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1/owj i fair fHwUathn M tea* <wrf eoMtfy mvs Id/ gtHcrjl interest. Volume IV.—Numbef23s. Raped Goodwin And John L. Spruill ABC Employees i Former Lands Store j Manager at $125, Lat ter Clerk at SIOO opensTsept. 1 Failure Yesterday to Complete Board; Try Again August 26 Coincident with another failure yesterday to select the third member of the ABC supervising board, this time because of a lack of a quorum, the other two supervisors, who dick ered Tuesday afternoon and night with a raft of liquor salesmen over the purchase of a large stock, yester day announced that they had selected Rupert Goodwin as manager of the liquor store to be opened in the White property, at $125 a month salary, and John Lee Spruill, as store clerk at SIOO a month. Both are young men and popular, Goodwin at present being a salesman in the Byrum Hardware Company, and Spruill identified at the Triangle Filling Station. The selection of Goodwin and Spruill ends a struggle on the part of many applicants for the two posi tions. It is understood the successful appointees were considered as out siders, neither having made formal application for the jobs. Inability on the part of all three j appointing boards to have a quorum present at a joint meeting Wednes day morning leaves Chowan County’s Alcoholic Board of Control still in oomplete. A joint meeting was call ed for 10 o’clock to name the third member of the Board when J. B. Webb resigned at the regular Com missioners’ meeting tht first Monday in August. : _ u -, of §lfd<airo<r-*«T* present, these be ing Chairman S. ,E. Morris, Mrs. George Woo*%nd T. L. Ward. Four were required to constitute a quorum. A full board of the Commissioners were on hand, white Dr. J. A. Powell, Dr. W. I. Hart, D*M. Wan-en and Mayor J. H. McMullan constituted a quorum from the Board of Health. It was hoped to complete the li quor board membership at the meet ing, Wednesday, especially since the two members, R. P. Badham and M. F. Bond are reluctant to further shoulder the entire responsibility of operation. In the meantime, • how ever, Messrs. Badham and Bond have worked like Trojans in preliminary arrangements for establishing a store. The northern portion of the E. C. White building located on Broad Street has been leased and is rapidly being remodeled into what is expected to be an attractive and convenient place of business. A par tition has been placed about midway of the room, the front part to be used as a sales room, while the rear (Continued on Page Five) lime Cheats Edenton Out Beauty Contest Entrant In Wilson Strict enforcement of a dead line was responsible for Edenton not be ing represented in the beauty queen’s contest to be held in Wilson in con nection with the Tobacco Exposition and Festival there August 19 and 20. Urged by Mayor J. H. McMullan to enter the contest, Miss jMary Eliza beth Cates finally agreed, but- by the time her pciture was furnished and sent to Wilson, the closing date vtent into effect J In response to a letter sent by* Mr. McMullan the following part was received from LestbrJfiKj managing director: , “I'sincerely regret that it i&a sary for me to advise that fl - M impossible to enter Miss Cats! queen’s contest at this tintefl ize with her out of the impossible for you to confjß few in regards to the appoii|B§|ff> of course, you would *> was^necessary THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY »i— 1 - Oldest Observes Birthday John Harrison Spruill, said to be the oldest 'white resident of Chowan County, celebrated his 88 th birthday Sunday. Mr. Spruill was the guest of his son, Harrison Spruill, who had ar ranged a sumptuous birthday din ner for the occasion at hie home on the Hertford-Edenton high way. The old gentleman appeared to be in better health than he was a year ago and took delight in rehearsing interesting anecdotes which have taken place during his many years of hardships. Specially invited guests to en joy the birthday dinner were Sheriff J. A. Bunch, Paul Olssen | and J. Edwin Bufflap. . {Postmaster General J Farley In Fayetteville ■ For Postmasters Meet [ A large number of the postmasters ! from over the First District plan to . attend the annual postmasters’ con -1 vention which will be held in Fay • etteville August 16-17. C. E. Kramer, 1 Edenton postmaster, is director for the First District and especially , urges postmasters and postal em t ployees, regardless of membership in , any organization, to attend the con i vention at which Postmaster-General , James A. Farley will be the princi . pal speaker. ■ . ii : Rotarians and Red Men Tied Up For Cellar y Position ! —— > HOW THEY STAND ■A. W L Pet. Lions —,— 4 1 .800 . Masons - 2 1 .666 Rqtary 1-8 .222 • Red Men 1 3 .222 I, . . .j Up to Wednesday the Lions held . the lead in Edenton’s soft ball lea r gue with the Masons in second posi i tion- and the Red Men and Rotarians s tied for the cellar position. [j What was the most hotly contested [ j and interesting game of the season ; was played last Wednesday night 1 when the Masons tripped the Lions . 6 to 2. It was a well-played game - and resulted in the shortest time i consumed by any game during the • season, taking less than an hour to play. In a slugfest Thursday night and vwhat was .perhaps the most uninter esting game of the year, the Lions walked off with a 21 to 15 score. The i game was featured by long drives, a live ball having been used. ■ The scheduled game between the • Masons and Rotarians was called off i on account of a donkey baseball ■ game. - v t On Tuesday night a double-header ■ was played. The Lions added anoth- i 1 er win to their string of victories by ■ j turning back the Rotarians 18 to 14. s j The second game resulted in the 1 Red Men’s first victory, catching the ; Masons off form and piling up a 13 to 3 score. . Wednesday afternoon the Red dMsn and Masons were scheduled to %sjtey a rained-out game, but as The {■paid went to press it appeared : Kat the game would again be post- Hgjjsd on account of rain. pTonight the Rotary and Red Men -jHK are scheduled to play and on i ilpday night the Lions and Masons. Richard D. Dixon To Return Home Today i*; •- - ■ i ■ Friends will be delighted to know ,| that Richard D. Dixon will return j] from St. Vincent Hospital today : (Thursday). He was the victim of ' j an acute attack of appendicitis last ’[ Tuesday and was rushed to the Nor- I folk Hospital, where he was imme- II diately operated upon I The - operation was successful and j Mr. Dixon has made splendid pro [ I awnanta.l J wJWviu. company her husband home. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 12, 1937. TOURCARAVANOF NOTABLES TO BE HERE OCTOBER 18 Eighty Editors, Travel Agents and Advertis ing Chiefs In Party FROM ALL OYER State Chaperoning Trip Through Eastern ’ Carolina Manteo and Fort Raleigh may be planning for one great national cele brity, The President, on August 18, but if Edenton has its eyes open two months later to a day it will have a chance to see 80 or more celebrities, too. They are coming on a lively bus tour of the State, being chaper oned by the State Conservation and Development Board, and they will be here from all over the east, south and middle west, and everyone of them will be a person of high im portance. Actually the tourists, in North Carolina at the time as the guests of the State, will be big town editors, travel counsellors and travel bureau agents, the latter representing the leading organizations in the United States. Their visit will be one of introduction to the beauties, historic spots and lively industries of the State, and it goes without saying it can be developed into a visit of mag nitude at every stop. The tour will start at Asheville on Monday, October 11, will take in trips from there in and about the Great Smbkies, and then on day by through first the southern and middle sections of the State, after ward swinging into the Albemarle anO landing here for half an hour or more in the afternoon of October 18, with a night stop following in Eliza beth City. 'The next night Manteo will be ykiteiand the party will h£ Able to see the Paul Green “Lost Colony 1 ’ "pageant has been playing this summer. The official brochure outlining the tour says “with a stop in Edenton, which was the first permanent set tlement in North Carolina,” and “we must not tell you of all of the in teresting historic points in Edenton— there is so much description we might tire you but you will never tire of a visit to Edenton.” The touring party will travel in several large buses, and there will be an accompanying band, and at every stop short talks by town exe cutives and much handshaking by welcoming committees. Mayor Mc- Mullan and the Chamber of Com merce, are anxious the stop here should be made one of telling ulti mate value to the town, and hope a large crowd will turn out to make the stay of the visiting delegation an interesting one. Just off hand some of the impor tant visitors who will be here on October 18, are: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Martin, The Martin Travel Bureau, New York City; Allen S. Jackson, Utica Travel Bureau, Utica, N. Y.; Miss Anne Egan, Anne Egan Travel Service, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crump, CrUmp Travel Service, Provi dence, R. I.; Clarence Colpitts, Col pitss Tourist Company, Boston, Mas 3.; Mrs. I. M. Adler, I. M. Adler, Inc., New Haven, Conn.; George E. Gillespie, Osmond Laurens, Inc,. Philadelphia, Pa.; Eli Aylsworth, Aylswortb Travel Service, Inc., Pro vidence, R. I.; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Weidel, Jr., Karl Weidel Travel Ser vice, Trenton, N. J.; William Acker man, Editor, Ackerman’s Sports man’s Guide, East Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and. Mrs. C. C. Latus, Travel Editor, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Pitts burg, Pa.; Myron Glaser, Manager, Resort and Travel Department, The Washington Herald, The Washington Times, Washington D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. William A. White, Sunday Edi tor, Pittsburg Press, Pittsburg, Pa.; Hayman E. Miller, Resort Depart ment, Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Timons, Executive Manager, Tidewater Automobile As sociation, Norfolk, Va.; W. K. S. Hershey, Secretary, White Rose Mo tor Club, York, Pa.; Miss Beatrice Winslow, Touring Counsellor, Blair County .Motor Club, Altoona, Pa.; Miss Martha Lyon, Louisville Auto mobile Club, Louisville, Ky.; L. E. Phifer* Oklahoma Motor Club, Okla homa City, Okla.; Miss Vera Loe brich and Miss Helen Nokes, John town Motor Club, Johnstown, Pa.; Mrs. Marble Weaver, Travel Counsel lor* Blaritld Automobile Club, Blue* I field, W. V*.; Ernest B. Beamarth, TOWN GUIDES ARE PROPOSED IN WPA PROJECTREQUEST Influx Tourists . Need of Paramount Importance TRAININGSCHOOL State Director Asked to Get Federal Endorse ment to Idea Backing up a rather general re newed sentiment in town as to the much needed propriety of having some sort of official guide or guides on duty in Edenton to show visitors historic points of interest and to ex plain the traditions associated with them, application has been made to the WPA for federal assistance in the matter. So far it has taken the nature of a formal WPA project re quest to the state director at Ra leigh, and it is naturally hoped: something tangible will result. It has been proposed to the WPA, ! which has handled situations of simi lar import elsewhere in the nation, that prospective guides be put through a schooling for the work, that they show themselves by exami-1 i nation eminently qualified to discuss the history of this section, and that ! they be required to be on duty at j ..all hours. This would mean that! those who may apply for the work j would first have to be well tested out! by local antiquaries, and, perhaps, { follow the same proceedure as in I Washington, Mt. Vernon, MonticelloJ Richmond and other places—memo-! rize a sort of lecture talk for eachl spot visited. However, the matter now rests in! the double fact that the need is great and the WPA has been urged to join in making the situation one of lively reality. “ Os late there has bseq q greafc in fluxvof tourists here, especiallyover the week-ends, and all show a de cided interest in the town points of | importance. It was estimated thati at least fifty travelers from different j sections, not alone in North Carolina j but from other states as well, were; here last Sunday and sought admis- j sion to the Cupola House, the Court i House and St. Paul’s Church. The need for some one to meet the situation officially was forcibly brought before Mayor McMullan on Sunday morning. The Mayor and some friends were chatting in the -Municipal Building and were inter rupted by half a dozen motor car parties, one from Illinois, another from Ohio, who were admiring the old Cupola House and wanted to see in it. Unfortunately it was in the morning hours and the place was not open. The Mayor had to explain (Continued on Page Eight! U. D. C. Day Saturday At Manteo Pageant j Three Edenton girls are to play their part as pages at next Satur day’s participation of the Daughters of the Confederacy in the 350th an niversary celebration at Fort Raleigh, i on this summer on Roanoke Island. The local belles will be Miss Virginia Byrum, Miss Betty Wales and Miss Pearl Whichard. In addition to them Edenton will have another former resident as an additional par ticipant, Rev. Dr. Robert B. Drane, who for more than a half century was rector here at Old St. Paul’s. Saturday has been formally desig nated as U. D. C. Day, and a very enlivening program has been worked out by Mrs. John H. Anderson, the president of the State organization. Dr. Drane will deliver the invocation, and Mrs. Anderson will make an ad dress of welcome. Other speakers from this State, Virginia and Ken tucky will, also, take part, and in the late afternoon there will be a tea at the Buchanan Cottage, Nags Head, while in the evening a special per formance of “The Lost Colony” pa geant will be given. Many from here are’ expected to be in attend-! ance. Wendell Copeland Is West Point Alternate Relatives and friends in Edenton were glad to learn the latter part of the week that Wendell Copeland, son of Mrs. X. E. Copeland* has if ftS’SSSte pointment to a vacancy at West 1 There am two vacancies at Anna polis and one at West Point. Officials In Conference Here Over Fish Hatchery —* Monthly Meeting Council Postponed The regular monthly meeting of Town Council which was to have been held Tuesday night was postponed. Reason for post ponement of the meeting was due to a large percentage of councilmen being at the beach. Considerable important busi ness awaits the next meeting of the Town Fathers, which will be called by Mayor J. H. McMullan when a quorum can be rounded up. Gates Girls Defeat Edenton Monday In Soft Ball Game 11-1 After two former attempts which ; had been rained out, the Edenton and I Gates girls' soft ball teams on ! Monday night managed to select a clear night to cross bats in which the local girls fell prey to the strong Gates outfit 11 to 1. The Edenton girls, though having a well-balanced j and smart set of players, apparently ; lacked confidence which reason was ! advanced by many fans as partly j the cause for their downfall. How ! ever, the Gates girls had a group of j first-class ball players and by their I playing reflected considerable more ! experience in the game. The Gates ! County girls have played quite a few i games thus far this season and have ! come out the winners in practically | all of their games. | It was Edenton’s second game, the ! girls now having a percentage of .500, having won earlier in the sea son from the Gatesville outfit. A large crowd attended the game which apparently was very much en joyed. PARSOIfS PEN IS WELLRECOGNIZED I {Missive Lands Him In “Best Letters of 1987” Edenton won a nice bit of publici ty in the current issue of “The Rotar ian,” official organ of Rotary Inter national, when it printed a letter written by Rev. C. Aylette Ashby, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The letter appeared under the cap tion “The Best Letters of 1937,” and for the benefit of readers who do not read the Rotary magazine is reprint | ed as follows: I “Music is therapeutic diverting, | pleasure giving; long since, I have i been taught it supplies a vague emo ; tion which is plastic to the dogmatic mold, and so it may administer to man in many ways. “Plato states that at first all laws were set to music, Aristotle that they were sung to keep in remembrance. I Confucius collected and edited the songs of his people, believing they were the best allies of law, forming men’s mind in a law-abiding mold. The list could be multiplied. Famous men of the Jews “found out musical tunes.” “The radio is in nearly every home. Famous men are not seeing to what comes over the air. For his fleet, Raleigh “provided music in good variety.” We get the variety, much of it far from good. “I use my radio seldom, and on investigating have found many others of like kind. This silence of what might be a most helpful instrument is due to objection to cheap jazz and the eternal, slick, trained voice of the announcers, who use much of the time in commending the wares of the firm sponsoring the programs, and too often indulge in childish, petty, would-be fun. For those paying much for programs it would be revealing to learn that the overmuch talk of these announcers creates a prejudice against the wares they toot. All us ing radios have suffered from the herd of asinines. “A few companies put on digni fied programs, with little talk from the announcer, and what a delight that is; but soon comes, “Good even ing, folks! How is everybody to night?”—and the fool starts out. “Rotary could render a real serv ive by using its influence to make the radio a better conveyance. It would thereby serve every commun ity.” This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Enlargement of Plant Expected to Begin In Thirty Days TO SPEND $25,000 Large Outdoor Rearing Pools For Shad and Game Fish Outside enlargement of the fede ral fish hatchery on Pembroke Creek as proposed by state and government authorities last year has reached the point where work will be started at once and completed in time for an increased shad hatch next spring. This announcement was made on Tuesday as a result of a visit to Edenton of J. D. Chalk, state com missioner of game and inland fisher ies, of Raleigh; G. C. Leach, chief of the fish culture division, U. S, Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C., and Lee A. Wallace, WPA director. The trio of visitors confered here during their stay with W. S. Vincent, - superintendent of the hatchery, went i over the field thoroughly, and after ward explained the nature of the : proposed work which Mr. Chalk said ; would be begun within 30 t’r.ys. It ■ will provide for a dyke built from . the highway to the hatchery and out • side the rearing pools adjacent to and . augment such pools already at the . hatchery. Through their use the fish i specialists expect the output of the ■ hatchery, especially as it has to do , with shad propogation, will be great ly increased, and that a step forward will have been taken in the “Save the , Shad” program in this section. It was last year when announce . ment was first made by the state board of conservation and develop : ment’s shad committee, that $25,000 . would be expended by the govern ment in furthering the fishing sit uation and that this amouqt woiffif be jpent enlarging the ■ hatcheiTt output of shad fry. Shad ' been inclined to doubt , the ultimate work, basing their fear I on 'the theotjt, outside pools as pro posed for rearing would not meet the deficiency of shad. I However, the specialists feel diff erently about it and so expressed themselves Tuesday. Mr. Chalk said the present plan called for the con struction of two large outdoor ponds - or pools, similar to the ones now in - operation, for rearing propogated . shad fry to a size sufficient to oc casion the belief the fish can take , care of themselves when thrown back . into river and sound waters. There will, also, be built a num | her of smaller pools for warmer ; water species of game fish, and wells . will be sunk to provide water nearer the temperature the young fish may require than can be secured at pre ! sent from adjacent creek waters, ’ which has been reckoned too warm. , “The capacity of the hatchery will ' be greatly increased,” said Mr. Chalk on Tuesday, “and it is hoped to have the work fully completed by early | spring to accommodate an increased hatch in 3 938.” As at present and since the hatch ‘ ery first started shad fry are propo gated and have been turned loose ' when not more than an inch in ' length. Once overboard such fish ’ have quickly fallen prey to other fish it is thought, and have never been able in recent years to reach a • growth where they can take care of 1 themselves. By the new pools the > small fry will be kept in jail, so to I speak, until they can swish and 1 skurl away from any attacking mar auding piscatorial enemies. At least i that’s the theory of the pools. ! Mayor Attending | Highway Meeting That Edenton will continue as a : member of the Ocean Highway Asso ! ciation is practically assured by rea • son of the fact that Mayor J. H. Mc ’ Mullan left Edenton Wednesday and 1 .will, together with a delegation from ’ Elizabeth City, attend the annual : meeting of the Ocean Highway Asso ! ciation at Salisbury, Md. Membership in the Association en : tails an expenditure of only $lB and Mr. McMullan, as well as members -of Town Council, felt that at the > present time, more than ever, Eden t ton cannot afford not to be repre-' N - sented in the Association. * Mr. McMullan expects to return J Friday night. i MASONS MEET TONIGHT J t The weekly meeting of the M*-J • sonic lodge will be held tonight at 8 o’clock.
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