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' THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940
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UULLLUL LUl I Usi ullUU I O H I 0 II LL I Hum 1
t BUT tXArtllfiAT On PROVES HliM SANE
Women Instead
A heaven for tabloid! newspapers
developed in Dunn last week when
Mack Hobson, 20-year-old college
magazine editor and student leader
at the University of North Carolina,
walked into a Dunn five and ten cent
store and emptied a revolver in all
directions.
The young man was' quoted as say
ing that he intended to shoot himself;
instead he found himself shooting at
his erstwhile sweetheart who had
jilted him. The girl, Alease Tart,
was not injured, but two Negro
women shoppers in the store were
struck by bullets.
It was wild shooting.
Subsequently, daily newspapers
published many mushy letters alleg
edly from Hobson (to Miss Tart)
who writhed in the throes of unre
quited love.
Then there was a hearing and lat
er an insanity examination for Hob
son whose attorneys had hoped to
base their defense on insanity. It
was no go. "Hobson is sane to
and knows right from wrong,"
learned medicaS men said, and tem
porarily Hobson's main defense was
shattered.
The details of the shooting itself
are less interesting than develop
ments that followed. Newspapers
played the whole thing up from the
tabloid viewpoint. There were pic
tures of "pretty" Alease, who wanted
Hobson "as a good, friend," as she
sat oh the witness stand, and more
pictures of "handsome" Hobson writ
ing letters or something in the jail
at Dunn.
There were quotations from Hob
son who "must have Host my head"
and didn't know why he did it, and
more pictures of witnesses seated a-
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TIT a a flni a Cliwif round conference tables in the court
VY aS UOing 10. , M1001 TOom sweiterlng lawyers.
Himself) Really Shot 11 was all very "courtroomish" and
Af P.Afvr CnraAttiAai k circumstances seemed taken from
At rrreuy weeuiedn . a short Btorv. rue heat in the court.
And Hit TWO NeSTO 100,11 was almst unbearable, but it
gave aiburneys a cnonce 10 ue pnoio
graphed in shirt sleeves and with
ties awry, battling to see that justice
is done.
Hobson was given a two-hour ex
amination Sunday upon orders of a
Dunn judge and said, as was expect
ed, "It seems sorta funny being ex
amined for insanity." He greeted
his inquisitors "very pleasantly" and
appeared "amused" at being ex
amineu. The only thing out 01 piace was
the whole affair; It should have
been staged in New York or Philadel
phia where the tabloid sob sisters
would have given it their undivided
attention instead of in quiet, rural
little Dunn whew; nothing of the sort !
ever happens.
Miss Tart, cornered after the hear-!
ing by reporters couldn't tell them
anything, but back in the Dunn five
and ten cent store Saturday she
laughed and discussed the affair and
the hearing with other sales girls.
It isn't all over yet; not by anyi
means. HobSon, the college editor
who really wouldn't have liked being'
y I declared insane but didn't mind the
ie. examination that nrnvnH Vie isn't ia
facing trial in the September term of
Harnett Superior Court on charges
of assault with intent to kill, convic
tion under which carries a penalty of
four months toHen years in prison.
In the meantime, Hobson, out of
jail under a $1,000 bond is back in
Dunn and Alease is back in the five
and ten. Any time things get bore
some for either of them they can hit
the headlines in an instant simply by
calling a reporter and making a'
statement. It's that kind of a hap
pening. The Negro women who got shot, in
case you're interested (and few peo
ple were), are not suffering greatly
from the bullet wounds.
they are sown on land that is al
ready inoculated. Land inoculated
for vetch or for garden peas (May
peas) does not require inoculation
, for Austrian peas.
Although this legume Is a soil-
builder, it will pay to use some fer-J
All . . .
uiizer unaer uie crop. Un good sous
of the Coastal Plain, Blair recom
mends 200 pounds per acre of an
0-8-6 mixture. For poor soils, he
suggests 200 pounds of a 4-8-6 fertilizer.
In the Mountains and Piedmont,
best results will be secured with 200
pounds of a 0-10-4 on good soils or
200 pounds of 4-10-4 on the poorer
soils. The fertilizer application to
the crop following the peas may then
be reduced by these amounts.
Austrian peas may be planted af
ter corn, cotton, tobacco, peanuts,
soybeans, cowpeas, and other crops.
They may be turned under in time
to plant the same crops they follow
ed, with the exception of tobacco
and in some counties cotton.
REVIVAL MEETING AT
WOODVILLE CHURCH
Revival services will begin Monday
night at Woodville Baptist Church
and will continue throughout the
week. The Reverend W. F. Woodall,
of Charlotte, will assist in the meet
ing and services will be held each
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and each
evening at 8 o'clock. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Gamble On Weather
Horticulturist Advises
Weather conditions are sometime?
unfavorable for the growing of vege
tables in late summer and early fall
in many sections of the State, but H.
R. Niswonger, Extension horticultur
ist of N. C. State College, says the
odds in favor of goocr weather for
vegetable growing are high enough
for rural people to take a chance.
"It is said," he declared, "that
nature will contribute 90 percent to
the growing of vegetables if you wiM
devote your energy to the balance, oi
10 percent. If this is true, then
plant during the next six weeks a
few vegetables for an early fall har
vest." Niswonger recommends that, for
Eastern North Carolina, cabbage
plants be set out between now and
August 15; beets and carrots should
be planted from August 1 to 20;
collards and sweet corn, August 1 to
10; turnips and turnip salad, in Au
gust; and spinach, .Swiss chard and
tomatoes, in July and August.
For Western North Carolina, sow
lettuce seed in rows during August
and thin out 12 inches apart, and
anytime during July and August
plant snap beans, carrots, collards,
sweet corn, kale, Swiss chard, toma
toes and turnips.
The Extension specialist also re
commends that in making plans for
a garden, it is wise to consider the
growing of one or more of the fol
lowing small fruits: strawberries,
youngberries, and raspberries. "Two
or three hundred stawberry plants
and twenty-fire each of Young or
Boysenberry variety of dewberries
and the red raspberry will supply
your family with these home fruits,"
he says.
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"'ficr reports mat many larm
families have grown small fruits in
the home gardens for the first time
this year, and they are delighted!
with the resulf!.
STILL A'SITTIN'
CHAPANOKE NEWS
Miss Sarah Elliott has returned
from Raleigh, where she attended the
4-H Club Short Course.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilder spent
the week-end with relatives near
Winfall.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Stallings
spent Sunday afternoon at Ocean
View, Va.
Mrs. P. L. Griffin spent Sunday
afternoon with her daughter, Mrs.
Roy Branch, in Portsmouth, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor and
daughter, Mary Bell, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Gardner and son, Morris, oi
Portsmouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Ev
erett Bright and son, Harry, of
Okisko, were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Symons Sunday.
Mrs. John Asbell and children
spent Sunday with relatives in Nor
folk, Va.
Mrs. C. L. Jackson spent Friday
in Elizabeth City.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Quincy and
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Alexander Sunday afternoon
Mrs. J. C. Wilson was in Elizabeth
City Wednesday.
Miss Waverly D'Orsay returned
Thursday from Portsmouth, Va., af
ter visiting Mrs. Roy Branch.
Tim Trueblood visited in Norfolk.
Va., Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Perry, her son, Jack
Perry, and his children, Helen and
Jack, of Elizabeth City, have been
guests of Mrs. C. L. Jackson.
Mrs. Bertha Whitehead and daugh
ter, Al, and C. A. Ownley visited Mr.
and Mrs. J O. White, of near Hert
ford Sunday evening.
Moultrie, Ga. Finding a turkey
gobbler sitting on seven Irish pota
toes, apparently trying to hatch
them, Virginia Exum bought seven
eggs and swapped them for the
spuds. This didn't suit the gobbler.
He rolled the eggs out of the nest
and rolled seven more Irish potatoes
in.
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Deputy Sheriff Probes
Two County Robberies
Robbers entered stores on opposite
ends of the county last Thursday
night, making a conglomerate haul
of five dollars in cash and twenty
dollars worth of merchandise.
The thieves took cigarettes, cigars,
canned meats, motor oil and gaso
line from the store and service sta
tion of C. E. Lane on the Elizabeth
City Highway, while O. C. Long's
& lore in jjcmei xownsnip on tne op
posite side of the county, was rob
bed of five dollars, which Deputy
. Sheriff W. G. Owens found hidden
under the store Friday afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff Owens is investi
gating both crimes and has taken
finger prints in both cases. A sus
pect, whose name was withheld, was
questioned briefly, but later re
J leased.
rUNUI WUUDS JNEWS
All Crops Looking
Very Good, County
Agent Anderson Says
All crops in the county are look
ing very good, L. W. Anderson,
county agent, said Monday.
Breaking them down into individ
ual cases, he said that corn is much
better than normal and by far better
looking than in some other counties.
Cotton, he said, is looking better
tnan in a number of years, and
prospects are that a good yield per
acre is in the offing.
Peanuts are about normal not
quite so good as usual in spots but
looking well as a whole.
Ernest Chappell, of Rich Square,
Vi wa3 here to attend the funeral of his
lauier, ijumms iimppeu, ana spent
the week-end.
misses Margaret itaper ana ueneva
Chappell, Gilbert Chappell and Hil-
lard Bunch visited friends in Nor
folk, Va., Sunday evening.
Thomas Chappell and Fentresa
T.oIta titIiawa lAr' anani V a tnAaV
Mr. ana Mrs. juouis winsiow and
daughter. Lois, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Nv D. Chappell Sunday afternoon.
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v Mr. ana Mrs. U. j. Kaper and
C. -T P.aruaT -and -familv vi aaA
1-1 X Ml' ct i
: relatives at weeKsviue ounuay.
A Mr oni Mm M W1 nknwrwkll on1
UIIU UA0t Jill W VllH mf lvll C11V4
' children, Miss Catherine Lane, Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Raper and children
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
' "Chappell Sundpy evening.
;. -Mr. and Mrs. Claude Winsiow
Sunday evening.' z.,'"t. '$c?;4'
f Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Perry and son,
Dewey, of Bethel, will visit Mra.
' Perry's parents, Mr, and Mrs.. : W.
. W. Chappell, this week. ; r
. Mr. and Mrs. William Adams -and
son, Billy, and Frank' Darden, of
denton, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
ppell Sunday.;"
PENDER ROAD NEWS
Rev. W. O. Henderson, of Eliza
beth City, will begin a revival at
Bethlehem Christian Church Sunday,
August 11, at 3 p. m. Services will
be held eacti evening at 8 o'clock
throughout the weeK.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sutton and
son, of near Elizabeth City, Mrs.!
Glenn Hobbs and daughter. Mrs.:
Mary J. Wood and two daughters
visited Mrs. R. A. Perry last Sun
day. W. P. Lane and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Lane went to Elizabeth
City last Sunday and were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lane.
Mrs. R. A. Perry and J. B. Perry
visited her daughter, Mrs. Lessie
Evans, of Ballahack, on Wednesday
of last week. Louise Evans returned
home with them for a visit with
Mrs. Perry.
Miss Sa'llie Sue Skinner spent a
few v days last week visiting her
father, Willie Skinner, of near
Edenton.
William Stallings made a trip to
Baltimore, Md., with friends last
week.
Frank Dillard is spending the
summer with his mother in Philadel
phia, Pa.
Mrs. Eugene Rempson, of Sanford,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. I.
Cullipher. ; ,
,'OODVILLE IY. W. X MEETS
'le Mattie Norman White Young
an's Auxiliary of . Woodville
.1st Church met Friday evening
i Miss Frances Perry. The devo
aal was given -by Miss Helen Davis
md she also had charge of an inter
esting program with the following
members takmg.tart: Misses Beulah
ogue and Helen Davis end Mrs. J.'
. Bray. . Delicious pineapple ice
am and cake was served . at the
elusion of the meeting.,
ihose present were: .. Mrs..' J. : Ai
y, Misses Helen Davis,. Beulah
-:e Edna Morgan, Frances Perry,
-'.erine Go l?.y, and Daphne God-,
y, llosdames E, L. Perry,. .ConroyJ
.lar, Durwood Whitehead ..and
-y I "organ. t5 - ,
Growers Make Ready
To Sow Winter Peas
Austrian-winter peas will -play a
major role in protecting North Caro
lina f arm Jand against the lavages
of soil erosion during the cold bleak
months, says E. C. Blair, agrono
mist of the State College Extension
Service, v , , ' ' w 7.'
' Already', growers have ' ordered1
more than 1,600,000 pounds ' of Ans-1
trian pea: seed , through, the AAA's,
grant-of -aid ' program? for , spreading j
a green blanket over their unprotect-1
ed. lands this winter. . . j
Blair , Baid the seed, should , be !
planted between'; September 1 and,
October 15, the earlier, i the better.
On land where they have never been
gwrfore,uth;;)Bee4lsjionja :i be I
broadcast at . the .rate of SO to 40 j
pounds to the acre. Twenty to SO
pounds is enough, when -drilling .peas . '
or -when, broadcasting on land,.that,is
well-inpculated. v , - , ; ; i
' The .8eejl, most he Inoculated qnle&g
CTflUE: C3" VALUES
9
Every Summer Dress in our store MUST GO at once
regardless of original price. We must clear house
before getting our Fall stock. This is the reason for
this drastic reduction.
ALL OF OUR
2.98 - 3.98 4.98 - 5.98
DRESSES AT EXACTLY
IPIMCE
ETon1 A (miEclk Cleairaimce
'THAT MEAN
$5.95 Dresses $2.97 $3.98 Dresses $1.98
$4.95 Dresses $2.47 $2.98 Dresses $1.49
Just a few of our Play Suits left in sizes 18 and 20 at V2 price.
Many specials throughout the store. Be sure to visit our store
Saturday.
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