North Carolina Newspapers

THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY ' Published every Friday at Tha v Perquimans Weekly office in The Hertford Hardware Building on the North Side, Court House Square, Hertford, N. C. Lucius Blanchard, Jr. Editor Day Phone 88 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.25 Six Months 75c . Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at Hertford, North Caro ,lina, lander' the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates furnished by request FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1938 .BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK WAlTAND YOU WILL SEE: Why art thoVcast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hopethou in God; for I shall yet praiSe, him, who is the health of my countenance and my God. Psalms 42. A factory for Hertford? The peo plej; if they want new industry here, must get behind their civic organiza tions, stick a pin in them and demand acjptan. . The prime purpose of these civic bodies, . if we have it correctly, is to act in the best interest of the people at large. If new industry is for the betterment of the community, then get it! But only if it will benefit the majority. "Bringing their labor troubles to the South," will come in for its share of the argument, but Plymouth, with its pulp mill is not being disturbed. The only difference we can see there from Plymouth is more people and more money to spend. If it can be shown that a new in dustry will create more jobs and another payroll, then a few powers who will benefit by the continued ab sence must not be allowed to throw a monkey wrench in the works and blockade the greater prosperity for the masses. Plymouth has its million dollar pulp mill, Elizabeth City, its hosiery mill. What process brought them there, A sincere display of interest and ini tiative. They communicated with the prospective newcomers, listed their advantages and extended a welcome. Are we going to sit back idly in our swivel chairs until a neighbor town clinches the deal and then be moan the fact that the vacant lots are still vacant? Will a new indus try benefit us? If not, then let it ride. But if it will, what are we going to do about it? TAKE IT EASY Every year newspapers at this time editorialize on Fourth of July dangers, calling to mind all the haz ards that surround, firecrackers, mo- tmrinir fiwimmirnr on.) nhar aiwiic ""'61 " " ....... ... .u u nivi u.i...iuj that go hand in hand with the occa sion. However, it's always a good re minder to call to attention that "5,000 swimmers drowned last year," that "fireworks alone, in the past 30 years, have killed or maimed more than 100,000 Americans who were celebrating an independence which has proved more costly to celebrate than to gain.". The Red Cross says that motor ve hicles will take a greater holiday toll than fireworks, the prediction based on previous Fourth of July automo bile fatality records. These editorials are nearly always headed, "Let's Make It a Safe and Sane Fourth" 1 ad they're almost al ways the same except that the death figures go higher and higher every year. Cold harsh figures with which to welcome' an occasion for celebrating. But there they are and from the in disputable' record we know that sev eral tfcou'sa'nd people who are alive and weli, today will be dead before Tuesday morning. And . so, . without listing all the "does and don'ts" for a safe and sane Fourth, we'll just say "Be Careful." CUMBERLAND I - :'''; .. - " Miss rginfiPeVr, ? oi ,Edetoti spent last weekiith Mrs. Efflei MsnniXrSine; b bharfotte, thetgnest oi her niothevMrs. -Ssaif menage. . , - Miss yirginia Umphlett, from near Burgess, spent the . week-end with Mies Esther Perry. Mrs. Nv Miller, Mrs. Effie Mill er, Mrs. Kenneth Miller, Mrs. George Roach, Misses. Esther Perry and Celesta "Godwin attended the cooking school in Hertford' last Wednesday afternoon, v Miss Beulah Roach has returned to Norfolk, Via., after spending last week with her parents,' Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Roach. -'V'-'V'Vo Mr. and Mr$, Charlie jUknphlett and sons were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Morgan ori Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs.; Brady Hare and famUy, from near Edenton,- .visited Mr. and Mrs,' J. R. Roach on Sunday. rt.J; if:n. t i j amibb uutin lniiirr iihh c ivnirmn home after spending ., two "weeks in Norfolk, Va., withrelatives, t . J. J, t.2t t W At Flover Shoiv - Tea Held By Rylsnd Club Suggested That Women Make Show Annual Affair 35 PRESENT , Flowers Included In Dis play Sent to Sick Folks The Ryland Woman's Club met on Tuesday afternoon, June 21, from 4 till 6 o'clock for its regular month' ly meeting. It was agreed at the April meeting to turn the June meeting into a flower . show and tea. This was so successful that someone suggested that the club make the flower show an annual affair. Many, arrangements of flowers were brought and displayed by the club members. These were judged by Miss Rebecca CoHrell before the visi tors arrived. The program was made very inter esting and enjoyable by the addition of special music as follows: Miss Mary Winborne Evans gave a piano rendition of "Lords and Ladies Gay." Miss Marguerite Etta Evans sang "Poor Man's Garden," "Indian Love Call" and "The Red Rose." She was accompanied at the piano by Miss Helen Evans. Miss Willietta Evans sang "The Rose in the Garden" and "Old Man River." She also was ac companied at the piano by Miss Helen Evans. At the end of the program came the social hour at which time refresh ments were served by the club women to about 35 visitors and members. The refreshments consisted of chick en salad sandwiches, iced tea and cookie bars. Those visitors taking part in the program were presented with an ar rangement of flowers. Other flowers were sent to the sick. Miss Colwell presented miniature fruit jars to those members who carried flowers for the show and to the visitors. The following awards were made in the flower show: Gladiolii: Mrs. R. S. Ward, first and second place. Dahlia: Mrs. H. H. Lane, first place; Mrs. T. L, Ward, second place. Single Specimen: All won by Missr Ihomasme Ward first place, yellow gladioli; second place, pink gladioli; third place, red rose bud. Miscellaneous, fine textured: Mrs. R. S. Ward, first place on sweet pea arrangement; Mrs. Lloyd Chappell, second place annual phlox; Miss Thomasine Ward, third place, snap dragons. Miscellaneous, coarse textured: Mrs. H. H. Lane, blue hydrangea, first place; Mrs. T. L. Ward, zinnias, second place; Miss Evelyn Jordan, Cape Jesmine, third place. THE OLD ORDER GHANGETH The old concrete horse trough in front of the courthouse, where ani- Lmals for years dunked their sizzling snozzles in the cooling drink, has undergone a change. Humans, instead of animals, will find relief on hot days there now. A shiny, new chromium-plated drinking fountain stands proudly above the symbol of olden days. , For some time now the old trough has been decommissioned it didn't work and besides, horses and mules had stopped stopping there. Even the dogs, after thirtsy hours of trudg ing along the hot sidewalks, disdained even to look in to see if there was water except after a rain. Mayor S. M. Whedbee got his crew or city workers busy Monday morn ing, and before noon the aid of a doz en yoUipteer supervisors had trans formed the outimp4e4.rnjience far to a thing of modern beauty.' ' ' How 'nulckly- tiiSTcncmg. eth! . .wan vi BtfRGESS NEW 1 Mrs. C. E. White charmingly en tertained a few of her friends at bridge on. Wednesday afternoon. Af ter several progressions, . Mrs. J. B. Basnight held high score for the af ternoon. Those playing - were Mrs. Winston Lane, Mrs, J. B. Basnight, Miss Virginia Umphlett and .the hostesij, Mrs." White. Fruit and candy were served. Mrs. Fletcher Powell spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. S. P. Matthews.... -v-v .V,v.;;;r Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Basnight and Mr, andMrs. N. C. Spivey visited Mr, and Mrs. C; D. Spivey, - , near New Hope,"Sundayi;':1..:'v4fM;?ii. 3 Mr. and Mrs.' S. P. Matthews mo tored to Gates County Sunday after noon. ., , ' '3 is-- Monday Only, July 4th -4 Ritz Brothers in "Kentucky Moonshine." The Ritz Brothers are just a trio of old Romans. They must be, because students of literature have come upon the tser vation of Seneca, the great Latin dramatist and Seneca must., haye been watching Alvius, Harius ' and Jimius Ritzius. One readily can imagine the script calling for these three to be thrown to the lions in a Nero super-coliseum production . . . only to have them throwing the lions at the Romans. Because Seneca made the cogent remark: "There is no great genius without a tincture of madness." It's been thus with the Ritz Broth ers down through the ages. Back in their high school days at Brooklyn, (N. Y.,) they drove the athletic director bald-headed by their conception of the basketball rules. 'J The treat that greeted the eyes qf the school rooters will go down' in history. yrZ .: Sixty per cent of the home team suddenly started building humal pyramids to drop the ball through I the net . . . then the opposing team found three and four basketballs on RYLAND aW 'Mr. and Mrs. - Rob BuiioluAyii Mrs. Bunch's "parents, iXiT. Ward.-undav. . Mr.-aldTMW.i .W"" & ? FILM FORECAST AT STATE THEATRE HERTFORD, N. C. (::vX;:;mk;-; . PauJUne Byrum and Colbert Byrumft. .(SS aitemoon. -iyri Miss Earline Byrum, of ' Cro8stn '"Pent ,the week-end with Mrs, Roads." and Miss Gladys Henigar Haett Parka. spent the week-end with Miss Regina l Byrum. -Rdy Parks, ' Mr. and Mr8.,'C I. Jordan and children visited ' friends at Chuckatuck, Va., Sunday evenings ' Miss- Montaze Byrum, " from near Cannon' Ferry, visited -MrsR'.S. Ward Thursday afternoon. . , ' . Mrs, Merrill ' Copeland and 'chil dren and Mrs.. Clingman" Dail called to see Mrs. James Lucius Byrtfm on Thursday afternoon. , - Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beasley "and children," of , Currituck, spent the week-end withTMrs. Beasley's mother, Mrs. Penina Ward. Miss Minerva Ward is visiting her aunt, 'Mm. Fannie. Lawson in Pprts- GROUNDED ' 8pf' -y':'- H ! Jd the court at once . . . they found Ritzes lying on their backs, standing on their heads or carrying the re feree around on their shoulders. There are ' some hiatuses in the history of the Clan Ritz between high school and their current stardom in "Kentucky Moonshine" which opens Monday at the State Theatre. One can understand, how they would pup up in Coney Island . . singing with Jimmy Durante, at the piano. Birds in a dither, flock to gether. "But no one can understand why they should invent the wide-pants craze which struck American youth a few years ago. They can't even ex plain it themselves. Their movie advent was - another case of "popping." "One in a Mil lion," "On the Avenue," "You Can't Have Everything," "Sing, Baby, Sing," and "Life Begins in College," were mere overtures to their mad antics in "Kentucky Moonshine." In "Kentucky Moonshine" the 20th Century-Fox blue-ribbon maniacs don long beards and go off on a coast-to- eoaat hiccup over a nutwork of laugh to ; help Tony Martin and Merjorie Weaver through their romance. ' .Poor Tony . . . and pod Marjorie. '...Seneca was right. v mouth, Va. Miss Ward recently un- .-Tdefwent treatment in Norfolk hos 1 " SM if h W,'"! Mra1&MA$oyce and two -BiMrli'Btfyce's parents JK- - 1 ' Mldwell has been Mrs. Callie Copeland and children, from near Belvidere, Mr. and Mrs. P,' E tane and children from near Hertford, Mr. and- Mrs. ..Sam Pierce end children,' of Sunburyj were guests of Mrs Louisa Ward Sunday after noon. Hubert Askew, , of 1 Colerain, was a caller also." ' '""J1.'' - ' Krs. -Cleaton' Harrell ' returned to her home near Harrellsville Sunday. She spent last week with her father, 0 "C . Ward. ... 'MrsrMaude Dilday aiid children, of Baltimore, Md., have been1; visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dilday. " Mrs. G. A. Boyce and Mrs, T. L. Ward attended the cooking school in Edenton. on Friday afternoon. CENTER HILL Mr. and Mrs. George Ellis and son, of Hilton Village, Va., are visiting Mr. Ellis' mother, Mrs. Ida Ellis. Mrs. J. S. Turner and two children, Robert and Peggy, returned home Sunday from Belhaven, where they had spent several days as guests of Mrs. H. W. Glover. Mr. Turner, Edward -Byrum and Miss Montaze Byrum. spent Sunday in Belhaven, be ing accompanied home by Mrs. Turner and children. Mrs. Lloyd Bunch and son, Dallas, Mrs. Raymond Ward, Mrs. Eugene Jernigan and daughter, Sylvia, and Mrs. J. S. Turner visited Mrs. T. H. Byrum Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. N. Boyce called to see Mrs. Willie Byrum Wednesday afternoon. Misses Garnet Jernigan and Lillian Ellis spent Saturday in Colerain. Edward Byrum made a business trip to Norfolk, Va., Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Nearest Jordan and children, Mrs. Oliver Jordan and son, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Jordan visited Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Byrum Saturday evening. Miss Irene Furry is visiting friends in Bertie County? Miss Muriel Monds visited Miss Irene Furry Wednesday. Miss Louise Perry is in New York attending a conference. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Byrum and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Byrum on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. J. P. Byrum visited Mrs. Rosa Ward Sunday evening. Miss Sylvia White, who teaches 6chool at Wicomico Church, Va , is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. White, for the summer. Mrs. J. S. Turner called to see Mrs. Elbert Bunch and Mrs. Rosser Bunch one afternoon recently. Miss Elizabeth White, who is at tending summer school in Wilson, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. White. Mrs. Gwynne, of Edenton, dined with Mrs. R. O. Furry on Friday. , Mrs. Edward Jernigan and daugh ter, Sylvia, Misses Myrtle 1 Byrum, Garnet Jernigan end Lillian Ellis were guests of Mrs. J. S. Turner on r nday afternoon. Miss Delsie Jordan spent last week with Mrs. Willie Byrum. - P. W. Hobbs Suddenly Dies At Hobbsville P. W. Hobbs, 49, died suddenly at his home in Hobbsville Friday morning about 10 o'clock. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Eliza beth Twine Hobbs, two brothers, N. E. Hobbs, of Philadelphia, Pa., and R. O. Hobbs, of Hobbsville: two sis- tersr Mrs. I. ;D. Hollowell, of Hobbs- vilipend Mrs. J. C. Learyof Eden- Funeral services : were conducted Saturday -. afternoon at the home by e(L .B.im Mitehell,-'.: of , Corapeake, and Re. Ira Harrell, of euthM81$, Burial was in the family plot. 'V ' HOLY-TRINITY SERVICES- Services will be held at Holy Trin ity Church throughout the summer. However,! during - July ' and August there will be no Church School and only one service each Sunday. These Will be dhort services and will, begin at 10 o'clock. The purpose in- hold ing the services at this hour, accord ing to the Reverend E, T.' Jillson, rector, in making this announcement, is to hold them while the church building Is still cool and before the heat of the day sets in. " 1 -Mr. and Mrs. Jillson, are not mak ing their regular summer ; trip to Rhode Island. The services at no time will exceed 45 minutes, with Holy Communion -and an ' occasional address. r"' '' t ' , .r- - - RECORDER'S I COURT a I A sketchy docket greeted Judge Granbery Tucker, on his return from a Nags Head vacation, at Tuesday's session of Recorder's Court. Found guilty of being drunk, Ray mond Rogereon was . sentenced to serve five days in the county jail. His sentence had already been served, awaiting trial. - Norman Sutton, Negro, found guil ty of reckless driving,' was taxed with the court costs, as was Leroy Spruill, Negro, found guilty of using profane language on the highways. SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY 'Mrs. Jesse Canrpen, Sr.'i' wa' es tertained at a surprise birthday party given by' her daughter,.. Mrs. G. H. Clark and daughter-in4aw,' Mrs. J. C. dampen. " Those who attended were! J Mes dames V. A. Holdren, T. E. Raper, W. E. Hoffler, William T. Elliott, R. S. Monds, Lena H. Gregory, J. E. Everett, Hattie Spivey, William Madre, H. Y. Barclift, B. T. WobdJ R. C. Skinner, J. A. Gault, E. A. By rum, Johnnie Ward, Matt Matthews, J. N. White, S. C. Godwin, J. F. Elliott, S. T. Sutton, D. O. Campen, L. . Sfttewson, A. W. Heft-en", E. E. Payne, J. A. Perry, R. A. White, T. R. Winslow, Y. R. Anderson, Hazel Boyce, C. F. Sumner, Jr., Nettie Lee Gregory, J .F. Stegall, T. W. Perry, Lucille Lane, C- O. Fowler, George Barbee, Callie Spruill, J. G. Campen, W. H. Ward, W. I. Clements of Nor folk, Va., V. A. Messick, of Irvington, Va., P.. L. Stephens, G. C. Buck, R. A. Sutton, Charles Johnson, J. C. Campen, Jr., Harvey Clark, Sr., and Misses Julia Campen, Lois Campen, Mattie Lewis and Catherine Campen, and J. G. Campen, J. C. Campen, Jr., James Campen, D. 0. Campen, D. O. Campen., Jr., Charles Clark and Jim mie Clark. DORSEY PERRY BURIED SUNDAY funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Dorsey Perry; age 25, at his home near Center Hill, with interment being made in the family burying .ground near Cannon's Ferry. Mr. Perry died Saturday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. He was a native of Bertie County, but had lived in Chowan for a number of years. The deceased is survived by his widow, who was Miss Mildred Morris, and two small children. A sister, Mrs. Parrish, also of Chowan County, survives. ENTERTAIN AT BINGO Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Pierce delight fully entertained at a Bingo party at their home on Monday evening. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Keidanz, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Towe, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pitt, Mr. and Mrs. Francis iNixon. Mr. and Mm. Mat OimnTteM- (Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Vick, Mrs. John Butler, Miss Ruth Davenport, Mis3 Sara Carlisle, Miss Mary Towe, W. G. Edwards, John Pitt, Kelly White and Roulhac Webb. TRADE IT IN Miawtl' JE :lers Watch Mybi VjlZI Xf chenge ol ( r-4! D jjj s NO DOWN PAYMINT ) - "IAOY ; Wfrw tUIOVA- ' $295 L -J' V- pOK, 1 "J' y : It