columns wtu ot
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X4# general interest.
Volume IV.—Number 2.
Bridge Bids To Be Opened
L Jan.iS; Cost Os Span Up
HBSIHPfIF 4m «>
Increase In Price of Ma-
L terials Raises Estimate
Ta About $1,593,000
NO MORE DELAY
Contracts to Follow Call
For a New Type of
if " Piling
Albemarle residents who may have
shown some anxiety of late over the
delay in going ahead with the vehic
ular sound bridge plans, had their
allayed yesterday by a re
f® from,Raleigh that the State
and Public Works Commis
sion will open bids for the construc
tion of the long spkn on January 26,
and that contracts will be awarded
aft noon as possible thereafter.
Chief Engineer W. Vance Baise
made this announcement with the
accompanying statement that the ap
parent procrastination in the bridge
situation had been occasioned by the
• rapidly rising cost of building ma-
terials necessary for construction.
V This sizable increase, he stated,
would undoubtedly shoot the cost of
the bridge up beyond $1,600,000 in
stead of the original maximum figure
of $1,800,000 set by the State and
federal governments which are to
share the cost of building. Actually
P*- the feared increase, Mr. Baise stat
edi - would be about 15 per cent,
wn™V made a present day final esti
mate of $1,593,000 about what could
be expected, but that a further 60 or
90 days delay might advance this es
timate even more.
. The proposed opening of bids on
j£ January 26, the engineer said, would
coincident with the awarding of
also, for the construction
BUT Camden CurntucK short cut,
IfflMKut which there has bee*) much
federal agitation, as well as anxiety
shown by citizens of the section to
be covered. ,
A- change in specifications for the
sound bridge has been announced by
Baise, who has been experiencing
' difficulty in locating long stout piles
needed to support the structure.
With a maximum length of 102
feet, which would allow for depth of
water and sinkage into the mud,
former requirements for the piles
specified a 20-inch butt and an eight
inch tip. The specifications now of
fer acceptance of logs over 85 feet
in length with a 16-inch butt and 10-
inch tip.
Nearly 60 per cent of the pilings
for the span will be 100 feet long,
Baise said- The bridge is to have a
328-foot draw and 280 feet of clear
c ance for boats to pass through.
Underwater portions of the piles
will be creosoted and will last in
definitely, engineers say. Floor of
the superstructure will be of con
crete, and approximately 10 miles of
will be paved.
Ippiscopal Men Plan
Banquet For Ladies
At a meeting of the vestry of St.
Paul’s Church Sunday night Julien
' Wood, chairman; Dr. Wm. I. Hart,
George Jloskins and 3. A. Moore
were named a committee to arrange
a dinner to be given by the men of
the parish to the women as a slight
evidence of their appreciation of the
work done by the latter. It will
come off some time in the near fu
ture. The men are asked to eat at
f . home .for the occasion, and be pre
pared to serve as cooks, dishwomen,
. on.
The yeitjty for 1937 is: -E. «.
; \Oonseiy senior warden; D. M. War
s':' Pen, -jnifior warden - and- secretary;
Fred p.' Wood, treasurer; John W.
Graham, J. A. Moore, George C.
Wood, Joe H. Conger, Wm. I. Hart,
Dr. M. P. Whichard, Julien Wood,
George Hoskins and R. P. Badham.
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D. M. WARREN ILL
D. M. Warren has been confined
. to his home since Sunday by illness.
Though __ somewhat improved, Mr.
Warren was still unable to be at his
. desk in- the Bank of Eden ton Wed-
B. C. Holland, who has been con
• fined to his home since Sunday suf
faring from a severe cold, was still
1 unable to be in his office Wednesday.
MEET TONIGHT )
• tegular meeting of Unanimity
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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U.D.C. Observes Lee’s
Birthday On Tuesday
Bell Battery Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy will hold their annual ob
servance of Robert E. Lee’s birth
day anniversary on Tuesday, Jan
uary 19. The meeting will be
held in the Court House at 4 P.
M., with Mrs. R. P. Badham and
Miss Sophie Wood acting as host
, esses.
, Each Daughter is urged to in'
vite a guest to attend the meet
ing for this occasion when Rev.
George W. Blount, pastor of the
Methodist Church, will make an
address appropriate for the occa
sion.
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1 Little Business At
Town Council Meet
Held Tuesday Night
i Aside from agreeing to cooperate
i in the maintenance of the sewing
• room project in Chowan County,
. very little business was transacted
, by the Town Coqncil at its monthly
! meeting Tuesday night.
Mrs. C. P. Wales appeared before
: the Board with a request that the
1 Council pay half of an estimated
i added contribution of from sls to
S2O per month to pay for incidentals
in connection with the project which
, are not furnished by the govern
ment. At the last meeting of the
County Commissioners they took
1 similar action providing the town
governing body agreed to share in
the expense.
i This extra amount will go toward
buying thread, buttons, tape, secur
■ ing tl.e machines and similar items
which the government requires to be
furnished by the sponsors. The
Coutycilmpn were of the opinion that
by operating the sewing rooms, many
requests for relief, which otherwise
would be made, will save as much or
even more in the way of relief.
Immediately after the meeting
members of the Council were special
guests at an oyster roast given by
the Edenton Fire Department.
More Water Available
In Business Section To
Aid In Fighting Fire
That Edenton firemen will be bet
ter enabled to fight an eventual se
rious fire in the business section was
assured last week when in addition
to the two 2%-inch openings on the
fire plug in front of the Bank of
Edenton a new hydrant was installed
with an extra 5-inch opening. It is
planned to install similar plugs
throughout the entire business dis
trict.
A test was made of the new hy
drant Thursday night when it is said
approximately 1,000 gallons of wa
ter per minute was thrown down
Broad Street. Aside from the extra
added pressure enabled
firemen to throw a stream from the
bank building almost to Water
Street, one block south.
Eye Clinic At Cupola
House Next Tuesday
An eye clinic, sponsored by the
Edenton Rotary Club, will be held in
the Cupola House on Tuesday. About
20 have been lined for the clinic
which will include an examination,
treating and fitting of glasses.
The specialist who will have charge
of the clinic had not been secured
when Ihe Herald went to preea. ■
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“FEAST Os- LIGHTS” OBSERVED
AT ST. JOHN’S CHQBCH SUNDAY
The Epiphany service, “Feast of
Lights,’’ wiM be observed on Sunday
night at 7*o o’clock at St. John’s
Evangelist HJhupch. This service is
very impressive and the colored peo
ple extend an invitation to white
friends tj see it
TWO EDENTON ROTARIANS
ATTEND MANTEO MEETING
Major N. K. Rowell and W. D.
Holmes, Edenton Rotarians, were
among those who attended the char
ter night celebration of the newly
organized Manteo Rotary Club Mon
day night. Both men report a- fine
meeting and a very enjoyable trip.
/ MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Sawyer, of
Edenton, N. C., announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Hazel Saw
yer, to Roger Roebuck, of Roberson
ville. The marriage took place In
Suffolk, Va.. on November 19, 1986.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 14, 1937.
| RALEIGH ROTARY
BACKS ASHBY IN
' PARK MOVEMENT
Parson Carries Idea to
State Capital For En
dorsement
SEES GOVERNOR
Expects to go Before
General Assembly
Committee
Rev. Dr. C. Aylett Ashby came
home from Raleigh Tuesday confident
he had sunk another important spike
in his drive for federal park repre
sentation in this section. The
“Parson” addressed the Raleigh Ro
tary Club and got it so enthused over
the whole idea it referred to its
- directors the drafting of a resolution
endosing the movement, following
which the local rector carried his
message into the State capitol, ac
-1 quainted the new governor, Clyde R.
Hoey, with the park plan and got him
t to say he was in agreement with it,
( and afterward buttonholed the mem
, bers of the legislative committee on
1 conservation and development and
f secured their permission to appear
before them at a later date to pre
> sent the whole question.
i The “Parson” Bpoke to the Raleigh
1 Rotarians by special invitation, and
, as a preliminary to more serious dis
j cussion, entertained them with num
i erous tall stories, very tall in fact,
. relative to the past of Edenton and
j the Albemarle. Getting into the real
c subject so close to his heart the
i “Parson” said he understood a bill
! would go before the present General
Assembly to provide a more liberal
I appropriation to advertise the natur
al resources of North Carolina.
i That being true, he said, his plan
s fell directly in line, as it had for its
! primary purpose the attracting of
t tourists to this section qf the State
r In Virginia, he said, officials expefet
> an expenditure by traveling tourists
• of $250,000,000 as a result of what
Virginia has done to nationalize its
; parks and other historic spots.
I In North Carolina, Mr. Ashby de
r dared, the same sort of program
should be undertaken, and that fed
eral appropriations should be made
for this, remarking “Everybody
else’s getting it, so let’s get our
share.”
“If we can get the citizens of
North Carolina awake on this sub
ject,” said the “Parson”, “and we
’ will say we, too, want $250,000,000
’ from tourists, I believe we will get
J it.”
• Carl Goerch, magazine editor and
I Raleigh Rotarian, followed the local
. prelate with a resolution referring
, the endorsement to the board of di
rectors, and everybody seemed
happy.
i Funeral Wednesday
; For Mrs. Sarah Morris
i
[ Funeral services were held Wed
, nesday afternoon for Mrs. Sarah
• Morris, widow of the late W. A.
Morris, who died Monday afternoon
at the home of her brother, H. E.
Foxwell, in the Cowpen Neck section.
Mrs. Morris was 84 years of age,
and besides her brother, her closest
relatives are nieces and nephews.
Services were held at the home
. with Rev. E. L. Wells, pastor of the
Edenton Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment was made in Heaver Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: J. A. Curran,
[ John M. Elliott, W. W. Byrum, W.
S,. Pij.vott, JSL ,C. .Mills and W. Jim
Dtuiieiis.
Welfare Institute
Held Wednesday
| County welfare superintendents of
| this section met in an all day insti
, tute in the Cupola House Wednesday
under the supervision of Miss Annie
Cassatt, director of field social work.
Fifteen counties are represented in
this institute, which meets in Eden
ton once each month.
Rev. Blount Attends
Bishop’s Crusade
Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of
the Edenton Methodist Church, ac
companied by Rev. Hiram King, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Elizabeth City, left early this
morning for Goldsboro to attend a
meeting of the Bishop’s Crusade.
This meeting is the closest one to
be held in this section during the
Crusade which will continue In pro
gress two years.
WHITE HONORED
' BY APPOINTMENT
ON 9 COMMITTEES
> Chowan Representative
Member Most Import
ant Groups
oyster Chairman
; Fishing, Agriculture Fi
nance, Banking Also
On List
! One committee chairmanship, mem
• bership on eight other committees,
: six of which are considered the lead
| ing committees of the State law mill,
! was the flattering apportionment
that fell into the lap of Representa
tive John F. White at the opening
1 of the General Assembly last week.
Os especial interest to this section
, was - Mr. White’s selection to those
legislative bodies which will be in
terested in agriculture and fishing,
the main industries of the Albemarle.
In this connection Mr. White was
made chairman of the committee on
Oyster Industry, associates from
Pamlico, Dare, Currituck, Hyde and
■ Washington being named to serve
with him there.
Fishermen hereabouts will, also, be
glad to know that Mr. White will be
i their committee friend on two other
committees that can be more or less
be said to be aligned with the com
, mittee of which he is to be chair
man, these comimittees being Com
mercial Fishing and Conservation and
Development. All prospective legis
lation bearing on the shad or herring
industry in this section will work
through one of these committees, and
give Mr. White an opportunity to
vigorously express himself for Al
bemarle interests.
i Undoubtedly the Committee on Ag
riculture, of which Mr. White was
' likewise given membership, will have
; to do with £K6'handling im
portant legislation at this session.
The merging of state agriculture af
fairs to cooperation with national
Congressional legislationa bearing on
the same subject, will also occupy
much of his time and will be follow
ed eagerly by his constituents in
this neighborhood.
Mr. White was also honored by
membership appointment to the se
cond most important legislative com
' mittee of the General Assembly, that
. of Appropriations, as well as mem
bership on a companion committee
of equal importance, that of Banks
, and Banking. Still a third committee
reckoned as second to none in the
consideration of legislative matters
i carries Mr. White as one of its mem
, bers. This is the No. 1 Judiciary
Committee.
The two least important of Mr.
White’s committee appointments con
cern membership on Drainage and
Penal Institutions, although each, of
course, offer much opportunity for
1 hard work.
One thing sure Chowan’s doughty
young solon has had his cloth cut
i for him this term, and to wear the
garment well he’ll be pretty active
i throughout the session.
National Guard Unit Is
Now Known As Co. F
Mlajor M. P. Whichard, command
ing officer of the 115th Ambulance
Company, local National Guard unit,
has been officially notified by the
National Guard Bureau at Washing
ton that beginning January 1, the
local unit would be designated Com
pany Fof the 105th Medical Regi
ment. •
> The new title replaces the 115th
Ambulance Company, the change in
no way- affecting the duties of the
organization, which will continue to
be an ambulance company.
Bank Closed On Lee’s
Birthday On Tuesday
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Patrons of the Bank of Edenton
are hereby notified that the bank
will be closed all day Tuesday, Janu
ary 19, in observance of Robert E.
Lee’s birthday. Banking business,
therefore, should be transacted ac
cordingly.
INFANT 1 BURIED MONDAY
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon for George Albert
Van Horn, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie Van Horn. The baby
wtas only 13 months old and passed
away after three days suffering with
pneumonia.
Interment was made in Beaver Hill
Cemetery. ]
Herring Netters Win Out;
Season Limit Now May 10
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Bank Os Edenton
Has Best Report
In All Its History
What will be of particular in
terest not only to officers and
stockholders of the Bank of
Edenton, but the entire section
in general is lv<e report of the
condition of the bank as publish
ed elsewhere in this issue of The
Herald. The report is the best
in the history of the bank and a
study of the figures reveals that
confidence has been restored and
that conditions in the section are
on the up and up.
The total business done for the
past six months was $1,561,904.22
which represented an increase of
over $213,000 over the last report .
made on June 30.
Total deposits amounted to
$1,259,170.42, of which $431,087.15
represented time deposits of indi
viduals, partnerships and corpor
ations, which is evidence enough
that folks hereabouts have confi
dence in the local bank and its >
officials.
Dr. M. P. Whichard
Named Health Officer
For Chowan County
Dr. M. P. Whichard on Monday
afternoon was elected county health
officer by the Chowan County Board
of Health at a meeting held in the
Municipal Building. Dr. Whichard’s
term is for two years and he re- (
places Dr. J. A. Powell, whose term
expired Monday.
According to statute, the Board
of Health was organized last week,
with the following composing the
group: D. M. Warren, chairman of '
the County Commissioners; W.. J.
Taylor, County Welfare- Officer;
Mayor E. W. Spires, Dr. L. P. Wil
liams, Dr. M. P. Whichard and Dr.
W. I. Hart.
Following Dr. Whichard’s appoint
ment he resigned as a member of
the Board and Dr. J. A. Powell was
named to fill his place.
Odd Fellows Hold
District Convention
At Elm Grove Lodge
The first district convention of
Odd Fellows of North Carolina will
convene with Elm Grove Lodge, No.
351, at the lodge’s hall near Cross
Roads, on Wednesday, January 20,
at 2 P. M.
The convention will be called to
order by E. L. Silverthorn. of Eliza
beth City, with George W. Lassiter,
of Edenton, and H. G. Godfrey, of
Elizabeth City scheduled to make the
address of welcome and response re
spectively. The business session
will be held from 3 to 4 o’clock fol
lowed by round table talks for the
good of the order led by M. P. Jen
nings, of Elizabeth City, after which
supper will be served.
Immediately after supper a public
meeting will be held in the lodge
hall. All members and former mem
bers, their friends and families are
cordially invited to attend this meet
ing and hear Grand Secretary H. A.
•Holstead, who will address the au
dience.
The meeting will come to a close
with the benediction by Rev. E. F.
Sawyer, of Elizabeth City.
Rev. Ashby Speaks
In Richmond Sunday
Rev. C. Aylett Ashby, rector of St.
Paul’s Church, will be the special
speaker at the Richmond memorial
services commemorative of the life
of General Robert E. Lee. The ser- ,
vices will be held before the asso
ciated Confederate organizations of ,
Richmond in St. Paul’s Church there
on January 17.
The rector of the Richmond church, ,
the Rev. Beverly R. Tucker, extended ,
the invitation to Mr. Ashby and the ,
latter at once gave his agreement. ,
Tom Bost Agrees To
Preach At St. Paul’s
Tom Bost, dean of the newspaper
reporting fraternity of Raleigh, has
agreed to preach in St. Paul’s at (
some near date, perhaps on the Sun- •
day Mr. Ashby is in Florida. Mr. i
Boat has spoken in many churches '
of this and other denominations.
Mrs. Bost, it is hoped, will accom
pany her hudband to Edenton.
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ITUs newspaper is circu
lated' in the territory
where Advertisers wilt
I realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
$ *
Shad Caught After May
1 Must Be Returned
To Water
MUST SIGN CARDS
Seining For Shad Will
Terminate Fifteen
Days Earlier
Commercial 1 fishermen hereabouts,
particularly those interested in her
ring catches; a dozen or more of
whom were- in Raleigh on Monday,
came back: to report that their visi
tation had resulted in much encourag
ing news; and that the fight they
have been waging for several months
against a* proposed two months shad
and herring season had been waged
successfully* with the result fully
satisfactory, and gratifying to the
majority of them.
Instead of recommending a season
running from February 15 to April
15, the State Board of Conservation
and Department has met the local de
mands by extending the time for
herring, fishing to May 10, only 5
days leas: than the fishermen had
asked for, but with the strict under
standing; that any shad caught in
herring nets between the time set
for ending all shad seining, May 1,
and May 10, be thrown overboard.
All those herring fishermen who
comply with this requirement will be
asked to sign cards of compliance
,and ; once this is done they will be
fully privileged to pursue their vo
cation within the period set.
The original plan of the state board
would have limited the fishing season
in Albemarle waters from February
15 to: April 15, but under the new
jplan the extension for shad runs to
May 1 and for herring ten days
later.
The state lx«rd, interested largely
in the conservation of ' the shad in
dustry, created two shad fishing
zones, the season to start in both
zones on February 15 and permitting
the taking of shad in pound nets for
periods of two months and two
months and a half in the different
zones, as recommended in the report
of its special shad program commit
tee.
The zones will bear upon fish on
both the north and south shores of
the sound with a dividing line at
Long Shoal in Pamlico Sound. Rivers
will be classified according to the
zone in which their mouvX3 are lo
cated.
The season for the southern zone
will start on February 1 for pound
net fishing, and on January 20 for
gill net fishing. The southern zone
season will end on April 15. In the
northern zone, pound net shad fish
ing will start February 15 and gill
net fishing on February 5. The
northern season will end May 1.
“It is further recommended,” the
board decided, “that we permit the
taking of fish other than shad until
May 10 provided the fishermen shall
each individually apply to some agent
of this department that we may de
signate—indicating such a desire—
and after he has read the instruc
tions and restrictions on the taking
of shad, shall affix his signature, in
dicating that they are understood.”
This extension will be on a trial
basis, it was explained. Among re
strictions required of the fisherman
is that he shall carry a dip net and
remove all shad from the pound and
release them between the season
closed on the taking of shad and
open for the taking of other fish.
At the hearing on Monday infor
mation showing Hie decrease in the
number of shad caught in recent
years was presented and the commit
tee said it had carefully gone into
the subject and had come to the con
clusion it could not invoke a 30 day
shad season as recommended by G.
C. Leach, culturist of the federal
Bureau of Fisheries.
The Federal Fisheries had recom
mended, in addition to a 30-day sea
son, that certain rivers be closed to
spawning or that the nets be in
operative from Friday until Monday,
but the committee rejected these
suggestions “due to the economic
plight of the fishermen at the pres
ent time.”
Former Senator J. A. Pritchett of
Windsor and Representative J. Fer
nando White headed the Albemarle
delegation. Representative C. W.
Tatem of Tyrrell and Mayor John
Ericson of Southport also were pre
sent, as well as a delegation from
the PeiTy-Belch Canning Company
(Continued on Page Five)