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. -Wif -, V""'.- If . . : A WEEKLY NEWiSPApEfc DEVOTED TO THE XJPBXJILDINd OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume III. Number 35. , .Hertford, Perquimans County,. North Carolina, Friday, August 28, 1936. $1.25 Per Year Harveys Neglected Iei IMapipmgMstbi Beginning Settlement J In Albemarle "RQlpHN,, John Harvey Was Ninth Governor of North Carolina .. Though for more : than a century during the early history . of - North Carolina, dating from the very be- ginning of the settlement when the first clearing ' was made " in Durante Neck in 1661, until the ( year 1776, the name Harvey" Tras conspicuous in the history of the-State, there is no marker of any kind 'in Perquimans ito honor either the name of John .Harvey, one of the' earliest settlers and ninth governor of the Albemarle; Thomas Harvey, deputy governor : under the proprietors for five years; ir John Harvey, speaker of the As Bmbly in the stirring days preceding ihe Revolution, John Harvey, who .Was called "Bold John ;Harvey" be cause of his fearless stand. It would be surprising to know low few of the inhabitants of Per- - quimans even know that in Harveys Keck, on the land owned by the first John Harvey before even the State was granted to the Lords Proprie tors, wn the home of Governor John Harvey, of Deputy Governor Thomas Harvey, and, later, of "Bold John Harvey," and that these men lie buried in the terraced grave yard near the waters of the "Carolina River," the "Roanoke River," or '.'The Albemarle River," as the Albe marle Sound was variously called in those early days. Shortly after George Durant , made the first purchase of land from an Indian of which there is any record in America, of the land lying between Albemarle Sound and Perquimans River, now called Du rants Neck, there came into the t colony John Harvey. The transfer referred to, the oldest deed of record in North Carolina, is recorded in Book A in the office of the Register of Deeds of Perquimans County, and was made by Kilcocanen, King of the Yeopim Indians, whose mark or signature is the drawing of a bow and arrow. ( John Harvey purchased land im mediately opposite that of George Durant,' on the west side of Perqui mans River. Like Durant, hewas a man of substance; he was also a man of culture. ' - For more than fifteen years, dnr iftg which there were trying times in the Albemarle, John Harvey played no small part i the life of the col ony, as the records show. I After his appointment as governor John Harvey lived only a few months, dying before' the .arrival of Seth Sothel, who had acquired the interest f one of the proprietors and was Bent from- England to gov ern the Albemarle, i Sothel, it will be remembered,' was' captured by pi rates and carried away to Algiers. Of his wanton reign upon his release several .years afterwards little good can be sala Meantime John Harvey, ninth coventor of the ; Albemarle, had i died. v-'-.B- -"''V-'f.' -., It was ''Bold John Harvey," who died at the outbreak of the Revolu tion, a hundred years laterr whoin troduced the bill to erect a town on Phehw Point." at 'M M narrows of 1 Parauimans 'River, ; and it was this same John Harvey, who in that year, 1758. became one of the trustees and directors for carrying out tb4v jh to build the Town of Heruora. r., s. Front the old records in th Per- - -:: nnimans County courthouse, . there appears to fiava been no ' delay to ' building the town following th4 pai aura of the act. ; for ' in that tame year, according to the provisions of A ' ' tSe Act, tne trustees or, airecwn, ivi wno inciuuw vwiiu v um.cj, vvuu Clayton, Joseph Sutton and Joseph White, purchased one hundred acres of land from. Jonathan Phelps, laid 1 off the town in' lots of one-half an Si acre each, with convenient streets and alleys, reserving two acres for "I'vthe courthouse and othe " public t ' buildings, took subscriptions for the lots and on the day appointed and ' ' t advertised the subscribers, who paid s' forty-five - ' 'shillings- - proclamation I money each for- the lots, drew the lots, one hundred and five being so :;ijhw4li";; Deeds were issuea oy we iri for the lots," whlch,are of record in the courthouse, each one providing 'that a house must be built on ? lot within thr:s y::,r3, "a r. ;t I"j Weddimr Tuesday Attracts Many Of interest to a wide circle of friends was the beautiful wedding which . took' place in the; Hertford Methodist Church on Tuesday morn ing at 10 o'clock, when Miss Hattie Weaver Riddick became the bride of John Lewis Perry, of Windsor. The church was tastefully decorat ed with ferns and white clematis and lighted with cathedral candles. Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, at the organ, played, while the guests were assembling, "Angels Serenade," by Braga; Traumerie," by Schu mann; "0 Thou Sublime Sweet Evening Star," by Wagner and "Saint d'Amour," by Elgar. The "Bridal Chorus," from Lohengrin, was used as a processional and Mendlessohn's Wedding March' as a recessional, and during the ceremony Schubert's "Serenade" was softly played. ; ,Mrs, Johnson wore a hand-knit dress of white silk, with accessories to match, with a shoulder corsage of white roses and blue feverfew. The candles were lighted by Robert Riddick, brother of the bride, and one of the ushers. Immediately before the entrance of the bridal party Miss Nell Rid dick, of Gatesville, a cousin of the bride, sang "O Promise Me," follow ed by "0 Perfect Love." Miss Rid dick wore white, with matching ac cessories, her flowers being a shoul der corsage of roses and feverfew. The ushers were Roger Edwards, of Franklin, Va.; Steve Cooper, of Windsor; and Marion Riddick and Robert Riddick, of Hertford, both brothers of the bride. Miss Carolyn Riddick. only sister of the bride, as maid of honor, was the bride's only, attendant. She was becomingly gowned in white Butter- sweet with' dark blue lace- trimming with accessories to harmonize. Her flowers were a bouquet of blue and white feverfew. The bride, entered the church on the arm of her father, by whom abe was given in marriage. She wore a tailored suit of white silk, with a chiffon blouse, and an off-the-face hat and other accessories also of white. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of Bride's roses. . The bride. was met- at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, William Gregory, of Windsor, and the ceremony was impressively per formed by ; the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of the church. Immediately after the; ceremony tlw young couple left for ; wedding trip North, and upon their return will make their home at Windsor. Mrs. Perry is the attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Rid dick, of Hertford, : and a popular member of the 'younger Asocial set. She received her education'' at Perqui mans High School and at East Caro lina Teachers College, Greenville. ' "'The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip F. Perry of Wind sor,1 and is a prominent young bust ness man of that place' Both young people are very popular with a wide circle of friends. ? - ; 4 :The bride has been - honored ' at numerous social functions ., the last of which-was a miscellaneous shower (Continued from Page One) the clear." The ' town was built about the courthouse, which . stood fa the ap proximate center of the one hundred acres, on the;, spot . where'v for more than two hundred years now a court' house has stood, and where stands today the . old courthouse . restored three years ago which is exactly no body knows hold - old, and ' which houses the oldest records in the State; if ii-ir-';v.s 'While the records of Perquimans Precinct Court date hack to the year 1693, there was no courthouse In the Albemarle untU after the? year J.722, when an act was passed 4n: the As sembly for , settling i the precinct courts-, and : courthouses,j and the courthouse in Perquimans, was order ed to be built at, Jonathan Phelps Point, at the mouth of the narrows. " Prior to this time the courts were held hi the various homesin the precinct,- notably at the home of Capt John Hekclefield, in Little River, this being the settlement in the low er eectiodbrthd precinct;: tha-scene of the earliest activities of the col' onists and only a short distance by water from the. home of .John Har- For more than' two. hundred. and fifty years Harveys have - lived in rerquimans. One only of the direct "ine is left in Ferr.&r-ns today, One Way To Solve Hie Automobile 4 C TING the figures that during the year 1936 one passenger was killed in airplane accidents for each twenty-four million passenger miles flown while one person was killed in automobile accidents for ' each seven hundred and twelve mo tor vehicles registered. C. J. 8 trick- Local Men Invited To Officials' Meeting Monday At Tarboro Th.e local city and county ' attor neysi and tax officials, the city and county: law enforcing officers, and other city -officials have been invited to attend : the district conferences which the Institute of Government will hold for these groups of officials next weekC The Conferences for the three groups of officials of cities and coun ties in this. District will be held at the Court House in Tarboro on Mon day, August 31, beginning at 10:30 o'clock for the law enforcing officers, and at 2 o"deck for the two other group. Newbold Family Reunion Held Sunday While not every one of the eleven children f Mrs. K. R. Newbold was present at the family reunion held on Sunday, there were a number of the sons and daughtersv with -Wives and husbands, and -several of jthe grandchildren here. Those who were not present, and who include Kenneth Newbold, of New York City; J. M. Newbold, of Fayetteville; Oscar Newbold, of Washington, D. C, and Shelton New bold, of Goldsboro, were recent visi tors to their mother. Those here on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skinner and their son, Charles, of Hertford; Mrs. Claude Withrow and her daughter, Virginia, of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jarvis and their two sons, Kenneth and Jack, of Elizabeth City; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Winslow and her daughter, Frances, of Greens boro; Mr. and Mrs. Lucullus New bold and their two children, of Ruth erford, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Newbold and their daughter, Sally, of New York; Mr. and. Mrs. C. A Wright and their two children, Charles and Carolyn, of Jarvisburg, Revival Starts Sunday At Cedar Grove Church Revival services will begin next Sunday night at Cedar Grove Metho dist Church,' with the pastor, Rev. J W. Dimmette, conducting the ser vices. There will be services every afternoon at 8 o'clock and every evening at 8. The public is cordially invited. Rev. B, T. Hurley is conducting the revival being held at Oak Grove Church, at Chapanoke, this week. Gib Nixon Seriously Hurt In Log Woods Word was received in Perquimans on Monday of the serious injury of Gib Nixon, a resident of the Beech Spring community. Mr. Nixon was wnrkinv in hm. loflr woods near Wind- anr nA. aeeordinir to . information received here, he was. caught he - neath a large log which fell from" a truck which was being loaded. Little hope was held for his recovery; f; Work Started On , New Doctors' Office J With the old frame building for merly occupied by the late Dr; Gi' E. Newby as an office torn down, work has commenced on the new building to be occupied as ofnees by Dr. C..A Davenport and Dr. T. P. Brlnn.a ' Nichols Muth; of Edenton, : ' is .tne contractor. The new building, which will contain a complete 1 suite of , of fices Jfpr each of the two physicians, will be of brick construction and will be modern and up-to-date. Prenent plans are that the building will b completed by the middle of Novenv land. President of The Automobile Safety League of America, Inc says, "It is safer in the air." After covering a million miles "on the ground" as a commercial traveler Mr. Strickland is shown above with his newly purchased Porterfleld plane in which he ex 1 EVANGELIST it . 'A A MISS MARIE WILSON .The Rev. Miss Marie Wilson, of Green Lane, Pa., who is conducting revival services at the Hertford Assembly. The meeting has been in progress all this week and wiM eojatmue for at least two weeks, longer. Services are being held every night, except on Monday night. No services are held on Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Miss Alma Howell is pastor of this church. Mt. Sinai Society Meets At Church The Woman's Missionary Society of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church met on Tuesday afternoon at the church. The devotional was conducted by Mrs. B. F. Jordan, vice president. A very interesting program was given by Mrs. Charlie Umphlett with the following members taking part: Mrs. V. IT Mnrcnn. Mrs. Flffin Millpr. Mrs. J. W. Ward, Mrs. Clarence Dail, and Miss Mamie btamngs. The members present were: Mrs. T. E. Madre, Mrs. Leonard Madre, Mrs. George Roach, Mrs. E. U. Mor gan, Mrs. Effie. Miller, Mrs. Clarence Dail, Mrs." Charlie Umphlett, Mrs. T. E. Morgan, Mrs. J. V. Stallings, Mrs. B. F. Jordan, Mrs. Ernest Stall ings, Mrs. J. W.'Ward, Mrs. Crowder Hollowell, Mr David Miller, Mrs. C. A. Bagley, Mrs.. Clifton Morgan, Misses Mamie Stallings and Celeste Godwin. Mrs.! Dorsey Forehand, of Norfolk, Va., was a visitor. Historic jMarker . Placed In Hertford i The Department of Conservation and ' Development . has erected a marker at "the intersection of the 1 main riertiora-iLuzaDein vaty mgn way with the New Hope Road, which bears the following inscription: ; "Geo. Durant, Pioneer. Settler in Albemarle 1662, Speaker of Assem bly, Site of Home 20 Miles East at Duranta -NeckV" ?'-" " ' Simon Rutenberg Shows Improvement The condition , of Simon Rutenberg, who Buffered a broken arm in a fall some" week! ago to proving.- Mr. Rutenberg was able to;! t ihe store on Tuesday for a short time. He expects to have ' the east emoy ed ahortly..probahly next week, after which he will be able to get back to work. . i Rob Morris is spending sometime Traffic Problem i pects to "solve the traffic problem, at least, so far as he is personalty concerned." The Automobile Safety League of America is designed to promote safer driving and has members from coast to coast, with General Headquarters in Columbus. Ohio. Federal Assistance Pledged To Restore Fishing Industry The shad and rock fish are on their way back to the dining table of Mr. Average Citizen, and the restoration of what was once a lucrative indus try for the fishermen was planned at a meeting of special committee from the Department of Conservation and Development with Glen C. Leach, chief of the division of fish culture of the United States Bureau of Fish eries. The sessions at Morehead City on Thursday and Friday were held about the flagship of the N. C. Navy, the John Nelson, and were at tended by State Director Bruce Eth- ndge and his assistant Paul Kelley, State Game Warden John Chalk, State Fisheries Commissioner John Nelson, and Committee members E. S. Askew, of Elizabeth City, Jas. L. McNair, of Laurinburg, and J. L. Home, Jr., of Rocky Mount Evolved from the conference was a pledge of complete Federal assis tance for the effect within the State, a multiplying by three-Iold any re stocking efforts ever undertaken in the State. Included in the plan will be the early assignment to the east ern area of a conservation and pro pogation specialist working out of the offices of the Federal government at Beaufort who is to make a com plete and exhaustive study of the shad in the streams and sounds and of the enemies of this migratory fish. The support of the North Carolina commission was asked in connection with a proposed conference of Con servation officials from along the At lantic seaboard loc king to the pre sentation of a uniform appeal to the next session of Congress for regula tory measures governing migratory fish, modeled along the lines of the now existing laws as respect migra tory fowl. There was discussion of what was termed as a long range effort to bring the shad back to the waters of the State since it was pointed out that within the present generation the annual take had dropped from ten million pounds to less than one million pounds annually, it being pointed out that continued periods of I Poor catches had rendered the fisher ; men s per capita wealth to among the lowest in the State, and that an application of remedial measures whatever they might be would have to of necessity take this into account. It was for this reason that the plan ning was confined to the discussion stage, although with the help of Federal officials it is planned that the committee will present for adoption one of several alternatives when the entire board of Conservation and De velopment meets for a called meeting at the Mount Mitchell reserve early in October. William A. Hunter Buried On Sunday William A. Hunter, 50, of Creswell, died at the Memorial Hospital in Norfolk, Va., on Friday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock, following an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the family bury ing ground at Hunters Fork in this County, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with the Rev. A. A. Butler, officiating. Music was furnished by the choir of the Hertford Baptist 'Church, and the pallbearers were J. A. Perry, Robert White, T. L. Babb, D. J Pritchard, -1. L. White and T. E, Raper. Mr. Hunter was a native of Hert ford but had lived for some time at Creswell. Surviving are three sis ters. Mrs. I. N. Thomas, of Aeheville, Mrs. Thomas Farmer, , of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs.. ..M. J., Gregory,., of Hertford, and one .brother., B.. R. FARMERS FROM ALL SECTIONS AT COUNH PICNIC Staged By Home Dem onstration Clubs at Leigh Farm CONTESTS Severe Thunder Storm Threatens to Break Up Affair The picnic given by the women, of the home demonstration clubs of Per quimans at the Leigh Farm in Du rants Neck was attended by men and women from all over the county, with representatives from most of the clubs present, as well as their families and a number of visitors. A most delicious lunch was served which everybody enjoyed, after which the crowd gathered on the broad front porch to witness the en tertainment features which had been prepared by each club. A sudden severe thunder storm brewing curtailed the very delightful program before all of the clubs had been heard from. The Ballahack, the Helen Gaither Club, the Beech Spring and the Chapanoke Clubs had each contribut ed a song number and the visitors from Hertford had sung a song be fore the program was brought to a sudden termination by the weather. Prior to the lunch hour the entire company had joined in the singing of songs, led by Gordon Blake, Farm Agent of Hertford County. Numerous contests and games, in cluding pitching horseshoes, were played. Out-of-the county visitors included Mrs. Marie Woodard, Home Agent of Gates County; Mrs. R. R. Rich, of Gatesville, and Gordon Blake, of Winton. W. K. Barclif t Dies At New Hope Home W. K. Barclif t, 60, prominent New Hope resident, died on Wednesday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were held at New Hope on Thursday afternoon and burial took place in the family bury ing ground. Surviving Mr. Barclif t are his widow and the following children: Robert Barclift and Kermit Barclift, both of Washington, D. C; Carlton, Leon and Archie Barclift, of New Hope; Miss Daphne Barclift, of Bal timore, Md., and Mrs. Lathan Umph lett, of Elizabeth City. Funeral Wednesday For John Hollowell John Martin Hollowell, 75, died at his home near Hertford at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at Cedar Grove Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. J. W. Dimmette, pas tor, officiating, and burial took place in the family plot in the churchyard. Surviving are the following chil dren: Mrs. J. E. Powell, of Ports mouth, Va.; Mrs. J. D. Sumner, of South Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Robert Perry, of Windsor; Mrs. J. H. Math ews, of Elizabeth City; J. r . Hollo well, E. B. Hollowell and W. G. Holl owell, of Winfall; one step-son, J. H. Baker, of Winfall; one sister, Mrs. W. T. Miller, of Route Three, Hert ford, and a half-brother, C. O. Fow ler, of Hertford. Joint Hostesses For Newly-Made Bride Misses Helens Nixon, Joyce Stokes and Sara Brinn were joint hostesses, at the home of Miss Brinn, on Satur day evening, when they entertained at a kitchen shower in honor of Miss Hattie Weaver Riddick, whose mar riage to John Louis Perry took place in the Methodist Church on Tuesday morning. The house was attractively decorat ed with ferns and lighted by candles. Games and contests were enjoyed, after which the bride was presented with many useful gifts for her new home. An ice course was served. Those present, in addition to the honoree, were Mesdames R. M. Rid dick and Robert Brinn, and Misses Mary Towe, Jocelyn Whedbee, . Ruth Elliott, Polly Stephens, Evelyn Rid dick, Dorcas Knowles, Jessie Tayloe Newby, Lillian Blanchard, Elisabeth Morris, Mary Onella Relfe, , Carolyn Riddick) Mary Helena Newby, Anna Sullivan, of Baltimore,: Edla Taylor, f Greenville, . and Mrs. Arthor , 1' tial brk't or f than 1; . Lx t. wLj Uzxrzj. !kr, t-wrdlsj to.C?; PavenP01?'r at Washington, p. C. Hunter, of New Orleans. . . Woods, Jr., of PUliidelphia, Pa. r, ,-" if
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