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1 ' V , 4 r r 1" . 0): Mid MlCM- MM A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V. Number 32. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 12, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. WEEKLY v- $1 Representatives For Bridge Opening Pageant Tonight little Boy and Girl Will Be Selected at State Theatre 9 O'CLOCK County's Part In Big Program Now Rapid ; ly Shaping Up Today (Friday) is the day the tnuch-criticized committee on the Al bemarle Sound Bridge Celebration really gets down to brasa , tack. Item the stage of the State Theatre tonight at nine o'clock, the little boy and girl to represent this county on the celebration day will be chosen. - All little boys and girls between the ages of five and ten are urged to get in touch with Manager Bv L. Gibbs and let him know that they 'want to be in the contest before eight o'clock tonight. Five disinter ested judges will be selected from the audience to name the little couple who will represent this county. All this activity, together with Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow's assur ance that the county will be repre sented with a float, verifies what he said just a week ago. That the coun ty is interested. This, county's allot ment to the general celebration fund .was forwarded to the treasurer sev eral days ago. . The-list of contestants for Little Mr. and Mrs. Perquimans County is growing rapidly, according to Mr, Gibbs, and the judges will probably be hard pressed to select the winners, Mr. Gibbs is receiving applications until eight o'clock, just one hour be fore the contest. Perquimans County's plans are as suming more dennue shape every day. - It re understood that the conn ty'B float is already under considera tion as to specifications. It is also understood that the float will portray the giving of the first land grant, a figure representing the Indian chief, Kilkocanen, handing over the State's oldest deed to George Durant, pioneer English settler. A float of this type should be very effective as portraying an early hap pening of State-wide importance. Approval of plans for a float along these lines is heard on every hand. Enthusiasm is increasing by leaps and bounds and it appears that Per quimans County's part in the cele bration will be all that could be de sired by even the most demanding celebrationists. THREE YEARS AGO -- Three yean ago the files of Tha .Periinan.. Weekly reyeal that: H The town was continuing to show, a ' profit a lthough there had been a re duction in. the price of electric cur- - i rent from 15 cents per killowatt to a - ;gradved scale from 12 cents down. Cleveland Thayer, District Gover- i not of Rotary International had ad- dresed the Hertford Rotary Club at : ithe Tuesday night session.' In his message, Mr. Thayer had "succeeded -,- In imparting to his hearers a glimpse i of jyisleof the true meaning of -VRc3ary as accepted it. ' v The first sweet potatoes to be tnar- keted. in Hertford appeared on Sat 4 urday from- the farm of Moses Boyce, . a . Beech - Spring farmer, f. He " had s : rown ' the yams sNto ;a ' marketable size ;In,: exactlaeven'-weela; .believed " 'iitobi'a' recoriS'-r v" C CV Simpson waa .'j leaving . .the , Hertford Banking Company as book ? keeper to accept a 'similar position' " with Guaranty , Bank and Trust Com- V pany Greenville. , , ,. . s;? I : Funeral services . for : Mrs. Bettie J; CKappeli;:wJi) nad died in Kaleign Hospital on Saturday, had been ,con : ;S'ductedj -atHunter -Forlc Churck job V J Mtai AWa Jeto " ' J- hostess at. a, i garden party.given In 1 honor of Miss Helen Willis, of Farm u ville, who ria the house guest of Mr. w- i and XMrs4VRT Brinn, and Miss ? Kathnm Smveyy of . Richmond,;. Va. " house guest of. .Miss Alice Robenon, .'.oifTueaday ftej!fti-t1af:f.. Those, nresent Tin .dditionl:W honorees were : Misses Alice Rober- son; Marie Andersonfore Jpar . den, . Sara Ward, Ruth ; Nachman, Jfency ' Coke Dardon, Marguerite Ward; I'ary 1 Thad i Chappell, Julia ?w: ir.:a Mae White, Mary 'i Stephens, Maewood Lymann Shephid InjurecT In River Badly Cut When Speedy Motor Boat Passes Over Body Lyman Shepard suffered two deep gashes in his right arm and a three- inch sclp wound when he supped from the deck of a speedy motorboat in the Perquimans River near Hert ford Saturday night The boat passed over Mr. Shep ard's body, the spinning propellor in flicting the injuries. The boat is owned and was operated at the time by C. E. Johnson, Recorder's Court prosecuting attorney. ' It is of the hydroplane type and powered with a highspeed outboard motor. It is reported that Mr. Shepard, or the forward deck, lost his footing, falling into the water under the boat before it could be stopped. A local physician required several stitches to close the wounds. Mr. Shepard seems little the worse for his accident. Special Lecture Evangelist's Topic TThie United States In Prophecy" Evangelist W. T. Smith, who is con ducting the series of Bible lectures under the large tent located on the! Grammar School ground in Hert ford, announces a very special lecture for Sunday night "The United States in Prophecy." Mr. Smith says that this fair land of ours is men tioned in the prophecies of the Bible along with other great nations of the world that were foretold. In this prophecy the rise, progress, and the final destiny of the United States is given, states Mr. Smith. He prom ises to answer the two following im portant questions from the Bible r "Will the Constitution of the United States be changed and our liberty be taken away?" "Is mir crnv-mnwrnt doomed?" Do not miss thin lecture. Mr. Smith says that "every true- blooded American of Hertford and vicinity should be present Sunday night for this unusual lecture." The following subjects are an- nounced for the closing week of the i 2 . . . O I 1 1 a. tirm T1L.H.J ""T7 . , TvT "IET: UV,UIVOIlUK:..IKmUIJ UlHUbi J.1IQ Seven Last - Plagues"; Wednesday night, "When Is It Wrong to Pray?.": Thursday night. The Message of the Pillar of Salt"; Friday night, "Hea- en Saturday night, "Work and Pro - SB of Seventh Day Adventists": gress 77 V1" w'""' the Prophet Before the Great, and, Terrible Day of the Lord." AU' are. urged to attend these vices. closing ser- MISSING PERSON" ijnc.ATV.n IN DARKENED THEATRE "ASLEEP. V . I i ia - ?; , is, .; -Vi'?-' ' - - ",f : ly- ' ''Frantic and tearful appeals to the police department.--'juat-afr mid- lOay 'wm ; if, Negro ' mother in the Goose. Hollow section,1 were finally interpreted By Officer ' Ci-E.v Walker to mean tiiat her nine-l year-old. child 'was missing and had bead missing for several hours. i The officer 'immediately" had 4a hunch; and without wastini any time On Sunday flight chasing down; phoney clues' about the1 and thei he11. know rm employed, child's disapparean'cefawakeBed 'WflBoyand'how! , t luimKuwie:- vyniter ani,naa ,wm;, Miauls aiojlJf . moTKeys to uis state Theatre,c vA , fhort searcb in the theare balcony resulted m findfag the location, of the ifmissing person. The'little)y;;: flrst 8howhad fallen asleep, during! the second showing and somehow had' rolled oat'of hir seat'bp between the rows' of seats. r J H; wtu(' still ' dreaming peacefully wnen tne pearciujig-party lound him lntiilB; darkened eatiThe theatre personnel usually looks' out for over sleeping theatre-goers, bu this little fellow had rolled all the out of ' Miss Hulda Vane Wofi, of Tar- feAw, rrt the week-end . .with her mochmr, ILn. Een Vood, Section Is Crippled By Lack Of Power Monday Af te moon Current Forced to B6 Cut Off When Tree ! Falls Over Wires HEAVY STORM Considerable Trouble Is Experienced By Many Establishments Light and power service was dis rupted, for several hours Monday and it was reported here that the cause was trouble on the line near Suffolk. The power failed just before noon and was resumed between three and four o'clock. In the meantime, iee1 cream in the electrically operated re-1 frigerators of several local dealers,! probably suffered most during the lapse. i Monday . was an extremely , dark day at' times, due to overcast skies, and several businesses were forced to seek means of illumination other than electric lights candles and oil lamps being brought into play. A severe electrical storm, accompa nied by a brief but heavy shower. played over the section for a Short while bringing relief from the op pressive heat in early afternoon The trouble was finally traced to a tree which had fallen across the pow-'Cyurge wm have no other way of di3 er line at Sandy Cross, and Edenton tinguishing members from non-mem-and Elizabeth City were likewise hers. paralyzed. Dr. John Zachary, dentist, had what amounted to a half holiday, as did employees at the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company where a" perat'ns came t a complete standstill It is understood that a logger started the trouble near Sandy Cross when he miscalculated in felling a tree, which he broubht down across the high tension wires. After a couple .of hours with "n? power the management of the Stat? Theatre began worrying over the showing of the night's movie pro gram, but heaved a sigh of relief when the current again began to flow. CIRCLE MEETS The Ida Patterson Circle of the Baptist Church met Monday evening with Mrs. T. W. Perry. The leader, Mrs. Mark Gregory, was in charge of the program. The subject studied was Mexico. j Those present were: Mesdames' Robert White. E. W. Mayes. J. A Perry. Robert Jordan, Matt Matth- ews, J. E. Everett, Alva Jordan, Mark Gregory, G. a Buck and Irvin White, and Miss Mamie Stallings, and a visi- I tor, Mrs. J. E. Mayes, of Petersburg, Virginia. I 444, Chewing The Rag With Lucius Blanchard, Jr. 4W A T ' . n w. Tnfanrlanr with Her- ' i ee week . A' ' Hlt aftl.5n1 aMUr. ity account number holder 'rt w Mi, ha auali- . ,uol. n thinlc nf this social gecurity busineas? A. I haven't quite formed an opin- ion, but the card looks pretty good. 1 1 u ei" A . ,,A.i amii'iI . i mi l. ii. O Aren't vou afraid vour em- I i w ployers might object to the payment of your social security? After all, you are rather young, . A. I'm listed as unemployed, but they don't know the half of it. Wait vmtil one of these good sleeping ntoht when I decide to stay awake. J Of course Til want someone, to keep me' company and I think I'll pick on ' poppa. Ill stage a "no sleep strike rQ.4 Where will you keep your ac- count numuerT , Tnat cara, you know, is pretty important v A. Rigbt now I don know, but a I little" later 111 file it with my teddy valuables. It'll be safe there. Bth Q-Waa that.a yawn,, Mr. Nijcon? If I'm keeping you awake I'll leave. A.; i Well, 1 have' had a rather tough day, with newspaper reporters, teddy bear salesmen and one thing and .another,. ,- f QwjThanks fof the interview,, Mr. Nixon, 7 m be going. ' '(l - A. i;;Notf at all, r Drop in anytime you, need some answers and IH set you right. :0t &?(fi$yj'-- W:'teew?''the' Commerce Depart ment's ptiiihment of Douglas Corri gna t.- fcrc:a the ocean with. Annual Meeting Of Farm Bureau Be Held Aug. 17th Members of Perquim ans Bureau Urged To Attend IN GREENVILLE About One Hundred Members of Group In Perquimans All members of the county farm bureau are invited to the annual meeting in Greenville on August 17th, according to a letter received by J. W. Ward, president of the Perqui mans County bureau. E. F. Arnold, executive secretary to the State Federation, wishes to call to attention the fact that there may be members in the county who are. panning to attend the meeting who do not know that it will be necessary for them to have a mem bership card signed by the presi dent in order to be admitted to the membership barbecue dinner. It would be extremely embarrass ing for the directors if a farmer, who had paid his dues, was then de nied the privilege of eating with the nthnr members. Men will be sta tioned at the warehouse doors who will require all those who enter to have a membershiD card and thev of I Of the approximate 100 members i of the farm bureau in this county it is possible, says Mr. Ward, that some of them may have misplaced their cards. Another one may be secured simpV by asking Mr. Ward, or L. W. Anderson, county farm agent, for it- . have aady voiced intentions of be- ing in Greenville for the annual meet- ing, and Mr. Ward, who has attended other annual., gatherings, is loud in his praise of the feast that is spread at these meetings, along with the ' other items on the programs. Pre I parations are already underway for ' the dinner. ENTERTAIN AT TEA Mrs. Jake White and her daugh- ter, Mrs. G. W. Barbee, entertained at a delightfully informal tea on ! Friday afternoon at the home of the j former, honoring Mrs. White's daugh- ter-in-Iaw, Mrs. W. M. White, of Richmond, Va., who was her house- guest. Those assisting in serving in serving were Mrs. C. F. Sumner, Jr., Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, Miss KiizaDetn luiowies, 1 Miss Thelma Elliott, Miss Mildred Reed and Miss Mary Towe. About fifty guests called during j the afternoon. out its approval would be severe but we did not suspect that the pun ishment would be quite as drastic as it really turned out to be. The Department suspended Corri- gan's flying permit for six whole days, the suspension becoming effec tive on Saturday (when Corrigan hnnrded a boat for the U. S.) and the ban was lifted giving him per mission to fly again on Thursday Ithe. dav his boat landed in New York). Looks to Wilbur and me like the suspension was ordered only to keep the young birdman from flying off the steamer. While Biologists have long won dered whether animals make sounds beyond the range of human hearing they have noticed that the hum ming bird appears to continue singing even when its rising notes are no longer audible. To answer the momenteous ques tion an internationally famous Har vard physicist rigged up a recording apparatus which transforms the Bounds into electrical impulses. Through this apparatus he gathered the astounding information that some crickets sing at the rate of 41,000 vibrations per second, while the hu man cgr cannot hear above 18,000 vibrations per second. Just, what valuation scientists place on this discovery we are not pre pared .,to aayi but it must be pretty important because Life Magazine de voted two full, pages to the cricket noioes in last - Week's issue. Anyway. it rill help keep us awake nights since we know now that the cricket . is atill singing whether we can hear him or not , 86 In Perquimans Receive Old Age Assistance During First Year Social Security Colored Girl Dies As Result Of Accident Injured When Walking Into Moving Auto mobile Annie Belle Winslow, 18-year-old Woodville Negro girl, died early on Monday morning from injuries re ceived Sunday afternoon when rhe walked into the side of an automobile driven by L. N. "Dooley" Newbold, of New Jersey, formerly of Hertford. According to Mr. Newbold, who was enroute to Nags Head with Mrs. Newbold and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skinner and their young son, the girl stepped from behind a passenger bus when it stopped near Gregory's store at Woodville for her to alight. Mr. Newbold rushed the girl to the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, but upon returning to Hertford held out little hope for her recovery. Mr. Niewbold, who is visiting here with J his mother, Mrs. K. R, Newbold, and the passengers in his car were con siderably upset by the accident. The Winslow girl was returning from Elizabeth City, where she was employed as cook for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whaley. Hertford Boys Catch Alligator Four Foot Reptile Cap tured Thursday at Nags Head Three Hertford boys bagged a four foot alligator in the surf at Nags Head last Thursday Minnie Lou Parker, daughter of Sheriff Parker, of Ahoskie, sighted the big lizard off her cottage and let it be known to Jesse Lee Harris, Speck Harris and Guy Newby, who "ashioned a lasso and roped the 'gator in. That part of the task, according to Jesse Lee, wasn't hard to do the 'gator was lifeless and fagged out! from his tussle with the surf. But the tough part of their self-imposed "bring-em-back-alive" assignment came when the 'gator began to regain ' life and vigor. With returning con- iciousness came the instinct to pre-1 serve freedom and dignity at all costs. And though four feet is not a lot of alligator still it may be too1 much to handle safely barehanded. Through a sort of Frank Buck ar-J rangement the young men lashed the 'gator to a pole and carried him up the beach between them. It has been ' reported that the over-sized lizard was a pet at the Oak Island Coast. Guard Station and somehow escaped from his quarters. But when Jesse' Lee came home Tuesday no one had laid claim to ov V rship and the alli gator was still stiing at jmg at the Parker cottage. NEW JERSEY NEGRO KILLED ! find the best solution to family prob IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT lems at the ,east expense to the pub- I He and to the best interests of the Robert Sparkman, Kennelworth, New Jersey Negro, was killed late Wednesday afternoon when he lost control of his car on a curve on the Elizabeth City highway about four miles from Winfall. Sparkman was originally from Bethel, North Carolina, and riding in the car with him were his wife, Lu - cille,, and four children, and his mother. It was thought by Sheriff J. Em mett Winslow, who investigated with County Coroner Dr. C. A. Davenport, j that the dead man's head struck tha , concrete pavement through the driv er's window as the auto overturned, j A hole was knocked in his-skull and he probably died instantly. The dead j body sat in the driver's seat for some time before a local undertaker took charge and removed the remains to his establishment. Dr. Davenport said, "accidental death due to a blow on the head." None of the other passengers were seriously injured although the car, an Oldsmoblle of recent model, was badly damaged. Return Home . Mr and Mrs. Douglas Dardej and children, Nancy Coke and Elizabeth, wUrteturh home today from Drivers, Vs., where they have been visiting. County's Share For In digent Persons Ap proximately $3,693 OTHER BENEFITS Ultimate Goal Is to Put On Self Supporting Basis Durjng the year July 1937 to July 1938 the public welfare department of Perquimans County aided indigent persons not able to work to the amount of approximately $3,693. In looking over her records, Miss Ruth Davenport, county welfare of ficer, finds that in the public assist ance program of the social security act, ,the county, aided by the state and federal governments lent sup port to 165 persons. Without the aid of the state or federal governments, .the ccunty was of assistance to 225 persons who were ineligible to share in the public assistance program. SDendinc in this field the amount of approximatelv two thousand dollars. Not all persons, according to the welfare officer, find their way to her office in search only of financial re lief. It is amazing, she says, to note the number of unfortunate peo ple who come in simply for advice and someone to tell their troubles to. During the past fiscal year the county spent in behalf of persons not eligible to share in the public assist ance program, $366.40; 169 persons receiving this amount. These per sons are the in-betweens, those not ! young enough to come under the de ' pendent children classification, not over 65 years of age, not blind, and still unable to work. For hospitiliza tion, medical treatment and pauper funerals the county spent $1,691.26 for 56 persons. For the year 1937-38 an appropria tion of $9,600 for old age assistance was approved by the Board of County Commissioners, the county's paut in the expense to be $2,400, the state government to supply one-fourth, and the federal government one-half. The total spent, with 86 persons now benefitting, amounted to $6,549. A like amount, of $9,600 has been ap propriated for 1938-39. The program is based on the ber of peonle receiving rplipf an.i hv the figures from other states. The fact that not so many persons were added during the first of the yeai accounts for the expenditure under the appropriated amount, Of a $4,800 appropriation for aid spent; the state, Federal and county governments supplying one-third eacn. The same amount has been allotted for this year while 70 persons ari benefiting of the 80 persons who may benefit under the terms of the pro gram. Part of the burden in aiding the blind is also borne by Federal and state governments. Nine afflicted persons are now receiving approxi mately $105 each month. I The duties of the welfare office are manyfold; the department tries to welfare of the person at the same time. Each case is handled individ ually and no disposition is made until the resources of the immediate fam ily have been gone into. The ultimate goal of public welfare work is to help the person or family to an independent and self-support- ! ing basis. Four new applications for aid to dependent children will be investigat ed this month, according to Miss Dav enport, along with four new applica tions for old age assistance. Two new applications for aid to the blind have een investigated but cannot be appropd by the welfare board be cause the county's quota of nine per sons hjis already been filled. Revival Meeting At Bagley Swamp Beginning Friday night, August 12th, and continuing through August 21st, Rev. Elmore Hanna, of Urbana, 111., will conduct a series of meetings at the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church. There will be services each night at 8 o'clock, and three services on Sun day. Special singing and music will be in charge of Miss Laura Burros, of Gastonia. The pastor, Rev. L. E. Schendel, cordially invites attendance. n -.'VI. 3. '