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HEADLINES
; The Paris Peafce Conference, by
; voting that all decisions could be de
v'i" cided by a majority vote, moved a
step nearer , actual negotiations in
writing the peace for the smaller
axis nations The decision that a ma
jority vote was sufficient to rule 'the
conference was a set-back for Rus
sia, which demanded a two-thirds ma
jority for the adoption of any propo
sal. The steering committee on rules
engaged in three bitter meetings be
fore this decision was reached, in
which U. S. Secretary of State Byrne
denounced Russian policy.
Chicago's biggest murder mystery
in two decades was solved this week
when a 17-year-old university student
confessed he murdered three persons
during the. past two years. The stu
dent, William Heirens, admitted the
slaying of a small child, an ex-Wave
and a middle-aged widow. In his
story to the officials Heirens said he
was in a sort of stupor prior to each
slaying and then afterwards his mind
cleared. He was booked on charges
of murder, but reports state he will
likely receive a life sentence in re-,
turn for his confession.
America will take a 60-day holiday
on public works construction as a step
to hold down reconversion inflation.
President Truman called for such a
step a week ago and early this week
Reconversion Director John R. Steel
man notified all government agencies
no contracts for public works would
be recognized until October 1. The
action will stop all work on U. S. pub
lic buildings, reads, harbor installa
tions, etc. The action will not affect
contracts under $3,000.
The FBI has taken over the inves
tigation of possible war-profiteering
by the Garrson combine, and criminal
prosecution will follow in the event
the FBI uncovers grounds for prose
cution. The Senate investigating
committee handling the probe admit
ted little likelihood of having Con
gressman May, reported as ill at his
home in Kentucky, appear before the
committee any time soon. The Sen
ate committee has also been asked to
look into-lhe wartime activities tt
Andrew Higgins, who gained fame as
a small boat builder, and Henry
Kaiser, whose activity gained even
greater fame than that of Higgins.
America returned 35 million dollars
in gold to Hungary this week in a
step to halt that small nation's run
away inflation. The gold was stolen
by the Nazis and later recaptured by
the U. S. Army. -It was returned to
Hungary under strong and secret
.guard in the private train formerly
used by Hitler.
Escaped Prisoner
Apprehended After
Robbery l!:rc Wei
A theft of ten dollars from a Hert
ford store led to the capture of an
escaped convict here Wednesday at
about 12:30 o'clock when Sheriff J, E.
Winslow and Deputy M. G. Owens ap
prehended Levy Canady, Negro, in a
swamp back of the town parking lot.':
Canady entered the store of H. S.
Davenport at about noon and asked
' the store owner ' to let him have some
" "groceries ontj!redit, after refusing
', ? credit' Mr. Davenport walked onto his
porch. While Aut of the store room
i Canady rifled the store's money draw
r of two $5.00 " bills and 75 cents
in change, He then left, the store, at
A . tempting to strike Mr. Davenport as
. , he passed the owner,- who made an
effort to stall the robber.
The police were notified immedi
, ately and a search was started for
the Negro. Denutv Sheriff Owens nf.
ter being told the convict had headed
. into the .ewarnp, , walked Into ne
woods and shortly discovered the' ;man
k m an undergrowth of bushes, t
, Canady J told ; the local authorities
'' ' that he had escaped from.'a Twboro
' prison camp in Jumi-1946, : and had
"'1' spent all the time Jh Edenton -until
r he came to Hertford on Tuesday. He
' was sentenced .on a breaking anil an.
t ' tering charge in Washington,' jf. C,
, or a penoa or nve years, ' , i
' ( , - The prisoner is "being held in the
' ..countv. Jail .pending trial here and
' possible return to the prison camp, , f
j ' REvlvAfc aximif$
' i 'Ravi vat aawfta-i fns bUTI.
odist Church of hear- Belvidere are
to commence Monday night, "August
12, and continue through the follow-
i ing ctunaay nigni. . The ttev. , A, J.
I , , .McClelland, pastor of the Methodist
" , Churches of the Pasquotank Charge
i ' ; i is to speak each night during the
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Hprtford,
New Machine for Applying DDT
Popular with Livestock
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Replacing hand duitlne, dipping and spraying methods, this new
automatia cattle currier, manufactured by a Pender, Nebraska, con
cern, fights livestock pests with a novel back-scratching technique.
The new currier applies Insecticides directly to animals as they
scratch themselves. Ranchers and dairymen report this "self-help"
system ths most ef tec tire Improvement In the pest control field. Th
new machine lets the animals trsat themselves for files, grubs, lim,
ticks and mange.
Triple A Program
Paid Producers 27
Thousand In 1945
A report released this week by W.
E. White, secretary of the Perqui
mans County Triple A, revealed that
local producers received $19,933.82
for carrying our soil building prac
tices during the year 1945, and an ad
ditional $6b5.91 was paid for dairy
feed, making a total payment of $27,-
308.88.
A summary of the 1945 AAA pro
gram for the county showed $6,719.
15 worth of conservation materials
were used during the year. This
amount was divided up as follows:
1318. tona.of AAA limestone, $A744.
80; 294 cwt of superphosphate, $308.
55; 6600 lbs of Austrain Winter peas
$415.80 and 12,500 lbs of Ryegrass,
$1,250.00
Much of the success of the program
here was attributed to the various
county committeemen, who worked
with the farmers of their respective
communities and cooperation with the
program, and each of the committee
men have received expressions of ap
preciation for their aid.
Roberson Funeral
Conducted Tuesday
Mrs. Lily Belle Mansfield Rober
son, 48, wife of Elmer P. Roberson,
died in an Elizabeth 'City hospital
Monday morning at 7 o'clock after an
illness of two weeks.
She was a native and life-long res
ident of Perquimans County. Sur
viving are her husband, her parents,
C. C. and Rachel Boyce Mansfield,
Hertford; four sons, Wilbur Roberson
of the Army, stationed in Austria,
Carroll, Carl is and Julian Roberson,
all of Hertford; two sisters, Mrs.
Clement Jordan, Hertford, and Mrs.
J, L. Fox we I, Edenton jf! our brothes,
Freeman, Curvin and -Samuel Mans
field, all of Hertford; and A. J.
Mansfield) Newport News.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Great Hope Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock by the
Rev. W. C. Francis. Burial followed
in Cedarwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Johnny Goodwin,
C. W. ' Thomas. A. T. Lane, Pailen
Lane, Singleton Lane and A. F. Hun
ter. Flower . girls were Willie Mae,
Irene,,' Anne and Blanche Mansfield,
Catherine, Miry Lee and Annie Mae
Perry and Celia Jordan.
Used Car Ceilings
Lowered By OPA
Ceiling prices for all used cars are
now eight per cent . lees than they
were at the end of 1945, OPA Director
Theodore S. Johnson reminds pros
pective purchasers in North. Carolina.
This is the result of. two separate
reductions of four:; per. cent each.
which anK made automatically every
six month becaniM nf riomwIaMnn tn
value, Johnson said, v. One reduction
took, effect last ' Januarf 1. and the
second, originally Khednbd -for July
1, automatically became effective with
renewal of the Price Conbol Act, he
explained. --.; fj ' :;:k?.
All deliveries f new and used' cars
made after July 25 must e at or be
low OPA ceilings, JohnsofE said, even
though an agreement 1 1 bnv' at a
higher price may have her 1 made and
a deposit paid during Jjie interim
when no price controls wase in effect.
Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, Augusts 1946.
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Veterans Open New
Bottling Plant Here
Hertford's newest business enter
prise will open here next week when
the PhilliDS Bottling Company begins
operation of their bottling plant, , ac
cording to Clarence Phillips, who with
his brother, Thomas Phillips, are au
thorized bottlers for the soft drink.
The plant owners are both young
veterans, Thomas is 28 and Clarence
is 25. They began planning the new
business last February and placed or
ders for the newest and most modern
machinery used in the bottling busi
ness. . Through priorities they were
able to obtain the machinery and in
stallation of the parts began about
three weeks ago. The plant will be
ready to begin operation by next
Monday.
The Phillips brothers state they will
serve the entire Albemarle section
and pledge complete cooperation to
the public and competitors in placing
this new drink on the market.
Operation of the plant will he
handicapped at the start, Mr. Phillips
stated, due to the shortage of sugar,
but just as soon as the sugar supply
reaches near normal the local com
pany will bottle a complete line of
fruit flavored drinks in addition to
the Pop-Kola.
The plant will etiiploy about five
people at the beginning of operations
and will have Murray Dail as plant
superintendent.
The firm will operate under the
name of Phillips Brothers Bottling
Company.
Peanut Price Listed
For 1946 Crop
The U. S. Department of Agricu
turt announced several months ago
thtt the 1946 purchase and loan pro
gram would be based on the parity
price of peanuts as of July lo, i:4.
On July 30 the Production and Mar
keting Administration, USDA, re
leased its program of purchase and
loan prices for farmers stock pea
nuts of the 1946 crop at 90 per cent
of parity as of July 15, 1946, the be
ginning of the marketing year. The
base grade price per ton, for peanuts
containing less than 3 per cent dam
age and less than 6 per cent foreign
material, having a sound mature ker
nel content of 65 per cent in the case
of Virginias, will be $470 per ton, or
814 cents per pound. Premiums and
discounts are similar to those applic
able to the 1945 crop. The July 15,
1946, partiy price was established as
$9.65 per hundred pounds.
Negro Farmers To
Open Curb Market
Negro farmers will open their first
curb market Saturday, August 10, at
7:30 A. M. at the Masonic Temple,
under the , supervision of W. U
Strowd, Negro farm agent, and King
A. Williams, . Negro agricultural
teacher. , . ,
i The market will feature such lines
nf farm.nroduce as fresh vegetables,
fruits, meats, dairy and poultry pro
duce.; Many farmers nave not neen
contacted directly by the various com
mittees, but will have an opportunity
to participate in this project
The! public is invited to the mar
ket '
Indians In Slump
Qrop Three Games
During Past Week
Extra Innings Played In
Sunday's Game With
Camden Team
STANDING OF CLUBS
(Including Tuesday's Gaines)
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Hertford 22 12 .647
Windsor 2(1 11 .f,45
Edenton 19 14 .576
Colerain 14 16 .467
Elizabeth City 11, 17 .:m
Camden 9 25 .265
Hertford Indians lost their lead in
the Albemarle League during the
past week, when they slumped and
lost three games out of four. In the
game with Windsor last Saturday
night the Indians saw a five run lead
fade in the eighth when Windsor col
lected three hits and scored five runs.
Windsor marked up the winning run
in the 11th, after which the Indians
failed to score in their half of the ex
tra inning, and the Rebels were cre
dited with a win.
Another extra inning game was
played at Camden on Sunday, when
the Indians downed the Camden team
in the 14th by a 2-1 count. Cam
den's team has been reorganized and
by its play on Sunday and Monday
promises plenty of opposition to other
league teams during the remainder of
the season. In the game with Cam
den, played on Memorial Field Mon
day night, the visitors counted two
runs in the first inning and were
never threatened by the Indians. Two
more runs were marked up in the
third and from then on Camden coast
ed on to a 4-0 victory.
The Indians met the Edenton Co
lonials on Hicks Field in Edenton
Tuesday night and lost a hard played
game by a 4-2 score. Bauer started
as pitcher for Hertford and Jordan
was the Edenton chucker. Claud
Brinn opened Hertford's scoring in
the first, after two men were out, by
clouting a home run over left field
fence. : The Indians tallied again in
the second when they collected two
hits off Jordan. Edenton failed to
threaten until the sixth, when By
rum, first man up for the Colonials,
hit a home run. One other hit and an
error by the Indians allowed Edenton
to tie the score at 2-2. Up to this
point Hertford had collected five hits
off Jordan, while Bauer had been
nicked for four.
Edenton hit safely three times in
the eighth to score two more runs,
needed to sew up the game. Bauer,
who developed a sore arm, was re
placed in the eighth by Eure. The
final score was 4-2 for Edenton.
The Indians will play Windsor on
Memorial Field Friday night at 8
o'clock in the next league game for
the local team.
Board Changes Date
For School Opening
A change in the date for the open?
ing of Perquimans County schools
was made at a meeting of the Board
of Education held Monday. Under
the change schools will open the fall
term on September 5, instead of Sep
tember 9, as originally scheduled.
F. T. Johnson, superintendent, also
announced the resignation of Miss
Eloise Scott as a teacher of science
and mathematics at Perquimans High
School. He stated, due to the ex
treme shortage of teachers through
out the State, there was some pos
sibility this vacancy could not be
filled. The resignation now makes a
total of three vacancies existing in
the white schools. i
The superintendent also stated that
repair work on all schools of the;
county is now under way and most
work would be completed before the
opening day. A new roof and heating
system is being installed at the high
school and this project is rapidly be
ing completed.
Four Cases Tried
In Recorder's Court
Four cases were disposed of in Per
quimans Recorder's Court this week
when Charlie L. Mansfield entered a
plea of guilty to drunken driving and
paid a fine of $75 and costs of court.
Herbert Brown, Arthur Felton and
James Felton, all Negroes, were char
ged with being drunk and disorderly.
James Felton failed to appear for a
hearing and his bond of $25 was or
dered forfeited. The other two de
fendants were found guilty and or
dered to pay a fine of 110 and costs,
and were placed on good behavior for
Six months. "
COUNTY-WIDE HOMECOMING DAY FOR
VETERANS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 11
To Conduct Revival
REV. C. W. BAZEMORE
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, near
Hertford, will begin its annual re
vival on Monday, August 12. The
Rev. C. W. Bazemore of Elizabeth
City, will bring the Gospel messages
at each of the afternoon and night
services through the week. Special
music, singing of the old favorite Gos
pel hymns, directed by a song leader
who will come for the meetings, and
a warm welcome to all visitors, will
prevail through the week. The church
and its pastor extend a cordial invi
tation to all to attend.
County Board Adopts
Budget And Plans
To Hold Tax Sales
Meeting in regular session on Mon
day morning, the County Board of
Commissioners intotlterl 'the annual
budget for the present fiscal year and
discussed plans for holding property
sales on' which delinquent tax liens
are held by the county.
The budget adopted for the year
calls for increased expenditures in
the general county fund and the tax
rate for this fund was increased to 40
cents per hundred dollar valuation.
Rates for the poor fund, old age as
sistance, general school fund and wel
fare administration remains at the
same figure as last year while the
Irate for debt service and aid to de
j pendent children was lowered, thus
I permitting the same county ta rate
of $1.50 as levied last year.
The total property valuation for the
county was announced as $i!,.'!0(i,(ino.
The board voted to contribute the
sum of $.r,oil to be used to help de
fray the expenses of holding a Wel
come Home Day for countv veterans
of World War II.
A proposal for leasing a portion of
county property, located near the
county home, to a group of citizens
who are interested in building a tab
ernacle on the site for the holding of
religious meetings not more than
twice a year was tabled for the time
being.
The board adjourned at noon to at
tend a dinner at the county home
given the commissioners bv the sup
erintendent, C. B. White. The mem
bers resumed the meeting in the af
ternoon to review the list of delin
quent tax liens and make arrange
ments for holding of sales on some of
the liens.
Youth Fellowship
Meeting Held Thursday
The Chowan-Perquimans Sub-Dis
trict of the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship met Thursday night, August 1,
at the Hertford Methodist Church.
Mrs. R. D. Ingram was in charge
of an excellent program. Folk songs
were led by Mrs. R. M. Riddick. A
devotional program given by the Her
tford youth included a solo by Betty
Jean Winslow accompanied by Miss
Kate Blanchard at the piano. An in
teresting story was told by Mrs. H.
C. Stokes.
At the business session, presided
over by Howard Pitt of Hertford,
president of the group, an invitation
was extended by the Youth Fellow
ship of the Ep worth Methodist
Church of Winfall for the Sub-District
to meet with them in October,
the day to be announced later. At
tendance Thursday night was 55. A
number of games were enjoyed dur
ing the social hour. Refreshments
were served by the Hertford Youth
Fellowship. A friendship circle was
formed while the young people sang
their closing songs.
$1.50 Per Year.
Gala Program Is Being
Arranged By Local
Legion Post
Perquimans County will welcome
home its veterans of World War II
with a gala homecoming day program
to be staged on the afternoon and
evening of September 11, according to
plans now being formulated by the
Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the Am
erican Legion.
The boards of Commissioners for
the Town of Hertford and Perquim
ans County, churches and civic clubs
of the county all will have a part in
the party for the veterans of World
Wars I and II. These groups will as
sist the local Legion Post in carry
ing out the J)lans for the event.
With most of the county's veterans,
those who saw service during the war,
now back home, members of the Le
gion voted at their meeting last week
to sponsor the homecoming party.
They enlisted the assistance of the
two governing bodies, which voted to
contribute the greater portion of the
costs of the event, and the balance of
the cost will be assumed by the Wm.
Paul Stallings Post.
While plans have not been com
pleted, a tentative program outlined
for the day will include a big parade
during the afternoon in which a 50
piece U. S. Army band will partici
pate, in addition to the Perquimans
High School Band; a representative
of the State American Legion will be
guest speaker and some local officials
will also give the veterans a welcome
home address. The speaking will be
held at Memorial Field, after which
a barbecue and chicken dinner will be
served the veterans and their families.
I During the evening a big street
dance will be the main event, with
the . music being furnished by the
Army band, wheh will remain here
for the entire program.
Another tentative event on the pro
gram is a possible soft ball game
whicjh will see members of the Hert
ford jLions Club playing members of
the American Legion.
ThA entire county is invited- and
urged to attend the parade and1 add
to thu. wdjfojne hftoi (or the bujg and
girls from Perquimans who served
during World War II.
llpond Drainage
Project Advances
A group of Perquimans County
farmers who own land within the
Tom I). White Millpond area have
been working for over a year on plans
to drain the area to insure normal
crop production in wet years. A de
tailed survey has been made by the
Soil Conservation Service engineer
and estimates computed as to cost.
The County Agent called and pre
sided over a meeting of the land
owners in the Belvidere Community
House Friday night to discuss the
status of the project and to make fur
ther plans. Representatives of the
Soil Conservation Service were pres
ent and explained details of the pro
posed drainage program.
The landowners were opposed to the
establishment of a legal drainage dis
trict but favored a voluntary pro
gram and have subscribed over $12,
000 for the project. At the meet
ing Friday night a temporary com
mittee was appointed to contact con
tractors and complete other plans
relative to the program.
John T. Lane, Route 1, Belvidere,
was appointed chairman of the com
mittee, with W. I. Winslow, Route 2,
Hertford, and O. R. Winslow, Belvi
dere Route 1, as his co-workers. It
is expected that another meeting will
be called within the near future to
complete the organization, collect
subscriptions and consider bids for the
work to be done.
4-H Club Members
To Attend Course
Through the courtesy of the fol
lowing named firms in Perquimans
County, eight 4-H Club boys and
girls will attend the 4-H short course
at North Carolina State College in
Raleigh August 12-17, with all ex
penses paid. The contributing firms
include Major & Loom is Lumber Com
pany, Southern Cotton Oil Company,
Hertford Hardware & Supply Com
pany, Darden Bros., and Towe Motor
Company.
The club members who will attend
the short course will include Claire
Hunter, Shirley Butt, Janice Perry,
Carolyn Hurdle, Horace Layden, John
W. Chappell, Mack Simpson and Har
old Colson. The members will be ac
companied by Assistant Home Dem
onstration Agent Miss Hazel Shaw
and Assistant County Agent I. C.
jYazel.
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