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Volume Vlll.—Number 50.
Nine Month School Wins By 4 to 1
Os Town CounoHmen At
Meeting Monday Night
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Committee Appointed to
Cooperate With De
i sense Chairmen
CONSIDERLIGHTS
JNecessary Equipment to
Be Added to Police
Department
With war news the order of the
day, defense was the theme of Town
Council’s meeting Tuesday night,
when a short meeting was held in
order to allow the Councilmen to re
turn home in order to hear President
Roosevelt’s first war-time speech.
The first official act of Town
Council was to authorize Fire Chief
R. K#|tall to go to Raleigh Wednes
day at 'the call of Governor J. M.
Broughton to attend a meeting of
fire chiefs and officials of the State
to study methods of combatting in
cendiary fires or any other subver
sive activities which might develop
: during the crisis.
Lack of adequate equipment by the
Police Department was also realized,
and plans were put on foot to pur
chase a sub-machine gun, automobile
shot gun, gas shells, ammunition and
handcuffs.
The advisability of using the
Christmas lights for decoration, as I
well as the regular street lights was!
also presented by Councilman Clar-!
ence Leary, who pointed out that in j
event of an attempt to attack Nor- i
: folk, or any other defense areas, 1
which would not necessarily mean,
'■ ftaat it would be "t com the ocean;* 5
the tighted towns in the area would
provide, if not a target, a means of
directing the enemy to their objec
tive. After discussing the matter, it
decided to appoint a committee
to cooperate with E. W. Spires,
chairman of the County Defense
Council, and C. E. Kramer, chief of
the county anti-aircraft forces, and
to take such action as may be consid
ered necessary in the interest of de
fense. The committee is composed
of J. Clarence Leary, David Holton
and J. Edwin Bufflap.
Mayor J. H. McMullan, as well as
Ms associates, were of the opinion 1
that there is no reason to be panicky,
but every possible precaution should
be taken at this time when defense
on every hand is paramount.
During the meeting it was decided
to furnish the Councilmen, as well
as all other town officials free city
automobile license plates. The offi
cials are to have the lower numbers,
starting with Number One for Mayor
McMullan. Most of these numbers
have been purchased, but Chief of
Police Helms was instructed to re
quest those who hold the numbers to
surrender them for other numbers.
The Councilmen also discussed the
advantage to police for auto owners
display their tag in front of their
i tfr instead of the rear. Car owners
are, therefore, asked to carry out
this request.
Before paying the month’s bills,
$lO was appropriated to the Fire De
partment to bolster its treasury in
order to have a supper for the fire- •
men before Christmas.
Two Autos Collide
Sunday Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. R.. Graham White
narrowly escaped injury late Sunday
when their car was hit by
a Virginia car at the corner of Mos
ley and Queen Streets. The Virginia
I car was little damaged, but the W’- : te
E»££r received damage to its left
a door and fender.
I Christmas lights
I: Turned On Dec. 15
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B fChristmas lights have been
I if placed in Edenton’s business sec-
I I tion, the vari-colored bulbs being
El strung criss-cross across Broad
I‘ I Street from Water to Church
1 X Streets. According to West By
-1 I rum, chairman of the Board of
Rt I Works, the decorative lights
RJwill be turned on Monday night,
gB December 15.
toed Gross Mass Meeting Monday 'CourtHouse 7:30
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Ball Chairman j
WILLIAM S. PRIVOTT
Appointed by Father F. J. Mc-
Court, chairman of the Chowan
County Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis, William S. Privott this week
agreed to serve as chairman of
the President’s Birthday Celebra
tion for the purpose of raising
I funds to combat the disease.
Chowan RedCrosT
Chapter Asked To
Canvass For $2,500
W. J. Berryman, Elected
Chairman, Calls Mass
Meeting Monday
In the face of a war, in which the
United States is an actual partici
pant, a new' and unprecedented call
has been made for Red Cross funds.
With the local annual roll call just
completed, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, county
chairman, on Tuesday received the
following telegram from Norman H.
Davis, chairman of the National Red
Cross:
“Again the American Red Cross is
called upon to serve our nation in
war. Both nationally and locally we
face vast and definite responsibilities
for services to our armed forces and
for relief to distressed countries. To
provide essential funds, the Red Cross
today is launching a campaign for a
war fund of a minimum of $50,000,-
000. The President will issue on
Friday a proclamation supporting this
appeal. Your chapter quota is $2,500.
Chapters may retain 15% of their
collections for local war relief expen
ditures. Chapters should at once de
vote full effort to raising their quo
tas in the shortest possible time.
Please report action taken. We must
not and shall not fail in this crisis.”
Mrs. Pruden realizes the great task
ahead in raising $2,500, and on Tues
day night called together the disas
ter committee to discuss ways and
means of feeting the request. Mem
bers of the committee are Geddes
Potter, chairman, Mrs. J. W. Davis,
W. J. Berryman, Mrs. J. S. Davis,
Mrs. J. A. Moore, John A. Holmes
and R. L. Pratt.
At the meeting W. J. Berryman
was elected as chairman of the cam
paign to secure Hie county’s new
emergency quota. He was npt pre
pared Wednesday morning to say
lust what course he will pursue, but
has called a mass meeting of citizens
of Eden ton and Chowan County to be
held at the Court House on Monday
night at 7:30 o’clock. So important
is this matter that every citizen is
especially requested to attend.
BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN DANCE
A dance will be given Tuesday,
December 30, at 8:30 o’clock, at the
Joseph Hewes Hotel, sponsored by
Miss Evelyn Brown and Miss Mar
jorie Powell, for the benefit of Bum
dies for Britain,
Admission charge will be 75 centa
a couple. All army men stationed at
Edenton are cordially invited free of
charge.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, December 11, 1941.
Now Free Os Indebtedness
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Real Community Need Consummated Through
Persistency and Hard Work By Members
Os Chowan Woman’s Club
If Chowan Club women are a bit j
boastful, aren’t they justified? They '
have finished paying for their Com- <
munity House and now they enjoy the i
building more than ever. They real- i
ize that other groups have sponsored i
similar projects, and congratulate 1
them, for they know the amount of i
work involved. <
They are also very grateful for the
cooperation of the many organiza- (
tions and individuals who helped :
them to reach their goal—to make 1
the final payment on their $2,000 >
note in 2Ms years. The interest, and i
financial aid of these friends, have 1
meant a great deal. The total cost 1
of the building was $7,500, of which i
the WPA paid $5,000, and the club ]
women $2,000. 1
In 1938 the 25 members of Chowan
St , Paul’s Elects ;
I Vestrymen Sunday |
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I There will be a congregational I
meeting of St. Paul’s Church after |
the morning service next Sunday,!
when vestrymen will be elected and!
reports of the organizations of the
church read. All members of the,
1 parish are urged to be present.
Vestrymen whose terms expire are 1
John Graham, E. A. Swain and Hec- j
tor Lupton. Another vestryman will j
; be elected to fill the unexpired term I
of Charles P. Wales, Jr., who is now
1 in the service of the United States.
Zoning Subject Os
Address Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock,
Pat Healy, secrotary of the League
of Municipalities, will speak at a
joint meeting of the Rotary Club,
Lions Club and members of the re- '
cently appointed Zoning Commis- 1
sion. Mr. Healy was secured princi- 1
pally because of his experience with
zoning, which will be the topic of his 1
address.
The meeting will be held at the 1
Parish House.
HIGHWAY PATROL MEETS
Eight members of the 'State High- 1
way Patrol of Division Two, Troop i
A, met here Wednesday afternoon i
for a discussion held under Sergeant 1
G. I. Dail. The matter under dis- i
cussion could not be disclosed.
[ AMERICA AT WAR WITH JAPAN [
American citizens were shock
ed Sunday when Japan attacked
United States, outposts in the
Pacific and as a result, war was
on Monday declared upon Japan.
Congress was practically unani
mous in voting upon President
Roosevelt’s request, the Senate
voting 82 to 0 and the House
388 to 1, the only negative vote
being cast by Miss Jeannette
Rankin, Montana’s Democratic
Congresswoman, who cast a like
ballot in 1917, when war was de
clared on Germany.
The attack came without warn
ing, and while there no doubt
was loss of life and damage, the
extent has not yet been definitely
determined. The dastardly attack
came when peace negotiations
were still being considered, and
by the nature of it, it had been
planned and was even underway
while efforts to reach a settle
ment were still in progress. The
Home Demonstration and Federated
Club, after several months of discus
sion, decided to sponsor the Commun
ity House project. There was a real
need for this building as their club
was too large to hold meetings in
the homes, and there was not a place
for general community activities, or
county meetings.
Their first difficulty was the task
of convincing the County Commis
sioners that they could and would
finance this project. Naturally, they
did not want to take too much risk
in signing the necessary papers for a
WPA grant. However, they agreed
to do this after the club women ar
ranged to borrow the money. Mrs.
B. W. Evans, the chairman of the
Building Committee, with Mrs. R. H,
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Christmas Seal Sale
! Proving Successful
In an effort to raise- $350 here as
Chowan County’s part in the Christ
mas Seal Sale campaign that got
underway on December 1, and wil’
continue until Christmas, Mrs. R. C.
Holland, treasurer, and Mrs. J. A.
Moore, chairman, have announced
I
that young girls will on Saturday be
stationed in the two drug stores on
Broad Street, in the Bank of Edenton,
the Post Office and in Quinn’s Furni
ture Store for the purpose of enab
ling all those who have not already
bought Christmas Seals to have the
opportunity of doing so while they
are down town.
As was announced previously in The
Herald, the campaign this year was
conducted on a different basis from
that of last year. For the first time
in Chowan County, Christmas Seals
were mailed out in the hope that in
this way more funds could be realized
than by the method of house-by-house
canvasses in the past. ,
Although it was difficult to com
pile a mailing list this year, Mrs.
Holland and Mrs. Moore have stated
that the results of sales from Christ
mas Seals mailed was very gratify
ing. The new method was suggested
by the State Office which reported re
sults in other towns as much more
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incident had the effect of uniting
the American people, differences
of opinion being forgotten, and
at present the entire country ap
parently is. of one mind in band
ing together with every resource
available to defeat Japan, and if
necessary, other Axis countries in
order to.defend this country and ]
perpetuate democracy.
President Roosevelt on Tues
day night spoke to the people of
the nation over the radio, when
he emphasized the gravity of the
situation. He presented no false <
optimism and called upon every
citizen of the United States to be
willing to share his or her part
of the burden in defending Amer
ica. He expressed the belief
that this country, under God,
would be victorious in the end,
but said that it will mean a long
and hard-fought war, but worth
the price to maintain our liberty
and independence. i
401 Voters Cast Ballots
In Favor Os Local Tax In
Special Election Tuesday
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JAMES H. PEED I
Thursday of last week, Mr. ]
Peed began work with The Her
ald, being in charge of the job i
printing department. Mr. Peed I
took a liking to Edenton when I
working here for a short time
about 10 years ago, and is de- j
lighted to adopt Edenton as his i 1
home. j ]
Cotton Producers |
.Ready To Vote Or
Quotas Saturday
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County’s Polling Places ]
Will Be Open From
9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ;
Cotton producers of Chowan Coun- '
ty, all set to cast their ballots Sat- '
urday in the referendum on market- '
ing quotas, and the accompanying
loan program, were being urged by '
AAA committeemen this week to ac- - 1
quaint themselves with their nearest
community voting places, and to get
to the polls early Saturday.
Voters may cast their ballots be- !
tween 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., the polling j
places for Chowan County being as
follows: '
Edenton Township—Court House.
Middle Township—Z. W. Evans’
office.
Upper Township—G. A. Hollowell’s
store.
Yeopim Township—R. E. Ooffield’s
Store.
Every farmer who produced cotton
in 1941, regardless of whether he is j
a tenant, sharecropper, r land, own
er, may vote in the referendum.
Quotas —and loans, which this sea
son were offered at 85 per cent of i (
parity to AAA operators—have been !
in effect for the past four seasons.
During this period North Carolina
growers have witnessed a sharp in
crease of prices which, for this sea-1 .
son, was more than double the dis* 1
couraging eight-cent average of 1937,
the last year in which there were no
quotas. North Carolina cotton prices
this year have been above 17 cents. ■
In an address to farmers last week, ’
Governor J. Melville Broughton, ere- j
diting the 85-percent-of-parity loan
program as being “one of the main
factors in the sharp increase of cot
ton prices in recent months,” reiter- (
ated the previous warning of E. Y. .
Floyd, State executive assistant of '
the AAA, that “no loan program can ■
be offered to fanners during any
marketing year for which quotas
have not been voted in a referendum.”
The Governor explained that “to
make loans on an uncontrolled sur-,
plus would be an unwise expenditure
of public funds.” The loan provides
a method whereby producers can hold
their cotton when prices are not
satisfactory.
To be in effect, marketing quotas
must be approved by more than two
thirds of the farmers voting in the
referendum. North Carolina grow
ers last year favored the use of
marketing quotas and the accom
panying loans by an overwhelming
majority of more than 92 percent.
This newspofer k etress
loioi In tho territory
wkort Advertisers wm
$1.25 Per. Year
43 Vote Against Propo
sition and 68 Fail
To Vote
RESULT SURPRISE '
Nine Month Term Will
Be Inaugurated Next
Year
Voters in the Edenton School ad
ministrative unit on Tuesday cast
their ballots just about 4 to 1 in
favor of a local tax to support a ninth
month of school. A successful elec
tion was expected, but even the most
optimistic had no idea that it would
carry by so wide a margin. Out of a
voting strength of approximately
1,200, only 512 registered for the
election and of this number 68 failed
to vote, which of course counted
against the proposition.
In East Edenton Precinct, where
233 had registered, 176 votes were
cast in favor of the tax, 24 against,
leaving 33 who did not vote.
West Edenton Precinct had 239
registered, of whom 197 voted for the
tax, 19 voted against it, and 23 failed
to vote.
Yeopim Precinct registered no ne
gative votes. There were 40 regis
trations, of which number 28 voted
for the tax and 12 did not vote.
As the result of the election,
schools in the Edenton City Adminis
trative Unit will have a nine-month
school term, beginning next year.
The cost of the extra month has not
been definitely determined, but it
v-isl exited an: evtca 4 ax rate
within the area affected of more
than 15 cents on the SIOO property
valuation. The principal cost will be
in the extra month’s salary for the
teachers and the transportation of
children.
Because of the nine-month term,
the Edenton school will regain its
standing with national and regional
accrediting agencies such as the
Southern Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges, which will work
to the advantage of Edenton students
entering college by not having to
take difficult and trying college en
trance examinations. The extra
month without question will also
benefit those students who do not
enter college or even graduate from
high school, for the same books will
be used, but more time will be allow
ed to cover the various subjects,
which heretofore had to be crammed
into eight months. It will also
benefit Superintendent John A.
Holmes in filling vacancies, for
teachers much prefer a nine-month
position to an eight-month term.
Christmas Tree Will
Be Placed On Green
On Sunday night, December 21, it
is planned to have a band and glee
club concert and general community
singing on the Court House Green,
starting at about 6:30 o’clock, near
the Christmas tree which will be put
in place and attractively decorated.
The exact hour will be verified in a
later issue.
The same Christmas tree and mus
ic committees which functioned last
year will again serve. It is earnestly
hoped that everybody will attend
and take part, especially the men of
the armed forces.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Rosley Ward,
of near Center Hill, on November 1,
a daughter.
Stores Serin Open
Nights December 18
At a meeting of the directors
of the Edenton Merchants Asso
ciation, it was decided that begin
ning Thursday, December 18,
stores will begin to remain open
at night during the holiday season.
Show windows are displaying
timely and attractive merchandise
which provides helpful hints to
shoppers, and from reports, all
stores are already doing a satis
factory holiday business.