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Traffic Violations Lead
List' of Cases Heard
On Tuesday
- Much; time was consumed by the
-luimanH .'Recjrs ,j; Court here
'ay in clearing, the docket of an
nent of caBes.tjJhe majority of
;en(ianta were iftjtoa into court
Judgement was continued until Feb-
vy 26, in the case of Willie Kid
, Negro, found guilty of reckless
and driving without brakes.
-.1 hours were spent in hearing
.iony in . this case revolving
nd a wreck in which several peo
were fajurtd.
Jeasle Hunter, Negro, plead guilty
' Griving with improper lights and
1 the costs of court
The state took a nol pros with leave
tha case charging Claude Byrd
, non-support
Joshua Lilly was taxed with the
ourt costs on a speeding charge.
David Dempsey, Negro.was ordered
to. pay the costs of court after plead
ing guilty to a charge of driving with
improper lights,
Worley Collins, Negro, was found
not guilty oft a charge of assault.
Wallace Granby, Negro, was fined
$15 and ordered to pay the couri costs
for driving without a license and
operating car with improper license,
Joseph Armstrong, Negro, plead
ruHty,t6 ' charge of driving with
proper license, and he was ordered
nay the costs, of court
orsey Miller was taxed with the
t costs after pleading guilty to
.large of speeding,
oorge Butler was ordered to pay
costsof court after pleading guil
o being drunk on the highway.
iilton Winslow, Negro, was taxed
.-a court costs for driving with im-
l roper lights. . ' f
, Alec Watson, Negro, plead guilty to
being - drunk and paid the costs of
court -."'-. ' i .- ' .(
Elva Lee and Dorcas Lee, Negroes,
were assessed the costs of court" aft
;r they plead guilty to itharge -of
assault,, , ' ,,-.' ti r.
George James and Luther James,
r'egroes, were taxed with, the costs
f court on -a charge of issuing a
worthless check. 1 v . 1 V. - -
Tcrnicr Chaplain To ,
?reach Here Sunday .
The Rev. C. W. Duling of Hunting
i, W. Va., former chaplain with the
. S. Army, will be in the pulpit as
t preacher at the Hertford Bap
. Church for, services on Sunday,
Tary' 3, it was announced here
r to entering the Service the
Duling served several pastorates
irth Carolina and the public is
"j invited to hear his message
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County Resident
Dies At Newland
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Chappell, 79,
daughter of the late Thomas and
Elizabeth A. K. Chappell of Perqui
mans County, died at the home of her
sister, Mrs. R. C. Hewitt, Tuesday
morning at Newland,
Besides Mrs. Hewitt surviving are
four sisters, Mrs. Lottie C. White,
Mrs. Lilly Davis of Wilmington, Dela
ware, Mrs. Victoria Carey of Media,
Pa., and Mrs. Allen B. Chappell of
Newland; and one brother, James E
Chappell of Tyner.
Funeral services were conducted on
Wednesday afternoon from the Lynch
Funeral Home in Hertford.
Hertford's Boy Scout committee is
looking for a volunteer to serve as
Scoutmaster of the local troop of Boy
Scouts. W. H. Pitt, scoutmaster for
a number of years, has resigned the
post, following his appointment as
vice chairman of the West Albemarle
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ouy ovuut aiBtnci, ana me vpcuyiaes
of the local troop are lagging without
a leader.
Dr. A. R- HmnAr. fhnirmn tt tha
local committee, stated this week that
his group is hopeful of locating a lead
er shortly, however, he said the com
mittee may resume scout meetings
even sooner in ojfder to keen. Scouting
interest alive in the community.
The Hertford Troop has,' a -large
membership but its activities have
suffered for lack of a Scoutmaster
and the local, troop is falling behind
other Scout troops in the district be
cause of absence of a leader.
Mr Bonner announced that a local
fund raising drive will be conducted
in the community in the near future
to raise the money needed to carry on
scout work here for the coming year.
There was no scout fund campaign
last year, inasmuch as the quota for
the local troop was included in the
var fund campaign, however, this
amount was.aot added to ' the war
fund goal for this year, and the scout
committee will be forced to conduct
a separate drive for its money.
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Juanita Stallings V
Weds RaymoniE&son
The marriage of Miss Juanita Stag
ings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maxie
Stallings of Belvidere , and Raymond
Eason, son of William A. and the late
Mrs. Eason pf South Mills, was solem
nised t the Baptist Parsonage ? in.
Elizabeth City last Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock. ' The Bev, E. H.
Potts,' pastor of the Elizabeth City
Baptist Church officiated.
The bride wore a slate blue dress
makers . ault, with black accessories
and her corsage was of red froses. i
The couple had as their attendants
Mrs. Oliver Stallings of Fayetteville,
sister-in-law of the bride . and Lloyd
Eason, brother of the groom. '
Mrs. Eason is a graduate of Hobbs
villa Highc School and was employed
in Hertford prior to her marriage. The
groom is a graduate of Souf,h Mills
High School and is now employed at
the Naval Base in Norfolk. .
couple' will make their' home In '
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LIONS MEUT TONIGHT ,
.Hertford's Lions Club wiil meet to-r'-t
1' ? Cc'-.'-.l Tourist Home.
SeeksTroop Leader
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Perquimans Cagers
Lose To South Mills;
Win From Edenton
Columbia In a Return
Game at Local Gym
Tonight at 7:30
After losing a conference basket
ball game to South Mills last Friday
the Perquimans Indians bounced back
into the winning column Tuesday
night by handing the Edenton Aces
a 41-34 defeat. The game as played
before a large crowd at the local
school.
Coach Max Campbell made some
changes in his line-up for the Eden
ton game and the Indians performed
at their best this season. Off to a
fast start, the Indians rolled up a
6-0 lead before Edenton scored on A
foul toss and the remainder of the
first period was exceedingly fast. The
Indians led at the quarter 15-10. The
second period was a nip and tuck af
fair with both teams playing well.
The Indians outpointed the visitors
however and were leading at half time
25 to 16. During this quarter the In
dians counted for 10 points while
Edenton tallied six.
Continuing their improved playing
all during the second half the Perqui
mans team showed its superiority over
the Aces and rolled up another ten
points in the third quarter while Ed'
enton collected nine. During the final fY' vice president, Ethel Fran
nprind EH, for tha W tim . Ellltt, secretary, Corbin Dozier,
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Doints while the Indians earner! six.,and Dorls F8ve AI,en Program com-
but the commanding lead the Indians , tee' DBttty hood a n d
maintained throughout the game left; DljFe f?' song leaders.
little doubt as to the final outcome. e urt th grades 4-H
The scoring for the Indians was ! Club of the Hertford Grammar School
about evenly divided among all the!1!1 ti,11me! in attendance, with
playera while Webb, Winslow and,guL0' its W ?tticen Prese.n
Wood played best on the defense. -JS?? 8;?8io" wa?
In the game with South Mills laat'f" CTcil wlU eet
Friday night the Indians were com- fou Jrtn the year. Plans
pletejy off on basket shooting and wer?.a,B? ,or a dinner to be
were able to score only 12 points , u "
against the South Mills team which f o r..T
rolled up 28 points. South Mills took'.UtOian bqUaWS Down
the lead in the game by scoring first,, Edenton GWs 51-26
then the Indians knotted the count
?? f!f,'bUtWere ?abA? Perquimans High School's
h$ ,,Jt-,2r rtwS- basketball team had a field day
half. Half time showed South Mla t of Edenton Ac.
eading by a score of 13 to 2. During fleta m a p , here
the econd half the Indians attempt- ni ht Indi Bhooti
M-,f Cm,! l!,? ,ead?outh'fm all parts of the floor rolled up
Mills gained fa the first penod was a tota, 0f 61 ints while Edenton
too much for the Indiana to over-' ollact(!4, 2fi. Ld bv White. Wood and
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Mills 28, Perquimans 12.
The Indiana will pay a return game
tonight with the Columbia .team, at
the high school auditorium. This' will
be a conference game and the Indians
will.be out to avenge a defeat Colum
bia handed them at Columbia.
Cotton Ginning: Still
Under Last Year Level
A census report issued this week
by Willie M. Harrell, special agent,1
showed that cotton ginned In Perqui-'
mans County from; the 1945 ! crop
reached only about v one-third - the
amount ginned the previous year, '
According to Harrell's report JL
547 bales of cotton were ginned here
prior to January 1, from the v 1945
crop, While to 1344, for the same per-
k.J of time, I
ii te cour.ty.
cs were ginned .
A. H. Edwards Named
County Chairman For
Clothes Collection
Drive fls Extended Ten
Days; Little Action Is
Shown Here
A belated announcement of the ap
pointment, qf A. Houston Edwards
as chairmajli of the Perquimans Coun
ty old clothes collection was receiv
ed here tHis week from the head
quarters of the national organization
handling the drive.
While the clothing collection drive
has been on, throughout the nation for
s 'veral eeks little activity, regard
ing the collection, has been reported
here because of lack of organization.
Home Demonstration Clubs and num
erous church societies of the county,
however, have been working on the
project arid it is understood they have
collected a .large number of garments
for shipraej&t to foreign lands for re
lief. .';
Mr. Bd(rrds stated this week he
was notified that the drive has been
extended fqr a period of ten days.
Originally scheduled to close on Janu
ary 31, the collection will now end on
February' 10th, and because of the
short timeemaining of the drive, Mr.
Edwards aid he does not plan a con
centrated drive to collect more cloth
ing, instead he desires to get in touch
with the various groups already at
work, and inave them increase their
efforts during the final days of the
collection. He also stated that he will
expedite the shipment of the collec
tion ta the national headauarters. aft
er the garments are turned over to
him.
Miss Frances Maness, County Home
Agent, who )ias been working on the
drive through the Demonstration
Clubs, stated this week the clubs have
collected a number of garments and
were informed, when requesting the
national headquarters for a shipping
point, to contact the county chair
man for this information. Other
groups who have garments ready for
shipment Bhould also see Mr. Edwards
for information about the shipping of
the- eiethes, bring -the clothes to
the chairman, who will see that they
are shipped to the national office.
Mr. Edwards stated that all clothing
turned over to him for shipment will
be sent out as rapidly as it can be
made ready for shipment.
4-H County Council
Organized Saturday
Members of the 4-H clubs of Per
quimans County, met last Saturday
afternoon, at the Agricultural Build
ing, and organized the Club's County
Council for 1946, The council is com
posed of the officers of the seven
clubs in this county.
Officers selected for the council
are: Horaces Layden, president, Ja-
assis tant secretary, Janie Winslow
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Perry, the local girls took a com
manding lead in the first quarter and
!the outcome of the game was never
in question. The Squaws led at the
first period 12-2 then collected 14
more points In the second quarter
to lead by a 26-15 score at half time.
During the third period Anne Gar
ris, girl's coach, used her reserve
players and these continued to out
point the visitors from Chowan. The
Squaws counted ten points in the
third period while Edenton -was scor
ing six and during the final period
the locals hit for 15 points and held
the Edenton girls to four.
in their conference game last Fri-
day night with . the South Mills girls,
the Squaws were held to a tie with
the home team, The final score was
12-12 and South Mills refused to play
off, the tie; In this game .the shoot-
Ing of the locals was definitely bad
and close guarding by the South Mills
girl prevented the Squaws
from
running up a victory. .
Farmers Advised To
Order Limestone
Perquimans County farmers are
notified that it is time to place their
orders for limestone to be secured
through AAA channels.
A large number of farmers have
already ordered their limestone and
it is being delivered to them this
week by W. L. Jessup, contractor.
W. E. White, secretary of the Per
quimans County AAA, stated this
week that it is necessary for each
farmer desiring limestone to contact
hi3 community committeemen and'
place his order, in order to receive the
lime early this spring and avoid de
lay. Orders may also be placed at the
Perquimans County AAA office in
Hertford.
HEADLINES
THIS WEEK'S
Reports from Washington this week' days longer, but all workers are urged
indicate that attempts are being! to finish P the job as rapidly as pos
made to break the deadlock which has Bible.
existed in the steel strike, and if The county was requested to raise
this strike can be settled authorities $860 for the fund, part of which re-
believe all major strikes will end over'
the nation. In the auto strikes. Gen
eral Motors and the union still remain
divided, but Chrysler and Ford have
reached agreements with the union,
and this action is expected to hasten
the end of the GM strike. The gov
ernment has taken over the meat
packing plants, and meats are expect
ed to be plentiful again shortly.
Following reports that manufactur
ers have warehouses filled with men's
suits and shirts, along with other cot
ton merchandise, and are holding
these up pending a raise in prices to
be granted by OPA, Senator Bank
head has called for a congressional
investigation of the situation. The
Senate, in its statement, also de
nounced the government's ruling
which makes it necessary for manu
facturers of cotton goods to set aside
a percentage of their production for
export.
Harry Hopkins, the man behind the
IfrWttf 'during the adminfstratiori of
the late President Franklin Roosevelt,
died in New York on Tuesday. Hop
kins served the President on many
secret missions during the war, and
was head of the WPA, prior to be
coming the President's assistant.
Hopkin's health has been none too
good for several years and this was
the reason he gave for leaving gov
ernment service following Mr. Roose
velt's death.
A group of Western North Carolina
counties have banded together to de
mand that the state return part of
the gasoline tax to the counties to be
used locally for secondary rqads. A
committee from the counties met with
Governor Cherry on Tuesday of thisj
week and received a promise from the
governor that secondary roads over
the state will receive much needed
attention. The governor said he was
opposed to the roads being returned
to the counties.
Peace returned to a portion of the
union organization in this country
during the past week when John L.
Lewis, head of the United Mine
Workers returned his group to the
fold of American Federation of Labor.
The AFL and CIO have been battling
each other for several years from the
leading labor position in the nation.
The CIO was formed by Lewis, who
took his miners out of the AFL years
ago to give himself a top spot in the
union. Lewis was later ousted as head
of the CIO and again he took his
miner's union and formed a separate
organization. This week he returned
the group to the AFL and became a
vice president of that group.
A Norwegian, Trygve Lie, has been
named to the important position as
secretary-general for the United Na
tions. The election of Norway's for
eign minister to this post took place
at a meeting of the security council
this week. Only remaining question
for the council to decide on at its
present London meeting is the site in
the United States which will be the
permanent location of the United Na
tions headquarters.
Hunting Season
Closed Yesterday
John Findlay, State game and in
land fisheries commissioner, reminded
hunters today that hunting seasons
closed January 81 for everything ex
cept oppbssum and raccoon. No ex
tensions have been approved for any
section of the State.
New seasons and bag limits will be
fixed by the State Board of Conserva
tion and Development in July.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A, F.
.ft A. M., will meet Tuesday night ,
Polio Fund Drive
Being Conducted In
County This Week
Solicitors Expected To
Complete Task By
Week-End
A campaign to raise funds for the
national foundation of the Infantile
Paralysis Committee Rot underway in
IVniuimans County this week, and
' solicitors named by the local commit
tee to make a house to hous.' canvass
are expected to complete the work
by the end of this week.
In fact, solicitors in the Town of
Ileilford were asked by the commit
tee to complete their task by Thurs
day evening. Two days, Wednesday
and Thursday wore set as days for
the drive to be held in Hertford. In
the rural areas of the county the so
licitation is expected to last a few
mains here at home for use in emer-
gencies. in tne years past tne money
retained here has been used for such
purposes as aiding in the epidemic
which raged in the western part of
the State last summer. While the pub
lic is expected to support this drive
this year as well as in past years,
no report as to results being secured
was4 available at press time.
Solicitors named to handle the drive
are as follows: Business houses, J. H.
Towe, Henry C. Sullivan, J. W. Ward;
Front street: Mrs. S. M. Whedbee and
Mrs. T. P. Brinn; Church street: Mrs.
B. G. Koonce and Mrs. Harry Brough
ton; Grubb street: Mrs. Clinton Ely,
Mrs. William Ainsley and Mrs. L. B.
Sitterson; Market street: Mrs. Julian
White and Mrs. W. L. Jessup; Dobb
street: Mrs. Charles Skinner and Mrs.
W. H. Pitt; Academy street: Mrs.
Hudson Butler; West Grubb street:
Mrs. Reginald Tucker and Mrs. Jim
mie Stallings; I'enn Ave.: Mrs. Nor
man Elliott; West Dobb: Mrs. D. F.
Reed; Housing Project: Mrs. R. C.
Murray.
Collections at white schools were
under the direction of C. E. Woodard.
The committee named Dr. J. D.
Weaver and W. R. Privott to serve as
chairmen for the colored division and
W. J. Thompson and King Williams
to handle collections at colored
schools.
Representatives in rural communi
ties are Mrs. Etta Turner, New Hope,
R. R. White, Belvidere, Roy Chappell,
Bethel and Mrs. Elithu Lane, Wood
ville. Miss Frances Maness will head
the various Demonstration Clubs part
in the campaign.
Seven Selectees To
Fill Draft Calls;
12 Vets Discharged
Two draft calls, affecting seven
Negro registrants, will be filled next
week when five of the selectees will
be sent to Fort Bragg for preinduc
tion examinations, and two will leave
for induction, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk
of the draft board stated on Monday.
The five colored youths selected to
take examinations are Jesse Simpson,
Henry Downing, Charlie White, Wal
lace Spellman and Leroy Sutton. The
two scheduled to be inducted in the
Army are William Anderson and
Warren Overton.
Mrs. Sumner stated the local board
has on file two orders to be filled by
white registrants later in the month.
During the past week 12 more vet
erans of World War II reported at the
draft office and filed their discharge
papers with the local board. Seven of
these were white men and five Ne
groes. The white list included Cla
rence Hobgood, William Smith, Jo
seph Stallings, Elvin Spivey, James
Lane, Leslie Gregory and Clark
Stokes. The Negroes were Cecil John
son, Shellie Seymour, Arthur Beasley,
Henry Hurdle and Wallace Harrell.
Legion To Meet
Friday Night 8 P.M.
The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of
the American Legion will hold it's
February meeting en Friday night,
beginning at 8 o'clock at the Agricul
ture Building in Hertford.
Post Commander V. N. Darden
urges all members of the post to at
tend and invites all veterans of World
War II to the meeting.
Mr. Darden also announced that Mr.
Workman, representative of the North
Carolina Veterans Administration, will
be in Hertford on February 5 and
February 20, for the purpose of in
terviewing veterans desiring informa-:
tion on veteran problems.
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