; Volume XVI. —Number 13.
PSeven Criminal Cases
For April
Term Superior Court
Henry W. Ewing, Col
ored, Faces Charge
Os Murder
mixeiTterm
Judge Leo Carr of Bur
. lington Scheduled
To Preside
Chowan County’s spring term of
Superior Court will convene Monday
morning with Judge Leo Carr of
Burlington scheduled to preside. It
will be a mixed term with Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires listing seven
criminal cases on the calendar up to
Wednesday morning.
Among the criminal cases calendar
ed are the following:
Morgan Hudson, charged with
breaking, entering and larceny.
Leonard Randolph Hollingsworth,
colored, charged with larceny.
James Lee Holley, colored, charged
< with assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. Holley is charg
ed with inflicting serious injury to
Clarence Holley with a knife.
iTattie Gilliam, colored, also charg
ed with assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. She is charged
with assaulting Evelyn Perry, col
ored, with an ice pick.
Stancil Davenport, who faces a
charge of reckless driving.
Gordon Duncan Cummings, charg
ed with drunken driving.
Henry W. Ewing, colored, charged
with first degree murder. He is
charged, with killing Doris Lee
Hodges with a rifle.
Among the civil cases on the
calendar are:
Town of Edenton vs. J. T. Gibbs,
a suit for damages growing out of
the accident in which Henry Smith
was killed while riding on the fire
truck.
Another case involves the purport
ed will of the late Nellie E. Jones.
The will was offered for probate, but
was denied.
J. Roy Winslow vs. G. B. and
Brooks Morgan, a case growing out
of an assault.
Ralph Peele vs. J. C. Nixon, ad
ministrator, and others, which in
volves injuries in an automobile
wreck.
Willis Ray Peele vs. J. C. Nixon,
also in connection with an automo
bile wreck.
George Holley vs. D. H. and T. A.
Berryman, a suit growing out of a
land boundary dispute.
The possibilities are that none of
the civil cases will be reached during
the term.
Edenton Girl Wins
In Memory Contest
Barbara Jean Spencer
Wins Right To Enter
Regional Contest
Barbara Jean Spencer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Spencer, won out
in the Chowan Associational Elimina
tion Contest at Corinth Baptist
Church, Elizabeth City, on Monday
night in the Junior Memory Work
Drill for Training Union members of
the age group 9 through 12 years.
The Edenton girl is now eligible to
compete in the regional contest in
Murfreesboro on April 9. If she wins
there, she will go to the State-wide
contest at the State Baptist Seaside
Assembly this summer. Barbara is
the fourth consecutive winner in as
many years to represent the Edenton
■church under the junior leader, Miss
■ Mildred Munden.
Greensboro College
. Glee Club Will Sing
* At High School Today
Members of the Greensboro College
Glee Club will present a program
this (Thursday) morning at 11 o’clock
in the Edenton High School audi
* torium. The appearance of this tal
ented group of singers -was arranged
by Principal Fenton Larson.
The program will last about an
, \ hour, stated Mr. Larson, and will in
clude 19 numbers which will be of a
ifi varied nature. Superintendent John
A. Holmes will extend a few Welcom
* ing remarks to the visiting singers.
The public is invited to Mir the
v Bpigwun, for which a free will offer
. ing will be taken to help defray the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
New Rotary President
GEORGE S. TWIDDY
At last Thursday’s meeting of
the Edenton Rotary Club, Georgfe
S. Twiddy was elected president'
of the club to succeed James E.
Wood. Mr. Twiddy and other
officers will be installed at the
first meeting of the club in July.
Collected In
Chowan County’s
Red Cross Drive
Only Two More Reports
Remain to Be Heard
From
Herbert Hollowell, who, together
with West Byrum is co-chairman of
Chowan County’s annual Red Cross
fund raising drive, reported Tuesday
that contributions in the drive have
totaled $2,215, so that the county’s
quota of $2,138 has been oversub
scribed by $77, with all reports in
except two.
The co-chairmen are very much
gratified over the result of the drive
and desire to thank all the workers
for their efforts and sacrifice of time
■in making solicitations, as well as
those who made contributions, some
of which were very generous. Mr.
Hollowed is especially pleased with
the cooperation of colored people, who
had Prof. Alexander Blaine as gen
eral chairman. Mr. Hollowed point
ed out that the colored people’s con
■ tribution was double the amount col
' lected in last year’s drive.
In commenting upon the success
of the drive, Mr. Hollowed pointed
out that $1,138 of the contributions
will be sent to national Red Cross
headquarters, while the remainder
i will be retained in Chowan County
" for local expenses.
1 (Continued on Page Four)
Expert Marksman
In Demonstration
For Skeet Club
Wilbur CwTWill Give
Demonstration Wed
-1 nesday, April 6
1 J. R. Byrum, president of the new
-Ily reorganized Chowan Skeet Club,
! announced early this week that Wil
! bur Cox, one of the world’s greatest
’ marksmen, will give a demonstration
1 Wednesday, April 6. Mr. Cox will
; start his performance at 3:30 o’clock
at the club’s new skeet range on Jim
Morgan’s land, about a mile from
the U. S. Fish Hatchery on the Eden
ton-Windsor highway. The demon
stration will include trick shooting,
r as well as instructions relative to the
. proper handling of a gun and shoot
i ing technique.
Mr. Byrum was delighted to make
. the announcement due to the fact
. that he has been trying for several
| months to secure Mr. Cox, who is in
great demand. The marksman is
i presented through the courtesy of
. Remington Arms Company and
! Peters Cartridge Division,
i The demonstration is not only for
. members of the Skeet Club, but both
Mr.: Byrons ' and Percy Perry, man
i ager, extend a. cordial, invitation to
. the general public to attend, there
\ will be no charge, so'tfcei d" large
crowd is anticipated.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina/Thursday, March 31,1949.
Mayor LH. Haskett i
Urges Cooperation
In Easter Seal Sale
Funds Will Enable Con- ]
tinued Work Among
Crippled Children
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett this week
urges the people of Edenton and Cho- c
wan County to cooperate in the 16th a
annual Easter Seal drive, which is c
sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club t
and will enable the work among £
crippled children to continue. \
“During the past year, more than r
20 physically handicapped children t
and adults benefited by the program s
of the Chowan County League For
Crippled Children,” said Mayor Has- i
kett. “Indirectly, the disabled bene
fited by your Easter Seal contribu- t
tions. j
“Easter Seals mean new life and
hope to crippled children through the
special services they provide, as or
thopedic appliances, special education
and vocational guidance. The so- 5
ciety’s work enhances our com
munity’s welfare.” (
ne work of the society, an affiliate
of the North Carolina League For ]
Crippled Children and the National
Society for Crippled Children and t
Adults, includes a great deal of work i
done in Chowan County. 1
The local campaign is part of a 1
nationwide drive which opened March
17 and will close Easter Sunday, I
April 17.
G. B. Potter is county chairman,
I having on the committee with him
1 Kermit Layton and Earl Harrell, the
latter serving as treasurer.
Mr. Potter pointed out that last
* year the N. C. League For Crippled
Children assisted more than 5,000
boys and girls but that this number
represents only a very small portion .
of the 62,000 handicapped children in
' North Carolina. More than 85 per
: cent of these 62,000 children can look
. only to the League for part or all of
the services they need. The League’s
program includes medical care, special
: education and guidance, but does not
s duplicate any services available from
- any other agencies.
, North Carolina’s goal in this year’s
drive is $150,000, which wil help
bring closer the day when no child
1 will needlessly drag a brace or live
i in a wheel chair.
: Jaycees To Resume
: Scrap Paper Drive
Sunday Afternoon
! Citizens Urged to Coop
erate In Effort to
\ Raise Funds
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
r Commerce will on Sunday, April 3,
f resume their scrap paper drive and
’ will collect paper between the hours
of 1 and 3 o’clock. The committee
in charge of the collection is compos
ed of Tom Francis, chairman, Ray
Blanchard, Maynard Fleetwood, Luth
er Parks, John Mitchener and Em
mett Wiggins.
The previous paper drive, which
was abandoned during the winter
months, was very successful and the
I Jaycees are hopeful that they will
receive the same cooperation on the
part of Edenton citizens.
It is requested that those who have
i any kind of scrap paper which they
wish to contribute please have it in
bundles and place on front porches
or at some place where it can easily
be seen by the canvassers when they ■
make their rounds Sunday afternoon.
MAYOR HASKETT PLEASED WITH INITIAL
RESPONSETO EDENTOirSCLEANUP WEEK
Urges Citizens on Route of Forthcoming Garden
Club Tour to Be Particular About Remov
ing Trash Cans Promptly
Mayor Leroy Haskett early this
> week stated that he was very well
: pleased with what he had already ob
-1 served in connection with clean-up
i week, which is being observed in
i Edenton this week.
’ “Shortly after the announcement
[ came out in The Herald,” said Mayor
Haskett, “I saw no little activity all
• over town by people cleaning up their
i premises, and as a result I am firmly
convinced that the observance of
> clean-up week will result in a cleaner i
i and neater town.” Mr. Haskett espe- -
i daily urgee-all citizen* to have their ;
premises tidied up during the Gar- !
Closing Days In
Edenton Approved
By Most Merchants
Recent Poll Meets With
Acceptance of Recom
mendations
In a special bulletin issued Tues
day of this week, Peter Carlton, man
ager of the Chowan County Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion, reported that as the result of a
poll, practically unanimous approval
was given by merchants to the recom
mendations of the Merchants Commit
tee relative to closing dates to be ob
served during the year.
The committee recommended the
following:
1. Half day holiday Wednesdays
to begin April 27 and continue through
August.
2. Easter Monday, April 18.
3. July 4th.
4. September 5, Labor Day.
5. Thanksgiving Day, November
24.
6. Monday and Tuesday following
Christmas.
7. To remain open on January 2,
1950.
Members of the Merchants Commit
tee who made the recommendations
are Miss Sadie Day, M. A. Hughes,
Paul Wallace, Frank Elliott, Wilmer
Malone and Henry Cuthrell.
Bill Introduced To
Widen Authority As
To Pay For Officials
Will Give Commission
ers Authority to Reg
ulate Salaries
Representative J. H. McMullan last
week introduced a bill in the General
Assejeblv which will give the Chowan
County Commissioners the authority
to govern the salaries of County of
ficials.
The bill, entitled an act relating
to compensation of the Sheriff,
Treasurer, Judge, Prosecuting At
torney and Clerk of the Chowan
County Recorder,’s Court, reads as
follows:
“Section 1. The Board of County
Commissioners of Chowan County is
hereby authorized, in its discretion,
to increase the salary of any or all
of the following officials: the Sheriff
and Treasurer of Chowan County, and
the Judge, Prosecuting Attorney and
Clerk of the Chowan County Record
er’s Court, but the overall amount of
any such increase, shall not exceed
fifty dollars ($50.00) per month for
any one official.
“Section 2. All laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Act shall become
effective April 1, 1949.”
Varsity Club To Stage
Womanless Wedding
Edenton’s Varsity Club, at its meet
ing last week, agreed to stage a Wo
nianless Wedding, with Friday night,
April 22, set as a tentative date for
the show. Bill Cozart was appointed
as chairman of a committee to stage
the entertainment, with George
Thompson, Edward Wozelka and Joe
Conger, Jr., also on the committee,
The club also voted to order an
other section of portable bleachers
similar to the section already secured.
den Club tour, which from all indi
cations, with favorable weather, will
attract many visitors.
Mr. Haskett especially urges people
living on the route of the tour to ob
serve the schedule of the town’s trash
trucks and to remove trash cans as
soon as possible after they have been
emptied.
The following streets are pointed
out by Mayor Haskett:
East and West Church Street, East ;
and West Queen Street, West Eden
Street, Blount Street, East and West t
King Street, South Oakum Street and ;
East .and West Water Street.
•V • *
Lions ClulfeSLirel
And Jubilee Will Be
Staged Friday Night
|_ Dangerous J
Edenton police report that a
dangerous practice is developing
in Edenton due to children riding
bicycles on the town’s sidewalks.
Not only is there a possibility of
pedestrians and the children
themselves being injured if the
practice is continued, but there
is a Town ordinance prohibiting
riding bicycles on sidewalks.
The police urge children to re
frain from riding on the side
walks and appeal to parents to
instruct children to abandon the
practice.
President Os Chowan
College Speaker At
Convention Os BTU
B. D. Bunn Will Speak
April 9; Other Not
able Speakers
One of the feature addresses for
the well balanced program of the Re
gional Training Union Convention in
Murfreesboro April 8-9 will be
brought by Chowan College Presi
dent, B. D. Bunn. President Bunn
will speak during the Saturday morn
ing session, April 9, on the subject
“Faithful to our Mission”. He will
be received with much interest be
cause of his interest in the youth and
educational program of the State as
well as his recent appointment to
the presidency of Chowan College.
Other speakers on the program of
the convention of three sessions are
Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr., pastor
of Hayes-Barton Baptist Church in
Raleigh, and Harvey T. Gibson, sec
retary of the State Training Union
Department of Raleigh. Dr. Kinch
, eloe will bring the inspirational ad
dress for the Friday night session on
i the subject “God’s Call to Christian
i Laymen”. Secretary Gibson will ad
dress the convention, in his official
. capacity, during the Saturday morn
. ing session on the subject “Faithful
to our Training Task”. Bennie Pled-
I ger, student of Wake Forest College,
' will speak Friday night on “Faithful
I to the Call”.
1 Besides conferences, demonstrations
. and inspiring talks the program in
• eludes both vocal and instrumental
I (Continued on Page Four)
Negro Is Charged
With Murder Os His
Common-law Wife
Henry W. Ewing Held
For Trial In Chowan
Superior Court
A murder occurred in Chowan
County Friday morning about 10
o’clock, • when Dorothy Hodges; 26-
year-old Negro woman, was killed at
the home of her common-law husband,
Henry W. Ewing, 24, along the Pem
broke Creek, a few miles from Eden
ton. Ewing is charged with killing
the woman with a .22 calibre rifle.
He is charged with murder and in
a preliminary hearing held in Re
corder’s Court Tuesday he was or
dered held by Judge Marvin Wilson
to be tried in next week’s term of
Superior Court.
According tq. officers, the shooting
allegedly grew out of an argument
over the dead woman’s relations with
another man. The couple were re
ported to have lived together as com
mon-law husband and wife for about
a year and have a four-months-old
child.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch and State Pa
trolman Paul Whitley reported that
Ewing was waiting by the side of the
road when they went to the scene of
the crime, and that he led them into
the house to view the dead woman.
PEANUT MEN MEET AT HOTEL
Peanut shelters and cleaners of Vir
ginia and North Carolina representing
the Virginda-Carolina Peanut Associ
ation held their monthly meeting in
Hotel Joseph Hewes Wednesday. W.
W, Byruin is president
$2.00 Per Year.
t
Show Now Expected to
Eclipse All Previous
Performances
STARTS~AT 8 P. M.
Proceeds Go For Blind
Work and Edenton
Band
Edenton’s Lions Club is all set for
the presentation of its annual min
strel and jubilee on Friday night,
April 1, in the Edenton High School
auditorium. The show is scheduled
to begin at 8 o’clock. With Oscar
Duncan acting as director, members
of the cast have been practicing
I faithfully, so that this year’s show
I is said to be even bigger and better
than any previous performance.
The minstrel is expected to at
i tract a capacity house Friday night,
. with the proceeds going toward work
| among the blind of the county, one
I of the Lions Club’s major projects,
and the Edenton Band.
Featured as end men in the
1 minstrel are John Mitchener, Sidney
Campen, George Thompson, Bill Co
zart, Dr. W. S. Griffin and Jimmy
Partin.
Soloists include Haywood Bunch,
- Ernest Ward, Jr., J. C. Leary, Jimmy
- Partin, Earl Harrell, J. E. Coffey,
i Bill Cozart, West Leary, Bruce
; Jones, George Thompson and Jesse
- Harrell.
1 William Privott will be the inter
- locutor and Earl Harrell will be at the
t piaano.
1 Director Duncan says a special
- feature of the show will be the
1 “world famous” Wesquire Calendar
5 Girls, who, he said, “will be seen for
■> the first time and probably the last
time in this community.”
| Mrs. Guy C. Hobbs
: Chairman Chowan
i 1949 Cancer Drive
- Chowan County’s Quota
| $1,050 Says Mrs.
Hobbs
i — j-
Mrs. Guy C. Hobbs, chairman of
s the Chowan County Chapter of the
- American Cancer Society fund-drive,
•1 which opens April 1, announced Wed
nesday morning that ,Chowan Coun
ty’s quota is $1,050.
“Fixing of this goal,” said Mrs.
Hobbs, “will provide us with a general
objective, a sort of target that should
be struck not once but as many times
over as possible.”
Mrs. Hobbs explained that the goal
was assigned by the division head
| quarters of the American Cancer So
> ciety and is an approximate .share of
what the community should raise in
• proportion to other towns and cities.
I “There is very little relationship,”
stated Mrs. Hobbs, “between this fig
ure and the actual money needed. The
national headquarters of the Ameri
can Cancer Society has informed us
i that they will need at least $3,500,000
) to continue the research projects now
- under way. They could use millions
t more if all of the research applica
, tions were to be tilled.
“The society must select only the
- most promising among the hundreds
j. of possible avenues which may eventu
ally lead to a cancer cure. It seems
v a pity that some scientist who may
- hold a clue that could lead to the con
. quest of cancer will be unable to de
i velop his research for lack of funds.
’ “I know that the people of Chowan
County are going to accept this goal
■ as a springboard. From there we can
: carry the 1949 drive along that extra
i mile that comes really from the
heart.”
Last year the American Cancer So
ciety received a total of $1,296.13 dn
Chowan County. The quota was
SBOO.OO.
Chowan JP’s Included
In 1949 Omnibus Bill
i Four Chowan County justices of the
peace were included in the omnibus
bill which was introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly Thursday of last week.
. The bill calls for a two-year term, be
; ginning April 1.
The Chowan justices of the peace
i listed in the bill are F. W. Hobbs, W.
S. Summer*!!, J. L. Wiggins and T. L.
Wfcrd.