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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY,
volume X Number 9.
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina. Friday, February 26, 1943.
$1.50 Per Year.
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HIGH POINT VALUES
RATIONED ITEMS FOR
Scarcity of Merchandise
Shown By Values Set
By OP A
If there was ever any doubt re
gaxtinE the shortage of food items,
or thai the Armed forces were to be
supplied before civilian consumers
received attention, that can be dis
pelled now by viewing the values
placed oh canned fruits and vege
tables for point rationing which be
gins Monday.
According to the figures released
Sunday by the Office of Price Ad
ministration, each person will be al
lowed about three cans of vegetables
or two cans of processed fruits during
the month of March. A complete
list of items to be rationed and their
point values is to be found elsewhere
in this paper. However, the public
should remember that in each ration
' period, in all probability each month,
the point values of the items may or
may not be changed. It will all de
pend on the availability of the mer
chandise. Some of the values for various
items are: Peas 16 points, com 14
points, tomatoes 16 points, green
beans 14 points, pears 21 points,
peaches 21 points, grape fruit juice
23 points soups 6 points, and baby
foods 1 point.
In addition to the pre-announced
rationing of canned vegetables and
fruits and frozen foods, the OPA
announced late last week that dried
beans, edible peas and a small num
ber of other articles will also come
under the rationing.
The point rationing system will be
gin Monday, March 1. During this
week grocers have been unable to sell
items on the list of rationed mer
chandise. The grocers have been re
plenishing their stocks and marking
, their merchandise for sale when they
begin Monday. Each stock will have
each rationed item listed according
t to the number of points it will cost
to purchase the item.
Individuals will be permitted to
use forty-eight paints out of their
coupon book during March. The
second period jpitt begn io-AiHI.
"When the individual , has usea his
forty-eight points he will be unable
to make additional purchases of ra
tioned goods until the next ration
period.
Careful buying and budgeting of
points will aid materially under the
new point ration system.
Hears
Dr. Hackett Discuss
Health Conditions
Dr. D. C. Hackett, Perquimans
county Health Officer, was the prin
cipal speaker at a meeting of the
Central Grammar School Parent
Teachers Association, which was held
Monday night, February 15, at the
school building in Winfall. Dr.
Hackett spoke on the subject "How
To Maintain Good Health."
The meeting was -called to order
by the president and a song, "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic" was
used as the opening song. The de
votional exercises were conducted in a
very impressive manner by Mrs. Ed
die Harrell. "I Am A Child of the
King" was sung by the Rev. and
Mrs. J. D. Cranford and J. V. Cran
ford. After the reading of the minutes,
the president called for reports from
the standing committees Mrs. John
nie lane, chairman of the Winfall
Study Group, gave a very good re
port oi tne meeting held in the school
auditorium late in January. The
treasurer reported a goodly cash bal
ance on hand.
An interesting paper was read by
Mrs. Jack Benton in observance of
Founder's Day, which is celebrated
during February each year. P. T.
Johnkon, County Supqrintepdejit, was
present and urged all members to
take an active part in aiding in the
registration of War Eaatjon Book n.
The meeting closed with the showing-
of a motion picture entitled, "Let
My People Live."
Miss Lucille Long's room received
the picture for having the largest
number of parents present at the
meeting.
TOWN OFFICE CLOSED
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Tbk Town offices- of Hertford, will
be closed al day Friday; Feoruary 26.
it was announced Wednesday. W. G.
Neflfy, Tows clerk, will be out of
town. .
Central PTA
PLACED ON All
SALE MARCH 1st
HIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The Allied positions in Tunisia are
still under heavy attack by the Axis
forces, according to late news re
leases this week. However, the
American and British forces seem to
be getting the feel of the situation
and may be able to stop Rommel's
drive before the week is over. Inex
perienced American troops were driv
en back in Algeria by a strong Ger
man tank attack, but communiques
Wednesday stated that the Allied
forces had stopped the AxLs advance.
Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, this
week praised the Russian Army, the
occasion being the 25th anniversary
of the Red Army. Stalin told of the
success of the Red Army in pushing
Hitler back all along the Eastern
front and claimed the Reds had killed,
wounded or captured nine million of
Hitler's troops. The reports from
the Eastern front this week point to
further advances by the Russians
and continued retreat by the Axis.
M. Ghandi, leader of a large num
ber of Indians, is now in the third
week of a proposed 21-day fast, in
protest of his being confined to the
palace of the Aga Khan. Ghandi
was confined to this palace following
the outbreak in India last year.
British officials refuse to liberate
Ghandi and it is believed that his
death, he has been reported in se
rious condition, would cause great
harrrr to the Allied cause in the East.
Washington announced this week
the sinking of two American vessels,
carrying war officials to a foreign
port, costing the lives of 850. The
sinkings occurred in the North At
lantic as a result of torpedoes from
U-boats. The ships were not listed
as official transports.
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OPA placed a ceiling price on
fresh vegetables this week, following
the announcement of point values on
canned items to be rationed, begin
ning Monday. The order was issued
to halt soaring prices on fresh vege
tables. The price ceilings were fix
ed as of February 18 through 22nd.
The Navy's largest submarine, the
Argonaut, was reported long over
due and presumably sunk, while in
operation against the enemy, in a
Navy report issued this week. The
Sub carried a crew of 100 and these
are believed to be lost. The Navy
also announced the sinking of the
destroyer Dehaven, in the Battle of
the Solomons.
Twenty-five Permits
Issued During- Week
Applications, as well as tires, are
becoming scarce at the local ration
office. Only twenty permits for tires
and tubes were issued during the
week by the local board, according to
Miss Helen Coffield, clerk - to the
board.
Motorists receiving permits includ
ed the following:
Passenger tires, Grade I W. H.
Elliott, 2 tires and 2 tubes: C. F.
Tynch, 2 tubes. Grade II Esther
Cole, 2 tires; Trim Sawyer, 2 tires;
Clifton btalhngs, 1 tire; Odell Hur
dle, 2 tires and 1 tube; Claude Byrd,
tire; H. G. Wilder, 2 tires and 2
tubes. Grade III Sidney Lane, tire
and tube; Mrs. Lena Bagley, 2 tires
and 2 tubes; Robert Chappell. 2 tires
and 2 tubes; Charlie Mansfield, 2
tires and 1 tube; W. H. Winslow, 2
tires, and James Walker, tire and
tube.
Truck Tires William Cartwright,
2 tires and 2 tubes; Willis Jessup, 2
tires and 2 tubes; B. M. & J. B. Mill
er, tire and tube.
Pick-up Tires Elihu Lane, tire
and tube; G. :S. Caddy, 2 tires and 2
tubes, and C. W. Umphlett, 1 tire.
Corn Orders Still
Being Taken By Agent
Local farmers who foresee need of
additional corn during this coming
vear should contact County Agent
L. W. Anderson, who Mated this
week that he would assisjnn placing
corn orders for needs in mia county.
Approximately 8,000 bushels of
corn have already been purchased
through the Agent's offioa, and now
that it apnea that the price will
increase within a short tflne, it will
be wise for local farmers needing
corn to place orders to soon as
possible.
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Several Drunk Cases
In Recorder's Court
Tuesday Morning
Ten Cases Disposed of I Thirty-five Negroes Re
By Judge Johnson In ceive Induction Pap
Half Day Session I ers
,.,, ., ,. , . . Mrs. Ruth Sumner clerk of the
With the police enforcing orders to ,, ,. ,. , ,
, r . , . , x, ' Perquimans Draft Board, 'announced
crack down on violators of the . t j , , u
, ,. . . . today that induction orders nave been
Town s ordinance against drunken-1 . , , XI , r. .
. ? . -sellt- a number of Negro darftees to
ness upon the streets, several cases' . , , ,. , .
,. ..report for induction on .March 4,
of public drunkness were disposed i , . . .. , , , .
of in Recorder's Court here Tuesday
morning. Business was a little more
brisk than usual, ten cases being
heard by Judge Charles E. Johnson
during the half-day needed to clear
the docket.
Alphonzo Elliott was found guilty
of destroying property and was given
a 60-day road sentence to be sus
pended upon payment of $2.r and
costs of court.
Cecil Elliott was taxed $5, to be
applied toward court costs, after he
entered a plea of guilty to driving
without license.
Vernon Iioyce paid a fine of J 15
on pleading guilty to driving with
improper lights.
John Bell entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of being drunk and was
fined $5 and costs of court.
E. E. Wilson, charged with being
drunk and obtaining room unlawful
ly, failed to appear and a capias was
ordered issued and then he be held
under $100 bond.
Mary Taylor, Negro, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly.
She was given a 30-day jail sen
tence, to be suspended upon payment
of costs.
Obedia Burke, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to being drunk and dis
orderly and was taxed with costs of
court.
Ulysses Harrell, Robert McClenny
and James Nelson, all charged with
being drunk, entered pleas of guilty
and were taxed with court costs.
In the case of Floyd Riddick,
Negro, charged with assault with in
tent to commit rape, the prosecuting
witness failed to appear and court
costs were assessed against her.
Several minor cases were continued
until the next term of court to be
held March 2.
To
Register For War
Ration Book No. Two
Registration for War Ration Books
II has been underway in Perquimans
County since Monday, under the di
rection of the County School system.
Thus far, the citizens have been ap
pearing at the registration centers
in goodly numbers and receiving their
books which will entitle them to can
ned fruits and vegetables under the
point ration system which will s
Monday.
tart
t. 1. Johnson, Superintendent of
Schools, announced last Friday night,
at a meeting of the registrars, that
registration for the War Book II
will close Friday. Previously The
Weekly announced the registration
would continue for six days. How
ever, this was an error, and all resi
dents of the county who have not yet
registered for War Ration Book II
must do so before six o'clock tonight.
Kegistration sites are located in
Hertford, Winfall, Belvidere, Chapa
noke, New Hope, and at every col
ored school building in the county.
Splendid cooperation was given the
school teachers by residents of the
county in handling this registration.
Nearly 200 people attended the
school of instruction last Friday
night and volunteered to assist in
registering residents for War Ration
Book li.
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday For
Jonathan S. Miller
Jonathan Smith Miller, 75, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Belch, on Edenton iStreet.'at
3:30 o'clock, Monday morning, follow
ing a long illness.
Besides Mrs. Belch, Mr. Miller is
survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Nancy Jordan of Hertford, and
Mrs. James Miller of Northwest, Va.;
two sons, W. E. Miller of Winfall.
and Judson Miller of Elizabeth City;
one brother, Solomon Miller of Eden
ton; 17 irrandchildren and two great
"roT,dchildren. Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 8:30 at Mace
Wa Baptist Church, near Edenton,
v'th the Rev. J. T. Byrum officiat
r. Burial was made in the Churchward.
Friday Is Last Day
Next Contingent Of
Selectees Leave For
Fort Bragg March 4
lectees will leave for Fort Kragg to
receive their final physical examina
tions. Perquimans County has been called
on to furnish a total of 3T Negroes
for this call, and Mrs. Sumner stat
ed that the local board will fill the
call, unless some unforeseen action is
taken on a number of the men order
ed for induction.
Only five out of twenty Negro se
lectees sent to Fort Bragg last week
were accepted for the armed forces.
Three of the men, Claud White,
George Overton and Willie Lilly,
were accepted for the Army and
Charlie Blanchard and Clarence Smith
were retained for Navy duty.
The selectees to fill the March
quota will be drawn from the follow
ing list of men, according to Mrs.
Sumner:
Sidney White, James Felton,
Archie Bembry, Leslie Wilson, Ed
ward Martin, Robert McClenny,
Floyd Welch, William James, Spen
cer Elliott, Rufus Foreman, Dennis
James, Sterling Miller, Willie Hurdle,
Primas White, Wallace Harrell, Rus
sell Winslow, Charlie Lilly, George
Ellis, Herman Johnson, Stanley Dil
lard, Isaac Whedbee, Willie James,
Louis Bragg, Cleo Rountree, Herbert
Davis, Willie Fauntleroy, Robert Ov
erton, William Riddick, Spencer
Moore, Fenton Steward, Keefer Mal
lory, I'ercy Steward, Jr., Joseph
Weeks, Jesse Rogerson, James Brick
house, James Perry, Alton Perry,
Alexander Ellis, Joe Godfrey, Levy
Revell and Solomon Hurdle, Jr.
The local board has a call for forty
five white men to be filled on March
23, Mrs. Sumner said, and will pre
pare induction orders for these men
soon.
Indians Drop Game
To Edenton; Win
From Honbsville
The Perquimans Indians, after
dropping a double-header basketball
game to the Edenton High School,
came back Tuesday night to win a
double bill from the Hobbsville teams.
Playing a return game with Eden
ton, the Indians lost to the neighbor
ing school by a score of 45 to 25.
During the first quarter the teams
played about even, but beginning the
second quarter the Aces started a
scoring spree which gradually in
creased the score on the locals.
The Squaws defeated the Hobbs
ville girls team by a score ot 4 to
1!), to continue their good record for
this year. The Indians won by a
narrow one point margin, 20 to 19.
The Indians displayed a nice attack
during the opening minutes of the
game and led by a 14-0 score, but the
Hobbsville- boys came back to close
the gap to one point.
The Squaws and Indians are sche
duled to meet the Windsor High
School reams on the local hardwood
tonight (Friday).
Loan Applications
Now Being Received
At Sheriff's Office
Application for Emergency Crop
and Feed Loans are now being re
ceived. Farmers who are in need of
funds for crop producing purposes or
for the production of feed for live
stock, and who have been unable to
obtain adequate financing from
other sources.
Emergency Crop Loans are made to
farmers, either owners or tenants
who own or can make arrangements
to obtain land to farm, who own or
have the use of workstock and equip
ment with which to farm and who can
give a first lien on the crops to be
financed as security.
These loans are made from $10 to
$400 and the rate of interest is 4 per
cent and interest is charged only for
the time the funds are used by the
borrower.
These loans do not bear close super
vision. For the convenience, of farm
ers, applications are being; received in
the Sheriffs Office at the Court
House in Hertford by Miss Virginia
Umphlette for Perquimans County.
LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER COMPLETES
PLANS FOR WAR FUND CAMPAIGN HERE
Name Solicitors For
Red Cross War Fund;
Drive Starts Monday
Mrs. C. P. Morris, County Chair
man for the Red Cross War Fund
Drive, announced Wednesday the
names of township committee mem
bers who will solicit funds for the
Red Cross beginning Monday,
March 1.
Mrs. Morris, in announcing the
solicitors, stated she hopes that each
one will take active interest in the
work and see that the job of raising
funds for the Red Cross is com
pletely successful in this county.
The solicitors named by Mrs. Mor
ris are: Mrs. John Symons, Mrs.
Daisy Perry, Chapanoke; Mrs. A. R.
Cook, Mrs. J. A. Ilray, W oodville
and Newbold; Mrs. W. T. l-ewis,
Parkville; Mrs. Eflie Miller. Cumber
land and Hurdleton; Mrs. M. T.
Griffin, Hopewell; Mrs. Pailen Lane,
Mr. A. T. Lane, Ballahack and Chapel
Hill; Mrs. C. W. Reed, Joseph Iay
den, Beech Springs and Anderson's;
Mrs. Wendell Mathews, W. E. Dail,
Durants Neck and Concord; Mrs. E.
J. Proctor, C. E. White, Bethel; Mrs.
William Whedbee, Snow Hill; Mrs.
Hazel Hoskins, White Hat; Mrs. T.
C. Perry, Dr. E. S. White, Belvidere
and Hickory Cross; Mr. and Mrs. T.
E. Madre, Wynfork; Miss Ixna
Winslow, Whiteston and Nicanor;
Mrs. J. B. Basnight, Burgess, Yeo
pim and Harvey's Neck; Mrs. Floyd
Matthews. Old Neck; Mrs. L. A.
Smith, Bagley Swamp; Rev. J. D.
Cranford, Miss Mvrtle Umphlett,
Winfall.
In the Town of Hertford the soli
citors are: Mrs. W. H. Oaklev, Mrs.
.1. II. Towe, Church Street; W. H.
llardcastle. S. M. Whedbee, business
section; Miss Ellie Mae White, Mrs.
W. L. Jessup, Church Street; Mrs.
R. S. Monds, Mrs. A. E. Hendley,
Front Street; Mrs. George Fields,
Mrs. Julian White, Grubb and Covent
Garden Streets; Mrs. E.. E. Payne,
Miss Kate Blanchard, Market and
Academy Streets; Mrs. Charles Skin
ner, Dobbs Street; Mrs. Ben Wood,
Mrs. Josiah Elliott, West Hertford;
Mrs. Edgar Lane, Edenton Road
Street.
W. J. Thompson and W. R. Privott
will contact all colored residents of
the county during the drive.
Hertford Baptists
Dedication Service
Sunday Morning At 11
The Hertford "Baptist Church will
hold its dedication and note burning
services at 1 1 o'clock next Sunday
morning, the Rev. H. G. Dawkins,
pastor, stated today. M. A. Huggins,
State Baptist secretary, will make
the principal speech for the occasion.
Immediately following the morn
ing services, the members of the
church and friends will assemble on
the front steps for a picture of the
group while the note is being burn
ed. The pastor will hold the note,
while the trustees, T. S. White, H.
T. Broughton and W. F. C. Edwards,
who are the signers of the note, will
strike the mateh.
The public is invited to attend the
services, joining with the members
of the church in this great occasion.
Tht' Rev. Mr. Dawkins urges all
members of the church to be present
for this service.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Hertford Baptist Church will
observe a Week of Prayer for Home
Missions, beginning March 1, and
continuing through March 5, Mrs. H.
G. Dawkins, president, announced this
week.
Meetings will be held on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights at X
o'clock, and on Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs.
Dawkins urges all members to attend.
Parents Asked To
Call For Pictures
After Next Mondav
Parents, whose sons' pictures have
been on display in Roberson's Drug
Store window during the past several
weeks, may obtain the pictures by
calling at the store anytime after
Monday.
Mrs. J. G. Roberson, owner, stated
today that the store will discontinue
the display of pictures of some 150
service men on March 1, and asked
parents to call for the pictures. The
pictures, all of Perquimans County
boys and girls now in the armed
services, have created a lot of com
ment since they were placed in the
window and Mrs. Roberson expressed
her thanks for those who cooperated
to make the display possible.
Township Committees
Named By Chairman;
Goal Is $3,600
Plans were completed here this
week by the Perquimans Chapter of
the American Red Cross for the larg
est fund-raising drive conducted dur
ing the past twenty-five years. The
War Fund Campaign, which will be
conducted nationally by the Red
Cross to raise money for carrying on
its war work will begin next Monday
when local solicitors will make a
thorough canvass of Perquimans
County in an effort to raise a sum
of $3,600, which is Perquimans Coun
ty's quota.
The drive will he under the direc
tion of Mrs. C. P. Morris, assisted
by Miss Frances Mancss and A. W.
Hefren. Township committee mem
bers, representing every community
in the county, have been named to
work with the directors in conducting
the drive. The township workers will
attempt to contact every neighbor so
that each person in the county may
share in this campaign to aid the
Red Cross in carrying on their work
of helping, not only our boys and
girls in uniform, but those unfortu
nate people a m o n g the Allied
Nations.
This War Fund drive is a combined
campaign this year, it combines the
annual Roll Call and War Fund drive
into one, and it is hoped that every
resident of the county will contribute
cheerfully, materially and abundantly
to the workers in order that the
county may reach its small goal.
Mrs. Morris has announced that the
Red Cross slogan this year is: "I'll
Give Double." This slogan is a time
ly one, but it does not necessarily
mean the Red Cross is asking any
person to just double their contribu
tion of last year. If at all possible,
and in most cases it will be, persons
are urged to give to the limit, double
or triple, if possible, that the largest
possible sum may be raised during
the drive. The chairman stated it is
the hope of the local chapter that
the campaign goal can be rei. ,'hed by
March 15, and believes it can, pro
viding our good citizens will contri
bute when sejn by the solicitors next
week.
The sum to be raised here is not a
large sum, when gauged in terms of
rendering medical aid to the wound
ed on the battlefield, or saving the
life of one of our soldiers ... so
think this over, and make your con
tribution to the War Fund Drive
next week.
Methodist Services
Week Of Dedication
Begins Next Sunday
Methodists of Hertford will join
in a country-wide observance of a
Week of Dedication, beginning next
Sunday, February 28, in which nearly
8,000,000 members of the denomina
tion will be asked to pledge a "new"
dedication of self, service and sub- '
stance" in meeting the challenges -and
needs of a war-torn world. , . .
The Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor, of.
the First Methodist Church, is issu-"-,,
ing a call for all members to at
tend services on the next Sunday, and
each evening during the week at 7:30.
Culmination of next week's special
services will come on Sunday, March
7, when personal commitments will
be made and a voluntary, sacrificial
offering will be taken to aid in
meeting war-time emergency needs
of the church.
The Methodist Council of Bishops
and the General Commission on
World Service and Finance, in joint
session last August, approved plans
for the Week of Dedication, and ex
pressed the hope that more than a
million dollars would be contributed
for the various causes which demand
immediate financial aid.
"To challenge present-day threats
of barbarism, paganism and mater
ialism," declared Mr. Reavis, "we
must have a new spiritual power of
Christian faith and idealism. It is
our hope that this will be sought by
Methodists during the Week of
Dedication.
"Every member of our church can
join in this vast effort strong Jay
men, humble people, shut-ins, youth,
little children, aged folks all those
who wish to help build a better
world.
"The Tragedy of Emptiness" will
be the subject of the sermon by the
Rev. B. C. Reavis, the pastor, next
Sunday at 11 a. m., and "On Quest
for the Best" will be the subject of
the message at 7:30 p. m. Services
will be held each evening during the
week from February 28 through
March 7, at 7:30 1. m. Every one
is cordially invited.