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Volume VllL—Number 13.
Complaints Still
Being Registered
' About Valuations
Many Appear Before
i County Commission
ers Thursday
MEETFRIDAY
Appraisers Backed In
Figrures Except In
Cases of Error
Chowan County’s Commissioners
•n last Thursday were again con
fronted by a large group of property
owners who registered complaints
to increased valuations plac
ed upon their property by apprais
ers during the revaluation process.
As at the previous meeting, the Mon
day before, the Commissioners Lis
tened to complaints and if, after
making comparisons with adjoining
or similar property, the figures were
not out of line, the complainant was
told there was no reason to complain.
However, if there appeared to be
some doubt as to the fairness of the
new figures, the appraisers were re
quested to again visit the property
and re-check their figures.
Appraisal of Edenton property has
now been completed and those whose
valuation has been raised will be no
tified by letter. The Commissioners,
sitting as a Board of Equalization
and Review, will meet again Friday
morning to hear complaints. Anoth
er meeting has also been scheduled
for the following Friday, 4, with the
final time for entering protest be
ing Monday, April 7.
The Commissioners are backing the
appraisers in the valuations set forth,
being of the opinion that, though
some property is now valued at a
higher figure, there is far more
equalization in value the county over.
Only in cases of error do they show
any inclination to change figures as
presented by the appraisers.
.Os coarse, with many more com
plaints expected to be Made and
some changes likely, Tax Supervisor
Philip McMullan is figure
the county's propAty. v£tmm>n. He
is of the opinion, however* that, there
might be as iriUch as 10 per cent in
crease, which naturally will have an
effect in a lower tax rate pro video
expenditures do not increase over
last peer. ■_
Methodist Church
Planning Revival
Beginning April 20
Rev. A. L. Thompson of
Ahoskie Church To
Do Preaching
Rev. W. C. Benson, pastor of the
Edenton Methodist Church, announ
ced at services Sunday that a series
of revival meetings will be held in
the church beginning Sunday, April
20, the Sunday after Easter. Though
still several weeks away, the preach
er emphasized the need for an evan
gelistic campaign and urged mem
bers of the congregation to prepare
themselves for the meetings by being
much in prayer and to avoid engage
ments Which will conflict with at
tendance. He also pleaded for the
cooperation of various organizations,
urging them not to program any ac
tivities which will prevent members
of the groups from attending ser
vices.
For the meeting the Rev. A. L.
Thompson, pastor of; the Ahoskie
Methodist Church, will preach. He
» an outstanding pastor and revival
ist aad is expected to attract large
congregations.
' Wtwtesate Hknrißg |
Moving on a wholesale scale
is the order of the day this week
ff at Center Hill, where entire
ra buildings are being shoved a-
I'nmid to make room for a road.
On Monday the Tyner poet
office was rolled to a new loca
tion. while later L. W. Belch’s
store was moved as well as other
houses In the vicinity in order
for the curve in the road at that
point to be eliminated.
Improving of the road is being
done by the State highway
fences, who are also moving the
buildings in order to straighten
the road.
FHEviuWAN HERALD
it HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| What Next? |
Hereafter authors of chain
postcards will get nowhere with
their schemes. Os late many of
such postcards have come into
the Edenton postoffice, but Post
master C. E. Kramer has been
ordered by the Postoffice De
partment to withdraw all such
mail and send it to the dead
letter office.
Postcards having to do with
purchasing an apron and the like
and some carrying theats if cer
tain Biblical passages are not
read and similar postcards for
warded to friends are in conflict
Iwith postal regulations and
hereafter will not be dispatched.
John H. Small Asks
Audience Os Chowan
Friends Next Monday
Former Congressman to
Speak at Opening
Os Court
DIXON
Not After Office But
Has Message For
Men and Women
Edenton friends, and they are
many, will be glad to know that
former Congressman John H. Small,
of Washington, N. C., will be here
Monday and make a short address
at the conclusion of the morning
session of Superior Court, which will
open for the April term that day.
The ex-national law maker has writ
ten his good friend, Richard D.
Dixon, to that effect and asked him
to notify all of his friends, “particu
larly my women friends,” that he
will be on hand at the time desig
nated.
Congressman Small retains a very
warm spot in the hearts of the State
Democratic party for it was as a re
sult of hre vigoCTVS pfforts in the
late ’9o’s that he '‘saved” the State
from a fusion amalgamation of
Democrats and Republicans, and be
came quite a “hero” because of it.
It kept him in congressional office
from 1898 until 1920, 22 years, but
like many others he finally succumb
ed to defeat.
He has written Mr. Dixon that he
is not out for office again, that he
is asking nothing political or other
wise, and that he merely wishes tc
speak to and greet his friends of
the earlier years.
Masonic Banquet
On Tuesday Night
Judge Henry L. Stevens
Scheduled to Deliver
Address
Arrangements have been completed
for the annual banquet of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A. M., which
will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes
on next Tuesday night at 7 o’clock.
, Tickets have been, on sale for about
a week and from present indications
upwards of 100 Masons and their
wives are expected to attend.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be Judge Henry L. Stev
ens, who is scheduled to preside
over the spring term of Chowan
Superior Court.
G. A. Helms, master of the lodge,
will call the meeting to order which
will be followed by singing “Amer
ica,” led by W. J. Daniels, and invo
cation by the Rev. W. C. Benson.
After the dinner Dr. W. 6. Griffin
will take charve as toastmaster.
Special music will be rendered by the
Chowan trio composed of Mrs. Gor
don Blow, Miss May Belle Edwards
and Miss Louise Wilson, as welj as
piano selections by Jimmy Weathers.
Judge Stevens will be Introduced by
E. W. Spires, and at the conclusion
of Mr. Stevens’ address, the lodge’s
closing ode will be sung.
Parent-Teachers Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will hold its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday afternoon, April 1,
at 3:30 o’clock, in the school library.
Miss Emily Smithwick and Miss
Sara McDonald, will feature a chil
dren’s hobby show ip connection with
this meeting. The exhibits will be on
display throughout the day in the
grammar grade I‘braVy and all mem
bers are urged to attend. /
Edenton, Chowan Cdunty, North Carolina, Thursday, March 27,1941.
Consolidation Os
Rural Mall Routes
Been Abandoned
Senator J. W. Bailey In
formed By Assistant
Postmaster General
STUDYDATA
Present Routes at Eden
ton and Hertford
Continued
Rural mail patrons will be interest
ed to know that the contemplated
consolidation of Edenton’s rural
mail routes has been abandoned for
the present at least. This informa
tion reached The Herald office t'his
..eek when Senator Josiah Bailey
forwarded a letter received by him
from Smith W. Purdum, second as
sistant postmaster general.
Said Mr. Purdum:
“My dear Senator Bailey:
“Further reference is made to;
your interest in the protest of Mr
Carroll E. Kramer, postmaster at
Edenton, North Carolina, against the
proposed revision at his office and
Hertford, North Carolina, based up
on a vacancy in the rural carrier
force at the latter office.
“After careful consideration of
data on file at the Department and
representations made to this Bureau,
it has been decided to make no re
vision at this time.
“The present arrangement of
routes at Edenton and Hertford will
be continued.”
Upon hearing that consolidation of
the local rural mail routes was be
ing considered, many protests went
forward, which no doubt had some
weight in the decision reached by the
postal authorities.
MARKETING CHIEF HERE
George Ross, chief of the State
marketing division, was in Edenton
Wednesday conferring with officials
of the Chamber of Commerce rela
tive to the defense produce market
set-up. Mr. Ross came here to ex
plain the situation at the request of
\Secretary C. L. McCullers.
W. J. Taylor Named
Chairman Os Easter
Seal Sale In County
Half of Proceeds Re
mains In County to
Aid Cripples
' W. J. Taylor, superintendent of
> county schools, has been named
chairman of the Easter Seal Sale for
crippled children in Chowan County.
1 Half of the proceeds of the sale
will remain in the hands of the coun
ty committee for the aid of our own
children, and half will be sent to
the State office for assisting those
whom a county committee cannot
serve.
Some counties already have estab
lished clinics for their crippled chil
dren, and the State-supported Ortho
pedic Hospital at Gastonia, to which
the more serious cases are sent, also
has a splendid record of service.
But the Orthopedic Hospital has fa
cilities for only 160 children, and
there are now more than 300 on the
hospital’s waiting list.
A recent federal report says
North Carolina has 62,000 physical
ly maimed residents. Os these 17,-
000 are listed on the Social Security
records at Raleigh, showing that
many belong to the lower economic
levels. There are more than 300,-
000 crippled children in the country
; as a whole, and it is estimated that
; approximately 10,000 of these are in
, North Carolina.
(Continued On Page Four)
78 Attend Red Men’s
Banquet Friday Night
Seventy-eight Chowan Red Men
and their wives attended the annual
banquet yof Chowan Tribe of Red
Men held in the Community Building
at Cross Roads Friday night. The
. affair was one of the most enjoyable
ever held by the Tribe and many
favorable comments followed the
meeting.
The principal speaker was Walter
Cohoon of Elizabeth City, who was
at his best. He spoke briefly but in
a masterful manner dwelt upon the
tenets of Redmanship and the impor
tant role fraternal groups can play
in the present world crisis.
Military Training
Topic Triangular
Debate On Friday
Edenton, Elizabeth City
And Hertford Teams
Again Meet
PUBLICINVITED
Triangle Only One In
State Which Has Re
mained Intact
Edenton, Elizabeth City and Hert
ford high school debating teams will
on Friday morning argue the query,
“Resolved, that the United States
should, adopt a policy «of requiring
one year of military training of all
able-bodied men before they reach
the age of 23.” The debates will be
held at 11 o’clock, except at Eliza
beth Gity, where the debate will take
place bt 10:30 o’clock.
In Edenton, the Elizabeth City af
firmative team will meet the Hert
ford negative, while Edenton’s affir
mative debaters will meet the Eli
zabeth. City negative in Hertford.
Edenton’s negative team and Hert
ford’s .affirmative team will meet in
Elizabeth City at 10:30.
Edeiton’s debaters, all new ma
terial,' will comprise Nell Skinner
and Margaret Griffin, affirmative,
and .Ajnnie Macon Byrum and Sam
Cates, ;negative.
Despite the fact that very timely
questions are always involved in
these triangular debates, usually lit
tle interest is shown by the general
public.! However, this year’s query
is of unusual interest due to war ac
tivities and for that reason it is hop
ed that many, other than students,
will attend to hear the arguments
both for and against the subject.
Judges for the debate to be held
in Edenton will be selected from
members of the Edenton Rotary Club
and will be named by the president
of the club at today’s meeting.
It is interesting to know that the
Edenton, Elizabeth City and Hert
ford triangle is the oldest in the
State, having been formed in 1914,
and is .the only group in the State
which has not been rearranged since
the debates were started.
E.H.S. Baseball Team
Opens Season With
Chowan On Friday
First Conference Game
With Elizabeth City
On April 4
Edenton High 'School’s baseball
team was given a real test Wednes
day afternoon when it crossed bats
with an all-star team in which line
up appeared former high school stars
among whom were Lester Jordan,
William Cayton, John Byrum and
Sanford Forehand.
Coach Jimmy Maus was well
pleased with the showing made by
his youngsters and figures they are
about ready to meet Chowan High
School’s aggregation in the first scne
duled game here Friday afternoon.
The first conference game will be
played here on Friday afternoon.
April 4, when the locals will meet
their arch rival, Elizabeth City.
Coach Maus is somewhat at a
handicap this season in that very
few experienced, players appear in
the squad. His team will be built
around a nucleus of only a few veter
ans. Only seven boys have reported
for practice who have had at least
some experience on last year’s team.
These include Murrill and Murray
Byrum, E. C. Ashley, Lester Ashley,
Marcus White, Noah Goodwin and
Alvin Parks.
Band Concert Sunday
If Weather Permits
If spring keeps on as spring and
doesn’t turn sour and wet and cold,
its initial arrival will be signalled
on the Court House green next Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock by the
first of a series of open air band
concerts by the newly costumed high
school youngsters.
It is Director McCuller’s purpose,
if Jupiter Pluvius will stand by him,
to have these little concert flare-ups
in the same place every Sunday af
ternoon through the remaining
spring and summer months, and this,
is something to rejoice about.
| Action Needed |
i Unless something is done at
once towaijd the organization of
a Home Guard, Edenton’s chance
to have such a unit will be with
drawn. This week Millard F.
Bond, who was recommended as
captain of the outfit, was inform
ed by Adjutant General J. Van
)B. Metts that he understood
little interest is shown and that
no progress has been made.
Mr. Bond has not yet returned
his oath of officd and does not
intend doing so unless there is
some manifestation of interest
and a desire shown on the part of .
citizens that they want the or
ganization.
General Metts informed Mr.
Bond that some action will have
to be taken immediately or else
the opportunity to organize the
unit will be transferred to anoth
er town.
Judge H. L. Stevens
Will Speak To Legion
Next Monday Night
Meeting- Changed to
Court House at 8
O’clock
PUBLICINVITED
Legionnaires and Mem
bers of Auxiliary
Meet Jointly
Legionnaires and ex-service men
have a treat in store next Monday
night, when they will have an oppor
tunity to hear Judge Henry L.
Stevens speak. Judge Stevens, who
will be conducting Superior Court
here, has consented to speak at the
Legion meeting, which has aroused
considerable interest and will no
doubt attract a goodly number of ex
service men.
Judge Stevens is a past national
commander of the American Legion, j
the only one to be so honored in this
j section of the South, which fact is j
all the more reason why fonjier ser
vice men will want to be on iulnd.
Because of the number expected, to
| attend, Post Commander John A.
I Holmes has announced that the
meeting will be held in the Court
I House at 8 o’clock, instead of the
| usual meeting place in the Red Men
Hall. He also announced that the
I meeting will be joint affair, with the
Legion Auxiliary also being invited
to attend, as well as a general invi
tation being extended to the public.
, Mr. Holmes is very anxious thai;
* all ex-service men fill out question- j
naires as soon as possible and any!
who have not yet done this can be
assisted by calling on Richard D. |
Dixon, C. E. Kramer, Thomas J.!
Wood, T. C. Byrum, R. E. Leary or j
Mr. Holmes. The blanks will be
furnished by any of the above-named
Legionnaires.
Educated Dogs At
School Friday A. M.
Program Arranged to
Create Interest In
Natural History
Friday morning at 8:45 o’clock at
the Edenton school will be presented
the United States Society of Zoo
logy’s troupe of high school educated
dogs in an effort to increase interest
in natural history. The Society has
a number of features which are pre
sented in schools, but Superintendent
John A. Holmes is of the opinion
that this dog act is easily the best.
The dogs perform by bareback
riding, rope walking, tumbling, hoop
I jumping as well as other tricks in
cluding a special feature, Wise Boy,
the ladder-climbing dog.
During the act students will be
| shown what can be accomplished
I with animals and pets through kind
j ness, as well as how they Should be
| cared for.
, The public is also Invited to see
I this act, for which only three cents
will be charged which is used ex
clusively in maintaining these units
' throughout the United States.
i
4-H CLUBS ON RADIO
Over radio station WCNC in Eli
zabeth City on Saturday morning at
11:30 o’clock, a 4-H music apprecia
tion program will be broadcast by
the boys’ and girls’ 4-H Club of
Chowan High School. The program,
which will include solos, duets and
chorus numbers, will be directed b7i
County Agent C. W. Overman.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wUI
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Chamber Commerce
Banquet On Tuesday
An Enjoyable Affair
Large Number of Prizes
Given By Edenton
Merchants
76 PRESENT
John A. Holmes Stresses
Responsibility Rest
ing on C. of C.
One of the most enjoyable meet
ings of its kind in recent years took
place Tuesday night in the Com
munity Building at Cross Roads
when the Edenton-Chowan Chamber
of Commerce held its annual ban
quet. For the occasion 76 were
present which included members of
the organization and a number of
mid-county farmers, the affair being
arranged for the purpose of creating
a better feeling of friendship and co
operation, which incidentally mater
ialized during the course of the
meeting.
President J. W. Davis presided
until he turned affairs over to John
A. Holmes, who acted as toastmaster
as well as being the principal speak
er. At several points on the pro
gram Secretary C. L. McCullers
awarded prizes to lucky holders of
tickets, a large number of prizes be
ing given for the purpose by Edenton
business houses.
Before delivering his address, Mr.
Holmes called upon several present
for brief remarks which included D.
M. Warren, J. Edwin Bufflap, Geddes
Potter, C. E. Kramer, J. G. Campen
and C. W. Overman. Each spoke
very briefly, expressing pleasure at*'
meeting in the rural community and
inviting affiliation of rural citizens
with the Chamber of Commerce m
the interest of the county as a whole.
The program was also interspersed
with special music by the Chowan
trio composed of Mrs. Gordon Blow,
Miss May Belle Edwards and Miss
Louise Wilson.
Mr. Holmes, in a humorous vein
| at the outset of his remarks, said he
had a matter which should be con
sidered by the Chamber of Com
merce. Some time ago, he said, he
made a survey as to* the n&mber of
sons of Chamber of Commerce mem
bers, Lions and Rotarians, and dis
covered that there were fewer sons
(Continued on Page Eight)
Lions Will Celebrate
Fourth Anniversary
Tuesday, April Bth
Walter Cohoon of Eliza
beth City Principal
Speaker
Edenton’s Lion Club will observe
its fourth anniversary on Tuesday
night, April 8, when a banquet will
be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes at
7:30 o’clock. The anniversary win
be a ladies’ night affair and will,
from present indications, attract a
large crowd. Aside from wives cf
members, a large group of visitor?
are also expected from the Lions
Clubs at Elizabeth City, Hertfora,
Plymouth and Williamston.
For the occasion the principal
speaker will be Walter Cohoon, pro
secuting attorney of Pasquotank
County, who on last Friday night
addressed the Red Men at a banquet,
held at the Community Building at
Cross Roads. Aside from Mr. Co
hoon’s address, a committee in charge,
of arrangements, has planned an
otherwise interesting program.
At the conclusion of the pro grain
at the hotel, a dance will be held at
the Armory.
"Vacation”
With the open season for big
water fish now in full swing,
though without much result, next
Monday night marks the end for
40 days of all hook and line fish
ing in what are termed “inland
waters.” Game Warden J. G.
Perry announces that the law
sets a closed- season for such
fishing from April 1 to May 10,
and he wants everybody to re
spect it. Actually, Perry says
the reason is to give the finny
tribe a short period for lying-in
hospital work, which he calls
Bpawning.