: THE PERQUIMANS
i WEEKLY
' Published every Friday at The
.:, Perquimans Weekly office in the
: Gregory Building, Church Street,
Hertford, N. C.
MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor
Day Phone 88
Night Phone 100-J
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Entered as second class matter
November 15, 1934, at the post office
at Hertford, North Carolina, under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Advertising rates furnished by re
quest. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1936
THIS WEBK'S BIBLE THOUGHT
THE ART OF ADAPTABILITY: I
have learned, in whatsoever state I
am, therewith to be content. I know
both how to be abased, and I know
how to abound. Philippians 4:11-12.
ANENT THE TYPOGRAPHIC
ERROR
It embarrasses the society matron,
flabbergasts the lecturer, maddens the
public official, irritates the judge on
the bench, and makes the defendant
or plaintiff in a law suit demand a i
retraction. But to no one is it more
'humiliating than to the fellow who
wrote the piece or the copy reader
who let it slip through. Apropos the
importance and the characteristics of
the typographical error and its after
effects, The Knoxville Express has
meaxed eloquent in rhyme as follows:
The typographic error is a slippery
thing and sly;
You can hunt 'till you are dizzy, but
it somehow will get by.
rTill the forms are off the presses, it
is strange how still it keeps;
It shrinks down in a corner, and it
never stirs or peeps.
That typographic error, too small for
human eyes,
Till the ink is on the paper, when It
grows to mountain size.
'The boss, he stares with horror, then
he srrabs his hair and groans;
The copy reader drops his head upon
his hands and moans.
The remainder of the issue may be
clean as clean can be
But that typographic error is the only
thing you see.
Force Garden Plants
With Cold Frame
A well constructed cold frame will
help the home gardner get his vege
tables off to a good start in the
spring.
A cold irame, serving as an inter
mediate stage between the seed box
and the garden, gives the plants a
chance to harden before they are
placed out in the open.
H. R. Niswonger, extension horti
culturist at State College, recom
mends that such vegetables as cab
bage, cauliflower, tomato, pepper, and
egg plant be transplanted to a cold
frame before being set out in the
garden.
For the average home garden, he
said, the cold frame should cover an
area six feet wide and 24 feet long.
The wooden frame enclosing the bed
should be 15 to 18 inches high along
the back and 8 to 10 inches high in
front.
Locate the cold frame in a sunny
placing, facing the south. Place good
garden loam, mixed with stable ma
nure, in the bed to a depth of six
inches.
Second-hand sash or unbleached
muslin makes a good covering for the
frame. Muslin saturated with hot
linseed oil will retain the heal of the
sun within the bed and also shed
water. Or the cloth may be treated
with a solution of one pound of para
fin dissolved in a gallon of gasoline.
Young plants are ready to be trans
ferred to the cold frame when the
first two true leaves have developed-
As warm weather approaches, the
plant bed should be left open a little
more each day to harden the plants.
Ventilation is necessary even on cold
days.
Water the plants on sunny mom
ings when the temperature is rising.
Thoroughly wet the soil, then do not
water again until the -surface ap
pears dry.
BELVIDERE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jessup and two
daughters, . Carolyn and Faye, of
Gates, visited Mrs. Maude Chappell
: and family Sunday.
. ' " Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Layden and
daughter. Lulu Mae: Mr. and Mrs,
Howard Layden and son, Howard, Jr.,
of Elizabeth City, visited Mrs. Sarah
Layden Sunday. -
! Mr. and Mrs; Wilbur Elliott, from
near Hertford, visited Mr. and Mrs.
.J. E. Corbitt Sunday.
:k Miss Syble White, . of Center Hill,
r; spent the week-end with . Miss Sara
Mae ChanpelL - ,.,
, Miss Attle Chappell Is the guest of
relatives in Wilmington, Delaware.
Just ..JS
WHAT GEORGE MEANS
Ruth was a sweet glrL She was
reading a book that gave the meaning
of names. Her mother was watching
her, and thinking of all the young men
who were attracted to her.
"Mother," says Ruth, "It says Philip
means lover of horses, and James
means beloved. Mother, what does
'George mean, I wonder?"
"I hope, my dear," said her mother,
"that George means business.''
A Good Record
"Madam," said the hobo, "I onct
had a wife and fam'ly of my owfi but
I couldn't be contented. I growled and
grumbled at everything and finally
I left home."
"Well, here's a chicken sandwich
for you, sire," said the housewife.
"Mighty few husbands are as consid
erate as that" Pathfinder Magazine.
Youthful Naturalist
Being told to write an essay on the
mule, a small boy turned In to his
teacher the following effort:
"The mewl Is a hardier bird than
a guse or turkie. it has two legs to
walk with, two more to kick with, and
wears its wings on the side or its
head. It Is stubbornly backward about
coming forward.! Humboldt Union.
HIT OR MISS
They're preparing to give Dr.
Luther H. Butler a big send-off at the
Rotary meeting next Tuesday night,
O . - I
While the nature of the program is
being kept secret, it is understood
that it will be on the funny side,
since every body is feeling so keenly
th leaving of the popular young den
tist the committee does not wish to
run the risk of the occasion taking on
too much of the funereal.
It is not. only the Rotarians who
are sorry Dr. Butler is leaving Hert
ford. He has lots of friends all over
the place and expressions of regret
are heard on every hand.
"I'm about a hundred and twenty
five vears old. I reckon," answered
Uncle Henry Felton, well known col
ored resident of Hertford Township,
when somebody asked his age a3 he
appeared before the Board of County
Commissioners on Monday, asking for
heln.
"Whv. Uncle Henry." somebody
cnirl "tJiot'o ft oTPflr. nffp. Surelv VOU I
cannot be a hundred and twenty-five
years old." "Well," replied Uncle
Henry, "I remembers the big snow of
1 857 " And how old were vou then 7"
he was asked. Uncle Henry could
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i eo t w mnrtin' "
Now. it is only a simple matter of
o,f,mfin f fir,H ,,t i,nw old Hirv
rpllw ia if it ran he determined at
what age he went courting.
The big snow fell just seventy-nine
years ago, and if Uncle Henry was
really courting then, even if he start
ed his courting at an unusually early
age, he might at least be said to be
"slipping along," even though his age
probablv falls short" of the century
and a quarter mark.
Uncle Henry's remark brings tb
mind that thirty years ago one fre
quently heard references to that "big
snow." All the old folks would tell
you about the time that snow fell for
so long and was so deep that even the
rail fences along the road were hid
den from sight. That was a great
Ai XTt-l.: tlin "ki annm"
has ever been known in these parts.
And now rare indeed Is it that a re
ference is heard to this great event.
How many are there in Perquimans,
other than Uncle Henry, who remenv
ber3 "The B:r Snow?"
How manw living now are going to
remember the snow of 1935-36 seventy-nine
years hence ?
Some of our ills we have cured.
And the sharpest we still'
have
survived.
But oh, the pain we've endured
From evils that never arrived!
Selected.
Let us hope that the prices of farm
produce do not drop immediately, but
they will drop in a year or two if
over-production results. The crop-
control system which has been in ef
fect for two years and more will, of
course, nave its effect on the situa
tion. But to reiterate, over-produc
tion wiU be a problem to ; eope with
within a very short time and prices
will fall correspondingly.'' - i ' f-
Those farmers, of Perquimans who
realised the value of the crop reduc
tion plan, .who feel that some other
plan ought to be put - Into : effect,
might do well to let . their congress
man Jmow how- tliey feel about the
matter- Congressman ' Lindsey War
ren is disposed to; fight for help for
the farmer. He hits spoken in no un
certain terms about ' the attitude he
takes. It might tiot be amiss to let
Hn know we are looking to him for
:ln tvlp he can give us.
A WELCOME STAR
JOAN CRAWFORD
Movie-goers will be delighted to
have the opportunHy today and
screen star, at the -.Taylor Theatre,
when she takes the leading role in
"I Live My Life."
Saves Eroded Land
With Black Locust
Steep, eroded lands may
be
brought back into production
with
black locust as a timber crop.
Black locust not only protects the
soil, but it also provides high quality
timber for posts, poles, and fire wood,
says R. H. Page, Jr., assistant exten
sion forester at State College.
Page said that an excellent example
of reclaiming a badly eroded moon
tain side in Avery County is located
fM firm n J T.: Hrt.lv.
Ten vears aeo Hartley scattered
hlMk locust seed nods on a field1 that
was too steeep to produce wheat, corn,
or tobacco, and was rapidly eroding
while lying idle.
He continued broadcasting seeds
;i of ..wm
15 acres of land growing locusts
from ttiMA to ten veara of in. The
trees range from six t 25 feet in
height
1 Ilia Will LCI liai LICJf lo uuuiiiu vv i
the timber by removing all deformed
This winter Hartley is thinning out
and suppressed tree from the older I
fields.. This will provide more roomi
for the trees which will later be used
for Dosts and noles. The wood re
moved is bemr used for fuel.
Hartlev is also seeding bumett-
over woodlands near his home with I
different varieties of tree seed, in
cluding poplar, ash, and northern red!
oak.
Planting trees on these burned-
over areas holds the soil in place and
starts the work of building its fertil
ity, explained Hartley, who is a fire
warden for the Linville Improvement
Comnany.
Page said that black locust plant-
hngs are good for utilizing steep, I
eroded fields, not suitabde for cultl-
vation. in the Piedmont area as. well
Us in the western North Carolina!
counties.
SERMON SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED
FOR BAPTIST UHUKUU suwuai
The following announcement for
services at ine nerworu iwov
I - - . ' 1 I
Church are made lor next aunaay uy
I the Dastor. Kev. v. b. uempsey:
Sunday morning, "Blessings In the
Guest Chamber," Communion service.
I Sunday evening, ine meiiusm.
oi jesus.
NOTICE
As I am leaving Hertford per
manently in the near future, I
wish to notify all persons desiring
to have completed any unfinished
dentistry that it will be necessary
to get in touch with me immedi
ately. - .,
This also applies to those hav
ing unpaid balances.
Dr. Luther H. Butler;
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Taylor Theatre
EDENTON, N. C. - -PROGRAM
COMING WEEK
Today (Thursday) and Friday,
January 9-10 , , ,
Joan Crawford .
n LIVE MY LIFE- '
Saturday, January 11 ?,',
Bob Steele ,
' "TRAIL OF TERROR"
"Call "of Savages" - Comedy
lit 'I I I II l( I u i ' f ' I III ' ' "'
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. lS-14-rp
John Boles i
Dixie Lee V r
"REDHEADS ON PARADE"
Wednesday, January 15
Martha Sleeper j
r "TWO SINNERS"-
' ATTENTION!;
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January 28-2i . . .',','
s"The Crusadersw.
' Produced by, Cecil DeMille v
.V, - Loretta Young?;
a : Henry Wilcoxon ;
p I -v-"'1,'-. x 11 n r 1 I a I
Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, Mrs. V. N.
Darden, Mrs. W. L. F. Babb and Mrs;
T. P. Brinn returned Saturday from
a visit in Durham i
Mrs. Nathan Tucker is visiting her
sister, Mrs. John Speight, who Is sick
at her home in liocksville.
Miss Katherin Lawrence, of En-,
field, was the week-end guest of Mrs.
R. D. Elliott
Misi Gladys HamrTck, PertJonhWbnledhVwfaK.
mans County name JUemonstratusn
Agent, has returned front King
Mountain, where she spent ' the ftsff
days with her parents. She was o
companied by her 6rothrr Sam Hsmv
was among the Saturday shoppers in
Hertford.
J. T. Winslow, Belvidere farmer,
was in Hertford ok Saturday mann
ing. Mrs. Walter H. Oakey, Jr., and Ker
two daughters, Dorothy Gordon and
Mollie, have returned from a visit tb
Mrs. Oakey's sister, Mrs. Braxton
Dawson, in Elizabeth City.
Miss Frances Fowler has returned
to. her school at Marion, after spend
ing the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. R. M. Fowlr.
Mrs. Nelson Corey, of Troy N: Y:,
is the guest of her parents. Gapt
and Mrs. A. W:. Roughton, ort Grubb
Street. .
Mrs. Tim Gregory, a former Hert
Kord resident. who now live ift Nor-
10 K va- spent the week-end with.
relatives in Hertford,
Mrs. H. V. Lamb and her daugh
ter, Miss M.Heline Lamb, have re
turned to their home at Belvidere.
after spending Christmas with Mr.
8 joth1Lr' David Rogerson, in
""'""S1"!
T. E. Harrell, of Etfenton. visited'
his sister, Mrs. Charles Johnson, on
TTT 1
weanesaay.
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Mr8- a. lowe Jr., and her Iitt3e
Yhe Mew Amazimi:
It Staples, Pins or
Call, Phone
juiced from
7 rrpi rni" - f-vv : rif;r
son, Joe, visited Mrs, Towe's mother,
Mrs. C. E. Pritchard, near Elizabeth
City, on Monday.
Mrs. P. H, Small, who has been
quite sick with flu, is better. Her
daughter, Mrs. Archie Patton, of Ma
rion, is expected this week to visit
her mother.
Mrs. J. P. Ward, of Bethel, was
the guest of k and Sirs. Charles
Charles Johnson is on the sick list
this week, .
Mrs. Calvin Scott and! her little
son, , "Sonny," of Newcastle, Wyom-
mg, are .visiting Mrs. Scott's parents,
Cap, and Mrs. A. W- Ebngfcton.
Popular Countjr Pair
Married In Suffolk
Of interest' to their many friends
was tne wedding or. urns uicy
Elizabeth Hunter and' Mr Claude
Peray, which took place it Suffolk,
Va., on Saturday, January 4, with the
Rfero I. W. Johnson officiaiffng.
The bride Is the attractive younjf
daughter of Mr. and; Mrs. W. O.
Htater, of Beech Spring. She was
attractively dressed in; blue satin
hct crepe, with accessories to match.
: The bridegroom is; tfic son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Perry, of Hertford.
' Tbe young couple wiB make their
home with the brides; parents at
Beech Spring, after av abort wedding
trip. They are very popular with a
wide circle of friends.
The Chinese government is plan
ninr to construct a railway that .will
connect Chenking, tile Yaugste River
oort. with Chencto, capital of
Szechwan nrovincev which has 50,000
000 population bu not a foot of rail-
way.
or Write for Demonstration
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Hertford, N. C
CHAPANOKE NEWS
Dr, W. A. HOggari Made a bttsr-.
itess trip to, JUUzaDetni wy aaiuraay.
G. W. Alexander and! Bttle daugh
ter, Viola James, are spending several
days with Mr. Alexandeys mother in
Pocomoke City ,md. . "
Mxs. Daisy Perry and Mr Elliott
spent the day in Hertford Monday.
Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Wilson, and
chilcEren. spent Sunday with Mrs. J.
M. Wikon at Weeksville.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson and daughter
spent Monday afternoon visiting: Mrs.
B. W.. EVans, near Edenton.
Mr. and" Mrs. Alberto H. Ros were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Evans,
near Edenton, when Mr. Ros vras
taken ill! while there, ' and has been
unable to return to Chapanoke. Mrs.
Ros was bvfore her recent marriage
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Chapanolce.
Miss Alcesta Whitehead has re
turned tor her home after a short
visit in Nbxfbjk, Va.
MRS. CAMPBELL RETURNS
Mrs. J. G. Campbell, who spent the
Christmas hoildays at Shelbyville, In
diana, has returned home. Mr. Camp
bell, who is conducting a newspaper
subscription- campaign at Carthage,.
Indiana, wilT not be home until t
March.
Mrs. Campbell, who missed the big
snow here during the holidays, says
the snow was- not as deep as Shelby
ville as it was in Hertford.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator
f fhA of Lula Waugh Mow,
deceased, tttte of Perquimans Counflyi'eat
North Caroflna, this u to notny u
persons having claims against thej-es-tate
of saffl! deceased to exhibit litem
to the undersigned at Hertford on or
before the 8 day of January, 19ST. or
this notice will be pleaded in tor of
their recovery. AM persons indebted
to saidr estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This 9 day of January, 1986".
R. R. MOSS, .
Administrator of Lula Waagfc Moss.
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