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SUPERViSOH EXPLAINS WHYS AtlD WIIATS
Purpose Is to Invite
Private Capital to
i Meet the Need For
Additional Homes
"Th first and only complete sta
tistical record presenting all the
jfacts ;bout the houses in which 33
million Arnerican families live will
be compiled by the Census enumera
tors in April," according to D. W.
Lupton, District Supervisor of the
Census for this district.
"For years it has been the con
tention of many," declared Mr. Lup
ton. "that the expansion of home
construction was essential to bring
about a return of prosperity. But
exnerts have never been able to ob
tain a composite picture of existing
housing facilities, nor obtain even an
approximate demand for additional
homes. Thus lack of information has
made private capital timid about en
tering the field with any long-range,
nvatamAtii rievelonment Tlan. The
Government and cities have been
nutkinsr efforts to stimulate home
building but the lack of factual data
has acted as a deterrent to these ef
forts."
According to District Supervisor
Lupton, Congress decided that an
actual, factual survey would be nec
essary to obtain an exact measure
ment of housing needs as a prelimi
nary step to the development of a
- plan which would invite private capi
tal to meet the need, fio when the
Census enumerator calls on every
family in April, he will seek infor
mation from each family on the type'
of structure in which it lives. He
will ask how old the building is?
what material it is made of; wheth
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Chewing The Rag
With Lucius Blanchard, Jr.
"If a come to pass," Wilbur ob
served, amazement flashing from his
good right eye.
"What hast" we asked, because
the statement obviously needed qual
ifying. ,
"Somewhere I heard or read a long
time ago," he continued, "The last
shall be first and the first shall be
last"
"So what?" we still, wanted to
tnOW,,,, jAwt-;;- ' '
"If just that I think I've found
what they were talking about," he
went on.
"All right, so what were they
talking about?" we were getting
slightly, fed up with the whole thing.
. 1JUU& JIGIC, Dkli IIUIflMl vw
fine snrincr day, and if I feel like
ui i. l i ,;! WiiKni. "It's a
musing, I'll muse. If you want to
listen in, it's okay. And if you
don't, then it's still okay."
So we listened in . . .
"I'm remembering a Lot of People
who back before the depression
. couldn't gather together two dollars
; on any-given day if their lives de
" pended on it. I mean, they couldn't
;hav earned it; not by the strength
of their two good hands or by the
force of their collective brain-powers.
"Today I'm watching Those Same
People wallowing in the lap of lux
- ury . . . and they still haven't earn-,..-ed
i See what I'm getting at?
.Tlast shall be first and the first
sM be, last."
1 What's it all leading up to?" we
asked.
'i i "Wilbur was still musing. The sun
"was warm on the courthouse green
and Wilbur's place on the bench was
comfortable. "I'm wondering what
America is leading up to," he finally
; said.
"First, I've decided this: that
America is becoming a nation of sof
ties. Government handouts are mak
ing it entirely too easy for us to
lose the old-time initiative that made
us earn our keep under our own
power. (See how it is? Where's the
sense in scraping along on a poor
paying legitimate job, living from
hand to mouth, when the government
stands ready to offer us all the com
forts of a fine borne end a bank
president's salary . . for doing
nothing"! '
Wilbur, was warming up now. This
was his favorite subject, and we did
n't want to interrupt,
w "We're livms- in a fool's naradise.
.' my friend. It's going to end some
time. And I for one can't blind my-
' self -to the inevitable. ' Then where
. ' will we be 7 What's going to happen
I?. raise' and work we don't do? Where
swill we be when we wajre up Jsome
J-colu" morning to face the reality of
"finding a legitimate job and wqrkjinfci
at it' , '..or starving?" ' n "
- r : It was too, much for us, so ;we
didn't -attempt ' to .answer. t
t ' "IH tell you where well ht,"gj$
' bur said after squinting at thiisuht
nal American PrincipW.v The 'Firsts
will be Las agaiivand -viceversa.
' "The man who, managed t0 exist
. .-through,. thIlJe;ears,,,without
losing ,hjMelfrrjwecl. without mak
ing the Government Cmtch a perma
stcht UIAPO;
er it is located in a city or on a
farm, and whether or not it is in
need of major repairs.
Concerning each dwelling unit he
will ask the number of rooms; the
water supply: the toilet facilities-
bath tub, shower, or running water;
lighting equipment, rental value and
sale .value. . .
The information sought will also
include whether the home is owned,
or rented; number of persona in the
household, refrigeration equipment;
whtether a radio; what kind of heat
ing equipment; fuel used for heating;
fuel used for cooking; and annual ex
penditures for utilities.
In order to obtain a national pic
ture of the home indebtedness situ
ation, the enumerator will see inf or
mation on the mortgages; the pay
ments thereon; real estate taxes; in
terest on the mortgage; and the
class of the mortgage holder, such as
building and loan association, bank,
life insurance company, mortgage
company, HOLC, individual or other,
The census supervisor contends
that every family will benefit direct
ly or indirectly through the compil
ing oi tnis complete statistical pic
ture of the housing situation. Cities
will know for the first time what
neighborhoods are lacking in hous
ing capacity and where there, is the
greatest demand for extension of
water mains, electric lighting, sew
age, sidewaiKs, paving ana otner im
provements. Builders and material
men should be encouraged to go for
ward' with improvement plans; lend
ing agencies will have a better guide
upon which to establish conservative
rates, and the possibility v of addi
tional employment by reason of new
construction should help every com
munity. '"MMMMMM HI
paid his ever-increasing tax-demand
in order to continue the handout . . .
that man will be on top again where
he belongs."
"And what about the Lasts then ?"
we wanted to know. We could see
the interview was ending.
"The ones who can't swim will
sink, and not many of them have
been taking swimming lessons while
floating- around on. Government
Waterwings. I understand that These
Waterwings were loaned just for
that purpose ... to keep them afloat
until they learned to swim. But
Some People will never learn to
swim."
"Gruesome thoughts for such a
beautiful Spring Day, Wilbur," we
kidded.
"I told you not to listen in if you
didn't want to," he ended.
Irish Potato Growers
Consider Two Points
There are two considerations
that are absolutely necessary for
high yields and good quality pota
toes under all conditions. They are
certified seed and heavy applica
tions of well-balanced fertilizers.
Successful commercial growers of
this crop realize that this is true
and take no chances on either.
In the potato section of Alabama,
for instance, growers have found
while there are certified seed avail
able from a number of sources, it
pays to grow only those that have
been proved by the experiment sta
tion as best adapted to Alabama
conditions. Likewise on fertilizers,
they have discarded analyses which
have been found unsuitable for
their soil and now 'use only the
grade and amounts recommended
for their section. Inv North Caro
lina and South Carolina mixtures
containing morq nitrogen are 'usu
ally rec6mmende3, "such as the
6-7-7 or 7-7-7, . u
Plenty of potash in the potato
fertilizer is necessary to get the
greatest yield Of No. 1 potatoes.
Where an insufficient amount is
applied, the vines break down pre
maturely and the tubers stop grow
ing, never reaching the most
desirable market size. The quality
is inferior also. . : .
For home use, potatoes may cp
grown under a wide range of condi
.tious, but a Ijgbt, Hrjell-dra -tccI
sandy loam witk e, 1a MtUii is
ideal-' They are sometimes grow)) ::.
on. 'flrv fifltr .inilu "SnA. .fttth. '
reasonable amoffBtC-c'sWiftCin'df ta ,?fEJ
good application of avigh,grfcf ? Ifr
fertilizer, good results 'maj be ;
tained. V-As,
Good drainage is just as import '
JtaiuXfQr, potatoes.as for otiiert.cio?tC3
It jsmexcr advisable-lb nlant thli 1
(-frrppfanflxdlitteBfit is fairly' '
wen iroinc$ anqKircn then it is;
best -to plant on fdges to keep the.
surface water from standing around
Kie plants.
- Father at
" Ignorance is 'Folly'
iDraw Bridge At,
Hertford Disabled By
Highway Accident
The draw on the Perquimans River
Bridge at Hertford was out of oper
ation for several hours last Thursday
after the boom of a steam shovel
crossing the bridge contacted vital
wiring mechanism controlling the
electrically-operated draw.
The State Highway and Public
Works Commission was notified im
mediately by J. S. Vick, the bridge
keeper, and workmen were dispatch
ed at once to repair the damage.
The bridge is part of United States
Highway 17, the Coastal Highway,
and carries a large traffic burden.
However, no boats asked for passage
through the bridge while the draw
was out of commission, and it was
not necessary to open he draw by
hand, a long and tedious task which
ties up both north' and south bound
highway traffic for half an hour or
more.
ASHLEY BROTHERS AT
DURANTS NECK CLUB
The Ashley Brothers, entertainers
over Radio Station WCNC, Elizabeth
City, will be at the Durants Neck
Club House on Friday evening, March
15th. They promise 90 minutes of
good entertainment, featuring string
music, songs and jokes. After the
entertainment, ice cream and hot
dogs will be on sale. A small admis
sion fee will be charged and the pro
ceeds will be applied to the debt on
the club house.
CENTER HILL NEWS
Misses Myrtle and Lois Hope Lane,
of Fayetteville, spent the week-end
with their parents, Mr. and Mr. H.
E. Lane. ,
, Mrs. Ray Carter and son, Olan, of
Richmond, Va., are visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R.' 0. Furry.
The condition of R. 0. Furry re
mains about the same.
Miss Lucy Myers White has return
ed home after spending sometime
with Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Walston,
at Pink Hill.
Rev. J. T. Stanford called on R.
0. Furry Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Coffield, of
South Carolina, spent the week-end
with his sister, Mrs. J. T. White, and
Mr. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ellis visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Turner on Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Coffield and
Mrs. J. T. White spent Monday at
Manteo.
Miss Lennie Wilson visited Mrs.
Herman Lane Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lane and
daughter, Mrs. Oscar Boyce, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Asbell, in
Edenton on Sunday. Mr. Asbell is
very ill with double pneumonia.
Mrs. Cotter B. White and two
children, Novella and C. B., Jr.,
spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Wiggins.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jordan and
two children have returned to their
home in 'Norfolk, Va., after visiting
Mr. Jordan's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Jordan.
Mrs. Elbert Teelc and Mrs. Percy
Nucon, of Rocky Hock, visited their
sister, Miss Nellie Davis, and their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Boyce, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dail visited
Mf. and Mrs. Ed Byrum and, Miss"
Mamie Byrum Saturday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Byrum, Mrs. ,T. E
Jernigan and Mrs. C. M. Ward visit
ed Mrs. J. S. Turner Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodwin' and
daughter, Mary, of Greenhall; Ed
Whiteman and daughters, Misses
Zonae and Alma, of Rocky. Hock; Mr.
(Farmer
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and Mis. Cameron Boyce and Mr; and
Mrs. J. L Boyce visited Mr. and Mrs.
R, 0. Furry Sunday.
Misses Myrtle and Lois Hope I ane,
Mrs. H. E. Lane, Mrs. W. H. jane
and Mrs. K Ba White visited MrJ and
Mrs. Jesse Asbell, in Edenton, Satur
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones, of
Norfolk, Va., spent the Week-end as
guests of Mrs. Ida Reed. j
Mrs. Buck Dowdy and Mrs. Jarvis,
of Norfolk, Vat, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. N. Bunch.
Mr. and Mrs; Joseph Bunch' and
children, ttf Edenton, visited ; Mr.
Bunch's mother. Mrs. Mollie Bunch,
Sunday afternoon. ; ' ' I
Mrs. J. M. Turner and daughter,
Miss Lillian, visited Mrs. J. T. Stan
ford Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Raymond Goodwin and two
children visited Mrs. Cotter B. White
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Byrum and
daughter, Shirley, were visitors in
the J. P. Byrum home on Saturday
evening. '
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. White and two
children visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. White, Friday evening.
Mrs. Rufus Smithson and Mrs. J.
P. Byrum visited Mrs. J. S. Turner
Friday afternoon.
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CLASSIFIED AND
LEGALS
FOR RENT THREE-ltOOM UN
furnished apartment. Apply Hotel
Hertford. mar.1,8.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administratrix
C. T. A., of the estate of B. S. Hos
kins, Sr.; deceased, late of Perquim
ans County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit 'them to the undersigned
at Hertford. ' N. C, on or before
the 4th dav of March, 1941, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons Indebted to
said estate will please make imme
diate payment.
This 4th day of March, 1940.
NELLIE H. PIERCE,
Administratrix C. T. A. of B. S. Hos
kins, Sr.
mar.8,15,22,29,apr.5,12
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Joseph S. Overman,' de
ceased, late of Perquimans County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Winfall,
N. C, on or before the 4th day of
March, 1941, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 4th day of March, 1940.
BESSIE O. WARD,
Executrix of Joseph Sr Overman
. mar.8,15,22,29,apr.S,12
North Carolina,
Perquimans County Superior Court
Claude Perry
Vs.
Lucy H. Perry
NOTICE
The defendant Lucy H. Perry will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Perquimans Coun
ty, North Carolina, to secure an ab
solute divorce from the bonds of ma-
trimony on the grounds of two years
separation; and said defendant' will
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further take notice that she is re
quired to appear at the office of the
Clerk of the Superior' Court in said
county in the courthouse in Hertford
N. C, on or before the tlQth day oi
April, 1940, and answer r demur to
the complaint In said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court, in
Term Time for the relief demanded
in the complaint. v , ' ,
This 19th day of February, 1940.
W. H. PITT,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.
feb.23,mar.lJ8,lf;
NOTICE!
Sale of Valuable Property
By virtue of a Mortgage Deed exe
cuted to me by Raymond' E.' Daugh
try and wife, Camille Daughtry, for
certain purposes therein mentioned
which said - Mortgage Deed bears
date March 1st, 1937, and is regis
tered in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Perquimans County in 3ook
19, page S06, I shall on Thuniday,
March 28, 1940, at 11:30 o'dock,
A. M., offer for sale at Public Auc
tion, for cash, at the Court Bouse
door in Hertford, N. C, the proiterty
conveyed to me in said Mortgage
Deed:
Beginning on the road running
from Winfall to Elizabeth City, at
Daniel Welch's line, thence along
road seventy-five feet to line of
Armacy Myers, thence along hen line
to Horace Baker's line, thence along
his line to Welch line, thence to first
station. For further description see
Deed Book 14, page 532, Register of
Deeds, Perquimans County.
Dated and posted February 26,
1940.
HENRY CLAY STOKES
mar.1,8;
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIi
tiavmg quauiiiea as Admin
of the estate of W. P. Long,
ed, late of Perquimans County,
Carolina, this is to notify all
sons naving claims against tne
toto of the said deceased to exhibit
them to the undenigned at Heri
ford, N. C, Route V on or Before
tb Z8th day or reoruary, imil or
this notice will be pleaded In bar of
their recovery. AH person inde bted
Co said estate will please make im
mediate payment -i '
This 28th day of February, 1940.
MARY C. LONG,
Administratrix of W. P. Lng.
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' ".NOTICE OF SALE" "i
Under and by virtue of that cer- '
tain Mortgage ; Deed executed' by
Rayfield Newby to J, R. Edwards,
Trustee, which Mortgage Deed let
duly recorded in Rook 19, page 185,
in the Public Registry of Perquimans
County, default having been made in
the indebtedness secured by the said
Mortgage : Deed, the . undersigned ;
trustee, under the power of sale corisv '
ferred by said Mortgage Deed, vM, '
on the 25th day of March, 1940, at -
12 o'clock 'noon at the ' courthouse
door of Perquimans County, , sell to
the highest bidder for cash' the fol-1
lowing described real estate, to wit? ,
Beginning on Kings Street ta: the
town of Winfall, ' at the Northeast
corner of lot of W. F. C. Edwards;
thence in a Southerly course along ' i
said W. F. C. Edwards line to his .
Southeast corner; thence in an East v - )
erly course to " line of H. A.. White f ,
heirs; thence a Northerly' .course 'l '
along the said H. A. White heirs' Vl
line to said King Street; thencef
Westerly along said King Street to j
the point of begmnmg.
Dated and posted this 22nd day of"
February, 1940. K ' i
J. R. EDWARDS, Trustee.' Jl
By WALTER G. EDWARDS ,l
Attorney.
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FridaZt March 8.
John Garfield, Ann Sheridan and
Pat O'Brien in
"CASTLE ON THE HUDSON"
Saturday, March 9
William Boyd in "SHOWDOWNf
Sunday, March 10
Wallace Beery, John Howard and
Dolores Del Rio in
"THE ,MAN FROM DAKOTA"
Monday anaVTuesday, March 11-12
Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in
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Wednesday, March 13 ,
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