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Volume VI. —Number 49.
Christmas Seal Campaign
Gets Under Way Today In
Effort To Raise S3OO Quota
List of CapaWe-Gaa
vassers Announced
For Drive
I COUNTY-WIDE
75 Cents Out of Every
SI.OO Remains For
Local Work
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' With the appointment of a group
of capable canvassers, the drive to
sell Christmas Seals will get under
way in Chowan County today
(Thursday). The drive will continue
until Christmas, but Mrs. J. A. Moore,
who will direct the campaign, is hope
fid that the county’s quota will toe
reached before that time. The quota
for Chowan County is S3OO.
The purpose of the Christmas
Seal sale is no doubt well known,
but its importance is well worth re-j
peating in the hope of stimulating |
purchases .of these seals.
Almost three and one half million
men, women and children have died
of tuberculosis in the United States
during the last 30 years, many of
whom could have been saved by prop
er treatment and educational pro
grams. This is the very vital part
played by funds received through j
sale of tiie tiny Christmas Seals.!
And when it is considered that 76!
cents out of every SI.OO remains in |
the county for local use, there *should!
. be no reason why everybody should
not share in the fight against this
terrible disease.
President Roosevelt is in hearty ac
cord with the movement and adds
the following endorsement:
“As the Christmas season ap-
my muidis dravm t© the
fiact that it is agam-tim# iuh ass ait
- ns to give our support to the sale of'
Christmas Seals. J
f “This is such a well established
custom in the United States that it
seems hardly necessary again to call
the attention of the people to its im
portance.
“Tuberculosis still menaces the
lives of all our citizens and it leads
in the cause of death of those be-,
tween the ages of fifteen and forty
, five. The fine work that has been
done by the National Tuberculosis
Association in the prevention of this
dreaded disease merits the continued
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745 View Stamp ;
Collection Monday
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Philatelic Exhibit At
tracts Much Attention
On Visit Here i
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. That the philatelic truck from the
United Staten Postoffice Depart
ment. which appeared, in Edenton on
Monday created considerable interest
is-reflected in the fact that exactly
746 persons were clocked as they en
tered, the car. Inside interesting dis
plays of stamps were arranged cov
ering the period from 1893 to 1938,
as well as a miniature rotary press
giving some idea how postage stamps
are printed. To each visitor was
given a small engraved photograph
of tiie White House.
Ralph A. Davis, in charge of thej
truck, was very well pleased with the
;> interest shown and was high in his
praise of the local poa toss ice and the!
hospitality shown his party while'
here.
The truck left Tuesday morning
• for its next stop in Williamston.
Mayor Os Hertford
Appreciates Help Os
£ Eden ton’s Firemen;
H N. Darden, mayor of Hertford,}
Inis week expressed his appreciation I
jpfor the services rendered by the'
|p Edenton Fire Department last week
I when a call for help was sent during
t a menacing fire.
Said Mayor Darden in writing to!
£ Mayor J. H. McMullan and Fire Chief i
R. K. Hall:
“We wish to thank you all for the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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POLLING PLACES
FOR COTTON VOTE
For the information of cotton
growers in Chowan County who
desire to vote in the referendum
to determine marketing quotas
for 1940, the voting places have
been announced by County Agent
N. K. Rowell’s office.
'The referendum will be held
on Saturday between the hours of
9 a. m. and 5 p. m. at the follow
ing places:
Edenton Township—Court House.
Middle Township—Z. W. Evans’
Office.
Upper Township—George Hollo
welt’s Store.
Yeopim Township—Dick Cofield’s
Store.
Only persons engaged in the
production of cotton in 1939 are
telirible to vote *in the cotton
referendum.
18 Excused From
Jury Duty At Next
Week’s Term Court
Judges In Accord to
Eliminate Grand
Jurymen
SAVING EFFECtId
Judge Nettles Will Pre
side, Trading With
Judge Nimocks
Eighteen Chowan County citizens
no doubt consider themselves lucky
because of the fact that they will not
be obliged to serve as jurors during
the December term of Superior Court
which convenes next Monday.
Reason for the excuse of 18 men
from the 36 chosen last month for
jury duty is due to the elimination
of a grand jury for this term of
court.
There are no criminal cases on the
docket requiring grand jury delibera
tion and for.that reason Clerk of
Court Richard D. Dixon urged dis
pensing with the grand jury which
would effect a saving of something
like $250 to the county.
' Judge Q. K. Nimocks, who was
scheduled to preside at this term of
court, but who traded places with
Judge Zebulon Vance Nettles, ex
pressed his willingness to dispense
with the grand jury and Judge Net
tles also is in accord with the idea
under the present circumstances. The
only duties for the grand jury to per
form would be the inspectiaii of
county offices, jail, county home and
school busses, which at the last term
of court were found to be very satis
factory.
In order to determine who shall
serve as jurors next week, attor
neys met Monday in the clerk of
court’s office and drew from a box
18 names from the 36 previously
chosen who will be summoned for
jury duty. These were: J. C. Hen
drix, J. P. Partin, Will A. Harrell, J.
T. Layton, I. D. Spivey, George
Bunch, J. H. Asbell, Shelton Boyce,
J. E. Bunch, O. B. Perry, C. 4- Perry,
Henry Bunch, Wilbur Modlin, O. M.
Blanchard, C. W. Sawyer, Harry
Perry, M. F. White and R. F. Elliott.
Those originally chosen, but who
will be excused are: C. W. Perry,
Thomas J. Hoskins, Sr., Leslie Mor
gan, A. S, Smith, H. V. Bass, A. H.
Copeland, Thomas H. Harris,' L. E.
Twifle, H. W. Layton, Mack Jordan,
A. R. Chappell, W. D. Moran, J. F.
Harrell, Lloyd E. Bunch, E. R. Eason,-
James Hassell, E. D. Byrum and H.
M. Nixon. • '.. 4
St. Paul’s Church Will
Elect Vestry Sunday
Next Sunday morning after Morn
ing Prayer, the annual congregational
meeting will be held at St. Paul’s
Church, for the electing of a Vestry,
hearing reports of the organisations
and such other business as may be
brought up. All members are urged
to attend. The Vestry also asks that
those members who have not yet sent
in their pledge cards for 1940 have
them in by next Sunday, so that the
Vestry may know what support to
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, December 7,1939.
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Reads Christmas Carol Monday Night
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DR. FREDERICK H. KOCH, founder and director of the Caro
lina Playmakers, as “Scrooge” in Charles Dickens immortal ghost
story, which he will present in the auditorium of the Edenton High
School Monday night, December 11, at 8:30 o’clock.
Law Prevents Two
Contributions To
Stocking Fund
Proceeds From All Lost
Prqperty Must Go to
Schobl Fund
The law robbed the stocking fund
of a contribution Monday when the
County Commissioners read in the
statute book that the proceeds from
the sale of any confiscated or lost
property must be turned over to the
school fund.
It so happens that Sheriff J. A.
Bunch, as well as the town policemen,
have a bicycle whose owners cannot
|be found. It is supposed that the
! vehicles had been stolen and abandon
|ed here. It was the officers’ idea to
: sell the bicycles at public auction and
turn over the amount received to the
stocking fund, but the law steps in
and says it cannot be done.
In the absence Monday of Sheriff
Bunch, Officer R. L. Pratt presented
the matter to the Commissioners,
who were willing to boosting the
stocking fund, but refused to go
counter to the law.
Captain Dick Hall
Helps Santa Claus
Veteran Fire Chief Will
Again Repair Dis
carded Toys
Though somewhat handicapped by
his recent illness, R. K. Hall' will
again this year repair discarded
toys to be given to needy children in
the community. Mr. "Hall will do
this work &t the fire station and any
who desire to contribute any toys are
requested to take them to him there.
The toys when completed will be
turned over to the Stocking Fund to
he distributed on Christmas eve. Mr.
Hall requests the toys to be brought
to him as soon as possible for lack
of strength prohibits him from the
less strenuous work than in former
years.
Capt. Pat Bell First
Again To Buy Seals
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Captain P. H. Bell upheld his repu
tation in cooperating with the pur
chase of Christmas Seals. The
tender of tiie Chowan River bridge
came to town as soon as he was aware
that the seals had arrived and again
purchased the first seals sold in Eden
ton, a sheet of 100 of them. With
more of his kind there would be no
trouble at all in reaching the county’s
goal of SBOO.
Sydney J. White !
Dies Suddenly At |
i| Heme Early Friday
Large Number Attend:
| Funeral Held Sunday j
Afternoon
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Coming as a distinct shock to
Chowan County residents Friday
morning was news which spread ra
pidly that Sydney Johnston White
had died suddenly at his home in the!
1 Paradise section. Mr. White, al-'
j though not in the best of health for
, the past year or so, had been at- j
1 tending to his affairs as usual and'
|on Thursday enjoyed a hearty j
! Thanksgiving meal. During the night!
! he was awakened by an attack of in
i digestion and after being relieved!
I, went off to sleep. His death was i
i' discovered when he failed to respond |
j when called for breakfast.
| He was 77 years of age, and aside j
j from being one of the county’s larg- j
j est landowners, was a very successful.
j financier. He was highly respected
j throughout the county, and though \
blunt and outspoken in his manner
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Dance In Armory
Christmas Night
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Music By Dutch McMil
lan and His Duke Am- j
bassadors
What is expected to add greatly |
to the holiday pleasures in Edenton
will be a dance which will be held
in the Edenton Armory on Christmas
1 night. Hie affair is sponsored by
the Edenton Rotary Club and Athle
tic Association, and will be directed
by William (Spec) Jones.
I Music for the dance will be fur
-1 nished by Dutch McMillan and his
Duke Ambassadors, an organization
consisting of 13 pieces, coming di
rectly from Duke University. Dancing
will begin at 10 o’clock Christmas;
night and.continue until 2 o’clock, j
The buitding will be steam-heated
and with the reputation of being Al
bemarle'S finest dance floor, the af
' fair will Undoubtedly attract many
. dance enthusiasts from the surround-
I ing territory.
City Auto Tags Now
Ready For Owners
Chief of Police G. A. Helms desires
it to be known that City automobile
tags are on (ale and urges
owners to secure the same and dis
i play them on their cars aa soon as
possible.
DcMt Fail To Hear Dr Koch
Read Dickens’ Christmas
Carol On Monday Night
MAYOR ENDORSES
CHRISTMAS SEALS
The approach of the holiday
season once again brings the
simple, direct (appeal of Christ
mas Seals to the citizens of
Edenton.
To protect homes from the
tragedy caused by the dread rav
ages of tuberculosis is thejnever
ending objective of the Christmas i
Seal campaign. In the final analy
sis, ours is a community of homes
and what could be more vital
than the unceasing vigilance and
protection of these homes?
As Mayor of Edenton, it gives
me great pleasure and a sense of
fulfilling official duty to endorse
whole-heartedly the purchase of
Christmas Seals jas a method of
raising funds for the fight
against tuberculosis. As Mayor
and as a private citizen I hope
that all our citizens will buy as \
many seals as possible and that
every greeting card and gift
package going forth from our
community will carry this deco
ration, attesting that Edenton is
doing its part in a great drive.
J. H. McMULLAN,
Mayor.
Interest Increasing
In Merchants’ Plan
ToStimulateTrade
Many Gather on Broad
* Street For Awarding,
Os Prizes
LASTS 3MONTHS
Revised List of Merch
ants Cooperating In
Campaign
Interest in the distribution of cash
prizes by Edenton merchants is grad
ually increasing, many gathering on
Broad Street last Wednesday to see
who would, share in distribution of
SSO in cash. Mrs. Thad Martin was
awarded the $25 prize, Mrs. Fuller
Taylor sls and Richard Harrell $lO.
The second award was made yester
day (Wednesday) at about the same
time The Herald went to press.
Many merchants report that their
customers are requesting the coupons
with their purchases, which makes
them eligible to participate in the
awards, and. it is the general belief
that the drive to increase business
will be very successful.
I Several merchants were included in
! last, week’s list of those cooperating
[ in the event, who later decided not to
take part, and the names of Liles’ 6-
; 10-25 c Store and Bridge-Turn Filling
! Station wqre omitted in the front
i page story announcing the plan. For
; that reason The Herald again pub
i lishes the list of merchants who are
cooperating and who will gladly give
! coupons for purchases in their store.
| They are as follows:
Quinn Furniture Company.
Campens’, Jewelers.
Cuthrell’s Department Store.
Byrum Hardware Company.
Badham Brothers Company.
Elliott and Company.
J. H. Holmes and Company.
'Cherry’s Grocery.
C. E. Byrum Meat Market. ,
Preston’s.
T. W. Jones Hardware Company. (
Western Auto Associate Store-
Mitchener’s Pharmacy.
Burton’s Service Station.
Chowan Motor Company.
Triangle Service Station.
Edenton Ice Company.
Goodwin’s Quality Grocery.
Gulf Service Station.
Rose 5-10-26 c Store.
) S. Hobowsky.
The Friendly Market.
G. M. Byrum Grocery.
Floars Electric and: Plumbing Co.
J. H. Conger, Texaco Distributor.
Sam Habit.
W. J. Yates Service Station.
Liles’ 5-10-25 C Store.
Bridge-Turn Filling Station.
The campaign will continue through
December, January and February,
with a substantial grand price to be
awarded at the close.
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This newspaper it circth I
latcd in the territory I
where Advertisers will I
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Event Is Sponsored By
Local Parent-Teacher
Association
AT B:3(HVCLOCK
All Who Attend Help In
Worthy Work of
Lunch Room
“Here, boy, get down that terrify
ing cut of Professor Koch —the one
that frightens little children—while I
rub some grease paint on my type
writer, for Mr. Scrooge will pay
Edenton a visit next Monday night.”
That’s correct. Another Christmas
season has come, the streets are dec
orated with colored yule trees and
light, people are thinking of presents
and mistletoe, and it’s appropriate
that Dr. Koch should come and bring
the message in the story “A Christ
mas Carol,” written long ago by
Charles Dickens.
The Parent-Teacher Association
will sponsor the Koch appearance
and reading in the school auditorium
next Monday night. It will be a treat
for everyone and, an important neces
sity for the Association, and the au
ditorium liould be crowded. Every
one must come early to get a seat,
too, it has been announced, for it is
expected the au jtorium will be filled
to capacity.
Professor Frederich H. Koch has
been playing the part of old Ebenezer
Scrooge, the celebrated sour puss, for
35 years. It has not affected his
personality at all, because he counter
balances the bitterness of Scrooge
with the cheeriness of Tiny Tim, the
crippled, child, whose shout “God
Bless Us Every One” has ever been
famous as a greeting at Christmas
time.
i)r. Koch takes all tiri parts in “A
Christmas Carol.” At one moment
he is the cringing clerk afraid to ask
for a day off on Christmas—the next
moment he is the cheery nephew who
won’t let his warm Christmas spirit
be upset—then Koch .is an eerie
ghost with quavery voice and scary
acts the parts of several
others too, and is best of all in the
role of mean old Scrooge, the penny
pinching, hard-hearted, fun-hating,
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NYA Area Workers
Plan Year’s Work
Spirited Meeting Held
Tuesday In Hotel
Joseph Hewes
Proceedure for the ensuing year
in furthering the cause of the Na
tional Youth Administration was dis
cussed Tuesday at an area meeting
in the Hotel Joseph Hewes. Fifteen
workers in the cause were in at
tendance and entered heartily in the
discussion which followed a lively
address by P. S. Randolph, State di
rector of the Finance Division, of
Raleigh, and similar talks by Dis
trict Supervisor R. Hugh Evans, of
Kinston, and the eastern district
consultant, Mrs. Glennes D. Weeks.
Discussions of the problems con
fronting them in the various counties
were engaged in, too, by the County
Supervisors, Miss Adelaide Tuttle, of
Edenton, who has Chowan, Washing
ton, Tyrrell, Martin and Bertie coun
ties under her charge, aqd Mrs. J. G.
Fearing, Mrs. Eva F. Maddrey, Mrs.
Jeannette Phelps, Mrs. Helen Daniels
and Mrs. Gladys Carawan.
Jack Adams, Loraine Miller, Pau
line Edwards and Elsie Minton, sec
retaries to the various supervisors,
and Mrs. Ray Ashburn, also engaged
in the talks.
Dixon Attending
Historical Meetings
Richard D. Dixon will be in Raleigh
today and Friday attending meetings
of the N. C. Literary and Historical
Association, of which he is vice
president, and the recently organized
N. C. Society of Preservation of An
tiquities, of which he is a director.
At the same time there will be meet
ings of the N. C. Art Society and
Folk Lore Society, in which Mr.
Dixon is also interested.
Mr. Dixon is especially interested
in the restoration of the Edenton Tea
Party House and will so voice his
sentiments to his fellow members.
He is by Mrs. Dixon.