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Volume VII.Number 42.
' ; Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 18, 1940.
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TO ; IS OF C0;;,BS DROPPED OflLOiJD Oil
AS WOHSE AIR RAIDS OF WAR CONTINUE
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,V Germans Predict Even
" ; Heavier Bombing In
.ANear Future
: , RUSSIATILL QUIET
Far East Situation Still
Critical as Burma
Road Opens
lxtnaon, .thia week, has exper
ienced the worse air-raids since the
war began. Herr Hitler's air armada
' has rained tons of bombs down on
r ' the British metropolis since early
; Tuesday.
Nazi quarters reported that at
least 1.00C German planes are tak
ing part in the daily attack on Lon
don; promising even greater destruc-
tion than has been witnessed thus
1 far.
"rf 1 Meanwhile the British R. A. F. are
' carrying out their methodical bomb-
ing of wide areas of Germany and
i the invasion ports along the English
Channel.
Germany, seemingly has taken over
54 complete control of Roumania, and
tf latest reports contend that they are
rationing out Roumania oil to few
' of the Balkan countries, but that
England now has no access to that
source of supply.
Turkey and Russia may get to
gether in an attempt to stop Hitler's
march to the East . . . Turkey an
nounces on Tuesday that an attempt
to invade the territory adjacent to
the Dardanelles will be met with
2,000,000 bayonets. Since that time
Russia has announced that they were
not fully informed of the Roumanian
occupation as per their agreement
with Hitler and Co.
The outcome of present talks bf
tweea representatives of the Russian
and Turkish officials may be assur
ance.' to Greece that-the two powers
will rapport Iter if .an attempt is
made to invade her borders. Although
word hal coiiife out -otf iostcv r
The British Navy reported the
sinking of five German .vessels and
now claim their Navy has control of
the Seas. ,
The situation still remains critical
in the Far-East but the evacuation
of English and American citizens has
had a sobering effect on Japan, who
has been "soft-pedaling" her threats
during the last few days.
Frdm Local Boy
Letter Received
In Training Camp
l t-f, The Perquimans Weekly is in re
ceint of & letter from Joshua Sutton,
';: local boy who iB serving a year's
Fort Jackson, S. C.
' ! Mr. Sutton writes of the canip and
'it is our belief .that our readers
. will like to know something o this
military traininsr ... so we are
publishing the letter:
v Co. D., 105 Med. Reg.
Fort Jackson, S. C.
i Dear Mr. Campbell:
z-1 I would like to have my paper sent
to the above address as I am in
Jcampi foi1 the' coming year, with the
Edenton : Company. I have been
? thome this week-end and for the bene-
; fit of those . who' want to know, we
- are-getting 'along fine; 'other .than
few cofldO , -: ? f' '
The site of our tent la within a
: hundred yards of a highway and
railroad which go5 through -the cartp
r-seratioji; there Is, also; man
r 'a lsJcepSomeOO yard wideband
" Iop f ftftt ' '0vr thtf ' Sighway
" c itt' whfcb; we? can'tgo
-, lostiitjr'or Mmg. ' l ' ,
At r res-nt the whoje amp grounaa
viiJUva,wiih caiTienter''-ad- other
-rms of constructors, who are build
j barracks, hospitals, ,v warehouses,
nd roads, and laying . water mains,
so Jat within -Hie near future they
"u accommodate some. 60,000 men.
here are at Hhe present time some,
000 men in training here. , -Our.
'work -consists of, -various
ings such as kitchen duty, standing
ard and collecting; sick' patients
other companies, " with7 daily
,ine of various drilla. : 1 1 1
There is a constant hum "of planes
. head, practicing- their part, while
ra are over . on the' rifle,, range,
' machine guns' and rifles. There
hing lonesome about this' place
tliat t.c:i who go from
- 3 Ct -nty ' and others will
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Sinclair Dealers
Hold District Meeting
At Hotel Hertford
Thirty-five Sinclair agents and
dealers from the Edenton, Elizabeth
City and Hertford District held a
meeting at Hotel Hertford on Tues
day eyening. J. H. Towe, local Sin
clair dealer, was host for the group.
The purpose of the meeting was
the discussion of the proper uses of
motor oil and lubricants in the ser
vicing of automobiles during winter
months.
Scout Sponsors
In Favor Of Troop
Consolidation Here
The Hertford Rotary Club, spon
sors of the local troop of Boy Scouts
of America, went on record as favor-'
ing a recent proposal of Scout lead
ers in Elizabeth City, Edenton, and
other Albemarle towns to consolidate
troops in this area in a district sep
arate from the Tidewater District,
and provide a Scout executive for
them.
It was explained to the club by
C. P. Morris, of the boys' work com
mittee, that estimated cost of the
undertaking will be 300 annually
for Hertford, as compared with
$1,500 for Elizabeth City and $500
for Edenton.
It was voted that the committee
take whatever action in the matter it
thought wise, when further discus
sions, are held.
bfcl Comitiittee
flit Taum nnii
lUUdlU
Seeks Cost 6f - ' Stretimisjud8:ment Passes- During the
iU4- t?. Xxri-.fnl, sepond"' period Hertford reached the
JJgntS tOr VViniaU, two-yard line, pnly to lose the ball
GymnaSlUm Commit- P dovT- . Columbia's defense
m f HI f rt- wghtened during the third period, and
tee at IVieeting p(ay was fairly even.
The touchdowns for Hertford were
A committee of Winfall citizens scored by Dillard but it was through
including Charles Umphlett, Rev. J. the efforts of the entire team in
D. Cranford, Joel HolloweM, E. U. puabjng wide the visitors that he
Morgan and Fred Winslow visited, WM abie to c.v the bai across.
the Hertford Town Board meeting, flrst lly came after Columbia1
on Monday night seeking approxi- punted out of bounds on their own!
mate costs to the Town of Winfall l12-yard line and the Indians took,
"""" ' " i mree piays .o gain o points, uouum
cight street lights in their town. Wa received tne kick-off but soon
The local Board promised co-oper-! lost the ball on downs and Hertford
ation to the committee and stated , was on its wav to another score.
that Town Engineer FenUm Britt
would be sent to Winfall to make an
estimate on the work to be done and
would inform the Winfall citizens as
to the cost of the project as soon as
it could be worked out.
This new lighting system for the
streets of Winfall would indeed be
an added benefit to the appearance
of the town after dark, and also
very helpful to the citizens them
selves. Miss Adelaide Tuttle, district NYA
supervisor, made the request that
the Town Board furnish lights, wa
ter and fuel for a house that' is to be
rented by the NYA and used on the
project for the making of clothing
to be distributed to the needy. The
Board, granted this favor, after a
discussion as to the approximate
cost to the Town. Cost to ,the Town
is estimated at about four dollars
per month.
The Board was asked by a com
mittee representing the P. T. A
Rotary and Lions Clubs to considex 1
the-donating of a lot within the
town "limits suitable for the construe
"tidn"f Perquimans County. yn
ftasiuThir'ras -pointed' Tit Ho; thjjf
Hoard "member-; thM'tnej.juntyi
CnmmiflHionpTu' 'hjtva asrfeed 'o Jtokii
fafOn; thtf''deternuitatioii of
a-OOM- lssue r tne cons'jrucnon oi
a county gym and that the commit
tee sought to have the building con
structed in a convenient location
where it can be nsed by the entire
county..-
flThe Town Fathers agreed to lnves.
tigate the. possibilities of furnishing
the lot and appointed Mayor V., N,
Darden rand Town 'Attorney Charles
Johnson to look into Y the situation
and determine whether or Ji6t, a suit
able arrangement' could be f -made
whereby,the Town could give the . lot.
EXECUTIVE MEETINGf'0Fit ina
COUNTY COUNCIL, Utaont VtaiU The order for &?'Kew 'truclc wa
, ,i -"9 aHT
v An -executive- meetmgyr tne' vouf
tv; Council of Perauhnana Home Dem
onatratiori Clu's will belheld at the
Eertfori C -..r rJioM-' jn Tues
day ni, ' t. A J excuti.e chairmen
oCutie : cnainti
sent J ,' , ' i
are urgi.1 to be present
Indians On Warpath
After Victory Over
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Local Team Plays at
Manteo Today; Seek
Second Win of Year
Fresh from their victory over the
Columbia "Tater Bugs" the Perquim
ans County High School football team
journeys to Manteo today (Friday)
to meet the boys from Dare.
The improved playing made against.
Columbia prompts the Indians to
predict a Blue and Golo" victory to
day . . . running up a total of two
wins thus far this year.
Solving the Columbia High School
football team's defense in the final
minutes of play the Hertford Indians
broke through and scored two touch
downs to win their flirt game of the
current season. The score at the
conclusion of the game was 12-0.
The Perquimans boys had trouble
during most of the game trying toi
get by the Columbia line and had
the visitors had a better kicker, the
score might have Deen a u-u '-ie, as
Hertford gained considerable ground
aue to exchange in punts. The Co
lumbia "booter" had difficulty in
getting off a good kick.
All in all, the Indians, playing a
team more evenly matched to theirs
than in previous games, showed im
provements over games played earlier
in the season. However, they still
have room for further improvement
in their offensive work . . . which
they must accomplish if they hope
to defeat their rival, Edenton, sche
duled for a week from today.
The Indians were in scoring posi
tion in nearly every quarter of the
game, but it wasn't until the final
minutes of play that they were able
to push the ball across the 6 point
marker, and score their first victory
of the year.
Twice in the first period the locals
Were past the ten-yard line, but
chances to score wereu-shattered by
making the final tally 12-0 for the
' Indians.
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Mrs. Archie T. Lane
The Perquimans
Demonstration Clubs
County Home
held county-
wide canning contests during the
September meetings. The contests
were sponsored by the Kerr Jar
Company and awards were made by
the Company.
Each individual club winner was
entered in the County contest from
which emerged the county winners.
Mrs. Archie T. Lane, of the BaHa
hack Club, won first place; Mrs. A.
E. Layden, of the Beech Spring Club,
second place, and third place winner
was Mrs. Edna- Winslow, of the
yymjestofcijttn,.-: : , . ; ,
tyJatersAwiU be sent: to
lUleigh to. enferr-lne State contest
W odditton'to befng- awarded a do?en
quirt jars,V. ' - . J,
Hertford's New Fire
Truck Will Arrive
Latter Part October .
' Hertford's new fire fighting equip
ment will arrive here the last week
in 'October, according to Mayoi
Vivian N. Darden. ' ,
; The sew truck .will be ready fox
deliver about October 23, and Willie
Ainsley' will be sent -jto Elmyra,
New York, to drive' th truck back
to Hertford, v"
nt placed. with the
nee.
; early n June' and' th 'approximate
cost was. 1 3,300. r,.i1UomJng(i equipped
on afford chassis, the' triiik' carries
a booster tank and motorottarp that
er.Osa it' to use .'any5 vailable
water sjj'.y in fighting' fires.
Columbia Bugs 12
Wins HOC County
Canning Contest
Lindsay C. Warren
To te Honored Guest
At Meeting Next Fri.
Celebration Marks Close
Of Service as Repre
sentative For First
District
Perquimans County will p!aj a part
in the celebration of Lindsay C,
Warren Day in Washington one week
from today. J. Emmett Winslow.
Perquimans County chairman for the
committee in charge of the program,
announced today that it was quite
likely a flarge representation from
Perquimans would be on hand to
help celebrate the occasion.
Everything is in readiness through
out the fourteen counties of the First
Congressional District for the Lind
say Warren Day celebration whk'li
will be held in Washington, N. C, on
Friday, October 25th, to honor Re
presentative Lindsay Warren after
sixteen years of service to the dis
trict and who will on November 1st
become Comptroller General of the!
United States.
..Thousands of First District citizens!
are expected to gather in Washing- j
ton, the congressman's home-town, to
take part in the mass tribute. Amon
those, outside the district, who havej
accepted the invitation to be present
are Congressman and Mrs. Bland, of'
Virginia; Congressman Pirgil Chap
man, Kentucky; Congressman Gra
ham A. Barden, Governor Clyde R.
Hoey, Lieutenant Governor Wilkins
P. Horton, Lieutenant Governor
nominee Reginald Harris, Hon. Thad
Eure, Secretary of State; Hon. Geo.
Ross Pou, State Auditor; Hon. A. J.
Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue;
Capt. John Neflson, Commissioner of
Fisheries; F. H. Shuford, Commis
sioner of Labor.
The program, as announced by
Edmund H. Harding, district chair
man of the celebration, is as follows:
About 11 o'clock on the morning of
October 25th, friends of Mr. War-
ran will gather at his home on
West MaiavStreet and promptly at
noon wiDI escort the distinguished
Washingtonian to the Washington
Field Museum lawn where the exer
cises and old-fashioned basket picnic
will take plape.
Several bands in the district have
been invited and many have already
announced that they wiQl be present
to join in the celebration. The par
ade will be led by Miss Evelyn Lilley,
of Williamston. As the procession
moves down Main Street, Mr. War
ren's car will stop at Market Street
to review the parade.
The picnic part of the program
which will follow the addresses wW
be in charge of Richard D. Dixon, of
Edenton. The blessing wiM be asked
by Elder A. B. Ayers, of Bear Grass,
Martin County, a life-long friend of
Warren.
Final Rites Held
For William A. Felton
Thursday Afternoon
(Funeral services were conducted
at the Hertford Cemetery Thursday
afternoon for William Alonzo Felton,
former Perquimans County man, who
died unexpectedly at his home in St.
Pauls early Wednesday morning.
Mr. Pelton was 79 years of age
and had retired from his business
and farming activities at the time
of his death.
Surviving are his wife, two daugh
ters, Miss Gladys. Felton, of St
Pauls, and. Mrs. Henry day Stokes;
a sister -Mrs E. ' I.' Reed, and two
Brothers,; vantfroah Felton, all
Additional Books
Arrive For Library
About a dozen more books have
arrived at the Perquimans County
Library, among which are two copies
of "Raleigh's Eden" written by Mrs.
Inglis Fletcher.
Mrs.' Fletcher, made. Beveral visits
to Hertford and Perquimans ' County
while she was spending a few months
in Edenton. ' '
One' copy of this new book wSH be
sent to the New Hon-' unuV of the
library, the other oho will remain in
the Hertford unit s These books may
be borrowed for JusJejjael y
-A meetintfof the. Woman's" Chris-
thut "Temperance "Union will "be neld
at toe home, of r, I I'. owles
next Tuesday after i ?t 3. "3.
PERQUIMANS COUNTY YOUTH DULY
REGISTERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Local Draft Board
Office Located In
Post Office Building
The Perquimans County draft
board has located its office in the
Postoffice Building in Hertford. The
office is the same as now occupied
by J. R. Stokes, member of the draft
board.
Mr. Stokes is donating the space
in his office free of charge foi the
use of the draft board.
All registrants wishing to contact
the draft board should apply at the
above office. It is (located on the
second floor of the building.
Short Session In
Recorder's Court
Tuesday
Morning
Three cases were on the docket
when Recorder J. S. McNider called
t'he Perquimans Court into session
here Tuesday.
Colbert Perry and WiWie Parker,
both Negroes of the Chappell Hill
section, were charged with assaulting
each other with a deadly weapon: A
plea of guilty was entered and they
were given bU days on tne roads,
suspended upon payment oi tne court j
costs and doctors' biQls.
Both Negroes were badly cut in the
affray last Saturday
and the boutj
continued until it was stopped
Deputy Sheriff Melvin Owens.
by
James Skinner, Jr., Negro, plead j
guilty to simple drunk charges and
was sentenced to 30 days on the road,
suspended upon payment of costs.
C. T. Smith, Jr., of Durants Neck,
, j u -r .. , .
was charged by his wife with aban
donment and non-support of herself
and small child.
The Court ordered a continuance
of 30 days in the case to give the
couple an opportunity to patch up
their differences. ' '
One-fourth State's
Peanut
Crop Dug
Quality Varies In Most
Sections; Local Out
look Fair
Approximately one-fourth of North
Carolina's peanut crop will be har
vested by this week-end, according to
PrLJ ?:. Scha"b' d.irecLor .of !ier
Mate vjouiege Jiixtension service, ne
reports that general digging is under
way in most of the commercial pea
nut areas.
Harvest of the peanut crop has been
held up due to the belated maturity
of the nuts. Reports coming through
county agents from growers indicate
that both the yield and the quality
of the crop are spotted, sometimes
even in the same field.
Due to this condition it is expected
that millers wiQl carry out an inten-
sive grading process this year and (
penalize dirt and trash more heavily ,
than heretofore. I
Reports from 'ocal growers would!
indicate that approximately 90 per,
cent of the locaQ crop will be har
vested by the end of this week. The
conditions as they exist in other
sections also occur here in Perquim
ans. Ihe crop is somewhat spotted ( tions concerning your health, depend
and it is estimated that it will be ents, if any, occupation, income ,etc.,
short from 15 to 20 per cent. While J this questionnaire must be returned
the grade will be fair, it would seem i to your al board within five days
that it may be a littfle light in hv vnu
weight.
Lions Entertain
District Governor
And Guests Tonight
The Hertford Lions Club will enter
tain James H. Parker, Lions District
Governor, at the regular meeting to
night (Friday) at Hotel Hertford.
In addition to Mr. Parker, the local
ciuo wni pave BjJtirwuiuwuuy wu vw -
program has been arranged for this
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meeting and all members are urged
to be present "
P, T. rA. Meeting Held
At Grammar School ; :'
? The Parent-Ter'jii.c-cition of
th; HerordiGranjnw:ficlw4, held
its tegular monthly meuigat the
school, on Thursday evening Octobet
17, af? '0'dlock. ''A ke number of
member "was prcsei.t. '
Mrs. OTlytae, of the Z.'Jj "en,
of Me:, was rr .Uh '!
! chorg f an ir.t;r J 1
Approximately 1,000
Men Eligible For One
Year's Training
BULLETINS ISSUED
Men Advised to Keep In
Close Touch With Lo
cal Draft Board
The youth of Perquimans County
. . . those between the ages of 21
and 36 . . . have completed their first
step in the selective military train
ing draft adopted by Congress.
All day Wednesday young men
were trooping in and out of the reg
istration piaces complying with the
law by registering their names, ad
dresses, ages and occupations and
nearest relatives with those regis
trars selected to assist in the huge
job of cataloging Perquimans County
men eligible for service.
The handling of the registration
was done by L. N. Hollowell, chair
man 01 the Perquimans Board of
Elections, who chose F. T. Johnson,
T. R. Ainsley, W. E. Dail and Dr. E.
S. White as the chief registrars for
the four places in Perquimans Coun
ty where registration was done.
These chief registrars, in turn, se-
; lected approximately 120 other citi
zens of the county to assist them
m the work. The corps of men and
women selected did an excellent job
In handling the registration. While
definite fisrures on the number of
registrants in this county are not
yet availaule, it was believed that
I the figure would be somewhere a-
r0und 1,000
With the major job of registering
men now over, the draft boards will
rfrKi hi curinn infn onfiAn imi
"Z t . ZJ a
shortly. The local board consists of
J. R. Stokes, W. G. Hollowell and
W. W. Spencer, with Dr. C. A. Dav
enport as medical examiner and J.
iS. McNider, Government appeal
agent.
This draft bord. will determine
just who of the men registeied from
Perquimans County wnr serve the
year's training as called ioi in tiie
law.
In addition to a certificate of reg
istration, showing that the act of
registering has been complied with,
each registrant on Wednesday was
handed a bulletin of information re
garding the draft, and advised to
study tne same carefully in order to
know details . jncerning the law.
Some of the data contained, in the
bulletin follows:
The local draft board, citizens of
this county, must decide which men
go lor training. It registrants do
not know where to find
the local
board they should consult the post
master, the bank, or newspaper of
fice. A registrant must keep in
touch with his llocal board . . . ad
vising it of any changes in work,
address, etc.
Volunteering
Any person who registered on
Wednesday may still volunteer for
military service. However, if one
does enlist, he must notify his local
board to tnat eifect.
He may, if he
wishes, volunteer through
his local
board,
Questionnaires
After the national lottery is held
in vashington and your order num-
ber has been determiner", and when
that order number is due you will
receive a questionnaire from your
local board which will contain ques-
Classifications
There will be four classifications
of men registered :. 1, Those persons
available for training, and, service; 2,
those persons deferred because of
occupation; 8, those persons deferred
because of dependents; 4, those per
sons deferred either by law or by
physical disability.
The local draft board will deter-
' mine your classification, but this
& fc therefore
, neceS8ary that you keep in touch
Wlttt Doara. ( '4ft .
CotaMOientious Objectors
:TheNlaw.pi?ovidea that cbhscientiov 1
objectors who with" due proof '; c
prove their ', claim,'" will ts .
from combat trainirj but r k
sarily serviced J t
board Will a!so tr' ' )
.f, AH Vegictrantj t
in. touch wI'H V -
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