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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDtNG OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
t Volume V. Number 48.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 2, 1938"
$1.25 Per Year.
WEEKLY
Formers iuen Opportunity
yo Uoice Dishes On Cotton
qrketing Qiiotas lee. 10
Means of Reducing thel
Carry Over and Main
tain Prices
DUTY TO VOTE
Fanners Who Raised
0)ttoninl938Eliffible
To Cast Ballot
' County farmers will vote on Decem
ber. 10th on whether or not they
want to keep on Using marketing
quotas as a means toward reducing
the cotton carry-over and strengthen
ing cotton prices.
Next week, in this newspaper, L.,
W. Anderson, county farm agent, will
list the voting places, and the cotton
J allotments for 1939 will be in the
f.. hands of county fanners before the
f balloting date arrives, according to
' - the agent.
The referendum, however, has noth
ing te do with cotton acreage allot
ments, which will be sent out this
year as usual. Briefly, the Control
program to be voted on is this: On
February 15 of this year, Congress-
passed the new Farm Act. Even
though it was late in the season,
farmers immediately set about plac
ing the acreage allotments and mar
keting quotas. Cotton acreage this
year has been successfully held with
W in the average allotment. Market
ing quotas have proved to be an ef
fective, aid toward keeping market
supplies more nearly in line with de-mand.-
However, the large carry-over of
13 million bales of cotton resulting
from ttarecord 1937 crop still hangs
over the market, and cotton prices
are not yet restored to the levels of
two or three years ago.
, The question to be decided by cot
ton producers on December 10th is
whether they want to keep on Vising
the marketing quotas as a means to
ward; reducing the carry-over and
strengthening cotton prices. Under
the control program, a farmer can
sell, tax free, all of th3 cotton pro
duced by him if he does not over
plant his acreage allotment.
j "' Every farmer who planted cotton in
'e 1938 should carefully study the cotton
situation and the purpose and effects
V ,' of marketing quotas, and should ex
,'J?reas Ma decision by voting.
- All farmers who raised cotton in
. 1988 are eligible to vote in the De
- , comber referendum, and a vote not
' caBt is. simply counted as no vote, it
' does not count either for or against
,-a continuance of the marketing quota
, setup,
.h. Accordinc to Mr. Anderson. "If the
vVn-ContiiMied- on Page Five)
Betty Brain Passes
AivayMondayj'ight
Funeral Is. Conducted
On Wednesday I
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Morning
". mty Elizabeth Brinn died. Monday
; - night at the1 home ' of Mrs.' George
ChanelL where Bhe had lived for the !
past two yeats.,- She had beett in fail- will be held in the Community House
. jn lth for aonie timeand for the at Belvidere where the home demon
' pr y weeks had been connnect to ' stratlon club . will present interesting
- . She wa 82 years-old. y features,, together, with . .community
:il services were conducted on singing-'. " v (
ay jnorning tr the home of it r" Miss Hamlfc:M Jookingf. forward
i It.' EBrinn. . The" Rev. TX kt-a 'full'ineetrn Ind wishes to call
, 11.' I : -pe,' pastor f the' Hertford special attention that th meeting' is
Method,, t ChurchL' officiated, assisted .called .include the , enUre JJelvf
by the Iljv, RE. Wateton, of Center; dere, community.- 7, - J
(i Hul. Miss unnn was-' a uue-iong
,member o the Center Hill Methodist
Church. t w n. I
A-choir or nve voices Irom tne
Hertford -.Methodist Church sang at
the f meral Rock of Ages" and "Thy
Wri To Done." XX the burial aei
vice Tin Oedarwood Cemetery, rAbide
V""i : j" .was sung. ' , '
I rers were nephews' 'of "the
i: Dr. T. 'P Brinn, , R. T.
Lrinn, Robbina " Blanchard, S IL E.
r- Thad Chappell and Robert El
. - Ant AAvArnt' i nthAl 4iWa
v ews, most of whoriV lfve-im ;
t ' . Miss Brinn wa the last
' immediate family. I -
" , ? a J. T. Brinn, died
Special Christmas
Edition Next Week
The Perquimans Weekly's Spec
ial Christmas Edition will appear
next week, December 9th. As a
sort of shopper's guide, the edition
will feature the advertisements of
Hertford's leading stores, offering
gifts for every member of the
family and the house itself. Holi
day table delicacies will also come
in for their rightful share of pub
licity .... and if The Perquimans
Weekly should, forget it in the
rush of events; it takes the oppor
tunity now to wish its readers
and others "A Very Merry
Christmas" . . . . and "Happy
Shopping."
Club Meetings
Released this week by Miss Gladys
Hamrick, Perquimans Home Demon
stration Agent, is the schedule of
Demonstration and 4-H club meetings
for the month of December;
Chapanoke Monday, December 5,
at 1:30 P. M., with Mrs. Talmage
Lewis.
Winfall Wednesday, December 7,
at 2:30 P. M., with Mrs. Joel Hollo
well. Whiteston Thursday, December 8,
at 7:00 P. M., with Mrs. Dewitt
Winslow.
Home and Garden Friday, Decem
ber 9, at J:30 P. MwtthMrs. Rid
dick Chappell.
Ballahack Monday, December 12,
at 4:00 P. M., at the school house.
Beech Spring Tuesday, December
13, at 2:30 P. M., with Mrs. Wayland
Howell.
Durants Neck Wednesday, Decem
ber 14, at 7:30 P. M., at the Com
munity House.
Helen Gaither Thursday, Decem
ber 15, at 7:30 P. M., with Mrs. C. P.
Morris.
Snow Hill-White Hat Friday, De
cember 15th, at 2:30 P. M,, with Mrs.
Mattie Barclift.
Bethel Friday, December 16, at
7:00 P. M., with Mrs. Charles White.
Belvidere -r- Wednesday, December
2., at 7:30 P. M., at the Community
House.
Burgess Thursday, December 15,
at 2:30 P. M., with Mrs. Dennis
Godwin.
'4-H Club Meetings
High School Thursday, December
15, from 9 to 18 A. M.
Winfall Thursday, December 15,
from 10:45 to 11:45 A. M.
Grammar School Monday, Decem
ber 19, from 11 to 12 A. M.
New Hope Tuesday, December 20,
from 10:30 to 11:30 A. M.
Interesting Meeting
Tnnih'ltf Raliri1aio'
XOnigni AlUeiVlucre.
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Of interest to the Belvidere Com-
munity W-the " amnoiincement of-a!
I meeting 'scheduled for Friday (to"
night) at . 8:00 oVlock,-ac)'rding::to
Miss-. Gladys Hamrick, county home
demonstration agent. The meeting
u
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A Negro J shoe-shine ' boy was
i v handed a new Jefferson nickle as
a tip for services rendered early
' this week.. He took one look at
"TITe coin and at the first bppor-
v tuiiity left JWa stand to trade the
"elvt machine j. slag for real
Jinoney.f f Vt ;"-'rv, 'v4c:'
ii. He jEnf "y found someone wili- "
r x o i-" ' and wSs feeling '
pretty raod-al. t , the Whole
trr - ' n until 1's employer"
to!l r i C t tU 1'ng could be
c " 1 i j h hers fr .five good '
Sale Of Christmas!
beals Progressing
Nicely In County
Drive to Raise Funds
Gets Under Way Fri
day Morning
IN SCHOOLS
Corps of Canvassers
Hard at Work Cover
ing Territory
The annual sale of Christmas Seals
for the prevention of tuberculosis be
gan last Friday morning in Perquim
ans County -under the direction of
Mrs. I. A. Ward, county chairman,
who reports the drive as progressing
nicely.
Seals have been placed in all the
schools of the county by Mrs. F. T.
Johnson, who is handling that end of
the drive, while Mrs. C. A. Daven
port has charge of the Seal sale in the
business district.
Working in the town, canvassing
with Mrs. Ward are, Mrs. J. R. Fu
trell, Mrs. R, T. Brinn, Mrs. V. N.
Darden, Mrs. L. N. Hollowell, Mrs.
L. C. Winslow, Mrs. E. L. Laughing
house, Mrs. W. W. Umphlett, Mrs.
John Zachary, Mrs. Oscar Felton,
Mrs. Charles Skinner and Mrs. Dur
wood Reed.
Leap For Peace
Meets Saturday
In Court House
Important Committees
Will Be Named at
Meeting
MOREJOIN
National Member Is Ex
pected to Speak to
Group
Important committees will be ap
pointed at the next meeting of the
Perquimans County branch of the
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom, according to Miss
Mattie Saunders, president of the
newly-formed organization.
It is expected that the League will
hold its meeting in the courthouse on
Saturday, December 3rd, at 2:30 P.
M., when the history and work of the
organization will be more fully ex
plained. "It is urgent," says the president,
"that as many members and prospec
tive members attend this meeting as
possible, since a National member of
the League who is forming a State
organization, will probably be pres
ent to speak on the work of the
League. We are not sure she can be
present, but indications lead us to
beeve mat tne national menme
eref ami jf She cannot, we
VinnA tn tinvA hr met with tui soon."
believe that the national
Members of the local branch will
prepared to give accounts of the
history and work if the National j
J? rkprntr rri
and. non-members, are urged to at
tend. Membership increases daily, and
Miss Saunders is anxious to begin
effective work in affiliation with the
Internationa! League.' ,
Miss Ruth L. Riddick
Weds Chas. RRiddick
The wedding of Miss Ruth Riddick
to Charles Robert Riddick was quietly
solemnized Sunday afternoon at 12:30
o'clock in the Baptist Church at
Gatesville." The vows were spoken
before the Rev. J. M. Jolliff.
' The bride was attractively attired
in forest green ensemble with grey
V fox trimming.., Her accessories were
"blacki and she carried an arm bou
quet T)f bronze chrysanthemums:
' Mrs, Riddick 'is the" daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. W, Mills Riddick,' of
Gatesville.' -ti- -" jj.v-?'
The. bridegrftom Is the" on' of,.Jlr.
and-Mra. R. M. Itiddlck, Hertford,
"Mr. "arid Mrs. Riddick left imme
diately after the wedding for a short
trip, after which they will be at home
at. 503 Cleveland -Street, 'Durham.
tffrtford Stores Bidding
siness On
PfayingOnSynipathyForHomeCVlercliant
$7
,500 Distributed In
Ch
ristmas Savings
Bank In Hertford
By
Sizable Amount Will
mas: 1939 Club Members Offered Cash
Prizes For
Aftejr the Hertford Banking Com
pany distributes $7,500 in Christmas
Club decks on Monday of next week,
the 19J9 club will form immediately.
This Sear, the Christmas Club cor-
poratrtjh will offer added inducements
to sayri. Every member of the 1939 j
Club is entitled to compete in a con
test wttich offers 359 cash prizes to
taling f5,000, according to R. M. Rid
dick, cashier.
Thejttmount to go into circulation
her Monday represents 250 savings
accounts, and makes all the people
who failed to join the club last year
very sorry that they didn't. The
checks,;coming in quite handily at the
Yuletide season, range all the way in
amounts from $5.00 to $250.00, repre
senting weekly deposits of ten centf
to five dollars each.
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They've Arrived, The
Season And Hunters
Arriving promptly one jump
ahead of the quail season as usual,
New York state's most regular
visitors, A. A. Pearsall, Frank
Loudan and Cliff Baxter, checked
into the Hotel Hertford Wednes
day right on schedule for the
opening of the bird season Thurs
day. The Long Island sportsmen,
bringing their bird, dogs, have
been spending several days here
during each open quail season for
more than twenty years. This
year a fourth member is with the
party, Adolph Lottman. All four
men are from Amityville, New
York.
State Normal Glee
Club Sings Dec. 6th
At the high school building on
December 6th, at 8 o'clock, the Glee
Club of the Elizabeth City State Nor
mal School, will give a concert. A
small admission fee will be charged
and funds received will benefit the
Methodist Church. The State Nor-
m.i'. fil flnh w KMni recentlv
from the stage of the Carolina Thea- j
'hi u v- .
tre in Llizabeth City, and tne concert
was well-received by a large audience. ;
ine sponsors are uigm& a uis
tendance for the worthy cause, at the
same time offering a protrram of
splendid, entertainment in return.
Training SChOOl
Students Remember
Less Fortunate
King Williams, energetic head of
tfifl Pprnuimnns Countv Training
School at Winfall, reports that his ! considerably short of the quota set
students this year donated forty r county, and canvassers ap
basketa of foodstuffs to the less for-Pointed by the chapter chairman, will
tunate colored people on Thanksgiv
ing Day..
The-faculty and student body of
the prominent Negro school contri
buted the following proudce, divided
into provisions baskets: one and a
half pecks of white potatoes, five
bushels of sweet potatoes, 16 heads
of collards, ; twelve quarts of canned
fruit and vegetables, one bushel of
rutabagas, one half peck of kale, one
peck of peanuts, ten pounds of sugar,
12 pounds of rice, 12 pounds of flour,
one bushel Of meal, one peck of pod
peppers, dried beans, salmon, oat
meal molasses,' milk, beef soup, but
ter, flavoring- extracts, cabbage, tea,
pork and beans, fruit cake and several
bushels of fruit, ''
The n baskets,- - which 1 undoubtedly
lightened many a-dark day for needy
county Negroes, were filled, and dis
tributed by members of the. student
body,. ,tti- i, v .ft. ,t
Competitive Basis And Jot
Make For Cheery Christ
Slogans
The club which closes Monday is
the largest in the Banking Company's
history, and was formed early in
December of 1937. No doubt all the
checks will be rapidly cashed and dis
posed of, the funds finding their way
into the tills of local merchants. The
sum to be turned over next week to
systematic savers-is larger by one- ca" l)UV lt 111 Hertford probably at
third than last year's Christmas Club! a saving!" They haven't a trade
total, according to Mr. Rid.dick. I slogan, but the shopping public will
The 1939 Club will offer cash prizes J io themselves a favor to visit the
for the best slogans, as original ideas lo('al stores before embarking on
of not more than 15 words, which best ' tiresome and disappointing "shopping
express the thrift value and useful-j trips" to foreign markets,
ness of the Christmas Club. The en-; One prominent dealer flatly refused
tries must be mailed on or before to discuss the "buy-al-home" businet,;
April 1, 1939, to The Slogan Editor, ! from a home-town-uuty standpoint.
Christmas Club, New York. The I. Said he, "1 do not believe Perquim
prizes will be awarded on July 1,'ans County people should feel obli
1939, and every club member is I gated to patronize the home mer
eligible. j chants, but I firmly believe that the
County Presented
With Two Flags
Beautiful Emblems Giv
en by Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Whedbee
When the County Commissioners
met with the Sheriff to settle tax
matters Monday, Mr. and Mrs.'
Charles Whedbee made use of the oc- j
casion to present the county with two .
beautiful flags. ;
Chairman Earl Perry accepted them
on behalf of the county, and the flags
were immediately set in place, flank-'
ing the judge's bench in the court
room. The flags, one the American '
banner, and the other, the State flag,
are of silk, trimmed with yellow
fringe, and beautifully mounted on '
flagstaffs eight feet high. Rich tas
sels dangle from the top of the
staffs which are set in handsome)
stands.
A bronze eagle perches atop the i
American banner, and the top of the
stan supporting tne wonn Carolina j
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iicii luimo a oucan cau. iiie van-
ih,uj "Civ coucviauj 1 1 1 & 1 1 ui diiui cu
by professional flag makers, and cov-'
erB are provided to protect them
w,en not jn uge
Fine Cooperation"
Is Report Of Roll Call
Chairman S. M. Whedbee himself
is handling the Red Cross Roll Call
in the business district, and he re-
.' ports the membership drive as "pro
gressing satisfactorily."
Returns today, however, are still
call on everyone within titk next few
days.
Winfall Couple Quietly
WpH In Chowan 'Pniintv,
vvea in nowan ouniv
Miss Celesta Godwin and. Mr. Har
old Hurdle, both of Winfall, were
quietly married Sunday, November
20th, at the Home of the Rev. J. T.
Byrum, at Cross Roads, Chowan men and one of the outstanding ones
County. The impressive ring service j8 Gaither Hendricks. He sells 135
was used. copies of Grit a week in a town of
The bride was beautifully attired about 390 families. In fact he has
in a navy blue outfit. maintained a sale of well over 100
The wedding was attended by only! copies a week for a number of years
a few intimate friends. ' j past To sell such a large number of
Mrs. Hurdle holds a position at papers weekly in a towa so small Is
Darden Brothers, while Mr. Hurdle is' record that marks Gaither " Hen
a prominent-- Perquimans County dricks as a first-rank Grit salesman.'
farmer. ,v " - - I The item did not mention the name
Mr. and Ir. Hurdle ' will , make of the town, but Gaither Hendricks is
their homes la Perquimans County.7 familiar figure in Hertford. - ?
For Holiday
With Less Overhead
Prices Lower Than In
Larger Stores
ASK INSPECTION
Shops Attractive With
Latest Christmas
Items
Stores that have not already decor-
I ated for Christmas are in the process
of prettying up for the holiday sea
son now, and because of their exten
sive Christmas stocks, their popular
prices, the quality of their merchan
dise, and the all-round attractiveness
of their stores, Hertford merchants
are urging shoppers to buy at home.
If the home merchants were to
adopt a slogan for the holiday trade,
it could easily and truthfully be, "You
this year to shop out of town, are de
finitely missing something.
"In the first place, the local nier
chant can always be rened upon to
correct any discrepency in merchan
dise at a moment's notice, competition
makes it imperative for our prices to
compare favorably with out-of-town
prices for the identical item, and
last, shopping is a leisurely business
here, no rush, no long expensive mo
tor trips, and no 'after-Christmas ex
changes', because the exchanges can
be made here before Christmas."
In the opinion of other dealers,
this merchant is right. They all
urge a trip through Hertford stores,
where gifts of highest quality are at
tractively displayed. "If Christmas
shoppers will buy out of town only
those items they cannot duplicate
here at the same, or a lower price,
we are convinced they will immediate
ly see the advantages to be gained
through 'buying at home'," said a
clothing dealer, who also is anxious
that shoppers see the Christmas good
ies here first.
The local dealers are not playing
on sympathy for the home-town mer
chant as a means of gaining trade
that formerly went out of town. In
stead they are offering merchandise
and prices that ,argef - Ws jn ,arger
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towns witn larger overneau expenses,
i will find hard to compete with.
Grit Publishing
Co. Compliments
Local Salesman
Gaither Hendricks Rec
ognized For Large
Sales
The Grit Publishing Company re
cently recognized. Gaither Hendricks.
local young man, a3 an outstanding
saIesman' and Pintd Wlth Pnde to
enviable in the sale of the
weekly publication in Hertford.
According to an item in the week
ly which he sells, "North Carolina
has produced many fine Grit sales-
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