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SAGS TWO THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Published every Friday at The Perquimans Weekly office in The Bertford Hardware Building on the North Side, Court House Square, Hertford, N. C. Lucius Blanchard, Jr. Editor Day Phone 88 SUBSCRIPTION BATES One Year -$1.25 Six Months 75c Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at Hertford, North Caro lina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates furnished by request. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1938 A REAL MENACE "Prey on the preying cats," seems to be the word if we expect to keep our abundance of wild life still abund ant These renegade cats, not house pets and not entirely wild, infest our forestB in hundreds, devouring small birds, rabbits and other small crea tures of the game breed. "We see them every day, slinking along ditch banks. Every night we catch them on the roads in the glare of our headlights. Thousands of them-er&nd every one must eat every day. Every meal means one less young quail, or rabbit, or probably squirrel, although it's unlikely that (squirrels are easy prey for the hunt ing cat. County Game Warden J. H. New bold, while favoring the killing of the renegade breed, wishes a clear distinction between the outlaws and the house pete which are fed at home. Utaless we dispose of the hunting cat, our already thinning game sup ply will be slimmer than ever this fall. The two cat classes are not hard to distinguish, the house pet variety, even while roaming around, is comparatively gentle, sleek and well-fed. The outlaw is lank, scrawny and skittish. So hunt the hunting cat and pro tect our game but be sure it's not aj bouse pet. LAST TIME Just a reminder that Monday night (Labor Day) is the last performance' this season of Paul Green's "Lost,' Colony." So, see it between now and then, or wait until next summer. I REASON FOR SERIOUS THOUGHT Legalized liquor for Perquimans County? Unless the county needs the added source of revenue, The Perquimans Weekly sees no particu lar need for an ABC store. Of course, the county is badly in need of the new source of income,' and though the commissioners do not take a definite stand on the matter of the petition now in circulation, they will tell you that the body was hard pressed to keep this year's tax rate at the old level. It is difficult for this paper to flatter "dry" Perquimans by a com-' parison with surrounding wet coun ties, but the situation here under the circumstances is well-handled. For' the largest part our bootleggers nanaie tax-paid stock, but while those who imbibe can get all they want,! the county does not come in on the profits for one red cent. Over in Edenton, the Chowan County store in its first ten months of operation, turned over to the counV treasury the sum of $5,000. Fifteen hundred dollars of that amount, we dare say, rightfully be longs to the treasury of this county,! representing approximately what Perquimans County people spent for liquor there. A like amount was nrobablv spent La the Pasauotank store. So there you have it, through' ... i .! j ii i ,t ! vur uuuuejjgers, anQ inr0ugn xne stores of the surrounding counties, Perquimans County gets all the liquor it wants but the county itself does not benefit from the sale. What effect the establishment of an ABC store would have on the morals of the vicinity, we are not prepared to predict, but the proxim ity of the Pasquotank and Chowan, tores has not seriously contributed to the evils of this county, or the' ether two. j We do not attempt to say that the stablishing ot a county-controlled! store is the cure for "nip-joints," bootleggers and all other liquor ills. It probably isn't. But we do say that bootleggers now are prospering ! through a channel that has been op-! tlonal to county governments for sev- j era years. j To the wet forces, those behind the ; petition now in circulation, we sug-l yea mat they would acquaint would-1 be-supporters with a brief statement! of the county's finances, and let them govern their decisions by what they find. They'll find a crying need for ntm sources of county income with out raising the tax rate. The signatures of fifteen percent of he county's voters affixed to the pe tition, will bring the matter up for discussion by the commissioners at their next meeting and although the commissioners 'may ball an election at may lame, a petition with the requir Vd number of signatures makes it the 'commissioners' duty ; to request the - oara of elections to' bold an election Chewing The Rag With Lucius Blanchardf Jrt Little Reginald Tucker is out for! finr cah. In no uncertain manner Resririe resents the mix-up that re suited in the omission of his name from among those of several boys who captured a four-foot alligator in the nurf at N&Brs Head recently. Our news account of the capture was simply in error and the over-due apology is hereby tendered young Mr. Tucker. Gratefully received were a lot of compliments on last week's special edition, but right now we've got a passel of apologizing to do and we start with our correspondents, who didn't see their items in the paper. We went to press a day early in or der to get out before Thursday for the bridge opening, and in the rush of things we forgot to notify our cor respondents, so when the news came in as usual, it was too late to make the issue. If they'll forgive us this time, we'll try not to let it happen again. Then to Mattie Lister White, who rushed for us a splendid feature ar ticle for the edition, a whole raft of apologies. The article appears in this issue because it was crowded out of our last run. She knows how those things are, however. Lila Budd Stephens has ended her , seventh year as a newspaper carrier in Hertford. She succeeded her sis ter, Polly, who succeeded her broth er, Creighton. The Stephens, sisters and brother, have been carriers for an Elizabeth City paper ever since daily carrier service was inaugurated in Hertford. Lila Budd retired rom her job last week to go away to school at Elon. A Letter From the Editor Our opinion may appear to differ from yours on the question of legalized liquor for Perquimans County. If it does or if it does not let us hear from you. Space in The Perquimans Weekly is always available for "Let ters To The Editor," and no matter where you stand on the subject, if you want your viewpoints made pub lic, write a letter to the editor. Sign it, but specify whether or not you wish your name used. Anonymous messages cannot be accepted for publication, so don't be shy. If you are a citizen you've a right to be EXECUTIVE GROUP MEETS The Executive Committee of the Hertford Baptist Woman's Missionary Union met with Mrs. J. F. Stegall on Monday afternoon, with Mrs. I Ward, president, in charge. A.: At the close of a brief devotional , period, followed by the business ses- sion, the hostess, assisted by her, mother, Mrs. Ringold, served dainty j refreshments Those present were Mrs. I. A. Ward, Mrs. G. R. Tucker, Mrs. L. N. Hollowell, Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood, Mrs. Mark Gregory, Mrs. J. E. White and Mrs. V. A. Holdren. CIRCLE NO. 2 TO MEET Circle No. 2 of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of the Hertford Bap tist Church will meet on Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. R. A. Sutton. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT r. -and Mrs. Carlton Chappel an-t. nM rt m-m. . nounce the birth " Nixon, on Thursday, August y8. Mrs Chappell was formerly Miss Annie Belle Hollowell, of near Hertford. Sound vibrations, used to age whiskey, are said to produce in seven hours the equivalent of four years aging in wood. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bateman, of Cross Roads, announce the birth of a son on August 23rd. Mother and baby are getting on nicely. WHITESTON NEWS Misses Lillian, Jessie Bell, Sybil and Florence Winslow and Jasper Winslow spent a few dayt recently in Burlington, Winston-Salem and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Miss Lillian Winslow has returned to Washington, D. C, after spending the past month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Luther Winslow. Miss Lucille Lane has returned after a visit with her aunt, Mrt. Beulah Phillips, in Norfolk, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Winslow and son, Donald, and Charlie E. Winslow, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wins low, Sr. Miss Winnie Winslow! attended the Friends Yearly Meeting in Woodland on Sunday, August 18th. Misses Pearle White, Marjorie and Thelma White are visiting relatives and friends in Burlington and Winston-Salem. Miss Margaret Jolliff, of Gateeville, has been a recent guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Ella White. , Miss Helen Baker has returned from Murfreesboro, where she .spent a week with ' her cousin,;. Rebecca THE PERQUIMANS wmmUuX, HlEKTyUKU. ' N. w heard, especially on a subject of such magnitude as to affect you and every other citizen in the county, A champion . . . that's the distinc tion Cecil Winslow claims, a cham pion ice cream eater and he chal lenges all comers for his title. He often eats half a gallon after dinner when he isn't even hungry, so if a contender's limit is only a quart or so, he'd better not make any wagers on the outcome. "Quebec Village Bans Shorts As Men's Attire," reads a headline. Wilbur and I think the idea's 0. K., if they'll carry it just little further, We agj-ee with the Canadian authori ties, the sight of the average male limbs uncovered-Ms not a spectacle of beauty. But the Quebec ban should also "cover" the unattractive female members of the shorts-Wearing clan. While, by all means, shape ly limbs should be exposed with shorts as short as decently possible, it is our suggestion that the lady possessors of spindly, unshapely, knobby knees and calves, be rele gated to the "Slacks-for-Comfort-Without-Exposure-Society." If the Quebec village voted a ban along these lines, Wilbur and I i wouldn't care for the job of deciding which ladies could qualify under the shorts-wearing code, not to mention the ones who could not. We could qualify for the position, but our re quirements would be too rigid for our own safety . . . and nobody would dare to protect us from the ladies on the "rejected" list. Alvin Karpis, public enemy number one a while back, (just after the Dillinger boys) is serving a life sen tence on Alcatraz Island. We read recently where he had been granted permission to buy several items of fishing equipment and two books on angling. If the fishing is good on Alcatraz, Alvin isn't in such a bad spot and he won't be cramped for time. Little Herbert Nixon, Jr., made national news this week when News week Magazine gave space to young Mr. Nixon, the nation's youngest So cial Security Account Number holder. Little Herbie was six hours old wfien 1- li-J A 1 . I nis iainer appueu ior ine regisira- tion, listing his son as "unemployed." Dail. Among those who attended per formances of "The Lost -Colony" at Fort Raleigh recently were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Winslow, Mrs. Earl Winslow, Miss Edna Winslow, Alvah Winslow and Carroll Williams, The Young Peoples' C. E. Society enjoyed a picnic at Camp Perquim- ans one afternoon recently, Allen White, of Philadelphia, Pa., is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. White. Mrs. Cornelia Perry has returned to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mark Hathaway, in Hertford, after visiting Mrs. Elizabeth White and Mrs. Mary Jane White. BELVIDERE ROUTE 1 Miss Agnes Ward has returned home after spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. F. C. Jenkins, at Pote casi. m:.. ru 11 .fi:i! i ti ... o..j i . ! left Sunday after a week's visit wita Vlio Bif. Mb, T A T ..... uawv. , ..... V. " . IWUjlblCC. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Ward and children, Agnes and John, Mrs. I. A. Rountree and Elias Qhappell spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lane and family, at Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Chappell; at- ! tended the opening of the Albemarle Sound Bridge Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Nixon Hollowell, from near Beech Spring, visited Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Chappell evening. Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Long spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rountree. BURGESS NEWS Miss Anne Tucker and Miss Addie Reed, of Hertford, were house guests ....... ... . I J icvciivii ( Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spivey and C. D. Spivey, of New Hope, Mr. end Mrs. L. H. Spivey, of Richmond, Va., were , guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bas night on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dail, of Eden ton, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Matthews on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will Harris, of Nor folk, Va., spent Friday with Mrs,. Mollie Blow. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Strickland and Mrs. Alice Hopkins visited "George Parker on Sunday. "V ; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas White, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Matthews, Lloyd Matthews, Glenn Matthews and Mrs. J. B. Basnight were among those from this section who attended the Albemarle; Sound bridge celebration Thursday.- , Mr. .and Mrs. Winston Lane spent Sunday with Mrs j 'Lane's., parents, Mr.'and Mrs, JyTjVfJofdan Miss Velma-Overtofl, ; of 'Norfolk, tB.iUAX avrivm.Bi!M z, iaaa Va., was the' guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Overton, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walton Lane spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lane. . ',' MT. SINAI SOCIETY MEETS , The Woman's Missionary Society of Mt. Sinai Church met Tuesday af ternoon with Mrs. T. E. Madre at her home near Hertford. The meet ing was opened by singing "The Woman's Hymn", followed by prayer led by Mrs. Junior Miller. Mrs. T. E. Morgan was in charge of a very interesting program with the follow ing members taking part Mrs. Junior ! Miller, Mrs. Charie Umphlett, Mrs. Clifton Morgan, Miss Mamie Stall ings, Mrs. E. U. Morgan. Miss Car men Morgan led the devotional. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Members present were: Mesdames T. E. Madre, Warner Madre, Leonard Madre, E. U. Morgan, T. E. Morgan, Clifton Morgan, David Miller, Effie Miller, George Roach, J. V. Stallings, Ernest Stallings, Charlie Umphlett, J. W. Ward, Wallace Morgan, Harvey Stallings, W. D. Rcgerson, Junior Miller, Misses Mamie Stallings and Celesta Godwin. Visitors were: Mrs. Beulah Forehand, of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. W. F. Madre, Jr., Mrs. E. W. Morgan, Miss Carmen Morgan, and Miss Virginia Uimphlett. CUMBERLAND NEWS Miss Louise Churchill, of Portlock, Va., is the guest of Mrs. Effie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Morgan are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Umphlett and sons, of Winfall, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Morgan Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Davenport, of Elizabeth City; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Roach, Mrs. Effie Miller, Miss Mary Elizabeth White, Harold Hurdle and Ervin Perry were guests in the home of, Mr. and Mrs C. L. Godwin Sunday. Mrs. Beaulah Forehand, of Norfolk, Va., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Effie Miller; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Corprew and William Pierce, of Camden, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perry Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mary Louise Chappell, of NorfolJt, Va., is the guest of Miss Mary Elizabeth White. BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. J. E. Morris entertained a number of the young friends of her daughter, Pat, on Tuesday night, I honoring Pat's seventh birthday, j The boys and girls enjoyed a theatre ' party early in the evening at the . State Theatre, after which the pretty ! birthday cake with its seven glowing candles was cut and served with ice cream 'at the Morris home. The hon oree received a number of lovely gifts. Those attending were Lindsey Reed, Bettie Ruth Chappell, Carrol Berry, Carlton Davenport, Catherine Anne Holmes, Francis Nixon, Elizabeth Darden, Penelope Whedbee, Mary Annette Cannon and John Morris. Oldest In The Albemarle? (Continued From Page'One) ye gran court house for the precinct of Perquimans ye second Tuesday in October, 1701." The very next court record, and many thereafter, show that the courts were for a long time held in various homes of the citizens of the precinct. In the year 1722 an act of the As sembly was passed providing for set tling the precinct courts and court houes, and the courthouse for Per quimans, one of the four original precincts of Albemarle, was ordered to be built on "Jonathan Phelps Point." Just how long it was before the courthouses were built it would be hard to sav The earliest authen- tic record which shows that a court house was built at this point, which i is now Hertford, is contained in on original court summons, written in legible script, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court in Hert-1 ford, which reads as follows: "Perqmns precinct. George the Second King of Great Britain "To the Provost Marshall Deptuy Greeting. We command you to take the body of John Pratt ifT to be found -in your bailiwick and him safely keep so that you have him ber - - - r; fore our Just:s t the court house on Phelps Point the third Monday in July next and there to answer unto the plaint of Edward Mosley or his attorney in an action of the case. Damages six pounds and have you them and there this writ Date att the clerks offs this 4th day of May i Dated at ye Clerks office "this Tst Charles Denman ark." ; There is also a record which states "At a court held for the said county at the courthouse on Phelps Point on the third Monday in January 1741." j Also, in the year 1755, a bill was passed in the Assembly to "establish a public ferry from Newby Point to Phelps Point whereon the courthouse now stands on Perquimans River." , anree years , alter ; this date, in 1758. the Town - of Hertford ; was chartered by an act of the Assembly, on Phelps Point, and mention is made Since this -dater the: records of the county have been' well and systema-i tically kept and it appears reasonably certain that so important a matter as the erection of a new courthouse could 'not Jhav ' taken place. without some -reference haying; been made of it in some of the records. The courthouse in Perquimans was;iow Mrs. J. R. Futrell, Miss Kathe- erected in compliance with the Act of 1722 and was certainly in use in 1783. It 'was a small building and when it became necessary, j as the population increased, to have a more commodious one for the transaction of the public business, an .addition was made. The size and shape of the original unit is plainly discern ible, being a part of what is now the main court room. Further additions had been made many years prior to 1932 when the old courthouse had fallen into ill re pair and looked much like other courthouses in the Albemarle, when Mr. Toms, that public-spirited son of Perquirt"". at considerable cost, restored the old courthouse to its ori ginal beauty, through a committee headed by Charles Whedbee. It has been decided by the Board of County Commissioners to have placed on the front of the courthouse a bronze tablet with a suitable in scription in acknowledgement of the generosity of Mr. Toms. The matter is in charge of Mr. Whedbee, who is well versed in Perquimans history. Mr. Whedbee has not seen fit to dis close what additional records he may be cognizant of in reference to the age of the courthouse, but it is be lieved that some reference will be made to the matter. CENTER HILL Mrs. Roy Carter and son, Olan, of Richmond, Va., are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Furry. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gale and two daughters, Betsy Warren and Anne Meredith, of Richmond, Va., spent Wednesday with Dr. Cale's brother, Rev. Frank Cale, and Mrs. W. F. Cale. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hollowell and children, of Sunbury, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Turner Sunday evening. Students Plan To Leave For College (Continued from Page One) Sharpe will return to Duke Univer sity; Jese Lee Harris, Guy Newby and Louise Payne will return to the University of North Carolina; Joyce Harrell, Prue Newby, Mary Alice' Felton and Waverly D'Orsey are re- j turning to East Carolina Teachers College. Claude Brinn, who attended Louisburg College last year, is enter- mg Jilon college this year, una Mary Stephens and her brother, Creighton, are also returning to Elon. Celia Blanche Dail will go to East Carolina Teachers College. Perquimans Plays Prominent Part (Continued From Page One) by professionals would have cost ap proximately $300. The other coun ties' were single truck floats costing $150 and upwards. It is not possible A E STAT HERTFORD, N. C. COMFORTABLE ENTERTAINING COOL ' Also Comedy ? -"Mysterious Pilot" No. 12 Wednesday Only ' MATINEE AT I P. M. ALSO COMEOT AND ACT r wjSli ZZZ -illy :z v ALSO COMEDY AND ACT " ; V j y- Saturday, September $ : Monday" and Tueaday ma au i. k --- it v i s ....... .'?'". Ea m m 1 I..! k mw i wan I ! i I 7 U J -ar -s-a-l . of courts to list the names : of thoslr who contributed to the fund. - ,. - 'Slated, also for special mention for the r art they played in the actual y construction and decoration of tha. county's motivated - historical scene, n are: Mrs, Davenport, Mrs. J. E, Wins- rine Fleetwood, Mrs. Campbell, MrS. White, Miss Betty Winslow and Lip wood Skinner. The services of Policemen Robert A. White and C. E. Walker, in con struction work and gathering moss and other material, were invaluable to those'in charge. The local com mitteemen are doubly grateful for the assistance loaned them in ena bling this county to be so well repre sented in the celebration exercises. Elimination of Fire Hazard Urged ! (Continued From Page One) -fC provisions of Section 2773, ECCS., J and adds materially to the danger of , the auditorium section and the second I floor class rooms. To relieve this fr the furnace room and fuel room areas from the remainder of the building by erecting unpierced, except to the outside, inasonary walls at least 8 inches thick around these areas and covering the area thus formed with concrete slab at least 4 inches thick or as per diagram at tached. . Thanking you for the courtesies extended the deputy of this Depart ment making this inspection and trusting you will have these changes and additions completed before again using Vie building for school or as sembly purposes, I am, Yours very truly, DAN C. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner WITH PAIM0LIVE c OUt PRICI tot Palmolive 3 for 20c Small Super Suds 3 for 25c (Red Box) Small Super Suds 3 for 2$c (Blue Box) Octagon Soap (Giant) 6 for 25c Octagon Soap (Small)--lO fofv23c Octagon Powder (Large) 6 for 25c Octagon Powder (Small) 10 for 23c Octagon Toilet 6 for 25c Octagon Cleanser , 2 for 9c Octagon Chips 2 for 18c Octagon Granulated 2 for 18c Crystal White Soap 3 for 14c Hollywood Beauty Soap 3 for 14c Creme Oil Soap 3 for 14c MORGAN'S Modern Grocery HERTFORD, N. C. T H E A T E! 1 " ALSOf POPEYE CARTOON ACT AND NEWS - Thursday Only Warner Baxter Fredric Bartholomew it ALSO COMEDY ACTNEWS I I I
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