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I f ,. fV f V - V , , f,( J I V.M - ,1 , "V '1,, M , 1 " sV Hi.' 1 wan n r tr i .... I ':) u,V i wi': y "A WEEi Volume VIL-r-Number , GCUCtL TAKES t!0 ACTION ON TOIL'S t rLiV Y f r.CDLEM: 101 HOMES SEWETILSS JMeisiber State Board of : , ; Health TeUsHowOth ' crowns 'Have or rected Same Condi lawing Privies fTJie .smell is awful . . , and in the summertime it's worse." That's how t Town Chemist and -Sanitary, Inspector E. I Sawyer Scribed Hertford's Privy Problem at the meeting of the town board of commissioners Monday night. Arrayed on a map of Hertford prepared" by ,Mr. Sawyer, were 101 Red Pins, each pin designating a house within the town limits that has neither water nor sewer connections. Mr. D. S. Asbell, of-the State Board of Health, was. on hand at the meet ing to tell how other towns have solved their Privy Problems. Leigh Winslow, WPA district supervisor, was oh hand to say that chances are much better now to get the aid of the WPA in carrying out Mr.. Asbell's plan than they will be, later. ... i : i i . The Town Council took no action. The discussion brought out the proximity of water supply lines and sewer lines to the affected areas; chiefly, according to the Red Pins, on King, Church, Dobb and Edenton Road Streets. . i i . There were some more pins on the Sanitary Inspector's map; 16 Blue Pins which indicated a very small water line to each of the 16 houses, "possibly one faucet to each house," Mr. Sawyer said, and 31 Black Pins. These indicated, Mr. Sawyer said, that 81 houses have in the "past had both water and sewer connections, but now have neither or only one. "We couldn't collect th4 . water " "ng, unurcn, uom ana Edenton Koad Streets. , ,..,..! .rents even a we. mstaUed water s'-lines." a. TnAmhA nf tha f"Viiiiil mat A iFayetteville iiustoinert VulAt't pav' fltyi uic wnu tci vucu worm JtV UU6 U t'r' "We'11 look int th matter angl see if there la any way we can force ..;. these Tiouses to pay for the service," the Council said. Mr. Asbell pointed out that eighty ,, towns in North Carolina have gone on record as deciding to do away with all privies within the city lim- its. He further pointed out that the difference in the cost between a '. privy and the installation of the two . principal modern conveniences heed- ed in every home, amounts to about 165.00. ... . " ''It was Mr. Asbell's plan that the rjf .town should pipe sewer .and water Knes to the property owner's boun I S dary, and then, by passing an ordi- ' nance, fore? the property owner to ' pipe to the house and install the -A : convenience The cost of maintaining a privy (in a sanitary condition) over a per ! iod of 16 years, he said, would more i than offset, the original cost of in ; stalling the necessary plumbing. 'J By increasing the rental for a house with; these modern convenien ; ces" by twenty-five cents a week, '' not only would the landlord enjoy an increased revenue from his property, . but the neighbors would enjoy an -improved atmosphere . . . especially tit in the Bummertime. '- v" "Not only, are there 101 houses in - ! w .Hertford with : no sewer or water , lines," Mr, Sawyer said in the begin , , ning, "but the privies which serve these houses "are very close together jrSmd, in deplorable conditions." h j UNWERGOES : OPERATION - The condition cof Walter Noweffl, - f on of Mr.' and- Mrs." J. W. NowJll, S J," Js reported satisfactory followinggih appendectomy in - tlie Albemarle St. -Valentine's Day brought iwith it on the wings of an exceedingly chilly . wind a reminder ; that the Ground Hog DID see his shadow on February 2nd, though t Springlike -days of the past v week had almost convinced this" section that . Spring was hre to. stay, I - t . Wednesday ; dawned warm, but ji dark ;cloud in the west, soon made jits presence' felts in more" than sight. ' A cold wind began 'ilci'-'yttei'iWeii. became cdmpletelVv overcast, the ther mometer -rapidly sinking to a new low- for" the week. '" 1 " The'iweatfiewiBlirecaHinthe coldest January- oii irecord ;: solemnly I "cted snowj the skies and the r rrowing UtiU colder, ", seemed - ....ed , . to; live up to the pro- 'y Indian Svmmeii was gone i ,-v.y erring.,"!' . i Hospital- in.pizabethKtifJoft Fnd fetratio'n'joh' thodghr she.- graduated "is I;'!;-'TJbC:tc ' I . f?..c.. ...:;?sSr? froinrCcrerafite . i C5ttt.'lTOy1 month" WEEKLY tiK WSPAKM DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, 7. - Hertford, Schedule Of Lentin Services at Holy trinity Wednesday evening at8 o'clock, special service nd short Jddress. Thursday morning, Holy Com munion at 10 o'clock. ! Above is the schedule el services at Holy Trinity Church duing Lent, according to the Rector, Edmund T. Jillson. ' Before Town Council i Property Line anJJsed Car Parking Com plaints Heard Iy City Fathers .rrr' Among many matters Before the Board of town commissioners in a regular but busy session Monday night, were those of complaintai froni C. R. Holmes and S. P. Jesm. Mr. Jessup appeared to ask for a aennite property line arms home on Front Street, claiming that the town has already set posts on his property in preparation far the re creation pier at the foot; of Grubb Street. Mr. Jessup wanted" a definite property .line drawn .between his place on Front Street and the Grubb street extension, town-owned prop erty. Mr. Jessup, it appeared, was trying to avoid trespassing trouble after the beach opens and-jcars begin to park in his yard abut tin jr the beach Holmes : - eomplainen of the Dawns- Of car by srarane owners at the intersectkn of Grubb and Front Streets where his home fi located Tha pfiW Mr HnlmM -coiriHained of ed for days at the t&f ifflfront his home. Often, he Said, the- rene gade parking prevents him from leaving his own property. The mat ter was referred to Charles Johnson, town attorney. The council turned thumbs down on a sewerage disposal piani propo sition, declaring the project "much to exepnsive for the town to build at this time." New Demonstration Agent Takes Over Miss Frances Manese first official act as she becomes Perquimans Coun ty's new demonstration agent today will be the conducting ot the Bethel Club meeting at the home of Mrs. S. I. Cullipher. : The new agent arrived Wednesday and has spent the past two days in getting acquainted with her co-workers at meetings in company with Miss Gladys Hamrick, the resigning agent, who will leave today to take a similar position in Albemarle. Said Miss Maness, after, the first club meeting, "Interest in home dem onstration club work in Perquimans County is at a very high level, and this"makes for better club work all around." v - Tor the time being, at least, Miss Maness intends to carry on the work in 'he -same manner asherpredeces. sbrThis is her first home;'? demon CounfylAgent's XMHce Getting Up Seed Order!: ' j ' J '" "' ' ' fhpunty agent's 4fffce ; is ,,get ting up! another' cooperative , ord-w for a shipment of Coker's 100 cotton seed. If , notified ' at once,-Mr. An derson -wffll be' glad to handle the or ders a office in" the Agricultural Building. , w r. xne A Ollice piuceu v u roxvier tool ekfdi' (BOlbarrelB of, Blackjack. Moi lasses for dealers and famerslvTh umounts to .8,000 gallons to be .-used as a-bolt-weevil, poison mixture. t '.4 i' ; Mr. f and ; Mrs4. Hazel VL -thews,.' an nounce the birth i of, a son,',. Hazel Benton iJIathews,' Jr-, oh' Thursday, Ffcbniary , th. Mother and (Boh are Many Hatters Come On Monday Night Club Duties Today Perquimans County, North Carolina, Jbriday, February 16, 1940. Ten Counties Are Represented At Fertilizer Meeting Qualified S p e c i a 1 ists Have Parts on All Day Program; Forty Men Present The farm agents of nine counties gathered at the Agricultural Building luesday with vocational agriculture teachers, farm security representa tives, soil conservation representa tives arid fertilizer dealers and agents in one of a series of fertilizer meetings arranged for North Caro lina by the Extension Service. Dr. B. Troy Fergusson, of Raleigh, district extension work agent, had charge of the program which was designed to bring about more uniform recommendations as to fertilizer practices so that all groups working together would bring about a decided, saving in the use oi fertilizer ma terial, i - i . At the all-day meeting, peonle I mscuss ine iertwizer minlif 4. -i .1 m .tut needs of this section made short talks along the lines they specialized. About 40 peopOe attended the meet ing from the Extension Service and from the counties of Hyde, Tyrrell, Chowr, Washington, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare and Per quimans. Dr. E;. R. Collins talked on Irish and Sweet Potato Fertilizer Experi ments; Dr. J. R. Piland on Forms and Uses of Lime; Dr. E. C. Blair on Fertilization of Corn and Soy beans; and Dr. L. T. Weeks on To bacco Fertilization. After lunch, George C. Wood, of Edenton, talked on Farm Security Loans, and allowing ten or fifteen minutes between each talk for dis cussion and questions, Dr. Collins talked on Fertilization of Peanuts; Dr. Robert Schmidt on Fertilization of Fruits and Vegetables; Dr. Piland on Minor Elements; and Dr. R. L. Lovvorn' on Pasture Mixtures and ;FertflizaUon -. Fertllfzgeciesaiid' marniffic-" turers were weft represented as well as the different counties. Julian Thach Coming Home From Canal Zone A message from the Medical De tachment at Fort Sherman in the Canal Zone to The Perquimans Weekly states, "Don't fail to turn out the band upon the return to his home town of Julian N. Thach, a member of our detachment. He'll be comin' home in early March." PRIVATE FINDS "DEAD CAPTAIN" HE LOST TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO Ross E. Smith of Philadelphia, learned 22 years later, two weeks ago to be exact, that the Captain of his Company, Charlie Ford Sumner, had not died during the World War. It was this way ... W. M. Morgan, local furniture dealer, was at the furniture show in High Point. He bought some gliders from a Philadelphia firm and when he told the representative where to ship them, to Hertford, Mr. Smith became interested at once. "Did you used to know a young Charlie Ford Sumner in Hertford ?1' Mr. Smith asked. Mr. Smith was the glider company's representative at the furniture show. . "Nqt only did I know him, I still knowhini. M. Morgan answered. mtjo bj, another Charlie ; Smith i went . on. The felkifta&oit a :oaptai 'That's :tiie;j 8ame ;' Charlie Ford," Mr. : Morgan exploded. "He was a Captain, buf h didn't die. He's still in Hertford.? , ; -But Mr. -Smithy still wasn't con vinced. He knew ft Captain Charlie Ford Sumner died In a French Hospital.-: "Did. he have a brother who was: killed in " ship sinking off Capetown during the war?" Mr. Smith prodded. '- - , . S ,"He certamlydy,";..Mr. , Morgan assured him."' "The brother was Wil liam Suraher.-; His ship, was either torpedoed ir mined pfjt Capetown, South Africa; during theSarat" p$ " 1 li Mr. Morten ame back to Hertford fron the f jirniture show and told his astounding ! - story to Mr. ' Sumner, "the Captain Charlie Ford Sumner who died f Wounds in - French Hospital' aliout ;. month before ;the Armistice; ts-'''W ' tA..i-' , Mr. Sumner. 'Cap'n'V as they still call him in Hertford, recognized the Rehearsals Start Next Week On Mrs. Koonce's Comedy "Aunt Jerushy on the i Warpath" For Bene fit of Paralysis Fund; Sue Frank Pitt Leads Rehearsals are scheduled to start next week on the rural comedy, "Aunt Jerushy on the Warpath," to be produced and directed by Mrs. B. G. Koonce under auspices of the Perquimans County Committee on the President's Birthday for the Warm Springs Foundation. The proceeds will be added to the amount cleared during the general celebration; the President's Birthday Ball and the March of Dimes. The committee has until ApYil to file its financial report to the National Committee, and County Chairman W. Howard Pitt hopes that the stage presentation will swell the gereral fund considerably, . -; ' oonce has alreaclv selected I many of the players; among them, Mrs. m H. Pitt, who will play the role of 'Aunt Jerushy, headliner in the comedy. Mary Wood Koonce is cast as ;Sis Popkins, and Mrs. H. C. Stokes will appear in the play as Stella EJla Snapper, an old maid. Alsccheduled for character parts in the Aunt Jerushy comedy, are Jean ,Nwbold, Alice Roberson, R. S. MoiwsySddie Sanford (as a carnival barker);, and Charles Williford. The ' dhoruses have not been se lected; -either has the place of pre sentation, though Mrs. Koonce thinks the play will be given in the Gram mar School Auditorium here in Hert ford, early in March. "Between-the-Acts" specialties will be arranged; these Including music, dancing, comic sketches and other forma of stage entertainment. ,"Aunt Jerushy on the Warpath" is an .old ;script, but it never fails to pack.ri in, and after they're in, it fieldon" fails to "roll 'em in the aislesjlj Running now as one of the most pfp'fflar local talent preena-. tions on record after more than fif teen years, "Aunt Jerusry" owes its popularity to amusing situations, clever dialogue, and the quirk in all humans that still goes for old fashioned slapstick comedy. BINGO PARTY Members of the Order of the East ern Star and their famlies met Mon day evening at the Masonic Lodge hall for a social ga'.hering. Twenty five were present and bingo was en joyed by all. Delicious refreshments vvere served. iiame immediately. It was Private Ross E. Smith of the Machine Gun Company, 320th Iinfantry, 80th Divi sion, called the ''Pittsburgh Peps"' because all the boys were from Pitts burgh. Mr. Sumner captained the company at Camp Lee in Virginia, and overseas in France. Mr. Morgan had brought Smith's Philadelphia address back to Hert ford with him, and Mr. Sumner im mediately wrote a letter ... a letter Ko;;s E. Smith received, last week from the Captain who "died 22 years ago." But to go back 22 years . . . It was on October 12th in 1918 in the Battle of the Meuse Argonne Forest . in the Verdune Sector. Pri vate Smith was only a few feet away whenjPaptaih"; Sumner fell. ; But thenlhany "of the crack machine 3tanT''uHi-feU intheiBattie. of Argonne :W&MSSA- lnr wswcao or men: m .weem paiiyr-r Captain , Sumner was removed to 'he hospital. And somehow Private Smith and many other men in the company caught the impression that Captain Sumner had died. Maybe it was because Captain Sumner stay ed in the hospital for the duration of the war . and then spent two more months in American hospitals over here after the war. But last week Ross E. Smith's letter answering Charlie Ford Sum nerV letter did away with all doubt that Captain Sumner was dead. : The letter explained a lot of things. It explained why Captain Sumner didn't know until last week that two of. his lieutenants and a sergeant had : died in France two weeks before-the Arm istice was signed. , It explained why he had heard from so few of his men since 1h war. is Andlit must have brought back memories Memories es of the Argonne j NETWORK OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION LINES IN COUNTY GROWING LARGER First Lot Of Payments For Conservation Here The first batch of 1939 Soil Conser vation Payments have arrived in the office of L. W. Anderson, county agent, in the form of 143 checks amounting to $9,375.44. Most of these checks have already been de livered, but another $60,000 in Con servation payments is due probably at odd times during the next 60 days, according to Mr. Anderson. Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Preston Long Prominent Perquimans County Farmer Is Claimed By Death on Tuesday Morning Funeral services were held at the Bethel Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Preston Long, 42, prominent farmer of that section, who died at his home on Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. F. Stegall, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, offi ciated. The church choir sang both at the funeral and at the graveside. Mr. Long, who had been in ill health the past several years, is sur vived by his widow, Mary C. Long, and two children, Evelyn and Julian Pallbearers were. Edgar, Emmett, Howard,, Ambrose, Freeman and Er nest Long. Honorary pallbearers were: W. D. Perry, R. S. Chappell, C. R. Chap pell, L. A. Proctor, E. J. Proctor, Seth Long, Irvin Long, Claude Long J. C. Hobbs, A. F. Proctor, C. E. White, C. T. Phillips, R. F. Stand ing, E. S. Evans, D. S. Barber, S. P. Mathews, O. C. Long and A. D. Thiwh. . , . v.- . Milton Perry Case K Goes On To Higher ourt; Monds Guilty Herbert Monds, of the Belvidere section, was found guilty in Record er's Court on .Tuesday of assaulting Milton Perry, Negro, and was order ed by Recorder Granberry Tucker to pay the costs of court. Perry, charged with tassaulting Monds with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, goes on tS the high court when the Perquiman's County Term convenes in April. C. R Holmes, Perry'3 attorney, handling 'he prosecution in the case Tuesday, waived a preliminary heal ing. Attorney Herbert Leary, represent ing the defense, made much of what he called a lack of "proper respect jo.- a white man" on the part, of the Negro. Said Mr. Leary, in summing up the case, "In this day and time many members of the Negro race lack the ' proper respect tor white men. men. ; Thoy've grown smarter, and in the j process . . . smart-alecky." : He was referring to the portion ai j the evidence given before the court wherein it was shown that Perry had addressed Monds, a respectable white man, much his elder, by his first name, instead of as "Mr. Monds," later saying to the white man, "You're drunk, aren't you?" Mr. Holmes, jn turn, summing up the prosecution's; side of the case, reijr, HoHowell, : $orman N Trueblooi markf lays dangerous wheMjowi Sullivan- reprVsentethe - races mix on: such intimate and especially when they are drinking." Monds exhibited a bandaged hand, which he said was hurt when Perry struck at him with the deadly wea pon, a heavy club. He also exhibited the club in evidence, a heavy piece of lumber with several nails in each end. John Collins, Hertford Negro, charged with operating a motor ve hicle with insufficient brakes, was found guilty. Recorder Tucker or dered judgement in the case suspend ed however until a warrant can be served on the owner of the vehicle, Archie Bembury, aegro fish dealer for whom Perry works. James Skinner, Negro, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, will be tried on February 20th. Mr. and, Jtfrs, Bernard Powell wish to announce thebirth of a son on . Thursday, February 8th, at St, Vincent's Hospital,. Norfolk, Va. Mrs. I Powell is a niece of Mrs.' John Lane. $1.25 Per Year; Anderson Is Working On Projects to Elec trify About 55 More Farm Homes; to Be gin Signing Contracts Shortly Contracts have been signed with consumers on two more extensions in the county's network of rural electri fication lines, and the work of sign ing still more contracts on another line which will serve about 30 con sumers, is scheduled, to begin within a few days, according to L. W. An derson, county agent. An engineer has already staked out the first extension on the Belvi dere line which will serve 12 farmers and other rural business men. This extension will star,t at Vernon Lane's place north of Belvidere, run to the Sandy Ridge Road and down the Sandy Ridge Road to Louis Wins low's, a distance of two and a half miles, ' " - There are several more prospective lines Mr. Anderson wants to work on, and contracts with customers have been signed on the proposed exten sion from George Jackson's Store on the Elizabeth City Highway to the new Elmwood Dairy and the county home. This extension will serve about six places. Preliminary work on the largest line, scheduled to bring electricity to approximately 30 dwellings, churches and stores between Belvidere, White ston and Bay Branch Church will be gin soon. Preliminary work in this instance means the signing of con tracts, since enough consumers must agree to use enough electric current to justify the new line or extension. Mr. Anderson is highly interested in the use of electricity on the farm and it is chiefly through his efforts that four major lines in the county now bring the current into the homes I and businesses of approximately 75 farmers. ' "Every year," Mr. Anderson said, j "mote people become educated to the j uses ana advantages .J3Ti''ctricity, I and then the prospeet fr another line j or extension comes up." j Two o'her extensions Mr. Ander son has in mind, at the moment will serve eight or ten farmers; one from the Edenton Highway to Pethel to serve four or five, and one from Bel videre to Goodwin's Mill to serve four or five rural homes. He hopes that all the lines men tioned here will be completed during ; the course of, the current year, doub ' ling the number of farm consumers at the present. Local Lions Attend Two i Anniversary Nights Eleven members of the Lions Club, ' including 'he president and the sec I retary, attended thp Anniversary ' Night for the Plymouth Lions Club ; at the Plymouth Country Club on the ', night of Thursday, February 8. Neil Hester of Raleigh, district governor, was the principal speaker at Plymouth where Lions had also gathered from Edenton. ; Among those who helped the Ply mouth Club celebrate i'.s anniversary were Lion President, L. N. Hollo- well, wen, secretary .Norman in. irue- Secretary blood, J. Alvin White, Julian A. White, R. R. White, Elwood Q. White, Henry Clay Stokes, Charles Williford, Fred Chalk, John O. White and Archie T. Lane. Edmund Harding, prominent after dinner speaker of Washington, N. C, was among those present at the Edenton Anniversary Night held on last Monday evening at the Hotel Joseph Hewes. " J. Alvin White, L. PfertfjUcSluo- Wind Blows Water Out Of The River The water blew out of the river . . . . 'way out beyond the eld log that turtles sit oji in the summer time. The wind rolled, -$he water back from the shore- and exposed the snag- strewn river bottom . . . not as pretty as when the river bed is filled with bright blue water. This was Wednesday afternoon about five o'clock. A strong north west wind had been blowing since be fore noon and had moved the water's edge at least 50 yards from shore,, v Nearby creeks were mere ditches. Gullies1 that feed the creeks wert . tricklets, and the liver was-fast be coming a narrow channel between two wide mud flats sb dusk .descended. , . and stlU the wind blew.V -