North Carolina Newspapers

I In thesei columns will be I found a fair presentation yof local and county news I of general interest. Volume V.—Number 8. Secretary Wallace Calls First Quota ! Referenda For Cotton And Tobacco Growers To Be Held On March f2th Two-third Vote Neces sary to Put Quotas Into Effect VOTE 9 A jilTO 7 P. M. Farmers Called* Upon to Register Wishes In Each Township The first referenda under the new Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 will foe held on March 12 among the cotton farmers and producers of flue cured, fire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco, Secretary Wallace has an • nouhced. The outome of the refer enda: will determine whether market ing quotas will be applied to these commodities in 1938. Marketing quotas cannot be used i except with the approval of a large majority of the farmers since the Act j itself provides that if more than one third of the producers voting in a referendum vote against the quotas, they will not go into effect. Where cotton, flue-cured or dark tobacco, which includes both fire-cured j and dark-air cured, are grown in the' same locality, the referendum sor i each commodity will be held at the same time and place but the vote on each cqmodity will be separate. The referenda regulations provide for a voting place in each community where cotton, flue-cured or dark to bacco is grown. The polls open not later than 7:00 p. m. “Each producer Who gffewl cotton, flue-cured or dark tobacco m 1 1937 will be entitled to cast one vote I in the referendum for the commodity, which will be in charge of county] committeemen. Hie national cotton allotment spec-| ified for 1938 in the proclamation! was 10,000,000 standard bales plus the number of bales allotted under! section 343 (c) of the Act. This sec-! tion provides that the allotment of no county shall be less than 60 per cent of the acreage planted to cotton in 1937 plus the acreage diverted from cotton under the conservation program. This results in a total acreage allotment of approximately! 26,300,000 acres. This acreage at 10-1 year average yields will result in a crop of 10,129,000 bales and at 5-' year average yields in a crop of 11,230,000 bales. Acreage allotments will be established for each individual farm and if the allotment is not ex ceeded, all the cotton produced on the farm may foe sold without the pay ment of any penalty. Normal supply, which quotas would be used to attain, is defined in the Act as normal domestic consumptiorf and exports, plus 40 percent as a sur plus reserve. The present supply of - American cotton is about 25,000,000 bales, largely the result of the record crop of 18,700,000 'bales in 1937, and it is estimated that the carryover on August 1, 1938, will be around 12,- , 000,000 bales, or only 1,000,000 bales . less than the record carryover of 13,000,000 bales in 1932. Hie national marketing quota pro claimed for the 1938 crop of flue continued on Page Three) Leaders School Be Held On March 3rd Miss Pauline Gordon To ' Conduct Interesting Discussion Miss Pauline Gordon, Extension Kgement, will l on "Color aday after dock in the , .sas _ __ yiowan inanKea ror ji^Sl : : ■ • ■ r THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY dghgjhgk e> - Visit Os Governor Stimulates Chamber Commerce Interest Fifteen New Members Added During Past Two Weeks; Younger Members and Merchants Now Have Separate Groups Interest in the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce has increased to such an extent that now practical-, ly every business man in Edenton is a member of the organization. To be exact only three remain out of the fold according to the latest check-up made of the membership. Much of this interest has foeeh revived since it was made known that Governor Clyde . Hoey would be the principal speaker at the annual banquet, which will be !held tonight (Thursday) in Hotel I Joseph Hewes. Secretary J. H. Me j Mullan reports that about 15 new members have been added during the past two weeks, making it a practic ally 100 per cent representative or ganization of business and proses-, sional men. j Os especial interest is the an-, ' nouncement by Secretary McMullan ; that through the system of organiza . tion adopted by the executive com mittee every member will have a duty to perform in he or she has been placed on one Os the various com mittees. Another novel idea which Lent Season Baginss Next Wednesday Special Services Will Be; Held at St. Paul’s Church Lent begins with March 2nd, which is Ash-Wednesday. So, next Wed nesday there will be the Litany and Penitential Office at St. Paul’s , Church, at 11 A. M., and service at 5:30 P. M. Service every week day , in Lent, except Saturday at 5:30 P. I M., lasting not more than 20 min-i utes. i Wednesday afternoons service is for the young people, though adults' attend too. Mrs. William Coffield will j be in charge of the junior choir this 1 Lent, with such assistance as she ' selects. There will be services every Sunday night during Lent, beginning March 6th.. At these night services Mr. Ashby will give a course of addresses on the offices of the Prayer Book, their history and source. These ser vices should be especially useful to any not familiar with the Prayer Book, as well as those desiring to re new their acquaintance with Church history. Easter is on April 17th.! The mite boxes will be given out in the Sunday School next Sunday. I Successful Fiddlers Convention Friday At Cross Roads That fiddlers’ conventions are pop ular in this section was again proven Friday night when several hundred; people assembled in Chowan High School to witness the affair sponsored by the Chowan Woman’s Club. The entertainment was a success in every j way and the proceeds will be used by j the Club, to buy equipment for the school. Adding interest to the event was the appearance of Edenton High School band which rendered a concert prior to the contest. Tickets Selling Fast. For Masonic Banquet Canvassing of every Mason in Edenton is now underway in antici pation of having a capacity crowd at the annual banquet of Unanimity Lodge, Nq. 7, Friday night, March 4. The get-together affair will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes at 8 o’clock and from advance reports tickets are rapidly being sold. , £ e "v p -, Row !“i w * gne i’ liver the principal odd***, and his [ presence again in. AWton win no A a th fedenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 24,1938. i has been injected in the workings of the Chamber is the fact that what j might be termed a junior Chamber of Commerce can now function as a part of tiie parent body. To this end a committee known as the Young Men's New Ideas Committee has been ap pointed which' includes the younger ; member of the organisation and : through whom it is hoped that new and progressive ideas will be present ed for discussion and ultimate passage by the Chamber as a whole in furth erance of the aims of the Chamber of Commerce. It is expected that ■ this committee will meet separately to discuss ideas that appeal to young er men and by this means result in a , wider scope of service for the parent! i body as well as inject new life into , the whole organization. John A. Mitchener, Jr., has been named chair man of this committee. Then, too, the merchants have been grouped together on a committee the simple reason that there are so' many problems affecting merchants (Continued on Page Three) .Farm Security Office Now In Court House! r | Office Force Moves Wed j nesday In Room On Second Floor | Wednesday was moving day for the ; local branch of the Farm Security: Administration, which hereafter will j be located on the second floor of the Court House in the office formerly used by the sheriff and county agent, j ; The change became necessary when ■ the old post office building, which housed the government agency, was i leased by Mae Jackson, who will use I it as a beauty parlor. | The new quarters are equipped with ! steam heat which is furnished from i the small furnace in the register of i deeds office and the floor <wiH be cov-1 ered with fire-proof covering as ai precaution against fire. * Those in this branch of the work who will be affected by the change will be John H. Pope, George C. Wood, A. M. Forehand, Miss Marga ret Dail and Miss Elizabeth Poyner, of Elizabeth City. The office is rather small for five people, but due j to the nature of the work occasions are rare when more than two or I three are in the office at the same time. Co. F Officers Give Farewell Dinner To Maj. M. P. Whichard Major M. P. Whichard was guest of honor at a banquet at Hotel Joseph Hewes Tuesday night when the non ' commissioned officers of Company F, of which Major Whichard is com manding officer, held a farewell din ner in his honor. j There was no elaborate program ' arranged, the officers merely desiring to express their regret that Major Whichard is leaving and to once more enjoy his fellowship around the ban quet table. Major Whichard expects to leave March 1, for Chapel Hill, where he will take a special course in the University of North Carolina before accepting a position with the State Board of Health. During the evening Major Which ard appropriately introduced Dr. Martin Wisely, who hereafter will be in command of the Company as lieu tenant, and In behalf of whom he urged the same wholehearted support and cooperation from every non-com missioned officer that he has enoyed since its organization. Those present for the affair were: Major M. P. Whichard, Capt. P. L. Baumgardner, Lieut. Martin Wisely; Tech. Sgt. R. L. Spry, Supply Sgf. J. Prank White, Jr., Sgt. H. R. M n £ria SS Co A ‘ i A g^f’ G | Rebecca Colwell 1$ Named Chairman Os Better Homes Week if t- .T" Campaign Will Be Con ducted During Week Os April 25-30 NAMES HELPERS Purpose Is to Improve Appearance and Sanitation Miss Rebecca Colwell, popular . Chowan County home demonstration > agent, has been appointed chairman ■ in Chowan County for Better Homes i Week in America which will be ob , served during the week of April 24 , to 30. Miss Colwell is very hopeful . that Chowan County people will co [ operate in this nation-wide campaign , for the advancement of the appear . ance and sanitation of homes in gen , eral. She already has plans under . way for local participation and has • appointed an able committee to carry ; out complete plans which will be ■ given out later. Those whom she has . selected to assist in this work are as , follows: Advance —Mrs. A. F. Small, i Beech Fork—Mrs. W. H. Saunders. Center Hill—Mrs. T. E. Chappell. Cross Roads—Mrs. Irma Wiggins. Enterprise—Mrs. Rodney Harrell, i Hurdles—Mrs. E. L. Eure. Rocky Hock—Mrs. Kermit Perry, i [ Ryland—Mrs. T. L. Ward. : Wards—Miss Inez Perry. J These women will also appoint two j others to serve on their respective committees in order to adequately j csYry the campaigatftorwll sections of j the county to the erid that every or * ganization and individual will have an ! opportunity to cooperate. I “It will mean a lot to North Caro ! lina if we join the ranks of thous ands of American families and paint up, pick up and clean up, as well as to plan ?or needed house repairs and j improvements,” said Miss Cohvell. | “[ believe the greatest need in North i Carolina, as well as in other states, j is to clean up interiors and exteriors, ! and put our grounds, back yards, | hedge rows, vacant lots, alleys, filling i stations and approaches to towns in i better shape. These highways of j ours which are the real windows of the State are showing some mighty dirty back yards and vacant lots, tumble down fences and glaring signs, rotten barns and shelters.” In an effort to stimuate interest in the campaign circulars will later be 1 sent to mayors, civic clubs and | churches throughout the State, ac ! quainting everybody with the purpose j of the movement. Red Men Banquet On Friday Night Walter Cohoon, Jr., of Elizabeth Gty Prin cipal Speaker With less than a week’s notice, members of Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, will gather for their first banquet Friday night at Hotel Joseph Hewes at 8 o’clock. This date was definitely set at the regular meeting Monday night, at which time a ticket selling com mittee was immediately appointed and put to work canvassing the mem bership in order to have a creditable number present. Officers are hopeful that from the membership of around 150, at least half of that number will be on hand. No long drawn out program has been arranged, it being primarily an occasion of fellowship through which it is hoped to create more interest in the Tribe. Hie principal address will be made by Walter Cohoon, Jr., of Elizabeth City, who is a member of the Order and is a very capable An effort has been made to solicit every member of the Tribe, but in event any have not been seen they are especially urged to attend. Hie program as outlined follows: Called to order by Asa Griffin, sa chem; song, “America”; invocation, J. Taylor; banquet; address of welcome, A. S. Hollowell; recognition 'of great chiefs, W. Ben Goodwin, W. L. Sherlock and C. W. Ward; intro duction of speaker, John F. White; aidless, Walter-Cohoon,. Jr., of Eli sabeth City; benediction. J. Edwin] Bufflap will act as toastmaster. ' ’ Annual Banquet Tonight G. Os C. Red Letter Bay - . <s> — Jess Powell Reaches Zenith At Y. M. I. _____ * Friends in Edenton will be happy to learn that Jess Powell, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell, has just been promoted to the highest ranking officer possible in his , senior year at V. M. I. In the class make-over in Feb ruary Jess, who already carried the rank of first captain, was ad vanced to regimental commander, which is a distinct honor and his : friends are happy and proud of the 1 record Jess has made while a stu -1 dent at the Virginia institution. J After graduation. l Captain Powell plans to enter an outstanding ■ medical college, the particular one, however, not yet decided upon. i _j INTERESTED IN j SHAD and LIQUOR ABC Members Meet In Hotel Wednesday Their apparent fancy for shad and acceptance of an invitation by R. P. Badham was responsible for members of the State’s ABC boards meeting in Edenton Wed nesday at Hotel Joseph Hewes. > Nearly 50 strong, the visitors i represented every county in the f State in which liquor is legally f sold, 27 in number. An executive meeting was held 1 at 2 o’clock, after which the reg ular business session was con ducted at 4 o’clock. At this time various reports were made, to t gether with a general discussion 3 of the liquor situation in counties i where ABC stores are in opera tion, with W. D. McMillan, of 1 Wilmington, president of the group, in charge. ‘The meeting concluded with a [ shad dinner at 7 o’clock. Mae Jackson Moving To Old P. 0. Building Room Remodeled and New Equipment Added Mae Jackson, who for the past six years has been operating a beauty parlor at her home on Mosely Street, will move into the old post office building next to the Bank of Eden -1 ton. Mrs. Jackson plans to remodel i the large room on the first floor and with some added equipment will have one of the most commodious and up ! to-date beauty parlors in Eastern Carolina. The building has been occupied by the Farm Security Administration, which on Wednesday moved into the office on the second floor of the Court , House, formerly used by the Sheriff , and later by County Agent N. K. i Rowell. Mrs. Jackson hopes to be able to ’ move into her new quarters by the : first of the month, at which time she < invites all of her customers and ' friends to inspect the new beauty ! parlor, which by its location and new equipment will enable her to : more efficiently serve her public. Joe Habit Host To Fire Fighters Friday Night In token of his appreciation for the splendid work of Edenton’s firemen during a recent fire at his store, Joe Habit will on Friday night be host to ' the fire-fighters at his beer garden : just opposite the fire department. > Mr. Habit will serve an oyster supper to the boys. Fire Chief R. K. Hall urges all i firemen to meet at the fire hall at 8 ' o’clock sharp, as they will go imme diately to supper, which will be served promptly after their arrival. PERFECT SPELLERS - These girls and boys in the Fifth Grade, taught by Mrs. W. S. Sum merell, made a perfect score in spell ing forthe fifth month just ended: ifimßi Ainalev. Ruth Byrum, Ernest Sarah fhHistJl and Mary white. , M /. *£ This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. Members and Friends Anxious to Hear Gov ernor Hoey LOUD SPEAKER Found Impossible to In vite Friends From Nearby Counties What will result in the most inter esting and best attended Chamber of Commerce meeting ever to be held in Edenton will take place tonight (Thursday) in Hotel Joseph Hewes. Governor Clyde Hoey’s presence in Edenton as principal speaker for the occasion has resulted in assurance that every seat in the dining room will be occupied, and following many comments from friends who are not members of the organization of a de sire to hear Mr. Hoey, a loud speaker will be installed in the Court House connecting a microphone before the Governor so that any who desire, may go to the Court House and hear the address. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce was held Monday afternoon and com pleted the program, which has been planned as follows: 7:30 P. M., Concert in lobby of Hotel by the Edenton High School Band (E. L. McCullers, director.) 8:00 P. M., Meeting called to or der by President J. H. Conger, mas ter of ceremonies. Opening song, (C. D. Stewart, leader; Earl Harrell, pianist.) Invocation, by Father E. L. Gross, pastor .of Saint Anne’s Catholic v •», Dinner. Address of Welcome, by John A. Holmes, Superintendent Edenton Graded School System. Recognition of invited guests (Gej. K. Mack and R. R. Roper, engineers. State Highway and . P. W. Commis sion; E. L. McCullers, director of High School Band and others. Vocal Duet, by Miss Rebecca Swanner and brother, Charles, Jr., accompanied by their Hawaiian gui tars. Response to address of welcome, by D. Colin Barnes, commissioner, State Highway and P. W. Commis sion, of Murfreesboro. Presentation of Governor Hoey by E. W. Spires, chairman Governor’s Hospitality Committee for Chowan County ,who will pinch-hit for Bruce Etheridge on account of his inability to attend. Address—Governor Clyde R. Hoey. Closing song. The only unfortunate circumstance in consection with the banquet is the fact that it was first hoped to make it a sectional affair and invite leaders and prominent citizens from all nearby counties, and this information appeared in the newspapers. How ever, as local sales of tickets met with instant response and it was ap parent that a large mapority of the members desired to attend, and in the face of the impossibility of the (Continued on Page Five) Tuttle Again Helps File Income Returns All Reports Must Be Filed On Or Before March 15 For the convenience of assisting tax-payers in filing income tax re turns, R. F. Tuttle will be in his office - his home on Queen Street March 11, 12, 14 and 15. These returns must be filed on or before March 15 to avoid a penalty and Mr. Tuttle urges all who desire his services to see him as soon as possible. . | All unmarried people earning SI,OOO or more during the year must file a return while those who are married must file if their earnings were $2,000 or more during the year. ||9 Rotary Meeting In Parish House Today The regular Rotary luncheon will be held at 1 o’clock today at Hie Parish House and it is hoped every jg member is present. M An especially interesting meeting I was held la* Thursday night when a Jg large number of former Rotarians M were special guests of the Club. John J A. Holmes made a wry intereating | *****