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, T ill. . v ' . t i. f,v WEEKLY .ran. r A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY f j .Volume VII. Number 3. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, i .uay, January 19, 1940. $1.25 Per Year. .4' I . Spence Hatley's Band To Play For Presidents Ball 'Committees Active In I Work to Assist In 1 Fight Against Infan ; tile Paralysis With Spence Hatley and his Deans of Music signed up to furnish music at the President's Birthday Ball to be held Monday night week, or Janu ary 29, at Walker's Hall, in Hert ford, and other plans for this big event moving smoothly, the young people of Perquimans are looking forward to a good dance. Realizing the importance of good music for occasions of this kind, the dance committee selected this nine piece orchestra, which jb the East Carolina Teachers band, feeling as sured that , the matter of music is .ivelll taken care of in their hands, Spence Hatley and his Deans of 'Music have proved very popular at dances this winter, Meantime, Mrs. J. G. Campbell has v i put the tickets on sale and by the Jj?Ttime the date for the ball arrives most of those who like to "tread a fi measure" will' have been canvassed. The sale of tickets to the birthday ball, however, is not confined to those who will attend the bajfl, for not every one who purchases a tick et to swell the fund to fight infantile paralysis will dance at the party. Many will buy a ticket for that one purpose, of joining in the fight. The March of Dimes begins Tues day, January 23, when the school children wl sell the buttons for a dime each.; Each chffld selling 10 buttons ws a button for himself. F. T. Johnilon is head of the the March of tjimes in the Perquimans High SchooL; Rupert Ainsley at the Central Grammar School, and Miss'tn wm assistance to mane pen - Mary Sumner at Hertford Urammav School. " The children will make a -thorough canvass of the town and as much of the county as can be reached through the students. The March of Dimes, it is believed, will net a considerable sum for the infantile paralysis fund. In addition to this, Mrs. B. G. Koonce is flaying her plans for the play she will give next month for the raising of funds. Mrs. Koonce has not definitely decided on the Dlav she will produce at this writ- ing. but announcement will be made very shortly, it win De a gooo comedy, however. Half of the funds raised will be sent to the National Foundation, the other"iialf being retained here to swell the fund already in the bank in case of need at home. Mrs. Elizabeth Bunch Dies At Her Home In Tyner At Age Of 101 Oldest Resident of This Section Claimed " By Death Shortly After Anniversary of Birth Death claimed the oldest resident of the Albemarle section last Friday night at eleven o'clock when Mrs. Elisabeth Bunch passed away at the Jlwne of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Reid, of Tyner. Mrs. Bunch was born Elizabeth Hnrdle, in. the community known as .UliilrAwtf Via in flvn ilnno najftfinn , or, rerquurmns, on unnsrjnas uy, 11830, when l&ttin Vn BurenJ eigntB ildent of the United States, wait Rlni trse .jut enntewanlnLTV it is ".' U torts" 0 2t men who have served as 1resldent of -the- ' United States. Mrs. Bunch was a small girl when ''the sewing machine was invented, and was 22 years of age when Fort Sumpter was fired upon. Not only ( the World War, . the Spanish-Aimeri- can War and the Civil War occurred .- .r within this lady's recollection, but! " ' tV ' ' also the war with Mexio- ' AMHrtW Banking Company and the retained her mental faculties and Rotarv Club were uests of the Ro had been until comparatively recent- tary Club at the regular meeting Jy physically active. , Funeral services were held at the' r 4.-- XJAM TUft.tV,nAia PVinnVi Sinn. ' 5... ..ti. v, w t t Stanford, pastor, officiating, and with a large crowd in attendance. i Burial was made near the place of her birth, In the family burying ground t BelVidere. ? Survivors Include k two daughters, Mrs. Annie Twine - and Mrs. Ida Held, and a son, Herbert Bunch, all of Chowan unty. M, . t Again Candidate ''" "TtiiiTiitT m ! I im i iimi ii in MERRILL EVANS Refusing to demand a run-off in the Democratic Primary in 1936, IMerrill Evans of Ahoskie, this week announced again his candidacy for State Senator from the First District. Sidewalk Paving Project Will Expire In Few More Days Time Limited For Citi zens To Ask For Street Paving Only a brief period remains, a matter of a few days, in fact, for the property owners of Hertford who may wish to take advantage of the opportunity to get sidewalks paved to make peti- l " ' Approximately th.ee miles of side walk paving wifi have oeen laid in Hertford when the project is com - pleted, which is felt by many to be the most important public improve - ment Hertford has secured under the Works Progress Administration. The project .which was begun in ' October, l'J'A'l, will be completed' within the next thirty days. Thei work is now going on on King Street. ' The cost to the property owners ' .u ,. :,i..... n, i ijii I foot( the remainder of the cost be-1 i Lite siuuwam ia uiuv lcius uci ing met by the Works Progross Ad ministration and the Town of Hert ford. Though the cm3 of the work is in sight, there Is still sufficient time for a petition to be filed for paving to be done, should any property own er belatedly decide to make applica tion, but the matter would have to' be attended to within the next few days. Indians Meet Columbia j Basketball Team On Local Court Tonight Basketball fans will get their money's worth tonight when a triple -header will' be played at the local court. Both the girls' and boys' team of Hertford will play teams represent ing Columbia High School and after those games have been played, a third game between two independent teams will take place. The Indians are smarting under two straight defeats and it is expect ed that they will put up a real battile with Columbia in seeking the first victory of the 1940 home season.. The independent game promises to be a thriller too. as both teams ttaye, good records forXtfcUV,year. The lecal'. 'b'oysT.fiave won ?Bve. 6nt. tit six games , played this season. Rotary Club Entertains F.F.A. and 4-H dub Members Tuesday Ten boys, members of the Future Farmers of America and 4-H Clubs, who are participating in the hog rais- ing project being sponsored by the held last Tuesday mgnt. Talks were -made by the boys re .nli thn nnrrnna r. f ...fn. a iv . of the group was highly praised by Rotarians present. .. '' J,JJ ' i Members of the F. F. A.' present were Thomas Nixon, Percy Winslow (and Thomas Glenn Roberson, while Broughton Dafl, Donald Lane, Roland Copeland, Dan .Berry, CarltQn Nixon, , Lidnen White and Robert Perry re- fc, preBenwae-i-n, woo Perquimans Gains Certificate On Soil Building Payments One of 11 Counties In State to Receive Rec ognition During- Year 1938 i Perquimans County is one of 11 of the State's 100 counties to receive a certificate of recognition for earn ing 90 percent or more of the maxi mum soil building payments in 1938. As a matter of fact, Perquimans won 91.2 percent of the maximum payments. It was possible, under the quota, for the farmers of Per quimans to have earned $20,697.00, and they only fell short. $1,821. The certificate, which is on dis play in the office of the County Agent, L. W. Anderson, is signed by Dean I. O. Schaub, Director of State Extension; by E. Y.Floyd, State, Executive Officer, and by all of trie i members Of the North Carolina State j AAA Committee. It sets forth that i I the "State Committee of the AAA ! and the Extension Service take pieas j ure in recognizing the county exten sion staff, local and county AAA Committeemen and the workers in the County office for achieving the high soil of 91.2 percent of the max imum soil building: payment for the County." In another paragraph it is stated that "this most excellent per formance is a long step toward ac complishing the objective of the Agricultural Conservation program which are to prevent soil erosion, maintain and improve the fertility of I the soil and stabilize farm income." These payments are separate and apart from and do not include the payments made by the government for special allotments covering cot-1 ton. neanuts. commercial vegetables! 1 and tobacco. i ihe hgures lor the year l!J;i9 soil conservation payments will vary somewhat from the 193K figures, buti 'there will not be a great deal ofj difference, said Mr. Anderson. These 1 cannot be made in immediately. Four Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Here Tuesday Little Time Consumed In Hearings Before Judge Tucker Horace Keed, Negro, convicted in ! Recorder's Court Tuesday morning oi tne cnarge oi assault witn a deadly weapon, to-wit a bottle, must stay away from the Savoy, Negro dance hall and the place where he grot into trouble, for the neriod of year, and must aVso be of good be hnvinr fnr that nnrlnA if ha iiinul . . w w ,.. n,iiuu( ii 4.1, nuuiu avoid serving a 30-day road sentence.) The defendant was also reauired bv' Judge Granberry Tucker to pay a fine of $10 and the costs of court. George Long, Iseg-ro, plead' guilty to the charge of larceny. A three- months sentence was suspended upon the nnVlllPtlt nf tho nnif nefc n i , .1 upon good behavior for two years, it being shown that the chickens which the boy admitted stealing had been j returned to the owner. Willie Webb, Negro, was found guilty of assault on a female and j was sentenced to the roads for 3ix ' months, sentence to be suspended! upon payment of a fine of $25 and the costs and the condition that hP be ofood behavior for two years, and iucther that he refrain from go! Ung upon the premises of Roberts Uowper., , ; . . uacnumii was aiSO Convicted iointlv with ainW f statutory offense and was sentenced is bein done this month to the roads for three months, the The tax listers of the sentence to be served after the term- ination of the sentence in the former lease. This sentence was susnended upon payment of all the costs of court and upon the condition that n : further violation of the statute oc j cur. In the case against Clarence Reed, Negro, charged with laiceny, the! oiue iook a noil pross with leave. - i The case against A. A. N'ob'os I charged with giving a worthless giving check, was continued until next week. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lane announce the birth of a daughter, Peggy Louise Lane, on January 15, 1940. Mother and baby ar egetting along nicely, Oil Men To Hear Carl Ooerch At Edenton Meeting District Meeting of Pet roleum Committee to Be Held Wednesday, January 24 Oil men of Perquimans and eleven nearby counties will hear Carl Goerch, editor of The State Maga zine, and widely known radio com mentator, in an address before the district meeting of the North Caro lina Petroleum Industries ' Commit tee, at Edenton, on Wednesday, Jan-, uary 24. Mr. Goerch, long an advocate ofj the principle of spending highway taxes for highways only, has an-! nounced that the general trend of his address will be on motorists' taxes and in opposition to diversion of highway funds The Edenton meeting, which will be held at the Joseph Hewes Hotel, includes the counties of Perquimans, I Bertie, Washington, Chowan, Pas-1 quotank, Gates, Hertford, Martin, I Dare, Tyrrell, Currituck, and Cam-1 den. In addition to oil company! agents, distributors and service sta tion operators, members of allied organizations interested in highway transportation will attend and par ticipate in the meeting. A 10:30 A. M., meeting for the j purpose of general discussion of the I problem of taxation, diversion of highway funds and other legislative ! matters affecting highway users, will be followed by a luncheon, at i which Mr. Goerch will speak. ; The Edenton meeting is the fourth meeting of a series of 10 district j meetings being held throughout the ! State during January and February! by the North Carolina Petroleum In-' dustrles Committee. ! O. Y. Kiikpatrick, of Charlotte, is chairman, and S. Giinu-r Spaiger, ol Ualeig!., i sem.tarv of the -North j Carolina Petroleum Industiies Com I mittee, which is composed of thoiis ' and.s of oil men and service ,iulio;! ! operators from every county in the I State. Tax Listing Work Proceeding At Very Slow Rate Short Time Remains For Most People to; Make Property LlSt-j illg ' Though only about one-fourth of the tax payers of Hertford Town- 'shin have Histed their property for - 1 taxes, according to the list-taker for this trtwnshin. R. Ij. Knowles. the r-i ' listing is being done with as much : dispatch as in former years, for! most of the property owners wait I for the last week. The last week, said Mr. Knowles, is always the busiest week and the last day is always the busiest day. 1 TV, nn l... ,KAavt mnph ifim nl n 1 lit according to list takers in some of the other townships, because the time for listing taxes has been changed from April to January, with a disposition now and then to place I the blame for the cha"Ke on the County Commissioners. , For the enlightenment of those j ' who blame the Commissioners, it mav w. tf tut rmraja. ionrs have no power to change thej date, of registration. This Is regu- lated hy State law and the last , Legislature passed an act changing .Uh imo fmm .Tan,,rv to Anril. All ' .. . rV." . over North Carolina the tax listing i "i townships are: Belvidere, E. Chappell; Bethel Township, J. Hobbs; New Hope Township, L. K Webb; Parkville, N. K. Mlliott. Mr. Chappell sits Wednesday, Jan uary 24, at Baker's Store, White ston, and all other days at E. L. happens h ore. Mr. Hobbs sits every Uay at his tore at liernei. Mr. Webb's schedule for the re- mainder of the month is as follows. New Hope Community House Janu ary 20 and 27. N. R. Elliott's schedule for the remainder of the month is: January 24 at Chapanoke, and all other days at Railroad' Station. Mr. Knowles is at the courthouse everv dav from 9 to 12 in the fore- rwwi. nd from 1:80 to 4:30 in ,the afternoon. ! STATE PROPOSES TO MOMMY NUMBER S ! . Farmers Requested To Sign Applications For Payments County Agent L. VV. Anderson requests all farmers who have not signed applications for their 19o9 Conservation Payments to call at his office and sign for the pay ments immediately. Several farmers have already rilled out the application, but Mr. Anderson staged that there are still a number of farmers who have failed to do so and that he was anxious to have all applica tions filed as soon as possible. Local People To Attend Anniversary Service For Bishop Meeting In Honor of Bishop Thomas Darst To Be Held In Wil mington A special service will be held, com memorating the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the Rt. liev. Thomas Campbell Darst, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of East Caro lina, at the Diocesan Convention to be held in Wilmington January 23-25. On Tuesday night preceding the opening of the convention a recep tion wi'il be held in honor of liisho and Mrs. Darst at the Parish House of St. .lanR.s Church, where the con vention will he held, to which a'l members of the Diocese are invited. Among i lie II rtfoid people ex- pecteii to atteni Hudson, Ms. are Mrs. W. H. . And,- on ,!,(! I Mrs. ('. A. Dave enporl. These three inted delegates I'rmii Lix diary. have been ;i; Si. ('aiherliie Hi.sliop Darst is well kno .n ami i greatly beloved in Hertford, vb.eie I be was known before his appointment j as I'.isliop (,r tile Diocese. sivoi,: i been a speri;:l speaker at ;i Convoc-i-I tional meeting held here lils t'i'st vicitation in the capacity of Bishop was made at Easter following his consecration in January. Funeral Services Held or grandson Ui Mrs. John Caddy Funeral services for James Milton Boyce, eight-year-old son of Mr. and rars. u. iv. tioyce, wno died at tne home of his parents in Williamsburg, Va., Friday, were held at the Hert ford Assembly Sunday afternoon, with the pastor, Miss Alma Howell, officiating. Burial was made in Ced- , arwood cemetery. Survivors include, in addition to the parents, he child's maternal I grandmother, Mrs. John Caddy, of Hertford, and the paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Boyce. of Burgess. INeW JaOOKS Added lO Library At School Miss Mary Sumner, the Hertford Grammar Pricipal ol : School, re-1 books have, the school ports that a 'lot ot new books nave, recently been added to the school building of the recreation library. The books, which cost in,Bavii.ion to be constructed I the "P'ffhborhood ol .fUOU, were pur - "tuden s of aM the 8tudentS f tI,ei v , tt. k , 1 11,c ie"c ' "-", very proud of their school lilbrary. IThia is np nf tho first plpment.irv.fnrH I schools in this section to become a , . a- i.; a 1 I standard school, and one of the im-1 liminary, with tool houses being con various' ..... ....... ... J:. ...... ...... ..i. . . - ...r. v. j poitani .-;ieps in mis airecuon, maiij sirucieo aim ouier pieparuuoim ue-,-,' i years ago, was the maintaining of ing made, after which the bulwark the library requirements, and much attention is paid to this work. Fire Damages Hefren Home Wednesday Fire badly damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hefren Wednes day night when an overheated kero sene burner fired the wood paneling of the bathroom. The fire was discovered about 9:30 o'clock and had spread rapidly be tween the walls of the house, making it difficult for the firemen to local ize the Maze. Damage to the house caused by fire. sraeVe and water was nuly ' covered by insurance. DTE SEVENTEEN Map Showing Suggest ed Changes Now Ex hibited; New Road Not By Winfall A map showing the proposed re routing of I'. S. Highway 17, begin ning a mile north of the Town of Hertford, which will cut the town of Winfall completely off Highway 17 was posted by the State Highway and Public Works Commission at the courthouse door Tuesday mornin'g. The map will be posted for 30 days, in accordance with law, in or der for the citizens of the county to be given an opportunity to express their approval or disapproval, and the action of the State Highway & Public Works Commission will be governed to some extent by the sen timent of the people. Already there has naturally been a storm of protest from those who feel that the Town of Winfall should not be cut off from the Highway, but there are many who have expressed the opinion that some such step is necessary on the part of the High way Commission fn order to elimi nate the sharp curve in Winfall. Highway officials have long had in mind the straigthening of this dan gerous curve, which is something of a problem, and various suggestions have been made from time to time for re-routing the highway. To take any action to eliminate the curve, it would appear, would naturally cut off the town from the highway, re gardless of how the new road might run. If has been pointed out that in rutting off Winfall from the high way by the building of a new road would not affect the road running through Winfall, the present high way, which would still lemain a State maintained highway, ever, it would entirely cut the llow town off in the sense that all traffic would follow the m I. rough f the i m lie -'.ward ; the in" proposed i:e a roil! mg bei, in a t tin- r. -'.'ktii o ( in. way, app;; Miiaudy faun Hertford, taming fi o,n the I'i'h'va;. . cr lands of S. P. Jessup and following practically the course of the N'ew Hope Road for some dist:u,c . P would cross Brinhl's Creel a; ap proximately the same libit c the bi id"e on the N'ew Hope Koaii is lo cated, and still follow the course of the New Hope road for some dis tance. Leaving this road, it leads through land owned by S. P. Jessu'p, in approximately an easterly direc tion, also crossing land.s of F. L. Nixon, the lands of the County Farm, and the Thomas Nixon es tate. It would cross the old Hemby Road at a point approximately one thousand feet from the highway and intersect U. S. Highway 17 several thousand feet beyond this point, re sulting in a practically straight road. Preliminary Work Started Today Job Expected To Take 6 Months To Complete; Work Done By WPA The first actUal labor on the pier and in Hert- was be- ; for(, with WPA assistance , T t T T"' Z , th t Z ddle of July .t is expec ed that the neu W e wu. p.er, p- m '. be turned over to the Town of Hert- 1 The first work, of course, was pre- n-i- at the shore line of Grubb Street will be constructed, as the first step. It will require, according to Fred Chalk, Supervisor of Projects for the Works Progress Administration in this district, six months to complete the job, which will include the clear ing away of logs, stump", and other obstructions about the river shore. VISITING EVANGELIST HERTFORD ASSEMP.I.Y AT The evangelist, Miss Mabel Wil letts from Midlothian, Md., will nreach at ihtt Hertford Assembly - . church on Sunday, January, 21. She will preach at both the morning and evening, services, they' 'ventog ser-.V vice beginning at 7 o'clock, The pft-r - lie i Invited. . v "2 .... , 4 i. .... . ; r7Vj; "tw., 5.