North Carolina Newspapers

I ei Itoel end county nous |l) gemerel interest. Volume Vm.—Number 35. Harvey Cheston, Jr. * Objects To Herald Editorial Comment * v Former Edenton Teach er Says False Impres sion Damning writesTetter Editor Charged as Ig norant of Facts, Writ ing on Assumption ' Possibly no Herald editorial com ment has resulted in more discussion than last week’s article headed "A Bad Situation,”, which had something to say about school teachers signing ' a contract to return to teach school and that both parties should be obli gated to its terms. At least one of the teachers, Har vey J. Cheston, «J.r., who resigned after signing a contract to return to Edenton, takes exception to the edi torial and feels that he is a victim of injustice and misrepresentation. In a letter written, from Washing ton, D. C., where he is vacationing until he takes over his new duties at the University of Maryland, Mr. Cheston has this to say: “Dear Biifflap: “I read with concern and complete dissatisfaction the editorial appear ing in this week’s issue of The Herald entitled A BAD SITUATION. It is indeed a bad situation wherein * a distinguished writer, casting about for some suitable subject, chooses at last for the object of his diatribe a case in which he apparently is ignor ant of the pertinent facts, and goes upon mere assumption. t “Obviously, I am one of the four malefactors mentioned in the. little piece; and, while I cannot write for the other three, I do feel compelled, in the interest of common enlighten ment, to inform you regarding the truth in my own particular case. In the first place. 1 mailed my resignation tv Holmes v>n the four teenth of July, fully two months be * fore the opening of school. In the second place, every contract I ever signed with the school board made distinct reference to resignation, the only stipulation being that one „ month’s notice be given! “I believe I hold at least a fairly respectable reputation among the people of Edenton—in which event the false impression created by this article is damning. 1 “Now I am sure that you, being the editor of the paper, and having an adequate sense of justice, will see that this misrepresentation is cor rected by a published explanation or V apology—call it what you will. “Trusting that I shall not have to go further for amends, and that I shall have the pleasure of an early satisfactory reply.” Judge Dixon Assigned First Terms Os Court Recently appointed Superior Court Judge Richard D. Dixon has received his first court assignment at the hands of Governor J. M. Broughton. He will hold a civil term at Nash ville, in Nash County, during the week of September 'ls and 22, ana the week of September 29 will pre „ side at the regular joint term at Columbia, Tyrrell County. Judge Dixon also expects to be as signed to two weeks’ term at Gra ham, in Alamance County, beginning September 1, which if he is assigned, will make five full weeks of court as his initial duty in his new role. MASONS CALL MEETING OFF Because of the absence of a few of the officers and weather condi tions, G. A. Helms, master of Unani mity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., has called off the meeting tonight. The regular meeting will be held next Thursday evening. All Over Now | '♦ Beginning next Wednesday, all of Bdenton’s places of business will be open all day Wednesday, the half-day Wednesday holiday coming to a close Wednesday oT 1 this week. At the outset of summer weather several Eden ton establishments closed each Wednesday at 1 o’clock; and while there was little coopera tion in the closing idea, one bus iness after another gradually (fell in line until the greater por i, tion of the storefe observed the half-holiday. p The mid-week afternoons off afforded clerks as well as em ployers an opportunity to enjoy a few hours of rest and recna- THE CHOWAN HERALD • A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY =»■— — in - 1 1 1 ' 1— .*.-ii-ii ' ■■■ " 'j They’re In The Army Now! ••HiW mlUlßitHL' 4^li ■gir JHtk '.WP J p • #• * _ ~ REG i,,,r % That members of Company D, 105th Medical Regiment, composed mostly of Edenton boys, are none the worse for their experiences in camp at Fort Jackson is reflected in the appearance of the above group of young men. Pictured are the company’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers as follows: Back row, left to right, Sergeant Joe S. Norman of Plymouth, First Sergeant William P. Jones, Captain Thomas P. Van Noppen of Madison who succeeded Captain Pearly Baumgardner who is ill, Captain Martin Wisely, Sesgeant Herbsrt E. Bass, Corporal Luther Keeter and Staff Sergeant Skinner White. Front row, left to right, Corporal William Gregory, Staff Elbert IC. White, Sergeant Thomas Hoskins, Jr., Sergeait Louis Nachman of Hertford, Sergeant Raymond Everett and Staff Sergeant Ward Hoskins. Contemplated Edenton Tax Rate Most Likely The Lowest In History Os Town With the 95-cent tax rate for Edenton scheduled to be finally adopted for the year 1941-42 at the next regular meeting of Town Council on Tuesday, Sep tember 9, unless there is an un expected upset of contemplated appropriations, tax-payers will experience What is possibly the lowest rate in the 20 years R. E. Leary has served as Town Clerk, and in scanning over the books in his office which date back to 1925, a rate of $1.90 has been the lowest in the 16 years. In 1925 the rate was $1.24 and during the following years it ranged from $1.26 to SI.OO in 1932 until 1936, Isince which time it has re mained at that figure until the present contemplated 95-cent rate. Os course, up until 1936 the town rate included an appropria tion for the operation of schools, 1 but with the county taking over Dead Colored Man Is Identified As Being Tate Twine Identification Follows a Report By W. H. Rob erts Thursday SBI CALLED Cause of Death Still Re mains Mystery to Local Police Positive identification of the color ed man who was found floating in the water at the County Dock early Monday morning of last week was effected late Thursday night as being Tate Twine. The identification re sulted when W. H. Roberts reported to the police that since the story ol the man appeared in the newspapers it was learned that Twine had been missing on the Roberts’ farm, where he was employed. What information Roberts coum furnish coincided with that of Officer Joe Bunch, who was present when the dead man was pulled from the water, especially as to the clothing. Later Twine’s daughter was brought to the police station and the sort of clothing she said her father had on tallied with that reported by both Roberts and Officer Bunch. T'he daughter also told of a home-made truss worn by her father, which was also found on the body. The police are positive that the dead man is Tate Twine, but no in formation could be secured as to how he met his death. He was seen in Edenton Saturday afternoon before being fournl dead Monday morning, despite the belief expressed when the body was found that it had been in the water a week or longer. Twine .was seen sitting in front of the Cu pola Hous»4*nd later toward dark at the comer of Broad and Water (Streets, sitting with his head leaning over. After the body was buried, it was (Continued, on Page Five) - -cV S : V, A ;* t Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, August 28, 1941. the operating expenses, as well as the bonded indebtedness, the rate for 1936 was reduced from $1.15 to SI.OO, where it has re mained since. The town’s tax rate for the _ years from 1925 to the present follows: 1925 $1.24 1926 1-21 1927 1-15 1928 .1.20 1929 1.26 1930 L 26 1931 1-1 V 1932 1.60 1933 1.20 1934 1-26 1935 1.15 1936 1.00 1937 l.OO 1938 1.00 1939 1.00 1940 1.00 1941 -95 Edenton Rotarians Hear Address By ! Past President R.I. i Gene Newsome Princi pal Speaker at Meet ing Last Week pointed” FACTS . Gives Advice From Ex haustive Study of Farm Conditions Edenton Rotarians were treated to 1 a splendid address at the meeting ' of the club last Thursday when 1 Gene Newsome, Durham banker, ' was the principal speaker. Mr. New ' some is a past, president of Rotary * International and is the only presi : dent to be furnished by North Caro -1 lina. He was governor of the 189 tn 1 Rotary District, when the Edenton ! Rotary Club was organized 15 years ago and during his term of office t 44 Rotary Clubs were organized by • reason of which fact he has a warm i spot in his heart for Edenton ana ! the fellows who were Rotarians at . that time. It was because of this ; affection that he agreed last Thurs : day to leave his banking duties long i enough to accompany H. D. Jones oi' i Graham, present district governor, i to Edenton to speak to his oiu friends. Mr v Newsome regretted the fact that the present Rotary Club mem bership has dropped from 25 at the time the club was organised to 18 at present. For this decrease he said there was a reason, either because of the lack of activity or that the mem bers were not at heart Rotarians. The speaker has in recent years been making an exhaustive study oi the farming situation throughout the State, upon which he based the ma jor portion of his address, weaving into his talk the connection between Rotary and farm life. He expressed grave concern for. the wholesale abandonment of farm life which, he (Continued on Page Five) ™i« i ■■ hi - **• 1 Rotary Visitor mi n. Dennett Jones In his first official visit as governor of the 189th Rotary District, Mr. Jones was guest of the Edenton Rotary Club at last Iweek’s meeting. Mr. Jones, knftwn as “Tarvia,” is no strang er in Edenton, having attended many meetings of the local club shortly after it was organized, when he was in this community in connection with his work of haird-surfacing streets. Lions Club Favors Hard Surfacing Os Rocky Hock Road Project Discussed Mon day Night at Meet ing of Club Edenton Lions, at their meeting , Monday night, agreed to cooperate as far as possible in the ultimate hard-surfacing of the Rocky Hock road, which is the county’s No. 1 road ''project. Secretary W. J. Tay lor brought the matter to the at tention of the club, advising the members that the project had been discussed at Chamber of Commerce meetings and that the County Com missioners had sent their endorse ment of the project to Highway Commissioner Carroll Wilson. During the discussion it was brought out that the road in ques tion is a great handicap to farmers in the area who use the road, to transport their crops, and in many instances trucks are stalled and necessity of slow travel interferes with the marketing of the variety of (Continued on Page Five) Speaker Secured For C. Os C. Meeting On Thursday, Sept. 11 On Thursday night, September 11, a membership meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce will be held, at which the speaker will be J. T. An derson, chief engineer of the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. Mr. Anderson’s subject will be “Incidental Trends in Northeast ern North Carolina.” The meeting will be held at 8 o’clock and it is hoped every member will attend. w / Hutson Assures Committee 85% Parity For Tobacco Group Meets With Pres ident Commodity Cre dit Corporation WELL PLEASED Meeting Arranged By Peanut Stabilization Corporation, Inc. At the request of some of the .to bacco farmers in Northeastern Nortit Carolina the Peanut Stabilization Co operative, Incorporated, Edenton, ar ranged for a conference with 1 J. B. Hutson, President of Cre dit Corporation, Washington, D. C., to discuss the manner and method that could be used by tobacco grow ers in obtaining 85 per cent of parity loans on tobacco, if such loans shoufa prove to be necessary to protect the tobacco growers’ interest during the approaching tobacco marketing sea son. A committee consisting of' three members of the Board of Direc tors of Peanut .Stabilization Cooper ative, Incorporated, and the following > tobacco growers attended the confer ence with Mr. Hutson in Washington, D. C., last Wednesday morning: T. R. Whitehead, Halifax County; R. L. Corbitt, Edgecombe County; K. V. Knight, Edgecombe County; Claude L. Green, Martin County; Hugh Roberson, Martin County; J. B. Fearing, Bertie County; L. E. Hassell, Washington County, and K. C. Holland, Chowan County. Also present at the conference were Mr. H. T. Westcott, Marketing Specialist, North Carolina Department of Agri culture, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mr. E. F. Arnold, Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Hutson assured those attend ing the meeting that if the level of prices on tobacco should decline t>e loiw the parity level and it should ap pear that it would work to the ad vantage of the tobacco growers to obtain from Commodity Credit Corporation, that Commodity Credit Corporation would take immediate and effective steps to protect the In terest of the tobacco growers under the authority of law for granting loans to them by Commodity Credit Corporation. The assurances of Mr. Hutson were entirely satisfactory to and the group left the conference with the feeling that the tobacco growers’ interest would be amply and quickly protected under the loan provisions of law to insure, at least prices equivalent to 85 per cent of parity for the 1941 tobacco crop. Baptist Group To Meet In Edenton I September 23 -24 Rev. W. A. Huggins of Raleigh Principal Speaker Members of the Edenton Baptist Church will be hosts to the Chowan I Baptist Association which will meet i in the local church Tuesday and 5 Wednesday, September 23 and 24. ■ The Association is composed of six L eastern counties and present plans • point to a very delightful and en ■ lightening program. s Dr. E. W. Potts, of Elizabeth City, i will be moderator during the two-day ! session, with the principal address ■ scheduled to be delivered by the Rev. ■ W. A. Huggins of Raleigh, secretary ’ of the State Baptist Convention. Another feature of the meetings will i be addresses by two missionaries, ■ one from China and the other from i Japan. I —————————————— Fire Plugs In Town Being “Dressed Up” Fire Chief R. K. Hall is this week devoting his time to “dressing up” the fire plugs about town. Mr. Hall be gan Wednesday morning to apply a coat of aluminum paint to every plug in town. He is being assisted by a young man employed to cut grass away from each plug. Sunday School Reopens At St. Paul’s On Sunday Beginning next Sunday morning, Sunday School at St. Paul’s Churcu will re-open following closing of the school during the hot summer months. The session will begin at 10 o’clock and all members, as well as teachers, are urged to be on hand. This sflUftiiir fa iLhl when Advertisers uM reeHte good results. $1.25 Per Yea T* Jan Garber Likely To Furnish Music For Peanut Festival Plans Pointing to Suc cessful Celebration October 17 RIDES SECURED Guy Hobbs Signs Con tract for Fireworks Display Plans are gradually shaping up which give every indication of a successful Peanut Festival to be held in Edenton Friday, October 17. With the various committees at work, General Chairman E. W. Spires feels very much encouraged over the pro gress reported during the week, and feels sure the affair will be a credit to the town and will be the means of attracting many nearby neighbors to Edenton. On Monday Guy Hobbs, chairman of the pyrotechnic committee, signed a contract with George Cooke of Eli zabeth City, to provide a fireworks display costing $l5O. The display will include many attractive features and will consume in the neighbor hood of an hour and a half. Kenneth Floars, chairman of the dance committee, has contacted agen cies handling nationally known or chestras and on Tuesday expressed the belief that Jan Garber will be secured to furnish music for the dance in the Armrory as a climax to the celebration. No contract has been signed by Mr. Floars, but he has every reason to believe that the popular orchestra can be secured. Hector Lupton, chairman of the en tertainment committee, has com pleted arrangements with the Cen tral Amusement Company to furnish a large group of rides at Hicks Field. The organization will be m Edenton the entire week, the ar rangement being made primarily to have some extra amusermyit for Fwj tors on the day of the celebration. On Wednesday, C. L. McCullers, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, which organization is spon soring the festival, went to Suffolk in an effort to secure some ideas relative to floats and other matters pertaining to a parade and the cele bration in general. Chairman Spires will very shortly, probably early next week, call another meeting of the committee to check definitely what has been done and what still remains to be done in connection with the festival. It is also expected that Governor and Mrs. J. M. Broughton will De numbered among the distinguished guests to attend the festival. Club Leaders School Held Next Thursday Next Thursday night at the Com munity House at Cross Roads, a home beautification leaders’ school will be held, at which John Harris, landscape specialist of Raleigh, will be in charge. The meeting will be gin at 7:30 o’clock, Eastern Stand ard Time, during which slides of homes shown will include at least one in Chowan County. All club leaders are especially urged to be present, and any club member is cordially invited. During his stay in the county Mr. Harris will visit demonstration yards in various communities. | Omigosh! | Because of comment which a rose at a meeting of Chamber of Commelrce directors on Tuesday night, the prospect of another long and argumentative meeting of Town Council h in prospect at the monthly meeting on Sep tember 9. At Tuesday night’s meeting the town’s obligation to improve street and sidewalk conditions in the Cotton Mill village was forcefully presented, as the re sult of which a committee head ed by D. M. Warren was asked to appear before the Council men in an effort to have condi tions improved. Present condi tions were charged directly to the town as the result of unsatis factory hard-surfaced streets which (were put down several years ago and since which time the village has become unattrac tive and embarrassing to cotton mill officials. Other complaints regarding the proposed new budget will also no doubt be aired, so that some changed to the present set up may result. *