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Volume Vll.—Number 38.
Nation Goes Under
First Peace-Time
Draft In History
All Males Between 21
And 35 Required
To Register
PLAN~SIMPLE
Every County Will Op
erate Under Local
Draft Board
Now that the first peace-time con
scription draft daw in the nation’s
history has been signed by President
Roosevelt, there is naturally much
agitation in Chowan, as there must
be everywhere, as to who will be
and who won’t be eligible under its
provisions. To ease everyone’s mind
on this score let it be understood
that everybody, in the- male line,
white and colored, between 21 and
35 years is eligible for one thing,
anyhow, registration, and that his
eligibility for service depends upon;
local county draft boards in North
Carolina* svho will weed out incom-
others.
In Cfeowan, with a population a-
something in the
neighborhood of between 1,000 and
1,200 men are likely to-be drafted.
This number is based on the govern
ment’s announcement that it expects
the law to throw into compulsory
military service under its provisions
around 16,000,000 men out of a total
national population, of 120,000,000 or
about one out of every eight of
people.
The entire plan is simple. Soon,
probably within a month, anyhow,
everyone within the 21-35 age limit,
will be required to visit his voting
precinct and give his age and name
ahq address, just as if he was vot
ing. Each one doing this will be
given a card certifying that he is
registered for peacetime military
service. This card he must not lose
but must carry with bum at all times,
as it is the government’s Hesrre* to
use that means of checking on draft
dodgers.
IN ext, between registration day and
October 15, each county will operate
under a draft board. This will be’
non-political, comprised of three
members, one a doctor, who will con-1
duct physical examinations of pros
pective draftees, a leading county I
lawyer, who will be on hand for con-*
sultation in case of disputes, and a 1
prominent community or county I
. leader —inasmuch as the lawyer and 1
doctor wiH be picked from'Edenton,
it is likely the third member may be
a county man.
These three in Chowan and other
counties will be the official draft
board and final authority on all se
lections. The board will be named
soon, probably within a week, by
Court Clerk Richard D. Dixon, Coun
ty School Superintendent Walter J.
Taylor, and Chairman of the County
Board of Elections, Lloyd C. Burton.
These three will meet in secret in
Mr. Dixon’s office, and will not
make known their decisions until the
day the law goes into execution.
Those who register will be requir
ed to give name, address, permanent
mailing address, employer’s name/
place of business, date of birth, who
will always know the registrant’s
address, relationship of that person
. to the Registrant, and a full physical
description of the registrant with
any particular disabilities noted.
The War Department will arrange
lotteries after the final county drafts,!
and allotments will be made and!
numbers drawn. The fact that a'
registrant’s' number is drawn does 1
not mean that he will be the first to
be sent to camp, as he may never I
reach camp. His draft board will
give him, on thq contrary, • a ques-!
tionnaire to fill out which will de
termine whether he should serve at
once or whether his services will be
deferred.
Governor Hoey this week named
Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts as
State administrative head of the
military training program for North
F Carolina, and of much local interest
will be the fact that Major Murray
P. Whichard, former practicing phy
sician here, is included in Genera]
(, Metts staff which will put the draft
L into operation in this State.
* Now, so that peace will again be
occasioned, those who can be classed
as ineligible for service are minis
ters, all of them, there is but one
inside the age in Chowan, married
men with dependents, meaning chil
dren, mothers, fathers or others who
look to them for support, conscien-
Ttious objectors who are against war
and war training but who won’t be
excused from war time work, and the
physically incapacitated—and that
can mean defective eyesight, flat
; / feet, and goodness knows what els«
life'
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OV CHOWAN COUNTY
New Blinker Light At
Church And Oakum
Following instructions of Town
(Council at its September meet-
I ing, a blinker light was this
week ,installed at the comer of
Church and Oakum Streets. This
intersection, always dangerous,
has become more so since in
creased traffic on Church Street
due to the Albemarle Sound
Bridge. A number of accidents
have occurred at this comer
which prompted the Councilmen
to have the caution light in
stalled.
H. D. Epting Replaces
P.L Baumgardner As
PrincipalJit Chowan
450 Students Enrolled
At Chowan High
School
BOARDMEETS
j Little Change In Num
ber In School In
Rocky Hock
Chowan High School opened Tues
day morning, September 10, enrolling
294 in the elementary grades and
156 in the High School. The Oak
Grove school opened on the same
day with 92 enrolled in the first
seven grades. Chowan’s enrollment
for the first day is 31 more than en
rolled at the end of the first two
weeks last year. This is probably
due to the consolidation of Center
Hill this year. The enrollment the
first day at Oak Grove was two less
than the total number enrolled in the
three schools at Gum Pond, Beech
Fork and Oak Grove last year at
the end of the first two weeks. This
indicates that there is practically no
difference in enrollment.
C. O. Myers, Jr., of Bowman, S.
C., has been approved for the Agri
culture instructor. Miss Louise Hol
combe, of Spartanburg, S. C., is
approved for English and French,
taking the place of Mrs. Nellie Bal
ance. H. D. Epting replaces P. L.
Baumgardner as principal for the
, time he is away in military service.
Mr. Epting comes highly recommend-
I ed, having had experience in some of
the State’s fine schools for a period
I of 22 years.
1 The Board of Education met in a.
1 short session Monday morning and
I transacted the routine business for
' the month.
Dixon Named For
Responsible Task
Chosen as First District
Member of Advisory
Committee
Court Clerk R. D. Dixon, who has
had all kinds of political jobs thrown
upon him since his successful district
management of Gubernatorial Nom-
I inee J. M. Broughton’s campaign,
got another one on Monday, this
time a real one. He was one of
eleven selected in North Carolina as
advisory committeemen for the State
i Democratic Executive Committee in
i the forthcoming November election.
I Mr. Dixon was chosen by J. M.
i Broughton and E. B. Denny as
1 chairman in the First Congressional
| District, which means he will be
| Democratic campaign boss in 14
i counties, succeeding Lindsay Warren,
j In a sense this is a high new honor
■ conferred on the genial court clerk,
| but it is going to take a lot of his
I time canvassing the district. Much
I of the work can be done by corre
j spondence, of course, but even this
Will entail extra clerk hire at the
Court House. Mr. Dixon is deter
minded, however, to leave no stone
mined, however, to leave no stone
unturned to bring out the largest
vote possible in the District
for Broughton, Bonner, and the
the President.
J. W. Jarvis Accepts
\ Position At Belhaven
\
J. W. Jarvis, for the past few
years a sawyer at the Brown Lumber
Company, last week severed his con
nection with the concern to accept a
similar position at Belhaven. Mr.
Jarvis, together with his family, left
Edenton last Friday. rt ? ofcibt
Mr. Jarvis' was sachem of the local
i tribe of Red Men, and due to his in
i terest in the fraternity his adminis
; tration, which began July 1, was
; headed for one of the most succesa
%ful in recent years.
fietenton, Chowafn County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 19, 1940.
New Heating System
Again Recommended
For Old Court House!
Grand Jury Reminds of
Recommendation By
Former Jury
judgelpleased
Drive Against Slot Ma
chines Results In 25
Presentments
Following Judge W. C. Harris’ at
tack on slot machines at tjie opening
of Chowan Superior Court last week,
the Grand Jury in sealed envelopes
turned over to Prosecutor John W.
Graham 25 presentments, which are
supposed to be the beginning of that
many cases of slot machine viola
tions.
The presentations were remanded
to Recorder’s Court for trial, and are
now awaiting action of Mr. Graham.
The drive against illegal slot ma-i
chines is again attracting State-wide
attention and the way of the viola
tors of the Flanagan Act will be no
bed of roses from now on for Super
ior Court judges have decided that
the true intent of the law is being j
violated, and have handed themselves
together to punish the violators.
Judge Harris, who gave special in
structions to the Grand Jury as to
making its report, stated that he
was well-pleased with it and thank
ed the members for their cooperation
in performing their duties.
Aside from routine duties, the
Grand Jury referred to a previous
recommendation that the Court
House be heated with a safe and up
to-date plant. This same recommen
dation was again submitted.
The report in full follows:
“The matters brought to our at
tention were handled to our best
judgment.
“Register of Deeds, Sheriff and
Clerk of Court offices visited! All
are getting along very well with
equipment on hand. Nothing new
registered.
Reports not filed in Clerk’s office:
Cherry Capehart Estate, H. W.!
Mizzefll Estate, Dr. N. B. Marriner,'
Administrator.
“All guardians reporting all right.
“Jail in fair shape.
“The County Home was abandoned
three years ago on account of small I
| number of inmates. |
“Welfare Department along with
County provide for inmates who in 1
turn board with Mrs. Harrell, who
formerly was in charge of the County!
Home. She gets possession of
County Home building for its upkeep, j
The inmates report satisfactory treat
ment.
“Report on School Buses was re-]
(Continued On Page Five)
Edenton School's
Enrollment Under
Last Year’s Figure
Initial Figures Shpw 49
Less Students Are
Enrolled
With Edenton school opening on
Monday morning the enrollment as
reported by .Superintendent John A.
Holmes shows a decrease of 49 com
pared with last year. First figures
released by Mr. Holmes show that
in the high school this year there
are 263 enrolled as against 289 last
year or a decrease of 26 students.
In the elementary school 471 are
enrolled this year compared with
494 last year, a drop of 23.
With the faculty finally complet
ed, the year’s session got off to a
good start. Classes went on regular
schedule Tuesday after brief prelim
inary arrangements Monday, when
only half a day of school was held.
Norbert Sawyer New
Special Delivery Boy
At Edenton Postoffice
Norbert Sawyer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, has been ap
pointed by "Postmaster C. E. Kramer
as special delivery messenger at the
Edenton post office. The vacancy
was caused when Ernest Ward, Jr.,
resigned in order to attend school at
the University of North Carolina.
Young Sawyer was chosen from a
large list of applicants. For several
years he has worked for M. W. Jack
son, where he has given entire satis
faction at the Meadow View Dairy.
106 Masons Meet
! Tuesday Night In
j Unanimity Lodge
Said to Be Largest At
tended Meeting In
Lodge’s History
ROOM CROWDED
Special Meeting Grant
ed For Witnessing
Virginia Work
What was probably the largest
gathering of Masons ever to gather
in Unanimity Lodge took place Tues
day night when 106, including mem
bers of the local lodge and visitors
i crowded into the large room on the
second floor of the Court House.
Included in the visitors were delega
tions from several lodges In Norfolk,
Elizabeth City, Hertford, Windsor,
Colerain, Harrellsville, and South
Norfolk, as well as several more who
had memberships in other lodges.
The occasion was conferring of the
third degree upon a candidate of
Norfolk Lodge No. 1, the work being
done by a Norfolk degree team. The
i meeting was arranged after the
j Grand Masters of both Virginia and
North Carolina issued special dis
pensations allowing the Virginia
ritual to be used in a North Carolina
lodge.
Because of the general impression
that the Virginia work varies in
some respect to that of North Caro-i
lina, local Masons anticipated a]
large gathering, but the number at-j
tending far exceeded all local expec- 1
tations. ■ _On this account, it was
necessary to delay starting of the
meeting for about 30 minutes in or
der to secure enough chairs to ac
commodate the large crowd.
C. W. Sawyer, master of Unani
mity Lodge, opened the meeting,
later turning over affairs to the
Norfolk Masons, who conferred the
degree much to the delight of North 1
Carolina Masons. S. D. Cohen, a|
past master of Norfolk lodge, No. 1,!
officiated as master in the first sec- j
tion, while W. T. Everett, district
deputy grand master of District 35;
.of Virginia, took the master’s part.
in the second section. Mr. Cohen aH
so delivered the lecture which caused 1
favorable comment on the part of]
those present who heard him for the]
first time.
I Included among the visitors were ai
I number of prominent Masons, but
, due to the length of the meeting no
addresses were made. A thorough
• inspection of Unanimity’s refurnish
! ed lodge room was made by the vis
j iting Masons and much favorable
I comment was expressed regarding
the beauty of the old meeting place.
At the conclusion of the meeting
i refreshments were served, which was
in charge of John Lee Spruill.
Special Charter
Service Sunday At
Methodist Church
Reorganization of Wo
men’s Work of the
Church
What the Rev. W. C. Benson, pas
tor of the Methodist Church, hopes
will be a red letter day is a special
charter service to be held in the]
church next Sunday morning. At
that time there will be a reorgani- j
zation of the woman's work of the
church which will be in line with the!
program of the United Methodist
Church. The name of this group I
will be the Woman’s Society for
Christian Service.
For this service an interesting
program has been arranged which
will include special music as well as
other interesting and impressive
features. New officers will be in
stalled and at that time a charter j
book will be signed by women of the!
church who will become members of!
the society.
The program will be in charge of]
i Mrs. W. W. Byrum, retiring presi
dent of women’s work, assisted by
the pastor.
A large crowd is hoped for, the
pastor expecting every woman of the
congregation and her family to be
present, as well as extending a cor
dial invitation to the community at
large.
AT MOTHER’S BEDSIDE
Mrs. C. D. Stewart left Edenton
Tuesday for Gloucester, N. C., to be
with her mother, Mrs. Jennie Willis,
who is critically ill.
* -v-i.-.i • >. '
1 ■
I Date Uncertain For
ABC Appointment
Though tentatively set for last
Monday, the joint meeting of the
County Commissioners, Board
of Education and Board of
Health to re-appoint It. P. Bad
ham or elect a successor as chair
(man of the Chowan County ABC
Board failed to materialize.
D. M. Warren, chairman of the
Board of Commissioners, was a
way on a vacation at the time
and upon returning Wednesday
was unable to say definitely just
when this meeting will be called
to make the appointment for a
three-year term.
New President To
Be Elected At Next
Meeting Os P.T. A.
Mrs. D. M. Reeves Finds
It Necessary to Resign
As Group’s Head
MEET OCTOBER 1
District Meeting to Be
Held In Edenton In
November
Adding to the importance of the!
Edenton Parent-Teachers Association
meeting to be held Tuesday, October
1, will be the election of a new pres
ident. This is occasioned because
] Mrs. D. M. Reeves, who had been
j elected president, found it necessary
|to resign. Her successor will be,
elected by nominations from the
floor and for that reason it is hoped;
every member will be on hand.
At the meeting also will be per-,
fected plans of work for the year, as
well as specific arrangements dis
cussed for the district meeting to be
held in Edenton in November.
I Various committees of the Asso-j
: ciation and the chairmen are: Pro
! gram, Mrs. Jim Wood; Hospitality,'
, Mrs. Graham Byrum; Lunch Rebm,
! Mrs. R. G. White; Welfare, Mrs. J.
!H. McMullan; Finance, Mrs. Albert
! Byrum; Publicity, Mrs. Hector Lup- j
I ton; Clothes, Mrs. W. O. Elliott, Jr.;
I Standardization Project, Mrs. L. P. ]
' Williams; Bus Committee, Mrs. Thos.
i Wood.
I Mrs. W. D. Prude is vice presi
, dent, Mrs. West Byrum, treasurer,!
and Mrs. Ernest Stillman, secretary.
Large Cat Family
In Edenton Friday
Mark Gupton Collecting
Cats For Medical
Laboratories
Quite an unusual sight was afford
ed folks on Broad Street Friday
when an ordinary pick-up truck with
cages on top displayed more cats as
sembled at one time than ever before
seen by many who looked on.
The truck is owned by Mark Gup- j
I ton, a World War veteran of Wins-j
ton-,Salem, who received a near fatal j
chest wound in France, and in order |
to make a living he travels through |
the country collecting cats given to j
him. The cats are in turn sold to
medical laboratories for experimental
purposes.
“Tell the people I’m not begging,
buying or stealing cats,” Gupton;
j said, “but if anyone wishes to give
i a stray cat, I will gladly accept it.”;
j Gupton was accompanied by his wife,'
] who said they were not after peo- j
| pie’s pets and only desired animals
i that had become a nuisance in the
community. |
The Guptons will be in Chowan and
Bertie counties the first week in j
October to collect any cats which
may be given to them.
Noted Organist At
Taylor On October 3
Ted Miller with hiss Hammond or-
I gan will appear on the stage of Tay
lor Theatre for an afternoon and
night performance on October 3. Mr.
Miller is one of the most famous or
ganists in the mid-west, having play
ed at such places as the Marboro and
Keith Theatres in Chicago and the
Strand in Grand Rapids, Mich. He
carries his own organ with him on
all engagements and many who have
heard his broadcasts from Chicago
and Detroit will want to see the
famous organist in person.
It is Mr. Miller's first appearance
in the south for personal appear
ances.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Edenton’s National
Guard Unit is Part
Os Regular Army
Out of 45 Men on Roll
21 Are Exempted on
Monday
LIVING ATARMORY
Lieut.-Col. H. R. Melton
High In Praise of
Outfit
With this week, and for one year
on, anyhow, there will be no theore
tic National Guard unit in Edenton.
Instead, under the new law throwing
all National guard,smen« into 12
months of camp military training, the
local ambulance corps boys, hereto
fore known as Co. D, 105th Medical
Regiment, N. C. National Guard, are
now, under this year’s compulsory
training period to be known as Co.
D, 105th Medical Regiment, U. S.
Army. Or, as the old Irving Berlin
song went, “we’re in the army now.”
By reason of the new law’s ex
emption allowance the company’s
complement of 45 men on Septembei
1 has been reduced to 24 members,
and until September 28, when the
unit will start toward its 12 months’
residence at Camp Jackson, near Co
lumbia, S. C., a stiff drive will be
i made here for new members to make
;i up the deficiency.
Os those who have temporarily left
| the ranks by taking advantage of the
new law, eight were non-commission
ed officers which will put Captains
i Wisely and Baumgardner under much
of a handicap in securing temporary
appointments, pending approvals by
j the War Department. During the re
] recruiting period here up to Saturday
of next week, new applicants for se
lection will have the advantage of a
number of fine military jobs which
are open and will have an equal or
better chance than the boys taken
' into the unit after it reaches Camp
Jackson.
I In this connection Captain Wisely,
the unit commander, ha.} issued a
more or less verbal add lor new re
cruits which he has phrased some
| what like this:
“Wanted Recruits for Co. 5, 105th
]M. R. See at once Captain Martin
, Wisely at Armory, Edenton, N. C.”
The Captain is very anxious that
the unit be completed to fighting
strength and is hopeful that the
ranks be so filled before the unit de
barks next week for Camp Jackson.
Besides those who took advantage
of the Congressional edict permitting
those with physical defects, those
with dependents and. married, those
t; now left in the unit are: Richard B.
Davis, E. K. White, John H. Bond,
Herbert E. Bass, Raymond Everett,
William Gregory, Ward Hoskins,
Thomas Wilder, Theo F. Yates,
Horace Basnight, William N. Hare,
Worth H. Hare, Luther Keeter, Wal
i ter E. Mills, Donald A. Miller, Louis
L. Nixon, William W. Perry, Joshua
A. Sutton, Skinner A. White, Thomas
J. Hoskins, Jr., Fred C. Hoskins,
Leon Piland, Roy H. Spruill and E. L.
Hollowell, Jr.
The weeding out process in ac-
I cordance with the new law was in
! charge of three examining officers,
' First Lieutenant William M. San
j taniella and, First Lieutenant Ralph
A. Camardella, of Fort Bragg, and
1 First Lieutenant Jack Lustgarten, of
I Buxton. The Board finished its ex-
I animations yesterday and went from
here to New Bern, Kinston and
Greenville on a similar mission.
The local boys, called into this ser
vice last Monday will remain at the
j Armory until the 28jji, spending that
night in Fort Brogg and going on the
I next day to Camp Jackson, where
| they will' meet the rest of the 30th
I Division for the 12 months period.
' The boys are eating regularly at the
local armory but are spending their
I nights at home with the exception
of a few too far away to report the
' following morning for duty. Next
w«ek, it is expected, the entire per
sonnel will spend the entire time,
nights and all, at the armory.
This week is being spent in ar
ranging all records for the War De
-1 partment which consist of physical
examinations of each soldier, change
of enlistment records from National
Guard form to Regular Army form,
changing property from State hands
to Federal hands, etc., which is quite
a job and is expected to consume the
entire week for the office personnel.
1 Monday, Lieutenant Colonel H. R.
1 Melton, U. S. A., instructor for the
i 105th Medical Regiment, arrived in
i Edenton to assist the local unit in
s any way possible. Lieut Col. Melton
i left about noon Tuesday for Wil
! mington. He was high in praise of
the local unit and its officers, stat
! ing “It is one of the best in the Med
- ical Regiment, and I hope it will
(Continued On rage Eight)