WEEKLY
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV. Number 47.
Hertford, Perquimans. County, North Carolina, .Friday, November 12, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year.
UIM1NS
t;
To;vn Criers' Ratify
Dy-fevs ilTid Discusi
l6v;n Imjirownts
Nearly 50 Per Cent of
t. ;Membership Attend
r 5 .Meeting
b 71 PAIDDUES
Adequate light at Local
Grammar School Is
Target of Activity
With nearly fifty percent of the
paid membership of the. Town Criers
" afthe meeting held at the Court
1 house on Friday night, the organiza
v ,tion which had held its , initial meet
" ing in June was perfected and the
' ' kv.iiwa ratified. In addition, a num
ber of matters were discussed by
', the body and definite plans of action
for making certain improvements
4 -were put in motion.
,'. Chairman S. M. Whedbee presided
, nd at the opening of the meeting
Stated that, he thought it was in or
- der to state the motivating force be
hind the organization and proceeded
'to set forth the same. Mr. Whedbee
said, among pther things in connec
tionwith the fact that the organiza
- 'tion" was the outgrowth of a move
S tnent last soring to organize a
, ' chamber of commerce in Hertford,
that the obiect of the orsrftnizatioh
V. was to improve the town. "Nobody
.' is coming to our town to improve it
for iib. and the onlv wav we can
I hope to attract folks to Hertford is
ior us to improve ourselves, to make
.' the nlace attractive to them." Our
'aim, ha said, i to sponsor a' deeper
' J '.i sense .of civic . reBponsiDiuty - in me
citizenship of Hertford 'and to teach
. the people that to pay taxes-is not
their nnlv plvic dutv. -but that each
citizen -is as vitally interested as any-
VAjIA Wlisi4a nfflciollv fytnneetAd With
Uyytj iruiw ----
wi; and tnat it w uie auiy. 01
Uetter nlace in which to live.
The chrmah emphasized the fact
that nothing spectacular was attempt
A Knf that' there are many small
ways in which individual can help
improve the town ana pomwsa uuv
.; that from mall beginnings great
things could develop' .
' ' Calling :! for the report of J. G.
Eoberson, chairman of the member
rmw nrnmittAA. It was disclosed that,
though only 71 men had paid their
membership dues, a nunuer or ouier
i had signified their intention of doing
. Chairman Whedbee announced that
1 the Board of Directors had held three
: meetings since the first meeting in
June and had, among , ; other things,
tentatively ' agreed on. .the by-laws,
- which were read and discussed, after--'
wards being adopted." : One of these
' by-laws is to the " efTect that before
any matter can be acted upon by the
. Town Criers it must first be taken up
at a meeting of the Board of Direc
i tors, who will make report to the
meeting and take .action.; ' ,
Probably the most important, mat
' , ter decided upon at this meeting was
1 ' that of providing light in the Hert-
ford- Grammar School buildingV ,: In
4 vestigation had previously been made
." of a situation which called for imme
diate action, though the situation was
- one of long standing. Among the
thick- grove of trees which surround
this building .are some which' a too
, close' to the building, so close indeed
- to the windows as to obscure ; the
. light to such' an extent that the chil
dren are unable to see the black
" - boards. L. W. Anderson was ap
; pointed to work . with a committee
-.ember to be named by the Parent
- - - Jjavher Association and with Super
intendent of Schools F, T, Johnson
and Kiss Mary, Sumner, Principal of
the school, the committee to get per
i '-!on from the Board of Education
rc -edy the Situation, w(
i r'ch trees as are necessary,;.;'
V to the question i-jA
' rr ' !:c reBt rooms in Hert
:: t -r tion had been ;pre-
i i by the directors, a
i of J. W- Ward,
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was t. 1 I)
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MRS. W. T. BO$T .
Mrs. Eost is Commissioner of
Public Welfare and will peak at
the Welfare Conference ' Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
L. L. GRAVELY
Hon. L. iL Gravely, of Rocky
Mount, who (will address the
' Northeastern District i; Welfare
Conference which convenes in
Hertford today. '
Mrs. Dardsn Given
State P. T. A. Post
,
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Named Chairman of
Publications of Or
ganizatioii : " " ..
f Mrs. V. Jl. Darden, Hertford,
former ; district ' r president , of the
Parent-Teacher Association, has re
cently been appointed to a State of
fice in the organization. Mrs. Darden
is now chairman ' of publications " of
the P. T. A.' She has ben asked to
make a talk at the meeting of the
P. T. A. of the Hertford Grammar
School this week. :
Mrs. I. A. Ward, of Hertford, who
is the new district president of the
P.' T. A.,' will' be the principal speak
er on the program at the meeting.
Katherine Jessup
:: Suffers Eye Injury
f 'A handful of ? lead pellets -thrown,
into the face of Miss Katherine Jes
sup by a small boy", at the Perqui
mans Highv School 'on Thursday of
last week resulted in severe injury
to the young girl's right jiye.
have' been removed by Dr. W. W.l
Sawyer, or n;iizaDeu uty, wno is
treating- the Injured eyelb Meantime,
the young lady is confined to her bed
at the home of her aunt," Mrs. T. B.
Sumner, with whom she, resides, and
Is- suffering" much, pain.-, y .
Pan : Wi!!;a fin ;
. yirr.ia. Kcspital
' Dan Williams, who has been pa-1
tlent for the past' week X Kecough-l
tan Veterans; ' Hospital i j Virginia,
underwent an operation -on . Ttaesday
of this wek.- His concTion t is re-i
ported as satisfactory.
A. Iinwccd C!a. ncr
DidiAtBh-chard'g
.', L. Skinner has returned to the
cf J; C. Elanchprd & Com
? ?n absence cf two years,
"l time he was employed
EJipmenS? "Cor--Tsy.
r . i : t ";nl r -: cf
'.tir;- J.ers - txo
5-Day Postsl Census'
To Secure County's
Unemployment Data
Wide Distribution of In
formation Cards Will-
Be Made
VERY IMPORTANT
President Roosevelt Re
quests Prompt Co
operation Postmaster J. E. Morris and the
other members of the Hertford post
office force are assisting with the
national employment census and en
deavoring to have the unemployed
and the partially employed fill out
and return to the Hertford postoffice
the cards furnished by the Depart
ment' in carrying out the census.
The unemployment census will be
taken under the direction of John y.
Diggers, Administrator and all post-
offices are assisting in the work. "
The cards will be distributed by
postal employee to all of the dwell
ings in the country on November 16.
These cards arc self-Dxplanatory in
the main, but postal employees will
be g'.ad to render any assistance nec
essary in filling out the report card.
All carls must be mailed before
midnight of November 20, allowing
only four days for the cards to be
turned in.
In a pamphlet issued by the De
partment it is specifically stated that
"registration on the unemployment
import card is in no sense registra
tion for a job. Individual jobs will
not be provided in this way. Ihe
Congress directed that the census be
taken to provide information to aid
in the formulation of a program for
reemployment, social security and un
employment relief for the people of
the United States."
It is -further stated that the confi
dential nature of the answers to
questions on the unemployment re
port card will be respected by the
administration of the National Un
employment Census and that the
names of the signers will not be pub
lished or made public in any manner.
The following is reprinted from
the unemployment report card:
A message from the President of
the United States to every Worker:
If you are unemployed or partly
unemployed and are able to work
and are seeking work, please fill out
this report card right away and mail
before midnight, Saturday, November
20, 1937. No postage is needed.
The Congress directed me to take
this census. It is important to the
unemployed and to everyone in this
land that the census - be complete,
honest and accurate. If you give me
the facts, I shall try to use them for
the benefit of all, who need and want
work and do. not now have it.
. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
MrslXWErd Chief
liallKKiKt
Mrs. W B. Aycock of!
Raleigh - Also on
Mrs. I. A. Ward, of Hertford, Dis
trict president of the-Parent-Teacher
Association, was a special ', speaker
on. the program of the meeting of
the. - Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford i ; Grammar. School on
Thnnday afternoon.;:
ii Mjrs.' W B; Aycock, of Raleigh, a
former State president of the P.T.A.,
was also a speaker on ; this occasion.
Mrs. Aycock, who is field supervisor
of the Department of Publla Welfare
in North Carolina, remained in Hert
ford toattend the Northeastern Dis
trict Welfare Conference which con
vened here on Friday, ; '" . . " !
I::scepilReeidrsl
Rev." C A. Ashby, " rector- of ; St
Paul's PcriEh, of Edenton, will preach
at Holy Trinity Church in Hertford
on T J?y morning, : , while Rev.: &
T. i, the pr-stor of this parish,
tr. i ft f '.. Paul's Church.
New:
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their Kti'i f
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t Nwa Visitors
V;. H. L. Sutton ' and
? , E : t r rt, and Dozier
t Tews, Va., came
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IN THE WAKE OF FLOOD
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'"1 f-- Mil;! fif v
k ' - "jT - I 1' s " ' ''V- '
This scene was enacted many times In refugee centers established by the Red
Cross during the Ohio-Mississippi Valley flood. Inevitably floods bring the danger
of disease as drinking sources become contaminated and large groups of people
are thwtwn together. The medical-health service of the Red Cross serves thou
sands each year, and is maintained by membership funds contributed to ths
organization at the time of its annual Roll Call from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving.
Piroii
D
terpe
Test With Windsor
Lions Are Considered
Toughest Opponents
Jpn Schedule
NEW UNIFORMS
Victory Will Bring To
tal to Four Out of
Five Tries
By LUCIUS BLANCHARD, Jr.
Rigged out in new Indian raiment,
Coach Bob Bates' warriors are under
going the season's toughest test this
afternoon against the roaring Wind
sor Lions, by far, we think, the
strongest eleven the braves have met
this year.
A win at the Bertie county seat
will give the Perquimans boys foui
victories out of five tries, a rather
impressive standing for a school that
spent the better part of the past five
seasons carrying the short ends of
long scores.
Laterals by Captain Dixon, Mac
White;' Freddie Campen and Walter
Bond have been dazzling boys from
Columbia, Plymouth and the Eliza
beth City Juniors, and proving con
sistent ground-gainers, while the
running and passing of Captain Dix
on, aided and abetted by the running
of Mac White, together with a good
pass-receiving equipment in the par
son of Billy Arnold, have given the
local boys a score jump on three
fourths of their opponents. All of
which is not intended to be a pro
phesy on what is taking place in the
Lions lair on this Armistice after
noon. Those new uniforms blue jerseys
with gold letters and numerals, new
pants, shoulder pads and helmets
should prove a big help to the In
dian warriors, who like their name
sakes, always fight best while in full
war paint
Since only three reserves leave
little alternative for Dean bates to
do otherwise than to start the regu
lar equad Captain Dixon, with Wal
ter Bond, Freddie Campen and gal
loping Mac White s running mates,
wUl probably start in the ? bmckfield.
Nixon .. recently vsuffered a shoulder
injury which kept-hm on the,, beach
during the greater part of the J2ir
sabeth City fracas last week, but the
bum limb is all well again now, ac
cording to Coach : Bates, who . looks
with an optimistic eye on the pro
ceedings this afternoon.''
In the forward 'wall, reading from
left to Tight, will be: Billy Arnold,
Percy (Toar Byrum, " Jarvis Ward,
Bill Feilds, Rex Gault, David Brough
toft and Zack Harris. '
1 If the usual game achedule is 'ob
served on this, day of peace, . when
hostilities ceased nineteen years ago,
Hertford will chalk up a tally early
in the first quarter. However, the
Lions are not being considered light
ly and the Indians are facing Wind
sor as the season's supreme test thus
far. -
Methodists Enjoy
Bishop Kern's Visit
Congregation, Out of
Debt, Is Expecting
Good Year
By REV. D. M. SHARPE
Sunday, October 31st, was a great
day in the Hertford' Method it Church
when BishoD Paul B. Kern preached
a most excellent sermon to a large :
and appreciative congregation. Af
ter the sermon Jake T. White pre
sented the Christian Education Build
ing to Bishop Kern, who dedicated it
to service of God for instruction in
the ways of Christian living.
Following the dedication service
the pastor produced a note for
$11,000 which was executed in Octo
ber, 1930, the last of which was sat- j made by Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commis
isfied this year, presented it to the , sioner of Public Welfare, of Raleigh,
chairman of the board of stewards,', her subject being The Developing of
W. H. Pitt, who burned it before the an Adequate. Program of Public Wel
congre&ution while they stood and fare.
sang "I Love Thy Church, O God." j Following Mrs. Bosfs address Na
At the close of service Dr. T. P. j than H. Yelton, director of Division
Bnnn, one of our stewards, and ,
Mary Glasson Brinn, presented the'
baby, Mary Elliott Brinn, for Holv
Baptism, which sacred rite was ad
ministered by Bishop Kern, assisted
by the pastor, Rev. D. M. Sharpe.
At the evening hour, Rev. D. E.
r.arnnarat, president ot Lxwisourg
" 1 1 11J iL. I ' . IT. I
iUitege, imeu me puipit. ne gave
a very splendid sermon. !
The Methodist people, with their1
church debt paid, and feeling thati
they are going to finish this year in J
good style, had a great day of re
joicing. They say they want their
preacher to return for another year.
Sometimes people are "just foolin'."
Holmes Speaker
At Woman's Club
Program Arranged In
Celebration of Arm
istice Day
C. R. Holmes, Hertford attorney,
was the principal speaker on the
Armistice Day program arranged by
the. Hertford Woman's Club, the ar
rangements being in charge of Mrs.;
w . u Dtti. iur. n Ts.0.A j
Km L. C. Winslow. j A member of the Glee Club of the
The affair, which was the annual college, Miss Keaton will tour the
get-together meeting of the Woman's State ta the spring. . She is frequent
Club, when the club members invite ly invited, to sing on special occa
husbands or other male members of ionsin Louisburg and represented
their families, was held in the Worn- the college on a special program at
an'a Club room of the Community
House on Friday night, the program
featuring patriotic songs under the
direction of Miss Kate E. Blanchard
' COTTON GINNING .
W. VL Harrell, special agent for
the Bureau of the Census, Department
of Commerce reports that there were
2,219 bales of cotton sinned in Per
quimans County from the crop" of
1937 prior to October 18, as compar -
ed with 1,905 bales ginned to October
18, of the crop of 1936. ,
Many Expected For
Welfare Conference
To Be Held On Friday
Prominent Speakers On
Program For Addresses
PLANS COMPLETE
Interesting Feature Will
Be a Round Table
Discussion
M. G. Fulghum, president of the
Northeastern District of Public Wel
fare, will preside and Miss Ruth
Davenport, superintendent of Public
Welfare of Perquimans, will act as
secretary at the conference to be
held in Hertford on Friday of this
week.
Mrs. V. N. Darden, of Hertford, is
chairman of the steering committee
on local arrangements, and the hos
pitality committee includes in addi
tion to Mrs. Darden, W. F. C. Ed
wards and Charles E. Johnson. Mrs.
J. G. Roberson and Mrs. I. A. Ward
will be in charge of registrations
and the committee on arrangements
includes Mrs. T. E. Harrell, Jr., and
Mrs. C. P. Morris. Mr. Bernice
White is chairman of the publicity
committee, Miss Grace Knowlcs and
Mrs. F. T. Johnson compose the
luncheon committee, and the attend
ance committee includes Mrs. J. G.
Roberson, F. T. Johnson, Mrs. Harry
Broughton, Mrs. I. A. Ward, Mrs.
Charles Skinner and Mrs. C. A. Dav
enport. The affair, which will be attended
by perhaps 150 out-of-town persons,
will be held in the Hertford Baptist
Chin cli, the first session convening at
9:30 in the morning and an after
noon session being held immediately
after luncheon, which will be pre
pared under the supervision of Mrs.
T. E. Harrell, Jr., teacher of home
economics in the Perquimans High
School, and served by members of the
class.
The invocation will be pronounced
by the Rev. Edmund T. Jillson, rector
of Holy Trinity Parish, and after
Mayor Silas M. Whedbee makes his
address of welcome, greetings will be
expressed by Mrs. Mary C. Linton,
president of the Association of Coun
ty Superintendents of Public Welfare.
At 10:30 o'clock an address will be
of Public Assistance, and Miss
Lavinia Keys, regional representa
tive of the Social Security Board, of
Washington, D. C, will speak.
There will also be a round table
discussion led by J. E. Pope, chair
man of the board of county commis-
sioners of Martin County.
W. H. Dunn, chairman of the Wil
son County Board of Welfare, will
preside at the luncheon, and after
this there will be an address by the
Hon. L. L. Gravely, of Rocky Mount,
his subject being A Forward Look in
Public Welfare in North Carolina.
The counties included in the North
eastern District are Bertie, Beaufort,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven,
Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates,
Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Lenior,
Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perqui
mans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington and
Wilson.
Miss Keaton Adds To
Reputation At College
Miss Maude Keaton, of Perquimans,
who is a freshman at Louisburg Col
lege this year, is living up to the
reputation she gained as a student in
Perquimans High School, when she
won first place not only in district
voice contests but also in one of the
'""f
atate contests..
wuisoarg rut this fall.
Miss Keaton is a daughter of Mrs.
R. R. Keatoiu ' ;
RevI Wray Smith Goes
Td Siler qtyi Ouirch
' Rev. Wray Smith, of the Bagleys
Swamp community, has accepted a
call td preach at the Pilgrim Church
' at Siler City, and with his family
left on Thursday of this week for his
I new home. t. ', , '