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Volume VI. —Number 11
IG. Os C. Banquet Postponed
f From Tonight To Tuesday
L Night, March 21, At Hotel
f Entire Program Will Be
h In Charge of Nor
folk Group
I ATS^CLOCK
Lions Club Calls Off
Next Week’s Meet
ing For Affair
Though it was expected to have a
Chamber of Commerce banquet to
night, which was announced last
f week in The Herald, it became neces
i; sary to postpone the affair when
!' G. Leslie Hall, of Norfolk, Va., the
: , principal speaker, notified Secretary
1 J. H. McMullan that he would not be
K able to attend. Mr. Hall’s reason
r’ for not being able to come was his
desire to remain in Norfolk when the
. fleet is in.
Instead arrangements have now
WK been made to have the banquet Tues
day night, March 21. The affair
will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes
at 6:30 o’clock, instead of at the
Parish House as originally planned.
Aside from Mr. Hall making the
principal address, the entire program
will be in charge of a Norfolk group
composed of W. Selby Harney, a
former Edentonian, who is now sec
retary of the Norfolk Chamber of j
Commerce, Charlie Day, Norfolk
poet and newspaperman, and Dr. A.
A. Burke, who is prominently identi
fied with the AAA.
All members of the Chamber of
Commerce are invited to attend the
banquet, but all merchants especially
are urged to be present.
Cooperating in the affair, the Lions
. Club will call off their meeting next
Monday night and all members at
| Ending the banquet will be given
1 credit for a club meeting.
The dining will not accom
modate more than 100 people for the
' banquet and tickets will be put on
i SB le on the basis of “first come first
served.” The nature of the program
has not been made known, but it is
assured that one of the most inter
esting meetings of the organization
is in prospect.
Winfall Host To
Zone Meeting On
Tuesday, March 21
Mrs. F. Cfwhite of the
Friends Church Prin
, cipal Speaker
Of particular interest to Metho-j
* diets is the Chowan-Perquimans Zone
meeting which will be held in the 1
Methodist Chqrch at Winfall on
Tuesday, March 21, beginning at 10
o’clock. Mrs. J. G. White, chairman.
4 of the Zone, will preside. A very in- ‘
■ teresting program has been planned
for the day, with Mrs. P. C. White,
of the Friends Church, Belvidere, as
guest speaker. Others oil the pro
gram will include Mrs. Henry Stokes
and Mrs. George W. Jackson.
It is hoped there may be echoes
from the Council, which met in Ashe
ville March 8-13, for the first time
since it was organised there 29 years
ago. This also was the last meet
ing of the Council before formal uni
fication.
Church history is being made, and
this meeting at Winfall is very im
portant, being the reason for the de
sire for a full atteadance.
Town Council Holds
i _ Very Short Session
One of the shortest sessions of
Town Council during the present, ad
ministration was held Tuesday night
When the only official business trans-
I acted was reading and approval of
the minutes of the previous meeting
and paying the monthly bills.
* t No matters of importance were
brought up at the meeting and ad
journment was immediately made in
| 'order to permit several members to
: lattend the concert at the high school.
CAKE SALE SATURDAY
The Chowan Woman’s
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Evangelist
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DR. ZENO WALL
Rev. Mr. Wall, of Shelby, one
or the most outstanding Baptist
preachers of the South, will be
gin a 10-day revival meeting in
the Edenton Baptist Church on
Monday.
Masons Hold Annual
Banquet Friday At
Hotel Joseph Hewes
Rev. W. G~Benson Will
Deliver Principal
Address
AT 8 O'CLOCK
Interesting Program Is
Arranged for Get-to
gether Affair
Plans have been completed for the
annual banquet of Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, A. F. & A. M., which will be
held Hotel Joseph Hewes Friday
night, beginning promptly at 8
o’clock. At that time local Masons,
together with their wives, will gath
er to celebrate the annual get
together occasion.
For this banquet the principal i
speaker will be Rev. W. C. Benson,
pastor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, who is also a former mem
ber of the Grand Lodge of Masons in
North Carolina. The program as
| arranged calls for several musical
j numbers under the direction of W. J.
j Daniels.
j The gathering will be called to or
der by J. R. Byrum, master of the
lodge, who will, after the invocation
, and dinner, turn the meeting over to
'J. Edwin Bufflap, who will act as
toastmaster. J. W. Cates will make
| the address of welcome which will be
| responded to by S. E. Phelps, district
deputy grand master, of Windsor.
The speaker of the evening will be
presented by E. W. Spires,' a past
master of the lodge and former
Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge.
This banquet annually creates con
siderable interest among local Mas
ons and in the neighborhood of 100
are expected to be present.
Badly Injures Foot
While Cutting Wood
j
‘ Tom Goodman, an employee of thej
Town of Edenton, had the misfor
tune to badly ihjure a foot Tuesday.
Mr. Goodman was cutting wood in
an outhouse at his home and in some
manner his axe struck part of the
bliilding, hitting his foot as it land
ed. Abopt 15 stitches were neces
sary to close the wouifd, and a small
piece of bone nad to be removed.
GOES TO GREENSBORO
A. S. Hollowell left Wednesday
morning for Greensboro, where he
Wfill meet with the death benefit de
partment of Improved. Order of Red
Men. While in Greensboro, Mr.
Hollowell, who is Great Sachem of
the Order, will make preliminary
plans for the Great Council meeting
to be held in Greensboro in May. He j
expects to return home tonight
(Thursday).
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Goodwin, an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Theda Ann, on March 2nd.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 16,1939.
| Third Local Citizen In
Month’s Time Takes
Own Life On Monday
William Morris Fires .32
I Bullet Into Temple
At Home
IN ILLHEALTH
Funeral Services Held
At Home on Tuesday
Afternoon
Rushing into the house from the
back yard, after hearing a pistol
shot Monday morning, Mrs. William
Morris was horrified to find her hus
band dying. Mr. Morris, while sit
ting on a chair in the dining room
at his home in North Edenton, fired
a .32 calibre bullet into his right
temple, the missile hitting its mark
and causing almost instantaneous
death.
The tragedy brings to three the
number of Edenton citizens who
within a month’s time have ended
their lives by similar methods.
Mr. Morris was 49 years old and
had been in bad health since 1935
when he suffered a stroke of paraly
sis. He was a World War veteran
and for many years before his illness
drove a truck for the Standard, Oil
Company. He was a member of the
local Legion Post and Red Men Tribe.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday afternoon with Rev.
Frank Cale officiating. Interment
1 was made in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
, Surviving- are his wife, two sons,
William, Jr., 15, George Edward, 9,
and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 7.
Two sisters, Mrs. John Goodwin, of
Edenton, and Mrs. J. D. Chappell, of
Perquimans County, also survive.
Several Features
Added To Program
In Windsor Church
Baptist Training Union
Will Be Conducted
March 24-25
Several features not previously an-1
nounced have been added to the pro
gram for the Eastern Regional Bap-|
tist Training Union convention to be ,
held March 24-25 at Cashie Baptist 1
> Church, Windsor, it was stated this
week by President John M. Elliott,
of Edenton.
The sunrise service on Saturday
morning will be conducted, by the
Rev. H. W. Baucon, Jr., of Rich
Square. The Edenton orchestra, un
der the direction of W. Jim Daniels,
will render music for fifteen minutes
at the beginning of the Friday even
ing session.
The Rev. Richard Collins of Five ,
Points Baptist Church, Wilson, will ,
present a playlet on training union ■
study course books on Saturday
morning. Special music will be ren- :
dered by sextet from Kennedy Home, >
Kinston. ]
The Observation period, with the ,
subject, “Loyalty to Christ in Pro- 5
grams”, on Friday afternoon will be i
under the direction of Mrs. C. C. j
Coppedge, of Greenville. Miss Julia ,
Whitty, of Pollocksville, will conduct
the junior memory work tournament
Mrs. Victor Morgan, of Elizabeth ‘
City will conduct the intermediate •
sword drill.
Miss Ruth Privott, of Rich Square,
will speak Saturday morning on “The !
, Training Union and My Life Choices.” ;
j Mrs. Herbert Jenkins, of Aulander, *
1 will conduct the story hour panel
The Rev. J. F. Stegall, of Hertford,
will direct'the adult scripture read-1
ing tournament. Miss Nan Morgan,l
student secretary E. C. T. C/, Green
ville, will conduct the senior panel;
discussion. Miss Frances White, of
Hertford, will speak on “Out of My
Experiences as an Intermediate.”
J. C. Leary Elected
Director of B. & L.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Edenton Building and
Loan Association held on Thursday
night, J. Clarence Leary was elected
a director of the Association. Mr.
Leary succeeds. O. H. Brown,' who
died on February B._
SENIORS PRACTICE PLAY
the direction of Mrs. Ep
Debnam, members of the Senior Class
have begun practicing for the senior
play which will be presented in the
, school auditorium the latter part of
this month..
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No Objections Made
To Proposed Change
Os Local Harbor Line
Hearing Held Monday
Morning In Munici
pal Building
STRAIGHTENED
Though Illegal, Not Ne
cessary to Remove
Present Structures
With a goodly number of interest
ed local citizens present, Col. John
L. Carruth, of Norfolk, district engi
neer, submitted plans for a revision
of Edenton harbor lines at a hearing
held, in the Municipal building Mon
day morning. Mr. Carruth presented
a set of maps showing what changes
had been contemplated and to be
subsequently submitted to the War
Department where, he said, they
will be no doubt approved.
No objection was registered by any
one to the proposed changes which
will straighten out the present zig
zag lines, established in 1906. By
the change some present structures
are illegally located., but Mr. Carruth
I assured those present that these
would not have to be removed, but
that when the new lines are proved
nothing can be placed beyond the
harbor lines and permits will have to
be secured hereafter to erect any
sort of structure along the harbor.
Accompanying Colonel Carruth
were G. M. Parker, associate engi
neer, Harold H. Waterfield, surveyor,
and a stenographer.
Colonel Carruth was questioned
about deepening the channel in Pem
broke Creek to the Fish Hatchery
which, though the hearing on Mon
day had no bearing upon the matter,
resulted in encouraging reports.
All Is In Readiness
For Baptist Revival
Beginning Monday
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Two Services Scheduled
Daily During Series
Os Meetings
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Everything ; s j n readiness for the
series of evangelistic meetings which
will get under way in the Edenton
Baptist Church Monday, continuing
for 10 days. Interested members of
the congregation are looking forward
to one of the best meetings ever held
in the church, due in no small part
to the fact that Dr. Zeno Wall, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Shelby, will do the preaching. Dr.
Wall is one of the most prominent
Baptist preachers in the South and
will undoubtedly attract large con
gregations to the church during the
series of meetings. He was for four
years president of the State Baptist
Association and only recently was
named Centennial chairman of the
Southern Baptist Convention. He
presided over the committee several
days ago at Augusta, Georgia, in
making plans for the Centennial
Celebration of the founding of the
Southern Baptist Convention in 1945,
six years hence.
The convention, which embraces
18 southern states and 25,000 church
es, was organized in Augusta in
May, 1845.
Rev. E. L. Wells, pastor of the
church, has notified all members of
his congregation and has earnestly
pleaded for prayerful cooperation to
the end that the coming series of
meetings will be largely attended and
successful in the building up of
church members as well as saving of
souls.
Two meetings will be held daily, at
10 o’clock in the morning and 8
o’clock at night, to which members
of all denominations are cordially
invited.
R. D. Dixon Receives
Blanks For C.M. T. C.
Application blanks for entrance in
the Civilian Military Training Camp
have been received by Richard D.
Dixon, to be issued to the first who
apply. The camp will open at Fort
Bragg on June 15 for young men
between the ages of 17 and 21.
Chowan County has been allotted
three applicants, but in event other
counties do not fill their quota more
may be enrolled from this county.
Any young men desiring to attend
this camp should see Mr. Dixon at
ofice.
| Georgians Arrive Tuesday
;In Further Attempt To
] Solve Lost Colony Mystery
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: HAROLD WILKINSON
Adding interest to the series
! of evangelistic meetings to be
-1 j gin in the Methodist Church on
’ March 29th, will be the music,
which will be in charge of Mr.
i Wilkinson, of Richmond, Va.,
who for 12 years has conducted
, the Sunshine Hour of Station
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Hyde Now Preparing
For Governor Hoey’s
Visit On April Third
Executive Will Be Wel
i corned to County at
Court House
' inviteTTguests I
t
Chamber of Commerce
Banquet at Swan j
Quarter School
Governor Clyde R. Hoey will be'
formally welcomed at Swan Quarter,!
in front of the Court House, April 1
3rd, at 5 P. M., by the people of!
Hyde County, with the cooperation of
the Edenton and Belhaven bands, un
der the auspices of the Hyde County;
Chamber of Commerce. The Gover-i
•nor will bring greetings to the peo-!
pie, and immediately will go on to j
New Holland, to the Mattamuskeet;
Refuge Hotel, his headquarters for,
the night. He will address the Cham-i
her of Commerce in banquet at the!
Swan Quarter High School audi
torium at 6:30 P. M. A dance will
be held in his honor in the ballroom'
of the Mattamuskeet Refuge Hotel!
from 10 until 1 o’clock. This is an
invitation dance, semi-formal, with
Paul Jones and his full dress orches-1
tra, furnishing the music. A recep-1
tion line will be formed at 10 o’clock [
when the Governor and guests will j
receive the dancing couples and spec
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Names Sought Os Men
Who Are interested In
Training For Aircraft!
In view of the improving business
outlook and because of the increased;
activity in the aviation field there!
has been much interest concerning!
the availability of skilled mechanics!
and machinists. For this reason thej
Employment Service offices are inter-!
- ested in securing the names'and ad-,
dresses and a record of the exper-|
ience of all skilled, machinists and
mechanics who are not now working
at their trade who have had aircraft
experience or who would be interest
> ed in securing training in aircraft
mechanics. All such previous regis-1
trants should renew their applica
| tions and such unregistered mechan-i
ics and machinists should get in
touch with their local employment
: office. This is not to be construed as.
the promise of a job, but may be im-;
portant to the applicant when open
ings are presented.
The local office of the N. C. State
1 Employment service which serves the
j counties of Chowan, Perquimans,
Gates, Hertford and Bertie, is locat
ed in the Citizens Bank Building.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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| Dr. H. J. Peace of Bre
| nau and Son Steudy
Surroundings
HERE FEW DAYS
College Men Will Speak
At Rotary Meeting
Tonight
Dr. H. J. Pearce, president of Bre
nau College, at Gainesville, Georgia,
together with his son, Dr. H. J.
Pearce, Jr., arrived in Edenton on
Tuesday afternoon to remain in this
section for several days in the inter
est of attempting to solve the Lost
Colony mystery. It will be recalled
that the Pearces recently acquired
possession of a stone supposed to
have been found by a traveler in
Chowan County in 1937, and upon
which was chiseled an inscription
chroniciling the death of Ananias
Dare and Virginia Dare in 1591. The
stone now reposes in the museum at
Brenau College.
What has been the incentive to
bring the Pearces to Chowan County
is the lettering on one side of the
stone which interpreted reveals the
fact that the colonists moved up
Chowan River and in four years, due
to sickness and Indian conflict, their
band was reduced to 24 and of this
number all but seven were massa
cred by Indians. Burial was made,
according to the inscription, upon
small hills about four miles east of
the river with names on a rock desig
nating the victims and place of
burial.
While here the Pearces do not plan
to do any excavating, but will visit
various sections in Chowan and Per
quimans to make a study of sur
roundings and endeavor to locate
possible burial sites.
Dr. Pearce says the story on the
stone is logical enough and has
i strengthened his belief that it is
possible th-V‘■k“ • otoue merprd *<7
could easily be somewhere <Ol thi.
section. The Pearces are very much
I interested in locating the other stone
• which would be corroborative evi
! dence and conclusive proof of one
! mystery surrounding the journey of
the colonists from Roanoke Island.
1 They believe that if local people be
j come interested enough to be on the
j lookout while on their lands or even
| make a search for the stone, there is
! some possibility that it may be
i located.
.1 Both Dr. Pearces will be special
J guests of the Rotary Club at the
meeting tonight at 6.30 o’clock in the
Parish House, when the Lions Club,
calling off the next meeting, will also
! attend. Members of the Chamber of
i Commerce, who are not affiliated with
j the civic groups, are also invited to
j hear the two Georgians, who will be
j introduced to the gathering by Cap
; tain J. L. Wiggins.
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Judge J. N. Pruden
Able To Be Home
| Following Operation
Commissioners Do not
Contemplate Appoint
ing Judge Pro Tern
I Friends will be interested to know
that J. N. Pruden, judge of Chowan
j County Recorder’s Court, was able
to return to his home Tuesday fol
-1 lowing an operation in General Hos
| pital, Norfolk. Though a very sick
! man for several days following the
1 operation, which fact was reason for
: ' considerable concern on the part of
| relatives and friends, he soon re
j sponded to nourishment and treat
■ | nients to gain enough strength to be
1 ; brought home Tuesday. He was ac
; companied by his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. George K. Mack.
Due to Mr. Pruden’s return home
- ar >d the hope that he will recuperate
Ito such an extent that he will soon
■ be able to preside over Recorder’s
Court, the County Commissioners do
>1 n °t contemplate appointing a judge
pro tern during his absence. At their
; ! regular monthly meeting, they ap
; pointed R. C. Holland, who declined
■j to accept the appointment due to
other duties.
. In the meantime quite a few cases
, have accumulated and it is the opin
ion of officials that if satisfactory
’ progress continues, Mr! Pruden will
■ be able to hold court at least by
Friday, March 31.