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4 " f THE FE Volume III Number 17. r Hertford Ready Sponsors Movement For Cleaner Politics H. G. Winslow Thinks Certain Practices Unfair SEEKSIGNERS Purpose Is That Candi dates Should Be Elect ed on Their Merits H. G. WinSlow, former Clerk of the Superior Court, of Perquimans, -is sponsoring a movement for clean er politics in Perquimans. Mr. Wins low believes that certain practices which he says are pretty generally i followind in political campaigns are unfair and that they tend to demor alize the people as well as to work a hardship on the candidate for office. It is no longer possible, according to Mr. Winslow's statement, for a candidate for office in Perquimans to conduct a campaign for any political office without spending considerable money. Persons are hired to work for the candidates, and on th day of the primaries automobiles are hired to haul candidates to the poles. Mr. Winslow says this is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs, and, though he is not a candidate for of fice, he is endeavoring to induce the voters of the county to consider the matter. "Member of Clean Politics Club," reads the stickers which are being prepared for sticking on the wind shields of automobiles of such voters in the county who are In accord with Mr. Winslow's idea along this line. In addition, a pledge card has been prepared, which may be sjkned by all who desire to cooperate in this mat ter, and which reads as follows: "Pledge of Members of Perquimans County Clean Politics Club:" "The Undersigned will discourage in every way possible the following practices heretofore followed by can dates for political offices in Perqui mans County; the hiring of workers during the campaign, the hiring of automobiles on the day of the pri mary and or election and the use of money or other things of value to influence votes for or against any - candidate. "The undersigned does hereby pledge to oppose in every, way pos sible any candidate for political of fice in Perquimans County who en gages in such evil practices, or uses any unfair methods whatsoever, be lieving that a candidate should win on his merits rather than according to the amount of money he has to spend to win in a primary and or election.". Funeral Tuesday For Mrs. Chappell Mrs. Dixie Cofield Chappell, 31, the wife of Romas .Chappell, died at her home in the Chappell Hill Community on Monday after a brief illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were held from the home on Tuesday af with thfi Rev,. Miss Alma IIW( - - - - Howell officiating. Burial took place in the family ourying grouna. raii bearers were Ralph Perry,. Walter Dail, Tom Chappell, Beechy Chap pell, Archie Baccus and Horton Cope land, r ,: Mrs. Chappell was a native of Per quimans, a daughter of the late K. B. and Mrs. Mary Cofield, of Hert ford." .Surviving are her ' husband, Romas Chappell, her ' mother, Mrs. Mary CU Chappell, three small daugh ters,, Daisy,- Mary - Lee . and Lillian Cofield, W son," Elvin; ?, ,two sisters, Misses Helen and Fannie Mae Cofield, of ' Hertford, four" brothers,' Wallace and Clarence Cofield, of Hertford, Dallas, Cofield, of Norfolk, -Va., and Milton Cofield, of Mississippi. js- , Canning School At : " Community House A canning school, -to instruct" in methods of canning fruits and vege tables, will be conducted at the Com munity House in Hertford on Satur day afternoon at 2 o'clock, v accord-: ing to an announcement . by Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home "Demonstra tion Agent, who reports that a spec ialist from the State Department will be present to conduct t.e school. All members of ho:r.e demonstra tion chits t re v-ii to Is on this oc: A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Hertford, 10-Gallon Straw There have been straw hats and straw hats but it took the Texas Cen tennial Exposition, $25,000,000 World's ran opening in Dallas. June 6 to nro- duce an authentic 10-gallon straw enapeau. Lucy Ann Snell demonstrates the hat, made at Laredo. Texas, of Texas straw. WOMAN'S CLUB INTERESTED IN JUNIOR GROUP Idea of New Organization Will Be Discussed at Meeting Held Thursday Afternoon The organization of a junior wom an's club is one of the objectives of the executives of the Hertford Wom an's Club. There are so many young women in Hertford who have never been members of the club, and who, it is believed, might be greatly interested in woman's club work car ried on in an organization made up of young people. The matter will be brought up at the meeting of the Woman's Club on Thursday after noon of next week for discussion. This meeting will be one of general interest, and the program will be the annual contribution of the Literary Department in the way of programs, with members of the Book Club tak ing part. Mrs. F. T. Johnson, the president, is urging every member to be pres ent. Visitors also will be cordially welcomed' Hertford Group In Greensboro To Be In Music Contest Hertford winners in the District High School Music Contest held some weeks ago in Elizabeth City, journey ed to Greensboro on Thursday of this week to take part in the State Con test being held there through Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. 'In addi tion to Maude Keaton, vocal soloist, and Anne Tunis Felton, piano soloist, who won first place in the contest at Elizabeth City, " Miss Kate Blanch- ard's Glee Club, including the follow ing also went to Greensboro: Anna Penelope Tucker, . Blanche Moore Berry, Julia, Broughton) Margaret Broughton, Nancy Coke Darden, Florence ; Darden, Marjorie Buck, Mary Thad Chappell, Jeannette Per ry, Nita Newbold. Mary Feild, Eu genia Gregory,' ' Elizabeth Caddy, Celia Blanche Dail, Ellie Mae White, Alice RogersonDprothy Strange and Ona Mary -Stephens. ' - - ; The chaperones include Miss Kate M. Blanchard, Mrs. T. 'W. Perry, Mrs. D. Mr Jackson and Mrs. D. S. Darden This is the 17th annual State High School Music Contest, and informa tion from the : Woman's , College, where the affair i held, Is to the ef fect that enrollment surpasses all previous registrations , ' The highlight' of the ' three-day contest will be the concert by the Festival Chorus v on Friday, night This chorus of 500 voices , ; will be made up of choral groups from all high schools of the State and will be under the direction of the Westmin ister Choir School, Princeton,, N. J. Return's From' Hospital '" MrsfM.'S. Elliott, returned last week from the Protestant Hospital in Norfolk, Va., where she has been a rV"nt for several weeks. Mrs. riU's conJ ij nuJi improved. 9- Mm mnamtm Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April .For Week's Clean-Up Campaign MANY Amateurs PARTICIPATE IN UNIQUE PROGRAM Two Weston Children Win First Prize Of $10 TWO GET GONG A. W. Hefren and Her bert Nixon Imitate Radio Stars Evelyn and Nora Weston, two small children of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Weston, who live in the Har vey's Neck community, won the ten- dollar cash prize on Amateur fright, when the heaviest applause was given the two children after the little girl had sung a song to an accompani ment played on the mandolin by her brother. The two children had also previously taken part in a number which included several others. It was a good program, indicating that here in Perquimans we have some very fine talent for entertain ing, and there was a good crowd on hand to witness the performance. which included a great deal of sing' ing and dancing. The judges, selected, first, the five who received the heaviest applause at the time of their performance, and when these were called to the stage and each was given a turn at ap plause from the audience, the winner was selected from the heaviest hand. The five chosen to appear in this last try-out were Katherine Jessup, Hillary Winslow, Jr., Shirley Perry, a team known as the White sisters, composed of Pauline, Eunice and Eula White, and the two Weston children, who won the prize. Others who gave very fine per formances were Jack Anderson, Peggy Felton, Addie Ruth Morgan, Katherine Anne Holmes, Ruth Tuck er, Jean Newbold, Betty Winslow, Mrs. Riddick's Kindergarten, Ruth Davenport, Margaret Divers, George Feilds, Penelope Whedbee, Margaret Chappell, Anne Tullis Felton, Nita Newbold, Mrs. Howard Pitt, Hazel Maddrey, Zack White, Mary Wood Koonce, James Divers, Linford Pierce Norman Riddick, William Weston, Blakemore Weston, Ennis Phillips, and Vasti White. A. W. Hefren as Major Bowes and Herbert Nixon as Graham McNamee were good, and one of the most amusing features was the burlesque piano duet by Misses Mary Helene Newby and Helene Nixon, who were given the gong. Attacked By Own Dog During Vaccination Attacked by his own dog, C- O. White, prominent farmer who lives near Hertford, was badly injured on Tuesday. Mr. White was assisting A. A. Nobles, Rabies Inspector, to inocu late the dog, which was said to be very vicious, when it broke loose from the men and attacked Mr. White, inflicting two severe gashes in his left shoulder and very serious ly biting his right hand. On Thurs day Mr. White was suffering intense pain from the injured, hand, which he described as being badly chewed. The dog was killed and its head sent to Raleigh for examination. EGGS COME HIGH! The. white len kept flying up the tree. On more than . one occasion she had 'been seen to- take to the tall tree in the yard of the home of her owner, . Mrs. R. ' B. Jordan, in Bagleys Swamp. But- White . Leg horns are rather prone to fly 'high. They seem, to be more nearly jrelated to, the-birds of the air than are other varieties of chickens in this respect '" And so when the , hen flew up on her perch ,in i the- tree, and ) swung herself to and fro, while It was, some what noticeable," since chickens ' do not, as a rule, frequent, tree tops, it wasn't particularly strange. That is, it wasn't .strange when the hen did it one time. The White ." Leghorns of ten flew over the tall fence. They always liked a high : perch. . , How ever this flying up the tree got to be a habit, apparently, for the white hen. Mrs. Jordan . began , to take notice that she . stayed up there a little longer, too, than ah " had at first. . ' . ' . ' FOUND GUILTY OF DRUNKEN DRIVING Sentenced to 30 Days In Jail and Fined Fifty Dollars TAKESAPPEAL Number of Other De fendants Face Judge Oakey Tuesday Paul Stallings was found guilty of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor by Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., on Tuesday and a sentence imposed which included thirty days in jail and a fine of fifty dollars. Recommendation was also made that the defendant's driver's license be suspended for a period of twelve months. Mr. Stallings, through his attorney, James S. Mc Nider, appealed to the Superior Court and appeal bond was fixed in the amount of two hundred dollars, whereupon, it was ordered that driv er's license be suspended during the period when the appeal is pending and until the case is disposed of Trial of the case consumed several hours, with Mr. Stallings' counsel making a strong fight for acquittal, though no testimony was put on by the defense to contradict the testi mony of a number of witnesses that Mr. Stallings drove his truck on the evening of April 3rd, while under the influence of liquor. Witnesses for the State included C. E. Walker, M G. Owens, Ben Robinson, Mark Hathaway and Fordie Feild. In r$ply to Attorney McNider's plea that the defendant not be de prived of the privilege of driving his truck, .because of the fact that it is necessary for him to drive in pur suance of his daily occupation, Judge Oakey stated that, it was dangerous for him to be driving cars on the highway while under the influence of liquor. "They are trying to make life safer on the highways," he said. "It may work a hardship on a few, but it will save the lives of many. The revocation of the driver's license is the real teeth in this law. A man doesn't mind so much paying a fine of fifty dollars, but he does hate to be deprived of the privilege of driv ing his car, and, after all, that's what he kills folks with on the high way." In the case of Hudson Butler, charged with having in his place of business an illegal slot machine, which case had been continued for several weeks in an effort to have in cluded in the warrant the owner of the machine, who lives outside the State, a fine of twenty-five dollars was imposed and the slot machine and its contents were confiscated. Credits were allowed Mr. Butler of the value of the machine, the con tents, and the amount of license paid. Julian Powell, who plead guilty to the charge of reckless driving, was dismissed upon payment of the court costs, his driver's license being sus pended for a period of thirty days. Gilbert Sutton, Link Jackson and Earl Spence, all colored, tried for the larceny of soya beans. Sutton was found guilty and given 60 days in jail, sentence to be suspended up on payment o fa fifteen dollar fine. Jackson was found guilty and given (Continued on Page Five) "And so Mrs. Jordan decided to make a little investigation of the matter. One day, when the hen had been up in the tree for some time, and after she had flown down with a glad cackle, Mrs. Jordan had a boy climb up fa. the tree to take a look, and lo and behold! There was a hollow in a limb of that tree, a nice, convenient hollow some twenty feet or more from the ground. It was a dandy nest, quite as good as those in the hen house and apparently much more desirable from the hen's point of view. - Madam Hen had been laying eggs up there in that hollow, planning, no doubt, to sit on them after she had accumulated enough to make a proper family, and hatch her brood up there in the tree top like the birds. There were eight eggs in the nest. , , - , ' Maybe the little chicks might have learned to 'fly . from such a nice, high nest - , - . . ""1 TT1 ECLY" 4 -JIJLJI 24, 1936. Residents Help Clean Canadian 'exas Centennial Exposition official originally intended to have 48 Ran gerettea on hostess duty when the $25,000,000 World's Fair opens in Dal las June 6. When they found one of those selected came from Washington, D. C, they Included Mexico to make an even 50. Now, not to overlook Can ada, they have appointed Grace Louise Bailey, daughter of a Dallas publisher and born in Ojibwa, Ontario, near Windsor, making a total of 5L JOINT PROGRAM BY MUSIC CLUBS HERE ON MAY 8 District's Contribution to National Music veek; Visiting Clubs Take Part An event of importance in music circles will be held in Hertford on May 8, when the music clubs of the Eastern District of the North Caro lina Federation of Music Clubs will give a joint program. The affair will be held in the auditorium of the Grammar School, at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the public is invited to be present. This will be the District's contri bution to National Music Week, which is observed that week, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. R. M. Riddick, of Hertford, Junior Counsellor. The clubs taking part will include Robersonville, Windsor, Edenton, Conway, Manteo, Elizabeth City Symphony Orchestra, Perquimans High Glee Club, Hertford Grammar School Glee Club and the Chaminade Club of Hertford. Mother Capt. Stephens Dies Very Suddenly Mrs. A. B., Stephens, the mother of Capt. C. G. Stephens, of Hertford, died suddenly at her home in Suf folk, Va., on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Stephens' death occurred while her son, Capt. Stephens, was spend ing the day at, his mother's home. She was ill for only a few minutes with a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the home on Saturday afternoon, and burial took place in the family plot in the Suffolk Cemetery. Mrs. Stehpens, who was 71 years of age, is survived . by her husband, A. B. Stephens, of Suffolk, one son, Capt. C. G. Stephens, of Hertford, a daughter, Mrs. Maude Hines, of Suf folk, and one sister, Mrs. Simeon Hyde, of Charleston, S. C. Four grandchildren, . Elizabeth, Creighton, Ona Mary and Lila Budd Stephens, also survive, x $1.25 Per Year Urged To Up Town Some Merchants Have Already Improved Stores CLEANLOTS Particular Attention Is Called to Property Back of Stores Everybody is called upon to coop erate in the Clean Up Campaign in Hertford next week. The slogan, "Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up," which got its start from the enterprising merchants who first began to im prove their places of business, mak ing the down town section look made over and ready for spring, is expected to spread until the whole town is cleaned up, from one end to the other, without a back yard left unimproved or an alley not clean The merchants of Hertford, who did not wait for Clean Up Week, but who have already done a thorough job of spring cleaning and set their own houses in order, are offering t the householder every inducement to cooperate in the campaign, by givinjr unusual bargains in everything to aid in cleaning and improving. In this week's issue of The Perquimans Weekly will be found bargains in every kind of cleaning aid- Paints also are offered at bargain prices, and the boosters of this campaign are anxious that every one who can take advantage of these bargains and take this opportunity to paint up and improve their premises. Those owning vacant lots on which trash or debris of any kind has ac cumulated are asked to clean such premises and make them less un sightly. Attention has been called particu larly to the property in the imme diate rear of the stores on the west side of Church Street. Weeds are already flourishing on this lot, mixed with which is an unsightly lot of waste paper and boxes. Certain property owners whose property a joins this lot have frequently com plained of the neglected appearance of this property. Such spots as this should be looked after by the owners. The National Clean Up Week has as objectives the safeguarding of health and safety; the promotion of employment and thrift; the further ance of fire prevention, the promotion ot better housing, the stimulating of civic pride and making the home city neautiful Physicians' Offices Will Soon Be Built Building operations on the new office building to be occupied by Dr. C. A. Davenport and Dr. T. P. Brinn will be commenced as early as possi ble after the sale of the frame build ing formerly occupied by the late Dr. G. E. Newby. The building is adver tised in this week's issue of this newspaper for sale at public auction on May 8. A brick building will be construct ed on this site to be used as offices for the two physicians. Small Percentage Have Listed Taxes Penalties will be enforced this year for failure to list property for taxation in Perquimans. Edgar Feilds, who is the list taker for Hertford Township, reports that only a small percent of the property own ers have listed their property. This rjatice is a reminder that only a short time remains for listing prop erty for taxation. ' After Saturday, May 1, the pen alty will be in force, the minimum of which is two dollars. Engagement Former Resident Announced The following announcement which appeared in a recent issue of the Lynchburg, Virginia, News, will be of interest in Hertford: "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Munford Biggs announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor Rudisill, to William Lloyd Hofler, of Richmond, formerly of Hertford, N. C. The wedding will take place in June, af ter Miss Biggs completes her stu dies at William and Mary College." Mr. Hofler, who is well known in Hertford, and who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hofler, holds an ira portant position in the postoflTce in Richmond, Va, - I 4 !
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