I in these columns will be Vfound a fair presentation [ of local and county news I of general interest. Volume V —Number 7. Post Office Authorities -H?/' “ .-{S: Rescind Order Reversing Mail Star Route To Suffolk —— 4 News Comes as Disap pointment to Local Business Firms STILL HOPEFUL Efforts Being Made to Stress Mail Improve ment By Change Coming as a distinct disappoint ment after receipt of an order by Postmaster C. E. Kramer of reversal of the Eden ton-Suffolk star route, " was an order Saturday rescinding the action taken by , the Post Office De partment, which, unless reconsidered, will result in continued very unsatis factory mail service byway of this route. 'Hie matter was rather de ' pressing to most of Edenton’s busi ness homes and as a result a number of telegrams were sent to Represen tative Lindsay Warren and Senators Jediah Bailey and Robert Reynolds, in an effort to ascertain the reason for the sudden'rescinding order and to prevail upon them to assist in rever sing the route. f Postmaster Kramer, too, was swamped with telephone calls and ac costed on the street by numerous per sona in an effort to ascertain why the sudden change came about. I Edenton Lions at their meeting on Monday night went on record as ob-j jecting to rescinding of the order and' pledged their sugnort in backing Postmaster the Chamber of .Commerce in urjg§& a reconsider^ * ation of the latest action. ' Talk is also going the rounds to circulate a petition in an effort to have the route reversed. Telegraphic information from Pos •l* , Inspector F. D. Condeman, who! . made a thorough survey of mail con ditions and recommended reversal of the route'to remedy the situation, was that he knew nothing about reecind > ~ing -the original order. The schedule of the route was to have been re versed on March 1 and it is still hoped that authorities will reconsider and carry out this schedule as planned. \ ' . P. Rowland Wagner Secured As Speaker At Masonic Banquet Annual Lodge Affair Will Be Held Friday, March 4 MUCH INTEREST Lodgemen Feel Fortun \ ate In Having Popu < lar Minister Unless something unforeseen oc curs, the annual Masonic banquet will . be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes on Friday night, March 4. This date will- almost of a certainity be set at „ the regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge tonighjt. E. W. Spires, who together with ‘ A. S. Hollowell and W. J. Daniels, . were appointed to arrange for the banquet, received word Tuesday that ,Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, of Norfolk, had accepted an invitation to speak for the occasion. This fact alone as sures a well-attended banquet and local Masons feel highly elated over the news that Mr. Wagner will again speak in Edenton. Rev. Mr. Wagner has spoken to ; at least three Edenton audiences in the past several years and in each instance capacity houses were pres ent to hear him. He spoke at two H previous Masonic banquets and was a ' } commencement speaker at the Eden ton school a few years ago. He Is 6ne of the most interesting after dinner speakers ever to appear in Edenton and his acceptance to speak ; has greatly boosted interest in the banquet, plans for which will be dis | cussed at tonight’s Masonic meeting. splf-' - ■" —— JOIN NAVY ■HiKlfefcte* and. GHNft - THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY » - [ RE-APFO&TE™ I H L/. C. E. KRAMER Mr. Kramer’s nomination as postmaster for Edenton has been presented to the House of Repre sentatives, the Senate confirming the appointment. All that re mains to be done toward Mr. Kramer’s second term of office is I the perfunctory duty of President Roosevelt signing the commission. C. E. Kramer Again Named Posfnfaster High Record of Effici ency During His In cumbency Much gratification was expressed this week when word reached town that Carroll E. Kramer had been re appointed postmaster of Edenton for a second term of four years. Presi dent Roosevelt sent his nomination to Congress, after Representative Lindsay Warren had recommended it, and Senator Josiah Bailey, head of the upper branch committee on pos tal affairs, rushed it through for im mediate confirmation. Mr. Kramer was first named as postmaster to succeed Miles Elliott in 1934, and since his incumbency has established a high record of postal efficiency in the office here. In fact, the Post Office Department views the local office record as one of the high spots in postal affairs in all of East ern Carolina. Not only have re ceipts and stamp sales increased, due largely, of course, to advanced indus trial growth hereabouts, but the local office has been free of complaints and a source of praiseworthy managerial comment. Mr. Kramer has been the recipient of many letters and messages of con gratulations since his reappointment became known. Lions Back Reversal Suffolk Star Route Gub Goes On Record as Opposing Rescind ing Order Practically the entire portion of the time usually devoted to the program of the Lions Club at their meeting Monday night was devoted to discus sion of the recent Post Office Depart ment order rescinding reversal of the Edenton-Suffolk star route. The Club, composed entirely 'of business men of Edenton, realized the good effect this change would provide and went oh record as unanimously sup porting Postmaster Kramer and the Chamber of Commerce in their efforts to have the department reconsider its action and reverse the route as origi nally planned on March 1. EDENTON LIONS ATTEND COLUMBIA ANNIVERSARY tedenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 17,1938. ; Rotary Banquet Will , Be Held Tonight; ; Was Not Postponed k Twelfth Anniversary to [Be Observed Tonight At Parish House ERROR IN REPORT All Former Rotarians Invited as Special Guests Though newspaper reports Tuesday were to the effect that the twelfth anniversary banquet of the Edenton Rotary Club has been postponed, this was an error, for the banquet will be held tonight (Thursday) as planned at the regular meeting last week. The meeting which has been post * poned and at which District Governor George Matthews was invited to at tend was an inter-city meeting. At the meeting tonight, which com memorates the twelfth year of Rotary in Edenton, all former members of the Edenton club have been invited as special guests, and from reports the major portion of them plan to be present. There are 31 former Rotar ians and to have them gather around a table once more is looked forward to with much pleasure by present members of the Club. There will be no visiting speaker on the program, but Secretary John Holmes has been asked to review Rotary activities since the Club was inaugurated in Edenton In 1926, bringing to the attention of those present the highlights as well as ppsmbly some of the/most duties last Thursday morning. The new agent has been with the 1 Company since 1914, coming here from Munden, Virginia. He is a ’ married man, having one daughter. Miss Margery, who is a student at j Fredericksburg College, Fredericks- J burg, Virginia. I Mt. and Mirs. Wood will reside in the home previously occupied by Mr. , and Mrs. Cavanaugh on North Broad \ Street. Troop Committee Withholds Joining Tidewater Council i Contributions Used to Purchase Necessary Paraphernalia Though it was understood that the newly organized Edenton Boy Scout troop would affiliate with the Tide water Council of Norfolk, at a meet ing of the local troop committee on Monday night it was decided to with hold this action at least for the time being. In order to raise funds for this purpose the Rotary Club, Lions Club and Ed Bond Post of the Amer ican Legion contributed $75 each. However, after further considera tion, members of the troop committee came to the conclusion that it would be for the best interest of the troop to use present available money to purchase troop equipment and main tenance rather than spend it for membership in the Tidewater Council. It is necessary now to borrow what equipment is needed and it is thought th»t after thetroop is more firmly Very Few Tickets Left For Annual C. Os C. Banquet i Interest Increasing In Affair Next Thurs day Night 10 NEW MEMBERS Planned to Take Gover nor on Boat Ride to New Bridge According to advance sale of tick ets to the annual Chamber of Com merce banquet next Thursday night, every seat in the banquet hall at 1 Hotel Joseph Hewes will be occupied, about 100 in number. Tickets were I placed on sale for the benefit of members at Leggett & Davis drug store and on Wednesday they had • been practically exhausted. Much interest in the banquet pre vails in that Governor Clyde R. Hoey will be the principal speaker and with him as special guests will be R. Bruce Etheridge, director of conser vation and development, and D. Colin Barnes, member of the high way commission for this district. E. W. Spires, active in arranging for the banquet, communicated with the Governor Tuesday relative to de termining what time he will arrive in Edenton. It is hoped that he can get , here in time to take a boat trip down the Sound to the new Albe marle Sound bridge before banquet time. The approaching banquet has greatly stimulated interest in the business organization, Secretary Mc- Mullen informing The. Herald -.. that ten nfrrr*members have been added to the membership during the past week or two, which brings the membership to 130, and includes practically every phase of business and professional life in the county. More Relics Placed In Local Museum i Richard Dixon Finds Part of Old Gallows Equipment Edenton’s Cupola House museum ; was enriched again this week through i the presentation of a couple of an ■ cient relics which may have been ■ parts of the old gallows that once ; swung from the eaves of the little jail here in Revolutionary days. A massive hir.ge-like contraption, 3 or 4 feet long, supposed to have support ed the gallows trap, and one of the great side chains that held the gal lows platform in mid-air, are the new curios. Richard Dixon came across the hinge first while prowling about the inside wall plot behind the jail. He immediately surmised what it had been used for, and placed it on exhi bition for a few days in Leggett & Davis drug store window. Discover ing it aroused Dixon’s curiosity fur ther, and this led to finding the long chain with end fastening pinions. This went into the pharmacy window, also, for the time being. A* Dixon’s research has it the gallows once swung in open air from the roof of the jail. Two wrought iron bands through which the sup porting chains went, are still in plain sight in the jail wall. The gallows was used as a medium of legal death for all the Albemarle in those days, he says, and the records show there was an execution a day for years. In those times capital crimes were more numerous than now. Hog thieves, for instance, went to glory through the gallows, so did anyone who dared to use a weapon on another. Those were surely the “good old days.” Rev. A. A. Butler Dies; Victim Os Pneumonia Many friends in this county learned with regret of the death of Rev. A. A. Butler, who died in a Norfolk hospitaHdonday. He was a victim of double pneumonia and only last week, following a rally, hopes were revived for his recovery. Rev. Mr. Butler, a resident of Hertford, was a former pastor at Ballards Bridge Church, and held the pastorate at Yeopim Church. Funeral services were held Wed nesday in Durham, which were at tended by W. J. Berryman and Paul .i . t* Edenton’s Hopes ForYacht Basin Receives Setback By Report Os War Bepartment <> |“M Dread Up" | Interior of Old Court House Looks Like New Building; Painting, plastering and pro tecting improvements at the Court House recently ordered by the County Commissioners are about done, and give the place a highfalutin’ and worth-while ap pearance. The work is under stood to be but preliminary to more extensive alterations this spring and summer. The Com missioners are now in the game in earnest, report has it, and plan to repaint and refurnish the ( court room proper before the April term of Superior Court, and to paint the outside of the building anew, also, to say noth ing of finding away to provide different heating for the place next fall, maybe, who knows, re | locate the much-complained of gentlemen’s boudoir beneath the stairs. The work so far has had to do j with turning the offices of Clerk R. D. Dixon and Register of Deeds Maurice Bunch into apart ments of charm as well as service. The Dixon office has been finished in gray and white, quite colonial, you know. But, step softly, the cursed old stoves still remain. i ‘‘Silent Salesmen” Machines Outlawed Judge Meekins Rules They Are Gambling Devices Edenton police were inferentially upheld this week in their recent elim-; 1 ination of “silent salesmen” slot I machines here, this despite the fact I that all the rest of the State was scared stiff about so acting, when Federal Judge Meekins, of Elizabeth City, on Tuesday handed down his long delayed ruling declaring the dc- j vices gambling apparatuses which must be got out of his district in ter. days. The jurist held, literally, he was! surprised that anyone would think hisj initial injunction against confiscation j of the machines was intended to per-1 mit their continuance anywhere if' shown to be operated for gambling. 1 He revoked this injunction, spoke of the devices as “sucker machines” and ordered them driven out. Actually the ruling is in exact consonance with j the opinion advanced by Town Attor-! ney W. D. Pruden two months ago,' and was made after a hearing in | Washington, N. C., in which the State j made vigorous protest, with subse-' quent arguments in Raleigh. Members State ABC Boards To Meet Here ' j *. •* : v - • • • • ' . Promised Shad Dinner! At Hotel By Chair man Badham Members of liquor control boards throughout the State will gather in ■ Edenton Wednesday night to hold aj meeting immediately after being served a shad dinner at Hotel Joseph Hewes. The group voted at their last meeting at Greenville to come to Edenton, when Chowan County’s chairman, R. P. Badham, promised a 1 shad dinner and it is expected that practically every member will attend. Members of the State Board have also been invited as special guests at the meeting. C. W. MIZZELL ILL Rev. J. C. Mizzell, of Currie, N. C., has recently been informed by his niece, Mis. Lether Mizzell Wolfe, of Danville, Va., that his brother, C. W. Mizzell, merchant, in Colerain, is seriously ill. Mr. Mizzell’s health has been de clining for a year or more, but he held to the personal supervision of his store until about two weeks ago, Dr. Credle, his physician, is advising - . ival. ■■■* , This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. Report Partially Unfav orable For Digging Giannel CAN APPEAL Would Be Very Expen sive Because of Many Sunken Logs Edenton’s hopes of eventually es tablishing a yacht basin opposite the fish hatchery received somewhat of a set back the latter part of last week when those who attended a hearing held in Edenton several months ago received a letter from the War De partment saying the report was par tially unfavorably acted upon. It was the hope of the Chamber of Commerce that while snags were being removed in Pembroke Creek the channel could be dredged up to the fish hatchery, thereby permitting boats to go up the creek and anchor in the basin in case of storms or bad weather. Information from Colonel Earl I. Brown, of the Corps of Engineers, is to the effect that an unfavorable re port was made in that a survey for a channel north of the line of piles in the creek is not recommended. The principal grounds upon which the adverse conclusions are based are that the dredging of a channel north of the line of piles would be expen sive because of sunken logs; and that the additional cost of a channel in this location instead of south of the piles would hot Be justified by the in crease in benefits, especially since the M. G. Brown Lumber Company would be the sole recipient of the additional benefits. However, Colonel Brown stated that any interested parties have the privilege of an appeal from the con clusion to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, a permanent body sitting at Washington, D. C., to which all examination and survey re (Continued on Last Page) Shad Again Claims Attention Federal Fish Culturists Investigate Pollution of Waters By Plymouth Pulp Mill CANFIELD HERE Local Hatchery Likely I Take Over Propaga- I tion Four States i - - The 1938 “Save the Shad” survey is underway in earnest hereabouts I right now. Complaint has been made ' by the experts here against the possi , ble pollution of the Roanoke River and upper sound waters by the big | new paper pulp mill at Plymouth. This and the fact that the federal hatchery on Pembroke Creek will be j made a central propogating point for | North and South Carolina, Georgia ! and Virginia, are the two high spots of latest moment in the campaign. As last year the survey is in charge of Harry Canfield, federal traveling culturist from the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. Mr. \ Canfield has established his head | quarters in Edenton but expects to roam about the coastal waters of this State and Virginia. With him here the other night were Captain John H. Nelson, State Commissioner of Fisheries, D. M. Davis, specially J delegated representative of the State Board of Conservation and Develop ment, of Morehead City, and John Pierson, of Charleston, S. C., who, also, will make headquarters in Eden ton through the remainder of the sea son. Mr. Pierson has been in charge of the Bureau of Fisheries work in Charleston for several yeare, and it was from him it was learned the local hatchery seemed destined to take over shad propogation for the four states in question. Mr. Pierson said the South Carolina hatchery at Orangeburg would be closed while toe work here was carried on. On Monday Bruce Etheridge, direc tor of the State Board, was also here gg