North Carolina Newspapers

In these columns will be found f fair pfigikiaHon local and county news < of tenoral interest. Vplume V. —Number 19. Mrs. A. S. Bush Receives 50 -Gallon Gasoline Prize; In Subscription Campaign! —— i » . Only Few Votes Sepa-lj rate Two Leading Contestants ENDSMAY 21 Interest Increasing as Workers Make Home Stretch Drive Mrs. A. S. Bush, of Cross Roads, won the 60 gallons of gasoline for selling the most subscriptions last week in The Chowan Herald’s big subscription drive, and moved into first position in the campaign. Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell, of Edenton, was second in the race for the special prize and holds second place in the race for the S3OO which will be awarded Saturday, May 21st. These two leaders have been working hard for the first positions and only a few votes separate them. Mrs. E. J. Langdale, of Bertie County, who has the support of her many friends, climbed into third place this week. Mrs. A. E. Stillman and Mrs. R. L. Pratt, here in Eden ton, are strong contenders for the big prizes and expect good reports Saturday that may change the en tire standing as published today. Miss Ethel Bowen, of Merry Hill, Mrs. Roy Parks, of Ryland, MLrs. Bes sie Allen, of Colerain, and Miss Edith Bond, of Edentdu, report inter est among their friends in the cam paign is increasing daily and they expedl their best reports Saturday. The people throughout the terri tory are taking a personal interest in their favorites in the campaign, and because the race is so close, all are eagerly watching the progress of the candidates and look forward to the published standing each week. The votes on subscriptions will de crease again Saturday—to the lowest schedule of the entire campaign. Until Saturday a one-year subscrip tion will give a contestant 6,000 votes, after Saturday only 3,000. These are the days when friends of the workers should support their favorite and they are the days that will tell of the resourcefulness of the candidates. Here is where their courage upholds them and makes them fight or the lack of it takes the stiffness out of their knees and leaves them trailing in the dust. The Chowan Herald is justly proud of the contestants who are competing for the prizes, and each community is proud of its representative. The different communities are supporting (Continued on Page Seven) Edenton’s Second Attractive Cachet Now Ready For Use Requests For Unique Covers' Should Bcf Made Early Last * October when the historic Chowan County Court House flew to all jjarts of the -nation and many foreign countries, as the local cachet, during North Carolina Air Mail Week, little was thought that •it would attract the attention of stamp and cover collectors all over the country. There were five hundred. and sixteen of these covers sent from j. this'office during th‘e week of October i 11th to 16th, and since that time there have been nearly five hundred requests for them from coast to coast. The reason for this popular demand for the Edenton cover was beqpuse it was the only unofficial local iover in the State during that celebration. This year, “National Air Mail Week” May 16 to 21, will be the official national celebration of the twentieth anniversary of regularly scheduled air mail service. The first air mail route, inaugurat ed on May 16,1918, was only a short line between New. York and Wash ington, a distance of 218 miles. Since that time the Air Mail system has expanded" to a system of 62,826 > miles on which planes flew, last year, a total of more than seventy million THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY » 1 ■- ■ j| HEAP BIG CHIEF | ••• w /■ §k ARTHUR S. HOLLOWELL Meeting in Rocky Mount this ‘ week, the Great Council of Im proved Order of Red Men elected Atr. Hollowell Great Sachem of North Carolina. Jess Powell Selected For National “Who’s Who” In Universities Picked From Students From 475 Schools In United States Friends will be interested to know that Jess Powell, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell, a student at Vir -1 ginia Military Institute, has been selected as one of the outstanding students in America, having been in ' eluded in “Who’s Who” among stu dents in American Universities and i Colleges. This selection was made ■ by an unprejudiced committee from i the respective universities, and Mr. 1 Powell’s biography appears in an annual publication in which over 475 universities and colleges were repre sented. Students are not selected because of scholarship record' alone, ■ but because of their record in extra i curricula activities, athletics and fu : ture possibilities. The selection is the only national means of'recogni tion which is devoid of all politics, initiation fees and dues. Jess was born at Harrellsville on September 26, 1916, later moving to Edenton where he was an outstand ing student in the local high school. While at V. M. I. he has been a member of second class finance com- j mittee, assistant manager of baseball, assistant manager of boxing, member of The Hop committee, staff secretary of “The Cadets,” manager of fresh -1 men baseball, president of Methodist Church Club, and member of the Vir- ginia Academy of Science. In commenting on his hobbies, Mr. Powell says: “In the true sense of the word, I have no hobbies. How ever, I am very much interested in out-door sports of all kinds. Since I am in the cavalry here at school, I get many chances to enjoy riding, one of my favorite activities.” I New Record i i Hanging up what is no doubt an all-time one day collection record for sheriff of Chowan County, Sheriff J. A. Bunch, as sisted by his wife, on Saturday collected $14,000 of 1937 taxes. The day was the decline prior to delinquent taxpayers being ad vertised, and resulted in far better response than had been anticipated by the Sheriff. Not feeling safe to allow this amount of money remain in his flimsy office, the Sheriff to the trouble to have the money t deposited in the Bank of Edenton over the week-end. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight at 8 o’clock. All members* as well as visitors, are i iiTQ~fft.fi fn nttpnd Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 12,1938. 111 I IIIWM IMI MUM Ml I .111 ■IW ■ 1 ■l■—«—l ■» ■M ■ ■ «jjj»" » ■ 1 Edenton’s Air Mail Cachet j NATIONAL d > AIR MAIL WEEK t I MAY 15-21, 1938 0 \ EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA | lEiintton Qfea JTartg 4 ON OCT. SB. 1774. FIFTY-ONE IADIKI OF IOINTON MIT P AND PASSED PATRIOTIC RKSOLVSS IOT TO DRINK ANY TAX IMPOSED TKA. ™ COMPLIMENTS OF i t t t t t t t Above appears as near as possible a reproduction of the cover to be used in Edenton during the ob servance of National Air Mail Week. Fifteen hundred of these atteractive envelopes will be furnished free to purchasers of ail mail stamps during ‘the week, many requests for which have already been re ceived by Postmaster C. E. Kramer. Seniors At Chowan Told Os Dangers Os Mental Immediacy Battles of Life Require Much Training and Organization MANY^THRILLS Professor Jasper Mem ory Speaks at Finals Tonight Commencement exercises at Chow an High School, begun Sunday night when Rev. R. E. Walston preached to the graduating class, their relatives and friends, attracted capacity houses in each instance and will terminate tonight (Thursday) when graduation exercises will be held. Mr. Walston in the main ‘warned those who were completing their high school career of the danger of men tal immediacy which he said was equally as unsatisfactory as the many get-rich-quick schemes in the financial realm of life. “You have had several years of training,” he said, “but you have not completed your education for there are many new lessons to learn and many bat tles of life will have to be fought in your mind, and in the preparation for which, if you are to succeed, will re quire considerable training and or ganization to combat. Confidence is necessary as well as courage for suc cess in the pursuit of which there can be dishonorable compromise.” ! Thrills are greatly desired in this age, said the speaker, and in empha (Continued on Page Seven) Arthur S. Hollowed Heads Red Men Os State Coming Year Elected Great Sachem Tuesday at Rocky Mount Meeting Arthur S. Hollowell was signally honored Tuesday when he was elected Great Sachem of Red Men in North Carolina. His election took place in Rocky Mount where the Great Coun cil was in session Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Hollowell has been taking an active part in State Redmapship for the past ten years and has gradually advanced from one office tb another until he has now reached the highest office at the hands of the respective tribes. He has been 1 a guiding spirit in Chowan Tribe, No. 12, and for many years has served in the capac ity of collector of wampum. Accompanying Mr. Hollowell at the Great Council meeting were W. J. Daniels and O. H. Brown, both of whom are also committeemen in tihe Great Council. I Greensboro was selected as (ine city to entertain the Great Council next year. Committees Start To Function For Big Bridge Celebration E. W. Spires Has Ten tative Plans For En tertainment LISTNAMED Efforts Hoped to Create Publicity For Albe marle Area Though plans are still in a tenta tive state, all committees in connec tion with the celebration of the com pletion and opening of the new Albe marle Sound bridge have been named and each group is thinking and plan ning earnestly in the hope that the affair will be a great success and a means of greatly publicizing the Albemarle area. Each committee has a tremendous task to perform to properly put the celebration across, one the least of it will fall upon the entertainment and program commit tees, whose work will necessarily be along similar lines. E. W. Spires, chairman of the en tertainment committee, has visions of a boat regatta, band concerts by neighboring bands, a Coast Guard cutter at the scene and a number of other interesting features which will j be presented to his committee very soon. The complete list of committees appointed follows: Central Committee: W. W. Byrum, E. W. Spires, Chowan County; D. B. (Continued on Page Seven) Orioles Will Tackle Edenton On Sunday Local Club Loses Third Straight to Elizabeth City 11-2 i Edenton’s entry in the Virginia- Carolina baseball league dropped its third consecutive game to Elizabeth City Sunday afternoon on the latter’s diamond, the score being 11 to 2. The local swatters were unable to solve the slants of Daughtrey and Brumsey, only three safeties being tabulated in the hit column. While the locals were being retired in al most one-two-three order the Eliza beth City hitters took to their liking the curves of Crabtree and Ambrose for a total of 13 bingles. Edenton scored their only two runs in the ; first inning, but thereafter were held scoreless. Fans will have an opportunity to ■ witness the strong Orioles aggrega tion on the local diamond Sunday af ternoon, the game beginning at 3:30 i o’clock. Manager Joe Webb is seeking a ’ new pitcher for this game, who ! with the proper support should turn in the first win for Edenton. The i team has shown considerable im l provement and officials predict a very good game Sunday. Lack Os Facilities GreaUy Handicaps School’s Exercises Unable to Use New Au ditorium For Com mencement 32 GRADUATE Baptist Church, Armory And School Steps Used During Week Though it was hoped to be able to hold at least some of the commence ment exercises of the Edenton High School in the new auditorium this year, it was announced early this week that the building was not far enough completed to use, which greatly handicaps the popular func tions in connection with the gradua tion of seniors. The first exercises of the week were held Sunday night in the Bap tist Church when the pastor, Rev. E. L. Wells, preached the baccalaureate sermon. The church was crowded with the graduates, their parents, j relatives and friends, and Mr. Wells delivered a very appropriate and forceful sermon. Taking Moses as an example, Mr. Wells urged the young people in their new phase of life to choose the life of faith. Moses, he said, was taught to wor ship God and when he became ma ture he put away childish things and! by faith gave to those who follow a. j key to a great career. Special music . was furnished by! Mrs. M. A. Hughes and Harvey Ches ton. On Tuesday night the seventh grade exercises were held on the steps of the school when hundreds of relatives and' friends watched 75 students receive their diplomas which allow them to enter high school next year. The program was preceded by half-hour band concert by the high school band which added consider ably to the pleasure of the evening. The senior play, another very pop- j ular phase of commencement exer- 1 cises, was forced to be cancelled due to no appropriate place to stage the affair. (Continued on Page Seven) HOW THEY STAND What a race! Any of the lead ers can win. All that separates Victory and Defeat is a few sub scriptions, and now is the time to get them. Saturday marks the close of the Third Period—cash in on those promises now while votes are high. Mrs. A. S. Bush 1,717,000 Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell —1,715,000 Mrs. E. J. Langdale 1,701,000 Mrs. Ernest Stillman 1,700,000 Mrs. Robert Pratt 1,699,000 1 Mrs. Eugene Baker 995,000 ' Miss Ethel Bowen 775,000 1 Mrs. Roy Parks 646,000 Miss Edith Bond 408,000 Mrs. Bessie Allen 405*000 This newspaper it circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wM realtor good results. $1.25 Per Year. County Democratic Convention Be Held Saturday Afternoon Chairman B. W. Evans Urges All Delegates To Attend MEETINGAT 3 P. M. Principal Business Is Selecting Delegates to State Convention The Democratic Convention of Chowan County will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Court House at which time delegates to the State Convention will be elected as well as any other business transacted. B. W. Evans, chairman of the County Executive Committee, is very anxious to have a representative gathering of the six precincts of the County and urges every precinct delegate to try to be on hand. Precinct meetings were held last Saturday afternoon which for the most part were poorly attended and The Herald was unable to procure re sults in only two of these, East Edenton and Center Hill. In East Edenton the precinct com mittee elected were as follows: Mrs. Wood Privott, T. Wallace Jones, J. A. Bunch, R. P. Badham and E. W. Spires, and immediately following their election the following officers were elected: Chairman, T. Wallace Jones; vice chairman, Mrs. Wood Privott. E. W. Spires was elected secretary of the meeting. The following delegates to the County Convention, and , alternates, were named: Delegates: T. Wallace Jones, Mrs. Wood Privott, E. W. Spires, Jno. R. Wheeler, Wood Privott, C. T. Griffin, J. B. Webb, Julien Wood, Herbert R. Leary, M. W. Jackson, S. E. Morris, F. W. Hobbs, H. C. Goodwin, M. L. Bunch, J. Alvah Bunch, R. F. Elliott, Robert L. Pratt. Alternates: W. J. Taylor, Ed Habit, Frank Hughes, Mrs. Ethel Boyce, B. F. Britton, Fred Ashley, Charles Morgan, J. Frank White, Jr., Henry, Rogerson. J. Edwin Bufflap, G. M. Byrum, R. B. Hollowell, E. W. Bond, W. J. Yates, W. M. Wilkins, A. R. Chappell, J. W. Cates. At Center Hill, W. H. Winbome, Mrs. R. H. Hollowell, L. W. Belch, T. L. Evans and J. I. Boyce were elected as the precinct committee, with the following to serve as dele gates to the County Convention: W, H. Winborne, Mrs. R. H. Hollowell, Mrs. B. W. Evans, L. W. Belch, T. L. I Evans, J. I. Boyce and R. H. Good win. Revival Begins At Methodist Church j On Monday Night Dr. J. Marvin Culbreth Os Rocky Mount Will Preach What will be known as the Alders gate revival meeting for the Metho dist Church will begin Monday night at eight o’clock. Dr. J. Marvin Cul , breth, presiding elder of the Rocky I Mount District of the Methodist i Church, will preach each evening. He is known throughout the North I Carolina conference as an excellent j preacher and a beloved leader. Dr. | Culbreth will bring messages of new inspiration for all his hearers, i This meeting will culminate on Tuesday evening, May 24th, which is the two hundredth anniversary of i the conversion experience of John Wesley, from which came the Meth odist Church. This date will be celebrated and memorialized b y Methodists throughout the world. The public is cordially invited and urged to attend this meeting. Reports On Program At Rotary Meeting Today’s program at the Rotary luncheon will be principally utilized by reports from Edenton Rotarians who attended the district meeting held last week jn Elizabeth City. Last week’s meeting was called off due to the majority of the local club’s members attending some of the ses sions of the district meeting.