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' V.J:-:.v' VftV,Vt t"?:'rO?t(. -k . !, ! r A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TQ THE UPBtJlLDING OF. HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, Volume V. Number 6 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday February 11, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. PEOPLE ANXIOUS -TO :TWS& J. S. McHider Appointed As Judge Of Recorder's Court 'LIT "J ":3lin2 In :-s..f . 1 ( "vismi .03 Br. h A. Ward, Who Is ? President, WiU Act-, V As Host",' b Ji jCO MEMBERS: I , First Time. Grbup Has Held Meeting In The" v" Albemarle - . ' Dr. I.,'A.' Ward, Hertford phyai ia, who is President of the Raleigh Medical ' Alumni Association 6t .ths University bt North Carolina, will be host to the group on .the', night of February 22nd, at their annual meet- in v -jr;-' "''' This 'will bo the first time the As--' aociation, which mnnbers sixty xmiv- -' bent fiao met in the Albemarlo, the V nearest point at wWch' a meeting has ' been held heretofore being at Kkh Square, Previously the nearest point was GoWshoro. ' Hie Association 'include all. the : four-year graduates; of the Medical School of the University T of North Carolina.' Only forth period -between 1903 and 1910 has the Univer - sity of North Carolina given a four year course in medicine, the last two - years of which were given in Raleigh; hence the Raleigh Association. It is .those physicians who were graduated from the UWverslty at Raleigh dur ing this period. who are members of , this Association.-' a f , 'The meeting, which' is always held 04 . Washington's 1 Birthday,: will be held at the home-of "-Dr.,' Ward on ' Church Street and will 1 Jfllct ; ht ' -form o banquet . There will he about 60 guests. . ''- i " Weather Wise Warn Not to Take.Too Much : , For Granted i The big willow, . with its graceful branches drooping , to", 4ho ground, is turning green. - r .. , s. ' , ', Always, this wiltow : tree which stands beside the. entrance to the Perquimans River Bridge in Hertford, v is among the first trees to turn green in the spring, but probably never be--fore in early Tebruary has so much green leaf been showing. - Seldom, indeed, has there been so mild a winter in the Albemarle. True, we .have had tome frosty weather, tome ? days when the eJr .was sharp. But, ' on the whole, it has' , been j a warm winter. Grass ir green " in spots, : winter shrubs ... have been blooming for a long time, dandelions an bloom . ing, and aven the offodihv of which later on-there are such numbers in Hertford, have- begun to open. L Jot e y the willowv but. other trees are butl-r j and . maples hers and ' there are red with bloom. 1 J Y - 'And all day long, . the sun shines out warm and clear.' -The weather-wise teH tra not to ' : take too much for granted f rc n these spring-like conditions. They pc'nt out that Kfe still a long tiu.e tii-i'd spring. But three are , many Nwho feel that the backbone of winter is broken. All through the jmonth of January they looked for; winter weather, fully expecting that Feb marvAould pay back what winter owes, but winter seems to tarry with K:s '-ying. ' . k , r ...,1.4 j recr" ' tnavr falls t '. 1 1 te, and - ' "t -:ji..of i-. i- - :t r Kt! ' at that ma..y ha- 3 e r 1 t in i' Albemarle, C cou vcravi:i -a. : At GtcsviHs r t. 1. . . T ' t.Lt rreoident M' 1 t 1 r.:.-3. r. -. - ft C ' . V 1 iJ f s on t'-'j t r xiatlon, 1 V '1 rfivd : 1 " .t " ) the to Bookmbbrfe'a Hrhfch operate on regular s.hcdule3 and which talce books tu ill sections of the counties in the State, have proved that people ore anxious for pood books to road.' Books arc loaned to individuals, xVinnla nl onmmimifii iunti..l ill.iiviiii nF kmtn urn. tvnivlitnl. hnnlrn nw r dtirnxtt Awnta nn nnfn.mo- V: - chanics, on bee raising; book of i't saraph-shows books beinr distnbuteq from one or tho tooKmoOiics. Jottn ling llbrarlB,eiglit of which nro PcrpjiuiLis High :Sc!;::Ii(X:rry Is t:5V Iff Rna Shqis Books Cleaned and Re paired By' WPA ' - 1 Project 73 VOLUMES Circulation In First twoiPrizes Offered To Months Was 1,341) St .-, r The- Perquimans "High " School brary, according to .Mxs. G. W. Bar bee, librarian, lis in tip-top . shape, thanks to the WPA book mending project, Every book in the library has been cleaned and several hundred have been mended, with still about one hundred more to be reconditioned It is estimated that a carefully mend ed book.' will last from two to thiee years longer. . The r workers in ths WPA book mending project deserve much credit for the careful and ex cellent work . they ? are doing. ; The pupils at P. C. H. S. have more pride in taking care of their library books now that they are bound properly and glistening with shellac, said. Mrs. Barbee. ; C'X--iiT-i' Last year, 'Mrs. 1 Mary Peacock Douglas, high school library adviser, classified the library according to the Dewey Decimal plan, and discarded a number-of booltitsr'S I t' I : , In the Dewey Decinial-plan books! are arranged in the following classi fications, and, thexflrsV semester in ventory give mi totf' of$ 1678 yol- umes. . vv''j.;-- ': ;':,':''. . 000 kneral Works 272 r 100 Philosophy i 200 Religion ... $00 Sociology : 400 Languages . ; 600 Sciences . 13! 87 400 , 600 Useful Art - 700 Fine Art i..,.. 29 800 Literature . I202J 000 Hurtory . F -Fiction - JJot aasisifled There aie 10 magazines in P..C H. S. library, two daily newspapers, and one weekly newspaper. v 1 . kV , Better Homes and Gardens . The. American Boy " v t . ,:The" American Girl 1 . N 1 .. - Time - -."i v '-v?,t't- ' :The Reader's :KgwkS TTie National .Geogiaij'H.'j:. Good Houselpingoaie I . Jar Mechanica-tf::!?!! ) 1 3 Literary Digest1."' 1 ' 8 News and Observer r j, - ; 1. 2 Daily Advance - ' The Perquimana Weekly ' ' Because of tho booh mendiny pro ject the library was not opened until October. .The circu!-'"n frtm, Octo ber 22 to fcecfcTuber 21 v.. a J840 books. ' - r ' 1 . - New hooks that have been added to the library this year are; , ; ' t It's More Fun When You Know Ce Vvercehv::1;, : ' 1 FlowersHouBeJ,!- sj.f.. " s of ti?e VorldCitmara.":; ; c! A" .o.: 147 poems' ns well .?.T!?"d ptorieg of adventure' r ihmniico. Above photo- operates by the WP A through its library Scouts Observing: Boy Scout Week By Special Program Boy Scoot Week will be observed by a special program by the Hert ford Boy Scouts during the chapel exercises at the Perquimans High School on Friday at . 12 o'clock. All this week the boys have worn their Scout uniforms to school, in observance of Scout Week. n Reading In County J. S. McNider Gives To Be Distributed In Schools SELECT BOOKS Contests Planned T?iv Three Groups of Students j- To promote better reading among the school children of Perquimans, Hon. James S. MoNider is offering cash prises amounting .to $25.00, to be awarded to winners in contests to bo conducted in the schools through out the county, according to an an nouncement made this- week by bup- r There are to be three final contests, on in-the primary group, one in the; grammar grade group, and one in thaj high school. lnuiUlCUBUW 'Lmm- i" 2ljJs The children of the schools are in vited, to submit, in writing,; first, the selection they prefer to read, lne title Of his selection, which it is pre ferred shall be a classic,, must be submitted, ia writing, to the teacher Mthe school, together with' the name or the author and the name of the t chihf submitting the selection. When all. of these shall have been entered a committee will select those which are to be used in the ; contest, one aclecUon fot each of the three groups, jthe i children takhtg 1 part in the contests must t then learn to ' read the particular selection,s; 0r,p their ;Theboy ajjdy gidof th .p'riry, grqiip and the graroma grade, group ; cash pHies;ff 42.50. each, of . aj ag-0tii-4 fum--.oJt .tejv-lollarsi ajjgi x lateiy there will be final- contest at the Perquimans High School this to be held some time in April, the ex act date to be announced later,- when' the winner from the primary, group the winner from the grammar grade group and the winner of an elimina tion contest in the Hirfi School will coir pete, the winner of each group to r3ceive'.'.-prizo of five' dollars. A 13-tLay courtJp culminated in m.Ticre for Eam-aol E. t'ay, 71, of CJ "-., Ia., and Krs. Crah Dei r-- -., V It -if-l May's i ar.4 Ce fL Ji fot his r. ijBroiros rw.s i 01 ttette travel and tajmlt education projects. Vospreed Joy er Improvement Of Rev. A. A. Culler Beloved Minister Suffer . ing- From Attack of Pneumonia IN HPITAL Reet of Recorder lOaurt Conveyed to - Not ojily in Hertford, but from al over the county, there were expres sions of pleasure ' at the news re ceived on Wednesday of the improve raent in the condition of the Rev. A. A. Butler, beloved Hertford minister. Mr. Butler, who lives in Hertforc and who is pastor of Great Hope an; Vvhitovin? Grove liapt'st Churches was suffering with a severe fold fo; sometime before pneumonia devolopec last week.. On Fridav h-3 was takei i to a orf0"c hospital r.r.i for severa' very critical, a report being receive' i on Wednesday, however, to the effeel that his condition was greatly im proved. ' Mr. Cutler, one-time pastor of th Hertford Baptist Church and foi many years a resident of Hertford, h a native of Durham, and accepted ar invitation to preach at the recent fiftieth anniversary celebration at th Temple Baptist Church in Durham. Usually an interested spectator a Recorder's Court, his ' absence or regret by who are accustomed tft lilm. The following state irent by Judjra McNider. indicative of the general esteem in which the min ister is held, struck a responsive chord in the hearts of those present.: "The Court takes judicial notice of the absence of the Rev. Mr. Butler this morning, .and looks forward to the time when he Will take his place among us.' Mr. Clerk, will you please convey our regret to Mr. Butler and say to him that we shall be glad to see him back." State PTA President Guest Mrs. I. A. Ward Mrs. J. B. Sedberry, of Wilmington, State, i President s the ,Pant- ' IVooVai. a aanotaMnni: WrflK ha- fL crlUUlt; of I. A.. Ward in Hertford, on ffJiitei&fliiiiA iU Ward, who is nresident of this! dia trict of the- P. T. A., are both epeak en eh th program the Currituck County Council to be held - hi Curri tuck' tha;.ighfc' From tho 125 .hogs : belonging to Cliff Waldo, farmer Of Dewitt,. Neb, a thief stole and : butchered "Miss r&bmka.', 500-pounder,' valued at Dnr(Ai;-I)avenrt uApintedJCoron X PCo A!f:DaViport!;ia1eeii rr: late P r- t' c 1 CoTonof. to succeed tne T. A. Cox, who heM'"tua j ia Perjuimana -for many r?,xrv!ort presented ' 'i t" Cc- Comn.:- C 'r r? '' i on Rlan- Seein' Things! 1 Tl A. J House Bewilders Jail Inmate The fellow in the Perquimans jail who took a nap on his cot Tuesday night might well be pardoned for rub bing his eyes when he awoke and looked out his cell window. The Fleetwood house, across the street, wasn't there. There hadn't been "a fire, Certainly, for thera was no sign of smoke or ashes. Another look disclosed that the house, which is some 60 feet square, perhaps, with big towering chimneys, instead of standing where it has stood for more than half a century, was away on the other side of the lot The fact of the matter is that the Fleetwood house has been moved 84 feet to the south and now occupies the extreme end of the 200 foot lot, half of which has been sold to Dr. T. P. Brinn. The job, which was performed by Wheeler & Watkins, of Stem, under the direction of J. K. Watkins, was done with so little fuss or commotion that few ot the folks in town knew the house was being moved. The few who did stop to take a look at the opeiations saw only a mule hitched to a windlass. lne mule, meek and mild looking ani mal, stood, waiting patiently, for the most part, as the small crew of men arranged blocks and rollers. I re sently, as the mule was driven round and round, winding the steel cable, the big, twelve-room house with its two chimneys, one measuring 9 feet across, moved slowly over the rollers, covering a distance of from 8 to 10 feet at each operation. Meantime, inside the house the various members of the family went about their accustomed business. Here and there, outside, stood one oi two spectators, a curious woman, a man or two, and the inevitable group of small boys. The Fleetwood home, which hai been the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood for 40 years, wa.? buik by the late Dr. Jack McMullan, who sold the place to Mr. Fleetwood wher. he moved to Edenton. Though the actual moving of tin house required only a few hours, there is much more to the proccs: than this, for the work was begun about two weeks ago and a good deal of preliminary wprk was done befoi the house moved on rollers. It is now necessary to rebuild the foundation work beneath the house. The entire job will require, according to Mr. Watkins, about three weeks. It was necessary to remove five or. the numerous trees on the lot in or der to put the house on the desired location. The half of the lot sold to Dt. Brlnn is that portion nearest to the McCallum lot. Dr. Brinn will build a home on his property. 1,0 library Books Loaned In January People All Over County Taking Advantage of Privilege A thousand and eighty books were loaned by the Hertford Public Li brary during the month of January, according to Mirs.; Brooks Whedbee, librarian, who says that she is much gratified that ; not only Hertford people are borrowing books from the library but that the people of other I sections of the county are beginning to taw advantage oi tne privilege oi reading books without cost. The library, which is a project of the Hertford Woman's Club, is visit ed regularly by representatives of the. State, Library Commission, and ia subject to tho rules and regulations of that body, from whence come most of the bwlcs which are handled in tho libn4 :- While a' librarian , is furnished by WPA, it is the women of tho Wom an' Club who assume the responsibil ity for the operation of the library, with the efficient aid of Mi. Whod- i . Very littla in - the way;?of craip- mcnt has, been provided as yet, but two new tables are to be furnished iaime.llatc'y, which will t add to the t:zrtf fcwa.wh visit the Ubri7. Named to Fill Unexpir ed Term of Walter H. Oakey, Jr. SIX APPLICANTS Holds Distinction of Be ing First Recorder In 1927 Hon. James S. McNider, prominent Hertford attorney and a former Judge of the Recorder's Court of Perquimans, was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners on Monday to fill the unexpired term of former Judge Walter H. Oakey, Jr., who resigned. Mr. McNider was selected from six applicants, among whom were three lawyers, one minister and two lay men. Those who made formal application for the position, as read by the Clerk to the Board at the meeting, in addi tion to Mr. McNIider, were G. W. Trueblood, Walter G. Edwards, T. E. Raper, Granberry Tucker and Rev. R. S. Monds. This is the second time that Judge McNider has held the position. He was, as a matter of fact, the first judge of the Perquimans Recorder's Court when it was established in 1927. Appointed first by the County Commissioners, he later was elected, serving two terms. A native of Perquimans, Mr. Mc Nider has practiced law in Hertford for 31 years. He has served two terms as Representative of Perqui mans and two terms also in the Senate. . Judge McNider will serve the unex pired term of Judge Oakey, who re signed to become a member of the legal staff of the Federal Trade Com mission, which will expire oh Decem ber first. He presided at this week's session of the Court, which convened on Wednesday morning. Due to the fact that he had represented as attorney a number of parties to cases pend ing in the Recorder's Court, certain cases were sent to the Superior Court for trial by Judge McNider. Defendant Refuses Advice Of judge "Don'tThinkYouHada Fair Trial,w Says McNider "I sentence you to thirty days on the roads, but I don't think you have had a fair trial," said Judge James S. McNider to Dillard Simpson, at the close of the trial of the case in which Simpson and his brother, Spurgeon Simpson, had been convicted of as sault upon James Overton and his father, Alfred Overton. The trouble had occurred in the Harveys Neck section of the county, where all the parties live. Judge McNider had advised the de fendants to secure counsel at the be ginning of the trial, after it had be come apparent to him that the ser iousness of the case demanded that the defendants be represented. The offer, however, was refused and the trial was resumed. Testimony disclosed that Dillard Simpson, without apparent provoca tion, had struck 'James Overton, a youth, across the face with a motor crank, afterwards striking him on tha head, knocking the young man into a utchwhere he was picked up uncon scious. ' There was further evidence that when tho boy's father attempted ot take his son up for the purpose of carrying him to a physician the fath er was attacked by Spurgeon Simp son, whj struck the older man with his fists. V Judge McNider refused to change the sentence of Dillard Simpson but advised Dim to appeal to Superior Court, which he did. ) 'Spurgeon Simpson, was fined ten dollar and taxed with the coste.7 ,;1h charge ; of reckless driving against Wilu'am Fowler was dismiss ed, 'V't Jf?; ihi':pi';:!r IDavid Splvey, colored, plead guilty to the charge of assault, and -'.was ' fined $25.00.- H'V Mr. JP-H Mm M. H. Earrison, of NorfolL, , were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R, l,ite, at EeMiere, on Friday .y vf f -.liwi home by 1 b. 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