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HertfordTiPerquimans County, Nortfr CarolinaFriday, July 16, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year
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Lpmmissioners Will
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Special Meeting" Called
For This Specific
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EXPECTRAISE
In v Quandary Om So-
i Security Demands
For County
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There will be a special meeting of
th. Board Of County Cmmisiionew
oti next Monday, for the purpose of
fixing; the, tax rate.. ' 'A ;y
The current rater til Perquimans is
i.60, and if it is possible the com
missioners will not increase the rate
more than JO cents.
The new Social Security legisla
tion tnakei; it mandatory upon the
county that a special levy be made
to provide the county's share of
funds necessary for old age and de
pendent . children assistance. The
commissioners intimated at their
meeting on the first Monday in this
montn Wat they would attemDt to
cut down the amount allotted as the!
county's share of the administrative
expenses of the Welfare Department
by the state authorities, expressing
the opinion that it is unnecessary in
this county to have a case worker in
addition to the Superintendent of
Public f Welfare, whom they believe
to be fully capable of handling the
, n1Uualu,. uicy can
do this it will not be necessary to
levy more ttan 10 cent, for this pur-
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essary to increase the jrate 16 cents
The County Welfare Board has1
been notified b Nathan H. Yelton.
who is Director of the Division of
PubHc Assistance and Secretary to
tne BoAra of AUotmenta ana Appeal
W th'SCaU' fioarJ of ChkHtlrt and
Public Welfare, that "it U manda
tory, that the budget for .administra-1
k w.nw
parunenw anaii ,, oe ywmam w
proviae stair ma n.Wvm,d
quaimeo w propeny aominuter tn;Mlnor, Rector of the Glebe Episcopal
puuuc nsaistance- program. - -t
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Who shall pass upon the question
of "whether or not a staff is "ade
quate and qualified to properly ad
minister the public ; assistance pro
jrram," does not sppear. However,
if it is left to. the Board of County
Commissioners in Perquimans to de
cide in this county, it is pretty , safe
to say they will consider the . pre
sent set-up adequate-in every way..
The letter from JSrfTfelton further
states ihat "The, State Board does
not tep. the County - Commissioners
what salaries, they r shall r'payf uiy
member of the 'Welfare Department
ataff, except that the salaries of the
case work supervisors, case workers
and lease aides must be within the
alary range fixed by.t the State
Board of ChariGes and Public Wei
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zare ior tnos wnonave tne necessary)
qualjficsUpBSi! Salaries travel' and .
other expenses shown, in notices sent
, to the County " Commissioners are
taken? from' -estimates furnished by
. the; County Boards of Welfaie, ac
cording to law, but the State Board
has found it necessary to increase or
decrease the. number-of workers" in a
number, of .instances.'V, ,, ,
- - The Welfare department, of Per
quimans consists "at- present of Miss
Ruth- -Davenport, - a specially trained
and well qualified Superintendent of
(Public Welfare, and a stenographer-
' Clerk, Miss Grace Knowles. The idea
' of the commissioners is to maintain
this set-up,' but not to add to the de
partment a case worker as was re-
commended by the State Board, w -Y j
Arcie Uane Breaks
r Am In See-Sa Fall
Archie :T.t the seven-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs: A. T. Lane, of the
Bsllahack community, had Uie mil
fortune to break his right arm on
Tuesday when he fell from a see-saw
in the yard of his home.
Arrive T.'s daddy had ' only just
completed the construction of the
see-saw when the accident occurred.
The youngster was brought to the
Hertford Clinic, where' 'Dr. C'A
Davenport, after mzJr an X-ray
examination, set the i.-j ired limb.
, ENTERTAINS AT LlT Cri-ON .
Mrs. W. H. Pitt enterts'ned at a
beautifully appoinl 3l I inch at :
i .a on Dobb str i cn 1
I" 9 guests iiJuUd
I ' i, of Caarwater, F.a., I"
Z.' of Cl.arlotis, LI
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Rate Monday
HUCHREGRETAT
RESIGNATION OF
BAPTIST PASTOR
Rev. D. S. Dempsey Ac
cepts Call In Ports
mouth, Va.
VERY POPULAR
Won Many Friends Dur
ing Three Years In
Hertford
The news of the resignation of the
Rev. D. S. Dempsey as pastor of the
Hertford Baptist Church has been re
ceived with expressions of genuine
regret in Hertford. ,
Mr. 'Dempsey, whose resignation
takes effect on the first of August.
leaves tn amnnt t.ho nftHtnra of thp
Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in
Portsmouth, Va,
The minister came to Hertford
three years ago from Lexington, Ky.
He has identified himself with the
interests of the town and has been
a very useful and helpful citizen.
During their stay in Hertford .)oth
Mr. Dempsey and his very charming
wife have heen exceedingly popular,
not only amon the le of lllg
own but fte of
the community generally,
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i Affpr RHpf Tllncsa
uW.Jardw,died at his home on
Front street in Hertford, at 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning, following an ill-
ntmM -.1
Funeral, services were conducted
from the BOm at 4 o'clock on Thurs
afternoon, with the Rev, E. P.
Church, Driver, Va., officiating as
slsted by the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pas
tor of the Hertford Methodist Church
and the Rev. A. A. Butler, pastor of
the Great Hope Baptist Church. Bur
ial took place in Cedar Wood Cece
tery In Hertford. ,
Mr. Darden, who .was 80 years of
age, was a native of Driver, Va., but
had lived in Hertford for mors than
twenty, years,1 and for a 'number of
years has been connected with the
mercantile . firm of Darden : Bros.
On (December 28, 1888, he married
Miss Essie Stokes, of 'Hertford, and
last December, the Golden Wedding
anniversary was .celebrated. .
. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Essie
Darden; three children, D. S. DarJen
and V. NDarden, of Hertford, and
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I Mmb Bl I I'VllMlllHH 'A MAMfllllf M
brother( a, q, Darden, of Driver,
Va three grandchildren, Nancy Coke
n.nian rcii.aWii nam4n nj win.
Darden, Elisabeth Darden and Flo
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rence uaraen, an oi neniora, several
nieces and .nephews, including Mrs.
C. P. Quincy, of Chapanoke, J. W.
Daughtry, of Newport News, Va., C.
Hf-Daughtry," of Meadsville, Pa., Fo
rest Towe, of Charlottesville, Va,,
Garland. Towe, of , Elizabeth City,
Dnrwood Towe, of Washington,, D. C,
Edward Towe,, of Wilson, and Mrs,
Moore Williams, of Driver, Va.
Mr. b Darden ; bad many friends
throughout the county, as well as in
the - entire section.
Possessed of an unusually pleasant
personality, ' he always ' hada smile
and "a word of happy greeting for
those he met, and only until very re
cently, did the. Inroads of. the years
begin to show their trace, i He had
been' ill - for - several -weeksi and; for
several -day before he passed away
the end was known to be near,'. i:rtt
'A large crowd attended the fune
ral, many coming from various points
in Virginia. : - - ; ; 1
Winfall-CIub Meets
I; ; . With Mrs. StaUings
"' The Winfall Hdme Demonstration
Club met Wednesday at the home of
Mrs.' DC P. Stallings with Mrs. Stall
ing and Mrs. D. . R. Trueblood as
hostesses. ' 1 '
After an 'interesting program the
hostesses served delicious ice cream
and cake." " -
' Those present were Mesdames ).
! Lowe, ar2e LayJen, Alvin Wii:
w, r -ge Eo- h, Tavld TrueV .J,
.'. . Rach, E-.e L. ''er, E. N. 1-".-'
. " 0th Killer,- Eva StsUIfr-.
- , t" C'-J "I T" mrii-k,
C a..i, '11 J ' ' ssLelh
, f 'i Carlisle, Frances Eog-
- I :ry Kuth Stallinss.
MRS. ROOSEVELT LIKES FAIR "SAMPLE"
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NEW YORK (Special). Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the Presi
dent, like more than 200,000 others persons from all over the world, has
already sampled the New York World's Fair of 1939 by visiting the exhibit
the Fair Corporation maintains for the public on the Fifth Avenue floor
of the Empire State building.
"I am much interested in this Fi ir," said Mrs. Roosevelt, after she
had seen the ingeniously illuminated models and animated displays that
promise so many wonders for the N ition's Fair." "It seems to me that
there is opportunity here to do a rem: rkable piece of work from the edu
cational standpoint. The conception of the whole Fair as outlined to me
sounds very provocative of thought." The theme of the Fair is "Building
the World of Tomorrow." u r
Increase In Value
Taxable Property
Little Nancy Zachery
Sets Mark to Shoot At
In Fishing Contest
Nancy Zachery is eight years old
and weighs 65 pounds', probably the
youngest and the smallest fisherman
competing for the prise of five dol
lars which J. G. Roberson, Hertford
druggist, is offering to the person
who catches, with reel and rod or
hook and line, the largest fish in the
waters of Perquimans River this
summer, but for the present Nancy
holds the: record.
' The little girl caught a carp weigh
ing 15 pounds and 10 ounces and
measuring ' 84 inches on Monday
afternoon and, what is more she stood
on the river shore within the town
limits, and caught the big fish.
J, She was fishing with her father,
Dr. John Zachery, each using a reel
and rod,' when Nancy cast out some
distance from shore and hooked the
big. fish. She got him safe to the
water's edge but her Daddy had to
lend a hand in landing the big catch.
While there are a number of these
big fish caught each summer around
Hertford, this one is a pretty big
fellow and the opinion is expressed
generally that Nancy will probably
be the prize winner. However, it
must be remembered .that the carp
will grow as the summer lengthens.
Some specimens of - this variety of
fish are said to attain to the weight
f 40 pounds sometimes. . . ;
Nancy expects - to continue the
sport ' and it fa probable 1 she will
take another one of these big fellows
from the water before the summer
Is gone.
r Meantime there is a lot of interest
In fishing; the regular fishermen
are following their usual custom of
going fishing whenever the oppor
tunity occurs, and some who haven't
cared for the ; sport heretofore are
beginning to look around for bait
CELEBRATES 74th BIRTHDAY
- Mrs. R. Q. Skinner celebrated her
seventy-fourth birthday, ort Sunday
at her home on Grubb " street, in
Hertford, when all t her children
were prer .t. " L-
TheyJ; '. la Mrs. Arthur Whit
and Lrs. C Woselka, of Edenton;
lira. Juhn Challr; Mrs. A. W. Hefren,
Charles T. kinner and A. L. Skinnet
of Hertford; tT-s. B. A. ' Banks, f
Norfolk; Ilrs. C yen Morgan: of R
loish; lit. O. F. Young, of Asheville.
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No Revaluation But Tax
Books Show Consider-
able Gain
Though Perquimans County made
no revaluation of property this year,
the taxable property, including real
and personal property, not including
foreign corporations, amounts to
$5,483,841, according to figures com
piled by J. W. Ward, Register of
Deeds, this week, and which will be
submitted to the Board of County
Commissioners when they meet to
fix the tax' rate on Monday of next
week, representing an increase of
$197,584 over 1936. The total real
estate valuation in the county is
$4,452,701 and the personal property
is $1,031,140.
The increase in personal taxable
property over last year in the entire
county was $185,594.
The increase in real estate is
$11,990.
The increase in personal property
over last year by townships is as
follows: Belvidede, $26,108; Bethel,
$14,250; Hertford, $65,118; New
Hope, $18,775; Parkville, $61,171.
The increase in Parkville Town
ship, taking into consideration the
population is greater than in any
other township.
Church Group Meets
With Mrs. Farmer
' The. Ladies' Council of Bethlehem
Christian Church met with Mrs. T.
Mr 'f Farmer Wednesday afternoon
with the president, Mrs. S. A. Perry,
in charge. . The Scripture lesson was
the' second chapter of Mark. The
Lord's Prayer was repeated in con
cert After the business session was
over an Interesting program was ren
dered by the leader; Mrs. E. Y.
Berry, .the subject being "Labor
Problems," with several readings on
the Subject 1 At the close of the
meeting the. hostess served delicious
cakes' and lemonade. The following
were present: Mesdames-Willie .Lane,
EiiYUBerry,, Stephen Elliott, .' S.' l.
Cullipher, B. A. Perry W. N. White,
W. A. Russell,. Louis Eaves,"; J." Ed
Lane, Reuben Stallings, B.A.' Berry
and T. M. Farmer. ; '"''
The next meeting' will be held
with Mrs, Stephen Elliott 'on Wed
nesday afternoon, August 4, at 8:30
o'cJ(ctort,:-'-vJ' if i
Charges Against L. F.
Conglenton Dismissed
PUBLIC LIBRARY
RAPIDLY GAINS
IN POPULARITY
Children Especially Are
Taking Advantage of
Loaning Books
BOOKLIST
Mrs.. Brooks Whedbee
Selected Permanent
7 Librarian
The Hertford Public Library is off
to a good start, with books being
loaned every day, particularly to
children. The young folks appear to
have been the first to see the ad-
vantafe of a library and many of
them are reading books and coming
back frequently for others.
Mrs. Brooks Whedbee will be in
stalled on Monday as permanent
librarian.
The library is a project of the
Hertford Wowan's Club under the
leadership of Mrs. F. T. Johnson,
who has persistently worked at the
idea of opening a library in Heitford
since she first took over the ; resi
dency of the Woman's Club, thre
ears ago.
.The librarian is furnished by the
Works Progress Administration and
books have been donated from var
ious quarters, with 80 volumes bing
loaned by the State Library Com
mission, for the summer.
There is to be inaugrated at the
library at once a story-telling nour
for children, when Mrs. Whedbee will
entertpjn the youngsters for a given
period each afternoon. A Jel'inite an
nouncement of the time of this story
telling hour will be made l:t;r.
The club women and Hhot J inter
ested in the iit.r.vy are anxious to
get across to the people of Hertford
that this is a public library and that
the people of the town tire invited
to avail themselves of the opportuni
ty it affords of reading goo.i books
without cost.
At the same time the wr.men are
very anxious to i.dd more books to
those on hand. These are but a
small beginning of what the expert,
to have, but every one is asked to
cooperate. Any one who has a book
which they will donate to thj lihriry
may get in touch with Mrs. Wheibee,
or send the book to the library. All
contributions will be gratefully re
ceived. Following is a list of th.? most re
cent additions to the library. In ad
dition to these there are many child
ren's books.
"Lone Hand," by Ames; "Disraeli;
Maurois", by Beaconsfield; "No Se
cond Spring", by Beith; "Emerald of
Catherine the Great", Belloc; "Mercy
of Allah", Belloc: "Little Clown
Lost'" Benefield; "Return of the
Tide", Bird; "Mary Cary", Bosher;
"Geese Fly South", Bourn; "John
Dawn", Coffin; "My Normandy",
Deinis; "Charles Dickens", Dickens;
"Tomorrow Never Comes", Duffus;
"Little Know England", Eberlein;
"Broad Highway", Farnol; "Brazil
ian Adventure", Fleming; "Royal
Americans", Foote; "A Passage to
India". Forster; "One More River,"
Galsworthy; "Harness", Gibbs; "Shel
tered Life", Glasgow; "Lady of Go
dey's", Hale; "Rebellious Puritan",
Hawthorne; "Through Teakwood
Windows", Higginbottom; "Home of
Great Paintings", Hurill; "Golden
Isles of Georgia", Lovell; "Gallant
Uttle Wales", Marks; "Aerial Odys
sey", Powell; "Man in Lower Ten",
Rhinehart.
Girls' Circle Hostess
To Missionary Groups
The Girls' Circle was hostess on
Tuesday night to the three groups
of the Missionary Society at the
Winfall. Church. They also had
charge of a very interesting program
with little Betty Lou Trueblood lead
ing the devotional. She repeated the
23rd Psalm, followed by a prayer.
Others on the program included
Joan Trueblood. Mary Belle Delaney
and Gwendolyn Fox. After ' the bus
iness session,' Mrs. E. N. Miller gave
the spirltuariife.
Delicious Ice cream and cake were
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COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
TEST PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Trial Committee Says
Charges Are Not
Well Founded
GOOD CHARACTER
Council of Bar Will Act
Upon Report at Meet
ing Friday
Luther F. Congleton, former Hert
ford attorney, was completely ex
honorated of all the charges made
against him and referred to in the
hearing held in the courthouse in
Hertford on June 5 before a trial
commihee composed of Albion Dunn,
Dickson McLean and li. H. Perry,
the report of the committee setting
forth as one of the findings of fact
that Mr. Congleton "bears an excel
lent reputation both in Washington,
North Carolina, where he formerly
practiced, and in Hertford, North
Carolina, where he was praciticincr
i law at the time he received the sev-
eral claims hereinbefore recited," and
recommended that the charges
against Mr. Congleton be dismissed.
The report of the committee,
which will be acted upon by the
Council of the Bar at a meeting- to
be held on Friday of this week, se's
forth in detail the findings in refe
rence to the several instances com
plained of, i. e., allegations that the
attorney had failed to account to a
certain forwarding company for cer
tain accounts placed in his hands for
collection, which accounts it was al
leged he had collected.
After describing each transaction,
the committee reported: "That res
pondent in handling said claims act
ed diligently and faithfully in behalf
of his client and did nothing in re
spect thereto that in anywise unfits
him for the practice of law."
The conclusions of the committee
are summed up as follows: "From the
foregoing findings of fact, the com
mittee concludes: 1, that the alleged
charges against the respondent are
not well founded; 2, that the respon
dent has duly accounted for all mo
neys that he received on account of
the several claims sent to him for
collection; 3, that he has served his
client in every instance diligently
and faithfully. Upon the foregoing
findings of fact and conclusion, the
committee recommends that the
charges against the respondent be
dismissed."
Mr. Congleton, a native of Wil
mington, practiced law in Hertford
for several years, returning to his
native city about two years ago.
At the hearing held on June 4 Mr.
Congleton's attorney, Aaron Gold
berg, of Wilmington, introduced a
number of affidavits from prominent
citizens of the City of Wilmington
testifying to the good character of
Mr. Congleton. A number of promi
nent citizens of Perquimans County,
put on the stand as character wit
nesses, all testified to the good char
acter of the respondent.
Burgess Experiences
Rain And Hail Storm
The Burgess section of Perquimans
County was visited by a very severe
wind, rain and hail storm on Sun
day afternoon. The rain, according
to the residents of that section of
the county, was the heaviest which
has fallen during the entire summer.
The sudden down-pour was accom
panied by wind and hail. The heavy
rain lasted about two hours, leaving
the fields flooded several inches
above the tops of the rows and
standing in the roads to such a
depth that traffic was impeded for
some time, with many bridges floated
away. .
The wind did a great deal of dam
age to the corn crop in some places,
some of the corn being blown flat on
the ground. Such light structures as
garages, chicken houses and the like
in the neighborhood, were razed.
Many trees were blown up by the
roots.
While only a few of the farmers
were affected by the hail to any
great xtent,t it was dissastrous in
many places. Thosetnown to have
had their crops grea damaged by
hail were S. P. Mathews, Horace
Boyce and Winston Lane. In corn
fields where the hail fell the stalks
were stripped bare of the foliage.
1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Elliott,
at their home in Hertford, on Friday,
July, . 1937, a daughter, Anna
Smith. ' i- '-.
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