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A' tWEEKDY, NBWSPABBRfDEVOTED ,TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTO Volume III. Number 22. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 29, 1936. $1.25 Per Year Young Man Killed On 54 Will Graduate At P.C.H.S. OnThursday Biggest Steer-3,100 Pounds of Beef rf Sltufxfey T"2 I 1 i. f,' i Kenneth Hines, Found Unconscious Near K Truck NO WITNESSES i . Passed Away Earjy Sun day Morning In Albe- marie Hospital Another highway fatality occurred in Perquimans on . Saturday night, when Kenneth Hines, 25, died within ' a few' hours after he was found un conscious on the Causeway, just out side of Hertford. -While no one witnessed the-accr dentrUs believed that the truck which tiie young man was driving left the concrete as the driver at ,,, tempted to round a curve, and that ;i me jar flung open the door ana threw the driver put. Picked up in an conconscious con ! dition at a short distance from the truck which had not been overturned, the ydung man was taken to the Al bemarle Hospital where he died early Sunday morning. Mj. Hines, who was a native of Whitakers, had been in the employ of the White-Lassiter Lumber Uom pany of Whitakers, for several vears. He had for some months liv ed in Hertford, where he worked for the Perquimans mill owned by the White-Lassiter Company. He was highly regarded among those who knew him. Funeral services were held at the home of his mother at Whitakers on Sunday afternoon. $491,264.13 SPENT IN FIRST ; DISTRICT; ON 137 WPA f PROJECTS District Headquarters Announces To- A .l a 197 Prointm Under wit or Completed In District One hundred thirty-seven Works Progress . Administration projects have been completed or are still un der construction in the First N. C. WPA District, eleven of which are temporarily closed, with a total allo- cation of $585,380.06, according to figures compiled at the office of E. S. ' Askew, Director of the First Dis trict Of this sum $491,264.13 has been . jmtAnded and the remainder will go , towards completion of projects now in operation. - Tom una sum laoor has been paid $878,009.79, and ma- ' terials and - equipment have cost $113644. . Most of 'the funds remaining to be . omtmAeA 'will be n&id to labor, since most of the" materials and equipment on most of the projects nave neon v bought in-advance, -also f the spon sor's contributions to the " projects provide the greater part of the ma terial cost, leaving practically all of the Federal NCWPA dollar to be ex pended for labor and administrative expense. ' 1 ' ' Heat For Labor . State-wide figures show that the ' Federal NCWPA work : relief dollar is being spent ai follows: . : ;; Six cents for 5 Administrative ex pense; 8 cents" for non-relief pro ject workers, foremen i and ; project supervisors 90 cents for WPA " workera" taken from , relief rolls. Hence " 94 cents r. of each ; Federal NCWPA dollar goes to those actually f working on projects. - District,No.-l is now- employing ' 2139 JWPA workers, more " than 95 perjcent of whom: were taken from relief rolls. The District peak of ? P The District Director further stat 'ed that a total of more than $4,126, N 833.25 in projects has 'already; been - submitted . by cities, ;' counties rand other Governmental units in the . District, which have been approved ' by the President., - The District' will Jr have plenty of projects to work on a continued program. -. - ' State P. T. A. President Speaks At Local Meet , Mrs. J. B. Sedbury, State President " of the; Parent-Teacher Association, . man n of the BDeakers on the Dto- gram of the meeting of the Perqui mans County Council of the P T. A. held in Hertford on Thursday nigh. Mrs. V. N. Darden, ' of Hertford, County Council presidant, presided, and other speakers included r,irs. a. J. Flowers, ,cf I'ew Ecm, - Field Worker f . " ' fi 1. Eaymo-1 1 , . I Friday Last Day Tov Get Seed Loans Miss Helene Nixon, Perquimans County representative of the Emergency Crop Loan, announced this week that she had received instructions to. the effect that no further applications for seed loans will be received after Friday of this week. Veterans Bonds Be Sent On June 15 The Veterans Adjusted Service Bonds will be dispatched on Monday, June 15, 1936. They will be sent by Registered mail ana marked foj de livery to addressee only, which means that regardless of the fact that the letters may be addressed in care of other person or institution, delivery shall be made to addressee only. These bonds cannot be forwarded to other offices. The addressee must be at the address shown upon his application, in order to receive the bonds without difficulty. All addres see's must be properly identified be fore delivery can be made. Veterans who desire to cash their bonds must sign the request for payment on the back of the bonds in the presence of a certifying officer. All postmasters throughout the Unit ed States and possessions are author ized to act as certifying officials. Postive identification of the person requesting payment as the person whose name appears on the face of the bond is absolutely necessary. The owner must sign the request for payment exactly as his name appears on the face of the bond and must write his address on each bond in the space ' provided. All - signatures most' be in ink or indelible pencil. After the request for , payment is properly certified, ' the bonds will be forwarded to the designated paying office. The paying office will mail check direct to the veteran at the address furnished by him on the back of the surrendered bonds. Veterans organizations and other civic organizations have generously offered all the assistance possible in connection with the receipt and pay ment of Adjusted Service bonds. Those desiring further information with reference to their bonds, may obtain same by applying to their postmaster. Reckless Drivers Hailed In Court Among the cases which came up for trial in Recorder's Court on Tuesday there were two men charg ed with reckless driving. Corporal G. I. Dail, of the State Highway Pa trol, was the complaining witness in each case. Corporal Dail testified that Frank . Dawson, of Elizabeth City,' against whom the charge was made, drove at a rate of 60 miles an hour on a rainy afternoon, taking a curve at Jackson's Corner, .between Hertford and Elizabeth City, with all four wheels on the left hand side of the black mark in the center of the road. .- : Corporal Dail also testified in the case against Marshall Hay, of Eliza beth City, that the defendant drove between 65 and . 70 miles an hour on the- highway between Hertford and Edenton on Sunday afternoon when the traffic was very heavy. -f "Just another case when there was no wreck, but he was running too fast. I hope you will keep on bring ing them in here," remarked Judge Oakey to the officer. 'fThe time to bring them in." he said, - "is before they get killed, not after.". Mr. Dawson was taxed .with the court costs. A fine of ten dollars was imposed on Mr. Hay and he was also taxed with the costs. V ' George Wynne, colored, -charged with driving recklessly and with in sufficient brakes, plead ; gmlty, and was ordered to pay a fine "of - ten dollars.' : . . - '- '''' The case against ' Charles' ' Welch, colored,' charged with riding bicycle without lights, was dismissed. Madison Boone, colored, , convicted of being drank and v disorderly and with attempting to assault-with a deadly weapon, was given- . thirty days on the roads. Musical Recital At School Next Week 1 Mrs.' R.M. Eiddick has announced that her piano and rhythn classes will give a recital on FrT y night cf next wtJi Li ium of te Her.'?'! C r C ' T! . j Ij 1 i t 1 3 and Li- :rf "Big Jim," once owned by the late Will Rogers, is the biggest steer in ;the world, weighing 3,100 pounds. Rogers raised Jim from a calf, then sold him and gave the proceeds to the Salvation Army. His present owners JAIL SENTENCES CURB DRUNKEN DR1VING10CALLY Only Six Convictions Since Judge Oakey's Ultimatum FIVE WHITE MEN Judge Oakey's Stand Has Had Very Good Effect 4 D. Spivey, of Hertford, was fourtd guilty of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxi cants In Recorder's Court on Tuesday aad was fined fifty dollars by Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., and was or dered to serve a sentence of thirty days in jail. His driver's license was ordered revoked for the period of one year. Through his counsel, C. R. Holmes, Mr. Spivey appealed to Superior Court. Judge Oakey made the recommendation to the Department that the defendant's driving license be revoked while the appeal is pending and until the case is disposed of. This is the second appeal to Su perior Court upon conviction of this charge to be made within the past two months. Only six men, five white men and one Negro, have been convicted of the charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxi cants since Judge Oakey made the statement in open court last August that he had decided to impose an un conditional jail sentence on every man so convicted in his court. Judge Oakey made the statement from the bench on this occasion that the steadily increasing number of deaths on the highways caused by drunken drivers was appalling and that he believed the courts of North Caro lina had not taken sufficient notice of these tragedies, and stated furth er that, after thinking over the mat ter very carefully he : had decided that as long as he was on the bench he would do everything possible to protect the people from drunken drivers. Judge Oakey's remark that "It is just as dangerous to drive an automobile while drunk as it would be for a man to run up and down the tsreet shooting a gun with his eyes shut" was widely quoted by news papers in North Carolina and Vir ginia. :;. Mrs. Jessup Hostess To Her Bridge Club Mrs. S. P. Jessup entertained the members of her bridge club and a few. other friends at her home on Front Street on Tuesday evening. Two tables were arranged and those playing included 1. Mesdames Trim Wilson, T. B. Sumner, B. G. Koonce, H. ; A. Whitley, J. L. Tucker, Oscar Felton , and E. W Lordley. - ? Mrs. Whitley was the winner , of the prize for' top score. Dainty re freshments were served. - COURT CLERK ILL K WTB. Pitt, Clerk 'of the Superior Court, has been absent from his of fice for several days this week. Mr. Pitt has been quite sick with an at tack of flu. ' ' . v: K itha Lnows only his side of the ? Izora little of that. will display him at the Texas Centen nial Exposition, opening in Dallas June 6, and turn over the admission profits to; the Salvation Army's Home for Boys; and Girls at Lytton, Cal., long a favorite of Rogers. FRIENDS GATHER AT PINEY WOODS IN BIG MEETING Quarterly Efent At tracts Many From Wide Area NEW PASTOR Outstanding Event For Jj?wyl Years In Belvi- dere Section - The Quarterly Meeting- of the Piney Woods Friends Church, at Bel videre, will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Announcement Is made that, in ad dition to a number of other visiting ministers, the Rev. Murray C. John son, Field Secretary of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting, will be present and will preach. Mr. John son, who has previously visited Per quimans, is well known and very popular here. The first of the services will be held at 10 o'clock on Saturday morn ing, the ministry and over-sight ser vice. At 11 o'clock there will be a worship service. The services for Sunday are an nounced as follows: Sunday School at 10 o'clock and meeting for wor ship at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend these services." The May Quarterly Meeting has for many years been an outstanding event at Belvidere. Not only do members of the Friends Church from various sections of the State and Virginia come to this meeting, but there are always a great many visi tors from congregations of other denominations in attendance. Since the last Quarterly Meeting a new pastor has come to the Piney Woods Church, the Rev. Howard Yow. Postoffice Will Close On Memorial Day In observance of Memorial Day, the Hertford Postoffice will be closed all day on Saturday. There will be no city or rural de livery. The windows will be open from 11:30 to 12 o'clock and from 2 to 2:30. Mail will be dispatched as usual. Concert At Grammar School On Friday The Glee Clubs of the Perquimans High School and . of the Hertford Grammar School and the piano pu pils of Miss Kate M. Blanchard will give a concert, under the direction of Miss Blanchard, in the auditorium of the Hertford Grammar School at 8 o'clock on Friday night of this week. There is no admission charge and the public is cordially invited. ATTENDS NORFOLK WEDDING Mrs. B. W. Smith is in Norfolk, Va., where she attended the wedding of Miss Elizabeth . Parker and Dr. Watson Roberts, which took place on Thursday of this v week at .the home of the bride, r ; ' Mrs. Roberts, who : is a daughter of Mr. Surry Parker . and . the late Mrs. Parker, is well-known and very popular in Hertford, where she has frequently visited. Dr. Roberts, - who is a native of Gatesville, is a prom inent young physician of Durham. HIT OR MISS By M. L. W. Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us, as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousandfold. Henry Ward Beecher. Four-year-old Howard Pitt and his aunt, Mrs. C. W. Morgan, are pretty close friends. Howard spends lots of time visiting in the apartment of "Aunt Annie," which adjoins that of, his parents. Naturally, they con verse pretty intimately at times. Howard keeps in pretty close touch with "Aunt Annie." "I am so sorry for Aunt Annie," he remarked to his parents the other day, "because she is so purple this morning." v The worus were rather startling. "Howard, what on earth do you mean?" asked his mother. There was some further questioning and soon Mr- and Mrs. Pitt began to see light. Howard had only mixed his colors. Aunt Annie was feeling blue that morning, and Howard had heard her say so. And, by the way, it was young Howard Pitt who suggested that his daddy plant puffed wheat in the back yard. Two unusually attractive young sters are mascots of the graduating class of Perquimans High School this year. They are Patricia Ann (Pat) Harrell and Tommy Sumner. Pat is the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Harrell. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sumner and is the same age as Pat. The children are general fav orites and it is predicted that their first stage appearance will be a suc cess. "Me, Him and I," the Senior play, made a big hit on Thursday night. The show went over big, everybody had a good time, and even from a financial standpoint the show was a success. There's always something to worry about. Twenty years hence, as I understand it, Dan Sharpe is to be Editor of The Perquimans Weekly. That may be a good idea but I had no idea of retiring until I had reach ed the ripe old age of, say, sixty, at most. But here's to you, Dan, and I hope you make a better job of it than I have done. It ought to be fun to witness "Twenty Years Hence." That's the name of the three-act play which the P. C. H. S- graduating class is going to put on as a part of the class day exercises on Wednesday night. They have the Mayor of Hertford, the Governor of North Carolina, the .Chief of Police of Hertford, various other commission ers, Editor of The Perquimans Week ly and other important characters on the program. Work Sheets Must Be Signed By May 31st The dead-line for filling out and signing work sheets under the new farm program has been set at May 31, Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col lege has announced. Farmers who do not sign work sheets by that time will not be en titled to any of the payments pro vided for soil-building and conserving practices, he pointed out. The work sheets do not place the farmers under any obligation what ever, the dean stressed, but they must be prepared and signed by all farmers who expect to apply for fed eral grants. If after signing, a grower changes his mind about carrying out the practices for which payments are of fered, he is at liberty to do just as he sees fit, the dean explained. The work sheets provide each grower a means of showing his base acreage of soil-depleting crops and his acreage this year of depleting and conserving crops. They also show what soil-building practices are carried out. .? J These work sheets will be needed by the county committees later in the year when they Start..' checking up on each grower's performance and determining the amount of his pay ment, the dean said. ' ; In view of 1 the' contimwd dry Dr. D. B. Bryan of Wake Forest Commence ment Speaker 9 HONORTUDENTS Baccalaureate Sermon By Rev. D. M. Sharpe Sunday Night Fifty-four young people will re ceive diplomas at the Perquimans High School on Thursday night of next week, when the graduation ex ercises will be held. Of this group there are nine who have the distinction of having made an average of 90 or above for the four years of high school. They are Carolyn Lamb, Frances Lamb, Prue Newby, Esther Ward, Jesse Lee Har ris, Jeannette Feilds, Tim Rufus Brinn, Onella Umphlett and Fannie Eure. The first of the commencement ex ercises will take place on Sunday night at 8 o'clock, when the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, will deliver the baccaluareate sermon. There will be no services at any of the Hertford churches at this hour. Class Day exercises will be held on Wednesday evening, when a three act play, "Twenty Years Hence," will be enacted, with all of the members of the class taking part. Dr. D. B. Bryan, of Wake Forest College, will deliver the address to the graduating class on Thursday night. Dr. Bryan has for the past 15 years served as Dean of Wake Forest, and he is also director of the Wake Forest - Meredith Summer School. Following the address, F. T. John son, Superintendent of Schools of Perquimans, will present the medals and letters. The diplomas will be awarded by T. S. White, chairman of the Perqui mans County Soard of Education. Following are the names of the members of the graduating class: Emmerson Asbell, Carlton Bar clift, Tim Brinn, Thelma Chappell, Louise Delaney, William Dimmette, Edith Everett, Fannie Eure, John Eure, Jeannette Fields, Kenneth Hendren, Jesse Lee Harris, Alice Hurdle, Mary Wood Koonce, Carolyn Lamb, Frances Lamb, Rob Morris, Ruth Nachman, Prue Newby, Eula Nixon, Marian Raper, Roy Reed, Dan Sharpe, Mabel Spivey, Naomi Spivey, Henry Stokes, Allie Mae Trueblood, Maude Turner, Onella Umphlett, Es ther Ward, Dorothy Whedbee, Jean White, Clara Winslow, Burnette Winslow, Robert Wilder, Beulah Bogue, Miriam Lane, Onella Winslow, Mary Elizabeth Winslow, Winfred Smith, Paulette Perry, Lillian Rae Perry, Blanche Davenport, Hazel Pike, Helen Morgan, Minnie Umph lett, Heywood Umphlett, Adelaide Layden, Sybil Lamb, Elliott Layden, Lloyd Nixon, Ruth Spivey, Azile Godsey, and Russell Nixon. Penalty Imposed For Not Treating Dogs A. A. Nobles, rabies inspector for Perquimans County, who has been conducting the campaign for the vaccination of dogs for the preven tion of rabies, announces that, be ginning June 1st a penalty of 25 cents per dog will be imposed on dog owners who have not complied with the law in having dogs vaccinated. The work must be completed during the month of June, according to Mr. Nobles, who asks the cooperation of the owners of dogs. SKEPTICAL YEGGS Pasted next to the knob of the safe in the Liberty Oil Company of fice in Des Moines, Iowa, was a pla card which stated, "There is no mon ey in this safe." As a clincher, the placard bore the combination. But burglars ignored the sign, blasted open the; safe, obtained $10. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Perry had as guests on Sunday Mn and Mrs. T. C. Partin and their two somV Clar ence, Jr., and Warren, and C. H. Perry, all of Norfolk, Va. weather and its adverse effect upon the planting season, he continued, cotton, tobacco, and corn may not do so well this year. . , For , this reason, any , cash ' pay ments a farmer may get will be es pecially helpful as a form of crop insurance, the dean stated in urging all farmers to sign work sheets and put themselves in position to receive the payments offered.' .i c - . t , "ft
