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Volume XVI. —Number 7. McMullan Frames Bill Relating To Justices Os Peace Provides For Abolishing Fee System; Expects Passage PUT ON SALARY Office WiR - Be Under Supervision of County Commissioners Home from Raleigh over the week end, J. H. McMullan, Chowan Coun ty’s Representative in the General Assembly, had with him a copy of a thill he introduced in the House of Representatives having to do with the appointment of justices of the peace and abolishing the fee system in said affairs. Mr. McMullan said provisions of the proposed bill have been many times discussed among law-makers but apparently, for one reason or another, there always was some re luctantly in taking the initiative to introduce a bill. He feels reason ably sure his bill will be enacted in to law, having the assurance of many Senators and Representatives that they are in accord with it and will, of course, vote for its passage. Mr. McMullan’s bill provides for county commissioners of the State to fix the number of justices of the peace to be appointed in the various counties, taking into consideration the population, the business now being transacted before justices of the peace, and such future business as may be reasonably anticipated. The justices of the peace shall be appointed by the County Commission ers and may be removed from office by the Commissioners for mis feasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or other good cause. The term of office will be for a period of two years. The bill calls for each justice of the peace to be paid an annual salary, to be fixed by the Commissioners, in its discretion, to be paid out of the general county fund. Such salary will be in lieu of all fees as compen sation for a justice of the peace in connection with any criminal or civil case, but he shall continue to collect such fees as are provided by law with respect to criminal or civil cases and pay them into the general fund of the county. Each justice of the peace shall be permitted to collect and retain for his own use, in ad dition to the salary, all fees provided by with respect to any matter other than a criminal or a civil cass. Every justice of the peace will be subject to the “Daily Deposit Law” and will be required to make month ly reports to the County Commis sioners, showing in full detail all fees, fines and forfeitures collected by him, in such form and manner as the board may require. Every justice of the peace shall have county-wide jurisdiction, but ' the Commissioners shall designate the place where each justice of the peace shall sit regularly for the transaction of business. The Com missioners shall provide adequate space or quarters in which each jus tice of the peace may hold court and perform the other duties of his office. The bill provides for each justice of the peace furnishing bond, the premium of which is to be paid from the county’s general fund. If the bill is enacted into law, it will become effective November 1, 1960. Chowan Dental Clinic WH Begin Feb. 2tth Dr. Koonce Will Ex amine Teeth For Three Wfceks ■F" / ——— l According to the local Health De partment, Dr. Koonce of the State Department of Oral Hygiene will ar rive in QjJjowan County February 28 in order to conduct a three weeks’ dental clinic in the white schools of the county. Those parents who prefer to have their children’s teeth cracked by their , own dentist are requested to have phis work done before February 28. BANK CLOSED TUESDAY The Bank of Edenton will be clos ed all day Tuesday of next week, February 22, in observance of Wash ington’s birthday. Important bank ing ahould, therefore, be transacted accordingly. THE CHOWAN HERALD LITTLE SYMPHONY PERFORMS IN EDEN lON r iI)AY 1 I s - I >*' ' , "*] * J jjpsgs * : ' Ph £%, £ Mi IllSllMili* ’ J Pictured above are members of the Little Symphony of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, which will present two concerts in Edenton High School Friday of this week. A free concert will be presented for grammar grade children only at 2:30 in the afternoon, while the night performance will begin at 8:30 o’clock. The orchestra is composed of 22 talented musicians and is conducted by Dr. Benjamin Swalin. Edenton is included in the tour including 35 appearances. College dee Club Will Be Guests Os Rotarians March 31 Group Will Present Pro gram at Local High School Edenton Rotarians will be hosts to members of the Greensboro Col lege Glee Club at the club’s luncheon in the Parish House Thursday, March 31. On the same day the glee club will present a program in the Eden ton school, and will, no doubt, pre sent a few numbers at the Rotary meeting. The decision to have the young ladies as the club’s guests was made at last week’s meeting when John A. Holmes informed the club that a pro gram will be presented in Edenton provided the noon-day meal is fur nished. REA Is Planning An Addition Os 226 Miles New Lines Chowan One of Counties Included In Expan sion Program According to an announcement made this week, the Albemarle Elec tric Membership Corporation will very soon begin construction work on 226 miles of additional rural elec tric lines in this section. C. E. Welch, superintendent of the construction company which has the contract for building the new lines has arrived in Hertford to set up headquarters and has begun employ ing 40 to 50 men who are needed on the project. Work on the project is expected to get under way about March 1, and will take about three months to com plete. Lines to be extended will be locat ed in Perquimans, Chowan, Pasquo tank and Camden counties. Hat Demonstration At Cross Roads Feb. 25th According to Miss Rebecca Col well, Chowan County home demon stration agent, a demonstration in remodeling hats and the selection of becoming hats will be held at the Community House at Cross Roads Friday afternoon, February 25, at 2:15 o’clock. The demonstration will be in charge of Miss Jane Gibbs, Exten sion clothing specialist of State College. Rotary Club Agrees To Sponsor Peanut Contest At last week’s Rotary meeting, the club voted to again sponsor a peanut contest among 4-H Club boys in the county, providing the two peanut mills will cooperate as in the past. There was some doubt as to the local concerns continuing to take part in the contest, due to the fact that the number of boys participating is gradually decreasing. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, February 17,1949. Little N.C. Symphony Orchestra Will Play In Edenton Friday Free Concert In After-< noon For Grammar Grade Pupils 8:30 AT NIGHT Tickets on Sale at Door For Those Who Are Not Members Thomas Byrum, chairman of the Chowan County Little N. C. Symph ony Association, announced this week that everything is in readiness, for the scheduled appearance of the Little Symphony of the North Caro lina Symphony Orchestra in the high school auditorium Friday night. A free concert will be presented at 2:30 o’clock for the children in the grammar grades. Mr. Byrum stated that any adults who might want to attend this performance will be obliged to pay admission, for the concert is primarily for the school children and all available space will be needed for them. High school i students also will be required to pay if they attend the afternoon qoncert. The night concert will begin at 8:30 o’clock, when membership cards will be honored. Mr. Byrum states ; that these membership cards can be purchased from him and that tickets will also be on sale at the door the ; night of the concert. The free afternoon concert for grammar grade children will include compositions with special appeal for a youthful audience. The children j themselves will participate in the COMMUNITY CHEST IDEA SCHEDULED TO BE CONSIDERED AT MEETING TO BE CALLED IN NEAR FUTURE BY HERBERT HOLLOWELL • ——————— —— I - HI ' I Mr. Hollowell and Members of Chamber of Com t merce Committee Study Plan and See Advan tages For Raising Funds In Various Drives Herbert Hollowell, chairman of a ! Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association committee to in vestigate the possibility of organizing ,a community chest, reports that a meeting will be held in the near fu ture, when a State representative will attend to explain in detail the work ing of the organization and the ad -1 vantages to be derived. On the com mittee with Mr. Hollowell are Gillam Wood, William P. Jones, John Kra • mer and Jesse Harrell. ; Mr. Hollowell says that a com munity chest is a cooperative organi i zation of citizens and welfare agencies ; having two chief functions. First, it i raises funds each year primarily for ; its affiliated social welfare, health and recreation agencies. During war and ■ other emergency periods, it may also ; raise funds for local, national and in ; temational war and emergency relief i and service. The funds which it se cures are raised by a. community-wide |_ Treeless J Except for the two oak trees in front of the Cupola House, Edenton’s business section on Broad Street is now treeless. On Wednesday morning members of the Street Department re moved the old elm tree in front of the old Moore home next to the Belk-Tyler property. The tree has been in a danger ous condition for some time, with the few remaining large limbs very badly rotted, and for the most part hollow. program, singing a hymn and also taking part in a musical quiz game. The evening program will be varied ■ and reports from cities where the 1 group has already played during the ■ present tour are that the concerts 1 are splendid and well worth hearing by anyone who loves music. Dr. Benjamin Swalin is director of the orchestra, which is made up of r 22 musicians. During the season they will have played in 35 com ; munities in North Carolina, Ten i nessee and Georgia, in the longest i and most extensive tour ever under i taken by the Little Symphony. The Little Symphony, as well as ' the full North Carolina Symphony, is partially financed by membership subscriptions throughout the state i and by an appropriation made by the ■ State Legislature, both of which : make possible the free children’s i concerts. appeal and distributed in accordance > with a systematic budget procedure. 1 Second, it promotes effective plan ning, coordination and administration ’ of the social welfare, health and rec- ' reation services of a community. Di rect responsibility may be carried by 1 a community welfare council. Na- 1 tional campaigns are not included in the community chest program. Mr. Hollowell says that records of community chests indicate that 847 local chests had reported their exist ence as of January 15, 1946. Os the 798 campaigns held by these 847 chests, 508 covered areas of less than 50,000 population, and 116 were in areas of less than tO,OOO. < Some of the advantages in the com munity chest were pointed out by Mr. Hollowell as follows: (1) It elimin- ] ates the difficulty experienced by many organizations in raising their budgets due to want of interest on (Coninued on Page Twelve) Workers For Chowan College Funds Will Meet Here Feb. 22nd Chairman of Campaign Is Expected to Lead Discussion A County-wide meeting for all workers who are participating in the campaign for Chowan College will be held at the Edenton Baptist Church on Tuesday night, February 22, at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev; G. M. Singletary of Eliz abeth City, general campaign man ager for the Chowan Association, is expected to be present and lead the discussion. It is hoped that all in terested persons arid friends of the college, as well as workers, will be present. Bingo Party Tonight For March Os Dimes Sponsored by Edenton’s Junior Woman’s Club And Jaycees Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock a bingo party will be held in the Eden ton armory, sponsored jointly by the Junior Woman’s Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Prizes dur ing the game will be food prepares by members of the Junior Woman’s Club. The proceeds of the affair will go toward the March of Dimes, so that it is hoped many will attend. Edenton’s Jaycees Hold Ladies’ Night Delightful Affair Held Thursday Night at Boswell’s Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com nerce observed ladies’ night Thurs day at a delightful dinner served at Boswell’s Restaurant. Prominent guests at the party were Mr. and Mrs Billy Harrison of Rocky Mount. Mr. Harrison is State president of the Jaycees and had no little part in helping to organize the Edenton Chamber of Commerce, so that he is well known and highly respected by members of the Edenton organization. A feature of the evening was a musical program presented by Miss Carolyn Swindell and Miss Susan Thigpen. Miss Swindell sang and Miss Thigpen rendered several selec tions on the piano. At the conclusion of the meal, the group enjoyed dancing. DISTRICT SCOUTERS WILL MEET IN EDENTON NEXT SUNDAY J. L. Chestnutt, Boy Scout district chairman, announces the regular meeting of the West Albemarle Dis trict which will be held Sunday after noon, February 20, in the Municipal Building in Edenton. Mr. Chestnutt is very anxious to have every Scouter in the district present for the meeting. $2.00 Per Year. jin # ~mm Standard Printing Co f* > J2O-230 S First St I ■ S.VWIIIU ■■nun LULdI Base Is Reactivated Estimated That 60 Per Cent Will Be Spent In This Section HOUSESIVEEDED Prospect of New Busi ness Boosts Interest In C. Os C. Peter Carlton, manager of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, informed The Herald early this week that according to in formation it is expected that the re activation of the Edenton Naval Air Station will result in a payroll of around three million dollars annually. Os this amount, Mr. Carlton ex pressed the belief that approximately 60 per cent will be spent locally, so that business should be boosted ma terially. Mr. Carlton has been doing yeoman service acting as a clearing house for the increasing activities brought about as a result of the opening of the base, and says interest in the or ganization is increasing. This inter est is reflected in the fact that sev eral new members have recently been added. These include M. J. Tynch & Company of Rocky Hock; Badham Bros.; F. H. Cale, pool parlor and soft drinks; Halsey’s Feed & Seed Store and Clyde Adams, operator of Chestnutt Cleaners. President Marvin Wilson extends a cordial welcome to these new mem bers and invites others who are not members to become affiliated, thus adding strength and prestige to the organization. Directors of the Chamber of Com-' meree met Thursday of last week to consider a number of matters. Dis cussed at the meeting included the Chowan River bridge and aspects of the proposed minimum wage and hour bill before Congress. Views of the National Chamber of Commerce were expressed by Mr. Carlton, as well as expressions from opinion leaders all over the country. It was pointed out that passage of the bill may result in serious effects and have a direct bearing on business and farmers. Telegrams were sent to leading Congressmen in Washington, urging serious consideration of the matter. The Transportation Committee was requested to contact J. H. McMullan, Chowan County’s Representative in the General Assembly, and offer com plete cooperation in his efforts to get action on the Chowan River bridge. During the week meetings were held with local business groups in an effort to bring about more harmonious working for the benefit of all. Cleaners and shoe repair shop op erators met with Mr. Carlton, and taxi operators also met in conjunc tion with Lieut. Bill Adams adjutant at the base. Efforts were made to secure local barber service for the base, but the situation is very diffi cult to handle due to lack of available barbers. The housing situation is very cri tical, with little relief in sight. Forty houses to be built by Captain L. A. Patterson will be but a drop in the bucket. There is a great need for rental living quarters. On an aver age, each family applying at the Chamber of Commerce for a house or apartment has two children. One interested citizen advanced the idea of building tourist motor court apartments large enough for a family to rent, but arranged in such a wav that they could be converted into use for tourist trade if the travel situa tion demanded it. Chestnutt Appeals For Scout Assistant Says C. W. Overman Is Burdened With Too Many Duties James L. Chestnutt, at last week’s Rotary meeting appealed for an as sistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop No. 156, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club. Mr. Chestnutt in , formed the Rotarians that Scoutmas ter C. W. Overman is overburdened with many duties and that an active ; assistant scoutmaster is necessary. Mr. Chestnutt also asked to be re ■ lieved of his Rotary connection with the troop in that he has been ap ! pointed chairman of the West Albe marle District, a position which re ' quires much of his time. The request was taken under ad visement by the Rotarians.
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