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- , ' 1 tP-gTr-.. T. A ..f.. v , , ,- i t I-. ' ..... 3 A' WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY 1 Volume IV-Number 29- Hertford, Perquimans uninty. JNortn Carolina, Friday, July 9, 1937. $1.25 Per Year f V w . ' '.f'. ' '.'! . '.-', '":-,. '...v,r,,, v-r ,,!. . ? - ' ' a 1 it y 4 Commiss Over Excessive Levy Say Social Security Cost Can Be Met By Ten Cent Rate 16 CENTS ASKED Three - County Health Service Is Finally Turned Down &P& tax rate in Perquimaaa County TTt&rt going to be raised to any mater extent than to absolutely necessary, according to Earl M Perry. Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and his state ment appears to be borne out by sev eral specific acts of the Board at their rerulaT. meeting on Monday. '' The matter of levying an extra tax to take ears of the budgetary re quirementsfor carrying out the pro gram for old '' age and dependent children assistance under the Social Security Act is something the coun ty cannot avoid. The commissioners .are faced with the fact that they are required by law to levy an extra tax for this purpose. Whatever amount the county pays in carrying out this program is matched by state funds, ' the two combined amounts being matched by federal funds. But the - matter is not as simple as that. It is not left to the counties, under the present law, to gay how little or how -much they shsnfraise for this pur pose. . However, when faced with the bud get as "prepared by the Division of Public Assistance at Raleigh on Mon day and asked, through the local Superintendent of Public Welfare, for acase worker to be supplied, half of ;K whose salary of. $1020 the county - a would be called upon to pay, as well - S as. aa, awulalveombined traveling ; pense for tolroperiKtendentnJ the case worker of $840, all tf which the County; must, pay, the commissioners bajked. ' ; f Yeu JeD lhm, instructed Chairman Perry, "that we do not need -an extra case worker in this county and we. are not willing to pay any part of the expense, and tell them that we can get along with five hundred dollars traveling expense." Instead of levying an extra 16 cents, which would be necessary for supplying' the case worker and addi- tional traveling expense allowance, - the opinion was expressed that an ; extra levy of 10 cents would be suf ficient for carrying out the program; ' in this county. , -According-to i tbi budget prepared ty'the Division of Public Assistance and made public this week, in whkh it is shown the amoont to be raised . hf the county for old age assistance, : the a'mounba'iMrfairtta.each. cottntf for id to dependent children, i - tht number of Otose in: . the oounty eligible to receive old- age assistance J and dependent children's assistance, the. county fax levy; for raising the - i "money and the county expense levy, as well as the administrative welfare . expense, it .was shown that Peraiil- ' mane County has 100 persons eligi- ble for old age assistance,; 90 eligi 4 ble for dependent children assistance, " - that the county's share of old sge as ' ; sistance is $2,700.00, and the county's 4 share of aid to dependent children is $1,620.00, that the county; levy is 3 . .1027 and the : county - expense levy . 0661, and the administrative welfare' expense ta;$3,780.00, or .rnore thaft S 87 1-2 per cent of the amount the r I county must contribute for ; old age -A The commissioners turned -.down ,. . the proposal of . the State Board of 1 .. Health . to ' create A a . i tnree-county health center n the coonties o er auimans. Chowan and Gates, with a full-time health officer, a j full-time -sanitary Inspector, three .nurses and I - three cjerks, the combined salaries - and traveling expenses of " whom would cost annually more than $14,' . CC0.C0, to provide the county's part of which would necessitate raising the tax rata ahnnt B cents. ' aFive joTitatlves' of the' State '. Board of heakh, includinsfDri.' C. V. ;, Reynold. : Dr. K. E. Pox, Dr. J. C t , Knox, Dr. i.oy 1 T'iss Cora i Eam, were he. 4 . - S .r titbit 1 a Joint ' -"ers t ' of t 1 .hree cou .a ) 1 ft v c fuiU-l . the COU' use. A V' etate and ky . .it .1 1 L J 1 Ba lk loners Bishop Kern Urges Help For Louisburg A letter which will interest all the Methodists of Perquimans County has been received by Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of the Hertford Meth odist. Church, from Bishop Paul B. Kern, written while aboard ship on the Atlantic. The letter follows: "After long preparation and under the urge of absolute necessity Louis burg College is out for a brief cam paign for a sum sufficient to liqui date its indebtedness and make cer tain badly needed repairs and im provements. The College has gone along now for several years, meeting its expenses, educating our sons and daughters but struggling under the weight of a terrific debt That in debtedness has now been compro mised. If we can raise a sum amounting to about one third of our obligations we can be free. We can not, be a self respecting institution until we pay debts. "Under the fine and promising leadership of Brother Earnhardt the old College is taking on new life. The future is bright if the present can be redeemed. Ve need Louis burg College. About that there can be no debate. But nobody will save it unless the Methodist people of the North Carolina Conference do it. "I am asking you to give your loyal and devoted energies to this movement. It is well planned, honest ly conceived and will be sanely carr ied out. Let's add to our other vic tories in North Carolina the saving of Louisburg to its career of eduat ing and - training Christian citizens for the Church and the common wealth of tomorrow. We can do it." Whedbee Family Hclds Reunion On July Fourth On Sunday,' July 4th the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whedbee, of Durante Neck, was the scene of happiness. and merriment as relations and friends assembled from far and near to hold a family reunion. A bountiful dinner of good things was spread on a table in the yard under the trees and good will reign ed supreme as all present partook of it When the dinner was over some of the party hied away to the "Point" to bathe or wade in the old Albemarle Sound while others remained behind to enjoy sweet fellowship In conver sation with those seen only on such occasions. 'Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whedbee and daughter, Marga ret, of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Eva Stall ing! and son Simon, and daughter, Mary Ruth and Miss Marie Stanton, of Winfall, Mr. and Mrs. Doc Sawyer and son, Cecil, and daughter Kathe rine Anne, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Gim bert and son, Ray, and daughter Lois, Marvin Kent Parker, Mrs. Sallie White Rogerson, Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Carson and baby, Rose Jaque Hne, and Oscar Ratcliffe of Lynn haven. Va., Miss Annie Marie San ders Malcolm Sanders, Winston Markham,.Mis8 Gladys Meads, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Meades and daugh ter Rena . Belle, of Weeksville, Messrs. Calvin, M. C, Johnny and Vivian Baines and ' Vernon Gimbert of London Bridge, Va., Miss Fuga Lee Luton of Deep Creek; Vs., Mr. and Mrs. Luther Luton and son, Ran dolph, and daughter, Bonnie Belle, of Moyock, N. C, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Winslow and son, Fentress, Mr, and Mrs. Willie Gregory and son Gerald Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Winslow and tons, Howard and Clarence, Mf. and Mrs.- Jim Winslow and daughter Fay, George Carver and little daugh ter of Betvidere, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whedbee and sons, J. T. and Vernon Lee, Mrs. J. R. Whedbee and Mrs. C. W. Griffin of Durants Neck, K, C. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ' ' r PROGRAM SUNDAY NIGHT . The Hertford ' ' MethodistV Church will ;i present Its annual Church School ( Day program next Sunday evening July 11,' at 8 o'clock!, ' This service will climax a two 'Weeks' -- !od Of intensive study on tHp part , ' the ' children in the W tion H-t:h School, which has been meet- ! r .two' hours each h-jr. ' ;eraj theme of the Vi -m ?owth of Jesus It 1 in land recitations 1 '.e i ' nary and junior t- 1 r ("'nnmitdll) Y J- RARE HONEY NOW IN PnCCVCCIAM in possession dr. BLANCHARD Two Bills Carry Distinct Signature of John Harvey BOUGHTTHEM Form Beginning of In teresting Collection During Two Years Proclamation money, issued before the Revolutionary War, bearing the amazingly plain signature of John Harvey, of Perquimans, Moderator of; the Assembly in the stirring days preceding tne Kevolution, occupies first place in the wonderful collection ' of paper money which Dr. Julian j niancnara nas in nis possession, andi which collection has been gathered within the past two years. Whether there is more of this money, issued by the Province of North Carolina, than the two bills which Dr. Blanchard owns now in' existence, it would be impossible to ment Bureau gave Professor Wil say. Where these two bits of paper j iiams a beautiful'1 wrist watch for have been laid away throughout the conducting the best evening class years, it would also be impossible to , program in the state. The other out say. It wasn't chance, however,' standing teacheM in the contest were which led the present proud posses-1 sor to get possession of the two little pieces of yellowed paper. More in-, S.. Finney of Bladen County, terested, perhaps in unwritten history The contest was conducted on than any other son of Perquimans, a group basis in 76 communities with he is always on the alert for any in- some 1638 farmers taking part. The formation leading to the uncovering ten farmers in each of the four winn of some hitherto unknown happening ing centers were given 100 lbs. of of the early days, particularly of Arcadian Nitrate of Soda with which those pertaining to his home. It, to conduct special fertilizer demon must be first-hand information, how- j sorptions. Just before harvest time, ever, or there must be a written re- j these farmers or farms will be visit cord to support thejclaim, or he will! ePby evening class members from have none of it. However, Dr.1 other centers to see the results. Blanchard didn't know of the exis tence of these two bits of paper which hev forintemtingumyUftriocal centers, Bay Branch, Chap he saw them luted in an advertise - ment of an auction. He bought; them and they form the beginning of a collection which one could spend hours in studying and still go on I finding of interest always. The first of the bills, a bit of paper, oblong in shape, somewhat' faded but still in a remarkably fine stats of preservation, is for five! shillings, which is set forth in the! upper left-hand corner. In the, right-hand corner is the serial num-j ber, 17644. "The Province of North Carolina is indebted to the possessor hereol", reads tne scrap 01 paper, j ln this phase of work to the point "Five Shillings Proc. Money to be, that they now preserve more than paid out of the treasury. Act of j 20,000 quarts of food stuff annually. Assembly passed December 1771.", Aside from providing educational op There are three signatures, John , portunities. this program has been of Harvey's, R. Caswell's and Ruther ford, whose initials are not plainly decipherable. The second bill, bearing the same signatures, is in the sum of three pounds. This John Harvey, of whom Miss Emily Skinner, of Hertford, is the last lineal descendant in Peruimans, wasq a great grandson of the first John Harvey, who came to Perquim ans and settled in Harveys Neck among the very first settlers, at practically the same time that George. Durant settled across the river in Durants Neck, the John Harvey who was appointed governor under the proprietary system on February 6, 1679. Incidentally, this John Harvey was in charge of the affairs of the state during the two-year-period when Seth Sothel, who had been appointed governor, was in the hands of pirates who captured him and carried, him to Algiers when he was en route to the colony from England to assume his duties. .And it would have been bet tor, says one historian, had Sothel never arrived ' in Carolina, -: .There was a long line of Harveys, all outstanding in the affairs of the state. Thomas Harvey was deputy governor from 1694 until 1699. But the John Harvey whose signa ture is': shown on the old paper money, was ; Moderator of the As sembly during the stirring days pre ceding the Revolution He is the "Bold, John Harvey," who fearlessly took his stand and stood by it,. His last appearance in public af fairs was the last . Assembly, ever convened under royal authority in North Carolina that of April 8, 1775. His health .had Jong been impaired and history tella taa that at this time "He bade farewell to those associ ates who had given him so many evi dences of thHr esteem and confidence, and who unUdr his guidance, had en fcwl v n twt ' determined action Kl'ii V I i to; the inde- pen" -CB of 1 colony." a ca live; NEGRO PRINCIPAL imiR CTATEWITIE statewide CLASS CONTEST i& A. Williams Awarded rist Watch as First Prize 1638 ENTERED Interest Results In Con Eiderable Help to Col V ored Farmers A. Williams, who for the past nje years has been principal of the Nigr. school at Winfall, the Perqui- iHtk .jTSlUTltw Twininn CU 1 Sural tester of this school, was winner in tWatate-wide Better Attendance Evefemx Class Contest conducted jointly v.by the State Department of Frate;. instruction and the Barrett Agricultural Department Bureau, ac cording to an announcement made by S. B. Simmons, Supervisor of Vocat ional Agricultural Education in Negro schools. -The Barrett Agricultural Develop J. J. Lanier of Alamance County, J L. Bolden of Warren County, and C. The evening school program in ferquunans County is conducted in unoke Woodville and New Hone There were 146 farmers enrolled with many others visiting the classes. In each community, the classes have their seperate organization. They hold regular meetings once per month and jn iate winter the evening class schools meet once per week for ten weeks. Over a period of six years twelve members of this evening class group have been leaders in the state wide 3 to 1" Corn Contest. In 1931 the women who attended these class es canned 2,482 quarts of fruits and vegetables. The interest has grown great value in helping Negro farmers save their farms and has proven to be a source of profitable recreation and entertainment for the adult farmers. Anderson Is Urging Farmers To Attend Annual Field Day County Agent L. W. Anderson is endeavoring to interest the Perqui mans farmers in the Annual Farm ers Field Day, to be held on Thurs day of next week, July 15, at Wenona Beach. A fine program has been arranged, including music by a string band, speeches by Hon. W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina Commissioner of Ag riculture, Hon. Dudley Bagley, Dr. R. Y. Winters, and others. A number of contests have been arranged, ac cording to Mr. Anderson, who says that there will be interesting exhi bits of livestock, crops and farm machinery in which the farmers would be interested. Wenona Beach is 85 miles from Hertford, about 15 miles south of Plymouth. The festivities begin at 10 o'clock. Negroes Are Cleared . Of Serious Charge In Recorder's Court on Tuesday the case against the two Negro youths, Cam Overton Hunter and Willie Hun ter, which had been begun the pre vious Tuesday and was continued at the close 01 tne state's testimony in order that the defense witnesses might be subpoenaed, the ; charges were dismissed. They had . been oliarmMl with Intimidating a state's witness and with assault with a dead- and Charles Blanchard, of Raleigh;, iy weapon. V. "i Mr and Mrs. C. J. Christman, of The only other ease, for trial on Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. O. Y, Yar Tuesday , was that against Willie borough, of Louisburg; Misses Sarah .Martin and Cora. Martin, . charged Thompson, ; Sarah , Fisher, Marie with using profanity oa the highway, Spence and ' Mr.' and Mrs. Meredith assault and trespass, v all of the Moore," of Durham; Miss Elisabeth charges being dismissed.' ' , ' , P rizes Offered For Fish Caught Locally Hobbs-Blanchard Wedding Saturday Impressive Affair The wedding of Miss Sarah Fer guson Blanchard, of Hertford and Durham, and Mr. Marcus Edwin Hobbs, of Duke University, was solemnized on Saturday, July 3, at noon, in the Hertford Methodist Church, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives, with the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor of the church, performing the cere mony. The church was tastefully decorat ed for the occasion, with palms, ferns and white gladioli and phlox, and was lighted by cathedral candles. Mrs. O. Y. Yarborough, of Louis burg, a cousin of the bride, played the wedding music, rendering "Lie bestraum," "Traumeri," "D'Amour" and "Toujours L'Amour." Immediately preceding the en trance of the bridal party Kerr I Hobbs, of Goldsboro, a brother of ! the bridegroom, sang "At Dawning." The Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin," by Wagner, was used as a proces- sional, and Mendlesshon's Wedding March as a recessional. j Miss Mary Towe, of Hertford, a cousin of the bride, lighted the 1 candles. Miss Towe wore a dress of . blue mousselir.e, made with a fitted , bodice and full skirt, and a broad- brimmed Leghorn hat with a blue band. Her flowers were a shoulder corsage of pink roses and valley lilies. Miss Lillian Blanchard, sister of the bride, was the bride's only at tendant. She wore a dress of pink mousseline and pink lace, with a broad-brimmed Leghorn hat with a pink band. She carried an arm bou quet of mixed flowers. The bridegroom had as his best man his father, J. C. Hobbs, of Wil mington. The ushers were W. J. Hobbs, of Washington, D. C; Fred erick Hobbs and Isaac Hobbs, of Wilmington, brothers of the bride groom, and Edward Weeks, of Hert ford. The bride entered the church on the arm of her father, by whom she was given in marriage. S:i3 was beautiful in a dress of Chantilly lace over white satin. Her veil, of illu sion, of finger-tip length, was ar ranged in cap style, with a wreath of orange blossoms. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of Bride's roses and valley lilies. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, the parents of the bride, entertained the bridal party and out-of-town guests at a luncheon at their home on Front ; Street, after which the newly wedded couple left for a motor trip. For traveling the bride wore a suit of sheer blue crepe, with a white blouse and blue accessories. After July 12 the couple will be at home in the Powe Apartments, on Buchanan Boulevard, Durham. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, of! Hertford, a member of one of thej county's oldest and most prominent families. She was graduated from, Perquimans High School and also from Randolph Macon Woman's Col-; lege, where she was a member of j the Delta Zeta Sorority. She also re- ceived a degree in Library Science at Simmons College, in Boston, Mass., since which time she has been a member of the library staff at Duke University. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, of Wilmington. He is a graduate of the Wilmington High School and received his A. B M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from Duke University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He is now a member of the faculty of Duke University. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Hobbs Isaac Hobbs, Frederick Hobbs, Jane Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Sutton and Miss Katherine Schae fer, of Wilmington; Mr. and Mrs. Kerr Hobbs, of Goldsboro; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hobbs and son, William, of Washington, D. C; Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Ferguson, Jr., G. S. Ferguson,; HI; Mr. and- Mrs. W. E. Snow, of Washington, D. C; Julian Blanchard, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Bostick, Miss Anne Bostick, Mr. and Mrs, L. E. Blanchard, Lawrence (Continued on Paga Elgnt) 1 Fishermen Must, How ever, Prove Their Claims NO FISH STORIES J. G. Roberson and Rev. D. M. Sharpe Put Up Prize Money Tellers of tall tales, if the subject matter has to do with fish or fish ing, can't get away with much around Hertford these days, because every- body knows that if Emmett Winslow, or Horace Jones, or Silas Whedbee, did catch a fish this long that weigh ed fully so much, and so on, to say nothing of the one that got away, he would most certainly be putting in a bid for some of this prize money that 18 floating around Hertford. ror not only has J. G. Roberson, the druggist on the corner, offered a five-dollar cash prize to the person who catches the biggest fish this summer in Perquimans waters, but the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, who is an inveterate fisherman, comes forward with a two-doliai-and-a-Lulf prize offer. There are strings to the Par son's offer, however. 'Ihe fish which takes his prize must not be caught on Sunday. He draws tiie line at this fishing on Sunday business. The fish must be caught with hook and line, or with reel and rod. No net must be used. It must be caught in the waters of Perquimans county, not necessarily in Perquimans River, for it is understood there are some other pretty good fishing holes. Yeo pim Creek, for instance, is said to be seething with the finny tribe just bustling about and eager to be hook ed. There are other creeks where there is good fishing. The fish must be brought forward and weighed and measured. Already there have been some hefty speci mens brought in. Mr. Roberson has weighed and measured several, among them being fish caught respectively by Kermit Kirby, Dan Sharpe, W. E. Lane and Mrs. Herbert Nixon. Everybody is listening out for other prize offers to be made. Surely they say, the prizes won't stop with these two offers. There are some fishing tackle dealers in town who might decide to stimulate more inte rest in fishing, and everybody who wants to make some really easy money might as well get out the old fishing pole and prepare to get to work. The prize offers already made have whetted the desires of the natural fisher folks, but, somehow, a quietus seems to have fallen upon the tellers of tall fish tales, You've just got to show your fish if you want to have your fish stories believed around this town. Independent PraiseS TT One HertlOrd S CtOnS The following, clipped from the editorial column of the Elizabeth City Daily Independent, concerns one of Hertford's sons who is a credit to the old home town. A PHILOSOPHICAL DECISION "The man who turns his back on a promotion may, in some cases, have a finer appreciation of true life values than his friends give him cre dit for. Cliff Ward, popular assis tant manager of the Portsmouth di vision of the Metropolitan Life In surance Co., for several years in charge of the Elizabeth City office, 1b a case in point. "Mr. Ward had a splendid record with the Metropolitan, but promotion would have meant uprooting him and his family, subjecting him to removal hither and yon as his company might order him. "Cliff had been thinking about it a long time. He had built his hone in Elizabeth City, married an Elisa beth City girl and is proudly rearing a family. And so he took into his 'confidence his manager, Kent B. Johnson, of Portsmouth and it was arranged that Mr. Ward shall stay with his family, enjoy his home in Elisabeth City, and still work with the company. And in just selling the better forms of life . insurance, without being irked by managerial cares and responsibilities, he probab ly will be better off financially in the end. And certainly there is no di- counting the greater personal- ana ; ...'... . tt--J. '.'V. sniritual satisfactions : rained. ; "Elizabeth . City welcomes Cliff Ward's philosophical decision iH Ur , a good citizen." J',