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THE . PERQUIMANS WTZVLY. HERTFORD. N. G. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, KZZ.
THE PERQUIMANS
" Published every ' Friday t The
Perquimans - Weekly effice in the
Gregory Building, Church Street,
Hertford, N. C.
MATTIE LISTER WHITE-. Editor
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Entered as second class matter
November 15, 1934, at the post office
at Hertford, North Carolina, under
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
GRAPE TIME IS HERE; HOW
ABOUT THE HULLS T
Look out for grape hulls! They
are a terrible menace to pedestrians
when careless folks throw them on
the sidewalks. To step on a grape
hull often means to slip and fall.
Every now and then some one is se
riously hurt by such a fall.
There are many grapes grown in
Perquimans. Bushels of the delicious
fruit are brought to Hertford every
week and hundreds of quarts are sold
in Hertford every Saturday during
the grape season, many of them eat
en by folks who stand around on the
streets, and the thoughtless ones
throw the hulls carelessly on the
sidewalks.
There should be a town ordinance
prohibiting this practice- Not only
Are grape hulls dangerous to step
upon, but they make a most unsight
ly appearance, and that the down
town sidewalks are allowed to be
cluttered with them is a reflection
on the town.
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!
They are picking cotton in Per
quimans; before long the digging of
peanuts will begin, and a little later
on will be picked; corn and soya
beans will be gathered after that.
It is harvest time in Perquimans.
This season means much to the
Town of Hertford, set in the midst
of a fertile agricultural area. From
cotton picking alone there is consid
erable cash put into circulation, the
first ready cash to be felt in the local
business life from the fall crops.
September always brings renewed
business activity, and this fall for the
first time in several years Hertford
will feel the benefit of the oil mill
pay roll. For many years the oil
mill business meant much to the
general business life of Hertford.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company,
which rebuilt the plant last winter,
will begin to crush cotton seed with
in the next few weeks, stimulating
to a considerable extent local busi
ness. Harvest time in Perquimans and
happy days are here again!
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
ROAD!
A lot of highway accidents are oc
curring all the time in this section
of the world, and Captain Farmer
and his book of instructions directs
all drivers to "keep your hands on
the wheel and your eyes straight
ahead." Simple enough to say but
difficult to follow if a raft of road
side sitrns appear at too frequent in
tervals, especially ' on curves, to at
tract your attention. Let Paul
Olsson or some fancy artist paint a
lively billboard with a bunch of half
nude bathing beauties with golden
curls upon it, and who is the driver
who will keep his eyes straight
ahead? You name him.
Well, the North Carolina Federa
tion of Home Demonstration Clubs is
going to try to stop all that. They
have declared war on all outdoor
roadside advertising, and it's a fine
move. They particularize on the
facts such signs mar the beauty of
Carolina landscapes, and, also, "dis
tract attention." It's true and the
plan to boycott the signs and all ad
vertisers using them is a memorable
one. Let's all join with them in
seeing what can be done in this
way, anyhow, to make the highways
safe for motorists. Chowan Herald.
HIT OR MISS
By M. L. W.
Whatever may have been said to
the contrary notwithstanding, the
old gray goose is not dead, not yet.
Roy S. Chappell, member of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Bethel Township, is authority for
the statement that the old gray
, goose, now 27 years of age, is still
living out at the farm of his father,
'Thomas Chappell, near Bethel.
For a , quarter of a century this
" old gray goose laid her regular quota
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' of dozen. In 1938 she retired so to
speak. . , The ten - eggs she laid in
1985, the first which had failed to
v hatch, proved to be" the last of many,
many dozens produced this -'remarkable
- Mother Goose. The last
ci the many oroods or aowny, yeiiow
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were long since sold in the poultry
market; "-She probably hatched a
thousand in her longf career. " '
The coat of feathers is ; not so
thick on the . old gray, goose ,as it
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once was. Time was when she con
tributed generously each year to the
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store of goose reamers usa in pil
lows and feather beds, the downiest
to be had. Mounds of down and
feathers were plucked from the old
goose every spring, after the cus
tom of goose owners everywhere.
There are no feathers to spare now.
The few she has are left for warmth.
But though her term of usefulness
is o'er, they set great store by the
old gray goose out at the Chappell
farm. She is, naturally, something
more than a chattel, more like a
member of the family. Her great
age has made her venerable and long
association has endeared her to the
family.
The old goose is blind, has been
for a year or two, and one wing
droops pathetically, but she is ten
derly, even affectionately, cared for,
daily fed and tended with more than
ordinary care, and always finds pas
ture where tender young grass
shoots will tempt her failing appe
tite. That twenty-three-year-old gander,
a spry young fellow still, which also
lives at the Chappell farm, might
have attracted some attention, having
lived far beyond the normal age ofi
geese, but ior tne iact mat me oiu
gray goose was a Mother Goose long
before he was even hatched.
Soil-Conserring Crop
Seed Should Be Saved
i was the guest of Miss Maude Keaton
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"Don't despair when you stumble.
The worm is the only animal
can't fall down." Selected.
that'
"I shall not pass thiB way
once. If, therefore, there be
but
any
kindness I can show, or any good
thing I can do to any fellow-creature,
let me do it now. Let me not
neglect or defer it, for I shall not
pass this way again." Selected.
Capt Charles Ford Sumner, Jr.,
doesn't draw that twelve dollar a
North Carolina farmers are being
urged to save seed of soil-conserving
crops to plant or sell next year.
Not only has the drouth reduced
the supply of seed, said Dean I. 0.
Schaub, of State College, but indi
cations are that there will be a big
demand for soil-conserving crop seed
in 1937. ' '
In most areas, he said, farmers
are growing as large quantities of
roughage as possible for livestock
feed.
They have also indicated their in
terest in the purchase of seed supT
plies of grasses and legumes that
will be encourasred for 1937 under
the soil-improvement program.
In view of this, the seed supply of
these crops for spring planting is
unusually important.
Where it is praticable for farmers
to harvest the seed of soil-conserving
crops, they may be able to supply
their own needs ' and help supply
their neighbors.
This will save them the expense of
having to buy seed, and will provide
a source of income .for those .who
have a surplus of seed for selling to
those who do have to buy seed next
spring, the dean emphasized.
Early reports from the bureau of
agricultural economics show that the
seed crops of bluegrass, orchard
grass, red top, and meadow fescue in
the east central region are only about
half as large aB they were last year.
It is believed that dry weather
has affected alfalfa, red clover, and
lespedeza so that the yield of seed
will be less than normal. rj,i:
BETHEL NEWS
Elmer . Tarkenton has returned
year salary as Fire Chief, as 'was set from the Albemarle Hospital, Eliza.
forth in this column a couple of
weeks ago. The 'Captain, it seems,
all unknowing to many of his friends,
resigned the honor shortly after it
was bestowed upon him by the city
fathers, around the first of the year.
The job was then turned over to
B- C. Berry, proprietor of Morgan's
Modern Grocery, and he, also, gave
it up.
After considerable snooping on
the part of this columnist, the elusive
title was found to be vested in
Silas M. Whedbee.
As usual, the Chief did a great Job
at the fire on Tuesday, as did Gene
Perry, Grady Spivey, and the other
members of the company. In fact,
this bunch of young men fought fire
so successfully that one can but
hopethat an exception may be made
in their case if it be true that the
job in which one excells in this life
will be the task assigned in the next
to be perfected.
Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Long were
guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. L. Long, near Edenton, Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Jo Phillips and her son, Clyde
of Camden,, spent Monday here with
friends and relatives. '
Mrs. J. AT Meads and her niece,
Miss Dorothy Meads, of Weeksville,
are the guests of Mrs, Mary Bray, at
Woodville. , , '
7 Mrs. ,1 J. Winslow,1 of Winfall,
was thes week-end guest of her-parents',
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bogue,
at Woodville. " ,
Mies Mary Cheatham, of Roanoke,
Vil, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Bray. v H -
Mrs. Bertha Whitehead and "daugh
ter; Miss Alcesta, are , visiting in
Norfolk,, Va.; v.' - ,CV
Mrs. Alberto ; H. Ro, of- Weeks
ville, spent Tuesday with her pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs.' J. C, Wilson, r.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Towe have re--
turned to Charlottesville, Va., after
a visit with Mr. Towe's sister, Mrs.
C. P. Quincy.-" ' V , ' "
Mrs. W.H. Elliott is spending sev
eral days, in r Norfolk,. Va., with
friends.
Miss Frances Evans,- of Hertford,
was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Wilson,
Jr., on Tuesday.
w-Miss Doris Parker and her brother,
Willard, were in Elizabeth City on
Saturday.
. Miss Gerrie Griffin spnt Saturday
afternoon, in Elizabeth City,
Durwood Towe has returned to his
home in Washington, D. C; after a
visit with his sister, Mrs. C. P.
Quincy.
r Mr. and Mrs. John Aebell and
children snent the week-end with
relatives in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis, Miss
Mildred Lewis, Mrs. Molly Trueblood,
Mrs. Daisy Perry, Mrs. Addie Bright
and Miss Hazel -Bright, - and C P.
Quincy attended' the funeral of Sher
man Twine Tuesday afternoon.
' Mr. and Mrs. John Simons and
sons, Jack and Walter, spent Sunday
at Nags Head.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Perry, of New
Hope; visited Mr. and Mrs. George
Alexander Sunday afternoon, .
der'has returned to her home- after'
a pleasant visit with her friend, Dot
Perry.' Dot returned home with her
for a yisit.; - ' H " . -
- Mr. "and Mrs! ft' W. Alexander,
xttaaA Aviso VJfiann'xnet ftnsta Wilson .
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were in Elizabeth ' City Wednesdajr
and attended the show at the'Caror
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. Mrs. S. D. Godfrey is ill at her:
home netr Woodville. . ' ;
. Clarence Byrum. who ' has - been-'
quite ill, is slightly Improved.
VISITING IN HERTFORD'
i George Congleton, . ' former Hert
fnrrf hnv. who is an instructor rtt the
CCC Camp at .Statesville; was. i in
town for, a day. or two this weeKV
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Misses Kathryn Lamb and Thyrena
Lane spent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mrs. Shelton Chappell.
Mr. and Mrs. Mat Martin, of Rich
Square, spent Saturday night ' with
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chappell.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Copeland, of
Halifax, spent Saturday, night with
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chappell. - '
Misses .Irene and Clara Twine, of
Center Hill, spent the week-end -with
Misses Margaret and Nona Marie
Raper. - , - ,
McCoy Phthisic has returned from
a two .weeks' visit with his , sister,
Mrs. Sam Brafford, in -1 Washington.
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" Mr. and Mrs. Mat Martin, of Rich
Square, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cope
land, of Halifax, were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W Clarence
Chappell. ,. " , v , ,
Miss Margaret Rapes has returned
after a visit with' her aunt, Mrs.; E.
N-' Chappell. v. 'i : '
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beth City, where he underwent ' an
operation for appendicitis.
W. C. Perry is very ill at his home i
here. ' ',V:' j
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver DaQ and their
children, of Norfolk, Va, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. E,
Curtis. , .1
Miss Genevieve Standing has re
turned to Norfolk, Va., after visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R-;-F.
Standin.
Misses Louise Mansfield, and Eloise
Keaton spent Sunday with- Miss Eve1
lyn Long. ' U :M'
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simpson and
children, Elizabeth and Henry, Jr., of
Norfolk, Vs., spent the week-end as
guests of Mrs. Simpson's 4 parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry. . . v
Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood White and
son, of Kenly, spent Sunday-with
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Phillips and Mrs,
M. I. Charlton. . tSt,
Annie Norman ChessonH of Eden
ton, was : ; ' the f jguest Alo i-rjorie
Proctor for a few days'-last 'week. 4
Mrs. M. I. Charlton! is visiting her
son, Fleetwood h White, 4 and t Mrs.
White,' at Kenly":S;?
Mrs. R C.', AUsel,. of Sal wde's,
Va., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W.,C.PermS':te;ilglSs"W
Miss Nelle Williams has : returned
home from ' Norfolk, Va., fwhere she
visited, friendi - Jf?4 v.
Misi lEloise? Long;! of 'Elizabeth
City, is the, guest of 'e Miss Lucille
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Butt and
children, Mary : Lou and , Calvin,
New Hope; spent I Sunday .with: Mrs.
Butt's parents,'! and Mrs. ; J. ;C
Hobbs. 5 t v.-- i h7- -
Miss Elizabeth White has returned
to her-home near Hertford, after, a
visit to 'Miss-Esaier:'Ward.S
Miss .Myrtle Corprew has' returned
to her home near Edenton after a
visit with her aunt, MrvC; R. Chap-,
pell. '
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Brims sweep up, and trim
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