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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 28, 1938.
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,c:PrccidGnt's DirtMay Party
Affair Will Be Held at
Walker's HaU Mon
; daylight
indications Point to Big
Crowd and Success
' ul Party
-Mrt'WvSt ;Pttt and he? cops of
helpers are planning to arrange an
Attractive aetting for the President's
Birthday Bait; ich will be held at
Walker's HU on next Monday night,
. and:A. JL Skinner, who Is -chairman
- of the affair, has secured the services
of an eleven-piece orchestra to fur
nish music. v .
Miss Gladys Hamrick and her as
sistants are arranging for refresh-
- ments, which it goes without saying
will he all that is to be desired.
An in all, it looks like the party
ehoald-be a big success, both from the
.standpoint of a good time and from
the standpoint of the amount to be
realized to help in the fight against
infantile paralysis, which is the pur-
pose of these MMay parties for tHkjM robbed was
President which are held annually all
- over the country.
.-This is the first time that Perqui-
' mans has participated in this great
cause, and .the workers are showing
a great deal of enthusiasm.. -.?
J Tickets, the sale of which : is in
charge of Mrs. Campbell, are
sellinK in a way to give encourage
ment but not half all many have been
8istans .expen .to sea aeiore xne
fair comes off.
u It. isnt'often that Hertford ;folk
" who like dancing get a chance to
dance to the musk of an orchestra
such as Mr. Skinner has secured for
- this occasion, and this alone will at
tract many who enjof dancing.
- Everybody is asked to do their bit
for the causa, even if they do not care
to attend the party.
Tickets may be secured from the
following-; Mrs. .''Campbell, Mine
following: Mrs. ,wmpoeu, mm
Evelyn Riddock, Miss Sarah Carlisle,
Mrs. W. M. jfitt, Miss viaoys nam-
riCK, 01 IB. UTBC8 iiacKBOU, il. vr. Avuvr-
eon, Gene Perry, Thomas Peele, Mor-
gan Walked Willi. 3
K, S. Ifonds, Rupert Ainsler, Lucius,
Blanchard. Linwood Skinner. ' . ' , ' . ' , .. . . 1 "eir general guardian, xseiue cox
oiancnaru, "nww Somehmes these northern lights .Pierce, Nancy Cox, Virginia Cox, Har-
'A V a I .ftjpeM l-stoeainer, smiding' often; jieKMer.a James H. Cox.
rflf r ,"lJf r'l : XPrft! 10 . fan BhaPe from above the north' It is alleged ttat the paper writ-
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Rendered By Second
Grade Children
There was a very interesting pro
gramt the xneettas; of , the Patent
T rJ fli.tfiw Pale red or yellow to blood red,
o.mmm. ov wi-foii ai
s i ss i ii in laiiiiiasaa uvuwi wu i
Monday' night, given bf the children
of toe second grades under toe direc
tion of. Mrs. Herman -Winslow. and
ML Alma Leareett' Among the chil-
drett taking part were H. Di; lKUer,1
a, v-j. n 1--JI . . TUTai.lnU
Ward. - .
- There was a!o -a lovely . duet -by
I .a. A. R. v r and Kiss Maoei
I r.e,: with Mrs. . L "s accompanying.
I'rs. W, K-Mor; si, presidant, pre
i r r the buaincs s"ion, -v.'-
i' :te' Ions' read f- Jct '
; fau;;r", Hrs. -X, . 1
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is.wea ' .ven. . ;. . ..;'
George ixander and Mi's,
ions we- s appointed a mem-.-tJ
cor ittee.:"' Mrs.'D.'.i'li;
1 1 to serve-on. the
wiwi Miss Coxa
i T.lite. ;The re
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Very Specific!
t A town with a bank, but with
no street lights, was the descrip
tion that came to Sheriff J. E.
Winslow last Monday of the
place where a store had been
robbed in this vicinity.
The Sheriff hadn't heard of a
tore being robbed at Hobbsville,
but the description fitted the
place, so he telephoned C B.
Hathaway, who runs a general
store in the village some twelve
miles distant from Hertford and
asked if thieves had been at
work the night before. They
had, responded Mr. Hathaway.
He had lost a quantity of cigars
and cigarettes, as well as other
items of merchandise, sometime
during the night.
The merchandise had been re
covered by the Norfolk, Virginia,
police department Sergeant Ben
ton, whs telephoned Sheriff Wins
low, reported that the man ap
prehended with the stolen arti
cles didn't know where he stole
them, bat did knew that the store
in a little town
where there was a bank, but no
street lights.
Aurora Ooredis Is
Vatchsd Willi Awe
Many In Hertford View
Phenomenon First
- Time
Hertford folks watched with awe
and wonder the luminous phenomenon
of the aurora borealis early Tuesday
night. Those who failed to see the
strange sight were greatly disap
pointed. The northern lights, as the unusual i
llght is generaUy cailed Bpread over
a va8t expanse of Bj and many iocai
young folkfl Baw the 8pectacle for the
flrst time in their lives, for the north
ern lights have not been seen here-:
for like ten
v ' I
em horizon, and such was their ap-
pearance nere once a lew years ago.
On veryrare occasions, the aurora
appears as an arch of light across
the sky, from east to west ; Some-
times It assumes a wavingappearanee,
urA thfm, farm mim wu viaihlA hrM.
1?T.."ffl his death Dr. Cox did not have
ed n toe far horison. It is tills ap-'
pearance which is sometimes
e,,e.
"Merrr Dancers." :
The northern lights, at various
times, assume a variety of colors,
and the light which spread across the
. . ... .
sky on Tuesday night was of much
the same hue as Mood.-,
The aurora is supposed- to be of .the laws -of the bUte.
'eleetricsJrlsMR to ,'f iiDft Cox,who was the brother of all
be seen In itai reaMtSsnlendor ';ln:vtto ceators except T. A and W. D.
th far nnrth if la Mn lanilnil.'.U)X. WDO IK nenneWS. , OlOU m iiaCK-
in most parts of the world-
- In the northern hemisphere, however,
thA thenomenoii; which t comeDonda
with the aurora boremliii lt called thfi
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Fuiling'to
mt' a K:o
curve r' ft
Chp-tjril'a- Service Station, at Relvf-
dervon Mbnday, William Ad
EC . ton, was seriously injured when
his sutomofc:!a left- the roadiM into
fillchand slruck a tree before it
rebounded to the ' road where the
young man was thrownff out on -; toe
concrete. 1
t Carried by iiribulahce,; whieti was
summoned by telephone, to thai oJTIc
of an Edenton physician it w;s foar.i
tLat toe victim had suf.ereJ o..a or
more broken ribs as well as, an injury
back. - - -. ;; . '
ccrmxurs vest ill
rrect:i colored v
:,:'rL i comic:
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Sirior Court In
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Session full 7eu(
Two Cases Last From
Tuesday Until Noon
Saturday
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For the first time in years, the
Superior Court term, held last week,
lasted the entire week.
The trial of the two cases, which
were consolidated and tried together,
James L. Hendricks and W. Rufus
Harrell against Roy E. Littleton,
Mack L. Lupton and J. T. White, ad
ministrator of Mrs. Estelle White,
lasted from Tuesday until Saturday
noon.
In answering the issue the jury
found that the plaintiffs were not
damaged by Mrs. Estelle White but.
found that they were damaged by the
defendants, Mary L. Lupton and Roy
E. Littleton. They further found that
James L. Hendricks was entitled to
recover the sum of $800.00 and that
W. Rufus Harrell was entitled to re
cover the sum of $664.70.
James L. Hendricks, who was injur
ed when the truck which he was driv
ing and which was owned by W.
Rufus Harrell, was struck by a truck
driven by Mrs. Estelle White which
had collided with the parked truck
owned by Lupton and driven by Lit
tleton, asked in the complaint for
$15,000, alleging permanent injury.
Mr. Harrell sued for $5,000 prop
erty damage.
The accident occurred in Bertie
County on the highway between the
Chowan River Bridge and Windsor, on
the night of December 17, 1936. Mrs.
White, whose administrator was a
party to the suit, was killed in the
accident.
The defendants gave notice of ap
peal.
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Alleged Paper Filed Is
Not Last Will of For
mer Physician
Rumors which had been current in
Hertford for some weeks were con
firmed last Thursday, when a caveat
to the will of the late Dr. T. A. Cox
was filed in the office of the Clerk of i
the Superior Court, the following
names appearing as caveators: W. G.
Cox Dad Cox Salhe W. Urquhart;
T. A. Cox and W. D. Cox, minors by
ing which has been filed in the office!
ot the 0f the Superior Court by
Mrs. Nina M. Cox, the widow of Dr. I
CoX not last will and testa-j
, 0 t. A. Cox. for the reasons
tBat at the time of the execution
m j i -li ii. '
capacity to mak( and execute a
will, for that he was not of sound
mind and disposing; memory at and
during the said time, for the reason
that the signature of Dr. Cox was oh.
tained by Nina M. Cox by undue and
, improper influence and duress, and
for the reason that the paper writing
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I was not executed in accordance with
Jsotti Missw on December 18,foUowing
a long perioa oi w neaiuu
Funeral Oh SlindaV
tMrsv-'-Aitfe. Meads,, widow of John
Ar;MeadSi; of) Weeksvflle,-died Pri
dayjnljtht at 10 ;05' o'clock at the
aonm -oi .npr..augnw,,v: atrs., ,Mry
i rayr 'jicar . nerora, wnerp . snip wmo
vlsitihaf.
Were ? held at
"Salem Baptist Church,.1n Pasquotank
If County, ofvwhichv she . waa a mem-
ber, on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and were conducted by the Rev. H.
rotts, pastor of toe First Baptist
Church, of Elisabeth 3ty,'n4 toe
Eev. W4! D, Morris,' pastor of .the
Corinth Baptfct "Church. L
: Mrs. tads, v !io was c84 years of
t zi, was a nat:. id PvnnEylvanla but
Lai lived near Wew..3vi:ie since early
r ' " ooi. The was a woman of fine
i : I n character, beloved by a host
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'?! to Perqui
i vwks, being
- "-eck ago.
'ren, Mrs.
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Caveat To Cox Will
Thursday
CSitioH Already Appears For Offices
?o Oe Uoted
C. L Thompson Will
Nomination
esldent Judge
Says
e in ever Betore
ht Office at
Polls
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Appo&ted By Governor:
To Ealfill Judge Wal
ter Small's Term
In anriouncing his candidacy for the
position Ipf resident judge of the First
Judicial '.District, to which place he
was recently appointed by Governor
Clyde iloey to fulfill the unexpired
term of Judge Walter L. Small, Judge
C. E. Thompson of Elizabeth City is
sued the following statement to the
voters of the district:
"I am quite sure that each one of
you sincerely regrets, as much as I,
that Judge Walter L. Small has found
that it Will be inexpedient for him
longer ti continue actively as Judge
of this Pistrict. He made a plendid
record on the bench, and had he con
tinued si. Judge 1 would never have
thought of opposing him.
"As successor to Judge Small, Gov
ernor Ityey has selected me to fill oui
the remainder of his Judicial term,
which Jwttl expire on. December 31st
of thi&'year.
"If there is any opposition to my
contmuihf to.' hold the office longer
3 thawtjtejsi-it wilthe Wcessary for
mo to run in the Democratic Primary
to be held on June 4th.
"Therefore, I announce that, sub
ject to the action of that Primary, I
shall be a candidate in the November
election for Judge of the First Judi
cinl District for the term beginning
January 1, 1939.
"Although having given a great
deal of my time, thought and effort
in the interest of the Democratic
Party, I have never before sought of
fice at your hands. Notwithstanding
I would like to see each one of you
between now and the Primary, my
duties as Judge require me to hold
courts in the central portion of the
State, and will prevent my seeing
many of you in person.
"I hope, therefore, that you will
consider this a request for your earn
est support."
Wallis Cobb Mayes
Heads Junior Girls
J Officers Elected at Meet
ing Held Tuesday
Afternoon
Wallis Cobb Mayes was elected
president of the Junior Girls Aux-
iliarv of the Hertford Baptist Church
at the meeting held on Tuesday after
noon at the home of the leader, Miss
Helen Monrtn.' '
Other ftffieirrs; elected included Vice
President; Dorothy Elliott; Secretary-
Treasurer, Marjory Mathews; Chair
man , Program, Committee, Frances
White, the,.assjstants being Katherine
White and Eva Harris; and Chairman
of Personal: Service, Barbara win
slow. Mltf Helen Morgan was elect
ed Chairman of the Publicity Commit
tee. ;::1f;.-l'JvK'.f.,
It wasdecidedtoat' the' meetings
will be held n, 'iTnefidayv afternoon
after' toe 3rd Sunday in each month. ,
Those present were Cornelia Can
non, Margaret Divers, Dorothy El
liott, Barbara? fiault, ; Eva Harris,l
Marjory Mathews,- i Walljs Cobb
Mayes,' Lelia Euth Nobles, Katharine
WhiteVi FTaneet White, and Barbara
WjnBlow.;v;;,ks,. !
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.Born to M- hd Mrs; Horaoef
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Jones, it toeif rf home f in Craddocki
Va,' on Tlursday,, January 201838, i
a mm, Horace, Jr The baba pisi
ents formerly lived In Hertford, Mr.
Jones be'rr at toat time manager of
the State XhitotS.X0QQ0
t0K2Tn ANNOUNCEMENT!
Born to : and Mrs, A. P, Bar
bieur, of TltteSeld, III,, ort Monday,
Jaimar 71, at the Albemarle Hospital
inEi:' ' City, a son, " William
Char' Earbieur . .was the
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On On Primary Next June
John McMullan And
Chester Morris After
District Solicitorship
Opportunity Is Afforded
By Herbert Leary En
tering Judge's Race
BOTH WELL KNOWN
McMullan From Pas
quotank; Morris From
Currituck
The political pot, which only mild
ly simmered through recent weeks, is
bubbling.
The appointment last week by Gov
ernor Hoey of C. Everett Thompson,
of Elizabeth City, as Judge of the
First Judicial District, to fill the un
expired term of Judge Walter L.
Small, whose health prevents him
from continuing the work, was fol
lowed this week by the announce
ment of Judge Thompson's candidacy
for nomination in the June primary,
and also by the announcement of Soli
citor Herbert R. Leary, of Edenton,
as a candidate for the position.
John B. McMullan, of Elizabeth
City, who recently announced his
candidacy for the position of Solicitor
of this District, is opposed by Chester
R. Morris, of Currituck, who is a
candidate for this position which has
been held for the past ten years by
Mr. Leary.
Judge Thompson's announcement,
which appears in this newspaper, calls
attention to the fact that, although
he has given a good deal of time,
thought and efTort in the interest of
the Democratic Party and its candi
dates, he has never before sought of
fice. In announcing his candidacy, which
announcement also appears in full in
this newspaper, Mr. Leary calls at
tention to a custom which he states
has prevailed for approximately half
a century in the First District to
elevate or promote the District Solici
tor in the event of the retirement o.
resignation of the District Judge.
Both candidates are well known
throughout the First Judicial District
and beyond its bounds. For ten years
Mx. Leary has served as prosecutor,
practicing regularly at each term oi
the criminal court in the district.
Associated for many years with his
step-father, the late Judge George W.
Ward, who was a native of this coun
ty but who practiced law in Elizabeth
City where he made his home, and
since Judge Ward's death as a mem
ber of the firm of Thompson & Wil
son, Judge Thompson has long been
recognized as one of the leading
members of his profession.
The newly appointed judge was
bom in Bellwood, Pa., on October 27,
1879, the son of John Cooper Thomp
son and Mrs. Emma Green Thompson.
His father died when Judge Thomp
son was only four. His mother later
became the wife of Judge Ward.
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Change For Conveni
ence of Judge Oakey
Who Resigned
Recorder's Court met on Saturday
night, for the convenience of Walter
H. Oakey, Jr., who has resigned the
position of Judge of this court, ef
fective February first, because of his
appointment as an attorney with the
Federal Trade Commission at Wash
ington. Judge Oakey was in town
over the week-end but could not" be
here for the regular Tuesday court;
hence the Saturday night session.
The ease against Joseph Perry, Jr.
charged with speding and reckless
driving, was dismissed upon payment
of 'the court costs..-;
" In tha ease, of Cora Martin, colored,
Who plaed guilty to the charge of be
ing drunk and disorderly; prayer for
judgment was continue dupbn good
behavior for one year and upon- pay'
ment to, Ida -Elliott of the damages
to hcr-prerases.'--:i;"lf-iiA,
George Washington Feltori, better
known as "Dummy",1 and Robert. Win-
slow, both colored, were found guilty
of assault and sent to the roads for;
Id At night
thirty days ; ,
Herbert R. Leary
Judge For District
Calls Voters' Attention
To Custom of Promot
ing Solicitor
50 YEARS OLD
Has Served as Solicitor
For District Ten
Years v i
Herbert R. Leary, at present dis
trict solicitor, on Tuesday formally
announced himself a candidate for
resident judge of the First Judicial
District, whom the voters will choose
in the June Primary. Mr. Leary's
statement regarding his candidacy
follows:
"In announcing my candidacy to
succceil Hon. W. L. Small as resident
judge of the First Judicial District,
subject to the Democratic primary in
June, I consider it proper to direct
attention to the custom to elevate or
promote the district solicitor in the
event of the retirement or resignation
of the district judge and upon the call
of the roll for approximately half-u-century
it will be recognized this cus
tom is evidenced in the First District
by Judge G. W. Ward, a former solici
tor; Congressman H. S. Ward, a
former solicitor, who preferred Con
gress; Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
a former solicitor, who declined ap
pointment as judge on several oc
casions and Judge Walter L. Small,
my immediate predecessor in office.
"I am now fifty years of age, with
more than twenty-five years continu
ous practice at the bar, supplemented
by ten years experience in the office
of district, solicitor, and, if in your
opinion, I have discharged the duties
of the office in a satisfactory manner,
ordinarily it would follow you would
feel justified in entrusting to me the
performance of the duties of district
judge and if there is any real merit
in the idea of promotion, I fe?l I am
justified in seeking the nomination,
and with expressions of genuinj grati
tude for the loyalty of my friends in
the past, I appeal for their vote and
active support, for which I wnll be
deeply appreciative and if nominated
for this high office I pledge the best
services of which I am capable.
Snow Hill White Hat
Club Elects Officers
Mrs. Ashby Jordan Is
Named President at .
Business Meeting
Mrs. Ashby Jordan was elected
President of toe Snow Hill-White Hat
home demonstration club at a business
meeting held on Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Raymond Eure.
Other officers were elected as fol
lows, Vice President, Mrs. Ralph
Harrell; Secretary, Mrs. Hazel Hos
kins; Treasurer, Mrs. Raymond Har
rell. The project leaders were named as
follows: Food, Mrs. George Eure;
Conservation, Mrs. J. A. White; ".T
Clothing, Mrs. Hazel Hoskins and " ':
Mrs. Elma Wood; House Furnishing,' f
Mrs. Freeman Umphlett; Home Beau- "s
tification, Mrs. Elmer Wood and Mrs."
Mattie Barclift; Home Gardens, Mrs.
Raymond Eure; Home Poultry, Mrs.
H. D. Caddy; Home Dairy, Mrs. E.
D. Mathews; Health and Relief, Mrs.
Shelton Harrell; Education, Mrs. Ed
ward Benton; Recreation, Miss Eunice
Harrell and Mrs. Vernon Winslow;
Markets, Mrs. Ralph Harrell and Mrs.
George Jordan; News Reporter, Mrs.
Ralph Harrell.
TO MOVE TO HERTFORD
Mbr. and Mrs. J. R. Pntrell and
their son, Richard, of Rich Square,
expect to come to Hertford in the , '
very- near future Nto make toeir . l
home. Mrs. Fvtrell, who lived in
Hertford before her marriage, was
tha former Mies Alice Elliott Mr,'-.--,
FntrelL native, of Northampton
County, is a traveling aalesmaiw The . :
family will live) at Mrs. J. E. White's .
boardinf house. ,
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