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4i ,'V v WEEKLY ii ii : a i i j v - t - -mm . A WEEKLtf. NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING" 0$ HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, ' I V Volume IV Number 15. , Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 9, 1937. $1.25 Per Year j 1 1 liotafians Of GKildrenlh School 10 Jlot Lunches Will Con- T tinue to Be Served ( .": At School r f P. T. A . SPONSORS Project Supported By WPA, Woman's Oub I And Others f r It la arood newi for the kiddies at - the Hertford Grammar School that the serving of the hot lunch will not ' be discontinued. " There are many little children who ;attend the Hertford Grammar School who wouldn't aret a hot lunch but for the efforts pf .the good wo men who are interested fa the wel fare of the children. The work was beiran this rear by the Parent-Teach' f Association, with; the cooperation the..WFA, the Woman's Club and interested individuals. ' The dub women' furnish, the equipment, 'the WPA the labor and the PTA and indlvidnate furnish the food. 2 Many a child who comes to school - from a long diBtance on a school "., tms, leaving their homes very early in the morning, had only an unpala table cold lunch.. In many cases the children did not ' reach tiieir homes uitil late at night It was no won der they were undernourished and could not do their work properly. 'Teachers say that there has been a - marked imnrovement in their , ap- - Dearance and in their school work , n the hot lunches hve beenerv- - But thejtundsof the PTA were - 3ausxeoana is ioo.uu wi yrvr &et might Have to r fee abandoned. AM then somebody mentioned the fRotary Gub and an ap" jpsal wjftt nude ly enough. About thirty dollars was the sum asked for. It will be lorts coming. Most of it wilj be contri It will be fortlw buted by EoUrians,;; but, according to an: announcement made by Dr. & A. Davenport,1 president ' of the Rotary Qub, a portion of the money will be contributed by public spirited citizens who are not Rotarians. 'Anyhow, the kiddies are to go on getting their hot ..lunches; ., until the ' end of the term.. '. . p BetKeT(3u1) Meets , t. ' r At School House " ,,. The Bethel Home . Demonstration club met at the school house Friday afternoon, with Mrs. E. L. Goodwin ' and Mrs. Leroy Goodwin as hostesses. ' . Mrs. J, M. Fleetwood, president, py sidei t'viV.pfjf - Mrs.' M. T. Gt-laM the - differences. - in different textile; and also made' tests' of different mater ials. She had. samples to represent .different' weaves .y y , A Word wiggles eontestf wasreon ducted by Miss Gertie Chappell with Mrs. M. T. Griffin winning the prlae. Tb' . hostesses , v: ? served i delicious home-made candy and apples to the A following.- Wrsr.:?'3E.V'-JrieetwDod, KrsrVrTtf. Perry, Mrs, L. A Proc ter, Mrs. '- W T. Griffuv.Mrs. C T. Il.Hl'ps, Mrs. Leroy Goodwin, Mrs. r T, F. tandin, Mrs, Mary Hayman, llrs. Tl. L. Goodwin, MrsV B. S. Chap- r n, 'r-i. j. c Koibs, m p. I lJ Gertie Chappell, Mrs. E. I -cc", I!rs. T. C. Chappell, Mrs. ) I::::xs, Mrs. Talmae tal , r -s. ai chappell, t::cs i :v. and Kathryn Iloctvooi. - ".ten Art . ..t Oc. Eloise Broughton, of Hert 5 i just. been appointed as uf t!. art committee of the ; Yc-j Yonon's Christian II. e ajpointment was i Tolly Pollack,, organl- 3 a junior at the ' i a dt ..:r. arid Mrs. hton. y .it r To Rescue Ordinances likely . - Be Passed Regulating Sanitary Conditions Although the matters to be gone into with regard to the sanitary con dition of the town have not been made public, steps have been made looking to the safeguarding of the citizens from the standpoint of sani tation, and certain ordinances may be passed in the near future by the town fathers in connection with the matter. This matter was brought up at the meeting of the Board of Health last week, when Dr. T. P. Brinn, County Health Officer, was requested to meet with the Town Commissioners at their next meeting, which will oc cur on next Monday night, and make such recommendations as the Board of Health deems necessary for pass ing ordinances regarding the sanitary conditions, of the Town of. Hertford. Another recommendation, accord ing to the record, was to the effect that Dr. Brinn make inquiry as to the new law pertaining to the provision for examination of domestic help. . Near the close of the last session of the General Assembly there was an act. passed which provides for examination of domestic help but a copy of the act has not yet been re ceived here. Louise Wilson Placed On Mercer Dean's List Miss Louise Wilson, of Chapanoke, has received recognition for her scho lastic work at Mercer University. A senior ; in., the ; ajctt xollege, Miss Wil son, made the required grades of two A's and one B for placement on the university: dean's list for the past quartr,' ., 1 Besides maintaining a high scholas- wo venues, miss- tvubvh a ut&lllK a leading part in student activities. She is a member of the Young Womans Auxiliary, the Phi Delta' Literary so ciety, ,fthe Intrtliti5iial Relations dub, and the Alpha Kappa social sorority. . . . j' Miss Wilson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Wilson, of .Chapanoke. ' . ' W. M. U. MEETS MONDAY The W. M. U. of the Hertford Bap tist Church will meet at the, church Monday evening at 8 o'clock. , . , HERTFORD GIRL lillllS PatyEdwards op First Place In Voice Contest At Greenshoro j Pat Edwards won first place in Voice in the group composed of 6th and 7th Grades at the annual State contest of the Junior Department of the North Carolina ' Federation of Music Clubs held in Greensboro on Saturday, and is entitled to take part In the Junior Day f contest 'at the State Convention on r April 17,. at Hickory. . - ' v Little i Miss Edwards is the- only member of the group from this dis trict to come out victorious, with the exception of Joseph Ward, of Eober sonville, who won ? firsts place in Class A, Clarinet, 'v . More than 160 - juniors - competed fr the honors. This was the larg est n rier in the contest's history. ,' ' . .8 of ' voice were Miss C. .e I ..nson, Queens-Chicora Col I -e, Ch.s.-'.otte: r-'.mond Briets, Eonior 1.'. School, Greensboro; and Clifford Laer, Salem " College, Win-ston-iSalem. , - ' Miss Edwards is the attractive young daughter of J. R. Edwards, of Greenville, and the- granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. C Edwards, of Hertford, with whom ehe .makes her home: " - . ' 1 Che is a member of the club direst:! by Kiss Kate Xl. I'ihard. - 7I.l C:;2 r.;r.y Zj 3 c - s. ; t s Ct nty 8- i It. T- : ) f CITIZENS ASKED TO COOPERATE IN CLEAN-UP WEEK ill mMi iii .. .,-,-.( . . Mayor Issues Challenge To Pride of Hertford Residents . BEGINS MONDAY Merchants Offer Bar gains to Help Make Town Attractive The week beginning Monday, April 12 has been designated as Clean-Up Week by the Town of Hertford, and ' circulars signed by Mayor Winslow 'calling attention to the matter and asking the cooperation of the citi zens have been distributed through out the town. A challenge to the pride of Hert ford's citizens is made by Mayor Winslow in the following words: "The week beginning April 12, 1937, has been designated clean-up week, and all persons are urged to clean their premises during this period so that Hertford will continue to have the reputation of being one of North Carolina's cleanest towns." It is a fact that the little Town of Hertford is frequently referred to as an unusually clean town by visitors. It takes a lot of work to make it clean, and individual householders are asked to cooperate with the town authorities in making each spot in the town as clean and as attrac tive as possible. ' Hertford's, merchants are offering Special bargains in paints so that those who wish may take advantage of the special price to paint up as well as clean up, the idea being that ho matter how much cleaning is done, nothing will take the place of paint where, paint is needed. Senior Gass Play I On Night Of April 15 the senior play at - the Perquimans High School are well under way and the play promises to be good, with such talent as Ruth Wilson, Waver- ly D'Orsay, Blanche "Butler, Helen Coffield, Esther 'Perry, Hilda Hobb3, James Boyce, George White, Hollo well Cox Nixon, Eldon Winslow, Wil Ham Hardcastle and Crawford Wil son in the cast. j The play will be given at 8 o'clock An the night of April 15 and Miss Anne Wilson, who is director, is ex pecting a full house. Following is a brief synopsis of the f Miss Priscilla Carter has purchas d a summer home in the Ozarks as a place of escape for her two nieces, to keep them from seeing their sui tors, whom she very much dislikes. Upon the arrival of Miss Priscilla and her nieces and servants, strange happenings begin to occur, strange i ! - ... . . ll 1 noises are neara in . ids wans, ana ghostly apparitions appear. Finally the two young men,' lovers of the nieces, arrive and disguising them selves, become entangled in the ghostly phenomena, v ; .Wken it. seems : that the strange occurrences have been solved, some thing jnew happens, giving complete new surprise, : until at last the my stery is solved to the surprise and satisfaction of Miss i Priscilla, and the boys, and their sweethearts are happy . at the - turn of events. - : Whiteville G. As i . t.&. Meet Saturday i ' fj ' , . , -. j.' . ! The G. A- Society of Whitesvllle Grove Baptist. Church met Saturday afternoon with Mary and Johnnie Elliott , The meeting opened with the song, .?WeVe , A Story :, To Tell To The Nations. , 1 The following program was given: Ppem,; Pauline Smith"; Story, Syble Layden; Poem, ' Jennie Elliott; &tory, Blanche ' Chappell; Story, De borah White; Story, , Julie . Miller Clppcll; i Song, ' WorkFor The IV .t Is Coming"; Story, Catherine VLite; Duet, - ."Bringing In - The r caves," by Mrs. , Luna Layden and Cora Ward. , . ' ,,. . ' 11 e r... ting was dismissed by Mrs. us candy,, pecans and apples i ty the hostess. V w-rev I.!ary Louise r C rrpt'l.Thel t ) C !, 1" - Ve TONSIL - ADENOID GLIKIG ARRANGED BY;DJM.A. WARD Will Be Held Through out Months of May And June HERTFORD School children Under 12 Years of Age ' Eligible A tonsil and adenoid clinic is an nounced for May and June, to be conducted by Dr. I. A. Ward at his office in Hertford, when school children under twelve will be receiv ed as patients. Throughbut the two months of May and June, on each Tuesday and Thursday Dr. Ward will operate on such children for whom arrangements have been! previously made by their parents. In no case, according to Dr. Ward, will any child or children be received at the clinic as patients unless arrangements have previously been made. Dr. Ward conducted these clinics very successfully last summer, ope rating on a number of children in Perquimans, Chowan, Pasquotank and Gates counties. He is well prepared to do the work at his office, where he has very adequate and comfort able quarters, his offices being lo cated in the old Carolina Bank Build ing. Furniture Show In High Point April 16 Tremendous interest has been manifested by some local citizens in the Furniture Style Show, celebrat ing "A Return to Victorian Elegance" which will be held from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. April 16th at High Point, N. C., according to W. M. Morgan, where courtesy admission cards have been made available to the public. "The Furniture Style Show at tracts more and more people every year," said Mr. Morgan. "Held in the great Tomlinson 'Exhibition Building, it gives lovers of fine, fur niture an opportunity to see a di verse showing of beautiful pieces, ranging from the- old masters of the 18th century down to the most mod em types. "Visitors will find that thougfi many of the pieces faithfully follow beautiful old designs, all of this fur niture has genuine modern construe' tion. Every piece is built to become an heirloom, worthy of being passed down to one's children s children. Yet each is thoroughly comfortable, with a substantial cojnfort that the early cabinet makers never achieved. You'll find them all there Chippen dale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton all the others. But each is in modern form, retaining all tho old charm and add ing to it the skill of modern furni ture makers in producing pieces that are beautiful, comfortable, and dur able." R. S. Jordan Moves Into New Quarters "Not a vacrnt store in Hertford." The statement is made over and over aarain. There was one store vacant for a couple of months recently, the place which Morgan Walker vacated when he moved into his new quar ters. ' '-' ,:' This store, located on Market street near the intersection ol unurcn, nas been renovated and decorated and is a most attractive shop. It is oc cupied by R. S. Jordan. : ' Mr, Jordan formerly conducted his electric contract business in the aw nf J C. .Iftinehard A Co. In moving into his new quarters, he is branching out considerably, stocking not only with the FrJgidaire ana the Zenith line of radios, jut also with electric range and other, household equipment and appliances, as well as supplies. ' In connection with the electric ap pliance and equipment business, Mr. Jordan announces that he will also conduct a plumbing business and will be prepared td do all kinds of plumb ing" and fitting, Insulting plumbing and heating systems and doing job plumbing. v. . . -,, -1 -- '. - ' - : i -f Chemist Announces ? ; Grac3 Of Dairies The: milk grades as announced by City Chemist R. M. Potter, covering t' e three duiri-s operating In Hert f , sre as f allows: -- v.: "3 r..:ry,.A , . -l. - C i Ttiry, A , Superior Court Opens In Hertford Monday RECORDER'S COURT That few young people can with any degree of accuracy gauge the speed at whiclf they are driving an automobile was apparently exempli fied in Recorder's court on Tuesday, when Ambrose Long, young mecha nic who services the busses of the Perquimans High School, swore that he was at no timedriving over thir ty-five miles on the highway last Saturday morning when Patrolman L. D. Lane swore that he was driv ing his truck at from 55 to 57 miles an hour. Attorney C. R. Holmes, who re presented young Long, questioned the patrolman as to the accuracy of the speedometer on the Chrysler car which he was driving at the time, and by which he checked young Long's speed. Not only Mr. Long but Mr. Ward, another young fellow who was a passenger in the truck, swore that the car couldn't possibly make over 40 miles an hour and that he didn't believe it could go 35. However, a colored man, James Alexander, who was driving a truck out of Norfolk, who is was shown was driving for some distance immediat ely ahead of Long and who was ar rested at the same time Mr. Long was arrested by the patrolman, also charged with reckless driving, when placed upon the stand to tell his own story, said that he was driving- at a speed from 45 to 49 miles and hour and that at the time the cop blew his horn to stop him his speedometer registered 49 miles. James Alexander plead guilty and was taxed with the court costs. Mr. Long plead not guilty and was found guilty and required to pay a fine of 25.00, to which judgment he noted an appeal to Superior Court. Richard Benbury colored was tried on two separate charges, one of driv ing with insufficient brakes and one with insufficient steering gear. In the former case prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of the costs, and in the latter prayer for judgment was continued upon pay ment of the costs and upon the condi tion that the truck be put in safe condition before it is driven again. Willie Webb, Newtown Negro, was given 90 days on the roads upon con viction of assault with a deadly wea pon upon Hazel Felton. HERTFORD WINS DEBATESJRIDAY Both Teams Will Enter State Contest Held at ChapelHill Both the affirmative and the ne gative debating teams of the Perqui mans High School at Hertford won in the triangular debate Friday night The affirmative team, composed of Maude Keaton and Sarah Ward, debated with Elizabeth City in Hert ford. The negative team, composed of Nancy Coke Darden and Mary Thad Chappell, debated with the Elizabeth City team in Elizabeth City. The winning teams will compete in the finals to be held at Chapel Hill on April 21 and 22. ' The subject of the debate was "Re solved, that the government should own and operate all electric light and power utilities." Miss Darden is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Darden; Miss Chappell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thad C. Chappell; Miss Keaton is the daughter of the late R. R. and Mrs. Keaton, and Miss Ward is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ward. i- , . ! IH.I.IH Girls' Circle Meets ; With Misses Baker The Girls' Circle of Winfall met at the home of Misses Jessie and Polly v Baker iMonday ' night The scripture lesson 'was read by Helen Morgan. , Mrs., Bill Bagley . gave an interesting reading. Jessie . Baker read a 'short poem. "CfladyB. J;Ward acted as secretary, After the program a very delicious salad course was served. ' '. ' Those present - werei - Mrs. Bill Bagley, Mrs. Aubrey umpnlett Miss es Jaiay " -'r. Lucille White, Gladys .V. ' i , Mor?n, I Tin- nie f.W.y and tl.e hos First Criminal Cases to Be Tried Since Last November MIXEDTERM Murder, Rape and Em bezzlement Among Charges The April Term of Perquimans Superior Court will convene in Hert ford on Monday, with Hon. Clawson L. Williams presiding. This is a mixed term, for the trial of both criminal and civil actions, the first criminal court which has been held in Perquimans since Nov ember. The January Term was for the trial of civil cases only. On the criminal docket is a mur der case, a rape case and a case charging embezzlement. There are also three appeals from Recorder's court, one in which the defendant was convicted of vagrancy, one for assault with a deadly weapon and another for assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed wea pon and resisting an officer. Only four civil cases are set for trial on the calnedar. These are W. A. Butts Estate vs W. H. Holley and others; Louise Campbell vs Ameri can Fidelity and Casualty Co., Rich ard Russell vs Amelia U. Russell, and Joseph Raymond White vs Irma Phelps White. James Felton, alias James While. Negro, will be tried for the axe slaying of Hattie Simpson in Janu ary. Felton has never denied that he struck the blows which killed the woman in her home. In fact, he stopped on the way to his home to tell friends of the. woman that he had killed her. after which he pro ceeded on home and went to bed. Later the woman's body was found. She was sitting in a chair, with hr feet propped up on the bed. Shedrach Boone, Negro, is alleged to have committed rape on a' Noero girl of twelve years, the crime hav ing been committed a month ago. Boone denies the charge.. Lee White, Winfall Neero, was tried in Recorder's court last fall for vagrancy and upon conviction was sentenced to thirty days on th.? roads. He appealed to Superior Court. Addie Webb, Hertford Negro, ap pealed from the judgment of Re corder's court after conviction of the charge of assault with a deadly wea pon. Ernest Gregore' was sentenced to 6 months on the roads upon con viction in Recorder's Court of three charges, assault with a deadly wea pon, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting an officer, and he appealed. r. S. MeMullan, Jr., charged with embezzlement, waived hearing in Re corder's court and his case will go to the Grand Jury next week. Commissioners Fix Values For Taxation The following prices were adopt ed as fair prices for the purpose of taxation by the County Commission ers at their meeting on Monday: Corn $4.00 per barrell Hay $10.00 per ton Bacon .18 per pound Lard 12 per pound Mules $250.00 each Horses $150.00 each Chickens and ducks .40. each Turkeys $1.00 each Geese .75 each Sheep ;. .....$2.00 each 1.00 each 07 per pound .$50.00 to $25.00 $60.00 $3.00 $1.26 $1.00 Goats Hogs Milk cowsl. Cotton per bale. Peanuts per bag. Soya beans Peas.. ;. Reorganize Christian Endeavor Society At Piney Woods Church The young people of Piney Woods Friends Church met Sunday night and reorganized their Christian En deavor' society.- New officers were appointed. ' ' 1 -. i The attendance was Very good, but a good , many, of the old .. members were not out,' It is hoped that every one of thent come back to Christian Endeavor... . I . It is hoped: that a great inter est can be created in t1 -meetings and make the Chrw..an J .voir bet ter than it has ever L This organization can toot be ear- ; ried on by just a few members and," will only be a success by the help and, eoorer'' -n cf t'l r V - . ! 1 ? t 3.