North Carolina Newspapers

fit" V" tin AMSW A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY a Volume IV Number 6. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 5, 1937. $1.25 Per Year Ked Cross Total Is 15440 - More Needed French Emissary of Good Will to U. S. County Disinclined To Quit Road Claim PEMUIH EEECLYi i'". ft: J? r endid Response By B Sufferers DRIVE CONTINUES Ten Barrels of Clothing f And Blankets Go West '&?". ldore,than seven times over what 3. Vi m Ariirinallv asked to raise for r n Qhjo and Mississippi valley flood iffT ha "been the latest local , '.. Bed Crow response, bulwarked, as it to, apon the splendid generosity of f ,; Perquimans citisenry wmcn oas F''-'"wwr-faitod when uffering or de- ; testation has been at stake. - Ojairman : S? N.: Vhecfoee, of the local. Bed Cross .Chapter, .who was " ' vnpeaied to t vie outset to raise a 4UoUf 6. wSicU was teteHdoubi- r Wthea-'Quintupled, "reported last , sight that he either Jtadin hand or. : had transmitted to Washington, a -:'sta&C4tO -nd that- in addition ten barrellsof such needed protec tive clothing had been sent forward ed to the flood sufferers. gut Mr! Whedbee declared that ifuture flood needs were urgent and growing every day, and that there should be,' no lessening, in the, drive to raise additional funds. He is es pecially anxious, he stated, to see tite Hertford quota be raised ten times over, and even more if "possi ' ble, and to that end has asked, all the workers to direct their every ffort. A further list of those who have made contributions since- laet week's issue of the Perquimans Weekly was AOTtiskjui lut nitrtit hv nr. wned 4 one jana aasnn in u ujwuuis - Eev,oEi T. Jiltoon, who a has., been - "coneottng everything he could m tiie way of warm clothing ana Diaucets ana we gn on box u bucu.. -meoto last week, has been instrumen tal largely in seeing tfiat 10 barrels of such clothing has been ' shipped this week after beinr collected at Darden Brothers store. Uora contributions of this sort are needed and a renewed effort, Mr. Whedbee amid, would be made in this cUreotioa. ' ; ' Mr. Whedbee expressly stressed ttromrh mach repetition the contin tiimr umacy of -fteed for a r still - further enlarged money total by the local ahavtar. ataflnsr that while the ; ' response has een magnifieent so far ?' he hope it will he even more. to. r T "This It no time for comparisons,' - said Mr.' Whedbee, rand while Per quimans has already, made a' record for splendid generosity it should not top with that record. When there - to a need so great as at present th ' . nearts ox everyone must oe respon ' elve. and all of usmuot "give until ... it hurts'' as, was done in war jdaya." Nationally Vthe response of chap- r ten everywhere to thenood appeal has ibeenieeJIeHt;-Mr. whedbee has ' fcrd-XJn: to last Sunday " more -"Cian $3,000,000 h4 be received, but inasmuch as national ited uross s Chairman; Adnnral , Gary , T. iray- eon, has t given; the A organieation's v check for $10000,000 to further , the rescue vforki H aan be seen that the -ccj campaign, w- tmder , way tnsteaa of finished. . - .. , fcN Nearly, a aillioh people; have been " affected by he cristo of which near ly three-fourths are .Ahe care of v he Eed-CroiBii"i.Aii4..wra'th0towrr' ' 1 ing, surging: waters of the Missies , ' Jppl nows roaring; their.-way toward ) v Kew Orleans, carrying destruction in ' . . :ner waxe us www' oi yicviinp - K -!r to be naathr mmA'fC-- , J-t a letter received;: yesterday - I:1 tTeoer, vice chairman i r V.rA Crnaa Domestic f i, :".,Whad!K;toforB4 , . i." ..re great ; intepjetf has : i t!.o-"ithroug5l the receipt of -t of clothing and rood. ,ur, t tzt that' no campaign along j uAe to urged but that auch; do t ...ions should be accepted especial ' ly new, clean and serviceable cloth s' I t and canned or packasfed food ' 11 etr?s. Great care, he has written, , should be exercised in the acceptance . cf all donations of thia, Wnd..; . Another Dance'At & A. . Walker's Feb. 11 v:-y doV- htful dance was given ' in .".ker on the second r cf t$ etore v r.icn nas neen re jaodlci anFdecort-i very Atractive a few '.'. - fad the first " dance given the new place. Another danea wiU . te given on fViday February It. 4, . r' WinfaU Peariat Co. Soon Ready Begin Operations Again The WinfaU Peanut Company, which is a young Perquimans indus try, engaged in shelling peanuts for seed purposes, will shortly begin operations, according to the mana ger, J. H. Baker.. The WinfaU Peanut Company be gan operations in 1935 on a very small scale, shelling only 700 bags that year. Last year they shelled 1,441 bags, more than doubling the amount shelled the first year. These 1,441 bags represented peanut3 be longing to 228 farmers, Mr. Baker says, in seven Counties. Miss Francis Evans Mbnthaub Speaker At the meetings of the home de monstration . clubs in February a feature of the program will., be .a talk by. Miss Francis Evans, .Health Nurse of Perquimans,- an.4 ty'ss Gladys Hamrick, Home Demonstra tion Agent, has arranged :the date of each meeting at a convenient time for Mis3 Evans to be present. The regular program will be car ried out as usual, with the clubs studying the care and use of the sew ing machine, among other interest ing details in connection with sew ing. Miss Evans' talk which is an extra feature will be along health lines which will be interesting and helpful to the club wonmen. The time and place of each meet ing is as follows: Tuesday, February 9, the Chapanoke club will meet with Miss Lillian Bright. On Wednesday, the 10, the WinfaU club will meet at the home , of Mrs. Wi u Bagley. "" ., : .The Hunters Fork club will meet with Mrs.- Elmer Lamb on Thursday, the 11. The Ballahack Club will meet on Monday, the 15, with Mrs. Archie The Beech Spring Club meets on Tuesday, the 16, at the school house. The Durante Neck Club meets on Wednesday, the 17, with Mrs. J. A. Sawyer. The Whites ton Club meets on Thursday, the 18, the place of meet ing to be announced later. me white Hat. duo meets on Tuesday, the 23, at the school house. The Bemdere School meets on Wednes, the 24, with Mrs. Sylvia WinaJow. ' The Helen Gaither Club meets on Thursday, the 25, with Mrs. Claude Perry. The Bethel-Burgess Club meets on Friday, the 26, at the school house. . .The-Show HiU Club meets on Tues day,'; March 2, at the Snow HU1 School Class. Hertford Doctors In New Building ; ..i;,. Drs. C. A. Davenport and T P. Brinn have moved into . their newly constructed medical building, ' which Hertford is already viewing with considerable pride. They will have adjoining offices there with a sort of co-operative emergency hospital equipment as well as a room for con valescents with several beds. The new building is a brick struc ture, modernly . designed and con- atrueted throughout, and is heated and ' cooled by one of the new air condition systems. - A large ' and spacious reception room will greet callers -npon. ennance, and. wo- up- to-date -operating rooms,1 and jX-Jtay room.? with witn the latest appartus installed, and atiu v another ' spectal room for accident- cases, make up some of. the interior ,leaturs that I l:reaoy,Wr ur. iMvenport,; a graduate v of Duke University i and" the- ,Vmttiiit where he served on Uie staff of the University Hospital, came to Hert ford in 1925. and has aince made his home there. JHe has been active fat civic affairs and to a member of the town -board and of the Hertford -Ro tary . Club.:, ...-..v i.v.-M. ..v-l.. Dr. Brian, a native of Perquimans and a graduate of the Hertford High School, attended through' matricula tion, also, at the University of Itorth Carolina and the University of Penn sylvania in Philadelphia, He U a son of the late Mr. and Mrs,- J. ,T. E.;..n, of Hertford.; i , DUNN VISITORS l. Cl,t.'.i Eroughton and' her I 5, cf Dunn, were recent ( i " i in Cart- i. v in.. l's--iiial t mSrifiririTiii' Tra irrt Mile. -Madeleine de Charpln of Paris w-fottflinr to GroVer Whalen ' : message of greeting from the Frenck nttlofl to the people of the , United States and wishes for the success of the New York World's . Fair of which Mr. Whalen is President Mile. Charpin also extended a cordial invitation to Mr. Whalen and his fcountrymen to, attend the Paris 1937 International Exposition which iopens it) May.' She was i selected recently as Queen of Queens of France at the historical festival of St Catherine. Her title dates back 500 years. EXEMPTION FOR HOME OWNERS IS IN BIG AMOUNT County Commissioners Asked - to Approve Pending: Act $40,000AT ISSUE 1,437 Owners Would Benefit By $250 Tax Cuts Pending legislation before the General Assembly presaged upon the fact that home owners should be given a tax exemption of $260 on such privately possessed property, got the Pcrquimana County Commissioners very much interested on Monday, and they didn't know whether to approve or disapprove of its enactment. But they did do some digging into their records and found there were just exactly 1,437 home owners in Perquimans and that if . they were relieved, sympathetically or. other wise, of $260 each onhe tax rataWea the county would be giving away something likely $40,000 in such ex emptions. . , It was this disclosure that disturb ed the commissioners and. they talk ed about 'it for quite awhile and will some more if the proposed legisla tion comes anywhere near a focus. V The question came up through the receipt of a letter from the "State Association of County Commissions," signed J. L. Skinner, of Raleigh, its secretary. Mr. Skinner wrote that the whole subject was of paramount importance to every county, that the association stood solidly behind such legislation and he wanted all the facts he could secure to back hurt up in what he was planning to do. Especially did Mr. Skinner want detailed information as to the num ber of. home owners in Perquimans, and It was to comply that the com missioner! reached the I43T total to gether with n the startling : fact the county would be cut 140,000 in its iU:J:.i'f be came reality. Railroad i Danger ials'(rating 'ijna&ewc that . , have j been erected at the railroad crossing bn-Cubb; tet; may. aavtf many; lives. , - ".-i., ; , CAa The"1ti8-are now in operation til? driver) of a car can tell when a train "is' approaching by the contin uous blinking of danger lights that atop only after the train has passed. The lights are plainly visible day or. night - v '- t ;',f v t , Only a few tnontha ago a car was struck by a train and dragged many feet and only by a miracle did the driver escepe unharmed. '; Tl.e darrer liznals may be a treat help to icnry fecjle. - ; ; SCHOOLS RESUME GLASSES MONDAY BUSSES CHECKED Recent Fair Weather Makes Reopening Possible CLOSED NINE DAYS Highways In County Have Become More Passable Clear, cold weather the last few days made it possible yesterday for County School Superintendent F. T. Johnson- to announce that sessions would be resumed for a certainty next Monday in those schools which have had to remain closed because of climatic and road conditions. This especially applies to the Per quimans County High School which has been closed since January 26, and which Mr. Johnson fully expect ed would resume studies last Mon day. Rain over . the last week-end, however, made this opening date in advisable and another week of grace was given students. But their period of rest is over and they can prepare themselves for' reattendance next Monday morning. . In connection with the reopening Mr. Johnson, also, said, that repair work on the county school trucks had progressed well., and that the vehic les would all be in shape for ope ration next week. The terrible condition of county roada which interfered with school attendance and resulted finally in the closing edict, was made a matter of discussion before the county com missioners on Monday. It is hoped, however, that the backbone of incle mency has been broken and that con ditions, which have already started to clear up, will be more favorable hereafter. Perquimans Native Safe In Cincinnati li- K. Saves, of the Bethel com munity, was reassured on Friday to receive g telegram from his daugh ter, Mrs. H. D. Prophater, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, informing him that- she 'and her family were safe from th flood waters. Mrs. Prophater, who is a native of Perquimans, has lived in the city of Cincinnati for a number of years. Rev; MJU Ambrose .SfewBereaPastor Those from Berea Christian Church ! who attended 'the RoanokvMlietrict convention . held at Zion 'Chapel were Mrs. Fenton ;Hajrrell;'i?Mrs Joe-r P. Perry and; Joshua JSuttom t ; ; ':A liberal contribution was made for the relief of the flood sufferers, the offering amounting to $40.. A new pastor, the Rev. Martin L. Ambrose, of Roper, will serve Berea Church this year. Blanchard's Oldest Firm In State To Be In Same Family The last issue of the State, the North Carolina magazine edited by Carl Goerch, which carries so ir-any items of general interest to North Carolinians, gave the name of the fir:n of J. C. Blanchard as the old est one in North Carolina, so far as Mr. Goerch knows which has always been in one family. A previous issue of the State had set forth that the Briggs Hardware Company, in Raleigh, which was 71 years old, as the oldest one Mr. Goerch knew. Another business, in Raleigh 101 years, old, was reported in last week's issue, with J. C. Blanchard & Co., topping the list at 105. J. Cy Blanchard & Co., celebrated their one ' hundredth anniversity in 1932 with a series of big sales events and a county fair. At that time they issued a very attractive booklet, which gave a lot of interest ing information in connection with the establishment of the business in 1832 by the grandfather of the pre sent head, J. C. Blanchard.' Commissioners Hear Troubles About Roads In addition to approving the Hals tead proposal for a $25,000,000 high way improvement in North Carolina the county commissioners on Monday irot into the road question in a lot of other ways. Several husbandmen were present to complain about the mud situation and ask that the state be urged to take over several outly ing roads. A delegation of 30 citizens from up in the northeast section of the county were especially insistent that a road connecting with Highway No, SO be. taken over and safe guarded. The Commissioners got -the dele gation to remark this proposed road was through the Dismal Swamp sec tion and might well be given later consideration. Another delegation sought help with regard to two small bridges on the Cranie Island Road in Belvidere Township, and these the commission' era agreed to do something about. Still others asked that proper drainage about a bridge on U. S. 17 in the Chapanoke section, be engaged in. This is a brick road and .there has been much trouble with a drain pipe. The Commissioners agreed to fix it up. More Contributors To Red Cross Fund Kate Crawford Mrs. W. M. Madrew Win-fall School - Mr. and Mrs. Dick Potter Mrs. Crayton Stephens Mr. W. M. Morgan F. S. Stallings Miss Mannie Stallings Mr. and Mrs.Norman Trueblood Clark Stokes Mr. and Mrs. W. (. Wright Miss Alice Babb Miss Blanch Everett J. R. Smith Mrs. C. F. Sumner Claud Williams Mrs. W. H. Matthews Margaret Cox Hertford Colored Baptist Church (Hertford Colored Baptist Sunday School J. Oliver White New Ho.p$ Methodist Sunday School Bera Christian Church D. S. Dempsey Anderson's Church Carlton Cannon Perquimans High School, Students and Teachers Belvidere School Mrs. Alice Overman Mr. and Mrs. Corp Reed W. F. Madre, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Sumner Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stokes William C. Chappell -Dr. E. S. White Miss Emma White. Miss Margaret White , . . Miss Lucy White L. I. Berry J. R. Carrol T. B. Brickhouse G. C. STUDENTS AT P. C. H. S. v WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 . Several students from G. C. Col lege of Greensboro, will present talks and interesting information at the Perquimans ' County ; High " School, February 10 at 2:80 o'clock. ' The public k cordially Invited to attend. May Carry on Fight For Return of Huge Amount $586,000 SPENT Whedbee Views Report As Discouraging But Not Final Perquimans County refuses to ac cept the recent report of the special commission delegated to consider the road refund claims of 81 counties in the state, and is determined to press further its claim of $586,000 for such a refund. County Attorney Charles H. Whed bee would not say yesterday jiLt what proceed u re Perquimans would now engage in to bring its claim nearer a successful consummation, but he did take the position the claim was still very much alive; and that the" commission's report "passirig the buck" back to the State Highway Commission, while disheartening: in a way was in no sense discouraging. It was explained that Perquimans large claim was for all hard surfac ing of roads and construction of road bridges before the state took over these avenues of travel, and that the claim did in no sense come under the category of the special commission's comment "few, if any, have merit which extends to the whole amount of the claim." By a vote of 7 to 2, Chairman Carl Bailey, of Plymouth, and William B. Chappell, of Wilmington, dissenting, the special commission recommended to the Governor and General Assem bly on Monday that the Highway Commission be fully empowered, as it has always been, to pass upon all the county claims, -totaling around $53 000,000, and to make no cash re funds "only when the exigencies of a particular situation demand." Es pecially, the report stated, no pre ferential payments should be made. The commission also recommended that the Highway Commission "be charged with the further responsibi lity of continuously seeking in its program of maintenance and con struction to gradually elimate and adjust all inequities as may exist." County Will Aid Tubercular Clinic Plans underway in Perquimans to establish a tubercular clinic received the endorsement of the county com missioners on Monday when they agreed to advance $60 for the estab lishment of the clinic. The Womens Club of Hertford is behind the movement and has com piled much information to show that the clinic is needed both as a pre ventative and as a possible cure. Information in support of what the Hertford women are hoping to accomplish was submitted to the commissioners on Monday and they lost no ti.ne in heartily endorsing the movement. Just when the clinic will get under way was not disclosed but it is in line with a state wide effort to com bat the ''Great White Plague" in every county of North Carolina. Inmate County Home Agrees To Sell Land To raise funds which will be help ful toward supporting Ada White, an aged inmate of the county home, the Perquimans County Commissioners on Monday, agreed, with Mrs. White's consent and at her suggestion, to sell a piece of farm land which she pos sesses, and in which she has a live ly equity. It was decided to formally adver tise the land for sale and it is believ ed the resultant receipt from this will be sufficient to be of much service to Mrs. White and at the same time help her to share her living burden with the county. Considerable Interest In 4-H dub Work The 4-H Clubs, which Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Demonstration Agent organized-Some weeks ago, are-taking active interest in the work, under the leadership of Miss Fannie Mae Cof field, who reports that the girls' this month are making sewing box es, which are very attractive as welt as useful.'. There are three of . these clubs in Perquimans, with approximately 20 present at the last meeting of each. - ' -he; 4