North Carolina Newspapers

J' :cly i I f . I i I :. -j a .3 li'll ' - vff ; " 'A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE, UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY vVolume H:-Number.21. - ,s Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 24, 1935. $1.25. Per Year i tyjt vmmr lnnntv AcrentA Atiatty-iHawkMeet L. W. Anderson Gives . ahs County I Educational Addresses Presented By Farm Representatives . L. W. Anderson returned Monday , from a three day conference of farm ' agents held at Kitty Hawk. County ; . agents from all the districts in eas , tem Norn Carolina were present at the gathering, he reported, and en livening and educational addresses were made each day by State agri cultural representatives -from Ra leigh. Soil erosion, hog culture, fer- ' tilizatinn nf erona V: and . nun other subjects of direct interest to farmers j were discussed in open forum by the f State officials and their agents. MrABdefsoiTmade the following -. report of an 'average7 week's survey by him in Perquimans: . "We have nearlv 600 cotton con- . tracts and about 47 percent of them 9 are for less than "five acre base. Practically all of these contracts have had to take a downward adjustment and most of my time has been taken up trying to explain these downward adjustments. A few of fie farmers have refused to sin the adjusted " contracts. Most of the cotton was planted before we could inform the grower about his adjusted allotments. W received the final navment on the 1934 corn-hog contracts and have de livered mojt of the "checks. Most of V; the growers are satisfied with their ' peanut acreage allotments." Mr. Anderson told of an interest- i r Ins? renort on hor vaccination by ir..,. Cmmtv .Asreni-ilL IL iRowell I of Chowan. - v, ja.$t&&'i'?Hr:ti Hickorv Cross School Up For Sale June 8 P. T. Johnson, Superintendent of PM-ouimans Conntv Schools, has mnatiMt the nflln of the andent Hick orv Oorr School in the Belvidere sec- fimi nf i conntv. "The sale is vhAdnled for nublic auction on June 8 at noon, and the -property will be cried down to the nignest oiaaer. Hu-Vnrv Crosa School is a small two room structure providing facili ties for 40 or 60 scholars, it is one of the oldest country schools in this section. . . ku of the school is oart of a iren eral plan of county school amalaga tions. None of the school equip ment will be disposed of as this will be moved to another school. dips RAM. JACKSON HONORED wrrn MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER Mrs. Earl Jackson, of Elisabeth City, who before her marriage was Miss Hazel Stallings; ofaWinf all, was honored Friday 'evening , with a mis cellaneous shower given at the home of Mrs. D. L. Baker at,Winfallr"by mm n P stAlUngrs and Mrs. Baker. The' winners, ofjnteresting contests, Mrs. Joe Commander, 01 tuzaoem City, and Mrs. W. G. Hollowell, of Winfall, graciously presented their nrizes to the bride. . :; All were asked to join in singing "The Old Oaken Bucket," after which Mra JaclcRon was asked .to draw wa t frnm i the old well. The water nut Ant to hA buckets piled high X with gtfts. Therhonoree ; received Uk.. hBintiful And useful srifts. - : -- The hostesses served 1 home-mad candies and salted nuts. Those v: remembering : the 1 bride , Were: Mrs. Joe Commander, Mrs. Hal Williams; Kiss Margaret Jackson and Mrs. Oscar .Jackson,' of- Elizabeth . r-ihr. Mm.' V.' A. Holdren. Mrs. S. C. , Godwin, Mrs. C. O: Fowler, Misses Marie Fowler, Bertha Chappell and : vinHnim Fowler, cf Hertford: - t!es- '. j.mAi Jl. R. "Winrfaw. St.. - A. R. Winslow, Sr, Vf. G. n;"ovr !l, Evelyn ' Proctor, Emma lc- ii'i ;-- ' Jesse ' Stanton, .'fclU.r Uirr'-Ictt, ' ' Adeline Umphlett, r-ymond Eii-tan, - v. ir.-tr-dn. r! C. Chalk. C. A. Er- v iov inpi iru:".owi. J. H. r J ' V. Roach, D. L. Earlcr, : C. I C - tn' J. IT. r.zir r ' h Proctor, J . iw.iiBv t'trviTi .i:te. and D. P Stagings: Ulzzza Kinnie Chiil:y Umphlett, E-ker, I I'yrtle U e :y Usr-' r M i i i r C 3e Er'-sr,' J -" I n, " 1 I. J ( ' 3 Ward,- Alata I r 't Eroct-r, 'I Through... STATE CAPITAL KEYHOLES By BESS HINTON SILVER STORM .BREWING In the Fourth Congressional District, so ably repre sented for more than a third of a century by the beloved late Edward W. Pou, it now appears there may be a lively scran.: It is rumored around Raleigh that Representative W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, known to ere and all as the co-author of the Mc DonaldLumpkin plan in the late Legislature and "a peoples candidate" may offer in opposition to uongress man Harold D. Coolev. Mr. Lumpkin was a bitter opponent of taxing "fat back and molasses," always, a friend of the schools and an avowed ''liquor control!' man. -He has carved a name amontr vonnr Democratic leaders. The rumor-graph also reports that former Representative utway Binns moss, oi Nash, is feeling out the Fourth Dis trict Congressional waters. Others mentioned as possible foes of Con gressman Cooley are State Senators Carroll Weathers, of Wake, and W. P. Horton, of Chatham. RE-DEALS Is there to be a re- deal in North Carolina politics? Some of tho native think so. Renresenta- ijtlve Wm. Scholl, of the great State of Mecklenburg, has announced nis can didacy against Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, and Representative Ed. Summersill, of Onslow, would not surprise- his neighbors if he announc ed aaainst Congressman Graham Bar- den of the Third District, TTMTTATTAL Ceorare Ross Pou. Ra- leiffh Attornev. nrobablv emersred as the most popular of the so-called, lob byists In-so-far, as" the people as a whole aro concerned. Jou represent d ihtisa interested in oreventinr di- lldn of highway funds and the ouW come of such . legislation was not ois nleasiner. although there is an add! tional contingent diversion. Jlr. Pou fousrht side-bv-side with tne scnooi forces seekinir hhrher school appro priations. He also favored better pay for teachers, highway and prison employees, as well as more canes ana coffee for all State hired help." Unable to attend the sessions in person. Mr. Pou made one radio appeal from his bed and radio officials said it was nrobablv the first radio "bed-side" talk made in North Carolina. NEW TARGET Now that the General Assembly is no more (atj lait for nlnetr days or more) lar Heels will focus their attention more acutely to national affairs and instead of . petitioning State Senators and Runntaentatlves. anneals wQl CO to U. S. Senators and Congressmen. Right at this time Worth uarounians prora blv are more, interested in azricultu ral, bonus and public utitilies legisla tion. Many a letter wm go zortn to Washington "concerning the Warren potato control bill, the Patman bonus bill (fated for a Presidential veto.) Probably as many -; communications will protest that section of the Wheeler-Rayburn bill which proposes to place operating gas and electric companies under Federal rather man State control. Proponents and op- nonents of both the Bonus and Ray- burn bills are reported active. y '- BLACKEYE R. R. Clark; coluinn- 1st of the ' Greensboro Daily - News, does not fail to crack down on Secre- tary of State stacey w.. waae,.ioT nis reported failure to take. in voluntary salary cut along with -;i the enforced shortened rations of other state em ployees. V Clark wrote: "The consti tutional officers whose pay could not be cut as a matter of law, were asked to voluntarily contribute a " specmea amount to the . State in ; its hour of need.' Soma of them did. One State Official was listed and y published as Mfiiainir to contribut onei thin dims He Is among those on the salary in crease list. Since it seemed impossi ble to leave him off, we may hope if not pray, that he woni ne on u re ceiving end when the salary begins to yield an increase." Mr. Clark might have aJ:.i that State Auditor Eax t i E-:im, publicly derfared to b ; Mer A-JItor nor Public Account ' ;, rid a "plt'-bl nd miserable . ccrtribution. It has been in ' I tlit both Secretary Wade t 1 Aui:tor Durham-'may be faced wi ' ' r ' "z opposition in the Prhnsry i .1 j. -1 c.'i " ' 'i LI"irJCa The eleventh-hour patch-wc-"jvI nr l' passed Yf the late ' 7 t eiZl actions on ' - "-s f . Cf I -Jl GLEE CLUBS OF SCHOOL RENDER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM JIN TUESDAY Pronounced Finest En tertainment In Long Time From the opening number, a chorus by the Grammar School Glee Club, until the closing chorus by both glee clubs, the entertainment given by the glee clubs of the Perquimans High School and the Hertford Grammar School in the High School auditorium on Tuesday night, was pronounced by those who heard it one of the fin est entertainments to have been given recently in Hertford. The director was Miss Kate M. Blanchard, and those taking part in cluded, in the High School Club: Blanche Moore Berry, Julia Brough ton, Elizabeth Caddy, Mary Thad Chappell, Celia Blanche DaU, Mary Feud, Eugenia Gregory, Catherine Jessup, Lila Budd Stephens, Anna Penelope Tucker, Ellie Mae White, Dorothy Strange, Zack Toms White, Maude Keaton, Virginia Harris, and Dorothy Mae Hoffler; and in the Grammar School Club: Margaret Broughton, Florence Darden, Nancy Coke Darden, Shirley Elliott, Anne Tullis Felton, Jeannette Perry, Mollie Mac Riddick, Eula White, Ruth Wins- low, Frances Newby, Ruth Hollowell, Geneva White, Jane Strange, Ruth Hendricks, Jack Anderson, Fordie Feilds, Georgs Feilds, Durwood Reed, Clarke Stokes, and Albert Jones. Many Enjoy May Day At Whiteston Clarkson White, the little son of Mr. and Mrs, Charlie White, won first place in the Baby Contest held in connection with the May Day Festi al which marked the closing of the Whiteston School on Tuesday of last week. -The little boy was presented with a Bflver dollar. LoiS'Winelow- the .little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Winslow, re ceived fifty cents as the prize for winning second place. Seventeen babies were entered in the contest, and each received a' big balloon. Th May Day Festival was attended by three hundred persons, with the entire community well represented and many from other communities nresent. The dav was perfect and the young people, who had been care fully and efficiently coached, acted their parts well The Maypole dance was particularly lovely, without eith er of the charminsr young girls in their long, ruffled organdy frocks, making a singl eerror. Judge W. C. Morse, of Elizabeth City, delivered the address of the oc casidn. . There were five arraduates. includ ing Leslie Winslow, Clemma Winslow, Mad are Lane, Harreli Lassiter, and Winifred Winslow. Last Of Special Sermons On Sunday The last sermon in the series of seven on the general theme of Im mortality by the Rev. S. Dempsey, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, will be delivered on next Sunday night. The subject of this sermon is '"The Second Coming of Christ," The pastor extends a cor dial invitation to all to be present on this occasion. SURPRISE DINNER HONORING , BIRTHDAY , ANNIVERSARY "A surprise ' birthday dinner was given Sunday, May 19, at the home of Mrs. Herbert - Euro in honor of Mr. Herbert Euro's birthday by Mrs. Euro and daughters, Mrs;-Ben Sitter son.1' Mrs. Luther Umphlett and Mrs. George Sutton, Jr. i Mr. Ben Bitter son and Fannie Euro .lighted the 61 candles on the birthday cake. ! An elegant dinner, followed by a delicious ice course' was served. The honoree received many usefd gifts, and a de lightful time was reported by every one, j , j,y, ji p,5" Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Eure, - Mr. and Mrs. Luther Umphlett, Mr. and Mrs. George Sut ton, Jr.' and son, , Lawrence Lee Sut ton;. Mr. and Mrs.- Ben Sitterson, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Sawyer, of Cradock, Va.; " Mr. and Mrs. Freeman- Umph lett, Mr.' and , Mrs. Raymond . Euro, f ir. and Krs. Delvin Eure, Mr. and nrs. Vat Care, tlr. J. B. Eure, Miss Evelyn Cadiy, Miss Evelyn -Eure, Hiss Fannie Eure, Annie Maude Mil br. Carina Eure, r'arjor1 Elttirson, Ja-cs Ur:ll. Eca ntterr n, Jr, Rehabilitation Of Old Welch P Farm Cause Of Much Interest H. A. WHITLEY RELATES A TR UTHFUL FISHING STORY ' By H. W. THOMAS A let of nrettv blue fish tales have been coming out of Oregon Inlet of late, butvH. A. Whitley, who runs the register in the Winslow Hardware Shop, is not sure about them ,afi, and he has a right to be doubtful. As far as that goes fish stories; have destroyed more Baptist reputations for veracity than all else in the world, and being a good Bap tist himself Mr. Whitley intends to remain one. For Mr. Whitley's been afishing and has also read the papers. And when he read the beautiful accounts of the" stupendous blue fish catches United States Senators Bailey, of this Stae, and Robinson, of Arkansas, made down at Oregon Inlet last week, H. Assays he was completely flab bergasted, and intends to explain it all at! next week's prayer meeting. It seems Mr. Whitley seduced Clark Castle and R. M. Riddick, his Hertford Banking Company side Singing Gass Gives Program On Tuesday Another chance is given to the Per quimans public to hear the splendid annual concert of the Oxford Orphan age Singing Class. This class comes to Hertford on Tuesday night of next week and will give their concert in the auditodium of the Hertford Grammar School- ' The local Lodge of Masons, as well as others interested, are especially anxious to give the class a good house this year. Mrs. Sadie T. Hutchinson, who has been Ae director of the class for sometime, is still in charge of the fourteen boys and girls who compose the class. L. W. Alderman is the traveling manager. The program is featured with de lightful songs and recitations and drills with colorful costumes and splendid music. Judge Oakey Wins 4th Place In Shoot That the Hertford Rifle Club has at least one crack marksman is evi denced by the fact that Walter H. Oakey, Jr.; won two prizes in the Middle Atlantic matches held at Camp Simm8, near Washington, last week-end. Mr. Oakey won fourth place in the 200-yard Swiss match, and also in the 200-yard Re-entry Match. There were 65 participants in the matches, many of them experienced marksmen. It was Mr. Oakey's first attempt at big league rifle shooting, although he is an enthusiastic rifle man. . Mr. Oakey, who is responsible for the organization of the Hertford Rifle Club, attended the tournament chiefly for the purpose of getting ideas for the local club. Colored Youth Jailed For Theft Of Auto Clifton Overton, a colored youth, is in jail awating trial on the charge of stealing au automobile. The automobile, the property of R. T. Brinn, was recovered shortly after it was taken by the youngster on Friday night. Mr. Brinn had park ed the car in front of the bank, and upon returning and finding it missing reported the matter to Officer Melvin Owens. - Shortly afterwards Mr. Owens recognized the car being driv en up the street and when he step ped out to stop the driver the boy left the wheel and ran. He was caught by the officer, however, and placed under arrest Charles Whedbee Rotarian Speaker f HonChas. Whedbee was the speak er at the Hertford Rotary Club on Tuesday night, addressing - the Ro- tarians onthe general subject of the work done at the last session of the General Assembly. . J Mr; Whedbee Was Legislative Ad viser to the Governor during this session of the General Assembly, and also served in this capacity at the 1983. session. L.' So impressed irere th members of the Rotary Club yith U, Whedbee'i addre-i, he, Was . requested by tk,FTo '-;t tfl s;eak further oa tl siijjct in the near future. , kicks, and Cook Winslow, his sub boss, to stay away from Sunday School last Sabbath and go after blues with his. He promised a mar velous day, and the quartette had it, but that was about all. They fished from the strand with heaved out squids, and they spent hard money hiring a fancy scow to take them outside, but they never so much as got a strike. Not a blue fish was in sight and not a blue fish was caught. And as Mr. Whitley says no one within his ken that immortal and eventful Sunday saw or caught any blue fish. He marvels just a little at the great catches reported f(: the two Senators who were not only within this ken but so close inside it as to be chatted with. And Mr. Whitley is a truthful man, a very truthful one, for he reports utter failure as a fisherman, and what other fisherman ever has done that before? Mrs. Lister Dies While On Visit Mrs. Elizabeth Lister, of Hertford, died on Sunday night at the home of her daugher, Mrs. George G. Mark ham, in Elizabeth City, where she was visiting, following a heart attack suffered earlier in the day. Funeral services were conducted from the Markham residence at 10:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, with the Rev. B. P. Robinson, pastor of the Hertford M. E. Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. H. McCrackeh, Presiding- Elder of the Elizabeth City District, and the Rjev. E. T. JiBson, rector of Holy Trinity Epis copal Church, Hertford. The pallbearers were: F. A. Spence, H. W. Chappell, T. W. Robbing, L. W. Trippe, C. P. Ward, and Howard Palmer. Burial took place in the Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Lister, who was 71 years of age, was a native of Pasquotank County. She was the wife of the late Joshua S. Lister. She had lived in Elizabeth City for more than thir ty years bofer coming to Hertford three years ago. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. G. G. Markham, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. W. E. White, of Hertford; and one son, J. Scott Lister, of Elizabeth City; one sister, Mrs. Bright Cart wright, of Weeksville; and several grandchildren and great-grandchTl-dren. Large Congregations At Baptist Church Rev. D. S. Dempsey, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, stated this week that in many respects last Sun day was an outstanding day for his church. There was a larger attendance at Sunday School than has been the case for a long time, according to Mr Dempsey, and unusually large con gregations were present at th wor ship services. In fact, there were more people in the church last Sun day at all the services than has been the case during his pastorate. On Sunday evening practically every seat in the main auditorium was taken. The splendid quartette which furnished music on this occasion de lighted the audience. This quartette is from Green's Cross Baptist Church, Bertie County, the horj church of the pastor. Of special interest in this com munity is the fact that one of the Members of he quartette is a broth er of the late Frank Cale, for many years a pastor in the Chowan Bap tist Association. The other three are brothers and sons of D. A. Mizell, of Windsor. Postmaster Hopes For Second Class Office : According to Edgar Morris, post master, business is very good and in creasing noticeably all the time. He does not attribute this to the chain letter fad. in fact states the fad did not get under way here at all. Mr. Morris expects the post office to re turn to second class if business con tinues as it is at present MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS The Minnie Wilson Missionary So ciety of the Hertford M. E. Church, met on Monday night at the home of Mrs. T. B. Gumaer. . " ' . . Plan to Divide 560 Acres Into Approximately 10 Farms ERAINCHARGE Project Would Provide Employment For Months Purchase of the old Welch farm near Woodville for ERA rehabilita tion project work ha aroused much interest in. this section. The farm, comprising about 560 acres, has been more or less disused during late years but under the proposed plan of restoration it will be brought back to life in great shape. The present acreage is to be divided into approximately ten farms. Six tenant, houses of four rooms each, are to be built by ERA labor, and, as there are already four houses located on the- property all of the new farms will have a home thereon. The rehabilitation plan, one of the initial moves in the Albemarle, is to be- purely experimental- The govern ment, is furnishing the houses, mules, implements, seeds, hogs, cattle. Part of any ensuing crop will be credited toward payment for the farm. At this moment the government has leased the land, there is one large old colonial house thereon said to have been built about 1810, and now occupied by two white families. Tim Brinn, is the ERA chieftain in charge of the project. He has ex plained that all the work of rehabili tation will be entirely by ERA labor. So far the tract has not been ditched in 17 or 18 years. This will be a first objective. Besides ditching there will be bridge building and tilling, as well as the erection of the new homes. Once completed the job will be one of the outstanding undertakings of the local ERA organization, and will mean a large and comprehensive pro gram of employment for many months to come. Anyone who passes muster can se cure possession of one of the new farms. No immediate outlay will be required, installment payments to be made from crops raised. Two Local Fishermen Land Strange "Fish" All fish tales smell fishy and this has a decided fish odor to it Tom Raper is a man; Edgar Feilds is a boy. They go shing regularly with much gusto and they either bring back a string or a reason why. This time they didn't bring a string but a rabbit. Hence the tale. Any day will do. Anyhow there was a day. Tom had the fishing line in play and Edgar stood by with a hand net prepared to use it on the ten-pounder he expected, boylike, would be pulled skyward out of the fair Perquimans. But there was no fish- Instead Edgar says, and Tom affirms, a rab bit, a regular Peter Rabbit, saw the pair in their canoe, or was if a yacht, and jumped overboard and swam merrily out across the broad expanse of river water to meet and greet them. The sight of the rabbit was too much for Edgar and he plunged over board, net and all, in his eagerness to prove his eyes had not deceived him. Undaunted Tom went to the res cue and dragged Edgar aboard. That's right Edgar had first netted the rabbit and all hands came safely back to shore. Proof of the yarn is found in the fact Edgar has the bunny boxed up at his home. If jou don't see it there be skeptical. Shooting Match To Be Held Friday The first big shooting match of the Hertford Rifle Club, which will be open to the general public, will take place on Friday afternoon of this week. The match will begin at 1:00 o'clock and will continue through the afternoon. Each "participant will be allowed 5 sighting shots, and 20 shots for re cord., " ; . ' The Rifle Club, of which M. GA Owens ia the executive officer, was ' organised early this year.There are 12 members of the' local club, which Is affiliated with the National Rifle Association. - ' .. 1 " Scoring wQl be ' governed by the official rules' of the National ' Rifle " Association. " ' ! A V small entrance fee is ' to be" charged oa Friday, but it win not be ;' necessary for every -one who takes, part to have a rifle, as the club rifle ' stay be tredV ywV . T"