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Volume IH—Number 50.
Christmas Gifts Galore In Edenton
Credit Restored, Move Mowj
Under Way For WPA firmt <
Edenton School Seeking
Federal Aid For Con
templated Repairs
S6B»OOO~NEEDED
County Would Save
Largely By Hoped
For Deal
Now that Ohm Oit|^ire«f
lished through its rend reftnJNt
bond issue to take up tefonlta* sn
started ywhidg to secure Mini
WPA aid to sake poontelo proponed
improveawats to tfe Edenton Grad-1
<ed School, and aa omowted resolu
tion seeking sack a giant, signed by
both the Edenton Baud of Bferotiim
ers, has been token to Chapel HHI
by Principal John A. Holmes fw pre
sentation to toe Local Government
Commission.
The resolution, which supercedes
ail others presented in toe past aad
makes the issue appear on the re
cords as a brand new one, calls for
a federal giant of 45 per cent of a
$68,004 total, which will be what wfl!
be necessary to do the proposed work
here. The 55 per cent balance of
this total will, of course, to pledged
or guaranteed by toe county, aad if •
.the grant goes through as toped, 1
will make the county's share of toe
than it has proposed to hew through
, in Edenton and toe new school at to*
The cost of the work on the fiden
ton School carries a single Item of
expenditure of s4*ooo fw gte con-!
struction of an auditorium in toe
rear of the present budding, and
$28,000 additional for further im
provements to toe building. The
Edenton share of the new bond issue 1
would hardly cover the cost of the
auditorium atone, and if utilised
would give toe town a school andt-j
torium far inferior to what the
school board and its architect, Frank
Benton, of Wilson, has tod u mind.
But under the WPA grant, hs ask
. ed tor, tibe original auditorium plan
could be carried out to too letter,
and all toe other improvements stoc
tariy executed, giving Edenton a
thoroughly complete school aad pre
senting it with an auditorium com
parable with any such in torn portion
of toe state.
It would, also, us has toon stated.
lay by the county, which was me fe
flvmtog factor on the port of ton
commissioner* to a ratification as to*
totoT"w
Mr. Holmes and Mr. Heaton are
pronto with due fieuncml skirts
and are m a position to make a gua
rantee share pledge baaed on the as
surance toe county has mem mo past
County Counsel W. D. Praten ue
rifetog feetTof
luck tout if you tea the county cun
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Hen Os P. & Peny
Showing Advance
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When k comen bo toe true Christ
mas spirit P. & Perry, of toe Reeky
Hock uetekbarkeud is an deck this
year with ad beds ringing- %
and a frisky white Leghorn hen hove
jemed terms, apparently, to make
;i ii idiotnl the chick with her lay
ing and Mr. Perry with his entoas-
Fbr tote wank Mr. Perry appeared
ribtw*wtto tim sine
of turkey eggs, and each a fired
meal of itself to the Bnffiap home.
The eggs were double yrikers, and
rip-snorting beg Leghorn outpour
ings, the largest hem’s eggs seem in
tote neck of the woods since toe old
Doounicker performed so heroically
back of the Water Street bourn for
Mr. Perry said the hen, an especial
tevwriibe, had presented him with a
tuft of tke eggs sai ter, and was
burping bravely at her task. He
»*i<u she bus hud access to a par
ticularly fee cettard patch, but
others in toe sectiaa lay it to grab
worms of which she is especially
tend. Who's next?
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Dr. Frederick H. Koch
Reads Christmas Carol
At Cofermin Saturday
Cole ro in will be signally honored
Saturday night when Dr. Frederick
H. Koch, fend of toe Deportment of
Dramatic Art as toe University of
North Carolina and director of toe
Carolina Haymakers, wilt read Dar
kens’ “A Christmas Carol” in eriehra
tiaa of the Christmas season- Cole
rain is among ten communities where
Dr. Koch appears Hus year, among
which will be Raleigh ea December!
13, and Town Hall in New York on
December 16-
Dr. Koch will relate the beloved $>
story of oM Scrooge and Tiny Tim,!
using toe same reading version pre~|
seated by Dickens when the author"
read toe story.
Dr. Koch has green his reading of,
the “Carol” ter over one hundred
times ter all sorts of audiences—from
Dakota to Near England and toe
South, ta Near York where Dickens
himself read toe famous story. Dr.
Kuril has given his interpretation
efeht tames.
fefely attract a large crowd not
The wdteg will be given in toe
Donations lagging
FW Stocking Fond
Jfr'temwllfem ** Vi&WOl Elliott,
Stocking Fund of toe Service Lae
gwe as St Pate's Church. Fuads
will, as iu punt yours, be used to
give a Christmas treat to poor
ckOdreo as toe riky, and Mrs. Elliott
u. Miss I !■», Cots, wfco h.,4
bread to rise too high
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 10,1936.
FOOTBALL SQUAD
HUNDRED GUEST
OF ROTARY CLUB
Jim Weaver and Her
man Hickman of Wake
Forest Special Guests
| BOTHTOSPEAK
I Annual Event to be
Noteworthy Occasion
For Both Groups
Athletically, Edenton will come in
ter quite a share as distinction to
night when toe Edenton High School
football squad wffl be toe guests of
honor of toe Rotary Club at the
Parish House, h addition to the lo
cal gridders aad their coach, David
Holton, the occasion will he other
wise made noteworthy by the pres
ence of dim Weaver, head coach of
Wake Forest College, and Herman
: Hickman, line coach. Both of these
visitors will enliven the gathering
with tales of their experiences on the
gridiron.
Tonight's affair will supercede the
usual 1 o’clock luncheon of the Ro
tarians and will be in the nature of
aa auqaml honor bestowed upon the
local players, their coach and their
club managers, Junius Davis and
Joe Conger. It is an event always
| looked forward to with pleasure by
both the Rotariams and the school
I boys, and the totter will especially
be interested iu fearing what might
be said by couches from a college.
Couch Weaver has written that he
and Hickmaa will be here, and will
he glad to make a short talk. Weaver
is countered oue of the best college
! coaches to the Broth, and It was
I" under him that Holton became toe
tone letter star he did at Wake
Forest.
I Hickman was picked as an All-
Amexwcaa guard after distinguishing
i himself as a player at the University
|ef Tennessee four years ago. Later
j,fe carried oro with great honors as a
| professiojiial in Brooklyn, N. Y., and
' still later in California when he per
| formed in an East-West profession
jjal football warfare in California.
Both visitors have been highly
honored to their profession and
| Edenton Rotariams feel a privileged
pleasure to having them with them
| tonight. Tonight’s dinner promises j
L a 10© per cent Rotarton presence, '
with many of the members having]
guests at the meal. It is expected
that around 5© persons will be in
attendance.
Twenty-two boys compose this
yearih Edeuton squad, the following
being invited by toe Rotarians to at
tend: James Corneas, Josiah Elliott,
Reuben Miller, James Smith, Edward
Bess, John By-rum, Sidney White,
Fred Hoskins, Melvin Layton, Wil
liam Cbyton, John Martin Harrell,
Pdte Everett, Tbm Bynnn, Edmund
Mills. Billy Shepard, George Ward,
Robert Chessom, Clyde Spencer, El
wood Nixon, D. S. Stiles, Meredith
Jones and Dick Badham.
The Edenton team fete a very sue-|
Holton, despite the fact that they
were eliminated by a one-point mar
gin from participating to toe race
ter district and State honors. The
team was practically reorganised
with but tew teuiwaid veterans back
to uniform and to spite of this hand
icap all games were won except the
T*4 contest with Htoafeth City and
u iwitliw tte with Roanoke Rapxk
team was defeated by Mills
Hams ter the State Cteaa B cham-
Local Dram Corps
Ready For Service
Coaside mbit progress is being
mate by the recently organised
drum and bogie corps, the director,
C L. Meddlers reporting to John A.
Holmes, commander of Ed Bond Post
[aortag toe organization, that
*t may be called upon at any time
Ito parade for any occasion. Mr. Me-'
I Cullers soys the boys have practiced
only on* march, but are able to en-
I liven any event which may need their
At prairat three are 44 bogies and
I appuarT
| the movement. •
VIRGINIA MUSEUM
TO BE GIVEN ONE
OF TOWN CANNON
Town Fathers View
Generosity as Good
Publicity
historic"RELlCS
Cannon at Queen and
Granville Streets One
To Be Given
At the request of the Mariners’
Museum at Newport News, Town
Council on Tuesday night agreed to
donate one of the Revolutionary can
non to the Virginia institution to be
included in the vast selection of
maritime relics already on display.
The request was made through W.
D. Pruden, who recently visited the
museum. He read the letter receiv
ed by him from museum officials, in
which it was stated that Edenton
would materially benefit by the pub
licity it would receive through the
exhibit.
The matter was thoroughly dis
cussed by the Councilmen before
taking action, and in view of the
fact that a number of other cannon
are placed at various points, it was
thought that the publicity the town
will receive would be worth the
donation.
Huge crowds visit the Mariners’
Museum and only the highest praise
has been heard of the extremely in
teresting displays.
The Councilmen decided to donate
the cannon which is now located at
the comer of Queen and Greenville
Streets in front of the home of
Mrs. H. M. S. Cason. The consensus
d£ opinion was that very few people
notice the cannon at its present lo
cation, some members of the Board
not even knowing one was located at
this particular corner.
A placard will be printed and at
tached to the cannon when put on
exhibit giving some of the history
cvonnected with it as well as where
it was secured by the museum.
The cannon is one of 12 which
were brought from France after the
war and already two are exhibited in
New York and two in Raleigh, and
one was smashed by a junkman.
66 DOG OWNERS
| LIABLE TO ARREST
| Report Shows This Number Had
Dogs Inoculated But Have
Bought No License
Sixty-six owners of dogs in Eden
ton will have to pay their dog li
cense or be embarrassed by facing
a warrant for their arrest This was
decided Tuesday night when a report
from Miss Louise Coke, Town Tax
Collector, revealed that she had re
cords of 66 dog owners who had
dogs inoculated, but have not pur-,
chased city license tags.
The Councilmen sensed this feeling
of unfairness toward those who have
abided by the law and paid their dog
licenses and accordingly instructed
police to notify the 66 failing to do
so that unless licenses were bought
within a certain time warrants for
their arrest would be issued.
The names of all 66 were read at
the meeting Tuesday night.
Children’s Orchestra
Holds First Practice
Considerable progress is being
made with the children’s orchestra
sponsored by the Auxiliary of tke
American Legion. Thirteen members
have enrolled, with toe first practice
taking place Wednesday in the high
school auditorium.
Mrs. W. E. Baker is director of the
group, with the following taking
part:
Pauline Moore, violin; Ruth By
rum, Hawaiian guitar; Catherine
Reeves, first clarinet; Norma Perry,
first clarinet; John Albert Holmes,
second clarinet; Emmett Wiggins,
first cornet; George Byrum, first
cornet; Shelton Moore, Jr., second
cornet; Carroll Stewart, second cor
net; D. S. Sidles, first trombone bass
clef; Durward Harrell, second trom
bone bass clef; Daniel Reeves, bass
drum and cymbals; Mary Forehand,
pianist.
PLAN TO BUY BUILDING
. Mrs. W. H. Winbome has been
ppmed to have dferge of the ite
rhateng of a building to tfe CroM
Baste paction to be wed as aa Epb-
Greatest Yuletide Display
Ever Offered To Shoppers
Commissioners To
Be “Hard Boiled”
Relative To Taxes
L n /
Convinced that leniency has little
merit in the collection of taxes, the
County Commissioners on Monday
morning decided to become “hard
boiled” to this respect. For the past
five years or so advertising for sale
property of delinquent taxpayers has
been postponed from one month to
another, when it was thought folks
would be better able to pay.
Not so next year, however, for the
Board is unanimous in its desire to
maintain good credit now that de
faulted bonds have been taken care
of. Accordingly, on May 1, 1937, all
those who have not paid their 1937
taxes will be advertised, with the
sale of the property scheduled to
take place the first Monday fn June.
The Commissioners argue that if
taxes are paid as they should be
there would be little trouble in trans
acting the County’s business ac
cording to the budget, and it is their
purpose to stick as close to the bud
get as possible. In order to do this
tax money must come in, which they
have decided will—or else.
Meeting Os Farmers
Saturday Afternoon
At Court House
A meeting for the farmers of
Chowan County will be held in the
Court House Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the purpose of which is to
acquaint farmers generally with the
advantages of affiliation with the
Farm Bureau. A number of speak
ers will be on the program including
E. F. Arnold executive secretary for
the North Carolina Farm Bureau.
Quite a few of the leading farm
ers of Chowan are already members
of the Farm Bureau and it is the
desire to secure a more representa
tive membership to the end that
local farmers may receive their pro
portionate part of recognition in leg
islation affecting them.
An invitation is extended to all
farmers to attend and it is hoped a
large number will be present at the
meeting.
Methodist Christmas
Entertainment Dec. 23
The Christmas entertainment of the
Methodist Sunday School will be held
Wednesday night. December 23, in
the Sunday school room. Mrs. G. A.
Helms has charge of the program,
who aided by a number of assistants
is now working on the program.
A Christmas tree will be placed in
the room and gifts distributed to the
younger members of the school, which
will be in charge of Mrs. M. F. Bond,
Jr., and Mrs. O. H. Brown.
Chief Helms’ Father
Dies In Virginia
Chief of Police G, A. Helms is ex
pected to return home tonight from
Willis, Va., where he attended the
funeral of his father, G. D. Helms.
Chief Helms received word of his
father’s death Tuesday morning and
left immediately for the Virginia
City.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon.
Schools Close For
Christmas Holiday
On Friday, Dec. 18
John A. Holmes, superintendent
of Edenton schools, announces
that the schools in the Edenton
administrative unit will close for
the Christmas holidays on Friday,
December 18. Teachers will have
a two weeks’ vacation, with school
scheduled to begin again on Mon
day, January 14.
According to W. J. Taylor, sup
erintendent of the county unit, all
white schools will also dose on
Friday, December 18, while the
colored schools will not dose until
Wednesday, December 23. All of
tfe county schools, however, will
reopen nt tfe same time, Monday,
January 4.
SHOP EARLY
Only 14 Days Until
Christmas! -
$1.25 Per Year
Shelves and Counters
Show Attractive Line
In All Stores
fairTrices
Shoppers Urged to Buy
At Home to Get Best
Bargains
Already now Santa Claus is oiling
up his old bus, or greasing the run
ners on his sleigh, or soaping the
tinkle of his reindeer bells, or what
ever it is he does about this time
of the year up around the North
Pole. For Christmas is coming all
right, coming like a house afire, and
you just better get into the swing
of things or you’ll be left out in the
bitter cold for certain. Edenton mer
chants are telling you this and em
ploying The Herald to carol their
song for them.
Never before has there been such
an array of Christmas goods on dis
play in Edenton shops. Everything
beautiful and useful and comfortable
is already laid out to tempt the
most discriminating shopper. Prac
tical things if you want them, like
garments for the kiddies, or sweat
ers and socks. Or if your fancy runs
to lovely frivolous things generally
associated with the idea of Christ
mas gifts, take a peep and you’lt
find so many you won’t know how
to choose.
There is more money loose this
Christmas time, too. Bank deposits
have grown, and other records, like
the commissioners on Monday saying
tax payments have been higher so
the county can already take up some
of the refunding bonds it has just
sold. Yes, there is money a’raring
to change hands and the town mer
chants, anticipating all this and its
accompanying demand, have risen to
the occasion and have purchased for
the holiday trade, and purchased
heavily, for the shoppers of this sec
tion every possible kind of seasonal
merchandise that can be thought of.
It has arrived and is arriving daily
and it is decidedly to the advantage
of the shopper to buy at once in
order that he or she may have the
first advantage of the great assort
ment on the shelves or in the shop
windows.
Ever optimistic, Edenton mer
chants are more so this year over
the prospects for business based on
shopping crowds even now out to
buy, and like merchants in the large
cities, they know and are telling you,
that what they have today it may be
difficult to replace tomorrow due to
the great demand on the manufac
turers, which again emphasises the
demand for early shopping.
Besides those who shop now show
an appreciation and sympathy for
the great number of other buyers
who will have to wait later in the
season. In plainer slanguage it is,
as ever, a case of first come first
served, and the first service is gene
rally all white meat, you know.
For women, misses and girls, the
local holiday trade is stocked with
fine lingerie, hosiery, blouses, every
thing you can think of in the way
of toilet articles. For dad and sonny
high grade shirts, ties, scarfs, suits,
handkerchiefs, and goodness knows
what else today’s advertisements
will tell you better.
For the h«me, radios, furniture,
carpets, rugs, «i ips, brie a brae,
sheets, towelings, yes, hardware like
electric toasters, patent oil burning
stoves and heaters, or anything else
that makes a home exactly that—
“ Home, Sweet Home.”
And if you are a high flyer and
want to give Maria a real present
you can find plenty of fine automo
biles just inside your pocket book.
Everything, too, is unbelievably low
in price this year, even cars.
In other columns today local
store-keepers are just hinting at
their Christinas stocks. They intend
to keep telling you about what they
I have next week, too, and it will be
just too bad if you don’t stay to
Edenton and find these Christinas
goods instead of chasing off to
other cities for the same identical
things at a higher price. No fool
ing, now, you know that’s so. Be
sides the shopper who seeks his
purchases elsewhere at Christmas
and only employe Edenton shops for