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Volume IX.—Number 8.
Committees Meeting This
Week To Take Applications
For Cotton Crop Insurance
First Opportunity For
Producers to Insure
Yield
NON-PROFIT
Deadline For Filing Ap
plications Will Be
March 15
Applications are now being receiv-
; J ed by county AAA officers for insur
ance on the 1942 cotton crop, Chow
an County’s machinery being set up
so that it will be convenient for cot
ton growers to make application.
Committees will sit at various places
in the county, the first of which met
Wednesday all day at J. E. Peele’s
store in the Rocky Hock section.
Other committees will meet the re
mainder of this week, and according
to the following schedule announced
by County Agent C. W. Overman.
Edenton Community
Today (Thursday) at C. P. Har
rell’s Store in the Macedonia section,
beginning at 7 p. m., War Time.
Friday, February 20 George
Goodwin’s Store at Hancock, begin
ning at 7 p. m., War Time.
Saturday, February 12 Court
House, Edenton, all day..
Middle Community
Today (Thursday)—Henry Bunch’s
Store, Rocky Hock, all day.
Friday—Hollowell-Evans Store at
Croat Roads , aU day.
Saturday—lk W. Belch’s Store at
Center Hill, all day.
Upper Community
Friday—G. A. Hoflowell’s Store, all
day.
Saturday—L. C. Briggs’ Store, ail
day.
j YeopitM Community
Friday—R. E. Coffield’a Store, all
SaturiSySkS?. Store, ill
day.
This is the first time North Caro
lina’s 175,000 cotton producers have
been offered an opportunity to in
sure their yields in a plan similar to
the wheat crop insurance which has
been available for the past two years.
tfhis insurance ip issued by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
and affords the cotton producer an
opportunity to insure his yield either
for 76 per cent or 60 per cent of his
normal production in past vears.
The corporation is a non-profit
• agency of the United States Depart
ment pf Agriculture, and funds for
administering the program were ap
propriated by Congress. Cotton and
wheat insurance is not designed to
make money for the farmer or the
corporation, but to serve, like fire
insurance, as partial protection
against loss.
f Premium rates are determined for
individual farms on the basis of loss
es during the past seven years, and
these records now are available in
tht county AAA offices.
The insurance is available to any
one having an interest in a cotton
crop, whether landowner, tenant or
sharecropper. Insurance taken by
one person having an interest in the
crop, however, has no effect on any
other person interested in the same
crop. An applicant may choose in
surance on three-fourths or one-half
of hie normal production, as he de
sires.
Premiums are payable at the time
the application is signed or may be
deducted from payments due the ap
plicant in 1942 for compliance in the
1942 Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram in the same manner as grant
of-aid coats are deducted.
In no case will production be in
‘ sured on more than the cotton acre
-1 age allotted under the AAA pro
gram. Deadline for filing applica
tions is March 15,
f R. F. Tuttle At Home
March 9,10, 11, 16 To
Help File Tax Return
R. F. Tuttle, deputy State revenue
collector, will again this year sit at
his home on West Queen Street to
assist local people in filing their
State income tax returns. Mr. Tut
tle, ah usual, will be glad to be of
1, any service to those who meet him,
t his schedule to be at home being
Bw March 9, 10, 11 and 16.
Bank Os Edenton Will
\Be Closed On Monday
Though George Washington’s birth*
/ day anniversary occurs next Sunday,
the Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day Monday in observance of the j
holiday. Patrons of the bank are,'
t therefore, urged to transact their 4
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED jO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Off Went TheJJdJ
Eden ton’s police are convinced
thaj. publicity has some effect.
In last week’s issue of The Her
ald appeared what was some
thing of a record when it was
reported that during the month
of January it was necessary to
make only 10 arrests in Edenton.
Whether this story had any
thing to do with it or not, the
fact remains that the lid blew off
over the week-end and the police
1 were kept on the run, and when
a tabulation was made, it showed
that 23 arrests were made.
1 Reasons for the arrests ranged
all the way from charges for
drunken driving, hit and run,
assault upon a female and as
sault with a deadly Weapon to
minor charges of fighting and
l shooting crap.
Lions To Entertain
L H. S. Basketball
And Football Clubs
? - ■-
t Lunch Room Data Pre
sented Monday By
Mrs. Pearsall
I Mrs. Lena W. Pearsall, supervisor
of school lunch rooms, was the prin-
I cipal speaker at the Lions Qlub
meeting Monday night and during
her remarks informed members of
I the club that 200 white children and
150 colored children are provided
I lynches Sn Edenton daily, whil’e at
Chowan High School the number is
300 and 75 at the Rocky Hock Cen
, tral school, and that a total of 17,436
. lunches are served in the county per
, month. For these lunches, Mrs.
. Pearsall informed her listeners, WPA
furnishes labor while the projects are
sponsored by Parent-Teacher Asso
ciations, and she emphasized the fact
| that in all the lunch rooms the regu
lar sanitary rules are observed as
, required. by the State of any case.
The Lions also voted to entertain
the Edenton High School boys’ and
girls’ basketball teams as well as the
members of the football team at a
banquet to be held next Monday
. night.
j Eleven members of the club, at
' j Monday night’s meeting, expressed
‘ j their intention of attending the char
ter night banquet tonight (Thursday)
1 j to be held by the Plymouth Lions
j Club.
Maynard Fletcher
Speaker At Rotary
Edenton dub" Will Cele
brate 16th Annivers
; • ary Tonight
At tonight’s Rotary meeting the
, Edenton Rotary Club will celebrate
, its 16th anniversary, for which a
, special program has been arranged.
, The program will be in charge of
, John W. Graham, who has secured as
the principal speaker Maynard
Fl'etcher, of Washington, N. C., past
district governor. Special music for
the occasion will be furnished by Miss
Norma Perry and Miss Julia Burton.
An effort is being made to have
j every charter member of the club
present, as well as many former Ro
tarians, who will be special guests
of the club.
C. L. McCullers, president of the
club, is very anxious to register a
100 per cent meeting.
Legion District Meeting (
In E. City Next Monday,
Members of Ed Bond Post of the ■
American Legion have received a i
special invitation from Roland Gar
rett, department district commander,
to attend the district meeting of the
Legion to be held next Monday night
at 8 o’clock at the Agricultural Build
ing, Elizabeth City. At this meeting
addresses will be made by Cecil Pate,
department rehabilitation chairman,
and Frank Sasser, department service
officer,
j The invitation was received by
' Adjutant Thomas J. Wood, and it is
a hoped. a goody number of Chowan
" Legionnaires will attend the meeting.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 19, 1942.
Edenton Black-out Coming
—l—; w
Though no definite date has been set, Edenton will in the very
near future be required to stage a black-out in order to acquaint
citizens with What to do in;event of air raids. E. W. Spires, chairman
of the Chowan County Civilian Defense Council, has a large number
of pamphlets which will bje distributed prior to the black-out by air
raid wardens, under the supervision of West W. Byrum.
At a meeting early tfiis week to discuss black-out activities, a
proposed ordinance was considered, and such an ordinance will be
passed by Town Council making it mandatory to comply with all the
requirements of a black-Out, which must be efficiently carried out.
However, to prevent a lot of confusion, Mayor J. H. McMullan feels
reluctant to adopt an ordinance until citizens are better acquainted
with the rules which are adequately explained in the pamphlets to be
distributed..
In the main, a black-out is exactly what the word implies. All
lights outside or visible from the outside of any building, either
through doors, windows, Bkylights or otherwise, shall be immediately
put out and kept out until the all-clear signal is given. Any who re
fuse to comply will, of course, be dealt with according to the provi
sions of the ordinance which will'be adopted.
Mayor McMullan has gone to Elizabeth City today (Thursday) to
confer with Kenyon Wilson, district director, relative to the forthcom
ing black-out. In the meantime citizens are requested to post them
selves on all the requirements, so that there will be as little confusion
as possible when the black-out is called.
15 Awarded First
Aid Certificates In
Red Cross Course
Two Weeks Instruction
Completed Friday at
School Building
FIVE types
Classes Now Being Or
ganized to Teach All
Over County
After completing last Friday night,
a two weeks’ course in first aid un
der an instructor supplied by the
American Red Cross, 35 Chowan
■ County citizens were qualified for
teacher certificates enabling them to
teach difrerent courses in first aid
to classes organized in the county.
Organization of classeSJjßfHl begir v
1 Monday night when all white persons
in town interested m taking first aid
are called together for a preliminary
meeting in the Rose Room of the
Hotel Joseph Hewes at 7:30 o’clock.
Interested Negroes will meet Monday
night at the Negro Episcopal -School
House at 7:30. Classes in the county
are being organized separately by
the Rev. Frank Cale.
The first aid committee, of which
Mrs. James E. Wood is chairman, is
asking that all persons, white and
colored, who are interested in taking
these courses in first aid, sign up
with Miss Louise Coke at the Munici
pal Building on Friday and Saturday.
When signing up, please designate
whether you prefer entering a class
in the morning, afternoon or at night.
Those selected to work with Mrs.
Wood in the first aid committee are
the Rev. Frank Cale, representing
the county; Mrs. R. F. Elliott, repre
senting the town; Eva C. Cox, re
presenting the Negroes. Mrs. W. H.
Averette will substitute for Mrs. El
liott during the first month. Dr. J.
S. Chamblee, of the Bertie-Chowan
District Health Department, will act
as medical adviser.
Several classes have already been
started and include one at Chowan
High School being taught by Mrs.
(Continued on Page Eight)
NICE SLICE OF PUBLICITY GIVEN TO
EDENTON AS SPRING TRAINING CAMP
FOR BINGHAMTON'S BASEBALL CLUB
Business Manager Boosts Town In Chamber of
Commerce Address Giving Plans For Season;
Cites History and Advantages
Edenton came in for a neat slice
of publicity last week in the Bing
hampton Press when announcement
jwas made that the Eastern League
j Club will return to the Tar Heel
' State for spring training after five
i season’s training elsewhere. The
, Triplets, as the club is known, train
led in High Point in 1936 but since
' has done its pre-seasoif training in
(South Carolina. This will make the
eighth year the team has gone South
for training camps, which were as
follows:
1936—Norfolk Naval Base.
1936 High Point, N. C.
1937 Spartanburg, S. C. >
1936—Spartanburg, S. C.
1939 Ware Shoals, S. C,
1940 Ware Shoals, S. C.
1941 Ware Shoals, S. C.
1942 Edenton.
In a Chamber of Commerce talk,
Gene Martin, the Club’s business
manager, gave several ' reasons for'
Third Registration
Goes Off Smoothly
In Chowan County
Number of Registrants
Less Than Expected
By Draft Board
VOLUNTEER HELP
Sheriff J. A. Bunch First
To Register at Eden
ion Armory
Although the registration Monday
for men between the ages of 20 and
44 did not bring in as many regis
trations as expected, J. L. Wiggins,
chairman of the local draft board,
said that the registration went over
smoothly at both registration places
in the county, the Armory in town
and the Chowan Community House
at Cross Roads.
’ Registrars at the Armory were:
Mrs. M . A. Hughes, Miss Mildred
Mrs. J. E. Coffey, Mrs. H. C.
Wozelka, Mrs. Jim Hassell, Earl
Harrell, W. M. Wilkins, Grady Love,
C. D. Stewart, Ernest A. Swain,
Mrs. Ruth Bunch, Miss Edna Goodwin,
Miss Paulina Hassell, Mrs. J. W.
Davis and Mrs. C. P. Wales. Miss
Mildred Munden, local draft board
clerk, acted as chief registrar in
town, while Mrs. S. C. Mills, assist
ant clerk, had charge of the regis
tration in the county. Those serving
as registrars in the county were:
Mrs. Dora Cale, Mrs. Belle W. Park
er, .Mrs. J. I. Boyce, the Rev. Frank
Cale, Mrs. Cameron Boyce, Mrs.
Frank Cale, Orrie Myers, T. L. Ward,
Mrs. T. L. Ward and Mrs. E. N.
Elliott.
First to register in town was
Sheriff J. A. Bunch, veteran of
World War No. I. Carroll A. .White,
of Hobbsville, was first to register
in the county.
During the registration, which last
ed from 7 o’clock in the morning un
til 9 o’clock at night, the registrars
experienced a few peculiar incidents
but one registrar was rather non
plussed when told by a Negro that
his name was Arthur Charles Wil
liam Leander Gordan. On the regis
tration card he finally appeared
simply as Arthur Charles Gordan.
his choice of Edenton for this year;
the principle ones being the town’s
proximity to many places where oth
er teams will be training, which
should facilitate scheduling of prac
tice games, particularly in the short
time remaining for that purpose.
lake Norfolk, Portsmouth of the
Piedmont League, is only about 80
miles from the casnp. Tanboro,
where Elmira will work out, and
Rocky Mount, the Hagerstown camp,
are even closer. The Reading Inter
state League club will be at Wilson,
and other clubs will be training in
that vicinity.
“The park is very large,” said Mr.
Martin. “The distances from the
prate to the fence are long in all
fields, particularly center and right, j
The grandstand and bleachers are |
fine and there are two dressing |
rooms. The only fault we possibly
could find with the field is that it I
(Continued on Page Five)
J. A. Pritchett Os Windsor
Speaker Washington Day
Dinner In Edenton Saturday
| Hat In Ring f
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| JACK EDWARDS
In a statement Tuesday, Mr.
Edwards, of Greenville, announ
ced his candidacy for the office
of United States House of Repre
sentatives in the May 30 pri
mary election.
Jack Edwards Os
Greenville Enters
Race For Congress
Announced Tuesday He
Will Be Candidate In
Primary May 30
Jack Edwards, Greenville attorney,
announced Tuesday that he is a can-,
didate for Representative from the
First Congressional District and of
fers himself to the voters, subject to
their will in the Democratic primary j
to be held Saturday, May 30.
“The office of Representative is •
exactly what its name implies,” ex
plained Mr. Edwards. “It is the!
people’s office. The representative J
acts and speaks for them and their !
privilege of selecting him should
never be abridged. I hold the firm
conviction that government should |
originate from the people and not
from those who happen to hold office
at any given time, and that it should
remain at all times responsive to the
will of the majority. If nominated
and elected, I shall strive constantly j
to keep in touch with the citizens j
and shall always be receptive to ex- j
pressions of their desires. It has'
been my good fortune to keep in con- J
tact with the masses of the people,
and I am confident that I understand!
their problems, the matters of im- j
portance to them and to our State t
and our Nation. It is my purpose j
to devote every effort in dealing with j
these problems and endeavoring to ;
find a solution for them.”
When asked what he thought of !
recent statements regarding lack of
interest in candidates for office on i
account of the war, Mr. Edwards i
stated: “There is certainly no rea-1
son why some of those who have :
been honored with high office should.]
condone, or even suggest, indiffer
ence toward a matter of such vital
importance as the selection by the
people of those who are responsible
for their Government. Os all per
iods, this is the hour when the peo
ple should w-ake up and, more than
ever before, be on guard, so that
they may keep alive the great prin
ciple of our Democracy: Equal 1 rights
to all; special privileges to none.
They should, and I believe they will,
choose their office-holders for them
selves, rather than follow the direc
tions of some few who are actuated
(Continued on Page Seven)
Assistance Today And
Friday For Those Who
File Federal Income
Today (Thursday) and Friday, a
representative of the Collector of In- .
ternal Revenue Office at Greensboro,
will be at the Edenton Post Office
for the purpose of assisting local
people to file an income tax return.
This return must be made before
March 16 and, must be made by mar
ried people whose income during
1941 was as much as $1,500. Single
people who earned as much as $750
must al!so file a report.
C. OF C. MEETS TUESDAY
I Next Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock
I a meeting of the Chamber of Com-
I meree will be held in the Municipal
Building.
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where Advertisers wOt
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$1.25 Per Year.
Final Plans Completed
For Northeastern Di
vision Affair
BAND WILL PLAY
Prominent Democrats
From 15 Counties Ex
pected to Attend
With the announcement early this
week that J. A. Pritcett, of Windsor,
will be the principal speaker, final
arrangements have been made for the
Washington Day Dinner to be held
for the Northeastern Division next
Saturday night at Hotel Joseph
Hewes. The dinner, one of six to be
held in the State, will begin at 8
o’clock.
Tlie program for the dinner, as re
leased by John F. White, program
chairman, will be as follows:
called to order by Divi
sion Chairman E. W. Spires.
Song—“ America.”
Invocation By Editor Herbert
Peele, Pasquotank.
Dinner—
Gavel presented to Master of Cere
monies, Hon. W. I. Halstead, Cam
den.
i Recognition of Delegates from eaah
county.
Vocal' Selections—by Chowan High
Faculty Trio (Miss Louise Wilson,
Mrs. Gordon Blow and Miss Maybelle
Edwards).
Address of Welcome — by Judge
John W. Graham, Chowan.
Response—By Hon. Carroll L. Wil
son, Halifax.
introduction of Speaker—By Hon/
Hugh G. Horton, Martin.
Address—by Hon, J. A. Pritchett,
Bertie. s
The Edenton High School Band
will give a concert in front of Hotel
from, 7:30 to & o’clock. -
The diiiner will - bring tiJgether
leading Democrats from the 15 coun
ties in the division, which takes in
i Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Chowan,
Dare, Gates, Hyde, Hertford, Halifax,
; Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank,
! Perquimans, Tyrrell and Wa&hing
; ton. Other dinners will be held at
Lumberton, Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
j Charlotte and Asheville.
At the suggestion of State Chair
; mail William T. Joyner, invitations
: have been extended by Chairman E.
W. Spires through the chairmen of
the Democratic Executive Committees
in Pitt and Beaufort Counties to any
Democrats in those counties who pre
fer to attend the Edenton dinner in
i stead of the one in Raleigh to be
1 guests of the Edenton affair.
Chairman Spires announced that
! greetings will be brought to the
J meeting from National Chairman Ed
, ward J. Flynn and also from Dick
! Reynolds, National Treasurer, by
j means of electrical transcription.
Byrum Sets Forth
Data For Black-out
l
Citizens Asked to Study
And Carry Out In
structions
W. W’. Byrum, chairman of the air
raid warning committee, warned all
citizens to expect a blackout within
the next few days and asked the full
cooperation of every citizen in mak
ing the blackout a success.
These are the important points to
remember and it would be well to
clip this for reference:
1. The blackout signal will be two
blasts of the fire siren at 15-second
intervals. Then, the street lights
will flicker on and off three times at
two second intervals. Blackout and
get off the streets.
2. Extinguish all lights visible
from the air.
3. Warn others.
4. If driving a vehicle, pull over
to the curb and stop.
5. Keep streets clear for emer
. gency traffic which must travel
without lights.
6. Don’t smoke in the open.
7. End of black-out is signalled
by steady two-minute blast on sirens
and whistles.
8. Keep calm!
35 Chowan White Men
Called For Examination
The local draft board received a
call from Raleigh headquarters this
week asking that 35 white men in
the county he sent to New Bern for
examination some time during the
early part of March.