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fwd a jak presentation M and comtty newt ganarol interest. Volume Vl.—Number 15. i Chief Os Police G. A. Helms Forced To Shoot And Kill i Dangerous Negro In Fight Josh Norman Puts Up jt Fight When Being F Arrested lIFE THREATENED Coroner’s Jury Exoner ates Chief at Hearing Tuesday Night Faced with the possibility of los ing his own life, Chief of Police G. A. Helms at about 5:30 o’clock Mon day afternoon shot and killed Josh J Norman, Negro bad man. Chief Helms was forced to resort to use of his revolver when he was in the act iof arresting Norman on a charge of . assaulting another member of his race. Norman resented being arrest ed and put up a fight as the Chief was performing his duty. The two i got in a tussle and it was when the pt Negro was about to get the better of the argument, clinching on to the Chief’s shoulder strap and grappling for the revolver that Mr. Helms fired the fatal shot. Norman threatened to kill the officer. - The bullet entered Norman’s face below the left eye traveling upward through the skull. He died before reaching the office of Dr. J. A. Powell, county physician. Norman, a husky man of about 225 pouhds had powerful strength, and when influenced by liquor was poss essed with a dislike for officers. Something over a year ago he was responsible > for Officer Robert I* J being hurt and forced to be off several, weeks. Pratt, too, was 5 act of arresting Norman whefn itter took the officer’s blackjack pushed him off a porch, badly j SprAining a leg. He had the reputa-j turn of .being *bte.tp handle any ,two : officers in the mouqiy to3T .when' drinking apparently sought aai oppor- r tunity to demonstrate his strength. ! Chief Helms was scratched about j. his hands in the mixup and his cloth-j somewhat disheveled before he shot down his assailant. , A coronor’s inquest was held Tues-! day night at 8 o’clock when Chief! Helms was exonerated. The jury returned the following! Verdict: “\ye, the jurors, find that Joshj Norman came to his death from a pistol shot fired by G. A. Helms, po lice officer of Edenton. And further J 4hat Josh Norman in resisting arrest' had threatened the life of G. A. Helms and that G. A. Helms fired the < pistol only as a last resort when it became apparent that it was his only hope to save his own life. We, therefore, find, that Helms shot in self, defense and recommend that he be! exonerated from any blame in con nection with shooting of Josh Nor man.” • . Members of the jury were: E. T. ißawlinson, Raleigh Hollowed, Hec *tpr Lupton, Benny Mizelle, Walter Jones and Henry Cuthrell. * Lions Anniversary Next Monday Night Principal Speaker For Occasion Will Be J. s Barnett Napier ( Forced td be postponed on several Occasions, the second anniversary of tike Edenton Lions Club will be ob served next Monday night at Hotel Joseph Hewes. For this meeting the principal speaker will be J. Barnett - Napier, commissioner of Lions Inter national and a very interesting pro gram for the affair is being arranged. The meeting will be in the form of a ladies’ night, wives of members of the club being invited to attend. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o’clock. Uon Club Lectured About Proper Diet One of the most interesting meet ings in months was held by the Edenton Lions Club Monday night, when the principal address was made by E. J. Sampson, of Missouri. Mr. g Sampson is a food lecturer and spoke Very interestingly upon proper diet i During his remarks he stressed the Importance of eating more fruits and vegetables, referring to statistics furnished by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in health book lets distributed by -the Company. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOMS NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ■ • | Better Pay Up | At the meeting of Town Coun cil Tuesday night, Miss Louise Coke, tax collector, was instruct ed to advertise for sale property of delinquent taxpayers for their 1938 taxes. The list will be post ed Monday, May 15 and appear for four consecutive issiVes of The Herald, beginning Thursday, May 18. Hie sale will take place at the Court House door Monday, June j 12th. All delinquents are urged to pay before advertised in order to save expense and embarrass ment. Officers Elected At Annual Meeting Os Cemetery Group - i Mrs. R. F. Tuttle Again President Cemetery Association WANTMOWER s Owners of Lots Urged to Pay Promptly $1.50 Fee For Upkeep ' Among other matters discussed last week -at a meeting of the Beaver Hill • Cemetery Association, was the im- I portance of every lot owner paying $1.50 q year which cbvem the cost of | mowing the grass, removing weteds i and trimming around tombs. This I matter is very essential in properly ]■ maintaining an attractive cemetery I and collectors are now endeavoring to secure this amount from lot owners. | The annual meeting of the Asso i ciation was held at the home of the i president, Mrs. R. F. Tuttle, when ; officers for the year were elected, as i follows: President, Mrs. R. F. 1 Tuttle; j vice president, Mrs. E. S. Norman; | secretary, Mrs. A. S. Smith; treasur -1 er, Mrs. W. S. Privott. Mrs. Privott succeeds Mrs. T. E. Gardner, who i had served nine years as treasurer land declined re-election. Mrs. Gard ner, Mrs. C. S. Vann and Mrs. J. L. | Wiggins were chosen as a nominating I committee. Mrs. Smith made a report of her work as secretary from April 1, 1938, t to April 1, 1939, while Mrs. Gardner made a financial report for the year, I showing a small balance on hand. The idea of purchasing a motor mower was discussed, but this mat ter was referred to a committee to be acted upon at such time when funds are available, which is not the case at present. During the meeting a vote of thanks was extended to Frank Hugh es and. J. Edwin Bufflap, street com missioner, for their valuable assist ance in grading the driveways and other efforts to improve the ceme tery. H. S. West was appointed the (Continued on page four) Edenton Host To Fair Attendants On Next Monday Tour of Points of Inter* est "Planned For Visitors Edenton will be host to the World’s Fair attendants from. North Caro lina on Monday, April 17, when this group of about five girls and six or seven boys will be entertained. Mayor J. H. McMullan has been notified that the party will arrive in Edenton at 5:15 Monday, spending the night here. From 5:30 to 6:45 they will be taken about town to see the various points of interest and at 7 o'clock will be guests at a chamber of com merce banquet. At this banquet not only members of the Chamber of Commerce will attend, but any other citizen who would like to be present for the occasion. After breakfast Tuesday morning, i M •.. *. *, >, - ,• Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 13, 1939. Town Council Calls City Election For Tuesday, May 2nd Entire Board of Council men Will Again Seek Office REGISTRARS NAMED Thursday, May 25, Set As Final Day to File Candidacy An election for city officials was officially called at the meeting of Town Council held Tuesday night . when Tuesday, May 2 was the date set. At the same time registrars,! judges of election and polling places! were selected for the election. With; a number of candidates already ex-| pressing their intention of filing] their candidacy and rumors that oth- 1 ers will enter the race. Tuesday,] April 25, has been designated as thej last day for filing in order to have names appear on the ballot. Before the meeting adjourned every member of the present board announced his intention of seeking re-election, including J. H. McMullan, mayor; Dr. L. P. Williams, First j Ward; Graham Byrum, Fourth Ward; j Albert G. Byrum, Third Ward; W. M. Wilkins, Fourth Ward; 0. B. Perry and J. Edwin Bufflap, council men-at-large. W. H. Gardner, treasurer, will also seek re-election as well as the Board of Public Works, which includes F. W. Hobbs, chairman, Fred P. Wood and: West W. Byrum. j Registrars, judges of election and polling places selected were as fol lows: First Ward—R. L. Spry, registrar; W. A. Everett and H. T. Miller, judges polling place, Municipal Build ing. Second Ward—C. H. Wood, regis trar; N. J. Castelow and George H. j Everett, judges; polling place, Court! House. Third Ward—H. C. Wozelka, regis- 1 trar; A. M. Forehand and W. H. Par-! rish, judges; polling place, W. H. | Parrish store on North Granville St. j Fourth Ward—W. T. Gordon, regis-! traff; R. L. Ward and J. Paul Holo-j man, judges; polling place, H. T. Lay-i ton’s store. Skinner White Now Assistant Fireman Skinner White has been appointed assistant fireman, taking the place of Tom Goodman, who is still unable to discharge his duties as the result of an accident several weeks ago. Mr. Goodman, while splitting wood at his home, badly injured a foot which has been very backward in healing. Mr. White will relieve A1 Owens, regular fireman, until Mr. Goodman can return to work. Arrangements Completed For Huge Music Festival In Edenton Sunday Afternoon Director C. L. McCullers Expects Around 5,000 to Attend Outstanding Event; Community Singing Added to Program At a meeting of the Albemarle Music Festufel Association held Tues day night Anal arrangements were made for the Spring Festival to be held in Edenton Sunday afternoon, the affair scheduled to get under way at 3 o’clock. A stage to be used by the music groups has already been erected at the Armory, where the event will take place. The pro gram will be rendered out doors un less weather prevents, in which case it will be moved inside the Armory. C. L. McCullers, president of the Association, is very enthusiastic over the occasion and confidently believes there will be 5,000 people here to hear the program. The program has been arranged, at the completion of which all the bands will parade from the Armory to the Court House green and back to the Armory for dismissal. Arrangements have been made to furnish refreshments to all participating <tn the program. As a climax to the program the entire assemblage will be asked to join in community Binging under the direction of Pat Alderman, of Kin ston. The program for the afternoon follows r "America”, by Samuel Francis Question Box And Spelling Bee Be Held By P. T. A. On Friday Prize J of $5.00 Is Offered For Questionnaire Winner 75 QUESTIONS John A. Holmes Will Al so Conduct Old Time Spelling- Match What should be a rather unique and interesting meeting is planned! by ■ the Edenton Parent-Teacher Associa tion for Friday night. At that time | they will conduct a “question box” j during which 75 simple questions will ; be asked, all true or false, per | taining to current events anu geo graphical facts. This questionnaire was prepared by Richard D. Dixon, j Mrs. W. D. Pruden, Mrs. R. G. White I and Mrs. John Sikes. A cash prize of $5.00 will be awarded to the per son answering the most questions correctly. A small admission fee will be charged, the purpose of the affair be ing to raise funds to complete pur chase of lunch room equipment. Everyone attending is asked to bring along a pencil to write answers. Adding interest to the meeting will be an old time spelling bee which will be conducted while the winner of the question box is being determined. John A. Holmes will take down the old blue back speller and call out an ! average run of words. A prize of j SI.OO will be awarded to the winner in this contest. Tickets for the affair may be se cured from Mrs. Lee Moore, chair man of the ticket committee, or they may be secured at the door Friday night. The program will begin at 8 o’clock and it is hoped many friends of the P. T. A. will join in this uni- ; j que entertainment. ! Local Delegation At Area Meeting At the meeting of the Legion Aux ! diary held Friday night in the Ar jinory a number off committee reports | were heard, the major portion of the [time being devoted to discussing the [ area meeting to be held in Wil- j | liamston today. j The delegation from the local or ganization who will go to Williamston for the meeting is Mrs. W. E. Baker, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. R. E. Leary, Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Mrs. W. B. Shep ard, Mrs. D. M. Reaves, Mrs. Shelton Moore, Mrs. Edna White and Mrs. Jordan Yates. CAKE SALE SATURDAY The Chowan Woman’s Club will hold a cake sale at Quinn Furniture Store Saturday morning. Smith—All Bands and Glee Clubs, en-masse. “Safety March”, by Harold Ben nett —Junior Bands, en-jiasse (bands with one year’s training or less). “Norma’s' Dream”, waltz, by Har old Bennett—Junior Bands, en-masse. Medley of Songs, by Stephen C. Foster—All Glee Clubs, enmasse (five numbers). Intermission. “Washington Post”, March, by Sousa—Advanced Bands, enmasse. “Best Loved Southern Melodies”, plantation medley, by A1 Hayes—Ad vanced Bands, en-masse. “Danube Waltz”, by Strauss —Ad- vanced Bands, en-masse. Medley of songs, by Stephen C. Foster—Massed Glee Clubs (three numbers). Mass Bands and entire congrega tion—Hymns, under the direction of Pat Alderman. “Mutual March”, by Harold Ben- 1 nett. “The Show Boy” march, by Will Huff—‘All bands en-masse. “The Old North State”, song, by William Gaston—All bands and glee clubs, en-masse. “Star Spangled Banner’, by Fran cis Scott Key—All bands and glee clubs, en-masse. ■ .. -A R. L. Chesson Wins Second Round In His Suit Against Kieckhefer Container Co. <*> <9 | Already! Carrying out orders from the County Commissioners, Sheriff J. A. Bunch will advertise all 1938 delinquent taxpayers on Monday, May 8, the sale of prop erty schemed to be held on Monday, June 5. The list will appear in The Herald Thursday, May 11, appearing for four subse quent issues. Taxpayers are urged to pay before May 8 to save added expense and em barrassment. Two Candidates File For Office In Town Election On May 2nd Leroy H. Haskett and Dr. W. S. Griffin Offi cially In Race MUCH INTEREST John G. Small Says He, Will Be Candidate In First Ward Though only two, aside from pres- ] ent city officials, have filed their candidacy for office in the town elec tion of May 2nd, John G. Small has ; made public his intention of entering ! the race as councilman from the First Ward, opposing the incumbent, Dr. L. P. Williams. I Os course, there are rumors that there will be other candidates, but none have filed nor have the'fc com mitted themselves. ! The two who have filed with City Clerk R. E. Leary are Leroy H. Haskett, who stated definitely Wed nesday that he will run for council i man from the Third Ward, now held, by Albert G. Byrum. It is Mr. Has kett’s first attempt for public office and entered he said, only after num erous requests. i The other candidate to file is Dr. Wallace S. Griffin, who seeks a seat on the Board of Public Works. It is Dr. Griffin’s first request for office at the hands of voters. Though he has not filed, in an-,: nouncing his candidacy, Mr. Small, said he had the interest of the town at heart and would discharge the du ties to the best of his ability. He is 'a former councilman, having served as councilman-at-large for three! terms, his term of office expiring six years ago. With the announcement of these candidates, interest in the coming election is greatly increasing, and a] considerable amount of speculation is i going the rounds as to who on the! present board will have opposition by the time the voters cast their ballots on May 2. John F. White Will Speak To Weekly Group Saturday Fish Fry Scheduled For Weekly Publishers j And Editors Weekly newspaper folk of North eastern North Carolina will meet in Edenton Saturday night, a shad fish [ fry being the incentive for attracting j this group of pencil-pushers to Clio- j wan County for their monthly meet j ing. The visitors will meet at The* Chowan Herald office, from where j they will go to the Bridge Inn, near the Chowan River bridge to enjoy a fish fry and hold a meeting after ward. For this occasion John F. White, Chowan County’s representative to the General Assembly, will address! the weekly publishers and editors' who are expected to number about 2ft. | The fish fry is scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock. Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, is pres-- ident of the group, and Miss Addie Mae Cooke, of Gatwville, secretary. I This newspaper is circu lated hi the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. Jury Awards Plaintiff $2,050 After Another Long Trial SECONDVERDICT Supreme Court Ordered Re-trial of Hotly Con tested Suit i •* Robert L. Chesson won the second round in his suit gainst the Kieck hefer Container Company of Ply mouth, when about 7:30 o’clock Sat urday night a jury returned a verdict in his favor in his suit for SII,OOO I damages for breach of contract. The jury returned an affirmative answer that Chesson actually had a contract with the pulp mill, that he was able, ready and willing to carry out his part of the contract and fixed $2,050.13 as the amount to which he was entitled as the result of failure on the part of the Plymouth concern to carry out its part of the contract. This amount represents $409.63 cal culated to be Chesson’s profits had the contract been fulfilled and $1,640.50 as his loss due to the breach. The case was tried at the Decem ber term of court when a jury awarded Chesson $2,668.27, but the [ Kieckhefer concern appealed to the State Supreme Court, the latter or dering a re-trial when in reviewing tlie case Justice W. A. Devine cited the fact that in the former trial Judge C. Everett Thompson failed to 1 emphasize the fact that the amount of damages in the case depended up on whether or not Chesson exhaust ed all means to minimize his loss. This point was argued by counsel for both sides, the plaintiff contending 1 that it was impossible to sell pulp wood due to more or less of a mono poly in that wood in stipulated areas must be sold through producers for this company. They P thought out the fact that Chesson cut and sold timber to the Major-Loomis Company as well as a quantity of stove wood to help meet expenses in curred due to his alleged contract. On the other hand, defense attor neys argued that Chesson had no contract with the pulp mill and de spite the fact that they purchased all of the wood sent to the plant, he failed to ship wood which, if there was a contract, rightfully belonged to them. It was brought out that Chesson had a supply of pulp wood cut and ready to be shipped, but re fused to ship to the mill. As in the former trial a consider able amount of time was consumed in hearing witnesses on both sides, as well as argument by attorneys. The trial utilized four days of the term of court, getting under way Wednesday and continuing until Sat urday night. Judge Leo Carr ob served extreme caution in charging the jury before deliberating, consum ing two hours and forty minutes in rehearsing the testimony and in structing the jury on various points of law. The jury deliberated, three and one-half hours before rendering a verdict. Representing Chesson were Henry Leroy and John Hall, of Elizabeth City, while W. D. Pruden and Zel> Vance Norman of Plymouth repre sented the pulp mill. Defense attorneys made arrange ment to be heard at the Perquimans term of Superior Court next week when they will no doubt appeal again to the Supreme Court. Two More Justices Os Peace Selected John F. White Names C. T. Griffin and W. A. Everett If all qualify following John F. f White’s recommendations to the Gen [ eral Assembly, Chowan County will have plenty of justices of the peace. Aside from the five already serving, Mr. White submitted the names of C. T. Griffin and W. A. Everett to serve in this capacity, ali of whom must 1 qualify within 90 days, j If they qualify, Griffin and Everett will officiate in the First Township, ! where W. S. Summered and F. Vs. Hobbs have qlready been acting. Aside from the above W. D. Moran, IT. L. Ward and Charles Blanchard have been appointed for the remaand- I er of the county.
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