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Volume Vlll—Number 5.
Edenton Committee Asks
Legislature Provide Funds
To Equip Home Guard Quits
Resolution Submitted to
Representative and
Senators
STATEWIDE
Local Officers Not Yet
Announced By Gen
eral Metts
Following presentation to Ad
jutant General Van B. Metts of a Hist
of names from which to select offi
cers for a proposed Home Guard
unit in Edenton, members of the lo
cal committee making up the list
hare signed a resolution requesting
the North Carolina Generali Assem
bly to be memo raized to provide
funds, with which to purchase uni
forms for the various units set up
in the State.
A copy of the resolution, signed
by the seven members of the com
mittee, has been submitted to J. G.
dampen, Chowan County’s represen
tative, and Senators Herbert Leary
and Merrill Evans, in the hope that
it will be brought to the attention
of the General Assembly for action.
The resolution follows:
“Recently we were advised by the
Adjutant General of North Carolina
that Edenton was one of the towns
selected for the formation of a Home
Guard unit of the National Guard.
We were further advised that all
towns in North Carolina having Ar
mories would come in this category
“In accordance with this advice a
mass meeting was called here re
cently to determine the wishes of
the public relative to forming a
Home Ghuftd unit here.
“This meeting was well-attended
and hy unanimous vote it v,as de
cided that a local unit would be
formed. To this end a committee
composed of D. M. Warren, chairman
County Board of Commissioners; J.
H. McMullan, Mayor; John A.
Holmes, Commander Ed. Bond Post
American Legion; J. L. Wiggins,
chairman Chowan County Selective
Service; Geddes Potter, president
Lions Club; J. W. Davis, president
Chamber of Commerce, and J. Edwin
Buffiap, president Rotary Club, was
named to make nominations to Gen
eral Metts for the officers of said
unit. And the meeting further re
solved that in view of the fact that
the Home Guard woulld. be subject to
service anywhere in North Carolina
t that the cost of the uniforms should
be borne by the State.
“We, the said committee, are in
accordance with this resolution ask-
P ing yob, as our representatives in
v the General Assembly to memorial
ize the Legislature make an appro
priation for the purpose of equip
ping all of the Home Guard units
authorized by the Adjutant General
with pyoper uniforms.”
Mayor McMullan, in Raleigh, on
Thursday conferred with Generali
Metts, but the latter had just return
ed from Washington and had'not had
time to consider the appointment of
officers.
Directors Re-elected
At B. & L. Meeting
Stockholders’ Meeting
Held Monday Night
In Court House
At the annual meeting of the
Edenton Building and Loan Associa
tion held in the Court House Monday
night, att present directors were re
elected. According to Secretary R.
E. Leary’s report, the association is
in a flourishing condition, the inter
art rate for the year being .0769709.
The directors are as follows:
Membership vote—M. F. Bond, A. G.
Byrum, L. C. Burton, and F. W.
a Hobbs. Stock vote—R. C. Holland,
' F. P. Wood, T. C. Byrum and J. C.
Leary. These directors met imme
diately following the meeting and re
elected R. P. Badham as the ninth
i
lUßiuiwr*
This group will meet and elect
officers at the next meeting, of the
During the meeting regret was
expressed at the loss by death of E.
C. White, who for many years was a
vi / efficient director of the asso
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TMM INTEREST * OF CHOWAN COUNTY
What Again! |
' The Herald is reliably inform
ed that a postal inspector has
again been in Edenton in anoth
er effort to consolidate two of
)the rural routes. This consoli
dation was attempted only a
little over a year ago when J.
J. Long was retired, but follow
ing vigorous protest by rural
patrons affected, as well as
by Edenton business concerns,
the change was not made.
The status of efficient mail ser
vice remains the same, for if two
routes are consolidated, patrons
of one of the routes will ob
viously receive their mail much
later and what is more to be
considered is the fact that in
coming mail from these routes
cannot be dispatched, thus re
maining in the local office 24
hours longer than at present.
The Herald protests against
this consolidation and urges mail
patrons as well as local business
houses to protest to Herbert
Bonner, our representative, and
Senator Josiah Bailey,
26 Merchants Meet
For Membership
Dinner At Hotel
Ahoskie Secretary Ex
plains Advantages of
Association
NEW SERVICE
Mrs. Grace Dobson Now
Lists Vacant Houses
And Apartments
Twenty-six of Edenton’s mer
chants gathered in Hotel Joseph
Hewes Friday night for a member
ship dinner, at which George Arring
ton, secretary of the Ahoskie Mer
chants Association, Chamber of Com
merce and Tobacco Board of Trade,
was the principal speaker.
Mr. Arrington, during his remarks,
very ably explained the difference
between a merchants’ association and
a chamber of commerce, saying that
the work of a chamber of commerce
is more or less directed at the future
while a merchants’ association pro
vides direct service to its members
in the way of credit bureaus, trade
events and the like.
As to the credit bureau, Mr. Ar
rington said he is inclined to believe
that Edenton has not taken full ad
vantage of this service, which he re
ferred to as a clearing house for
better understanding among mer
chants rather than resulting in mer
chants back-biting and. pulling again
st each other.
In his closing remarks Mr. Ar
rington said that members owe to the
association their moral support and
cooperation as much so as their
financial support.
President J. G. Campen, home
from the General Assembly for the
week-end, presided over the meeting,
during which O. B. Perry and C. L.
McCullers were appointed to investi
gate proper lighting of the large
Edenton sign at the intersection of
the Albemarle Bound Bridge road and
the road Heading into Edenton.
Mrs. Grace Dobson, secretary, re
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| Not All Dead j
I Thanks to a Herald reader,
attention is called to a story
appearing in last week’s issue,
in which it was mentioned that
Julim Wood is the only original
stockholder of the Bank of
Edenton still living.
In an anonymous letter The
Herald editor was informed that *
there are three othef original
stockholders stilt living. They
ere Mrs. W. J. Leary, Mrs. J. G,
Bond and Mrs. E. S. Norman.
The editor appreciate* this in
formation and gladly mates the
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 30,1941.
Edenton Choice Os
Brooklyn Dodgers
To Train Recruits
Lee MacPhail, Son of
Owner, Wires David
; Holton
twoTclubs
Conference Is Scheduled
To Be Held Here
Wednesday
That Edenton will be spring train
ing quarters for Northern baseball]
players was practically assured late
last week when David Holton re
ceived a telegram from Lee Mac-
Phail, son of Larry MacPhail, owner
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, inquiring if
Edenton would be interested. Imme
diately upon receipt of the telegram,
several telegrams were sent assur
ing MacPhail that the town would
be delighted to have the baseball re
cruits train here.
The clubs which are expected to
train here are the Reading, Pa., team
of the Interstate League and the
Piedmont League team owned by
Brooklyn, which has been the Dur
ham club, but will most Hikely be
transferred either to Raleigh or
Roanoke, Va.
In a letter written later to Mr,
Holton, Mr. MacPhail said that he is
anxious to make a decision as to a
training site for the two clubs as
soon as possible. He is planning to
drive to Edenton about the fifth of
next month, and expects to be ac
companied by Mr. Miller of the Pied
mont League CHub.
If for any reason it is impossible
for the two baseball moguls to come
to Edenton or if the date of their
coming is obliged to be changed,
they will notify Mr. Holton. Other
wise, Mr. MacPhail says he will ar
rive in Edenton next Wednesday in
order to discuss the matter.
Bertie’s ‘Grand Old
Man’ Passes Away
Judge Francis D. Wins
ton Dies Tuesday
At Home
Judge Francis D. Winston of Wind
sor, known far and wide as “Bertie’s
Grand Old Man,” died at his home
about 7 o’clock Tuesday night. He
was 83 years old and had been in ill
health for several months, succumb
ing to a series of heart attacks.
Judge Winston, during his . life,
held, a number of important positions,
some of which were Superior Court
judge, lieutenant-governor and grand
master of Masons in North Carolina.
He was also the oldest trustee of the
University of North Carolina and for
12 years had been judge of Bertie
County General Court. He was, in
his younger years, a school teacher
in Edenton.
Survivors are his wife, the former
Rosa Mary Kennedy of Portsmouth,
Va., whom he married in 1899; a
brother, Robert Watson Winston of
Chapel Hill; and. a sister, Mrs. Rob
ert Winston Spruill of Rocky Mount
and New York.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at St. Thomas Epis
copal Church in Windsor with the
Rev. Louis Schenck officiating.
Mary Goodwin Hurt
In Basketball Game
Miss Mary Goodwin, daughter* of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Goodwin, had the
misfortune to sprain an ankle and
tear some ligaments in her leg while
playing basketball in the Armory
Monday night.
Miss Goodwin, a star of the Eden
ton High School girls’ basketball
team, tripped and fell while playing
in the game against Creswell. She
was taken to Dr. J. W. Warren’s office
and he dressed the injured leg.
Antone Davenport
Breaks Elbow Bone
Antone Davenport was painfully
injured at the.M. G. Brown Lumber
Company plant Monday, when he fefll
from a large flywheel. A bone was
broken in his left elbow as he land
ed on the floor after slipping on the
spates of the wheel.
Mr. Davenport, until about two
weeks ago, was an employee of the
Edenton Electric and Water Depart
ment. . ..r -■ ■
Effort Now On Foot
To Organize U. N. C.
Alumni Association
Frank Holmes Taking
Initiative In New
Movement
41 ARE~ELIGIBLE
Banquet Planned to Be
Held Early Part of
February
With 41 University of North Car
olina alumni living in Edenton, Frank
Holmes is taking the initiative in
organizing an Alumni Club and is
very optimistic of its consummation.
Mr. Holmes, one of the youngest
graduates of the University, has been
in contact with University officials
and has been promised support in his
undertaking.
Mr. Holmes already has or will
present to every University man in
the county the following letter: ,
“Have you not the feeling of the
need of a closer fellowship and an
organization to further our fellow
ship, as well as the University’s well
fare and ideals? Every Carolina man
has a feeling which makes him proud
of his Chapel Hill and his Univer
sity. Consequently, since there has
been demonstrated the need of more
active Alumni organizations through
oat our State, I feel we should join
in #md give it our full cooperation
and. support.
“Therefore, I, Frank Holmes, as
one of the younger Attumni have
taken it upon myself, with the
cooperation and support I am sure
each of you will give, to reorganize
an active group in our County of
Chowan.
“J* Marion Saunders, Alumni sec
retary; Coach Ray Wolfe, football,
and Jim Tatum, director of fresh
men athletics, have endorsed it
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Comforter Program
Is Now Under Way
Home Agent and Coun
ty Agent Handling
Applications
In connection with the cotton mat
trees project now in progress, a cot
ton comforter program is being in
stituted, according to Miss Rebecca
Colwell, home demonstration agent,
and C. W. Overman, county agent.
For each cotton mattress received
or which will be received, the recip
ients are entitled to sufficient cotton
and percale for making one cotton
comforter. Applications are made
for the comforters just as was done
for mattresses. At the time of mak
ing application, a deposit of 20 cents
is required for each comforter to
cover operating costs.
Comforters will be made at the
mattress center, where they will be
made by the person making applica
tion! Work will be started imme
diately after present applications for
mattresses are completed. To date
468 mattresses have been made in
the county and applications are still
coming in.
Applications will be handled by
Miss Colwell and Mr. Overman.
Judge Pruden Figures
In Automobile Wreck
Judge J. N. Pruden narrowly es
caped serious injury in an automo
bile wreck Tuesday night, when he
collided with another car on North
Broad Street. Mr. Pruden was driv
ing north on Broad Street when he
ran into a car parked in front of
the Colony Inn belonging to W. J.
Ecklar of Charlotte, a traveling sal
esman for the McClaim Distributing
Company.
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Edenton Band Wins
First Prize Os S2OO
At Peanut Festival
Edenton’s crack High Schoo
Band again came off with top
honors and with it this time a first
prize of S2OO. The outfit was
awarded this honor for being the
most outstanding bond in the
Suffolk Peanut Festival parade
Wednesday afternoon.
(Second prize of SIOO went to the
Mary Washington College Band
of Fredericksburg, Va., an organ
ization composed of all girls.
Special Term Os Chowan
Superior Court Lasts Less
Than One Hour On Monday
Extra Day |
Though Friday is the last day
of January, during which month
taxes must be listed, Philip Mc-
Mullan, Chowan County Tax Su
pervisor, has extended the time
one more day, to include Satur
day.
This one day’s extension has
been granted principally for the
convenience of rarmers through
out the county, some of whom
have been unable to geit to the
listing places and attend to this
duty.
The extension will not con
tinue longer than Saturday, how
ever, and those who fail to list
by that time can expect to be
'penalized according to law.
P. T. A. Will Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
The regular meeting of the Eden
ton Parent-Teachers Association will
be held Tuesday, February 4, at 3:30
p. m., in the school library.
Mrs. Julien Wood will be the guest
speaker, her subject being “Educa
tion and Youth.” All members are
urged to attend.
Dr. J. S. Chamblee
Is Re-elected Health
Officer For District
Board Recommends In
stallation of Sani
tary Privies
STUDY~MALARIA
Chamblee Authorized to
Enforce State Vac
cination Laws
At a meeting of the Board of
Health held in the Municipal Build
ing Tuesday afternoon, Dr. J. S.
Chamblee was unanimously elected
health officer for the Bertie-Chovan
Health District for a period of two
years. At the meeting Dr. Cham-
Mm presented each member of the
Board with the annuar report which
gave a detailed account of the activi
ties of the department in Chowan
County.
Dr. Chamblee called to the atten
tion of the directors of the Board to
the present situation relative to vac
cination against smallpox and diph
theria. The State law is very speci
fic in that no children may enter
school unless they are vaccinated as
smallpox preventative and parents
of children between six and twelve
months must have the youngsters
vaccinated against diphtheria. The
State law provides a penalty for fail
ure to comply with these require
ments and the Board of Health au
thorized Dr. Chamblee to enforce the
law in case of any violations.
It was reported at the meeting
that in some sections parents have
refused to have their children vacci
nated and unless a certificate is pro
duced. these children will not be al
lowed to attend school.
W. B. Gaylord, Jr., sanitary in
spector, reported upon the sanitary
privy situation in the county, which
he said is lagging behind other coun
ties. The board recommended the
installation of these privies through
out the county in the interest of a
health standpoint. WPA aid in
building these privies will continue
only eight months longer, after which
time the entire cost will have to be
borne by those affected.
Mr. Gaylord also reported upon a
malaria survey being made in the
Bear Swamp section of the county.
| Judge Resigns
'J. N. Pruden, judge of Chowan
County Recorder’s Court, re
signed his position, effective
yesterday (Wednesday), after
serving in this capacity for
seven years. His successor will
be nested by the County Com
missioners at their meeting next
Monday.
This newspaper it circu
lated In the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Judge Henry Grady Ap
pears Surprised at
Calling of Session
ONE CASESETTLED
Chesson-Pulp Mill Suit
Finally Referred to
Referee
Chowan County this week exper
ienced what is most likely the short
est term of Superior Court ever held
here. It took Judge Henry A. Grady
exactly 45 minutes to open court,
transact what business there was and
declare court adjourned.
The special term was ordered by-
Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, at
the December term, at which time
he was apparently much displeased
at the delay in trial, due to absence
of important witnesses, of W. T.
Satterfield, who is charged with lar
ceny of a large number of peanul
bags. This case was the principal
one on the criminal docket and on
Monday Herbert Leary and John F.
White, counsel for Satterfield, re
ported. to the court that their client
was ill, and that Mr. Leary had just
recovered from an attack of the flu
and felt unequal to the task of trying
the case. Besides, Mr. Leary is a
state senator and he felt that his
presence was needed in Raleigh.
Judge Grady, after pondering ovei
the remarks of White and, Leary,
said he would postpone the case, but
that he was doing it primarily in de
ference to Mr. Leary, who, he said,
he knew is a state senator and that
he felt should be at his post in the
Senate.
All seven cases on the criminal
docket were postponed except that
of James Jordan, colored, who plead
.ed guilty
the store of A. T. Perry at Sign
Pine. Jordan was on probation and
Judge Grady sentenced him to 12
months on the roads.
With the criminal docket out of
the way in short order, the action
of R. L. Chesson vs. the Kieckhefer
Container Company of Plymouth for
breach of contract was considered.
The case has been tried three times
before, one of which was declared a
mistrial and in the other two Ches
son won a verdict. After a confer
ence with Judge Grady, Henry Leroy
and John Hall of Elizabeth City, re
presenting the pulp mill, agreed that
the case should, be referred to a re
feree, Junius T. Grimes of Washing
ton, N. C.
The only business transacted was
sentencing of Jordan and Joe Habit
reporting to the court in compliance
with an order at a previous term.
In adjourning court so abruptly,
Judge Grady made this remark: “I
don’t see why in the name of common
sense this special term of court was
called.”
Expenses of conducting this ab
breviated term of court will run
over §3OO and will be reason, no
doubt, for complaint by the County
Commissioners, who must foot the
bill, at their meeting next Monday.
Emergency Seed
Loans Now Ready
Applications In Chowan
Handled By Mrs.
Grace Dobson
E. F. Morgan, field supervisor of
the Emergency Crop Loan office in
Elizabeth City, while in Edenton last
week said that seed loan applications
are now available for farmers in Ber
tie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Hertford, Northampton,
Pasquotank and Perquimans Coun
ties.
The Etaergency Crop Loan Office
will make this loan available to
farmers who will need assistance
i and who are eligible for this type of
loan. The Seed Loan Office is locat
ed 306 Post Office Building, Eliza
beth City, N. C.
Applications for Chowan County
are being taken by Mrs. Grace Dob
son, Room 210, Old Citizens Bank
Building, Edenton.
The maximum amount loaned to
any one farmer is S4OO.
BIBTTS ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hobbs announce
the birth of a daughter, on Tuesday,
January 28th.