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A WEEKLTTEWSPAPER DjpfE&'TO THE? tjpjfolLDINfcf OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
k . Volum VII. Number 13.
HeBSrppumans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 29, 194(S
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Urged To
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farmers
Doid Together For
Favorite Results
County - wide Meeting
n , Ati Hierfcs Schrtol Sat-
urday Was Well Attended
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County Commissidh
Race Is Becoming
More Interesting
Irvin Nixon and Linford!
"l4ii5WirlowlJidFoi
ParkviUe and Belvi
dere Seats
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Shoplifter Gets
Nine Months On
Rois; County Court
Fifth Conviction For
Charlte 'Williams;
Queenie Webb Cets
Liquor Rap
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Will '
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"NO FARM PLANKS"
Dail Says Bureau Not
Organized Enough to
Demand Recognition
From Candidates
"Business interests are working
hard to get the kind of legislation
that will benefit them, and the only
way fanners can expect to get any
where is to do the same thing."
J. E. Winslow, State president of
the Farm Bureau, was speaking at a
county-wide meeting of the farmers
of Perquimans County at the high
school Saturday morning. A barbe
cue dinner was served in the large
school bus garage behind the high
school.
Though all sections of the county
were represented, there were not as
many fanners present as might
have been; they were taking ad
vantage of the fair weather to do
farm work.
The' whole theme of 8 ; meeting
was biuQt around the urge for farm
ers to band together in support of
the Farm Bureau, to fight for high
er prices on peanuts and other com
modities produced locally through
proper legislation.
"Growers of each commodity," Mr,
Winslow said, "working with grow
ers of other, commodities can get
Ofifislation favorable to Jul,?
Theie were other speakers at the
meeting j S. F. Araald, of Baleigfa,
&tftt executive .secretary of the
Ferm Bureau; R. C Holland ef
Edenton. president of the Peenat
Stabilization Oaeeeretive Assocfe-
tid;T.W. Waypesldent of tfce
.. I Perquiniana
Irvin Nixon to represent Parkville
Township; and Linford L. Winslow
to represent Belvidere TownBhip, to
day made public notices of their
candidacies.
Mr. Nixon, secretary of the Per
quimans County Farm Bureau, son
of the late T. J. Nixon, Jr., and a
prominent young county farmer
himself, is the second candidate to
file notice of seeking the nomination
from Parkville Township, which is
not represented on the incumbent
board of County Commissioners.
E. U. Morgan announced his can
didacy last week. He and Mr. Nixon
will be in contest for the same office
since legislation at the last General
Assembly enacts that each township
will nominate its own candidate to
the general election.
Mr. Nixon will champion tax re
duction wherever possible. He said,
in making his announcement today
that if elected he intends to pro
mote the interest of the people of
my township and the county to help
reduce taxes wherever possible."
iMr. Winslow, the first to an
nounce as the candidate from Belvi
dere Township, is a former soldier,
former clerk in the Hertford Hard
ware and Supply Company, former
deputy sheriff and now a Belvidere
farmer.
To date, these announcements
bring to four the number of candi
dates seeking nomination from three
townships. Two are not contested
so far. in the season. Archie T. Lane,
member of the incumbent board,
announced several areeks ago that he
would seek jre-leetion, as the com
nrlssioner front Hertfevd Township.
Unofficial, hut informed observers
say that under the new system gov-
Banquet Is Staged
This Year In Old
Pltf tation Scene
"Gone With the Wind"
Influeiice Dominates
As Juniors and Sen
iors Make Merry
Jarn Bureau, Kernb primaWef in this county, the
.i uiTOu- wnw v?iTTT(Wf Mini
staunch svreperter Ww "n mrftt fmMvmamt hecn
reau. :., C 'muc tifiei StfcB ftB flbit ;init
date arrives; It is indicated m
.many circles that at least one more
name will appear on the ballot for
Hertford Township's commissioner in
T. S. White, ef Hertford, who'Md
the hut word fcefore the meeting 'ad
journed for ranch, urged every farm
er in the gathering who was not a
member of the Bureau to join before
leaving. ,. '
Mr. Dail has been heard in Hert
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Charlie Williams, Winfall Negro
with a flair for shoplifting, has be
gun another stretch on the roads as
the result of a larceny conviction in
County Court Tuesday.
Attorney J. S. McNider pled long
and earnestly for a suspneded sen
tence for his client, but Prosecutor
Charles Johnson looked in the Big
Red Record Book and found that two
such sentences had been hung ovei
Williams' kinky head in the past
four years on similar convictions,
and since these had failed to mend
Williams' taking ways, Recorder J.
Granberry Tucker invoked a nine
months road sentence.
The defendant did not resist a
verdict and did not enter a plea.
It was a clear case of shoplifting;
Williams was found guilty chiefly
on the testimony of Charles Henry
Johnson, bright 17-year-bld county
Negro who stood in the store of
Darden Brothers last Saturday night
and said he saw Williams lift a
shirt and a sweater and stow them
in the bib of his overalls.
Johnson's testimony was not to be
shaken by the severest cross-exam?-
nation; not once did he waver from
an original statement. Young John
son was the embodiment of a man
telling the absolute truth.
This was Williams' fifth conviction
in Perquimans County Courts on lar
ceny and receiving counts.
Cross warrants charging G. W,
Falls, Pasquotank County Farm
Agent, and Walter Symons of this
eounty, with reckless driving, were
thrown out of court and the causes
non-suited.
(Patrolman Robert A. White saw
Queenie Webb walk from a swamp
near her house, one night last week
carelessly swinging a gallon jug.
Queenie, Goose Hollow Negress,
had hot a care in tike world; there
were guesta- in ilhe house ana! .he.
Jug contained refreshments. '
But the refreshments were of the
non-tsxpaid variety; bootleg liquor,
so to speak. Queenie evidently had
a guwty conscience along with the
BOARD OF ELECTIONS PUTS IN CALL FOR
NEW REGISTRATION; BOOKS OPEN APRIL 27
The top-spot, the highlight of
every school year, the annual Junior
Senior Banquet, was held on the
huge stage of the High School audi
torium last night (Thursday).
The layout of "decoration and pre
sentation each year follows a differ
ent theme; last year the banquet
was held in a Dutch Garden. This
year the "Gone With the Wind" in
fluence' lent the atmosphere of a
Colonial Plantation lawn, with huge
ivy-covered white columns and a
plantation-house porch furnishing the
backdrop.
The imusic of Stephen Foster went
eve-n further to carry out the gen
eral effect.
The waitresses, members of Mrs.
Ed Harrell's Home Economic De
partment, were all dressed as typical
Southern Belles Scarlet O'Haras,
Suellens, Carreens, and Melanies.
There was even barbecue, good old
Southern pit-cooked barbecue, as the
main course . . . but no corsets as
in the picture and book to curb the
delicate Southern appetite.
Each year the setting is supposed
to come as a complete surprise to
the members of the Senior Class,
but this year The Perquimans Week
ly unwittingly let the cat out of the
bag last week with a statement that !
the NYA was making the waitresses'
costumes. Apologies are tendered to
the Junior Class herewith, but the
writer has an idea the Seniors knew
all along that "Gone With the Wind"
influence would dominate the pic
turesque banquet scene.
The Junior-Senior banquet is al-
wayd a colorful affair; the high
school auditorium is neariy always
filled with spectators who come just
to watch the fun and to admire the
sceifery. The Juniors entertain this
veaf at their own expense; next year
thejf will be entertained .... as
SeVtfdtaV
Entertainment consisted of a floor
Seven White lions
Seven of the twenty-eight
members of the Hertford Lions
Club, it was noted recently, are
surnamed' "White."
There is Ralph E. White, J.
Alvin White, Julian A. White,
John O. White, Elwood Q. White,
Claude D. White and Walter W.
White.
It brought a laugh some time
ago when one of the members
found six of the seven Whites
standing side by side as he began
to make introductions to a visit
ing Lion.
"This," he said, "is Mr. White,
and this is Mir. White again, and
this is Mr. White, and Mr.
White, and Mr. White and Mr.
White."
It took some time to convince
the visiting Lion that he wasn't
being kidded.
L. N. Hollowell Again
Named Chairman of
Perquimans Board of
Elections
MANY CHANGES
Number Candidates
For House Seat Is
Setting New Record
J. S. McNider, Attorney,
Today Announces Bid
For County Representative
company with Mr. Lane's, who isJ jug, because in Recorder's Court
Princhd Announces
The Honor Roll for., the Third
' v c Quarter from the Peraurmans Coun
ty Central Grammar School In Win
fall "was announced, Wednesday by
the iWndnal. Rupert Alnsley.
' The etuoemts achieving honors dur
ing the Quarter are as follows:
First Grade Leonard ' Han-el,
Anne Elisabeth l&ray, Douglas Cof
field. Earlean Chalk, Imogene Chap-
Dell. Durwood Lane. Sara Ferrell,
Eula Chalk, Mary Sue Cooke, George
Curtis Eure, Norma Jean Godwin,
Carolyn Dean, Harrell, Fleetwood
Harrell, Preston Morgan, Joseph
Miles Staffliwrs. Betty .Lou True-
blood, Clinton Winslow and Mary
Lucille Winslow.
(Second 3rde-i-Norma Joyce Wins
low. Lindsey Earl Barber, Ella Cart
wriffht. Minnie Lee Hollowell, James
XJtaphlett, Ailene . Hobbs, Norwood
Elliott, Willie Mae : Chappell, Ruby
Dale,' Farajr Simons, Carolyn Hurdle,
Mae. Winslow... Paul Smith, Harry
Winslow. Velma Carver - and Doris
v"V" 5, glider. v'ri- -f-v;.
f yj, " LTi'TfiW'riaeide'-'SW
' Sf' rhEa- iLecWHaTOl
. ?t-jRe1iifc
" V . ..-EaiyGeneon
n--rlWufltree;' -!;f'3Wll'
I' v -White,' Thehaaa White,1 yoianaKKins-
low and LeliA Lee, winsiow. ;
Fourth Grade Leon Lane, '3 Peggy
Cooke. Dorothy Nixon, HB. Miller,
Emmett Lane and Eugene Hurdle.
1 Fiffli Grade-Lols Chappettl, Helen
,)( Goodwin, Mather Hurdle, Callie Mae
' Trueblood," Eula "Virginia White,
Helene Baker. Jean Chappejl, Thomaa
."Dotmesran Lane, Phillip Harwood,
Sybil' Monda; Mary Una Raper, John
' Ward, Faye Winslow,: Mary Leland
. , - Winslow and Aleene Yeates. r
i Sixth Grade Mildred 'Chappell,
- ' T Pauline Smith; Marjorie Rebecca
' White, thwothy Faye White, Esther
w!w.. Normal Winslow, Elizabeth
' - '' Lane, Leona Lane, .Marjorie Frances
. ' C - . White and Joan Winslow. , - .
' Seventh Grade-Clara Smith,. Eula
ir Mmn. Thelma Elliott, Russell
Harwood, Louvenla Bartlett, Hubert
- - Dale, Eunice .White,, Gale rWinsloy
and Mary Elizabeth Russell. V , -
rounding out his first term.
Bethel and New Hope Townships
had. -not been heard from late Wed
nesday afternoon; leaving Mr. Lane
as i the. only incumbent commissioner
who-; has Made public notice concern'
ingk desires, to be rja-elected.
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Senior Class 1o Present
Coach Jhmny Johnson, head' of the
publicity, committee, , announced yes-;
terday that the annual -Senior play
will be presented from the stage ol
the high school auditorium next
Thursday night, April 4th, at eight
o'clock. Proceeds will go to the an
hual Junior-Senior banquet.
A comedy, the production, "Tea
Toper Tavern," is directed and coach
ed by Miss Eloise Scott, member of
the high school faculty. It was
written by Lindsey Barbee.
Some of the seniors who will have
roles in "Tea Toper Tavern", are
Mildred White, Katherine Jessup
Dixie Chappell, Sarah Elliott, Jack
Anderson, Margaret Tadlock, Velma
Evans, Guy Webb, Durwood Reed
Jack Munns, Harrell Johnson, Archie
Riddick, Ruth Wslow and .Florence
Winslow.
Commissioner;ane
lmTleJ
With the office of Perauimans
County's Representative the abject
of contention greater than in many
years, J. S. McNider, prominent lo
cal attorney, announced today that
he will be a candidate.
His announcement, not unantici
pated, brings to five the number oi
candidates seeking the office. They
include two newspaper people, two
lawyers, and the incumbent office
holder, a farmer.
Other than the incumbent repre
sentative, J. T. Benton, Mr. McNidei
is the only candidate who has served
in the General Assembly. He re-
Tuesday Officer White testified that
when she saw him, she threw the jug
on the ground and jumped on it with
both feet in an attempt to break it.
"Oh, rib, it isn't mine,"-she declar
ed to Officer White, "I just saw
somebody hide jt in the swamp and
went over to see what it was."
Judge Tucker found her: gouty of
transportation and possession of non
taxpaid whiskey. He suspended a
30-day jail sehtefice upon payment of
a $25 fine and the costs of court.
' The swamp, the-officers say, is a
popular hiding place for- contraband
spiritsamTjug-breakingi'rea popnlaT
method of destroying the evidence. A
gallon jug can easily be shoved dear
out of sight and safely cached in the
soft mire.
Thieves Make Daring
Robbery On Edenton
two times in the
presented Perquimans Oouity in twn
show, , dancing, singing and aots bvl Be8sJon8 the House of Represents
tne rearing Troup of Elizabeth City; "ves, ana represented tne Urst Sen
juna ane jane, and Mrs. Fearing at
the piano; "Oh! Susanna," by Bobbie
Jordan; a Virginia Reel bythe wait
resses; toasts to the Seniors, to
school officials, to the facultv. to
Superintendent F. T. Johnson, to the
Past,: and to the Future, aM under
the direction of Clarke Stokes as
toastmaster.
Francis Nixon, disguised as. Old
Father Time, responded to- a toast
to Te Past by Edward Jordan! Mrs.
G. W. Barbee responded f,or the
faculty to Frank Dillard's toast. Bill
w, iwrai ior me aeniors to a
toast by Evelyn -White; T.- S.. WJiite,
of the Board of Education, responded
for the school officials to, a $oast by
mez atoxeiy. Mr. Johnson answer
ed for himself to Miriam Nixon's
toast. Jean Newbold toasted to the
future. Mr. Rhodes, the high school
band director, rendered "Beautiful
Dreamer."
Jewelry Store
Monday Ann
''i'Th- ftntomobile belojurinzito
t rwiminflHiner Archie T. "Lane was)
ing,'WhWn;:arlven f,ist-Mrs.;!iWe; it
was UlTOlvea in a nunor acviuciii.
a piece of road-foulMing macnmery
on the new center ruu-Menaoro
Road near the commissioner's home
. J. E.! EAVES IMPROVING ,
' PrinHa will be delighted to learn
that J. E. Eaves js much lmprovea.
Mr.' Eaves was quite ill a snort time
ago.
Loss Estimated By J. G.
Campen at Nearly
$2,000; Not Covered
By Insurance
-One of the most daring robberies
toiake' place, in Edenton within re-
Cent -years tfccurred wme tameiines-
dajjfilght 4,3CrfJ9WWrF
!Stc!waS5l6b;Wd5acdorunf:to a
TtMtdt cheek Wefty;aBorn-
Ingvwee.f 1,600'aiWt x,uuu wonn
of rchandise waft carried aWay.
.; OEvidence showed that the guilty
party or parties attempted to break
the lock in the front door,- but fail
ing in this, the wooden moulding
holding the pJate glass in the, door
was rioned off and the glass remov
ed. The glass was carefully placed
upon a door mat to prevent weaKing
and the Dossibility of being heard.
Addinar to the daring is the fact that
one of the town's white way lamps
is almost immediately in front of the
store and a light was burning in the
Pinder store lust across the en
trance to Taylor. Theatre.
Included in the stolen goods were
four trays of watches in the store
iversary
Night For Local
Lions; Ladies' Night
Edmund Harding to Be
Feature Speaker; Ed
. enton and Plymouth
Will Participate
atorial District
State Senate.
He has served also as h member
of the Hertford Board of Commis
sioners, and was about four years
Judge of Perquimans County Record
er's Court.
He was born in Du rants Neck and
has always lived in thia county. He
married the daughter of the late Dr.
David Cox, of Hertford.
Said Mr. McNider ini making his
announcement: "I have heretofore
represented the county 'in four ses
sions of the AsseniU! and if I
should again be elected, I shall deep
ly; appreciate the high" honor in 'thus
having another opportunity to serve
all my people to the best of my
ability."
Experienced observers close to the
political front say the'end is not yet
in signt; mat mere 'Will t more
candidates for the office before the
filing gates close
The other four announced candi
dates for the House of Represents
tives include besides Mr. Benton,
Mrs. Mattie Lister White, former
newspaper editor, Joe Campbell,
partnw in The Perquimans Weekly,
and W. G. Edwards, local attorney.
Absentee Voting Will
Be Abolished In Pri
maries; Name County
Registrars
L. N. Hollowell was re-elected
chairman of the Perquimans County
Board of Elections at a meeting of
the board in the courthouse Satur
day. The board was organized at this
meeting and immediately put in a call
for a complete new registration.
There will be either a complete re
listing of voters or a new registra
tion in each county of the State.
Perquimans County will get a new
registration.
According to Mr. Hollowell, in an
interview Tuesday, two sets of reg
istration books will be used, one for
Democrats and one for Republicans.
Every one who registers must de
clare his party affiliations 'before
registering. This will be Perquim
ans County's first new registration
in at least twenty-five years, pro
bably in many more years.
The books will be opened on April
27th and will close on May 11th.
The dates include three Saturdays,
and though a small vote is looked
for in the primary because of the
new registration, three Saturdays
will give more time for registering.
The board has appointed the reg
istrars, but the names are being
withheld momentarily.
This is only one of the far reach
ing changes in the election laws
made by the 1939 General Assembly.
Heretofore, only the general election
registration book has beep used for
both primaries and elections. Under
the new law there will he ' separate
registration books for primaries and
elections.
Mr. Hollowell says he will attend
a meeting in Edenton on Saturday
of this weeK1 whef ifhanjes in the
election laws will ne exptanned to the
election officials" Of 'this district.
W. A. Lucas, of Wilson, Chairman of
the State Board of 'Elections, has
called the meeting, one of a series
throughout North Carolina, to ac
quaint the officials with the changes
in the laws.
At that time, among other things,
county officials will be told that ab
sentee voting in primaries is abolish
ed; one of the changes, a modifica
tion of more stringent measures, re
commended by Mr. Lucas.
Filing for office according to Mr.
Holloweia, is greedy in ordea. The
last filing day' is April 13th. The
filing fee is one percent of the sal
ary the candidate is seeking.. The
minimum is one dollar.
i
The new registration will neces
sarilly mean a. smaller vote, since
many persons will not register in
time to vote in the primary election.
However, when the registrars and
registering centers are definitely
named and set out, they will be ad
vertised in this newspaper.
OVERPAID; RETURNS $4
Patterson, N. J. Insisting11 that U
inVMOaid for his work as
snowshoveler during , the February
ui.- j : nDKt 'VttiTftrfcen.) an
unemployed man 'wuac m-to be repaired as well as a large
child, -insisted ttatsMh'JJla-.pataenS - at- of merchandise taken from
v -i r;i::rr.t' show cases ana? sneives.: , ine u
L AfiffSJ&ta. total b, having 'carried)
no burglary insurance,
be reduced to r7
mnn
Furrey- f-Hind additional work tor
him,' " "r , ,j A'V;
:ondayTi Ladies' Mgmumdv e
eelebraftion of the First Anniversary
Jfdr.' the Hertford Lions Club when
tiie. Lionesses will be entertained at
a banquet in the Woman's Club
House on Academy btreet, scene ot
the club's charter night a little less
than A year ago.
Edenton Lions and Lionesses will
be on handy to help the local Leos
celebrate; a delegation from Ply
mouth, third club in this zone, is
also expected.
The featured speaker of the even
ing will be Edmund Harding, promi
rient speaker of Washington, N. C,
according to Norman N. Trueblood,
secretary of the club. Zeb Vance
Norman, member of the Plymouth
Club, will respond to Lion E. L
Sawyer's address of welcome. Pres
ident L. N. HoSlowell will preside,
and N. A. Tayloe, of Plymouth, Will
make the invocation.
Blaze Does Little
Damage At Hat Shop
A fire-alarm Tuesday at approxi
mately 11:30 a. m., brought the truck
and equipment to the store of Dav
enport and Blanchard on Church
Street. The damage, centering
I around a flue in the rear of the ronja-.
story brick building, was negligable.
No water was used on the blaze
but a large crowd gathered in a -few
minutes. The regular session ol
Recorder's Court was interrupted as
spectators rushed out in search oi
greater excitement than the hearing
of routine cases.
Stegall Tenders
Resignation; Church
Homecoming and Boll
Call Day at 11 BSfi-
tist Church Has Been
Postponed
Rotary To Elect New
Officers Tuesday
The Rotary .Club will elect officers
at the next meeting to be held in
the Hotel Hertford dining room on
Tuesday night, '.according to Presi
dent V. N. Dardeh.
Mr. Darden also said that the
Hertford Club will be represented
at the district conference in the
Hotel Chamberlain on Old Point
Comfort April 18th and 19th.
11 -At' Ahelr, Jag meeting the Rotar-
I lahs took,"up the matter of equip.
Mr.r Harding will be introduced by . ineht' for -the local Boy Scout Troop.
Dr. I. A. Ward. wnicn is sponsoreu oy mem. .
A Baptist Church: pulpit commit
tee, appointed by the Board of Dea
cons at a meeting Monday night, is
selecting a new pastor to replace
the Rev. J. F. Stegall, pastor of the
Hertford Baptist Church who ten-
dered his resignation Sunday. ,
Mr. Stegall, pastor here for the
past two years, said he had received
a call to become pastor of the Rich
Square and Woodland Baptist
Churches.
As a consequence of the pastor's
resignation, Homecoming and Roll
Call' Day at the church, scheduled
for,Aprir 7th, has been indefinitely
postponed.
Mr. Stegall will preach his final
sermons this Sunday and is planning
to,-leave Hertford next week to take
up his new charge.
. The committee has not as yet
named a new pastor. ;