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I found 9 fair presentation I of Jml and county nows I of fswrd intorost. Volume Vlll.—Number 41. ■ Edenton Has Opportunity To Secure Wood Working Shop To Train H.Y.A. Boys ■ Likely to Develop Into Defense Ship Build ing Training 50 EMPLOYED . i Pay Roll Would Be Ap proximately SI,BOO Per Month Edenton has an opportunity to se * cure a NYA wood-working shop, which would employ 50 young men between the ages of 17 to 25 years and means a payroll of about $1,500 per month. Aside from this, if the work shop is located here, it would almost certainly develop into a na tional defense ship building training project which carries an A-l rating and would boost the monthly payroll to about SI,BOO. This information was presented on Tuesday night when R. E. McGlau ghan, work projects officer from f Washington, D. C. conferred with C. L. McCullers, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce and a group of oth er interested citizens in the Municipal Building. To secure this project it will be 1 necessary for the town to provide a building of about 300 square feet and enough adjoining land to build a boat, something like 30 or 40 feet, lights, heat and water must also be furnished. Mr. McGlaughan said the 50 young / men, who would be employed locally and. from adjoining towns, would work in two shifts of 25 each, and that it would in no way affect boys who are or should be in school, but rather would traist that group of boys who are not in school and for the mosl part have no special jobs. He offefi#d iEdfenton the?*'first Op portunity to secure this work shop and was Insistent that the proposition be taken up for he has several nearby towns where the project is wanted and would have no trouble in locating 1 it if Edenton turns it down. Os course, no definite answer could be given on the spur of the moment, and Mr. McCullers arranged to inves tigate 'the matter and give Mr. Mc- Glaughan more specific information the latter part of this week. Those who met with the NYA re presentative were very favorably im pressed with the proposition and ex . pressed the hope that the work shop will materialize here. Chinese Junk Will Dock In Edenton Boat Formerly Owned By Rich Chinese War Lord The Herald was informed late Wed nesday afternoon by Captain R. C. Montieth that a Chinese junk will ai * rive in Edenton Thursday night for the purpose of inspection by the pub lic and especially school children. The boat, the only one of its type in the country, was originally owned by one of the richest Chinese war lords. It sailed across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal and has been on exhibition in mafiy cities, where huge crowds took advantage of going a board. It is elaborately decorated and is more or less of an education for those who have never seen one. The boat is on its way to New Orleanfi, but wdl remain at the County Dock the remainder of the week, where it is hoped many will go r- aboard. f- : - County Schools dose ,* For Peanut Festival In order to permit school children to participate in the Edenton Peanut Festival* on October 17, the County -Board of Education, at its meeting Monday, decided to declare the day a holiday, for both the white and col ored schools. The Board also decided to enter a float in the parade, which is expected to* be one of the most attractive in the pAxiesmon. 1 $2,528 In Cotton Stamps Delivered To Farmers ||L County Agent C. W. Overman re imports that up to October 1, cotton | stamps to the value of $2,628.50 have been delivered to Chowan County THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO Tff4 INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY <t> ■ ■■ ■ * Holiday Oct 17 | To show their interest and co operation in the forthcoming Peanut Festival, the County Commissioners at their meeting Monday approved the closing of all County offices on Friday, October 17. This action Iwas taken in order to allow the offi cials to take part in the affair and assist with he program in ; whatever ■ capacity they may be t abked. , 1 All County offices will, there- I fore, be closed all day during . the festival celebration. i Hot Weather Plus Finances Cause Os : Sweating Monday i Commissioners Present ed With More Bills ! Than Money to Pay k 1 Not only the unseasonable hoi 1 weaher bu financial worries wen 1 reason for extra drops of perspira tion and head scratching on the pari ! of the County Commissioners at theii ' meeting Monday. In Acting Chair man E. N. Elliott’s brief case were an unusual number of bills, some of 1 a considerable amount, which exceed j ed the balance in the general county ■ fund, from which payment is made. Faced with these bills and requests for additional outlay, R. P. Badham was contacted Tor help from the ABC 1 Board, and assured the Commission 1 ers SI,OOO from the liquor store ’ earnings. This, however, did not net ■ enough, so arrangements were sub ; sequently made to .borrow enougn from the bond fund to meet the [ emergency. 1 However, an encouraging angle to the county’s financial status was of fered by County Accountant E. W. 1 Spires, who presented a list of fig ures showing that of the $32,200 ap propriated in the general fund, $7,- 470.73 was spent during the firs: ' quarter of the fiscal year. This a ' mount was less than one-quarter of the amount budgeted or $579.27 less than what might have been expected. Penalty Ordered Added I To Delinquent Taxes In Register Deeds Hands Contrary to the custom for many 1 years, the County Commisioners on Monday decided that effective No vember Ist, 6 per cent, interest will be added to all delinquent taxes in the Register of Deeds’ hands. Said . interest will be charged from th< date the property was sold for taxes. Heretofore no interest has been . charged for taxes paid the Register . of Deeds, and Monday’s action was taken to spur the payment of back ( taxes as well as provide a penalty , for those who put off payment. At the same time Tax Attorney [ J. N. Pruden was authorized to be , gin foreclosure suits for unpaid , 1939 taxes, the 1940 tax books be [ ing turned over to the Register of I Deeds by Sheriff J. A. Bunch. 1 Bishop Claire Purcell In Hertford Oct. 4th > * An important Methodist meeting * will be held in the Hertford Metho dist Church on Tuesday, October 4, at 2:30 p. m., when a check-up meeting will <be held proceeding the closing of I the conference year. A feature of the meeting will be the presence of Bishop Claire Percell of Charlotte, l ' “who will preside. : Lay leaders es the various churches \ and charges in the Elizabeth City ‘ district, together with any one inter -1 ested in the work of the church, are expected to attend. lieutenant Rudd Speaker At Rotary Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet | today (Thursday) for its regular weekly meeting, when Lieutenant H. I S. Rudd, in charge of Company A,. 30th Engineers, now stationed in ■ Edenton, will be the principal speak t er. President C. L. McCullers is very anxious to have a 100 per cent, at ' tendance and therefore urges every Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 9, 1941. Aces In Real Test Friday Afternoon Against Tarboro Belief Visitors Strong est Team on Sea son’s Schedule I TWO VICTORIES Interest Mounting In Elizabeth City Game On October 17 With the football team from Tar boro High School scheduled to in vade Edenton High’s gridiron Friday afternoon, Coach W. E. Bowman’s boLs will, no doubt meet their nardest test thus far and possibly for the whole season. The locals realize they will be tackling the strongest team they have gone up against so far, but spurred on by two successive victories and quite an improvement noted m the playing, Coach Bowman feeis certain his outfit will give a good ac count of itself even if it does not emerge from the battle with the long end of the score. The game will , start at 3:30 o’clock, and will be the first conference game of the season. To date the Aces have two victories tucked under their belts, Columbia and Williamston both falling prey m hard-fought games by a score of 12-0 in each instance. In preparation for Friday’s game, Coach Bowman has continued his strenuous practice sessions during which he believes he has ironed out some wrinkles and improved certain departments so that, barring unfor seen accidents, he should have a smooth working machine to tackle the Edgecombe County warriors. Tarboro will come to Edenton fresh from a 20-0 victory over the strong New Bern Bears, and many football fans predict Tarboro to be the con ference champions. Tarboro and Edenton have played six, games, four of which were won by Edenton. In 1933 the Aces won 16-0, in 1938, 21-0, in 1937, 19-0, in 1938, 19-6. In 1939 Tarboro won its first game from Edenton 31-7, and again last year won 15-0. Os course, the game of the year will be played Friday a week, when Edenton and Elizabeth City lock horns on the local field as one of the feature attractions of the Eden ton Peanut Festival. This game would ordinarily draw a large crowd, but due to the large number of visitors expected for the festival, the crowd will no doubt equal or even surpass the number on hand several years ago when Edenton won the State Class B championship. Both Elizabeth City and Edenton lost star veterans by graduation, the former also Ipsing its veteran coach, 1 George Hunsucker. Already the theme song on the lips of Edenton ' High supporters is “Beat Elizabeth I City,” and as usual interest in this game surpasses any on the schedule. Fans are very much encouraged by the showing made by this year’s outfit under Coach Bowman and there is no little speculation that the Aces will conquer their ancient rivals on October 17. Sprinkler System Curbs Costly Fire Because of a sprinkler system, a costly fire was averted Friday night when fire broke out in the ware house back of the Evans’ cotton gin in North Edenton which was filled with baled cotton belonging to Leary Bros. Storage Company. The ware house was full, but with the sprinkler operating only 21 bales were dam aged by fire. The local fire department was i called out Saturday morning when the fire was discovered and extin guished the blaze. The damage can not be determined until an adjuster arrives to make an investigation. : Foreclosure Suits Spur Payment Back Taxes That tax foreclosure suits are ef fective in bringing into the county coffers delinquent tax money was reflected in a report to the County Commissioners Monday by Tax At torney J. N. Pruden. Mr. Pruden has collected $2,086.06 in back taxes since August 4 of this year, which includes $2,000 from the Edenton Hotel Company. The total collected represented taxes for the years 1937 to 1940. PAY BONDS AND COUPONS County Commissioners, at their , meeting Monday, authorized payment of bonds and coupons amounting to $1,025 which become due November ist. This amount will pay 4 per cent, road, bridge and culvert refund ing bonds and a 4 per cent, school re fundiiur coupon. Finishing Touches Added To Edenton Peanut Festival Arrangements Tuesday Night At Meeting of Various Committees < Holmes Endorsed As Vice President For School Group School Masters Virtual ly Draft Edenton Man ACCEPTS Election Would Auto matically Mean Presi dency Later Superintendent of Edenton schools John A. Holmes was signally honored at the meeting of the School Masters’ Club held at South Mills last week when he was endorsed as a candidate for vice president of the North Caro lina Education Association, when it meets to elect officers next March. If elected to this office, Mr. Holmes would automatically become the As sociation’s president. Mr. Holmes did not seek the nomi nation, and was virtually drafted when the iSchool Masters’ Club ad vanced the argument that this sec tion of the sate has never been repre sened in the Association by a high ranking official, and consented to be a candidate only after he made it clear that he would not allow his candidacy to interfere with his pres ent duties. Neither would he com mit himself to any campaign prom ises other than to promise that if elected he would fill the office to the best f his ability and that the in erest of school children would oe paramount in all questions of educa tional policy. Mr. Holmes is very favorably and prominently known throughout the State’s school circles. He had had a vast amount of teaching experience before coming to Edenton where he has been superintendent of the city administrative unit since 1923. Air Warning Tests October 10 And 14 Observers Notified By Chief Kramer to Be On Alert Postmaster C. E. Kramer, Chowan Couny Air Warning Chief, has been informed by Theodore S. Johnson, director of Civilian Defense, that the schedule has been planned for a test exercise to assure considerable air activity over the entire regions for the period from 12 o’clock noon to 6 p. m., Friday, October 10, and from 12 o’clock noon to 6 p. m., Tuesday, October 14, weather permitting. Any locality wishing to attempt a black-out or other night operation of civilian defense can be tested in this phase of defense on the night of October 10 between 6 p. m., and midnight. Mr. Kramer, however, has not requested this test. Chowan County has been complete ly organized for the air warning test under the direction of Mr. Kramer and all observers will be on the alert to report any would-ibe airplane attackers in their particular neighborhood. Organization Paralysis Chapter Is Postponed With so many folks busy with ar rangements in connection with Eden ton’s Peanut Festival, as well as oth er activities, there were not enough on hand in the Court House Tuesday night to organize an infantile para lysis chapter in Chowan County. The meeting was called by Dr. John W. Warren, who has been requested to form the chapter. It was decided to defer the meet ing for organization until after the Peanut Festival, possibly on October 24, when all who are interested are urged to attend. MASONS MEET TONIGHT With G. A. Helms, master of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., being out of town the last two Thursday nigh's, no meeting of the lodge was held during his absence. The regular meeting will be held to night (Thursday) and every member is urged to attend., - —-< | Drafted For Office | ' ' " - ill ■ MP:'. •:A. £ A ~. * JOHN A. HOLMES At a meeting held in South Mills la|st week the School Mas ters Club endorsed Mr. Holmes 'as a candidate for vice president of the North Carolina Education Association. Is Dinner Chairman For District Meet District Meeting Sched uled In-fldfenton on November 18 With a Founders Day conference for planning details of their entire program for the 50th anniversary celebration immediately back of them, 20,000 alumnae and former students of Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina are this week initiating the next phase of their jubilee participation, a series of 17 district meetings which Dr. Wal ter Clinton Jackson, dean of admin istration, will attend and address. Dean Jackson, beloved by students and alumnae alike, since he first came to the institution in 1909 as head of the history department, will in his friendly and informal manner attempt to bring the college to the scattered alumnae. One of these district meetings will be held in Edenton on November 18, with Mrs. Wood Privott as din ner chairman. St. Paul’s Entertain Engineers Tonight Company A Guests of Honor Tonight at Parish House St. Paul’s Church members will be hosts to Company A, 30th Engineers, at a buffet supper to be held in the Parish House tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. The supper will be served by the Woman’s Auxiliary, at the ex pense of the men of the church. Company A, a group of almost 50 engineers, arrived here last week, making their headquarters in the Armory and expect to remain here the remainder of the winter while engaged in making maps of the coast line. For the buffet supper, a group of young ladies have been invited to at tend and assist in entertaining the soldiers, who are in charge of Lieu : tenant H. S. Rudd. Members of the congregation, as well as others in town, are urged to drop in and meet the soldiers during the affair. Garden Club Meets, Monday Aternoon The, October meeting of the Eden ■ ton Garden Club will be' held Mon . day afternoon at 4 o’clock in the > Rose Room at Hotel Joseph Hewes. • Dues will be payable at this meeting , and because of very important busi ■ ness matters to be discussed, Mrs. • R. P. Badham, president, urges every member to be present. This nowspoSor k ohm tolsrf to tm teriNri •tors AdvorUtort 9m rooHoo jood non*. $1.25 Per Year Eleven Nearby Towns Sending Princesses For Affair HOLIDAY Eight Visiting Bands Will Help to Enliven Celebration At a meeting of the Peanut Festi val committee held Tuesday night finishing touches were made to ar rangements and, from indications, Edenton’s first peanut festival will prove very successful despite the fact that here is a reluctancy on the part of some to cooperate in the event next Friday. As a fore-runner to the principal event, a square dance will be held on Broad Street Thursday night, when music will be furnished by the Bertie String Band. The dance will be held in the block between Water and King Streets, and to add color to the affair the Christmas lights will be strung in this particular block. • C. L. McCullers, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the festival, has received the accept ance of 11 princesses to participate in the contest for queen, with possibly more to enter later. The towns and the princesses to represent them are as follows: Suffolk—Miss Doris Withers. Wilson—Miss Julia West Abbitt. Columbia—Miss Louise Alexander. Bethel—Miss Ruby Dare Martin. Roanoke Rapids Miss Angela Hardy. Sunbury—Miss Sue Payne. Elizabeth City—Miss Helen Hill. Hertford, —Miss Ruth Winslow. Tarboro—Miss Rachel Weeks. Windsor —Miss. Qg, the ripe Spruill. Colerain—Miss \ie nu Askew. Edenton and Chowan County will each have a princess, “Miss Edenton” and “Miss Chowan,” but who these will be will not be known until next Tuesday. In Edenton votes are being sold in order to determine the town’s choice, the young lady receiving the largest number of votes will be se lected. Ballot books have been plac ed at each of the drug stores, where friends can vote for their choice. The voting will terminate next Tuesday night at 10 o’clock. It has been de cided that Edenton’s entry will not be eligible for the honor of queen. In the final arrangements, it was decided not to build a speakers’ stand, but instead the speakers and distin guished guests will appear on a trail er on the Court House Green, from which point it will be moved to Broad Street to serve as a reviewing stand. Among the special guests will be Governor and Mrs. J. M. Broughton, Mayor and Mrs. Richard Reynolds of Winston-Salem, Grover B. Hill, assistant secretary of agri culture, as well as a group of promi nent State officials. It is hoped that Josepheus Daniels, ambassador to Mexico, will be on hand, but General 1 Chairman E. W. Spires has not yet i received the acceptance or rejection of the invitation. All city and, county officers, both ■ white and colored schools will observe Friday as a holiday and it is expected that most of the stores will close for the event. No ears will be allowed to enter Broad Street from Water to (Continued on Page Eight) H. W. Dale Resigns Township Constable : Vacancies Now Exist In Second and Third j Townships ’ For the second successive month, • the County Commissioners on Mon > day received the resignation of a ■ township constable. At Monday s meeting Herbert W. Dale sent in his * resignation as constable for the > Second Township, effective Imme r diately. Mr. Dale gave no reason for his resignation, but it was as sumed by the Commissioners that there is not enough remuneration m the office of constable to make it l worth while. At last month’s meeting McCo7 - Spivey resigned as Third Township - constable. Ores Blanchard was ap i pointed to succeed Spivey, but he de . dined the appointment. As the j matter stands now, there is no con - stable in either of the townships i. and the Commissioners are endeav -7 oring to secure successors in each township. j. |
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