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Hertford; Perquimans County, North: Carolina, Friday, December 13, 1935.
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the r certain fonni wbkk tie
producer tonsfc "Jiiv'Juittit
have leaaV w& w&eny- the- pro-
docer ; may eu ms peanuts a w
prices and receive an adjustment ef
120 per ton a.bove tne price receiyea
Mcther3 Entertained ; ,i
i iunilnn was the bancrutt
nomics Department of the Peerquim
ans Hfgh School to their mothers on
, Wednesday-Jdght;-
Tha hanrmAt Kali was most attrac-
, tively,decorated : with Christma
greens and all aglow with red- lights.
? A baby's stocking hung on the jnante
above the fire in a grate and mothers
and daughters enjoyed a most deli-
U clous turkey ! dinner ' served by -the
7if" Iniss hfaude Pridgen, home econo-
mics teacher, preatded;- : :
Miss Jean White and Mis Mary
Wood Koonce each made short talk
t which- were liearuiy appiauaea, ana
Mm. J. W. Ward, on the Dart of the
Ji : mothers, expressed appreciation for
a the occasion and i also for the fine
work of the girlsV M
Mrs. W. E. White gave" a number
ifr.:.: of humorous headings. fi; "
3,013 Bales Of Cottoii
; : Ginned Of 1935 Crop
W. M. HarrdU special agi Sfor
t Rnnum nf the Census. Denart-
'': mem) jof mmerce, y reportothat
' - - there were 8,019 oaie. 01 coiwn gm
. ned in-Perquimans County from the
crop of, 1935 ;, prior to December 1,
1935, as compared with 415 bale
ginned to December , 1, . 1984 of the
if-u4 crop of.1934. .
' ' . r In Smitli f Rideiwce
Mr. and jMr,; "H.'? C O'Neal , and
little mil Henry $ CTay 'Jr.,
fhrmM-lv of Kinston. have moved into
an apaiment ;:m'.the residence i of
Mrs. W. Knuui waa recently
vacated by the family of R. F. Mann.
;iC'10,Neal.!1s 'the':'newi of
the. CMolina Harorare wmipany, j
lit Red Cr.cc3 Drive
"T : Tha fn'niiwinir ' names -"have been
I mAd to the Bed Cross Boll Call
since last week's issue of this paper
miMished: The Town Of Hertford.
; D. M. Jackson, Mrs. C. W Morgan,
Rev. D. S. DempBey, Dr. T. A. Cox,
lliss Lhzie Brace, W. P- C. Edwards,
: jars. E. Leigh , Winslowi" , Mrs. Jake
White also made a contribution. .
15ntertdinncHtAt
CaThur:J1-
y t ' - ht of next week an
; y 1 te riven by the
, rdra money for
j f 3'"-faU Commna-
OFFICER OWENS
ARRESTS MANY
Nirfii ; Patrolman Resnoiuible For
75 Per Cent, of Convictions In v
:h .-Recorder' Court- '
'' The fact that Special Night Police-
man 1L G. OWens made the arresta-iit
seventy-five per cent ' of i the cohvic
tiona of traffic law violations in Per
quimans Recorder's Court which oc
curred in the Town of Hertford dur
liur the past aix months was brouzht
OOt fat a survey made this week. ; V
These traffic law violations include
drunken driving-, speeding and driving
with insunlcient brakes. -
During this period four men, were
convicted t driving while drunk on
the ctreeta of Hertford, all four ox
the arresta havmg f been made by
Officer Owens, Kghen-we con-
vJctedv of drunkenv. drhnuMr "-Tn the
couulj. seven . njri-wKmjm. but
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Couroftw em traffic law, violations
occurring in the Towtt of Hertford,
four being convicted, of 'driving while
drank, four of ijeeding and four of
drivinr with Jnsuincient . brake. Of
ficer Owen arrested three of the
speeders and two. tf those convicted
of driving with insufficient brake. .
All of the nine arrests made by
Officer Owens . were of white men,
with one "exception, a colored man
having been brought into court by the
officer for driving; with insufficient
brakes.
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HIT OR MISS
MMHIIIMMMI
: Joe White also drives an aito-
mobfle. ' ....
Joe White is the colored man
whose right arm and': right leg are
both gone, a wen a the thumb on
his 'one left hand. Some weeks ago
a story appeared in The Perquimans
Weekly, and ' also in many of the
large newsnapers throuriiout the
country which ldAhvTC Jo4 White
nas managed to carry on, handicap
ped though he has " been by losing,
first, hitright leg, then " his right
armj and later on his thumb,: doing
the work of a farm hand and doing it
well. . ; V
v Perquimans County folks have al
ways considered Joe a marvel, Now
his fame has spread - abroad, people
all over the country know about Joe.
But I left out of that story 4he
fact that Joe also drives an automo
bile. I didn't learn about that until
this week. . Somebody told me Joe
could drive, i so when I . saw Joe in
town on Monday I mentioned the
matter. "Yes, Ma'am," said Joe, "I
can drive a Ford."
How nice it is" to see the girls and
boys coming ' home ; for Christmas !
Welcome, all you young folks, those
away at college and those who work
at other places. . ' Welcome to the
older folks, too, who come home for
Christmas. That is always one of
the most delightful ' features of
Christmas, seeing so many old
friends.
Dont forget that prize you might
win for dressing up the window or
door- of your . home for Christmas.
The Woman's Club is offering a prize
for the beat outside decoration of a
door or window of a home. A prise
is also offered for the most attrac
tive living Christmas tree, and also
one for the best looking store win
dow. ;. i ' . , '
Frank Jordan, colored employee at
the Major A Loomis Company's mill,
will have to serve his road sentence,
but, because of the serious condition
of Frank's, aged father, who i very
sick and not expected to .live but a
short: time,, the serving v of the sen
tence will not begin at once, C :4
. Jordan was eonvited in Recorder's
Court less than thirty days ago of as
sault and was given thirty days on
the roads, the road sentence suspend
ed noon good . behavior lor a year.
Brought yigbt back jnto court within
a montM on an assault f charge and
found guilty, the former sentence was
ordered into effect ana anotner, sen
tence of thirty days was imposed. t
f A statement made in court by At
torney J. S. McNider to, the effect
that Jordan's father - is critically ill,
and that both the father ajd mother
are entirely .dependent upon Frank,
who is their only child, ! resulted In
Judge Oakey sending Frank, back to
work, noon bond being giveni and
Frank was ordered to report to the
court on the first Tuesday in January.
BAZAAR BIG SUCCESS
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CHRISTMAS TO HEAR
HOLIDAY TRADED
Window andStores'All
Filled With Attrac-
tive Goods
MANY TOYS
Decorated Community
Tree Adds to Spirit
Of Season
Never before have" the merchants
in Hertford given so much attention
to Christmas decoration. There haveJ
always been stores which were beau
tifully decorated for Christmas, but
this, year there is hardly a window
which ia not dressed up, which gives
the entire down-town district a dis
tinctly attractive appearance.
"Inside the stores, too, there are
mere attractive displays of Christmas
goods than ever before. There are
all kinds of pretty articles on sale,
especially desirable as gifts, and the
toys are more attractive than they
have ever been. There is hardly a
Store of any kind which is not show
ing something unusually attractive
in the way of gift articles.
The community Christmas tree on
the Court House green has been dec
orated, too, , and. is glowing with
lights, particularly lovely at night
This Christmas tree war planted
especially for tin purpose by the
women of the Hertford Woman's Club
only a few yearsago, with the idea
of avoiding the useless cutting down
of a growing tree every year. It is
now a beautiful tree and looks very
pretty in its Christmas decoration. ,
Those residents of the town who
have growing cedars in their yards
are decorating them as living Christ
mas tree.'
Everywhere the-spiritof Christmas
ie .abroad! " ' ' '
AUTOMOBILE TAGS
ON SALE SATURDAY
New 1036 Licenses Must Be Dis
played By January 1; Patrolman
Dail Gives Examinations
Automobile licenses will be on sale
cn Saturday of this week, and may be
secured, at Burton's Service Station,
opposite the Post Officg, in Edenton,
or at the Southern Hotel in Eliza
beth City.
Automobile license must be display
ed by January 1. Failure to comply
with this regulation may result in a
fine of not less than ten nor more
than .fifty dollars! The cost of li
cense for passenger cars is materially
reduced th year. There is no re
duction, however; in the license for
trucks. y v
State Highway Patrolman George
L Dail will be In Hertford every
Wednesday for the purpose of con
ducting examinations of those who
apply for driver's license, beginning
with next week. ,
Those who pass the examination
must know something of motor ve
hicle laws be familiar with signals
and speed limits, and must know how
to read or understand road signs.
This examination does not apply to
those who secured their driver's li
cense prior to November 1. Many
persons who. can neither read nor
write were granted license before the
first of November, but those who ap
ply for' license now must be able to
show, the examiner that he is cap
able ; of . understanding the road
signs; "w-' ; ;;'V),i!vr' -1 ; v.
All persons v between t the ages of
sixteen and eighteen must have their
parents or guardians to sign their an-
pucaBon.:y''-;,j:i:i
Auto Accessories Now ,
gP!art Oft Gift Buying
The importance of automobiles m
the American ' scheme of living has
increased to the point where motor
ear accessories will take their place
this Christmas among the four or Aye
most popular types : of .merchandise
purchased as Christmas; gifts. .The
statemenet is . made by M. v. i Doug
las, parts fand accessories f merchan
dising manager. of the Chevrolet.Mo-
tor Company, , under whose direction
Chevrolet dealers'- sales of accessory
items are breaking all - records this
month. , Vi ; '
L.
N. nOLLOWELL ATTENDS
CHEVROLET DISTRICT MEET
L. 'N. 'nollowell, makiager . of the
IIo!IowcH Cievrolet Company, attend-
(1 a C " 1 r cf Cevrclet
-' i h ' U i C v;:a on Taczlif.
CROWD ON HAND
SERMON
IJrkes "HearerjPon-
rm to Standards
Set By Christ
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JOO MANY ALIBIS
Tefls of Great Need of
. Oiristians to Take
An Inventory
ring that if the Spirit of
Christ dwells within us there
we cannot do; that there
too hard to travel, no
burden too great to bear, and no joy
beyond attainment, the Right Rever
end Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of the
Diocese of East Carolina, called upon
hi teams at Holy Trinity Church
on Sunday morning, when he preach
ed t a large congregation, to test
theif lives to see that they conform
to tie great standard set by Jesus
Chriiit, and to rid themselves of the
elfish and useless things and estab
lish Connection with the great power
housje of God, through prayer and
comimnion with Him, and thereby
bring light, and life, and power, and
Joy into the lives of others.
Tie text from which the Bishop
preached was taken from the Second
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians,
the 13th chapter and the third and
fifth verses, and was a modern trans
latWh: "tt is no weak Christ ftaf few
have to do with but a Christ of
Powfer."
"But yourselves to the nroof in me.
Tests yourselves to see if you are in
the faith. Is it not understood that
Christ Jesus is within you? Other
wise'you are failures."
-; "we link these two statements for
very .obvious reasons," said the
speaker, who called atterfion briefly
Cpkefact (hat there are.aaany per:
sons spkitually discouraged today,
who seem to feel that God is dead,
and that while Christ was a very
wonderful person nineteen tjundred
years ago, that He is not a living,
vital force in our lives, and in other
lives today.
"It is no weak Christ that you
have to do with, but a Christ of
Power," reiterated Bishop Darst, and
if there is weakness today in the
Church and in individual lives, it is
not the, weakness of Christ, but of
men and women who have gotten sc
far away from Him, so out of touch
with His glowing personality and His
mighty power, that we are weak."
"I feel," he said, "as we approach
the beginning of another church year,
in looking back over the past year,
and looking forward, I hope, with
new faith and courage to the year
that is coming, that we should be
honest enough with ourselves to take
a little inventory of our lives, to put
ourselves to the proof, and see if we
have anything in our lives that is
fine and beautiful and compelling."
"We have all seen the store close
at the end of the' year and have seen
the sign "closed for inventory," and
we know what happens. The merchant
looks over the store, and he sees
something useless, something perhaps
bought foolishly, and he realizes that
that article should come off the
shelves, and that Something else has
to be nut on, something fine and
worthy: and so, at a sacrifice, per
haps, he cleans out '. the store. He
gives away or .sells at a great bar
gain the things Hot worth while, and
then he stocks: the store with some
thing fine, beautiful, fresh and clean,
and opens up again.
"My friends, in the name of God,
I am praying that we may do Just
that this fall., as clergy and people,
here in East Carolina, that we nay
be honest enough to get rid of onr
alibis,"
The Bishop : said " It was a great
American custom to have , an alibi,
that if we lost a football came, fail'
ed at our job, or failed to do' task
well, it is never , our fault, but that
of somebody else.
"Let's take stock, of our lives," be
said, "and see if there, ia- in them
what should not be "there, and I know
that you win . find,, as . God knows I
find as I go. into the Btore house of
my life, things of no value, things of
little value, things we. thought were
valuable but which were not. I find
things that have not helped any one
very much, that have not helped toe
very ; much, and "you will find i the
same, habits, tempers, prejudices and
sins, and they are filling the .store
house of our lives and, in God's name,
we must get rid of them. We must
clean Out selfishness and put there
something else, something that the
world needs, and that yon and I need.
In the place of the prejudices tad
tempers, tie dispositions, failures
(Continued on Ttz Four) -;
BISHOP DARST
DeUa
Jesuh
lis-nothing
is no. roaa
SIMON WILLIAMS
GETS TWO YEARS
Found Guilty of Intimidating Wit
nesses In Connection With Tes
timony For Bootlegging
Convicted of the charge of inter
fering' with an intimidating witness
es in Perquimans County Recorders
Court on Tuesday, Simon Williams,
colored bootlegger, was sentenced to
serve two years on the roads by
Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr.
Williams was also convicted of
posse sing liquor for the purpose of
sale and sentenced to one year on the
roads, the two sentences to run con
currently.
Williams appealed to Superior
Court and bond was set at one thous
and dollars in the former case and at
five hundred dollars in the latter.
Unable to give bond, Williams was
sent back to Jail to await trial at the
April term of court.
Simon Williams was indicted on
Sunday, December 1, charged with
selling liquor. When the case came
to trial last Tuesday two State's wit
nesses who had signed sworn state
ments before officers that they saw
Simon Williams sell liquor to Alonta
Reed on Saturday night went on the
stand and swore to contradictory
statements. The .two women, Cora
Martin and Roberta Jenkins, were or
dered sent to Jail by Judge Walter
H. Oakey, Jr, charged with perjury,
and a thorough investigation of the
matter immediately followed, when
numerous men and women were ques
tioned by S. M. Whedbee, acting
prosecuting attorney, in the presence
of Judge Oakey, Clerk of Superior
Court W. H. Pitt, and others. The
two women who had made the con
tradictory statements admitted that
they had lied on the stand and stated
they did so because they were afraid
of Simon Williams.
Cora Martin and Roberta Jenkins
testified at the trial on Tuesday of
this week that they lied because they
were afraid of Simon Williams.
Williams was represented in the
trial by Pete Bell, colored attorney of
Plymouth.
Frank Jordan, colored, also convict
ed of assaulting David Moore, colored,
with a stick was given thirty days
on the roads. A suspended sentence
of thirty days against Jordan was
also ordered into effect.
Tom Copeland plead guilty to the
charge of being drunk and disorderly,
and was taxed with the court costs.
Roy McBain, colored, was found
guilty of assault and was taxed with
the court costs.
Missionary Society Of
Bethel Holds Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Society of
Bethel Baptist Church held its regu
lar meeting December 8, at the
church. The meeting was opened,
and the devotional was led by the
president, Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood.
Following the business meeting an
interesting program was rendered by
several members. The topic for the
month, "Lifting the Banner of the
Cross Through Our Christmas Offer
ing." The meeting was dismissed by
Mrs. A. F. Proctor.
Members present were: Mrs. M. N.
Dail, Mrs. S. M. Long, Mrs. Mary L.
Hayman, Mrs. E. L. Goodwin, Mrs. J.
C. Hobbs, Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood, Mrs.
M. T. Griffin, Mrs. A. D. Thach, Mrs.
Seth Long, Mrs. R- S. Chappell, Mrs.
T. C. Chappell, Mrs. A. F. Proctor,
Mrs. W. P. Long, Miss Gertie Chap
pell and Mrs. W. D. Perry.
Two visitors were present: Mrs,
Chappell and Mrs. Parrish.
Woman's Club" Will
Move Meeting Ahead
The Hertford Woman's Club meets
next Thursday, at 3:30 o'clock in the
afternoon at the Community House.
The time of the meeting has been
moved up a week, due to the Christ
mas holidays.
Mrs. F. T. Johnson is requesting
every club member and those inter
ested in club work to be present.
Plans will be made to send baskets
to the needy at Christmas, and other
matters of importance will be taken
up.
Fireworks Taboo
In Hertford During
Christmas Season
Mayor E. L. Reed announces
that the ordinance prohibiting the
exploding .-- of fireworks on the
streets or sidewalks of the town
will be rigidly enforced this year.
Beginning with .. next Monday,
any person convicted of shooting
firecrackers or any other kind of
fireworks on the streets or aide
walks of the town will be fined one
dollar. , iw
45 MEN START
WORK THIS WEEK
AT LOCAL MILL
Oil Mill Starts First Op
erations In About
Two Years
PLANT REBUILT
New Warehouses and
Other Buildings
Erected
The wheels of the oil mill in Hert
ford will turn this week for the first
time in approximately two years,
when forty-five mere men will be
given employment by the Southern
Cotton Oil Company as the crushing
of soya beans, the first oil-producing
product to be crushed this season,
begins.
The crushing of cotton seed will
begin sometime next month, accord
ing to C. P. Morris, . manager, who
stated this week that while the com
pany has on hand at this point only
about four hundred tons of soya
beans at the present time, large
quantities will be coming in during
the next few weeks.
Only two products are manufac
tured from soya beans at this mill,
oil and meal. From cotton seed are
manufactured oil, meal, hulls and
linters.
For thirty years the oil, mill, in
dustry, with its accompanying g4n
and fertiliser- business, played, a
major part in the business affairs of
Hertford. In January. of l'the
oil mill was wrecked by a boiler ex
plosion, throwing a large number of
men out of employment, and tne
plant was not rebuilt by the then
owners, the Eastern Cotton Oil Com
pany. Last spring the plant was
purchased by the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, one of the largest corpora
tions of the kind in the country with
branches throughout the entireJot-
ton Beit.
The oil mill has been rebuilt, and
now represents a new plant, electri
cally driven throughout, with the
most modern equipment. This mill
will begin operation this week.
The entire plant has been rehabili
tated, with new warehouses and other
buildings. One of the most impor
tant of the new buildings is a new
fertilizer plant, where the manufac
turers of fertilizer will begin in
January.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
gives employment to a large number
of persons, all local labor. The office
personnel and the superintendent of
the plant represent the same force
formerly employed by the Eastern
Cotton Oil Company.
Woman's Club Holds
Meet At Beech Spring
The Woman's Club of Beech Spring
met on Tuesday at the Beech Spring
school house, with Mrs. W. C. Hun
ter, president, presiding.
Miss Gladys Hamnck, perquimans
County home demonstration agent,
gave an interesting talk on Christ
mas decorations and Christmas gifts.
Recipes for making cakes and
candies were distributed among the
members.
Dainty refreshments were served.
Those present included Mesdames
Noah Felton, Beecher Stallings, W
0. Hunter, A. E. Layden, Wayland
Howell, T. E. Madre, J. A. Madre, D.
J. Rogerson, Bristow Perry, John
Hill, and W. J. Perry, Misses Lucy
Hunter, Mary Frances Dail, Callie
Stallings and Stella Rogerson.
The next club meeting will be held
on January 14. Miss Hamrfck will
at that time demonstrate coffe mak
ing. All club members and . all those
wishing to become members are urged
to attend this meeting.
Three Confirmed By
Bishop Thomas Darst ,
A class of three was confirmed by '
the Right Reverend Thomas C. Darst,
Bishop of the Diocese of East Caro
lina, at Holy Trinity Church on Sun-
day. The class included Eva Anne
Tucker, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Tucker; Jean Newbold, a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Newbold,
and Frank. Picard Brown, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED v
Mrs. TJ J. Nixon, Sr., announces
the engagement of her . - daughter,
Elisabeth Mae, to Frank Brightwell
Skinner, of Statesville, 1 son' of Dr.
and Mrs. J. J. Skinner, of Washing-
, The marriage will . take place at
Holy Trinity Episcopal C:rcv,
Thursda- DeceTrJter tt c'.
in the ' ..nor ,