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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,2022 A7 Region Groups sue Edenton to stop monument’s relocation UDC, SCV want Confederate monument to stay where it is BY TYLER NEWMAN Chowan Herald EDENTON — Two groups with connections to the Confederacy have sued the town of Edenton to halt its efforts to relocate the town’s Confederate monu ment from its current site. The N.C. Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Colonial William F. Mar tin Camp 1521 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed the lawsuit in Chowan Superior Court earlier this month, documents show. Edenton Town Manager Corey Gooden was served a civil summons connected to the suit on Dec. 6. Plaintiffs include Beth Zeiss, president of the NC UDC, and Scott Perry, ad jutant of the Col. William F. Martin Camp 1521 of the SCV. Neither could be reached for comment. According to the com plaint, the UDC and SCV are seeking a court injunction to prevent any movement of Edenton’s Confederate monument located at the foot of South Broad Street in Edenton. The suit claims Edenton is invoking “one or more ordinances” to justify the immediate relocation and removal of the Confederate monument. Those ordinanc es “require that there be an imminent threat to public health and safety,” but the plaintiffs content there has been no vandalism to the monument or violence be cause of it. The UDC and SCV say neither group is founded on hatred, are nonpartisan and oppose use of the Confed erate battle flag for politi cal agendas. They said they only seek to defend Con federate soldiers who died du, ng the Civil War and to see that “the true history of the South is presented to fu ture generations.” Both organizations also said they have members who live in Edenton and Chowan County. A now-dissolved chapter of the NC UDC, the Eden ton Bell Battery Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was re sponsible for erecting the See LAWSUIT, A8 TYLER NEWMAN/CHOWAN HERALD A group of Confederate monument protesters gather on the plaza at the foot of South Broad Street while a pro-monument counter-protester marches in the foreground. ATikTok sensation CHRIS DAY/THE DAILY ADVANCE Jesse Wood, 63, demonstrates how he films a TikTok video at his work table. TikTok under his username ‘EC’s The Voice’ seeks singing star Contest will be held over 3 nights in January at COA BY CHRIS DAY Multimedia Editor A local contest styled after the NBC reality series “The Voice” is seeking the area’s next rising singing sensation. “Elizabeth City’s The Voice” contest will be held in January and feature a top cash prize of $1,000, said local performer and contest creator Robby Goodman. The local' competition is not affiliated with NBC’s hit show but will follow See VOICE, A8 Qreetings of the season to young and old alike! Merry, Merry Christmas! from Captain Bob’s BBQ & Seafood Restaurant See WOOL, ..8 Automotive Elizabeth ma.n he learned from his mother growing up. BY CHRIS DAY The Daily Advance lion views, he said. Wood’s videos primari ly feature him cooking up old-fashioned meals that Friday, December 23, 2022 Monday December 26, 2022 Tuesday, December 27, 2022. Most Wood videos are of him cooking old-fashioned meals their phones or other digital recording devices. The vid eos can be anywhere from 15 seconds to ten minutes long and include dialogue, narration and music and can cover a variety of top ics. TikTok even allows for posting live video content. Wood, who owns Wood’s Automotive at 881 Thunder Road, was inspired to make his own videos after a friend of his shared a funny TikTok video with him. “That’s how it all started .... I was just goofing around and figured I’d get about 100 views,” Wood said. His videos get way mo than 100 views, as about six of them have been viewed more than a million times. Several others have gar nered more than a half-mil- City. But do they know Jesse Wood, the TikTok sensation known as “jessewood06”? Nearly 170,000 people on TikTok follow Jesse’s videos that he has been posting to the popular video app Tik Tok for the past two years. On TikTok, his username is jessewoodOO. TikTok is an app that al lows users to share their homemade videos using BROWN’S LAND DEVELOPING FRANKY BROWN • 426-3655 • 333-2178 MITCHELL BROWN • 339-5664 Hours: Christmas Eve- Closing at 2:00pm Christmas Day- Closed Monday - December 26 Open 11:00am New Year’s Day - Open 11:00am Town of Winfall Offices are Closed: We appreciate your Business! Bobby, Sharon & Staff Sales, Service & Appliance All Brands WISHING YOU AND YOURS A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANKS FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH US. 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