THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, U. C, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940
"Men J. Maxwell
Vas Small Town
riewsnaner Editor
,V ' ' '
Writer of "Rags to
; Riches" Stories Would
Have Found Ideal Plot
. In Life of Maxwell
hours of hard work every day to
grind out a living for a young wife
and a baby or two.
We leave him here as Maxwell's
connection with State Government
begins as a Senate journal clerk, then
as principal clerk of the Senate. But
we like to hear what prominent edi
tors say,' and not so long ago, sinc&j
Allen J. beca.-ne Revenue Commis
sioner for North Carolina in 1929,
one was heard to remark that "no
man of his generation has made a
more important impress on the gov
ernment of the State than Allen J.
:,Iaxwell."
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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That well-known writer of "Rags
to Riches" plots, Horatio Alger, if he
was living todiy, would find in the
career of Allen J. Maxwell the ideal
basis for another of his stories
"From -Printer's Devil to Governor."
t1., 14. la a fo.f nrcHv wpll rOTl-
' IU1 lb IB i tv, v. , J i
f ceded in these parts of North Caro-
5 . .i t in :n T "KJf
una, mat iviaxw:u wm j.a-c a. m.
Broughton in the run-off for the
nomnnr-atii- Partv's nominee . . . and
that Allen J. will defeat the Raleigh
attorney.
To get a true xetch of Maxwell's
life . . . and to give Alger the data
for. his story ... it is necessary to
take ourselves to Duplin County
down near the coast eight or nine
counties removed from Perquimans
where a seventh son is born, to the
union of Hugh G. and Nancy Cope
land (Maready) Maxwell.
From here, & newspaperman likes
to skip across the years that have
to do with a small boy quitting
arhnni "nnH own ir to work to earn a
Hvimr.and take up with him- again
in the' composing room of 'the Wil
mington Messenger, for ; somebody
once said that "no better educational
) institution has ever been, devised by
the mind of man than the old-style
newton&Der office."
The Messenger was edited by the
late Thomas B. Kingbury, one of the
few really great editors produced in
North' Carolina, but since newspaper
pay is notoriously lean he left it and
worked in a lumber camp . . . not in
a clerical capacity but with axe and
saw. .
However, printer's ink is known
to be one of the stickiest substances
ever concocted, and in no time at all
he was back in the printshop. Max
well's active mind was always clam-
orine for more factual knowledge
and after a few years working on
other papers, he edited one of his
own at Whiteville.
Time Magazine says a small town
editor is likely to be chosen football
referee, mayor or blood r'.onor at any
time; Maxwell got his first taste of
public office when the town elected
him mayor. After that, for four
years, he published the old "Anglo
Saxon" weekly at Rockingham.
That was in the days of W. 0.
Saunders' early editorship when it
required more than moral and mental
courage to stand the wear and tear
in a newspaper office.
It required physical stamina and a
mind that was still clear after long
CUMBERLAND NEWS
Mrs. G. T. Roach :and s6n" George,
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. C. L. Godwin.
Mts. J. E. Perry, Esther Perry
and Mrs. Irving Trueblood spent
Tuesday with Mrs. David Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perry had as
their dinner guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Miller of Norfolk, va.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hurdle visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Trueblood on
Sunday evening.
Ervin Perry, of Norfolk, Va., visit
nA V,ia nnrenta. Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
CM " J - " " J
Perry, Friday.
Madison Trueblood visited Mr. and
Mrs. Irving Trueblood Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Beulah Lane spent the week
end with Misses Callie Mae and
Marie Trueblood.
and others, and beginning on the
Wes side of the road in the line of
A. Jessup, and running North 27 de
grees 30 feet E. 9 chains to a maple
stump; thence N. 9 degrees W. 6.20
chains; thence N. 76 degrees 30 feel
W. 20.50 chains along a lane; thenre
S. 30, degrees 30 feet W. 23.50 chains;
thence East 8 chains to the edge of
the marsh; thence Southwardly along
the edtre of the marsh to a gum;
thence East 2.70 chains; thence North
47 degrees East 3.15 chains to a gum;
thence North 57 degrees East 3.15
chains; thence North 67 degrees East
9 chains to the beginning. Being the
same lands conveyed to Quinton Hur
dle by Rufus White and wife, by deed
dated January 4th, 1878, and record
ed in Book UU, Page 431, and by
two deeds from J. A. White dated
February 24th, 1885, and February
23rd, 1898, and recorded in Book UU,
Page 427, and Book 5, Page 529.
The above property will be sold
subject to all taxes due and unpaid
on day of sale.
A deposit of 5r,'r of tlie amount bid
will be required of the successful
bidder at the hour of sale.
This notice dated and posted thb
30th day of April, 1940.
SOUTHERN LOAN & INSURANCE
COMPANY, Trustee,
(Formerly Southern Trust Company)
By Worth & Horner, Attorneys,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
may3,10,17,24
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
James Vivian Hurdle of Norfolk,
Va., and Miss Kathleen Beck, daugh
ter of Mr. ahd Mrs. William Beck, of
Norfolk, Va., were married Sunday
afternoon, April 14, at South Mills.
They are spending some time at An
napolis, Md:, but will make . their
home in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. HUrdle is fee son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Hurdle, of Hurdletown.
HURDLETOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stallings and
son. Ernest Carey, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Morgan Sunday. They
attended services at Mt. Sinai
Church Sunday afternoon.
Miss Shirley Hurdle spent Wed
nesday night with Misses Maggie
and Bessie Ann Lane and attended
ilm hlvthdav nnrtv at the home of
M. T. Trueblood.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Hurdle and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. Ulric
Caddy in Old Neck Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Bishop and children
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Albert White
and daughter, Jeanne, spent Friday
with Mrs. Charlie Hurdle.
Wilbur Sumner of Norfolk, Va.,
visited his mother, Mrs. Nellie Sum
ner, during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Vick Stallings, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Stallings and son,
Ernest Carey, attended, the birthday
party at the home of M. T. True
blood Wednesday evening.
" Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hurdle and
children visited in the homes of G.
Q. Hurdle and John Stallings at Cam
den and Elwood Twine in Elizabeth
City Sunday.-
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hurdle and
Eugene Hurdle spent Sunday with ,
Mrs. Hurdle's sister, Mrs. Mattie
Smith, near Berea. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Z. D. White and
son, Stuart, who visited her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stallings and
son, Ernest Carey, Mr. and Mrs. Vick
Stallings, Mesdames Ed Lee Jen
nings and Nellie Sumner ami Nathan
Hurdle and Quinton Hurdle attended
the- funeral . of Mrs. Willie Morgan
of Winfall on Wednesday.
Mrs. O. K. Twine and Mrs. Samuel
Long of Hertford, spent Thursday
with Mrs. Nathan Hurdle.
Misses Bessie Anne Lane and
Shirley Hurdle spent the week-end
with Mrs. Earl Lane at Woodville.
A scene'taken from the Hunchback of Notre Dame which plays at the
State Theatre, Hertford, Monday and Tuesday.
waited before the long procession
entered Old Hollywood Cemetery in
Elizabeth City. They came from all
over the Albemarte.
The Reverend H. K. King, pastor
of tne first Methodist Church, pro
nounced the ODeninc Draver. and
Mayor Jerome B. Flora, of Elizabeth
City, "followed immediately with his
last tribute to the man and the ca
reer that had been devoted to the
best interests of the Albemarle," ac
cording to The Daily Advance.
"Judge I. M. Meekins, long-time
friend and companion of the former
Dublisher and editor, then SDoke. re
calling the past the bringing to life
of The Lost Colony and the building
of the Wright Memorial . . .
"He was a true and loyal friend .
. . . The good that men do lives aftei
them that is the greatest consola
tion to the human race."
Active pallbearers were: Lorimer
Midgett. Howard Stevens. John L.
Sawver. Holland Webster, Alberl
Kramer, Frank Benton and W. H
Smith, all of Elizabeth City.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Co
lumbia Ballance Saunders; three
(laughters, Mrs. Billie Saunders
Smith of Elizah"th City, Mrs. Leon
S. Brooks of Arlington, Va., and Mrs.
Fred Barr. .lr., of Tarrytown, N. Y.;
a son, William Keith Saunders of
Raleigh; a brother, Caleb T. Saun-Hf-s,
of vorfolk, Va.; four sisters,
Mrs. L. H. Christian of Richmond
Va., Mrs. Nancy Brown and Mrs.
Lonnie Price of Norfolk, Va., and
Mrs. Dave Sarsfield of New Bedford,
Mass., and four grandchildren.
OPERETTA AND MUSICAL
The Frimarv and Grammar Grades
of Central Grammar School, Winfall,
will present a short operetta, "What's
the Matter With Sally?" on Friday
evening, May 3. Mrs. Ralph White's
music pupils will give a recital on
the same night before the first act
of the operetta.
Mew Silk Prints
Are being shown for
I early Spring. They are
smart and good looking.
SEE OUR SELECTION IN SMALL
AND LARGE SIZES
$1.98 to $5.95
Also All White Dresses
For Young Graduates
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Your Vote and
Support
FOR
QUILTING PARTY
Mrs. Marvin Benton entertained a
few friends at a quiltimr party at
her home in Old Neck Thursday af
ternoon. After the quilt was finish
ed, a social hour was e ijoye and the
hostess served lemonade and cakes.
, Those present were Mesdames Ed
ward Benton, G. A. Jordan, Carson
Jordan, Ralph Harrell, Jesse Harrell
Elmer Wood, Clifford Lane, Masor
Sawyer and George Benton, Misses
Elinor Jordan, Eunice Harrell and
Sallie B. Wood.
State
' in the." ; ::
Democratic Primary?-:
.v May 25 ;
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER
MORE ABOUT
SAUNDERS
MOTHERS BAY IS MAY 12
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roundings in Perquimans County,
North Carolina, in May 1884. At
the time of his accidental death
Thursday on the road from Elizabeth
City to Norfolk, he held a supervis
ory position with ; the WPA. The
twe'.fact8. are tbeAfc own commentary
on the 'success' of this exceptional
man, as success is measured in the
world of property."
"But thia is the most deceptive of
all measures of true individual
worth," the Pilot went on to say.
"Anyone can verify that for himself
by consulting the national diction
aries of bionrraDhv. The accumula
tors of vast fortunes, unless they
contrived by living acts or dying
testaments to put them to signifi
cant social use, are dismissed with s
few cold lines m.'.these final human
records.- The "most glowing . tributes
are reserved for those w&o pflghed
hark the frontiers of knowledge." WTK)
hrought new beauty or freedom 4trto
human life, who- challenged their own
days' tyrants. Many of these died
penniless. All died rich Jn the' con
tent and usefulness, of their living.
im WwUvWch,? the v Virginian
a hi day.be k helped Xo"gmit',tne
mnr. m in i uiihtsiik iiviiiir ft mnrn i
lirMr dedication to ,- lhei 1and tf
Araomooniim &nH .fUlliltiaMtV' ' in
whirh ha
corner of North Cwljn' in hich
he, lived, and an inces8iuit;Jlab!r.;for
its welfare."
Traceable to his pioneer effort
were the nation-wide interest in the
coastal Kitty Hawk region that cul
minated in the erection oi tne wngm
Memorial, and in the Lost Colony
tirnmn at Manteo.
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KVHe uvea luwy ana useiuuy,
Pilot said, "left life as unencumber
ed with the world's goods as,, when
it, but died ncn."
The Funeral
EXTENSION NOTES
By FRANCES MANESS
Home Demonstration Agent
There has been a great increase
in attendance at the clubs during the
past month. I hope during the sum
mer we may register HW at our
meetings. This is impossible with
out the cooperation of every one.
We greatly appreciate the coopera
tion of all individuals, stores and
schools in our Better Homes Cam
paign. During the month of May the sub
ject for our discussion will be
"Household Pests." This is a very
important subject for the house
keeper. Very few of our homes are
free from all types of insects.
The schedule; for next week is as
follows: '1
Tuesday, May 7 Chapanoke Club
will meet with1 Mrs. Otis Lane.
Wednesday, 'May 8 Winfall Club
will meet with Miss Esther Perry.
How It Worked Out
Handley had not come out very
well in the marriage lottery. One
day at his dlub he was bemoaning
his trouble? to a more fortunate
member.
"Yes," he said, "before I married
everyone totatnfe that marriage was
a gamble.
bored. ' ':
"And how did you find it?" be
asked.
"Why," said Handley bitterly, "a
fellow hasn't got a.; chance."
LEGALE;
. v NOTJCB OFi SALE
ByJdrtue of thV authority contain
ed iitt tiat jjertiifii xjeed of trust exe
cuted by Jerom'tXWurdle and wife,
Flora W. Hurdle, and Henrietta Hur
dle (widow), to Southern Trust Com
pany, Trustee, on the 1st day of
tuiW 109ft nunntivl in the of-
LfJaeHtvtti Register of Deeds for
Peqjihnn County, jn. u, m own
1 at mum an default having been
marie in the conditions oi saiu uew
nf tnwt. the underfiiitned Trustee
will, on the 81 day of May, 1940 at
19-nn n'cWk. Noon. at. the Court
House door of Perquimans County,
v f. irffor for sale at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash,
ju-. AbAiftAil nrnrtertv:
All those certain Jands containing
55 acres. more or less, situated, on
the Up River Road, about, 10 miles
fm tVo tnwn nf Hertford, in Belvi-
dere Township, Perquimans County,
r r iAfhiid'nimiiF the lands of
i Old triends'and acquaintances had IN. C, anddjoining the
stood for hours at the graveside and AsbelUJros. Jessup E. Nixon heirs
Plenty of White Shoes
$2.00 pair
Hose... 39c to 51. 00
REMEMBER
MOTHER'S DAY MAY 12
"STORE OF VALUES"
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