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Volume Vlll—Number 36.
Plans Shaping Up
> Well For Edenton’s
r Peanut Celebration
i ' ,
Chairmen of Commit
tees Meet Again With
Chairman Spires
SHOW~ACTION ,
Parade and Coronation
Ball Outstanding
Events
Despite the recent hot weather, the
various committees appointed to
handle Edenton’s Peanut Festival
have been at work and plans are
gradually shaping up for what ap
i'* pears to be a very successful cele
bration on October 17.
At a meeting of committee chair
men with General Chairman E. W.
Spires Tuesday afternoon reports
were heard and already many of the
details have been arranged.
The celebration proper claimed the
major attention Tuesday which had
to do with the parade, peanut dis
plays, decorations, advertising, spec
ial attraction and a coronation ball
at which a peanut queen will be
crowned.
C. W. Overman reported relative
* to progress made by he and Miss
Rebecca Colwell, home demonstra
tion agent. The two agents tenta
tively planned for a display of as
many things as possible made of
> peanuts. It is also their purpose to
have stores feature displays in which
peanuts and peanut products are
featured.
Mr. Overman also suggested that a
float be arranged by 4-H Club mem
bers which will carry out the theme
of the festival. He told Mr. Spires
that he thought this could be ar
ranged and that it would be taken Op
with Miss Colwell.
Mr. Spires informed the commit
tee chairmen that he .had comtactea
Representative Herbert Bonner rela
tive to securing an outstanding
speaker for the festival as well as
1 naval and military units. It is hoped
that a blimp, sea planes and other
types of aircraft can be secured to
add interest to the occasion. Mr.
Bonner assured Spires of his full co
, operation and promised to do what
he could to help make the festival a
Buccess. *
The problem of decorations for the
* festival has been settled, L. H. Has
kett, chairman of the decorating
committee, being given authority to
sign a contract with a Norfolk con
cern to do? the decorating. Streets
and approaches to the town will be
decorated without expense to the
> committee, this being provided for
in the contract to solicit merchants
for individual decorations.
Kenneth Floars, dance committee
chairman, presented a proposition
..that the dance be turned over to his
committee with full authority to se
cure the best orchestra possible,
which authority was granted.
The Armory will be ' elaborately
decorated for the coronation ball,
where again peanuts will play the
major role. At the ball the peanut
queen will be crowned, with princess
es being entered from nearby towns.
(Continued on Page Five)
W. H. Hudson New
’Teacher Industrial
Arts At High School
Faculties Completed for
~ White and Colored
Schools
With the opening of the Edenton
p > white school on Monday, '.September
p§ 15, and the colored school on Sep
tember 17, Superintendent John A.
Holmes has completed the faculties
for both schools. This was accom
plished this week when Mr. Holmes
denounced that W. H. Hudson had
been employed as industrial an*
teacher to succeed Ralph Britt. This
was the only vacancy not filled, un
less there are other resignations.
* Mr. Hudson was a number of years
ago engaged in the insurance busi
| ness in Edenton, and after an absence
I of several years returned a few
I years ago to occupy the old Booth
I House on East Church Street, where
[ he has been dealing in antiques.
[| * legion Auxiliary to meet
I | The regular meeting of the Amer
-1 : lean Legion Auxiliary will be held on
111, Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the
I | Rose Room at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
II Jjdi members are urged to be pres
-1 ent as this will be an important
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Adding still further to the at
tractiveness of the interior of the
I Municipal Building, which has
| ' recently been painted and equip
ped with Venetian blinds and a
large electric fan, a series of
floureacent lights have been in
stalled. The new lighting system
not only adds to the appearance
of the building at night, but the
new lights are far superior to
the old ones and aid those who
are obliged to work after dark.
Edenton’s Gridiron
Prospects For 1941
i Big Question Mark
Eight of Last Year’s
Regulars Will Be
Missing
Though Coach W. E. Bowman is
. not expected to arrive to take over
[ his coaching duties at Edenton High
. School for at least another week, a
. number of the boys have already
[ undergone limbering up exercises on
. the football field in anticipation of
the new coach’s arrival. Mr. Bow
> man has been attending summer
j school at Duke University, where he
. also was a member of Coach Wallace
. Wade’s coaching school, and expects
) to spend a few days at his home at
’ Greenville, Tenn., before reporting
, for duty here. Coach Wallace Wade
t was high in his praise of Bowman
. as a coach and local school officials
are very enthusiastic over his com
; ing to Edenton.
Just what sort of a football team
. Coach Bowman will turn out is a big
I question mark at this time, for he
. has some things in his favor for de
i veloping a stronger team than last
year, while others appear to be
. against him. One of the hardest
! blows is the fact that seven of last
. years regulars have been lost
. through graduation, these being Am
| mon Smithson, David Goodwin and
[ Murriell Byrum, ends; Murray By
. rum, guard; Noah Goodwin and Alvin
, Parks, halfbacks, and Elton Fore
hand, quarterback. Aside from this
. loss, Richard Mizzelle, a halfback,
; has moved to Norfolk, and will be
. missing from the squad this year.
Harry Spruill, a promising pros
! pect for the regular quarterback po
. sition, has also moved to Norfolk,
. which presents another problem for
| the new coach.
Os last year's veterans who are
i expected to report for berths on the
, team are Tom Shepard, guard; Jas
, per Hassell and Lester Ashley, ends;
! Henry Gardner and Ed Habit, tack
, les; Sammy Cates, center, and Geo.
Alma Byrum, the only remaining
, backfield man.
t One encouraging feature, however,
! is the prospect of two freshmen be
, ing able to claim places on the first
string. These two boys are Rodney
’ ‘Rogerson and Hoskins Bass, who
. starred on the B team, and if they
make the grade they will bring the
[ total to four boys who ever made the
! first team during their freshman
’ year at the Edenton school. The
other two were Paul Spencer and
Pete Everett, both of whom will long
be remembered for their outstanding
playing on the Edenton High team.'
Some fans predict a stronger com
bination than last year, while for
the most part others prefer to wait
for a prediction pending the new
coach’s ability to develop material
for existing vacancies.
Theatre Resumes i
Sunday Movies
Shows Begin at Taylor I
Next Sunday Af
ternoon
Moving picture fans will.be inter
ested to learn that Sunday movies
will be resumed at Taylor Theatre
beginning next ISunday, September 7.
As in previous summers, the Sunday
shows have been discontinued during
t"he hot weather, no shows having
been held since June 22.
The picture for next Sunday will
be “Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day,”
starring Lew Laraine Day
and Lionel Barrymore. There will
be a matinee in the afternoon and a
night show after church services.
Garden Club M eeting
On Monday Afternoon
t
Edenton’s Garden Club wifl hold
its first meeting of the new year
Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
The meeting will be held in tile Rose
Room at Hotel Joseph Heww*. and
every member is urged to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 4,1941.
Schools Os County
Ready For Opening
Monday Sept 15th
Some Doubt If Rocky
Hock School Will Be
Finished In Time
USE “OLD TIME”
Students Asked to Meet
Friday Morning to
Register
The Chowan High School and the
Rocky Hock Central schools are sche
duled to begin class work Monday,
September 15th. It Is not known
definitely whether the Rocky Hock
Central school will be able to open
on the same date, because of the
difficulty of obtaining all of the
plumbing equipment. This equip
ment may arrive any day and same
be installed without delaying the
opening of this school. It is the
hope of the County Board of Educa
l tion that the equipment will be in
stalled on time. The carpentry work
of the school is practically finished.
A teachers’ meeting for the two
White schools has been announcea
for Thursday afternoon, September
11, at 3 o’clock, Eastern Standard
Time. Plans will be presented at
1 this meeting for the opening of the
schools.
All school bus drivers who passeo
the road test and written test will
be called to Edenton Thursday morn
ing, September 11, to take the phy
sical examination given by the Coun
ty Health Department. Those who
pass this test will be issued a School
Bus Driver’s Certificate, and the
Principal of the Chowan School will
designate the main bus drivers and
the substitute drivers for starting
; the transportation system. The main
bus drivers will be placed in charge
: of the school bus designated for the
■ respective school bus routes.
On Friday morning the busses will
' operate the first time by bringing
1 the students to the Chowan High
■ School and those to the Rocky Hock
1 Central School, providing same Is
ready for use. Students will not be
1 held any longer Friday than neces
> sary. It is thought that they can De
1 back home by noon. The County
schools will operate on the Eastern
■ Standard Time, or the “old time,”
rather than the “new time.”
i As heretofore, the same system of
' renting .books will be followed. Stu
dents are requested to bring the ren
! tal fees Friday morning. Those who
1 bring their fees Friday morning can
be given credit for their book fees
and issued books. The rental fees
■ run according to grades in the first
seven grades and a flat fee of $2.40
' for all high school grades. The ren
tal fees for the first two grades are
SI.OO for each, for the third, fourth
and fifth, $1.20 for each grade, and
; for the sixth and seventh grades, the
fee is $1.40 for each grade.
In addition to the flat fee for the
high school grades, each high school
student will have to pay the follow
ing: All Agriculture pupils will pay
a fee of $2.00; all Home Economics
students a fee of SI.OO, and all pupils
taking high school science, such as
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.,
will pay a laboratory fee of 50c
each. These fees are necessary for
a student to register and get credit
for his or her work. If these fees
are paid on Friday, it will mean that
each student will be fully registered,
and all textbooks and laboratory sup
plies will be made available. There
fore, it is urged that students come
, prepared to register in full Friday
| morning. If every student could do
it would mean that the class
work would start without the diffi-
I culty of trying to teach a class in
I any subject with 50% of the studems
| enrolled without proper textbooks.
The necessary courses for college
entrance will be offered this year, in
cluding Plane Geometry. Many of
the subjects offered- will be elective
to students, apd requirements to
other students. Where it is defin
itely known that a student intends
(Continued on Page Five)
Club Leaders School
Will Be Held Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock,
Eastern Stnadard Time, at the Cross
Roads Community House, a home
beautification leaders’ school will be
conducted, with John Harris, land
scape specialist of Raleigh, in charge.
All club leaders are expected to De
present and a cordial invitation is
extended to all club members to at
tend.
On Friday a visit will be made to
demonstration yards, but contrary to
Hie usual custom, those who will be
visited will not be notified by Miss
Rebecca Colwell, home demonstration
agent.
September Term
Os Superior Court
Begins On Monday
Murder Case Adds to
Interest of Fall
Session
13 CIVILCASES
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle
Os Snow Hill Will
Preside
One murder case and thirteen civil
actions are on the calendar for the
September Term of Superior Court
starting next Monday with Judge J.
Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, pre
siding.
The criminal trial will be the first
one called at the opening of court
Monday, and involves James Holley,
Negro, as defendant. He is charged
with having killed “General” Baker,
another Negro, with an axe on July
26 last, at a tenant house on a farm
in the Green Hall seetion.
The civil matters scheduled for a
Tuesday start are as follows:
Monday, September Bth—Criminal
cases.
Tuesday, September 9th—Bank vs.
Lowry; Jackson vs. Perry; Southern
Dairfies vs. Sutton Drug Store, Inc.;
Francis vs. Smith; Davis vs. Wins
low and Waff; Holley vs. Welch;
Roberson’s Slaughter House vs. Dav
enport.
Wednesday, September 10th—M. G.
Brown Co. vs. East Carolina Land
Corporation et als; M. G. Brown Co.
vs. Russ; Mayo vs. Goodwin; Backus
vs. J. N. Pruden, Admr.; Spruill vs.
Spruill; Furniture Co. vs. Griffin.
Motions and divorce cases at the
convenience of the Court.
Members C. Os C.
Urged To Send in
Dues Immediately
Committees Named For
Year Already Very
Active
With some members of the Cham
ber of Commerce a bit backward in
-forwarding to Secretary C. L. Mc-
Cullers their dues for the year IS4I
- the secretary is very anxious
that every member becomes in good
standing at the very earliest possi
ble moment. The organization has
been very active since the new yea e
began and because of this fact, as
well as contemplated activities, it is
necessary that funds become avail
able at once. In next week’s issue
of The Herald will be listed all
members of the organization who are
in good, standing.
Various committees have been ap
pointed, all of which have been ac
tive since the year began. Addi
tional committees will be appointed
as occasion demands. Committees
as now composed follow:
Civic—John A. Holmes, J. Alvah
Bunch, W. D. Holmes, Jr., J. M.
Jones, C. T. Hollowell, R. H. Lupton,
Frank Elliott, Chas. H. Wood, W. S.
Griffin, Gordon Blow, L. H. Haskett
and S. C. Mills.
Legislative—John W. Graham, J.
G. Campen, A. E. Jenkins, G. M. By
rum, F. W. Hobbs, R. L. Pratt, J. N.
Pruden, W. i. Yates, Earl Goodwin,
Earl Harrell.
Industrial—W. W. Byrum, J. H.
Conger, R. N. Hines, G. B. Potter,
J. P. Partin, L. C. Burton, R. E.
Forehand, J. C. Leary, W. A. Leg
gett and W. S. Privott.
Mercantile—P. T. Owens, W. M.
Wilkins, (Mrs.) Mattie Davis, C. E.
By rum, F. Benbury, (Mrs.) Clara
Preston, J. A. Davenport, T. B. Bar
row, O. M. Elliott.
Finance—M. B. Bond, Jr., R. F.
Elliott, George C. Hoskins, Guy C.
Hobbs, W. I. Hart, J. E. Jackson, P.
(Continued on Page Five)
Furnaces Inspected
By Hall Next Week
Fire Chief R. K. Hall announces
another fire inspection which will be
made next week. During the week
Mr. Hall will inspect all furnaces and
stacks, and urges any necessary re
pairs to be ihade before he makes
the inspection.
MRS. STONE IMPROVING
Reports from Stoneville are to the
effect that Mrs. Otis Stone’s condi
tion is much improved. Mrs. Stone,
formerly Miss Sallie Jones of Eden
ton, was gravely ill for several days
'following a major operation.
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THAD EURE
Secretary of State Thad Eure
who on Friday Was elected
president of the National Asso
ciation of Secretaries of State at
the annual convention which was
held this year at Los Angeles,
California. This is the first time
the honor has been given to a j
North Carolinian.
High School Band
Loses Nine Players
Six of Group Plan to
Enter Various Col
leges This Fall
Principally because of graduation,
the Edenton High School Band win
be without the services of nine
members, all of whom have contri
buted no little to the success of tne
local organization. Director C. L.
McCullers says each one has been
an outstanding member and because
it. Jjfeisl.jux. of these will enter col-,
lege, he hopes they will continue to !
stand out in the musical field in tne
schools of higher learning.
Those who will be lost include
George Ward, Billy Brunson, Ed
Parker, Elton Forehand, Jimmy
Chestnutt, Cullen Swindell, Annie
Macon Byrum, Carolyn Oglesby ana
Ruth Vail, the last six expecting *0
enter college. While the loss ot
this group will be keenly felt, Direc
tor McCullers is developing talent to
replace the vacancies, and while
a majority of the members of tm*
year’s band will be younger in years,
he predicts just as good a band as
in former years, and that it win
continue to go forward as in the
past.
New Front Being*
Put In Elliott Store
Another improvement in the Broad
Street business section is now rn
progress at the Elliott store. A new
front is being put in the half of the
building formerly occupied by J. H.
Holmes Company and until recently
used by O. M. Elliott before moving
to the other side of the building.
Just what kind of a business will
occupy the store when completed
could not be learned.
Orchestra Music
Feature At Meeting
Lions Club Monday
Edenton Lions, at their meeting
Monday night, devoted the greater
portion of their time to listening to
special music which was furnished, by
C. L. McCullers and his high school
orchestra. The program was m
charge of L. H. Haskett, who re
quested popular numbers. Mr. Mc-
Cullers complied with the rb juesiis,
and expressed his appreciation tor
being invited, and further expressed
the hope that occasions will arise for
the Rotary and Lions Clubs to meet
together.
During the meeting West Byrum
reported that it was the hope of J.
W. Davis, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, to have Highway Com
missioner Carroll Wilson meet with
the roads committee and visit in
Rocky Hock, where the Lions favor a
hard surfaced road.
Dr. W. S. Griffin, who is interest
ed in a swimming pool in Edenton,
said that a Health Department report
shows that the water in the vicinity
of Edenton is unfit for bathing pur
poses and that he is still working
on the project
The club agreed to designate Sep
tember 15 as 100% attendance night
as a tribute to International Secre
tary Melvin Jones. On that night
special efforts will be put forth to
have every member present.
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Hunting Season
In Offing Causes
Warning By Perry
Game Warden Urges
Strict Observance
Os Laws
OPEN "SEASONS
Reports Have It That
Game Is Plentiful
Locally
With hunting season in the offing,
Game Warden J. G. Perry is warning
against the shooting of game before
the seasons officially open, as well
as to strict observance of bag limits
when the seasons open. Reports
have it that game is very plentiful
this year which always invites a ten
dency to disregard the limit. Mr.
Perry, too, feels that some hunters
fail to observe the opening of the
seasons as well as purchasing hunt
ing licenses, and in event any are
■ caught violating the game laws, tne
penalties prescribed by law will be
! carried out.
For the information of hunters,
[ Mr. Perry announces the following
! open seasons, as well as the bag
limits, in this section:
Bear—October 1 to January 1. Bag
limit, day, two; season, two.
Deer (Male) —October 1 to January
1. Bag limit, day, one; season, three.
Opossum and, Raccoon (with guns
l or dogs only)—October Ito Febru
ary 15. No limit.
Opossum, Raccoon, Mink and
Muskrat (trapping)—December 1 to
February 15. No limit.
Otter—No open season.
Quail —November 20 to January
31. Bag limit, day, 10; season 150.
Rabbit—November 20 to January
31. No limit.
Squirrel—October 1 to January 15.
Bag limit, day, 10; season, no limit.
Turkey—-November 20 to January
31. Bag limit, day, one; season,
three.
1 Dove-—Sefitcmbe’ - 1 to October 27.
Bag limit, day, 12; season, 12.
j Duck—-November 2 to December
31. Bag limit, day, 10; season, 20.
Geese—November 2 to December 31.
Bag limit, day, three; season, six.
Mr. Perry especially warns against
hunting on Sunday, which is unlaw
ful, and urges those who hunt to se
cure a copy of the game laws, so
that the provisions may be under
stood and thus prevent any possible
expense and embarrassment by being
arrested for any violations.
Pay And Barbecue For
Edenton Firemen At
Their Meeting Tonight
A double attraction should draw
every volunteer fireman to the
monthly meeting of the Edenton Fire
Department which will be held to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. In
the first place, Fire Chief R. K.
Hall says the firemen will be paid
for attending fires, and secondly, the
annual barbecue supper will be serv
ed, The supper this year will be a
stag affair, and it is hoped that
every fireman will be on hand.
Cuthrell’s Move
To New Quarters
Store Now Located In
Renovated Chappell
Building
Another change in Edenton’s busi
ness section took place Saturday,
when the Cuthrell Department Store
moved from the building at the cor
ner of Broad and Eden Streets to
the next door building owned by Ar
thur Chappell. The concern had oc
cupied the comer building, owned by
T. Wallace Jones, since beginning
business in Edenton five years ago.
The Chappell property has been re
modeled inside as well as a new
front erected, which makes the new
store one of the roomiest and most
attractive in Edenton. The new lo
cation has been leased from Mr.
Chappell for five years.
Wales In Charge Os
Program At Rotary
Because last week’s Rotary meet
ing was called off on account of tne
inter-city meeting held in Ahoskie,
Charles P. Wales, Jr., will be in
charge of today’s program, when the
club meets at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House. Mr. Wales promises an in
teresting program and it is hoped
that every -Rotarian will be on hand.