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found s fair presentation of local and comity news of general interest. Volume V.— Number 13 1 Members Edenton Garden Club Anxiously Awaiting First Pilgrimage In State . —. Mrs. Moore Urges Neat And Tidy City For Visitors APRnTiTTO 23 Local Yards and Gar dens Now In Great Splendor Formulation of plans for the recep tion and entertainment of visitors from all over the country who may join in the annual garden club pil grimage being sponsored in this state by the federation having head quarters in Raleigh, are being enter ed into with lively interest by Mrs. J. A. Moore, the local club chairman, and a coterie of Edenton ladies act ing with her. The pilgrimage will be underway from April 9 to April 23, and" it is expected will bring several hundred visitors here during the period. In addition to what garden dis play the town will have to offer— and Mrs. Moore does not feel that be cause Edenton has few elaborate gardens it should not be viewed as in the garden class, for she takes the position that the floral beauty and historic charm of this town when coupled make of Edenton a place of unexampled visitation. Mrs. Moore cites the Dillard-Dixon garden in and about “Beverly Hall” as com parable with any that can be visited in eastern Carolina, and she an nounced the other day that this gar den tract, just now in all its glory, would be thrown open to the pil- statement Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Dixon admitted' was correct. Those pilgrims who may have missed a similar observation else where will be able to see, also, here camellias in full bloom, just now in great beauty at the homes of Mrs. H. G. Wood and Miss Carrie Coke. While a graveyard would hardly be called a flower garden, the varied/ colored floral shrubbery and other pieces in Old St. Paul’s yard are at tracting much notice at this spring season also. As was announced last week the Cupola House will be made the focal point for the visiting tourists. Lunch eons and teas will be served there daily during the pilgrimage. Mrs. Moore is very anxious that efforts be put forth to make Edenton as attractive as possible, for if the coming pilgrimage is put over it means that many more will include Edenton in years to come. Two Days Devoted To Liquor Cases Eight Defendants Con victed as Result of Booze One of the longest sessions of Re corder’s Court in recent years was held Tuesday, extending into Wed nesday when liquor was the result of eight defendants, all of whom ' were found guilty. The court house was crowded to capacity each day by interested spectators to hear evi • dence in the cases, which interest was no doubt due to evidence secured by S. R. Cobb, employed by the Chowan County ABC Board. Heywood Blount, colored, was found guilty of driving a car while under the influence of liquor and was given the minimum sentence of 60 days or payment of S6O and costs, and losing his driving license for 12 months. Llewellyn and Mary Holley, colored, (ContinuedI’on 1 ’on Page Five) Weekly Market Report POULTRY AND EGGS Courtesy Division of Markets N. C. Dept, of Agriculture Monday, March 28 Eastern Section: Eggs—retail— loose 18-20 c dozen; hennery whites 14-16 c; browns 14-16 c; current collec tions 13-16 c. Live , Poultry: Rocks and reds 15-18 c lb.; mixed colors 15c 17c; light breeds *2-15c; broilers and * fryers 20c-22c;' roosters 8-10 c; Retail • % Poultry, live hens 20c lb.; broilers 25-26 c; fryers 25-80 c; Dressed Poul- THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY 'v # j WRESTLER j 5 RICHARD ROGERSON Pictured here m Edenton’s pro duction, “Dick” Rogerson in his latest athletic role at Appala chian State Teachers College, Boone. Discontent to let football occupy his full attention, “Dick” took up wrestling primarily to keep in condition for other sports, but his adeptness at the grappling game enabled him to become a full-fledged member of Coach Red Watkin’s three year undefeated aggregation. Red Men Attendance Contest Bringing Out Members Over 50 members of Chowan Tribe of Red Men jammed into the hall at the regular meeting held on Monday night as the result of an attendance contest pow in progress. The two captains, Ernest Lee and Gus Bunch, / both predict the winning side, but at present Mr. Lee is leading by some thing like 20 points. At the close of the contest, which ends on April 25, a fish fry will be held at Bass Landing which is the incentive for such a splendid turn out. Five new members were added to the Tribe on Monday night. Pocketbook Scheme Just Didn’t Work William Carr and George Russell, of Charlotte, and J. B. Hall, of Rich- j mond, Va., a trio of colored men > were picked up by State Patrolman Gaskill Wednesday morning as they were making a get-away following a ‘ complaint by W. H. Roberts of at- j tempt to fraud. It is said the trio ( in some manner planted a pocket book on the sidewalk near an unsus pecting person and upon investigation it contained a bill of large denomi- j nation. The scheme was to keep the matter quiet and split up the money among the four. Os course they! would be reluctant to have the bill changed and it was the idea to have the onlooker pay the others their proportionate part and he keep the bill which was counterfeit. The three men were placed in jail and will be given a hearing Friday. LEG AMPUTATED J. H.^Adams, who is a patient in the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, remains critically ill, but shows some improvement since the ampu tation of his left leg last week. Debate Held In Court House Friday Night Edenton’s affirmative team will j debate with the negative debaters from Hertford on Friday night in | the annual triangular affair in- | eluding Hertford, Elizabeth City i and Edenton. The local debate will be held in the Court House, the departure from the school be ing necessary on account of hav ing no auditorium at present. For some reason in past yearn these debates have been poorly at tended and a general invitation is extended friends of the school to be present Friday night. Edenton’s debaters are Mary White, Jimmy Hassell, Carl Keeter and Edward II Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 31, 1938. All Is In Readiness For Clean Up Drive Starting On Friday Chairmen of Commit tees Given List of Co-workers ♦ LASTS3O DAYS Chairman White’s Slo gan Is “Clean-up and Paint-up Now” 1 Cooperation has already been shown by householders and merch ants in the “Clean Up-Paint Up” campaign to be started here tomor row and run all through the month of April. Chairman J. Frank White, Jr., has been in touch with all of his committee chairmen, has outlined to each what his or her duties are to be, and has received assurance in every instance that the movement for a cleaner and more attractive town will be carried through to a successful culmination. Mr. White has been personally ag gressive. He has had hundreds of window stickers, attractive in design and import, something like the type of sticker turned out by the Red Cross in its campaigns, for placement in the homes of all those who may show an inclination to join in the campaign. Placards of much larger design, have been provided by Mr. White for display in store and other mercantile establishments setting forth that these places are cooperating and ask ing pointedly if you are, likewise. It is Mr. White’s plan, as it is that of Miss Rebecca Colwell, the Chowan County chairman, to meet each week with the committees, and to encour age them as much as possible to see that no one feels because the cam paign is- to run for- thirty days efforts at beautification should be delayed until the last. On the contrary the campaign’s slogan is “Clean Up— Paint Up Now.” Edenton Soft Ball League Is Assured For This Summer Rotarians, Lions, Red Men and Masons Will Be Represented With the arrival of summer-like , weather the softball bug has been at I work and already there is assurance t of a softball league in Edenton this summer. The four clubs in the loop will again be composed of the Rotary and Lions Clubs, the Red Men and , Masons. The Red Men have chosen Johnny Asbell and Fielding Tanner as managers, while the Rotarians j will be managed by Jesse White and , Earl Goodwin. The Lions and Mas | ons have agreed to enter a team, but have not definitely selected a mana- I ger, though it is probable that Gra l ham Byrum will again manage the Lions, and Jim Daniels the Masons. A meeting will shortly be called to arrange for the schedule and rules to govern the league, which undoubtedly will result in the use of a softball which was cause for considerable controversy last year. From a financial standpoint the four clubs failed in the amount of about $25 each of receiving what they paid last year for the flood lights, and with this debt out of the way this year, it is very likely that all money advanced for the sport will be repaid. The season will get under way earlier this year due to the closing of the high school season about May 1, when the floodlights will be put in place, which this year will be mounted on much higher poles ■ than were used last year. This fact I alone will make playing at night , more satisfactory. ! While nff practice has been called jby any of the clubs, many of those . expecting to play plan to spend a short time on the diamond before the season opens in order to be in shape when play begins. Jim Daniels, who last year added considerable interest to softball by organizing a girls’ team, eays he will again this year have a team which.will play Aggregations from nearby towns. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight at 8 o’clock. Highway Officials Speak At Weekly Meeting Os Lions Major Fulk and Lieu tenant Jones On Program SAFETY~LEAGUE Contract Is Signed For Four Educational Shows In Fall An interesting program developed at the weekly Lions Club meeting on Monday night when members listened to addresses by Major Ar thur Fulk and Lieutenant Lester Jones, of the State Highway Patrol, who agreed to speak to the Lions at i the invitation of Geddes Potter, , chairman of the club’s safety com ■ mittee. • Carrying out the idea of Governor Hoey’s appeal for sane driving on the highways of the State, Major Fulk said that three fundamental principles must be stressed in order ‘ to reduce accidents and deaths on the i highways. These he enumerated as : being education, enforcement and en ; gineering development. He especial ; ly dwelt upon education, advancing a ■ logical idea that in schools, even be i fore students are old enough to drive cars, a course in the rudiments , of car operation and observance of ■ traffic regulations would go a long way to reduce highway accidents. Lieutenant Jones rehearsed some figures relative to automobiles, tell ing the Lions that in North Carolina there are 60,000 miles of highways i and 600,000 automobiles. There are ; 900,000 automobile drivers, he said, which compose three classes—good, i in-between and bad. Included in the letter group are drunken drivers, i who are exceptionally dangerous on I the highways and who many times i object to having their driving license ■ revoked after being convicted. They (Continued on Page Five) State Director Os Public Assistance Talks To Rotarians N. H. Yelton Relates Facts About Old Age Assistance C. D. Stewart, who was to have ; charge of the Rotary program last ! Thursday, gave way to visiting i speakers when N. H. Yelton, State i director of public assistance, and his assistant, H. D. Farrell, addressed l the Rotarians. i Mr. Yelton said there was a lot of ' confusion about the old-age assist i anoe phase of the social security pro gram, explaining that all too many ideas exist that the only requirement to secure this sort of benefit is to be 65 years of age or over. Superin tendents in all of the 100 counties of i the jState, he said, are very anxious to hold down expenses for the various 1 boards of county commissioners, and 1 in the course of their duty make ex haustive investigations to warrant i the placing of names on the relief ! list, which in some instances results ifi much criticism. Mr. Yelton, very conversant on the work in his charge, delved into fig ures showing how many people are - benefited by the various branches of social security as well as the amount of money paid during the past year and what is expected to be paid dur ing the present year. Mr. Farrell, wearing a gold foot ball as a watch charm, was asked to speak briefly concerning his opin ion of the sport. He is a former University of Nbrth Carolina player and during his remarks he said that he was convinced that some of the experience he gained on the football field has been of far more benefit to him since leaving college than many of the subjects included in the curri culum. Mr. Stewart will have charge of to day’s meeting, and it is hoped every member will be present. JAKE MUTH SICK Jake Muth, popular soda jerker at Mitchener’s Pharmacy, was taken suddenly ill Wednesday morning and after treatment by a physician was carried to his home on West Eden Street. His friends will regret to learn of his illness. 1 /. Cbwan Herald Announces Drive For New Subscribers Lasting Only Seven Weeks ■ | Fishing Taboo | J. G. Perry, Chowan County game warden, this week desires to emphasize the fact that the closed season for fishing will be gin tomorrow, April 1, and con tinue until May 10. This applies to hook and line and rod and reel fishing, and Mr. Perry urges strict observance of the law. Anyone caught fishing during the closed season will be prosecuted, warns the game warden. It is possible, however, that permission will be granted to fish on Easter Monday, which * will be observed as a holiday by some of the local business establishments. 16th District Meeting And Clean Up Drive Interest Club Women Over 500 Delegates Ex pected to Spend Day In Edenton AT THEATRE Prize Offered For Best Essay on Better Homes Week Observance Arrangements have been completed for the meeting of home demonstra tion club members of the Sixteenth > District which will be held in Eden- j ton Thursday, April 14. The meet • ing, which is expected to attract over 500 delegates, will be held in the Taylor Theatre, the principal speaker for which will be Mrs. .James S. Ficklin, of Greenville. Considerable interest is shown in the various Chowan County clubs in connection with the district meeting,! and no efforts will be spared to make the occasion a very pleasant one for the visitors. Aside from this meeting the clubs are also cooperating and expect to take an active part in the Clean Up Campaign which will be more or less in progress during the month of April, but will officially be observed nationally during the week of April 24 to 30. The County Council of home dem onstration clubs is sponsoring an es say contest in connection with Better Homes Week, with a prize of $2.50 in cash being offered for the best paper turned in by a county student. The subject about which the essay will be written is “A Student’s Part In Making Chowan Clean and More Attractive.” Dr. Whichard Made President Os Class Friends will be delighted to know that Dr. M. P. Whichard, who is at tending a special course in public health work at the University of North Carolina, was on Tuesday elected president of his class. There are 150 in the class, all outstanding physicigps, which makes the honor all the more outstanding. The course, which is necessarily short, is one of j four now in progress in the country, j Music Contest In Edenton Saturday ‘The Northeastern District of Federated Music Clubs will have its annual music contest in Eden ton on Saturday, April 2, at 10:30 a. m., when musicians from Bethel, Robersonville, Conway, Enfield, Hertford and Edenton will be represented. Judges in the contest will be Gene Gorman, trumipet; Miss Emily Mann, voice, and Mrs. Madge Taylor, piano, all of Eli zabeth City. Mrs. R. M. Riddick, of Hertford, is district counselor, and Mrs. V. A. Ward, of Roberson ville, senior director. Mrs. Leon Lewis is counselor for the Edenton Music Club. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. I Approximately SBOO to Be Distributed For Spare Time Work BEGINSTODAY Early Entrants Have Advantage In Vote Getting Publishers of The Herald have planned and take pleasure in an nouncing today, a subscription cam paign in which over SBOO in cash prizes and estimated commissions will be awarded to enterprising people throughout this trade territory dur ing the next seven weeks. The Herald realizes that there is no such thing as standing still or marking time. A business is either going forward or backward. The Herald wants more readers —its ad vertisers likewise—and so SBOO is to be distributed in Chowan and adja cent counties among those who desire to aid the Herald in this undertak ing. It affords everyone who desires to cash in on their spare time a money-making opportunity with lib eral pay. It costs nothing to enter the con test, and costs nothing to win. It is not necessary to give all of one’s time—just the spare moments of each day. It is open to men, women, boys and girls—everyone can take part and share in this SBOO distribution. The contest department is located in The Herald Building in Edenton. In the ad today appears an entry blank, good for 5,000 votes. Addi tional votes are obtained by securing subscriptions new and'nld, anywhere. More votes are offered in the begin ning than later. See vote schedule and rules governing contest. So it’s a job for everyone, and : everyone should enter. Don’t delay 1 or be surprised to see your neighbor after this SBOO. Phone 35 and let us tell you more about this money maker. We’re waiting! The earlier one starts, the better the chance is to win; it costs nothing to enter. Everyone Wins. The very least you can receive is 20 percent of every dollar you collect. Three hundred dollars for 45 days work! Someone in Edenton trade territory is going to get on The Herald’s pay roll and. earn this amount—which is a pretty good salary these days, don’t you think—with nothing invest ed save one’s time? This opportunity is offered in con nection with the paid-in-advance sub scription drive that is opening today —and full details of which will be found in this issue. Nor is that all—sloo is the salary to be paid second highest subscrip tion getter; SSO, third, and so on down—with $1 out of every $5 guar anteed all competing. Young Democrats Meet Today At 5:30 Canvass Under Way to Boost Local Mem bership Though .ery few turned up for the meeting of Young Democrats at the Court House on Monday night, ; plans were put in motion to boost the membership. Membership cards were distributed and a canvass is now underway to j add to the membership which for the past few years has been in a state | of dormancy. Another meeting has been called for today (Thursday) afternoon at ; : J 5:30 o’clock at the Court House when it is hoped enough of those in terested will be on hand to effect a new organization. T. Wallace Jones has been president of the group since its organization several years ago. AUSTRIAN ROTARY CLUB QUITS j J Eleven Rotary clubs in Austria ! have formally dissolved since the J country became a German province, according to an announcement made j by Chesley R. Perry, secretary of Rotary International. Forty-two Ro tary clubs in Germany disbanded in October of last year because of oppo sition from the Nazi party. 1
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