North Carolina Newspapers

EEKLY 3 ' . l . . .. ' A YHZmX NEWCPAPirt DEVOTED TO THE UPLUILT 10 OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, Volume V.Number 9 - - - -, . Hertford, Perquimanr.(frnnty, :Norui'paf olina, Friday, March 4, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. 4' 3 4f After Cri3f Casi Was ,Orie! of Perquim ans County's Most Pro minent Citizens 68 YEARS OLD Funeral Services Held At Home Tuesday 'Afternoon Thomas Nixon, one of the county's most prominent citlsens, died at hit home in . Hertford .eajrly -Monday morning, following a brief': illness. ' v Funeral services war conducted at the home on Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev, Edmund T-Jillson, rector of Holy Trinity Church, officiating, and burial 'was made In the Nixon family plot in the Church, Yard. Pallbearers were Dr. C. A. Daven port, Dr. P. T. Brinn, Herbert Nixon, W. H. Hardcastle, J. E. Winslow, G. R. Tucker, Silas M. Whedbee and B. F. Aineley. Mr, Nixon, who was 68 years age, was a native of Perquimans, be ing a son of the late Thomas Nixon and Mrs. Cornelia Townsend Nixon, Anil k nrwmhor nf nno nt iha nlrlnif county. A man of fine character, he was , special guests will include S. E. . held in the highest steem in the Phelps, of Windsor, who is the dis V community where he spent his entire trict deputy grandmaster of the life.. Figuring prominently in the Second District, and the Rev. L. M. business affairs of- the community, Dixon, of Colerain, a former pastor Wwat ldatifle4irlo trues,. ; lucuwiuii : major s uomaa Lumber.Company,; fat which organi sation he was;an active official, and the Mertford Banking Company, of which he was a director. He also had carried on for many years extensive farming opei&nsVi' ,"! ;; . Though not in-robust health in re cent months, Mr. Nixon was actively engaged in his business affairs until Saturday and so suddenly; did he be come critically ill on Saturday night that only comparati.vely few of the - friends of the family were aware of the seriousness of his condition until' 'shortly before his death which occur red at 4:45 Monday morning. : Mr. Nixon married Miss Edna Jones Granbery," of ; Hertford, who survives him. . Also - surviving - are three daughters, Mrs. - Walter H. Oakey, Jr., of Hertford; Mrs. Lloyd Horton, of Plymouth; and Mrs. Brax ton Dawson, of Elisabeth City,, and four grandchildren, Dorothy Gordon and Marjory Oakey, of Hertford, and : Nancy1 Bragg and Thomas Nixon Dawson, of Eliaabeth City, fs" , ' Among the out-of-town people here , for the funeral were: Mrs. Robert W. Johnson Mrs. W. R." Hampton, ' Mr. and - Mrs. L. 0. Hortom .? Lewis Horton, Mrs. E F. Still, Mrs. Percy :Arps, Mr,; and Mrs. Julian O: Brink ;ley, Jesse' Horton, Lloyd Horton and s f Mrs, T. L. Bray,: all of Plymouth: : 1 Miss Virginia Tucker, of Hampton, va.; - miss ,.r. jwzaoetn uncicer, oi .Raleigh; Mrs. J. W. Speight and Mrs. i John O. Sanford, of Mocksvllle; Mrs. Walter H. Oakey, ! Sr., : of Roanoke, . -'Va.j Alee .Oakey, of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Sidney McMullan, Mr, and Mrs. I W. a Speight, Mrs. Fuller Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. John Badham, Mr. and " ? Mrs. J. G. Camperii Julien Wood, MIs - . Sophie' Wood, P. M. Warren, Mrs. R. P. Badham, Mrs. J. C, Warren, J. H. McMullanv air of Edenton; Evans Blades, Mrs.' Conrad Bailey, Mrs. T. ' G. Skinner, Mr;; and Mrs. William P. Skinner, a O;! Robinson, -5 Mr; ; and ' Mrs. Wilson Hollowell, . Miss Minnie Albertson, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mc , Mnllan, Francis Nixori,' . Miss Mary s Nixon, Mr. nd Mrs. Oscaf Owens, Mr, and Mrs, A. W. Houta, Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Dawson, Mis Margaret Hollowell, Frank Hollowell, W.- G. ' Gaither, Rev. and Mrs. George P. Hill, '"I, of Eliaabeth City; : Mrs. Charles r and Mrs. Sam , Watkins, of I Capt.-Tom Hay Nixon, U. S. a- Knox, Kentucky; Mr. i : i. I-jwirds." of tireen n, - of. Ne .-York -n and Charles v" ; Tave- c:'3 i.'j. . r, of the : 'lits ) if ITrs. 7 r 't, 1 1 t' Mett on I l,0, Cstt Cistrict FcrTcsdaylit Prominent Masons of Albemarle Expected To Be Present BtifQUET Rev I M. Carrkk on Program as Principal Speaker Masons from all over the Albemarle will be in Hertford on Tuesday night f of . next week to attend the district meeting to be held Jn the local lodze hall, to be followed by a banquet at the Community House. George W. Jackson, master of the local lodge, will preside, and the district deputy grand master, Roscoe Wynn, of Elisabeth City, will be among those present. The Rev. L. M. Carrick, D. D., president of Chowan College, will make the principal address at the banquet, which will be served by the : ladies of the Eastern Star. Eight lodges In District One will be represented, with the members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, of Eden ton, which is in District 2, being specially invited. I Others outside of District One as IIM Dies In Hospital Bertha Clarissa Wins low Dies After Appen dicitis Operation Bertha Qarissa Winslow, 17, of the Whiteaton community, died at 9:40 o'clock Wednesday morning at die Albemarle Hospital, where she had put up a brave fight for her life for several weeks, following' an operation for appendicitis. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock at Up River Friends Church, Whites ton, with the Rev. Mrs. Elisabeth White, pastor of the Church, conduct ing the service, and burial was made in the family burying ground. . Surviving are her father, Percy 'E. Winslow;. One sister, Onella Winslow, several half-brothers and half-sisters and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Winslow, of Whiteaton. : - The young - girl, known . to her friends as Clarissa,: was a senior in the Perquimans High School. , Early in the year she suffered an attack of measles, recovered ;. and returned to school-ior a week, being stricken at that time with appendicitis, and was taken to the hospital Complications which took place after the operation resulted in her death on Wednesday. 'Possessed of i an' attractive and amiable disposition, she had . many frlonds and her death will be greatly mourned. .; Since the death of J her ' mother, when Clarissa was an infant, she has made i her ; hme tv hei'- j, grand- 26 Frcih aicrtfcrdI; Attend Aldei-gsratell ;!? Those ' attending the ,c Aldersgate Conference, at Washington, N. C., on Monday from Hertford. .were;! l EeviD.,M. Sharps,:,;; Mr J.IM. Sharpe, Hay Wood Pierce, Iila Budd Stephens, Helen Mae White, ' Mary Wood Koonce, Mrs. R. Brinn, Mor gan .Walker, Jeanette Feilds, Ne -ie Feilds, Catherine, Britt, Gene Wl te, Rath Nachman, : Kc'"tld Tuc! jr, Mrs. H.' Cvl Stokes,J CUrk Sto! -s,. Sarah Brinn, -Katherine fessup, Ft'.ly Tucker, Florence Darden, lln. C m Roberson, - V Alice oberson,, V. ;tt Winslow, Grace Knowles, Km. C T. Skinner, Mrs. & B. Kalles. r ? Rev. D. M. Sharps, pastor of Ce ' .'.ord Methodist Church, asn-n-" t the Aldersgate re ivtl I on the 4Sth of I.vh, i -reeks He 1 Invites a'.J t- tny where in the coit..', j other county. Perdu Alj EDITORIAL By Mattijiuer White The Daily Advahqeof Elizabeth City, with its penchant for (Ustortingjcts, whenever doing so will cast reflection uponMghboring newspapers, has gone just a little tod fa) in its obvious attempt to discredit The Pero;uims Weekly. In its issue of Monda'February 28, the Ad vance carried a story purporting to be a report of a trial on Saturday ini Pasquotank Recorder's Court, involving a certainjbad check given by J. B. Anderson, of the Anderson Radio & Electric Company, of Elizabeth City, which check, given in payment for advertising in The Perquimans Weekly on April 30, 193ft was drawn on the First & Citizens NationalBank pf Elizabeth City, pay able to C. H. Mathews. , r. Editor Herbert Peele has misstated the facts in a deliberate attempt to give the impression that the business firms of oeen aaverasing m ines rerquimans weeKiy were, as Eiditor Peele so eloquently puts it "sucked in." Said the Advance: smooth talking adver tising salesman's attempt ;to prosecute J. B. An derson, jovial head of the pany, for the alleged parsing of a bad check boomeranged Saturday morning and exposed one of the slickest advertising! rackets ever uncov ered." ?f The statement is false. . The facts, briefly 3tatedV aretii'eae:-''-'--'- y The advertising salesman, who has so suc cessfully beaten the Advance in its own territory repeatedly, to Editor Peele's chagrin, is not a stranger. Mr. Mathews has on three successive occasions, in 1936, in 1937 and in 1938, sold this type of advertising for The Perquimans Weekly to such outstanding firms of Elizabeth City as the Globe Fish Company, Hopkins Bros., Southern (Continued to Editorial Column on Page Four) Special Program Day Monday Night An Attractive Birthday Cake Cut and Sold to Raise Money SPEaALMUSIC Tribute Paid to Found 1 ers, Mrs. Herst and Mrs. Binney The birthday cake, with its 41 candles, honoring: the forty-first anni versary of the Parent-Teacher Asso elation, which was a feature of the program at the Founder's Day exer cises when the Parent-Teacher Asso elation of the Perquimans County Central Grammar - School met on Monday night, was cut and sold and the money applied to : the special fund for field work. . R. S. Monds, Jr., baritone guest artist on the program, pleased the audience with three lovely songs, and there was also a very delightful pro gram by Miss Kate! Blanchard's; music class and glee;club.i,''':Sj;;f;;' IcMrsr :W.t ;'F.: ;Morganj'is president, presided, and the devotional was con ducted by D. I Barber. '. I The President's letter was read by Mrs. C. P. Quincy. Tribute was paid to the founders, Mrs. Herst and Mrs. Binney, and also t to Mrs. Katherine Martin, North Carolina field worker for the PTA, who Was killed m an Automobile accident in 1984,,; ; Ilcor.ces Y Plan Move The old McMullan home, on Church Street, is to be opened. The ' family of Mrs. B. G. Koonce, a daughter of the tlcMullans, is moving ' hito the (.'. j home w;'in the next few days. V. toll 1 r 1 i ' been vacant ; a I'r. r.i Hit. W.' G. Wright L ?v ' Lk to their own home some Honoring Founders Elizabeth City who havej Anderson Radio Com Project Approved To Build A Library Room At B el vi tier e Will Be Added to New And Up-to-date Com munity Building THROUGH WPA Under Construction on Site Old Belvidere Academy A new WPA project has been ap proved for the addition of a library room to the new community building recently begun at Belvidere. This is the second community build ing to be constructed in the county through WPA assistance. The build ing at New Hope will shortly be com pleted, only the - finishing remaining to be. done. . - ' v The building at Belvidere, which is now under way, is on the site of the old Belvidere Academy, which Was burned in 1935. It will be of frame construction, will contain an auditor ium, with suitable stage, as well as a kitchen where community meals may be prepared, and a library. It will cost approximately $3,000, which will be borne by the people of the community; with the aid of the WPA. Colored Boy Injured While Crossing Street ' Stiiii&t5 i';Mt6lmbiie ' as hV crossed fiobb Street on Wednesday afternoon, Phineas Lloyd, ' a colored child, the son of Phineas Lloyd of Dobb Street, ; wa painfully hurt though his injuries are not believed to be serious. Th hw. nf tfcn rr. who srave hii ! name as -T. M. Oopenbaver; and his add i as Salem, Va, carried the chili t a physician, where, he rs-j eeivel t:t ment, leaving his address ; with Ha t-thorfttas.' ,A s I Ma m a ' mi Given To Sixty In Perquimans County Report Shows Total $425 Distributed Monthly NINEADDED of 117 Applications Made Since Program Be gan July 1 Sixty persons over sixty-five years of age in Perquimans County are now receiving old age assistance under the Social Security Act provision by which the county pays one-fourth, th" State one-fourth and the federal gov ernment one-half. Nine more will receive checks in March. These have been approved since the first of the year. A total amount of $425 is paid monthly, being distributed among the 60 persons. The amount will be in creased to take care of the nine extra cases recently acted upon. Ths aver age amount paid to the 60 old per sons averages $7.00. The largest amount paid to any one person is $15, the lowest amorit bein? $5. There have been 117 applications made for old age assistance since July 1, with 27 now pending, 72 be ing approved and 18 rejected. Twenty-four applications have been investigated since the first of the year, out of which 12 have been ap proved, with exactly half the number being rejected. The amount of $236 is paid out monthly in the county for aid to de pendent children, being distributed among 49 children. Fifty-two chil dren will receive checks next month. The average amount given to de pendent children per child is $4.80. Seven persons ,in the county are receiving $89 monthly as aid to the blind, an average of $12.70. Of the amount paid as old age as sistance and to the blind the county pays one-fourth, the state one-fourth and the federal government one-haif. Of the amount paid to dependent children the county pays one-third, with the state and federal govern ment each paying a third. Easter Seals Go On Sale April 1 To 17 Lucius Blanchard Nam ed Chairman For Perquimans Lucius Blanchard has been named County Chairman of the campaign for the sale of Easter Seals for crip pled children, which is conducted an nually at this season of the year. Prior to the beginning of the sale, however, a contest has been arranged whereby any child in the State may win a twenty-five dollar cash prizr. The prize is offered by the North Carolina League for Crippled Chil dren to the school child submitting the best poster, subject to the rules and regulations which will be fur nished the school children through the teachers. The poster must be made and turn ed in to the school principal not later than March 18. The seal sale begins on April first and lasts through April 17. Treat In Store For Kiddies Saturday At State Theatre Youngsters will be doubly treated at the State Theatre Saturday, ac cording to Manager Littleton Gibbs. In addition to seeing their favorite cowboys in action as usual on Satur days, Mr. Gibbs will give to every child ticket purchaser a free box of Mickey Mouse cakes. Mickey Mouse will be on the screen there Saturday also, with his sweetie,! Minnie, ? and with his usual group of laugh-getting Mr. Gibbs is urging as many cnu dren as possible to attend the after- noon shows although the treat will still be i neffect Saturday night. Yes, it's children's day at "Carolina's Fuv est Theatre'? and the treats are "n the house.' , ura Age Assist Called By Agent To Discuss Referendum In Controlling Cotton Held at Central Gram mar School Building: AtWinfall 7:30 O'CLOCK Every Farmer In Per quimans County Is Urged to Attend Perquimans County farmers are called to attend a mass meeting to be held on Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the new Perquimans County Cen tral Grammar School building at Winfall. L. W. Anderson, County Agent, is calling the meeting for the purpose of discussing the referendum as to the control of the cotton crop, which is to be held on March 12, and is very anxious that all of the farmers of the county attend. The new program will also be dis cussed, according to Mr. Anderson, who announces that in addition to the representatives from the State office in Raleigh, including Murphey L. Barnes, District Field Agent, and others, who will discuss the program, there will be other live speakers whom the farmers will find interest ing. Mr. Anderson held a series of com munity meetings among the farmers of the county some time ago, ex plaining at that time the new pro gram. The recent At of Congress has changed some of the regulations as to payments and other details, however, and the program will not be carried out exactly as it was explained at that time. Because of the tremendous import ance of cotton and tobacco marketing quotas may play in the future farm status of North Carolina, E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive officer at State Col lege, is urging every affected farmer to cast his ballot in the two-crop re ferenda March 12. "We want to get a vote representa tive of the wishes of most growers," Floyd declaired, "but we shall be handicapped unless every grower makes it a point to visit his commun ity polling place that day to vote either yes or no on the quotas." The balloting will be in charge of the county committee of the Agricul tural Conservation Association. Three farmers in each community will be appointed by the county committee to hold the polls in their township. Any grower who produced cotton or flue-cured tobacco will be eligible to cast his ballot. If he produced both crops, then he will be permitted to vote on both cotton and tobacco; otherwise) he can express his opinion only on that crop which he produced. A two-thirds majority will be ne cessary to put the 1938 quotas into effect. Tobacco and cotton quotas will be given each state, which will be divided up among counties, and then among the farms of each county. Mass meetings of farmers at which representatives of the AAA office at State College will be present have been scheduled for each of the 80 counties affected by the referenda. Farm agents will have charge of administering the new farm program, as they have other Federal crop pro grams in the past. Generous Response To Paper's Appeal Made Last Week It will be six months before the man, for whom an appeal was made through this newspaper last week for funds to defray hospitilization ex penses, can undergo the necessary operation. There has been a generous . re sponse, according to Miss Ruth Dav enport, County Welfare Officer, to the appeal. Recent developments, however, in dicate that it will he six months be fore the operation can be performed, during which time the patient will be given, certain treatments which are necessary to prepare him for the op eration. Duke surgeons have stated that it would not be well to perform the operation until these treatments ean be had., i ; Arrangements have been made for the patient to, enter Duke Hospital as soon as his condition is such that he can undergo the operation. Mean time, the treatments will be given by xai pnysieians.'. i i V, i I" .1 -i -v - i if. ,ftV 1 t r 4M