Newspapers / The Chowan Herald (Edenton, … / April 5, 1945, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
fc Mm mkmmt «■ I• Volume Criminal leases Disposed Os In Short Order By Judge Burney Expected Full Week of ! Court Lasts Only One Day EXCELLENT CHARGE J. Freeland Chappell is Sentenced to 45 Years In Rape Case What was expected to require a full week for the trial of criminal I cases in Chowan Superior Court took | just about half a day Monday, when ( with lightning-like speed Judge J. J. Burney disposed of every case coming before him for trial, which included rape and second degree murder trials. Judge Burney lost no time at all in hearing excuses for not serving as jurors. Before any chosen had an opportunity to present an excuse, he was charging the Grand Jury, not a few of his remarks tending to be little any man who asks to be ex cused from jury duty without a real legitimate excuse, and one not based on being “too busy.” His charge was a masterpiece and many court attendants expressed the opinion that it was the best they have ever heard in the Chowan Court House. Judge Burney at the outset said he was delighted to be back in Chowan County and associate with members of the jury and the people of the county, his next remark being that he was not in favor of excusing jurors, saying that the foreman of the grand jury had the same author ity, but that he should not excuse any more than three at one time. In obedience to an ancient custom passed on from the common law in England, Judge Burney said he would instruct the jury, but before proceeding to that phase of the charge, he dwelt upon the all too popular custom of asking to be ex cused. “It is a very important duty to be a juror.” he said. “The County Com missioners should not allow any names in the jury box unless those persons are qualified. It is an honor, therefore, to have your name iu the jury box and to he called as a juror. : 1 am appalled to see the lack of in- j terest on the part of some jurors, for you cannot have law enforcement if these duties are not peronned. You come from every part of the sev eral communities of your county and you know what is going on. If you are aware that the law is being vio lated, you should make present ments.” At this point Judge Burney said that due to the times it is proper to pause and delve into history and con sider the great price paid for de mocracy and liberty. “It has been a hard fight to win and maintain the liberty we now enjoy,” he said, citing the various wars in which America has fought. “Greece was the first nation to have a spark of democracy,” he said, “but it became complacent and for got God and its liberties! It was conquered and passed away. Then i Home became the ruler; giving the I first written law and made great progress. Rome also loved good j things but forgot the finer things of life and the Roman empire was con quered. Then Germany came into power. It is hard to realize by the atrocities reported in Germany that they were a great nation, and Ger many will be destroyed as a world j power and will be set back many years.” Judge Burney then told about the trial by jury which was established in 820, before which defendants were punished by fire and water ordeals without trials. The number 12, he said, can be found all through the Bible, so that, he said, the Bible was a basis for the selection of juries. The grand jury was established in 1368, he said, when men, because of their wealth and power were not prosecuted for their law violations. The Judge told about Columbus coming to America, but that we are only now discovering America and learning what a great country it is. He told of the Pilgrims landing and the hardships they endured to enjoy their liberty, a group of courageous men and women fighting onward. He dwelt on the statement that all men are created equal, but frowned upon fanatics who go run ning around the country preaching social equality and mingling of races. “I would not associate with a Jap if it changed the plan of salvation,” he said. ‘“Men are equal before the law but not socially.” He cited the fact that blackbirds flock together, as do robins, sparrows and other species. The same is true of fish and beasts. Judge Burney then referred to previous wars, but said this is the first real war we have ever been in. “People do not realize how great this war is,” he said. “They do not rea lize how near we were to losing that for which we have long fought. It gets on me as I go around and hear men say they are too busy to serve as a juror. Many of our boys have given up their businesses to fight (Continued on Page Three) THE CHOWAN HERALD A NOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY r Oh, Shucks' |; Game Warden J. G. Perry de sires to call attention of fisher men to the closed season in in land fishing waters. T*'" Game and Inland Fishing Laws pro vide: "it shall be unlawful to fish or take fish by any means whatso ever in inland fishing waters of North Carolina from April 6 to M«y I*l of each year, both dates , | inclusive." Outstanding Musical Treat Sunday Night In Methodist Church Hertford Church Choirs Will Present Easter Music An outstanding musical program will be presented in the Methodist Church Sunday night by the choirs of the churches of Hertford in coop eration with the Edenton USO < YMCA Club. The same program was presented at Harvey Point Naval Auxiliary Air Station Sunday after noon and again at the Hertford Bap tist Church Sunday night and both performances won high praise from the large number present. Miss Kate Blanchard is the organ ist and Edgar Hill and Miss Mar garet Pearson, Hertford USO direc tors, both accomplished musicians, will direct the program, which in cludes a number of selections appro priate for the Easter season. The program will be a treat and it) is hoped the church will be filled to j capacity for the occasion. Prisoner Os War Display At Rose’s Seven Chowan County Boys Now Known to Be Prisoners Under the direction of the Rev. H. Kreo Surratt, Red Cross pris oner of war representative, an at tractive prisoner of war display now appears in one of the windows of the Rose 5-10-25 c store. In the display are various items which give somg idea of what is sent to American boys in prison camps. A feature of the display is pic tures of Chowan County boys known |to be prisoners which include the following: T. Sgt. John L. Byrum, j T/5 H. M. Basnight, Pfc. Brice Hol lowell, Pvt. Ernest S. White, Pvt. William H. Stokley, Pvt. Lehman R. Ward and S. Sgt. John H. Bond. If there are other Chowan County boys known to be prisoners of w;(r, ■ the Rev. Mr. Surratt will greatly I appreciate being informed so that he I might be of some service both to the j boy and relatives. X-Ray Clinic For Latter Part Os April Planned Plans have been announced for holding chest X-Ray clinics in Eden ton and Chowan County the latter part of April. Mr. Satterwhite, clin ician from Sanatorium will conduct the clinics. Anyone desiring this service must have a tuberculin skin test to deter mine eligibility. Everyone who has been in direct contact with the dis ease or having suggestive symptoms should be skin tested. All high school children, white ■ and colored, will be skin tested, as well as in dustrial workers. Office hours for skin testing will be as follows: Health Office, Edenton Wednes day, 1 to 5 o’clock; Friday, 9 to 5 o’clock, and Saturday from 9 to 12 o’clock. Cross Roads —Tuesday from 2 to 3 o’clock. T. C. Byrum Member Os Hospitals Control Board T. C. Byrum on Tuesday was ap pointed as a member of the new State Hospitals Board of Control for a term of one year, the appointment being made by Governor R. Gregg Cherry. Members of the Board will be sworn in next Monday, April 9. Edenlon, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 5,1945. T. C. Byrum Succeeds J. G. Campen As War Bond Head In Chowan W. H. Gardner Succeeds I). M. Warren as Vice Chairman At a regional meeting of county ) war finance chairmen held last week in Elizabeth City, T. C. Byrum was 1 appointed chairman of the Chowan I County War Finance Committee to j succeed the late J. G. Campen. The j latter had served as chairman of each j I of the previous six war loan drives ami was very proud of the fact that’ in each instance the county oVersub- J scribed its quota, some of which at , the outset seemed almost impossible, j W. H. Gardner was appointed vice I chairman to succeed the late D. M. i Warren, who had been vitally inter ested in the various drives and gave : strong support to Mr. Campen. Mrs. E. N. Elliott has been ap pointed chairman of the Women’s Division.. Mrs. Elliott has had a great deal of experience in the vari ous drives and will be again counted i upon to share a major portion of the work in the Seventh War Loan drive. The meeting was presided over by W. H, Woolard of Greenville, reg ional chairman, who stated that the national goal will be fo'l teen billion dollars, though no individual county quotas were released. Mr. Woolard, however, said that Americans will be asked to purchase the smaller bonds more liberally than ever before. He was high in his praise for the counties in his region for the splen did record of meeting previous quotas and expressed confidence that the forthcoming drive will be equal ly successful. Contributions In War Fund Drive | ; Soar To $8,960.02) Quota Exceeded Tues day Afternoon By $2,260 With still a few more final re ports to come in. J. Clarence Leary, chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive, reported Tuesday afternoon that $8,960.02 had been contributed thus far in the drive. The quota for the county was $6,700, so that con tributions are $2,260.02 in excess of, the quota. . To say the least, Mr, Leary and Geddes Potter, chairman in Edenton, as well as other co-workers, are de lighted with the success of the drive and desire to express their sincere appreciation to all who worked and contributed during the drive. Mr. Leary has submitted the amounts turned in by each canvasser, but space prevents these from ap pearing this week. They will appear in next week’s issue of The Herald. However, a general idea of contri butions throughout the county is re flected in the following report by chairmen: North Edenton —$ 308.20 West Side 1,334.75 East Side 646.87 Edenton Colored Residents-_ 260.75 Rural Colored Residents 193.00 Advance Community 182.75 Center Hill Community _ 167.47 Cross Roads Community -- 397.20 Edenton Community 301.50 Enterprise Community 178.25 Gliden Community 292.65 Rocky Hock Community 606.26 Ryland Community —— 153.75 Ycopim Community g. 145.00 Officers Wives Help In Restoring Library USO officials are very appreciative to officers’ wives of men stationed at the Edenton Naval Air Station for their help and cooperation in the USO library. Mrs. Nancy T. Holland from Haddonville, N. J., volunteer librar ian, with the assistance of Mrs. K. C. Huffman, and Mrs. Radford, have done a splendid job in reconditioning books salvaged from the recent fire. Anyone having books—fiction, non fiction, technical or mechanical, en cyclopedia or dictionary—are re quested to bring them to Mrs. Nancy Holland at the USO Club. Rev. D. C. Crawford' PTA Speaker Today The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pastor of the Edenton Presbyterian Church, will speak on “Juvenile De linquency” at today’s (Thursday) meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The talk, which is sponsored by the Christian Social Relations Commit tee, promises to be very interesting. The meeting will be held in the Par ish House at 4 o’clock. YWCA Withdraws As One Os Cooperating Agencies USO Club Mrs. Alma Crymes Bar row New Assistant Director Edenton’s USO Club, which has been operated jointly by the YMCA and the YWCA since February i, has returned to a single agency opera tion, beginning April 1. Due to the reduction in the number of service women at the Edenton Naval Air Station, the YWCA has withdrawn ,as a cooperating USO agency here. | Miss Esther Marion Smith- of the YWCA, who lias been the assistant director, has been notified that she is to be transferred to the USO Club l at Patuxent, Mil., where she is to continue as a USO-YWCA worker, i The YMCA has assigned Mrs. Al ! ma Crymes Barrow to Edenton, who i will fill the vacancy caused by the 1 i former incumbent, Mrs. Sue B. Hall,! moving to Richmond. Mrs. Barrow comes from the staff of the USO- 1 YMCA at Sandstone, Va., where she has had complete charge of the recreational program for service peo ple. She was educated at John Mar shall High School in Richmond, Va., and Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, Va. Her husband is in overseas service with the armed forces. At Edenton she will be the staff assistant with special responsibility for work with women and girls. The complete staff at Edenton will, there fore, consist of A. J. S. Martin, di rector; Mrs. Alma Crymes Barrow, assistant director, and Miss Judy Cozzens, staff aid. Mrs. Barrow arrived in Edenton Monday from the Refresher Course at Columbia University, New York City, and is anxious to meet per sonally the large number of women j and girl volunteers who are render ing such valuable service at the j Edenton USO Club. Rotarians Defeat Sailors At Spelling ! Interesting Match Held At Uso Club Thurs day Night Seven Edenton Rotarians outspeiled | a like number of Bluejackets at a| spelling match held Thursday night at the local USO Club, with Edmund Schwarze acting as conductor of the affair. Wood Privott and the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., were the last two Ro tarians standing, and these two matched their ability at spelling, with the Rev. Mr. Crawford tripping on the word “kerosene,” leaving Mr. Privott the champion of the match. Those comprising the Rotary team were H. A. Campen, William Holmes, the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., Dr. W. I. Hart, C. E. Kramer, James E, Wood and Wood Privott. Girls’ Basketball Team Guests Os Lions Club Members of the Edenton High School girls’ basketball squad, to gether with their coach, Tex Lindsay, were guests of the Edenton Lions Club Monday night, the latter being introduced by W. J. Taylor. Coach Lindsay praised this year’s team, which has had a very successful sea son, each girl being introduced by Helen Mansfield. A feature of the meeting was a program rendered by the Edenton i sextet, composed of Dorothy Lee; Chestnutt, Beverly Moore, Betsy! Goodwin, Joyce Harrell, Nelle Perry j and Charlotte Bunch. Members of the girl’s basketball •squad who were present included:* Margaret Ann Mansfield, Frances Griffin, Emily Russell, Joyce Harrell, Carolyn Elliott, Pat Keeter, Mary McDonald Holmes, Charlotte Bunch, Mary Griffin, Lillian Byrum, Betsy Goodwin, Nelle Perry, Joyce Brunson, Artie Bass, Helen Allen, (Helen Mansfield and Ella Mae Crummey. Dr. C. B. Howard At Baptist Church Sunday Dr. C. B. Howard, pastor of Buies Creek Baptist Church and teacher of the Bible at Campbell College, will preach at the Edenton Baptist Church Sunday night at 8 o’clock. Dr. Howard will be remembered as having conducted a series of revival meetings at the Edenton church, during which he won many friends, all of whom will welcome the oppor tunity to hear him preach again, The public is cordially invited to attend the service. Machinery Arranged For Chowan’s Participation In Collection Os Old Clothing War Bond Chairman j imSUi grv see ■ - ! T. C. BYRUM A very close friend of the late J. G. Campen, T. C. Byrum has been appointed to succeed Mr. Campen as chairman of the Chowan County War Finance Committee and will direct the forthcoming Seventh War lioan drive. A. S. Smith. Jr., Cited For His Outstanding Service In Germany i Through Efforts Armor ;! ed Unit Enabled to Operate Tech Third Grade A. S. Smith. Jr., I a member of the Ordnance Depart j.ment of the 129th Ordnance Main j , tenanee Battalion, European Theatre, jof Operations, has been awarded a I Certificate of Merit in recognition of I conspicuously meritorious and. out-! • standing performance of military duty. The citation accompanying the : award follows: “At a time when deep snow threat ened to immobilize the entire bat- j talion T/3 Smith performed the ar dorpus task of welding traction de- ; vices on tanks of the 40th Tank Bat- j talion, making it possible for the; tanks to travel and maneuver throughout a severe winter. These necessary flotation devices were in stalled under difficult conditions of j blackout, zero temperatures and deep : snow. It was largely through the j determined and tireless efforts of ' (Smith, in the face of almost impos-| sible working conditions, that this j unit was able to perform success fully in its winter operations against the enemy.” The certificate was signed by Maj. Gen. R. W. Hashbrouck, com manding officer of the 7th Armored Division. It was the second citation awarded Smith, who has also received two bronze stars for outstanding service in France and Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A, S. Smith. Baptist Choir I*resents Easter Music At USO A special program of Easter music i was presented at the USO Club by j the Baptist Choir. The following ) members of the choir participated in ; this unusually fine program of music: C. W. Overman, J. Clarence Leary, Earl Harrell, T. W. Jones, Charles H. Wood, Gurney Hobbs, Mrs. E. K. White, Miss Corinne F'orehand, Mrs. M. A. Hughes, W. J. Daniels, Mrs. T. W. Jones, Mrs. J. E. Coffey, Mrs. J. D. Swindell, Miss Frances Hollowell, Miss Virginia Moore and Miss Agnes Chappell. Miss Agnes Chappell, di rector of the choir, was in charge of the program. Vaccination Os Dogs Begins On April 16th Dr. L. A. Deese, veterinarian, will begin a regular schedule for vaccin ating. dogs on Monday, April 16, and continue through April' 20, during which he will be stationed at various points throughout the county. Due to a small paper this week, Dr. Deese’s schedule could not be in cluded, but will appear in next week’s issue. This newspaper it circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wM realise good resulti. $1.50 Per Year Police Department Will Be Headquarters For , Collection WIDE Lions Plan to Canvass Edenton Homes Sun day About 2:30 Edenton and Chowan County have been thoroughly organized to take part in the national collection of used clothing, the Lions Club spon soring the drive in Edenton, while in the county members of the various Home Demonstration Clubs will canvass the rural sections. Clothing collected during the drive will go to peoples in war devastated areas, many of whom are suffering for lack of anything to wear. What is needed is good substantial used clothing for both winter and sum mer Wear, including infants’ gar i ments of all kinds, particularly knit j goods; men’s and boys’ garments j su ch as overcoats, topcoats, suits, coats, jackets, shirts, work clothes, j overalls, sweaters, underwear, robes, pajamas and knitted gloves; women’s and girls’ garments, including over j coats, jackets, skirts, sweaters, j shawls, dresses, underwear, aprons, | jumpers, - smocks, robes, nightwear I and knitted gloves. Serviceable I heavy duty caps and knitted head wear are needed, as well as bedding I such as blankets, afglians, sheets, pillow cases and quilts. Either ox- I lords or high shoes are also needed. | as well as usable remnants of piece | goods, j. Ihe Lions will make a house-to ! house collection in Edenton next | .Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30 ; o clock, when they urge any person . who will contribute clothes to have them tied in a bundle and placed on . i font jiorclie- in order to speed up | the collection. What clothes are col lected will be stored at Police Head quarters to be prepared for ship { nient. Lions who will collect the clothing m Edenton will be as follows: •Hill Section—John Goodwin, Ken neth Eloars and Graham Byrum. Oakum Street - Arthur Hollowell j and . V\ . J. Taylor. Court Street -Nathan Bail and Dr. Wallace Griffin. Broad Street —C. B, Potter, Leroy Haskett, Sidney Campen and Guy ! Hobbs. Granville Street • John Mitchener i arid Cecil: Byrum, . Mosley Street George Hoskins and T. C. Byrum. Pembroke Circle—j. R. Tanner and ; Jordan Yates. ~ Street—A. E, Jenkins and ! E, B. Schwarze. Eden Street—J. Clarence Learv I and J. J. Ross. i West Queen Street—West By rum and Oscar Duncan. East Queen Street J. A. Curran and Hector Lupton. i C , h , u !? h Street—Earl Harrell, R. .C. Holland and Coindr. Thomas J. Robertson. 1,, * ’ a J e a <>d Albemarle Streets—J. P. j Partin, M. A. Hughes and E. D. I Babb. . _. Xorth Kdenton, West Side—Lvnn Byruin, West Leary and Dr. L.‘ A Deese. North Edenton, East Side—J R rU r'>’V l '! d ,, Troo P 17 °- Nort h Eden ton I atrol Boy Scouts. The collection in the rural section will be made between April 8 and 14 and will be made by the following: W A M an^T~ Mrs - „ A - C ‘ Griffin - Mrs. W. M. Chesson, Mrs. Hoskins Good '\m and Mrs. Gilbert Harrell. Beech Fork—Mrs. 1. E Halsev Jr., Mrs. Stillman Leary. y ’ Rocky Hock—Mrs. Henry Runch and Mrs. Kermit Perry. e - c - B "“ h -c Mr”" k W GI TVS'. Klb " t P “ le a ” d M !* yrd —Mrs. Evie Umphlett and Mrs. D. M. Keaves. Center Hill—Mrs. Rufus Smithson and Mrs. Cameron Boyce Chowan Mrs. R C. Nixon, Mrs. W. J. Bunch, Mrs. C. J. Hollowell and Mrs. Drew Welch. Enterprise—Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, n rS ' ~V \ fl laee Goodwin and Mrs. Russell Byrum. , r^ ur { ile ®—Miss Irene Copeland and ivirs. j. c. Stallings. Ryland—iMrs. Earl White, Mrs. H. H. Lane, Mrs. J. H. Layden and Mrs. J. h. Perry. P - . H - Berryman and Mrs. Maybelle Winslow. Snow Hill—Mrs. Louis Winslow. Mrs. L. H. Lane and Mrs. A. C. Lane. GROUP OF EDENTON BOYS MEET WHILE IN HOLLAND In a letter to his wife this week, Cpl. Archie Layton mentioned a de lightful meeting of a few Edenton boys in Holland. In the group were William Perry, Ward Hoskins, Roy Spruill and one or two more whose names he could not remember. Cpl. Layton is a member of the 79th Divi sion in the Seventh Army.
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 5, 1945, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75