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LOOK OUT FOR DUST STORMS! 1 tract of land:' V r ;. Located in ' ' Belvidere Township, Perquimans County, N. C, and bounded and described as follows: ' Six '' and one-half acres of Smith and T on the east by the lands of Abe Stallings", and ibetagr "known aa the RosetU,, Smith Old Home Place., iy,tf'4 t L" This deed of trust - also includes any timber flnthe above lands. f , , Dated and posted this the 9th. day of May, A96.. . ' . - 4 ' S- ft i lland on the jsoutb . side. of Nicanor pki'-p road about 400 yards from said road and bounded on the north, by. the ' W. M. HOLLOWELL, Trustee. Will Stallings, on the west by W. E, Mayl5,22,29Jnne6 t ''is JiTm mwm3rz 1 m THE PERQUIMANS r WEEKLY . Published' every Friday at The Perquimans Weekly effice in the Gregory Building, -Church Street, Hertford, N. C. . MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor Day Phone v. ; ..88 Night Phone 100-J ( ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.25 Six Month 76c " "Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at Hertford, North Carolina, under the Hct of March 8, 1879, Advertising rates furnished by request hi FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1936. THIS WEEK'S BIBLE THOUGHT LAZY CHRISTIANS: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 8:15-16. RACING WITH DEATH A joint coroner's inquest and per haps something more will be neces sary to establish all the facts in Sat urday . night's tragedy on the Chowan River bridge, at the juncture of Chowan and Bertie counties in North Carolina, with its loss of four young lives. But pending such offi cial investigations the background the, tragedy, if it has been correctly reported, carries its own condemna tion of that combination of youth and speed and recklessness which are the frequent, if not always the sure, precursors of destruction and death. As the story is told now, four youngsters between 17 and 24 years old were returning in an automobile to Edenton when they passed four other youngsters between 18 and 20 years old in a second automobile. The race followed. An eye-witness has something to say about that race. The two cars went by him, he has reported, at a speed of about 50 miles an hour, their occupants laughing and shouting at each other as they raced along. The remainder is worse. For when the driver of the first car saw the open draw and slowed down, the second car crashed into the first, and both crashed through "the frail one- bar wooden . protecting gate," and fell into the river. Two lives were saved, when two youngsters jumped on the bridge, and two more when the youngsters fought their way out of the sunken cars, and were rescued. But that was mere good fortune Four lives were lost. The facts tell their own tale, and furnish their own moral. Four weeks ago, when a car collided with a truck near Wise, N. C, and six persons were killed, the evidence showed that the car driver was on the wrong side of the road. "The moment an automobile takes the wrong side of the road," the Virginian-Pilot said then, "Death mounts the running board and re mains at the driver's elbow until he returns the car to the lane in which it belongs." The moment eight youngsters (the oldest of whom was 24) begin racing at night, "laughing and shouting at each other," Death mounts both running boards and re mains at two drivers' elbows until this madness ends. 'Another question may rise in this instance, concerning the protection set' up when A bridge span is open as it did in the tragedy on the Ap pomattox River last December. But aside from that question, the Chowan River ghastliness is one more chap ter in the long record of criminal recklessness. It will be a total loss if it is not recognized and branded as such. The Virginian-Pilot WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE ORPHANS Again the Oxford Orphanage Sing ing Class conies to town, giving their annual concert on Friday night Whether we happen to belong to the Masonic Lodge or not, let's con tinue to give our loyal support to these children. Their entertainment is always good, well worth the price of admission. But aside from that aspect, whether we particularly care for this land of, entertainment or not, all of ue wuo can should pur chase at least one ticket If we do not use it ourselves, somebody can always be found who will be glad to attend the Oxford Orphanage Sing ing Class entertainment Buy a ticket! .IBl --Yuri..' i -r ... 1 . V'' WW ra riv moments outside the shop, moving the carriage a few steps this way and that He likes children and al ways enjoys playing with the babies But sometimes he is, he says, a little absent-minded and doesn't always know whose baby is in the carriage. The other day he was thinking pretty deenlv about something, and was gently pushing a baby carriage this way and that, not noticing the baby Finally he became conscious that the folks passing along the street were casting rather amused glances his way. One would pass along and smile, and then another glanced in the carriage and looked away, smil ing. So, he said, he thought he had better look and see whose this baby was he was pushing. He got the shock of his life, he said, when he realized that it wasn't a baby carriage at all, but Mrs. Kate Crawford's Austin that he was push ing gently backward and forward, with Mrs. Crawford inside. That woebegone expression on the face of Postmaster J. E. Morns does not indicate, as one might suppose, that he has lost his last friend. Kttle Pat is spending her first week away from home and her fond par ents. You'll notice the change in her daddy's expression the minute Pat returns. . Winf all Oub Meets At Community House The Home Demonstration Club of Wfcnfall met Wednesday afternoon at the Community House with Misses Margaret Boyce and Frances Roger son as joint hostesses. The devo tional was led by the president, Mrs. D. P. Stallings. Mrs. David Trueblood gave an in teresting talk on the Value of Milk to the Body. Two new inemoers joined the Club, After the business session an in teresting program was rendered. The hostesses served delicious home-made candies to the following ladies: Mrs. Mollie Barber, Mrs. David Trueblood, Mrs. J. V. Roach, Mrs. Alton Moore, Mrs. E. N. Miller, Mrs. Effie Miller. -Mrs. Haywood Proctor, Mrs. Clyde Layden, Mrs. George Roach, Mrs. Joel Hollowell, Misses Gladys Hamrick, Elizabeth White,, Celesta Godwin, Margaret Boyce and Frances Rogerson. Legal Notices Missionary Society Meets With Mrs. Baker The Winfall-Cedar Grove Mission ary Society m,et at the home of Mrs. J. H. Baker on Monday night, with the president, Mrs. J. L. Nixon, pre siding. Mrs. J. W. Dimmette led the devotional exercises and gave a very nteresting talk on Leadership. Those taking part in the program were: Irs. Ellis Miller, Mrs. J. V. Roach, Mrs. J. L. DeLaney, Miss Mamie Stallings, Mrs. J. F. Hollowell, and Mrs. J. W. Ward. Mrs. Dimmette gave a very inter esting report of the conference meet ing which she recently attended. WINFALLNEWS HIT OR MISS By M. L. W. That Bill Jordan missed his call ing is the belief prevalent among those who know' him. He ought to have been on the stage, being what one might call a natural ' comedian. Still, and all, there is no doubt that many patrons are drawn to this bar ber shop by the wish to know what Bill is srobg to say next This is one of the latest he is said to have told. He says he often steps outside and pushes a baby carriage, I harrowing, according to Mr. .White's t !Jch some mother has left for few report of the occurrence. Misses Leah Whedbee and Jessie Mae Baker, Hertford, Route 3, spent Friday with Mrs. Joel Hollowell. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hollowell spent Sunday in Elizabeth City with Mrs. Hollowell's mother, Mrs. Vera Miller. Mrs. A. R. Winslow and Miss Lu- cile Long spent Saturday in Norfolk. Miss Alma Leggett spent Sunday in Washington, N. C, with her mother. Miss Lucille Long spent Sunday with her .parents near Bethel Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hollowell and ion, Joel, Jr., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Whedbee, . Hertford, Route 8. Carlton Whedbee spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Whedbee. . , Powell Dimmette spent the week end with his parents. W. G. Hollowell and Joel Hollowell were, in Norfolk, Va. on Monday, r Mrs. Annie Hollowell and daugh ters, Annie B. and Elizabeth, spent Sunday with Mrs. Franklin Hollo well. " ' v . Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Byrd, Jr., Loki Martin, of Durham; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Reilly; of Norfolk, Va., 'Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morgan, of Hertford, visit ed Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Morgan Sun day -i . . 1 " CAUGHT IN FOREST FIRE R. A. White of Hertford, foreman of logging operations in the Dismal Swamp, together with 20 other men, was caught in the woods in a-forest fire last week. ' It was necessary to fire a large arear in order to protect the spot where .the men were work ing and ' the expenence was pretty quimans Weekly, not later than the 10th day before the date so fixed. NOTE The foregoing order has been in troduced and a sworn statement has been filed under the Municipal Fi' nance Act showing the assessed val uation of the Town to be $1,037,738 and the net debt for other than school purposes, including the pro posed bond issue to be $163,800, A tax will be levied for the payment of the proposed bonds and interest, if the same shall be issued. Any citizen or tax payer may protest against the issuance of such bonds at a meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners to be held on Monday, June 8th, 1936 at 8 P. M, or an ad journed meeting thereof, at the regular place of meeting at the Town office. W. G. NEWBY, Clerk. Mayl5tf NOTICE At a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Hertford, North Carolina, convened at the Town Office, the regular place of meeting, at Eight P. M., Monday, May 11th, 1936, present and presiding H. G. Winslow, Mayor, and Commissioners A. W. Hefren, C. A. Davenport, and absent one. Commissioner A. W. Hefren intro duced the following order authoriz ing the issuance of Bonds of the Town of Hertford, and the same was read: v-, Order Authorizing $15,000 Bonds for Refunding Street Improvement Bonds of the Town' of .., Hertford, North Carolina: Be it resolved and prdered by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Hertford, North Carolina ' ' 1. That Bonds of , the Town of Hertford, North Carolina be issued pursuant to the Municipal Finance Act, as amended, in an amount not exceeding $15,000 for the purpose of refunding a like amountf of principal of valid subsisting indebtedness of the Town, which indebtedness was in curred prior to July 1, 1933 for street improvements in said Town and is evidenced by , the following 6 Street Improvement Bonds, dat ed January 1st, 1920, and maturing $3000 January 1st, 1935, $6000 Janu ary 1st, 1936 and $6000 Januar 1st. 1937 , ' 2. That a tax sufficient to pay the- principal and interest of the bonds when due shall be annually : levied and collected. -, 8. That a statement of the Town debt has been filed with the Clerk and is oped to inspection .' to the bublic. 4. That this order shall " take vtA feet from its passage and shalPnot be submitted to the voters. " ' The. Board thereupon designated W. G. Newby, Clerk, as ' the officer whose duty it should be to file the statement of debt and assessed, val uation required by . the Municipal Finance Act to be filed before the final passage of the Bond Order this day introduced. ,', x-'' 1 Thereupon W. G. Newby, , Clerk, filed 'inthe ,presenceOf the JBoard the .statement of debt 'and assessed valuation as required by the Munici pal Finance Act, ' , t ' Tlie . order ' authorizing $15,000 bonds was passed on its first read ing ' T; " Thereupon the Board - fixed June 8th, 1936, -at 8 P. M.,'as "the hour and date'' for public hearing as re quired by the Municipal Finance Act, and directed the Clerk to pu-sh the Bond Order which ' has been intro duced this day, . together with the appended note as required by the Municipal Finance. Act, in The Per- i ..NOTICE! ' By virtue of authority conferred upon the undersigned trustee by a certain deed of trust executed by Leroy Smith and wife, Priscilla Smith, dated April 11th, 1933, which deed of trust is recorded in Book No. 18. page 429, office of Register of Deeds, Perquimans County, North Carolina, default . having been made in the payment of note secured by said deed of trust, and at request of the holder of the . note, I will on Friday, June 12th, 1936, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Courthouse door in Hertford, N. C, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described j V 'a' SUNLIGHT; PURE , , CREAMERY , -DHT'TED . ,v '.A PEL MONTE: :.j ivt ' SLICED " ' ' .3 LARGE CANS if I LB. ROLL 1 .33c 50s 12 LB. BAG 12 LB. BAG ' LIGHT HOUSE TABLE Cleanser SALT 3 FOR 3 PEGS. FOR f! Phone 10 r MODERN GROCERY B. C. BERRY, Manager Hertford, N. C. LrufriloJrruIrujNiNiruim 3c Salle BEGINS SATURDAY ay Igfili And Lasts One Week A FEW OF OUR . MANY BARGAINS BobPins,-36 ....:.....3c Wave Net Cap 3c. ; , f ...V'-.fj-, '- ' . Combs, many kinds 3c Roll Top Garters ,.3c Rayon Lace, 24-in,..3c Needles,v2J)apers.-l-3c Knitting Yarn, 18y 3c Spool Silk Shoulder Strapping 3c GREGORY'S re :. ETCHTFCHD, N. c ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce my candidacy for re nomination to the office of Sheriff of Per-quimans-County, subject to the Democratic Primaries on June 6. Your vote and your support will be greatly appreciated. J. Emmett Window 4 Affentidn Voters ! SEND i C. R. HOLMES to ,. - The Legislature TO REPRESENT YOU. He sincerely, appreciates, your , vote and support in the Primary June 6. , ' (POLITICAL ADVERTISING ' To The Voters of Perquimans vl hereby announce myself as can didate for sheriff : v of ,: Perquimans County, BUDject to the Democratic . primary, and wish to state .with re spect to same that the present sheriff has held the offlcet for two terms and I think it " a good policy and specially a Democratic , policy to change officers within a reasonable time, and not allow any one person to hold the office for, an unreasonable time, and I believe . two terms are sufficient, and I am opposed to one family controlling any office or offices In the County, and I am further op posed to offering or - making any To wards or compensation in order to be elected to an office. - - . My policy- is to vote for an officer for two terms, and I believe if we would do that, we would have better officers and better government and less politics, i , , 'r I enter this race with no idea of approaching all the people with re spect to their support, but will con tent myself with announcement, and thanking the people for any support that they may choose to give me and ass'--! z them if I am nominated, I will Co my best to fill the office in such uAner as to justify your sup port, , v ; v i siiau not attempt to cei . any more polite than; I have in the past or than, I will be in the future, buty will try to be the same to all people at all times and no . nutm nolite than afterwards.' N ' , - This announcement will no doubt surprise many as I have had no idea -of being - candidate for sheriff until I saw my friend, JakeMiite, had for some reason refused orailed to make therace. j -' Xa It seems sto have become" the cusA amount oz money to spend to get his election,- that it is useless for him to . ; run for office in our County, especial ly was tms true on last election, but County are onnosed tn mwh anA hat4 they will at this election resent the V.. ... M . . . iaea oi any voter or candidate at tempting any such method, and I be- -lieve that thev will vntA fMr mm choice.; This is my policy and I am aniung yon jo vote Jot me in order that the office mivht nnf. K ViaM am- longer than two terms, . and I shall asK tor jt no longer than two terms. i no Tinr. itrrniou h rf .t. person or voter as tn hmtr la -i vote and trust that you will tT r your vote and support, for v " I -s pledge you, mv honest And i service and appreri'ation. ... ' " J.P. ELLIOTT.
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