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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUIL1 INO OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
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Volume V.Number 8.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 25, 1938.
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First Time State Affili
ates With National
Organization
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County Committee Ap
pointed to Assist In
Campaign
" V,: Miss Gladys Hamrkk, home demon
. " stration agent, has been appointed
Vnhainnan of Better Homes in America
" for Perquimans County.
While Mrs. . Thomas Nixon, of
Hertford, has for several years served
' as the local chairman of this organ
. cation and has done a great deal of
, work. through - the various . woman's
, - organizations, working directly under
the national chairnian.thia is the first
time that North Carolina as a. state
has become; affiliated with the na
tional organization. Miss Pauline B.
Bmith has been appointed State
Chairman. ;'V;'
' Tn' a letter directed to the editors
of the State of North Carolina, kut
week. Miss Smith said: "We shall at
1 tempt to tie up the work that is now
being done in the State with the Na
tional Movement so that all organi
sations may for one week in the year
think better homes, talk better homes,
write on better homes, " exhibit con
crete examples of better housing, and
have programs, on music, reading,
.art in the home, et cetera,,?' !y
, , The week beginning April. 24 has
been set apart as Better Home
, WjBet .fr The Stated President states
' 1 thatit will mean a lot to NorthrCar--
olina if we will join the ranks of
- - theian4i-Berkfalttilij :nd
paint up, pick up and clean up, as
wall.ils to1 plan for: those needed!
house ,- repairs kand i improvements.
"Let's advertise North Carolina," sh
: suggests, "a cleaa ttate. ; ;
, Miss Hamrick plans to visit, in
company with the home beautification
leader of each, club, ' each home rep
resented in the club before April
24, and urge the members to take
part ' Suggestions- that wood pileJ
be moved to the back of the house, as
well as clothes lines, that old shacks
be torn, down and . 'other unsightly
places be : improved, will be. made.
' Miss Hamrick plans to take pictures
of some of, the places to be improved
, and show the difference in before and
after improvements.
Another - suggestion of the home
agent is that some of the ugly signs
be removed from the highways. She
points out that aome'of the most un
: aightly places are about filling sta--.
lions on,.; the highways, where , tin
cans are piled. Every Ming station
will be Visited, aha said, with a view
to soliciting the cooperation of th
- owners and operators, v
- Not only does Miss Hamrick expect
' to work through her own county club
, women; however, as this job takes, in
- a wider scope than among her own
- club members. She will ask the co-U;-
operation of town and county officials.
and will enlist the aid of the club
. women of Hertford and others, and
conduct a real Better Homes Week.
Following is a list of the committee
, 1 in this county: Mesdames Thomas
' Nixon. John Asbell, D. L, Barber, D.
J. Rogerson,j a W.;jBeed, ! G. ; B.
, Tucker, V. A. Holdren, A. T. line,
. L. B. Webb; J. H. Gregory, Marr
" Winslow. Ijicille Lane. C. P. Morris,
W. O. Hunter. X C. Hobbs, W.'D.'
Perry,ramer Wood, Matti BareUft,,
K. R White, and Misses Luey White,;
;-:'OtC.r:-l Her -::!.:
son of Mr. and v Mrs.: Linwood Cod
f?ey, of New Hope, died in a NorfolV
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Seal Loos Reedy
B. G. Koonce will take Ihe 'seed
loan applications for 1938 and will
W lK th t-Attiesltttalujldlng
for this ; purpose, begiming this
waek.
Those wishing to secure seed
loans from, the government may
get . in touch , with Mr. Koonce at
the Agricultural Building.
John Deere Day
Mdes A Dig Hit
Vitli Many Farmers
Five or Six Hundred
Strong Attend Blan
chard's Show
FRIENDS MINGLE
Visitors Interested In
Demonstrations of
Machinery
John Deere Day made a big hit in
Hertford and brought a bigger crowd
to town than has been here for a
long time. They came from all over
the countryside, some five or six
hundred strong, to see the big dis
play of modern farm machinery which
J. C. Blanchard was showing, to
watch the free picture show and to
enjoy a delicious barbecue lunch.
The pictures were shown at the
State Theatre, because the auditorium
of the Agricultural Building couldn't
anything like take care of the crowd.
Very mteresting-were the demonstra
tions of the various implements. tft&
.torC-barjN
other items, shown in motion pictures.
Spectators caught a glimpse of farm
ing methods which are, new to Per
quimans, but which may be put into
practice with modern equipment.
"Friendly Valley," the feature pic
ture, was good and was much enjoy
ed. From the theatre the crowd went
down to the display lot where the
dinner was served, barbecue cols
alaw, pickles, nread and cold drinks,
a real treat. Old friends mingled
with old friends and groups gathered
here and there as the people enjoyed
the fine outing in the bright sunshine.
Attendance Contest
Losers Fead Winners
Sunday School Contest
ants Enjoy Banquet
; Thursday
The losers as well as the winners
enjoyed .the delightful banquet given
by Ihe losing team in the attendance
contest of : the Methodist ' Sunday
Sunda ' School on Thursday evening
to the winners, which was attended
by the members of the Young Peo
ple's Division of the Sunday School. "
There iwas a most entertaining
program.' ! Miss Alice Roberson and
Zeeh White debated . on the subject.:
"Resolved: , That coming to Sunday
School is more worth, while than a
Sunday f. morning snoose.'V 4 James
iiuvart iwewoy presenma . an unuauiu
course lit Math, to be solved by the
mtnnt groups.1 Miss - Sarah Brinn
eave a course in mixed words. There
were interesting contests and music,
and the young people gay many ex
piSaiim?rtvaaai,roV'CUxV H. C. Stpkes thanks 'for her, assist-
salad course, followed by apple pie,
:ToUowingi wer those present
James Evart Newby, , Rev. and MrS
D. M. Sharpe, - Mr. and Mrs. C. R
Tucker t Elisabeth, ibi6wli';;?:HiMa'
Knowles, -i Bernice ?- White, 1 Helene
Mae White, Mary Wood Koonce. Pete
Relfe Vary F3, WKIlam Fe'Jds,
Jimmy 'Arnold, j EI-'y EUmchaH,
Helena Nixon, Franc!s I'lxon, r'h
Erinn, Clarke Stc'es, L -; t
CSiPpell, Mildred Cau't, .
r- uty, Mary Thad Cfr; -1
rj," Florence ' Dar
Zach .Tilte, Ux I '
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, r-ri WuibIow, J-::r.:3 v.
' -rothy Whedbee,,. L' 'nc'e
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Building and Loan Plan
Has Helped Many to
Buy Homes -
35th SERIES
Most Home Building. lit
Recent Years Through
Easy Plan
The Hertford Building & Loan Asj
Bociation is issuing a special series
of stock, which will go on sale Satur
day, March 5, this being the, Both
series to be offered to the public. ,
. .The twenty-second series, issued hw
1932, is maturing as of February 26,
and the new issue is made in order
to give those stockholders - whose
shares are maturing at this time an
opportunity to continue their av
ings by taking out stock in the new
issue, as well as to offer to non
stockholders the opportunity of be
ginning at this time
Only two regular series are issued
each year, one in May and another
in November. The regular May
series will be issued as usual
The Building & Loan Association
has been a great help to the people
of this community, providing as.it
does opportunity to open an account
of as small an amount as twenty-five)
cents per week, many young people'
with limited incomes have commenced
systematic saving . which has proved
very beneficial. One share, costing,
twenty-five cents per week, matures
in. approximately six years, when a
hundred dollars has been accumu
lated. .
Most "of the .home-ubilding done in
Stock In
IbriiiuMiMm Ji: Dr. C. W. Ward, of Char
with the assistance of the local Build
ing & Loan
Plan For Contest
District Meeting Will Be
Held In Edenton on
April 2nd
The music-minded are beginning to
prepare for the annual music con
tests and shortly Hertford's young
musicians will be competing for the
right to. enter the State Music Con
test. There, will be contestants from the
Chamlnade Club, which is Mrs. R. M.
Riddick's music class, and also from
the Perquimans Glee Club, which is
under the direction of Miss Kate M.
Blanchard.
The music students in this section
are in the . Northeastern District of
the North Carolina Federation of
Music T Clubs, and the annual meeting
in the district will be held at Edenton
this year on April 2. The affair will
convene at 10:30 in the morning in the
auditorium of the High School, with
Mrs, R. M. Riddick, of Hertford, Dis
trict Chairman of Junior Music Clubs,
presiding. '
From the Chamlnade Club Ben
Koonce, will play a piano solo and
Miss Jean Newbold will sing.
; From the ' Glee . Club Miss Anne
Tullis Felton and . Zach White will
play a, piano duo, Mr. White will also
play a piano solo, and Misses Blanche
Moore Berry and
Katherine Jessup!
will sing. 4 There may be other con
teatants. from both clubs.
jThf winners injhe district contest
wilt compete: in the State, contest to
MA rAtik a-,
4 The jfiirja ojtfliarj and; the.Boyal
Ambassadors b ef,v Be Jh ejtBaptist
Church enjoyed a Valentine party at
the home of their leaders, Mrs.; Fred
Matthews and Miss Ruby Keaton,
near Hertford on Tuesday evening.
Games and contests wer : enjoyed,'
with - Louise Mansfield and Vance
Proctor 'winning1 priea,;.;:-;S,:.'V;i,.'
i Painty refreshments iwere aerved
to f ft fallowing: Louisa Mansfield,
f - i Ctan&n, Eloise Keaton, Madge
I r, Ccrnlft Lee Y.'ard, Marjorie
I ..r, rrclyn Long,' Mary Pasco
" . 'zt Proctor, Morris Griffin,
1 --i II. twood, Maynard
r. k V.'ard, Qarence
1 Lc-r, James Mans
' 1 1 ' '-wg, .Miss Ruby
. i, I r. and Fred Matthews.
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' t- i coneratioft
- u i( . ' younjer
r if"'")' oration to
Young Musicians
eigh Physician
President
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iiiuiiiiirmytiiduyi!
r. C. B. Wilkerson Se
lected to Head Group
i At Hertford Meeting
j! DR. WARD HOST
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itaieign is selected as
i Meeting Place For
Next Year
Dr. C. B. Wilkerson, of Raleieh.
s elected president of the Raleigh
edical Alumni Association of the
University of North Carolina, at the
apnual meeting held last night at the
of Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Ward, in
;ord. Dr. B. B. Lloyd, of Chapel
L was elected vice-president and
Robert Noble, of Raleigh, secre-
e Association includes all of the
ffur-year graduates of the Medical
School of the University of North
Carolina. Only for the period be
tween 1903 and 1910 has the Univer
sity of Niorth Carolina given a four-
yiar course in medicine, the last
two years of which were given in
eigh; hence the Raleigh Associa-
It is those physicians who were
dilated from the T'nivprsitv nl
Raleigh during this period who are
numbers of the Association. This
WP the first meeting held in the
Albemarle. The nearest point to
Hertford at which a meeting had prc-
Vfiusly been held was at Rich Square.
SThe meeting, which was presided
over by the retiring president, Dr. I.
A Ward, followed a banquet given
by Dr. and Mrs. Ward, which was at
tended, not onlv bv the members of
tfys Association, but by the following
locta; JT. w. i. waro, 01 ivaieign;
Dr. W. A. Hoggard, Dr. T. P. Brinn,
and. Dr. John W. Zachary, of Hert
ford. The guests were received at
the front door by Jarvis Ward.
The house was charmingly decorat
ed for the occasion in honor of Wash
ington's Birthday, with the idea fea
tured in all the appointments, and
with a tasteful arrangement of early
spring flowers. Flags were given as
favors.
Assisting Mrs. Ward in serving the
guests, who were seated at small
tables, were Miss Alice Southerland.
of Southern Pines; Mrs. W. T. Ward,
of Raleigh; Mrs. L. N. Hollowell, Mrs.
Wallace Umphlett and Misses Mar
guerite and Ruth Alice Ward, of
Hertford.
A feature of the program of the
meeting which followed the banquet
was a historical outline of Hertford
given by Dr. Ward, in which he touch
ed upon several interesting matters ii
connection with the history of th'
place, exhibiting some old picture:
and also exhibiting one of Perqui
(Continued on Page Five)
Aldersgate Regional
Meeting On Monday
Local Church Sending
Delegates to Wash
ington, N. C.
The Methodist young people of the
Elizabeth City District will turn theii
faces, toward Washington, N. C, 01
Monday, 'February 28, when a region
al Aldersgate Youth Rally will bi
held. Following a rally for the gen
eral membership of the church dur
ing the day, the young Methodist'
will convene at 7:30 in the evening
The purpose of the meeting is to pro
vide, infdrmation and. inspiration fo
commemoration , in the ' local churcl
of the two hundredth anniversary o
the heart-warming experience of Joh?
Wesley which led him to organize th
religious societies out of which grev
the various branches of the Methodis
Church..-- :.v
Except for the jpeakera,,th-enur(
program has been arranged ' by the
Albemarle Young People's Union 1)
Washington, The speakers will in
clude' Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, rf
Washington, D. C, and another prom
inent minister with '.- special . appea'
for youth. ; ftatorf and young peo
pie's leaden ia. the local churches aw
arranging for the traneporUtion of
delegates fram; churches throughou
this cection. ' y , .J-,;:k-- .
From Hertford i ..somber wQl at
tend, Including.' Rev. O. M. Sharpe.
pastor of th Hertford Methodist
Church: I'm. H. c; r stokes,
Char! i
iB?r,v Misa Sara Brinn,
Misa 1 - :a Card:n, Clarke Stokes,
and r "'7 i " WW-
stor, t .it Ll, v 1 also attend
Please Stand By!
For what? The hit of the sea
son a musical comedy "Please
Stand By," directed by Mrs. B. G.
Koonce,, This play will be pre
sented Tuesday, March 8, in P. C.
H. S. auditorium. This play is be
ing sponsored by the Junior Class
tn help defray the expenses of the
annual Junior - Senior Banquet.
Watch for further announcements!
Clothing Leaders
School Scheduled
To Be Held Friday
Miss Willie Hunter, Spe
cialist, Will Be In
Charge
BEGINS10:30
Morning Class Takes
Form of Round Table
Discussion
Twenty-one home demonstration
club clothing leaders are expected to
attend the clothing leaders school to
be conducted in the Agricultural
Building on Friday, February 25,
with Miss Willie Hunter, clothing
specialist from the Extension Depart
ment of State College, Raleigh, in
charge.
The class will convene at 10:30
o'clock. During the morning the
class will take the form of a round
table discussion of clothing problems,
when questions may be asked. In
the afternoon there will be a discus
sion of the problem of buying ready
mades. While this ' school is primarily for
the clothing leaders of the various
clubs in the county, any others will
be welcomed, according to Miss
Gladys Hamrick, home demonstra
tion agent, who says that those who
desire may bring their lunch.
The clothing leaders include Mes
dames E. M. Perry, C. P. Quincy,
Irma D'Orsay, David Trueblood, Joel
Hollowell, J. E. Bogue, Dan Roger
son, B. T. Wood, C. E. Cannon, Maude
Lane, Joe Perry, S. D. Banks, Carrie
Gregory,
Lucy nunier reiry, mdiy.year average yields will result in a
Hazel Hoskins, Elmer j crop of 10,129,000 bales and at 5-
Haytnan,
Wood, T. C. Perry, F. C. White, C
T. Rogerson, and Mi3ses Patty Roger
son and Gertie Chappell.
Measles Epidemic
Is Now Apparently
On Wane In County
Disease Has Reached
Peak According to
Dr. Brinn
GENERAL
Not Necessary, How
ever to Close Schools
In County
The epidemic of measles which has
been general all over the county, and
which, for that matter, appears to
have been pretty general all over this
section of the State, has apparently
reached its peak and is somewhat on
the wane, according to the County
Health Officer, Dr. T. P. Brinn.
Schools have been closed in some
sections of the State because of the
prevalence, of measles. But, while
there have been numerous cases of
the disease throughout the county
during the past two months, it has
not been considered necessary to close
any of the schools of this county be
cause of the epidemic.
From the number of absentees at
the Perquimans High School this
week, which out of an enrollment of
828 numbered 50 on Monday, it
would appear that- tha epidemic is
just beginning to be felt among the
older children of tha county. Not
every one, of the 60 absent, however,
wen absent because of illness and not
all the children sick had measles.
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Called at Hunter Home
Among those who called at the
home of Mr. and Mre. W. O. Hunter,
near Hertford, on Sunday afternoon,
were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hughes,
of Coleraln; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ruf-
fin, of Richmond, Va and Mr. and
Mrs. C Blanchard, of Hertford. ,
Farmers Vote On
Farm Quotas For
1933 On March 12
Two-third Vote Neces
sary to Put Quotas
Into Effect
VOTE 9 A.M. TO 7 P.M.
Farmers Called Upon to
Register Wishes In
Each Township
The first referenda under the new
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
will be held on March 12 among the
cotton farmers and producers of flue
cured, fire-cured and dark air-cured
tobacco, Secretary Wallace has an
nounced. The outome of the refer
enda will determine whether market
ing quotas will be applied to these
commodities in 1938.
Marketing quotas cannot be used
except with the approval of a large
majority of the farmers since the Act
itself provides that if more than one
third of the producers voting in a
referendum vote against the quotas,
they will not go into effect.
Where cotton, flue-cured or dark
tobacco, which includes both fire-cured
and dark-air cured, are grown in the
same locality, the referendum for
each commodity will be held at the
same time and place but the vote on
each comodity will be separate.
The referenda regulations provide
for a voting place in each community
where cotton, Hue-cured or dark to
bacco is grown. The polls open not
later than 9:00 a. m. and close at
7:00 p. m. Each producer who grew
cotton, flue-cured or dark tobacco in
1937 will be entitled to cast one vote
in the referendum for the commodity,
which will be in charge of county
committeemen.
The national cotton allotment spec
ified for 1938 in the proclamation
was 10,000,000 standard bales plus
the number of bales allotted under
section 343 (c) of the Act. This sec-
tion provides that the allotment of
i no county shall be less than 60 per
I cent of the acreage planted to cotton
in 1937 plus the acreage diverted
from cotton under the conservation
i program. This results in a total
acreage allotment of approximately
26,300,000 acres. This acreage at 10-
year average yields in a crop of
11,230,000 bales. Acreage allotments
will be established for each individual
farm and if the allotment is not ex
ceeded, all the cotton produced on the
farm may be sold without the pay
ment of any penalty.
Normal supply, which quotas would
be used to attain, is defined in the
Act as normal domestic consumption
and exports, plus 40 percent as a sur
plus reserve. The present supply of
American cotton is about 25,000,000
bales, largely the result of the record
crop of 18,700,000 bales in 1937, and
it is estimated that the carryover on
August 1, 1938, will be around 12,
000,000 bales, or only 1,000,000 bales
less than the record carryover of
13,000,000 bales in 1932.
The national marketing quota pro
claimed for the 1938 crop of flue
continued on Page Six)
Norfolk Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunter and
their daughter, Carolyn, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hunter on
Sunday.
A Worthy Cause
He is a good citizen, industrious,
law-abiding, home-loving. He has
until now provided well for his
family. Affliction has befallen him
and he will never again be able to
work to support his family, or
even himself, unless he has sur
gical treatment. He has no money.
The services of Duke Hospital
surgeons are available without
cost la this man, bat he most have
hospitalisation far approximately
three months, and this will cost
tw dollars per day, approximately
The Rehabilitation Department
of the State will contribute $50.00.
There ia no other State f and avail
able, :
Interested persona knowing the
circumstances have made contribu
tions bat more ia needed. - Any eve
sufficiently interested in the rehab
ilitatloa of thto worthy dtiaen to
make a caah eoatributioB to the
caase should immediately,- get ia
tonch with BHas Ruth Davenport,
County Wel?:r C :cer.