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Volume V.—Number 22.
v p. J. Warner Killed
Instantly Saturday
f In Auto-Truck Crash
I Ford Car and Ice Truck
Crash at Triangle
Service Station
I DRIVERHELD
Morgan Butler, 14, Also
a Critically Injured In
Wreck
| p. j, Warner was instantly* billed
about 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon
just opposite the Triangle Filling
Station as the result of a collision]
of a Ford touring car he was driving
and an Edenton Ice Company truck
driven by Gilbert Hollowell. Warner,
with two grandchildren as his com
panions, was traveling out of town
toward Elizabeth City with a quen
- . tity of cat fish which he proposed to
aell/ while Hollowell was heading to
ward town. Warner’s death was the
result of a crushed skull which from
appearances was caused by the truck
bodf> as it mowed down the side of
the touring car. He was thrown
from his car as it was jammed into
V an oak tree along the street.
Warner was 57 years ot age, being
a card grinder at the Edenton Cotton
Mill when the mill was working. He
also devoted part of his time to rais
jS ing chickens and vegetables just out
side of Edenton, on the farm of W.
B. Small.
Morgan Hudson, 14, was critically
injured in the crash. He sustained a
fractured skull, broken leg and sev
jfe er^.fractures. He was taken tu Dr.
'j. X Powell’s office and iater taken
to the Windsor Hospital, .where it
was said at the time that he had a
60-50 chance to recover. He was
still alive Wednesday. \ The boy is
| the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hud
iJl son.
Ray Hudson, a cousin of the boy,
and gfllkoSf Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hud
‘ sonjjflPas fbrown through the top of
the* car :> by the impact, but fortun
ately was only cut and bruised about
the/ace.
Hollowell and James Jordan, a
colored boy in the truck at the time
of the accident, were not injured.
The truck driver was put under
?2,000 bond' for his appearance be
fore a coroner’s jury which viewed
the body Saturday afternoon and
held a hearing Monday afternoon.
Evidence was Submitted by State
(Continued on Kage Seven)
Nine Objectives Ofj
Chamber Commerce j
Listed By Secretary:
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Opportunity to Make
Edenton Attractive j
Trade Center
With the annual meeting and ban
quet of the Eden ton-Chowan Cham
ber of Commerce definitely set for
some time this month, Secretary J.
H. McMullan has outlined nine imme
diate Chamber of Commerce objec
tives, which by careful examination
should warrant membership by every
civic-minded person in the county,
r i—Completion of Edenton to Albe-
marie Sound bridge road.
.% —Full cooperation with counties
on South side of the Sound celebrat
ing bridge opening. And promotion
of cordial relations with the people
on the South side of the bridge.
B—Promotion of PWA projects for
erection of necessary County schools
and particularly for erection of High
School and Playgrounds on Fair
Ground property*
4—lnsistence -upon completion of
the two county road projects approv
ed and now pending.
; , s—Erection of proper road signs
k and Neon* sign atop the water tank
as a beacon to Edenton for travelers
so that when the reces
sion ds over we may be in position to
acquire them.
7 —Follow up proposition to have
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
EAT? SURM!
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
held Tuesday afternoon in the
Municipal Building, it was defin
itely decided to hold a banquet
in connection with the annual
meeting. The date of the ban
quet was not set, which will de
pend largely upon an open date
1 of a speaker who will be secured
for the occasion,, arrangements
for which will be left in the hands
of the program committee to be
appointed by President J. H.
Conger. However, it was the
general opinion of those present
that the affair should be held
some time in June.
President Conger will also ap
point a nominating committee to
name new officers who will also
be elected at the meeting, as well
as another committee to solicit
new and renewal of memberships
in the organization.
At the meeting Tuesday Sec
retary J. EL McMullan briefly re
hearsed what has been done dur
ing the past year and acquainted
members of the executive com
mittee with several constructive
movements which are now on
foot, a few of which were good
leads to the location here of sev
eral industries.
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SI,OOO More Liquor
Profits Turned Over
TaChowan County
Present Rate Should Re
duce Tax Rate About
One-seventh
OUT OFDEBT
Sales During: Month of
May In Local Store
Total $6,600
R. P. Badham, chairman of the
Chowan County ABC Board on Wed
nesday wrote a check for SI,OOO,
which will be turned over to the
I County Commissioners at their meet
’ ing Monday. This is the third check
1 of like amount to be turned over to
I the county since profits from the sale
1 of liquor three months ago have li-
I quidated all indebtedness in connec-
I tion with opening the store and pay
ing for the present stock of liquors.
I At the present rate of SI,OOO per
month the annual income to the
county would net $12,000, and -With
$92,000 in taxes collectible by the
j Sheriff, this represents a little over
! one-seventh of the amount of income
.. and should result in cutting the couh
jty tax rate next year in the neigh-
I borhood of 15 per cent.
It is rather significant that but for
the fact that the county owes bonds
for ; roads and. schools, there would
need be no taxlevy for general pur
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J. S. Lassiter Fined
S2OO For Bootlegging
James S. Lassiter, sentence of
whom for bootlegging was reserved
until Friday by Judge J. N. Pruden,
was given three months each on two
charges in Recorder’s Court. The
sentence, however, due to the physi
cal condition of the defendant, was
reduced to a fine of S2OO and a year
under probation. An appeal was
noted and bond set at SBOO.
David Smith, of the CoWpen Neck
section, was found not guilty of an
assault charge upon Mrs. Beulah
Smith.
Cotton Mill Team
Trims Greenville 7-6
The Edenton Cotton Mill baseball
team on Sunday afternoon defeated
the Greenville All-Stars on the MilJ
diamond by a score of 7 to 8. The
game was a thriller from start to
fin|sh, keeping spectators in doubt as,
to who would, win until the ninth
inning.
Tarboro will be the attraction on
the Mill diamond next Sunday, after
noon> ' -
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Fire Chief R. K. Hall desires to
call to the attention of all Edenton
firemen that the regular monthly
meeting of the fire department will
be held tonight (Thursday) at 8
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 2,1938.
Poppy Day Saturday
Most Successful In
HistoryOf Auxiliary
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$72.67 Amount Collected
By Committee and
Canvassers
A SELL-OUT
Mrs. Stewart Very Ap
preciative of Spirit
Os Cooperation
Members of the Auxiliary of Ed
Bond Post are very jubilant over the
result of Poppy Day sales Saturday,
which was the most successful in the
history of the Auxiliary. The entire
quota of 1,000 poppies we're sold
which netted $72.67. The success of
the sale goes to Mrs. C. D. Stewart
and her corps of able assistants
which included Mrs. M. P. Whichard,
Mrs. W. E. Baker, Mrs. Jesse White,
Mrs. Dan Carter, Mrs. West Byrum,
Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and Miss Virginia
Byrum.
This group was stationed at stra
tegic locations about town where they
could easily supervise ithe sale by a
group of energetic youngsters who
accosted every person they saw not
wearing one of the popular lapel
flowers.
This group of youngsters ln6luded|
Margaret Griffin, Mary Griffin, Mar
tha Conger, Alma Hicks, Marie Hof
fler, Doris Brown, Carolyn Oglesby,
Sara Miller, Ruth White, Josie White,
Charlotte Bunch, Joyce Moore, Betsy
Shepard, Helen Carter, Mary Mac-
Donald Holmes, Ruth Byrum, Pauline
Moore, Catherine Reaves, Julia Habit,
Marie Goodwin, Lester Stewart, Clar
ence Leary, Lloyd Griffin, West By
rum, Jr., Millard Ward, John Albert
Holmes and Jeanette Habit.
A quantity of the poppies were
taken to Hertford, where they found
ready sale to Perquimans County
people, who. contributed $8.43 for the
flowers.
Mrs. Stewart, chairman of the
Poppy Day committee of the Auxil
iary this year, is very appreciative
of cooperation shown in the sale and
especially commented upon the will
ingness of so many colored people to
purchase poppies and share in this
method of helping to show apprecia
tion for. the services rendered by ex
service men during the World Wari
and in a small way contribute to their J
support and dependent families of
relatives.
New Schedule For
Collection Os Trash
Apparently Popular
i Splendid Cooperation Is
Shown During First
Week of Change
CLEANER TOWN
- Very Few Ignore Time
For Putting Trash
i On Streets
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Residents of Edenton appear to be
i very favorable to the new schedule
• inaugurated last week in the collec
> tion of trash by the street depart
ment. Town employees report gen
; eral satisfaction with the new ar
i rangement and also report only a
i few people who have disregarded the
schedule and placed garbage along
the street after truck passing time.
The schedule of hours for collection
, of trash will be adhered to as closely
I ( as possible and there will be no re
{tracing of the route to collect gar
-1 bage put out by those who ignore the
i new schedule, copy of which has
J been distributed to every house in
i Edenton as well a$ published in The
j Herald before going into effect,
s. By the new arrangement and any
\ reasonable amount of cooperation
the, street department will be able
i to give better service and be better
- able to maintain a. neater and cleaner
town, which is the ultimate aim of
the strew commissioner and town
employees.
a MASONS MEET TONIGHT
y _ Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
>1 Id., will have a regular communication
| tonight at 8 o’clock. The last two
ChoWan Voters Show
Very Little Interest
In Primary Section
Herbert Leary Working
Hard and Confident
Os Nomination
VOTE7A.TvTtO 7P.M.
White - Berryman and
Graham-Privott Vote
Likely Be Close
With many political rallies being
held in adjoining counties, some of
which bring out right much heated
discussions and personal remarks
about this or that candidate for
office, Chowan County serenely heads
toward the primary election Saturday,
and for but what is read in the news
papers, a placard here and there
and occasional visits of candidates for
the district solicitorship, one would
scarcely know an election is so near
at hand. Except for an occasional
c.’iery as to the possibility of this ori
that candidate and with very few
predictions being advanced, Chowan
voters apparently are taking very
little interest in the coming primary.
Os course considerable effort has
been put forth by Herbert Leary,
who is opposing C. Everett Thompson,
of Elizabeth City, for the judgeship,
and has no doubt worked harder to
secure votes than any other candi
date who will be voted upon on June
4. Mr. Leary is well-known all over
his district and he has endeavored to
meet or make contact with every
voter. Despite claims of newspapers,
which are favorable to Judge Thomp
son, that he will easily defeat Mr.
Leary, the latter has the assurance
of the majority of voters he has seen
that they will support him, and after
completely covering the entire area
he feels very optimistic as to the out
come and believes his friends will
honor him with the promotion he feels
that he deserves.
From general conversation the race
for solicitor in Chowan appears to be
a toss-up. John McMullan, Sam
Blount and Chester Morris apparent
ly will considerably split up the vote,
with J. C. Meekins, of Columbia, no
doubt trailing in the race, though
Mr. Meekins, in his visits to the
county, was assured many votes.
The race for county representative
lin the General Assembly between
1 John F. White and W. J. Berryman
(Continued on Last Page)
Members Os D. R.
Well Pleased With
Visit To Edenton
Express Delight at Each
Place Taken During
Brief Stay
61 INGROUP
! Voice Appreciation of
Hospitality Shown
While Here
With showers being the general
order of the day recently, the weath
er man smiled upon Edenton last
Friday, thus providing a pleasant day
for the visit of members of the
Daughters of the Revolution who com
pleted their national convention.
The one-day visit was a signal honor
for Edenton in that it is the custom
of the organisation to give up the
last day of their annual meeting to a
visit to the town which offers most
of a historical nature.
Sixty-pne ladies from all parts of:
the country were in the group, ar-i
riving in a large bus and making
their headquarters in the home of
Mrs. W. A. Graham. The program
as aranged was carried out with
great precision resulting in the dis
tinguished visitors leaving for Ral
eigh less than five minutes behind
schedule.
Everyone of the visitors apparent
ly enjoyed the visit, many of them
expressing much surprise at the
amount of history within the borders
of the town, for which residents
should be especially proud.
Beverly Hall was the first stop on
their tour of Hie city, where they
were shown around by Mr. and Mrs.
Richard D. Dixon, and was reason
for much favorable comment. The
(Continued on Last P»y>J|g
KICKED OUT? |
By order of Mayor J. H. Mc-
Mullan and Chief of Police G. A.
Helms, town council chamber and
police headquarters hereafter will
be no place to try justice of the
peace cases. The two officials
were emphatic in their assertion
Tuesday that the Municipal
Building may not be used for this
purpose any longer, leaving the
impression that the Court House
or some other place be used for
trial of defendants for minor in
fractions of the law.
Mr. McMullan stated that he
conferred with several of the
town councilmen, who supported
his action. He emphasized the
fact that a recent important
Chamber of Commerce meeting
was forced to be called off due to
a group of Negroes occupying the
council chamber waiting to be
tried in the police station.
The situation was somewhat
aggravated Tuesday morning
when some very unsavory testi
mony was taken in the police
station where a lady is employed
and where public business is
transacted, resulting in the order
being given by Mr. McMullan
that officers hereafter refrain
from using the building for trial
of cases.
Weather Man Puts
Crimp In Opening
Soft Ball League
Three Scheduled Games
\ Rained Out last
Week
NO GAME YET
Tuesday Night’s Game
Called Off On Account
Cold Weather
Edenton’s soft ball league is again
this year having its troubles in get
ting started. Last year the season
was backward in getting under wav
due to the purchasing and experi
menting with flood lights. This sum
mer, however, the flood lights are in
place and on higher poles and a
brand new diamond invites play to
begin. However, up until Wednesday
night the weather man showed his
displeasure causing all three games
scheduled for last week to be rained
out, and making it almost necessary
Tuesday of this week, had they play
ed, for the Masons and Rotarians to
wear overcoats while cavorting on
the soft ball diamond. The game
was called off due to cold weather.
Wednesday night the Red Men and
Rotarians were scheduled to play the
opening game of the season while on
Friday the Lions and Masons are
scheduled to meet.
Next Tuesday the Masons play the
Red Men and'on Wednesday the Red
Men and Lions cross bats.
Sale Os Bankrupt
Stock On Friday
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock stock
and goods of every kind and charac
ter of the S. Ganderson & Sons store
in Edenton will be sold to the highest!
bidder under bankrupt proceedings.!
The sale will be conducted by W. A.
Worth, trustee, of Elizabeth City, the
terms of sale calling for a deposit of
10 per cent by the purchaser and be
ing subject to confirmation by the
court.
The stock of goods and fixtures is
valued at $5,540.48.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET
WITH MRS. THOMAS WOOD
! The regular meeting of the Aux
iliary to Ed Bond Post of the Amer
ican Legion will be held on Friday
evening, at 8 o’clock, with Mrs.
Thomas Wood, at her home on the
corner of North Broad and Freemason
Streets. The .president, Mrs. W. B.
Shepard, urges a full attendance as
matters of much importance will be
discussed.
ROTARjY MEETS TODAY
The regular luncheon of the Rotary
Club will be held in the Parish House
today at 1 o’clock. The meeting last
Thursday was called off due to the
Edenton Band fish fry which was at
i tended by the Rotarians. All mem
bers are urged to attend today’s
meeting. . .
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Finishing Touches
Put To Program For
Bridge Celebration
Chairman John W. Dar
den In Edenton to Go
Over Plans
COSTS2,OOO
Parade of Floats and
Bands Will Start at
Edenton
John W. Darden, of Plymouth, was
in Edenton Wednesday conferring
with committeemen relative to final
arrangements for the program cele
brating the completion and opening of
the Albemarle Sound bridge which
has been set for Thursday, August
25.
Spurred on by C. W. Tatem, of
Columbia, chairman of the organiza
tion for staging the celebration, va
rious committees are now function
ing and unless something unforeseen
materializes, a celebration will be
staged the like of which has never
been approached in the entire sec
tion.
Mr. Darden is chairman of the pro
gram committee, which has about
been completed and will run some
thing like this:
10 a. m. —Parade.
10:15—Presentation of bridge to
the public by Frank Dunlap, chair
man of the State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission.
10:25—Receiving bridge by C. W.
Tatem.
10:35—Cutting ribbon by seven
girls, four representing counting on
the south side of the Sound, and
three from the northern counties.
Each group will travel from it 3
respective side of the sound, meet
ing at the draw to perform the cere
mony.
10:40—Parade review from the
draw to the south side, where it will
pass the speaker platform.
11:30—Celebration turned over to
I Congressman Lindsey Warren on
speakers’ platform.
11:40 —Presentation of Governor
(Continued on Page Seven)
Edenton Defeats
Blands On Sunday
Afternoon 7 To 2
Strong Craddock Team
Attraction Next Sun
day at Hicks Field
Edenton’s baseball entry in the
Virginia-Carolina League won its
second consecutive game Sunday af
ternoon when Blands was defeated 7
to 4on the local diamond. The game
was very interesting and well-played,
but due to threatening weather the
number of fans was far under the
previous Sunday’s game when the
locals won for the first time this
season.
Snooks Burnham, who has demon
strated to Edenton fans that he can
deliver the goods when given proper
support, was in good form. He sent
eight visiting batters to the bench
| byway of the strike-out route, and
' continued to boost his assist record
by throwing six out at first base. He
did his part at the bat, too, being
credited with two doubles. The Eden
ton batters had their batting eye on
the ball, everyone on the team get
ting a hit except Forehand, Wozelka
and Smith. Vernon Spruill connect
ed safely three times and Tom Hos
kins was credited with a pair of hits.
The latter has boosted stock in the
local team having only recently join
ed the club after playing in the Coast
al Plain League.
Blands, who earlier in the season
walloped Edenton, drew blood in the
first inning, tallying one run, but in
their half Edenton’s batters took to
the liking of Dixon’s curves, who was
replaced on the mound by Butler.
Edenton scored two runs in this in
ning, counting again by a run in the
fourth and two in each of the eighth
and ninth innings. The locals re
mained in the lead throughout the en- . ;
tire nine innings.
The strong Craddock aggregation
i will be the attraction at Hicks Field
, next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
s Edenton was defeated in their former
■ meeting, but with a greatly improved
- lineup and with more confidence since
i winning the last two games, a battle