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Volume III. Number 10.
"J- IX Dard Appointed an
Commissioners Also Ap
point County's list
Takers
BEGINAPRIL 1
Will SeekwtoPlace More
Taxable Property
On Books
J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds,
was appointed Supervisor of Taxa
tion by the Board of County Com
missioner! on Monday, and the list
takers appointed were as follows:
Hertford Township, Edgar Feilds;
Bethel Township, Charles W. Parker;
Parkville Township, N. R. Elliott;
Belvidere Township, E. L. Chappell;
New Hope Township, L. R. Webb.
In order that the work of the tax
.listers may be more effective and
the tax lists more complete, os that
there shall be as little loss as possi
ble to the county through failure of
property owner to pay taxes, tne
Commissioners expect to make ar
rangements for the list takers, who
will begin their work on April 1, to
be on the job at regular hours dur
ing every working day of the entire
month.
A special meeting of-the Board of
Commissioners will be held on March
16, when instructions will be given
to the list takers by the Supervisor
and the Commissioners.
That in some instances it is inevit
able that tax evaders get by without
paying taxes on their property is be
lieved to be true. It is difficult to
get an accurate list of all of the
taxable property. Each year there
-are brought to light bits of property
here and there, in many cases real
estate, on which taxes have not been
paid for years. However, it is be
lieved) iat if the people in the coun
ty are given notice of the exact time
and place of the sitting of the tax
lister, so that they can be sure of
finding the officer, there will be con
siderably fewer persons who fail
through carelessness to list their
property. The tax listers will be
asked to use great diligence in see
ing that all taxable property in
their respective townships is listed.
Herman Ward On
Daily Tar Heel Staff
Herman Ward, student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina from Per
- quimans County High School, has re
cently been promoted on the staff of
The Daily Tar Heel, official daily
newspaper of the University.
Herman has been working on the
paper for the past year contributing
articles and writing account of the
major events of the campus. His
promotion is one of the first of the
year.
Besides working on the newspaper
Herman is an active member of the
Sophomore Cabinet, Phi Assembly,
and Foreign Policy League.'
The foregoing item was sent to
The Perquimans Weekly from the
News Bureau of the University.
The young student from Perqui
v mans who is doing such outstanding
work at the University is the, son of
Register of Deeds J. W. Ward and
Mrs. Ward.
Missionary Society
Meets At Church
The. Woman's Missionary Society
of the Hertford ..M. E. Church, held
its regulaxontihJy meeting on' Mon-
, day
room of the clTnth'Mrtj.'taia
t h h of 4he rtrular Btc--
gram committee, .hoth members of
which were rick, Mrs. H. G Stokes
took charge of the . program, and
those taking part were Mesdames J.
C. Blanchard, Durwood Reed, Howard
Pitt, and Miss Mary Wood Koonce. -
New Winf all Plant
Soon Be Completed
The new mill which Fred Winslow
is building In Winfall will be ready
for operation In about a week. .
ThA nlftnt. which ia ; located on
King Street, will Include a grist mill.
as well as a hammer mm lor grind
ing corn, feed, etc; and probably
other equipment ' v' ;
t i in lie fortified by many
MtnAmMm. Ta love and to be loved
is the greatest happiness of exifl-
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rM SBYWBB'AP DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTYi
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
Riot Quelled At
Woodville Camp
Kid Jones Williams, the Negro!
convict at the Woodville Prison j
Camp, who received a sentence off
six months in Perquimans Re-
f corner's Court on Tuesday, par
iticipated in the riot which occur-
red at the Camp on Wednesday,
when Lamarn Faison, long-term
Negro convict, was probably se
Iriously injured when he was shot
I in the left shoulder by the camp
superintendent, Capt. J. M. Tolar.l
Capt. Tolar shot to prevent the
convict, who is said to be a des
Iperate character, striking Corpor
eal J. M. Merritt, of the State;
Highway Patrol, over the head
I with a club. Coproral Merritt:
land Patrolman G. I. Dail were as-
fsisting in quelling the riot, which
is said to have started when Wil-
Hams refused to obey orders at:
the Camp.
Faison, who was taken to the:
1 Central Prison at Raleigh, after:
the shooting, is serving a term off
i sixty years. I
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Schools Of County
Will Begin Saturday
Sessions This Week
There will be no school holiday on
Saturday. For a number of weeks
the children of Perquimans are going
to have to attend school on Saturday,
in order to make up for the time
which they lost because of the severe
weather conditions and the dangerous
roads sometime ago.
The Saturday school begins this
week.
That plans are being made to ar
range the school day to accommodate
the farmer? of the county was learn
ed this week. . While definite ar
rangements have not as yet been
worked out, Superintendent F. T.
Johnson expects to arrange that the
school day shall begin earlier in the
morning than heretofore, so that
the children may get home in the
early afternoon, which will be a
great, convenience to those parents
who need their children to help with
the work on the farm.
Meeting At New Bern
Friday To Plan For
Eastern Tourist Trade
A sectional meeting of vital inter
est to Eastern North Carolina will
be held at New Bern at 10:30 A. M.,
Friday, March 6th, in the Hotel Gas
ton, at which time plans will be dis
cussed and adopted for the purpose
of securing a greater volume of tour
ist traffic through the Coastal Plain.
Originating with the Goldsboro Mer
chants Association of which Mr. W.
C. Denmark is executive vice presi
dent, the idea has received a fine de
gree of commendation and approval
from Chambers of Commerce, Civic
Clubs, hotels and business interests
generally.
A wide invitation is being extended
to such interests and all other pro
fessional and business classifications
to participate in the conference. It
is planned to adopt definite objectives
and lines of procedure, in order to se
cure for the Eastern section of North
Carolina, a proper proportion of the
advantages and benefits which accrue
from tourist traffic. The attractions
which Eastern Carolina . possesses
are. many and varied. These will he
stressed; at tne conference to tae end,
that there' mar be .-adopted i' general
plans and Ideas which; may be closely
and diugently- ToUowed, It Jb hoped
and expected that the-attendance will
be of such nature as to manifest the
general degree of interest which' the
plans are entitled to receive.
It is a fact that Eastern Carolina
possesses many points of allurement
which appeal to tourist traffic on an
all year basis. It is proposed to
capitalize upon such advantages so
that the greatest: degree of success
will attend the effort. ; It is hoped
that public and professional men in
dividually, and accredited delegations
from commercial and civic organiza
tions will attend.;-; Those who will do
so are invited to communicate .with
the New. Bern Chamber of Commerce
so that the session which will begin
promptly at-10:80 ; A. M., Friday,
may be - featured with .a large and
representative attendance.
x When fish la, to Je .. served at .the
main dish at a dinner , allow one
half pound for each penoa.,.-;;.
PRISONER
TRIES
DRILLTOFREED
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Negro Gradually Cut
ting Hole Through
Brick Wall
NEARLYTHROUGH
Attempt, However, Was
Thwarted By Fellow
Prisoners
"Burr-r-rr, burr-rr-r, chip, tap,
burr-r-rr." There was something
disturbing in that sound which awak
ened Will Denis Harrell as he slept
on his cot in the Perauimans Coun
ty jail .on Thursday night. Will
Denis became wider awake, as the
sound persisted. Sometimes it ston
ped altogether, but in a moment it
would begin again, "burr-rr-, chip,
tap, tap, tap."
The man was wide awake now,
awake and listening. There was
something ominous in that sound.
Few sounds are heard at three
o'clock in the morning within the
walls of the jail, unless, perhaps,
some drunk is lodged there for the
night.
It couldn't be any one trying to
break in. Folks do not break Into
jails. Then what?
Will Denis crept from his cot to
that of Claude Chappell, the young
white man who is awaiting trial at
the April term of Superior Court.
"Mr. Chappell," he whispered, "do
you hear that?"
Young Chappell was awake in a
moment. "Yes," he whispered back
in the darkness. "What is it?"
There were a few more whispered
words between the two and then,
slowly, auietly. creeninc nvpr ha
stone floor, they began to descend
tne narrow stairs which leads to the
first floor of the jail.
And there they could see, though
dimly at first, bv the nnio i;rV,i
which filtered through the bars of the
window above where' the
kneeling at his secret labor. Swiftly,
sieaitnny, he was cutting his way to
freedom through the brick wall. The
two men were upon him before he
was aware of their proximity, and in
no time thev had him shut in nio
cell and the bolt was sprung.
ine prisoner, a Negro named
Marvin Williams, whn hnH Wr, cQ.
tenced on Tuesday to six months on
the roads upon conviction of an as
sault charge, had managed somehow
to secure a lars-e screw rfrir rifii
which he had cut through four of the
nve layers of brick in the wall. The
opening would have been finite lnrcrp
enough for a man's body to pass
inrougn. rle must have labored
throughout the night.
In court on Tuesday, convicted of
a charge of damaging county prop
erty in an attempt to break iail. he
was given an additional 6 months on
tne roads.
Both the men who thwnrteH tho
escape of Williams are awaitino trial
at the April term of court. Young
happen, a well-mannered, bright
faced youngster, is charged with hav
ing fired the service station which he
was operating for the Winslow Oil
Company, and which burned tn the
ground on Christmas night.
Will Denis .Harrell, colored, ap
pealed from a judgment of the Re
corder's Court, where he was con
victed of the larceny of chickens.
Farm Women Plan
Tour To Washington
Miss Gladys Hamrick. Home Dem
onstration Agent of Perquimans,
and Miss Rebecca Colwell, the Home
Agent-of Cfliowan.; will- Amniu a
party of, farm 'women front-the two
counties to .go on a sight-seeing bus
triir to Washingteon. City , in April.
The party will leave home on Fri
day, the 17, returning on Sunday.
That the trip is to be made while
the cherry trees in Washington are
in bloom is an added inducement to
take the trip.
Date Of Next Mass
Meeting Is Delayed
No announcement has as yet' been
made as to the next mass meeting to
be called by the town council for the
consideration of the proposed im
provements for the town, the pre
liminary discussion of which took
place at a meeting on Monday night
of last week. i
' Preparation of the estimates -which
must be in hand before the next
meeting is called is delayed ; by the
illness of W. C. Doxier, who Js auf-
fertag, with an attack of influenza.
FROM LOCAL
JAILIFOR
Carolina, Friday, March 6, 1936.
NOBLES
SELECTED
INSPECT DOGS
PERQUIMANS
All Dogs Must Be Vac
cinated According
To Law
50c PER DOG
Law Calls For Only One
Dose Regardless of
Size
A. A. Nobles has been appointed
Rabies Inspector for Perquimans
County, the appointment having been
made on Monday at the regular
meeting of the Board of Commis
sioners. The work, which was not
begun until late last year, was di
vided between Mr. Nobles and G. C.
Buck.
The work this year is to begin on
April first, and all of the dogs of the
county must be vaccinated for the
prevention of rabies, in accordance
with the statute passed at the last
General Assembly.
Mr. Nobles was instructed by the
BBoard on Monday that only fifty
cents may be charged for vaccinating
any dog in the county, no matter
what the size of the dog may be, as
this amount is all that is allowed
by law.
There was a great deal of com
plaint in the countv last vear" hv
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dog owners who were required by the
rabies inspectors to pay a dollar for
vaccinating dogs weighing more than
a certain number of pounds.
This came about bv the fart that
the directions printed o nthe package
m wnicn the serum is packed states
that a dose of twice the amount
which the State provides as a dose
is required for dogs weighing over
40 pounds. It was because of thpRe
directions the inspectors gave the ex
tra quantity to the larger dogs.
Mr. Nobles was instmeterl nn Mon
day that if any one wished to have
tne double quantity administered to
his dog he would have to bear the
extra expense.
Of the fifty cents charged, twenty
five cents is used to nav for the
serum and the tag, the other twenty-
ve retained by the rabies inspector.
The entire amount of fi'ftv cents is
credited on the dog tax when the
owner pays the same.
Not all of the counties of the
State complied with the statute last
year, but Perquimans was one of the
counties which did. as was also
Chowan. The adjoining county of
rasquotank did not, however, have
its dogs vaccinated last vear. In
Perquimans there were approximate
ly two thousand dogs vaccinated last
summer.
Many Enjoy Concert
By Music Pupils
A very appreciative audience heard
the concert given under the direction
of Miss Kate M. Blanchard on Friday
evening by the youner people of her
piano classes and of the glee clubs of
the Hertford Grammar School and
the Perquimans High School.
Piano solos were played by Anne
Tullis Felton, Ruth Hollowell, Nancy
Coke Darden, Florence Darden and
Zack White.
There were vocal solos given by
the following boys, Durwood Reed,
Clarke Stokes, Jack Anderson and
George Feilds. A vocal trio was
sung by Anna Penelope Tucker,
Alice Roberson and Blanche Moore
Berry.
The entire group taking part in
cluded Maude Keaton, Blanche
Moore Berry, Julia Broughteon, Mary
Thad Chappell, Celia Blanche Dail,
Mary Sumner Feild, Eugenia Gre
gory, Mary Morris, Lila Budd Steph
ens, Dorothy Strange, Anne Penelope
Tucker, Alice Roberson, Nita New-
bold, Shirley Elliott Elizabeth Caddy,
Margaret JUroughton, Florence Dar
den, Nancy Coke Darden, Anne Tullis
Felton, Marjorie Buck, Ruth Hollo
well, Frances Newby, Ruth Winslow,
Daltofi Strange, Dorothy Trueblood,
Geneva White, Evelyn Long, Helen
Mae White, Marjorie Mathews, Eloise
Keaton, Bettie Lordley, Pat Edwards,
Margaret Chappell, Gene Newbold,
Mary Belle Delaney, Elizabeth Dar
den, Zack Toms White, Jack Ander
son, George Feilds, Francis Nixon,
Clarke Stokes and Durwood Reed.
Mr. Gregory Improves
M. J. Gregory, who had the mis
fortune to break his right arm in a
fall on the snow some five weeks ago,
was- delighted this week to have the
splints removed from the Injured
mm,
Gonifaissioners Authorize
Issuance 500,000 Bonds
facial Offer On 1
Perquimans Weekly j
For Limited Timei
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may become a subscriber to Thef
Perquimans Weeklv. or vou mavi
renew your subscription at thei
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This offer will be open until April 1
: 1, after which time the price will
I be $1.25.
Take advantage of this oppor-f
jtunity to subscribe to Perquimans!
County's only newspaper.
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New Beauty Parlor
In Blanchard's Store
Nearing Completion
Workmen are rushine to conmle-
tion the extensive improvements
which are being made in the store of
J. C. Blanchard & Company. Quar
ters are beinsr DreDared on the seronrl
floor for the new beauty parlor which
will shortly be in operation, and also
for the showing of a portion of the
ladies' ready-to-wear which will be
removed from the first floor.
Mr. Blanchard has Durchased verv
attractive furnishings for the beauty
shop, with modern and up-to-date
equipment, and two operators will
begin work as soon as the equipment
and furnishings are installed.
Beautiful Homes
Mold Character
Beauty in one's surroundings be
comes a part of one's life, character,
and personality. It should not be set
apart for only occasional enjoyment.
The homemaker who can select
and arrange furnishings to make a
room beautiful is an artist, said Miss
Pauline Gordon, extension specialist
in home managament at State Col
lege. "If your home has charm anil dis
tinction, it must be comfortable and
convenient, soothing to the mind and
productive of an inner contentment,"
she stated.
"Have you ever entered a room
that has Kaudy-flowered walls, showy
lace curtains bright rugs, over
decorated vases and lamps? What
type of person do you expect to find
living in such a room?
"And what kind of people do you
think would live in a room with
soothing ivory walls, soft mellow
lights, rugs with subdued and har
monious coloring, quiet draperies,
comfortable chairs in front of a fire,
plenty of books, and a few good pic
tures?" If your home is to be pleasant and
attractive, it must be "homelike,"
Miss Gordon pointed out. The woman
who has a home of charm must make
it liveable.
Do not overcrowd a room with
furniture, or hang pictures all over
the walls. Objects which have no
practical use should be placed in a
room only when needed to bring in
color and interest.
Furnishings should be grouped for
convenience. In the living room
should be a place for conversation, a
place for reading with adequate well
shadded lights, a place for writing,
and maybe a place for singing or
playing music. The room as a whole
should be restful and pleasant.
RF.Tuttle Assists In
Making1 Tax Returns
R. F. Tuttle, deputy commissioner
for the second district, will be at
Hotel Hertford on Friday, March 12,
for the purpose of assisting taxpay
ers in filing their State income tax
returns. Mr. Tuttle is required to
be in Hertford only one day, and
those desiring his services should see
him as early as possible.
for the second district, will be in his
office at his home, 105 West Queen
Street, on March 14 and 16 for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in
filing their State income tax returns.
Mr. Tuttle is required to be in Eden
ton only two days and those desiring
his services should see him as early
as possible.
Those required to file a return
are all unmarried persons or a mar
ried woman who had an income of at
least $1000 during 1935 and married
men who received as much as $2000
during 1935.
The return must be made on or be
fore March 16 under a penalty for
rairare to do so.
$1.25 Per Year
Wi" ?efund Road and
Bridge Bonds of
County
4 INTEREST
Refinancing Means Sav
lfior
ot $10,000 Per
Year
For the purpose of effecting a
saving in the interest on the bonded
indebtedness of the county, the
Board of Commissioners on Monday
authorized the issuance of bonds in
the amount of $500,000.00 for re
funding road and bridge bonds of
Perquimans County of a like amount,
the six per cent bonds now outstand
ing against the county to be retired
and the new issue sold at a lower
rate of interest.
County Attorney Charles Whedbee,
who drew the order, in discussing the
steps so taken by the Board, called
attention to the great saving to be
made by the county, remarking that
if the bonds were sold at the rate of
4 per cent, instead of 6 per cent, it
would result in a saving to the coun
ty of approximately ten thousand
dollars per year.
Formal notice of the order author
izing the bond issue by the Commis
sioners appears in this issue of this
newspaper.
Thieves Again Make
Haul At Winfall
Thieves again broke into ami rnh-
bed the Winfall Service Station at
Winfall on Sunday nirfit. This is
about half a dozen times this station
has been robbed within recent years,
two of the robberies having occurred
this winter. Something like four
cartons of cigarettes, a box of cigars
and a quantity of gasoline consti
tuted the haul of the thi evps on Sun
day night.
While it is impossible to sav iust
how much merchandise was stolen,
according to D. R. Trueblood, who,
together with J. V. Roach, operates
the station, it probably amounted to
no more than ten or twelve dollars'
worth. One of the pas tanks was
broken open and some gasoline was
taKen.
Vic Stallinirs, who works at the
station, and who went down to open
up on Monday morniner. discovered
that the front door had been broken
open and entrance gained into the
station, and notified the operators.
No clue as to the identitv of the
thief or thieves was found.
Demonstration Agent
Plans Organization Of
4-H Club For Girls
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home
Demonstration Agent, is planning to
organize a 4-H Club for girls at the
Perquimans High School next week.
Girls of 13 to 21 years are eligible
to membership in these clubs, which
afford an opportunity not only to be
trained in many interesting phases
of home work, but entitles the mem
bers to participate in numerous in
teresting contests.
A pro j ct for the year will be se
lected after the club in Perquimans
is organized, Miss Hamrick said, and
either one of several may be select
ed. Those mentioned by Miss Ham
rick were home furnishing, food,
clothing, dairying, poultry and gar
dens. Each year there are State-wide
contests conducted with worthwhile
prizes awarded to the winners. A
health contest will be conducted
shortly, according to Miss Hamrick,
the winner to be given a trip to Ra
leigh. Details of this contest will be
given out lated.
In the summer there will be a
canning contest.
The two girls in the Perquimans
Club who show the greatest interest
in the work will go to Raleigh in
July to take a short course given to
the boys and girls of the 4-H Clubs
of the State. v
MRS. HAWKINS SICK
Mrs. G. T. Hawkins is auite sick
at her home on Grubb Street.
Miss Tucker Improving
The condition' of Miss Eva Tucker,
who has been auite sick, is resorted
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