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\hm4 « fair presentation I efjoed and county mem I Mimml *—J a I *7 gwicnit interest. Volume VII.—-Number 6. No Time Extension Allowed In Chowan To List 1940 Taxes Commissioners See No Reason To Give More Time SOME DELINQUENTS Those Who Fail To List Will Be Forced to Pay Double * r ' ' Not only did the County Commis ■ eioners at their meeting Monday refuse to extend the time for listing taxes, but a motion was passed that the penalty provided for failure to list during January be immediately imposed with the further provision that all those who fail to list their taxes shall be double-taxed for their failure to abide by the law. No good reason could be seen for failure to list -taxes, it being stated that that time of the year is as con venient as any, especially for those who live on farms. To extend the titne, it was said, would only open up away for other delays in this important matter of listing taxes and collecting funds wi'.h which the county must operate. It was recalled that a considerable amount of Vouble was experienced by highway officers several years ago when the Statp extended the time for purchasing automobile licenses, but that since there is no extension very little trouble is experienced due to owners driving without the proper license. The same idea should pre vail in the matter of listing taxes, the Commissioners agreed. A considerable amount of publicity and advertising was given to tax and while the list-takers re port better response than in former years, yet there are some in the county who have failed to list. Excellent Address By R. D. Dixon At , Iredell Ceremony Herald Prevails Upon k . Modest Speaker For Copy Because so comparatively few Edentonians braved the cold weather last Thursday, and because Richard t>. Dixon surprised those who were present by his splendid address at tjie ceremony honoring the memory of Associate Justice James Iredell, The Herald prevailed upon Mr. Dixon to furnish a copy of his address for publication. The ceremony was held - in the Court. House, and also present for the occasion was the history class of Edenton High School. The meeting was called to order by - »Mayor J. H. McMuilan, and follow ing the invocation by Rev. C. A. Ashby and recognition of Misses Martha and Ann Iredell, of Norfolk, Va., and Frank Williams, of Edenton, descendants of Iredell, Mr. Dixon -spoke. The benediction was pro • nounced by Rev. E. L. Wells, after which the group went to the Iredell * .grave at Hayes, where Miss Martha Iredell placed a wreath on the grave. '-- Mr. Dixon’s address follows: - “Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men: “A few days ago the committee of the local Bar asked me if I would say a few words here today. Since then I have heard some mention. of the word “address”—that terrifying to the audience %nd, lam sure, to the speaker—a word that conjures up thoughts of a long, dry dissertation. “Therefore, I wish to calm your fears and to say that while the few remarks I will make, will, undoubt . edly be extremely dry, they will most assuredly, not be extremefly * long. “At the present dark hour of chaos -and confusion in old-World affairs, when, sometimes, we think that pop ular government will vanish from Europe, and certainly, it hangs in a precarious balance —at this time, I think, it is a delightfq} and fortu nate occasion that here in Edenton ‘and in this historic building, we are (Continued on Page Six) ATTEND FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Haskett .at ... tended the funeral of Mrs. Cassie [ Lee in Benson, on Wednesday. Mrs. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Old Scroll Books Os County Ordered To Be Stored In Warehouse With both the interior and exterior of the Chowan Court House, except the roof, now in the most attractive condition in recent years, the matter of tidying up has claimed the at tention of the County Commission ers. The office of Register of Deeds Maurice Bunch has been more or less cluttered with old scroll books and in order to make it more pre sentable, the Commissioners on Monday gave instructions to store all of the books prior to 1937 in the small warehouse back of the Court House. Those from 1937 to date will re main in the office for use on occa sions for reference. All Star Band Plays In Washington On Friday, February ID Program Is Calculated To “Go Over With a Bang” 100 MEMBERS Big Parade and Concert Is Included on the Program On Friday, February 16, the East Carolina All-Star High School' Band will play in Washington, elaborate plans for the concert already being under way. In fact word comes from Washington that the program will “go over with a bang” and arouse more interest in music to those who do attend and make those who didn’t attend feel sorry that they were not present. Band directors and band members will meet at the John small' School Friday morning at - 9:30 until 1 o’clock, with a free lunch to be serv ed. After rehearsals, a parade will be staged at 3:3(7 o'clock, -> after which a banquet will be served by the Band Parents’ Association. At 8 o’clock the band will render a con cert. Members of the Edenton Band who are included in the All-Star group are: Ruth Byrum, Cullin Swindell, Clarence Leary, Ruth Vail, Catherine Reaves, Norma Perry, Janie Mitch-1 ener, Millard Ward, Linwood Ward. West Byrum, Jr., Maurice Bunch, George Alma Byruin, Shelton Moore, Billie Brunson, Grace Wilkins, Ed Parker, J. M. Boyce, Daniel Reaves, Lester Stewart, Annie Macon Byrum, Carolyn Oglesby, Elton Forehand, George Ward, Julia Burton, Frances Hollo well, Charlo,tte Bunch, Mary Gray Byrum, Pauline Moore, Carroll Stewart, Jimmy Chestnutt and Hu bert Brown. School bands participating in the concert (100 members) are as fol lows: Rocky Mount, Robersonville, Plymouth, Creswell, Columbia, Pas quotank County, Wendell, Ahoskie, Rich Square, Aulander, Edenton and , Washington. Young Evangelist To Return To Edenton {•' ul l* 'u*o s' , Beatrice Wells Church in North i Edenton. Services will be held * every night at 7:30 o’clock, to which the public is cordially invited. The young lady has appeared in ' many parts of the country and it is ■ her second, appearance in Edenton, . it being necessary on her previous ' visit here to turn many away due to the large crowds turning out to hear her preach and sing. County Agent At Large ! Be Speaker At Rotary Due to County Agent N. K. Row i ell returning to the hospital, County : Agent-at-Large J. W. Crawford, who has substituted for Mr. Rowell dur ing his illness, will speak at the Rotary meeting today. The program was supposed to be handled by Mr. Rowell, who made arrangements i with Mr. Crawford to speak before i leaving for the hospital'. Mr. Crawford will speak on some Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 8, 1940. Lions’Club Ladies’ Night Will Be Held On Monday Night Edmund Harding of Washington Princi pal Speaker HELD ATHOTEL Hour of Meeting Will Be Changed From 7 to 7:30 O’clock At Monday night’s Lions meeting plans were discussed for the obser vance of Ladies’ Night which will take place next Monday night at Hotel Joseph Hewes. For this meet ing the hour has been changed, the affair to begin at 7:30 o’clock in stead of the usual time of meeting at 7 o’clock. That this meeting will be an out standing one was assured Tuesday, when it was learned that Edmund Harding, of Washington, N. C., had accepted an invitation to be the prin cipal speaker. Mr. Harding is very well known in Edenton, and just re cently was the speaker of the Ro tary’s ladies night. A delegation from the local dub has also agreed to attend the charter night celebration to be held by the Plymouth Lions Club tonight (Thursday). Thomas J. Wood mad ethe princi pal address at Monday night’s meet ing, very interestingly submitting to the club various statistics relating to railroads in North Carolina. The club received sl2 as its share of the proceeds from the recent pre sentation of Handel’s “The Messiah” which amount was turned over to the Parent-Teachers Association. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will hold their regular meet ing tonight at 8 o’clock. All Masons are invited to attend. Legion Sponsoring Essay And Forum! Interesting- Meeting of. Ed Bond Post Held Tuesday Night With a goodly number of members on hand Tuesday night Ed Bond Pos* held a very enthusiastic meeting with j Commander Thomas J. Wood pre-i siding. Various matters of importance i w’ere discussed, the two outstanding! ones being the sponsoring of an es say contest and a forum. The essay contest will' be conduct ed in the Edenton and Chowan High Schools, with the subject selected being “Americanism.” Prizes of $5 and $2.50 will be offered in each school with the winners eligible to enter a contest for state honors. The Legionnaires were very much enthused at sponsoring a forum, which is directed by the extension department of the University of North Carolina. Under this plan an outstanding speaker is furnished for a topic selected by the local post, who will come to Edenton to speak and conduct a round-table discussion after the add,ress. Just as soon as John A. Holmes secures all informa tion regarding the forum, efforts will be made to stage one here. Masons Hold District Meeting In Windsor Fifteen Edenton Masons went to Windsor Tuesday night to attend a Second District meeting, which was preceded by a banquet held in the new Municipal Building. Present for the meeting was Grand, faster J. Edward Allen, of Warrentor., as well as other high Masonic officials. A feature of the meeting was the presentation by Mr. Allen of certi ficates to those members of the Windsor lodge who have been Masons for 25 years or more, which includes , Bertie’s grand old man, Judge Fran cis D. Winston. Auxiliary Sponsoring Dance Friday Night A dance sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary will be held in the Armory on Friday night. The affair will follow an entertainment to be held at the school .when the Georfjia Wild cats will render a program of string music. Music for the dance will also be furnished by the Wildcats. ;'«•'-Mi. .*V C -V: -=V. Added Glory Comes To St. Paul’s Church By 11. S. Government Embossed Certificate Is Received Praising Building signefTby ICKES Says Worthy of Pre? servation For Future Generations It will be of interest to Edenton ians to know that old St. Paul’s Church has again come in for more ancient glory, this time at the hands of the United States Govern ment. Just recently was received an embossed certificate from M. R. Marsh, Charlotte architect and dis trict WPA officer signed, by Harold L. Ickes, secertary of the Interior, saying the church possesses excep tional historic and architectural in terest and is worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of fu ture generations. The certificate is the result of an historical American Building Survey, made by WPA chiefs a year or so ago, at which time drawings were made of the church and are now re corded in the Library of Congress. The certificate reads as follows: “Department of the Interior, Wash ington, D. C. This is to certify that the historic building known as St. Paul’s Church in the county of Chowan and the state of North Caro lina, ijas been selected by the ad visory* committee of the Historic American Buildings Survey as pos sessing exceptional historic or archi tectural interest, and as being worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of future generations and that to this end a record of its pres ent appearance and condition has been made and deposited for perma nent reference in the Library of Congress. Signed, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior.” Edenton Handlers | Os Food Graded i Triangle, G. M. Byrum And A. & P. Leads Groups Grades for food-handling estab- j lishments in Edenton for the month | of February were released this weekj by the Chowan-Bertie Health De-j partment, which shows gradual im- | provement. In the case group Tri angle Filling Station leads with a grade of 97.5 percent, while the G. M. Byrum Meat Market heads the meat market list with 93 percent, and A & P leads the grocery stores with 96 percent. The grades are as follows: Cases Triangle Filling Station 97.5% Burton’s Sandwich Shop 94.5% Hotel Joseph Hewes Coffee Shop 94.5% j Hotel Joseph Hewes __ __94.5% Habit’s Case _• , 89.0% Norwood Case 83.5% Bluebird Case 81.0% Meat Markets G. M. Byrum Market 93.0% C. E. Byrum Market 92.0% J. E. Lassiter, Meat Market 92.0% Friendly Market 90.5 % j E. C. White Market 89.5% | Grocery Stores A & P Store 96.0% | Goodwin’s Grocery 95.5% Pender’s 94.0%’ Cherry’s Grocery 94.0% Edenton-Plymouth Bus Service Discontinued Effective yesterday (Wednesday) bus sendee between Edenton and Plymouth across the Albemarle Sound bridge was suspended. Bus passengers hereafter going to or from Edenton to Plymouth will, therefore, be obliged to go byway of Windsor and Williamston. Greater Albemarle Group Meets Tonight The February meeting of the board of directors of the Greater Albe marle Association will be held to night (Thursday) in the Woman’s Club Building at Coinjock. Dinner will be served by the ladies of the Coin jock Woman’s Club promptly at 7 o’clock. At this meeting the Road Com mittee will report and a lively session is anticipated. - I > Albemarle Peanut ) Co. Is Featured In Peanut Magazine An elaborate story and pictures of ■ executives and of the plant of the Albemarle Peanut Company appears 1 in the current issue of the Peanut Journal and Nq,t World. M. F. j Bond, Jr., W. W. Byrum and G. B. Potter occupy the top of the page while the story carries three nicely printed views of the plant. Tlie story, written by W. B. Jester, executive secretary and traffic man ager of the Virginia-Carolina Pea nut Association, includes a brief his torical sketch of Edenton, then gives a brief biography of the three part ners in the business, as well as the history and progress of the concern. Sheriff J. A. Bunch Will Maintain His Officeßjur Years State Supreme Court Rules On Amendment Voted On In 1938 muchlnterest Unnecessary to Make Run In Forthcoming Election Sheriff J. A. Bunch, at least, was one local office-holder to welcome the ruling made by the State Su ! preme Court last Friday that sher iffs elected in 1938 will serve for a four-year term instead of two, and therefore eliminate the expense and effort to seek re-election in the com ing election. The court’s ruling regarding the terms of sheriffs and, coroners at- I tracted wide attention because of its political implications. A constitu ’ tional amendment extending the terms of sheriffs and coroners from , two to four years was submitted by the 1937 General Assembly and ’ adopted by the voters of the State in ; the general election in November,) 1938. The amendment was certified) by the Governor on November 30 and the next day Attorney General Harry) McMuilan ruled that sheriffs and! I coroners who were elected on the! same day the amendment was vo' ed upon would take office on the first Monday in December and would! serve for four years. This ruling was challenged in an 1 action brought by J. M. Freeman of 1 Alamance County, where a vacancy | was created by the murder 91 Sheriff ! M. P. Robertson on the day after lie j was inducted into office. Freeman j applied to the county board of elec | tions to have his name placed on the | ballot for sheriff in the Democratic ; primary so be held, on May 25. The 1 board refused and Freeman sought j an order of mandamus, which was granted by Judge Leo Carr, who held 1 that the amendment did not affect j 1 sheriffs elected on the same day it: was adopted. “It l is manifest that though the j ) sheriff was elected at the generalj election held November 8, 1938, the I term of office for which he was elect- i ed commenced on the first Monday in 1 | December and is to continue for the i number of years next thereafter as t then fixed by the Constitution, four years,” ruled the high court. Firemen Enjoy Barbecue Supper Edenton’s firemen enjoyed a bar- j I becue supper Tuesday night at Dernp-1 j sey’s Barbecue Stand in North Eden- j j ton, which was held as a sort of gel- j j together affair. The firemen attend- j ed in two groups so that men would j • be on hand in event of a fire. Dur ing the evening brief addresses were | made by Secretary-Treasurer E. W. j Spires and O. B. Perry, fire commis- ! sioner, both of whom pledged their [ interest and cooperation with the de partment. 1 Two Edenton Fires ; During Past Month During the month of January only \ two fires occurred in Edenton, both of which were of small consequence, and, easily handled by the local fire men. According to Fire Chief R. K. Hall the damage caused by both fires ; did not exceed SSO. t Executive Meeting Os P. T. A. Called Today i Mrs. Richard Elliott, president of f the denton Parent-Teacher Associa s tion requests a meeting of the execu t tive committee of the Association on Thursday afternoon. The meeting - will be held at her home, beginning l at 4 o’clock, and every member is urged to be present. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year. County Board Study Audit Chowan Liquor Store Since Opening $21,000 Has Been Paid Into County General Fund FOR State Has Received To tal of $14,266 In Way Os Taxes One report to claim much atten tion of the County Commissioners at their meeting Monday was a re port of the County liquor store This report was submitted by a cer tified accountant and covered the period of the store’s operation since its opening in 1987 to December 31, 1939. During this period the audit show ed that profits for the County amounted to $36,653.90. Os this amount $21,000 had been transfer red to the County general fund, leaving a balance of $15,653.90. During this time $14,266.46 has been paid to the State in the way of tax es, $2,679.98 put aside for law en forcement, and $1,548.13 allowed for depreciation. Os the amount set aside for law enforcement, $2,163.35 was spent leaving a balance at present of $516.63. With the $21,000 deducted from the gross profit, the audit shows a sur plus of $15,653.90. The major por tion of this sum has gone to pay for the present stock, which inventories $14,602.52, the Commissioners being informed that by buying in quantity and on a cash basis a considerable saving is effected. The condition of the store as of December 31, 1939 is as follows: Assets Cash $ 1,901.76 Inventory 14,602.52 Prepaid Expenses 214.41 Equipment 541.49 Total $17,260.18 Liabilities Accounts Payable $ 127.34 Accrued Taxes 962.31 Reserve for law enforcement 516.63 Surplus 15,653.90 Total $17,260.18 Lee Moore Given Gold Medal For Record In Driving Safety Driving Award Received From Post master General Lee Moore has just been signally honored by the United States Post Office Department, having received a gold medal bearing a large numeral 5. The numeral represents the num ber of years Mr. Moore has driven a motor vehicle in the postal service without having an accident or in any way being involved in an accident. However, Mr. Moore’s record is much better than the medal repre sents, ,for he has driven a motor ve hicle since 1923 when they were first put into use in Edenton. The first machine was a motorcycle and was used for about a year, when it was substituted by an automobile. In all of these years Mr. Moore has a per fect record, but the idea of present ing medals was instituted only five years ago. Together with the safety driving award, Mr. Moore also received a very nice letter from Postmaster General James Farley, who compli mented him upon the splendid record he has made while working for the Department. ‘Georgia Wildcats’ At School Friday The Georgia Wildcats, a five-piece string band, will present a program in the Edenton High School audi torium Friday night, beginning at 7:45 o’clock. The entertainment is sponsored by the staff of The Spot light, the school paper, the revenue from which will determine the con tinued publication of the paper. The 'band at present broadcasts over the Richmond broadcasting sta tion and has broadcast over the NBC and CBS networks as well as other prominent stations. Slim Bryant is featured by the band, and the spon sor* are hopeful that a large number wifi turn out to hear the program,
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