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. . A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume V. Number 27.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 8, 1938.
$1.25 Pr Year.
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'Obrk Begun Tuesday On
- The Heu barters For Post
IffieIn Bank Building
Addition Being Made
To Rear of Present
Building
DR. WARD MOVES
Inside Will Be Remod
, eled and Have New
Fixtures
Wdrklbetran on the new postofflce
(marten Tuesday mornintr with the
first construction stage being the
new addition to the rear of the pres
ent building. Interior redecorations
will come later.
In the meantime, before selecting a
permanent location, Dr. I, A. Ward,
whose offices occupied the building,
'has moved hirofifce equipment to his
some on Church Street.
The building was at one time oc
cupied by the Carolina Banking Com
pany and no spectacular changes will
be made to the front since it is al
ready well suited to a postofflce
building plan.
The inside of the building, however,
will be remodeled, with fixtures,
some of which have already arrived,
having tile bases to match the tile
floor of the lobby.
Lock boxes and drawers will be on
j the left, facing the south wall, .with
. the money order, general delivery
and stamp windows facing the front.
A loading platform will be built at
the rear and the new alley, from
Orubb to Market street, win serve
J as an approach.
f The new quarters will be equipped
' with a steam heating system and pro
ht vide 450 feet more working space
' than the present postofflce building
The new building will be ready for
l'i occupancy auuut oepieniuer nisi, nc
Itlr. c.nrdincr to Postmaster J. Ede-ar Mor-
i j. o l l a l
I ris,
Dance In Honor Zach
I White s Birthday
Mrs. 1. i. White entertained a
. number of the young people at a
1 dance on Thursday evening in honor
of her son, Zach White's seventeenth
birthday.
Those invited included Misses Ruth
Hollowell, Margaret Broughton, Ruth
Felton, Nita Newbold, Maywood
Pierce, Nancy Darden, Marjorie Buck,
Alice Roberson, Polly Tucker, Mary
' Thad Chappeil, Blanche Moore Berry,
Ellie Mae White, Mary Morris, Lila
Budd Stephens, Mary Feild, Julia
), Broughton, Margaret Mayes, Kathe
rine Leigh, Marie Anderson, Virginia
; White, Addie Ruth Morgan, Hattie
Pearf Nowell, Frances Newby, Geneva
; White, Ruth Nachman, Prue Niewby,
Mary Wood Koonce, Clara Sumner,
. Celia Blanche Dail, Marguerite Ward,
Katherine Jessup, Sara Ward, Jean
White, Grace Knowles, Bernice White,
and Bill Cox, Mac White, Zach Har
l rls, Paul Tucker, ( Watt . Winslow,
- Charles Clark, Darius Elliott, Harrell
1 Johnson, Jack Atchison, of Washing
ton, D. C, Billy Umphlett, . George
f Feilds, Durwood Reed, Hemby: Chap-
pell, Fred Campen, Jarvis Ward,
Frsni Brown, Charles Harrell, Char-
Ibb White, James Divers, Buddy Can
Ton. Hollowell Nixon, Charles Sura
. ner, Tim Brinn. Dan Sharpe, Roy
Reed, Ben ' Koonce, Ray Jordan and
Billy jHardcastlc -
erlFeilds
4 Weddiiig unday
Iii a ceremony of quiet dignity and
sunpUcity,1' Mtaa IfelUe Myrtle Feilds
became the bride' of Mr:. Morgan; V
Walker on Sunday evening ? July ,3,
at 8 clockftt the MethodiaV par-
" ii; Shaxpepastor of 'theft
Methodist Oiurch; Officiated, using S"?! M
ine lmpresnivw nui vvivmuuy, i
T,v - The bride 'wore navy net over, taf
feta, with white ieouaotku:W-WM-
Mrs. George Feilds and the late Mr.
FeildsV ' Mt Walker ia the Vron ; of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Walker. - v
Mr.feand; Mrs.Walkeri yiU JnaJke
their home .with the ndeFs: tjno.tjier,
Ilrs. George Feilds.
Snecial Service At
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4 Hertford Assembly
?: 'ii services; wUl be "condactftd
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1 Assembly C.ura
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tt 11 o'clock,, i.lo
t 3 o'clock, ly : the
O. i ' ill, of Jamaica,
Negro Found Not
Guilty Of Cursing
Willie Parker, Negro, charged with
using profanity, really was guilty
of ie charge, but the use of pro
fanity in itself is not a crime unless
its use distrubs the peace, unless the
cursing is on a highway, or on the
streets in the presence of two or more
persons. x
So Willie wag found not guilty by
Judge Gnmbery Tucker at Tuesday's
session of Recorder's Court.
It came out in court that Willie
was cursing in a churchyard, but only
one person heard him and there was
no worship in the church so his of
fense could not come under a dis
turbance of religious services. Curs
ing on the highway is covered in the
Statute but Willie wasn't on the
highway. So Willie had to be found
riot guilty.
Charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon, George Hunter, Negro,
was found guilty and ordered to pay
the costs of court and the costs of
medical attention for his victim.
Matthew Jones, Negro, was found
guilty of being drunk and was order
ed to pay the costs of court.
Oevil Real Being
Says Evangelist
In Tent Meeting
Was Once Most Hon
ored of Heavenly
Angels
"The Devil is a real being and not
an imaginary creature," stated Evan
gelist W. T. Smith, last Sunday
night at the large tent on the Gram
mar School ground in his sermon on,
"Where Did the Devil Come From?"
Mr. Smith said, "According to
Ezekiel 28:12-19 and Isaiah 14:12-14,
tha devil was once the most honored
of the heavenly angels, being 'the
anointed cherub that covereth' and
'full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.'
Because he coveted the throne and
government of God, it resulted in a
war in heaven (Rev. 12:7-9) and
Lucifer, the morning star, was cast
out into the earth (Luke 10:18). God
did not destroy him in the beginning
because he was the first one to sin,
and sin was a strange thing in God's
universe. It was necessary for it to
run its course in order to reveal to
the universe the results of sin, so
that rebellion would not arise the
second time. God's government is
founded on love and not fear. Had
God destroyed Satan at once, His
creatures would have served Him
from fear and not love. God's plan
is to destroy the Devil and bring him
to ashes (Ezekiel 28.18-19).
The attendance is growing each
night at these services and a deep
interest is being manifested in the
interesting subjects that Mr. Smith is
presenting. Tonight (Friday) the
subject is, "The Unpardonable Sin."
Saturday night, "Man's Greatest
Question." h
The following are the subjects that
will be given next week; Sunday
night, "The Secret of Solomon? Hap
piness;" no service Monday night;
Tuesday night, "Where Did We Get
the Bible T; Wednesday night, "The
Two ftCovenahts;? : Thursday night,
"The Old Testament Plan of Salva
tion"; Friday night, "The Preacher's
Mistake that Caused Millions To Go
Wrong"; Saturday night, "The Four
Horsemen of the Revolution."
A very inteiesting children's hour
Smith and Mr. Anderson. The. chil
dren are cordially invited to come and
enjoy : the 5i songs, stories and the
games at the tent , ,
Thesertices at njght begin at 8
o'clock. A cordial Invitation' is ex
tended to ell io; come early and en
joy an old time community song aer
vice before the sermon each night
J Potter Announces
,7 JMilk Grade (Ratings
Tjieiolloing
for, concerns servrngiljertfordj have
been announced by .R.'M. Potter, city
dior-ist. Easnoke-J; Olivet White's
Ciry? "A," t-Jones Dairy, "A.?
Thesa i t f -rtive oi July
Patrolman White
Nabs Safe Cracker
Thursday Morning
Captured at Winslow
White Motor Company
Building
PLACED IN JAIL
Entry Follows Success
ful Attempt at
Edenton
Caught in the act of cracking the
safe in the Winslow-White Motor
Company, a white man, giving the
name of A. D. Wischon, 33, of Fort
Royal, Va., was arrested by Patrol
man Robert A. White about 4
o'clock Thursday morning and placed
in Perquimans County jail.
The robber forced a door on the
building and had already knocked off
the dial -of the. safe. -Officer 'White
.was attracted' by the noise and upon
investigation found Wischon hidden
in a car in the building. He told the
officer that he had been knocked down
by a Negro man.
A search of Wischon's car, parked
nearby, revealed a large sum of
money, about $100, and a number of
tools. He had not opened the safa
when White appeared and arrested
him.
Earlier in the night at Edenton the
Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Company was
also entered, when two safes were
cracked, one belonging to the garage
folks and one to F. W. Hobbs. About
$100 was taken from the two safes
as well as quite a bit of merchandise.
An effort was also made to enter
the office of Dr. L. P. Williams, but
the robbers were no doubt scared
away by hotel folks just across the J
street. . .
Uncover Quantity
Of Stolen Meat
Meat Identified by Eph
riam Forehand of
Beach Spring
400 POUNDS
Stolen From Storehouse
Some Time Friday -Night
A pack of fox hounds unwittingly
led a party of fox hunters Monday
to a lonely spot in the Four Mile
Desert where 400 pounds of cured
meat stolen last Friday from the
smokehouse of Ephraim Forehand,
were hidden..
The matter was reported to Sheriff
J. Emmett Winslow, who posted de
puties there in the hope that the
thieves would return for their stolen
property. However, they did not re
turn evidently scared away by the
activity or suspecting that the fox
hunters had stumbled on the hide
out. The meat was identified by Mr.
Forehand, of the Beech Spring sec
tion, whose smokehouse was entered
some time during Friday night. The
lock on the door was hot broken and
had been relocked after the robbery.
Entrance was evidently gained
through the door since the house was
not damaged. The meat, four-hundred
pounds of hams and shoulders,
was carried away either by car or
truck. ..,;-;i&iii.,:T . "
It was the opinion of Sheriff Wins
low that the isolated jr place in the
Desert, about 200 feet from the road
in the thick underbrush, had been
used before for the same purposes.
Several beaten paths' led to the spot
and it was evident toTthe Sheriff that
bulky items had been bidden there
before' $:5vy:':;fei.';.V''-, '
' The Sheriff is ;working on several
clues which , he expects will lead to
an early arresVi.'The.v ftx hunters
were rewarded end the -atplen prop
erty returned to, Mr, Forehand.
WinfaU4-HOub
I;tsn!y;i6
;.. The rWinfalI 4-H Club wilt meet t
tiie; Agricultural Building' oft Satur
day, July 16, at 2.30 P. M..-''J
Miss; e)31adya Hamrick, County
Home Demonstration ' Agent, ' urges
e!I members f , the Qub to tactv
Mr fit ! ' Viiif:' "Si '!" ":v ''ir
Hertford Enjoys
Peaceful Fourth
July Observance
No Accidents Occurred
ToMar Observance
j Of Holiday
much"traffic
Town Deserted by Gti
zAs Spending Day
9 All Wsvnr.
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Thegloriou8 Fourth of July was
celebrated in quiet and peaceful fash
ion in jHertford. Flags lined Church
and : Market Streets and several
homes' 3iad their American banners
on display.
The town, with stores and business
housefllcloBed for the day, was prac
ticallyjdeserted. Those people who
stayediaWay from the more popular
beacHel spent the day fishing here in
the riwr, swimming or boating.
The pre crackers were few and far
betweefi and not the slightest injury
was sustained through their use. The
day's greatest activity was in the
continuous stream of automobiles that
passed through the town from dawn
until !te Monday night and early
Tuesday mornmg.
Loca physicians had an idle Fwtrth.
Not a single accident case marred
their feosure and the police depart
ment iras no more in demand than
the doctors.
A private dance, given in Walker's
Hall by several girls in honor o(
Miss Mary Helene Newby, of Winston-Salem,
enlivened the evening
hours for the younger people.
An early morning auto accident on
the Suffolk-Portsmouth road resulte-.!
in injuries to the only Hertford peo
ple, who were reported hurt, while
celebrating the Fourth with a motor
trip. .
Holmes Speaker
At County Council
Meeting Monday
Parliamentary Proced
ure Selected as Sub
ject of Address
AT 3 (VCLOCK
Meeting Scheduled to
Be Held In Agricul
tural Building
C. R. Holmes will speak on Par
liamentary Procedure at the meeting
of the Perquimans County Council ol
Home Demonstration Clubs in the
Agricultural Building on Monday.
July 11, at 3 P. M. Mr. Holmes'
address to the group will be in con
nection with the regular business of
the Council meeting.
Following is the list of Counci
officers.
Mrs! Eunice Winslow, Route 1,
Belvidere, president; Mrs. F. C.
White, Belvidere, vice president; Mrs.
Clarence Dail, Route 1, Hertford, sec
retary; Mrs. Mary Hayman, Route 2,
Edenton, treasurer; Miss Mary E.
White, Route 2, Hertford, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Ralph White, Belvi
dere, pianist; Miss Vida Banks, Du
rants Neck, recreation leader; Mrs. A.
T. Lane, Route 1, Hertford, recreation
leader; Miss Lillian Bright, Chapa
noke, song leader; Mrs. T. C. Perry,
Belvidere, song leader, and Mrs. J.
C. Wilson, Chapanoke, publicity chair
man. Roll Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Route 2,
Edenton; Mrs. E. M. Perry, Route 3,
Hertford; Mrs. Emmett Stallings,
Chapanoke; Miss Mattie Ferrell,
Route 2, Hertford; Mrs. Ellis Miller,
Winfall; Mrs. C. M. Harrell, Hert
ford; Mrs. David Trueblood, Winfall;
Mrs. J. S. McNider, Hertford; Mrs.
Riddick Chappeil, Hertford, Mrs. C.
F,. Sumner, Hertford; Mrs. Percy
Rogerson, Route 1, Hertford; Mrs. J.
M. Sutton, Route 1, Hertford; Miss
Maude Hollowell, Route 1, Hertford;
Mrs. J. E. Boyce, Route 1, Hertford;
Mrs. A.. E. Layden, Route 2, Hert
ford; Mrs. vC. W. Reed, Route 2,
Hertford; Mrs. L. R. Webb, Route 3,
Hertford; Mrs. J. H. Gregory, Route
8, .Hertford; Mrrf. S. T. Perry, Route
8, Hertford; " Miss Lena Winslow,
Route 1, Belvidere; Miss Delia Wins
low,, Route. 1, Belvidere; Miss Lucille
Lane, - Route 1, Belvidere; Mrs. Tom
Madre, Route 1. Hertford: Mrs. W. O
Hunter, RdUte l; Hertford; Mrs. Lucy
Hunter JPerry, Route Hertford;
tumnnuea on Last rage; .
County Commissioners
Appropriate $1 00 Toward
Cost Bridge Celebration
Hertford Group In
Accident Monday
In the only mishap reported in
which Perquimans County people
were involved over the week-end,
seven local men escaped serious in
jury early Monday morning when
their car was struck, and overturned
on the Portsmouth Turnpike, near
Suffolk, Va.
Among those in the car, which was
badly damaged by the impacts, were:
L. C. Winslow, of the firm of J. C.
Blanchard and Company; E. Q.
White, manager of the Winslow
White Motor Company; Emmerson
Asbell, Rollo White, Winifred Smith,
Eugene Smith and Lucius Blanchard,
editor of The Perquimans Weekly.
The party was en route to Ocean
View intent on a fishing trip when
the car, driven by Mr. Winslow, was
struck by a car driven by J. H. Pur
cell, of Chuckatuck, Va. The colli
sion caused the Winslow car to turn
over several times coming to a stop
in a deep ditch alongside the road.
The Purcell car was also badly dam
aged but the driver, its only occu
pant, was uninjured.
Mr. Winslow received a broken
nose, lacerations and bruises, Mr.
White a badly lacerated right hand,
and Lucius Blanchard, bruises about
the body. All three were released
after treatment and examination at
Lake View Hospital in Suffolk. Pur
cell was arrested and held over for
trial.
Farm Women And
Men Plan Trip To j
Roanoke Island!
Tour Will Take Place of
Annual County-wide j
Picnic
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L. W. Anderson, county farm
agent, and Miss Gladys Hamrick,
county home demonstration arcent,
are planning a tour for the farm .
men and women to Roanoke Island .
on Saturday, July 23rd, for one day.!
There they will visit the historical :
points of interest on the Island and I
attend a performance of "The Lost
Colony."
A special tour bus will be fur
nished by M. B. Johnson, of Pendle
ton. If more applications for reser
vations are made than the one bus
will accommodate, a second tour will
be conducted the following Wednes
day, July 27.
The first 50 people to sign will
make the first trip. The tour is be
ing planned to replace the annual
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs county-widfi picnic, according
to Miss Hamrick.
Representative In
Winfall Desired By
Perquimans Weeklj
The Perquimans Weekly today
sends out an appeal for a Winfall
correspondent to join the group of
Perquimans County women who send
in news from the rural communities.
Any woman in the vicinity of
Winfall who would like to act as The
Perquimans Weekly representative
there is urged to get in touch with
the editor at once by telephone,
letter or in person.
ROSA POWELL CIRCLE MEETS
The Rosa Powell Circle of the W.
M. S. of the Hertford Baptist Church,
met Tuesday night with Mrs. Jesse
Campen, Jr. Mrs. Charles Johnson
had charge of the devotional and the
program with several of the members
taking part.
Personal service work for July
will be for each member to visit those
who are sick.
After a short business session, the
hostess served delicious ice cream
and cake.
Those present were: Mesdames
Charles Johnson, Tommy Miller, T.
E. Raper, Molly Perry, Ben Wood,
W. E. Hoffler, C. O. Fowler, L. B.
Sitterson, R. A. Sutton, Jesse Cam
pen, Sr., B. W. Pennington, V. A.
Holdren, E, A. Byrum, Jesse Lane,
George Riddick, Jesse Campen, Jr.,
George Chappeil, Margaret Clark and
G. W. Hampton. . ,
The August meeting will ' be held
with Mrs. E..A. Byrunv on Monday
night after the. first. Sunday in Aug-
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Oty Commissioners Ex
pected to Give Similar
Amount
STILLSHORT
Remainder Expected to
Be Raised By Popular
Subscription
The County Commissioners voted
$100 to the cause of the Albemarle
Sound Bridge Celebration, at their
meeting in the courthouse Wednes
day. This amount represents about one
third of Perquimans' share in ex
penses attached to the celebration
and the float entered in the parade
will be a cost in addition to this.
It was suggested at the Commis
sioners' meeting that the City Coun
cil be asked to contribute another
hundred dollars and that the final
hundred be raised by popular sub
scription and donations.
Several prominent individuals and
businesses have voiced their willing
ness to donate.
Specifications for Perquimans
County's float have not been made
public, but it is understood that the
float will in effect be depictive of an
early land grant from the Indian
Chief, Kilcokanen, to George Durant,
pioneer English settler.
The Board passed approval on ai,
application for a $.'',0,000 PWA loan
for improvements to the grammar
school, consisting of tn auditorium
addition and other improvements.
Old Offender Again
In Perquimans Jail
Andrew Flannagan, old offender in
Perquimans Court on drunk charge-,
has been out-of-town for quite a
while, but was in jail aii'i Wednes
day after being in Hertford less than
three hours.
Flannagan i.s charged this time with
being drunk and disorderly and as
sault. He threatened to throw J. S.
Assad, cafe proprietor, out :" h:
place of business and the restaura?:'
man swore out a warrant for hi.s
arrest.
The offender was planning to leave
today for Norfolk to ship out on
vessel, but is in jail now awaiting
trial next Tuesday.
40 Stitches To Close
Colored Man's Wound
John Ed Felton, Hertford colored
man, suffered a bad razor or knife
cut late Saturday night. The gash
began in the front of his waist and
ran around the body up beside the
left shoulder blade.
Felton refused to tell officers who
did it or how it happened but his
wife said, "It must have been a
woman, i he won't tell."
The razor or knife, or whatever
weapon was used, missed all vital
spots but Fllton will carry an 18-inch
scar. A local physician required
about 40 stitches to close the wound.
New Trading" Idea
At Reed & Felton's
One cull will pay for two gool
pullets! An unusual statement, but
a very true one, according to a
"trade-in" plan now in effect at Reed
and Felton, the local feed store
handling Purina Chows. Culls in the
flock do more harm than good, ad
vises the local store, eat up the pro
fits from birds that are producing,
and bring down the flock average.
The removing of the culls from the
flock now will keep these losses down
to a minimum. Trading them in for
growing mash to feed the young pul
lets, following a new plan Worked
out by poultry specialists of Purina
Mills, one cull can now be made to
pay for two good pullets.
The plan is a simple one, and with
Purina dealers all over the United
States co-operating in the pullet pro
gram, improved flocks and higher
poultry profits are expected this fall.
Purina feed dealers are now accept
ing culls from the flocks of poultry
men for trade-in value on Growena, a
complete, balanced growing feed that
builds strong, vigorous pullets. Poul
try owners who are interested in get
ting a high-producing flock of healthy i
young layers this fall should cull out
the non-produoers in their flocks, take f
them to the local. Purina dealer and '
trade them in; -One eull can -be ex-"
changed for enough rrowinjr mash to ;
bufld two profitable pulleta, ? 1 ;
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