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( ' f ' 'J' I", ' i"V -, ' I 1 UWIMMS WEEECLY 3 . p&yLX majnp(yr to the tfPBunJiiNG of Hertford and perquimans county Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 24, 1941 $1.50 Per iear. . ;z i;u. ;DrtED dollar reward offered FCrt CAPTURE OF FUGITIVE NEGRO THIEF Warrants Served Fdr Negroes Involved In v p vAttack on Police 5 A reward of one hundred dollars y is being offered here for the capture of,,' Wilson (iSnookybox) Ferebee, v'rfegra fugitive, being sought by local police officials for his connection with three robberies and an attack on State Patrolman" Charles E. Payne , and Policeman Tommy Miller. ' Ferebee hats been among the miss ing since last Thursday night, when the lied from the officers, after tak ing them to his home, supposedly to ' obtain a revolver stolen from Darden ' Brothers' store. On entering the , home, a group of Negroes were in the room and an attack upon the officers began immediately when Payne was struck from the rear and knocked - unconscious. Miller was attacked t. when he drew his gun to aid Payne. The attackers wrested Miller's gun out of his hands and, after scuffling, Miller escaped from the house with minor lacerations. Payne was thrown from the house immediately after be ' ing hit The officers returned to the 1 Courthouse for help and shortly bcv eral members of the State Highway .' Patrol, Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow. a party of Shore Patrolmen from Harvey Point and an ot tidal of the : SBI arrived at the scene of the at : tack and order was brought about ' Serious trouble was avoided by the ; prompt action of the police officials ' and the manner in which they hand led the situation. v The attack on the officers grew but of an investigation of three rob beries committed here last week. The investigation conducted by G. I. Gat ling, SBI official, and local police dis X' closed that the robberies were com- mitted by Wilson Ferebee, Charles f Ferebee and Dennison Revells, all Negroes. Wilson Ferebbee admitted to the officers that he had the re- j-yolver missed during the robberies, I i saying that if he were taken to his I .ihome he would turn it over to the ' rm i r i . u.WLf;r. x ne uiaoruer in uvuno J Hollow followed. Late Thursday night the officers had rounded up a large number of Negroes believed involved in the at ; tack on the officers and, site jues ', tioning, warrants were issued against VwGwdon Webbl Lula Ferebee, Sadie V Will C&ssieFeton, 6harging each with assault with ft. deadly weapon with ' intent to kill. They are being held . on a $500 bond. !''. During the attack dn the officers, - the lights in the Ferebee' house were knocked out and shots were fired k front the gun taken from Policeman . - Miller and Snookybox made his es f cape during the confusion. Inyesti ' gation by officers since that time .have failed to reveal Ferebee's whereabouts. The officers raided ,': ' two Negro houses suspected of being the place of hiding, but the fugitive was hot found. Information leading to the arrest 'i-or capture of the fugitive will be re ' warded and all information should be ! given Sheriff Winslow. I' Warrants charging Ferebee, Char- les Ferebee and Dennison Revells with robbery have also been drawn A and the Revells boy and Charles Ferebee have been taken into custody , and held on $500 bonds. Bank To Pay Largest Christmas Savings ub In History Christmas savings checks in the amount of $16,598 will be mailed out this week to the various club mem ben by the Hertford Banking Com- V panjr, R. M- Riddick, executive vice-president, announced today. Mr. Riddick stated that this years Christmas Savings Club is the larg- , em m uie niBiory pi we nana, now Ja to tjhe number of members and J the amount saved in nickels, dimes, ouarters and dollars over the neriod I of the past year. I---'' He stated that the bank's 1945 Christmas Savings pub will open im mediately, and invited the public to Joky : , t, PaD Federation Meet Planned November 30 Thi':.Fail;. Federation meeting of Ferquimans ' County Home . Demdn stration Clubs will be held Thursday afternoon, November 80, at 8 o'clock, ia the auditorium' of the Hertford Grammar , School,1 IBssi -Frtaees X Maness, Home Agents announced top ' day. ;'i: ,F. H. Jeter, Extension editor,' wtu be the guestv speaker for the occa sion. i ": .''.Ai'devotiohal; aeryiee:jf will b held " orinj :tdMa::;i'tm husbands and daughters m ne 1- services. i f. , i, ..-J! puwie fa invited to attends m Three Calls Received By Local Draft Board One pre-induction call for seven Colored selectees to report at the local draft office on December 6, and two induction calls for next month have been received by the Perquim ans draft board, according to Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the board. The induction calls are for the 7th and 14th of December. Five white selectees will leave here to begin military training on the 14th and eight Negroes will be called up on December 7tK. Five white youths left here Mon day for Fort Bragg to undergo their pre-induction examinations, but no official word has been received as to the number accepted for service. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Allied armies, striking with full might, have all but punctured the German line along the Rhine River, and advances have been noted dally since the offensive opened last week. However, the going for the Allies haB not been easy. The battle has been strenuous and the Germans are resisting with men and material. ' It is evident that the Nazis intend to fight for every inch of their home land and force the Allies to pay for every gain. A report mid-week says that members of the German army have taken a new oath to fight to the last man in an attempt to prevent the Allies from winning the west front battle by Christmas. The American armies have advanced into more German territory and also have captured the historic city of Metz. The Russian troops on the Eastern front have launched their winter of fensive in the Baltic area, according to.a dispatch from Berlin, but Red officials have not confirmed the re ports. The Russians are still bat tling for Budapest, heavily defended by the Germans, but the success of hfeedae General MacArthur reports from the Philippines that American forces continue to advance against Jap po sitions on Leyte Island. Heavy weather has slowed the Americans' attack against the Japs, but Mac Arthur expresses confidence in his reports. The Navy Department an nounced the loss of 10 more U. S. ships in the Pacific area, but none of these were lost in recent naval battles. A rumor, added to those already current on Hitler, stated that the Fuehrer is already dead. The report came from Rome, and stated that Hitler's throat operation was unsuc cessful. Nazi officials sttfr remain silent regarding Hitler, but Save told the German people "bad news may be expected." Car Crashes Bridge Five Escape With Minor Injuries Five people narrowly escaped se rious injury and possible death at about f :20o'clock Monday morning, when a car driven by R. T. Brinn skidded on the bridge on the Harvey Point road and crashed through the bridge railing into the water. Other occupants of the car were Mrs. Al Kenton, Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Hill, Mrs. Edna Winslow and Miss Mary Lasiter, all employed at Harvey Point and enroute to their work when the accident happened. Some 20 to 30 feet of the railing was ripped off the bridge as the car plunged over into the' water,' and a heavy, piece of timber broke, through the windshield of the car, but missed striking the occupants. The riders, it was reported, escaped from, the ear, which landed on 'its top, by leaving through one of the doors which was sprung open in the accident- Navy Wife Killed In Highway Accident SiMrs. Clyde Wilson wifeVW Dr. Clyde Wilson, U. S. N. R., was killed In' an automobile accident at about 1:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, when the car in which she and her husband riding missed a curve on the Harvey Point read, about four miles south Of Hertford, and turned over. The couple hid attended a jpanc at the base earlier and were ' 'ion their way to their home m WinfalV accord ing to report, at the time the. acci dent .occurred. New Method Posting Ceiling Price List Announced By OPA New methods of posting ceiling price lists in grocery stores provide, among other things, that the lists are to be so( posted that customers can read them from a distance of not more than two feet, E. Leigh Wins low, chairman of the Price Panel of the local War Price and Rationing Board, pointed out today. Grocers in Hertford are carrying out the new posting methods as part of their contribution to the success of the current Grocer-Conunier Anti Inflation Campaign. Mr. Winslow said. "On the part of the grocer," he added, "it is another demonstration of his adherence to legal ceiling prices. His customer has a respon sibility, too to make use of the lists in order to satisfy herself that the prices she pays are within the legal limits. "Together . . . the grocer and his customer . . . can do more probably than any other groups in the oountry to restrain runaway prices because the average family spends more for food than for any other essential . . . about 40 cents out of every dollar." Mr. Winslow said that the new posting regulations call for a sepa rate price list on "dry" groceries for each 1,500 square feet of store space, posted so that they can be read easily. There are five ceiling price lists for most groceries, the chairman satd, the first for "dry" groceries with a copy for each 1,500 square feet at store space; the second for meats with copies for each 20 feet of meat counter; and the third for fresh fruits and vegetables posted at the point where those commodities are sold; the fourth for poultry, poBted at the point of sale; and the fifth for soaps and washing powders, also posted at the point of sale Hybrid Corn School Planned For January All farmers who plan to grow hybrid seed corn next year should make plans to attend the two-dayj Hybrid Corn School at State Col lege on January 23 and 24, says Dr. Landis Bennett, seed improvement man for the Agricultural Experiment Station. The school will be conducted by the Extension Service and the N. C. Crop Improvement Association. Corn breeding, yields of variety tests, new demonstration plans, seed stocks, and certification will be studied and dis cussed. The State seed law, regulations, marketing and sizing, and the treat ing of seed will also receive consid eration. Practical methods of rat control and the latest fertilizer and cultural practices for corn growing will be considered. Corn hybrids, adapted to the areas in which they are grown, are proving themselves superior to standard va rieties of corn both in yields and It quality. Additional supplies of seed are needed and many growers are now going into the production of these seed on a small scale so that they may learn all the details of the business and supply neighboring areas with seed. The demand for hybrid corn is growing each year. Dr. R. D. Lewis, head of the agron omy department at Ohio State Uni versity, who has seen hybrid corn acreajre expand in that state from practically nothing to more than 3, 000,000 acres, wjll be one of the chief teachers in the school, which is the first to be held in North Carolina. Early Mailing Urged As Transportation Aid There are now less than two weeks left to meet the December 1 dead line set by the government for send ing all Christmas holiday gift pack ages. , That reminder came yesterday from Harvey R. Rosens, District Manager of the Raleigh District Of fice of Defense Transportation. Cooperation of the public in meet ing the December 1 deadline is abso lutely essential if overburdened transportation facilities are to be able to handle the tremendous volume of 1944 gift, sending, the ODT offi cial declared. And, the ODT District Manager reminded, you get better selection and better service at local stores when you shop early. 1 ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT. ' Mr, and Mrs. H. E. Norfleet, Jr., announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Emily, on Wednesday, Novem ber 8th, fMrsi Norfleet was the form er Miss Bennle Wood. ? Nationwide Bible Reading Is Urged Nov. 23 To Dec. 25 From Thanksgiving, November 2:!, to Christmas, a nation-wide Bible reading is sponsored by the Ameri can Bible Society and two national sponsoring committees, with repre sentatives of 30 major re'igious bodies. The purpose of the plan is to encourage service men and women and their families, and other Ameri cans to join in the concerted reading of Biblical passage. Through a nation-wide poll of pas tors and Army and Navy chaplains, special readings have been selected, the passage recommended being those .which received the largest number of votes. The 3.' passages recommended for the period follow: Thanksgiving, Nov. 2.'i, Psalm 103. Friday, Nov. 24 John 14 Saturday, Nov. 25 ...Psalm 23 Sunday, Nov. 26 Psalm 1 Monday, Nov. 27 Matthew 5 Tuesday, Nov. 28 ..Romans 8 Wednesday, Nov. 29 I Cor. 13 Thursday, Nov. ,'i0 ......Psalm 91 Friday, December 1 Matthew 6 Saturday, Dec. 2 John 3 Sunday, Pnc. 3 .Isaiah 40 Monday, Dec. 4 Psalm 46 Tuesday. Dec. 5 Romans 12 Wednesday, Dec. 6 Hebrews 11 Thursday, Dec. 7 Matthew 7 Friday, Dec. 8 . John 15 Saturday, Dec. 9 ..Psalm 27 Sunday, Dec. 10 Isniah 5.r Monday, Dec. 11 Psalm 121 Tuesday, Dec. 12 Philippinns 4 Wednesday. Dec. 13 ..Revelation 21 Thursday, Dec. 14 Luke 15 Friday, Dec. 15 Ephesians 6 Saturday, Dec. 16 John 17 Sunday, Dec. 17 Isaiah 53 Monday, Dec. 18 I Cor. 15 Tuesday, Dec. 19 John 10 Wednesday, Dec. 20 Psalm 51 Thurday, Dec. 21 Psalm 37 Friday, Dec. 22 . John 1 Saturday, Dec. 23 ...Revelation 22 Sunday, Dec. 24 Psalm 90 Christmas, Dec. 25 Luke 2 State Will Harvest Large Peanut Crop Production of peanuts for picking andThreshing will total 373,575,000 pounds this year compared with 308. 040,000 pounds last season, the Sta tistics division of the N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture estimates. J. J. Morgan, Department statisti cian, said the 10-year average was 275,038,000 pounds. This year's yield was set by Mor gan at approximately 1,275 pounds to the acre, 255 pounds more than the 1,020 harver.tad on each acre in 1943 and 121 pounds more than the 1933-42 average yield of 1,154 pounds. With soybeans, estimated increase about five per cent over the October prospects, bringing the expected pro auction for this year to 1,995,000 bushels, above the 10-year average of 1,793,000 bushels, but far below the 1943 crop of 2,313,000 bushels. "Yields should average 10.5 bushels to the acre one-half bushel higher than we estimated in October and 1.5 bushels larger than last year's yield of nine bushels," according to Sta tistician Clyde Willis. The hay chop, said the release, is expected to produce 1,204,000 tons. The production figure for 1943 was 1,263,000 tons, and the average from 1933-42 was 942,000 tons. Indians Close Football Season Wednesday; Court Games Dec. 8 i The Perquimans Indians closed their 1944 football season with the game played on Wednesday afternoon with the Roanoke Rapids High School, but this week's issue of The Weekly was printed before the re sults of the game were known. The Indians wilj pack their mole skins in mothballs and bring out their basketball uniforms and begin prac tice for the opening court game, scheduled for December 8th. This year's basketball team should be one of the best in this section of the State as Coach Max Campbell will have seven veterans back for the 1944-45 season. Last year the In dians won 14 out of 17 games and captured the Rural Conference tourney, AAA Elections Set For Friday Night Farmers of Perquimans County, who have completed their 1944 Farm Program, are reminded of the AAA elections to be held Friday night, November 24, at polling places In each township for the purpose of choosing community committeemen and delegates to the county conven RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT BIG FEATURE OF SIXTH WAR LOAN NOW IN PROGRESS USO Entertainment For Service Men The Hertford USO will offer the following program of enter tainment for service men next week: Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p. m. In formal dancing. All servire per sonnel invited. Saturday, Nov. 25, Open House. Sunday, Nov. 26, 11 a. m.. Church service at all churches. 3 p. m., Classical Hour. 7:30 p. m. Vesper services at Methodist Church. Monday, Nov. 27, K p. in.. Hobby Night at USO. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 8:30 p. ni.. Progressive game party. Wednesday, Nov. 29, S p. m., Informal dancing. Thursday, Nov. 30, 8 p. ri., Movies. Dec. 5, Dance with music by LTA Orchestra. OPA Director Says Smokers Hold Key To Cigarette Situation Initial complaints of alleged illicit sales of cigarettes prompted District OPA Director Theodore S. Johnson to caution smokers today that they alone hold the key to whether a full fledged black market develops 1 rom the present acute shortage. "The shortage," he said, "is ob viously aggravated by tniokers buy ing in advance of normal needs to build up persosnal surplus. Some are apparently willing to pay more than legal nrice and are thereby sowing the seed for a black market will eventually only deprive further of the cigarettes which them tney cherish." Commenting cm the initial c-"i:i-plaints of illegal sales, Johnson said Ol'A is investigating sales at retail . and at wholesale in an effort to com bat the black market threat. In : promising rigid enforcement of Ol'A i regulation, which require, cigarettes to be sold at March, 1942, prices plus small additions for certain" taxes added since that date, the District OPA Director said violators are lia ble for criminal prosecution as well as treble damage claims. Under existing regulations all cig arette retailers are required to post ceiling prices in plain view and are ! prohibited from exceeding the legal ( prices by such evasive methods as : "tie-in" sales. Individuals are urged to report any suspected violations to , their local War Price and Rationing' Board. J Tire Situation Still Serious; 26 Permits Issued By Board K. Leigh Winslow, chairman of the Perquimans Ration Hoard, stated this week that the tire situation is still a serious one, and advised all motor-1 ists to take extra good care of their j present tires as an aid to helping! relieve the present condition. I Twenty-six certificates were issued I to motorists last week by the local Hoard and of these, there was only j one permit for purchase of truck ' tires. Passenger type certificates were issued, one each, to C. T. Everett, T. J. Keane, W. E. Wilson, Peter Riddick, Thomas Nixon, Ed Mathews, D. L. Reed, C. T. Skinner, L. J. Winslow, W. D. Rogerson, A. K. McCracy, J. K. Harris, G. A. Weil, Ho.ward Hurdle, J. E. Lassiter, James Sawyer, V. V. White, William White, James Perry. Dewey Perry, Jr., William Huasdoserffer, Willie Riddick, Stanley Jackobel, C. G. Uaker and E. W. Daughtrey. G. D. Towe was isuued a certificate to purchase two truck tires. Majority Of Court Cases Continued A rather lengthy session was needed to clear the ' docket in Per quimans Recorder's Court here Tues day morning despite the fact that the majority of cases were continued to the next term of court. All cases involving Negroes charged with being connected with the Ferebee case were continued. Josiah Proctor was taxed with court costs for driving with improper lights. William Earl Williams, Negro, plead guilty to possessing liquor and was assessed court costs. Walter Savage was taxed with costs of court for driving without a license. Committee Is Hopeful County Quota Can Be Met This Week Hearing the familiar chant of a well-known tobacco auctioneer as he sell.-, war bonds at the War l!cn.d rally here Saturday night and, at the same time, receiving a valuable prize lor puichasing war loans, should ! all that is neeued to draw one of the largest crowds ever gathered in ilr:t old. Ini' ar lioud rally, which will start at 8 o'clock Saturday night, will lie ti.e ing lei.tiire ot llie Sixth War Lcc; n ilmo wt-.ieli is now in progre.-s and in which Perquimans County residents are requested by the Gov ernment to buy sixty-five thousand dollars worth of Series K bonds and 218,0(10 worth of all types of bonds. The local War Committee, as of Wed nesday, rcjKjitc'd sales thus far arc fair, but they are hopeful that by the time the rally ends Saturday that Perquimans County will he over the top for the sixth time in war bond sales. In addition to conducting the rally this week, the War Finance Commit tee has named a county-wide team of solicitors who are engaged in making a hou. c-to-house canvass for the pur pose of taking applications for the purchase of bond-. School children of the county are engaged in a Con test to see who can sell the largest number of bonds, and the public is urged to buy either from the adult solicitors or from one of the school children. As in the past, severa drivesl the War Finance Committee, with the; cooperation of local merchants and business houses, is offering a nuin ber of prizes to be awarded to solici tors at the dose of the Sixth War l-oan. Two $2" war bonds will lw awarded, in the manner as described in this paper last week; and three awards, each $6.25 worth of war stamps, will be awarded the school child of the three schools in the county, who lead the rest of the stu ilenU in War llond sales. I'l izes to he awarded at the lioml liall Saturday night have been do nated by merchants of Hertford and individuals from Perquimans. The entire county committee m cnarge of the War l'.ond campaign met at tin Courthouse last Thursday night and received instructions, nod supplies for the Sixth War Uoan from the County Chaiiman, U. M. Kiddick, who told thi! group, "We have more than doubled our quota for the past five drives; let us hope our hoys in uni form know that we are still back of them 200 per cent by selling this Sixth War Loan quota in record time." The public is urged to remember the time and date of the War Hood Rally and to attend if at all possible The bidding for bonds will be open to all. and those who have not bought bonds may do so at the rallv. New Superintendent To Preach Sunday At Methodist Church At the recent session of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in Raleigh, the Rev. J. H. Miller was assigned Superintendent of the Elizabeth City District to suc ceed the Rev. W. L. Clegg, who was sent to the Fayetteville District. Mr. Miller is a native of Perquimans County and has many relatives in this section of the State. He is moving to Elizabeth City this week and will begin his work as District Superin tendent next Sunday and will preach at the First Methodist Church in Hertford at 7:30 on next Sunday evening. Next Sunday, November 26, from ;i to 5 p. m., "open house" will be observed at the Methodist Church, a.s has been announced by the pastor, the Rev. H. C. Ilea vis. Special music will be rendered, the Woman's Society of Christian Service will serve re freshments and the entire congrega tion of the church is invited to come and enjoy the fellowship and become better acquainted. All members of the Board of Stewards will be pres ent with their lists and opportunity will be given to the members of the church to make the pledges to the church budget for the year Just be ginning. Pledge cards and packages of envelopes will be furnished. The amount asked for in the budget for the year includes every thing, such as salaries, benevolences, missionary work, conference work, local work and operating expenses. MASONS WILL MEET TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F. A. M., will meet Tuesday night. -"pi t "''''V ' ' ' v5