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I *” »■« 1 I found a fair presentation \ I of local and county mwl lof general interest. i I /plume Vl.—Number 32. Town Councilmen Tussle With Figures ’Til Midnight But Do Not Set New Rate c ______ Hope Prevails That Rate Will Not Have to Be Raised wAsii.oo Board Sanctions Int | proving Storm Sewer System Continuing in session until near the midnight hour Tuesday, Town Coun ■ oilmen delved into the town’s finances and though a tentative budget was set up, no tax rate was set. Dr. L. P. Williams, chairman of the finance committee, submitted the figures ar rived at by his committee and one by one the various items were dis cussed. Though expenditures appear to be above last year's figure, the Councilmen are hopeful that it will not be- necessary to raise the present tax rate of SI.OO per SIOO of property valuation. •The rate will not be set, however, until a joint meeting can be held of Town Council and the Board of Pub lic Works. This meeting is neces sary in order to determine bow much money Town Council may expect . from unexpended earning* by the sale .Os electricity and water. One item to cause considerable con cern was the necessity to improve storm drainage. The new school au ditorium is being damaged by water backing into the basement, which is caused by insufficient pipes going from Queen Street to the Sound. It is SMgaaazy to lay a sew Una through Jqhn fcHffin’s lot as well as an a*x iliary line fnun . Eden Street to the fffund. Hus solution was suggested by the street commissioner at a special meeting of town Council held last neer from Norfolk was calledui ro give an opinion on the matter. The cost of this improvement will be between $5,000 and $6,000, and a motion was made and passed that the street commissioner make the im provement, the cost to be used from unexpended E. & W. Board earnings. ’ No action will be taken in the mat ter, however, until the amount need ~ ed is assured. Another item to puzzle the Coun cilmen was a request made by J. H. Conger for an amount not to exceed SBOO which is necessary to complete the athletic field. With this amount Mr. Conger said the fence can be completed, grandstand and bleachers put in place and a field house erect ed. He appeared confident that the field will be completed in time for this year’s football games. The orig inal appropriation for this project was $1,300, which was advanced by the E. & W. Board. Besides this, the appropriations for the library, Boy Scouts, supplement to Coach David Holton’s salary and half of the salary for C. L. McCullers as a full-time band director at the school was reason for considerable discussion. These appropriations will depend upon how much money Town Council will be able to secure from electric and water earnings. Edenton’s Baseballers Have Week-end Rest Due to a misunderstanding regard ing the schedule with Oak City, Albemarle League entry a rest over the week-end. 'VjsmurV result of the mix-up, each team was charged with a forfeit game for not having put in an appearance for schedule calls for a W V -i i ■ ■-«-■■■ ■ . ■■ ** - *•••-■-» at ... . .a -v. . | I ■ ■ iiTPviin(i I I II w Wv Ul I -i “* universal cusapprovair cnrougn* m pAimtw OHI vnowsn VUUIIIJ IIW urpuiicu mtotor CK- Kramer has been use,, -i:nwain '’Witß couipiaHUs auu dc* in rirmi. *« THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED,TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY - Epidemic | Dr. P. W. Tedder on Wednes day expressed considerable con cern over the rapid spread of blind staggers or sleeping sick ness among team in Chowan and adjoining counties. Dir. Tedder says he is not trying to scare farmers into vaccinating their fcsruen and mules, die only pre ventive of the disease, but that he is greatly concerned at seeing animals die, thus causing a hard ship on farmers. Quito a few animals in Chowan 1 . have died of the disease and Dr. Tedder is hopeful that farmers will cooperate in helping to com bat its spread. Peanut Growers To Meet On August 15 Planned to Discuss Di version Proposals at Washington Representatives of the peanut in - dustry, including the Peanut Stabili sation Cooperative, Inc., have been invited by the Department of Agri > culture to attend a conference in : Washington August 15 to discuss a ; proposed diversion program for the i ISW crop. Invitations were sent to coopera -1 tlve marketing associations, inde -1 pendent growers, millers, shellers, - peanut oil mill operators, and peanut products manufacturer*. The conference will discuss propos - ale Tfor diver*fo*?*f swphnpjeonuta ' advanced at informal meetings* this spring and summer with growers and millers. Greater Albemarle Association Formed In E. City On Friday ; Meeting Called at Court House Monday Night At 8 O’clock Mayor J. H. McMullan, E. W. Spires, Richard D. Dixon and C. E. ! Kramer composed a quartet of Eden tonians who on Friday night went to Elizabeth City in the interest of form ulating a Greater Albemarle Asso ciation, and all four returned convinc ed that such an organization is neces sary for the public development of the Albemarle area. The purpose of the association. is the exploitation and betterment of the industrial, agricultural, social and spiritual life of the Albemarle region as a whole, and at the meeting Fri day night 66 signed up as charter members. Approximately 100 were present, representing the counties of Pasquotank, Camden, Chowan, Wash ington, Hyde, Tyrrell and Dare. The asociation will embrace these coun ties, as well as Currituck, Gates, Per quimans and Bertie, 11 in all. Each of the counties would have three members on toe board of direc tors of the association, each board member would have one vote,-thereby giving every county, regardless of Igto ««1 membership, the same re- on the boawT, «» that no doun’ty could have the strength to btit-vote aiflr other county. After the meeting the present “temporary’* board of directors met and it was decided that it should act as a membership committee to secure membership. Membership dues in the organization will be $6 a year, with a $1 entrance fee which will en title the subscriber to a button to be issued to members and to the month ly bulletin and other literature Os the association. V. * : Another meeting will be held in Eli zabeth City Friday night and similar meetings will soon be called in the various counties for toe purpose of naming board members and forming county chapter*. A meeting has been called fe- Chowan on Monday night at 8 o’clock. The meeting will be held in the Court •House and it is hoped a large num -1 ber will be on hand. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, August 10,1939. Oscar M. Elliott Withdraws From Holmes Company Partnership Is Dissolved 1 After 22 Years Busi ness Relations BEGANIN 1917 Two Separate Stores In Operation In Same Building Os interest to customers and friends of the J. H. Holmes Company is the announcement that the partner ship has been dissolved and hereafter two separate stores will be operated. The partnership between J. H. Holmes, J. M. Vail and Oscar M. El liott has existed for 22 years, begin ning in 1917. Hereafter Mr. Elliott will operate the shoe and men’s clothing store in the southern end of the building, while Mr. Holmes and Mr. Vail will continue to operate the department store in the other half of the build ing. The J. H. Holmes Company, known I as “The Albemarle’s Greatest Store” has for years enjoyed a large patron age extending into a number of nearby counties, and each of the part ners in the business are well known all over the Albemarle. No. change in the personnel of either store is anticipated, both stores already being operated independently. l Mr. Holmes and Mr. Vail will con tinue as partners under the name of J. H. Holmes Company. Mr. Elliott, trading as an individual, will use the name Elliott Company. Norris & Barton Awarded Contract For CM Building Begin Next Week on Vocational Agricul tural Building C05T55,222 New Building Expected To Be Completed In I 60 Days j Following a second advertisement! for bids for the erection of a voca tional agricultural building at Chowan High School, a contract was awarded by the County Board, of Education l at their meeting Monday to Norris and Batten, Edenton contractors. The contract calls for a three-room building of brick veneer, work on f nstruction of which is expected to begin this week and it is hoped that the building will .be ready for occu pancy in about 60 days. The new building will be situated on the present Chowan High School property back of the main building i and in line with the southern end of the building. The contract for the new building calls for an expenditure of $5,222. Board Os Education Approves Bus Plans With practically no change made, the Chowan County Board of Educa tion on Monday approved, the bus plans for' the year as laid down by the State School Commission. The schedule as presented by the -■State Beard applies to both county and city units, and aside from one or two change* <rf drivers, the schedule remains practically, the same as last y~ T - &£ ■■ Miss llllis® Home Economics Teacher At Chowan High Mias Elisabeth Forbes, of Ahoskie, has been appointed by the County School Board as teacher of vocational home economics at Chowan High School. Miss Forbes, a Georgia Reid teacher, will conduct classes* for 10 months, being scheduled to begin on Monday, August 21. Edenton Schools Open On Monday, Sept. 18 Schools in Edenton will open for the 1939-40 session on Monday, Sep tember 18, according to John A. Holmes, superintendent. Cason Lot Is Leased To Provide Better Bus Accommodation Improvement Planned By Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation BILLBOARD DOWN Passengers Will Be Un loaded and Loaded On Lot Negotiations were completed Wed nesday by E. W. Spires with Mrs. H. M. S. Cason regarding leasing of the Cason lot between the C. C. Mills' property and the Nejam building to the Norfolk Southern Bus Corpora tion in an effort to. improve bus facilities in Edenton. The lost has been leased for a period of ten years. Tentative plans call for either im proving the Mills’ property or erect ing a narrow loading shed along the Nejam building and having busses drive into the lot for the purpose of loading and unloading, leaving by way of a rear driveway. The billboard, which for years has occupied the lot has already been torn down and the lot will be filled in and improved so that the corner will be much more attractive than at present. Industrial Courses New Addition At Edenton School Woodwork and Mechan r Drawing Now Available TOOI^~ORDERED Rooms Will Be Arrang ed In Basement of Auditorium Announcement was made Wednes day by John A. Holmes that an in dustrial departmest will be added to the Edenton school the coming term, j This department will be for boys I and includes two courses, one in me | chanieal drawing and the other in . woodwork. An order was placed Wednesday for tools and shop equip ! ment, which, according to Mr. Holmes, will be sufficient to teach 20 boys in a class each hour daily, and is expected to arrive before the week is out. The classes will be taught in the l basement of the auditorium, where rooms will be partitioned off for this work. Though Mr. Holmes has been in communication with several teachers for the new course, no selection had been made Wednesday morning. Fire Chief Hall At Firemen’s Convention Fire Chief R. K. Hall left Edenton Monday for Carolina Beach, where I he will attend the annual State Fire-! men’s Convention. He went in com pany with Jerome Flora, fire chief ol! Elizabeth City, both of whom expect j to return Friday. ' Mr. Hall claims the distinction of j being the oldest active fireman in the 1 State and is well-known among the State’s fire fighters. Tobacco Barn Burns On John Harrell Farm i . Eden ton Fire Depart-1 meat responded to a call for help 'nuirsdoy afternoon, it was impossible to save a biasing tobacco bam on John Harrell’s farm. The barn hous ed tobacco of S. C. Mills, the contents as well a« the bam being totally de stroyed. 53 Jailed In Chowan During Month Os July There were 53 inmates in the Chowan County jail during toe month of July, according to Jailer Shelton Moore’s monthly report. This num ber entailed a bill of $100.45, which includes jail and turnkey fees. CAKE SALE SATURDAY * (The Chowan Woman’s Club will sell cakes at the Quinn Furniture Store in Edenton Saturday morning. 1 Chowan Jail Fails To Moot | Legal Requirements, Says State Inspector In Report * . ' V ———— » | Coming To Edenton 1 |gr r SMILEY BURNETTE i Smiley (Frog) Burnette, fa , raous Western comedian of all I Gene Autry musical westerns, wifi appear in person at Taylor Theatre on August 21st with his Rhythm Ranglero. M. F. Bond, Jr. Again Member ABC Board ! Reappointed at Joint] Meeting Monday Afternoon At a joint meeting Monday after noon of the County Commissioners, Board of Education and Board of Health, M. F. Bond, Jr., was re appointed a member of the Chowan County ABC Board for a term of | three years. He has seripd on the! Board since the County voted to open j a liquor store, having been appointed at that time for a two year term. Due-to a change is legislation,! there hes been • some change in the i matter of Board members furnishing bond. Heretofore all were bonded,, 1 but at the meeting Monday it was de-! cided to set Chairman R. P. Bad ham’s bond at $5,000, ajid that of, Mr. Bond, who acts as secretary to the Board at SI,OOO. Mr. Lupton is not required to provide a bond. Lions Sponsoring j Amusement Week Rides and Other Types' Os Amusement at I Hicks Field Following postponement a few weeks ago on account of a misunder | standing of dates, the Crescent, Amusement Company is scheduled to appear in Edenton next week, Au gust 14 to 19. The concern is being J brought here under auspices of the Edenton Lions Club in an effort to raise money for blind and crippled j j children’s work, two of the club’s i major projects. The Crescent Company will provide 1 a large number of rides and other amusements and. is said to be free from the unwelcome concessions j usually accompanying the ordinary! carnival. It has the reputation of being the cleanest show in the South, 1 and includes eight rides and eight J shows. It is the first show of its I type to appear in Edenton in a num- j J ber of years. A feature of the show i is an octopus ride, which has attract- i ed a great deal of attention at the j I New York World’s Fair. Members of the local club say the! company will furnish a week of clean, wholesome entertainment for chil dren as well as adults, and they are hopeful that large crowds will go to the affair which will be held at Hicks ’ Field. A $lO cash prize will be 1 awarded each night to the person holding the lucky number on admis ■ sion tickets. ——————— September II Set As , County School Opening According to action of the Chowan County School Board at their meet ing Monday, both white and colored | schools in the county will begin the > .1939-40 Bchool session on Monday, September 11. This newspaper is chnt lated in tke territory where Advertisers will realise good results . $1.25 Per Year. Must Build New Jail or Keep Prisoners In Neighboring Jail says Unsafe Commissioners Contract For Three New Toi lets on First Floor \ Some concern was given the Chow an County jail Monday by the County Commissioners when a letter was read by Chairman D. M. Warren from W. C. Ezell, director of the division of institutions and corrections. Mr. Ezell’s letter was the result of an in spection made by J. M. Neese, field agent for the State Board of Wel fare, in which it was stated that the building is very old and does not meet the legal requirements for a jail, according to Consolidated Statute 1318 which states that jails shall have five separate compartments. A large crack is developing in one wall of the building, according to the inspector, making it unsafe to keep prisoners confined. The Commissioners, how ever, commented that the inspector failed to mention the fact that there is an iron reinforcement in the wall where the crack appears and they deny that the jail is unsafe from that standpoint. In concluding his report. Inspector Neese says: “Chowan Coun ty will either be forced to build a new jail or keep its prisoners in some neighboring jail.” Regarding the report, Director Ezell said he desired to recognize the favorable features of the jail and commended the Commissioners for them, but at the same time, he said, the outmoded features cannot be ignored. “We are aware that none of the jails in that section of the State are j really standard,” said Esell. “The 1 inadequacies are so great that circum stances will colnpt r better plants eventually. We are hoping that Pas ! quotank County is going to build a 1 new and adequate plant in the not too | distant future. I am wondering, then, if a modern jail were available at some point, say Elizabeth City, it ! would be more reasonable and less expensive for Chowan County to transport all its prisoners who must be held for more than a day or so to such a jail than it would be to try to remodel the present Chowan jail so as to meet the needs for improve ments.” Mr. Ezell urged a discussion of the matter by the Commissioners, and if it met with favorable reaction, he suggested Chowan Commissioners talk with members of the Pasquotank board regarding such an arrange ment. I Nothing definite was done about I toe matter Monday except the deci sion to erect new toilets on the first i floor which will replace the three badly worn ones now in use. This contract was awarded to Floars Elec tric and Plumbing Company at a cost of SIOO. i Adopt Plan For More Readers At C. H. S. At a meeting of the of Education Monday, members ap proved the adoption of the C plan for supplementary reader* which will replace the B plan in effect at the school. Under the C plan 10 supplementary readers will be provided for each of the first seven grades as compared with only three readers under the B plan. The new schedule entails an expen diture of SI.OO to $1.40 per grade per child. | Prize Winner Charlie Griffin this week re ceived *' letter from The News and Observer fishing contest edi tor advising him that he was the winner of the $2.00 prise for catching the largest crappie through the week ending An- ~~ v gust 2. Mr. Griffin caught the prise fish in Bennett’s Mill Pond and had it registered at Byrwa’s Hardware Company. A $2 check accompanied the letter together with a request for a short story telling where the fish sms caught, the kind of bait used and any other information which might be interesting to other luher
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