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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
' (Volume VII. Number 20
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 17, 1940.
$1.25 Per Year.
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Crouglitcn Holds
Edison As
Examne
Successful Living
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) Raleigh, Attorney De
levers Commencement
Address to 60 High
; School Grads
i Before an audience variously esti
mated at more than nine hundred,
J M. Broughton, of Raleigh, deliver
ed the commencement address at the
High School last Friday night to the
f 1940 graduating class.
t Holding up as an example of a
successful life the inventor, Thomas
A. Edison, Mr. Broughton told the
V, sixty graduates "Success .is not a
gift; it must be obtained by diligent
ly working toward a greater objec
s, tive. A successful life, a happy
life, is one which looks above and
beyond the everyday task of making
a living."
Edison, he said, invested his tal
ents toward worthy living, and ser
'' vice to mankind.
Comparing the North Carolina
school system today with the schools
of his boyhood days, he declared
that "North Carolina is a great
state today because we are educating
our boys and girls to greater citizen
ship." fl "Enrich your lives with broader
learning every day you live," Mr.
Broughton closed.
The speaker was introduced by
High School Senior Emmett Long.
W. E. Dail, member of the Board
1 of Education, awarded the diplomas
in th absence of T. & White, chair-
, man bf the Board, who was confined
1 to his borne because of illness.
Medals were awarded by Superin
tendent F. T, Johnson. First to re
ceive special awards were Addie Mae
Ferrall H Martha Rrhar. who
A made the bifMrt fveraje during
For performance fit 'OieSteiij.or-Play,
wwl iviu mil. qais, wm uiilm. ohww
Margaret Tadlock .received s medal.
Dixie Chappell Was awarded a
medal for exceptional service. Carey
Lane received a medal as an, out
standing member of Future Farmers
of America. Freshman Stephen El
more was accorded an award for
making the highest average in
school this year.
Lois Asbell, Janet Quincy, Kath-
erine Jessup and Elizabeth Jordan,
members of the debating team, were
given awards. The exercises closed
with the benediction by Dewey
Perry.
Gives Lift Without
Tor Hire' License;
Hailed Into Court
Eddie Boyce Found Not
Guilty Transporting
and Operating With
; Improper License
Eddie Boyce, of near Hertford,
was riding around in his home sec
tion last week when two Hertford
Negroes, Mary Lee Tayloe and Wil
lie Jones, hailed him for a ride.
Boyce wasn't intending to come to
town, but Jones offered him fifty
cents for the lift into town, so Boyce
put the passengers on the back seat
and got, uliderway.
.' A few minutes later Patrolman
Clyde Gibson of the Highway Police
forces, halted him and found half a
pint of bootleg liquor on the back
seat with Jones, i&f- jr.
Boyce . explained: the circumstances,
eaying he knew ' nothing about- the.
liquor, According to .lesuraony oiier-
t in Recorder's Court Tuesday. .J i
V Jones and the Tayloe woman both
said they told the patrolman the li
quor was theirs, and that they -had
offered Boyce f if ty cents, to bring
them to Hertford.
Mr. Boyce, in Recorder's Court
Tuesday morning, was charged with
transportation ' and operating a mo
tor vehicle with . improper license . .
v; His car was equipped with a pri
vate license according to the patrol
man, not with a "For Hire?.: license.
' Boyce entered pleas of not guilty
to both charges, y 1 - '
j Judge . Tucker . threw the case (out
and found) Boyce not guilty. v
-,-r In' a separate warrant, Jones was
found iruilty of possession - of ? nbnv
ttaxpaid liquor and was ordered '.to
pay the costs of court. ;
LIONS - nOLD INTER-CITY MEET
The Hertford Lions Club played
host to Edenton and Plymouth Lions
at an- inter-city meeting held here
ThunJay nijht. . V-
River Beckons
Motorists Respond .
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The river is hard to resist.
Here's proof . . .
A motorist overcome by the
natural beauties of the broad blue
Perquimans stopped his car on
-the causeway Sunday afternoon,
removed his top shirt and plunged
-ovet in 'the -waist-deep water.
As he splashed merrily about
amid water moccasins and cypress
knees, the other passengers in
toxicated by the first genuine
spring zephyrs, casted unsuccess
fully with rod and reel from the
causeway, while a fourth practic
ed heartily at target-shooting
with a .22 calibre rifle.
Two women in the car, which
bore N. C. license plates, would
hive nothing to do with the car-rings-on,
while interested passers
by hinted that sobriety was not
the outstanding feature of the
party.
The light-hearted visitors tired
after a time and continued damp
ly on their way.
County Democrats
Adopt Third Term
Resolution At Meet
Woman Placed On Each
Precinct Committee;
Twenty Democrats at
County Convention
Perquimans County's delegates to
the State Democratic Convention in
Raleigh on May 17th will support
the Roosevelt Third Term Move
ment. The county convention at the
courthouse Saturday shortly before
Allen J; Maxwell spok resulted in
adoption of the form resolution in
the face-of slight opposition that vot
ed .to iable th jreWuflonv -. .
Approximately 20 ' of Perquimans
County's Democrats were on hand
as Chairman C. P. Morris, of the
county executive committee, called
the meeting to order. A woman was
placed on each of the precinct com
mittees throughout the county.
All Democrats who attend the
State Convention will be duly ac
credited delegates, but those named
to make the trip, some of whom will
and some of whom are undecided,
are: B. C. Berry, T. B. Sumner, Mrs.
Alice Elliott Futrell, Charles E.
Johnson,. J. S. McNider, Charles
Whedbee, J. E. Winslow, J. T. Ben
ton, Dr. E. iS. White, Mrs. Mattie
Lister White, R. L. Knowles, Horace
Long, Mrs. B. G. Koonce, J. E. Mor
ris, Charlie Uraphlett and T. ,S.
White, and all other Democrats, resi
dents of the county, who desire to
attend.
Spring Federation
Show Set For 23rd
The Annual Spring Federation
Meeting of the Home Demonstration
Clubs in Perquimans County is set
for Thursday, May 23, according to
announcement by Miss Frances
Maness, demonstration agent.
The meeting will begin at 2:30
o'clock in the Sunday School Depart
ment of the Hertford Baptist Church.
Miss Ruth Current, State Home
Demonstration Department, will be
the featured speaker at the, Annual
Federation meeting. ' '
Immediately after the Federation
meeting the public is invited to the
courthouse for the annua! flower
show and tea, according to Miss
Maness.
The Hertford band will give a
concert on the courthouse lawn.
Band Concert At
High School Here
Sunday Afternoon
. A concert by the Perquimans
County Band, ending its first S year
as unit, in the High School here,
under'the direction of Robert Rhodes,
instructor, will be held in the Ibigh
school . auditorium on SundayVtftr-i
noon at. t o'clock. fJ4Wr&
- It is -understood that" bands' from
Edenton or Elizabeth City(vor both,
will take (part in the musical ; pro-
Mri Rhodes could not:: be reached
for statement Wednesday but it is
indicated .that the concert is to be in
the form of commencement exercises
for,; the hand members. -,
Meeting And Flower
Town To Cooperate
With Industrial
Committee Of Lions
Candidates For Office
Come Through With
Five "Yeses" to Questionnaire
The Town Council in meeting
Tuesday night was called upon by
the members of the Lions Club In
dustrial Committee with the same
proposition concerning tax consider
ation inducements to attract new
manufacturers to locate here and
met with the same wholehearted re
sponse that was given by the County
Board of Commissioners last week.
The questionnaires mailed to Per
quimans County's candidates for the
House of Representatives have been
answered, according to Norman N.
Trueblood, chairman of the Indus
trial Committee, and each candidate
answered with the word "Yes."
These are the questions the Indus
trial Committee asked ....
"Are you in favor of the County
Commissioners of Perquimans Coun
ty and the Town Council of Hertford
offering prospective manufacturers
as an inducement to locate in Hert
ford or Perquimans County, a speci
fied period of time which would be
partiallly tax free?
To this question all five candi
dates answered "Yes."
And the second question . . .
"If elected representative of Per
quimans County, will you introduce,
sponsor and actively' support neces
sary legislation enabling the Board
of County Commissioners of Per
quimans County and the Town Coun
cil of Hertford to legally offer this
inducement to prospective manufac
turers?" The answers were again "Yes",
according to Mr. Trueblood .
With this point settled, the Indus
trial Committee is now ready to go
ahead with further plans for at
tracting, new business to this com
munity. Only Four Hundred Of
1,800 Dogs In County
Treated Against Rahies
With the remainder of this month
in which to have their dogs vaccinat
ed, only about 400 dog owners hare
brought their animals forward for
the treatment, according to A. A
Nobles.
He says the canine population of
Perquimans County is approximate
ly 1,800.
The law provides a fine of not
less than $10 nor more than $50 or
30 days in jail, or both, for failure
to have the dogs vaccinated in ac
cordance' with the statute.
Mr. Nobles, one of the rabies in
spectors in this county, spends each
Saturday at T. R. Winslow's store
in Hertford at the corner of Eden
ton Road and Grubb Streets for the
purpose of treating animals brought
to him.
Two Banking Holidays
Coming This Month
Announcement comes from F. M.
Riddick, Jr., cashier of the Hert
ford Banking Company, that the
bank will be closed on Monday, May
20th, in observance of the signing of
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence. Both the post office and the bank
will be closed on Thursday, May
30th, in observance of Memorial Day.
This date falls on the third Thurs
day after Hertford stores and other
business houses begin closing at 12
o'clock noon for the, customary tum
mer half-holiday on Thursdays.
; ROTARY CLUB MEETS
the Rotary Club held its regular
weekly meeting Tuesday evening at
Hotel Hertford.
PROCLAMATION
The. National Work Projects
V'lMi&K 104ft a a "Thia W.vb- Taira
payers and, interested citizens may avail themselves of the opportu-
nity to become Acquainted with the accomplishments of the Profes
siruVnl And lSrvir Divisinn in terms nf cnmmunitv values and to also
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: auuus uiemHuivea aware oi me iieeue aiiu uptnutuuiucB ju
t munity for carrying through more of Anierica's Unfinished business.
i.. In order, therefore, that the people. of the City of Hertford and
Perquimans County may visit these Professional and Service Projects
4n regular operation I, Vivian N. Darden, Mayor of the City of Hert
ford, do proclalni the week of May 20-25 to be observed as Project
Activity Week. K
1 1 This i&ih diy of May, 1U0.
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Bertie County Man
Attempts Suicide
Here Three Times
Clyde Outlaw Jumps In
River, Stages Hang
ing In Jail Cell and
Slashes JThroat
Clyde Outlaw, 33-year-old man of
Merry Hill section of Bertie County,
mad.e repeated attempts to take his
life in Hertford Saturday afternoon
and Sunday morning, according to
officers who stifled his attempts.
First he is said to have jumped
in the Perquimans River from a boat
at the Hertford Bridge. Outlaw was
enroute to Merry Hill from Manteo,
where he had been working, when
he jumped from a truck, driven by
an unidentified companion, and ran
under the bridge to a boat, from
which he leaped into the water.
Persuaded by the friend not to
drown himself, he was turned over
to local police and lodged in jail.
Patrolman C. E. Walker went to
the jail a short time later and re
ported that he found Outlaw trying
to hang himself in the cell with the
aid of an electric light cord.
Mr. Walked dissuaded him this
time, and the third attempt took
place early Sunday morning. Other
prisoners in the jail raised an alarm
and Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens was
summoned to find that Outlaw had
cut his throat with the jagged top
of a tin can. He was treated by a
local physician and Deputy Owens
set out to deliver him to Bertie
County authorities.
Mr. Owens stated that Outlaw
made his fourth and final attempt
to end his life on the Chowan River
Bridge when he tried, to jump from
the moving automobile as it ap-.
proached the draw.
The deputy said the man was ap
parently deranged and that he gave
no reason for his violent acts. He
learned in Windsor that Outlaw had
been tried recently on charges of
stealing a cow.
$1,002 To Repair
Termite Damage;
County Building
County Is Considering
Second Floor For Ag
ricultural Building;
WPA Project
y
Representative Lindsay Warren
announced Monday that the Presi
dent had approved a WPA project to
renovate and improve the Perquim
ans Agricultural Building at Hert
ford with an allotment of $1,002.
This amount will be used to undoi
the work done over a period of years
by termites. The Agricultural
Building was constructed with the
aid of federal funds in 1936, but
has fallen prey to termites since
that time.
Simultaneously with announcement
of the Federal allotment for im
provements comes news that the
county is considering application to
the WPA for another federal allot
ment with which to add a second
floor to the present Agricultural
Building.
The county has indicated that it is
paying too much office rent and
space for various government agency j
branches and administration units,
and that a second floor at the Agri
cultural Building, county-owned, will
provide space for the Farm Security
Administration office, for the WPA
office and other county and State
offices on which the county is pay
ing the rent. .
Application has not been made but
the matter is under consideration.
Administration has set aside May
Am. r'nTiniYiiinif it" in nrHfr that tax-
J ; Avwmr'nnm.
VIVIAN N. DARDEN, Mayor.
Three Candidates
Then "Talk Peace"
Until Thursday morning, riding
or walking South along Church
Street, one passed under four
huge banners in two blocks.
The first solicits your support
in the gubernatorial race and
urges you to "Vote For A. J.
Maxwell For Governor."
The second entreats you to
"Vote For W. P. Horton For
Governor."
The third beseeches you to
"Vote For Broughton For Gov
ernor." The fourth banner, just as large
and just as brilliantly lettered as
the other three, told the motor
ing and walking public to "Talk
Peace."
The Peace banner was not urg
ing a suspension of hostilities in
the rival campaign camps, but was
erected by the Woman's Interna
tional League' for Peace and Free
dom immediately after develop
ments in Europe reached the criti
cal stage. It had something to do
with Goodwill Days.
New Registration
Pushing 1,800; One
Township Missing.
Already Registered 326
More Than Voted in
1936; Hertford Reg
isters 746
With Bothel Township still un
heard from, the precincts and town
ships in Perquimans County have
registered 1,672 voters. It is pre
dicted that the Bethel registration
will easily bring the total registra
tion to approximately 1,800.
This figure, those listed in the new
registration, is much larger than the
number of those who voted in 1936.
Thirteen ' hundred and forty-si votes
were cast that year in the race of
greatest interest when Sheriff J.
Emmett WinSlow defeated J. P.
Elliott.
The precinct registration figures,
with the exception of Bethel Town
ship, are: Winfall Precinct, 350; Ni
canor Precinct, 122; New Hope
Township, 229; Belvidere Township,
225, and Hertford Township, 746.
The Hertford Township registra
tion is much larger than it seemed
it would be when the new registra
tion was well under way. It was in
dicated a week ago that Hertford
registered approximately 650.
A last minute rush boosted the
figure from 450 at noon Wednesday
to 746 at sunset Saturday.
L. N. Hollowell, chairman of the
Board of Elections, expressed him
self as being highly pleased with
the result of the new registration.
Next Week Is WPA
Open House Week;
Dinner Monday
The hour of the WPA dinner at
the Woman's Club House Monday
night, which inaugurates WPA Open
House Week, has been moved up
froni 7:30 to 7 o'clock.
All professional and service WPA
projects in Perquimans County will
be open to the public during the
week of May 20-25.
The public is urged during this
week to visit WPA projects operat
ing in Perquimans County.
A local program is arranged for
the dinner, which will be followed
by a radio address by Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and by National WPA
figures at 9 o'clock.
Tickets for the dinner are on sale.
Mm P. H. Small is chairman of
that committee, and is aided by Mrs
Beatrice Jordan, Mrs. Addie Jones,
Mrs. Elnora RoErerson. Mrs. Eliza
White, Miss Helen Cofield, Mrs.
Earl Perry and Mrs. B. G. Koonce.
Tea will be served Friday after
noon at the library in the Woman's
Club House.
Hertford Scouts To
Play Edenton roop
The Hertford Boy $Scout Troop's
hasfihaJl team will maSr the Edenton
Tiwn hi Edenton thli (Friday) af
ternoon at 3 o'clock according to
announcement by Scoutmaster W.
H. Pitt. a.
Th locate have been trettinsr in
some hard baseball practice and are
expected to give the Edenton hoys
genuine battle. s
Recorder Becoming
Impatient With
Weapon Wielders
Cutting Scrape Brings
Six Months to Goose
Hollow Negro; Other
Cases in Co. Court
Stating that he was becoming
more and more impatient with cases
of malicious assault with deadly
weapons where knives and guns are
pulled "in every little scraje," Judge
Granberry Tucker in Recorder's
Court Tuesday, sentenced William
(Doc) Everett, Negro to serve six
months on the roads.
Everett's alleged victim, Annie
Goodwin, Goose Hollow Negress, was
unable to appear due to knife
wounds suffered on May 3rd, which
are still keeping her confined to her
bed.
The Goodwin woman sustained a
six-inch gash in one leg and a four
inch cut in the other just above the
knee. Ten clamps were requiml to
close the wounds, it was said.
As Judge Tucker pondered over
the sentence for Everett, who plead
guilty, Prosecutor Charles Johnson
remarked that the defendant "has
been a good customer,'' indicating a
long record.
"He won't be for a while," Judge
Tucker said. "He's going out of
circulation."
Everett is also to pay the costs of
court and costs of medical attention
for the Goodwin woman.
Another case of Goose Hollow as
sault with a deadly weapon revolved
around David Spivey, Negro, who
entered a plea of guilty to charges
of striking Hattie Britton, Negress,
with a wash board. Hattie exhibited
a head wound which she said Spivey
inflicted before he chased her from
her own home with a pop bottle.
Judge Tucker ordered a 90-day
sentence suspended upon payment
of $40 in .old costs and the costs in
curred "in Tuesday's casi. ijRyy
took the 90 days.
In still another Goose Hollow cut
ting affair, Eula Thatch Negress,
entered a plea of guilty to charges
of assaulting Stoney Clarke, Negro,
with a deadly weapon, a razor blade.
Clarke was slashed about the legs
and hands. The Thatch woman was
ordered to pay a $10 fine, Clarke's
doctor's bill, and the costs of court.
"How much time is that?" Eula
asked.
"Thirty days," the Recorder ans
wered. Eula decided to pay up.
Awaiting Trial On
Hold-up Charges
Jimmy Cell Block Lock
On Second Floor and
Dig Out Bricks A
round Window
Using short pieces of metal taken
from coll beds, three Negroes await
ing a hearing on charges of hold-up
with force of arms, skipped jail
sometime Wednesday night.
The men are: Randall Bowser,
Golden Bryant alias Black Man, and
Evans' Fulton, alais Tom Payne.
They removed several bricks from
around the window on the southeast
corner, ripped away the moulding,
bent back the wire covering, tied a
piece of rope around the bars and
climbed to the ground.
The three men were locked in the
cell block on the second floor. They
jimmied two locks in order to escape
from the cell block.
The floor in the viqinity of the
break was covered, with blankets to
deaden the sound of falling bricks
and concrete moulding.
The jail break was discovered by
Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens early
Thursday morning.
Farmer Bitten By
Black Widow Spider
James Sawyer, of near Hertford,
farmer, suffered considerable pain
early this week due to the bite of
a Black Widow Spider which at
tacked him on the Granberry Farm,
where he lives.
- Mr. Sawyer was treated in Hert
ford; by Dr. C. A.' Davenport Tues
day. morning shortly after he was
bitten. It s is understood that, his
condition,.;, beyond the extreme pain ;
which ; ampjna the 1 bite of the
, Black; Widow, is not serious. -
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