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f f r . . 'A 'WEEKLY NEWSPArEE-DSVOTED TO THE IOTUILDINO OF HERTFORD AND PERQUn4tf3 COUNTY , .Volume VIL Number 28. f .. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, .rtiday, July 12, 1940. $1.25 Per Year. Sit I.!- r 0k I'sv Alh!3tic Coach, f'ew TcHchers; New School Building Committee Elects Four New Teachers; -Wake Forest Grad to Take Charge of Athletics Four new teachers and an athletic coach will constitute the chief changes in Perquimans County's educational setup when the opening bell sounds this fall, according to Superintendent F. T. Johnson, after a meeting Friday of the high school committee. A Wake Forest College threeyear man in all sports including baseball, football and basketball, will replace James Johnson, Jr., who goes to Tidewater, Virginia, this fall. The committee elected David D. (Dave) Fuller to teach science and direct all athletics at the high school. Fuller, a Wake County boy, corjie. to Hertford for his first job. tjft graduated in May of this vaar Dave, a big fellow who has done a little boxing on the side, comes high ly . recommended, according to Mr. Johnson (the Superintendent.) At present Fuller is playing base ball for Raleigh in the Tobacco State League. Miss Nell Weeks Riddick, of Gates- ville, was elected to teach all com mercial courses at the high school; mis year, one was graduated from the Woman's College, University' of North Carolina, in June of this year, and also comes to the local faculty highly, recommended, according to Mr. Johnson, who quoted the man in charge of the placement bureau, she was one of the: test-" student! in all ' subjects; , K. ? . Miss Riddick replaces Miss Anna Wilson. ' . - :' Still referring to the high, schooi faculty, Mrs. T. L. Jenny replaces Miss Helen Gaither as math teacher , Mrs. Jetmip, whose , 'trior experience has been in Ugh school work, lives in Hertford. 4, w.il- Hertford, WilliaM Oyne 2rsjfw come from Yadkin County and Appa lachian State Teachers College to teach one section of the sixth grade. Highly recommended by officials at Appalachian State, Bray has been working around 'the office there since he graduated in 1938. Mrs. Lessie H. Gaskill will take . charge of the other section of the sixth grade. She was graduated from East Carolina Teachers College in 1933 and has been "teaching in Wanchese since that time. Mrs. Gaskill and Mr. Bray replace Miss Alice Babb, who retired from the Grammar School faculty at the close of the last session after teach; tag there foi? many years. ' There is still one first grade va cancy to be filled at the Central Grammar School; in WinfaW, accord ing to Mr. Johnson. . Mr. Johnson, is-pleased with the way alterations i and - Improvements are coniing along at the uHertford Grammar SchOoL -The plant will be , almost new when the: 194041 term is ready for business. The inside of the building will be hardly recognis able as the old Hertford Crammar and High School of 16 yean aoV ' The auditorium is still on the sec ond floor, but brick escape - towers lead dicetly - to the outside of the building from the second floor. JohnsGiiLoo!(uig For f!:: Instructor To flii'tno ISoS jS ' 1 Superintendent i F, T. JohnsonJ head of. the' county's, schools; la look- Ins for another band instructor,": f ;ri: - Robert Rhodes, 'l ban -directer at! giving the carrier company permls Central. Iliph m Pasquotank -County siort to park its busses on the light last year, who did a good Job in band and glee club work here on a tuition basis, will be kept busy in Pasquo tank County this year teaching high school students in Newland, Central and Weeks ville. 1 '..v, ' . . Mr. Rhodes, who' more or less or ganized ? the local tand, told Mr. Johnson Monday night that he would not be able to come back here again 4fnext' year.j'i::f;: -. Pasquotank is planning more con " centrated band 1 instruction tor ," the ' three' .county schools next year. ', - Superintenaent Johnson ' said that he anticipates little trouble in locat ing another, director . ,to'; take . over here where Mr. 'Rhodes left off.'-' r. ani I.-s, V ry Hurdle, of Now You See It row You Don't Con Men Take Bear Swamp Negro For 65 Dollars Jfobody has seen anything of two strange Negro men -whom Sam Fel ton, Bear Swamp Negro, says took him for a $65 sucker last Saturday. It seems that Sam was inveigled into drawing $65 in hard-earned cash from the bank and turning it over to two Negroes he had never seen before. The, two strange Negroes, Sam told Policeman Bob White, gave him a story about finding some money and saying they would give him part of it if he djdn't tell they had found it-1 or something vaguely like that. Anyway it listened good to Sam when they insisted that he draw his $65 from the bank and lump the whole sum and divide it three ways. It looked like Sam was going to gain fundi somewhere in the transaction. But in dividing the money, Sam's and- the undisclosed amount the two men bad allegedly found, allegedly it seems they couldn't make the right! change. So the two strangers left to get the money changed and asked Sam to await their return. The minutes lengthened, and in about an hour it dawned on Sam that he probably had grounds for mis trusting the two men since he had never seen either of them before. About all else Sam knows is that one of the two men was tall and the other short and that he himself is short $65. Petition From WCTU On Suntey Movies . .1- Given, Permis-1 SiOnto a-r-- -;'W'V.J, .. , . Park; Near New Station; Much Other Business The board of town commissioners in regular meeting Monday night tabled a resolution from the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union asking- the town to ban further Sun day movies; passed an ordinance to extend tfie Korfolk Southern Bus Corporation he right to load and discharge passengers in the vicinity of the : new bus station, and selected Sam Long from a list of ten or twelve applicants to fill a vacancy at the municipal light and water plant, i : , It was a busy session for the com missioners, what with working out a new system of light and power rates (told in another story on this page) and carrying out the matters men tioned above in addition to the rou tine business of the board. As the petition from the W. C. T. U. was opened and read by Town Clerk W. G. Newby, it was apparent that ' the commissioners were inclin ed to take no action on it. The pe tition or resolution was tabled after the , commissioners had discussed the matter briefly and" agreed- that the theatre management had been very considerate in the matter of Sunday movies and had asked the permission of the commission each time before presenting them. " ' i - They recalled that only, two Sun day movies had been .presented in Hertford to date and that both of these had been of the cartoon type; "hardly a bad influence," seemed the attitude of the board, and no further action was taken. The "board instructed Town ' Attor ney Charles Johnson . to notify, the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation that - the-.town passed an,' 'ordinance I side of Church Street going' soutn at the corner of Grubb, and on, the right side of Grubb Street going hast at Church, for the purpose of loading and (discharging passengers. The bus company had V requested this concession before opening , its new bus station at the ..corner ; of Church and Grubb " Streets," Two parking spaces, one in front1 of the T station on Church Street, and one beside the station on Grubb Street, will be laid off for.the.bns company. - The commissioners also instructed Mr Johnson td call particular at tention of - bus - companjfoffltiallto the fact that the 4bu; route, Incident with the parking .' space ""Hoveling east will pass by the, Hertford Gram Tnar School and caution their driver' td pr:- -i carefully in the vicinity of t' - ' r School.- Toivn uozrd Tables Two Nepas Held For Higher Court On Assault Charges Ellie Sutton Seriously Injured In Sunday Morning Fracas; Oth er Cases Alexander . Long and Alexander Long, Jr., Negroes, were bound over to Superior Court by Recorder Gran berry Tucker in county court Tues day. Grounds were found for prob able cause against the two on charg es of assaulting Ellie Sutton, Negro, with intent to kill. Testimony in the lengthy hearing Tuesday was that Sutton was attack ed by the two other Negroes after the three had returned from a trip to Pungo, Virginia. Sutton was seriously injured sustaining a number of blows on the head and about the body at the hands of the two, who, he said, struck him with an automobile crank and a pop bottle, which left him in a dazed condition from the Sunday morning lne "0M occurred until the following morning. Bye-witness to the attack on Sutton was Mrs. T. C. Chappell, who testified for the State. Other wit nesses included James Sawyer and W. F. Tarkenton. Other cases heard Tuesday includ ed that of Norman Elliott, charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Mrs. Mattie Spivey, his mother-in-law. He pleaded guilty to the first charge and paid the costs of court. A nol prosse was taken to the assault charge. The case of three county younig men charged with assault with dead-1 ly weapons on Joseph Lee of Bertie County, postponed from the last ses sion of county coirrt, was again post poned. The men are Johnnie Elliott, Louis Norman Chappell and Gaither Chappell. The condition of Lee, who was al legedly beaten with brass knuckles cut with a l th i""ds of m il. 4k i 1 t 2 J whdc, is BujiiBwiuii. iizipruvtnlf though both eyes are still blackened and bruised, and he suffered a cut in the abdomen. War Lacking Events Of Spectacular Nature This Week Britons See Largest Sky Duel of War; ' Trouble Averted In The Balkans ? While German air raids on the British Isles continue, a -moving bat tie was in progress Wednesday for control of the Mediterrean Sea. Italv dispute Britainna's role of the! bounding main as both sides daim tlon agent victory in a violent naval battle off! More than the necessary 120 or the instep of the "Italian boot." (All : ders have been approved for mat- school children recall the shape of the Italian Peninsula; i they were, constantly reminded that it resem- bled the general outlines of a high top rubber boot.) Events of a spectaculalr nature are lacking in war news of the past week. Tidings of the National Dem - ocratic Convention in Chicago next' week are about to crowd the Euro-' pean struggle from the nation's headlines for the present. i For instance, to show how cock eyed the censored reports are, the British version of a naval conflict in the Ionian Sea is that " the Italian warships' fled almost' - immediately behind a, smoke screen after an Ital ian vessel had suffered a long-range hit ' - . ' An Italian communique on the same battle asserted the British fleet was driven off. i :v Things of a violent nature in the Balkans are also apparently checked for the moment since Adolf Hitler has told Hungarian leaders that Hun gary must, not upset the Balkan ap- paecart at this tame. Whatever Mr. Hitler says seems to be the law in Enrope. ' That is all, except the Fuerhrer's long-promised assault on the British Isles.- His blitzkrieg still fails to materialise on major jlcale though Tuesday afternoon Britbns saw the biggest air battle of the ' war off British .shores whan 150 British and German ' planes fought-" a brilliant duel 84 Nazi bombers .attacked Brit ish shipping in the English Channel. . The war "of planes, and guns and tanks, for the- moment at -least, to have settled down to anoth- cr ff ' j pc -I-r EuHpe&n "Battle! cf I " ' . 1 't . t ''''r.:'A!-'::'t;:;;-?;i. - Date Of County Fair Moved Op To Last Week In September Unanimous Vote In Fav or Sponsoring Fair; Julian A. White New President of Lions At the Friday night meeting, the Hertford Lions Club unanimously voted to again sponsor the Per quimans County Fair, but moved the opening date up one week earlier . . . to September 23rd through the 28th. The organization to have charge of te fair arrangements is not complete, Secretary Norman N. Trueblood said Wednesday, but it is indicated that the event will not be handled exact ly as it was last year, at the first anuual large scale fair. Just what changes will be made was not disclosed, but it was furth er indicated that the changes will constitute an improvement. The plans, in detail, will be re leased next week, the secretary said. Last year's fair, in which the Home Agent and the County Agent cooperated with the Lions Club, was labeled a great success and the pub lic generally seems pleased with the news that the Lions will again spon sor the event. Arrangements are in the process oi being made to secure a return en gagement of the carnival .of the Crescent Amusement Company which furnished the rides and shows last year. Julian A. White has been elected president of the Lions Club, succeed ing L. N. Hollowell, the first presi dent. Other new offiecrs are: first vice president, Claude D. White; sec ond vice president, Archie T. Lane; third vice president, J. H. Towe; secretary-treasurer, Norman N. True- blood; re-elected lion tamer, Ralph E. White, and tail twister, W. C. (Bill) Morgan. TV i J .1 n uireciors ior tne nscal year, are Dr. I. A. Ward, John 0. White, Jr., and Max Campbell. Thirteen Surplus Bales Cotton Here For Mattress Work Project Begins When Ticking Arrives; Joe And Bill's Old Place Site of Work Thirteen bales of Surplus Commo dities Corporation cotton arrived in Hertford Monday; the 1,200 yards of mattress ticking is expected to ar rive any day now, and Perquimans County's Mattress Making Project will get underway as soon as the ticking arrives, according to Miss Frances Maness, county demonstra- tresses, she said, and the time has been extended so that further appli- cations can be made. (Applications may be made at Miss Maness' office in the Agricultural Building, at the office of the Perquimans County Welfare Department in the court- ! house.) The actual work of manufacturing the mattresses will take place in the ! old quarters of Joe and Bill Service Station on Market Street. Miss Marian Morrow, home management supervisor for the Farm Security Administration, Miss Maness, and several NYA girls, all of whom have I been instructed in essentials of mat- tress-making, : will be on hand to supervise the work. farm families in the low income brackets ($400 a year and less) are accented for free mattresses and the applicants do the work themselves. Twelve yards of ticking goes into the making of each mattress and the cotton surplus is decreased to the tune of 60 pounds per mattress. flailHA White TCIi-raW h I aUUe Wniie, HiUZaOein City Man, To Preach At Baptist Church Sunday Claude White of Elizabeth City, will preach , at the ' BaptiBt Church Sunday at both the morning and evening services, according to an an nouncement from a member of the board of deacons. .-.jWt. . ftOTARY.CLUB MEETS ''The regular dinner meeting of tip Rotary Club was11 held 'on Tuesday evening at Hotel Hertford. An in teresting meeting was enjoyed., v LIGHT RATES TO START AT TEN CENTS INSTEAD OF 12; NEW SYSTEM ON TRIAL WPA Undoing Work Of Termites At County Agriculture Building WPA workmen Wednesday were at work making extensive repairs to the t.ermite-ridHleri underDinninir of the Agricultural Building on Dobbs , Street. .Part ot the lioor in the au ditorium was ripped up and new termite-treated sills and beams were replacing the old ones. The outside of the building, built with tlie aid of federal funds in 1936, is getting a new coat of paint to the woodwork, doors, window facings, etc. The work is being done with a federal grant. Convention Will Bring Unveiling Of Third Term Query Democrats to Convene In Chicago; Farley And FDR Still Are Silent With the Democratic National Convention just around the corner in Chicago with 74 delegates and al ternates from North Carolina plan ning to be in the Convention City by noon Sunday President Roosevelt has still imparted his deep secret to no one but Big Jim Farley. The na tion's No. 1 Political Question today is whether or not F. D. R. will al low himself to be drafted for a third term. The mystery may not end before the Convention. The President will not even say whether he will make his momentous announcement be fore the Convention meets. James A. Farley is as uncommuni cative as the 'President since he learned what the President has in mind at u confab in Hyde Park last Sunday. Farley is holding out for the Convention and hinting that too many people want to read the last chapter of the book first. He was hoping the Convention would be an interesting one, and the Chief Execu tive's announcement either way will help to make the Democratic Convention interesting. Farley says h wasn't asked to keep the President's secret, but that both he and the President thought it would be best to keep confidential what they had said to each other. Asked about his own role and ask ed whether his name wnnlil he nlnrmi ' in nomination, Farley says his posi tion remains unchanged, and it is re called that he asserted last March that his name would be presented to the delegates. A reporter suggested to Republi can Candidate Wendell L. Willkie the other dajr that F. D. R. could have the Democratic nomination if he wanted it. Willkie observed "There's no ques tion about that." His own idea on White House Occupancy, he is quot ed as saying, is "eight years but only for eight years." All sorts of things are being said in speculation on the President's in- tentions. Rep. Sabath (D-Ill.) said alter a White Housir visit that the Chief Executive is not a candidate for another term, but that he could not turn down the nomination that will be given him. "He is going to be nominated and " Sabath said. " " Sabth said. earner, raul V. McNutt, Federal security administrator and candidate for the presidential nomination if the (President declines, had a chat with: Mr. Roosevelt and then said this "I think I've had a good idea of what's in the President's mind for some time. I haven't changed that idea." This statement from Mr. McNutt said exactly nothing. The former Indiana governor, originally a con ditional candidate, recently an nounced his support for a third term, but his managers, who will open headquarters in the Convention City, have said.he is still in the race on the original basis. Farley, the national convention chairman, opinioned that balloting Would probably begin on Thursday and that the deliberations would end by Saturday night. This would mean six 'days, . ..pjr.'sesslon. !i Officials had previousiy t-counted on 1 a five-day convention : By next Saturday, ' at the " very most, the nation' will know who. is to face thev Republican bombshell nomi nee, Wendell ,L, Willkie.-', , ,; 4 1 $ h t'li'n 1 x One Meter System With Sliding Scale Rates Being Tried TABLE NEXT WEEK Designed to Benefit Small Consumer and Encourage Use of More Current to Oft set Loss Consumating several months of planning to change the light and power rates in the Town of Hert fordto benefit both the small con sumer and the customer who will use more power at a lower rate -the board of commissioners in meeting Monday night tentatively set August first as the opening date for a trial period under the new plan. The plan is not worked out to per fection yet, and Mayor Vivian N. Darden said it would be some time next week before the town officials could release a complete table of the new rates. He said, however, that the scale would begin at ten cents rather than at twelve, as has been the custom, and gradually work down to two and a half cents. The new system is to be worked on a one-meter basis; the minimum rate of on dollar per month for lights alone will remain in effect, but the counting will start at ten cents instead of at twelve cents. The sliding scale, destined to re duce slightly the town's revenue from the light and power depart ment at first, is expected to induce more consumers to install electric stoves and refrigerators; to consume more current and to consequently offset the loss. Unless further changes are made in the date of the trial period, the new system will go into effect on this month's light and power bills. The board members emphasized that the new system is strictly on a triai basis and may at any. time. h brought bac to the present status- The new system does not call for an increase in any of the light and power brackets; however, it does call 'or minimum service charges in dif ferent classes graduated to fit the units served with current. Final Figures For 1940 Census In First District Released Perquimans County Is Given Credit f cr 9,765 Inhabitants By Offi cial Figures Compilation of all figures for the 1940 population and agriculture cen sus for the First District was com pleted late last week. Official fig ures from Denton W. Lupton, district supervisor at Washington, N. C, have been received. Counties and cit ies in the district are included, as well as the farms within the area. The official figures are as follows: County Population Beaufort 35,366 Camden 5,439 Chowan 11,669 Currituck 6,685 ! Dare 5,881 Gates 9,957 Farms 3,265 563 1,007 787 66 -k 1,313 2,030 1,000, 2,427 ; 846 ,1,061 , 5,761 59. 2970 21,59g Farms 8 7 1 1 11 9 16 4 6 4 9 Hertford 19,268 Hyde , 7,839 Martin 26,094 Pasquotank 1 20,775 ! Perquimans 9,765 Pitt 61,237 Tyrrell 5,549 , Washington 12,381 Total 237,755 City Population Washington -8,537 Belhaven 2,853 South Mills 479 Edenton 8,834 Manteo p-i-. 662 Gatesville 297 Ahoskie 2,311 Winton . 783 Murf reesboro Swan Quarter Ocracoke ' Willia;nstoa",' . Robersontillft Elizabeth-City Hertford ' . 1,550 263 492 ; 8,968 1,4C7 ..11,778 W Greenville!) 12,710 , 1 Farmville 'X . 4,97a V '18 Ayden Btthel Columbia ; i,08, fJiTKOUthj f ? . V- t 1 4 ,- ' ;i 4 .1 r 1 1
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