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WEEKLY
Mr,
aitarl JfentmHeads
County Gllib Woiiien
, Officers Elected at Fed
eration Meeting Held
t Thursday
ALL DAYAFFAIR
Flower Snow Held In
Connection With
Meeting
Mrs. Earl M. Perry, of New Hope.
was elected president of the Perqui
mans County Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs at a meeting
held at the Community House in
Hertford on Thursday. Mrs. Mary
n .Winslow, of Whiteston, was elected
vice-presyent; Mrs. John Symons, of
IDhapanoke, secretary; Mrs. J. Van
Roach, of Winf all, assistant secre-
itary; Mrs. Singleton Lane, of Balla
hack treasurer; and Mrs. Charles E.
white, of Bethel, publicity chairman.
The meeting, which was an all-
day affair, climaxed by a flower
show in the afternoon, was attended
by iftien from all over the county,
representing the vanous home dem
onstration clubs, as well as by many
Hertford women.
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, the retiring
president, presided, and Rev. D. S.
Dempsey, pastor of. the Hertford
Baptist Church, pronounced the in
vocation, after which. Mrs.. F. T.
Johnson, president oft the - Hertford
Woman's Club, made the address, of
welcome, which was very graciously
responded to by Mrs. John Symons,
of jChapanoke.
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
was sung by L. W. Anderson, who
was a special guest on the program.
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, .State
Agent and. Assistant Director of
Home Demonstration Work, of Ra
leigh, . was the speaker :, of the day,
and her Me8Biae"wn1cliasspec
cially on the subject of housekeeping
and homemaldrig, and what women
learn in club work, emphasized par
ticularly the importance of coopera
tion between the husband and the
wife in making he home.
A delicious luncheon, served cafe
teria style, followed the morning
session, and in the afternoon the
I flowers were judged.
The interior of the Community
House was transformed by the fine
showing of choice and beautiful
spring flowers, arranged with artis
tic care, "..v;-;.".,.-'
One particularly exquisite bit of
$eauty was the miniature rock gar
s den arranged on a card table, the
contribution of Mrs. C. F. Sumner,
Jr. The lovely garden was complete
with a rustic bench, birth bath, sun
dial, flagstone walk, sunken pool and
pergola with twining vines and flow
ers arranged in realiaitic manner.
Those who received prize ribbons
were Miss Mae Wood Winslow, Miss
Clara White, Miss Lacy White, Mrs.
V. A. Holdren, ; Mrs. John t Symons,
Mrs. A. E. ; Layden, ; Mrs. ... Lindsey
Winslow, Mrs, Julian Chappell; Mrs.
Bertha Smith White, Mrs. D. M.
Sharpe, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. F.
T. Johnson, Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs.
B. T. Wood, Mrs. Dick Payne, Mrs.
R. W. Smith, Mrs. Thomas Nixon,
Mrs- T. B. Sumner, Mrs. J. W. Chap
pell, Miss Emma L. White and Mrs.
Lucy Elliott
Local Riflemen Win
Honors In Two Meets
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The Hertford Rifle Club... .was; re'
presented by a four-man team com
posed of Walter H. Oakey, Jr., M. G.
Owens, , Jesse . Parker Perry and
Gene Perry,-in"- a match - with -! the
Norfolk Rifle Club , at Norfolk - on
th' 17th, The team was ; victorious
, by a margin of 55 points out of a
"possible 1600. A return match with
' the ' Norfolk team, at Hertford, Twill'
be arranged in the neat future,
This same team went to the State
wide match held at Kanapolia last
week. At this time Mr. Oakey and
Mr. Owens, as a two-man team, won
first place in a mty-meter matcn. -
.. The four-man team' won . fourth
place to. a four-man mtch,;?$iiiH
Mr. Owens won second place in a
100-yard any sight match, and Mr.
Oakey won second place in the: Dewar
Iron sight mMh.y,yij SHi
1 Rifle clubs from all over the State
were present at this mect,: and repre
sentatives from several of the, Vifc
ginia and South Carolina clubs.
The young men of the town . who
are interested in shooting; are " get
ting a great deal of T' -sure out of
.the sport of rifle i iat the
regular wc.'Jy xxt-Ji '. l&i&X?
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Died Thursday
iMMir..iitii,.il-i.
C. V. WILLIFORD
Veteran Hertford hotel pro
prietor, who died early Thursday
morning, following a lingering
illness.
23 MORE FAVOR
CLEAN POLITICS
Voters Continue - to Sign Up As
Opposing AH Unfair Methods
Practiced During Election
More names are added to the list
of those who have signed the pledge
of the Perquimans County Clean Pol
itics Club. H. G. Winslow. who is
responsible for the movement, re
ports the following additional names:
Johnnie Baker, M. L. Goodwin. C
M. Harrell, Wilma Jolliff, J R, Jol
MflT 1. X Lassiter. R. L. Xayden,
W. G. Newbj Mrs. Thomas Nixon,
Mrs. W. H. Oakey, Jr., E. M. Perry,
J. V. Rountree, A. F. Stallings, A.
Linwood Skinner, C. B. White, H.
L. Williams, Mary E. Williford,
Joseph L Winslow, Lloyd E. Wins
low, J. DeWitt Winslow, G. B, Wins
low, C. M. Winslow, Branning T.
Winslow.
Mr. Winslow is very anxious to
have any one who will sign the
pledge cards, which agrees to dis
courage the hiring of workers during
the campaign and the hiring of cars
for carrying voters to the polls, and
the use of money or other things of
value in the campaign, and which
agrees to oppose any candidate who
follows these practices.
Mr. Winslow says that he ob
viously cannot see all of the voters,
as he does not have the time to look
the people up or to make a special
canvass, but that he will be' glad to
serve any one who wishes to sign
ope of the cards and who will get in
touch with him.
Hertford Rifle Club
To Continue Dances
The series of dances given at the
Community House in Hertford by the
Hertford Rifle: Club will continue as
long as the '' attendance indicates
that the people are m favor of their
continuance, according to a member
of the, club who is interested in the
fact that the' young people of the
town are being given an opportunity
to dance and enjoy themselves in a
wholesome way close at home.
Until the Rifle' Club began giving
these dances the young - people of
Hertford who wished to dance had to
go to some other town for the pleas
ure, except when they : took part in
an occasional street dance.' ; '
The young people who have been
attending the dances are' orderly and
well behaved and everybody has been
having a good time. :,i '
The Rifle Gub" members are-particularly
anxious; to have the dances
wntinue;to, b!,,,as popular as,hpBe
which have been held ih he past;
Not only do?" the young men,' f t the
RifUClub enjoy; the; dance, 'utvthe
small Aujtf?ralizid.''fv profi n tjtha
venture enables, them to . hare suffi
cient finances in" the treasury to en
able the Club to; be" represented to
various rifle matches ' held frbm time
The next dance occurs,: n Monday
night;fexi;yeek.'c;r
JACK ERINN INJURES FINGERS
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:t Jack : Brinn! .'was Ver painfully nurt
last Thursday, when the blae of an
electrios"y ddven j'ne -v it ch" he
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C.V.
WILLIFORD
DIES AT
HOME CI VR
I WPAYDIMNG SUMMER
Veteran Hotel Man a
Resident of Hertford
40 Years
ILL TWOYEARS
Funeral Services Will
Be Held On Friday
Afternoon
Charles V. Williford, veteran hotel
keeper wt Hertford, died at the Hotel
Hertford, of which he was proprietor,
on Thursday morning after a long
illness.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at the graveside
m Cedarwood Cemetery.
Mr. Williford, who was a native
of Bertie County, had lived in Hert
ford for the past forty years, and
had been engaged in the hotel busi
ness here for the greater part of
that period.
He was a member of the Hertford
Baptist Church and the Perquimans
Lodge of Masons, and until his ill
ness was a member of the Hertford
Rotary Club.
Having been in ill health for the
past two years, Mr. Williford had
been confined to his bed most of the
time since Christmas. His condition
became vent grave several days ago
and the end came quietly at 8 o'clock
on Thursday morning.
Surviving are hiswife, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Williford; five children,
H. R. Williford, of New York City;
James G. Williford, of Seattle,
Wash.; Mrs. J. H. Bagley,- of Suf
folk, Va.; Mrs. J. G. Campbell and
Charles M. Williford, of Hertford.
Two sisters, Mrs. Ella Odom, of
Aulander, and Mrs. Jce Brickell, of
Ahoskie, and one brother, R. C,
Williford, of Ahoskie, also survive.
Four Cases Before
Recorder Tuesday
There were four cases tried in Re
corder's Court on Tuesday, all in
volving minor offenses, and a hear
ing for probable cause. Three Ne
groes, Clinton Stepney, Tom Spruill
and Llewellyn Spruill, were given a
hearing on the charge of breaking
and entering, but no probable cause
was found.
George Bembry, colored, charged
with assault upon a female, was
found guilty and given a road sen
tence of 60 days, to be suspended
upon good behavior for a year and
the payment of the court costs.
Enoch Brickhouse, colored, plead
guilty to the charge of assault upon
a female, and the case was dismissed
upon payment of the costs.
William Boyce, charged with being
drunk on the streets and with trans
porting liquor, was found not guilty
of the latter charger but guilty of
being drunk and was fined two dol
lars.
The case against William Divers
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CDargeu wun speeding, was aiqnvsye
upon payment of the court costs.
Fifty-five 0
Graduati
Carolyn and Frances Lamb wJH be
valedictorian and saluditoriaQ, re
spectively, of the graduating i&lgss
of the Perquimans High "Sc1T661 this
year. - " . V -:, JJ
The girls are sisters, daughterJff
Mr. and Mrs. Wood Lamb. "
The senior play'Me, Him andjr
was given on Thursday, of this weekT
arid, the closing exercises will ..begin
on Sunday, May 81, when Rev. D. M.
Sharpef pastor of the Hertford Meth
odist Church, will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon in the. high' school
auditorium, at 8 P. M. ? ; : . f
. The Class Day ? exercises will be
held on the night of June 3, and the
graduation exercises on June 4, at
V The commencement, address will
be made byv: Dr.; Dg B Bryan of
fWlftJOOki ;'; -f
WThere ar fifty-five m-the gradu
ating class this jtMtyiSfr&V:;-': .
Mother Daughter i
2-r Banquet At Bethel
?;A"6ther-daughter;';b
given at the home ' of Mr. arid. Mrs.
R. R; Keaton, at Bethel, on Wednes
day night 1 by .the : Young Woman's
Auxiliary of ; the Bethel Baptist
Church.'
pi;
r Th ' house was i decorated; t as a
Japanese tea 'room, and a profusion
cf lovely spring flowers were tastfr-
f .'y arrr?d. ' . V. ':-i;.V:?-i"';;;
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nggass
MERCHANTS
WILL
hoi in AY
Stores Close Half Day
Thursday During Hot
Weather
STARTJUNE 4
Employes Welcome Ac
tion Taken By Their
Employers
The regular summer half-holiday
which the Hertford merchants give
their employees during the hot
weather will begin June 4, which is
the first Thursday in June. The hol
iday will continue through the
months of June, July and August.
The names of all of the business
houses in Hertford which agree to
close for the holiday during this
period will anear in next week's is
sue of this newspaper..
For a long period of years the
Hertford merchants have closed their
stores duringthe summer on Thurs
day afternoons. The country people
given notice that the stores close in
Hertford on Thursday afternoons
have acquired the habit of not com
ing to town to shop on Thursday af
ternoon. The employees of the stores and
offices which close look forward each
summer with pleasure to the weekly
half holiday and many of them say
that they return to work on Friday
morning feeling more fit to do a
better job during the week-end for
the little vacation.
A great many families take ad
vantage of the half holiday to go on
picnics and swimming parties at the
various beaches. Some enjoy the
time by pottering about the houses
and yards of their homes, and some
merely take a rest. Everybody looks
fSrwawf wftn pieasuiPe to Thursday
afternoon during the summer.
Electrification Be
Discussed Tuesday
By County Folks
Next Tuesday, May 26, is the day
set for a meeting of Perquimans
County folks who are interested in
rural electrification, when a repre
sentative from the Extension Depart
ment of State College, Raleigh, will
be present to go into the matter with
a view of giving information on what
constitutes adequate wiring for the
farm home, and other valuable in
formation.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Dem
onstration Agent for Perquimans,
was notified this week by D- E.
Jones, Assistant Rural Electrifica
tion Specialist of State College, that
it was important that the meeting
be held as early as possible, and
Tuesday of next week has been set
as the time for the meeting, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, at the
Court Houj
will be a demonstration
owing the importance of safe wir
ing and why it is economical to in
stall adequate wiring from the begin
ning. There will also be discussions
on the use of electricity for house
hold appliances and farm equipment,
such as refrigerators, stoves, irons,
water pumps, brooders and feed
grinders, with guides to the selection
and buying of electrical equipment.
The purpose is to inform the rural
people, who may shortly have an op
portunity to install electricity in
their homes, as to what they want in
the wiring of their homes and bams,
and to enable them to know also
when the contractor is giving them
the proper job.
That at least two rural communi
ties in Perquimans, Chapanoke and
Belvidere, will shortly have the
benefit of electrification is probable.
Cooking School At
Community House
A cooking school will be conducted
at the Community House by , Miss
Sallie Brooks, Assistant Nutritionist
at State College, Raleigh, according
to an announcement made this week
by Miss;' Gladys Hamrick, Home
Demonstration Agent .of Perquimans.
Miss Brooks, who has previously
conducted demonatraUons-of cooking
here, will fhstruct at thiaHime in the
preparation and cooking of various
kinds of vegetables.
l Mi8s Hamrick has requested " par
ticularly that each Food Leader of
the ! various Home' Demonstration
Chios- in the County be present . on
this occasion, and as many other in
tereit:! women who will, '
The-class win begin at 9 o'clock in
t1 9 morning. ,.. . . -: . : :
Chairman Hollo well
Explains Voting Law
Only One More Day
Remains To Register
Only one more day remains,
Saturday, May 23, for the regis
tration of those who wish to vote
in the Democratic Primaries on
June 6, The books will be open
on the last Saturday before the
primaries for challenges, however.
WOUNDS BY DOG
PROVING SERIOUS
C. O. White Experiencing Much Pain
After Attack By Dog More
Than Month Ago
Bitten by a dog more than a
month ago, the injury received by C.
0. White, Perquimans County farm
er, is proving to be very serious.
The dog, owned by Mr. White, a
mongrel, half bull and half German
police, was said to be a very vicious
animal. He attacked Mr. White
when he broke from his owner's hold
as A. A. Nobles, Perquimans County
Rabies Inspector, was attempting to
administer vaccine for the prevention
of rabies on April 21. Mr. White's
right hand was severely lacerated
and he was wounded less seriously in
the left shoulder by the dog's teeth.
The dog was not affected with ra
bies, according to the report from
the State Board of Health, but the
hand is in a very serious condition
still and Mr. White is suffering
much pain.
More than two thousand dogs were
treated in Perquimans for the pre
vention of rabies last spring, in ac
cordance with an act of the last
General Assembly of North Carolina
providing that all dogs must be vac
cinated every year. The campaign
for vaccinating dogs began the first
of April this year and it is expected
that the number to receive treatment
will run higher than that of last
year. -
Delegates Selected
For State Convention
The following delegates to the
Democratic State Convention to be
held at Raleigh on June 12 were
elected at the County Convention
held at the Courthouse in Hertford
on Saturday: J. T. Benton, W. L.
Wood, S. a Banks, E. S. White, G.
W. Nowell, R. M. Baker, J. M. Cope-
land, S. P. Mathews, J. M. Fleet
wood, S. M. Long, W. F. Morgan, J.
L. Delaney, Charles Whedbee, J. W.
Ward, H. G. Winslow, C. R. Holmes,
W. F. C Edwards, B. C. Berry, Louis
Nachman, S. M. Whedbee, W. H.
Oakey, Jr., C. E. Johnson, Mrs. B. G
Koonce, Mrs. P. H. Small, and Tom
Eason.
On motion it was ordered that any
Democrat in good standing in Per
quimans County who attended the
convention in Raleigh be a duly ac
credited delegate to the convention.
S. M. Whedbee, Democratic County
Chairman, presided at the convention.
Secretary J. E. Morris read a tele
gram from Congressman Lindsey
Warren in which Mr. Warren asked
the chairman to thank the Demorcats
of Perquimans for the loyal support
they have always accorded him and
asking their continued support.
Camp Perquimans
Opens On June 21
Camp Perquimans, the recreational
camp for girls and boys operated by
Mrs. Herman Winslow, of Hertford,
will open its fourth season on June
21st.
The camp, located in the Old Neck
section of Perquimans, on a most
delightful spot on the river shore,
was enlarged last summer. Rather,
new quarters were built. The camp
had formerly been operated in a ten
ant house on the Winslow farm near
the present location. Mrs. Winslow
is expecting a full season this sum
mer. A number of children from
Hertford and other places have been
attending the camp, with the num
ber increasing each year.
Tonsil Clinic Be Held
During Month June
Dr. L A. Ward, of Hertford, will
conduct a tonsil clinic at his office
in Hertford on Tuesdays and Thurs
days during the month of June, ac
cording to an announcement made
this week.
Dr. Ward, who recently came back
to Perquimans . after an absence of
some years, formerly practiced as an
eye, ear, nose and throat specialist
in Elizabeth City. i
Must Vote Party Affili
ation In Primary
Contest
GIVESRULES
Only One More Day Re
mains In Which to
Register
Some very timely information is
given out by L. N. Hollowell, Chair
man of Perquimans County Board of
Elections, with respect to who is
and who is not entitled to vote in the
primaries.
With onlv onp rnorp ilsv remain
ing for the registration books to be
ODen. Mr. Hollowpll fppls tw ;t ;
well for every one who is not famil
iar wixn me rules lor voting in pri
maries to learn that in order to vote
in a Demorcatic primary it is neces
sary that the voter shall have regis
tered as a democrat or that he has
been previously voting as a Demo
crat.
The following statement, written
by Raymond C. Maxwell, Executive
Secretary of the State Board of
Elections, relative to this matter,
will be of interest:
"Since the registration books
will close on Saturday, May 23, I
desire to call to your attention in
that connection a recent opinion
which was given me by the Attorney
General of this State in regard to
the question of how and when a per
son may change his party affiliation
for the primary election. I had so
many inquiries along that line that
I requested a ruling from the Attor
ney General with respect to same. I
quote, herewith, from the ruling of
the Attorney General on that sub
ject:" "You inquire of me whether or
not a voter who has been duly reg
istered and has declared his party
Affiliation upon . such registration,
may, subsequent to the closing of the
registration books, and upon the day
of voting, change his party affilia
tion so as to render him eligible to
cast his vote in the primary held for
another party, with which he has
not theretofore affiliated and con
trary to his declaration at the time
of registration.
"In my opinion he cannot.
"I understand from your letter
that you are still receiving inquiries
as to whether an Independent, who
has not declared his affiliation with
either party, may participate in the
primary of the Demorcatic or Re
publican Parties. The answer is
no. The primary law is intended to
protect the rights of members of
the parties to which it applies and
to restrict the voting in the primary
to such members. Those who are
not mmebers of the party, that is to
say, are not affiliated therewith,
have no right under the law to par
ticipate in either primary."
"This ruling is very 'important, for
the reason that the Attorney General
now holds, according to that opinion,
that after the registration books
close for a primary election, a per
son does not have the right to
change his party affiliation and vote
the ticket of a political party with
which he has not already expressed
his party affiiliation as shown on the
registration books. Thus, a person
registered as a Republican on the
registration books cannot vote in the
Democratic primary, and likewise a
person registered as a Democrat can
not vote a Republican ticket on pri
mary election day. A person regis
tered as an Independnet is not en
titled to vote in the primary election
at all.
Two Hertford Girls
Graduates June 1
Miss Mary Onelia Relfe, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Relfe, and
Miss Joyce Stokes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Stokes, will be among
the graduates at Greensboro College
to receive diplomas June 1.
Dr. John T. Tigert, president of
the University of Florida, Gaines
ville, Fla., will deliver the annual
commencement address on Monday,
June 1, at 10:30 o'clock A. M. Dr.
W. A. Smart, of Emory University,
Georgia, will preach the baccalau
reate sermon on Sunday, May SI, and
also the .Y. W. C'A. sermon on Sun
day night.
Miss Elisabeth Stephens, who has
been teaching at Harkers Island, has
returned to Hertford to spend the
summer vacation .with her parents, .
Capt C G. Ctephens and Mrs. Stepk-
ens,