found a fair presentation
of local and county news I
of general interest.
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Volume IV—Number 26.
BOARDS SELECT
W.H. PERKINS AS
WELFARE CHEF
Pitt County Man Given
Preference For Social
Security Berth
TAYLOR REFUSES
County’s Share In Pro
gram Operation Will
Be Around $16,000
Chowan’s new superintendent of
welfare in the administration of the
social security act after July 1 will
be William U. Perkins, a native of
Elizabeth City and recently engag
ed in welfare work in Pitt County
with headquarters at Greenville. His
salary was fixed at $1,600 a year.
He was named by the county com
missioners in joint session Monday
with the Chowan Board of Social
Welfare, and was picked from four
after numerous other ap
plicants had been blue penciled be
cause they did not meet the quali
fications laid down by the state
board. The three unsuccessful ones
were Mrs. Duncan Winston Wales,
as her application was signed, Mrs.
J. >H. McMullan, both of Edenton,
and Miss Elizabeth Deans, formerly
of eastern North, Carolina but now
of Merion, Pa.
To the very last the joint con
ferees were firm in their desire to
continue W. J. Taylor, county school
superintendent, in the berth, but Mr.
Taylor refused to give up his edu
cational work for the less important
position, even at an increased salary.
He so wrote in to the meeting, but
even this was not viewed as final
and he was sent for. In executive
session with the two boards he brief
ly repeated his determination, and
left. Perkins was immediately nam
ed, the conferees feeling a preference
fig working with a masculine super
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ljar>pen session Perkins was ctlled
before the two boards, detailed his
previous welfare experience, express
ed his belief «hat such labor must be
a matter of headwork as well as
heart work, and got the commission
ers sitting up when he said that the
successful applicant should be more
a “no” than a “yes” man, if the in
terest of the taxpayers was to be
conserved as well as that of the
beneficiaries, under the proposed act.
At the outset of the session Chair
man W. J. Berryman, of the County
Welfare Board, read the recent opin
ion of Attorney General Seawell eli
minating Mr. Taylor on the ground
of dual office holding, as told of in
The Herald last week. Chairman
Warren asked that the list of appli
cants and their formal applications
be read. One such which attracted in
terest was turned in by George W.
Lassiter. Mr. Lassiter’s letter pro
voked a friendly smile by its frank
ness. With no experience as requir
ed in welfare work, he, nevertheless,
enumerated “I helped elect President
Roosevelt and played in the Roose
velt-Gamer Boosters Band.” The
conferees discounted this as not note
worthy in welfare activities and
marked Mr. Lassiter off as the first
one. A similar application signed
jointly by Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hol
lowell, was marked off as a dual pe
tition.
After the list had been boiled
down Mr. Berryman went in to a
lengthy explanation of a suggested
work table of possible expenses, tak
ing as a tentative figure that 96 in
digent over 65 years would be pros
pective beneficiaries, and 156 minor
dependents who would, also, benefit
by the act’s provisions, Chowan’s
■hare in the maintenaneeof^the
tooths
twisty’s- burden trdtfld fi*W**i
a total. %
At fiTgt these figures seemed
startlingly eniill hi view of the fact
it was originally estimated the Ope
ration of the act would cost around
$30,000, but subsequent explanation
rectified this surprise. In other
words the state will bear three-fourth
of the expense of old age mainten
ance and two-thirds of the cost of
caring for dependent children. This
makes the cost to both county and
state for such maintenance $24,643.-
48, with an administration cost to
the county of $4,180, or a full total
Taking Chowan’s maintenance bur-
S is
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Sir Anthony Eden
Declines Invitation
To Visit Edenton
Sir Anthony Eden, of the Bri
tish ‘ Foreign Office, won’t be
i here nor at the Fort Raleigh
, show this summer as Mayor Jack
McMullan had really believed
(possible. The mayor shot one
Os his, spiff*est letters of invita
tion to the great English media
tor, extolling the charm and
beauty of this town of towns
once captained by Sir Anthony’s
ancestor, and incidentally telling
him of the Roanoke Island cele
bration and the fact President
Roosevelt would be there.
But. it all did no good, even
if it was fine -/iblicity. Jack got
a fine long official envelope with
a coronation stamp attached
Tuesday in which the Anthony
words typed above his signature
said so sadly—
“ Dear Mr. Mayor—
“l have to thank you for your
letter of the Slat May in which
you jerjr kindly invited me to
visit Edenton this summer. I
much appreciate this invitation,
but regret that as I shall not be
visiting America on the occasion 1
of the celebrations on Roanoke j
Island, I cannot accept your |
kind invitation.
“Yours very truly,
“ANTHONY EDEN.” j
The coronation stamp on the
envelope is about the first one
to hit town and something worth
looking at, anyhow. i
Red Men Invited To
Attend “Open House”
Chowan County Red Men have
been invited, to attend “open house”
Friday night at the new Red Men
building in Elizabeth City, which
will be dedicated tonight (Thursday).
Elizabeth City Red Men have plan
ned for an overflow crowd tonight
which will include members of Pas
quotank Tribe, members of the De
gree of Pocahontas and a goodly
j nimauer of-gfreat chiefs.
It was for fear of not being able
to accommodate the large crowd
expected that local Red Men have
been urged to attend “open house”
Friday instead of the dedication
ceremonies tonight.
54 PROFICIENT
IN SWIM CLASS
Unusual Interest Shown
In Annual Water
Activities
Chowan’s annual one week oppor
tunity for its young folks to perfect
themselves in swimming and life
saving under the sponsorship of the
American Red Cross, came to a
close last Saturday afternoon with
an outstanding record of proficiency
awarded to more than 50 per cent of
those who took the tests. Mrs. J. N.
Pruden, the local chapter chairman,
who arranged for the lessons and
instruction, expressed herself yester
day as gratified with the showing
made by the one hundred or so in
the classes.
The final score awarded by Melvin
Layton, instructor, showed that 54
had proved themselves eligible, and
had been passed satisfactorily.
This total included the chief eligibil
ity award to Emmett Wiggins, only
one to make the try in the senior
class, and who was given ranking in
both the life saving and shimming
classes. Twelve took the life saving
testa in the junior class, and all
passed. Os the 13 juniors in the
swimming ela«& 12. were passed, and
Os tke 74 beginn«rs "w?».strove hard
to make the grade at • Edenhouse
Beach tO 'Were considered ante to be
trusted^on-thefc. own hereafter. ~.
The seniors, juniors and' life sav
ing Instructions wpte given by Lay
ton, with Wiggins assiiting, at the
Fish Hatchery bridge, and both
trainers expressed themselves as
surprised and pleased with the show
ing made by every one. Naturally,
it was said, the reason for the lower
i scores made by the little ones as
beginners was through failure to
overcome the childish fear experienc
i ed when told to strike out. How
ever, everybody did fine, Layton said,
and an even better showing is ex
pected next year.
The twelve to pass in the junior
i life saving class were: Tom Shepard,
T tt _ 11 T* Hf 1U lion
8 Habit - J „
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 24,1937.
WILLIAM MORRIS;
ROUS OFF BOAT 1
DROWNSJN RAY
Cotton Mill Foreman Is
Victim of Sad Mishap
Last Saturday
CROWD WATCHES
Body Found Sunday Af
ter Long Search By
Volunteers
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Edenton was much excited and
saddened Saturday afternoon when
word got quickly about that William
Morris, 38, day foreman at the Eden
ton Cotton Mill and one of the most
popular of the residents of that sec
tion of the town, had rolled off the
deck of a small motor skiff and had
been drowned in the bay harbor
about a quarter of a mile out from
the court house green. His father
in-law, Jim Twiddy, who was with
him at the time and who was en-!
deavoring to scull the boat ashore,!
! frantically made the catastrophe
j known and within an incredibly short
time the water front was well crowd
j ed, while a half dozen or so other
I motor boat parties began searching
! and dragging the bay for the body
which was not located, however, un
til the following morning.
Morris, who was married and had
i one young daughter, went off for a
bout jaunt with Twiddy early in the
afternoon. The latter took over the
operation of the boat while his son
in-law lay on the stern and was ap
parently snoozing when the mishap
occurred. The afternoon was some
what chilly for June. A stiff breeze!
from the south whipped up the bay
into a small fury, and made the sea
quite choppy to say the least. About
ten minutes before the accident the
motor in the boat stalled for lack of
fuel. Twiddy couldn’t get it going
again and took the one oar in the
boat and tried to scull or otherwise
propel tjie-’ little vessel toward the
shore. ' x
The choppy waves got the boat;
rocking pretty badly, eye witnesses |
say, and it was in the midst of this:
that Morris, presumably still slum-!
bering, was jostled off into the
water. Naturally to tumble out of
sleep into deep water may have been.
too sudden a change for Morris.
Anyhow, Twiddy, who did what he
could to rescue his companion with
the oar, says he appeared to sink
rapidly and in a moment or two had
disappeared.
Saturday afternoon strollers along j
Water street saw what had hap
pened and noticed Twiddy frantical
ly waving, and spread the tale ra-j
pidly. Within ten minutes several [
hundred residents gathered and a |
number of other boats shot out with |
rescue parties. Os course it was too |
late to do any rescuing so dragging j
the waters about the spot where >
Morris had gone over was resorted to I
all the afternoon and well into thej
night, but without avail. Sunday
morning Benny Mizzelle and Jesse
Spruill resumed the hunt and about
8:30 o’clock located the body and
brought it ashore. Death was an
nounced as accidental and Monday
afternoon funeral services were held
from the Morris home with interment
later at Beaver Hill.
Pall bearers were: J. E. Basnight,
Andrew Hawkins, George Harris, 1
Lawrence Cayton, T. F. Twiddy and
Arthur Edwards. 1
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June 30 Is Deadline
For Inoculating Dogs
June 30 is the deadline for all
dogs to be inoculated. Any dog
owners failing .to abide by this law
will be subject to additional cost
and areeft. ‘ \ : .
W. C. Moore, inspector for tee
First Township, >i»ja there are still;
many; more dogs to andi
ttrges owners to Jteve'.tfite work doner
immediately -® order' so avoid any J
embarrassment and unpleasantness. I
A New Chowan Herald Service
beginning with this issue, The Chowan Herald offers to its readers
and advertisers a Question and Answer column on Social Security. _
Through the column, The Herald will answer inquiries from its
readers on the Social Security law. All—workers, employers, house
wives, others—are invited to use this service. It is/not a legal service.
It is an informational service. Answers will be authoritative.
The Social Security Hoard, through Mr. George N. Adams, Manager
of the Board's office in. the Post Office Building at Rocky Mount, N.
G.* has consented, as a special service to The Herald and its readers,
to answer all questions on the Social Security law submitted to this
P Ifake your questions brief and to the point , Because of space limi
tations The Herald must dbndeose and answers. Questions
Board policy names will not be published. V
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RED MEN SEIZE
FIRST PLACE IN
SOFT BALL RACE
i Flee to Roof to Avoid
Jungle Beasts In the
Cellar
MASONSBETWEEN
. Lions and Masons Cross
Bats Next on Friday
Night
HOW THEY STAND
W L Pot
Red Men 3 2 .600
Masons 2 2 .500
Lions 2 3 .400
Standing in Edenton’s soft ball
league underwent several changes
during the week with the Red Men
Club occupying first place, the
Masons in second position, and the
Lions bringing up the rear. The
standing was shuffled about due to
j the Lions setting back the Masons
! Friday night, which evened the
count, each team in the circuit win
ning two games and losing the same
number. However, after Tuesday
night’s game, the Red Men team
easily trounced the Lions, putting
the Red Skins in the lead and send
ing the Lions to the cellar.
On Friday night before a slim
crowd due to threatening weather
the Masons held a commanding lead
over the Lions until the fifth inning
when the fraternity boys blew up
and allowed the Lions to cross the
plate for seven runs, walking away
with a 12 to 9 victory. Aside from a
poor inning on the field for each of
the teams the game was filled with
brilliant playing by members of both
clubs, Roy Leary showing up espec
ially well for the Masons, while
West Leary and Lyn Byrum perform
ed well for the Lions.
jibe Red Men on Tuesday trounced
the Lions by the score of 22 to 11.
The .Red Men had the strongest
j team of the season on the field in
! eluding Melvin Layton, Jimmy Par
tin, Johnny Asbell, Asa Griffin, Sher
-1 iff Bunch, Fielding Tanner, Wilbur
' Smith, Jimmy Crummy, Frank
I Hughes, Jesse Harrell and Gilbert
Hollowell, while at the same time
the Lions failed to play their usual
calibre of ball. West Byrum thrill
ed the fans by several beautiful
catches in right field for the Lions,
while Kid Jones caught his first fly
of the season which brought consid
i erable applause.
! The next game will be played Fri
day night at 8 o’clock when the
Masons and Lions cross bats. The
i two teams are evenly matched and
[ coupled with a slight change in the
1 lineup Manager Jim Daniels feels
1 certain his Masonic team will get
| revenge for the defeat last Friday at
j the hands of Skipper Graham Byrum
i arid his roaring Lions.
i Minstrel At Chowan
School On July 1-2
The Dixie Blackbird Minstrel, un
der the auspices of the Chowan
Woman’s Club, will be presented at
the Chowan High School at 8 o’clock
on the nights of Thursday and Fri
day, July 1 and 2. The entertain
ment is one of the most unique
minstrel arrangements of the day,
the snappy jokes, catchy songs and
■ clever costumes giving show-goers
the maximum in hearty, wholesome
laughter.
In connection with the show there
will also be a juvenile minstrel fea
turing 20 youngsters, which will be
followed by the adult minstrel.
A white spot is added when a
“Now and Then” sketch is presented
contrasting the old fashioned and
modern girls. A screamingly funny
Negro divorce scene also adds to
j the fun of the program. ->
i Tht climax of the minstrel 1s
| reached when a hilarious and spell-
I bindihg Negro sermon is preached
• followed by a Negro wedding.
NEGRO STIRS UP
THINGS SUNDAY
Man Hunt Develops For Lonnie
, Hucks After He Shoots Sister-in- |
Law and Beats Wife
Considerable excitement prevailed j
in Edenton Sunday afternoon when
reports rapidly spread that Lonnie,
Hucks, colored, had killed his sister
in-law, Rosa Hurdle, and attempted;
to kill his wife,. An
however, revealed thrit 'the Hurdle
woman was not dead, but had been
, shot in the thigh. According to wit
' nesses Hicks had an automatic re
volver and when the gun jammed he
turned on his wife, beating her over
the head with the butt of the gun.
Neither of the two injured women
are in serious condition.
The excitement resulted in a large
crowd gathering at the scene oh
Granville Street, near Freemason
Street, and Hucks shortly after the
shooting made his exit to the swamp
near Beaver Hill Cemetery. When
last seen he was attempting to re
lease the jammed gun and reports'
had it that he had a box of bullets.!
The police quickly called in a posse
who continued the man-hunt the re
mainder of the afternoon, men with
3hot guns and pistols surrounding
the swamp. When no sign had been
seen of the desperado and still con
fident he had not left the swamp, j
Chief of Police Helms summoned j
Dan Cannady, of Elizabeth City, I
who brought over his two blood-1
hounds. The dogs tracked Hucks j
to the small stream running through
the swamp, where they lost the trail. ■
The subsequent supposition was that j
the Negro had drowned in the creek j
when a small piece of paper bearing j
a grocery order was seen floating.;
The creek was dragged, but no
trace of the man was found, and
the search was given up about dark.
During Monday various reports
were current that Hucks was seen in
town and that further threats had
been made.
However, about 7:30 Tuesday
morning Hucks appeared at police
headquarters and gave himself up to j
the police. In speaking to Chief j
Helms he said he remained in thei
swamp and on Sunday saw a um
ber of the men who were waiting to l
fill him with lead and also at one;
time that officers and the dogs were
within 25 feet of him. He was plac-1
ed in jail Tuesday morning and will;
be given a preliminary hearing Fri- j
day in Recorder’s Court.
BOOTLEG POISON!
KILLS NEGRESS
Heavy Bail Follows For
Two Accused of Sell
ing Stuff
Heavy bail in the amount of $2.-
000 each was exacted by Court Clerk
R. D. Dixon on Tuesday afternoon to \
secure the release from jail of Os
car B. Bunch, known as “Bug Hop,”,
and Johnny Bell Smithwick, held on
a charge of manslaughter in connec- j
tion with the sudden death Monday |
of Annie Coston, negress, on North j
Granville street. County Physician,
M. P. Whichard examined the woman j
and declared she had died from j
drinking poisoned bootleg liquor.
Roberta Anthony, another negress
and companion of the dead woman, |
who had suffered similarly but not:
fatally, from the same drinking, told |
the police later that she had bought j
but a half pint of the bootleg liquor
at the Bunch filling station on the
Yeopirii road, and that she and Annie
had hardly consumed it before the i
latter dropped over unconscious and
soon af£er died. As for herself sne j
became quickly unconscious, also, but j
revived Monday night and was lock
ed up.
It. was to Chief Helms and Patrol
man Pratt the woman . told of her
purchase, identifying Smithwick as
the man who sold the liquor. War
rants were immediately sworn out
for the two men and an effort was
made to catch them at the Bunch
place. Instead, the officers found
the filling station barricaded against
their approach, they said, and had to
crash their way in. They found
Bunch and confiscated 29 receptacles
which, they said, had but recently
contained illicit liquor.
Returning Bunch to the county jail
the police went out again and had
Smithwick in custody soon afterward,
also.
Officers said yesterday that un
doubtedly the purchased liquor had
been poisoned through contamination
with an unclean tin receptacle in
which it had been kept.
A preliminary hearing in Record
er’s Court is set for Friday morn-
L ing.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good resnlts.
$1.25 Per Year
HINES REPORTS
400 HANDLED AT
iCOLORED CLINIC
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New Apparatus Proves
!l Itself In Search For
: | T. B. Germs
i ANOTHER CLINIC
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Follow Up Work Will
; Be Continued Among
Those Affected
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Dr. J. C. Hines, who recently con
ducted a tuberculosis clinic among
colored people in Chowan County,
this week received a report from N.
C. Sanatorium of the 37 he X-rayed
during the clinic. Os this number
there were two far advanced cases,
one moderately advanced case, eight
childhood cases requiring treatment,
j two cases to enter the sanatorium at
once and two cases requiring further
; observation and subsequent X-ray as
suspicious cases.
Dr. Hines reports that during the
clinic 400 received the tubercular test
and of this number there were 70 po
] sitive reactors, or a percentage of
!17 1-2. The percentage of cases of
| tuberculosis found from the X-ray
i was 28 4-7. Follow-up work will con-
I tinue among those affected, said Dr.
Hines, and it is his expectation that
! another clinic will be held toward
! fall.
i
| All those who were examined and
j showed positive reactions will be no
i tified by Dr. Hines, and those not re
ceiving a report may take it for
granted that there was a negative
reactio#.
Dr. Hines was well pleased with
the large number who took the test
during the clinic, but regrets that
many more didn't avail themselves
of the opportunity for he emphasizes
the fact that to successfully combat
l the terrible disease ft is necessary to
! take steps before it has reached ad
vanced stage-s. “It is too late to do
Leerjß. much when a person realinqjbe
Lor she has tuberculosis,” he sajfe.
I An examination will detect pre
-1 sence of the germs and before the
I disease makes any material headway
: is when some steps can be taken to
j retard progress of the disease.” For
I this reason he hopes that whan the
1 next clinic is held a much larger
j number will take the tubercular test,
I as well as X-rayed where positive re-
I actors occur.
I
N. K. Rowell Retires
As President Edenton
Rotary Club Today
The usual Rotary luncheon will be
held at 1 o’clock today in the Parish
House, which by the way, will be the
last meeting under N. K. Rowell’s
administration. Mr. Rowell last
; week told those present that & 100
per cent attendance at the meeting
would be the source of a happy exit
! from office. Carroll Kramer will
. have charge of the program.
J At next week’s meeting new offi
: cers for the year will be installed
; with John W. Graham acting as
: president of the club.
Last week the Rotarians had more
or less of a round table discussion of
. Chowan County’s request for road
; building.
| Lions Club Sponsoring
I ‘Rosa,’ Musical Comedy
Miss Frances Perry, of Atlanta,
i Ga., has arrived in Edenton and is
already at work perfecting a cast
! and conducting practices for the
I smashing three-act musical comedy
“Rosa” which is sponsored by the
Edenton Lions Club. The play will
be presented in the Edenton High
School auditorium Thursday and
Friday nights, July 1 and 2, the cur
tain scheduled to rise promptly at
8:15 o’clock.
The cast of characters will con
sist of local talent and Miss Perry is
very optimistic that a first class en
tertainment will be presented.
The Lions at their meeting Monday
devoted practically all of their time
to discussion of the entertainment
which is sponsored for the purpose of
raising money to conduct eye clinics
in the county. The cast will include
a large number of , local people, in
cluding small children, and large au
diences are expected.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A A. M., will
be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the
Court House. W. M. Wflkfiw, mas
ter of the Lodge, urges a large at
tendance and ‘premises teat the
meeting will not lest. long.