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PERQUIMAN A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING 0F HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY -Volume V Number 42. "Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 21, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. THE WEEKLY r Interest In Local Library Ely Perquimans Citizens Want to Be In line For . State Appropriation If Bill Passes Operators Peanut Pickers Must Get Licenses To Work Game Fish Only Eligible For Prize In Local Contest Records Required By Rules Specific In Ex- NEED MORE BOOKS Friends Asked to Con- . tribute Books From Private Stock The committee on library improve ments is urgently requesting every one to go over his or her stock of private books and make a list of the ones they will turn over to the li brary. Members of the committee should be notified and they will see that the books are called for and car ried to the library. According to Mrs. J. G. Roberson, representing the Woman's Club activ ities, and Granbery Tucker, appointed for his general interest in the li brary's affairs, it is especially impor tant at this time that all possible in terest, in the library be shown, for : the reason that the next legislature is expected to pass on a bill setting up a fund to benefit public libraries throughout the State. TTruW t.lw terms of the bill the fund would benefit each library to the amount of about ten cents for each one hundred people served. In this county, the total would amount to something in excess of one thous and dollars. The more good books gathered and the more local enthusiasm shown, ac cording to Mr. Tucker, the more cer tain Perquimans wUl be to get its iuu ehare of this fund. For this reason, and for the reason that tne local brary is not up to the accredited standard set by the State Library Commission, the committee is anxious that Hertford people take a complete inventory of their books ind decide which ones they consider worthy of donation. Book-conscious people are expect ing Representative J. T. Benton to lend his full support to the passing of this bill. The amount the local library would receive is to be invested in any man ner the local library commission thinks best for the improvement of the library. Whether for the better ment of the library quarters or for a larger stock of reading material, is entirely up to the members of the commission or sponsors. Registration Books In Hands Of Registrars The registration books for Hertford Township are now open and in the hands of Mrs. B. G. Koonce, regis trar, for the November general elec tion registration. The books, open every Saturday for the next three weeks from nine a. m. until sunset, are in the court room in the county courthouse. Every one is urged to register so they may vote in the general election. The books are also open in the other pre cincts of this county, on the same days and the same hours. Department of Agriculture 40 IN COUNTY eluding All But Game Variety SOME CONFUSION Judge C. E. Thompson Hill Preside At October Term Of Perquimans Superior Court 'Kitchen Orchestra' Asked Be Repeated , To Mixed Term Scheduled Register of Deeds Ward Bobby Jordan Caught Work Begun On New Telephone Building For Hertford Plant Small Brick Building Will Be Located on Grubb Street (CHANGE SYSTEM Blanchard Force Stages Banquet For Recent Bride Store's Beautician Hon or Guest at Virginia Dare Hotel Unofficial Reports Place Completion By First Of Year The new telephone building got under construction early this week and unauthoritative sources have it that the building will be completed and the new dial service ready for use "around the first of the year." The building, judging from the ground layout, will be a small affair of brick construction, only large enough to accommodate the necessary machinery or equipment. The tele phone company is uncommunicative about its building plans, but the loca tion on which construction has start ed, is on Grubb Street, adjoining the old Divers' Motor Company building. Commissioner of Utilities Stanley Winborne in August substantiated ru mors here that a dial system would shortly replace the present exchange, when he issued an order directing the Norfolk and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, to "replace its manual exchange in Hertford with a modern dial exchange." The new Grubb Street building is probably the outcome. Urges Immediate Compliance Vhile the peanut picking season is rapidly approaching, farmers are urged to get their picking licenses and record books from the office of the register of deed3. These records are required by the department of agriculture and the li cense fee is only enough to cover the cost of printing and other expense. The cost of the operating license is fifty cents and the record books and report blanks are free. This year, to simplify the matter of- licensing machines used, in picking other than private crops, a green card is provided. This card, to be attach ed directly to the machine, states to anyone who looks, that, "this ma chine has been licensed by the regis ter of deeds in accordance with North' Carolina Public Laws." The operator is required to keep records of each crop handled, and re port to the register at the end of the season. There are approximately 40 picking machines in this county. The purpose of these records, ac cording to J. W. Ward, register of deeds, is not to, gain revenue, but to obtain accurate and valuable infor mation on crops. The reports must be shown to the department of agriculture at the end! of -the season, so Mr. Ward thinks it is best to get the licenses and neces sary books and. blanks now, before the season is underway. Having them on hand will help to avoid con fusion and delay. Wake Forest -Duke Do Battle Saturday In Winston-Salem Veterans Continue To Send In Names Largest Fish, 8V2 Pound Carp An error on the part of The Per quimans Weekly resulted in slight confusion last week when the winners were announced in the big fish derby which came to a close on October 1. J. Ellie White was the winner of prizes offered by the Hertford Hard ware and Supply Company and J. G. Roberson as stated last week, but in announcing the winners, The Per quimans Weekly neglected to use the word, "Gamf," in classifying the fish, as the rules set out in the Roherson ' award, contest. During the season, Bobby Jordan landed an eight and a half pound German carp, which weighed more than Mr. White's entry of a five and a quarter pound bass, but the carp is not classified as a game fish. Bobby's catch was probably the largest landed in these waters with hook and line all summer, but it does not entitle him to a prize under the rules. Quoting from the official set of rules, published in The Weekly on April 1st.: "A cash prize is offered by J. G. Roberson, Hertford druggist, for the largest game fish caught in Perquimans waters before October 1st, when the season closes. It must be a game fish, the black bass or chub, the striped rock or jack pike, whicH are the game fish caught in ' these waters, and it must be caught either with hook and line or rod and i reel. son last year, won by Dr. J. W. Zachary, who caught a 19. pound German carp, was offered for the largest fish. This year all fish will be excluded except game fish." There may have been other catches of large German caj;n, catfish or blackfish this year, but their weights were not recorded since they were not provided for in the rules. I "Kitchen Orchestra," sponsored by , the Belvidere Home Demonstration Club and presented at the Community j House last week, proved so success ful, that numerous requests have been made for a repeat presentation. The program will be given in the Shiloh High School auditorium on' Friday evening, October 21, at 7:30. j A small admission will be charged, j proceeds of which will benefit the Belvidere Community House. , Open Monday, October 31 VARIED CHARGES Achievement Day j For Clubs Set For Tuesday, Oct 25 Program Will Be Pre sented In Agricul tural Building COUNTY PRIZES Specialist In Clothing Will Make Principal Address The Achievement Day program for home demonstration clubs of the county, is set for Tuesday, October 25th, and will be held 'in the Agricul tural Building. "HtMifevemeTit Day maflcs the com- Mrs. James Kelly White, who be--5 fore her recent marriage was Miss V- Sarah Carlyle, and who is beautician f at Blanchara's Beauty ranor, anu JUr, White were guests of honor at a i ., .Ibanfluet held at the Virginia Dare . Hotel in Elizabeth City on Tuesday i. -night, when the force of J. C. Blanch 1 ard, & Company entertained. -,"i.L C. Winslow proposed a toast "To ;thej Bride," to which Mrs. White gra . ciously responded. - X reading was given, by Miss Hazel - Mayes with musical accompaniment by Mrs. L. C. Winslow. " There were various short im t promptu speeches given. ? r-A lour couns ouuer wub oerveu ' by the hotel management. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. JL White, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, their daughter, Miss Lil lian, and son, Billy, Mr. and Mrs. G. A.. White, Mrs. R. A. White, Mrs. J. A.' Perry, Mrs. Elmo Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Laughinghouse, Louis Nachman, Miss Hazel Mayes, Miss Annie Mae Matthews, Edward By rum", Russell Nixon, Marshall .Owens ' and Bobbins Blanchard. - - i , i. , r , ' . - Box Supper At Center ;;Hffl School Tuesday " "!A Hallowe'en box sapper has Wen announced, at Center Hill school on Tuesday. October 25, t 7:30 P. M. The affair is sponsored., by the Center Hill Parent-Teacher Association and vr i inciuqe an interesting program. .'rndy la cordially invited to Wake Forest and Duke University fnntkall tpnma will Vinvp nlentv' are ..... - r a "color" to give the fans Saturday when they clash in Winston-Salem in the dedication feature of the Twin City's new Bowman Gray Memorial Stadjum. Although the powerful Dukes are playinir without the services of their colorful star, George McAfee, south paw kicker and passer, they have a worthy successor to the famed speedster in his young brother, Soph omore Wesley McAfee. Young Wes ley can do plenty with a football. He kicks 50 and 60 yards with ease, pass es well, and is a fine runner. Then, too, there will be Wake Forest's Red Mayberry, who will at tempt to match the fine punting of Blue Devil Wesley , McAfee. These two boys are, without a doubt the I best kickers in North Carolina this ifall. And the list of stars does not ' stop here either. The Deacons have some of the best ball carriers in these parts In Captain George Wirtz and Tony "Galloping" Gallovich, Irvin Byrd, Melvin Layton and Fred Welch. CIRCLE MEETS The Delia Shamburger Circle of the Hertford Methodist Church met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Sammie Sutton. Mrs. Sutton and Mrs, Julian White had charge of an interesting program. S The hostess served delicious re freshments to . the following: Mes dames Julian White, Lindsay Wins low, George Barbee, Ben Winslow, Edgar Morris, IV E. Harrell J. H. Towe, Jr., Charles. Skinner,: W.. H. Pitt, Cecil Winslow, Durward Reed, J. O. Felton. F. C. Winslow, and Misses Anne. Wilson and Elizabeth BLnowles. ' .J" , ,"" , County's Roll Call of Ex Service Men Boosted To Sixty The call for the names of ex-service men living in Perquimans County is still meeting with response to such an extent that this week the total roll call jumps to 60 names, where two weeks a&o the file was made up of only 14 ex-service men. The list is still far from complete and subject to changes, and each week until November 11, Armistice Day, The Perquimans Weekly will publish I the names as thny are gathered. Ex- service men who are not listed here urged to send their names to 1. C. Berry, J. E. Winslow, Captain C. F. Sumner, Jr., or direct lo The Per quimans Weekly. Here is the list this week: Capt. C. F. Sumner, Jr., J. Emmett Winslow, B. C. Berry, Trim W. Wilson, J. Oli ver White, Cecil W. White, L. S. White, Wallace Barrow, P. H. Small, Whit G. Wright, H. A. Whitley, Tom Perry, F. T. Johnson, J. R. Futrell, Charles E. White, Vivian N. Darden, William D. Landing, George T. Roach, Dan W. Williams, A. M. God win, W. G. Hollowell, L. L. Winslow, Jimmy Smith, Ralph White, Clinton N. Trueblood, Mac Griffin, G. C. Buck, J. H. Newbold, Carson Howell, W. S. Evans, John Lassiter, Carroll V. Ward, S. G. Chappell, F. M. Cope land, Fletcher Russell,. S. G. Godwin, Ernest Morse, Redding Ivey, Elihu White, J. L. Foxwell, William Wes ton, J. A. Perry, Jake Matthews, Lee Wilson, Paul ColsonJosiah Chappell, Jerome Hurdle, Jim Carver, Roy Hendricks, Henry Kirby, James Hen dricks, Jno. D. Dail, Albert M. Barnes, William W. Hendricks, A. H. Sawyer, S. Leigh Hurdle, George Robert Riddick, Thomas W. Tilly, Tom Copeland and Merritt Sawyer. Civil Calendar For Superior Court Term Cases Scheduled to Be gin Wednesday of Court Week Following is the Civil Calendar for the October term of Superior Court which convenes for a mixed term of criminal and civil actions on Monday, October 31st., the Hon. C. E. Thomp son, judge presiding. Criminal cases are set for the first j two days with the first civil action I scheduled for Wednesday. Motions : in any cause are to be heard at the pleasure of the court and divorce ac tions ;;re to be heard, at the conven ience of the court. Those cas?s not reached on the day set will take pre cedence on the next day's calendar. Wednesday, November 2: Rebecca Littlejohn, Admrx. vs Major and Loomis Company; F. C. White vs L. P. Chappell; Hollowell Chevrolet Co. vs Joseph Small et als; One Stop Ser vice Station vs L. N. Hollowell et al; E. H. Butler vs L. N. Hollowell et al; Louise W. Howard vs D. F. Rysd et al; Evelyn Shepard vs Wheeland Drug Co. Thursday: Minnie L. Felton et al vs J. R. Stokes et al; M. D. Harris vs Florence D. Harris; Broughton and, Bro. vs Kate R. Crawford; J. C. Blanchard and Company vs G. W. Barbee: Orborough and Fowler vs R. 1 S. Jordan. I Friday: J. T. Brinn vs White and Company et als; bailie J. Kirby vs S. P. Jessup, Admr.: Lugenia Rid dick et al vs Wm. C. Chappell et al GEO. ALEXANDER IMPROVED The many friends of George Alex ander, of Nixonton, will be glad to learn that his condition shows some improvement. He has been seriously ill for sometime. Criminal Cases Expect ed to Attract Many Spectators Presiding at the October term of Perquimans County Superior Court will be the Hon. C. E. Thompson. The term opens with the criminal docket on Monday, October 31st. Charges of manslaughter, assault with deadly weapons, forgery, lar ceny, non-support, reckless driving, breaking and entering, worthless check passing and affray, feature the term in criminal brackets, which are expected to take up the court's busi ness of the first two days. Kurtweid von Wischon, safe crack er de luxe, is due for an appearance here on charges of breaking and en tering the establishment of Winslow White Motor Company, smashing in to the company's safe, and almost makinu; away with several valuables before being stopped by Officer Rob ert A. White. Wischon is now in the State peni tentiary at Raleigh, with similar charges to the ones her?, hanging over him in Chowan and Pasquotank counties. A true bill, charging manslaughter, returned by the April grand jury, will be faced by Benjamin Thatch. The I charge has grown out of an auto I accident on the Elizabeth City High ; way 18 months ago when Rice Miller, ! 17-year-old Perquimans High School I boy, received fatal injuries. Grounds for probable cause in I manslaughter against Thatch were I not found in the Recorder's Court I hearing immediately after the fatal accident, although he was found guilty of reckless driving at that time. In a ca.se transferred fr.mi Record er's Court for trial, C. I). Burrows is charged with forgery. In the lower court, where the charges were heard, Burrows was accused of attaching the name of Mrs. Gustave Koch. Per quimans woman, to various checks made out to himself. j Dillard Simpson, Durants Neck I man, appealing from lower court ! judgment which gave him a 30 day I jail sentence, will be tried on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Also facing trial on charges of as sault with deadly weaons, are: Charlie White, Negro; George Elliott, Negro, and Henry Hurdle, Nl?gro. Each man appealed to the higher court from judgments which followed convictions in Recorder's Court. Hurdle will also be tried on an af fray charge. Walton Chappell, white youth, found guilty of reckless drivinir. ap pealed to Superior Court after the county judge ordered hi'u lo pay the cost?: of court and to roim btsr io ' V. Rountree for dania:'.1; to hi- car. Tried in the lover court and found guilty of passing a woithless check, Josiah Elliott appealed to Superior Court from a 30-day jail sentence judgment. The State appealed to Superior Court for trial after a special verdict of not euiltv was found in the case J. H. Newbold, Perquimans game J of Elmer Chalk, Perquimans County warden, has just received information ; man charged with non-support, from the Division of Game and. Inland Also scheduled for trial are: Leroy Fisheries of the Department of Con-! Lane, charged with operating an servation and Development to the ef-'auto with insufficient brakes, appeal feet that there are some changes in'ed; Wesley Foreman, charged with the opening and closing dates for this interferring with an officer, appealed; hunting season. The changes, set by ' Adlee Parker, charged with larceny, the Board of Conservation and De- appealed; James White, charged with velopment at its meeting on October affray, appealed; and Tom Bowser, 13, affect quail, one of the most pop- charged with larceny and receiving, pletion of two years' study of cloth- The prize offered by Mr. Rober- jng and 0n that day the different clubs get together to find out exactly i what the members of each club have accomplished. The president of the county feder ation, Mrs. Eunice Winslow, will pre side over the meeting and the pro gram, which follows: song, "A Song of the Open Country," then "Collect of the Club Women of America." Invocation follows, by the Rev. J. F. Stegall, after which comes the roll call of clubs and the reading of the minutes. Appointment of committees precedes special music by R. S. Monds, Jr., bass baritone. After a dress reheasal by the club members, the- president will introduce the speaker, Miss Willie Hunter, ex tension specialist in clothing from State College. A demonstration, "Flower Ar rangements for Home Table Service," is followed by the presentation of Awards of Merit in Clothing by Miss Hunter. Miss Marie Woodard, home demonstration agent of Gates County, will present "County Prizes" to clubs having the best records during 19.38. Adjournment will follow the mass singing of "Home on the Range." Changes Made In Hunting Seasons Quail May Be Shot From December 1 to Feb ruary 15 MOVE RESIDENCE Mr. and - Mrs. R. E. White have moved to the residence on Grubb Street vacated by Mrs. Ellie Eiddkk, who recently: took, an apartment. in The Hotel Hertford. ' Weekly Newspaper Folk Meet Friday Due to the fondness of newspaper folk for football games, the meeting of Northeastern Carolina weekly newspaper editors and publishers was postponed last Saturday on account of the Duke-Georgia Tech and ssjtate Wake Forest games. The meeting has been called for Friday night in Ahoskie with Mayon Parker host to the group. T At this meeting new officers for the year will be elected. ular game sought hereabout. The season will open on December 1 and close February 15. The turkey sea son will include the same dates, while the grouse season will open on De- j cember 1 and close January 15. Rab bits may be hunted from November 24 (Thanksgiving Day) to February 15, while oppossum and raccoon with gun and dogs from October 1 to Feb ruary 15. Mr. Newbold realizes that changing o these dates from the ones origi nally in force is likely to cause con fusion and therefore urges hunters to become thoroughly acquainted with the various seasons. appealed. In Hertford Monday Mrs. Guy Swindell, of Washington, N. C. spent Monday as the guest of Mrs. J. C. Buck. AUXILIARY MEETS The St. Catherine's Auxiliary met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Isa Tucker, with Mrs. W. A. Wil liams assisting. Mrs. C. A. Daven port, president, presided over the meeting. Delicious refreshments were served to the following: Mesdames C. A. Davenport, W, H. Hardcastle, W. H. Nixon, Brooks Whedbee, J. E. Wins low, Francis Nixon, Jr., J. R. Fu trell, W. G. Cox, and Misses Mae Wood Winslow and Jocelyn Whedbee. Sunday at Columbia Mr. and Mm. W. B. Tucker were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tucker, at Columbia, Sunday.