Volume XlV—Number 28.
$400,000 County Bond Issue Election Approved
Tribute Paid To John Paul Jones
And Joseph Hewes In Interesting
Celebration In Edenton Sunday
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Major A1 Williams and
Captain Swigart Prin
cipal Speakers
BANDHERE
Wreath Dropped From
Helicopter In Honor
Os War Dead
In response to a proclamation by
Mayor Leroy Haskett setting aside
last Sunday, July 6, as John Paul
Jones-Joseph Hewes Day, citizens of
Edenton and adjoining communities
gathered on the Court House Green
to pay honor and tribute jointly to
Admiral John Paul Jones and his
patron, Joseph Hewes.
Prior to the program, which began
promptly at 2 o’clock, a concert was
given by a band from the Norfolk
Naval Base. The band also played
several numbers which were inter
spersed in the program.
The speakers and those taking
part in the program were seated on
a platform arranged in front of the
Hewes monument on the green, and
under the shade of the trees many
gathered and enjoyed the program
arranged by the Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association.
The program was in charge of
Peter Carlton, executive secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce and
public relations officer for Edenton
and Chowan County. After the Navy
band played the national anthem,
Mr.‘Carlton called upon the R4v.
Harold Gilmer to afai the iwn«n*KsdV
after which H. A. Campen, president
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association, presented a
number of interesting facts concern
ing both Hewes and Jones.
Major A1 Williams, famed speed
flier and aviation expert, spoke
briefly but very interestingly. He
said, like Admiral Jones, he detested
war, but that one of the best ways
to prevent war and to be prepared
for it if it must come, is to be strong
in the air over both land and sea.
Comdr. Don Levy, commanding
officer of the Weeksville Air Station,
also paid brief tribute to Hewes and
Jones and said he felt honored in
being invited to help celebrate the
bicentennial of Admiral Jones and
Joseph Hewes, who aided him "in
rising to the heights he attained as
* a Naval hero.
Mrs. J. M. Vail then read a poem
she composed some years ago on
John Paul Jones, which was read in
public for the first time in honor of
the occasion. She was given a hearty
applause after the reading.
The principal address was made
by Captain R. O. Swigart, assistant
Chief of Staff of the Fifth Naval
District. The speaker told of some
of the famous sayings, which have
since been emulated by the United
States Navy.
Other speakers included Ensign
R. Palkovic, commanding officer of
the mine sweeper Linnet and his
executive officer, Ensign Robert Lar
kin, both of whom were high in
praise of the hospitality extended
them while in Edenton.
During the program two Girl
Scouts, Lillian Leary and Peggy Wil
liams, placed a beautiful wreath at
the foot of the Hewes monument
which was erected in 1932 by special
act of Congress. Another feature of
the program was a helicopter hover
ing over the green, from which was
dropped in the waters of Albemarle
Sound a wreath in tribute to those
who had fallen in the late war. Af
ter the wreath landed in the water,
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16 Edenton Boy Scouts
Now At Camp Darden
Sixteen Edenton Boy Scouts, mem
bers of Troop 166, together with
their Scoutmaster, C. W. Overman,
left Edenton about 1:30 Sunday af
ternoon to spend a week at Camp
Darden, near Franklin, Va. The
boys are expected to return home
next Sunday afternoon.
In the group were Charles Lee
Overman, Francis Hicks, Gene Ward*
John. Goodwin, Billy Bond, Sherwood
Chesson, Burton Harrison, Byron P.
Kehayes, Phillip McMullan, Billy
i Gardner, John Ward, Gene Taylor,
| #ri,, Mac* mvoCT,
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Tobacco Assessment Referendum Is
Scheduled To Be Held Next Saturday
Vote of Growers Will Decide Whether 10 Cents
Per Acre Will Be Paid to Develop Export
Market For Tobacco Crop
Every flue-cured tobacco grower
in Chowan County whether landlord,
tenant or share-cropper is urged by
J. M. Price, secretary to the County
Triple-A Committee, to vote in the
tobacco referendum on Saturday,
July 12.
The referendum, authorized by the
last session of the Legislature in
both North and South Carolina, pro
vides for flue cured growers to ex
press themselves in regard to an as
sessment of 10 cents per acre to be
used in protecting and developing
the export market for tobacco. The
money would be administered by a
non-profit organization known as To
bacco Associates, Inc.
“This referendum cannot be toss
ed aside as just another balloting on
the mere assessment of about 45
cents per farmer annually for the
next three years,” says Mr. Price.
“It goes far beyond that. It is a
vote on whether growers are con
cerned enough to protect the S2OO an
acre they received from exported
tobacco in 1946.
“If there is a good turn-out at
the polls, the effect will be felt both
in Washington and in the capitals of
WStetcies where -matter#-of
world trade are decided. If the vote
is weak, then we may be headed
back toward 1932, when, according
to the economists, world trade was
at a standstill. We know only too
well first hand what prices were
here at home.
“And, with the increasing yield
CommSers Are
Now Seeking Man
For Fire Warden
Contract Signed For
Forest Fire Control
Program
Chowan County Commissioners on
Monday signed an agreement with
the Department of Conservation and
Development inaugurating the State
forest fire control program. At a
previous meeting the Commissioners
agreed to appropriate S9OO per year,
which is the county’s part of the ex
pense involved.
The Commissioners are required to
recommend three men from whom the
Department of Conservation and
Development appoint a fire warden |
for the county. Anyone who is in
terested in the appointment is asked
to contact W. W. Byrum immediately,
as names must be submitted by Mon
day of next week.
The salary of warden will be from
$l3O to $l4O per month and is not
necessarily an all-time job. The
warden will be provided with a pick
up truck with gasoline to be fur
nished to perform the duties. A
tower will also be erected at a point
deemed most advantageous.
Applicants are preferred between
the age of 30 and 40 years and must
be sober and conscientious. Officials
are very anxious to get the program
under way, so that anyone interested
in the warden’s appointment should
contact Mr. Byrum at once.
[_Second BassJ
Effective Jqly .1, the Edenton
Post Office was reduced from
first to second class. The local
office has been first class since
1944, when .bmunsss skyrocketed
due to the Naval Air Station in
Edenton, aa well as war-time
j., conditions. - N
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 10, 1947.
• per acre from tobacco, it will be
, difficult if not impossible to main
r tain a fair price if our domestic sup- J
r ply is loaded down with the 40 per
s cent that normally goes for export.”
, Based on the average price re
ceived by farmers for tobacco in
, 1946, Chowan County tobacco far-1
, mers realized an income of $625,000 j
. from their last year crop. Os this j
. amount $250,000 come from export-!
. ed tobacco. From these figures far-'
, mers can plainly see where export'
: trade has a vital effect upon their
| prosperity.
j Only tobacco- farmers who are
. engaged in the production of the
1947 crop of flue-cured tobacco will
be eligible to vote. Landlords and
farm operators who have a tenant
. engaged in the production of to
bacco should see that the tennant
! votes.
open at 8:00 A. M. and remain open
until 6:00 P. M. Saturday, July 12.
J It will require at least a two
thirds favorable vote to put the pro
gram into effect. “Every grower of
; flue-cured tobacco, regardless ! of how
J busy he may be, should take time
• out to to the J»lls and vote,”
■ stateffMr. Price.
• Mr. Price said that for Chowan
‘ County the following polling places
' will be open: Center Hill and Ry
-1 land communities will vote at Evans’
• store at Cross Road; Rocky Hock,
! Macedonia, Yeopim and Edenton
Communities will vote at the court
I house in Edenton.
Dr. Lewis Reports
On DDT Spraying
1,161 Homes Sprayed to
Date; Many
Not Screened
Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health of
ficer, on Monday reported the pro
gress being made by the DDT spray
i ing program now in progress in
Chowan County.
The report revealed that to date
1,161 houses were sprayed, of which !
759 were white and 402 colored. 1
People living in the houses totaled '
5,815, of whom 3,390 were white and
2,425 colored. During the spraying
4,830 rooms and 1,137 porches were
treated.
A surprising portion of Dr. Lewis’
[ report was the fact that of the houses
sprayed, only 306 were screened, 295
white and 11 colored. In comparison,
855 houses were not screened, 464
white and 391 colored. The number
giving history of malaria were 658,
of which 351 were white and 207
colored. The number*\>f deaths from,:
malaria were two, both colored. j
Last year 343 houses were sprayed, i
207 white and 136 colored.
FORMER BAND ESI CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT
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Abott is pictured Eden ton High School's famous band of several yean ago under the direction of
C. L. McCullers. Though many have graduated from school, practically alt of the above group have
been rehearsing for a hand concert which will be held in the school auditorium Friday night at 8 o’clock.
Ne eharge will be aude, and ft is hoped a laris number will be on hand to hear the program. Mr. Mc-
Cuiletn will come Over from Kinston to direct the band for the concert.
Two Edenton Vets
Now On Honor Roll
In Nations Capital
Dr. Frank Wood and
Davis W. Cartwright
First Honored
Two native sons of North Caro
lina are Edenton’s first veterans of
World War II to be enrolled on the
permanent Roll of Honor at the un
finished Washington Cathedral, it
was announced in Washington, D. C.,
by the Rev. Merritt F. Williams,
canon of the Cathedral and chair
man of the national war memorial
committee. They are Dr. Frank
Wood who served with the rank of
j Major in the third Auxiliary Surgi
jcal Group, Army Medical Corps, and
was awarded the Bronze Star and the
Presidential Group Citation; and
Davis Warren Cartwright of 209
Park Avenue. He served as Boats
wain’s Mate, 1/c, in the U. S. Coast
! Guard.
j Names and records of both the
: dead and living now are being en
rolled in the nation’s capital city on
the only known national honor roll,
in tribute to all men and women who
served in the recent or any past wars
of the Republic.
Canon Williams, associate chair
man of the cathedral’s national
building fund campaign, a veteran
of both World Wars and former
chaplain of the war-lost aircraft
carrier Wasp and battleship West
Virginia, stated:
“Names and service records of all
serviceifien and women of the recent
and all past wars are welcomed by
the National War Memorial Com
mittee and the privilege of memor
ializing the names and records of
the war dead and of preserving those
pf the living, in thanksgiving for
their safe return, is open to alb* -
“Enrollment of names and rec
ords,” he added, “is not contingent
upon any consideration other than
the expressed wish of families or
next of kin.”
Names and records of the living
and deceased veterans throughout
the nation now are being sought by
the National War Memorial Commit
tee. Enrollment forms may be ob
tained from Washington Cathedral,
Washington, D. C.
Petition For Paving
West Albemarle St
28 Residents Anxious
For State to Make
Improvement
Chowan County Commissioners
were presented with a petition Mon
day morning signed by 28 persons
living on West Albemarle Street,
asking the Commissioners to request
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission to pave the street from
the northeast end of the cemetery
fence extending northwestwardly to
the end of West Albemarle Street
extended.
The Commissioners accordingly
will request the State Highway of
ficials to hardsurface the street which
is used to a considerable extent.
AT CAMP LEACH
Sharon Lupton, W. O. Speight, Jr.,
|and David Porter, left Monday af
jtetnoon for Camp Leach, in Beaufort
i County, where they will spend two
] weeks.
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Commissioners Decide To
Build Schools In Edenton;
Gymnasium At Cross Roads
| Veterans Honored |
|i i /it fck jfei Tjt s'
The Patriots’ Transept, pro
posed southern arm of the unfin
ished Washington Cathedral,
where names and war-service
records of members of the U. S.
armed forces will be enshrined
on the permanent National Roll
of Honor. The transept, upon
which more than $375,000 al
ready has been expended, is one
of the next cathedral Units to be
erected with funds now being
raised in a nation-wide five-mil
lion-dollar campaign.
J. Henderson Dail
Killed By Lightning
Prominent Farmer Was
Seeking Shelter Un
der Tree
James Henderson Dail, 72, promi
nent Chowan County farmer, was
killed by lightning on his farm near
Cross Roads Tuesday afternoon. Mr.
Dail was working in a field when a
severe electrical storm hit the sec
tion and it is supposed he sought
shelter under a hollow tree, which
was struck by a bolt of lightning.
When Mr. Dail failed to return
home about dusk, the family became
alarmed and began a search for him,
and it was then that he was found
dead at the tree. The odor of burn
ing clothing attracted members of
the family to the tree, it wrfs re
ported.
Deceased is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mary C. Dail; a son, Clifton R.
Dail, and six daughters, Miss Bernice
Dail of Franklin, Va., Miss Louise
Dail of Washington, N. C., Mrs. S. F.
Hicks and Mrs. Wendell Copeland of
Edenton, Mrs. K. R. Copeland of Nor
folk and Mrs. H. C. Sullivan of Hert
ford. Six grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the
home this (Thursday) afternoon at
3:30 o’clock. The Rev. E. L. Wells
will officiate, assisted by the Rev.
John T. Byrum. Interment will be
made in Beaver Hill Cemetery*
$1.50 Per Year.
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Three Initial .Projects
Part of 10-Year Build
ing Program
ALL DAY MEETING
Budget Approved and
County Tax Rate Set
At sl.lO
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday adopted the
budget for the fiscal year 1947-48,
which calls for a rate of sl.lO per
SIOO property valuation. The new
rate is a 10-cent boost over the SI.OO
rate of last year. A tentative bud
get was considered at a special
meeting held a week earlier and
while further requests were made
for appropriations, the Commission
ers held down the figure so that it
will not be necessary to raise the rate
more than 10 cents over the previous
year.
The total appropriation required
amounts to $154,197.21, of which
$43,544.18 is for bonds, $61,343.00
for the general fund, $39,406.03 for
schools and $9,904.00 for social sec
urity. The total hudget for social
security is $42,404.00, of which $32,-
500.00 is paid by State and Federal
funds.
Anticipated revenue from sources
other than ad valorem taxation to
tals $56,643 of which $43,543 is fig
ured as coming from the ABC store
earnings and $13,000 cash balance in
the County and City school funds.
Deducting this $56,643 from the to
tal requirements leaves $97,554.21 to
be raised by taxation, which on a
County property valuation of $8,900,-
000 will require a rate of sl.lO.
Os the sl.lO rate 49 cents goes
for bonds, 20 for the general fund,
30 for schools and 11 for social sec
urity.
While setting of the tax rate was
an important phase of Monday’s
meeting, the Commissioners utilized
quite a lot of the all-day meeting
to consideration of the recent rec
ommendations submitted by the
County-wide building committee.
The entire 10-year program was con
sidered and after thoroughly dis
cussing each project the Commission
ers decided to put before the people
of the County an opportunity to vote
upon a $400,000 bond issue. With
this amount the Commissioners feel
that they can provide a unit for a
colored school in Edenton and a unit
on Hicks Field for the white school,
each of which will have 17 class
rooms, and to which can be added a
gymnasium and auditorium at a
later date. The bond issue will also
provide for building a physical ed
ucation building at Chowan High
School. The aggregate estimated
cost of the three projects, which will
be part of the 10-year building pro
gram is $491,000. Os this figure,
$200,000 is estimated for the colored
unit, $216,000 for the white unit and
$75,000 for the physical education
building at Chowan High School.
While che estimated cost of $491,-
000 is $91,000 above the proposed
bond issue, it is the belief that bids
for construction will be lower than
the estimate, that building costs
will drop and that some funds will
be available from the ABC store be
fore the buildings are completed. It
is hoped that construction on the
projects will get under way by next
spring.
After approving the first three
projects and deciding to put a bond
issue before the people, the Commis
sioners called in County attorney J.
N. Pruden, who was instructed to
prepare the necessary resolution and
attend to the legal requirements in
calling the election. Because of the
amount of wprk involved in prepar
ing for an election, no date was set
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Mrs. George Anderson
Sponsor Os Fraternity
Mrs. George Anderson of Wake
Forest has been selected as sponsor
of Zeta Chi Fraternity at Wake
Forest College, of which her husband
is the retiring President. Mrs. An
derson’s picture will appear in the
College Annual for 1947. Mrs. An
derson is the former Miss Frances
Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Collins of North Edenton.