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Volume V.—Number 23.
I Voters’ Choice In Primary Election Held Saturday
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ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
His popularity was reflected in his
sweeping majority over Frank Han
cock.
Added Month To Edenton’s
School* Will Be Decided At
Election Held On Tuesday
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East Edenton, West Ed
enton and Yeopim Pre
. cincts Only Affeeted
» VOTeTTo 7
Majority of Registered
Voters Necessary to
Carry Election
That there is considerable interest
in the election to be held next Tues
day is evident by the heavy registra
tion of voters in East Edenton, West
Edenton and Yeopim precincts to de
termine whether or not an extra
month of school is to be added to the
Edenton Administrative Unit. With
an important election in the imme
diate past these three precincts,
which include about half of the
county’s voting strength, will decide
the matter of whether the Edenton
school will join many other schools in
the State having a nine-months
term. Ballots for this election have
been printed and as early as Monday
of this week requests were made for
absentee ballots by voters who would
not be in Edenton to register their
choice in the nffttter.
What the voters wiM actually de
cide is whether or not taxpayers in
the school district favor paying for
the extra month of school. School
officials calculate that the added cost
of another month, can be taken care
of by a 7or 8 cent levy, and have
placed the maximum amount at 10
cents.
A nine-month school, would again
place Edenton on the standard ac
credited list which was lost in 1933
tvhen eight months ;of school went
into effect. It would also provide re
organization in the Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges and Sunday
Schools and would have .the effect of
grouping Edenton with Class A
rather than with Class B schools in
the State.
Os the 67 city administrative units
in the State about 40 of them have
already taken on the extra tax to
operate on a nine months’ basis.
Some of these are Roanoke Rapids, l
£nfie& Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Wil
son, Greenville, Goldsboro, Fayette
ville, Hamlet, Mt. Airy, Reidsville,
and Rockingham.,The only units in
ibis immediate section without the
nine-month term are Edenton, Eliza
beth City and Washington.
Only voters who have registered
for this particular election will be
eligible to cast a ballot and a major
ity of this number is required to win
L V*. election. Hence any voter who
registered for the election and fails
to cast a ballot is equivalent to a
vote against the proposition.
The same voting hours willT>e in
effect as at Saturday’s election, from
7 a. m. to 1 p. m.
MISS EDNA GOODWIN ENTERS
WINTHROP SUMMER SCHOOL
.Jftss Edna Goodwin, of the Eden
ton School faculty, left Sunday to
enter Winthrop College Summer
School, at Rock Hill, S. C. Miss
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE !INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
STANLEY WINBORNE
i Voters of the State overwhelming
• ly returned Mr. Win borne as Utili
ties Commissioner.
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HALF HOLIDAY
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Edenton Stores Close on
Wednesday Afternoon
During Summer
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Beginning npx t Wednesday,
June 15, Edenton stores will be
closed for half holiday during
the summer months. As in
previous years the stores will
close at 1 o’clock, and remain
closed the remainder of the day*
Aside from the hardware stores
and drug stores, practically every
other business in town is cooper
ating in the closing idea.
The half-day closing will be in
effect until September 14.
Postal Receipts Soar
At Local Postoffice
First Five Months Show
Increase of SI,OOO Over
Same Time Last Year
Postal receipts at the Edenton
postoffice show a gradual increase
since the first of the year, Post
master C. E. Kramer intimating this
week that for the first five months
receipts were about SI,OOO ahead of
last year’s figure. Though May this
year was not a normal month due to
considerable mailing of primary elec
tion material, by discarding this ex
tra revenue receipts still led May of
the previous year by over S3OO.
Mary Elizabeth Cates
Represents Chowan In
Wilson Tobacco Festival
Miss Mary Elizabeth Cates, popu
lar daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
I Cates, has been appointed by Mayor
J. H. McMullan as one of the princ
esses at the Wilson Tobacco Festival
to be held on August 15. Os this
group of princesses entered in the
contest, one will be selected as
tobacco queen.
Miss Cates will represent Chowan
SOLICITOR VOTE
Morris
McMullan
Blount
Meekins
Beaufort 690 541 3952 183
Camden 952 480 121 17
Chowan 576 713 226 61
Currituck 1623 437 148 85
Dare 430 258 650 61
Gates 1369 273 43 14
Hyde 681 256 672 191
Pasquotank —1466 2458 160 50
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 9,193^7
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C. EVERETT THOMPSON
By a scant 226 vote majority Mr.
Thompson won out over Herbert
Leary for Judge of the First District.
CHOWAN COUNTY’S VOTE |
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SENATE:
Reynolds 362 268 83 61 45 72 891
Hancock 196 ' 217 40 58 107 63 681
UTLITIES COMMISSIONER:
Winborne 382 360 93 115 128 102 1180
Grady 113 ’ 74 15 2 11 16 231
JUDGE:
[ Thompson 42 67 5 16 21 20 171
Leary 547 440 121 145 145 139 1537
SOLICITOR:
Morris 146 140 41 40 36 105 576
McMullan 302 206 46 62 59 -38 713
Blount LI 86 87 30 6 10 7 226
Meekins 23 19 2 5 0 2 51
REPRESENTATIVE:
White 395 300 76 40 28 54 893
Berryman 182 201 37 129 138 108 795
PROSECUTOR:
Graham 276 291 88 50 77 81 863
Privott 303 202 39, 109 89 75 pi 2
Herald Planning Big |
Special Edition For
Oping Os Bridge
Rich Section Presented
In Word and Picture
Form
MANY COPIES
T. J. Pierson of Char
lotte Secured to Assist
In Undertaking
The Herald has set forth on a pro
gram as a cooperative move with the
national advertising campaign that is
being conducted with such success by
the State of North Carolina. It pro
poses to further acquaint our own
people of the Edenton section of
Eastern Carolina with more valuable
details of our rich section and at the
same time tie-in with the State cam
paign to “sell” the outside world on
what we have to offer in this section
for tourists, home-seekers, business
interests and those who may be look
ing for lands or for locating indus
tries.” "
The Herald Will present to the
reading public in news stories and
modern picture form an elaborate
Eastern Carolina edition to be pub
lished in connection with the opening
of the great bridge across Albemarle
Sound at a time when thousands of
North Carolinians and many from
other states will be attracted to this
section to attend this big, interesting
and important celebration. This big
edition will deal with the history, the
present day, an<f set forth the possi
bilities and opportunities of Edenton
and surrounding territory in the most
thorough manner ever undertaken
by this at any other publication.
The Herald has been working for
some time on plans for the publica
tion of an edition wide in scope, that
will tell the story of this section in
adequate manner. The State adver
tising campaign has focused attention
on Nlorth Carolina with thousands of
inquiries coming from people in all
sections of the United States and
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JOHN F. WHITE
Opposing W. J. Berryman for the
third time, Mr. White retained his
seat in the General Assembly.
Chowan Tries Get In
OnDround Floor For
Government Money
Application Made For
$296,000 For Schools
In County
MANY NEEDS
Commissioners Fretful
Over Legal or Moral
Obligation
t In order to be on the ground floor
for any PWA funds which might be
available when Congress definitely,
decides on the form of Federal
spending, Chowan County Commis
sioners on Monday were asked by
John A. Holmes, to pass a resolution
approving application for $296,000,
for a new school on Hicks Field and,
other improvements which would.
make an attractive and useful center, j
It is understood that preferential
action will be taken upon applica
tions in hand when the program is
finally adopted and for this reason
Mr. Holmes, as well as others inter
ested, has filed in time. There is
no legal or moral obligation placed
upon the Commissioners in passing a
resolution, and when this was defin
itely determined by County Attorney
W. D. Pruden, the Board agreed to
cooperate in securing Federal aid.
Providing the amount requested is
forthcoming not only Edenton
schools would benefit but Chowan
High School would also be improved
by the addition of necessary rooms,
thus providing for added teaching and
facilities that would greatly improve
the school. Some of these were re
cently requested when Superintend
ent W. J. Taylor and members qf
the Board of Education appeared be
fore the County Commissioners. At
that "time, however, the Commission
ers took no action pending the out
come of the government’s program.
At the lofcal scholl, too, additions
and improvements are n icessary,
which also would b< provide <jl if the
money can be secur id. ;
CHESTER MORRIS
In a four-cornered race, Mr. Mor
ris was high man for Solicitor for the
First District.
Herbert R. Leary Narrowly
Misses District Judgeship
In Close Primary Election
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| fff BUSY! |
Owners of Vacant Lots
Warned to Cut Weeds
At Once
Chief of Police G. A. «H?lms
this week issued a warning to
owners of vacant lots to have
weeds cut at once. Due to ex
cessive rainfall weeds have made
considerable growth which de
tracts from the attractiveness of
the town as well as provides a
suitable harbor for mosquitoes.
Unless these weeds are cut im
mediately Mr. Helms will next
week hire workers to do this
work, the cost of which will be
added to taxes on the property.
Legionnaires Elect
New Post Officers
Joseph H. Conger Nam
ed Commander For
Coming Year
Election of officers for the new <
year and discussion of the possibili
ties of the Sons of Veterans claimed
the attention of Ed Bond Post mem- :
bers at their meeting Tuesday night. '
The new officers elected were:
Commander, Joseph H. Conger; '
vice commander, J. W. Wood; vice
commander, O. E. Duncan; vice com
mander, Ernest White; adjutant, C. '
D. Stewart; finance officer, C. D. .
| Stewart; service officer, C. E. Kram- ;
er; G. officer, M. L. Bunch; sergeant
at-arms, R. L. Pratt; chaplain, ’
Father Gross; historian, R. D. Dixon;
athletic officer, J. W. White; child
1 welfare, O. H. Brown; Americanism,
i W. D. Pruden; graves registration, S.
| W. Moore; employment officer, W. E.
i Baker; membership chairman, W. W.
I Byrum; publicity officer, G. Potter;
J chairman, Sons of Legion, John A. ■
Holmes.
Delegates to the State convention: 1
G. B. Potter, Ernest White, O. H. •;
Brown and Shelton Moore; alternates,
M. F. Bond, Jr., R. L. Pratt, J. A.
Bunch and Frank Ward.
GASTON PERRY DEAD
Gaston Perry died at his home ;
near Corapeake on Monday night, af
ter a week’s illness. Death followed
a heart attack.
JUDGESHIP VOTE 1
Thompson Leary
Beaufort 2189 3150
Camden 738 858
Chowan 171 1537
Currituck 1095 1125
Dare 953 494
Gates 750 970
Hyde . 661 1073
Pasquotank 3629 664
Perquimans 677 641
Tyrrell"! I 535 560
Totals 111298 11072
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This newspaper is circu
lated in tie territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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JOHN GRAHAM
Topping William Privott by 51
! votes Mr. Graham won out for Pro
secutor of Chowan Recorder’s Court.
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Everett Thompson Wins
By Scant 228 Vote
Majority
HEAVYBALLOT
John White and John
Graham Win put In
Local Contests
Chowan County voters in Satur
day’s primary election marched to
the poles to register next to the
heaviest vote in the county, 1,708
voters casting their ballots for office
seekerfe. Weather conditions were
very favorable which was a big fac
tor in the heavy voting.
The county carried a majority for
Senator Robert Reynolds, who was
renominated, giving him 201 more
votes than were cast for his oppon
ent, Frank Hancock.
A sweeping majority was also giv
en to Stanley Winborne to succeed
himself as Utilities Commissioner.
Winborne received 1,180 votes, while
Paul Grady w r as given only 231.
The most disappointing feature of
the election to Chowan voters was
the defeat of Herbert Leary, who op
posed C. Everett Thompson, of Eli
zabeth City, as judge of the First
Judicial District. The outcome was
in doubt until the Elizabeth City
vote was counted, and even then by
reason of several more scattered pre
cincts to be heard from it was hoped
the county’s favorite son would take
the lead. However, as all returns
were turned in Mr. Thompson was
leading by a scant 228 votes. The
outcome was not known until early
Sunday morning due to inability to
learn the results in Elizabeth City
precincts, where for some reason the
vote was not known until Sunday
morning. The Hyde County vote was
also missing in first reports, which
added to the hopes of local friends
that Mr. Leary would finally win out.
Despite a concerted fight against
Mr. Leary by several of the news
papers in the district as well as the
administration, Mr. Leary proved his
popularity in the district by carrying
seven of the ten counties, and but
.for the vote in Pasquotank, Mr.
Thompson’s own county, Mr. Leary
would have won the judgeship in a
single-handed effort.
Mr. Leary carried Beaufort, Cam
den, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hyde,
and Tyrrell in the face of newspaper
predictions that Mr. Thompson would
lead in the majority of counties and
would be put back in office by a 3,000
majority. Mr. Thompson carried
Pasquotank, Dare and Perquimans.
Mr. Leary, while optimistic over
his chances to be elected, took his
defeat sportsmanlike and despite the
closeness of the vote refused to call
for a recount of the votes.
Chester Morris, of Currituck
County led the four candidates seek
ing the solicitorship, leading John B.
McMullan by 2,170 votes. Sam
Blount, of Washington, ran third with
6,054 votes and J. C. Meekins, of
Columbia secured,/ 1,398 votes. Mr.
McMullan, in Edenton Tuesday, said
He would not request a second pri-
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