lln these column} will be
yfound « fair presentation
yof local and county news
I of general interest.
jgyolume Vll.—Number 3.
V The Messiah * ’ Will Be Sung Sunday
iranding Albemarle Hams
leen By Greater Albemarle
Group As Boost In Income
a — . .
Project Discussed at
Meeting* Held In
Englehard
MUCH INTEREST
President P. D. Midgett,
Jr., Appointed Sev
eral Committees
i “ Englehard last Thurs
day night, members of the G reatet
Albemarle Association were encour
aged to hear that membership in the
organisation is steadily growing: de
spite the fact that no drive has been :
launched for members, and that the}
heal purpose of the Association is i
gradually being realized by people in
all the counties forming the group. )
President P. D. Midgett, Jr., pre
aided at the meeting which was held
in the Agricultural Building follow
ing a delightful fried oyster and
chicken supper served by the home
economics class of Englehard high
school. During the meeting Presi
dent Midgett announced that, though
not complete, he appointed the fol
lowing committees; to which will no
doubt be additions:
Projects and Advisory Committee:
Rupert E. West, of Moyock; game
and fish, Ernest Sanders, Elizabeth
City/ waterways and boating, Dr.
Wm| Parker, Elizabeth City; aero
jnaulics, Frank Stick, Kill Devi'l Hill;
g&dßAre developi-iCnt, C.„ T . •!
Culler*, Edenton; music, F. B. Ay-j
cock, iJr., Currituck; education, Rom
an Patrick, Englehard; transporta
tion, p. L. Williams, Swan Quarter, I
and Chester Morris, legal.
Agriculture and Rural Lire, G. W.
Fall&, " Buxton White and Miles R.!
Britte, Elizabeth City; L. A. Powell j
'and(Emory Smith, Currituck; H. C. j
FerAh.ee, Camden; J. A. Sutton, Hert-1
ford; }R. L. Jones and Archie G.
Berry,/ Fairfield; Leland Dudley,,
Lake ’Landing. I
Du®to the unfavorable weather,;
attendance last week was somewhat >
disaplointing, but what was lacking
Continued on 'rage nvel
Ednund Harding i
lotary’s Ladies' |
I Night Speaker:
Ssool Teachers Special
Quests at Meeting
Tonight
Rdarians will observe Ladies’
Nigß tonight in the Parish House,
at time not only Rotary An
nes.but members of the school sac-
MB|| will be special guests. The as-
scheduled to begin promptly
o’clock and. President Spec
joifs is very anxious to have every ,
Rotorian present.
;Tlie principal speaker for the occa-
will be Edmund Harding, of
Washington, N. C. Mr. Harding, an
outstanding Rotarian and delightful
entvtainer, is well-known among
jggjnten Rotarians, having visited in
on a number of occasions.
| . "i ■
Revival Meeting In .■
W A Full Gospel Church
Revival services were begun Sun
day night and will continue for two
amoks in Full Gospel Taibernacle in
jjfEpjt, Edenton. Preaching for the
jyncietiiig is Evangelist Beulah Skid
filler from Midlothian, Maryland.
|Kvices are being held every night
Apt Monday, at 7:30 o’clock, and
|§||H(vitation is extended to all by
||||H>astor, Rev. Andrew Stirling, to
graKuKE SALE AT QUINN’S
HHH Chowan Woman’s Club will
Hi cake sale at the Quinn Fumi
r.'Bstore, Saturday mom-
A nice assortment of delicious
ss7™ will be offered.
pMtnn Merchants Will Meet Today At 4 O’clock
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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HA! ONE LESS BILL
COLLECTOR
Consumers of light and water
in ’Edenton will notice a very im-
I port ant announcement when they
receive the envelope eontainiing
their next month’s bill. The
Board of Public Works has de
cided to abandon the custom of
sending out a collector each
month to round up delinquents,
(which has been in effect for a
number of years.
They emphasize die fact that
all light and power bills are due
on or before the tenth .of the .
( month and, hereafter, if bills are
I not paid by the dose of business
| on the tenth, Superintendent C.
j M. Hicks has been ordered to
l disconnect service. When ser
vice has been discontinued on
account of non-payment of bill,
a charge of 50 cents will be made
for re-connection.
Edenton Looms As
Training Quarters
For Big League Clubj
Max Bishop of New I
Yerk-Pe&»*Lecgue
Says Ideal Spot
! JUST RIGHT SIZE
I I
I r - • I
' Inspects and Is Favor
! ably Impressed With
Athletic Grounds
A possibility loomed last week for
I Edenton to become spring training
( headquarters for one of the clubs in
! a northern baseball league. Max
Bishop, of Baltimore, Md., connected
with the New York-Pennsylvania
League, spent a day here hunting
with Dave Holton, together with Jim
! Weaver, Wake Forest football coach,
l and George Brack, sporting goods
salesman, and before leaving ex
pressed the opinion that Edenton
would be an ideal location for spring
' training headquarters.
■ Bishop said the town has a fine
j hotel, that the weather is suitable,
j a convenient armory for irqjoor work
outs, an adequate field house and an
ideal baseball diamond for early
training.
Aside from these advantages, Mr.
Bishop was impressed with the size
of the town, saying that it lacked
many of the detrimental temptations
which beset a group of young base
ball recruits in larger cities.
Piano Recital At
School January 29
i
The members of the Edenton
Junior Music Club will be presented
in a piano recital Monday evening,
January 29th, at the High School
auditorium. The Glee Club, directed
by Mrs. M. 4 • Hughes, will also ap-,
pear on the program. The public is
cordially invited.
The Music Club held its monthly
meeting Monday evening, January
! 15th. Each member present was ap
pointed a committee of one to invite
friends and acquaintances to hear
Handel’s “The Messiah” which will
be given in the High School audi
torium Sunday afternoon.
“How Dot Heard the Messiah”
was read by a member of the club.
Several piano numbers were render
ed, after which the dub adjourned
to meet the third Monday in Febru
ary.
INFANT DIES
Lester Jones, Jr., two-months old,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jones,
died Saturday night, a victim of
whooping cough. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon in Bertie
County, interment also being made
these.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, January-18, 1940.
Library Trustees
Meet To Discuss
Budget For Year
Mrs. W. A. Graham Re
signs as Treasurer Af
ter 20 Years In Office
SUCCEEDED BY SON
Total of 6,576 Volumes
On Shelves of Library
At Close of Year
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Shepard-Pruden Library held this
week the budget for the year was
decided upon, and other matters of
routine business attended to. Reports
of the librarian and treasurer were
submitted and accepted. The num
ber of volumes at the' end of the yea*
were: adult 3,812; children, 2,764,
making a total of 6,576 volumes now
on the library shelves.
Among purchases within the last
twelve months were “Webster’s New
International Dictionary” and “Comp
ton’s Pictorial Encyclopedia” for
children. Another addition was “Ox
ford Dictionary for Students.” Pur
chases of books, magazines and all
operating expenses for upkeep of
the library for twelve month period
amounted to $1,308.70, the greater
part of which was derived from in
come from endowment.
(Continued On Page Five)
j Carl Goerch Will
! Speak To Oil Men
At Edenton Meeting
The State Editor Princi
pal Speaker at Dis
trict Meeting
ON JANUARY 24
Representatives From j
12 Counties Expected
To Attend
Oil men of Chowan and 11 nearby
1 counties will hear Carl Goerch, edi
-1 tor of The State Magazine, and wide
ly known radio commentator, in an
1 address before a district meeting of
: the North Carolina Petroleum In
dustries Convention at Hotel Joseph
! Hewes on Wednesday, January 24.
’ Mr. Goerch, long an advocate of
the principle of spending highway
1 taxes for highways only, has an
nounced that the general trend of his
address will be on motorists’ taxes!
■ and in opposition to diversion of
■ highway funds.
' Counties which will be represented
' at the meeting will be Chowan, Per
quimans, Bertie, Washington, Pas
quotank, Gates, Hertford, Martin,
Dare, Tyrrell, Currituck and Camden.
In addition to oil company agents,
distributors and service station oper
ators, members of allied organiza
tions interested in highway transpor
| tation will attend and participate in
1 the meeting.
’ At 10:30 A. M., meeting for the
purpose of general discussion of the
problem of taxation, diversion oi
;; highway funds and other legislative
' • matters affecting highway users.
; will be foMowed by a luncheon, at
which Mr. Goerch will speak.
The Edenton meeting is the fourth
• meeting of a series of 10 district
■ meetings being held throughout the
State during January and February
l by the North. Carolina Petroleum In
dustries Committee.
O. Y. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, is
’ chairman, and S. Gilmer Sparger, of
Raleigh, is secretary of the North
Carolina Petroleum Industries Com
| mittee, which is composed of thous
. ands of oil men and service station
operators from every county in the
State.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
, The weekly communication of
; Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
i M., will be held tonight at 8 o’clock,
i The new master, C. W. Sawyer, re
quests every member to make an
effort to be present.
Annual Banquet Df
Chamber Commerce
Thursday, February 1
Lawrence H. Duncan,
Raleigh Secretary,
Will Speak
BANQUET 7 P. M.
i Tickets For Annual Af
fair Will Soon Go
On Sale
Thursday night, February 1, has
i been set as the date for the annual
i banquet of the Edenton - Chowan
: Chamber of Commerce. This date
i was chosen by Richanj Dixon, C. L.
• McCullers and Dr. W. S. Griffin, a
■ committee appointed at a recent
meeting of the organization to ar
, range for the banquet.
' The committee on Tuesday receiv
ed the acceptance of an invitation to
apeak for the occasion from Law
rence H. Duncan, secretary of the
. Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Duncan is an able speaker, and the
committee feels that he will present
. an address which will not only be
interesting, but beneficial to the 10-1
1 cal Chamber of Commerce members
as well.
The banquet will be held in Hotel
Joseph Hewes, starting at 7 o’clock,
tickets for which will soon go on
sale.
Merchants Meet At
4 O’clock Today To
Form Association!
Called Meeting to lie
Held In Municipal
Building
much Deeded
Among Purposes Out
j lined Is Formation of
Credit Bureau
j
Following a preliminary meeting J
held Tuesday night in the Municipal
Building, all Edenton merchants are
urged to meet at the same place to
day (Thursday) at 4 o’clock for the
purpose of organizing an Edenton’s
Merchant Association.
There is a general feeling among
some of the merchants that they
should be banded together in an or
ganization for their own particular
interest and this association would,
have no bearing on their membership j
lin the Chamber of Commerce. It was
;! hoped to perfect an organization on |
Tuesday night, but a number of the
merchants most interested were
obliged to be out of town and two or
three were sick. I
One of the purposes in mind is to
establish a credit bureau. This is a
much needed service in Edenton, sav |
some, in that credit is often abused
and as a result, the merchants arej
victims of those who purposely re-;
fuse to pay their bills. Under this
plan every merchant member would
submit the names of those who have
bills of long standing, as well' as
those who can be depended upon to
pay their bills, and in this way make
a classification which will be before
the merchants when in doubt of one’s
credit. Instances were mentioned
that frequently a customer will run !
up a good-sized bill and then go to
another store to trade, leaving the
former bill unpaid.
Another feature of the association
will be to plan for intelligent adver- !
rising. Merchants are often victims!
of fakers and worthless advertising!
schemes and if the association ma-.
terializes it will be the purpose to
adopt a system whereby only such j
advertising will be placed as is re- !
commended by the association.
In other words, the feeling exists
that the merchants should organize
so that they can have sort of a clear- t
ing house and have a definite meth
od of dealing with any matters which
affect them as a whole.
J. G. Campen is chairman of the ;
movement and will make an effort to!
have every merchant at the meeting j
this afternoon at 4 o’clock.
■v
, Handel’s Masterpiece Will
Be Presented In High School
Auditorium At 4 O’clock
<
j Again Candidate j
UHn
MERRILL EVANS
Refusing to demand a run-off
in the Democratic Primary in
1936, Merrill Evans of Ahoskie,
this week announced again his
candidacy for State Senator from
the First District.
Neil Hester Visits
i Local Lions OSuti
i Bn Monday Night.
District Governor De
livers Interesting
Address
FINE MEETING
Club Decides to Hold
i Ladies’ Night Mon
day, February 12
Edenton Lions Club was agree- 1
ably surprised at their meeting on i
j Monday night when Neil Hester, dis
trict governor of Lions, appeared j
for the meeting. Mr. Hester was .
called on for an address during |
which he spoke on Lionism in his
district and emphasized the State |
Convention to be held in Durham 1
i early in June as well as the national
| convention to be held in Havana,!
Cuba.
Monday’s gathering was a zone j
meeting of Zone 31-C, comprising thej
clubs of this section, with L. N. 1
, Hollowell and Norman Trueblood re- 1
I presenting the Hertford Club, and j
Zeb Vance Norman and T. C. Burgess 1
representing the Plymouth Club. j
| During the meeting, John Mitch-;
I ener, chairman of the program com- :
! mittee. announced that Ladies’ Night
, will be held Monday night, Febru- i
ary 12, when invitations will also be
, extended to neighboring clubs -to I
attend.
Presentation of “The Messiah” in’
Edenton Sunday afternoon, sponsor
ed jointly by the Lions and Rotary.
Clubs, was discussed and Leroy
Haskett, Kenneth Floars and Abram ,
Jenkins were appointed as a com
mittee to assist in any way possible
to make this outstanding event a
success. i
| A large number of Lions attended
the meeting, which was one of the
most delightful in manv weeks.
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; E. L. Laughinghouse
Joins Holmes Firm
I 1
1 E. L. Laughinghouse, of Hertford,
ion Monday became associated with
J. H. Holmes Company in the capa
-1 city of assistant manager. Mr. :
Laughinghouse last week severed his
connection with J. C. Blanchard &
Company, to accept his new position,
j Mr. Laughinghouse is an exper-,
; ienced department store executive,!
| having been connected with the j
i Blanchard firm since 1938, going to
I Hertford from Scotland Neck.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers Unit
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
j Musical Event Sponsor
ed By Rotary and
lions Clubs
so voicesTn GROUP
Chorus Is Directed By
Lewis Sidney Bullock
Os Greenville f
Edenton and surrounding territory
will have an opportunity to hear an
outstanding musical event next
Sunday afternoon when Handel’s im
mortal “Tire Messiah” will be pre
sented. The oratorio will be sung in
the High School Auditorium, begin
ning at 4 o’clock, the chorus con
sisting of 80 trained voices, the
singers coming from Snow' Hill, Ay
den, Goldsboro and Greenville. The
chorus is conducted by Lewis Sidney
Bullock, brother-in-law of Mrs. Wood
Privott, who is director of the Fes
tival Symphonic Chorus of the East
ern Carolina Symphonic Choral As
sociation.
For the chorus to come to Edenton
was made possible by the Edenton
Rotary and Lions Clubs which groups
agreed to advance the expense of
transportation of the singers, which
will be in the neighborhood of SSO,
each club agreeing to advance $25.
That the oratorio is a treat to
music lovers in this section is evident
j by the fact that only a free will of
j sering will be asked. The same pro
j gram has been heard by a number of
local.‘people, for »"*!*•■ h ey were
1 1 obliged to pay a fancy price and were
, very well pleased with what they
heard.
It will be of especial interest to
■ Edentoniaus to know that Mrs. T. A.
Early, of Goldsboro, a granddaughter
jof Mrs. N. J. Holloweli, is one of
I the soloists in the chorus.
It is interesting to know, too, that
(Continued On Page Five) .
President’s Birthday
|Celebration Plans
Are Now Completed
! Climax to Affair Will Be
i Dance In Armory
January 25
!
C. L. McCullers, Chowan County’s
■ chairman of President Roosevelt’s
! birthday celebration to raise funds
i in the chief executive’s fight on in
i fantile paralysis, has completed his
, program for the local celebration
! which will begin today (Thursday)
j and come to a climax on next Thurs
i day night, January 25.
To begin the celebration, C. E.
Kramer, who has been the county’s
j chairman the past several years,
will speak to the student body at the
High School Monday morning at 8:45
i o’clock. Mr. Kramer will no doubt
j explain the purpose of the celebra
tion, as well as the great amount of
good which has been accomplished
through previous years’ celebration.
Then on Tuesday morning of next
week Mr. McCullers has arranged
for a benefit concert to be rendered
in the school for the benefit of all
school children. The concert will
take place at 11 o’clock Friday morn
ing and each student attending wiT
i be asked to contribute five cents.
! The climax to the celebration wilNv
1 come on Thursday night, January
! 25, when a dance will be held in the
Edenton Armory, previous to which
! McCuller’s High School Band will
furnish music. Music for the dance
j will be furnished by Dot Bennett J
and original State College orchestra. J
The affair has been widely adver- M
tised and it is hoped that not only a ri
large number will attend Hie dance
as dancers, but that many spectators
will go to the Armory and help in
, boosting Chowan’s contribution to
| this worthy cause. Seats will be
i provided for as many spectators as
will attend.