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In these columns willbe found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume IV —Number 13. Suffolk Star Route Change Urged By Many CouipUiuts ♦ Better Service Assured By Starting Here In stead of Suffolk DIRECTOUTLET Change Would Speed up Delivery From 24 to 42 Hours Considerable interest is apparent among local merchants and business men regarding the reversal of the Suffolk star route which would make Edenton the terminal instead of Suffolk as at present. For sometime Postmaster C. E. Kramer has re ceived numerous complaints relative to the very poor mail service as the result of the present set-up, the re versal of which would give Edenton , a improved service, as .well as facilitate dispatch of mail at Suf folk and Edenton going in all direc tions. The change would not only mean better service to the larger cities, but Would permit mail leaving the local office to be delivered the same day on all rural routes between Edenton and Suffolk. Under the present schedule the route leaves Suffolk at 9:30 a. m. All mail that is brought for Tyner rural routes has to lay over in the Tyner office the remainder of that day, all night and does not go on rural routes until the next day. It reaches Edenton too late to connect with south bound train causing another delay. On the return trip it leaves Eden ton at 3:30 p. m. and mail for rural routes at intermediate offices is not delivered until next day. It reaches Suffolk too late to ibe worked that night which means another delay ,jin r morning. ■ 'w Rpa reversal "tiie route could leavfcr Edenton about 7:30 or 3:00 a. m. and arrive in Suffolk about 10:00 or 10:30 a. m. and on return trip leave Suffolk about 2:00 or 2:30 p. m. and arrive in Edenton about 4:30 p. m. This would give a direct daily communication between Edenton, in termediate post offices and Suffolk, thereby speeding up the service from . 24 to 42 hours. It would also give a direct outlet and direct supply of mail from both ends of the route to and from points beyond the terminals. As an exam ple: A local merchant could write his (Continued on Page Four) Revamp Project To Complete Armory (Mayor E. W. Spires and Major M. P. Whichard, who went to Ra leigh Tuesday in the interest of the recent application for a WPA project to finish the new armory, feel confi dent that the project will soon be ap proved and the building completed. Funds had been exhausted and work stopped on the building when an application was made for SIB,OOO. After due time and considerable cor respondence regarding the project ' Mayor Spires took .up the matter win Washington officials and arrang ed a conference with Col. 0. K. JPYaeger, Jr., of Washington, who is in f charge of building projects. It de veloped during the conference that the project had been approved by all State officials as well as the budget commission, but that it was disap proved in the President’s office be cause of the ruling that relief labor must be equal to 60 per cent of the cost to finish the project as sub mitted, relief work amounted to 52 per cent of the cost. _Hqwqver,the project will 'be revamped to meet the requirements and both Mayor Spires and Major. Whichard feel msured that when this' is done the project will be approved and the armory building will be rushed to "comple tion. Masons Launch An # Attendance Contest Jfjllß an effort to boost attendance '•f/MtS weekly meetings, Unanimity Lodge at the meeting on Thursday night launched an attendance con test which will continue for 60 days. The membership of those members living in or near town has been di vided with W. Jim Daniels and George Helms in charge of the two group*. At the end of the contest a banquet will be furnished at the ex pense of the losing side. Considerable Interest is. being shown in the oonteet and a large at tendance to expected at tonight’s THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY EDENTON HIGHS v TRIM WEEKSVILLE TUESDAY 6 TO 4 Roanoke Rapids, However, Take Long End of Close Game Here Friday Afternoon Before a small crowd of shivering faces Tuesday afternoon the Eden ton High School baseball team de feated Weeksville 6-4 to make the second conference victory against one defeat. The game was very interest ing despite the dope that the visitors would furnish little opposition. John Byrum tried his hand in the box for Edenton, going very well ex cept for an occasional streak of wild ness. For this reason he was re placed by Lester Jordan in the eighth inning when he appeared to have lost control. During his stay in the box 14 Weeksville" batters were re tired on strikes. Jordan easily hand led the situation the remainder of the game. Each team secured five hits, Jor dan, Clyde Spencer, Chesson, Byrum and Cayton getting one hit each, Cayton slamming out a neat three base hit with two runners on the path. Berry, visiting pitcher, was also in good form, 11 Edenton batters fall ing prey, to his curves and going out byway of the strike-out route. Edenton lost to Roanoke Rapids 2 to 0 on Friday afternoon on the local lot when fans witnessed a first class pitchers’ duel between Edenton’s ace hurler, Lester Jordan, and Byrd. Both flingers pitched an excellent 'brand of ball with Jordan having a little better of the argument, but for two costly errors was chalked up with a loss. Jordan fanned 13 Roanoke ; batters, while Byrd struck out an even dozen. Edenton gathered only fqur hits, while Roanoke Rapids se r cured"six, though they were flvell scattered. Edenton lost the ball game in the seventh inning when Fred Hoskins dropped a fly ball in left field allow ing the first run in the game to be scored. The other run was scored in the next inning when on an attempt ed equeeze play Melvin Layton al lowed the ball to get by him which would have been an easy out. Edenton lost an excellent chance to score in the seventh inning when the bases were loaded with only one man out. Chesson was walked after which Cayton made a neat double between center and right field fol lowed by a walk 'by Layton. The locals, however, lacked the punch to turn in the runs when John Byrum hit a short fly to second and Jordan’s foul was caught by Pope, Roanoke Rapids catcher. The same two teams wjjl cros3 bats Friday in Roanoke Rapids. FARM AND HOME AGENTS DISCUSS 4-H CLUB WORK Representatives From Nearby Coun ties Meet In Joseph Hewes Tuesday Morning County Agents and Home Demon stration chieftains from nearby coun ties gathered in the Hotel Joseph Hewes on Tuesday morning to listen to a number of state extension ex perts from Raleigh discuss a 4-H club program for the ensuing year and, if possible, to stimulate renewed interest in the work. The visitors who spoke were B. T. Ferguson, dis trict agent; Miss Pauline Smith, district agent; L. R. Harrill, club agent; Miss Frances McGregory, as sistant club agent, and G. W. Mc- Cullough,. technologist, Wild Life and Conservation, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Those who were-in attendance at the meeting were K. Rowell, farm : agent of Chowan, L. W* Anderson, of Perquimans, R. R, Rich, of Gates, J. G. Blake, of Hertford, R. D. Smith, of Bertie, G. W. Falls, of Pasquo tank, and L. A. Powell of Currituck. The Home Demonstration agents were Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan, Miss Florence Cox, Hertford, Miss Lucille Connor,. Bertie, Miss Mary Teeter, Camden, Miss Maude Hodges, Pasquotank, and Misß Virginia Ed wards, Currituck. URGE TEACHING OF SAFETY . ON HIGHWAYS IN SCHOOL The Atlanta, Ga., Parent-Teacher Association has adopted a resolution urging the teaching of safety in high schools. The superintendent of schools has appointed a committee to develop a program. The P. T. A. by the- automotive industry • Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 1, 1937. NEW DRIVEWAY SUGGESTED FOR LOCAL CEMETERY Association Urges New Route to Avoid Traffic Jams at Funerals ANNUALMEETING Same Group of Officers Elected to Serve Dur ing 1937 The Beaver Hill Cemetery Asso ciation held its annual meeting with Mrs. R. F. Tuttle Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock. The secretary made her annual report, and the treasurer reported the amount of ex-: penditures for 1936, $374.61, leaving a small balance in the bank. Attorney Ravenel Holland appear ed before the body . and explained the plans of the Board of'Directors since the renewal •„ of. the / charter,. Plans are being made to construct a driveway through the unsold plat of the cemetery so that the confusion of turning around or backing will be done away with as is now necessary at funerals. Mr. West was hired as caretaker from April 1 to October 31, (seven months) at SSO per month, with ex tra cleanings for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Complaints have been made that vases and pottery on the graves had been destroyed and shrubbery had been removed from lots. This report is being investigated and offenders will be dealt with according to law. It is to be hoped that every lot owner will respond promptly to the secretary’s statement when present ed; it is very necessary to have funds to operate. The same officers were re-elected for 193 1 : Mrs. R. F. Tuttle, president; Mrs. E. S. Norman, vice president; Mr 3. CRjlfcAS, Gardner, treasurer; Mrs. A. S. Smith, secretary.' Canfield Speaker At Rotary Meet Today As a special feature of the Rotary meeting today in the Parish House, C. E. Kramer, in charge of the pro grams for the next quarter, an nounces that Harry Canfield, tech nologist and culturist of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, will 'be the principal speaker. Mr. Canfield has been in this vicinity for several weeks making a survey of Albemarle shad resources to the end that something might be .done to remedy the rapid ly diminishing supply of this tasty fish in waters hereabouts. Mr. Can field has not announced his subject, but will undoubtedly present some in teresting and enlightening facts in connection with his work here. At last week’s meeting Hal Hey wood of Elizabeth City gave a very delightful address on the beginning and progress of fire insurance. He was accompanied by Wade Marr. A number of visitors were also present from the Windsor Rotary Club. Oxford Singing Class In Edenton April 13 The Singing Class of Oxford Or phanage will present their annual program in Edenton on Tuesday, April 13, at 8 p. m., in the Edenton school auditorium. The class is made up of a new: personel, the program including music, songs, : drills, folk songs and dances. E. T. Rawlinson, chairman of the Orphanage Committee of Unanimity Lodge_ under whose auspices the class will visit Edenton, has received advertising matter which will be dis tributed within the next' few (toys. A small admission charge will be made to the concert, the proceeds of which .the lodgemen turn oyer Jto the orphanage. Methodists Able To Use Church Sunday After being o.ut of the Methodist Church on Easter Sunday because of a defective heating system, services will be resumed in the Church build ing next Sunday. The subject for the morning service at eleven o’clock will be “The Witness of the Spirit.” At the evening service at eight o’clock the subject is to be, “The Price of Christian Progress.” The children who were to have been received into the Church Easter Sunday will be received at the morn ing service. Sunday School at 9:45 o’clock, and League ~*t 7:15. At the League, group lour.will be in charge of the program, Parker Helms leading. - SPONSORSHIP OF | EYE CLINIC BY, LIONS NOW SURE I State Commission With- ' out Funds, But Club Will Take Over REPORTMONDAY ! Corporal George 1. Dail Urges Greater Atten tion to Motor Laws J That the Edenton Lions Clulb will j sponsor an eye clinic is almost a , surety following a meeting of the ' Club Monday night in Hotel Joseph t i Hewes. W. J. Taylor, secretary, read a communication from the State ' ■ Blind Commission to the effect that ■ funds had been exhausted at present, but that most likely the Club would , ! be reimbursed for any amount spent , when new funds will be available i, after July 1. The Club unanimously i "favored a clinic and the matter was referred to R. C. Holland, chairman . , of the Sight Conservation and Blind i Committee, who will make his report to the Club next Monday night. The clinic provides an eye special ■ ist to make examinations and fur- 1 i nishes glasses to those who are un ■ able to pay for the same, the latter 1 , expense being borne by the spon- , sors. ; If the clinic is definitely decided ! [ upon it is the purpose of the Club to I hold it before school closes. ; Especially interesting at the i meeting Monday night was an ad dress on safety by Corporal George ; I. Dail, who told his fellow club i members that carelessness on the • highways was responsible for the i major portion of accidents. He es pecially stressed disregarding minor [ motoring rules such as parking, giv ; ing signals and the like which, he ■ said, eventjixlly form habits that ; make motoring dangerous not only for the guilty parties themselves, but those who observe motoring rules as well. At the close of his remarks several of the Lions asked him ques tions relative to motoring that puzzle the average driver, all of which were r answered with dispatch by the high , way patrolman. Triangular Debate Be Held Friday Night i , The annual triangular debate will i ! be held tomorrow (Friday) night, i I with Edenton High School’s affirma . tive team debating at home with ' Elizabeth City’s negative team and , Edenton’s negative debaters match ing Hertford’s affirmative at Hert ford. Hertford’s negative team and ’ Elizabeth’s affirmatives will debate ( in Elizabeth City. The query this year is “Resolved that the Government should own and , operate all electric utilities.” Debaters representing the Edenton : team are: Affirmative, Mary White and Junius Davis; negative, Mabel ; Ruth Harrell and Edward Bass. Usually there is a very small atten dance at the triangular debates and it is hoped that this year will be an , exception, especially so far as Eden i ton is concerned. The debate is time ly and with good speakers to present • their respective views on the subject a profitable evening can be spent by , a large group of people. i 18 Take Exam For Postoffice Vacancy , That there is no shortage of men . to work for Uncle 'Sam was evident . here Saturday afternoon when 18 1 men took the examination for the job . as substitute clerk-carrier in the Edenton postoffice. The examination , was conducted’ in the Edenton High . School under, the direction of J. Frank White, Sr., and E. T. Rawlin son, members of the Civil Service Examination Board. The examina tion is said to have been very rigid, and those taking it await anxiously ■ their rating. The papers have 'been sent to the ; Civil Service Commission in Wash ' ington and when examined will be re i turned. Important Meeting U. D. C. On Tuesday Mm. George P. Byrum, president 1 of Bell Battery Chapter, U. D. C., calls attention to the monthly meet -1 ing of the Chapter to be held Tues ' day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the • home of Mrs- Walter White. Mrs. Byrum especially urges every mem -1 ber to be present in order to arrange , final plans for the district meeting > which will be held Thursday, April' 22nd, to Hotel Joseph Hewes. Gratifying Responses Made In Town Booklet Canvass —A BARTLETT SURE ROAD MONEY BE PAID COUNTIES Says No Need For Delay Since Ma chinery Set Up For Settlement Os Claims Counties all over North Carolina will receive the news that House Bill No. 778 passed which authorizes the new Highway Commission to ad just claims which certain counties have against the State for roads con structed prior to the State’s taking over the system with a great deal of enthusiasm, according to a state ment made by N. G. Bartlett, Secre tary of the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce, the sponsoring or ganization of this program. “It has been a long drawn out proposition but now that the machinery has Keen set up for the settlement of these claims by the State for the various counties, there is no need for much more delay,” says Mr. Barlett. The 1935 General Assembly passed an act which directed the Governor to appoint a Fact Finding Commis sion to receive the claims of the va rious counties and to make recom mendations to the 1937 General As sembly as to what should be done. This Commission was appointed by Governor Ehringhaus and sat in hearings at Asheville and Raleigh during the last year and heard the arguments of the various claimant counties. The Commission made its report to the Governor and General Assembly about the middle of Feb ruary this year. Six of the mem bers of the nine stated that they felt like there was some merit in the claims but that they did not feel that they had had sufficient time to deter mine the exact amounts but suggest ed that the matter 'be referred to the incornftnjg/Highway Commission with power to wet. Three of the members of the Commission of nine made a minority report in which they said several of the counties were entitled to definite amounts but did not see fit to designate the amounts that each county is entitled to. It was no surprise that the author ities were not satisfied with this type of report and so with the Assis tance of Governor Hoey and members of the House and Senate, House Bill No. 778 was drawn up and passed by both Houses of the General Assem bly. Judge Guy Elliott, of Kinston, chairman of the Legislative Commit tee of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary .N. G. Bartlett have spent most of the time during the last 12 months in the in terest of this project and useless to say they are delighted with the out come. The suggestion is made now by them that as soon as the new Highway Commission is appointed and takes up its duties that the coun ties that have meritorious claims should immediately contact the High way Commission and secure as speedy an adjustment as they possi bly can. The total amount that will be required to adjust these claims has been estimated all the way from five million up to ten million dollars. More than a score of counties joined in with the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce in a cooperative movement which made possible this Legislation. 221 SHARES B. & L. STOCK MATURES Stockholders Will Benefit to Tune of $22,100; New Series Opens > Saturday R. E. Leary, secretary of the Eden ton Building and Loan Association, announces the opening Saturday of the 65th series for the sale of stock. Mr. Leary, also reports that 221 shares of stock will mature the early part of April representing $22,100. Os this amount $12,600 will be paid in cash to shareholders while $9,500 will go toward retiring mortgages on property purchased through the As sociation. Shareholders during a little over six yean have paid into the associa tion $18,011.50 in this series which represents an accumulation in profit of $4,08850. CHOWAN CLUB MEETS APRIL 12th INSTEAD OF APRIL 6th Through error it was announced in last week’s Herald that the Chowan Woman’s Club will meet April sth with Mrs, Alfred Perry, the correct date of this meeting will be April 12) This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year » Publication Idea Is Fav orably Received on All Sides HERALDSPONSOR Local Interests Pledge Support to Volunteer Canvassers Local public spirit, always pro nounced when the well-being and fu ture of Edenton is made a point at issue, has evidenced itself in a marked way during the past ten days in relation to the proposed town booklet soon to be published by The Chowan Herald. An almost 100 percent response has been favorably made to a quartette of prominent citizens who volunteered their ser vices in a canvass of the community, and the publication, attractive in idea, dignified in tone, artistic in il lustrative make up, and absolutely accurate and correct in every essen tial detail bearing on all phases of Edenton life of today and yesterday, can now be referred to as an assured fact and something certain to occa sion much outside notice and bring an enlarged industrial and traveling trade to “The Beauty Spot of the Albemarle.” The Herald, proud that it instigat ed the plan, a plan which has lain dormant here for years but which has ever been a source of desire, shares in the gratification which the idea has occasioned, and guarantees an initial edition of at least 5,000 copies for general distribution through channels and into trade cen ters where much great good will emanate. Lest there be some thought to the contrary, let it be said that the booklet on Edenton, the first in the- long life and his tory, will compare favorably with, if not be the peer of any similar town literature put out in any other North Carolina community. It is intended to keep it high class in every respect, perfect pictorially, concise in phrase ology, without a factual blemish, free from all bombast or boosting— something, in short, which the com ing generation can proudly use as a keystone upon which to build toward an even greater destiny. The history behind the proposed work is interesting. For years and years Edenton has gone along in the even tenor of its way satisfied with the little folder descriptive of its fourteen points of historical inter est. This was all right in a sense, and remains so, but so many visitors and trade interests come here asking about other matters than what are contained on this folder, a great in flux of which inquiries have reached The Herald office—especially was this true during the recent legislative visitation to town—so The Herald took the bull ,by the horns and start ed in on its own hook to do some thing real. Naturally, the first move was to secure some concurrence from the town in the idea, and one way it was thought best was to bring a meeting of leading citizens into conference on the subject. This was done late last week, and the response was un animous. Not only that, but those at the meeting named a committee to go out and get similar consents everywhere. Julien Wood, R. D, Dixon, Mayor E. W. Spires, John A. (Continued on Page Five) County Sponsoring Pre-School Clinic Chowan county is sponsoring a pre-school clinic for all the children, both white and colored, who expect to enter school in September. Pa rents are urged to bring or send their children to the clinic nearest to them. The schedule for white children follows: April 9—Center Hill, 10:30 to 11, Drs. Powell or Williams. April 12—Oak Grove, 10:30 to 11, Dts. Powell or Williams. April 16—Edenton, 10:00 to 11:00, Dr. Whichard. The nurse will want the children at 9:00 a. in. Following is the schedule for col ored children: April 19—Warren’s Grove, 10:30 to 11, Dr. Hines. April 22—Edenton High, (colored) 10:00 to 11:00, Dr. Hines. April 20—Hudson Grove, 10:30 to 11:00, Dr. Holley. April 23—St. John’s, 10:00 to 11, Dr. Holley. The nurse will want the children at 9 > m. ' J. • -.rv,
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