|M< /«lr <i«ai"sr>ii l ”"‘1 1"/ jC7W»®» mfwwl# I folume V. -Number 40. Bi-County WPA Drainage Jjtear Swamp Canal Asked ft f)f County Commissioners <B> *— my <2 Mid County Farmers Appeal to Commission ers For Desired Help HEAIII?MEN ACE ft Similar Request of Per | quimans to Approve Project ’EL, One item of important interest to } mid-county farmers east of the Cen- I ter Hill section, was brought before the CoNinty Commissioners on Monday when the Boari was asked to lend its cooperation in the re-opening of the old canal, or “big ditch,” running through Bear Swamp and on over a 30 mile course before it empties into the-Perquimans River. The job, hav ing a direct effect upon more than 10,000 'acres of farm land in this and Perquimans County, and expected to cost around $40,000, will be hand- if at all, as a WPA project for sj Sh the two counties will be asked fj /Sear jointly the 55 percent of the U Jal obligation. f- For 30 years the “big ditch” has \ been in vogue, but for half that time ft fallen trees and other small timber I have clogged its run and made of it a fv stagnant waterway, a great menace to the health of those living in or y adjacent to the Swamp, and for this | reason and for the greater one of: i; making the canal serve again its in - tended purpose, drainage, and be cleared out and utilised all through J its 30 miles of length, the proposed federally-helped project was brought before the Commissioners on Monday j? as it was beore Perquimans . Board. | The Chowan Commissioners ap peared much interested;\Jn the open ing-up idea and while tb*y did not L commit themselves fully, infer . - enee was piain that they wlf%ldjje a party to whatever action the sister county’s officers took on it. William S. Privott appeared before the Chowan Board as spokesman for the big farms on or abutting the Swamp, in this county. He was back ‘ (Continued on Page Five) Lions Working Hard On Preparations For j Four Entertainments Tickets Being Sold By Junior Classes In Schools | , FOURSHOWS Very Favorable Reports Received From Vir- | ginia City CJ f Members 6f the Edenton Lions Clufg'were very much enthused over the’ reports made by the Ticket and Publicity Committees at their regu \ lar' weekly meeting Monday night fii connection with the Collins Festival, that they-are to present to Edenton and the community, beginning on Y Tuesday,* October 18th, and each | Tuesday thereafter for four per formances. \ Hector Lupton, chairman- of the Ticket Craunitee, reported that tick ets |vcere on sale through the Junior of Edenton and Chowan High Stjmots.apwaU as the Woman’s at Chowan. These organisa tions, Lion Lupton reported, Were ptoce than, anxious to handle the sales fox the Lions, in which to, supplement their treasury to car ry on their activities, ij. Frank White, Jr.,jchairman of the Publicity Committee, reported to the Club that he and hi# cohorta were earnestly at work covering every de tail of. the publicity end necessary to advertise the forthcoming entertain meats., Their committee, as reported by Chairman White, were contacting , the other -Civic organizations and | lodges in the community, soliciting thtir cooperation and attendance, for whicb full support hae been promised. |ion Whifce was also enthused over a communication he had received from the West Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's dubs, written by Gladys Steele, of THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ~ All Is Well! | Right much concern was felt Wednesday morning when State papers reaching here failed to mention the contract award for the connecting road between Edenton and the bridge terminal highway. The telephone and ’ telegraph wires were kept hot until came from Raleigh > stating the published absence of the news was a newspaper inad vertance and that the bid of Wil liam S. Bo we, Jr., of Aifgusta, 6a., had been approved yester day and the contract entered into. The Bowe bid was for 2.48 miles of grading, concrete paving and structures over the Poplar Neck Road, and at an accepted cost of $98,733.12. The new road way, work on which will start at once, will cut through the woods to the south of Moran’s corner, and hit the Yeopim highway a quarter of a mile beyond. Everybody’s happy now! Chowan Observers All Prepared For War Maneuvers 'Kramer Reports Local Test Sunday Was Satisfactory .-.As the zero hour for the opening jof anti-aircraft war maneuvers throughout Chowan County and the rejt of eastern North Carolina north < W®Port Bragg approachsi*»-the man euver begins next Monday and runs through all that week—full complet ment of perfected plans has bean an nounced by Chief County Observer, , C. E. Kramer, and those associated I with him in the proposed operation | of the four county observation posts ' are on their toes ready for the 8 o’clock signal of watchful warning next Monday morning. | The “enemy” flight of any one of 500 airplanes from Fort Langley, in a concerted or individual attack on the artillery post at Fort Bragg, may bring some of the bombing planes across the ken of observation in Chowan, just as none of them may elect to cross. Last Sunday and all this week these plans for next week’s observation have been carried on throughout the whole eastern territory. Air ships from Langley went over here last Sunday and Monday and at a suffi ciently low altitude to be plainly observable. But it is not believed this will prove true next week wjien I the attacking planes will play a real game of hide and seek with the army. Meeting Monday To Organize Edenton ! P.T. A. Association i _____ All Parents Urged to Be Present at School Auditorium j parents are especially urged to attend A meeting to be held in the i Edenton High School auditorium on I Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. At this thae the idea of organizing a Parent-Teachers Association will be discussed which should be of interest 1 to all parents having children in school. Present at this meeting will be Mrs. I. A. Ward, of Hertford, district director of the Parent-Teachers Asso ciation, who will offer any assistance -necessary to organize a group or answer any questions that may arise. , trnhhn* reßl < j JS^ d that 88 Pf 1 1 1 and | and school cooperation, and it is tion best be secured through the i viiav • group oi parents win. oe Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 6,193& New Decoration In Edenton During The Christmas Holidays Many New Vari Colored Bulbs Will Be Strung: Across Street PERRY~REPORTS j . , ——— I Idea to Have Creditable Decorations or None At All Acting upon instructions of Town Council, O. B. Perry, a member of the Board, this week stated that the business district of Edenton Would be decorated during the Christmas holiday season in such fashion as has never before been the case. For the past several years strings of vari colored lights were strung along the light standards parallel with the street, which each year was reason for criticism by many who had passed through other towns decorated for the occasion. .Many of the bulbs have lost their coloring and in some in stances a series of merely white lights appeared. It was the consensus of opinion at a recent meeting of Town Council i that a creditable decoration should be made or else none at all, which re sulted in Mr. Perry, W. M. Wilkins and Graham Byrum being appointed to investigate the matter and decide whether or not the business section will be decorated. Chairman Perry reported that a ' canvass was made of every merchant to see if they were willing to attach I wires to their buildings by which the I lights could be strung across the street and that in every case he was assured 100 per cent cooperation. It is the purpose of Mr. Perry to purchase over 1,000 new bulbs which will be strung across Broad Street from Water Street to Church Street, and if possible on Queen Street to Granville, and possibly on King Street to the hotel. The committee was assured the • cooperation of the Electric and Water Department in securing and placing the bulbs, and plans are going forward to have a creditably decorated business section during the holiday season. Edenton Gridders Oppose Plymouth Friday Afternoon Game Last Week With New Bern Postponed Because of Rain E. (3TYNEXT Second Stringers Play Hertford Higrhs This Afternoon What was expected to be the most severe test of the season for the Edenton High School football team failed to materialize last Friday when the game with New Bern was post poned. The New Bemians were on hand for the battle, but due to a con tinuous rain all day both coaches agreed to call off the game. It is hoped, however, to play the game later in the season and though the date has not' been definitely set, Friday, October 28, has been tenta tively agreed upon. During the week Cdach David Hol ton has been drilling his boys through atic practice sessions in pre paration .’for the game Friday after noon which is also scheduled to bi] played on home soil. The opponents will be'the Plymouth High School. Just how strong the Plymouth team (Continued on Rage Eight) Licenses Now Ready For Peanut Pickers As has been required the past few years, operators of peanut pickers, according to law, must obtain a li cense in order to operate. These li censes are now ready and can be se- - cured at the office of Maurice L. Bunch, register' of deeds, in the Court House. Providing a peanut pieker owner picks only his own peanuts, there is no charge for the license. However, if the picker is used for picking.cropa for others, a to stcufti licenses immediately* ■■ •' , ~ \ Methodist Church To Celebrate 130th Anniversary Oct 23 Former Pastors and Friends of 'Church Will Be Invited ORGANIZED IN 1808 Feature of Celebration Will Be Historical Service Rev. George W. Biount and mem bers of the Methodist congregation are now planning a service to be held .! at the local Methodist Church which should be of interest not only to Methodists, but all townspeople as well. On Sunday, October 23, it is the purpose to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the organization of a Methodist Church in Edenton, to which former pastors and friends of the church will be especially invited guests. The church was organized in 1808 and a feature of the celebration will be a historical memorial service to be held at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Old records of the church will be i scanned for information which should be of especial interest to present-day members and friends. At the morning hour Rev. H. I. Glass, a former pastor and former presiding elder of the district, will speak. Mr. Glass is now pastor of the Front Street Methodist Church in Burlington, and has a host of friends in Edenton. At the night service, Rev. W. A. Cade, who preached in the church four years, will speak. He is now presiding elder of the Wilmington District, and is well remembered fqr his excellent work by the older resi dents here. Committees have been appointed to arrange for the celebration, which is expected to be one of the most out standing services held in the church in many years. MISS EVANS TRANSFERED Miss Frances Evans, who has been doing public health work in Dare County, has been transfered to Northampton County. Miss Evans took up her new work Monday. Free Fair Tickets Available For All Children In School Supt. W. J. Taylor In Charge of Distribu tion In County BIGDAY Governor Hoey Anxious For Youngsters to At tend on Friday Superintendent W. J. Taylor of Chowan County schools announced yesterday he had received free tick ets to the North Carolina State Fair, which will be held in Raleigh October 11-15, for distribution to all of Chowan County’s 1,200 children in the public schools. He will distri bute the tickets this week. Dr. J. S. Dorton, of Shelby, mana ger of the State Fair, has designated Friday, October 14, as Young North Carolinians’ Day at the Fair. Tick ets will be available for 900,000 school children to -be guests of the State on that day," he. declared. Governor Clyde R. Hoey has -joined Dr. Dorton in expressing the urgent -hope that pa many children as possi ble take advantage of their free tick ets to the fair. • “No fair is complete unless chil dren have an opportunity to see the exhibits and enjoy Hie. entertainment features," declared Manager Dorton. “We want to see the midway full of youngsters on Friday of fair week.” Entertainment Friday Night At Merry Hill ' Talmadge and Paul, the Johnston County Ramblers, will give an enter tainment at the Merry Hill High School auditorium Friday night at 8 j o’clock, to which the public is cor dially invited. The entertainers ren der an hour and a half program in cluding good singing, music and nov elty playing for the whole family. A feature of the program is Hawaiian music on electric guitars, j-;. ISffHiltii!?- ft rtf' iftii ii -f Rotarians Gather Tonight ,At Parish House To Greet District Governor Chase *> | Stores Graded According to the September I grading of food stores in Edenton by the Bertie-Chowa.i Heallh District, the A. & P. Store tops the list with a rating of 96 per cent. The remainder of stores, according to their rating, fol ( lows: Pender’s, 91 per cent; JA. I Curran, Grocer, 90 per cent; i Goodwin’s Quality Store, 90 per , cent; Lassiter’s Meat Market, j 89.5 per cent; G. M. Byrum Meat f Market, 84.5 per cent; E. C. , White Market, 81.6 per cent; C. t E« Byrum Meat Market, 81 per , cent. ; Dr. Garriss Explains ; His Health Work i To Commissioners Best Spent Money By i County Is Opinion Os Board i Taking advantage of a dull session on Monday, the County Commission • ers learned something about activities 1 of the Bertie-Chowan Health Dis r trict. Dr. F. H. Garriss happened to 1 be at the meeting and Chairman D. l M. Warren asked him to explain his! ' work just so that the Commissioners 1 as a whole might know what is being | 1 done. Dr. Garriss gave a brief out • line of the program and when he fin • ished the Commissioners were of the 1 unanimous opinion that what is spent for health is the best-spent money the county appropriates. , Dr. Garriss, while alluding to every , phase of work under his jurisdiction, 1 , especially emphasized the work being , done among victims of syphillis. He said his office now had about 115 cases of syphillis patients in the county, 80 of whom are taking regu lar treatments, while the remainder are treated at intervals. Ninety per cent of syphillis, he said, is among the colored race, and he went into detail as to the good accomplished by I this phase of the work alone. Fifteenth District Os Women’s Clubs Meet 1 In Colerain Friday Colerain will be the scene of the Woman’s Club Convention of the Fifteenth District, which convenes to morrow (Friday). The program be gins at 10 o’clock and is expected to I attract a large number of ladies from the entire district. District Librarians Meet Here Wednesday —— All arrangements have been com pleted for the district library meet ing to be held in the Court House on Wednesday, when librarians and those interested from all over the district will be on hand. Mayor William Polk, of Warren ton, will address the gathering and as many Edenton people as possible are urged to attend. The meeting win start at 2 o’clock. N. Auto Licenses Smaller For 1939 Mrs. Leon Leary Re-! ports On At Lake Lure General travel this summer and early fall has been greater than last year and all Indications are that the winter stream of tourists to the Car olinas will show an even larger in crease, Mrs. Leon G. Leary, manager of the Edenton office of the Caroling Motor Club, reported today, after at j tending a two day convention at Lake Lure last week. Mrs. Leary was ac companied to the convention by Miss Goldie Layton, who also works in the Motor Club office here, Mr. Leon G. Leary, and Miss Mae Bozeman, branch manager of the Ahoskie office (Continued on Page Sight) This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year. -«> Suffolk Chieftain Makes First Official Visit to Local Club TWO SESSIONS I ' ■ Regular Meeting Hour Os Club Changed to 7 P. M. Thursday Edenton Rotarians are anticipat ing a fine double-barreled gathering tonight vvhen they will have as a guest of honor their district governor chieftain, Frank Chase, of Suffolk, Va. Governor Chase is an orator of no mean distinction and that, alone, is sufficient to arouse the enthusiasm of local club enthusiasts who revel in a good enlivening Rotary talk such as Mr. Chase carries in his bag of oratory. President Oscar Brown has double decked the gathering instead of hav ; ing a noon-day luncheon. Os course j the session will be in the Parish House as usual. At 6 o’clock all offi- , cers and committee chairmen will meet with Governor Chase, Mr. Brown has decreed, in the ante-room ad joining the banquet hall, so that he may be given a reception and so that plans of work for the coming winter months can be discussed with him. And Mr. Brown wants everybody on hand at the 6 P. M. session, and threatens to throw a fit if any lag gards stay away and hold back for the gastronomical piece de resist . ance to be displayed in the form of a j fancy dinner at 7 o'clock. No espec ial program will be arranged for this I save for the customary music. The speaking will all be done by Mr. j Chase. Last week Dave Holton, high school ' coach, chatted for a while about the progress his football team is making and which he expects will be even j better shown as the season advances. President crown <>i;p. annr.jprced at last week’s meeting that hereafter the weekly luncheons will be held | every Thursday evening at 6.30. instead of 1 o’clock. This hour is expected to be more convenient to the majority of members. Poor Collection Os Taxes In September Is Source Os Worry ! Commissioners Facing Payment of Bonds And Interest hardlpressed Almost $17,000 of 1937 Levy Still Remains Unpaid Unless there is a decided increase in the collection of taxes, the county will be hard pressed to meet its bond obligations after the first of the year, which fact was reason for much con cern by the County Commissioners at their meeting held on Monday. Dur ing September Sheriff J. A. Bunch collected only $436.92 of the 1937 tax levy, leaving $16,726.81 still on the books for 1937 taxes. He collected to date $79,419.67 of the $96,146.48 levy. A great deal of this amount must be forthcoming if the County is to meet its bond obligations according to the budget set up. In. commenting upon the tax return for September, the Sheriff said it was ! one of the poorest in many months and by his contact with delinquent taxpayers, he was not very optimistic about many of them being able to pay at the present time. However, bonds and interest come due whether people pay taxes or not and it was the hope of the Commissioners, as well as the Sheriff, that much of thia 1937 tax money can be collected by the first of the year at least. Aside from the 1987 taxe3 collected during September, Sheriff Bunch re ported having collected $109.70 for 1936 taxes and $56.71 for 1935 taxes. The-1938 tax books are now in his hands, and though some hav»3flg||fly paid this year’s tax, he is ogjghff as many as can to pay theisAgpm »s Soon as possible in order j&Tmiefit by the discount allowed. Y T

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