THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, tt. C, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1938
PAGE THREE
Decrease Shown
In State's Births
First jix Months
Deaths, Too, Are Under
Six Months' Period
For 1937
The present slump in North Caro
lina births continued in June, when
the total was 287 less than for the
corresponding, month in 1937,' accord
ing to the report issued by Dr. R. T.
Stimpson, director of the State Board
of Health's Division of Vital Statis
tics. The 399 gain reported for Jan
uary and February was more than
wiped out during the succeeding four
months. With half the year gone,
the number of births for 1938, so far,
is 320 below the corresponding period
a year ago. Decreases were reported
for March, April, May and June;
Deaths so far this year stand at
67 under the corresponding six
months in 1937, while there was an
increase of 241 in , June when the
numbeti deakha kmong infants un-
der a yea.old wa '012 as compared
with 491 imJane, 1937. Deaths from
enteritis and diarrhea among children
under the age, of 2' numbered 232,
Against 193 a yeaivagoi Tuberculosis
deaths dropped from 160 to 149 for
the month, while there was a gain
of one in cancer deaths, the total
for June, 1938, being 165. Deaths
from prsventafale atddepts stood; at
119, the same tigur as was reported
for June a year ago.
Suicides numbered ten more than
in June, 1938, with 37 reported last
month, while homicides dropped from
27 to 18. Automobile accidents claim
ed 66 lives, against 62 in June a year
ago, while deaths from railroad acci
dents jumped from 10 to 16. There
were 11 fewer deaths from drowning.
Through June, there were 39,659
births in North Carolina, as compared
with 39,979 a year ago. Deaths to
taled 17,541, against 17,598 the same
period in 1937, Dr. Stimpson's fig-i
ures show.
SNOW HILL NEWS
Miss Eunice Harrel is spending
this week at Burgess with Miss Doro
thy Whedbee.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Benton spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Brothers, at St. Brides, Va.
Seth Perry, of Okisko, spent Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Matthews.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody Harrell, Caro
lyn Dean Harrell and Mrs. J. H.
Harrell visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Mercer, near Elizabeth City, Sunday
afternoon.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Harrell Sunday were Mr.
and iMrs.r Marvin Benton ' and: son,
John Marvin, of Old Neck; Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Barclift, Carolyn Jane
Barclift, Norman Wentworth, Alton
and G. J. Barclift, Mies Annie Marie
Barclift, of Nixonton, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Hollowell and son, John Earl, of
Route Three.'
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harrell, Miss
Eunice. Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Cartwright spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Mason Sawyer, at Old
Neck.
Miss Lucille Cartwright was the
week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Mason Sawyer,- at Old Neck.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L Harrell, Sr., of
Norfolk, Va., visited friends and rela
tives here during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Darius White and
two daughters, Doris Lee and Mar
guerite, of Greenville, spent Sunday
and Monday here with Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Matthews.
PENDER ROAD N$WS
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Spruill, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Keeter and James
Spruill, of Drivers, Va., and Duke
Fevers, of Portsmouth, Va., were
guests on Sunday of Mrs. C. M
Umphlett.
Mr. and Mrs. Tseo. White and three
children, Graham White, Mrs. Mat
tie Oden, and Mrs. Carrie Baum-
gardner, all of Norfolk, Va., and Mr.
and Mrs. I. A. White, of Hertford,
called to see Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed
Lane Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary J. Wood and two daugh
ters, Minnie Wilma and Mary Ruth,
--were in Elizabeth City Friday.
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ALSO NEWS
1. Does the U. S. produce lemons ?
2. Where will the All-Star game
be played in 1939?
3i What nation leads in the pro
duction of potatoes?
4. What state was the first to
grant suffrage to women?
5. Where are the Yellowstone
Falls?
6. Who wrote "Alice in Wonder
land?" 7. Do boys or girls live longer in
the United States?
8. When did the United States
take its first census?
9. What is "Tegart's Wall?"
10. What are "cosmic rays"?
THE ANSWERS
1. Yes; California's crop exceeds
domestic consumption.
2. Yankee Stadium. New York.
Germany.
Wyoming.
In Montana.
Charles L. Dodgson. whose pen
name was Lewis Carroll.
7. Girls, by about four years.
8. In 1790.
9. An electrified barbed wire fence
on the Palestine-Syrian border.
10. The scientists, are trying to
find out.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BETHEL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Perry and son,
Dewey, Jr.. and Mrs. W. C. Perrv
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
uranam Moorenesrf Btftzabeth uity.
Miss 'Genevieve' Standin, of Nor
folk, Va., spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Standin.
Mrs. C. T. Phillips and daughters,
Marporie and Madeline, spent several
days in Norfolk, Va., last week.
While there Marjorie had her tonsils
removed and is now getting along
nicely.
J. W. Gatling, of Ntorfolk, Va.,
spent the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. Maggie C. Broughton.
Miss Cornie Lee Ward spent Sun
day with Miss Eloise Keaton, near
Hertford.
Mrs. Joe Woodley, of Creswell,
spent Thursday here with relatives.
Claude Chappell spent Sunday in
Norfolk and at Ocean View, Va.
Miss Sadie Standin returned home
Saturday from Norfolk, Va., after a
week's visit with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. W. J. Farmer spent Sunday
in Norfolk, Va., with her sister, Mrs.
Louis Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Proctor and
children spent Shnday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Butt, at New
Hope.
C. T. Phillips and son, Clarence,
spent Sunday in Norfolk, Va., with
relatives.
WOODLAND W. M. S. MEETS
The Woman's Missionary Society
of Woodland Church met with Mrs.
Kermit Benton for the regular month
ly meeting. Mrs. Eddie Harrell was
assistant hostess.
Mrs. D. M. Cartwright, spiritual
life leader, had charge of the devo
tional, with Mrs. Cartwright and
Mrs. Eddie Harrell taking part in the
program.
Mrs. Jack Benton, president, then
presided over the business session,
after which Mrs. Henrv Cnrtwrio-hf
program chairman, gave a program
the main topic of which was "Rrincr.
ing Christ to Korea." Taking part
in me program were Mrs. Odell Cart
wright, Mrs. Moody Harrell and Mrs.
Kermit Benton.
During the social hour ice cream
and cake were served by the hostess.
.Those present were: Mesdames
Henry Cartwright, Vernon Winslow,
Meador Harrell, Mary A. Keaton,
Elmer Wood, D. M. Cartwricht K.
mit Benton, Ralph Harrell, Moody
narreii, jaaie Harrell, Jack Benton,
Odell Cartwricht.
'-' ' j uiuon,
Matthews, Carson Jordan, Annie
ueorge Jordan, Will Everett, W. M
Lane and Z. D. White
WOODVILLE W. M. S MF.RTS
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Woodville Baptist Church was held at
the church on Tuesdav sfbm
tr vwuwi.
In the absence of the president, the
meeting was conducted by Miss Beu
lah Bogue. A very intereatinir nm.
gram was rendered with Mrs. Rupert
oianton, jars. Kaiph Mercer, Mrs. J.
C. Wilson, Mrs. M. R. Griffin and
Miss Beulah Bogue taking part. Mrs
J. C. Wilson dismissed the meeting.
rhose present were. Mrs. A. L.
Godfrey, ,Mra."i A. R. Cooke, Miss
Beulah Bogue, Mrs. H. G. Swayne,
Mrs. G. W. r Gregory, Mrs. Mary
Bray, Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Mrs. Rupert
aianion, Mrs. Kalph Mercery Mrs
Edward 'Gresrorv. Mrs. M. R. firiffln
Mrs. Ackiss Gregory, Mrs. Walter
ieai, Misses Attie Bray and Maxine
unniii, -
Ha-Ha Wall Sunken Fence
A ha-ha wall is a sunken fence
which is not noticeable until it is
reached. In the early Nineteenth
century Humphrey Repton, the Eng
lish landscape designer, urged
against anything which might sug
gest mania , interference , with ; the
scene. As a result the ha-ha was
introduced to keen sheen and cattle
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of Practice by members of Brewers Foundation
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a Code of Practice by the members of the
Brewers Foundation was prompt and
favorable.
Newspapers, social service groups and
thousands of individuals expressed great
satisfaction with the brewers' determination
to conduct their business in accord wkh the
desires aadconsdenceof the American public
The Code pledges the brewers publicly to
"support the duty constituted authorities in
the elimination of anti-social conditions
wherever they may surround the sale of
beer to the consumer."
How far we can go, and how soon, de
pends very much on ourselves . . .but partly
also on you.
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