I of local and county news
fjßolume V.—Number 42.
Methodists Observe 130th
i. ' ®v.'. •
Anniversary Os Organizing
iChurch In Edenton Sunday
■former Pastors Preach
I At Morning and Even
ing Services
IDISPLA YREjCORDS
I Historic Story of Church
I Featured at Afternoon
• Meeting at 3:30
H v In 1808 the last year of President
Klhomas Jefferson’s administration,
P which was thirty years before Trinity
College, now Duke, was founded, and
| twenty-eight years before the HWiir
| Carolina Conference of Methodism
Itvas established, the organization of
K the Church was begun in
“ Edenton. hie first preacher of this
| early Church was named Enoch
i Jones, and his first flock consisted of
p nine whites and nine blacks. The
It Presiding Elder accountable for this
E organization was Philip Bruce, who
|-was a chaplain in the Revolutionary
| War.
The Methodists were greatly weak
ened by the Civil War. In 1866 they
* could show on roll oiily thirty mem
' bers, twenty-seven of whom were
c women. In response to the appeal
| for bells at the beginning of this war
i this Church gave its bell which was
' moulded into one cannon and called
the “Fanny Roulhac,” one of the]
four cannon of Edenton’s famous Bell j
Battery. In the year 1872, the Pre-j
Siding Elder of this Church was Rev.
11* S. Reed, who was a brother of Dr.
Walter Reed, the famed conqueror of
yellow fever.
On Sunday,, October 23, beginning
, at 11 o’clock, the Methodist Church
Yr will celebrate ''HMrdttf hundred and
thirtieth anniversary of its organiza
-1 tion in Edenton. At the 11 o’clock
| worship service, Rev. H. I. Glass, of
L Burlington, former pastor, will speak.
« At 3:30 in the afternoon, a brief
historic story of the Edenton Church
will be given by the pastor, and the
7 names of the clergymen and laymen
who labored faithfully and well in its j
service, “loved long since and lost I
a-while,’’ will be commemorated.
At the evening service at 7:30,
, Rev. W. A. Cade, Presiding Elder of
the Wilmington District, will deliver
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Auxiliary Os Legion
Plans For District
Meeting On Nov. 1
High State Officers Will
Be In Edenton For
Meeting
A very important meeting of the
Auxiliary of the Ed Bond Post of the
American Legion will be held in the
Arpmry Friday night, when Mrs. D.
M. Reaves, president, is especially
anxious that all members be present.
At this meeting principal arrange
ments will be planned for the district
meeting which will be held in Eden
ton on November 1.
Outstanding guests at the district
meeting will include the State presi
dent, Mrs. Herbert Taylor, of Dunn,
and State secretary-treasurer, Miss
Aurelia B. Adams, also of Dunn.
Oara Meade Smith
President Math Club
Greensboro College •
Miss Clara Meade Smith, daughter ;
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith, was
named in a recent election held at
Greensboro College, president of the i
Math Club. At the present she holds j
the office of business manager of the
Echo, the college annual; and that of
fejice president of the Irving society.
Miss Smith belongs to the Interna- i
tional Relations club, an honorary
campus organization.
During her college career, Miss :
Smith has received the honors of ,
business manager of the Collegian, .
the school paper; president of the :
, sophomore class; reporter to the Math
Club. She was a member of the
freshman basketball team, and too :
made the honor roll that year. Last
ytar she belonged to the French club.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TQ THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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The Edenton Lions Club pre
sent the Loring Campbell Co.,
m the second of a series of pro
grams on their fall festival to be
at the Edenton High School audi
torium, Tuesday night, October
25th.
| Glory Be!
Some little skepticism in town
as to when the work on the con
necting highway between Eden
ton and new bridge would get
Under wavy was buried forever
more Wednesday ■*,*.'n State
highway engineers started the
job under a contract calling for
completion within SO working
idays.
Work actually began on the
culverting of a stretch down near
where the road will leave the
terminal highway, and will be
followed immediately by much
surveying designed at a straight
ening of the road into where it
will strike the Yeopim highway.
William Bowe, Jr., of Augusta,
Ga., has the construction contract
awarded last week for a price of
$38,733.12. Since the days of the
Tu&caroras, the road to be trav
ersed has been called the “Pop
lar Neck Road-” But legend or
no legend, Indians or no Indians,
the past will disappear and “The
Edenton Bridge Road’’ will fol
low on to its new destiny. And
glory be!
Lions Stage Second
Os Entertainments
Next Tuesday Night
Loring’ Campbell Com
pany Will Present
Program
MANYTRICKS
“Cousin” of Charlie Mc-
Carthy High Light
Os Show
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Well! “Mow me down.” Here
comes Charlie McCarthy’s little cous- j
in Jerry Woodenhead, which should
be a treat for the children as well as
grown-ups.
The second in the Lions Festival
Series, to be presented at the High
School auditorium next Tuesday
night is the Loring Campbell Com
pany, ventriloquist and magicians,
who are bringing with them Jerry
Woodenhead, cousin of the famous
Charlie McCarthy.
The program is spiced throughout
with the wit and humor of this little
I fellow, much to the amusement of the
grown-ups as well as the children. :
Jerry will not only hold an outstand
ing spot on the program, but will be
assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Lorgin
Campbell. Mr. Campbell is a noted
magician, having been engaged in
this business for the past eighteen
years, and to the amazement of the
audience, he has actually done things
•» wnMleroUt. and each on.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 20,1938.
I Meeting Chamber
r Commerce Called
* For Friday, Nov. 4
_ Important Session Will
j Be Held In Court
House
7:30 O’CLCiCK
New Bridge Road Calls
For Immediate Action
By Group
It is the policy of the Chamber of
Commerce to have a meeting of the
entire membership at least every ’
season so that the Executive Com
mittee may ascertain the wishes of
the organization in the matter of a
program for the ensuing months.
Now that work has been started
on the Highway from Edenton to the
Albemarle Sound Bridge it will only
be a matter of a few weeks before (
this important artery of commerce]
will be available to the public.
It is hoped that every member of
the Chamber of Commerce will at
tend this meeting and give the or
ganization the benefit of his ideas
of a proper program for the organi
zation for the Fall and Winter.
The meeting will be held Friday,
November 4th, at 7:30 P. M., at the
Court House.
Matron Service In
Schools Approved
President Signs $2,307
Project For Chowan
Buildings
Representative Lindsay Warren has
been notified at his home in Wash
ington, N. C., from the office of,
Harry Hopkins at Washington, D. C.,
that President Roosevelt has approv-i
ed WPA projects for matrons’ service j
in the public schools of Chowan I
County. All that is necessary now]
for this service in the schools is the!
approval by the Comptroller General, j
The project calls for an expendi- j
ture of $2,307 and will provide for
matrons in the Edenton white and
colored high schools as well as Chow-j
an High School. A similar project
was approved by the President for]
Pasquotank County amounting to I
$5,368.
These matrons will be used in the'
toilets and elsewhere about the build
ings where cleanliness in the schools
can be improved. It is not a part of
the regular janitorial service.
Florist Shop Moving
In Floars Building
. John H. Sikes and Julien
Wood, Jr., Go Into
Hotel Quarters
New quarters are now being ar-.
ranged for Iredell Florist which is
managed by Mrs. Mattie Davis and
at present located in the Hotel Joseph
Hewes.building. The Floars Electri
cal Company building on East King
Street is being partitioned, into two
rooms, one of which will be occupied
by the Floars concern, the other by
the florist. Mrs. Davis also conducts
a knitting school in connection with
j the florist shop, which has become
l very popular among a large number
of ladies in town.
The room in the hotel to be vacated
by Mrs. Davis will be occupied by
Julien Wood, Jr., and John H. Sikes,
who will use the place as insurance
headquarters for the Jefferson Stand
ard Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Quinn’s Furniture
Sale Starts Friday
Quinn’s Furniture Company will
i begin their annual October Furniture
Sale Friday morning at 9:30 o’clock,
which will undoubtedly attract many
shoppers to this popular store. As a
special feature on the first day of
the sale a bottle of high grade furni
ture polish will be given to the first
60 women making a purchase of SI.OO
or more.
Prices on all items have been re
duced during the sale, which has been
I greatly publicized by distribution of
thoueud. ofdrculars to homes all
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Edenton Defeated
By Elizabeth City
> High Friday 7To I)
[ Elbert Fearing Hero of
Day By Making 60-
Yard Run
LARGECROWD
i Aces Register 16 First
Downs to Seven By
Opponents
Though chalking up 16 first downs
-; as against 7 for their opponents,
r j Edenton’s scrappy little football
• team on Friday lost a heart-breaker
' to Elizabeth City 7-0. Edenton eas
■ ily outplayed the heavier opponents,
especially when in their own terri
tory, but lacked the necessary punch
when within striking distance of the
touchdown stripe. The Aces threw a
: scare into the Yellow Jackets as well
: ' as the large number of Elizabeth
I City fans when, at the very start, it
• i appeared as though the Chowan boya
would march through the Pasquotank
team for a score before losing the
ball. On the very first play of the
game Fred Hoskins shattered the
line for a first down and during the
early part of the quarter it appeared
to be little trouble for Pete Everett,
Little Bud Cayton or Fred Hoskins
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Tyrrell Appreciative
Os Band’s Services
Tatem Thanks Group
For Part Taken In ICo
lumbia Meeting
That the Edenton High School Band
performed creditably at the meeting
]of the Southern Albemarle Associa
; tion held at Columbia last Thursday
l is evident from a communication re*
[ ceived by Director C. L. McCullers
I from C. W. Tatem, president of the
! Association.
j “Just a word to express our appre- j
ciation for the very gracious thing
i you and your band did to make our
annual meeting a success,” write:;
! Mr. Tatem. “I do not think you
could have done a nicer thing or any
| thing that Columbia and Tyhrell
] County appreciates any more than to
come over and entertain us so nicely
I with your magnificent band, and I
assure you you have won the heart of
Columbia. Wjjl you kindly express
these sentiments to your band and as
assure them that we will forever feel j
grateful and only hope we can return ]
the favor sometime.”
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Director McCullers is hopeful that:
the band will be able to accept an in- j,
vitation to play at the V. P. I.—Car- j ■
olina football game at Chapel Hill on j
November 5, which will be designat-!
ed as High School Day. }
The band will also play today at s ,
f the Enfield peanut and cotton festi- \,
val. They will leave Edenton at 32 j
o’clock, and according to Director C. { :
L. McCullers, several more cars are |
needed to transport the band mem-j,
bers, expenses for which will be paid, j
E. H. S. Football Team ] <
Plays Washington On \\
Friday Afternoon 1
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Undismayed by their loss to Eli- '
zabeth City last Friday, the Edenton
High School football team is hard at j
work in preparation for their game
Friday afternoon with Washington 1
High School. The game will be play- .
ed on Hicks Field, starting at 3:15 'J
o’clock.
Washington is reported to have a
strong aggregation and Coach Dave
Holton is drilling his boys in some
weaknesses observed last Friday , 1
when his boys met with the strongest ’
opposition of the year.
Community Sing !
At Enterprise School *
Friday Night, Oct. 28 [
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A community sing will be held at
the Enterprise school building Fri- ]
day night, October 28, at 7:30 o’clock,
under the auspices of the Enterprise
Woman’s Club. Included in’the pro
gram as tentatively arranged will be
songs, stunts and an outstanding <
speaker, who as yet has not been se- ’
cured. 1
Refreshments will also be served 1
by the ladles aa well as the awarding >
of a beautiful quilt to the person
whose name is drawn. i
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New Officers Ed Bond Post
{ And Auxiliary Installed
At Joint Meeting Tonight
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| NEW COMMANDER
fIKSW A
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J. H. CONGER
Replacing Geddes Potter as
commander of Ed Bond Post, Mr.
Conger will be duly installed as
presiding officer of the Post to
night at a joint meeting of mem
bers of the Post and Auxiliary.
| 188 Per Cent |
Chowan Woman’s Club is the
proud possessor of a lovely silver
flower bowl presented at the dis
trict meeting of Woman’s Clubs
held last week in Elizabeth City.
The award was made for the club
having the most of its members
present, the Chowan Club proud
ly presenting its entire member
ship at the meeting.
26 Planes Reported
in Chowan During i
Aircraft Maneuver
Experiment Is Consider
ed Valuable Test By
Government
If last week’s elaborate anti-air
craft war department maneuver, on
! for six days throughout all of eastern
• Carolina, did nothing else, it should
! have convinced Chowan residents of
j the grave danger of living unpro
, tected, in war times against the air
i raids of invading bombing planes.
According to the official telephone
; exchange 26 such bombers crossed
1 over Chowan on their way to “de
! stroy” Fort Bragg, and each cue ]
I was “sighted” and reported ahead ofj
] its arrival at the great artillery bar-j
! racks.
While this increased the possible)
' war-time hazard of such an invasion
for a thing that can be seen can be j
avoided, it also proved the efficiency I
of the maneuver by demonstrating
that a pair of ears timed for such ]
watch can often be as worthwhile as
a pair of eyes on the look out. The
maneuver was considered a valuable
experimental test and, according to
the newspapers, is likely to be en
gaged in in othe'r sections of the na
tion during the winter and spring
months.
Dr. Garriss Speaker
At Lions Meeting-
Dr. F. H. Garriss, county health
officer, was the principal speaker at
the Lions Club meeting Monday
night, when he delivered one of the
most interesting addresses listened to
by club members in recent months.
Dr. Garriss explained in detail pro
gress made by the health department
since its inauguration and spoke in
genera! of health conditions as now
prevailing in the county.
Box Supper At Center
Hill School Tuesday
A Hallowe’en box supper has been
announced at Center Hill school on
Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 P. MJ
The affair is sponsored by the Center
Hill Parent-Teacher Association and
will include an interesting program.
Everybody la cordially invited to
attend.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
J. H. Conger Is Incom
ing Commander of
Legionnaires
REFRESHMENTS
Floyd White, District
Commander In Charge
Os Ceremonies
Tonight in the Red Men hall new
officers for Ed Bond Post and the
Legion Auxiliary will be installed at
a joint meeting of the two organiza
tions. _ The installation cereihonies
will be in charge of District Com
mander Floyd I. White and are sche
duled to get under way at 8 o’clock.
The new officers were elected for the
respective groups at the July meet
ing.
Geddes Potter, retiring commander
of the Post, expects the meeting to
be one of the most interesting held
during his term of office and hopes
every member of each organization
will attend. The program will term
inate with unique refreshments, such
as have never before been served at
a local Legion meeting, says Mr.
Potters.
Officers of the Auxiliary who will
be installed include: President, Mrs.
D. M. Reaves; vice president, Mrs. C.
D. Stewart; secretary, Mrs. C. E.
Kramer; treasurer, Mrs. G. B. Potter;
historian, Mrs. W. S. Privott; ser
geant-at-arms, Mrs. S. W. Moore;
chaplain, Mrs. W. H. Saunders.
The new Legion officers are: Post
Commander, J. H. Conger; vice com
mander, J. W. Wood; vice commander,
O. E. Duncan; vice commander, Er
nest White; adjutant and finance of
ficer, C. D. Stewart;* service officer,
C. E. Kramer; guardianship officer,
M. L. Bunch; sergeant-at-arms, R. L.
Pratt; chaplain, Father Gross; his
torian, R. D. Dixon; athletic officer,
J. W. White; child welfare officer, O.
j H. Brown; Americanism officer, W. D.
j.Pruden; graves registration officer,
j S. W. Moore; employment officer, W.
E. Baker; membership chairman, W.
jW. Byrum; publicity officer, Geddes
Potter; chairman Sons of Legion,
John A. Holmes.
Rotarians Change
Hour Os Meeting
Regular Luncheon on
Thursday at 6:30 In
stead of 1 O’clock
Tonight the Edenton Rotary Club
inaugurates a new hour of weekly
meeting, when at 6:30 o’clock Presi
dent Oscar Brown will tap the Rotary
bell calling the club to order in the
] Parish House. The former hour of
• meeting was 1 o’clock Thursday af
j ternoon, the change being made with
] the thought in mind that it would be
more convenient for a greater num
j ber of the members and thus stimu
; late attendance.
President Brown is high in hi 3
j praise of the splendid meeting of the
Southern Albemarle Association held
in Columbia last Thursday and, which
was attended by the local Rotary
Club, and is hopeful that every mem
ber of the club will be present at the
first regular night meeting tonight.
New Meat Market
Starts In Edenton
Edenton has another new business,
which began operation Saturday. The
new store is known as Boyce &
Perry’s Friendly Market, dealing in
fresh meats and country produce.
Located at the corner of Broad and
Water Streets, the owners of the
latest Edent.on enterprise are V. E.
Boyce and Paul R. Perry, both of
whom are very well known through
out the county and were well pleased
with their first day’s business.
Robert Foster Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Robert A. Foster, of Somerville,
N. J., who together with his wife and
daughter has been visiting in Eden
ton the'past week, will be the princi
pal speaker at the meeting of the
Rotary Club tonight at 6:30 in the
Parish House.
This is the first regular night
luncheon of the Club and a large at
tendance is desired.