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£ pie IV. — Number 1.
■tal Receipts Greatest
ce High Peak In 1929
P Branch of Local
ce Shows Much
Spending
mi
KRAMER PLEASED
$13,000 In Money Orders
In One Month; Stamp
Sales Increase, Too
; If it is true, as federal postal au
- ferities assert, that industrial con
-ditions throughout the nation may be
Styled by the amount of business
.done through local post offices, then
things are very much on the up and
r Not since 1929, reckoned as the
. year for an all ti?se'higji at
Edenton poet office, has postal
been so . greats as it. was
BHpSmg the quarter ending December
B- %4ba his modesty and with uncom-
P pleted figures still before him, Poet
mfcster Carroll E. Kramer stated
yesterday he felt safe in saying that
. stamp sales alone out of the local
office in 1936 would come within
SIOO of reaching the peak sales of
|929, and a final finished compila
tion might increase this.
\ While other communities have un
)'■ hesitatingly announced their stamp
■ to month and
;r, or by years,
ir for the pro
ition this is in
■egulations and
ed to give any
year’s business
is office. But
cy in repeating
Os the depart
less had shown
s been a sharp
f postal bonds
s deposits, and
late in the so
ates indicates
y interests are
unities.
Still holding firm in his insistence
that completed figures should be
guarded safely Mr. Kramer, however
did state that $450 worth more of
■ stamps were dispensed at the Eden
ton post office for the final quarter
of 1986 than for the same period of
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Schoof At Merry Hill
Will Be Held Saturday
School will be held Saturday of
this week at Merry Hill High School.
This announcement was made by
Superintendent J. A. Williams on
, Monday, the session being called to
/ make tip for'- the day before Christ*
V mas, when school closed for the
* holidays.
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- Permanent Tree For
Decoration Purposes
At Foot Broad Street
In the expectation of having a
permanent tree to be used in
-- Christmas decoration, city officials
this week planted a beautiful cedar
• tree on the parking at the foot of]
Brand Street. If care and precau
tion mean anything to the progress
of the tree, the town should be re
• Sieved of the worry every year in
securing an appropriate tree ipr
Si; decoration purposes in connection
✓with lighting the business section.
An exceptionally large hole was dug
<m the parking to allow the roots to
hake hold and as a precautionary
§ measure guy wires were fastened to
fefjhp tree to prevent its being tom
Jboee from the ground.
iMEffhe tree is a beautiful cedar
graced the front of W. C. |
Hftmch’s home in North Edenton and
Bns donated by him to the town be
|jHanse the new sewer line on the
|Kireet would most likely interfere
IBffith the roots and it would probably
Be. . It is not as large at present
the one placed there this year to
BBH«ecorated, but it has a beautiful
Ipljkape'and if its growth is not re-
Mtded should eventually provide a
|l|Hrmanent tree the beauty of which
be hard to find anywhere in
every year the secur
. jfSbf a tree to be electrically-
at Christmas time has been
imwtfUarnKl n frfiiiKlfl t/nttm
and they, together with
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
w
Marriage Licenses
Issued During 1936
Less Than In 1535
Though the marriage license
business in Chowan County got
off to a good start the first five
days of the new year, the number
of licenses issued during 1936 fell
behind the previous year’s mark.
According to Mrs. Maurice L.
Bunch, deputy register of deeds,
her records show that 98 mar
riage licenses were issued during
1936 as coifi pared with 192 during
1935.
However, if the past five days
are an indication in the pick-up
in marriages, a record may be
registered during 1937. t
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FISHERMEN PLAN
ATTEND RALEIGH
MEET JAN. 11-12
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WHI Mean Calamity If Season Pro
hibits Catching of Herring Not
Later Than April 15
That fishermen in this section will
be well represented at the meeting
of the State Board of Conservation
and Development in Raleigh was
vouched for Tuesday by A. S. Smith,
president of the Albemarle Fisher
men’s Association. Mr. Smith was
in receipt of a letter from John
Nelson, chairman of the State Fish
Commission, advising him that the
meeting will 'be held next Monday
and Tuesday, January 11 and 12,
and to notify any who may be inter
ested to attend.
At Oris fmseftttg the Board will
study reports from meetings held in
various parts of the fishing sections
of the State relative to limiting the
fishing season in order to save shad,
the catch of which has been dwind
ling year after year.
It is the purpose of the Board to
bring the fishing season to a close
on April 15, as a means to prevent
the taking of shad during the
spawning season, but fishermen lo
cally have long since practically dis
regarded shad as a money crop due
to the scarcity of this fish and have
relied almost entirely upon herring
to make a profit.
However, according to local fisher
men the principal catch of herring is
made after April 18, and by closing
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N. L. Ward Recovers
34 Stolen Chickens
By rushing to Suffolk on Tuesday,
,-L. Ward, is now In possession of
34 chickens which were missing from
his hen .. house since early . Friday
morning. .[Wafid reported to the
police Friday tbat<dhfc number of
chickens had been stolen and upon
investigation the only clue to the
thieves was the peculiar tread of an
automobile tire near the Ward home.
On Sunday Way land Moore while
casually glancing over a Suffolk
newspaper saw an article saying an
approximate number of chickens stol
en from Ward were found in a woods
near Suffolk by the Virginia sheriff.
It was learned that an automobile
was also stolen from the D. Ponder
Grocery Company and it is thought'
die same parties made the raid on
Mr. Ward’s hen house, but expecting
to be caught as daylight broke aban
doned the car and placed the chickens
in the woods.
A. Koch Killed By
Falling Tree At Home
Augustus Koch, retired German
naval officer and well known in Eden-
Iton, was killed yesterday afternoon
when a tree, which he had previous
ly cut down, but which had fallen
into another tree, fell on him when
he attempted to bring it to the
ground.
Deceased was a member of the
Perquimans Lodge of Masons and
augumented a pension by raising
bees and selling. honey. The fatal
accident occurred near his home on
the Edenton-Hertford highway, near
’Light Ninon Fork.
Bank Stockholders
Meet January 14th
Edenton, Chowan County, North Caroling, Thursday, January 7,1937.
ADDITIONAL FUND
son TO HELP;
SEWING ROOMS
County Commissioners
Pledge Extra Month
ly Increase
TOWN COMES NEXT
Must Have sls More
Per Month on 50-50
Basis
The principal item of business to
confront the County Commissioners
at their monthly meeting Monday
was a request from Mrs. C. P. Wales
and Mrs. Percy Perry for an added
contribution on behalf of the sewing
i-.oms in the County. Mrs. Wales
presented the matter to the Commis
| sioners, informing them that unless
-a regular contribution ~of sl6 Bfip
month was made to take care .of the
incidental expenses of the project
which is not provided for by the
5 government, the project would be
abandoned.
Mrs. Wales advanced the merits of
the sewing rooms, saying that the
County is saved considerable money]
due to materials made in the sewing’
j rooms and turned over to those who
, otherwise would call on the County j
’ for help. Besides, Mrs. Wales said, j
3 some of those employed are the sole |
breadwinners in families who have I
’ no other source of income, and in this
3 way the County also is relieved of
t calls for help.
t To fully acquaint the Commission
j ers with what is being done in the
' sewing rooms, they were presented
with an abbreviated report which
’ showed that there are 58 workers
employed with a monthly payroll of
I The Average number of
j garinentsf made per month is 1,138,
with a total value estimated at
; $417.70.
Previously the County had paid
\ half of the rent for sewing rooms
and half of the fuel bill, the Town
( cooperating and paying the other
, half. (Under the new arrangement
' the County agreed to pay half of the 1
' sls monthly request, provided the
[ Town will pay the other half. Both
Mrs. Wales and Mrs. Perry feel
, confident Town Council would agree
' to do this.
; The total expense to the County
’ for this phase of relief work at
present amounts to $17.50 per month
| which represents half of the rent
, for office and sewing rooms, plus half
of the fuel and telephone bill. To
this, if the Town cooperates, will be
added $7.50, half of the sls request.
i Ten Whooping Cough
Cases In December
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l "An increase of-, whooping cough
, cases in Chowan County during, Der
s cember was noted in the repor|-oi
; Dr. J. A.' Powell, * assistant ’ collabo
‘ rating epidemiologist for the N. C.
, State Board of Health, made Monday
' morning to the County Commission
ers. Ten houses have been placard
j «d 'with signs, according to the re
; port, which also lists one case of
( diphtheria, two cases of chicken pox
and two cases of scarlet fever dur
ing the month.
Dr. Powell’s report also was to the
, effect that all inmates at the County
; Home were in good health except
one.
: Automobile Damaged
i On Chowan Bridge
Though no one was injured, the
car of Ernest White of the Merry
Hill section was damaged Tuesday
; night on the Chowan River bridge.
A truck loaded with saw mill equip
ment had passed over the bridge
and about midway between the draw
and the Bertie County side a smoke
stack fell from the truck. Mrs. C.
P. Wales, who was first .to pass the
obstruction, notified Capt. Pat Bell,
who immediately started to place a
warning signal, but before he reach
ed the scene Mr. White’s son had
run into the stack, narrowly avert
ing going overboard.
Teacher At Merry Hill
Tenders Resignation
Mr. Ward, teacher of English and
history in the Merry Hill High
School, will leave, about the middle
of January to take a position with
the Production Credit Association
with headquarters in Windsor. His
successor has not been announced.
All pf the faculty ,returned Sun
-1 classes resuming studies oaMondar
RECORDS BROKEN
IN SALE OF 1937
MOTOR LICENSES
About $30,000 Paid For
Tags December 15 to
f January 5
300% INCREASE
i Nearly 2,500 Plates Is
sued Locally In Same
Period
» Coupled with the announcement
i published in a nearby column today
' indicating prosperity had at last
i turned Ahe corner as shown by a
1 i greatly increased year’s business
;. through' the local post office, came
l further proof of this assertion yes
• terday (through motor license sale
i[ by the Edenton
* i bureau such sales.
;! The Statistics in question as given
; I out by Mrs. Leon Leary, Chowan
i j representative of the Carolina Motor
i. Club, show a 300 per cent advance
in 1937 license tag sales for 1937
' over the year before, with a corre
,. sponding increase in revenue re
. ceived.
! Approximately SIO,OOO was receiv
jed by such sales during the last
j month rush period for 1936 tags,
j while from December 15 to January
' 5 last such sales aggregated $30,000.
! Further evidence of the enormity
'of the licensing business transacted
at the Edenton office is shown by the
report that during the entire year of
1936 but 3,465 tags were sold, while
for the less than a month period
from December 15 to January 5 last
2,425 lieges for 1937 were disposed
Os- , 'r|j|.
The 1936 license sales were, for
passenger cars 2,723, for trucks,
426, an<f for trailers, 317 tags.
The comparison of such sales is
again best demonstrated by consid
! ering the final month's rush in each
year. In the closing period of 1935
and first five days of 1936, the sta
tistics showed 653 passenger cars
had been protected with tags, and
i 69 trucks and 28 trailers, or a total
of 750.
For the identical period since De
cember 15 last the sales were, for
passenger cars 1,950 tags, for trucks
300 tags, and for trailers 175 tags, or
a total of 2,425 tags for 1937 dis
play.
Mrs. Leary and her office associ
ate, Miss Goldie Layton, under daily
guard of Corporal George Dail and
other State Highway Patrolmen,
were active daily far into the night
each day before the first of the year,
but feel that the peak of the rush
has now been passed.
To accommodate the acceptance of
the heavy receipts daily the Bank of
Edenton kept its vault open every
day until 5 P. M.
$15,000 Allowed For
Harbor In Edenton
Included in the list of river and
harbor maintenance recommenda
tions embodied in the annual report
of the Chief of Engineers of the
United States Army as submitted to
Congress Tuesday, were several ap
propriations for keeping waterways
open in this section.
One recommendation provided for
an expenditure of $15,000 in 1937 for
Edenton Harbor maintenance, and
another of $4,000 for the water
maintenance of Mackeys Creek,
principally used these days by the
Edenton-Mackeys Ferry Company.
The maintenance allotments are
embraced in an Associated Press dis
patch from Washington to this effect
yesterday.
George Dail Attending
“School” At Chapel HiU
Highway Patrol Corporal George
Dail is in attendance this week at a
meeting of State law enforcement
officers held under the auspices of the
Institute of Government at Chapel
Hill. He. left Monday and the
“school” is expected to run ten days.
During his absence patrol work here
will be in charge of Highway Patrol
man Lane, of Elizabeth City. 1
JOHN GRAHAM IN CHARGE
OF ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY
The weekly luncheon of the Eden
ton Rotaryi Club will be held at 1
o’clock today in the Parish House.
John Graham, who replaces Jesse
White as program chairman for the
quarter, will present to the Rotar
ians a list of obscure and strange
legal questions, which will no doubt
prove interesting to the Rotarisms,
as well as create considerable dia-
Edenton Ladies Put Brakes
i To Donation Os Old Cannon
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Edenton Invited To
Join E. City In Ball
For President Jan. 30
Though no President’s Ball will
be held in Edenton, Elizabeth City
is planning such an affair for
January 30, and in an effort to
make the ball a success Edenton
has been asked to cooperate. To
this end Carroll E. Kramer has
t been named Edenton chairman and
, will use his efforts to have a large
t delegation of Edentonians on
t hand.
, Already a number from here
1 have expressed their intention of
attending. At this writing it is
, not known what orchestra will fnr
t nish the music.
Edenton is now without a suit
i able place to stage a celebration
, of this sort, but by next year it is
r hoped the new Armory will have
, been completed which will be cap- ;
f able of housing any sort of an
affair Edenton might wish to hold.
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COURT HOUSE
t NOW IS PARTLY
; STEAM HEATED
’ r Initial Steps Taken Which Will Even-
I tually Develop Into Modemly
, Heated Building
J
, Aside from Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
j L. Bunch, register of deeds and de-:
. puty register of deeds respectively,
j lawyers in general will welcome the ]
improvement now being made in the
„ heating system in the historic
Chowan County Court House.
’ Plumbers this week are setting up
. radiators in the vault adjoining the
’ register of deeds’ office as well as in |
( the small jury room on the second I
I floor which will be heated from a j
hot water furnace in the register of I
. deeds’ office.
j Heretofore there has been a stove
only in the register of deeds’ office
which was incapable of furnishing
any heat in the vault which is fre
, quented by lawyers in search of in
i formation and where both Mr. and
Mrs. Bunch must spend considerable
time in connection with their duties.
In cold weather the vault is extreme
ly uncomfortable and in fact those
who are obliged to use the room
j many times postponed their visit for
fear of contracting a cold. In the
’ small room on the second floor a
flimsy tin heater was the only source i
’ of heat heretofore.
1 It is almost impossible to use the
, large second floor room during cold
; weather, the two open fire places
; (Continued on Page Four)
Poultry School Held
In E. City Monday
! All Chowan County farmers and
their wives who are interested in
' the production of poultry are cor
' dially invited to attend a poultry
! school in the Pasquotank County
' Court House, Elizabeth City, on
Monday, January 11. Th morning
1 session will be held between 10 and
12 o’clock, and the afternoon session
will be held between 1 and 3 o’clock.
Mr. Parrish, Mr. Brown, Mr. Mau
‘ pin and Dr. Dearstyne, poultry spec
ialists from State College, Raleigh,
’ will conduct the school. If there are
any problems to be solved or any
questions to ask relative to farm
flocks, they will be glad to help. If
any are interested In making money
on poultry, it will pay them to at
tend this meeting.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home dem
onstration agent, and Farm Agent
Rowell will be among those from
Chowan who will attend.
S. S. Convention At
Macedonia Sunday
The Chowan Sunday School Con
vention will meet at Macedonia Bap- 1
tist Church on Sunday- afternoon j
promptly at 2:30 o’clock. A- very
good program.has .been arranged,
(which includes Dr. Bernard Spillman
J as one of the speakers.
A large attendance is urged.
WORK RESUMED THIS WEEK >'•
ON NEW FILLING STATION
I
i Following the cessation of work
during the holidays, the erection of
: the new Sinclair filling station at
; the corner of Broad and Queen
, now rapidly going forth.
■ workmen began work
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Town Council Rescinds
Previous Action at
Special Meeting
PETITION - SIGNED
Delegation of Matrons
Protest Removal of
Old Relics
Meeting in a special session at the
call of Mayor E. W. Spires Town
Council on Monday night rescinded
its action of the regular December
meeting when it was unanimously
voted to donate one of the Revolu
tionary cannon to the Mariner’s Mu
seum in Newport News, Va. The re
versal of the former action was
taken as the result of considerable
objection on the part of ladies of the
town who after consulting with May
or Spires and individual councilmen
; hurriedly prepared a petition to pre
sent at the meeting.
At the December meeting the Mu
seum, through W. D. Pruden, asked
for one of the cannon to be placed
on exhibition. At that time mem
bers of the board, in the absence of
Mr. Spires, were of the opinion that
inasmuch as there are a number of
the cannon now here, the town would
greatly benefit by publicity gained
through the Museum which is of na
tional scope. However, when Coun
cil agreed to donate the cannon, ob
] jection on the part of the ladies was
j anticipated and it was decided not
jto inform Museum officials of their
j action until those interested had
time to make their objections known.
This objection, and a vigorous one
at that, materialized this week and
a delegation appeared before the
I Councilmen in support of the petition
j and registered their objection to
| parting with anything in town of
j any historical significance. Those
who composed the delegation were:
Mrs. R. P. Badham, Mrs. Chas. P.
Wales, Mrs. Henry A. Bond, Mm.
H. M. S. Cason, Mrs. J. A. Moore,
Miss Mary Pruden, Mrs. T. E. Gard
ner, Mrs. J. N. Pruden and Mrs. H.
H. Preston. Accompanying the la
dies also were J. A. Moore, R. P.
Badham and Chas. P. Wales.
Mr. Spires asked for the spokes
man of the group to present the
matter, when Mrs. Henry Bond pre
sented the petition to the Mayor who
ordered it read to his board.
The petition was worded as fol
i lows:
“We, the undersigned citizens and
residents of the Town of Edenton,
having had it brought to our atten
tion that it is the purpose of the
Mayor and council to give and donate
to the Mariner's Museum of Virginia
a certain cannon of the period of the
War of the Revolution, said cannon
being now placed at the northwest
comer of the intersection of Queen
and Granville streets in the Town of
Edenton, do respectfully request that
said purpose be not carried out.
“For that we feel that to remove
any of the landmarks of historical
places or things from the town will
do irreparable damage to the town
and will remove one of its most val
uable assets and will lessen its in
terest to visitors and that we should
do everything in our power to pre
serve the historical interest of the
(Continued m Page Five)
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Rush Business For
Marriage Licenses As
New Year Begins
Dan Cupid ’became very busy with
his arrow darts in these parts as the
New Year began, up to Tuesday af
ternoon six marriage licenses hav
ing been issued by Mrs. Maurice L.
Bunch, deputy register of deeds,
during the first five days of the year.
The contracting parties were as
follows:
Rufus Elliott and Myrtha Hurdle,
| colored, both of Chowan County.
I Louis Miller and Hilda Corprew,
white, both of Chowan County.
Charlie Mourning and Sarah Coop
er, colored, both of Chowan County.
Luther Grimes, colored, of Roper,
and. Harriett Elizabeth Coffield, of
Merry. Hill.
_Sir Walter Raleigh Hayes and
Daisy Holley, colored, 'both of Ber
tie County.
Joe Leary and Adeline Cobb, col
ored, of Bertie County.
The last marriage license of 1936
was issued to Fulton Edw. Drigga
and Gertrude Nixon, white, both of
Chowan County. Ihey were mar
fM by Rev. Frank Cale at the Bap.
list parsonage at Center HilL