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A restraining order signed by
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, in S. P. Jes
eup, plaintiff, vs The Town of Hert
ford, ,JL: W. Hefren, Vivian N. Dar
den,lW,.H. Hardcastle, Mark Gre
' feorjrand Z. A. Harris, defendants,
yas.'fcjed Jn the office of the Clerk
((..$aiielor Court Tuesday.
:flMfandante- named are the
maydr of Hertford and the four town
wminisaioilers. -
"iloWr'tierefore," the order reads,
"the -defendants named above, and
each, of them, are commanded to be
and; appear before his Honor, John
J. Barney, ' at the Court House in
Edenton, at 11:00 A. M., on Satur
day, April 6th, 1940, then and there
to show cause, if any they have,
why the restraining order prayed for
in this cause should not be granted,
the defendants, their agents, servants
and employees in the meantime to be
restrained from doing or committing
any of the threatened acts, as al
leged in the complaint, and particu
larly from entering or, trespassing
upon the property of the plaintiff, as
described in the complaint, and from
erecting, constructing or placing
thereon a sidewalk or other structure
whatsoever, or from removing or
otherwise destroying or interfering
with any of the ornamental shade
plants, shrubs, bushes, flowers or
vines' now being or standing upon
said property."
The order was served upon the de
fendants Tuesday.
The compaint alleges that Mr. Jes
sup is the owner in fee simple of
fthe house and lot bounded on the
north by Grubb Street, on the east
br the Perquimans River, on the
south by th J, P, Jessupv property,
nd on th weat by Front Stmt. " It
utatM furthav that iHhA nlalntifift
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- vesidence fronts on'i Front Street,
Y betof it8trf Inelos ?iroxiinUf
thereto," tot that consideraWa dia-
' tance inUrwiea between the ndxtii
the town haa.tAfcpajsaed injhe mat
ter of removing ' several posts sett
by Mrs. Jessup for-the purpose of
erecting a garden fence, in the face
of the immediate protests ,'t the
ttlnintiff wife, and that the' town
. has placed an nnaightty,, toolaoute
ana two eiecinc, power met w
It states further, that the tow ia
threatenintf mow IreBpflbyde
stroying the shade 'plants,- bushes,
flowers, etc., and to erect s sidewalk
on the plaintiff s ( PrOPert from
Front Street to the Rive wtthin two
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Fourth Candidate
Seek Seat In House.
; Walter Edwards, Local
Attorney, Enters Hot
test Election Contest
In Years .
The fourth candidate to appear in
Perquunans , "Hottest-Race-For-Re
presentative, is W. G. (Walter)
Edwards, local attorney and :Annjr
Eeserve aviator, who today annuonc
ed that he is candidate.', '
' fiaid Mr Edwrds, a son of Coun
ty Accountant, , W. F..C. Edwards,
"Afpr due consideration! have de
cided to offer myself a a-candidate
to y represent Perquimans County" in-
t' General assemblyy; flpDject,.o ine
I Primary..-., ' -
-" '-jJ 1, . it hall i- be my Jr.
pose 1 1 . I . mes to keep para rat
the best interests .of 'the jjeo.of
the county. .- s- 'i
' shaU need the help of the pec
nle and ehalLearnestfy eek and wel
come any suggestions or advice on
any ' and Al ' matters affecting their
'welfare 1 1 f
The newest candidate, a former
county' couft prosecutor,' ; is unma
ried, lives here in Hertford with his
tummts. and 1 is 37 years, old,, Mr.
tMwawM ia. aeekimr a public - office
'tnr.'ittt firis time.-'
Other announced candidates for the
office, are thj incumbent representa
tive, J. T. Tenton, Mrs, Mattie Lis
fr V.l'ie, former newspaper editor,
r- 1 Campbell, Perquimans Weei
Announces Will
And Carta At
School Saturday
Arnold, and Holland to
Be Feature Speakers;
Non-Members Are Al
so Invited
A barbecue dinner on the athletic
field at the' High School will follow a
county-wide meeting of the Perquim
ans County Farm Bureau Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by Irvin Nixon,
secretary of the Bureau.
Speakers for the occasion will in
clude E. F. Arnold, state executive
secretary of the Farm Bureau, and
R. C. Holland of Edenton, president
of the Peanut Stabilization Cooper
ative Association.
Members of the State College Ag
riculture Extension Service, are also
expected to be present. Members
and non-members of the county farm
bureau are urged to attend the meet
ing as well as every business man in
the county.
The principal purpose of the meet
ing, Mr. Nixon explains, is to en
large the membership of the Per:
quimans County Farm Bureau, with
a view toward giving all possible
support to a movement for control
of the peanut crop in order that gov
ernment aid might be had in improv
ing peanut prices.
J. E. Winslow, State president of
the Farm Bureau, and W. H. Daii,
both of Greenville, will also speak.
Says Mr. Nixon, "This is an excel
lent chance for us farmers in the
county to take a few hours off and
learn what is going on outside of
Perquimans County."
Seal Sale Drive To
Cose Saturday;
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Director of Easter Seal
SaleTciif Direct
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TheEaster Seal Sale for Crippled
Children is on in full force. The
drive cleared $33.48 last year $16.74
of which was retained in Perqmmans
y, according to Miss Ruth -Dav
enport, county welfare officer, who
directed the drive. 1
money kept at home helps to
bus braces and to pay for operations
and for transportation to and iron).
hospitals and cainics. i-
-TShe'cemainder is used by the cen
tral division to pay for the clinics
held in the different sections of the
State, to operate the orthopedic hos
pitals and to provide treatment,
Miss Davenport tells of a direct
case where the Society for Crippled
Children was responsible, for a vast
improvement in the life of one of
Perquimans County's crippled chilr
dren. ?
Sadie Ellis was born in 1927. Her
knees were doubled under her body
and her legs were still the size of an
infant's when she. reached nine years
of age. ' ' "i'v 7 v-
Thoueh her father was a day labor
er and there was no. tnoney in the
family to provide treatment,, ana
though the neighbors said "Don t K
it your child will die," th, mother
decided to let her gp, to the Orthope
dic Hospital in Gastonia. There the
limbs were straigthened; and " put in
casts. She stayed there for eignt
months, and was taught to walk with
the aid ijt crutches. , ,1
After six . months lighter casts
"were placed On; ie tisfltiv, itfr iii!ji93
f b j3m --jfirsti-iiine life 'Sadie
went to'Whbol and Sunclay';'6cheoi
iaf'',Wkk''d':fhedef6melegs'
are growing into proportion, Jdk the
:: This is one of the many cage's , that
could not; have progressed soVfavor-
ablv without the aid of the Crippled
Children's 'Society,, says .Miss Dav-
enoort: "But treatment Is expensive,
there are casts to be changed, , and
trips to be. made to and from clinics,
and special .shoes to be bought. That
is where - the" money ' from -Easter
Seals is spent," . .''s. 7,
' The local drive so far. scheduled to
close Saturday night, l.as , cleared
$12.25., The director urges 'everyone
to buy as many seals as they can
it Up To Last Year
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Found
For Probable Cause
In Shooting Case
Melinda Shot In Her
Kitchen; Defendant
Marries
Prosecuting
Witness
In a hearing at Tuesday's session
of Recorder's Court, no grounds for
probable cause were found against
Paul Archie, Hickory Cross Negro,
charged with feloniously and malici
ously assaulting Melinda Eason, Ne
gro, with a shotgun.
Melinda was shot. Well, Melinda
was shot in the worse place. It
bothers her about sitting down. But
only one pellet from a shotgun load
penetrated Melinda's flesh, so Judge
Tucker was inclined to believe that
Paul wasn't really shooting at Me-
itnaa; ne was snooting to scare
away the dogs or something.
Melinda, in a hearing that went
on for several hours as Attorney J.
S. McNider represented the defend
ant, testified that she was standing
in the kitchen of her home when she
heard the shotgun blast and felt the
shot strike her.
The shot came through the door,
across the table, and Melinda turned
around and stooped over just in time
to keep it from striking her probably
in the stomach. She said that Paul
told her he was shooting at dogs.
Melinda hinted at trouble with
Paul sometime before Christmas (the
shooting took place last Friday
night. It had something to do with
chickens. But Paul's wife who was
with him in court Tuesday couldn't
keep quiet. She muttered and fum
ed. Even her brown fur coat and
fashionable black hat trembled in
outrage and indignation.
But only one shot from a shotgun
load struck her, so Judge Tucker
couldnt find grounds to hold the de
fendant for trial.
Of the case of Sidney Parsons, Jr.,
charged with rape, and scheduled
for trial Tuesday, Prosecutor Charles
Johnson said, "Due to the fact that
the defendant has married the pro
secuting witness, and a wife cannot
testify against her husband, the
State is askinjr a nol nrosse. The
(State has no evidence on which to
proceed."
The nol prosse was granted. The
persons, concerned are Negroes.
" Pompey Pettifoot. Goose Hollow
Negro, was given hif choice of going
to the roads for tlyee months or go
ing to the county home to live. Petti
foot, grey-haired and crippled, was
"convicted of stealing' again; this time
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an amount oi money gamea oy uie
pickpocket methqd; from another
Negro."
Since Pettifoot has no visible
means of sunnort and is physically
unable to work, Judge Tucker chang-
d; to an order the' advice he had
given the defendant on a similar oc
casion.' Pettifoot decided to choose
the county home in preference to the
roads.
In the final case of the session,
Rachel Webb, buxom Goose Hollow
Negress, was found guilty of posses
sine non-taxnaid liuuor. She drew
a 30-day sentence to be suspended
upon payment of a $25 fine and the
costs of court.
Structure Work Is
Going Ahead On
Center Hill Road
Grading Contract to Be
Re-let on April 2nd;
Winfall Project Still
Awaits Hearing
' Structure work i going ahead 01
Center;Hill-Hertford Road, ac
Cbrdinir to Engineers in the State
fcWnrit:s;the
'The "Winfall Highway project, the
one to eliminate the curves in the
village of Winfall and run new
Highway IT from ,the end of the
causeway to the county home, is' still
hanging fire. ' ;f
tit is understood that no action
will h taken 6rt this road until a
heariiur can be arranged and neicu
The tiroiect struck a snag; when
WlnfaU residents balked at the pros
nect b beintr taken off U. S..17
They objected to the point of circulat
ing one op more' petitions. . Later ;ihe
county 'commissioners; J registers
nrhfcwt1! with . the.. State ' Highway
Commission and the matter has 4wt
L'o Grounds
Higlrway nct'.iuDiic.v vy oriisvpminw
S?dhffic!!here;5$ $$i3&
?5Sfadiri!ontrt; isr.shdttled
been deallf with further., , v ; t
s Clothe
County's Needy;
Wants More Space
Will Enlarge to Take In
Cooking; 17 Girls Are
Now on Administra
tion Projects
A local project which starts with
a small grant from the county for
purchase of the raw material and
ends with salaries paid by the State
and Federal governments, is known
in almost every locality as the Na
tional Youth Administration.
Right now, eleven girls quartered
in the" telephone offices in the Robe
erson Drug Store building, and work
ing under Mrs. Mae Morgan Fleet
wood, foreman, are busily turning
out twenty colorful "Gone With the
Wind" costumes for the waitresses
to wear at the annual Junior-Senior
Banquet on March 28th.
Five more girls are assigned to
varieus county offices for clerical
work, and one is assigned to a li
brary . . . all under the National
Youth Administration.
"It isn't a relief project," Mrs.
Fleetwood said. "These girls are
being trained; some for home-making
and some for the business world."
But in the course of being trained,
the youthful workers, since NYA
came to Hertford on December 18th
last year, have produced a wide as
sortment of rugs, dresses, babies'
wear, bed clothes, etc., which, in
turn, are distributed to the county's
needy by the welfare department.
The girls are all between 18 and 25
years of age.
The quarters are cramped, and the
local NYA is looking for a larger
place. If they can find a larger
place the class will expand to take
in cooking and house-keeping. Each
girl turns in a part of her salary to
pay the rent. Miss Eva Mae Lassi
ter, of Kinston, district superintend
ent, will help with outfitting the new
place for cooking and home-making.
Mrs. Fleetwood, who works under
Mrs. Mary Fearing, of Elizabeth
City, district supervisor, guided The
Weekly reporter into another room.
The" walls were covered with tooth
brush holders, handkerchief bags,
laundry bags; the floor was covered
with rag rugs; several tables were
lade&Hfavn with items of wearing
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Mrs. Fleetwood pointed to a table
m the center of the room. "This,"
she said, "is a table of baby clothes.
We've Just gotten them iready for dis
tribution. iThere are nine dresses,
nine krmonas, nine gowns, 12 petti
coats, two baby blankets, a number
of little shirts, and bibs and bands."
There was a laoy work of art on
another table. "It's a luncheon
set," tite foreman said.
Thev."Gone With the Wind" cos
tumes for the banquet comprise
about six days work, but before they
were started the eleven girls had al
ready . manufactured a large number
of rugs, dresses, outing gowns,
aprons, towels, pajamas, chair covers,
pillow , cases, sheets and combination
suits for children.
Where does the material come
from?" the reporter asked.
"All of it is bought right here in
Hertford," Mrs. Fleetwood answered.
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Two Piano Pupils To
Take Part In Music
Festival Contest
Ethel Frances Elliott and Anne
Mathews, piano pupils of Mrs. R. M.
Riddick, Jr., will take part in a
Music Festival Contest in the Eden
ton High School on the moming of
Saturday, March 23, at 9 o'clock.
The contest will be sponsored by
the State Federation, of Music Clubs,
and all who are interested are in
vited to' go over to Edenton and lis
ten to the young musicians of the
Northeastern District.
Below is given the honor roll for
Mi61r,8t.:.piaiio and Junior
Bad.plisJ-::?;- ' .z5r,
: ; Pano-Kthell Frances ElliottMary
Anhette' Cannon, Pat orris Kirga
re Afesad, : Peggy Sawyer,; j Mjnnie
Ray ; iBail, " Anne Mathews,., Dorothy
Faye White, Harriet Lou Layden,
Doris Byrum, Ida Lee White, .Belle
Landinfir. Delia Evans, Barbara Wins-
lew; Florence Winslow. j
.Flute Joan Trueblood, Jean Webb
Phillips, Martha Lee Till'V, t Nathan
Spivey, Cjarence Thomas Madre,
Lindsey ' Reed, Marvin Simpson,
Julian Broughton, Othus Boyce,
Mary Ruth Wood.
I iHannonica Aubrey Baker, ! Ker
mit Line, Archie Richard Nobles.
"Draws, Bobby Jordan,) Lauder
Ckpeland., , i - '
UkuleJe-Ltoyd Bagley, Barbara
Gault. Mary Proctor, Marine Land
ing, Myrtle Norman Elliott.? '
NYU Help
HOW THE HOME POLITICAL FRONT SHAPES
OP AT PRESENT; ELECTION BOARD NAMED
School Safety Patrol
Convicts Auto Driver
The High School Bus Safety Patrol
is operating enthusiastically and
with results . . .
P. D. Hobbs, on testimony of two
members of the patrol, was convicted
in Recorder's Court Tuesday of fail
ing to stop while passing an unload
ing school bus.
One member testified that he a
lighted from the bus, stepped to his
station in front of the bus, and held
up his hand, to signal the auto driver
to stop. The car did not stop and
the patrolman took down the license
number and turned it over to the
State Highway Patrol.
Mr. Hobbs was directed to pay the
costs of court. The two members of
the patrol were wearing the Sam
Browne belts and their badges as
they appeared in court Tuesday.
New Legislation
Theme At Meeting
Held In Edenton
Local Officials Attend
Session Held Monday
Afternoon; Adopt a
Program
Members of the League of Munici
palities, the State Association of
County Commissioners and Munici
pal Employees' Association from 12
northeastern counties met in the
Court House in Edenton Monday af
ternoon, at which time the legisla
tive program was approved to be
presented at the next meeting of the
General Assembly.
Included in the program is a move
ment to do away with the "grave
yards" for old automobiles along
principal highways as well as large
signs, both of which are eyesores to
travellers. Another request will be
to require permits for improvement
to property outside corporate limits
of towns, which will boost valuations
qn.the tax books
Encouragement of county ztngiL
also included in the program which
will protect those who invest'hvoney
in improving their property by not
allowing erection of undesirable
buildings near it. iMore effective
drunken driving laws are also includ
ed in the program, on the premise
that wore teeth in the law are need
ed and less winking at present laws.
Opposition is also registered to
homestead exemption or any other
exemption which will raise the tax
rate. Objection is also made to the
use of local revenue to balance the
state budget, especially the intangible
tax, which it is thought should be
used locally.
Another feature is the requirement
to show a receipt that poll tax has
been paid before getting an automo
bile license, the final request being
for an act to enable the collection of
taxes not collected.
Mayor J. H. McMulian, of Edenton,
extended a brief address of welcome
to the visitors. During the meeting,
at which many questions were ask
ed, Patrick Healy and W. H. Newell,
of Raleigh, C. C. Ward, of Rocky
Mount, Mayor Jerome Flora of Eli
zabeth City, spoke.
Mr. Ward presented the legislative
program outlined, while Mr. Healy's
remarks principally had to do with
the problems of road building and
maintenance.
Local officers who attended the
meeting were Mayor V. N. Darden,
Commissioners Mark Gregory and A.
W. Hefren; Dick Hines and Chas. E.
Johnson also attended.
Mr. Nachman Slightly
Hurt In Accident
t .Aiii a Mdlimfln anf -farad - A
slight back injury on ' the Belvidert
Road Tuesday night when his car
overturned as he swerved to avoid
striking a pedestrian walking in the
roadway.
Broughton To Deliver
Commencement
Address At School
J. M. Broughton, Raleigh attor
ney and gubernatorial candidate, wiW
make the Commencement address at
the High School on the evening of
May 10th, v according to announce
irient by F. T. Johnson, superintend
.J ent
ent of county schools.
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Survey Shows State
Politics Rank Second
In Interest Here; Rep
resentative Race In
Limelight; Commis
sioners Announce
L. N. Hollowell, Cecil Winslow
and Dr. E. S. White comprise the
county board of elections. They're
to hold a meeting some time this
week and elect a chairman, and at
tend to other business.
On the home front in the mean
time, the political puddle is going
through all the stages long applied
to enthusiasm surrounding an elec
tion year. It was only lukewarm a
few weeks ago; since then it has
simmered, bubbled, and now it stews.
There have been no filings. It isn'J
time yet. But from advance warn
ings, invariably inaccurate, there will
be no less than seven candidates
seeking Perquimans County's lone
seat in the House of Representatives.
Three have actually announced as
this is written, but when the paper
goes to pre it is quite likely that
two more will have made announce
ments concerning' the same office.
It is permissible to name the ones
who have publicly voiced their inten
tions: Mrs. Mattie, Lister White, Joe
Campbell and the incumbent repre
sentative, J. T. Benton. It is not a
wise move to name those who have
not announced. The tidings must be
awaited at their pleasure.
Two others, to make it a quintet,
are saying "I'm going to run." Both
can be accepted in ail seriousness,
but until they give the "Go" signal,
it is not a good policy to make their
announcements for them.
Not a small amount of interest in
the contest regarding Perquimans'
seat in the House accompanied the
announcement of Mrs. White. The
first woman to run for office in Per
quimans County has picked the hot
test election year in decades for her
debut into county politics.
Mr. Benton is rounding out his
second term, and Joe Campbell, part
ner in The Perquimans Weekly an
nounced simultaneously with Mrs.
White last week. .
Gossip has it, and it may be a fact
when this is published, that at least
two lawyers and a seasoned 'politician
will enter the handicap to bring to a
grand total si, candidates
;s bidding
for the office.
A local business man was men
tioned frequently several days ago in
connection with the race, and like
wise a prominent county farmer.
Neither has been heard from definite
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Homecoming Day
April Seventh At
Baptist Church
Training Union On In
Rich Square Today
And Tomorrow; Local
Girl on Program
The First Sunday in April is
Home-coming and Roll Call Day at
the Hertford Baptist Church. Ef
forts are being made now, according
to the pastor, the Rev. J. F. Stegall,
to get the information to all absentee
members, urging them to come home
for the service that day.
According to Mr. Stegall, the pro
gram will probably include the read
ing of the Church Covenant, a his
tory of the Church, and Communion
Service. The different parts on the
program have not been assigned.
The Regional Training Union Con
vention will be held in Rich Square
in Northampton County today (Fri- ,
day) and tomorrow, and several
young people . from Hertford are
planning tor attend. Miss '.'Dorothy
Elliott of Itertfbrd, wiU a 1rt ;
, ftera6?"n'
All territory northwest of the
Chowan River to the State line is in
cluded in the Union and approximate
ly 300 delegates will be in attendan.ce. .
The church there will entertain the
delegates with lodging for Friday
night and breakfast Saturday morn-'
ing.
The convention, according to Mr.
Stegall, starts at three o'clock Fri
day afternoon and closes at threes
o'clock Saturday afternoon, Including;)
service Friday night and morning y
service Saturday morning. - , '''
Dr. B. W; Spillman, Sunday School
lesson writer of Kinston. will be the
principal speaker at jthe , , Saturday
1 wonting session,...'.; ,.'
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