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:nbc. i I i L.J IU ,vJflL37 teller Crops and Live r' ck to Be Stressed L New Program ; Improved farming1 practices . uA i t for better living conditions among t' a rural communities of Perquimans y wilt highlight" the ' 1947 itwm 1 t here according to I. Yagel it county agnt,; who released -ti e 1 : ana for the program this week The plant for Perquimans County call for ' emphasis in the promotion of better corn yields through soil inv I rovement, good seed -and good cul tural practice It is hoped- 4ha some r pprentice Hybrid seed corn 'demon stration can be conducted and that sever, I tests can be run" on different "HL.U varieties, s " A ' V V Teiquiman County, Mr,'r Yab-, Btated, "needs , more and better pas tures if t balanced Arming program to be followed, we must have more c'itock, ; Ta feed livestock ; econ--Ically we need pastures." v. Educational work is being planned .:. both establishing new pastures .nd improving established pastures. Demonstrations are planned in which comparisons' may be nuide ofl.J white and LJino clovers " as pasture mix tures with Dallas "grass and Kobe lespedeza.- ',. ? ' ' V- ' ' " i. . " , better livestock la being stressed as well fea better feeds, It is Just as expensive to feed a scrub animal v. It. t. 1 . w'Aiuinltli that , in mind plans are being made t have better ' livestock In the v county, by .placing more. purebred sires. ti This Clubs of the county through the pure : bred pig -chain.: Interest is being de ' vploped in feeding better livestock f r market- ..through the '4-H '. Baby I f f ""'H'tS. ' '' 3 i1' 5 1 " - (' jeafae control. is plantfeJ 1 ll;IIJUI. DCCM UCWI-'HWIK HtlW ' l. . t control by, 'fie of sulphur i to well bred chicks from pulorura clean '. ks, ' and the . practice f sanitary ' i i'Hsures. : it: u me, cneaD . cmcs . v '.;eh proves to be the most costly ', i.i the end, the Agent said. The small farm flocks of 50 hens or less pro duce the majority of - the eggs in 'North Carolina. ; We can- 'improve the sCiiiciency of these farm Hocks by .good flock -management, ; controlling parasites and vaccinating for fowl pox, thus making thee hens a source of income rather than liability - ' Work is outlined with: cooperation v.,.h the soil conservation district in 1' 'at;r.j ditches to improve drainage .t the county.' : Those farmers havl iv x forests of young pine can great 1 improve the value of such forests j by proper V-hminga using the cull trees for fire wood. t-'."M', T 1. C. ' ard, principal if Ttr--!Bns I" ,h School, nnour.-:l t' t r r "i for the first gra-ng r ' ,i t" j ' cnt school year. A to .1 ' ) ' rats were listed as Miaki: z marks."' .'.The list by . - Ja Mary Sua' Cook, -f Lindsay- Barber, " y Britton, Shirley . v i Ann Holmes, Anne , a Terry, Pat Phillips, Ann Ilollowell, Joyce ' :Vt, Pcirl Hunter, , Al V - : Peggy : i '1, Pat '. i Ferry, C ) . ., DoU j ' , Lelia I- .11 f A L -J J. Hcicrd, : Ira, liiui-da CurO l I)!d AtXIome SurJlay 1 Mrs.. Lurinda Curtis, TO, jdiei' at her home at Bethel Sunday morning at 2:15 o'clock after a long illness. She was a native an3 lifelong resi dent of Perquimans 1 County,K -r. " Surviving are two- daughters, .Mrs. J. T. Farmer of Elizabeth. City and Mrs, F, Standing of Norfolk. Va.; two sons, W, E. Curtis of Hertford and JL. Curtis of Norfolk,vand 11 grandchildren and nine great-grand- iiildren. j .'i - ;, Funeral services will be held at the fiethel Baptist Church Monday at 4 p. m., conducted by 'the Hey. J. TVByr rum. , Bunal wilt be m the Bethel cemetery. ' iieack;;es John L, Lewis has told government ofno'afs that the mine workers of the nation will strike NeveObe 1 unless the Interior Department agrees to new wage demands being made by Lewis." The . action ' follows other union demands for increased wages to meet the accelerated cost of liv ing. .Heat prices throughout the na tion have risen rapidly since decon trol was ordered and other commodi ties are expected to follow as they are moved , from the price control lists. - Latest items removed from the list include fats and oils in move to ease the shortage of soap and paints. , Representatives of 51 nations are meeting in New. York at the .first .ses sion of the United Nations Indivi dual caucuses . have been held by the nations attempting to outline policies, to be followed' during th meeting. President Truman '' opened the con ference with a speech on Thursday., The session is expected to last some six weeks, , j' i A peace pact for .Germany "will be on' the f 'nda at the meeting pf the L'.:g Fox foreign ministers when they convene iu New York Jwxt month, ac- corc.ng to ssecretary oi state James ". .w1i.Btate4 v has extracted. n i Rr Enrland nd sions at this meeting: MrV-ByrnesJ aUa' announced -' that the United States will extend no more loan to foreign countries which display 'un friendly attitude toward this country. This - statement wa interpreted to mean Russia' and other countries of Eastern'' Europe.,; Stuttgart, Germany, was the site of a German underground' group bomb ing ; U. S. military . establishments early this week. 'Nov casualties were announced, but U. S. troops, assisted by German police, Immediately began rounding up suspects.1 The outbreak was the first of its kind during the occupation, but-: Allied , authorities have j been suspecting .such trouble and reports state they- are' prepared to cope with the situation. I O. Pcoio " With donations totaling more than ,' 1,9 dollars t already received - and r ! 'eg amounting tovttiearly eight 1 dollars, . E. Woodard, 1 cf Perquimans High School, day that" new uniforms i I i and majorettes would be oi rnce, and payment for the come from the money on '-ions to-.be collected. ts : L: will 1 of the i ' V Mr. V 25 for t ; from the I earned by t the eo" '-n tii 'other equipment ed from the remainder row being solicited.'';'' t'ated a donation of 1-had been received V ' atre and $83 Was 1 members through wal - subscrip tiona for t..e I -ns Weekly. Uniforms f - members of the band Will I, j t If -cording to Mr. : Woodard, a i v, ...a received will make the bnr.J c -3 of the best outfitted In this seclho ( t!ie State. The drive for f j-'3 f-r.t'.e band is being co-sponso" . J hy f - I'ert rd Lions and I . lary ( ' 'he ' J ts were rec i 1 . . t 1 t;.e .Lions t. " t..e:i e ning a drive to n r , - I.ich they will o.Tcr a t Individu'l in'imb: 3 : 1 contact tha pulhc wivh c 3. , r.2 t. j to til; UPDU.LDn:i 03HE?,TF0RD AND i crquimansTfounty, North Carolina. . " Friday, October 213l6 l!:rtfcrd TuSSl! TolngSiteFcr Di? Basc!3L'l C!i v 1 J? Official Surveyed Situ Nation Here on tTues- Hertford may kbe selecte! as a training site for 'an organized base ball team next Spring, if satisfactory arrangements can be completed be tween .the team'management for training space and rooming 'quarters, it was-revealed here Tuesday follow ing a visit to Hertford by a repres entative of the team,' seeking this location as a site for Spring train-in- - The. official, who. does not desire that , his name nor that of the team he represents be revealed at this time, was very much impressed with the possibilities of Hertford as a site for training the baseball club. He inspected Memorial Field and was highly pleased with the local diamond and its dressing facilities and grounds as a training center and ex pressed the opinion that . Hertford would be an ideal spot for -training the teams - Inquiries regarding the rooming and feeding of the team was also made and, according to the reports, suitable arrangements can be made for this end of the requirements. It would be necessary for the Board of Education to lease Memorial Field to the club for the training purpose and Itrwas the general1 opinion that this arrangement -could be completed. The club would, in the event it de cides to train in Hertford, come here about March 1 and stay for a period of five to six weeks. Thirty, players or more would be included ' in the group of ball players brought in for training. Several big league scouts, who saw games - played on .Memorial Field last summer during the Play of the Albemarle League,-expressed them selves a impressed by the .possibil ities f the local field as a trainina- ,sto;;ind the inquiry made here this mitf-ttf Wfc-l&niNttir..-' thlsourc of the best fields in: the entire State and splendidly equipped . to handle all types of sport training. In -size it Is comparable to many of the parks used, by, the minor' leagues, all over the ceuntry. f Fow Agister For flection Noyihi " Registration of new voters for the election to be staged November 5 got oft to a slow start in Perquimans County, according to A. W. Hefren, chairman of the county board of el ections, who said very ' few voters appeared at the polling places to reg ister- for . the election. The .-. books will be opened again tomorrow and eligible 'voters who have not regis tered before must do so in order to Vote on November 5. r-s Former service men who voted ab sentee ballots without . " registering while they were "in tyb service are reminded that they - must register now in order to be eligible to vote in future elections. .The county pemocratic ticket, which is without oppositioi in the general election, is comprised of W. H, -Pitt, candidate for th: eice of Clerk of Court, -M. G. Owensk ; for. Sheriff, tfiwies- t. John8on,iRecorder Judge, Dr. C. A. Davenport Coroner; Max Campbell, ' treasurer; ,.E.f Mi Perry, unanes, White, 4 ' U C Winslow, Tim Brinn and Georga W,rJackson for county commissioners. ", - . r ive fses-tteara smsm By RecorderJu Five cases were hesir4 byj, the Per quimans Recorder's Court in a short session . heard Tuesday morning be fore Judge Charles E. Johnson. ' George Felton,?Ne.rro, i entered a plea -of guilty ; td;-di-iving after ; his license had been revoked and he re ceived a three months road sentence. suspended upon payment of a fine of 25 and costs, -nut,, license was. re vc'd, for an; additional yea; John Williamston,v Negro, failed 1 appear ta answer har s of being nk. ..He waal&br'red held on a ..ber term i of 50 for the Nov :rt ' i':i:-'.,'.:.,-::''-iifSi!;'' ':e' Welch, Nero, was 'taxed costs of court on a charge without a T venport er f -"Ivingun' . fine of $ . ; license w, "!cic'vw; 1 on a 1 a plea of influence costs of -ad for . i-:';the (f beini Il7in H;:rd Stfcglii Ganfi-By Doivning TarL'oro Host TeamNo Match For Locals; Ahoskie Next on Schedule Showing aN vastly improved offen sive drive the Perquimans Indians outmaneuvered a' fast Tarboro Aigh school football team to win their third .straight game of the season last .Friday; night by a score of lS-7. Tarboro won the toss and elected to receiv'the kick off but were un able to gain through the Indian de fense and kicked to the Indians who started a touchdown march from their 46 yard line. A series of rum by Lane, Symons and Ward carried the ball to 'Tarboro's 15 yard line. and on a pass from Chester Wins- low to Emmett Elmore the Indians chalked ug.the first score. On try for extra point the Indians scored on a pass from Winslow to Holmes. The rest of the first quarter was nip and tuck as both teams attempted to gain an advantage. Midway of the second pemod Tarboro received the ball on afpunt and two fast plays plus a ISfyard penalty on the In dians for Aolding placed the ball on the Indians' four yard line. Tarboro Crossed thjl goal line on a line play and converted the try for extra point to tie the score at 7-7. Neither, team was able to advance during the? third period and no scor ing was done. The Indians held a Slight edge during this period on de fensive play but the offense was about even. 1 During the final period the Indiana started rolling again af ter receiving the ball in midfield on a Tarboro; punt. Passes from Wins low and Symon to Lane and Holmes placed the Indians in scoring position and'Symons carried the ball over the goat; line op a line plunge. The try for extra point was blocked. With five minutes remaining to be played, the .Indians ...tightened, 'their WP - iWJ! - - . m .the tarboro team The gme ended with the Indians taking possession of the ball on Tar boro's 40 yard line. The Indians Will travel to Ahoskie this week where they will play the Ahoskie eleven Friday, afternoon in a renewal of the annual game be tween the Wo schools. Spectators will be assured of a good game as both teams are evenly matched in size and ability. Negro Hopoiiig Wednesday, Oct. 30 Plans' have been completed for the Negro veterans . homecoming day which 'will - be highlighted by greet ings extended the veterans by lead ing citizens of,. Hertford and Per quimans County following a parade which .opens the celebration next Wednesday afternoon. Expected to deliver greetings for their respective' organizations are Mayor V. N. Dar. den, F. T. Johnson, superintendent of schools, W. E. Dail, E. M. Perry, Ralph WhiteR representing the board of education, the county commission ers and the American Legion. Other speakers will be W. N. Douglas, W. R. Privott, the Reverends Tucker and Hawkins. "'' The principal speaker for the oc casion will be Prof. J. M. Poole, chairman of the English Department, State Teachers College, Elizabeth City. "fv'j The program for the day, drawn by the committee calls for the parade to start at one o'clock with the home coming addresses at 2 p. m. at the Hertford high school auditorium fol lowed by a big feed at 3:&0 on the school lawn. -"PA1 dance will Climax the program . and will start at 8 o'clock.: -v...'-.: 'V . - Music . for the dance will be fur nished by: the Swing King orchestra of Elisabeth City. ' All Negro vet- erans of World Wars I and U .and their families are : Invited to attend the .homecoming festivities. t -i' & tn rfa Sno tr ' P.'.'Uf -'; wvm MJ PCMasU - jwji , The Rev, W. W. Finlator, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Eliza beta City, will, preach a series of re vival services at the Hertford Bap tist Church, .beginning Sunday, Oc tober 2T, it was announced- today by tne t;ev, u ,w. JJulmg, pastor of the local chv rdu 'iz&fkPVk &fMM- Sc. vie j'wfll he conducted by the Kev.fLr. Fi..:tor each eveniner at 7:3 oV t'jrsvHt Sunday, Novem- PERQUIMANS COUNTY, 44 County Council Met Thursday P.M. v The .first meeting of the Perquim ans County Council of 4-H clubs was held Thursday at the Agriculture Building at 7:30 o'clock. " The meeting was for the purpose of Organizing the Council as well as providing a recreational meeting. An interesting program was presented under the supervision of I. C. Yagel, assistant county agent, and Miss Ha zel Shaw, assistant home agent. Democratic Rally At Wiamston Draws Large Crowd . More than 275 Democrats repre senting the 12 counties of the First Congressional District gathered at Williamston Monday afternoon for a rally staged by the State Demo cratic. Committee. Principal speak ers for the two hour progarm were Governor R. Gregg Cherry and Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner. Sheriff J. E. Winslow and R. M. Riddick represented Perquimans County at the rally. The meeting drew the largest at tendance of any of the rallies held thus far and a spirit of unity was outstanding at the gathering. In ad dition to the Governor and Mr. Bon ner, other State officials present in cluded Bruce Etheridge, Wm. P. Hodges, Thad Eure and Senator Hoey. Citing the record of the Demo cratic Party in the State and nation during the war, Congressman Bon ner told the group of Democrats that "these ofTu'ials deserve reelection" on the face of their records, and ex pressed conviction that the voters would assert their confidence in them by "rolling up the largest vote we have ever had" in the coming elec tion. "So thoroughly have we whipped the Republicans throughout this dis trict that they no longer offer even the threat of serious opposition," he said, "but we need to show our Democratic- laderg Jthat we are solidly behind them." " : t, - As Governor Cherry declared vri the preface to his address, the First Congressional District "rightfully de serves to be named the First Dis trict." The Governor pointed out that within the district a great many firsts have been recorded from an historical standpoint.; Among these were: The landing of the English ex plorers on Roanoke " Island on July 4, 1584; the birth of the first white child of English parentage in Amer ica on Roanoke Island August 18, 1587 j recording of. the first deed for North Carolina ' property by George'Durant in Perquimans March 1, 1662; Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina; the oldest church in the State, at Bath; the first organized protest against British tyranny, in the 'Edenton Tea party; the first Secretary of the Navyi.Joseph Hewes of Edenton; and the first flight of a power-driven, heavier-than-air ma chine by the Wright Brothers at Kit ty Hawk December 17, 1903. , "From a district jwjth that heri tage, we don't expect anything but good government by' good Demo crats," the Governor declared, as the audience burst into applause. "You have been trained in the art" Perquimans FFA Wins Field Day Event v On1 October 10th, the Albemarle Federation of the Future Farmers of Ameriea composed of the F. F. A. chapter from,- Weeksville, Chowan, Poplar Branch, Gatesville, Sunbury and Perquimans, held their Field Day on Memorial i Field,: at Perquimans High School., 'e?-, : ; :' '. The following events were engaged in: 100-yard dash, high jump, broad jump, baseball .throw; football throw, three-legged race and sack. race. In this coptest i Perquimans won first place, ?" Weeksville J second, - Chowan third, : Poplar; Branch, fourth, Gates ville fifth and Sunbury sixth. - ine Perquimans V. F..A. boys tak ing part in the contest were Josiah Smith,' Floyd long, Clift"ord Winslow, Doln Winslow,- Dttrwood .. Barber. J Billy H, Jones and J. ;Wi Hughes. Aiier me contest all ooys taking part in the Field Day were served hamburgers and bottled drinks. The hamburgers vrere ft prepared by the Home "Economics? Department. The contest was prepared and conducted by the Agriculture 'teachers in the diiferent departmenta. i REPORTS TO DRAFT BOARD ' Vs Clarense Harrell reported his sep aration Vrom the armed forces at the local draft office this week according to Mrs. Roth Sumner, clerk of the board-. Harrell was the only veteran reporting during the weekly- -. , $1.50 Per X ear. . Superior Court To Convene Monday For Judge Paul Frizzelle to Preside; Thirty Cases On Docket The October term of Superior Court will convene in Perquimans on Monday morning, October 28, with J. Paul Frizzelle as the presiding judge. More than thirty cases were listed on the criminal and civil dock ets by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt. Despite the large number of cases listed, court officials believe the com ing session of .Superior Court will consume little time and that the term may be completed by mid-week, Seventeen cases are listed on the criminal calendar, with one defend ant being charged in five of the in dictments. The civil calendar is list ed as follows: Clarence Riddick vs. Hayward Rid dick. Jeremiah Jones vs. Gertrude Jones. Cherry Johnson vs. Bernice John son. R. D. Godwin vs. Lucy Godwin. John Phillips vs. Ella Phillips. Pete Everett vs. Lillian Everett. Addie Garrett vs. Cornelius Gar rett. James Lamb vs. Rose Mae Lamb. Eugene Parson vs. Joenell Parson. W. F. Keaton vs. Merle Keaton. Jesse T. Winslow vs. Elbert Chap pell. J. F. Winslow et als vs. J. C. Blan chard et als. W. L. Tolson vs. J. S. McNider et als. Henry I'aiker vs. Isaac Lowe. Amanda Layden et als vs. R. L. Layden et als. The jurors drawn to serve at this term of court include: J. H. Corprew, Sr., W. D. Cox, J. C. Hobbs, F. T. Eure, Joseph Layden, William Farmer, Joshua T. White, A. F, Proctor, G. W. Trueblood, Thomas G. Winslow, W. D. Perry, C. W. White, Wallace Hobbs, Z. D. Robe son, J. Elmer Wood, Emerson Asbell, John E. Hunter, T. C. Story, C. P. RjJikfl,GAqrge-F. DaiLWayaceak erL. W. Hobbs, H.Xwhite!y, Jesse ' T. Chappell, Rufus Lilly, O. F. Chap- pell, R. W. Lane, John O. Chappell, Ernest Lamb, R. L. Lane, J. T. Bac cus, L, W. Stallings, G. E. Benton, Floyd Stallings and J. R. Goodwin. Chappell Rites Held Wednesday P. M. Funeral services for Mrs. Roxanna Chappell, widow of the late Seymour Chappell, who died at her home in Hertford Monday after a lingering illness, were conducted from the Lynch Funeral Home Wednesday af ternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. ('. W. Duling, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Chappell, the daughter of the late Solomon and Gertrude Chappell Rogerson, was 74 years old at the time of death. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a life-long resident of Perquimans County. During the services the choir sang "WJl the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Sometime We Will Understand." The pall was made of lavender mums, asters and fern. Other floral offer ings were numerous and pretty. Pallbearers were Preston Nixon, Julian Long, George Caddy, Ray Chappell, George Sutton and Henry Rogerson. Honorary pallbearers were Louis and Carson Howell, R. M. Riddick, J. C. Blanchard, W. O. Hun ter, Mark Hathaway, Wilson Reed, Z. A. Harris, W. M. Byrum, Dr. C. A. Davenport, A. W. Hefren, C. R. Chap pell, Ernest Reed, James Wilder, Charles Mathews, Edward White, W. D. Daniels, Denipsey Webb, Will Lane, W. E; Chappell, M. J. Math ews, D. F. Reed, C. E. Cannon, J. W. Hampton, Doc Layden, C. I. White, Ralph Murray, Emory White and J. T. Lane. Survivors include three sons, Ar thur R., of Edenton, R. O. of Norfolk and A. S., of Hertford; three daugh ters, Mrs. H. W. Elliott, Mrs. P. G. Boyce and Mrs. D. M. Jackson; one brother, Richard Rogerson of Edenton and one sister, Mrs. Alethia Lane of Baltimore. Interment was in Cedar wood Cemetery. . ;; . Basketball League To Meet Ndveinber 6 E. C. Woodard, principal of Per quimans High School, was reelected as president of the Albemarle Rural Basketball Conference at a meeting held in Elizabeth' City Monday night Plana were aiade for a meeting to be held on November B at which tima . by laws and schedules for the season will be Outlined - by the representa tives of each school entered.
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