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Volume IV—Number 28
County Tax Rate Scheduled
ToSoar Aroundsl.soMark
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Commissioners S t ud y
Figures at Wednes
day’s Meeting
$1.19 LAST YEAR
Definite Tax Rate Will
Be Adopted at Later
Meeting
Though figures are only tentative
and considerable juggling will likely
take place before a county tax rate
is definitely set, cbunty commission
ers at their meeting Wednesday fore
’ saw -a soaring figure that apparently
will land between $1.46 and $1.60 on
the hundred dollar valuation, as com
pared with a $1.19 rate last’ year.
At present the indication is that
the General Fund will require in the
‘neighborhood of 40 points, bonds 45
and schools 30.
Though the Commissioners were
dealing with figures most of the day,
the only definite action taken was
approving the two school units’ bud
gets. These were somewhat less
than last year, W. J. Taylor’s budget
calling for an outlay for the county
unit of $8,746.06, and John A.
Holmes asking for $9,343.88 for the
city unit.
Contributing to the reason for an
increased county . tax rate is the
county-wide school bonds and added
outlay due to social security pro
gram. Aside from these, though no
action was taken Wednesday, the
commissioners faced requests for
added appropriations in connection
with the farm agent and home agent
offices. A request to appropriate
S2JSjpO for a full-time health service
training crippled children''of work->
ing age for various vocations.
The budget la3t year for the Gen
eral Fund called for an expenditure
of $25,500, with $26,229.94 spent
during that time.- This year’s tenta-;
tive budget provides for $30,359 with]
twssibly more to be added.
As the budget now stands the va-'
rious aihounts are provided: County!
Commissioners, $2,000; listing prop-j
erty, $750; sheriff, $3,200; elections,!
$600; county accountant, $600; coun
, ty treasurer, $850; court house and
grounds, $650; register , of deeds,
$1,200; coroner, $120; county jai\,
$1,500; county home, $1,650; outside
poor relief, S6OO, which amount will
be materially boosted probably
$2,000; agricultural and economic
development, $2,200; county health
department, $1,500; county aid,
$200; superior court, $1,000; clerk
superior court, $300; recorder’s court,
$1,700; juvenile court, $276; vital
statistics, $176; old age assistance,
$3,000; dependent children, $1,710;
administrative cost of social security
program, $3,154; aid to blind, $425.
Bonds and interest will call for
an-outlay of $49,560.33.
In discussing the budget, the com
missioners were greatly surprised to
discover that although the old age
ghase of the social security program
Hhs gone into effect, there will be no
appreciable decrease in the items
for outside poor relief, at least for
this year. No allowance had been
made for profits from a liquor store,
the commisscioners being at a loss
to estimate the amount of revenue
received through sales. What profits
are derived can very easily be ap
plied to one source or the other.
At the meeting Wednesday the
the commissioners being at a loss
ures. The tax levy will be definitely.
decided at a later meeting during the f
month.
A resolution was passed to: renew
$90,000 bond anticipation loan notes
of the county which fall due July
14. They will be renewed at 6 per
cent interest bearing a maturity date
£jSf September 14. This matter will
be transacted at the special meeting
called for July 19, on which date die
commissioners will meet jointly with
t the Board of Education and Board of
Health to elect a Chowan Alcoholic
Control Board.
President’s Ball Nets
Over $25 To Chowan
Citizens will be glad to know that
C. E. Kramer has received a check
for $25.37 aa Edenton’s share from
telegrams sent to President Roose
velt jn connection with the Presi
treasurer, to do usoci in connection
slits victims in Chowan County.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO Tmjt INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
' No Need To Rush For
Old Age Assistance,
Says Superintendent
“There should be no need of a
rush to make application for old age
assistance,” says William M. Perkins,
superintendent of public welfare, “as
the social security program is not
one of the temporary organizations
such as the various alphabetical gov
ernment set-ups.”
. Commenting on his work, Mr.
- Perkins says “people are still apply
> ing for Old Age Assistance who are
. by no means eligible. They must be
. in need and have no relatives to aid
r them before they can be considered,
i The Welfare Department is primarily
. interested right at this time in com
, pleting the application of those cases
; who are now getting county aid. As
> that aid was terminated July 1, there
, have been about 35 applications
made and these are being rushed to
, completion by home visits, checking
Court House records, and making
J collateral calls.”
“If Social Security is handled prop
j erly and not abused, there is no
; reason to think that it should not be
, a permanent governmental, state
and county activity,” says Mr.
. Perkins.
Mr. Perkins also announces a CCC
i enrollment for July 14 for Chowan
. County selectees. The quota for
[ Chowan County is two white juniors
. and one colored junior.
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■ Round Table Talk
' At Rotary Today
[ Today’s Rotary meeting in the
[ Parish House will be devoted almost
| entirely to suggestive plans for the
.year’s activities of the Club, Presi
dent JbJffi W„ for a
* round table discussion with Club of
ficers and chairmen of the various
’ committees. Mr. Graham has adopt
! ed this plan to the end that a sche
; dule of programs can be arranged
i for in advance and proper prepara
: tion made that will insure an inter
! esting program for each meeting.
Installation of new officers for the
■j Club year took place at last Thurs
j day’s meeting which included: John
,I W. Graham, president; William
Jones, vice president; John A.
Holmes, secretary; W. D. Holme3,
. sergeant-at-arms. President Graham
. also announced the following chair
men of the various committees:
Aims and Objects Committee —
John W. Graham.
Club Service Committee —N. K.
Rowell.
Program Committee —Jesse Whi:e.
Classification Committee —O. H.
Brown.
Fellowship Committee —J. A.
Moore.
Attendance Committee —W. D.
Holmes.
Rotary Information Committee —
N: K. Rowell.
Vocational Service Committee—J.
Edwin Bufflap.
International Service Committee —
J. A. Moore.
Community Service Committee —D.
M. Warren.
Boys’ Work Committee —C. E.
Kramer.
Crippled Children’s Committee —W.
I. Hart, Jr.
Student Loan Committee —John A.
Holmes.
Rural-l Urban Acquaintance Com
mittee —D. M. Warren.
Many At Showing
Os Musical "Rosa”
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Despite a very limited time for re
hearsals, coupled with some difficulty
in selecting a cast, “Rosa,” the
musical comedy sponsored by the
lions Club and presented Thursday ,
and Friday nights in the school audi
torium, resulted in a creditable per
formance and satisfactory attend- '
ance. Naturally, the first night’s
performance drew the larger crowd,
but those in charge of the affair
were agreeably surprised at the sec- :
ond night’s attendance.
Each member of the cast perform
ed well under the direction of Miss
Frances Perry, of Atlanta. The
Club realized' around S6O on the
show which will be used principally j
in connection with the chib activities
with eye clinics.
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT
EVANS METHODIST CHURCH i
Evans Methodist Church will start
E. Wal- :
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 8,1937.
RED MEN TIGHTEN
GRIP ON FIRST
PLACE IN LEAGUE
Masons and lions Fall
Prey to Leaders Dur
ing Week
hardlhtters
Lions and Masons Clash
In Important Game
Friday Night
HOW THEY STAND
W L Pet.
Red Men 5 2 .714
Lions 3 4 .428
Masons : 2 4 .333
The Red Men’s entry in Edenton’s
soft ball league strengthened their
lead Tuesday night when they de
feated the Lions Club-by a score of
20 to 17, running their wins to live,
while dropping only two games. The
Lions continue to hold second posi
tion, while the Masons went deeper
in the cellar position by their defeat
at the hands of the Red Men Friday
night.
The Lions Tuesday night held a
commanding lead over the Red Men,
being far ahead at the sixth inning
when the score stood 17 to 9. How
ever, in their half of the sixth, the
Red Men clouted the ball to all cor
ner? of the lot which together with
costly errors on the part of the
Lions netted 11 tallies.
Frank Hughes was on the mound
for the Red Men, while W. J. Tay
lor, Cecil Byrum and Leroy Haskett
tossed them in for the Lions.
The Masons and Lions will meet
Friday night at 8 o’clock when the
Masons will strive to change the
club standing. A victory for the
Masons would transpose the twefl
clubs. The Lions, however, will put'
up stiff opposition to maintain sec
ond place, which should result in a,
very close and interesting game.
Appearing to have the game in;
the bag Friday night, the Masons,
blew up in the seventh inning and:
dropped another game to the Red j
Men 19 to 15. The Masons played,
an excellent brand of ball up until;
the last inning when they held the!
upper hand of a 15 to 10 count. In
the seventh, however, the. outfield |
weakened with costly errors allowing
the Red Men to score nine runs and!
win the game.
Legionnaires Stage
Fish Fry Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
Ed Bond Post of the American Le-I
gion will hold a fish fry at Hicks.
Field which will take the place of the
regular July meeting. The Legion-,
naires at this time will also enter
tain members of the Auxiliary, as]
well as elect new officers for the I
year and appoint delegates to attend
the State Legion convention which
will convene this month in Durham.!
Fish for the fry have been donated I
by Legionnaire Charles D. Stewart,
who has also arranged for the Eden-1
ton High School Band to furnish'
music for the occasion.
Every member of the Post and the-
Auxiliary is especially invited to at
tend the open air meeting.
Henry Rogerson Wins
Fluffy Ruffles Contest
Henry Rogerson was first prize
winner in the Fluffy Ruffles flour
contest just closed by W. D. Holmes,
his prize being a 98-lb bag of flour
for the greatest number of empty j
flour sacks brought to the store. !
C. W. Alexander won second prize,!
a 24-lb. bag of flour, and H. W.j
Batton took third prize, a 12-lb.
bag of flour.
Mr. Holmes announces the receipt
of another carload of this popular
flour and will stage another contest
in the near future.
Health Conditions
■* In County Excellent
General health conditions in Cho
wan County are exceptionally good
at this time, according to Dr. M. P.
Wfiichard, county health officer. In
his report to the county commis
sioners Wednesday he reported that
there were no cases of typhoid fever
in the county and only an occasional
case of malaria.
Seventeen eases of measles were
reported for the month of June and
one case each of scarlet fever, chick
en pox and whooping cough.
Chowan Voters Roll Up Majority Os
181 For County Control liquor Store
Mrs. Cad Capehart
Will Open Boarding
House In Edenton
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Many friends in Edenton will be
delighted to know that Mr. and Mrs.
Pad Capehart, of Merry Hill, to
gether with their twin daughters,
-'Will move to Edenton sometime in 1
August. The Capeharts will live in
the Moore house, opposite Sutton’s
Drug Store, which will undergo
/major repairs and improvements, in
cluding steam heat. Mrs. Capehart
plans to open the house to tourists
and boarders, and unless local citi
zens offer a better name for the
place, Mrs. Capehart will adopt the
name “Capehart*S Inn.” Mrs. Cape
-1 jiart herself has had considerable!
experience in home economics, having i
- graduated in this work, and is capa
: -ble of serving good meals.
i Mrs. Capehart has been The
1 Herald’s correspondent since the pa-j
• per was started, and will continue to,
- act in that capacity until she moves
; to Edenton.
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1 Esso Road News Helps j
■ Given Town Publicity j
>; Os interest to local citizens and
■ through which Edenton will benefit
i no doubt by the publicity is an item
• appearing in current issue of Esso
Road News, published by the Stand
|. ard Oil Company and widely distri
. buted throughout the country.
The article follows:
! “At Pembroke, near Edenton, N.
; 1 C., the lovely site chosen by Stephen
Cabarrus, Revolutionary patriot, for
>! his home in colonial days, there now
, is an interesting Federal Fish Hatchs
Jery where each year are spawned
• ffcnfficient shad, herring, auMP other
. fish to populate a sizeable piece of
■ the Atlantic Ocean. Visitors are
j welcome, and an attendant will ex-
I plain how the hatching is done. Ihe
1 location is on the Chowan River
| about one half mile west of Edenton
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$350,000 Predicted
For State’s Melons
j North Carolina watermelon grow
ers, on the basis of last year’s pro-
I duction, will receive approximately
] marketing specialist of the North
| Carolina Department of Agriculture
j has announced.
Meanwhile, the markets division of
the Department will assign 25 water
melon inspectors to handle the crop
this season.
I The Cuban Queen, earliest of the
I commercial melons shipped in quanti
! ties will be moved around Raeford
early next week and Watson melons
, will be shipped in large quantities
I during the week of July 19.
I Watermelons are grown commer
cially in the sections of Laurinburg,
Raeford, Maxton, Johns Station, Gib
.. son, Rowland, Laurel Hill, Red
| Springs, Calypso, Morehead City,
Edenton, and Currituck County.
Growers planted 12,800 acres to
1 watermelons last year as compared
! to 11,600 acres this year.
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Bloys Britt Leaves
Hotel Joseph Hewes:
William Harrell and Leslie Har-|
rell this week accepted positions with]
the Hotel Joseph Hewes, the two
brothers acting as cashier and over
seer of the coffee shop. W. R.
Horton, manager of the hotel, also
has released Bloys Britt, night clerk,
which position will be taken care of
j jointly by Mr. Horton himself and i
: Gayle Kavanaugh, who has been act
| ing as day clerk.
27 Jailed In Chowan
During Month June
Twenty-seven defendants spent
part of their time during June in
the county jail, Jailer Shelton
Moore’s report to the County Com
missioners showing that number
were placed in jail during the month.
The expense involved, including jail
fees and turnkey fees, totaled $65.05.
$15,000 Os 1936 Taxes
Still Remain Unpaid
At the beginning of the county’s
fiscal year about $15,000 of uncollect
ed 1936 taxes remain on the tax
books. In his report made Wednes
day, Sheriff J. A. Bunch reported
that $11,208.96 were collected daring
June, bringing total collections to
date to $69,49831.
| “CHOWAN’S VOTE ]
For Against
East Edenton __ 282 114
West Edenton 301 159
Yeopim 80 13
Rocky Hock 32 111
, Wardville 45 88
Center Hill 16 90
Total 756 575
Legion Auxiliary Name
Convention Delegates
The American Legion Auxiliary to
! Ed Bond Post No. 40, helds its regu-
I lar meeting Thursday evening in the
j Red Men Hall. Mrs. W. E. Baker,
I president, opened the meeting. The
| colors were advanced and the pledge
] of allegiance to the flag was made.
“Star Spangled Banner” was sung,
i The regular order of business was
followed, and the chairmen of the
I I various committees made their re
| ports. The history for the year was
i read by the historian, Mrs. M. P.
I Whichard, who had prepared an in
j teresting resume of the year’s activi
: ties. The naval plate recently pur
| chased by the Auxiliary was dis
' plaved to the members.
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;l The nominating committee present
'j ed names of officers to serve for the
l j coming year, and these will be ap
•! proved at a call meeting to be held
] this week.
| Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Mrs. R. L.
Pratt and Mrs. S. F. Small, with
Mrs. D. M. Reeves and Mrs. Edna
'i White as alternates, were named as
[ \ delegates to the State Convention to
be held in Durham this month.
Security Act
Humane Legislation
Says Governor Hoey
. j
ij Meeting at the Carolina Hotel in
• Raleigh last Friday afternoon, North;
t j Carolina’s County Welfare Supefin-,
: tendents heard Governor Clyde R. i
I Hoey assert that the state’s new So-;
j cial Security Act, which went into!
I effect on July 1, was “the most hu-1
1 mane legislative measure ever adopt- j
I ed.”
.! “The Act is not perfect-no Icgis-j
, | lation is,” Governor Hoey said, “butj
,! it is a great forward step in caring i
>! for our unfortunate and underprivi- i
i leged children and elderly citizens.
• “Childhood and age are both ap
■j pealing, especially among unfortu
i nates, and it is my opinion that hu-j
| man nature is getting better all the i
time. We are becoming more inte
'i rested in the welfare of those not so
I fortunate as ourselves. I confident
. ly expect North Carolina to be a bet
! ter state in which to live because of
this legislation.”
Governor Hoey told the welfare
workers that upon their wisdom and
. judgement depended the success of
I the Social Security program,
i “It is in your hands,” he declared,
I “and I know you will do your utmost
>j to discharge the task in a capable
|] manner.”
I Informal round-table discussions of
] various problems in connection with
I the Social Security program for the
! state were indulged in during the
I morning and afternoon sessions of
| the conference.
Mild Celebration Os
Fourth In Edenton
But for the fact that practically all
business houses in Edenton were
! closed, one would have hardly realiz
ed that the Fourth of July holiday
was observed on Monday. Aside
from a soft ball game scheduled to
be played between colored single and
married men, ■no celebration had
been planned. For the most part
the day_was spent visiting or enter
taining visitors.
Police reported a very mild week
end, the principal offense being the
theft of an automobile. Vernon
Lane, of the Paradise section, park
ed his car in North Edenton and
when he went for it, it was missing.
The car, however, was recovered by
Patrolman Boyce near the Chowan
River Bridge and Dunnay Moore, of
Washington, N. C., and Hathaway
Pierce, of Bertie County, were ar
rested for the theft. Pierce was re
leased under S3OO bond while Moore
is in jail awaiting trial at Tuesday’s
session of Recorder’s Court.
Aside from the car theft police re
ported six arrests for drunkenness
and disorderliness, the defendants
being fined from $5 and costs to
costs of court.
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IMI newspaper IS CWCm
Med in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
Per Year
City Majority Offsets
"Against” Vote From
County
MANY~RUMORS
July 19 Set as Date to
Name Alcoholic Con
trol Board
As a result of the strong support
vote recorded at Tuesday’s special
ABC election Chowan County will be
dispensing its own legalized liquor in
an officially peopled store in Edenton
by September 1, maybe by the mid
dle of next month.
Machinery to make this possible
was started by the County Commis
sioners yesterday wnen they set July
19 for a special joint meeting with
the County Board of Education and
the County Board of Health, at
which time a County Board of Alco
hoiic Control will be named. This
will be composed of a chairman and
two associates who will in turn se
lect a store site, a store manager
and other employees, as well as set
salaries.
At the moment a million rumors
are of course afloat, Cr.e has the
present resettlement bureau offices
adjoining the bank as the exact
spot where the store will be placed.
Three other sites have been men
tioned, the store and office in the
Hotel Joseph Hev,es property imme
diately adjacent to the Hotel Joseph
Hewes, the Nejam Building now oc
cupied by the Edenton Ice Company
for refrigerating display, and the
vacant end of the E. C. White prop
erty adjoining the Gulf Filling Sta
tion on Broad Street.
! Tfe£ election went off easily. Na
turally there was lively interest but
the final score, 756 for and 575
i against, was not wholly unexpected.
As on other occasions the country
] side came through with a suffrage
i against the store totaling 302 but
j when it hit the town vote, as it has
! before, it found itself swamped
| Edenton registered a majority of •
| 310 votes for the store, or 8 votes
i more than the country antis totaled.
A table of the vote appears else
] where but a recapitulation sets forth
i that Edenton went 583 for liquor
and 273 against with the outlying
sections scoring but 173 for and 302
against, resulting in 181 majority
for liquor control.
I No doubt the greatest interest in
the fight was shown in Edenton
where heavy registrations and hard
work by volunteers resulted in a
heavier vote than was expected. In
the county the highest scoring was
in Rocky Hock, Center Hill and
Wardville, each of which went
against the store. Yeopim, however,
repudiated its neighbors and regis
tered a majority for the store, its
vote being 80 for to 13 against.
In favoring the store Chowan was
the sixth victorious county out of
thirteen in the state to vote on the
same question. The county has been
legally “dry” since 1909 but pretty
“wet” otherwise as the court records
bear testimony every week.
Just what effect the store will
have on the county remains to be
seen. Theoretically it should reduce
the need of patronizing unlav-f”'
bootleggers and thus have an effect
on their much desired elimination.
Certainly the expected profits from
sales, a profit which the county will
derive, will go toward a reduction in
taxation and be of aid in meeting
the social security program already
in operation.
Sarah White Class
Officer In Capital
Friends in Edenton will be inter
ested to know that Miss Sarah Eli
zabeth White has been elected vice
president of her class in Washington
School for Secretaries. Miss White’s
picture, together with that of the
president and secretary of the class
appeared in a recent issue of The
Washington Herald. She is a gradu
ate of the Edenton High School.
PICNIC AT EDENIHOUSE
The Baptist Sunday School at
Merry Hill is planning to hold a pic
nic supper at Edenhouse Beach on
Friday afternoon.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Bennie
Mizell, on Wednesday,
son, lewis Carlton. Jj