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Baptists in large numbers from the Chowan and West Chowan
Associations on Tuesday, in a spirited meeting held in the Edenton
Baptist Church, voted to retain Chowan College at Murfreesboro
rather than give it to the Baptist State Association. F’reva'ling
sentiment at the meeting leaned toward re-opening of the college,
and many expressed their willingness to work to that end.
BAPTISTS IN SPIRITED MEETING VOTE TO
DETAIN PROPERTY AT CHOWAN COIIEGE
Resolution Brings Forth
Strong Argument At
Meeting Tuesday
manylpresent
Opinion Advanced That
College Can Reopen
By September 1
In a very spirited meeting of Bap
tists held in the Edenton Baptist
Church Tuesday, members of the
Chowan and West Chowan Baptist
Associations argued pro and con rel
ative to n rintaining or turning over
to the State Baptist Association the
prop-Tty at Chowan College at Mur
freesboro. That there is no little in
terest in the movement was reflected
in the sire of the crowd, which filled,
the spacious local church.
The Rev. Oscar Creech of Ahoskie
was chosen as chairman of the meet
ing, during the course of which ar
guments were ..presented in favor of .
transferring; the college to the State
Association,, while equally strong ar
guments wore made in favor of re
taining the property and putting it
to use.
During the meeting a resolution
was presented by the executive com
mittee of Chowan College to turn
over the property to the State body,
which 1 wrought forth so much Con
fusion that an effort was made to
table the resolution. However, a vote
was taken which rejected the reso- i
lution, and later a vote was takqn on
the question of retaining the college j
or give it to the State Association.
The vote was overwhelming in favor I
of keeping the property, with only;
about 20 voting for transferring 1
ownership.
Many present expressed a desire 1
to reopen the college, setting forth j
the present need and advantages, i
Willingness to support the opening i
was offered , in way of prayers, money j
and effort, the belief being advanced j
that the college can be opened by j
September 1.
Despite the difference of opinion
during the meeting, at the close there
was complete unanimity of purpose
and all agreed to support the college
if it is again opened.
The Educational Commission has
agreed to give $20,000 to $25,000 a
year to operate Chowan College if
it has an enrollment of 200 or more
students. There are 116 churches and
30,000 Baptiste in the churches of the
Chowan and West Chowan Associa
tions. These churches gave a total
of $401,689.78 during the past year
for all purposes. Os this amount
$137,6234)4 went to missions Hand
benevolent -s. The Associations gave
$18,7464)4 to Christian Education.
This amount, if no help were re
ceived from the Education
sion, together with tuition and fees
from studi i.ts, would run the college
in a splendid way, according to those J
interested.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis George
Wilkins, Monday night in the Chowan
County Hospital, a 7-pound, 11-ounce
■on, Louis George, Jr.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP CHOWAN COUNTY,
Parking Lot |
Considerable improvement is
being made in the business dis
trict of Edenton byway of clean
- ing the lot formerly occupied
by the Penelope Barker Hotel.
The Street Department on Tues
day removed remaining trash
from the lot, hauled dirt to fill
up uneven places and will ar
range for a parking lot. Park
ing spaces are being arranged so
that in the neighborhood of 30
cars will have adequate room to
park. •
The property is owned hy the
# Belk-Tyler Company, who has
given the Town permission to use
the lot until construction of a
new and up-to-date building is
started.
Chowan Farmers
! Ash Bonner’s Help
Farm Bureau President
J. E. Baker Writes
Letter
Aroused and concerned over the
i threatened drastic 40 per cent cut in
i agricultural appropriations, Chowan
County farmers through their presi
dent of the Farm Bureau, J. F. Bak
er, have asked Congressman Herbert
Bonner to look into the i: •*er for
them.
i "The farmers of this county are
‘ geratly disturbed over the proposed
40 per cent cut in the agricultural
j appropriation,” wrote Mr. Baker.
’ "We fear that so drastic a cut will
i hamstring the price support program,
j In the case of peanuts, which is, as
j you know, the principle source of
farm income in this county, this
would be especially unfortunate be
cause of the fact that the government
subsidy for the producers of peanuts
for oil has greatly extended the area
of peanut production in the United
States and has, as a consequence,
brought about a situation totally out
of line with peace time conditions.
In view of the foregoing, we feel
that the Government is under at
least some obligation to see to it that
the producers in the ‘old belt’ are not
forced to sell in a market that may
be unprofitable.”
Few Ask For Change
In Tax -Valuation
Meeting Monday as a Board of
Equalization and Review, the Chow
an County Commissioners had little
•to do. Very few appeared before the
I Commissioners to eomplain about the
valuation r, r their property, though
a fetv adlustments were made in
of equalizing valuations.
The major portion of the meeting -
was devoted to discussing the Chow- '
an County Hospital and other mat- i
ters of a general county nature.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 20,1947.
I Another War On
Rats Is Declared
In Chowan County
Poison Will Be Mixed
And Distributed W£ek
March 24th
MUSf~APPLY
Chowan's Annual Loss
Is Estimated to Be
SIOO,OOO
A Declaration of War on Rats is
again in the process of being signed
by people in Chowan County, says
C. W. Overman, County Agent.
Neighborhood Leaders are making a
i house-to-house canvass for signers of
‘ he Declaration.
i The signing of the. Declaration of
| War on Rats consists of placing an
order for one or more packages of
..-] bait—sl.oo deposit required for, each
package—with the Neighborhood
' Leader or County. Extension . Office
|by those people who have rats, on
1 their premises.
Fortified Red Squill, the poison,
which will be used, is harmless to
people and domestic animals, cats
and dogs, has proven deadly ef
fective on rats. Excellent results
I were obtained in the campaign con
ducted last September. The bait will
be prepared in three-pound packages
which is sufficient for the average
* size farm. Complete instructions
1 will go with each package. Bait will
' be paid for when orders are taken.
■ A few packages of one-half size at
■ 50 cents each will be prepared for
I those people who have very small
I premises and don’t need a full size
I package,
! In order that the-proper amount of
bait may be prepared for those de
siring same it is necessary for Mr.
Overman’s office to know in advance
the number of people who will par
ticipate in the campaign. Bait will
be prepared according to the paid or
ders received by the Neighborhood
Leaders and the Extension Office.
Persons wishing to obtain bait should
get their orders and deposits in at
once. *
It is estimated that each year in
Chowan County rats cost SIOO,OOO in
destruction. In addition to this ter
rific loss, rats carry many deadly dis
eases as well as cause considerable
annoyance on the premises.
“Let's make an all-out attempt at
wholesale slaughter on these des
tructive enemies,” says Mr. Overman. !
I The week of March 24 has been, set I
I to mix and distribute the bait in the |
campaign. H.
, JudgeC.EThompson
Slain Sunday Nigh!
By George Pritchard
I
Assassin Takes His Own
Life Shortly After
Crime
Edenton, together with Elizabeth |
City and the rest of the State, was I.
shocked and grieved Monday when it I
was learned that C. Kverette Thomp- j
son, Superior Court Jurge, was slain
about 9 o’clock Sunday night by
George E. Pritchard, who a few sec
onds later mortally wounded himself.
Pritchard, according to police of
ficials, mounted the porch at the
Thompson home, where Mr. Thomp
son, Superior Court Judge, was slain 1
reading before retiring, and shot at <
close rayge through a window with J
a 12-gauge shotgun. Part of Judge •
Thompson’s head was shot off, > caus- 1
ing instan't death. Pritchard shot '
himself in the abdomen and was found 1
lying near the street. He died in Al- <
bemarle Hospital shortly thereafter. *
Pritchard is said to have held a 1
grudge of long standing against the
legal profession which began about ]
16 years ago when he lost a suit in ;
Camden County over a tract of land, i
During W. I. Halstead’s campaign ’
for Representative of Camden County, <
Pritchard distributed many libelous t
letters and as a result he was found j
guilty of libel and sentenced to a <
prison term of one year by Judge
Luther Hamilton in Beaufort County. I
He furnished bond, and was soon to i
begin his prison term. ‘
Judge Thompson was scheduled to
be in Edenton next Saturday in con- s
nection with the answer of the Her- 1
vey Foundation to a court action 1
brought by the Town of Edenton. <
He had appointed William Privott re- i
ceiver in the meantime. Judge -
Thompson was also scheduled to pre- f
side ovef Chowan Superior Court 1
which begins March 31. c
Hervey Foundation Directors Claim
r Town Os Edenton Was Unwarranted In
Institution Os Recent Court Action
IL WIGGINS ANNOUNCESCANDIDACYFOR
MAYOR IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MAY 6
Contributions In Red
Cross Drive Lacking
SSOO Os County Quota
$2,000 Raided In Eden
ton; No Report From
County
Captain L. A. Patterson, Chairman
of the Red Cross fund raising drive
1 in Chowan County, reported Tuesday
> that up to that time the County’s
1 quota was SSOO short. Captain Pat
• terson said $2,000 had been collected,
1 all of which was raised in the Town
of Edenton, but that the report was
1 far from being complete. The $2,000
1 in hand came principally from the
> canvass in Edenton, with the County
1 canvassers still to be heard from.
1 Captain Patterson feels sure the
• $2,500 quota will be reached when
- all reports are in, and urges all can
vassers to turn in their collections
I by the end of this week. He stated
- that he was very well pleased with
the Edenton contribution, where both
white and colored citizens were very
' generous.
Alumni Os Carolina
Will Meet Monday
Sugar Bowl Pictures at
School Building Open
To Public
Plans have been completed by
Frank Holmes, president, of the Chow
an County Chapter of University of
North Carolina Alumni for a meet
j ing to be held in Edenton rmxt Mon
j day night, the feature of which will
be showing of the. Sugar Row! foot -
| ball game between the Tar Heels and
| < leorgia.
According to Mr. Holmes, a nwot
j ing of the ab-ront will be held at 0:30
o’clock in ‘.he Parish House, which
I will bp a Dutch dinner, and where
Hie principal speakers will he J.
Marion Saunders, secretary of the
1 General Alumni Association; Luther
Hodges, representative of the asso
ciation; and Crowell Little, halfback
coach. Mr. Holmes expects from 50
!to 60 alumni to attend the dinner.
After the alumni meeting the foot
i ball picture will be presented in the
I high school auditorium at 8:30 o’clock
j under the direction of Coach Little.
The public is cordially invited to
j witness the football picture and a
j large crowd Is anticipated in view of I
| invitations having been sent to var
jious organizations in Elizabeth City, :
Hertford, Plymouth, Columbia, Ahos- 1
kie and Windsor.
Famous Broadcaster
Has Relatives Here|
Edenton friends will be interested !
to know that Margaret Arlen is now j
conducting one of the most highly
rated morning radio broadcasts in
New York City. Margaret Arlen is
the former Miss Margaret Hines,
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. H. B.
Hines of Oriental. She is the grand
daughter of Mrs. N. J. Hollo well and
a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Lup- 1
ton. 1
At present she conducts a woman’s I
program over WCBS at 8:45 A. M.
and is credited with a third of the !
radio listening audience in the New
York area at that hour. Near the 1
end of the war she was credited with 1
the furnishing # of 600,000 Christmas <
gifts for soldiers through her broad
casts. !
Chowan Tribe Red Men 1
Planning Weiner Roast i
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will 1
stage a weiner roast at next Monday
night’s meeting. The affair will fol
low the regular business meeting,
degree work having been postponed
in order not to prolong the meeting. <
A feature of the affair will be a pro- -
gram of singing by the Albemarle i
Four, a quartet of young Edenton 1
colored men. i
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| Former Mayor Says He
Was Urged By Many
Friends to Run
| CONTEST
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett
Definitely Candidate
For Re-election
Interest in the forthcoming Demo
cratic Primary Election on Tuesday,
i May 6, took an upward boost Tues
; day, afternoon when former Mayor J.
~ L. Wiggins announced that he would
, be a candidate for* Mayor, thus re
sulting in a contest between the in
cumbent, Mayor Leroy Haskett, and
| Mr. Wiggins.
. In announcing his candidacy, Mr.
[j Wiggins stated that he was doing
. so solely because of urging on the
, part of a large number of friends
‘in the interest of efficient and ec
, | onomical government.” If elected,
, he says, he can give practically all
of his time to the office and will ren
, der the best service of which he is
capable.
, Captain Wiggins served as Mayor
for eight years, having succeeded
. the late E. I. Warren in 1925. He re
mained in office until 193.3, when he
retired in favor of E. W. Spires, who
had served as a member of the
Board under him. In the 1927 elec
tion he was opposed by the late J. R.
Wheeler, but won the only election
| in which he had an opponent.
Mayor Leroy Haskett has definitely
stated he will be a candidate for re
election. so that interest in the elec
tion will center around the Mayoralty
contest. Mayor Haskett was elected
to the office in 194.3, when he had no
opposition, succeeding former Mayor
jJ. H. McMullan. Again in 1945
there was no other candidate for May
or. so that ‘he coming election will
be a real tt«t of his strength. He j
was a candidate in 1941, when .1. H. j
MeMullan won out over Mr. Haskett i
and T. Wallace Jones.
C. Os 0. Asks Bonner
To Assist Farmers
Wire Objection to 40%
Cut In Agricultural
Appropriations
i
The Edenton Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants’ Association wired ;
Congressman Herbert Bonner this 1
week asking his support of the far
mers of Chowan County, whose main
crop is the peanut. The text of the j
j telegram is as follows:
I "We ask your serious consideration
iof the proposed drastic 40 per cent
icut in the agricultural appropria-:
Itions. Our farmers in Chowan Coun- 1
jty depend on the peanut for their j
main support. We in Edenton depend
j on the farmer for our livelihood. We
j know that you will want to do every
thing in ..your power to either elitnin-f
| ate any inequities or at least modify j
them.”
Mrs. Julien Wood On
Rosenwald Program
Mrs. Julien Wood was the prin
cipal speaker at a memorial service
for the late Julius Rosenwald held
last week at the colored high school. 1
Mrs. Wood’s subject was “The Great
est Gift,” stressing the duty of fel
low men. Mrs. Wood also recited
two of the poems she composed, one
of which was' dedicated to her de- i
ceased husband.
Professor Delaney, representing
the Religious Department of Shaw
University, also spoke breifly during
the program.
Music was furnished by the high 1
school, accompanied by Miss L. Til
lett.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
At tonight’s (Thursday) meeting
of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7 A. F. &
A. M., the second degree will be con
ferred upon a candidate. W. O. El
liott, master of the lodge! urges all ;
ipembers to attend. <
$1.50 Per Year.
• | Appointment of Receiv
-1 er Termed Extreme
|| ly Unfair
OPEN LETTER
I Charge Action Caused
.Suspension of Import
ant Activities
j In an open letter to the people of
i Edenton, the directors of the Hervey
1 Foundation this week claim the Town
|of Edenton’s recent institution of a
i suit for ejectment and damages is mv
t warranted and unjust, and deem it
I only proper to acquaint citizens with
the situation existing between the
• Foundation and the .Town of Eden
. ton.
"j The letter, dated March 18, and
• i addressed to the people of Edenton,
II follows:
As the Mayor and Town Council
' have taken drastic steps against the
I Hervey Foundation, Inc., who hold a
lease on all of the Naval Air Station
• i except certain specific reservations
' held by the Town of Edenton, wp
deem it proper to acquaint the citizens
; of Edenton with the facts to date af
ter some months of controversy over
■ an alleged violation of the term* of
the lease and resulting in the follow
ing action:
; I.—Suit for ejectment.
2. —Suit for $50,000.00 “or some
other large sum.”,
3. The appointment of a receiver.
The suit for ejectment is entirely
unwarranted and unjust and without
grounds as we will show later.
The suit for $50,000.00 has nothing
to support it.
The appointnient of a receiver is
‘I extremely unreasonable, unfair sod
j unnecessary; also this action is very
(damaging to our credit and business
operations in various parts of this
State and elsewhere. This action
could not have arisen frorrr any thor
ough effort to really discover the facts
in the case, as our financial status at
the time this suit was enten-d against
us was very good.
We wish to list at this time a few
of the other effects of these atrocious
I actions.
A. —Th,' serious retarding of our
•Veterans Housing and Employment
program here in Edenton by seriously
damaging Hie confidence in us of our
sources of scarce raw materials and
; tooling materials. Since this action
] has ruin <i ur credit, we are forced
't'> liquids* rapidly a mil'ion to a
; million and a quarter f. of dry lum
ber which we had reserved for this
; housing d •••. l.opment here in Edenton.
. Our sales agents everywhere have
I been distracted.
B. —Our present Christian mission
lary work in various . parts of the.
I world, which have been supported by
I our other enterprises, has been
stopped.
i C.—Our contemplated new program :
(for .evangelizing people in Roland,
! Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Bel
gium has been rendered impossible.
As a result of our special work in
I these countries last summer and our
knowledge of thy great need in these
war-torn areas, we sent a special on
■ 'oy to bring us first hand reports on
the need, opportunities and possihili
(ties in these countries.
After making a thorough and ex
tensive investigation during the fall
and winter this envoy came to Eden
(Lon a short while ago and reported to
us that the presentation of the Gospel
of Christ is the great need in these
countries and as a result of his visit
twenty-six new missionaries had been
carefully selected to aid the ones we
already had in these regions and that
it is now time to start a great work.
In addition, our envoy reported that
complete arrangements were made to
start a central Bible school in a new
Gospel Hall constructed last year
from funds from our organization.
Surely no work is quite as import
ant as Christian Evangelization.
Especially is this true where the rav
ages of war have left the people
physically and spiritually destitute.
Also as verified by our envoy, Com
munism is being rushed into this vast
territory at an alarming rate.
We feel that it is our duty to point
out to the citizens of Edenton that
wholly aside from the devastating ef
fect upon our business that by these
actions our support of Christian en
terprises is forced to come to an im
mediate standstill.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Murriel By
rum, Tuesday afternoon at the Chow
an County Hospital, an 8-pound, 6-
ounce daughter.
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