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Volume IH. Number 8. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 21, 1936.
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Every Citizen
Mend Class
Opportunity to Pave
About Half of City's
Sidewalks
WPA LABOR
Whole Matter Will Be
Thoroughly Discussed
At Meeting Tonight
It begins to look like the town is
going somewhere with its idea of
securing money through the WPA
for paving sidewalks and possibly
making other improvements.
A mass meeting is called for to
night at 7:30 at the Courthouse by
the Board of Town Commissioners,
and the citizens are urged to attend
Something really definite is being
worked out and the plans and pro-:
posals will be given out to the pub
lic tonight.
Corbin Dozier, engineer for the
WPA, has been at work for the past
week on surveys and estimates pre
liminary to the project which it is
believed the citizens will vote to put
through.
Not all of the sidewalks of the
town can be paved through this
agency. There are, according to R.
N. Hines, Commissioner of Public
Works, six miles of unpaved side
walks in the town of Hertford. Mr.
Dozier said this week that possibly
half of these sidewalks could be
paved, if the town decides to assume
its part of the expense, through the
WPA. All labor is furnished by the
WPA, and, according to Mr. Dozier,
there is only sufficient WPA labor
here to take care of the work on
about three miles of sidewalks.
The names of the streets having
unpaved sidewalks have been printed
on a handbill prepared by. the town
officials, which will be handed out to
the citizens at the Courthouse to
night and they will have an oppor
tunity to check the sidewalks they
consider most necessary to be paved.
The question is asked "Are you in
favor of these improvements being
made at the present time even
though the Town would have to is
sue bonds and assess taxes to cover
the cost?" It is possible that the
sidewalks may be paved by the as
sessing of a minor portion of the
cost on the property owners adjoin
ing the pavement.
The whole matter, is to be gone
into thoroughly tonight and the
town offifficials are urging the atten
dance of every interested citizen as
the project will depend upon the re
action of the citizens to the pro
posed plan.
Eightieth Birthday Of
Mr. Sumner Observed
A very merry family party gath
ered around the fireside at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Sumner, Sr.,
' on Sunday afternoon, to celebrate the
birthday of Mr. Sumner.
Probably no one would guess, from
Mr. Sumner's appearance and his ac
tivity, that it was the eightieth
birthday Mr. Sumner had passed.
All of the children and grandchil
dren who live in Hertford were pres
ent on Sunday afternoon when the
large birthday cake with its many
candles was cut and served with ice
cream.
Those jpreaent included, in addi
tion to the members of the family
who Uva at home, Mr. -and Mrs.- C
F. Sumner, Jr., and their two chil
dren, Charles and Clara; Mr. and
Mrs. T; B. Sumner, and their little
son, Tommy? Mrs. D. M. Feild and
her three children, William Sumner,
Mary and Ford. ,
Robert' Hollowell :
Honored At Duke
Robert HollowellTwho is a sopho
more at puke University this year,
is making: a fine record. As a result
of doing : honor ' work, his name
recently appeared on the Dean's
list, which carries with it the privi
lege of being excused from all class
es unless he wishes to attend i ft
Robert was recently - pledged to
the Alpha Kappa Psl fraternity,
which is an honorary fraternity.
"Robert Holloewll, who is the son of
Mr and Mrs. L. N. Hpllowell, It will
be remembered was the president of
his class in Perquimans High School
In 1984. - ' ' "
Is Urged To
Meeting Mere
HIT OR MISS
Don't forget that town meeting
tonight! "
Adam
Had 'em
The above is said to be the short
est poem ever written, and a fitting
short story to accompany the poem
is the following:
Algy met a bear.
Ths bear was bulgy.
The bulge was Algy.
Congratulations to Mr. C. F.
Sumner, who was hale and hearty
on his eightieth birthday which fell
on last Sunday.
Tommy Sumner observed his sec
ond birthday on February 13, when
a few of his friends gathered to en
joy the birthday cake with ice cream.
Joe Towe, who is some three
weeks Tommy's junior, never has
been aware that he is a baby, which
is probably also true of Tommy.
"Take Tommy," said Joe. "Go ahead
and take Tommy, then," he was told.
So Joe placed his arms about the
body of his friend, but the "taking"
wasn't so easy, after all, and the two
youngsters rolled over on the floor,
which was all in the day's fun
Tommy, if you please, considers
himself quite as grown up as Joe
and doubtless wonders "what the
heck."
They are two husky youngsters,
and it is a toss up which is more of
a man.
Boys, don't shoot at the seagulls.
Not only might your actions result
in serious consequences for you, as it
is a violation of the law,' but resi
dents of the waterfront are greatly
displeased at having the gulls fright'
ened away. Seagulls in greater
numbers than have ever .-.been seen
before, feed about the river shore
around the town this winter, and the
folks down on the Point put out food
and endeavor to coax the pretty
birds to stay around. B. C. Berry
says that Mrs. Berry takes the food
off the table to feed the seagulls.
Twenty-four of them were seen at
one time on the Berry's lawn .
Revenue Collector In
Hertford March 10
To Help In Filing
For the convenience of those who
are required by law to file Federal
income tax returns, a deputy collec
tor of Internal Revenue will be at
Hertford, N. C, on March 10, 1936,
to assist taxpayers in preparing
their returns. No charge will be
made for this service. The matter
of filing your income tax return
should be given immediate attention,
in order to avoid penalty and inter
est. If your net income is $1,000 or
over or your gross income is $5,000
lor over and you are single (or if
married and not living with husband
or wife), you are required to file a
return. If you are married and liv
ing with husband or wife and your
net income is $2,500 or over or your
gross, income is $5,000 or over, you
are required to file a return.
The return for the calendar .'year
1985 shall be filed not later than
March 15, 1986, with the Collector
of Internal. Revenue for the district
in which you -reside or have our
principal place of business. ?
A penalty of not more than $15,000
or imprisonment for not more than 1
year, or both, is imposed by statute
for willful failure to make retur on
time, and in addition, 5 to 25 percent
of the amount , of the tax. S
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WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNICSN
MET ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The Woman's Missionary Unii
ion of
Whiteville Grove Church met Fri
day afternoon with 1 Mrs.; 'W. ' T.
Smith at her home; near Belvidere,
The meeting opened . , with tithe
"Woman's Hymn," and Mrs. Wi T.
Smith conducted the devotionalj'JThe
lesson was presented by Mrs. C. V.
WardMrs; W. T. Smith "dismissed
the meeting. Jello and cakes were
served durinc the social hour.
;Those present were : ' Mrs.' Maude
Chapp'ell, Mrs. T P. Lay den, Mrs. J.
A ' Chappell, Mrs.' C. T. Rogerson,
Miss Olive - Layden, Mrs. Warren
Cartwright, Mrs. W. TV Smith,' and
Mrs. C. V. Ward.' - ' T "
FORCED AGAIN TO
DELAY OPENING
COONTYSCHOOLS
Now Expected Sessions
Can Be Held Next
Monday
17 DAYS LOST
Consider Teaching Sat
urdays to Make up
Lost Time
The Perquimans County Schools
have had another week of enforced
vacation, due to the disagreeable
weather conditions and to the bad
condition of many of the dirt roads
over which the busses have to travel.
The last of the snow was melted
during the latter part of the week
by a heavy rain, leaving the roads,
which were already in a terrible con
dition, much worse. It . had been
planned that the schools would open
on Monday but the plans were aban
doned and it was announced that
Wednesday was the day set for the
opening. However, at that time it
was found necessary that the open
ing be postponed until Monday of
next week.
Seventeen school days have been
lost during the months of January
and February because of weather
conditions. This time will, of course,
have to be made up.
Superintendent F. T. Johnson said
this week that a suggestion had
been made that a portion of this
time be made up by teaching on
Saturdays, and the suggestion will
probably be acted upon. To keep the
schools open on Saturdays for sev
eral weeks a little later on, when the
weather conditions improve and the
days are longer, is believed to be the
best solution of the problem. By
doing this, Mr. Johnson says, the
schools could close the latter part of
the month of May.
Certain of the rural grammar
schools have been in operation
throughout this week, where the pa
rents have transported the children
to and from school.
Post Office Closed
All Day Saturday
Washington's Birthday will be ob
served on Saturday by the Hertford
Postoffice, which will be closed all
day.
The stamp window will be open
from 11 a. m. to '12 M., and from 2
p. m. to 2:30 p. m.
There will be no city delivery and
no rural delivery, but mail will be
dispatched as usual.
The Hertford Banking Company is
not taking a holiday on Washing
ton's Birthday this year, as the hol
iday falls on Saturday and to have
the bank closed would be a hardship
on many of the patrons.
That the holiday will not be ob
served in the schools is due to the
fact that the schools are closed.
Whether or not there will be belated
programs in memory of the Father
of our Country when school opens
next week, has not been learned.
U. D. C. Entertained
By Joint Hostesses
The Skinner-Jones Chapter of the
U. D. C. met on Tuesday night at
the home of Mrs. T. B. Sumner, with
Mrs. Sumner, Mrs. B. G. Koonce and
Mrs. W. G. Wright as joint host
esses. In' carrying Out the program, the
subject f' which was - George Wash
ington, which was in charge of Mrs.
B. G. Koonce, it was necessary to
use thirteen persons, representing
the thirteen original colonies, and it
so happened that there were present
exactly thirteen members, as follows:
Mesdames Nathan Tucker, C. V.
Williford, Thomas Nixon,' G P. Sum
ner, Sr., W. H. Hardcastle, J. J.
Fleetwood, and R.T. Clarke, Misses
Matilda. Newbold, Kate Blanchard,
Mae Wood "SPinslowy and , Mary. Sum
ner, and the three hostesses.
PICTURES OF MISSIONS FIELDS
SHOWN AT UP RIVER CHURCH
Rev. Murray Johnson and Howard
Yow, of Greensboro, showed pictures
of the mission fields of Cuba and
Jamaica at Up River Friends Church
Sunday evening. A large crowd at
tended and the service was enjoyed.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lane
at their home on Pender Road, on
February 5, 1936, a daughter.
ANDERSON URGES
PROPER SEED FOR
CuTTONPLANTING
Says Sjeed Grown In
Perquimans Lacks
Crimination
MANY. HAZARDS
Certified Seed Neces
sary to Grow 15 16
Inch Staple
A warning to cotton planters is
given by County Agent L. W. Ander
son, who says that much of the cot
ton seed grown in Perquimans last
year is unfit for planting.
Cotton seed for planting should
germinate 90 percent, and a recent
test made of 30 samples of cotton
seed grown last year in different
sections of Perquimans disclosed that
in some instances only 40 percent
would germiijate, which means that
less than half of such seed planted
would come ufr, even if all other con
ditions were ifavorable.
That a poor stand of cotton was
pretty general throughout the Coun
ty last year was in all probability
largely due to the fact that poor
seed was planted, said Mr. Anderson,
who asserts that poor seed are dear
at any price. There are too many
hazards which are unavoidable which
the farmer must take in planting
cotton to permit of the unnecessary
one of planting seed which may not
come up, he said.
Mr. Anderson called attention to
the fact that certified cotton seed are
for sale in Hertford, and that all of
the certified cotton seed offered for
sale here are seed which will produce
16-16 inch staple, which is not true
of much of the cotton grown in the
County. It is becoming more and
more important to grow 15-16 inch
staple, as the mills are demanding
this length staple rather than the
7-8 inch whiclrhas been grown pretty
generally in Perquimans in the past.
Demonstration Agent
Returns Next Week
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Dem
onstration Agent for the two coun
ties of Perquimans and Gates, who is
spending the latter part of the
month in Gatesville, will be back in
Perquimans on Saturday of next
week. Miss Hamrick's office, the
petit jury room in the courthouse, is
now being used by the group of la
dies who are at work on the index
ing of the county records, and Miss
Hamrick has office room in the office
of L. W. Anderson, the County
Agent.
Mrs. Ellen Ann Hobbs
Funeral Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen
Ann Hobbs, age 66, widow of the
late J. C. Hobbs, were held on Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Hobbs' death
was caused by an attack of pneu
monia, following a stroke of paraly
sis, and she died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Roger Cullipher, near
Mt. Gould, Bertie County, on Mon
day. Services were held in Warwick
Baptist Church, Chowan County, with
Rev. Frank Cale, pastor of the
church, officiating. Interment was
made in the family burying ground
near Hobbsville.
The pallbearers were: J. E. Culli
pher, E. G. Blanchard, G. A. Hobbs,
Dr. T.-.W. Blanchard, Albert Hobbs,
and W. L. Riddick.
Mrs. Hobbs is survived by four
sons, Percy Hobbs of Washington,
D. C., Gurney and Noel Hobbs of
Edenton, Linwood Hobbs of Winfall;
four daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Ferrell of
Magnolia, Mrs. George Oglesby of
Morehead City, Mrs. Roger Cullipher
of Mount Gould and Miss Minnie
Hobbs of Robersonville.
Calvin Hobbs of Bethel is a step
son of the deceased lady-
Miss Sumner Hostess
To Mother's Friends
Miss. Mary Sumner delightfully
entertained a number of the friends
of her mother, Mrs. C. F. Sumner,
Sr., on Monday afternoon at an in
formal at home.
Those present included Mesdames
Herbert Newby, Evart Newby, R. W.
Smith, R. D. Elliott, Thomas Nixon,
T. J. Nixon, Jr., Nathan Tucker, R;
B. Cox, Frank Babb, and Miss Pattie
Whedbee. '
Dainty refreshments were served.
Farmers Hatch ITJith Much
Interest Fate Of Farm Hill
Mustache Offered
As Part Security
A mustache was named as a
part of the security conveyed in a
certain chattel mortgage on record
in the Perquimans County Court
house in Hertford.
The chattel mortgage, given by
Isaac Eason, a well-known colored
man who lived at Belvidere, con
veyed a brown mule and a black
mustache to Winslow & White,
the mortgage being to secure the
purchase price of the mule from
the firm which dealt in mules and
horses.
Neither the mule nor the mus
tache was forfeited, however, and
the mortgage, which was paid in
full, was duly cancelled. Eason
vore his mustache, which was con
dicuous for its length, to the day
of his death.
Sportsmen Warned
Season Is Closed
No more hunting this season may
be lawfully indulged in. The season
for shooting birds, fowl and game
has closed, as well as the time for
trapping wild animals.
J. H. Newbold, Perquimans County
Game Warden, is desirous of having
the matter brought to the attention
of the people of the county that it
is no longer lawful to hunt or trap.
The season closed entirely on Feb
ruary 15.
Game was plentiful in Perquimans
this year and hunters enjoyed great
sport during the early part of the
season, when squirrels, rabbits, quail,
ducks and other game were shot in
abundance. The wild life suffered
greatly during the extremely cold
weather this winter, particularly
when there was so much snow.
Many hunters who had formerly in
dulged in the sport of hunting would
no longer shoot the birds and ani
mals, feeling that to take advantage
of the extremity of the helpless
creatures was unsportsmanlike. Rath
er, efforts were made in many in
stances to furnish food for the birds-
However, there were many who
did not take this humane attitude
toward the creatures of the field and
forest, and while the rabbits espec
ially suffered, sometimes they were
struck down with small sticks and
killed in great numbers.
In order to avoid a scaracity of
game next season, if for no other
reason, it is believed to be impera
tive that the law with reference to
killing birds and game be rigidly ad
hered to.
Motorists Pick Up
Geese Along Road
Coming from Elizabeth City one
night last week, a certain Hertford
citizen saw a couple of men who had
alighted from a truck chasinir a cou
ple of geese" in the road. The man
went on up the road and reported the
matter, and meantime the sreese had
been caught and the thieves had gone
on their way. The geese proved to
be the property of Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Whedbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Whedbee had saved
two geese and a gander for breeding
purposes, and both geese, which hap
pened not to have been shut in their
coop that night, were stolen.
With thieves of this type abroad
in the land, fanners will find it neces
sary to be More careful as to shut
ting up the barnyard fowls at jdght
Added to the hazard of being run
there is that of being stolen.
Miss Mary Sumner
Hostesss To Friends
Miss Mary Sumner was hostess to
a number of her friends at a delight
ful bridge party on Tuesday after
noon. The decorations and favors
featured the Valentine idea.
Mrs. W. H. Oakey, Jr., was the
winner of the prize for top score and
Mrs. T. P. Brinn won the low score
prize.
Dainty refreshments were served.
Those present included Mesdames
T. P. Rrinn. Walter H. Oakev. Jr..
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George Barbee, Sidney Elliott, C. R.
Holmes. Silas M. Whedbee, W. H.
Pitt, J. H. Towe, Jr., and R. N.
Hines; Misses Esther Evans, Maude
Pridgen, Nancy Woods, Eloise Scott,
Helen Morgan and
Knowles.
Elizabeth
Measure Calls For Ex
penditure of Five Bil
lion Dollars
GOES TO HOUSE
Would Pay Nation's
Farmers For Curtail
ing Production
The Perquimans County farmers
who have been watching with inter
est the fate of the farm relief bill,
sponsored by the administration as
a means of relieving the acute situa
tion brought about in agriculture by
the collapse of the AAA, were
pleased to learn that the bill was
overwhelmingly passed by the United
States Senate last Saturday. The
vote was 56 to 20. The bill now
goes to the House.
The measure calls for $5,000,000,-
000 to be used in a soil conservation-
subsidy brand of crop control. It
would authorize expenditure of a
half-billion dollars in federal sub
sidies to farmers based on their acre
age of crop land, soil-improving and
erosion-preventing crops, changes in
farm practics eand a percentage of
normal production entering domestic
channels.
Temporary and permanent federal
aid systems would be set up under
which farmers would be paid directly
or through states for curtaling pro
duction, for soil conservation and
other economic uses of lands.
The bill as passed by the Senate
would authorize half a billion dollars
for that program.
The temporary system would run
for two years, during which the Sec
retary of Agriculture would be grven
virtually unlimited power to make
grants to farmers on the basis oi the
productivity of their lands durine
wic year lor wmcn nnvmpnta uro
made,
After January 1, 193b', the perma
nent system would become operative.
with states having the right to adopt
control system subject to Federal
ormulas and receiving Federal sub
sidies to carry them out.
No aid would be given after two
years where a state took no affirma
tive action.
Mate legislatures meeting any
time before the two years are ud
could adopt a plan and join the per
manent system immediately, but the
Secretary of Agriculture would have
veto power ovei the plans and ad
ministrative personnel.
Under the temporary plan, Fed
eral grants would be measured by
the acreage of crop land, acreage of
soil-improving or erosion-preventing
crops, changes in farming practices
curing the year in which payments
are made, and the percentage of
normal production required for dom
estic consumption.
No contracts, such as were entered
into under the AAA, would be per
mitted. The secretary could utilize the old
AAA personnel and also the agri
cultural extension service, county and
community committees of producers
or such other state agencies as he
deems necessary.
Payments would be subject to re
view only by the secretary, but with
the Comptroller General having the
authority to pass on legal phases
No state plan would be approved
unless it provided for an efficient ad
ministrative agency or for submis
sion to Washington of such reports
as are deemed necessary to ascertain
whether the plan is being carried out
according to its terms.
On or before November 1 of each
year, the secretary would apportion
among states that adopt soil plans
the funds for carrying out the con
trol methods in the next calendar
vear.
In determining the amounts, the
secretary is directed to consider
"the acreage and value of the major
soil-depleting and major export crops
produced in the respective states
during a representative period."
As an amendment to the 1935 soil
conservation act, the bill declares
the broad policy aims to be:
I Preservation and improvement
of soil fertility.
: rromotion of the economic use
and conservation of land.
8 Diminution of exploitation and
wasteful and unscientific use of na
tional soil resources.
4 Reestablishment and mainte-
nance, of farmers' purchasing power.
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