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I, A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMAKS COUNTY Wolume VII. Number 37. Sei County, North Carolina, Friday, September 13, 1940T $1.25 Per Year. 5P $mmm$mm weekly I. Churchill Believes Invasion Attempt , Only Hours Avay Nazis romise 10 000 Plane LOadS OI bOmDS On London Daily Area CRITICAL WEEK RAF (Carries Taste of Terror From the Skies ,4 To Hitler's Reichstag By the time you read this there has been every indication that Nazi troopships will be moving across the English Channel. An invasion at tempt is at band, said Prime Minis ter Winston ChurchiM Wednesday morning. , I The newest black threat has a ring of sincerity. It is far different from comparative idle threats of the past several weeks. Today, Chan cellor Adolf Hitler, no longer a funny little man to be ridiculed and mimicled, is steeling his forces for decisive action against the fortified British Isles. I Churchill said Wednesday that fleets of troop-bearing Nazi ships, were moving in the English Channel under protection of German shore X batteries couched on what was A; - - - - cuaotai n ranee uu mukiuui. invasion may be launched at any time now on England, Scotland, Ire land or all three," were the sinister words Churchill broadcast to the British Empire. , "The next week must be regarded as a very important one for Us in our 'history," lie added. j In the Nazi stronghold it has been asserted that .10,000 plane-loads of bombs will be rained dally on the London area in the next few dayfc A .terrifying fleeof 2,500 German warplanes making four trips daily! from French coastal bases will carry i -1 in -J Ud4nm "'IHA out the threatened blitzkrieg, qoarterVta Berbft-said , TV,- ,.,o io onnknnthr ami' piA at wWi out the old 'British caDital with its eight million inhab-,' itants. Ctermany is musmg the idea that England may possibly collapse under the sheer, weight of air at tacks and that invasion will not be necessary. "It all depends," a Nazi spokesman says, "on how well the British fight back." If the unofficial report is true, nightfall today (Friday) ahould have seen a decisive turn in the great mimnAStn conflict. ' Ot erwise. the v ' " l '-' uauy uuiiiuuigs, givmug ui auwwioAvji' caui auu Miry may uv luauv wui iui. i will have continued, with the London Trueblood or with Mrs. Louise Willi Ae&th list mounting by hundreds. ford Caimbell. manager of the Hotel Britain, though bomb-scarred, of- few little resemblance to4 a" nation on the verge of collapse and when Hitler's swarms of Stukes. and heav f ier bombers have failed to shake the , grimly-determined British, and if ' , Hitler begins moving troops across the Channel the result will be the V 51 greatest battle of all time. . On the other hand, Berlin has been getting a taste of aerial war. ' Waves of British dive-bombers gave ' Berlin's four million an unpleasant ' taste of terrojf from the skies Wed - nesday, slicing through me cuouas and fierce anti-aircraft : fire to rain dynamite on1 Hitler's Reichstag, the '4 Potsdam railway Station - the Bran-'V- denburg sGate and the famous Uter den Linden (Fifth Avenue in Berlin). After the fourth large-scale ail "f, "night raid, London's millions read in their toiorning papers Wednesday a 4? warning to xpect a Naii invasion soon. ' " . ', ; i --As you real! this, any one of sev v era! Important developments are tak ing place:.' Hitler is backing dawn be hind one of his boasts, which' means tContinuedi On PageFlve) v,: PrslFoofe:iGfi3Gf ISSeasi Five came- out . for ' preliminary There will be the usual problem of day that he would ask every depart otball practice at the nigh school getting the county lads to stay in' nient of the, government to give Mr. .hdy',lMdA,'.-Tesday'-:.lJiey.;. were, itown "for 'itern6on 'pmtice'iind the-1 Bonner full recognition during that vn' , boys, of course; and Coach j&ave' further problem of getting rides back period. "er.was expecting the bulk of his home for them after practice; Bi' j ; .- . ;'" " "' ad to report yesterday (Thurs-i . ; Coach Fuller is an able . mentor, ;; CIRCLE TO. MEETT y), the first regular, day of school., big, quiet and well versed in all ath- ' With the larger part of Perquim-j letica. For -three years at Wake (The Minnie Wilson Circle will meet ma Hisrh School student body nlade Forest he played football, baseball with Mr3. T.' J. Nixon, Jr.", at her u of county boys and girts,' coach. .ineir hasn't Vet had the opportunity' y look his field of candidates , over d so doesn't know what to say as v the prospects. ' . Two letter-wen reported for pre- nary piatwte. j -n and Clar! re Btokes..vA SOtfl 3 a complete squadj can o Fur to f - ( ,'s to or 1 rvactlce. a the Hoey Says Turkey 1 Day Not Be Changed Governor sCJyde R. Hoey has po litely declined President Roosevelt's kind invitation to join him in chang-j ing the official date of Thanksgiving.! The Governor will shortly issue a , reclamation directing that the last Thursday m November be observed Last, year he also declined to fdl- low the President in moving the ob servance up one week. "I feel very strongly about Thanks giving Day," Governor Hoey said. "It is not a commercial event or ob servance. For 75 years there has been an unbroken observance of this day in North Carolina on the last SEfi t"T?r: S ' "IT Accordingly at the proper time I shall designate this traditional day . again this year." Scott And Eure To Be Speakers On Farmers Day At Fair Towe Expects to Have Two Out-of-Town Bands In Parade on Tuesday, Children's Day Kerr Scott, Nprth Carolina Com missioner of Agriculture, and Thad Eure, secretary of State, will be the principal speakers on Farmers' Day at the second annual Perquimans County Fair sponsored by the Lions Club, according to Norman True blood, chairman of the cdmmittee on speakers. The ' second annual county fair opens on Monday, September 23rd. Farmers' Day, probably the biggest day of the-'week, will be on Thurs day. Max Campbell, publicity direc tor, said that the. State notables will speak from a platform or the court- houscgreen that afternoon following ' luncheon. t tllA. Hntal He.rtfnrrl Jili;bi.in !i. ii " "v" - " A" ww S88 of onor- Scott, who spoke at the last coun ty fair, is being returned to Hert-' ford by popular demand, Mr. True-! blood said. A. J. Maxwell, commis sioner of revenue, was also one of the speakers at the first annual fair 1 The luncheon, Mr. Campbell said, is a public affair. However, due to a limited number of luncheon facilities, reservations must be made before Tuesday night, September 24tii. Re-: servatinnn for thf lunrhpnn nra KOr I - Hertford. . Speaking of Children's pay, Tues day, September 23rd, the publicity director aaid Jhat Joe Towe, chair man of the committee on parades. announced that he hoped to have 1 :V'S.bS SSS!Pi mi i "turn- in the Children's Day parade. All county schools will be dismissed, at noon on that day and all rides will be operating at the fair grounds at half the regular charge. Admission at the gates is free to school 1 dren on that day. chil- GRAMMAR SCHOOL OPEN NOW Open house was "held at the Hert-' ford Grammar School Tuesday after noon' and was attended by a large number of parents and patrons of the school. Those present were high in their, praise of the .renovated building, work on which has just been recently completed. ' New arrangements and facilities of the school were shown those at tending and formal opening of the 1H0-41 term of .school was made, on Wednesday. ' ' nd basketball. The first srame of the new season; is scheduled with the ' WbodroWWil - son, Junior varsity, aPortBmotiui , team, coached thiByear'Try JBtatrtql Johnson, atretic director here last' cat. .!: "The opening game will ( be played, on the loc:.l ';h'Scnoot gridiron on the afternc:i cf -Thursday, Septem ber 26th, Ml' RATES ENCOURAGE MRS r . it TO USE MORE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ToVVIl Sets Out New Table In This Issue of Paper; Rate Starts at; Ten Cents and Slides Down to 2lz Cents j A formal notice on another page of t'his issue announces that the new electrical rate has gone into effect on tne current; statements, racing, however, that the new rate is strict-, ly on a trial basis and subject to change at any time, town officials nnnniiTirt that t.hpv wifll hp trad to discuss electrical problems with pa-; As the new table sets out the rate, j regardless of the number of electrical ; appliances Mrs. Jones may have in' her house ice box, electric irons,' fans, radio, heating pads, washing) machines, vacuum cleaner every- j thing goes on one meter and the ' rate starts at 10 cents for the first 20k.w. (it started last month at 12 cents). The more current Mrs. Jones uses the lower her rate will run. For in stance, the next lOOk.w. will cost five cents per k.w., the next 50 will cost her four cents, the next 50 will cost three cents and all over that will come to "her at 2 Ms cents. Hovvever, if Mrs. Jones is operating an electric stove she will pay the same rate she has been paying. Elec tric stove rates will remain the same. And incidentally, the new rates ap ply to residences only; not to stores or shops or milling concerns. The town is facing a reduction in revenue from electrical sales undei the new system for a short time at least but because it benefits those who use more current without bur- lii!v nalainn- 4-V final uniting vi laJOUlg Hie lUDl W UIIOI minimum consumer, the town fathers 1 are hoping the new rates will en courage the use of more electricity and thus offset the loss. The mini mum as heretofore is still one dol lar. Those who have difficulty in fig uring the new statements are in vited to call at the town office where Clark W G Newby will explain jt. . V, to them. House Members Say Committee Wise To Nominate Bonner Caivatonr to Warren Lict.1 T Returns to Washing ton After Receiving Unanimous Nomina tion Washington, Sept. 9th. (Special) ! ; i. T?jf Friday for both the unexpired and regular term as a successor to Con gressman Warren. Although ex pected, Bonner's nomination was greeted here with much interest by members of Congress and the North Carolina Colony in Washington. Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Rayburn said they were de lighted and Bonner will no doubt profit on account of his long friend ship with them. House members pointed out today that the Con gressional Committee acted very wisely in nominating him for the un expired term, for it will give him valuable seniority rights and on January 3rd he will be rated as a i two term member rather than for I one term. This" will make Bonner ' senior to every' new man elected , to ' tre House :n November, , and will place him' in,.eV same seniority class ReprftBentitivea &Iget"Buirgin, fh6t'I)urham;Wha per--4od; rom" JctebW'l'St. to" November Bth.J-t'he date of election, the First District will be without a congress ' man. Representative Warren said to- ! lhome on Front Street Monday even- inift September -lOtSf. at 8 o'clock. All (.members ar urged to attend. i . .X'tT. U. TO MEET The Woman's. Christian ' Temper tiance Union will meet at 8:30 o'clock .Tuesday1' afternoon ' In' the ; Ladies ; Partor: . 6f ' the Methodist Church.' 'It Is hoped that a .large. number are present. 1 "V . J .HOUSEWIFE 'God Will Not Bless America More Until merica Merits It' Lir'6 Attendance at Special Peace and Prayer Program; Rev. Munns Says Ameri can Home In Jeopardy "God has blessed America far a bove its just desserts," the Reverend R. F. Munns told a Methodist Church congregation that overflowed into the Sunday School room at the special Peace and Prayer service Sunday morning. The paBtor's special address fol lowed on the heels of the singing of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" by R. S. Monds and the Methodist choir. "But God will not bless America more until Americans merit more blessings," he added. Mr. Munns warned in the begin ning that America is to face the same holocaust faced by France and ' by England unless we give more se 1 rious attention to ideals of the Chris tian home, more thought to human relations, and greater attention to the moral side of strong drink. "Liquor and the Fifth Column," he said, "were the cause of the down fall of the French army." "Here in America," he said, "we have built up a liquor consciousness that we don't know how to stop until Church Folks , l l 8 VI fj lng' Mr. Munns said that he has heard of Cnurch Officers not only holding cocktail parties but cocktail parties on Sundays. "Lf the eight million Methodists and the eight million Bap tists and the Presbyterians would stop drinking the stuff, it wouldn't be such a problem." . He gave liquor more than its usual quota of attention from local"1 pulpits (Continued On Page Four) Town And County Cut Appropriations To Local Library Book Group's Purchas ing Power Reduced by Total of $160 The Perquimans County Library, located in the Women's Club House on Academy Street, will operate on reduced rations this year. The Library Board in routine meet ing Tuesday morning considered the I fact that the county has reduced its appropriation from six to five hun dred dollars and the town has made its grant smaller by $60 from $180 to $120. The Board, headed by Mrs. E. M. Perry, wife of the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, dis cussed regular business and consid ered the prospect of a smaller num ber of new books due to the reduced appropriations. The vacancy on the Library Board left by the death of the late J. M. Fleetwood has not been filled. How ever, the County Commission will be handed some names to consider for the vacancy at the next meeting The Board hopes that it is under stood throughout the county that the books in the library are avail able to every community on request. The librarian is directed to assemble and place a number of them at suit able points in the . county. The op portunity is extended by the State and county governments and the board non-remunerative workers who are glad to help in the feature of educational uplift. Ways of getting larger quarters for the library were discussed and I the equipment committee will make! suitable additions before the next meeting, on October 7th ROTARY CLUB MEETS The Hertford Rotary Club held its regular meeting at the Hertford Ho tel Tuesday night. The meeting was well attended with one visitor pres ent. LION? TO MEET, The Hertford Lions ,Club will hold .a 100 per cent' meeting next Friday night" at Hertford Hotel, AH mem bers 'are urged 9, be present in order for the club to reach the 100 per cent goat. , ... ' " ' Clarence Hobgood Is New Baptist Pastor The Reverend Clarence E. Hob good, formerly of Oxford, has ac cepted the call of the Hertford Bap tist Church and will arrive 'here with his bride to assume the duties of pastor on September 29th. Mr. Hobgood preached at the Bap tist Church on Sunday before last. He is a graduate of Wake Forest College and Yale University. The young minister was married on Wed nesday of this week. Where the wedding took place or who Mrs. Hob good was before their marriage had not been ilearned Wednesday when a member of the Board of Deacons re ceived Mr. Hobgood's acceptance tele gram. The Reverend and Mrs. Hobgood will take up residence soon at the Baptist Parsonage. One Contribution To Red Cross Fund In Past Four Weeks Perquimans County Chapter Has Amassed Approximately O n e -sixth of Its Quota Local Chapter Chairman Silas M. Whedbee said Wednesday that there have been no contributions made to the Red Cross War Refugee Fund in the past two weeks. While it now appears that the end of the drive has been reached, and while Perquimans County has raised slightly less than $125, the chairman said the drive is not officially closed in Hertford, though the National drive ended early in July. 1 i'he original quota for this county when the first call went out was for $300; the second call a few days' later, doubled the quota and the third communication said to disregard all quotas and use $600 as the minimum amount to be raised. j Chairman Whedbee said the local chapter is not soliciting, bat thai' the chapter would take contributions in tended for flood sufferers in North Carolina, and that each individual gift Vouhj be ear-marked for the purpose to which the contributor wishes -it used. Other than the fact that contribu tions have stopped coming in, there is no indication from Chairman Whedbee or from the Rev. E. T.l Jillson or the Rev. R. F. Munns that' the local chapter is calling a halt. I The last report of Red Cross ac- tivities in this newspaper two weeks ago, reveals that there had been no contributions during the week before publication. All told, there have been no contributions in the past three weeks. In a month there has been one contribution, a gift made to the fund more than three weeks ago. Faculty Member Called To Brother Injured In Automobile Accident On the same day that schools opened in Perquimans County, Miss Alma Leggett, member of the Cen tral Grammar School faculty, was called home to Washington, N. C, because of serious injury to "her brother, Frank, who was involved in an auto accident late Wednesday af ternoon. The news came to Hertford in a telephone message from J. C. Buck, formerly of Hertford, brother-in-law of Miss Leggett. Details of the ac cident were not disclosed but it is understood that Mr. Leggett suffer ed fractures of both legs and possible internal injuries. Miss Leggett left for Washington immediately. Policeman C. E. Walker's face was slightly red Saturday morning, when, after he had roped off the east side of Church Street from the State Theatre to J. C. Blanchard and Com pany in preparation for a motorcade of football boosters from Norfolk, a lone statin wagon , pulled, into the over-sked', parking: t, space ,and an nounced thteihis a8,.ttta whole Five ior six Tidewater boosters climbed but of the wagon and handed Mayor Vivian N.vDarden two passes Mayor Vivian N.vDarden two passes to the K O. State-Wailam' and Mary Walker Prepares For Motorcade; 1. liui ns Out To Be Station wagon 1 Negro Mob Stages Riot In Peaceful Quiet Of E. City Darkies Register Dra matic Protest Over Dismissal of Negro Theatre Manager PICKET MOVIE ; Artillery Bristles as I First Large Scale Ra cial Disturbance Is i Narrowly Averted i Whitey White, newly - appointed overseer of the Culpepper Theatres i and acting manager of the Gaiety j Theatre, Negro house in Elizabeth I City, had a good crowd on his open , ing night. Between one thousand and fifteen hundred Negroes attended. But they j didn't come in to see the show. They stayed outside and threw rocks and pop bottles, picketed the theatre and raised merry hell in general. The mob was protesting the dis missal of the Negro manager, one Roland Speliman who is being held in jail charged with aiding and abet ting a conspiracy. If the charge had been inciting a riot it would have been a serious thing. It's serious enough as it is. Twenty or more ringleaders in Elizabeth City's first racial uprising are under arrest. The only actual clash took jJlace around 1:30 Tuesday morning after a speech by Mayor Jerome Flora which served to disperse the saner members of the mob. A Coast Guardsman was struck in the face by a pistol butt by one of two Negroes who attempted to run the blockade around the theatre. Both Negroes were picked up almost im mediately. All available city policemen, the firemen, Coast Guardmen and any number of State Highway Patrolmen were called to the scene. It looked like a bad time for a short while, but flnallyta- was1' afnin restored 'and the riot total amounted to approxi mately $200 damage to the theatre, some sore heads and a few bruises from flying pop bottles and rock pellets, and several hundred sets of jangled nerves. Whitey was called to his position with the Elizabeth City theatres Monday morning. Early in the even ing somebody sliced a tire on his car, used knives on the upholstery and showed other signs of violence. A single policeman, answering what he thought was a routine call, soon learned that the business was more than one man could handle and sent out an SOS for assistance. The first answer to the call came unwittingly from Perquimans Coun ty's Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens who was in Elizabeth City on busi ness and thought to drop in and call on Whitey at the Gaiety. Not nearly so surprised was the deputy when the Negroes attempted to turn his car over as the mob mem bers were when he flourished a .45 in their faces and ordered them to back off. He met members of the Elizabeth City Police Department soon after and stayed there until the violence was squashed. Enforcement agencies had the sit uation well in hand soon after a sufficient number were on the scene, but wishing to avoid injury to the disquieted darkies they did not use the fire hose, tear gas, machine guns, rifles, riot sticks or any of the other equipment they could have brought into play. All in all, the mob members came out of the fracas with far less in juries than they deserved. Mayor Flora did a good job of reasoning with the Negroes but made it plain that if they wanted more trouble there was enough to go around. The Gaiety opened on schedule the (Continued . On Page Five) football game on Foremanft Field in Norfolk on the night of September 20th. t;t,i The group of Norfolk men included Aubrey Graham, A. H. Foreman, A. Lee Smith, GeotgLM, Parker, Elliss Loveless and D. 3. Carr. The State-W. and M. game is a bout the firsof the season, certain ly the first ', so dloae ' to Hertford. Mayor Darden has not aaid whether he .wouldTsttend the. game, but sev- era! local foot! all fans, anxious to , Mfete Je season of tackles and passi Vv '' s&s, have announced their . intention ,f v : es, have announced their -intentior of spectating at the opening gaaie. 7
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