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Volume Vl.—Number 6.
Reward Offered For Missing Stone
Brenau College Will Pay
\SSQO To Finder Os Marker
Referred To On Old Stone
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Discovery Would Clear
‘ Up Interesting Period
Os State’s History
IN COUNTY
College President Feels
Confident Marker Is ,
In Chowan
As an incentive to inaugurate a
. determined and thorough search for a
Stone or marker that will solve the
Lost Colony mystery, Dr. H. J.
Pearce, president of Brenau College,
if Bt Gainesville, Georgia, has authoriz
' ed The Herald to make public the fact
that the college will pay a reward of
SSOO for delivery of a stone bearing
the names carved on the stone of the
17 members of the Lost Colony, in
cluding the names of Virginia Dare
and Ananias Dare, her father.
The college has in its possession
the “Virginia Dare” stone which
seems to be a message or letter di
recting the finder to deliver to John
White, Governor of the Virginia
colonies, which at that time, 1591,.
included North Carolina. In the mes
sage, it is stated that a second stone,
presumably of the same character
and containing the names of the
■ seventeen, including Virginia Dare;
colpaists, had been placed on a
“small hill” about -four miles from
the Chowan River, where the massa
cred colonists were buried,
It course, more Jjian Pt»lK
able that this stone was removed
from the mound by the' Indians, or
later by white men, and that it may
be lying unnoticed anywhere within
several hundred miles from its origi
nal resting place.
Dr. Pearce believes that histori
cally minded North Carolinians will
share with Brenau College the desire
to clear up to such an extent as possi- j
ble this very romantic and interesting |
• period, of North Carolina history.
He is of the opinion that the stone
referred to rests somewhere in
Chowan County and for the reason
that SSOO wall be paid to the finder,
■ it is expected that a thorough search
will be made by a number of citizens
j in this county. Any stone found,
\ however, will have to be accompanied
with evidence to substantiate its au
thenticity.
L H. S. Basketeers
Tackle Cohimbia To
Break Deadlock
Battle Royal In Pros
pect In Armory
Tonight
With both boys’ and girls’ basket
ball teams of Edenton and Columbia
. high schools deadlocked, two very in
i teresting games should result in the
; Armory tonight (Thursday) when the
, tie will be played off. Each Edenton
I team has won a game and lost one
■t'bia teams and Tyrrell
insisted upon breaking
They will no doubt be
by a large group of fans
lowers of the local teams
be on hand.
are very evenly match
in previous games being
very close and due to this fact a
Jjattle royal is in prospect when they
meet for the third time tonight.
County Officials To
Be Guests At “Test”
Supper At School
Members of the Board of County
. Commissioners and Board of Educa
-1 tien, together with their wives have
been invited to be the guests of stu
dents pf the economics department of
the Edenton High School at a supper
to be served at the school by members
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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OSCAR H. BROWN
Seized with an attack of apop
lexy, Mr. Brown died suddenly
Wednesday shortly before noon
at his place of business on
Water Street. His sudden death
came as a distinct shock to the
entire community.
Oscar H. Brown Dies
Suddenly At Work
Wednesday At Noon
Death Comes as Severe
Shock to Entire Com- j
munity
FUNERALTODAY j
Deceased Prominent in
Religious and Civic j
Activities
1
Coming as a severe shock shortly,
after the noon hour Wednesday was;
new s of the sudden death of Oscar.
H. Brown. Mr. Brown, seized with
an attack of apoplexy, dropped dead
in the warehouse of Brown Bros, on (
Water Street, of which concern he
was owner. He was about his duties j
as usual and but for complaining |
about sharp pains in his side during
the morning, was in his usual health.
Mr. Brown, bom October 3, 1891,
was 47 years of age, and for years
had taken a prominent part in reli- 1
gious and civic activities, for which
he will be greatly missed. He was a
steward of the local Methodist
Church, president of the Edenton
Rotary Club, a director of the Eden
ton Building & Loan Association, and
had served in various capacities in
Ed Bond Post of the American Le
gion and Chowan Tribe of Red Men.
He served on the Mexican border
as first sergeant in Company I, Sec
-1 ond North Carolina Regiment, N. C.
N. G., and also spent 11 months over
seas as first sergeant in Company I,
119th Infantry of the 30th Division.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife
and three children, Doris, 14; Hubert,
11, and Gordon, 8. Two sisters, Mrs.
W. A. Barrow and Miss Lou Brown,'
also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 4
o’clock this afternoon (Thursday) in
the Methodist Church, with the pas
tor, Rev. W. C. Benson, officiating,
and Rev. B. B. Slaughter, presiding
elder, assisting. Several other form
er pastors of the church are also ex
pected to attend the funeral.
Members of the Board of Stewards
of the Methodist Church will serve
as active pallbearers, while directors
of the Ed.enton Building & Loan As
sociation, members of the Rotary
Club, American Legion and Red Men j
will be honorary pallbearers.
LIONS CALL OFF MEETING
Due to the banquet in honor of the
I hv Proai/hmt West Bvrum i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 9,1939.
Henry R. Dwire Os
Duke University Will
Be C. Os C. Speaker
Public Relations Direc
tor Accepts Invitation
To Attend Banquet
FEBRUARY 15
Members Urged to Buy
Tickets For Affair as
Early as Possible
Interest in the annual banquet of
the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce took an upward trend this
week when an invitation to be the
principal speaker was accepted by
Henry R. Dwire, director of public
relations at Duke University. Mr.
Dwire is an excellent speaker and
having been furnished with pertinent
facts about Edenton and this section
will no doubt uncork an address that
will be of vital interest not only to
members of the Chamber of Com
i merce but others as well. He is ' a
former Rotary governor and was as
well formerly editor of the Winston-
Salem Journal.
Tickets for the banquet have been
printed and are now on sale at Leg
gett & Davis drug store. It was de
cided by the executive committee not
to sell any more tickets than could
be comfortably accommodated in the
dining room of Hotel Joseph Hewes,
which is less than 100, and it is for
this reason that all who intend to at
tend the banquet should purchase
! tickets at once. The price will be
75 cents.
The banquet will be held Wednes
day night, February 15, beginning at
8 o’clock, and aside from Mr. Dwire
as jpmst speaker, Secretary J. H. Mc-
Mullan has let it be known that a
secret feature has been arranged on
■ the program which will be of special
j interest to all. This feature will not
' be divulged until it is reached on the
, program.
j That there is much work to be done
jby the Chamber of Commerce has
i been realized by many of the mem
j bers and it was only recently decided
|by President Joseph H. Conger to
I hold monthly meetings of the execu
-1 tive committee together with other
committees so that more concentra
! tion will develop in making the or-
I ganization a more vital factor in the
| community than it has been in the
i past. There are those, too, who are
1 of the opinion that the whole mem
; bership should be called together
j more than once a year, not only
meeting to enjoy a banquet and an
address by a prominent speaker, but
, to discuss peculiar problems and lay
( plans for development.
! 200 Farmers Brave
| Storm To Attend
Barbecue Supper
Very Enjoyable Affair
Held In Armory on
Friday Night
VISITORS
Tribute Paid to R. C.
Holland and N. K.
Rowell
That a great deal of interest in the
Farm Bureau in Chowan County has
been revived was apparent Friday
night when about 200 farmers gath
ered in the Edenton Armory as a
climax to a membership drive in pro
gress the past few weeks. This
number braved a downpour of
rain in order to display their interest
and partake of a barbecue supper
] served by a group of prominent la
' dies. During the drive H. T. Hobbs
and E. G. Blanchard were captains
| of respective groups and though Mr.
Hobbs and his grouj> won oUt in the
drive, each member of both commit
tees was recognized and praised for
his splendid work in boosting Cho
wan’s membership from about 10 to
; approximately 200 members.
\ Each member of the organization
, was asked to stand .as the entire ros
, ter was called by Joe Webb in order
County Commissioners Deny Request For
Loan Os $7,000T0 Erect Building And Add
Two New Courses At Chowan High School
Ban Lifted On Gill Net j
Fishing Between Bridges
As a result of protests regis
tered by Chowan and Washington
County gill net fishermen, who
appealed to Representative John
F. White, of Chowan County, and
Representative Wilbur Darden, of
Washington County, to use their
influence in their behalf, the ban
has been lifted on shad fishing
between the Albemarle Sound ve
hicular bridge and the Norfolk
Southern Railroad bridge this
season.
Mr, White, home over the i
week-end, informed The Herald
that he and Mr. Darden contacted
Bruce Etheridge, director of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment, presenting the matter
as viewed by the fishermen affect- j
ed and the latter after getting
in touch with a majority of the
members of the board informed |
School Lunch Room
Opens Next Monday
Room Nicely Equipped
In Basement of New
Auditorium
Members of the Edenton Parent-
Teacher Association are very much
elated over the fact that a lunch j:
room will be opened in the Edenton 1 1
school next Monday. This project 1 1
has been one of the principal aimS|
of the Association and its realization I :
is reason for a great deal of satis-1
faction.
A room to be used for this purpose j
has been arranged in the basement |
of the new auditorium, and P. T. A.
members are very appreciative ofj
the cooperation accorded by the Board j
of Trustees in making this service |
possible. The room has been screen- 1
ed and put in first class shape for
use as a lunch room.
Members of the Association extend
an invitation to any who are inter
ested to visit and inspect the lunch]
room.
Reception Friday In
Honor Os Newlyweds |
Quite an elaborate social event will
take place at the Parish House Fri
day night when Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Vail will entertain in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Thompson Green
wood, recent newlyweds. Approxi
mately 400 invitations have been is
sued, the guests being invited to at
J. Henry Leßoy j
Red Men Speaker!
Banquet Will Be Held at
Hotel Joseph Hewes
Friday Night
J. Henry Leßoy, of Elizabeth City,!
will be the principal speaker at the
annual banquet of Chowan Tribe, No.
12, Improved Order of Red Men,
which will be held at Hotel Joseph j
Hewes v Friday night. The banquet ]
will get underway at 7 o’clock.
Mr. Leßoy, a prominent attorney j
of Elizabeth City, is a member of
Pasquotank Tribe of Red Men and a
very able speaker, and it is expected
a goodly number of Red Men will be
on hand to hear him. Tickets are]
now being sold for the banquet and,
1 but for the fact that much sickness
causes some uncertainty on the part
of some, the tickets are being freely
purchased.
A program for the occasion has
been arranged which will be short but
interesting and from what can be
1 learned the affair should be even more
interesting than last year’s banquet
1 which was very much enjoyed by the
■ large number who attended.
*! Several of the officials of the Great
’ | Council of North Carolina will be
>1 special guests of the local Tribe for
the occasion.
Mr. White that the ruling would
again be ignored.
The Conservation Board made
a ruling two years ago restricting
gill net fishing for shad between
the two bridges on the premise
that the area was spawning
grounds for shad, and in their
dilemma as to what to do to help
curb the fast dwindling supply of
shad made this ruling in the ex
pectation that more shad woudd
have an opportunity to spawn.
The fishermen, however, deny
that the area is a spawning
ground any more and were frank
in their argument that even if it
was, it would be no more disas
; trous to propogation than it is to
catch the fish before they have
an opportunity to reach their
| spawning territory.
$66.58 Realized By
Birthday Affair
Kramer Appreciative of ,
Help Offered In Face
Os Handicaps
With all expenses tabulated as well !
as a report of all money taken in at
the recent President’s birthday, cele
bration in Edenton, C. E. Kramer,
general chairman for Chowan County,
reports that $66.58 was cleared by the
affair.
This amount fell rar below that of
last year when $176 was realized.
The principal reason for the lower
income this year was unfavorable]
weather the day of the celebration as]
well as a great amount of sickness. •
Mr. Kramer regrets the drop ini
receipts, but at the same time desires 1
to express his appreciation to all who]
in any way contributed to the cele-J
bration.
Musical Burlesque At j
School February 17thj
One of the funniest entertainments J
to be held in Edenton in a long- time i
will be presented, in the high school |
auditorium on Friday night, Febru
ary 17, when a musical burlesque,
“Ma Sweet and Her Charming Fam- j
ily” will be staged by the American
Legion Auxiliary. The entertain-!
ment is being coached by Mrs. E. C. ]
White, Miss Lena Jones and Mrs. E. j
T. Rawlinson and aside from the
comedy will include several latest |
musical song hits.
jJess Powell 111
With Pneumonia
Parents, On Tour, Final
ly Reached In Orlan
do, Fla., Tuesday
Much concern was evident in Eden- j
ton the early part of this week when I
it was learned that Jess Powell, son ,
of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell, was!
| suffering with pneumonia at the Uni- j
1 versity of Virginia Hospital. Adding j
Ito the seriousness of the situation ]
i was the fact that Dr. and Mrs. !
j Powell were somewhere in south- j
I era states making a tour in their [
j house car and were unable to be con- 1
tacted, despite the fact that tele-
I grams were sent to many mayors in i
, areas where it was thought they,
might be traveling.
However, on Tuesday it was learn- 1
ed from the college that Jess made a ]
| turn for the better and was improv- 1
ing.
However, on Tuesday the Powells
were reached in Orlando, Florida, and
they immediately stored their car and
left by train for Charlottesville. In
the meantime, Dr. Martin Wisely, as
sociated with Dr. Powell at the Powell
; Clinic, went to Charlottesville to be
! with the boy. It was reported Wed
- nesday that Jess had made a turn for
I the better and was improving.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
! Many Taxpayers In Sec-
Tion Express Desire
For Added Facilities
MUCH ARGUMENT
Board Takes Stand That
Petition as Worded Is
Misleading
Though 247 signatures of taxpayers
in the Cross Roads section were affix
ed to a petition presented to the
County Commissioners at their meet
ing Monday, asking for authority to
borrow $7,000 to erect a building and
buy equipment for classes in vocation
al agriculture and home economics in
Chowan High School, the proposition
was turned down without securing a
second to a motion for its adoption.
The petition, as signed and pre
sented to the Commissioners read as
follows:
“We, the members of the Woman’s
Club and the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation of Chowan High School desire
to know how you feel toward having
home economics and vocational agri
culture provided for in the Chowan
High School, beginning next year, if
said provision will not cost the tax
payers more than two cents on the
SIOO valuation, county-wide. If you
favor the County Board of Education
and the County Board of Commision
ers providing for the necessary build
ing and equipment at a cost not to ex
ceed. two cents on the SIOO valuation,
county-wide, please sign your name
below.”
What most likely was the undoing
of the proposition was t*ie stipulation
in the petition that the cost would
result in only a two-cent levy, for as
the Commissioners figured it, the cost
to taxpayers would eventually amount
to six cents in that whatever is allow
ed for operation at Chowan High
School is by law- doubled for the
j Edenton school on the pupil per capita
basis. All of the Commissioners were
frank to say they would favor the
| application for a loan if a two-cent
i levy would take care of the expense,
| but their refusal centered chiefly
| about the fact that in ail probability
I many signed the petition on the as-
I sumption that that amount would be
! added, and after the loan adjusted
(Continued on Page Eight;
| Legion Auxiliary
i Wants To Secure
| Chairs For Armory
Ladies WfflAsk Help of
Various Organiza
tions In Town
At the meeting of the American
1 Legion Auxiliary Friday night one
of the principal matters to be discuss
ed was the idea of furnishing chairs
I for the Armory. It was pointed out
: that already on a number of occasions
j embarrassing situations arose due to
I lack of seating facilities and efforts
i will be" put for{h to the end that the
j building will be equipped with chairs.
: Mrs. J. W. White, who is chairman
jof the community service committee,
together with members of her group,
I will visit every organization in town
j in the hope of securing enough help
j and cooperation to complete fumish-
I ing the Armory.
i Another interesting portion of the
I business session was the decision to
I entertain members of the Junior
| Auxiliary at a Washington’s Birthday
l party in the Armory sometime near
' February 22. Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt
also mad.e a very interesting report
| on the child welfare conference held
1 in Kinston jointly by the Legion and
] Auxiliary.
Masons Confer First
Degree Tonight
I At tonight’s meeting of Unanimity
i Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., the first
- degree will be conferred upon a can-
I didate. The meeting will start at 8
s o’clock, prior to which members will
- journey to Bridge Inn Filling Station
r 1 on the Windsor Road to enjoy a bar
becue supper.