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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUIL65TQ OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY!
Volume III, Number 36. -
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 4, 1936.
$1.25 Per Year
aeiMAMs
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Friends Pay
To Clinton
Died Last
All Stores Close For An
Hour In Honor Distin
guished Son
HELPED MANY
. Never Forgot His Home
S m t 1 J
i own and ooynooa
Associates
In honor of Clinton White Toms,
who died in New York City on Sat-
' urday morning, the merchants of
Hertford closed their doors during
the hour of the funeral held in Dur
ham, and other places, of business of
the town, including the Hertford
Banking Company, suspended busi
V Mess. All of the offices in the court-
' house were closed also , as a tribute
to Hertford's distinguished son from
11 until 12 o'clock.
MrJPToms, president of the Liggett
& Myers Tobacco Company, was a
native of Hertford, the eldest son of
the late Mr. and Mrs, Zack Toms,
and a member of one of the oldest
f amUtes . of Perquimans. . Born Octo
ber 2T868, in Hertford, he, spent
his boyhood here, receiving his early
education in the Hertford schools.
After his graduation from the Uni
versity of North Carolina in 1889,
Mr. Toms never lived in Hertford
again, but throughout his long and
successful career, first as an educa
tor and later as a business executive,
during wkftk time he lived for the
most part ia Durham and New York
find 4ni :b th head nf one of
tions, he titver forgot the little home
town of Hertford or the associates of
Always modest r and unassuming
, and shrinking from publicity of any
&MfU, illl.- AVUU ' PUWtW VMMrV W
the" admonition, "When thou doest
alms let not thy left hand know what
thy right aand doeth; and though
there it probaby no phase of life in,
Perquinttns, either business, civic,
religions, or benevolent, which has
not felt tho effect of the generosity
of Clinton W. Toms, his gifts have
f always been made. anonymously.
The pipe. organ in the Hertford
Metfliodist Church, one of the best in
the State of North .Carolina, was
given by Mr. Toms a a. memorial to
his wife, a Hertford girl, the former
tyiss Mary Newby,, who in her girl
hood sang in the church choir.
'''A large contribution ras made to
the Methodist Church when the Sun
day School room wa"dded ' some
years ago, and; in- addition Mr. Torn
had the entire church repaired and
: restored, ; ; ( i j '
Very generpna cash .contributions
Were made to the Baptist Church and
to the Episcopal Church in recent
"years by Mr.Toms, and -he alsor re
membered ' i-verjT generously the
churches Jf,tlie colored race in Hert
ford. - ' ' " '
The ancient courthouse had fallen
into bad .repair, and four years ago
Mr. Toms financed the restoration of
"V the building and grounds," at consid
erable' cost jt"" J. ;': i '
Another ,of his public benefactions
was the generous, contributions made
to the library of the Perquimans
s High School.;: W "
' Among" the numerous individuals
who received substantial gifts from
Mr. Toms were ' ' number Of colored
people who had formerly been in the
emptor of his father.
-Funeral services mawea oy aig
nitand simplicity, were held at the
; bxftne of Jbia. daughter, . Mrs. J. A.
i Buchahnan. in Durham, on Monday
' morning, and the body of Mr- Toms
was Jaid .to rest beside wjwifejwj&o
' died ten years ago.-. "- ' v s t:
Among 'those from Hertford .who
attended the funeral were, the three
- sisters of Mr,.",. Toms,' , Mrs..&
Morgan, Mrs. G. E. Newby, and Mrs.
K' T. S. White.' Others included- S.
t White,' Charles' Whedbee", - Mr. rT and
f Mrs. Evart Newby, Mr. and Mrs..
4H. Pitt, 'Mrs. Simon Rutenberg.'PW.
Vt Alfred Williams, v Mr, : and Mrs. W.
G. Newby, Mrs. C. T. Skinner,.-Mr
: 5 and Mrs. R. M.- Riddick, Mr. and Mrs.
t B. G. Koonce and Rev. P. M. Sharpe.
Rev. R.VW Bradshaw At
M, E. Church On Sunday
i . ; Rev. R. W.' Bradshaw, secretary of
Christian Education, of the : North
Pnrnlina Conference will preach at
' the Hertford Methodist Church at
7j80 o'clock on Sunday evening. The.
1 public is cordially invited.
Tribute
Toms Who
Saturday
MRS. JAKE WHITE
IN NEW QUARTERS
Formal Opening Deferred Until Re
turn of Simon Rutenberg Fol
lowing Accident
A fall showing of beautiful new
clothes for women and girls will be
held on Friday night of this week at
the store of J. C. Blanchard & Co.,
to which the public is invited.
Elaborate plans are being made
for the affair which will be held in
the newly arranged Ready-to-Wear
Department on the second floor,
where living models will display new
fall dresses and hats in a most at
tractive setting.
The doors will be open at 8 o'clock
P. M.
Among those who will model are
Mrs. J. H. Towe, Jr., Mrs. Robert
White, Mrs. Sidney Broughton, and
Mrs. F. T. Johnson, and Misses Mary
Helene Newby, Dorcas Knowles, Mar
jory Buck, Helen Mae White, Bar
bara Winslow, Bettie Jean Winslow,
Joyce Stokes, Mattie Bert Relfe,
Jean White, and Mary Towe.
I HIT OR MISS I
By M. L. W.
Abou Ben Adham, may his tribe
increase!
Awoke one night from a deep dream
of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight of
his room,
Making it fair and like a lily in
bloom,
An angel wrting, in a book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben
Adham bold,
And to the presence m the room he
said
"What writtest thou?" The Vision
raised its head.
And with a look made up of sweet
. accord,
Answered, "The names of those who
love the Lord."
"And is mine one?!' asked Abou.
"Nay, not so." Ben Adham spake
more low,
But cheerily withal, and mid,
"I pray thee, then, write me
As one who loves his fellow men."
The vision wrote and vanished. The
next night
It came again? with great awakening
- TighV:
And showed . the , names., of those
whom '
Love of God had blessed,' and lo!
Ben Adhatti'8 name led all the rest.
Leigh Hunt.
Hew many Perquimans farmers
would like to-have a cowwhich gives
16 gallons of milk per day? .
Carnation Ormsbury '' Butter King,
nine years' old; is, the champion cow
of the world. . In one year she pro
duced 38,606 pounds of milk, equaling
her weight in milk . every sixteen
days, t has been estimated that her
production for one year would keep
the average family of four . supplied
with milk for twenty-font' years, or
with - butter for- the jamer period. It
is claimed that she produces as much
milk and butter J aa nine ordinary
cows produce.. The" average daily
production is 16 gallon!.
A picture of this champion cow
is shown in' today's 'advertisement of
Carnation Milk by Morgan's .. Modern
Grocery. " ; I'; ,$;h
My neighbor, Joe Towe, r who is
two and f a half, wanted to play
bridge. He, coaxed, the four , bridge
players to" let him play. Finally,
somebody' gave him. a deck, of cards
and told him to get ' down on the
floor and play, t .
, So Joe' played He , played very
quietly for a long time,., spreading
the cards out ins, a neat, even row.
When he had finished he looked with
pride . at his work. "See " ; he said,
"I play bridges See my bridge!"
tmiW--M ?
Knock, .Knock I
' "Who's there "
Cafl'oe. " .
, Canoe who? . :'- 'r
Canoe row a boat?' - f ' '
And ' speaking of canoes, Dan
Smith and.Wallace Weston, of Belvi-
dere, paddled canoe if torn vBelvk
dere to Hertford, a distance of six
teen miles, in three hou-j.
Canoe? . " '
MAJOR SUBJECTS
8E DISCUSSED AT
TRAINING SCHOOL
Rev. R. W. Bradshaw
And Mrs. W. H. Wade
Are Instructors
AT M. eTcHURCH
Classes Will Be Held
Monday Through Fri
day at 7:30 P. M.
Two major questions are faced in
the course to be studied in the train
ing school for Christian workers
which will be conducted at the Hert
ford Methodist Church next week, in
which people of all denominations
are invited to take part, they are
How do we become a Christian?"
and "How do we help others in be
coming Christians?"
Ihe classes will beein work on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. There
are two instructors, both outstand
ing in Christian Educational Work.
Mrs. M. H. Wade. Conference Di
rector of Children's Work, of the
North Carolina Conference of the M.
E. Church, South, will be in charge
of the classes for the workers with
children, and Rev. R. W. Bradshaw,
Conference Secretary of Christian
Education of the North Carolina Con
ference, will be in charge of the
classes for instructors of older pu
pils. "How Shall I Learn to Teach Reli
gion?" is the text book for study
under Mrs. Wade. This course is
intended for workers with rhiMrn
up to twelve years of aee. including
workers with nursery, beginners.
primary and junior children, as well
as parents.
'Evangelism in the Church School"
is the subject of study under Mr.
Bradshaw. the Durvose of the latter
course beinr to hefo students Aconfoe
an increased appreciate and under
standing of the meaning and nature
of evangelism and to understand that
evangelism is essentially educational.
Classes wOl be- held each evening?
from Monday through Friday at 7:30.
College Students
Prepare To Leave
With the advent of September, the
boys and girls of Perquimans, along
with the youth all over the country,
begin to leave for the various col
leges and universities, and a number
of Perquimans young folks who
teach also go away for the winter.
Miss Patricia Stephens will enter
Atlantic Christian College at Wilson,
this fall.
At least five Hertford girls are
going to attend East Carolina Teach
ers. College at Greenville. They are
Misses Joyce Harrell, Prue Newby,
Carolyn and Frances Lamb and Jean
White.
Misses Sara Brinn and Kay
Broughton will return to Duke University,-
as will also Robert Hollo-
well and Bill Jessup.
Herman Ward, Guy Newby, Miss
Louise Payne and Miss Eloise
Broughton-will attend the University
of North Carolina.
Claude Brinn, Ben Robinson and
Henry Stokes will matriculate at
Louisburg College
James Robert White and Wright-
son Jackson will return to Wake
Forest for their third year. Jesse
Lee Harris will also enter Wake
Forest this term.
Tim Brinn, who is a first alternate
for an appointment at .West Point,
has gone to Marion Military Insti
tute, at Marion, Ala. " ;
Miss Ruth Elliott returns to N. C.
C. W., at Greensboro, and Miss
Ruth Nachman and Miss Mary Wood
Koonce enter the Woman's College
of the University.
Carl 'Britt is at Spartanburg Tex
tile School, at Spartanburg, S. C. '
Dick. Payne returns to State Col
lege at Raleigh. '"j
Rob ' Morris , will be t student at
Fork Union Military Academy, in
Virginia.
Frank Jessup will attend Oak
Ridge Military Academy. . ; ;
Large Crowd En joys
DanceMoltday Night
The dance given at the Community
House in Hertford oh Monday Even
ing by .Lucius '. Blanchard,' Johnnie
Broughton and t Willie Alnsley. i was
attended by a large number oi the
young people jpf the - town, ) who
danced to music v furnished by Man
itinerant" mustciaA' 'known as "The
One Matt' Band." ' v , ' '
MARKERS MAY BE
SECURED FOR ALL
GRAVES OF VETS
Application Should Be
Made to County Wel
fare Officer
FREE OFCHARGE
12 Graves Marked Last
Year By Local Chap
ter U. D. C.
If there is an unmarked grave of a
soldier, a veteran of any war, in
Perquimans County a marker may be
secured without cost. A marker for
the grave of a veteran of any war,
those who fought for the Confeder
acy, as well as those who fought for
the Union in the War Between the
States, or those who fought in any
other war, may be secured by appli
cation to Miss Ruth Davenport,
County Welfare Officer.
Any one knowing of an unmarked
grave of a soldier may report the
matter to Miss Davenport and upon
receiving the proper dtta the Wel
fare officer will make application to
the United States Veterans' Bureau
and the stone or marker will be ship ped.
The only cost in connection
with the erection of such marker is
that of transporting the stone from
the nearest freight depot to the
grave and setting same up. The
United States Government furnishes
the stone and pays the railroad
transportation.
Markers for garves of twelve Con
federate soldiers were placed by the
local chapter of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy last year.
It is believed that most of the graves
of the Confederate soldiers in Per
quimans, have been marked, but it is
possible there are some which the
U. D. C failed to discover. It is al
so probable that there are other un
marked ; soldiers graves in the
Cwmty. '
Gets 60 Days For
Worthless Check
William Stubbs, alias Brown, who
plead guilty to giving a worthless
check in Recorder's Court on August
21, and who was sentenced to 60
days on the roads, the sentence to
be suspended upon payment of the
court costs and upon making good
the ten-dollar check which he gave
to the Hotel Hertford in payment of
a board bill, will be sent to the roads
this week to serve his sentence
Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., who
tried Stubbs, ordered that Stubbs be
held in jail a week before being sent
to the roads in order to be given
time to make good his claim that he
expected to receive money with
which to make the check good. The
money has not been raised.
Mrs. T. E. Harrell To
Succeed Miss Pridgen
On School Faculty
Mrs. T. E. Harrell, of Hertford,
will teach home economics at the
Perquimans High School this year.
Mrs. Harrell who at one time, was a
member of the Perquimans High
School faculty, but who taught his
tory at that time, is a graduate of
North Carolina College for Women,
and has had two years experience in
teaching home economics. In addi
tion to this training, she took a
course in dietics and was for some
time assistant dietitian at Watts
Hospital, in Durham.
Mrs. Harrell succeeds Miss Maude
Pridgen, who held the position for
several years.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
MEETS WITH MRS. W. W. LEWIS
The Woman's Missionary Society
of Oak Grove Church met with Mrs.
W. W. Lewis on Wednesday. The
meeting opened with the hymn "Love
Divine." The Scripture lesson, tak
en from the 4th chapter of Mathew,
was read by Mrs. G. W. Bright. In
teresting talks on "Christian Wom
an's Medical College" were given by
Mrs. C. P. Quincy and Miss Gerrie
Griffin. Miss Alice Ferrell gave a
reading ; on f Begin and Make Use
Of," and a poem, "At Even Ere the
Sun Is Set," was given by Mrs. P.
L. Whitehead. ,
Refreshments were served to the
following:. Mrs.- G. W. Bright, : Mrs.
W. W Lewis, "Mrs. C. P.. Quincy,
Mrs. P, L. Whitehead, Mrs.. Talmage
Lewis, Mrs. Roy Lane,1 Mrs. -George
Jackson, Mrs. W. H, Overman, Miss
es Mildred Lewis, Grade jmd Mattie
FerrelV Hazel Bright, Doris Lewis,
and Gerrie Griffin. - 1 - J
Perquimans County
S. S. Convention Held
At Oak Grove Friday
Blanchard's Showing
Fall Styles Tonight
While the formal opening of the
new ready-to-wear department of
Simon's and of Mrs. Jake White's
Millinery Department, will be defer
red until such time as Mr. Rutenberg
is able to return to business, the im
provements recently made in the
store are completed and the removal
of the stock from the first to the
second floor took place this week.
The new quarters are most attractive
and the fall goods are displayed to
good advantage.
The first sales in the new quarters
took place Wednesday.
Schedue Meetings Of
Demonstration Clubs
Regular monthly meetings of the
various home demonstration clubs in
the county will be held in September
as follows:
Chapanoke Club will meet on Tues
day, September 8; Winfall on Wed
nesday, 9; Whiteston, Thursday, 10; )
Hunter's Fork, Friday, 11; BallahackJ
Monday, 14; Beech Spring, Tuesday,
15; New Hope, Wednesday, 16;
Woodville, Thursday, 17; Belvidere,
Wednesday, 23; Helen Gaither,
Thursday, 24, and Bethel-Burgess,
Friday, 25.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, home agent,
is urging the club members to attend
these first meetings of the fall. The
annual Achievement Day is ap
proaching and Miss Hamrick is anx
ious that all club members take
part in the plans for the program.
A demonstration of canning saur
kraut and fruit will be given at the
meetings in September.
Miss Hamrick is urging th club
women to take part in the 1936
Kerr Canning Contest for Adult
Home Demonstration Club Women of
North Carolina. Cash prizes are giv
en by the Kerr Glass Manufacturing
Corporation. Information as to re
quirements of entrants and other de
tails may be had from Miss Hamrick.
Former Resident
Weds In Capital
George W. Chappell, a former
Hertford resident who now lives in
Washington, D. C, was married on
Tuesday of this week to Miss Sadie
Virginia Woltz, of Washington, the
wedding taking place in the Incarna
tion Lutheran Church, in that city.
The bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Mrs. Edna Woltz, of Wash
ington. The bridegroom is the oldest
son of the late George W. Chappell,!
of Hertford.
Mr. Chappell and his bride are
spending some time in Perquimans,
visiting relatives.
More Worry Ahead
For Cotton Growers
Further warning that the cotton
leaf worm, may infest North Carolina
this fall was issued this week by C.
H. Brannon, extension entomologist
at State College.
This insect pest, one of the most
destructive that cotton farmers have
to contend with, is already doing se
rious damage in some of the south
ern states, he said.
Weather conditions have been con
ducive to the rapid spread of the
worm, he continued, and there is a
strong possibility that it may attack
North Carolina cotton fields.
The worm eats nothing but cotton,
and often strips entire fields of their
foliage. A badly infested field has
the appearance of having been burn
ed over.
When the worm gets into a cotton
field, Brannon continued, the resul
tant defoliation causes heavy shed
ding, premature opening of the bolls,
and staining of the lint.
The little caterpillars vary greatly
in color, but each segment, when
seen from above, shows four round,
black dots arranged in the form of a
square. This is the surest way of
identifying the worm, Brannon point
ed out.
He urged the growers to keep . a
sharp lookout for the worm in their
fields, and to dust with calcium ar
senate as soon as it is discovered, i '
The calcium arsenate should be
applied at the rate of five -to seven
pounds per acre, dusted on in the
same way tnat it 18 applied for boll
weevil control.
"New Church For the
New Day" Will Be
Theme
ALL INVITED
Prominent State Lead
ers Scheduled to Take
Active Part
The Perquimans County S. S. Con
vention for all denominations, will be
held in Oak Grove Methodist Church,
Perquimans County, Rev. J. W. Dim
mette, pastor, on Friday, September
11, 1936, with morning, afternoon
and night sessions. The theme this
year is "A New Church for the New
Day." There will be addresses, dis
cussion groups, and special music at
the morning and afternoon sessions.
These discussion groups will be for
everyone and on every division of the
Sunday School. There will be an in
teresting Religious Dramatization
put on at night. The night session
will be especially in the interest of
young people's work, but adults as
well as young people are invited to
attend. Between the morning and
afternoon sessions, there will be a
fellowship dinner. Everyone is urged
to attend and bring baskets.
Rev. Shuford Peeler, general secre
tary of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association, and Mr. Frank J.
Watson, also of the State Associa
tion, will be present and take active
parts. Local pastors and others will
participate also. It is hoped that
every church will send not less than
six delegates. They are urged to
send more, if possible. At the close
of the night session, a pennant will
be given to the Sunday School hav
ing the best record of attendance,
based on the number of miles trav
eled. The complete program follows:
Morning Session
Mrs. Eunice Winslow, presiding.
9:45, Song Service, Oak Grove
Choir, song leader, Frank J. Watson,
Athens, Ga.; 10:00, Devotions, "The
Power-Filled Church," Acts 2:1-4,
Mrs. Joe Delaney, Winfall; 10:10,
Address, "The New Church and Its
Message," Frank J. Watson; 10:30,
Special music, duet, Bethany Metho
dist Church; 10:35, Discussion
Groups, "Problems," Rev. Shuford
Peeler, Salisbury; "The Church and
Its Teaching Task," Frank J. Wat
son; 11:20, Re-assemble, Business,
Attendance, Reports, Committees;
11:30, Address, "The Mission of the
Church in Our Day," Rev. Shuford
Peeler; Offering for Sunday School
Causes; 12:10, Hymn, Benediction.
Fellowship dinner All bring bask
ets. Afternoon Session
Mrs. B. W. Thatch, presiding.
1:45, Song Service, Oak Grove
Choir; 2:00, Devotions, "The Church
Then and Now," Acts 2:41-47, Rev.
J. W. Dimmette, Winfall; 2:10, Dis
cussion Groups, (1) "Work of the
Children's Division," Miss Mabel
Lane, Belvidere; (2) "Work of the
Young People's Division," Frank J.
Watson; (3) "Elements of a Success
ful Church School Program," Rev.
Shuford Peeler; 2:45, Re-assemble,
Special Music, Bethel Choir, Baptist
Church; 2:55, Address, "Making the
Church a School in Christian Living,"
Rev. D. S. Dempsey, Hertford; 3:15,
Hymn, Business; 3:30, Benediction.
The next State Sunday School Con
vention will be held in Charlotte, in
February, 1937.
Ministers Gather 'In
Winston-Salem Oct. 26
The first convention of ministers of
all denominations to be held in the
state will take place in Winston
Salem on October 26-28 under the
auspices or the North Carolina
Council of Churches, Bishop J. Ken
neth Pfohl, chairman of the general
committee of the Winston-Salem
Ministers Association has announced.
Arrangements for the program are
in the hands of Dr. H. Shelton Smith,
of Duke University; Dr. Walter L.
Lingle, president of Davidson Col
lege; Bishop Paul B. Kern, of
Greensboro; and Bishop Pfohl.'.
Concerning the program, Dr. Smith
says, "It will feature more than a
dozen of . America's; great leaders in
'various Velds " f. Christian service,
and is expected to bring.-upwards of
a thousand ministers of the various
denominations from - all parts of
North Carolina to Winston-Salem.'
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