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Volume V.—Number 43
Ed Bond Post Planning Hold
I Armistice Day Celebration
Lin New School Auditorium
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Organization Off to Fine
Start Under Conger,
New Commander
I . after’members
Mrs. D. M. Reaves In
stalled President of
Auxiliary
L If the joint meeting of Ed Bond
Post and the Ladies’ Auxiliary held
[ Thursday night is an indication of
| what might be expected during the
| following months, both organizations
at the end of the fiscal year should be
able to record the year’s work as the
most successful since they were or
ganized.
Though the installation of new of
t ficers was the principal order of busi
ness expected to be transacted, many
matters of importance were discussed,
causing the meeting to last much
longer than was anticipated.
The new officers were installed by
C. E. Kramer, past district command
er, who officiated for Floyd I. White,
district commander, who was unable
to be present.
Joseph H. Conger, new commander
Os the Post, immediately took charge
L of the meeting, and things began to
' hum. One of the first items brought
up was the possibility of staging a
carnival here this week. A commit
tee was appointed to go to Plymouth,
where the shows were in progress
last week. The report brought back,
however, was that the carnival was
not desirable, hence no contact was
made.
Another matter claiming a great
deal of attention was an . Armistice
Day celebration on Noventec, 11. It
was the general opinion that some
sort of a celebration should be held
a and to work out details President
% Conger appointed the following com
mittee, who, together with himself,
will arrange a program: John A.
Holmes, Richard Dixon and C. E.
Kramer.
The celebration will no doubt con
sist of memorial services in the new
school auditorium about 11 o’clock, at
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v Fifth Sunday Sing
Sunday Afternoon
At Ross’ Church
Interesting: Progrram Is
Arranged For Bertie
Homecoming:
With present sort of weather pre
vailing, next Sunday should result in
a crowd so large that Ross’ Baptist
Church in Bertie County will be un
able to accommodate all who gather
for the Fifth Sunday Sing. An in
teresting program is scheduled to be
gin at 2:80 o’clock in the afternoon
and judging from the continued popu
larity of these affairs not only will
Bertie County people attend but in
terest has spread into adjoining
counties, which will no doubt also be
represented at the gathering.
L. S. Mizelle is chairman of the
& home-coming day program and fifth
M Sunday sing, with L. J. Godwin, song
leader, and Mrs. W. V. Boggard,
pianist. f . . v -> .
The complete program for the af
ternoon follows:
Hymn "Onward Christian Sol
diers,” Congregation.
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Postponed
Though plans were rapidly be
ing completed for the district
meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary which was scheduled to
be held in Edenton next Tuesday,
the meeting has been postponed.
Inability of the State presi
dent, Mrs. Herbert Taylor, of
. Dunn, to attend on the date set
ras the reason for the postpone
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According to Mrs. D. M. Reaves,
president of the local Auxiliary,
(he meeting will be held on
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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j Another Milestone j
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REV. E. L. WELLS
On Sunday Mr. Wells will be
gin his 29th year as pastor of the
Edenton Baptist Church. He
came to Edenton in 1910 and
has served the Baptist Chttrch
continuously ever since.
Two Water Lines
Now Being Added |
In North Edenton
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Gty Water Available
At Every House In
Section
NEW HYDRANTS
Improvement Expected
Be Completed By Last
Os November
An improvement of much interest,
especially to people living in North
Edenton, is the laying of water lines
which will enable every house in the
community to be furnished with city
water as well as connection with the
city sewer system. The Electric and
Water Department is now busily en
gaged in laying pipe lines which are;
expected to be completed by the latter
part of November.
The improvement includes two lines 1
of pipe, one a six-inch line on Oakum
Street 2,100 feet long extending from
Park Avenue and Oakum Street to
Broad Street. The other line is 4-j
inch pipe 1,900 feet long and will ex-,
tend from Park Avenue to Oakum
Street on Johnson Street.
With city water available three
new fire hydrants will also be install- j
ed, to furnish better fire protection. I
These will be located at Second and
Oakum Streets, Third and Oakum
Streets and at Johnson and Second
Streets.
The cost of laying these two lines
of pipe will be borne by the Electric
and Water Department.
Pension Raised For
Confederate Widows
In Chowan County
Clerk of Court Richard D. Dixon
was this week informed by Mrs. M.
R. Norris, pension clerk in the office
of State Auditor George Ross Pou,
that applications for increase in pen
sions had been approved . for three
Chowan County widows of Confeder
ate soldiers, the beneficiaries being
placed in Class A, instead of Class B,
effective December 15, 1938.
Chowan’s three Confederate wid
| ows are Mns. Alice V. Bell, Mrs. Ellen
’ E. Byram arid Mrs. Isabella Crad
dock. The new classification pro
vides for a pension of SBOO per year
instead of SIOO as heretofore.
Members of the Chowan County
Board of Pensions who recommended
the re-classification are W. D. Pra
den, R. P. Badham and J. H. Bowen.
Three New Tanks At"
Standard Oil Plant
It will be of interest to know that
the Standard Oil Company is this
week erecting three new norage
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 27,1938
Lecturer Os Note
Slated To Appear
On Local Platform
Hon. Geoffrey F. Mor-|
gan Speaks Next Tues
day Night at School
TIMELYSUBJECT
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Californian Third In En-!
tertainment Sponsored
By Local Lions Gub
The featured speaker of the Lions
Festival Series, coming here on Tues
day, November Ist, is the Hon. Geof- j
frey F. Morgan, member of the Cali- j
fomia State Legislature, of Santa;
Monica, California.
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His subject, never more timely than
today, is “Your Money or Your Life.”|
Jt deals with what people expect to ]
get out of the life they are living, ’
and whether money is the all-import
ant factor, and if it seems so, why.
Mr. Morgan claims that there is no,
use in knowing how to make a living
if one doesn’t know how to make a
life.
“Commerce, business, and the mon-j
ey that they bring in,” says Mr. Mor-;
gan, “helps one to make a living, and
culture helps to make a life. Busi
ness and business men are certainly
| important in creating material pros
perity, but it takes the apostles of
culture to create spiritual prosperity.”
With more leisure on our hands
than ever before, Mr. Morgan feels
that reading and thinking should be
1 aimed toward some definite end. A
j new leisure class has developed, in
this country—a class that is leisured
I perforce and not from choice, and
I well-directed use of their time may
I influence much of America’s future.
,' Mr. Morgan has an extensive back
ground, having been a city high
school principal, a college professor,
and a much-sought speaker for many j
years. Hfe has addressed literally!
hundreds of thousands of high school •
and college students in the past ten;
[years, and lias a tremendous “fan'
, mail” from young people whose lives j
!he has touched at some time. He;
speaks with the authority of a man;
who has seen much of the world and j
still finds it good to live in.
’ Mr. Morgan will address the citi-'
J zens of Edenton and surrounding
’ community at the High School Audi
-1 torium on Tuesday night, November
' Ist, at 8 o’clock, under the auspices
; of the Blind Committee’s work with
the local Lions Club sponsoring same,
'j The Edenton’s Lions Club is very
! ! anxious to have a large crowd pres
' ( ent to hear Hon. Geoffrey Morgan
I and plans have been made to notify
i each and every person to whom they
i think his address would be appealing.
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:! Don’t Forget
What should command the
s, presence of every member is the
-1 meeting which * will be held Fri
. | day night, November 4, at 7:30
i o’clock in the Court House,
i The executive committee, real
-1 izing the need of a number of
important matters, will be ready
; to hear any ideas advanced by
the membership as a whole and
for this reason every member is
urged to plan to be present at
the meeting.
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
. Joan Easley was rushed to the
Windsor Hospital Wednesday morn
ing where she was operated upon for
1 appendicitis.
Petitions Circulated
To Cut Electric Rates
• Many Users of Electricity Annex Signatures Ask
ing E. & W. Board For Lower Light and
Power Rates In Edenton
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[ Petitions are now going the rounds
in Edenton to secure signers asking
' the Electric and Water Department
for a reduction in present rates
charged for electricity, and froth an
early glance at several of the papers,
those presenting the matter are hav
ing very little trouble in securing
! signatures.
i Petitions are being circulated
, among the business and industrial es
, tablishments as well St among resi-
No specific figuxe k sot out in the
Many Present At
130th Anniversary
Methodist Church
'Three Services Sunday
In Celebration of 130
Years of Operation
GOOD SERMONS
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\ Revs. H. I. Glass, W. A.
Cade and Pastor Add
To Program
Successful beyond expectations was
the 130th anniversary Sunday of the
j Edenton Methodist Church when the
; building was crowded to capacity by
' members of the congregation, form
!er members and friends to join in
1 celebrating the event.
| Speaking at the 11 o’clock service
\ was Rev. H. I. Glass, now of Bur
lington, who for four years preached
I in the church and during that time
won many friends who were delight
'ed to meet and speak to him again.
1 Mr. Glass preached a powerful ser
mon, urging the congregation to con
! tinne to carry on as had their prede
■ cessors who were faced with far more
: trying ord.eals than those that pre
vail in present day times.
At the night service Rev. W. A.
Cade, of Wilmington, preached to a
full house. Mr. Cade was sent to
' Edenton as his second appointment
when a young preacher, and served
the Edenton Church during the try
; ing times incident to the World
War. He also preached an excellent
sermon, reminiscing many instances
showing the faithfulness and loyalty
of the local congregation when
brought to a test.
At 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon a
special historical memorial service
i was held when the pastor, Rev.
George W. Blount, read a paper pre
pared from a thorough search of the
; old church records. He traced the
,| growth of the church from the time
j it was organized in 1808 when the
| membership consisted of nine white
: and nine colored members, to the
j present day, special recognition being
j made of many of the staunch sup
! porters of the church in their day.
; The church was founded by Enoch!
' Jones, who came to Edenton for six
! months after the General Conference
of American Methodism met in Bal
timore in 1808. Several attempts
\ prior to 1808 were mad.e to establish
a church here, as early as 1793,
again in 1804 and in 1807. But it
1 was not until 1808 when Jones was
; sent here by Philip Bruce, presiding
elder, that any progress was made.
I The first church was built on the
corner of Church and Oakum Streets
and was later called Sycamore
Chapel. Methodists continued to
i worship in this church until 1857,
when a new building was erected on
West Eden Street. In 1895, the
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N. K. Rowell Speaker
At Community Sing:
In Enterprise School
N. K. Rowell, Chowan County’s
farm agent, will be the principal
speaker at the community sing to be
held at the Enterprise school build
ing Friday night. The affair is spon
sored by the Enterprise Woman’s
Club and will get under way at 7:30
o’clock. Aside from the singing fea
ture of the program, a number of
stunts have been arranged to add
interest to the occasion.
The ladies will serve refreshments
and a quilt will be given some lucky
person who attends.
petitions, but when the entire townj
has been canvassed, the petitions will j
be presented to the E. & W. Board |
for consideration. The present rate
charged in Edenton is 10 cents per
kilowatt for lights, carrying a mini
mum of 12 watts at $1.25, while the
power rate is 3% cents per kilowatt,
with a minimum of 35 watts at $1.25.
The cost of current to the town,
purchased from the Virginia Power St
Electric Company, varies according
to the peak load registered .in the
power plant, but ranges between 114
Jo 1% seeds per kilowatt.
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Officials Invited To Attend
League Os Municipalities
Meeting Held In Edenton
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j Speaks Next Week~j 1
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Hon. Geoffrey F. Morgan,
member of the California State
Legislature, of Santa Monica,
Califronia, will speak to the peo
ple of this community on Tu|:s,day
night, November Ist, at the
Edenton High School Auditorium.
His subject will be “Your Money
or Your Life.”
Edenton Tackles
Williamston High
Thursday At 3:15
Game Played Day Ear
lier Than Usual This
Week
1 DEADLOCKED
Aces Won Last Encoun
ter 14 to 0 Played
In 1936
Departing from the usual day for
playing their football games, the
Edenton High School team will play
Thursday afternoon of this week in- ■
stead of Friday.
As opponents for the game, the
Aces will tackle the Williamston
High School gridders on Hicks Field,
the game scheduled to start at 3:15.
The game is claiming considerable
interest in that the two schools bat
tled only twice on the gridiron and
as the matter now stands they are
deadlocked. In 1929 the Martin
County boys walloped Edenton 18 to
iO. However, athletic relations were
severed and not until 1936 did the
two schools meet again on the foot- 1
ball field. In that year Edenton |
reaped for their former de-|
feat and. turned back the visitors j
14 to 0.
From comparisons the two teams j
appear to be pretty evenly matched
this year and a battle royal is in
prospect as each group of boys will
play its best to gain the lead of
games won. Both teams have a
large number of loyal fans and with
the Edenton Band furnishing some
extra color, fans should be dished
out a real treat Thursday afternoon.
All of the Edenton players are in
the pink of condition and Coach Hol
ton expects another victory.
Amateur Performance
At Chowan Nov. 4th
The Chowan Woman’s Club is spon
soring an amateur night at Chowan
High School auditorium on November
4th, at 8 o’clock. Mr. C. E. Krayier,
of Edenton, will be the announcer.
The Club hopes to have a number of
contestants in all kinds of musical
1 instruments, songs, tap dancing and
| other novelty feature*. Prizes will
! be given.
Bishop Darst At
St. Paul’s Nov. 27
Bishop T. C. Darst will crime to
St Paul’s Church, Sunday, November
27th, at 11 a. m., to administer con
- Urination. Mr. Ashby asks that those
wishing to he confirmed then, pleeee
notify hiss.
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This newspaper is, circu
lated tn the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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One of Series of Eigh
teen Meeting's Here
November 10
officialsTinvited
State - wide Municipal
Legislative Program
Principal Subject
One of the series of 18 meetings
sponsored by the North Carolina
League of Municipalities to better ac
quaint municipal officials with the
State-wide municipal legislative pro
gram for the session beginning Janu
ary 1, 1939, will be held at Edenton
on November 10 at 2:30 p. m. The
meeting will be held in the Court
House with Mayor J. H. McMullan
acting as presiding officer.
“We feel that if the League’s legis
lative program for the coming ses
sion is to be a success, as this session
will be most important to municipal
ities because of such question as
homestead exemption, home rule, uni
form tax collection law, sharing
highway funds, etc., it is absolutely
necessary that each municipal official
is thoroughly familiar with the pro
gram and approves the program,”
says Mr. McMullan.
It is planned to have available at
the meeting mimeographed copies of
all proposed bills for distribution to
municipal officials in attendance.
All mayors, city managers, city
clerks, city attorneys, city councilmen,
and city employees of the following
towns are invited to attend the meet
ing in Edenton: Plymouth, Windsor,
Roper, Creswell, Columbia, Manteo,
Hertford, Elizabeth City, Sunbury,
Gatesville, Winton, Ahoskie, Colerain,
Moyock and Camden
The rest of the meeting in this
series will be held in the following
towns: Sanford, Wadesboro, Lumber
ton, Goldsboro, Wilmington, More
head city, Weldon, Oxford, Burling
ton, Winston-Salem, North Wilkes
boro, Shelby, Spruce Pine, Waynes
ville and Franklin.
Rotarians Meet In
Windsor Tonight
In “Family” Affair
Joint Meeting of Eden
ton, Windsor and Mur
freesboro Oubs
Rotarians of Edenton, Windsor
and Murfreesboro will meet jointly v
tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting will take on the air of
a “family reunion” in that the Eden
ton club is the parent of the Windsor
I club and the Windsor club parent of
the Murfreesboro club.
| An interesting and well-planned
j program has been arranged for the
j meeting which will be held, in the
I Woman’s Club, with Lloyd Lawrence,
president of the Murfreesboro club,
slated to make the principal address
of the evening. Wade Marr, of Eli
zabeth City, has also been placed on
the program for a few remarks.
Moses Moye, of the Murfreesboro
club will act as song leader.
A feature of the evening will be
the music which will be rendered by
the Bertie Swingsters.
Practically every member of the
Edenton club is expected to attend
the meeting.
First Meeting
The first official meeting of the
new Edenton Parent-Teachers
Association has been called for
Tuesday afternoon, November 1,
at 3:30 o’clock in the school audi
torium.
A number of very important
matters are scheduled to come up
for discussion, among which will
be the project for a lunch room
in the school. Mrs. Kate Chap
man, WPA supervisor, will at
tend the meeting to explain any
phase of the project necessary.
Urn officers of Edenton’s new
est organisation especially arge
every member to be preeaat as
well aa inviting any parent to
-join who baa net already deae mm.