North Carolina Newspapers

JLJLXIl,, Jk.". uriAirs' WE " V O ( -J ,. S "A. i . Published ' every Friday - at The Perquimans Weekly . office, in ; th Gregory? Building, TChurch ; Stmt, uenxora, n. u- - ' " , UATTIE LISTER WHITE- Editot Day Phone H' Relict; Gicati inT12Q - by?Mcd:Cvc Night Phone -100-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES Six Months -76c One Tear ' Entered .$1-26 second class .matter November ltt 1984, at' the post ofics M Hertford, North Carolina nndeci the Act of March 8, 1879. Advertising rates furnished by re quest FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935. THIS WEEK'S BIBLE THOUGHT -THE MEASURE OP - MERCY: Have mercy upon me, 0 God, accord ing to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51 ;1. WE WILL HAVE OUR TREES! Very timely ia the movement for planting trees en the Hertford streets. ' The Civics Department ofthe Hert ford Womtfi's Club iareBpqhsible for the plan, and the idea of the 'Women la to plant dogwood,-' crepe myrtle, and mimosa trees, all flowering trees and trees which do not attain any great height It would be foolishness, the women believe, to set out such trees as elms or other tall growing trees, which Would have to be cut down or trim med out to make way for the power and telephone wires. A great many trees were cut down this summer when the streets were widened, and it is planned to plant these trees of small growth in the places of those removed. While credit for the plan is given the women, the men of the Hertford Rotary Club and the town officials are uniting their efforts with those of the women and will probably do the actual work. The Rotarians were very hearty in their support of the plan, as were also the town offi cials. With these united bodies interested it looks as though there might be a pretty good assurance that there will be planted beautiful trees to improve the streets of the town, and there is every reason to believe that the work will be done on time Congratulations to those responsi ble for t'J? idea, as well as to those who will carry out the plan. r Contest Left Red Cross worker W family In New York state floods. Injured father tells how mother and children were trapped In flooded house until rescued by Red Cross. Right Terrain, stripped of homes and verdure by tornado In Gloster, Mississippi. Insert Admiral Cary T, Grayson, new chairman of Red Cross, who directs relief worb O1 unusual number of varied cat aclysms on her children during the past year, causing distress all over the nation to many thousands of men, women and children. Her repertoire of disastrous oc currences included drought and dust storms In the midwest; ex plosions, fires, floods, epidemics of disease, shipwrecks, tornadoes and hurricanes in many sections. As a result the American Red Cross reports that this year the or ganization gave relief In the great est number of catastrophes in any one single year in its history. Re lief was carried to victims of 1S3 disasters, which occurred in 37 of the 48 states and Alaska.; Food, housing, clothing and medical aid were given to 110,000 persons in 306 counties or in almost one-tenth of the territory of the nation. Two disasters which called into the field every available worker of the relief forces of the Red Cross were the floods In New York state In August, and the Florida .hurri cane in September, both of which claimed a heavy toll of life, and caused great property damage. In New York state the Red Cross had more than 5,000 families listed for rehabilitation aid, after the storm wreckage was cleared away. In Florida the Red Cross prepared to aid a thousand families, end also to act In problems of the dependents of more than 300 world war veterans In government road construction ' camps in the keys, who lost their lives or were listed among the miss ing in the hurricane. The work of mercy for these many sufferers was directed per sonally by Admiral Cary T. Gray son, new chairman of the Red Crocs. Funds are provided for this type of work by memberships in the, Red Cross and by special relief ivaia raised in a restricteaarea. Member ships in the Red Cross are soiisiii each year at the annual roil rC period, and support both (he low.; chapter work and the national Y.;s aster, public health., nursing.. war, veteran and other twork of tiie r: clety. " v.- ' NORTH CAROLINA FIRST (News and Observer) And now North Carolina is first again. This time it is in homicides that the State leads the nation. Figures made public by the Cen bus Bureau show that in 1934 in the nation as a whole, only 3 per cent of those sentenced te State and Fed' eral prisons were convicted of homi cide, but that the crime of killing ac counted for 20 per cent of all con victions in North Carolina. In no other state did convictions for killing lead the cause of imprisonment If these figures mean what they seem to mean, North Carolina is a violent State indeed. Professor Harry Tucker of North Carolina State College has compiled figures showing that this State kills more people in automobile accidents per gallon of gasoline used than any other state. Now comes this report of homicides. Just last week the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company announced that the death rate from violence was greater in the United States than anywhere else in the civilized world. Now it appears that North Carolina leads the nation in crimi nal homicides and in automobile fatalities which too often are not held to be criminal. The civilized world, as the Metropolitan usect the term, is a pretty big area. It in clude 'some regions which the aver age North Carolinian does not regard as safe. He need fear no longer. He can go anywhere unafraid, realizing that however dangerous some diBtant areas may be, none of them can offer such a promise of violent death 'as. his own, his native' land. was the only time I ever knew Silas not to hit back. The expression or his face did seem, however, to be al most audible. Getting back to the original subject of the appropriateness of the title, it strikes me that "Hit or Miss" is ar admirable title for such a column ; since it permits of such a wide rangf of subject matter. For instance, if want to write about the rattle snakes killed on the farm of Arbr Winslow and on the farm of Henry Stokes, or to tell some of the amus ing remarks made by my twenty months-old neighbor, Joe Towe; or tc comment on the weather, the beauty of the scenery, or the plentifulnesr of foxes when Cook Winslow picke up one on the road, or on the great age of Roy Chappelrs goose; or even to quote a story told by John Pitt or to bring up the nefarious doingf of Dr. Buzzard, I can, with propriety I think, group it all together under "Hit or Miss," and there you are! I can, you know, and do upon occa sion, even quote a bit of poetry, such as "O, to be a Turtle," and get away with that. And so that's the explanation, an'' I still think, though I may be thr only person who does, that "Hit o; Miss" is a perfectly grand title fo: this column! What do you think? Don't lose your driver's license? It will cost you money if you do. The drivers' license secured in North Car olina before November ' 1st did not cost anything, except the two bit charged by the officer who took thr affidavit But if you lose the license, you have to have a duplicate and the duplicate will cost yon fifty cents. Judge Waltct H. Oakey. Jr.. has lost his. CHAPANOKE NEWS i .c" Rev., and Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Ahoskie, were dinner guests of Mrs. Daisy Perry on Tuesday. Misses Doris Cagle .and Annie Trotman are visiting their aunt, Mrs. John Symons. Miss Ruth R. Wilson spent Tues day night with Miss Jean White, in Hertford. Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Evans and Miss Margueritte Etta Evans, from near Edenton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Jr., Sunday. Miss Cora Layden and Mrs. Daisy Perry were visitors in Elizabeth City Saturday. Mrs. Melvyn Boyce and Miss Jen nie Hurdle were shoppers in Eliza beth City Saturday. Mrs. Thomas Deal and daughters, Misses Sarah and Emma,' l and Mrs, Melvyn. Boyce spent Friday afternoon! with Mrs. Kobert Chambers near Elizabeth City. ' - Miss Lillian Bright, who has been very ill, remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Quincy were visitors in Elizabeth City Tuesday af ternoon. Mrs. Bertha Whitehead, Misses Allie Whitehead and Ruth R. Wilson were visiting friends in Winfajl on Sunday. Mrs. P. L. Griffin, Mrs. Ernut D'Orsey, Misses Lena Symons. Ger rie Griffin and Waverley D'Orsey spent Sunday in Portsmouth, Va. as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. .-'Roy Branch. Walton Whitehead spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Bertha White head. Mission Study class will be held at the church on Dec 5th. The Week of Prayer will be observed beginning Monday, Dec. 3rd. Those taking part on the1 program were: Mrs. Johnnie Bray, Mrs. Ed ward Gregory and Mrs. Rupert Stan-j ton. Following the closing hymn, Mrs. H. C. West dismissed the group with prayer. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The December meeting of the So ciety will be held with Mrs. Joe Henry Gregory. of "the Ealei-h Police Department are' sponsoring, a State wide amateur contest which promises to eclipse ' anything of .' that nature ever before held in North Carolina. -Asa ruler, policemen don't often get mixed up with theatricals, but this is an exception to the rule. Members of the Raleigh force are" . inviting ama teur talent ' from all parts , of the State to participate In theVTolice. men's Frolic" which is to be. staged in the Memorial; Auditorium,: .'Raleigh, on the nights of December 12 and 13. They are after singers, imitators, im personators, musicians, .tap-dancers and all others who have talents which can. be ' broadcast over.- the radio. They are offering prizes to the win ners in the form, of three - trips to New York, all expenses paid and the expenses of .the three trips-are not to exceed $75.00 each. , The purpose of these trips will be to obtain an audi tion with - Major Edward Bowes, to gether with, the ossibility of getting a try-out on one. of the Major's Sun day night amateur hours over the radio. There also will be ten or more cash prizes to other contestants.' It is expected that wide Interest will be aroused in the "Policemen's Frolic." . Prospective applicants are requested to communicate ' with the Police Department, ' Raleigh, 1 N. - C, and a formal application blank, to gether with other ; Information,' will be sent them, ' The purpose of the police officers fs to raise, a "Santa Claus Fund" for their children. They are busily en gaged in their spare time, telling tickets, and , they expect : large au diencer at both performances. " .Following: the show at Raleigh and before, the winners go to New York for a try-out, they also will be given an opportunity to broadcast over North Carolina radio stations. There are no restrictions to the com petition, except that all entrants must be bona-flde amateurs. REV. B. P. ROBINSON SPEAKER AT GATES CHURCH DEDICATION .Rev. B. P. Robinson, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, preached the dedicatory sermon at Kittrells M. "E. - Church, at Gates, last week. Mr, Robinson was a former pastor of this church,'' - . .. . '," - ,...1- ' T- i r-u onstration Agent, "has" announced ' that during December the club worn-; en will study Christmas' cakes and unnstmas suggestions ... . -- Below is given "A" recipe furnished - by Miss Hatnrick for the making of Christmas fruit cake: . -,! ' 1, cup butter,. 1 cups candied cherries, ' 1 teaspoonful , baking pow der, 1 cup chopped figs,' 2 teaspoons?- ful salt ; 2 teaspoonsful cinnamon,; xtt .cups Drown sugar, o, cups nour, . 4 eggs, 1 cup raisins, X teaspoonful , ground cloves, 1 cup chopped candied Tin res -" v . rauHnnnnai in i buikiiipm n Kiaii1"'' shaved citron. t .? Jv-f Ufan ... TJfi smmv am! :-nv vnllra. IkAflf. "fn :" - aMkae ' ws iniu j vbhh v vv v j two minutes. Sift -together - spices, , Bait, baking powder and two cups of -the flour, and ; add alternately -with" the fruit juice to the first mixture. Then add the fruit and nuts which have been mixed with the remaining cup of flour. 'Add the butter, fold in the egg .whites beaten stiff , and bake in a very , slow oven (275 de grees F) for about 4 hours.' ' ' -Note: A like amount ..of Wesson Oil or Fluff o Salad Oil may be used in the place of the butter. . 't Play Wednesday At ' Beech Spring School "Our Awful Aunt", is the tiUe of the amusing play to be given at the Beech Springs School on Wednesday nigh - November - 20. - The curtain will rise at 7:45 o'clock. -A- small admission fee will- be- charged, and the public is cordially invited. x GOTTON - SUFFOLK Market at close Tuesday this week 12.15 for average cotton, this before recent rain. Suffolk is still the highest cotton market in Vir ginia. J. W Perry Co. " -. ' COTTON FACTORS COTTON GINNING . W. M. HarrelL special agent for the Bureau of the Census, Depart ment of Commerce, reports that there were 2,495 bales of cotton gin ned in Perquimans County from the crop of 1935, prior to November 1. 1935, as compared with 8,800 bales ginned to November 1 of the crop of 1934. MEETING OF W. M. SOCIETY OF WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH The Missionary Society of the Woodville Baptist Church held its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. George Gregory on Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. J ' - Mrs. Max Griffin led the devotional, reading the 1st chapter of John, and Mr&f Johnny Bray offered1 prayer. The roll was called, 14 members be ing present Mrs. West read - th minutes of the last meeting. The ottttt ttrt tttttttttttttatttteeeeef eeaeseeeeese A Good Place To 5 Sell Your Pbanuts For twenty-six years The Edenton Peanut Company has been an active buyer of peanuts I inyour section. We feel that our record is I t aniple assurance that yoii can-denend hn -.? i I for-fair dealincr and full market nnVa.;R-- fore you sell or store your 1935 crop; we he- i ilieye it wiU pay you to. get in touch with! us jbr, one of our buyers.' . Our storage rate w veW i een favorable; some not ; I attractiy e; and our local bank will make lib- I iktfflfSSSKll I?wrt Stored Jfrth VV." ii I HIT OR .MISS I How anythinir so' altogether harm less and free of guile as the title iot . this inoffensive column' should bee object of so much comment is . hard to say. i somt of the comment; made has, naturally been bo favorable. Stated, though that there has been no little ridicule Of the title "Hit or Miss." Silas Whedbee, in some of his eaastically sarcastic remarks has in- umaiea inai me items wnicn make - np the column each week are more cften A 'niss" than a "hit", Noth i x has been heard from that source, 1 -ever, since 1 informed Silas of 3 Intention to head11 the column u;time with that cut of him I have tt:re J ' away ' Jn 7 .The : Perquimans Y;c;kly "morgue." By the way, that liieJiideM on fgr -iv'-.-ii-;; Loimpany Pealut . 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