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' Though there was little property
' damage in - .Perquimans from the
' storm which struck this section early
Friday morning and which in,:' spite
of the . ominous Tand , oft-repeat
v warnings which came . in over, the
:; radio throughout Thursday night and
, . early Friday,' could not compare with
the storm of 1933, 1 one Perquimans
life was lost,, when, Charlie Little
:. John. Winfall . Negro employee . ot
' Major' & Loomis Company, drowned
in Albemarle Sound.' , v" J , . '
Iittlejohn was employed as opera-
wr m hw oup iuituer, aw, wuivu
f was beinar towd in the rear of the
; barge loaded with cypress logs which
w the steam tug v "Carolina" , had in
? rout ' T W ; VaM Mfa f
the "Carolina," who had, had no
. . s warning: of the hurricane encounter
' ed tiie rough weather In the sound
.' yiAirr th month Af uttie Klvpr. earl
: Friday' Morning. The hawsers which
connected the loader with the barge
' werrfnapped in two by the. force of
theVwind and the loader with its sole
: occupant was cut adrift in the rag
ing waters of the sound, the "Caro
lina" being powerless to return, to
attempt a rescue. 1 - '
" Proceeding ' toward Hertford, up
the jdrer. tiie tug , went aground
about five miles front . Hertford, as a
result of. the. abnormally, low '.tide
caused by the wind. Two men, Carl
Perry and Tommy Miller, were di
. patched ia -small boat to Hertford
' to report the loss of "the 3oa4exv.Ths
telephone service t having;; been dis
rupted by the stormy 'it ' was' neces
sary to 'carry the message by auto
mobile to Elizabeth City In order to
: request the Coast Guard there to
.look for the misting man. ,
It was the .tug : HJarolina", how
ever, which located the wreckan of
; the Ash, having tone m search : of
' hail .Inof In th Mnnrui !: mi ' MariA.
Ash, battered to pieces " and sunk,
was found near Dewys Point, In Tyr
rell County, on Saturday.; littfcjohn's
-i body was not recovered l until Mon
day afternoon," 4'- .
; The property Joss in "Hertford Irom
- the storm which Swept the coast for
' . hundreds - - of miles - and destroyed
Cproperty to the amount of millions,
. V SIV IVDOUS HUBWNHVW i-1 J WMJV
.;i'Af rna lAfliBi' noriman : nv mamr tar
tm . m s. 'lev. w . m
v Loomis Orapany in connection with
-me loss oi-ine xoaaer .ana iokb, xm
f c eiecinc ugnc poies ana equipment
damaged or , destroyed in the storm,
-.will not exceea suuojuu, according to
.Ti'i' . 1 ' XT ' TTvrtAci CiinailnfAtiHnnf rf TtiK.
i- lie Utilities. - i
;'-"W. M. Morgan, whose store had
' recently had a new roof lost "ap-
-' proximately, $50 by; the "torrential
- ram beating through. ? : s . r
An electric sign outside the Store
j of Simon Rutonberg was; destroyed,
7 The crops of the county were
harmed though " not to the ' extent
that it was feared they. might be.
According to the best reports avail'
; able, the dai-se to sll crops will
- probably not exceed ten per cent.
At Niscnton
r':5!nary .Society
' t C "rch fcet on
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i tt.Cs 1 r"a of
with :
' - ed ty e
. j was or.a-
''Ive llize Own Way
l.rs II. C. Vest lead in
ar.i the president, Mrs. M.
: iVJL a.
.. , preyer,
R. Cr...n, L .1 U.8 dovot.onal. ..
Those thLlr.-j part on the program
. .were la. ral;h Mercer, lira. John-
nie t:zy l.t.1 I!rs. Ilary Cray.
After t e i i' .-r business - was
. over, a e.c'-1 i-ur was enjoyed, and
' the hci' j t'jrved dellvious ice
, cream and c '.a. .
Tie ' .3 were: I Irs. Kalph Mer
cer, T" i. P.. Gr:.7.n, Mrs. H. C.
V ' . - C::ory, Krs. Ed-
1 I "ra. Johnnie Eray,
I .2 , c.J a vLltor, &rs.
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FORLIED , TUESDAY
Mr Mattie tlarclift Elected Presi-
,i dent of Thirteenth Club Organ-
s,,, lied During Year
, The White Hat Home Demonstra
tion Club was r organized Tuesday af
ternoon - by Miss . Gladys Hamrick,
Agent who was - very much pleased
by the initial meeting. .
Mrs. Mattie Barclift was elected
president of the. new jclub which is
the - thirteenth ' club to be organized
since Miss Hamrick began her work
in ; the county : a year ago. Mrs.
Thomas - Eure is vice president, and
Miss Hazel rAlnsley is secretary of
the new club. '
- The: members are MeBdames Free
man. Umphlett, Watson Sure, Harrell
Miller, Freeman Harrell, Felton Eure,
Edward Benton iJBen Corbitt, Her
man Caddy,. Thomas Eure, A. M.
Riddick, J. P, White, Jtfattie Barclift,
E. D. Matthews V. A. Caddy, Earl
Russell, Raymond Eure, Edward
Miller, Hazel Hoskins, Delwin Eure,
and Miss Hazel Ainsley.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on Tuesday, October 20, at
2:30 in the afternoon, at the White
Hat, School.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
IN NEED CLOTHING
Unable to Attend Classes; Mass Dav
enport WW Collect and Deliver
Any Wearing Apparel
Miss Ruth Davenport, Perquimans
County Welfare Officer, reports that
there area number of school children
in the county who do not have pro
per clothing - to- enable them to at
tend school., Any one who has any
clothing ''which; they are -willing to
give7 to these children are "requested
tonoiifV Mis Davennozt. who wQl
be glad to collect the articles and de
liver them to the ' needy children.
While there are many articles of
clothing made in he ,WPA sewing
rooms of the county for distribution,
there are no " sweaters, underwear,
shoes or socks. There are also no
suits for boys above ten years of age
among", these 'supplies. ; f
Three Cases Consume
Entire Morning In
Court, On .Tuesday
The entire morning was taken up
with the trial of three cases in Re
corder's Court on Tuesday.
The most interesting ease grew
out ot an: automobile accident which
occurred on the 'Elisabeth City high
way on Wednesday, of 1 last week,
when a Ford V-8 truck with a trailer
attached and 1929 Essex coach,
were in collision, and the truck was
turned over. - The 5 driver of the
coach, Mrs." Jessie Bains, and the
driver of the trucki Wflliam Costen,
Gates .. County . Negro, . were each.
charged with traffic law violations by
State Highway Corporal. G. I. Dail,
who appeared as a prosecuting wit
ness.
Mrs. Bains' plead .'guilty to the
charge of . driving without an opera'
tor's license and was lined ten dol
lars.! She .was' found not guilty of
the charge of reckless driving.: '
.Costen was fountf guilty of reck
less driving and' also 'of driving ; with
insufficient brakes, and was' fined
twenty-five, dollars.
"It is a miracle," said Judge Wal
ter H. Oakey, Jr., '.'that two or three'
were not killed in the accident" . ;
: Judj Cr'rey cautioned Costen
that he c 'ret legally "drive a
truck with t. ' 'lit- attached' at -
rate of efI ..( excess of SO miles
an hour. ; Ct ' K&i admitted i that
he' was drivky from 49r to 45 -miles
an hour but stated that" he believed
thd speed limit to be 40 rm'les; ; v.4j!
: Judpe : Oakey also cautioned ' Mrs.
Bains that she must not drivd a car
without an , operator's licensed , He
further told her to make" sure that
she gave the proper ' signal" when
stopping or making turns. ', " ' 1 h;
Charlie.; Williams, Winfall Negro,
was found guilty of larceny and was
sentenced - to the. roads S for' three
months, the sentence to be suspended
i'7' .1 the payment of the costs and a
t 1 cV.'ar f.ne, and upon good behav
i r f.r t' ? r-"'od of two years, ; " f
V 1 . '. 'jw, colored, who was
f 1 ( " 1 - -7, appealed to
ta ! C
is
!; , Marlihams Scores JJcdern Art ,
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"It woa't last," said Edwin C Markham, K4-yearHld poet, when he eyed
Grant Wood's "American Gothic" at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dal
las. He declared it belonged to a rapidly vanishing era and the author of The
nan wun I he Hoe much preferred
name.
RIVERAS BOTTOM
IS LAID BARE BY
TERRIFIC WIND
Water Lower Than Any
Resident In Hertford
Remembers
OIL SALVAGED
Men and Boys Search
Bed of River For
"Lost Arjticjes
Of all the odds and ends uncover
ed on the bottom- of Perquimans
River when the tide, carried out by
the. terrific east wind which swept
this section on Friday was lower
than It has ever been in the memory
of the, oldest residents of the county,
probably the most valuable bit of
salvage was the barrel of cylinder
oil found by John Boyce.
The river bottom laid bare to the
channel revealed, to a depth of nine
feet below normal, huge stumps of
cypress trees which had grown close
to the channel's edge.
Scattered about on the bottom of
the river were bits of refuse which
had 'sunk below the surface of the
water, much of which had presuma
bly lain in the bed of the river for
years.
Soys and -men .tramped about on
the more soild spots and many in
teresting objects were picked up.
At the foot of the wharf " proper
ty of Reed & Felton, wholesale gaso
line and oil distributors, John Boyce
discovered what proved to be an un
opened barrel of cylinder oik ; It was
imbedded deep in the mud . at the
spot where it sunk , ten years ago
when it was dropped overboard at
the wharf while a boat was being
unloaded. - The job of : lifting the
heavy barrel of oil .proving .to be too
much of an undertaking, an opening
was made in the top of ,the barrel
and . the oil pumped out, . forty-five
gallons of , it, in perfect condition,
the estimated value of which at to'
day'smarket price is. approximately
-twentyfive 'iimmii.mi0, ;'u
While the drcumstances ! of the
losing of the barrel of oil, had been
forgotten D. F. Reed remembers dis-
U!BcUytMJuppening-rv;y
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'ftsAIei the still
neSS of the night, .the shrill cry: of a
woroArt in distress. The Negro, Char
lie Iittlejohn,' heard : the ", cry.' It
came from the burning building..: A
woman, helpless, and all but: cut off
by the, flames which' "jcrept " steadily
att' might Tbe.tfjt -Was' 'jfJidbbdy' he
knew. But he answered that cry of
distress Rushing into' the'smoke-
filled. building, " he groped 1 .his way
blindly up the stairs,; stumbling: to
ward that dietresgr cryf : He found
her at last, but not bc'are ! the steal
thy tongues of fame had reached her
clothing. Fi-ht'rg for tr: th and
beatinj out the fire as he grcrfed his
way d,-i -l ot to saft;, Carlie
E-V
-If
:'s 1
upward, was In that building, on the
uppe.floor'$
Charlie didn't know who the womr
a y:
color-
Millet s famous painting of the ante
COUNTY'S CHILD
WELFARE AGENT
SUP15 REPORT
Number Cases Needing
Attention Found By
Miss Dowling
mAkingtests
Preparations Made to
Place Children In
Institutions
Though Perquimans County has
only had the services of a special
Child Welfare Assistant for two
months, the report of the Assistant,
Miss Meta Dowling, made to the
Board of County Commissioners as
to her activities in Perquimans re
veals that there were, 1 scattered
throughout the county, a number of
cases which needed the special at
tention of such an officer.
Application, is now pending for
placing one mentally deficient child
at the Caswell Training School, the
matter of two delinquent children is
also under observation and steps are
being taken to get these two chil
dren place in a proper environment
The matter of one blind child has
also been investigated and this child
will be sent to the institution for the
blind at Raleigh as soon as he
reaches the required age.
Mental health and hygiene tests
are being made of several children
throughout the county, not only to
determine mental insufficiency but
also mental superiority.
The services of the child welfare
assistant are made possible through
the Social Security Act.
Taxes Must Be Paid
By Oct-3 To Prevent
Property Advertised
Sheriff J. E. Winslow wishes to
notify all those property owners of
the county whose taxes for 1985 are
unpaid, that unless the taxes are
paid by Saturday, October 3, it will
be impossible' for him to prevent the
advertisement of the property for
sale. .'ii ;-.-.
frah Rebecca Elliott was her ' naine.
She was a, Winfall girl, working m
Noiki '- ten years ago. . Charlie
Little johh saved her life, and after
she recovered from the dreadful
burns which; have left scars that she
will bear the rest of her life, Charlie
and Rebecca were married, '
Five: years : ago they came to Win
fall, back! to , the home of Rebecca,
and Charlie got a job with the Major
& LoomisjCompany.
.- Rebecca semmed ' again last Sat-
urday night, a shrill and : piercing
cry. this.time hot for her own safety,
but because they had told her that
Charlie, was gone. She h had .gone
down to the bridsre . to wait for tld
intra of her husband, who ; had been
on the barge loader ? Ash", r when it
broke loose from the tug "Caro"na''
in the so-Ad during the storr on
Lower Power Rates
Claiming Attention
. ' r i - I, , ' a
HERTFORD M,USIC
CLUBS TO ATTElNiV
DISTRICT MEETING
Representatives Scheduled to Appear
On Program; Plan to Organize
Two Senior Clubs
The music clubs of Hertford, under
the leadership of Mrs. R. M. Riddick,
who is director of Junior Music
Clubs of the Northeastern District of
North Carolina, and of Miss Kate M.
Blanchard, will be well represented
at the annual meeting of the North
eastern District of the North Caro
lina Federation of Music Clubs to be
held at Manteo on Saturday of this
week.
Howard Broughton and Reginald
Tucker, representing the Melody
Makers Club, will sing a duet; Miss
Mary Feild and Miss Mary Louise
Chappell, of the Chaminade Club,
will give piano numbers; Misses
Anna Penelope Tucker. Blanche
Moore Berry and Maude Keaton will
sing a trio; Miss Jean Newbold will
give a soprano solo, and Elizabeth
Darden will play the piano. There
will also be a chorus from the Per
quimans High School Glee Club to
take part in the program.
The first meeting of the then new
district of Northeastern Carolina was
held in Hertford last October, with
representatives present from all of
the Albemarle counties, as well as
from across the Sound.
An effort is being made on the
part of Mrs. V. A. Ward, of Rober
sonville, who is Director of Senior
Clubs in the District, to have a full
representation from all of the music
clubs in the district present at the
meeting in Manteo, and Mrs. Ward
has offered a prize to the club which
totals the largest attendance based
on the number of miles traveled.
Hertford has four junior music
clubs and plans are on foot to organ
ize two senior clubs this fall.
LINDSEY WARREN
ON DEMOCRATIC
RALLY PROGRAM
Meeting Set For Tuesday, October
13, In Perquimans High School
Auditorium
Tuesday, October 13, is the date
set for holding the big Perquimans
County Democratic Rally.
The program, which is being ar
ranged by Mrs. B. G. Koonce, will be
given in the auditorium of the Per
quimans High School at 8 o'clock in
the evening. A small admission fee
will be charged, the proceeds to go
toward the National Democratic
Campaign fund.
In addition to an address by Con
gressman Lindsey Warren, Mrs.
Koonce plans special music for the
occasion and a very elaborate Roose
velt pageant which will depict inter
esting scenes in connection with the
program of the New Deal.
Newlywed Honor
Guest At Party
Feilds, who before her
'
Mrs. E. M
recent marriage was Miss Evelyn
Webb, of Durant's Neck, was hon
oree at a delightful card party and
miscellaneous shower on Thursday
evening given by Miss Vida Banks.
The home was tastefully decorated
with fall flowers. Mrs. W. K. Bar
clift was the winner of the prize for
high score. The bride was presented
with many attractive gifts, and at
the close of the evening an ice
course was served.
Those present included, in addition
to the guest, of honor, Mesdamea J.
W. Jackson,; M, M. Spivey, T. A.
Hurdle, Cliff Banks, JL R. Webb, W.
K. Barclift, E. G- Banks, J. H. Gre
gory, R. R. Perry, C. W. Haskett,
Dan Simpson W. J. Meads, W. M.
Divers, S. D. Banks, Irving Turner,
and Misses Bill Hurdle, Jessie Mae
Banks, Mary Webb, Rebecca Webb,
Maude, Simpson, Ruby Small, Maude
Ewell Meads and Janet Meads.
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Mrs. Riddick Attends
Music Club Meeting
Mrs. R. M. Riddick, accompanied
bv Mrs. I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth
City, and Mrs. C. J. Sawyer, of
Windsor, attended a board meeting
of State and .District officers of : the
Music Clubs of North Carolina, held
in Raleigh on Thursday. Mrs. Rid
dick who is Director of Junior Clubs
for the Northeastern District of the
Federation of Music Clubs of North
Carolina was the guest of Mrs. J.S.
Correll, - State President, 5 while In
Matter Discussed By
Officials and Other
Citizens
5 AND 12CENT RATE
Some Taking Unfair
Advantage By Hav
ing Two Meters
The matter of a reduction in the
electric power rates for the Town of
Hertford has been up for discussion
among the town officials and other
interested citizens, and in connection
with the matter H. G. Winslow,
Mayor, told a representative of this
newspaper this week that it has
been reported to him that there are
several persons in Hertford who are
taking an unfair advantage of the
two-meter system which is in use in
Hertford and are plugging in on the
power meters in their homes for
lights.
The price of electric current in
Hertford for lighting purposes is 12
cents per kilowat. Special rates of
5 cents per kilowat are made for
power current and those who have
installed power meters in their
homes get the advantage of this
special rate. Generally speaking,
owners of electric refrigerators are
the only householders who have these
power meters. On this special meter
it is permissible to use radios, irons,
cleaners, toasters, ranges, fans and
any other power appliances but this
does not apply to lights.
R. N. Hines, General Superintend
ent of Public Utilities, who was
asked whether or not he was aware
that owners of power meters were
pursuing this practice of plugging
in for light on the power meter, said
that he knew that the condition did
exist to some extent and that he
realized the unfairness of the prac
tice. Mr. Hines further stated, how
ever, that in the cases which had
come under his observation he did
not believe the offenders had plug
ged in on the power meter for
lights with any desire to get a lower
rate, but that they had simply used
plugs which happened to be con
veniently located.
The matter will have to be inves
tigated, Mr. Hines said, as it is ob
viously unfair for light current to be
sold at two prices, and he expressed
the hope that those persons who are
plugging in for lights on power me
ters will make arrangements to dis
continue doing so at once, as it will
be unpleasant for all concerned
when the check-up is made and the
matter is brought to their attention.
Game Warden Urges
Hunters Get License
Perquimans County Game Warden,
J. H. Newbold, has announced that
hunting license may now be secured
and suggests that all those who ex
pect to shoot wild game this fall get
their license before the opening of
the hunting season.
The season for shooting squirrels
Pens on 0ctber l and
I iimlrAtf winiT r hA aliAt until M fvrm-nn
tuxavjr iiuxj xivv w oiivi utsi Aivwxti-
ber 20th, and the open season for
shooting ducks is from November
26 to December 25, with certain re
strictions.
The county license costs $1.10.
Those who wish to shoot anywhere
in the State must pay (2-10 for such
license. It is necessary, in addi
tion: to the hunting license, to have
a federal stamp, the cost of which is
a dollar, to shoot ducks. This may
be secured at the. local postoffice.
Hunting license in Perquimans
may be purchased from the Game
Warden, who lives on Route 1, near ,
Hertford, and for the convenience, of v
the areneral nublic from the following -
places of business: . . Hertford Hard- -ware
& Supply Co., and Joe & Bill's
Service Station, in Hertford; Post
master L. J. Winslow, i at Belvidere;
Stephen Perry, at New Hope; R. M.
Baker's Store, at ; Nicanor; Fred
Winslow's Service. Station at Win
fall; Mrs. Irma DOrsay, at Chapa
noke, and from Roy S. Chappell, at
Bethel. '-. --:
HOST AT THEATRE PARTY
Howard . Pitt, Jr., celebrated his
fifth ibirthday on Thursday evening
by "entertaining at . a theatre party
given at the .Hertford Theatre, his
guests including Pat Morris, Carlton
Davenport, Lindsey Reed and Charlie
Umphlett After attending' the show
the children were served ice creaan
Friday rrorninj. -' Tho
' (CoUasd on Pa;e 1 : )
i cf i
r very
at Roberson's Drug Store,