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1 ?J,)''wA-. w yr-otws.v" yL,-, " A i it. ,, n.-ptef-v-:- TT-'TTTT PER(Q)UIMAMS WEEKLY it ) 7 :, . : Volume IV Number 25. If Extra Levy Necessary For Social Security $4,710 Is Amount Esti mated to Cover Cost For County 10c INOHEASE Welfare Board Presents Figures to County Commissioners An extra tax levy of ten cents on the hundred dollar will probably be required to take care of the county's j portion of the benefit payments to, the aged and to dependent children,! according to the estimate made by the County Welfare Board and sub- mitted to the Board of County Corn-) missioners at their meeting on Mon-, day. This estimate is based on the property valuation of the county last year, which was $5,250,000. No re- j valuation of property in Perquimans was made this year. The estimated cost to the county of meeting the payments to the de pendent children and the aged, from figures furnished by the Welfare De partment, is $4,710.00 representing one .fourth of $17,168.00 which it is believed will be required, one half of which amount will be paid by the : Federal government, one fourth by the" State and the other fourth by These tflgiires are based on the estimate that there are in the coun ty, from a tentative survey, 83 per sons beyond the age of 65 yean and 74 dependent children under 18 who .are. entitled to receive benefit pay menu of varying amounts under the Social Security Act. Of the $17468.00 which it is esti mated must be. raised for both the aged and thedependent children, it is estimated v $12,152.00 will be re quired paldto the aged, and $5,016. w to' aependent children. These figures are merely tentative, as no definite amount can be. set un til it is definitely determined how many persons there are in the coun ty who jure entitled to assistance, y. The new County Welfare ' fioari, composed of ; Chairman . Charles K. Johnson Mrs. V. N. Darden, W. F. C. : Edwards, and the Superintendent of Welfare, Miss , Ruth Davenport, met with-, the County Commissioners and submitted their figures on Mon day. ; New Gulf Station A Credit To Town The new Gulf Service station which js being erected on the north-west - - corner of Dobb and Church streets is to be. the last word in modernity, 4 ' according to H. P. Smith, of Eliza beth City, who is the distributor of .the Gulf products in this vicinity and who was in Hertford on Friday. It : will, said Mr. Smith, be a credit, to , : Hertford. .- 'iWi, W'fJ 1 The station is to be of white stuc co and tile construction over brick ' foundation, .with hydraulic lifts and ' electric pumps and everything in we .l.t-ot aMntnmatnt fnr the modern Ber- '. vice station, " . v K' - The cost of the sUtlon and equip- ; . 'ment will be in the neighborhood of - tir- f 1P,000,Wt The- work, is under the ,4 direction of T'J. Gardner,' Who" is 1 'employed by ' George DuboiBe, -of .'ro Kins ton, . Contractors, i some y sixty day will.be required for the, comple , ' tion of feuildirtg, according to . Mr. -Gardner. ' "'i. foA rti ;c (Girls' Circle Holds" " ' Meeting Attyinf all ! " The Girls Circle met at the home r of Mrs. Charlie Umphlett in ( Win- f"fall, Mono!ay vevemg;'rTherTWl 1 . , dent, Mrs. ..Uinphlett, conducted , the d votional. , . A very interesting pro- r m v as enjoyed with Gladys Ward, C .t - :a ,rjkef,-and Mrs. UinrWett ? ' -or- 4e and cake - '-r: .. f . ) -:t '.wcs - ; i : - rf!u r, Glaiys V- 1 A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTEID TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Hertford, Bathing: Beauty Contest At Theatre Friday Next Week A bathing beauty contest is to be held at the State Theatre on the night of June 18, which is Friday night of next week, when models from the various communities of the county will wear attractive beach ap parrel from the different stores of the town. Horace Jones, manager of the State, announces that prizes will be donated by the merchants to be awarded to the winners, and that the snappiest things in bathing suits will be shown. Hundreds Of Books For Public Library Hertford's new public library, a project of the Hertford Wowan's Club, will probably be opened with in the next few weeks. A full-time librarian is to be furnished by the Works Progress Administration, pro bably beginning work around the 18th of June. The young lady who is to be plac ed in charge of this work will also mend the books belonging to the schools of the county. Miss Edna Fields, supervisor of women workers for the WPA, stat ed this Week that it had not yet been decided, whether the librarian would be oH ttty every day. in the week, or whether she would be there only five days each week. The women of the Woman's Club have assembled several hundred books and there are some prospects of special donations to be made later which will be of considerable help. It is also planned to have sent from the State Library Com mission a number of special books for children this summer, to be loaned to the library. Former Resident' Sails For France Prof. W. C. Archie, of Wake Fo rest College, and Mrs. Archie who was the former Miss Ruth Newby of Hertford, sailed from New York for Europe on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Archie's mother, . Mrs. G. E, Newby, who has been visiting her daughter, returned to her home in Hertford on Thursday. Prof. Archie, who teaches French at Wake Forest, will study for his doctor's degree in France this sum mer. Mrs Newby' also expects to take a course in French. At the end of the summer term' at the Univer sity they expect to visit other points in Europe before returning home and will probably make a brief visit to Hertford before the beginning of the school term at Wake Forest. Joint Hostesses In Honor Recent Bride H Mrs. D. P. Stallings and MrsO; t Barber were joint hostesses Tues day night at the home of Mrs. Bar ber in Winfalf at a miscellaneous shower, complimentary to Mrs. Will Hall, who before her recent, marriage was; Miss Marjorie' Stallings. Two very interesting ' contests were en joyed with Misses Maria Stanton and Gertrude Baker . winning prises, which they iwented;, Ae bride; , The wedding- cake ,wn4" cut with Miss LucUle White cuttlnr the ' ring, Mrs; Horace Baker, the thimble, Mrs. Stallings ,.the : dime, Mrs Claude White the safety pin ' and Daisy Proctor the button. ,;V: y:y,v r Jut iced course, was served to the following: Mesdames Walter Humph lett, Horace Baker, j. Harry;, Barber, Clara Dillmon, Jim Lowe,, George Roach, Alton Moore Jessie Stanton, Wesley Pike, Bill . - Bagley; Charlie Humphlett, Thomas White, Aubrey Humphlett, Buena Jones, J. V. Roach, Effle Miller,' Claude White, AV R Winslqw?. Sr,; W. ,J,; Stanton, Mollie Barber, C A. Bagley, G. T. Powell, D. P. SUlllngs, D, I Bar Will Hall, Mioses Frankie Bar- ladys ward, Gertrude Bar, h4rley Hmp--l'"tV p. ry Ilary Rath SUlIings, Jes - LL 'IS' rL!v Msr.s hTviT Wd x y Perquimans County; North Carolina, Friday, BELOVED CITIZEN, DIES SUDDENLY Member One of Most Prominent Families In County 70 YEARS OLD JPasses Away Calmly as She Occupied Chair In Bedroom A greatly beloved woman passed away on Friday. Mrs. Mary Wood McMullan, member of one of the county's most prominent old fami lies, died suddenly in the early after noon as she sat in a chair in her bedroom where she had been confin ed for only a brief period, dying as calmly and as serenely as she had lived for 70 years. She had been in ill health for some time and had been able to go about but little, but it had been only a few days that she had been for the most part confined to bed because of a serious heart affection. Sitting com fortably in her chair, she had talked with members of the family and with the colored maid who had serv ed in ljer home for 30 years only a few minute3 before she was found in a dying condition. Though physi cians hastily summoned arrived promptly, the Angel of Death was swifter. . Funeral services were conducted from the home at 11 o'clock on Sun day morning, with the Rev. D. M. Sharpe pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, of which she was a member, officiating, and burial took place in the family plot in Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford. Pall bearers included her three sons-in-law, BG. Koonce. W. G. Wright and T. B. Sumner, and J. R. Jarvis, of Elizabeth City; Charles T. Skinner, J. H. Pitt, Walter H. Oakey, Jr., and Dr. T. P. Brinn. Mrs. McMullan was a native of Hertford, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Wood. She spent her entire life here, except for the period when she attended St. Mary's School in Raleigh. In early girl hood she married W. T. McMullan, who . died in 1918. Eight children were born of the union, all living to manhood and womanhood. Three of these met tragic deaths by drown ing, Tom Mac in 1930 and Sallie Wood McMullan and Mattie McMul lan Jessup in 1931. The patience and fortitude with which she bore her sorrows was an inspiration to those who were as sociated with Mrs. McMullan, who was never in so much trouble that she could not give sympathy and help to others, and who could al ways be depended upon to bring comfort into the homes of her com munity where there was grief and sorrow. Surviving are three daughters and two sons, Mrs. B. G. Koonce, Mrs. W. G. Wright, Mrs. T. B. Sumner and E. G. McMullan, all of Hertford, and J. R. McMullan, of Washington, D. C, six grandchildren, Bill Jessup, Katherine Jessup, Mary. Wood Koonce, Ben Koonce, Tommy Sum ner and Edwina McMullan. Two step-sons, Dr. ,T. S. McMullan and P. W. - McMullan, of Elisabeth City, and a brother, W T. Wood, of Nor folk, Vs., lo survive. ; V Among those, .from out, of town who amended the funeral iwere Mr. nd. Mrsi J. R.McMullan.tf Wash ington, D. C Dr,, T S. McMullan, P. W, McMullan, J. B. McMullan, Mr. and Mrs1. Harry Bundy, Mr. and Mrs. J,' R. Jarvk and Wergman Morri seftte, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. Sidney McMullan, J. H. McMullan, Mrs. Os car .Elliott, Mrs. Norfleet Pruden and Miss Jessie McMullan, of Edenton, W. Ti' Wood, ! Mr. and Mrs. Ebie Mussleman, and Mrs. 'Phillip Adams, of Norfolk, Va..,' Mrs. James Hack ney, of Washington, N. O, and Mrs. M? ft Stacy, . of Chapel Hill. ;.' ' , Jtfiss1 Davenport Again Eupt;4 Public Welfare -, Miss Ruth Davenport Was re-ap- r (in ted Superintendent of Public V elf are for Perquimans for the en-'-NirM ly the Board of County v.. era at their meeting on y. , HISTORY BE BROADCAST IN SfECIALEDlTION Advertising Bought In Two E. City Daily Newspapers WRITEOWN AD Photostatic Copy First Deed Recorded In Year 1661 Under the supervision of Hon. Charles Whedbee, of Hertford, who is more familiar with the early history of Perquimans than any other man in the county, something of the early history of Perquimans, which is in reality the earliest history of the State of North Carolina, is to be i publicized in the advertising columns of the two neighboring dailies, "The Independent" and "The Advance", of Elizabeth City, when the special editions commemorating the histori cal celebration to be held on Roanoke Island this summer are published. The Board of County Commission ers of Perquimans have agreed to! pay for a certain amount of ad vertising space in these two news papers, but declined to accept the lay-out which had been prepared in advance, and appointed Mr. Whed bee a committee of one to prepare the copy for the advertisement. Since it was in Perquimans that theirst clearing in North Carolina was made, and since there is so much of historical interest here which has never been publicized, Mr. Whedbee plans to take this opportunity to do so. Not only does Mr. Whedbee, who, by the way, is a descendent of George Durant, plan to reproduce in the ad vertisement by photostatic copy, the deed recorded in Perquimans from Kilcocanen, King of the Yeopim In dians, to George Durant, dated 1661, which is the oldest deed ox record in the state and which is also the oldest record of a land transfer from an Indian to a white man in America, but other historical data of the coun ty will be presented in attractive form. There will be a reproduction of the artistic bookmarker used in the li brary books presented to the Perqui mans High School by the late C. W. Toms, of Durham and New York, showing the figure of an Indian in the act of presenting a scroll to a white man. Incidentally, Mr. Whed bee was responsible for this design. There will be a reference to the home of the first governor of North Carolina, William Drummond, in Durants Neck. Governor Drummond, appointed governor on 1664, is known in history as one of the best of the early governors of the state. Governor John Harvey, head of a long line of Harveys, who were GOUTY leaders in the state for more than a ed by Rev. D. M. Sharpe, of Hert century, the early srovsrnor whose ford, and burial was made in the neglected grave in Harveys Neck is a reproach to the people of Perqui mans County and to the state of North Carolina, will be mentioned. Belvidere, that section which was the seat of education for the entire who knew her and loved by a host lection, as a result of the efforts of, of friends. the PriendB, or Quakers, who have Surviving are five children, as fol for cent tries predominated in the lows: Mrs. D. J. Rogerson, J. F. Win unner end of the Countv. will also slow, and J. B. Winslpw, all of the come in. for special mention, with special reference to Belvidere Aca demy. r. i-0t.:t ; .- There arei, according to Mr. Whed bee, who talked about the matter at the Rotary Club on Tuesday night, a great many other historical facts connected t with the county which might U mentioned". He told the story told to him by an aged Negro of Gates County, which county is a part of the original County of Per quimans. The old man pointed out to Mr. Whedbee, many years ago, a huge old oak tree, located near Co rapeake, oft the land once owned by George Washington, according to the deed recorded in this courthouse, and said that hi "grandfather had told him that tinder that oak .George Washington said General Jethro Bat- lard, who .lived;, on the adjoining plantation, used to meet, hitch their horses to the tree and talk over var ious' matters, as.' they . lipped mint Juleps. .The tree was cut down years hence, and there were, found embed-lert (Continued on Page Eight) June 11, 1937. Local Rotary Club Sponsors Movement Congleton Accused Of Improper Conduct Before Bar Committee Luther F. Congleton, who practic ed law during the several years that he lived in Hertford, and who moved to Wilmington something over a ' year ago, proved a good character i by the personal testimony of a num ber of prominent Perquimans citi-1 zens, and also by sworn depositions of a dozen or more Wilmington citi zens, and to the layman it appear ed that little evidence was brought out by his accusers, a collection agen-1 cy, which indicated any improper con duct when the attorney was given a hearing before a committee from the North Carolina liar Association on I'riday of last week in Hertford, in disbarment proceedings. It was brought out by defense: counsel that all of the charges of ! improper conduct were based on al- iegea irregularities in reierence 10 handling accounts placed in the at torney's hands for collection and na a" came from one agency, who naa Drougni me matier to tne at tention of the Bar Association. J. G. Small, of Edenton, testified that he had paid the account which had been placed in Mr. Congleton's hands for collection, but he had no cancelled check or receipt to show covering the transaction. He swore that he paid Mr. Congleton in cash at various times on the street. Mr. Congleton swore that he had never even seen Mr. Small but once and that Mr. Small had never paid a cent. He further exhibited transcripts of judgment from Chowan Superb Court to show the account had been reduced to judgment. J. G. Campen, Edenton jeweler, who was one of the witnesses, testi- fied that he settled his account which , was in Mr. Congleton's hands for; collection on a basis of 25 cents on j tne dollar, ana there was evidence that this amount had been duly transmitted. The result of the hearing will pro bably be announced within the next few days. Oldest Member Of Anderson Church Dies Funeral services for Mrs. Lina Whitehead Winslow, 81, widow of J. N. Winslow, of Beach Spring, who died suddenly at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jack Wescott, in Norfolk Va., on Tuesday, at whose home she was visiting, were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. J. Rogerson, at Beech Spring, with whom she made her home, on Thursday after noon at 3:30 o'clock, with Rsv. R. E. Walston, pastor of Anderson Methodist Church, officiating, assist- family burying ground. Mrs. Winslow was the oldest mem ber of Anderson Methodist Church and was a woman of very fine Christian character, honored by all Beech Spring community, and L. H. Winslow, of Pasquotank County. Winf all Club Meets With Mrs. Roach The Winf all Home Demontration club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. V. Roach with Mrs. Roach and Mrs. Haywood Proctor as joint hostesses. Miss Hamrick gave some helpful hints on how to cut and ar range flowers. An iced course was served to the following: Mesdames Kenneth Miller, Effie Miller, E. N. Miller, Bill Bag ley, George Roach, D. L. Barber, Claude White, J. V. Roach, Joel Hollowell, Miss Gladys i Hamrick, Dorothy Faye White and two visitors, Mrs, Louie Harrell and Miss.Beulah Roach. ' f'..' - ,f m ':4( BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT of Chapanoke June 7, 1037 a daugh r Mother, iand baby nra getting ' 6ft' hlcely; ' ' ,0 , $1.25 Per Year Apparent Interest Aug urs Well For Large Attendance NEED FELT No Good Reason For Not Keeping Step With Other Towns The interested citizens of the town are called to meet Friday at 8 o'clock at the courthouse for the purpose or organizing a chamber of commerce. The Rotary Club, which is res ponsible for the movement, is mak ing an attempt to interest others in the town in the proposed organiza tion. Dr. C. A. Davenport, president nt fv, it...T t.,,i.. :..u. app0inted each Rotarian a committee of one to bring. twQ others tQ the j meeting and asked that each member taiK to as many others about the proposed plan as possible. On Wednesday morning, when the matter got to be noised abroad there was considerable interest shown and it now appears that a good atten dance of the business men of the town may be expected. For a long time this matter of organizing a chamber of commerce has been discussed, but it never got any farther than that for lack of leadership. Nobody would start the matter. The members of the Rotary Club who expressed themselves on the subject at the meeting on Tues day night were of the opinion that a chamber of commerce for Hert ford is an urgent necessity if the towns which are keeping ste with progres3 and that there is no good reason why such an organjzation con. not De formed here whjch wil, work for the weifare of the town Dr. Davenport, in announcing his intention of naming a committee, stated that there had been a num ber of attepmts to organize a cham ber of commerce here, but that he saw no reason why it shouldn't be attempted again. There was a general voice of ap proval from the members and it looks like there is to be a real move ment toward forming an organization looking, to the upbuilding of the town. ridentOn KeVlVal Continued Week The revival meetings at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Edenton, con ducted by Evangelist L. K. Dodge of Dayton, Ohio, will continue every night this week at 7:45. Sunday will be the closing day with morning service at 11 o'clock. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock there will be a special baptismal service at J. E. Waff's home on the river, where the old ferry used to cross. This service was pontponed on ac count of the evangelist staying an other week. Sunday night will be Rev. Dodge's farewell message, when he will preach on "The Greatest Sin in Edenton." Rev. Kelly Wigfield is pastor of the tabernacle. All are welcome. Sunday School Class Has Regular Meeting - The Judson Memorial Sunday School class of the Hertford Baptist Church held its regular monthly meeting with Mrs. Thomas Tilley Tuesday night. Miss Edna Layden had charge of the program. After the business session a social hour was enjoyed while the hostess served delicious ice cream and cake. Those attending included Mn. -Charles Johnson, Teacher; Mesdames ; Thomas Tilley,' Charlie Elliott, Joslah ,,; Elliott, Tommy Miller, William Boyce, Sidney Leyden, Anther White, James Copeland and Lobise Midgett, Misses Mattie Catling White, Ellen Chappell, Edith White, Marie Fowler, Ednn Layden, Lini Lei Hoffler And Katherine Campciu ' July meeting will sU with Miss Mattie GatUng mite at her home -'