North Carolina Newspapers

I - is f V I ft f ME Volume IV. Number 32; J" HitcEih Post T$mg Of Past In ! One, However, Careful ly Preserved at T. S. White Home JUST PAINTED Reflects Pleasant Mem ories of Thirty-odd Years Ago The hitching post, which to the r : generation immediately preceding . this was such, a necessity, so much a . part of everyday life, appears to - have disappeared from off the face 'v. -of the earth, except, of coarse, . the horse-back rider. fori It went with buggies, dusters, . long skirts, pompadours, dust ruf . ilea, corset covers, high collars and . : a lot of ' other : things that women shed when they climbed into the driver's seat of the automobile, step ,ped on the starter, and waved an airy . farewell to old Dobbin hitched to the . buggy and tied to the hitching post , where he had so often champed at .1 the bit and jpawed the turf as he waited, and waited. Hitching posts in Hertford, where . few ride horseback, are a thing of ""JH . the past, generally speaking. But " there is at least one left It is probable that even those who have passed the spot daily for years fail to notice the neat post .between side y walk and street in front of the home ; of Mr. and .Mrs. X S. White on Mar ket street 5It has so long been a part f the picture among the flower ing shrubs .tad evergreens which f grow m front of the fine old house, v. one of the oldest and best preserv- ' ed hv this oW town SjuiVnSia family were among the rim in geraora .to own an. antomo fiJ& hf tl iwMtMS on$ X bwtdjiiist poV though long In cUsuseyhe isurvived,,tne ; march of time, ana thereby- aangs a taie. It is a; tale- of sentiment, of at tachment for an inanimate thing which represents life, something lost which can,! never he regained, though memories -linger. ' . , It all goes back to the time when Mrs. White as a bride, thirty-odd years ago, was presented by her husband with a driving-horse, "Mat tie Horse" named in honor of her owner, and a brand-new hitching post was placed in front of the house. There followed many years when "Mattie Horse", to whom her owner became more and more attached as the years came and went, took, an important part in the life of the household. On many a fine morning the mare was hitched to the. buggy and tied to the hitching post .to await such time as her ownershould, sweep out the front door dad in, perhaps, the new-' est thing in "white tailored shirtwaist with high stiff collar and cuffs, and a black skirt which measured four yards at the- bottom and which had been made with "stiffening" between the material and' lining and finished with rows on rows of . braid, never forgetting the ."brush braid" t6 pro tect the edge, ' From her belt which dipped low in' front as the "straight front" came Into vogue,- there dangl . ed a chatelaine bag. Her narrow brimmed sailor hat probably sported a loosely hung veil, and in summer, always, she carried in one hand her small parasol, as she daintily lifted her skirt with the other, showing ' the hamburg embroidery and .. lace ruffles of her three white petticoats. . , Many an afternoon "Mattie Horse" 1 waited tied t the hitching post while .her ownej? dressed for an afternoon call.' Oh such : occasions Mrs.) White j really was dressed up, probably wear - Ing her best black silk, made with a - deep yoke ' of "all-over": embroidery i -.over yhite .satin and a large black ' hat of Shirred chiffon, over the side 1 of which drooped several long, cur ly estrich plumes, with a pink velvet . rose tucked . under the brim. , Inci dentally it took at leaBt four long hat pins, with gold or Bilver heads to hold thei:laie bt ?talaee above ; - the charming pompadouir which was .'so fashionable, y i - All that was a long time "MattieHorse"-long 'Since went the r'' way of all the earth. ;Years have come and gone since the hitching post was used ' at all. But, somehow, ' though many improvement ; have 1 been made in the premises at various , times throughout ,i the years v Mrs. ' ' .Whit could nvet.ber to have that old h " I post removed. J, "It ' " t 3 be psihted," said Torn, Jr U L--u4ier the other day.' "It ' is so much a part of the old place. They were having some painting don mwwmm A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TIP UPBUILPiyq OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Hertford, U. N. C. ALUMNI DAY HELD AT MANTEO SATURDAY, AUG. 7 Charles Whedbee, J. S. McNider and Silas Whedbee Compose Commit tee From Perquimans Alumni of America's first state university will gather August 7 on Roanoke Island site of America's first English Colony for an alumni reunion sponsored by the Dare Coun ty Alumni-Alumnae Club of the Uni versity of North Carolina. The day has been officially designated as Uni versity of North Carolina by D. B. Fearing, director of the celebration being held this summer commemorat ing the 350th anniversary of English civilization in America. Dr. Frank P. Graham, President of the University, is scheduled as the principal speaker at. a "dutch" lunch eon-reunion at the Nags Head Beach Club as a feature of the day's pro gram. Paul Green's "The Lost Colony" will be presented in the huge amphitheatre near Manteo at 8:15 o'clock Jp the evening, the per formance being dedicated to the Uni versity. Professor Green and Fred erick H. Koch, head of the Carolina Playmalters, have been largely re sponsible for the historic pageant that is the core of the summer's celebration. t Designation of August 7 as Uni versity of tyorth Carolina Day is in recognition of the part played by the University in the celebration being held here. In addition to the. aid furnished - by Professors Green and Koch, the flaypiakers have, given freely of thWr resources toward the success of Ihe pageant. President Graham is k vice-president of the Roanoke Island Historical Associa tion and (Citional- local alumni of iai engkieering plans. Martin Kellogg, Jr., of Manteo, is general .chairman of local arrange ments for the University Day. Isaac PI Davis, a University Trustee, of Manteo, is president of the sponsor ing, alumni-alumnae group. Cooper ating with them is J. Maryon Saun ders,' University Alumni Secretary. Alumni groups in 18 northeastern counties have been invited to send representatives to the rally. In these counties there are 1,375 former students of Chapel Hill alone. Counties in which alumni groups have been extended special ' invita tions to the University Day on Au gust 7 include Beaufort, Bertie, Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edge combe (including Rocky : Mount), Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Mar tin,; Northampton, Pasquotank, Per quimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washing ton! A special committee of Perquimans County alumni of the University has been: named to cooperate in arrange ments f oTythe rally. Members of .the committee include Charles' Whedbee,' J. -S.' McNider and Silas Whedbee, all of Hertford. T. S. White, Jr., Takes Position In Georgia T. S. White, Jr., left Monday for Tipton, Georgia, where he begins wbrk in. the hew position he recently matter to him and he swore out the Tobacco Co. Mr. White has for several months been engaged in the insurance busi ness in Hertford, with offices in the Johnson Building, on Market Street. The announcement that he was leav ing Hertford came as a surprise to the young man's many friends who regret his- departure. ;.. . - A4 message . from the youngest Hertford. Rotarian read by President FV T Johnson, at the Rotary meeting on Tuesday night' expressed regret at leaving his home town , and particu larly the RoUry Club, of whkh he had only recently become a member. MrJ: Johnson expressed regret at the loss of the most recent addition to the club, but remarked that no one could expect Mr. White not. to; take advantage of the fine position .offer ed him.. : 'v H .The insurance business has been purchased by Johnson, White '& Co. about the place, so Tom's suggestion was acted' upon; s The, young man was leaving home within thet next day-' or two, taking ' a job far away from home. Perhaps he felt a more than usual attachment foa the old house where he was born, here- his mother and his grandmother first saw the light "of day. '"Anyhow, he wer.fe dawn town and bought a new aU for Ci old hitching pcctx ? -'ch standing aloof, appears to have taken ott a nther stately appearance. Hertford Perquimans CountyN Science- Battlesclnf antile Paralysis , L NEW YORK. N. Y.-As hu. manitarians of two continents cheer one of the most dramatic fights medical science ever has waged to preserve a life the case of Frederick B. Snite,.Jr, infeh- tujeparalysis victim who faces seven years in an iron lung hope that the long battle for control of the disease may be nearing suc cess is expressed by those en gaged in research. . Aided by funds from the Presi dent's Birthday Ball Commission for Infantile Paralysis Research, Dr. Sidney David Kramer, of the Long Island College of Medicine, reports hopeful tests for preven tion of the disease with nose sprays conducted on monkeys. HONEY ST0R1iIMHERTFORD FOLKS PAPER REVEALS 1IIH IN PRAISE LOGALCO Li G. R. Tucker Possessor Of Many Interesting Specimens SCRIP PRIZED Many Paper Bills Are In Amounts From Five Cents to $10 Recent stories in the Perquimans Weekly, having to do with the collec tion of paper money in the posses sion of Dr. Julian Blanchard, have brought, to light the fact that there are other collections which, while nothing like so complete as the Blanchard collection, are very inter esting. G. R. Tucker, assistant cashier of the Hertford Banking Company, who acquired from his deceased father an assortment of paper money which is very interesting, prizes most a bit of scrip issued by Perquimans County, presumably in 1862, the date being written in this wise: "Jany. 2-62.'' The bill is for 25 cents and reads as follows: "North Carolina, Perquimans County, No. 1773, issued !? ?f 7 r . mmer, when the Jany. 2-62. The County Treasury of redent will speak, there are some Perquimans County will pay to thej ho. feel might be well to at bearer 25 cents in current funds tend the pageant before the crowds when three dollars in amount of this ' become so great as to cause discom- scrip is presented." It is signed by! J. C. Skinner, C. C. C, and Josiah Perry, Chairman. Mr. Tucker also has a bill from Pasquotank and another from Cam den County, together with many state bills, some in the amount of 5 cents, some for 25 and 50 cents, and a number of five and ten-dollar bills. There is a lot of Confederate money. Incidentally, one of the treasures which was handed down to Mr. Tucker through his father's family is a piece of stone in the shape of a tomahawk head, with the groove for fitting the leather thong which fastened it to the handle. Hertford Boys Hurt In Auto Accident William Landing, Jr., of Hertford, suff ered a broken shoulder, a broken collar bone and . lacerations about the face in an automobile accident which occurred on the highway between Hertford t and Edenton on Tuesday afternoon. s : The boy was riding in a milk truck operated by Fenton Butler when, the accident occurred. George Butler-was also a passenger. Neith er of the Butler boys were seriously hurt when the ruck turned over, but young Landing, who1' was riding in the rear seat, vwas . more seriously hurt. ' v, i ' .,, "Taken- to-, the-; office-of, Dr.JT.. A. Powell in Edenton, the. Injured boy was,. given treatment He was brought to his home later in an jam i bulance. - K ;7,Y -'' n- ilttiiSSIiilflll July if timbers of the commission ara Xjlonel Henry L. Doherty, chair man; Jeremiah Milbank, vice- etiairman; Paul de Kruif, secre tary; Edward S. Harkness, trea- j SJirer; Mrs. Nicholas Brady, John j .Burke, Edsel B. Ford. Lessing j Sosenwald, and Felix M. War- ' tetru. ! During the past four years the ! national uirwaay Ball tor the qsident have raised more than M,000,000 for the fight against in- i lintile paralysis. Colonel Doher- : 2 has been national chairman of e movement since its inception. - Photo shows Frederick B. Snite, Jr., infantile paralysis iron lung dweller. Inset Colonel Henry L. Doherty. The Lost Colony Draws Many From Perquim ans Each Week BIG HIT President Expected Draw Huge Crowd On Aug. 18 to President Roosevelt is to be the speaker at Fort Raleigh on August 18, the birthday of Virginia Dare, which will be the biggest of all the big days in the celebration on Ro anoke Island commemorating the first English settlement in America. Enthusiastic reports from local folks who have attended Paul Green's symphonic drama, "The Lost Colony," which has been called the core of the celebration, are sending more and more. Perquimans people down to the island each week to see this spectacular presentation which is making such a hit with the crowds attending. While many are waiting for the n' ana re mawng pians 10 auena as early as possible. Already some of the Perquimans folks have attend ed the pageant twice, and only the most pleasing reports are given of the affair. Last week-end the following local folks were reported as among those attending: Mr. and Mrs. L. W. An derson, Miss Marie Anderson, Jack Anderson, Miss Helen Gaither, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hardcastle, William Hardcastle, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jack son, Dr. and Mrs. John Zachery and R. L. Knowles and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Miller and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Sitterson. Revival Begins At Chapanoke Aug. 5 A revival meeting, to be held in a tabernacle located near Chapanoke, is announced to begin on Thursday, August 5, to last through the 15th. Both the Rev. Mr. House, who is pastor of that circuit, and the Rev. Ray Smith, pastor of the Pilgrim Church in Bagley Swamp, will preach and the singing will be conducted by Miss Frances. Massey, song evange list, of Shackleford, Va. Sunday services will be held at 2:45 in the afternoon and at 7:45 at night. The schedule for the week day services as not yet been an nounced but announcement will be made oon as !the : arrangements sw::'.wit.i"y ; successful meeting was held at this place last summer. t V ox IPIPEANT WEE V1T 30, 1937. Dan Cupid On A June Snooze In Perquimans 24 HOURS ACROSS CONTINENT IN 1960 PREDICTS EXPERT JNorman' Bel Geddes Says Automo biles Will Travel Between 100 And 150 Miles Per Hour New York. Twenty-four hours driving time from New York to San Francisco in 1960, is the prediction made by Norman Bel Geddes, famous planner of the future. Automobiles will be driven at constant speeds of between 100 and 150 miles per hour but not, however, until death haz ards from high speed driving have been removed by an intelligently planned highway system, he said. "The country is still only in the transition from the days of horse drawn buggies to an era of automo bile transport. Thirty years ago we all would have been horrified at the thought of driving our cars 50 miles an hour. Today we think nothing of it. And the only reason we don't go faster is because of the safety fac tor,'' he said. "This problem arises from the present system of streets and roads planned before the automobile came along. The country is just becoming aware of the importance of provid ing for intelligent handling of traffic in our cities, towns and open coun try. But we must go farther than that. We must plan now for a net work of arterial, high-speed roads from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to the Gulf." Mr. Geddes, under sponsorship of the Shell Oil Companies, recently has planned and built a model of a "city of the future" which has a system of high-speed express traffic boule vards, enabling concentrated, mid town traffic to move safely at 50 miles an hour right through the heart of town. There are no stops on these boule vards. Where the express routes meet, one passes over the other, eliminating intersections which have been termed the major cause of to day's traffic congestion. Sidewalks have been elevated, so that there is no mixing of pedestrian and ve hicular traffic. The boulevards are connected by turn-offs so that cars may get from one to another without having to cross the traffic stream. These express routes are superim posed like a giant grid over the streets for local traffic. There is an express boulevard every ten blocks and local traffic feeds up to them by means of ramps. This system was designed to eliminate today's stop-and-go driving conditions which are the acknowledged causes of conges tion and accidents. "This model," said Mr. Geddes, "is the first step in a traffic plan that must be applied nationally if we are to gain the ultimate goal of the au tomobile safe, high-speed travel. "What we must do is extend the network of high-speed roadways il lustrated by the model of the city of tomorrow, across the entire country. There should be lanes for stream lined cars traveling safely at speeds of 100 and perhaps 150 miles an hour, making it possible to cross the continent in 24 hours. "There should be at least three super-highways across the continent, with six or more from the Canadian border to our southern boundary. They would be built more along the principle of our railroads, with sharp curves and steep grades elim inated. They would not run through populous centers. One of the trans continental routes, for instance, might pass half-way between St. Louis and Chicago, with feeder high ways making it quickly accessible from both cities, but with through traffic kept away from congested areas. "We are always going to have a type of land vehicle that can be op erated by individuals. ,It will be the automobile, but not in the form that we have today. It will be air-conditioned and perfectly streamlined.'' These major attainments in safety, speed and comfort in land travel, however, can not possibly be reached until the nation plans a traffic sys tem with considerable vision as well as practicability, Mr. Geddes eluded. ' con- Former Residents Visit Here Mrs. Louts Cutler, formerly Miss Katherine. Lassiter, and Miss , Mary Lassiter, who were residents of pert ford many years; igo, who how live at Marion, spent last week-end in Hertford as guests of Mrs. C. C Winalow. ' ' -3 11 $1.25 Per Year Fewer Marriages Than In Any Month Thus Far This Year MAY LEADING December Most Popular Month to Marry, Fig ures Show Despite the fact that the month of June is generally regarded as the most popular month'in the year for weddings, fewer marriage licenses were issued during that month in Perquimans than in any other month of the year thus far, with May, which used to be regarded as an un lucky month in which to marry, tak ing the lead until now. As a matter of fact, all that has been said and written about the numerous June brides to the con trary notwithstanding, December, that cold and dreary month, appears to be the month in which most of our folks down here in Perquimans marry. This is according to figures, and figures, as everybody knows, do not lie. In the month of January there were five licenses issued in the local registry office, with the same num ber in February, though it is the shortest month in the year. In March business picked up a little, with seven marriage licenses being recorded. The same number were is sued in April. There were ten in May, four in June, and on the 28th of July there had been issued five licenses during the month. There have been altogether forty-three marriage licenses issued by J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds, this year, representing a gain of three over the same period in 1936. In the years 1935 and 1936 there was a difference of only one in the number of marriage licenses granted in Perquimans, 88 for 1935 and 87 for 1936. In December of 1936 there were issued 14 licenses and in the same month in 1936, 15. All of which may or may not go to prove that expediency may have something to do with the choice of the time for marriage in Perquim ans. We are farmer folk. Most of our marriages occur when the year's work is finished, when crops are all in, when it is time to begin to think about plans for another year, mov ing time. The chances are that the plans took shape back in June, with ro mance as it is reflected by the moon light, and with roses and all that in the picture. But, generally speak ing, it is more expedient for the farmer and his bride to have their wedding around Christmas time, and so December proves the most popular month in all the year in which to be married. Grooming Subject At Club Meeting The Helen Gaither Home Demon stration Club met on Friday at the home of Mrs. Warner Madre, with Mrs. W. O. Hunter, president, pre siding. In the absence of Miss Gladys Hamrick, home demonstration agent, who was sick, her assistant, Miss Fannie Mae Coffield, conducted a program on the subject of groom ing and Miss Sarah Carlisle, beau tician at Blanchard's Beauty Parlor, gave a practical demonstration. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Those present included Mesdames Ben Berry, E. Y. Berry, C. L. Dail, W. A. Russell, T. E. Madre, W. F. Madre, Jr., Bristow Perry, Fulton Driggs, W. O. Hunter, A. L. Madre, Claude Perry and Misses Addie Reed, Sarah Carlisle, Fannie Mae Coffield and Annie Bell Privott. Baptist Church Now Is Without Pastor Rev. D. S. Dempsey, who some weeks ago resigned as pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, left Hert ford this week, accompanied by his family. Mr. Dempsey has taken over the pastorate of the Memorial Bap tist Church in Portsmouth, Va. The local church is at present without a pastor. ; While no definite announcement is as yet forthcoming as to who win preach at this church next Sunday, , it has been definitely announced that services will be. held as usual. ,