/* these columns wiU he
found e fair presentation
of local end county morn
of general interest.
Volume Xl.—Number 6.
Sale Os Fourth War Loan
Bonds In Choawn County
Gradually Nearing Quota
Total Purchases Up to
Wednesday Morning
$344,500
$84,000 IN E BONDS
Chairmen Are Confident
County Will Again
Go Over Top
Chowan County is gradually
approaching its $353,000 Fourth
War Loan quota, figures furnish
ed Wednesday morning showing
that only $18,500 worth more
need to be purchased to reach the
goal. Purchases up to Wednes
day morning amounted to 5344,-
500, of which amount
were in Series E bonds. The
County’s quota for E bonds is
$99,000, leaving only $15,000
more to be purchased.
With six more days remaining
in the driven indications are that
the County will reach both the
overall and Series E bond quota,
which is reason for much gratifi
cation on the part of J. G. Cam
pen and D. M. Warren.
At the call of J. G. Campen and
D. M. Warren, chairman and vice
chairman, respectively, of the Chow
an County War Finance Committee,
a goodly number met in the Munici
pal Building Thursday afternoon to
discuss the county’s progress in the
Fourth War Loan drive and the
prospect of reaching the $363,000
quota, of which amount the E
bond quota is $99,000.
While both Campen and Warren
expressed confidence that the over
all quota will be reached, they frank
ly aumitted that there was a notice
able lagging in the purchase of E
bonds in denominations of $25, SSO
and SIOO. In order to stimulate in
vest in the purchase of this series,
:e idea of staging a bond rally was
dvanced, but after a report from J
various canvassers, it was the gen-i
oral opinion that with some extra 1
effort the quota could be reached I
without resorting to other means.
Canvassers, therefore, agreed to j
make a more thorough canvass and I
contact as many people as possible in j
order to sell the bonds of smaller I
denominations. W. J. Taylor alsoj
agreed to add impetus to the cam- j
paign through the county schools,
while Chief of Police Tanner set a
goal of $5,000 to be sold during Boy
Scout Week by his troop of Boy
Scouts. It was the opinion of both
the chairman and the vice chairman
that the quota could be reached by
solicitation and that only as a last
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Rumors John White
Will Enter Race For
Lieutenant Governor
Many Friends Prevail
Upon Him Since
Jackson Dinner
Ever since the Jackson. Day Dinner
held in Raleigh on January 31, ru
mors have been going the rounds
that John F. White will enter the
race for lieutenant-governor. At
present, there are two announced
candidates, W. I. Halstead of Cam
den County, and Sentator “Stay”
Ballenline of Wake County. Up to
Tuesday of this week, Mr. White
would not commit himself as to
whether he will or will not enter the
race.
At the Jackson Day Dinner many
friends prevailed upon Mr. White to
announce for the office, much of the
urging coming from the Western
part of the State, where there ap
pears to be some dissatisfaction as to
the rase as now set up.
Colored Births Lead
White In January
Colored births in Chowan County
led white births during the month of
January. According to vital statis
ts figures furnished by the Chowan
fertie Board of Health, there were
15 colored births compared with 11
white.
The colored death rate was also
higher, there being five colored
deaths as against two white. Dur
ing the month ode death under one
month was reported.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A MOM A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED T€ THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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| More Water j
The Herald was informed Tues
day morning by Representative
Herbert C. Bonner that he had
been advised by the Navy De
partment that Secretary of the
Navy Knox has approved a pro
ject to provide for an additional
water supply at the U. S. Marine
Corps Air Station at Edonton.
The cost of the project is esti
mated to be $45,000.
Tuttle Will Assist
Filing Local State
Returns Four Days
Deputy Commissioner at
Home on Queen Street
March 11,13,14,15
For the convenience of assisting
those who must make State income
tax returns, R. F. Tuttle, deputy
commissioner, will be at his office at
his home, 105 West Queen Street,
four days, March 11, 13, 14 and 15,
working under orders of Commission
er Edwin Gill.
Those who are required to file a
State return are all unmarried men
or women whose income during 1943
was SI,OOO or more, and all married
men or women who had incomes ot
$2,000 or more.
Any person owning intangible
property on December 31 must also
file an intangible tax return. This
includes money in a bank, accounts
receiveable, mortgages, notes, bonds
j or shares of stock in corporations.
! The return in both instances must
! be made before March 15.
I Theatre Now Has
! Continuous Shows
j
New Schedule of Hours
Went Into Effect
Tuesday
As a matter of convenience for
their patrons, the Taylor Theatre
began on Tuesday of this week a
schedule of continuous shows which
will remain in effect indefinitely.
According to Manager Jimmy Earn
hardt, shows will begin at 3:30 each
afternoon on Monday, Tuesday', Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday and
continue until 11 o’clock, while on
Saturday the show begins at 1:30
and runs continuously until 11
o’clock. The usual Sunday schedule
will continue with two matinees in
the afternoon at 2:30 and 4:15, and
one show at night starting at 9:15.
By this arrangement the theatre
can better serve movie-goers in the
community and it will prevent many
service men and women from wait
ing for several hours after arriving
in town before they can go to the
theatre.
Fatherless Lions
Obliged To Pay Fur
Boy Scouts’ Dinner
Troop 170 Special Guests
Os Gub Next Mon
day Night
Members of Boy Scout Troop No.
170 will be special guests of their
sponsors, the Edenton Lions dub, at
the Club’s meeting next Monday
night. This troop, of which Chief of
Police J. R. Tanner is scoutmaster,
now has 26 registered Scouts.
The Lions have adopted a rather
unique method of paying for the
Scouts’ meal, the Club on Monday
night deciding that the expense
should be borne by all members who
are as much as 32 years old and have
not yet become a father. This group
| includes R. C. Holland, Dr. W. S.
I Griffin, Geddes Potter, Kenneth
| Floars and George Hoskins.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 10,1944
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f Scouts Mark 34th Anniversary ” |
J Ntijg g y tsNm \ m Wmk
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More than one million Boy Scouts, Cubs and their adult volun
teers are observing Boy Scout Week, February 8 to 14, marking the
34th anniversary of the founding of Scouting in the United States.
Since 1910 more than 11,400,000 American boys and men have agreed
that—“lt’s Great to Be a Scout.”
CONSIDERATION OF REVOCATION OF BEER
LICENSES HOLD TOWN CUINCILMEN IN
SESSION PAST MDNIGHT HOUR TUESDAY
Joe Habit and Herman Hall Agree to Surrender
Present Beer License and Sell Beer and Wine
Only For Off Premise Consumption
Being obliged to abandon delibera
tions during a black-out test, coupled
with three executive sessions, Town
Councilmen did not finish their Feb
ruary meeting until well past the
midnight hour Tuesday night. Prac
tically all of the meeting, as well as
the executive sessions, was devoted
to considering the revoking of the
beer licenses of Joe Habit and Her
man Hall, colored, who operates
Small’s Paradise on Oakum Street.
The police have kept an accurate
record of arrests made at and calls
to establishments where beer and
! wine is sold, and presented figures
1 showing that 61 arrests have been
| made at Joe Habits’ Beer Garden and
I that 21 arrests were made at Hall’s
place within 90 days. The situation
was reported to Colonel Edgar H.
j Bain, State director of the Brewing
Industry Foundation, who had pre
pared a resolution asking for the
Col. Bryan Wheeler
Is Now Commander
Os Armored Group
New Flexible Outfit Re
cently Activated at
Fort Jackson
Colonel Richard Bryan Wheeler,
son of Mrs. J. R. Wheeler and the
late Mr. Wheeler, has been made
commander of the 14th Armored
I Group, which was recently activated
at Fort Jackson. This new Armored
Group organization is a flexible unit,
making the maximum use of speed
and mobility.
Colonel Wheeler is a “hard-hit
ting tanker” of many years exper
ience. After graduating from West
Point in the class of 19i8, he served
in Germany until 1922, when he re
turned to the United States to enter
Tank School at Fort George Meade,
Md., thereafter serving with tank
units until 1927.
In 1927 Colonel Wheeler returned
to France, where he attended the
French tank school at Versailles un
til 1929, later serving with the
French Army of Occupation in Ger
many until December of 1928.
Colonel Wheeler has served with
the Armored Command since its ac
tivation and in 1942, while command
ing a tank regiment in the Armored
Division, he received the silver eagles
1 of colonel.
revocation of the two licenses.
Colonel Bain attended the meeting
and informed the Councilmen that the
request was made as part of the j
Foundation’s program to clean house]
by not allowing beer to be sold by j
those who are not much concerned [
in the way it is disposed of and care
little about the effects. He stated
that around 400 beer licenses have
been revoked in the State in the pro
gram to clean up beer outlets, and
that no small amount of money is
appropriated to see to it that beer is
handled by responsible parties who
are willing to abide by the law and
use good judgment in selling it,
father than the primary purpose of
hearing the cash register ring.
Habit and Hall were represented
by Herbert Leary and John F. White,
who, at the outset, asked for the
dismissal of the motion which, of |
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Ticket To Premier
Showing For Each
War Bond Bought
Scheme Adopted In Or
der to Boost Sale of
Series E Bonds
As an inducement to purchase
Series E bonds in the Fourth War
Loan drive, the Taylor Theatre has
arranged with the four issuing agen
cies in Chowan County to present a
ticket with every bond purchased
this week. This ticket will be the
only means of admission to the pre
mier showing of “Ali Baba and the
■ Forty Theives” next Saturday night
at 11:15 o’clock. The issuing agen
: cies are the Bank of Edenton, Tay
lor Theatre, and the Edenton and
Tyner postoffices.
Jimmy Earnhardt, manager of the
theatre, in commenting on the
scheme, urges all who plan to buy
a bond at the theatre to do so be
fore the show Saturday night, for
1 j some time is required to issue the
bond and it is obvious that if many
wait until the last minute, they will
not be able to be waited upon in
time for the show.
Mr. Earnhardt is very anxious to
see every seat in the theatre occu
pied for the premier showing, which
will help materially in reaching the
county’s quota of $99,000 in Series
E bonds.
Chowan County Red Cross
War Fund Quota Placed
Ats7Boo, An All Time High
[Time To Bellyache]
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet in special session on
Monday morning, March 20, at 10
o’clock, sitting as a board of
assessments and review. At that
time any owner of property in
Chowan County will have an op
portunity to register any com
plaint relative to the valuation of
property as it appears on the tax
books.
Those who are not satisfied
should make their complaint at
that time, for it is the only time
designated when the commission
ers can legally change valuations.
Boy Scout Week
Being Observed By
Two Local Troops
Youngsters Busy Trying
To Boost Sale of
E Bonds
Edenton’s Boy Scouts are this week j
joining other Scouts throughout the j
United States in the celebration of.
Boy Scout Week, which began Tues
day and continues through next Tues
day, February 14.
Boy Scout Week marks the 34th
anniversary of the founding of the
movement in America. Since Feb
ruary 8, 1910, more than 11,400,000
men and boys have been actively \
identified with Scouting, the preterit
active enrollment being in excess of j
1,575,000 Scouts, Cubs and adult vot-j
unteer leaders.
Locally, the highlight of Boy j
Scout Week will be the presentation ■
of a charter to Group No. 170, re
cently organized under the sponsor
ship of the Lions Club, with Chief of
! Police J. R. Tanner acting as Scout
! master. The boys will be in their I
j uniforms all week, and a group of
I them are now busily engaged in
helping to raise the county’s quota of
Series E war bonds by soliciting
throughout the town.
Next Sunday is “Boy Scout Sun
day,” when all of Edenton’s Scouts j
will attend the morning service at
the Baptist Church. Across the na-J
tion Americans will be reminded that |
the twelfth Boy Scout law, “A Scout
is reverent,” calls for each Scout to j
be reverent toward God and faithful j
in his religious duties and respect I
the convictions of others in matters t
of custom and religion.”
Umstead Manager
Os Cherry Campaign
In Governor’s Race
Headquarters Will Be
Opened In Raleigh at
Early Date
R. Gregg Cherry, candidate for
governor, has announced that Wil
liam B. Umstead, prominent Dur
ham attorney and former Sixth Dis
trict Congressman, will serve as his
State campaign manager.
No definite date has been set for
the official opening of the Cherry
headquarters, but it was made known
at Gastonia Wednesday that. State
headquarters for the Cherry forces
will be opened in Raleigh in the near
future, either in late February or
eafly March.
John Holmes Injures
Eye Cutting Wood
John A. Holmes, superintendent of
Edenton schools, met with a painful
accident Saturday afternoon, which
might have been more serious by
' costing the loss of an eye. While
splitting wood at his home, a piece of
wood hit him just below the eye and
for a time it was feared the eyeball
had been injured. However, after
examination by a physician, it was
learned that despite a serious bruise,
the eye was not affected.
As the result of the accident, Mr.
Holmes was unable to attend to his
regular duties the first part of the
week.
This newspaper Is throw
lated In the territory
where Advertisers wm
realise good retuUe.
tpx.ou Per Year
Area Field Representa
tive Meets With Local
Leaders Thursday
DRIVE IN MARCH
W. J. Berryman Will
Again Direct County’s
Campaign
Laying the groundwork for
Chowan County’s 1944 Red Cross
War Fund drive, Miss Juliet France,
area field representative, met with a
group of Red Cross leaders in the
Cupola House Thursday afternoon to
discuss plans for raising a quota
for the county of $7,800. This fig
ure compares with a quota of $4,200
last year, when over $6,000 was con
tributed for the purpose in Chowan
County.
W. J. Berryman will again direct
the drive and was frank to inform
Miss France that the quota appeared
very steep, but expressed the belief
that Chowan will measure up and
again go over the top.
Miss France informed those pres
ent that the Red Cross, this year,
faces unprecedented calls for service,
which means, of course, the need for
more funds to operate. In fact, she
said, it costs the Red Cross $6.50 per
second to operate.
This year’s drive will be held dur
ing March, though the definite date
has not been set by Mr. Berryman
and his co-workers. He expects to
call a mass meeting at an early date,
at which time the importance of the
campaign, as well as methods to be
employed in raising the quota will
be discussed.
The quota for the nation has been
set at #200,000,000, which by far ex
ceeds last year’s asking, and is rea
son for the advanced amount asked
for in Chowan County.
Though Mr. Berryman has not an
nounced any of the details of the
drive it is certain he will organize a
corps of volunteer canvassers, who
will cover every part of the county
in an effort to reach the goal.
Because of the war, the Red Cross
this year is obliged to assume
greater responsibilities than ever be
fore, for with service men scattered
all over the world, it is the Red
Cross which is looked to for aid, as
well as taking the place of USO
Clubs overseas for entertaining those
in service.
Blackout Test In
County Successful
Practically 100 Per Cent
Perfect, Reports Chief
Warden Byrum
Aided by advance information that
a test black-out would be called on
Tuesday night, Chowan County turn
ed in a practically 100 per cent suc
cessful blackout. In very short or
der all lights were out, and in only
I one instance was a report made of
an automobile traveling while on the
red signal
Chief Warden West Byrum was
very well pleased with the coopera
tion on the part of the citizens in
general and the response made by all
those connected with carrying out the
test.
In only one instance in town was
a light burning throughout the test,
and that, oddly enough, was in the
W. I. Cozzens building now being
transformed into police headquarters.
It so happened that carpenters left a
light burning on the second floor
and at the time of the blackout, the
carpenter who had the key to the
building could not be found. The in
cident was reason for no little rib
bing at the expense of the police.
Important Meeting Os
Demonstration Clubs
Officials Held Today
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
County Home Agent, announces a
. meeting of all presidents and vice
i presidents of the county’s home
• demonstration clubs which will be
; held at the Community House at
, Cross Roads this (Thursday) after
noon at 3 o’clock.
. This will be a very important
i business meeting and because of that
; fact, every president and vice presi
dent is urged to attend.