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H . i ' it-'. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V.-Number 49. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 9, 1938. $1.25 Per Year. WEEKLY i 3 I erelianis In CDertford If R nr rs r ma adle holiday Business Countless Timely Items' i Stocked For Christ- maa Ruvine- mas Buying I PRORATIONS Grasp Logic of Advice to Do Shop- . J vping Early A glance at the advertisements in thig 'Issue i The Perquimans Weekly ill qufclly convince you that Hert- mfcvchants have made prepara- vuuna iw we nouuay Beuii, uiuugji Te visiting tour to the stores themsel ves necessary to fully appreciate the' extent to" which Hertford mer chants have stocked on Christmas merchandise. The windows are all dressed up with attractively- displayed gift sug gestions which merely hint at the nifties inside. There are Toylands And 1am nf nil tiR. mairii! lands to i -m 'it., i. i ; j .1 1. yideligbt the heart of any little-boy or jgirl. Mothers and dads will also ' get a kick from window shopping. I With t.h BtntAt licrVitn nnw turned on. the scene is one of cheer and the spirit of Christmas is getting in the bones. Church and Market Street stores will soon begin to leave their doors open- until nine o'clock, giving shop pers the opportunity to browse by Christmas lights. Christmas Eve is only thirteen shopping days away and they'll soon be saying, "Happy JTew Year!" I i For the women the houses are stocked with dainty lingerie and other pretty things to wear, cosmetics and labor-saving electrical appliances. Attracting the eye of fashion-wary males) are: ties, robes, socks, lug gage, guns and the hundreds of other necessary items generally associated! with .Christmas and giving. Hertford merchants nave stocked ith unusually beautiful gifts this wo i. anil tliA efiVkAf lftrYia tvioxt Vairj. LfcofK?,. f a vh sf w , r:- stores seem more attractive than most . pwpie can nsnwmuer. Early Shopping for Christmas has Been satisfactorily brisk, according to the merchants, and customers, it seems, are beginning to grasp the logic of the advice to "shop early," 3 ,vfi buyers are standing ready to1 fi"!Moot in more orders when the shel- 1 fci$ssbegin to empty. ' All over the country Christmas ! n . .buying reaches its peak during the U next week and local stores have ar ' ranged for extra salespeople to handle thetrade. From then on, of course, , continues the mad last minute rush until midnight , on Christmas Eve, ";-which, this year, falls on Saturday. Peznui Products I Featured During ill Ail Of Th s Week ' Many, Pounds Expected To ?e Sold During 1 :t. Teamit W eek This week December 6 to 10, has teen designated National Peanut Week and in food and department , - stores throughout the nation peanuts, ' which is the all-important cash crop in Northeastern Mrth , -Carolina and . Southeastern Virginia and one of the nation's' major food- crdpa, " will be - featured by theai?4n special display and advertWii!;.?-4 - Through the Effort! of; the.Virgina North :relinaP x - organization Jof peanut dealers, and , . the Peanut Stabilization Cooperative, K Inc4' ,gTower8 marketing' organization, , the cooperation of the National Asso , ciqtion of Food Chains has been se cured so that the 85,000 retail outlets of the food chains will put ' special merchandising effort and advertising ' behind peanuts and peanut products ' Buring National Peanut Week, ' Jleduction Of the troublesome ittr rlus of peanuts, which' had neces&tat- r i diversion of a large part, or this e food product into commercial oil fr the'paafc seVeralyeart t prices .. .hMN "mr, mrwmm fn-p-ii -w v growers, is the object that 1 bought ' ' r ' s r'imvt''irNVM'::id "dealers, " j chains and others have knt ( ope'ration'Mlh Idea, and 3t .3 I of the grower and dealer i tat thousands ' of tint AaArrftemjM 7 Procirfont QifflK 1 WP11 0IS115 HID! a Tav virfl nujcu rui Matron Service Work In Schools Entails An Expenditure of $4,734 The office of Harry Hopkins has notified Representative Lindsey War ren that the President has approved WPA projects for matrons' service in the public schools in Perquimans County amounting to $4,734, and in Gates County for $2,307. They must now be approved by the Comptroller General. F. T. Johnson, superintendent of county schools, applied for the appro priation several weeks ago. Accord ing to him, matron services will be had in the high school, in the Hert ford Grammar School, in the Central Grammar School at Winfall and pro bably in a colored school. Matrons will supervise the first aid rooms, and perform other matrons' duties. County's Future Farmers Initiate Creswell Group Two Chapters Later En joy Delightful Wei ner Roast The ack initiation team of G. C, I "UCK 8 , a."ners aL ca,,e? i Creswell last Friday nisht where , : . - ew m!mbe Crfwe11 fr- The South-s.de boys proved Blve 8od "P"?- however, and dowed they take lL After the initiation ceremony was over the Creswell members invited tne Perquimans Chapter to join them at a big weiner roast. '1 he local boys accepted the invitation with enthus iasm and good appetites. A large fire was built in the yard of A. H. Tucker, Creswell's agricul ture instructor, and the two chapters assembled around the fire and did full honor to the weiners and accessories. According to. the ritualistic ceremony, the Future Farmers of America weTe practicing brotherhood, honoring ru ral opportunities and responsibilities, and developing those qualities of leadership which Future Farmers are taught to possess. The members of the local chapter who took part in the initiation of the new Creswell members were: Thomas Ghappell, . Henry Barber, Maynard Fleetwood, Jr., D. J. White, Ralph Layden, Edgar Long, Bill Reed, Rollo White, Julian Long, Archie Riddick, Emmett Long, Herbert Ward, Clar ence Phillips, and Wallace , Hobbs. They were 'accompanied; by their teacher "and adviser, G. C. Buck. Old Telephones s'Bnp New Service 'Kot Ex pected In Use Until January Local people are already dickering with dial telephones, which have re placed the old-fashioned instruments in several Hertford locations. The new system, however, will not be in augurated until , late in January. . Those with the dial sets still are handled exactly as the old ones until the new system is completely Install- ed. -The new telephone i building is nearing completion " daily and 3 the little; disturbance: in service.1 M ti ON BUYING TRIP 'J-Wi Wilson left todajron. a mule buying trip over, the week-end. ' He expects i buy a carload of Missouri mule for the TOlsow ftiule Exchange Farmers Vote On Cotton Marketing Quotas Saturday Those Engaged In Pro duction Eligible to Cast Ballot POLLS OPEN 8 A. M. Five Polling Places For Convenience of 'Coun ty's Voters Each person is urged to vote in his own precinct on the control referenda on Saturday, December 10th. Any one who was engaged in the produc tion of cotton in 1938 is eligible to vote. The referenda is to determine whether the cotton growers want everyone to plant within their allot ments in 1939. The polls open at 8 A. M. and close at 5 P. M. Here are the voting places and a list of the pollholders, as released by L. W. Anderson, county j farm agent: Belvidere Township Belvidere, atj T. C. Perry's store. Pollholders are I John T. Lane, J. M. Copeland and H.i L. Williams. ! Bethel Township Bethel, at J. C. Hobbs' store. Pollholders are C. E. White, E. Y. Berry and J. C. Hobbs. Hertford Township in the court house at Hertford. Pollholders are B. W. Thatch, Seth W. Long and Joshua T. White. New Hope Township in thecom munity house at Durants Neck. Poll holders are C. W. Umphlett, S. D. Banks and E. A. Goodman. Parkville Township at the post office in Winfall. Pollholders are E. D. Matthews, J. A. Bray and C. D. White. Organizer Of Grcle Present At Meeting At the meeting of the Delia Sham burger Circle of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of the Methodist Church, held at the home of Mrs. F. C. Winslow on Monday evening, Mrs. F. M. Shamburger, of Oxford, who or ganized the Society during the pastor ate of her husband here, more than 20 years ago, was a guest. A feature of the program was a talk by Mrs. Shamburger. The December meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, December 13, which is a week in advance of the regular time, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Morris. This is a very important meeting, and all members are espec ially urged to attend and to bring their pledges for the year. They are also requested to bring toys for tne box to be 'provided for needy children. "T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS " '"T'was the night before Christmas, And all through the house Not a creature was stirring Not even a mouse." The reason for this lovely old Christmas ditty was that the mice had all been bright enough to do their Christmas shopping early and got to bed before midnight. Dad wasn't stirring because he hadn't come home yethe was still down town trying to select Christmas gifts which should have been stored aWay in the closet two weeks ago. " I intended to get that shopping done this year ahead of time," he said just before Supper On Christmas Eve, "and here it is. CbriBtmas. v and 1 haven't bought - thing- r : He's: beeit:aying titbse same lines for years and years ; but- experience 4oesn'iseem to make him wiser. Whether the Kdd home in bed realize it or not, Dad fs Jn for several tough hours on the crowded streets and in the stores downtown. The shelves begin to look awfully vacant around eleven o'clock on Christmas Eve and there seems to be a" puzzling shortage of appropriate gifts. "I want something for my grand mother," he complains to a weary and footsore saleslady.; - She forces 'a smile and asks polite ly, "WhatdO you think your "grand mother would like?" , "I don't know.'.' says the late cus tomer, wracking his brain and look ing around, "seems to me she's got. everything What would r you tag- $ Conversation runs along; these, lines for several minutes and hs. finds him self in "possession of an electric per colator for grandma. He feels rather proud of his selection until ; he hsp- pens to remember that Grandma gave 7. M.Morgan Buys Divers Building For Veteran Furniture Man WillTVIove Early In Spring WILL REMODEL Plana Most Modern Es tablishment In East ern Carolina Early ifl the spring, before the anniversary of his twenty-fifth year in the furniture business in Hertford, W. M. Moqran expects to move into large new quarters half a block up Church Street from his present stand. Mr. Morgan recently bought the building "waich formerly housed Div er's Motor Company, Ford agency. The building, with a Church Street frontage of 39 feet, is opposite the State Theatre, and is now occupied the stores of Morgan Walker. The building, bick to the brick arcade which was recently annexed, is 105 feet. The new owner expects to lease the pprt "of the building on Grubb Strefet which was the service area for tne motor company. J Accordinr to Mr. Morgan, he will remodel the whole front end of the) building1, replacing the two front doors with one large entrance and in stalling two hutfe show windows. "I plan to make it the most modern and complete furniture establishment in eastern Carolina," said Mr. Morgan,! when asked about his plans. Mr. Walker has several new loca tions under consideration for his bus iness and it is likely that he will stay on Church Street, but his plans have not been made public. Improvements At Hilda's Beauty Shop Alterations are being made at the beauty parlor of Hilda's, consisting of a new arrangement which gives more floor space. Private booths are also being numbered among the im provements. Having discontinued her ladies' wear department, Mrs. Crafton Matthews, owner and manager, has converted, the space into a reception room and moved part of her equip ment to a small balcony in the rear, giving more room to beauty opera tions on the ground level. BACK ON JOB Julian Powell is back at work in the Hertford Hardware and Supply Company store after a seige of ill ness which kept him at home for nearly three weeks. up coffee four or five years ago. She said it kept her awake nights. "Oh, well, it's pretty anyway,' ' he says, and begins to think about a present for Cousin Lizzie. The bundles are beginning to pile up now and all of them seem to be on top as he squeezes between two stout ladies discussing what to buy for an uncle who doesn't like any thing. The midnight wanderer spots a clock, "it's eleven-thirty." He's des perate now, and the list isn't half finished, "Thank Heaven that Moth er has already taken care of the Santa Claus buying." Finally, at Ave minutes to twelve, he staggers out and deposits the bundles in the car, firmly declaring that next year he will do his Christ mas shopping in October. He ieaves a sigh of relief, but it stops halfway. , "I didn't get a present for Aunt , Mag!" j He rushes back and gets in just as I the doors close, coming out five min , utes later with satin pajamas for Aunt Mag who has been sleeping in flannel nighties for twenty years. The Christmas list is complete now and he starts wearily homeward. Putting the car in the garage he mildly considers that he remembered gifts for everybody and feels confi dently proud of his memory until he suddenly freezes in his tracks. "I forgot all about Mother! And the ! stores are all closed. How could I forget her?" "Well, nothing can be done about it," he muses as he unlocks the door, "and besides, Mother will : under stand." Yes, Mothers always understand. Especially about Fathers, and espec ially about Fathers on' The Night Be fore Christmas. v Petition Signed Objecting Removal Council Meeting QuartersAndGlerk'sOffice Tell Him! Uncle Sam would like to know whether you want the cotton growers of the South to plant within the allotments and reduce the cotton supply in 1939. Go to the polls Saturday and tell him what you want. (The polling places are listed in this paper.) If there is no control on cotton in 1939 we can expect a bigger crop and lower prices, and the question will be decided by the cotton growers of the South in a nation-wide referenda on Saturday, December 10th. If you favor control, vote for it! If you are opposed to con trol, vote against it! Your vote will not be counted unless you cast it. So, vote, and tell Uncle Sam what you want! Earl Perry Again Named Chairman Of Commissioners Board Decides to Buy New Equipment For Students The only new member of the county board of commissioners, Archie T.! Lane, was sworn in for the term by Clerk of Superior Court W. Howard Pitt on Monday afternoon when Earl M. Perry was unanimously re-elected chairman of the board. All the other members of the board, John O. White, Roy S. Chappell and J. C. Baker, were incumbent members, sworn in on the same afternoon. Monday was a regular meeting date of the board and Charles Whed bee was re-elected, to the position of county attorney by the commission ers. Interesting to the members of the Perquimans High School's vocational training classes, is the board's deci sion to purchase complete woodwork ing -machines and tools for the stu dents. Fred Winslow, Jr., Dies In Hospital Little Fred Winslow, Jr., six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wins low, of Winfall, died late Tuesday afternoon in a Norfolk hospital. Funeral services were conducted from the home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. W. G. Lowe, pastor of the Winfall Methodist Church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. D. M. Shame, of Hertford. Rnrifll urns mnHo in C.iuia-r flmvt 1 Cemtery, at Winfall. The little boy had undergone an operation for mastoids last week. Improvement had been noted in his condition until spinal meningitis de veloped Sunday afternoon. From then on he grew progressively worse until death came at six o'clock Tues day. His parents and close relatives were at the bedside. Fred, Jr., was in his first year at the Central Grammar School at Winfall. His parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reed and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Winslow, survive. Mrs. Fred Winslow was formerly Doris Reed. There are no brothers or sisters. Advertising In Weekly Stimulates Trade For W. M. Morgan's Store "It pays to advertise," says W. M. Morgan. In the seven days after he announced his removal sale last week, The Furniture Man says he sold more merchandise than in the whole month of November. Advertisement of the sale was carried in the last issue of The Perquimans Weekly. Cotton Ginning Still Trailing Last Year Census reports of the Department of Commerce, according to Willie M. Harrell, special agent, show that 2,431 bales of Cotton were ginned in Perquimans County .from the crop of 19S8, prior to November 14, as com pared with, 4429 hales for the crop of Unnecessary Expense Is Principal Objection To Change MANYSIGN Mayor Darden, How ever, Says Deal Has Been Oosed The town council's decision to move the city clerk's office and the council meeting quarters from the city-owned location on Grubb Street to a privately-owned building in the business district on Church Street, is meeting wifch disapproval on the part of many Hertford people. Several dozens of signatures have been affixed to a petition, circulated this week, which requests the Mayor and the councilmen to reconsider the proposed change at the next regular meeting which is scheduled for Mon day night. The petition, signed by many prom inent business heads and others here, reasons that the rental involved in moving to downtown quarters is an unnecessary expense to the city, and that the present clerk's office is more centrally located. Mayor Vivian N. Darden, a mem ber of the city council at the time of the decision to move, and appointed Mayor on the same night, points out that plans have already been made, the deal closed, and, the new site has already been vacated by its last occupant, the watch repair shop of W. M. Divers. According to Mr. Dar den, the office of the clerk will be moved in January. The building to which the office will move if the council does not con sider the petition and carries through present plans, is the former medical offices of the late Dr. T. A. Cox, next to the store of Simon's. The petition sets out that the grounds of the present city-owned location have been beautified, to some extent and that the office has proved satisfactory where it is. Many wom en who live in the immediate vicinity of the office building, fearing that the grounds may be allowed to become run-down, have affixed their names to the petition. Five Counties In Music Festival At Hertford Dec. 18 Gigantic Affair to Initi ate Series Held In Albemarle BANDS AND SONG Christmas, time of miic.'- mirth and mummery, will get an enlivening r-t . : ti l r 1 n 1 - emu in neruura on sunoay after noon, December 18, when the Albe marle Music Festival Association, newly instituted, will present the first of several such occasions to be held by the organization throughout the Albemarle during the coming year. the Perquimans county affair is planned to be one of the largest af fairs of its kind ever held in this sec tion of the State. The place will be the spacious High School auditorium, just outside the town, and the pro gram will consist of both instrumental and vocal selections by the high school bands and glee clubs from Pasquotank, Chowan, Perauima. Currituck and Camden counties. More than 300 will participate in the varied ,v",i"ra ui me program. Plans for the gigantic musical ora torio were completed at an executive meetinsr of thp noc;t; 'u day mght in Elizabeth City, at which wa explained that the school bands of Edenton and Elizabeth City, as well as their glee clubs, would be outstanding at the festival. Much interest is already being man ifested throughout the five counties in the forthcoming affair and a size taxing crowd is expected to be on hand. C. L. McCullers, president of the association, has been named aa gen eral chairman of the affair, and in addition will lead the Edenton and other bands through their part in the program. Gene .Gorman will be In strumental chairman,' and Miss Bertie E. Earp, will have charge , of the vocal end of the festival .1 1 4 i "I ' s f 'A- 1 v .