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S Volume Vi.— Number 50.
Watch Night Service
In Methodist Church
Sunday, December 31
Service Will Begin at
10:30 and Last Until
New Year Arrives
ON KNEES
Rev. W. C. Benson at
Work on Interesting
Program
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Watch night services will be ob
served in the Methodist Church this
year, Rev. W. C. Benson, the pastor,
announcing Sunday that a service
will begin at 10:30 o’clock Sunday
night, December 31, and continue un
til the new year 1940 makes it debut
Flans for a very interesting service,
and one which it is hoped will fill the
church, are already under way. Mr.
Benson is asking each organization
of the church to attend and be pre
pared to submit a report of what is
expected to be done during the new
year. As a climax to the service,
Mr. Benson will conduct a communion
service to be so timed that those at
tending will be on their knees when
the new year arrives.
The pastor is hopeful that the big
gest majority of the congregation
>rill be on hand for the service, to
which members of other denomina
tions are also cordially invited.
Chancing Off Car
To Raise Money
Been Abandoned
200 Asked toContribirtfe
$5 Each Toward New
field House
With little progress made in the
sale of tickets for a chance on an au
tomobile to raise funds with which
to complete the erection of a field
house on the athletic field, the idea
was abandoned Tuesday night and all
who bought tickets will have their
monev refunded. Only around 300 of
the 2,000 tickets were sold and be
cause of the slow progress and some
criticism, it was decided to adopt
another plan to raise the necessary
SSOO.
One hundred civic-minded people
will be asked to contribute $5.00 to
the cause, which will complete the
field, and from early indications the
money will be raised,.
Wednesday morning a short solici
tation was made, in which every per
son approached agreed to pay $5 for
the cause and it is hoped the requir
ed number will contribute to clear up
the debt and make possible an athle
tic field of which the entire commun
ity may be proud.
Those who have already contribut
ed $5 each toward the fund are as
follows:
Guy Hobbs, J. P. Partin, W. J.
Yates, W. A. Leggett, J. E. Jackson,
Wm. Jones, J. A. Holmes, C. L. Mc-
Cullers, Dave Holton, W. W. Byrum,
Geddes Potter, Dr. W. S. Griffin, R.
F. Elliott, Philip McMullan, Leroy
Haskett, Graham Byrum, J. H. Con
ger, W. M. Perkins, Earl Goodwin, J.
Edwin Bufflap, Hector Lupton, Albert
©yrum, W. J. Daniels, Wood Privott,
G. A. Helms.
Plans Made For All
Star Band Concert
To Be Held Feb. 16
At a meeting in Hotel Joseph
Hewes Monday night plans wdii dis
cussed for a program to be tendered
in Washington, N. C., on February
16, by the All Star Eastern North
Carolina Band. Those present at the
meeting were Floyd Steib, of Wash
ington; L. W. Ziegler, of Plymouth;
Walton Harrell, of Ahoskie; H. T.
McDuffie, of Wendell; J. Robert Mer
ritt, of Creswell; Miss Minnie Nash,
of Currituck, and C. L. McCullers, of
Edenton.
Plans call for a parade by the band
at 3 p. m., led by the drum majors |
and majorettes. At 6:30 a ltfncheon
will be held for all the participants,
with Hte concert scheduled to take
place at 8 o’clock in the high school
auditorium.
SCOUTS HOLD DANCE
K Scouts of Colerain spon
lare dance in the Beach
Friday evening. The pro
be kept in the treasury
i toward buying camping
text summer. John West-
Harry L. Smith are Scout
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Postoffice Open On
Next Two Saturdays
With prospects already point
ing to a big Christmas business,
Postmaster C. E. Kramer on
Wednesday announced that the
postoffice will be open all day
Saturday of this week and again
on Saturday, December 23, feir
the convenience of patrons.
Ordinarily the postoffioe closes
at noon on Saturday.
W. A. Everett Named
As Census Assistant
Appointment Is Recom
mended By Lindsay
Warren
Representative Lindsay Warren
last week announced that he had
recommended the appointment of D.
W. Lupton of Pantego as director of
the census in the First District and
W. A. Everett as assistant director.
Both men attended a census school
in Raleigh to qualify for the posi
tions.
All other positions in connection
with the census will be enumerators.
No information has yet been received
as to how many enumerators will be
allotted to each county. The business
census will be taken in January and
the population and farm census in
April and enumerators will work for
about thirty days.
Mrs. Ullie Mae Ward
Loses In Court Battle
With Rose’s Concern
Action Outcome of Ac
cusation orSteafing
Pair of Hose
NO GRAND JURY
Judge Zeb Vance Net
tles of Asheville
Presiding
Chowan Superior Court for the
December term got into action on
Monday with Judge Zeb Vance Net
tles, of Asheville, sitting here for the
first time, and with the court room
all dolled up with flags, a United
States and North Carolina emblem,
banking him on both sides of the
platform dais. It was the initial ap
pearance of the flags, placed in ac
cordance with a suggestion of the
Supreme Court, and their presence
seemed befitting in this time of world
stress.
Except for two criminal appear
ances at the outset of the term, the
session was purely a civil one, but
few of the score or more such cases
were expected to be reached during
the week.
Through an understanding with the
court, Clerk Richard Dixon was able
to avoid having a grand jury called,
which pleased the judge as it did
away with the necessity of the usual
long court charge. The two criminal
cases had to do with William McKin
ley Bond, Negro, accused of robbing
D. L .Cohb of $4 last month, and
Paul Moore, former employee of the
Manhattan Produce Company, charg
ed with embezzlement of $439.11.
Bond pleaded guilty and, was given
two years on the road. Moore, by
Judge Nettles’ order, was referred
back to the Recorder’s Court. on
Thursday for a new bond in lieu of
the case’s continuance until the
April term.
Os the civil cases, suit by Mrs.
Lillie Mae Ward against Rose’s store
for alleged false arrest growing out
of the alleged disappearance of a
pair of stockings from the establish
ment last May, ran all day Monday
and Tuesday and up to noon yester
day. Herbert Leary represented Mrs.
Ward and W. D. Pruden and Kenneth
Perry, of Henderson, appeared for the
defendant concern. The jury return
ed a verdict in favor of Rose’s.
Following the Ward-Rose suit, be
fore a jury the case of Marcia Nixon
■against her erstwhile husband, Morde
cai Nixon, which has been running
"through three years of court pro
ceedure, and which the plaintiff is
again pressing for a continuance of
the alimony set by a previous court,
was taken up.
Although a jury was summoned,
Judge Nettles intimated he felt the
"Case had been running long enough
and advised a settlement if possible.
Agreement in this regard was quick
ly reached when Mrs. Nixon agreed
to take S3OO alimony and drop the
(Continued On Page Five)
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, December 14,1939.
Local Arbor Day
Claims Attention
Os Oregon College
"
Far Away Dean Reads
Article Appearing In
The Herald
COMPLIMENTARY
Says Such Movements
Result In Better
Citizenship
Edenton citizens, and especially
members of the Edenton Garden
Club and Parent-Teacher Association,
will be interested to know that the
recent Arbor Day activities claimed
the attention of far-away Oregon
State College. In an air mail letter
received this week by The Herald’s
editor, the following was written:
“Complimentary remarks concern
ing Arbor Day exercises in Edenton
were made recently by Earl G. Mason,
acting dean of the Oregon State
School of Forestry.
“Mason, who read the Arbor Day
story in The Chowan Herald of No
vember 16th, declared that such ac
tive programs tended to make better
citizens. Tree planting gives a local
interest to those who plant them, a
kind of ‘local kick.’ For example, he
added, our old, grads always point
proudly to certain trees in the ar
boretum which they planted while
they were here.
“Such movements not only make
better citizens by adding to their
esthetical appreciation, the dean con
tinued, but in the long run will cause
future generations to be more pros
perous on account of having less fort
est fires, and better and larger for
est resources.
“It was Mason’s opinion that Eden
ton’s Arbor Day activities were indi
cative of progress in forest and na
tural science education.”
McCullers Selected
As County Chairman
For President’s Ball
Plans For Dances to Be
Held In Edenton
Armory
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C. L. McCullers has been appointed
chairman for Chowan County in the
1940 “Fight Infantile Paralysis”
campaign, succeeding C. E. Kramer,
who has served in that capacity sev
eral years.
McCullers was named by Arthur
Carpenter, Knoxville, Tenn., regional
director of the Committee for the
Celebration of the President’s birth
day.
“This is part of a national cam
paign carried on annually to raise
money for combatting this dread dis
ease which attacks without warning,
usually upon children,” the county
chairman said. “It will, reach its
height during January, and will con
clude with the celebration on Tuesday,
January 30, 1940, of the birthday of
President Roosevelt, who is a former
victim of the disease.
Mr. McCuller’s plans for obser
vance of the event in Chowan County
includes a dance in the Edenton Ar
mory, which will include square
dancing from 8 to 10 o’clock, and
round dancing from 10:30 to 2.
Edenton Laundry
Begins Operations
Despite the fact that not all the
work doold be handled locally, oper
ations were resumed in the Edenton
Laundry Monday morning, and un
less something unforeseen developes,
C. P. Wales hopes to be able to take
care of ell of his trade by the first
of next week.
The laundry was recently totally
destroyed by fire and with a new
.building and, the latest type equip
ment ready for use, Mr. Wales feels
sure he will be able to provide more
satisfactory service than even before
the disastrous fire.
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M. P. Jennings Speaks
To Chowan P. T. A.
M. P. Jennings, superintendent of
Pasquotank Cou&ty schools, who was
accompanied bjSMrs. Jennings, was
the principal speaker at a meeting
of the Chowan Asso
ciation held Tuesday night.
During- the meeting it was reported
that at present" 250 lunches are being
served daily in the school lunch room.
Chowan’s Vote For
1940 Cotton Quota
Almost Unanimous
Two Negative Votes In
Referendum Held
Saturday
218 CAST VOTE
All Cqtton Sold In Ex
cess of Quota Will Be
Penalized
Chowan County joined the remaind
er of the State Saturday in turning
in an ateiost unanimous vote in favor
of continuation of cotton marketing
quotas during 1940 under the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration
program.. Os the 218 votes cast in
this coujjiy, only two opposed the
progradKhese being registered in
Edenton mownship.
Chowarns vote follows:
For Against
Edenton Township 62 2
Middle Township 52 0
Upper Tnwnship 67 0
Yeopim’lPownship 35 0
TotaNt 216 2
Throujnout the entire cotton belt
overwhelming majorities were regis
tered in the referendum to decide
whether or not cotton farmers desir
ed to continue under the control pro
gram. The necessary two-thirds ma
jority vote was exceeded by far in
practically every section of the cotton
belt.
Under the quota system, growers
receive marketing shares from the
Agricultural Department. Cotton sold
in excess of the marketing share is
subject to a penalty tax of three
cents a pound. Likewise, only those
who produce and market within their
allotments are eligible for govern
ment loans on surplus cotton and
benefit payments.
Red Cross Roll Call
Amounts To $352.42
In Chowan’s Drive
Mrs. J. N. Pruden Still
Lacks Two More
Reports
With still two more reports to be
received, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chair
man of the Chowan Chapter of the
American Red Cross, has received
$352.42 as the result of the annual
Red Cross roll call which ended on
Thanksgiving Day. The county’s
quota is S4OO and Mrs. Pruden is
hopeful that the two remaining re
ports will reach the goal.
Those who have joined and whose
names have not heretofore been pub
lished are:
Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Canvasser—
Gus Spruill, Mrs. W. H. Hollowell,
Enterprise Club ($2.00).
Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Canvasser —Miss
Pattie Winborne.
Omitted from previous report—
Mrs. Lindsay Evans, Mrs. H. C.
Goodwin, W. S. Summerell.
Mrs. Kermit Perry, Canvasser—W.
H. Pearce, Henry Bunch and Rocky
Hock Home Demonstration Club.
Mrs. Julia Hines, Canvasser —Mrs.
Dinah Robins, Mrs. S. N. Griffith, V.
D. Jones, Dr. O. L. Holley, Rev. L.
G. Nichols, W. D. Roberts, Willie
Charlton, Walter White, Rev. U. G.
Privott, Miss Sadie P. Harris, Mrs.
E. N. Bond, Miss Delilah V. Holley.
Mrs. Ruth Blount, Mrs. Esther Har
ris, Mrs. M. L. Price, Mrs. Elton
Hall, Mrs. Ethel Blount, Joe Wynn,
Mrs. Sophie Jemigan, Mrs. Vlrgic
Johnson, Mrs. Maybelle Bowser,
Mrs. Hattie Haughton, Miss Sophie
V. Etheridge, Stephen Welch, Mrs.
Matie Burrell, Mrs. Annie Martin,
Mrs. Henrietta Cox, Mrs. Julia A.
Hines, Mrs. A. E. Dowdy, Gale Street
Baptist Church, Eighth Grade B Col ■ j
ored High School.
Mrs. W. E. Cox, Canvasser—Mrs.
Mary E. Blount, Mrs. Zenobia Edney, I
Mrs. Emma Roberts, Mrs. W. E.
Cox ($2.00), W. E. Cox, Herman
Worrell, Geonae Gapps, Rev. W. H.
(Cohtinued On Page Eight)
Masons Elect Officers
At Tonight’s Meeting,
Officers for the year 1940 will be
elected at the meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight.;
A large attendance is expected for
this occasion and the present master,;
J. R. Byrum, issued instructions to
have every member notified. The
meeting will begin at 8 o’clock.
B. & L. Is Paying
Interest In Advance
The Edenton Building and Loan
Association will assist in spread
ing Christmas cheer, which fact'
was made known Wednesday by
Secretary R. E. Leary. On Jan
uary 1, interest on stock in the
amount of $1,004 is due, but Mr.
Leary stated that this money
will be distributed this week in
order to be used by stockholders
for Christmas buying.
Huge Crowd Hears
Dr. Koch Monday!
Parent-Teacher Associ
ation Take In $246
Selling Tickets
Registering next to the largest au
dience to gather in the Edenton
High School auditorium, a large num
ber of people on Monday night listen
ed to Dr. Frederick H. Koch as he
very impressively read Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol.”
Mrs. R. F. Elliott, president of the
Parent-Teacher Association, which or
ganization sponsored the reading, is
very appreciative for the cooperation
shown in the entertainment and for
the large number who attended. Only
a few rows of seats were vacant in
the rear of the room, which seats
1006.
From a financial viewpoint the af
fair was also quite a success, Mrs.
Elliott reporting that $246 was re
ceived through the sale of tickets.
Prizes Will Again
Be Awarded For
Best Decorations
Business Houses and
Residences
In Contest -,j
sls IN PRIZES i
Fireworks Nuisance Re
sults In Lengthy Coun
cil Discussion
Aside from a lengthy discussion of
the fireworks nuisance, little business
was transacted Tuesday night at the
meeting of Town Council. Com
plaints were received regarding
shooting fireworks, but the council
men realized the impossibility of
breaking up the practice entirely.
The police were, however, asked to j
use every effort possible to curb;
shooting in the business section and
to be on the lookout for disregard
for person and property.
There is an ordinance now in force
which prohibits shooting firecrackers
except on one's premises and an ap
peal is made to parents to urge
children to abide by the law.
Paul Holoman, during the week i
was sworn in as a special police of
ficer at Rose’s store and this appoint
ment was approved. The Rose Com
pany will pay Holoman’s salary.
Complaint was again made by
North Edenton residents relative to
peanut hulls from the Albemarle .
Pearlut Company’s plant littering j
porches and sidewalks. A commit-;
tee was appointed to contact peanut |
mill officials in an effort to have aj
screen installed in the stack. •
In an effort to provide an adequate i
place for drying out fire hose, a com-1
mittee was appointed to investigate!
a satisfactory site to build a new hose;
house. It was also decided to pur- !
chase a siren for the police car. i
Town Council will again offer
prizes for the most attractive busi
ness house and residence during the
holidays. As was the case last year,
two prizes will be offered in each in
stance $5 going to the first prize
Winner and $2.50 for second place.
Awarding of the prizes will again be
delegated to the Garden Club with
the understanding that no prize be
awarded to any who has won a prize
within the past two years. To be
eligible in the contest all decorations
must be completed before Wednesday,
December 20.
No Bonus Extension
World War veterans and their de
pendents—and there are about 150,-
000 of them—who have not made
application for their bonus, or Ad
justed Compensation Certificates, are
warned to do so before January 2,
1940. Time for filing vfill not be ex
tended. A bill passed by Congress
providing for an extension did not
meet with Presidential approval and,
under the present law, the time lim
it definitely expires on January 2nd.
—American Legion Magazine.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Vestry Elected At
St Paul’s Church
On Sunday Morning
White Christmas Will
Be Celebrated Next
Sunday
AT 3 O’CLOCK
Members Asked to Send
Gifts For Stocking’
Fund
At a congregational meeting held
last Sunday after the service, re
ports from the organizations were
made, and the following vestry elect
ed for 1940: E. R. Conger, D. M.
Warren, Fred P. Wood, R. Graham
White, Chas. P. Wales, Joe M. Vail,
John W. Graham, Hector Lupton, Er
nest A. Swain, J. A. Moore, Wm. I.
Hart and Joe H. Conger.
Next Sunday afternoon at three,
the Sunday School will have its
Christmas celebration in the Church,
with Graham White, of the School, as
the speaker on “What Christmas
Means To Me.” Members of the par
ish and of the School are asked to
send, gifts of food to the Church to
be distributed to the poor by the
Stocking Fund. It is the usual White
Christmas celebration.
The Church will be decorated for
Christmas on Friday the 22nd., and
the Auxiliary has appointed a com
mittee for this purpose. Those who
can contribute bamboo, cedar and
other appropriate decorations are
asked, to have them at the Church
not later than Thursday the 21st.
Film For Farmers
At Parish House
I “The New”So r ith M Will
Be Presented Tonight
At 7 O’clock
Carrying as a theme the import
ance to the South of the goal of self
containment, “The New South,” a
sound and color motion picture of
vast scope, will be shown to farmers
of this section in the Parish House
tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. A
pre-view of the picture was shown
Monday night at Hotel Joseph Hewes
for the benefit of agents and deal
ers, when they were also guests of
the Barrett Company at a banquet.
This remarkable picture, which is
being shown by the distributors of
Arcadian Nitrate, traces the history
of the Southland agriculturally and
industrially from the coming of the
first white man, and depicts in a se
ries of beautiful color shots the lands
and vegetation that make up the
South.
For the future, “The New South”
foresees self-containment for a more
prosperous South, Southern agricul
ture building Southern industry;
home industry supporting Southern
farms, more and better crops, with
profitable markets awaiting them,
and homefolks buying from home
folks.
Long Commissioners’
Meeting Wednesday
Chowan County Commissioners had
a lengthy meeting last Wednesday, at
; which time they settled with Sheriff
jJ. A. Bunch for taxes which were
I uncollectable. The accounts included
‘ personal property and poll taxes dat
ing as far back as 1933. The Com
missioners, together with Sheriff
Bunch and A. T. Allen, accountant,
remained in session until after 9
o’clock working on the books.
The special meeting was called to
release the Sheriff of the old taxes,
some appearing on the books for
people who have died and others
who have left the county. The revis
ion brings the Sheriff’s books up-to
date and eliminates to a great ex
tent the possibility of a mix-up in
accounts.
Agricultural Building
At Chowan Accepted
At a meeting of the Board of Edu
cation Tuesday the new agricultural
building at Chowan High School was
accepted. The building has been
completed, but because the applica
tion for a teacher was late in being
1 made, no teacher has as yet been pro
vided. However, Superintendent W.
J. Taylor is of the opinion that a
teacher for the classes will be named
the early part of next month.