!In there columns will be I Xjdmsd c fair presentation I I of local and county news I Woliahe V.—Number 51. Robert L Chesson L Wins Suit Against ■tPlpouth Concern rEdenton Man Awarded t $2,668 For Breach of i Contract | NOTEAPPEAL MFrial Consumes Four I Days of December ’What appeared to be a very brief PS term of Superior Court last week de veloped into an all week session, with ? Judge C. Everett Thompson returning from Elizabeth City Saturday to com plete-all details of the term. Quickly disposing of the criminal docket Monday, the suit of Robert L. Chesson against the Kieckhoffer Con tainer Company of Plymouth was tak en up Tuesday and consumed the re mainder of the week. Mr. Chesson was suing the pulp mill for $11,006 for breach of con tract and following the testimony of a long list of witnesses and the delib jji oration of a jury for about 10 hours, Mr. Chesson was awarded a verdict h in his favor with the amount of his damages to be paid by the Plymouth I concern aetat $2,668.27. The case was vigorously prosecuted V by John Hall and Henry Leßoy of f Elizabeth City, while counsel for the t defendant corporation were W. D. Pruden and Zeb Vance Norman, of Plymouth. Chesson claimed that a verbal con tract ; wss made between him and a representative of the pulp mill to 'AmiSsh palp wood and that the latter P agreed to furnish equipment and aid * vance money for the payroll which was subsequently to be deducted from the price paid for pulpwood. On the strength of this contract Chesson bought a quantity of wood on lands & owned by former Judge Walter Small. However, according to the plaintiff, the pulp mill refused to accept wood shipped by him thereby causing a financial loss in that he entered into an agreement to pay SI7OO for the standing timber. ‘Counsel for the defendant endeav ored to show that a contract was not entered into and following the verdict argued with Judge Thompson to set it aside on the grounds that the pulp wood- was not delivered and therefore r their client would be paying for | something which they had not receiv ed. The however, refused to interfere with Hie verdict returned (after the jury deliberated for so long » and as a result Messrs. Pruden and Norman appealed to the Supreme Court. ~-wv--■ •'I" ■ —— 4 1 Recommends Screening; Os Windows at Both | Graded Schools That ChbWdii affairs are being conducted ill a satisfactory manner was reflected by the few faults found last week by the grand jury for the December term of Su perior Court. The jurymen reported that the county jail was in good con dition and at the time of inspection j there were two white and two colored prisoners. The offices in the Court House, too, were found to be in good order and with sufficient equipment. In investigating the Clerk of j Court's office, it was found that Chas. F. Russell and R. W. Stokely, ad ministrators of the estate of J. R. Stokely, had not filed a statement of final settlement of said estate. Several minor defects ■ were found on some of the school buses, and the jury continued the recommendation! of previous juries that State Patrol-1 man George I. Dail inspect all school j buses each month. A recommendation was also includ ed in the report that windows be screened! at botn white and colored graded schools of Edenton and aIBO Chowan High School toilet windows. It was also reported that two of the previous County Home inmates are living in quarters that are not as 1 sanitary as they should be kept. Ernest W. Lee Again Operating Bridge Inn Ernest W. Lee, who formerly oper ated Bridge End Service Station, near Chowan River Bridge, but for the past several months has been located beyond the Midway on the Windsor highway, is again in charge of the Bridge End station, resuming control lest week. Already many of his- former cus tomers have visited him, and in the near future he will construct conven ient arrangements to serve barbecue 1 and oysters in every form. Mayor McMulian Signs WPA Project For Athletic Center On Old Fair Grounds zr j Reappointed . . t y* - - *j: *:• — ■ ■■ - Her many Chowan County friends will be delighted to know * that Mrs. J. B. Spillman has been i re-appointed by Governor Hoey as vice chairman of the State Un employment Commission. Mrs. Spillman’s term is for a period of six years and carries with it an annual salary of $5,000. Only last week Mrs. Spillman was the principal speaker at Chowan Woman’s Club Incoming Day ac tivities. | | Century Mark | “Aunt Lizzie’’ Bunch, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Ida Reed, at Center Hill, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Christmas Day. “Aunt” Lizzie has been blind for sometime, but invariably recog nizes her friends by their voice. She has been poorly for sometime now and has grown very thin. Red Men Elect New Group Os Officers J. ICraig Haste Selected As Sachem For Next Six Months | New officers for Chowan Tribe ot j Red Men were elected at the meeting [held Monday night, when the follow j ing were chosen: i J, C. Haste, sachem; Ernest Yf. Lee, J Senior sagamore; Lloyd C. Bunch, jun . ior sagamore; W. C. Hollowell, pro phet; Raleigh Hollowell, chief of re fords; A . S. Hollowell, collector of wampum; W T . J. Daniels, keeper of wampum. These officers, together with the appointive officers, will be installed at the meeting held January 2 by Oscar Brown, deputy great sachem. Twilight Carol Service At Center Hill Dec. 25 A twilight carol service will be giv-j en at Center Hill Methodist Church j on Christmas Day. The service is sponsored by Willie Monds, superin tendent and teacher of the children’s division. This is a gift service to .the people of the community, everyone of whom is cordially invited to attend. | Meeting Os Red Men Called Off Monday Due to next Momday being general ly observed as a holiday, Chowan Tribe of Red Men have postponed the regular meeting for that night. The next meeting will be held on January 2, at which time the newly-elected officers will be installed. | Dead Line | All those who expect to com pete in the Christmas decoration contest must have their display ready by Thursday night, accord ing to Mayor J. H. McMulian. Much favorable comment has been heard about decorations in general in Edenton this year and all residences as well as business houses should look their best by Thursday night. The Garden Club will judge the various displays and name the winners. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wUI realise good results. E. & W. Board Appro priate Town’s Share, $1,313 NEW LOCATION Work Expected to Be gin on Major Improve ment By January 2 One of the most outstanding im provements in the way of beautifica tion in Edenton was assured Tuesday morning when Mayor J. H. McMulian, in behalf of the Town of Edenton, signed a WPA project for the erec tion of an athletic center on Hicks Field. The improvement calls for the re moval of the present unsightly grand stand and half-torn down fence around the baseball park and in its place will be erected a substantial grandstand and bleachers as well as a modern and sturdily constructed fence. » * Present at the meeting Tuesday was R. B. Riddick from the Windsor WPA office, who explained various problems which were not altogether clear to the sponsors. Previously Town Council approved the project providing the E. & W. Board would furnish the sponsor’s share of the ex penditure. The E. & W. Board sub sequently agreed to appropriate this amount which is $1313. The project, according to tentative plans, calls for the grading of a new baseball dia mond with a grandstand seating about nearby. The park will also include a foqtball with bleachers seating in the neighborhood of 1500 people. The project was signed for the em ployment of 20 WPA workers, who are expected to begin grading about January 2. The exact location of the stadium on the plot of town-owned property has not yet been determined, but more than likely will be along one of the streets adjoining the grounds. • Meeting Os Rotary Called Off Today Members of Club Con tribute Price of Meal To Stocking Fund As is customary during the week . preceding Christmas, there will be no : meeting of the Edenton Rotary Club today. Instead, every Rotarian is ex pected to pay the usual 50 cents ■ charged for the meal which will be i turned over to the Stocking Fund for the purchase of presents for needy children in the community. At last week’s meeting the Rotar , ians were treated to a splendid ad dress by Rev. W. C. Benson. Mr. Benson very ably spoke about the principles of Rotary, other civic groups, fraternal orders and the church as well. While many of them carry out the ritualistic part of their > work to perfection, he said, yet from j a study of present day conditions i> the world at large, it is high time for a revival in all groups to the end that the tenets of each organizatioa is made paramount among the individ ual members. Masonic Meeting Is Called Off Tonight Due to quite a few of the members being employed at rights during the holiday season, the regular Masonic meeting has been called off tonight by the master of Unanimity Lodge, E. T. Rawlinson. The meeting of the lodge will be held next week, however, when new officers will be installed and a new year’s activities begun. Bicyclist Run Down On Suffolk Highway Hubert Godley, 16-year-old white boy, of the Hancock Station neighbor hood, narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday night when he was run down while riding a bicycle on the Jxjghway. The boy had no light on his wKeel and was struck by Clayton Roberts, a colored man. The boy was rendered unconscious for some time, but is rapidly recov ering from his Injuries, which for the most part are bruises.