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Hertford Colored :i.7syl'luiLc3t i FrcmBkacIiaii's Thief Giym7uttl By Two Hertford Po , '5 licemen : ? T AT TTPHM THR DATS NEWS ! I , I II I (TV. nirnc a L-? I Get a NEW Style SUIT San Franciscd lavxer LOCKED OUT. OF WOTEL ROOM ; GETS A SAW AND SAWS HIS' WAX IN... People Cooperate In Clean up Week Chairmen Appointed to Assist In Strenuous Campaign APRIL24 TO 30 I II VWILL. I n&WfcW tf S"IMsMBmJ I '. NBAS ITEM Jf suspraous Town : Council Refuses To ;JPay Merchant Bill For Loss Unaware ' that Blanchard's, Hert t fjord's centnry-old department store, had been robbed of a lot of valuable merchandise, Hertford's two police J men, " R. A. White and C. E. Waler, allowed the thief to make a clean getaway with his loot at 2:30 o'clock fttday morning, after they had ques - tioned him, while they drove the sus pect to the vacant house on Dobb - Street, he had told the officers was his home. r The Town Council, at their regular meeting on Monday night, refused to pay a bill of seventy-five dollars cov ering' the stolen' merchandise, ren dered the town by J. C. Blanchard & . Company. . '. Officer White, on special night duty, picked up a strange Negro on : Grubb Street, near Covent Garden, at 2:30 o'clock in the morning, walk - ing in a westerly direction and carry i ing two new cowhide suitcases. The , pacer's suspicion was aroused from &e fact that the Negro wore an en tire new outfit, suit, hat, overcoat ' Asked where he was going at that hour, the man said "to the train." .Since no passenger train was due to . leave Hertford for ten hours Officer , White decided to make further in vestigation and picked up Officer Walker. Told that there was no . early morning train, the Negro re sponded that he might as well go back home. The two officers carried 1 - the suspect to ' a house on Dobb ' ' - Street, where he said he lived, which he said. was No. 70.. Since investiga tion disclosed that the number on the house was 70, the officers decided it ' was his. home and that all was well. However, they required him to open Jone of the suitcases. In it was an old suit of clothes and s shirt. The - other suitcase was not opened be ' i: cause the Negro said that was his f' wife's. ,; After the man had been turned f loose, Officer White decided it might be well to do some further investi gation. When he discovered, that the ; v back' door of J. C Blanchard Company's store had been forced . open and that, in addition to two ' ' suitcases a man's suit, overcoat, hat and a number of shirts, there were missing other articles, including a lot of ladies' fine widerwear, hosiery, : and other small articles, and discov i ered further that nobody lived at 70 , ' i Dobb Street, the officers realised : ; that the thief had slipped . through " their fingers and would probably at tempt to catch the freight train due at about this hour. '. Bloodhounds from the Woodville , ; Prison Farm were pressed into ser Jvice to help in the search for the well-dressed stranger who had his old ' suit which . he would slip into and ; avoid detection, - making his escape an easier matter. The dogs led the : i; searching ' party straight ? to the freight train which had come in, but before the officers had succeeded in v searching all of the cars the train pulled out, probably carrying the ': thief with his loot , 'J That the thief was fastidious in his taste, was indicated by the number of suits he had tried on and discarded .before selecting a nifty brown:; He knew what he wanted in ladies' hose, also, taking only size 9. t Large Audience Sees vgutogpraph Anae" A "Autograph Anne.' the senior play of the Perquimans High School, marking the beginning o&the com mencement exercises 3- of ? the school which will close on May , .was ..pre sented .on, Wednesday night 'in .the auditorium of the school, before a large and appreciative audience.-' 1 The ihree-act jplayi concerned col lie life and 'was aljve ; with' college ' music, C singing andM'dancihgJ lie ymg folks played their parts with ; credit. -4 Everybody; :, enjoyed "Autograph Anne." , l ' , The characters were:?jddi, Ruth "organ, who took the part of Anne; " Folly Tucker, Julia Eroughton, ,' An r.'e Mae Mathews, Alice ' Roberson, ..ary Thad Chappell, Marie Ander son, Eleanor Hunter Mary" Feild, v IJIa Budd Stephens, Herbert Wil li nis, Jarvis Ward, f Frank-' r?ttwn, h White, Fred ; Campp", r 'Vhite,' George Ek. , I l.Uxonj Clyde Lape, : i, and Margaret Mayes. . KEATON CONTINUES' i-C - 3 of 1 r ""th- . w ' wl ( THOSS MOSQUITOES . OF THE BOMB FIND THE WONT HANO ABOUND) (fVTEpHo HE cAN-OPENER Alumnae Greensboro College Invited To Attend Celebrations Dr. S. B. Turrentine, president emeritus of Greensboro College, and L. H. Allison, centennial secretary, spent sometime here last week in the interest of plans for celebrating the one-hundredeth anniversary of the chartering of this institution, which is the oldest chartered college for women in the State and third oldest in the United States. While here they conferred with some of the local alumnae inviting them to attend the celebration of Founders' and Benefactors' Day at the college on Saturday, March 12, and the formal celebration of the centennial on. May 20-23. They also set forth plans for raising by April 11 among the alumnae and friends of the college the $100,000 to be added to the endowment fund, and they re ported encouraging progress to date. Among the local alumnae are the following: Mrs. R. T. Brinn, Miss Sarah Brinn, . Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, Miss Kate Blanchard, Mrs. W. B. Tucker, Misses Elizabeth and Grace Knowles, Mrs. Nathan Relfe, Misses Mary Onella and Mattie Bert Relfe, Mrs. G. W. Barbee, Miss Cwolyn Riddick, Miss Mary Towe, Mrs. W. H. Pitt, Miss Louise Payne, Miss Joyce . Stokes and Miss Frances Sharpe. Elect New Officers For Eastern Star About thirty visitors from Eliza beth City were present at the regular meeting of the Order of Eastern') Star held on Monday night, when two new members were initiated. New officers of the Order were elected as follows: Mrs. J. W. Zachary, worthy matron; A. Linwood Skinner, worthy patron; Mrs. G. C. Buck, associate, ."matron; J. S. Mc Nider, associate patron; Miss Spivey Roberson, conductress; Mrs. J. S. Vick, associate conductress. Refreshments were served" at the close of the meeting. , BOY BREAKS ARM ' Falling , from the top of a wood shed on Tuesday, Jack Parker, .10 years old, of Winfall, suffered a broken arm., Jack, who is a son of Mr. and -Mrs;-Walter : Parker, of Elizabeth City, makes his home with his aunt, Miss Mrytle Umphlett, in Winfall The youngster's ' injury '- is quite serious, the break .being n the elbow joint. ; " . . I ill iiH Ili- l - 4 WOODVILLE W. ;M. MEETS The Woman's ;- Missionary Society of the Woodville Baptist Church met on ivesaay aiiernoon at uie cnurcn. Mrs. J. A. Bray presided. , over the meeting; " Mrs- J. C Wilson was in charge of the program on which were Miss Beulah Bogue, Mrs. Rupert Stanton, Mrs. H. . West, Mrs. Mary Bray, Miss Mrytle Ownley, and Mrs. Odell Cartwright Miss Myrtle Own ley 'dismissed the group. . ' Those present ' were: , Mrs. C. A. Bogus-, Miss Beulah Bogue, MrsJA. R. Cooke, Mrs. -Wilton Pearce, Mm. G.f,W. Gregory, Mrs Hi G. Swayne, Mrs. Rupert Stanton, Mrs. T S. White,' Mrs. H. -Cv-West, Mrs. J. C. Too Late to Classify I, SALE BRAND NEW v-1938 Chevrolet Town Sedan. ?575 Caeh. 1 tax paid. ;, Write X care jtf U -uimans Weekly,' Hertford. ' CX" ENAMEL PIN , U. S, Milary Aca t emblem, n.ase "ate "Cwvf ord, Oldest Resident Has Leg Broken Mrs. Harriett Layden, Hert ford's oldest citizen, suffered a broken leg when she fell down the steps of the back porch at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. T. White, with whom she lives, on Monday. Mrs. Layden, who is 85 years of age, though quite feeble has been able to walk about the house and yard until her injury and her many friends will be deeply griev ed to learn of her misfortune. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Bray, Mrs. J. A. Bray, Mrs. WV A. Hoggard, Mrs. Johnnie Gregory, Mrs. Ackiss Gre gory, Miss Myrtle Ownely, Mrs. C. T. White, Mrs. Odell Cartwright, Mrs. R. L. Perry, Wayne Pearce and Lloyd Francis White. OIL MEN ADVOCATING USE, STATE TAX MONEY FOR HIGHWAYS ONLY (Continued from Page One) Hertford; S. Gilmer Sparks, of Ral eigh; John E. Dozier, of Raleigh; S. P. Smith, of Elizabeth City; J. H. Conger, of Edenton; M. M. Dillman, Vivian Mathews, D. F. Reed, Fred Winslow, Tom Peele, J. H. Benton, G. T. Powell, W. M. Divers, Jr., Irv ing Turner, Cecil Winslow, J. H. Towe, Alphonso Chappell, L. N. Hollowell, Ray Morse, J. Van Roach, W. W. White, Harry Boyce and Mrs. Mattie Lister White. PLANS OUTLINED FOR BETTER HOMES WEEK (Continued from Page One) the Hertford Woman's Club, also promised full cooperation, naming on her committee Mrs. Thomas Nix on, Mrs. R. T. White, Mrs. T. E. Harrell, Mrs. C. P. Morris and Mrs. W. E. White. Mrs. F. T. Johnson, speaking for Mr. Johnson, who was unavoidably absent, reported that the schools were necessarily observing clean-up week earlier because of commence ment, and would observe the pro gram the week beginning April 4, planning to clean up the building as well as unsightly spots outside. Mr. Buck stated that a clean-up Palmolive 3 for 20c 3 for Keeps hands lovely v;25c Blue Super Suds ,,...3 for 25c (For: Washing Clothes) Octagon Soap' Z:,.; 3 fori 14c Octagon Powder ,-8 for 14c :JZ for 18c Octagon Cleanser mvwMl for 9c Octagon Granulated .2 for 18c Octagon Toilet ri for 14c Crystal White Soap JLa for 14c Klex (Pumice) Soap-v-8 for 14c SAVE OCTAGON COUPONS " ,FCS, VALUABLE PREMIUMS J. Ere: !:tc!i s Bros. n. c campaign was a part of the program of the work of his class, and that they could not wait until April to be gin, as ie work took a longer time and a lot of preparation, but trTkt the class would cooperate. Miss Hamrick stated that she and several others would attend on Tues day night a meeting at the Negro school in Hertford, to ask the coop eration of the colored people of the town in the clean-up campaign.. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Town Criers on Fri day night that body unanimously voted to endorse the clean-up cam paign. Also, the Town Council, at its meeting on Monday night, voted full support and full cooperation. IP T IT IS 1BL Pottery in our window Pottery in our store Pottery on our showcases Pottery on the floor Just a little money puts it in your door. ROBERSON'S DRUG STORE THE STORE WITH A DRUGGIST "On The Corner" HERTFORD NORTH CAROLINA HAIR- out 9 "txl J your hair gray! It it going gray? Erase that shadow I Oatrol lifts the gloom of gray that' darkens your face and makes you look years older. Whether you'd like to regain your own color or completely change the color of your hair, Clairol will do It quickly and ,se subtly that your closest friend won't detect the change. Clairol does what nothing else can I In one simple treatment Clairol shampoos, reconditions and TINTS. J Atk your bwuflciait. Or writ to vt for FREE Clairol boolftf, ntE oaVIc on III car of fiofr, and fMS bavty analiii. WriU NOW an coupon btlow. dtuidllf,..mth JOAN CLAIR -Clairol, Inc.. 132 Wit 46 Striot, Ploaio Und FREI Clolrol Booklot, Non0..r Addron, ti. 1 Clfy..r...,'... 'My toanliclan'i Nam t...,4 111 Prize Offered For Larg est Number Tin Cans Gathered The colored people of the county are cooperating in the clean-up cam paign to be observed the week of April 24-30, under the direction of Miss Gladys Hamrick, county chair man. At a meeting held at the Hertford colored school on Tuesday night, at tended by Miss Hamrick, Mayor Silas Whedbee and Mrs. J. G. Roberson, president of the Hertford Woman's Club, representatives of all the col ored schools and churches of the county were present. Prof. W. J. Thompson, principal of the Hertford colored school, was named chairman to represent the colored people of the county, with the following chairmen serving under him: Rev. James A. Harrell, pastor of the colored Baptist Church; Rev. O. D. Parker, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church, and Prof. K. A. Williams, principal of the Winfall Industrial School. Chairmen were also named for Dobb Street, Market Street, King Street and Cox Ave., Railroad Ave., Grubb Street, Spring City and New town. A cash prize of $2.50 will be given by Mayor Whedbee to the colored organization making the most im provement before April 30. Miss Hamrick announced that she will cive to the colored child of Hertford, and also to the colored child of the Winfall School, one dollar cash prizes for the largest number ol tin cans carried to the school before April 22. yillfllllB Aeednt Ite GRAY Now York, N. V. ' Advico and Anolyjli. 1 Slato.,;.,...,..., .... IIIUIItlUMI'"TITI1 I II ltSt TS ISM i YV' Ml See Our New SPRING SUITS Double or Single breasted styles. O Plain or Sport Backs O Plaids or Stripes Newest hard finish ed all-wool fabrics. $16.95 to $24.50 New Shirts . . . New Shoes... New Hats... SIHOfr'S "Store of V.luM,,k- . HERTFORD, N. C.
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