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Edenton Building & Loan Over Top In Buying War Bonds Local Association Buys 175 Per Cent of As signed Quota The Edenton Building and Loan As sociation has gone over the top in the purchase of War Bonds in a national vogram to have all Building and y,an Associations purchase SIOO,- »H)0,000 in War Bonds in the last half of 1942. The United States Savings and Loan League in cooperation with the North Carol'na Building and Loan League is sponsoring a program to have all Building and Loan Associa tions purchase $100,000,000 in bonds between June 30 and December 31 of this year. North Carolina Associations were requested to purchase $1,915,000 of this amount, and in turn quotas were assigned by Counties to the individ ual Associations. Reports just re ceived at State League Committee headquarters indicate the Edenton Building and Loan Association has purchased War Bonds during this period equal to 175 per cent of its as signed quota. 11 Polling Places For Cotton Referendum I (Continued from Page Onei crope more urgently needed for war purposes. “While our domestic consumption increased last year, it probably won’t increase much more this year because of man-power and equipment limita tions in textile mills, and our for eign sales, of course, are virtually cut off,” he said. “We have had fair prices for cotton during the past sev eral years, but it has been due main ly to the loan program of the Federal government. Under the law, how- , ever, this program must be dropped 1 by the government if quotas are not approved.” He said that quotas were pro cla med by Secretary of Agriculture Wiekard on the 1943 crop, but that they will not be in effect unless ap- 1 proved by at least two-thirds of the ; eligible producers voti. g in the refer endum. He listed the polling, places in the county as follows: Edenton Community—County Court j Hou.-'e and E. E. Harrell’s Store. Community—C. P. Har nl’s Store. Rocky Hock Community Henry Bunch’s Store and Elbert Peele’s Store. Center Hill Community —L. W. i lielch’s Store and Holloweli-Evans Store. Ryland Community—G. A. Hollo- j well’s Store. Gliden Community—L. C. Briggs’ Store and A. T. Perry’s Store. Yeopim Community—R. E. Co f field’s Store. Goals In County j Leaning Toward ! More Orchards! , - ■ v- / ■;! ' I 65-year-old Lady First To Contact Members On Assigned List Chowan County’s home and farm agents have met with neighborhood leaders to set goals for 1943 and to plan to increase the number of or chards in the county -•■rice there are So many families that do not grow any fruit. Each leadet was given; two sheets and asked to report what; they had done in 1942 in way of; milk cows, fruit trees, gardens, thick ens, hogs, etc,, and in each case set a goal for 1943. The other sheet was used to take orders for fruit trees, small fruits and pecan trees to be grouped in one county order. Mrs. J. T. White, leader in the Center Hill community, was the first to finish contacting the people on her list, which was not an easy job. She is about 65 years old and walked two niiles to see the 16 families, and helped them to select and order 35 fruit trees and 300 strawberry plants. The first community to complete this work was Gliden with every lead er reporting. The total order for the county was 662 fruit trees, 51 grape vines, 104 pecan trees, 4,200 strawberry plants and 46 other small fruit plants. Would-be Thieves Enter Lunch Room At Rocky Central School On Monday morning it was discov ered that thieves had broken into the lunch room at the Rocky Hock Cen tral School. Superintendent W. J. Taylor was called and after an inves tigation, it was believed that the in truders were in search of money. Though the room was in a topsy turvey condition, it could not be de termined that anything was missing. W. D. Pruden Named Attorney For. Town W. D. Pruden was, on Tuesday night, appointed Town Attorney to succeed William Privott, who resign ed due to accepting a commission as lieutenant (jg) in the U. S. Aviation Corps. Mr. Pruden held the posit: on for many yeans, until a few years ago, and is considered one of the best posted attorneys regarding matters dealing with municipalties. Colored Births Lead Whites In November Colored births in Chowan County during November exceeded white births by three, there being 17 color ed births and 14 white, according to the vital stat sties report of the local Health Department. During the month there were three white deaths as against two colored, and three colored still births. New Sidewalks And Plaque Cause Town Council Work Long Two Special Committees Appointed to Consider Both Matters Town Councilmen, on Tuesday night, were obliged to set through another lengthy session which was caused in some measure by long dis cussions regarding a proposed plaque to be erected in recognition of; Chowan County boys in the armed forces, and the matter of construct ing sidewalks. The outcome of the plaque proposition appears elsewhere in this issue, and was not unite as complicated as the sidewalk argu ment. Recently two petitions were pre presented to Town Coucil asking for 1 cement sidewalks on the west side of ] Oakum Street from Church to Free-1 mason Street and continuing on the t south side of Freemason from Oakum ! Ito Broad Street. The other petition; was for a sidewalk on the north side | I of West Eden Street from the Citi -1 zens Bank Building to Granville j | Street, and this particular project re-1 in a long discussion. To construct a proper sidewalk it I , will be necessary to remove some 14 |or 15 crepe myrtle trees on Eden. Street, and while some of the proper ty owners are very anxious to have the trees rut down, there are others who object and added to this number are members of various groupings of! Edenton ladies. | Property owners on the street j. complain that it is dangerous to go j j and come from their homes due to the necessity of walking in the street, j winch danger is increased by crowd ed parking. Various suggestions were advanced including constructing a sidewalk only part of the way, or two-foot sidewalk near the trees in the path of a four-foot sidewalk, and to put a sidewalk part of the way j j along the curb and then swing across; private property where the trees in-; j terfere. The Oakum Street project was i tabled for 60 days, and as to the' j Eden Street proposition a committee j j composed of J. Edwin Buff lap, J. | Clarence Leary and David Holton j I was appointed to make a more thor ough study of the situation and re j port back to Town Council. _________________ — I POLICE REPORT I During November Edenton police made 89 arrests, 80 of which re sulted in convictions. Os this num ber, three arrests were for assault, 53 for drunkenness, four for drunken driving, nine for motor vehicle viola i tions, one for larceny, and 19 mis ;!cellaneous arrests, i During the month officers attended one funeral, summoned 25 witnesses, investigated five accidents, made 55 miscellaneous investigations, report ed 12 lights out and recovered SIOO worth of stolen property. Fines collected from police cases I i amounted to $3Bl, costs totaled $531.- | st>, and officers’ fees collected by the i town, $219.90. The amount of gas '! and oil used by the police car amount ed to $36.09. ‘ II Rev. Lewis Schenck Announces Services Rev. Lewis Schenck, rector of St. 1 Paul’s Episcopal Church, announces 1 the following services for December 1 12, third Sunday in Advent: Holy Communion, Ba. m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.; Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11 a. m. At the preach - ing hour the rector’s subject will be ■ “God’s Renewal of Life.” 1 Visitors in Edenton and newcomers to the community are welcomed at ■ this church, the rector saying that he > wants anyone to make St. Paul’s tneir • church home. MARKETS Eggs, per dozen—Hennery whites. . 44-50, hennery browns, 44-46; current ■ collections, 42-44. Live Poultry, per lb.—Hens, rocks. . 20-22; reds, 20-22. THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR? Cotton farmers of Chowan County have a big question to decide on Saturday, according to R. C. Holland, Chairman of the County AAA Committee. On that day they will vote on whether they want to keep cotton marketing quotas for another year. If two-thirds of those voting say “yes” cotton loans will again be available. But if quotas are rejected, there can be no loans on the 1943 crop, according to law. The loan rate has been ra sed from 85 to 90 per cent of parity, and the present rate in ; Chowan County is $18.46 per hundred pounds for middling fifteen-sixteenths inch cotton. Although there is almost a two-year supply of cotton on hand, j cotton prices have been relatively high this year, mainly because of the ; loan, Chairman Holland said. ; Driver Os Truck | In Fatal Accident ! Held For Court! V i J. N. Pruden Assumes Duties as Solicitor Tuesday With J. N. Pruden assuming the, : duties of soloeitor of Recorder’s i j Court, five cases were disposed of 1 Tuesday. Possibly the most impor | tant case was that of James C. White, 18-year-old Greenville youth, who was j chaaged with reckless driving and in- I voluntary manslaughter as the result ;of a truck he was driving Crashing into a log truck Friday afternoon in which a colored man was killed. . Judge Marvin Wilson ordered the de -1 fendant held for the March term of Chowan Superior Court. White was i released upon furnishing bond in the amount of S3OO. Alzora Spruill and Mary Jane Jones,■ ! both colored farm tenants, were sen , tenced to 30 days in jail each for the I theft of merchandise from the A. & 1\ store. The sentences were sus j pended upon payment of a fine of SSO and costs. Alzora Spruill paid the fine and costs, but Mary Jane Jones is still in jail. Odell Williams, colored farm ten ant, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon upon James Hassell. Williams was given a 30-day road • sentence, which was suspended upon j condition that he shows good behav . ior for 12 months. Richard White, colored, was found | guilty of an assault upon his wife, in ! which he received the worst of the j bargain, his better-half hitting him on the head W th a hammer. White I was sentenced to 30 days, suspended upon payment of costs and showing good behavior for a year. He noted J an appeal to Superior Court. The charge against Bernice Davis, j colored, was not prossed with leave [ She was. charged with stealing a saw from John A. Hobbs, Judge Wilson | made his decision when the prosecut , ing witness failed to appear. Plaque In Honor Boys In Service Considered fContinued from Page Orel of those who have entered the ser vices of their country. The plaque, as suggested, would be attractively built of brick and would contain a compartment in which would be plac ed on separate strips the names of each Chowan County boy in service. Mr. Hines’ model was drawn in ac cordance to the dea of placing it on the boulevard at the foot of Broad Street, where it would set 30 feet from the street with cement walks leading up to it where the names could be easily read. Mr. Hines, together with Marvin Wilson and J. G. Campen. presented the matter to the County Commission ers Monday and they were very fav orably impressed with the idea, but were free in expressing their opinion The World’* New* Seen Through The Christian Science*Monitor An International Daily Newspaper la Truthful—Constructiva —Unbiased—Frea from Sonaotfamol* iata Rditori.l. Art Timely and Inatructivo mid Ita Duly Feature*, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Maha the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for die Home. The Christian Science Publiahing Society Cr.e, Norway Street, Boston, Maaaachuaetta Price $12.00 Yearly, or SI.OO a Month. Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, $2.60 a Yean. Introductory Offer, 6 Saturday Issues 2) Cents. i SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST i TE .■■■ww.l.l-nn -■-= I that if anything of such nature is j built, enough money should be ap -1 propriated for the purpose tc take it permanent and a credit t' coun ! ty, or not at all. : Following the discussion, airman j ; D. M. Warren and A. C. Boyce were 1 | appointed as a committee, with au-! thority to act, to meet with a commit- j i tee from Town Council and go furth- | ]: er into the proposition. Mr. Hines, accompanied by John A. i Holmes, on Tuesday night appeared before Town Council and again thor- j oughly explained the plan. A con-! siderable amount of time was con-j sumed in the discussion, after which | Mayor J. H. McMullan, J. Clarence 1 Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap were ap j pointed to meet with th< • • unty com mittee and report back B I own Coun-1 cil. The Councilmen were somewhat concerned about the proper oration of the plaque, the opinion being ad vanced that the names should be in the Court House or the Council Cham-! ber. It was, however, generally; agreed that the most logical site ; would be on the post office property, ■ and Mr. Hines has written to the Federal Government regarding it. j . Another angle materializing at the I Council meeting was the inclusion, if i ■ the plaque is erected, of those men; who served their country in the first; world war. Mr. Hines’ plan, as i drawn, would have taken care of i about 500 names, but he later learned ; that more than that number from Chowan County are already in the service, so that a larger plaque would! t have to be built. It is estimated that to build and [ finish the plaque with the name i plates of those In the service would cost in the neighborhood of $1,200. and it was the Rotary Club’s idea to [ have the two governing groups pay for its erection. The two committees, togetherwith : the committee from the Rotary Club, . will meet Friday night at the Bank [ of Edenton to go further into the matter. WELFARE REPORT According to the monthly report of] , Mrs. J. 11. McMullan, acting superin- i tendent of public welfare, 108 persons! |in Chowan County received old age j assistance during November, the j ! amount distributed being $1.140.: There were also 18 aid to dependent ! j children cases, representing 35 <•, dren and the distribution of *323.50 Six who are on the aid to the blind ; list received S6B, ’ During the month seven parolees reported to Mrs. McMullan, 25 em -1 ployment certificates were issued to ' minors and one emergency hospital ' case was authorized. Good Tax Collection i By Sheriff Last Month t s During November Sheriff J. A. < Bunch collected $11,704.61 in 1942 taxes, bringing the total collection lto date to $23,964.84. During the i month he also collected $248.93 for 1941 taxes, which brings the 1941 tax collections up to $72,037.43. The ; levy was $78,080.89, leaving the 1941 i uncollected taxes at $6,043.46. Liquor In N. C. Goes On Rationed List (Continued from Page One) when, and if, more whisky is available 1 to the .State in the coming months ; that will be required to satisfy the ( demand. At such time the unit ' value of control sales coupons will i be increased proportionately, but by ‘ this same token, if the supply is less 1 than the State Board has estimated, i then, of course, the value of the units, i will of necessity be reduced. “We wish further to remind the j | public that sales permit books will 1 not be issued to those who have, I been convicted of being drunk and; i disorderly, and driving while intoxr- ] eated, non-support of family and > other crimes where whisky has been! - the contributing cause. “Furthermore, those who ha v e 1 registered and obtained sales permit; books and are hereafter convicted of i. 1 ! being drunk and disorderly and driv- : * ing while intoxicated, non-support of family and other Misdemeanors where 1 whisky s the contributing cai:: <. their sales permit books will have to be surrendered.” , ■ The permit books contain 54 cou | poris for a period of I'd months, and! each coupon is worth Oi.e pint. From December 7 through 15, cou pons Nos. 1 and 2 will . t good. Cou | pons No. 3,4, 5 and 6 will be good during the period of December 16 through 31. From January 1 through 1 15, coupons No. 7 u , 9 and 10 are good, and front vary 16 through sl, coupons No. 1.1, 13 ano 14 are good. Beginning February 1, two < oupons 1 will be r or each 15-day period. 1 ; All coupons be. one void"[after the r. expiration date, ami coupons must be ■ detached from permit books by ABC ; store clerks. So great was the demand for the, [coupons at the local store Monday, 1 Tuesday and Wednesday that not all I could be registered. For that rea- j ! son Chairman Badham announced! j Wednesday that beginning today | (Thursday) the registration will con tinue in the Assembly Room on the! [second floor of the Court House. [ Clerks to wait on applicants will go i on duty at 9 o’clock and this system > will remain in force until it appears [that the greater portion of appli cants have secured their coupons,: after which applications will be handled at the local ABC store. . . Red Cross Sends 20 ; Mufflers To Virginia; Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Chowan County i Red Cross chairman, has sent to. the j field director at Fort Myer, Va., 20 y army mufflers. These mufflers were * made by students in the home ecb- I I nomics class at Chowan ...High School, under the direction of Miss Marie ; Anderson, teacher. Mrs. Pruden was very well pleased ’ with the mufflers, which Were well -1 [ made and will undoubtedly be of ser '[ vice to at least 21) men needing them.. ! County’s Tax Listers Get Boost In Pay Convinced that if anything is to be done right, the County Commission ers, at the suggestion of County Tax Supervisor Philip McMullan, in creased the salary of the county’s tax listers in the four townships. The new salaries adopted will be. as follows: First Township, S2OO instead lof $160; Second Township, $125 in i stead of $100; Third Township. SIOO instead of 85; and in the Fourth Township, $95 instead of $75. Her Method ; Dunn—Does your wife darn your. i socks ? , Brown—Sometimes she uses strong j er language than that about them. i “So your father is a southern ! planter?” “Yes, he is an undertaker in Mem- I phis, Tennessee.” | ( And you won't have to go without lunches to | I pay the Gift Canteen! Not if you’re one of the I I lucky members of the Bank of Edenton's 1 I Christmas Savings Club! If you're missing I I this grand convenience, why not stop in now | I and join up for next year. | THE BANK OF EDENTON ft “Safety For Savings Since 1894” t Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation —. \iwim Erroneous Reports On Meat-Sharing Program Farmers do not need a permit to butcher their hogs or other meat animals, Dean 1. 0. Siiiaub, director of the State College Extension Ser vice, emphatically emphasized in cor recting erroneous reports about the Share-tlie-Meat program. Neither do farmers have to have their hogs weighed before killing t.iem, lie de clared. “There is much misinformation and gossip going around as regards the Sharc-the-Meat program,” De a n Schaub declare■!,! . “Reports from a number of counties indicate that many people believe they will need a per mit before they can kill any animal. Also they have heard reports that these permits cost from $3.00 to $5.00 or more. “Such reports are ent rely erron eous,” he asserted, “and everything.. . possible should be done to stop such rumors. There is a possibility that such report,- i ; being circulated de liberatel y. The Extenshi ’ director said that the Share-the-Meat program is a voluntary one at the present time, a I while farmers will be asked to lino it their consumption to an allowance s< t up for the country as a whole, Demi Schaub says he doubts if the re striction on consumption will affect more than a few farmers on the basis of average yearly consumption. “Comparatively few of our farmers average more than the consumption allotment requested of all of the peo ple,” he said. The State College leader said that the only restriction on farm slaugh ter of hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs is where a farmer has been butchering and delivering animals for others. In this case the farmer is re stricted to no more than the same amount of each kind of meat that he 1 slaughtered and delivered 1- oti ers in the corresponding Quarter . 1941. Coach Roy Watson is Accepted In Army -- j Friends will be interested to learn that Coach Roy Watson successfully 1 passed his physical examination and is now a member of the U. S. Army. He was in Edenton Wednesday, c, - [ ing to Norfolk to visit his brother, and is scheduled to report at Fort Bragg Saturday. Superintendent John A. Holmes is [ endeavoring to find a successor to j Coach Watson, but up to Wednesday j had had no replies to a number of , letters sent to several prospects, G. R. Lute returned Wednesday to Philadelphia after visiting his moth er. Mrs, R. E. Lane. Young Lane is t fireman, first class in the Navy. ARMY SHORES fc REBUILT YOUR WAY ■ AT Ward's Shoe Shop (JULIAN E. WARD) Broad St. Edenton, N. C Penelope Barker Hotel Building PAGE FIVE
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