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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume I WNumber 26.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 28, 1935.
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Infantile Paralysis Is
Still Mounting In State
(Precautions Exercised
f In Many Sections of
State
235 VICTIMS
'Dr. Jewby Urges Par
ents to Keep Chil
dren Home
Precautions are being exercised in
many communities against the spread
jof infantile paralysis. The epidemic
i continues to increase, there having
been 235 cases officially reported
i since the first of the year, with 45
counties represented. Seventy-eight
of these cases developed during the
i month of June.
The big 4th of July celebration
which the local American Legion post
has staged in Elizabeth City regular
T ly each year for a long time, has been
, called off, although no case of infan
tile paralysis has as yet been report
: ed in the Albemarle.
Tn Wilonn .Tiidca M A Sinclair
adjourned court after two days, an-
I nouncing that he felt that mere
bv,a,i1H h n nnhlic Mtherinirs while
the disease is so prevalent in that
section.
Young people's meetings and
camps have been called off generally
throughout the eastern section of the
State.
The Sunday Schools of some sec
tions have been closed.
One of the victims of the disease
'in Granville County where 11 cases
ihave been reported, is 66 yeaw of
: age, and another is a young lady who
graduated from St Mary School in
,! Raleigh' this year.
! Dr. G. E. Newby, Perquimans
iCounty Health, Officer, hg repeatedly
f stressed e impoTtawee ' f parenwi
lteeoinir their children at home.
I Meantime the State Health De
' partment and the federal health
v authorities are fighting the spread of
: the dread disease, and several ship
1 ments of infantile paralysis vaccine
have already been made into the
State to be used here.
There are two serums being used
to fight infantile paralysis, both ad-
- mittedly in the experimental stage,
but physicians everywhere are hope
ful of good results. The supply of
the vaccine is limited at present.
Dr. John A. Kolmer, of Philadel-
- phia, who discovered the Kolmer
i. 1 vaccine and announced his discovery
several months ago, as a demonstra
tion of his faith in his discovery,
administered the treatment to his
two young sons.
Buccaneers Meet With
Miss Virginia White
The Buccaneers met on Tuesday
evening at the .home of Virginia
White.
The chief feature of entertainment
was a treasure hunt, after which an
ice course was served. i
Those present included Mary Wood
Koonce, Lila Budd Stephens, Polly
4f Tucker, Jean. White, Ruth Nachman,
Katherine Jessup, Sarah Ward, Edith
Mathews, of Suffolk, Va., Katherine
Winslow, and Jane Morgan of Chica
1 go, 111., and Chas. Morgan, of Chica
go, 111., Jesse Lee Harrig, James
Divers, Frank Jessup, Tim Brinn. '
f fiatest Equipment On
Highway Patrol Cars
, i Ford roadsters, equipped with but-'.-
let proof windshields and also with
stretchers for use in transporting
'persons wounded in traffic accidents,
itf'iflave keen P0086 by ne State of
Gt North Carolina for the ; use of the
y State Highway; Patrol, as a. part , of
the new road safety .program, which
'includes the enlarged patrol of 121
men. : . " " .
Twenty-eight such cars hav been
f purchased, in which radios WiH-he iaA
stalled wnen me . oiave-wme poucr
The cars will run at a speed of SO
i miles an hour -
Former Hertford;
Pastor Hurt In Fall
,Rev. B. S. Monds, pastor of the
Columbia - Baptist Chvlrch, and - a
. former resident of Hertford,- suffer
i ed very painful injuries tin ft fall sus
tained on Tuesday,
t Mr. Monds, together with .Mr9.
Monds," was visiting at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. G. R. Tucker, .
His condition is not believed to be
serious-
Rules Under $50,000
Limit Made Public
Washington, D. C New regula
tions governing the administration of
the modernization credit plan of the
Federal Housing Administration have
been announced by Acting Adminis
trator Stewart McDonald following
the extension of the amount insur
able under the plan from $2,000 to
$50,000.
These revised regulations have
been forwarded to all Federal Hous
ing headquarters and all approved
financial institutions and are expect
ed to open a new market for building
materials, machinery and equipment
which should be of direct benefit in
directly, to the Nation as a whole.
Under the amended Act, the regu
lations governing modernizat'on cre
dit for improvement of individual
homes, farm properties, churches,
clubs, public buildings, and similar
properties remain substantially the
same. The maximum limit for each
such properly is fixed under provi
sions of the Act at $2,000. This type
of credit is being handled as a sepa-
e class and is being extended for
Ui
.terations, repairs, and improvement
of real property, including also such
new construction as garages and cer
tain other similar structures,
Classify Credits
The class of modernization credit
made possible by the $50,000 amend
ment also is being handled separate
ly. This type of credit is extended
for additions, alterations, repairs,
and improvements for "real property
improved by or to be converted into
apartment or multiple-family houses,
hotels,, offices, business, or other
commercial buildings, hospitals, or
phanages, colleges, schools, or manu
facturing or industrial plants." The
maximum limit for each property is
$50,000,
Purchase and installation of ma
chinery and equipment in the types
of property mentioned in the preced
ing paragraph are eligible for mod
ernization credit under the new reg
ulations, provided they are "pecul
iarly adapted to the business con
ducted therein or necessary to the op
eration thereof."
All charges, including interest,
for both types of modernization cre
dit are to be determined by the finan
cial institution and the applicant for
credit, the rates to be as low as is
consistent with the character of bus
iness in the particular territory in
which the loan is negotiated. Under
no circumstances can the interest,
together with all other charges com
bined, exceed the equivalent of $5.00
discount per $100 original face a
mount of a 1-year note to be paid
in equal monthly installments.
Determine Risk
Determination of the credit risk
involved is left largely to the dis
cretion of the financial institution ad
vancing the funds, it was stated
This was substantially true under the
old regulations.
"The amendments to the National
Housing Act covering the extension
of modernization credit for improve
ment, c6nversion, or equipment of
commercial properties are of direct
interest and benefit to everyone pro
ducing, goods or services requiring
buildings or permanent equipment".
Mr. McDonald stated. "They are of
particular interest to all those who
manufacture or deal in machinery.
"Under the amended Act, the mo
dernization market has been increas
ed so as to include practically every
user of permanently installed mach
inery or equipment, as well as every
property owner. " - ?
: "Revised . regulations have been
sent to all the approved banks and
other7 financial institutions, all bet
ter-housing committees, and- all the
offices of the Federal Housing Ad
ministration. Detailed .information
may be-- obtained at ay of these
places by those who can use modern
ization credit for improvement- or
better equipment pi their properties
PARTY LEAVES SUNDAY TO
SUMMER AT NAGS HEAD
'' Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sumner and
their, little s6n, Tommi Mrs.'W. T.
McMullan, . Miss Katherine. Jessup.
Miss Mary ' Wood Koonce and : Bill
Jessup will leave Sunday ; for Nags
Head. The Sumners have rented the
cottage of Mrs T. J. Nixon, Jr.,' for
July and August - V '
- VISIT AT DREWRvVS BLUFF
Mrs. Hettie V. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Lane,' Wilbur and Madeline
Lamb motored to Drewry's Bluff on
Sunday and spent the day with Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Parker. Migs Made
line Lamb remained for a longer vis
it. ; The rest of the party ."returned
home Sunday niht. - ,
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Anglo-uerman Agreement
London, England The departure
of Joachim von Ribbentrop and the
rest of the German delegation from
London marks the end of the first
phase of the European naval situa
tion. Both Germany and Britain are
in full accord, but no details of the
pact can be definitely decided upon
until the other powers have been con
sulted. Germany is particularly jub
ilant over the agreement with ""ffri
tain. But at a statement that she
has been trying to insert a wedge be
tween France and England, von Rib
bentrop scoffed as being "small
talk" of pre-war minds.
More Relief Less Cost
Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt has planned that new
work relief fund of $4,000,000 will
put 3,500,000 jobless to work for one
year. Allowing $1,143 per worker,
including materials, this marks a de
cided reduction in relief expendi
tures. The average cost of PWA
projects had been $2,132 per man per
year. In a pep talk to 45 recruits,
appointed state works progress ad
ministrators, the President warned:
"Politics, so far as we are concerned,
is out."
Bringing God To Russia
Moscow, U. S. S. R Ernest El
mer Baker, of Menard, Texas, felt
called to bring religion back to the
godless Soviet. With $1.40 he left
his mother, wife, and 15-yeir-old son
and beat his way to New York. He
shipped as a seaman to Rotterdam,
jumped ship, walked 700 miles across
Germany and Poland, and finally
crossed the frontier to Russia with
out a passport. Last week Angus
Ward, secretary of the American
Embassy at Moscow found Baker in
the Minsk detention camp. When
asked if he would like to know any
thing of the outside world, Baker
queried: "What has happened to
Dfflinger?" The Embassy hopes to
raise the $100 necessary for his re
turn transportation from his family
or friends.
$3,000,000 Hotel Becomes Health
Center
Miami, Fla. Last October Lucy
Cotton Thomas Ament Hann Magrow
decided to "do something for human
ity." She purchased the $3,000,000
Miami Beach Hotel, turned it into a
$50-a-day resort. Her humanitarian
plans, however, fell through in Jan
uary she was indicted for operating
a gambling house and creditors pe
titioned for involuntary bankruptcy.
Last week the lavish, gaudy hotel
was .turned into a new humanitarian
project. Bernarr MacFadden, health
faddist publisher of Physical Culture,
Liberty, True Story, Photoplay, etc.,
announced that he had bought it and
would transform it from a playfyound
for the rich to a healing resort for
the poor.
Mechanical Heart-Beats
New York City For years the
press had always been quick to re
port unfounded rumors of the arti
ficial "creation of life." Almost as
good newspaper copy is the creation
of an artificial heart and lungs to
sustain life in a severed head. But
last week the latter dream almost
came true. In Science Magazine
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr.
Alexis Carrel described a mechan
ical "heart-lung" for the culture of
whole organs isolated from the body.
The Lindbergh-Carrel device has
kept animal hearts, ovaries kidneys,
spleens and other organs alive and
functioning for indefinite periods.
Since 1928, Col. Lindbergh has spent
more and more time working with
New York's Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, where he has made
several important contributions to
science. Dr. Carrel recently told a
Paris audience that the flier had
"become my best assistant." The
new' apparatus will allow scientists
actually to watch organs work for
the first time. It may also facilitate
the production of good, cheap gland
extracts now almost prohibitively ex
pensive. I - Bauptmann Appeal Heard
'Trenton, N. J. In one quiet day
last week four attorneys in the New
Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
reviewed the points of law that came
up during 43 noisy days in Fleming
ton five months - ago, Egbert Rose
crans, defense counsel, charged that
Attorney General David T. Wilentz's
"inflammatory'': " Statements to the
jury had "invaded Hauptmann's con
stitutional rights." This was brush
ed aside on the grounds that no ob
jection had v been made - during the
trial. Rosecrans then turned to the
State's claim that Hauptmann's crime
constituted murder because event, ac
cidental -. killing during a. felony, is
murder, A felony demands a "theft
exceeding $20 and . Rosecrans con
tended that the State had never
proved the Value - of the Lindbergh
SUITABLE MARKER MAY
DIRECT TOURISTS TO
THOMAS HARVEY GRAVE
Judson J. Fleetwood
Feels Neglect of His
toric Spot
WAS GOVERNOR
Grave of Former Execu
tive Located on "Bel
grade" Farm
If plans materialize as hoped for
Perquimans County may soon take
initial steps in meeting the sugges
tion of State antiquaries that the
historic shrines of North Carolina
should be perpetuated by official
markers, the same as in Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Judson J. Fleetwood, former owner
of "Belgrade" in the Harvey's Neck
section, has intimated rather strongly
that he will make a move in this di
rection. He feels very keenly the
neglect shown the grave of Thomas
Harvey, one of the old Colonial gov
ernors and a native of this section.
Mr. Fleetwood said it was very
likely that he would go before the
County Commissioners at their July
meeting on Monday and suggst that
a suitable marker be erected in
Hertford calling, attention to Har
vey's historic greatness and telling
where he is buried. Also, that a
couple of roadside markers between
Hertford and "Belgrade" be placed
as guiding posts to the Harvey
grave.
The "Belgrade" farm, down along
the sound shore, is now the property
of G. B. Bright, who is lending inter
est to the movement with Mr. Fleet
wood. It is on this property, in the
midst of a farm acreage, that num
erous members of the Harvey ances
try lie buried today. One of the
graves carries an uprighted slab
bearing in almost undecipherable let
tering sufficient to show that it tops
the tomb of a "Col. Thomas Harvey"
who died in 1728 and whom Mr.
Fleetwood believes was the ancient
Albemarle executive.
Several other Harveys of the same
clan have figured prominently in the
affairs of the early Albemarle, one
being John Harvey, who held a sec
tional governorship according to the
Colonial records. All of them were
Perquimans natives and all of them
lie buried within the environs of this
county.
baby's sleeping suit. Justice Joseph
L. Bodie held that it was productive
of $50,000 and that a felonous intent
seemed basis enough for the State'?
case. The court reserved decision,
probably until October.
Birth Rate Protectress
Paris, France In a tense, crowded
session of the Chamber of Deputies
last week a colleague nudged Pre
mier Laval and pointed to the bal
cony. A pretty, gray-eyed brunette
clung by her hands from the, railing,
then dropped 5 feet to the floor.
While several startled deputies edged
toward exits, she brushed off her
beige ensemble and calmly seated
herself between two bearded legisla
tors. Struggling against guards, she
tried to make a speech. She was
Angelique Bost of Cannes, she said,
and had come to protect France's
falling birth rate.
Omaha Finds Its Strong Man
Omaha, Neb. For two months
Omaha's labor troubles had been
brewing. By last week they had in
creased to riots, bloodshed and dea.1i.
Citizens cried for a strong leader to
end the street car strike. Governor
Robert L. Cochran, attending the an
nual governor's conference at Biloxi,
Miss., climbed into an. army plane
and flew through storms to Omaha.
Calmly he announced that the strike
must be ended by Thursday mid
night, that negotiations would start
Monday morning. For four days and
nights Cochran conferred with, ca
joled and threatened leaders on both
sides- Seven hours before the dead
line the strike was ended. Omaha's
citizens had found their strong
leader.
Corsica's Badman Guillotined
Bostia, Corsica In his cell Andre
Spada, Corsica's most famous ban
dit, played checkers with his jailer
and won. Outside, workmen set up a
portable guillotine - and . Henri Ana
tole Deibler, France's hereditary
executioner, dressed himself in frock
coat, top hat, gloves. At dawn they
awoke the 85-year-old bandit to go
to his death. The guard offered
him a swiff of rum and a cigarette.
He scorned .them: ' "I don't need a
drink to help me die," - As he march
ed to the guillotine some one called
"Adieu," "An revoirl" he grinned;
the. knife fell, his shaggy head drop
ped into a basket of sawdust. ,
Work Under Way To
Improve Causeway
Vaccination Of Dogs
Continues In County
More dogs will be vaccinated for
the prevention of rabies In the coun
ty on Saturday of this week.
A. A. Nobles, who was appointed
by the Board of County Commission
ers to vaccinate dogs in Parkville
Township, and who vaccinated dogs
at Winfall on last Saturday, will be
at Chapanoke on Saturday of this
week for the purpose of vaccinating
the dogs of that section.
There is no charge for vaccinating
dogs if done at the tir? appointed:
as the small fee collected is applied
on the dog tax.
Mr. Nobles states that he will be
very grateful for the cooperation of
dog owners in administering the
treatment for the prevention of
rabies.
The law provides that all dogs
must be vaccinated annually or their
owners will be subject to a fine in
imprisonment.
Tt also provides that the owners
of dogs shall render assistance in
the matter of vaccinating the dogs
Mrs. K. a Newbold
Is Much Improved
The condition of Mrs. K. R. New
bold, who was at the point of death
for some time, is much improved.
While still quite sick and extremely
weak, it is believed that Mrs. New
bold will recover.
Mrs. Newbold, who has reached
the advanced age of 76 years, was
taken sick some weeks ago. When
her condition became very serious
her distant children were summoned
All of her eleven children, including
the eight absent ones, gathered at
th bedside of their mother, expecting
the end at any time. She hovered
between life and death for more than
a week- Then, early this week, there
was a slight change, since which time
she has shown marked improvement.
Mrs. Gaither Patient
In E. City Hospital
Mrs. W. G. Gaither, Sr., is a pa
tient in the Albemarle Hospital in
Elizabeth City, as a result of injuries
received in a fall on Saturday night.
Mrs. Gaither, who has been in ill
health for some time, had the mis
fortune to break her hip when she
fell at her cottage at Nags Head,
where she had gone for her usual
summer visit last week.
She is reported as resting fairly
comfortably.
Attractive Program
For Silver Tea Friday
At the Silver Tea to be given by
the Hertford Woman's Club on Fri
day afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at the
Community House, Mrs. R. M. Rid
dick will have charge of the program,
and a most attractive one is prom
ised. Everybody is cordially invited to
attend-
Spray Cantaloupes
To Control Blight
Spraying Bordeaux mixture on
cantaloupes will control the downy
mildew blight, says E. B. Morrow,
extension horticulturist at State Col
lege. Unless the affected plants are
sprayed, he adds, they will lose
much of their foliage before the pick
ing season is over and,, as a result
produce inferior or "slick" melons.
iThe Bordeaux mixture, which is
also recommended for other leaf
blights, should be be sprayed on with
enough force to cover the entire
plant with a film of the solution.
One application in the latter part of
June should be enough for this sea
son.
Bordeaux may be mixed at home
with four pounds of copper sulphate,
four pounds of high grade plasterers'
finishing lime or chemically hydrated
lime, and one-half ound of soap or
Casein spreader to each 50 gallons of
water.
GUILD HOLDS MEETING
St. Catherine's Guild of Holy Trin
ity Episcopal Church, held its regular
meeting on Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Wm. H. HardcaUle.
COMMISSIONERS TO MEET '
Next , Monday being the first Mon
day in the .- month ', is the regular
meeting time of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Temporary Bridge Now
Being Built As a
Detour
ROAD SUNK
Reconstruction Planned
To Make Road Per
manent The work of reconstructing the
pavement of the Causeway has be
gun. At present workmen are engaged
in building a temporary bridge to
serve as a detour while the wofk is
being done.
The Causeway, something less than
a mile in length, linking the bridge
across Perquimans River at Hertford
with the mainland, is a road of un
usual beauty, lying between two arms
of the picturesque Perquimans River,
and lined with tall cypress trees on
either side.
For many years, after this road
was first opened to meet the old float
bridge, which succeeded the operation
of a ferry from Hertford to a point
in the vicinity of Nixon's Point, it
was a rough road, improved from
time to time as best it might be with
the materials at hand, but always
subject to the tide, which frequently
innundated the road making right
convenient for pedestrians the foot
way built at an elevation of some
feet by the roadside.
Twelve years ago the road was
hard surfaced, at which time engi
neers made every possible effort to
build an adequate foundation for the
concrete. It was plainly evident
from the tops of the trees that the
road was always gradually sinking.
Somehow the foundation was not
sufficient, as the road is sunk so
deeply at certain points to threaten
danger to traffic.
Extensive preparations are being
made to reconstruct this road in such
manner as shall make it permanent.
Meantime the work of constructing
the 30-foot highway through the
Town of Hertford is rapidly going
forward.
Residents Profit By
Street Widening
The ill wind which swept the trees
away on Church Street to make way
for the widening of the street
brought good to some of the residents
of the town, especially to the dwell
ers on the water front. Many of
these have used the torn up concrete
in improving their property which
fronts the river, in making break
waters and in filling in low places,
which results in really substantial
improvement to much of the prop
erty. This seems a fair return to those
of the property owners on the west
ship of Church Street, whose houses
will be five feet nearer to the street
as a result of the widening of the
street. However, those on the east
side who lost their trees and who
feel no benefit are much less fortu
nate. Not only has Church Street prop
erty been improved with the broken
up concrete and the extra dirf, but
much waterfront property on Front
Street has been improved also.
Truly, "It is an i'l wind which
blows nobody any good."
S. S. Meeting Held
In E. City June 30
There will be a meeting in the
First Baptist Church, of Elizabeth
City June 30, at three o'clock in the
afternoon. This meeting will be of
interest to all Sunday School teach
ers and officers who take their work
seriously and want to do more and
better work for their Master.
Every teacher and officer in the
Chowan Baptist Association is urged
to attend. At this meeting plans
will be made and suggestions made
as to how each teacher can have part
in carrying on Christ's work in n
greater way.
Those who are not teachers ann"
officers are invited to attend and of
fer any suggestions they will.
Mrs. Mayes Hostess
At Dinner Party
Mrs. E. W. Mayes was hostess at a
dinner party on Wednesday , evening
at her home in Hertford, the guests
including v Rev. Jacob Gartenhaus,
missionary to the Jews from the
Southern Baptist Convention; Rev.
D. S. Dempsey and Mrs. Dempsey, .-t
Mr, and MrsEllie Whit. -