North Carolina Newspapers

WEEE f 1 T ' E jiU III A X H v ; - a. y; , j&tfKBmpJL iimroTED to the itiPBuiLDiNG of Hertford and perqueiaks county K ; Volume VII.Number 45. V y tfleSorcU Perquimans CountyVNorthl&i'olina, Friday, November 8, 1940; $1.25 Per Year. i i' t 1 .1 5 Comment Vote iven State, County Collates Ike ' Governor J. M. Brough Ion Carries Every lrecinct In County The. results of the State and County1 elections in Perquimans County was overwhelmingly Demo cratic. The State officers were giv en commanding leads over their Re publican opponents, even in Belvi dere and Nicanor precincts where i in the National contest . the high votes went for WiMkie. Governor J. M. Broughton carried 1,164 votes in the county, while Mc Neill, the Republican nominee, re ceived but 148. This percentage was almost 8 to 1. The rest of the State ticket fol lows: ' For Lieutenant Governor, R. L. Harris (D) 1,125; H. B. Leavitt (R) 146. Secretary of State Thad Eure (D) 1,143; A. I. Feree (R) 145. For Auditor. George Ross Pou (D) 1,129; J. M. Van Hoy (R) 145. For Treasurer, Charles M. John son (D) 1,143; W. H. Gragg (R) 144, For Attorney General, Harry Mc Mullan (D) 1,137; W. C. Downing (R) 143. For Superintendent of Public In struction, Clyde Erwin (D) 1,129; Lawrence J. Pace (R) 143. For Commissioner of Agriculture, W. Kerr Scott (D) 1,138; C. T. Allen (R) 142. Fog Insurance Commissioner, Dan C. Boney (D) 1,131; John L. Phelps (R) 142. For Labor Commissioner, Forrest Shuford (J U23; B. C. Fussell R) 142. For Congressman from the First District, Herbert Bonner polled 1,129 over his G. O. P. opponent?! John A. Wilkinson, whk g 148. Fcf the unexpired term of Lwuway Wa$ Hreu wrm ui iupw which he was uiopjftsed, to- $m - ' ren, for received The County ticket was unopposed and all candidates were automatical ly elected to their offices, the votes cast for the candidates being: For ijtate Senate, Herbert Leary 1,165; Merrill Evans 1,063. Representative J. T. Benton 1,180. Register of Deeds J. W. Ward 1,218. For Recorder, Granberry Tucker, 1,068. For Coroner, Dr. C. A. Davenport, 1,183. County Treasurer. Jacob L. White 1,165. For County Commissioners, A. T Lane 1,145; L. L. Winslow 1,149; E. M. Perry 1,143; ,C. E. White 1,139; E. U. Morgan 1,133. For Board of Education, D. L. Barber 1,137; W. E. Dail 1,119; Shelton M. Long 1,110. To Conduct Drive ise f Funds For Uniforms if " $400 Needed to Furnish Uniforms For High School Band An intensive drive will be made 4)imiioriniA Pmvinlmiuia Cnnntv stort- ing next week in, r4ef t , raise be e Ween $360 and $400 to be UBed to equip ww renjujnuwa - ypuiuy yiign '' 4 ' -rf- 1 Ji.l''...lJ .-Hi.-.', .1 ,.i-Jr : without adequate Kramt-wittiib nhaace4if ese" ; f orn''iat;:i'jplie4 th-lnembeja, next week o'ot as canvasseri in, the attempt-lo raise the amount.' MeaiM while, Jtufua Riddick, cashier of the ; Hertford. BvMmgp mpany has -roup and, alf moneys . collected to ward the project will be turned over M Kf: doubt every person resldihc In the county- will be 'asktsd' to contri bute to the cause, and it Is one that hould be . weQ received.'- ;V . . School officials nave Cwbrke: Ir4 -' t getting, the band arted nj aiow it is possible that uniforms can i ' 'nuWrtmemberv'tfae? : 'iyfll takt -r pTace fmcpj o'-he-r bands of the J9 i.x i cf r-j.... i a r ' ' '7 '"t r-1 1 i's get Effort To R i.sscaoot , nana wiso mbkwjj 'lltireeen Local Draft Board Offices Are Located In Postoffice Building For the benefit of those persons who may have business with the Perquimans County draft board The Weekly again publishes this notice that the local board has offices in the Postoffice Building. The offices are located on the second floor of the building and are next door to the office occupied by J. R. Stokes. Mrs. T. B. Sumner is clerk for the board and is in the office during every day in the week. Long Session To Clear Recorder's Court On Tuesday Court Held In Clerk's Office While Court Room Used For the Election A day-long session was necessary to clear the docket in Recorder's Court here on Tuesday. After a de cision not- to hold court until Novem ber 12, due to the fact that the court room was being used as . one of the polling places during the election, Judge J. S. McNider reconsidered and heSd his court in the offices of the Clerk of Court. The scene was a bit informal, but the cases rolled along and some eight defendants faced the judge, during the day. In the case of David Lane, charged with illegal possession of .non-tax-paid liquor, a plea of not guilty was entered by his attorney, but Lane was found guilty. Due to his seem ingly good reputation throughout the cpjamunity where he lives, Lane was assessed the cost of court and warn ed by the Court not to become in volved again. v ' James Green," Negrp, charged with trespass, entered a plea ot guilty, Wra Gibbs, Negro, charged -witoitwfspass. and as aSMtjgiing Tom, entered a plea ot guilty, was found guilty by the Court and judgment was suspended upon pay ment of cost. G. Ashley Jordan was found guilty of passing a school bus and judg ment was suspended upon payment of costs. George C. White, Negro, was found guilty of having insufficient brakes and was taxed with the cost of Court. - Ernest Earl Morse was guilty of having improper lights and assessed one-half of the costs. John Blanchard, Negro, arrested by State police for reckless driving, entered a plea of guilty. Judgment A-as suspended on payment of costs. Bill' Everett, charged with drunk, was found guilty and taxed with the costs of Court. Hertford Lions Club Induct T.iree Members At Belvidere Meeting The Hertford Lions Club held its regular meeting last Friday night at the Belvidere Community House, and wee served by the Belvidere Home Demonstration Club. "During the meeting the Club voted to sponsor a Lions Club in Elizabeth City. It is expected that an organi zation meeting in that city will be held in the near future. , Three new members were inducted into the Club at the Belvidere meet ing, th Rev. Clarence E. Hobgood, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church; G. R. Tucker, assistant cashier of tho Hertford Bank, and Clinton T. Ely, local representative for the V. E. P. ,Dr. E. S. White of Belvidere, was gueat of the, Club. lieivoir; Virginia Wffljani (Red) Elliott, Wof Mrs, Mattie Elliott, who enlisted in the United States army 'on October 26, is now reported to be stationed at Port JBelvoir, Virginia. Young El liott, who ia 18 years old, reports that he is getting along fine , v Durants Neck Ciib V " Sponsors Play At r . , , NewIIcpeJtj; ; The DuVacta V''WmeWbJ stratioa Club wffl trMmWrtWili the New Hope CodiiiunHy EbiisW'Jured Wednesday tonight V'ijy) St 7i45. , -. - .r The . play, "A V.'os. .leuP V. li ding" wiJl be pr"rt-.j by p. from We y t :'Jic is c 1 t Questionnaires To Be Mailed This Week To Registrants Local Draft Board Be gins Classification of Men; 'Quota Is Still Unknown The classification of registrants under the selective service act will begin in this county probably by Friday when the local draft board will start mailing questionnaires to 'those men who hold the first order numers. The exact number of questionaires that will be mailed each day will not exceed fifty, no questionnaires will be mailed on Sunday, but each day during the week the local board will place a number of them in the mail until every man registered through out the county will have received one and returned it for his classification. The local draft board received a master list carrying the national lot tery order numbers earlier this week and it immediately started number ing the cards. The lists posted in the courthouse now carry both a se rial number and an order number and any person desiing to know his order number can recheck the lists in the courthouse and learn his order numVjr. This order number designates the rotation of the questionnaires . . . for example, if your order number is 50 you will probably be one of the first to receive a questionnaire . . . then ydu will have five days to re turn that to the draft board. No official word has been re ceived by J. R. Stokes, chairman of the local draft board, as to the num ber of men Perquimans County will be called on to help fill the first quota, but it is highly probable that the number of volunteers that the local office has received will be suf ficient to fill that quota. There has been a total ot nine volunteers through the local board, (Continued On Page Four) Demonstration Clubs Soliciting Subscriptions Clubs Receive 25 Per Cent on All Renewals Solrl Hv Nnvpmher Ifi The subscription drive being made by the Home Demonstration Clubs is making real progress as the first week of the ilrive closes tomorrow. Several of the clubs report a good response from subscribers and as the osult those clubs are making extra money for themselves. The drive comes to a close on IJaturday, November 16, and at that time the regular subscription rate of The Weekly will be restored to $1.25 p?r year. During the present drive club members are selling renewals to The Perquimans Vveekly at $1.00, thereby saving the subscribers twenty-five cents on their subscriptions. This subscription drive by the Home Demonstration Clubs is not a contest. It is purely a business ar rangement between the management of The Weekly and the Clubs where by the various. Clubs throughout the county can earn extra , money for their activities. All Clubs receive 25 commis sions for all subscriptions sold dur ing the two weeks of the drive, and any club selling as many as thirty subesriptions will receive a bonus ot $5.00 for the.isffort. : - ?t&&pr:' 8ubMribert;.of The Weeklyjiare urged to cooperate with the clubs ;$': ma $i(ptioTi8 will:, expire .shortly sJidthia; good time to renew. You will save money, and alt t!he same, time you will- be helping your local demonstration club earn extra money for club work. Presidents ,of the various clubs are requested . to Bee members of their group' and remind them that this offer expires in one more week, and to be sure to report all . sub scriptions to club presidents in time for them to be turned into The Weekly office by November 16. Prison Guard Hurt . cQyde Scott, 'guard alt the Wood- ville Prison Canjo was painfully in tiirtwl WndTMMiriiii AiAtnFn Mien ua painfully iing Mien truck, overturned, and pinned him beneath the cab., ox ft i My. v The ,acciJenlt, 'ha, .'iit,4 oft, the r--1 i bet en IteW Hope and Red Cross Roll Call Begins On Monday; Need Is Greater Canvassers Announced By Mrs. C. P. Morris, Chairman of Drive The Annual Red Cross Roll Call gets under way in Perquimans Coun ty next Monday. The local chapter leaders have chosen canvassers to conduct the work necessary to en roll Perquimans County 100 per cent for this worthy cause. Mrs. C. P. Morris, chairman of the Roll Call, announced this week that ML'6 Frances Maness, Home Demon strat.on Agent, will act as co-chairman and will assist in the work throughout the various communities in the county. Mrs. S. P. Jessup, Mrs. W. E. White, Mrs. Leigh Winslow, Mrs. Sidney Broughton and Mrs. E. E. Payne will conduct the canvass in the residential sections of Hertford. S. i M. Vvhedbee will canvass the busi ness district ,and. W. R. Privott will be' in charge of the drive among the Negroes. The Roll Call will begin November 11, and will continue until Thanks giving Day, November 28. Residents of Perquimans County are urged to co-operate with the Red Cross chap ter in its endeavor to make this the best drive ever conducted. The need for funds by the Red Cross is far greater this year than it has been in the past. Every ef fort is being made by the American Red Cross to relieve the suffering of war refugees, and to aid American boys who are in military training. Therefore, it is necessary to gain every possible member in this com ing drive. You can help humanity by subscribing to the Red Cross. The knitting project which the lo cal chapter is hopeful of gaining for Perquimans County is still open to volunteers, according to Mr. Whed bee. Several people have already volunteered for this work, but the Ljted 0ioks chapter can use more. (Continued on Page 'lv , Higii School Will Observe National Book Week (rirls to Sponsor II -Vi Tag Day; Students to Vote for Choice of Books l'lans have been made at Per quimans County High School for ob servance of National Book Weekv November 10-16. In addition to a cnapel program to be presented by home room 8c on Friday to stress the significance of Book Week, the girls' Hi-Y Club is planning to sponsor Tag Day to boost the Per quimans High School Library. The proceeds obtained from the sale of these tags will be used to buy books for the library. School patrons are urged to help the Hi-Y girls make Tag Day a success by buying the tags. Students who buy the tags may use them as ballots to vote for books they would like to have in the library. Book Week began back in 1919 with the slogan, "Moe Books in the Home," and has varied its mood since then year after year. The slogan for 1940 is "Good Books Good Friends." W. F. Bigelow, editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine, says "We all need , to widen' our horizons. In most of our towns and cities life for the average person is alarmingly dull--a ; little round ' of accustomed duties and pleasures tomorrow will eDeat todav. That the towns and cities lack can be found in books if one craes for books. There is a book for every mood and one can journey the world around by merely going to the library or the book store. The significance of this is lost upon too many parents, otherwise there would be no iieed for Book Week." Indians Play. Today Perauimans High School jneeta Manteo on the football field this (Friday) afternoon in what may be the last home game of 'Shis : season. The game is scheduled to start at iV .The Indian, arf,ij gobd shape for this game tMtd,rareK counting on re venge for th, defeat buffered at the hands of the Manteo , team, earlier' come' but watch the boys play. IK "5 North Carolina Will Celebrate Thanksgiving On November 28 North Carolina will again, this year, observe Thanksgiving Day on the traditionall last Thursday in No vember, according to word received from Governor Hoeys' office this week. The majority of the states throughout the country have joined President Roosevelt and will observe the holiday on November 21, but North Carolina will have its holiday on the 28th. Commissioners Act On Recommendation Of Grand Jury Resolution Is Passed Regarding a Negro School In Winfall The County Commissioners, hold ing their regular November meeting on Monday, acted upon the recom mendations given to the Superior Court by the Grand Jury regarding the heating equipment in the county jail, repairing the Court House front, the building of a Negro school in Winfall and the destruction of old buildings in Winfall, supposedly in dangerous state. There was practically no other business placed before the Commis sioners, in what was the present board's next to Oast meeting. Three of the present Commissioners were liefeated for re-election and thus a practically new board will be ;n stalled at the December meeting. A lesolution was ia.-scd d.. the Board on Monday siating m... the members had received and ci.ie.ully noted the contents ol Uie recui....ien dations made by the Grand Jury and tnat Uie Board, along witii olier ili J. U. Win.siow, uumd insiaa a noater lor the jail, 'lne .Shorn i was to be instructed to st-e 10 m. nor re-p-iis to t'ue jail. J. Vv. ard, clerl; ." 'he Board, was authorizes and instructed to se Ui L..e icpaira ol uic to,!it Boosr, especially tiie pillars in uo.it o; re building. As to the construction of a school in Winfall for Negro students, the leso.ulion stated that the Board ha I .,ad tnis under consideration for some time but that due to the finan cial condition of the county it was unpossiuic to do anything about it at I ,,c.ci.l, hut it would luSSIBLV be i oi.e as .miuh as tiie county was able. 1 As iO me recommendation ot old buildings in Winfall, that matter was i referred to tiie town officials of Winfall. A copy of the resolution is to be mailed to Judge W. C. Harris, who presided at the October term Superior Court. of Association To Hold Meeting: In Hertford Thursday, November 14 Plans for a meeting of the Greater Albemarle Association in Hertford on Thursday, November 14 have been made and a large number of mem bers are expected to visit here dur ing that meeting. Hopes of organizing a working chapter of the Association in Per quimans County is the aim of the meeting which wiU be held in the Court House. The meeting is open to the public and all interested persons are urged to attend. Post Office To Close For Armistice Day The Hertford Post Office wiOl be closed on Armistice Day, next Mon- day, with the exception of one hour, from 11 until 12 noon, when the stamp window will be open for the convenience of the public. There will be no town or county delivery, except special delivery, but mail wild be .dispatched and placed in lock boxes as usual, according to S. M. Whedbee, postmaster. Father Night Program At P. T. A. Meeting On Thursday Night Fathers' Night was the feature at traction at the Parant-Teacher As sociation meeting"1 held at the Hert ford Qwma(rhooLojT Thursday hijrhWATJw.progrant - W' presented entitete fa the lathe of the Asso- oiauon. i i, i '"A targe Membership was present for ft) meeting and delicious freshments were served.'' 'i President Roosevelt Carries County By 2nd Largest Vote Only 103 "short of 1932 High Figure; Total Electoral Votes Will Be Around 468 Election forecasters missed the count on the number of votes that would be cast in Perquimans County last Tuesday . . . the vote was ex pected to be around 1,2 M, out w hen the complete tally had been made it was found that over 1,400 citizens of Perquimans had voted during the day. President Roosevelt was (riven 1,177 votes to Wendell Willkie's 28. Ihus the President carried the coun ty by a little over a 5-1 count. Two precincts in the county gave .ilLkie more votes than the President. In Belvidere Vvillkie received 68 votes, wliue Koosevelt counted for 54; Ni canor tallied 50 for Willkie and 'M for Roosevelt. Bethel Township gave Koosevelt the largest percent age in the county, the vote in that precinct was Roosevelt 144, Willkie 5, about 28 to 1. Hertford Township cast 590 votes for the President and 39 for Willkie, this percentage was about 15 to 1. In Parkville the score was Roosevelt 240, Willkie 40; New Hope's vote was 110 for Roosevelt and 20 for Willkie. The vote given President Roose vei as the second largest vote cast for a president by Perquimans County ijince VJ20. Perquimans vot ed a total of 1,208 for Roosevelt in 1932, likewise the total vote cast was the third largest cast in the last six national elections. According to the latest figures available before going to press the scope of the national vote lor Koose velt was over 25,000,000, while Will kie had a little over 21,000,000; thus President Roosevelt's popular lead was well over the 4,000,000 mark. In the electoral vote L.j i.esident'.s lead was 4'iy to (j.!, Roo. eveit cai l y ing 41 stag's f.v.ii Vill!..e carried nine. Most of t!,e votes had bleu : limit ed by 'i ..ur.Mlay niK-r.. but ''.,vn were s.,.1 a fiw ojt;io.sts that i.a.l no! 'e-poiU-d; thereto! c v.e can not Move file f :iul score o i the popular vote. Greeks Drive Italians Back Into Albania On alkan War Front Germany Continues Air Raids on London as R. A. F. Retaliates The Greeks must have a word for it. ' The small Greek army has seized the offensive on the Italian invasion of the Balkan nation and are hurling the Italians back into Albania from whence they came. Although some officials believe that the Italian forces have not as yet thrown their might into the battle of Greece, the Axis forces are having a struggle to maintain their soldiers on Greek soil. The first major battle of the al most two weeks of fighting was won by the Greeks when they pushed the Italians back and captured the Al banian town of Koritza, taking some 30,000 Italian prisoners. The Greek forces, according to word from Athens, are holding a fast line along the Greek-Albanian border which stretches through mountainous country for one hundred miles. Along the Western Front the Nazi air raiders are still hammering at London, but lately they have chang ed their tat'.ics and are now "lone wolfing", instead of bombing the city by squadrons. Londoners heard air raid warnings throughout the night for the past several days now, and reports say that German airmen are attacking the city, one plane at a time for safety sake. The British markmanehip has been too good for the Germans to continue the mass attacks. . Meanwhile the R. A. F. has been punishing Germany and Italy with daily raids. Three times during this week English planes have . bombed Naples and done much damage there by their bombs. , ' , The interior of Germany as well at tit Channel porta '; France . have , been daily targets for the R. A, F.V -,, durinz the- bast week. - Althcnch lit-1 , Of damage flone. Hi a r Ml 't . " l. L f s v "a:v i k ............ i , 1 it i. ' " n 1 T I Ml f it