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Volume XV. Number 33.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 13, 1948."
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lias C:cycl3 Ridsr
As Traffic Violator
v Judge Explains N e w
, Law; Docket Heard at
Session Tuesday
Bicycle riders, not familiar with the
State's highway laws, will do well to
become familiar with the entire sta
tutes and obey them accordingly, lest
they find themselves as defendants in
. Perquimans Recorder's Court. That
was exactly what happened to a young
lady this week. She was ordered to
appear in court on a charge of riding
: her bicycle on the left side of the
highway. 'That was okeysome .years
back,' but the lawmakers have changed
the statutes and it now appears th&t
bicyclists must ride on the right side
of the road. The explanation of the
law was made by Judge Charles E.
Johnson, .who continued judgment in
the case of the young lady.
Recorder's Court convened here
again this week after a two weeks'
recess due to the illness of Judge
Johnson, and the docket of the court
was cleared in a seas on which con
sumed several houra.
1 The State took a ml pros in the
case charging. Edward Annunziata
with reckless driving. -Zollar
j Van White, Negro, was
.found guilty on a charge of reckless
driving and he was fined $15 and costs
of court. j
Joseph Mclntyre, Negro, was found
not guilty on a charge of trespassing
but received a 30 days sentence upon
' conviction on a charge of assault.
.Sentence was suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $10 and costs.
Levy t Revells, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court on a charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
William Hanley was fined $15 and
costs on a charge of speeding.
Wesley Garlotte and JPred Wescott
"each entered a plea of guilty to pass-
- ing on a curve, were ordered to pay
the costs of court - i,
- J?9? JPR Jn ivSollari.
-took a not pros with leave in his case.
Sonny Williams was taxed with the
costs of court on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly.
Will White, Negro, was found
guilty on a charge of using profanity
on the highway. He was given a 30
day sentence, suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
$1.50 Per Year.
ABbjOfficersFind r
Huge. Still In County
A 200-gallon copper pot type whis
key still which had just finished a run
was broken up Saturday afternoon by
State ABC Officers A. D. B,aum and
B. V. Balstead in Perquimans County
near the Light Nixon's Fork, it was
reported today.
The still, complete with eight bar
rels of mash, was located last Mon
day by the investigators but they
waited until a run was in progress
before making the capture. When
they returned to the site after watch
ing it all week the still has been
moved.
After a search of the near-by area,
Baum and Halstead found the still
but the Tun had been completed and
the operators were gone.
No arrests Were made but the still
was broken up.
HishlcET&iil
Team Starts Drills
On Monday Morning
Football games are just around the
corner.
Joe H. Levinson, athletic director
at Perquimans High School, today an
nounced that football practice for
candidates for the Perquimans In
dians squad will begin next Monday
morning, August 16, at 10:30 o'clock.
All boys who desire to try out for
Jhis year's team are requested to re
port at the mgn school building at
that time. They are also requested
to bring with them tennis shoes and
shorts, or sweat clothes.
Coach Levinson stated that prac
tice sessions next week will be de
voted to individual instructions and
that a heavier schedule of drills will
be in order the second week of the
pre-school practice sessions.' Both
morning and afternoon drills are ex
pected to be conducted later, provid
ing a sufficient number of the candi
dates can report twice a day.
According to the Coach the Indian
squad will have about one month's
practice prior to the opening game
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
. A lull has occurred in the tension
over Berlin as representatives of the
Western powers and Russia confer in
Moscow over problems pertaining to
the European situation. Some re
ports from Europe state that every
indication points toward the Russians
relaxing the blockade of Berlin, thus
opening the door; for .further discus
sions of other problems arising be
tween the East and West.,
- President Truman this week blasted
the GOP controlled Congress -which
adjourned the special . session last
Saturday f of failure fb take adequate
steps on legislation to ease the hous
ing condition and place a brake on in
flation. The President signed the
housing act passed by Congress. - A
White House reporter stated Mr.
Truman is expected to sign other
bills later in the week,
boys are expected to report -for prac
tice sessions and prospects for the
team, at this time, appear good. Al
though several of the outstanding
players from last season graduated,
Levinson will welcome back such
veteran players aB Symons, Pitt, Lay-
den, Evang, Earl Winslow, Edward
Lane, Jordan, Elliott, Futrell, Berry
and a host of other candidates who
gained valuable experience last sea
son as reserves.
Plans are- being made by Coach
Levinson . to start ; a Junior varsity
squad this year -providing he can ob
tain some assistance in the coaching
department.
Most of the Indians schedule for
the 1948 season has - been arranged
the coach stated, with most of the
opposition to be furnished by teams
in the Albemarle conference. Nan
conference schools to be ' played in
clude Edenton and Elizabeth City.
Albemarle League
Games Next Thurs.
Indians Playing For a
Place In Play-off to
Start August 23rd
Barring postponement or games
scheduled, the Albemarle' League will
close the regular playing season next
Thursday and the play-off for the
championship will get under way the
following Monday, it was announced
Lfoday.
Hertford Indians are playing a fine
brand of baseball in an effort to se
cure one of the positions in the play
offs. They dropped two games last
week-end to Colerain, but came back
on Sunday ato hand Plymouth a 4-3
defeat, then trounced Elizabeth City
in a two game series Monday and
Tuesday. Thus, as of Wednesday
morning, the Indians were still hold
ing fourth place in the league stand
ing, with Edenton, Colerain and Wind'
sor practically assured of places in
the play-offs.
Plymouth nicked Moe Bauer and
the' Indians for three runs in the game
at Plymouth Sunday, but then Moe
settled down and controlled the game
thereafter. The Indians led by Bud
Cayton at the plate, soon overcame
the Rams' advantage and pushed
across four runs to sew up the vic
tory.
Cayton and Leroy Sires, Indian
catcher, have been leading the local
team at batting during the past two
weeks and have given the other play
ers inspiration in hitting power.
Russ Garman blanked the Elizabeth
City Senators in a game at Elizabeth
City Monday night. The final score
was 8-0. Garman walked 10 and
struck out 10, allowing the Senators
two hits. The Indians nicked Tommy
Reeves for a total of 12 hits and
eight runs.
Morton did the pitching for the In
dians in the Senator game here Tues
day and allowed eight scattered hits,
gave up four walks but his team
mates jumped on Lee, Senator hurler,
for a total of six hits surd two-walks
to score nine runs in the first and sec
ond innings. That was all for the In
dians, but it proved enough to win the
game by a 9-3 margin.
Harmon Young poled out a home
run in the second inning of the game
Tuesday niaht with two mates on
bases.
Home games remaining for the In
dians are Edenton here Thursday,
Windsor here Friday, Plymouth here
next Monday and Colerain here for
the final game of the season next
Thursday.
Town Board Meeting
Postponed Monday
The regular meeting of the Board
of Commissioners for the Town of
Hertford, scheduled for last Monday
night, was postponed to a later date
due. to the absence from the city of
Mayor V. N. Darden and Commis
sioner B. C. Berry.
The Mayor and Commissioner,
along with Charles F. Sumner, Mr.
and Mrs. Beverly Tucker, left Mon
day to attend the N. C. State Fire
men's Convention held the first part
rot this week at Fayetteville.
Housewives in North .Carolina are
joining the nationwide strike against
the high price of meats. Started Jn
Texas last week; the " war on meat
prices has spread across, the country.
Housewives are calling friends-, and
' neighbors requesting them not to buy
meat until prices are reduced,
. . State health officials '-. stated this
week that the' polio, epidemic has
" passed its peak. While 82 cases were
reported in the State on Tuesday and
the total number, of eases reported
thus far is 1,848, the officials point
' oat that the disease leveling off and
the epidemic stage la meT" ''Pi'
' Agricultural expert's predict bum
per crops all over the United States
this year, and state that the produc
tion of huge crops will tend to cause
a drop in prices.,. Practically all re-
' ports show increased production in
, all crops excepting tobacco, which is
reported to be off about 16 per cent.
IllUm AJNINUUINlk!HINT
- Mr. and Mrs. James E. Miller en
enounce the birth of a son, Thomas
Edward, born Sunday, August 1st
Indians Beat Rams .
Lose To Edenton .
Hertford Indians i gained a full
game advantage over the Plymduth
Rams jn the battle lor place in the
Albemarle League play-offs when the
locals slammed out an 11-7 win in a
game played on Memorial Field on
Wednesday afternoon.
Led by zeke JJeua, , who poled a
home run in the fourth inning with
the bases filled by team-mates, the
Indians collected 12 hits off of three
Rani Ditchers. Watford started on
Lthe mound for Hertford and gave up
five hits and six walks before being
relieved in the sixth by Mortoit Gar
man relieved Morton in the ninth.
Plvmmith scored ' one Tun in the
first, -then fthe Indians tallied three.
Plymouth added another in the fourth,
then the Indians went to town, coU
lecting nine hits and eight runs in this
inning after two mep were out Ply
mouth counted three runs in the sixth
and two in the eighth t make a. total
rt seven. "
' A seventh inning home run by Bo-
&onko with an ' Edenton player on
(Continued on Page Eight)'- -
Field Meetings Held
In CountyLast Friday j Asked To Repo
Over 5C3 Cars Pass
Through Inspection
Lane In Three Days
Bad Lights and Brakes
Cause Many Rejec
tions By Crew
State auto inspection lane 36 pack
ed up and moved on to a new location
after spending a busy three day tour
here in Hertford. Members of the
Jj4spection crew stated they believed
most of the cars in this county had
been through the lane at least once
during the number of times the lane
had been in Hertford, but for the in
formation of motorists who own cars
of the vintage prior to 1936 and 1947
and 1948, AuguT' is the deadline
for having those cars inspected and
owners are advised that Lane 36 will
be in Elizabeth City August 21
through the 27th.
The next trip to - Hertford for the
inspection lane will be on September
21, which will be the only time dur
ing that monh that the lane will be
located in Perquimans County.
The inspection crew set up shop
here last Saturday and immediately
were flooded with cars whose owners
desired to secure that coveted OK
sticker. A total of 35S cars had been
inspected up to five o'clock Monday
evening and fully 70 per cent of these
cars received rejection slips because
of bad lights and insufficient brakes
The motorists immediately drove their
cars to local garages for repairs and
to have cars adjusted in order to pass
the inspection lane examination.
More than 500 cars passed through
the station during the three day stay
here this time, the crew reported.
Of 129 cars stamped with a red
sticker, which denotes a rejection, 62
were rejected for headlights, 45 for
insufficient brakes. and 82 had bad
steering gears.
A great many old model cars went
through the lane this time as all 1936
and prior models as well as '47 and
48 models must be inspected before
August 31 and this was the last trip
here for the inspection lane before
that deadline.
In tbi connection- it was reported
if one of these models went through
the inspection lane and received a red
sticker, it could be operated until
the lane comes back here again. If
it has not been through the lane, how
ever, it will have to be put up after
August 31, or the driver will be sub
ject to arrest.
The deadlines for" inspection of
other model cars are as follows: 1937
and 1946 models, by September 30:
1938, 1943, 1944 and 1945 models by
October 31; 1940 and 1942 cars, by
November 30; and 1941 and 1949
ars, by December 31.
Judge Richard Dixon
To Speak Here Monday
Judge Richard Dixon of Edenton
will be the guest speaker at a meet
ing of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Hertford Baptist Church
next Monday evening, August 16, at
8 o'clock. The meeting will be held
at the church.
Judge Dixon recently returned to
his home in Edenton after serving
several months as one of the judges
of the American court in Germany in
hearings conducted on war crimes.
All members of the local society ara
urged to attend the meeting and hear
Judge Dixon.
Postal Department
Replies To Bonner
On Mail Petition
Congressman Asks For
Recent Survey to Be
Reconsidered
Scout Solicitors
rtSat
Two field meetings on improved
pastures were held in Perquimans
County on Friday, August 6th. One
was held on the farm of Roy S. Chap
pell in the Bethel Community. On
'this farm is a pasture fertilization
demonstration consisting of 10 or 12
plots seeded with a mixture of white
Dutch clover, lespedeza and Dallas
JrasB. These plots demonstrate the
esults of different rates of fertiliz
er application. On some only lime
was applied at seeding in 1945. The
results clearly show that the appli
cation; of fertilizer each year bring
best results. Also on this farm there
is an acre of ladino clover pasture
and an avre of lespedeza pasture.
The ladino pasture had been almost
completely eaten off by army worms
bob. Mr. . Chappell said his stock
would graze this pasture in prefer
ence to all other unless they were
feneed off. He says it is the best
pasture he has ever had. His ladino
as seeded two years ago. He also
has a small plot of Kentucky 31 fes
cue which was . seeded last fall.
Eighteen farmers attended the meet
ing on this farm.
The other meeting was held on
the arm of Ellis Stallings in the
Whlteston Community. Here the
group observed the results of con
verting ltt acres of wasteland into
profitable- : permanent , pasture. On
land which ; was formerly : covered
with - weeds and broom grass , Mr.
Stallings, with proper liming.. and
fertilization, established' a good pas
ture of white Dutch Clover, lespedeza
and Dallas'; Grass. Twelve farmers
attended the meeting here.:' -.
J. Frank Doggett, Extension Soil
Conservationist, from State College
war present to discuss pasture" prob
lems and explained some experiment'
al work being: done in pastures. The
number of farmers attending these
meetings indicates growing interest
in improved ' pastures in Perquimans
County. Vvf,
All workers soliciting funds for the
Boy Scout movement are requested to
make reports not later than Saturday
of this week, it was announced today
by Robert Hollowell, chairman of the
drive, i
Local residents are being asked to
contribute a sum of $300 which is
Hertford's quota of the West Albe
marle District's budget. The entire
budget amounts to $1,800.
Mr. Hollowell stated that he hopes
each of the solicitors can complete a
canvass of the territory by next week
end, but the report asked for this
week wjll enable the committee to
gain some information as to the pro
gress of the drive.
Headed by Mr. Hollowell, the drive
is being conducted by the Rev. D. L.
Fouts, Dr. A. B. Bonner, Corbin Do
zier, Mrs. Archie Wood, Mrs. Corbin
Dozier, Mrs. Julian A. White, Mrs.
Elmo Cannon, Mrs. Fred Mathews and
Mrs. T. W, Tilley. .....
B&P Women's Club
To Meet Friday 8 P. M.
All, members of'- the Perquimans
Business and Professional Woman's
Club are' urged to attend an import
ant meeting jf ' tie club set for 8
o'clock FridajrvnlRt, August 13, at
the Agriculture Building in Hert-
ford. ? '
A number of i important items, in
cluding plans fer charter night, elec
tion of a recording secretary and
election of new members, are on the
agenda for the business session.
County School Got
$4,056 ortf Food
; Wholesale value of foods received
frm Jthe If. C. Department of Agri
culture )r Perquimans schools dur-
.: .. . .M .i .1
ing Xno l4f-W scnoni year was
$4,066, according to information re
ceived here this week. - , .
State Commission
Says School Rooms
Anr Inadequate
Slightly less than half the elemen
tary school classrooms in North Car
olina are adequate in size, according
to the elementary education com
mittee of the State Education Com
mission.
This committee has completed a
study of 305 elementary schools in
16 administrative units of the state
by visits, check lists and examination
of the files of the State Department
of Public Instruction.
The committee found that only
about half of the classrooms and halls
are neat and attractive, adequate
handwashing facilities are available
in less than half the schools, only
half the schools have adequate space
for hanging pupils' wraps, and three
fourths of the schools have practical
ly no space for science collections
and adequate storage of instructional
supplies. Chairs and tables for group
work are available in only one-third
of the schools.
Approximately two-thirds of these
schools have adequate playground
space, but only fifteen percent of the
same schools provide play equipment.
About one-third of the schools have
beautified their outdoor surroundings
with shrubs, trees and grass, the
committee found.
"These findings demonstrate the
importance of planning elementary
schools as wcrk centers for children,
the committee said in a report to the
Commission. "Future building plans
should particularly give attention to
provision of an attractive, healthful
and spacious environment and to the
need for building facilities which
make possible a good elementary
school . . . Present facilities can be
improved through provision of play
equipment and a more attractive and
ealthful environment."
Materials of instruction are avail
able, the committee said, but are not
used to any great extent. Community
resources are quite generally neglect
ed, and more opportunities are need
ed for creative expression by children
in art, music and dramatics.
'The people of North Carolina
have recognized the importance of
elementary schools through high
certification standards for elementary
teachers, provision of a single salary
schedule for all teachers, and provi
sion of a school term of nine months
for all children,' the report said.
But it added, "Good elementary
schools can be developed only if teach
ers have reasonable teaching loads.
Great progress has been made in the
past few years toward a reduction of
the load of elementary teachers.
More reduction is essential, however,
if individual attention is to be as
sured. Far too many elementary
teachers in North Carolina are teach
ing forty to fifty children."
The committee also pointed to the
need for general instructional super
vision, which it says is now afforded
in only a few schools.
The elementary education commit
tee is headed by Mrs. Gussie Parker
of Clinton. It is one of fifteen com
mittees taking part in the study of
the public school system. The com
mittees are reporting to .the State
Education Commission, which in turn
will make ' recommendations for
changes and improvements in the
schools to the Governor and the len-
eral Assembly.
A petition filed recently by a num
ber of local business men seeking im
proved mail service between Norfolk
and Wilmington will be given personal
attention by Congressman Herbert C.
Bonner, who advised this newspaper
on Monday that he had presented the .
petition to the Postmaster General
and requested reconsideration of a de
cision reached by the Postal Depart
ment in regard to mail service in this
area, following a survey conducted
at the time the Norfolk Southern
Railway contemplated removal of mail
and express trains.
In a letter to this newspaper Con
gressman ifonner stated, today I
have presented to the Postmaster
General a petition asking for High
way Post Office Service from Nor
folk to Wilmington. In a conversa
tion with the Postmaster General, he
advised that a survey of the area had
been made during the time the Nor
folk Southern Railroad contemplated
removing all passenger, mail and ex
press trains. He stated as a result
of conference and negotiations, a mail
system was worked out whereby it
was thought unnecessary to establish
Highway Post Office Service, never
theless I have requested that a recon
sideration be given. Before this ser
vice could ever be established the
Post Office Department must get ad
ditional appropriations from the Con
gress which I will support in the next
session.
The petition for the Highway Post
Office Service, which has the endorse
ment of Postmaster S. M. Whedbee
and other postmasters of this area, if
established, will mean additional ser
vice for mail patrons, plus faster ser
vice on several classes of mail handled
by the various post offices of this
district.
Present mail service in this area,
according to reports, is good but the
petition filed from here was an effort
to obtain even better and faster ser
vice fan now available."
Peanut Support
Price Increased
Government support on peanutl
prices for 1948 have been slightly in
creased, according to unofficial reports
from the U. S. Agriculture Depart
ment
The support price for the Virginia
type has been Increased from 10.15
cents to 10.35 cents per pound, and
the guarantee on the runner type was
upped one-half of a cent from 9.5 to
9.75 -cents per pound.
, Good quality peanuts last season
commanded prices above the support
figures, but heavy, rams during har
vest time nearly wrecked the market
and the price support schedule was
not applicable in numerous cases,
Legion Post Plans
To Open Club Room ,
At Harvey Point
Officers Installed at
Meeting Held Last
Friday
Members of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post of the American Legion, meeting
at the Agriculture Building last Fri
day night, installed officers for the
new year and made plans for opening
an American Legion Post club room
at the Harvey Point Naval Base.
The Town of Hertford as lessee of
the base -base has offered the local
American Legion Post the right
wing or the hospital miiiuing as a
club room to be used by the Legion
members for meetings, social gather
ings and. other activities. After some
discussion at the meeting last week
the proposal was tabled until the next
meeting, when it is hoped a larger
number of members will be present to
complete plans for opening the club
rooms.
Installation of officers for the post
was conducted during the ousiness
session and Clarence W. Phillips was
installed as commander of the post,
succeeding ,W. F. Ainsley, retiring
commander. Phillips previously had
been elected to the office of first vice
commander, but when W. G. Hollo
well, commander-elect, resigned the
office due to pressure o' oiher duties,
the members voted to elevate the vice
commanders, thus installing Mr. Phil
lips as commander; Noah Gregory,
first vice commander and Stanley
Spruill as second vice commander.
Other officers installed were:
Francis Nixon, adjutant; V. N. Dar
den, finance officer; F. T. Johnson,
service omcer;. w. T. wiuougnoy,
chaplain; Wayiand Butler, guardian
ship officer; Elliott Layden, athletic
officer; W.-G. Ainsley, historian; Fen
ton Hurdle and Jarvis Ward, sergeant-at-arms.
Colonial Manager
Transferred To Virginia
L. J. Davis, manager of the Co
lonial store in Hertford, has been
transferred to the Colonial store at
South Hill, Virginia. Mr. Davis will
assume his duties as manager at the
South Hill store on August 30.
He expects to roova his family to
South Hill about the ifime his trans
fer is effected.