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Volume V.—Number 20.
Chowan Connty Democrats
Re-elect B. Watner Evans
Head Executive Committee
Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Vice
Chairman and R. D.
Dixon Secretary
18 DELEGATES
Precincts Represented
According to Number
Votes Polled
Democrats of Chowan County met
in convention Saturday afternoon at
the Court House when B. Warner
Evans was re-elected chairman of the
County Executive Committee. Mrs.
E. N\ Elliott as vice chairman and
Richard D. Dixon as secretary were
likewise re-elected. The principal
order of business was the selection
of delegates to the State Convention
which will- be held in Raleigh today
(Thursday).
Chairman Evans read a telegram
from Congressman Lindsey Warren
in which he expressed the hope for a
successful county convention as well
as expressing his appreciation of the
support given him by Chowan voters
in the past. Upon motion of J. L.
Wiggins, Secretary Dixon was auth
orised to wire Congressman Warren,
congratulating him for his unopposed
nomination to succeed himself. “Mr.
Warten has served us well," said Mr.
"Wiggins, “which is very good reason
for no one in the district offering
any opposition.” Mr. Warren will be
the keynote speaker at the State
Convention.
According to the votds polled in
thA last election for Governor, Chow
an Cotthty is entitled to nine votes
iruibe State Convention. Mr. Evans
ejgfresseß his opinion, however, that
in «m)er> rnoi* Aquato dtoribute
representation among we nix pre
cincts in the county it would be logi
cal to name 18 delegates, each en
titled to a half vote, which was ac
cordingly done. These delegates
were also selected in proportion to
the vote cast in the precinct.
The delegates selected are:
East Edenton—E. W. Spires, John
R. Wheeler, Mrs. Wood Privott, R.
L. Pratt and T. W. Jones.
West Edenton —J. H. McMullan, W.
T. Satterfield, John P. White, R. D.
Dixon and John W. Graham.
Wardville —T. A. Berryman, A. D.
Ward and T. L. Ward.
Rocky Hock—W. H. Pierce and J.
C. Haste.
Center Hill—L. W. Belch and Mrs.
B. W. Evans.
( Yeopirn—Thomas B. Wood.
In event any of the delegates will
not. be able to attend the State Con
vention, the chairman or a majority i
of the delegates who do attend were]
given authority to select substitutes,
for those who were elected. It was .
the desire that all of the county’s
voting strength be represented.
Recognition was made of the pass-1
ing since the last County Convention
of Z. W. Evans, John C. Bond, J. C.
Byrum, T. Elbert White, E. I. War
ren, W. E. Hassell, T. J. Etheridge,
C. D. Webb and H. G. Wood. Sec
retary Dixon was instructed to draw
up appropriate resolutions.
Before adjourning a rising vote of
thanks was tendered the County Exe
cutive Committee for their efforts
and interest in the welfare of the
party.
In accepting the chairmanship Mr.
Evans expressed deep appreciation!
for the honor and the confidence be
stowed upon him and promised his
continued interest and efforts for the
welfare of the party.
Colored Man Victim
Os Hit-Run Accident
Haywood Raynor, 48-year-old coir
ored man was fa* critical coition.
Wednesday following * hit-and-run
accident hear Hancock -Station about
1 o’clock Wednesday mopping. Ray
nor was hit by an Automobile as he
driver faijed to stop and &*» not bean
Maeordc
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Due to evangelistic services being
held this week in the Methodist
Church, the regular meeting of
TJnanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. P. & A.
M. has been postponed and instead!
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Chowan County Democrats in
convention on Saturday after
noon re-elcted Mr. Evans as
chairman of the County Execu
tive Committee.
May 26 Witt Be Big
Day For Lovers Os
Bands In Edenton
Four Organizations Will
Pefforfti at Armory
Building:
STREETPARADE
Purpose to Raise Funds
To Pay For Local
Uniforms
Plans are now underway, perfec
tion of which was being completed
at about the same time The Herald
went to press, for a musical program
which should attract a largo crowd
of people to the Edenton Armory. It
is the purpose of C. L. McCullers, di
rector of the Edenton High School
Band, to have three other bands as
gueßta of the local band on Thursday,
i May 26, when individual concerts
I will be rendered, culminating with a
I mass concert by the combined bands.
1 The affair will be prefaced with a
I parade through the business section,
| starting at 7:30 o’clock.
j Members of visiting bands which
• will include organizations from Eli
zabeth City, Ahoskie and Robereon
ville, will be entertained during the
afternoon at a fish fry near the
Chowan River bridge, after which
swimming will be enjoyed at Eden
house Beach.
At the Armory not only band con
certs will be held, but plans call for
a brief fiddlers convention as well as
round and square dancing. The pro
gram is scheduled to begin at 7:30
o’clock and continue until midnight.
The purpose of the affair is to raise
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Pick The Winner!
Hie names of the candidates in
The Herald’s big subscription
drive which closes at 8 o’clock on
Saturday night are printed below
m alphabetical order. The posi
tion of the name does not denote
the standing.
Mrs. Bessie Allen ■ .
Mrs. Eugene Baker
Mias Edith Bond
- Mias Ethel Bowen
Mrs. A. S. Bhsh
i Mm. Raleigh Hollowell
iMrs. E. J. Langdale
Mm. Roy Parks
Mm. Robert Pratt
Every hour that remains has
II theorize' 1 >j!l wj! I
Edenton, Chowan bounty, North Carolina, Thursday, May 19, 1938.
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Early American Art
Now On Exhibition
At Court House
Display Arranged By
Clerk of Court R. D.
Dixon
FIRST SHOWING
Maps Displayed Made
Between Years of
1737 and 1837
Residents of Edenton and visitors
as well have now an opportunity to
witness an exhibition of early Amer
ican art never before put on display.
The exhibition is the result of efforts
of Richard D. Dixon, who has .26
maps attractively arranged 9n tin
wall in the clerk of court’s office.
The maps represent 100 years -of
surveyors’ art between 1737 and
1837.
These maps were taken from old
court records and were made by
court surveyors under order of court
for use in law suits and disputes over
land. They are especially attractive
in that they are beautifully colored
and show well-known localities situ
ated on water courses.
Their presence in Chowan Court
House is due to the fact that they
came up along with other land dis
putes when Supreme Court was held
in Edenton. Nine counties are repre
sented in the display including
Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Gates, Hertford, Halifax, Bertie,
Tyrrell and Washington.
Mr. Dixon makes no charge for
viewing the exhibit, though it con
sumed considerable time and re
search work to compile his collec
tion. ife will, however, close the ex
hibit on Saturday, May 28 , after
whieh the maps will be filed away in
.the olji records. Anyone interested
in weeing the exhibit can do so week
days from 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5
irt afternoon.
Bank Os Edenton Will
Be Closed Tomorrow
Tomorrow, May 20, the Bank of
Edenton will be closed all day in
order to observe Mecklenburg Inde
pendence Day, a legal holiday for
banking institutions. Patrons of the
bank are asked to note the holiday
and transact their banking business
accordingly.
Juniors Organize
Baseball League
Much interest prevails among the
boys of the town over rivalry in a
junior baseball league which was
started last week. Four teams com
pose the loop including the Yankees,
Mill Team, North Edenton and Rinky
Dinks. Three games a week are
played with the Yankees heading the
league Wednesday.
Air Mail Week In
Edenton Success
Requests Coming From
Many States For At
tractive Covers
National air mail week, so far as
Edenton is concerned at least, was a
j complete success, even by far ex-
I ceeding the expectations of Post
master C. E. Kramer. The local of
fice was furnished'6oo ol the special
issue air mail stamps and on Tuesday
the supply exhausted. Mr.
Kramer in desperation immediately
got in touch with neighboring offices
and fortunately was able to secure
enough to furbish local patrons.
Fifteen hundred envelopes stocked, for
the event, carrying an attractive
cachet on which the Edenton tea pot
_was featured; were, almost all dis
tributed by Wednesday.
-Of particular gratification to Mr.
Kramer has been the numerous re
quests for the Edenton covers. Re
quests have been veceived from
rMaqitoba, Canada, New York state,
Texas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wis
consin, South Carolina, Virginia,
Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Califor
nia, Illinois, 'Mississippi, Massachu
setts and many sections of North
Carolina.
' Mr. Kramer is much pleased with
I the publicity given to both Edenton
] cachets and ventures the opinion
1 that the same amount of advertising
hBVe C ° Bt
New Schedule For
Collection Os Trash
In Effect Monday
Change Made In Effort
To Present Cleaner
Town 1
ONETRIP
Citizens Urged to Co
operate With Street
Department
In an effort to render more efficient
service and thereby result in a cleaner
town, a revised schedule of trash
collection in Edenton has been made
and will go into effect next Monday.
The present street force, due to lack
of a systematic schedule, is over
worked and at the same time unable
to properly collect trash, thereby in
many instances causing unsightly
premises which by a proper schedule
and cooperation can very easily be
overcome.
The new schedule calls for collec
tion of trash once each week day all
over town, except on unpaved streets,
where it is not collected on Thurs
days. This day is devoted to sweep
ing streets which calls into service
the entire street force.
Citizens are asked to note the
change in time for putting out trash,
and it is hoped full cooperation will
be given in the effort to have a
cleaner town.
The schedule as it goes into effect
> is as follows:
Business section (Broad Street,
' Water to Church Streets and East
King to Court) 8 A. M. and 5 P. M.
8:30 A. M.—West Church Street.
West Queen Street, West Eden
Street, West King Street, West
' Water Street, Granville Street (Wa
ter to" Carteret) Blount Street.
10:30 A. M.—East King Street,
Cotton Mill village, East Water
Street' East Court Street, East Eden
Street, East Queen Street, East
Church Street, Oakum Street (Water
to Church).
, 1:30 P. M.—East and West Gale
Street, East and West Albemarle
Street, East and West Carteret
Street, East and West Freemason
Street, East Peterson Street, East
Hacks Street, Oakum Street (Church
to Hicks), West Peterson Street,
West Hicks Street, Granville Street
(Carteret to Hicks), North Edenton.
| C. Os C. Meeting |
An important meeting of the
Chamber # of Comcerce will be
held in the Municipal Buildding
Monday night at 8 o’clock. At
this meeting plans will be form
ulated for the new year begin- /
ning in June. Every member
and those interested in the wel
fare of the county are urged to
attend.
Equipment Bought
For Edenton School
1,000 Will Be
Placed In New Au
ditorium
Equipment to the amount of about
$6,000 was purchased for the new
Edenton High School auditorium and
new class rooms last Thursday after
noon when bids were opened at the
Court House in the presence of the
Edenton school trustees, County
Board of Education and County Com
missioners. The bids were opened
by Frank Benton, architect for im
provements at the school, and after
.quite a lengthy inspection of various
items and consideration of each bid,
contracts were let.
The Southern Desk. jSupply Com- ■
pany of Hickory, was successful bid
der for pupils’ desks and shades,
library tables and chairs and the
curtain for the auditorium stage.
The American Seating Company
Was awarded the contract for 1,000
seats for the auditorium, which to
taled $3,280. Together with this
equipment, they were awarded the
contract to furnish lockers, magazine
stands, newspoper racks and home
economics tables and chairs.
It is expected that improvements
and installation of all the new equip
ment will be completed in about 30
The old auditorium chairs have
been removed to the Armory.
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The Herald’s Subscription
Campaign Winds Up Seven
Weeks Race Next Saturday
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J. B. CRAVEN
John B. Craven, mayor of
Lexington, was elected president
of the North Carolina Building
and Loan League at its 35th an
nual meeting in Pinehurst on
Friday. Wheeler Martin, o f
Williamston, was elected vice
president and Martin F. Gaudian, j
of Greensboro, was re-elected
secretary and treasurer.
Farmers Os Chowan
Asked To Meet At
Court Hoose May 23
E. F. Arnold Will Dis-
Discuss Matters of f
Vital Interest
R. C. Holland, president of Chowan
County Farm Bureau, has called a
meeting of all farmers residing in
Chowan County to be held at the
Court House in Edenton at 3*SO P.
M. on Monday, May 23. E. F. Ar
nold, executive secretary of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau, will be pres
ent at this meeting and will discuss i
the activities of both the American
Farm Bureau Federation and thej
North Carolina Farm Bureau with re
spect to benefits already obtained sor 1
the farmers of North Carolina andj
those sought to be obtained before'
the close of the year with the help of'
the North Carolina Farm Bureau. i
Mr. Arnold will make a report on 1
his observations in Washington, D.
C., in connection with the possibilities
of a 1938 peanut program.
This is an important meeting and
all farmers of Chowan County have
a direct interest in the subjects to be
discussed, and should not let any- 1
thing prevent them from being pres
ent. i
Chowan Farmers Vote 1
For Potato Control
Though few Irish potatoes are
grown in Chowan County, seven,
farmers voted in the potato referen- 1
dum held Friday and Saturday. All
seven voted in favor of control, de-,
spite the fact that tabulations in
State papers credited Chowan with |
seven voting for control and nine vot- 1
ing against. The report sent in by,
County Agent N. K. Rowell was none
against, which was mistaken for nine. j
The Judges |
Publishers of The Herald are
just as much at sea at this writ
ing asto who will win the major
prises in the subscription cam
paign which comes to a close
Saturday night as any reader.
The outcome will be known as
soon after 8 o’clock as possible.
Judges who will tabulate the
final vote will be Mrs. E. N.
Elliott, E. W. Spires and John
M. Elliott.
Use Your Muffler
An open mind is all right, but the
open mouth, is often worse than an
open cut-OUt. Lafayette Journal-
Courier.
This newspaper is circu
lated in ike territory '
where Advertisers wiU
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Vearl
Winner of First Prize
Still Hanging In
Balance
CLOSES~AT 8 P. M.
Three Judges Will Tab
ulate Final Votes and
* Name Winners
The Herald’s largest and most
successful circulation campaign will
close this Saturday night at 8 o’clock.
The sealed ballot box system will be
used as announced at the beginning
lof the campaign. The contestants
and their friends will deposit all sub
scriptions secured this week in the
Ballot Box which is located in The
Herald office. By using this method
of closing the campaign, no one, not
even the manager, will know the
voting strength of the workers until
the judges break the seals, open the
box and begin the check and count at
8 o’clock Saturday night.
This has been a fairly fought cam
paign. It has been conducted along
absolutely impartial lines. The best
campaigners are going to win. Those
who apply themselves during every
minute there is left are the ones
whose chances are the best. The bat
tle of votes during the past few days
! has been waged at the fastest pace of
I the entire campaign with the leaders
; straining every nerve in their efforts
; for supremacy.
j The stage is set. Everything is in
j readiness for the overwhelming rush
of subscriptions that will come. The
ballot box is ready, the judges select
ed, and the contestants have checked
their campaign records with the re
cords of the campaign department.
The judges will check the subscrip
tions in the ballot box, issue votes on
them, and add each,contestant’s votes
from their reports in the ballot box
to their previous totals, and in this
way will determine the winners in
the contest.
i One guess is as good as another.
The campaign has been a close race
, throughout, and at the close of the
third period last Saturday night,
Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell and Mrs. A.
S. Bush were the leaders. The close
ness of the race will bring good sup
port from their friends, this, the last
week of the campaign, and the sub
scriptions turned in this week will
determine the winner.
| Also among the top flight are Mrs.
E. J. Langdale, Mrs. Ernest Stillman
| and Mrs. Robert Pratt, who realize
| that a few subscriptions is the only
. difference in Victory and Defeat.
| They are after those subscriptions
too! Miss Ethel Bowen, Miss Edith
Bond, Mrs. Roy Parks, Mrs. Eugene
1 Baker and Mrs. Bessie Allen expect
good reports this week to build up
their vote scores and there may be a
i dark horse among them. It is a race
well worth watching. One thing is
certain—none of the prizes have been
won yet.
i Now is the time, if ever, to help
your favorite in this race for a big
prize. Your subscription now for
’ one, two or more years may be the
j deciding factor in the race. Here is
an opportunity to help the contest
ant you are backing to win, without
costing you one cent more for your
favorite newspaper. In fact you are
saving money.
! Do not wait to be asked to sub
scribe this last week, for in his or her
haste to cover as much ground as
1 possible during the closing hours of
I the campaign, the one you would like
' to help may not be able to reach you.
Too, the offer of voluntary support
would be extra pleasing and hearten-
ing to your favorite.
Old School Chairs
Moved To Armory
Between 200 and 300 chairs form
erly used in the Edenton school audi
torium were on Wednesday moved to
the Armory building. New chqirs
have been purchased for the new
auditorium thus permitting use in
the Armory of the old chairs. This
number is far too small to adequate
ly furnish the Armory, but can be
used in emergency until new ones are
furnished.
Lucky
European movie fans complain that
they can’t understand what the actors
are saying in American-made talkies.
They don’t know how lucky they are.
—Judge.