■Bay’ Mag' ~~
Red Cross
Volume IV.—Number 47.
E. H. S. Plays Today For Eastern Crown
Apex Eliminated Friday In
Semi-Final Game 39 to 0
$
Visitors Completely Out
(| classed In Every De
partment of Game
I PLAYEDIN RAIN
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Weather Knocks Crowd
; Expected to Reach In
to Thousands
Playing in a downpour of rain
during all four quarters, with many
puddles of water appearing on the
field, Edenton High School’s football
team on Friday afternoon completely
outplayed, outsplashed, outslid and
/ outscored the highly touted Apex
High School aggregation in the semi
final game for eastern Class B hon
ors. Though the Edenton gridders
h»/i heard a lot about the size of the
Apex boys as well as their strength,
1 it was apparent shortly after, the
starting-whistle that the visitors
were overrated and that little difficul
ty would be encountered in sending
them back home A defeated .team.
The score was 89-0, which pretty ac
curately reflects the strength of the
two teams as they stacked up Friday.
At no time during the afternoon
did the visitors threaten to score,
coming no closer than the 20-yard
v line.. Time and again they were
v forced to punt when the Edenton
line, “anchored” in a small lake, re
fused to budge. The strength of
Edenton’s linesmen is reflected in the
fact that during the game only soap
i fi. nt tirjMrnjT MPiiTJ. rudatmmA trr tW
boys. IdSJ dWhSd
- up 12 first downs, which 'came by
way of end runs, line plunges and a
pass or two.
It had been raining Thursday night
and as it continued Friday there was
considerable speculation as to wheth
er or not the game would be post
poned. But coaches of the two
teams agreed to play, which fact gave
many fans the creepers due to the re
ported heavy weight of Apex players
and the subsequent belief that the
lighter Edenton boys would have lit
tle chance against much heavier oppo
nents on a wet field. These fears,
however, were shortly dispelled when
early in the first quarter a touch
down was marked up and it was ap
parent Edenton had the upper- hand
of the situation.
The weather materially reduced the
crowd at the game from what was ex
pected to be in the thousands to only
several hundred. Soaked to the skin,
most of them, they waded in water
and mud along the side lines as the
ball moved beck and forth apparently
' enjoying the game, many of them
saying the drenching was worth see
ing the boys perform. Those who re
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Winners Named In
Holmes Flour Contest
H. W. Batton, Henry Rogerson and
S. M. Wilkins were the three winners
rs in the Fluffy Ruffles flour contest
just brought to a close by W. D.
Holme*. The winners respectively
have been given 48, 24 and 12 pound
bags of Fluffy Ruffles flour for turn
ing in the greatest number of empty
flour bags.
Mr. Holmes will stage another
contest in the near future which will
; be jumounced in The Herald.
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Affprnnon
Iffe -Ml the
Cupla
r day afternoon. All member* are
especially urged to attend.
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AwSITnmSS ofßed Men of
CfcmmnTribe are expected to go to
Elizabeth City tonight to attend a
meeting of the First District. They
building, from where tljey will leave,
L>KI V ll’ll LILIjPI OCs V UIVIjI/
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
1 ~ROTARY’S guest]
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MRS. J. B. SPILLMAN
Mrs. Spillman, a former Chow
an County resident, now of Ral
eigh, will speak to the Rotarians
and friends at the Edenton Ro
tary Club’s meeting at 1 o’clock
today in the Parish House.
Mrs. 18. SpHman
Speaker Atßotary
[ tlXftlUCx vUulroil IvCSl
dent Expected to At
tract Crowd
Local Rotarians and other friends
have a treat in store today when
Mrs. J. B. Spillman, of Raleigh* will
be the speaker at the weekly meeting
of the Edenton Rotary Club at 1
o’clock in the Parish House. Mrs.
Spillman, a Chowan County product,
is now director of the North Carolina
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission and in recent years has taken
a very prominent part in State
affairs.
Mrs. Spillman, who has many
friends in this section, gladly accept
ed the invitation to speak to the
local Club at the request of William
Jones and Earl Goodwin, the local
Club’s program committee for the
quarter.
Large attendances have been regis
tered at recent meetings of the Club
am} despite L the fact that some of the
Rotarians will accompany the Eden
ton football team to Wake Forest, a
well-attended meeting is expected
today.
A very enjoyable program was on
tap at last week’s meeting when Os
car Brown, Jesse White and John A.
Holmes rehearsed some of their ex
periences during the World War, in
keeping with the spirit of Armistice
Day. %
U. D. C. Meets Tuesday
With Mrs. Julien Wood
A meeting of Bell Battery Chapter,
U. D. C., will be held at the home of
Mrs. Julien Wood Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock. Evfery member is espec
ially urged to be present for at that
time the election of officers will be
held and reports presented of the
state and general conventions.
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Dp Parpfiill
Du udlclUl.
Postmaster CL E. Kramer re
ports splendid cooperation in
Chowan Chanty in return of the
cords sent out in the national
unemployment census, bat wish
es those who have not yet re
turned them to take particular
care in reading the instructions.
Several cards have teen return
ed not properly filled hi and Mr.
Kramer wants to - —p»«i«ny
out work or do not have a regu
lar job. They are NOT to be
filled out hv anv Demon having a
ra pfoper°tkought to this matter
rate which is the coal
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 18, 1937.
Many Cards Mailed
In Chowan To Secure
Unemployment Data
Every Family Asked to
Answer Questions
Promptly
MAIL BYNOV. 20
Government Tackles Job
Os Accurate Census
In Nation
Following closely President Roose
velt’s appeal at the opening of the
special Congressional session for un
employment relief, the gigantic na
tional unemployment census got un
der way on Tuesday, and before noon
that day that every family and box
holder in Edenton and Chowan Coun
ty had been furnished with one of the
federal canvassing cards calling for
the statistical information upon which
the government hopes to rely in its
survey.
Postmaster C. E. Kramer, under
whose tutelage, the local canvas is
operating, had prepared for it for
several weeks, and was able to get
his machinery working promptly on
starting time. Mr. Kramer expects
the same rapid response by those re
ceiving the cards, the limit for such
reception being next Saturday night
—the census being started and finish
ed between November 16 and Novem
ber 20.
The cards are self-explanatory.
They carry full instruction as to how
the blanks should be filled out and
just who should fili. them out. They
are important for those out of work
and who seek employment, the gov
ernment taking the position that with
such honest, accurate and complete
information in its possession it can
come near finding employment for
everyone who is at present idle and
regrets being so.
Any uncertainly about the instruc
tions can be overcome, Mr. Kramer
says by visiting the local post office
or by conferring with any member
of a cooperative committee named by
Mayor J. H. McMullan. This com
mittee is composed of J. L. Wiggins
as chairman, Jdhn A. Holmes, W. J.
Taylor, J. A. Moore, W. W. Byrum,
Thomas Chears, F. P. Wood, West
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Garage And Car Burned
At J. L. Wiggins’ Home
The Edenton Fire Department was
called out about 7:30 o'clock Monday
night when a fire was reported at the
home of J. L. Wiggins on North Gran
ville Street. The garage and Mr.
Wiggins’ car were a total loss, esti
mated at around SI,OOO by Fire Chief
R. K. Hall.
Origin of the fire could not be de
finitely determined but it is thought
to have been caused by a short cir
cuit in the wiring of the car which
was driven into the garage several
hours before by Mr. Wiggins.
Rev. G.W. Blount At
Annual Conference
Considerable Progress
In Local Qhurch Dur
ing Year
Rev.- George W. Blount, pastor of
the Methodist Church, left Wednes
day morning for Raleigh to attend
the annual Methodist Conference.
Prior to his last sermon before Con
ference Sunday, Hr. Blount gave a
short resume of accomplishments
during file year which included the
acquisition of 18 to the church’s
membership, a very successful Bible
school held during the summer, a
noticeable increase in church attend
ance and the organization and in
creasing popularity of a junior choir
which rings at Sunday night services.
Mr. Blount expressed appreciation of
his pleasant associations during the
year and expressed the hope that he
would be returned for another year.
In the absence of Mr. Blount dur
ing the Conference there will be no
preaching service at the Methodist
Church on Sunday. Members of the
congregation were urged to attend
services at seme of the othei
churches. ’’
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First Report Shows
About Half Collected
In Red Cross Drive
Canvass Is Still Incom
plete as the Work
Continues
QUOTAIS $350
Mrs. Pruden Expects to
Reach Goal Before End
Thanksgiving Day
Much interest has been shown in
the first week of the annual Red
Cross roll call, and Mrs. J. N. Pru
den, local chapter chairman, was able
to report yesterday that well on to
ward half of the quota asked of
Chowan County had been secured or
pledged. Canvassers are still making
house to house calls and Mrs. Pru
den is confident that when the drive
ends on Thanksgiving Day the full
amount asked of Chowan will have
been secured and more besides. This
last is greatly desired, she said, as
it will enable the Chowan Chapter to
be recorded over the radio as having
gone “over the top.”
So far the appeals for membership
have been of a personal family na
ture. The canvassers have all been
given certain territories to cover and
have done so visiting the various
town and county homes in their dis
tricts. Naturally, not all of them
have reported as yet to the chairman
so that Mrs. Pruden’s announcement
yesterday can, of course, be viewed
as incomplete.
None of canvassers have re
ported any refusals. On the con
trary they have, of course, as it
should be, found everyone in hearty
sympathy with the Red Cross move
ment. If there have been any de
lays it has been because of the tem
porary absence of the heads of house
holds. Repeat visits will be made
everywhere this week and a general
street and store canvas will be en
gaged in earnestly from now on.
Special appeals have been made
from the churches and an active can
vas of the outlying countryside will
also be engaged in, Mrs. Pruden said.
Those whom Mrs. Pruden has heard
have enrolled up to Wednesday morn
ing follows:
Mrs. W. A. Graham, $1.00; Mrs.
R. D. Dixon, $1.00; Mrs. H. G. Wood,
$1.00; Mrs. J. A. Moore, $1.00; Mrs.
Lloyd Griffin, $1.00; Mrs. Oscar H.
Brown, $1.00; Mrs. George Mack,
$1.00; George Mack, $1.00; Mrs. J.
N. Pruden, $1.00; Chowan Woman’s
Club, $1.00; Ben Ganderson, $1.00;
P. T. Owens, $1.00; Mrs. Laura Har
rell, $1.00; W. H. Burroughs, $1.00;
Mrs. H. H. Preston, $1.00; Johnnie
Curran, $1.00; J. H. Holmes Co.,
$1.00; Miss Estelle Privott, $1.00;
Mrs. T. B. Williford (donation); J.
E. Ward, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Ward, $1.00; F. W. Hobbs, $1.00;
Mrs. S. C. Mills, $1.00; Mrs. Jim
Wood, $1.00; Mrs. Earl Goodwin,
$1.00; Triangle Filling Station, $1.00;
Albemarle Peanut Co., $5.00; M. L.
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Bird Season Opens
Saturday, Nov. 20
Game Warden Urges
Hunters to Procure
Proper License
Quail and rabbit season in Chowan
County will open Saturday and con
tinue opetL until February 15, and
from advance reports there will be
plenty of game for sportsmen to
shoot at.
J. G. Perry, game warden, is aware
of the open season and in a state
ment to The Herald urges every
hunter to qualify for the sport by
buying a hunting license. He reports
several arrests, made this season for
hunting without a license and will do
his best to see that the law is car
ried out.
There is no bag limit for rabbits,
but only 10 quail may be killed in a
day and a limit of 150 for the season.
Wild turkey season opens on the
seme date and for the same length
of time with the limit set at one a
day and three for the season.
Brown eyes are more common than
blue in the human race.
Aces Meet Hamlet at Wake
Forest In Crucial Contest
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| Wanta Be Married?|
The Taylor Theatre will stand
the) expense of any white couple
who will be married in the thea
tre on Monday, December 6.
Manager Jimmy Earnhardt is
anxious to stage a public wed
ding, 1 and besides practically
every merchant in Edenton will
cooperate by giving a wedding
present to the couple.
Mr. Earnhardt says no more
beautiful setting for a wedding
can be found in the Albemarle
than the theatre with its rich
colors and beautiful draperies.,
and he is very anxious to get in
touch with a couple who will
agree to be married on the date
set.
Missionary Team At
St Paul’s Monday
Prominent Workers Are
Scheduled to Speak
At 3 O’clock
Next Monday, November 22nd, a!
Missionary team composed of Bishop
Shirley H. Nichols, missionary bishop
of Kyoto, Japan; the Rev. Hector
MacD. Thompson, rector and warden
of S*. Michael’s Mission, Ethete/
Wyoming, and Miss Mary Louise
' Pardee, New Haven, Conn., will be
at St. Paul's Episcopal Church to ad
dress a meeting to be held at 3:30
o’clock P. M.
Bishop Nichols has been resident
, in Japan since 1911, and will give
[ first hand information of conditions
. there, and especially as they affect
the missionary work. Mr. Thompson
, has been long a missionary among
the American Indians, especially the
Arapahoes, and will speak of his
work among these people. Miss
[ Pardee will present phases of the
work the women of the Episcopal
Church are carrying on.
The public is invited to hear these 1
Missionary workers, and members of
St. Paul’s are urged to attend. From
Edenton, the team, which is visiting '
parishes and missions in the diocese |
| of East Carolina, go on to Elizabeth 1
, City for a night meeting there.
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Thanksgiving: Service In j
; Old St. Paul’s Church
Next Thursday Morning
A Thanksgiving service will be held
in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church next
■ Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, when
the Episcopal and Methodist congre
-1 gations will worship jointly. Rev.
George W. Blount, the Methodist min
ister, will speak at the service, to
which members of both congregations
are urged to attend, as well as mem
bers and friends of other denomina
tions.
A similar joint meeting was held
j last Thanksgiving Day in the Metho
i dist Church when Rev. C. A. Ashby
was the speaker.
| No School Today! |
Rain or shine, snow or frost,
there will be no school in Eden
ton today. The reason is sensi
ble and obvious, also two-fold.
Actually the reason for the
school dosing is the football
game in Wake Forest But School
Superintendent John A. Holmes,
in his search for an excuse found
a real one. He is certain that if
the school did remain open there
would be such a lot of “playing
hookey” to get to the game
there wouldn’t be anyone much
on hand, and this would cer
tainly affect the attendance re
cord so badly it would distrub
the allotment of teachers’ basis,
which would be mrkras. Besides
all the teachers want to go and
root for the gridders at Wake
Forest. And so does the school
band. Which mates the Holmes
i order a sensible one for sure.
No school, kids, so hop aboard.
RedCrdbb
$1.25 Per Year.
Large Crowd of Local
Fans Will Accompany
Team
HARDFIGHT
Winner of Game Gets
Shot at State Cham
pionship
By virtue of their triumph over
Apex on Friday afternoon, Coach
David Holton and his Edenton High
School football squad will leave
Edenton at 8 o’clock Thursday morn
ing for Wake Forest where they will
compete with Hamlet for the State
Eastern Class B football champion
ship. Edenton had a comparatively
easy time winning the semi-final
game while Hamlet and Whiteville
had a battle royal with Hamlet,
emerging with a 6-0 victory.
If Edenton wins over Hamlet to
day they will represent the eastern
half of North Carolina for the State
Class B championship in Chapel Hill
on November 26 at 1 P. M.
The game today at Wake Forest
will begin at 2 o’clock and with fav
orable weather should attract a large
crowd of supporters of both clubs as
well as possibly a few football scouts.
Os especial interest is the method of
sale of tickets for the game. All
money asquired by the sale of tickets
locally will go to the Edenton team
and the same is true of the Hamlet
team. At Wake Forest no Edenton
or Hamlet ticket sellers will be on
rduty and what money is taken in
■will be divided among the two teams
after expenses are paid. It is for
this reason that Coach David Holton,
Superintendent John A. Holmes and
Manager Junius Davis urge everybody
to buy a ticket before leaving Eden
ton.
Little is known about the strength
of the Hamlet team other than that
they were predicted to be an easy
mark for Whiteville, and upset the
dope bucket by coming out the vic
tor. Coach Holton is of the opinion
that today’s opponents will be the
toughest aggregation so far for
Edenton, especially when it is taken
into consideration that the Hamlet
i team is coached by Tom Cash, whose
team, Mt. Airy, defeated Edenton in
the championship tilt in 1935. Ham
! let is said to have good material and
! with an experienced coach of Cash’s
| calibre will be in position to put up a
I hard fight.
! Coach Holton still detects a number
1 of flaws in the work of his boys, and
j while still proud of their showing,
has been working unceasingly to im
prove in certain departments in order
to put up the best possible fight
against Hamlet.
The Edenton team enters the final
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Lions Enjoy Fancy
And Tap Dancing
At one of the best attended meet
ings recently, members of the Eden
ton Lions Club 'on Monday night
enjoyed an unique program under
the direction of Kennfeth Floars.
Featuring in this part of the meet
ing was fancy dancing by little Dolo
res Watkins, while John Brickhouse
demonstrated to the Lions just what
a colored boy can do with his feet in
the way of tap dancing.
Cake Sale Saturday At
Quinn Furniture Store
A cake sale will be held at the
Quinn Furniture store Saturday
morning beginning at 10 o’clock.
The sate is sponsored by Circle 4 of
St Mary’s Guild* of St Paul’s
Church, and will include a fine as
sortment of home-made cakes.
The ladies are a group of hard
workers and invite a generous pa
tronage.
Two New Leaders In
Drug Store Contest
A change was made this week in
the contest standing at Leggett & *
Davis drug store, which is now being
headed by Ruth Goodwin and Jasper
Hassell. The latter youngster re
places Billy Bond at the top of the
boys’ list who has teen holding the
lead since the contest began several
weeks ago.