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1 I I Y W M M . I 111! .. V . ', I I M II' A A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY , Volume IV Number 26. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 18, 1937. $1.25 Per Year 7 . .4 -I i t Meeting 10 :f Everyone Interested In Town Urged tiffie a$ r J J Court House v8(yqx)CK ; r? 'Definite 'Plan Results )a .From Meeting Heidi ' J Last Week .. Every man who is interested in the welfare of the community is in vited to a meeting of thei; citizens of the town to be held in the courthouse an " Friday nirtt at 8 o'clock,-., .Approximately 45 men attended the meetinir held on laBt Friday night,-which had been called by the Rotary Club. . Mayor S. M. Whedbee presided and stated the purpose of the gathering, 'which was to discuss and make plans for a chamber of commerce, or some organisation to have for its objective the upbuilding of the community. Asked to give expression to their ideas as to the character of organi- " v cation desired, a number of those V present, among them being Dr. C. V Ji. Davenport, J. G. Roberson R-, E , : ' White, J. S. McNider, Dr. I. X. Ward. W. T. Brown, Walter H., Oakey, Jr ' Rev. E. T. Jillson, Simon Rutenberg, A. W. Hefren and others, responded t with brief remarks. There appeared to be little senti ment for organizing a chamber of V ' commerce, probably due to the fail 4' ure of former attempts to main tain a chamber of commerce effect ively in the past. There was, how- ' ever, a strong sentiment -in; favor of , X some sort ot organization wnicn h . should have for its objective the wel- - 4' fare and the upbuilding, of the ' com- ; ' manity. ' V-.; . i . A motion carried to the effect that th rfilr to Yrtrntnlate nlans for an v organisation, which committee should ,' : make its report to a meeting to be '. -reunited in the following committee ..; feeing named: A. W. Hefren;. Dr. C. . i A.. Davenport, Rev. E. T. Jillson, W. T, Elliott, Walter H. Oakey, Jr, Si , "jnon Rutenberg, J.- G. Roberson and Mrs. Mattie Lister White. , V The committee was given unlimit ed power in forming plans; for the . organization. A . meeting of the committee was held on Tuesday night, with all mem- ' , bers being present, at which time, f ""after an informal discussion, a defi v nite plan of organization- was arriv- ed at which will be presented to the ; . meeting to be held on Friday night - 'of this week. The committee desig Y: ,nated Rev E. X. Jillswa to present the' repori.";. -0''t''fHy.' 'Tod Slow Cutting,w Gets Road Sentence 'Puddin,' 'Cioeo, Cola', ad ISnooka were among those present at - the home of Lillift Forehand, colored wo man of "Newtown", according to Lillie'i testimony in Recorder's Court on Tuesday when she appeared as the prosecuting witness against her - erstwhile suitor, William H. Felton, and also in her own defense. ; T ; Lillie apparently had a narrow es ' cape from being decapitated on the night of May 29, when Felton," with one stroke of his right hand, wield 7 ing a sharp knife, inflicted a severe gash across her neck. , Her right , hand, which she flung upward to ward off , the- blow, was. also . gash ed to the hone. "If he had worked -fast with the knife", explained Lillie, c:Vntav gofW . 1 1' - just too rtow c "-ti. z-n " . "t .".-ied ' C.s i -ant "'- - L " t. ' f T-ltt had. sworn o t i vis injured, and later en Felton i .is cat one charging uuie wiw t'nr tn cut him. - A -fnnitanta have had S lot cl col sit experience," Lillie-once serv-i.-j: t.,i - -'s in jail' and Felton . havinr siv.i a road term.- In this affair, however, Lillie was found not guilty and Felton was. giyen a six-months roai rnce. to oe sua pended upon payii t cf a twenty- five "dollar fine a : 1 ' court costs and upon good i- .r , Tr tic ytars. . r y at cc:-::un:tv a r' " '.ft v.j v: Water Jlid lights ut01Mf BiUs Are Not Paid On Time Dim t the- laxity with which water and light bills have been paid in the past several months, the .Town Council en Monday night decided that it to taking too much time of the town office necessary for other matters' to collect these accounts, and Win hereafter in voke the role passed sometime ago that all water and light bills must be paid by the 15th of the month, and that hereafter sndess the bill is paid In accordance with the regulations of the town, of which ruling the patrons will be notified, the town will discontinue services and will not reinstate the service until, the bill is folly paid. This rule, according to officials, will be impartially administered. Rape Charge Will Be Aired In Court Tuesday Morning Ths hearing In the case of Holland Hurdle, young white man charged with the capital crime of rape, was continued by Recorder's Court Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., on Tuesday morning, upon a motion by Attorney Charles Whedbee, representing the defendant, when it was shown that P. W. McMullan, of Elizabeth City, who also had been retained by the defense, was unable to be present. The hearing to determine probable cause will be held on Tuesday of next week. ' Holland Hurdle, twenty-one, who lives in the Hickory Cross section of Perquimans County, was arrested aj4 placed, in jattvAy. Sheriff J. E. Wineiow m Friday, June 11, upon a warrant sworn tut by Thelma Mod lin, seventeen, who lives in a neigh boring community of Gates County. The young girl, accompanied by her parents and Hubert Eason, a Gates voile attorney, came to; Hertford on Friday of last week and swore out the warrant, alleging that on May 80, Holland Hurdle "Did unlawfully, with force and arms, assault one Thelma Modlin, he being a male and she a female, and that he unlawfully and feloniously, by force and against her will, , did ravish and carnally know the said Thelma Modlin." -' When the Sheriff went to make the arrest he found the accused young man returning from fishing and he is said to have expressed very much sirprise at the charge. V - When the . case was called in Re corder's Court on' Tuesday morning there was. a large crowd of- specter tors from the upper section of the County, where the young man's fam ily '), live. Only three '-witnesses for the prosecution had been summoned, the girl, her mother and Dr. Blanch ard, of HobbsviUe. When they were asked to come forward and be recog nized for their appearance next week, the girl, who is very pretty, ap peared to be in a highly nervous state, her hand, when she held it up at the court's direction, trembling violently. i i Louisburg College President At M. E. : : Church On Sunday Rev. Dv E. Earnhardt, President of Loukburg College, will preach at the Hertford Methodist : Church next Sunday, .at both the morning and evenfrx." servkea.'.'Mn.' Earnhardt is an ' " 'Mr. t.'t In'thi;"! UorfE C: -,r4i4svweryta-t"' - r .. A r- "(-liiviU t..j 23 t. .... i ta W".kwn4Uieii srvic v ' , 4 '.L x At'ftl ' It's An HI Wind . That Blows No Good The cool nights and dry weather have caused the farmers of Bur gess section much concern as the due' bugs have injured the corn, causing many to .have to; plant over, much of ' their corn crop. However, the peanut crop is doing especially well and the - smcU t-oant of rain ht worked to a - - t advantage to the indue r' i w: are rai:Jag U.1 . - .;tm Kat 1 i t' r w i r j 1 v 1 SET AT COUNCIL MEEiniONDAY Walter H. Oakey, Jr., Is Counsel FULL SESSION j City Fathers Agree to Wire Lot for Playing Night Soft Ball Walter H. Oakey, Jr , was ap pointed town . counsel at the re gular meeting of the Town Council on Monday night, to succeed Whed bee A Whedbee, which firm resign ed when Silas M. Whedbee. the jun ior member of the firm, was elected mayor j There was a full session, with many routine matters, as well as a' uumuer oi special items 01 uusiiieoo, aispaicnea. Salaries for the various town em ployees were set. The salary of the mayor, who has taken over much of the work of the management of the j town's affairs, was set at $60 pe month by the commissioners, which is in keeping with the salary here-' tofore paid, but the Mayor raised the' question as to whether this amount could be legally paid, and the matter was left open, pending a ruling on the legality of the matter. : The salary of V.. G. Newby, Town ! Clerk, who is paid $165 per month, 1 remains the same, and that of R. N. ' Hines, Superintendent, who formerly received $175 per month, was reduc-j ed to $165. Fenton Britt, employed in the mu- gy Schedule For nicipal plant, who has been receiving $60 received a raise of $15. Current Is Adopted The Town decided to purchase a hundred dollars' worth of advertis- j A new current schedule, applicable ing space, half from the Independent only to those householders who use and half from the Advance, for ad- on 'a full time basis both an electric vertising in the special editions these range and an electric . refrigerator, neighboring dailies are issueing has been adopted by the Town Ooun shortly in commemoration of the cil. Those patrons who operate both historical celebration on Roanoke Is-; a range and a refrigerator full time land this summer. I are not required to have two meters. It was decided to have construct-: as is the case in other instances, ed a much-needed foot-way, for the. The schedule is as follows: use of pedestrians, from the bridge! For the first 10 kilowats 10 cents over Skinners Creek, at the southern end of Church street, over the sun ken roadway , where the tide water frequently stands, to the high land. It was also decided to construct, with aid of the County, a sidewalk in front of the new Agricultural Building, on Dobb street. The matter of lighting the town lot, .a portion of which is now used for . parking cars, in order that the placer may be used for playing the; domestic users only and the mini game of soft ball, came up for dis-. mum charge under this special rate cussion and it was decided that the is set at $4.00 per month, lot should be. adequately wired in. No reduction has been named in order that it may be lighted for this the regular charge for current for purpose,. Press Association Meets In E. City Friday Afternoon Preparatory to their annual cruise to Bermuda members ot the North Carolina Press Association will hold their sixty-fifth yearly convention at the .Virginia Dare Hotel, Elizabeth City, tomorrow afternoon. News papermen from all over the state will be' in attendance, many of whom will take the sea voyage with others spending the week-end at Nags Head and Manteo. C. . C. Council) publisher of the Durham . Herald-Sun, is president of the Association, and wiH preside at the gathering and at subsequent sessions aboard the S. S. Reliance en to; mct' wt frth, Pev. J.X, .Whit. Jr pastor of L' a I 'aekweli W enoriatv Churrh Eli ; ' City; ft! C'fcus;V Wsynes- v4.te,.t:anes: rarxer,'tctty:witot or IT.e fcaa"atol : Observer, t Raleigh, IloltJUcaericol JIigh.. Point, and Wade Lucas, of The Raleigh Times. Clayton Rand, of Gulf port, Miss., president of the National I Editorial Association, will be introduced as a guest speaker by J. L. Home, Jr. of Rocky Mount. -, ! - 5 . Mrs. E. D. Mathews Breaks Arm In Fall ; Mrs. E, D. Mathews, wife of the commissioner i. of Parkville Town I'.Ip, su.?ered a broken arm when :e fall at her home neat Hertford ci - Wednesday afternoon. . Mrs. I -i fill when havstfped in tt the aliffnteJ, from an , t .'-T3 her arm in the C" e was 1 -r j.t to the k. r. , C. A. L'.verport in I J for t.'. -'stent, - . , COMMITTEEMEN FOR 1937 TO BE NAfdEDSATURDAY Meeting Has Been Call ed By Farmi; Agent , Anderson AT 2 OTLOCK Farmers of Perquimans Got Over $31,000 For Cooperation In 1936 L W. Anderson, Farm Agent for Perquimans, has called a meeting of the Perquimans County Soil Conser vation Association, to be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the auditorium of the Agricultural Building, for the purpose of elect ing committeemen to serve in 1937. The association is composed of those farmers who are cooperating in the farm program in 1937. Practically all of the Perquimans farmers have received their checks for cooperating in 1936, according to Mr. Anderson, who says that there arc still a few which have not yet come in, and thao the entire amount which will be paid for cooperation in the 1936 program will amount to a little over $31,000.00. The payments in 1937, said Mr. Anderson, will be larger, because more farmers will collect the soil buildin? practice payments this year. Not many Perquimans farmers took advantage of the soil building prac tice requirements last year, but aractically all are doing so this year. i per kilowat; For the next 50 kilowats 5 cents per kilowat; For the next 60 kilowats 3 cents per kilowat; For all above this amount 2 cents per kilowat. It will be seen from this rate that the first lzi) kilowats would cost $5.30 and ail above this Zt cents per kilowat. This rate applies to I lighting purposes, this rate still re I maining 12 cents per kilowat. It is the objective, however, of the town officials, to lower this rate just as soon as possible, and it is their hope that a sufficient number of Hert ford housekeepers will take advant age of the special rate so that enough current can be sold to make a reduction in the light rate possible. In recent months there was a new power rate established which was ap plicable to operators of more than one major appliance. Big Bathing Beauty Contest Friday At 9 P. Mrln Theatre In the Bathing Beauty Contest to be held at the State Theatre on Fri- rfav nlotit at tHia mwdr nrnttv vnnnir W wearing the jww- est n smanosc. m oeaca aiuw.. . vTho prises) to be awarded. to!tJu winner ftaye been dteatedlby locaj merehjmii:rvi."j-:;:-;: -: These 'ttcptKtcd i" appear in time ly 'attiw tmj,f:vrtr-. Ftean Hobbs, Tyher; Willie Hurdle, New '-' Hop; Maude Turner, New Hope; Hattie Pearl Nowell, Belvi dere; Audrey Stanton, Wlnfall; Nell Hobbs, Mary Elizabeth Fields, Mary Wood Koonce, Grace Knowles, Gus sie Wood, Katherine Jessup, Edna Ruth Cannon, .' Nita Newbold, Ruth Hollowell, Pete " Relfe, Mary Wi Pierce, MatUe Gatling White an Lizzie Lee Hoffler. , The contest wiH be held at 9 o' clock, at the end of the first show, and those taking part will be: , ' RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL 'Mlrs.C. F. Sumner, Br., has re turned from Norfolk hospital, where she received treatment of her eyes. Her condition is much un proved. . , - - J , ' , Is Dual Axe Slayer, Says James Felton SPEAKER IT. S. SENATOR R. R. REYNOLDS United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, will address the 24th annual meeting of the Tidewater Auto mobile Association, June H, to be held at the t'hamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Virginia. The meeting at 8 o'clock is open to the public as well as all mem bers of the Association. Senator Reynolds' address will be broad casted over station WGH, New port News, Va., on a 1310 KC from 8:30 p. m. to 9 o'clock p. m. Those who cannot attend are invited to listen in. B. T. U. Convention Meets In Hertford On Friday, July 24 Miss Addie Mae Cooke, of Gates ville, who is associational director of the Chowan Assooiational Baptist 1 Training Union, will preside at the annual convention to be held in the Hertford Baptist Church on Friday, June 24, when young people and leaders of the Baptist Church in the seven counties of the association will be present. ! The theme of the program is "Bel ye doers of the word," and the topic of the first session, which will be-! gin at 3 o clock in the afternoon, is "That we may know Him better through service." Among those who will take part n tne program are Kev. W. U. Morris, pastor of Corinth Church;! J.M.Hopkins, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. Victor Morgan, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. D. S. Dempsey, of Hert-1 ford; L. H. Sawyer, of Elizabeth Rev. W. F. Woodall, of Gatesville; Rev. John R. Link, of Windsor; Rev. H. B. Hines, of Manteo, and Miss Cooke. At the close of the afternoon ses sion there will be a picnic supper served on the church lawn, and it is requested that every one who comes to the meeting bring lunch. A vesper service follows lunch, when the theme will be "Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee." This service lasts only three-quarters of an hour. The closing service will begin at 8 o'clock, with the theme "Giving the Gospel to the whole world through service." Baptist churches of Dare, Curri tuck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perqui mans, Chowan and Gates Counties will be represented, and all are in vited to attend. There will be special music by the Edenton band. ., ftiftV .'.I, , ri-, r,r, u - - , n Seeking! Bids For : Local 'Quarters The Postoffice Department is asking for bids for quarters for the Hertford postoffice for a ten year period, beginning September 1, 1937. Bids must be filed by July 10. Any information desired may be obtained from J. E. Morris, Hertford Postmaster, who will also furnish, blanks for filing bid. - The present Quarters are locat ed in the building located en the outh-weat corner of Church and Grobb' street, owned byi W. T. Shannonhense, of ' Norfolk. , Va, whkh building has .housed e peatofflc for the ipast ) twenty reara t Hattie Simpson Mur derer Admits Other Crimes HIGHWAYMAN Killer Tells Sheriff That "Hattie Knew Too Muchw When State Solicitor Herbert R. Leary, at the April term of Perqui mans Superior Court, accepted a plea of murder in the second degree in the case of State vs James Fel ton, alias James White, there was no way of knowing that he was spar ing .the life of a man who appears, in the light of a confession made on I Monday to Sheriff J. Emmett Wins- low, of Perquimans, to have been in the habit of tapping with an axa none too gently the heads of those who happened to incur the displeas ure of the small, inoffensive looking Negro, who was sentenced by Judffn Clawson L. Williams to 30 years for the slaying of Hattie Simpson in Hertford on January 24. Felton or White, is a native o" Perquimans. He wasn't regarded around Hertford as a dangerous character. He worked at odd jnh gardening and doing other smal' chores, and was well liked by thoS' who employed him. On the night of January 24 o this year he called at the home o' Hattie Simpson, at whose house h formerly lived and with whom h had recently had some trouble. Hat tie sat in her chair, with her feet propped up on the bed where he little daughter was asleep. Jame picked up the axe from the woodbo and tapped Hattie on the hear1 They found her in the chair, dead. I her feet still propped up on the bed. James had proceeded to his homo and gone to bed, stopping on the way to casually remark to a woman, T have just killed your friend Hatti Simpson." He didn't resist arres and never denied the killing. He did tell a lame tale on the stand abou' Hattie advancing upon him with a knife. Altogether, it seemed to be a pretty cold-blooded proposition. In sentencing the man Judge Wil liams said "Hattie Simpson is dead for a long time, and wherever you go, and whatever you see, and what ever you do, when you lie down on your bed at night you are going to hear, as long as you live, that wom- mm cry on as you neara u wnen you struck her that blow with the axe." "That." he continued, "Is what you have got coming to you for the rest of your life, and you will never forget it. I am going to shut you up for the rest of your life." If the solemnly spoken words which so impressed the spectators in the courtroom affected the prisoner there was no indication of it in his countenance or manner. He was sent to the penitentiary and was later transferred to the Perquimans County Prison Farm at Woodville. Sheriff Winslow denies that he is a good dectective, but the fact re mains that when he learned, a day or two ago, that up at Jenkins Bridge, Va., in May, the body of a Negro man who had been struck on the head with an axe was found, and that the man had disappeared last August, he began an investigation. He learned that the victim was last seen with one James White. The Sheriff remembered the rumors cur rent last spring that Felton, alias White, had killed a man while he was away sometime before. had denied this at tb trial. .tb trial.:; ; S&d&SftiSv ,v (QlIB4,JBi. 4-V :. i-'r..''.; . Bar,Mccnviteia;i'V-:-?i; Friday!; July 9th The First District Bar of which all the lawyers of the First Judicial District are members, will hold its annual meeting at Washington, N. C, on Friday, July 9, at 11 o'clock. The Beaufort Bar will be hosts on this occasion and they 'have prepar- Xv ed a fine program,. Judge Isaac M. - " Meekins, of Elizabeth City, will maka ' the principal address. ' Hon. Charles Whedbee, of Hert' ford,' is president and John W. Gra ham, of Edenton, is. secretary. Mr. Whedbee will preaide at the meeting. - ; MASONS HAVE VISITORS ' -A ' number of ont-o-town Masons attended, the regular Ineeting of the Perquimans Lodge oA Tuesday night when the third degree was conferred upon a ocal candidate. ,-.'. a'pfii " ? , - V