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IL C. Stokes, Former Of
fidal, Only Two Votes
Behind
111 PRESENT
Heavy Downpour of
Rain Causes Small
Crowd
E, I.. Reed, who' has servl one
tMM as Mii .oJLUie. Tpwfl. ot .jaert
IdkL' t wai vjugain W Dominated lof the
ffic. at ;thre $inaM;vineeg:-Fheld iftf
the cotin:ioifo?L Fyghfe e-'
eeivuig only two more votes than his
opponent, H. C. Stokes, who held the
office for six terms prior to Mr.
Reed's election in 1988.' '
A. W. Hefren and Dr. & A. Dav
enport, two of -the members of the
Board of Commissioners, were also
renominated, and H. Hardcastle
was nominated as the third member.
E. Leigh Winslow, who has served
for one term as commissioner, and
whose work , takes hhn eat of the
town most of the time, was not a
candidate.
. There was a heavy downpour of
rain, which doubtless kept many citi
sens from attending the meeting, 111
persons being present. All but one.
a non-resident, voted. .
Silas M. Whedbee, chairman of the
executive committee, presided at the
meeting. This committee, ' composed
of Mr. Whedbee, W. T. Effiott and
B. C Berry, was made a permanent
committee.
All of the candidates made short
talks, in response to motion car
ried to the effect that ach should ex
plain his poBitkm s to the stand he
took in reference to town ughting
and as to the purchasing of fire-fighting
equipment, and Ofher. pertinent
questions. r
G. E. Newby made a statement as
to the present situsnon of the town
in compliance-wBCh motion to that
effect
The votes polled "by the several
candidates were as follows: E. L.
Reed 56, H. C Stokes 54, Dr. C. A.
Davenport 83, A. W.. Hefren 79, W,
H. Hardcastle 45, V- .N. Darden 24,
J. C. Blanehani 22, 45. A. Harris 18,
H. G. Window 13. Hugh Barclif t 11,
Chasj Skinner. 1,' Herman Jenkins 1
Claude won L
Statistics Of Town
In an effort to shew to the citizens
of the Town of Hertford something
of the financial condition oif the Town,
W. G. Newby, Town Clerk, in re
sponse to motion made t the mass
meeting on Friday night, when can
didates were nominated lor mayor
and town .commissioners, .made ,
short resume, in which it was shown
that the capital fund of the town was
$93,504.22 on December 81, 1981, and
that on February 20, 1935, this fund
had increased to ;i t!80,87We.-s The
increase has been reflected, according
to Mr. Newby, in the reduction of the
current indebtedness by $18,000.00,
and the retirement of street Improve-
' ment bonds by $18HM).00
r Replying to- the question as to
whether the town could reduce the
light and -water, rates without an in
crease in taxes,: Mr; Newby said it
would be hard to do so.
Theiproperty 'valuation of the town
of Hertford is t present f 1,031,040.00
and tne tax raie is si.iv.
ijjo order ' to lower the price of
lights and. water, it would be neces
, , gary to raise the 'tat rate; " All of the
candidates expressed themselves 'as
KeMNdmiiate
' being nnjavoratie to tnis wea.J r
i.'"'',-"The"-powcr rate:1n Eertfd fa.'af
:preaent 6'.c-' J.'fr." ; ..j.vTheW!
V is a ..minimum' ' . rrtof il.C3
' for ft thousand gil x ''r-i:
Sherif f C A. Doyce 0
Chowan Dips Cudenly
Friends in Hertford and Perqui
mans County were' shocked Tufiy
to hear ef ts ndisn d;rh t C. A.
Boyce, t' "J of CLowwi Cv"y.
Mr. r". r ;rerr?yjn r -'
&cl i - . as r. tLei-r-,Tslt;' '
strike, vtUI he was m&kkjf a tit in
the living rooa. .
Funeral services ; were held Wed-
r' "'f aft: 1, r;!.-j ia one of
' I .r-est f -".ar'j ever he!I in
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HertfortVPerguiAians County,:North Carolina, Friday, April 19, 1935.
JURY LIST
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' . Following is the list of grand ju
rors Who served at this term of the
8uperior Court:
: R. T. Brinn, Foreman; Carroll V.
Ward, T. C. Babb, Thad C. Chappell,
Henry:. E. Cartwright, W. D. 'Stall
ings, Metador Harrell, Geo. W.
Nowell, Harvey Stallings; C. Merter
Winslow, Leigh Stallings, L. Purvis
Chappell, Sammie M. Winslow, A. M.
Copeland,' J. T. Jordan, Julian A.
Chappell, Elmer P. Roberson, Mary
land Boy ce.-t
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Very Successful Affair
Henry Stokes, Jr., was toastmaster
at the Junior-Senior Banquet, which
is the outstanding annual social
event of the Perquimans High School,
on Thursday night
. Beautifully picturesque was the
setting, arranged on the stage of the
auditorium which was converted into
an English garden, with walls of
rough stone, overhanging which were
boughs of pine and cedar, with flow
ers interspersed. Stone garden seats,
attractive trellises, growing plants
and a bird bath added realistic touch
es to the scene.
Small tables placed on the improv
ised lawn were attractively arranged,
each detail carrying out the idea of a
garden and growing things.
"The tallest plants in our garden
are the seniors," remarked the toast
master. The first of the toasts was
"To the enfors," by Frances Lamb,
to whlea'Caayton Thompson respond
ed, and following which Julia Fear
ing and Charles C. McMullan, of
Elizabeth City, special guests, enter
tained with ft feature song and dance.
A toast to the; school officials was
given by Jesse Lee Harris, td which
T. S. White, Chairman of the Board
of Education, responded;
Superintendent F. T. Johnson re
sponded very graciously with a bit of
pleasantry to the' toast "To Mr.
Johnson," by Adelaide Layden.
E. E. Bundy, of Elizabeth City,
who was the superintendent when
both the junior and the senior classes
entered high school, responded with a i
few remarks and an amusing stunt
to the toast "To Mr. Bundy by
Azele Godsey.
' Mrs. W. E. White gave an interpre
tation of it small boy's idea bf
"Horses.'' .
. Tne toast ToTtheiFaoolty,? by Tim
Rufus tWnn, wiresponded to. by
Miss Nancy Woods. ,
O. CL Long gave the toast to the
school, after which there was a snec-
ial number by Miss Martha Elizabeth
Jordan, Indus Blanchard and Dozier
Sutton.
Miss Louise Delaney gave the
toast "To the Future."
Jane Fearing, a tiny tot from
Elisabeth City, made a hit with her
songs.
Mary Wood Koonce responded to a
special invitation with an impromptu
aance.
neroerc jNixon introduced separ
ately each member of the cast in the
faculty play to be given shortly, with
an invitation to all to be present
Special music was furnished for
the banquet and for the dance which
followed at the Community House by
Floars' Orchestra, of Edenton.
A-delicious threercours. dinner was
served by members of 'the Home
Economics Class of the school. ' ,
After the banauet the Juniors 'the
Seniors, t and 'ft few other vounor neoi-
pte'enoyed a delightful dance at the
Community House, with a number of
interested spectators present -This
was oneof. the awst de'-vfetfuV affiiffl
the young' people hvenjoyetf re-
illios : present afc the bahauet iri-
oluded the following Seniors;. Jessie"
Baker, , Beulah Bogus, Ruby JCar
wright; : Orenjs : Chappell, Sara':. Mae'
Chappell, v Alma Congle ton, Beulah
Mae Dale, Mary Franoes Dai); Mil
dred Eason, Margaret Elliott Marv
Wilrta Farmer, ' Mary, Alice Felton,
Eathryn Fleetwood, ) Lucy Grant
Flythe, Shirley Goodman, Joyce Har
rell, Nell Hobbs, Dorothy Mae Hoffler,
Lucy, Hunter, Willie Euldl, Louise
(Co&Kaued onTage Eight) ' "
i w..:cr racier And
Vif e Are Entertained
Rev.' F." 11. liamburger. "former
pastor of the Hertford M. E. Church,
and 1-. f" vn?r, who are visit
or ii 1 J are hidnr
' zl ty their old
COUM WOMEN MEET
INlElfuilKlill27
Agent From Wiushih
Speaker
Miss Eugenia Patterson, who is the
home demonstration agent, of. Wash
ington County, will be the speaker at
the meeting of the Perquimans Coun
ty Home j Economios Association,
which will' be held at the Community
House in Hertford on April 27.
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, who is chairman
of the association, will preside, and
Mrs. Thomas Nixon, Perquimans
County chairman of the Better Homes
In America, and Miss Helen Gaither,
former home demonstration agent of
Perquimans, will be present and each
will have a message for the club wo
men of the county.
This organization, which is made
up of the various woman's clubs of
the county, meets only once each
quarter, and the meetings are always
interesting. Each club gives reports
of whatever work the members have
engaged in during the past three
months, and there are. always many
hefpful suggestions for housekeepers
and homemakers, with exhibits of
hand-made articles to beautify the
home.
Mrs. Griffin, who was in Hertford
last week, says she is very anxious
to have a large representation of
county women out to hear Miss Pat
terson at this meeting, and urges the
women to attend the meeting, wheth
er they are members of any club or
not. All will be welcomed.
A buffet luncheon is served and
each woman who attends is asked to
bring enough food to serve one per
son. The hour of meeting will be an
nounced next week.
School At Winfall
Wins Further Honors
Mote honors for the colored school
at Winfall, known' as the Winfall
Training School, were won last week
at the State contest held at the A. A
T. College, at Greensboro, when Mol
ton Zachery won first place and cap
tured the silver cup, which the school
will keep for a year. Zachery, who
was a member of the Winfall team
composed of himself and two others,
J. E. Reid and J. Lightfoot, led the
entire group with a score of 1,234,
while his nearest rival garnered only
1,190 points.
This was the second prize won by
Mqlton Zachery, who also won first
place in the oratorical contest and
-take part in the national Contest
to be held at Tuskgee Normal and In
dustrial' Institute, at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
which will be held In August
The boys were coached by King
Williams, principal of the Winfall
Training School.
Blanchard Clan To
Meet Over Week-end
There will be a gathering of the
Blanchard. Clan during the week-end,
when Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Bostick and
Mrs. R. H. Willis will entertain sev
eral members of the Blanchard fam
ily living at a distance, and including
Dr. William Blanchard, Deaif of De
Paw -University, Greencastle, Ind.,
and Mrs. Blanchard; Dr. Julian
Blanchard, of New York City; Mr.
and Mrs, L. E. Blanchard and family
of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Blanchard, of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. C Y. Yarborough, of Louis-
burg; Mr. and vMrs.:C J. Christman;
of Chayotte.
PlanVAttend Weddihff
Miss Lillian Blanchard
SlMxB. 'J. &. BlenchardV accompanied
byiher-tw.daughtettiSaf.Sarah
Blkchadywho hohiB a pSsitioil ttithe'
iaaary:'ofDukejnlversirand;;Mieri
Lillian Blanchard! "Who is a! student
at 4?uke,' willed to Washineton next
weeK to attend tne wedding of Miss
SalUe Norwood Ferguson, of Wash
ington, and Mr. Boylan Snow, Jr.. of
Charlotte. Miss Sarah. Blanqbard will
be one of the bride's maids. ' '
; The bride-elect is a daughter v of
Mrs.' Blanchard's brother, Garland S.
Ferguson, Jrr of Washington, v " k
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HONOR SEVENTY-SIXTH "
"- . BIRTHDAY OF MOTHER
Honoring the 76th birthday of their
mother, - Mrs. K. R. Newbold. . the
following of her children; who live
out-of-town were with her over the
week-end: Mr. and Mrs. T.'S. New
bold, of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. a A.
Wright, of Jarvisburg; Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. JrylB and their son, Jack, of
El'tabeth City; Kr. and. Mrs. W. O.
r -i&li, of V.rashfrrton, D. C. Krs.
l r.'.::n, cf ' 'r-tsn, D. C,
' f" j a of n.s. i; ijh
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COURT OFF TO GOOD
START ON FIRST DAY
Robert Bragg Found
ft Guilty In Man
slaughter Charge
Three criminal cases were disposed
of on Monday, the first day of the
April term of Perquimans Superior
Court
Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport,
presided at this term of, .the court,
held for the trial of both criminal and
civil cases.
The first case to be taken up was
that of Bill Sessoms, colored, who
plead guilty to assault with a deadly
weapon, to wit, a stick of stove wood.
Sessoms was accused by Henry Whed
bee, also colored, of shooting him, the
bullet, just grazing his forehead, the
trouble: having occurred at the home
of Ellis Hofler, colored, who lives
near New Hope. The accused spent
about 90 days in jail before he was
released under bond.
After hearing the evidence, the
court ordered the defendant to pay
the doctor's bill of three dollars, and
to pay to the prosecuting witness two
dollars, representing the time he lost
from work, and the court costs.
The next case called was that of
State against C. J. Mansfield, local
white man, who was tried for the il
legal possession of whiskey and for
possessing whiskey for the purpose of
sale. The jury rendered a verdict of
guilty and the court imposed the
same sentence which had been im
posed on the defendant in Recorder'.0,
Court,, from which an" appeal was
taken, of 60 days on the roads.
Lillie .Forehand, a colored woman,
who was sentenced to 12 months in
jail by Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr.,
in Recorder's Court recently, and who
took an appeal, was found guilty and
sentenced to 12 months in jail. A
former suspended sentence of three
months, which was imposed when
Lillie' was convicted in Superior Court
.4 11! 1 1 A -
mi jaw in. selling wniBney 10 a
small white hoy, was ordered into ef
fect, making 15 months the woman
will have to serve.
Trial of the case against Robert
Bragg, a 19 year old colored boy who
was charged with manslaughter, was
taken up on Monday afternoon, the
case being given to the jury during
the morning session of Tuesday. Af
ter some hours deliberation the jury
rendered a verdict of not guilty.
The case against Bragg grew out
of the' death of Charlie Dillard, also
colored, who was instantly killed
when struck by a car driven by Bragg
on March 3. Evidence disclosed that
the accident occurred sometime early
in the night, when the. defendant was
on his way from his home in Winfall
to Belvidere. It was testified to that
Bragg was driving at a rate of 40 of
46 miles an hour just before he reach
ed the curve in the road bevond which
the accident occurred; that another
car was approaching him with very
Dngnt ugnts; that he slowed up to
round the curve and iust as he vcA. i
the straightaway, and .as the ap
proaching car passed him, he saw,
within about three feet of his car and
immediately in front of him A man
walking on the pavement and going
in the same direction in which he
was driving. He swerved to the left
but could not avoid striking the man
who proved to be Charlie Dillard, of
Chowan County, and who was instant
ly killed. There was evidence that
Bragg drove a, few hundred yards to
a filling station and requested some
one to go back with him, stating that
he had struck some one. He lao
asked that a doctor be sent for and
the sheriff notified.
The defendant took the stand in his
own behalf and told his story, which
coincided with that told by Wallace
uugnes, woo witnessed the accident.
. When the ease aarainst Walter
Wright ClaudeJsand Charlie
"'"""i " ,mn Twnoiu were
charged; Vgthjthe larceny of $100
worth of Jineat from the. smokehouse
of - Joseph WasW Battley'g Swamn
farmer, CrlieyBrowHfalhjtf'to ap-'
pear. A capias was issued for Brown
and the trial of the other two was
begun. After all of the evidence for
the prosecution i was heard, the de
fense .counsel announced that they
mw nov resist a verdict whereupon
After -counsel for both efendants nad
reouestea tne mercy of tEe court
the Judge sentenced Walter Wright
so, two years m tne state penitenti
ary, and Claud Lewjs to 18 months
on the roads. " j.
Faster Program At
. Assembly Church
An Easter program will be given at
the Hertford ; Assembly .'Church on
Sunday n!;ht April . 21,' at 7:80
o'clock. r"c!l vocal selections will
be rrtder?! ty different divisions of
r -a.-y Z .ooL The public Is in-1
;toti
EEKLY
Sheriff Uses Belt To
Calm Unruly Prisoner
WIN HONORS
v
Three out of five of Perquimans
County's entrants in the District
Music Contest held at Elizabeth City
last week won first place and the
othf r two won second place.
Maude Keaton won first place in
soprano; Dorothy Mae Homer in alto,
and Zack Toms White in unchanged
boy's voice.
These three young people, accom
panied by their teacher, Miss Kate M.
Blanchard, will go to Greensboro next
week, where the district winners will
take part in the State Music Contest
to be held there.
At the State Music Contest last
year there were nearly three thous
and participants, and this year there
will be an even larger number.
George Glover Gets
20 To 30 Years In Pen
George Glover, colored, against
whom a true bill charging first de
gree murder in connection with the
death of Soloman Freeman, also col
ored, was' returned by the grand jury
on Monday, was found guilty on
Wednesday of murder in the second
degree and was sentenced to from
twenty to twenty-five years in the
State penitentiary. The jury was out
only a very brief period. The State
did not ask for a verdict of murder
in the first degree.
Soloman Freeman, who together
with George Glover and a number of
others, attended a party held at the
home of Sim Burke, in the Whites
ton section of the County, on the
night of March 23rd, was shot by
Glover and died the following day in
a Suffolk. Va.. hosDital.
There was a lot of conflicting tes
timony at the trial, the State's wit
nesses testifying that the deceased
was shot as he was leaving the house,
having started in the house and been
warned by two persons not to come
in. There were defense witnesses
who testified that Freeman was ad
vancing upon Glover and that he
held in his hand, half hid beneath
his coat, an automobile crank, or a
jack, or something similar. State's
witnesses testified that he had noth
ing in his hand.
The trouble appeared to have aris
en over a woman, Eula Mae Butts, a
married woman who had separated
from her husband, and with whom
Glover was talking when Freeman
asked her if she was readv tn ,
iiome. . tuia, Mae replied that she.;
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was not. Freeman went outside and
blew his automobile horn, then am
back and again asked the woman if
sne was ready to go, and the woman
again replying in the
Freeman went out again, remarking
as he went that he was coming back
and then he was going to find out
why nobody was ready to go home.
Glover is alleged to have said "Then
I will meet you." It was when Fry
man started back into the mnm fi
lowing this that the shoot
icu.
i o
""cuuoui won me stand in
his own behalf and stated that he wa8
.uram mat was the reason he shot
saying that some of Freeman's
friends were rushing him from the
pack. He claimed that he did not
miena to kill Freeman.
' A very good character was given
the accused by a number of promi
nent men connected with the North
Carolina State Highway Commission,
and also representatives of the F. D.
Kline Construction Co.. for
the, man has worked for a number of
years.
Clyde Erwin Will Be
Graduation Speakei
' P1!' Erwin' Superintendent of
Edueftflok -of North Carolina, will
make the literary address to the
graduating class of the Perquimans
High School this year, according to
an announcement made by County
Superintendent F. T. Johnson this
week. , ;
The graduation exercises will be
bJd n Thursday, May 18, in the
auditorium of the school. -
There : are .61 members of the
Senior Clajgs. -
Easter Cantata At
, Methodist Church
An Easter cantata will be rendered
at the Hertford Methodist Church on
Sunday night by : the junior 1 choir.
under the direction of the organist
Miss Kate 11V Blanchard.
The service will begin at 8 o'clock
and there rT b no sermon, The
uilfclafcr. 1 to attend .
$1.25 Per Year
Victim, However, Says
He Was Treated
Well
DRINKING SPREE
Inmates of Jail Secure
Quantity of Stored
Whiskey
Profane and obsence language, in
loud and boisterous tones, coming
from the Perquimans County jail on
Sunday afternoon was so offensive
to the ears of near-by residents and
those passing on the street, that
Sheriff J. E. Winslow, in an effort
to subdue the prisoners who had
drunk a lot of liquor they had filched
from the cell in which it had been
stored, and which was being held as
evidence, gave one of the prisoners
a licking, striking him once with his
open hand, and five times with the
prisoner's leather belt.
George Glover, the Negro later
convicted in Superior Court of second
degree murder and sentenced to the
penitentiary, told the reporter for
The Perquimans Weekly that he was
beaten about his legs and thighs, and
that he had on his clothes. He fur
ther stated that he was not hurt
sufficiently for any welts to be rais
ed. He said that he was drunk.
Glover further stated that Sheriff
Winslow had treated him well.
Walter Wright, another colored
prisoner who was in the jail and who
had not drunk any of the liquor, said
that the man Glover was not beaten
severely, and that the prisoners were
cursing, using foul language and
raising a lot of disturbance, and re
fused to comply with the Sheriffs
orders to be quiet.
Sheriff Winslow reported to Judge
E. H. Cranmer, who is holding Su
perior Court here this week, his ac
tions and explained the necessity for
his act, on Monday morning.
All Criminal Cases
Finished Wednesday
Three days were consumed in the
trial of criminal cases at this term
of Perquimans Superior Court, the
last being finished late Wednesday.,
afternoon.
Two divorce actions were also tried
on Wednesday, the parties in both
cases being from Edenton, and both
being based on two years of separa
tion. Mrs. Josie E. Phillips was irrantpH
a divorce from her husband, Robert
M. Phillips; and Mrs. Fannie Mae
Harris from her husband. Thurman
C. Harris.
The trial of civil actions beean on
Thursday.
Mrs. F. C. White Still
In Serious Condition
The condition of Mrs. F. C. White,
prominent Belvidere resident, who
suffered a paralytic stroke on Satur
day night, is not improved. Mrs.
White was entertaining a number of
guests over the week-end, friends
from Greensboro and other places
who were there to attend the Guil
fordian get-together meeting, and
had been out to bid goody-bye to
some local people who had spent the
evening in the home, and upon re
turning to the living room suffered
the stroke. Her condition is believed
to be very serious and she has not
been able to speak since shortly after
the attack.
Lard Stolen r From
Blanchard Warehouse
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Seeing two colored men tarrying a
:ouple of lard stands down, the street
at about twelve o'clock at night, the
suspicions of Melvin Owens, night
policeman, were aroused, and the
officer started in pursuit The men
ran, taming from Grabb Street into
East Academy Street When toey
reached the Elmo Cannon residence
they ran through the yard," tossing
the lard stands beneath Mr. Cannon's
tifenepf and. elodihg ' the officer ..: as
they ducked Into shrubbery in the
rear. The officer ran on throuffh fo
the other street bat the two thieves
got away. Later it was learned that
the warehouse belonging to : J.'C
Blanchard Co.. on the river front
had been broken into and' jtwo stands
of lard had been ; stolen S? the
stolen goods was really recovered
before it could be missed. -
Send Tour mbmrfeMmi a 4fc Pa.
qniman .T7eel;ly nccl ' '