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Care Urged In Giving
Old Age Assistance
Must Ponder Over Ap
plications Before De
ciding Upon Awards
LIMTTEDFUND
Sixty-three Apply For
Aid; More Request
Blanks
The local welfare department has
been instructed by the State Depart
ment to study; each case of applica
tion for old age assistance very care
fully before making awards and to
keep in mind that the amount of mo
ney allotted, for this county must
last a year, setting forth that if too
many persons are granted old age
assistance the funds will be used up
within six months, and that no more
'money would be forthcoming.
"Please see to it," writes Nathan
H. Yelton, Director of the Division
of Public Assistance, of Raleigh, that
applicants being cared for by rela
tives in comfortable homes who are
able to do so are not put on thin
program, as this is not the intention
of the program."
This situation is due to the fact
that state funds for carrying out the
provisions of the new legislation are
limited.
Sixtj-three applications have al
ready been filed with Miss Ruth Da
venport, Superintendent of Public
Welfare, who says that probably a
dozen others have called for the pur
pose of applying, but that, due to the
fact the supply of application blanks
had been exhausted, they were unable
to do so. More blanks are expected
early .next week.
Mim4)avenport is very anxious to
maker is many investigations of
cases df-th";toem1 Hf,iJuVJ'
0S8iWJ'rder:tit ck8 may be
ienvoutv during the ; month. How'
ever, no i shocks daa be received im
mediately, as all cases have to be
investigated and presented to the
Welfare Board before final disposi
tion is made.
Hobbs - Blanchard
Nuptials Will Take
Place On Saturday
The marriage of Miss Sarah Fer
guson Blanchard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, and Mr.
Marcus Edwin Hobbs, of Duke Uni
versity, will take place in the Hert
ford Methodist Chorea at noeaon
Saturday, July 3.
The. bride will be aliened only 'by
her lister, Miss Lillian Blanchard, at
-maid, of bimor, Jsary,Towe, a
. .( cousin of the bride, will light the
candleti' Mrs, O. v Yarborough, of
Louisburg, a cousin of the .bride, Will
play the wedding music; Kerr Hobbs
of Goldsboro, a brother, of the bride
groom will sing. ., . v
. . The bridegroom- will have as his
test man his father, J. C. Hobbs, of
Wilmington, and the ushers will in
clude three brothers of the bride
groom, W. J. Hobbs, of, Washington,
D. C., Frederick Hobbs and Isaac
Hobbs, both of Wilmington, and Ed-
ward Weeks, of Hertford, i'vi.
The bride has been honored at nu
merous social affairs since the an
nouncement of her engagement, the
more recent of which were a birdge
- party given on Monday night by Miss
Joyce Stokes, a dinner given by the
' employees of the ?! store of J. C.
Blanchard & Company at the Virgin?
v i la Dare Hotel in Elizabeth City on
' Tuesday jtighjt, and a buffet' supper
-V, given by' Mrs. J. H. Towe, Jr., and
t v .vMiss Mary Towe on Friday night,
. ' immediately preceding the rehearsal.
.'"" The bridal party and out-of-town
guests 'u will be entertained at "a
luncheon It the home of the bride's
parents Immediately after the wedd-
ing.
' 'FORMER HERTFORD BOY '
v ' y CONCLUDES REVIVAL MEETING
-' " Rev.jp. E. Winslow ,a former Per-
qulmana County boy, who is ' now
i i pastor, of .;, the f Pilgrims . Holiness
;' ?' Church at Danville, vVa, will con
. . elude a revival meeting at the Meth-
r odist Church at Avon this week. Mr.
' '' t' Winslow recently conducted a revival
at the , .Hatteras Methodist ; Church
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE TJPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY.
Fourth Of July. Be
Observed Monday
Hertford's stores will.be clos
ed all day next Monday. A two
day holiday period for the busi
ness firms of Hertford will re
sult from the fourth of July fall
ing on Sunday, as Monday is to
be generally observed.
Not only the stores, but both
the poetoffice and the bank will
also be closed, in observance of
the national holiday. '
At the postoffice Postmaster
J. E. .Morris has announced that
there will be no delivery of mail
at all, except special delivery
mail; that the window will not
be open at any time during the
day. Mail will, however, be dis
patched from the office as usual.
This is the second year in suc
cession that two holidays, count
ing Sunday, have resulted from
the Fourth falling next to Sun
day. Last year the Fourth fell
on Saturday and Monday was
observed by the merchants of
Hertford. It will be a long time
before this occurs again.
Many are planning to spend
the holidays at Nags Head.
The following business houses
agreed to close on Monday: Mrs.
Jake White, Simon's, Hertford
Hardware & Supply Co, Reed &
Felton, Gregory's 5, 19 and 25c
Store, Darden Bros H. C. Stokes
Winslow Radio Company, J. C
Blanchard & to., Carolina Hard
ware Co, Rose's, Hollowed Che
vrolet Co Farm Equipment Co,
D. Pender Grocery Co., Daven
port ft Blanchard, Hertford Bank
ing Co H. G. Winslow, Southern
Cotton Oil, .Co., Grocery Sales
Co,, W. M. Morgan, Morgan's
Modern Grocery, Central Grocery,
' Hertford Sanitary Barber Shop,
Bill Jordan' Barber Shop, R.S.
Jordan, Hilda's Beauty Shop,
Wlnslow-Whlte Motor Co.
J. W Darden Shows
Signs Of Improving
The condition of J. v . Darden, Who
has been critically ill for the past
two week, is reported slightly im
proved. .Many of, Mr. Darden's friends
and relatives from a distance have
been to see him during his illness,
On Sunday those visiting at the Dar
den home included Durwood Towe,
of Washington, P. C., .Mr. and Mrs.
Forest Towe of Charlotteville, Va.,
Roy Jones, William - Jones, John
Jones and Miss Charlotte Jones, of
Driver, Va. On Monday A. G. Dar
den, Mr., and Mrs, Moore Williams,
-Bob -Williams and Mrs. .Walter Hum,
ajlof Driver, Va,, were-guests of the
Darden family. i
W.MlUConiinittee
And Juniors Meet
The Executive Committee of the
W. M. U. and the Junior Leaders of
the Hertford Baptist Church met
with Mrs. J. E. White on Monday
night, with Mrs. I. A." Ward, presi
dent, presiding.
After the meeting the hostess serv
ed dainty refreshments.
Those present included Mesdames
J. J. Fleetwood, Jiramie Smith, D. S.
Dempsey, V. A. Holdren, J. E. Eve
rett, J. E. White, a W. Mayes, G.
R. Tucker, Mark Gregory and Harry
Broughton. . i$
The July meeting will be held with
Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood.
Hertford Reduces
. . ; Amount Of Bonds
-The Town of Hertford has re
duced Jts bonded indebtedness in
the amount of $5,4J7iO within the
past two months, including prin
cipal and" interest, retiring .one
'bond of $1,000 and paying all in
terest due : until i December first,
according to W. G. Newby, Town
Clerk. 5
The amount of $27,800 has been
paid on Hertford's bonded indebt
edness since 1932, according to Mr.
Newby. . -
.The present bonded debt is $159,
000, representing 9 per cent water
and light bonds in the amount of
$25,000, 5 per cent water and light
bonds in the amount: of $10,009
r"i 4 1-2 per . cent "street laiprove.
t bonis in the an .sunt of HV
' v or?"naI bon
1 indebted-
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday,
"GROOMING"
I S
CLUBS' SUBJECT
DURING
MONTH
Practical Application to
Be Made at Each
Meeting
SCHEDULE .
Miss Sarah Carlisle Con
sents to Give Dem
onstrations Believing that the best way to put
across the program of the month in
her home demonstration club work is
through practical application, Miss
Gladys Hamrick, home demonstration
agent, has secured the cooperation of
Miss Sarah Carlisle, beautician at
Blanchard's Beauty Shop, who will
go with Miss Hamrick to each club
meeting during the month of July
and make a demonstration on the
subject under consideration, which is
"Grooming."
Miss Calisle at each club meeting
will demonstrate a facial, a shampoo
and a manicure, using for the de
monstration club members.
In addition to the practical demon
stration, Miss Hamrick has numerous
suggestions in reference to grooming,
which begins with health hints and
covers posture, facial expression,
complexion, clothes and their care,
care of the hair and directions for
making shampoos and hints for the
care of the skin, as well as care of
the hands and nails.
The time and places of the meet
ings of .the month are as follows:
Whiteston, Thursday, July 1, at the
home of Mrs. G. W. Gregory;- Chap
anoke, Tuesday, July 6, at the home
of Mrs. Daisy Perry; Winfall, Wed
nesday, July 7, at the home of Mrs.
D. P. Stallings; Ballahack. Monday,
July 12, at the home of Mrs. Palen
Lane; Beech Spring, Friday,, July 9,
at the home of Mrs. C. W. Reed; Du
rants Neck, Wednesday, July 14, at
the home of Mrs. E. G. Banks; White
Hat, Tuesday, July 20, at :hc home
of Mrs. Mattie Barclift; Belvidere,
Wednesday, July 22, at the home of
Mrs. W. L. Madre; Bethel, Friday,
July 23, at the school house.
The schedule of the 4-H clubs is as
follows: High School Club, Thursday,
July 15, at the Agricultural Build
ing; Grammar School, Monday, July
19, at Agriculture Building; New
Hope at School House on Friday,
July 16.
County Council To
Meet On July 8th
The Perquimans County Council of
home demonstrations clubs will hold
their regular quarterly meeting in the
assembly room of the Agricultural
Building on Thursday,-July 8, with
Mrs. E. M. Perry, chairman, pre
siding. .
Miss. Ethel Parker, of Gatesville,
who is the North Carolina Comman
der of the Woman's Field Army for
the Prevention and Control Cancer,
will give an illustrated lecture on the
subject of cancer control, following
the business session. The meeting
will convene at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. All club officers are especially urg
ed to attend this meeting, and all
others will be cordially welcomed.
NOT A FAIRY STORY
i
MIlMMMlim
The big black bear leaped from the
swampy undergrowth by the road
sideNo, this is a news story and
not a revised version of Little Red
Riding Hood, nor yet of The Three
Bears.
The big black bear really did leap
from the swamp j. undergrowth by
the roadside, righin front of F. J.
Oobson'a car. It happened on Tues
day morning some 18 miles from
WUliamston, on the road, leading to
Washington, N. C. The huge beast
rolled over as the left-hand fender
struck its hea two hundred andi
kmiaety potinas of bearorolledtover and
zeu nr ar macr neap.-- air. uooson,
says he Jammed on his, brakes andby
that-; ttm tiiv, paek of hounds were
tackling the wounded animal, and .he
looked.behind in time to see Gar
lattlWoodarf jiceneViaakCthe kUrwith; iidiotlguni.
; Thbughit 4id render , very mater
ial aid to tha hunters by. happening
along -tt$. road that particular
time; Ur.'Dobson is not a bear'hun
tar. . Ea U A drug salesman, from St
Louis, representing a well ;. known
.?n f;- whom he haa been traveling
in -tUis territory . for - twenty-five
years He came on to Hertford let-
..VI : S,
I SUNDAY RAMPAGE
QUITE EXPENSIVE
TO
YOUNG NEGRO
Attacks Riley Welch
With Pocket Knife
, And Pistol
d:niescharge
Brothers Charged With
Intimidating State's
Witness
Armed with an old pistol and a
long-bladed pocket knife, Malloyed
Hunter, nineteen year-old colored
youth of the Chappells Hill section of
the county, apparently without pro
vocation, went on a. rampage on last
Sunday which drew him a six-months
road sentence and a fine of fifty dol
lars in Recorder's Court on Tuesday,
the road sentence to be suspended
upon payment of the fine and costs
of court and upon good behavior for
two years.
The boy, who was not represented
by counsel, plead not guilty to the
charge of assault with a deadly wea
pon, but the testimony of Riley
Welch, colored, which was corrobo
rated by that of his wife, was to the
effect that Hunter advanced upon !
him with the knife open and held in '
a threatening manner, cursing and i
threatening to kill Welch, and upon'
putting the knife in his picket drew
a pistol and fired. Welch, it was '
testified, grabbed Hunter's arm and
threw him on the ground, holding him !
while his young son took the pistol
from his hand. j
Welch, according to the testimony, i
immediately came to Hertford and
reported the matter, turning the pis
tol over to the officer. Hunter was
arrested and placed in jail.
The defendant took the stand in
his own behalf and denied having a
gun or. taking the knife from his
pocket, swearing that the gun was
brought to Welch by one of his child
ren. Two brothers of the defendant,
Willie Hunter and Cam Overton Hun
ter, were charged with intimidating
a state's witness and with assault
with a deadly weapon, and the state
introduced testimony to show that
the boys had abused and threatened
Riley Welch on Sunday night follow
ing the arrest of their brother. The
trial was continued until next Tues
day when it was shown that witness
es for the defense in this case had
not been subpoenaed.
As the result of an affray which
occurred on Saturday night, in which
Johnnie White and Preston Nixon
two young white men, were involved.
Johnnie White was fined five dollars,
and prayer for judgment was con
tained against Preston Nixon upon
payment of the court costs and upon
payment for repairs to the eye
glasses of Johnnje White, which were
broken during, the affray. Russell
Nixon was found not guilty.
Sentences in former judgments
against Bob Ivey, white man of the!
Hog Nexk section of the county, were
ordered into , effect when it was
shown that Ivey, whose sentence had
been suspended upon the condition
that he not be found within the coun
ty for two years, had violated the
court order. He was sent to the
roads for eighteen months.
iiiitmmiM Q
0
and told the bear
er in the week
story in the presence of this reporter.
Never in all his life, he said, had
he ever experienced anything like
this. He had left Washington only a,
few minutes previously and was but
a short distance from the city when'
he noticed a small group of people, a
number of men, some women and a
few children, talking and gesticulat
ing excitedly, and he wondered idly
what it was about. Immediately he
heard the baying of hounds, and
before hjj had time to take further
tiotice-the bigW had leaped from
the swamp straight in the path of
nis car.
, It,waa .all .over , yory " quickly, he
said-S? He 4 didn't); have time scarcely
to realize what really was happening.
He 'learned '.later from the hunters
that Bruin had raided a pig pen of
Garland Woodard'S early that morn
hyfj ince;,Srhicb; time theftuint had
been on.;: Mr, Dobson bj a busy man,
but he took time t get some pictures
of the bear and staved to see tbe ani
mal weighed. It bnt every day a
man runs . over a big' hear on tho
mala highway of a thickly populated
commut.ty, , ,i y ,u
July 2, 1937.
Whedbee Chairman
Of Hertford Council
Cotton Blossoms
Appearing Early
Cotton blossoms are showing
up early in Perquimans this year.
'The first one brought to Hertford
was from the farm of W. T.
Smith, at Belvidere. This one
was pink on Saturday, when it
was first seen, showing that it
had blossomed the previous day,
which was June 25.
Ward Hunter, of the Beech
Spring community, found a pink
cotton blossom on Sunday, show
ing it had been open on Satur
day. On Monday Mr. Hunter
broke off a branch in his field on
which two white blossoms had
appeared. A. J. Winslow re-
ported several on Wednesday.
When cotton blossoms, as all
farmers know, it is a white flow
er. The flower turns pink with
in twenty-four hours, so that
when a pink bloom appears in
anybody's field it is evident that
the bloom had been there, a
white flower, the day before.
So far as can be ascertained,
the 25th of June is as early as
cotton has ever been known to
blossom in Perquimans. Usual
ly it is some days later, and for
merly the 4th of July was con
sidered early for a cotton blos
som to appear. Nowadays there
are generally plenty of blossoms
in the Perquimans cotton fields
on the 4th of July. There wan
one year, not so long ago, ac
cording to old Perquimans farm
ers, when cotton blossomed the
last week in June, as it is doing
this year, with a few blossoms
appearing as early as June 25.
Distinguished Son
Of Hertford Honored
Of interest to his old friends in
Hertford will be the account of the
honor conferred on Dr. W. M. I
Blanchard recently. ;
Dr. Blanchard, who is dean of the '
college of liberal arts of DePauw!
University, in Indiana, received the ,
honorary degree of Doctor of Science I
from Simpson College at Indianaola,)
Iowa, on Tuesday. The degree was
conferred during the commencement
exercises which were attended by
both Dr. and Mrs. Blanchard.
Dr. Blanchard, who is a son of the i
late Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Blanchard,
and a brother of Mrs". R. H. Willis j
and J. C. Blanchard, of Hertford, has ,
been professor of chemistry at De-J
Pauw since 1901 and is the oldest
member of the DePauw faculty in
point of continuous service. His hon
orary degree comes as a recognition
for his outstanding work in the field
of chemistry. DePauw graduates
who have majored under Dr. Blanch
ard have attained high distinction in
science.
Dr. Blanchard has not lived in his
home town for many years, but he
has occasionally visited his relatives
here and his old friends will learn
with pleasure of his recent honor.
Five 4-H Club Girls
Will Go To Raleigh
Five young Perquimans girls, re
presenting the five 4-H clubs of the
county, will attend the study courses
to be conducted for the girls of this
group at State College, Raleigh,
from the 26th to the 30th of July.
They include Florence Darden, Ruth
Winslow, Evelyn Long, Ruth Hollo
well and Wilma Godfrey.
Now, Fishermen,
Produce The Goods
J. G. Roberson, Hertford drug
gist, is offering a prize of five
dollars to the person who catches
with hook and line or with reel
and rod the biggest fish in Perqui
mans waters before October 1.
There are no strings to the offer
says Mr. Roberson. Any one can
compete. Just bring the fish to
the drug store, where it will be
weighed by Mr. Roberson himself.
It may be any kind of fish, caught
by anybody.- It must be caught In
the waters of Perqnimane County
and it must hot be canght in any
kind ef net
The prise' will be' awarded en
October first, wheat the contest
doeee. . .' ? .
$1.25 Per Year
Every Man In Hertford
Will Be Solicited as
Member
PLANS FORMED
Meeting Called When
Fifty Join New Or
ganization Silas M. Whedbee was elected per
manent chairman of the Hertford
Council, which was organized when
the committee named at the meeting
held at the courthouse on June 18
held their meetin.g on last Friday.
Dr. John Zachery was elected trea
surer and Mrs. Mattie Lister White
was elected secretary.
Other members of the committee
are L. W. Anderson. J. G. Roberson,,
A. W. Hefren, W. T. Elliott and Rev.
E. T. Jillson.
A. W. Hefren, who presided at the
meeting held on Friday, appointed a
membership committee, with the idea
of conducting a membership cam
paign to enlist every man in Hert
ford as a member. J. G. Roberson,
who was named chairman, called the
committee together on Tuesday night
and mapped out plans for the cam
paign which is now under way. The
other members of the membership
committee include W. T. Elliott, Si
mon Rutenberg, Charles E. Johnson,
V. N. Darden, W. H. Hardcastle and
C. P. Morris.
The Hertford Council is the out
growth of a movement which was
begun when the Hertford Rotary
Club called a public meeting at the
courthouse on June 11 for the pur
pose of organizing a chamber of com
merce in Hertford. At the meeting,
which was attended by a representa
tive group of Hertford citizens, it
was decided to appoint a committee
of seven to confer and to map out
plans for the type of organization
the committee should deem advisable
for the Town of Hertford.
At a meeting held a week later
the committee reported that they be
lieved a chamber of commerce is not
the type of organization desirable
for Hertford. Plans were outlined
for an organization, to be called
Hertford Council, to be headed by a
committee of seven, which organiza
tion should have for its object the
making of Hertford a better place to
live in. The seven men to head the
organization vire chosen in the
manner recommended by the commit
tee, two by the Rotary Club, two by
the mayor, and three by those four.
It was this committee which met and
organized on Friday.
Following is a list of all those who
have signed as members of the Hert
ford Council at the time this news
paper goes to press.
E. T. Jillson, A. W. Hefren, L. W.
Anderson, J. G. Roberson, Silas M.
Whedbee, Dr. John W. Zachary, W.
T. (Bill) Elliott, C. P. Morris, Chas.
E. Johnson, Simon Rutenberg, V. N.
Darden, W. H. Hardcastle, Vivian
Matthews, Hazel Matthews, W. H.
Pitt, J. Emmett Winslow, R. M. Rid
dick, Jr,, W. Alfred Williams, R. E.
White, Walter H. Oakey, Jr., G. R.
Tucker, Trim Wilson, Douglas Dar
den, D. M. Jackson, A. A. Nobles.
The first formal meeting of the
Hertford Council will be called by the
chairman when fifty charter mem
bers shall have been secured.
A complete list of the names will
appear in a later issue of this news
paper. Blanchard Employes
Give Dinner Party In
Honor Boss' Daughter
Miss Sarah Ferguson Blanchard
and Mr. Marcus Edwin Hobb3, of
Duke University, whose wedding will
take place on Saturday at noon in
the Hertford Methodist Church, were
honor guests at a delightful dinner
party given by the employees of the
store of J. C. Blanchard & Co. at the
Virginia Dare Hotel in Elizabeth
City, on Tuesday night.
Those present, in addition to the
two guests of honor were Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, the parents of
the bride; ;Miss Lillian Blanchard,
Billy Blanchard, Mrs. R. H. Willis,
Mrs. P. I Bostick, of Raleigh; Mr.
and Mrs. L. C Winslow, Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. White, Mrs. R, A. White, Mrs.
J. A. Perry, Mrs. Elmo Cannon, Miss
Sarah Carlisle, ' Miss Haiel Mayes,
Miss Miriam Lane, Robbins Blanch
ard, Edward Weeks, Edward Byrunv
Louia Nachman, Sf, Louis Nachman,
Jr., and Marshall Owens; !
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