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I Rotary 3 3 .500
Bed Men 1 4 .200
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I club’s entry in Eden ton’s soft ball
I league was preventend from playing
I during the week thereby maintaining
p their last week’s percentage of .800
*1 and holding on to the lead in the
f soft ball race. The Masons and Ro-
I tary teams changed somewhat in
II their percetnages and the clubs were
r tied for second place after Tuesday
i| night’s game. The Red Men, who
I got off to a bad start when the Sche
ie dule was revised, continued their
p losing streak and still occupy the
I cellar position.
Last Wednesday the Red Men won
their first game when they com
. pletely- walloped the Masons 13-3.
However, on Thursday night the
Rotarians took their measure by a
20 to 19 count.
Friday night’s game between the
Lions and Masons was rained out,
| while on Tuesday night the Rotar
ians defeated the Masons 10 to 9.
' It was a hard game to lose for the
Masons in the last half of the sev
enth inning they were leading 9 to
3. However, a number of costly
errors were made which together
with a series of safe hits the Rotar
ians gradually overcome the lead
and won out by a one-run margin.
Red Men and Lions were scheduled
to meet Wednesday night as The
Herald was being printed, while on
Thursday night the Lions and Rotary
clubs will meet again. On Friday
night the Red Men and Masons
meet.
1 The games recently have been
’ very interesting, but despite this
fact attendance has been very small.
BELOVED CITIZEN DIES
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a Sunday service. In the North Car
olina Conference he had for a double
score of years been identified with
the Board of Missions and as a Dis
trict Steward.
Politically Mr. Evans was a Cho
waji County Commissioner for seve
ral terms and was also, at one time
treasurer of the county. He was
urged, also, to enter the field of
greater honors, but declined, confin
ing himself to his extensive farming
interests and to his large mill plant
across from where he lived in later
life. One of his large farms was
the “Turkey Neck” tract, but he
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time considered^a very wealthy nian
as Chowan knows wealth. Generous
to a fault his purse was always open
to the needy, as is even to this day
bespoken by the hundreds he is said
to have befriended either with his
name on notes or by cash. As an in
cident it might be said a member
of his family said he had 147
Negroes in his employ when he died.
Although a huge, broad; shoulder
ed man who always hid his afflic
tions beneath a genial manner, Mr.
Evans had not been well physically
for years. His visits to the Suffolk
hospital for treatment were frequent,
and when he smilingly said four days
before his death he would go for
another trip there, it was not be
lieved his stay would end in the fa
tal conclusion it did. Members of
his fa’mily were hastily f summoned
' last Thursday morning early how
ever, and at 4 A. M. the end came.
Mr. Evans was a Chowan native,
having been born August 15, 1861,
not more than a half mile from
where he spent his mature life. He
married for the first time in April,
1886, his bride, long since dead,
being Miss Etta Hudgins, of Gates
county, mother of all the' seven
Evans children. On June 6, 1918, he
again married, this time wedding
Miss Beatrice Wilson, of Woodville,
a sister, by the way, of Mrs. B.
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! The Herald Now Has
New Society Editor
Miss Sarah Burton, who for the
past two years has been society
editor for The Chowan Herald,
resigned her position shortly after
ladt week’s edition was printed.
Reason for Miss Burton’s resig
nation was her unexpected mar
riage to Marvin Wilson, local at
torney, which took place late last
week at Camden. The newlyweds
spent a brief honeymoon at Vir- l
ginia Beach and returned home
Tuesday night.
The vacancy caused by Miss
Burton’s resignation will be filled
by Mrs. Hector Lupton, who will
act as society editor and Miss
Dorothy Bufflap will serve as
proof reader. Mrs. Lupton will
appreciate any personal items,
which may be telephoned to her
home by calling 99-J, or The Her
ald office, phone 35.
Warner Evans, wife of the only son
of the deceased.
Except for a daughter now dead,
Mrs. Belle Pardee, late of Chicago,
the surviving children are B. Warner
Evans chairman of the Chowan De
mocratic Committee, Mrs. John G.
Small, of Edenton, Willietta Evans,
dean of English at Gulfport College,
Gulfport, Miss., Esther Evans, of the
Perquimans high school faculty,
Frances Evans in charge of the ob
stetrical department in the Michi
gan General Hospital, and Helen
Evans, on the faculty of the Man
teo graded schools. Six grand child
ren also survive, as does a sister,
Mrs. J. White, of Center Hill.
PRESIDENT GIVES EDENTON
PRECEDENCE
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“I have just wired you that
PWA application of Chowan County
for grant of $31,500. I am delight
ed to send you this news as this
matter has had my intense
“I feel that we are very fortunate
indeed. Early this morning the
President had approved the Beau
fort County application, and when I
checked up the Chowan County ap
plication I was told that it did not
come within the definition laid down
for fire hazards. I immediately got
in personal touch with Secretary
Ickes and the Secretary was kind
enough to talk directly to the Presi
dent over the telephone and the
President instructed him to send it
over at once and he would approve
it.
“It looks like the Hyde County ap
plidatfonTihs been rejected and the
Gates County application is still
doubtful. These were the only four
in our district.
“I am certainly glad that I could I
be of this service to your county.” j
This fine news means that the,
Edenton school will now have avail
able for the work in question some
thing like $70,000, and with the PWA
funds immediately usable work on
the construction of the school audi
torium to be built in the rear of the
present building can be started at
once, Mr. Holmes said.
Bids will be advertised fer within
a few days. The further improve
ment of the school will be started in
the early spring after cold weather
has passed so as not to interfere with
school seesions.
Without stealing any one else’s
thunder it may be frankly said that
to Mr. Holmes should go all the
glory for getting this government ap
propriation and making the improve
ments possible. In this connection it
will be recalled that all that was left
for Edenton out of the $90,000 bond
issue return of last year, two-thirds
of which was spent on the new school
at the Cross Roads, was something
like $39,000.
This last sum, of course, was in
sufficient to remodel and make the
desired changes here, but the county
■ commissioners said it will have to do
as no morqf money could be raised.
Mr. Holmes and the city school
board asked permission to reopen its
old application to - the PWA for a
special preferred loan grant, this on
a 55-45 basis, the $39,000 to lay as
the town’s guarantee on this prospec
tive grant.
The commissioners and other offi
cials who failed dismally in securing
federal aid after the mid county
school had burned, gave this consent
freely but without hope. It was then
Mr. Holmes went after the required
$31,500 through the PWA and with
the help of Mr. Warren was able re
cently to get it placed on the pre
ferred roster for Presidential appro
val. *
And Tuesday toward dusk came the
gladdening word that it had gone
through, that the President had per
sonally signed the grant, and that
the “New Deal” would go far to
ward giving Edenton a real modem,
thoroughly modeled and equipped
new school.
TOURIST PARADE SWELLED
(Continued from Page One)
far west as Asheville, began scurry
ing in and out through Quoen Street
1 and swishing north onto Broad and
out the Hertford Highway. Soon
.' afterward Patrolman Bob Pratt and
, R. L. Spry, who had been tipped in
, advance, met and guided 17 army
! truck loads of soldiers, members of
, Battery C, 17th Artillery, from Fort
Bragg, and started them, also, off
toward the shore, but not until Bob,
i with wartime pride had made them
• stop in front of the new armory to
see Edenton can really do when it
, starts out.
Governor Hoey, Mrs. Hoey and
their party come through around
5:30 o’clock, and stopped for a coca
cola at Leggett & Davis. Previous
ly he stopped at the Court House,
visited “Hayes” and St. Paul’s, and
• the Cupola House. He was in town
’ neary an hour and visited with Mr.
• and Mrs. Geo. P. Byrum and Dr. and
i Mrs. M. P. Whichard.
Newspaper men and editors from
■ all over the State were in the pro
' cession, also, three of them stopping
Tuesday afternoon in their rush
from Raleigh, Jonathan Daniels,
of the News & Observer,
- Julian Miller, editor of the Char
lotte Observer and Santford Martin,
editor of the Winston-Salem Journal-
Sentinel, at The Chowan Herald
office to pay their respects to the
editor and an old acquaintance,
Harvey Thomas.
Both days were occasions of much
highway excitement in the town
and about it, and if Edenton and
Chowan didn’t have a President they
: did have a fine lot of citizens from
all over the southland. And every
body was on his best behavior for no
accidents were reported.
| But Tuesday and Wednesday were
j not the only days. On Sunday the
• number of tourists were estimated
at 200, all of whom stopped here to
register at the Cupola House and
elsewhere. There were 68 such reg
istrations and two pages of names
were noticed at St. Paul’s church.
These were most Carolinians here
purely on a sight-seeing visitation.
And as usual there were few to re
ceive or explain things to them, each
one of being a potential adver
tising asset, too.
The town expects a greater throng
on Thursday when most of those
who have hustled through to see the
President may make a stop off here
o look the histtery spots over.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. W. R. West entertained a
number of children Saturday after
noon from 4 until 6 o’clock at her
home on West Gale Street, in honor
of the fifth birthday of her son,
William.
The dining room was attractively
decorated, the table being the center
of attraction with a large birthday
cake in the center.
After numerous games, the chil
dren were invited to the dining room
and served delicious refreshments.
The guests included: Ethel Gray
White, Frank Williams, Annette
Oliver, Annie Laura Lassiter, Albert
Lassiter, Jr., Annie West, Steamie
West, Dorothy Lee Oliver, Wade
Sawyer, Hardy Green, Vernell
Green, Mary Berryman, Elizabeth
Copeland, Douglas Boyce, Barbara
Ann Boyce, William Edward Green,
Mills Green, Uva Mae Arnold, Wil
liam West, Jr., Mrs. Louis Sutton,
Mrs. Shelton Boyce, Mrs. C. H.
Green, Mrs. B. I. Green and Mrs. W.
R. West. -■
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25th Anniversary Os
Chas. Jenkins Motor
Co. Held On Friday
The Edenton branch of the Chas.
H. Jenkins Motor Company will be
closed all day Friday in order to
allow employees to participate in the
25th anniversary of the organization,
to be held in Aulander. The affair!
is expected to attract hundreds, the I
company having branches in Au- j
lander, Edenton, Ahoskie and Wash
ington.
The celebration begins at 11 a. m.,
with a parade led by the Ahoskie
High School band, and will feature
makes and models of today compared
with automobiles first sold by the
company 25 years ago. A $lO prize
will be given to the customer bring-'
ing the oldest model car.
At 11:45 a brief address will be
made by Carl Goerch and Highway
Commissioner D. Collin Barnes, as
well as other notable visitors. Re
freshments and souvenirs will be dis
tributed at 12:45. A baseball game
has been arranged for 3 o’clock, af
ter which singing and street dancing
will conclude the program, beginning
at 9 o’clock.
At the local agency A. E. Jenkins
is the manager, and H. H. Taylor,
service manager, both of whom, as
well as other employees, will take
part in the Aulander celebration.
Charles H. Jenkins is founder of
the company and through his effi
cient services as manager has es
tablished branches in towns which
provide a wide distributing and ser
vice field for Buick, Oldsmobile, La
Salle and Pontiac cars as well as G
M C trucks and covered wagons.
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Charles Callis and daughters, Miss
es Ethel and Lillian, of Colerain,
were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Williams Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. John Hardy of
Creswell, who have been with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. George Capehart
for some time left Saturday for Kin
ston where they will visit his pa
rents.
Mrs. J. P. Baker and son, Jerry,
have returned to their home here
after spending several weeks with
relatives in Williamston.
Those from here who attended the
birthday party given by Miss Annie
Saunders at Colerain Beach Tuesday
night were: Misses Nettie Cowand
and Lydia Williford, Messrs. Graham
Williford and Cyril Smith.
Miss Eva Keeter returned home
Saturday after spending a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Norman God
win, of Ahoskie.
Wesley Winbome spent the week
end with friends at Harrellsville.
Those who visited Mrs. T. E. Bo
wen Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. G.
E. Keeter and children Sidney and
Hazel of Windsor, Mrs. Dennis Bo
wen and children Edward and Wayne
of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
Mervin Spruill of Newport News,
Va., and Mrs. William Peele of Cres
well, N. C.
Paul Smith of Newport News, Va.,
is spending the week at home with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pruden spent
Sunday with friends in Roxobel.
Mrs. T. E. Bowen and Miss Ethel
Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Keeter
and Miss Hazel Keeter visited Mrs.
Kate Perry and Mrs. Joe Barrow of
North Edenton Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Jacocks and daughter
of Norfolk are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. George Capehart.
W. R. Capehart and son, Burriel,
of Boykins, S. C., spent Sunday night
with Mr. and Mrs. George Capehart.
enroute to Nags Head where they
will visit Mrs. W. R. Capehart, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Cowand
and daughter Mabel, of Norfolk were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. V.
Cowand Sunday.
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