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Volume VL —Number 26.
Town Council Rents Big Lot
Back Hotel Joseph Howes
To Solve Parkins Problem
Decision Made at Spe
cial Meeting Monday
Afternoon
’ $12.50 pSTmONTH
One Hour Parking and
Lot Believed Solution
Os Problem
Immediately upon the return over
the week-end of Mayor J. H. Mc-
Mullan from a week’s vacation at
Nags Head, a special meeting of
Town Council was held at 5 o clock
Monday afternoon to continue efforts
to solve Edenton’s parking problems.
At the last regular meeting of the
Board an ordinance was passed al
lowing only one hour parking on Sat
vrdays between 10 a. m. and 10 p.
m. on Broad Street between Water
and Queen Streets. For the past
two Saturdays a decided improve
ment has resulted due to the restrict
ed parking time which has come
•bout largely on account of the fact
that many town people, merchants
and emplo.ves either let their cars
stay at home on Saturdays or else
park at out-of-the-way places. On
both Saturdays parking spaces have
been available practically all day up
until about 7 o’clock, when all spaces
have been occupied.
Though no arrests have been made,
the police have tagged several ears
which parked over the allotted tune
and ip practically every instance the
guilty ones upon reporting to the of
ficers agreed that the new parking
idea was a splendid thing, but that
they had completely forgotten the
new ruling. The officers have been,
instructed to use discretion in enforc-!
ing the law and they have not made'
any arrests for first offensqs. < v They:
will, however, arrest any wo disre
v *and th£
ged and warned one time.
It is generally agreed that the
one-hour parking rule has helped th*
Saturday situation, but Town Coun
. cil felt that this was not a complete
solution to the problem and at the
special meeting voted to rent the lot
back of Hotel Joseph Hewes from
* Byrum Hardware Company.
W. M. Wilkins and Leroy Haskett,
a committee appointed at the last [
meeting to make a thorough investi
gation arid report their findings, pro-,
sented four lots for consideration, j
’ These were, of course, the Byrum lot,!
the lot in the rear of the Penelope
Barker Hotel, and two of W. A.
Everett’s lots, one back of the power
house and the other across the street
from the power house.
After due consideration, it was de
cided to rent the Byrum lot as an ex
periment at a cost of $12.50 per;
month. Messrs. Wilkins and Haskett’
were of the opinion
over 100 automobiles could Pjark t
there, and that there was a distinct
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Raleigh Students !
Will Visit Edenton
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Max
well Will Accompany
*' Qroup of 45
/ Mayor J. H. McMullan on Tuesday
a letter from A. J. Maxwell,
of Revenue of Raleigh,
stating that he and Mrs. Maxwell, to
v - gether with a group of 45 Raleigh
high school students will be his
guests Saturday. The group will
, ♦ stop in Edenton while on their way te
Roanoke Island to witness the show
ipg of “The Lost Colony.*
1 , They will have lunch & Edenton
4 and have asked Mr. McMullan te
make tlm necessary arrangements as
well as plan for a brief tour of
Edenton to view historical points of
interest.
Edenton Represented
At Legion Convention
Jhil meeting. **
g; I Members of E<> Bond Post who at
§ felir R FFt*-
C E Kramer.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
it HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
I 11 Hi 'll jPi ■« n »'■*
(jta* HoWayJ
When the Bank of Edenton
closes its doors Saturday after
noon. they will not be opened for
business again until Wednesday
morning, July 5. The bunk ob
serves the Fourth us July ns a
legal holiday and due to it falling
on Tuesday, an extra day will be
granted the employees by not
opening on Monday.
Patras of the bank are urged
to remember the holiday and
{transact their business accord
ingly.
184 Participate In
Swimming Lessons
Given By Red Cross
Many Parents Display
Keen Interest In
Gasses
CHAIRMANPLEASED
Those Who Passed Tests
Will Soon Receive
Certificates
Mgp. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the
Chowan Chapter of the Red Cress.
■ hat roloswid her report of the swim
! wtfag classes held at Edenton and
j Holleys Wharf and in giving out the
: report expressed a groat deal of
pleasure at Hie anew of the classes.
One auadroi rad twenty-four were
enrolled in Edenton and at Holleys
Wharf, the first year of classes there,
60 attended.
Mrs. Pruden was especially pleased
at the interest shown by parents,
many being present to watch the
youngsters, and at both places a pic
nic was held by the parents which
was well attended.
| The classes were instructed by
I Melvin Layton, who was assisted by
' Reuben Miller. At Holleys Wharf
! much of the success is dtae to the ef
j forts of Miss Florence Ward and Miss
Marie A shell, who. organised the class
there.
Beginners, who passed the test at
Holleys Wharf and who will be sent
a certificate from national headquar
ters are:
Camilla Lawrence White, Elisha J
: Bert White, Minnie Parker Hollowed, j
’ Annie Mae Hollowell, Beulah Bertha i
1 White, Edgar Alien White, Glen wood (
, Asa Boyce, Jr., Sarah Jane Boyce,
Robert Roy Winslow, Frank Lassiter j
j Rountree, James Roy Winslow, Jrv
' Sallie Sue Hollowell. Melba Mae
j Chappell, Labile Virginia Ward,
| Vera Newby Perry, Peggy Virginia
> Eason, Mabel Star Eason, Addie
Louise Jeraigan, Juanita Virginia
Spivey, Sidney Johnson Bunch, Rob-,
erf Marvin Turner, Gilbert Eugene,
Twine, Lois Alene Dail, Lois Hope'
Lane, Mary Kathleen AsbeU, Mary'
Win borne Evans, Mrs. Aubrey AsbeU,!
Haywood McLane Spivey, Sanford
Coloa Stallings, Hallet David Hobbs,
John Anson Hobbs, Thomas Jefferson
Blanchard, Allen Ray Parks, Joyce
Rebecca Chappell, Maybe!le Privott
Winslow, Archie Ray AsbeU, Louis'
Wilford Twine, William David Ward,!
Catherine Privott Winslow, Florence
Elisabeth Ward, Helen Elisabeth
Blanchard, Aubrey Elisha AsbeU, i
George Washington Bunch, Robert
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| Cotton Blooms
The first cat tan bloom report
ed to The Herald in Chowan
County was found Sunday by A.
L. Holla weiL of the Rylaad sec
tion. Mr. HeUoweU matted a
htoom, saying that be bad plenty
of hlsemi ea Ms farm.
A. B. WUkams, wke farms an
the Churchill fans, near Beans
Charch, on Tuesday brought oov
te The Herald office.
•Ire delivered to The Herald af
fi^aeetorehlremtoredrehto
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Edenton, Giowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, June 29,1939.
Quiet Observance
Os July 4th Holiday
Now hi Prospect
Picture Show Only Form
Os Local Amusement
During- Day
I NO BALL GAME
Two Games On Home
Lot Over Week-end,
However
Indications are that one of the
quietest Fourth of July observances
in recast years will take place in
Edenton next Tuesday. Aside from
the regular program at the Taylor
Theatre, no form of entertainment is
now in prospect, not even a baseball
game being scheduled to be played
here.
Practically all of the stores will be
closed during the day and apparently
those having a holiday will spend it
visiting, fishing, or resting about their
homes. Many Edentonians will no
doubt be at Head fo4 the day
or at some otherfresort. #
An Albemarle League baseball
* game was scheduled for Tuesday
morning on the Cotton Mill diamond
between Edenton and Plymouth, but
this game, according to Manager
Floyd Cayton, will be played in Ply
mouth. The afternoon game has
been cancelled to give the Edenton
team an opportunity to piny the Tex-
I aco Beach team on the letter’s dia
mond as a Fourth of July feature at
traction nt the beach.
Two games are scheduled to be
played in Edenton over the week-end,
Windsor being booked to piny here on
Saturday afternoon, and Scotland
Neck on Sunday afternoon.
For the latter game, Manager Clay
ton announced that the Edenton High
School Band will play as a feature
of the afternoon.
Witheria Target
Tar Dr. F.H. Garriss
Goon After July Ist
All Children Under One
Year of Age Will Be
Vaccinated
staYelaw
Health Officer Also Dis
cusses Ravages of
Malaria
| Dr. F. H. Garris, health officer for
j the Bertie-Chowan District, early this
(week gave out the information that
j after the first of July he expects to
g start a program aginst diphtheria.
; “The last Legislature passed a law
requiring all parents of children be
tween Hie ages of six months and five
years to have same vaccinated against
diphtheria,” said Dr. Garriss, “and all
parents who have babies to reach the
age of six months to hare them vac
' cinated before they are one year old.
I “We are asking the parents to
j bring their children to the health of
jfiee any time except Wednesday as
• temoons or to see the visiting nurse,
Miss Ruby Lents.
“If you prefer, we would much
rather you take your child to your
. private doctor for this vaccination.
]| But if you do, please hare the doctor
«write the child's name and age on a
]! piece of paper and mail or bring it to
1 the health office. Some time in toe
, near future there will be a checking
up on all children to ascertain those
who have not been vaccinated. The
dose of the vaccine used now, protects
8a children out of hundred: two doses,
four to six weeks apart, will protect
In speaking about malaria, Dr.
Garriss urges people not to confuse
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Miss Frances Benson
Represented Edenton
At N. Y. World’s Fair
Friends will be interested to know
that Bdenton vres represented at
North Carolina Day at the New York
World’s Fair by Miss Frances Ben
son, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. C.
Benson, who is spending the summer
with her parents. Miss Benson was
appointed ky Mayor J. H. McMullan
and very creditably represented Eden
ton along with about 50 representa
tives of other Ntoth Carolina cities
Chamber Os Commerce Agrees To Offer
Its Cooperation To Bertie County To
Locate Sanatorium On Balgrade Farm
BLANCHE LEARY ENTERS SUIT AGAINST
MR. AND MRS. HARRY CLAY PERKINSON
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Plaintiff Charges She Was Defrauded of $4,234
While Couple Rented Rooms In Her Home;
Says Induced to Mortgage Home
Miss Blanche H. Leary last week
instituted suit in Chowan Superior
Court against Clyde Jones Perkinson
and her husband, Harry Clay Perkin
son, seeking recovery of $4,334 which
she claims was fraudulently secured
from her.
The complaint sets forth that dur
ing 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Perkinson
rented rooms in the home of Miss
Leary and while living there they
discovered that she possessed SSOO
1 worth of Berkley Building & Loan
stock, $625 in American Telephone
A Telegraph Company stock, $165 in
Liberty bonds, S3OO in R. J. Rey
nolds stock, $650 in Norfolk Building
and Loan stock, and $1,194 in United
States currency. It is further stated
that Mr. and Mrs. Perkinson combin
ed, confederated, conspired and
agreed to obtain possession of Miss
Leary’s property with intent to de
ceive and defraud her, representing
Company F Leaves
For Camp In Florida
Saturday Morning
Local Outfit Will Travel
Through Country on
Trucks
Dr. Martin Wisely, commanding
officer of Company F, local National
Guard unit, was ordered early this
week to leave Saturday morning with j
his outfit for Camp Foster, near Jack
sonville, Florida. The company is
composed of 44 enlisted men and two j
officers, Lieutenant Wisely and Cap
tain Pearly Baumgardner.
The National Guardsmen will go;
through the country traveling on thej
company’s six ambulances. They are ]
scheduled to leave about 4 o’clock,
Saturday morning, remaining in I
camp 15 days. j
For the past few years the Ambu
lance Company has camped at Camp
Jackson at Columbia, S. C-, but due
to an outbreak of infantile paralysis
in the adjoining state, the local unit
was transferred to Florida for, their j
annual camping maneuvers. The new
location apparently is to the liking of
the Edenton men, for a general ex
pression of satisfaction has been
heard since the change was made
known.
Frank Holmes Will
Be Rotary Speaker;
Manager U. N. C. Foot-:
ball Team Will Speak j
On School’s Athletics
Frank Holmes, Edenton student at
the University of North Carolina,
will be the principal speaker at the
Rotary meeting at 1 o’clock today.
Mr. Holmes is this year manager of
the Tar Heel football team and his
talk no doubt will be relative to foot
ball as well as other athletics at the
institution. All of the Rotarians are
interested in football, and Mr.
Holmes’ consent to speak will un-„
doubtedly attract a goodly number
of the members.
At last week’s meeting C. Earle
Cohoon, of Columbia, made a splendid
address during which be asked the
t cooperation of Chowan In securing
completion of roads which would en
-1 able tourists to encircle the entire
Albemarle as well as provide suitable
roads to visit all points of interest
contained therein.
GUILTY OF ASSAULT
Gordon Sharp, colored, was sen
tenced to 30 days on the roads or
payment of costs in Recorder’s Court
TViesday, the only case on the docket.
Sharp was charged with assault up
on A. P. Privott, another Negro, at!
whom he pointed a pistol. I
that they were solvent and fully able
to meet their obligations, claiming
that they owned real estate in the vi
cinity of Norfolk and would repay
with lawful interest within a period
of a few months.
Miss Leary claims that shg advanc
ed $4,334 to Mr. and Mrs. Perkinsoi?,
and despite her efforts to secure
some payment on the debt, the de
fendants paid no attention to her re
quests and made no satisfactory ar
rangements to pay back the money.
The complaint further states that
after having exhausted all of Miss
Leary’s personal property which she
possessed, Mr. and Mrs. Perkinson
induced her to execute mortgages on
the only property left, her home, for
which they gave two promisory notes
and on which no effort has been made
to repay.
Miss Leary is represented by Her
bert Leary.
Thirteen- Year - Old
Evangelist Preaches
At Full Gospel Church
Revival Meeting Will
Get Under Way Tues
day Morning
A revival campaign will begin in]
the Full Gospel Tabernacle in North |
Edenton on Tuesday, July 4, which,
j should be of more than usual interest, j
For this meeting the evangelist will
be 13-year-old Beatrice Wells, who
j has traveled extensively in the United ;
j States and Canada conducting very :
i successful campaigns of this nature.;
On the opening day of the meeting
j there will be four services at the r
| tabernacle, one at 10 o’clock in the!
. morning, 2:30 and 6 o’clock in the!
I afternoon and 8 o’clock at night. Out- j
i of-town ministers will speak at the :
first three services and the young i
lady will preach her first sermon at!
the 8 o’clock service. i
Andrew Sterling, pastor, as well as
officials of the church, consider them- ’
selves v«ry fortunate in being able'
to secure this young evangelist for a!,
meeting and extend members and!
friends of other denominations a cor- j
dial invitation to hear her.
Evangelistic services will be held
every night at 8 o’clock until further |
notice, says Rev. Mr. Stirling. ~j
Revival Being Held
At Christian Church
A revival is now in progress at the
| Christian Church on the Cotton Mill,
' having started on Monday. Preach
jing for the meeting is Rev. M. L
’Ambrose, of Roper,
i Services will be held each night
| during the week at 8 o’clock, to
| which is extended an invitation to all
]to attend. The meeting will continue
] through Sunday night.
LICENSED TO WED
A marriage license was issued dur-1
ing the week by Register of Deeds
M. L. Bunch to Warden M. Martin,
of Chapel Hill, N. C., and Etta Ere ns
Pardee, of Edenton.
Retired I
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Though he completed his du
ties with the United States gov
ernment oa Saturday, O. C
Davis will not be officially retir
ed from active duty antil July 1.
Mr. Davis has been a railway
mail clerk 28 yearn, having en
tered the service May 11, 1911:
During his service Mr. Davis
began with a run from Washing
ton, D. C, to Greensboro, then
from Elrod, N. C* to Conway,
.S. G He was later transferred
to the Coast Line agd Norfolk
Southern, where he rounded out
j his service dfre to retchtag the
I age Knit.
This newspaper is drew
leted in the territory
where Advertisers will
reaßxe good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Withdraws Request For
It When Site Is Offered
Near Edenhouse
BANQUETJULY 14
Town Council Urged to
Offer Site For New
Bus Station
Several important matters were
considered at a meeting of the exe
cutive committee of the Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce held
in the Municipal Building Tuesday
afternoon, when a goodly number
were on hand at the call of President
J. H. Conger.
Paramount in the discussion was
the location of a State tuberculosis
sanatorium in Eastern North Caro
lina, which was authorized by the
last General Assembly. Chowan
County, through the Chamber of
Commerce, had presented a request
for the institution to be located
somewhere in the county, but when
it was learned that a large tract of
land had been offered on the Bal
grade farm near Edenhouse, it was
the general opinion of executive com
mittee members that Chowan should
pool its efforts with Bertie County
in securing the sanatorium. -It was
\ brought out though the proposed site
1 is not exactly in the center of popula
tion in the section to be served, it is
(about the central point of the area
and that Chowan would be greatly
benefited if the Bertie location is
selected.
A committee was subsequently ap
pointed by President Conger to con
fer with Bertie County officials and
tender the cooperation of Chowan in
whatever way it may be needed to
locate the sanatorium on the Bal
grade farm. The site has been in
vestigated and is said to be an ideal
spot for the purpose. The commit
j tee is composed of D. -M. Warren,
jjulien Wood, William Privott, O. B,
Perry and Richard D. Dixon.
| The matter of bus service was also
a major item of business to be
brought up. It was pointed out that
. bus travel has greatly increased re
| cently and that Edenton is now a
j focal point for this growing business.
The idea was advanced that those
: who travel by this method should be
t carried through the most attractive
residential streets, convenient to the
■ town’s merchants and the local hotel.
; The town is greatly indebted to the
. merchants, it was said, and every
! consideration should be shown them
j in an effort to increase their business.
•As to Hotel Joseph Hewes, it was
j stated that the town is fortunate in
. haring the facilities that it offers
, the traveling public. It was empha
| sized that the hotel is a distinct cred
-lit to the town and that a large
| amount of capital has been invested
by the management without asking
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Ernest Lee Sachem
Os Red Men Tribe
New Officers Elected at
Meeting Held Mon
day Night
New officers for Chowan Tribe of
Red Men were elected at the regular
meeting on Monday night, when Er
nest W. Lee was chosen as sachem
of the Tribe. Other elective officers
who will serve with Mr. Lee are:
j Prophet, J. Craig Haste; senior saga
more, Lloyd C. Bunch; junior saga
more, J. W. Jarvis.
These officers, together with those
! appointed by the new sachem, will be
installed at the July 10 meeting, when
the Tribe will meet ®t 7:30 o’clock
instead of 8 o’clock in order to com
plete the business in time for the soft
ball game.
Band Leaves Sunday
For Oeracoke Island
Members of Edenton High School
Band, together with about a dozen
parents, will leave Edenton about
noon Sunday on their way to Ocra
coke Island, where they will partici
pate in the Lindsay Warren celebra
tion. The band will take a prominent
part in the festivities and plan to
leave the island Tuesday morning,
from whence they will go to Belhaven
Sfi Join the Belhaven band in staging
a Fourth of July celebration.