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I 1 r. , V ' lj V f 1 ' i. - ' , V V r , v N1r IIill(iliNS WEEKLY "r. -.'i A WPTRTTTiY NTiIWfiPAPF.R HTiTVOTFX TO THE 1TPmTTTX)TNfi OF HtfttTFOftD AND PFP OT TTM A MS CCiT TXTTV Hi Volume V: Number 31. ii II 11 Be All Ready For ion s of Gross Inac tivity Labeled "Lot Of Bunk" FLOATTOO County's Share of Ex pense Will Also Be Raised "Our allotment fo the general cele bration fund is assured and. in all probability Perquimans County will be represented in the float parade," so says the' head of this county's fi nance committee and so ends all speculation and doubt as to whether this county is-participating,- and to what extent. The county's assessed amount, $293, to be turned over to the general fund for the Albemarle Sound Bridge Cele bration "on August 25th, is well on the Pernuimens Bridge Celebrat II and assured, according to the chair (K man.; As head of the finance committee, I - Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow, resents ' repeated implications that this coun ty's committees are inactive and unin terested. In his own words, "all this hoey about Hertford and Perquimans not being interested in the bridge f ' opening is a lot of bunk." ' About the float, Sheriff Winslow say that the county will no doubt be represented when the parade begins. Sentiment on the part of most peo- -1 pie in Hertford now runs along the same lines "that the bridge opening celebration is three weeks away and we'll be ready when" the bell rings." For its part in the celebration The Perquimans Weekly will issue a spec ial pictorial edition showing and de- V scribing the county and town's busi- ness, recreational and agricultural at- tractions. HvdgGlisHmitli .J - Warns All About : , Bay ONudgment Interesting Sub jects An l nounced For Tent Ser vices Next Week 'ijL. "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, for all have. - ' sinned and come short of the glory v of God" (II Cor.-,5:1b; Rom. 3:23) ' '; quoted Evangelist W T. Smith as his opening text Wednesday night In his . ' ermon "Court Week iA Heaven." :f Mr. Smith said that "there is an in vestigatlve Judgment before the final " Judgment of executionr' Th investi - gative judgment- takes place before ' .the second coming of Christ. In this . " Judgment the records' of , ourlives, trtilch are faithfully recorded in the "examined "before the Father, Son and . aftgebJ (Dan 7:9,10,18). Our eternal destmy is determined . by these re' 1 cords. There are two sets of books in Heaven (Rev. 20:17)--the books of remembrance where the deeds are recorded, and the book of . life In which ay the names of those who ac J-eept tJhrist as their Saviour are list " ed.,r" . i Mr. Smith read James 2:10-12 and said that "the law of liberty is the ten commandments and will be. the standard which will be used, in this judgment.,- Therefore it- is very es- , eential that we live In harmony with every precept in order to stand be fore God with any ' condemnation. God has made , ample provision for . every one who will confess and for sake- their sins to be saved in the kingdom of God and not be condemn- ed in this - judgment" (1 John 1:9; Prov. 28:13). ' He summed it all up by reading Eccl. 12:13,14.-"Let us ' hear the conclusion of the whole mat ter: Fearr, God, and keep his , com- mandments for this is the whole duty of man. ; For God shall bring every work into judgment, with' every secret living, whether It b good, or wheth--r it be eviLf 'k . Tonf-ht's subject (Friday) will be, Tow Do We Know That We Have i Right 7th DayT" Saturday night, . 2 World's Crisis,; The, following 'Z'tj nbjeetS'fii'iaoaiiee4 r t week: Sunday night, "What . :ai Truth?"; Monday night, no ' '" Tue,'y night, "AttackirT , ITos. 1 and 2"; W:- .Tew to Pay :.i Uc!rr;Tcnny c- 3 ;:.. -J.I v Hertford, Rate; Remains Same As Last Year, $1.60 Commissioners Feared Increase of About 4 Ten Cents . CUT CORNERS Loss Solvent Credits Off set By $36,381 Higher Valuation The regular meeting of the County Board of Commissioners ended Mon day with the fixing of the county's tax rate and approval of the budget for the 1938-39 fiscal year. Although the Commissioners feared an increased tax levy would be neces sary for the coming year, all obstacles were successfully removeu and the announcement Is made that the same tax rate, ?1.60 per hundred dollars valuation, will be in effect this year. The added levy, probably ten cents, was feared because of the ac tion of the last legislature in taking under State control all solvent cre dits on which the coWty had hereto fore been collecting taxes. The tak ing over of the solvent credits reduc ed the county's taxable valuation by almost $255,000. Solvent credits in clude money, notes, accounts and bonds, Certain bonds are exempt from all taxes. One item that helped to off-set the decrease and keep the tax rate un raised was marked as a substantial increase in tangible personal proper ty. Some increase in real estate, due to improvements in the county, brought that source of revenue over last year's total. Together, with the work of the ! Commissioners in slicing all expendi- tures in order to keep the tax rate unchanged, these increases almost make up for.the 4oss in solvent cre dits. 1 ; ii-.. j, ft Taxable real and personal property this year total 5,284,008, where last year, with the solvent credits includ ed, the total was $5,501,496. In sol vent credits, $253,869 deducted from the total leaves $5,247,627 for the fis cal year 1937-38 in real and personal property. These figures indicate an increase of $36,381 in the valuation of Perquimans County real and personal property over last year. J. W. Ward, clerk to the Board, was frank in stating that the Commis sioners had cut every corner, sliced every expenditure and pared every necessity in order to keep the rate un changed. Cclvfere's Civic Center Completed Several Meetings Al ready Held In Com munity Building The Belvidere Community Building has been finished and several meet ings have been held there. Con structed at .' an approximate cost of $300 the new center houses an audi torium, kitchen and library. ' F. C. White served as chairman of the committee directing the building, and Mrs. L. J. Winslow, president- 6f the Belvidere Home Demonstration Club, has been active in getting the plans through, as were Miss Jladys Hamrick, county demonstration agent and I W. Anderson, county . agent, who were instrumental in getting the project approveoV a ' ; j, 1 Situated on the site of the old Belvidere School which burned several years ago in the - heart of the com munity, the nevf civic center s willybe put w numerous ubcb, - nome aemon stration club meetings and other gath erings of . public nature A-'dequm stration dub- meeting has already been held there and Belvidere people have gathered In the new building at several other ;meetings. : .; vt f!Sxi0 :m:- r, (7 MT?'7:Mffl; EtnpIayeesiOf Ross's rgjolWerie The employees of Rose's 5-10-25c Store enjoyed a wiener roast at Bear Ciilan on Tuesday evening. ' T e essjyees' present wem! C. rW, Lot-.lsi-?' Sara Mae Chappen, - L ) C t , I? non Rap :?3. r '.i.-::tR.i County's Tax Perquimans County. North Carolina, Friday. Auerust 5. 1938. i " if New Bridgj Over Albemarle Sound Attractive part section photo graph of the new Sound bridge and snap of the 330 feet long electrically operated central draw. The bridge picture was tnlran thrftiicrlt itijt nin froA. An the Chowan side of the great s Dan and while not complete, of course, carries the bridge be- yond the half way point. The draw proper will of course be of sufficient breadth when open to permit the largest of the na tion's battleships to pass throqgh without touching. Many Birds Cause General Nuisance AboutCourt House Problem Arises to Keep Grounds and Walks In Tidy Condition OUTLAWED Officer C. E. Walker Tries His Skill at Shooting The police department Monday de clared swallows, robins and sparrows on the court house green a nuisance and in the late afternoon Officer C. E. Walker began blasting away at the bird-infested trees with 22 calibre scatter-shot. For weeks the birds have been nest ing around the courthouse and at dusk come there in huge flocks. Some peo ple have ventured the opinion that the birds are attracted by something they find there to eat, while others say that excessive rains have driven them to cover under the leaves. Anyway, keeping the grounds and walks of the courthouse in a state of untidiness, the birds have been out lawed with the result that Officer Walker staged his raid Monday. Even though; casualties amounted to two birds they still seem unwilling to leave. The police department warns, how ever, that it is still illegal to fire guns within the city limits. The pur pose is to drive the pests away not kill them. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mrj.ani Mrs. H.SN. Nixon on' Wednesday, August 8, 1938, a son, Herbert Newby, Jr. Mother and baby are doing nicely. . With Lucius Appropriate for .the Albemarle Sound Bridge - Celebration program, Mrs, Mabel Banks, of Route Three, has written a Song which she thinks could be used fnHhe celebration. The selection, ' "Pawn ' by the Albemarle Blue, and several of her otihet com positions ; are on sale At "Gregory's., -k 5 The - finer "fiti of 3ruckinV' and Oittle fepplfoJ f hold hd secrets from Hertford's .younger, jitterbugs Las at tested by Mary, Wood Koonce, Ann Felton, and Zach White at the Nags Head Beach Club Saturday Sight. J- Against field of experienced dance enthusiasts Mary Wood emerged from the contests as Queen of the Trackers, while Ana and Zach were taking first honors from the,' other,; little Apple Cents- for:'Y6oV Oli Pocket-. Cook," no matter what its condition, r-t by J. G. i" t- mmemvmJ,' ' !- .To discount Dare County's snake story in its news signifi cance, employees at the Major and Loom is lumber mill last week killed 108 water moccasins with one thrust of a pike pole. . A visitor down in the sand dune region was reported last week to have killed 54 snakes with one rifle bullet (the mother snake and unborn-reptiles.) The lumber company men thought little of their accomplish ment until newspapers created an uproar over the "measly Dare family killing" and then they de cided to bring a "real snake story" to light. It was down on the docks that Fleet Cooper, Hertford Negro, Farm Women And Men To Play Soft Ball Game Aug. 10 Tussle Will Be Feature At County-wide Pic nic at Edenhouse The strength of Perquimans Coun ty's farm women will be pitted against the men in a softball game on August 10th, when the county wide picnic will be held at Edenhouse Beach, according to Miss Gladys Hamrick. The softball tussle will be staged in the afternoon with a picnic lunch scheduled for the day's high spot. Miss Hamrick will probably umpire the ball game. Plans for other activities during the day include community singing and other games. 3 What's 54 Snakes? Blanchard, Jr. filled with brand .new wallets ranging in price from 25c to $12, and the 60c offer was to be applied on the pur- chase of a new pocket book. Humans are skeptic by nature, however, and it was 11 o'clock; Saturday night before the firat.-customer took up witJh the "something for nothing" plan. A lone prospector came in; and offered to trade his dilapidated purse (for 60c) oh a new 25c wallet. - Mr. Rob erson stuck to his guns and made his offer goodthe man walked out with 25c and ' new pocket book; ; ; - Which1 reminds Wilbur and me of .the eccentric' gentleman who recently walked along; the streets of Richmond offering for. sale twodollar bills at $1 eac&4'B walked six blocks before he sold the first one. ; "v: An toiginary Interview with Doug las (Big Hop) , Corrigan: ,Q. What our , readers, J ywm like to. know, lit.' Corrigan, la Just h6w you became so confused in directions (C;:.: 1 a Tsr Tiro. : discovered the reptile and spear ing her with a pike pole, used in moving the logs around, pulled her up on the shore. When the pole was pulled out, scores of little snakes wriggled through the wound. Just before kerosene was poured over them and set ablaze, 107 were counted by the workers. " 108 snakes to scare summer bathers in the river. Hertford people who hunt snakes for the sport of the thing, and men who work near the river and swamps, say it is not unusual to kill rep tiles carrying 60 to 65 little ones. It would seem that the unborn family of 54 in Dare County was rather small. Perquimans River Moves Unidentified Visitor To Poetry Tribute Dropped Into Perquimans Weekly's Letter Box An unidentified admirer of nature's handiwork in creating the Perquimans River waxed poetic on crossing the Causeway recently and dropped the following in The Perquimans Weekly letter box unsigned: The curving Perquimans lay like a dull shining mirror In the light of the late afternoon. Over its shining surface sweeps the drooping willow While here and there tiny ripples race away so soon. So still and calm was the Perquimans That, from yon bend it might have been a lake. The reflection of the hills, and trees of cypress, Were opalescent in the late summer light. A sweet refrain echoes from the wave drenched shore, As the tide begins to rise now, more and more. Silently the kingfisher rises from the bank above the tranquil water And gracefully skims the shining blue ribbon, Perquimans. Along the shore the cypress shut out the road, the world, everything Except the beautiful, dreaming Perquimans, That slowly flows onward, ever on ward Far out in the big broad sea. GARAGE FIRE MONDAY An automobile owned by Jesse Smith; Negro, and a garage were de stroyed by fire on King Street at 11 o'clock Monday night. " The fire department answered the alarm to find both, the car and. gar age in fu'l faze. .Water and chemi eals cor..". ' t' i ?.re to the garage. ' $1.25 Per Year. Farmers Can Share In Distribution $123,000 For 1938 Compliance Part of Amount Expect ed to Be In Hand By October STUDYMAPS Program Directly Af fects Four-fifths of County's People A rough estimate entitles Perqui mans County farmers to $123,000 in farm compliance administration pay ments if they meet all requirements of the program. Parts of this amount will be in the hands of the farmers early in October, according to L. W. Anderson, county farm agent. This sum includes about $41,000 worth of cotton price adjustment pay ments due me iarmers and grower3 on last year's farm program. The compliance program affects ap proximated 47.0UU acres of crop lands in this county; 6,000 of these acres being in cotton, are entitled to about $46,008 in cotton payment checks (provided all requirements are met.) $21,900 roughly will find its way to county farmers in soil build ing payments. 7,000 acres of peanuts will bring in about $15,001). This compliance program directly affects four-fifths of the county's 10,500 people; this proportion of t!i2 county's population living on the eleven or twelve hundred farms in the county. The remaining one-fifth is affected indirectly through living in the communities whose principal pur pose is in supplying the farmer's needs. The program is designed to meet the need for system and regu lation in farm projects. .h The recent aerial surveys, aided by the supervisors or "checkers," figura tively bring all the farm lands and crops right into the office of the coun ty agent where at a glance they can get a picture of the exact acreage of each farm and the crops on that acre age. The supervisors will finish their work this week, according to Mr. An derson. A little more time will be re quired to get the "checkers" surveys on the aerial photographs, but when the whole county is laid out on the aerial maps with the supervisors' sur veys it will be easy to untangle any differences between the grower's idea of what he is raising and what he ac tually raises on the different acres, Wischon Removed From Plymouth To State Penitentiary Washington County Of ficial Requests Chown Sheriff Get Prisoner Kurtweid von Wischon, alleged sae cracker who was taken from the Hertford jail to the Elizabeth City jail, to. the Edenton jail for hearings in each town, and was later trans ferred to the Plymouth jail, wa3 again, obliged to change his "board ing place" recently. Sheriff J. K. Reid, of Washington County, informed Chowan's sheriff, J. A. Bunch, that on account of a trip to Alabama and due to the fact that Wischon receives and sends consider able mail and telegrams, he was re luctant to be responsible for the un welcome prisoner. According to Sheriff Reid, Wischon's manners were a source of concern and the German, too, had threatened to commit sui cide. Papers were prepared on Saturday, and the Chowan sheriff armed with the proper credentials, carried Wis chon to the' State penitentiary in Raleigh where he is confined on death row. Wischon is scheduled for trial in Perquimans County at the October term of Superior Court and will re main in the state pen until he is re moved to Edenton for trial in Chow an Superior Court the week of Sep tember 12th. ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT WINFALL An ice cream supper will be held at Winfall fl Thursday evening, Augr ust 11. for. the benefit of the chorea. The public is cordially invited to at- tead. i-"-rs
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