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Volume XVI. —Number 37. September Term Os Superior Court Completed Tuesday Judge Q. K. Nimocks Disposes of Cases In Short Order Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayette ville opened the September term of Chowan Superior Court on Monday with an eloquent charge to the mem bers of the Grand Jury to live up to their duty in the light of true justice. After little six-year-old Howard Al len Collins, nephew of Sheriff Bunch, nulled the ballots which listed the names of the grand jurors, and T. A. Berryman was selected as foreman of the jury, the Judge in a modulated tone of voice and with careful choice cf words, amplified by many exam ples and illustrations, reviewed fund amental points of law necessary to the proper exercise of their duties. The Superior Court Justice was most concerned with humane treatment of prisoners and the conditions of jail houses. He was most solicitous con cerning the welfare of widows and or phans charging the Grand Jury that a thorough review of all qualified executors, and administrators and guardians be made to see that they are executing their duties properly. Reminding them that they had sworn on the Bible to leave no one unpre sented out of fear, favor, reward or hope of reward, he stated that it was their bounden duty to make a pre sentment againse anyone known to be violating the law or who violated the law and was not brought to justice. He said that the Grand Jury was one of the most powerful bodies to sit, and he wanted them to do their job most carefully, and with the sworn secrecy demanded of them by law. The members of the Grand Jury in clude T. A. Berryman, foreman; W. W. Byrum, Jr., R. W. Leary, Jr., T. Ehrie Haste, Percy Smith, Thomas Brabble, George Davidson, Quinton Bass, Guy C. Hoblis* H. E. Bunch, O. M. Blanchard, Nolan Toppen, For rest Erwin, Lane, J. F. Harrell, Wal ter Umphlett, J. ; I. Hendrix, E. J. Lane, Luther Dail. A. 15 Godwin ,f Gat’.sviile served as Solicitor while Walter Cohoon of Elizabeth City is away on sick leave. The docket, both civil and criminal, was cleaned up by Tuesday afternoon. The following judgments were ren dered Roy H. Kimmel, convicted of larceny, 1 year on the roads suspend ed if requirements of court are met; Dorrence E. Rhoades, larceny, 1 year on roads suspended if conditions of court are met; John M. Jones, burg- • lary, six months on roads to run con currently with a sentence now being ordered to serve under a revocation of parole in connection with a 7 year sentence from New Hanover County; T. C. Jackson, embezzlement, 6 months on the roads, -suspended if certain conditions of court are met; Lawton McDowell, forgery and uttering forg ed checks, 2 bills of indictment con taining two counts in each. Convicted. . Sixty days on the roads, for each count in the conviction;' Benjamin F. Blankenship, guilty and convicted on the following charges in order, but suspended judgment on the last count: drunken driving, 3 months; re sisting arrest, 3 months; assaulting an officer, one month; drunk and dis orderly, judgment suspended. The sen tence is to be served on the roads. Colored: Tyler Vicks convicted of as sault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill, inflicting serious injury. .Two months on the roads; Ruth V. Yates, six months for forgery, sus pended upon the meeting of certain requirements of the court. Brief Meeting If Town Council Held On Tuesday Night Budget Is Officially Ap proved; Little Business Is Transacted Town Counc'ilmen held a brief monthly meeting Tuesday night, the meeting being called at 7 o’clock in order for members of the Board to see at least part-of the baseball game between the Edenton Colonials and Colerain. Very few matters were presented for consideration, bo that the meeting lasted only a little over an hour. , During the meeting the 1949-50 budget was officially adopted and George I. Dali was officially appoint ed Chief of Police to succeed Robert L. Pratt Due to the change in chief of police, Mr. Pratt was appointed captain of the Police Department ■ .-kVtf, i-siiisil * . ■■ ' -it.* . THE CHOWAN HERALD j VERY HAPPY GROUP II I 'SMBpteX <j x-'o •. IBf > '£/' < > Jiijß -jE| .&r Jm | %, j§ J** > Mpfeipj J* ty. -' |LV|^. fc HI if |P|jp < * ■ S ■ *• Possibly no happier group has gathered in Edenton in many years than the above, the occasion being the official breaking ground for the new Chowan Hospital. The group includes directors of the hospital and Miss Frances Tillett, manager of the hospital and Miss Annie Ruth White, supervisor of nurses. Pictured above are, left to right, J. Clarence Leary, Miss Annie Ruth White, West Byrum, Miss Frances Tillett, J. W. Davis, chairman of the directors, who is breaking ground, M. A. Hamm, architect, William P. Jones and Albert Byrum. AAA/V^V^/^A^/WWS^/S/WWA/VVWWV/WVW 873 Enrolled In Edenton’s School; 65 Over Last Year Necessary to Change Schedule of Serving Lunches Fenton L. Larson, principal of the Edenton school, reported this week that this year’s enrollment leads last year by 65. Last year there were 808 children enrolled, while this year the enrollment reached 873. Increases are noted in practically all grades with the high school en rollment being 212 as against 189 last year. In the elementary grades the enrollment this year is 661 com pared with 619 last year. The largest enrollment appears in the first grade with 109 pupils and the smallest en rollment; is' in the 121* grade with 37 students. Another interesting fact in con nection with the growth of the school appears in the cafeteria department, where 375 lunches were served each of the first two days of school as compared with 290 last year. Due to the increased cafeteria enrollment it has been necessary to change the schedule for serving meals. Due to this condition primary grades will be excused at 12 o’clock, fourth, fifth and sixth grade at 12:10, Seventh and eighth grade at 12:20 and the high school at 12:30. Mr. Larson also stated that town children will be excused on the same schedule for lunch. Two Traffic Lights On Broad Street Warnings Installed But Not Yet Placed In Operation On Monday of this week two traf fic lights were installed by the Elec tric ■ and Water Departments. The two lights are located at the inter section of Broad and Queen streets and at Broad and Church streets. ♦While the lights are in place, E. & W. employees experienced some de fects in the motor mechanism, so that they will not be operated until the trouble can be remedied. Six Book Stations Set Up In Chowan Plans Are Under Way To Serve Other Sec tions of County —■ —' Once a week on Fridays, Miss Har- 1 riet Leary, circulation librarian for 1 Chowan County, makes her round of i six book stations located dt Advance, < Beech Fork, Cum Pond, Oak Grove, : Cross Roads and Ryland. Around < 35 books are kept at each station for readers and they are changed weekly. , Plans are being made to serve other < sections of the county as facilities < develop, but Miss Leary says interest- 1 ed readers can speed up this service i by cooperating and contacting her ait 1 the Cupola House. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 15, 1949. Dance Scheduled For Local Marines In Armory Sept 24 ( Young Ladies of Town Are Urged to Attend Affair Sponsored by Chaplain Dean W. Kennedy and Captain David Cleeland, special services officer at the Marine ‘ Corps Air Station, a dance will be • held at the Edenton Armory Satur day night, September 24, starting at 8 o’clock and continuing until mid night. Music for the dance will be i furnished by Ronnie Hart and his i orchestra. Marine officials stated that the ; dance is primarily for enlisted men • on the base and an appeal is made for young ladies of the town and com munity to attend in order for the Marines to enjoy an evening of danc ing. Captain Cleeland is very anxi ous for local women’s organizations to prevail upon young ladies to at tend in order to make the affair a pleasant evening for both the ladies themselves as well as the Marines. Captain Cleeland also stated that no ! alcoholic beverages will be allowed, but that soft drinks will be on sale. White Cane Sale Will i Begin September 19 Funds Will Go Toward Helping Blind In County 1 The White Cane Sale and mem i bership drive for the North Carolina Commission for the Blind will be con ducted from September 19 through > the 24th, according to Dr. Martin Wisely, chairman for the Sight Con servation Committee of the local Lions Club. Dr. Wisely will announce the names of his committee at the next club meeting on Monday night. The Edenton Lions Club has for its : major project the helping of the blind. Residents of Edenton have been very ; cooperative and sympathetic for this worthy cause, and it is expected that as in past years, the drive will be most successful. IS THE MOORE HOUSE ON BROAD STREET I THE RESIDENCE OF PENELOPE BARKER? Keen speculation has arisen con cerning the old Moore house on Broad street next to the new Belk-Tyler store. i ' Based upon the facts which have been recently unearthed by Miss Eliz abeth Moore from documents in the Chowan County Courthouse and in Raleigh, there'is enough to at least arouse deeper inquiry into the prop erty which still stands and has been in the Moore family for over one hun dred and some odd years. Lovers of facts and history, and certainly lovers of the colonial history of Edenton would lament the fact deeply, if this property were to go the way of many other historic buildings and be sold to be torn dqwn for a business building. If it can be proven that the old relic is in fact the maim Edenton’s “Dollar Days” Help To Boost Business Two Days Some Merchants Sug gest Another Event In Spring • In an effort to determine whether or not it was a good idea to continue the idea of “Dollar Days” and “Bar gain Days”, merchants who had par ticipated were contacted and their opinions polled. The general agree ment was that it did bring people to town. One merchant declared that at one period on Friday he didn’t have enough clerks to take care of the cus tomers. Another merchant declared that "Dollar Days” should be held for a whole week. The Merchants Committee inaugu rated the recent “Dollar Days” acti vities as a feeler or tryout. The presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association in Wind sor, himself the head of a large de partment store, is most enthusiastic about these dollar days. In Elizabeth City, Suffolk, Norfolk, and other townsr “Dollar Days” have been used most successfully to stimulate the , trade. The “Dollar Days” in Edenton were approached with an open minded at titude, and it is indicated that they are of value in trade stimulation, the more so when it is considered that very little preparation was given to the event, and that not all of the mer chants participated. Whether or not the other places of business benefit ted by the increase of people in town during the trade event on Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, is left up to fair minded people to judge. A definite boost to the activity was given by the local police department under Chief George I. Dafl who had all parking meters covered with pa per bags, denoting the “Dollar Days” and' allowing free parking. The Po lice head had the full sanction of Mayor Haskett and the City Council in helping to make this trade event in helping to make this “Bargain Days” trade event possible, suggested to the merchants to be held in the spring of the year. Again, if the business people agree it will be tried. New Demonstration Club Organized For Oak Grove Section Mrs. Sam Nixon Elected President of New Group A new home demonstration club was organized in the Oak Grove com munity on September 8 at the "home of Mrs. Elbert Peele. This new club was sponsored by the Rocky Hock Club and Mrs. Alvin Byrum visited with the organization meeting. The following officers were elect ed: President, Mrs. Sam Nixon; vice president, Mrs. Elbert Peele; secre tary-treasurer, Mrs. Percy Nixon. The president will appoint project lead ers at the next meeting. The club decided to sell magazine subscriptions to raise money for the club. Miss Rebecca Colwell explained the duties of each leader and gave a very interesting demonstration on yard improvement. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday night, October 5 at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Dick Byrum. • residence of the famed leader of the I Edenton Tea Party, instead of the one , which was certainly inferior in size and quality, and which could have been one of the auxiliary buildings, 1 recently torn down, Edenton owes it ’ to the future to preserve it and re -1 store it. 1 Apart from the historical aspects ; and the altruistic angles one can see it as one of the attractions to visitors 1 and tourists. That these will attract one has only to refer to the experi ence of the Junior Woman’s Club and 1 1 the garden tour and colonial home < tour which they sponsored last year. This writer believes whether or not i : it is the Penelope Barker Home, the i building has values as a tourist at i traction. Why can’t the clubs of the 1 town and others join hands and buy j it ?— P.A.C. _ i \ New Chiropractor % wW '■ ' lit mmmßm cMf DR. GEORGE BYBA Moving his equipment from Wil son to Edenton, Dr. Byba, chiro practor, is now associated with Dr. George T. Crawford in opera tion of the Chiropractic Clinic in their offices in Joseph Hewes Ho tel. Opening Postponed To Friday, Sept 23 Failure to Receive Mer chandise Main Rea son For Delay Although the new and ultra modern Belk-Tyler department store was scheduled to open Friday, A. L. Tyler, secretary-treasurer and general man ager of the Belk-Tyler organization, and J. R. DuLaney, manager of the Edenton store, on Monday announced that they will postpone the opening until Friday of next week, September 23. Postponement of the opening was caused by a large quantity of mer chandise being held up in transit, as well as a number of finishing touches to be done to the building. The two officials stated that when the store is opened they want all 61 tne mer chandise ordered to be in the store and for the building to be in readi ness to present to the people of the community a shopping center of which they may well be proud. A complete section of the Herald 1 next week will give readers some idea | of the merchandise to be found in the j new Belk-Tyler store. VFW Post Will Hold Open House Next Tuesday, Sept. 20 Members, Wives and Guests Cordially In vited to Attend William H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars of U. S., will observe open house at the Post’s home over the bus station next Tuesday night, September 20, at 8 o’clock. All members," their wives, girl friends and guests are cordially in vited for an evening of good fellow ship and fun. Sandwiches and re freshments, all on the house, will be served, with dancing to climax the open house event. Enrollment In County Unit Leads Last Year According to W. J. Taylor, superin tendent of schools in the county ad ministrative unit, enrollment this year exceeds last year by 30. He re ported that the enrollment is 928 in the white and colored schools, as compared with 898 last year. At Chowan High School 118 were enrolled in the high school and 317 in the elementary grades. The Rocky Hock enrollment was 76. In the vari ous colored schools 422 were enrolled. Fire Chief R. K. Hall Inspects Fire Hydrants Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported to Town Council Tuesday night that only one fire occurred during August, which amounted to practically no damage. Mr. Hall also reported that he had inspected the 90 fire hydrants in Edenton and found only minor de fect in one, which was immediately corrected. $2.00 Per Year. - Edge On Series For 1949 Championship Colonials Playing an Up Hill Battle; Count Now 3-2 In an up-hill fight for the Albe marle League Championship, the Edenton Colonials won over Colerain Tuesday night on Hicks Field by a score of 6-2. The win brought the series to a 3-2 count with the Cole rair. Trappers holding on the long end. 1 Colerain won the first two games and then on Saturday night, Stanley Johnson silenced tne Trappers bats while his team..rates scored 10 runs to win 10-0 on Hicks Field. The game was played before a large crowd of shivering fans, many of whom left before the game was over. The Colonials scored two in the first inning and one in the third, and the 3-0 score stood until the eighth, when the Colonials went on a ram ! page to score seven runs, j Colerain won a slugging spree in Colerain Sunday afternoon by a count of 11-8. Pitchers for both teams had hard sledding with the Colonials using Craig, Moore and Stocker. Colerain used Blair and Gy sen. The Colonials collected 11 hits, while the trappers made 14. Five home runs featured the game, made by Trot Leary for Edenton and Tea gue Brooks,' Cesky and Gysen for Colerain. The victory put Colerain out in front by a 3-1 count. Rain prevented a game being play ed Monday night, but on Tuesday night Edenton’s Stanley Johnson let the Colerain sluggers down with only three hits, while the Colonials tapped Dowdy, ace Colerain hurler for nine hits, two of which were two-run hom ers by Trot Leary and Gashouse Parker. The score was 6-2, and brought the series to a 3-2 count in favor of Colerain. The Colonials scored two runs early in the game and held a 2-1 lead until the sixth, when a home run by Dowdy tied the score 2-2. In the Seventh Hoch walked ani scored ‘On a home run by Trot Leary over the right field fence. Fulghum then walked and Parker homered over the left field fence. The sixth game was scheduled to Ibe played in Colerain Wednesday 1 night while the Herald was being printed. Marine Gridders i Will Play Norfolk Outfit Sept. 24th Ladies of Community Will Be Admitted Free Edenton’s Marine Corps football team is scheduled to meet the Marine Barracks outfit of Norfolk on Hicks Field Saturday afternoon, September 24, at 2 o’clock. According to Cap tain David Cleeland, special service off:cer, all ladies of the community wil 1 be admitted free of charge. The local Marine eleven has play ed two practice games thus far with Cherry Point, with the Pointers de feating the Edenton aggregation both times. A dance will be held at night in the Edenton Armory for enlisted men, which young ladies of the com munity are urged to attend. Children Now Ordered To Vacate Playground When Mowing Grass Due to the recent accident on the Edenton playground, all children hereafter are required to get off the playground when town employees mow the grass. Neither the Junior Woman’s Club nor the Town of Edenton will be re sponsible for any accidents when the mowing machine is in operation on the playground, so that children should be reminded to get off the field when it is being mowed. COUNTY DEBT REDUCED West Byrum, chairman of the County Commissioners was authorized last week to pay $6,036.30 on the county’s indebtedness. The amount represents road, bridge and school bonds due October 1. *
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