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X l "f 7J n- T? PpP WEEKLY Ml A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume II. Number 27. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 5- 1935. $1.25 Per Year QUflffiANS L Farm Debt Meets In Committeemen Consider Nine Farm Debt Cases CASESlSElTLED Distressed Farmers May File Application For; w Assistance the Gates County Farm Debt Ad justment Committee met- last Wd- nesday afternoon in Gatesville at which time nine - farm debt cases were considered by the committee men. Since the - establishment of ' the Gates County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee several months ago bjr Governor J. C B. Ebilnglhaas; ; a number of financially distressed farm debt cases hive been considered and satisfactorily settled. ' The members of the Gates County Committee, as. appointed by Governor Ehringhaus, are: F. L. Nixon, Sun bury, chairman; T. W. CoBten, Jr., of Gatesville, secretary; and the fol lowing members: T. A. Eure, Eure; W. J. Rouhtree, Hobbsville. R- R. Rich, Gatesville; S. P. Cross, Gates ville; and G. D. Gatling, Gates. Miss Mary M. Costen of Gatesville, serves as acting secretary. All financially distressed farmers are urged to file an application for assistance with their county Farm Debt Adjustment Committees and avail themselves of this free and com paratively easy metfhod of solving their financial problems. The members of the Hertford County Farm Debt Adjustment Com mittee are: N. H. Garrett, of Ahos We, chairman; D.',C' Barnes, of Mur freesboro, vice chairman; W. L. Dan iel, Winton, secretary; andW. H. Vinson, Ahoslde, and C. P. Whitley, Winton, members Members of the Perquimans Coun ty Farm Debt Adjustment Committee are: J. C. Blanchard, of Hertford, chairman; V. N. DardeH, of Hertford, vice chairman; W. H. Oakey, Hert ford, secretary, and E. S. White, Belvidere, and W. E. Dail, Durant's Neck, members. lime With Arsenate Cuts Dusting Costs and calcium arsenate is an inexpen- give dust that has given good results in controlling boll weevils. ' Such a dust is not cheaper than straight calcium arsenate, said C. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at State College, but it; also adds less arsenic to the soil. Boll Weevil infestations are in creasing in North Carolina this sea son, he added, and all cotton growers should examine" their fields at fre quent intervals to see whether wee vils are getting into , the squares. As soon as 10 percent of the squar es show signs of weevils, he pointed out, dusting should be started. Many growers do most of their dusting in July, but in years of heavy infestation some growers have found it advisable continue the dusting until the crop has been made or the weevil have been brought un der control. -- - Weather conditions during the growing season have a pronounced fect on the degree of infestation, brannon continued. If rains are fre quent and the temperature Is warm but not too hot, ! the v weevils will spread rapidly. cern of the individual grower, Bran non observed, and each should get his dusters ready, for use as soon as ft the weevils appear. ' ' " Best results can be obtained how ever, when tXL l the growers : in the nnifT, v rnnnnrate in -the fiarht. since this checks the possibility - of weevils spreading ..worn a , negiecwsu i field to one that has been kept com paratively clean.-' , ; ' -; ' Fourth Of July ; V Quietly Observed v .-'yi-J?t'' '' v:-fmf.i'''W-"' " The tow "of July was observed as a holiday by Hertford bnslness . ' v houses, Vith Mhe stores falling in line " with the postofflce and the bank. . , , , Hertford ' merchants - aw giving "i their employees every Thursday af ternoon off through the monHhs of ' June, July and August. , - ' " The Fourth, falling this year on 1 ' Thursday, extended the usual holiday t by half a day. While no special celebration of. the FourSh was li in r--":rJ, r--ny 1 vlc,:'.:i t'sE -'--;' Group Gatesville MEASURING OK COTTON ACREAGE BEGINS MONDAY School Held Friday to Inatrsct Per quimans County In Charge Of Work A school to instruct the committee appointed to measure the acreage planted to cotton and peanuts, and the rented acreage will be held at the Perquimans High School on Friday of tiiis week. ; : L. W Anderson, Perquimans Coun ty Farm Agent, will preside and will instruct the committee in the method of procedure. , The measurjng, of cotton acreage will begin on Monday of next week. The land planted to cotton by con tract signers, and v by- noa-eigners who have Sighed an application for Bankhead, allotment will, be measured aiid an accurate check-up and report will be made by the various com mitteemen to Walter Rawlings, who is County Supervisor of Compliance and each producer will sign his com pliance report after his acreage has been measured. The peanut acreage of only con tract signers will be measured. Following is the committee ap pointed to measure botJh cotton and peanut acreage: Dr. E. S. White, J- T. Lane, G. W. Nowell, J. R. Jolliff, H. L. Williams, Carrol 'Ward, John A. Bray, J. T. Benton, C. W. Umphlett, S. D. Banks, Cliff Banks, Norman Haiskettj Joshua Sutton, N. C. Spivey, C. E. White, T. R. Kirby, Seth Long, A. T. Lane, B. W. Thach, E. Y. Berry. Producers will be expected to as sist the committeemen in their work, in order that the work may be finish ed as quickly as possible, so that there shall be no delay in the farm ers receiving rental payments. Officer Owens Halts Chowan Meat Thieves r Night Policeman Melvin Owens was right on the job on Monday night when three young white men who had raided a Chowan County smoke house attempted to trade a ham for gas, and within an Qiour after the meat had been stolen, 24 shulders and 10 hams, the thieves were under lock and key. The three young men, Willis Bond, Frank Bond, and Clifton Bond, brothers, one f them only 16 years of age, who live with their, parents 7 miles from Edenton, drove up to. the One Stop Service Station in Hertford around 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning and asked the operator if they could trade a ham for gas, say inr they were on their way . to Nor folk and (had run out of gas and had no money. The operator .couldn't Officer Owens was listening' to the conversation and joined in with a few questions. "Where do you live?" he asked. One of the boys said he lived in Gates County. "Who Is your postmaster T" was another Question, and "Who is your mail carrier?" The boys were suspiciously ignorant. Said they didn't know. The young ster was asked if he went to school. "Yes," he replied. "Who is your teacher?" He didn't know. The officer had found that there was a quantity, of meat in .the car, so he decided to lock two of the fel lows up in jail while he took the other one to his home to check up. On the .way. the boy .admitted they had been lying and told where their home waS.- After, .the , officer had called at the house ' where the hoys lived (he learned they had been lying about their last 'name, which they said was White;' ' He also admitted the meat had been stolen from .the smokehouse of Jim Davenport, - who lives on the Hertford-Edenton High way;:;;Cs-!m i.The young men are - awaiting trial in Superior Court in Uhov f i county. Crops Recovering . .j - : From Hail Damage . ' Crops in 'the neighborhood of New Hope, which suffered : considerable damage from -the hau storm which struck that section on June 22nd, have shown considerable, improvement this week. " With favorable T weather conditions during - the summer it is believed little loss will be sustained by the farmers whose ' crops were apparently, badly injured by the hau .,: .y'.':i i, "; -i ,lf-nil p . " i -r HOME FOR SUMMER Miss Mary Elizabeth Tucker. : who Is secretary to the .preside -,t of St. Mary's school, in Kaleib,' arrived home Saturday to spend t5u summer vacation v.ita her mother; Mrs." Na- CROPS OF COUNTY IN GOOD SHAPE Needed Rain Brings Joy To Perquimans Farmers Cotton blooms are reported from the Brinn farm, just outside the Hertford town limits, from the farm of T. W. Nixon, and from other farms in the county. The first ones appearing last week. That there has been a general im provement in the crops of Perqui mans in recent weeks is reported. The crops were generally below the standard early in June, due to the cold and rainy weatiher of April and May. Weather conditions improved during the month of June, "however, and the cotton, corn, peanuts and other crops responded in a manner to bring joy to the hearts of farmers of Perquimans. The need of rain, which had been felt, for-the past week was fulfilled witjh showers on Monday afternoon. Indications', now point to the usual good crops grown by Perquimans farmers. Plenty of hot weather, which is due right now, of which this section has had a fair sample for the past week, is what is needed for iihe cot ton crop, with not too much rain. Birthday Party For Mrs. Eugene Winslow The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Winslow gave a surprise birthday party in honor of their mother's 66th birthday, on Saturday afternoon, June 29th, from 3:00 to 4:00 o'clock, at the 'home of Mrs. Lucius Winslow, a daughter. Her birthday was on June 30th. The living room, hall and dining room were tastefully decorated with cut flowers, carrying out the color scheme of pink and green. Covers were laid for twelve at each table, there being three tables served. "The centerpiece was a 1-ge birthday cake, decorated in pink and green, with 66 pink candles on it. On each side of the cak estood a tall pink candle, and at each end of the table a vase of pink and white lark spur. A green glass luncheon set was used, with pink crepe paper nap kins, and little pink crepe paper baskets filled with candy, had place cards tied to the handles, and were at each plate. The hostesses, Mary S. and Eunice Winslow, served pineapple ice cream and pound cake. Delia R. Winslow and Eunice Winslow entertained during the social hour. Contests were enjoyed, and the honoree was given a little book let with twelve questions written in it to answer about her married life, which proved quite interesting. A beautiful interestingly original poem, "My Neighbor Just Over the Way," was read and presented by a niece by marriage, Mrs. Dempsey Wins low. Rev. Mrs. Elizabeth White re cited a Psalm and offered prayer. Then little Lelia Lee Winslow, a granddaughter of the honoree, carried a basket covered with green crepe paper j loaded with gifts, and pre sented them to grandmother. The gifts were many and useful. . Those attending .were: .Mrs. Rich ard White, James Hinton, Jim Baker, Herbert Winslow, Jesse T. Winslow, Henry Winslow, Dempsey Winslow, Herbert Williams, R. J. White, J. F. White, J. L. White,- Horace Eason, and Miss Bertha Smith, pastor of Piney Woods Friends Church; a sis ter, Susan Winslow, and the follow ing sisters-in-law, Delphina Winslow, Sarah Layden, Delia Winslow, Sallie Winslow, Lizzie Jolliff, and Hannah Jolliff; her husband, Eugene Wins low. daughters and daughters-in-law, Isa McCain; Warfhaw; Nettie Wins low, Norfolk, Va.; Mary S. Winslow, Lessie Winslow, Eunice Winslow, Mary A,. Winslow, , and Nora Wins low. One v daughter, Mrs. Wayland White, was in the hospital, and was unable to be present Three grandchildren,-, Reby Winslow,. Clarissa Winslow and Lelia Lee Winslow, and the son of a nephew, little Dolan Winslow. - . The party was a surprise. The honoree thought . she was making a visit to a sister-in-law,. -and as she happened to be away from home, went over to visit her daughter next door. The people were all inside the house and ; when ; she came v in, all greeted her wiUh "Happy Birthday." Farmers planning to seed alfalfa this fall, i should keep in mind that preparation of the, land" should begin in Jul, say .extension' workers at State College. ' . , Over GOO acres of farm land has Vmen Hnnismflted hv Buncombe Coun ty farmers for soil erosion control J at their homa in. Hertford, on Satur wori under the direction of the coun- day, June 29, a son, Richard Nor. ty oir.ee, . . VACCINATION OF DOGS CONTINUED Hoped to Vaccinate All Dogs In County In Allotted Time The vaccination of dogs will be continued to July 31, according to an announcement made Saturday by Wm. A. Graham, State Commissvn er of Agriculture. The law enacted by the General Assembly at its last session provided that the vaccination of dogs for the prevention of rabies be begun on April 1, and that all dogs in the State over six montfhs of age be vac cinated within 90 days, which pro vision if it had been complied with would have carried the work on until July 1. However, the department was de layed in carrying out the law, due to the necessity of obtaining the vaccine, certificates and other sup plies through the division of pur chase and contract, and by the diffi culty of getting a sufficient quantity of the serum. G. C. Buck and A. A. Nobles were appointed by the Board of Commis sioners at the May meeting, to vacci nate the dogs in Perquimans, and, the work has been going forward in the county as rapidly as possible under the circumstances. With the time extended a month the probability is that all the dogs in the county will be reached- HIT OR MISS I Milk is the only food which is exempt from the general sales tax which went into effect on Monday. Ttie 1935 Legislature removed all exemptions allowed under the 1935 act. The river still remains and, thank God, will survive even -the march of progress which swept away the trees. Visitors coming to Hertford for the first time have always expressed admiration of the beauty of the river, whidh winds about the town, the town being most delightfully sit uated on a point, and of its fine old trees. They said the town was beautiful. As a matter of fact, the town's chief claim to beauty has al ways been the river and the trees, both the pride of those Who love and appreciate real beauty. Many of the trees remain, for, for tunately only two of the streets are affected by the street paving opera tions, and all of the trees on one side of Church Street were not taken up. But many are gone, and their passing h s brought real suffering to those to wftiom trees mean much, an attitude, by the way, which is not understood or appreciated by those who do not have that feeling of re spect and regard for a, fine &ree. One of those of the minority who deplore the loss of the trees finds comfort in ffhe refllection that, though the trees may go, the river, the beautiful river, untouched by time and unmarred by progress, will go on as it has through the ages, winding its placid way around the point which is now Hertford, as it moves, urihurried, from its low origin in the Dismal Swamp toward its ul timate home in the broad Atlantic. Dr. C. A. Davenport, prominent Hertford physician, was all dressed up in light clothes but that didn't keep him from lending a helping hand. He happened to be passing the place where workn"ere en gaged in tearing up lheloncrete bridge at the intersection of Church and McCrary Streets. A white man and two colored men had been struggling and straining to get the heavy machine up a steep incline. Every time they made any headway, back the thing would slip. This had been going on for some time when the Doctor came along, caught hold and helped tug. In half a minute the machine was pulled up and the vfiieels scotched for opera tion, and Dr. Davenport hurried on to the next patient. "Stop and let the train go by, . It doesn't take a minute; Your car 'starts out again intact, And better still, you're in it." Selected. And that reminds me of another verse which runs, "He was right, dead right, As he sped along, But he's just as dead as if He'd been dead wrong." BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs, R. N. Hines 'neet, jr. - Infantile Reaches SEEKING FUNDS TO ERECT TWO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS In Dire Need of New Plants at Win fall and Belvidere; Plan Brick Structures Two new brick school buildings, one at Winfall and one at Belvidere, are planned for Perquimans. F. T. Johnson, superintendent of Education of Perquimans, and J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds, made a trip to Raleigh and Chapel Hill on Tuesday in the interest of securing PWA funds to supplement the loan which the county will seek in order to carry out the plans. Exactly what type of building will be erected, it is impossible to say at the present time. Winfall has been in dire need of a new building for years. The pres ent frame structure, which is badly dilapidated and wholly inadequate for the work, from the standpoint of sufficient room, as well as from other important standpoints. Uhe burning of the Belvidere School in April made it necessary to erect a new building at this point also. There are also repairs to be made to the Hertford Grammar School, and certain of the county schools as well. Application will be made for fifty thousand dollars, almost half of which will be an outright grant, fifty-five percent to be a loan to the County from the Federal government. There was insurance on the burned Belvidere school. Four Cases Tried In Recorder Court Norman Byrum, a young white man of the COiappell Hill section of the county, was sentenced to 6 months on the road in Recorder's Court on Tuesday, as a result of his conviction of the charge of driving a car while under the influence of li quor and driving a car with insuffi cient brakes. The sentence to be suspended upon payment of the costs and a fifty dollar fine. His driving license was also revoked for two years. Byrum was still in jail at this writing, and it is believed he will have to serve his sentence. He re cently served a road sentence for being drunk and disorderly and rais ing a disturbance at a neighbor's home where a woman lay dead. Katie Jones, an eighteen-year-old colored girl, who was convicted of as sault with a deadly weapon, struck her eleven-year-old brother with the back of an axe. The mother of the two was the prosecuting witness. Katie was given a sentence of four months in jail, ten days of which must be served, the remainder of the jail sentence to be suspended upon payment of the court costs a,nd upon good behavior for two years. James Green, colored, tried for assault on a female, was found guilty only of simple assault, the case be ing dismissed upon the payment of the court costs- A. R. Patrick, of Washington County, was tried for driving a truck with insufficient brakes and with no lights on his trailer. The case was dismissed upon payment of the court costs. Rattlesnake Killed In Yard At New Hope A big rattlesnake with 13 rattles and a button was killed by Mrs. C. W. Umphlett in the yard of her home at New Hope on Friday. , The snake, which measured something over five feet, was discovered by children playing in the yprd, who called to Mrs. Umphlett. Mrs. Um phlett attacked the reptile with a hoe and killed it, discovering after the snake was dead that it was a rattler. Buncombe Raises Pay Of Bus Drivers A slight increase in the pay oi school bus drivers for the coming year has been made by the State. Buncombe County will make the necessary extra allotment for use in employing adult drivers for the school busses of the County. Nc longer will tfhey allow the school children of the county to drive the busses. BELVIDERE VISITORS i Misses Emma and Margaret White, of Belvidere, called on friends in Hertford an Tuesday hight. Paralysis Albemarle Colored Child In Eden ton Stricken Last Friday IN 55 COUNTIES Immunization Experi ments Conducted In State Infantile paralysis has reached the Albemarle, a small colored child of Edenton having been stricken last week. Seventeen additional cases in the State were reported during the week end, with new cases being reported every day. The disease has spread to 55 of the 100 counties of the State, with 278 cases having been reported to date, of which 198 occurred in June, not counting 17 new cases reported over the week-end vtPiich had their onset in June. " The previous high record for any previous 12-month period was 133 cases in 1929. Eleven deaths have occurred from infantile paralysis since May 1, most of them in the east-central section of the State. Four deaths have occurred in Wake County. During the monu of January only 2 cases were reported, one from Co lumbus and one from Gaston County. In February there was one in Davidson County. In March there were four cases, Lenoir, Robeson, Rutherford and Yadkin each reporting one. In April seven cases developed, Alamance, Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Forsythe, Lenoir, and Nash being represented. Forysth reported two cases. In May the number of cases jump ed to 44, and in June 198. The disease is expected to increase during July and August. , Immunization experiments are be ing conducted in Guilford County, selected two weeks ago because there were no cases tliere at that time. These experiments are being con ducted by Dr. A. G. Gilliam, Federal Epidemiologist. Dr. W. Palmer Dearing also of the U. S. Public Health Service, is ex pected to come to North Carolina this wek to start in some east(n county a vaccine-preventative experi ment, such as that under way in Guilford County. Funeral G. A. Parish Held On Sunday Funeral services for G- A. Parrish, 58, who died at his home in Newport News, Va., on Friday, were held on Sunday afternoon, and were attended by a number of Perquimans people, including Mrs. W. F. Madre, Sr., a sister, and W. F. Madre, Jr., Warner Madre, T. E. Madre, Leonard Madre, Mrs. Clarence Dail, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rogerson. Mr. Parrish was a native of Chow an County but had lived for a num ber of years in Virginia. Surviving are his wife, and one daughter, Mrs. Alma Tighe. Four Road Projects Under Way In County Work got under way last week on the improvement of the highway leading from Winfall to Belvidere. The concrete road is being resur faced with rock-asphalt. The road is closed to traffic while the work is being done, it being nec essary to make a detour from Win fall to Belvidere through what is known as the Four Mile Desert Road. Four road projects are under way in Perquimans County at the pres ent timp. This includes the work of widening the State Highway through tlie Town of Hertford. Excellent Oats Crop On B. W. Thach Farm An unusual sight on a Perquimans farm was the harvesting of oats on the farm of B. W. Thach this week. Two combines working in one field of oats of 100 acres looked like a Western farm scene. Over 800 bushels of oats were tJhreshed in one day. The entire harvest will yield over 3,000 bushels. Oats are not generally grown in Perquimans. MisThach;thas, how ever, grown oats for.; several years. Soya beans will be planted after the oats are harvested, making two crops on the land' in one year. The soya bean crop will.also be (harvested ; by the combines. ' - , , ; 4 - K 1 r J