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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume III. Number 48. ' -'
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 27, 1936.
$1.25 Per Year
WEEKLY
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More Room For Busy
Workers In Cambais
Not All'Seaions of Ter
ritory Represented In,
; Contest'
EASY MONEY
Early Contestants Have
Advantage In Secur-
mg votes
The first announcement of candi
dates who are entered thus far in
The Perquimans Weekly subscription
Campaign appear today. By looking
over the short list of candidates it
will be seen that there is plenty of
room for more live wires. In fact,
there are only aboutas many active
candidates as there are prises. There
is a splendid - opportunity for live
workers to enter the campaign and
make themselves important factors
and prize winners. There should be
many more candidates entered, and
-we expect the next day or two will
tiring' id more. Some who have been
Anxious to get in, but have held back
jfor some reason or other will come to
tthe conclusion that they can no long
er afford to remain out of this won
derful opportunity , of making real
money ' and will send in their nomi
nation. yy,y z -" V
Is Your Name In?
Is your name included in the list
i of those who will: share, in this gift
distribution? If not, then it is only
a matter of good business judgment
on your part to fill out the nomina
tion blank in this issue and bring, or
mail .it to the. Perquimans, Weekly
office at - once, i Spare moments dil
igently devoted to j collecting votes
during tM next few weeks wDl de
cfde who hall 'data theiprke';
Dot you! realize' that the grand prize
in this campaign represents as much
L money as .' the 'average person will
eav in r year i . v1"1 you imagine
an' easier way or a quicker way to
secure as, much money , than through
the offer of this paper?
. Do you realize that if you are an
active participant throughout this
campaign ' you cannot lose, you are
guaranteed. 20 percent cash on every
f. subscription' you turn into the office ?
Someone must , win . these awards
v in just a few weeks from now. All in
the - world that is required . is ambi
tion' backed by determination tou win,
Nearly every candidate and any
one - thinking, of entering" "will ,'say:
h, I can try but I,, know I can
win it" All will be t of the same
opinion, but the one-who decides that
. he can win and has confidence to do
his v$ry .best fronf the beginning is
more thart likely to be the one who is
proclaimed the winner at the close
of the campaign. "Make - up your
: mind now to win one of the cash
prizefCvRemember the subscriptions
count more votes at the start ,than
they do later. . This is done in fair
ness to the ones who will" tret out and
hustle at the start, so you should get
busy right ifow and if. your name is
not in the' lit today, see that it will
be among the . names published next
week.
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u; VitToCIillcnie
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1 Gale W. White, of Caracas, Vene
zuela, arrived in-Hertford n Tues
' day of thU week to visit his mother,
Mrs. G. T. Ewldn.'' Mr.. White,
who is an official ofthe Britiah
"; Am"ric TdtaocOrC'.nd who hM
I,, rn' ' r . ' t-f f vl-'.M to hta old home
In-r y -ra, expect to-'mak a
; mors ' -' i vLIt' this .time.
XI:: r::v;r.7 Service
llCl At Holy Trinity
Th TJflv. E. T. Ji!!son. Sector, of
Holy Trinity. Episcopal Church, an-und-rr
that there will be
thn rplntlon of Holy Communion
: at thi church on Thursday morning
' at 10 o'clock, to which - service' tne
public is invited. ' ' 4
' The offering at this service will go
'rTSQ the Thompson Orphanage. .-" -
ffrJr Ctcrc Of Walter's
n b"can this week, .to. re-
! f r'-w rooms of the
r ( -y, on Church
- ' ' i i.'.y be occup-
n
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No Chance For National
Park In Albemarle Says
Congressman Warren
' When questioned today about cer
tain news articles recently appearing
in daily newspapers about the prob
ability, of a national park in the Al
bemarle section, Representative
Lindsay C. Warren said he feared
there was much misunderstanding
about the matter and that a national
park for Eastern Carolina, except
possibly on the beach, was out of the
question. Mr. Warren said that na
tional parks comprised several hund
red thousand acres of land, noted for
scenic beauty and donated without
cost to the government. He said
there was no such a rear in the east
ern section of the State.
The statement of Mr. Warren fol
lows: "In view of several news articles
in Elizabeth City and Edenton papers
about a proposed national park for
the Albemarle section, I fear there
has been considerable misunderstand
ing. There to no chance in the world
for a national park in the Albemarle
section or any other section of East
ern Carolina with therpossible excep
tion of the beach. A national park
consists of several hundred thousand
acres, outstanding .' in scenic beauty
and must be donated without cost to
the government We have no such
area in Eastern Carolina that would
come up to these requirements, so a
national park is simply out of the
question.
"For some time I have been work
ing to secure a national recreational
area on the North Carolina coast be
tween Oregon and -Hatteras Inlets.
Both the government and. state al
ready own a large acreage and sev
eral individuals are interested" and
will, make gifts' of land if the project
materializes. This is our only hope
for a park or pleasure ground in the
East.
"In 1986, Congress passed the Na
tional Monument Act. This provides
that the National Park Service may
accept s without cost to the govern
ment such outstanding national his
toric shrines as it deems worthy. The
Park Service is not permitted to pur
chase any place. : Once such a place
was accepted, it would then be prop
erly maintained by the Park Service
For a year we have been trying to
donate Fort; Raleigh to the Park
Service under this act, but it has not
yet been accepted.
"Another provision of the National
Monument; Act permits the Park Ser
vice to appropriately mark with tab
lets: or. otherwise ; such . outstanding
iij0iu4..c;-MtorteflPot;.iB it deems
womyv; uongress nas not yet ap
propriated any funds for this purpose.
As j''M'one::ff;seeond the
Park. Service win make' a national
survey of such sites, and has already
agreed to include the .Edenton section
ii its survey.. t shall also get them
to include all other truly national his
toric spots in the' First Congressional
District. --Suchv places that might be
Selected will be properly marked if
funds become available. All of this
wOt reireJcoj$Me
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'Addres3'Bankers.And
:Farmers;At Bajiuet
Guthrie Jolliff of Belvidere has been
selected by the Agricultural Class of
the" Perquimans High School to make
an address presenting the , work of
the Young, Tar Heel Farmer it
being done In' tine State of , North
Carolina, at the Bankers" and Farm
ers banquet to be given at Willims-
j Young Jolliff, who "is - member
of the senior class Of the Perquimans
High School and is vice-president of
the local chapter of the Future Farm
ers of America, was selected by" the
local chapter to -make the address
after the Perquimans organization
was requested by Boy 5. ' Thomas,
State supervisor, to present cne wor
on this occasion. '".
Robert Kiplsy Didn't
Report TIus Incident
Mrs. Dempsey Winslow of the
Whiteston community says she ex
perienced quite .. a thrill from the
staridpbin ' of; a 'nature lover (Sat
urday morning when a deer more
beautiful to her t!.-n ar.y she had
ever seen coniinel in a park, came
V: ey cr.t;ii:-7 t" ro"-h her
1 o' t t rv the yard
, ; . . over a
1 . ) i 1 . ' j in the
First List Of Nominations In
Perquimans Weekly Contest
The names of persons nominated to date
in The Perquimans Weekly Circulation Cam
paign are listed below. Several are candi
dates in name only. There are some sections
of the County without a representative. A
big opportunity to make extra Christmas
money is offered to any one who has a little
spare time. Why not enter your name today?
Here are those who have been nominated:
Mrs. Elmer Banks Durants Neck
Mrs. 0. A. Chappell Belvidere
Miss Dixie Chappell Belvidere
Miss Elizabeth Dozier Hertford
Miss Adelaide Eaves Pender Road
Mrs. W. H. Elliott .1. Chapanoke
J. C. Lane - :. Hertford
Mrs. W. P. Long Bethel
Mrs. Viola Nachman , Hertford
Mrs. Roye Parks Ryland
Mrs. Madge S. Rogerson Hertford R. F. D.
Mrs. Helen Skinner Hertford
Miss Winnie Winslow Whiteston
Mrs. J. C. Wilson Chapanoke
Billie Tucker Hertford
Mrs. R. E. Mathews Hertford Route 3
STUNT PROGRAM
MAKES A BIG HIT
AT ROTARY MEET
Rotarians Knocked Off
Their Feet as Rober
son Complains
A RESOUJTION
Ridiculous Remarks Re
veal Later That Whole
Matter Was a Joke
J. G. Roberson, Hertford druggist,
with the assistance of Silas M. Whed
bee and F.' T. Johnson, club program
chairman, put nn one of the best
stunt programs ever enjoyed by
Hertford Rotarians on Tuesday night
when the club held their regular
meeting at the Hotel Hertford, where
a turkey dinner was served.
That Mr. Roberson was to appear
on the program was unknown to any
one except Mr. Johnson and Mr.
Whedbee. Mrs. W. E. White, who
sometimes appears on the club pro
gram, had been invited to the din
ner and every one supposea was w
give the usual type of entertain
ment. Just as Mr. Johnson rose to
announce the program Mr. Roberson
got upon his feet and apparently in
terrupted the program to ask - if he
might say a few words to the club
before the program was oegun.
So serious did Mr. Roberson ap
pear in his remarks as to certain af
fairs of the club which ended in a
resolution' so amazing as to knock
the Rotarians off their feet that Wal
ter H. Oakey ' immediately moved
that the resolution be tabled. At this
Mint Silas Whedbee took the floor to
move that the resolution be adopted.
and it was only 'when his remarks
became so ridiculous that it began
slowly to dawn upon the men that
the thing was ke. ' ' Mr: Johnson,
thsf program :dhidman pena-
houncei that the whole thing was a
atainV'i par of th prograjn, an4 th
men enjoyed big laugh.-'-.i.--r":-
M.White then gave reading tn
dialect and - Mr. Roberson elimaxed
the program with an original story
which literally convuisea uie com
pany. ':i!$$W$&r i'y-'y !
Sumners Celebrate 54th
: Weddiner Anniversary
Wednesday marked the fiftyourfh
wedding anniversary ; of ' Mr.' and
Mrs. C. P. Sumner. Sr. r. This highly
esteemed couple, representing one of
the oldest and most prominent fami
lies of the county,' celebrated their
atinlvarsarv bv entertaining'- their
children and grandchildren at sup-
ner. ' Those nresent included Mrs,
n. M. Field and her three children,
William Sumner : Mary and Fordie;
Mr. and Mrs. CJ. F. Sumner, Jr., and
their two children, Charles and Clara
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sumner and their
son. Tommy, and Miss Mary Sunuwr,
; Only the families of the two sons,
Lieutent Colonel H. N. Sumner, U.
S. Ai of Tr-'ma, and Robert Sum
REV.DJ.SHARPE
IS RETURNED BY
M. E. CONFERENCE
ReyH J. W. Dimmette Is
Transferred to Spring
Hope Church
GLASSMOVED
Rev. B. B. Slaughter
Continues as Presid
ing Elder
Rev. J. W. Dimmette, who has
served four years on the Perquimans
Circuit, which includes the Winfall,
the New Htme, the Oak Grove and
Cedar Grove Churches, was sent to
Spring Hope when the appointments
were made at the one hundredth
North Carolina annual conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
held at New Bern, and which closed
on Sunday night.
Rev. W. G. Lowe has been assigned
to the Perquimans Circuit.
This is the only change made in
this immediate section, with the Rev.
D. M. Sharpe, who has served one
year as pastor of the Hertford Meth
odist Church, being returned, and
Rev. R. E. Walston returning to the
Chowan circuit, which includes An
derson Church in this county.
Rev. H. I. Glass, who was formerly
pastor of the First Church of Eliza
beth City, goes to Burlington, and H.
K. King becomes the pastor of this
church.- At the City Road Church in
Elizabeth City the former pastor,
Rev. B. T. Hurley, goes to Red
Springe and B. D. Weathers becomes
the City Road pastor. Rev. G. W.
Blount returns to Edenton.
Rev. B. B. Slaughter continues as
Presiding Elder of the Elizabeth
City District.
The conference next year will be
held. at. the-Edenton Street Church,
Raleigh."
Miss Roberson Enjoys
Pacific Coast Sights
Miss Spivey Roberson, who is mak
ing an, extensive visit to her aunt
in San Francisco, writes very inter
esting accounts of the sights she sees
and the good times she en joys on the
Pacific Coast, in a recent letter to
her mother,- Mrs. J. G. Roberson,
Miss Roberson told of crossing the
long bridge from San Francisco to
Oakland on the day that the bridge
was opened.
The span, which is 8 1-4 miles in
length, is the longest of its kind in
the world. On the day of the open
ing, when there was a great cele
bration of the event, it took two
hours to make the trip across in an
automobile. H.
., VISITING IN RICHMOND
Mrs. W. E. Hoffler and her little
son. Jack.' are .spending the week in
Richmond, Va., visiting Mrs. Hoff
lei's son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. William L. Hoffler. ,
County Club Meetings
Earlier In December
Belvidere Club Plans
Christmas Party To
Be Held December 11
The Belvidere Home Demonstra
tion Club held its monthly meeting)
at the home of Mrs. S. M. Winslow
Wednesday afternoon. Officers for
the coming year were elected as fol
lows; President, Mrs. L. J. Winslow;
vice president, Mrs. T. P. Layden;
secretary - treasurer, Mrs. Linwood
Winslow. Members answered at the
roll call with "what I am most thank
ful for personally or as a club." A
reading, "Again It is Thanksgiving,"
was given by Mrs. J. C. Trivette.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Demon
stration Agent, gave interesting sug
gestions for Christmas and presented
to each member numerous recipes.
The club will meet with Mrs. L. J.
Winslow December 11th at 7:30 P. M.
and enjoy a Christmas party and an
exchange of gifts. Those present
were; Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Mrs. W.
L. White, Mrs. T. P. Layden, Mra.
W. T. Smith, Mrs. H. P. White, Mrs.
F. C. White, Mrs. J. C. Trivette, Mrs
Linwood Winslow, Mrs. Louis Win
slow. Mrs. Nathan Ward, Mrs. L. J.
Winslow, Mrs. J. M. Copeland, Mrs.
S. M. Winslow, Miss Emma White,
Miss Olive Layden, Miss Margaret
B. White, Miss Dorothy White, Miss
Clara White, and Miss Gladys Ham
rick. Girl's Plan To Electrify
Home Farm Wins First
4-H Contest In State
Jean Lowder, 16 year-old Mt. Plea
sant girl recently completed a survey
in the first rural electrification con
test ever conducted. Club members
in 12 North Carolina counties parti
cipated in the enterprise designed to
gather information of value in the
expanding use of electricity on farms.
The girl lives with her mother on
a 150-acre farm, where she conduct
ed her study. The farm is already
wired for lights, and the only appli
ance in use is a washing machine.
Suggested additions to the equipment
are an electric pump for the well
house, and churn, seperator, ice cream
freezer, sausage mill, food mixer,
vacuum cleaner, percolator, clock,
waffle iron, hot plate, iron, sewing
machine, toaster, and fans in the
house. Miss Lowder has been enroll
ed in club work for four years.
She was named state champion in
the contest by L. R. Harrill, state
club agent, and receives a $50.00
merchandise certificate from West
inghouse Electric and Manufactur
ing Company, sponsor of the contest,
which was conducted by extension
agents. She will compete with other
state champions in the southern sec
tion for one of two trips to the Nat
ional Club Congress in Chicago, Nov
ember 27 December 5.
The three highest ranking of. the
eight sectional winners will receive
cash college scholarships of $400,
$300 and $200 through the sponsor.
New York Hunters
Return For Sport
For a period of fifteen years a
party of New York hunters have
made a regular trip to Hertford each
fall and enjoyed the shooting in Per
quimans. These gentlemen, A. A.
Pearsall, C. H. Louden and Cliff
Baxter, all of Amityville, Long Is
land, will arrive in Hertford on Sat
urday of this week, according to in
formation received by the manage
ment of the Hotel Hertford, which
is always their headquarters, lor
their annual shoot. The Northern
hunters have made many friends in
Hertford who look forward with plea
sure each year to their' visit.
This is open season for shooting
both squirrel and partridges in this
section 'and there is said to be an
abundance of both this fall.
Death Of Willie Nelms
Shocks Local Friends
His many old friends in Hertford
were snocKea ana saaaenea w ieam
of the sudden death of Willie Lee
Nelms, of Norfolk.
Mr. Nelms, who was a salesman
for the Hampton Roads Paper Com
pany, of Norfolk, Va., had been mak
ing regular .business trips to Hert
ford for more than thirty years, and
was here only a few weeks ago.
c IRls death occurred on Thursday
of last week. Funeral services were
held on Saturday afternoon at the
Knox Presbyterian Church in Nor
folk. '
Home Agent Will At
tend Conference De
cember 14 -19
SCHEDULE
Christmas Parties Fea
ture of All Club
Meetings
All of the home demonstration club
meetings will be held earlier than
usual in the month of December, ac
cording to Miss Gladys Hamrick,
home demonstration agent for Per
quimans, who has planned to hold in
several instances two meetings in
one day, one at 2:30 in the afternoon
and another at 7:30 in the evening.
This is necessary in this month in
order that the agent may have op
portunity to attend the State Confe
rence of Farm and Home Agents to
be held in Raleigh from December
14 to December 19.
A Christmas party will feature
each club meeting and a real Christ
mas spirit will be shown in the ex
change of gifts among the members,
simple, home-made articles which the
members will make themselves. The
women will draw names, each one
drawing the name of the member to
whom she will present her gift. A
program committee was appointed at
the last meeting to prepare a Christ
mas program, which will be given
before the exchange of gifts.
The schedule for the meetings has
been arranged as follows: Tuesday,
December 1, White Hat, at School
House; Wednesday, December 2,
Snow Hill, at School House; Thurs
day, December 3, Hunters Fork, Mrs.
A. A. Winslow; Friday, December 4,
Durants Neck, with Mrs. J. M. Sut
ton; Monday, December 7, Ballahack,
with Mrs. B. P. Monds; Tuesday,
December 8, Chapanoke, with Mrs.
Dais,y Perry, at 2:30 in the afternoon
and Tuesday, December 8, Bethel
Burgess, with Mrs. T. T. Harrell, at
7:30 in the evening; Wednesday, Dec
ember 9, Winfall, with Mrs. David
Trueblood, at 2:30 in the afternoon;
Thursday, December 10, Whiteston,
with Mrs. John T. Lane, at 2:30 in
the afternoon, and Thursday, Decem
ber 10, Helen Gaither Club, with Mrs.
Young Berry, at 7:30 in the evening;
Friday, December 11, Beech Spring,
at the -School House at 2:30 in the
afternoon, and Friday, December 11
Belvidere, with Mrs. Delia Winslow
at 7:30 in the evening.
It is further announced that in
January all clubs will meet at the
regular time.
Pender Employees
Meet In Hertford
For District Affair
The Pender store superintendents,
store managers and regular employ
ees in this district, which embraces
several counties, will be guests at a
banquet to be served by the ladies
of the Hertford Woman's Club at
the Community House on Monday
night, when R. E. White, the mana
ger of the Hertford DP Store will be
the host. The occasion is the regu
lar monthly meeting of the group.
This is the first time that one of
these affairs has been held in Hert
ford. Free Picture Showing
Production Of Pigs
A free picture show will be given
in Hertford on Tuesday afternoon of
next week, when H. W. Taylor, Ex-
1 t ! O 1 i ... 1
tension owme specialist, win enow
motion pictures on the production of
thrifty pigs. All farmers who are
interested in the production of hogs
are cordially invited to be present,
said L. W. Anderson, County Farm
Agent, who is very anxious that the
Perquimans fanners take advantage
of this opportunity to receive inter
esting information on the subject
from Mr. Taylor, who is an expert in
his line.)
. The show begins at 3:00 O'clock in
the afternoon and there will be no
ad mission fee.
RETURNS TO HERTFORD
Clyde Jordan, of Plymouth, has ac
cepted a position in the office of the
Towe-White Motor Co., Chrysler and
Plymouth dealers. Mr. Jordan is a
native of Hertford but has lived at
Windsor -for several years.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M,
Williford, at the Hotel Hertford, on"
Sunday, November 22, 193, daugh
ter. , 'v . , ' ' ;
cf
rs, were absent