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In theta column* will be found a fair presentation •/ local and county newt of general interest. Volume X. —Number 5. Dr. G. L Gilchrist Is Now In Chowan As Private Veterinarian lerly Worked With .. C. Department of Agriculture BEGANIMONDAY One of Experts to Inves tigate Hog Situation In County Chowan Comity again has the ser vices of a competent veterinarian, Dr. fl; L. Gilchrist having arrived in Edenton over the week-end and be gan private practice Monday morning. At present, tlie new veterinarian has no office, but expects very soon to secure the building in North Edenton formerly occupied by I)r. L. A. Dcese. He can' be contacted, however, 1 at the home of John F. White, where he will make his headquarters until perma nently located. Dr. Gilchrist is a graduate of Alabama and after graduation served as a meat inspector in St. Louis. Shortly thereafter, he was employed with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture until Monday when he began private practice. He was one of the three State veterinarians sent into this area to investigate Chowan County’s hog situation and in starting private practice he will cater to the problems of farmers, of fering the advantage of his knowledge of animals and preventative and cor rective measures to keep stock in first class condition. The county has been without vet erinary service since Dr. L. A. Deese entered the U. S. Army several months ago, except what service could be secured from adjoining counties. While the need for a veterinarian has been realized since Dr. Deese’s de parture, the recent alarming hog sit uation throughout the county has i—.ught more forcibly to the fore adequate veterinary service is V ary. resentative John F. White con ed with Governor Broughton while attending the General Assem bly, and after explaining the situa tion, veterinarians were sent here and Dr. Gilchrist decided te locate in the county. He is very anxious to be of as much service as possible and hopes farmers will call upon him to help solve their veterinary problems. Campen Fighting Against Sales Tax One of Speakers Last Week at Joint Meet ing In Raleigh J. G. Campen, former representa —tive for Chowan County, who is now president of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, as well as a director of the N. C. Merchants Association, was among those to speak last week at a joint meeting of the Senate and House Finance Committee relative to re pealing the three per cent sales tax. Mr. Campen is very much interest ed in the removal of this tax, seeing it as an unfair tax as well as con trary to the purposes for which it was first imposed. The tax was in-‘ augurated when there was a deficit in the State’s treasury which now has a surplus in excess of $30,000,000. The tax was imposed with the under standing that when the treasury war ranted it would be removed. The tax, however, was later made a law and Mr. Campen, as well as others op posed to the tax, feel that the tax is unnecessary when there is a sur plus of over $30,000,000. Mr. Campen also is of the opinion that a Federal sales tax of 10 per cent will be imposed to help meet the war debt, in which event North Caro linians would be obliged to pay 13 cento on toe dollar in way of sales tax. PERFECT FIRE RECORD Edenton has had a perfect fire record for the month of January, Fire Chief R. K. Hall reporting that the Fir* Department was not called out a -’-«de time during the month. } niff Bunch Collects $14,746 In January During January Sheriff J. A. Bunch collected $14,746.18 in county taxes, which brought the total collec tion to date to $53,197.74 of the 1942 tax levy. The levy for the year is $74,234.01, leaving $21,036.27 still to he collected. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY I Tire Inspections I I WHmassmi To clarify inspection of tires, Ithe Chowan War Price and Ration Board has furnished the following information: For those in Class A, the first inspection must be imade before 1 March 31, and subsequent in spections every six months there after. The inspections must be made at least 90 days apart or before Sepetember 30 and March 31 of each year. Class B calls for the first tire inspection before February 28, ,j and subsequent inspections every four months,, or June 30, October 31, and February 28. These in spections must be at least 60 days apart. For those in Class C or bulk coupons, the first inspection 1 must he made before February 28th and subsequent inspections every three months thereafter, or before May 31. August 31, No vember 30 and February 2x. These inspections must < i at least 45 apart. Chowan Buys Five ; Times Bond Quota During Last Month i j Sales Total $145,456.25 According to J. G. Campen QUOTA~S29,7OO Chairman Urges Con ' tinued Buying Share In America '< Sale of war stamps and bonds in ] • Chowan County had little respect for ■ the County’s quota in January, J. G. • Campen, chairman of the county war • savings staff, reporting Tuesday that I during the month sales soared to $145,456.25, which is just about five • times more than the county’s quota i for the month. The month’s quota was $29,700. Os the sales reported to Mr. Cam- I pen, $141,250 was credited to the i Bank of Edenton, $3,850 to the 1 Edenton post office and $365.25 to i the postoffice at Tyner, i Mr. Campen has been informed that the February quota will be $21,035.75 and expressed the hope that Chowan County people will con tinue to purchase stamps and bonds as freely as has been the case here tofore. With more encouraging news from the war theatres, he urges ' everybody to sacrifice, if need be, to buy a share in the United States as an investment in freedom. Rotary Club Will Observe Birthday Thursday, Feb. 18 Special Program Plan ned to Celebrate 17th Anniversary Edenton’s Rotary Club will observe its 17th anniversary Thursday, Feb- j ‘ ruary 18, at which time Rotary-j annes will be special guests. A spec-j l ial program for the occasion will be arranged, With the meeting to be i held at night, instead of the usual ; hour of 1 o’clock. Plans for the anniversary meeting will be discussed at the meeting of the club at 1 o’clock today (Thurs day) and for that reason President Frank Holmes urges every member to make a special effort to be present. 51 Chowan Jail Inmates During Month January Fifty-one persons were placed in the Chowan County jail during the month of January, according to the report of Jailer Shelton Moore. These inmates were confined for | from one to 31 days and entailed an expenditure of $196.50, which includes jail and turnkey fbes. Money For Back Taxes Continues To Come In J. N. Pruden, special tax attorney for Chowan County, caatinues to round up delinquent tajA and on Monday his report to Die County Commissioners showed mat he had collected $691.82 in back Exes. These amounts were in the brackets and included taxes for the years 1933 to 1935. Edenton. Chowan ( ounty. North Carolina. Thursday, February 4, 1943. ■ BOY SCOUTS MEAN BUSINESS —. 1 |* j Sceotiw’* & I 1 in’43 ; M y< | f SUSHIS t if | I - \ t Toughen up, Buckle down, and Carry on to Victory”, is the Boy Scout major task this year. Their 1,570,000 members are in the conflict to the hilt on the home front, doing everything boys of Scout age can do to help win the war sneedilv and a just peace permanently. Price Regulations Subject Os Meeting Next Tuesday Nightj Price Ceilings Will Be Explained at Meeting In Court House VERYIMPORTANT Greenville Field Price Officer Scheduled to Explain Rules In order to aid in clearing up a lack of understanding of price regula tions, a meeting will be held in the Court House next Tuesday, F'ebruary 9, at 7:30 o’clock, at which time price ceilings will be explained. Scheduled to be present at the meeting is A. A. Chappell, of Greenville, field price officer of the Office of Price Ad ministration. “On many sides,” says Mr. Chap pell in a letter to West Byrum, chair man of the price panel of the Chowan War Price and Ration Board, “we have been confronted with the problem of a lack of understanding of the price regulations by the mer chants, and if compliance with the price regulation is to be secured, then it seems to me that some edu cational work must be done.” Following up this suggestion, J. G. Campen, who has recently been j appointed chairman of the Comraun [ ity Service Committee, has arranged . ! to have Mr. Chappell in Edenton for j. the scheduled meeting, which will ini ! its entirity be devoted to a discussion 1 of price ceiling arid the problems en countered by merchants in complying j with the regulation. Compliance must be observed by sellers of merchandise and service, and for that reason both Mr. Byrum and Mr. Campen urge every business man to attend this important meet ing, which will last until all are sat isfied that they understand the price ceiling regulations as they apply to the various businesses. “The OPA has been called many harsh names,” says Mr. Chappell, “but we of the State organization are going to try to earn your approval and support. The price ceiling regu lations must be observed, for they are for your protection and your coun try’s protection. They are protection for your future and the future of the boys who are away fighting for their future and yours.” THOMAS DAVIS IN AUSTRALIA Mrs. Thomas Davis has been noti fied that her son, Sgt. Thomas Davis, has arrived safely in Australia, is well and likes the country. Sgt. Davis was inducted into the service more than a year ago and has re ceived training at various camps in the United States. He is attached to a bomber squadron. SBSO Collected In Infantile Paralysis I Canvass In Edenton i By Far Largest Amount Ever Raised Locally For Purpose NOT COMPLETE Over S4OO Retained For Needs In Chowan County With a few expected contributions to be heard from, the canvass for contributioiu: ir. the Infantile Paraly sis drive in Chowan County by far exceeded any previous record, a gross total of $864.85 being turned over up to Tuesday by the canvassers to W. H Gardner, treasurer, and deposited in the Bank of Edenton to the credit of the Chowan County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis, according to the Rev. Father F. J. McCourt, chairman of the Chowan County Chapter. Amounts raised in the county in previous campaigns were as follows: 1934, $129.10; 1935, $77.17; 1938, $176.47; 1939, $67.58; 1941, $46.78; 1942, $167.40. It is to be especially noted that of this year’s amount $495.69 was contributed by the per sonnel of the Navy Department and employees of the two contracting concerns at the Marine Corps Air Station. After deducting a few minor nec essary expenses, such as coin collec-l tors’ cost; etc., which will probably j not exceed $14.85, 50'7 of the thus far net total of SBSO, or $425, Kill be re tained for the needs of this county j hi reference to Infantile Paralysis, ! and the remaining 5077., or $425, will be forwarded to The National Foundation Headquarters for research j work, supplies, etc., in seeking pre vention and cure of infantile paraly sis. Chairman McCourt appreciates the efforts of the hard-working canvass ers and the generous contributions, and though he submitted the list of canvassers and those who contributed this information was received too late for this week’s issue of The Her ald. The names will, therefore, ap pear in next week’s Herald. Surgical Dressings Sent To Army Depots Mrs. W. H. Coffield, Red Cross surgical dressings chairman, has an nounced the shipment of five boxes of surgical dressings, completed by local workers, to army medical de pots at Richmond, Va., and New Cumberland? Pa. The shipment was made Tuesday and included 55,200 dressings which represented the Au gust and September quotas. | About Coffee | Users of coffee should take notice that No. 28 coffee stamp will expire February 7, while No. 11 stamp will be valid from Feb ruary 1 through March 15 for sugar. Each stamp will be good for 3 pounds of sugar. In this connection, the Chtfwan War I’rice and Ration Board has been notified that a person who was 14 years old at the tiime of registration for War Ration Book One and is now 15 years old is not entitled to use the book for coffee. Only a person whose age is shown as 15 years or over on War , Ration Book One is eligible to use the book to buy toffee. I. Committee Asks ; USB To Establish Recreation Center Meeting Held Monday Night In Municipal Building THREE PLANS Architect Inspects Pro-j posed Location In Hotel Meeting Monday night in u.i Municipal Building, members of the; service men’s recreational committee, j together With a few other interested! persons, discussed whether dr not j application should be made for a di-j rect Government grant from the Lan-! ham Act funds to establish a recrea-l tion center for U. S. Marines and! other service men, w operate a pro gram locally, or invite the USO to establish a center in Edenton. Mem bers of the committee present were. the Rev. W. C. Benson, chairman, j Geddes Rotter, J. A. Moore, Mrs. R. E. Leary, Mrs. Junius Davis and W. S. Oliver. Others present were the Rev. Lewis Schenck and Father F. J. McCourt. The three plans were discussed pro and con and after Chairman Benson submitted facts brought out through correspondence and conver sation with representatives of various agencies it was unanimously decided to write to USO, Inc., inviting the | establishment of a service men’s cen ! ter. The regional USO office atj Richmond has been informed of the I action taken and the local committee will, of course, await further action on the part of USO authorities be fore proceeding further. Last Friday ‘wo USO officials, Ernest H. Edinge;, associate regional executive from Richmond, Va., and Vesper C. Smith, associate i tgional supervisor of Raleigh, spent tile af ternoon in Edenton conferring with Chairman Benson, during which time the whole situation was discussed from the USO angle. Mr. Edinger, together with an USO architect, was also in Edenton Monday night looking over the pro posed location in Hotel Joseph Hewes for the establishment of an appro priate center for the service men. Whether or not an outside agency establishes a local center, the service men’s recreational committee will con j tinue to function, and to have charge of the total recreational program for j the duration. Chairman Benson said | there are many duties to perform and | many angles to the program, which ;no outside agency could possiby i handle. ' I ___ ! Course In Nutrition Postponed To Feb. 24 Interested Women Re quested tb Notify Miss Colwell The Red Gross nutrition course for home demonstration club members, announced in The Chowan Herald last week, has been postponed until Wednesday, February 24, at 3 o'clock, in the Community House at Cross t Roads. It was at first planned to start this course today (Thursday). Those who will be eligible to enroll for this course includes any club i member who has attended meetings in nutrition on foods within the past . three years. • Women who are interested in tak i ing this course may notify Miss Re ( becea Colwell, Chowan County home - demonstration agent, who will be the instructor for the course. This newspaper It drew luted to the tereiteem where Advertisers wM realise good results. $1.50 Per tost For Warning Service Considered County Commissioners Agree tk> Share Part Os Expense TOWN BE INVITED Kramer Explains Im portance at Meeting Monday C. E. Kramer, district director of the air warning. .'service,. a.nil »>• Vv. j .Spires, civilian defense.: chairman of , Chowan County, appeared before. the ; County Commissioners Monday in the . interest of having erected u; r.dentpi. | all observatiUi. tower which would I CollipiGici cImJ COUllily.-S 11 i tiltJ | air warning Servian AUer Mr. Kramer explained his present set-up and emphasized uu> importance of | the service, the- Commissioners agreed to sponsor an .. conation tower pro vided. Town, Council would share half of ine expense. Tire totver, as explained, need not be such an elaborate and expensive structure,, but the Commissioners agreed that if a building is erected it I should not be an eyesore and further | that it should be constructed so as to be of further use after the war. If j 'D .' ii Council agres to share half of I the expense, the tower will most like .y be erected on Town property on North Broad Street. Mr. Kramer urnished pictures of towers con structed in other states, but was un ; able to say definitely how much one | would cost. It was generally agreed, j however, that the expense would not | exceed S3OO. ! Mr. Kramer also told the Commis j sioners that four other observation posts in the county are now being ; adequately manned and that arrange ments have begn made to man the one in Edenton. Boy Scouts and members of Ed Bond Post of the j American Legion have agreed to co operate in providing 24-hour service and the Boy Scouts will furnish the tower when it is built. Chairman D. M. Warren and J. A. Webb were appointed to represent the Commissioners at the Town Coun cil meeting Tuesday night in an ef fort to secure the cooperation of the town. They were clothed with au thority to act. Mr. Spires explained that while the air warning service is directly under control of the army and is not a part of the civilian defense | set-up, the latter is to a great ex tent dependent upon the air warning service, for his organization would begin to function after the alarm is given of on-coming enemy planes. Police Checking On City Auto Licenses Miss Coke’s Sales Early This Week Trail Last Year By 192 As the result of police checking up on city automobile licenses, sales have taken an upward spurt this week, but even then the number of licenses sold is trailing by far the number issued last year. Early this week Miss Louise Coke, city tax col lelctor, had sold 286 licenses, while last year the number sold amounted , to 478. Police will continue to check city, ; cars to see that licenses have been 1 purchased and are displayed, and those who fail to comply with the law will subject themselves to arrest. It was not expected to sell as many licenses as were sold last year, due to a number of cars not being used on account of the gasoline and tire situation, but it is still believed that quite a few have not purchased their licenses who continue to drive their cars. Edenton Police Nab Prison Camp Escapee After the police on Friday arrested A. J. Hardison, 82-year-old white man for being drunk, he admitted having escaped from the Warrenton Prison Camp, and was subsequently held for prison officials who came for him Saturday. Shortly after arresting Hardison, ; the police proceeded to fingerprint him, and it was then that he told them there was no need and ad mitted that he escaped from the ! prison camp on December 15, after > serving about half of an 18-months I sentence for larceny.
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