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Bail, The Attorney General
May we be among the first to wel
come State Attorney General Robert
Morgan to meander along the Public
Parade? While his stay might be short
we want it to be pleasant.
Bob Morgan is one of our favorites.
He is a 24-karat politician who enjoys
the reputation of not talking out of both
sides of his mouth. He has done more
for at least two agencies under his com
mand—the SBI and Consumer Protec
tion—in a short period of time than any
one in modern times.
He also has done more to shake up
the commanders on the Council of State
than any other attorney general. And
he has also done a few things over at
East Carolina University.
When news up around the sinful city v
gets slack, reporters can always seem
to meet line quotas and deadlines by
interviewing their typewriters about Bob
Morgan running for governor. If Bob
Morgan doesn’t have a desire to live on
Blount Street then he has us fooled.
But he has some other things to do first.
One of the things is to address a La
dies’ Night Installation Banquet for
Edenton Jaycee officers. We are pleas
ed though that they didn’t also ask him
to do the actual installing. The top
knocker is a Republican and this is one
group for which the attorney general
has had little time—except in the im
partial handling of his duties.
So, welcome aboard Mr. Attorney
General. You’ll find the hospitality just
as deep as the heritage.
Look For Them
Elsewhere in The Chowan Herald this
week are two items we want to call par
ticular attention to. One is a letter to
the editor, the other a reprint of an
editorial.'
Both items deal with Chowan County
Courthouse.
The letter from District Solicitor Her
bert Small is about what goes on inside;
the editorial by Jay Huskins of States
ville Record & Landmark is about the
seriousness of the bomb incident. They
are both loaded and we commend them
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PASSING OF AN ERA—Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of Edenton Baptist Church for 24
years, conducts his last services here Sunday. Mr. Carroll is shown in insert on the
steps of the parsonage on Blount Street.
Local Baptist Pastor Retires Sunday
Sunday marks the close of an era for
Edenton Baptist Church. Rev. R. N s
Carroll, pastor of the church for 24
years, will retire. He plans to move
back to his native Tennessee.
Mr. Carroll will deliver his final serm
on as pastor of the church at 11 A. M.
He will then preside over the ordinances
of the Lord’s Supper and Baptism at
5 P. M.
The following message was inserted in
the regular church bulletin on April 19:
On next Sunday morning, April 26,
Mr. Carroll will deliver his final sermon
as pastor of our church. It is with a
deep feding of nostalgia that we see
this era in our church history come to
an end.
R. N. Carroll came from Knoxville,
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CHAMPIONS Os JUNIO* LIVESTOCK EVENT—The three pictuu here show the prise animals, their ownocs and those who pur
chased them at the ■«««—» Junior Livestock Show and Sale held April 15 at Valhalla Produce. Torn Byrum of Byron Implement *
T.-rt Mdi the ribbon while Joan Jordan holds the grand champion steer. The center picture shows Emmett Win borne and Milton
Tvneh of Valhalla Produce, with the grand champion individual pig. M. D. Baker is shown in the picture at right with Winborne
f Md the grand champion pen of three pigs.
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Atty. Gen. Robert Morg m S
Speech Set Here
By State Official
State Attorney General Robert Mor
gan will be keynote speaker tonight
(Thursday )when Edenton Jaycees in
stall new officers at their community
center on Base Road. James Darnell
is program chairman. The Ladies’
Night event begins with a social hour
at 6:30 o’clock.
This will be the first official visit to
Edenton by the Council of State member
since his election two years ago.
Tom Watts, Elizabeh City attorney
and area Jaycee vice president, will in
stall the new officers, a slate headed
by Robert P. Dail. Others to be install
ed are: Woody Copeland, first vice
president; Knapp Brabble, second vice
president; Graham Farless, secretary;
E. C. Toppin, treasurer; Garland Askew,
corresponding secretary; and Wallace
Evans, state director.
Wayne Ashley, retiring president, be
comes chairman of the board. Directors
are: Mack Privott, Henry Overon,
Miles Dunlow, and David Parks.
Morgan was born in Harnett County
and grew up in a family prominent in
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Tenn., to preach his first sermon in our
church on Sunday morning, April 7,
1946. Following the evening worship
service, which he also delivered, on the
same day, the church unanimously called
him as pastor. Just three weeks later—
Sunday, April 28, 1946—he began his
long tenure of 24 years as pastor of our
church.
Under the leadership of R. N. Carroll
our church has grown tremendously, ne
cessitating two major building programs
with expenditures totaling well over
$300,000. The indebtedness in each in
stance was paid off several years pre
maturely.
As a result of Mr. Carroll’s encour
agement and strong convictions relative
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Active Term, Fine Imposed
Arthur Allen Rail, 27, of Columbia,
was given an active prison sentence and
fined $550 in Chowan County District
Court after entering pleas of guilty to
four cases, including assaulting a state
trooper.
All of the charges grew out of an inci
dent on Highway 32, near Albemarle
Sound bridge at 10 P. M., on April 3.
The charges were lodged by State Troop
er R. H. Allen.
Dali had charged the trooper with
assault with a deadly weapon, a felony,
but decided not to prosecute and the
case was nol prossed by Solicitor Wilton
Walker.
At the same time the solicitor agreed
to accept a plea to simple assault rather
than press a felony assault charge against
Dali.
Judge Fentress Horner of Elizabeth
City gave Dali a total of 13 months in
prison or jail in addition to the fine.
He was ordered to pay costs in each
case.
Dali was sentenced to six months in
prison and fined SSOO for resisting ar
rest; six months for injury to personaj
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 17.
Animals Judged,
Sold In 4-H Event
The Chowan Junior Livestock Show
and Sale was held April 15, at Valhalla
Produce. Competition was open to boys
and girls in the 4-H Club and FFA
Club. These boys and girls are to be
congratulated on their animals and on
a job well done.
The Champion steer was shown by
Joan Jordan. This choice animal weigh
ed 1,040 pounds and was purchased by
Byrum Implement & Truck Company
for 45 cents per pound. Joan also re
ceived a trophy and ribbon.
The Reserve Champion steer shown by
Susan Jordan, weighed 1,150 pounds-and
was sold to Hobbs Implement Company
for 37 cents per pound. Susan also
received a ribbon and trophy.
Jane Parrish had the third place steer
weighing 900 pounds. Home Feed &
Fertilizer Company purchased this steer
for 40 cents per pound. Jane also re
ceived a ribbon.
Linda Parrish’s steer weighed 1,010
pounds and was purchased by Edenton
Tractor & Equipment Company for
41ij4c cents per pound. Linda also re
ceived a ribbon for her fourth place
steer.
Other 4-H and FFA members show
ing steers and buyers include:
C. Y. Parrish 111, a 950 pound steer
purchased by First National Bank of
Eastern North Carolina for 42 cents per
pound; Gene Jordan, a 800 pound steer
bought by Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany for 35 cents per pound; Bill Jor
dan, a 660 pound steer sold to Belk
Tyler Company for 36 cents per pound;
Bob Jordan’s 710 pound steer sold to
Peoples Bank & Trust Company for 35
cents per pound and Jimmy Evans’ 1,120
pound steer sold to Byrum Implement
& Truck Company for 40 cents per
pound.
In the Steer Fitting and Showmanship
contest, Susan Jordan placed first and
won a trophy, ribbon and $25.00. Joan
Jordan placed second, winning a ribbon
and $20.00. Linda Parrish won a rib
bon and $15.00 for third place and Gene
Jordan, a ribbon and SIO.OO for fourth
place.
The nine steers sold for $3,285.75.
Cash awards and premiums raised the
total to $3,520.75.
In the Swine Event, Emmett Win-
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Trooper Tells Os Arrest, Assault
property; SSO fine for speeding; and 30
days for assault.
Trooper Allen said Dali passed his
unmarked patrol car on the sound bridge
and he clocked him with Vascar at 70
miles per hour. He said the defendant
pleaded with him not to give him a cita
tion. When the citation was handed
to Dali, Trooper Allen said the defend
ant threw it at him and got out of the
patrol car.
The officer testified that he and Dali
met between the two vehicles and he
sprayed him with Mace. Dali then al
legedly attacked the trooper, ripping his
pistol from his belt and throwing it into
the woods.
The trooper testified that he got back
to his car and radioed for help. At the
same time he got a riot gun and he and
Dali scuffled over it. The officer said
several cars passed during the incident,
some even stopping, but only one mo
torist actually gave assistance.
Mack Ray Heath of Stedman testi
fied that he was with a group of Boy
Scouts when someone waved him down.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 23, 1970.
OPENING SUCCESSFUL FLOWER SHOW—Edenton’s “first UdvMrs. Geer B e Alma
Bynun, applies the scissors to a colorful green ribbon at the entrance to the Barker
House Visitor Center-Museum to officially open the first standard flower show, spon
sored by the Garden of Eden Club in cooperation with Historic Edenton. Inc. Mrs. L.
F. Amburn, Jr., show chairman is in the center with her co-chairman, Mrs. .1. Gilliam
Wood at left. Wood, president of Historic Edenton, is second from left, and second from
right is Mayor George Alma Byrum. (Other pictures and story on page 5-A).
Durham Author To Visit Edenton
DURHAM Mrs. Mena Webb of
Durham, author of “The Curious Wine’’,
will visit Eastern North Carolina April
24 - 26, when she will appear on TV
and visit libraries and book stores in
the area.
The author will be a guest on WNCT
TV’s “Carolina Today Show” Friday
morning and will be honored at a Friends
of the Library tea at the Shepard-Pru
den Memorial Library in Edenton Fri
day afternoon.
Eastern North Carolina is the setting
for her book which derives its title from
a poem by Emily Dickenson and is con
cerned with one weekend in the life of
Laird Gilliam, wife of a well-to-do to
bacconist in the fictitious town of Pat
terson. Involved in an affair with her
Hines In Memphis
More than 1,000 governing board
members and key management personnel
from the nation’s local publicly owned
electric utilities will gather in Memphis,
Tenn., April 26-30 for the 27th annual
conference of the American Public Power
Association.
Richard N. Hines, superintendent of
the Electric and Water Department of
the Town of Edenton, will attend this
conference. Hines has for the past 10
years been state membership chairman
of the association and is presently na
tional chairman. He will chair a nation
al membership committee meeting while
attending the conference.
“This year’s conference will outline
the serious challenges facing local public
electric utilities in the 1970’5,” said
Hines.
It was James Cahoon, a passenger in ;
Dali’s car.
Heath said he told Dali: “Get off him.
You are in enough trouble already.” He
said Dali got up off the officer and
threw the riot gun across a ditch.
State Trooper C. H. Mims testified
that he arrived on the scene and with;
the aid of two Edenton officers and Al- :
len were able to handcuff Dali and place;
him in a car.
Defense counsel argued that Dali had
a violent temper and the Mace aggra
vated him rather than subdued him. In
his summary to Judge Horner he said
Dali was assaulted by officers beyond
what was humanly necessary.
Solicitor Walker came to the defense
of the officers. He said it was a case
where Dali asked for the treatment he
got by not cooperating with the officers.
Judge Horner agreed. He said it has
gotten to a point in society where offi
cers almost have to hold a pistol in their
hand while writing a traffic citation.
Dali gave notice of appeal and Judge
Horner set his bond at $2,000.
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husband’s brother, this woman must de
cide the course of her life within a span
of 36 hours. At the same time she must
maintain her image of good wife, good
mother and good citizen.
Born in Atlanta. Ga.. Mrs. Webb has
lived in Durham since she was six weeks
old and attributes much of her desire
to write to having lived next door to the
public library and becoming acquainted
with books at an early age.
She is the wife of H. P*. Webb, execu
tive editor of the Herald-Sun Papers,
and the mother of two daughters. Mrs.
David Page of Washington, D. ('.. and
Mrs. Christopher Krueger of Wrights
ville Beach.
After her daughters were married.
Mrs. Webb enrolled in a UNC-CH ex
tension course in creative writing under
Manly Wade Wellman and “The Curious
Wine” evolved from that initial effort.
Mrs. Mena Webb
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