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‘The Messiah” Definitely
Keheduled tji Be Sung In
Edenton Sunday, Jan. 21
pons and Rotary Clubs
I " Agree To Pay Trav
f cling Expenses
PIRST TIME HERE
Edenton Fortunate In
Bpcuring Outstanding
I Masterpiece
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Els tile result of action taken Mont
lay night at the Lions Club meet-
Eg, "Ttoe Messiah,” will definitely
Spfpresented in Edenton on the as-
ot Sunday, January 21. The
■awill be held in the high school
beginning at 4 o’clock.
|||||flHp>n6, together with the Ro-
WBsmltih yyill each advance $25 to
cost of traveling of the
and it has been decided to
no admission, but rather to
silver offering, with the re-
IH going to the two clubs.
Messiah/’ Handel’s immortcAl
‘iff;. jjg grr<7sented by
|g||B#»fwaraib.j, mpAonic Chorus ot
HffiKEasfern Carolina Symphonic
S|kl Association, which is directed
HHawisi Sidney Bullock, of Green-
H It 'is composed of 80 trained
the singers coming from Ay
deflfgnow'HHl, Greenville and Golds
’Jfee work of this chorus is nation-
Hy. recognized and Edenton should
Mwone itfs appearance here. The!
Hi is Outstanding because it al- i
•WSt sings i the best in choral litera- j
■Ba “The Messiah” is probably;
■to'best to sown and best loved of all j
mSkal compositions. j
|B4any jersons in Eastern Caro-j
i ever heard ‘The Messiah’,”
l?X¥r- 1 “dock, "and to appreciate l
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of the West-'
College, Princeton, N.
member of the famous
SgHHB|Hr of 1984. iHe is a
of Mrs. Wood Privoti.
H9HBHHKotary and Lions Clubs
ffigMMHforts to secure a large
some of the members
the masterpiece ex-
opinion that every per-
and surrounding ter
l!§|!|||Mould avail himself of the
■HHKty to hear the masterpiece. 1
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Wen Barbecue
Wper On Jan. 16
Result of Attend
ance Contest Re
||§B cently Closed
■Monday night’s Red Men
it was decided to stage a
|B||iHe supper at Ernest Lee’s fill
|||||H,ion on Tuesday night, Janu-
affair is the result of
% Sue contest recently closed
3ide ca i )tainwi b > r J
easily won over Asa
{ r < ; Bis group. The pig will
the losing captain,
'(-Vwho has arranged for
begin promptly at 6:30
Jm£§lHbß necessary to postpone the
ijHmation of officers for the Tribe
jißfonday night. Due to the weath
gflrery few were in attendance and
gßllseremony is scheduled to take
ijßpbat next Monday night’s meet
lethodist Group
Will Meet Monday
Sftf Woman’s Missionary Society
oilE* Methodist Church will meet
■pay afternoon, January 15th, at
P**k at the home of Mm. T.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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j Dressed Up |
1 For the first time in* eight
F?ars, the court room of Chow
•Vs ancient court house is un
dergoing a coat of paint. A
rfdreable portion of the ceiling
piaster recently dropped out and
while repairing the ceiling the
ftbunty Commissioners decided at
tie same time to provide the
Much needed paint.
The ceiling and waits will be
psinUd pearl gray, which match
es the paint in the offices of
the clerk of court and register
of deeds, while the woodwork
will oo stained over the present
background. The job
■9 expected to be completed this
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Dip Orders New
li! Chairs For Future
c: ! ,
|! Chowan Jurymen
Purchase Follows Sav
ingl Effected By Last
i Term of Court
j { COST S2OB
J Previously Recommend
! ed In Several Grand
| Jury Reports
• Mftire Chowan County grand jur
i -teJB sonje niijUf at least,
will ilot have to comment 'upon the
! uncomfortable chairs used by jury
men. lThis week Court Clerk Rich
ard dI Dixon, following authoriza
! tion by the County Commissioner i,
ordered 13 new chairs, 12 for the
• jury botx and one for the presiding
judge. IPreviously grand juries in
i their report recommended more com
; sortable .chairs for the Court House
and likewise the matter was several
• times discussed by the Commission
i era, and each time the cost of the
chairs resulted in postponement of
j the order.
! At this month’s meeting of the
, Commissioners, however, it was
learned that the County had saved
about $250 by eliminating a grand
jury at the December term of court
and due to this saving, the Commis
sioners courted the idea of providing
more comfortable chairs for jury
men.
Each chair will cost , sl6, making a
, total outlay of S2OB. The chairi
will be of swivel type, thus allowing
more freedom on the part of jury-
men to change their position when on
■ duty for long periods.
Elimination of the grand jury was
recommended by Richard D. Dixon
because only one case was docketed
requiring grand j ury action. Some
\ protests were made by several attor
j neys, but Judge Nettles approved the
I action and the case in question was
| disposed of by the defendant sub
! mitting to a charge of lesser degree.
’ The chairs are expected, to arrive
in about two weeks and when install
ed will undoubtedly add to the at
tractiveness of the old building.
1 Christmas Saving Club
Will Close January 15
| Very little more time remains for
(■ those who so desire to join the
Bank of Edenton's 1940 Christinas
i Savings Club. According to bank
| officials, the Club will close on Janu
, | ary 15, after which time no more
r. members will be taken. The number
) j already availing themselves of this
I very popular plan of saving for the
, I holidays exceeds slightly the 1939
j: membership, which was the largest
. since the plan was inaugurated by
I the local hank.
Ladies’ Night
Ladies Nigr.t will be observed
r by the Edenton Rotary dob on
j Thursday night, January 18, at
rj which Rotary Annas and teach
t era will he guest# ibf the Rotar
t ians. f
As a speciar fcMare for this
I meeting will be HMnpreoenee of
fern*NT r Jklk at Jr
9 ton, «. r Rf w
time to entertain >sl ■
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, January 11,1940.
Unique Service To
Feature Next Term
Os Superior Court
Legionnaires Plan Flag
Dedication and Con
secration
SHORTPROGRAM
Judge John J. Burney
Consulted Regarding
His Approval
Providing Judge John J. Burney,
of Wilmington, who is scheduled to 1
preside at the April term of Chowan ’
Superior Court, does not object, an i
impressive ceremony will be held
when the next term of court con- i
venes here. Ed Bond Post of the <
American Legion is planning to hold 1
a dedication and consecration service 1
in connection with the North Caro- i
lina and United States flags recently 1
acquired by Chowan County and i
on display while court is in session. 1
In connection with the service, i
which is . scheduled to last only
about 20 or 30 minutes, a short ad- i
dress on the origin of the two flags ;
will be delivered by John A. Holmes. 1
A suitable song selection relating to ]
patriotic flags by the school glee club (
is also planned, as well as a prayer I
of dedication and consecration by a t
local minister not yet named. i
Legionnaires feel that such a ser- ■
vice, especially at this time when
war is the order of the day in so t
many lands, will be very appropriate s
as a gesture of patriotism and love i
of country and state. <
Judge Burney has been consulted ;
about the matter by letter and if it ]
meets with his approval, definite <
plans will be made to conduct the i
service, which, at a when i
America is striving to evade war en- ;
tanglements, should attract many of i
our citizens.
Sheriff Is Ailawed
Expense Account
To Collect Taxes
Given SSO Per Month
For First Six Months
Os the Year
SALARYTOO LOW
Commissioners Balk at
Paying Commission
On Back Taxes
Following a recent meeting of the:
County Commissioners with Sheriff
J. A. Bunch relative to delinquent
poll and persona l ! property taxes foi .
as far back as 1933, the Commis
sioners at their meeting last Wed- ;
nesday passed a motion by which the 1
Sheriff will be allowed, SSO per
month as an expense account for the
• first six months in 1940 to help in
collecting taxes.
Some question . arose as to the
' legal and moral right of the Com- j 1
i missioners to pay the Sheriff acer-!
| tain percentage of delinquent taxes j
I collected, when it was originally the!
purpose to pay him 50% of the 1933
to 1936 taxes and 25% of the 1937
and 1938 poll and personal property
taxes he collected.
At the meeting Wednesday the
bringing out the fact that the Sher
iff is paid a salary to collect taxes
! and if the Commissioners agreed to!
| pay a percentage on back taxes!
which he collected, it would have the J
; appearance of paying him for not do
j ing what he is paid to do. Then the
1 question was also asked why, if the J
| Sheriff could collect these back taxes
on a percentage basis, he could not
j collect them under his salary ar
rangement.
■ The discussion had the effect of
bringing out th efact that the Sher-j
l iff’s salary isn’t large enough for.
I him to go to the extra expense of
; calling on delinquent taxpayers all ,
over the county, and while the ma-;
jority of the Commissioners agreed;
that the S2OO monthly salary isn’t]
; sufficent, the matter was disposed of,
by allowing the SSO monthly expense]
account for the first six months of
this year.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT j
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. John E.l
Perry, Jr., of the Cannons Ferry!
section, on Saturday, January 6, a I
son. The youngster has been named!
£ Johnny Vaughan, in honor of DrJ
* Roland Vaughan, who officiated. W
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Little Business Os
Importance Before
Town Councilmen
Ordinance Passed Re
garding Display of
City Auto Tags
TO CURB~SPEEDING
Parking In Private or
Public Driveways Is
Prohibited
Though little of importance con
fronted Town Council at its meeting
Tuesday night, the session continued
until after 10 o’clock.
During the meeting E. W. Spires
appeared before the board in behalf
of the Greater Albemarle Associa
tion which organization is planning
to publish an Albemarle Guide. It
was agreed to appropriate $25 which
was matched by the County Com
missioners to purchase a page in the
booklet advertising the Albemarle
section.
A report was made by the com
mittee composed of L. H. Haskett
and Dr. L. P. Williams regarding
burned peanut hulls littering North
Edenton. Mr. Haskett reported, that
officials of the Albemarle Peanut
Company were consulted and that
they had agreed, to make an effort to
secure a perfected screen for the
stack to prevent the nuisance.
Displaying city automobile license
tags claimed some attention, and re
sulted in an ordinance being passed
requiring all city license tags to be
displayed by February 1 of this I
year, artd by January 1, hereafter.
For violation of this ordinance a fine
of $1 was provided. In connection
with the tags, it was suggested that
they be displayed on the front of
automobiles in orde*- to aid officers
in checking for overtime parking.
Another ordinance has to do with
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P. T. A. Seeking To
Call An Election For |
Special School Tax
Flans Being- Studied to
Put School on Ac
credited List
NAME COMMITTEE j
Miss Hattie Parrott and;
Dr. F. H. Garriss
Speakers
With the lunchroom project com
pleted, the Edenton Parent-Teacher
Association at Tuesday night’s
meeting launched a movement to|
place the elementary department of j
the school on the accredited list and i
named C. D. Stewart, Mrs. Earl!
Goodwin, J. H. McMullan and W. D. j
Pruden as a committee to study i
plans looking to a possible vote on a I
special school tax for this district!
sometime this spring. John A. 1
Holmes talked briefly on the special!
tax.
Miss Hattie Parrott, of the State'
Department of Public Instruction,.
pointed out to the 75 persons present!
the need of standardizing the elemen-'
tary school. 'She explained that j
around 500 books will be needed for.
the elementary grades’ library as 1
well as dictionaries, prints, a phono
graph and a radio.
“Eighty per cent of the students
attending school in this State are in
the elementary department,” said
Miss Parrott.
Having sponsored several success
ful entertainments recently, the
treasury of the club is in good con
dition, a report of the finances indi
cating that total receipts totaled
$427.02, and with expenditures
amounting to $282.02, a balance re
mains of $145. A llarger electric !
stove will also be purchased for the
, lunchroom kitchen.
] The organization also argeed to
assist the Lions and. Rotarians in
| providing an additional two weeks
' for the dental clinic,
i Dr. F. H. Garriss, health officer,
1 spoke on child welfare, being intro
duced by Mrs. James Wood, welfare
chairman.
| It was also reported that the asso
ciation now has 90 paid members.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
I Born to Mr. and Mrs. William
I Stokdy, Friday morning, a daughter,
P Ruth Jackson Stokely.
Births Increase And Deaths
DecreaselnChowanCounty
During Year Just Ended
| Want New Flag |
As the result of agitation on
the part of Ed Bond Post of the
American Legion, Chowan Coun
ty Commissioners at their next
meeting will be asked to pur
chase a new service flag to re
place the one which now graces
the wall of the court room in the
old Court House. The present
flag has hung on the wall for 20
years and is badly faded and is
literally tattered to threads.
The committee appointed to
appear before the Commissioners
is composed of O. B. Perry and
C. E. Kramer.
If a new service flag is pur
chased, it is iplanned to carefully
place the other flag in the mu
seum or some other place for
safe-keeping, for it is one of few
such flags now in existence in
Ithe State.
Patrolman Pratt
Attacked And Cut
By Colored Man
Bruce Hines Turns On
Officer While on Way
To Jail
15 STITCHES
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Despite Search, Negro 1
Has Not Yet Been j
Apprehended,
Robert L. Pratt, one of Edenton’s
night policemen, was attacked and
painfully cut about the head Satur-.
day night by Bruce Hines, colored
farm hand. The Negro, upon com
plaint, was arrested by Pratt for be
ing drunk and disorderly and while,
being escorted to jail the Negro ask-f
--ed Pratt, who was holding on to his
overalls, for permission to pick up a
cigarette which he no d.oubt inten
tionally dropped. Pratt consented
and when the Negro arose he sudden
ly began slashing the officer with a
knife. ,
Fifteen stitches were necessary to
close the wounds and but for the
timely appearance of John and Hugh
Waff more serious
might have developed. John Waff
noticed the two tusseling and at once
went to the officer’s aid, striking at
the mad colored man, who at once
ran between the Sam Habit store
and the old Moore house to effect a
successful get-away. Despite a thor-!
ough combing of the town for a!
possible hiding place, the Negro has
not yet been apprehended.
So keen was the knife used by the l
Negro, who is a young man of ’
scarcely more than 125 pounds, that
the officer was not aware that he |
was cut as he was attempting to es- j
fectively use his black jack. Pratt
Jhight have halted the fighting mad
man by using a gun, but due to the j
crowd which had. gathered he was;
unwilling to shoot for fear some in-!
nocent bystander would be injured. ■
The affair occurred on Broad Street 1
near the Habit store.
Pratt, discovering that he was cut,
immediately went to the Powell
Clinic to be treated, but is now able
to be back on duty.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular communication of I
Unanimity Lodge will be held to- 1
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. All j
members are urged to attend.
| Off The A#
Radio fans may wonder why
they could not get Edenton on
their radios the past two Wed
nesdays. The answer is simple,
for the Edenton broadcast was
abandoned the last Wednesday in
December.
Lack of advertising, which
like a newspaper, is necessary
to keep a radio, station in oper
ation, was the reason for the sus
pension. ' During the several
weeks the Edenton studio was in
operation local talent made up
the programs, some of which re
ceived very favorable comment.
This newspaper is t circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wiU.
realize good results.
$1.?5 Per Year.
301 Born During 1939
Compared With 277
During 1938
ONE LESS DEATH
Mortality Rate Among
Children Is Greatly
Reduced
Statistics just released by the
Bertie-Chowan Health Department
reveal the fact that in Chowan
County during the year 1939 there
were 24 more births than during the
previous year, and that there was
one less death in 1939 than in 1938.
According to figures compiled by
Miss Frye Pettus, technician clerk
of the department, there were 301
births in 1939 as compared with 277
in 1938. Os these 301 youngsters,
133 were white and 168 colored.
On the other side of the ledger it
shows that in 1938 there were a total
of 115 deaths, while in 1939 there
were 114.
Miss Pettus’ report also shows that
in 1939 there were 7 white still births
and 13 colored, and that deaths un
der one year amounted to 6 white
and. 13 colored. Deaths under one
month were 3 white and 9 colored,
and one colored puerperal death.
With reference to deaths caused
jby communicable diseases, there
were 16 deaths caused by whooping
cough of which number 2 were white
and 14 colored. Five persons, all
colored, were victims of tuberculosis
during the year. In 1938 there were
19 deaths caused by communicable
diseases, five of which were attri
i buted to measles, 12 to tuberculosis
| and two to enteritis and colitis.
> It is interesting to note that dur
; ing 1939 there were r.o deaths due to
j enteritis and colitis, which fact is at
i tributed largely to the activities and
/instructions- giver, by Mis? \ Ruby
: Lentz, public health 'nurse, also
to this phase of public health work is
a major portion of credit given to the
fact that during 1939 the infant
death rate dropped to 80.9 per
thousand as compared with 137 per
thousand in 1938.
] Dr. F. H. Garriss. health officer,
appears well please? syith the 1939
report and in connection with the
work desires to call special attention
to an act passed by the General As
• sembly on April 3, 1939, to further
the prevention of syphilis in unborn
children in North Carolina by re
i quiring blood test examinations of
prospective mothers. This act was
one of three passed, one of which
requires diphtheria immunization of
children, effective March 17, 1939,
and a physical examination before is
suance of a license to marry which
became effective April 3, 1939.
The act which became effective
January 1, 1940, follows:
Section 1. That every woman
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Vail Sells Interest
I In J. H. Holmes Co.
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; J. H. Holmes Now Sole
I Owner of Old Depart
ment Store
»
1 Withdrawal on Friday of J. M.
! Vail from the J. H. Holmes Com
-1 pany partnership results in J. H.
Holmes becoming sole owner of the
concern. Mr, Vail sold his interest
. to Mr. Holmes Friday, and plans to
j devote his time to looking after his
! Broad Street property.
] Mr. Vail had since' 1907 been a
partner in the J. H. Holmes V 'Cknn-
I pany which was composed of
j Holmes, Mr. Vail and Oscar Elliott,
j He had traveled practically most of
the time in surrounding territory in
the interest of the wholesale de
partment of the concern. Before
the partnership, Mr. Vail was asso
ciated with Vail and Lewis, which
company preceded the Holmes
pany. J
A few months ago the partnershfl
was broken up when Oscar EllicJl
withdrew and is now operating'the
Elliott Company adjoining the
Holmes’ store.
ATTEND FUNISRAL HERE
J. E. Seay, R. K. Spry, Miss Jean
Spry, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brite, Joe
Green, Mrs. Barton Hague, W. E.
Kirby, Stanley Kiiby, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris, all of Norfolk, Va., vrere
in Edenton Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Seay.