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Volume VI. —Number 12.
Likely Clue To Lost Colony Found
* Red Cross Expenditures In
l Bertie-Chowan Storm Area
Reaches Total $15,761.40
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Many Repairs Made and
Houses Going Up at
Rapid Rate
AID 38~FAMILIES
Chowan County Contri
butes Over SSOO to
Tornado Victims
A sample of the efficiency of the
' American Red Cross can easily be
gleaned by a visit to the recent
h storm-swept sections of Bertie and
J Chowan counties, where already many
repairs have been made and in some
instances new houses have practical
ly been completed. Aside from this
assistance the Red Cross has contri
buted freely by providing food and
clothing mr the victims as well as
household goods, medicines and nurs
ing, farm supplies and occupational
supplies.
4 In a report furnished The Herald
by Imena Allison, Red Cross disaster
investigator, $15,761.40 has been fur
nished by the organization in behalf
of the tornado victims. Os this
amount $1,148.60 was expended for
damage done in Chowan County and
$14,612.80 in Bertie, where there was
greater destruction property and
suffering.
It will be interesting to readers to
know how these amounts were distri
buted and due to the kindness of Miss
Allison, she has provided a break
down of expenditures!, arhieh foJsqw:
In Bertie, the number of families
given assistance were 33, while in
Chowan the number was five, or a to
,( tal of 38 families.
In Bertie, 27 families were fur
nished food and clothing costing
$13.86; for building and repairs, 27
families received $11,923.91; for
household goods, 21 families were j
aided to the extent of $1,381.72; forj
medicine and nursing, $683 was ex
pended in 13 families; $601.66 went
toward farm supplies for 20 families,
and $8.65 for occupational supplies
in one family.
In Chowan County, where the
storm was less severe, $95.00 was'
furnished for food and clothing in
five families; $866 went toward!
building and repair for two families;!
in four families household goods to
thfe extent of $187.60 were provided.!
Nothing was required for medicine I
and nursing or farm supplies. !
Os the total expenditures in the;
two counties the Red Cross contri-i
buted $108.86 for food and clothing;!
P $12,789.91 for building and repairs;'
$1,569.32 for household goods; $683
for medicine and nursing; $601.65 for
farm supplies and $8.65 ’for occupa
tional supplies, totaling $15,761.40.
M It will be interesting, too, to know
’ that Mrs. J..N. Pruden, chairman ofi
the Chowan Red Cross -Chapter, in
her final report shows that in Chow-'
an, aside from contributions of food
and clothing, $510.83 had been raised!
in response to the appeal for aid for!
the storm victims. This amount,'
however, does net include several
substantial contributions sent direct
to Windsor shortly after the disaster
and before a canvass was made, and
for which Mrs. Pruden will request
credit for her chapter.
ABC Boards Meet In
Edenton March 30
Shad Dinner Will Be
Served at Hotel Jo
seph Hewes
™ * I —were completed ear-
Bhold the monthly
iunty Alcoholic Bev
ards Association in
meeting will take
y, March 80. The
eld at Hotel Joseph
shad dinner will be
time the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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'MAJOR C. D. UOTSCRIfJSK/
Adding Interest to the Albe
marle Music Festival to be held
in Edenton, Sunday, April 16,
will be Major C. D. Kutschinski,
director of State College Band,
who will be guest conductor for
several massed band numbers.
Relief Now In Sight
For Better Drainage
In North Edenton
Hard Surfacing Will Be
Widened to Edge of
i Sidewalk
BEGINSSOON j
Approach on Suffolk 1
Road Will Also Be
| Improved
j Residents in North Edenton living j
| on Broad Street will be given reliel j
jto their drainage problem, work on ;
j which will begin in a few days. For
; some time those living along the
j highway have compained about drain
| age which has been quite a problem.
| Opening of the ditches along the
i highway is only temporary relief, the
dirt being soon washed back and. au
tomobiles driven off the pavpment
cutting up tiie ground so that it is
impossible for water to run off.
i The latter part of last week R.
|R. Roper,, of the highway depart
j ment, conferred with Mayor J. H.
McMullan, Street Commissioner J.
1 Edwin Buffiap and J. H. Wroten, of |
| the E." & W. Department, relative to :
i more permanent relief. A survey j
was made of the situation which re
sulted in the decision to extend 'hard
surfacing from the edge of the
way to the curb. Though the cost,
will prohibit installation of curbs, a j
gutter will be made to drain water <
to several catch basins through a
series of pipes to town ditches.
The tost of the improvement will j
be borne by the State highway, these ]
funds having accumulated for main-1
taining highways through the city.;
TTie town will be required to con-1
struct catch basins and lay the grades
for the improvement.
Another improvement of interest;
which will be made at the same time j
is extending the hard surface from:
the street to the cement sidewalk on!
the Suffolk highway extending north
from the Triangle Filling Station,
which will undoubtedly improve the
appearance of the approach into
town. This will also be done through
the efforts of Mr. Roper.
Lions And Rotarians
Call Off Meetings
Due to the Chamber of Commerce
banquet Tuesday night, the Lions
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Jlm civtn credit for AttMAaw if
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 23, 1939.
Plan In Making To
Reduce Electricity
Rates In Edenton
Many Users Signed Pe
tition Circulated Dur
ing December
• ONLY ONE METER
E. & W. Board Adopts
Sliding Scale For
Current Used
Though little has been heard of a
petition circulated during December
requesting a reduction on electric
rates and signed by over 150 electric
users, plans are now in the making
by the E. & W. Board to comply with
the request.
After giving the matter serious
thought, Board members have decided
to adopt a one-meter plan, bringing
into effect a sliding scale for elec
tricity consumed, which of course
will materially reduce the price, ac
cording to the amount of electricity
used. By the efforts of F. W. Hobbs,
chairman of the Board, the services
of George Rice, of Suffolk, an official
of the Virginia Power and Light
Company, from whom the city pur
chases current, has been working
with the local board and while all
details have not been worked out, it
is almost a certainty that the one- ■
meter and sliding scale plan will be
adopted as a form of relief.
The new system will greatly re
duce the income derived from the re
sale of electricity and. undoubtedly
will have some bearing on the city
tax rate.
Edenton firemen
Give Assistance At!
Big Columbia Fire’
Fire Truck Rushed to
Tyrrell In Response to j
] Appeal Sunday
S7S,OOO~DAMAGE
Local Fire Fighters Are!
j Highly Praised For !
Efficient Work
i
I
Edenton firemen did a splendid j
piece of work Sunday when in answer
to an appeal for help from Columbia,
rushed over the Albemarle Sound
bridge jnto Tyrrell County to help
fight the disastrous fire at the Tyr
! rell. County Lumber Company’s plan
ing mill.
Though handicapped by being forc
ed to pump water from a ditch, the
local firemen contributed in no small
way in saving a large quantity of
property which was threatened by the
blaze. They left Edenton shortly
1 after noon, fighting all day long andl
i returning about 9 o’clock Sunday j
night.
The fire damage has been estimat-;
ed at upwards of $75,000, including
the planing mill, dry kilns, mill
i equipment and a large amount of
■ cut timber.
i High praise was tendered Fire
j Chief R. K. Hall and the firemen for
I the use of the truck and the valuable
| service rendered in the emergency.
1 The Plymouth fire department also
i came to the rescue and did a fine
I piece of fire fighting, together with
| the Edenton and Columbia fire-fight
) ing equipment.
I The fire attracted a tremendous
1 ; crowd of spectators, many from
| Edenton during the afternoon.
Junior-Senior Banquet
Will Be Held March 31
Plans are rapidly being whipped
into shape for the Junior-Senior ban
quet which will be held at Hotel
Joseph Hewes on Friday evening,
March 31. The Juniors have been
i busily engaged In a number of enter
-1 prises in an effort to raise funds to
pay for the banquet which will be
| attended by about 100 persons.
> MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The weekly meeting of Unanimity
Lodge will be held tonight at 8*
! o’clock. All members are urged te
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Number Os Skeptics Greatly Reduced
Following Addresses Regarding Stone
Found Alluding To Fate Os Lost Colonists
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Center Hill Man Has
60-Lb. Stone Bearing
Significant Lettering
Latest Find In Possession of T. E. Chappell Has
Letter “W” Plainly Visible as Well as Other
Markings Which Cannot Be Read
Greatly adding to local interest in efforts to solve the Lost Colony mys
tery occured Monday when T. E. Chappell, Center Hill rural mail carrier,
reported finding a stone several miles from Center Hill which he believes
has some connection with the stone recently acquired by Brenau College at
Gainesville, Georgia, and found in Chowan County in 1917.
The stone in possession of Mr. Chappell appears to be of similar texture
as the one at Brenau, but is larger, its measurements being approximately
12x17x6 inches and weighing about 60 pounds as compared with 21 pounds,
the weight of the stone found in 1917.
Upon the latest stone plainly visible to the naked, eye is a letter “W”
as well as other markings which cannot be deciphered by Mr. Chappell or
those to whom he has shown the stone.
Mr. Chappell knows the exact spot where the stone was found and of
great significance to him is the fact that at the identical spot there are sev-
! eral trees of arrester size than thei
average in the area, as well as an
indention in the top of the hill. The
opinion is advanced that the remains
of the colonists could have increased;
fertility of the soil consequently al
lowing these trees to grow larger
than the others.
Before attempting any excavations,
Mr. Chappell Vi red Dr. H. J. Pearqe
! at Brenau College as to proper steps I
jto be taken. While he has shown |
i the stone to several people, he has j
i maintained strict secrecy as to the
exact spot where it was found, await-;
jing information from Dr. Pearce. |
j Regarding the stone, Mr. Chappell
: on Tuesday sent the following mes
sage to The Herald:
“It was not my intention of letting j
I the newspapers have anything on the
1 finding of the last rock until after we
j got in touch with Dr. Pearce. How
i ever, things have developed since yes
j terday so that 1 think it is advisable
I to give you the history of the last
finding in order that you may give
j credit to those to whom credit is due.
i if the rock proves to be authentic.
| “I had been seeing the rock over a
j period of 25 or 30 years in the woods.
Wishing to do some concrete work
on a spring about two and a half
years ago, and desiring some hard
substance to break brick on, I sent
the gentleman that lives on my farm,
, Mr. C. T. Jordan, after the rock.
And in order to clear up some things,
I wish to state that it was in no way.
taken for anything other than just (
an ordinary rock with no possible j
value. However, after Dr. Pearce
left last Friday, I took Mr. Jordan
some articles on the subject. After
reading several of them he moved
j the rock frpm the spring to the house
! and to him or to other members of
I his family falls the credit of finding
i the first letters.
“I wish to say that it was found
on a hill in the forest that is a per
fect setting for the correct theory, j
and also that it carries out, if authen-;
tic, my theory of a few weeks ago
that colonists came up the Perquim
ans River.”
Dr. H. J. Pearce, in a telegram to
The Herald said that not having seen i
the stone, he could not express an;
opinion, but that he hoped to see it
very soon.
Boys Confess Relieving j
Friendly Market of sl4
With very meagre clues upon which
to work, Edenton policemen on Tues- *
day rounded up three young men who ,
I confessed to entering the Friendly i
! Market at the corner of Broad and
1 Queen Streets Monday night and
I stealing $14.30 in cash.
I Practically all of the money has
[been recovered and turned over to J.
A. Davenport, the boys revealing to
j officers that it had been hidden on
' the outskirts of town in small to
bacco bags.
The boys arrested were John L.
Parrish, Jimva Jones and
1 Boyce and are scheduled to he iiven
a hearing in Recorder’s Court Friday
morning.
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Wanna Dance? I
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Mayor J. H. McMullan on
’ Wednesday received 20 compli
mentary tickets to the dance to
be held Monday night, April 3,
I at Mattamuskeet Refuse jodge,
i with instructions to distribute
I them to any Edentonians who de
sire to attend. Mr. McMullan
i will hand out these free tickets
j to the first who ask for them.
The .dance, with music fur
nished by Paul Jones and his
■orchestra, is being held in
connection with Governor Clyde
R. Hoey’s visit to Hyde County
on that day. The affair starts
at 10 o’clock and follows a ban
quet of the Hyde County Cham
ber of Commerce at Swan Quar
ter at 6:30 o’clock.
Present indications point to a
large delegation of Edentonians
joining with Hyde in celebrating
the Governor’s visit.
Attendance Good
At Baptist Revival
Dr. Zeno Wall Preach-
I ing to Congregations
Filling Church
With the largest first-night crowds ;
in the history of Edenton Baptist |
Church revivals attending the meet
ing being conducted by Dr. Zeno
Wall, of Shelby, prospects point to
one of the most successful evangelis-,
tic meetings ever held in Edenton.
On Monday night, the first service of
: a 10-day meeting, the church was al- j
! most filled and on Tuesday and Wed
nesday the crowd attending material
ly increased over the previous ser- 1
vice.
Dr. Wall is preaching powerful
sermons and with the very favorable
! comments going the rounds, it is
I doubtful if the spacious church will
be able to accommodate all who go to
hear him as the meeting progresses.
Services are being held each day,
| at 10 o’clock in the morning and 8*
' o’clock at night.
j The only dampening effect on the j
| meeting is the fact that the pastor,
Rev. E. L. Wells, who has been keen- '
I ly interested in the’ meeting and;
, worked hard to encourage attendance, j
! is ill and was not able to attend the j
; first services.
District Meeting Os
U. D. C. At Plymouth
A meeting of the 14th district of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy will be held at Plymouth on
Friday. Adding interest to thia
meeting will be the presence of Mm.
L. E. Fisher, state president, and
other officials. A large delegation
from Edenton is requested to attend.
This newspaper is circu
lated im tie territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Dr. H. J. Pearce, Jr.i
Presents Facts Bear
ing Out Records
TWO REPLICAS
Plan Exhibit at World’s
Fair and Present One
To Edenton
| “We have nothing to sell and are
making no claims,” said. Dr. H. J.
Pearce, Jr., of Emory University in
an address Thursday night before a
large gathering of Rotarians, Lions,
members of the Chamber of Com
merce and a goodly number of ladies
of the community when he very clear
ly explained his connection with a
stone found on the east bank of
Chowan River in 1917 which chroni
cles the death of Ananias and Vir
ginia Dare and also carries a message
to the effect that a group of the colo
nists were massacred by Indians and
I buried in small hills “about four
j miles east of this river.” Dr. Pearce
was accompanied by his father, Dr.
H. J. Pearce, Sr., president of Bre
nau College, Gainesville, Ga., where
the stone is now placed in the mu
seum of the college, Brenau only re
cently becoming sole owner.
It was explained that the name of
the finder of the stone had -not been
divulged heretofore because he
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j Norfolk Quintet Puts
On Lively Program At
Banquet On Tuesday
G. L. Hall Emphasizes
Importance of Ang
ling For Tourists
BIG BUSINESS
Necessary For C. of C. to
Tell Cock-eyed World,
Says Speaker
Almost 100 members of the Eden
ton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce
attended the organization’s banquet
Tuesday night at Hotel Joseph
Hewes, when a lengthy but very in
teresting program was presented by
five Norfolk business men. The ban
quet was the outgrowth of the month
ly group meetings planned by Presi
dent Joseph H. Conger, this one be
ing particularly for the benefit of
merchants.
j W. Selby Harney, a former well
known Edentonian, acted as toast
master and in his usual style injected
a goodly amount of humor in the
, meeting.
G. Leslie Hall made the principal
address of the evening, giving one of
| the best talks on the purpose and
value of a Chamber of Commerce to
be heard here in a long time. “No
town can succeed without a live
Chamber of Commerce.” he said,,
classing as chiselers and slackers any
who refuse to contribute to building
up a community.
1 He stressed the importance of a
commerce group being a selling, mer
chandising and publicizing agency of
| the community it represents. “If
. Edenton is the best place in the
' world to live, as you have demon
: strated, then tell the cock-eyed world
about it,” he animatedly urged his
i hearers. As an example he very
amusingly explained that the apple
! is the most popular fruit today due
i to the publicity given to the Garden
of Eden episode and that Edenton’s
peanuts were put on the map by
Nina Wilcox Putnam’s magazine
articles.
Mr. Hall especially emphasized the
! importance of the tourist business in
. this country and urged Edenton to
paramount this ever growing indus
i try. Between four and five billion
, dollars are spent annually by tour
; iste, he uud, and by fairly accurate
, figures it has been shown that there
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