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A VIZXLY NEWCPAPEH DEVOTED TO THE UPBUH NQ OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY,
Volume V. Number 7.
Hertford, Perquimans County, Nortu Carolina, Friday, February 18, 1938.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Outstanding Jlenfcci of
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- Beloved Minister lived
' In Hertford For v
" i f- iiMansf Years
" Alexander Anderson Butler,
, 'v C9i beloved . Baptist minister s and
orominent resident of Hertford, died
in a (Norfolk hospital on . Monday
: - after a ten-day illness of pnenmonia
, ahd complkAtions. , -.
" Fnneral services were held at the
home on Qiurch -.Street at ll.oclock
Wednesday moming', with the Iter. E.
. u Wells, pastor pf tlje-Epenton JBap
tist CSiurch, ' omcfaUng,' ' assisted by
5: ? Ber. . Frank Cale, of lyner T,ReVrtK.
r. 8. Monds. of Hertford. - W; J. Berry-
man, layman, 'Edenton, also' paid a
nne tnmrte to' Mr- Mutier 1
Active, pallbearers ; werer Carroll
Ward. Emmett Elliott. A, J, ntrrish,
,i Emmett Winslovt FT T. Johnsoir and
- L. N. HollowelU' : - f .
Burial was made in the family plot
.:( in Lakewooa Cemetery, in Durham. -Mr.
Butler, who was n outstand
ing member of the Choui Baptist
' Association, was a former pastor of
the Hertford Baptist Church; For a
- - number of years - he has served ' as
,j pastor of Great Hope and Whtteville
,. Grove Churches, in Perquimans. ; A
native of Sampson County, he was at
" one time pastor of the Temple Baptist
" Chnrchn Darhara. . He had lived in
At tue iuueUi a...versary cekbra
tion of the Temple' Church, - in Dur
ham, recently observed, Mr. Butler
., . accepted the invitation to preach, the
j-ernHm.0g
" In early youth he . married Mias
' Annie Christian, of Durham, who died
, about twenty year aire.- He later
married Mrs. . Annie . Shannonhouse,
I who survives- him. Also' surviving
. are three sons, John : C Butler and
'' Heywood Butler, , of Hertford, and
v James Butler, of Norfolk, Va.; two
grandchildren, Miss Annie Lee Butler,
- . j of Durham, and Gordon Baylor But-
- ler of Norfolk,. Va., and one brother,
' . Bkhard Butler, of Atlanta, Ga.
i I!:.t.3 Visifcliuii
P: . .fcirr!::js
Five Days Consumed In
t Visitingr Members of ,
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Relisious' Training In
Heme Emphasized By
. Field Secretary
Murray Johnson, Field Secretary of
N. C. Yearly Meeting of Friends,
assisted by Rev. J. C. Trivette, pas
tor of Piney Woods Friends Church,
last week ciducted a five-day Home
Visitation C Tain among the mem
bers of tl.e c .urch
: Wednesday evening a group of the
r bership met tt the parsonage
ftr a conference on "Present Day
r 1 !cs and How to Ileet Them."
U-urBJay and Fri!:y ever.Irc at
the church Mr. ..Johnson brought
forceful messages on the subject of
Temperance and Missions.
" 'rfay evening the Woman's
"y Union was greatly favored
r '-ence of Mr. Johnson,
I pictures - of Home
3 in the: Tennes-
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"t .DEPART';;.
V ' IREV.- A. A. BUTLER
i A Beloved Hertford minister, who
died Monday in a Norfolk hospi
tal as the result ef doable pneu
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Scy!:3d Exhibit In
Portsm:jUi Draws
kx-rd From Hare
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: Is Now Making Tottr
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COMPLETE SHOW
Information About All
Phases of Soybean .
Industry
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v County Agent L. W. Anderson, C.
P. Morris, and probably a number of
others from Perquimans will go to
Portsmouth Va., on Monday to tdke a
look at .the Soybean v Exhibit Car
which is making a tour of the South.'
The exhibit is sponsored by the
American Soybean Association, and
the object is to present for the .first
time a complete exhibit of the soys
bean industry. ; The exhibits cover
every stage of s the industry, from
the planting stage to the finished
products, which includes manufactur
ed products such as parts of the tail
road car itself, made of soya beans,
and includes the. paints and varnishes
covering the car, products for animal
and human consumption, such ' as
meals and feeds for cattle, " hogs,
poultry, etc.; and flours and break
fast foods, etc, for human consump
tion. The exhibit deals with the
growth from its infancy to the huge
soya bean industry; of today, as well
as with the wonderful possibilities of
the future. t - . "
; The modern, air conditioned pas
senger coach is equipped with door
knabs, seat arm rests, Interior col
umns and beautiful arches and many
other features - constructed of soy
bean products, ' all glistening with
saybean oil painter , , 7 . 0-;
.The exhibit 9 free and everybody
is invited. "
' There will be a great r deal of in
formation about the early history of
the soybeans and the opportunities
for this valuable crop in the Uhited
States, where more than 6,000,000
acres were planted last, year for the.
production of human, food, forage
and hay, and beans that : were sold
to industries for the manufacture
of commodities i ranging: from ice
cream and candy to plasties with the
hardnens of steel. ' "
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Officers For Term
Roy Chappell Is Again
Keeleeted as Council
. Commander
IX)DGEACTIVE
Oyster Roast on Town
Lot Planned For Feb
ruary 24th
- The Woodmen of the World elected
omcers at their regular meeting on
Thursday night and made plans for
an oyster roast which they expect to
give on the town lot on Thursday
night February 24..
a,A. A, Nobles, degree team captain,,
says ihat high-WOW digniUries and
others from surrounding camps wjill,
be invited to take part in the festfvl-
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The Ci?8ter roast will be the first
out-of-doors affair of the year, but
Herbert Nixon, who handles the local
camp's publicity, in. making this an
nouncement, says that it will not be
the last ' Several other out-door
events are being planned.
Most of the camp's omcers were re
elected for another term at the
Thursday night meeting in the lodge
hall. Boy Chappell was re-elected
council commander, C. C. Mansfield,
past council commander, Charles E.
Johnson, advisory lieutenant, and A.
W. Hefren, secretary and treasurer.
Joe Layden was elected to serve as
banker..
County Is Planned
Says Anderson
Government Lets Con
tract to Have Work
Done
0 DATE SET
Expected to Be Com
! pleted Before First
Of June
An aerial survey of Perquimans
County is to be made, according to
L. W.' Anderson, County Agent, who
was notified last week that the gov
ernment had let the contract for the
work;
This survey, : which is made by
taking pictures of the land area
from an airplane, eliminates the nec
essity of making the qsual survey of
individual farms in the county. When
the work is . completed the entire
county will have been covered, with
an accurate photograph of the entire
The service is a part of the farm
program.' The pictures, which will
be used in checking compliance with
the 1938 farm program, will be made
at a height of about 80,000 feet.
While Mr. Anderson has no infor
mation as to when the work is to be
done, it will be completed before the
first -of June,' when the maps will be
available -for the county agricultural
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Special Service For
Ycung People Sunday
At Baptist Church
There will hi a special service for
young people at the Hertford Baptist
Church on Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock. ' All young people are urged
to attend. Young people will occupy
the choir and young -people will act
as v hers." , '
'1..e subject of th sermon will be
"C "s Challenge to Young People
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tenrkes r at this church "irl
t ' y C hool at 95, when a
-'rt h mse that , the
1 t'..e class recently
. r. Y. T. U. service at 6:30
' r worship service at
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ton, on
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ISsna For Africa
itt arid Mrs. Townsley
.Take Up Missionary
BAILED SATURDAY
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Mrs. Townsley Formerly
I.liss Pattie Dimmette
T OfWinfall
Mrs. Innman U. Townsley, who will
be remembered by her many friends
in jferquimans as Miss Pattie Dim
mette, of Winfall, sailed with her hus
haijd, the Rev. Mr. Townsley, from
.New York on last ' Saturday, on the
ReeStar Lmer,- Pennland, for Europe.
V: Mr. and Mrs. Townsley, who have
fori the past four and a half months
Keen attending the Hartford School
of Missions in Hartford, Conn., will
spend the next four months in Bel
gium, after which they will go to
.Belgian Congo, Africa, to take up
missionary work.
. : Mr. Townsley is a special worker
of the Southern Methodist University,
ajd a Lakeland Methodist Church,
butfttrs. Townsley is sent out by the
General Board of Missions of the M.
B. Church, South, Nashville.
Mrs. Townsley father, the Rev. J.
.W,Dimmette, who was formerly pas-
tor of the Perquimans Circuit, wrote
to fyVinfall friends this week, giving
them the new address of his daughter
another husband.
4 Te Townsleys were married last
year shortly after Mrs. Townsley fin
ished her work at Duke University.
Long Lust Wooden
Wrench Brought To
Light InOld Home
Tricky Tool Was Patent-
ed In 1897 By E. McM.
Newby
LOST 40 YEARS
Owner Easily Traced
By Name Imprinted
In Wood
Lost for nearly 40 years, E. McM.
Newby recovered last week the wood
en model of a wrench on which he
secured patent rights in 1897.
The 1 model, .made of mahogany
which was imprinted with the date
of 1897, also bore the imprint of' Mr.
Newby's name, by which it was traced
to its owner.
Mr. Newby, a resident of Hertford,
and- a member of one of the oldest
families in Perquimans, was in the
furniture business in Hertford as a
young fellow, In selling furniture,
he traded in,' as furniture dealers
frequently do, some old. furniture.
Among this was an old mahogany
bed, in bad repair, which, incidentally,
came from the' Newby family, litis
he used for making various articles
from time to time. From a piece he
modeled a wrench a tricky little tool,
an improved, monkey wrench, with
some advantages pver the old model.
'Nfttne of the ' wrenches were ever
manufactured and after aT while the
model-, got . lost:, How or where, no
body, knows. Mr." Newby says he
hadnt'6een it in thirty years. He
often wondered iwh at became of it,
but he hadn't believed for a long time
that it would ever turn up.
Last Week hii -cousin, Mrs. W. G.
Wright, while'- preparing to move
from, the old McMullan home, found
the little wooden wrench among some
old where It had been loBt so
long, ei from the name knew it to
be.'nin-Evart's.? ,
Jc: a Perry Claims
'l izzt Corn Planter
Used
In , County
Jo-"ph Perry, Parkville Township
fant, r, has an old corn planter
wl.: "lie believes ' is the first corn
p: ' ' t be used In' Perquimans
Cc ' " planters a "Sinclair,"
r ! ! ? r Perry father.
I, 1 " y, among the
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judge B. eeMns Elulcs
Against "Silent Salesmen"
Clcnchcrrfs Staging
lohn Deere Program
For Benefit Farmers
Complete Line Will Be
On Display on Lot Next
To Store Tuesday
FREELUNCH
All Day Affair Provides
Many Interesting:
Features
The firm of J. C. Blanchard &
Company is putting on a John Deere
Day program in Hertford on Tues
day of next week for the farmers of
this and neighboring communities,
featuring free motion pictures in the
way of entertainment, and serving a
free barbecue lunch. Souvenirs will
also be given.
The complete John Deere line, in
which A. L. Skinner, head of this
department feels every progressive
fanner will take a keen interest, will
be on display on the display lot next
door to the store. These implements
include not only tractors, harrows,
and new type planters, but many
items in horse-drawn equipment, as
well.
A number of factory representa
tives and experts in farm machinery
will be here to assist Mr. Skinner in
demonstrating the JiitejTherewill
also be here for the occasion a repre
sentative of the Farmers Cooperative
Exchange of Raleigh, and a .represen
tative of the Firestone Tire & Rub
ber Company.
The Perquimans Chapter of Younp
Tar Heel Farmers, as represented by
the Vocational Agriculture Class of
the Perquimans High School, with
their teacher, G. C. Buck, will attend
the affair in a body.
The motion picture "Friendly Val
ley," which will be shown in the
auditorium of the Agricultural Build
ing at 10 o'clock in the morning, is
an all-star Hollywood picture, and
will be the main feature of the all
day entertainment and educational
meeting. Packed with human inter
est, good music and homely philoso
phy, this all-talking picture promises
to be a real treat for everyone. Ir
the large cast of Hollywood enter
tainers are Frank Darien, Edward
Keane, and many others.
Three other pictures will be shown
in addition to the feature presenta
tion. They include "School Days," an
instructive and educational picture on
tractor service and tractor design;
"Champions on Parade," a compre
hensive portrayal of the most modern
farming methods; and a short news
reel showing new developments in
agricultural equipment.
Plans are being made to make this
open house a big event, and farmers
from the various communities will
have an opportunity to get acquaint
ed there and exchange ideas and ex
periences in their own farming oper
ations. It is the first affair of the kind
ever planned for Hertford, but John
Deere Day has been held at other
points with much success.
J. C. Blanchard & Company is tak
ing advantage of this special occa
sion to offer selected values in each
department of the store.
Admission to the affair will be
made by ticket and any farmer who
has not received tickets can get them
for the asking at J. C. Blanchard &
Company's store. v
Grocery Sales Company
; Robbed Of Ggarettes
j f)nlv tirarettasL some two hundred
and fifty dollars-vworth, however,
were taken fcy the theives who forced
the locks on the- front door or the
Rmmiv Rata Cnwmnmt'- TTurt.fnrd'n
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wholesale -concern, ;on Wednesday
night. ,
. J. P. Pmtv. manager of the bust
ness, stopped in the store Wednesday
night, after attending church service,
locking up when he left, as usual. At
opening time Thursday morning it
was discovered that the steel staple
of the padlock had been neatly cut
in two. and also that 'the morticed
lock had been ripped mV -
,. The Grocery .Sales Company carries
a f 1 stock ef groceries, cigar, g-
' - . t ' :jc3, but the only
it it" sc':-r:";s. .
Feels Certain Machines
Are Used For Gamb
ling Purposes
ORDERED OUT
Reverses Order Forbid
ding Confiscation By
Officers
Out goes the "One-Armed Bandit."
Federal District Judge Isaac M.
Meekins has dissolved an injunction
which had forbidden law enforcement
officers to confiscate the "silent sales
man" slot machines, which replaced
the gambling device formerly so
much in evidence known as the slot
machine.
Judge sleeking on Tuesday over
ruled his previous order which was '
directed against law enforcement of
ficers at Elizabeth City and which
had been used to protect operators
of the machines in other cities, order
ing removal by February 25 of all
slot machines covered in the injunc
tion. In the meantime, he said, the
machines may be operated simply as
candy vendors, without use of the
"tokens" employed when the devices
allegedly were used for gambling.
Attorney General A. E. F. Sea
well and Solicitor James A. Powers
asked Judge Meekins in a hearing on
January 28, at Washington, N. C, to
discard the injunction on the ground
that it prevented police from obeying
North Carslina's Flanagan law
against gambling devices.
The Supreme Court of North Car
olina ruled on the constitutionality of
the Flanagan law against gambling ' J
devwea Wore the slot macbm4nter
ests introduced the new "silent .sales-'Nfj.
man" type of device. Distributors
of this type of device contended their
product was not a gambling device
because it returned candy every time
a coin was inserted. An indicator on
the machine showed how many
"tokens" would come out in addition
to the candy on the next play. A
plate attached to the device warned
against use of the ipachine for gamb
ling. The new machine has never proven
so popular in Perquimans as were the
outlawed slot machines. However,
lots of nickels found their way into
the hopper.
Judge Meekins is quoted as saying
that his investigation had convinced
him that the "silent salesman" is a
gambling machine as defined by the
Flanagan statute, and therefore can
not be operated. The machine was
built, he added, in such a way that
it "appealed to the gambling in
stinct," although the manufacturer
"sought to obscure the mischief
through the warning set out in the
copyrighted plate attached to the
mechanism."
The jurist is further quoted as
saying "if the machine was without
guile, the plate would be unnecessary.
There can be no question for the la
tent, not to say obvious, lure of
chance in the machine. Set up the
silent salesman to vend candy mints,
stripped, of any opportunity to win
tokens, and the result would be as
stale, at and unprofitable as fishing
with a bare hook."
School February 25
Merle Davis Will Show
Results of Mission
ary Work
On Friday evening, February 25,
at 7:30 o'clock, in the Perquimans
Central Grammar School building,
Merle L. Davis, administrative secre
tary of the Five Years Meeting of f ,
Friends in America, will present in
moving pictures the extensive mis
sionary work that is being carried on
in Africa ahd Palestine at the present "
time. J
Mr. Davis has Just returned from aE , ,
tour of three countries and his lecture
accompanying -the reviews will no ' -doubt
be valuable information.
' A cordial- invitation ? ii extended
the public to be present on this oc t
casion. k ,
Chas. Johnson Named
Attorney For Town
At a meeting of the town council
Monday night, - Charles E. Johnson 1
was appointed as town attorney to fill
the vacancy LTt ty the resignation of
Walter H. C-Ucy, Jr., last month,