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Volume 111. —Number 49.
Annual Canvass Ready For
Sale Os Christmas Seals
Start Next Week In
Yearly Fight Against
Tuberculosis
NEEDGREAT
Receipts Go Largely For
Prevention of Disease
In State
Once again another of the nation’s
greatest Christmas joy opportunities,
the sale of Tuberculosis Christmas
Seals, is to be brought before the
citizens of Chowan. Commencing
early next week and running through
until Christmas Day the county will
be canvassed as it never has been
before to sell these little sticker
stamps with a puffy cheeked, stubby
nosed Santa Claus on them in a
fight against the great White Plague,
and it is expected and hoped that
the canvas will be the most success
ful Edenton and all of Chowan has
ever had.
This year Mrs. J. A. Moore is to
be again in charge of the canvass
with her chief aid, Mrs. R. C. Holland.
Canvassers will be designated for
all the Edenton wards and county
precincts, and the seals will be offer
ed in addition in most of the places
of business everywhere. As in other
years the seals will sell for one cent
each but there will be no limit on the
number that can be bought by any
one.
Except for the double barred cross,
the fighting trademark of the Tub
erculosis Association of the United
States which has been annually wag
ing its campaign since 1904, there
will be nothing on the seal this year
further than the cheerio face of Old
Saint Nick and the words “Holiday
Greetings,” which will make the
seals especially servicable as gift de
corations over the Yuletide or for
the closing, as usual of envelope letter
flaps.
A partial list of the canvassers
already selected who will meet with
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Holland at the
former’s home on West King Street
Monday between 4 and 5 o’clock to
plan the campaign.
There is probably no greater need
for help in the national campaign
against consumption than can be
shown through the purchase of the
attractive and ornamental Christmas
Seals. The sale is endorsed every
where by every civic and federal or
ganization, and while having no di
rect connection with the American
Red Cross has the enthusiastic sup
port of that great welfare organiza
tion. It is actually the only means
of seeking individual support this
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Traffic Squad Awaits
Arrival Os New Hats
Belts and badges for four Edenton
High School boys who will act as
directors of traffic at dangerous
street intersections have arrived in
Edenton, but according to Miss Lena
Mason, local manager of the Carolina
Motor Club, a special order had to be
made for the caps, which are ex
pected to arrive at any time.
Following complaints made to
Town Council regarding the danger
to school children while crossing
streets to and from school, the local
school agreed to furnish four of the
larger boys to act as traffic officers
while children are passing. They will
go on duty immediately upon the ar
rival of the remainder of their para
phernalia. One of the boys will act
as captain of the squad, the badges
designating the rank of the officers.
It is expected that the new scheme
will materially reduce speeding es
pecially in the vicinity of Broad and
Church Streets, for while the boys
will not be empowered to make ar
rests they will report violations and
appear in court in behalf of any ar
rests made.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING
TONIGHT AT RED MEN HALL
The regular December meeting of
the Auxiliary of the American Le-J
gion will be held tonight (Thursday) J
at 8 o’clock, in the Red Men Hall. |
Mrs. W. W. Byrum, chairman of
the junior Auxiliary committee, plans
to have members of the junior Aux
iliary present an interesting pro
gram.
Mrs. W. E. Baker, president of Hie
Auxiliary, urges all members to at
tend, as only by the full cooperation
of all members can the Auxiliary
function properly.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
MONEY IN HAND
FOR SCHOOL WORK
Rapid Progress at Cross Roads;
Work on Edenton School Held
Up Until Spring
Now that the County is in posses
sion of $107,000 new money through
the sale of an issue of bonds and
notes to carry on school improve
ments, and has its old time
credit by its recent refunding bond
issue, plans are under way to rush
through the work already started on
the new high school going up beyond
Small’s Cross Roads and to begin the
many changes proposed at the Eden
ton school as soon as the spring
semester is over.
The double bond disposal here was
probably carried through quicker
than any other county bond transfer
in the State. The close proximity of
ratification of the constitutional
amendments was in one way respon
sible for this, and had the sales been
delayed even three or four days it is
quite possible there would have been
a tie up that would have occasioned
i much discomfort and procrastination.
The refunding issue was to make
good on around $53,000 of defaulted
county bonds. The proposal was ap
proved by the Local Government
Commission in Raleigh, and the quick
bid of the Bank of Edenton for the
entire issue at 4 per cent was accept
ed. This was followed in rapid fire
order by the new raising of $90,000
through county notes and bond back
ing, and the equally quick bid of the
Brandt Banking Company, with
headquarters in Wilson, for the
greater proportion of this amount,
and a smaller bid for the balance by
the Bank of Edenton, both bids at
3t4 percent, were accepted. This
latter amount and the $17,000 the
county secured through insurance on
the destroyed high school at Cross
Roads gives the substantial working
capital with which to build the new
school and do what is required to the
Edenton institution.
Work at Cross Roads, which start
ed prior to the bond sales, has been
progressing rapidly and County Sup
erintendent W. J. Taylor reported
yesterday that the foundation for the
new large building is practically com
pleted and that by spring the edifice
would be finished. No effort will be
made to occupy it, however, until the
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'Fishermen Object To
Limiting Shad Season
Local shad fishermen may be inte
rested in the report of a meeting
their compatriots working the waters
farther east had this week with R.
Bruce Etheridge, director of the De
partment of Conservation and deve
lopment. The meeting was at Man
teo and the shadders registered com
plaint against limiting the season, as
proposed, from February 15 to April
15, which Mr. Etheridge said would
be the likely period.
Clarence L. Midgett, of Manns
Harbor, their spokesman, told Mr.
Etheridge the fishermen wanted the
season to gun as at present from
middle January until middle May, and
that the time to protect the shad was
during the spawning season in May
and June. The other speakers said
the proposed change in season would
work an especial hardship on the
pound netters, and urged that it be
extended.
Contributions Asked
For Stocking Fund
The annual Stocking Fund sponsor
ed by the Service League of St.
Paul’s Church, -will today begin its
campaign for funds. Through this
fund Christmas cheer is furnished
the poor children of Edenton who
might otherwise go unremembered.
It is non-denominational in its work,
stockings being sent to children of
any denomination on Christmas eve.
The League is very anxious to re
ceive donations as soon as possible
and any person interested in this
worthy cause may send contributions
to, or notify Miss Louise Coke or
Mrs. William O. Elliott, Jr. The
drive for funds begins today and
will continue until Christmas week.
MERRY HILL HAS TELEPHONE
Merry Hill residents are much
elated that they again have tele
phone communication. It has been
sdtee time since one could send or
receive a message by telephone in
Merry Hill, but now a pay telephone
has been installed in Mr. Pruden’s
store.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 3, 1936.
DESPITE REBUFF
ASHBY PROMISES
CONTINUED FIGHT
Parson Says He May
Take Stump on Park
Question
UNDAUNTED
Rector Now Pins Faith
In Senators Reynolds
And Bailey
When questioned last week about
certain news articles recently appear
ing in daily papers about the prob
ability of a national park in the Al
bemarle section, Representative
Lindsay C. Warren said he feared
there was much misunderstanding
about the matter and that a national
park for Eastern Carolina, except
possibly on the beach, was out of the
question. Mr. Warren said that na
tional parks comprised several hund
red thousand acres of land, noted for
scenic beauty and donated without
cost to the government. He said
(here was no such area in the east
ern section of the State.
The statement of Mr. Warren fol
lows:
“In view of several news articles
in Elizabeth City and Edenton papers
about a proposed national park for
the Albemarle section, I fear there
has been considerable misunderstand
ing. There is no chance in the world
for a national park in the Albemarle
section or any other section of East
ern Carolina with the possible excep
tion of the beach. A national park
consists of several hundred thousand
acres, outstanding in scenic beauty
and must be donated without cost to
the government. We have no such
area in Eastern Carolina that would
come up to these requirements, so a
national park is simply out of the
question.
“For some time I have been work
ing to secure a national recreational
area on the North Carolina coast be
tween Oregon and Hatteras Inlets.
Both the government and state al
ready own a large acreage and sev
eral individuals are interested and
will make gifts of land if the project
materializes. This is our only hope
for a park or pleasure ground in the
East.
“In 1935, Congress passed the Na
tional Monument Act. This provides
that the National Park Service may
accept without cost to the govern
ment such outstanding national his
toric shrines as it deems worthy. The
Park Service is not permitted to pur
chase any place. Once such a place
was accepted, it would then be prop
erly maintained by the Park Service.
For a year we have been trying to
donate Fort Raleigh to the Park
Service under this act, but it has not
yet been accepted.
“Another provision of the National
Monument Act permits the Park Ser
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Revival Starts Sunday
At Assembly Os God
Revival services will begin Sun
day night in the Pentecostal Assem
bly of God Church in North Eden
ton, when Andrew Sterling, British
evangelist from Scotland, will preach.
Mr. Sterling is a very forceful
speaker and doutbless will command
large audiences after once hearing
him.
The termination of the revival
has not been decided upon at pres
ent, and services are scheduled to
be held every evening at 7:30 o’clock
except Saturday when no service
will be held. Everybody is cordial
ly invited to attend as many of the
meetings as possible.
The evangelist’s subject for Sun
day night will be “Two Things You
Must Do,’’ and included in his list of
sermons will be “Christ or Anti-
Christ,” “Wien the Undertaker
Calls” and “The Relapse of the
Gentiles and the Return of the Jews.”
Members Christmas
Club Receive $13,500
Thirteen thousand five hundred dol
lars was released into various chan
nels of trade in Edenton last week
when checks to that amount were
sent by the Bank of Edenton to mem
bers of their 1936 Christmas Savings
Club. This popular form of saving
will enable many to pay taxes, cut
down bills and possibly in the major
ity of cases allow the purchasing of
Christmas presents which otherwise
would have been impossible.
the 1937 Club is now open and
members may enroll at any time
during banking hours.
RED CROSS ENDS
ROLL CALL WITH
340 NEW NAMES
Membership Drive Runs
Over Top By Almost
One Hundred
$371, SUBSCRIBED
Liberal Response Shown
By J. N. Pruden’s
Final Report
That Chowan County may well be
proud of the splendid result of the
annual Red Cross Roll Call is evident
by Mrs. J. N. Pruden’s final report
made Tuesday. Chowan’s quota was
250 members and though there may
be still a few scattered members re
ported later, the final figure reached
a membership of 337 members, plus
three contributing members, bringing
the total amount of money subscribed
during the drive to $371.
Mrs. Pruden, chairman of the
[Chowan County Chapter, is delighted
at the very liberal response made to
the appeal for members and desires
to thank especially the canvassers
who assisted so ably as well as all
who showed their approval of Red
Cross activities by joining during the
drive.
Those who have joined and whose
names have not appeared in The
Herald before follow:
Mrs. B. W. Evans, Canvasser—W.
T. Eason, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hollo
well, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott, J. C.
Byrum, Z. W. Evans, Willie Monds,
John Speight, Miss Gladys Kim
borough.
Miss Emma Byrum, Canvasser—
Mrs. Theodore Roberts.
Mrs. Branning Perry, Canvasser—
Roy Spry.
Miss Pearl Whichard, Canvasser—
Mrs. E. S. Norman and Mrs. J. C.
Badham.
Mrs. Lee Moore. Canvasser—Mrs.
Lee Moore, Mrs. A. T. Bush, Mrs. J.
A. Mitchener, Mrs. Earl Goodwin.
Mrs.. Sidney Campen, Canvasser—
Mrs. J. G. Campen, Mrs. E. L.
Pierce, Mrs. Thomas Wood, Pender’s
Store, S. Hobowsky, Mrs. S. W. Tay
lor, S. W. Taylor.
Mrs. D. M. Warren, Canvasser—
Mrs. W. A. Leggett and Mrs. John C.
Bond.
Mrs. J. Earnhardt, Canvasser—
Fifth Grade. Miss Edna Goodwin,
teacher; Miss Edna Goodwin, Miss
Ruth Davenport, Mrs. G. W. Good
win, Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt, W. S.
SummereH, Mrs. W. H. Coffield, Mrs.
Rachel Pearce.
Mrs. R. E. Leary, Canvasser—Mrs.
Mary E. Ward, Mrs. O. C. Byrum,
Mrs. R. F. Tuttle, Gulf Service Sta
tion, Mrs. R. E. Leary, Mrs. John C.
Badham, Mrs. Ethel Baity.
Mrs. J. A. Moore, Canvasser—Mrs.
W. 0. Elliott, Sr., Mrs. George Dail,
Mrs. Isaac Hobowsky.
Mrs. Ep. Debnam, Canvasser—Mrs.
Cramer, Shelton Tucker, Capt. Leon
Billington, Ben Ganderson, W. R.
Horton, Mrs. Herbert Leary, Miss
Clara Wheeler, Mrs. Ep. Debnam.
Mrs. Ray Hollowell, Canvasser—
Earl Goodwin, Joseph M. Vail, J. H.
Holmes, Mitchener’s Pharmacy, P. T.
Owens.
Rocky Hock Home Demonstration
Club.
Mrs. Wallace Jones, Canvasser—
Mrs. M. G. Jones, T. Wallace Jones,
J. N. Oglesby, Bass & Layton, Miss
Clara Wheeler.
Colored Members
Mrs. Pruden especially compliment
ed the efforts of colored people, who
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Harney Paintings Go
On Exhibit Dec. 11th
Paintings by W. Selby Harney,
formerly of Edenton, will be exhibit
ed in the Parish House for one week,
beginning Friday, December 11. A
silver tea will be held in connection
with the exhibit on the opening day,
the hours for which will be from 3
to 6 o’clock in the afternoon and 7:30
to 9 o’clock at night. During the re
mainder of the exhibit the Parish
House will be open from 3to 5
o’clock each day except Sunday when
the time will be from 2 to 5 o’clock.
The Harneys will arrive in Edenton
early on the opening day to arrange
the paintings and considerable inter
est has been aroused over the exhibit,
to which a small admission charge
will be made.
COTTON GINNINGS
F. W. Hobbs, special agent for tKe
Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, reports that there were
2,962 bales of cotton ginned in Chow
an County from the crop of 1936
prior to November 14 as compared
with 2,737 bales ginned to November
14 of the 1935 crop.
District Auxiliary Holds
Annual Meeting Yesterday
SOON ADVERTISE
FOR BIDS TO BUILD j
SOUND BRIDGE
Chairman Waynick Hopeful Contract
Will Be Awarded Before Meet
ing of General Assembly
Chairman Capus M. Waynick of
the State Highway Commission, an
nounced yesterday that plans for the
long vehicular bridge over the Albe-|
marie Sound would be ready this
week and that advertisements for the!
contract will proceed immediately. It
is the hope of the Commission that
the bridge contract can be awarded
beffre the General Assembly meets
next month.
Mr. Waynick said he had been in
formed this week that the U. S. Bu
reau of Public Roads had approved
the use of $1,000,000 in funds, half to
be contributed by the federal govern
ment and half by the State, for use
in construction of the bridge which
will cost $1,300,000. The cost above
the approved million, said the chair
man, would be put up by the State
and federal governments “on a dol
lar for dollar” basis.
Chairman Waynick said the inter
est of the Resettlement Administra
tion had been “influential” with the
Bureau of Public Roads in obtaining
the approval.
Explaining that the request for the;
federal aid allocation originated with
the Highway Commission, Waynick
said the resettlement project in
Washington and Tyrrell counties had
proved helpful in obtaining approval
of the funds:
“The Resettlement Administration
has made large purchases of land in
the rich area around Phelps Lake on
the borders of the counties,” he said.
“The plan to construct the bridge
had some weight with the adminis
tration in carrying through this pro
ject.
“The agricultural lands south of
Albemarle Sound are highly produc- j
tive but the isolation from the mark-[
at caused by the Sound has discour
aged the development of smal l as I
well as large farming operations in
the area. The bridge connections
now approved will shorten the dis
tance to Richmond, Baltimore, and j
W ashington markets for a large area !
south of the Sound, by from 50 to 70
miles,” the chairman said.
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New Auditorium At
Colerain Opens Friday
The new Colerain auditorium and j
agricultural room will be ready for,
opening on Friday, and in celebration
of the event the faculty of the school
will present the play, “Daddy Long
Legs,” at 7:30 o’clock Friday night.
A cordial invitation is extended
everybody to attend, as the proceeds
of the play will go toward making
the school grounds more attractive. I
Social Security Act
Rotary Subject Today
Following the suspended meeting
last week of the Edenton Rotary
Club, N. K. Rowell, president, is an
ticipating a 100 percent attendance
at the meeting of the Club in the
Parish House at 1 o’clock today. As
a special feature of this meeting C.
E. Kramer has been asked to speak
on the U. S. Social Security Act,
which is more or less the topic of
conversation these days.
An opportunity will be given Ro
tarians to ask questions regarding
the social security scheme and the
meeting is expected to prove very
profitable to all who attend.
T. Wallace Jones New
Hardware Merchant
T. Wallace Jones was high bidder
for the stock of the Jno. C. Bond
Hardware Company which was sold
by sealed bids last Wednesday after- 1
noon. There were six bidders for
the stock. Mr. Jones’ figure exceeding
his nearest competitor by S2OO.
The store was opened for business}
on Friday morning, with no change i
in the personnel being planned by the
new owner. William Perry will con-[
tinue as clerk, with the bookkeeping
department in charge of Miss Eliza-!
beth Wozelka. T. B. Smith will also
serve as extra clerk.
Mr. Jones has also leased the store,
where he plans to display his oil
burning stoves. This stock of stoves
had been displayed since early fall in
the Dixon building on East King
Street. His plumbing business will
continue to be located in the building
on South Broad Street.
i This newspaper is circu-
I lated in the territory
where Advertisers wiU
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Delegates Hear State
President In Flatter
ing Report
sessionljvely
Membership Far Ahead
Os Same Time Last
Year
Edenton was the focal point yes
terday for the first of a series of an
nual district meetings of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary of Eastern
North Carolina, the session here be
ing held in the First Methodist
Church, bringing in representatives
from the various posts in the First,
or Albemarle, District, many of
whom brought encouraging reports
of progress, and all of whom were
honored by the presence of Mrs. C.
P. Andrew, of Charlotte, their State
president, and Miss Aurelia Adams,
of the same city, their State secre
tary-treasurer.
Both Mrs. Andrew and Miss
Adams made extensive and interest
ing addresses, as did Mrs. J. P. Mer
cer, of Elizabeth City, district com
mitteewoman, who presided at the
gathering; Mrs. W. S. Hooper, also
of Elizabeth City, who presented the
State guests of honor; Mrs. W. E.
Baker, local Auxiliary president;
Mrs. Jesse White, of Edenton, who
extended greetings; Mrs. F. E. Co
hoon, of Columbia, district vice pres
ident and others. During the ses
sion Mrs. T. C. Byrum sang sev
eral solos, being accompanied by
Mrs. Wood Privott, and at the con
clusion of the meeting the guests re
paired to the Parish House across the
way, where they were feasted on a
delicious turkey dinner.
Following the gathering here Mrs.
Andrew and Miss Adams hurried to
Williamston to take part yesterday
afternoon in a similar gathering of
[delegates represting the Fourth Dis
trict Auxiliary, and later will con
duct meetings in Washington and
Rocky Mount.
In her address, the main talk of
the meeting, Mrs. Andrew spoke en
couragingly of the progress the
auxiliary is making in the State and
nation. She said that the national
1936 membership was 420,000 and
that present indications were that
goal would be easily exceeded for
1937, inasmuch as tne enrollment for
the country up to November 25 last
was already 255,930, an increase na
tionally over the previous enroll
ment for the same period of 123,000.
The North Carolina membership, she
said, presaged a 1937 quota of 5,081,
with the enrollment to date totaling
3,079.
Earlier in her talk Mrs. Andrew,
who proved herself an earnest speak
er, stressed a number of important
projects the Auxiliary stood behind
for the forthcoming year. These in
clude pensions for widows and or
phans of ex-service men, a universal
service bill, to maintain peace as well
as more adequate defense, not for
purposes of war, she explained, but
for preparation in case of outside at
tack, continuing the work of rehabili
tation for incapacitated veterans, the
study of juvenile delinquency and the
prevention of same, general commun
ity service, music programs at all
sessions, and child welfare.
Miss Adams spoke statistically of
membership work in the different
eastern districts and urged the Aux
iliaries to continue their interest in
Poppy Day programs and Gold Star
Mother Memorial Days.
At the outset of the gathering
Rev. George W. Blount offered the
invocation, and afterward the dele
gates repeated their pledge of alle
giance to the flag. Mrs. Mercer, the
presiding officer, called a roll of the
various units and Elizabeth City re
presentatives reported that owing to
I the inclement weather Manteo had
failed of representation at the gath
j ering. Mrs. Man-in Revell, of Wil
son, was scheduled for an address,
also, but was unable to be on hand.
Schoolmasters’ Club
Meets Here Monday
I
! Edenton will be host to the School
j masters Club of this district on Mon
day night, when a district meeting
will be held in Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The district covers seven counties
north of the Chowan River and will
attract in the neighborhood of 50
teachers, superintendents and princi
pals in the territory.
An interesting program has been
planned for the occasion.