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-Hertford, Perquimans County; Ncz, . Carolina, Friday, February 4, 1938.
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LUT.IBEIt
Ociturjty ta, Ex?:
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R. Graham . White, President and
" 'General Mansrer of Major &, Loomis
) i Company, local lumber dealers, ta ex
pected to return Thursday mgnt from
-Washington, D. C where he has at
tended the conference called by Secre
tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper,
in the interest of small businesses.',
Mr. White was one - of four repre
sentatives of small businesses . of
', Eastern Nlorth" Carolina invited by
j the Secretary of Commerce, to attend
- the conference. Others Included
r- Charles O. Robinson, of ' Elizabeth
' " City,-James S. Ficklen. of Greenville
and J. M. Harrington, of Washington
, North Carolina. J "
' ' Mews disoatches- last week an-
) nouncing the conference indicated
-' ; that only three North Carolinians had
' been' invited, to attend the conference
to which. 600 representatives of this
' group' in the United States had been
invited - - - , " ' '
'"j- It was due to the efforts of Con
ffressman Linda ey C. Warren that in
- vitations were extended by Secretary
-Roper to four residents of Congress
man Warren's district ?
' 1 Mr. Warren wrote Secretary- Roper
urging that Mr. ITcklen,- represent
tag tobacco: Mr. Harrington, repre
sentinar hardware: Mr Robinson, re-
- presenting hosiery, and Mr; -White,
representing lumber be invited. -.
: "These' gentlemen,? '' wrote . Mr.
Warren, -"are outstanding-, business
pleaders iA f istern North Carolina And
like others are having.'their,trouMes.
I think it would be very fine if you
Would ' invite them to, attend and 1
hope very much that you can do m
- The telegram from, Secretary Roper
N Inviting Mr. - White ,to attend the
conference was received only a short
time prior to the receipt of. the copy
, warded Mr. White, '
Mr. White exoressed much gratift
, cation at-tha 'opportunity fot- the -presentative
of.the small business to
confer with the SJecretary ' or vom-
c 'x merce and: intimated that there were
: a. number of matters which- oe.
' pected to Express himself upon if
given the opportunity. .
rt SixGatc3 Nccrcc34; :
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;'A horrible tragedy ' occurred in
Cates County 1 on Monday night of
this week, when six persons, all col
ored, were burned ' to death when
' their home was destroyed by fire.
The dead include Hattie Homer
Freeman, 45, f and her fottr children,
who perished in the flames, nd Jane
IIoffler73, te etep-mother of Kfcttie
Eodler Freemah, who died . Tuesday
as a result of the burns she sustain
ed. .. , ' ."'
The family lived on the River
Tad, in tb. community vk"own
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NEW JUDGE
C Everett Thompson, of Elisa
beth . City, . recently appointed
Resident Judge of the First Judi
cial. District; who took his oath of
office before Governor Clyde R.
' Hoey in Raleigh, on Tuesday.
Stone Found Too Per
fectly Solves . Lost
Colony Mystery
S
' Though "along the banks of the e bufneM wom"' 7al consider
Chowan River" does not definitely . with roreesUons for each, faking
describe any particular spot, those In consideration, lines, materials,
who are familiar with the spot com- eoor' harmony and design,
mnniv i,nnnsMl m hit th . t nf 4n i The schedule of mee tines for the
Indian village,- some - sixteen miles
from-HsrtfortC' OtrtSie" shore ot tnej
unowan,.are wonaenng ir n couia oe i February 3, with Jars. Eunice wuis
here that the stone in the hands of i low.
the Emory .. University authorities Home and Garden Club meets on
was picked, up. Nr , j, ' ; Friday, Febiuary 4, witli Mrs. James
Since the appearance on Sunday of , S. McNider.
the Associated Press ; atory quoting' chapanoke Club meets on Tuesday,
Dr. Haywood J. Pearce, professor of February 8, with Mrs. John Asbell.
history-at Emory University, in At- winfall Club meets on Wednesday,
lanta, as saying that the mystery of February 9, with Mrs. C. J. Layden.
the LoBt Colony of Roanoke Island,' Ballahack Club meets on Monday,
a problem which has baffled history February 14, with Mrs. Archio Lane,
ianrfor more than 800 yeaw, may be; Sprjng Club meets on Tues-
cieared up by the message on s tone day Februaiy 15, at the school house,
now being investigated at the Uni- L'Urante Nock Club meets -on Wed
versity there has beeii -great deaV nesday, February 16, with Mrs. S. T.
of. discussion among local, people of,
the matter, witb ; some frankly ex-j r.u i..k
..x. ju ... .nfh.nf ' Helen Gaitner Club meets on
oTthrPu . c
B-gm f.:-J.,-Bethel Club meets on Friday, Feb-
However, .tho8e who have !f yisfted twn 18, at the school house,
the site of the Indian village and teen - j w,w mt Qub meetB on tuesday,
for tlwiustOM.sviownat,: pbnitjrjr,'22, wlth...,Mr. Freeman
tomahawkishaped pieces of. stone uknphlett.1 i t 1
broken dim or inxuan pottery vttlDIeJ;..Beva:.,Bjte m Wednes-
where excavations, have been made
in. the marl deposits used for ferUH-l
ter purposes by local farmers, are in-!
triguedby the .story of the carving.
on the stone claimed to nave oeen
found on the banks of the Chowan.
' The stone, described as a rough
piece of., vein quarts weighing 21
pounds, with certain inscription, on
both, sides in Elizabethan characters,
wns carried to . the University last
1 n..er by a motorist who said he
' - ".'i across it while walking
1 ' i of the Chowan River,
i f.o.n t'.e original site
u - . - Cw.lar.y." f t
r " "; c a r::;son v. 7 so many
pt. ..1 1 11 j Ce e'
stone and i"3 pnr t j
SB to its authenticity is t
Sf e sid to be catved p
7 of the
e!:e?tical
; U emes -
tl.e stone
so perfectly clears up all t!e mystery
as to the fate of "The Lost Colony." c Poui'ry SU100I to be conducted in
Somehow, it is a bit too perfect J Elixabeth City, on Wednesday, Feb
Coming as it did upon ,t e heels of ruary 16, 5 by specialists from State
t' great celebration, the cpectacular.
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SCHEDULE
Due - Attention to C j
Given to limited m
.Wardrobes M
Clothes, that subject which always! t Mrs. A -Ward, who is chairman
interests women, is to be the subjeiig If. the Northeastern District of the
of" study by the women of the PSjl parent-Teacher Association, will con-
mans1Conmy homl dTS?l,S ct the third course in the parent
clubs during ttemonft of FebruarjK i projfram at the meeting to
and Miss Gladys Hamrick, hom, kMr field on Thursday afternoon in the
agent, has collected a great deal ofsertford Grammar School audit0rium.
u,!The topic of the study ta "What
women in solving their dresf
Due attention is to be given to th6iIeacher Association, when "Foun:er's,
wardrobe of the woman whose means foy win be 0;)se,.ved. celebrating i
are limited, who, as the agent points, forty.first year of the work.
out, must plan all the more carefullyjMrai Lindsey winslow and Mrs. E. w.
if she wishes to dress n good taste. Mayes will be in charge of the pro-
Not only the girl and the young., gram. A playlet "As Told by the
woman will be considered in this all-j
round matter of planning clothes, but'bers of Group Nk. 3, and a social
the middle-aged and the older woman ,;
is to come in for her share of atten-t
tion, and in addition to suggestions;
of how and what to buy in the matter
of clothing, a few don'ts will be inter;,
spersed. (
Different types of women, ranging
from the athletic type to the ingenue,
I and including the dramatic type and
month Is- follows: .
.Whitestoa tmvm'W Tutsday '
day, 'February
8, .with ,
Mrs. Tom
winsiow.
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Poultry Raisers Prom
Twelve Orcntfeg'
Those interested in poultry raising
throughout the ' twelve counties . 01
Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
' Dare, Gates, Hertford, Martin, Norths
ampton, . Perquimans, Tyrrell .' a a d
Wac'.ington, are invited to attend the
Colleger
The meeting- will ba held - At 10
1 rk,lL Im tit AnnvfnnoA ' TtidVA Will :
be lectures and discussions on mark
's- eting, on poultry disease problems on
to j the farm and. practical poultry breed
er !.-.. . ,
t'j 11 re will also be a demonstration.
cn r f - " '-rt and a disease clinic
c; ri i ; - r "'i. ' ..
I , I ' knrie demon
t! . -.ft! I -via, "and
, . i i t, who are
. i ... .j i. ,1, are very
1 i m;1!) farmers
'. 'y as
'I 'eve
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n!3rs Day Dd
Ll'CnedByP.-T.
; Orcup Thiirsday
Ciould Mean tb
Children
PLAYLET
tcllows Parent Educa
tion Program fly
Mrs. I. A. Ward
gf S Trtl
Candles," will be presented by mem-
hour will loliow,
;Mrs. H. T. Broughton, president, is
rery anxious that as many parents as
possible attend both the study course
ind the regular meeting, the latter
elng held at 3:30 o'clock.
R. Stallings Shows I
f'lTIP TmnrnVPmpnt home demonstration clubs of Per
fej XUipiUVClllCIItl quiman8 Helen Gaither chapanoke,
If'jlS' ,. . v . . ,.. Belvidere, Bethel and Durante Neck,
'IThfe condition of A. R. Stallimrs. .n j.j i n..
jtAT : . , , . i. , i
:yrh a a patient in the Albemarle
awiuu result 01 injuria ne
tsjttstafned on January 24, when the
w cwn 'waicn-e. was
ridiiw was struck by an automobile, 1
is still serious, though he is much im-1
proved.
Among other injuries, Mr. Stall-'
ings sustained a broken hip, necessi-
tating an operation which was per-:
formed by two surgeons from Duke
Hospital on Tuesday of last week.
Wyoming has more kinds of willow
than any other state, varying from
trailing plants an inch or two tall to
trees 30 feet in height.
ISOLATION IS ENDED
U. S. FORCED TO ARM
LIMITATION FAILS
JAPAN STARTS RACE
AGGRESSORS JOIN HANDS
JAPAN OUTBUILDS U. S.
BATTLESHIP PARADE .
FORCE THE WORLD RULE
SOOTH AMERICAN LURE
U. S. STANDS ALONE
(Hugo S.
Sims, -'Washington Corre-
spondent.)
It may be some time before the
vast majority of" Americans under
stand the full implication of the
American rearmament program. -It
marks the end. of the policy of iso
lation, regardless of how the fact may
be camouflaged -and - beclouded by
statements and explanations.
One has only to review the position
of the United States in world affairs
since; the end of the eWorld War in
1918 to understand the - tremendous
ImiMwf a f Ka aiuiaiiiT Antalya nvAfrrttm
iaaaav w miv Dn-vuu uvwihiv f .
about to be undertaken by the Government-
. Many readers' will., recall
the disarmament conference in 1921
1922, which set up a naval ratio be
tween Great P.ritain, r the United
States, Japan,' France and Italy in
regard , to battleships and ".aircraft
carriers. The established ratios, five
for the United States and Great Brit
ain, three for .'Japan and two for
France and Italy seemed move to
definitely limit competition ; in naval
rearmament.-- , .." t
-' The Vn'.' i Elates, at that time,
demanded t I r -,t Britain granted
full parity to u.a navies of the'two
Er,
its
'n? nations. This was
a cc"
L'iv
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i",
a. 'J
i 'n
, . 'v.j rrt of the Brit-
: i flowed a- naval
- 'ps to equal the
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LOOKING AT WASHINGTON
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$75 Cleared In 03ertford Oy
President's Oirtbday Ball
Sip Se!8smd
Iinwood Skinner Not
Particular Where He
Sold Ball Tickets
Lin wood Skinner apparently
believes in selling anywhere he
finds a buyer. Interested last
week in putting ever the Presi
dent's Birthday Ball, he had to be
out of town for several days. But
while in Atlanta, Ga., attending a
sales meeting of the John Deere
people, he came in contact with
men from all over the country.
A check-up on the stubbs of hta
ticket books when he got back
disclosed that one ticket was sold
to a man from Hornicon, Wiscon
sin, another to a fellow who lived
in Ottumaw, Iowa, while nearer
home he gold to an Orangeburg,
S. C man, and another to a man
from Norfolk, Va.
Clothing Leaders
Turn Out 100 Pet
Club Workers Attend
School In Agricultural
Building
The clothing leaders of five of the
eiiueu one iiunureu perceiu me
riftrt,ino. jaAaT9 hm,! mnHuppH At
the Airricultural Buildine on Wednes
day, with a clothing specialist from
q,,. ExteMsioir DepartflieHrf State
College conducting the school.
The clothing leader in each club as
sists the demonstration agent in giv-
meeting. The following women were
present on Wednesday: Mesdames C.
P. Quincy, Irma D'Orsay, J. E. Boirue,
Maude Lane, Claude Perry, T. C.
Pferry, L. J. Winslow, M. T. Griffin
E. M. Perry, S. D. Banks, W. P. Long,
C. J. Wilson, Eunice Winslow, and
Misses Gertie Chappell and Patty
Rogerson.
a naval construction program, agreed
to junk millions of dollars worth of
warships, including battleships in ad
vance stages of construction.
as an onset to the concession
made by the United States and Great
Britain, Japan and the other nations
entered into certain obligations in re
spect . to the Pacific and Far East.
These included solemn undertakings
to respect the "territorial integrity of
China," to maintain the "Open Door
in China, to respect the right of the
Chinese people to develop without
molestation and to take no advantage
of existing conditions in a troubled
Chinese nation for selfish purposes
The limitation thua placed on capi
tal ships had no (application to cruis
ers, destroyers and submarines. Na
turally, the nations , turned to those
categories that were unrestricted
Therefore, in 1936 a conference was
hew in London, at which time, limits
were established for these smaller
vessels. The net result was that un
armed powers began to build up to
the treaty limits, while the United
States, and to a leaser extent, Great
Britain and the others began to build
up to the treaty as pactas to estab
lish' permanent ratios for the navies
of the world and to render unneces
sary a large naval program.'
v The situation was rudely changed
by notice given by Japan, under the
terma of the treaty, that upon its ex
piration, Japan would not renew the
agreements The Japanese 'insisted
upon parity for the - Japanese Navy
"in principle," holding1 out the gen
eral idea that it was an affront to
Japan to accept inferiority In naval
tonnage and that ' if equality
granted, it did not mean that the
Japanese fleet would be built to equal
the fleets qf either the United States
or Great Britain.
Thereafter, upon the expiration of
. de Treaty, Great Britain, the United
C ' 3 -1 J ; t were unable to
' - ir i e-y Kt-IU on wurshir-s,
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More Than 100 Couples
Dance at Affair Mon
day Night
BESTDANCE
Iinwood Skinner Ap
preciative of Coopera
tion He Secured
More than a hundred couples danc
ed to the music of Norman Bryant
and his Eleven Swing Kings at the
President's Birthday Ball, the first
celebration of the President's birth
day to be held in Hertford, on Mon
day night.
The affair, which the young folki
enthusiastically refer to as "the best
dance ever given in Hertford," was a
success which the sponsors are very
proud of.
Seventy-five dollars, clear of all
expense, was the amount realized,
according to Chairman A. Linwood
Skinner, who reports the heartiest
cooperation from everybody he called
upon to help put over the ball in or
der that Hertford might do its part
in the nation-wide fight against in
fantile paralysis.
Morgan Walker contributed the use
of his hall. Mrs. W. H. Pitt and her
corps of helpers had decorated the
hall most effectively, using flags and
bunting, with the President's picture
as the dominant note in the scheme.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, with her as
sistants, prepared the delectable
punch which the dancers enjoyed.
Mrs. J. G. Campbell, as chairman
of the tickets committee, and the
group of young people who aided her
succeeded in selling considerable
more than a hundred tickets.
So heartily did everyone cooperate
to make the affair a success that prac
tically the only expense incurred was
that of the orchestra, and every one
agreed this was money well spent.
Those present included practically
all of tha young folks of Hertford
who enjoy dancing, with many out oi
town couples as well. There were
numerous tickets purchased by per
sons who did not attend, merely :nuk
ing contributions to the fund.
Club At Belvidere
Elects New Officers
The Belvidere Home Demonstra
tion Club held its January meeting
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. L. J. Winslow. The meeting
was opened by Mrs. R. M. White
conducting the devotional, after
which the song, "The Old North
State," was sung.
The following officers ware elected
for the year: President, Mrs. L. J.
Winslow; vice president, Mrs. B. W.
Copeland; secretary, Mrs. H. P.
White; assistant secretary and treas
urer, Mrs. W. L. White; song leaders,
Mrs. F. M. Copeland and Mrs. T. C.
Perry; recreation leaders, Mrs. W. T.
Smith and Mrs. L. C. Winslow.
The project leaders were appointed
as follows: Foods and nutrition, Mrs.
N. W. Chappell; food conservation,
Mrs. M. D. Lane; clothing, Mrs. T.
C. Perry, Mrs. C. T. Rogerson and
Mrs. F. C. White; house . furnishing,
Miss Margaret B. White; home man
agement, Mrs, Winford Chappell; ,
home beautification, Miss Clara White
and Mrs. Ralph White; home gard
ens, Mrs. F. M. Copeland; home poul
try, Mrs. N. D. Chappell; home dairy,
Mrs. Calud WinBlow; parent educa
tion, Mrs. J. C. Trivette. :
Miss Gladys . Hamrick explained the
individual score sheets and the year
books were filled out. - -
At the conclusion of the meeting
the hostess served tangerines and
nut squares.
Those present were: Mrs. F. C.
White, Mrs. Claud Winslow, Mrs. W.
L. White, Mrs. C T. Rogerson, Mrs. ,
H. P. White, Mrs. ' L. J. Winslow,
Mrs. T. C Parry, Mrs. J. C. Trivette,
Mrs. Winford Chappell. Mrs. N. D.
Chappell, Mrs. N. W. Chappell, Mrs..
M. D. Lane, & Mrs. F. M. Copeland,
Mrs. B. . W. Copeland, Mrs. R. M. -
Duncan, Mrs. Ralph White, Misses
Clam White, Margaret B. White,
Elsie Copeland, and Gladys Hamrick, .
and one visitor, Mrs. R. M. White,
PERQUIMANS BOYS JOIN ARMY
John Everett, - who spent three'
years as a private in the United
States Army, and ' who has been at
home for the past year, has re-enlist
ed, this time to be in the mei'.eal
corps, Julian Thach, youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Thach, La
a'-o er!' i-3. The two yo -r men
v:.leJf il 'Yciip 'tY.s
i f.r 1 i, ;rs H. j v.-l te
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