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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume Vl.—Number 41. Arbor Day Will Be Observed Nov. 13 By Garden Club Date Set at Meeting Held on Monday ~ Afternoon WILL PLANT TREE J. L. Wiggins Will Be Speaker at Exercises At School i' —— At a meeting of the Edenton Gar den Club held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mon day, November 13, was designated as Arbor Day. This was the first busi ness meeting of the fall season and with many of the members present, a considerable amount of interest in the club’s activities was shown. Though plans were not completed for the observance of Arbor Day, it was decided* that the club will plant a tree on the school grounds and during the exercises, J. L. Wiggins will deliver an address on “Our Na tive Trees.” The club also appropriated money with which to purchase winter grass seed to be planted on the Court 1 House Green as was done last year and which was reason for consider able favorable comment. The grass seed will be sown by street depart ment employees. During the meeting a very inter esting round-table dyscussion develop ed at which was discussed what the club had in mind in the way of fall • gardening, proper bulbs to be plant ed, arranging of plants and early spring flowers. The meeting was presided over by - Mrs. J. A. Moore, the president, after which a social hour was enjoyed with Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. John Small , ’and Mrs. Ernest Stillman acting as , hostesses. Those present at Ifee.ineeting were: Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mrs. C. N. Griffin, Mrs. Thomas J. 1 Wood, Mrs. W. I. Hart, Mrs. Charles T. Hollowell, Mrs. Ernest Stillman,! Mrs. C. D. Stewart, Mrs. J. W. White, I Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. J. M. I Jones, Mrs. P. T. Owens, Mrs. R. P. ! Badham, Mrs. Junius W. Davis, Mrs. 1 L. P. Williams, Mrs. R. G. White, Mrs. R. C. Holland, Mrs. W. J. Daniels, Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Mrs. John Small, Mrs. W. E. Hassell, and two visitors, Mrs. Riddick Chappell, of Hertford, and Mrs. H. C. Goodwin. Zone Meeting Os W. M. S. October 21 John A. Holmes Address And Playlet Feature a Os Meeting The Chowan-Perquimans Zone of the Woman’s Missionary Societies of the Methodist Church will have the] fall meeting in Center Hill Church, j Chowan County, on Saturday, Octo ber 21st. A very interesting pro gram has been prepared. - John A. Holmes, Superintendent of Edenton City Schools, will be guest speaker at the morning session, and] the afternoon session will feature a playlet on Social Service. The “Willie Evans” Missionary So ciety will be hostess. Mrs. J. G. White is president of the Zone, and Mrs. John G. Small is secretary. The meeting will open at 10 o’clock. City Tax Books Now _ In Hands Os Collector Miss Louise Coke, city tax collec tor, is now in possession of the tax books for 1939 and a discount of Vz of 1% will be allowed on all taxes paid during October. During the months of November, December and January taxes will be collected at .par. Miss Coke desires it to be known, too, that penalties will be imposed for failure to pay taxes before Feb ruary 1, which range from 1% to 2% % through April, after which % of 1% will be added for each month taxes remain unpaid. W. E. Baker Sent To Hatchery At Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baker left Edenton Friday for Hoffman, N. C., where Mr. Baker has been trans ferred as apprentice fish culturist. Superintendent W. C. Bunch of the local fish hatchery, has not been no tified who will fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Mr. Baker. ; '‘vV * - THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY | Almost Perfect That Chowan County tobacco growers are overwhelmingly in I favor of control was reflected in the referendum vote recorded here. Os the 165 votes cast, all but six voted for control, which f went about 10 to lin favor of * control. The markets, reopened Tuesday after being closed since early in September and while the opening Jacked the usual ftstlrve spirit, the tension has been greatly re lieved since the holiday was or , dared. Edenton Tackles Tarboro Gridders ; Today, 2:15 O’clock 1 Band’s Visit to State i Fair Friday Causes Change of Day ! STUDENTS FREE Hour Moved Up to Al low Student Body to Attend Game 1 Though defeated twice, playing a 1 0-0 tie and one victory thus far this season, Coach David Holton and his high school football players have not 1 given up hopes of winning a majority of the games on this' year’s schedule, : and. for this reason strenuous prac tices have been held this week in an ticipation of the game with Tarboro High Thursday afternoon. Fans are especially asked to take| notice that the game with Tarboro i will be played on the Edenton grid- j iron Thursday afternoon instead ofj Friday as previously scheduled. The game will start at 2:15 o’clock in stead of the usual hour of 3:30. Reason for the change of date of j this game is due to the -fact that on Friday the Edenton High School Band 1 1 has accepted an invitation to play at I the State Fair in Raleigh: The local j aggregation will render a concert in | front of. the grandstand as a feature L-of the fair entertainment for that: day. The hour was changed to 2:15! o’cl'ock when it wits decided to allow j the entire student body of the school <| to attend the game. There will be no admission charge for students at this game. For the benefit of football fans, it will be recalled that Edenton has played Tarboro four times and in each instance the Aces easily defeat ed the Edgecombe County boys. The scores were as follows: 1933, 16-0; 1936, 21-0; 1937, 19-0; 1938, 19-6. I The strength of Tarboro is an un- I known quantity here, and due to the, last two games resulting in defeats, the Edenton boys wifi try their best to again return to the win column. This is the third consecutive game ■ i to be played on home soil ahd a large ! j crowd is expected to be on hand | I ■■ ■ ■ ! Creswell P. T. A. Holds Initial Meet Os Year 1 Teachers, patrons and friends ofj : Creswell High School met Thursday 11 evening in the lunch room of the ; school building for their first regular meeting of the year. 4 The meeting was called to order by , the president, Mrs. E. S. Woodley, I who presided at the business session. i She urged members to subscribe to j the State P. T. A. Magazine. The j organization voted to purchase a cur | tain for the stage. It was also voted •to make donations to High School ' Band, to art equipment for school, 1 for tuning of school pianos, and for . purchase of blankets, sheets and pil-j : low cases for first aid room. It was reported that a cot and pillow had 1 been donated. Mrs. Jo Holmes and 1 1 Miss Helen Kirkpatrick were appoint- j [, ed a committee to solicit supplies for ; the First Aid Medicine cabinet. Hot chocolate and' cookies were , served by the hospitality committee. I Weekly Newspaper Meeting 'Postponed! Due to the Carolina-N. Y. U. foot-] ball game at Chapel Hill Saturday ; afternoon and the State-Wake Forest I 1’ tilt at Raleigh Saturday night, which' [ enables newspaper'folk to get a dou- I bile dose of football over the week t' end, the monthly meeting of weekly , newspaper publishers and editors ■ has been postponed,. . The meeting was scheduled to be > held Saturday night in Hertford • with Lucius Blanchard, Jr., editor of I ( 'The Perquimans Weekly, playing the * role of host. -- fr ■ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, October 12,1939. Regional Meeting Os Red Cross To Be Held In Edenton Two Sessions Scheduled For Thursday, Oc tober 26 LUNCHEON Dr. Frank P. Graham Will Make Principal Address Miss Katherine Myers, regional director of the American Red Cross, was in Edenton last week making arrangements with Mrs. J. N. Pru- J den, Chowan County Chapter chair man, for a regional conference to be held in Edenton Thursday, Octo ber 26. Though final arrangements have! not been completed at this writing,! Mrs. Pruden says there will be two! sessions, the morning session taking] place in the Method,ist Church, and j the afternoon session held in the j Parish House. Following the meeting held in the morning in the Methodist Church, luncheon will be served in the Parish House, the delegates remaining there to conclude the meeting. The region includes many Red Cross chapters and Mrs. Pruden is expecting a l'arge ! number to attend. i Os especial interest is the an nouncement that the principal speak er at the conference will be Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, who is j well kno\#t by many Edentonians. Misunderstanding Among Parents As To Junior Red Cross * • - Some Think Movement Is Part of Annual Roll Call Mrs. C. L. McCullers, who is in ] charge of the Junior Red Cross in Chowan County, has experienced some misunderstanding regarding the organization. It is the desire to have every grammar grade in Chow an enrolled in the Junior Red Cross, but for some reason parents of chil dren appear to be under the impres sion that the movement is the usual annual Red Cross Roll Call. This is not the case, however, for in the Junior group a sum of only 50 cents is asked from each grammar grade room, which puts the junior t membership at something like a pen ny or two for each pupil. In men tioning the matter to parents, some have informed the youngsters that they are already members of the Red Cross or intend to enroll when the annual drive is inaugurated, which has to some degree retarded this work which was undertaken by ■ Mrs. McCullers. This explanation is, therefore, pub-' lished in the hope that the Junior j j Red Cross activities will not be con-1 fined with the regular annual Red i Cross roll call, which will take place! next month. Womanless Wedding 1 At C. H. S. October 19 Chowan Woman’s Club is sponsor- 1 ing a Womanless Wedding to be pre- j sented at Chowan High School on! . Thursday evening, October 19, at 8 1 o’clock. Be sure to see J. H. Asbell! as the dainty little bride with T. L. j j Ward, and J. H. Byrum as brides- j maids. Tommy and Dewey Berryman ; will act as trainbearers, while Thomas ! Corprew will be maid of honor. • j Drew Welch will serve as flower girl, while a number of others have interesting parts. A small admission fee will be ■ charged and the Club hopes in this, ] way to raise a goodly sum to be used. as a payment on the Community j Building. | Meeting Os County Council Postponed. Due to Achievement Day of county j home demonstration clubs scheduled to be held on Tuesday, October 31, Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan home agent, has postponed the meeting of. the County Council which was to have been held on Saturday, October 28th. The meeting of the Council will be held some time after Achievement Day. Club Achievement Day Will Be Held i Tuesday, Oct 31 l Principal Address By Miss Pauline Smith, District Agent TWO SESSIONS - i Jack Criswell of State College Will Lead Singing -i i. i ■■■■ l Achievement Day for home demon- j , stration clubs in Chowan County will! ; be held on Tuesday, October 31, ac-j • cording to an announcement by Miss | ■ Rebecca Colwell, Chowan County \ home agent. 1 , There will be two sessions held at ■ Chowan High School, one at 10:30 in *! the morning and 1:30 set as the hour ,! for the afternoon session. In con < I nection with the exercises, lunch will ■| be served in the new Community i House by the Chowan Club at a rea j sonable figure. I Featuring the sessions will be an address by Miss Pauline Smith, , northeastern district home demonstra tion agent, who will speak in the morning. At the afternoon session Jack Criswell of State College, will lead a community sing. Mr. Criswell has charge of the singing and the I recreational program at the short course held in Raleigh and is well known by a number of Chowan County club members. While the program has not been j completed, it will be ready for publi-1 cation in next week’s issue of The Herald. Miss Colwell desires it to be understood that this meeting is not only for club members, but that the public is cordially invited and she hopes many will attend. Recruiting Office ! In Municipal Bldg. On Third Thursday Young Men Between 18 And 31 Are Eligible To Apply Beginning next Thursday and con- j tinuing each third Thursday in the 1 month a temporary navy recruiting 1 office will be open in Edenton. Naval officials will be located in the Munici pal Building on the designated days at Ip.m. to accept enlistments. | Men between the ages of 18 and 31 will be accepted, providing they ■ possess good character and have a] fair education, preferably some high school education. j In the local office examinations ; will be made and temporary papers : issued to successful applicants. j Chiefs A. S. French and L. D. 1 .Miller of the Norfolk Navy Recruit ing Service will be in charge of the ' work in Edenton. ! 325 Bales Os Cotton Ginned To October lj j i ! Though the cotton crop is reported! to be short, according to the ginning! report by F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau of the Census, Depart-’ 1 ment of Commerce, there were 325 I bales ginned, in Chowan County from j ! the crop of 1939 prior to October 11 1 as compared with 132 bales from the j ! crop of 1938. ! | j C. L. McCullers Again j Heads Music Festival At a meeting of the Albemarle : Music Festival Association held in l '■ Elizabeth City, C. L. McCullers was re-elected director for the year. As sisting him with the work of the organization will be Miss Minnie ' Nash, instructor at Currituck High , School, and Mrs. Leslie Poole, of the Columbia High School. M. W. Jackson Has Rotary Program Today With the Rotary program last | Thursday in charge of David Holton, he presented to the club Ralph W. ! Britt, industrial teacher at Edenton , High School, who gave a splendid t address upon industrial arts in 1 , schools. i M. W. Jackson will have charge of ■ the program at today’s meeting in j the Parish House and “Spec” Jones s is very anxious that now that vaca t tions are over, every member makes 'special effort to attend the meeting. [ Look Out Kids | At Tuesday night’s meeting of Town Council complaints were registered relative to riding bicy cles on the sidewalk in the busi ness section. While there is an ordinance prohibiting this prac tice, for some reason boys and girls in (increasing numbers ride their bicycles on the sidewalks thus endangering pedestrians. Police officers were instructed to break up the practice, resort ing to arrests and confiscation of bicycles if it is not discontinued. Examination For Successor To J. J. I Long Announced Applications Must Be On File Before Oc tober 27 HELD INEDENTON Date of Examination to Be Given on Admis sion Cards Announcement of an examination to fill the position of rural mail car rier at Edenton which will be made vacant by the retirement of J. J; j Long has been made by the United States Civil Service Commission. The examination will be held at Edenton ■ and receipt of applications will close] ! on October 27. The date of examination will be stated- on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt • of applications, and will be about 15 ! days after that date. The salary of i (a rural carrier on a standard route ■ J of 30 miles served daily except Sun- j ; day is §I,BOO per annum, with an ad- j I ditionaf S2O per mile per annum for! ] each mile or major fraction thereof! iin exeess of 30 miles. Certain allow-| (ances are also made for the mainte nance of equipment. The exai*ina- I tion will be open only to citizens , who are actually domiciled in the j territory of the post office where the | vacancy exists, who have been actual lly domiciled there for six months . n e xt preceding the closing date for j receipt of applications, and who meet ; the other requirements set forth in Form 1977. Both men and women, if qualified, may enter this examina-1 t tion, but appointing officers have the | ' legal right to specify the sex desired' 'in requesting certification of ellgi-! bles. Form 1977 and application 1 blanks can be obtained from the va-1 cancy office mentioned above or from I | the United States Civil Service Com mission at Washington, D. C. Ap plications must be on file with the j Commission at Washington, D. C., prior to the close of business on the ; date specified above. At the exam- j ination, applicants must furnish un mounted photographs of themselves 1 i taken within two years. j Miss Myda Weaver College Band Major! i Miss Myda Weaver has been chosen j ,as one of the drum majors in the' • band at Woman’s College of the Uni- ] j versity of North Carolina at Greens-! ■ boro. Miss Weaver is a former j j “twister” in the Edenton High School, band. I ! Masons Inaugurate Attendance Drive ! At last Thursday’s meeting of I Unanimity Lodge it was decided to ! inaugurate an attendance contest, which several years ago proved very interesting and successful. { i The memberhip will be divided and ; in charge of one group will be C. W. i Sawyer, while John Lee Spruill will head the other group. At tonight’s meeting each captain will be given names of the members on his side, , and at the conclusion of the contest the losing side will entertain the winners. / — Margaret Spires On College Band - i Information has been received that i Miss Margaret Spires, a student at j E. C. T. C., Greenville, has been se-1 lected as a member of the band at that school. She is also a member of j the symphony orchestra. Miss Spires, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 1 Spires, was a former member of the Edenton band before enrolling at E. C. T. C. this year. CAItE SALE SATURDAY Chowan Woman’s Club will hold a Cake Sale at Quinn Furniture Store in Edenton on Saturday morning. ' -••• ;■> f • This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year. R. C. Holland Again Elected President Os Peanut Group Enthusiastic Meeting Is Held In Court House Friday DIRECTORS Benefits of Peanut Pro gram Emphasized By Speakers At a meeting of the Peanut Stab ilization Cooperative held Friday in the Court House, R. C. Holland was re-elected president and. manager of j the organization. Together with Mr. Holland, all other officers and direc tors were also re-elceted as follows: B. D. Stephenson, of Pendleton, vice president; J. B. Fearing, of Windsor, secretary and treasurer; directors J. H. Shields, Scotland Neck; W. R. Everett, Palmyra; D. T. House, Robersonville; L. E. Hassell, Roper; Martin Kellogg, Sunbury; Mayon Parker, Ahoskie; Jacob L. White, Hertford, and R. V. Knight, Tarboro. An enthusiastic meeting was held during which remarks were made by Mrs. W. W. Eagles, of Edgecombe County; E. F. Arnold, executive mem ber of the North Carolina Farm Bu reau; and David Moore, manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, ' of Tarboro, all of whom made short talks pointing to the benefits derived : by peanut growers of North Carolina j from the peanut program during the ; past two years and its administration ! by the Peanut Stabilization Coopera tive. I It was pointed out that it was very necessary to have organized and con j certed. action during the next few : months by peanut growers in the , peanut belt to do something to arrest i the constant expansion of peanut j acreage which at present threatens I to destroy the peanut program and i the advantages peanut growers have received from the United States De partment of Agriculture during the years of 1937, 1938 and I^*9. Mr. Moore especially counseled peanut growers to do everything pos sible to improve the quality of pea nuts through efficient and timely harvesting methods and particularly 1 warned against picking peanuts too early thus affecting the quality and of necessity the price to be received. Membership In i COf C. Now 64 I Meeting 1 Will Be Called To Plan Program of Work 1 Three more members have joined j the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of I Commerce and their names were j omitted from the list published in j The Herald on September 28. These , new members are Dr. J. A. Powell, i Dr. Martin Wisely and Dr. Rolhnd i Vaughan. ! With the addition of these three : members, Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr., treas ! urer of the organization, reports the j present membership at 64 and the amount in dues collected being $560. j J. H. Conger, chairman of the ! membership committee, plans to call ; a meeting of the board of directors ;to make a final check-up on likely , prospective members and subsequent ly to lay plans for the year’s work. Red Men Prepare For Fall Activities I At next Monday night’s meeting of Red Men plans will be discussed for fall activities in the Tribe. For that reason every member of the Tribe is especially urged to be present. Last year an attendance contest proved very interesting and resulted in the best attendance in several years, the i contest terminating in a fried chicken j supper at Eniest Lee’s filling station. Creswell Band Will Play At State Fair Creswell’s Band accepted an invi tation to attend the State Fair at Raleigh on Tuesday. Four carloads j left Creswell Tuesday morning, ac- I companied by Mr. and Mrs. W. D. , Peal, Clyde Smithson and Mrs. H. R. Stillman. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Barnes, of i Creswell, announce the birth of a i j son on Saturday, October 7, in Colum bia Hospital.