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Perquimans Weekly
t, Published every Friday by The
Perquimans Weekly, a partner
ship consisting of Joseph G.
Campbell and Max R. Campbell,
at Hertford, N. C.
MAX CAMPBELL Editor
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FRIDAY., APRIL 19, 1940
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IXTil T.iiMiia Rlnfwharfl. Jr.
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BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
HE WAS LONG AWAITED:
p.;u;n fimfoth Nathaniel, and saith
..nfn him- Wfl have found him of
uuw
whom Moses in the law, and the
prophets did write, Jesus of Nazar
eth, the son of Joseph. John 1:45.
Here we go again . . . vmen, u
ever, will the Department of Con
servation and Development go bach
to fourth grade geography and learn
that the Hertford Bridge (the one
,ith twn curves in it; the only one
in North Carolina with two curves
in it) spans the Perquimans Rivei
at Hertford, not the Chowan River
wHe'with' tWe-orWtteeW
to the latest issue of the Depart
ment's publication "North Carolina
Today." Again as before, it was a
good picture (showing both curves
in the bridge of which Hertford is
sorely proud), but the outlines gave
it lock, stock and barrel to the Cradle
of the Colony, our dearest rival.
Edenton.
opinion.
Here's what we gathered from
Doctor Davenport; we're passing it
on to you ...
If they (the town and the WPA)
move the sewer line as they say they
will the doctor told, us, the new
beach will be as safe as the old one.
However, he went on, the water
on this side of the river is poluted.
f-atf fnoet know.-- But even one
case of typhoid fever in Hertford
would make the river unsafe for
bathing at any point on this side;
then the water would be infectious
as well as poluted.
The doctor was trying to pass no
official judgment. He was merely
expressing an opinion . . . one that
Wilbur and I respect. And that's
what we asked him for.
Environment 4
W sat in the court room Tuesday
oftavnnsin and listened to Judge J. J.
Burney sentence four, youths to tne
State Penitentiary.
We listened while the judge dis
cussed merits of the case.
We listened while the judge talked
to the youths and to the court room
full of people, $Je touched upon the
subject of environment as pertaining
to this particular case. It gives
Wvm fnr fhnuirht.
Here, we dp not intend to go mio
the merits of this case because we
feel that so far as this instance is
concerned justice was done; because
of the fact that these four youths
committed a crime " against society
they will spend the next several
years of their lives within confine
ment. However, we do contend that so
long as conditions exist in this State
and nation as they do today, so long
as youths, such as were sentenced
here Tuesday, are reared and brought
n nnflV rTA
UJ UJIUCl HIC v.vnv.--'.w -
boys were reared; wen we will find-
youths such as tnese lacing sen
tences in our court rooms.
Society must, and does, for its pro
And while craving credit where
credit is due, fat be it from us to
give credit where credit isn't due;
orwi on it. was Mondav when we were
informed in no uncertain trems that
the WPA never sponsors anything.
It all came about through our
writing in this column last week on
tho tw hnthinsr nier. Here's what
we said . . . "Promoted, perhaps, is
the wronn word. The town endorsed
it, the WPA promoted it and largely
financed it." There it is, in black
and white, an error to haunt us; we
can't deny it.
?n mil were taken to task . . .
"the town brought the project to us.
We agreed to build the pier and to
largely finance it, hut tne f
never "sponsors anything," we were
told. r,' J ,
We wee ; properly squelched (as
we Hike i to be when in error) and
herewith, make retribution. The
town sponsored it; the WPA built it.
At this point, and especially be
fore going: on to the next paragraph,
perhaps it's proper to remind again
that the views in this column are
not necessarily those of The Per
quimans Weekly when they call for
opinions of the writer.
There you have it; but never
shirking a trust, and true to our
promise of last week, we went se
riously about the business of deter
mining for several of Our Readers
whether or not "the new bathing
pier is safe for our children to use."
So, we talked with Doctor Daven
nnrt We seemed to gather just
,v,.t .no wanted from him. We
hrnarheH the subiect to the doctoi
And so it is when we decide to
mix in a little Politics and make our
column Mulligan Stew this week . . .
, Editor Herbert Peele's sight is bad
Why?
Because he said, and we quote from
Mnnrinv's insue of the Dailv Ad
vance, "So far as our , observation
goes, it's Broughton and Horton in
everv countv in this area except
Gates, with Broughton ahead in every
one of them with the possible excep
tion of Currituck."
We Contend the foregoing is prima
facie evidence that Editor Peele's
sight is apparently failing, since Jw
ean't see the biggest figure in the
Perquimans scene, tie cant see
Candidate Maxwell with a telescope
. . . or maybe Perquimans isn't in
"this area."
Over here it's perfectly apparent
to everyone except Mr. Peele over
there that. Maxwell is leading the
field. We mav even dare to say
leading over Broughton and Horton
strensrth combined.
Perquimans makes it a point to he
morning. In WOing since tne nsv
before, he complamea to uasper .wim
he was hungry and needed a place Jo
sieep. ,
oiinwttl nim a dry place, in
n woods near an Elizabeth .Uty
brickyard, went to get him Some
thing to eat, and later got into, com
pany with Bogue and Roughton.
t Pninrhtnn's car thev went back
to the woods where Phelps was sleep
ing, took him in the car to an aban
doned filling station on the Hertford
Hiirhwav. where Bogue and Casper
stayed with him through the after
noon of Friday until shortly before
the robbery Friday night.
Roughton came back for them later
and they drove-on to New Hope af
ter procuring a heavy hammer and
t w o crow-bars. ' At New Hope,
lights were still on- in some of the
oo and thev drove on down the
ownui 1 - e i
River Road to a settlement of fishing
camps and there waited for a later
hour in which to carry out tne roo-
bery.
tiv, hnvw related that they return
ed to New Hope, broke open the door
t ho Milliner fioniDanv. and remov-
Ul -0 M. -mi
ed the two heavy iron safes, hauling
them down the River Road in Kougn-
ton's car and breaking them open one
at the time.
Aftor remnvinsr the money, they
VmmeH $11,000 worth of valuable
records and papers belonging to Mr.
Jackson.
The story continued that they
drove on to Norfolk by way of Win
fall, Belvidere, Sunbury and Suf
folk. Phelps was arrested at a usefl
car lot in Norfolk by local police late
Raturdav afternoon. (He was al
ready wanted for jail-breaking).
Casper, Bogue and Roughton spent
onnthor mot in Norfolk and were
arrested in Dare County Sunday
oftarnnnn.
TTaeh nf the three testified that
PhelDs first mentioned the Milling
rmnnnv a a robbery OOSSlDWJiy
w.f"J , ,
after they all agreed that tney
"wanted to make some money."
JVienHa and tearful relatives sur
rounded the four youths as they were
led away to the county jail.
Mrs.tv.,C. Dail Sunday were: .Mr.
and, MW. X. x fc.ir.oy wa neuwij
and Mrs., Robert Elliott and daugh-ter,-iJuanito
of Hertford; Mrs. Ad
Kirby,v,Miss Clarine Kirby, Miss
Zelma Kirby and Miss Hilda , ferry
of Elizabeth City. 1 -' '
Mr. and. Mrs. Heywood UmphlefcC of' .
Elizabeth "City, were dinner guests '
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B". Goodman on
Sunday. ; '? - " ,
NEW HOPE NEWS
Mtoa Pahwna Webb, of the Rober-
sonville school faculty, spent , the
week-end with her parents, Mr. ano
Mrs. L. R. Webb. . n .
.Vf.o AHrhman ChaODell Of BelVl-
dere, Mrs. L. R. wepo anu mra.
A. Goodman, Sr., visited Mrs. Good
toaB daughter, Mrs. Heywood Uh.
Mrs -R. R. Perrv. Mrs. S. D. Banks.
w d Rankd and Miss Vida
Banks were visitors in Elizabeth
Citn Mnniav.
. Miss Mary Webb returned to Hat
teras Mondayj after spending a few
days with her parents,' Mr. ,ad Mrs,
u. K. we&D. . . ' 2
Wi'nman Snivev went to Norfolk,
Va,, Thursday to enlist in the Navy.
He was accompanied to Norfolk by
his mother, Mrs. M. M. Spivey, Mnu
v. a Tnmer and Miss Willie Hurdle.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Speracet! Stii
daughters, Lucy Howell ana Mar-o-nerite
nf Newnort News. Va., vis'
ited Mr. Spencer's parents, Mr,, and
Mrs. w. w. spencer, unaay.
Mr onri Mrs P. T,. Jackson 1 and
children, Jean and June, of Sunbury,
.enjuuHTur ran Red at least 188 hieh-
Way fatalitieB in North Carolina
durxng '
ouciclv muav, uwvo, r- flSSeri, witnuut quttiiiiwuuii,
tection, act quickly in apprehending the aiding j8 just a monstrous ob-
v" : . . . r, j
a TOo0 iTitPivsted unoredictaWle. KememDer aanuy
inouTto ki the matter a bit of Graham 7 However, well pick Max
research before supplying us with an 'well handily for Perquimans.
on the wharf proper is no doubt a
bit harsh of line. The proportions,
however, are good and the softening
'nfluenW of time and decay will take
care or the hard, unbending lines of
It is altogether too earuy
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are inclined to believe that it is up
to society to produce the environment
that will rid itself of such scenes as
this one Tuesday afternoon.
Please Remit
The United States Senat ehas de
cided overwhelmingly to appropriate
$212,000,000 for the making of farm
and $85,0011,000
ful view of the river. It is now. We
are not used to it. Soon we will
forget that once there was beauty
at the end of the street. But while
we are waiting to forget the beauty
that was, and while we await the
softening influences of time upon the
structure, it might be a good idea to
Dlant a couDle of Paul Scarlet climb
ing rose bushes on either side of the
parity payments anu $ou,uu",wv ,
omoL disposal of surplus hlT
mmmnHitm Tt evittant.lv hones that ' "" ' .,uo,.Co - -
MORE ABOUT
Sentences
this total of $297,000,000 is within a
limit the House of Representatives
will approve.
However that may be, the amount
is outside the budget which Presi
dent Roosevelt submitted, and far be-
and spread wide, and hide with their
beauty the ugliness that is.
THE DICTIONARY CAN HELP
A IJOT. The thrush and the thrash-
! er wew the subiects of conversation.
dent Kooseveit suDmmea, ana iar ue- -- - . . .
yond the income of the Government 1 hettt
-f.J'!? Tne an ke with authorhy-in fact,
have to be raised if Congress was to
avoid lifting the $45,000,000,000 na
tional debt limit.
Not only has Congress taken no
step toward raising the $460,000,000
no one was quite sure whether there
was a difference between the two or
not, perhaps they were just one af
ter all. And the dictionary was on
the tahle and staved there! The
step 37ibW We have around here in Hert
of new revenues but the Senate of-
iers no faintest indication oi intenq-. - .
ing to levy specific taxes to pay the
extra bill of $297,000,000 which it!
would incur for continuing farm
subsidies.
Two courses lie open, one of which
will nefessarilv be taken. If no
special tax is levied the appropna- CANDIDATE, CANDIDATES
t,on will be added to the national CLbTHED IN 'HITE. We ali
debt in one way or another, and the fa human
largess of today's farmers will have ara oovorftl of thew
bird has a long tail. The thrush is a
smaller bird and has a short tail.
The latter is not likely to b(e seen in
our gardens. Authority for the
above dogmatic statements is Web
ster's Unabridged.
(Continued From rage One'
"I wish someone else had my duty
to perform this afternoon. It isn't
so hard to deal with case-hardened
criminals, but I" hate sentencing
young people, old people arid women.
Whatever disposal I make of this
case somebody will say I was wrong
. . . that the judgment was either too
heavy or too ligh,t. But I like to
mete out sentences that will let me
sleep at night."
He sentenced 20-year-old Oscar
Bogue first; on the first charge of
breaking and entering, two to three
years in the penitentiary. On the
second count of larceny, he gave
Bogue five to seven years, this sen
tence to be suspended upon his good
behavior for ten years!
Casper second, and puzzled-appearing
Joe Roughton, third, were
given duplicates of the same judg
ment, ogue thanked the judge in
low tones. Casper and Roughton
said nothing.
Last he came to Dock Phelps, who
had not taken the witness stand. He
entered iudement at three ttf four
years for Phelps on the breaking and
entering count. The suspended sen
tence was similar to those imposed
on the other three on, the larceny
counts. All four had previous re
cords. Of the money taken from the New
Hope Mercantile and Milling -Company,
$684.25 was ordered turned
back to the original owners of the
store
HURDLETOWN
Mrs Carson Jordan. Mrs. Elmer
Wood. Mrs. Georsre Jordan and Miss
es Eleanor Jordan and Sallie B.
Wood visited ' Mrs. Z. D. White on
Thursday.
Miss Ruby Lee Sumner of Norfolk.
Va., spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Nellie Sumner.
Mrs. Charlie Jordan is spending
sometime with her sister, Mrs. John
Baccus.
Lloyd Hurdle of Camden and
Henry Meads of Elizabeth City, were
guests of Mrs. Nellie Sumner batur-
! dav night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stagings and
son. Ernest Carev, and Mr. and Mrs.
Vick Stallings, Sr., visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. Van Roach Sunday eveninsr.
Miss Mary Rosa Chappell of New
Hope, was the guest of Miss Leona
Baccus Sunday evening.
Miss Shirley Hurdle visited Miss
Ruby Lee Sumner Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sumner and
children of Hertford visited his
mother, Mrs. Nellie Sumner, on Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jennings visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Hurdle on
Sunday afternoon.
Announcement
rn, istiinirino' oaiflAnts of the Town of
'Winfall hereby announce th&r (iandidacy tor
Town offices, subject to the primary election
"to be held June 1, 1940:
For Mayor of the Town of Winf all
C. J. UMPHLETT
For Commissioners of the Town of Winf all
J.D.CRANFORD
FRED WINSLOW
JOEL HOLLOWELL
For Town Clerk
J. L. NIXON
For Constable
WILLIAM BAGLEY
mVrow'aJers or by 1' a d oose inour All three of the State's witnesses
nr llft&ted nublk debt This riht now an1 we are H"' tod identical stories of the robbery;
ors in a defaulted i public : debt, urn Dresence. The etymology oi Dnt-lr Phrfns, who had broken iail. in
is neither honorable or fair.
The other1 course is to face the
obligation and levy the taxes to
meet it. Henry A. Wallace, Secre
tary of Agriculture, has urged a
kind of processing tax called the
"certificate plan." This has its ob
jectionable features but at least it
would raise- the money to pay the
benefits pledged. If the House is to
fall in line with the Senate plan,
Congress owes it to political candor
the word, however, is a bit interest
inse. It derives from eandidatusi
''clothed in white" because in the old
Roman days when a man ran for of
fice he was clothed in a white toga.
Perhaps that was so . he; could be
easily seen and the more easily
watched. It may be, that white
toga, was a symbol oi his purity oi
purpose in seeking the office foi
which he aspired. Or the conspicu-
SO WHAT?
By WHATSO
ingress owes ,t to political r, ; d
as well as to good management to , that.thm vot ,ouid readily identify,
tevy taxes sufficient to meet the Mil j candidatc. an4 80 stop him ad Mk
It iiMurs.-ChriBtian Science Monitor.; hm exp,ain juBt what he Btood for
I won rf rnvAtm'rnA'nf . Til wh&t
111 buc rrj o
specific way did he expect to improve
the state by his participation in its
tmvernment? What were the speci
fic changes in the laws which he felt
would be of benefit to tne country :
what nrere the nresent abuses in the
state which he thought his presence
in the.hallSjOf the Haw maKers wouia
help to remedy? There were many
questions for the candidates to ans
wer. There are many questions for
candidates to answer today if , the
voters will but ask! Well, here's a
question, Friend Candidate what do
you stand for fendwhyT'"'-" i
HARSH LINES ARE SOFTENED
OI tne numsn iukv. mi expresuiuu
t iwViVVi fn vnuth' seemed a bit hard is
, ,by years mellowed and made gentle
land kind. So it will no doubt be
I1- foot. Of Grubb-Street At the pres
'nt time the barn-like," angular shed
i tonii-Ti . vmi'i Dassv to get out
Elizabeth City the night before the
New Hope robbery, they said, had
been to Casper's home early that
BELVIDERE NEWS
Miss Sybfl Rogerson, Miss Sara
Mae Chappell, A. D. Ward and Roy
Byrum went to Washington, D. C.,
to see the cherry blossoms and visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Archie Kendall.
Mrs. R. M. White and son, Jay
Winslow of Norfolk, Va., spent sev
eral days in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Winslow. They were ac
companied home by Mrs. Winslow,
who will visit them awhile.
Mrs. W. T. Smith, Mrs. R. R.
White and Mrs. S. M. Winslow spent
Thursday in Elizabeth City.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Uhappeu
spent Sunday as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Rogerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith of Eli
zabeth City, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Smith Sunday
Mr and Mm. VWnorv Rountree and
daughter, Novella- Elizabeth of Sun
nnrv. were -Sunday guests of Mr.
onH Mrs W L. White. -
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Laydenof Eli
zabeth City, visited Mrs. Haran iy
Cuests in the home of Mr. and
A. J. MAXWELL
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A Bted Pron of Progress
His platform contains a rural road building
program that will give better "iarm-to-marr
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TTia nrnorrnm pfllls fnr construction Of all-
weather highways sin rural areas that will
better serve the farmer in reaching, ;hi
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