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I of Ideal ami county news general interest. ■jbmmmmmmammmmß Volume Vll.—Number 36. Lack Os Quorum Results In tR. P. Badham Holding Post As Chairman Os ABC Board i » i < County Board of Educa tion Eflocks Appoint ment Tuesday MEE'FAGAIN Commissioners Ponder ) Over Policy of Prop erty Revaluation Re-election or a successor of R. P. Badham as chairman of the Chowan County ABC Board failed to mater ialize Tuesday afternoon when a joint meeting of the County Commis sioners, Board of Health and County Board of Education could not legally function due to the latter board not having a quoroum present. The board is now composed of six mem bers, only three of whom, S. E. Morris, T. L. Ward and Z. T. Evans, being present. All of the Commis sioners were on hand and of the Board of Health W. J. Taylor, and Doctors Roland Vaughan, Martin Wisely and. W. S. Griffin were pres ent. This group waited much over an hour for the fourth member of the i school board to put in an appeal * ance and finally the meeting ad journed without taking any action. Accordingly, Mr. Badham will serve as chairman of the ABC Board | until he is re-elected or a successor' • chosen. In order to make the appointment, a special meeting of the three boards wiil be called.. While the date was not definitely set, it is expected that this meeting will most likely be held on Monday, September 16. Prior to the proposed meeting, D. M. Warren, chairman of the Count) f Commissioners, read a report of the audit of the ABC store, showing the total sales, profits and fiduciary in formation. He also had a letter v from Cutler Moore the county upon the splendid and efficient 1 manner in which the Chowan County store is being opereted. It is generally supposed that there are several who would welcome the chairmanship of the board or even to serve as a member, but with the group of 12 awaiting the fourth member of the school board there was no inkling as to who would be proposed, much less the outcome ot the appointment. Frankly, the Commissioners ap peared satisfied with the present set up except prior 'to the joint meeting they expressed concern at the s in (Continued On Page Four) Contract Awarded To Put Court House Wiring Up-to-Date Work Will Be Done By Floars Concern at - Bid of $l3O As the result of a contract award ed Tuesday by the County Commis h sioners, Chowan County’s historical Court House will very shortly be wired according to local and State specifications. For a long time it was realized that wiring in the old t building was in a bad state, and that 1 this improvement is in the offing will be reason for a sigh of relief to mapy who were aware of the situation. The contract was awarded to Floars Plumbing and Electric Com pany at a price of $l3O, which calls for proper switch boxes, the meter to be outdoors, No. 12 wire all to be enclosed in conduits and that light ing fixtures are to remain where lo cated at present. Bids were alao .submitted by Harry Smith and •■Smithson and Babb, but these bids were considerably higher than the Floarq,’ price. In awarding the contract Chairman ; D. M. Warren cautioned the success- JLful bidder to use extreme care in this work so that no damage tp the building would resudt. The work "will be under the direction ol R. D. Dixon, custodian of the build ing; who will see to it that no more tearing up than necessary will be done.. C. M. Hicks was also asked to act as inspector to see that the l wiring will meet all local and State : specifications. * I The entire building will be rewired, l including the old Masonic lodge THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED #0 THE IMTBRMMT g Ot OHOWAN COUNTY , Stenographers And Typists Examinations Ready For Applicants Announcement has been made by j the U. S. Civil Service of examina | tions for positions of junior and ’ senior stenographers and typists. I The salary for senior stenographers is $1,620 a year; junior stenographer, ■ $1,440; senior typist, $1,440; junior 1 typist, $1,260. The place of em ployment is in the states of Mary , land, North Carolina, Virginia and . West Virginia. k Time for filing applications is be- 1 . fore the close of business on Sep-1 tember 11, 1940. .j Full information may be had byj . those interested at the local post-! \ office. September Term | Os Superior Court | Begins On Monday I Judge William C. Harris i j Os Raleigh Will :• Preside The September Term of Superior i | Court will convene here next Mon , day for the week. Judge William C. Harris, of Raleigh, here last time ’ five years ago, will be the presiding jurist. As is usual the first day or two will be devoted to the trial of 1 criminal cases, of which there are > quite a few of minor importance 1 The Calendar for the rest of the 1 week will be as follows: Wednesday, September 11th | Jackson vs. Perry; Leary vs. Per .l kins; Belch vs. missen; Wiir of Mac- Donald; Johnson vs. Cook; White vs. , Chappell and N. S. Bus Corp.; Hud ! gins vs. Hotel Company; Parrish vs. I Hotel Company. I I Thursday, September 12th | Hawkins vs. Edenton Cotton Mills; Perry & Hofler vs. Hassell; Bank vs. i Lowry; John Habit vs. Century | Indemnity Company; Joe Habit vs. ; Century Indemnity Company. Friday, September 13th Davis vs. Winslow and Waff; Col lins vs. Northcott; Holly vs. Welch. Motions Chesson vs. Container Company; Francis vs. Smith; Small vs. Dail. Motions and Divorce cases heard at the convenience of the Court. Second Floor Court House Scene Os Court Session On Tuesday With the County Commissioners j meeting in the court room, a session of Recorder’s Court was held on the J second floor of the Court House Tuesday morning. Only two cases were docketed, one involving Elliott Welch, who was found guilty of drunken driving and driving without a license. He was sentenced to 60 ■ days or pay S6O and costs. J Harry Lee Spruill, local youngster,' was held for Superior Court, charged | with entering the home of Leroy H. I I Haskett last Friday night while a ! ' soft ball game was in progress anc t ; relieving Edenton’s police commis [ sioner of about $9 in cash. Young I ;! Spruill had. been out of jail on bond, 1 _ after being arrested and placed in, iail charged with stealing an out- ‘ I board motor from O. C. Davis. i' ; Rotary Program In •1 Charge C. D. Stewart ! I The regular Rotary luncheon will be held today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock | I I at the Parish House, with C. D. Stew- art, vice president of the club, in | charge of the program. Last week’s meeting was postpon- ed and several members of the club accepted the invitation of C. L. Me-* t Cullers to be guests of the Edenton ‘ Band at Camp Leach. A. T. Allen Will Again Audit County’s Books j A. T. Allen, Raleigh public ac , countant, was awarded the contract ) to audit the County’s books by the I County Commissioners Tuesday. Mr. , Allen has done this work for a num s ber of years, his bid being the same 1 as last year, $176. fcdeiitort, tShowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 5,1940. Lindsay Warren's Successor Will Be Named Tomorrow District Committeemen Will Meet at Hotel Joseph Hewes LUNCHEON John Graham and R. D. Dixon Hosts to About 25 Guests Prior to tomorrow’s (Friday’s) meeting of Democratic Executive: Committeemen of the First Congres sional District to select a successor j !to Representative Lindsay Warren, | there will be a smaller gathering of j Chowan County Democratic Execu- i tive Committee members called hur- 1 ■ riedly early this week to name a | | successor to the late County Com- i j missioner A. D. Ward of the Fourth i I Township, to run on the ticket at the | November election. In the latter in stance E. N. Elliott was named by j Court Clerk R. D. Dixon to fill the unexpired term of the deceased mem ber expiring in December next, and sat with the Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday. It is understood that Mr. Elliott will, also, be named by the Demo cratic Executive Committee Friday for the full term, as will Herbert C. Bonner, for sixteen years Warren’s secretary, by the District Committee men to succeed his chief. Following the two gatherings the county and district committeemen and a few others, about 26 in all, will be guests at a fancy luncheon to be held in the Hotel Joseph Hewes at -which Chowan district committee men, John W. Graham and Mr. Dixon, will be hosts. G. H. Harding, of tjie hotel, has assured Mr. Graham and Mr. Dixon that the meal will be somewhat out of the ordinary, and, if i nothing else, will make the commit- j tee men glad they held their district meeting in Edenton. j Mr. Bonner is chairman of the; district, or vacancy, committee, and is highly favored by all, so it is un-I derstood, for placement on the No-' vember ticket in Warren’s place. When he calls the gathering to order 1 in the Court House at 11 o’clock on Friday morning, his first move will be a renounciation of himself as chairman. Mr. Graham, it is expect ed, will be named to succeed him, and jf so, will be the youngest such chair man in the State. Many Edentonians At Albemarle Day On Roanoke Island Interesting: Program Precedes Showing of Lost Colony Chowan County and Edenton did its part well in making “Greater Al bemarle Day” one of the concluding pageant features at Fort RaJleigh last Friday. A goodly crowd from this section entered into the spirit of the occasion by making the trip j from here to Roanoke Island, enjoy ing a real fish fry on the Fort i grounds, listening to an address by I former Governor J. C. B. Ehring : haus ajJ witnessing, of course, the l third from the last of the pageant’s : showings for this year. While the crowd was not up to expectations, Bradford Fearing, the | pageant impressario, said there was around 1,500 in attendance at the showing. The affair, sponsored by the Greater Albemarle Association and in cahoots with a sister organi zation, the Southern Albemarle As- I sociation across the Sound, was ! made an occasion of lively interest I by the fish fry and the bits of ora- I tory on the stage of the Waterside Theatre prior to the pageant. P. D. Midgett, of Englehard, pres ident of the Association, made the address of welcome, and E. W. Spires of Edenton, made the response, Wade Marr, the virile and vigorous association secretary, introduced Gov ernor Ehringhaus, who spoke enter tainingly as is his wont on all occa sions. 1 REVIVAL CLOSES Revival service* at Happy Home Church closed Sunday. Baptismal services were held at Cannons Ferry Sunday afternoon with a large num ber of candidates for baptism. TTw meeting is said to have been very successful. "Typical Customer” Be Selected During Demonstration Week Local Promotion Com mittee Will Meet Tonight AT 8 O’CLOCK Merchants Association Will Award Prize to Winner To add a little spice to “National ! Demonstration Week” which the I Edenton Merchants Association is to sponsor here during the week of Sep -1 tember 16 to 21 as an aid to better 1 good-will dealing between retailers ■ and customers, the trade promotion ! committee, fathering the idea, meets j j tonight at 8 o’clock in the Associa | tion’s headquarters, at which time a! j prize, suitable in its import, will be 1 decided upon for award to the! store patron picked as “Mrs. Typical Customer” during the week of dem-, onstration. Just what the prize will be, or| what the rules for the selection will | be decided upon, has not been agreed' to as yet, but will be worked out to- 1 night. Enough is known, however, to say that the one chosen here will be one of those chosen in other cities throughout the Nation during “National Demonstration Week,” and that from the list of all, one particu lar customer will be selected as re presentative of the United States j retail trade and, as such, will be J taken to New York for a week of gay festivities, with all expenses paid by the National Association. This will in no sense be any sort of a tie-up with any store but will I be a community affair. The winner of the local contest will, quite likely, have explained, in writing “Why I en , joy shopping in Edenton,” and will | base her views upon her acquaint ance with such retailing in Edenton. ■ A special committee will serve as ! judges in the contest and the success ' ful aspirpnt will be announced on the | last day of Demonstration Week. i The Edenton Merchants Associa tion is placing much emphasis on the | importance of this week’s demonstra tion and all store members have ex pressed an eagerness to join in the demonstration. To show how deeply! the local body is behind the move ment, it has prepared a statement to all its members expressing this realization. (Continued On Page Five) Local Ambulance Company Awaiting Orders To Depart About Half of Present Outfit Expected to Resign In line with President Roosevelt’s recent pronouncement calling the Government’s National Guardsmen into 12 months war camp training, Edenton members of the local Am bulance unit are still awaiting formal word as to when they will go into this service. Their commander, Lieu tenant Martin Wisely, says he ex pects the call will be for around, September 26, ten days later than the i date set by the President, and that j the unit, if plans do not miscarry' will go into camp at Camp Jackson, 1 at Columbia, S. C. Camp Jackson was used by manyi of the Chowan volunteers and drafted men during the World War, and since has been very much modernized, and is supposed to be one of the best military training spots in the j United States. The local guards-1 men have been there on other annual i occasions and, are glad it is to be se-! lected for this instance. Lieutenant Wisely, who said the i records of the National Guard have j been changed to that of Regular Army, stated yesterday that under the privileges granted by Congress for withdrawals, only about one half,! if that many, of the local unit would be affected by this training period j requirement. All under 18 years ofi age are dropped automatically, and j married men are to be permitted to! resign and not go into service, ex cept they so- decide otherwise. The greater conscription bill be fore Congress at this moment is, also, causing much speculation in ' Edenton; Resignment liberties will not be so broad in this, it is under- ( stood. i Chamber Commerce Gets Good I tart In Meeting Os Directors OnT uesday Right *• ' . > Vacancy Os Special Delivery Messenger At Local Postoffice Due to Ernest Ward, Jr., enrolling as a student in the University of North Carolina, a vacancy will exist at the Edenton post office for special delivery messenger. Mr. Ward has served in this capacity about a year and plans to study chemistry at the University. Postmaster C. E. Kramer has sev eral applications for the position, but will not make the appointment until ! those who so desire file an applica- I tion. | Need For Central ! Office Building j Again Crops Up County Now Pays SIOO Per Month For 18 Offices Though nothing definite was done about it, the need of a central office ( | building in Edenton was again em-t 1 phasized at the meeting of the Coun ty Commissioners Tuesday morning | The idea, discussed a number of j times before, cropped up when it was; made known by Chairman D. M I Warren that the County at present pays rent on 18 offices for County j and government agencies amounting, to abqut SIOO a month. Not only was the expense occasion, for comment, but because these va rious offices are scattered all over j town causes considerable inconven-! ience among many who are not ac- 1 quainted with their location as well as the necessity to visit several offi- ; ces at times. | Merchants’ Secretary Leaves For Convention Mrs. John Dobson, secretary of the Edenton Merchants Association, will leave Edenton Saturday afternoon for Wilson, where she will meet other secretaries and proceed Sunday to Myrtle Beach, S. C., to attend the conference of Merchants Association j secretaries which convenes Monday. Attending the conference will be! Secretaries from both North and : South Carolina. 32 Placed In Chowan Jail During August Chowan County’s jail again proved unpopular in August, when only 32. were incarcerated during the month.) This number was shown on Jailer Shelton Moore’s monthly report and represented an expenditure of $94.45, which included jail and turnkey fees, j The prisoners were confined for from one to 24 days. Sunday School At St. Paul’s Reopens Sunday With the arrival of September, St. 1 Paul’s Sunday School will reopen on 1 1 next Sunday morning. Due to the ; hot weather and so many being I away for vacations, the usual ser , vices were abandoned during the : summer. The school will begin at | 9:45 o’clock on Sunday morning un j der the supervision of Ernest Swain, superintendent. Game Warden Releases Young Wild Turkeys i Game Warden J. G. Perry last | j week distributed 40 young wild tur keys throughout Chowan County. : These birds came from the State farm at - Fayetteville and Mr. Perry ! urges hunters to refrain from shoot- 1 . ing the young turkeys in order to i help replenish the_ stock in the i county. j Mr. Perry also expects a shipment iof quail within the next few days, | which will also be distributed in va ! rious sections of the county. CORRECTION Miss Chrystal Gregory and Ward ' Hoskins motored to Norfolk, Va., on: Sunday, August 25, instead of Poco-j t mke City, Md., as was stated in The j i Herald last week. * This newspaper is circu lated in the territory inhere Advertisers will reaHte good results. $1.25 Per Year. Secretary’s Salary Cut In Half at Own Sug gestion ONTMAL Membership Meeting to Be Held First Tuesday In Each Month With all but four of the members of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce present at a meeting Tuesday night, the organi zation apparently got off to a good start. President J. W. Davis pre sided and with dispatch various mat ters were disposed of and the meet ing, as per his intention, was over within one hour. The first item of business to be presented was setting the salary of I C. L. McCullers, the new secretary. Mr. McCullers himself suggested slicing the salary exactly in half, i making it S3OO per year instead of S6OO as heretofore. There were no other suggestions and the amount was agreeable to the directors, other than it was specified that office ex penses should be borne by the organi zation and that traveling expenses should be paid as directed by thu , Board. In accepting the position as secre tary and the salary, Mr. McCullers [ was frank in his remarks that he was primarily employed to instruct and develop Edenton High School’s [ band and that this duty could of no | account be neglected. In fact, he offered to put forth his best efforts in the interest of the Chamber of I Commerce for a period of two or three months and if he found in that time that his Chamber of Com merce duties were detrimental to the band, he would be forced to resign las secertary. It was the general opinion, however, of Mr. McCullers as well as President FVvis and the | directors that the secretarial duties | were of such nature and could be | done at a time which would not con- I flict with his band duties. 1 It was reported, that about S7OO i hod been pledged, in w’ay of mem berships and with interest in the (Continued On Page Five, E, N. Elliott Takes i Seat On Tuesday As Commissioner Chairman Warren Ex plains Duties and Pur poses of Board i . Taking the oath of office, which was administered by Clerk of Court Richard D. Dixon just a short time j before, E. N. Elliott on Tuesday morning sat with the County Com missioners as a representative of the Fourth Township. Mr. Elliott ! was appointed by Mr. Dixon to fulfill I the unexpired term of A. D. Ward, who died suddenly recently, j Before the meeting began Chair man D. M. Warren, for Mr. Elliott’s benefit, explained the duty of the County Commissioners and said that while the county had, a conservative tax rate, it was the desire of the Commissioners to spend the money over the county equitably for value received in way of taxes. He also referred to two ticklish problems with which the Commissioners of ■ necessity come in. contact, these be ing schools and liquor. The former, he said, can very easily create a great deal of confusion due to the natural desire to have convenient fa ! cilities, while in the latter case he commented upon the price of liquor being so high as to encourage boot legging. The greatest interest in a legal liquor store in Chowan County, he said, was to control liquor rather 1 than placing emphasis on the profit. During his remarks Mr. Warren also expressed the opinion that the county might be able to save some money through centralized purchas ing. While the School Board, Wel fare Board and Board of Health present their budget and as a whole have worked out fairly well, it was his opinion that if items for these three boards were bought by one person better prices might result by such coordination. He threw out | this idea in the hope that it would j be considered by the board when or- I ganized. ;. ; ;;y v ; : ;; ' j
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