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Volume VL—Number 7.
Nearly 100 Attend Banquet
Chamber Os Commerce At
|Hotel On Wednesday Night
® f eJenry R. Dwire of Duke
F|r\ University Delivers
Splendid Address
1 OPPORTUNITIES
Edenton In Position to
Be Hub of Tremend-
I ous Trade Area
Nearly 100 members of Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce crowd
ed into the dining hall at Hotel Jos
eph Hewes Wednesday night for a
banquet at which Henry R. Dwire,
j public relations director of Duke Uni
v versity, was the principal speaker.
Lv President Joseph H. Conger in
■ J calling the gathering to order ex
u ; pressed his pleasure at having so
‘ many present for the occasion as
f well as his desire to have more fre
-1 quent affairs of the same sort to in
crease interest in the organization.
He also said it was his purpose to
meet at least once a month with one
or more committees of the Chambei
of Commerce in an effort to learn
new ideas and hear suggestions for
the welfare of members.
Mr. Dwire, a former Rotary gover
nor and newspaper publisher, told
his interested gathering about the
wonderful opportunities offered by
the State of North Carolina, and
bringing his subject closer home, said
Edenton was ideally located to be
come a great hub about which could
be developed a tremendous trade
territory.
W Mayor J. H. McMullan had prepar
ed a pamphlet listing the objectives
of the Chamnr of Commerce during
Hie year 1938 wtrifeb included 14 pro
* Jeets, moat of toltidftfead -been carried
to completion. The interesting re
port also listed the accomplishments
‘ jof the brganization, which also af
' forded quite interesting reading for
f many who have taken little interest
: ' and know less of what is being at
tempted by their Chamber of Com
merce.
The banquet was a creditable af
fair and a* has been the hope of
President orniger, interest in the or
ganization appears to be on the up
grade.
Judge I. M. Meekins
Speaker At Rotary:
Abraham Lincoln Will
Be Subject of Address
Tonight
Edenton Rotarians are scheduled
Lfor a rare treat at their meeting to
night (Thursday) when they will
j) have as their principal speaker Fed
£ eral Judge Isaac M. Meekins, of Eli-
J!s zabeth City. Mr. Meekins needs no
of mention made in Edenton as to his
V Speaking ability and it is hoped
every member of the club will be
present.
* Judge Meekins will deliver an ad
dress on Abraham Lincoln, whose
birthday was observed on Sunday.
The address which Mr. Meekins will
, u present was delivered last week be
<|3§jlor* the Historical Society in Phila-
and has been very favorably
commented upon.
K The meeting will begin at 6:30
in the Parish House.
Postpone Selection
Os Town For Festival
To Be Held In April
Though officers of the Albemarle
Music Festival Association met in
Edenton Monday night for the pur.
• POee of deciding where the spring
•festival was to be held in April, no
'decision was reached. Representa
rtivey from Elizabeth City were of the
' /opinion that -not enough time had
been given to plans for the festival
) and for that reason another meeting
(Will be held in Hertford two weeks
hence when it is exDected the town
jjjai be selected to stage the affair.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Hunting Over |
J. G. Perry, game warden for
Chowan County, desires to remind
all hunters that Wednesday was
the last day of the hunting sea
-1 son. At that time the season
for quail, turkeys and rabbits
terminated, leaving sportsmen
now dependent upon their seel
and rod or hook and line for out
door pastime.
Lions Will Observe
Ladies’ Night On
Monday, March 6
Dr. W. S. Griffin and Os
car Duncan Arrang
ing Affair
At the meeting of the Lions Club
Monday night it was decided to ob
serve Ladies’ Night on Monday,
March 6. At that time also the club
will observe the second anniversary
of Lionism in Edenton, which how
ever, will be several weeks beyond
the actual birthday.
A prominent speaker will be secur
ed for the occasion and a committee
composed of Dr. Wallace Griffin and
Oscar Duncan was appointed to ar
range a program and other matters
in connection with the meeting.
Benson Preaches
To Young People
Powerful .Sermon Deliv
ered In M. E. Church
Sunday Night
Taking for his subject, “Young
People and Personal Discipline,” Rev
W. C. Benson, pastor of the Metho
dist Church, preached a powerful ser
mon Sunday night in the series of
sermons in the interest of young peo
ple. Mr. Renson emphasized the fact
that all sorts of inducements are be
j ing made to claim the attention of
j the youth of today and while he de
plored the fact that so few are at
tracted to the church, he refused to
place all of the blame entirely upon!
the young people themselves. j
“The church, too, wants the youth
of today as much so as all sorts of
other groups who are attractively
angling for our young people,” hej
said, “and to win them the church J
must offer a program in which they
can take part and become interested
in carrying on the work of the
church.”
Benson wall again next Sunday
night preach a sermon for young peo
ple, the subject of which will be
"Young People and Evangelism.”
Goody Number At j
Red Men Banquet
Splendid Address De
livered by J. Henry
r Leroy
Approximately 75 Red Men gather
ed in Hie dining hall at Hotel Joseph
Hewes Friday night when Chowan
Tribe, No. 12, held its annual /ban
quet. Though no elaborate program
was prepared for the occasion, a stag
affair, the banquet was thoroughly
enjoyed by the group.
, Adding considerably to the affair
was an address by J. Henry Leßoy,
of Elizabeth City. Mr. Leßoy took
for his subject, “Are We Channels or
Are We Barriers?” during the course
of which he commented upon the
freedom offered in the United States.
He particularly emphasized religious
freedom aS in contrast with religion
in European countries where dicta-
Itom ruie with ironhand. "This
xreeqom snauiq oe sacreaiy guarded,
5? M *’d£S^ l * lißion * on **
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 16,1939.
[ Short Session By
. Town Council Held
; On Tuesday Night
' Miss Louise Coke Turns
. In Splendid Tax Col
lection Report
! $307 UNCOLLECTED
Request Made For Larg
er Water Line On East
Church Street
With little other than routine mat
ters, one of the briefest sessions of
Town Council in recent months was
held Tuesday night. Possibly the
most noteworthy matter to come be
fore the Board was the report of
Miss Louise Coke, city tax collector,
which showed that of the $32,316.20
on the books ' for 1937 taxes, she
collected $32,608.65, which amount
of course represents $2,609.95 in city
i tax sales. This leaves $307.56 un
j collected for the year and even of
that figure a considerable amount is
collectable. It is for that reason
that Town Council has asked Miss
Coke to furnish a list of the names
and amount of delinquent before the
next meeting in order to see who has
not paid his poll and personal prop
erty taxes and make an effort to 're -
duce the amount not collected. It is
a splendid record and Miss Coke was
complimented for her efficient work.
Graham Byrum was given authority
to sell the old fountain formerly lo
cated on the Court House Green, the
price being fixed at S2O. Several ap
plications have been received to buy
the fountain, but heretofore it was
not known whether the Council wish
ed to dispose of it or not, nor was a
price set.
Mr. Byrum was also instructed, to
contact Fred P. Wood and Dr. Martin
Wisely, custodians of the Armory,
with a view to drawing up some sys
tematic regulations regarding the
use of the Armory for various occa
sions. At present there are no
specific regulations, and use of it,
outside of the Ambulance Company
has been more or less on a haphazard |
basis.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall presented a j
request for a larger water line on j
East Church Street. At present!
there is only a four-inch pipe run-1
ning along the school which in Mr. j
Hall’s opinion, due to the school and
many houses in the vicinity should |
be an 8-inch line. J. Edwin Bufflap
was instructed to confer with the E. |
&W. Board relative to the matter, j
A complaint was registered re- j
garding periodic of firej
plugs in every section of the city. !
This complaint was the result of a
rusted plug near the school recently
when for considerable time firemen
were unable to throw an adequate
: amount of water on the building for- i
merly occupied by J. N. Elliott.
Several requests have been reeeiv-|
ed to rent town-owned, property to'
jbe used as gardens. This mattei
! was also referred to Graham Byrum,
1 public parks and playgrounds com
missioner.
As has been the case in the past
several meetings, the matter of ade
quate street cleaning equipment again I
cropped up, a representative of aj
street flushing concern being on handj
to explain the advantages of his pro-i
duct. No order was taken, however,'
the street commissioner and. the
j Mayor being instructed to make a
| thorough study of various street
j cleaning paraphernalia and then make
, recommendations to the Board,
j A report was made regarding com
-1 plaints from North Edenton residents
relative to trash coming from the
stack of the Albemarle Peanut Com
pany. It was stated that peanut mill
officials were deeply concerned by the
situation and that some experiments
will be tested oat relative to elimi
nating the trouble.
Mrs. Day Breaks Leg
In Fall Saturday
Mrs. A. M. Day, elerk for the Rail
way Express Agency, experienced a
painful accident Saturday afternoon
when she broke her left leg just above
the ankle. Mrs. Day was closing her
office for the day and as she was leav
ing, her foot caught in the steps
leading to the office, throwing her to
the ground, and resulting in Hie frac
ture.
She is, however, making satisfac
tory progress -and aside from the dis
comfort of lying in bed is experienc
lUll. wa { n & i;
inf uttw p®in.
, MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The merting^ofUnuiimig
T. E. Chappell Advances Opinion Actual
t Burial Ground Os Early Colonists Can Be
, Found In Center Hill Section Os Chowan
Funeral Os Oscar
' H. Brown Attracts
Tremendous Crowd
Methodist €hurch Un
' able to Accommodate
Sorrowing Friends
Despite a steady rain, the Metho
dist Church and Sunday School room
i were unable to accommodate the many
: friends who attended funeral services
of Oscar H. Brown, which were held
last Thursday afternoon. It was one
of the largest-attended funerals in
recent years. At the church, where
the pulpit was completely covered
with many floral tributes, the pastor,
Rev. W. C. Benson, officiated, being
assisted by the presiding elder, Rev.
B. B. Slaughter, of Elizabeth City,
and Rev. George W. Blount, of Spring
Hope, a former pastor. Music was
furnished by the church choir as well
as a male quartet number, “Crossing
the Bar,” by W. J. Daniels, George
Lassiter, C. S. Cozart and, Chas. H.
Wood.
Mr. Brown died suddenly Wednes
day of last week about noon when
stricken with apoplexy while at work
at his place of business, news of his
death coming as a severe shock to the
entire community.
The casket, draped with an Ameri
can flag, was escorted from the home
to the church and. from there to the.
grave by a court of honor composed j
of the Edenton Boy Scout troop and
members of Ed Bond Post of the
American Legion. At the grave the
last conducted by Ed Bond
Post, terminating with taps blown by
C. L. McCullers and Carroll Stewart,
j Active pallbearers were: John A.
Holmes, B. F. Britton, C. H. Barber,
j G. E. Cullipher, C. D. Stewart, Leon
I Lewis and W. A. Leggett, members
jof the board of stewards of the
| church. Honorary pallbearers in
| eluded members of the Rotary Club,
• Chowan Tribe of Red Men and direc-
I tors of the Edenton Building and
Loan Association.
!
; One Day Conference Os j.
! Garden Clubs Friday!
| A one-day conference on “Conser-
I vation” will be conducted at State
College Friday by the North Caro
lina Garden Club in cooperation with
the College.
I Principal speaker will be Dr. Hughi
| Findlay, of New York, member of the
faculty in the School of Landscape
| Architecture at Columbia University,
\ and Garden Club members from every
section of North Carolina are expect
ed. to attend the conference. The first
conference, held last year, attracted'
250 women.
Missionary Speaks At
! North Edenton Church
I
| George Waggoner, a missionary to
j India, but at present on a furlough,
is scheduled to speak at the Full
Gospel Tabernacle in North Edenton
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. Mr.
Waggoner is a splendid speaker of
wide experience and will appear at
only the one service.
An invitation is extended to all to
hear the missionary.
M. L. Goodwin Makes
Wake Forest Honor Roll
Among the 110 Wake Forest Col
lege students who made the mid-year
honor roll is Murray L. Goodwin. Mr.
Goodwin, m member of the freshman
class, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Goodwin,, of Center Hill.
HEADING HOMEWARD
Frank Parrish, who is in the United
States Navy, and h.is been over the
greater portion of the world, expects
to arrive in San Francisco, Cal., about
February 22. About April 1 he ex
pects to arrive in Norfolk, at which
time he will visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Y. Parrish.
TRIAL POSTPONED I
Trial of Armstead Gilliam, of Ber
tie County, who is charged with
drunken driving, was postponed Tues
day until Friday morning in Record
er’s Court. Gilliam was arrested Sat
urday night after colliding with W.
D. our w * g parkedjn
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“Sweet Family”
Presented Friday
I Night At School
■ Very Funny Entertain
ment Figured to At
tract Large Crowd
What is expected to be one of the
; most enjoyable entertainments held
■ in Edenton in a long time will take
place Friday night in the Edenton
school auditorium when the ladies of
i the American Legion Auxiliary will
present “The Sweet Family,” a bur
lesque musical. The entertainment,
in two parts, will begin at 8 o’clock,
and it is expected a large number will
be on hand to enjoy the show.
The first portion of the program
will be in the form of a junior musi
cal review, in which will be included
Lillian Byrum, Josephine Mills, Char
lotte, Bunch, Beverly Moore, Seigle
Hoffler, Martha Conger, Mary Griffin,
Mary MacDonald Holmes, Nelle V.
Perry, Betsy Shepard, Ruth Good
win, Peggy White, Helen Mansfield,
Peaches Reich and Ann McMullan.
Cast of characters in “The Sweet :
Family,” the last half of the program,
will be: Ma Sweet, Mrs. Kitty Raw
linson; Ar’minty Ann Sweet, Mrs.
Della Doughtie; Betsey Belinda
Sweet, Mrs. Mona Hoffler; Caroline
Cordelia Sweet, Mrs. Mary Leary; ,
Dorothy Delilah Sweet, Mrs. Annie •
i Lee Chestnutt; Elizabeth Eliza Sweet,
! Mrs. Lillie Saunders; Glorianna Gad- j
about Sweet, Mrs. Ellen Haste; Rose ,
Brown, Miss Lucille Clark; Violet
Brown, Mrs. John Pope. ]
Ushers, who will also contribute to
the evening’s entertainment, jtetfl bo,
Mrs. Edna White, Mrs. Cornelia
White, Mrs. Fannie Stewart, and
Mrs. Fannie Yates.
Grading Released
By Health Officerj
'Triangle Leads Group!
During Month of
January
Dr. F. H. Garriss, local health of
ficer, has completed tabulations for
the January grading of restaurants
in Edenton, which is led by the Tri-j
' angle Service Station.
The grading as released by Dr. j
Garriss follows:
Triangle Service Station 96.off<
Burton’s Sandwich Shop 96.0% j
Chappell’s Restaurant 94.0% .
Habit’s Case 92.5%! 1
! Joseph Hewes Coffee Shop ;_9i.()% j J
Norwood Case 85.0%
Bluebird Case 83.5% I
F. W. Hobbs Again
President B. & L.
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O. H. Brown’s Successor \
Appointed at Next !
Board Meeting
At a meeting Thursday night of '
recently elected directors of the '
Edenton Building and Loan Associa-j*
tion, Fermor W. Hobbs and R. E.j*
Leary were again re-elected president 1
and secretary, respectively, of the ‘
organization.
Due to the death last week of Oscar i
H. Brown, who was first vice presi- i
dent, R. P. Badham was elected to i
this office and Millard. F. Bond elected
second vice president. 1
Ms. Brown’s successor as a mem-. 1
her pf the board of directors, will be j <
appointed at the next meeting of the I
group. <
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Dance Crowd Not
Up To Expectations
Though the number attending was
|not as large as was expected, the
dance in the Armory Monday night
was a splendid affair. Music was
furnished by Jack Wardlaw and his
orchestra, which earlier in the night
staged a vaudeville show at Taylor
Theatre.
The dance was for the benefit of
the High School Athletic Association.
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This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Thinks Group Traveled
Up Perquimans River
Through Bear Swamp
thenTlake
Hill 48 Feet Above Sea
Level Midway Between
Two Rivers
With information passed down
through three generations,- T. E.
Chappell, of Tyner, advances the be
lief that the mystery surrounding
the whereabouts of graves of the 17
members of the “Lost Colony” who
were massacred by Indians in 1591
might possibly be solved by a syste
matic search in the Center Hill sec
tion of Chowan County. Mr. Chappell
is in position to furnish a sketch of
his theory showing the points in ques
tion, the supposed route of travel by
the colonists, together with legend
ary information regarding their mi
gration from Roanoke Island.
Following news stories in The
Herald, one of which announced a re
ward of SSOO offered, by Dr. H. J
Pearce, president of Brenau College,
for a stone or marker of some sort
designating the graves of the early
colonists and referred to on a stone
now in possession of the college, Mr.
Chappell wrote the following letter
to The Herald this week:
“I have been reading in the papers
from time to time, about the rock
that was supposed to have been found
on the banks of the Chowan River
with regards to the ‘Lost-Colonists.
Until this is proven different, I take
it to be authentic, and, for this rea
son I wish to set forth my theory,
together with information that has
been handed down through three
generations, and covering one hundred
and fifty years or igore, Amd.l be?
lieve that it is going to Wkl sorW
theorizing, along with all actual
proof we can get, to learn more of
what became of them.
“I have prepared therefore, a
rough sketch showing points of inter
est used in this theory. I have used
two courses they could have taken at
i that time to reach that point on the
| Chowan River, where the rock was
(Continued on Page Five)
Elizabeth City Trims
Both Edenton Teams
Last Games of Season
Here Tuesday Night
With Tarboro
Both Edenton High School’s basket
ball teams again tasted defeat Tues
day night when they were downed by
the Elizabeth City teams on the lat
ter’s court. The boys’ score was 21-
15, while the girls’ score stood 11-6.
It was the second time this season
that the Pasquotankers walked off
with visitors from the local outfits.
Only two more games remain on
the Edenton schedule, one of these
being Friday night when Merry Hill
teams will play on the Armory court.
The last game will also be played in
the Armory on Tuesday night when
the Tarboro boys and girls will play
a return game. The Edgecombe
County teams defeated Edenton ear
lier in the season, since when consid
erable improvement has been made
by the locals. Coaches David Holton
and Mrs. Thompson Greenwood are
hopefuj that their teams will add
another victory to their precious few
during the season.
Both Edenton teamß will participate
in the basketball tournament in Eli
zabeth City which will be in progress
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Though the local teams were unable
to win many of their games, it being
the first year the sport has been play
ed in about ten years, their coaches
believe they will give a good account
of themselves and gain experience
which will tend to build up stronger
combinations on the court next year.
Bank Os Edenton
Closed Wednesday
Patrons of the Bank of Edenton
are urged to take notice that the
bank will be closed all day next Wed
nesday, February 22, in order to ob
serve Washington’s birthday, a legal
holiday. Customers are advised to
attend to their banking business ac
cording*.
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