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In these columns wiO be found o fob presentation of loctd and county news of general interest. Volume 111. —Number 42. Albemarle Bridge Now In Final Stages Os Approval War Department Hear ing Yesterday Brings Out Small Crowd OBJECTION”(?) SURE Elizabeth City Man Ap parently Against All Bridges Officially perfunctory, yesterday’s Albemarle Sound vehicular bridge hearing before War pepartment en gineers was, nevertheless, enlivened a bit by the repeated objections of , L. F. Foreman, Elizabeth City lum berman, who seemed to object to all bridges, to the waste the cost and to their general type of construction. ] One of his captains, R. L. Holmes, of South Mills, voiced the same frame of mind, but Major H. R. Cole, of Norfolk, Va., presiding at the gathering, smilingly had much to say about the government being uninterested in the economics of. the game, which, should be carried by their proponents to Raleigh instead of expecting War Department action on them. Only a mere handful of bridge en thusiasts appeared at the hearing which was opened when Major Cole read a series of letters all approving the bridge but insisting its draw span should have a certain clearance of 140 feet. Some of those who so %yrote were officials of the Old Tow ing Company and Southern Trans portation Company, of Norfolk, Va., the Hampton Roads Maritime Ex change and John H. Small, of Wash ington, D. C. Mayor Luther Hardi son, of Jamesville, wrote “The bridge is just where we want it.” Mr. Foreman first wanted the bridge, if located at all, placed sev eral miles west from the proposed Site, nearer where the present ferry line operates. Questioned he decided, too, a bridge would be easier for navigation if it was ten miles east of where it is to go. Then he dis counted the “great waste of money” the proposed bridge will entail, _ and also, had a whole lot to say about winds blowing barges kersmack into the draw if it isn’t flanged or made j a one opening draw. In stormy j weather it will be just too terrible for words if the proposed draw es capes the Foreman idea of exact ness. W. S. Winslow, hydrographic enigneer for the State Highway Commission, said his board and his associates had thought of all this and believed that the bridge plans called for the proper kind of draw opening. Mayor Spires and Julien Wood came back, too, the former saying tHe bridge had been under discussion for several years, that every atten tion had been paid to navigation de tails and that the best that could (Continued on Page Seven) great interest in * baptist revival Dr. J. L. White, of Miami, Florida, Preaching Powerful Sermons; Mass Meeting Sunday P. M. Large and interested congregations this week have been attending the revival meeting being conducted in the Edenton Baptist Church, at | which Dr. J. L. White, of Miami, Florida, is preaching. The meetings have grown daily in interest and at tendance, and still larger congrega tions hre expected. Dr. White is an able speaker, selecting subjects of vital concern and presenting them in away that holds the attention of his hearers. The subject tonight (Thursday) will be “Repentance.” Dr. White especially desires to em phasize his subject on Friday night, when he will speak on “Is Jesus Coming Soon?” This subject will be discussed in light of prophecy and present world conditions, and a large congregation is hoped for. Sunday morning’s topic at the 11 o’clock service will be "Behind the Blood.” Os especial interest to everybody is the mass meeting to be held at 8 o’clock Sunday afternoon, when Dr. White will speak on “Is There Another Chance After Death?” This meeting is for both men, women and children, it being hoped the spacious church will be filled to capacity. At the 7:30 P. M. service Dr. White will preach on “The Unpardonable Sin.” Services will be held throughout next week at 10:30 A. M. and 7:80 P. M-j t a which a cordial invitation THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Mass Meeting Called At Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon A mass meeting will be held at the Edenton Baptist Church Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock in con nection with the revival meeting now in progress at the church. Dr. J. L. White, who is in charge of the meeting, will speak to the gathering, to which a cordial in vitation is extended all to attend. WORK STARTS ON C.H.S.NEMWEEK Contractor Turns Over Bond to W. J. Taylor Monday That work on the new school build ing at Small’s Cross Roads will get under way next week was assured Monday when a representative of T. A. Loving, of Goldsboro, contractor for the building, turned in their bond to Superintendent W. J. Taylor. A survey was made of the site and Mr. Tayler was informed that work will begin as soon as possible, in all probability during next week. Funds for the construction .of the new school will not be available at present, it having been necessary for the County to refinance bonds in default before new bonds in the amount of $90,000 could be sold for school purposes in Chowan. It is al most a certainty that the new bonds will be sold and the money forth coming for this work and both con tractor and Frank Benton, the archi tect, have agreed to wait for pay ment until funds are available, which should not be over 60 days at the most. In the meantime everything that can be done has been attended to in the way of refinancing and it is only la matter of legal time required until I the new bonds will be offered for ' sale. The agreement of the contractor to begin work immediately has been cause for much encouragement a mong upper Chowan residents, and it is hoped that the new school will be completed in time to hold commence ment exercises. Big Democratic Rally Will Be Held Tuesday At Beech Fork School B. Warner Evans, chairman of the Chowan County Democratic Exe cutive Committee is very enthusiastic over the series of old-time Democra tic rallies to be held during the pres ent campaign. There will be five rallies held throughout the County beginning next Tuesday and winding up on Monday, November 2, the final rally to be held in Edenton when J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, will speak. The first rally next Tuesday night will be held at Beech Fork school house starting at 8 o’clock. Mr. I Evans has arranged for either Ches ter Morris, of Currituck County, or W. C. Morse, of Pasquotank County, as the speaker. Music for the rallies will be fur nished by Swanner’s String Band and all Democrats are especially urged to attend as many of the affairs as they possibly can. 20 Take Exam For Hertford Mail Route Twenty residents of Perquimans County gathered in the Edenton graded sdiool Saturday morning to take an examination for rural mail carrier out of the Hertford office. The examination was conducted by E. T, Rawlinson, member of the U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners. Mrs. Highsmith At Center Hill Friday A large crowd is looked forward to Friday night at the Center Hill Methodist Church, when Mrs. J. Henry Highsmith, assistant director of health education in North Caro lina, will make an address on health. This will be a public meeting, be ginning at 8 o’clock, to which every body is cordially invited to attend. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 15, 1936. ROANOKE RAPIDS HERE TOMORROW 10 AVENGE PAST String of Former De feats Makes Them Eager For Fray FANS Local Boys Out to Re peat In Most Import ant Game Members of Edenton High School’s football squad are hard at work this week in preparation for what is be lieved to be the hardest and most important game on this year’s sche dule when Roanoke Rapids invades the local gridiron Friday afternoon. Coach David Holton is taking his charges through the paces perfecting new plays and ironing out some weak spots which he detected in the game with Windsor two weeks ago. The team went gameless last Friday and Coach Holton took advantage of the [ rest to prepare for Friday’s battle. All the boys on the Edenton squad are in the pink of condition and are eager to meet the Halifax County ag gregation, which is said to be ex ceptionally strong again this season, having won their first game from Henderson 33-0. Fans expect this game to be Eden ton’s real test, believing that if Roa noke Rapids can be defeated the team will have another shot at the elimi nation series for sectional and State honors. Students are out selling tickets for the game and it is hoped that a re cord crowd will turn out for what will be the most important game on the home field this season. The fol lowing Friday, October 23, Edenton plays Elizabeth City on the latter’s field, which game will also no doubt draw many fans from both towns. On October 30 Edenton tackles the Williamston gridders, with a game scheduled with Franklin, Va., on Friday, November 6. Coach Holton will in all probabil ity Friday use the same standing line-up that he used against Wind sor, as follows: Sid White and John Byrum, ends; James Smith and Ed ward Bass, tackles; Josiah Elliott and Reuben Miller, guards; James Cozzens, center; Melvin Layton, quarterback; William Cayton and John Martin Harrell, halfbacks; and Pete Everett, fullback. Aside from these the following will be ready to enter the fray: Robert Chesson, Clyde Spencer, George Ward, Tom Byrum, Elwood Nixon, Ewell Hobbs, Billy Shepard, Fred Hoskins, Tom Francis, and Edmund Mills. The game will start at 3:30 o’clock and everybody is urged to turn out and support the boys. Legion Auxiliary Meets Tonight at Court House The American Legion Auxiliary will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8:30 o’clock in the Court House. Members are urged to note the change in the time which was made so that the meeting would not conflict with the Baptist revival meeting. Attention is also called to the change in the place of meeting. At this meeting the various com mittees will be appointed and a de tailed report of the State Convention held in Asheville will be made by Mrs. W. E. Baker, the new president This is the first meeting of the new year and a full attendance is desired. Home Agent Anxious For Annual Reports Demonstration Clubs of Chowan County are urged to send their an nual reports to Miss Rebecca Col well, home agent, as soon as possi ble. Miss Colwell desires to empha size the fact that the County Coun cil will pay the dues of the club which is first in sending reports of 100 per cent of the members. At present the Ward’s Club is leading with data reported to Miss Colwell. PRESIDING ELDER AT M. E. CHURCH ON SUNDAY NIGHT At the evening service at the Methodist Church, the Rev. B. B. Slaughter, Presiding Elder of the Elizabeth City District, will preach and will conduct afterward the im portant fourth and last quarterly conference of the year. It was im possible to change the date of this conference. The subject for the morning ser vice will be “The Way Out.” HERRING NETTERS STAND FIRM FOR SEASON INTO MAY Fishermen’s Association Protests Any Move to Shorten Term BIG MEETING Committee Named to Go To Raleigh and Pre sent Complaint Members of the Albemarle Fisher men’s Association, of which A. S. Smith is president, crowded the court room Saturday afternoon and registered a vigorous protest against a recent published proposal to limit the shad fishing season in waters adjacent hereto. The Association members are all herring fishers but expressed themselves as feeling that any limitation of the shad season would, also, have a bearing on their operations. In addition to paying their dues and noting the number of pound nets they controlled—a total of 616 nets — the gatherers appointed a committee to go to Raleigh soon to voice their protest to the State Board of Con servation and Development, which is behind the movement to improve the shad industry in North Carolina. The protest will set forth that the local netters wish to meet the State Board half way and are willing to de lay their herring fishing to February 15 instead of as heretofore about the middle of January, but do insist they i be allowed to continue the season to i May 15 instead of April 15 as the State Board would make the end of the shad season. Mr. Smith acted as chairman of the gathering and John G. Small acted as secretary. After the form er had explained that the State body had intimated the shad season would be cut for a few years from January 15 to May 15 to from February 15 to April 15, and that this would surely have a bearing on herring! fishing inasmuch as any prevention of shad catches would be attributable to any such unconscious catches in gill nets set for herring, a lively dis cussion of the State proposal brought out vehement objections f r om many. Julien Wood, who was later chosen to serve on the committee to go to Raielgh, said he was in hearty | sympathy with any State movement to bring back a return of shad in old time numbers, but he did not think I the limitation proposed should be considered as affecting herring, a freer running fish and in no sense diminishing in numbers in Albemarle waters. Others took the same posi tion and a vote brought unanimous disapproval of any seasonal change that would affect herring. Besides Mr. Wood the others who will accompany him to Raleigh are J. E. Perry and E. N. Elliott, Can non’s Ferry; L. A. Bunch and J. R. ! Peele, Rocky Hock; J. E. Waff Co., Edenton, and A. T. Belch, Colerain. IdR. J. L. WHITE BE ROTARY SPEAKER i Senator Robert Reynolds Principal Speaker at Last Thursday’s Meeting; Splendid Talk As a special feature of the Rotary meeting at 1 o’clock today, Dr. J. L. I White, who is conducting a revival meeting at the Baptist Church, will speak to the members of the Eden ton Rotary Club. John A. Holmes, secretary, reports that the Club has had a 100 per cent attendance meet ing the past two Thursdays, and it is ! hoped today’s meeting will also re sult in all Rotarians being present. All the ministers in the city have also been invited today to be guests of the Rotarians. Last week Senator “Bob” Reynolds was the speaker and word that he would be brought out a “crowded house.” Most of the members had guests with them, and in addition to a rip-snorting meal everybody listen ed to a sure enough rip snorting talk. “Our Bob” was at his very best and he relieved himself of about as fluent and glib an address as has ever been heard in Edenton. He strictly eschewed politics and de clared himself warmly and enthus iastically for Parson Ashby’s more or less self-appointed task of having the government declare this section of the Albemarle a historic national park. In fact the Senator was on hand because the Parson had told him of the park idea and had pre vailed upon him to drop down here from Gatesville, where he spoke the night before, and lend endorsement (Continued on Page Seven) Lights, Trees, Dogs, Jail Arouse Councilmanic Wail j “MARY” .»♦— ■—»——; ——- —= —■— FRAULEIN ANNY RUTZ Miss Rutz, who took the part of the “Virgin Mother” in the Passion Play at Oberammergau, will lecture in Edenton on November 18 in the High School auditorium. PASSION PLAYER HERE ONNOV. 18 Anny Rutz of Oberam mergau Troupe to Ap pear at High School Edenton will be signally honored on Wednesday, November 18, when Miss Anny Rutz, who played the part of Mary in the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany, will ap pear in the Edenton school audi- j torium to give a lecture. Miss Rutz will appear in only a limited number of North Carolina towns and her ap pearance here is expected to draw a large audience from surrounding ter ritory. Fraulein Anny Rutz, twice elected by the Passion Play committee of her j native village, to enact the part of “Mary, the Mother of Jesus” in the world famous Passion Play at Ober ammergau, in Bavaria, Germany, is; now in America and will bring to the people of this community a mes-1 sage of these famous people. Pictures j of the country surrounding Oberam mergau and the Passion Play, illus-1 trated with 100 beautiful slides, have j never before been seen on this con tinent and perhaps may never be seen again here. Fraulein Rutz played the “Virgin j Mother” in the year 1930 and again I in the year 1934 when the 300th an-I niversary of the play was commemo- i rated. She is the only person in 300 j years to have ever played a leading part twice in succession. Ancestors of hers have played in the Passion ! Play since its inception in the year 1634. Her program is as fascinating as it is unique and is a thrilling per- j formance. The pictures are vivid and beautiful, depicting the very j spirit of Oberammergau. Miss Rutz captivates her audience appearing in native Bavarian costume, speaking a distinct English. Those who will attend will exper ience a truly delightful entertain ment, which brings out the spiritual, cultural and dramatic aspects of the Passion Play—the play that has stood the test of the ages and will live forever. Red Men’s Degree Team Reorganized The degree team of Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, was reorganized Monday night in preparation for degree work to be put on by the local Tribe when the regional meeting of the Order is held here early in November. The team is captained by G. E. Cullipher with Jimmy Crummy acting as coach, the two conducting a very suc cessful practice Monday night after the regular business was transacted. Another rehearsal will be held next Monday night when the regular meeting will be cut short in order to allow more time for practice. A complete team has been enlisted with considerable interest in the work and hopes are entertained to develop one of the best teams ever boasted by Chowan Tribe. All members are urged to be present Monday night. BISHOP DARST IN CHICAGO Friends in Edenton will be inter ested to know that Bishop Thomas C. Darst is in Chicago this week at tending a meeting of the House of Bishops. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wul reaUae good results. $1.25 Per Year Mint Warren Starts the Ball; Ashby Rolls It Down the Hall MOMENTUOUS! But Paving Projects Re sult And That Is Something Town Council held one of the longest sessions Tuesday night in re cent months, when two puzzling problems confronted the Town Fath ers and after lengthy discussions pro and con the matters ended al most where they started. Parson C. Aylett Ashby appeared before the Councilmen to complain about the danger of continued speeding on Broad Street as well as the nuisance of dogs prowling about the city at night. Members of the Board agreed that there was too much speeding on Broad Street and that the lives of school children are imperiled unless something is done to curb this law violation. The Board had just about decided to remove the stop light now at Queen and Mosely Streets and place it at the corner of Broad and Church Streets, and to purchase a new blinker for the former crossing. However, at this point Clerk R. E. Leary informed the Councilmen that at present the general fund had been overdrawn and that the financial situation was not so bright. This information put an abrupt end to the plan and instead members of the Board will consult John A. Holmes, superintendent of Edenton schools as to the possibility of using some of the older boys in school to serve as traffic policemen during the time school children are on their way to and from school. It was the con census of opinion that traffic should be directed at four intersections, Church and Broad Streets, Queen and Broad Streets, Court and Queen Streets and Court and Church Streets. The dog nuisance consumed a sim ilar amount of time, but no solution was reached. It was brought out that many dogs roam the streets at night and in the early morning, barking and awakening residents, and aside from that overturn gar bage cans, scattering the contents all over lawns. The Councilmen agreed that it was hard to legislate against dogs and their only remedy is to make a plea to owners of dogs to keep them confined at night. Chief Helms, however, last week killed three dogs and owners are warned that if the nuisance continues they will likely be minus their pet. D. M. Warren, chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, ap peared before Council, asking that (Continued on Page Seven) GANDERSON STORE ROBBED MONDAY Biggest Robbery to Take Place In Edenton; Police Making Every Effort, But No Clue Yet Just about the most brazen, best executed and biggest robbery to take place in Edenton occurred Monday night when S. Ganderson & Sons’ store was entered, the thieves getting away with a large quantity of the best grade of suits, leather coats, overcoats, neckties, shoes, hats, shirts, belts and two suit cases. The safe, the outside door of which was not locked, was also entered, the lock to an inside money drawer be ing broken and robbed of about $35 in cash. The thieves tried to enter the store by prying open the front door on Broad Street, but being unsuc cessful broke into the side door on King Street. The robbery was not discovered until Ben Ganderson, manager of the store, arrived to open up Tuesday morning. A new stock of goods had been put in the store last week and that the work was not done by amateurs is evident by the fact that clothes were strewn all over the store and the best grades stolen. j The thieves left no clues the rob bery proving to be the most baffling mystery ever facing the present po lice force. Word was at once sent to all surrounding towns to be on the look-out for the stolen goods and a trip made by Patrolman Pratt to towns to the south failed to result in any clues as to the apprehension of the thieves. The police are con tinuing their efforts to solve the mystery.
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