In these columns will be
found a fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume IV.—Number 10.
Welcome, Governor Hoey, Members
N. C. General Assembly And Visitors
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Fight To Finish Pfanned In
Wrangle Over School Board
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Incumbents Protest Be
ing Ousted By Rep
resentative .
WHITEUPHEUD
County Officials Sign
Request For Present
Board
Just as determined as is John F.
White, Chowan County’s representa
tive in the General Assembly, to
have his appointments stand for
members of the County Board of
Education, so also are the members
who were elected in the primary
planning to fight to the last ditch to
keep from being ousted by Mr.
White. They have gone to Raleigh
several times to protest against Mr.
White’s action - and intimations are
that they will present their objec
tions at every opportunity if given
.a hearing.
Last week the House education
•committee, after hearing objections
from a delegation from the county,
approved Mr. White’s appointments
which include Z. T. Evans, T. L.
Ward and himself. This board would
replace the five member board which
was elected in the primary and com
prising Mrs. George Wood, S. E.
Morris, L. W. Belch, Isaac Byrum
and Z. T. Evans. -
The next move on the part ofi’the
present' board was to have a request
signed by county officials to be pre
sented to the House and Senate
education committees in an effort to
have the present board approved.
This request was signed by all county
officials, except George Hoskins,
county treasurer, who could not be
seen before the paper was sent to
Raleigh.
The request addressed to the edu
cation committees of the House and
Senate, was thus worded:
“We, the undersigned officials of
Chowan County, hereby request, that
the General Assembly appoint, as
members of the Chowan County
Board of Education the persons who
were nominated as members of said
Board in the Democratic primary.”
Those signing their names follow:
D. M. Warren, chairman of the
County Commissioners; A. C. Boyce,
J. A. We&fc, A. D. Ward and W. H.
Winbome, County Commissioners;
W. S. Privott, prosecuting attorney;
R. D. Dixon, clerk of Superior Court;
M. L. Bunch, register of deeds; W. D.
Pruden, county attorney; J. A.
Bunch, sheriff; M. P. Whichard, '
county health officer; J. N. Pruden,
judge of. Recorder’s Court; B. W.I
Evans, chairman of the Chowan I
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee; Mrs. E. N. Elliott, vice chair
man of the Executive Committee, and
of course, members of the Board of
Education.
Representative White feels certain
that the General Assembly will sup
port him in his appointments, while
those in Chowan opposing Mr.
White’s decision to oust the present
board feel reasonably sure that those
elected by the voters of the county
will be allowed to serve.
Exam For Postoffice
Position March 27
An. examination for substitute
clerit-carrierUn 'the Edenton post
oflice will be held Saturday, jMarch
27. Quite a 'few citizens would like
very much to have this position and
a goodly number are expected to take
the examination.
The vacancy was caused by Leon
Leary being promoted to city carrier,
replacing M. G. Sawyer, who re
signed.
Former Edentonian
Dies In Hampton
Older Edenton residents will be in
terested in learning of the death in
Hampton, Va., Sunday of Frederick
A. White, aged 37. Mr. White was
a son. of the late Buck White and
left Edenton when very young. He
is a first Cousin of Mrs. L. D. Bond
Funeral services were held at his
home in 1 Hampton Tuesday. He is
survived by his widow, a' small
daughter and a son.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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As president of the State Sen
ate, Yv i wins P. Horton received
and gave instant encouragement
to the White resolution bringing
the State's law makers here for
today’s commemorative session.
U. D. C. District Meet
Postponed To April 22
Owing to the General Assembly
gathering here today, the district
, meeting of the United Daughtera df
the Confederacy which was to have
been held in Edenton, Kits been post
poned until April 22. Mrs. George
Byrum, president of Hie Bell Bat
tery Chapter, made this announce
ment Tuesday, explaining that the
meeting originally scheduled for to
day had been switched to the later
date with the approval of Mrs. J. H.
Anderson, of Raleigh, president of
the North Carolina division.
It is expected, Mrs. Byrum said,
that Mrs. Anderson and other state
officers would be in attendance here
at the April session, as well as for
another district meeting in Harrells
ville the next day. The local meet
ing, to which more than 100 are ex
pected, will be held in the Hotel
Joseph Hewes.
Down Town Lenten
Services Next Week
Beginning next Monday and con
tinuing through Friday of next week,
at 12:05 there will be Lenten services
iin the Taylor Theatre. The speakers
will be the Rev. Leonard W. Topping,
I Rev. Stephen Gardner, of Washing
{ton, N. C., Rev. E. T. Jillson, of
Hertford, Mr. John A. Holmes, of
Edenton, and Rev. John Hardy, of
Credwell.
These services will not last more
than 20 minutes. The public is in
vited. Mrs. Geo. C. Wood is treas
urer of the undertaking. If a suc
cess, Mr. Ashby hopes to repeat next
Lent.
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As Weaker ,of the lower legis
lative branch, R. Gregg Cherry
was first to officially handle and
sign the White resolution bring
ing the General Assembly here
and in conference with Lieuten
ant Goverhdr Horton set the date
for the gathering.
Eo'enton, Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday, March 11,1937.
| “CAPITOL” FOR A DAY
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The State’s handsomest architectural gem and oldest hall of
jurisprudence—Edenton’s greatest and most priceless prize—built
soon after and on the exact site where the early day General As
sembly met in this town more than 200 years ago- The Legislature
will be “at home” in this building for its one-day session.
TREATMENTS FOR
TYPHOID BEGIN IN
SCHOOLSMONDAY
► Clinic Was Postponed
r Due to W eather and
Bod Roads
Dr. M. P. Whichard, county health
officer, announces that the typhoid
and diphtheria clinic for. school
children will .begin next Monday,
March 15. The inoculations were
planned to have been begun on Mon
day, March 1, but due to inclement
weather and the condition of roads
Dr. Whichard postponed the clinic.
The rearranged schedule i 3 as fol
lows:
BfiWch 15, 23 and April I—Plea
sant drove, 9 to 9:30 A. J#.; St.
John's, 10 to 12 A M.; Trkhigle,
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I TODAY’S PROGRAM 1
Train arrives at Norfolk Southern depot at I
12 o'clock noon. I
Greetings there by Reception Committees. |
Automobile cavalcade to Court House. J
Procession led by Captain Farmer of State 1
with Lieutenant Jones, Ser- I
geant Welch and Corporal Dail as aides. I
Company F, ,105th Medical Regiment I
guard of honor for Governor Hoey, in com- |
mand of Major M. P. Whichard. |
Elizabeth City Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle f
Corps and Edenton School Band. |
Upon arrival at Court House, General As- |
?> sembly convenes there in joint session at 1 |
| o’clock. :>
;; Address of Welcome by Mayor E. W. Spires, j;
: : Response by Governor Clyde R, Hoey. <;
Official broadcast of all Court House pro-;;
:: ceedings. <>
2:30 P. M., Buffet Luncheon at the Parish ;;
:: House. ;;
Address there by Rev. C. Aylett Ashby. ::
After luncheon official party will be escort-;;
I ed by Reception Committee to all places of < >
I historic interest. ;;
4:00 P. M., Exhibition Drill on South Broad
] I Street by Elizabeth City Boy Scouts Drum and I
;: Bugle Corps. <»
4:30 P. M., official party assembles at dock j;
i: to embark on boat trips on Bay and Sound. :;
<; Train leaves for return trip at BP. M. ;;
; NEW mi WATER
[RATED HIGH IN
FIRST ANALYSIS
[ Likely Be Turned Into
_ City’s Mains Next
Week
i Edenton’s new water supply, gush-
I ing up as it will from the well sunk
I on the Virginia Highway, which will
, soon be turned into the mains after
! the usual filtration, has been pro
■ nounced of high excellency, and has
; met all the tests and analyses of the
i State Board of Health as to perfec
tion.
' This is a source of great gratifica
tion to the town authorities, who,
■ while never in doubt as to the type
. of water struck, had had such mean
, results from their earlier digging
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Edenton Anxiously Awaits
Arrival State Law Makers
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CLYDE R. HOEY
A former law maker himself,
Governor Clyde R. Hoey shares
with the Legislature today in
the greeting and welcome that
will be bestowed upon them. He
was the first of the State offi
cials to wire, “I will surely be
with you.”
Oxford Orphanage
Singing Class Will
Here April 13
According to a schedule arranged
by the Oxford Orphanage' Singing
Class which makes an annual tour of i
the State, the class will present their
program in Edenton on Tuesday,
April 13.
The entertainment will be held in
the auditorium of the Edenton High
School, and is said to be as interest
ing as any program rendered here
tofore.
Clothing Leaders’
School March 19
A clothing leaders school will be
held in the Court House on Friday,
March 19, according to Miss Rebecca!
Colwell, Chowan County home agent.
Miss Willie Hunter, extension spec
ialist in clothing, will be in charge
of the school and as a feature will
give a seasonal lesson on clothing.
Governor’s Family Will]
Be Guests Mrs. Byrum
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, Mrs.
Hoey and their daughter, Miss Isa
bella Hoey, Will be guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George P. Byrum while in
Edenton today attending the one-day
session of the General Assembly.
Mrs. Byru'.n received a telegram on
Monday from Governor Hoey saying
they had gladly accepted Mrs. By
rum’s invitation.
Masonic Banquet Be
Held On March 25
Local masons are now at work ar
ranging plans for the annual masonic
banquet which will be held Thursday
night, March 25. The banquet this
year will be held at Hotel Joseph
Hewes, the principal speaker for
which has not yet been announced.
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Postpone' Rotary
Meeting To Friday
Due to the members of the
North Carolina General Assembly
and invited friends being served
dinner in the Parish House Thurs
day afternoon, the regular lunch
eon of the Edenton Rotary Club
has been postponed today. How
ever, the Rotary meeting will be
held at the usual hour tomorrow
(Friday).
As a special feature of the
meeting a moving picture will be
presented of the convention held
in Chicago celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the founding of
Rotary. The picture is very in
teresting and all Rotarians are
urged to be on hand.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results .
$1.25 Per Year
Joint Session Will Be
Held In Historic
Court House
TOWN HONORED
Strenuous Efforts Made
To Entertain Many
Expected
Welcome, Governor Hoey! Wel
come, members of the General As
sembly! Welcome, state officials,
all, chiefs and subordinates! Wel
come, other visitors! Welcome,
everybody!
You’ve been a long time getting
here, but, mv, how welcome you are!
A peep elsewhere outlines the score
card of your visit, and further down
this line of columnar printing you’ll
be able to note where you are going
to be fed and what the meal is to
be like, and, no doubt, from some of
the more voluble of the reception
| committee members you will learn of
I much that has been forgotten in the
way of entertainment news, or rather
the telling of which has been neg
lected.
So have a good time. Enjoy your
selves to the utmost. Make merry in
your own way. The keys of Eden
ton are yours and every door is un
locked, so you will have no trouble
with the keyholes. If it cost you
to get here it’s a shame.
IV certainly v.-bn’t cost you a cent
'white you are hei**. The town is
yours. Just le~ve us the sidewalks
land the streets when you amble off
j tonight. We’ll make out somehow,
j and will never forget you!
Seriously, we’re all, every man,
woman and child, proud to have you
today in this happy, commemorative
gesture you have so eagerly been
glad to make at the fount of much
primal lore, at what we like to call
“The Cradleland of History” but
which we do not claim superior con
trol over.
Much has happened here in the
days way back, two or three hundred
years ago, but here’s one newspaper
that’s not going to remind you of it
again. Undoubtedly you know the
history of the Albemarle a3 well as
we do, and if not you’ll probably get
indigestion learning of it before you
leave—that or some other cause for
your dyspepsia.
Just know this over and over again
—you have sig-nally honored a sec
tion of our great state that has evei
I claimed the right to be so honored,
and in honoring it you have made
that section under a debt of gratitude
and appreciation it will never be able
to repay.
We’ve done our darndest to en
courage your coming. We even dar
ed the President of the United States
to come and got word back from his
! secretary that he w ould have enjoy
ed such a visit to the utmost but that
if he did go through North Carolina,
as we understood, it would be by
night and on a railroad far beyond
the Edenton purlieus.
So we lost him. And then Jim
Farley got into the state this week
and for a few brief hours we decid
ed to pull him over, also, but gave
up the idea in the belief we could
after r.ll be happiest with you and
our great Governor.
Governor Ehringhaus—we always
shall call him “Governor” whether
he’s in office or out —can’t be with
us today. Nor can United States
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, nor Con
gressman Lindsey C. Warren, and
maybe not Senator “Our Bob” Rey
nolds.
The list of absentees from an R.
S. V. P. standpoint is great and
“pressing business” has been the
usual reason, but all that, too, makes
us glad you are here.
It’s you we asked for and you we
want, and if the rest of the mighty
find themselves just pressed to death
with pressing business, why they are
the losers, and we hope you’ll agree
before you start back tonight.
Off hand we’ve just recalled that
Capus N. Waynick, chairman of the
State, Highway Commission, and his
compatriots on that board will all
be here, however. No doubt there
will be many others, too, bat herein
the Eastern Carolina suburbs/ with
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