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wmX VIZHILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY!
VolumeV. Number 10. : , - ..Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, b may, March 11, 1938. - - .
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Over 10,000 Inquiries
; About State Already
. x - Received
; "SHOWfDOW"
Riddick Says lists Very
. Valuable to Local
;: Committees
' H nwnei and , addresses of he
10.000 or mora peraoni who have
written for Information " regarding
North Carolina as a result of the
fitate'a National advertiaing cam-
valKn. have been sent to every board
of county commissioners in foe State,
to every Chamber' of Commerce, and
to other recognised agencies, where
they -should be on file at the present
time Tor the use , of the citlxens in
those counties, - it was announced to
day by R. M. Riddick, Chairman of
the Governor's' Hospitality ; Commit
tee in Perquimans County 4 '
Tbe Advertising1 v Division , of the
Department of Conservation-and De
velopment keeps a record of every
Inquiry received and every week or
ten days prepares lists containing the
names and addresses of all persons
who have written for information
about the State, whkh are sent to the
boards of etycommtwioners and
other organisations " fesivry county.
. These agencies in the counties, cities,
, and .towns are asked to keep these
lists on file and to make them avail
able to any citizens or organizations
that may want to use them in follow
ing op the State Advertising Cam'
paign.' - . 1 li- rU.'::'?r-:: .
"These lists are much more valua
ble to the local committees than they
are to the Department of Conaerva
tion and Development or to the State
as a whole, since they make it possi
ble for the local- communities, either
gaiuzauoiu, to ieu vaem people mooui
their immediate sections," said Chair
man R, M. Riddick of the Perquimans
County hospitality , committee.: 1 "For
all the State can do in its advertising
campaign is to tell about the State
as a whole, without mentioning any
particular localities. But by making
use of these lists- which are being
sent and kept on file in every eounty,
individuals . - and organizations may
write to these people in other states
who have already indicated an inter
est in North Carolina and tell them
about their respective sections.
In this .way every county in the
State is given a direct opportunity to
publicise Itself and its communities
and attract new residents and home-
seekers and eventually receive direct
benefit from the adverUsmr ; cam'
paign. In fact, this is the only way
local communities and individuals will
be able to benefit directly from the
State . advertising campaign. S-For
the local communities and the people
in them must do the actual selling of
(North Carolina to those from other
states who are becoming; interested in
cowing here either as visitors or to
establish homes. The State sdvertis
ing campaign' is merely i the . show
window through which the State is
being displayed. It is going to be up
to the localities and the people living
in them to do the actual selling:
The first letters sent out to the
persons on these lists should bis pure
ly informational and give general
Information about the county and lo
cality from which the letters' are
written, in the, opinion of T. EV Pick'
ard, Jr., Executive Secretary of the
Governor's ' Hospitality Committee,
and should not try to sell any prop
erty. These letters should try mere
ly to arouse interest in that locality.
If replies are received from these
f.xt letters, asking for luore infor
r.r'lon about property for s&le,' prices
of land, and so forth, this "nivation
- n be given in subsequent letters, he
'-'3 out;H" -v..
r the past ' six or seven -zJIjs
nation ; Department has
S - out the Hats': of tLae
-v 'hi ' 1 to the State's ad-
r 1 to attrct bme-
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:KujrSobg-Drive
QUEER!
Of the 86 names drawn from the
Jury box on Monday, at the regular
meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, eleven of the jurors
drawn to serve at the April Term of
Perquimans Superior Court live in
the Town of Hertford.
Oddly enousrh. in the list appear
the names of two pairs of brothers'.
Joshua T. White and J. E. White are
brothers, and Charlie T. Skinner and
A. L. Skinner are brothers. Five
winers. r ive
men in the list
are
which name might be said to be the
most common name in Perquimans.
But the next name most frequently
heard in the county, . Winelow, ap
pears only once in the list
The names of the two clerks in the
Hertford v jpostoffice were drawn,
Charlie T, Skinner and J. E. Newby.
' Probably' the "most remarkable
thing about this jury list, however,
is that in a community where all but
a comparatively few are farmers, ten
other vocations are represented.
There1 is a grocer; a grocery clerk, a
huckster, two! ;dry goods merchants,
Tw nrfr rrwrhlno rxA a. dalrv-
T . !
man.
; The full list follows: W. H,-Cart-wright,.
L. F. Winslow, B. C. Berry,
J. E. White, Thad C. Chappell, E. N.
Miller, Palen E. Lane, Raymond
Boteman, T. S. White (of Cadar),
John A. White, Hugh Howell, Louis
Eaves, J. R. Hill, Wm. B. Jordan, G.
T, Powell W. G. Newby, James W.
Pearce, v Raymond Farmer, Matt
Mathews, John T. Lane (of BelvL
dere), V. N. Darden, B. M. Miller,
Joshua T. White, R. D. Creecy, Bris
tow Perry, J. Wlnford Chappell,
Charlie T. Skinner, A. L. Skinner,
Simon Rutenberg, W; W, Lewis, D. J.
RogCrsoii; it.' OUvrirato' James E.
Newby; C. W. Lane, Harold Hurdle
and J. V. Halsey.
Seniors Stage Play
At High School On
VGdnosdav fli
"Autograph - Annew In
Three Acts Depicts
College life
-The Senior play, Autograph
Anne," will be presented on Wednes
day evening, March 16, at 8 o'clock.
in the Perquimans County : High
School auditorium. ; :
'M IntAffMni 'AfiiAM rim ft-infyift In.
teresting three-act play concerning:
colle&re life. The characters include!
several conceited , sorority ' girls, fan-
portant young fraternity men a ju-
morist, the f rosh who want to learn'
about women, and a girl who is active
in all activities, but outstanding in:
none and who also is deeply interest
ed in a young assistant professor.
All girls wishing to be chosen Uni
versity Girl and the boys who choose
are discussing every girl on the cam
pus. College talk, music, romance,
and dancing! - Mix all. these up . and
see what pott ; . have ri Autograph
Apne" in full swing. But who is
Autograph Anne and why? .s "'
The characters aret1 Addie Ruth
Morgan, Anne; Polly Tucker, Hor
tense; ' Julia Broughton, Katherlne;
Annie Mae Matthews, Es telle; Alice
RobersonLucile; Mary Thad Chap
pell, ' Charlotte;- Marie Anderson,
Bernice; Eleanor Blunter, Peg; Mary
Pelld, Harriet; Lila Budd Stephens,
Patricia? Herbert Williams, Bill;
Jarvis .Ward, Biff; Frank Brown,
ShorT; Zack.'RT.Ite. Sidney; Trcd
Can: i, -Benton; h George Miller
WM , Mac; George Baker, Walter;
Hoi' II Mxon, Bob; Clyde Lane,
DounlJ; Hay Jordan, Ed; Margaret
Mayes, the maid; messenger and
two pages. 'h';ff;:t":'-hyhr -
A small amission" fee wjll rbe
cfiars&;;U
& -V- f
H. Eardcastle, secretary of tie
-i Building & Loan ; Assoc'
ibzt ICS shares cf t
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slit
Pcrpnos Court
lEouso Oe Graced By
Portrait C.W. Toms
Ancient Building Was
Restored and Fur
nished By Him
MANY GOOD DEEDS
Refused Publicity to
Generosity While
He lived
A portrait of the late C. W. Toms
will be hung in Perquimans County's
andt courthouse, to bear a suitable
acknowledgement of
too generosity of this son of Hert
ford in restoring and furnishing: the
building.
The Board of County Commis
sioners at their regular meeting on
Monday, acting upon the suggestion'
of Hon. James S. McNider, passed a
resolution to this effect, naming o
the committee to confer with the
family of Mr. Toms in the matter E.
M. Perry, Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners; J. W. Ward,
Clerk to the Board; Charles Whed
bee, Attorney to the Board, and
James S.. McNider.
. mr- lom8 wno waS a
native of
Hertford, wss at the time
of his
death president of the Liggett k
Myers Tobacco Company, and lived
in Durham and New York City. His
three sisters, Mrs. C. W. Morgan,
Mrs. G. E. Newby and Mrs. T. S.
White, live in Hertford.
In addition to his gift to the Coun
ty of the funds for reconditioning
and refurnishing the beautiful old
courthouse, which was done at con
siderable cost, Mr. Toms made man
other donations to individuals and to
institutions. His contributions in
cluded a very handsome pipe organ,
given in memory of his deceased wife,
the. former Miss xMary Newby;, of
Hertford, to the Hertford Methodist
Church. The Methodist Church at
about this time was restored and
re-conditioned by Mr. Toms and he
made large cash contributions toward
the building of a Sunday School
room. Generous cash contributions
were also made to the Baptist Church
and to the Episcopal Church in Hert
ford, and all of the churches of the j
colored race received contributions
from this public-spirited
native of
Perquimans. The Perquimans High
School library, probably the finest
in the Albemarle, was a gift of Mr.
Toms.
All of Mr. Toms' rifts were made
with ttin Hfatinct iinHorafnnKno fhaf
no miblicitv h triven thn matter onH
as nearly as possible the gifts were
made anonymously. Only at his
death, in September, 1936, did press
representatives have permission to
publish the facts.
1 In making his suggestion to the
Board of Commissioners, Mr. Mc-
Nider called attention to the fact that
the courthouse in Hertford is one
that would be a credit to any county
tn- -the State, and that nothing had
" done' to publicly acknowledge
the generosity of Mr. Toms, who was
raponBiote xor iu
The Board of Commissioners also
ordered that two flags, an American
flag and the State flag, be procured
and suitably draped above the Judge's
stand tn the courthouse.
Holmes Successful
In Supreme Qburt
Attorney' C R. Holmes, represent
ing J. R. Stokes in the trial of the
civil action of Felton and ' others
against J. R. Stokes and others, tried
St the November Term of Perqui
mans Superior Court, won his appeal
to the Supreme Court of North Car
olina, the judgment rendered being
reversed by Vie Supreme Court
The case,-which Involved; certain
transactions between Ealey A. Fel
ton, administratrix, and J. R Stokes,
peclficlally the purchase - of note
by Mr. Stokes from the administra
trix, did not go to the jury," ; the
plaintiffs' motion , for judgment v on
the pleadings being allowed.: :
1 Representing the : plaintiffs' - were
Hon. H. S. Ward. of. Washington, N.
C, and Peter Bell, Negro attorney
of nymouth..- :y;:Lr-R':
. . i i ll,v,ll,;l;,ll,l,,,;,:;v
The ir any friends of Honi Ci'i Ever
t Vr,-- tf EUzabc ' i' City,
' Judse of t 9 First
:, !. ' farv . with
r"-v-.-,j t T 'a first
t .is ) - che-
rquimans
avor Agrieultual Adjustment Aet;
GO At School To Clear Plan Disi
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SATURDAY'S POLLING PLACES
Polling places and noil holders
I held on Saturday are announced by
i iouows:
i ' MICAN10R At R. M. Baker's Store. Poll holders, John T. Lane,
yfi. L. Williams and Wallace Baker.
f BELVIDERE At T. C. Perry's Store. Poll holders, C. V. Ward,
jj J M. Copeland and G. W. Nowell. g.
- BETHEL At J. C. Hobbs' Store. Poll holders. Thus. E. White.
$. Y. Berry and R. F. Standin.
HERTFORD At the Court House. Poll holders, B. W. Thach,
ffjbth W. Lonjr and C. W. Reed.
i. ''"' NEW HOPE-pAt Du rants Neck School House. Poll holders, S.
0. Banks, W. W. Spencer and C. E. Sutton.
1, PARKVILLE At J. H. Baker's Store in WinfalL Poll holders,
s Irvm Nxon, T. E. Morgan and J.
The polls will open at 8 o'clock
7 o'clock in the evening.
j. - Any landlord, tenant or share cropper who produced cotton irt
', 137 is eligible to vote.
The purpose of the cotton referendum is to get the sentiment of
ithe cotton growers of the nation, and not merely to have those who
'?; are in favor of crop control vote. All growers, therefore, whether they
favor the measure, or not, are urged to cast their ballot. '
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Perquimans Oil
yen Meet Tuesday
"Misuse of Highway
Tax Funds" Topic to
; Be Discussed
Wholesale and retail oil dealers
their employees
of Parquimans
uSmi
ntjr are meeting at 12:30 P. M.,
Tuesday, March 15, at the Hertford
Hotel, according to J. E. Winslow,
Chairman of the Perquimans County
Petroleum Industries Committee.
Chairman Winslow stated: "The
misuse of highway tax funds in this
State will be discussed at the meet
ing." Of the 25c in taxes that the State
receives from every dollar taken in
for gasoline by service station opera
tors, approximately o jier rem 10 "c
ing diverted to non-highway pur
poses. This, according to Chairman
Winslow, is actually a divarsion tax
equivalent to 3 per cent of the gross
rereints of irasoline Sales and 18
ir renter than the net profits after
wages, ovemeaa ana omer cosi are
met.
The gasoline dealers are collecting
TYtc on each gallon of gasoline,
which is equivalent to a sales tax of
48 per cent of the retail price.
S. Gilmer Sparger, of Raleigh,
Secretary of the North Carolina Pe
troleum Industries Committee, will at
tend and address the meeting. He
will discuss the program recently
adopted, by the State Committee,
which urges the ending of diversion
and the enactment of a Constitutional
Amendment to prevent future misuse
of highway funds.
In 1936 North Carolina diverted
more than $2,000,000, or 10 per cent
of the $20,961,000 in taxes collected
by the State, according to the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads.
Rotary Anne Night
Set For April 26th
April 26 is the date set for "Rotary
Anne Night". b Hertford. The date
was decided upon at the regular
meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club
on Tuesday night i '
There will be a special program
Mot ."Rotary Anne Night,'' which is
an annual acair when . the Kotanans
invite their wives. - , , v.
Unusualt It's Phenomenal!
Unusual: In .Highland Park a
parking lot is to be, raced to make
room for building.-Detroit News.
COro OXERS!
STJnda" St& wants s toknow
whettiei1 o not you fsvor control
of toitm acreage J 19S8 You
are urr'd to vote to the; referenda
on S' rrJy,- regardless of wheth
eif y i t rot or oppose crop; eon
trcl i,ri"3.'';
''V-.V L.ANtSRSON,:
P'S, "' :-'h''';:' County::Agent,i:
County Farmers Appear To
for the cotton referendum to be
County Agent L. W. Anderson as
A. Bray.
in the morning and will close at
125 Masons Attend
District Meeting
Banquet Served Iater
By Eastern Star
Members
The First Masonic District held
their District meeting with Perqui
mans Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.,
on Tuesday night. This District is
composed of the Masonic Lodges
north of the Albemarle Sound. Pre
parations had been made for this
meeting and Perquimans Lodge fully
measured up to the expectations of
all the visiting Masons in the way
and manner in which they were en
tertained. The regular business mesting was
conducted as usual. Then the Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master Rosroe
Wynn, of Elizabeth City, took charge
for a brief business session. The
Lodge then adjourned to go to the
Woman's Club, where the ladies of
the Eastern Star of Hertford, had
prepared a sumptuous supper of de
licious turkey and Perquimans Coun
ty old ham, and all the accessories
that go along with such a supper to
make it a success. Blessing was
asked by Rev. J. M. Jolliff, of Gates
ville. Address of welcome was made
by G. W. Jackson, master of Perqui
mans Lodge, and the response was
made by C. M. Griggs, of Elizabeth
City. The main address was deliv
ered by Dr. J. L. Carrick, president
of Chowan College, whose subject
was "Masonic History and Its Appli
cation to Our Daily Lives." Benedic
tion was pronounced by G. C. Buck,
secretary of Perquimans Lodge. J.
G. Roberson, who is Junior Warden
of Perquimans Lodge, served as
Master of Ceremonies. Mrs. Charles
(Continued on Page Four)
Senior Class Attends
Classmate's Funeral
The Senior Class of Perquimans
High School attended in a body th-
funeral of their class mate, Clarissa
Winslow, held at the Up River
Friends Church at Whiteston on
Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. Ber
tha Smith White and Mrs. Elizabeth
White officiating, assisted by the Rev.
John C Trivette, and girls of the
class . served as flower girls. The
Rev. J. M. Jolliff, of Gatesville, a
brother of the grandmother of
Clarissa, conducted the service at the
grave.
"Sometime Well Understand" was
sung by tbe . young , girl's Sunday
School Class. L. W. Anderson sang
"Crossing the Bar." ' There was also
a duet by Winnie Winslow and Mabel
.Lane,.:.'; ;. i i pIm
The pallbearers were height young
cottsinsti'WUUam' Winslow,! Jasper
Winslow, Fentress WInsloW, Eugene
Winslow, Leslie Winslow,; Clifton
White; JMinnie White :nd Harold
La8skeivfy: mY
Among those attending the funeral
from a distance' were: ' Mr. and Mrs.
Maxwell' McCain.: and Knox McCain,
of, Warsaw: "Mr,';: and Mrs.. Worth
Winslow, of Norfolk, Va.j Eugene
White and his daughter, Mary Ellen,
of Northwest, Va. ,
sussed
Well Informed Speakers
At Winfall Monday
Night
VOTE SATURDAY
L. W. Anderson Has
Heard No Dissenting
Statement
Responding to a call made by
County Agent L. W. Anderson, four
hundred Perquimans County farmers
gathered Monday night in the audi
torium of the Central Grammar
School at Winfall to hear discussed
the matter of the two-crop referenda
to be held on Saturday.
After listening "appreciatively to
M. L. Barnes, District Field Agent, of
Raleigh, who briefly and concisely
stated the objectives of the farm pro
gram and outlined certain features
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act;
and B. Troy Ferguson, District Su
pervisor of Vocational Agriculture,
also of Raleigh, who gave in a few
words the history of happenings in
connection with the crop control pro
gram, beginning with conditions as
they existed in 1932, Heywood Dail,
of Greenville, made an address which
kept his audience convulsed with
laughter half the time and brought
forth round after round of applause
as he spoke, in terms familiar to
every farmer present, on the oppor
tunity of the farmer to vote one
time for himself.
"It will be the first time you ever
voted when some politician didn't put
his arm around your shoulder and
say 'vote for me'," he said. "This
i time you can vote for yourself."
B. B. Sugg, of Greenville, who
followed Mr. Dail on the program,
stressed the necessity of control in
agriculture as in every other phase
of life.
Mr. Anderson, who presided, recog
nized J. W. Ward, president, M. H.
Stallings, vice president, and Jake
Whitej secretary-treasurer, of the
American Farm Bureau organization
in Perquimans, at the close of the
program.
There is a strong sentiment among
Perquimans farmers in favor of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act. County
Agent Anderson states that he has
not heard one dissenting statement
from a farmer in connection with the
Act and that every man he has
talked with about it has stated that
he expected to vote for it.
Meeting On Friday
To Discuss Plans For
Better Homes Week
Leaders In County Have
Been Invited to
Attend
MEET AT 8:30
Suggestions Sought to
Make Observance a
Success
A meeting has been called by Miss
Gladys Hamrick, County Chairman
of Better Homes in America, and
Mrs. J. G. Roberson, president of the
Hertford Woman's Club, to which
has been invited county and town
officials, heads of organizations, busi
ness men and women, and various
others, the purpose of which meeting
is to devise plans for the observance
of National Better Homes Week,
which is to be observed in Perqui
mans, as elsewhere as "Clean-Up
Week," as welL
The meeting will be held on Fri
day night of this week at 8:30
o'clock, in the auditorium of the Ag
riculture Building.
Mrs. Roberson and Miss Hamrick
are inviting suggestions as to the
observance of this week, and it is
their purpose to make the observance
county-wide, the cooperation of every
citizen of the county being solicited.
EASTERN STAR MEETS MONDAY
A special business meeting of the
Order of Eastern Star - is called for
Monday night at 7 o'clock.. All mem
bers are urrM to be present '0
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