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THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY
Published every Friday at The
Perquimans Weekly office in The
Hertford Hardware Building on
the North Side, Court House
Square, Hertford, N. C.
Lucius Blanchard, Jr. Editor
Day Phone 88
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1938
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
WE ARE NOT WORMS: Hence
forth I call you not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord
doeth: but I have called you friends;
for all things that I have heard of
my Father I have made known unto
you. John 15:15.
STILL A MENACE
At times, it has always been the
unpleasant duty of newspapers to
"take the joy out of life," so to
speak.
Right now, with the opening of
school at hand, with so many young
sters proudly looking forward to their
first day at school, it is "taking the
joy out of life" to publish the State
Insurance Department's report on
the condition of the grammar school
in Hertford with relation to fire
hazards.
It was in May that the Town Criers
aroused themselves to the extent of
making an investigation and in
June the Fire Commissioner's report
arrived, showing the building subject
to condemnation on two counts, audi
torium on the second Aoor with no
fire escapes, and furnace room not
fire-proofed. These two conditions
must be corrected to comply with the
minimum requirements by law. But
the report speaks for itself.
"There never was a fire there, why
raise so much hell about it right
now?" The impatient fellow who
asked this question obviously is not
the parent of a grammar school pu
pil. Frankly, he doesn't deserve the
title of "citizen."
COOPERATION NEEDED
School began Wednesday and The
Perquimans Weekly thinks now is a
good time to impress upon parents
the importance of seeing that their
children attend. Aside from the
benefits derived by regular attend
ance, the schools' averages will be
increased, probably resulting in larg
er faculties. This county lost a cou
ple of teachers last year through low
attendances.
There's also a matter of fines for
parents who do not send their chil
dren to school continuously during the
term that is, children between seven
and fourteen years of age. Delin
quent parents are liable to fines from
five to twenty-five dollars.
At this point it is fitting to remind
that the county welfare department
appreciates contributions of discard
ed clothing and shoes, especially those
suitable for children of school ages.
INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE
The best news that has come out
in long time is the report from De
troit that the big automobile com
panies are calling men back to work
and that the rains have changed the
"dust bowl!" back into productive
farms which promise the largest
yield of wheat in a quarter of a cen
tury. The motor manufacturers reduced
that most of the stock is practically
sold out, and in the higher-priced
cars buyers are gobbling up the best
of the "used" cars of last year's
model. Now the makers of the popular-priced
cars are looking forward
to larger sales than ever of their new
models, and are preparing to put
them on the market earlier than
usual.
One of the reasons for the car
builder's optimism is the certainty
that there will be many millions
more dollars flowing into the pockets
of farmers as this year's bounteous
harvest is marketed. That much of
this money will be spent for new
cars is regarded as certain, for the
motor-car is as essential to farm
life as the horse and buggy used ' to
be. Probably the worst examples of
worn-out cars still doing duty can be
found in the regions where farmers
have seen little or no money coming
in for the past few years.
Prosperity in America has always
been measured by the productivity of
our farms and the ability of the rural
population to buy the product of our
factories. That hi as true today as
it ever was, though the proportion of
farm folk to city dwellers continues
to diminish.
There are still more than six mil
lion families living on farms, twice
as many more living in rural com
munities and small towns dependent
in large measure upon the prosperity
of the. farmer. And the automobile
industry is only one of many equally
... dependent on fanning. Gates County
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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
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AGE COURT HOUSE
Mr. Editor:
With true patriotic Edenton fervor
and with scorn at your inference last
week that Hertford has the oldest
court house in the Albemarle or
State, give a thought to a couple of
facts. On the Main Street of this
charming town, and pointing the way
to all, is an official State Highway
historical marker, No. 11, saying that
the Chowan Court House built in
1767 is "the oldest court house in the
state." Of. course it is, and as C. C.
Crittenden, North Carolina history
chieftain, inscribed the Chowan sign,
to be sure your eminent Charles
Whedbee will have an easy time of
it convincing Mr. Crittenden he is
wrong. However, even your paper is
inferentially skeptical about Hert
ford's ancestral claim. Court was
held in Perquimans in both the sev
enteenth and eighteenth centry, as
your memoranda says and as even
the merest Albemarle child knows,
but not in Hertford in a building de
signed for that purpose, and don't
vou foraret it. All you need do is to
consult the records. The first one,
in 1804. 37 years after our court
house, says your clerk of the court
was directed "hereafter to move his
documents and establish them in
Hertford. A nickel against a turnip,
you never had a court house before
that date, if even then. If you wish
to prove your history comb the font
located here.
HARVEY THOMAS.
Edenton.
SNOW HILL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fisher and son,
Bobby, of Norfolk, Va., were week
end guests of their mother, Mrs. Mol-
lie Tuttle, who is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Wood.
Mrs. Mary A. Keaton is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Fred Matthew,
near Hertford.
Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Wood, Misses
Sallie B. Wood, Annie Mae and Ida
Perry Matthews, and Charles Mc
Carthy attended the pageant at Fort
Raleigh Sunday evening.
Charles McCarthy, of Carmel, Cal.,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood.
Mr. McCarthy was director of a com
munity theatre project in Carmel.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody Harre!'., Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Matthews and Miss
Carolyn Dean Harrell spent Sunday
at Nags Head and Fort Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fisher, Bobby
Fisher, Mrs. J. T.W Wood and Mrs.
Mollie Tuttle drove across the Albe
marle Sound Bridge Monday after
noon. Wentworth Barclift, of Nigonton,
has returned home after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Harrell.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody Harrell and
little Carolyn Dean Harrell spent
TuesrViy afternoon in Elizabeth City.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cartwright and
family were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Cartwright Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Eure and
son, Curtis, of White Hat, Mrs. W. H.
Cartwright and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. Mason Sawyer were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cartwright on
Sunday.
Miss Novella Harrell, of Norfolk,
Va., spent Sunday with Miss Maxine
HarrelJ.
Mr. and Mrs. William Whedbee and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Halsey Sunday afternoon.
CIRCLE NO. 2 MEETS
The Rosa Powell Circle of the W. I
M. S. of the Hertford Baptist Church
met Tuesday night with Mrs. R. A.
Sutton at her home. Mrs. Charles
Johnson, president, presided. The
subject of the program was "The
States," with several members taking
part. Mrs. L. B. Sitterson had
charge of the devotional which was
taken from the 56th chapter of John.
After a short business session a social
hour was enjoyed. The hostess serv
ed delicious ice cream and cake.
Visitors present were: Mrs. Tommy
Sutton, Mrs. William Landing, Mrs.
Jesse Campen, Sr., and Miss Harriett
Seeley. The members included Mes-
dames Charles Johnson, T. E. Raper,
Tommy Miller, E. A. Byrum, V. A.
Holdren, R. A. Sutton, B. W. Pen
nington, Jesse Campen, Jr., L. B.
Sitterson, Virginia B. Seeley, Lula
Lane, W. T. Elliott, J. W. Hamilton
and George Chappell.
Personal service work for Septem
ber will be a cottage prayer service
with Mrs. Hendricks at her home on
Edenton Road Street on Thursday af
ternoon at 8:30. All members are
urged to be present.
On Friday night at 7 o'clock the
Circle members will enjoy a wiener
roast on the church lawn.
The October meeting will be held
with Mrs. George Chappell at her
home.
10,267 DISPUTES
Geneva, Switzerland. The Inter
national Labor Office reports show
that in nineteen countries last year
there were 10,267 labor- disputes.
The United States, with 4,740, had
the largest greatest number. ' Poland,
with 2,103, - was next. . - - 4 1
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FILM FORECAST AT STATE TIIEATHE
HERTFORD, N. G
"Cowboy From Brooklyn."
They're the best of the West Pat
O'Brien, Priscilla Lane and Dick
Powell head the cast of "Cowboy
From Brooklyn," Warner Bros, hilar
ious new musical comedy hit opening
at the Strand Theatre today.
Check your dignity at the door
when you go in to see "Cowboy From
Brooklyn," which shows at the State
Theatre Tuesday only. Comedies
don't come any funnier than this
musical saga of a cowboy who never
rides the range because he's scared to
death of horses.
With the exception of a few senti
mental interludes and some musical
moments every minute of this produc
tion, which features Pat O'Brien, Dick
Powell and Priscilla Lane, has at
least fifty-nine seconds of hilarious
comedy, with the result that the
audience will roar with laughter al
most continuously from the first
scene to the last.
It is a fast-moving farce, with
songs introduced occasionally but al
ways as a logical step in the plot,
which revolves about the amusing
misadventures of a singer. Some of
the songs are old cowboy ballads, but
there are also five new tunes, every
one of which gives definite promise of
being a big hit. ' The reviewer liked
particularly the songs entitled, "Ride,
Tenderfoot, Ride" and "I'll Dream
Tonight."
The screen play, adapted by Earl
Baldwin from the stage play, "Howdy
Stranger,' by Robert Sloane and
PENDER ROAD NEWS
Mrs. R. A. Perry has returned
from Washington, D. C, where she
was the guests of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Stallings.
J. E. Eaves spent the week-end
with his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eaves, near Nor
folk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Berry and two
sons, Edgar Young and Dan, spent
Sunday in Norfolk, Va., with Mr. and
Mrs. Irving Stubbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sutton and
son, Sidney Tucker, from near Eli
zabeth City, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua
Perry and son, J. J., of Sunbury,
were guests of Mrs. R. A. Perry on
Sunday.
Mrs. Homer Derring and son,
Frank, have returned from Norfolk,
Va., where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Kempson.
Mrs. Eugene Rempson and son, Joe,
of Norfolk, Va., are spending a few
days with Mrs. S. I. Cullipher.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eaves and three
children, Onella, John and Ava Ann,
of near Norfolk, Va., called at the
home of J. E. Eaves Monday after
noon, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Harrell and two
daughters, Juanita and Peggy, of
near Norfolk, Va., were guests . of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Harrell Monday.
CHAPANOKE NEWS
C. P. Quincy and daughter, Janet,
and Miss Al Whitehead motored to
Windsor Tuesday morning. .'
Miss Louise Watson and Walton
Whitehead, of New Holland, spent the
week-end with Mrs. Bertha White
head.
Mr. and Mrs. John Asbeil and
children have returned home after
visiting Mrs. Asbell's mother, Mrs.
S. M. Woodley, In Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Bertha Whitehead, Misses' Al
Whitehead and Louise Watson v and
Walton Whitehead spent Sunday' with
W. F. Howell.
Miss Hilda Byrum has returned
after a visit with relatives at Moyock.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson spent Friday-in
Elizabeth City. .
Calvin and Curtis Wilson attended
the circus in Elizabeth City Tuesday..
Pool White, of Elizabeth Cilyt was
here Tuesday afternoon on business.
Mr. end Mrs. O. J. Lane were in
Nwfdjky.yiuy Tuesday.
Miss Louise' -Wilson is spending
several days with Hiss Dona, '.White,
at WmfalL ;-V, ''- ' 1 "w -u
Louis Pelletier, Jr., gets off to a
flying start when Pat O'Brien, as a
vacationing Broadway theatrical pro-1
ducer, mistakenly assumes that Dick
Powell, who is being paid to entertain
the guests at a Wyoming dude ranch
with his singing, is an authentic cow
boy. Powell is actually a Brooklyn boy
who has never, ridden a horse, is
afraid of horses and is even fright
ened by such tiny animals as prairie
dogs. Nevertheless, taken back to
New York by O'Brien, he wins great
fame on the radio as a crooning cow-
boy.
It becomes necessary, however, for
O'Brien to prove that his singer is a
real cowboy, and he arranges to
have the timid hero demonstrate his
cowboy talents at a rodeo in Madison
Square Garden. To tell here how this
seemingly impossible task was hilar
iously managed would take the Sdge
off one of the most ingeniously amus
ing sequences seen in any picture.
The great promise as a comedian
shown by Powell in his first motion
picture role some years ago "Blessed
Event" is amply realized in his mer-1
ciless caricature of the timid cowboy
crooner. Pat O'Brien, of course, is
veritable perfection in a fast-talking
role and Priscilla Lane is both charm
ing and amusing.
. The production was directed by
Lloyd Bacon, and it confirms a judg
ment which has long been accepted in
Hollywood that he is one of the
very best comedy directors in the
business.
Week-end Here
Mr. and Mrs. John Broughton, Jr.,
of .Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end
here with Mr. and Mrs. John Brough
ton, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan i
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WHTTESTON NEWS
Arthur .Chappell and Fred Chap
pell, of Portsmouth, Va., Miss Pleas
ant 7inslow and Louis wrnslow, of
Chuckatuck, Va., spent theTweek-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Winslow.
EstherWinslow spent a few days
last week with Mary Leland Winslow,
at Belvidere.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Williams and
eon, Herbert, and Elihu Winslow
spent Wednesday at Nags Head and
attended the showing of "The Lost
Colony" Wednesday night
Miss Miriam Lane left Tuesday for
Norfolk, Va., where she will be a
student in Keys Secretarial College.
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Winslow, of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Ed
ward Weeks and children, of Rich
mond, Va,, spent Wednesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Winslow.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Winslow and
children, Selma and Ann Elizabeth,
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I of Elizabeth City, and Miss Johnnie
White spent Sunday with Miss Edith
White.
Misses Miriam and Lucille Lane,
Willard Baker and William Winslow
spent Wednesday afternoon at Ocean
View, Va.
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BETHEL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Willis, off Ra
leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Russell,
Mrs. Una Chesson, Miss Essie Mm
Che8son and little Gene Proctfcr, of
High Point, were week-end gu4sts of '
ear. ana mrs. n. i. rroctor. p
:x Miss Genevieve Standin, f Nor I
folk, Va., spent the week-enfd with I
her parents, Mr. and Mts. R. JtyM
Standin.
Mrs. Joe Phillips has returned
irom a visit to ner son arm daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arfderson Phil
lips, in Norfolk, Va. ..
Miss Annie Norman Chesson has
returned to her home in Edenton,
after spending a, week with Miss
Marjorie Proctor.
Mrs. L. C. Butt and children, Mary
Lou, Calvin and Joseph, were week- '
end iruesta of Mrs. Butt's narents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hobbs. - TJ
Mrs. Joe Harris, of Englehard, is ' I
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Kramer I
Williams. sj
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Long and S. L, C
Long, of Hopewell, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Long Sunday evening.
Mrs. Beulah Williams has returned
from Nags Head, where she spent
the summer.
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