In these columns vsiU be
found * fair presentation
of load and county news
of general interest.
Volume IV—Number 27.
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Social Security Program
Coes In Operation Today
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County WiH Continue
Welfare Program But
Under New Name
PERKINSES HERE
Offices Opened In Citi
zens Bank; Mrs. Me
s h Mullan as Aide
Chowan Gounty, like all the other
atate commonwealths, swings in to
day on it* new patronizing program,
a program that has adopted the
phrase “social security” to super
cede the better known word, “wel
fare,” but which, ap the lady in the
balcony cooed sweetly down to the
' hungry swain on the trellis, or vice
vena, “what’s in a name . .
Social Security and welfare are spell
ed out differently, but that’s all there
is to it, except, as usual, the nation’s
$33,000,000,000 indebtedness is not
going to be lessened thereby.
W. M. Perkins, who landed the im
portant berth of county superintend
ent of welfare under the new pro
gram, has been here this week, ha 3
opened up offices in the Citizens Bank
Building, is trying hard to equip
them, has engaged lodgings on West
Church Street, and will get going for
qpre today.
Mr. Perkins’ iirst announcements
had to do with those whom he in
tends to have associated with him.
He has named Mrs. J. H. Me Mullan
hs his S9OO a year chief aide, and
Miss Eula Nixon, as office assistant.
Mrs. McMullan, who has had a long
PSdly ready to take over witn Mr.
Os course, the new program will
be jlia’ expensive one, something like
s3o{Obo a year, but that doesn’t mean
|SKOOO for Chowan County. The
State *will bear' the brunt of if,
■ Chowan’s share being only around
$6,00b more than it has been expend
ing for welfare work annually re
cently. And, of course, too, this is
not an actual statement for what
the>ta£e pays as its burden Chowan
• will jiave to bear its proportion of
In sbme way. If money is to be
spent money must be raised some
hovp
However, all of Chowan’3 hereto-
| j»re welfare activities and costs
Wnll be stopped today and merged
: fa with the security program. This
means every welfare thing. For in
stance. the county home has been
carried as a welfare matter. It will
be closed as soon as the program gets
to working, its superintendent will
i be minus a job and home, and its
ten indigent and homeless inmates
•war have to be provided for 3ome
other way. Instead of the county
being taxed so much per home in
i mate the inmates will be allowed so
much per month under the program
and left to support themselves,
wi This is expected to be one of the
. real problems of the program and
bow it wni be worked out remains
% still up in the air, but it ; is expected
to result in a substantial saving to
the county.
In announcing his plans Mr. Per
| kins explained the program as fol
lows: ->
“The new program of Old Age As-
and Aid to Dependent
Children which goes in effect July
Ist is based on need. Need means
those without subsistence who are
not being cared for by anyone.' Aged
j persons and dependent children who
are now being cared for by relatives
and parents will'not be eligible to re
: ceive aid under the dew program,
—. provided these relatives and parents
T toe caring for them in a reasonably
| comfortable manner,
“Old Age Assistance in no way re-
I lieves the responsibility of sons and
t daughters forUie comfortable main
ewryone* 3 wheTes" Ir
•bould not be confused with Old-Age
Benefits which is an annuity -plan
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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ROTARY CLUB
INSTALLS NEW
OFFICERS TODAY
John W. Graham Will Serve as Presi
dent For Next 12 Months; New
Board of Directors
Beginning with today’s luncheon
the Edenton Rotary Club will have
a new set of officers, who were
• elected by the club at their meeting
Thursday, April 29. The new of
, ficers who will be installed are: John
, W. Graham, president; William Jones
vice president; John A. Holmes, sec
retary, and the following directors:
O. H. Brown, L. C. Burton, Earl
Goodwin and M. W. Jackson.
At last Thursday’s meeting a
round table discussion was held dur
ing which the social security program
as applied to Chowan County was the
subject. D. M. Warren, who is chair
; man of the Board of County Commis
sioners, upon whose shoulders rests
a considerable amount of the respon-.
sibility for the working machinery
for the program, was the principal
speaker.
Mr. Warren told his fellow club
members that both the Commission
ers and Board of Welfare had been!
> criticized for not appointing a local!
person ■as superintendent, but that
after scrutinizing the several appli
cations only four could qualify under'
the stringent rules set down by the J
state boards, three of tiuse being j
ladies. It was the opinion of both!
boards, he said that the job of supe- j
rintendent was a man’s job and be
stranger who had no relatives or
family connections in the county
might be better able to administer
the program equally.
“ROSA” STAGED
FOR TWO NIGHTS
Home Talent Wifi Open
Play Tonight at High
School
Following a strenuous week of re
hearsals, the three-act musical com
edy “Rosa,” which is being sponsor
ed by tite Lions Club, will be staged
in the Edenton school auditorium to
night and again Friday night at 8
o’clock. Miss Frances Perry, of
Atlanta, Ga., who has been coaching
the cast which includes wholly home
talent, is well pleased with the pro
gress made in the extremely short
time and is very optimistic that the
performance will be first class in
every detail.
Hie play is filled with laugh-pro
voking situations and includes the
usual children’s choruses and snappy
song hits.
The Lions Club sponsored the
play in the expectation of raising
money to be used in eye clinics
which is one of the . major objectives
of the Club work and a large at
tendance is hoped for at each pre
sentation.
The cast of characters, in order of
their appearance, follows:
Tessie, clerk at Inn, Ruth Privott.
Billy 'Penn, Bob’s partner, Jesse
I, Harrell.
Bob Brown, owner of College Inn,
Bill Jones.
Madame Dunn, opera singer, Mar
garet Rowlette. ,
Profepsor Jones, Bob’s father in
disguise, Frank Holmes.
Gordon Spikes, comedian, Louis
George Wilkins.
Hurbie Date, comedian, John
Briggs.
Mrs. Bachelor, domineering woman,
Dorothy Ballenger.
Mr. Bachelor, her henpecked hus
band, J. Frank White, Jr. '
Fanny Bachelor, their modern
daughter, Frances Ward.
“Rosa,“- little Gypsy girl, Helen
, Hughes. .*■ ■
Uncle Delora, Gypsy leader, Oscar
■a visitor at the Inn,
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 1,1937.
HORRIBLE ROAD
DEATH MET BY
JOSEPRNOWELL
Ryland Storekeeper Is
Struck by Two Cars;
Terribly Mangled
MONDAY~MORNING
Hit and Run Driver Be
ing Sought By the
Police
In what was believed to have been
a double motor accident Joseph
Nowell, 42, bachelor, Ryland section
store keeper, met a hornoie death ;
early Monday morning on the Vir-.
ginia highway about fifteen miles |
north of here. Struck first by what
the authorities consider may have
been a hit and run driver, and left
dying or otherwise in the roadway, 1
the injured man was run over soon j
afterward by a second motorist.
Quick response by Sheriff Bunch
and Corporal Dail disclosed that
Nowell, a former world war veteran,
had been instantaneously killed
either when first struck or surely by;
the second mishap.. The dead body |
was terribly cut and dismembered,
i The man’s head was crushed in, the'
) upper and lower halves of the body I
| were nearly severed at the waist,
both arms and both legs had suffered
several- fractures, and the man’s
shoes had been stripped ' from his j
| feet.
| The accident happened between'
1 the Emmett Elliott homestead and j
; Ballards Bridge Church. Nowell,>
whose nocturnal habits have led to
much mjdnight hour wandering about
th* . countryside, was apparently
walking south when the first car hit
him, and hurled him ahead on the
roadway about fifteen feet. The
unconcerned and brutal driver of
the offending Vehicle apparently
made no effort to stop, and fled on in
the darkness.
Nearby farmers heard a piercing
scream and moan sometime around
1:30 o’clock, which is supposed to
be the hour when Nowell was first
hit. And it was sometime after that
that J. B. Hollowell, motoring a
party of friends through to Cannon’s
Ferry “ran over something in the
road” but thought it a dead dog or
large animal and went on to his
destination.
Upon Hollowell’s return he stop
ped at the scene and was horrified
to find Nowell’s mutilated body. He
ran at once to the Elliott home and
Mrs. Elliott telephoned Dail. The
latter roused the sheriff and the
pair hurried to the scene. From the
blood marks in the road indicating
that Nowell had been struck pre
viously and later carried along by
the Hollowell car, Hollowell was ab
solved from any blame in connection!
with the death, but voluntarily offer
ed to present himself later if de
sired.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon with interment being
made in the graveyard at the Dorsey
Ward home-place. Rev. J. T. Byrum
officiated.
New Ford Agency
Opens In Edenton
Another Ford agency, the Albe
marle Motor Company, has been or
ganized in Edenton, being located at
the comer of Broad and Water.
Streets. The partners in this agency
are Lewis Harrell,"Luther Bunch and
Frank Perry. All three young men
are well-known, throughout the en
tire county and. have a host of
friends who wish them much success
in their enterprise.
Mr. Harrell has for over 11 years
been employed by Byrum Hardware
Company, and Mr. Perry, formerly
of Bertie County, too, has b|en a
Byrum employee for over two yfcirs.
Mr. Bunch is a fanner, and the trio
plan an active campaign to place
more Fords on the roads in this sec
tion.
There has been no Ford .agency in
Chowan. County since the J. V. Mann
Motor Company suspended operations
several months ago.
SLIGO WILL HAVE
HUGE TOWN SIGN
INYITINCVISITORS
Tourists to Shore Points
To Be Told of Eden
ton In This Way
DIXOmTIDEA
Supplemental Folder Is
Printed In Large Edi
tion, Also
Edenton’s newly reorganized
Chamber of Commerce has been
johnny on the job for sure this week,
! and in away that is really surpris
! ing to a citizenship that has been
| more or less somolent for years as
I to its opportunities. And if it all
has done nothing else it has forced
Richard Dixon, to cut himself loose
i from the cocoon of shyness and lack
I of desire to push himself forward in
which he has for long been envelop
ed, and has developed him instead
into a red hot live wire for the town
of his nativity.
Without more temporary ado the
I Chamber is putting up a huge roof
j sign about 40 ft. long and 12 ft. high,
| at the northeast corner of the Sligo
I road juncture, in and on which it
I will make a lively bid for travelers
I to and fro to the Fort Raleigh cele-
I bration which starts on Sunday. In
! addition a first order of 10,000 four
! leaf folders descriptive .of Edenton
j and supplementing the large town
I booklet now- soon ready for the Dress
; which is to be out. also, this sum-
I mer, has been finished and will be
in Manteo and Fort Raleigh before
the celebratioiy starts there. Subse
quent edition*-up to a total of 100.-
000 are. likewise planned.
To Richard Dixonv goes the credit
for both ideas. For years Mr. Dixon
has been the historian superior here,
but his efforts have all been quiet
and unobtrusive. Then came the pro
position to print the town booklet
and Mr. Dixon was put on the com
mittee. His interest was instantly
keen, and he has been one of the
generals in the compilation and lay
out of the proposed publication.
So it was but natural ■that a few
nights ago he should knock out the
draft of the little four page folder,
which made an instant hit, and
should follow this up two nights later
with a drawing of and matter for the
sign. And this, too, hit between the
eyes, and the cost of both were in
stantly underwritten through Cham
ber Secretary Jack McMullan’s ef
forts.
The sign, gaily colored and snappy
1 to the eye, will be placed where it
will be seen first by those going
south from Norfolk and by those
returning north from the shore . It
will be one of the largest signs in
j Eastern North Carolina, and . will be
in two panels. Across the top of
both panels will be “Be sure to visit”
and the left hand panel will state
“FMenton, the Town Renowned” in
two lines, with “Historic. Modem,
Progressive” in three lines beneath
it. As for the opposite panel it will
start with “Chowan County” on a di
rect line with “Edenton” on the left
side pa.nel, and beneath will be “Mild
Climate, Diversified Soils, Some
thing growing every dav of the
year.”
The folder, printed artistically in
The Herald office on granite stock
carries a minature picture of the
court house on the cover with the
date of its construction beneath. The
purpose of the folder is expressed
above by the attractively placed
three line phrase “Don’t Go Home
Until You Have Visited Edenton,”
while down at the bottom of the
cover is “Colonial Capital—l 722-
1766.” On the back is a replica of
the teapot on the edge of the green
and an explanatory statement in
brief to the effect that it was there
the Edenton matrons resolved not to
drink any tax imposed tea.
Inside the folder are two panels,
one devoted, to the high spots in
Edenton history and the opposite srae
given over to a terse description of
those industrial things which have
made and kept Edenton “Modem and
Progressiva ”
Those who have seen the folder
say it is the best thing of its kind
ever put out by the town, and along
with the sign and the large booklet
intended to spur on local trade and,
A Aspects great results. x ja >c _ :
Both Sides Claim Victory
In ABC Election Tuesday
Meeting Called To
Discuss Set Up Full
Time Health Service
A call meeting of county officials
from three counties consisting of
Gates, Chowan and Perquimans is
scheduled to be held at Perquimans
County Court House Friday after
noon at 3 o’clock for the considera
tion of the district full-time health
set-up. A representative from the
! State Board of Health is expected
to be present at this meeting.
In Edenton the Lions Club and
Rotary Club have gone on record as
, approving the movement and other
prominent citizens are strong in the
j endorsement of the program.
■ First District Bar
Meets On July 9th
J A meeting of the State Bar for
the First District will be held in
Washington, N. C., Friday, July 9.
; The session will be held in the Fed
eral court room. John W. Graham is
’ secretary for the First District, and
' this week mailed notices of the
■ meetlftg to all members, urging them
’ to attend.
1 W. O. ELLIOTT GOES UNDER
KNIFE FOR APPENDICITIS
1 Friends will regret to learn that
1 W. O. Elliott is a patient in the
1 General Hospital, Norfolk He was
seized with an attack of appendici
tis Friday and rushed to the insti
‘ tution where he was operated upon
immediately. Though Mr. Elliott’s
condition was not so favorable after
the operation, he is’' now showing
; satisfactory progress:
RED MEN HOLD
LEAD IN RACE
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Rain Prevents Games
Tuesday Night and
Wednesday
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1 HOW THEY STAND
W L Pet.
! Red Men 3 2 .600
! Lions 3 3 .500
Masons 2 3 .400
Steady rainfall Tuesday night pre
vented the scheduled soft ball game
’ between the Masons and Red Men,
: which game would have evened up
; the number of games played by each
; club, and had the Masons defeated
; the Red Men, all three teams would
i have had the same percentage of
i .600 by having won three and lost
’ three games.
However, with the game rained
■ out the Red Men continue to hold top j
i position while as the result of Fri-.
, day’s game, the Lions and Masons!
exchanged places, the Lions holding
second place with a .500 percentage,
and the Masons shoved into the cel
■ lar position with a percentage of
.400.
On Friday night the Masons ap
parently had the game in the bag,
leading the Lions club at the fifth
inning by a score of 11 to 6. How
ever, in their half of the inning the
Lions bunched hits, including three
home runs, which together with sev
eral miscues by the Masons, result
ed in 11 tallies and winning the game
17 to 14. The game was very excit
ing throughout with the Lions doing,
their heaviest hitting of the season.
Leroy Haskett, who due to an in- |
jured finger was forced to be out of
the game since the season started,
clouted out two home runs and Caleb
Goodwin also hit for the circuit. West
Leary performed well in the field for
the Lions, possibly saving the game
in the last inning when he made a
shoestring catch which would have,
no doubt, materially changed the
i score.
For the Masons, Warren Sawyer
i Was the heaviest hitter, while Arthur
Hollowell played a steady game at
shortstop.
Willie White went the entire route!
1 on the mound .for the Masons, while
: this work for the Lions was divided
: between Clirence Leary and Cecil
1 Bynun..
; Due to the musical comedy on
* Thursday and Friday nights, the
| Red Men and Lions were scheduled
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1,25 Per Year
®
Balance of Power May
Rest In Edenton’s Vot
ing Strength
MUCH INTEREST
increased Registration;
Campaign Speakers In
Lively Wind Up
Voters of Chowan County will
have an opportunity next Tuesday to
register their approval or disapprov
al of an A B C liquor store in the
county, the election having been re
quested by the County Commissioners
and called by the Chowan County
Board of Elections.
With proponents and opponents of
! the issue working toward ultimate
success, the outcome of the election
has created considerable interest and
will undoubtedly bring out a large
vote. That this will no doubt be the
case is evident by the fact that in
the East Edenton precinct Miss
Sallie Jones, registrar, reports that
about 30 new registrations have been
, entered on the registration books,
while in the West Edenton precinct,
R. L. Spry, registrar, reports 37 ad
ditional names entered on the books.
Os course, both sides predict vic
tory, the dry forces practicaily con
, ceeding defeat in' Edenton, but laying
much hope in the rural sections,
where they believe a majority will
be rolled up against a legal liquor
store sufficiently large enough to off
set any losses in Edenton.
i The dry forces have imported very
• capable speakers to urge, defeat of
1 the issue, this' laSf bfte oP-whom will
be Col. John D. Langston, of Golds
boro, who will strongly condemn the
idea of an A B C liquor store Sun-
I day night in the Edenton Baptist
Church.
Those favoring the establishment
of a legal liquor store in the county
I are equally certain of success at the
polls Tuesday. For the most part
they pin their hopes on the assump
tion that voters realize that with a
legal liquor store bootlegging in the
county would suffer a knockout blow,
and further that money now being
spent with bootleggers as well as in
adjoining counties where ABC
stores are operated, would add ma
terially to the county’s revenue and
necessarily tend to reduce taxes
which on the face of present indica
tions will have to be increased. Pro
ponents of a legal liquor store also
stress the fact that a bootlegger
! pays no taxes on his product . and
that they use no discretion in selling
whiskey, that regardless of age, ail
that is necessary is the price to se
! cure any amount of whiskey.
The dry forces, on the other hand,
maintain that a legal liquor store
will not reduce bootlegging, but that
l it would rather increase the sale of
' liquor by this class of people,
i Polls will be open from 7A.M. to
! 1 7 P. M., during which hours voters
must cast their ballot. To vote is
very siihple, for on each ballot is
■ plainly printed “For County Liquor
Control Stores” and “Against County
Liquor Control Stores,” the voter
being required to mark the square
opposite the way he wishes to vote.
Dr. Wisely Joins Dr.
Powell On July Ist
In answer to various rumors, Dr.
J. A. Powell wishes to notify the
public that he is not planning to re
,' tire from the practice of medicine.
; Beginning July 1, however, he will
have associated with him a young
' medical man, Dr. Martin Robert
Wisely, of Waynesboro, Va.
Dr. Wisely was graduated from
the University of Virginia College
and Medical School in tfce class of
1936 and spent one year at the Uni
versity of Virginia Hospital, where
he specialized in internal medicine.
! Since July, 1936, he has been on the
resident staff at St. Vincent’s Hospi
. tal, Norfolk, Va. Dr. Wisely has
. been highly recommended by Dr. W.
; B. Martin and Dr. R. L. Payne, un
der whom he has been working for
. the pas( year.
At present, Dr. Wisely and Dr.
\ Powell will be located in Dr. PoweiPs
l office on East King Street, but if
there Is a change of location in the
i future, the public will be notified.
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i BANK CLOSED MONDAY
, Due to the Jgrarth of July, a na-
H dosed .alt