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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 25~
Bronze Marktji To
BeUnveiledSuSday
On Norcom House
Many Prominent Peo
ple Expected to At
tend Program
Edenton and G. H. Harding’s Sy
eamore Plantation in particular will
be the center of attraction next
Sunday, June 26, when the Sir Wal
ter Raleigh Chapter of the North
Carolina Society of the Colonial
Domes of the Seventeenth Century
will unveil a bronze marker on the
Norcom House on the plantation.
The unveiling will take place
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
for which an interesting program
has been arranged. The program
will begin with music by the Eden
ton High School Band and an as
sembly call by a bugler. Mrs.
Thomas Stamps, president of the
Sir Walter Raleigh Chapter of the
Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth
Century, will call the gathering to
order and preside. The invocation
will be by Mrs. M. B. Koonce, chap
ter chaplain, after which Mrs. W.
G. Woltz. State Currator will lead
in repeating the Pledge of Allegi
ance. The band will then play
America, after which Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher will extend greetings to
the visitors. Grayson H. Harding,
owner of the Thomas Norcom
House, will then extend greetings
and distinguished guests will be
recognized by Mrs. Stamps. A his
torical sketch will then be present
ed by Mrs. C. H. Stephenson, chair
man of the Marker Committee,
which will be followed by unveiling
the marker by Norcom descendants.
The presentation of the marker
will be made by Mrs. Stamps. The
marker will be accepted for the
State by Mrs. Raymond Maxwell,
State President, an< * **•
Thornton, honorary National Presi
dent General of Colonial Dames of
the Seventeenth Century, will ac
cept. the marker for the national
organization, tlie program will
close with benediction and taps by
c.'bugler.
Aside from the program at Syca
more, a call meeting of the North
Carolina Society will be held at Ho
tel Joseph Hewes Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock, when Mrs. Nathan
Johnson, vice president, will pre
side. At this meeting officers will
be installed, including Mrs. Ray
mend Maxwell as president; Mrs.
W. S. Baskerville as Librarian:
Mrs. R. P. Rosser as Historian.
Committee appointments will also
be announced.
Following this meeting Mr. and
hirs. John Fletcher will serve lunch |
at Bandan Plantation.
'At 4 o’clock tea will be served
at the Iredell House by Edenton’s
Daughters of the American Revo
lution and Colonial Dames of
America. Yaupon tea will be ser
ved with the ladies attired in Co
lonial costumes.
Expected to come to Edenton for
the occasion are prominent State
officials and many members of the
Colonial Dames of America and Co
lonial Dames of the Seventeenth
Century.
‘ Many invitations have been sent|
out. but Mr. Harding says all citi
zens of Edenton and Chowan Coun- J
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Damage Done In Recent Hail
StormEstimatedßyOverman
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In Many Cases Neces
sary to Plow Under
Damaged Crops
County Agent C. W. Overman I
this week roughly estimated that
the hajl and wind storm Saturday
afternoon, June 11, indicates a loss
of about *125,000 to crops, *20,000
to buildings and up into th e thous
ands of dollars to automobiles,
trucks and other vehicles. One
farmer reported having quite a
number of young pigs killed by the
hail.
Hail stones the size of baseballs
showered down In large quantities.
A small tornado-type wind accom
panied the hall in some spots de
molishing some buildings and doing
considerable damage to others.
The hail storm covered portions
of Edenton, Enterprise, Advance
and Rocky Hock communities.
Slight hail damage appeared in th?
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Fire Commission
To Be Continued
Until Reorganized
Group Will Adminis
ter Funds From Spe
cial 10c Tax
Taking a little time out while ,
working on the 1955-56 county bud
gel Monday, the Chowan County i
Commissioners passed a resolution •
to the effect that the Rural Fire i
Commission be continued until a 1 1
permanent organization can be per- i
fected to administer the funds i
which will be realized by the levy ,
of 10 cents for each SIOO property
valuation as authorized by a spe-j
rial election held Saturday, June •
lith. i
The Commission is also authoriz
ed to set up a system for rural
fire fighting, which will no doubt
include purchase of a new fire
truck and employment of a full- 1
time firemen, both to be stationed
in Edenton to start the rural fire 1
fighting program. 1
Legion - Auxiliary
Officers Will Be
Installed Tonight
Joint Meeting Sched
uled In Legion Hall
At 8 O’clock
New officers for Ed Bond Post
No. 40, American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary will be installed
a' a joint meeting to be held to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the American Legion hall. The in
stallation will be in charge of E. J.
Hobbs, Jr., District Commander.
Special guests at the meeting will
be three boys who attended the re
cent session of Boys’ State. The
trie, includes Stuart Hollowel], Bob
by Pratt and Clinton Davis.
Refreshments will be served at
i the close of the meeting and all
members of the Legion and Auxili
ary are especialy urged to attend.
Masons Plan ‘Dutch’
Supper On June 30th
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.,
& A. M., will stage a “Dutch” sup
per Thursday night, June 30, at 7
o’clock in the banquet hall of the
Masonic Temple. The supper will
be served by members of the East
ern Star.
The affair will be observed as la
dies’ night and a good program is
now being arranged.
I Cards have been sent out and ,
I Ernest Kehayes, in charge of the .
supper, should be notified at once ,
by those who expect to attend.
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Center Hill community. In the se- ,
vere hail stricken areas tobacco, ■
corn and cotton was stripped of ,
their leaves and a large percentage
of the tobacco and cotton plants (
were broken off. Some fields of ]
cotton, tobacco and com were so ,
. severely damaged that they have (
been plowed up' and planted in oth- ,
er crops. Where an average of two
leaves were left per plant cotton is (
being left with hopes of recovery. ,
Several tobacco growers are wait
ing for insurance adjustors and as ,
soon as the damage is agreed upon ]
they plan to cut off the tobacco
stalks about three leaves above the
ground, permitting one sucker to
grow and trying to salvage as much
from the tobacco field as possible.
This will be an expensive opera
tion as it will be necessary to con- :
i tinue working the tobacco and tak- 1
■ ing a chance on the sucker produc
. ing a part of a crop that may or-i
n-x-v net rinen and <'nr«» fairlv weli.l
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 23,1955.
Edenton Leads In j
Albemarle League
Locals Up to Tuesday
Win Five Out of Six
Games Played
Up to Tuesday of this week
Edenton Colonials held a full game
grip on the lead in the Albemarle
League, having won five of the six
games played. On their heels were
the Hertford Indians wdth four vic
tories and two defeats. Colerain
was in third place 3 to 2, follow’ed
by Elizabeth City 3-3, NAF 2-4 and
Palmer Tynch’s Chowan aggrega
tion in the cellar with no victories
and five defeats.
Edenton 12, Chowan 7
In a free scoring game played
on Hicks Field Thursday night the
Edenton Colonials rallied in the
ninth inning to score five runs and
win from Chowan 12 to 7. The
Colonials scored two runs in the
opening frame, three in the third,
one each in the fourth and fifth,
netting 7 runs. Chowan gradually
overcame the lead and tied the
'score in the eighth by scoring two
limns in the serond inning, one in
the third, two in the fifth and one
each in the seventh and eighth.
Wayne Emminizer started on the
mound for Edenton but gave way
to Ray Rogerson in the • eighth.
Together they allowed 10 hits. The
Colonials took to the liking of Ru
fus Hawkins and Albert Lassiter,
Chowan’s moundsmen, and collect
ed 15 hits. Manager Alton Brooks
led at bat for the Colonials with
three hits. Williams, Chowan’s
catcher, led his team with two hits.
Edenton 6, Elizabeth City 3
The Colonials on Friday night
defeated Elizabeth City on Hicks
Field by a score of 6 to 3. Ray
Rogerson was on the mound for the
Colonials and was opposed by vet
eran Jim Curtis. The two pitched
on pretty even terms, with Curtis
giving up seven hits and Rogerson
eight. Rogerson, however, helped
his own cause by clouting the ball
over left field fence for a hdmerqn
with a runner crossing home plate
ahead of him.
The Colonials scored early with
two runs in the first, one in the
serond. Two more runs were add
ed in the fourth and the final run
was made in the eighth. The visit
ors scored two runs in the third
and one in the ninth, but never
seriously threatened to overcome
the Colonials’ lead.
Brooks and Forehand led at bat
for the Colonials with two hits
each. Gregory and C. Scott each
had two hits for the visitors.
The Chowan-Colerain game was
rained out.
Al Phillips Installed
President Os Lions
Installation of Officers
Held at Meeting on
Monday Night
Officers for the 1955 fiscal year
for the Edenton Lions Club were
installed at the regular meeting
Monday night. W. S. Privott con
ducted the installation ceremony
and charged each officer with his
duties for the coming year.
Officers installed were: Presi
dent, Al Phillips; first vice presi
dent, Ernest J. Ward, Jr.; second
vice president, M. A. Hughes; third
vice president, G. M. Belch; secre
tary-treasurer, W. J. Taylor; direc
tors, J. Rodney Byrum, R. West
Leary, Jr., Herbert Hollowell, Hay
wood Bunch; tail twister, T. E.
Francis, and Lion tamer, West By
rum, Jr.
Bobby Pratt made a report to the
club regarding the Boys’ State
meeting which he attended under
sponsorship of the Edenton Lions
Club in Chapel Hill. Bobby at
tended during the week of June
12-18 and he expressed his appre
ciation to the club for its sponsor
ship.
The Lions Club will meet next
Monday night June 27th, but will (
not meet on July 4th.
Lloyd T. Williams
Soldier Os Month
Pfc. Lloyd T. Williams, stationed
at Fort Hood, Texas, was named
the soldier of the month of May at I
Fort Hood. Pfc. Williams is the!
•son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Wil-j
.liii ms. Route 2. Edenton, , 1
| Annual County 4-H
Elimination Day Is
Outstanding Affair
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Winners Will Compete
For State Honors
July 6th
The second annual Chowan Coun
ty 4-H Elimination Day was held
at the Chowan High School and
Community Building on Friday,
June 17. Club members gave dem-j
onstrations on several phases of
4-H Club work in order to determ
ine the winners. County winners
will attend the District Elimination
Day which will be held at Wash
ington on July 6. District winners
will then attend the State 4-H Club
Week at Raleigh, where the State
contest will be held.
Steve Burch, president of the
4-H County Council, called the
meeting to order, after which Dick
Lowe led the devotions. Jimmy
Hollowell led a hymn with Kay
Frances White as the piano accom
panist. Bemie Baker, secretary
treasurer of the County Council,
called the roll by clubs and read
the minutes of th P first annual
Elimination Day.
The Ryland Local Club sponsor
ed the Dress Revue, of which Evan
geline Copeland served as narra
tor Mary Sue Elliott was in
charge of the script, and Peggy,
Perry was in charge of the music. I
Winners in the Senior Division
were: First, Mary Sue Elliott; sec
ond, Sara Margaret Asbell; third,
Fay F. White.
Junior Division winners were:
First, Barbara Ann Jordan; second,
Becky Harrel; third, Sonny White.
The 4-H Public Speaking Con
test was held in which two hoys
and two girls competed for top
honors. Steve Burch was senior
winner in the boys’ division and
will represent the county in the
District Elimination Day. Joe Hol
-1 lowell was junior winner in the
Boys’ division. Peggy Perry was
senior winner in the girls’ division
and Kay Frances White won sec
ond place.
The Cross Roads Local Club
sponsored the health pageant, of
which Peggy Perry was narrator
and Kay Frances White rendered
the music. Each boy and each
girl who was winner of the health
activity in his club appeared on the
stage in the pageant. Dr. B. B.
McGuire, County Health Officer,
crowned Mary Sue Elliott and Dick
1 Low e as the Chowan County Senior
Queen and King of Health respec
tively. Dr. McGuire crowned Bar
bara Ann Jordan as Junior Health
| Queen and Vem Lee Goodwin as
Junior Health King,
i Marjorie Evans and Kay Hare
i were declared winners in the Jun
ior Division of the Dairy Foods
Team Demonstration. The title of
! their demonstration was “Dress Up
Milk With Fruits”. Beckie Harrell ,
and Esther Layton won second
place with their demonstration,
“Milk Drinks—Strawberry.” Bet
ty Gay Morris was winner of the
Individual Dairy Foods Demonstra
tion. She gave a demonstration
entitled “Dress Up Milk.” Sonny
White won second place with her |
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EdentonWoman’sClub Joins
In Unique Chain Project To
Curb 4th Os July Accidents
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Every Person Having
Telephone Will Be
Called
Members of the Edenton Wo
man’s Club will participate in a na
tion-wide life-saving project bas
ed on a chain of telephone calls on
June 29-30. This project is being
conducted by the General Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs as a special
event in cooperation with the Presi
! dent’s committee for traffic safety.
The aim of this unique action is
to reach every American home with
an appeal for special care and cour
tesy in driving on streets and high
ways over the Fourth of July week
lend.
At 10:30 A. M„ on June 29, ev
ery member of the Edenton Wo
! man’s Club will make the first of
jfour telephone calls spreading the
1 traffic safety appeal Each recipi-
Methodists To Hold
Installation Service
On Sunday Morning
Special Sermon Plan
ned For the Occa
sion By Pastor
A special service is being plan
ned at the Methodist Church for
next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
At that time the new Official
Board and Commissions will be in
stalled for the coming year begin
ning July 1. These groups were
formally organized at a fellowship
supper meeting at the Methodist
Church Wednesday evening of this
week.
The Rev. J. E. Richardson, pas
tor of the church, announces a ser
mon appropriate to the installation
service for next Sunday morning
and asks that the members of the
Official Board and Commissions sit
'n a body.
During the conference year just
ending the main emphasis in the
x local Methodist Church has been
lon stewardship. A tithing adven
ture was conducted from the mid
dle of February tluough the month
of May. The record of the church
has been outstanding with refer
ence to support of the benevolent
causes of the Methodist Church
around the world—missions and
overseas relief, race relations work
in the South, and the program of
1 church extension in the North Car
-1 olina Conference, to mention only
a few. Al! conference obligations
have been met well in advance of
the North Carolina annual Confer
ence, which will convene In Fayette
-1 viße at the Hay Street Methodist
Church on Monday, July 27.
Under a new Committee on Ste
wardship made up of Gerald James,
Dr. A. F. Downum and J. A. Trus- '
low, the stewardship emphasis will
1 be continued throughout the earn
ing year.
With Robert S. Marsh and Rufus 1
Carraway as superintendent and as- \
sistant superintendent respectively, ‘
leading the educational program
during the coming year, great im- 1
provements in the Sunday School
are sure to he realized. A general
reorganization becomes effective '
July 3rd.
Richardson Sings ,
At Rotary Meeting
The Rev. J. E. Richardson, pas
tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, entertained Edenton Rotar
ians at their meeting last week.
Mr. Richardson sang several de
lightful numbers and was accom
panied at the piano by Miss Mary
Leggett Browning.
The program was arranged by
Frank Holmes.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
The Edenton Lions Club will meet 1
I Monday night, June 27, instead of I
July 4, national Independence Day. i
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, ent of a call will be asked to call 1
four others, friends, neighbors, or ,
other persons listed in the tele- ,
phone directory, so that as the 1
chain spreads all of the homes in
Edenton and those having phones I
out in the county will be reached. ,
All calls are to be completed in the
1 two days.
Last year, the three-day holiday i
over the Fourth brought death to 1
348 men, women and children in <
traffic accidents. Thousands of (
others suffered painful and crip- |
pling injuries <
You can help to prevent a repe- i
tition of such needless and tragic
sacrifice due to carelessness and
heedlessness in this year’s celebra
tion of Independence Day. Your
personal appeal to “take it easy i
' and watch out for the other fel- '
i low',” may be the means of saving 1
a life, that otherwise would be lost-u
Chowan County’s Tax Rate
Is Tentatively Set At $1.53
For Fiscal Year Os 1955-56
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I Boy Scouts Raise
i Enough Money To
Camp For Week
Percy Dail Apprecia
tive For Support
In Work
Percy Dail, Assistant Scoutmas
ter of Boy Scout Troop No. 56, is
very much encouraged over the re
vived interest and cooperation in
Boy Scout work in Edenton. He
reports that last week’s chow mein
supper was very successful and net
ted $144.25 toward the camp fund.
In fact he reports that enough
money has now been raised to send
the Scouts to Camp Darden for a
week without calling upon the boys
to help pay for the trip. The
Scouts are scheduled to leave Eden
ton Sunday, July 3, to spend a
week camping at Camp Darden.
Mr. Dail has been ably assisted
recently by Horace White, Lieut.
Bill Andresivick and Sgt. Val Ed
dens, and he wishes to express his
appreciation to this trio as well
as others who are lending their
support to the Scout program.
Bill Perry District
VFW Commander
Elected at State Con
vention Held In
Durham
William H. Coffield Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
was well represented at the State
VFW Convention held in Durham
June 9 and 12.
One of the members, Bill Perry,
was signally honored at the meet
ing, when he was elected Com
mander of the First District. The
district includes posts at Edentar.
Manteo, Elizabeth City, Hertford, ;
Windsor, Ahoskie, Columbia, Ply
mouth and Sunbury.
Rufus Joyner of Rocky Mount
was elected Department Command
er
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Annual Red Men j
Banquet July 15th
Interesting Program
For Affair Now In
Making
i
Plans are going forward for the '
annual banquet of Chowan Tribe .
No. 12, Improved Order of Red
Men, which is scheduled to be held
in the American Legion hall Friday
night, July 15, at 7:30 o'clock.
The banquet will be furnished by
the Red Men. who will have their
wives, as well an members of the
Degree of Pocahontas and their
husbands as special guests. Mem
bers will be notified by a return
postcard, so that they can notify
those in charge of the banquet in
order to know how many r to pre
pare for.
Various committees are now at
work and an interesting program,
with a visiting speaker, is now in
the making.
Masons Confer Degree
At Meeting Tonight
C. W. Overman, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F„ & A. M.,
has called an emergent communi
cation to be held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock. The purpose of
the meeting is to confer the sec
ond degree, and all members are
urged to attend.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The program
will be in charge of John A.
Holmes and President Gilliam Wood
urges all members to be present.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
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Looks Good
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Attractiveness of the panel room
in Chowan County’s historical
' Court House was greatly enhanced
I recently when an original English
oak library table was placed in the
Icenter of the room.
’I The table was for many years in
the library at Asheville, N. C., and
was presented to Mrs. Inglis Fletch
er, Chowan’s famous novelist, who
in turn presented it to the county
to be placed in the panel room,
where also hang on the walls two
large portraits given by Mrs.
Fletcher.
The table was repaired and re
finished by Hubert Williford, so
that it now adds greatly to the at
tractiveness of the room.
Recorder’s Court
Showing Gradual
Increase Os Cases
Over 749 More Cases
In Year Than Four
Years Ago
Some idea of the increase in
court work is reflected in figures
secured from County Accountant E.
W. Spires this week.
During the year 1950-51 the num
ber of cases in Recorder’s Court
were 490 which netted $8,260.00 in
fines and $3,879.25 in costs or a
total of $12,139.25.
In the 1954-55 year, with two
more weeks still remaining at the
time of the report, there were 1.-
239 cases which netted $13,124.50
in fines and $9,890.90 in costs, or
a total of $23,015.40.
The increase in the four-year
period was 749 more cases, $4,-
864.50 more collected in fines and
$6,011.65 in costs or a total increase
of $10,876.15.
| civic calendar]
Sir Walter Raleigh Chapter,
North Carolina Society of the Co
lonial Dames of the Seventeenth
Century will unveil a bronze mark
er on the Norcom House at Syca
more Plantation Sunday afternoon,
June 26, at 2:30 o’clock. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Edenton Woman’s Club will par
ticipate in a nation-wide life-saving
project June 29 and 30 to help re
duce Fourth of July traffic acci
dents.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F„
& A. M, will stage a “Dutch” sup
per in the Masonic Temple Thurs
day night, June 30, at 7 o’clock.
New officers of Hid Bond Post
No. 40, American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary will be installed.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1 i
Chowan County 501d52% Os
’55 U.S. Savings Bonds Quota
Sales Showing an In- 1
crease Both In State I
And Nation !
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A. B. Harless. U. S. Savings
Bonds Chairman for Chowan Coun- ,
ty, announces that the 1955 up- (
swing of U. S. Saving Bond sales .
continued to set a peace time rec
ord for North Carolina.
The monthly sales report releas- ,
ed by North Carolina Savings
Bonds Director, Walter P. Johnson, •
showed that for the seventh consec- i
utive month, U. S. Savings Bonds 1
for North Carolina have increased ;
from 17 per cent to 35 per cent i
over the corresponding months of
the previous year. The combined ;
sales of Series E and H Bonds to- ■
taled $4,606,054 for th e month of j
May representing a 35 per cent in- (
crease over the same month of last i
year. •
The cumulative sales for the first i
fiv e months of this year amounts i
to $24,739,630.75 which is 42 per i
'•ent of the 1955 quota and repre- ;
rp "’ss
DO YOUR PART
DONATE TO THE
SWIMMING POOLt
Budget Requirements
For Year Total
$329,551.18
I Chowan County Commissioners,
I in special session Monday, spent the
entire day delving into and jugg
i ling figures in connection with the
1955-56 budget for the county, and
late in the afternoon tentatively ap.
proved a tax rate of $1.53 on the
SIOO property valuation, the same
as last year. This rate, however,
does not include a special levy of
10 cents outside the Town of Eden
ton for rural fire protection, so
that taxpayers in Edenton will pay
taxes at the rate of $1.53 and out
side Edenton the rate will be $1.63.
Despite a number of increases in
appropriations, the Commissioners
shaved here and there, so that they
came out of the meeting well pleas
ed that they were able to maintain
the same tax rate as last year.
Total requirements for the year’s
budget amount to $329,551.18, of
which $162,768.57 is anticipated
from sources other than ad valorem
taxation. This leaves $166,782.61
to be raised by taxation on a prop
erty valuation of $11,000,000 which
will result from a $1.53 rate.
The rate is made of as follows:
Bends $ -20
Capital Outlay .17
Charity .13
Health .' w_, _ .11
Schools .63
Social Security : .09
General County Fund— .20
Total $1.53
Though some of the department
budgets were considered at previ
ous meetings, much of the time
Monday was devoted to the school
budget, which requires the lion’s
share of the tax ratU. Total school
requirements for the year amount
to $93,417.67, of which $31,427.67
is for the county unit and $61,-*
990.00 for the Edenton unit. Os!
this amount $24,160.90 is anticipate
ed from other Sources, including
fines, forfeitures and penalties, dog
taxes, intangible taxes and poll tax
e'. so that the amount to be levied
is $69,256.71, which requires a 63-
cent rate.
Requirements for bonds amount
to $38,654.61, of which there is an
unexpended and unencumbered bal
ance of $16,654.61, which leaves a
balance of $22,000.00 to be raised
by taxation, or 20 cents of the tax
rate.
For capital outlay requirements
are estimated at $18,700.00, which
requires 17 cente of the tax rate.
For charity requirements art es
timated at $18,828.80, of which $7,-
828.80 is for general assistance and
SII,OOO for hospitalization. State
and federal funds for this purpose
amount to $5,418.00, so that the
county must raise $13,410.80, which
requires 13 cents of the tax rate.
Requirements for social security
are estimated at $71,615.80, made
up as follows: $47,424.00 for old
j agfe assistance, $9,100.00 for aid
i Continued on Page 4—Section 1
; sents a 22 per cent increase over
jthe same months of last year,
j In Chowan County, sales for
| May were *23,243.75 and for the
• first five months of this year,
cumulative sales were *91,212.50.
Forty-five counties in North
Carolina have achieved 50 per cent,
or better, of their annual sales quo
ta. Chowan’s sales of *91,212.50
from January 1 to May 31 repre
sents 52 per cent of its *174,900.00
quota.
Mecklenburg County leads in to
tal doQlar volume with over *2,500,-
000 sold so far this year, followed
by Buncombe with over *1,500,000,
Forsyth with over $1,383,000, and
Guilford with over *1,207,000.
National sales for May show a
19 per cent increase over the same
month of 1954 with a 14 per cent
increase for the first fiv e months
of this year over the same period
of last year. Nation-wide sales for
the year exceeded redemption by
over *502,000,000. Americans now
own Series E and H Bonds valued
at 39.2 billion dollars, a record
amount. ___