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J THEPBUIlSlNG OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COIJNTY
Yolurne IMtfumber 33.
Hertford," Perquimans County; North Carolina, Friday, August 16, 1935.
$1.25 Per Year
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Respite A '
Increased Consumption
Of f sets Drop Of Three
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books"audited
Records Kept By W. G.
Newby In Excellent
Shape
There has been a reduction in the
price of electric current in the Town
of Hertford in the past four years
of from IB cents per killowat to a
graduated scale of from 12 cents
down, and in spite, of this reduction,
according to James M. Williams, of
the firm of Williams , & . Wall, , of
Raleigh, who has recently completed
the annual audit of the town boojkjr,
this department, because, of increased
consumption and because of econdmy
of operation has continued to slow
a profit. ,,
However, Mr. William' madiCjthe
statement to the Board of Commis
sioners, while making his report on
Monday night, that, -1rithdugh the
profit for this year, after paying
the bonded debt; maturities? and inter
est of tnis particular '"fund, ah
increase in the tax rate is going to
be inevitable.
Mr. Williams called attention to
the fact that the property valuation
of the town during the past four
years has been reduced approximate
ly one fourth, without . any increase
in the tax rate. During these four
years the bonded indebtedness has
teen reduced by approximately $25,
O00.00. ' ;
It was also stated that the bond
d indebtedness of the town will be
gin from now on to mature at a fast
er rate than formerly, which will, of
course, call for more revenue, and
that an increase in the tax rate will
be inevitable to compensate for the
reduction in property values.
W. G. Newby, Town Clerk, also
called attention to the fact that one
source of revenue had been cut al
most in half. Ice, which formerly
sold at $8.00 per ton, now' brings only
$4.50, according to Mr. Newby.
Mr. Williams reported that lie re
cords of the town office as kept by
Mr. Newby are in fine shape, with
everything properly accounted for.
A summary of the auditor's report
appears elsewhere in this; newspaper.
The tax; rate for the coining year
will continue at 1.10, but in all pro
bability another year will see either
an increase in the rate or a revalua
tion of the town property.
Two Defendants Up
In Recorder's Court
Clarance Burnette, colored, con
victed of possessing liquor for the
purpose of sale in Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, was sentenced to three
months on the roads. He appealed
to the .Superior Court and appeal
bond was' set at $200.00.
Abraham Hudgins, colored, con
victed of the charge of being drunk
and disorderly and alsoOf 'resisting
an officer, was, fined ten dollars and
sentenced to' the roads toi sixty; days,
the roLd sentence 't be .suspended
upon payment f? fm;' and-; the
court costs, and upon an open opoh
gy to officer JBrittj nd good bei
havior for one year. , .s
Former Belvideref
acheSTpMed
Profit
"hM The eneaeement and approaching
marriage 'Of MiS8vJMpWntrell,
of Rich Square, to John Tnomas
Weaver, of Pinetops, has been an
nounced. v'
Miss Putrell, who is the daughter
of Mr. and: Mrs. Julian Unwood Fut-
rell, of Jtich Square, formerly
C taught m Jl(eT5elvId;ei;Sc)iMfrf this
; county andhafc many friends, la that
..'section.' " , . .
r i The wedding wCftake',pTace In? this
. ! month. ' etl-fjj j.'(?
Hour J)
. Company tsilo'sed' iSi hour "cf
the funerarcf, Seymour- cr':
Monday aft-rnoon. ( Mrs. D.Jt-.Jac'c-son,
a dau.ter 6f,Mr,' Cliap,.w:, has
- for many s-.ua teea .emi.';;-.aJSas
cashier m,tv r-ii at iws
Miss -"IHliott is .snv''itut-
ing in 1.1x4. i-aon' place dai-lng
; her vacation, wWci tPTan a few days
prior to I!r. CI -Va death.
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Reduction
Reduces , Winfall
Rate F6 Current
A reduction has been made by
the Board of Town Commissioners
of the Town of Hertford in the
price charged Winfall residents
for electric current. Winfall for
merly paid 12 cents and 5 cents
per killowat. It was decided at
the meeting of the commissioners
on Monday night, to reduce this
rate to 9 cents and 4 cents.
Local Relatives Go
To Ahoskie Funeral
JS. C. Hobbs, of Ahoskie, who was
drowned at'Tuscarora Beach on Sun
day afternoon, was the husband of
a niece of Mrs. T. C. Blanchard, of
Hertford. . Mrs. Blanchard was ad
vised by telegram of Mr. Hobbs
death on Monday morning,
j. Mrs.' Blanchard and her daughter,
Miss Kate M. Blanchard, attended
the funeral services held on Tuesday
afternoon 'at the liome in Ahoskie.
Surviving Mr. Hobbs are his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Matthews Hobbs, two
sons, E. C, jr.; and James Hobbs, of
Washington, D. C, three brothers,
Ike and Mills Hobbs of Roanoke, Va.,
and Caldwell Hobbs, of Suffolk, Va.,
and three sisters, Mrs. Alice Hobbs,
of Gatesville, Mrs. H. G. Hobbs, of
Hobbsville, and Mrs. Glover Wago
ner, of Akron, Ohio.
I HIT OR MISS
Deputy Sheriff L. L. Winslow did
n't find that dog he was looking for
on Monday. It had been reported to
the Deputy that the owner of the dog
had failed to have the animal vacci
nated according to law during the
recent campaign. It is the Sheriffs
duty to make a canvass and ascer
tain whether there are dogs in the
county which the owner has failed to
have treated for the prevention of
rabies.
Mr. Winslow ran across evidence
of a law violation of so. much great
er importance that he forgot all
about the dog. There were no signs
of operation in evidence, but a big
still with all the paraphernalia loom
ed up right before the deputy's eyes(
He came back to town and reported
the matter to his superior officer,
Sheriff J. E., Winslow. When - the
Sheriff; went out to bring in the still
It was in process of operation and
right then the. fun began. 'The men
at the still disappeared in the woods
when the officers drove in sight and
left everything, even the trousers of
one of the operators.
Wanted: A few more good snake
stories. They seem to be a little
scarce this summer.
And that reminds me of a really
good snake story. A man out in
Scottsboro,,Ala.who runs a weekly
newspaper, writes tCcolumn entitled
"Inside - Stuff !' whichthe writer
claims' consists mostly of hokum and
is , not : Wieaiit; to be taken - seriously.
SometimaagoVv after having report
ed a dumber;, of local snake stories,
he faked a story: about a letter he
had received from John' Blitits, whoJ
reported, that he killed .f out-eyed
rattlesnakev seven' feet loflg with 27
rttles ononis-'yn-.iC1
. Now, it doesn't look .Jike anybody
would believe that one, but they did.
Reporters in, "nearbj'-'tom.'irrte
the storji and .edyt"it;:to;dir
'i-'ptPk6'ifis? lot
of kidding, WeV$tndcarry
the fun on the writer faked another
story to the effect that the stuffed
akin TiH faen accented bv a museum.
..Because ire iku ouch's' wiwi"
dents again copied the story. ' Inquir
ies frtyn naturalists beranto, amf
Thv wnntM-to hunt the mate of the
idureyetfraJSlfifcnd eatch'ft lilive '
;iUiei lditorwnose nm w n'-w.
Campb,ellni4 quoted assa)ring fKJ
tt mnre disnatches about it
PanJ "hear U discussed a bit more; til
ba-.beliovinj'it'ttyself.''.
,I5r, CarrbB Bays M fakedf the
name JBlitits -from ibe .sentence
-Biggest Lie 'Evir fold 3 far k This
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... J.'He has, very little tha$ money can
buybut.he TiaSfpractically, ,every:
r.....jf whlwh tiuney cannot 'buy.VHe
L-: rf-r:ciat.S)iief good literature,
of grand music, and the beauty of
w' " L;:'l ne has Jve. love of his
f x f tie i spect of his
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LOCAL SHOOTERS
IN 0HKLC0Njsr
W H. Oakey, Jr., And
M. G. Owens Secure
Place on Team
Hertford boasts two of the twelve
North Carolinians represented on the
North Carolina Civilian Team jvhich
will take part in the National Rifle
and Pistol Matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio, in September.
Walter H. Oakey, Jr., Judge of Re
corder's Court of Perquimans County,
and M. G. Owens, special Night Po
lice Officer of Hertford, went to
Fort Bragg on the 11th to partici
pate in the elimination contest there,
both winning a place on the team
composed of twelve men.
The National Contest, which is
conducted by the War Department
and is participated in by numerous
civilian and official teams from
every state in the Union, will begin
on September 1 and continue through
September 19. This is the first of
these National meets to be held
since 1931.
Both Mr. Oakey and Mr. Owens
are members of the Hertford Rifle
Club, and both are unusually fine
shots. '
Mike Newbold Must
Find 'Lost' Revolver
If Mike Newbold cannot find the
pistol he says he threw away after
the thing accidentally went off in
his hand and inflicted a flesh wound
in the arm of his friend, Curly Thach,
it is going to be just too bad. If he
does find it and bring it to Judge
Walter H. Oakey, Jr., in Recorder's
Court next Tuesday, the judgment of
Judge Oakey is going to be material
ly changed.
Mike Newbold, nineteen-year-old
colored youth, was charged in court
on Tuesday with carrying a concealed
weapon, with being off his premises
on Sunday with a weapon, with as
sault with a deadly weapon, and
with disturbing a religious service,
and all because as he alleges he pick-:
ed up an old pistol beside the woods
path on his way to church at San
ders Grove last Sunday and when he
reached the church ground he started
to exhibit his find to his friend, Cur
ley, and the thing went "off, bang!
just like that. The bullet went
right through Curley's arm.
A couple of the deacons reported
the matter to the deputy sheriff and
Mike was arrested.
In court Jie was rather inarticu
late. "I was scared so bad" was the
longest speach he made, and this
was in answer to a . question as to
why he threw the gun away.
There was no evidence that he
meant to shoot Curley and Curley
himself appeared to believe it was all
an accident.
But the judge wants that gun
brought into court. It went off
once. It might do so again. At any
rate, it is a dangerous firearm to be
in the possession of a careless fellow.
Aid Society Meets
With Mrs. Perry
The Ladies Aid of Bethelhem
Church held their regular meeting at
the home of. Mrs. Reuben Perry, Fri
day afternoon.-, Mrs. E. Y. Berry led
the; program on the subject Worship
ping God Out of Doors The hostess
served a . delicious iceicourae.i
i Those present. werej1,Mrs. S. L
Cullipheri 'Jl MrsE. Y,. Berry, Mrs.
Carlton ' Cannon, ' Mrs. lR. A. Perry,
Mrs- Joshua Perry,. MW. .W. A. Rus
sell, Mrs. Reuben Stalling, Mrs W.
M Harrell, Sr.,;and,Mrs. T. T. Har-
JilUddickBuys
Hickory Cross School
The old Hickory Cross School
House, in Bejvidere Township, will
probably .be-thrned into, a, barn,' The
building which was recently 'adver
tised for sale by the Board of Edu
catiOn .f iJPerqulman ,County,r is one
ofT thonerrooin. school house? dis
carded by 'the ' consolidation of county
schobls.'1 At" the "sale held on Satur
day the.- bunding - anS the' acre of
ground, we're purchased, iy JV A, Rid-dii-Vttt
th nrlcA of ' f if tv-onet dollars.
0 While" the sale' caAhot be confirmed
until, 'after-theiapse' of ; twenty days,
during tifhi,cktime,,the1bid1may be
raised by-nyone interested in, pur
chasing J the - property, 'the ' probabi
fttsMit that MrJ Riddick will' be the
purchaser, ijNdbody. elsbld on the
property on Saturday. j vv,
' Mr. '"Kiddie will" probably' use the
old icLoothouse for a(brn if He ac
quires the property.
Two 'more pure bred c Guernsey
heifers have been : placed with 4-H
club members of Polk County this
month. i iv '
COUNTY OFFICERS
CAPTURE STILL
Operators Near-Burgess
Surprised by Sheriff
And Deputies
Surprised by Perquimans County
officers on Tuesday attemoon, the
operator of a big liquor still near
Burgess fled, leaving not only all the
elaborate equipment, supplies and
produce, but his trousers, as well.
Sheriff J. E. Winslow and his de
puties, who went down in the Bur
gess neighborhood on Tuesday to in
vestigate the plant which Deputy
Sheriff L. L. Winslow had accidental
ly run across on Monday, surprised
the men at work. There were three
men, two whites and a negro, none
of whom were identified. They made
off when the officers appeared, one
of the men clad only in underwear
and a white cap. His trousers were
found at the still.
The officers confiscated the equip
ment, including the big still with a
capacity of 500 gallons of liquor in
24 hours, boilers, etc., and a ton of
coal, and destroyed 9,000 gallons of
mash and 200 gallons of whiskey.
Deputy Sheriff L. L. Winslow ran
across the plant on Monday, while
hunting for a dog which it was re
ported its owner had failed to pre
sent for vaccination during the re
cent campaign of vaccinating dogs
for the prevention of rabies.
The deputy failed to find the dog.
Group Enjoying House
Party At Nags Head
A group of young people from
Hertford and various other points' are
at Nags Head this week on a house
party chaperoned by Mrs. Herman
Winslow.
Those from Hertford include Miss
es Elizabeth Stephens, Ruth Elliott,
Jessie Lee Banks and Patricia Steph
ens; Henry Stokes, Claude Brinn,
Grady. Spsvey, Carl Britt, Lawrence
Towe, Creighton Stephens and Wil
liam White. Others in the party are
Miss Odell Parker, of Suffolk, Va.,
Misses Evelyn Spruill and Julia Belle
Cozzens, of Edenton, and Miss Vir
ginia Newberne, of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Bettie Chappell
Buried On Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie
Chappell, who died in a Raleigh
Hospital on Saturday, were conduct
ed at Hunters Fork Church on Sun
day afternoon, with the Rev. Mrs.
Elizabeth White, Pastor of the Up
River Friends Church, conducting
the services. Burial took place in
the family burying ground near Bel
videre. Surviving are her husband, Rich
ard Chappell, and the following child
ren r Fleetwood Chappell, Herbert
Chappell, Rome Chappell, and Mrs.
Claude Dail. all of Belvidere, and
Mrs. Wayland Perry, of Edenton.
Winfall Colored Boy
Wins Judging Honors
Molton Zachary, colored 'youth of
Winfall, who was graduated from
the Perquimans Training School at
Winfall this year, was one of four
to represent the State of North Caro
lina at the National Crop and Ani
mal Judging Contest held at Tuske-
gee, Ala., last week, the North Caro
lina team winning the prize of a sil
ver loving cup as award for first
place in the sectional contest, repre
sentinfc the statesf of Virginia, North
Carolina,-'South Carolina, Maryland,
New Jersey and West Virginia
The North Carolina team also won
third place in" the .national contest,
and was awarded a silver platter
Two otjiet-prteesfour dollars in
cash- and a bag of seed Irish pota
toes, were also won by the team. I
Ki AsA Williams, Principal and
Teacher of Agriculture of the Win
fall iTraining School, - who- helped
coafch the. North- Carolina , team at
Greensboro, reports that Zachtfry
showed the characteristics of a gobd
judge: his7 team mates, trailing him
80$oints.V, i " i
The silve.1:upf won' as first prise
measures 'T2 inches in height and s
inscribed' asfollow? "The " National
Benefit v4ife- Insurance. Company,
Washington, D, a .Award, to High
Scoring Team Sectional. .Crop and
Animal Judging Contest". r
Moltori iachary, who won many
honors during his high school course,
will lenter the Agricultural ft Tech
idcat College, at Greensboro this
fail." i : ;- 'ylyi't
Z. ' ary'a record 'wlhei "contest
ratM 1' x as the State's h'h man,
the secUon -1 high, man and- th "na
tionV! fourth high man," In the.' Judg
ing contest
Rotarian Addresses
Local Club Tuesday
Local Women Bag
Good Catch Of Fish
Three Hertford women went
fishing at Ocean View last week
and in two hours caught 104
croakers and a clam.
Mrs. W. P. O'Donnell's hook
got caught in & clump of clams
and when she finally succeeded in
extricating it a clam was attached
to the hook.
In the party with Mrs. O'Donnell
were Mrs. J. S. Vick ami Mrs. E.
S. Pierce.
Local Man Narrowly
Escapes Drowning
T. B. Sumner, prominent Hertford
resident, narrowly escaped drowning
at Nags Head on Sunday, according
to a report received in Hertford on
Monday.
Mr. Sumner's family is spending
the summer at Nags Head, and visit
ing them are several relatives, in
cluding Mrs. Sumner's niece, Miss
Katherine Jessup. On Sunday, ac
cording to those who were at the
beach, the undertow in the surf was
unusually strong. Miss Katherine
Jessup while bathing was caught by
undertow and called for help and Mr.
Sumner swam to her rescue. He also
was caught by the current and it
was only after heroic effort on the
part of E. G. McMullan, his brother-in-law,
that he was saved. He was
so nearly drowned that it was nec
essary to render first aid, including
artificial respiration, which fortu
nately Mr. McMullan is qualified to
administer.
Much gratification was expressed
when it became known in Hertford
that Mr. Sumner had escaped ser
ious injury.
Moses Boyce Sails
First Sweet Potatoes
The first sweet potatoes to be
marketed in Hertford by a local
grower appeared on Saturday.
Moses Boyce, a Beach Spring farm
er, who brought in the first potatoes,
grew the potatoes to marketable size
in exactly seven weeks. This is be
lieved to be a record.
August 10 is early for Perquimans
grown sweet potatoes, and sweet po
tatoes ready for market in exactly
seven weeks after the plants were set
out is the quickest grown crop' re
ported. C. C. Simpson Leaves
Hertford Banking Co.
C. C. Simpson, who has for a num
ber of years been employed as book
keeper at the Hertford Banking Co-,
has accepted a similar position with
the Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., at
Greenville. Mr. "Simpson left Wed
nesday to take over his new position.
Miss Joselyn Whedbee has accept
ed the position made vacant in the
Hertford bank and has already taken
over her duties.
English College Boys
Visiting Miss Fowler
Miss Frances Fowler has as guests
John Hampshire and Tommy Rich
ardson, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng
land.
The two young men, both of whom
are students at the University of
Leeds, are making a tour in America
In company with Miss Fowler they
spent the week-end at Nags Head as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Whedbee,
Newlyweds Return
From Wedding Trip
Mr. and Mrs. C E. Carr, who were
married (m Tuesday of last week,
liave -returned from their wedding
trip and are living in apartments St
Mrs. C. tC. Winslow's. Mt, Carr is
the Superintendent in charge 'of the
construction work being done on the
f?.086
Mrs. Carr is the former
Miss Valdera Scott, of Richmond Va.
Accident Victim
h Now Improving
The condition of Joe Zabawa is re
ported as improving. Mr. Zabawa,
crana operator for the F. D. Cline
Co.,, in, .Hertford .during the recent
paving operations, was injured in an
automobile accident, near Gatesville
on Friday night He is still .a pat
ient in the Albemarle Hospital where
he was taken immediately after the
accident v
Cleveland Thayer Gives
True Glimpse of
Rotary
MUST FILL PLACE
District Governor Em
phasizes Activity
Among Youth
"It was in that place that I first
learned of Uiis delightful relation
ship between men which is called
Rotary," said Cleveland Thayer, Dis
trict Governor of Rotary Internatio
nal, in his address before the Hert
ford Rotary Club on Tuesday night,
in speaking of a place where he had
recently visited.
In his message Mr. Thayer suc
ceeded in imparting to his hearers a
glimpse of the vision of the true
meaning of Rotary as he has accept
ed it.
"There has been a great evolu
tion in Rotary and Rotary programs
in ten years," said the speaker, who
stated that he recently returned to
the club where he first held member
ship an absence of ten years.
The speaker stressed the impor
tance of the individual responsibility
and the individual effort.
It is absolutely inevitable that you
impart something to those whose
lives you touch", he pointed out, lay
ing special emphasis upon the fact
that each Rotarian, under his own
specific classification, fills a part no
other can fill.
"You may think that you are a
very insignifictnt part of the great
organization of Rotary Internatio
nal", he said, "that you as an indivi
dual would not be noticed at all if
you failed to take your part. You
may feel that it would pass unnotic
ed even if your club should fail to as
sume its rightful place, but this is
not true, because each one of you
has a certain place in the organiza
tion." In reference to the special work
which individual Rotarians may as
sume in the community, the speaker
referred to the Boy Scout work, with
special reference to the lasting ef
fect of scouting on the life of a boy.
"Youth Service", he said "is a new
activity, and Rotary International
has appointed a special committee on
Youth Service.
"If you do not more than help one
boy or girl, find themselves", he said,
"place themselves, solve their prob
lems, you have done a great piece of
work."
He touched briefly upon other ob
jectives, referring especially to adult
illiteracy, and also stressed the im
portance of the work to help the un
derprivileged child.
In closing the speaker quoted the
words of another who referred to a
man who gave up a position in which
he was making a great deal of money
to take up the kind of life in the
country that he loved: "He does
not have all that money can buy, but
he has just .about everything that
money connot buy. He has apprec
iation for good literature and grand
music and for the beauty of the ma
jestic hills. He is loved by those in
his family circle, he is respected by
his neighbors, and he has a host of
real, sincere friends."
"I think", continued the speaker,
"that if we assume our individual
responsibilities of Rotary to those
things that we feel are the proper
things, that our consicences tell us
are real things in connection with
Rotary International, we will accum
ulate some of those fine things, too."
Divers-Perry Marriage
Announced Last Week
Announcement was made last week
of the marriage of Miss Maude Perry
and Mr. William M. Divers, Jr., the
ceremony having taken place in Suf
folk, Va., on January 27 of this year,,
with the Rev.;i Herbert N. Tucker,
performing' thjeceretriony.
The bride is hte attractive daugh
ter oi Mrs.' At X. Perry, of New '
Hope.- The bridegroom is the eldest
son of Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Divers, of (
Hertford. .", Bpth, young people' are'
very popular with, a wide circle of
friends., r VT, , ..'., .
Five Brinn Brothers
Jlaye Family, Keunion 1
' The five 'Brinn , .boys, , Joe and,
Frank, of SanfordVi Claude, of Is
tanbul, Turkey; Rosser and Tim, of
Hertford .holding family , reunion
in Hertford this - week, went . on :. a
fishing trip to, Ocean, View on Mon
day. A good catch was reported, , ;