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WEEKLYi
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TQ THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV-Number 20.r. ? Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 14, ljjffT
$1.25 Per Year
We To wn Officers
TMceOathbf Office
RECORDER COURT YOUTH DEAD AS
Much Accomplished
By P. T. A. This Year
HARD ON AUTO
RESULT OF AUTO
ACCIDENTSUNDAY
DRIVERSTUESDAY
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; Mayor Will Use Efforts
, -v' ; To Stop Speeding In
V Town
NO SALARIES SET
W.VG. Newby Unani
mously Appointed as
Clerk to Board
Silu M. Whedbee was iworn in u
iv Mayte of the Town of Hertford at
t the resnlar meeting of the Board on
'. . "Monday night, the oath being admin-
- iatered by Clerk of tho Superior
. - Court W. H. Pitt
- "V. N. Darden, the new member of
; ' ' the Board of Town Commissioner!,
iSvi and the two old .members, A. W.
' , Hefren and W, H. Haifdcastle,' also
took their oath of. office on this oc
r easion, and the first item of bus!
J ; . ness - which came before - the new
, I broad was a motion on the part of
' - Mr. Darden that the Mayor of Hert-
ford have restored to him the same
powers as had been the mayor's
prior to the present arrangement.
There was some discussion of the
matter and the commissioners ex-
r - pressed the belief that it is the wish
to the citizens of the town that the
mayor assume the duties of the of
Jk fice and that he designste such
U-f '. E -ties to others s" he shall see fit,
-?whtch was done.
, '.W. H. Hardcastle made motion,
' which was unanimously carried, that
r ' the salary of Alec Wheelef, who has
S. - been working for the Town of Hart-
" ford as a lineman for. sever) yearfc.
' be raisea five dollars per week, xne
' i, - younar lineman Jtas only been' recelv
' ins P week. Thia matter had
; - mm 1ip'f(S'i -.discussion-, btt'.thf
ISA . hflef closing
session, of - the' , old
.board,' wbn ; former ;v Mayor H. O.
' Winslow fhad suggested';- that the
board consider the . matter of some
' relief for: Mr. Wheeler, who recent
ly suffered misfortune; It was vot-
ed by. the old board that the debt
of $26, which Mr. Wheeler recently
'incurred in the purchase of a ceme
tery lot, be cancelled. ...
. ' None of the salaries of other town
employees were eec ac u metuugi
as it developed there were certain
matters to be given further consid
eration before this could be satis
factorily adjusted. ,ff
W. G.- Newby,. Town uerk, was
unanimously appointed for Another
, term by Jthe Board. '
It was decided to defer until the
next meeting the appointment . of a
' City attorney to fill the position oi
Whedbee A Whedbee, who have held
;;the place for some years and who
have resigned since tne election 'oi
' ' the Junior member of the i f irm as
Mayor. The two applicants for this
position are Walter H. Oakey, Jr
, and Charles E. Johnson,
That the new mayor expects to
'take a hand in' putting a stop to
' speeding on th streets of Hertford
' was made evident, though he stated
lhat he did not believe in taking snap
judgment on any one and believed
that the speeders; should be given due
' , warning." "I believe S Jn 1 treating
. every one with courtesy", he said,
, v "and they should be warned", when
Kit was suggested that there are in
- the community certain' IncUviduals
who are habitual speeders, and said
that 'he believed most persons could
'V'-be reached through "courtesy. He
' stated, however, that speeding on
Hertford's street must, be .' stopped
er.i ejoke with'special : eferenee;,to
v r "3- streeV-nndrit -sect'nof
1 f siret betttrutitstwct
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" VI -r yt&Jn&9 opinion
cerjhoiil.t.betplafr
,.J; of boba sirc.tr;ini
.nIdatUthbaeXiwursJmH
i "'y after uie Perquimans Hign
T 1 is dismissed t ttoon and in
n, with view to pre
v 1 s t this point, i
.'ihe Hii t the congestion of
t":c do : f n cn Saturdays and
cn .'eine v.l.vri there
&3 ti w.j v - -a here
' for !'i t" catre t r ani
it v :Jed t. ' r
lo-': .. the n
. frace on -. -
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Merchants Begin
Holiday On June 3
After two mors weeks the mer
chlants and their employes will
have a weekly summer half holi
day. Beginning on June 3, and
continuing through August the
merchants and . other down-town
business places will cloee their
doors at 1 o'clock as in previous
yeervandtakehalfoHd
Annual W.M.U. Meets
At Woodville Church
Thursday, May 20th
The annual meeting of the Wo
man's Missionary Union of the Bap
tist Churches of the County will hold
an all 'day meeting on Thursday,
May 20, at Woodville .Church.
The meeting will begin a) 10:30.
The theme for the day- is "The
Challenge of a Lost World."
In the morning session Mrs. J. E.
White of Hertford will speak on
"Home Missions." The guest speak
er, Rev. John Link of Windsor, will
speak' on "Foreign Missions." The
topic is "A Call from Afar."
The theme for the afternoon ses
sion is "Youths Challenge."
A Missionary pageant, .The Heart
of Henrietta" will be presented by a
group ejrom the ; Hertford Baptist
Church.
Ladies' Council Meets
i With Mrs. Cannon
The Ladies Council of Bethlehem
Christian Church held its regular
monthly meeting Friday afternoon at
thi homer of Mrs; Carlton Cannon in
so Mtu. ; X. Wiry presided. - '
Afer .the business session was
over an interesting program was ren
dered with Mrs. . Y. Berry in
charge. At the close of the meeting
the hostess served delicious ice
course.
"' Those present were Mesdames E.
Y. Berry, Carlton Cannon, W. A.
Russell, Mamie Farmer, and Louis
Eaves. ,
Demonstration Club :
Has Regular Meettig
MrsTE. N. Miller president of the
Winfall Home Demonstration club,
presided at the regular meeting held
at. the home of Mrs. Effie Miller and
Mrs. George Roach on : Wednesday
afternoon- and Miss Celesta Godwin
acted as secretary. A Mother's Day
program was given with the follow
ing, members taking part: ...Mrs. E,
N. Miller, Mrs. William Bagley, Mrs.
Jim' Lowe, Mrs. Effie Miller, Mrs.
David Trueblood and Miss Celesta
Godwin. Plans for the district meet
ing to be held at Hertford in June
were discussed. Delicious ice cream
and cake was served by the hostegg
es. ' '
Those present were : Mesdames
William Bagley, D. L. Barber,. Joel
Hollowell, Jim Lowe, Effie Miller, E.
N. Miller, George Roach, D. P. Stal
lings, : David Trueblood, Kenneth
Miller, and Misses Gladys Hamrlck
and Celesta Godwin.
Funeral Held For c
; James R; Whedbee
; James Robert Whedbee. 76. hirhiy
respected Perquimans County, .citisen
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'Surviving-1 Mr"y. ftv.-:-ie;vrV.his
;wMr- Mrji-fMarthelieevaand,
the following; sons and . daughters:
Mrs. V, H. Trotnu-n, of Miami, Fla,
Mn.::Lu)a'vWoH:.'of'No'rfoIk;V.;i
Paul L. Whedbee, of Washington,. D.
C and J. :.B. ; Whedbee, of , Route
Three, Hertford. A brother, W. W
V.liedbee, of Perquimans County, also
survives. . ,: ... . ''t f''
: 7;r:mr:'ANNOttSCBMNir:
n to . Mr. and lira. .Garland
, at their home in Winfall a
1 Eatr iy niht.( ,
-JTi rrl on Wednes-
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Robert Ivey and Sam
Mercer Have Licenses
Revoked
OAKEY STERN
Other Minor Cases Con
sume Major Portion
Of Session
Recommendation that the driver's
permit of , Robert Ivey, Perquimans
County v white man, convicted on
Tuesday of driving an automobile
while under the influence ol intoxi
cants and also of operating a car
withoilt an operator's license, be
permanently revoked was made by
Walter H .Oakey, Jr., who said in
(passing -sentence: "If this court has
its way yu will never be given an
otherdriver's permit."
Robert Ivey, who lives in the Hog
Neck section of the county, had pre
viously been convicted in another
county of driving while under the in
fluence of liquor and his operator's
license had been revoked. He was
sentenced to the roads for 6 months
by Judge Oakey, commitment to is
sue if he be found within the coun
ty within two years, and his driver's
license revoked for 12 months, with a
recommendation that -it be not re
stored on the' 'grounds of his being
a habitual drunkard and 'isolator -of
motor vehicle laws. The defendant,
who spsnt a week in jail following
his arrest, and who is not well, is
to be placed in the Veteran's Home
at Hampton, Vs., for treatment.
Sam Mercer, colored, convicted of
reckless driving, had been convicted
of a similar charge only two weeks
previously in this court and a sixty
,cUy;ttipeudiute Judge. Oakey ordered the suspended
sentence in effect at once and im
posed a sentence of 6 months for the
last offense, the two sentences to
run consecutively. The man's driv
er's permit was also revoked for 12
months, beginning at the expiration
of the two terms. Mercer, through
his attorney, S. M. Whedbee, appeal
ed from tin latter judgment, but
Judge Oakey would not permit an
appeal of the former judgment.
.. James Perry, colored, buried the
money ha stole from the cash regis
ter of George : Gregory's store at
New Hope on Monday, but the
trouble appears to be he dug it up
too soon. Nabbing him as he left
the woods, after digging up the
buried treasure, Sheriff J. E. Win
slow found it in his pockets, with
bits of leaves and considerable dirt
mixed with the loot.
The man stole the money from Mr.
Gregory's store Monday morning,
while the properietor went to the
baok of the store. Sheriff Win
slow was notified and had the money
back and the man in jail in the
early afternoon. Perry was tried in
Recorder's Court on Tuesday and was
sentenced to the roads for six
months.
- Henderson Parrish, a white man,
who forged the name of J. T.Wood
prominent Perquimans farmer, to a
check for eight dollars and cashed
the check at the Hertford Hardware
& Supply Company's store, which, by
the way, is owned by Sheriff J. E.
WinBlow, might have been released
under a suspended sentence of 90
days by paying the court costs and
making good the check. But while
the man waited in jail, after con
viction, there was - call from the
police . department, in. JEIJiabeth City
fcli jndicited, .tftai pwingVworth-
t tieWmfa
' y?Jpfl tne-deilsf jUt
V! .l - Bern .hty ' Mdj jlefljtence-.
to be'turnM over tdjPasquoUhk
ianttoifties.;s:t;4 r
' The case against Jesse Barber,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly was dismissed upon payment
of the mii&We-.$tt!v:
.Walter Wright, eolored, plead guil
ty to assault and the case -was dis
missed on payment of . the' costs, r -X
Eddie Irvin, colored, found guilty
of , receiving ; was ? sentenced tov60
days on the roads, sentence to be
suspended upon payment .of costs
and good behavior, for two years.
AdJIe Webb, colored,' was required
to ray costs in a drunk and disorder
ly e' - . -V -;-r
Costen was fev-i not guilty
of r , .-.-
Rice Miller, High School
Junior, Dies In Eliza
" beth City Hospital
ANOTHER HURT
Benjamin Thach Faces
" Charge of Man
i slaughter
e Perquimans County youth is
another is seriously injured
and young Hertford resident must
answer to the charge of reckless
drhrjpg and manslaughter as a result-Art
an automobile accident which
occurred on the Hertford-Elizabeth
City? highway, seven miles from
Hereford on Sunday afternoon.
Rice Miller, the seventeen-year-old
son -jbf Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Miller and
a Pfrquimans High School junior,
diedf in the Albemarle Hospital in
Elizabeth City five hours after the
accident, which occurred around 4
o'clock, without regaining conscious
ness '
Join Everett, one of the passen
gers) in the car driven by Benjamin
Thach, of Hertford, which crashed
with -the one driven by young Miller,
wa': unconscious for several hours
after he was taken to the hospital
and has been in a more or leas seri
ous condition ever since.
Benjamin Thach, in whose car at
the time of the accident John Eve
rett, George Butler and Harrell
Thach were passengers, was arrest
ed ojk a warrant sworn out by State
Highway Patrolman Clyde W. Gib
son on Tuesday of this week and will
be given a hearing on the charges of
manslaughter and reckless driving on
extiuesday.
JtOiJtmni -at an hour
White t&ere " is a -great deal of traffic
on the road on Sunday afternoon,
and v crowd gathered quickly. The
two seriously injured boys were tak
en to the hospital and Harrell Thach
was brought to the office of a Hert
ford physician to be treated for
minor cuts and bruises.
j Mr. Miller and his two sons, Rice
and Henry, had attended services at
Woodland Methodist Church, and
were on their way home. Mr. Miller
alighted from the car at a service
station a few hundred yards from
the home and witnessed the accident
from that distance as his son at
tempted to make a left hand turn
into the gateway of his home. Mrs.
Miller, from the front porch of her
hbme, also witnessed the crash", in
which her eldest son was fatally in
jured. Funeral services for Rice Miller,
who was very popular with his
schoolmates and teachers, were held
on Tuesday afternoon at the Miller
home, and burial took place in
Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford.
There was a large crowd in attend
ance. Surviving are his parents, also the
following sisters and brothers: Mrs.
Lloyd White of Newport News, Va.;
Mrs. Loftin Riddick of Windsor;
Mrs. Marvin Cartwright of Deep
Creek, Vej and Mattie, Nell, Henry,
Kelley and Bob Miller, all of Per
quimans. Mrs. Godfrey Hurt
In Auto Accident
Mrs. H. C. Godfrey, of New Hope,
was seriously injured in an automo
bile accident " which occurred near
Elizabeth City on last Friday after
noon, and has been a patient in the
Albemarle Hospital in Elisabeth City
ln ' ' tf Htutfiwv :mttttrtJL 1l ItMw.
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NAMED ON DEAN'S LIST "
Forty Marion Institute " students
were named on the dean's list for the
month of April, as announced by Ma
jor L." H. Baer, dean. Inclusion on
tne dean's list requires that' the stu
dent average at least 86 .- with no
grades below 80. Good standing in
conduct is also required. The name
of Tim Rufuc Brinn appears on the
liSt. ' s ,
- - Mis Sarah Brinn Returns
Miss Sarah- Brinn has returned
home after visiting sit various points
for the past three weeks. ' Miss Brinn
visited friends at fcherteston, 8. O,
Durisw' and FarmTflle..;.-;!
' I'm. cr" r-'-j-i y
1 r : i r, Il b?X UxT returned
f.c F V. tisitexl her
Healthiest Girls j
Marie Anderson, Blanche Chappell,
Maywood Pierce, Nancy Darden, Do
ris Baker and Lizzie Lee Hoffler
were named as the healthiest girls
of the Perquimans County 4-H clubs
as a result of an examination made
of the girls of the clubs by Miss
Frances Evans, county health nurse.
Blanche Chappell and Marie An
derson represent the 10th and 11th
Grade club; Maywood Pierce and
Nancy Darden represent the 9th
Grade Club, and Lizzie Lee Hoffler
and Doris Baker the 8th Grade.
From this group of 4-H club girls
will be selected the healthiest of all
the club girls of the county, the ex
amination to be conducted by Dr. T.
P. Brinn, Health Officer, and the
healthiest girl from the county will
take part in the district health con
test to be conducted in Washington,
N. C, sometime in July.
Prominent Quaker
At Up River Church
Tuesday, May 18th
Willard O. Trueblood and Caroline
Trueblood are to be at the Up River
Friends Church on next Tuesday,
May 18, when the public is cordially
invited to be present.
William O. Trueblood is one of the
leading Quakers in America, has
been for several years a successful
pastor, and is now Friends represen
tative on the National Preaching
Mission. He plans to sail shortly for
special work in the Friends Mission
in Africa.
Mr. Trueblood has just concluded
series of meetings in Greensboro,
Guilford College and in High Point,
where his plain and practical preach
ing inspired .his listeners. He is at
present visiting meetings throughout
the North Carolina Yearly Meeting
and the people of the Belvidere and
Whiteston communities are fortunate
in having him speak at the Up River
Church.
Music Club Meets
With Mrs. Riddick
The Chanimade Music Club met
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. R. M. Riddick, Miss Hattie
Pearl Nowell presiding.
After singing the Junior Club
song, and giving the Club pledge, a
program of musical selections by
American composers was given and
a short history of Edward McDowell
and the Peterborough Colony was
given by Mrs. Riddick. At the close
of the program an ice course was
served.
Those present were Nancy Zach
ary, Anne Matthews, Jewel White,
Barbara Winslow, Minnie Wilma
Wood, Marian Lee White, Jean New
bold, Julia Miller Chappell, Mildred
White, Dalton Strange, Nita New
bold, Marjorie White, Mary Louise
Chappell, Mary Field, Hattie Pearl
Nowell, Dorothy Faye White.
Cedar Grove Society
Meets At Winfall
The Winfall Cedar Grove Miss
ionary Society met at the home of
Mrs. J. T. Hollowell on Tuesday
evening. The devotional was con
ducted by Mrs. E. N. Miller, Mrs.
Miller also had charge of a very in
teresting program.
During the social hour the hostess
served delicious ice cream and cake.
. Those present wereaMesdames J.
H. Baker, C. A. BagteftE. J- Hend
SF. ;Hbowell, W-.& Hollbv
iBitor W- aijfowe, Jim Mrf Wi P.
Monran.sK.X 'MOIer, Joe Nowell,
J. L.' Nixojj, Haywood Proctor, J. V
Roache, J. R. Roache, D. P. SUllings,
Mammie Stallings, D. R. Trueblood,
A. R. Winslow, Sr., Claude White, D.
L. Barber and Grizzie Moore.
THEATRE PARTY FOR PUPILS
Miss Hasel Ainsley, who teaches
the White Hat School, gave a mati
nee party on Wednesday afternoon
when pupils and teacher attended
the State Theatre and enjoyed the
picture, 'Daniel Boone". ..
Those in the party -were Dan Rid
dick, , Eula Virginia White, Mary
Blanche Miller, Floyd Benton, Eliza
beth Russell, Herbert Eure, Gilbert
Euro, Olden . Russell, - Gladys God'
frey, Mattie Ruth - Russell, Sarah
Margaret Caddy, Eleanor Jane
Banks, Janice Riddick, Junior Rid
dick, Whit Cartwright, Oneda Caddy,
r-'ryln CaJJy, Wil- RusselL James
William Eure, Eunice Yrtilte, Dennis
Eure and Eel via end L.dv.a L.rs.
Mrs. Harry Broughton
Declines Re-election
As President
83 MEMBERS
Fathers Night Observed
At Last Meeting of
School Year
Furnishing glasses for a child
whose sight was defective and whose
parents were unable to supply the
glasses, serving hot lunches to the
underprivileged children in school
and conducting classe in hygiene are
some of the good works which the
group of women in the Parent-Teacher
organization of the Hertford
Grammar School have done this
year, under the able leadership of
Mrs. Harry Broughton, who as pre
sident has given a great deal of time
and effort to the work.
Aided by a corps of workers who
included Mrs. T. J. Walters, Mrs.
Charles. T. Skinner, Mrs. E. W. May
es, Mrs. T. J Nixon, Jr, Mrs. John
Zachery, Mrs. Josiah Elliott, Mrs. G.
R. Tucker, leaders of various depart
ments, and many workers in the
ranks, -the PTA has accomplished
much under Mrs. Broughton's lead
ership. Regular meetings have been held
each month, with programs which
have been both entertaining and
helpful. The last program of the
school year was held on Thursday
night, when Fathers Night was ob
served and both fathers and mothers
attended. Rev. D. S. Dempsey con
ducted the devotional, after which a
musical program was given under the
direction of Miss Kate Blanchard.
L. W. Anderson sang "When My
Dream Boat Comes Home", follow
ed by a piano solo by Elizabeth Dar
den. Mrs. Henry Newbold sang
"Love's Old Sweet Song" and F. T.
Johnson made an address on the
subject "What Fathers Should Mean
to their Children and to the School
which their Children Attend."
A new president has not yet been
elected for the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation. Mrs. Broughton, who has
served so efficiently, declined re
election. Other officers wers e'ect
ed at the meeting. They include
Mrs. G. R. Tucker, Vice-President;
Mrs. Nathan Relfe, secretary and
Mrs. Durwood Reed, treasurer.
A brief summary of the work of
each department was given by the
various department heads, which
brought to light something of the
good work done this year.
There are 83 paid members of the
association. Meetings have been well
attended, and various merchants of
the town have donated door prizes,
one of which was drawn by the hold
er of the lucky ticket at each meet
ing. The large number of members and
visitors present on Thursday night
were served dainty refreshments at
the close of the program at tha last
meeting of the year.
Thrown From Cart;
Painfully Injured
Thrown from a horse-cart in which
he was riding, R. H. Harrell, fifty-five-year-old
Perquimans County
farmer, suffered a very serious and
most painful accident on Wednesday.
Mr. Harrell, who lives in the Bal
lahack community, was carried to the
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City
by ambulance shortly after the ac
cident occurred,; around the noon
hour. 1 ,
Dr, C A,. Davenport, who was call
ed to attend Mk' Kartell, Sported
that he suffered a dislocated com
pound .fracture of both bones of the
llthkle;:, ' $v-;-
The accident occurred when the
horse which Mr. Harrell was driving
became frightened and ran.
Missionary Society
Meets At Winfall
The Young Woman's Missionary
Society met at the home of Mrs. W.
H. Matthews at Winfall on Tuesday
evening. The president, Miss Jessie
Stanton, conducted the devotional.
Mrs. Bill Bagley was in charge of a
very interesting "program. After the
meeting there was a delightful so
cial hour.;--' ...
'Delicious; sandwiches and . punch
were served.. ,t ,
Those 'piesent were Mrs. ; Jessie
Stanton, Mrs. Bill Begiey, Itrv A. .
R.rWinslow, Jr Mrs. W. H. lfatt'
hews, : Misses Gladys, Ward, Lucille 1
White, Alma Lerjett, Myrtle Umph-'
lett"' and Lucira lng:':C ' "
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