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Volume IV.-Number 46.
Chowan Peanut Festival
la Proposed To Rotarians
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earnhardts idea
Plan Would Stage Fes
t rival In New Armory
Next Year
Although everything is in an em
bryo state right now, plans have
been propped for the inauguration
' in this coittty of a monster festival
in praise of Chowan’s most important
Agricultural crop, the peanut, and in
commemoration of the fact that
JSdentOn continues to stand unrivaled
i 'jM the chief peanut center in North
Carolina.
Tobacco and cotton festivals, yes
corn and strawberry festivals, have
ks been held elsewhere in the State, but
W it remained for Jimmy Earnhardt to
L - arouse this section to the big chance
'it has been overlooking, holding >.l
peanut festival right in Edenton,
, perhaps in the new huge national
guard armory auditorium next No*
vember, right after the 1938 picking
season is oyer.
Mr. Eamdhaidt sprang his pro
posal at last week’s meeting of the
local IMpij! Club, fie had heard
others speak of Rotary faith and
obligations,football, of eye clinics,
■S&SEs&S
era had started to leave, when. Jimmy
held diem nfemteUrily spellbound
by earning out with his festival plan.
The very mention of the Idea held
’ everyone to the Spot and the pro
- -posal got a grand hand. -After the
folks had started off they
0 little thel
' Earnhardt said he had no definite
ideas to wojk upon save the great
one that a festival could be held in
Edenton. by every right in the world,
' that it would draw thousands to the
town, that it would mean excellent
publicity and that the newß reels
would swing dn on it as they did'the
tobacco festival this summer .at
' Wilson, and the strawberry festival
earlier at Wallace which Mrs. Roose
velt attended.
Secretary J. H. McMullan of the
Chamber of Commerce said he was
for the idea, and would get his or
ganisation behind it. James E.
Wood, of the Edenton Peanut Com
pany, and Millaid F. Bond, of the
Albemarle Peanut Company, the two
v large processing Anns, each gave it
'their unqualified endorsement, and
except everything goes haywire be
tween now and next fall, as things so
often do hereabouts, The Chowan
Peanut Festival of 1938 seems pret
ty near an assured fact.
Edenton High Team
lilaaam gfc ma j> jslijaam
wins Northeastern
bnampionsnip Ime
Defeated Roanoke Rap
ids Friday In Hard
Fought Game
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SCORE 7 TO 6
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I Crimination Game
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF* CHOWAN COUNTY
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E.I. Warren Passes
Very Suddenly At
Home Wednesday
End Was Unexpected
And News Rapidly
Spreads
ILL SOME TIME
Funeral at St. Paul’s
Largely Attended
Thursday
Edenton and the surrounding
countryside received a rude and sad
dening shock last Wednesday night
shortly after The herald was printed
when word quickly spread that
Eugene I. Warren, former toWt
mayor and one of the community’s
most respected and beloved citizeqp,
had died suddenly at his late home
.on West Eden Street. Members of
; The Warren family were with him
when death came but were unprepar
ed for its realization as the deceased
itad but a few days previously re
-1 burned from hospital observation in
Norfolk, Va., and was thought to be
’ better.
i -For five or six years Mr. Warren
had been in failing health, a condi
s tion generally attributed, it is under
stood, to a weakened heart and kid
hey ailment. A atoic through all his
i sufferings he kept his physical trou-
T hies to himself, and seemed more
Mr. Warren served as an Edeirton
i Councilman for the period after tee
’ war, and was chosen Mayor to fill
the unexpired term of the late W.
1 Scott Privott. In 1921 he was elect
| ed formally and served so-efficiently
' and earnestly he was given a second
' term by default without the formality
\ of a second election- In 1925 he gave
! up the office.
Deceased lived alone in the War
. ren homestead where he was born
the son of Thomas Davis Warren
and Sallie Wright Warren. He never
j married and was a brother Os David
Miptofi Warren and Miss Pencie
jfSpren, of Edenton, and of Plummer
Warren, of Norfolk. He was a devot
ed Episcopalian and it was from St.
| Paul’s Church with Rev. C. A. Ashby
[ officiating teat the funeral services
| were held Thursday afternoon with
‘ interment following in the church
‘ graveyard. The active pallbearers
were James E. Wood, George Hos
‘ kins, John W. Graham, O. B. Perry,
Leßoy Haskett, William Elliqtt,
J. N. Pruden and Thomas Chears, Jr.
Library Receives
Carnegie looks
' First Shipment of Six
Books Arrived Early
'This Week
After considerable effort on the
part of officials of the Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library, the library
this week became the proud possessor
of a volume of six books from the
Carnegie Endowment for Interna
‘ tional Peace. The purpose of this
set of books is to encourage a wider
knowledge of international relations
and according to Mrs. S. M. Me-
Mullan, librarian, a set of hooks will
i -06 received. cjuartony* i«c books
j ale. given free by the Carnegie En
dowment and friends of r s the Ideal
1 library feel fortunate in 'being in
eluded among teelibrarfepjfto receive
Following are ths the firet
"An
Atlas of Current Affairs * by J. F.
Horrabin; "Autobiography of An
drew Carnegie,’’ “AnAgyble Ad
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FIREMEN MEET TOISIGHT
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 4,1937.
1 EDENnars in u-turn uw is ]
NOW KMNNC IN THE BALANCE
Town Council will 4*et in regular monthly session Tuesday night,
at which time undoobtadte the matter of rescinding the recent ordi
nance prohibiting V-tute ß '« the business section will be ' debated.
But foV the reluctance Os Mayor J. H. McMullan to'entertain a motion
to that effect at last Month’s meeting, the U-turn law would have j
been killed at that tim«L Mr. McMullan urged the councilmen to give j
the ordinance a fair ta|al in that it had.'been in force less than a !
month, stating that in another month probably a better conception of I
the good or evil of the law would result.'
When first inaugurated the new law was reason for much com
ment, many favoring the idea while there were some .who considered
It little less than a nuisance. Police, however, report greatly improv
ed traffic conditions, especially on Saturdays, when heretofore it was
quite a handicap even to drive through the business section.
After serious thought The Herald editor proposed the ; (plan to
Town Council at the September meeting and the Board voted to adopt
the no U-tnm law. However, after placing the present stanchions at
street intersections much disapproval was heard and the majority of
the councilmen i were ready to rescind their former action. The Herald
editor remains firm in his belterthat the no U-turn idea is a great
improvement and for that reason will vote to continue the ordinance,
although he believes more appropriate signals could be erected.
Rumors have been going the rounds that a petition has been cir
culated urging continuance of the U-turn law, but so far as thel'writer
knows it hasn’t been done. Other rumors are to the effect that some
who favor the new lari and are convinced that it is for the best in
terest of safety and business will appear: in person at Council meeting
1 Tuesday night.
So far as the editor of The Herald knows, there will be only one
vote to maintain the U-turn ordinance. The law is hanging in the
balance and if there are those who believe it is worth while and should
be continued, they should let their opinions be known when Town |
Council meets in regular session Tuesday.
Home Hygiene Glass
Os Chowan Nepes
Aided By RetkCross
Local Nurses Trancing
20 Members of Their
Race Daily
HOMESVE§ITED
RoU arts
Announced Then
~ Anticipating the forthcoming Red
Cross ; Drive for roll call, member
ships, which will commence next
Thursday and run until Thanksgiving,
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the
Chowan “chapter, explained today
that much progress had been made
recently in the home hygiene cam
paign being conducted by the organi
zation amongst the Negroes of the
'county. This is but one phase of
the many functions carried on by the
Red Cross, and because of the great
need for a better sanitary life among
the members of the' colored race,
both from a physical and home stand
point, Mrs. Pruden feels the result
of this effort should prove highly en
couraging to those who have the in
terest of the Red Cross at heart.
Mrs. Pruden was inclined to give
much of the credit for this work 'to
Theressa Blaine, a registered colored
nurse, and'to Julia Hines, who has
been her chief assistant. Not only
have these two enthusiasts made a
personal visitation and inspection QIJ
many of the' Negro homes in the
,town and outlying sections, but they
are daily training a class of twenty
feminine members of their race, who
will soon be able to join with them
in a more thorough canvass of the
whole county, and carry into every
Negro home the gospel of physical
training and better home hygiene.
These twenty women, together
with Theressa Blaine and Julia
Hines, will be participants in a dis
trict training convention in Scotland
Neck soon, and will be able to bring
back with them much additional in
formation that will be helpful in the
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Bishop Darst Greeted
Id Edenton Sunday
Bishop Thomas C. Darst, of Wil
mington, preached last Sunday Morn
ing in St. Pfcul'B Episcopal Church,
to a large congregation, and after
ward confirmed a class of new mem
bers. Rev. C. A. Ashby, rector of
the church, presented the class. The
Bishop’s sermon stressed the wisdom
of loyalty to one’s self, to one’s
country, to one’s church and to the
Saviour. A letter from n young
Episcopal missionary in China telling
of the very trying war days in that
country, waa road by thf Bishop.
In the evening Bishop Darst address
ed a congregation at St. John’s
Church
While in Edenton Bishop Darst
was the , guest of the Misses Mary
and Margaret Pruden.
jg BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
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j oa ounady, uctootr ©i» ft son.
Body T. J. Burgess
Found In Albemarle
Sound Wednesday
Corpse Sighted Floating
In Water By Member
Os Train Crew
LIVEDHERE
Drowned After- Barge
4 Caught FireiOft Oc
tober 23
The body of Thomas J. Burgess
45, who disappeared mysteriously
when a bridge barge on which he was
riding caught fire on October 23 last,
was found floating in the Albemarle
Sound early yesterday afternoon.
A freight crew on a north bound
Norfolk Southern train first saw the
corpse, and upon reaching the north
side of the Sound reported the inci
dent to J. W. Munch, office superin
tendent for the Tidewater Construe
tion Company, which is handling the
construction of the new vehicular
bridge.
Mr. Munch conferred with bridge
superintendent E N. Hansen and
they telephoned the incident to offi
cials in Edenton. Dr. M. P. Which
ard and Sheriff J. A. Bunch hurried
to the bridge and accompanied Mr.
Munch in a launch to where the
body was found. It was brought
ashore.
Burgess was a bargeman employed
by the Tidewater people and was liv
. ing in a small cabin house on the
rear of the barge where the fire oc
curred. It was at first thought hr
might have been burned to death
but his disappearance disposed of
that theory and it was decided he
had sought safety by- jumping over
board only to subsequently drown.
The accident occurred near the mouth
of the Roanoke River, and since that
time no trace of Burgess has been
found until his body came to the sur
face Wednesday.
Burgess formerly lived on West
Eden Street. He was married and
the father of two children.
The body is being held for a Bailey,
N. C., undertaker.
Catholic Bishop At
Local Church Sunday
Father E. L. Gross, pastor of St.
Anne’s Catholic Church, announced
early this week that the Rt. Rev.
William J. Hafey, of Raleiafc, Cath
oik Bishop of North Carotida, will
preach in St. Anne’s Church on Sun
day owning at the 11 o’clock ser
vice.
Father Gross extends a cordial
invitation to everybody, whether
members of his church or not, to hear
this distinguished speaker.
Lieut Governor Horton
At Hobbsville Friday
Lieutenant Governor W. P. Hortor
is scheduled to be Hie principal
Horton’s address, many other inter
esting events will be connec-
Ed Bond Post Plans For
Armistice Day Celebration
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Demonstration Clubs
Make Fine Showing
On Achievement Day
Celebration on Saturday
Draws Good Crowd;
Interesting Program
ROCKY HOCK WINS
So Does Ryland; Merit
Awards Are Also An
nounced
By MRS. A. D. WARD
Approximately 100 club women
and visitors attended me County
federation meeting in Chowan High
School building, Saturday afternoon,
October 30. It was the annual
Achievement Day for the Chowan
Clubs. During the past two years,
the club women have been studying
House Furnishings and several inter
esting exhibits in both house furnish
ing- and flower arrangement were
shown. The Chowan women used
i their flower exhibit as a stage deco
ration which was very pretty.
Mrs. S. F. Small, president of the
Chowan Federation, was in efiarge
' of the program. She extended hearty
greetings to both members and visi
tors. Rev. J. T. Byrum led the in
vocation. Os the 12 clubs in the
County 10 were represented. The
reports were interesting and showed
progress along the different lines of
work, under the efficient leadership
‘ of the county agent. Miss Rebecch
Colwell. A solo “One -Rose,” by.
Miss May Belle
ied by Mrs. Gordon Btow” at the
piano, was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. O. M. Blanchard modeled a
coat suit made from a man’s suit.
. The women were very mud) interest
ed in this. It is hoped, however,
’ that the result may not prove disas
' trous to any of the men’s wardrobes
' The speaker, Miss Ruth Current,
State Home Demonstration agent, of
Raleigh, was introduced by Mrs. A.
‘ D. Ward, president of the 16th Dis
trict. Miss Current made a very in
teresting and helpful talk. One of
her first suggestions was a member
ship drive for 1938. In noting
1 changes that are taking place, she
, said 25 years ago we lived in the
j horse and buggy age, 15 years ago
the T Model age, today the aeroplane
[ age, emphasizing the fact that pro
j gross in our home and community
life is necessary in order to keep up
” with the times. Describing the ideal
~ community, she mentioned, first, the
church as the center of interest,
I young people’s organizations, parent
teachers association, home demon
, stration club with leaders of enthus
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ißtberiß. Cobb Here
; As District Manager
' Replaces P. F. Keil In
Employment Office;
i Other Changes
, Robert B. Cobb, former branch
manager North Carolina State Em
ployment Service, of Greenville, ar
rived in Edenton on Tuesday, to take
over his duties as district manager
r of the North Eastern Area which
. comprises fourteen counties with
I district office in Edenton and branch
. offices located in Elizabeth City and
Williamston. Mr. Cobb replaces P.
! F. Keil, who has been transferred
to Fayetteville.
Wood Privott, of Edenton, has been
appointed senior interviewer, Eden-
I ton district office. Mr. Privott re
- ceived his appointment due to his
- high standing on the eligible list es
tablished by tee Merit Examinations
held in tee spring of 1937.
Miss Corie S. Bunch has been ap
pointed receptionist - stenographer
with the Edenton district office effec
tive November 1. Miss Bunch re
• ceived a very high rating on a recent
! Stenographer-Typing Contest.
I Miss Natalie Gould, of Williamston,
. will act as receptioniVt-etenographer
- In the Williamston branch office.
- Miss Gould received h*r appointment
- due to her high standing on a recent
stenographer-typing tret.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the ; territory
where Advertisers /will
realise good results J
$1.25 Pjr Year
Occasion Will Be Reviv
ed By Memorial Ser
vice and Oyster Roast
potterTstarts
Adjutant Brown Says
Organization In Best
Shape In Years
With a goodly number of the mem
bers present Tuesday night, one of
the best Legion meetings to be held
in many months was held, with the
new commander, Geddes Potter, pre
siding over his first meeting.
The principal business transacted,
which was entered into heartily by
all present, was the idea of holding a
memorial service and oyster it>ast
on Armistice Day, next Thuteday.
Tentative plans call for a memorial
service at 6 P. M., to be held in one
of the city churches, the exact one'
to be announced later, after which
Legionnaires and members of the'
Auxiliary as guests of honor will re
tire to the power plant where an oys
ter roast will complete the program.
It will be a “Dutch” treat affair so
far as Legionnaires and ex-service
men are concerned.
In preparation for the event Com
mander Potter appointed two commit
tees, as follows:
Memorial Committee: O. H. Brown,
West Byrum, Mrs. J. W. White and
Mrs. W. E. Baker.
Entertainment Committee: R. L.
Pratt, C. M. Hicks, R. E. Leary, C.
D. Stewart, Shelton Moore and Joe
Conger.
Another important matter discuss
ed was Post membership. According
to Adjutant O. H. Brown the Post at
present is ju better shape than at
any time since 1981. There,
stonding and^itjs tee F htoriThio|i
fore Armistice '®ay jafc. Bast 63 writ
be in good standing in Irde/* to Re
ceive a special citation oveFtee radio
on Armistice Day in connection \Wtb
the departmental broadcast. AsVje
from this honor, if the Post secured.
63 paid up members, last year’s
membership, before Armistice Day an
extraordinary citation in the way of a
diploma will be presented which can
be framed and hung in the hall. “We
have an excellent opportunity to win
this honor,” said Mr. Brown, and if
the interest displayed Tuesday night
is indicative of Legion activities dur
ing the year the contest honors will
be won. .j“
Commander Potter also appointed
color bearers and color guard, who
are as follows:.
Color Bearers: Frank Ward and J.
B. Bunch.
Color Guards: Shelton Moore and
Joe Boyce.
Welfare Activities
Outlined For Third
Quarter Os Year
Superintendent Perkins
Reports tQ County
Commissioners
CLOTHING GIVEN
County 'Expense Under
New System Averaged
$550 Per Month
Though little of importance came
before the County Commissioners at
their monthly meeting Monday morn
ing, the session extended over into
the afternoon. Claiming more atten
tion than anything else was the re
port of William M. Perkins, superin
tendent of public welfare, white re
commended removal from the Coun
ty’ 8 outside relief roll four depend
ent people leaving only three on tee
County's list receiving direct County
aid. The latest four to be removed
were Abner Pierce, Annie Elliott,
Mary Reed and Clara Norcum, all of
whom will be taken care of under tee
social security prograte. Five were
also added to Mr. Perkins’ list who
will receive blind relief, these being
Mrs. Rachel Pearce, Minnie Leery,
, Annie Butler, Annie Elliott and Jten
• Harrison Spruill. . | { .y,
Mr. Perkins’ report also revealed
: that over 1,000 articles of clothing
. had been distributed among school
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