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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUTLDG OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV Number 33.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 6, 1937.
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CdMEity -
I Woodmen
Log Rolling
Counties East of Rocky
Mount Represented
In Group
UVECAMP
City and County Will
Cooperate In Welcom
ing Lodgemen
The annual Log Rolling of the
"Woodmen of the World in the Tide
water Association, which embraces
all the counties east of Rocky Mount,
will -be held in Hertford on August
26, when upwards of eight hundred
members of the organization will be
guests of Albemarle Camp No. 463,
of which Roy S. Chappell is Council
Commander.
It is planned to hold both the morn
ing and afternoon sessions in the
State Theatre, and between the two
sessions a fish fry will be given.
A baseball game, as well as a theatre
party at the State, will probably be
features of the entertainment.
The last time the annual meeting
of the Woodmen of the World was
held here was in 1926, since which
. time the organization has' grown
from a handful of something like
fifty members to a . hundred and
: forty, with a great many, farmers of
- the county .holding membership, as
iif -i well as residents of the Town of
Hertford.
i ' Mayor Silas M. Whedbee appeared
Kr ?" before the Board of. County Commis
MkibiitttAw Meeting oil
;;p!ipta9Mnd asked the cooperation of
.-Jh'e- County, with, the .Tbwn of Hert
5 ,!5;f ord in welcoming the visitors who
. . '; M 'Ber on. ccasioiu ; Earl
L jj.it 1 Perry, Chairman of the Board of
, i , vommissioners, assurea Mayor wnea-
. , , : I uee .ivai. uiey- womu xau in iin.
'tciTh Jowa "'will ' he 'decorated with
y.? : flags to honor of he occasion and the
' 41 f ' Visitors will . be cordially welcomed.
; IITarHeel Farmers At
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.T State Convention
The Young Tar Heel Farmers of
Perquimans .County have been doing
tnings and now they are going
places.; A group of. them went to
Raleigh this week accompanied by G.
C. Buck, teacher of vocational agri
culture in ' the - Perquimans .. High
School,' to attend the State Farmers
Convention which is i being held at
;f'L:v'" State College. :-- : : -
i ii SIV Having been ''seJefitedlfrom .7tbi
: 280 chapters f the 'organization!
. : ; 4.;:. of Young Tar Heel Farmers to pnt
"-. !t ri a. 1 program for the Vocational
' , v.j-Stion Stale,
t.t:-. Jjick 'toiyerjr; proud of his atn-
, ; f yT-fJIlwie- whp were selected to
sS;3P on tne demonstrationpfograni,
. ''J 'l" which was ' given - on- Wednesday
'ilMi mornings were, the i officers, George
:::',&Wlleth "White'r President, H Guthrie
Jolliff ,1 Vice' ; President'." Emmerson
Asbell, Secretary, Rollo White, Trea-
j . surer, Clyde Lane Reporter, and the
; . following music makers whose con
, - tributions to any program are always
" wSS;njoyed :"; William Corprew. John Cor-
v j i prew, Lawrence Corprey, Blakemore
,.- ."Weston,,.-J,:.,-.
Fined $5 For Failure
i . v - i n A nnpar in ; I nnrt
' i Roscoe Lane, young service station
' , employee; evidently Was not aware of
, 'Tithe IffiportanceVbf a court subpoena,
:,, and failed to appear in - Recorder's
' :Court on ;Tesd9y;';to5give' testimony
in a case to "be tried. .He was not
: ;:?,present ! when his name was called.
; Judge Oakey fined -the;:young man
; . five dol! - ra'for:$onteinpt of ' court
tar" his failure to appear. . "We have
".'., had a lot of this kind of thing,'' re
marked Judge ,Oakey, 'and I guess
: .;,:we might as well break 4t tin.", '
-The youlig man stated later that he
- : V had 'understood he would be called
V 'when the case came up, so did not
: go to court. , , - '
MfpNEW, SALESMAN AT '
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Aldred'iliirercntly of CI -
; el n::i, whefa he has spent tl r
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wide Picnic In .
WilLHold
August 26
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A BIG 'UN
Henry Clay O'Neal is five and a
half and weighs 46 pounds. Imagine
how he felt When he pulled in a chub
weighing 2 pounds and 6 ounces oh
Tuesday afternoon. The little fellow
who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
O'Neal, and who lives on the water
front of Church street, was fishing
from the back yard, using a piece
of cooked Irish potato for bait, when
the big fish bit. Henry Clay pulled
the. catch in and removed the hook.
Hurrying down to the Carolina Hard
ware Company's Store, of which his
father is the proprietor, the youngs
ter displayed the catch. Later on the
fish was weighed by J. G. Roberson.
That is not the only big fish which
has been caught this summer in
Hertford, but it is the biggest chub
which has been caught by a youngs
ter of this size.
Masons - Rotarians
Play Soft Ball Game
On Thursday Night j
Soft ball has become very popular!
in Hertford during the past week, I
and every night there is a gathering j
on the town lot and the young men.j
as well as Home tint sn vniintr nr I
taking part in the games.
It is a very informal arrangement,
with leaders choosing their teams
on the grounds; : Every one appa
rently has a lot of fun.
A more formal note is sounded,
however, as the Masonic Lodge chal
lenges the Rotary Club for a game
on Thursday . night,
jl The;. Masons arehavlng-a fish fry
ori that night, the affair being held
on the river shore in the rear of the
R. E. Brinn residence on Front
streets After the fish fry the soft
ball game will be played on the
town lot. It ought to be interesting.
There are perhaps half a dozen
men in town who are members of
both the Masonic Lodge and the Ro
tary Club. Among them are J. G.
Roberson, F. T. Johnson, D) T. W.
Zachery, Emmett Winslow, C. P.
Morris and L. W. Anderson.
When the teams of the two organi
zations are chosen this may prove
somewhat confusing, but it can, pro
bably, be worked out -satisfactorily,
as there are a. great many more Ma
sons than Rotarians.
Hertford People Enjoy
e On Perquimans
As the summer lengthens and the
days continue warm, Hertford folks
take more and I more pleasure -in
river" sports and the beautiful Per
quimans River, which winds around
the Town of Hertford and broadens
out as it turns eastward toward the
Sound, it the most popular place of
entertainment., House parties are
being held at Camp Perquimans, the
attractive camp in Old Neck, and
small boats of every description ply
up and down the river.
Leaving the waters of the Perqui
mans for a cruise to Morehead in
the beautiful new yacht of Dr. C.
A. Davenport, a party of Hertford
men went out on Sunday morning.
In the party are Clyde McCallum, R.
M. Riddick, J. S. Vick and Dr, Davenport..-
On Wednesday Mr. and ..Mrs.
J. , E. .Winslow and ' Mrs. Davenport
motored down 'to Morehead to join
the party for a fishing trip, return
ing home on Thursday.- :
At Camp Perquimans last, week
there was a group of young people.
This week Mrs. Herman Winslow is
chaperoning a house party composed
of ,the following r Ruth Winslow. Flo
rence Darden and her guest,', Janet
Jackson, of Richmond, Va., Margu
rite Ward, Alice Roberson and her
guest, - Katherine . Spivey, bf Peters
burg, Va., Hattie Pearl Nowell, Watt
Winsolw, Zack Harriss Paul Tucker,
Mack White, and Bill Cox. -
Rev Z.r V.! Roberson,: of Roanoke,
Va., who recently; visited his" brother,
J. ft Roberson, in Hertford; has de
cided to come down to Camp Perqui
mans tot his vacation. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Roberson and
tl.eir son, John.' ' ; '
TTJ ANNOUNCEMENT" "
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i . a of Mrs. Fred V...
Zznizj son; KoUv
. i C.Irj nicely, l
I THEY SPRAYDW. r HE DANCED
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Something new in mosquito control was successfully tried at Fort
Raleigh. A spray noxious to mosquitos was used for the first time by
U. S. and N. C. Public Health Workers. As a consequence Ford How
ard (below) danced as Uppwec, the medicine man in Paul Green's play,
without molestation. And the spectators quit slapping, too.
USING PROFANITY
ON HIGHWAYS ISlUP QUICKLY FOR
COSTLYJO PAIR
County Put Back on List
During Last Term of
Legislature
putWjail
Couple Also Found Guil -
ty of Resisting an
Officer
But for the f act that Representa
tive J. T. Benton saw fit at the last
Term of the; Legislature to have Per
quimans County put back in the list
of counties in the State of North
Carolina in .which it is unlawful to
use profane language on a public
highway, a white man and woman of
the Poplar Neck section of the county
I would not have found themselves
i locked -up in jail on Friday night of
last week.
I Sheriff J. E. Winslow hadn't in
tended to arrest the young woman,
.Mrs. Gertrude Pail Williams. There
,. was no charge against her,. He
merely asked her, as she sat in a
car on the : highway, where Fred
Smith, who owned the car, was. The
young woman answered with pro
fanity, informing the Sheriff in the
same breath that he couldn't arrest
her, as she got down out of the car.
She didn't know, evidently, about the
law in reference to profanity on the
highways of the county. The Sheriff
did, She followed the first statement
with mure profanity and the Sheriff
placed her-under arrest. Handcuffs
helped the situation a little, but the
young woman is alleged to have
screamed .'and scratched and kicked,
in spite of the bracelets.
' Mrs. Williams plead not guilty to
the charges of using profane lang
uage on the public highway and of
resisting an off icer on Tuesday fysd
Smith, who was tried upon the same
charges; as a result of the part he
took,.in . the '-affair, f plead . gqilty.
J'ze Oakey found botji goiltjr of
t . .'a clarm&fe:?
I " ' 8 we-"ian wa (?ntenced tft 60
It.,.: I 'h tvs 'nee to be ius
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rtfordNext Wednesday
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BUSINESS PICKS
DAY POJJCEMAN
C. E. Walker Makes
Three Arrests Before
Bedtime
MANY AT TRIAL
Information Leads to
Destruction of Still on
Skinner's Creek
'C. E. Walker, night patrolman for
the town of Hertford, wfio has been
assigned by Mayor Silas M. Whed
bee to' day duty until August 15,
with J. T. Britt being assigned to
night duty meanwhile, the change
taking effect at 12 o'clock noon on
last Sunday, stepped right into busi
ness, for things happened thick and
fast thereafter, with Mr. Walker
making three arrests of white men
before bedtime.
It all began with a fight between
Heywood Goodwin and Kermit Lane,
who returned from a boat ride up
the river sometime in the early after
noon, and Goodwin got a severe beat
ing, as was evidenced when he ap
peared as a witness for the state in
the case against Kermit Lane in Re
corder's Court on Tuesday. The
man's face was black and blue.
Trial of the case consumed a long
time, with more than half a dozen
witnesses giving testimony for the
state.
Kermit Lane was found guilty of
the three charges in the warrant,
possessing liqiior for the purpose of
sale, man Tacturing liqiior and as
sault', and drew three road terms,
aggregating 13 months. He was given
6 months on each of the two liquor
charges and 30 days on the assault
charge The ' sentences were sus
pended upon payment of the costs
and .the , defendant was : placed oh
probation for three years, the pro
visions of which are that, he - must
abstain from' drinking whiskey, fcnd
must not be found with whiskey in
his possession, if ha ia found to have
violated these provisions he may,
Uon motion of tha - court or upon
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r armers na r amines
Meet At Court House
CAUGHT!
J. G. Roberson got caught in his
own trap the other night. Mr. Rob
erson is a Rotarian. On several oc
casions recently he handed a pencil
and a piece of paper to a Rotarian
who happened to come into his drug
store and requested that he write,
quickly, the names of all the mem
bers of the Hertford Rotary Club.
It amused the druggist considerably
that each one called upon failed to
recall all the names.
On last Tuesday night when the
Rotarians met it happened that sev
eral were out of town, and it was
noted that there were five absent
from the meeting.
Charles E. Johnson, who had pro
bably been one of those who had been
writing a list for Mr. Roberson, arose
and remarked that several Rotarians
had been called upon lately to make
a ccect list of all the Rotarians in
a hurry. Turning to Mr. Roberson
ho said, "And now, Glenn, will you
write the names of the absentees.''
To Mr. Roberson credit be it re
corded that he got all but one.
Rev. R. S. Monds To
Fill Baptist Church
Awaiting New Man
good congregations at the Hertford !
Baptist Church on Sunday morning
and evening. Services will be con
tinued regularly at this church which
is temporarily without a pastor since
the resignation of the Rev. D. S.
Dempsey.
Mr. Monds, who lives in Hertford
anA ;Q a r..,l,,. nth H.rt.
ford folks, has been requested to '
supply the pulpit at both the morn-1
ing and evening services while the
church is without a preacher. j
All the junior organizations of the
W. M. V. held their regular month
ly meeting on Monday night at the
church. Mrs. I. A. Ward presided !
in the absence of the leader, Mrs. E.
V. Mayes.
Tlio W AT 1T m11 Vin),1 I'to rairiilor
meeting on August 9th at 8 o'clock
at the church, with Mrs. I. A. Ward,
the president, presiding. Circle No.
1, with Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood, the
leader will have charge of the program.
t i AtnnA 'event is over. Each club group sings
LOCai JreOpie iliena j a song, a prize being awarded to the
Raleigh Convention I winning dub.
j Some of the picnickers are plan
Miss Gladys Harnrick, home demon- j ning to take a dip in the river in
stration agent, is in Raleigh this 1 the afternoon. Others will wish to
week to attend the North Carolina . take in the matinee at the State
Farmers and Farm Women's Con-. theatre. Merchants and business
vention. L. W. Anderson, Farm j firms will do all in their power to
Agent, was also in attendance dur- j make the stay of the farmers and
ing a part of the convention. ! their families in Hertford pleasant.
There are many interesting and en-1
tertaining numbers on the program : SpOnSOrS Begin To
for the week, with lectures, address- n t i , t?i j
es, exhibits, tours, etc., with the Raise Louisburg Fund
general theme of "Building a Richer
Rural Life." i Additional local church sponsors
More women are attending the . and committees in Perquimans Coun
convention this year from Perqui-1 ty and nearby territory in the Louis
mans than usual with a fair sprinkl-, burg College Forward Movement
ing of men. I Program were made public today.
Among those who went were Mrs. These groups have just come in.
M. T. Griffin, Miss Callie Stallings,! They are: Epworth Church, Mrs.
Mrs. Nixon Hollowell, Mrs. Eff ie : J. L. Delaney, Hertford; Oak Grove
Miller, Miss Mary E. White Mrs, 1 Church, C. P. Quincy, Chapanoke;
Grace Jackson, Mrs. W. II. Mathews, 1 New Hope Church, Miss Rebecca
Mrs. Singleton Lane, Miss Stella Webb, Durant's Neck, and Cedar
Rogerson, Miss Lillian Rae Perry, j Grove Church, Miss Katherine Perry,
Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Harrell, Mr. ' Route 2, Hertford,
and Mrs. J. L. Wood, Floyd Mat-! These groups will begin function-
hews and Alnhonso Williams.
In addition to these there were !
several members of the young Tar,
Heel Farmers organization of Per- J
quimans who attended accompanied 1
by G. C. Buck, teacher of vacational
agriculture in the Perquimans High
School.
Two Hertford Boys
Enroll At Louisburg
Several of the more than 200 stu
dents who have already enrolled at
LouiBburg i College for the coming
year are from Hertford. Two stu
denti have already . enrolled from
this town. '-'.',.
The names of boys' and girls from
this section who have indicated their
Intentions to attend. Louisburg Coir
lege during the , coming ''.year are
Henry Stokes, and Claude Brum.::
ir
Five Hundred or More
Are Expected to Be
In Attendance
PROGRAM
District Farm Agent Is
Scheduled to Be Prin
cipal Speaker
Next Wednesday is to be a big
day in Hertford, when farmers and
their families from all over the
county will gather on the courthouse
green to enjoy the annual outing of
the home demonstration clubs of
Perquimans County. Five hundred,
or more, are expected to attend.
There are 175 club women in the
county and they are expected to
bring their families.
The outing, in the form of a pic
nic, was held last year at the old
I.eitrh place in Dm-ant? Nck.
There will be a morning program,
when the principal speakers are to
be I'. Troy Ferguson, District Farm
Agent, of State College, and L. R.
HarriMI, 4-H club leader in the State.
Mrs. E. M. Pery, president of the
Perquimans County Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs, is in
charge of the arrangements, with
Miss Gladys Harnrick, home demon
stration agent, and other leaders in
the cll,b wolk cooperating
Arrangements have been made to
place tables for serving the lunch be
side the walk on the southern end
of the square, and those who are
served will pass along the cement
walk. These preparations are being
made by the Hertford Council, the
newly lornieu CIVIL
organization
Wlllt'Il Jlrt3 1UI Its uujrtuvc tiiarkin;;
Hertford a better place in which to
live. Believing that it is a good
plan to make the town a better place
in which to visit, as well, this or
ganization is not only arranging the
tables for the benefit of the visitors,
but will also furnish free lemonade.
J. G. Roberson, Hertford druggist,
has also made arrangements for fur
nishing free ice water on the
grounds. Picnickers should bring
lnelr on" ""immg .
In the afternoon the singing con
test will be held. This was enjoy
ed by every one last year and it is
probable that there will be an au
dience on the side lines before the
ing immediately in the
local can-
vassing. The Forward
Movement
Program of Louisburg College is an
effort to raise $100,000 to wipe out
an old debt which is threatening the
, life of the institution.
FAMILY REUNION
The Clarke family are holding a
reunion in Hertford this week, with
all of Mrs. R. T. Clarke's children in
town.
' Visiting at Mrs. Clarke's home are
Mrs. C. E. Mourhess, Mrs. J. K.
Aitcheson and her daughter, Nancy,
of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. W.
E. Mfllteer, of Portsmouth, Va.
Visiting at, the home of Mrs. H.-
C. Stokes are Paul Clarke, of New
port) Lontf Island: Randolph Clarke,'
' of Roanoke, Va. Jack Aitcheson, of
Alexandria, YtL an Willie Millteer,
i of Portsmouth Vai, ;