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DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY,
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ertfor.d, Perquimans County, North Carolina, .Friday. January 11936.
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Standard Gil Of N. J.
John Pitt Seeks $100,-
000 Damages For
Injuries
TWOSUITS
Transferred From Hert
ford to United States
District Court
John Pitt, of Hertford, has insti
v tuted damage suits against the
Standard Oil Company, of New Jer
sey, for one hundred thousand dol
lars, onje suit for fifty thousand for
actual damages alleged to have been
sustained when the plaintiff operated
a service station in Hertford and
handled the Standard Oil Company's
products exclusively, and one for
-fifty thousand for punitive damages
t& The suits which w,ere at first insti
tuted in Perquimans Superior Court,
were shortly thereafter transferred
to the United States District Court
at Elizabeth City.
The complaints allege that Mr.
Pitt lost the use Of hi arms and legs
and "has become practically totally
and permanently blind in one eye,'?
- and that the other eye has been im
'paired; that he has been rendered
incapable of doing any type of work
because of injuries resulting from
handling the Company's products."
Lead deriviatives in the Company's
products, listed as Esso, Essolene
and others, resulted in lead poison
ing, the complaints allege.
It is charged that the Standard
Oil Company had exclusive knowl
edge of the dangers of its products
and did not instruct Mr. Pitt in the
careful handling necessary for pro
tection against injury.
Governor Ehringhaus
Greeted In Hertford
The Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
Governor of North Carolina, and
distinguished son of the Albemarle,
who was in Hertford on Wednesday,
was very cordially greeted by many
of his old friends who in former
years were more or less closely as
sociated with the Governor when he
practiced law in Elizabeth City and
was a frequent visitor to Hertford.
Attorney Ehringhaus generally ap
peared at every term of Perquimans
Superior Court in the old days and
always when anycase of particular
importance was taken up.
The Govrenor was a witness Wed
nesday in a hearing from Carteret
County held here before Attorney
J. D. Grimes, of Washington, N. C.,
Referee, at which hearing a number
of out-of-town lawyers were pres
ent. Methodist Ladies
Plan Unique Supper
Something unique in the way of
church suppers is the one being giv
en on Thursday night of next week
by the ladies of the Delia Sham
burger Missionary Society of the
Hertford M.-'E. Chtoch. The supper,
which is a chicken salaed plate, will
be delivered anywhere in town from
the home of Mrs. Charlie Skinner.
The ladies figure that as Thursday
night is cook's night, off in most of
the homes of the town, there will be
considerable calls for. suppers to be
delivered.
MRS. J. L. LEGGETT SPENDS
SEVERAL; DACS AT HOME
Mrs. J,-If. Leggett, who is spending
the winter with her aunt, Mrs. Ur
sula Carter, jat Fentress,. Va., was ,t. ;
home for, 8eveiS4aycently, re
turning tQ-.Fenteess: wk;iwk- Mra
Leggett's son,tliur?teggettv of
Elizabeth City,; spentf; Sunday", Jier
witfc his mother.ii p.
trs. Iirwtt nlansj to: return to
Hertford andi;Openf hetpusH .sope
timein the";eariyprfagifSt;fe
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! RETURNS FROM HOSPltALi
Mw. C, O. " White, - who fives near
Hertford on the Burgess road, retnrn
ed Monday, fqto three-weeksrstay
at tie ProteitantHospitat
f0lkTiW;Bh
2 Sopefation-jMrs. 'H. condition: is
reported as satisfactory,; ? .;;!..'.
RIRTH .ANNOUNCEMENT f('l
'''Bwn tqi ''an4iMra,sGnes?Korr
VV"fiegay,' S their home at Burgawj on
ll Saturday, Jannary IS, W36; a danghi
M'h$lMr:.6rnegay;:'wa the former
and faC.T.R..Win8lowyi!of Bert -
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Man
Perquimans Girls
Take Second Game
From E. City Team
With a score more than double
that of their opponents, the girls'
basketball team of the Perquimans
High School took their second game
from Elizabeth City on the local
court on Tuesday night, the final
score being 62 to 30.
In the first half the line-up was as
follows: Forwards, Blanche Chappell,
Margaret Tadlock and Elizabeth
Trueblood; guards, Syble Lamb,
Louise Delaney and Sara Ward.
These played a good game but were
outclassed.
In the last minute of the first
quarter the score was 14 to 6 for
Elizabeth City. At this time the
lineup was changed to the regular
team, minus Prue Newby, and the
game really started.
Edith Everett was changed from
her position as guard to that of for
ward and played a wonderful game.
Although Perquimans took the lead
and kept it in the second and third
quarters, the score- was still too
close for comfort, being 26 to 29 for
Perquimans. ,
In' the last minute of the third
quarter Prue Newby, who has been
out of practice for more than a
week with a sprained back, went in
for Everett, who took Lamb's place
as guard. In the last nine minutes
of the game Newby scored 26 points
and the game was over.
Newby was high scorer, with 26
points to her credit, and Nowell was
second, with 16 points.
These scores were made possible
by the wonderful floor work and co
operation of Mabel Spivey and the
guards.
A fair crowd of fans witnessed the
game.
In the game between Elizabeth
City and P. C. H. S. boys which fol
lowed the girls' game, the Elizabeth
City boys were victorious, the score
being 13 to 23.
Durants Neck Club
Meets At New Hope
The Durants Neck Woman's Club
met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
J. H. Gregory in New Hope, with
eight members present.
Mrs. J. W. Jackson was appointed
food leader, and Mrs. L. R. Webb,
garden leader.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, home agent,
distributed various recipes and meal
planning guides, and make a very in
teresting and helpful taik on "An
Adequate Food Supply."-Shp also
gave the history of coffee and show
ed the coffee bean in its various
stages as she explained and demon
strated the art of coffee making.
Delicious refreshments, with the
coffee, were served by the hostess.
Those present were: Mrs. L. R. Webb,
Mrs. Earl Perry, Mrs. J. W. Jackson,
Mrs. T. A. Hurdle, Mrs. C. E. Sutton,
Mrs. J. H. Gregory, Miss Gladys
Hamrick and Miss Rebecca Webb.
Ray Perry Breaks
Arm Riding Horse
Ray, the ten-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Perry, had the mis
fortune to break ., an arm when he
fell off a. horse he was riding at the
home of his parents on Monday
Ray was brought to Hertford, where
the: injured arm received attention,
and his condition is reported as sat
isfactory. Dr. T. A. , Cpx;;Receives
Letter Prom President
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. -. Dr. ' T, Ax Coxy who! sent a congra
tulatory" wire to President Roosevelt
upon the occasion of this message-2to
Ppnril
ceivs 2 " a nerson&l . acknowledgment
hifie; Resident a ; week, Djr.3
Co .is a great admirer :- ox Jf resutent
Roosevelt and. he ' treasures , the let
ter which expressed ..appreciation' of
Dr. Cox's words of approval. .
'to'Mf."'l": -;
' UlCa DVAMO Iltfi TfTkCDTT At
?' ' Miss Esther Evans, English teach
er in Ihe Perquimans High .School,
is a- patient at the f Frotestant Hos
pital,: tluyf.
cently underwent an .operation for
appendicitis. Miss Evans' condition
is reported as satisfactory. "
Mrs. W. H. Pitt, a former! teacher
m tijr hf school, t
Evans during her tllness. "
In the Wh school, is; teaching for
FARMERS HOPING
GET SUBSTITUTE
FOR AlA PLAN
L. W. Anderson Keeps
In Close Touch With
Situation
ANXIOUS
Leaders Concentrate on
Plan of Major Crop
Control
There seems to be little doubt but
that some simplified but more or less
ambitious farm measure will pass
Congress at t,his season. Farm lead
ers throughout the country are con
centrating on some immediate plan
to provide for government control of
major crops.
L. W. Anderson, Perquimans Coun
ty Farm Agent, who has kept in
close touch with the situation
through the Extension Department of
State College and other sources since
the collapse of the AAA program,
stated this week that he felt reason
ably certain that there would be a
crop control system in operation in
time to permit of cotton and peanuts
being included in the program for
this' year, but that there was little
hope that potatoes could be included,
as planting time is so close.
A great many of the farmers of
Perquimans, said Mr. Anderson, have
asked him for information on the
subject and have expressed the hope
that a crop control program will be
put into effect in time for this year's
planting.
Four days aitei the Supreme
Court announced the AAA unconsti
tutional more than a hundred farm
leaders from various parts of the
country assembled at Washington
and conferred with Secretary Wal
lace. The administration had no
monopoly on plans, however, as farm
organization in many parts of the
country throughout the Nation had
suggestions for workable plans.
That the new plan will embrace
the soil conservation idea and will be
worked in correction therewith, is
generally believed, although no de
finite, plan has been made public as
yet. A bill vhich is being prepared
will probably be introduced in Con
gress within the next few days.
Former Resident Buys
Dry Cleaning Plant
Mrs. Lena Gregory, former Hert
ford resident, who for the past year
has been living in Norfolk, Va., has
moVed back to Hertford and has
purchased the dry cleaning establish
ment formerly operated by Cecil
Winslow.
The new business, with which will
be associated Mrs. Gregory's two
sons, Tim and Noah, will be under
the personal managament of Mrs.
Gregory and will be known as Gre
gory's Cleaning Works.
The family has rented apartments
in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G.
C Buck, on Church Street.
Morgan Buying
New Furniture
More and finer furniture will make
its appearance shortly in the store
of W. .M. Morgan as a result of the
visit of Mr. Morgan and L. L; Wins
low to the High Point Furniture Ex
hibition this week.
Mr. ' Morgan and Mr. Winslow
spent several days this week at the
semi-annual affair at High Point,
and, will return the latter part of the
week. Mr.v Morgan stated before
leaving that he expected to replenish
his stock while in High Point, ship
ment of his purchases . to be made
immediately. yh . n
Unemployed Urged
Register On Fridays
A representative from the Edenton
district, of . the N. C. State Employ
ment Service: will be in the Court
Honse at Hertford, from 9 o'clock A.
NU to 4 io'clock-P M, on. Friday, of
each 'wemitUrer iotice for
the takmg; of registrations and look
ing . atev other business; ofthe ' Em
ploymeht Service, v, All' 'unemployed
residents of t Perquimans County
should see this representative, at the
above designated time and place.
5lHEYWOOD BUTLER BETTER
VHeywood Butler,-., who underwent
an- operation at a Norfolk hospital
6n Thursday morning, is convalescing
Satisfactorily. ' Mr. Butler's father,
the . Rev, A. A. Butler, spent several
days 1n Norfolk, Va-, following the
operation. - ,, , , ,
QUARTERLY MEET
OF CLUB WOMEN
NEXT SATURDAY
Raleigh Nutritionist Be
Special Speaker For
Occasion
AT 10:30 O'CLOCK
Meeting Expected to
Attract Many to Com
munity House
Miss Sallie Brooks, of Raleigh, As
sistant Nutritionist, who is connected
with the Extension Department of
State College, will be the special
guest speaker at the regular quarter
ly meeting of the Perquimans County
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs to be held in Hertford on Sat
urday. The meeting will convene at 10:30
o'clock at the Community House,
with Mrs. M. T. Griffin, of Bethel,
Federation president, presiding.
Mrs. Thomas Nixon, of Hertford,
who is chairman of the national or
ganization of Better Homes in Amer
ica, will make the address of wel
come, after the devotional exercises
which will be conducted by the wom
en of the Whiteston Home Demon
stration Club
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Dem
onstration Agent, will introduce the
speaker, Miss Brooks, who will have
a message of special interest to the
women on this occasion. Miss Brooks
has had a great deal of experience
in home demonstration work and is
prepared to impart information
which will be of help to home
makers.
A special leaturc of the meeting
will be community singing under the
lead of Miss Kate M. Blanchard.
The meeting will conclude with
lunch, which will be carried by the
women attending the meeting, and
which will be served buffet style.
These meetings have been well at
tended in the past and have been
occasions of great pleasure. It is
the aim of Miss Hamrick and of the
leaders of the various clubs through
out the county to have a fuller at
tendance than ever before, and all
club women, and any others Interest
ed, will be given a very cordial wel
come.
Beech Spring Club
Holds Regular Meet
The Woman's Club of Beech Spring
community held its regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday at the Beech
Spring school building with three
members present. Two new mem
bers were added to the roll and one
visitor was present.
Miss Gladys Hamrick demonstra
tion agent, gave out several pamph
lets on coffee.
Garden and food leaders were ap
pointed for this year: Mrs. D. J.
Rogerson was appointed garden
leader, and Mrs. A. E. Layden, food
leader.
The refreshment committee, Mrs.
Beecher Stallings and Mrs. A. E.
Layden, served delicious sandwiches
and coffee.
The demonstration for next month
will be nice cooking, and the meet
ing will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11,
with Mrs. Claude Perry.
Those present were: Mesdames W.
O. Hunter, J. F. Winslow, J. A.
Madre, A. E. Layden, Beecher Stall
ings, Vernon Winslow, Tom Madre,
Claude Perry, D. J. Rogerson and
Jarvis Forehand; Misses Callie Stall
ings, Stella Rogerson, and Mary
Davis; and Mrs. T. W. Nixon.
Harry McMullan
BWm In Hertford
The friends of Harry McMullan,
whose appointment as Assistant At
torney General of North Carolina,
was announced in Monday's daily pa
pers, were somewhat chagrined that
Mr. McMullan's birthplace was given
as Hertford '.. County. . The error
arose, of course from the fact that
Mr. McMullan's birthplace was the
Town of Hertford. That the Town
of Hertford is not the county seat of
Hertford County obviously is con
fusing to many persons in the State.
' Harry McMullan, a son of the late
Dr. J. H. and Mrs. McMullan, was
born in . Hertford, , Perquimans
County. ''
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Withrow, at the Portestant Hospital,
in Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday, Janu
ary 21, a daughter. Mrs. Withrow
was the former "Miss Minnie Mae
Newbold, of Hertford.
Walter Edwards Acts
As Court's Prosecutor
ROTARY DISTRICT
MEET MAY 19-20
Approximately 1000 Rotarians and
Wives From 50 Clubs in State
Expected to Attend
!
Hertford Rotarians are informed
that plans are well under way for the
annual conference of the 57th Dis
trict of Rotary International to be
held in Winston-Salem on May 19
and 20, when approximately a thous
and Rotarians and their wives from
the fifty clubs in the district are ex
pected to attend the two-day gather
ing. Cleveland Thayer, District Gover
nor, of Asheboro, will preside over
the sessions. Charles J. Phillips, of
Greensboro, will be in charge of the
program, which is described as
"different, interesting and entertain
ing." The convention last year was
held in Raleigh.
J. C. Blanchard Lucky
To Escape Injury In
Recent Wind Storm
J. C. Blanchard, prominent Hert
ford merchant, probably missed more
narrowly than did any one else in
this vicinty serious bodily harm in
the severe wind storm which struck
Hertford on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Blanchard backed his car from
the garage of his home on Front
Street at the moment that a huge
limb from an old elm fell against
a telephone pole, both the tree limb
and the pole crashing to the ground
within a few inches of the car.
Nobody was hurt in Perquimans,
so far as has been learned, but roofs
were torn from barns, big trees were
uprooted and limbs of trees were
twisted off.
The pleasure boat owned by the J.
C. Blanchard family, which was
moored back of the home, was blown
across the river and sunk, and oilier
small craft on the shore was blown
from their moorings.
The wind, which rose in the early
afternoon, followed .a heavy rain in
the mornin.tr, and continued until
nightfall, when the mercury fell
with surprising rapidity, dropping to
26 before Monday morning.
Ladies' Aid Society Of
Meadow Grove Meets
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Meadow Grove Christian Church met
on Saturday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Joe White. The president,
Mrs. S. G. Chappell, called the meet
ing to order, and "The Old Rugged
Cross" was sung. After the Scrip
ture reading, prayer was offered by
Mrs. J. R. Chappell. Mrs. Joe White
and Mrs. I. D. Chappell gave appro
priate New Year's readings. New
officers for the year were elected.
The secretary gave a full report of
last year's work, and it met with
hearty approval from the members.
The meeting closed with the singing
of "God Be With You "Til We Meet
Again. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. J. I. Chappell.
The hostess served ambrosia and
cake to the following: Mrs. J. R.
Chappell, Mrs. W. P. Chappell, Mrs.
Ida Edwards, Mrs. J. I. Chappell,
Mrs. T. D. Chappell, Mrs. S. G.
Chappell and Miss Gladys Chappell.
Baptist Ladies Have
Silver Tea Program
The silver tea given at the home
of Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood on Friday
afternoon by4the ladies of the Judson
Memorial Sunday school mass oi tne
Hertford Baptist Church was a very
delightful affair and was well at
tended.
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson rendered
several beautiful piano selections and
also sang two numbers. Mrs. H. C.
Stokes and Mrs. W. E. White enter
tained with humorous readings.
Sandwiches, wafers and tea, fol
lowed by mints, were served by a
group of young girls.
U. D. C. Honor
Lee And Jackson
There was an interesting meeting
of the Skinner-Jones Chapter of' the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
on Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. R. M. Riddick, with Mrs Rid
dick and Mrs. C. V. Williford as
joint hostessses.
A Lee and Jackson program was
the feature of the1 meeting, with all
the assembly taking part. Dainty
refreshments were served at the close
of the evening.
Judge Shaw Rules That
Oakey Exceeded His
Authority
CASEARGUED
Edwards Faces Con
tempt of Court Charge
On February 4
Walter G. Edwards, prosecuting
attorney in Perquimans County Re
corder's Court, who was indefinitely
forbidden on November 19th by
Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., to ap
pear in court as prosecutor, as a re
sult of his appearance in court on
previous occasions in an intoxicated
condition, and who was automatically
re-instated in office by the judgment
of Superior Court Judge Thomas J.
Shaw, before whom the matter was
argued last week, was notified by
Judge Oakey in open court on Tues
day morning to appear on February
4th in Recorder's Court and show
cause why he should, not he found in
contempt of court
On November 19th Judge Oakey
read an order in open court which
set forth that, whereas Walter G.
Edwards had appeared in court on
November 12th in an advanced state
of intoxication, his condition becom
ing such that it was necessary to ad
journ court before the business of
the session was finished, setting forth
that he had on a number of previous
occasions appeared in court in a like
condition, he was indefinitely forbid
den to act as prosecutor in said
court.
At this time Mr. Edwards, through
his attorney, J. R. Edwards, of
Greenville, gave notice of appeal to
the Superior Court. The matter was
later taken up with the Board of
Commissioners, which body appointed
Silas M. Whedbee, former prosecutor,
to act as prosecuting attorney pend
ing the hearing of the matter in
Superior Court.
Hon. Hallet S. Ward, of Washing
ton, argued the matter before Judge
Shaw during last week's term of
Superior Court held here, after
which Judge Shaw remanded the
matter to the Recorder's Court, the
judgment rendered by Judge Shaw
reading as follows:
"This cau.se coming on to be heard
upon the appeal of W. G. Edwards
i'rom the judgment of Walter H.
Oakey, Jr., Judge of Recorder's
Court of I'erquinians County, ad
judging said W. G. Edwards guijty
of contempt of court, ami fixing pun
ishment by adjudging that said W.
G. Edwards be indefinitely suspended
from acting as prosecuting attorney
in said Recorder's Court, and being
heard, and it appearing to the Court
from the judgment in this cause that
the said Walter H. Oakey, Jr., Judge,
adjudged said W. G. Edwards guilty
of contempt of court for acts com
mitted at a prior term of court, to
wit, on November 12th, and dates
prior thereto, and the judgment be
ing rendered on November 19th,
without giving said W. G. Edwards
notice to appear and show cause why
he should not be adjudged in con
tempt; and it further appearing to
the Court that the judgment indefin
itely suspending said W. G. Edwards
from appearing as Prosecuting At
torney is erroneous in that it ex
ceeds the punishment prescribed by
statute, and is not in accord there
with: "It is, therefore, ordered and de
creed that this matter be hereby re
manded to the Judge of the Re
corder's Court of Perquimans County,
to the end that he proceed therewith
in accordance with the statutes gov
erning such proceedings."
Mr. Edwards appeared in court on
Tuesday, carrying into court the war
rants of cases to come up for trial,
and took his place at the Prosecutor's
desk. Immediately upon the opening
of court, Judge Oakey read the judg
ment 'of the Superior Cqurt, follow
ing which he gave Mr. Edwards no
tice to appear on February 4th and
show cause why he should not be
found in contempt of court-
Mr. Edwards immediately left the
court room, but was called back by
Judge Oakey, who told the prosecu
tor that he understood from the Su
perior Court judgment that he was
still in office, whereupon Mr. Edwards
proceeded to try the docket. This
was the first time Mr. Edwards had
served as prosecuting attorney since
November 12th, although he has ap
peared in court regularly each week
and tendered his services, requesting
the court to find as a fact that he
was not -at this time intoxicated. On
each such occasion the motion was
denied.