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TMT. PU7.P . :." . ., . - ..- m m Jt ,.., mm mm v VfVf m volume UL Number 30. ,n$aosdii--0XaHil!:ees Despite His 82 Years occ::'j3.. Uxe It yyas Only; yesterday . . Vo yeSrs A(k Union Soldiers Camped At Whiteville Grove It happened more than .70 years ago, am rfr x. winwow remembers imp though it were yesterday .whenthe" Union eoldiere camped near White ville Grove, (lurch in the upper sec tion of Perquimans,' and when ' they carried off; the hones and mules of those wh$ jrere not pat on guard in advance ox the coming of the sol diers. Mr. Winslow is I eighty-two 'year old. : He was small boy in'the six ties. :. Bat he malls that his father had taken the family off for a visit to his brother who lived on the Turn pike." They were riding , in an old- fashioned 'horse' curt when they met Mr. T. L, White "Exum," said Mr. White to Mr. Winslow, "the Yanks are coming, and they are tafif everything they can get. TheHfeaearrying off all the Neg roes and are taking also horses and mules. i MrV White was warning his neighbors.' He had, somehow, gain ed the information as to the activi ties of the Yankees and he. was do ing what he "feoold : to protect the property, of his neighbors. It wm no time to make a visit,, In less time than it takes to tell it Mr. Winslow turned his horse and head ed for horde, this time in a quick trot. Mr. Exum Winslow had two sons oldervtban JUTWins low. These boys were pat in charge or the non es and mules, which they drove back into the woods.. They camped oat, Mr. Winslow recalls, for several days, until after the Yankees had trone. Wii :... ' . - This occurrence very probably was in December of 1864, as Newbjrs Bridge, which is at Belvidere, in the vicinity of Mr. Winslow's home, and around that date, according to an ex tract from The War of the Rebel lion," is the spot near which a com' pany of 'soldiers , were encamped. Under date of December 10, 1864, H. G. O. Weymouth, Major and Provost-Marshal, of the First U. S. Vol unteer Infantry, made a report in which he set forth: "The command left Deep Creek at 10T a. nm reaehin South Mills. N. C- at 2 KM) p. m. There 1 1, halted the command, baited the horses, then took np ' my line of march direct for Newby's Bridge.' Bivouacked for the night two miles and a half beyond South Mills and posted . my . pickets. V We remained here until i daybreak next morning and resumed oar march. About 6:00 a. m. we captured a man, who claimed to belong to the ram Albemarle, and. who' stated that him self and fifteen others of the crew of that vessel came through - that sec tion of the country' on a raid,, their principal object being the capture of cotton. This man, being' sick, had . been hiding in the woods,' white his companions, he supposed, had cross ed the Chowan-River, and it was his intention to do - so also. ;I think he is worthy of the notice of , the com manding . general. Resuming' .oar march, we went as far at the forks of the road this side of" Newby's Bridge,' where 1 detached lieutenant Wilcox with twenty-fire men to go within half a mile of Hertford, on ?';lhis g',1 $f'Cie river," with-instrae- : '.' Hone i -remain there - until -1 coin V m-V i -with - him : at Hertford, wlJ'.y-l, wlin the . remainder of-the V- and.' crossed the . .Perauimans IJv r. - Went direct to Hertford, and lainea aunsg u.e mgnt and' made it ie headquarters of the detachment." Later in the some reuort it is set ; forth:. Ve reached Portsmouth at 12 noon, lisvirj I 3ri gone four days, , j capturing, 10 pilaoners, ' 7 "horses J (used to ctfrvey prisoners),' 6 cattle, A t . m t ".'I' 1 , ana o ries oi couon." ' It would appear, from '"the email number of horses taken by the ex j pedition that many of the farmers s of Perquimans were as successful as ! was Exum Winslow in 1 lading their i horses. . - . ' ,. " ' ' . "!rT" C 7 XT M"-" On r... r- - -t i r Ok :,fay Ter"' We" C; v Tin; r: t t Cr " , rll : j -i C A' BTEEKLY:NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF.HERTBORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, s, . Hertford. Misa Meta Ddwlinjgr: Takes Over Duties Of Quid Welfare - Miss Meta Dowling, of Ashe ville,:j; arrived " ia Hertford on Thursday to take over her duties in connection with Child Welfare. her. time between Perquimans and Chowan Counties ; wffl be located in' the1 office of Miss' Ruth Daven port, Welfare Officer, and will act as assistant to the welfare officer; with special emphasis on child welfare work. ; . Freeman Mansfield Hospital Patient As Result Truck Wreck Freeman Mansfield, of the Bulla. hack Conununitv. is a natient in the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City as" a. result of inhiries sustained when Jthe truck which he was driv ing on the Center Hill Road, near Great Hope Church, was in collision with a truck driven by Johnnie Howell, of Hertford, on Monday morning. Mr. Mansfield was returning tn hin home after a trip to Hertford, and his small, pick-up truck was side swiped by the large -truck owned by the J. H. Towe Truck line and driv en by Mr. Howell, on the curve near the church. Mr. Howell was driving toward Hertford. The -Mansfield trucK was badlv damaged and Mr. Mansfield was said to nave been m a semi-conscious condition when .he was brousrht to the office of Dr. I. A. Ward by Clin ton Ferry. Dr. Ward rendered first aid and' sent the injured man to the nosmtal. in addition to a never gash on his head, Mr. Mansfield was reported as sunering from onuses on his body. At the hospital, how ever, the information was riven out on Wednesday that his condition was not considered serious. Judge Oakey Hands Out Koad Sentence To Drunken Driver Convicted of drivinsr a State hirii way truck while under the influence of liquor, Robert ("Buddie") Lassi ter, of Edenton, was sentenced to the roads for sixty days by Walter a. Oakey. Jr.. Judire of Perauimans county Kecorders Court, on Tuesday, , xne sentence was m accordance with the stand taken by Judge Oakey a year aso when be announced fmm tne bench that he had decided to im pose a jail sentence uoon everv ner son convicted in his court of driving an automobile While under the in. uwucQ vx inioxicanis. Since assuminsr; 'this 'attitude to ward drunken1; driving, which has been given much favorable comment by . the press, everv nerson so con victed in, Judge , Oakey's court has been , given , an unconditional jail sentence. Several white mm nam served terms in pie county jail and appeals to Superior Court are now pending in two cases in which white men wen. sentenced. A cash bond of a hundred dollars. was forfeited by a non-resident of the State ehm-A with drivinsr whiter drank last imrinr. and , then is still .nendinsr another case to be tried m Recorder's Court. ' Lassiter ' was emBtoAd hv the State HiffKwnv CommlMion and wu working on the road between New tiopefand-woodvuie w!bicli-is being improved. .T,',inesses testified -that on .July 15th e drove, his truck in the ditch on te ieft-hand side of the road and that, he was under the in fluence of intoxicants.! J t I Miss Evelyn SiEiDson f . Buried Wednesday ' Mls Evelyn' Simpson, 22, died sud denly; at the home of her mother, at New Hope, in this County, v at , 8 o'clock Tuesday nighC : i Funeral) services w'eret' conducted at the New Hope Methodist Church cn Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, -1 the Rev.J. 'W nimmAffa' tor, o.T.ciat:r3; and burial took nlace iA . 1 f.milv burvino rrnnnA s V r. " O-- , J json was the daughter of JA 9 lC"'.rse. Simpson and Mn! . '-i Lrsonl of New Hftne.'" Rh rick for eevral weeks but i i '.er, two half jl ..ks and Lira, tro half broth- cf r- - i, , i.2 I C f-.I Perauimans Omntv ' tCasualfar '.Xf-.l:- : SvSIW? QVIF i,PlBrJ iNG 0A V Helen Stamps, Texas Centennial ExiosiOonRangerette, flew 10-gallon hats to 1 Washington for President S00" "Si7, we?r i0.0"? JnM 11 ,un 6- opening day, she wired Exposition officials she had been hired as a New York photographic model COUNTY WOMEN PLAN TO ATTEND FARMHOMEWEEK Plans Made This Year To Have Best Pro gram Ever Held JULY 27-31 Miss Gladys HamrickJ Also Goes to 4-H Short Course Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Dem onstration Agent of Perquimans, left Wednesday to attend the 4-H Club Short Course at State Colletre She expects to return home on Sun day ,the 26th, and will leave the fol lowing day to attend the Farm-Home week also conducted at state col lege. Among those who will attend the Farm-Home Week from this county in addition to Miss Hamrick are Mrs. G. T. Roach, Mrs. W. 0. Hunter, Mrs. J. W. "Chappell, Mrs. E. M. Perrv. and Mrs. Nixon Hollowell. Misses Mildred Lewis, Emma Felton, Fannie Mae Comeld and Lucy White. Arrangements have been complet ed for making Farm and Home Week this year the best ever held in North Carolina, . according to John W Goodman, secretary of the week. The program, filled with a wide variety of entertaining and instruc tive features, will open at State Col lege on Monday afternoon. JulV 27. and continue through Friday,, July 31. Farm and Home Week will follow the . 4-H short course, Jfuly 22-27, at which hundreds of North Carolina's outstanding 4-H cjub members ': will enjoy a week of fun and fellowship while studvinar worth while thintrs about working, playing, and living on the UBmSiJi'?. ; -t Spedial efforts have been expend ed to make, Farm "and. ; Home Week appeal to farm men as well as farm women, Goodman said, tad State Col lege extension. . service workers an uralnr alt North Carolina farmers to attemd the week if they caiu Not only wilC they X have a rood opportunity ;-; to, study f with .experts the better; methoda'vof farming ;nbw advocated, out tftey wui also have a week's 'i vacation 5 from- their ; farms that wffl be vttiroodfori the soul ' Goodman1 nixea.yM &;&&,a He also pointed out that thev will gather valuable pointers abou the new farm projrram from addresaea to be . delivered , by notable speakers from Washington and : . members of the' State College extension services. :The woman's nroeram baa been well filled with recreation, demonstra- Qon8,..and class ...work, he continued. They will study foods,; nutrition, clothinir. home imnroveraent 1 and farm ;c managemehte -and many oiner , imngs pz importance to rural women. ' '.. .; itiijA'i-jl.-'':,iiyi Thefnrai electrification?chsses and exmoits are Resigned ; to help j both men and women 'with problems in re gard, to the installation and use of eleetricitv on the farmnt. nA a in tne, rurat home.", i -'Jt. i Waurice Hodges, of Norfolki Va 8 -t the week-end with !( -mit. y, ' ...v " 3 her' grandfather, S. at Exposition LARGE VOTE CAST IN BABY CONTEST AS END JN SIGHT Marguerite Butler and Sammie Sutton Still In Lead VOTING CLOSE Popularity Contest Will Come to a Close Fri day Night Sammie Sutton and Marguerite Butler are leading in the baby popu larity contest which is being spon sored by the women of the Delia Shamburger Missionary Society of the Hertford M. E. Church. Sammie, the attractive little son of Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Sutton, of Grubb Street, is leading in the boys' divi sion with 756 votes, with Garland Ray Newbern, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Walker, following with 652. Marguerite, the popular little daughter of Mr. and M. Hudson Butler, leads the girls' division with 380 votes, while Bettie Ann Mathews follows with 217. Other children entered in the con test with the votes they had on Tues day, are as follows: Juanita Harrell, 175: Betty Lou Sutton. 116: Pat Morris, 107; Nellie Frances Wheeler, 105; Virginia Withrow, 60; Betty Lou Kountree, 45; Penelope Whed bee, 30; Suzanne Towe, 25; Patsy Harrell, 17; . Mary-Beth Perry, 15; Barbara Ann Benton, 7; Douglas H. Williams, 252; Julian White. 133: Billy Gene Jones, 114; Carrol Berry Meivm ywens, 71; Sidney Elliott, os joe lowe. &l: Howard Felton. 48: rranic White, 41; Matt White Nor man, 40; Emmett Winslow, 36; Ben Thach, 23; Alfred. Williams, 20; Tom my Sumnerr 17; Fred Mathews. 20; Howard Pitt, 15; Kentwood Turner, Thomas - Edward TJmnhlett. in; fUtv Cannon; 1; and Richard Hines, Jean Truebiood, rriscUU , Grizsard and Mary Ann Harris. 1 The contest will close an Frid&v mghtrjuiy 24, nnd the winner will be announced -.iii Jnext week's paper. Wellto!6ddBr?Now nalized Course At Chapel Hill . Miss Ruth Davenport, Welfan Of ficer for Perquimans County, left Thursday for Chapel Hill and will take a jsix-weeks specialized course in public welfare in further prepara tion for her new duties. Miss Davennort. who is a srradnntA of the North Carolina Collesre for Women, received an A, P degree in the social sciences and will be taWno- graduate work during this J course. She expects to, nturn , to Hertford early in September to resume " her WOrk. -?v;.:;:-;hi :C". " 1 During Miss ; pavenport's absence her work will be tarried ion in a Per quimans by . Miss LilUan Wilkins, of EUzabeth City., Miss Wilkins is t a graduate of N. C- C. W., and received her- training for thin work at'-(he New York School of Social Work, and has had several Veara MrinMu havingjwen jrecenUy employed; by the Sw Eoard of C&anUes 1 and Public I If Traffic Violators Utilize Tarvia Surfaced Hertford Streets Be Repaired Soon The tarvia surfaced streets of the Town of Hertford are to be repaired in the near future, ac cording to plans made by the town council at their meeting held on Wednesday night of last week. The tarvia streets were badly damaged as a result of the ex treme weather conditions last win ter and it is necessary to repair the damage. Etiquette Subject Of Demonstration Clubs At August Meetings In announcing the time and place of the various home demonstration club meetings for August, Miss Gladys Hamrick, home demonstration agent, gave out the information that the subject of Etiquette is to be studied during- this month. There will be special studies and demon strations of correct table setting. and there will also be special instruc tions as to introductions. The Chapanoke Club will be the first club to meet in August, the meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. W. H. Elliott on Tuesday. August 4. The Winfall Club will meet on Wednesday, August 5, at the Club House. The Whiteston Club will meet with Mrs. Myrtle Winslow on Thursday, August 6. The Hunters Fork Club will meet on Friday, August 7, at the home of Mrs. Romas Chappell. The Ballahack Club will meet with Mrs. L. B. Perry on Monday, August 10th. The Beech Spring Club will meet at the school house on Tuesday. August 11. The New Hope Club will meet with Mrs. R. R. Perry on Wednesday. August 12. ine ceiviaere Club will meet on Wednesday, August 19, the place of meeting not announced. The Helen Gaither Club will meet on Thursday, August 20, with Mrs tinstow rerry. - The Bethel-Bursress Club will meet on Friday, August 21, at the school house. Radio Listeners To Hear 4-H Qubsters Four-H Club members will take to the air this week over radio sta tion WPTF as a part of the annual 4-H Short Course which began at State College Wednesday and ends July 27. Those taking part on the broad casts, which will be heard on Friday, and Saturday at 1:45 p. m., win recount some of their accom plishments and activities in 4-H work. The girls will tell of their sewing, cooking, and other work around the home, while the boys will describe their work with" farm ani mals and crops. Gathering from all parts of North Carolina, those who appear on the radio program will present a fairly accurate cross-section of the farm youth of the State. In addition to telling of activities in their lintae communities, the speakers will also describe the different nn&sea of the short course from day to day, giving listeners a word nicture of the thimra occurring on the State College cam pus. . - . . After the dubsters return hnme km July 27, farmers and farm women will poor onto the campus to begin the annual Farm and Home Week Outstanding members from this group will take part on the radio program each dav at 1:45 n. m.. tell. ing of their activities and accom plishments. Plans are being made to include some musical talent on these pro grams. At each session musical groups are formed who sine at the assemblages. One or mora of these choruses will be asked to take cart on the broadcast. , By tuninir in on WPTF. -. fomuM - . w . - V " 9 and farm women who are unable to attend will be given a description of the actvities in which their neighbors an participating.. Ml Mrs. ChaS. M. Wood and her two daughters, Beulah and Inger, of Cincinnati. Ohio, and MIssea Jmrrs Mil Ann NMol. ..a . VfAllr V. wen recent guests of l!s Or.ie w m m $1.25 Per Year Court Time Charges Range From Speeding to Drunken Driving MINOR "OFFENSES Road Sentence Given For Theft From In mate County Home Cases involving traffic law viola tions took up the major portion of Tuesday's session of Recorder's Court, the charges ranging from speeding to driving while under the influence of intoxicants Chris Armstrong, Winfall Negro, drew a sentence of a year on the roads for his part in the theft of money from an aged inmate of the County Home, and numerous others were convicted of minor offenses. Lonnie Mathews was found guilty of reckless drivinsr and the case was dismissed upon payment of the court costs. Robert Lassiter, found guilty of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants, was sen tenced to serve 60 days on the roads. Richard B. Thach. charred with reckless driving, when asked whether he plead euiltv or not cuiltv. ans wered: "I plead guilty of driving on a road where there were no curves and where there was no traffic." Corporal G. I. Dail testified that the defendant drove his truck at the rate of 55 miles an hour. Due no tice was taken of the fact that the truck was a small truck of the pick up type. It was established, how ever, that the lawful rate of speed of this type truck is 35 miles an hour. Prayer for iudsrment was con tinued upon payment of the court costs. Joseph Dowdy and E. C. Pitt. charged with reckless driving, were lound guilty. Joseph Dowdy was fined ten dollars and taxed with the court costs. E. C. Pitt's case was dismissed upon payment of the court costs. Corporal Dail testified in these cases that both young men, each of whom was driving a heavy truck with a trailer, drove at the rate of 55 miles an hour, and that the two trucks were only about 25 feet apart. E. A. Dowdy, owner of the two trucks which Joseph Dowdy and E. C. Pitt were driving, charged with operating a truck without license, was found not guilty. All three of these defendants were residents of Currituck County. Dr. W. B. Sharp, Negro physician of Hertford, plead guilty to the charge of reckless driving and the case was dismissed upon payment of the court costs and upon the pay ment of $3.00 to the Clerk of the Court for the use of Nicholas Muth for repairs to the car which was struck by Dr. Sharp's car in an ac cident near the intersection of Dobb Street and Edenton Road. Herman Creekmore was found guilty of reckless driving and was fined ten dollars and taxed with the costs. In this case Corporal Dail testified that the defendant was driving a truck with a twenty-foot trailer and rounded the curve known as White's near Hertford, on the Hertford-Edenton Highway, and was a foot and a half over on the left side of the road and when he swung over to the right side the trailer swung over on the left side of the road; that he estimated the speed to be about 60 miles an hour. , The case against Estelle Felton, Newtown Nearro woman, who mi charged with the larceny of a shirt irom Arthur Everett, Negro man, was dismissed. - . , Ernest Hardy. Hertford Neirro. charged with assault with a deadly weapon, to-wit a water glass, was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days on the roads, sentence to be suspended upon payment of a five- dollar fine, the court costs and $8.00 doctor's bill for treatment of the victim of the assault. William Everett. Neirro. found guilty of being drunk and disorder ly and of trespass, was sentenced tn thirty days on the roads. Will White, Winfall r Negro, was found guilty of. the illegal posses sion of liquor and was fined ten dol lars and taxed with the costs. MORGAN REPLENISHES STOCK W. M. Monran and L. L. Winulnw hive . returned from ! Hisrh Point. when they attended the Mid-Sum mer Furniture Show. Mr. Monran . purchased a lot of fine furniture,' while in High Point, replenishing his stscx wilcn was greatly reduced dur
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