a -It
VninnT-iimWS. -: $1.25PerYear
Explains
Sheffield
Cotton Situation
Speaker Holds Atten
tion of Everyone
Present
. Chas. A. Sheffield. Assistant to the
Director of Agriculture in North
Carolina, the man who had charge
of the Cotton Control Plan in the
State of North Carolina, is so thor
oughly familiar with the subject on
which he spoke at the Rotary Club
xMnnpr mi TupiuIav niirht that every
wJM- of his address was interesting
to his hearers, who included a repre
sentative catherinr of farmers and
business men of the county,
Mr. Sheffield said that two or three
vears aiwtfdroinft back' to 192$ and
1929, theteei tennis country fifty
millions "rfirjeonJe who - were gain
fully eialoyc ' Of Itbisfifty mil
lion, tejufliion were i' farmers and
forty nuTUi derived their ? income
from oth aonrcesr . He said that we
an farmer are narticularly interested
in this gup. of forty trillion people
because it U thefe inewne that we
farmers are dependent upon to re
ceive our income from.
' He said that we went through the
depression, the worst in probably a
lifetime, and as a result we saw
millions of people become unemploy
ed, and by 1930 more man tnirceen
million were unemployed and the in
comes of factory workers and others
in this country had decreased unui
their income was only fifty per cent
nf what thev were receiving; in 1928
:and 1929;We were interested in
their purchasing power as it affects
fanners sales power. Of these forty
million people there were approxi
mately one third of them out of
work. And during, that period, of
course, we know what happened to
industry. We know, that industry
had a national nolicy. that they re
conked, and rihtfaU o' that, due
to the fact that they -were organized
when the depression eame on and
they could no longer sell their pro-
ducts, they closed down, in some In
stances completely: in many instances
operated more or less on short time.
In other words, wey ; adjusted weir
production to consumption. When the
automobile manuiactuier couia no
longer sell automobiles they cut down
on the production of automobiles.
The speaker then asked what was
happening to Agriculture during this
period. He said that in the years
from 1925 to 1929 we planted in
America around 360 million acres of
lariH ana from 1929 to 1932 we
planted 860- million acres of land. So
; - the farmera,, these ten million farm
era of America, were producing a
normal supply of produce and here
r they were with a normal supply of
nroduce to sell to forty million people
whose incomes were just about half
of what they had been.
It was at.this time that the Gov
ernment stepped in to try to assist
the American farmer: The spaeker
then outlined how the Secretary of
v Agriculture was riven authority to
administer the .Agricultural Adjust
ment Aetj with the power, if he saw
' fit. to license each farmer in America,
and stated that wejSecretary of Agri
culture could not only license eacn
farmer but he had the nower to tell
vim hnw much he could nroduce and
how much, he could iell. ' He said the
SecreUryetecte instead to ask the
farmers to voluntarily cooperate,
out tf:tmlk the United
J . States wpwnnactely; fifty inttUon
h . acres of laiwU He told now, through
v61uniryj; cooperation,1 cotton wae
ploughed up m 1933 and that Detween
thirteen : an iftirteen Hon acres
'0M cotton W thus ;tahjt of cultt
"VvationinHhat.Vmt ' I . how the
i nrice'of cotton advii. Jl five and.
five and a- natti'cenw; seaTouno:,wn
:T;v;He":iold3e?t
HII I IK VI l
o
A auick Durchase was the result of
the classified ad run in lhe Perqui
mans Weekly last week by Mrs. K. A
White, who advertised for a bicycle
and bought one before the week was
out
One Hertford woman ha3 settled
the problem of what to give four of
her absent friends for Christmas by
ordering The Perauimans Weekly
sent to them. That's an idea. Maybe
you would like to send the home
newananer to some one who. likes to
keep up with the happenings In Per
quimans.
JAMES DELMAS WHITE
DIES AFTER ACCIDENT
l Fatally Injured In Auto
Wreck Near Rober-
sonville
James Delmas White. 26. a native
of Hertford, died at the Edgecombe
Hospital in Rocky Mount, at 12
o'clock Fridav night, following an
automobile accident which occurred
around 6 o'clock in the evening, near
Robersonville, in which another
young man was killed outright and
two others seriously injured. w
Mr. White, who was drivinjr a Ford
Coupe, was said to have been blinded
by the bright lights of an approach
ing car and failed to see a truck
which was struck by his car. The
Ford was said to have been demol
ished.
Plumbers annear the most popular
group of men right now, with wood
and coal dealers runninr a close
second.
t.iuJ Itirhiir V 4 a!"
acreage conwacw,
i the cotton.
J the Job
was done well In proiJon to the
ff jiumberof , ferehtfpeoiJ working.
' - Comir down vte right at home,
t:Peroie . Cotity f!ajited.vinH'J8-
under tl..'i aafeia prognbre
cotton ttaa was planted in 1552 when
we 'wete-t plant all we wanted,
r. the 'ip&'WWilAveJeai
M able to martet tax free approximately
' the same number of t ilas produced in
m. Mimtv iai 1CC2.'' J vr-i'n 'W'-
l The apesLer told cf-tW passing of
t ' t:.s JBankhead Act, something f
KvXWw, um activities in cc"Ctioni,with
'V'r-.'si'r-TtiJL cf ita adv ' s and 01
-,'.-. lUIV .; .
rHil W it had tffcctcJ Vi f ' , t z
:'-a lot ! trx';. to 'prove
The following is "-pied from The
Crit:
"When vou have a hard job to do
and do it, you become just that much
harder to be licked and counted out.
These are the times when you must
stiffen your own back, and abo prop
up a lot of weak-kneed people who
falter under adversity."
This one was told- by Chas. A.
Sheffield, assistant to the Director of
Agriculture, who spoke at the Rotary
Club dinner on Tuesday night.
A school teacher decided that the
hest w&'w to -conauer a certain boy in
the class who was pretty unruly was
to get him up before the class and
ask him some difficult questions, so
one day she called the youngster up
and had him stand before her and
hesran asking him Questions. The
little fellow got along au ngnt ior a
while. He could answer - the ques
tions all right and seemed to be hav
ing a good time until the teacher
nuked one oueseion which stumped
him. She asked him who invented
the first talking machine. The boy
hesitated at first, and then he said,
"Teacher, I have it The Lord made
the first talkinsr machine, but Thomas
A. Edison invented the first talking
machine that could be shut off."
With three 3now falls within the
week, we seem to be in the grip of
real winter. On Friday of last week
Perauimans got its first snow. To
be sure, it was very light, but some
of it remained when the second 3now
nma nn Mondav afternoon. Al
though the sun came out on lueaday
afternoon and it looked like the sky
was all clear again, the third snow
fell early Tuesday night, lhis is
written on Wednesday, when the sun
is shining, but it is so cold that little
of the snow is melting. It begins to
look like we are to have real winter.
The mercury dropped to 17 on
Tuesday night, and at 3:30 this morn
ing it stood at 18.
Rev. Monds To Preach
At Baptist Church
Rav. R. S. Monds has accepted an
Invitation to nreach at the Hertford
Baptist Church next Sunday morning
at the 11 o'clock service, and aiso ax,
the 7:30 service on Sunday night
Ob the following Sunday, wnicn
is the 23rd. Rev. L, R. O'Brian,' of
Wilmington, has been Invited to
preach.. ' Definite announcement will
be- made" for the service' on this date
for the .Beptiat Church, which is at
present without a v pastor, in nexi
week's issue of this newspaper.
Christinas Saving Club
... . 1 I... v : ' A M AAA
Pays Members $4,uuu
f Four thow
wtmm Ravi TIM ehuckm Wal Said OUt to
Umlitrt tit the Christmas SaVingl
Clubby jfi;)Hro..JMvC
tan weex, enougn money w v;
of lovely things tor WMmia'c.
iVmA; 1 ..onfa rutlntf fniir thousand
dollars; the s exact -amount befef
Mr. White was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. White, of Hertford, and was
a young man of splendid character
and attainments. He was a graduate
f the Hertford High School, and was
graduated from Wake Forest College
in the class of 1929. Shortly after
graduation he secured a position as
manager or one oi me cnam siorea
of the G. C. Murphy Co., at Jamette,
Pa., from which place he was pro
moted to a position in one of their
Pittsburg, Pa., stores, and later was
given a place at . Belief ontaine, Ohio.
In August of 1933 he purchased the
mercantile business of J. U lucker,
at Robersonville, where he was locat
ed at the time of his death, and
where he was making a fine success
Funeral services and interment
took place at Franklinton, the former
home of his wife, on Sunday after
noon, and was attended by a large
crowd of friends and relatives, many
of them from this section.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. AnAie
Laurie Pearce, two small daughters,
Shirley Anne and Barbara; his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. White, of
Hertford: two brothers. Robert White,
of Hertford; and Rev. P. E. White, of
Leaks ville; four sisters, Mrs. N. d
Barefoot, of Morehead City; Mrs.
Bovd Collins, of Elizabethtown, and
Misses Mattie Catling and Jeanne
White, of Hertford.
COUNCIL BANS PARKING
ON CHURCH STREET
Ordinance Passed Reg
ulating Other Park
ing Privileges J
No parking will be allowed on
Church Street, between the Bridge
and McCrary Street, after January
1st. This and other parking regula
tions are included in the ordinance
passed at the meeting of the Town
Commisioners on Monday night, to
take effect on January 1.
SDecific mention is made of park
ing regulations on all streets, with
the provision that no parking will be
allowed except within the area de
signated by markings on the various
streets.
A fine of three dollars will be im
posed upon conviction of the parking
law violation.
Hertford Rotarians
Hold'Tarmer's Night"
Section Without State
Highway Patrolman
This vicinity is entirely without
highway patrol. G. I. Dail. the patrol
man formerly located at Edenton,
who patrolled the State highway be
tween Winfall. in this County, and
Windsor,' has been transferred to
Goldsboro, where he has been located
since the first of December.
That one patrolman i3 to be allot
ted this side of the Albemarle Sound,
to be stationed at Elizabeth City, was
learned this week. Just what portion
of the several counties this othcer will
be required to cover on his beat is
unknown. He will, however, be the
only patrolman between the Chowan
Bridge and Manteo.
WARNING
Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., stated
in open court on Tuesday morning
that he was serving notice on auto
mobile drivers in Perquimans County
that after January 1st anybody who
is convicted in his court of reckless
driving or speeding, might as well
bring along their clothes, ready to go
away, or bring twenty-five dollars to
pay his fine, as he expects to either
fine them or send them to the roads.
Forty-five Attend Af
fair Held In Interest
Of Farmers
Womanless Wedding
At School On Friday
A Womanless Wedding is to take
place at the Perquimans High School
on Friday afternoon at z: ociock,
when the public ia invited.
Superintendent F. T. Johnson is to
be the bride, and Julian Thach the
groom. That the affair will be no
end of fun is the opinion of those in
the know.
There will be bridesmaids, flower
girls, maids of honor, matrons of
honor, soloist3, and all that goes to
make ud a big wedding.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
The public is cordially invited.
Leeral Talent Secured
In Local $50,000 Suit
Thompson & Wilson, of Elizabeth
City, are representing the plaintiff
and McMullan & McMulIan, of kliza
beth Citv. and Whedbee & Whedbee
of Hertford, represent the defend
ant, in the fifty-thousand dollar dam
age suit recently filed in Perquimans
Superior Court by L. W. Anderson
against Dr. T. P. Brinn. wherein the
plaintiff alleges that the removal of
a mole from the person of Mrs.
Marie C. Anderson, the wife of the
plaintiff, by the physician, resulted
in a condition which caused the
death of Mrs. Anderson. In an ans
wer filed by the defendant these alle
gations are denied.
Mrs. Anderson died in November
of 1933.
Bethel Y. W. A. Meets
With Mrs. W. P. Long
The Y. W. A.'s of Bethel Baptist
Church met Friday night at the home
of Mrs. W. P. Long. The meeting
was opened by singing "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear." The
Scripture was given by the president,
Miss Addie Mae Ward. The program
"Back to Bethlehem" was given by
several members.
Those present were Misses Pencie
Ward, Ruth Mansfield, Addie Mae
Ward, Katherine Fleetwood, Lula
Mae Mansfield, Easter Ward and Mrs
Freeman Long; Charles Ward, 'Am
brose. Long, Ernest Long, Josiah
Proctor and Freeman Long.
At the close of the meeting fruit
and candy was served. The next
meeting will be held with Miss Kath
erine Fleetwood in January.
WREATHS WILL BE JUDGED
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The women of Hertford who make
hollv wreaths for decorating their
homes are requested to bring these
wreaths to the Woman's Club meet
ing on Tuesday afternoon, Decem
ber 18, to be entered for judging. A
committee from out of town will
judge the wreaths and blue ribbons
will be awarded to the best, lhe
wreaths will be returned to the own
ers after the club meeting.
r"Tha .Woman's Club is very anxious
to see Hertford beautifully decorated
for Christmas. This refers to homes
as well as public places. And in or
der to get the best effect, it is sug
gested that the decorating of the
variouB places of business be done
early. Already most of the stores
have been gaily decorated, and the
business section of the town begins to
take on a festive look.
Colored Woman Shot
Accidentally Sunday
i V.l tkidTifr concluding; that it was
nia hHftf that the farmers would 'de-
waet-5?r or not. to continue ne ounv
tAar Art j.'wttAtliAr or r ot the would
adopt a loni time natknal -policy.
'a tr-''oiJ ' &itii iauM the
farmerO cro
arid Li this year .they - .had received
?:i742Sr and thai1 it will Mbe nearer
when we gtt through.
Colored Musicians To
Render Recital Dec. 17
Two gifted colored musicians are
to annear in recital at. the Colored
High School in Hertford on Decem
ber 17, at 8:00 P. M.
Ethel Wilkins, totally blind, and
Millard Vaughan. partially blind,
both graduates of the Institute for
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind at Raleigh,
are said to be splendid entertainers.
Millard Vaughan will arive a num
ber of dramatic , presentations in
monologue,'and will sing various
nonnlar son hits as well as I0U
antra and taza. He will be aceom
panied at the piano by Ethel Wilkins.
smaU admission tee wui oe
charged and the proceeds will go to
the ichooL- ..
2 fhtpuMk U cordially invited end
dd'-ftiil), he pro-
vldeo: tof We Fr k?V1'
mWtiSOOBb&jOW TUESDAY
B&braer
against IW Anderson, charged with
artM-dino- and reckless driving, , ..Mr.
LnAtnum nlefldad" . not ' guilty and
miufa thA -statement that he did not
hear the siren which patrolmen tesi-
ed they sounded to stop nun, as nis
Car WM UMFOW . . Wjp yitwT'VT V.'. -i.
' - Tli AetmAant waa notified that he
would be required .to pay, a fine of
$25 in this ease if .eonvicte within:
two years or speeding.
Woman's Club Meeting
Will Be Held Tuesday
Members of the Hertford Woman's
Club are notified that the December
meeting of the club will be held on
Tuesday of next week, December 18.
The meeting time is changed in
order to make Christmas plans for
the club.
The theme of the meeting is
Christmas decorations, and the pro
gram is in charge of Mrs. R. T.
White, chairman of the Garden De
partment. All members are urged
to attend this meeting.
Mrs. Alfred Rfluntree
Honored At Party
Mrs. Alfred Rountree, of Route
One, was honored at a delightful sur
prise birthday party on Monday night,
riven bv her two daughters, Mrs. I.
T. Mansfield and Mrs. John R. Hill,
the occasion being Mrs. Rountree's
forty-seventh birthday.
The large birthday cake was deco
rated with candles.
Those " present included, besides
Mr. and Mrs." Rountree, Mrs. Ben
WinalAw. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Proc
tr and children. Mrs. M. IS. uaii and
.Mllrn: Mr. and1 Mrs. Rov Chappell,
Mr, and Mm. A.' J; Parrish, Mr. and
Mrs. John Rogerson and child,, wr.
and M rayf John : Eill. ah"d little sbn,
Billle. and Mr. and Mrs. I. t: Mans-
pld and cttUdren. ' . , i
Ice ctealnrand cake were served
Pi.AK Trt fiiVE' ASSISTANCE
TO ' CRWPLED , CHILUKBW
Investigation of the shooting of a
colored woman oi the Nicanor sec
tion of the county on Sunday niplit
by her husband disclosed that the
shooting was accidental.
The woman, whose name is Estella
Wade, was shot in the lower portion
of the left leg, practically the entire
load of shot going through the leg,
according to Dr. W. B. Sharp, local
colored physician who is attending
the woman. Some of the shot, ac
cording to Dr. Sharp, were deeply
embedded m the muscles of the leg
and could not be removed.
Denutv Sheriff L. L. Winslow, who
investigated the matter upon report
being made to him that a woman had
been shot by her husband, was told
by the woman that she was in the
yard, when she saw something and
called to her husband to bring the
shotgun. She said that as he started
through the door the gun evidently
was struck against the side oi the
door causing it to accidentally dis
charge. Both the woman and her
husband, Eugene Wade, told the same
story.
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
DEC 21 FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Christmas holidays or the Perqui
mans County schools will begin on
Friday, December 21, and will last
until Wednesday, January 2, accord
ing to an announcement made by
County Superintendent F. T. John
son, this week..,
CALLED TO DURHAM
"Farmers Night" at the Rotary
Club on Tuesday night was a great
occasion, with covers laid for forty
five, and a fine dinner served by the
Hotel Hertford.
L. W. Anderson, who was chairman
of the program secured as speaker for
the occasion Chas. A. Sheffield, assis
tant to the Director of Agriculture in
North Carolina, and in introducing
the speaker Mr. Anderson frankly
remarked that when be invited Mr,
Sheffield he really didnt expect to be
able to get him to come.
Before the serving of the dinner, as
the group were gathered around the
tables, "America" was sung, with u
W. Anderson leading the singing and
Mrs. R. M. Riddick at the piano, af
ter which J. M. Copeland, of Belvi
dere, asked a blessing.
After the guesta were seated
'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"
was sung, after which the first
course was served. At the close of this
A. W. Hefren announced that it was
time for the stunt. He called for Dr.
C. A. Davenport, Dr. Luther H. But
ler and E. W. Lordley and handed
them each a broom, which he asked
them to "climb." The "climbing" was
done with the fingers of the right
hand alone. Dr. Butler won the cen
test and was presented with a minia
ture pair of pajamas.
At the end of the last course Mr.
Sheffield was introduced by Sir. An
derson, and the address of the t .en
ing was made. An outline of thi ad
dress appears elsewhere hi this n s
paper. Those present included J. E. Wins
low, Roy S. Chappell, J. M. Fleetwood
E. M. Perry, S. D. Banks, J. C. Baker,
L. W. Anderson, H. C. Stokes, Dr. E.
S. White, W. E. White, Mrs. W. E,
White, E. D. Mathews, Geo. W. Alex
ander, D. S. Darden, Geo. W. No well,
F. T. Johnson, W. E. Dail, J. H.
Baker. A. W. Hefren, Dempsey Wins-
low, John T. Lane, T. S. White, C. P.
Morris, Wm. C. Chappell, John T.
Wood, A. T. Lane, J. A. White, J. C
Blanchard, S. M. Whedbee, J. W.
Jackson, Chas. Johnson, K. T. Brinn,
B. W. Thach, Percy ttoger.-on, Dr. C.
A. Davenport, J. M. Nurney, Ernest
White, E. W. Lordley, J. C. White. Jr.,
Joe Nowell, E. T. White and Dr.
Luther Butler.
7 County Superintndent.of Education
F, TV Jonnson, IB . we:- capwaiy, wx
Welfare, met a representative of the
statA Welfare " Department, Mr.
Springer, here last Thursday, with a
to giving assistance te crippled
- ctr.. torn K trAmM tn rive
aid, wherever - surgical aid can help,
and to place, in positions, or gamrui
amnlnvmnnt i IDT Who 'Can be : SO
laced-v i 4
Fannie Everett Dies
After Long Illness
Fatin'e Everett, the twelve-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Everett, died at the home of her par
ents, at New Hope on Friday, De
cember 7, after a long and tedious
illness.
Funeral services were held at the
home on Saturday afternoon, with
the Rev. Mr. J. W. Dimette, pastor of
the New Hope Methodist Church, of
ficiating. Burial took place in the
family burying giound near White
Hat.
Fannie was a bright and attractive
child, who was a favorite with a latgt
circle of friends. Her patience under
her long illness was remarkable and
there were many saddened hearts in
her circle of friends when the end
came.
She is survived by her parents, by
her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ar
thur Butts, and by her maternal
grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Everett, all
of New Hope.
Tn the death of Fannie, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett have lost the last of
their two children, their little son
having died two years ago.
PRESIDING ELDER TO PREACH
AT LOCAL CHURCH SUJNUAX
uv. J. H. "McCracken. of EMsabeth
City, presiding elder of the Elizabeth
City District, will preacn at ine n
o'clock service on Sunday morning at
the Hertford M. E. Church, ine
public is cordially invited to attend.
Mirs Marv Glasson. of the Perqui
Hkrh School faculty, is in Dur
ham, where she was called Sunday
because of .the serious condition of
w father. Dr. W. H. Glasson. Dean
at the Graduate School of Duke Unl-
mrntv. Dr. Glasson was injured in
an automobile accident on rrtday ox
last week. ' His condition is said to be
unimproved.
COTTON GROWERS VOTE
k ' Cotton grower all pvdr the South
today will "vote, in :the referendum to
AarA whether or- not the;Bankhead
' Af mill MtntifMtt In force.
TO MEET WITH TEACjBBS
ui.. T..it, ttrnnnirfaa. one of
the State Supervisors df Schoehv wilL.
be in Hertford on mursuay w wu
week, to attend a ceml(ni Wi'nr
of teachers which Is called w arrange
a physical education progroJn. .
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Misa Uriula Bateman, case worker
for the Perquimans County 1S.1L At "t
is a patient at the Protestant Hospi
tal, in Norfolk, Va., where she under
went an operation last week for
appendicitis.';. : - . - ,
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