North Carolina Newspapers

4 v 3 77 mm 1 1 u an fir w .i - . i-r.''--L.j-i, ; : . a ,TYJ2aiuvuA JNJiiWBJf AfJEUt DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OFJIERTFORD AND PERQUIMAN8 COUNTY Volume V;-Numberl4 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina,, Friday, January 7, 1938. $Li!5 Per Year. : i 'I PS V It Petitioners Bequest Paving Nertford-eenter C3ili Road County Commissioners Sign as a Group and Individually . iviucirusED - One of Most Important Roads In Perquimans Arid Chowan A petition, bearing the names of many business firms of Hertford, as well as other Perquimans County residents, particularly those interest ed in the project, was presented to the Board of County Commissioners ' lor their endorsement on Monday by Archie T. Lane, the petition being . made to the Highway and Public Works Commission, asking for paving Vof that portion of the road from Hertford to Smalls Cross Roads, ;which remains unpaved. The petition sets forth that the -iroad.has already been surveyed and , graded and that no structures such - as bridges and causeways will have to be built now. "It is one of the most important roads in the two counties not in the State Highway System proper," reads the petition, which goes on to state "Upon this road is five churches, and three schools for the ' white race. There is a consolidated County High School at each terminus of this road. The road, save about two miles there of, is used during the school season by the school buses of both counties. i It. is intersected between Hertford -and the Qross Roads by nine by-roads. Around ninety percent of the 4 land adjoining' this roadJi '-cleaned fanning Jandj very, very little forest adjoining the roads. Between Hert- ford and the Cross Roads there live bout one hunlred twenty-ftve iami 5 lies,; and including the by-roads it is estimated three hundred families use this road to get from their homes to A the main highways and back again." The unsurfaced portion of the road is about 5 miles. ' '" The Board of ? Commissioners en dorsed the'-petition and in addition each commissioner signed as an indi- vidual.':- th'J', Three appeals were made to the ?;i commissioners Uiat they recommend i' to the State Highway and Public Works Commission that they improve roads in various parts of the county. f Boys' Quintet Meets 7i!li; Townspeople and Stu dents Urged ;o Sup- By BOB BATES. The Perquimans High boys' basket ball team will try to make it two wins in k row when they stack up against the invading Williamston quintet this Friday evening . at the Hiirh School. '.'.". . .. Villiamston Friday - ( ' Ably led by Captain Dox Nixon the " local boys already have pinned a 27 rhl tumming1' on to' Harrellsville . l " team, who had played nine games. P; Despite their lack of practice , the ;"s Hertford team showed'greatpromisc nd onl the lack bf suitable Yeserves . an stop i the 4boys ;fim , having a uessM:jeaionvv-:;' "; -r ; Nixon, Mac White, Charles Ferrell, i' ,4 FredJCampen and Zach Harris make ; , up the starting line, up for this FriT ;'.T:'dayVj game with Rex -Gault;. and t Tewy Byrum. sure to see ction. be - ; fore the final whfatfe; ;,.' ;;.:?; .' The basketball teams 'needttie " " "f supr f the town people as well as Its ituc' 'a and hope lor a ooa turn c- i this week. A team always j . , plff' i ' ller with someone on the side lin. cheering them on,, so lets get out fc.. uck the team. '- ? Young Men's Bible I da-i Tn Prospect " rev."Jf, F. r.tor of the J 'Hertford baptist Cnurca, announces that he expects to organize a Sunday School class sf or young men on next Sunday, and that he 1 1 nave any young men i . ested to be at Sunday I . i Uu t:.ra. . ; ' . 4 T. a c!ass is for young men :i n f .?aate and dalt r r : ' ' " j In e'l from 13 ( ' John 1. WMm Will Be Candidate For Office Solicitor Elizabeth Oty Man Will Conduct a Vigorous Campaign HERTFORD NATIVE First Candidate to Make Formal Announcement Of Candidacy John B. McMullan, a son of Per quimans, will be a candidate for the office of Solicitor of the First Judicial District, subject to the Democratic Primary in June. Mr. MMullan this week confirmed the rumor which had been current for some time in Hert ford. Mr. McMullan is the fh t and only candidate in the field. Herbert Leary, of Edenton, who has held the office for the past ten years, has yet office for the past ten years, has as yet issued no statement as to his candidacy this year. "I only wish," said Mr. McMullan, in announcing his candidacy, "that 1 could make a campaign which would bring me into personal contact with all the men and women of the several counties comprising the district. How ever, knowing that the large geogra phical area to be covered, together with the necessity of earning my live lihood while I am conducting the campaign, will make it impossible for e vtp seft and'skiG p and every voter, "I wish now to as sure these voters of my desire to meet them and of my purpose to make myself known to just as many Of them as I can under the conditions of .my campaign." "I further pledge that I shall, if elected, display - in office the same vigor and real in the prosecution of its duties that I put forth in the cam paign for nomination. ."Finally, let "me assure the voters of the District of my deep, abiding and grateful appreciation of whatever support and encouragement, they may see fit to give me at the polls." Mr. McMullan, who is well and favorably known here, where he has frequently appeared in important lawsuits, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. McMullan, the junior member of the law firm of McMullan & Mc ullan, of Elizabeth City. Born in Hertford in 1907, he spent his early childhood here, the family moving to Elizabeth City in 1916." Though only thirty, he has had eight years', ex perience In the practice of law.. : Active in both politics and civic affairs, Mr, McMullan has served: as President of theVXoung Democrats of Pasquotank : County, and is now County Attorney of Pasquotank, and lUuniy Attorney tu jrooijuutaim, miuj chairman of the Pasquotank Board of Elections. ii . j ,. .i , "'"ivJ lotte Stick, daughter of Mr . W jura. ciau& owvk, ui aiiMHn'W wj and ,Dare County. The couple have) two children, Brock, who fa flva and a iialif MQ,iaei, wno is two. 4i n . .- w ' G. B. White IS bWOrnln C. A White, newly appointed keep- er of tne county nome,. appearea m-. fore the' Board of County v Commis sioners on " Monday and preBehted his bond of a thousand dollars. He later took the. oath of oflke before Qerk Superior Court H. Pitt. ;'. JIGj ' --Bootleg liquor prescribed for -, hoarseness by Walter H. Oakcy, .Jr., in Perquimans County record er8 court proved effective Judge-Oakey, on whose stand .the pint bottle, of low rrade ; ;.:hlskey'ucd as evilence in a' ' trial immediately' pmceeding had ' :been left, was unable to hear a ' witness, Lloyd 'Felton, Negro, .affected with hoarseness lue to t Ihe crowd of SFictato'i Iaug lien tne juage oi-crea t.. SherilT give the witness a ' V a frt f r: rcepti. i a roticetl! clzzvt-j ef He's An Industrial Worker! I ' 7f ' YOU would naturally think of the man operating the tractor as a farmer; And he is a farmer, but he's also an in creasingly important figure in the indus trial world, not only as a consumer but cs a producer. He's engaged in hoeing up a field of soy beans which later, after passing through various factory proc esses, you'll be using in the form of paint and varnish, soap, linoleum and scores of other products. Consumers In formation points out that 91 million pounds of soy bean oil, a comparatively new crop for American farmers, was produced in one recent year Of this amount, 2 million pounds went into the soap kettles, 5 million into linoleum I and 13 million into paint and varnish. ren In School Showing Fine Spirit Good Roads In County Make Transportation Simple Matter REPORTS Children Glad Mid-Term Examinations Are Over Back in school after a ten-day Christmas vacation, the children of Perquimans are showing a fine school ; spirit after having been full of the! Christmas spirit, according to Super-1 intendent of Schools, F. T. Johnson. They are all, without exception, glad that the mid-term examinations are behind them, according to the Superintendent. , Attention is called to the fact that report cards will be issued on Janu ary 12 and it is suggested that all parents pay due attention to these rerjorts and that thev sism them and - - . .. , .r. retunr them by the children on the day lIffWin eir receipt. The schools of the county are all operating successfully, and, with forabl weather con'dition, none of the. roads in the county are in such condition as to retard the travel ter of great satisfaction to Superin- tenden Johnson, lyho says that, in addition to the great hardships occa- a important Last Tear. when the roads were in such unusually bad condition following the long: periods of Jieavy rain, the cost of transporting the school children was far in excess of this year. . Children and ' their - parents - are, doutbless, taking 'great - satisfaction in the condition of the roads and the consequent .improvement of, the bus schedules. ; $ 5 '-' j i W iri i1 M ji.; r ii, y ifi i Seeking Owner Of . j .: Some Lost Articles - Some woman shopper last Saturday purchased some bottled cherries at Fender's. She also bought some pa per plates and other thingfl at Mark Gregory's'The clerks 'who Waited on the woman caunot .recall who she was. . She would ' " probably like to have, the lost articles, which were f - .nd by Mrs. C, C.- Winslow, oft ths - 'a la "n of her home' on - Market k eet n Sunday. ' ' , I 1 J n Offlcer Robert A. White, to whom Mrs. - Winslow reported the matter, turning over the articles' to him, will he glad to locate ihe owner. Ti.ey fe now in the office of W. H. Titi, CI" Evrerlor Court, and may After Xmas Vacation 1 5 Tils brand new market for American larmers, who are now growing a large pnumber of industrial as well as food products, has been developed, like many Others, through the vast research pro grams undertaken by American indus try, whose laboratories have added un told millions to the national wealth and also thousands of jobs for American workers. .lore Books Arrive For Public library Management Suggests More Country People Borrow Books THEY ARE FREE Library Is Open Every Week Day From 1 to 5 All Perquimans folks are entitled to borrow books, free of charge, from the Hertford Public Library, which is operated by the Hertford Womans Club, with the assistance of WPA, and with Mrs. Brooks Whed bee, librarian, in charge. The library is open five days in each week, every day except Satur day and Sunday, the hours being from 1 to 5 in the afternoon. The management is particularly anxious that more of the people in the country take advantage of the privilege of reading the books in the library. Recent reports are to the I effect that a good many of the chil dren in the county get books regu larly from the library, but not many of the older people outside of Hert ford are applying for books. A new lot of books for children came, in this week from the State Library Commission, and a lot of books for adults are expected to ar rive later in the week. Donations of books from any one interested in the library etill are in ) order, as there is constant need of more books. This is Hertford's first attempt at a public library, though there is a public library in the Whiteston com munity; v MrsL Ward Attending pi State Executiye Meet Mr: h 'J0: Ward,Chairman of the Seventeenths bSstrict of the Parent Teacher, Association, left Wednesday for Greensboro, where she will at tend the executive meeting of the State organization.: .This is the first meeting of the, year,- the purpose of which is w makplans for the. State meeting to be held at Winston-Salem in April. - r-V J sitorToFloridan p WhV first of Perquimans folks to visif Florida telvMriwd home' on Friday, 'reporting a, delight Ait trin'tA Mnnv hnkntifut and inter- , Th6se la the party ihcluojed County Comminsiorier 'EL' D.'Mathew,, Floyd Mathews, Alphonso William f and yi (mMiMi,y.IMIIIMiiIM1ll)ll,l,l1,1tlMr,MiM,t-ll,1l estirig apotsRftaclulngi J5iaau,i. Beach SPebutt''an4f?' ther F. T. Johnson Speaks; To Perquimans Club Udmen pis Forehand's injuries Prove Fatal Foiiowing Accident Wreck Occurs Saturday Night on Grubb Street In Hertford ;itT.i. ONLY SON Large Crowd on Hand For Funeral Held Monday What caused the accident which re sulted in the fatal injury of Jarvis Forehand, driver and only occupant of the car which crashed into the rear of a truck parked on Grubb Street on Saturday night will never be known. According to those who arrived at the scene immediately af ter the accident, the lights were burning on the truck, and the truck was parked on the left side of the driver with two wheels over the curb of the sidewalk. The young man had not been drinking, according to those who were with him immediately be fore the accident, and the attending physician. Mr. Forehand, who was 32 years of age, and the only son ot his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Forehand, of the Beech Springs community, had been to Elizabeth City and purchased the new license for his car and was returning downtown from Wilson Keed's service station at the western end of Grubb Street, where Mr. Reed had helped him put the license on his 'giftUyyfteK-bk? on Sat urday evening. Bill Fowler, owner of the truck, in front of whose home the accident oc curred, and others nearby who heard the crash, were upon the scene very quickly. Town officers K. A. White and C. E. Walker were also there shortly after the accident and a crowd gathered. Some time was re quired to extricate the injured man from beneath the twisted steering wheel of the car which was jamme 1 underneath the end of the truck. Carried to the Hertford Clinic in an unconscious condition, the victim only partially regained consciousness, dy ing at 1 o'clok Sunday morning. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by the Rev. Mr. Walston and the Rev. Miss Alma Howell. Burial took place in the family bury ing ground. There was a large crowd in attendance. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Forehand, his wife, Mrs. Ellie Rogerson Forehand, and three children, Marjorie, Lucy and Melvin, all 'of Beech Springs. Meetings Called To Study Farm Program County Agent L. W. Anderson sent out cards this week to Perquimans farmers, notifying them of the time and place of the meeting to be held in the vanous communities for the purpose of giving information in re ference to the details of the farm program for 1938. The meetings scheduled for this week include one on Thursday night, at 7:30 at the New Hope School; one on Friday night at 7:30 at the Win fall School, and at the Agricultural Building in Hertford on Thursday, Friday . and Saturday, afternoons at ? o'clock. v.. :.;;v';V .,,-, The farmers of the county should make an effort to attend one of these meetings in order to acquaint them selves with the new program. ButM A bitter battle with a. beUiger ant billygoat resulted badly for Archie T. Ine 4- '.;y :;i Archie T. had Jive misfortune ., to lose a tooth in the" affray, which was- pretty oerions, since , . i the tooth was one of the yoong , r mom; uucu mwi . v' , nent molars;-i though Italy iwrenl h and pretty bosky. ; Still, all thing consider? dV he was mk. match " Mrs. Eunice Winslow Elected President of Council MEET APRIL 8 Six Clubs Register a 100 Per Cent Attend ance F. T. Johnson, Superintendent of Education for Perquimans, was the speaker at the meeting of the County Council of home demonstration clubs held in the Agriculture Building on Monday afternoon, with Mrs. E. M. Perry presiding. Mr. Johnson spoke on cooperation and his message to the women, rep resenting the leading farm women of the various sections of the county, was inspiring and helpful, striking the note which has been predominant in the county club work. Six of the clubs, Bethel, Belvidere, White Hat-Snow Hill, Durants Neck and Chapanoke, attended the meeting one hundred percent. Mrs. Eunice Winslow was elected President of the County Council, to succeed Mrs. E. M. Perry. Mrs. F. C. White was elected vice-president; Mrs. Clarence Dail, secretary; Miss Mary E. White, assistant secretary; Mrs. Mary Hayman, treasurer; Mrs. Ralph White, pianist; Miss Lillian Bright and Mrs. R. C. Perry wer elected song leaders; Miss Vida Banks and Mrs. Archie Lane, recrea tion leaders; and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, publicity chairman. The following committees were ap pointed for the new year: . Health, Mrs. T. E. Madre; Education, Mrs. L. J. Winslow; Recreation, Miss Vida Banks and Mrs. Archie Lane; Loan Fund, Mrs. Mary Hayman; Markets, Miss Clara White, Mrs. J. M. Sutton and ra! C. F. Sumner, Jr.; Citizen ship, Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood. The County Poject Chairmen are as follows: Food and Nutrition, Mrs. M. T. Griffin; Food Conservation, Mrs. Mary W. Winslow; Clothing, Mrs. E. M. Perry; House Furnishing, Mrs. John Symons; Home Manage ment, Mrs. Linwood Winslow; Home Gardens, Mrs. J. P. White; Home Poultry, Miss Maude Hollowell; Home Dairy, Mrs. Ellis Miller. In token of the fine service ren dered by the former president, Mrs. E. M. Perry, who has served for two years, the Council gave the re tiring officer a kit of choice cometics. The presentation was made by Mrs. John Symons, who paid a very fitting tribute to Mrs. Perry. The County Council will meet on the first Monday in each quarter, the next meeting to be held on April f, with the Ballahack Club in charge of the program. The program of Monday's meeting was in charge of the White Hat Club. P. C. H. S. Girls Play Second Game Friday Play Role of Under Dogs Against Williamston Outfit By BILL ARNOLD f The P. C. H. S. girls' baskebalf , !, team will compete Friday night,. - ' ' January 7, with Williamston. The girls have played one game this sea- son and won it. Williamston is be- iK lieved to have a slight edge over, the . ; local girls because they have played several games, while the Hertford j girls have played only one. $ -' Hiss Mary Onella Relfe, the Hert- ;5? f ford girls' coach, has coached -the girls practically every day at noon, and expects to win Friday. The probable lineup will be: For wards Hattie Pearl Nowell, Addie Ruth Morgan and ' Elizabeth True- blogdj guards Alice Roberson, frita JNewDoia and Blanche Chappell. . : '. Masons Install New , Officers For Year 4 At Jthe . regular meeting of the Per quimans Lodge of Masons on Tuest day night the following officers jwere ; installed: George W, Jackson, master; JPV:T.' Johnsn senio warden; Gti iRibberson ' r4ryf A li' SHnner, treasurer; JL S. Pierce, senior deacon; John W. . Zaehery. Junior deacon ; John Hill achery, Junior deacon; , John tiiii ad W. H.,f!tt .iteimfdit ,3,.&Wd&$:f said 'I Wendell Mathews. chaplain. '