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[volume Vll.—Number 147
R1 Chesson Suit
> Against Pulp Mill
Is Again In Court
s Criminal Cases of April
Term Completed By
, Tuesday Noon
BURNEYJUDGE
Opening of Court Fea
tured By Legion Flag
i Ceremony y
Judge John J. Burney, of Wilming
ton, presided, at the spring term of
Chowan Superior Court here this
| week, and by his charge to the grand
jury and his easy way of conducting
proceedings made a very favorable
impression on crowded daily au
diences. Initiating proceedings on
opening day last Monday was a brief
special service sponsored by the local
Legion Post in consecration of the
two flags which graced the judicial
rostrum on both sides. John A.
Holmes, school superintendent and a
Legionnaire, spoke historically of the
two flags, emblems of the United
States and of the State of North
Carolina, and in response Judge Bur
ney also a Legionnaire, made a stir
ring address in eulogy of the two
emblems. The high school
history class was on hand during
this service.
Charging the grand jury, Judge
Burney said it was a great honor to
come to Edenton and preside among
st such historical associations. The
beauty of the redecorated Court
House interior he commended highly,
and spoke affectionately of the late
Judge W. M. Bond, who preceded
him here and undef whom he re
ceived his first legal training. He
characterised Judge Bond as “the
sweetest and, most fair and just
man” he had ever met.
Switching then into a description
of how grsmd juries got their start
in England Sack ' in Hddfc - the court
declared we should, all be thankful we
live in the United States and under
such a court system as at present in
vogue.
Said the jurist, crime costs more
in the United States today than is
spent on education. Even the cosc
of operating the government per
minute is less than we spend in the
country each minute as the result of
crime.
As for grand juries, Judge Burney
avowed “you have exactly the kind
of law you want.”
I* 1 - The usual judicial charges with re- |
ference to examination of public
School busses, of prevention of forest |
fires, of fish and game law violations, j
of indictment for perjury, inquiry!
into guardianships, and public build-;
ing conditions, concluded the juricial
I charge which ran for an hour.
Criminal proceedings were conclud
ed before noon on Tuesday, and af
terward the Chesson suit for dam
ages against the Plymouth pulp mill,
which respited twice before in a
substantial verdict for Chesson but
which in both instances met with
Supreme Court reversals, was called
up and is likely to run into Saturday.
One divorce was allowed in the case
of Billy Morris who sought separa
tion from his wife Lillie Morris.
Os the criminal cases the one oc
casioning the most interest, perhaps,
had to do with the two Norfolk
Negro boys who confessed to robbing
'( the Campen Jewelry store last week.
* Both prisoners, caught in Norfolk,
and, known as Henry Clay (“Preach
er”) Howell, and Charlie McNeil,
were given sentences of 5 to 7 years
each in Central prison.
Albert Lassiter, after vigorous
pleas for mercy by his lawyer John
F. White, charged with having re
ceived paint stolen previously from
the John G. Wood warehouse, was on
Wednesday morning given 8 months
on the roads, this after he had been
convicted by a jury on Monday after
noon. William E. McPherson, Negro
youth, who confessed to having rob
bed the Wood place as v well as the
warehouse of J. H. Conger, was sen
tenced, to 2 to 3 years on the roads.
John Hem;v Jackson, Negro boy,
already serving 18 months on the
roads for destruction of property at
the Edenton public schools last April
13, was sentenced to 9 months more
for forcible entry into the place.
Charlie Ricks and Willis Howell,
Negroes, for breaking into S. Ho
bowsky’s store last' winter, were
given 4 and 18 months respectively
on the roads.
William Blount, Negro, for theft
of Jesse Harrell’s car, grot a road
sentence of 3 to 4 years.
•Ray Byrum and Joseph Boyce, CC
C boys, charged with robbing a mid
county store run by J. J.| Ward,
* , were .put on probation for five years
THE CHOWAN HERALD
* A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Quinn’s New Funeral Home
Above is the new funeral home of the Quinn Furniture Company, on West Albemarle Street,
which will be formally opened Saturday and Sunday for the inspection of the public. A radio pro
gram will feature the Opening Sunday from 3 to 4 o’clock by Edenton Churches.
Citizens Organize Booster
Club To Aid Boy Scouts
Twenty-eight Already Agree to Make Monthly
Contribution; Rock Muddle, Fiddlers Conven
tion and Square Dance Scheduled
That Edenton Boy Scouts will
hereafter be better able to carry on
their activities was assured last week
when 28 local citizens agreed to join
a Boy Scout Booster Club as a means
of helping to raise funds needed by
the boys. These 28, to which it is
expected many more will be added,
have agreed to make a monthly con
tribution for -gaafr-o cration, and in
clude the following: ,W. W. Byrum,
T. C. Byrum, L. C. fturton, W. S.
Privott, R. D. Dixon, W. H. Gardner,
M. L. Bunch, Zell Ward, J. L. Chest
nutt, J. C. Leary, J. M. Jones, Mrs
E. S. Norman, Philip McMullan, R. G
Hector Lupton, M. F. Bond, Jr., .J
W. Davis, Rev. C. A. Ashby, J. N.
Pruclen, Mrs. W. D. Pruden, Fred P.
Wood, John G. Wood, C. E. Kramer,
Mrs. H. G. Wood., J. H. Conger, Dr.
W. I. Hart, Mrs. J. C. (Dick) Leary,
Graham Byrum.
At a meeting held last week in
terest in scout work took a decided
boost, and with Scoutmaster Wade
Leary now fully acquainted with lo
cal conditions and thoroughly organ
ized, he is confident the boys will
develop into a troop of which the
entire citizenship may well be proud.
Tonight (Thursday) from 6:30 to
8 o’clock, a rock muddle will be
served at the Scout Cabin. This
Six Enumerators
Named For Census
Taking In Chowan
Group Started Tuesday
Gathering Needed In
formation
Chowan County joined with the
rest of the nation Tuesday morning
in counting noses in the decennial
census to determine the population
of the United States and its terri
tories. Six enumerators have been
employed in the task of assembling
the information for Chowan County,
these being Mrs. E. W. Spires, Mrs.
Warner Evans, Mrs. T. L. Ward
Mrs. R. F. Elliott, Mrs. A. M. Day
and George Privott. This group was
chosen Friday following a training
period held in Elizabeth City.
Equipped with proper forms, the
enumerators are now at work and
though some of the questions which
must be asked might appear to be
rather personal, the information will
be treated in strict confidence and is
very necessary to provide a complete
and accurate census. Thus far the
enumerators have experienced little
opposition to acquiring the informa
tion sought.
Negro Minstrel Friday
At Advance School
A Negro minstrel will be present
ed at Advance school Friday night at
8 o’clock, for which a small admis
sion charge will be made. The min
strel is promised to provide an even
ing of splendid entertainment.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 4,1940.
delicacy will be prepared by J. M.
Jones and William Shepard, past
masters at the art. For the event
the Scouts are now selling tickets
and they, too, will do the serving.
Another affair to be staged for
the benefit of the Scouts will be a
fiddlers’ convention and square
dance at the Armory on April 26.
Ten cash prizes will be awarded in
.the contest as follows: string band,
$5.00 first prize, and $2.50" second
prize. Violin or fiddle, $2.00 first
prize and SI.OO second. Harmonica,
$2.00 first prize and SI.OO second.
Banjo, $2.00 first prize and SI.OO
second. Any person desiring to en
ter this contest should get in touch
with Hector Lupton at The Chowan
Herald office.
Following the contests a square
dance will be held with music fur
nished by Swanner’s String Band.
In charge of this feature of the
program will be Charles W. Swanner,
Henry C. Goodwin and Joe Boyce. A
feature of the dance will be two
prizes, one going to the best couple i
on the floor and one to the best in- j
dividual dancer.
Soft drinks and candies will be!
sold during the evening by the Scouts'
and it is expected a large number
will be on hand to take part and
witness the affair.
“Gone With Wind”
Is Advanced Week
At Taylor Theatre
Popular Film Will Ap
pear In Edenton
May 12 to 15
Jimmy Earnhardt, manager of
Taylor Theatre, today announced
that showing of “Gone With the
Wind” in the local theatre has been
advanced one week. Following a
trip to Charlotte two weeks ago,
Mr. Earnhardt secured this popular
film for four days, May 19 to 22, but
he has been advised that he will be
able to show it May 12 to 15 in
clusive.
Mr. Earnhardt made an effort to
book the picture earlier, but was un
able to do so and is quite elated
over the fact that it will appear
here one week earlier than originally
scheduled.
Garden Club Meets
Monday Afternoon
The Edenton Garden Club will meet
Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. R. Graham White,
when sHe will be assisted by Mrs.
N. K. Rbwell, Mrs. J. A. Mitchener,
Sr., and Mrs. John G. Wood as
hostesses.
Members are urged to note the
change in meeting, and make every
effort to attend. At that time Mrs.
White will review the New York
flower show held at Grand Central
Palace in New York, which she at
tended,
Delinquent Tax
Payers Advertised
Monday, May 3rd
Attention is called to an ad
vertisement in this issue of The
Herald relative to delinquent
tax payers. Sheriff J. A. Bunch
has been ordered by the County
Commissioners to advertise on
May 6 property for sale for 1939
taxes. This property will be ad
vertised for four weeks in The
Herald and on Monday, June 3,
will be sold at the Court House
door.
The Commissioners are hope
fid that all delinquent taxpayers
will pay up before the deadline
and thus save extra expense and
embarrassment.
Senior Class Play |
At Chowan Friday!
“Sunshine” Will Be Pre
sented In Auditorium
Ait 8 O’clock
The Senior play of Chowan High i
School will be presented iii the school
auditorium Friday night at 8 o’clock.)
The play “Sunshine,” has been prac
ticed consistently and promises to
provide splendid entertainment for
all thpse l who attend.
Those included in the cast of char
acters are Virginia Lee Blanchard,
Kathryn Copeland, Doris Copeland.
Marjorie Berryman, John Ervin
Copeland, Ruth Privott, Wallace
Chappell, Lester Perry, J. L. Savage,
Beulah Bunch and Grace Privott.
In the wedding party, which is a
feature of the play, the following
take part: John Butler Byrum, James
Perry, Charlie Asbell, Helen Layden,
Clara Mae Byrum, Mary Louise Dav
idson, Allene Blanchard, Jessie Lee
Smith, Elizabeth Bunch, George
Privott, Henry Allen Bunch, Shirley
Forehand, Stanley Blanchard and
Anne Baumgardner.
Marshalls will De lea Mae Stall
ings, Sarah Berryman, Dixie Harrell-
Erlean Byrum, Geneva Chappell and
Scott Byrum.
Between acts special music will be
furnished by Miss May Belle Ed
wards, Miss Louise Wilson and Mrs.
Gordon Blow.
Schoolmasters Club
Meets Here Monday
Members of the Schoolmasters
Club will meet in Edenton Monday
night. The meeting, beginning at
7:30 o’clock, will be held in the
school house. The Club is composed |
of all superintendents and principals
and several leading teachers in nine
counties, 35 of whom are expected.
John F. White will make the prin
cipal address at this meeting.
APRIL 13 LAST DAY FOR
CANDIDATES TO FILE
Lloyd C. Burton, chairman of
Chowan County Board of Elections,
desires it to be known that April
13 will be the last day for candi
dates to file for the primary election
to be held next month.
Registrars and judges of election
will be appointed by the Elections
Board at a meeting to be held next
Saturday.
Contestants In Herald’s
Drive For Subscriptions
Getting DownToHard Work
| How They Stand
In several instances contestants
j in The Herald’s subscription cam
paign are tied with votes and there
is a surprisingly small number of
votes separating the leaders and
those trailing in the race. At the
close of business Saturday night the
standing was as follows:
Ist ;—___ Mrs. M. M. Perry
2nd Mrs. Willie White
3rd Mr. J. F. Arnold
4th —_—___. Mrs. Virgie Baker
sth Mrs. E. J. Langdale
sth ——.__ Mrs. A. S. Bush
6th —_. Mrs. Roy Parks
7th Mrs. Hoyt Davenport
Bth Walter B. Turner
Bth Miss Mary A. Burton
Pth Mrs. F. O. Daniels
1 10th Mrs. R. L. Pratt
Uth _ _ Miss Mary Leary
12th __. _. Mrs, Bessie Allen
12th . Miss Elizabeth Jethro
13th _____—_—Mrs. Wesley Chesson
Officers For New Club
To Be Named Tuesday
Every young person in Chowan
County not in high school and under
25 years of age is urged to attend a
meeting of the newly-organized Old
er Youth Service Club to be held in
the Community House at Cross
Roads on Tuesday night, April 9, at
8 o’clock.
At this meeting officers of the or
ganization Will be elected and a get
together party held. Mrs. Percy
Smith and Miss Jessie By rum were !
appointed temporary chairmen at
the organization meeting held last
week, and it is hoped that the num
ber attending Tuesday night will ex
ceed thpse present at the first meet
ing.
Dr. Garriss Resigns
! As Health Officer
|
| Succeeded By Dr. J. S.
Chamblee Who Comes
From Hyde County
Dr. P. H. Garriss, who for over
two years has served as health, offi
cer for. the Bertie-Chowan District
i Health Department has resigned, his
resignation taking effect April 1. lie
gave up his position to resume pri ; 1
vate practice, in his home town of
Lewiston. Dr. Garriss since Septem
ber, 1937, has served as Chowan’s :
health officer, when this county
joined with Bertie in establishing the [
joint health department.
Succeeding Dr. Garriss is Dr. J. S. j
Chamblee, who was transferred from
Hyde County by the State Board of
Health. In Hyde, Dr. Chamblee was
assistant health officer.
P. T. A. Will Elect New r
Officers Tuesday Night
A meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association will be held . Tuesday
night in the school auditorium. The
meeting will be held at 8 o'clock
and at that time new officers for
the year will be elected, to be install
ed at the May meeting. Due to the
importance of this meeting, every
member is urged to be present.
Two Candidates Have
Managers In Chowan
That politics in Chowan County
will warm up is evident by the fact
that at least two of the candidates
now have managers in the county.
Candidates J. M. Broughton and W.
P. Horton were in Edenton over the
week-end, Mr. Broughton being pres-
I ent at the meeting of election boards
Saturday and Mr. Horton spending
Sunday night here.
Both candidates appeared, very op
timistic regarding then chances for
election and are particularly pleased
with the managers Chowan friends
have recommended.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Edenton firemen are urged to be
present for the monthly meeting
which will be held, tonight at 7:30
o’clock. The firemen are very grate
ful to E. C. White', who presented
them with $lO as a token of his ap
preciation for their services in fight
ing last week at a house owned by
him.
This newspaper is circu
lated m the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Contest Develops Into
Real Neck and Neck
Race
NO WALK-AWAY
Just 14 More Days Re
main In Big Vote
Schedule
The Herald’s drive for subscrip
tions Is off to a good start and the
workers are meeting with cordial
reception from all whom they con
tact in their search for renewals
and new subscribers. The public is
pleasefl with the campaign plan that
permits workers to receive extra
money daily for their effort in help
ing to build a bigger circulation for
this newspaper.
So far, the race for the big prizes
that are to be awarded on May 11 is
a neck and neck affair. Nothing
but a few hours of good hard work
separates the leaders in today’s
standing from those who are farther
down the list. Because a contestant
is low in the published list today
does not mean that she can not be
the leader next week. The vote to
tals at the present time show most
of the workers closely grouped and
therefore none can slacken their
pace or they will be passed in the
race by those more energetic.
Contestants are reminded that just
14 days remain of the first period
voting schedule. During this time
subscriptions count for many more
votes than they will later on in the
drive and every contestant working
toward those bigger awards should
make every effort to do his or her
best work between now and May 11
It is possible that one can build up
a vote lead over the field that will
insure victory on the closing day of
the contest. Now is the crucial time
in the drive. WoiKers „r „.,kt ;,ut
forth a daily effort if they expect to
really accomplish good results and
draw large daily commission checks,
which feature this campaign.
Just 14 more days remain to
make the effort to win or lose a big
award in this circulation drive.. That
is practically what it means to al!
contestants entered in this race. So
closely arrayed and with honors
about evenly divided up to the ores
ent time, it depends entirely upon
the results obtained by each individ
ual participant and friends between
this time and the close of the first
period April 20—as to who the ulti
mate winners will be. No one has a
walk-away” for, the s3oo.first.prize;
neither is anyone hopelessly beaten
Honest and consistent effort will go
a long way toward making good
daily reports—a n d daily reports
make the vote totals pile up fast.
There is still ample room in . the
race for entirely new workers to en
ter and make themselves important
factors in this “Every day is pay
day” campaign. But now, not later,
is the time to start. Several com
munities still need representatives
and if you have been thinking of en
tering and sharing in the commis
sions and prizes—do so now. Every
day you put off entering simply
means that you are throwing away
golden hours that might be produc
in''- you one, two or three dollars
each day—as well as one of the. big
prizes to be given away May 11.
Enter now and get paid tonight.
Pre-School Clinics
Now In Progress
Pre-school clinics in Chowan Coun
ty began at Chowan High School yes
terday at 9:30 a. m., and will con
tinue until Wednesday, April 10, ac
cording to Dr. J. S. Chamberlee,
health officer of the Bertie-Chowan
District Health Department.
Dr. Chamberlee urges p? rents to
bring to these clinics their children
who are entering school for the first
time next fall.
The following schedule has been
arranged:
Friday, April sth, 9:30 a. m.—
Advance School.
Friday, April 5, 11:00 a. m.—
Center Hill White School,
j Monday, April 8, ?:30 a. m.—
Edenton White School.
, Monday, April 8, 2:QO p. m.—
! Edenton Colored School.
Wednesday, April 10, 9:30 a. m.—
Beech Fork School.
Wednesday, April 10, 2:00 p. m.—
White Oak School.