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I 9WE9E CdWmHi WHS4 W I I 4restiU&si6B I I"- * * | . • PS ■■ I Volume Vni-j-Number 19. McMullen Ag ain Re-elected Mayor Ask Highway Commission TojAccelerate Repairing bf Damaged Williamston Fill Commissioners Pass a Resolution at Meet ing Monday ' hurtsTsdenton Felt That Progress on Road Is Somewhat 1 Lagging Gedd.es Potter, chairman, John W. Graham, L. S. Byrum, J. Edwin Bufflap and Julien Wood, members of a special roads committee from the Chamber of Commerce, met at the home of the latter late last week to formulate a road program to be presented at the next meeting of the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission. The committee thoroughly considered road needs in the county and outlined a program 'which was endorsed by the County Commissioners Monday and will most likely be favorably acted upon by Town Council at the meeting to be held Tuesday night. » The local program in the way of hard-surfaced roads includes the road through Rocky Hock from the church to Small’s Cross Roads, a distance of approximately 6% miles. The other is the Soundside Road from the Albemarle Sound bridge road to Neil Hobbs’ store on the Yeopim - road, about the same, dis tance. Aside from these two paving pro jects, the committee felt that even more important to Edenton and Chowan County was the early com pletion of the road through the Wil liamston fill and widening Route 17 'from Edenton to the Perquimans County line. It is felt that progress on the Williamston fill is lagging by reason of an inadequate force of men at work. So important is the com ( pletion of this section of the high way that a resolution was unani mously passed by the Commissioners which will be forwarded to the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion, a copy of which was also hand ed to Commissioner Carroll Wilson while he was attending the Chamber of Commerce dinner Tuesday night. The resolution follows: “Whereas, the continuous flow of over that State Highway known as U. S. No. 17 is vital to the economic life of the County of Chowan and Town of Edenton for the reason that a large volume of com »merce is carried on over this route between the Chowan County area and the' communities lying South and West of the Roanoke River, and further that a large volume of inter state and tourist traffic normally travels over Route U. iS. No. 17 with (Continued on Page Seven) Boy Scout Troop ' To Be Registered „ Within 15 Days Troop Committee Told Os Plan By Kermit Layton Kermit Layton returned Monday from Doylestown, Pa., and Mend ham, N. J., where he attended a course for Boy Scout executives in which was paramounted / organizing emergency corps for boys from 16 to 18 years old. Within, the next 60 days, says Mr. Layton, who is Boy Scout field com missioner for the Albemarle District, a director will be assigned from the Executive school held at Mendham to this district. > A jneeting of the Boy Scout troop was held Monday after noon,, when Mr. Layton told some thing of the plans pending for ad vancement of the local troop. He has been given authority to act for ' the best- interest of the troop and plans to have the Edenton troop of ficially registered within the next BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. James Uozzens an nounce the birth of a daughter, bora ] ’i on Saturday, M&y Brd« - i THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWMPAPER DEVOTED TO TME INTERLST9 OF CHOWAN COUNTY ■ i ■■■■- j Claimed By Death j ♦ ——————— ■ - v ' y '> v W y mmm . bsf A I JAMES H. HOLMES Being confined to his home isince November 7, as the result of a broken leg and following a stroke last Thursday, Mr. Holmes passed away at his home Satur day morning. Effort On Foot To Add Second Story To P. 0. Budding Rotary Club Adopts a Resolution Urging Improvement If efforts now on foot materialize, another story will be added to the Edenton postoffice. Because of un satisfactory space in the basement for affairs and the need of more of fice room, as well as an assembly hall for governmental purposes, at least one letter has gone to Representative Herbert Bonner and a resolution passed by the Rotary Club urging censideration of the addition. The resolution as passed by the Rotary Club follows: “Whereas, under the present ar rangement, a group of workers are located in the basement of the Post Office Building, which has proved unsatisfactory and entails consider able expense to the government in efforts to make this section of the building waterproof, “And whereas, the building was erected with the expectation of add ing another story, and was construct ed with that in mind, “And because more space in the Post Office Building would provide more suitable space for the present agencies occupying offices and at the same time make room for the other government agencies which are now obliged to be scattered about town, as well as provide an assembly hall for various meetings of a govern ment natu»e, “Now, therefore, the Edenton Ro tary Club, this day, May 1, 1941, en dorses the efforts to secure the ad dition of another story to the Post Office Building in Edenton, and re quests the serious consideration of Representative Herbert Bonner and Senator Josiah Bailey in their ef forts in the realization of this much needed improvement.” Sheriff Reports Good April Tax Collection Evidently because delinquent 1940 taxpayers are advertised this week, Sheriff J. A. Bunch reports a good collection of taxes during April. According to his report to the County Commissioners on Monday, $7,714.33 was collected in 1940 taxes, bringing the total year’s collections up to $60,607.40. The year’s levy is $81,616.16. / . Recital Postponed To Wednesday, May 14 Due to illness of Mrs. Leon Lewis, children’s piana radtal scheduled for tonight (Thursday) has been May 14, it7:so o’ckxk. ofF vF-h. -v —* -v-*- ‘ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 8,1941. James H. Holmes Dies At Home On Saturday Morning Confined to Home By Accident Since No vember 7 69 YEARS OLD Many Turn Out for Fun eral on Sunday Af ternoon Edenton and the entire Chowan countryside, in both of which sec tions he had counted his friends as legion, were deeply saddened by the early morning news last Saturday that James Hinton Holmes, 69, had passed away. Mr. Holmes, affec tionately known to everyone as “Jim” Holmes, died at his East Water Street home at 8:30 o’clock, after a stroke of paralysis that occurred 36 hours before, and indirectly following injuries resulting from being run down by an automobile last Novem ber. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Deceased, for well up toward the half century mark a merchant in Edenton, was a native of adjacent Washington County, having been born there the son of W. D. and Har riet B. Holmes, January 20, 1872. As a mere boy he moved with his parents to Edenton and soon afterward enter ed the old Edenton Acad.emy, grad uating from there with high honors. Immediately afterward he secured a position as a printer’s devil in the shop of the one-time Edenton Fish erman and Farmer, but soon gave up that avocation to take a clerkship with the late E. L. Brinkley, where he continued until 1896. Later Mr. Holmes was similarly associated with W. O. Elliott, remain ing until 1902 when he entered the mercantile business for himself along with O. M. Elliott and Joseph Vail. This he continued under the same partnership, maintaining one of the largest stores in the Albe marle, until a year and a half or so ago when the partnership was sever : (Continued on Page Seven) Dickie Speaker At Meeting Os C. Os C. Theme of Remarks Had To Do With Defense Problems Another of the Chamber of Com merce’s delightful and beneficial membership dinners was held at the 1 Hotel Joseph Hewes Tuesday night and proved an interesting affair to the 63 localibes and guests from Eli zabeth City and elsewhere who were present. L. P. Dickie, of Atlanta, Ga., southeastern division manager i for the United States Chamber of : Commerce, was the principal speak ; er and made an enlivening talk. i Highway Commissioner Carroll Wil ■ son, of Roanoke Rapids, and Division ■ Sperintendent Gardner, of Tarboro, , who were expected to be present, ; were not on hand, however, .but Dis • trict Engineer George P. Mack, of Murfreesboro, was. President J. W. Davis presided at the dinner and after the Chowan trio ' had entertained the assemblage, Sec (Continued on Page Four) COUNTY PROPERTY VALUATION RAISED snn,m according to utest nanus \ County Commissioners Hopeful That Increase ; Will Result In Reducing Tax Rate Which Is Now $1.13 Per Hundred I , With Chowan County’s revalu , ation of property completed and i the time expired in which to i register any complaints that would alter the figure, a tabula tion by County Tax Supervisor Philip McMullan reveals an in . crease of approximately $700,- t 000. So that the 1941 tax rate in the County will be based up on a property valuation of about t $7,527,803, instead of $6,827,803 i as last year. , . The increase, the Commission ers hope, will result in towering s> _____________ Leads Leroy H. Haskett By 58 Votes In Three-cornered Contest As Record Os 846 Votes Are Cast In City Election | HOW EDENTON VOTED TUESDAY | First Second Third Fourth Ward Ward Ward Ward Total MAYOR: J. H. McMullan 133 107 84 37 361 L. H. Haskett 39 136 67 61 303 T. Wallace Jones 43 89 31 19 182 TREASURER: W. H. Gardner 192 233 162 93 680 COUNCILMEN-AT-LARGE: J. Edwin Bufflap 151 190 103 79 523 David Q. Holton 102 121 98 54 375 Ralph E. Parrish 70 117 50 35 272 J. L. Pettus< 49 67 . 57 34 207 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS: W. W. Byrum 150 149 123 79 501 J. H. Conger 158 138 115 71 482 O. Branning Perry 125 133 93 66 417 i W. S. Griffin 108 120 76 55 359 A. S. Hollowell 36 115 28 30 209 Ernest L. White 20 77 37 16 150 George W. Leary 3 23 10 8 44 FIRST WARD COUNCILMAN: J. Clarence Leary ,—155 John G. Small 58 SECOND WARD COUNCILMAN: W. Jordan Yates . -140 Graham Byrum ,-139 L. C. Burton : 39 THIRD WARD COUNCILMAN: Albert Byrum 167 FOURTH WARD COUNCILMAN: W. M. Wilkins 107 Note —In the Second Ward Graham Byrum and Jordan Yates turned in a tie vote, 140 each. The tie, according to the Town Charter, would have been decided by lot by the Board of Councilmen sitting as a canvassing com mittee to canvass the vote Friday night. The two candidates, however, matched to break the tie after the vote was counted, with Mr. Yates win ning. . One of Mr. Byrum's votes was therefore given to Mr. Burton. Commissioners Endorse Dixon Asjtew Judge Realize, However, That His Services Will Be Greatly Missed Chowan County Commissioners, at their meeting Monday, endorsed Richard D. Dixon as a special Super ior Court judge and followed up their endorsement with a lengthy tele gram to Governor J. M. Broughton for his consideration when filling several places. The Commissioners were frank in their admission that it will be mighty hard to secure another man of Mr. Dixon’s calibre as a county official and were very compliment ary of the way he has performed his duties. They realize that his advice and cooperation will be greatly miss ed if he is appointed to -a judgeship, but were of one accord in lending their support to the promotion. Poppy Day Observed Saturday, May 24 Poppy Day, the annual affair spon sored throughout the nation by mem bers of the American Legion Auxil iary, will be held this year on May 24, and will, of course, be observed here. Paper poppies made by dis abled veterans, as before, will be of fered for sale as their only means of support. of the tax rate which is now |I.IS on the SIOO valuation. There will be the same amount to be pahl for bonds during the year, except at a lower interest rate and with expenses running on a par with this year every indication points to a lower tax rate. Obviously the boost in prop erty valuation will also affect the town valuation and will aid materially an maintaining a dol lar rate or possibly slicing off a few points. J : ij \ ; | The winnahk | ' INwb| mw J. H. McMULLAN With interest at fever heat, Mr. McMull'an was again re elected as Edenton’s Mayor in Tuesday’s election, defeating L. H. Haskett and T. Wallace Jones. Chowan’s Quota In Cancer Campaign More Than Trebled Mrs. John F. White Re ports $166.50 By Con tributions With Chowan’s quota SSO and net returns totaling $166.50, Mrs. John F. White, Chowan County chairman for the Woman’s Field Army to raise funds to combat cancer, is more than pleased with the result of this year’s campaign. In winding up affairs of the drive, Mrs. White desires to pub licly thank the faithful corps of can vassers, as well as each one who helped by contributions to treble the quota fixed for the county. . She is especially appreciative for the splen did support she has received from Mrs. J. A. Bunch and Mrs. Leon Leary, who acted as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Seventy per cent of the fund will remain in Chowan County for use in providing relief for cancer victims and preventative measures, while the remainder will be forwarded to the national organisation. Those who contributed during the (Continued on Page Five) This newspaper is drab I Hated in the territory l where Advertisers pill I reatiss good rsstdts. $1.25 Per Year Byrum, Conger, Perry Elected to Board of Public Works TIE VOTETN SECOND Bufflap and Holton Win Councilman-at-large Contest With a record vote cast Tuesday, when 846 Edenton citizens trekked to the polls to register their choice for officials for two more years, Eden ton experienced one of the most in teresting elections in recent years. The weather was ideal and with 22 candidates in the field, the vote was the largest in history for a city election. Principal interest centered in the three-cornered contest for Mayor, in which J. H. McMullan was returned to office by a slim majority of 58 votes over Leroy Haskett. The lat ter led T. Wallace Jones by 121 votes. McMullan polled 361 votes, Haskett 303 and Jones 182. McMullan car ried the First and Third Wards, while Haskett was high man in the Second and Fourth Wards, the win ner being very strong in his own ward, the First, where he led Has kett 94 votes. Jones trailed in each of the four wards. In the race for Councilman-at large, J. Edwin Bufflap polled the highest vote on the ticket where there was any opposition, being led only by Henry "Gardner, who had no opposition for treasurer. Bufflap’s vote was 523 in a quadrangular con test, while Gardner pol'le*f‘6BC- , votes. David. Holton was elected to the oth er councilman-at-large seat with 375 votes as against 272 for Ralph Par rish and 207 by J. L. Pettus. Bufflap was far in the lead in every ward except in Holton’s own ward, the Third, where the lead was only five votes. West Byrum led the field of candi dates for three members on the Board of Public Works with 501 votes. The other two members elected were J. H. Conger with 482 votes and O. B. Perry with 417. Wallace Griffin, present member of the Board, was fourth with 359, fol lowed by A. S. Hollowell with 209, Ernest L. White with 150 and. George W. Leary with 44. In the First Ward, J. Clarence Leary easily defeated John G. Small for Councilman, Leary receiving 155 votes to 58 for Small. What has never happened in a city election before occurred in the Sec ond Ward, where Graham Byruin, W. Jordan Yates and Lloyd Burton were candidates for councilman. When the vote was tabulated Byrum and Yates each had 140 votes in what was no doubt the biggest upset in the election. Byrum, a veteran council man, has always polled a large vote, and to be so closely pressed came as somewhat of a surprise. The winner was decided by both candidates agreeing to toss a coin in which Yates won the toss and will replace Byrum on the Board. One vote was, therefore, taken from Byrum’s total and added to Burton’s which makes the count Yates 140, Byrum 139, and Burton 39. Albert Byrum in the Third Ward had no opposition and polled 167 votes, while W. M. Wilkins, also with no opposition in the Fourth Ward, received 107 votes. Town Council will meet Friday night to canvass the votes and de clare the winners and the new Board will take oath of office at the regu lar meeting next Tuesday night. Encouraging Sale Os Bonds And Stamps For Aid In Defense With United States Defense Sav ing Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps going on sale at the local post office on May 1, Postmaster C. E. Kramer reports very encouraging response as a part of the defense program. The first bond w*r purchased by i E. J. Bunch, while two youngsters, i Philip McMullan, Jr., and his sister, i Apne McMullan, son and daughter of Mr. and Mbs. Philip McMullan, i are credited with the first savings stamp purdtMK.
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