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Edenton’sTußate Is Again
Set At $1; Budget Finally
Cwpleted Tuesday Night
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Town Council Assured
* Os Only $3,600 From
f E. &W. Funds
JOINT~MEETING
Board Approves Appro
priation of S9OO FVht
Band Director
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' With the budget for Edenton in
tee making at Month or non, at a
special meeting of Town Council
Tuesday night figures were once non
Iteilj the budget tentatively ap
proved and a tax rate of *I.OO per
*IOO property valuation set for this
year. This is the sane rate as last
year despite On belief that it would
he Mceaaaiy to raise the nte to neet
anticipated expenses during the fiscal
ytor*
, '**• The meeting Tuesday night was a
joint meeting with the Beard of Pub
lic Works which was denned neces
sary before setting the tax nfie in'
eider to determine about hear unehj
taoaoy could be expected by Them’
Council from unexpended carvings’
Item tee sale of water and electricity. |
According te various apprepria-'
ticua asked of Team OcuncQ, sad
1 white cannot be made from money'
* meried by taxes, tee finance eom-|
mittAj was unable te say whether
these appropriations could he made!
aad for teat reason the two hoards
mot to better understand the finan
cial situation.
«ed P. Wood, chairman of tee
SLncmte STteportSmTaad
Sound bridge, the contract for white
is now being prepared. The board
also desires to own its own meters
and install a model which will insure!
proper measurement of all current ■
consumed and to do this will mean!
aa outlay of about $6,000. Then an|
V emergency exists, according to Mr.;
Wfe* in the sanitary sewer line on
Oakum Street from Church to Eden
{Street white will cost about SSJMML
However, an application for a WPA
project has been made and it is ex
pected that this outlay will be consid
erably reduced. Aside from the
above, it is necessary to purchase
new transformers white will cost ap-,
proximateiy S3OO.
After deducting those expenses,
Mr. Wood said ho doubted if at pres
ent his board could assure any mars
than $3,000 far use by Town Council.'
Os considerable concern to mem
bers of Town Council were a number
of appropriations asked of tee tows
* - white includes ssoo for the Shepard-
Prwden library, ssoo for tee Boy
Smuts, SOOO for supplementing Conte
David Holton's salary and haying
fbothall TTniiuorul SBOO to >---
tee athletic Md and ssoo toTgoasa
m behalf of the tend hppro£tetim
of SOOO. It was explained that in all
probability next year this expense
VriSK fey
-which will this jnr match the ssoo
pny Mr. McCallers a jresrular sai-
as bnnd director and eliminate
tuition chargee of hand members.
This appropriation, as «dl as others.
the budget** wfll ** *
After the issrthf Teseday night it
«* temd the badgot. exceeded
;Y
wte Bawteer, the finance commit
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:23Tizsr<Jii
through John Griffin’s lot and alter,
v tet TOtar to drabs a» ditch. The
god and by laying a short auxiliary
tea bo Queen Street, it is expected
the aitsatmn will be remedied ants
\ **EsTl P. Williams, ehairmaa of the
CMtßflll tM a coral «
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
I lieE UUIURKHS
Or Executive Group
OfOcean Highway
J. H. McMuUan, E. W.
Spires and G. H. Hard
inf Are Selected
FINE MEETING
R. D. Dixon Presents Old
Money to Retiring
President
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Mure recognition of Edenton was
made by tee Ocean Highway Asso
ciation at its * meeting held
Thursday and Friday at New Bern
when instead of two representatives,
.tee town was honored by having
three members placed on the execu
tive cemmittee of tee Association.
Mayer A H. McMullen and E. W.
i Spires ware again replaced, while G.
H. Harding, proprietor of Hotel
[gruegk Mr. Harding, due to being so j
| well known aver tee entire route of I
,U. S. Highway IT, wffl add consider-
Jahle prestige te fideaton'k represen
fe organisation.
According te Edmdsate delegation,
tea meatiag was vary successful and
Hamad la tea Anaddueb activities.
Os gsgeMal interest waa tee fact that j
than was aa apparent movement foi J
rheagiag U. S. Route IT. Edenton’s
rigs—at tote in at tea malting were
Mbyur A H. McMeHen.K.W.Spire*.
G. H. Harding and Me. and Mrs
Richard D. Dixon.
A feature of tee meeting was the
preueatatmu by Mr. Dixon of 40 j
'shillings In Colonial paper money to I
| John S. Cater, of Charleston, S. C,
] retiring president of the Association
I The money was printed by direction
I of tee Colonial meeting in New Bern
in 178$ by Thomas Davis, son of
James Davis, who established tee
first printing office in Norte Caro- 1
Una ia New Bern.
la making tee presentation Mr.
Dixon told tee retiring president that
he might “pay his way" with tee!
'money during tee fourth annual «te
: mutton of tee Ocean Highway Asn-!
I ciaMoa, but Mr. Cater declared tee;
’money was not to be spent and was 1
prised very highly by him.
5 Mr. Dixon sad directors of the
Association thought tee gift especial-'
>ly appropriate In tent President',
> Cater is a descendant of the Street
| family of New Bora. Though the pa
“* par meaty had been ordered printed
by tee Cbleaml Assembly in New
l » Barn, it was printed in the office of
; Thomas Davis, in Hillsboro.
To Secretary-Treasurer M. Bishop
. • Alexander, Mr. Dixon presented an
oM step of Edenton. ft was printed
in 176$ and showed the formal gar
‘ dens her* at that time. Mr. Alexan
; der, tea, was .agreeably surprised to
! receive tee gift and said he would
( treasure it among other valuable
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Bad Weather Cuts
uown Attendance
■ Fir Amusements
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! Ot*Mt ntftoT M stertJ'lnUtS
;hofydJtewahle weather wiU prevail
ReMapgated lytim
that an Saturday afternoon from 2 to]
C attach, there will ha no admission'
teurged far entrance te dm grounds
end tint dering dm suae hoars
prices will he redacad far dm attrac
tions te S cents far chddrea and 10
the attraction has been brought to
Uas CMh aa «Ctet to rate mom
dT te am hr dm dab far its blind
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, August 17,1939.
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Kentucky Evangelist
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REV. JOHN R. GTLJIN
Coming here from Russell, Kentucky, Rev. Mr. Gilpin will con
duct two revival meetings, one at the Center Hill Baptist Church
and the other at Rocky Hock Baptist Church. He will preach his
first sermon at the Center Hill Church Monday night, August 21,
at 8 o’clock.
Opposition Growing I
To Consolidation Os
Rural Mai Routes
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Postmaster Kramer Giv
en Petitions Siped
By Over 300
WRITEWARREN
Chowan Woman’s Club
Vigorously Opposes
Change
That there is a general county-wide
protest against the contemplated con
solidation of rural mail routes in
Chowan County is evident by the fact
that all over the county mail patrons (
are opposed to the change. To sub-1
stantiate this feeling of dissatisfac
tion, on Monday Postmaster C. E.J
: Kramer received two petitions oppos-.
; ing the change which earned over 300
l signatures. The petitions were given |
Ito Mr. Kramer by Bnmett Harrell j
and Henry Bunch. It is understood'
I that suae have written to Congress-j
, man Lindsay Warren in the hope that
> he will use his influence in preventing,
merging of Hie present three rural;
routes into osly two.
Adding also to the strength of the 1
objection to the consolidation was a
letter received by Mr. Kramer from
the Chowan Woman's Club. The let
tor, written by order of the Club as a
whole and signed by Mrs. E. L. Wins
low,' president of the Club, is as fol
lows:
“We, the Chowan Woman’s Club,
desire to ga on record as being op-,
posed to the contemplated change in
consolidating Urn rural mail routes.
The change would not mean efficiency
for rural people.' All think that we
deserve bettor service than could
possibly be bad with only two rural
carriers serving the same number of
people that three carriers have been
serving. -
Mr. Kramer is helpless in prevent
ing the consolidation and has sent to
toe Fostoffice Department the peti
tions, letter and 'any ether informa
tion so that postal authorities may be
fußy acquainted with Hie feeling
concerning the change as it exists in
.s'
tka county
By the change approximately- -3j5
miles bow aerved by J. J. Long, who
is scheduled to be retired on October
Si, will bo addad to the routes car-!
ried by Jim Daniels and Rodney Bar- j
cell. By this addition they would j
necessarily return to the postoffice
modi later than at present, which;
| would undoubtedly result in mail they
'bring in brine too late to bo dis-
MRS. BUMCR IMPROVING
W". est ' ' itac "v
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. Mr*. George Bunch’s many friends
I will be |W tq learn that she is now
{get*!* atom and expects to
rotara to her homo near Cross Roads
(too latter park of too week. Mrs.
‘SSviSnK StaMk, W 3t V “'
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Revival Meetings
Planned For Two
Chowan Churches
Rev* John R. Gilpin, of
Russell, Ky., Will Be
Preacher
BEGBVSAUG.^!
Week’s Meeting at Cen
ter Hill and Rocky
Hock Churches
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Rev. Frank Cale, pastor of the!
Center Hill and Rocky Hock Baptist j
Churches, announced early this week, \
that revival services will be held in <
! each of these churches, beginning at j,
! the Center Hill Church on Monday j
night, August 21, at 8 o’clock. The |
| meeting will continue through Sun
: day, August 27, with services sche- i
duled to be held each afterrf on at 3 ]
j o’clock and at 8 o’clock each night. !,
j At the Rocky Rock Church the 1
j meeting will start at 8 o’clock Sunday ;
j night, August 27, and come to a close <
on the following Sunday, September! <
;8. During this meeting services will
; be held at 3 o’clock each afternoon
I and at 8 o’clock in the evening.
Rev. Mr. Cale fee« very fortunate ;
to have been able to secure the ser
vices of Rev. John R. Gilpin, of Rus
sell, Kentucky, to assist him in con
ducting these meetings. The Ken
tuckian is pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Russell and is also editor
of the Baptist Examiner. His ser
mons each Sunday morning have been
, broadcast over the radio for some
tiraeand in his coming to Chowan to*
offer his services, Rev. Mr. Cale
feels very optimistic that both meet- !
ings will be successful and that]
church-goers will want to hear thei
visiting preacher as many times as
possible.
New Books Available
At Edenton’s Library
Mrs. Sidney McMullan, librarian at-
Hie Shepard-Pruden Library, has an
nounced that the following new books J
have bden received iat the library and r
are hew available:; j
“Rjjach For the i Stars,” by Nora ',
Walns; Rabble In Arms,” by Kenneth i
Roberts; “The Tree of Liberty,” by!
EUtoð Page; “Beware of Pity,” by |
! Stefan Zweig; - *"Tfie Adventure of
. J Christopher Columbus,” by Sylvia
I Thompson; “Harleqin House,” by I
'j Margery Sharp; “Doctor Adams,” by.
j Irvin Fineman; “The Problem of the!
Green Capsule,” by John Dickson'
Otar; “The Webb and Rock,” by
Thomas Wolfe; “Purslane,” by Ber
nice Kelly Harris.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
> Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Burch, of Bal
i of a son. Mrs. Burch was formerly
PurposesOfNew Albemarle
Association Are Explained
At Meeting In Court House
J.G. Perry Releases
Dates And Changes
Os Hunting Season,
Quail Season Opens on’
Thanksgiving Day,
November 30
SQUIRREL OCT. 1 11
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Warden Warns. About ;
Unlawful Taking of
Game *
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Dates for the 1939 hunting seasons, '
together with the changes made in
these seasons by the Board of Con- i
servation and Development, have just 1
been announced by J. G. Perry, game J
warden for Chowan County.
The deer and bear seasons open
October 1 and extend to January 1. >
Deer can be hunted in all the coun
ties with the exception of Alleghany, 1
Ashe, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin,
where the season is closed, this year, 1
while in Sampson County the season
will be only from November 1 through
November 30. There will be only a
15-day deer hunting season, from 1
November 1 through November 15 in, l
Avery, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, I
McDowell, Swain, Watauga and Yan- j
cey counties, and in Macon county | -
north and west of Highway No. 64. i
! It is unlawful to hunt deer with dogs j
at any time west of Person, Orange,'
Chatham, Moore and Richmond coun
■ ties.
Bear can be hunted in most of the
counties during the general season
above except in Alleghany, Wilkes,
Caldwell, Burke, Rutherford and all
counties west of these, where the
season will be from
January 1.
The squirrel season for other than I
Fox squirrels and Southern Red,
squirrels (boomers) will be from Oc-;
tober 1 through January 15, with
many exceptions, which will be an- 1
nounced later.
The quail season will open Thanks
giving Day, November 30, and extend
through February 15 in most of the
counties. One exception is Union
county, where the season will be only,
80 days, from December 10 to Janu
ary 10.
In six counties —Craven, Duplin,
Greene, Jones, Lenoir and Onslow—
hunting for quail be permitted
only three days a week, or on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, the
other days being “lay days” as re
quested by the sportsmen in these
counties. | a
The rabbit season will also be from 1
November 30 through February 15, 1
with no bag limit. The wild turkey '
and grouse seasons also extend from ‘
November 30 through February- 15, ‘
with the exceptions that the season'
for wild turkey will be closed this j
year in Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell,
Burke and Rutherford counties. . *
The opossum and. raccoon seasons,, j
for hunting with gun or dogs only, is
from October 1 through February 1, |
while the trapping season is from j
i November 1 through February 15, ! *
I with numerous exceptions. Trapping
[of opossum and raccoon will be per- 1
mitted in Dare county from December *
j 1 to March 1, only and is prohibited
entirely in the following counties:, 1
Bladen, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, j
Graham, Greene, Haywood, Hoke,
Pender, Robeson, Sampson, Wayne 1
and Wilson, except on the premises 1
of the owners for protection of dor
mestic fowls and crops. It is also
prohibited in and west of Surry, Alex- (
ander, Wilkes, Catawba and Cleve- !
1 land counties. * . y;
- No otter-may be taken at all this
] year, the season being closed over the
■ entire State.
| MK Perry also desires to warn
j hunters that it is unlawful to hunt on
I Sunday and, too, that while hunting,
game birds, squirrels and rabbits, it j
is unlawful to use cm automatic-load
| ing or hand-operated repeating shot
gun which has not been plugged to a
' capacity of three shells in the maga
' sine and chamber combined. Atten
r tion is also called to the law prohibit
ing selling quail. Any person con
victed of buying or selling or offer
ing to buy or aril quail shall be fined
not less than SSO or imprisoned for
not more than CO days or both in the
discretion of the eourt.
“In all cases of conviction under
the North Carolina game law,” says
Mr. Perry, “Hie court shall require
i the surrender of any hunting license
then held by the person so convicted.”
This newspaper is drew
lated m the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
W. O. Saunders Sees
Great Future For New
Organization
OTHERSSPEAK
Few Join Pending Study
Os Constitution and
By-laws
Despite a rainy night Monday, a
goodly number gathered at the Court
House to attend a meeting in the in
terest of the Greater Albemarle As
sociation. This meeting was one of a
series of meetings to be held in 11
Albemarle counties in an effort to
organize a strong association for the
purpose of working as a unit for the
welfare of the entire section.
E. W T . Spires presided over the
meeting and belore turning it over
to W. O. Saunders, of Elizabeth City,
read the preamble of the association
for the benefit of those present.
Mr. Saunders, who was accompa
nied by several Elizabeth City men
who are vitally interested in the asso
ciation, very intelligently explained
the origin of the organization and
explained its purpose.
“The Greater Albemarle Associa
tion,” said Saunders, “is an unselfish
organization and it is not proposed
to grind anybody’s axe. With each
county in the area struggling for
recognition, he said, there can be
very little progress, but by a united
group representing all of the people
in the Albemarle, a respectable hear
ing can be commanded from any
group, be it in the State legislature
or even in National legislative circles.
The area is deficient in a number
of things, Mr. Saunders said, and
cited a few projects which would be
the aim of the association to im
prove. For instance, he said there
should be more beef and cattle in the
■ area > as well as sheep. He explained
j the distinct advantages section
I h as over northern and western
, states, where it is necessary to build
| and even furnish heat in barns due to
cold weather.
j One of the many social and spirit
ual projects which could be of much
benefit he said, were music festivals.
He suggested that various counties
unite for a week in staging music
festivals and then as a gala occasion
there could be a massed performance.
I As much good as anything, accord
| ing to Saunders, would result from
1 organized publicity for the area. He
said the association would serve as a
clearing house for publicity, where
information and pictures would be
furnished. The tourist appeal was
commented upon, citing the great
1 Dismal Swamp, Lake Phelps, Lake
Mattamuskeet, Edenton’s history, to
say nothing about Roanoke Island
and the Cape Hatteras National Park,
all of which would be emphasizzed in
literature provided by the associa
tion.
A feature of the association, said
Mr. Saunders, is that a monthly
bulletin would be published for the
purpose of keeping every member in
formed about what was being done
by the organization.
Aside from several who attended a
previous meeting in Elizabeth City,
few of those present at the meeting
Monday were fully acquainted with
the purpose of the association and
for that reason there was some re
luctance in signing applications for
membership. If was the general im
pression that the constitution and
by-laws be studied and for that rea
son a copy is being prepared for local
study, after which, if several doubts
are clarified', there will undoubtedly
be a representative number in Eden
i ton join the new association! The
' dues are $6.00 per year, p}us a mera-
I bership fee of sl. Thus far" only six
in Eden ton have signed up.
Called upon to express their opinion
about the possibilities of the hew as
sociation at Monday night’s meeting
were Julien Wood, D. M. Warren,
John A. Holmes, W. J. Taylor, J. E.
1 Wood, Geddes Potter and J. Edwin
Bufflap.
A similar meeting will be held in
Gates next week, where it is said
considerable interest prevails in or -
ganizing suck an organization.
METHODIST REVIVAL
Revival services are being conduct
ed each night this week at Evans
Methodist Church. The pastor, Rev.
R. E. Walston, is bring assisted by
the Rev. Mr. Mallory.
i CAKE SALK SATURDAY
Chowan Woman’s Club will have a
, cake sale Saturday morning at Quinn
' Furniture Store, Eden ton.