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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume ILNumber 25.
Hertford, Perquimans. County, North Carolina, Friday, June 21, 1935.
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Elijah Smith, 55, EaUs
Beneath Rear Wheel
; Of Truck
DEATH ACQDENTAL
Victim Father of Three
Children Who Were
Burned to Death
Elijah Smith, 65-year-old colored
laborer, was instantly killed on Wed
nesday, when he fell from the run
ning board of the truck on which he
was riding as he attempted to catch
his hat which blew off, and was
caught beneath the rear wheel.
The accident occurred in the upper
section of the county, near Nicanor,
Smith, who was an employee of the
F. D. Cline Construction Company,
engaged in. constructing the hard
rt surface roaa leading to Hobbsville,
was on hlah way home to lunch when
the accident occurred.
The truck, driven by the owner,
.. ! C. E. Taylor, was being used to haul
asphalt for the road.
Dr. T. A. Cox, Perquimans County
coronor, who viewed the body, pro
nounced death due to unavoidable ac
cident. The victim of the accident was the
father of three children who, were
; burned to death when the family
'Whwne ,was . destroyed by flre.a,liW
-i.- over a year ago.
Relief Weekly Pay
Roll About $600
Relief work being carried on in
Perquimans County at present in
eludes drainage projects aad farm re
habilitatfon work, with a weekly pay
' roll of approximately six hundred
K dollars. '. v -
'. Six four-room houses are being
constructed on .the Stockton Farm,
near Woodville, which is being nsed
as a rehabilitation center, four of the
houses being already completed. The
. nouses are models of neatness and
- comfort as compared with the aver
Tt age farm tenant house. Windows
: and doors are screened, and each
house has its screened porch, with a
, pump conveniently located in the
-porch.
G. C. Buck Scheduled
To Address Teachers
G. C. Buck, teacher of Vocational
Agriculture of the Perquimans High
School, is in Raleigh this week to at
tend the annual State conference of
agricultural teachers,' which convened
on Monday.
Mr. Buck is a member of the State
Program of Work, and on Friday,
the closing day of the conference, he
will address the gathering on the
subject of "Outlining and .Putting
Across the Y. T. H. F. Program of
Work in the Perquimans Chapter."
Bethel Better Homes
And Garden Club Meets
The Better Homes and Gardens
Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs.
J. B. Basnight. Mrs..W. D, Perry,
vice president, opened te meetisg,
and the "Friendship" Song was sung.
The roll was called and the minutes
of the previous meeting read, before
the program, which was, in charge of
frs. T. T. Harrell. 'Miss Virginia
Ymphlett won the prize in an enter
taining contest , ;". ; " f'i'--i
The hostess - served ice cream and
cake to the following ladies: Mrs. T.
T. Harrell,: Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, Mrs.. W,
D. Perry, Mrs; ; Fred Matthews; Mrs.
Reuben Stallisgs, Miss Gertie ' Chap
pell, Mrs.- Tommie Matthews,' Mrs. C
E. White, - Miss Viie :,;.UmJ)hlett,
Mrs. Neal Spruill, Mrs. . W.. P. Long,
Mrs. C. T. ? Phillips, Mrs. jWhit
Matthews and Miss Virginia Umph-
lett.
NEW YORK VISITORS
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' Misses' Louise anct Helen Vick and
Miss Ann Keidana, and ;T.r H.t Kei
danz and Bill ? Lahdia, "all of New
York, are guests of Mr. and ' Mrs. J.
a. ' Vick. l! Miss Louise Vick and Mr;
Faidanz will W married in the Heit
ford Methodist. Church t 11, -o'clock
oh Saturdayorning;
'. iWA0fflNGT:VIOR
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blancihard have
had as guests this week Mrs.- Blan
chard's brother! Hon.' G. S. Ferguson,
Jr., Federal Trade Commissioner,
snd !':s. Ferris I" i ' Vr-T?sia
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an Killed
Junior Home Makers
Named For County
Three junior home-makers have
been appointed in Perquimans,
to have charge of the home dem
onstration work of those on the re
lief roljs cf Perquimans County.
Mjss Helen Gaither, Mrs. M. T.
Griffin and Mrs. Young Berry are
the three ladies who will look after
all of the canning activities and
other work of home improvemest
for the ERA and Rural Rehabili
tation clients.
They will be under the super-i
vision of Miss Frances Capell,
District Home Economist for the
oix counties in this . ERA district,
whose headquarters is Elizabeth
City.
Dogs Vaccinated At
Winfall Saturday
Provided the serum is received, the
dogs of Parkville Township will be
vaccinated in Winfall on Saturday of
this week, according to a notice given
by A. A. Nobles, who, together with
G. C. Buck, was appointed to vacci
nate the dogs of the county for the
prevention of rabies.
A hundred doses of the serum was
I received early is the week, and Mr.
Nobles has the promise of 300 more
doses to follow. If this is received
in time it will be used at Winfall on
Saturday.
.There has been a great deal of
difficulty in securing the serum from
the Board of Agriculture as fast as
the demand has been made by the
various counties of the State which
an endeavoring to comply with the
new law providing that all dogs shall
be vaccinated annually for the pre
ventions XftMM. r
Sunday School Class
Surprises Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Charles Johnson, teacher of
the Judson Memorial Sunday School
class of the Hertford Baptist Church,
was given a surprise birthday party
and handkerchief shower on Tuesday
night at her home in Hertford by
the members of the class, the occa
sion being Mrs. Johnson's fiftieth
birthday.
Entertaining games were played
and there was special music. At the
close of a most delightful evening the
big birthday cake which was appro
priately decorated with candles, was
cut and served with ice cream.
Those present, besides the honoree,
included Mrs. D. S. Dempsey, Mrs.
Ova Strange, Mr9. T. E. Raper, Mrs,
Mary Parker, Mrs. Charlie Elliott,
Mrs. Clarence Dail, Mrs. William
Boyce, Mrs. Sinifred Speight, Mrs.
Claude Williams, Mrs. Josiah Elliott,
Mrs. Jake Jackson, Mrs. Charles E.
Johnson, Misses Ellen Chappell,
Mattie Lou Lane, Essie Walker, Ann
Barclift, Lucille Sutton, Ruth Jor
dan, Bennie Wood, Martha Elizabeth
Jordan, Dorothy White and Master
Harrell Johnson and Master L. C
Elliott. v -
Mrs. Jerry Sullivan
Dies In Virginia
Word was received in Hertford
Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Jerry
Sullivan, a of - Culpepper, Va. Mrs.
Sullivan; who1 is the grandmother of
Henry way Sullivan; of . Hertford,
and of Miss 'Anne. Sullivan, iof Balti
more,' visited here several years ago.
' Her deatit occurred 'ton $ Monday,
June 18,' and funeral -services and
burial took, place , at - Culpepper on
Wwtaeay;;.
: JunioESociaLQ
:0i Enjoys Weiner-Roast
The "Buccaneers,". ' which, is .the
name given to the- social club recent
ly organized by the juniors, were en
tertained .at the 3 i home of :Pollie
Tucker on Thursday night, al a wein
er roast.' Those present included Lila
BuddS Stephens,; fVirginiaSa White,
Mary : Wood, '. Koonce, Jean White,
Katherine Jessup, James 3 Divets,
Hollowell ;ox Nixon ana rranK Jes
SUp.
The Church School of
nderson
School
Church - will observe ' Chu
Day on 'Sunday morning, Julie 23, at
11 0 clock. : This : service ' fc.'iu take
the, 'place' of tho usual nnnuatchil
(' Vs t' 7 sv:v3.' T 3 r Vic is cor-
SP,NAL meningitis
PAlltNI Al lYINrALL
STILL CLINGING TO LIFE
Hearing Is Affected
And Throat Partially
Paralyzed
NO NEW CASES
Quarantine On House
hold Will Be Lifted
Friday
The spinal meningitis patient at
Winfall may live. Luther Lamb, the
eighteen-year-old colored youth who
has been ill with the disease for the
past ten days, is still in a serious
condition, however. His hearing is
badly affected and he has partial
paralysis of the- throat, as well.
No other case of the disease has
developed. The quarantine was lift
ed on Saturday in reference to the
persons who had been in contact
with the patient prior to his quaran
tine.
The quarantine is to be removed
for the patient and the other occu
pants of the house on Friday of this
week.
Camp Leach Closed
For This Season
Applicants who had sent in their
registration fees to Camp Leach re
ceived the following notice last week
when their registration fees were re
turned: "On account of the infantile para
lysis situation in the State, and on
the advice of the State Board of
Health, the camp authorities have
thought it wise to cancel all camps
scheduled for Camp Leach this sum
mer. All registration fees that have
been received will be returned.
"If the authorities find it possible
and practicable to have the senior
camp in the late summer an attempt
may be made to conduct it in con
nection with the Young People's
Convention before school opens in
September."
Through Capitol Keyholes
By BESS HINTON SILVER
SPOTTP.n Tha frnharnntnrial I
race (chiefly between Clyde R. Hoey
and A- H. Graham) is a bit spotted
from the standpoint of public interest
throughout the State. You can talk
to travelers and one will tell you
that Hoey is running wild while an
other will avow that Graham is far
in the lead. Most of the disinterested
lads getting about over the State will
tell you, however, that the campaign
has not progressed far enough to
raise many bets. The political gamb
lers want to see the horses warm
up before they lay the long green
on the mahogany.
STIRRING When Thad Eure,
principal clerk of the House of Re
presentatives for several term, an
nounced that he would be a candi
date for Secretary of State next
spring, he didn't stop there. No sir,
Mr. Eure is determined to 'unhorse
Stacey Wade, incumbent, and while
this is written the contender is up
and doing in the little game of vote
getting. On the other hand, Mr.
Wade is no slouch at snagging the
ballots and a merry race may be ex
pected by one and all.
IRKED Governor , Ehringhaus is
a mild-mannered man hut once you
get! his ire to the boiling point watch
for the steam to pop. off. Down at
the Governor's conference at Biloxy,
Mississippi, a representative of Harry
L. Hopkins, head man of the federal
relief programi said the money is not
being spent politically. North Caro
lina's own . Chief Executive . . replied
that such was rapidly becoming the
case, or words to that effect. Of
course, Mr. Hopkins nor t his repre
sentative' liked that ..Sot, but they
picked the right : man to get them
told if they do start in to, playing hu
man miseries for votes in 1936.
r; SPEAKER- Representative W. L.
Lumpkin; of Franklin, is doing a bit
of letter-writing these ' days in, the
hope of lining tilings' up for his cam
paign t tot-'- Lieutenant , " Governor.
Meantime, Representative R. Gregg
Cherry,' of Gaston, chairman of the
1933 House v Finance 1 Committee, is
sitting back in his law office in Gas
tonia awaiting the reception 'of his
unofficial announcement for s the
speakership. Major Cherry says he
doesn't intend to plow np the State
Crr'tol in an effort to. be made
r -t.r jf you wak a fight on
ISSUED BY
DR. NEW REGARDING
INFANTILEJARALYSIS
Health Officer Urces
Children to Be Kept
f ,At Home
DISEASESPREADS
One Hundred and Sixty-
eight Cases Reported
In State
Dr. G. E. Newby, Perquimans
County health oflicer, commenting on
the infantile paralysis situation in
North Carolina, stated emphatically
yesterday that mothers should keep
their children at home. "The only
preventative is isolation," said the
physician, "and to' isolate children
means to keep them at home."
"There is as yet no infantile para
lysis in the Albemarle," stated Dr.
Newby, "but that does not mean that
the Albemarle is immune."
Dr. Newby believes that the time
to take precautionary steps to avoid
possible spread of the disease, should
a case occur in the community, is to
keep children from contact with each
other now.
Infantile paralysis is not reported
nearer to Perquimans than Bertie
County, no case as yet having been
reported on this side the Albemarle
Sound.
The epidemte has spread consider
ably in the State, however, within
recent weeks.
One hundred and sixty-eight cases
had been officially reported to the
State Board of Health up to Thurs
day of this week, all these having oc
curred since January 1 of this year.
There have been 7 deaths officially
reported from the disease since May
1, two deaths having occurred in
Wake County Tuesday of thfa week
More than two doien new cases
have been reported this week, two
of the new cases being in Bertie
County.
The Piedmont section of the State,
which was hitherto untouched by the
malady, Thursday reported a number
of victims of the disease.
your hands just tackle one of those
Cherry boys. It looks interesting
from this distance.
RELIEF The State system of
textbooks rentals authorized by the
recent Legislature is about to become
a reality. The Commission named
has been sworn in and plans are be
ing made to make books available
by the time the first country schools
open in July. The task is no child's
play and setting up of any decent
system will require time. Neverthe
less, when parents learn they have
to "put out" less for school books
next year than formerly, maybe they
can spare a kind word or two for the
boys who stayed two months or
more in Raleigh, at their own ex
pense, trying to make such things
possible.
HOPEFUL Dr. Ralph McDonald,
who represented Forsyth county in
the 1933 General Assembly as an
anti-sales taxer, now says that if he
can get his hands on about $15,000
he may consider running for Gover
nor. The Charlotte Observer re
marks that Dr. McDonald is an opti
mist. to think that he would have a
chance of election with such a small
campaign fund. But worse than that
Dr. McDonald's anti-sales tax friends
are somewhat divided. There's Se
nator John T. Burrus, of Guilford,
who would like to be governor ac
cording to current reports, and
others that have similar aspirations.
If the antis would have hope of put
ting a ticket across the barrier they
had best start training one horse in
stead of encouraging a flock of colts
to gallop over the political pasture.
HORTON4-Senator W. P. Horton,
of Chatham, complicated things for
one or two people when he definitely
announced that be will be a candi
date for Lieutenant Governor. Sena
tor Paul D. Grady, of Johnston, al
ready has his hat in the ring and in
addition to Lumkin Senator Carl L,
Bailey, j)f Washington, and former
Senator George McNeill, of Cumber
land, both are considered real threats
for -the post. ' Some people are won
dering why the Number Two' post in
the State Government has suddenly
become so popular. v ,
ROADS The State Highway Co-
mission is making visible use of the
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Better Housing Drive
Now In Full Swing
Progress Made In
Widening Highway
The work of widening the State
highway through the Town of
Hertford is rapidly going forward.
Dobb Street, which was surfaced
with tarvia, will be paved first,
and the work was commenced on
this street sometime ago.
The link in the project included
from the entrance isto the town at
Kdenton Road, down this street to
Dobb; thence to Church street;
thence to Market Street, will be
finished before tlie next link,
Church Street from the postoffice
to the bridge is begun, according
to Frank Kugler, Resident District
Engineer of the State Highway
Commission.
The trees have been removed,
eighteen in all on Church Street,
thirtees on the east side and five
on the west side, and the tele
phone and electric light poles are
being placed. The curbing on this
part of the project is also being
taken up in preparation of the
work of widening the street.
MOTHERS START
"CAMP AT HOME"
FOR CHILDREN
Children Learn to Take Care of
Themselves and Gladly Share In
Housekeeping Duties
Mothers whose children will not be
able to go away to camp this yeai
need not look forward with dread to
a summer of distraction trying to en
tertain bored youngsters, if they fol
low the clever idea of three mothers
who started "Camp Stay-At-Home",
It has been such a success, reports
Katherine Marchand in McCall's
Magazine for July, that it has doub
led in size in three years.
"A camp it is, although the chil
dren in the group eat and sleep in
their own homes, and are supervised
at their activities by their own moth
ers. It all came about because a
small group of mothers had refused
to be discouraged when they could
not afford to send their children to
camp. There were three mothers
with six assorted children when they
began three years ago. There are
twice as many mothers now, and a
baker's dozen of children who open
'Camp Stay-At-Home' the day school
closes.
"One of the basic advantages of a
camp, the founders decided, was the
way it taught children to take care
of themselves and their possessions;
to share housekeeping duties gladly
with bunkmates, and to do 'chores'
for the community good. So they be
gan by putting a premium on these
things. In every home there was a
rising bell, breakfast and then a busy
half hour before inspection. Room,
bed, closet, ears, fingernails and hair
were looked over, and the day's mark
recorded by mother on a card tacked
up just inside the room. Honors for
high marks were awarded at a Friday
camp fire. The morning get-together
took place on a back porch, in a
barn or under an elm tree in some
one's garden, 'but it always included
some singing, inspection reports and
a discussion of plans for the day.
"The program was made out first,
according to the activities that the
individual mothers could direct the
mother who was the best swimmer
took the campers to the lake, the
mother whose hobby was modeling di
rected the crafts, and the mother who
thought she knew nothing at all said
she would take charge of the nature
walks, and she learned along with
the children. They agreed that each
day should be well-balanced a vigo
rous morning being followed by a
quiet afternoon, and vice versa
There were two activity periods in
the day and thfe mothers scheduled
themselves to have charge of the
group for one period at a time. They
planned their housework so that each
was entlrly free to be camp mother
on certain mornings and afternoons.
An amazing number of possibilities
developed. One whole day each week
was spent in a hike to some point of
interest. Then the midday meal was
cooked out-of-doors, and cameras
were used to record the trip. A big
brother of the group helped make a
dark room, and the children had the
fun of developing their own pictures.
They made a nature garden in the
woods, where wild flowers were
transplanted; they learned to make
fires, clean their camping equip
ment and cook simple fare. They
experimented ,: with clay 7 modeling
free painting batik . and wood carv-
(Continued on Page Six)
Three Canvassers Begin
Collecting Data This
Week
STOKES CHAIRMAN
Office Temporarily Lo
cated In Building
Used By ERA
The Better Housing Campaign of
the Federal Housing Administration
got under way here this week, with
J. P. Perry, W. N. ucker and Mrs.
Mary Wood, who have been appointed
canvassers to make a survey of the
county, beginning their work.
Mrs. P. H. Small has been appoint
ed secretary, and the offices of the or
ganization will be located temporar
ily in the building now used as the
ERA office, according to H. C Stokes,
who is the chairman of the Better
Housing Campaign in Perquimans.
The canvassers will make a survey
of the entire county, covering first
the Town of Hertford. Any one de-
8iring to sceure loans for the purpose
of making repairs to houses or desir
ing to build houses, may, upon com
plying with certain regulations of the
Federal Housing Administration se
cure loans through this channel.
J. H. McMullan, of Edenton, who
is the District Chairman of the Fed
eral Housing Administration, was in
Hertford some weeks ago and held a
meeting at the courthouse for the
purpose of explaining the workings of
the organization, at which time Mr.
Stokes was appointed County Chair
man. Mrs. New bold Still
Continues Weak
Mrs. K. R. Newbold continues very
ill. Little change is reported in her
condition for the past week, except
that she gradually grows weaker.
Mrs. Newborn's five sons who live
at a distance and who were called
last week to the bedside of their
mother, have returned to . their re
spective homes. A daughter, Mrs.
Carl Wmslow, has also returned to
her home at Greensboro.
Two daughter, Mrs. C. A. Wright,
of Jarvisburg, and Mrs. Russell Jar
vis, of Elizabeth City, are still here.
Lightning Strikes
Wire In Hertford
Lightning struck one of the electric
power wires in front of the One
Stop Service Station in Hertford,
during the thunder storm late Wed
nesday afternoon burning it in two.
The occurrence caused some excite
ment as the live wire fell to the
ground after it was severed. The
down town section was withoJt cur
rent for a brief period, while the
damage was being repaired.
Office Hours ERA
Slightely Changed
The work day hours of the local
ERA office have been changed from
8:30 to 4:30 every day except Satur
day, whes the hours are from 8:30 to
12:30.
The hours were formerly from 9:00
to 5:00, except on Saturday, when
they were from 9:00 to 1:00.
Sunday School Class
Has Regular Meeting
The regular class meeting of the
Judson Memorial Sunday School class
of the Hertford Baptist Church was
held on Monday night at the home of
Miss Iris Bass, in the county.
Mrs. Josiah Elliott had charge of
the program, which included an in
teresting report of the work done by
the class given by Mrs. Charles
Johnson.
Dainty refreshments were served
at the close of the meeting.
Those present were Miss Mattie
Lane, Miss Marie Fowler, Miss Ann
Barclift, Mrs. Winifred Speight, Miss
Dorothy Mae Hoffler, Mrs. Charles
Johnson, Miss Bennie Wood, Mrs.
Charles Elliott and the following
visitors: Miss Fannie Mae Coffteld,
Mrs. P. E. Garrett of Virginia Beach
and Mrs. Joe Bass.
SUN PORCH ADDED TO HOME
A most attractive sun parlor has
been added to the beautiful home of
the Thomas Nixons on Church street.
The gun parlor, located on the south
side of the house, is formed by en
closing ' all that section of . the large
porch, y,, ' ,v 5