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c' , w 4 i v 'i it), I' f v HAN Jf A WEEKLY NEWCfrAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUHJIHq 07 HERTFORD AND PERQUHIAN3 OOUWTO Volume VIL Number 33. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 16, 1940. $1.25 Per Year. 2 V" MY Lr C vr If JT 5 , 1? 1 V 7i 4' 3' 7 ft 5 " COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM MACHINERY IS 111 READINESS FOR NEW SEASON 1940-41 County Gets Two New Bus Replacements; " Negro Schools Will Open Monday bus Routes Last Vacancies In Fac ulty (Filled; Ona Mary Stephens and Mary Jane Spruill Get Jobs The county school system machin ery is ready to go into motion, Sup erintendent F. T. Johnson has an nounced. G. A. Brown, the school bus route specialist from the School Commission, has been down here to help Mrv Johnson lay out the va rious school; bus routes; the two re maining vacancies in the county faculty group have been filled, and all Negro schools are ready to begin the 1940-41 term oft Monday of next week. The transportation system gets two near bus replacements this year, Mr. Johnson Bald Wednesday. All white schools in the county will open for the coming term on September 4th. The bus. routes in the county are described in detail further on in this story. R is interesting to note that, the total cost of transporting Perquimans County's thousand-odd school children through the year 1939-40 was $8,058.19, including even "fifty cents for pulling out a stuck school bus." The vacancies in the faculty are filled as follows: Miss Ona Mary Stephens,, daughter of Captain and Mrs. C. G. Stephens, of Hertford; has been elected to take over one section of the first grade at theCentrai Grammar School. Miss Stephens has $eau-teaching in Pan- Miss Mary Jane Spruill, of Wind sor, Bertie; County y vwho -graduated from the- Roman's College, qfjhe Univer8iWn,r3n5,940; has- heeri elected 'to yteach one section of the sixth grade at the Hertford Grammar School and to teach public school music. " The Grammar School building is in the final stages of repair and modernization, and will be ready when the 1940-41 bell rings. The only vacancy yet unfilled is that of the band instructor. How ever, Mr. Johnson soys there will be (Continued On Page Four) Uncle Thompson Takes Communion Old Slave Darkey Car ries Thoughts Back To Slave Days Communicants of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church who attended the usual ten o'clock service (the hour . observed during the hot months) last Sunday were carried in their minds back to "Before the War" days . . . before the Civil JVar.-. As they entered "the (Jhurch, old Uncle Thompson - Cunningham was standing at one side in front, dreBsed in his Sundav"best. hat in' one hand, cane in the other,. and bowing to the narkhioners. Thompson about 95 years old and was . a servant ("slave" in leeaL.documenta) of the Cunning- hum famflv of Guilford County. For , -' many years he was a Baptist minis- ' tef,lv' '- '"' . v Hirwife, to living; in Hertford ; ' .with him, and nearly as old as he is, was a servant; in the Lay4en family " M Perauimahs,. and "pent her young- '. er years with that family; and ivhe. - Tuckers. - - Because oi V 'tid they 1 "Pending tteir N, last ; years here. , n' w . Old Uncle Thompson asked .some ;'of the parishioners if he could at tend the service and, of course'.was given a warm invitation. . " Apparently looking for some side entrance, he didn't apear, until the vice was . well :' underway; and when he did, he came, through the Ooor' leading v to- the- chancel.,- The rector! the. Rev." Edmund T. Jillson, naused in the service long enough ,to assist him to a Beat :in the choir . . And after the others in the oon gregation had 'gone, back, .to;: their seats after taking . communion,' Mr. Tiiifcrtn (rave hint a sneeiai. maiviauai invitation . , '. becausO . , he seemed -about fi-oinis to. the', altar rail v.:.hoUt it. O ',K So kld "'nclo y Thompson again y comm.. .ion ' i the Church here, i.3 Is and hla v prtLly did yars fnd yci f - ' i T-i to Inconsiderate" Vance Baker didn't mind the boys stealing his watermelons, in fact, he said in Recorder's Court Tuesday "they can have a watermelon any time they want it." But it did arouse his ire when Nurney Welch, Negro, failed to apologize after entering the patch last Sunday night, pulling three green melons and smashing them in I the road. Baker brought the boy into court charged with destruction of property and trespass. Baker, who witnessed the trespass and melon-busting, said he heard another passerby say to Nurney "why don't you go in the back of the patch and get a ripe one?" In the face of concrete evidence Nurney still contends he didn't enter the patch, and that he doesn't owe Mr. Baker an apology. Recorder McNider imposed a 60 day sentence to be suspended upon payment of the costs. Much Talk About Registration And Military Draft Views Expressed Lo cally Identical With Those Being Argued On Senate Floor There's a lot of talk on the streets nowadays about registration, con scription and draft. Compulsory military training for a conscripted few largely unemployed or unmarried or both is now almost Lcrtiaty4(j. The street and drug ptore concen susarrived at by the first-line boys between the ages pf 20 and 31 is al most unanimously in favor of the draft. Sighs of unwillingness to be among the first selection are far be tween. This piece is confined to the views of those most concerned; those who will be directly effected when the bill is passed and the conscription machinery put in motion. The only difference between the arguments heard here and those in the legislative halls of Washington is in the use of proper oratorical delivery. Strictly in connection with what the prospective draftees think about it all, is a local opinion that the vol unteer system would amply serve a draft purpose if base Army pay was' raised from $21 to $30 a month, and the term of enlistment reduced to one year.. Without knowing it, these i ieuows are pushing points that even today are the subject of Senate de bate. "The compulsory training cam paign is for one year," they argue, "why not voluntary enlistment for the same term nf hhiHmT" EVm.! " w- ' V a jV TO boys feel that they would suffer a great financial loss if pay was rais ed to $30 a month. Not many pay envelopes show a $30-profit after the everyday expenses of living are de ducted. ( That's one side of it. Here's the other, local opinion . , . That the orfly fair way to raise a larger Army in timer MAm these, wnen uie item of patriotism can be successfully argured, is to do awav entirely with the volunteer system. wot, in peace time, but todav tH volunteer with no family ; obligation maxes a slacker of the boy Who pre fer to pursue some line f trnrb other than military training." v ey v argue that conscription, without' local draft board favoritism, i, the' only wholly fair Way to go about building" a superior army; One thing about which , there has been no argument . , j "I am nerf ly willing to be drafted for military training in preparation for- service inside the United States." Their tone of voice unifarlinAA tlit vmvli Correction ' . We wish' to call attention to an error made in "last week's issue. In the advertisement listed .under, Bid dick'a Dresa Bhoppe V ,U the, .signa ture should "'!have. been , Goodwin's jlssb anoppe, . ine weeiy , regrets WW error, and gladly corrects itnf. Mr. and' Mrs. . Jack i, Benton, of Hertford, Route Three,' are receiv ing . congratulations on the birth, of a, son, GI--i McCoy. Motherland Varied Docket At Tuesday's Session Recorder's Court County Tribunal Out to Clean Up Old Ac counts of Unpaid Court Costs A list of delinquent court cost payers was read in open court Tues day morning by Recorder J. P. Mc- Nider. He advised friends of those) named to notify them that capiuses were being made to issue and that a saving of $2.50 would no longer be available after this (Friday) after noon. The court is out to clean up old accounts. There is a Jong list of tnose overdue and far beyond the time limit allowed the convicted per sons to pay up or comply with the conditions of their judgements. Josephus Baker, Vanceboro Negro, working near Elizabeth City, pleaded guilty to charges ,of operating an au tomobile without a driver's permit. It came out in testimony that, Baker had been refused an operator's license on the grounds that he could n't read the various traffic signs. Recorder McNider instructed Prose cuting Attorney Charles Johnson to give Baker the license examination on the witness stand. The examination revealed that though Baker, a first offender, knew all the hand turn signals and speed laws, he still couldn't read. A sixty-day jail sentence was sus pended upon payment of a $10 fine and the costs. of court. Lester Revel, Negro, pleading guilty to a charge of driving with insufficient brakes, paid the costs of court. Buster Doome, Negro employee at Hollowell Chevrolet Company, was found guilty of stealing automobile wheels from the motor company. Jack Perry, Negro, testified that he bought three auto wheels from Doome, identified as belonging to the motor company. One-half of a 12-months road sen tence was ordered suspended upon payment of the costs of court. Thad Whedbee, Negro, was unable to appear in court to answer charges of assault and resisting an officer due to a bullet wound in his leg in flicted by Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens as he attempted to arrest Chappell Saturday night ihe case of Esther Midgette and William Frazier, charged with vag rancy, was continued- Civic Group To Look Into Matter Of Gymnasium Rotary to Enlist Aid of Other Bodies and See If WPA Funds Are Available With the appointment of commit tees to investigate the possibility of getting WiPA funds, and to enlist the aid of the Lions Club, the Wom an's Club and other civic bodies, the Hertford Rotary Club, at its meet ing Tuesday night initiated a move ment to get a gymnasium for the Perquimans County High School. The project was discussed at the Rotarians' regular meeting and a committee composed cf W. H. Pitt as chairman, T. Johnson, Charles Johnson, J. E. Winslow and A. W. Hefren was appointed to contact the various civic; organizations and se cure their support. .S,':." ' It is irrther duty ' of the"' com mittee to investigate the chances of getting WPA funds for the building. The need of a gymnasium has long been felt at the high Bchool where indoor sports have alwayi been play ed on IhVetage of the auditorium. Postmaster Whedbee To Register Aliens All aliens, under Federal Law, are required to register. The registra tion in Hertford and : Perquimans County wilt be made with Postmaster Silas M. Whedbee, who -will, also fingerprint them. '' The registration is . to start on August 20th and be completed within four months. J,? u v A The postmaster has no idea, how many aliens' there' are in Perquimans County. Ifis likely, that there arl none. 1 AH foreign-born ' -ersons In the town and Making Plans For Exhibits In Lions Annual County Fair Halstead Speaks to De monstration Leaden At County Council Meeting The Home Demonstration Clubs at a meeting of the County Council Saturday afternoon, laid the ground work for their part in the Lions' County Fair to be staged on the Town Lot during the last week in September. The club leaders, who comprise the county council, were in favor of collecting expense money from the sponsors for their exhibits rather than have three large cash prizes. The exhibits wffll still be judged how ever, for first, second, and third places. Several of the clubs have already decided on the scheme of their ex hibits. lentatively, Durants Neck plans to exhibit a Year-Round Garden." Whiteston will offer a mattress program: Beech Spring is going in for a "Home Beautifucation" ex hibit; Chapanoke will fashion its booth in the trend of "Fall Fashions." Belvidere plans "Flower Arrange ments"; Winfall is to build along the lines of "Live at Home"; Ballahack is going in for "Handicraft," and the Helen Gaither Club will exhibit "Potted Plants." The other dubs have not made their schemes known. Senator W. I. Halstead was the speaker at the County Council meet ing, and called attention to the fact that the Home Demonstration Clubs are doing their bit for National De fense by training leaders to live at home, while other agencies train soldiers. The Chapanoke Club had charge of the program with Mrs. C. P. Qumcy conducting the devotional. Reforts were given by the delegates tothe Farm and Home Week Insti tute. They were Mrs. W. O. Hunter, iurs. rume Miller, Mrs. L. J. Wins low and Miss Lucille Lane. Also at the Council meeting the leaders voted to let the County Fair substitute for the annual Fall Achievement Day. The coming year will see the sub ject of Home Beautification in the forefront among demonstration clubs Tllf: Tn ihibs rTances Maness, county agent, said i'or the oast two vrs. tho Clubs have been studying House Furnishings The Burgess Club will have charge of the program at the next County Council meeting to be held in Octo ber, she said. Little Business At Commissioners' Routine Board Meet Little business was transacted by the town board of commissioners at the regular meeting of that body on Monday night. A special meeting is expected to be held on August 21st to make up the budget for 1941. It is expected that no change Willi be effected in the tax rate. ' The delinquent tax list for the Town of Hertford is to be published on September 13th. Mattress Factory Now Operating Pull Blast; Turning Out 3 Daily The mattress project factory is now turning out its capacity of three mattresses a day. , Under the supervision of two NYA girts who have been instructed in making mattresess, the accepted applicants are doing the work of building the mattresses themselves. The mattress-making headquarters are located in Joe and Bill's old ser vice station, on Market Street. Or ders' at present amount to more than 280 mattresses. All applications for free mattress es must be on file before August 31, Miser Frances Maness, home demon stration agent, says. Applications may be made to Miss Maness, Miss Ruth Davenport, welfare superintend ent,, or to L. W. Anderson, county agent. A Chicken), Salad Supper will be held on the Lawn of Durwood Bar ber's home in Winfall on "Tuesday evening, August. 20. Proceeds of the " i will go to cne- wemocusi ZERO HOUR FOR INVASION OF ENGLAND NEAR AT HAND DANGER SIGNALS DECLARE Reconciliation Spectators were asked to leave the courtroom as the final case came up in Tuesday's Recorder's Court. Thomas Newby of New Hope, was charged by his bride of ten months with non-support. After discussion, rather than trial, Recorder J. S. McNider brought a bout a reconciliation between the two who had been separated only for a few days. The case was continued indefinite ly and will be brought up again only on complaint by the couple. The couple left the courtroom together and when last seen in Hertford were having lunch with one of the State's witnesses who had not been called to testify in the matter. Local Officers Invited To Attend Police Schools To Be Held In Chapel Hill By Institute of Government Federal Bureau Investigation Sheriff J. E. Winslow and Town; Officer C. E. Walker have just re-1 ceived invitations from the Institute of Government to divide up their forces and send men to each of the! 7-day Police Schools it will hold at! vliapci xxill caul iuimiwi, inning in October, in co-operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The "FBI" is again sending the best instructors from its National Police Academy to assist State and ' local officials in these training! schools, according to the announce-j ment received here. And. the pur pose, according to Director Albert training in the country within the reach of all the 3,000 or more officers in the State during the coming year. The first school has been tentative ly set for October 18 to 25, and others will follow in November and December, 1940, and in January, February, March, April, 1941. j w ana may, The Institute has held twelve Po lice Schools since 1930, but these have been mainly for local chiefs, de partment heads, and instructors. This is the first series designed to reach every interestd officer in th State, and Governor Clyde Hoey has term ed it the "biggest forward step ever taken in police training in North Carolina." The Police and Sheriffs' associa tions, at their annual conventions recently, both endorsed the schools and urged every single member to attend. The officers of the State Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Identification, FBI, and other federal agencies have also pledged their full co-operation and support. director yoates said, in announc- sea, engaged In clearing waters for ing the police sc'iools, that rooms crossing of troop transports, would be furnished in the Institute's! Increasing number of German par new building, and the only cost to j achutes in England's industrial sec officers would be approximately one ! tors, bringing fear of paralysis to dollar per day for meals, and ex-; the area's vital factories, pressed the hope that the officers of j Public dancing barred in Germany, this county and city would take full, (Dancing was halted during the in advantage of this training. I (Continued on Page rive I He also enclosed an outline of the I 1 course, which showed that the in-1 3truction will be both detailed and: thorough, stressing practice as welli as theory, and will include practical demonstrations and actual practice as well as textbook study and lec tures by outstanding police instruc tors. Counting lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and practice periods, the instruction will last a minimum of 10 hours per day. A regular ex amination will be given at the con clusion, and certificates will be pre sented at the final exercises to those successfully completing the course. Governor Hoey himself presented the certificates at the last State-wide school. Attends Wedding Of Son In Durham Mr. and Mrs. Simon Rutenberg left Sunday afternoon for Durham, North- Carolina, to attend the mar riage of their son, Alfred ' Williams, to Miss Margaret Gibbons, of Hamlet and Durham, on Monday morning at 10:80' o'clock, in . Duke University Chapel. From Durham Mr. and Mrs. Rutenberg will go oh to New York marketa for- fall merchandise and Impossible to Tell How War Is Going; No Conciliation Between Informations 72 HOURS' TONIGHT Britain Striking Back; Battle of England Will Be Greatest of All Time For the past four days the zero hour for invasion of Britain has been approaching, but instead of only dig ging in to protect her own shores from the anticipated influx of Nazi Hordes, the Island Kingdom is strik ing back if news reports can be be lievedwith a terrible toll in bombed industrial centers of Germany. The Man in the Streets actually knows almost as much about the pro gress of the war in Europe before he reads the daily papers or hears the radio flashes as he does before. For the reason that there is no possible conciliation between the in formation released by Germany and that released by England, it is almost as well to give up trying to follow the war newspapers ae beginning to publish stories from Berlin and stor ies from London under one screaming headline. Both carry accounts prin cipally of major air battles, but be cause press correspondents can not send the true facts out of the war ring nations, it is impossible to draw a clear picture of what is really tak ing place. A report of a bombing raid over England, released by British censors, states that Germany lost 80 planes and England -16, while the death toll on the ground includes "ten known casualties." Germany, putting out results of the same raid, reverses the figures as to plane losses. But getting back.4 .jffce innsion of England which appfrdhjily means the landing on British shores of thousands of Germans headlines shouted Tuesday night that the "Zero Hour" was less than 72 hours away. If this information is correct the Invasion of England is scheduled to begin tonight (Friday). Hitler has been promising the Blitzkreig on England for weeks j 1"""6 aj wim aimost daily bombing raids. For the past two days the aerial war has been growing ominously in intensity. Many newly-developed danger sig nals lead Britain to believe that A. Hitfler and. Company is brewing something horrible something more horrible than civilization has ever seen. The Battle of Britain, if and when it comes, if Hitler's Invasion turns out to be as terrible as he advertises, and if England is as staunch in its declaration to fight to the last man, the World is about to witness the most monstrous struggle the eyes of man have ever seen. These are the signals that tell Bri tain the Zero Hour is less than a matter of days away: .Nazi minesweepers in the North One Contribution To Red Cross Fund During Past Week One contribution has been made to the Red Cross War refugee Fund since last Wednesday at noon, ac cording to Silas M. Whedbee, local chapter chairman. This was the count at noon Tues day of this week, when the total in contributions amounted to "about $122.00." The sum represents a trifle more than one-sixth of the a mount the county was asked to raise for the initiaLcall . . six hundred dollars. . , v ' Contributions ;may be handed to Mr. Whedbee at the post office to the Rev. E, T Jillson, rector of. Holy Trinity Church, "or to the Revi R. F. Munns, pator of the' Methodist Church, ; -1 o . , v- last Week Was fcho," Insr' uuim fry ' i, the. Rvl rw win a .-!.",' -'- precw.vng tact Wednesday: saw" not. one contribution to the ,ftind. ?! Tlila ', . 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