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these columns will be 1 heal and county news ________ ■Hime Vl.—Number 5. Ban On Gill Nets For Shad Between Bridges Causes NiOncern Among Fishermen Wrnlmmmm < SPlfiroup Charges Ruling Is Discrimination Against Them | SEEKREtIEP | Deny Belief That Area Is Spawning Ground For Shad <5Bl net fishermen of Chowan and I ' Washington counties met in the Mu nicipal Building Saturday morning to ? register their protest relative to he lp ing forbidden to set gill nets for shad f between the Nbrfolk Southern Rail- Katiffiitd bridge and the new Albemarle Klßund highway bridge. Present at ■ £he meeting was John F. White, BpOjhowan County’s representative in S the General Assembly, at whom was PI tlirected pleas for relief. Representa jtive Wilbur Darden, of Washington County, was also expected at the meeting but due to previous arrange-1 ments remained in Raleigh over the week-end. The meeting to enter protests and urge representatives of the two counties to use their efforts in having the ruling set aside materialized ■ > when fishermen were informed last Ir Cage Hayman, deputy fish lioner, that they would not be id to set gill nets for shad in Itrjcted area. Mr. Hayman lowing instructions from the f Conservation and Develop rhich has aroused a consider rant of dissatisfaction among p||' I ruled two years ago that no i for shad should be set be he two bridges, but fishermen towed to set nets last year so sy could wear out' the equip hich was bought prior to the Nothing more was heard re restrictions and as a result t the fishermen have again ed new equipment in the ex n that they would again ba to fish. Hence, being inform ed last week that the ruling would go) into effect this year, those engaged! in this method of fishing are up in j arms and seeking relief. The area between the two bridgesj is considered spawning grounds for (Continued on Page Five) Chinese Checker Tournament Will | Be Held Mondayi j band Staging Affairs to 1 Pay For Added New Pr Uniforms H SMALLCHARGE director MdCullers Very f Anxious Take Group To World’s Fair I mmm- • f ... in an effort to secure money witli 5 which to pay for added uniforms, the | Edenton High School Band has ar ranged for a series of entertainments j bS*be held in the Mitchener building j over the bowling alleys. The first of affairs will take place Monday fpjPCjjpi a Chinese checker toume / pent will be held. A small charge , Tpr .qntry in the tournament will be prizes offered for high ■% ■' i pp,Tbe following week either a bingo psipr card party will be held and it is < i|teped that .these affairs will be gen- patronized in the band’s ef forts* to clear its indebtedness. aHnmpty-tihree new uniforms, includ ing four drum majors, were recently w Ijtaceived, says Director C. L. Mc gjjpullers, who is very proud of the fact the f ' organization is now fully I gJUr. McCullerS is now hoping to be th£ band to the World’s in correspondence |P||jjg|srailroad officials relative to ac fgtamodations aiid the amount of ex v 1 ' ‘ ivti ammft i. lUtirpLitj'Mw)Liiiwftjlh '’ i i..j* L _ v v ; ,Aj; : ■ ' THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY CANNING EXPERT I MM MRS. CHARLIE CLOANINGER On Wednesday afternoon, Feb ruary 8, Mrs. Cloaninger, expert home economist, will conduct a - canning demonstration at Chowan High School. Demonstration On Meat Canning At Chowan High Feb. 8 Mrs. Charlie Cioftiinger Will Impart Variable Information AT 2:3OO^jcLOCK Club Foods Leaders Re quested Make fecial I Reports on Meeting i • i Next Wednesday afternoon, Feb ! ruary 8, at the Chowan High School | a meat canning demonstration will be held, beginning at 2:30 o’cfock. At this time Mrs. Charlie Cloaninger, home economist with Ball Brothers Company, will give the demonstration which should be of great interest to all club members. t Mrs. Cloaninger is a graduate of Winthrop College, taught home eco nomics for several years, supervised ! a school canning kitchen and has giv- I en canning demonstrations in coopera i tion with F. S. A. in South Carolina, j She is well versed in every phase of j her work and it is hoped that a good -1 ly, number of club women avail them selves of the opportunity to profit by Mrs. Cloaninger’s demonstration. Everyone is invited to attend this demonstration and club foods leaders are expected to give a special report at their next club meeting. Most Serious Fire In Over Year Occurred Sunday Afternoon , In & downpour of rain Edenton ex perienced its most disastrous fire in i over a year Sunday afternoon when • the building housing ' Jordan and * Brabble Was badly damaged. Mes • srs. Jordan and Brabble operate a . blacksmith shop as well as farm , equipment repair department and sell , farming equipment. It is one of the town’s oldest businesses, having been for many years operated on East Church Street by the late J. N. E}- ! liott. ' Damage is estimated at several . thousand dollars and but for the fact that a heavy rain was in progress and no wind stirring several adjoin r ing frame houses escaped damage. : Edenton Lions Qub Now Two Years Old - - - - - ’ Due to the joint banquet of $e 1 Lions ahd Rotary Clubs Wednesday * night, the regular meeting of the I Lions Club next Monday has been | At last Monday’s meeting an inter- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 2,1939. Barbecue Supper Friday Night For Farm Bureauites Affair Is Climax of Re cent Drive For New Members 200JOIN H. T. Hobbs Leads E. G. Blanchard By Nar row Margin With an approximate membership of 200 which replaces a meagre doz en members of the Farm Bureau, Chowan farmers who have affiliated with the organization during the re cent membership campaign will gath er at the Edenton Armory Friday night at 6:45 o’clock to enjoy a barbe cue supper. Beginning about two weeks ago to bolster the membership of the Farm Bureau in this county, two commit tees have been at work contacting farmers and explaining the benefits to be derived by affiliation with an organization whose purpose it is to present a solid front for the advance and welfare of agriculture. The re sponse has been very encouraging and the prime purpose of the barbecue is to be able to mingle together for a brief period and possibly become bet ter acquainted with each other. Heading the two committees were E. G. Blanchard and H. T. Hobbs, which groups met Friday afternoon at the Court House to check up on re sults of the drive. After a tabula tion of members secured by each group, the- figures revealed that Mr. Hobbs and his cohorts had won by a narrow margin of four members. No elaborate program has been ar ranged for the barbecue feast Friday night, other than that R. C. Holland, who has been very active in the in j terest of the Farm Bureau, says sev eral impromptu talks will be made by various members in the interest of the organization and will no doubt stress the importance of organization to fight for the rights of agriculture in order to secure a proportionate part of the national income, as well as advancement of the general wel fare of the farm home and all mem bers of the farmer’s family. Everyone who has joined the or ganization has been notified about the barbecue supper and it is expected to result in one of the largest gath erings of farmers ever to assemble in Edenton for one common purpose. Edenton Wins First Basketball Games Os Present Season Both Teams Chalk Up Victories Over Co lumbia Outfits Both basketball teams of Edenton High School had their first taste of victory Thursday night when they de feated the Columbia aggregations.! Each team had little difficulty in over-1 coming their opponents, the boysi winning bye 22-13 score, while the' girls’ score was 24-15. It was the first victory in seven games for the boys, while the girls had a somewhat better record in chalking up at least a tie game earlier in the season with Windsor. The boys’ outfit lost to Greenville on the latter’s court Friday night, when they were completely outclassed by the Pitt County boys, the score being 40-d>. Edenton, however, was somewhat handicapped in this game on account of an injury to William Cayton, who received an injury above the eye requiring three stitches and forcing him from the game. Cayton has been making splendid progress on the court and is the spark plug of the local quintet. In return games Tuesday night on the Armory* court both Edenton teams again fell victims to the Roper High School aggregations, the boys’ score being 24-17, while the girls’i score was 12-7. In the boys’ game Chesson was j high scorer for Edenton, chalking up 110 of the 17 points. Curless led the visitors* also scoring 10 points. Mary White headed the Edenton girls in scoring honors, being credited with five points, vMbile Chesson of the Roper team tallied 8 points. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Bad Weather And Sickness Reduces Crowd At Armory Attendance and Finan cial Return Below Last Year GOOD PROGRAM Chowan Chapter Will Be Organized In Near Future ' Handicapped by very unfavorable weather and a great amount of sick , ness, the crowd attending the Presi dent’s Birthday celebration in the Ar mory Monday night was much smaller than had been hoped for and obvious ' ly the financial return very far below last year’s figure when $176 was cleared for Chowan County. A final report has not yet been completed by C. E. Kramer, general chairman, but indications are that the affair will clear much less than SIOO. Ha<i local people attended, in pro portion to those from nearby sections, Mr. Kramer feels certain that last’s years figure would, have been reached at least, for visitors were on hand from Cates, Bertie, Tyrrell, Perquimans, Martin and Washington counties. The program was carried out in a very pleasing manner, getting off to a good start by the Edenton Band playing several numbers. Following this a series of amateur acts were arranged, which drew round after round of ap plause from those present. In this portion of the program Miss Sally Dixon carried off honors, singing sev eral numbers, one of which she was accompanied by two little tap dancers, i Louise Smith also received a big hand for a humorous Negro skit. Square and round dancing- completed the celebration. With financial returns far below last year, Mr. Kramer on Tuesday re ported receipt of several contributions to the cause made by some who were unable to attend the celebration. And in this connection if there are others who desire to make a contribution he! will be glad to add. to the fund before | he completes his report. Shortly after the report is sent in- 1 to headquarters a Chowan Chapter of‘ the Infantile Paralysis Foundation will be organized, which organization will be charged with the responsibil ity to govern expenditure of funds to be used in the county in connection with crippled children who are victims i of infantile paralysis. In the square dance contest James! Boyce, of Hertford, and Mary Boyce, won the first prize of $2.50, with j Charles Swanner and his sister. Helen, winning the second prize of SI.OO. Sheriff G. D. 'Williams, of Gates' County, was the winner of the blank-1 ( et which was chanced off by the 1 ladies. New Ruling Allows Sale Perch Caught In Fishermen’s Nets; (Sales, However, Confin-! ed to County In Which Fish Are Taken Cage Hayman, deputy fish commis sioner, this week received information from the Board of Conservation and Development relative to the sale of game fish caught by commercial fish ermen. Last year, it will be remem-; bered, perch which were caught inj nets could not be sold, but Mr. Hay-| man has been advis’ed that the com mittee decided to permit the sale of speckled perch taken incidental to commercial fishing operations. But it was directed that the sale and shipment of the different fish caught under conditions mentioned above should be confined to the county in which taken. i Also no speckled perch caught in any other waters except commercial I fishing waters may be sold under the above conditions. Passion Play Shown At Hertford Feb. II Many in Chowan County will want 1 to attend a showing of the famous “Passion Play” film at the Hertford Methodist Church which will take place Saturday night, February 11, at 7:80 o’clock. The film depict* a I complete life of Christ in motion pic ' 27i . in!ut flari iii Chowan County Has Secret Os Lost Colony Mystery In Opinion College President <& I Lunch Room | Mirs. James E. Wood, president ! of the Parent-Teacher Associa tion, at the meeting held Friday night reported that the school lunch room, which is sponsored by the Association, will be ready for operation by next Monday. This announcement materialized when the Edenton school board of trustees ha,d arranged to secure a sink and water heater. The an nouncement was the source of much gratification on the part of P. T. A. members., Rain Falls Dampen Interest In Bertie Fifth Sunday Sing Edenton Baptist Church Filled to Capacity Sun day Afternoon WINSTON BRIEF Colerain’s Invitation Is Accepted For Sing On April 30 A steady down-pour of rain all af ternoon failed to dampen the interest in the Bertie County fifth Sunday : sing which was held in the Edenton , Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. < With every seat occupied in the main auditorium and in the galleribs.' chaifs were placed in the aisles and even : j then many were obliged to stand; throughout the program. For many | j blocks in every direction automobiles! j lined the streets, thereby congesting!; i traffic while the services were in pro-; gress and. attested to the popularity : of these song services held at various! churches every fifth Sunday. L. Scarboro Mizelle, of Windsor, presided at the service, with L. J. Godwin, of Ahoskie, acting as song j leader. Rev. E. L. Wells in a brief ! address welcomed the throng and I though, he said, he doesn’t know one (note from another, emphasized the importance of music in religious work 1 and the good which necessarily re suits from affairs of this character, j i The program, composed of splendid j solos, duets, quartets, choir and male. I chorus numbers, was interspersed j with congregational singing which ! was entered into so heartily that Mr.; i Godwin was pleased to say that it) compared favorably with the singing; at the great Southern Baptist. Con- ’ vention. Immediately after the program was» concluded a short business session i ; was held, when the invitation extend- j | ed by the Colerain Baptist Church to j j hold the sing in that church on April 1 130 was accepted. Mr. Mizelle was re > elected chairman, as was Mr. Godwin, j song leader. Various committees were also ap pointed, including the following: Program Committee—L. S. Mizelle, L. J. Godwin, A. C. Mitchell, Jordan Ward, J. C. Evans, Scott Hoggard, W. J. Daniels, John R. Jenkins, Jr., and Alonzo Hoggard. Committee on Time and Place —S. | A. Adams, A. C. Mitchell, Scott Hog- j gard, S. J. Ward, T. C. Williford, ! John Britt, Campbell Hoggard, J. J. j j Tayloe, J. A. Speight, Finley Johnson, | Wiley R. Mizelle, J. S. Jenkins and J. B. Mitchell. Judge Francis D. Winston, grand old man of Bertie, was also included on the program and in his inimitable way said, he wanted to contribute a one-man duet in two verses as he shouted “Howdy and goodbye.” Income Tax Returns j Due Feb. 15-March 15 j February 15 through March 15 has been fixed by the Treasury . Depart ment for filing period to assist tax payers in filing their income tax re ; turns, according to C. H. Robertson, collector of internal revenue. Mr. ; j Robertson has informed The Herald i that a representative will be in Eden l ton on Thursday, March 2, to give • any assistance necessary in making , out returns. i This representative will be station - ed at the post office building, where he , will gladly help any who desire his services. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. V - Dr. H. J. Pearce Anxious To Begin Search For Second Marker WRITES TO~WIGGINS Head of Brenau College Desires to Speak to Local Group Renewed efforts to solve the mys tery regarding the Lost Colony will no doubt soon be made within the confines of Chowan County. This was mad.e known this week when Captain J. L. Wiggins received a let ter from Dr. H. J. Pearce, president of Brenau College at Gainesville, Georgia, to the effect that he was very much interested in making fur ther investigations around Edenton to find a stone which will corroborate evidence upon a stone now in posses sion of the college purporting to tell the fate of the Lost Colony of Roa noke. A slab of stone which was found on the east banks of the Chowan River has become the permanent pos session of Brenau College which has been an incentive for Dr. Pearce to endeavor to solve the mystery. On one side of the stone is carved ' a crude Latin cross, beneath which is inscribed^-“Ananias Dare & Vir ginia went hence unto heaven 1591.” Near the bottom on the same side, appears, anye Englishman shew John Vvnite Cove. Via. On the other side appears a mes sage in 17 lines telling of the colo nists going up Albemarle Sound and into Chowan River, and in four years, on account of sickness and Indian conflict, were reduced to 24. The message also intimates that in 1591 Indians slew all bu* sev£s' of those remaining. These were supposedly buried on small hills near the river. Dr. Pearce says the story told on the stone is logical enough 'but that acceptance of its information as a final solution of the colonial mystery must await corroborative evidence, and that finding of the stone mark ing the grave of the slain 17 or dis covery of the remains would undoubt edly be conclusive. In writing to Mr. Wiggins, Dr. I’earce says he expects to make a (Continued on Page Five) Directors Edenton B. & L Association . Re-elected Monday ; Annual Meeting In Held i In Court House Lasts Only Short Time I Very little time was consumed ' Monday night at the annual meeting of the Edenton Building and Loan Association, which was cut short in order to permit as many as so desired to attend the President’s Birthday celebration in the Armory. Much more of the stock was represented than constitutes a quoroum, and im mediately after tabulating the shares represented either in person or by ! proxy, directors for the coming year J were elected. This matter, too, was quickly dis ! posed of when motions were made 1 to re-elect all of the members of the 1 board, which are: Membership Vote—M. F. Bond, E. C. White, L. C. Burton and F. W. Hobbs. Stock Vote—R. C. Holland, O. H. Brown, Fred Wood and T. C. Byrum. The directors met immediately af ter the meeting and re-elected. R. P. Badham as the ninth member. At the next meeting of the directors, of ficers of the Association w r ill be elected. I The annual report reflected a i healthy condition of Association af fairs, and save for brief comments by President F. W. Hobbs relative to the efficiency of the secretary, R. E. Leary, and explaining the reserve fund, no remarks were made, every shareholder apparently being well satisfied with the way the work was being handled. The interest rate of .074049 is slightly higher than last year, and in the reserve fund is carried $12,523.03, which Mr. Hobbs explained, is amply > able to absorb any losses in real es i tate held by the Association, thus pro tecting the maturity date of share*.
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