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Bi-County WPA Drainage
Jjtear Swamp Canal Asked
ft f)f County Commissioners
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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*
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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,
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Rotarians Gather Tonight
,At Parish House To Greet
District Governor Chase
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| 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
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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
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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
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Suffolk Chieftain Makes
First Official Visit to
Local Club
TWO SESSIONS
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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