of local mad ctnmty am
Volume Vl.—Number 29.
M. F. Bond, Jr. Elected New
Chamber 01 Commerce
President On Friday Right
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Is Chosen Unanimously
When J. H. Conger
Declines
HORNESPEAKS
Membership Drive Wm!
Get Under Way
Next Week
Millard F. Bond. Jr. was elected f
president of the Ed*»tow-Chewa»ji
Chamber of Commerce at the annuali
banquet held at Hotel Joseph Hearn
oa Friday night. Mr. Bond aaa
unanimously elected after J. H. Cta*
ger absolutely refused to swro
another term as president. The
nomination eras made from the floor. |
in view of the fact that tike nominat-j
ing committee, composed of O. B.
Perry, Fred Wood and Wißtom P*ir-*
ott, failed to submit recommendations |
after futile attempts to induce any
one to agree to serve ns president
Dr. Wallace S. Griffin and William!
Jones, by virtue of being presidents!
of the two civic organisations, thet
Lions Qnb and tike Rotary Club,
were elected vice presidents. J. H.|
McMullen was again re-elected as
secretary. The following wore elect
ed to serve on the executive commit
tee: John W. Graham, J. Clarence
Leary, J. W. Davis, O. B. Pmy, D.
M. Warren, C. L. McCullers, Dr. W
1. Hart, Jr., and J L. Wiggins.
At n meeting of the executive I
committee on Tueedny afternoon, Ihr.v
W. 1. Hart, Jr, was otacmd treasurer v
of the organisation, which position
was held by Mr. Bend.
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AH Day Picnic'At
Cross Roads Friday
Baseball Games and Ad
dress Will Be Princi
pal Features
f
.Plans have been completed for thej
all-day picnic to be held at Cross
Roads on Friday under the auspices
of the Chowan Woman’s Club. The
amir will get under way at 9:3*** i
o’clock, when a ball game will be;
played between Gliden and Chowan, i
In the Chowan High School a pro-j
gram will be given starting at 11:86;
o’clock, at which time an address *f
be delivered by J. Melville Broughton
of Raleigh. I
After the speaking, sandwiches,
hot dogs, regular dinner, cold drinks
and ice cream will be for sale, from!
which tike ladies of tike Chib hope to j
' raise money to help reduce the debt
on the community house.
At 3 o’clock another baseball game (
is scheduled between Gatesville and
Chowan.
A considerable amount of puttkity t
has been given to the picnic, and!
members of tike. Roman’s CM are
'hopeful that many friends and neigh
bors will attend p pgder ha make the
affair a success.
- to Hm picnic gsmmds.
Opportunity To Buy
Family Siae Farm
eomif from farming, "have^aa^otoe*--
Stomty to apply to the Farm Security
Administration tor a lean to toy a
family siae farm. It vriß to pitmflHe
to borrow 100 per cent *f tito value
of a torn, if tike apptimat vnlHtM.
Applicant may apply to John H.
Pope, county supervisor, at the Farm
Security Administration oflke, Eden
' North Edenton Revival
Closes Sunday Night
Rev. Andrew Stirtto*. pastor of
j Full Gospel Tabernacle in North
‘ pr^r^attto
church will come to * ctoae Sunday
has been IT jrar nH. Bittiki
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| COf C PwsMmt j
j MILLARD F. BOND
elected pmtodrf the Btoaten
( Ctowan Ctomtor of Oeaamerce
I Friday aighl when AB. Cooper
»atoned to serve anoDwr term.
New Feature For
Members Os B.&L
.
tPlun Insures Full Pay
ment of Shires In
Cfcse of Death
Os interns* to mwah it; of toe
Eden*on BoiOdiag and Lean Assoc: a
tic® is the anneuneemesit made thi?
'week of the adaption «f a feature
. which insures payment of stock in
case of death. Arrangements have
[ been made with the Security Life and
[Trust Company of Winston-Salem,
I that by a small payment monthly, in
j event as death, the baHanoe due on
; any stock will be paid immediately
D. D. Hunt, special agent of the
!: Company, will be in Edenton the week
| of Jnly St to help R. E. Leary, secre
. tary ©if the ioeal Assodation, to get
j.the plan started. Mr. Hunt was here
, last week explaining the plan and 1
| produced evidence that on many oeca-1
; Sion? hoffvowejrs and Msvestirsg share- 1
[holders of bttiMnng and lean associa
| tions had died and their stock was
immediately paid in fall.
An advertisement its carried in this
isssae of The HesaM which explains
1 all details of toe plan and from ad
i vanee comment many local share
holders will avail themselves of this
ianiqne proposition.
Important Peanut
Meeting In Windsor
11 a. n. Thursday
It Following manners that toe Depart
(mm* of Agricalttfie totonds to take
soma actio* which will a*eet the
price of peanats, a very important
peanut meeting will he heU m Wind
aer tor farmers and tona leaders to
day. (Thursday)- The purpose of
; tons meeting » to take definite steps
to Mem* to the Department of Ag
rigattore a united tow which will re
the naritog of hmm and explain
toe prim hMI
The meeting n achtdftlid to he held
at 11 stled and abont 35 Chowan
p«anat growers have expressed their
intentioa to attend.
CAKE SALE 7
Chowan Woman’s Oab wfll have a
cake sale at Qum Pndtne Store
oa Saturday mondag
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Chief of iNdke G. A. Helms
reports that there are a a amber
Wwhnria tom* law the city
Keenan togs KghM dad even
strict toeck-to hmrja pre
i btofhr Mam dthaMh*
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 20,1939.
W.RWiibomeDies
Eariy Wednesday In
Hospital At Norfolk
Deceased Was One of'
County’s Most Prom
inent Farmers
63 YEARS OLD
Funeral Will Be Held at
Home 2:30 Thursday
Afternoon
William H. Win borne, prominent j
Chowan County farmer, died in Leigh
Memorial Hospital in Norfolk, Va.,
at about 3 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing. News of his death spread ra
pidly and came as a severe shock,
especially due to the fact that only
the day before be was reported to
have shown considerable improve
ment. Mr. Win borne had been a pa
tient in tiie institution less than two
weeks, where he was taken when it
was thought he had contracted ty
phoid fever.
Mr. Winborne was 63 years of age
and, aside from being a large land
owner and fisherman, was a member
of the Orawan County Board of Com
missioners, among which group his
advice regarding county matters was
greatly respected. He had served in
this capacity since February 7, 1921.
He was also a member of the board
of directors of the Bank of Edenton.
Mr. Winborne was a native of
Chowan County, having been born
and raised at “Martinque,” the Win
borne homestead in upper Chowan,
where the family still lives. He mar
ried the former Annie Elliott, who
survives, from which union two sons
and two daughters survive, Robert
Winborne, of Suffolk, Va., and
Hutchings Winborne, at home; Mrs.
W. G. Shaw, of Wagram, and ‘ Miss
Sarah Winborne, at home. Two
brothers, Judge Wallace Winborne, of
Marion and Raleigh, and Richard
Winborne, of Suffolk, Va., and two
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Local Lions Club
Begins Third Year
Dr. P. W. Tedder Elect
ed as Club’s Third
Vice President
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The Edenton Lions Club started its
'third year Monday night, with all I
newiy elected officers at their posts.!
Lion President Wallace Griffin ex
pressed his appreciation to the Club
for the confidence placed in him by j
naming him to the post of Daddy j
Leo for the coming year.
During the business session, it was
learned with regret that J. A. Cur
ran had handed in his resignation,
which was duly accepted by the Club.
Lion Curran was to have been first
vice president for the coming year,
therefore, it was necessary to ele
' vate the second vice president to his
seat and third vice president to sec
ond,. and an election was held for
third vice president. Lion P. W.
Tedder was elected third vice presi-1
dent.
After the business session, Lion J.
Frank White, gave an interesting
•ccount of his trip with the local Na
tional Guard Unit to Camp . Foster,
near Jacksonville, Fla. Ison White
took the whole Club on the trip from
beginning to end. Starting at the lo
cal Armory and relating each inci
dent that took place during the 16
days the local unit was gone, the talk
"*** enjoyed very much by each Lion
present. *
Lion John Mitehener will have
charge of the program next Monday
night, and each member is looking
forward, to a very entertaining pro
gram.
Rotary €up Winners
Special Guests Today
Rotary cup winners of the Edenton
and Chowan High Schools have been
invited to be special guests at the
Rotary meeting today. These two
young ladies are Miss Anna Wood
of the • Edenton school, and Miss
Lillie Mae Saunders, of Chowan, and
have been asked to make short ad
dresses.
At last* week’s meeting Wood Priv
et* made the principal address, at
which tune he presented facts .and
figures reflating to the North Caro
lina Unemployment Commission. Mr.
Privott was able only to explain
I*rt of?this work and promised toi
present other phases of the work at
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Escaped Convicts
Captured At Hayes
On Saturday Night
Bloodhounds Trail Pris
oners to House on
Hayes Farm
SURRENDER
: John Johnson, Chowan
Negro, Shot By Mis
take During: Hunt
tj Three convicts who escaped last
, week near Sunbury were captured
late Saturday night on the Hayes
! farm. The trio had been hunted by a
. posse since their escape and due to
the hardship of traveling through
’ dense swamps and lacking food, the
, fugitives apparently had enough of
the chase and surrendered without
. putting up any fight.
, Credit for the capture is given to
t blood hounds, in which Dan Canady’?
. dogs played no little role. It was
one of Canady’s dogs which led the
i trail to the shack where the Negroes
j were found.
r The convicts were Roscoe Mont
gomery, Jimmy Walker- and Ralph
. Hewitt, who were confined to the
5 Woodville Prison Camp. They were
’ immediately taken back to camp af
ter their capture.
I The man hunt had been in progress
since their escape and it was the mis
, fortune of John Johnson, Chowan
| Negro, to be shot when he was mis
taken for one of the convicts. John
son, together with a companion, was I
on his way home with some ice cream
for his wife, and when ordered to
1 stop, according to police, the com
-1 panion ran, and as he did C. A
' Cooke, a prison guard who was on the
lookout, sent a load of shot into
■ Johnson’s back. The entire load
1 punctured the Negro from his ankles
1 to his hips.
A warrant was issued for Cooke’s
arrest and he was released -under
’ 3500 bond.
Boy Scouts Leave
Sunday For Damp
Group Will Be at Dar
den Reservation For
One Week
i Edenton’s Boy Scout troop will
j leave for camp on Sunday morning at
j 10 o’clock, the boys being in charge
Jof Kermit Layton and Colon Sawyer,
j scoutmaster and assistant scoutmas
j ter. respectively. The group will go
i to Darden Reservation near Franklin,
j Va., and will return Sunday, July 23.
Darden Reservation is owned by
the Tidewater Council of Boy Scouts
and is fully equipped and supervised
to provide an excellent location for a
week of camping. The local troop by
virtue of being a member of the Tide
water Council was permitted to use
the reservation for their camp this
year.
Scoutmaster Layton says his boys
will drill from the Scout cabin to the
corner of Mosely and Queen Streets,
at which point they will board trucks
in which they will be transported to
camp.
The group of boys composing the
troop who camp for the week -are:
M. L. Bunch, Jr., Lloyd Burton,
George Alma Byrum, Jimmie Chest
nutt, W. H. Gardner, Jr., John A.
Holmes, Jr., John Hassell, Jr., J. H.
Hollowell, Jr., Jasper W. Hassell,
Jack Moore, Wm. M. Morris, Richard
E. Mizzelle, Norbert L. Sawyer, Mil
lard Ward, Sam White, John M.
Jones, Jr., James Bond, Robert Sat
terfield, Tom Shepard, Gurnie Hobbs,
Melvin Griffin and Francis Morgan.
ABC Boards Meet At
Wrightsville Beach
Alcoholic control boards of the
State will meet in annual session Fri
day and Saturday at Wrightsville
Beach. This is a very important
meeting and those from the local
board planning to attend are R. P.
Badham and Hector Lupton.
Summer Services At
Old David’s Church
According to Rev. B. W. Gaither. <
rector of St. David’s Episcopal
Church at Creswell, regular services
will be held during the summer. Ser
vices will be held each summer
month at 11 a. m. on both the first
and third Sundays.
The foundation work of this old
church was begun in 1797 by Parson
Pettigrew, formerly of Edenton.
Town Purchases Drinking
Fountains To Be Installed
For Convenience Os Public
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TEX RITTER
This movie singing cowboy will
appear in person at Taylor Thea
tre on Thursday, August 3rd.
With him will be his group of
musical Tornadoes.
Big Mass Meeting
At Belhaven Aug. 9
All Albemarle Urged to
Help In Securing
New Road
A big mass meeting of the citizen-!
ship Os the Albemarle section is be
«j f .
ylg arranged to be held at Belhaven
on August 9. The purpose of this
meeting is to impress upon the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion the importance of building the
road from Route 97 to Pantego, a
distance of 17.1 miles.
The improvement ox this road is I
considered of vital importance to *
both sides of the Albemarle Sound; j
and for that reason a large delega- i
tion is urged covering the entire A!-1
bemarle section.
John W. Darden, of Plymouth, is
chairman of the mass meeting and is
hopeful that at least 5,000 people
will be present. As an incentive, a 1
barbecue dinner is planned for those |
who attend and music will be furnish-;
ed by the Creswell, Plymouth and j
Belhaven bands. Mr. Darden is es- j
pecially anxious that many from the
north side of the Sound attend in !
order to lend their effort and add
weight to the proposed road project.
National Guardsmen
Return From Florida
i
Members of Company F, local Na
tional Guard unit, returned Sunday
afternoon from Camp Foster, near
Jacksonville, Fla., where they held [
their annual camp. Members of the j
outfit apparently enjoyed the trip,
many of them delighting their friends
with stories of the trip as well as
sights witnessed while in camp and
enroute.
The trip was made through the
country, the company’s trucks being
used to transport the members.
Kennedy Home Singers
Give Program Friday
Tomorrow (Friday) night at the
Edenton Baptist Church the Kennedy
Home High School Chorus will ren
der a program. This group of young
people has broadcast over radio sta
tions and has also appeared before
various large audiences. A profitable
evening of entertainment is in pros
pect and Rev. E. L. Wells is hope
ful that a large number avail them
selves of the opportunity of hearing
the splendid music which these sing
ers are capable of rendering.
Bank Closed |
D. M. Warren, cashier of the
Bank of Edenton, on Wednesday
issued the information that the
bank would be dosed today
(Thursday) in respect to the
memory of and on account of the
funeral of W. H. Winborne, who
for many yean was a director
and a valued adviser of the bank.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Committee Places Or
der For Two Up-to-
Date Devices
NEEDFELT
Will Be Placed at Most
Advantageous Points
On Broad Street
dtollowing their appointment by
Mayor J. H. McMullan to investigate
the idea of placing drffiking foun
tains on Broad Street for the conven
ience of visitors, Graham Byrum and
Leroy H. Haskett have ordered two
up-to-date fountains for that pur
pose. The two councilmen, together
with J. Edwin Bufflap, visited several
towns Friday afternoon to secure an
idea which resulted in placing the
order.
The location of the fountains has
not been determined, but one will no
doubt be placed near the Citizens
Bank building, and the other near
King Street. The two fountains cost
approximately SSO.
For some time Town Council has
been faced with the suggestion that
drinking fountains are very necessary
for the general public, a great need
presenting itself especially on Satur
days when many country people are
I in town. Sensing the need for drink-
I' ing water, for several years, Mitch
ener’s Pharmacy had maintained a
barrel containing ice water in front
of the store for the convenience of
visitors.
The new drinking fountains will be
of latest design, constructed, of ce
j ment-like material, and will be equip
j ped with sanitary means for drinking.
Answer Is Filed To
Blanche Leary Suit
! Major Portion of Com
plaint Is Denied By
Defendants
Due answer to a complaint filed in
1 Superior Court by Miss Blanche
[ Leary against Mr. ar.d Mrs. Harry C.
; Perkinson was made by the defend
ants on Thursday. The answer, quite
a lengthy document, for the most
' part denies the major portion of the
■ complaint, which is made up of 12
[sections.
| According to the answer tiled, the
, defendants deny that they combined,
j confederated, conspired and agreed to
obtain possession of property of Miss
Leary or that they represented to
her that they were solvent or owned
any property in the vicinity of Nor
folk. It is set forth that loans made
by the plaintiff were voluntary
without any promise of security and
that the only property owned at the
time loans were received from the
plaintic was at Moyock, encumbered
to full value and known to the plain
jtiff.
In the answer it is further denied
that the defendants were advanced
monies, stocks and bonds by plaintiff
in the sum of $3,434. except the sum
of $2,025. It is further stated that
the defendants have not moved from
the Leary home, that all their furni
ture is still there. Mr. BSrkin3on,
on account of his work, wass obliged
to be out of town and Mrs. Perkinson
was visiting her sick father. They
would hive returned, says the ans
wer, had not suit been brought
against them.
It is charged that the plaintiff
owed the defendants $lB5 unpaid on
a debt of $450 and 17 months board
at S2O per month, amounting to $340,
which is asked to be deducted from
the $2,025 which was borrowed.
In conclusion the answer sets forth
that the defendants never had any
intention to defraud and that they
are willing to pay and intend to pay
the loan when financially able to do
so.
Washington Team
Plays Lions Tonight
A soft ball game of interest is
scheduled to take place tonight on
the local diamond, when a team from
Washington, N. C., will meet the
Edenton Lions Club aggregation. The
contest will begin at 8 o’clock, and a
large crowd is expected to see the
team which thus far will have come
the furtherest distance to play a
local team.