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Volume VII. —Number 17.
Edenton Motorcade Visits
In Nearby Communities As
Gesture Os Neighborliness
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About 25 Cars Form
Lively Party Wednes
day Morning
BANDPLAYS
Met By Mayors of Vari
ous Towns and School
Principals
As a gesture of neighborliness and
good will, a group of Edenton mer
chants and business men on Wed
nesday morning farmed a motorcade
to visit a number of nearby commun
ities. About 25 cars fornfcd the mo
torcade, leaving Edenton shortly af
ter 8 o’clock and visiting at Colum
bia, Creswell, Roper, Plymouth, Wil
. liamston, Windsor, Colerain, Har
rellsville, Cross Roads, Sunbury,
Belvidere and, Hertford.
Accompanying the group was the
crack Edenton High School Band,
who occupied the Reading baseball
club bus and played several selec
tions at each stop on the route. A
loud speaker was also provided, by
means of which greetings were ex
tended by several a members of the
party as well as an invitation to at
tend the baseball game in Edenton
today between Reading and Poco
moke City, the two Northern teams
training here.
At each point visited the group
was met and greeted by either the
mayor of the town or school princi
pal and all in all the trip was very
enjoyable.
J. Jfc. Campen, president of the
Edenton Merchants Association,
which organisation sponsored the
trip, expressed the belief that it was
one of the best means of promoting
nelfchborliness attempted" here in re
cent years.
Mr. Campen was very well pleased
at the dinner meeting held Thursday
when a goodly number of the mer
chants was on hand. At that time
he outlined wlrat had already been
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E. H. S. Band Wins
Prize As Best Band
At Tulip Festival
Given Top Rating Over
11 Other Competing
Bands
It was a happy group of band
members and friends who returned
from Washington Friday night,
where the Edenton High- School
Band participated in the annual Tulip
Festival celebration, and in which
the local youngsters carried off top
honors. They were awarded a beau
tiful 18-inch mahogany trophy topped
with a silver drum major-for being
the best band taking part in the
festival. The trophy, which has
been engraved by Campen’s, is now
on display in one of their show win
dows.
It is reported that the Edenton
Band was tied with Henderson in
votes by the judges, but due to the
fact that the local group played
without music and marched at their
best, they were awarded the prize.
The parade was held during a heavy
rain, but despite this fact the Eden
ton bandsters performed, totally ig
noring the rainfall. Eleven other
baadi competed for honors, and
though quite a number of trophies
have already been awarded to Direc
tor C. L. McCullers and his outfit,
the Tulip Festival prize to date is no
doubt most cherished by him and
members of the band.
Horton Will Speak In
Edenton Next Monday
W. P. Horton, one of the leading
candidates for Governor, will speak
in Edenton Monday night, appearing
in the Court House at 8 o’clock. He
plans to spend the week-end in
Edenton and during his, stay here he
will be taken on a boat ride in near
by waters. Mr. Horton will also
speak in this section as per fol
lowing schedule:
April 26: At noon' in Plymouth;
7:30, radio address in Washington
and at 8:15, a public address.
April 27: Ahoskie at 4 p. m., and
in Hertford at 8 p. m.
As heat in the race increases Mr.
'Morton speaks over the radio every
fWday night.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Evangelist j
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REV. SAM A. MAXWELL
With a week’s revival meeting
scheduled to be held in the
Methodist Church beginning next
Monday, the Rev. Sam A. Max
well of Aberdeen, will preach
for the services.
Ashby Graduation
Speaker At Merry
Hill School Finals
Rev. Frank Cale Will
Preach Baccalaure
ate Sermon
** Commencement ‘"fefefcisei tit Merry
HiM High School will begin Sunday
May 12, and end Tuesday, May 14.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by the Reverend Frank
Cale of Center Hill. The services
will be held in the school auditorium
on Sundey evening, May 12, at eight
o’clock.
Class Night exercises will be held
on Monday evening, May 13, at eight
o’clock. *
The graduation exercises will be
held on Tuesday evening, May 14, at
eight o’clock. The Reverend C. A.
Ashby, rector of St. Paul’s, Edenton,
will deliver the address.
Sunday School Class
Fish Fry Friday Night
One of the largest fish frys of the
season' is scheduled to* be held Fri
day night at the Bridge Inn on the
Windsor Highway, when the Young
Men’s Class of the Edenton Baptist
Church will have as their guests their
wives and sweethearts as well as the
members of Mrs. C. T. Hollowell’s
class and their husbands and sweet
hearts. The affair is scheduled to
get under way at 7 o’clock and has
created a considerable amount of in
terest among those concerned, (
Chowan Glee Club Gets
Rating Os 2 In Contest
At the music contest held last
week in Greensboro, the Girls Glee
Club of Chowan High School received
the highest rating of any Class C
school in this section, a rating of 2
being awarded. The class is taught
by Mrs. Gordon Blow, who is very
proud of the showing made by the
girls.
Sally Dixon, who arrived too late
for the contest, was given a private i
audition before one of the judges
and she received a rating of 2 also.
| How They Stand |
At the dose of business Satur
day night, which ended the first
period in The Herald subscription
campaign, the standing of the
contestants was as follows:
Ist Mrs. M. M. Perry
2nd ■ Mrs. Willie White
3rd Mrs. Hoyt Davenport
4th Mrs. E. J. Langdale
4th .—Mrs. A. S. Bush
sth Mrs. Virgie Baker
6th Mrs. Wesley Chesson
7th Walter Bunch Turner
Bth J. F. Arnold
9th Mrs. Bessie .Allen
10th- - Mrs. Boy Parks
11th —Mrs. R. L. Pratt
13th Mrs. F. O. Daniels
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 25, 1940.
Area Meeting Os
Legion Auxiliary To
Be Held On Monday
Col. Edgar Bain Sched
uled to Make Prin
cipal Address
EXPECT 150
State President and the
Secretary Plan to
Attend
An area meeting of the Auxiliary
of the American Legion will be held
in Edenton Monday in an all-day
session. The meeting will convene
in the Methodist Church at 10
o’clock, with the luncheon session to
take place in the Parish House. The
area includes 17 units in the eastern
part of the State and about 150
delegates are expected to be in at
tendance. Mrs. H. L. Swain of Wil
liamston, area chairman, will preside.
Os interest to the meeting is the
fact that the State president, Mrs.
Weaver Mann of Newton, will attend
as well as Miss Aurelia Adams of
Newton, State secretary.
At the luncheon session in the
Parish House Col. Edgar H. Bain
will speak. Mr. Bain is a colonel in
the Reserve Corps in command of
the 321st infantry. He served as
captain in the 30th Division during
the World War and was decorated
for bravery. He is now State direc
tor of the North Carolina Beer Dis
tributors Committee and is now
waging a successful campaign
against undesirable beer outlets in
this State.
Mrs. R. E. Leary is president of
the Edenton Auxiliary, under whose
direction a very interesting program
is being arranged.
E. H. S. Students
‘ElecfW.P. Horton
Doesn’t Mean Anything
Say Broughton’s
Supporters
Not to be l outdone by their elders,
who will vote for Governor on May
25, students in the high school on
Tuesday conducted an “election” of
their own.
As final results from the various
rooms were tabulated, the vote stood
as follows: Horton 95, Broughton 63,
Maxwell 22, Cooper 13, Gravely 1.
No votes were cast for Grady and
Simmons.
Broughton followers say the “elec
tion” doesn’t mean anything, while
Horton supporters say the result
tends to show what the youngsters
have been hearing in their respective
homes.
Boys Backward To
Take Advantage Os
C. M. T. C. Training
To date Richard Dixon, in charge
of enrollments to the Citizens Mili
tary Training Camp for Chowan
County, has had no applications from
boys to enter camp at Fort Bragg,
which will be held from June 12 to
July 11. Chowan has a quota of two,
but more may enter due to some
counties not sending their allotted
number of boys.
Mr. Dixon is very much in sym
pathy with the movement and ap
pears somewhat puzzled as to why
young men hesitate to take advant
age of the splendid opportunities to
secure this training which has for its
purpose mentall, moral and physical
development of young men.
“No two days are alike at camp,”
says Mr! Dixon, “as the training pro
gram is carefully worked out in ad
vance so as to make instruction pro
gressive. Monotony in drill is elimi
nated and. each day has its special
thrill for the young men being intro
duced to military life and habits.”
Missionaries Guests
Os Edenton Baptists
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Newton, eme
ritus missionaries of the Baptist
Foreign Mission Board, win be the
guests of the Edenton Baptist Church
this week-end.
A young peopHe’s meeting is being
planned for Saturday evening at
7:30 o’clock. All the young people
of the community are being invited
to attend this service.
Dr. Newton will preach at the 11
o’clock service Sunday morning. All
are cordially invited to be present.
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Baseball Teams
Nearing End Os
Training Period
Reading Players Will
Leave Edenton Fri
day For Home Port
PLAY~TODAY
John Byrum to Try For
Place on Pocomoke
City Team
Unseasonable weather again this
week greatly handicapped progress ol
the Reading and. Pocomoke City base
ball teams in training here. Much oi
the time it has been cold and wet,
but despite this fact, regular practice
has been held and scheduled exhibi
tion games played.
On Saturday in a drizzling rain.
Reading was defeated by Tarboro 5
to 2 in an interesting game featured
by home run clouts by Manager Mc-
Henry of Tarboro and Stutzke oi
Reading.
-Sunday afternoon before a small
crowd of shivering fans, Pocomoke
City after trailing in a 6-2 count,
scored, four runs in the seventh inn
ing and one in the eighth to win 7-6.
In this game ,too, there were two
home runs by Pete Smith of Poco
moke City and Pfeister of Reading.
In Tarboro Monday night Reading
won by a 6-7 score. Nothe, Reading
twirler, in his turn on the mound,
fanned six and allowed no hits in
three innings. Fans were treated to
the hidden ball trick when Judy end
ed a threatened score in the ninth
inning by tagging a careless runner
off second base, thus ending the
game.
Wednesday afternoon Reading and
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L H. S. Baseball Club
District Champions
Play Elizabeth City on
Home Lot Friday
Afternoon
Edenton High School’s baseball
team will meet Elizabeth City on the
local diamond Friday afternoon, in
what is expected to be a battle royal.
The Edenton boys are at present dis
trict champions and will enter the
finals against Whiteville, Rocking
ham and. Dunn for the eastern cham
pionship.
Coach Dave Holton will go to Ra
leigh Friday to draw for the first
opponent in the play-off as well as
to decide where the game will be
played.
Fiddlers’ Convention
And Square Dance
In Armory Friday
Everything is in readiness for
staging a fiddlers’ convention and
square dance in the Armory Friday
night. The two affairs are sponsor
ed by the Edenton Boy Scout troop
in an effort to swell their treasury.,
and it is hoped a large crowd from
Edenton and surrounding section will
attend.
The fiddlers’ convention .will he
held first, quite a few groups having
accepted invitations to participate,
for which prizes will be awarded for
the best divisions.
Following this contest a square
dance will he staged, with prizes to
be awarded to the best couples on the
floor.
Special Missionary
Service Friday Night
At Full Gospel Church
J. Edgar Barrick, on furlough
from Northern India, will be the
special speaker at a missionary
meeting to be held in Full Gospel
Church Friday night. During this
service Mr. Barrick will show slides
of "his work on the mission- field, be
ing equipped with an electric machine
for this purpose.
A cordial invitation is extended, to
the public to attend.
Columbia Men’s Class
To Visit Rotarians
Edenton’s Rotary Club will be host
to members of the Columbia Men’s
Club at a meeting to be held in the
Parish House Tuesday night, May 7.
The affair will begin at 7 o'clock
and will take the place of the regular
Thursday meeting of the local dub.
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Candidates Put On Steam
In Herald’s Campaign As
Drive Nears Home Stretch
| Speaks Here Monday }
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W. P. HORTON
Aside from Candidate Tom
Cooper, Mr. Horton is the first
gubernatorial candidate to speak
in his own behalf in Edenton.
He will speak Monday night in
the Court House.
Date Changed For
All Star Band To
Play In Edenton
Event WiHße Held May
23 Instead of May 24
As Planned
At a meeting of directors of the
Eastern Carolina All Star' High
School Band held in Tarboro Monday
night it was decided to change the
date of the appearance of the organ- j
ization in Edenton from May 24 to i
Thursday, May 23.
Committees have beer, appointed to j
arrange for the all-day program j
which will include a parade in the |
afternoon, a banquet in the Armory
at 7 o’clock -and a concert in the j
Athletic Park under flood lights be
ginning at 8:15.
County Council Meets
Saturday Afternoon
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A meeting of the County Council
of home demonstration clubs will be
held Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in the Community House at
Cross Roads. At this time Mrs. P.
P. Gregory of Shawboro, district
president, will speak. Members of
the Ryland club will act as hostesses.
Special Prize For
Campaign Workers
As an incentive for workers in
The Herald’s subscription cam
paign o put forth more effort
this week, a special prize will be
awarded to the one securing the
most votes up until 9 o’clock Sat
urday night. A beautiful 26-
piece set of Rogers silverware
will go to the lucky contestant,
which makes it very worthwhile
to try harder to secure renewals
or new subscriptions. The set of
silverware was purchased at
Campen’s Jewelry Store and is
on display in The Herald office.
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| Grandpappy |
The Edenton Rotary Club has
another grandson, namely the
Ahoskie Rotary Club, which was
sponsored by the Windsor Club
of which the Edenton Club is the
“daddy.” The charter will be
officially presented to the Ahos
kie club tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 p. m., at the meeting to
be held in the basement of the
Ahoskie Baptist Church. A. W.
Greene is president of the new
club.
That the meeting will be out
standing and one which will at
tract a goodly number of Eden
ton Rortarians is the fact that
Edmund Harding and Bill Kiker
are included on the program.
The meeting will take the place
of the regular luncheon of the
Edenton dub and every Rotarian
is urged to attend the affair.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Workers Turn In Good
Reports Saturday For
First Period
CLOSERACE
Only 13 Days Left to Se
cure Awards In Her
ald’s Campaign
The first big vote period on The
Herald’s circulation drive closed last
Saturday night in a blaze of glory,
with all candidates well supplied
with subscriptions. Every live-wire
worker in the drive;visile-1 the office
Saturday night, eager to turn in
his or her reports and get the big
votes that were offered.
The Herald was well pleased with
the results and it was little surprise
that some of the candidates accom
plished the unusual to turn in a
large number of renewals and new
subscribers, thus boosting their num
ber of votes as the first vote period
closed.
In no previous contest has The
Herald seen the votes so evenly di
vided among any group of workers,
and frankly, never before has so few
subscriptions separated the leaders
A few long-term subscriptions would
change the entire picture and it
would be no great surprise to see a
vast change in relative standing of
i candidates before the close of the
important second period next Satur
day night.
Now that the first period is over
and the drive is entering upon the
home stretch, the turning point in
the campaign has been reached, with
the close only a short time away.
These final weqks will be big
weeks and will mean everything to
the candidates who are vitally inter
ested in the final outcome of the
race. No worker should halt for a
I single moment—do not overlook the
j chances of winning the big first
I prize and remember that your
I “rivals” are racking very acute
j brains for the same purpose. As
■ dose as the race now stands anyone
of the leaders can be that final win
ner and it depends entirely on the
work that is accomplished during
these next 14 days as to who the ul
timate winner will be.
The second period of the drive is
now in effect. It is just as import
ant as the first period was a week
ago. Contestants who fail to take
advantage of the vote offer now,
when it is at its highest, will find
themselves short when the final
1 check comes.
Remember that this period lasts
; on ly three more days and then the
! vote- schedule will again he reduced
ifor the third period. It is the long
-1 term subscriptions that count the
most and now is the time to gel
them.
Yesterday is gone and forgotten—
j Today is here. Don’t think what
\ you might have done, but realize
j wiiaf you are going to do. Now, to
day and all this week, is the time for
you to get results that will make a
winner out of you.
Second payment or extensions of
subscriptions on which the first pay
ment was made earlier in the drive,
will count big votes if turned in now.
Make another canvass of the friends
who have already helped you with
one subscription— you will find many
of them will be glad to pay you an
extra year or even an additional four
years to bring their total payment
up to the full five years. If you do
not fully understand this feature, it
will be well to find out all about it,
as it can be- the means of piling up
thousands and thousands of votes to
wards the top prize.
Many Peace Officers
At Meeting- Friday
Practically every county in the
Albemarle was represented at a
meeting of peace officers held at
Hotel Joseph Hewes Friday night
when the proposed retirement feature
of law enforcement officers benefit
fund was discussed.
State Auditor George Ross Pou
explained the purpose of the retire
ment set-up as well as the progress
made since it was. put into operation
in 1938.
Under the plan officers who have
served for 20 years are eligible for
benefits which are in proportion to
salary received while in service. To
maintain the fund three percent of
wages must be paid by officers,
which will begin July 1. Edenton’s
peace officers will participate in the
fund. ...