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Ground Officially Broken
F»r New School Addition
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WORK STARTED
D. M. Warren, Mayor
McMullan and John A.
Holmes Abo Present
ftWgh some preliminary work was
started earlier in the week, ground
for the new Eden ton school auditor
ium mi officially broken Wednesday
man of the Edenton Board of Trus
-1 ties, removed the first shovelful of
yonnd in the presence of D. M. War
non, chairman of the County Commis
sioners; Mayor J. H. McMullan and
Superintendent John A. Holmes.
' Ground is being leveled off and dug
for the foundation of the new addition
to thfe structure and by the first of
the year, it is said by those having
the job in charge, brick laying will
have sturted and the work of erec
tion will be on in earnest. It is ex
pected die auditorium will be com
pleted by spring.
the present contract job is the first
parted the Mg contract for remodel
ing and improving the sHjool, the
whole of which will entail an expendi
ture of something like *70,000, The
auditorium annex work was begun
first inasmuch as the other labor
might interfere with the sshooTs
Unwood Sutton In
Precarious Condition
Friends will regret to know that
linwood Sutton is in a precarious
condition in St. Vincent’s Hospital,
Norfolk, Va., following an operation
Thursday. Mr. Sutton was suffering
with appendicitis, which was further
augmented with other complications.
Mrs. Sutton visited her husband
Tuesday night and though he showed
some improvement, he was still a
desperately skk man.
J. A. Woodard Still
In Critical Condition
Though J. A. Woodard appeared
somewhat improved on Tuesday, his
many friends will regret to know that
am Wednesday his condition was very
unsatisfactory. Mr. Woodard is des
perately ill and considerable concern
is felt regarding his chances Os re-
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Caroling Thursday, December 9,1931
| GIVE IT HOW! |
Stocking Fund Contri
butions Requested
At Once
Though some . contributions
have been received for the Stock
ing Fund of the Service League
at SL Paul's Church, Miss Louise
Coke wishes to stress the impor
tance of sending contributions
for this purpose immediately.
Approximately 100 names have
been furnished the League to re
ceive Christmas gifts and it is
obvious that H is necessary to
know how much money will be
in the fund before making pur
chases.
, Miss Coke feels sure enough
money will be contributed, but it
is in the hopes of evading a last
minute rush that she urges any
who desire to contribute to do so
at once.
Initial Purchases Os
Christmas Seals Is
Very Encouraging
Mrs. Moore
Fact Stressed^That Tu
berculosis Is Prevent
able and Curable
Much progress in the sale of
Christmas Seals, the jolly little stick
ers offered each December in the
nationwide fight against tuberculosis,
has been reported by the large army
of workers out under the tutelage of
Mrs. J. A. Moore, who is officiating
again as chairman of the campaign.
Mrs. Moore, whq is not inclined to
overboasting, said yesterday that she
had been greatly impressed with the
earnestness displayed by children
making sales. She declared the little
folks were exceeding her fondest
hopes by their returns, and she an
ticipated even better reports from
them as the campaign progressed.
Many workers are now canvassing
in the business section and homes all
over the city. Miss Estelle Rogerson
is the canvasser in the Mill Village,
but due to illness is unable to make
her rounds and for this reason any
in the Mill Village who will buy Seals,
should see Miss Rogerson at her
home.
In connection with the sale of the:
Seals, Mrs. Moore would like it to be
generally known that, not only does
the income from these Seals enable
the community to carry on year
round work in the prevention and
cure of tuberculosis, but the public j
learns through thp seafe that die dis
ease is curable U the cases are dis
covered in time and that it is pre-1
ventable. With an gjtaft public inter-.
ested in the cause, there is a poesibil- \
ity of the eventual eradication of
Jch Graham has t I
today.
A. fill I 9
Pete Everett Voted
Most Outstanding
1837 FoottaH Player
Presented Trophy Mon
day Night at lions
Meeting
LIONS* GUESTS
John Holmes and Coach
Holton Praise Boys
For Their Record
Members of Edenton High School’s
football squad, together with Coach
David Holton, Superintendent John
Holmes and Manager Junius Davis
were guests of the Lions Club at
their meeting Monday night, which
resulted in one of the most pleasant
recent meetings of the club. |
Os especial interest tp both Lions
>and football boys was sie naming of
the captain of the team based on the
most outstanding player during the
year. This honor was given to Pete
Everett, halfback, who was presented
with a trophy, donated by Coach
Holton.
Before each game the boys selected
a player to act as captain for that
particular game. A group of inter
ested men were chosen earlier in the
Mason whose duty it was to witness
as many games as, possible and pay
particular attention to the playing
1 of each boy and at the end of the
, season-tK vote was taken to decide
the most outstanding player. While
all of the boys deserve credit for)
their wonderful record, the vote re
sulted in Pete Everett being selected,
and he was accordingly awarded the
beautiful trophy, a statue of a boy
in the act of passing a ball.
thft luhPa tsuui
• was expected at the beginning of the
season, but etrijlfiaSited the fact that
With the spirit which prevailed, the
cooperation and unselfish playing
the same sort of team could be de
veloped every year. During his re
marks he commented individually on
every* player on the squad, and ex
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Kramer Is Planning
For President’s Ball
Chairman Hopes to Be
Able to Have Affair In
New Armory
C. E. Kramer has again been se
lected as Chowan County chairman
for the President’s Birthday Bpll and
is already studying ways and means
to raise a creditable amount of money
1 for the County in this worthy cause.
' Mr. Kramer looks with some degree
of disdain on the idea of- staging a
1 fancy ball and employing a high-
I priced orchestra, but rather enter-
I tains the idea of having a fiddlers’
j convention with round and square
dancing. He believes many from
Chowan and adjoining counties would
participate in the music and attend
the affair and as a result realize a
■ larger amount of money as well as
j entertainment for a larger number
! of people.
Associated with. Mr, Kramer in ar-
I ranging for the ball are M- F. Bond,
i E. W. Spires and J. Edwin Bufflap.
1 Mr. Kramer is hopeful that the
new armory will be available for the
toil, which will bp held on the night
of January 29. Due to no facilities
last year, no ball was-heki in Eden
ton and what money was received
was through telegrams sent to the
President and cooperation with Eli
sabeth City in staging a ball there.
Enlistment Officer
Seeking Recruits
Corporal William H. Crider, of the
; Army Recruiting Service, stationed
j in Richmond, Va., was in Edenton on
Wednesday interviewing young men
for enlistment in the Regular Army.
He stated that vacancies exist in
Hawaii, Panama, the Phillipine Is
lands, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia and the District of Columbia.
Vacancies also exist for young
men with special qualifications such
AR carpenters, fturpl&ns mecji&iiicSj
radio operators and various other
1 The’army also offers many oppor
tunities for young men who are high
j school graduate*. '
December Term Os
Superior Court Will
On Monday
Held Despite Efforts to
Postpone or Split
Winter Term
PARKER JUDGE
Only One Important
Criminal Case On
Docket
i Although some little effort was
i made this week to split the December
i term of Superior Court by confining
i it entirely to the adjudication of risril
. actions, the county commissions*,
i decided on Monday after consultation
; with Judge! R. Hunt Parker, who will
j preside, that this could not be done,
: and the full term will, therefore,
1 start next Monday.
The initial thought was that as
: there was but —one criminal case of
i paramount importance, that of Ernest
1 Drew, Negro, held in jail for the
i murder of his brother, William Drew,
some saving would accrue •to the
[. county by having the Drew case
; transferred to another county, thus
. eliminating the., impaneling of a
! grand jury, but Judge Parker reck
i oned this as unwise, and. Drew will be
the first matter called for trial Mon
; day morning.
The regular court calendar as pre
* pared by Cleric R. D. Dixon runs as
ij follows:
1 Monday—Criminal cases.
Tuesday—E. B. White et als vs.
' Foreman Blades Lumber Co.; Annie
1 Collins vs. Godfrey G. Chappell; Ida
Collins vs. Godfrey G. Chappell;
Lillie Bunch Blanchard vs. M. M.
i Nixon; CJA. Britt.va. G. H. Baker,
i M. v Nixon' yp. >
: Marches Smell Nixon;. Charlie Belch
H' Small; J. H. Morgan vs. E.
i J. Spruill; M. S. Hawkins et ml, Be
: ceivftrs vs. C. N. and C. T. Griffin; W.
T. Copeland vs. G. G. Chappell.
Motions —Marehia Small Nixon vs.
M. M. Nixon.
Motions and uncontested divorce
cases at the convenience of the Court.
Prospects Dark For
Armory Dedication
Commissioners Refuse
To Put Up Money
For Affair
Prospects for a celebration dedi
. eating the new Edenton armory are
1 now very gloomy and apparently none
will he held os is the case in other
North Carolina towns where new
armories have been erected. Major
M. P. Whichard appeared before the
County Commissioners Monday seek
ing an appropriation with which to
stage a celebration. Dr. Whichard
told the Commissioners that he ex
pected the armory to be completed
by January 16 and if a celebration
was to be held he would have to have
financial assistance, stating that the
Ambulance Company had spent all of
the money it had available in erection
of the building. He also told the (
Commissioners that the town had
gone the limit in furnishing money
toward the construction of the build
ing and that left it up to the Com
missioners to appropriate funds with
which to finance a celebration.
The Commissioners, however, re
fused to make the appropriation,
leaving the impression that they
were willing to contribute money for
maintenance of the local National
Guard outfit but were unwilling to
spend county funds for a celebration.
Whether or not the armory will foe
j formally dedicated is now problema
' tical unless ways and means are de
vised to raise the necessary money
to stage the affair.
Cold Snap Retards
Work On Bridge
The recent cold snap has slackened
up work on the new vehicular bridge
across the Sound, and has thrown
more than 75 workmen temporarily
out at employment. E. L Hansen,
bridge superintendent on this side,
said the frigid weather has made it
jmpottible to continue Uyin, tfc.
Commissioners Objeot To
Court House Heating Idea
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U. D. C. Will Not Dis
band and Have Named
New Set of Officers
Contrary to a report in The
Herald last week, Bell Battery
Chapter, U. D. C, will not dis
band. Shortly after the appear
ance of last week’s edition, mem
bers of the email group got busy
and persuaded Mrs. Sidney Mc-
Mullan to act as president' to re
. place Mrs. George Byrum, who
f' had retyped to serve any longer.
A meeting will be held later
this w«i|L. with the following
officers fp charge: President,
Mrs. Sidney M. McMullan, vice
president, Mrs. L. D. Bond; sec
retary, Miss Carrie Coke; treas
urer,. ft. P. Badham; his
torian, Miss Mary Prudein; pub
licity chairman, Mrs. Julian
Wood; registrar, Mrs. C. T.
Doughtie.
Final Report Shows
$409.72 Raised In
Red Cross Roll Call
Mrs. Pruden Thanks All
Who Enrolled and
Corps of Workers
* DuisdJering her report just abou|
complete, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chair
man of the Chowan Red Cross Chap
ter, reports a total of *409,72 collect
ed during the annual Roll Call. Her
final report includes *11.72 to be added
to last week’s tote \ i $398, which
was received from the following:
Chowan High School, *2.72; Miss
Eunice Hobbs, $1.00; Miss May Belle
Eawards, *1.00; Aggie Holley, *1.00;
and Elizabeth Luton, *I.OO.
Miss Syfole Etheridge, Frank Har
ris, John Morgan, Hugh Taylor, and
Miss Mazie Lee.
In sending her report to The Her
ald Mrs. Pruden expressed her sin
cere thanks to the canvassers who
worked so faithfully as well as to the
large number of people who showed
their interest in the Red Cross by en
rolling during die drive. “Our goal
was set at *360, which was higher
than last year,” said Mrs. Pruden,
“and it is a source of gratification to
report to headquarters that Chowan
subscribed over *SO more than was
expected from us.”
Auxiliary To Remember
Veterans With Cards
With only twelve members present,
the Auxiliary to the American Legion
held a most interesting meeting on
Thursday evening in the Red Men’s
hall. The program was in charge of
the Rehabilitation committee, and
was greatly enjoyed. Letters were
read from the veterans at Oteen ex
-1 pressing thanks for the Thanksgiving
! gifts. Two names were drawn for
the door prize, but as neither mem
i her was present, the money was re
turned to the treasury.
The Auxiliary voted to remember
the veterans at Oteen, Christmas, and
Mrs. W. B. Shepard, president of the
Auxiliary, asked each member to join
in giving a card shower to the four
veterans whose names follow: Louis
Bass, Roy O’Connell, P. H. Bucking
ham, and R. R. Martin. Address the
cards to Ward C-l, Oteen, N. C.
Tax Investigators
Check Local Records
In line with a national drive now
under way to check up on inheritance
tax reports to the government, J. H.
Burnette and J. C. Bethune, federal
tax investigators heading out of Ral
eigh, were in Edenton this week mak
ing a careful survey of several es
tates. They spent much time at the
Court House going over the records
of property holdings and checked
their findings with tax reports filed
by executors with Richard D. Dixon,
Clerk at Court
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mi*. Clinton Davis an-
EtNEBE/U tbit birth 01 .1 son tut Tgnti*
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Despite Delegation Old
Building Remains a
Fire Hazard
THINK TOO COSTLY
Fire Insurance Is Raised
From SIO,OOO to $30,000
Without Question
Though they were confronted by a
strong delegation at their meeting
Monday, Hie County Commissioners
failed to make any move toward
equipping the Chowan County Court
House with an up-to-date and safe
heating system. Hie request follow
ed two recent instances of narrrowly
averting a fire in the court room,
but no way was adopted to safeguard
the building other than ordering the
wiring in Hie roof of the building to
be replaced and employing some old
man whose duty it will be to look
after the stoves.
Included in the delegation were
Julien Wood, W. J. Berryman, W. D.
Pruden, Rev. C. A. Ashby, R. .D.
Dixon, Mrs. Sidney McMullan, Mrs.
J. L. Pettus and Mrs. B. W. Hath
away. Mr. Wood acted as spokes
man for the group, and in presenting
the matter he said: “It is like car
rying coals to Newcastle to tell you
about the need for a better heating
Bystem in the Court House. Just re
cently we came near having confla
grations in the old building, but for
the vigil of Clerk, of Court Richard
D. Dixon.’’ Mr. WoodTWerred to the
value of the building to the county
from an advertising standpoint alone.
Hie said there are many court houses
that are far more costly than the
Chowan Court House, but that they
AeT not begin to compare wits the
local structure iv attracting visitors.
Ho further told the Commissioners
that just recently he was speaking
with some Williamsburg folks and
the latter frankly admitted that
Chowan has even more to be proud
of than they in that what is here of
historic * value is in its original form
and not reconstructed.
Aside from the historical value, Mr.
Wood argued that if the present
Court House should be destroyed by
fire the County would be compelled
to rebuild a court house which no
doubt would cost in the neighborhood
of *IOO,OOO and it would not be a
matter to decide whether it would be
built or not.
"The building ought to be safe
guarded,” he continued, "especially
in view of four present fire hazards,
old stoves, defective electric wiring,
a public toilet and a building for
general use by Other than court offi
cials.”
In closing, Mr. Wood said he real
ized that the Commissioners had not
allowed anything in the budget for
the purpose, but hoped some concrete
action would be taken to properly
safeguard the building.
The Commissioners admitted that a
fire hazard existed, but after discuss
ing the matter they decided to move
the first bench from in front of the
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St Paul’s Vestry
Will Meet Monday
Vestrymen Elected at
Congregational Meet
ing Last Week
A meeting of the vestry of St.
Paul’s Church will be held next Mon
day night at 8 o’clock, at which time
a report of the Every Member can
vass will be made.
At the congregational meeting held
last Monday night in the Parish
House reports of the organizations of
the pariah were mode, and the fol
lowing were elected to the vestry for
1988: E. ;R. Conger, D. M. Warren,
F. P. Wood, J. A. Moore, Wm. I.
Hart, Geo. C. Wood, Jnlien Wood,
Geo. Hoskins, R. P. Badham, Charles
Wales, Joseph Vail, and R. Graham
White.
Faculty Play At Chowan
High School On Dec. 17
A play, “Lena Rivera,” will be
staged in the Chowan High School
auditorium on Friday night, Decem
dud 17 mberTf the adtCMlfoMlt?
i sored. ’