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President’s Birthday to
Be Celebrated on
January 30
SIMPLEAFPIUR
Interesting Program lie
■ Though arrangements are still in
■the formative stage, C. E. Kramer,'
| chairman for Chowan County of the 1
Hgommittee for the celebration of j
[ J'resident Roosevelt’s birthday, feels i
’Bore this county will again stage a
'creditable affair in raising funds with
which to combat infantile paralyse.
The permanent organization wll
Ithortly be formed in this county wh. n
fqommittees will be named, by the R »a
Itary and Lions Clubs, the American!
Hegion and Legion Auxiliary to plan!
Hit the celebration. Mrs. E. N. El-U
will represent up*;r Chowan n’
B affair to be held in the Armoryg
W -Tentative plans call for a band cco-l
R»rt by the Edenton High School!
| Band,' to be followed by a feature
|program possibly including a number,
lof amateur or novelty acts. To cli
kaax the affair will be bf>th round ant,
■square dancing. Mr. Kramer statec,
BPnthis week that due to the limit
Hd tirVewf the party there would I t
Ho fiddlers’ convention r in connecti' a
Hith this year’s celebration.
H As was his idea lasts year, a small
Hdmission will be charged in order ;|H
■illact a larger crowg’ jNo expensivwi
Bchestra will be engaged, the prinO
Bfpal motive being to turn in as largiTj
|n .amount as possible in the fighil
■gainst infantile paralysis.
■•Half of all money cahacied will bi\|
■tamed in
ne national :f' used j
for (1) research
gpqgftiqn of the <
first and; (3) uuHHHH&i; andij 1
(4) deve.'< **>;t
for after-treat
This canH^^^^|Hbe
tion-wide under
chairman in each
of the United asl
sisted by eacllj
city, town and hamH \ , |fee '! J|
take many forms, I
to provide an t< j
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monthly report
Chowan County
old age benefits,J
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
1 I A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Alices Initial
wan’s Part In
rclysis Fight
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REV. A. STIRLING
9 Succceeding Rev. Kelly Wig
jHield as pastor of Full Gospel
in North Edenton,
Mr, Stirling preached his
ijHlrst sermon to the congregation
Sunday.
Kliowan Os Getting
9 goad Money Back
letter Tabled Asking
■Ppor Apprupr >9ik>6‘)
j Fight Issue,
I QUOTA $27.50
IVlovement Made Little
, Headway In Last
j General Assembly
■.Though Chowan County has been
Iged to again join with other coun
' is seeking a refund from the State
t r money spent on roads which were
, ■ bsequently taken over by the State,
I letter from the Eastern Carolina
* (amber of Commerce was tabled by
e County Commissioners Tuesday.
; G. Bartlett, secretary of the or
nization, urged the County to ap
. opriate part for the purpose oi
. rrying out a strenuous program
■ring this session of the General As-
Ifrnbly to secure this road money.
reviously Chowan made an appro
hpiation, but during the last session
•ft the General Assembly be buck
; jas passed to the Highway, Depart-
I ent, where it met with complete
I ilure.
! Chowan’s claim amounted to $51,-
© for the highway leading to Hert
f|>nd and upon that basis th? county
asked to appropriate one-twen
‘eth of one per cent or $2750 for a
5 ujewed fight for a refund.
i However, the general opision pro
filed among the Commissioners that
p counties had little change of se-
e money spent on joads and
•as therefore tailed.
iffice Receipts
Os Lad Year
isiness Tops 1937
.bout $3,000 In
|;i Edenton Office
•though accurate figures vould not
sc) .furnished, Postmaster C. E.
■Uamer this week gave < it the in
■plmation that the Christm sf, business
Hfthe Edenton postoffice tpped last
Hllr’s figure. Postal receijits for the
■fine year of 1938 were in the neigh-
Hrhood of $3,000 better!.than last
H*v according to Mr. Kknier, and
|gsfas very complimentar# of the ef
■Dent work of local employees in
the huge amoutAif
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Edenton. Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 5,1939. /0 fl 5 $1.25 Per Year.
| New Hotel Owner
Takes Charge On
Monday Morning
■ G. H. Harding Succeeds
W. R. Horton' as
Manager
1 IMPROVEMENTS
Beautiful Neon Sign
Will Direct Travelers
To Hotel
G. H. Haraing, new owner of Hotel
Joseph Hewes, took over the manage
ment of the hotel on Monday, replac
ing W. R. Horton, lessee for the past
several years. Mr. Harding has been
in Edenton since the sale of the prop
erty was consummated about a month
ago awaiting the expiration of Mr.
Horton’s lease.
The hotel has been painted both
inside and out and Mr. Harding con
templates an expenditure of several
thousand dollars in further improve
ments and when completed he hopes
to have a hotel that will compare fav
orably with any in a town of similar
size in the State.
Mr. Harding is a very congenial
person and desires to become ac
quainted with everybody in the towm.
He has had considerable hotel exper
ience and feels certain that the hotel
will be an asset to the section under
his management.
Ke has secured permission from
town authorities to construct a beau
tiful neon sign at the comer of Broad
and Queen Streets directing travelers
to the hotel. It is generally agreed
that due to the hotel being located off
the main artery of traffic many trav
elers pass through unaware that
there is a first class hotel in Edenton.
Edenton Rotarians
Accept Challenge
Os Virginia Clubs
Group of Clubs In At
tendance Contest
During January
Edenton Rotarians at their meeting
on Thursday night voted to accept a
challenge issued by a group of Vir- ]
ginia Rotary Clubs in the district.
The challenge is in the nature of an
attendance contest during the month
of January and. is expected to stimu
late attendance in all the clubs in
volved, as the result of which Presi
dent Oscar Brown is hopeful the lo<?al
club will register several 100 per cent
meetings.
The contest begins with this week’s
meeting and every Edenton Rotarian
is urged to be present at tonight’s
meeting in the Parish House.
Bachmans Badly
Huti In Accident
Little Hope Entertained
For Recovery Former
Chowan Official
Friends in Edenton were greatly
shocked to learn on Sunday that Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Bachman, of Colum
bia, were badly injured in an automo
-1 bile"*accident near Bethel Saturday as
• they were returning home from South
Carolina.
i The Bachmans, who are in the Tar
| boro hospital, were visited -by several
i Edenton friends who report that Mr.
Bachman is critically injured and. but
’ little hope is held for his recovery.
Mrs. Bachman, h<rwever, is said to be
recovering.
The accident occurred while Mrs.
Bachman was driving when she at
tempted to turn out for a truck.
The wheels struck a rut in the road
shoulder, thus causing loss of control
of the car.
The Bachmans formerly lived in
Edenton, where Mr; Bachman was
county superintendent of schools and
president of the Edenton Building and
Loan Association.
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Junior Auxiliary Will
Meet On Monday
A meeting of the Junior Auxiliary
i will be held Mondajy afternoon at 3:30
o’clock with Misses Annie Ruth ana
; to*be ** ,
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Property Owners
Make Bequest For
Better Drainage
Larger Culverts and
Swamp Drainage Is
Sought
PASS RESOLUTION
W. D. Pruden Presents
Matter to 'County
Commissioners
W. D. Pruden, on behalf of a group
of property owners, appeared before
the County Commissioners Tuesday
asking that body to pass a resolution
in his effort to secure drainage relief
for property owners along the State
Highway. The Commissioners sub
sequently passed a resolution which
will be forwarded to the State High
way Commission in the hope that
proper drainage will be effected by
the highway force.
The resolution passed by the Com
missioners was as follows:
“Whereas, it appears that the cul
verts on the State Highway from
Edenton to Hertford and from Eden
ton-Hertford Road to the Albemarle
Sound bridge at the swamp at or
near the Chowan-Perquimans line are
too small and whereas, it further ap
pears that due to new construction
by the State Highway Commission
near the said swamp the drainage : f
the swamp has been disturbed and
clogged up. -
“Now, therefore, be it resolved that
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission is hereby requested to
enlarge the said culverts and to
clear the swamp for a distance on
each side of same which will permit
proper drainage.’’
Herbert Leary Will
Resume Practice
Os Law In Edenton
Many Friends Glad to
Learn He Will Re
main Home
Herbert Leary has announced that •
immediately following his retirement
j from office as solicitor of the First
j Judicial District, which officially ter
minated January 1, he will resume the
general practice of law with offices in j
Edenton.
Many inquiries have been made as
to what Mr. Leary would do after his
term of office as solicitor expired and
a host of friends will be glad to learn
that he will continue the practice of
law in his home town, where he will
undoubtedly be frequently employed
as counsel.
Mildred Stephenson j
New Society Editor!
Popular Young Lady
Will Succeed Mrs.
Hector Lupton
Beginning next week, The Herald
will have a new society editor, when
Miss Mildred Stephenson will succeed
Mrs. Hector Lupton. Mrs. Lupton
for over a year has acted as society!
> editor, but due to her home d.uties has
given up the work.
Miss Stephenson, popular young
lady, will begin her duties Monday]
morning and in an effort to secure as
much society news as possible she, as
well as . The Herald publishers, ask
for the cooperation of readers who
can furnish these items.
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Dr. John W. Warren
Now Has An Office In
Hotel Joseph Hewes
Dr. John W. Warren this week
opened an office in the Hotel
Hewes building, returning to Edenton \
from Roper, where he has been prac
ticing the past several years. One
section of his office will be occupied
by John Sikes and Julien Wood. Jr.,
who conduct a general insurance bus
iness. The office is in the extreme
eastern end of the hotel building.
UNDER KNIFE
Marcelle Ward, of Ryland, under
went an appendectomy at Lakeview
Hospital, Suffolk, Va., last week. Mr.
Ward was quite ill for several days,
but recent reports are encouraging.
Commissioners Turn Down
Sewing Room Plan Calling
For Larger Appropriation
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| RE-ELECTED [
D. M. WARREN
For the third consecutive term,
Mr. Warren was re-elected chair
man of the Chowan County Com
missioners Tuesday, despite his
urging some other member of the
Board to assume the responsi
bility.
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869 Unemployed
In Chowan Receive
$664,259 in Wages
Paid By 24 Covered Em
ployers For 18 Month
Period i
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12 PER CENT
$10,921 Is Paid During
First 11 Months
Os 1938
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Os the 100 counties in North Caro-1
lina, Guilford had the largest number j
of employed workers, Mecklenburg!
had the smallest payroll and the'
j largest number of employing units,;
'Guilford paid the most in contribu-j
tions and the highest per cent of con- 1
tributions, while Gaston received the
largest amount and the largest perl
cent of benefits paid to unemployed I
workers, figures compiled in the Cen-;
tral office of the State Unemployment j
Compensation Commission show. 1
The number of workers is based on :
the average for the last 10 months of
j 1937, and is probably slightly larger
| than 1938 figures would show. For
the entire State the number was
1448,160. On this basis, Guilford led
jwith 35,878 employees, Mecklenburg
I had 32,966, Forsyth 32,907, Gaston
24,622 and Cabarrus 20,840.
The wages paid is the total for,
1937 and the first six months of 1938, |
collected through July 81. The total :
for the State, on this basis, was!
$561,996,697.
The employing units are those re-1
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December Liquor i
I Sales Top Previous i
Year By 5526.86
liquor Buyers Spend
$11,103 During Past
Month
Figures released Tuesday by the
Chowan ABC Board revealed the fact
that business done in the local liquor
store during December exceeded that
of December last year by $526.80.
the past month $11,103.30
was taken in by tire sale of liquor as
against $10,676.50 for the correspond
ing month last year.
Christmas eve business was
easily* handled by the three clerks in
the stote which differed from last;
year wheh it'was impossible to accom- j
modate the hugt proved of last-min- 1
ute liquor buyers.
Auditors are now auditing records
of the local store to determine the
amount of business done during the
year.
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This newspaper it circu
lated m the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
Sponsor Now Required
To Pay SIOO More
Per Month
TABLED
Sewing Rooms In Coun
ty Expected to Go Out
Os Existence
Unless there is a change of the
present status of affairs the sewing
rooms in Chowan County will go out
of existence just as soon as the pres
ent project terminates. The sudden
change in the sewing room proposi
tion materialized. Tuesday when the
County Commissioners refused, to sign
a project which was returned asking
for about SIOO more per month than
had previously been asked.
Following last month’s meeting the
Commissioners authorized Chairman
D. M. Warren to sign a project which
according to a WPA official required
the county to increase their appro
priation about $3 per person employ
ed per month for purchasing mater
ials which heretofore were furnished
by the government. Mr. Warren sub
sequently signed the project which
was later returned made out for
about SIOO more per month as the
! county’s share. The Commissioners
j objected to the increase and the mat
ter was tabled.
They feel that needed, employment
is provided by the sewing rooms and
that much material is turned over
for county purposes, but in that the
cost is ever increasing they' were op
| posed to enter into a new agreement
' after the matter was thoroughly ex
| plained last month by Mrs. W. R.
Stancil, supervisor of sewing room
! projects.
The Commissioner Jeel .that,'it
would be more “or less of a calamity
; for the sewing rooms to close espec
i rally during the winter, but Superin
’ tendent of Public Welfare \V. M. Per
| kins is of the opinion that the sewing
i rooms will continue to be operated,
i Under provisions of the project
j which was turned down Tuesday, the
I total amount of the sewing room
! project would be $20,321.28. Os this
| amount the County as sponsor would
I have to appropriate $2,3-18 as against
] $17,973.28 by the Federal government.
| There are some twenty employed in
; the sewing rooms at present who will
, be thrown out of employment if the
j project is closed.
Ed Bond Post Is
i $54.78 Richer By
Christmas Dance
Legionnaires Continue
Agitation For Local
Boxing Match
j Though only routine business was
! transacted at the meeting of Ed
I Bond Post of the American Legion
; Tuesday night, the idea of a boxing
1 match to be staged in the Armory
; again bobbed up. Jesse White, who
I is athletic chairman of the Post, was
] not present at the meeting, but sev
] eral of the Legionnaires took it upon
i themselves to jack up Mr. White and
> see if a bout cannot be arranged in
1 the very near future,
j A report of the Christmas dance
| sponsored by the Legion Post reveal
ed a profit of $54.78 which has been
j added to the Post’s treasury.
] New Red Men Chiefs
Installed By Great
Sachem Holywell
Arthur Hollowell and J. Edwin
Bufflap attended, a Red Men’s meeting
in Washington, N. C., Monday night
when the former as Great Sachem of
North Carolina Red Men, installed
new officers in Tau Tribe for the
year 1939. Mr. Hollowell also spoke
briefly to the large gathering after
i the installation ceremonies. In the
! course of his remarks he urged mem
bers to support the new officers to
the utmost, saying that by striving
; together Redmanship in the State
1 should show more progress in the eiu'
suing year than during 1938. *
i After the meeting a huge oyster
roast was held in the new plant of the
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company, when
the redskins made away with 40 bar- l ,
■ rela of oysters.
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