North Carolina Newspapers

r 'J 4 t A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED if 0 THE UPBUILD1N(0F HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V Number 45. .i. ' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 11, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. ....... ' : . WIMMS WEEKLY Systematic Harvesting Of firewood In Perquimans s Grged By 15 W. Anderson Says Method Will Greatly Improve Forests GOOD BUSINESS Plan Under Way For Demonstrations In j : Timber Thinning. v, Farmers can defy the old adage, "You can't eat your cake and keep it " too," says L. W. Anderson, County Farm Agent. "No, Sir, that does 4 not apply to the farm timber crop v when we use common sense m cutting v the annual supply of firewood. Every - good farmer is interested in keeping every acre of his land at work pro ducing an income and at the same time supplying the needs of the farm. Quite a few farmers are finding it good business to help their woodland grow a better and bigger crop of ; commercial timber by practicing tim- , ber stand improvement through a systematic thinning of their timber. ''Using this method the farmer can make his firewood cutting serve as a ' 'two-edged sword.' He gets his need . . ed fuel to heat the home, cook the . meals, cure tobacco and at the same time improve the growing condition for his timber crop by. taking out the crowded, crippled, diseased, or other wise defective trees. He thus re . duces competition for both roots and -crown of the choicer trees, giving each tree an opportunity to develop a smooth, straight stem or trunk and grow fast enough to pay good profil for use of the land. Folks, it's just a 'common sense' way of doing the job -just like thinning and weeding ..yout corn or chopping your cotton. . " "The firewood needs on the farms of Perquimans County can be taken from our farm woodlands through these thinnings and the cutting of ' otherwise worthless trees without the necessity of clearing more land to . become idle and non-productive. If you will walk through your woodland you will see acre after acre where trees are too thick for growth, By cutting out the crowded, diseased. and crippled trees these areas will yield 6 to 10 and even as much as V 15 cords of good firewood and leave a full stand of 200 to 600 choice tmna per acre, according to age and size of . timber. On other acres previously cut over, you will find many trees of a quality too poor for timber at time of logging and under these a good stand of reproduction fisrhtinar fi for ground apace below and sunlight , -.. above. Cutting these -cull trees now - will serve the double purpose of fur- ntahing firewood and releasing the i . young trees for a future timber r crop. JpyTh winter season is wood 'cutting time. Why not do the job systema C ""tically? We are now planning for a V. ' ' number of Timber Thinning demon ' ,v titrations in Perquimans County. "Would you like to have one of these demonstrations on your farm or in '7our community? Let us have your r v request early." Prizes Announced For "tt&L. Slogan Contest '..iv building, savings and loan as sociations of North Carolina are us y ing newspapers as the advertising ; medium for announcing and advertis - ? inghe Slogan - Contest, which the associations will run from November ' J ,7th through'November 80tfi. rwo hundred dollars in prizes will to 'awarded, consisting of $100, first v. in. ?u eacn, lor a ' slogan of, not more than .12 words r s' ' suitable for use by the buildings stt "S Jjg3"ani ,oan associations. " The . y North Carolina Building and Loan League at Ealeigh is working out the "S4 dtails of the contest which will be , open only to residents of North Caro- lina. , J All of the" building, savings and t loan "associations in the state art co- ; 4 opwatingm titfs state wjde Contest ' And will lfafc! entry Wanks -available et the offica of association. - 'S&iBales Cotton l,i nqns reports, according to Willie M. ."arrell, special attent. show llint 683 brles of cotton iirer ' ginnad in Perriuimans County front the crop of -lC"J prior: to October: 18, as - com- i with 2,219 bale's fori the' crop of County Agent Morris Resigns J. E, Morris resgined his posi tion as postmaster at the Hert ford post office on Wednesday. Mr. Morris has accepted another position which he does not di vulge. However, he will remain in Hertford until the first of the year. Am acting postmaster has already been appointed, but the representative of The Weekly could not learn his name. Just when Mr. Morris' resignation is effective was not known Thurs day. Schoolmasters Meet Monday At Perquimans High Very Timely Questions Discussed By Field Representative fineIdinner Every County In Dis trict Represented at Meeting The Albemarle Schoolmasters met Monday night at Perquimans High School to hear Mrs. Everett, field representative of N. C. E. A., speak briefly on the school program, present and. future, and to partake of a deli cious dinner prepared and served by members of the Home Economics De partment of the high school. Mrs. Everett discussed the twelfth grade, or fifth high school year, about which much is being said in educa- ! tional circles. She also mentioned the nine month year and retirement for teachers. Mrs. I. A. Ward, district chair woman of the Parent-Teachers Asso ciation, made a short talk, extending greetings to the visitors. On the program were two solos by Miss Katherine Jessup, and readings by Miss Elizabeth Knowles. Mrs. G. W. Barbee, member of the high school faculty, gave a test on the Carl Georch style, "How well do you know your state?" The whole district was represented at the meeting: Chowan, Gates, Pas quotank, Camden, Currituck and Dare, and Elizabeth City and Edenton, spec ial charter members. N. C. Educational Group Meeting In Greenville Today , ' . One Session of : School to Allow Teachers to Attend ' According to F. T. Johnson, county superintendent of public schools, the district meeting of the North Carolina Educational Association will be held to; Greenville on Friday (today) at three bVlock. wftae session will be the school program for the day, so that teachejs attend the, -? meeting, classes ' ending at the noon recess: ; Mrs. White Begins Class In Shorthand Mrs. Mittie Lister White, Superior Court stenographer and former edi tor of The ? Perquimans Weekly, jdll conduct' classes ' , in shorthand'- begin ning next week. ; v: V a The classes will be held at her home on Church Street ; on Tuesday and" Friday nights, probably in two hour -sessions.;. Several young people have already applied for the short hand course,' many of them having requested Mrs, White's instructive services. ' ; . " ; ; Her Superior Court work, a tedious activity which requires speed and pre cision, more than dualifles her to in struct., . J, V Ballots Indorse Four Year Terms Pitt - Sheriff Lead Department of Justice Also Wins Favor In County Vote NICANORBWKS Townships Cast Small Vote In Uneventful Election Alternating moments of sunshine and shower greeted the voters who waited until after lunch Tuesday to cast their ballots in an unintersting general election, and though several candidates worked very hard, to get out a big vote, the ballots cast in Perquimans County totaled less than 400, with 303 favoring the four year term for sheriffs and coroners and 85 voting against the amendment. Judge C. Everett Thompson polled the largest number of votes on the State ticket with 369 to his credit. The highest Republican vote went to Charles A. Jones, Republican candi date for U. S. Senator. Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow and Clerk of Court Howard, Pitt drew the highest number of votes in the elec tion, 392 and 396, respectively. Jacob L. White, county treasurer, gathered 390 votes; Granbery Tucker, county recorder, 388 votes; Dr. C. A. Davenport, coroner, 386 votes; J. T. Benton, representative, 385 votes; Charles E. Johnson, recorder's court prosecuting attorney, collected 382 votes. There were no Republicans on the county ticket, and no Repub lican names were "written in." Chester Morris gathered 388 votes for solicitor of the district, and mem bers of the board of County Commis sioners on the ballot were: Archie T. Lane, 385; J. C. Baker, 385; E. M. Perry, 391; J. O. White, Jr., 386, and Roy S. Chappell, 375. Voting for the county board of education ran as follows: Carroll V. , Ward, 380; J. H. Baker, 380; S. M. Long, 377; T. S. White, 371, and'W. E. Dail, 370. The little Nicanor Township drew the most attention, trying to defeat both the amendments with a six to one vote against the four-year term for sheriffs and coroners, and six to nothing against a state department of justice. In the county State Senators W. I. Halstead and J. J. Hughes collected 382 and 366 votes respectively. Lind say C. Warren, representative of the first congressional district, nolled 368. Senator R. R. Reynolds was given 363 votes. a total of 58 voted airainst the de- partment of justice amendment while 236 voted for its adoption. r NO MORE WARS Twenty years ago today, at eleven o'clock, the nations of the world, sick ened of war after the greatest con flict man has ever known, called a halt to the senseless slaughter and came to terms in a pact to outlaw war forever . . . and the world re joiced. On the eleventh of November, twenty years ago, no man or woman, hysterically celebrating the signing of he Armistice expected to uve to see nuouier major cuiiiiici., or even expected their children to witness and become involved in"the nightmare of another world catastrophe. It taxed the brain of all mankind on that, day to believe that any na tion; could possibly forget the utter uselessnesa and futility of the last massacre. The world was sickened of the sight of blood, the smell of gun powder and poison gas still poluted'the jair while church bells, sirens and whistles, in Hertford and elsewhere, blended in an uproar of sound determined, to drive out the last lingering thunder of guns and rmiible of war machinery No more war! The wounds of those maimed overseas were etill un healed. , . n No more wars! Heartbroken moth ers murmured the words even as they realized that the laughing son who fought gallantly against another gal lant son, would never return. - No more- war! There were fields to till, wheels to turn, other work to be done. Reconstruction! ; ' .No more war! For those who still lived, the horror was too gr!at to even talk about. - t .' ? - No "more war! The eight million who paid our debt to thJBod of War surely had not died in vain"' 510,020 In Cotton licks Arrive For 's Farmers Vof Payment For 1037 Price Adjustment J I Payments 645 CHECKS More IComing to Farm ers For Compliance J With Program Of I an expected total of approxi mately $40,000 in cotton price adjust ment vriayments for last year's crop, checks amounting to $18,620.83 have been ?ceived in the office of L. W. Anderson, county farm agent. This amount marks the settlement of 362 applications in 645 checks. Applica tiorasjwere made in the county for cotton price adjustment payments on 776 farms. There will, of course, be another cotton price adjustment pro gram next year and more checks on this year's crop then. Another batch of checks, scheduled to find their way into the pockets of Perquimans farmers in the near fu ture IS in the form of recompense for compliance with the terms of the moo : 1938 isoil conservation program. Group Selected To Serve County Forjear 1939 County Committeemen Elected at Various Meetings Th4: Perquimans County Agricultu ral (jojiservation Association in five simultaneous meetings last week elected their community committee men and then elected the county com mittee to serve for the year 1939. In Belvidere, John T. Lane, J. M. Copeland and H. L. Williams were: elected. In Bethel, C. E. White, E. Y. Berry and J. C. Hobbs. ford Township, E. L. Reed, In Hert- beth W. Long and J. T. White. In New Hope, S. D. Banks, J. B. Webb and. E. A. Goodman. And in Parkville, E. D. Matthews, J. A. Bray and C. B. White. To the county conservation commit tee, were elected Dr. E. S. White, chairman, C. W. Umphlett, vice chair man, J. M. Fleetwood, regular mem ber, T. E. Morgan, first alternate, 1 and B. W. Thatch, second alternate, Mrs. E. N. Hardcastle is treasurer. No more war! How quickly the world forgets. Since the signing of the Armistice there have been no less than NINETEEN wars! One for every year, and even today the nations who exhausted themselves of manpower in the last great futile struggle have waited only for anoth- er crop of husky youngsters to fill the bloody gaps before arming to the teeth again. Germany, behind a bristling front of war tanks, machine guns, a mys terious gas and men, bluffs Czecho slovakia into submission while Great Britain demands with threats of war that Japan must leave open her trade doors to China, who though beaten, still does not concede defeat to Jap anese forces. The United States plans battle ships today that make the World War fighting vessels compare more favorably with row boats . . . .because she cannot determine whether Japan is building ships of a larger tonnage than the' Armanents Conference pro vides for. Spain still struggles wearily with in itself, getting nowhere other than adding each day to the overwhelming list of men "Killed In Action." Ethiopia has already bowed to thf might of Mussolini. Hungary wants a slice of Czechoslovakia because Germany filled her own- demands. So does Poland. And while the Czechs' crisis is past for the moment, Russia and France also reared their forbid ding countenances, each promising tol fight if somebody else fought. v No more war! For today we cele brate , the signing of the Armistice. Th4 ending of the r war to end all wars, County Armistice Bay Celebration Hill Take Place In Hertford Today Beginning fit 10:45 Door And Bar A date for an election on the county liquor store question has not been set. It is not definitely settled that an election will be held, but Mrs. K. T. Clarke, vigorous opponent of li quor stores in any type, asks that "this fearless indictment of the old saloon bar by an unknown author which is equally just of the new type" be published in The Perquim ans Weekly: "A bar to Heaven, a door to Hell Whoever named it named it well! A bar to manliness and wealth, A door to want and broken health. A bar to honor, pride and fame, A door to sin, and grief and shame. A bar to hope, a bar to prayer, A door to darkness and despair. A bar to honored, useful life. A door to senseless, brawling strife. I A bar to all that's true and brave, A door to every drunkard's grave. A bar to joys that home imparts, A door to tears and breaking hearts. A bar to Heaven, a door to Hell Whoever named it named it well." Jury Finds Negro Guilty Of Assault Luther Hawkins Sen tenced For Cutting White Man A six man jury Tuesday in Record er's Court found Luther Hawkins, Negro, guilty of assaulting J. W. Phelps, county white man, with a knife. The jury deliberated approx imately ten minutes before bringing in its findings. Judge Granbery Tucker suspended judgment upon Hawkins' payment or the costs of court, upon payment of doctor's fees for services to Phelps, who bled so from a cut head artery that he fainted, from loss of blood. and upon the condition that he does not visit Phelps' premses during the next two years. Clyde W. Gray, Army enlisted man, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving drunk, and was placed upon proba tion for two years, ordered to pay a $50 fine and costs of court, ordered to pay the damages for another car with which his collided, and ordered to give up his driving permit for six months. Another charge, hit and run, re sulting from the accident, was charg ed against Gray, but the State took a nol prosse with leave on that count. Many Local Women At Parent Teachers Meeting In E. City I Among those attending the Ninth 1 rViatrief mfttintr of the North Caro- ,. of Points and Teach- ers held in Elizabeth City Wednesday were: Mrs. I. A. Ward, district direc tor, Mrs. F. T. Johnson, Mrs. J. R. Futrell, Mrs. Reginald Tucker, Mrs. L. C. Winslow, Mrs. L. N. Hollowell, Mrs. J. W. Zachary, Mrs. H. T. Broughton, Mrs. V. N. Darden, Mrs. Irvin White, Mrs. Charles Skinner, and Mrs. Wallace Umphlett. Boy Breaks Leg In Fall From See-Saw Playing on a see-saw at the Central Grammar School during the noon recess Monday, Tommy Willey, 10-year-old Woodville student, fell and broke his right leg below the knee. He was treated at the Hertford Clinic and is now resting comfortably at the home of his parents at Wood ville. Meeting Of Home And Garden Club Changed The mating of the Home and Gar den Club, announced in the schedule nt hnmo ifomnnRt.rAtinn club 'meeting's f r November 11, has been postponed so as not to fall on Armistice Day. Miss Gladys Hamrick, demonstration agent, announces that the meeting Will be held instead on November 15, at the home of Mrs. G; R. Tucker. Decision Follows Stir ring Letter By Mat tie Saunders PARADE Peace Address Deliver ed By Attorney C. R. Holmes Such was the hearty response to the appeal to work for World Peace in Mattie Saunders' letter to The Perquimans Weekly last week, that today (Friday) plans have been laid for an Armistice Day celebration, be ginning with an automobile parade through Hertford, displaying Peace banners at 10:45, and ending tonight when the members of the Woman's Club entertain their husbands at the annual get-together, which this year takes place on Armistice Day. The parade, according to Miss Saunders, who was in Hertford Wed nesday, will start from the city park ing lot on Front Street at 10:45. The parade will end at the courthouse where a peace address will be made by C. K. Holmes, local attorney at 11 o'clock. From that point the plans call for the organization of a local branch of the Woman's International 1 League for Peace and Freedom, which also includes men among its members. Everyone is invited to attend, and as many as can are urged by the en thusiastic Miss Saunders to add their cars to the parade to help make the celebration a success. The branch of the Peace League is being organized in order to give ail in this section who are interested in World Peace a chance to work effec tively by cooperating with others who are working to bring about good will among the nations and to help in passing such laws as will help to prevent wars. Numbers of people have already of fered their names to help in starting the Peace organization, and many have promised the use of their cars in the parade. Miss Saunders realizes that these are busy times, especially for the farmers, "but," she says, "few worthy causes are put through without sacrifice and so we beg you to think deeply about this, and we earnestly hope many will be willing to make the sacrifice." "With the world in turmoil," says Miss Saunders, "wars in progress in Spain and in the Far East, war clouds hanging over other parts of the world and billions being spent in preparation for more wars, now is the time, if ever, to make every ef fort to bring about World Peace." All meetings in the interest of Peace are recorded with World Peace ways an International organization with which other peace agencies are affiliated, so the Woman's Club meeting at the Club House tonight, where the members entertain their husbands, is also being held in the name of Peace in order to add anoth er meeting to the national grand total. Red Cross Roll Call Gets Underway For Quota November 14 The annual Red Cross Roll Call of the local chapter is scheduled to be gin Monday, November 14th, accord ing to Chairman S. M. Whedbee, but no further details of the drive or its preliminaries could be determined when this paper went to press. HUSTLERS CLUB ORGANIZED The Hustlers Club, composed of members of the seventh grade of New Hope school, held, its first meet ing on Wednesday, November 2nd. The following officers were elected: President, Carroll Perry; vice presi dent, Evelyn Colson; secretary, Lloyd Turner; treasurer, Virgie Morse. On the program committee were apoint ed Sadie Smith, Etta Mae Wilson, Blanche Russell. Resolution commit tee, Matt Spivey, Jr., captain; Ray Perry, Ashton Colson, Virginia Tur ner, Helen Wilson, Dorothy Mae Ivey and Leroy Lamb. After the election of officers, plans for work for' the school year were (jjscussed. Returns to Portsmouth Mrs. R. B. Albertson has returned to her home 'in Portsmouth,-Va., after spending a few days here , with her mother," Mrs. W. G. Gaither. ' f e s 1- A ft A) ft . 4: '-'tyftv'' ...