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- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume II. Number 5.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 1, 1935.
$1.25 Per Year
County Women Want
Twelve Contestants Now In
"Everybody Wins Campaign"
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Delegation Will Present
Mailer :tCnPunty
Commissioners
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, of Bethel, presi
dent, president the quarterly meet
ing of the Perquimans County Home
Economics Association, held at the
Community House in Hertford on
Saturday, with Mrs. Linwood Wins
low, of Belvidere, acting as secretary.
" A number of matters were taken
up during the business session, the
most outstanding being one of gen
eral interest, to the women of the
county, that of securing for the coun
ty a home demonstration agent, in
which this association, which is made
up of the members of the various
Better Homes and Gardens Clubs in
Perquimans County,, has for a long
time been deeply interested.
The matter was discussed and plans
made forjthe delegation of women to
appear before the Board ,of County
Commissioners in , reference to the
matter. The plans will be completed
at the next meeting of the associa
tion, which takes .place on April 21,
a few days before the May meeting
of the Commissioners.
In the absence . of Mrs. Thomas
Nixon, chairman of Better Homes in
America, who was sick,. Miss Helen
Gaither, who was appointed on the
program committee with Mrs. .Nixon,
delivered her message, and announced
that Mrs. Nixon wishes for the clubs
to take up the subject of Living Boom
Improvement, in the Bpring, the work
to include rug-making, in which sub
ject the women of the county are al
ready much interested. Last year
the subject of Kitchen Improvement
was the special project of - the clubs
and prizes ware awarded to the win-
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year, also. Special attention to lawns
and yards will also be a part of he
program for this year, as usual.
Reports from the clubs, particularly
the Belvidere Club, which under the
direction of its president, Miss Clara
White, is a most .active and enter
prising organization, were most in'
teresting, showing lively interest in
community and home affairs. Among
the women who exhibited lovely
hand-work, including crocheting, knit
ting, embroidery and needlepoint, as
well as rug-making, were Miss Clara
White, Miss Lucy "White, Miss Helen
Gaither, Mrs. Mary L. Hayman, Mrs.
Tim Perry, Mrs. J.,M. Fleetwood,
Miss Bertha Smith, Mrs. Neal .Sjlruill,
Mrs. Linwood Winslow, and Mrs. T.
T. Harrell. Most interesting was the
demonstration made by Mrs. C. T,
Rogerson of . making hot tdish mats
, of corn shucks. v
After the program, which fonsisted
of the reading of three poems, "The
Bridge Builder," "Some Oae Had
Prayed," and "Roofs," by'Mrs. w. E.
White, a most delicious luncheon was
served. ' - , . .-.
Mrs. J, M. 'Fleetwood? of BeJhel,
was appointed '-'chaifttan of tbf' pro
gram committee to .plan a program
for the April meeting of the Asso
ciation1. ? ; . . -r ' - V
Want Mail Service'
In Ballahack Section
In an, effort to have the mail route
which' serves seven families living on
a road off the main rural free dehV
ery route, in. the Ballahack neighbor
hood, extended to include a distance
of an extra three jjuarters. jf a mile
on this road, Nutoii HolJowelli has
appealed to the Fostoffice Department
at Washington and also to "Congress
man Lindsay- "Warren j -but up to the
present tae appeal has been refused
Mr. Hollowell says he does not in-
tend- to give ;upyet; howevel, and 4s
. taking the mattes up farther. - ' ;
$ v .,:Mrherr are sevenfamffles - on this
piece of. i road,: including theT families
of i.lr. Hoijoveu, seiaon; juane, J. i
Mansfield IL K. Lane,- H.P. Lane,
WSmiavand-fRTi Monds; and
representinjr persona. 4
Tnxtfadfatanrfe '-ft&fc would
hav ttf' be 'ijovered liy this carrier,, C.
. B, Parker, would be, a. mile atoP half ,
ai the iMjtire distance of 'three quar
ters of a mil.would;o necessity
have to be. retraced by the carrier.
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v C0MMISSI0NE39 -AND-BOARD :
,,,-sr-OF EDUCATION TO MEET
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. The regular meetlng.of the Board
of' County'' 'Commissioners. -will ":be
- held to -Monday morning .at the
court house. ' ' , .
--The Board of Education will also
hold its regular meeting at this
time. . ' w
HIT OR MISS 1
Mrs. Linwood Winslow, of Belvi
dere, is a young woman who makes
many kinds of pretty articles of hand
work. She was asked to tell, at the
meeting of the Perquimans County
Home Economics Association on Sat
urday, about the making of shuck
door mats last Christmas. It wat
a very interesting story as Mrs.
Winslow told how members of her
family agreed among themselves that
they would not give each other any
thing that cost money, only some
thing which it took time to make, and
she made seven of those fine shuck
door mats. She said that they did
not cost any money but it took lots
of time.
There are lots of nice things one
can make with corn shucks. Among
them are chair bottoms and hot dish
mats.
Many interesting things about
house keeping and home making came
lip at this meeting. It i9 a pity that
every woman in the county who likes
to keep house and who likes pretty
things for the home could not have
attended.
The lovely household linens dis
played were greatly admired, and the
nice, warm, knitted bed socks which
Miss Bertha Smith, of Belvidere,
makes for sick folks, appealed to
those having invalids to care for.
' It was" a delightful affair, that
meeting, and everybody had a good
time. A little thing like the bursting
of a water pipe in the kitchen, just
as the "" women were beginning to
serve themselves, buffet style, at the
luncheon, didn't bother that group of
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and bailed the water out, so as to
rrevenr the floor being flooded, and
made quite a success of the job until
a plumber could be secured to cut the
water off.
There are a lot of kind-hearted
folks. It's heartening to see how
lots of folks go out of their way to
do another a friendly turn.
I saw N. E. Chappell put himself
out to be kind to a stranger last week.
It was around 8:30 o'clock on Wed
nesday morning, with the mercury
lower than it had been this winter,
somewhere around 15 at that hour.
Down "On the Point" the wind off
the river was keen it almost took your
breath. A stranger got ouf of his
car and attempted to find out why
his motor had knocked off. Mr.
Chappell came along in an open Ford
and when he saw the stranger's pre
dicament he stopped and got out and
ran over to the fellow's assistance.
The driver got under the wheel and
Mr. Chappell pushed the car along
until it started off.
I wonder if that Virginian won't
always carry with him the impres
sion that -Perquimans folks are cour
teous to strangers.
What do you think?
Some weeks ago it came to my at
tention, that the county-owned prop
erty west of the Perquimans River
bridge was in process of being clean
ed up, the-work being a project ol
the Emergency Relief Administration.
Upon making some inquiries at the
EBA office, I was told that the entire
tract was to be cleaned up, with no
trees left'standing.' I expressed in
this column the opinion that it was
a shame to spoil the' beauty of this
spot unless It waa to some good pur
pose.! Shortly after this a number o?
interested citizens protested to the
chairman of "the 'Board of County
Commissioners and the work of cut
ting down trees was stopped.
As a ' mate? of fact; all of the
trees, on this land have-not been cut
4own. jxMany larger, treee; were .left
standing, The area has been nicely.
cleaned up. an4 now presents a very
attractive appearance, r,.,; ,
The Perquimans' Weekly would like
to -serve the comnfunity, by finding
rout' what the "opinion of Che public is
as w continuing tne; project oi uie
ERA by "cutting down I Jhe uder-.
growth on the remainder of Ihi;
property, . and,., leaving, the' larger
trees,,, a has been-done oa the area:
already cut over. , .
; The Perquimans Weekly invites you
to express your views on this subject
tv' The. ERA is very much in Yeed of
a project ty furnjsh work for many
who.are out of work at this time, and
this is the only-project in this immeW;
diate vicinity on which men can
work. s"i
PERQUIMANS FARMERS
NOW RECEIVING CHECKS
FOR COTTON REDUCTION
Total of $21,543.83 Has
Been Sent To County
Farmers
More than $4,800 is being paid by
the government to the cotton farmers
who signed contracts to reduce their
cotton acreage, in parity payment:
for the land rented to the government
during the past year.
There were two rental payments,
one for $8,418.78 made ai the sum
mer, and one of $8,318.88 made in the
fall, and the amount of $4,805.17 now
being paid through the office of L.
W. Anderson, county agent, makes a
total of $21,543.83 which the Per
quimans County fanners have receiv
ed from the government for reducing
their cotton acreage in 1934.
The amount now being paid of $4,
805.17 is included in 408 checks, most
of which have already been delivered
There has also been paid to corn-
hog contract signers the first pay
ment of $7,347.00. Another payment
on this is due within the next few
days, and a third payment will be
made later on.
MissMattie Bert Relfe
Chosen 'Miss Hertford
Miss Mattie Bert Relfe, Perqui
mans High School senior, was chosen
as "Miss Hertford" at the Beauty
Pageant staged under the auspices of
the Hertford Parent-Teacher Associa
uon neui at tne urammar scnool on
Tuesday night, when 42 young ladies
competed for the honor.
.Miss Hertiord will take part in
the State-wide contest to be held at
Winston-Salem next summer, when
"Miss North Carolina" will be chosen
Little . MisaJVlary. Annette Cannon
was chosen as "Little Miss Hertford
and was presented with a prize.
The older girls taking part in the
contest were Misses Mary Wood
K; j:.ce, Hazel Bright, Katherine Jes
sup, Grace Knowles, Carolyn Lamb,
Prue Newby, Jean White, Bernice
White, Ruth Nachman, Hazel Madre,
Eugenia Gregory, Polly Tucker, Marie
Lane, Katherine Winslow, Naomi
Spivey, Jane Shults, Irene Chappeli,
Mabel Spivey, Thelma Stanton, Hilda
Hobbs, Thelma Chappell, Mattie Bui
ler, Madge Donell, Katherine Campcn,
Bertha Williams, Mary Thad Chap
pell, Marian Raper, Lizzie Lee Hofler,
Louise Delaney, Frances Lamb, Edith
Everett, Nell Hobbs, Eva Mae Har
rell, Ruth Robinson, Katherine Hen
dricks, Geneva Landing, Mattie Bert
Relfe, Jessie Baker, Patricia Stephens,
Joyce Harrell and Dorothy Mae
Hofler.
The little girls taking part included
Mary Annette Cannon, Penelope
Whedbee, Pattie Lou Sutton, Do:
Jenkins, Mollie Oakey, Dorothy- Gor
don Oakey, Gloria Douglas, Jane
Kugler and Pat Morris.
An entertainment program in con
nection with the pageant included
specialty dancing and singing by
Miss' Mary Wood Koonce, a song by
Penelope Whedbee, a tap dance by
Gloria Douglas, and songs by Mrs.
Charles E. Johnson, and J. M. New
bold, with Mrs. R: M. Riddick, Jr.,
and Miss Martha Elizabeth Jordan as
accompanists. . -
A large crowd attended the- affair.
PLENTY MULLETS
The best catch of "jumping mul
lets", made by. I, A. White in twenty
five years wad made' on Monday of
this week. Mr. White reports that
lie caught 1700 mullets on Monday,
and he, says it is the second time in
the many, years 'that he has fished
that he ever, caught that many.
a The extreme .cold weather is the
reason for the big catch, according to
Mr- Whltejuwhp believes that it is
an ill wind which blows, nobody any
good,, i h. i t , , r. ,
peSmri?olain
Corn Hog Contracts
c ,tt,ii f Far t ate. , i i.
Corn-hog growers hi Perqum
ajisU vhaVe' -aw opportunity tc
learn about the com-hog contracts
for 1985 on Saturday afternoon.
'y :.E.. R. Daniels', the corn-hog field
. man, Will be In Hertford on Satar-,
.aay and win Hold a county-wide
educational meeting at the court
house at 2:30 o'clock, 'according to
1 , W. Anderson, ;-r county; agent,
who says that all Vthosef aimers
who are interested in the corn-hog
contracts should 'attend fhi meet
ing and hear the discussion of the
subject. ,r ,
HERE ARE THE WORKERS
Mrs. Jack Sutton, Beech Springs
Miss Lillie Wood, Woodville
Miss Vida Banks, New Hope
Miss William Spivey, Hobbsville
Mrs. Roy Parks, Ryland
Mrs. C. F. Reed, Hertford R. F. D.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Chapanoke
Mrs. J. L. Xixon, Winfall
Airs. Ch;:r!e.s Skinner, Hertford
Miss Ann liarclift, Hertford
Miss Thelma Divers, Hertford
Mr. Jesse Lane, Hertford
Light Sentence Passed
Upon New Hope Negro
Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee, wife of a
prominent young attorney of Hert
ford, who was struck and knocked
down by an automobile driven by Wili
Taylor, colored, of New Hope,
January 15th, personeally appealed t
Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., with the
request that the defendant not be
punished, according to a statement
made by Judge Oakey in Recorder's
Court on Tuesday, in connection with
the light sentence imposed upon the
defendant.
layior, whose reputation ;is a goo(
citizen stood him in good stead, plead
guilty to the charge of operating a
car with insufficient brakes, but not
guilty to the charge of assault with
an automobile and of reckless driv
ing. He was represented by Attor
ney C. R. Holmes.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Church street and Punch Alley, in
Hertford. Mrs. Whedbee, who was
walking west on Punch Alley, r;'n
into the C. F. Sumner yard when she
saw ,the car turn jno Punch Alloy
from Church street and saw that the
car was evidently out of control. The
car ran up into the Sumner yard and
struck Mrs. Whedbee, knocking her
down and inflicting bruises and minor
injuries. She was confined to her bed
for several days.
Mrs. Whedbee was sick and unable
to appear in court on Tuesday.
State's witnesses included Mr. Whed
bee and Sheriff J. E. Winslow. Mr.
Whedbee testified as to the injurie
of Mrs. Whedbee and of Taylor':
statement immediately after the ac
cident that his brakes were no gocd
and that his steering gear wen I.
wrong. Mr. Whedbee further testifier
that Taylor had offered to pay tl,
doctor's bill and that he appeared to
be very sorry. Sheriff Winslow tes
tified that Taylor had several time:"
inquired" as to Mrs. Whedbee's in
juries. He further testified that he
tested the car and found the brake;
no good at all and that the steering
gear was very hard to operate.
"I want to commend you for what
you have done since the accident, '
said Judge Oakey, addressing the de
fendant. "I think you did all that
any man eouM do, but we killed s
persons' on the highways of North
Carolina during last year and injure
many more." Judge Oakey went or
to say that it was necessary that the
courts do something about the mat
ter. "This lady you ran over," continued-
the judge, "personally ex
pressed the wish to me that nothing
in the world.be .done with you. Good
white folks in this county came to
me and said you were a good citizen
and that you had never been in any
trouble. That means you have a good
character. I recognize all that. The
sheriff has testified that your charac
ter is good; Everybody has testified
for you. Therefore, it seems that I
should not do a thing to you, that it
is just an unfortunate accident Bu
you were driving an automobile
which it was a crime to get into am
come to Hertford in. If it were not
for all of these good words in your
behalf, and for the petition of this
good lady that nothing be done with
you, I would- send you to the road;
for 12;Tnonflv.That is what, ought
to happen-to-a man who;wouloVdriv
an automobile; like'you weroMvlng."
: The. case waa diswiseed, prayer for
Judgment , being continued upon the
payment a fine of $25v00 and cost
of the court, and upon the defendant
showing good-. behavior, for- a period
Of two' yearsi'r.His driving license
was- revoked for: a period of, twelve
months. ; It was further ordered that
the car was not to be driven on the
roads any more until it was put in
proper -eoiiditioiuoi'V;; .v..
MRS. SUMNER IMPROVING
' i Tha condition, of Mrs, C. F. Sumner,-
prominent Hertford woman, who
hasl been ill since last. Friday, is re-,
I ported as improving. . ,- .. ,
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Judge Walter Oakey
Hands Out Road Terms
Two white men were given road
sentences in Recorder's Court on
Tuesday by Judge Waiter H. Oakey,
Jr., one colored man was sent to the
roads and another given a road sen-
tence to be suspended upon the con
dition that he pay his court costs and
leave the county for a period of two
years.
In the case of Norman Byrum, of
the Chappell Hill section of the coun
ty, who received a road sentence of
thirty days, in connection with a dis
turbance which he is alleged to have
j raised at the home of Mrs. Bettie
Boyce, while she lay a corpse in the
home, liquor was the source of the
trouble. I
Byrum started out in the capacity
of a friend and neighbor. He went
on several errands for Miss Annie
Boyce, notifying friends and relaties
of the death of Miss Boyce's mother,
and even made a trip to Edenton t
see about the purchase of the casket.
He got to drinking during the day.
Miss Boyce testified that she begged
him not to drink but by nightfall h;
conduct had become very objection
able. He is alleged to have made
threats to kill and to have gone home
and got his gun, which was exhibit'- '
in court, and to have fired the gun in
the road in front of the house. Alto
gether, it was a very distressing se
ries of circumstances as related on
the stand. He left after he learned
that the Sheriff h;d hi en sent for.
and the Sheriff took him into custody
at his home. At that time Sheriff
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vj. nmsiow iesiincl tiiat lie war
intoxicated.
In the case of Andrew ri:;iinij,-an
of Hertford, a plea of guilty was
made to the charge of being drunk
and disorderly, ami a suspended sen
tence of twelve months previously im
posed was put into effect ami lie v a
given an additional sixty-day sen
tence, to run concurrently with that.
Herman Holly, colored, plead guilty
to the charge of stealing two chick
ens from T. R. Winslow, hU former
employer, one of which he testified
got away and the other of which he
ate. He was sentenced to six months
on the roads, the sentence to be sus
pended upon the payment of the
costs and the price of the chickens
and upon his leaving the county for a
period of two years.
The case against Gaither Humph
ries, of Woodville, charged with giv
ing a bad check to J. B. Warren,
State Inspector of Motor Vehicles,
was dismissed because the court had
no jurisdiction, it being shown that
the transaction took place in Pas
quotank County.
Rev. D. S. Dempsey
Baptist Church Pastor
Rev. D. S. Dempsey, of Spray, has
accepted a call as pastor of the" Hert
ford Baptist Church, according to" an
announcement made by church offi
cials this week.
Mr. Dempsey preached at the
church some weeks ago, following
which he was tendered a call. The
call has been accepted and Mr.
Dempsey is expected to arrive in
Hertford and take over his new duties
On March first
John Henry Mansfield
Pics Atgel Hoin
Funeral services for. John Henry
Mansfield, 87, . of the Bethel commu
nity, who died at the home of his son,
J. . H.. Mansfield, . .on ' Tuesday, were
held frpm , the Bethel Baptist Church
on, Wednesday afternoon,, withthe
pastor, Rev. J. T. Byrum, 'officiating,
assisted by Rev. A. A. Butler, of
Hertford . , - . '
t Burial took place in the Bethel
Church burying ground' - . ' 1 V 1 :
Mr. Mansfield is survived by three
sons," " ' ,l
Many Districts In Area
Still Without Representative
BIG OPPORTUNITY
Workers Can Earn Tidy
Sum By Just Little
Extra Work
The first list of names entered so
far in The Perquimans Weekly Ex
pansion Campaign are announced in
this issue. By looking over the list it
will be seen that there is plenty of
room for more persons who wish to
earn extra money in their spare time.
There is a splendid opportunity for
live workers to enter the campaign
and make themselves important fac
tors and prize winners.
Is Your Name In?
Is your name listed among those
who are to share in the. wonderful
gift distribution? If not, it is a
matter of good business judgment to
fill in the nomination blank in this is
sue and bring or mail it to The Per
quimans Weekly. Some person seems
to think the work will take too much
of their time, let us repeat now, this
is a SPARE TIME proposition, and
the money earned in this campaign
will be in addition to your regular in
come, and will be earned in your
spare time, time that you would
otherwise lose.
Now Is The Right Time
Now is the time to enter if you
want to earn up to $80.00 a week
during the next few weeks. Some
one is going to do that, and it can be
YOU just as well as it can be some
one else. Everyone who participates
in the campaign will be paid for their
efforts, if they do not receive one of
the cash awards, they will be paid a
cash commission of ten percent.
I Can't
Nearly every contestant and every
one thinking of entering will say,
"Oh, I can try, but I know I will not
win it." All will be of the'same opin
ion, but the ones who enter, and try,
are going to be the one.- who will re
ceive the higluvt pay. You will be
paid according to your efforts, and
those who are willing to use their
spare time calling n their friends,
securing their snb.-ci iplions will be
the ones who reap the harvest. Enter
,'our name today, and get yoi.r share
of the gift money.
ftds Four 3onths For
Stealing Cigarettes
Accused of 1 alii:-- a quantity of
cigarettes, tobacco and other small
articles from the store of Line:-..-White,
on Edenton Ruad, in Hert
foul, .,n Wuine.-da;,' light of last
week, and al.o charged v.dth recit
ing the stolen property, knowing it
was stolen, Josephus Wilson, colored,
plead not guilty to the two charges
in Recorder's Court on Tuesday, and
then went on the stand and te.4ified
that he took a quantity of the cigar
ettes from under the office of Dr.
Sharp, where they had been hiddi.:
by some one.
It was brought out in the evidence
that L. L. Winslow, deputy sheriff,
having information that Wilson was
selling cigarettes at 10 cents per
pack, went in search of the man.
When he called him to come to his
car, Wilson ran, with the deputy in
pursuit. After a long chase, the of
ficer saw Wilson when he threw away
seven packs of the cigarettes and
later he found one pack on his per
son. Wilson told the officer he did
not go into the store but that he
overheard two men talking and
learned that they had some liquor hid
underneath Dr. Sharp's office, so he
said he went to get the liquor. He
said he found two gallons of liquor
and that he didn't trouble that, but
did take the cigarettes he found, and
that was all he knew about it
. On the stand he insisted that he
hadn't, stolen but said he , found the
cigarettes. "I figured somebody had
stole them and put, them there and I
found them,?, he said, He Just Could
not seem to understand that he had
stolen anything, Insisting, that he
didnlt call that stealing: "But the
Jaw does call ,it . stealing," Judge
Oakey informed him. .
' Wilson was' given four months on
the roads.
; . Cream route stations established in
Stanly' ; County, several months ago
Are handling a large volume of cream,7
reports County Agent 'William N. 1
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