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"Tertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, August 23, 1946.
Volume XIII. Number 33.
$1.50 Per Year.
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
Meats, which roue sharply in prices
Since June 30", will return to ceiling
prices on Friday, the action being or
dered by the Price Decontrol Board
' after ' review of the meat situation
thrdUKhout the nation. The Board
irntert-however not to restore ceiling
prices n dairy products, such as but
i ter, cheese, eggs, etc. The order will
cut about 20 cents from the price now
heinff charred for most cuts of beef.
' SimiraT drops inprices will be noticed
' on other xypea of meat.
Diplomatic ,relations remained un
J settled in most parts of the world
this .week. The, United States has
, sent Yugoslavia three sharply worded
MnfaaVMaaHlinQr tha ahrvAttncr down of
O 0 - -
two. American planes flying over or
hear the Yugoslav border. Great
V Y1 I 1 14. a-lr f Ai
i DriMUll XlttS MUIVUIIVCU Jl Will ADM AJ
a United Nations mandate of Pales
tine and reports state that a war of
: nerves is being waged, by the Rus
sians in Turkish areas.
&ns Lose Three
Strait Cut Cling
To Second Position
Rent Of ficer Here ,
Every Thursday
C. R. Holmes, Rent Representative
and attorney in charge of this Rental
Area for OPA, isvit the Court House
every Thursday afternoon from 2:30
to 4 o clock. He may be there lajjftr
ft
llftford Hotel Is
Leased To Mr. And
Mrs. J.H. Bagley
some afternoons, but he maker it a
PU1I1L W UC LI1CIC UU11UK Uiv.-ic hwm'o . . .
Team Has Five Games to meet anv person& who may have Lessees to operate tne
, To Play; Series Will rZtlTn more hours o Tues- ' Business Starting Oc
- Begin August 30 JfirST'fi! 15 tober lst
Washington County added to his area. ' Hertford's long felt need for com-
, i jilete hotel accommodataions will be
STANDING OF CLUBS
(Including Tuesday's Games)
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Windsor j--25 14
Hertford 27 17
Edenton 25 18
Colerain 19 21
Elizabeth City 17 22
Camden 10 31
Pet.
.641
.614
.581
.475
.436
.244
Italy, pleading before the peace con-
Hertford's baseball team clung to
second position in the Albemarle
League by ' turning back Camden
twice, then losing three straigni
trames dunner . the past week-end.
Spraying Of Homes
Expected Tq Check
Spread Of Malaria
realized about October 1st when Mrs.
J, H. Bagley, of Virginia Beach, will
assume the management 'of the Hotel
Hertford.
,n announcement was made Mon
day by Mrs. J. G. Campbell, owner
and former operator of the hotel,
that her sister, Mrs. Bagley and Mr.
Bagley have leased the building and
its: furnishings and will reopen the
business after complete renovations
have been made. The new managers
to Hertford
Perquimans Band In
Windsor Celebration
The Perquimans High School Band
and its director, Burt Ainsworth, took
part in the huge tobacco festival
staged at Windsor on Monday of this
week. The band, organized less than
a year, has been winning recognition,
as one of the outstanding bands in
this section of the State, and was
invited to participate in the celebra
tion by the festival committee.
A special chartered bus transported
the band to and from Windsor for the
occasion.
Teachers List For
County Schools
Released By Supt
Schools to Open For Fall
Term September 5th;
Bus Routes Same
.-Additional efforts to control ma
laria in Perquimans County was are expected to come
With the regular season scheduled to started this week when the State sometime next month to start renov
cIom. Sundav and all rained out Board of Health, in cooperation with ations and will reopen the busmess
games to be played by August 29, the; the Perquimans County Health De- just as soon as this work can be fin
league race has developed into a free partment, began the spraying of ished.
. 8 ; . .:j home.. in-Hertford with DDT. Van- Under the new management the
"farenca in Paris, continued iU' efforts i ..j v,,, ous areas in the county have al-.hotels dining room, long ram
to ease the terms of the treaty writ- ... i.wi, r;tv onH Colerlin ready been treated, it was announced this section of the State for delicious
' ' . - . . VV lit 1 UBHIUC.U "
W i t h Perquimans County schools
scheduled to open on Thursday, Sep
tember 5, F. T. Johnson, superinten
dent, this week released the list of
teachers for the white schools. He
stated only one vacancy now ex;sts
among the grammar schools, and he.
hopes to fill this spot before the open
ing date.
Teachers at the high school will be
C. E. Woodard, principal, Miss Esther
Evans, Mrs. T. L. Jessup, Mrs. C. K.
Holmes. Miss Marv Alice Cohoon,
Rumors were current in Elizabeth ,Misn Francelle Harden, Miss Annie
Rumor Has Railroad
Taking Passenger
Trains From Service
ten for the Italians by seeking credit
for a better war. record than shown
by the treaty. According to the re-
Srt from Paris, the conference- fail
to recommend this action but left
open the door, for further modifica
tions. Italy also seeks to ease the
terms of the treaty which would strip
her of territory near northern border.
L ... . . . i i . i ci - ' i . :
( . witn ine selective service muucuou
i linliilow Ana fn rnrnira nn Sentemher
1, Brig. Gen. B, M. Fitch, in charge
, of army recruiting, announced Wed-
, Jiesoay mat. voluntary eiuiBuiicnuj
'since V-J Pay have passed the 91)0,000
mark. This is id to be the largest
. m . 1 f 1 J I 1-1 J.
, volunteer jorce -jn worms mstory.
However. thUrstiU leaves the army
, more than 100,000 men- short of the
' number needed Jo carry out the pro-
-.' gram Assigned the army during the
S;ext 7ear,:p:,' ' ,
imwi'i li in, law.
battle for the right to enter the play- by Miss Audrey Umphlett, County
offs as the fourth place contender. I Health Nurse.
The Indians downed Camden 8 to !J area miu nun u.,
on Memorial Field last, Friday night, sprayed were investigated by the
then in a matinee Saturday afternoon I Malarial Control Division in order to
Camden's field won by a 9 to 2,aetermine tne extent oi occurrence
oi malaria, inese areas nave or nave
had active cases of this disease and
since it is carried from person to per
son by a certain type of mosquito
found in this area, it is believed pos
on
count. In the second game Saturday
the Indians met Edenton on Memorial
Field and lost by a one run margin,
4-3. The local team scored one run
unA two in the fourth
to gain a three run lead. This leadiible to prevent its spread by killing
was held despite scoring threats by j off the mosquitoes that enter houses
Edenton in the sixth, seventh and ana act as earners
meals, will be under the direct super
vision of Mrs. Bagley, daughter of
C. V. Williford, who created the rep
utation for serving excellent food.
The hotel and dining room were
closed in 1941 when Mrs. Campbell
discontinued operations and moved
tdr Wilmington to join her husband,
IUI
eighth innings. Edenton scored one
run in the sixth and seventh, then tied
the score in the eighth. They won
the game in the ninth when Edwards
knocked a home run, and the Indians
failed to tally in the last half of the
inning.
Journeying to Colerain on ounaay,
the Indians jumped into a two run
lead but lost the game by a 3-2 score
when the Colerain management called
4the 'game on account of rain at the
end of the seventh inning. Colerain
scored one run in the fourth and two
runs during its half of the seventh.
Elizabeth City handed, the Indians
their third straight los on Monday
night when the Senators won 4-3.
Senator Outfielder John Copley hit
two home runs, one in ,the first and
the second in the fourth with one run
ner on base. The Indians went hitless
through six innings, but got to the
Senator pitcher in the ninth and hit
to uninfected
persons.
The DDT sprayed by the health au
thorities, which is carried out free of
charge, will also rid the home of all
house pests, including mosquitoes,
flies, cockroaches, bedbugs, silver fish,
moths and gnats. It is not harmful to
people or pets.
Miss Umphlett stated that at the
present time the department did not
know the exact number of homes
scheduled to be sprayed but the de
partment was spraying juBt as many
homes as time and material will per
mit. .
City last Thursday, according to the
Elizabeth City Independent, that the
Norfolk Southern Railroad was seek
ing a way to discontinue the two pas
senger trains now operated by the
company between Norfolk and Ra-
ous in iieigh, serving Elizabeth City, Hert
ford, Edenton, Plymouth, Washington,
Greenville and Wilson.
According to the Independent, the
action, if successfully accomplished,
will be a blow to the traveling public
and for mail service in this section of
the State. The paper stated this lo
cality formerly was served by six
trains, but gradually this servace was
J. G. Campbell. During the war thelreaucea t0 lne preseni system ui nav-
building was in operation, housing! lnS one Passenger tram nortn ana one
first, nennle pmnloved in construction , SOUtn aauy.
of Harvey Point and then later large
numbers, of Navy personnel, but no
dining room service was offered the
public.
The town can look forward with
confidence that it will soon be able
Both of these trains
now carry mail for all towns and
cities served by the railroad.
The Independent also revealed that
appeals have been made Congress
man Herbert C. Bonner to use influ-
Garris, Mrs. Frances Sprague, Mrs.
Goldie H. Meekins, G. C. Buck, Mrs.
F. T. Johnson, Miss Annabelle Wood
and Miss Grace Chappell. The latter
three will teach the eighth grade.
Hertford Grammar School: Miss
Mary Sumner, Mrs. Ruth S. Winslow,
Mrs." Jenkins Walters, Mrs. Cecil W.
White, Miss Mildred Reed, Miss Ruth
Elliott and Mrs. Mary W. Chappell.
Central Grammar School: Aubrey
McGinnus, Miss Margaret S. White,
Mrs. Mary W. Winslow, Miss Altessa
Winslow, Mrs. Lucille L. White, Mrs.
Rertha Lane, Miss Johnnie White,
Miss Nancy Harden, Mrs. Ruby S.
Winslow and Miss Elizabeth Stephens.
New Hope School: Mrs. Myra
Sawyer. One teacher remains to be
signed for New Hope. Mr. Johnson
announced that if a new bus, now on
order, is obtained prior to the open
ing of the schools, the first three
grades of the New Hope school would
to offer the. traveling public excellent i Present serv .
hotel accommodations and dining ser-1 las a ,ir.uu.u no
vice as the new managers of the local I master- wh" luer'ed 4thls newf
hotel have had wide experience in reK.umK u.e
nnAratinir o-umt. homes in Suffolk. Pertained to
ence of his office in maintaining the j be sent to the Central Grammar
School and students of the fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh grades would
be sent to the Hertford Grammar
School.
local mail conditions, I The superintendent also stated that
Va., Miami, Fla., and Virginia Beach stated he had received no informa-the principals of the high school and
; lion relative tu me inaitci. hc Biai 'grammar scnuuis, tne unuum u,...
ed, however, it was his belief, should jed high school and the Perquimai''?
the trains be discontinued, that the iTraining School will be at the office -i
Post Office Department would substi-jof the respective schools from Augus'.
tute mail trucks for the trains, and 122 to the opening for schools tor tne
'would continue to give Hertford the purpose of seeing any persons desir-
for a number of years.
Pensions for more than 65,000 vet
erans and widows of the Spanish War
group will be increased under new
legislation signed by President Tru
man, according to Warren G. Knight,
local Veterans Administration .contact
representative. The Spanish War
mnn tnnlnlAa vafAmna nf tha SnsllT
ish-American War,. Boxer Rebellion I The remainder of the Indian sched-
and the Philippine Insurrection. Ule s Colerain here on August a, at
The Act, part of numerous changes Camden August 24 and 'at Elizabeth
in veterans' legislation which were .City August 25. Rained out games
with Colerain and Windsor will be
Copeland Services
Held Monday Morning
.runs.
Funeral services for Lucian J.
Copeland, 85, who died at his home in
Hertford Sundav afternoon after a
safely three times which scored three 'iong illness, were conducted from the
Lynch Funeral Home Tuesday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock by the Rev. B. C.
Reavis, assisted by the Rev. Arthur
Stephenson.
Pallbearers were Charles F. Sum
ner, J. P. Perry, Bill Jordan, Julian
Cotton Price Drops
Latter Part Week
same mail service now enjoyed.
Prices for middling 1516 inch in
the ten spot markets averaged H5.90
cents per pound on Friday against
36.04 a week earlier and 22.IJ4 a year
ago.
Reported sales in the ten spot mar
kets totaled 51,000 bales for the week
cent Increase in service pension foriPlayed next week on dates to be ar-j White, Reginald Tucker and A. W
veterans who served 70 days or more, i ranged.
whose service 'pension has not pre-;
viously bean increased to $75 or more
monthly, and increases from $30 to!
$40 the minimum monthly rate of I
pension for widows. I
The Veterans Administration, Mr. I
Knight said, expects thai, approxi
mately 15000 veterans ' and 40,600
widows in the country will' 4vbenent
from the new law. The increases will
cost an estimated $6,500,000 the first
year and become effective September
1, 1946. ' Specific pension rates to
certain Spanish War group veterans
who served 70 davs or more but less
. thaii 9Q are authorized, increasing the
Three Negroes Held
For Theft Of Meat
Three Negroes, Amos, William and
Norman White, all of Belvidere . sec
tion, were placed in jail last Satur
day morning following an' investiga
tion ty-Sheriff J. E. Winslow, of the
theft of four hams and four sho"lders
from the , smoke house of George
Mt tar tutAl dionhilitv from S30 to i Carver,
$50, from $50 to $65 for veterans Mr. Carvernd his family attend
, needing '"an attendant, and a monthly J1 wvice Friday night, and
rate of $50 for age 65. Such increases Pn their return home the family
for 70 day veterans were made to .discovered the lock on the meat house
conform with ' certain similar rates I had been broken and the eight pieces
r uthorfred by recent law' for the 90 ' of meat were, missing. Sheriff Wins-
day veterans only. ' : low ana deputy MVti. .Owens were
cuueu w investigate tne tneii.
The officers discovered boot tracks
near the meat house which led to the
home of one of the Negroes, and af
ter aueHtionimr ; thA thre Sheriff
Judge Charles E. Johnson disposed Winslow placed .thenj all ttnder arrest
Recorder's Judge
Hears Three Cases
of three eases on the Recorder's Court
docket Tuesday morning when he fin
ed, George -Pledger $5 and costs of
court on a charge of driving with in
sufficient brakes. " . y
: ,The State took a nol pros in the
case charging' William Overton with
assault with a deadly weapon. .
: George Winslow, Negro, was found
guilty on a charge Of reckless driving.
: He was given, 80 day- Suspended
sentence upon payment of a fine of
$30 and costs of court and $75 to be
used by G J.. Gregory. , According
to the evidence presented cars driven
by Gregory, and Winslbw were involv
ed In a wreck and the' award given
"Gregory by the Cimrt was to help de
fray costs of) repairs to his car." "
1 1 ""EASTERN STAR MEETING ' Vj,
The regular meeting Tf. the order
of the Lam J-tar. will meet Hon
day, Av;-; I ii. All 'irOYobers are
urged ti t i i-w.-t teoit .rZf ai-8
to await hearing on charges of lar
ceny,
Hefren. Interment was made in Ce-
darwood Cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
R. M. Fowler and Mrs. Charles Whed
bee of Hertford; two sons, Earl Cope
land of New Orleans, La., and Carl
Copeland of Washington, D. C; one
granddaughter, Mrs. R. S. Monds;
two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Ward of Bel
videre and Mrs. E. G. Privott of Suf
folk and two brothers, C. F. Copeland
of Sunbury and H. I. Copeland of
Corapeake.
Sawyer-Taber Vows
Spoken August 11
The wedding of Lucy Hunter Taber,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hun
ter, and David Warren Sawyer, son
of Mrs. Amelia Sawyer of Norfolk
ing to contact tne principals on scuuui
business.
Herbert K. Brown has been elected
to the principalship of the Hertford
! colored hifih school. He is now com
pleting graduate work ft Columbia
University and is expected to arrive
here to assume his new duties this
week.
I
against 81,600 in the preceding week wag solemnized Sunday, August
Sgt. Paul ML Tucker
Serving In Japan , 7
With the Eighth - Army In Japan
(Delayed) TSgt, Paul M. Tucker,
24, of Hertford, is now serving with
the'Eleventh Airborne' ' Division lb
Sendai, Japan. : He has been with the
division for the past flvemonths.
.After" completing his basic training
he was sent overseas. : Volunteering
for the paratroops here$,Tucker re-
ceived bis lump training at Seridai
and qualified as a parachutist on the
12th of February, 1946, by making the
required number of . jumps from a
plane. In flight " At pesent. Jte ia'plai
toon serireant itt his companyi - s
Upon discharge from tr f service he
plans to taka pp. his old ja as sheet
meUI worker., m parents, sn. ana
Kra. Wiluam. Tucker,, reside in tterl
Two Youths Report
For Afmy Exams
MrsRuth Sumner, clerk of the
local ITraft Board, stated Monday that
the county's August call for two
white registrants to report for pre
induction examinations was filled by
Judson Caddy and Hazel Jackson. The
youths left Monday for Fort Bragg
to undergo the exams.
The local board has been notified
that it will not be called upon to fill
any calls during Septembewith Ne
gro registrants. The number of
white registrants,to be called up will
be announced later.
Two veterans, Paul Russell and
William Elliott, reported their separa
tion from the Navy during the week.
and 52,400 a year ago. Spot markets
inquiries were fairly numerous m
the eastern and southwestern sec
tions of the belt but moderate in the
central part.
Premiums and discounts for grade
and staple were unchanged for the
week. Current Dremiums for good
middling and strict middling 1516
inch cotton in the ten markets are 54
and 41 points, respectively. This is
the same as the average for July but
about 12 to 13 points wider than a
year earlier.
Texas cotton ginned prior to Aug
ust 1 averaired higher in grade and
longer in staple than ginnings to the
same date a year earlier with about
84 percent of ginnings this season
middling and better in grade as com
pared with 79 per cent a year ago.
Producers Urged To
Complete Program
'W. E. White, secretary of the Per
quimans AAA, this week notified
county producers there was still time
for all farmers to comply with their
194S farm program,' and earn full
payments for b6H building practices.
All farmers were urged to carry
out their lime program, and the -local
office "notified them that commercial
lime was availablethrough tha office,
and payment could be claimed if Urn
practice was carried out by December
81, 1940. ' Producers were also urged
to contact community ' committeemen
Peanut Yields Cut
By Excessive Rain
Production of peanuts for picking
and threshing is now indicated at
281,200,000 pounds on 296,000 acres.
This is about 6 per cent less than the
1945 production of 29(5,400,000 pounds.
The acreage is down 4 per cent from
last , year. Prospective yields on
August 1 were estimated to be 950
pounds per acre, the same as pro
duced last year. The ten-year yield
of 1,174 pounds is 19 per cent more
than this year's, while the currently
estimated production is 5 per cent
below the ten-year (1935-44) average
Droduction. Heavy rains in the pea
nut area have caused considerable
damage. The peanuts are woody and
needing cultivation because wet lana
prevented proper care. This, however,
has not been too serious for the area
as is indicated by yield estimates.
Car Recovered
Noah Feltbn, Jr., reported to local
nolle- last Saturday . afternoon that
his car .had been stolen from a park
mr sDace on Market Street. An in
vestigation by Deputy Sheriff M. G.
Owens followed nd the car was dis
covered near - its original parking
fspace. Mr. Owens was unable to learn
fif the car. bad. been stolen or oniy
moved by a motorist to make room
11. at the Methodist parsonage. The
Rev. B. C. Reavis officiated, using the
double ring ceremony.
Mrs. L. C. Winslow, pianist, render
ed "To a Wild Rose" and the tradi
tional wedding marches.
The bride and groom entered to
gether. The bride was attired in an
aqua street length dress with black
and white accessories and wore a cor
sage of gardenias.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunter of lor
folk, Va., were the couple's dnly at
tendants. Mrs. B. C. Reavis was mis
tress of ceremony.
Mrs. Hunter, mother of the bride,
was dressed in a floral jersey dress
with white accessories and a corsage
of red roses. The groom s mother
wore black with black accessories and
a shoulder corsage of red roses.
After the ceremony a reception
was , held at the home of the bride's
parents on Grubb Street extended.
Following the reception, the bride and
groom left for a wedding trip to un
announced destinations. They will
make their home at Riverdale.
Out of town guests attending the
ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hunter, Ruth Sawyer, Carolyn Hun
ter, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Beers, Sgt.
Clifford Mead, Mrs. Sade Flemin, Sgt.
C. A. Leipale of Norfolk, Mr. and
Mrs. D. D. Tarkenton, Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Tarkenton of Elizabeth City,
Mrs. G. B. Morgan, Ethel Parker and
Hunter Morgan of Sunbury and Mrs.
W. E. Drake of Windsor.
Bethel Revival Will
Start Next Monday
Mathews Funeral
Conducted Sunday
Matt Mathews, 47, died at the Al
bemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City
last Saturday morning after an ill
ness of a few days. He was the son
of Mrs. Amanda Hobbs Mathews and
the late S. P. Mathews.
A prominent and respected citizen
of Hertford, the death of Mr. Math
ews was a shock to his host of friends
throughout this section-of the btate.
Besides his mother, he is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Mathews,
one son, Paul, of Hertford, two
daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Cone of
Hertford and Mrs. Jack Montgomery
of Roanoke, Va., four brothers, A. D.
Mathews of Lawrenceville, Va., w.
H. Mathews of New Hope, Fred T.
and G. R. Mathews of Hertford.
The body was taken from the Lynch
Funeral Home to the First Baptist
Church for funeral services Sunday
afternoon at 2:li0 o'clock. The Rev.
C. W. Duling, assisted by the Rev.
B. C. Reavis, officiated.
Interment was made in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jake Mathews,
Julian Mathews, Henry Mathews, Tim
Mathews, Hazel Mathews, Vivian
Mathews, Crafton Mathews and Char
lie Mathews.
Honorary pallbearers were Deacons
of the Baptist Church, W. H. Pitt,
Simon Rytenberg, Oscar Hunter,
Henry Clay Stokes, Julian White, Al
ton Lane, Raymond Skinner, J. E.
Winslow, J. C. Blanchard, V. N. Dar
den, D. S. Darden, D. F. Reed, W. H.
Hardcastle and R. M Riddick.
A series of revival services will be
gin at Bethel Baptist Church next
Monday afternoon August 26, and
run through the evening service Sat
urday, August 31. The Rev. L. L.
Jessup of Newport News, Va., will
do the preaching and comes very
highly recommended for revival ser
vices. .
The Rev. J. T: Byrum, pastor of the
church, cordially Invites the public to
hear the visiting preacher at as many
laervices as possible, t Services" will be
held at 8 o'clock each afternoon and
8 o'clock at night. '
SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY
Services at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church will be suspended for the rest
of the summer. The rector will be
out of town and no services will be
held until further notice. This an
nouncement was made Monday by the
rector, the Rev. E. T. Jillson.
From Lynchburg
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Samouce have
returned to their home in Lynchburg
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. S.
Darden.
o'clock fu
A prrcr-.-,tbrd.
regarding farm programs. 1 v i
for additions parking,
m