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Volume Vlll.—Number 49.
512 Register for School Election
Commissioners Resort To
Court Action To Collect
Norfolk Southern Taxes
County Attorney In
structed to Proceed
With Suit
' $2,200 INVOLVED
issue Hinges on Track
* Taken Up Since List
ing of Property
W. D. I’ruden, attorney for Chowan
County, was instructed by the Coun
ty Commissioners at their meeting on
Monday to proceed to bring court ac
tion against the Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company to recover 1941
taxes which amounts to about $2,200.
Suit will be brought against the rail
road company some time this week.
The issue in the suit concerns the
track of the defendant company lying
41 n Chowan County and which was re
* cently taken up when the line be
tween ISuffolk and Edenton was aban
doned, The track was in place when
property was listed for 1941 taxes
and County Tax Supervisor Philip
as well as the County
Commissioners, feel that taxes should
be paid on the right-of-way. The
railroad company, on the other hand,
contends that the road had been aban
doned and, therefore, their track
should be listed, and taxes paid, on
the basis of scrap iron, even though |
it had not been taken up at the time i
property was listed.
The difference in the amount of
taxes, according to the listing as a
right-of-way and scrap iron is a little
over $2,200, which the County Com
missioners contend iv<«ruc .he coainty,
And decided to bring suit feeling
that they have a just claim for the
amount involved.
Mr. Pruden will represent the
county in the suit on a contingent fee
fcasis.
Zoning Topic For
Joint Meeting Os
Rotarians - Lions
Pat Healy Will Speak on
Subject Next Thurs
day Night
Next Thursday night the Edenton
Rotary and Lions Clubs will meet
jointly, at which time Pat Healy,
secretary of the League of Munici
parities, will be the principal speaker.
Mr. Healy will come to Edenton at
the invitation of J. L. Pettus, chair
man of the Zoning Commission re
cently appointed by Town Council
when considerable agitation was
aroused regarding zoning in Edenton.
, ' of Town Council who are
not members of either of the two
civic clubs, as well as any other citi
zens interested in zoning, are invited
to hear Mr. Healy, who will speak
on that particular subject.
Directors Os Elizabeth
City C. Os C. Guests At
Meeting Next Week
Members of the board of directors
of the Elizabeth City Chamber of
Commerce will be guests of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce at a meet
s ing to be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes
on Wednesday night of next week.
The visit of the neighboring town’s
, directors will be one of a series of
I visitations arranged by the two or-
I ganizations, planned as a means of
I building up more friendship and co-
I operation between the two towns.
I A feature of the meeting will be
I the showing of moving pictures
I taxen at Edenton’s recent Peanut
|h Festival by Miles Clark.
fc,
1 Legion Auxiliary Meets
I At Hotel Friday Night
■_ The December meeting of the
* . Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post will be
B held Friday night at 8 o’clock in the
W Rose Room at Hotel Josenh Hewes.
H This will be an important meeting
jlud Mrs. Edna White, the president,
HVr anxious to have every mem
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Edenton WiH Have
Christmas Lights
With many inquiries as to
whether or not Edenton’s busi
ness section will be decorated
with lights for Christmas, Mayor
J. H. McMullan this wfeek an- <
nouncqd that the. multi-colored
lights will be put in place and
lighted about 10 days or two
weeks before Christmas. wnen
tli e Board of Public Works <
.'agreed to put up the lights if it 1
was the wishes of Town Council, 1
Mayor McMullan contacted mem
bers of the Board, and all ex- i
pressed the desire for the 1
Christmas decorations. 1
It was for some time thought i
that the lights would not be usqd :
this year due to the conservation
of electricity, but the shortage i
does not affect this section. i
However, they will be lighted for I
a much shorter period than in i
previous years when the streets <
were illuminated around Thanks
giving.
Lions Invest S4OO
In Defense Bonds
Nathan Dail Presents
Highway Ac "ident
Figures
W. J. Taylor, secretary of the
Edenton Lions Club, was on Monday
night authorized to invest S4OO from
the Club’s treasury in U. S. Defense
bonds both as an investment and in a
spirit of patriotic duty. This action
was taken following a recommenda
tion by the board of directors.
During the meeting Nathan Dail
spoke about safety on the highways,
basing his remarks upon bulletins re
ceived from the Highway Commis
sion.
The October death toll was the
highest in history, he said, 143 deaths
resulting on North Carolina highways
as compared with the previous high
of 139.
Four times as many accidents oc
cur on the highways than in cities,
said Dail, 90 per cent of those killed
in accidents being male and 82 per
cent of the highway accidents in
North Carolina involving North Car
olina cars.
According to Dail’s information
experienced drivers have more acci
dents than inexperienced, drivers con
sidering the number on the roads,
and trucks figure- in more mishaps
than passenger cars.
At Monday’s meeting Dr. L. A.
Deese was installed as a member of
the club by Deputy District Governor
W. S. Griffin.
County Tax Listers
Get Boost In Pay
New Salaries Set By
County Commission
ers Monday
1 Salaries of tax listers in Chowan
| County were fixed by the County
. Commissioners at their meeting or
Monday, which provide for a sub
] sbantial increase over previous years.
The salary in the First Township
will be $l6O, in the Second Township
SIOO and 80 each in the Third and
! Fourth Townships. Salaries for a
1 number of years were SIOO in the
; First Township, S6O in the Second,
and SSO in the Third and Fourth.
The Commissioners realized that if
I the work is to be properly done the
. salaries would have to be increased
' and because of the expectation of
getting as much property on the
1 tax books as possible, and the extra
1 work involved, there was no quib
-1 bling about the boost in pay.
The tax listers are: First Town
’ ship. Mis. C. T. Hollowell; Second
. Township, Percy L. Smith; Third
• Township, T. A. Berryman; Fourth
Township, J. A. Webb, Jr.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 4, 1941.
Chowan Infantile
Paralysis Chapter
Receives Charter
Sole Purpose Is to Fight
Disease In This
Community
PLAN~PARTY
Father McCourt Seek
ing President’s Birth
day Chairman
Receipt of the Chowan County
Chapter charter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
was announced early this week by
Father F. J. McCourt, its chairman.
When forwarding the charter, Basil
O’Connor, president of the National
Foundation, said, “Your unit is now
the official representative of the
Foundation in your county, and un
der your leadership and with the
help of its other members, I am con
fident it will render valuable service
in the fight against infantile paraly
sis in your community.”
Chapters supply various aids to |
needy infantile paralysis victims and
render assistance during epidemics
to the afflicted as well as to the
medical profession and health
officers.
Chairman McCourt is now very i
much concerned in securing a chair
man for the President’s Birthday]
celebration. The chapter has super- ]
vision over the President’s Birthday;
celebrations and all unexpended funds ;
which were raised in connection with
celebrations of the President’s birth-!
day prior to the organization of the
Chowan chapter should be turned
over to Father McCourt. Just as]
soon as Father McCourt secures a |
chairman for the President’s Birth
day Party, he plans to call a special'
meeting to plan for the celebration.
The officers of the Chapter are:
Father F. J. McCourt, chairman;
Mrs. W. H. Coffield, vice-chairman;
Henry Gardner, treasurer, and J.,
Edwin Buff lap, secretary and public-j
ity officer.
Primary Grades In
Operetta December 16
More than 100 children in the pri
mary grades of the Edenton school
will take part in a Christmas oper
etta, “The Isle of Christmas Dreams,”
which will be presented in the school
auditorium Tuesday night, December
16. The youngsters appear very
much interested in the entertainment,
which is expected to draw a capacity
house. Tickets for the operetta will
go on sale the latter part of this
week.
D. M. WARREN RESIGNS TUESDAY AS
CASHIER OF THE BANK OF EDENTON
Veteran Banker Held Position For 25 Years, and
Will Now Be Executive Vice President;
W. H. Gardner Named as Successor
D. M. Warren announced Tuesday
night that he had resigned as cashier
of the Bank of Edenton, which posi
tion he has held for 25 years. His
resignation will come as quite a sur
prise to his friends and acquaintances
who are legion, but for some time he
has been considering the matter. His
resignation, however, does not mean
that he will sever his connection
with the local institution, for he will
hereafter serve as executive vice
president.
In his new position Mr. Warren
will still hold a very responsible po
sition, but will be relieved of much
of his former responsibility and de
tail work, thus allowing him to devote
more time to important bank matters.
Mr. Warren’s health has not been
as good as it might be lately and just
recently he returned after several
weeks as a patient in Duke Hospital.
Since his return he has apparently
improved, and friends were happy to
see him about his business at the
bank. In his new position, Mr. War
ren’s duties will not be so confining
which will, it is hoped, enable him to
regain his strength and usual health.
In commenting on the change in of
fice, Julien Wood, president of the
bank, said the directors felt that it
was an investment in Mr. Warren’s
health, which is paramount to the
continued growth and progress of the
bank.
Mr. Warren began working in the
bank as a boy, quickly adapted him
self to the banmng business and
Red Cross Roll Call
Lacks $227.78 Os
County’s SBOO Goal
Mrs. Pruden Reports
$572.22 on Hand
Tuesday
STILL INCOMPLETE
Quite a Few Canvassers
Remain to Be Heard
From
With reports still incomplete in
Chowan County’s Annual Red Cross
Roll Call, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chair
man of the Chowan County Chapter,
on Tuesday morning reported that
$572.22 had been turned over to her
up to that time. The county’s goal
was set at SBOO and canvassers still
to be heard from will not likely turn
in $227.78 to reach the goal. Mrs.
Pruden, while anxious to go over the
top, is very appreciative of the splen
did showing made by the sacrifice j
made by the canvassers and the gen
| erosity of those who contributed, and
j even if the goal is not reached, de
sires to express her appreciation to
all who in any way helped in the
drive.
Those who joined since the last
[ issue of The Herald are:
Mrs. C. T. Doughtie, Canvasser —
j Mrs. William Wells.
Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt, Canvasser
] —County Health Office.
Miss Lena Jones, Canvasser—Mi
A. C. Fodrey.
Orphia Cozart, Canvasser —Mrs. K. <
W. Carden, Mrs. J. W. Cates. Con- i
tributor. Orphia Cozart.
Ward',: Club, Mrs. James Ward,
! Canvasser —Mrs. A, D. Ward, . Mr. )
] and Mrs Roy Winslow, Ward’s Home
; Demons( ratign Club, . Mrs. Janies
(Continued on Page Five)
Chowan Farmers Balk
At Signing Peanuts
For Diversion To Oil
Chowan County AAA committee
men have made 701 farm contacts in
order to sign up for the 1942 farm
program, of which number 17 refused
to sign intention forms for their
farms. Indications are, according to
County Agent C. W. Overman, that
Chowan farmers are going over the
top on all goals except peanuts for
oil. This goal in the county in 1942
is 3,500 acres, but intention sheets |
show less than 1,000 acres to date.
The principal objection to signing'
the intention sheets is the fact that
no price is stipulated for peanuts to
be diverted into oil.
I
soon went to work in Suffolk, where
he remained several years. He then j
returned to Edenton, again being em- '
ployed by the bank and after 10 [
years he gradually was advanced
until in 1917 he was made cashier,
succeeding E. C. Rea. Since that
time, though the bank has grown by
leaps and bounds, he has met and
solved many vexing problems, not the
least was when the bank holiday was
ordered in 1933. It was a credit to
the operation of the bank that when
the banks were reopened, the Bank
of Edenton was 816th to again re
sume business of the approximately
14,000 banks closed.
When Mr. Warren assumed the
cashiership the bank had deposits of
•$400,000, which since have gradually
climbed until now the deposits total
over two million dollars. In fact,
the day he resigned the deposits were
$2,606,000.
Intimately associated with every
corporation in Edenton, Mr. Warren
is now more familiar with business
interests and the affairs of the
county than possibly any citizen ever
living in Edenton.
Henry Ghrdner, who has been as
sistant cashier for many years, will
succeed Mr. Warren as cashier. Be
cause of the recent illness of Mr.
Warren and his absence from the
bank, the new cashier has had oppor
tunity to become familiar with the
new duties and responsibilities, ana
is qualified in every respect to carry
on where his predecessor left off.
I
•)
Interest Aroused In Nine
Month Term Last Week
As Registration Closes
j Cashier Resigns j
’ s
D. M. WARREN
After 25 years of efficient ser
vice, I). M. Warren on Tuesday
resigned as cashier of the Bank
of Edenton. He will henceforth
act as executive rice president,
being succeeded as cashier by
TV. It. Gardner.
Christmas Seal Sale
Is Now In Progress
More Funds Necessary
This Year to Fight
Tuberculosis
Just now the Tuberculosis Seal,
Sale is under way in Chowan County,
and it is hoped that every person
will participate ip, this simple and in
expensive method of helping to fight
tuberculosis. The drive was begun
Friday when many letters went forth ;
to citizens in town and county in
which were a quantity of seals, for,
which the money was asked to be de-,
I iivered to Mrs. R. C. Holland, treas-:
urer.
Other than the principal business j
section, there will be no canvass this j
year, it being the opinion that the i
letter method will be more effective ;
in raising more funds. The quota!
thus year is $350, which compares
with $223 raised last year.
Three-fourths of the amount re-1
mained in the county last year, the ■
money being expended for treatment
of and for milk for persons recom
mended by doctors. The funds, how
ever, were exhausted in August.
Now money is needed this year if
proper progress is to be made to
stamp out tuberculosis, which is
curable and preventable. Smallpox
has been wiped out, yellow fever is a
thing of the past, malaria is under
control and the next disease to be j
i conquered <-must be tuberculosis.
According to information furnished, ]
no one knows where the germs are j
; lurking. Twenty-one persons have;
died in Chowan County of tuberculo
[ sis in the last three years.
Those in charge of the Seal Sale
say it is desperately important for
i our own sakes, for our children and
i for all those people who through lack
; of means or knowledge are under
• nourished or ill-fed that more money
is provided to respond to any calls
made during the entire year.
! Through this fund children who are
' undernourished are built up, older
persons cared for and many are
I cured.
, Though no report of sales was
i available Wednesday, the slogan is
“Tuberculosis Must Be Eradicated,”
r and everyone is urged to join in the
i fight by purchasing the Christmas
i Seals.
i ■
Tom Byrum Gets
Monogram At UNC
!
Varsity monograms have just been
. voted to 30 football players by the
t University of North Carolina Athletic
• Council. Among the number who
s will receive their first monogram is
i Tom Byrum, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
r C. Byrum, who gave a good acount o:
himself when in the lineup,
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Important Issue Will Be
Decided Tuesday, De
cember 9th
COMMENTS
Polls Will Remain Open
From 6 A. M. Until
6 P. M.
That interest has been aroused in
| the special election next Tuesday to
j vote upon an extra mouth of school
jin the Edenton Administrative Unit
j is reflected in the number of voters
, who registered before the books were
closed Saturday. With interest ap
parently lagging, only ISB had regis
tered up to the previous Saturday,
but the total registrants now number
512. Os these, 233 registered in East
Edenton precinct, 239 in W'est Eden
ton and 40 in Yeopim,
The election will be held next
Tuesday, December 9, when the polls
will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30
p'. m. To carry the election a ma
jority of the voters must cast a ballot
for a local tax to cover the expense
of the extra month, which will not ex
ceed 15 cents'on the SIOO property
valuation. There will be two ballots
at the polls, one printed “For Local
Tax,” and the other "Against Local
Tax.” Those in favor of the nine
month term should cast the former
ballot anil, of course, those opposed
must vote the other.
While the opinion that the election
will carry in favor of the ninth
month predominates, those most vit
ally interested. are c.jlk.ui'.ed about
voters going to the polls. A major
ity vote is necessary and for each
i one who registered and fails to cast
a ballot is equivalent to a vote
' against the proposition.
With 512 registered voters, there
must be at least 257 votes cast in
favor of the tax in order to have the
nine-month school term. Os course,
next Saturday is designated as chal
lenge day, when any voters who reg
istered for the election may be con
tested for legitimate reasons, but it
is doubtful if this will result in any
decrease in the number eligible to
vote.
There has been some opposition
heard regarding this extra month of
] school, which opposition is based al
i most entirely upon the increased tax
necessary. Many, on the other hand,
j favor the ninth month, several of
■ whom did not hestitate to express
■j their views.
Mayor J. H. McMullan had this to
say, when asked for a statment by
by The Herald reporter:
“I am a conservative when it comes
to spending public money. I am
particularly proud of the fact that
Edenton is practically debt free and
I hope that we will always maintain
this position. But there is such a
thing as false economy, and this is
well illustrated in our present local
school system. The most important
tax dollar is that which goes to main
tain our school system. There is
| nothing so vital to our future as a
| school system of the highest stand
j ard. Time was when a six or an
i eight months school system was ade
quate to our needs because the other
(Continued on Page Five)
Rotary Club Meets
At 6:15 Tonight
I Meeting- Changed From
1 O’clock Thursday
Afternoon
i Beginning tonight (Thursday) the
Edenton Rotary Club will change the
' hour of its meeting, switching from
i 1 o’clock to 6:15, the meeting to be
held at the Parish House as usual.
The change in hour has been under
consideration for several months and
, the change was made in the belief
' that it will be more convenient for
members- to attend the weekly meet
i ings.
! For tonight’s meeting Wood Privott
: and the Rev. C. A. Ashby will be in
> charge of the program, and President
i C. L. McCullers is desirous of the
. meeting resulting in sort of s home
: coming with every member of the
club present.