North Carolina Newspapers

found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume Vl—Number 30. Rotary Governor To Visit Edenton Club Tuesday, August 1 c James Mallonee, Hope weU, Va., WiUMake j. Official Visit ATI O’CLOCK Regular Thursday Meet ing Will Be Changed To Tuesday Os interest to Edenton Rotarians is the announcement that James Mal lenee, of Hopewell, Va., will visit the - ikenton Rotary Club on Tuesday, Algust 1. Mr. Mallonee is governor of the 187th district of Rotary Inter national and due to his official visit, -{fee regular meeting for that week . wlli be changed to Tuesday instead of being held on IbuTsday. The meet ing will be held at 1 o’clock, the usual hour, and President William Jones is very anxious that every member of the Edenton club avails himself of the opportunity to hear the district governor. Mr. Jones and John A. Holmes at tended a meeting of the 187th dis trict last Thursday and Friday in 'Suffolk, Va., at which every one of the 41 clubs in the district was re presented. A very profitable meet . ing was reported by the two Edenton Rotarians, some phases of which will be told the club at today’s meeting. The program for today will be in’ charge of George Capehayt. At last week’s meeting, Miss Lillie Mae Saunders, winner of the Rotary cup at Chowan High School, was a, guest of the club. ,Miss Saunders, in a brief but very impressive address, thanked the club for the honor be stowed upon her, and hoped that sjie would be ablu to continue to merit this honor. Fifth Sunday Siu hr Windsor tera Sunday Afternoon Program Is Released By L. S. Mizelle, Chair man BEGINSAT 2:45 Boy Scouts Called In to t Assist In Handling Traffic L. S. Mizelle, chairman of the Bertie County Fifth Sunday Sing, has released the program for the event which will be held on Sunday at Cashie Baptist Church in Windsor. . The program, which will begin promptly at 2:45 o’clock, will be as follows: Hymn, Congregation; Welcome, W. L. Powell, Windsor; Hymn, Congre gation; Devotional, Rev. Millard R. Brown, Windsor; Anthem, Windsor Choir; Hymn, Congregation; Solo, Mrs. Ruby Arnold, Windsor; 'Male Quartet, Ross’ Church; Solo, S. N. Parker,' Aulander; Hymn, Congrega tion; Solo, Miss Lois Jemigan, Au lander; Duet, Harold White and L. S. Mizelle, Windsor; Male Quartet, Askewville Church; Hymn, Congre gation; Solo, Mias Nora Mae Ward, Merry Hill; Duet, Mrs. Ruby Arnold and A. C. Mitchell, Windsor; Solo. John R. Jenkins, Jr., Aulander; Mixed Chorus, Seaboard, Miss Helen Ed wards, soloist and Mrs. Rußsell Ed wards, pianist; Hymn, Congregation; Solo, J. C. Evans, Merry Hill; Solo, Mrs. J. D. Smith, Bedford, Va.; Ber ' doctor, Edenton; Reminiscences, Frsods.'O.^Winston, Windsor; of Committees; Recognition of Closing Hymn, Congrega- Prayer,. Rev. W. 0. Andrews, Greens Cross, Windsrfr. L. §. Mizelle is chairman of the sing, L. J. Godwin song leader and Miss Willie Perkins Mizelle, organist. Ushers are E. Cohen White, W. L. Powell, A. E. Bowen, W. H. Lassiter, L. T. Perry and Owen White. Boy Scout troops Nos. 85 and 104 of Windsor will serve as traffic directors for the event, which is expected to attract a tremendous crowd. CONFER THIRD DEGREE A group of about 25 Edenton Ma sons journeyed to Colerain Monday night, when the third degree was con ferred upon a candidate by the de gree team of Unanimity Lodge. Hie degree team was in charge of H. A. Campen and members Cole- THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Commissioner > James Raleigh Peele was ap pointed last week by Richard D. Dixon, clerk of the Superior Court, to fulfill the unexpired term of W. H. Winborae as Coun ty Commissioner. Mr. Peele is 46 years old and is a successful farmer and fisherman in the Rocky Hock section. He has accepted ’ the appoint ment and will take the oath of office at the next regular meeting of the Commissioners on Monday, August 7. Red Cross Official Pleased With Local Swimmjng Classes Mrs; Pruden Receives Certificates For Those Taking Course EMBLEMSAND PINS Chowan Chapter Con gratulated For Swim ming Program Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of Chowan County Chapter of the Red Cross, has received for her signature and delivery four junior, four senior life saving certificates and the follow ing swimming certificates for mem bers of the swimming classes recent ly conducted by Melvin Layton: Be ginners, 37; intermediates, 25; swim mers, 31; advanced swimmers, 5. i Mrs. Pruden has also received four junior emblems, three junior pins, four senior emblems and three senior pins for candidates enrolled in the dasge*. Jfi commenting upon the classes, W, A. Cantwell, assistant director of f|9t aid, life saving and accident pre vention, has this to say: would like-Jo take this oppor tunity to upon the really good sWimfnjng fprogram car ;rtei fffi tms summcr Coun ty lied Cross Chapter. Hiss Myers, Red Cross representative, has also I written us about Mr. Layton’s classes ! in the Chapter and we are delighted to see the enthusiastic response shown by the number of candidates. taking the Red Cross Safety train ing.” Four Found Guilty Os Breaking Liquor Law As the result of a drive on petty bootlegging on the part of Edenton police officials, four convictions were secured in Recorder’s Court Tuesday. The quartet were charged with vio lating tfie liquor laws. James Anthony, colored, was taxed SSO and costs and ordered to show good behavior for 12 months. Charlie Felton and Emma Chesson were fined $lO and costs each. Both are colored- Kenneth Bass, white, was sentenced to 60 days on the roads. Edgar Ruffin Hatton, white, was given 30 days on the roads for driv ! ing while drunk and operating a car after his license had been suspended. i ■ - i ■ ■ -» ■■ ~ | Heavy Rains Hold Up Completion Os New Road Into Edenton Had it not been for the heavy rains during the past few days, it was planned to complete the road coming into Edenton from the Albemarle Sound bridge road. Only a short stretch remains unpaved, through the , woods back of the Moran home which i was expected to be paved on Wednes day. However, the heavy downpours have affected the grading and no de finite time is assured when remaining r link wilL be completed. Picnic August 2 i Mrs. E. N. Elliott on Wednes- I day afternoon received a tele gram from J. Melville Brough ton, of Raleigh, to the effect that he would be able to speak > at Chowan High School on Wed -1 nesday of next week. He was i scheduled to speak at an all-day i picnic at Cross Roads last Fri day, but on account of rain, the affair was postponed. (Members of Chowan Woman’s Club, who are sponsoring the r event, are going forward with plans to hold the picnic as pre viously scheduled with the same ) program arranged. Mr. Broqghton will speak in Chowan High School auditorium r Wednesday morning at U o’clock i and a largo crowd la expected to . Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 27,1939. High School Band Day At “The Lost Colony” On Friday Over 500 Musicians Will Take Part In Unique Program BEAUTYCONTEST Concert By Massed Or ganizations Will Be gin at 6:45 A mass concert by a group of high school bands will be featured prior to the 105th performance of Paul Green’s historical drama “The Lost Colony” as a part of the High School Band Day exercises at Fort Raleigh, Friday, July 28, according to C. L. McCullers, grand director of the com bined bands. Over 50<b youthful musicians, of high school bands from Elisabeth City, Belhaven, Columbia, Ahoskie, Henderson, Edenton, Robersonville,) Creswell and Pasquotank county, will j take part in the special exercises at I Fort Raleigh as a part of the 352nd anniversary historical celebrations here. More than 100 members of the bands are girls and for that reason a beauty contest is being held to find the prettiest band-player represented. A committee of judges, composed of coast-guard officers, staff of “ITie Lost Colony” and other leaders in Dare county, will officiate during the afternoon. The Henderson band comes with traveling expenses paid by an altru-; istic person who liked their music during Carolina Day at the New York World’s Fair. When asked what they would do with the funds, the young sters declared in a body, “We’re go ing to see ‘The Lost Colony’.” In order to give the youngsters ample time for a complete concert, Producer D. B. Fearing has an nounced that their program will begin at 6:45 Friday evening. While here they will be guests of the Roanoke , Island Historical. Association which sponsors “The Lost Colony.” The bathing beauty contest is sche . duled to be held at 4:30 o’clock and ■ members of the bands will join in a | . picnic supper at 5:30 o’clock. Mr. McCullers has also planned for several selections to be sung by the! audience, accompanied by all bands 1 and directed by Pat Alderman, of , Kinston. Justin Tune Appears In Concert Chowan High School Aug. 7 i {Edenton and Hertford I ! Lions Clubs Asked to Hold Joint Meeting i Justin Tune, two members of the : Westminister Choir and a fourth boy, , 1 a member of “The Lost Colony”-choir, | will give a concert at Chowan High! School Monday evening, August 7, at 8:15 o’clock. The program is being sponsored by the Chowan Woman’s [ Club and a small admission will be charged, receipts from which will be , applied to the debt on the Community , House. , An invitation has been extended ‘ the Lions Club of Edenton to have a . joint meeting with the Hertford ’ Lions Club on that evening at the ’ Community House. ; Rain Blocks Picnic At Cross Roads Friday > mu—■■■■ ■ Rain last Friday played havoc with plans for'an all-day picnic scheduled to be hesd at Cross Roads, it being nncesaa>st-;to postpone the event. The affair was- to have -featured two base ball games and an address by J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh. Members of the Woman’s Club, who are sponsoring the picnic, were de lighted to learn Wednesday afternoon that jr M. Broughton, of Raleigh, will be able to speak Wednesday, August 2, when the picnic will be held. English Professor Visits In Edenton Prof. Robert McElroy, of Oxford, England, was a prominent visitor In Edenton Monday. Mr. McElroy is a professor in Oxford University, and was accompanied to Edenton by Wade Msrr, of Elisabeth City. - The two were shown about Edenton by Richard D. Dixon, the Britisher being very much impressed with the points of interest he visited. Police Break Up Youthful Gang In Wave Os Thievery Cherry’s Grocery Rob bery Climax to String Os Thefts TWO BOYS HELD Many Homes Entered By Boys 9 to 11 Years Os Age What is hoped to have been the climax of a series of housebreakings and thefts in Edenton occurred Sun day afternoon when two boys, 9 and 11 years old, entered Cherry'S Gro cery where they made away with about $lO in cash, and before leaving, helped themselves to some drinks, cigars and cigarettes Suspected when they were spending money late in the afternoon, James Munden, 9-year-old white boy, and ! Harry Roberts, 10-year-old colored i boy, were rounded up by police and during questioning of the two they implicated six other Negro boys all about their same age. Rounding up of the boys created quite a bit of ex citement and a large crowd, of people gathered at the police station while the boys were being questioned Sun day night. The Munden and Roberts boy, to gether with two other colored boys were placed in jail until Monday af ternoon, when they faced Richard Dixon in juvenile court. Munden and I Roberts were held awaiting arrange ments to place them in a correctional school. The pther two were released upon condition that their parents keep them off the streets after 8 o’clock at night. Mr. Dixon announced Wednesday that the Munden boy had been taken to the Eastern Carolina Training School at Rocky Mpunt. Harry Roberts was placed in the home of James Roberts, an uncle at Newport News, Va. James Roberts and hi* wife are childless and have been trying to adopt this bop for sometime. He is a reputable Negro, amply able to provide for the boy. j The case caused no little concerr ito Mr. Dixon. Both of the young of- I fenders have facyd him before or I similar charges and while he was re I luetar.t to see the boys placet! in jail j he could not afford to allow them to continue to be a menace to citizens. (Continued On Page flight) Farmers May File Claim For Refund Hog Processing Tax Blanks Available at Of fice of County Agent N. K. Rowell j It will be interesting to farmers j who paid hog processing taxes to know that they may secure blanks from Charles H. Robertson, collectoi of internal revenue, at Greensboro, N. C., or any deputy collector for the purpose of filing their claims for pro cessing taxes. The dead line for fil ing claims will be December 31, 1939. At the request of s number of bog growers in North Carolina, Secretary E. F. Arnold made a trip to Wash ington, D. C., for the purpose of con tacting senators and congressmen relative to securing legislation that would give farmers another oppor tunity to file claims. Provision was suosequently made for farmers who paid these process ing taxes on bogs to secure a refund. Blanks may be secured locally by ap plying to County Agent N. K. Rowell Neuse Packing Co. Canning Tomatoes The Neuse Packing Company began operations Wednesday, canning toma toes at its plant in the old Southern ■ Cotton Oil Company building. Car roll Crockett, manager of the firm, arrived in Edenton Saturday night to complete arrangements for handling tomatoes for farmers of this section. Many tomatoes grown in Bertie County will be utilised and in order to operate to full capacity, tomatoes i will be bought from fanners all over i this section who bring them to the canning plant. CAKE SALE SATURDAY Chowan Woman’s Club will have a t cake sale at Quinn Furniture Store Saturday morning. -.- I Shy Os Bids | Urn County Board of Educa tion met in special session Mon day morning for the purpose of opening bids on the construction of the vocational agriculture building to be erected at Chowan High School. No contract was let, however, all bids having been rejected on the grounds that the oaiy general contract bid submit ted failed to be accompanied with a 2% check. Superintendent W. J. Taylor was aathorised to re-advertise One week before the first Monday in Aagost for bids on general construction, wiring and plumb ing complete. This advertise ment will be placed in a large State newspaper in the hope of attracting the attention of more contractors. * Big Fann Bureau Mass Meeting At Raleigh On Aug. 4 Many Tobacco ind Pea nut Growers Expect ed to Attend SPEAKERS Interest Centers on Dis tribution $928,000,000 Among Farmers It is expected that thousands of tobacco and peanut growers will at tend the big mass meeting called by the N. C. Farm Bureau at the Memo rial Auditorium, Raleigh, at 11 A. M., August 4th. R. M. Evans, AAA Ad- 1 ministrator and J. B. Hutson, Assist ant Administrator, will address the farmers on this occasion. The tobacco market will have been open only one week and the peanut diversion program is expected to be announced early in August. Both to bacco and peanut growers are very j vitally concerned ar.d according to E. j F. Arnold, Secretary of the N. C., Farm Bureau, thousands of growers; will be on hand to hear these two; officials. J. E. Winslow,. President of the Earn Bureau, is urgi-iv the business j interests of North Carolina, through bankers associations, warehouse as-, Sociations, merchants associations and fertiliser manufacturer associations: to’attend and to urge all of their customers to be present. Every busi ness interest in North Carolina, ac cording to Winslow, is vitally inter ested in the distribution of the $928,- 000,000 to be administered and paid i out to farmers by the officials who will address this meeting. Millions of dollars from this fund will oe paid to North Carolina grow ers and the cash register of every business interest in the State will feel the effects of the money paid out by these officials to bring about ad justments in the agricultural field It is a part of the administration’s program to bring prosperity back to this country and farmers and busi ness interests alike are vitally affect ed. It is anticipated that this will be the greatest meeting of farmers and business interests ever held in the State. | Flooded | F.denton on Tuesday night ex perienced the heaviest rain in recent years, as the result of (which a number of sections in towa were badly flooded. As the result of the downpour, which lasted about an hour, a great quantity of water formed on North Broad Street, on East Eden Street, Water Street, Queen Street and Church Street, as well Us other places about town. At all of these places it was impossi ble for folks to get in and out of their homes unless they desir ed to wade in water above their knees. Many cars were stalled as they attempted to drive through the flooded areas. In the basement of the new school auditorium water backed up until it attained a depth of almost two feet. Streets and yards were also badly washed out by the excessive downpour. Flooded areas attracted many citizens, the streets being crowd ed with automobiles after the rain slacked ap and before the water had an opportunity to drain off. i This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year. Town Os Edenton Keeps Within Its Budget Past Year Balance Shown In All Departments Ex cept (hie IN GOODSHAPE Finance Committee Now At Work On New Budget A. T. Allen, public accountant, has submitted his report of the town’s books which reveals the fact that records in general were in first class condition and that the town has made a very creditable showing in holding its operating cost well within the ap propriations, with balances unused at the end of the fiscal year on June 30. In every department of the general fund there was a balance except for other expenses, which showed a de ficit of $1,079.18. This excess was caused primarily by the expense of the Albemarle Sound Bridge celebra tion amounting to $269.t>0, which was not provided for in the budget, as well as $99.68 spent for Christmas decorations, $665.69 for the athletic project appropriation, and $65.38 for election expenses. In the administrative department, there is a balance of $151.23, the police department shows a balance of $272.79, the fire department, $675.23, the health department, $30.90, and the street department, $1,427.89. The finance committee, composed of Dr. L. P. Williams, W. M. Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap, is now at work on the budget for next year, working in the hope that expenses can -be held down so as not to affect the tax rate. New York Teachers Enjoy Edenton Visit Mayor J. H. McMullan on Tuesday acted as guide for a party of ten j teachers and st’ of the State ' Normal School of Oswega, New I York, who* are on a tour with Eden ton as their southern terminus. Mr. ! McMullan escorted the group to all : the historical points of interest, which was especially appreciated by then, they expressing great delight at tlieii I visit here. | From Edenton they went to see | “The Lost Colony” pageant at Man ' teo, from where they will travel north i along the eastern shore route. There j were eight ladies and two men in the group. New Home Economics Teacher At High School John A. Holmes last week an nounced that Miss Madeline Trask, home economics teacher at the Eden ton High School last year, will be succeeded by Miss Josephine Grant, of Garysburg. The faculty for the year will be the same as last year except for Miss Grant, who was ap pointed when Miss Trask declined the appointment. Beauty Pageant At Morehead Saturday Fairest examples of pulchritude in North Carolina will be presented at the Beauty Pageant in Atlantic Beach Casino on Saturday night, July 29th at the Coronation Ball of the Second Annual Coastal Festival, spon sored by the Morehead City Junior Chamber of Commerce. Already 20 entries for beauty honors in the event which will be ruled over by Miss Lu cille Thomas, of Beaufort, have been received by Bernard Leary, Jaycee chairman. Among those who have officially entered is Miss Julia <£ond Dixon, of Edenton. Thos. H. Phelps Dies At Capehart’s Church Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon for Thomas H. Phelps, who died Wednesday at his home at Capehart’s Church, Bertie County. Mr. Phelps was 80 years of age and died suddenly of a heart attack while attending to his duties about his farm. He was a prominent Mason, having been a member of Charity Lodge No. 5, of Windsor, for almost 60 years. Services were held and interment was made at Capehart’s Church, with the Reverend -Mr. Andrews officiating. A Masonic funeral was held with members of Charity Lodge acting as active and honorary pallbearers.