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1 i h HM71CD KLY HUH- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume IV. Number 45. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina; Friday, October 29, 1937. $1.25 Per Year. UIMANS WEE .i- "TOllClllEfinJALiE OF NEWEST CIVIC ORGANIZATION FORMED IN HERTFORD Purpose of Group Is to See That "All Is Well" In Town OVER 50MEMBERS First Quarterly Meeting . Will Be- Held On November 5 At an executive meeting of the board of directors f , Hertford' newest civic organisation Monday , night, the body, formed in June, .was given a name, "Hie Town Criere." The first quarterly meeting of the . Town Criers, starting ' with a large group ;f paid-up - members, 63 or more, has been called for November 6th, at the courthouse at 7:30 P. M. At the 'Monday night meeting of the board of directors, with Chairman S. M. Whedbee presiding, the name, f,x "Town Criers" was suggested for the title of the civic interest league and accepted by unanimous vote. Starting with the largest number of members ever assembled in an organization of this nature, the Town Criers include representatives of every section of the town, every business and profession. Every age S;' is represented from 21 and over. f. Not to be confused with a cham ber of commerce or a city council, v j this newest body chose the name "The 'f, Town Criers" a group of citizens f on the alert, like the town criers of old 4 see that "all's well," and if it isnt, to sound the warning. " :' Not included in the regulations or by-laws - drawn up by Chairman Whedbee and adopted by the dlrec tors at the Monday night meeting, V's, are a set of blanket; purposes to see v i and ferret out the ynong hat; exists ; I ' or threatens, to correct those wrongs jch;dov;xis$ an4slfi,:Preyent.th?' 1 ;'. , uones which threaten, to see tine good ji"fhat in, in the town and support it, 'tQ,aes$he good that may be and to '.b'ring-tt, to pass. s TheW by-laws wili be presented at - the November meeting of the main - organization along with other plans j to be submitted by the planning com ' mittee or board of directors. Every member of the Criers, regardless of his financial rating and the mem- ' bership rating runs through poor, ' noorer, Doorest--will have his say in whatever' is to be undertaken and ' . though political complexion does ex ist and may vary, it is not recog nized in this organization. Serving on the board of directors are": S. M. Whedbee,, chairman; A. ; W. Hefren, W. T. Elliott, J. G. Rob ; erson, the Rev. E. T. Jillson, Dr. J. : W. Zachary and L. W. Anderson. Plan Beautify School Grounds At Winfall ' - The Parent-Teachers Association of the new Central Consolidated Gram mar School at Winfall has appointed a special committee ;- to eanvass i aU communities represented at the hew educational center to secure funds for buying shrubbery, for the grounds, according to an - announcemeht. y Rupert Ainsley, principaL: 1 . It fc reported that several ' contri butions hve been.; offered ' withoirt solicitation, vThe Consolidated School is seeing its first year of service; f. VKlC?f.lCSrilE,D:ES,TUESDAY rXft'H ' , , , ' t Wfiliani are luh if 9 oldest citizen and the last Con - f aderate vef erah " in the Albemarle,' at 2:45 Tuesday morning after a long illness. Mr. Mardre was ; 93 . years ' "VFaral'Viwvicei -wx)t;..lisld' 'isV,'tii - 3 o'clock the Rev, A. A. Butler oM nciatmg. : curiai was m ueaarwooa Cear?;' ??? " The choir of . the Hertford Baptist j; Church! sang at the homer-The , Old v p.r-jed Cross" and "Asleep in Jesus" jet the traveside f; "Sometime t : : Wi. Unicra.l''.;;.-; i,'V:: . ': Active pi.:; ..,rers were: R. , M. Fiddick, Jr., T. H. Winslow, J. P, I I crry, J. E. Whiter Ci' Rt Holmes, Charles ZYr::::r, CI.aries K.( Johnson, - mi ? " ''"ttwn& ) .. .- j- .era were: -w. F. , r. v J. r. Federation President Charms Audience At District Convention Mrs. Howard Etheridge Speaks on "Education For Living" SAME OFFICERS Camden Club Wins Ban ner; Nearly 100 Per Cent Attendance In elaboration of the motto this year of the Woman's Club, "Educa tion for Living," Mrs. Howard Ethe ridge, of Asheville, president of the North Carolina Federation of Wom an's Clubs, charmed her hearers at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth District, held in Hertford on Friday, when she talked on the subject of "Education for Living the More Abundant Life," touching upon ali the departments of club work. Mrs. W. W. Stinemates, of Eliza beth City, District President, pre sided at the session, which was held in the Hertford Methodist Church, and where representatives of ten clubs assembled, including the two clubs in Elizabeth City, the Camden Club, the Manteo Club, the Gates ville, Murfreesboro, Winton, Chowan, Moyock and Perquimans Clubs. There was special music by the Elizabeth City delegation which was ah important feature of the enter tainment. " . . The largest representation was from the Camden Club, which turned e4itmo8t400;ffccn4; Mrs. Etfre ridge, the State president, is a native of Camden County, the former Miss Ethel Godfrey, and the women from her home county won the banner for attendance. After the business and entertain ment program the ladies went over to the Community House, where home demonstration club members from the Belvidere and the Durants Neck Clubs had prepared luncheon. There was a general .fellowship session during the luncheon hour when old friends got together, and the deli cious meal prepared as only Perqui mans County women know how to prepare such a meal was enjoyed. The same officers which had served for one year, and which are elected for two-years terms, will continut in office for another year. Funeral Thursday For Dennis Wood Dennis Wood, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wood, died Tuesday night at seven o'clock at the home of his parents, after an illness of several months. Funeral services took place at the home near Hertford, on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. A A. Butler officiating, assisted by the Rev.t P. M, Sharpe. Burial was hi the family cemetery, f Besides his parents, two sisters Mary Ruth and Minnie Wilmer Wood, both of Hertford, survive. , i , ; '5,; iWW.ft'Ww' f iV V, ''S'J'S' - J. Copeland,; W. IV Hoffle Dr.X, A. Vvm&nJtMvWi s' v Prichardi: ':i C. t M, Haill, a .Charles Nachman, Sr., T..S. "White and H. p. Elliott. , :mMmW-M $V4 ii.-u..i'mi'i' natlvai anil ff- Mmnlwaiti. native and life long resident f yro,uiina bounty. He was born in the Bethet'pminun ityf a soii of thriate' Mr and; Mrs. William Mardre, -and in his; : youth served in the Confederate Army. While he had been retired for ft long time, he wai for many' years; in the r.ie -antile business in. Hertford.' r 1:3 1. nLi Miss Harriett; Elliott, who. tr-ther with their daughter, I" J mrtt Frances ;Mardre, sur vi. . '1: .. i rck' :llrs.i-J.J S. Mc I!' ' -T, Kisses Nancy f. V a. Korf," Va., rnrnATr EimUIIE November Term Of Superior Court Interest Will Center About Manslaughter Charge BEGINSMONDAY Criminal Docket Ex pected to Consume Two Days When the November term of Su perior Court convenes here Monday, the Honorable J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, presiding over the mixed term of criminal and civil actions, will face a criminal docket of drunk en driving cases, a manslaughter charge, two embezzlement cases, one larceny and receiving case, and a dog vaccination appeal. Probably the greatest interest will center around the case of Benjamin Thatch, young Hertford man charged with manslaughter and reckless driv ing. The charges against Mr. Thatch prew out of the death of Rice Miller, Perquimans high school youth, who died as the result of injuries sustain ed when the Thatch and Miller cars collided on the Elizabeth City High way on the afternoon of May 9th. Heard first in the county court Recorder Walter H. Oakey, Jr., found grounds for probable cause in the manslaughter count and ordered the defendant held for action of the November Grand Jury. On the reckless driving charge Mr. Thatch was found guilty by the Re corder and ordered to serve six months in jail and assigned to thi roads for work. Mr. Thatch appealed through his counsel to Superior Court. It was at first thought the criminal docket could be disposed of the first day of the term, but another appeal from Recorder's Court at the Tuesday session will lengthen the docket and probably run it on over into Tuesday when the first civil actions are calen dared. George Winslow, county Negro. ! tried at this week's county court,! was found guilty of obtaining goodi j under pretense to work and drew aj sixty day road sentence at the hands of Recorder Oakey. He also appeal ed to Superior Court. Convicted in Kecorder s Court last week of driving drunk,, M. T. Gre gory, Elizabeth City equipment com pany truck driver, appealed from a judgement which gave him sixtv days on the roads. Gregory was ar rested on Friday, October 15, by City Patrolman C. E. Walker, who testi fied in the county court hearing. The Recorder, on October 19, found grounds for probable cause in an embezzlement hearing against Josiah Elliott, Hertford man, which dealt with Elliott's fraudently and knowingly embezzling and converting to his own use, one cow belonging to Ellie Simmons, Perquimans County Negro. Mr. Elliott was ordered held for action of the November Grand Jury. If the grand jury returns a true bill in the first case, Mr. Elliott will face Judge Frizzelle a second time on a charge of failing to have his dog vaccinated. After the case was first heard before Recorder ; Oakey, who found the defendant, guilty and ordered that he pay a ten dollar fine and the costs of court, Mr. Elliott appealed. ' ' - Continued from the Aprjl Term of Superior ' Court is the case of T. S. McMidlan;' Jr., Elizabeth City; man charged . with', embezzlement,; i 'A Mr.' McMullan waivedf jl hearing before the County Recorders who or dered that he be held; for action' of the April Grand '-JvOf jmd the" case ; wssv continued at 'taatt tetnt pf Superior-Court;; -The defendant is al leged to liave . appropriated' certain items of farm equipment and a small truck J fronv'" the - Farm - Equipment Company: while, he was a, r. salesman fox' tiiat company. v'r -.Kif Leroy Nixon ..and J. F. MeDaniel will faca charges "of larceny -and re ceiving; the goods specified & ih the warrant as "one raft of pilings, num bering 357: and valued .m at; twenty : four ..hundred- 'dojlainiiiai'fa j ; MPastorAtfet: ; Assembly On Sunday :. The Rev. L. Sigsbee Miller, former pastor of the Pearl Street Assembly, Elizabeth City, will preach at the Hertford Assembly Sunday, - October 31st. ) f Ha. v will hold services r Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and in the evening at 7:CD o'clock, . Miss Alma Howell, pastor of the Assembly, is E'.::i at Pitcairn, Ta, Bob Bates Grooms Hertford Indians 1 For Columbia Tilt Coach Hopes to Add Second Victory For Season FIRST HOME GAME Johnson Detains Busses So Students Can Wit ness Game By L. BLANCHARD, Jr. When the strong Potato Bug eleven from Columbia lights on the local gridiron this afternoon, it won't be a patch of defenseless potatoes they're picking on, if Coach Bob Bates is not mistaken. "If the boys play anywhere near as well as they did in Plymouth week before last we'll trim 'em eas ily," said the coach Tuesday after a light session of pass defense prac tice and scrimmage. "Based on the comparative scoring of Windsor, Plymouth, Columbia and Hertford, the Indians are a cinch to win," he continued. Here's how it is: Regardless of Columbia's landslide over Englehard last week, Windsor swamped Columbia .'56 to 12, then Windso.- and Plymouth fought it out 0-0, in turn, the Hertford Indians nosed out over Plymouth 8-6. This is Columbia's first football season. This is the first winninp season the Indians have seen in a good many years. This is Hertford's first home game, and although the Potato Bugs' previous scoring is more impressive, the locals will be playing on a familiar field. Evenly matched, I calls it, with the makings! of a bang-up football game and one- j I don't want to miss. Coach Bates' tentative starting! lineup, lor today calls for Dox Dixon, Walter Bond, Galloping Mac White and Freddie Campen in the backfield. Rex Gault has been shifted from the backfield to the right tackle position, replacing Paul Tucker, who busted a leg in the Plymouth tangle. Nixon will be at the quarterback position, Bond and White at the halves, and Campen at the fullbacl: !;ost. In the line will probably bo Hilly Arnold at left end, Perc (Toar) Byrum, left tackle, Jarvi? Ward at left guard, Bill Feilds, cen ter, David Broughton, right guard. Gault at right tackle, and Zach Har ris at the right end position. It's useless to deny that the losr of Tucker weakens the whole squad, but the mishap is having a differenl effect from the result one would ex pect. Instead of takine Paul's un lucky break for a signal to disband, the boys are more determined than ever to make the whole season a suc cessful one. A noble aim indeed and one which, I'm sure, will gladden the heart of Tucker, the fallen war rior. The hostilities are scheduled to take place in the high school park at 2:30 o'clock, and Superintendent F. T. Johnson has decreed that the rural buses may stay over in town for the event, which starting at 2:30 will allow them plenty of time to reach home before dark. Judge Frizzelle To Preside Over Court The Honorable J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill, will be the judge presid ing at the November Term of Per quimans Superior Court, instead of the Hon. R. Hunt Parker, as was originally scheduled. The civil calendar, as released from the clerk of court's office, reads as follows: Tuesday, November 2, Grow ers Peanut Company vs T. S. White et als; Hollowell Chevrolet Company vs Joseph ' H. Small et als; Nettie L. Spruill vs W. E. Spruill; R. E. Chappell vs Jordan Nixon etals (for order); P. C. White vs L. P. Chap pell; W. G. Bright vs Josiah Elliott; Leroy Spruill vs Thurman, Madre et al; J. R. Stokes vs T. S. White et al; Minnie L. Felton et al vs E. A. Feltoir, Admrx. et al. . Wednesday, November 3, James E. Hendricks vs Mack L. Lupton et al; Ellsberry Whedbee vs Mack L. Lup ton etal; W.' Rufus Harrell vs Mack L. Lupton et al; Louise N. Harrell vs Mack L. Lupton et al; James Johnson vs J. L. Harrell et al; F. W, Hobbs et al vs Madison . True blood. - ' " Motions In any cause are to be heard at -the pleasure of the court and eases not reached on day set will take precedence on next : day s calendar, . . ; , t , A thief stole 35 cases containing 2,500,000 pieces of t jig-saw puzzles from a freight car near Denver, Colo. HOME-COMING WILL BE OBSERVED AT METHODIST CHURCH ON NEXT SUNDAY Schoolmasters Club Will Meet In Hertford Next Monday Night Session WUlBe Held In Perquimans High School GUEST NIGHT Every Member Asked to Invite a Friend to Attend The Schoolmasters Club, composed of the superintendents and principals of high and elementary schools of the Albemarle counties and the spec ial charter districts of Edenton and Elizabeth City, will meet at Perqui mans High School in a regular monthly session Monday, November first, at 6:30 P. M., according to an announcement by Superintendent P. T. Johnson yesterday. Dinner for the schoolmasters will be prepared and served by members of the home economics department of the high school, under the super vision of Mrs. Helen li. Ilarrell, head of that department. It is guest night for the school masters club and each member is ex pected, or at least invited, to bring a guest. Tucker Is Improving After An Operation Paul Tucker, high school senior who suffered a compound fracture of the left leg in a football game at Plymouth recently, is reported show ing considerable improvement after undergoing an operation at the Al bemarle Hospital Friday. Paul has been a patient in the hos pital since October 15, but physicians were unable to set the injured mem ber until the swelling around the 1 knee, above which the break was ' located, subsided sufficiently to allow 1 them to operate. Barring complica-! tions Paul is expected to return to 1 his home in about a week. 11 Old Age Assistance Applications Approved Eleven more old age assistance applications have been approved by the county welfare board and sent to headquarters in Ealeigh for final approval. The approval of these ap plications brings the number of per sons now receiving old age benefits to a total of forty. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Rountree, at their home near Suffolk, Va., on October 13, a daughter, Ramona Jean, weighing 9 pounds. Mrs. Rountree was before her mar riage Miss Thelma Riddick, a' resi dent of the Pender Road community TRAVEL EXECUTIVES WERE DELIGHTED WITH THEIR BRIEF VISIT TO HERTFORD Visitors Remain Half Hour Instead of Scheduled 15-Minute Stop; Unique Souvenir Presented By Charles Whedbee Without attempting to put on anyl show, Perquimans County folks, -with great simplicity and good taste, managed such an agreeable reception of the party of travel bureau execu tors, writers and others who stopper over in Hertford on Thursday that the party was thrown off their sche dule for the first time during their fourteen-day trip through the Statu and visited here for about three quarters of an hour instead of stay ing the allotted time of fifteen min utes as per schedule. It was easy to see the visitors en joyed their brief visit, and without hurry or bustle, so smoothly wa everything arranged and so naturally did things move along, that the few highlights of history which the guests were shown glimpse of went over big, with many of the big daily newb papers which, chronicled the affah, referring to the ancient courthouse and to the old records. ; , r . - That the , refreshments served, Bishop Paul Kern Will Speak at Morning Service TO BURN NOTES Invitation Extended to Everybody to Attend Interesting Event Bishop Paul B. Kern will hold the morning services at the Methodist Church Sunday, and the Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, president of Louisburg College, will hold the evening ser vices. It is planned to hold dedication exercises of the Sunday School Build ing at the morning service in con junction with home-coming day, when all members and former members and their friends are invited to be present. The people of the county are also invited to attend this service when the cancelled notes on the building will be burned. Bishop Kern presid ed over the North and South Carolina Conferences. The Methodist board of stewards and leaders of the church are re questing that the membership mak.' special efforts to finish paying pladges for the year. Interesting Program At Winfall P. T. A. Meeting The Parent-Teachers Association of the Winfall Consolidated Schools met in the school auditorium Monday night. The president, Mrs. W. F. Morgan, was in charge of the meet ing. Several committees were ap pointed and the grade mothers were named. The roll was called and the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. C. P. Quincy, of Chapanoke. Mr. Ainsley was in charge of the program, which included songs, reci tations and string music by members of his class. During the social hour candy was served. The meeting was largely attended. E. I. Warren Dies Very Suddenly In Edenton Friends in Hertford were shocked Wednesday night shortly after fi o'clock, when thev learned of the sudden death of" E. 1 Warren, in Edenton, who succumbed to a heart attack in his' home. Deceased had been in ill health for some time and only a few days ago returned from Norfolk. Va., where he went for treatment. Mr. Warren was a former mayor of Edenton, and a vestryman in old St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon. Condition Mrs. Nixon Reported Satisfactory Friends will be delighted to know that the condition of Mrs. Sue Nixon, who underwent an operation in the Norfolk General Hospital Wednesday morning, is reported to be satisfac tory. Her daughter, Mrs. S. P. Jes sup, who was with her during the operation, returned home Wednesday night. beaten biscuit and old ham sand wiches, with coffee, representing the simple fare of Perquimans folks, hit the spot was proven according to trib time-honored method of the "proof of the pudding." "We have looked for beaten bis cuit all the way," one woman in the party exclaimed, "and these are tfte first that we've had." And the way the Northern folks exclaimed over tht biscuits and ham was music to the ears of the women who had prepared the food. "Why are they calleu beaten biscuits?" asked one man. When he learned it was because they had to be beaten, he wanted to know how they were made, and he got the recipe. . v-' The souvenirs, too, presented hy Hon. Charles Whedbee, were just a little different from anything the travelers had had in the way of a souvenir elsewhere, and when ft was announced by the, director of the . i (Continued on Page Eight) ..;,. ,1 'II V'. i P.