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Volume VILNumber 41 1 HefOfPefquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 11, 1940.
$1.25 Per Year.
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, COMMISSI Oi!rtS 'will CALL SPECIAL
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LLLUIIUM I UULUIUL
No Cost to Taxnaver
Entailed In Election,
: Expenses to Be Paid
V By County Commis
" sioriersand Clubs
DATE NOT YET SET
Project Will Be Drawn
Up and Details Made
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tion Date Is Set !
The County Commissioners had
more than their usual number of
visitors at their regular meeting on '
Monday. A large group of lladies,'
representing the Parent-Teacher As
sociation, and a smaller group of
men, representing the Hertford Ro-i
tary and Lions Clubs, asked the
Board, to consider calling a special
election for the purpose of "floating
a bond issue" that would enable the
County, with the aid of the PWA to
build a Perquimans County gymnas
ium. After considering the proposition
the Board advised the chairman ol
the Rotary Club committee that it
would be willing to call for a spec
ial election . . . providing that there
wouild be no cost to the taxpayers in
the conduction of such an election.
They further signified their inten
tion by stating that the members of
the board, personally, would pay foi
i.1 L C 1 Ullnt-B nAAArr.nvT in
the election,
if tho nliiha snnnanrino ,
the project would assume the re
maining financial obligations. It is
assumed that the clubs will meet this
proposition.
At the meeting with the County ,
Commissioners Mrs. Alice Futrell, I
representing the P. T. A., told of the
need of such a building. W. H. Pitt
W. A. Hefren and Silas Whedbee
spoke m' toehallf of the Rotary Club,
and L. N. Hollowell and Max Camp
bell spoke f orr the Lions Club.
- Stating tCf t CoiEJdisiojmrs that
up to the present time no
ed out, the committee said that they! Belvidere Township: Chairman of
first wanted, to learn if the Board i the Community Committee (delegate !
would call an election to determine 1 to County Convention) Dr. E. S.
whether or not the people of the I Wh.lte' Arehie B. White, vice'
County wanted such a bond issue as!chairman Community Committee (ai-
would be necessary for the purpose mte fleate) L. L. Lane and J-'
of raising funds needed for the con-, M- Copeland, regular member of ,
struction of a gymnasium. Community Committee: C. T. Roger,;
w,i. r i.rfM- 80n nd Oscar Roy Winslow; first!
f oll . t,w.1 if ic nnw .
...... - o o
expected that the committees from1 r'J,. L Y fM
' the three clubs will go into definite ,!LJSSi mf tJ1
; details concerning .the type and con-i ntS
li struction of the building u wel as JJf'J pTS.: ChamT P"?
r the full amount of cost to the County. gJ. Matthews and R. S
These details must be worked outi
definitely before an election can be
If&ycalled in order to determine the a-
the amount needed can be so stated
in the election.
' It is our understanding that if and
, when the election is called a special
registration of voters will be neces-
' sary and. that it will take a majority
of those registered voting in favor
1 , -t of the project in order for it to
i ' carry.
Countv To Build
Portable T. B. Room
C.A badly needed health aid will
' 7 soon be ? a ' reality in Perquimans
, County. .
" The County Commissioners on
.Monday approved of a project for the
construction of a : portable isolation
. room' that will be used" in the fight
),Jf .tuberculoBifl in. 'CoiiWgr.-
" y According" tfi Misr Eulft navenpot
Supwdsor pi . Public. Welfarfljthe
room .n $uili
ltiss?)aVeapprt?i4
'w-re fii i'3nee4 v' nov(
icause ' it make possible the isola
on of a. paient, waiting to be ad?
Jtted to- a sanatorium or who baa
Jailed to respond ' to furtber treatr
nenttl"" hi isolation wiE aid in
' e prevei)Aion of ; the ,? spreading of
e disease. ' , . , 1
It will. n constructed so that it
in be moved to adjoin S!,bmse,
here insuff icieirt room prevents fche
:st:-healthy conditions.
It was stated that the room will
si approrim8telyrf40, r, , , -V
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' ere;lAtlaM;-;
Teve;: will . bej preacWnV ? sendee
, '-odland Methodist ;.Churcli on
" evening at ' 7 o'clock. The
. J. D. :Cranford will preach and
t ' '."c ' is corIIa"y invited,
Ulltll 1lO!UltinVUJLL rUIIII I1UKU blUIIU
eastern star wows
opecjai ivie
A special meeting of the Order
of the Eastern Stawas held Tues
day afternoon at 2o'clock in the
lodge room ofthe Order for the!
purpose of eniertaininW visiting offi-l
crals of
The guests were Worthy Grand
Matron, Leola Eyerby, Kyorthy Grand
Patron. John L. Orr; fl-nnrl nnnrliift-
Mrs. Mary K. Fleet; District
Grand Matron, Mrs. Blanche Twi-
ford and District
wuiiam j. pen.
Grand
Matron,
I
interesting meeting, '
i After a very
an enjoyable social hour was held
Election Closes
Saturday For AAA
Program Officers
Ballots Sent Producers;
Each Township Will
Elect Their Individual
Officers For Year
Two producers have been nominat
ed for each of the five offices that
will be filled for Community Com
mitteemen and Delegates to the
County Convention, representing the
"""" 1 cu.o WUn
ty, to serve on the AAA Farm Pro
gram for 1941.
Candidates whose names appear
on the bafllots mailed this week to
""V T" "V"T l
f". producere from each
township.
Voters are warned by L. W. Ander
son, county farm atrent. not to mail
the ballots after Saturday, October
12, because they will arrive too late
to be counted.
The nominees for the various of.
iuwb;
a I tfli-n ara mamKn-
" ",vu"rc' Ui VAUUIIUIUIV
t .
delegate .T r wkk a
Proctor; regular member, Winstop
Lane and C. T. PhiMips; first alter-,
nate; J. T. Harris and Willie Lane;
second alternate, W. M. Harrell, Sr.,
and W. D. Perry.
Hertford Township: Chairman
(delegate) Milton Dail and Clarence
Dal; vice chairman (alternate) B.
W. Thach and. C W. Reed regular
member, J. E. Hunter and V. C.
Winslow; first alternate; A. D.
Thach and W. J. Perry; second alter
nate; Clinton Perry and Wm. F.
Madre, Jr.
New Hope Township: Chairman
(delegate) C. W. Umphlett and S.
D. Banks; vice chairman (alternate)
John T. Wood and J. W. Overton;
regular member, A. R. Cook and Carson-
Spivey, first alternate, C. A
Butt and John Q. Hurdle; second al
ternate, Eddie Harrell and L. R
Webb.
Parkville Township": Chairman
(delegate) J. A. Bray and C. B.
White, vice chairman (alternate) G
W. Jackson and L. A. Smith; regu
lar .member, J. R. Matthew and
Wallace Bright; first alternate.
uu .WiWam and. A. ,J. Smith:
Voting only for nominees! -from
th";ind!vidual; townahipsJhie pro
ducers ' will elect a chairman, vice
chairman, a regular member, a firs
ana second, alternate member.
Envelopes were enclosed with the
ballot sent to the producers and
Mr. Anderson urges every prbducei
to gnqjatei ballot returned before fee
deadline Saturday. ; v
District Newspaper
People To Meet In
Ahoskie Saturday ;
Vtulikin
Ing Saturday night at'Ahosfcle-XJ
; The Parker Brothers, who recently
celebrated their twenty-fifth anniver
sary in the publishing , business wllO
play .hosts to, the newspaper
iwspaper group. ,
Th6 rtheMtern NortfiCarolina
WeeMy newspaper e"teWrV0aria"ab
Ushers will hold tMr mV&thT'
Democratic Rally
DrmwA Unnrn Prmiirl
To Hertford
Welcome Is Extended
To Visiting Notables;
Barbecue Dinner Is
Served to All
Approximately one thousand peo-
pie visited Hertford on Thursday to
attend the First Congressional Dis
trict Rally held at the State Theatre,
h- free bagcg dinner.
Plans for the rally were made
throughout the week and those in
charge of the various committees did
things in fine manner. All was in
readiness when the rally opened with
a routine organization meeting just
prior to speaking by State notables
that included Governor-Elect J. M.
Broughton and Representative-Elect
Herbert Bonner.
Introduction of the speakers was
made by Mrs. Alice FutreM, Richard
Dixon, of Edenton, and C. P. Morris.
It was an enthusiastic group that
greeted the next Governor of North
Carolina and the next Representative
for this District. They came from
the fourteen counties that comprise,
the First District, including Dare.i
Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Pas
quotank, Chowan, Gates, Hyde, Tyr
rell, Hertford, Washington, Per
quimans, Pitt and Martin.
Immediately after the speech-making,
the entire attendance was treat
ed to a free barbecue dinner, the
menu consisting of barbecue, brins
wick stew, slaw, corn bread and sofl
drinks.
The local committees in charge of
the rally were: General Chairman, J
Emmett Winslow; finance committee,
R. M. Riddick, Charles Johnson, W.I
H. Hardcastle, Dr. C. A. Davenport
and Z. A. Harris.
Dinner Committee: Norman True
blood, C. P. Morris and A. W. Hef
ren; Program and Decoration Com
mittee: Riley Monds, Mrs. B. G.
Kooiwe, Julian White, Littleton Gibbs
andW. H. Pitt.
! Reception Committee: JC, P. Mor
ris, 3, W. Ward, J. S. McNider, "Chas.
wh?dbee, Tom Brown, T. B. Sumner,
Vlvian Darden, Mrs. Alice Futrell,
E- S. White and E. M. Perry.
Registration 'For
rjpnornl FWtinn Tn
"V? N0,11 10
Re Held Saturday
If you did not register in May . .
you may do so Saturday. No, this
registration is not for the military
service ... it is for ' the general
elections to be held Tuesday, Novem
ber 5th, and if your name is not on
the registration books and you want
to vote on election day, you musl
register Saturday, October 12th, to be
eligible to cast your vote.
L. N. Hollowell, chairman of the
Board of Elections, has his regis
trars all set to take care of those
who either forget or didn't have th
time to register during the time prior
to the primary election in May. It's
your last chance, so be sure to regis
ter before the books close Saturday
evening.
To Observe Holiday
Saturday, October 12
Simon Rutenburg announced today
that Simon's Store will be closed on
Saturday until 6 o'clock in obser
vance of the Jewish Holiday, Yom
Kipper. The store ydll be open for
business Saturday evening.
Fractures Arm While
Roller Skating
- Lindsay Reed, small son pf, Mr.
and Mrs. D. F. jteed, sustained; a bad
fracture pf :th;e "sfbipw while' ? roller
skaliing last.iturday. " -vi:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
REGARDING DRAFT REGISTRATION
Due to the tremendous task of
.f mn Pprcmimans Coun -
lUQtUVVOUQ 1 '
tV eligible for military service, L. N (
Hollowell, who has charge of the
registration, announces today that
Superintendent P, T. Johnson has de
creed a school holiday for Wednes
day October 16, in . order that teach
ers and members of the P. T. A. may
assist 'in the registration.
At .least 120 assistant registrars
will be needed for the selective draft
registration and Up- Hollowell re
quests that any petsWwilMnf to do
nate his or ber1 CseWcvif of
charge, for the work sn'onldW-end
meeting- at the . Court , House on
I Thursday night ,'or see, tha ! chief
Library Board
Announces 40 New
Books Have Arrived
Librarian Warns Bor
rowers That All Books
Must Be Returned on
Time
The Library Board announces this
week the purchase of forty new book?
; to be added to the ever-growing
number of volumes of the local Qi
I Drary. The new books are among
the latest editions and all are highly
recommended.
j At the same time, the Board
I wishes to announce that it has been
; advised by the District Librarian
' that all books must be returned on I
time. If they are not returned on
j the date due, then the fines must be I
paid by the borrower.
The following new books have just
i been received: Chad Hanna, Full I
I Meridan, Heart Is A Lonely Hunter,,
i King's Row, Lion in the Garden, Love '
In Our Time, Love In the Sun, Roau'
to Glenfairlie, Stars on the Sea.
Tamarack, Through the House Door,
Vantage Point, When The Whippoor
will, Women Will Be Doctors, Bitter
Creek, Brandons, Four Part Setting,
Peculiar Treasure, Out of the Fop,
Whiteoak Heritage, Capital City
Chiffon Scarf, Singapore Exile Mur
ders, They Wanted to Live, Animals
Are Like That, Autobiography With
Letters, Down Wind, Failure of a
Mission, Goodly Fellowship, How
War Came, I Believe, It's a Woman'?
Business, My Ten Years In the Stu
dios, Our Family, A Southerner Dis
covers New England, Strange Lives
of One Man, Pride and Prejudice,
Murder of Koger Ackroyd, Scarab
Murder Case, and Before Lunch.
ElmwGod Farms Hold
Open House To Large
er
Visitors Impressed With
Cleanliness of Modern
Dairy
Perquimans County's newest enter-
prise held open house for the public
all Tuesday. It was the official
opening of Elmwood Farms, located
on Route 17, 5 miles from Hertford.
A large number of people visited
the dairy during the day and in
spected the modern plant from front
to back . . . that is, they were shown
the miOking barn, then taken
throughout the plant where they
could see every process the milk was
subjected to before being bottled
and readied for delivery to the cus
tomer. Without doubt the most striking
view the public had of the dairy was
the absolute cleanliness of the paint
.... rigid regulations are enforced
in Golden Guernsey dairies to safe
guard the products for the custom
ers. Aside from the above, many of
the visitors were impressed with the
pastuerization, cooling system and
the bottling machine which, were
demonstrated at the opening.
The Elmwood Farms Dairy is the
only Golden Guernsey dairy east of
Durham and is owned and operated
by B. B. Dawson, of Elizabeth City
Mr. Dawson stated yesterday that he
was gratified by the number of peo
ple who visited the dairy on Tuesday,
but wanted the. public to know that
visitors are always welcome ... if
anyone was unable to see the plant
on Tuesday he or she may do so at
any time.-
registrar for each township.
i A change has also been made in
the nlacee for registration. The fol
lowing places are now the official
places of registration:
Hertford and Bethel Townships
Hertford Grammar School; F. T.
Johnson. Chief Registrar.
ParkviHe TownBhip Central Gram
mar School. Winfall: Prof. T. R.
Ainsley, Chief Registrar.
New: Hope Township New Hope
School House: Pail, Chief
Registrar " -m
Belvidere' and Kicanbr Townshipi
Belvidere; fcommun E.
SI, White. Chief Jtesdstrar.
' Registering must begone between
,J3ie hours of f M- p
Numb
Of People
PERQUIMANS COUNTY DRAFT BOARD NOW
SELECTED; REGISTRATION WEDNESDAY
Rotary Club Entertains j
Four Guests Tuesday
The Hertford Rotary Qub enter
tained four guests at their regulai
dinner meeting on Tuesday evening j
at .the Hertford Hotel. i
C. E. Kramer and J. A. Moore, of
Edenton, George Benny, of Greens-
boro, and Rev. C. E. Hobgood, Bap-:
tist minister of Hertford, were guests
of the meeting. j
War Clouds Gather
Over Asia; Britain
To Open Burma Road
Bombing Continues In
Europe; America Re
quests Citizens to
Come Home
Diplomatic maneuvers have been
playing an important part in the war
scene during this week, while Eng
land and Germany have continued
their bombing and Japan has seem
ingly decided to "soft pedal" their
triple alliance. England sent word
to Japan that they would on October
17 re-open t'ne Burma Koad, so vital i
to the Chinese cause in the battle I
with Japan. I
This event happens one day after
the United States embargo goes into
effect against Japan on scrap iron
and gasoline. Attso it seems that
Russia is more than anxious to re
open negotiations with Great Britain
and the United States; although it
is a wise man that can forsee the
actions of the Russian Bear.
On the action front Monday night
the R. A. F. gave Berlin the worse
bombing it has received in the war
. . . it bombed the Nazis for more
than four hours. Herr Hitler's men
retaliated on London Tuesday night
and dropped, according to Hitler's
figures, 300 tons of explosives on the
city. The figures on the number kill
ed and injured in London have not
been given out, but Berflin reports
that 25 were killed by the English
raid.
Germany's march into Roumania
toulu nave uee" ., "e b?' l"aL ue
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i unci uiiuicjiiii uuiLOiuci. uic at nuii
against Japan. It looks as though
hitler has passed up an invasion of
Engtland. for the present and will con
centrate on the breaking of the Eng
lish blockade . . . thus spreading the
war into the southeastern sections
of Europe and if possible force Japan
into action against them in the far
East.
In view of the events in Asia,
President Roosevelt and the State
Department have advised all Ameri
can citizens in Asia to return home
as soon as possible, or as soon as
their business will permit.
While the war in Europe continues
to be a battle of the skies ... it
would seem as though war clouds are
rapidly gathering over Asia and may
break at any time.
Indians Seek Victory
At Williamston Today
Smarting under two straight de-l
feats the Perquimans High School
football team will journey to Wil
liamston today to seek its first vic
tory of the 1940 season.
Williamston boasts of a strong
team this fall and is expecting ani
easy time of the local boys, but it
may
lads
get fooled. The Perquimans
came out of last week's gam?
in good shape and have been working
hard this week to break into the win
column. It would be quite an upset
for Hertford to beat Williamston . .
but here's hoping.
PTA Meet Oct. 14
The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Perquimans County Central
Grammar .School will hold its second ;
meeting at the school on Monday
evening, October 14, at 7:30 o'clock.'
The program will be on Safe,ty'
and will be under the direction of
Mrs. Yeates. The Rev. R. F. Munns,1
Church, will make a talk.
Society To Meet
TV
' The Woman, Society' of Christiaa
Service ViU..meet,at the oodDand
Methodist Omrch on Thursday af
teraoon,, October 17, at 2:30 o'clock
All members are urged to be present;
1 viaItor8 iit, . .
Committee Chosen By
Governor Selects J. R.
Stokes, W. G. Hollo
well and W. W. Spen
cer DEPENDENT CLAUSE
Dr. C. A. Davenport and
J. S. McNider to As
sist as Medical Exam
iner and Government
Appeal Agent
The Perquimans County selivtive
draft machinery swung into action
here this week in preparation for the
registration and drafting of citizen
for a year's training in military
service.
A committee, composed of W. 11.
Pitt, Clerk of Court; L. N. Hollo
well, Chairman of the Board of Elec
tions, and V. T. Johnson, superin
tendent oi Schools, was chosen by
Governor lloey to appoint the local
draft board met Monday morning in
the office of the Clerk and made its
selection.
James Roger Stokes, Hertford
William G. Hollowell, Winfall. and
William W. Spencer, New Hope, were
the men chosen to act in the non
paying positions as members of the
Perquimans County Draft Board.
Dr. C. A. Davenport was selected
I to serve as examining physician and
I J. S. McNider will he the Govern
i ment's Appeal Agent. These two
! will also serve without pay. Presi
dent Roosevelt has designated that
j members of the draft boards would
1 donate their time free as their con
tribution to the defense program.
Election Chairman L. N. Hollowell
caOled a meeting of his precinct reg
istrars Thursday night to give them
instructions in the handling of the
registration which takes' place next
Wednesday, ' October .16. The elec
tion boards of this State wul handle
the registralio'i and ;t is expected
tht ti& Hiait boards win S'.VSfg iftp
action shortly after uie completion
of the registration.
According o instructions received
by Mr. Hollowell regarding the leg
islation on October 16, it was stated
that the hours for registering will
be from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Male citizens of Perquimans Coun
ty, who are between 21 and 36 years
of age must register. They can do so
at any registering office they care
to go to . . . but tliere will be regis
trations at Hertford, Belvidere, Win
fall and New Hope. It doesn't mat
ter where you register, but difficul
ties will possibly come to you if you
fail to register ... as fines anc
penalties will be imposed on those
who fail to register. '
At the present time it has not
been learned just when the draft
board will begin its duties, probably
sometime around the date of the big
iottery in Washington when numbers
will be called to determine just whicn
of those registered will be called to
serve the year's training.
It is quite possible, also, that the
various draft boards throughout the
country shall be very lenient toward
those asking for deferrment or ex
emption of the training. According
ly to figures as released from Wash
ington 16,404,000 will register fo
(Continued on Page tive)
Three Cases Heard
In Recorder's Court
j yree cases were heard by Judge
t o McNider in Recorder's Court
, nere on Tuesday.
Nehemiah James, Negro, charged
with assault on Ashley Fleetwood
was sentenced to the roads for 30
days, suspended upon the payment
of costs.
James was apprehended after
Roosevelt Smith had been arrested
for the assault. Smith was freed.
William A. Elliott, of Edenton, was
taxed with the costs of court for
driving with improper license.'
LeRoy Spruill, Negro, of Winfall. . .
was found guilty of drunken driving
and sentenced to 60 days on the road
An appeal to the Superior Court Was-.
noted.
Much time was taken by Judge
McNider in an attempt to clear up
unpaid court costs that are part due.
He warned that these Costa must be '
paid and stated from. , the bench:
"If any one sittinlr ln tla Court has
a friend lmown 'teVf?;ost to the
Court it would l "4 word to th
wise" if that ftrl(ai,J. informer's
to tanks payment. It might
further trouble fu r. thflj'cffenders, V
. 1 f
savVs'sV