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Volume IV.—Number 34*
President Gives Edenton Precedence
With PWA Grant For Local High School
Executive Signs Project
For $31,500 Before
Fort Raleigh Trip
MAKESS7O,OOO
Holmes and Warren
Win Out; Bids Adver
tised For at Once
Federal aid, dong promised, to be
•directed toward the remodeling and
improvement of the Edenton graded
and high school, came Tuesday after
noon as almost one of the last acts
•of President Roosevelt before he en
trained for the Fort Raleigh cele
bration.
Word to this effect reached Supe
rintendent John A. Holmes through
a telegram from Congressman Lind
say Warren, who'has been pushing
for a PWA appropriation for the
rworlc for some time. The telegram
said:
“Am pleased to advise you that
President Roosevelt has just approv
ed PWA application for your schools
for grant of $31,500.”
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Holmes
got further word on the matter
when a letter came from Warren,
confirming his earlier telegram and
explaining in detail just how close
was the shave that got Edenton in
cluded in the Presidential grants. In
fact the Congressman states the
President on Tuesday was disinclined
to approve the local project because
it had not come in the defination laid
down for fire hazards.
However, Mr. Warren, even in the
Extreme hurry of getting off for the
Manteo show, got the Secretary of
the Interior to interest himself, and
the latter telephoned the circum
stances to die President wh oat last
gave full endorsement with his sig
nature.
Incidentally, the Warren lejt
**’—ter-related to Sh. Hehnes that the
President had approved a similar
project grant for Beaufort County,
in which Mr. Warren lives, but would
quite likely reject additional appli
cations for grants in Hyde and
Cates counties, which were included
in the only four he had up before
him in the Albemarle.
The Warren letter was as follows:
“My dear Mr. Holmes:
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Property Owners f
Warned To Drain
Stagnant Water
Property owners in Edenton will
be obliged to be more careful in the
future regarding drainage about
their property unless they care little
about embarrassment. Complaint
has been made to town councilmen
regarding stagnant water about some
houses and lots which provide an
ideal breeding place for mosquitoes.
Especially a target for complaint
were four or five houses on East
Xing Street between Oakum and
Court Streets, where spools of stag
nant water stand under the houses
with no apparent effort being made
to remedy the situation, especially
during mosquito breeding time.
Graham Byrum, health commis
sioner, was ordered by Town Council
Monday night to get in touch with
the owner of this particular proper
ty, giving reasonable notice that un
less the situation is remedied the
property will be condemned and pos
sibly further action taken.
Considerable drainage and spray
ing projects have been accomplished
in Edenton which has materially re
duced the mosquito pest and resul
tant fewer cases of malaria, but if
conditions are allowed to exist as
have been pointed out by Dr. M. P.
Whiehard, county health officer, it
will not take long before what good
has been done will have been totally
useless. ..
Lions’ Zone Meeting
. Will Be Held Friday
The principal order of business at
the Lions Club meeting Monday
night at Hotel Joseph Hewes was a
zone meeting to be held in Washing
ton, N. C., Friday afternoon at 4
o’clock. This will be a very impor
present. meeting wui wot
The Edenton duo wifi oe roprc*
the dab was not determined
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
'rS i“*'" • rpi • 7" v “ s K f
1 aylor 1 heatre Is
Redecorated Anew
Local Playhouse Refurnished and Otherwise
Beautified —Now Ranks With Best In This
Section of the State
Always proud of its little com
munity playhouse Edenton will have
greater occasion for a display of its
pleasure tonight when Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Taylor formally open their
remodeled, refurnished and redecor
ated new “Taylor Theatre” with one
of the liveliest skits of the season,
“Artists and Models,” in which
Jack Benny and Ida Lupino are
starring. With its numerous and
varied improvements the theatre now
compares favorably with any other
movie house in the whole Albemarle,
and will undoubtedly prove a center
of enlarged attraction because of
this fact.
For several weeks now the Tay
lors and Jimmy Earnhardt, the
manager, have been at work guiding
and directing a large staff of work
men, painters, decorators and fur
nishing folk, turning the theatre in
side out in an effort to make it bet
ter than the best. That they have
accomplished their purpose will be
apparent to all those privileged to
attend tonight’s formal opening.
The Taylors are advertising today
that they “take pride in presenting”
their new theatre, but they, perhaps,
could have with more accuracy re
versed the slogan and have said what
is absolutely true, that Edenton
takes pride, great pride, in knowing
that it now has an opportunity to
attend productions at a playhouse
comfortably, beautifully and expen-
BELOVED CITIZEN
DIES IN CHOWAN
Z. W. Evans Is Buried
From Church His
Family Founded
- Despite a heavy rain and electri
cal* storm Chowan’s citizenship turn
ed .out in large numbers on Friday
afternoon in attendance at the fune
ral and burial of one of its most be
loved residents, Zachariah W. Evans.
Mr. Evans, one of the county’s lead
ing farmers and millmen, died some
what unexpectedly early Thursday
morning in a Suffolk hospital, and
the interment services were held in
the little Evans Methodist Chureh,
founded by his family in 1808, and
at which he had been a lifelong
member.
The services at the church were
conducted by Presiding Elder B. B.
Slaughter, a devoted friend and ad
mirer of the deceased, and Revs. R.
E. Walston, the church pastor, and
M. O. Stephenson, now of Durham
but for several years pastor of the
Center Hill Methodist church. Mem
bers of the famed Westminister
Choir, of Lawrenceville, N. J., in
service this summer at the Fort Ra
leigh celebration, rendered several
musical selections. Two undertaker’s
wagons were required to carry the
great profusion of floral offerings
from the church to the grave in the
little family burial plot on the home- \
stead nearby.
Those who officiated as active pall
bearers were Jimmy Hudgins, George
Hudgins and Dr. J, L. Rawls, of
,Suffolk, Dr. M. P. Whiehard, of
Edenton, and W. H. Winborne, W.
A. Perry, Lindsey Evans and J. B.
Griffin. It was estimated that 400
mourners had crowded into the small
church, and almost as many more
sat out in their cars in the heavy
downpour unable to get in the edi
fice.
Probably no man in all Chowan
was better known nor liked than
Zachariah W. Evans. In fact it can
be said his devotion to Methodism,
as shown through four generations
of his family, made him well known
and appreciated in church circles
throughout the entire state. Church
life came first With him and from
boyhood he was an active leader in
the Evans Church section, being aup
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 19,1937.
sively refurnished and remade.
This fact is evidenced by the large
number of merchants and others who
are so expressing their compliments j
and congratulations today. They feel
the improvements are something to
1 be proud of and they are not hesi
tating to say so.
In every way the theatre has been
completely refurbished’ and redecor
; ated. There are new cushioned seats!
to replace the hard wooden, sticky
seats heretofore, and cushioned
' seats, while a modem innovation in
, such places are an expensive one.
There has, also, been installed new,
3tage scenery to soften the eyes, and
new lighting fixtures and effects, new I
\ carpeting throughout, and above all ■
handsome and artistic painting decor- i
ations in red, blue and gold, which if
it does nothing else, will give the
place a true and artistic colonial
atmosphere. i
Theatrically the playhouse has al-j
so been equipped with the latest, up
to-date, Western Electric Microphon
ic Sound System, “the Living J
Sound,” which everyone will find a
pronounced improvement over the
prior method of talk reproduction.
The Taylors and their young
manager have worked with an open
purse to do a good job at the theatre
and they will find their satisfaction
in. the pleasure movie-goers will have
in their efforts.
. JOSEPH BUNCH
ON POLICE FORCE
PERMANENTLY
Town Councilmen Opposed To Con
tinuation of Officers Fees For
Making Arrests
Joseph Bunch, who has been acting!
as night policeman during the vaca
tions of Chief of Police G. A. Helms
and Night Officer R. L. Pratt, was
elected as permanent policeman at
the meeting of Town Council Monday
night. Mr. Bunch’s salary was fixed
at SBS per month.
The matter of a third policeman
for the town was recommended by
the recently named police commission
it being the general opinion that two
policemen were necessary to provide
adequate police protection at night.
Chief Helms will be on duty during
the day while Pratt and Bunch will
be nightmen.
Considerable time was also devoted
Monday night to a discussion of eli
mination of officer’s fees for making
arrests. The system has been seve
rely criticized and when it became
known that fees are split between the
night man and the Chief of Police
the councilmen immediately voiced
their disapproval. No action, how
ever, was taken at the meeting, it
being the purpose to make an in
vestigation to ascertain approximate
ly how much officers receive in the
way of fees so that an adjustment
can be made in salaries if and when
the fee system is discarded.
The police commission was com-
I plimented by Mayor J. H. McMullan
for the interest shown in their duty
and the report submitted. While the
members of the commission failed to
see the necessity for having a police
commission, they were directed to
continue their services with special
emphasis made to report to council
any irregularities on the part of the
police department or confer with any
officer in the performance of their
duty before reporting to Town Coun
cil.
The Councilmen also voted to re
new membership in the League of
Municipalities and the Institute of
Government. While nothing was men
tioned relative to continued member
ship in the Ocean Highway Associa
tion, it is practically assured that
the town will continue as a member.
HELPS NOMINATE
Mr. and Mr*. C. E. Kramer re
turned Tuesday night from Pkjrette
£u£d.
Wythe M. Peyton, of Aahafille* as
president for the ensuing year.
IV' ; >
PRESIDENT GETS
INITIAL COPY OF
TOWN’SiBOOKLET
Name Printed on Spe
cial Issue Given Him
At Manteo
GOVERNOR, ALSO
First Edition Now Off
(Press and Ready For
Distribution
Edenton’s official town booklet,
publication of which has been inter
fered with so much of late, got off
the press finally on Monday, and on
' Wednesday a specially bound and
embossed copy, with his name
stamped across the front, was pre
sented to President Roosevelt during
his .visit at Fort Raleigh. The na
tional executive bowed his apprecia
tion and devoted the following few
minutes to scanning the brochure
with interest.
A similar copy of the book was
placed in the hands of Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, also, as well as oth
! ers in the State’s official party.
I The presentations were made by
; Mrs. George C. Wood, sister-in-law
! of former Governor Ehringhaus, who
was in the President’s party.
Prior to giving out the booklet at
Manteo arrangements were made
i for the placement of 100 copies in
' the rooms of the Virginia Dare
| Hotel, Elizabeth City, where the
I State party spent Tuesday night in
I anticipation of the President’s arri
! val yesterday morning.
Except for a few other copies the
balance of the first edition of 5,000
will be turned over to the Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce for
careful distribution as it may best
see fit. The publication, an expen
sive one for a town that has never
had anything of the sort before, was
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LIKELIHOOD OF
DISTRICT OFFICE
REMAINING HERE
Director R. Mayne Albright, In
Edenton Tuesday, Says Mayor
McMullan Is Good Salesman
!
i Edenton was included in the 35
towns of the State to have named
branch managers for the N. C. Em
ployment Service and according to
Director R. Mayne Albright’s an
nouncement, Cyrus W. Bazemore
has been appointed manager for the
local office. Mr. Bazemore at pres
ent is editor of the Windsor Ledger-
Advance.
Mr. Albright was in Edenton Tues
day enroute to the Fort Raleigh
celebration and in a conversation
relative to moving the district em
ployment office to Williamston, Mr.
Albright though non-committal, gave
reason to be optimistic that Edenton
will remain on the list as a district
office.
“We don’t want the district office
removed,” Mr. Albright was told.
“I am glad to know you are so much
interested in having the office,” he
said. “Your Mayor is a good sales
man,” he replied, waving a good-bye
as he left for Manteo.
At the meeting of Town Council
Monday night it was decided to al
low $165 in the budget as the town’s
share for maintaining the office in
Edenton, which is the same amount
asked for last year. The E. & W.
Department also contributed $l5O
last year, as did the County Com
missioners. The latter board at
their last meeting, however, failed to
make an appropriation due to the
uncertainity as to where the district
office would be located.
Mr. Albright also stated that Mrs.
Randolph Holloman, who has been
acting as manager of the Edenton
office, is very well regarded in the
service, but was not certain just
where she wpuld be located.
Local Police Pick
Up Prison Escapee
Local police caught up with
another prison escapee on Sunday
when George Cox, Negro, was land
ed by Patrolmen Pratt* and Bunch,
on Freemason Street. Cox had been
originally arrested in Washington
County on a charge of breaking and
entering. At the Williajnston prison
eanpju- became a trusty and cook.
Last week he walked out of camp
and hitch-hiked over here. Pratt
learned of his presence and he and
’ Hunch got the' man and sent hint
hack to camp.
Town Council Has Assured
Bi-County Health Service
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Boy Scouts Still
Have No Leader
A visitor from one of our grow
ing North Carolina towns, re
marked when here a few days
ago, “I know you have a live Boy
Scout Troop in Edenton.” Have
we?
Our representative men seem
more interested in putting Eden
ton on the map—tourists, ABC
Store, etc., than in the future
citizens of our town. Not every
one can make a good Scoutmaster.
He must understand boys, and
lead them to play the game of
life according to ideals of loyalty,
efficiency, comradeship, etc., and
live up to his leadership. Will
not some young man between the
ages of 25 aqd 40 volunteer to
help our boys?
Why have so many months pass
ed and no definite interest from
our citizens? Vacation will soon
be over, then school. All summer
no meetings, no annual camping
trip or anything done to show
we are interested in them. Are
we interested in them?
Have we shown it these past
five months?
Why wait until fall or winter?
What are we waiting for?
TOURIST PARADE
SWELLEDB Y HOEY
Throngs Go Through
Town But Governor
Stops Off
Tourist travel into and through
Edenton has been mounting skyward
during the past couple of weeks, and
on Tuesday and Wednesday reached '
its peak. DL'Course, the last twoj
days carried.mw stop-overs as every-[
body bent on scurrying 1
through toward Fort Raleigh to get :
in on yesterday’s blow-out for Presi-j
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The wou!d-be-seers of the Presi
dent began going through town,
pivotal highway point that it is be
tween the east and west, early
Tuesday morning, and kept it up all
Jay and far into the night, and be
gan repeatink soon after dawn yes-j
terday. Just where the crowd will :
stay at the shore resorts seemed of >
little worriment to the travelers. 1
Most of them were in closed cars, j
anyhow, and closed cars can be
made comfortable, if one is not par- '
ticular.
Before breakfast Tuesday the van
guard of travelers started in. First
State Highway patrolmen from all
over North Carolina, some from as
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Spires Again Named
Director Os Ocean j
Highway Group |
Happy news was brought back on j
Friday by Mayor J. H. McMullan j
who had been in attendance at the
annual meeting of the Ocean High
way Association in Salisbury, Md. As
is known this is the route over which,
the most tourist trade to strike town j
travels, and it had been feared Eden- i
ton would lose its designation on the I
association’s maps because of a fail-1
ure to contribute as lavishly as the
association demanded.
However the Mayor, with the help,
of influential friends in Norfolk andj
elsewhere was able to keep Edenton |
going. Joseph H. Conger, president!
of the local chamber of commerce,:
wired him that Edenton’s appropria- j
tion could be depended upon, and
this cinched the matter.
In addition to this comforting as
surance the Mayor proposed and car
ried his point that E. W. Spires be j
reelected as a director of the asso* 1
ciation. This will be his third year
as director.
Rural Conference
For Episcopalians
On the fifth Sunday of this,
month, the 29th, a rural conference !
for clergy and laity of the Episcopal
Church will be held at Camp Leach,
beginning at 11 a. m. A picnic lunch
will be served. The Rev. J. Leon
Malone is chairman of the committee j
in charge. Bishop Damt will be i
present. These fifth Sunday eon-!
ferences on the rural work of the
diocese are well attended.
This newspaper is circu
* lated in the territory
where Advertisers wiU
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
*s>
j Chowan and Bertie to
Be Linked as One
• Unit
j COSTS~S2,OOO
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Edenton Chips In SSOO
And County to Pay
Balance of $1,500
Chowan County was assured a full
time health service in conjunction
with Bertie County Monday night
when Town Council agreed to include
in the budget an appropriation of
SSOO for the purpose At an earlier
meeting this month of the County
.Commissioners it was agreed that
the county adopt the plan, appro
priating SISOO, providing the town
pays SSOO.
The cost to the town will be slight
ly more than was paid heretofore in
that under the health service there
will be no salary paid for a milk in
spector nor to paying for records of
vital statistics, which will be taken
care of under the new plan.
Under the set-up the two counties
will have Dr. F. H. Garris, of Lewis
ton, as health officer, with branch
offices maintained at Windsor and
Edenton. Dr. Garris’ time will be
opportioned to each county according
to population as will be that of a
sanitary inspector. A full-time sec
-1 retary and nursing service will be
maintained in each county.
The health service has been up
for discussion for some time, the
idea at first being sponsored by the
Lions Club and later being approved
by the Rotary Club. Delegates and
spokesmen at various times appeared
before the County Commissioners in
efforts to convince them of the mer
its of the movement and the many
benefits to be derived by cooperating
in the state-wide .-movement. The
, plan at first apparently caused little
j interest on the' paif s*f the County
| board, but with the many more
1 worthwhile benefits which would ac
crue being fully explained at little
; more expense than had been spent
‘ for health work in the county, the
plan won favor among the Commis
sioners as well as citizens in . eneral.
The arrangement at first included
Chowan, Gates and Perquimans, but
the latter two counties voted against
I the plan. Then the health depart
ment agreed to make an arrange
ment with Pasquotank, Dare and
\ Chowan, but the Commissioners balk
ed at this combination due to dis
: tance involved. It was then that
: Bertie county was considered. Bertie
; for the third year adopted the
j health service idea independently at
a cost of something like S6OOO a
year and has agreed to joining with
Chowan which would reduce the
cost.
• R. E. Leary, town clerk, was in
| structed to notify Dr. R. E. Fox, of
I the State Department of Public
I Health, that the town had appro
| priated the necessary amount.
| Edenton Girls Trim
Gates Team 4 To 1
Edenton’s girl soft bailers realized
i sweet revenge Friday afternoon when
I they journeyed to Gates Station and
j came back home with a 4-1 victory
| tucked under their belt at the ex
j pense of the strong Gates team
which a short time ago completely
I walloped the local girls on the
i Edenton diamond. The game went
j only four and a half innings.
I According to those who accom
| panied the team, the Edenton girls
i appeared to be a different team al
! together, entering the game with
apparent confidence and playing by
far a better brand of ball than
when the two teams met before.
Dolly Spencer was again on the
I mound for Edenton, and played like
i a veteran, giving no end of trouble
to the Gates’ sluggers, both by her
splendid twirling and fielding. The
entire Edenton outfit played a good
brand of heads-up ball which en
couraged Manager Jim Daniels to
negotiate for another game in
Edenton, which he hopes to arrange
for Monday night.
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NEW STAMPS HERE
The new 5-cent Virginia Dare
stamps arrived at the Edenton post
'[office on Wednesday. Apparently
| the new issue will be In great de
< mand, Postmaster Kramer having
) had advance orders for them aa well
as selling many since Drey arrived.
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