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Volume IV—Number 24.
Conger, McMullan, Bond
Named Heads Os C. Os C*
Other Officers Picked at
Reorganization
Mfcetiitaf
FUND ASSURED
Mayor Gets Keyman
Post While Bond Wffl
Handle Finances
Permanent organization of the
Chamber of Commerce was effected
at a Court House gathering of the
organization last Thursday night,
and immediately afterward and since
the body has been making itself felt
in several town and county ways.
Joseph H. Conger, who had been
serving as acting president, was
given the real job of chieftain for a
' year and Mayor Jack McMullan, who
got the chamber reorganization
started, was named as secretary of
the body at a SSO a month salary,
and Millard F. Bond was picked as
treasurer.
W. D. Pruden, W. S. Privott and
John W. Graham will be the body’s
vice presidents, and the chamber’s
executive committee, the working
part of the organization will be made
up of C. E. Kramer, W. W. Byrum,
Julien Wood, J. L. Wiggins, E. W.
Spires, Mrs. J. A. Moore, W. M.
Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap.
In addition to the reorganization
election and selections of McMullan
and Bond the latter, as acting secre
tary earlier in the meeting, reported
that the intensive membership drive
of last week had brought but one
downright refusal to join, but four
others who asked for time to consider
the proposition, and about 60 or so
promises. The cash return from the
„ campaign while not .up
to that figure gave confident indica
tion that at least SI,OOO would be
put in the treasury before the next
meeting.
At the time The Herald went to
press Mr. Bond reported the actual
cash in hand was $826 with more
than enough promised to reach the
goal of SI,OOO as a working fund.
A number have promised to join,
but for some reason or other the
money has not been paid to the
canvassers or else the canvasser
has not made a report to Mr. Bond.
In this connection Mr. Bond is very
anxious to complete his report on
the membership drive and desires to
make an urgent appeal to all who
have promised to join the organiza
tion to send checks to him even if
they are not solicited.
Those who have joined and paid
their membership fees follow:
Edenton Cotton Mills, (P. S. Mc-
Mullan, Richard Elliott, J. W. Cates)
Leary Bros. Storage Co., J. G. Wood,
Goodwin’s Quality Store, Ward’s
Shoe Shop, Ziegler & Son, Ed Habit,
Habit Transfer Co., Will Bunch
Garage, Jenkins Motor Co., Chowan
Motor Co., Gulf Service Station, Tri
angle Service Station, Bridge Turn
Filling Station, Jordan Yates’ Filling
Station, M. W. Jackson Dairy, Wilkes
- Veneer Co., Floars Electric Co., Tay
lor Theatre, Leggett & Davis, The
Chowan Herald, Bank of Edenton,
(W; H. Gardner, E. L. Wells, Jr.,
George Hoskins) Burton’s Service
Station, Albemarle Peanut Co., S.
Ganderson & Son, Hobbs & Moran,
Edenton Ice Co., The Texas Co.,
Badham Bros., Preston’s, J. A. Cur
ran, J. H. Holmes Co., T. Wallace
Jones, Sutton Drug Store, C. E. By
rum, Campen’s Jewelry Store, Chap
pell’s Restaurant, Quinn Furniture
Co„ Byrum Bros. Hardware Off., W.
D. Holmes, C. A. Ashby, E. R.
Conger, E. L. Gross, W. R. Horton,
C. E. Kramer, J. W. Davis, D. M.
Warren, M. F. Bond, Jr.,’W. W. By
rum, G. B. Potter, Fred P. Wood,
Albert Byrum, J. A. MooTe, A. S.
Smith,/Gordon Blow, W. P. Jones,
J. H. Conger, E. C. White, W. D.
Holmes, Jr., W. I. Cozzens, Graham
Byrum, J. H. McMullan, N. L. Ward,
J. M. Jones, J. N. Pruden, C. M.
Hicks, John W. Graham, Julien
Wood, M. L. Bunch, J. A. Bunch, W.
D. Pruden, C. D. Stewart, W. S.
Privott, Herbert R. Leary. ' 1
All others who join in this badly
needed organization will’be mention- ,
ed in subsequent issues of The
Herald.
The meeting last week produced a
lively and healthy discussion of local
matters. Announcement was made
, at Hie gathering of the forthcoming
visit of State Highway
D. Collin Barnes and the coßnty
commissioners from adjacent
chat‘atou^road 11 conditions*Ld their
possible improvement
It wtt toe concensus of optiwa l
/Continued on Pare Twelve)
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE' INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Sheriff Chalks Up
One Day Record In
Collection Os Taxes
Establishing a record for one
day’s collection of taxes in Cho
wan County, surely during his
term of Sheriff J. A. Bunch
on Saturday exacted around $5,500
from taxpayers for their 1036
taxes. What makes this amount
more imposing is the fact that it
did not include the larger tax
payers, but for the moot part was
made of the smaller taxpayers.
Both the Sheriff and his wife, act
ing as his assistant, were kept
busy until near the midnight hour,
and at times as many as a dozen
were in the office to be waited
upon.
In his report to the County
Commissioners Monday Sheriff
Bunch reported $6,044.74 collect
ed during May which brings the
total amount of 1936 taxes col
lected to date to $53,656.87.
The commissioners were grate
ified at the splendid Saturday col
lection, but still are scratching
their heads when it is taken into
consideration that the total a
mount of taxes on the books for
1936 amounts to $84,564.00, leav
ing about 37 per cent yet to be
collected.
HORTICULTURAL
PROJECTBY WPA
Beautification of County
Grounds Will Provide
MucfilJxtra Labor
The diversity of WPA projects
aimed to provide labor for the needy
was well shown on Monday when the
County Commissioners approved the
expenditure of SSO as its share of a
total labor expense of $6,014.40 for
the horticultural beautification of the
Court House grounds or the property
surrounding other public buildings,
such as the Edenton High School or
the new school at Cross Roads.
G. Perry, county project
supervisor, in the absence of Mrs.
C. P. Wales, brought the subject up
before the Commissioners, stating
that it was desired to provide em
ployment for needy persons, “most
ly women,” who will plant and care
for small flowers around the public
buildings. No money is being set
aside for materials further than a
small sum for rakes and hoes, but
the government has agreed to outlay
$5,964.40 as its share of the im
provement project.
The Commissioners voted to ap
prove the project, which was done!
early this week.
Steak Supper Tonight
At Hotel For Masons
Edenton Masons will gather in
Hotel Joseph Hewes tonight where
they will ,be served a steak supper.
The affair is the result of an at
tendance contest of Unanimity Lodge
recently held which provided for the
losing side to bear the expense of
the supper.
The supper will be served at 7
o’clock and every Mason is urged to
be present on time. W. Jim Daniels
will be in charge of a short program
in connection with the event.
W. M. Wilkin*, master of the
lodge, ha* called off the regular
meeting of the lodge tonight on ac
count of the supper.
Tax Complaints Will
Be Heard June 21st
Chowan County Commissioners will
sit in special session on Monday
morning, June 21, to hear any com
plaints relative to property valuation.
There, was no new assessment made
this year, but an opportunity will be
given any who so desire to register
a complaint. The meeting will be
held at the Court Hopae.
ALLEN WILL AUDIT BOOKS
A. T. Allen, public accountant of
Raleigh, on Tuesday night was
swarded the contract to audit the
books of the Town of Edenton. Mr.
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Committ<f*of
rotfortt* next twTroars.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 10, 1937.
SEVEN COUNTIES
IN ROAD CONFAB
HERE ONTUESDAY
Highway Chieftains to
Meet Commissioners
Os All Albemarle
AT COURT HOUSE
Visitors Dinner Guests
Os Chowan County
Board
Chowan County will be official host
next Tuesday at a seven county
highway meeting to be presided over
in the Court House by the new
State Highway Commissioner, D.
Collin Barnes, of Murfreesboro. The
chief division engineer for the First
District, J. P. Gardner, of Tarboro,
will, also, be on hand, and a lively
discussion of road conditions in this
section of the Albemarle may be
expected.
Some time ago Mr. Barnes an
nounced that he would be accessible
once every month in Winton at
which time and place complaints or
requests could be presented to him.
He said he would welcome various
county delegations who might seek
to remedy faulty road conditions.
But since then he decided to advance
the Winton gatherings by explana
tory sessions in different first dis
trict sections, and fixed on June 15
for one such session in Edenton.
Particular request has been made
1 by Mr. Barnes for attendance at the
Edenton meeting of the county
commissioners from Gates, Perqui
mans, Pasquotank, Camden, Curri
tuck and Dare to join with the com
missioners from Chowan. All of the
commissioners will be expected to
lay before Mr. Barnes and Mr. Gard
ner at this time the numerous re
quest by rural sections for road im
provements and express their pre
ferences as to necessary construc
tions. Road conditions generally in
every one of the seven counties will,
also, be discussed.
The Chowan county commission
ers were reminded on Monday anew
of next week’s gathering by Presi
dent Joseph H. Conger, of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. Conger
thought it might be a good trick for
the county to serve the visitors a
good luncheon, and to do this the
commissioners agreed to foot the
bill.
Lions Club Sponsors 1
Home Talent Play
“Rosa,” July 1 And 2
Principal business coming before
the Edenton Lions Club Monday* was
the decision to sponsor a home
talent play. This entertainment will
be presented Thursday and Friday,
July and 1 and 2 in the school audi
torium.
The play selected by the Lions is
! “Rosa,” an American musical come
dy carrying with it a very interesting
Gypsy background. Twenty-five to
30 actors and actresses will make up
the cast who during the course of
the play will use about 100 beauti
ful costumes.
As usual a large group of chil
dren will take a prominent part and
the Lions are confident that a cast
can be secured which will command
capacity houses at each showing.
The entertainment will be pre
sented under the direction of the
American Players Service, who will
furnish an efficient coach.
Swimming Lessons
Postponed To Monday
The swimming and life saving
course held annually under the aus
pices of the Chowan Chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross and which was to
have begun on Monday morning, has
been postponed until next Monday
according to Mrs. J. N. Pruden,
county chairman. The postponement
was caused by absence from the city
of Melvin Layton who will act as
instructor as well as the inability to
secure a proper beach for use of be
ginners. However, the classes are
expected to get under way Monday,
when Mr. Layton will be back and in
the meantime Mrs. Pruden has com
pleted arrangements to teach begin
nears at Eden House Beach each
morning at 10 o’clock. Juniors and
seniors will again take their lessons
at the Fish Hatchery bridge in the
afternoon.
Ji is necessary for beginners' to
Save cards signed by their parents
which can bepecured from Mr*. F*u
den and in . the absence of Mr. Lay
ton can also be had by applying to
Emmett Wiggins. A
TAYLOR CHOICE
OF COUNTY FOR
WELFARE HEAD
Recommended as Chief
Advisory Officer For
Social Welfare
UNANIMOUS VOTE
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Approval of State Wel
fare Board Is Now
Awaited
Initial steps in operating the pro
’ posed social security program in
• this-county, which is supposed to
get under way in the nation and
state oh July 1, were taken on Mon
day when the County Commissioners
and the recently named County Wel
fare Board met in joint session and
recommended W. J. Taylor for
County Welfare Officer.
Mr. Taylor was on hand when the
salary question came up. He was
asked if he would be satisfied with
supplementing his salary SSO a
month. The Commissioners explain
ed that the duties of the new post
would be many times more onerous
than those associated with the simi- ]
lar work Mr. Taylor had been do-1
ing, but they were confident that his j
past knowledge of welfare condi
tions and needs in the county made
the incumbent more conversant with
the duties than any of the numerous
applicants they had before them,
which was why Mr. Taylor was pick
ed. The latter said he appreciated
the honor conferred upon him, would
be satisfied with the salary providing
the extra expenses he would neces
sarily be under would be met, too.
This, of course, the Commissioners
agreed to.
Both the Commissioners and the
welfare board of the county are
fiopeful Mr. Taylor’s selection will be
approved by the state board to
idiom it must be referred. There
had ; been much talk about a full
time official being chosen, or one who
can devote his or her full time to
the many intricate problems connect
ed with the security program. In
filing his application in the face of
this requirement Mr. Taylor stated
that he believed that with, perhaps,
some additional office help the new
duties could be easily handled in
conjunction with his work as county
superintendent of schools. The com
missioners and their welfare asso
ciates felt similarly about it, and
Mr. Taylor’s selection was the unani
* mous choice of every member of both
bodies.
W. W. Byrum, of the county wel
fare board, placed Mr. Taylor in
nomination for the berth, the selec
tion being seconded by W. J. Berry
man and voted upon favorably by
W. D. Pruden and the county com
missioners as a unit.
Previous to the Taylor recommen
dation the two bodies listened while
the applications of eight others
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Miss Lentz Praised
As Health Nurse
That Miss Ruby Lentz, Chowan
County’s health nurse during the
past year, has won for herself a
well-earned reputation is evident by
Dr. M. P. Whichard’s report as
county health officer submitted to the
County Commissioners Monday.
“I wish to take this opportunity
to commend Miss Ruby Lentz for the
excellent work she has done in
Chowan County relative to maternal
and child welfare work,” said Dr.
Whichard, “and I heartily reopm
mend that Miss Lentz’s sevices be
continued by the County if it is
felt practicable.”
Mias Lentz, whose services will
expire July 1, was placed here by
the North Carolina Board of Health
for one year io an experimental
capacity without cost to the county.
However, if her services are con
tinued after July 1, the County will
be obliged to stand the expense. No
definite action was taken by the
Commissioners at their meeting on
Monday, the matter being included
With several others which were held
over until the budget for next year is
worked out.
No Bids Entered For
Chowan County Bonds
Due to lack of bidders for $90,-
000.00 worth of Chowan County
bonds which were advertised for
sale Mags 14, the County Commis
sioners Monday ordered .the renewal
of bond • anticipation loan notes in
that amount for 60 days, the rate of
interest being 4% per cent The
notes will become due on July 14.
Chowan Health Unit Plan
Laid Over Another Month
4s-
TYPHOID RATE
LOW IN CHOWAN
Dr. M. P. Whichard, County Health
Officer, Would Make Diphtheria
Treatment Compulsory
“The typhoid rate in Chowan Coun
ty is as low or lower than any coun
ty in the state,” reported Dr. M. P.
Whichard, county health officer, in
his monthly report to the County
Commissioners Monday. This situa
tion Dr. Whichard attributes to the
1 typhoid treatment administered in
! the county every three years.
The diphtheria rate has also grad
ually decreased during the past two
1 or three years, and Dr. Whichard
' this year reported the largest per
. centage of small children treated for
diphtheria than ever before. He also
recommended in his report that the
! diphtheria treatment for pre-school
1 children be made compulsory in
1 Chowan County.
LIONS AHEAD IN
SOFT BALL PLAY
Interest Increasing In
Local Night Baseball
League
HOW THEY STAND
Won Lost Pet.
Lions , 2 1 .666
Red Men 11 .500
Masons . 0 1 .000
Though opening of Edenton’s soft
ball league had been postponed
1 several times, the first game was
1 played Wednesday afternoon of last
1 week and with each succeeding game
- interest has been increasing.
Three teams have begun a scfce
-1 dule, the Lions, Red Men and Mas
ons, with the Lions Club leading Hie
league, Red Men in second place,
and the Masons in the cellar posi
tion.
The first game, played in daylight,
was a walk-away for the Red Men,
who defeated the Lions 35 to 6. The
Red Men swatted the big ball to all
corners of the lot, and besides the
Lions had had little previous prac
tice.
On Friday night fans witnessed a
very interesting game when the
Lions and Masons played for the first
time under the new flood lights.
The game was nip and tuck and fur
nished an abundance of fun for the
spectators. The Lions took the
lion’s share of the score, winning
by 19 to 15 in a nine inning game.
The standing of the clubs became
closer after Tuesday night's game
when the Lions realized revenge for
their former drubbing at the hands
of the Red Men and walked off with
the long end of a 12 to 3 score. The
Red Men and Masons were scheduled
to play this game, thus evening up
games played by each club, but due
to a number of Masons being unable
to play, the Lions played instead.
The next game is scheduled to be
played Friday night at 8 o’clock
when the two fraternal groups,
Masons and Red Men, cross bats for
the first time. Quite a few of the
Masons have been experiencing stiff
muscles after the first game, but
Manager Jim Daniels feels certain
the members of his team will be
able to furnish plenty of opposition
to the younger Red Men players.
The Masons have a strenuous sche
dule ahead, three games in succes
sion being called for in order to
make an equal number of games
played. Aside from their game Fri
day, they will meet the Lions Tues
day night, and again Friday night
will play the Red Men.
Considerable interest in the game
is shown among the groups repre
sented, many of them going to Hicks
Field on off nights to engage in
practice games. The lights have
been installed and adjusted so as to
provide plenty of light for playing
as well as for spectators to witness
the game.
4 Edenton Students
Graduate At U. N. C.
Four Edenton students were
i among the 475 graduates who were
awarded their diplomas at graduation
exercises held Monday night at the
■ University of North Carolina.
The four were Stuart Blow, Aud
rey Rowell, David Warren and John
Mitchener. Moses Braxton Gilliam,
Jr., of Windsor, Evelyn Blanchard of
Hobbsville and Edith Riddick of
i Gatesville were also members of the
graduating class.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
. Commissioners Hesitant
About Approving:
, New Program
COST SCARES
Health Officials Plead
Earnestly at Lively
> Hearing
i
Proponents of a full time health
» service for Chowan County went to
i the mat with the County Commis
sioners at their meeting Monday,
. but despite very forceful arguments
) and presentation of figures the only
I assurance that the plan would be
. adopted was the promise that it
r would be given consideration when
, the new budget is made up at the
> July meeting.
I First to speak for the plan was
i R. C. Holland, who reiterated the
benefits of the service as compared
with what the county is now receiv
r ing and for which the county would
be asked to appropriate $2,500 of a
I total cost of $16,860. Two other
’ counties, Gates and Perquimans,
would be included in the set-up, the
former being asked to pay SI,BOO
and the latter $2,000. The remaind
l er of the cost would be borne
by the State Board of Health and
Federal agencies. Chowan’s quota
is somewhat above the other two
counties which is due to the fact
that the district office would be lo
cated in Edenton.
It was brought out that the plan
would include a whole time nurse,
secretary, trained sanitary inspec
tor in the counties, a whole-time
; health officer, a dental clinic for
I school children under 13 years, list
i vital statistics, furnish health certi
: ficates for waitress and servants,
. conduct anti-venereal clinics and pro
vide continuous examination of all
. school children, particularly in ps
. gard to'teeth, tonsils and tubercu
> losis. For all this, and possibly
, other phases of health service, it
. was said, the county would pay only
SI,OOO more than at present.
, Mr. Holland pleaded with the
, Commissioners to adopt the plan
• and in closing his remarks he said:
I “It is not a matter of whether or
i not the county can afford to adopt
the plan, but rather can it afford
not to adopt it?”
1 A number of other spokesmen
- supported the idea which included
: Dr. J. A. Powell, Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr.,
. Dr. W. S. Griffin, Dr. L. P. Williams,
W. W. Byrum, and John W. Graham.
1 Dr. M. P. Whichard in his report
1 to the Commissioners said that if
‘ the service provided a full-time
health officer, he approved the idea
! and that it was his purpose to op
-1 pose any progress of the county.
The idea of a complete county
i health service was inaugurated at a
1 recent meeting of the Lions Club
1 when a representative of the State
! Board of Health explained the plan.
1 The Lions immediately supported the
: movement and similar action has
: since been taken by the County
Board of Health and the Rotary
i Club. Town Council, too, on Tues
day night approved the plan.
1 .Dr. Powell in his remarks said
that the present county tax rate for
; health is 8 cents and 10 cents for
charity, which nets in the neighbor
hood of $13,000, and according to his
figures the county is now spending
only between $5,000 and $6,000 for
this phase of expense. He also inti
mated that under the social security
program, which goes into effect
July 1, the county home would no
doubt practically go out of business.
The service, he said, would take over
all the duties of the present part
time health officer except care of
inmates of the jail and jounty home
and suggested paying per visit in
-1 stead of a regular salary, which he
said would be a considerable saving.
D. M. Warren, chairman of the
Board of Commissioners, briefly
enumerated expenses which will
face them and was especially con
cerned about the amount the county
will be called upon to pay under the
social security act. He explained
that there are about $30,000 of un
collected taxes, the amount antici
pated from this sum having been
already spent.
W. H. Winborne, a member of the
i Board, commented that the Com
: missioners wouldn’t mind raising the
i tax rate if those who sponsor the
i health service would guarantee to
collect taxes as they come due.
A considerable amount of time
was devoted to the discussion of the
, proposed health program, but the
’ commissioners felt reluctant to ap
prove it until the new budget has
been made, sad made their decision
accordingly, •
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