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in9tsm columns will be - found e fair presentation * of local and county news of general interest. Volume IV —Number 9. Great Welcome Planned For State Legislators School Units Deny Charges Madeßy Rep.JohnF. White < W. J. Taylor Says He’s To Be Penalized For i Way He Voted NO DECISION John A. Holmes Defends Election of Edenton Teachers In an effort to prevent Representa tive John F. White naming a new County Board of Education and to •deny accusations that there was fav oritism shown in the selection of teachers in the Edenton City admin istrative unit, members of both school groups went to Raleigh Tues day morning, where they were grant ed a hearing before the Education Committee. Though spokesmen for both boards presented their matter to the committee, no action was tak en in the executive meeting follow ing the hearing and the school men left the capital under the impression that the committee would decide on the matter Wednesday. (However, at the time of going to press The Her ald was unable to learn whether or not the Education Committee had reached a decision. The entire County Board as now constituted was present at the meet ing, together with W. J. Taylor, su perintendent, while W. D. Pruden and Thomas Chears, together with - - Superintendent John A. Hohnes re presented the City Board. ©. Welch and A. 6. Ward also accom panied the delegation. W. J. Taylor was first to speak before the committee, and in his re marks said that from the things that took place immediately after the June primary he felt that he was to be penalized for the way he voted and that this impression was the result of a visit to his office by Mr. White the third day after the pri mary. In substance, 'Mr. Taylor said, that he was told by Mr. White, “You made me sweat in June and now I’ll make you sweat.” Summing up his remarks Mr. Taylor said that in dis regarding the County Board named by the voters and the naming of a board by Mr. White, he could not be lieve it was anything other than an attack on him and his .board for the way they voted. S. E. Morris was next to speak and he said he wanted to briefly answer four accusations made by Mr. White. He denied Mr. White’3 former statement that there had been an agreement of the two boards to stand together to the end that the Edenton unit would not be abolished. He also denied that there had been any friction between the two boards. As to the present board not being sympathetic to Mr. White, Mr. Mor ris said he (White) )had never been to a board meeting and had never • made any request, and on that .ground he was unable to charge that the board was not sympathetic. Mr. Morris also said it was untrue that a teacher was discharged to make room Tor his daughter. Isaac Byrum told the committee that at a party given by Mr. White, the latter informed a lady member of the County Board that he was go ing to put her off the board and in order to accomplish this he would I wipe out the whole board. Mr. By rum said the majority people do not approve of Mr. White’s action i, in the; matter. .... V : W. D. Welch also spoke. sayjng he held no brief for the- board es. con stituted and had nothing to say again st Mr. White, that he was a friend of his and not opposed to any of 'the members he proposed. He stressed the fact that five had been nominated in the primary and led the county ticket and that he thought they ought o be approved by the Legislature. Party harmony in the county now is excellent, said Mr. Welch, and he said he knew for a fict that what Mr. White intended doing would split the county as it has never been be fore. He said it would create fac tions that would be more antagnostic Bum he has ever known in the coun jl. He said he had served on the board for nearly 30 years as •well as having been a member of the General Assembly and that he had. been close to the political life of the county practically all his life. To ' substantiate his contention that a split would result, Mr. Welch told the committee that Mr. White had (CbmJnued on Page Five) THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY *- — 111 Inclement Weather Reason For Delay Typhoid Treatment Due to inclement weather Dr. M. P. Whichard, county health of ficer, was obliged to postpone the typhoid treatment campaign, which was to have been started Monday. Dr. Whichard says the campaign will get under way as soon as the weather permits, which he hopes will be within a week or two. A revised schedule will be pub lished in The Herald when the dates and places have been decided upon. 762 Unemployed In Six Counties Register In Edenton Office According to Mrs. Randolph Holo man, acting district manager, records in the Edenton district office of North Carolina State Employment Service show that from July Ist, 1 1936 to date 762 people in the six counties whose records are kept in the Edenton office, have registered for employment, 157 in Chowan, 326 in Gates, 171 in Martin, 42 in Per quimans, 18 in Tyrrell and 148 in Washington. The active balance of unemployed for these six counties is Four hundred and eighty , seven . flf -fejjp number are in Chovyjgn County. Among this number unem ployed there are brickmasons, car penters, watchmen, painters, pile drivers, teachers, electricians, opera tors of machinery in road building, bookkeepers, salesmen, salesladies, stenographers, typists, seamstresses, maids, cooks, nurses, practical, reg istered and children’s, unskilled labor and others. A total of 766 placements have been made in these counties, 315 of these being in private industry and 451 of these being in public work. Two hundred and twenty-seven of this number were in Chowan County, 193 were placed with private em ployers and 37 in public employment. The local office has been informed by a representative of one of the contractors on the Albemarle Sound Blridge that work would begin on that project in about 30 days. SPECIAL MEETING COUNCIL MONDAY Approve Sale of Armory.; Contribute To Entertainment Expense of General Assembly A special meeting of Town Coun cil was held Monday afternoon for the purpose of acting upon the sale of the old Edenton Armory, the sale depending upon the approval of Town Council and Major M. P. Whichard, trustee of the local Ambu lance Company. The property was sold at public auction Saturday at noon to T. Wallace Jones for the sum of $2330, and both Town Council and M. P. Whichard approved the sale. Major Whichard at the meeting asked members of the Board to ap point Mayor E. W. Spires to act with him as custodian of the new armory, which was accordingly done. The matter of financing entertain ment for the North’ Carolina general Assembly when it weets in Edentan was brought to the attention of the counciFmen and it was decided to ap propriate $125 to assist in this ex pense. Ten Applications For Boarding Homes For Homeless Children Following a story appearing in last week’s Herald relative to the need for boarding homes for home less children, in Chowan County, Miss Meta Dowling, child welfare assistant in her report to the Coun ty Commissioners Monday said ten applications had been made for li censed boarding homes. She plso re ported that a State department field agent for boarding homes would be in Chowan County Monday 8, to consider the qualifications of these homes in which to place children who need proper care. At present there are three child ren to be returned to Virginia and one to Florida. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 4,1936. RED CRBSSDRIVE BRINGS LETTER 1 OF APPRECIRTION National Body Sends Warm Thanks For Relief Donations AROUND $1,163 Chowan Chapter Includ ed In State’s One Hundred Best Chowan County’s generous part in the recent Red Cross drive for funds for the Ohio River flood sufferers has brought a happy response from the National headquarters of the or ganization at Washington. Mrs. J. N. Pruden, local chapter chairman - who conducted the campaign here last month, got the letter this week from William Carl Hunt, assistant manager for the Eastern Area. i The communication receipts for $992.38 turned in by Mrs. Pruden as ' Chowan’s liberal donation, stipulates 5 also, that the Edenton Rotary Club’s f sls contribution sent to Rotary head t quarters, has been similarly credited to the Chowan Chapter, while an ac ’ company ing memoranda states that a c etter has gone to Louisville directing 1 similar local credit for a $l5O dona j tion sent west direct by the Edenton 5 Peanut Company. Chowan County was one of 100 J chapters in North Carolina to great ly exceed their original quotas, Mr. ’ Hunt writes, his letter in full being ’ as follows; : “My*Tdear Mrs. Pruden.; ■ “By this time you have our re -3 ceipt for $992.38 covering your check - which came on February 17. I , thought I had sent you a copy of our , February sth letter to the Edenton , Rotary Club, acknowledging their - contribution of $15.00 for flood relief, f This amount will be credited to your chapter’s quota for flood relief. We , are delighted your county has shown E such a splendid response to this spec- I ial disaster appeal. You will be glad to know that over 100 chapters in E North Carolina have reached or greatly exceeded their original .’ quotas. . “You have also received the Honor 1 Certificate in recognition of Roll Call ■ achievement.” I 1 16 Cases Contagious Disease In County During February Sixteen cases of contagious dis . eases were reported in Chowan Coun ty during February in Dr. M. P. Whichard’s report as county health officer. Whooping cough was in the • lead with eight cases reported, while ' chicken pox followed with six cases, 1 and two cases of scarlet fever. ; Dr. Whichard also reported on his inspections of the Court House ■ county jail and County Home, saying all were in good condition. Want A Job? / >— '*> In a Vv'ay that indicates anew that j when it has a thing to do Edenton knows how to do it, around a half ; hundred leading town residents, men and women about equally divided, met with Mayor Spires at the Mu , nicipal Building Tuesday night and for a couple of hours showed a will ing eagerness to make the forthcom ing visit of the General Assembly a memorable occasion. Those present might Jje said to represent every phase of civic life both in an organi zation and personal way, and pretty nearly all of them were given a job to do in anticipation of the legisla tive visit. Committees were appointed, deci sion as to the program was reached, announcements were made that free bus transportation had been pledged from Raleigh and that a special train, also, might foe pressed into service, that the meeting should and will be held in the Court House to the exclusion of any other spot be the crowd large or small, that the town should be adorned and decorat ed the best way possible, and that all things pointed to a large gathering, one of the largest, perhaps in the history of the town. Mayor Spires, naturally, presided at ( the meeting Tuesday night, in fact ' - ;CHARTER GOES TO LIONS AT BIG 4 CITY GATHEAING i Local Club Given Cer tificate By District Governor LIVELYPROGRAM Guests From Franklin, Columbia and Wash ington Present i! “Charter Night” for the recently 1 organized Edenton Lions Club was a l memorable affair, socially and in . every other respect, at the Hotel Joseph Hewes last Monday night. A , 100 per cent local club membership , was on hand, and everybody brought . his wife or lady love with him, the t latter all dressed becomingly in at tractive evening dresses and certain ly adding eclat to the evening. . And from Franklin, Virginia, and • Washington and Columbia, too, still . more Lions and their fair ones were . on hand to decorate the evening’s I gayety, 82 altogether, and to make . it the happiest “Charter Night” , seance in the long life of many such ■ official seances of District Governor ’ V. J. Ashbaugh, of Durham, who was , present to formally induct the new organization into being and to pre ( sent to it the handsomely engraved documentary parchment chartering it on its course to future success. , Mr. Ashbaugh, an entertaining speaker, said this very thing. He declared priyately that not in his career as -Governor had he been ’ prouder to induct an organization “ into office, and not before had he faced “such intelligence and feminine charm” as when he stood up at the 1 banquet table Monday night to out line the principles and aims of the • Lions. This last he did in a telling manner. A large chart showing the ' different phases and opportunities of 1 Lions fellowship hung from the wall ' behind him, and each feature thereon ' he explained with happy minuteness. 1 The District Governor, of pleasing ■ personality, enunciated these aims of Lions everywhere and declared with much emphasis that they existed as much if not more so in a thriving bustling little town like Edenton than in a larger metropolis. An outstretched Lions’ hand with a smile behind it, can mean much, very much, in civic life, he stated, “but when there is occasion to roar let your roar reverberate so that it cannot be mistaken.” In this connec • tion Mr. Ashbaugh saia it was pro • bably not the purpose of Lions to . engage in crusading but it should be i their desire in all civic affairs to ; voice quietly and positively the right ! as against the wrong. ■ Opportunities for service are mul tiple, said the speaker, and the local ; organization will find them plentiful if they train their observations upon ; them, and act in unison. While not a (Continued on Page Five) . . ~~~ ~~ <*> 1 had called it into being. John A. Holmes, as usual, was given the sec retarial job and Jesse W. White was named as treasurer. One of the first things brought up had to do with feeding the guests at the Hotel Joseph Hewes. It was agreed that this meal should only foe for legislators and official guests and it was left to the Mayor to decide who these should be. The selection of committees then took up much time but a fine spirit of harmony and willingness to serve and do anything desired to make the affair a lasting and unforgettable one was evidenced by everybody present. The possibility of the President and his entourage coming of course excited everyone to a high pitch of enthusiasm and it was thought de sirable to leave no stone unturned to make this possible. Naturally there was much pleasan try throughout the session, as for instance when someone said the special train would not return until night, another was quick with his laughing rejoinder “Gosh that will mean two meals.” The Mayor said he had been assur ed that every branch of the State government would be represented (Continued on Page Five) I President As Possibility Also, Enthuses Everybody * —■ i - -■ ■ - i " 1 ■ Commissioners Pass Buck For Liquor Election Though members of the Board of County Commissioners antici pate the necessity of calling for , an election to vote on whether or not Chowan County may have an ABC liquor store, they refused to take the initiative at their meet ing Monday to call for such an r election. t They do, however, believe that a petition will be signed by a suffi cient number of voters, and when ' it is presented an election accord- L ing to the new law must be held. t "■■■- * * Commissioners Ask ; For Postponement Os Regular Term Court i 1 In view of the fact that there are 1 scarcely any important court cases ’ on hand, the County Commissioners > on Monday passed a resolution re , questing the judge to postpone the p term of Chowan Superior Court . which is scheduled to be held the . week beginning March 29. This ac tion was taken in an effort to save 1 the County extra court costs when t very little business would appear on the docket. r However, a jury list was drawn 1 as a precautionary measure in event j the judge failed to grant the re j quest. If the postponement grant j ed and important cas<ra come up for ; trial a request will be made for a ; special term, the expense of which J will be less than a regular term. ’ Those who were selected for jury ; duty, but who will not be summoned , unless the regular term is held are j as follows: f W. E. Jordan, Jr., Leslie Morgan, 1 J. 13. Perry, W. D. Moran, Nathan i Dan, J. C Hendrix, C. F. Chappell . W. A. Perry, E. L. Hollowell, Zeb r Smith, John R. Lewis, C. A. Bass, E W. E. Speight, J. C. Haste, J. I. j Boyce, Jr. W. W. Bunch, Jr., G. A. . Boyce, J. S. Turner, E. F. Parks, l Lloyd E. Bunch, Frank Elliott, T. B. ’ Barrow, Martin L. Hofler, Richard G. Bunch, S. M. Wilkins, Curtis Chap pell Ralph Goodwin, Henry Bunch, 1 John M. Elliott, George Smith, Thos. ’ B. Wood, I. D. Bright, T. O. Asbell, ’ J. H. Byrum, R. K. Hollowell, Ber t tram Hollowell. ’ Want State Take Over \ Road In Rocky Hock ’ Rev. Norman Ashley, appearing before the County Commissioners Monday in behalf of a group of peti ' tioners, asked that body to pass a resolution requesting- the State Iligh * way and Public Works Commission 1 to take over a stretch of road in the 1 iiocky Ilock section. The road in question is about a mile long lead ' ing- from I. D. Harrell's home to Edgar Pearce’s farm. Mr. Ashley explained to the Com missioners that the road saves con siderable travel by residents going from one section to the other and - would be a great advantage. The Commissioners agreed to pass ■ the resolution requested and residents i affected will continue in their efforts to have the road maintained by the i State. ; Garden Club Meets Tuesday Afternoon A meeting of the Garden Club will be held Tuesday afternoon in the . Cupola House. This meeting will be gin at 4 o’clock and all members are especially urged to attend. MRS. R. K. HALL HOME Friends will be delighted to know that Mrs. R. K. Hall on Monday was brought to her home in North Eden ton following an operation in Eliza beth City. • Mrs. Hall shows signs of improvement, but is still confined to her bed. MRS. LEARY IMPROVING Mrs. B. F. Francis was advised Wednesday night that the condition of her sister, Mrs. Jodie Leary, was much improved. Mrs. Leary was quite sick last week at her home in Williamston. She is at the George Reynolds Hotel with her son. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year -w Mayor Wires Invitation And Impresses Others To Help GOVERNOR JOINS Large Crowd Expected For General Assembly Next Week Edenton’s legislative house party, commemorating by the General As sembly, Governor Hoey, a great host of State officials and employees, and, maybe, by President Roosevelt, a past of which it has ever been proud and mindful, too, continues to bid - promise of being a large affair numerically. No definite date has yet been set but word from Raleigh Tuesday afternoon was that both - law mill branches would reach a deci sion on this Friday, and that the , March 9 or 10 dates next week might ' be considered as still standing. ’ However, much will depend on the > President. Serious effort is being - made to bring him here. He has ; said he would leave Washington ear t ly next Wednesday morning after : delivering his forthcoming radio talk - the night before. It ha.; been ; thought that he might be prevailed i upon, if these plans carry, to have i his train for Warm Springs, Ga., where he is going, stopped en route, , say at Rocky Mount, and escort him ; from there in a great travelcade of , motor cars, returning him to his . train later in the day. f It is felt that it ltt would agree t to this a definite dale to suit his ! convenience would, of course be de cided upon. In line with this idea , and hope Mayor E. W. Spires yester -1 day sent the following telegram to x the President: “President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Washington, D. C. J “General Assembly of North Car olina, together with Governor Hoey, j plan one day meeting in Edenton, probably some time next week in re ’ cognition of this Old Colonial Capi tal. Understand you plan to pass through this State en route to Warm ’ Springs during the same week. Your presence on this occasion would con ’ fer a great honor upon our State and community. A motorcade would es ’ cort you and your party from what ever point you designate. Am re ’ questing Governor Hoey to extend similar invitation. Would appre ciate advice soon as possible in order we may request Legislature to set date to conform with your plans. E. W. SPIRES, Mayor.” On top of this message a telegram went to Representative John F. I j White acquainting him with the wire to the President, and suggesting he confer at once with Lieutenant Gov ernor Horton and Speaker Cherry as | well as the Governor as to a date, and stating that if the. President can come a move would be started at once for a nation-wide radio hook-up ( broadcast. While the Mayor c. as at it he telegraphed invitations to former Governor Eliringhaus and family, to Chairman C. J.L Waynick, of the State Highway Commission, asking him to hoid the March high way meeting here while the legisla ture is on hand, to Mrs. J. B. Spill ; man and to I’. Bruep Etheridge. The telegram to Governor (Hoey, 1 also by the Mayor, spoke ox the im ! portance of pressing this appeal up on the President. Other telegTams went forward to United States Sena tor J. W. Bailey and “Our Bob” Reynolds, as well as Congressman Lindsay Warren, urging them to make the appeal to the President in person, and to report back as quickly : as they can on the subject. It might, therefore, be said that while great activity has been shown in arranging for the legislative ses sion all plans have momentarily been dropped in a concentrated move to bring the President here. Perfect frankness, however, justifies the 1 feeling that Edenton doubts the President’s ability to make this ‘ change in his contemplated travel itinerary. It is certain his desire 1 would be to honor this fine old town and great State in the manner pro posed, and hopes above all else he will do so. I Until he is heard from and until i some positive date has been set by i the State*law mill, Edenton has to i mark time on the whole proposition, i Should the President come, of course, ! the rest of the .world would (Continued on Page Five)
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