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rjrnmmmmmmmmm m columns will bo fmml o fmk frosontatton oi M ami umnty mom Os /moral mtorost. Volume Vlll.—Number 37. Two Day Term of Superior Court Features Sentence 18 Years For Axe Killer Three Civil and Three Criminal Actions Dis posed of FIVE DIVORCES Judge Frizelle Presides, Who Asks Judge Dix oji to Sit With Him After an absence of five years, Judge Paul J. Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, made a return visit to Edenton this week to preside at the Septem ber Term of Superior Court, starting Monday, and as before made a very favorable impression, but even so he stayed but two days, winding up a small criminal docket on the first day and completing the term on Tuesday after disposing of a few civil actions. Detained an hour and a half on opening day because of de lay in passing through construction work at the damaged Williamston fill this side of the Roanoke River, the jurist, however, wasted no time when he did arrive in getting the court proceedings underway. At the very outset, after greeting court officials and members of the local bar, Judge Frizzelle summonea the newly appointed special Chowan Superior Court Judge, Richard D. Dixon, to sit with him on the bench while he delivered his charge to the grand jury. In this charge he men tioned Mr. Dixon as one “whose worthiness has been befittingly re cognized,” and prophesied a judicial career for the Edentonian that would compare favorably with that of any of the senior members of the same court. In charging the grand jury, of which Russell Chappell was foreman, Judge Frizzelle said he had reached the conclusion that Chowan County had a fine citizenship because of the 4 relatively few law violations. Anoth er thing which called for praise of the county was the fact that none of the men called for grand jury duty had asked to be excused. He recalled that this was true on his last l appearance in the county. This, he said, was indicative of a high sense of responsibility and duty. He com mented upon- the number of excuses he is obliged to listen to in his trav els about the State, in one instance every juror asking to be excused. He termed such a condition as a dis grace and reflection on a county when average and leading men are so engrossed with their personal af * fairs that, they are not willing to give their services to one of the most important and essential bodies in the land. But for the maintenance of law and order it would be a very * short time before these same men would have no business, for they would not be assured of property or of life. A citizen Should feel that he is honored to be called for jury duty, the judge said, as he traced briefly the trial by juries which was adopt ed from the mother country and has been maintained for more than 150 years. Judge Frizzelle paid tribute to So licitor Chester Morris, Sheriff J. A. * Bunch, Clerk of Court E. W. iSpires and Judge Richard D. Dixon, whose worthiness has been recognized in 'Aeing elevated to the bench. He specificially instructed the grand jury relative to making pre sentments, admonishing them to make no distinction if a friend or an acquaintance was involved in -break ing the law. It takes courage, he told them, but members of a grand jury are men of intelligence and character and should see that justice is earned out irrespective of friend- The juflge was very emphatic re garding rickless and drunken driv ing, which he termed one of the most serious problems to contend with. Such violators are potential murderers, he said, and a fine is no good., A fine is not commensurate ">trith the seriousness of the crime, he (Continued on Page Five) Two rones | Chowan County school children will g» to school, beginning on Monday, at different times this year due to the fact that in the 4 county Superintendent W. J. Taylor says the schools will oper ate by Eastern Standard Time, (while in the city, unit Superin tendent John A. Holmes says fc Daylight Saving Time will be observed until it is changed. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Edenton, Chowan County, NortL Carolina, Thursday, September 11, 1941. Farmer’s Friend | Though O. C. Davis, retired railway mail clerk, does not live on a farm, he may well be con sidered a friend of the fanner. Aside from fishing, one of Mr. Davis’ favorite pastimes is shooting crows and hawks, which he does with a .22 calibre Hornet rifle. It wilt be interesting to know that up to July 1, Mr. Davis has killed 579 crows, which without doubt has resulted in less dam age to at least home of the farm er’s crops. Mr. Davis, late in 1940, began to keep a record of the erdws he shot, which is as follows: To January 1, 1941 245 January, 1941 118 February 39 March 29 April 102 May 30 June 16 Total 579 Peanut Officials Meet In Edenton Arrange For Farmers To Receive Seed For Payment _____ i Chowan County fanners have op portunity to gain greatly by seeding winter legumes. Notice received from the State Office reveals that they twill be unable to obtain winter le gume seed as a grant-of-aid this year. Chowan farmers who have not reached their 1941 soil-building goal need to carry out 2,147 more units. Each of these units is worth an aver age of $7.25 each in earning benefit payments. Arrangements are being made for local dealers to purchase and handle the winteir legume seed. Farmers may either buy the seed for cash or they may obtain seed by mak-' ing assignment of payment for the] amount of the seed. A sufficient amount of seed is being purchased and it is hoped that every farmer who needs more units will take ad vantage of the opportunity. Representatives of eight counties met in Edenton Friday. Mr. Hassell and Mr. Mosely, State Office repre sentatives, discussed with the group methods of administering peanut marketing quotas. Rotary And Lions Clubs Object To Speeding In Town Pass Resolution to Reg ister Complaint to Town Council Speeding in Edenton is claiming the attention of both the Rotary aqd Lions Clubs, each organization having passed a resolution request ing Town Council to instruct police to make an effort to curb this dan gerous practice. Numerous com plaints of fast driving, especially on North Broad Street, have been made lately, and each of the clubs ap pointed committees to appear before Town Council. For the Rotarians, John A. Holmes, Frank Holmes and Charles Wales were asked to go be fore Town Council, while the Lions turned the matter over to the Safety Committee, composed of L. H. Has kett and A. E. Jenkins. The resolution passed by the two clubs follows: “Whereas, there is, and has been much complaint of the fast and dan gerous manner in which automobiles are operated, over Edenton streets, and specially on Broad Street, such operation being in violation of the law, "“Therefore, be it resolved that the Rotary and Lions Clubs of Edenton respectfully urge the Council to in vestigate this matter and* that a committee from each club be named by the presidents to present same to our Council.” Chowan County Due To Receive $2,940.42 From Intangible Tax County’s Share $2,128.58 While Town Gets $811.85 60% TO LOCAL UNITS Income In State From Intangibles Gradu ally Increasing According to a report of Commis sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell fur nished the County Commissioners, Chowan County is due to receive $2,949.43 as its share of intangible personal property tax collections for the fiscal year ending June 30, ,1941. The apportionment to Chowan Coun ty from the various classifications was $5,104.91, from which the pro rata administrative expense of $204.20 was deducted, leaving avail able for distribution $4,900.71, of which amount 60 per cent goes to local units and 40 percent to the State. Os the $2,940.43 due Chowan, the county will receive $2,128.58, the town’s share being $811.85. Net collections in the state for the year were $1,523,934.72, of which amount $914,360.83, or 60 per cent, goes to local units and 40 per cent, or $609,573.89, goes to the State. Taxes from intangibles have grad ually increased during the last four years as the following comparative figures since 1938 show: 1938 $ 868,448.06 1939 1,002,174.58 1940 1,457,653.88 1941 1,523,934.72 Peanut Growers Ask For Fairer Representation Confer Tuesday With Under Secretary of Agriculture Hill Congressman Herbert C. Bonner 1 and a delegation of peanut growers and processors from North Carolina [ held a conference with the Under j Secretary of Agriculture, Honorable Grover B. Hill, Tuesday, regarding the peanut marketing program af fecting North Carolina and Virginia. At the present time the director ship of the North Carolina-Virginia Cooperative Peanut Marketing Asso ciation is equally divided with eight members from North Carolina, and (Continued on Page Five) Edenton Garden Club Objects To New Filling Station First Meeting of Year Held at Hotel Joseph Hewes Monday Edenton’s Garden Club held its first meeting of the new year Mon day afternoon in the Rose Room at Hotel Joseph Hewes, during which" keen objection was registered re garding the proposed erection of a filling station on the northeast cor ner of Broad and Gale Streets. Rea son for this objection by the ladies was the contention that a filling station on this corner would detract from the beauty of Broad Street and that undoubtedly if the station were built, it would be the purpose to have some of the trees removed, to which they strenuously objected. The filling station developed into the major discussion of the meeting, and resulted in the appointment of a com mittee to appear before Town Coun cil Tuesday night in the interest of zoning the town to prevent the es tablishment of business in residential sections. Though every member of the club was asked to attend the Town Council meeting, the following were named to present the matter: Mrs. Julien Wood, Mrs. C. T. Hollo well, Mrs. R. P. Badham and Mrs. J. W. Davis. The club tentatively set October for the staging of a flower show, with Mrs. W. I. Hart and Mrs. A. G. Byrum being appointed a committee to plan for the affair. Mrs. C. T. Hollowell was appointed Continued on Page Five) < Many Vexing Problems Again Hold Town Councilmen In Session Past Midnight; Budget Juggled But Tax Rate Held at 95c | Two At Once | September Superior Court af fairs operated for a moment or t!wo in two branches here on Tuesday. While Judge Frizzelle sat in the main court room lis tening to a civil action, newly appointed Judge Richard D. Dixon sat in the clerk’s office and granted a restraining order in a land controversy in Tyrrell County, the plaintiff being W. J. Cohoon and the defendant C. F. Jones. Bond was furnished and the case will come up form ally for trial before Judge Dixon in Columbia on September 29. Commissioners Turn Thumbs Down On SIOO For Peanut Festival Guy Hobbs and Ralph Parrish, members of the Finance Committee of the Edenton Peanut Festival, ap peared before the County Commis sioners Monday in an effort to se cure an appropriation of SIOO to help defray the expenses of the celebra tion Scheduled for Friday, October 17. Wfßle the Commissioners thought well of the festival idea, they realiz ed that they had little margin in tne general fund, and because there was no source in the budget from which the amount could come from, they declined to make the appropriation asked. Two Edenton Young Men Called For Duty lr> Naval Reserve Louis George Wilkins And Charles Wales Leave Next Week Two Edenton young men, gradu ates of the University of North Car olina, have received orders to report for naval reserve training, the two being Louis George Wilkins and Charles P. Wales, Jr. Mr. Wilkins has been ordered to report to Northwestern University at Chicago, on September 16, while Mr. Wales is to report on September 18 at Prairie State, New York City. Another Edenton young man, Frank Holmes, is also scheduled to enter naval reserve training, but has not yet been notified when and where to report. Chowan Likely To Have An Exhibit At N. C. State Fair Miss Colwell and C. W. Overman Very Much Interested ' Unless plans miscarry, Chowan County will have a creditable display at the State Fair in Raleigh. This was revealed Monday when County Agent C. W. Overman and Home Demonstration Agent Miss Rebecca Colwell appeared before the County Commissioners requesting an appro priation of about S2OO to arrange the exhibit. Mr. Overman, while in Dare Coun ty, supervised a display for that county which resulted in a great deal (Continued on Page Eight) Mayor And Mrs. Dick Reynolds May Attend Local Peanut Festival According to a letter received by C. L. McCullers, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, it is very likely that Richard J. Reynolds, Mayor of Winston4Salem, and Mrs. Reynolds will attend the Edenton Peanut Festival on October 17. Mayor and Mrs. Reynolds left Tuesday morning for California, where they will remain for two weeks, but Mayor Reynolds assured Mr. McCullers that if at all possible, and he thought it would be, they really wanted to come down to Edenton for the celebration. | Reappointed J ■ 1. • - yjgBBsSB is ■ H I I Bppl *• 1| HECTOR LUPTON At a joint meeting of the Chowan County Commissioners, Board of Health and County (Board of Education held on Monday, Mr. Lupton was re-ap pointed as a member of the Chowan County ABC Board. The appointment is for three years. Edenton Band In Receipt Os Three Invitations To Play Local Outfit Will Again Play In Suffolk Pea nut Festival Edenton’s High School Band has just received three invitations to play ■for out-of-town affairs, all of which have been accepted. The local or ganization has been asked to play at High School Day at Chapel Hill on (September 20, when the feature at traction will be a football game be tween the University of North Car olina and Lenior-Rhyne College. The band has also been invited to play for the home-coming day at Duke University on October 4, when the Blue Devils will meet the Univer sity of Tennessee Volunteeers. On October 31, the band will also play in the National Peanut Festival which will be held in Suffolk, Va., and where, last year, the local outfit walked off with first prize for being the best band participating. Chowan Schools Receive $2,160 For NYA Student Work City Unit’s Share $1,350 While County System Gets SBIO Allocation of $315,631 to carry on the student work program of the Na tional Youth Administration during 1941-42 is announced by State NYA Administrator John A. Lang. A to tal of 171 high school units in every county in North Carolina will benefit by appropriations from the fund for student work as a part of the NYA program. A total of $2,160 has been allotted the public schools of Chowan Coun ty, according to Mr. Lang. Funds allocated will be used in carrying on the NYA student work program in local schools during the coming term. The county unit was allocated SBIO, while the Edenton city schools were given $1,350. Bertie County schools received $1,530, Gates $1,350, Hyde $2,520, Pasquotank S9OO, Perquimans $1,530, Tyrrell $1,530, Washington $2,070. II Chowan White Men Called For Fort Bragg Eleven more white men from Chowan County will be inducted into military service, according to orders received Wednesday by the Chowan County Draft Board. These men will report to Fort Bragg on October 6, but just who they will be has not been decided at this writing. Tbit MWMtr k okom fafad fa ifa whtfg JJntHmti mI good mute. $1.25 Per Year Ladies Object to Filling Station and Removal Os Trees ADOPTBUDGET Commission Appointed To Make Study of Zoning Town Edenton’s Town Council, faced with many vexing problems, was again at its regular meeting Tuesday night, held in session until almost 1 o’clock. Several delegations were on hand and because the budget was to be finally aHppted, several requests were made to reconsider appropria tions as set up at the previous meet ing, all of which consumed consider able time, but were threshed out as the weary-eyed city fathers left for their homes at the wee sma’ hours. First to be heard at the meeting was a delegation from the Garden Club, who objected strenuously to the erection of a filling station at the corner of Broad and Gale Streets, especially protesting to the removat of trees along the streets. Those who spoke /were Mrs. R. P. Badham, Mrs. C. T. Hollowed, Mrs. Julien W\od and Mrs. Leland. Plant, who emphasized the beauty of the trees and what they mean in actual worth to the attractiveness of the town. The ladies also urged Council to do what it could in way of zoning the town in order to prevent business expand ing to the residential sections. J. N. Pruden, attorney for C. R. Satterfield, who owns the property, presented court opinions tending to show that the Town could not stop the erection of the filling station and that the lease was contingent upon the removal of sufficient trees to allow proper ingress and egress. When taken up for consideration, a motion was made and pissed to point a zoning commission, who will be required to study the zoning of the Town from every angle, and then present its findings to Town Council, who after a public hearing, will take action one way or the other. Those appointed on the commission are J. L. Pettus, chairman, C. E. Kramer, L. S. Byrum, Gedd.es Potter, Guy Hobbs and John Graham. The ladies objected to the filling station but were primarily interested hr prevent ing removal of trees and urged work ing together to see that the Town’s trees are saved. G, H. Harding, together with a group of others, asked Council to re consider an appropriation of S3OO for advertising material, and when this matter was considered., it was decided to put the amount back in the budget for the purpose. The Rev. C. A. Ashby spoke on be half of the Rotary and Lions Clubs urging the Council to take emphatic action relative to speeding. Both Clubs passed resolutions in this re gard and the police were instructed to make an effort to curb the prac tice, even if arrests are necessary. Ralph Parrish, Hectur Lupton and Guy Hobbs, members of the finance committee of the Peanut Festival, asked for an appropriation of S2OO or S3OO toward the expense of staging the celebration on October 17. After seriously considering the proposition, it was decided to allow S2OO toward the expense. John A. Holmes asked for the re storation of $l5O which was sliced from the band appropriation at the last meeting, and when assured that the school board paid S9OO, it was decided to match the amount, so that S9OO was included in the budget instead of $750. Representative J. G. Campen com plained that peddlers were selling merchandise in Edenton without se curing licenses, which he argued is unfair to local merchants. Some of these have paid licenses and upon information that merchandise is be ing sold without securing a license, the Chief of Police will require the purchase of one. In the ahsence of D. M. Warren, as (Continued on Page Five) | Library Hours Beginning next Monday, Sep tember 15, the Shepard-Pruden Memorial library will observe the winter schedule of hours. The hours which will go into ef fect at that time follow: Every week day from 2 jOO to 5:00 p. m. Monday and Friday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock. Every Sunday from 3 to 5 p. m.
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