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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY FRIDAY. OCTOBER ,1937 PAGE FOUR.' ' ' , " - ' '. THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY HERTFORD, N. C. btiiUAX. VKsiVD&K i,, - - , TIIE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY ' Published, every Friday at Th Perquimans Weekly cffiee in fbt Gregory - Building, Church ' Street Hertford, N. C. . MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor ; Day Phone - . Night Phone ..n,-,..,..,! ,' SUBSCRIPTION RATES On Year Six Months Entered .88 .100-J $1.25 L 76e as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at Hertford, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1879. . AUWtMSMig laws A w - truest. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937 THIS WEEK'S BIBLE THOUGHT LAZY CHRISTIANS: I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:15,16. ACCORDING TO THE RECORD r i I r ' By Mattie Lister White That Perquimans County is actual ly the birthplace of the colony not withstanding all that has been said about the Cradle, is indicated in a statement attributed to Mayor Silas M. Whedbee this week. Mayor Whedbee's claim is based on historical fact. ' i Long before there is any record of a settlement anywhere in Carolina the colony was begun in Perquimans. mans and Little Rivers was, as we think, the first land cleared and cul tivated.. It was fertile when Durant commenced his labors in 1660 it iB fertile yet." (Vol. 2, page 217, History of North Carolina by Francis L. Hawks, pub lished in 1858.) "Durant at once began his clearing, and as the location of any previous settlement has not been ascertained, Durants Neck is the oldest known clearing in Albemarle," (Vol. 1. Daee 60. Historv of North TRAFFIC REGULATIONS NEEDED Carolina bv Samuel A'Court Ashe, The traffic situation in Hertford Dublished in 1908.) has certainly undergone a very great Thouirh historians frankly state improvement in the last few months. ittte is known 0f adminis By providing free parking space on tration of William Drummond, ap the Town Lot and by enforcement of DOinted eovernor in 1664. the first the regulation which prohibits left- governor under the Lords Proprie hand parking on down-town Church tors and no mention is made in Street, the situation is greatly re- written historv of where he lived lieved. after his aDDointment. this first eov- But other improvements are still ernor of Carolina actually lived in necessary. There is one, ai least, uurants xsecK, nis nouse naving Deen which should be made speedily. No built near the shore on Little River U turn should be permitted at the Point, where the river flows into intersection of Church and Market Albemarle Sound. All of the old Streets, nor at the Church and Grubb residents of Durants Neck knew the intersection. location. The site had become inun- Church Street is too narrow, in the dated many years ago when Mrs. C. first place, for U turns. Further- winsiow, oi tierttora, a member more, it is the main highway and i of one of the oldset families of the should always be unobstructed. There I county, was shown the spot by her is frequently heavy traffic, moving in mother when the river was at low both directions, on this street, and tide when the foundations of the traffic will increase as time goes on. house, the bricks from the chimney, If all automobile drivers used the .c w" a"d tree stumPs were in discretion which many exercise, it , ner . , would not be necessary to have an All that section was known at that ordinance with respect to U turns, ! arlv Pf.,od 88 Uta Rer or Little for no driver would make this turn R.lve Po' many old records ln" when traffic is heavy. There are!d'cate- erf. wa! a settlement times when the traffic is light andithere- '"eluding the office of the when it would seem that there is no ptrol ler of customs, the pillory danger in making a U turn. But the' and stos a"d- doubt ess, a court careless and the thoughtless driver, j house-, The Great Seal of Albemarle who, incidentally, is the one who I waf als here" iL L causes the trouble and who makes! T'm ?.lggs' of ll?e County of A.,be" Tjjpmane, anas KoanoKe in ye province Carolina, aeposeun . . regulations necessary, makes, the turn, regardless of conditions and without' regard to the convenience or to the danger to others. The second improvement necessary in traffic regulations in Hertford, is a stop-light at the. intersection of Edenton Road and Dobb Street. That is a dangerous intersection, both for of under febry, Point." (Vol, cords.) appointment of George Durant, Alex ander 'Islington, Ralph ' Fletcher, and Caleb Calloway, Esquires, as justices of the peace, the ; appoint ment being made by John . Harvey, Esq., "governor, president of the council and commander-in-chief of the forces in Albemarle, in the pro vince of Carolina.'' In the year 1722 an act was passed by the Assembly entitled an Act for Settling, the.; Precinct Courts and Courthouses,' and the courthouse for Perquimans was ordered to be built on "Jonathan Phelps Point, at the narrows", now Hertford. Hertford is not an old town. That is, it is only 179 years since the charter was granted, in 1758. Long before that time, however, the Per quimans Courthouse had been located at Phelps Point, there was a ferry across the river here and the colo nists were traveling by land, whereas in the earliest Uays most of the travel was by water. One by one, tne oia families who had lived in Durants Neck moved up to Hertford, the Whedbees, the Reeds and others, descendants of George Durant. Though it was not until af ter the Civil War and the slaves were gone that the last of the plantation owners left Little River in Durants Neck, which appears from the records to have been the beginning of the colony. daughter Carolyn Pean, spent Sun day with Mr, and Mrs." Edward Gre gory,' in Elizabeth City. " " Mrs. J. ,'H. Harrell spent Sunday with Mr. 'and Mrs. Jesse Harrell Mr. and N Mrs.. WC H. Cartwright and family .were in -Elizabeth City Saturday morning. Rufus Harrell was in this neigh borhood Monday morning, v, Services will"' be held 1 on Sunday evening at 7:00 o'clock at Woodland Church. All are invited. , CLASSIFIED LEGALS HOME FOR RENT, Belvidere, 8 miles Mrs. J. A. Chappell, Ave., Norfolk Va. LOCATED AT from Hertford, 823 v Shirley , oct8tf. FARMS FOR RENT SMALL farms and large farms' for tractors. Conveniently located. Buildings, soil, and drainage good. Applicant must state equipment ..and refer ences. Write Farm Bureau, Per quimans Weekly, Hertford, N. C. SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES HERE Given my hand this '4th day of '79, at my office Little River 1, page 316, Colonial Re- the motorist and for the pedestrian. Many school children must walk past this intersection every day, and at ! . "At a court holden at ye gran court house for the precinct of Per quimans ye second tuesday in Oct. 1701, being ye 14th day." (Court Records) "Clivan at Ml" nonpo-a Durante an hour when the traffic is very i ... of Albemarle the 6th day of Feb. heavy. There ought to be this corner. a stop-light at Funeral Thursday For NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Perquimans County, made in the special proceed in? entitled Pauline B. Madre and husband,. W. F. Madre, Jr., Plaintiffs vs Evalena (Eleanor) Hall and hus band, Semore Hall, et als, defend ants, the same being No upon the special oroceeding docket of said court, the undersigned commis sioner, will, on the 30th day of Octo ber. 1937. at 12:00 o'clock Noon, at! the courthouse door in Hertford. N. C, offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash that certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford Township, Perquimans County, N. C., adjoining the, lands of W. F. Madre, Sr., and others, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: First Tract: Bounded on the north by lands belonging to W. F. Madre, Sr., and T. E. Madre, on the east by lands belonging to H. C. Stokes, on the south by lands belonging to J. A. Madre and W. F. Madre, Jr.. on the west by the Norfolk & Southern Rail road, containing acres, more or less. For further description see reference below. Second Tract: Bounded on the north by lands belonging to J. A. Madre and W. F. Madre, Jr., on tha east by the Norfolk &Southern Rail road, on the south by , and on the west by lands belonging to Henry Blanchard, containing Hunt Parker, of Roanoke i acres, more or less. See reference below. The above described two tracts of land is the same property as shown by plat, said property being marked No. 1 in deed of division between George Ballard and L. E. Taylor, be ing L. E. Taylor's part of the divi sion, and registered in Public Regis try of Perquimans County, N. C, in Deed Book 9, page 115, which see for further description. This the 28th day of September, 1937. CHAS. E. JOHNSON, Commissioner. Oct.8,15,22,29 1 Judge R. Hunt Parker Will Preside at Fall Term Anno Dom. being the 20th year of our possession of Carolina. Witness Seth Sothel, Esq., one of the true and absolute lords proprietors of the Miaa 17mm q WVi' Prov,nce of Carolina, Governor and iVIISS Eimma Wniie commander in chief of the said pro vince, and our true and well beloved counsellors, who have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year above written. SETH SOTHEL ANTHONY SLOCUM THOMAS HARVEY JAMES BLOUNT. Examined and entered the 26th day of May 1688." (Book A, page No. 36, Register of Deeds Office, Perquimans County.) One of the oldest public documents in the State, according to Dr. Hawkes, found on the minutes of Berkley precinct court, preserved in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Perquimans County, bean date of December 3, 1679, being the Miss Emma I. White, 66, died Wednesday morning, October 6, at 3:45 o'clock at her home at Belvi dere, following a long illness. Funeral services were held at the' home at 2:30 o'clock on Thursday af ternoon, with the Rev. John W. ' Trivette, pastor of the Piney Woods Friends Church, of which Miss White was a member, officiating, assisted by . the Rev. Mrs. Bertha Smith White, former pastor. I Miss White, who was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Perquimans, a daughter, of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elihu A.1 White, took an active interest in church affairs, as well as in the com-! munity life. I A graduate of Guilford College, of the cli'ss of 1892, she tautrht for sev eral years in the old Belvidere Aca demy, the Friends school which was for many years the. leading school in the Albemarle. She also taught in the Atlantic Collegiate Institute in Elizabeth City. She was a woman of unusually fine character and charm of manner, and! was highly esteemed by all who knew er and loved by a host of friends.- i Surviving are three sisters, Misses Judge R Rapids, will preside at the Fall Term of Perquimans Superior Court, whic'.i will convene in Hertford on Monday, November 1. This is a mixed term, for the trial of both criminal and civil cases, but indications are that it will be a short term, as only four criminal cases ap pear on the docket; and, while there are some 25 civil cases, it is highly probable that few will be for trial. The members of the bar are expected to meet shortly, probably the latter part of this week, to arrange the civil calendar. The jurors for the term, drawn at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on Monday, are as follows: Miles E. Dail, Abbott Hunt er, W. W. Copeland, John Broughton, Jack E. Brinn, Willard Humphries, E. T. White, W. G. Hollowejl, H. L. Turner, J. J. Long, D. E. Winsiow, Edgar Riddick, H. D. Elliott Warren Cartwright, William Weston, J. Luther Winsiow, J. W. Carver, Jake L. White, J. Herbert Layden, J. W. Lamb, Fred S. Winsiow, W. J. Halsey, Horton Copeland, G. A. Butt, Earl Russell, Jesse A. Hurdle, H. L. Wood, Claude D. White Sam mie M. Winsiow, C. W. Reed, Walter Umphlett, Elmer C. Ward, J. V. Stallings and I. D. White. SNOW HILL NEWS Miss Daisy Matthews, of Old Neck, and Miss Blanch Cartwright, of Snow Hill, were- week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Cartwright. Mrs. Nellie Sumner and daughter, Emily Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Hurdle and children, of Hurdletown, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harrell Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Moody Harrell and NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order of Superior Court of Perquimans County in that special proceeding en titled M. L. Cartwright et als vs. Rennie Ownly et als, the undersigned Commissioner of the Court will sell at public sale to the highest bidder for cash on Saturday, November 6, 1937, at 12 o'clock noon, that certain real estate situate in Belvidere Town ship, Perquimans County, North Car olina, bounded and described as fol lows: Bounded on the North by what is known as the Richmond Cedar Works Lands; on the East by what is known as the Winsiow Lands; on the South by what is known as the B. W. Wil kins Land (now Stallings Land); on the West by Richmond Cedar Works Land, containing 139 acres, more or less, and being the same tract of land whereon R. M. Ownly resided at the time of his death and known as the R. M. Ownly Home Place. W.'I. HALSTEAD, Commissioner of the Court. This October 1st, 1937. Oct.8,16,22,29 fit t is -nix jo rami fi30OTSOUES Clara M., Margaret B. and Lucy White and by one - brother, Dr. bert S. White, all of Belvidere. Eu- PENDER ROAD NEWS Mrd. Mamie Farmer is on the sick list this week. Mr.;, and Mrs. Reuben Stallings and son, William, visited Mr. and Mrs. John Corprew, on the Edenton Highway, Sunday afternoon. Mrs; G. T. Hawkins, of Hertford, ; spent a few days last week with her Bon and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. White. ., J. B. Perry made a recent trip to Greenville and Rocky Mount.. t Mr." and Mia.. Dewey Umphlett, of Weeksville, spent, the week-end with his mother, Mrs. C M. Umphlett ' Mrs, R. A. Perry and son, 3 B., visited in the homes of Murray Perry, Sidney Sutton arid lenn Hobbs, near Elir-'c'h City Sunday. . ; BUT WE CAN LIGHTEN YOUR, THINKING BURDEN IF YOU WILL COME IN AND SELECT FROM OUR LARGE STOCK OF STOVES . . . EVERY TYPE: y i , : t . Coe!7 VoolI, !(crosGnc entl Cruda Oil I'Gdtcrs VQod and OH Durnlng Cook Stoves ant! Ranges Andirons - Grates - Stove Boards - Pokers - Shovels - Pipes Elbows - Dampers - Collars, etc. Everything You Need To Prepare For Bitter Weather Is Here, - Efeiford 'MZvm$ 8npp!y- Go. HERTFORD, N. C. - -fe'W ''"i ""' ' : I IN WHITE ; g M.iggife IN YELLOW I . FAQ7S SJ WITH ! DIAMONDS .WJTH 6 WAMONDSp OQT y 42" j j 59" 1 1 '(CAMBISM- J E W E L E Et S EDENTON, N. C. a " : X COMFORTABLE AND ENTERTAINING i STATE Til EAT RE CAROLINA'S FINEST THEATRE I Today (Friday) October 8 j H Also Comedy, Act and News Saturday, October , ' . ADMISSION 10c - ,15c Also Robinson Crusoe No. S and Comedy $10 TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT 9 O'CLOCK Monday and Tuesday, October 11-12 with George Murphy z Also Comedy and News . , Wednesday, October 13 , ' PRIZE NIGHT SOLVES A Thursday j ' October 14-
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