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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED; TO TOE UPBtHLDING OF HERTFORD AND
COtJNTY
Volume. WI.Number 25.
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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 21, 1940.
$1.25 Per Year.
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DOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LOWERS
COUNTY TAX RATE FOR YEAR TO $150
Lower, Rate Made Po&
rsible r By Refinancing
r County's Bonded In
. debtedness
FROM $1.60 -
Withdraws Support of
National Youth Ad
ministration W o r k ;
Grammar School Re
pairs Keep Rate From
Being Lower
Perquimans County's tax rate, fol
lowing a special meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners on
Monday when the new budget was
made up, has been reduced from $.160
to $1.50 for the next fiscal year.
The reduction was made possible
through the re-financing of the
county's bonded indebtedness this
year when a lower interest rate was
secured.
The tax rati could have been re
duced to $1.40, but for the expense
of repairs and modernization to the
Hertford Grammar School, it was
indicated.
Another contributing factor to the
1 lowering of the tax rate . . . though
a small one . . . was the withdrawing
of the county's support by discon
tinuing of funds for the county's
contribution to NYA work.
Just what effect this resolution
will have on the NYA has' not been
determined. If another sponsor can
be found, the work will go on. If
not, it is likely that the sewing and
handicraft rooms will be discontinu
ed, but that the clerical projects will
U ma1!ije$ at .sisvf 1 the
For Tomorrow
Lone Fight Between
Veterans JTor House
Seat Excites No Show
Of Interest
The J. S. McNider- . J. T. Benton
runoff is tomorrow (Saturday). By
nine .o'clock or probably earlier to
morrow night, : Perquimans County
will know who will represent it in the
lower house for the next two years.
It is-the only Tace in the county and
McNider and Benton were the
high men in the hottest house race
Perquimans County has ever seen.
There were five , candidates in the
first' primary; Benton Is the incumbent-
but McNider, veteran legisla
tor, le4 him for to by a 14-vote'margiiuj'v.-
Political observers, when they work
up enough interest in the runoff to
voke an opinion, say . the second pri
mary iriU be ecy close, ;And that's
alt:they;y:V
With; first primary interest at -such
a high "pitch, the let-down is ghastly.
WUhthe runoff " scheduled , for. to
morrow therels still talkv of nothing
but war; mention politics and ,th
subjecf will endure : for less than - a
fe1lWot3lifsDrifl0ln, 'capitu
lations 'i:;ttiaeiajdseiitedt
crowd mto the background. -
The Idne election scramble is exr
citinsr iot the -fainiest dearree of im
terelt. .It" Pbablywould. in normal
nr.
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.wttiuM hnt than M.nnf . tinnnnl 1 TM.it , .. :.tm ' juMrmtaul .
:. ?&&M WkH bt 1jetween' veferans.1 i, Mrivia Rountwe. the healflu sfe
"t)k priniayy-hadi nevef ;served' 1ft
ilistet.teJe ;,CampbeHji'and
;.; rsrved two. terms'- each ' to' the lower
housatt ands the ' Stat semte.: iMTi
Benton Is Twandiiigi out -bti fcecond
term in the house.
:WorkiStartslOn
ejrtforupd
'Ml;
Tuesday morning on1 the. bulkhead Jrt
-'.-.. the Ckveht'arden )JeMehdM-5r
'.Enough money was left 'over from
Federar. grants' f or, therecreaflott
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Y: BIRTH AN NdUNCKMKIN T ', ' "
Mt and kr4Z& T. Keel wisK to
i f announce the birth of twin tdaugh
tets Jean and Jane, ''on Thursday,
,Juno 13, 1940. Mother and babies
are doirg nicely. . . . " ,
Pastor From Burgaw
Preaches Here Sunday
The Rev. C. W. Duling, paator
of the First Baptist ' Church of
Burgaw, will preach at the Hert
ford Baptist Church morning and
evening services on Sunday, ac
cording to an announcement from
Charles Johnson, member of the
Board of Deacons.
Mrs. Giles Kornegay of Bur
gaw, formerly Miss Ruth Wins
ow of Hertford, says Mr. Dulling
ippeals especially to the young
eople, and that a Sunday even
ng service seldom finds his
:hurch but well-filled with young
people.
Crescent Company
Amusements Here
All Of riextVYeek
Same Show That Came
For Lions Fair Last
Year; Sponsored Next
Week By lions Club
Entertainment for young and old
will be offered on the town lot in
Hertford all of next week when the
Crescent Amusement Company of
Gastonia will present what is termed
"the world's cleanest midway." The
amusement concern is no stranger to
Hertford, having appeared here at
least four times as well as in nearby
towns.
Included in the entertainment are
modern riding. , devices, merry-go-rounds,
Ferris wheel, chair-o-plane,
and other clean amusement gadgets.
The amusement company comes to
Hertford through arrangement with
the Hertford -lions Club which
brought tfieIama Show here last year
for the highly successful first1 county
fairl;
The show comes to Hertford from
Edenton. It will fill the engagement
here and then go to Bethaven for the
Fourth of July celebration there.
The amusement company is al
ways welcomed in Hertford. Being
probably the cleanest show of its
type, a number of those connected
with it have many friends here in
Hertford. Mr. McHenry, the owner,
was ill when the show was here be
f6re, but it is understood his condi
tion has improved since then.
Mrs. McHenry and Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman Husted will probably also
spend the week here.
The Lions Club expects to realize
a substantial' sum from the engage
ment in Hertford and with the affair
widely advertised, it is expected that
large crowds will attend.
All shows and riding devices will
be in operation Monday night until
Saturday night. .
Sara L Elliott
Health Contest
Sar$ Elizabeth Elliott, the health
est 4-fl piub girl in Perquimans
County, won first place in the dis
rict 4-II Club contest , in-Tarboro on
Tuesday, ' '' .'
, : Last year Sara Elizabeth won see
end place in the same district con
test.'' The district ,. V the North-
HClufc -heft miW:
k&faa&Xtvi $etertioja: &
ter.:Mr.-and!:tSA:KWi'K8.fiBotti'
wilt enter the State 4JH Health Contest-
at ' State Cjotlere duTini the 4
a Short Coursaln July.4' '
Examinations In ' the Mfcouhly; con-iestsl-were
i handled by vDr,;T. P;
Georgia Man
Manager At Rose's
10-25-Cent Store! ?wh6?; cam' here
Severing weeks Jigo' Waeplace j'VC.'
Loveiand; :,who was transfen4 S to
Galax, Virginia, to jkeove man
agership: ftoMtmumitf
home at Mrs. Ellie White's hoarding
house, came to Hertford from Nor
folk after going there from Burling-
.ton. His native state is Georgia.-
Wins In District
belated
Virlfcra. nOT , manaire'r- of Rose'a! vB-
Hertford. Grammar
School Almost A
New Structure
No Ground Floor Audi
torium, However; Old
Building Gutted and
Entirely Renovated
Hertford's new Grammar School
it is new, practically will be com
pleted in the latter part of August
or maybe around the middle of that
month, W. E. Coleson, superintendent
in charge of construction, said Mon
day morning.
The Grammar School, built in 1905,
is new throughout with the exception
of the brick walls and some floor
and ceiling timbers. It was gutted
and rebuilt from the ground up to the
roof, but disappointing to many peo
ple will be the news that not enough
money is available to build the lower
floor auditorium addition that had
been hoped for.
The fire escapes on either end of
the building, one leading directly in
to the second floor auditorium and
the other into the corridor, are brick
towers bonded to the outside of the
building. They are called "smoke
towers" or "stair towers."
Steel gates, of the elevator tele-scoping-style
will give entrance to
the stair towers from the outside,
and the second floor windows in the
towers will be covered with wire
mesh, according to Mr. Coleson.
The stair towers will have concrete
roofs, probably the only concrete
roofs in Hertford. The auditorium,
though on the second floor, can be
entered or left directly from the out
side without entering the building
though entrance can be gained to the
ground floor through the same stair
tower. The arrangement is similar
to the one at the high school.
New at the Hertford Grammar
School will be floors, plaster ceiling,
plumbing equipment, heating equip
ment, electric wiring and fixtures.
The toilets have concrete floors
and will have tile floors over that
with four-foot tile walls; Only some
parts of the present furnace will be
used in the new heatyig system. The
furnace room was fire-proofed, a year
ago by the same contractor, F. N
Thompson of Charlotte.
It is interesting to note that the
35-year-old building has seen three
methods of heating. First, there was
the hot-air duct system, later coal
stoves in each room, and then steam
heat. I -
As his crew began '.tearing down
the chimneys in the different rooms,
Mr. Coleson said it was the first
time he had ever seen chimneys not
bonded to the walls. That is, the
chimneys 'were installed separately
from 'the building on the inside, not
fastened to the brick walls, but using
the walls as the fourth side of the
chimneys,
The walls between the rooms are
fire-proofed with rock laths, perfor
ated so that the plaster will hold,
and the insides of the brick shell are
water-proofed so that moisture will
not seep in and crack the plaster.
All windows on both ends of the
Grammar School are -bricked in with
the exception of those in the stair
towers.
It appears that the building will
be entirely ready for occupancy be
fore the next term is scheduled to
open for business.
Ilertfor
1090. N. C District
fiertf rd, fiotaxy Club has been
k Tidewater District
ft&SiSSnliS&f interna-
tinhAT fnr th transfer Alan' Involved
Edenton," jSUzabeth Jity and Manteo,
aU of whom, have wanted for some
time tjHteava the 3 Tidewater, Vir
ginia, district.
The transfer back to the 189th
District of; North Carolina is effec
iive'Juy lsi 1 Tie new district
jgpvernorelect: to preside over Eli
.sabeWCityMantep, Edenton and
'j?eirwiji &t30 Clubs, is Carter
parrow.'of Tarboro,''
fe;":5.;";".;: $C
Aftehds .Convention
?rC.: F. -HI orris,-general manager of
the Southern Cottolii Oil Company,
attended - th4-.pilyhtion of Cotton
Seed Crushers at ..Myrtle-Beach, S.
C -early thia: wee ' :-:';
The convention Is aid to have gone
on srecord opposing state s trade
barriers. ' ,V t i' .
d Rotary
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Club lie
Red Cross Drive
For War Refugees
Gaining Momentum
Contributions at Noon
Tuesday Were Push
ing Hundred Dollar
Mark; Donors listed
Kd Cross contributions for war
refugees took a substantial gain
over the figures printed in this news
paper a week ago, information re
leased by Chairman Eilas M. Whed
bee at noon Tuesday disclosed.
The total at that time was $83.65.
The minimum quota asked by the
National Red Cross from Perquimans
County is still $600 ... the amount
to be used wholly and exclusively for
war relief. No part of it is to be
applied toward the normal program
and expenditures of the Red Cross.
This newspaper was in error last
week when the reporter stated that
the Rev. R. F. Munns, pastor of the
Hertford Methodist Church, had scor
ed the lack of activity on the part
of the local chapter in a plea from
his pulpit last Sunday.
Mr. Munns' position is set forth in
a letter from him on another page of
this issue. However, Red Cross do
nations may be handed to Mr. Munns
or to the Rev. E. T. Jillson, rector
of Holy Trinity Church, or to Mr.
Whedbee at the Post Office.
Here is a list of those who had
made contributions to noon Tuesday:
Mt. Sinai Church, W. H. Hard
castle, Mrs. B. F. Bray, Mrs. R. T.
Clarke, E. T. Jillson, Mrs. Kate
Crawford, Mrs. C. W. Morgan, Miss
Pattie Whedbee, Mrs. G. . Newby,
Mrs. T. S. White, Miss Helene Nixon,
Claude White, Mrs. Stella Fowler,
Order of the Eastern Star, Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Wilson, Mrs. W. H. Pitt.
fMrs. Isa Tucker, Mrs. F. T. Wins-
low, Miss Mae Wood Winslow, Mrs.
Will Mardre, Mrs. R. D. Elliott, Mrs.
W. E. White, Granberry Tucker,
Mrs. T. J. Nixon, Hollowell Chevrolet
Company, Mrs. Helene Newby, Miss
Mildred Reed, Mrs. Joe Campbell,
Zach White, Miss . Agnes Tttcker,
Reginald Tucker, Miss Jocelyn .Whed
bee, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs.
J. P. Hill, Manola Jolliff, Carlton
Davenport, Jr., Mrs. W. G. Gather,
Miss Helen Gaither, Corbin Dozier,
Mrs. R. H. Willis, Miss Kate Blanch
ard, Mrs. R. L. Knowles and Mrs.
H. C. Stokes.
Among those listed here are pro
bably many who will resent having
their names published in connection
with contributions, but it has been1
suggested that a listing of those who
have donated will have a tendency to
hurry along other contributions
which are sorely needed to bring
Perquimans County's total to any
where near the minimum quota.
The need is much too pressing to
quibble over printing the names of
those who have contributed, and it
may possibly bring out other dona
tions. There is no house-to-house canvass
in Hertford for the refugee call, but
funds may be handed, to any of the
three persons named above.
From September, 1939, with the
invasion of Poland, through June
7th, it is said, the American Red
Cross made available a total of more
than five million in relief supplies
to the stricken people of Europe.
.... but demands have grown and
much more is needed.
Murder Victim At
One Time Operated
Restaurant Here
Widow of Theodore
j&nidas Is Daughter
if Qg$&&$. P. Jordan
Bagley Swamp
Theodore W. Sanidas, 40, who was
murdered by pistol-fire in Norfolk,
Virginia, early Sunday morning, once
operated a restaurant here In Hert
ford in a building located where the
store of M. J. Gregory now stands. '
Mrs. Sanidas and their four chil
dren were visiting relatives in Bag
ley Swamp when the shooting occur
ed. Mrs. Sanidas was formerly Miss
Melvina Jordan, daughter of Mrs. B.
F. Jordan and the late Mr. Jordan,
of Bagley Swamp.
Funeral services were held in Nor
folk Tuesday afternoon at the chapel
of the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apart
ments with the Rev. George T. Ter
rell, pastor of the Trinity Baptist
Church, and Msgr. Nicadros Pinatsis,
pastor i of the "Hellenic Orthodox
Church, officiating.' a
r The body was sent to Hertford via
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AXIS PARTNERS EXTEND HARSH PEACE
TERMS; WHO GETS THE FRENCH NAVY?
Shelton Tucker Leaves
Hospital; Wife Still
Confined With Injuries
It is reported here that Shelton
Tucker, former Hertford boy, who
was injured in the automobile acci
dent two weeks ago in which his
brother, Joe Tucker, was killed near
Danville, Virginia, is able to leave
the hospital. A cousin, Beverly
Tucker, of Hertford, said he probably
left the hospital several days ago
and that his injuries consisted of
broken teeth, bruises and lacterations
and shock.
Mr. Tucker's wife, who was also
injured in the fatal accident, is still
confined to the hospital with a brok
en ankle and other injuries.
Legionnaires To
Help Rid State Of
Subversive Group
Berry Says Absence of
Local Post No Reason
Why Veterans Here
Shouldn't Help
The American Legion in North
Carolina has been asked by Governor
Clyde R. Hoey to cooperate in the
eradication of subversive elements
within the State. "The Legion ac
cepts the job fearlessly and grimily,"
promises June H. Rose, department
commander.
There is no American Igion Post
in
Perquimans County, though ac-
tion was started almost a year
ago
to establish one here.
"Our job," said Mr. Rose, "is to
listen and say very little publicly. If
we, members of the Legion, know
anything it should be reported im
mediately to the following organiza
lions: "First, to the Sheriff of the coun
ty; Second, to Inspeeto Fred Handy
State Bureau of Investigations, Ita-1
leigh; Third, to Ed Scheidt, Federal
Bureau of Investigations, Charlotte;
Fourth, to Department Commandei
of American Legion, OreenT..e, i
North Carolina."
B. C. Berry, veteran, was instru
mental in compiling a list of veter
ans in Perquimans County a year
ago when the movement for a Legion
Post was started. He sees little rea-
son why the absence of a local post
should exempt the veterans in this
county from also "accepting the job
fearlessly and grimly."
"The worthwhileness of this un
dertaking can be made negligible if
one single Legioiyiaire should at
tempt any act not in accordance
with the law of the State and the
Nation," Commander Rose stated
while impressing the membership
with the idea that under no circum
stances will the Legion through any
member or any committee attempt
to take the law into its own hands.
The State and Federal Bureaus of
Investigations will have trained men
at the State Convention in High
Point who will help plan a sane and
sensible procedure for this crisis.
"In the meantime," said Command
er Rose, "I urge that there be no
political, commercial or social ostra
cism of individuals or businesses
simply because an individual or bus
iness happens to have a foreign
name or because there is some un
proved rumor flying around about
that individual or business. We must
act on facts alone."
RIVER BOTTOM IN VICINITY OF MUNICIPAL
BEACH NOW GETTING NEW COAT OF SAND
Workmen under the Works Pro-,
gress IProgram; on . Wednesday were
busily WUnft targe after barge-lload
of sand-clay from points up the river
and-using ft to .gwe-thev river bottom
iavhf imnfediate cutity of the new
recreation pier a new coat of clean
earth.
Authorities said, in answer to a
question, that there is not sufficient
tidal action in the Perquimans River
to disturb the sand in its new sur
roundings.
Work of moving the sewer disposal
main at the foot of Grubb Street,
where it emptied into the river under
the pavilion boardwalk has also be
gun. Only the sewer pipe originally
placed there has been moved as yet,
but the direction of the lengths al -
ready moved indicate that the line
takes a decided turn under the shore
end of the pier and shies off abruptly
from the vicinity of the pier in the
direction of Skinner's Creek. ,
..When additional pipe lengths ar
rive they-were ordered last Tues
day y the sewer' main : -will her piped
up the creek and out to
channel
Paris Sorry Sight to
Frenchmen as Swas
tika Waves From Fa
mous Eiffel Tower
TALK PEACE
World Waits Breath
lessly For Answer to
French Navy Riddle;
Trouble Brews In
South America as
France Fights on
The Axis partners' offers of peace
must be accepted or rejected as they
stand. This means that the price of
an Armistice so far as France is
concerned is not open to negotiation
and means complete and uncondition
al surrender.
This was a picture of conditions
abroad at a late hour Wednesday
night ... a picture subject to dras
tic changes in the course of even a
few hours.
Since this newspaper last gave it3
weekly report on happenings in the
great European struggle, the Nazi
War Machine has marched through
Paris and to points much further
south . . . but without damaging the
French capital though the Swastika
flies from the Eiffel Tower and
many Parisian public buildings.
It is a sad sight to Frenchmen
refugees and thirty per cent of the
population that stayed in Paris to
await the expected arrival of the
conquering dictator and the Ger
man march of slaughter continues
even as Hitler and. Mussolini talk of
peace plans in answer to the French
surrender. The richest industrial
centers of France, principal scene of
the last World War, are in the handa
of the invaders.
Even after the surrender and the
resignation of the French cabinet,
France fights on. It appears that
Hitler's peace terms are so harsh
that French people and French lead
ers prefer to nht on to the death
rather than suhnit tiVtewns bondV
age proposed by the jackal, Adolf
Hitler.
The outstanding question before
the Allied Cause and consequently
before world, centers today revolves
around the French navy. Will Hitler
get it? Or will French seamen re
volt and join the British sea forces?
Will England capture it and
maintain a small hope for victory by
keeping the fleet out of German
hands?
These are the questions being ask
ed .. . and all of them may be ans
wered before you read this. It is ap
parent that Hitler is demanding the
fleet. The Mad Fuerher's revenge
on the French people may be a ter
rible thing to behold if he is unsuc
cessful in his plans as they relate
to the French navy.
The world waits breathlessly in
the meantime While the Mass Mur
derer ponders peace gestures to the
French.
Invasion of England is expected
minutely, and while the British pre
pare for a seige of unprecedented
proportions, the fall of France and
the possible surrender of its fleet
will renew the stark realization that
a sea blockade might bring starva
tion to England and that no inva
sion will be necessary.
The Italian role as Hitler's axis
partner to date has been of small
moment, but Fascists in Rome said
Wednesday that French rejection of
the Munich terms would unleash a
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Norfolk Southern
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The Norfolk Southern Railroad
Company, the county's largest tax
payer . . with; a total valuation of
$325,339 , . . has turned into the
county treasury $5,091.64 advance
taxes for. 1940.
The. Norfolk Southern has 24.838
miles of rjight-of-way in Perquimans
County valued at $13,098,436 per mile
1 and other property, stations, etc.
Major and Loomis Lumber Com-.
pany is the second (largest taxpayer, .'
the Virginia Electric and Power .
Company, third, and the Southern '
Cotton Oil Company, fourth. '
The regular dinner meeting of the
ing at Hotel Hertford. 'y '
Counrs lir
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laxpayin
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