South to Evans’ Church Considerable interest in rural elec trification in upper Chowan County was manifest Monday night when 40 residents of the Center Hill section gathered in the Center Hill school to hear the matter discussed. D. E. Jones, assistant rural elec trification specialist of Raleigh, was present at the meeting and explain ed to those present the advantages of having electricity in the home and on the farm, as well as gave valuable advice regarding wiring and installa tion of current. As a special fea ture Mr. Jones had an educational film on rural electrification, but due to no available alternating current the film could not be shown. Prospects appear bright for elec tric current for the upper end of the County, it being the hope to have the line of the Virginia Electric & Power Company extended from Sunbury to Evans Church with spurs leading off to Hobbsville and Center Hill. At present direct current is fur nished to the Center Hill community by a plant operated by Nehemiah Bunch. County Agent N. K. Rowell and Miss Rebecca Colwell, home demon stration agent, attended the meeting. BAPTIST REVIVAL BEGINS ON OCT. 11 Rev. J. L. White of Miami, Florida, Will Assist With Meeting; Outstanding Preacher Revival services in the Edenton Baptist Church will begin Sunday, October 11. Assisting Rev. E. L. Wells, the pastor, in this series of meetings will be Rev. J. L. White, of Miami, Florida. Rev. Mr. White is considered one of the greatest preachers of the Southern Baptist Convention and during liis early pastorate was in Edenton. In Janu ary, 1889, he assisted Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, who was at that time pastor of the Edenton Church. Considerable stress is being laid on this series of meetings and it is hoped every service will be well at tended. F. F. MUTH DIES F. F. Muth, who has been danger ously ill, died at his home on West Eden Street about 8 o’clock Wednes day night. Funeral arrangements could not be learned as The Herald went to press. earnest lover of antiquity and all that pertains to it, she has been ap preciative of this tourist desire. The Edenton section is full of ancient an tiques and Mrs. Dixon has been a most particular and fastidious collec tor. Her home, one of the largest and most attractive in town, is filled to overflowing witn old mahogany and walnut and every sort of early day odds and ends. Many hand some and valued paintings and por traits have been gathered in by her, also, and the walls of “Beverly Hall" attest to her genius in this regard. It is Mrs. Dixon’s plan to segre gate much of this overflow into the small but spacious library used by the late Dr. Dillard in the rear of the house where it has since been continued by his namesake as a study and workroom. Into this place Mrs. Dixon will, also, take many of her prized paintings, some of which she secured from Virginia mansions of the 1600’s, perhaps not offer them all for sale but at least use them to make the little prospective sales room more decorative. Os the furniture pieces there will be several four poster beds with tester tops, a grandfather’s clock of high value and exquisite workman ship adorned in inlay with many Masonic emblems, a number of lad derback chairs of an ancient period, also, and many pieces of Sheraton and Chippendale work, as well as (Continued on Page Five) j STATE AGENT —■ * .—i,—u —— ■ —"»»<r M toKS JeuE «?. MCldtKIKiaN Mrs. McKimmon is State home demonstration agent and will be in Edenton on November 6, when she will speak to the County Federation of Home Demonstra tion Clubs. BEAUTY CONTEST WILL BE STAGED BY H. S. STUDENTS Votes Cost One Penny With Proceeds Going to Buy New Books For Parallel Reading The most beautiful girl in the Edenton High School will be decided according to action taken Tuesday by members of the four classes, when they agreed to stage a beauty con test. The purpose of the contest is to raise money for purchasing books for the school library to be used in parallel reading. Each of the four classes selected two young ladies to be entered in the contest, votes for the favorite contestant costing one cent. At the end of the contest the girl receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winner and it is expected keen rivalry will prevail in the voting. Securing of votes will not be confined to the class of which the contestant is a member, nor will the contest be limited within the school, but it is expected friends of the candidates will solicit acquaint ances in town and anywhere possible to the end that their favorite will win. The candidates as selected Tuesday are as follows: Eleventh Grade—Pearl Whichard and Marguerite Hollowed. Tenth Grade—Orphia Cozart and Chrystal Gregory. Ninth Grade Anna Wood and Verna Mae Cayton. Eighth Grade—Virginia Moore and Hazel Twiddy. Students appeared very much en thused over the contest and the standing of the contestants will be reported weekly in The Herald. Edenton Masons Host To Virginia Brethren Today Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., this afternoon and tonight will be host to a delegation of Wil liamsburg, Virginia, Masons when about twenty members of the Wil liamsburg lodge will visit the Eden ton lodge. The visit is being made in return for a visit by Edenton Masons sev eral years ago, when the local degree team conferred the third degree on a candidate in the neighboring state. The visitors are expected to arrive about 4 o’clock this afternoon and upon arrival will be shown the va rious historical points of interest. A dinner will be served at Hotel Joseph Hewes prior to the regular meeting of the lodge at 8 o’clock, to which all members are urged to attend. Citizens Urged Meet Raleigh Boosters Though no definite program has been arranged to meet the State Fair Special, carrying a group of Raleigh boosters, which will arrive in Edenton this morning, all business men and other citizens as well are urged to meet the visitors at the Municipal Building and extend greet ings. The schedule calls for the boosters to arrive here at 9:25 and remain 15 minutes during which time the State College Band will furnish music. REP. WARREN HERE Representative Lindsay Warren spent some time in Edenton Tuesday in the interest of a national park for this section of pforth Carolina. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year EDENTON OUT TO UCK WINDSOR IN SEASONSOPENER Game Here Tomorrow And Holton’s Squad Is Confident STARTSAT 3:30 First Chance to See New Eleven In Active Combat Edenton High School will open its 1936 football season Friday after noon when Coach David Holton’s squad will try their strength against the Windsor High School eleven on Hicks Field. The game was original ly scheduled to be played in Wind sor, but has been transferred to Edenton, due to the Windsor field not being in proper condition at present for the game. The whistle to start the game will be blown at 3:30 o’clock and a large crowd is hoped for at this, the first game of the season. Though Coach Holton realizes that he is handicapped this year due to the loss of a number of outstanding stars, he is very optimistic over the improvement noted among some of the football candidates and feels sure he will be able to round out a credit able team again this year. The team will be considerably lighter than during the two previous sea sons, but has the advantage this year of having ample reserve ma terial. Twenty-one boys have been going through the paces daily, any one of whom, Mr. Holton believes, can give a good account of himself if called upon for duty. Coach Holton is relying upon Melvin Layton and John Byrum doing most of the kick ing for the team, while the bulk of the passing attack wall be between Layton and Pete Everett, both of whom have shown remarkable im provement in this deportment. While both Mr. Holton and mem bers of the squad are hopeful of de feating Windsor Friday afternoon, all are convinced that the game will be no set-up. Windsor is reported to have a heavier team than Edenton, three of the players tipping the scales at over the 200 marker. Both of the tackles weigh over 200 pounds as well as the fullback, Pete Alston, who it wall be remembered opposed Vernon Spruill in the ring during the past boxing season. Coach Holton’s possible starting lineup will be as follows: Sid White, left end; James Smith, left tackle; Josiah Elliott, left guard; James Cozzens, center; Reu ben Miller, right guard; Edward Bass, right tackle; John Byrum, right end; Melvin Layton, quarter back; William Cayton and John Mar tin Harrell, halfbacks, and Pete Everett, fullback. Ten reserves will also be in readi ness to enter the fray, and it is the purpose of Mr. Holton to use as many of these as possible in the first game. This group includes: Robert Chesson, Clyde Spencer, David Boyce, George Ward, Tom Byrum, Elwood Nixon, Ewell Hobbs, Billy Shepard, Tc.n Francis, and Edmund Mills. Brown Bros. Awarded Contract To Put New Roof On Local School Brown Bros, was awarded the con tract Friday to put a new roof on the Edenton school building. The contract calls for a 20-year guaran teed roof, costing $2,000, including repairs to the parapet walls. Work on the new roof will get un der way just as soon as the mater ials arrive in Edenton. The new roof was included in re pairs and additions to be made at the local school, funds for which have been held up until the County refinances its defaulted bends, but due to the bad condition of the roof the city school trustees decided that an emergency exists and proceeded with the contract in order to save further damage due to water every time it rains. Leg-ion Auxiliary Meeting Festooned Though announcement is made on page two of this issue that the meet ing of the American Legion Auxil iary will be held tonight (Thursday), the meeting hds been postponed, since that section of the paper was printed. The time of meeting will appear in The Herald when a definite date ia decided upon.