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I ' L " ' ' i ' x' I II . .1 I II i I I I i V H - I . A n WAV A' WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V. Number 14. : Hertford, Perquimans County, Norcn"(Jaroiina Friday, April 8, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. I I fill I II V U I VM A UH I Hi N A II V7 U J II 1 I 1 s H VFV7 "i TOw . Yix Permit is County fail Has Busy Session On May Committee Appointed to 't . Arrange For Annual Picnic SIX CLUBS REPORT Miss Rose E. Bryan of ' Raleigh Speaks at Meeting ,V, The County Council of the Per quimans Federation of Home Dem onstration Clubs met in the audi torium of the Agricultural Building " in Hertford, on Monday, with Mrs. Eunice Winslow, president, presiding. The morning session began with the group singing of "Lore's Old Sweet Song." Mrs. Eunice Winslow had charge of the devotional, consisting of the "Twenty-third Psalm," ana a sentence prayer, followed by the song, "Carry Me Back to 01' Vir glnny." .. " Twenty-two members answered at Toll call and during the business ses sion a committee was -appointed to select second and third prises, which are given to the two clubs having the second highest rating in club activi ties. .The committee is-to report at the next County Council meeting, . and is Composed of Mrs. Lillie Mae White, Belvidere; Mrs. J. H. Gre gory, New . Hope; Mrs. Singleton Lane, BaUahack. A committee was appointed to ar rafge the place and time for the annual picnic. ' The following were named! Mrs. Tim Perry, chairman, Belvidere; Mrs. M. T, Griffin, Bethel; 'Mrs. John Symons, Chapanoke; Mrs. Tom Madre, Fn ..Gaither: -Mrs. stive iterrtTKTftWfc; n;sr: ' -Miss Hamrick, home agent, dis cussed plans for the spring tour to Washington, D. C. --v- Mrs. Winslow gave a poem "Kitch eitis.' which was very effective at this time. Mrs. J. G. Roberson, county com mander of the Hertford Woman's Club, gave a report of the .meeting held April 1, on Cancer Control. She asked the cooperation of the club (Continued on Page Eight) CCC Allotment For Perquimans Is Five! . There will be a CCC enrollment on April 12 for whitejuniors, mean .ing young men from 17 to 28 years . old, according to Miss Ruth Daven port, Welfare Officer of Perquimans. ... An .allotment - of Ave has been made for Perquimans County. ' The applicants must have written consent "of their parents to serve in the 9th Corps area, which includes the states of Washington, Oregon and Califor nia. '---Z'Z. .'.-V ,.. -.- ':;. lVc:n Rii C? At Dislrist C:;ig ieth District CSenfe - 7- ton April 14 Perauimans County - home demon- ' stration women are planning to at , tend the annual meeting of the 16th District of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs to be held in Edenton in Aprtt 14, at the Taylor i His Gladyf flamrfck,; home agent 1 of Pewpdmansi ;has expressed ;the - wiii that every clubf woman in the county who possibly: can . attend ;this It be an all-day affair, with ; vthe t E'"ion held at to o'clock in the mo-..:, r- Luncheon will be aery- ',,;':ed at Ce r-. Armory;J" t "'', ! Mrs. A. D. T7irl, district; presi- 5 ? dent will "r'r:- i ' arlrthe principal V epeaker will be I.s, J. S, ficklen, of . ; Greenville, ? v.i.0 v 11 f : on the '., Mz-t "Women of t' t ' t." She . vlll la introduce! by I j I..Ine Z ' , ELlriet -Agent.' .'; V f'-'; C r Trosiinent , club wt.ri i 11 !tr'ct; secretary and t -! is a'Ter-'Jiuani woman, L ; ? Wifilow, of r -'vtlere. Beautiful Sight ' Mr. .and Mrs. Clyde McCallum get so much pleasure out of their flowers that they', always like to share it with others. They 'invite all who wish' to see them . to visit their garden where just now tulips and iris are blooming. There are rows of bright red tulips, and tall purple iris, and there is one large bed which is one mass of purple and pink, iris and. tulips. There is nothing now to indi cate that the lotus pond will be come, within the next two or three months the thing of beauty it is early in June. The lotus pond extends the whole width of the McCallum lot on the river shore, and the gorgeous blossoms which extend out of the water from beneath the huge leaves of the plant lying on top of the water are very beautiful. In this pond are also water lilies blooming in early summer. The McCallums always invite the public, to visit the lotus pond when the flowers open. Just now the tulips and iris are at their loveliest. Workers Named To Raise Quota For Control Of Cancer Perauimans County Is Asked To Raise $107 $32 IN HERTFORD Mrs; W. W. Stineniates PthitllnesK Plans of Campaign As a result of the organization in Hertford last Friday of the County unit of the Society for the Control of Cancer, when Dr. I. A. Ward spoke on the importance of the can cer control program at a luncheon given in the Sunday School room of the Methodist Church, Miss Gladys Hamrick, commander in Perquimans and Mrs. J. G. Roberson, - Hertford commander, have named their lieu tenants for raising the quota ofcJunds which has been allotted. The quota for the entire county is $107.00, thirty-two dollars of which is allotted to the Town of Hertford. The workers will solicit enroll ment, In the same manner that the Red Cross roll call is worked, at the price of one dollar, women being es pecially solicited . though men may become contributing members Dona tions of more than a dollar are wel come.;,.-.. lit - is announced that seventy per cent of the money, collected will, be spent in the state where it is raised under the direction of the State Exe cutive Committee, with the approval of the American Society for the Con trol of - Cancer. Thirty per cent is retained by the National Headquar ten for organisation expenses and for a contingent fund. The movement, which is a national movement, is under the auspices of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, which organises Divisions of the Woman's Field Army only af ter representatives of the State Med ical - Society have approved the pro gram and agreed , to supervise the work of the army. As members of the State Executive Committee of the Army,, these representatives and the State Commander determine, with the approval of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, how the State Division's - share ,ofs funds , shall , be spent, t , , . .Mrs. W. W. Stlnemates,! fElisa beth City, ' district commander, who was present at the, luncheon on Fri day and who outlined the plans, told her hearers , that the funds retained in the State would be used to estab- (Continued on Page Eight) - - Farmers Must Have WorkShestsToGdf, ; Cotton Allotment - L. Wt Anderson County Agent, ' -ounces " that i farmers.; whose s are. not covered by, a work l. wl'I not : receive a cotton t in 1938 unless a work "i r ade covering the tern Monday, April 11, -"1 have to 1 3 r i produced on t Tin CROPKIOR PERQUIMANS COUNTY: FARMERS By R. W. Greener, Extension Forester, N. C. State College i ' i i i ll rir ' r r i i m m in i miw num. ua-LUjuji Timber clear-cut, trees left too weak produce seed. Lond will be idle for many years.- No crop no harVeffrHloc. income. Timber harvest by selective, cutting,. .provides a crop at short intervals regular income from both stumpage timber growth and higher quality. The heavy demand for pine pulp - wood in the South has served to focus attention on the best method of cutting timber on farm woodlands. Vast quantities of pulpwood have been and are being cut from farmer owned timber lands without any de finite plan for future growth or later crops. How a Perquimans County farmer cuts his timber may be a personal question, yet it is of vital importance to the county as a whole. Perquim ans County has 37,042 acres of farm woodland. This is 44 per cent of her entire farm acreage. The economi cal future of both her agricultural and her industrial development is dependent to a large degree upon the size and quality of the timber har - vest from these forest acres. From such a viewpoint, how a Perquimans County farmer cuts his timber crop becomes a vital public question. Suc cess in timber farming depends main ly upon two factors: 1. How the owner protects his forest from fire, and 2. How he uses the axe and saw, or allows them to be used, in his timber.- A slight error in judgment here of ten. means no profit and much damage to the timber and the pro ductive capacity of the land. There are two methods of har vesting the timber crop to perpetu ate the forest stand by natural means and provide for continuous or future crops: ,.,-; - 1. Seed-tree cutting, or cutting out all merchantable trees except a few for seed trees, and 2. Selective tree cutting, or har vesting a timber crop by selecting the trees individuaUy. - : , Both of these are recognised stand ard methods, but the. . question is: Which is the hette practice' for the Perquimans ' County; farmer from the standpoint of sound farm economy T Ho ara; .you.'i taking your timber harvest ,';.v;"''.',.'Avrj wr ? ; The Seed-tree method usually calls f or the cutting of ; all I merchantable timber except a specified number of seed trees, per acre and then wait until nature has grown another crop, thus starting' again with bare lands. There are many reasons why this method of putting timber is uneco nomical, for farmers... Most : of '.the objections will be obvious to the lay man as well as the farmer. Among them are: "-.'- 1.. The long wait between timber crops and periods.; of money income. If Perquimans County pines are cut for pulpwood, by the seed-tree meth od," the farmer will have to wait 20 to 39 years for the next crop, depend ing irron the species of pine, quality of land, and the protection from Are. 2. The Uncertainty of natural re 8:eUIn? for tl.e next crop. ' Re-seed-L j x.-r" r -.:s from 8 to' 10 : :3 it t i 1 re. Heavy ' ' r i ' r ' t ( i V"By for ; , 1 .. . v . , k. -iiS, and labor and promotes both greater I I , 1 myrtle, or other hardwood trees or shrubs, which retard or prevent pine reproduction. 3. Good seed trees are often not available. Clear cutting for pulp- wood i3 often done before the timber reaches a seed bearing age, thus no choice seed trees are available. 4. The rate of growth for future crops is greatly reduced. The amount of growing stock, or capital in the Woods Bank, is so reduced as to make a fair growth impossible. Therefore, the annual supply of plant food and moisture is lost. There are cases, however, under certain conditions of forest type and of ground cover where it may be de sirable to cut clean and plant ! the land with small trees of a choicer species. Ihis method calls for cutting lightly and frequently, and thus har vest successive crops of timber at short intervals. It means to main tain on the land a good stand of trees of different ages as growing stock, or capital in the Woods Bank. It means that young timber crops are starting while the other crops' are maturing, with a result of a rela tively high production of timber peri acre. The cutting interval for any part of the woodland will usually vary from five to eight years according to conditions'. The idea is to harvest periodically as much timber as has grown since . the last cutting. Fol lowing this system a farmer would cut lightly over one-eighth to one fifth of his woodland area each year, thus giving a regular yearly income. Perquimans County farmers will profit from the light selective tree cutting method.. While many acres of Perquimans County farm woods are not now pro ducing tree growth at full capacity due to forest fires and promiscuous cutting, these woodlands offer one of the county's greatest . assets. By adopting wise and systematic cutting practice! ana, full , protection from fires, the Perquimans County farm ers can expect - a stumpage income of from $74,000 to $111,000 annually, plus a labor income from the hat vesting-and marketing, of the timber products' of from $111,000 to S167, 000. , If local wood-using industries work, these products into the finished articles such a timber harvest, makes possible industrial payrolls, increased business, and a stabilised commun ity. . Thus the development? management,-and use, of the, farm wood lands is a community problem and a community;;.as8eti'V-0!Jjc. .V..'. ; Z t AUXILIARY TO MfeBT $ f feThe Junior Auxiliary of. the Herfri ford Baptist Church will, meet at the home of Miss Barbara - Winslow on Tuesday afternoon, April 12, at 4 o'clock. I "loses Barbara .Winslow and Dot's Eyrum will be joint host esses.;) V :.--! 'ZZ'S '&'i Good "Bait" Another prize is dangled be fore the eyes of those fishermen who are anxiously awaiting the expiration of the closed season for fishing, on May 10. The Hertford Hardware & Supply Company, which features a complete line of fishing tackle, is offering a ten-dollar casting outfit, including reel, rod and bait, for the largest black bass or chub caught in the waters of Perquimans before November 1. The fish must be brought to the store of the Hertford Hard ware & Supply Company, where it will be weighed and its weight recorded. J. G. Roberson has already announced a five-dollar cash prize for the largest game fish caught in the waters of Perquimans County, which most fishermen say amounts to the same thing as offering the prize for the largest black bass, since rarely is any game fish as large as the black bass. Merry Tucker Enters Race Judge Of Recorder Court Three Are Now Seeking Nomination At Hands Of Voters FEW FILE April 23 Last Day For Candidates to File For Office J. Granberry Tucker has filed no tice of his candidacy for nomination to the office of Recorder's Court Judge of Perquimans. This brines the number of candidates for this office up to three. James S. McNider, who was appointed by the Board of Coun ty Commissioners to fill the unexpir ed term of Walter H. Oakey, Jr., who resgined, filed notice of his can didacy for the position last week. T. E. Raper has also announced that he will be a candidate, though he has not filed. Mr. Tucker, a native of Perquim ans, who recently opened a law office in Hertford, practiced his profession in Raleigh for a number of years. L. Jif. Hollowell, chairman of the Board of Elections of Perquimans, calls attention to the fact that April 23 is the last day for filing notice of candidacy for nomination to office in the June Primary. The only candidates who have filed to date are Mr. McNider, who was the first to file; J. T. Benton, who is a candidate for the office of represen tative to succeed himself, and J. Gran berry Tucker, who filed on Wednes day afternoon. A. Linwood Skinner, who announc ed himself a candidate for the office of representative last week, expects to file within the next few days. MILK GRADES Milk grades for the period ending April 1 are announced by R. M. Potter, Town Chemist, as follows: Roanoke-White Dairy, A; Brite-Can-non Dairy, A. Oldest Citizen Dies Mrs. Harriett Ann Layden, 85, Hertford's oldest citizen, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. T. White, with whom she lived, on Sat urday night at 7:30 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted from the home on Sunday afternoon at 4:30, with the Rev. D, M. Sharpe, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, of which Mrs. layden was a member, conducting the service. Music was furnished by the Metho dist Church choir. The pallbearers were! E. W. Mayes, R. M. Riddick, Sammie Sut ton, Charles T. Skinner, all of Hert ford; C. E. King, of Weldon, and J. R. Jarvis, of Elizabeth City. Burial was made in the family plot in Cedarwood Cemetery. . A pall -of Easter lilies covered the casket. Mrs. Layden, who was the widow of Isaac Layden, was a native and life-long resident of Perquimans County and was greatly beloved by many friends,, r&ri -J " i ' Surviving art one daughter. Mrs. R. T. White, of Hertford; two grand children, Mrs. G. F. Lattimore, of Kings Mountain, and Shelton White, of Raleigh; and one great-grandson, George Lattimore, Jt4Z of ... Kings Mountain. ' , , ' , ' Flower Show And Tea Will Feature Federation Meet Exhibit Is Expected to Eclipse All Former Affairs ON MAY 18 Miss Lucy White Chair man of Committee on Arrangements Miss Lucy White has , - chairman of the committee on ar rangements for the flower show and tea which the ladies home demonstration cluba are plan ning for their spring meeting of the County Federation. May 18th was the date decided up on at the meetinir nf tho PMint,. Council on Monday, when leaders nuin an oi tne clubs of the county met at the Agricultural Building. ine anair will be held at the court house, with the floral ovhihiio A- played in the building, and tea will oe served under the trees on the lawn. Many beautiful flowers are grown all over Perauimans Countv. nH it is expected that the exhibits will far surpass any of the flower shows here tofore given in Hertford. The committee on arrangements, which includes women from each of the clubs, is as follows: Miss Lucy White, Mrs. John Asbell, Mrs. D. L Barbour, Miss Frances Rogerson, Mrs. D. J. Rogerson, Mrs. C. W. Reed, Mrs. G. R. Tucker, Mrs. V. A Hol dren, Mrs. A. T. Lane, Mrs.' L. R. Webb, Mrs. J. H. Gregory, Mrs. Mary White Winslow, Miss Lucille Lane, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. W. O. Hunt er, Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, Mrs. W. D. Perry, Mrs. Elmer Wood. Mrs. Mnttio Barclift, Mrs. R. R. White and Miss uiara White. The presidents of the various clubs will pour and serve tea. Rabies Inspectors At Whiteston April 9th A. A. Nobles, one of the rabies in spectors of Perquimans County, ap pointed by the County Commissioners to vaccinate does for the Dreventinn of rabies, announces that he will be at Baker's Store, at Whiteston. in the afternoon of April 9 for the pur pose of vaccinating dogs in that com munity. Mr. Nobles and G. C. Buck were appointed rabies inspectors by the Commissioners. LOSES FATHER AND MOTHER Miss Ann Wilson, of the Perquim ans High School faculty, was called home on last Friday by the sudden death of both her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson, of Lenior. Funeral services were held on Sun day for the couple. Miss Wilson has as yet not returned, but is ex pected the latter part of this week. Many Attend First Next Meeting Will Be Held On Tuesday Night In spite of the heavy rain on Fri day night, there was a good attend ance of interested women at the first meeting of the home makers' class conducted at the Agricultural Build ing. Cake baking was demonstrated by Mrs. Helen Harrell, who is in charge of the classes, assisted on this occa sion by Miss Helen Gaither, who though now a member of the faculty of Perquimans High School, was for a number of years home demonstra tion agent of Perquimans. After the cake was baked it was served to those present and the first class wound up with a social hour which was very delightful. Mrs. I. A. Ward and. Mrs. Wallace Umphlett won the two door prizes. The next : class will' be held on Tuesday night of next week, with no meeting this week because of revival services at the Hertford Baptist Church, y . v Regardless of whether or not one attended the first class, every woman is Invited to attend the next one, or as many of the six lessons as possi ble. The next lesson will have to do with pastry making, i Later on party menus will be taken up, and al- -so Interior decoration. k