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HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTYi
Volume IV-Number 11.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 12, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year
X NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF
cary iud uoserves
Ladies' Night Tuescfexy
Er.a!l"AttendanceaFails
t SDinrpcn Festive
. nnnoff . itttvwt
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V All -Appeared to Enjoy
A Special Fun Making
- Program
w 1 ladies Nirit at the Hertford Ro
t&rf Cldb was obaerved on Tuesday
nlUt and, while for one reason and
4 ; another, there was: not a full atten
dance of either Rotarians or Rotary
i Annes, those present were in a very
.iffay and festive mood and it might
- be said the affair "was enjoyed by
$ Presideat Carlton ' A. Davenport,
1 'Ipresidlng-, called on F. tT. Johnson to
" ,JL Denhobn," of State Sanatorium,
'' whoJsreonchiotinirthe-. tufcercuJoBis
i clinks in 4he eounty,
and who upon
outline of the
woric he is doing and offered sugges-
jtlons as to furthering the plans in
the county for the prevention of this
Oiseaae.
The program was then turned over
to Mrs. C. P. Morris and the fun be
'.gan. .Mrt. C. A. Davenport, called
aolk for a toast to husbands, re
.Speaded with a most amusing one,
jrfter which Silas Whedbee read a
little girl's essay on husband's which
"couldn't by any stretch of the ima-
j.inaitlon be said to be complimentary
, to husbands, and probably not to
I wives, for - that matter, thoiwrh it
i-ended with "And when I grow up J
)want a husband."
W, Andemon lead the eroum in
the singing of many spirited 8oiigSr
with " Mrs. S. M. Riddicfc at the
piano.
Mrs. W.
E. "White 'conducted li
quia, and among Ihc questions'asked
1 - "was "Do married men Hve "longer
J 'v ;Ahan bachelors?" The answer being
' 'ye "According to statistics, there SP
L " peared a, rather smug expression 'on
" - was. every indication that each wom
-n" present was reflecting on the fact
' that it was due to her excellent -care
- that her husband was alive.
v' :ii Mrs; -Silas 'Whedbee .was the win-
''er of the lucky, number prize for
y y- .ladies and Dn Cv X. Davenport drew
. "the prize for the men.
' Those present v. included Dr. and
V :Mrs. C' A. Davenport, Mr. ,and
' Mrs. C. P; Mdrris.'Mrs. W. E. White,
. , Mr. and., iMra. . F. T. Johnson, Dr.
vi ifi i,-wempaey, mr; ana sirs. Ci4 .
; ".Pierce, l?r.,and Mrs,.?ohn Zachery;
rV tir. and Mrs. Silas Whedbee, Mr.
; 'and Mrs. Walter H Oakey, Jr.,' Mr.
, and Mrs. R. N. Hines, and A. W
Baptist Activities
r; Greatly Increase
I Evidence of growth and progress
on the part of the Hertford Baptist
Church, is indicated bv some- inter
esting information ffm the pastor,
lev, D. 8. Dempsey, weeki ' . v. :
The number of4iultVns to the
nembersbip. at this 'church during the
two years equals twenty per
cent ox the membership two years
ago, according to Mr, Dempsey. This
church now has a membership of ap
proximately 840. - '' ' i;- v
And it isn't only membership which
has increased according to the pas
tor. The contributors have increased
about 57 per cent, and the congrega
tions are much larger than they were
sometime -ago; ', The ? fact : that the
ber of members who engage in
e activity of the church has in
creased to a great extent is very gia
" yir3f to Kr, Dempsey.
lr, D:iier Painfully
. ... .: -t-v. ym&' mgnerls'
resurfacing " Hertford
.j tarvia, was V painfully
V,'; . :?y afternoon when
1 :e and hands were sprayed with
tsr .from the mixing iwJii'e.
. 3 accident occurre J . n Kirg
and according to l&U I r.pois
turns ' were very pu, ul, but
-'-My "were not serious.
BANKERS K:
ek, Jr.,' Cashier of t"..o
'"j Company, ecr.t
s t Winston-Salem, at
"cn cf the Ameri-
; T'f'"ltJ;i"'3.
at . cf the Wac
T.w I Company, of
Tax,I4sters.Niamed ,
By Commissioners
At Special Meeting
Tax listers for each of the five
townships of the eounty were named
at a special meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners called for the
purpose, on Monday of thla week.
Unless there is a revaluation of
property it is not necessary that tax
listers be freeholders, but to avoid
double trouble only free holders were
appointed at this time, so that, in
the event it becomes necessary, S3 a
result of legislation passed at this
session of the General Assembly, to
revalue the property of the county,
it will only be necessary- to add two
names to each of those named this
week and to appoint a supervisor.
If it turns out that there is no re
valuation in Perquimans this year,
only one lister, is necessary for. each
township and Jf W. Ward? 'Register
of Deeds, automatically assumes the
duties of the "supervisor. 1
The appointees are as follows:
Hertford Township, Archie T. lane;
Bethel Township, J. a Hobbs: Bel
videre Township, E. L. Chappell;
Parkville Township, N. R. Elliott;
New Hope Township, L. R. Webb,
Miss Evans Gives
Lecture On Care Of
Home And Sick
Some very practical suggestions
were given by Miss Frances Evans,
Perquimans County Health Nurse, to
the women who attended the classes
in home hygiene and caring for the
sick last week.
These classes, which were sponsor
ed by the Parent Teacher Association
ibid attended by a number of inter
ested parents' were held on Wednea-
ay and Friday afternoons.
k Miss Jnanav gave interesting talks
on how1 to keep well "from day to
day, offering many useful sugges
tions on how to keep our homes in
such .condition that we will have good
health, and she gave demonstrations
on, how to make, beds for the sick,
and spoke of other things to be done
in the care of the sicb , ,
"The time was well spent," remark
ed. One woman who came away, with
the feeling . that she had learned
something which would help her in
tho management and care of her
home, "and all . who attended re
ceived ; much interesting and helpful
liuuniuHwii.
i
For Mra Simpson
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia
Simpson, who died on Tuesday,
March 2, at her home at' New Hope,
were' held on Thursday afteTnoon-.et
the Jfev. Hctt,
which she . was a- faithful member.
Wlththe Rev. W. G. Lowe, pastor,
officiating, and burial took place in
the family plot.
Mrs. . Simpson, who was 61 years
of age, was a native of Perquimans
and has spent her entire life in the
county. She was a woman of fine
Christian character, honored by all
who knew her and loved by a host of
friends.' Death followed a brief ill
nese of pneumonia and complications.
Surviving are the following child
rem Mrs. Elmer G. Banks, Mrs. G.
Im Turner, and Shelton . Simpson, of
New Hope; H. E Saunders, of Phil
adelphia, Walter Saunders of Route
2, Hertford, f 'm-
Baptist S. S. Class
-S v Meets At Cmurch
The ; Judson Memorial Sunday
scbool class of the llertford .Baptist
Church, met Tuesday night at the
church with Mrs. Charles Johnson as
hostess. Mrs. Kermit Lane bad
charge of the program, 'with several
taking part, , 'JTie devotional was W
by Mrs. JAnson, ; the j subject' being
"Priyer;. &&m&;Bi&-&
Members attending - included Mrs.
Charles Johnson, the teacher, Mes
dames Tommy Miller, James Cope
land, Thomas Tilley, . Kermit Lane,
5itoeld'Miaeft ESen'';CnP
roll.1 Mattie Lou Lanet . Lizzie Lee
Hoffler, Edia "tayden, ' Katherine
uaimpen, ana vora wnjie.
'After a "shirt' es 'seasloii 'the
hostess, assisted by . Mrs. Tommy
'e,v served a sweet course.
Anrfl meetlnir vwill be held
tliss Ellen ii Chappell ; at her
. 11 MM A ILL;
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'y is critically CI at
FOR NEXT
TERT.1C0
SUPERIOR
Judge KJlawson Wil
liams Scheduled to
Preside
MURDER CASE
Only Four Hertford
Residents Picked For
Jury Duty
Only four of the Jurors drawn to
serve at the April Term of Perqui
mans Superior Court live, in the Town
of Hertford, and few more in Heitir
ford Township. Those living in the
town are H. T. Broughton, Jesse
Campen, Jr., li. R. Winslow and Joe
E. HUl.. Oddly enough, both Mr.
Window and Mr. Hill are employees
of the same firm, the HoUowell
Chevrolet Company. New. Hope and
ParTtvine" Township lead hf the num-.1
ber of jurors, with nine living-in
each. Most of the jurors" drawn are
farmers.
The list as drawn is as follows: L.
H. Hudle, C. W. Haskett, J. F. Jones,
Clement Griffin, D. C. Umiphlett,
Eddie Miller, Ray W. Smith, Mercer
Thomas, J. N. Stallings, W. . Staf
ford, Robert Winslow, H. T. Brough
ton, E. U. Morgan, H. D. Elliott,
Archie T. Lane, D. R, Trueblood,
John A. Riddick, George C. Eure,
George W. Nowell, Charlie C. White,
H. R. Miller, L. W. Anderson, Irvin
Trueblood, H. R. Winslow, Ed Cope-
land, Joe Copeland, W. H. Barber, J,
T. Lamb, J. R. Layden, EVwood Q,
White, Joe E. Hill, J. A. Gregory,
Arthur Elliott, J. Ii. Elliott, Jesse
Cainpen, Jr., J. C. Hendricks.
L. W. Anderson, County Agent,
and El-wood Q. White, manager of
the Winslow-WhRe Motor Co., Ford
dealers, both have offices in Hert
ford, but .they, reside- in Belvidere
iownsnip.
The April Term .of Perquimans
Court, which convenes on the 12th
with Judge,- Claweon Williams sche
duled to. preside,, is for the trial of
both criminal and civil actions, and
there is a murder case to go before
the grand jury. - James White; alias
James Felton, Perquimans County
Negro, Will be charged wWi the axe
slaying of Hattie Simpson on the
night or -January 24. -
Irish Music Program
At School March 19
..The Piano and Rhythm ' pupils of
Mrs. R.. M. Riddick .will present a
program featuring. Irish music at .the
Hertford Grammar School on Fri
day, March lh, at 8 P. M.
Over 70 children will take part in
this program, which includes songs,
readings and piano solos and Rhythm
band numbers. .
Ihoee'tjJcing part will be:
" -Samtnie Sutton, Pat Morris, Dan
Williams, Frances Elliott, Howard
Pftt, Mary Annette Cannon, Cathe
rine Anne Holmes, Carroll Berry,
Thomas Edward Umphlett, Clarence
Thomas Madre, Betty Jean Winslow,
Reginald Tpeker, Howard Broughton,
Manning Berry Harrell, Betty Lou
Sutton, Penelope Whedbee, Jack
Babb, Mary Julia Harrell, Nancy
Zachary, Mary Leland Winslow,
Thomas Perry, Walter Marvin Wil
liams, Marine Landing, Alice Lee
Babb, Bobby Jordan, Cecil Edward
Winslow, Reginald Jones, Hazel
Godfrey, Edward Mayes, Richard
Lee, Colon Butler, Betty Anne Wins
low, Doris : Bynun, Raymond Roger-
son, Cornelia Cannon, Charley Ford
Reed, Durward Jones, Christine
Matthews, . Ida . Lee White, Anne
Mtftthews, Sarah Rogerson, Helen
Babb, Mary Ruth Wood, Jayne Grif
fin, Vivian Spivey. Moody Matthews;
Jewel White, Eva Rae Winslow, Bar
bara Winslow, Minnie Wilma Wood,
Marian- White, - Jeanne Newbold,
Julia Miller .Chappell, Minnie Louisa
Nixon, Pauline .White, ' Wilma God-
trey, ' Florence Winslow Mildred
White, Dalton Strange, Ben Koonce,
Nita Newbold, Doris Lane, Marjorie
White,, Marf Louisa Chappell, ; Mary
Feild, Anna Belle HolloweH, Olive
Layden pallia B.S Wood, Hazel
Maftthews, Hattie Pearl Nowell, Mary
Smith, Fannie. Lee Turner, Dorothy
Faye: White, Louise Banks.- Vinde
Morse, Virginia Turner, Helen Truei
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED f
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Elliott, 1 of
Chapanokeannounce ; the 1 engage
ment and approaching ; marriage of
tlieir ' daughter, Mise , Lessie Irene
F"; to Mr.t
r rf t?i lata Vi.'iH'. Mrs.
w&: j :.! :- t'a.e place. on Easter
COURT (
m EQUIPMENT
;0.(EtllS ANNEX
)F DIVERS BLDG.
Needs Ade-
qua
Quarters to Do
Business
. PEACES SCARCE
Few buildings Remain
Unoccupied Long In
; Hertford
That no store, office or shop on the
ground floor in Hertford, and few on
any othr floor, for that matter, is
ever unoccupied for any length of
time, hat often been commented upon.
It is aVyJays difficult to rent a dwel
ling house or apartments, in Hert
ford. There are never enough to go
around and some one is always want
ing a place. .
'Dta . Annex at thcWvprs Mntnr
lmpany . Building, which has been
ant.sor some little time, has been
selected.as the place to provide ade
quate quarters for the Farm Equip
ment Company and this company has
leased the place both the upper and
lower floors and are occupying the
new stand.
The Farm Equipment Company,
distributors of the Oliver Tractor
and other Oliver products, which firm
deals in all kinds of farm equipment,
is owned by two local men, L. N.
HoUowell and Trim W. Wilson, with
branches In Elizabeth City and Hert
ford. The Elizabeth City branch is
managed by C. H. Neece, while A. L.
Skinner is manager of the Hertford
store. Associated with Mr. Skinner
are W. T. Elliott and Wallace Bar
row.
Accident Victims
In E. City Hospital
iwo serious accidents occurred in
the community this week, one in the
county, near Burgess, and one over
In Chowan County, at Cannon's
. ... . j r
1
Ferry. Bi each case the victim was
brought first to the office of Dr. I. A
Ward fn Hertford, and was later
sent to the Albemarle Hospital in
Elizabeth City. '
Charlie Elliott, Jr., of Burgess, Was
accidentally shot in the ankle 'on
Mqnday. afternoon, According to
reports, reaching Hertford, the young
man grabbed his gun hurriedly to
shoot a rabbit when it accidentally
discharged, the load striking his
ankle, inflicting a severe wound. Dr.
Ward stated on Tuesday, that while
the wound was serious, he believed
that the foot would not have to be
amputated. .
A little child was the victim of the
second and most, serious . accident.
The year and a half old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Smith, of Cannon's Ferry,
climbed into a chair in its mother's
absence from the room on Monday
morning and reached a pair of scis
sors on a table which the mother
believed had been placed out of
reach of the little one, and the point
was jabbed into the baby's eye,
putting out the sight.
Prepare To Open New
Cafe In Hertford
Preparations are being made for
opening the Royal Cafe in the place
formerly occupied by Dr. C. A. Dav
enport, on Market street. J. S. .Assad
the owner, moved his family to Hert
ford this week. They are living on
Pennsylvania Ave.
Mr. Assad, who is moving from
Jacksonville, also operates a cafe in
Plymouth.
Presiding Elder At
New Hope Church On
Saturday, March 13
The Quarterly Conference of the
Perquimans Charge will be held at
New Hope church Saturday, March
18th. The presiding elder, B. B.
Slaughter will preach at 11:00 A.M.
Dinner at 2:00 A. M. The business
session will be held immediately arter
dinner. -fT", Vv '" ... ;
W. C.Lowe. the nastor. extends
a cordial; welcome; .to the general
pic,,attend" ;. ..,'! "i
Winslow Company .
-r Tn five RiiilHrn tr
P''wi
. the Winslow - Radio anl. Electric
Company.' owned by Louis Winslow, ;
who was formerly connected with the an's Missionary Union held tn Char
Hertford liardare and Supply Com- totte this week ' were j Mrs. D. 6.
pany, to now located on the second Dempsey,- Mrs. B. T. Wood, Mrs. C.
floor of the ., Dr. Qox BttlMin&V en O. Fowler, Mrs. T. W. Perry and
Church SteeVt;;;;ff.Mli ;.:;''--.?,v;';.;
Anderson
On
Death Strikes Twice
Within Week In
Home Colored Man
Death struck twice in the home of
Charles Holly, colored, within a week,
the second victim 'being in apparent
good health at the time the first
death occurred.
Charles Holly, who was well ad-'
vanced in years, died at his home on
Punch Alley in Hertford on Tuesday
of last week. Death followed a long
and tedious illness resulting from a
stroke of paralysis. The funeral took
place on Thursday. Just as his wife,
Georgia, was in the act of putting
on her hat to follow her husband to
his grave, she was stricken with an
attach of paralysis and never spoke
again, death occurring on Saturday.
Funeral services for Georgia Hol
ly were conducted on Tuesday of
this week.
Charles Holly had been an em
ployee of the town of Hertford for
many years. The couple were held
in high esteem.
Only Three Cases
In County Court
Despite Holiday
Although no session of Perqui
mans Recorder's Court had been held
for the past two Tuesdays, the docket
was so small this week that court
was over within a short time after
its setting, only three cases coming
before Recorder Oakey.
Madison Boone, colored, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly
and was sentenced to the road for
thirty days, the sentence to be sus
pendcd upon good behavior for one
year and upon the condition that the
defendant not get drunk for one
year, and that ne pay tne court
costs.
Elsie Honors Simons, colored, was
charged with driving a car with in
sufficient brakes and was fined. $5.00,
Julian Elisha Dail was charged
with . driving a car with insufficient
brakes, the case being dismissed up
on payment of the court costs.
Weldon Preacher At
Methodist Church
According to Rev, D. M. Sharpe,
pastor of 'the Hertford Methodist
Church, Rev. J. O.. Long of Weldon
will conduct pre - Easter services
which begin next .Sunday. Mr. Long
will come to Hertford Wednesday and
remain - until Easter.
There will be a: service each even
ing at 7:30, with other activities to
be announced later.
A cordial invitation is extended
everyone to join in these services for
the purpose of readjusting spiritual
life and power.
Congregational singing will be
magnified and Mr. Sharpe says that
anyone who wants to hear some good
clear-cut Gospel messages without
any clap-trap methods should ar
range to attend these services.
Referring to the meeting, Rev W.
G. Lowe, pastor of the Perquimans
Charge, has the following to say:
"I am delighted to know that
Brother J. O. Long, our pastor at
Weldon, is to be with Brother Sharpe
in his revival at Hertford beginning
next week, and running through
Easter. The people of the county
and the towns will have a real treat
in the sermons, and fellowship with
Brother Long. I trust that my peo
ple as well as others will hear Broth
er Long. Every sermon will give us
something to make us go home wish
ing to be better Christians."
Methodists Plan -Clear
Church Debt
The Methodist church is in a cam
paign to raise enough money by
April 1st to clear the church of all
debt. They are asking for pledges
with the agreement that if the money
is not all raised, the pledges will not
be collected- Those who give money
of checks -will have their money re
turned in case, the, ; debt is not all
paid. 1 : ' ' '
"From present pledges, ,tt looks, as
though we are going to succeed ' in
raising the'tlebt," : said ftev, D;. M-
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iMiarpe, me ptuwr. , tl r ;,:
;ATTENDED . CONVENTION
"Amonsf.;th'.;represektatJyes of .the
Hertford .Baptist Church-wno attend
ed the State Convention of the Wom-
Farm
Comments
Uomnl
lance
Stresses Importance of
Signing Year's Work
Sheet
NOT BINDING
Says Farmers Should
Cooperate With
Neighbors
Farmers who signed Work Sheets
in 1936 will not be required to sign
again in 1937, according to L. W.
Anderson, county agent, provided
they still operate the same farm and
there has been no change in the ac
reage of the farm. Farmers who
operate farms in 1937 which were
not covered by Work Sheets in 1936,
must make Work Sheets and comply
with the requirements of the 1937
program in order to collect payments
for cooperation. Any farmer who
failed to make up a Work Sheet in
1936 covering the land he will ope
rate in 1937, who wants to cooperate
and receive payments in 1937 should
call at the County Agent's Office in
Hertford and make up a Work Sheet
at once. It only requires a few
minutes time and the office workers
will be glad to make up the Work
Sheet for you if you will supply the
necessary information.
The 1937 program is more liberal
than the 1936 program in many rei
spects and every fanner in Perqui
mans County should cooperate with
his neighbor in this program of soil
building and price maintenance.
Checks for compliance in 1936 have
not yet been received but are expect
ed at an early date. Producers vill
be notified as soon as the checks ar
rive. Work Sheets for 1937 program
should be made out at once so that
the basic figures raipht ba srr-ovd
and given to each farmer before
planting time. If your farm 13 not
covered by a Work Sheet, you can
not make application for any benefit
payments. Many Perquimans fann
ers, were eligible for payment in 1936
but failed to make up Work Sheets
and applications and hence will re
ceive no payments.
It c.osts( nothfng to make up a Work
Sheet, it is not binding in any way
and you are not obligated to comply
with any requirement for payment
unless you want to. You do not sign
a contract. You don't even have to
sign the Work Sheet if you don't
want to. You do have to sign the
application for payment if you com
ply with the program.
If your land is not covered by a
Work Sheet make up, one at once
even if you fail to comply with the
program. You might fail to get a
stand of crops this spring and in
this case you would be eligible to
collect your payments. This iB cheap
insurance.
35 Attend Canning
School Wednesday
Among the Perquimans County
home demonstration club women who
attended the canning demonstration
conducted by Mrs. Helen B. Zoller,
of Raleigh, assisted by Miss Gladys
Hamrick, home demonstration agent
of Perquimans, on Wednesday were
Mesdames T. E. Madre, E. M. Perry,
Rosa N. Greene, T. A. Hurdle, E. N.
Squires, J. H. Gregory, S. T. Perry,
W. E. Dail, J. Van Roach, Bill Bag
ley, Archie T. Lane, J. M. Copeland,
C. L. Dail. G. T.' Roach, Arba Win
slow, Lucille Lane, Delia Winslow,
C. M. Winslow, L. L. Lane, D. A.
Winslow, Percy A. Rosrerson. H. P.
White, Wayland White, Noah Felton,
Joe F. HoUowell, L. J. Winslow, C.
P. Quincy, Daisy Perry. J. C. Wilson.
John Asbell, Joshua T. White, Lin
ford' Winslow and Misses Mildred
Lewis, Dorothy White and Olive Lav-
den.
Doctors Conducting
Tuberculosis Ginic
. In County Schools
, Dr.1 John H. Denholm, of State San
atorium, assisted by Dr. T. P.' Brinn,
Health Off icer of Perquimans, is 011
duathtg the tuberculosis clinic in. Per
quimans ...this . week, . visiting' the
schools and making- tests' ; fat the
purpose ol finding .out whether, or
not there are those who are af
fected With tuberculosis. ; i .
V.A follow-up examination will be
made of all those whose- tests show
a positive reaction within a very
note t&M. .
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