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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
'Volume V. Number 47.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 25, 1938.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Dpsignatians
DoSay Progress in An
JjMC&At-fiill Call Briue
Chainajjn Takes j Ifiew
v3P!ostmaster
appjbSTmade
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Darden Apsol3tite45New
MayoHtoiats
fittinir Manainted Jrith hia new
, duties u ptaatr, SOm .W. Whed
, bee, chiirmjin of the lool,Bd Cross
' Chapter, vr&s fwJd tp postpone the
annual Red Cross Roll , Call, but the
membership drive will get underway
immediately after Thanksgiving, ne
states.
The canvass will start on November
28. the first Monday after Thanks
giving, and continue through the fol
lowine week. "However," says Mr.
Whedbee, who reports the dlay in
getting started, "we hope the- re
sponse will be spontaneous and gener
ous durinir-the drive, which will nec
essarily be of short duration this
year."
Resigning his post as Mayor of
Hertford on Wednesday of last week,
Mr. Whedbee took up his new amies
on Monday, replacing -as postmaster,
J. Edgar Morris, who recently re
signed. Vivian N. Darden, Hertford mer
chant and newest member of the city
council, was - appointed to serve as
head of 'the. city .government ,for the.
remainder of Mayor Whedbee's un
expired term.
By right of the votes cast in his
favor at "the iast- ity election, as
next highest alternate, ?4. A. Harris,
Grubb Street merchant, automatically
takes over the city council seat left
vacant by Mr. Darden's appoint
ment. Farmer Proud Of
feiit Crop; 32
Bps To Tfe Acre
Cotton Yield Not So Hot
, v Peanuts Best Produced
ByKoutezman
( Added to the items' of good news
ibis week, Jb a report from W. W.
Gopeland, out on.Roue Two, that he
Averaged 82 bags of peanuts to the
Acre this year on four acres, "and tfie
best peanuts I've ever seen," added
iMr. Copeland.
j "I, would-have planted more," he
Bald, 4it the Government had allowed
ime to," but Mr. Copeland feels, pretty
good about the whole thing anyway
wen if the cotton crop was '.terrible."
iTakini out a subscription ' to .The
Perquimans Weekly,atlheame time.
'A .b mud that so far, he had heard of
41 .'no reports indicating a better vyield
" than his 82-bagsrto-tberacre one.
, Iporothy Mae Hoffler
Marries James Bass
. Mr. and Mii, ,-W..E.-Hoffler,-, of
Hertford, arniounce the marriage of
, rtheir daughter, Dorothy Mae, to
' vjames Stephenson Bass, a son of the
late James Bass, Sr., and Mrs. Jose
phine Bass, of Hertford,"
- The ceremony took place on Thurs-,
,day, November 2th,-at 8 o'clock t
v'fthe Baptist Parsonage. .The Rev. J.
iF. Stegall officiated, using tha rng
ceremony. -', , r ' , ' , N .
C The bride was beautifully attired
, jbi4a dress of brown clovelle With ac
cessories to match: Her..' Coat was
lUurnt JEarth bouela trimmed ..with
i brown fur bolero style. -.She wore a
shoulder corsage, ot "SMisman roses. '
: The bridal couple were attended by
:ir. and Mrs. 3.M.- Pike, of Norfolk,
Va. L!rs.r Pike, ja aistecfltihe, groom,
ss attired in a. wine colored dress
black accessories. -J 'l.' ?
Mr. Bass holds .position with
"-ilowbil Company, and Mrs. Bass
'eyed, in the store of Simon's.,
f id Mrsli-s'lJTt'for, a fcl.oil
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And Den Jobs
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Anderson
Conducts
Demonstrations In
iog
Use of Sulpbur Shows
Better Quality
Of interest to Perquimans County
farmers will be the announcement
this week of the results in actual de
monstration of dusting peanuts. The
demonstrations, were staged on -two
Perquimans County farms by L. W.
Anderson, county farm agent, and
here are the results:
The selected plots, of one acre
each, in the first demonstration, were
located on the farm of S. P. Jessup.
On the first plot, Gypsum ('Land-
plaster) was applied at the rate of
400 pounds per acre and dusted with
sulphur, three applications totaling
60 pounds. Harvested from this acre
were 25 bags of peanuts (1,845
pounds) and 51 bales of hay (2,367
pounds). The peanuts were not fully
matured and the hay was of fine
quality.
On the second plot, Gypsum was
also supplied at the rate of 400
pounds to the acre, but not dusted
with sulphur. Twenty-two bags of
peanuts (1,678 pounds) and 37 bales
of hay (1,702 pounds) were harvest
ed. The peanuts were of good qual
ity and the hay of average grade.
Out ,on--the farm, of Milton Dail,
Route One, the other demonstrations
were staged, on four plots of onerhalf
acre each. On the. first plot Gypsum
(Landplaster) was applied at the rate
of 400 pounds to the acre, and dusted
with three applications of sulphur
totaling 25 pounds. Nine hundred
and thirty-five pounds of peanuts and
19 bales of hay were harvested. Both
the peanuts and the hay were of good
quality."
On Plot No. 2, no Gypsum was ap
plied, but sulphur, totaling 25 pounds,
was dusted in three applications.
Here 980 pounds of peanuts and 18
bales of hay were harvested. The
hay was of good quality and the pea
nuts of medium grade.
Gypsum was applied on Plot No. 8
at the rate of 400 pounds, to the acre
and not dusted with sulphur. Har
vested were 850 povnds of peanuts
and 13 bales of hay. The peanuts
were of good qaulity and , the hay
average.
On the last plot, no Gypsum (Land
plaster) was applied and, it was not
dusted with sulphur. Eight hundreq
and thiry-nine. pounds of peanuts and
12 bales of hay were harvested hero.
The peanuts were of poor quality and
thejiay average. . j
The results of these demonstrations
were supplied by the county agent,
wh4 lets the figures end results
speak for themselves.
LocrJGIrl At ECTC
Eci ns IliglHIcnors;
Registrar's Honpr List
Includes Jame of
PrueNewby
nftrue Collins- Newby, sophomore ai
East Carolina Teachers College m
Greenville,' was on the Registrar's
Honor list for Scholarship during the
fall, winter and spring-quarters of
193T.4938. T 1 f x" ' ,i
. She baa" also . been I elected vice!
president of the Junior Class, and
vice-president, of XW. C. A., fpr
which she was formerly seceretary.
The total number, of students enroll
ed fronv Perquimans County, during
this period, was twenty, according ;to
Howard , J McGinnis, "Registrar. .-(J
Miss 'Newby .majored-, in Home
Economics andScience, and only full
time i1-' ts who made an average
graJe of 2" (or "B") ar named pa
f-e P 'ri.- ls"t-To I i so named
ii r:L (. L' i ' he' iic.: .exce
3. 7 ' - ,Aa' eare
i (f t "I""e i shown ty
Of Peanuts
iDefjcies
Hunter (Not Sport)
Shootslegrp; Fools
Searching Officials
Chinquapin Bad Boy In
jured Leonus Sham
brey on Nov. 5
On November 5th, Leonus Sham
brey, county Negro, was shot and
severely wounded by another Negro
who was later classified as Maloy
Hunter. After the shooting, Sham
brey was treated by a local physician
who removed most of the forty shots
which took effect in the front side
of Shambrey's body, between the
forehead and ankles. Since that
night the fleet Hunter has been the
Object of a widespread search by lo
cal authorities, who have, so far,
failed to land Hunter in the lockup,
though he has been sighted briefly at
intervals.
Over the week-end however, the;
chase reached fever heat several j
times when Hunter appeared more
often only to slip from the grasp of
the law when it seemed certain that
he would be captured.
Buses were watched Saturday and
Sunday when the officers were tipped
off that Hunter was planning to
leave the county. Patrolman C. E.
Walker sighted him for an instant
Saturday and took a couple of pot
Shots in Hunter's direction when he
failed to heed the officer's command
to "halt."
When the reason for Hunter's
shooting came to light, it was re
vealed that the whole thing was a'
mistake. Hunter didn't intend to get '
Shambrey, he intended to shoot Lon-
nie Thatch, who refused to give him
a ride in his car. Thatch was hit, but
only slightly, two little shots in the
hand.
The injured Shambrey is up and
around again now, but the bad man
f rojn Chinquapin .gagjkmja still aj
large. -Hunters brother is also want
ed on gun charges, "in fact," says
Mr. Walker, "all the Hunters are
known to be pretty free-handed with
guns. One night we had occasion to
search a house where only one Hunt
er lived and we found him in posses
sion of three guns."
With Maloy still in the county af
ter the week-end however, officers ex
pect to bring him to trial within a
few days.
If You Have!
A system of checks and balances is
all right if you have the balances for
the checks. American Lumberman.
A Night Out With Night Cop
Nocturnal Happenings Not Always Peaceful
Routine Incidents Help to Break the
Monotony on Calmer Nights
After the last, dating couples have
gone home, after the late bus plows
on out of town, and when the last
neon sign is switched .off, the duties
of the night keepers of the peace are
not always so peaceful as they would
seem to one who retires at eleven
o'clock.
It's true that-certain little routine
happenings break the midnight-to-dawn
monotony; early milkmen drop
into the all-night service station
around 2:30 to sleepily gulp a soft
drink before going out to. the dairy
for the morning )oad. Mr. , Thomas,
the. Carolina Delivery Service driver,
arrives an hour, later to , noisily ; pick
up the theatre film boxes, chats for
a minute with the lonely night cop
and then rolls on.
A late motorist stops fora, moment
to ask directions and a freight truck
pulls into the. new alley , to unload a
shipment of , merchandise. .A car
sqoms through town vmuph faster
than it( should and; the'jinight' cop
Bramble i something about ., "durn
foolishness!: , It's, the oniy car on the
street, however, so the cop" idoesn't
chaae him.
A strange figure - hovers in the
shadows-down on, the drug store cor
ner, so the top takes a -walk up that
way .to J investigate there ..may be
dirty -work afoot, i But. it's only a
boy from -Edenton waiting , for:, his
friend who1 has a 'date iin .Elvcabeth
City and Is going to give, him a ride
home, . , -. '.. . . '
These little 'lncldentSy take place
every night, and th cop can set his
Ivatch by the regularity of many noc
turnal happenings, but sometimes the
station telephone -bell - rings - loudly
and a disgruntled voice complains,
"They're raising hell' in Goose-Hollow,
go down 'there and quiet them,: will
I -can get some' alcep." ' ; 'r
County 'Agent Urges Charles
Help Prevent Woods
Firef During Winter
Forefts Valuable Prop
erty; Fires Kill
little Trees
BIANCAUSED
al Interest Will
uce Loss to Puny
Amount
By L. W. ANDERSON, County Agent
Forests are valuable property
Th Sfyeftt everyone by conserving
our-- drinking wa.ter, regulating
streamflow, keeping the soil from
washing away, sheltering wild life,
and providing us with fuelwood, build
ing 'material and other useful pro
duct;
Each'; of us has a personal stake in
the forMt resources of our locality,
whethef we own any timberland or
not. The income from the sale of
forest products creates employment,
both in the country and in towns and
villages.. The more forest products
we can produce, the greater will be
our local market for eggs, milk,
noultry.';; livestock and other farm
produce.
Fires in the forest kill little trees
and kill or injure larger trees and
retard -their growth. Forest fires de
stray game animals and young birds
and their food. They kill the fish in
tha Streams and ponds, reduce the
fertility of the forest soil, destroy the
natural beauty of the countryside and
create idle land that is a tax burden.
Forest fires are practically all
man-caused. They are therefore pre
ventable. If all of us will try to be
doubly-careful with fire, ourselves,
and wili do our best to persuade our
fxiendr-and reUtives to be. careful,
the fires in our county can be reduced
to a negligible amount. If we will
all take a personal interest in report
ing and suppressing fires that do
start, we can confine their damage to
a very small total acreage.
Trees which burn will never do us
much good; but trees that are pro
tected and allowed to grow to matur
ity can bring a great flood of new
money into our county each year to
add to our farm income and help us
to enjoy a higher standard of living
and a future greater prosperity.
Now that the season is approaching
when woods fires are most apt to oc
( Continued on Page Three)
Mr. White knows that Goose Hol
low will be as quiet as a grave when
he gets there (it always is) but he
goes anyway. The grapevine tele
graph system has already been at
, work and half a dozen voices have al
I ready whispered the message, "Pipe
j down, de Law's coming."
! "De Law" arrives, and his inquir
! ies finally reveal that "Big Gal" has
been cussing Pinkey Foster, and
Pinkey "ain't gona stand for much
more of it," threatening to slap "Big
Gal's" ears off. "Big Gal" rebels at
the misstatement and, even in the
presence of The Law, invites Pinkey
to demonstrate her slapping ability.
Pinkey gives her best . . . and there's
another case for the Recorder's
Court.
The night cop usually lugs them
both off to the lockup at this point,
and peace, again reigns over "Th
Hollow" . . . for a time.
After an episode of this nature it's
time for a session of "scouting
around," a process which involves
punching the time clock and trying
Btore doors. 'Now and then, espec
ially on summer nights, the quiet is
almost unearthly-- rooster crows,
or.a dog barks .way out jn the coun
try, and the slightest sound is. highly
amplified...
After another in
flud.e of scouting
begin to lighten
around, the heave
In the east and
White (or Mr.
m. It's almost
Walker), begins to"
his bedtime. Full
Wight arrives
rapidly then.' Lights pop on in win
dows' and early risers begin to ap
pear on the damp sidewalks. John,
the street-sweeper, h is already at
wdrk and the milkmen . are back in
town, making their rounds, ru ;
- The sun Us Tfeb now. iThe anight
eon aights the-dity nop ;. on tb,next
corner, wnt again, and .heads for
Perisii
lied
By Death Tuesday Morning
After Long Siege III Health
Otizen Lost
CHARLES JOHNSON
The entire community was
grieved on learn of the death of
Charles Johnson, who died at his
home Tuesday morning following
a long illness.
Cotton Poor; But
Also May Be Late
Report Shows Gain
Ginning Census Indi
cates Rise During
October
The cotton crop in Perquimans
County is not good this year, but
maybe it is also a little late. It is
noted from census reports, submitted
to this paper by Willie M. Harrell,
special agent for the Department of
Commerce, that the cotton ginned in
this county gains with each report on
the amount of cotton ginned for the
same period last year.
For instance, the census report of
the arinned crop prior to October
first, showed 76 bales had been gin
ned in this county, comparing very
unfavorably with 1,020 bales at the
same date in 1937.
However, the report of cotton gin
ned until November first, shows a
huge gain. Not over the 1937 crop,
but in comparison with the report of
October first. The special agent's re
port of this year's crop shows that
1,154 bales were ginned prior to No
vember first, as compared with 3,443
bales for the crop of 1937 at the
same date.
This indicates a substantial gain
during the month of October though
the crop is still under last year by
approximately two-thirds. The re
port, of course, does not account for
the cotton that may have been raised
in this county and ginned in another.
Rev. D. M. Sharpe
Of Hertford Church
Appointments Made at
Annual Conference
InE.Oty
That Hertford and Perquimans will
retain their same Methodist pastors
was made public Monday morning at
the adjournment of the Eastern
North Carolina Methodist Conference
which has been in session in Eliza
beth City since Wednesday of last
week.
' The conference went on record as
denouncing the persecution of Jews in
Foreign countries. This action en
dorses movements by the United
States, Great Britain, and other gov-
Lenunents toward Jewish relief.
. jSoraa of the-.appomtments r for the
LAlbemarjleajre as follows;
, Cbowan-rRv .Walaton. ...
;ColunMa-AvCt
;CurrituRvS.,Harr&on. ,
uEdenton-Wp. Senspn, .,
, , Contfaued on Pag Three)
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Johnson Claimed
Prominent Citizen Laid
To Rest Wednesday
Morning
MANYATTEND
Identified With Many
Interests In (Com
munity Charles Johnson, 66, prominent
Hertford resident, died at his home
on Tuesday morning at 7:40 o'clock.
He had been in failing health for a
long time and fox several weeks had
been confined to his bed.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home at 11 o'clock on Wed
nesday morning, and burial was in
Cedarwood Cemetery. The Rev. J.
F. Stegall, pastor of the Hertford
Baptist Church, of which Mr. John
son was a member, officiated, the ser
vice being marked by dignity and
simplicity. The choir of the Hert
ford Baptist Church sang, "Tell
Mother I'll Be There," during the
service at the home, and at the grave
side "Rock of Ages" was sung.
Active pallbearers were Maynard
Fleetwood, Morris Griffin, Charles
Griffin, Ambrose Proctor, Ed Harrell
and Fermor Hobbs.
Honorary pallbearers included the
directors of the Hertford Banking
Company, the directors of the Hert
ford Building and Loan Association,
and the members of the Mens Bible
Class. The banking house was clos
ed on the day of the funeral and
most of the business houses of Hert
ford observed the funeral hour with
closed doors.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lillie Harrell Johnson, two sons,
Charles E. Johnson, local attorney,
and Harrell Johnson, all of Hertford,
and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Hare, of
Perquimans County. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Mr. Jonnson was a native and life
long resident of Perquimans County,
a son of the late Edward Johnson and
Mrs. Katherine Ward Johnson, of the
Bethel Community. He was educat
ed at Buies Creek Academy and as a
young man taught in the county
schools. He had been a resident of
Hertford for many years and was
prominently identified with many in
terests here. For sixteen years he
served as Clerk of the Superior Court
of Perquimans. He had been acting
head of the insurance firm of Johnson-White
and Company for more
than twenty-five years, he was a di
rector of the Hertford Banking Com
pany and also a director of the Hert
ford Building and Loan Association.
Mr. Johnson was a loyal member
of the Hertford Baptist Church and
for a long time served as treasurer
of the Church.
The following from out of town at
tended the funeral : Mrs. W. I. Clem
ents, Mrs. Thomas Farmer, Miss
Ruth Sutton, Mrs. Raul Banhos, Mrs.
Tim Gregory, Mrs. Irving Stubbs,
J. H. Privott, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Keeter, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Keeter,
Noah Gregory, of Norfolk; Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse White, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hoskins, Mr. and Mrs. Shack
Small, Miss Ethlyn Everett, Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Harrell, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Harrell, Miss Sarah Margaret
Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Har
rell, Pete Everett, Mrs. W. E. Has
sell, Durwood. Harrell, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Webb, Rev. and Mrs. John By
rum, Mr. and Mrs. Jolly Baker, John
Baker, Drew Baker, Mr. and Mrs. C.
N. Griffin, Mrs. Lloyd Griffin, of
Eden ton; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hodges,
Marion, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Haywood
Bunch, Suffolk, Va.; Mrs. Lucille
.Jones, Suffolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Miller,. Elizabeth City; Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Hobbs., Jr. and son, Worthing
ton, Wilson, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Ayerett, Dunn, ,N. C; T. E. Har
rell, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Olivia
Hobbs, Richmond, Va.
CHICPJN SALAD SUPPER
A chicken salad supper , and bazaar
will be i held at . Wjnf all on Friday,
December 2, for the . benefit of the
church. .The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
. : CCALLED HOME - .
NjfcteBXr White-has-been .called
sthejhftmetpf.hw jparents.JUi Lun
JMsrtonjy rthejseriooa illness of her
.wether, ?!ra.. jr.. -C.lCarlvle. .Mrs.'
LWWWsrrwrJ MimJSmk Carirle,
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