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Volume IX. —Number 7.
Democrats In 15 Counties
Meet In Edenton Feb. 21
ForWashington Day Dinner
Initial Plans Arranged
At Meeting Monday
Afternoon
WILL BEAT HOTEL
E. W. Spires Named as
Chairman 'For North
eastern Division
Bdenton has been selected as one
of Beven towns in the State where
' Washington Day dinners will be held,
and initial plans for the affair were
arranged at a meeting held Monday
afternoon in the office of Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires. Mr. Spires has
been named chairman for the North
eastern Division, which takes in the
counties of Bertie, Camden, Curri
tuck, Chowan, Dare, Gates, Hyde,
Hertford, Halifax, Martin, North
ampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans,
Tyrrell and Washington.
The purpose of these dinners is to
raise $20,000 in North Carolina as
the State’s quota in liquidating the
debt remaining from the last national
Democratic campaign. Chowan’s
quota of this amount is $125, which
was set by the State Committee,
based on population of the various
counties. It is hoped, holwever, that
the State’s quota is exceeded by at
least 10 per cent.
Committee chairmen have been ap
pointed in the 15 counties in the
division, whose duty it will be to so
• licit each county’s quota, and then
send representatives to the dinner at
Edenton on the basis of $25 per
plate.
The chairmen in the various coun
ties are:
Bertie—J. B. Davenport.
Camden —,J. B. Williams.
Currituck—A. H. Scales.
Chowaq—B. W. Fvsus.
Dare—Monde L. Daniels. I
Gates—Miss Ethel Parker.
Hyde— C. L. Ben.
Hertford—D. Collin Barnes.
Halifax—Dr. B. M. Nicholson.
Martin—Elbert L. Peele.
Northampton—W. J. Long.
Pasquotank—John H. flail.
Perquimans—C. P. Morris.
Tyrrell—W. J. White.
Washington—W. Ronald Gaylord.
The dinner will be held Saturday,
February 21, at Hotel Joseph Hewes
and, together with Mr. Spires as
chairman, the following committees
were appointed Monday to complete
arrangements:
Program Committee John F.
White, John Graham, Judge Richard
D. Dixon and Hector Lupton.
Publicity Committee —J. Edwin
Bufflap.
Finance Committee —J. G. Campen.
An outstanding speaker will be se
cured for the dinner, but just who
this will be could not be decided at
this time. The dinner will bring to
gether prominent Democrats in the
division and those in charge feel
honored that Edenton was selected
for the affair and are very much en
' thused at the prospect of a successful
get together of party leaders.
Boy Scouts Show
Increased Activity
Three Recent Affairs
Boost Interest In
Edenton Troop
Eden ton’s Boy Scouts were active
__ this week and interest in the troop
is gradually increasing. On Sunday
about 15 of the boys, accompanied
by Scout Master C. W. Overman, J.
Clarence Leary, W. W. Byrum, John
Graham, Frank Elliott, Assistant
Scout Master W. E. Bowman and
Junior Assistant Scout Master Henry
Gardner, Jr., journeyed to Ports
mouth, Va., where they attended a
court of honor held in the high school
building. This trip in itself created
interest among the boys and was very
much enjoyed.
On Friday night the Scouts enjoy
ed another affair when a party was
held in their honor at the Scout
Cabin by Mrs. J. M. Jones. Scout
I Master C. W. Overman and H. A.
L Campen, chairman of the troop com
■ mittee, were special guests.
W . Tonight (Thursday) a group of the
boys will attend a banquet in Eliza
beth City, to which parents as well
i as any others interested in Scout
■work are invited to attend. Tickets
the banquet are being sold by H.
w A. Campen, with a reduced price of
fered for the Scouts. Any one inter
ested in attending this affair should
see Sr. Campen at once.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Lucky People |
Chowan County’s Tire Rationing
Board, meeting every Monday night
in the Municipal Building, composed
of Albert Byrum, chairman, Dr. W. iS.
' Griffin and West Byrum, has releas
ed the list of names of those who re
ceived tires during the month of
January, the first month for the tire
rationing program to be in effect.
The list of names and number of
truck or automobile tires for the
' month of January is as follows:
Mrs. W. M. Morgan, one; E. L.
i Belch, two; C. N. Griffin, two; J.
, Roy Winslow, one; C. J. Chappell,
two; W. E. Bond, one; A. L.. Hollo
, well, two; C. 'F. Boyce, one; J.
. Cameron Boyce, one; M. J. Tynch,
one; F. M. Ward, one; L. G. Briggs,
’ two; O. R. Spivey, two; Quinn Fur
niture Company, two; F. M. Ward,
one; W. W. Bunch, Jr., one; A. C.
Boyce, one; Albemarle Peanut Com
( pany, one; By rum Hardware Com
pany, one; Leary Bros. Storage Co.,
one; Leary Bros., one; B. W. Evans,
and Boyce, one; Edenton Ice Com
pany, two; Virginia Carolina Trans
portation Co., one, and J. H. Byrum,
1 one.
According to regulations, there are
only a certain amount of tires that
can be allocated each week. At the
last meeting of the board, on Mon
day night, February 9, only six tires
could be allotted and the following
are those who received tires in this
allotment:
Quinn Furniture Co., two; Leary
Brothers, one; Mrs. Maybelle Wins
low, one; F. W. Hobbs, one; Charles
*H. Small, one.
Two Professional
i Baseball Clubs To
! Train In Edenton
Norfolk and Bingham
ton Expected to Bring
About 50 Players
Edenton has again been chosen as
spring training quarters for two
professional baseball clubs, a deal
having been consumated whereby the
Norfolk Club of the Piedmont Lea
gue and the Ringhampton Club of
the New York State League will
come here for pre-season training.
Both clubs are farms of the New
York Yankees.
The baseball players and club of
ficials will' be taken care of at Hotel
Joseph Hewes, Manager G. H. Hard
ing being notified Tuesday that the
group will include from 50 to 60.
H. P. Dawson, business manager of
the Norfolk Tars, informed Mr.
Harding that he had decided to bring
his aggregation on March 27 or 28,
but will remain in Edenton only until
April 5, while the New Yorkers will
train here about a month.
Already an exhibition game is in
prospect, Mr. Dawson informing Mr.
Harding that the Binghampton and
Newark Clubs will most likely meet
in Edenton on April 7.
In the Norfolk outfit will be about
40 players and officials, many of
whom have played in other leagues.
The local park will toe put in the
pink of condition for the training
operations, and many of the local
baseball fans await with interest the
arrival of the two squads.
METHODIST GROUP MEETS
The Woman’s Division of the So
ciety of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church will meet Monday
afternoon in the Sunday School room
at 3:30 o’clock. All members are
urged to attend.
Have You A House
To Rent Or Sell?
C. L. McCullers, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, now
has and frequently receives re
quests relative to houses for rent
or sale. These inquiries come
from out-of-town people who de
sire to live in Edenton for a
short time and some permanently.
Mr. McCnllers will appreciate
it if any one who has a house
for rent or for sale ‘will let him
know about it, for in this way
he can be of service to the town
and to those desiring to locate in
Edenton.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 12, 1942.
Mrs. C T. Hollowed
Elected President
Os Garden Club
Local Group Decides to
Withdraw From State
| Federation
! WAR ISREASON
Members Bestirred Rel
ative to Need For
Cleaner Town
Officers for the new fiscal year of
the Garden Club, to begin in the fall,
were elected at Monday’s meeting of
the club in the Hotel Joseph Hewes,
and those named were: Mrs. Charles
T. Hollowell, president; Mrs. Jesse
White, vice president, and Mrs. J. S.
Davis, treasurer. Since the present
, secretary, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary,
declined to serve again, the nomina
tion of a new secretary will be left
, in the hands of the nominating com
mittee of which Mrs. J. A. Moore is
chairman.
Named as members of the program
committee by Mrs. R. P. Badham,
president, were: Mrs. W. I. Hart,
chairman, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. J.
W. Davis, Mrs. C. T. Hollowell and
Mrs. Jesse White. Mrs. George P.
Byrum was again selected to serve as
publicity chairman with Mrs. J. M.
Jones serving with her. Mrs. T. C.
Byrum will be hostess chairman.
As program chairman, Mrs. Charles
T. Hollowell gave a very interesting
talk on the subject of “Azaleas.”
The points most stressed by Mrs.
Hollowell were: “Azaleas need acid
in the soil . . . make the bed two
inches lower than the surface of the
garden .. . they must not dry out. . .
they need moisture . . . like air and
some sun . . . fertilize between April
1 and July 1 . . . should be planted
in blooming season, although can be
planted in either spring or fall.”
After a pro and con discussion, it
was unanimously voted to withdraw
from the State Federation of Garden
Clubs at the end of the present fiscal
year. It was felt that especially
during the war emergency, the fees
usually appropriated by the State
Federation could, be used to greater
benefit at home.
One matter creating a great deal
of interest, the matter of a cleaner,
neater public green and cleaner
streets was brought to the attention
of the members.
Members present during Monday’s
meeting were: Mrs. Charles T. Hollo
well, Mrs. Lyn Byrum, Mrs. M. S.
Elliott, Mrs. W. I. Hart, Mrs. J. A.
Moore, Mrs. A. G. Byrum, Mrs. J. M.
Jones, Mrs. Julien Wood, Mrs. R. F.
Tuttle, Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Mrs. Jesse
White, Mrs. J. S. Davis, Mrs. W. Jim
Daniels, Mrs. West Leary, Mrs. L. P.
Williams, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary and
Mrs. R. P. Badham.
District War Time
Conference Held At
Greenville Feb. 13
Edenton and Chowan
County Will Be Rep
resented
Both Chowan County and the Town
of Edenton will be represented at a
district war-time emergency training
program for public officials to be
held at Greenville on Friday, Feb
ruary 13. Albert Coates, director of
the Institute of Government at
Chapel Hill, has announced that
Robert H. Martins, chief of the ma
terials section of the governmental
requirements branch, Office for
Emergency Management, will be the
, principal speaker.
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, and
possibly one or two of the County
Commissioners will represent the
county government at the meeting,
while J. Edwin Bufflap will repre
sent the Town of Edenton.
War-time emergency problems of
counties, cities and towns, with espec
ial emphasis on priorities, public pur
chasing and related defense problems,
will be taken up at the conferences,
which is one of a series of district
meetings for city and county govern
ing boards and purchasing agents be
ing sponsored by the Institute
throughout the State.
Other topics for discussion will in
clude procedures for local defense
councils and civilian protection com
mittees and the relationship of their
activities to the governmental func- i
tions of counties, cities and towns; :
and war-time emergency training j
programs for officials and employees i
of counties, cities and towns, and ■
local' defense chairmen and their de
puties.
Edenton Zoning Commission Authorized
By Town Council To Proceed According
To Law In Putting Scheme Into Effect
Lewly ‘Goober’ Ready
For Prominent Part
In War Emergency
The peanut has enlisted for the
duration. Once it served chiefly
as an aid to the circus-going, but
now it is a many-purpose vege
table. It promises oil for soap,
ointments and butter substitute,
glycerine for explosives, protein
for the diet. If palm oil from
overseas is cut off and meat
runs short, the peanut will stand
by.
American farmers raise 750,-
000 tons of peanuts a year, and
the government, with a war on
its hands, asks them to double
that production. The peanut is
as much at home in China, India
and Senegal as in Edenton. Its
name in Africa is “uguba,” hence
its down-south nickname is
“goober.”
Farmers’ Meetings
Planned To Discuss
Vital Farm Matters
Schedule Sent Out By
County Agent C. W.
Overman
The farmers’ part to help win the
war and protect the cotton crop
with insurance in 1942 are two vital
questions to be considered in county
wide meetings announced by County
Agent C. W. Overman. These meet
ings will j. be for white and colored
4armers, and tenants, too, are urged
to attend.
Not only these two questions will
be discussed, but other matters as
well pertaining to what can be done
on the farm to aid in national de
fense.
The schedule of meetings follow:
Monday night, February 16, 8:00
o’clock—Yeopim Church.
Monday night, February 16, 8:00
o’clock —St. John’s Colored School.
Tuesday night, February 17, 8:0u
o’clock—County Court House.
Tuesday night, February 17, 8:00
o’clock—Rocky Hock School.
Wednesday night, February 18, 8:00 j
o’clock—Hollowell' and Ev'ans’ Store, j
Wednesday night, February 18, 8:00 i
o’clock—L. C. Briggs’ Store.
Wednesday night, February 18, 8:00
o’clock—Green Hall Colored School.
12-Year Program
Principal Theme
Os Schoolmasters
A. B. Combs Speaker at
Meeting Held Mon
day Night
Meeting in the Edenton High
School Monday night, members of the
Schoolmasters Club devoted practic
ally all of the time to a discussion of
the 12-year program. Adding to the 1
interest of the meeting was an ad
dress on the subject by A. B. Combs,
connected with the division of in
struction of the Department of Edu- 1
cation.
Present for the meeting were about 1
35 members of the club, representing :
10 counties in the district, all of I
whom were keenly interested in Mr.
Combs’ remarks.
In connection with the meeting a
delightful dinner was served by the
school’s home economic class, in
charge of the teacher, Miss Josephine
Grant.
Churches Observing
War Time Hours I
Edenton’s churches will cooperate <
with the war time and services will
be held according to the new time. '
However, at the Methodist and Bap- '
tist churches, where the hour is set
■ba:k half an hour during the summer
for night services, the change will
go in effect next Sunday night in or
der to eliminate a change just a short
time away. The meeting time, there
fore, beginning next Sunday night, :
will be 8 o’clock.
ION VALENTINE’S
fDAY...
Remember
Uncle Sam, too!
Also Give
U. S. DEFENSE
_ BONDS
S^*n.STAMPS
Rotarians Celebrate
16th Anniversary At
Meeting Next Week
Special Program Now
Being Arranged For
Occasion
visitorslexpected
C. E. Kramer Hangs Up
Enviable Record at
Which to Shoot
Next Thursday, February 19, the
Edenton Rotary Club will celebrate j
its 16th anniversary, with a special j
program arranged for the occasion.
As a feature of the meeting an effort
will be made to have as special guests
every chapter member of the club, as!
well as a visiting speaker. District;
Governor H. L. Jones, in Edenton on
Tuesday, expressed his intention of
being present for the meeting and
also expressed the hope that Gene j
Newsome, who was district governor j
when the club was organized, may!
accompany him.
At present there are only four
! charter members still affiliated with
: the club, these being John A. Holmes,
0. E. Kramer, C. H. Wood and J. G.
i Campen. Os this quartet Mr.
Kramer has hung up an enviable Ro-,
| tary record, for he has a perfect at
j tendance during the 16 years and
| besides has in that time attended!
i 1,039 Rotary meetings and has visit-:
jed 37 Rotary Clubs.
The club will meet as usual to
night (Thursday) at 6:15, when the
program is in charge of John W.
Graham, who last week succeeded C.
E. Kramer as program chairman.
At last week’s meeting J. A. Moore
presented a very interesting program
when he rehearsed, present condi
tions in the national textile industry
as affected by the present war.
President’s Birthday
Dances Netted $26.62
Returns from the President’s Birth
day dance held January 29, were
slightly less than was reported in
The Herald last week, which gave
the amount as $30.40. Since that
time several bills were paid by Wil
liam Privott, chairman of the cele
bration, which brought the amount
down to $26.62.
To this amount was added $85.58
taken in at the Taylor Theatre by the
March of Dimes campaign, which
brings the county’s return to $112.20.
Half of this amount remains in the
county for use in connection with in
fantile paralysis, while the other half
goes to the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Easy Month For
Cops In Edenton
Chief of Police G. A. Helms pre
sented to Town Council on Tuesday
night the smallest police report since
he has .been in office. According to
the report, only 10 arrests were made
during January, all of which resulted
in convictions. Os this number, three
were arrested for drunkeness and
two for drunken driving.
During the month the police fur
nished lodging for two transients,
reported 42 street lights out, and at
tended two funerals. Stolen goods
recovered amounted to S3O. Ex
pense of the police car amounted to
$37.74 and officers’ fees received by
the collector amounted, to $ll.OO.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Preliminary Report Sub
mitted at Tuesday
Night’s Meeting
MUCH WORK
Public Hearing Will Be
Called to Discuss
Matter
j Though practically no business a
| Side from paying the monthly bills
I confronted Town Council at the
j meeting Tuesday night, quite a
| lengthy session developed when zon
| ing was again discussed. Appearing
j before the Board were J. L. Pettus,
i John Graham and Geddes Potter, who
! presented a preliminary report as to
| what has been done to date. After
| the idea of zoning had frequently
I bobbed up, at the September meeting
j of Town Council considerable pres
sure was brought to bear in favor of
k j zoning and as the result a zoning
I commission was appointed to study
r the matter and submit a report.
This group is composed of J. L.
Pettus, chairman, John W. Graham,
' Geddes Potter, L. S. Byrum and Guy
Hobbs.
»! The trio at Tuesday night’s meet
: ing reported that the commission had
| given a great deal of thought and
I j study to the matter of ■ zoning and
had reached the point that they did
not wish to devote any more time to
1 it unless they knew whether or not
Town Council favored or was out
right opposed to zoning. Members
’ of the commission have put much
■jtime and thought to the idea, the
j initial step being a meeting with the
• Edenton Garden Club in order to get
| tentative ideas aljput A sur
| vej* of tile town was sub:,c*.ient:,?
made to decide the boundaries includ
ed in the zoning program, and after
1 about a dozen meetings, arrange
ments were made to have Pat Heai'y,
I secretary of the League of Munici
;! palities, speak on the subject at a
' j joint meeting of the Rotary and
| Lions Clubs.
In presenting the work sheet
showing the entire town zoned, as
well as a proposed ordinance to put
. the scheme into law, it was explain
ed that under the program zoning
■ will be no handicap to growth of the
: town. The principal argument in
favor of zoning is the fact that it
l will stabilize property values, pre
-11 vent intrusion into residential sec
i tions by business enterprises and as
well' prevent intrusion into business
• areas by manufacturing plants.
The plan, it was said, was flexible
enough to provide for any legitimate
expansion in town and at the same
time prevent any particular area
from losing its value by reason of
intrusion of any undesirable building
or business being set up almost
overnight. It will have no effect
j upon present businesses.
After quite a lengthy discussion,
the Counciimen voted to authorize
1 the zoning commission to proceed
according to law relative to zoning
ordinances. This provides for a
public hearing which must be adver
tised at least 15 days prior to the
meeting and at which time a large
map will be on display with the zon
ing boundaries clearly outlined. At
that meeting any citizen who objects
to the idea may register his objec
tions.
According to the tentative plan, the
town will be divided into five classes
which includes Residence A and Resi
dence B districts. Business A and
Business B districts and an indus
trial district. Each of these districts
is and stipulations made as
to what may or may not be placed in
the respective areas, all of which
will be clearly defined at the public
meeting.
The trio appearing on behalf of
zoning stated that interpretation and
application of the proposed ordinance,
if adopted, will promote public health,
safety, morals, comfort, prosperity
and general welfare, and were em
phatic in the statement that it would
not repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way impair or interfere with any ex
isting provision of law or ordinance,
] or any rules, regulations or permits
previously adopted or issued pursu
ant to law relating to the y use or
construction of buildings or premises.
In fact, it was stated, that al
though there is some objection to
■ zoning, the belief prevails that when
it is thoroughly understood, most of
i this abjection will vanish.
The public hearing will most likely
1 be decided on during this week and
announced in next week’s issue of
:The Herald..