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AND PERQUH.IANO COUNTY.
.Volume IV, Number 50. ; Hertfordr Perquimans County, North Carolina; Friday, December 3, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year.
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MANY USES
Users Adopting Every
; iuna pi latest naec-
. County Agent L. W, Anderson
made' a survey last week of the homes
on the Winfall-Belvidere Rural Elec
trical line for the purpose of deter
mining to what extent the patrons
were uskig electric equipment and
appliances, and a glance at the list is
interesting.
. TM rural electric line is one of
three which Mr, Anderson has been
instrumental in introducing in Per
ouimans. , One of the Ikies is in the
Chapanoke community, one in the
Woodville-New Hone community, and
the third 'between Winfall and Belvi
dere. - Not only are these farm homes
flooded with light, but many major
appliances, including electric refrig
erators, ranges, oil burner heating
gvatems. hot vlates. water heaters
and washing machines are in use, to
siy nothing f such minor equipment
as vaccum cleaners! electric irons,
hot nlates. nercolators, razors, waffle
irons, heating pads and toasters.
Outside the house the farmers are
using . such devices s electrically
driven band saws, emery wheels, air
compressors, drills, and the like.'
"As a matter of fact, no less than
3 residences, 2 churches and 5 filling
stations on the , Winfall-Belvidere
linei which W 8 tnilea in length M
iaseen In operation for a period of
Uwft Aienthfii are Bervked by. this
yhne. ,nddehtally,i the two churches
Iegro urclie-nd five of -the
s are owned by Negro farmers.
FoUowinr ia $hi list of f electrical
appliances in use on these S9 farms,
as shown, by Mr. Anderson's : survey;
34 radios, 84 irons, 18 refrigerators,
8 water pumps, - 8 ranges, 8 washing
machines, 1 water heater, 20 fans, 9
toastertr p U burner, 6 vaccum
cleaners, 1 brooder, 8 emery wheels,
2 drills, .'! air compressors, 1 solder
ing iron, 1 battery charger, 14 hot
plates, 2 pads. v l sewing machine, 8
percolafors, 2 razors, 2 waffle Irons,
2 heaters, 1 victrola, 1 hair curler, 1
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"Why Parents Visit the
SchoorTopictoBe
J:;-;:J;JDiseu
' Immediately preceding the meeting
of the Parent-Teacher Association of
( the Hertford. Grammar School, which
will be Jieid on Thursday afternoon,
November 9, Che Parent Study Group
will ir This meeting 'will be held
.i-?f!l.a: III I II W -
sun inurso
't at 2:30 :o'etock. : Rev. D. M. Sharpe,
T pastor of- the 'Hertford Methodist
:'V Churchy will lead 4hei discussion; the
.jtapfe'.. being if Why Parents Visit
:0 Schooils.''' Every parent of children
: in the Grammar School is urged 4o
a Ibe present 'atvthis::meeting:''--lM.;
The meetiriig of the ParenTeapher
' r; A8Bockiiion w
; i this meeting,- at 8 ;83 o'clock REra.;
M. Lidfjick's music pupils will enter-
a; 'r..:: 11 "mfcers of -Group. No.: 1, of which
;; J'iS.;ArW. Arnold is leader, will also
' take pant ia & progranw under the
' . direction of ; lira. : Lindsey . Winslow,
who is prognam chairman. ,;
M UzzzziZ District Meet
In E. City Tuesday
v.':1 Local L.?3osai will attend 'th Dis
i i trict r ctl: ar in Elfiabeth City on
; ? next Ixpy ; nf;!jt, - at which- time
, ifce Third Derta w2l he conferred
upon number ,ef c-sdatsi'! and
titere wilt he no n :c'L j cf the Per-
quimans Lodge .i .1...J v v. which
in the regular time . f t ' r' - -4 V,
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.. i'ju wrs aeciaea - ai v 3 i it
r:: :ticj held on Tuesday t cf t"
week. 1 -
Vi"''' Preachers
v. Carlton naaa ana
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Seize
se Electricity
Change In Schedule
Of Mail Star Route
A change in the ' schedule of the
Star Route mail which heretofore left
Hertford, northbound, at 6:30 in the
morning, southbound at 5:30 in the
afternoon, went into effect on Decem
ber 1, affecting a one hour speed-up
in the mail service to any place in
the United States.
The mail truck now leaves Hert
ford for Norfolk at 6 a. m., and for
Wilson at 4:10 p. m.
The change in the schedule is ne
cessitated by a change in a train
schedule at Wilson, according to an
announcement irade by Postmaster
J. E. Morris.
Winfall House Totally
Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed the two-story frame
dwelling house occupied by the fam
ily of Wesley Hurdle in Winfall on
Wednesday afternoon. The building,
which v,as owned by the J. W. Hurdle
estate, was estimated to be worth in
the neighborhood of $2,000. There
was no insurance.
Nothing was saved of the furniture
but a mattress and two blankets.
While the origin of the fire is un
determined, it was said in Winfall
that employees of the Norfolk South
ern Railroad were burning brush on
the. Jright-of-way of the railroad and
it was surmised that, a spark from
the burning brush was blown across
the road which divides the railroad
property from the Hurdle property.
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Officers Elected For
Missionary Group
Officers elected for the Delia Sham-
burger Circle of (the Missionary So
ciety of the Hertford Methodist
Church at a recent meeting were as
follows: President, Mrs. G. W. Bar-
bee; treasurer,' Mrs. J. E. Morris;
secretary and publicity chairman,
Mrs. Cecil Winelow; local chairman,
Mrs. W. H. Pitt; local treasurer, Miss
Mary Sumner: corresponding secre
tary, Miss Elizabeth Knowles; super
intendent of social service, Mrs. J. C.
Felton; mission ' study, Mrs. D. F.
Reed. Mrs. Lindsey Winslowv and
Miss Bertha Chappell were) selected
as a committee for the Epworth
League. ' . f- -
The meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. D. F. Reed on Monday night,
with the following present: a Mes-
dames A. T. Lane, J. A. White, Cecil
Winslow, Oscar Felton, Ben Winslow,
Moody Mathews, G. W. Darbee, J. E.
Morris, Charles ' Skinner, Durwood
Reed, Howard Pitt, and Miss Bertha
Chappell.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. J. E. Morris. '
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And Garden Club
New Hertford Organiz
ation Formed Tues-
IMECT:M0NT8L
lcipal Pulse
Hcnie3 and Gardens
More Attractive
..HWiif! 'M:. TTrrn
was ' - elected
president of the Hertford Home and
Garden. Club, which was organized on
Tuesday when a; group of J, women
met t the home of Mrs. Riddick
ChappeH, with. Mrs Thomas Nixon,
who is county chairman of the Na
tional organization of Better Homes
in America, and whd- takes "a' great
deal of interest in local cmo worK,
present and taking part in the orgiatf
ization.-
I Tiss Gladys Hamrick, home cem-
c- 'ration agent of Perquimans, who
takes a leading part in all club .work
in which local women are interested,
I' t. C. F. Sumner was named vke-
r " . t of the ' new organization,
r " J. S. McNider . secretary-
" "1 rnat once . each
3 tf the organiza-
HeitciI Is
President Of Home
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S121 Collected For
Red Cross During
1933Ro!IC2!IDrive
Likely That More Money
Will Be Turned In
Later
MANY MEMBERS
Sixty Dollars Will Re
main In County For
Worthy Causes
A hundred and twenty-one dollars
is the amount realized from the Red
Cross Roll Call in Perquimans, ac
cording to the report made by Mrs.
C. F. Sumner, Jr., Chairman, which
means that there will be turned over
to the Perquimans County Chapter of
the Red Cross sixty dollars for use
in the county, the other sixty dollars
to go to the national fund, to be used
in the relief of suffering in emergen
cies anywhere in the country.
The local fund will doubtlessly
mean a great deal to the county. Last
year the free hot lunches for the
under-privileged children in the
schools were possible through aid of
the Red Cross funds.
Following is a list of those who
joined the Red Cross Roll Call by
paying one dollar: Thomas Nixon,
Mrs. Thomas Nixon, Walter H.
Oakey, Jr., Louis Nachman, Mrs. b.
C. Berry, Hudson Butler, Mrs. J. H.
Towe, Jr., Mrs. R. B. Cox, Mrs. Kate
Crawford, Mrs. E. J. Broughton, Miss
Jocelyn Whedbee, Mrs. B. ij. Gibbs,
C. T. Skinner, W. H. Pitt, Mrs. W. H.
Pitt, E. Leigh Winslow, D. M. Jack
son, Towe Motor Co., Mrs. R. T.
White, Mrs. E. W. Mayes, W. H.
Hardcastle, Miss Gladys Hamrick,
Mrs. W. H. Hardcastle, Mrs. R. M.
Riddick, Mrs. Clyde McCallum, Mrs.
W. G. Newby, Mrs. H. C. Stokes,
Mrs. Trim Wilson, Mrs. J. R. Stokes,
Mrs. J. W. Ward, Mrs. T. J. Nixon,
Jr., Silas M. Whedbee, Mrs. Si!ias M.
Whedbee, Mabel Martin Whedbee,
Mrs. T. B. Sumner, Mrs. E. W. Lord
ley, Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, Mrs. V.
N. Darden, Mrs. V. A. Holdren, Mrs.
Z. A. Harris, Mrs. T. L. Jessup, Mrs.
E. L. Reed, Mrs. D. F. Reed, Mrs. G.
R, Tucker, Mrs. B. T. Wood. Mirs.
Virginia B. Sealy, Mrs. J. T. Lane,
Mrs. J. T. Brinn, C. P. Morris, W. A.
Arnold, Mrs C. O. Fowler, L. B. Sit
terson, Mrs B. W. Pennington, Mts.
D. W. Williams, Mrs. Charles E.
Johnson, Msra. William Mardre, Mrs.
T, S. White,' Mrs. E. E. Payne, David
Pritchard, H. C. O'Neal, Miss Mae
Wood Winslow, E. S. Pierce, Joe &
Bill's Service Station, Miss Kate M.
Blanchard, Mrs. A. W. Hefren, Rev.
D. M. Sharpe, Mrs. D. M. Sharpe,
Mrs. , C. C. Winslow, Mrs. T. P.
Brinn, , J. Broughton & Brother,
City Barber Shop, Mrs. E. V. Babb,
Town of Hertford, R. N. Hines, R. M.i
Potter, . Mrs. C. F. Sumner, Jr., Mrs. I
S. T. Sutton, R. S. Monds, Jr., Reed
& Felton, Julian A. White, Mrs. Jake
White,. Simon Rutenberg, Johnson,
White ft Co., M. J. Gregory, L. W.
Anderson, F. T. Johnson, Miss Alice
Babb, Southern Cotton Oil Co., J. C.
Blanchard ft Co.r- Hertford Hardware
ft Supply Co., Hollowell Chevrolet
Co., H. G. Winslow, Mrs. . Lindsey
Winslow, W. E. White, Davenport &
Blanchard, Charles : Whedbee, Mrs.
Charles,: Whedbee, Ai A, Butler, The
Perqilimans Weekly, -Hertford Bank
ing Co., Mrs. I. A. Ward, Mrs. G. A.
White, Mrs. G. T. Hawkins, Rev. E.
T. Jillson; Mrs. E. Tk Jiilson, W. F. C.
Edwards, J. E. Morris, Morgan
Walker, Rose's , 5, 10 and 25 Cent
Store;'W;- M. Morgan, and' Mrs. W.
M. Morgan. '
:Irf addition to the responses to the
Rolf -Call,: there were v. contributions
made by Mrs. k.C E. Cannon and Mrs.
Helene Newbyi -The Hertford Ban-
Ktist.;Church (colored), made" i-contri
bution ox $8.14. ,
"It is possible that other contribu
tions' may be handed in later and if
so an account of same will be given
in ?this newspaper. ... , "
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Mrs. Laydcn Observes
IliEishty-Cfth Birthday
. Mrs.- Harriet Layden ('observed her,
eighty-fourth birthday on Saturday,
November 27.-, y,
Mrs. Layden, who is the mother of
Mrs. R. T. White, of Hertford, claims
the distinction not only of being the
oldest member of the Hertford Meuv
odist Church, but of being the oldest
person in Hertford., , .
: For a number of years Mrs. Lay
den has been in failing health and at
the present time is very feeble.
Her or'y t. o grandchildren, Mrs
G. F Lr Unw 0f Kinr I'ountain,
and Ehelion Avi-Ita; of L-i'ch, were
Krt 'visit !T3 ti t' ''r f-dmother
Kewtovn Residents
Adpd To Marry
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gers-uruse
Result Is That Business
Is Picking Up In Reg
ister of Deeds Office
MANY BRAWLS
Hoped to Break Up Lot
of Trouble In Negro
Settlement
Business is picking up in the office
of J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds,
who sold more marriage licenses be
tween November 13 and November
30 than have ever been sold in Per
quimans during a similar period.
In a virtuous attempt to make
honest women of a number of New
town residents, Hertford officers de
scended upon that section of the
town from which arises practically
all of the disturbances among colored
folks heard in Recorder's Court, with
a warning that certain couples living
together must get married at once,
or else.
The fact that many of the couples
living together down there were un
married was said to be the raason
for most of the brawls which fre
quently lead to bloodshed, and officers
believed that the best way to put an
end to' that sort of thing was to
break up such temporary arrange
ments.' Whether the theory is going to
work out according to the officers
remains to be seen. Nobody knows
whether, or not those women who
sometimes throw lighted lamps about
uppnroyocation are going to re
frain from that sort of thing because
the man concerned happens to be her
lawful husband and not a temporary
lodger, or whether or not the man
who is in the habit of blacking the
eye of a woman he claims is a casual
acquaintance will be transformed into
the sort of loving husband who acts
in character, nobody knows.
But they got married, one and all.
Some were not so prompt as others.
There was that little matter of the
marriage fee, a mere five dollars, but
not always easy to arrange for in a
hurry. Given time, however, the
marriage came off. No less than
twelve marriage licenses were issued
in this seventeen-day period, eleven
of them being issued to Newtown
residents. Two sisters were among
the brides.
An idea of how the anti-vice drive
affected the marriage license market
may be gained by comparing this
period with the corresponding period
last year,. when four licenses were is
sued. During the period between
November 1 of this year and Novem
ber 13 only three were sold, only four
being sold during the entire month
of October.
RECORDER'S
COURT
"No place is public enough for you
to stay there when the proprietor of
the place orders you to leave," said
Recorder Waltetr H. Oakey, Jr., to a
defendant who had been convicted of
trespass, along with several other
counts, in court on Tuesday.
James Fletcher end Ulysses Johni
kins, Negroes, were . the defendants.
There was evidence that" Fletcher had
told Johndkins,, after -the proprietor
of the store where they were had or
dered them to leave, "this is a public
place and you have a right to stay
just as long as. you want to.'' Both
were found guilty of being drunk and
disorderly both guilty1: oi . trespass,
and Johnikins was found guilty of
using profane - language in a public
place. ' Both were given six-months
road sentences. Both were ordered
to pay a $25.00 fine. Johnikins was
taxed with the coats, r The roaa sen
tencea were suspended upon payment
of fine and costs, and upon gooti. ee
havior for two " year and upon the
condition that neither go upon the
nremises ; occupied by Mr.r Will
Mathewset whose store the . disturb'
ahce occurred, for a' .'period of two
i William White, colored youth, who
had qualified for a driver's ' permit
which had not yet arrived was found
guilty of, driving '-with insufficient
brakes, and prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment of the costs
and 5.00 to J. Oliver. White for re
pairs to the milk track -with which
he collided. . , 1 t
;- Julius Slade pushed n wheelbarrow
from Lumberton,. Miss., , to Chicago
Hertford Business Houses
Primp Op ForHoliday Trade
A WHITE STORY
William White, a Negro youth, had
a collision the other morning with a
milk truck, the accident occurring in
front of the home of Mrs. J. E.
White, in Hertford.
The boy was tried in Recorder's
Court on Tuesday morning and con
victed of driving with insufficient
brakes, and it developed that not only
was the defendant named White, and
that the accident occurred in front
of Mrs. White's home, but the driv
er of the car into which he collided
was named White, Carson
White; that the ownei of the milk
ti-uck was. named White, J. Oliver
White; that the arresting officer, who
was a witness, was also named
White, Robert A. White.
Incidentally, the milk truck is fin
ished in pure white, and, just in case
it doesn't happen to register, the
contents of the truck, milk, was, of
coui-se, White.
Allan Jay Jordan Laid
To Rest On Thursday
Allan Jay Jordan, prominent farm
er of tae Bagleys Swamp community,
died at 7:45 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, December 1, after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Bagleys Swamp Pilgrim Church
on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and burial was made in the family
burying ground near the home.
Mr. Jordan, who was 66 veara of
age, was a graduate of Guilford Col
lege, and was a very successful farm
er. He was held in the highest es
teem throughout the county and
leaves many friends.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice
Smith Jordan; one sister, Mrs. W. P.
Sinclair, of Ryland; and seven
brothers, E. W. Jordan, of Coffield;
J. C. Jordan, of Goldsboro; J. W. Jor
dan, T. E. Jordan, E. F. Jordan and
A. H. Jordan, all of Ryland.
Instruction Classes
At Ford Agency
Expert Ford mechanics from the
Norfolk branch service department
are in Hertford this week for the
purpose of giving instruction in the
Ford Laboratory Test Sets, a new
Ford service feature recently install
ed m the service department of the
Winslow-White Motor Company, the
local Ford dealer.
Classes are being conducted each
night and are attended by all of the
employees of the service department
of the Winslow-White Motor Com
pany. Here During the Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Barefoot and
children, Carl, Jr., and Betsy, return
ed to their home in Greenville Sun
day, after spending the Thanksgiving
holidays with Mrs. Barefoot's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. A. White.
Members Christmas
Saving Club Receive
Checks From Bank
$5,000 Mailed to 250
Who Participated In
Easy Plan
NEW CLUB OPEN
Increase Expected Next
Year 3y R.M. Rid
. dick, Cashier
More than $5,000 was turned over
to those who had deposited Christmas
savings in' the;, Hertford Banking
Company this week. The amount re
presented the savings of. 250 club
members and the checks were mailed
ont on Wednesday.
. t This was an increase over Hast
Veal's Christmas Savings deposits,
according to Cashier R. M, Riddick,
Jr., who is expecting even greater de
posits next year. i ' r , -;t i
' The new dub was begun this week
and the announcement' by the Bank
that , percent - interest wal e
paid this year on Christmas 'Savings
accounts is expected to induce many
Merchants Displaying
Attractive Items to
Tempt Shoppers
AMPLE STOCKS
Down Town Section Is
Decorated With Elec
tric Lights
The Christmas lights are being
hung crisscross on the down-town
streets in Hertford, keeping pace
with the merchants whose stores are
decorated for the great holiday. The
lights will be turned on Saturday
night for the first time this season.
The cool, crisp weather we are
having just now is not unlike the kind
of weather we expect at Christmas,
and the big white frosts which ap
peared several mornings last week
accompanied weather which was in
deed wintry, with temperatures way
down below freezing.
Hertford merchants are indeed
getting ready for the holiday trade,
and never have more attractive
things been displayed in the stores.
There are Christmas presents to suit
every one's pocketbook and a wide
variety to select from. Not all of
the Christmas goods have arrived.
Several of the merchants expsct to
have further shipments to come in
within the next few days.
More lights are to be added to
those set up by the town for the first
time last year.
Christmas Parties
By Club Women
At Least Ten Scheduled
Within Next Two
Weeks
At least ten delightful Christmas
parties will be held in Perquimans
within the next two weeks, with mer
ry greetings in the form of gifts,
simple home-made things, presented
in attractively decorated rooms
where the parties will be held, attend
ed by' neighborhood groups of men
and women.
These parties are to be held in con
nection with the regular meetings of
the home demonstration clubs of the
county, under the direction of Miss
Gladys Hamrick, home agent, and
(the husbands of the members are to
be the guests.
The schedule for the month follows:
Chapanoke Club, Tuesday, Decem
ber 7, meeting to be hald at the
school house at Chapanoke at 7:30
o'clock.
Winfall Club, Wednesday, Decem
ber 8, at the home of Mrs. D. L.
Barber, at 7:30 o'clock.
Whiteston, Thursday, December 9,
at the home of Miss Edith White, ut
2:30 in the afternoon.
Helen Gaither, Thursday, December
9, at the home of Mrs. T. E. Mardre,
at 7:30 o'clock in the evening.
Ballahack, Monday, December 13,
at the school house, at 7:30 o'clock.
Beech Spring, Tuesday, December
14, at the school house, at 7:30
o'clock.
Durants Neck, Wednesday, Decem
ber 15, at the home of Mrs. E. M.
Perry, at 7:30 o'clock.
Belvidere, Thursday, December 16,
at the home of Mrs. Wayland White,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Bethel, Friday, December 17, at the
school house, at 2:30 o'clock.
Miss Margaret Mayes
Victim Of Appendicitis
Miss Margaret Mayes underwent
an operation, for appendicitis at the
Albemarle Hospital m Elisabeth. City .
on Sunday night.
The young girl, who is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mayes, of
Dobb Street, was stricken suddenly
early Sunday morning1 and was taken
to the hospital aft night, the operation
being performed at 10 o'clock. .
Her condition is reported as very '
satisfactory.
Cotton Ginning Now '
Ahead Of Last Year
Willie M, Eiarrell, special agent for
the Bureau of, the ,j Census, Depart
ment of Commerce, reports that there
were 4,129 "bates of cotton ginned in
Perquimans County from the crop of
1D37, prior to November 14, as com-
f'T'i with 8,755 bt ' 1
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to win a bet of ?200. ,
to join the cltfb; 1