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r 1" ff 1 -.ft . . . , v w ' "J? PP A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY 51 Volume IV Number ,14. ufH n . , eitjuialis ( oil) V larojma. .. :a, ay, April , 1937. , f.-i' .... .' J KIIIMS WEEKLY) i $i.zt rer Year i 2 oid - Pr. X P. .Brinn Wffl Work Iii Various Schools schIETule Miss Evans, County Health Nurse, Will Assist A typhoid and diptheria immuni- xation clinic trill begin in Perquimans . on Monday, according to an announc t ' ment made on Wednesday by Dr. T. y P. Brinn, County Health Officer, who Trill conduct the clinic in the various achoolsofthe county, assisted by Jtisa. Frances Evans, Perquimans JBealth Nurse. ,,4 - The clink is not confined to child- Ten and any one who wishes $o ,bel . - inoculated araiMt typhoW lever "or rho wishes to take the diptheria ' prevention treatment may do so with' out cost. The clinic is financed by the County. ' The work will begin on Monday. April 5 and will continue until May 1. Three treatments, at one week inter- - vals, are required for typhoid lm- . Jnunization. Only one treatment is .given for" diphtheria prevention. The work in the schools will be finished on the 20th of April and from this time unta; April 80, according to Dr. Brinn, those who have had two ' treatments for typhoid prevention .and who desire to take the third may do so during this period at the oi . Jice of the County Health Officer : Also those who desire to take the - diptheria treatment may do so during this period if they have failed to take it previously. .-While the dink; will be conducted ,." bs Dr. Brinn, assisted by Miss EVans Typh Clinic , one woo wnm turn via uoui( vnhyskian to -administer the -' treat- jiU. ent.may see his physician, and the - wrork wui be ;Qone unaer tne same arrangements without charge. , : Following; js the schedule for the I,. . linicsr which will begin at 8 o'clock Jn the morning. . Ob Mimday April 6. on Monday ' ' April 12 and on Monday, April 19, in the ttornmg, at Hertford colored ' school, at Winfall colored school and .t the Winfall white school. : V' An ilia aom itata In thA after. r' 0 aoon, at Jroflhttans. ;,ffigh School . na at. ueruora grammar , Bcnooi. to Tuesday April 6, on Tuesday April 13 and Tneeday -April 20, tat Leighs Temple," Galatia, New Hope, White Hat, Snow Hill, Oak HiU and -. JL Willow .JtntiitetAxXi'pthirix;-- ' 0 Wesday- April,7, .'Wednes- ! K day Apr& U and Wednesday ' April - 21, at Wlhslbw Grove,' . Whiteston, "li Micahor, Bay Branchy Belvidere and 'U Cadac' HOL:' f-ttU:-vv-;-'- ' Oh ".Thursday,. April Thursday, . f April 1, and .Thursday, April , at K Ballahjiet bquapin, eech'8pring ;, ' po5s&,T Bethel ; Cwnlte)," Bethel . (colored), Wyanoke and Saunders . Bottom. x-r : .4'.' y,i: . On Friday, April 9, April April 23, Pools Grove, Fort Bridge and Chapanoks. ylHfy liJTlfeiabers Of 0n6-, Family At Church r , ; ' On Easter; Day v r Twenty-three memtoers ,- of one Hertford family attended church ser " ' vices, together on Easter Day, t There were many visitors ,in Hert ford for Easter, for it. is a time of A general home-coming for most of the folks who live at a distance and who ; can eionvenjently come back..v Nume i -' rous young people of the-, various eoi. .lfi and school !er;"' here, and ..- 7-e- ho liVe at-dlsiance '' spndhe happ)rocca th oyi 6nea. 111', v' i "there piBtlyno liome in U town where' there were - so many ?of the rt -immediate. family. U ' xl: 't toir mother jOn Eastet; pay as ' .J at the home of aMrs. K, Jt. Nold. , "11' Mrs. Newbold and - her husband, who died a few" years ago shortly after the Couple had celebrated their golden wedding . anniversary, . reared twelve children to manhood and wo manhood. Not every one of the ele ven living children were at. home for E ter, but Mr. and Mrs. Oscar ! ' , accompanied by Mrs. NewbcIJ's' V J'rs. Rosa Wldron,'of ,Waah ', D. C wera.here for the week- rre also. Mr".-' and Mrs.' Jack I - 1 their daughter, Sallie, , ' N. J., and- Mr. and n 1 vold, of Golds- Diphtheria Opens Monday HEALTH CONTEST AMONG 4-H CLUBS Examinations Will Be Made to Se lect Entry For Dlatrlct Content In Washington, N. C. A health contest will be conducted in the Perquimans County 4-H clubs during the month of April, according to an announcement made this week by Miss Gladys Hamrick. Each club member will be given an examination by Miss Frances Evans, the County Health Nurse, the health iest two girls will be selected from each of the. three clubs. These six so selected will be given an examina tion afterwards by Dr. T. P. Brinn, County Health Officer, and the one who is found to be the healthiest of ,the group by -Dt. JWnn rwill be- sent to the district contest to be held shortly in.. WashingtonK N.C, The 'wlnlter at Washington taker part in the state-wide contest of 4-H club girls in Raleigs, in the summer. Miss Fannie Mae Coffield, wfa presides at the meeting of 4-H clubs in Perquimans, has announced the time of meeting of the three clubs as follows: The Eighth Grade Club will meet on Tuesday, April 20. the Tenth, and Eleventh Grade Club will.mteet on Wednesday, April 21. The Ninth Grade Club will meet on Thursday, April 22. All 4-H club meetings are held at the Perquimans High School. Belvidere Garden Club Has Meeting The Belvidere Garden Club met -Wednesday' afternoon with Mrs. T. C. Perry. The meeting opened- with the hymn, "Battle - Hymn of RepubUe." Devotional by Mrs. J. M. Copeland, The members answered roll call with the name of some vegetable that they would like to grow, that they have never, grown before. Miss Hamrick explained the differ ences in various textiles, and also made tests of different materials. She had samples to represent differ ent weaves. Miss Clara White gave a talk on "Planting vegetables in spring gardens." i Dorothy White gave a poem, "A package of Seed." ; Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Mrs. Virgi nia Lane, and Mrs. T. C. Perry were appointed on the menu committee for the federal meeting. v Those present were: IMesdames Mammie Wfnslow, Ullie Male White, Cora -Ward, , Mac Ingram, Wayland White, Virginia LaneT. C. Trivetto, w. T.' Stnitn, i j. wmsldw; Win f red ChappeU, Luns Layden, Nurney Chappell, C T. Rogerson, J. M. Cope- land, V. C. Lane, T. CPerry, Misses Dorothy. White. Clara -White. Mar garet B. White, Lucy White, Olive Layden, Elsie Copeland, Emma White and Gladys Hamrick. Coach Rogers Leaves Perquimans School Perquimans County High ; School has lost its athletic coach, Carl Rogers, who has held a position on the school faculty for the past two years and who has served as athle tic coach, left Wednesday .night, for California to .lajaml'y. . nr. Kogers, wno .nas seen very popular In Hertford, stated that' he regretted, very much leaving before ta .eni. of .the school .term, ha that tt wa necessary ,te go. at- thi time in order to. toke ;.;aantagi vfth9: unenuiu jtvoihuu uunrai iiunu- ntiJB taking '- position, .vjlth! .Uifrlr Citrus" Frftit Growers:, Aeeociation.at-Palo iki' ; - -. - . . . - ; ' I Jesse Parker Perry; -whcf Trecehtly has 'represented ' the Elisabeth City Daily Independent in Hertford, has also accepted Ik i position with the same concern and -left with Mr. Rogers .'on' Wednesday night. ' Bridge PartylApril 8V T " - 1 At .oWomah s-.- Our ,Th ladies, of .the Durante Neck home demonstration club , are' spon soring subscription bridge party, to be held , on Thursday night, April 8, at the .Woman's Club v House in 1 s p roceeds will go towards the for 1 v ' h the women are raising to he'j I "J a cummunlty- house in r ' I'- and every one is in ' ' ) ; .t t the perty. is r-r'-E-i r ' METHODISTS NOW CHURCH EDIFICE Final Payment Will Be In Hand Friday of This Week AIXHlSiPED $5,525 Paid on Sunday School Building Since Fall of 1935 Rev. D. M. Sharpe, Pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, has an nounced that the entire church debt is to be wiped out immediately. Most of the funds has already been secur ed, according to Mr. Sharpe, and the remainder will be in hand by Friday of this week. "The churcK debt -fe presents the unpaid balance for the" Sunday School "bulldingj erected Wmeyaars. ago. a cost' of $32,000. When Mr. Sharpe took over the pastorate of the church in the fall of 1995 the. balance of e church debt amounted to $5,525.00. Mr. Sharpe says that he has re ceived the finest cooperation from the membership and friends of the church in his effort to rid the church of debt, and that the money has been raised through Sunday School classes, missionary circles and in dividual gifts, and that while the adult members of the church have worked most faithfully in raising thi3 money, the little children of the Sun day School have also done their bit. Baptismal Service At Methodist Church At the Methodist Church on Sun day morning there will be a baptis mal service for babies, according to an announcement made by the Pas tor,. Rev. J), M. Sharpe. The church doors will be opened to receive mem bers also. It being the first Sunday of the month, the communion service will be observed, and there will be a short sermon. Church Services Now Start At 8 O'clock Beginning on next Sunday night the hour for holding church services at both the Methodist and Baptist churches in Hertford is 8 o'clock, in stead of 7:80. . Court Puzzled Over House Prayer "Boss" Mary Spivey, Secretary, Swears Out. Warrant For Trespass Against ftistor Af tef He Broke Ijock on Church Mary Spivey, local colored woman, who described herself as the secre tary, the pianist and the one who attends to most of the business, and who apparently has been the general-factotum of that religious body known as the House of Prayer, made the most of her opportunity on Tues day in Recorder's Court to publicly denounce John Grandison, the erst while pastor, against whom she swore out a warrant for trespass after he had forced , the lock on the church to if:itdi-h$4.x1ltihlM to give him this key. "Ha is the lyingest man I have ever . seen", declared Mary, with ve hemencfc:'.4;. "- -'.'' T6 cojt(t;ad much difficulty In 8Kgkanng: 'the. method ;:,by: which the House, of Prayer : is '.'governed. TW.,.tard:.ofi trustees;' .but ftere'waa "some rmdjeation Jthaf the minister appoint 'tmtees;reptacing suuv us ao not lunciion m awonuwic with rhls wishes, "a packed . board", so to speak, ,,. .: What connection have ."you with Ihe House ,"6f . Prayer? Ma?y was asked.. . "I anv the secratary, nd I attends to most of the business and t plays the piano,, was the prompt reply-ti-li 'Y""4.,f w tW : -i' ! "We have a board of trustees but they dont tct," said Mary, '"I most ly does everything." 1 Are you trus tee T; The prosecuting attorney want ed to know. ,"No,, sir, X am juet the secretary, and the overseer says 'the secretary is next to the preacher." 1"..s overseer, it seems, lives in New r :t ITws and just at present he 'Vt S5?ni to be paying . any at t " ihl church in Hertford. : 7' t"-tCrf:3oncme tl -, ui-iUY.V' (! ( ; : !! )S n' t two BAPflSTSGATHER NEX Two ertford Women On rogram at An- lual Meeting HAY GIVEN Many (Perquimans Folk Expected to Attend Session Two H4 brd women will have parts on le program of the thirty- third annu meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Chowan Baptist Association which will be held at Reynajldson Church In Gates County oni Thursday April 8. : Mrs. J. jfc. White, superintendent, will oreside. and Mrs. D. S. DemDsev 'ia ' one . of sthe speakers. Other speakers include Mrs. Gor don Mardre, of Woodland, Dr. J. L. White, of (Elizabeth City, and Dr. R. R. McCulloch, of Chowan College. The annual stewardship declama tion contest award will be made by Miss Lois Sawyer, of Shiloh, who is young people's leader. Mrs. Charles Tillett, of Elizabeth City, will sing at the morning session and Misses Do rothy and Marie Morgan arc to sing in the afternoon. The business and devotional pro gram will be given during the morn ing session, and in the afternoon there is to be a play by the dramatic club of Chowan College, entitled "A Sold ier of the Cross." Many Perquiman3 women will at tend tills meeting, where will be gathered hundreds of prominent Bap tist women from all over the Cho van Association, which includes the Albeinarlecounties of Chowan, Per quimans, iwsquotarik, Camden,' Cur rituck, 'Gates and a portion, of Dare. The members . of Reynoldson Church are famous for their extreme hospitality, according to the superin tendent, Mrs. J. E. White. S. S. CLASS MEETS APRIL 5 The Judson Memorial Sunday School Class of the Hertford Bap tist Church will meet Monday even ing, April 5, with Miss Ellen Chap pell, at her home, at 8 o'clock. All members are asked to be on I time. picked cotton and did everything they could to pay their church dues, and after a while, well his life did not become a preacher. His deport ment was not for a leader." Mary vowed she told the preacher to his face that he wasn't living right and "couldn't lead nobody. Then the preacher said he was going to leave here, going to Elizabeth City, that these North Carolina folks didnt have no sense nohow and he was tired messing with the folks in the house of prayer, because they didnt have no sense. He left, it seems, and then reap peared last week, after three months absence and announced his intention of taking up his' work again. Mary refused him the key and he forced the lock and - while he held service Mary-'vror''pktA'warrant and se- cured 'an offloer.' The officer oblig ing) Vaited 'nntiV the service was over before he placed the preacher in .Jafl. Bail was later secured and before the case came to trial the preacher had appointed other trus- tees, "I told him yesterday he didn't have no right- to appoint no more trustees, and he says, "I am the oosb ind what I says goes." Mary eavs she was sitting at the piano ort Sunday night when , he came in, and that she just got right iHURSDAY up and took her Bible and the sec- reary's book and walked out. "And did you take all authority with yout" Mr. McNider asked the question "No sir said Mary, "Just my Bible and tha Secretary's book." , I am going to tell yo the truth, the kind of man he was, instead of pre- uing to us right he would get : up t re and just thrash us out, ha wot i -1v& us and say we. didnt f 'laued on Paga Five) - Men Meet RECORDER'S COURT A young white man of fine ap pearance, Alva Lamb, of the Chap pells Hill section of Perquimans, was found guilty of assault with a dead ly weapon, to-wit a bush hook, in Re corder's Court on Tuesday, after the young man had flatly denied that he had been any nearer than 50 to 75 yards of the alleged victim of the assault on the day the trouble occur red, on Friday, March 26. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of the court costs and good behavior for two years, with a rec ommendation to the grand jury to make an investigation of the case looking toward an indistment for perjury. There was a full docket on Tues day, with court lasting all day, with cases involving various charges, in cluding traffic law violations, liquor transportation, trespass, drunk and disorderly, obtaining under false pre tence, destroping public property and assault with a deadly weapon, half of the defendants being white per sona and half Negroes. In the case of Alvah Lamb the defendant took the stand in his own behalf and denied that he went any nearer than 50 to 75 yards from the prosecuting witness, Elabury Chap pell, and his lather, and that the only words spoken was his morning greeting as he threw up his hand. Thomas Lamb, a brother of the de fendant, and Thomas Miller, an em ployee of the defendant's father, both corroborated Alva Lamb's testimony. The prosecuting witness, a resi dent of the same neighborhood in which the Lanilbs live, whose testi mony was corroborated in detail by his father, Charles Chappell, wag to the effect that at about 8:30 o'clock on Friday morning Elsbury Chappell and his father went to burn some brush on a field located across the road from a field in which Alva Lamb, his brother Thomas and Tom my Ellis were working; that Thomas Lamb and Tommy Ellis remained where they were, some 75 yards dis tant, and that Alva Lamb came to the place where the Chappells were at work and ordered them from the premises, using profane and abusive language, and advancing upon young Elsbury Chappell with a bush hook, and with the hook in close proximity to Chappell's neck as though to cut off his head, threatened that he would cut off the heads of both father and son and throw them in the road unlos3 they immediately left the field; that the Chappells left as promptly as possible, evading Mr. Lamb as he advanced with the bush hook. Gilbert Chappell, a brother of Elsbury, swore that he was working a short distance away, too far to hear any of the conversation, but that he saw Lamb with the bush hook raised in threatening attitude. Upon the flat denial of the cir cumstance by the defendant and two others, Judge Oakey said "Gentle men, somebody is lying and I would like to find out who it is." Character witnesses were put on in an attempt to determine what the reputations of the persons involved were. Everybody swore to the good character of the Chappells and all but one' witness testified that Alva Lamb had a good character. This witness said that he had always borne a good reputation until re cently and that now it was only bad for drinking and lighting. As was touched upon by counsel for both sides, there may. be grounds for ill feeling between? the parties growing out. of question as to the rightful possession of: the land on which rthe Chappells 'were working. The land is owned by Mrs; Fronie Lamb, an aunt in law of Alva Lamb. The Chappells are tenants and are working for Maxy Chappell, who claims possession of the farm, and in reference to which a civil suit is pending in Superior Court, Wesley Hurdle and Graham True blood were found not guilty of reek-it-driving but were found guilty of transporting liquor. Each was fined ten dollars and taxed with the court costs, and the -driving license of each was revolced for 6 months, Lowell Rosso, of Norfolk, Bubmit- - j.. . r i of rockloss driving and was required to pay the costs, joha Sv; ulancharo; Colored,' who , .- court on February 9 on a similar charge was found guilty or driving a truck Twlth improper , , nis fined ten dollars and taxed with the court costs. Blaitchard was warned that if he is found guilty Continued on Tage Five) Sunday At isi vnurcn Church Expected to Be Filled to Capacity For Meeting AT 2 (TCLOCK Three Outstanding Lay men Appear on Inter esting Program Two hours of inspiration and in formation on Sunday afternoon April 4 is announced by Rev. D. S. Demp sey, Pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, when a men's meeting for the Chowan Baptist Association wiT) be held, with three outstanding lay men as speakers. Never have the men of this section had the opportunity of attending meeting of this kind, according to Mr. Dempsey, who says that it is expected that the church will be fill ed before the time for the service to begin. All men are invited to at tend. The program is as follows: 2:00 p. m. Devotion and song ser vice. 2:16 p. m. Our 100,000 North Carolina Baptist Men, Mr. Claude F. Gaddy Superintendant Raleigh Schools. 2:45 p. m. Conference period, roll call of churches, reports, Dr.- E. H. Potts, Leading. 3:00 p. m. Special music, Men's Quartette from Edenton. 3:10 p. m. A worthy Program for a Baptist Church, Mr. M. A. Huggins, Raleigh, N. C. 3:45 p. m. Men Matching the Master of Men, Dr. C. E. Brewer, president Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C. 4:15 p. m. Announcements. Closing Hymn. Benediction. Piney Woods Council Meets Friday Evening The Council Meeting of Piney Woods Friend's Church will meet Friday evening at the church. All teachers, assistant teachers, and ?J1 officers of the Sunday School are urged to be present. The Young people are especially urged to attend these meetings also. Discussions of much interest is to be taken up during these meetings. A special study of "Quakerism" is to be made. Do we really know why we are Quakers- At any rate if we at tend these meetings we should all re ceive a great benefit from them. Helps Repair Jail; Sentence Cut In Half His industry during his term in jail served D. P. Burgess well. Bur gess is the man who was convicted of driving while drunk on March 16. In accordance with the stand taken a year and a half ago by Judge Wal ter H. Oakey, Jr., any person so con victed in Recorder's Court in Perqui mans must serve a jail sentence. A fine just won't do. Burgess was given 30 days in jail and fined fifty dollars. He made a good prisoner, accord ing to the officers, from the start, and at once began looking about for something to do to relieve the tedium of the long days. The jail was in bad repair. It needed paint and there were repairs which should have been made before. The rail on the stairs was broken and constituted, a menace to the unwary. Mr. Burgess, with the aid of other prisoners who cooperated, set about to make the repairs. They did a good job. The work is a credit to them. So favorably impressed were the officers with the man's industry and behavior that the matter was called to the attention of Judge Oakey, who upon inspection of the work im mediately ordered that the sentence be cut in half, which gave Mr. Bur gess his freedom ,and he left next day to take the job said to be await ing him in a distant city., EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS ' The executive committee of the W, ' M. U. of j ! the Hertford Baptist Church met on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs, V. N. Darden, with Mrs. L. AV' Ward, presidentpresifl' &UJ t JViA'' '. . Those present were -Mesdames J. A. Ward D.' S. Dempsey,' L. N. Hcf lowell, Chas. Johnson, Chas. E." John son, Mark Gregory, Rotwrt White, W. Mayes, J. J. Fleetwood and V. A. '"I. ;') !.' -7 i C I. i r zz Holdren. , a '. - v