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Ammmmmmmmmmmm. i In these columns will bo » found a fair presentation of local and county news l -of general interest. * 4 * Volume VI. —dumber 37. Lengthy Session Os Town Council Tuesday Night; School Trustees Re-elected W. A. Leggett and John G. Wood to Serve Six - More Years ■i BUY FIRE HOSE C. L. McCullers Gets $1,500 For Year as Band Director *- f s ■■■■■" ■■ While little important business faced Town Council Tuesday night, the meeting did not adjourn until af ter 10 o’clock. . Prior to the regular meeting of Council, a joint meeting was held with the board of trustees of the Edenton school administrative unit fbr the purpose of electing two trus tees whose term of office expired.; The trustees recommended W. A. j Leggett and. John G. Wood to succeed ■ themselves for a period of six years,, which was agreed to by the council-1 men. Before the trustees departed, they ] were asked about the proposition of j placing C. L. McCullers on a perma- j pent salary basis as band director.: They had at a previous meeting! agreed to set a salary at $1,500 per year and allow Mr. McCullers to continue to direct the Columbia band. Town Council, at a former meeting, was asked to make an appropriation of S9OO as half of an anticipated salary of SI,BOO for Mr. McCullers, and it was this appropriation that several members of Council d,esired to ; be straightened out, feeling that the proposition was on a 50-50 basis. Thomas Chears, chairman of the trus tees, informed Council that his board could hardly make any alterations of their plan to -pay S6OO of the ataount in that- their trßtiget had bean made up and besides they w ere taking con - siderabie chances in event operating expenses of the school happened to be more than was anticipated. After • discussing the proposition pro and c(m, it was decided to let the Town’s share remain at S9OO and the trus tees paying S6OO of the salary, with the assurance on the part of Mr. Chears that next year his board would at least consider placing the responsibility of the band director’s salary on his board. Mr. Chears, on behalf of his board, said they are sacrificing necessary items to place Mr. McCullers on a salary basis, but that they desire to cooperate with the town in a situation that is not only a cred.it to the school but the town as a whole. During his remarks, Mr. Chears said that there should be more protection about the school grounds, especially now that Church Street has been transformed into a principal highway. He hinted at the idea of enclosing the grounds with a fence and said that there . should be signs displayed and only one way traffic allowed on Court Street between Church and Queen t Streets. West Leary and. Maurice L. Bunch appeared before Council in regard to the sidewalk passing their homes. Several years ago this sidewalk was put down and is in the State right-of way. At present the State Highway is hard-surfacing the highway from the edge of the road to the sidewalk, which the complaintants say makes it particularly dangerous to children. Besides, since this paving is done, it . is necessary to cut driveways through the sidewalk, which is above the level of the road bed, and makes a very unsatisfactory situation. As the result of the complaint, I practically the whole board of Coun- 1 cilmen visited the section Wednesday; and instructed the street commission- 1 er to make as satisfactory arrange ■ ment as possible with the driveways in. the hope that next year a sidewalk can" be laid nearer to the property line. i Upon the suggestion of Graham Byrum, commissioner of parks and pQaygrounds, an ordinance was adopt- j ed prohibiting climbing or sitting on ' the fence at the new athletic field or I in any way marring the fence, which was aimed at those who try to see l games without paying, and those who | would mar the fence by placing ad-i vertisements upon it. Trucks will not ; be allowed to park outside the fence' thus allowing passengers to look over the fence. For violation of this ordi nance a fine of $25 may be imposed. Before adjourning, 0. B. Perry, fire commissioner, was given authority to buy a quantity of new hose for the fire department. Coming as a scare near the close of the meeting was the intimation by Dr. L. P. Williams, chairman of the (Continued On Page Five) THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY * Methodist Junior Choir Begins Fall Work Wednesday Mrs. L. C. Lewis, director of the Junior Choir of the Methodist Church, announced that the group will begin its work for the fall next Wednesday afternoon when a rehear sal will be held at the church at 3:30 o’clock. In connection with this prac tice session the Woman’s Bible Class will entertain members of the choir immediately after the rehearsal, and every member of the choir is espec ially urged to be present, i The choir was given leave of their services Sunday nights during the summer by the pastor, Rev. W. C. Benson. Garden Club Will i Observe Arbor Day | Early In November ! First Meeting of Fall Season Held Monday Afternoon 15 PRESENT School Grades Request- j ed to Help Beautify Grounds Meeting for the first time for the fall season at the home of Mrs. J. Clarence Leary on Monday afternoon, the Edenton Carden Cl*>b discussed j plans for the observance of’ Arbor Day and set the date tentatively for . the early part of November. The \ meeting was presided over by Mi-s. J. j , A. Moore, the president, and after a j ! business session, a delightful social j hour was enjoyed with the hostesses for September, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. C. D. Stewart, Mrs. R. C. Holland and Mrs. J. S. Davis, in charge. j , The club decided to -request each ' grade at the Ed.enton school to con tribute one plant for beautifying the school ground, to which the Garden Club will add $lO for the purpose of adding other plants for this project. These plants will be planted under direction of the Garden Club on the day specified as Arbor Day. Fifteen were present at the meet ing, including: Mrs. R. F. White, Mrs. jC. T. Hollowelll, Mrs. Ernest Still man, Mrs. R. P. Badham, Mrs. T. C. ' Byrum, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. Jesse ! White, Mrs. Thomas J. Wood., Mrs. J. M. Jones, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. | George Byrum, Mrs. C. D. Stewart, Mrs. J. S. Davis, Mrs. R. C. Holland, and Mrs. J. Clarence Leary. Masons - Rotarians Prolong Series For Soft Bajj_ Champs I Turn Back Red Men Fri day After Losing Two Games Having taken two successive de feats for the city soft ball champion • ship at the hands .of the Red Men team, the Masons-Rotarians combina : tion on Friday night prolonged the series by scalping the Red Men 5 to 2 in a very hotly contested game, giv ing the season’s runners-up a chance at the championship. The night be fore the Red Men encountered little .trouble in chalking up their second i victory 11-7 when both teams were j considerably off color. I The series calls for five games, .leaving two more contests to decide jthe winners. Games were postponed i Monday and Tuesday nights of this 'week due to many of the players go jing to Williamston Monday night to see a “Coastal Plain League game, and Town Council meeting on Tuesday night. The fourth game of this series was scheduled to be played Thursday night and the final game Friday night, if necessary. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. White on August 23rd, a son, Oscar Elbert White, weight 8 pounds. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, September 14, 1939. Crepe Myrtle Trees As Vets’ Memorial Encounters Snag Requirement of 100-foot Right of Way Holds Up Plans OTHER~PROJECTS Mrs. George Byrum Will Continue as Chair man of Committee Representatives of various civic and fraternal groups in Edenton met Thursday afternoon in the Municipal Building at the call of Mrs. George P. Byrum to discuss the possibility of planting crepe myrtle trees along the j Edenton-Windsor highway as a me- j morial to World War veterans. Dur-1 ing the summer the Lions and Rotary ! Clubs, Red Men, Masons, American Legion and Legion Auxiliary were requested to appoint committees to j meet and rend.er any assistance the j various groups may have decided j upon. Mrs. Byrum, who presided at the j meeting, informed those present that; !in order to plant the trees it would j be necessary, according to State Highway officials, to have a 100-foot I J right-of-way, which -would require j l property owners to release land along j , the highway and in which it was ex- j pected some difficulty would, be ex-1 perienced. She also told those pres-: ent that this highway had never been | actually completed and it was a possi-! bility that in a few years the State | I would widen the right-of-way. For; j this reason the idea was abandoned! , for the time being, but Mrs. Byrum j ! was asked to continue as chairman j I of the committee to be on the look- J out for any possible developments, favorable to the plan. Mrs. Byrum also read, a letter from Roy Saunders', landscape plantsman ! of the State Highway and Public i Works Commission, saying that after I spending much time in - studying the j sections along the highways near \ Edenton he had decided upon three I i projects which would be suitable for | the organizations to sponsor. 1 The first mentioned was the large! , intersection area north of Edenton atj the intersection of U. S. 17 and N. C.! I 172 and the two small intersection j | arenas between there and. the new i Sound bridge on N. C. 172. These | ! areas, said Mr. Saunders, have been! | reserved for highway purposes and a! | planting of flowering shrubs and ' trees here would be desirable. ! The second project submitted by ■ Mr. Saunders are the two small inter- I section areas referred to above and I the new road from Edenton to the i j Sound bridge. Seed and fertilizer j ! could be supplied to the State High-j way maintenance department for the j purpose of establishing a grass sod on [ the shoulders. A planting could be made later. 1 Thirdly, Mr. Saunders suggested U. | !S. 17 from Edenton to the Fish i ! Hatchery, which provides for a 100-! ! foot right-of-way along this section, | to be clear of signs, potte lines and' fences. The State Highway would do j the necessary grading for drainage and a planting, designed by the land scape department, be made and j maintained by the clubs of Edenton. J However, no definite action was taken at the meeting last week and the same committees will continue to 1 • function at the call of Mrs. Byrum. Lions Club Given New Road Sign [Almost Perfect Attend ance at Monday’s j Meeting For the first time in several i months, the Lions Club had an al most perfect attendance at their meeting Monday night. The principal speaker for the meeting was Post j master C. g. Kramer, who in detail, spoke of mail facilties in the Edenton ; postoffice. I The publicity committee reported 1 having received a new road sign from ! international headquarters, which was 1 donated to the local club for their ef forts in organizing the Hertford Lions Club. The committee has not i yet specified where the new sign will be located. W. M. S. TO MEET MONDAY The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Edenton Methodist Church will meet at the church on Monday after noon at 3:30 o’clock. All members are urged to take note of the hour of meeting and to attend. Doris Jean Leary Is “Miss Edenton” In Beauty Contest Alethea Forehand Wins Title of “ Miss Cho wan County” CROWD~PLEASED Sharon Lupton Wins Out In “little Miss Edenton” Contest Miss Doris Jean Leary was named j “Miss Edenton” in a beauty contest | held in the Taylor Theatre Monday! night when an even dozen of Eden ton’s fairest young ladies marched \ across the theatre stage attractively j attired to be judged for the honor. I Miss Leary, according to the rules of J the contest, will be entitled to a trip to Blowing Rock with all expenses [ j paid for the purpose of making a j screen test, the film being scheduled] j to be returned to Edenton for showing 1 ,in the local theatre. I The group made a favorable im > pression on the large number in at -1 tendance, and as each promenaded | I across the stage, she was generously | I applauded by friends in the theatre. | | Only three participated in the ama- I teur contest following the beauty con | test, Mary Habit and Chrystal Gre j gory singing solos, and Jennie Ruth : j McAlily playing the piano. Miss Gre- j j gory was selected as winner of the | ! contest and will be eligible to enter ! I a State amateur contest to be held in j Burlington. j Those taking part in the beauty j contest were: | Mary Ayers, sponsored by the ' ! Western. Auto Associate Store. I Margaa-et Bunch, sponsored by thj ; J Chas. H< Jenkins Motor Co. j Dolly Spencer, sponsored, by Sut-1 > ton’s Drug Store. j i Virginia Byrum, sponsored by By- j i rum Hardware Company. | Virginia Moore, sponsored by Cher- j ;ry’s Grocery. ! Frances Hollowell, sponsored by { Sinclair Service Station, i Doris Jean Leary, sponsored by, I Iredell Florist. j Cofinne Forehand, sponsored by | ; Triangle Service Station, j Anne Chappell, sponsored by Bridge | Turn Service Station. ! Katherine Shump, sponsored by I Mitchener’s Pharmacy. Kathryn Holmes, sponsored by J. 1 : 11. Holmes Company. , Eleanor Small, sponsored by Leary Bros, Storage Company. On Tuesday night Miss Alethia Forehand was chosen as “Miss i Chowan County” from among 16 con | testants from the rural districts. | Those appearing in the contest j were: i j Miss Forehand, sponsored by Sin clair Service Station, j Pearl Nixon, sponsored by Iredell I Florist. Freda Hobbs, sponsored by Bridge ! Turn Service Station. Elizabeth Moran, sponsored by Tri j angle Filling Station, j Mary Privott, sponsored by Mitch- [ j ener’s Pharmacy. ! Helen Swanner, sponsored by J. H. ' Holmes Company. ! Avis Ward, sponsored by Sutton’s j Drug Store. i Lavelle Ward, sponsored by West . ern Auto Associate Store, j Dorothy Perry, sponsored by Chas. .H. Jenkins Motor Company. (Continued On Page Eight) Edenton Schools ! Open On Monday New Storm Sewer Laid! To Prevent Flooding Basement . . ! Edenton’s public school will open for the fall and winter season on Monday and" a record attendance of j scholars is expected. Principal John 1 iA. Holmes has given much attention | during the past month to the beautifi- j ; cation of the school grounds and j I teachers and stud.ents will notice a 1 , satisfying change in this regard. , I In addition the town street depart- j ment has relieved the drainage sys-; l; tern which has been a source of great | annoyance, flooding the basement of . the auditorium, since the last term. A j ! storm sewer line Las seen laid around j l the building which will carry off all I the flood rains in the future. 1; Three new teachers will be included in the school faculty. All teachers i j will be on hand this coming Saturday ' I at the usual preliminary plans meet ' ing. C.A. Cooke, Prison Guard, Found Not Guilty On Count Os Assault Deadly Weapon library Hours Back On Winter Schedule j Beginning Monday j Mrs. S. M. McMullan, librarian at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li brary, has announced that the winter schedule of hours will go into effect on Monday, September 18. The library during the winter i j months will be open daily from 2 to ! | 5 p. m., and on Monday and Friday I nights from 7 to 9 o’dlock. Over 50 Gather i For Postmasters’ District Meeting Mrs. Effie Brickhouse of : Columbia Elected Chairman i i TEAGUE SPEAKS I ■ j ' State President Urges 100% Membership In Association St. Paul’s Parish House was the | scene of a delightful meeting last ! Wednesday night when postmasters | jof the First Congressional District , ; gathered there for their annual meet i ing. Over 50 gathered for the ban- j ! quet, including postmasters from 18 ! ; towns and their invited guests. The | towns represented by their pastmas- : | ters were Colerain, Tyner, Colum- 1 j bia, Kill Devil Hill, Aurora, Weeks- 1 j ville, Sunbury, GresweW, Buxton,! : Manteo, Stumpy Point, Elizabeth City, ! | Hobbsvilie, Swan Quarter■-■> New ! Holland, Kitty Hawk, Henderson and Edenton. j ] The banquet and program were ar ranged by Edenton’s postmaster, C. E. Kramer, assisted by members of his office force. Music was furnished prior to the banquet by the Edenton High School band, and a feature of the program, in charge of W. J. Daniels, included solos by Ernest J. Ward, Jr., and Miss Sally Dixon. I Mayor J. H. McMullan made a brief but appropriate address of wel come, which was responded to by Mrs. Effie Brickhouse, of Columbia. Mr. Kramer, who presided over the meeting, introduced, special guests and was very complimentary of his local force, giving them a large share of the credit for the showing made by the local office. The principal speaker for the meet ing was J. R. Teague of Henderson, president of the State Postmasters Association. Mr. Teague paid tribute to Congressman Lindsay Warren am' (Continued On Page Five) Mayor McMullan j Is Director League Os Municipalities District He Represents Includes 12 Eastern Counties Mayor J. H. McMulllan was notified I late last week that he was officially I elected a director of the North Caro | lina League of Municipalities at the annual meeting of the organization held at Wrightsville Beach. In a letter from Patrick Healy, Jr., ! executive secretary of the league, , telOing Mr. McMullan of his election, Mr. Healy also said that the constitu- I tion of the league was changed at , the convention to divide the State in to 12 districts, from each of which i one director is elected. , i The district represented by Mr. ; McMullan is composed of the follow- I ing counties: Chowan, Camden, Cur- I rituck, Dare, Martin, Gates, Hertford, ! Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, | Washington and Bertie. . Red Men Will Have Pounding Monday ; Chowan Tribe of Red Men will ob serve a pounding at the meeting to be held on Monday night. Every mem : ber of the Tribe is urged to either ’bring or send a contribution in dfcder -to make a creditable offering to a worthy family in need. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year. I Shot John Johnson, Mis- I taking Him For Es caped Convict. FLAGS NE^XT^ERM Judge Warns Against Placing Children In Jails ! Chowan term of Superior Court j convened Monday morning with Judge :Q. K. Nimock, of Fayetteville, pre- I siding. Very little time was lost in selecting the jury, only two being ex cused from serving at this term of court. The grand jury chosen was composed of W. A. Mills, Paul Ober, R. B. Hollowell, C. E. Small, A. M. White, S. R. Cobb, J. E. Wafi, Jr., George Smith, C. A. Bass, Joe Modlin, jW. T. Satterfield, H. C. Brinkley, C. !C. Copeland, C. S. Crfiart, W. H. i Saunders, J. Q. Bass, H. T. Copeland, ! and Robert Morris. R. B. Hollowell * was designated as foreman of the j jurymen. i In charging the grand jury, Judge ’ Nimock carefully rehearsed the us ! ual instructions, emphasizing the oath each one had taken and reminding j them of the scope and solemnity of i their duties as grand jurors. He es ! pecially stressed the importance of i secrecy in their deliberations and urged them to discharge their duties without fear or favor. One of the highlights of his charge I was the warning that no child under 16 years of age should be permitted !to be placed in the county jail or where they come in contact with old er and hardened prisoners. He told the jury that he was aware of criti cism that prisons are all too often transformed into “palaces” for wrongdoers, but that the county must [not allow young offenders to mingle with those much older, and must pro vide a place for young children if it becomes necessary. The first business to be transacted was the appearance of Joe Habit, who is required to report at, each term of Superior Court to show that lie: has not violated the liquor daws. Officers testified that he had complied with the court order in every detail. While waiting for true bills to be. returned from the grand jury, two divorces were granted, one for Mar tha L. White from James H. White, the other for Dena G. Wheeier from Frederick Wheeler. Both decrees were granted upon the grounds of more than two years separation. Charges of bigamy against W'illiam Altman were not pressed, Altman having secured a divorce from his first wife and being legally married to his second wife. Upon learning that James Jordan, colored, was tried in Recorder’s Court and was serving time on the roads for lesser crimes growing out of breaking and entering, Judge Nim ! mock ruled, that to hear the case again would be equivalent to trying the defendant twice for the same j crime. He had served four months and 18 days of a six months’ sentence and the judge pdsced him on proba tion for two years after his road term expires. In this case J. N. Pruden, judge of Recorder’s Court, sentenced Jordan on two counts over which he had jurisdiction and held him on pro bable cause for breaking and enter ing, over which he has no jurisdic tion. Judye Nimock consulted Mr. Pruden, the latter citing similar cases and on Tuesday the presiding judge had no hesitancy in trying similar cases. Tuesday morning Henry Bolden and Clyde Nixon were tried on a charge of breaking and entering the smoke house of Hector Nixon. Bolden was found not guilty, while Nixon plead ed guilty to the charge. Judge Nim ock had not disposed of the case at noon Wednesday. James Brown was also tried for stealing meat from Russell Byrum, but the judge, in this case, had not passed judgment at noon Wednesday. I During the remainder of Tuesday the case of C. A. Cooke was in pro gress. Cooke, a Woodville prison camp guard, shot by mistake John Johnson, while searching for escaped convicts. He was charged with as sault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill. After a lengthy charge by the judge, the case was given to the jury about noon Wednesday. After-deliberating very briefly, the jury Returned a verdict of not guilty Following this case, Judge Nimock heard the case of Gilbert Hollowelll, \ who was charged with reckless driv j ing growing out of the accident in ! which P. J. Warner was killed. Holl (Continued on Tage Live - )
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