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WEEKLY Volume XV. Number 34. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 20, 1948. $1.50 Per Year. I!:rtferd Indians Down Plymouth Twice Practicdy Assuring Place In Play-off 'Play-offs Begin Satur ;' day With Edenton -' x Having Choice of Op ' ponents In First Game Hertford Indiana, playing .500 ball during the past week, practically as ; sored themselves of a place in the Al :bemarle League play-offs by handing r Plymouth two defeats in games play ed Monday and Tuesday. The In dians, playing a stellar brand of base ball behind the pitching of Moe Bauer, trounced the Rams 9-0 in a game played '. ire Monday. Return ing to Plymouth Tuesday night, 4jhe Indians did it the hard way by win ing a 10-inning contest 7 to 5. The Indians lost to Edenton here last Thursday night, then dropped two games to Windsor while beating the. Rebels once. Windsor won games here on Friday night and Sunday af ternoon while the Indians won the tilt at Windsor on Saturday. -; Hertford was in fifth .place in the league""' standing Monday morning -with the crucial two : games series with Plymouth coming up. Bauer was in perfect form for the contest Mon day night and allowed only two hits during the' fracas while his team mates collected eight hits off of An drews and Smith, Plymouth hurlers. the Indians scored once in the sec ond, four runs in the third and two in the fourth and two again in the eighth. Red Kimbrell drove in two runs in the third on his three-base hit. - Garman started on the mound for the Indians at Plymouth and pitched seven and two-thirds innings when he was relieved by Morton, who finished the game. The Indians jumped into a three-run lead in the second inning but Plymouth came back to score two in the fifth and three runs in the sev enth to take a 5-3 lead. Hertford tied the count in the ninth by scoring twice,- then sewed up the bait, game in the tenth by scoring two more. Bergeron was outstanding at bat for the Indians, getting three hits in six trips to the plate and scntfhgt three runs. y-:S j&- t'$H 7 ' The platf scheduled to get under way on Satur day, but due to the tight race for third and fourth positions, the sched ule is still uncertain. Edenton, by virtue of its victory for the season, has a choice of opponents for the first series in the play-offs and league of ficials are expected to announce the line-up for the play-off on Friday morning. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES B&L Stock Series To Mature Saturday The Hertford Building and Loan Association will mature its 43rd series of saving stock on Saturday, August 21, it was announced today by Max Campbell, secretary and treasurer of the Association. The serieg is one of the largest ever matured by the local association, which .will pay out slightly more than twelvS thousand dollars to stockhold ers who have used the Building and Loan plan for savings during the past 356 weeks. The stock will net each stockholder about three and one-half per cent interest. Mr. .Campbell stated that the next series of stock, sold on the saving plan, will be opened by the Associa tion during the month of November. The Association at the present is selling full paid stock to individuals desiring to purchase this type of stock. Baker Rites Held At Elizabeth City Funeral services for Pvt. James Carson Baker, 26, who was killed in Germany, serving with the 318th Inf. Division at Dillington, Luxem bourg, were conducted at the Twif ord Funeral Chapel in Elizabeth City Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. G. M. Singletary, pastor of the Corinth Baptist Church, officiated, as sisted by the Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of the Oak Grove Methodist Church. Military rites were conducted by the VFW Post of Elizabeth City -Private' Baker entered the service in' 1944 and was sent overseas Janu ary 1, 1945, arriving in Germany February 16. He was serving with the Third Army at the time of his death. He was a member of the Oak Grove Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 'WftmiPritdiaTti'Baker, of Staten Is land, N. Y.; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Baker, of Hertford; three sisters, Mrs. Walton Lowe, Mrs. Nathan Trueblood, of Hertford, and Mrs. .Vir ginia Caddy, of Norfolk, and four brothers, Elvin Baker, of Elizabeth City; Marshall and Willard Baker, of Norfolk, and Harrison Baker of Hert ford. Interment was in the New Holly wood cemetery at Elizabeth City. Local Draft Board Awaits Orders From State Headquarters Registration of Men Be gins August 30; Help Needed License Suspended ' President Truman signed the anti inflation .bill on Monday, but accused , ' the GOP Congress for railing to pro ' vide a measure that would assure roal lid tit thn whole nation. The " anti-inflation measure, now a law, . will tend to make it harder for indi viduals, to borrow money or to pur ehmta a number of durable items such ,' as refrigerators, autos, etc, on the credit plan. Babe Ruth, famed home run king of baseball, died this week at a hos- pital in New York following serious ' illness of more than two years. The Babe as he was known to millions of fcnaehaTl fans, wan the idol of kids all , over America; " After his playing days Kuth spent consiaeraoie time worKing with youths, planning and promoting baseball projects. Twenty-four new cases of polio were reported! in North Carolina on Tuesday, to bring the epidemic total - to 1,520 cases. - State health officials , , report that the epidemic is still con fined mostly to the western-part of the State. All cases reported this ' . week were said to have had their on- ' sett since August first t n t , : The diplomatic comedy raging in . New York over possession of a Kus- ' siatt school . teacher who jumped or fell from, a window of the Soviet Con- ' sulate, continues as both Russian offi cials and U. S. officers exchange ver- bal blasts' regarding the matter. The school teacher, Mrs. Qksana Koesn ldna, is reported in a critical condi- tlott at a New York hospital, "suffer ing from injuries ' sustained in the ' fall. Russian officials have been at tempting to gain access to the teach er but have failed to receive permis sion of the hospital authorities to see : the patient. - . - ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT . . Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nixon an nounce the birth of a daughter, Juan ita Helene, born Saturday, August 14. Layden-Perry Vows Solemnized Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Augustus Perry of Hertford, Route 1, announce the marriage of their daughter, Cath erine Elizabeth, to Lester B. Layden of Hertford on Sunday, August 15, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The marriage was performed by the Rev. Charles W. Duling; pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, at the Baptist Parsonage in Hertford. The double ring ceremony was used. The bride wore a light blue two- piece suit with white and brown ac cessories, and a corsage of orchids. The only attendants, were Miss Edna Earle Ward of Tyner and Dow- ard Jones of Hertford. 1 Miss Ward wore a pink dress with white accessories . and a corsage of white carnations. Mr. Layden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Layden of Hert ford During World War II, he serv ed in the Merchant Marines, and he is now a member of the Hertford Po lice Force. ; Mrs. Layden is a graduate of Per quimans County High School, with the class of 1948. After a wedding trip to unan nounced points the couple will make their home in Hertford. Attending the wedding was Mrs. J. S. SatchwelU Miss Ethel Nixon and Bob Layden. ' ' r Lions Auxiliary Held Meeting On Friday .' -The ' Hertford' Lioness Auxiliary heid its regular meeting at the Co lonial Tourist Home ' -Friday, August 13, at 7 o'clock. , Lioness Jessie Cox presided over the meeting. .After the serving -of a delicious meal, Lioness Myra Belle' , Trueblood had charge of the program. - An in teresting report was given hy Lioness Ruby White on the StateV Lions Con vention held at Greensboro. ' Lioness Myra Belle Trueblood gave a report on the Lions International Convention held In New York City. , ' ; Lioness Lula Mae Ward and Ljoness Lillie Vann received? dopr prizes, The .meeting was," then adjourned with the Lions toasts . y .-V Perquimans Countys draft board, as yet awaiting orders from State Head quarters of Selective Service regard ing full organization of the local of fice, are marking time pending the start of registration of men schedul ed to begin August 30. At the present time the local board is composed of R. M. Riddick, Jr., and Thad C. Chappell, both of whom served Selective Service during the war. A third member is to be secur ed and a clerk to the board is to be appointed. Mrs. Ruth Sumner serv ed as clerk of the board during the war years. Mr. Riddick, who is expected to be named chairman of the Perquimans Board upon its organization, stated today that plans for the beginning of the registration period have been announced by the Governor and no doubt volunteers will be asked to help out in the task of registration, es pecially at the beginning of the ac tivity. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, on Tuesday, issued a proclamation stated that all youths 18 through 25 are expected, and must ' register, ac cording to dates set out by Selective Service. Dates for draft registration were fixed as follows: 1. Persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922, shall be regis tered on Monday, August 30. 2. Persons born in the year 1923 shall be registered on Tuesday, Aug ust 31, or Wednesday, September 1. 3. Persons born in the year 1924 shall be registered on Thursday, Sep tember 2, or Friday, September 3. 4. Persons born in the year 1925 shall be registered on Saturday, Sep tember 4, or Tuesday, September 7. 5. Persons born in the year 1926 shall be registered on Wednesday, September 8 or Thursday, Septem ber 9. 6. Persons born in the year 1927 shall be registered on Friday, Sep tember 10, or Saturday, September 11. 7. Persons born in the year 1928 shall be registered on Monday, Sep tember 13, or Tuesday, September 14. 8. Persons born m the year 19-9 shall be registered on Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday, Septem ber 16. 9. Persons born in the year 1930 before September 19, 1930, shall be registered on Friday, September 17, or Saturday, September 18. 10. Persons who were born on or before September 19, 1930, shall be registered on the day they become lo or within five days thereafter. Only those youths in the 18- through-25 age group who are at present in. .the armed forces, or who are members of a reserve component on extended active duty, are exempt from registration. 40 Grid Candidates At first Practice Football practice at Perquimans High school, for the coming grid season, , was started Monday under the direction of Coach Joe Levinson when forty eandidates for the Indians squad answered the first call given by the mentor. About twenty additional aspirants for the high scholo grid team are expected .to report as practice ses sions continue between now and the ovehiiur of schools on September 8. - Practice sessions conducted this week consisted of light exercise and Individual Instruction on the funda mentals. Morning sessions are being conducted throughout this week but Coaen - Levinson hopes to oegin a schedule of mdrning and afternoon practices beginning next week. Ag- Agencies Select Farm Plans For 49 Representatives of agricultural agencies In Perquimans County met with thA Perauimans County AAA Committee Tuesday, August 17, for the purpose of selecting aoil building practices which will be applicable for farms in this county under the 1949 Agricultural Conservation Program. r 1 Thd following practices were select- ed: .Liming materials, -superpnospnate and potash, winter cover crops, sum mer annual legumes and permanent pasture. W.' E. White, secretary, Per- quimans County PMAyi states that county handbooks which: contain in formation and provisions of jie 1949 program will be mailed to producers during September. - Pending Payment Of Accident Damage Recorder's Court .Dis posed of 16 Cases at Session Tuesday John Burke, Negro, entering a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driv ing had his operator's license revoked until he conformed with the verdict in the case tried in Perquimans Re corder's Court Tuesday. Burke was involved in a wreck which caused $300 damage to a truck owned by Milton Dail, and under the State's new motor law Judge Charles E. Johnson sentenced Burke to 90 days on the roads, suspended upon pay ment of costs of court and $300 for the use of Dail. The Court also or dered Burke's license revoked until the verdict had been complied with. Other cases disposed of by the court this week included those of Clarence Arsenault, Robert Howard and William Cartwright, each of whom paid a fine of five dollars and costs of court on speeding charges- Paul Calhoun and Frank Skeen were taxed with the costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of speeding. A verdict of not guilty was render ed in the case charging Melvin Fore hand with driving with improper lights- Costs of court were assessed against J. W. Crosby on a charge of passing on a curve. William Skipper was fined $25 and costs of court on a charge of reck less driving. James Green, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs of court and $65 for the use of Norman Elliott after he entered a plea of guilty to charges of obtaining money under promises to work. Paul Davis, Negro, was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license. William Annaud was taxed with the costs of court for speeding. Pail Stokely was fined $10 and costs on a charge of driving with im proper -lights. Levy RevelLs, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs of court on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The State took a nol pros with leave in the cases charging Edward Mallory, Negro, with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a female. White Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Dempsey Jo siah White, 70, who died at his home near Woodville at 12:50 P. M. last Friday, were conducted Sunday after noon at 3:30 o'clock at the Woodville Baptist Church by the Rev. G. M. Singletary, pastor of the church. A native and life-long resident of Perquimans County, Mr. White was the son of Mrs. Elmira Trueblood White and the late John Q. White. Surviving besides his mother are his wife, Mrs. Minnie W. White, five daughters, Miss Myrtle Lee White, Mrs. Marvin White of Winfall, Mrs. Wesley Pike of Moyock, Mrs. Roy Hurdle and Mrs. Sam bawyer of bliz abeth City; four sons, K. S. White, Johnnie White, Haywood White and D. J. White, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Bagley of South Norfolk and Mrs E. H. Gilbert of Cleveland, Ohio and one brother, Clarence B. White. Burial was in the Cedarwood Cemetery. f; Expansion Program Of Don Juan Firm Gets Under Way In New Building Here New Building Under Construction Here Workmen began the task of con struction of the new D. M. Jackson building on Market Street here Mon day morning. When completed, ac cording to Mr. Jackson, the new building will house two store rooms. The new building will be fifty feet wide by 75 feet deep, and will be located between Dr. A. B. Bonner's office and the Hertford Furniture Company. The building is expected to be com pleted and ready for occupancy about the 15th of October. Mr. Jackson stated that the Hertford Cleaners will occupy one half of the building while no lease, as yet, has been giv en for the other half. Construction is of brick and cement block and the front of the new build ing will be inlaid brick and glass. Town Board Raises Price Cemetery Lots Lots in Hertford's Cedarwood Cemetery will cost more beginning today as results of action taken by the Town Board meeting regular ses sion last Monday night. Voting unanimously the Board in creased the price of the lots to $100 for residents of the Town of Hert ford and $150 for residents outside the Town. The board set a price of $u for one-half a lot for Town resi dents and $90 for a half lot to nonresidents. The differential between the price to Hertford residents and non-residents was set due to the fact that residents of the town are taxed for the purpose of maintaining the ceme tery, while non-residents do not con tribute toward the upkeep of the plots. The increase costs of the lots went into effect immediately follow ing the board's action. An increase of approximately four hundred dollars was voted for the Pasquotank - Perquimans - Camden Health Department, to be included in the fiscal budget of the department for this year, after the board had been advised that members of the'1 Board of County Commissioners had voted to adopt the increase requested from the county. A report on the State Firemen's convention, which was attended by Mayor V. N. Darden, Fire Commiss ioner B. C. Berry, C. F. Sumner, Jr., and Charles Skinner was made to the board by Mr. Berry. Ward-Byrum Marriage Solemnized August 7 i John Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol V. Ward of Belvidere, and Miss Elizabeth Byrum, daughter of Mrs. W. M. Byrum and the late Mr. Byrum of Hertford, were married in a quiet but impressive ceremony on Saturday evening, August 7, at 7 o'clock in the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church. The double ring ceremony was used. The bride wore a suit of Navy blue crepe with blue accessories and her corsage wasellow roses. After the ceremony the couple left for a bridal trip. They will make their home in Hertford, where both are employed. Entire Operations of Company Completed At Local Plant; Em ployees Added Officials of the Don Juan Manu facturing Company announced today that plans for their expansion pro gram here in Hertford is fast mov ing along following the completion of their new building located adjacent to the Z. A. Harris store on Grubb Street. The construction of the new build ing, which now houses the manufac turing firm, was recently completed by Z. A. Harris and sons and the shirt making company began immediately to move in additional machinery and other equipment and arranging for the complete unit to operate locally. Moving to Hertford in October of last year, the Don Juan firm began operations here by employing about 25 employees and doing only part of the shirt making operation in its plant here. With the new building which gives them more than ten thousand square feet of floor space, the company is now in the process of setting up machinery which will en able the firm to do all operations in Hertford. The company has closed out its units in Snow Hill and Salis bury, Maryland, and operations which had been carried on in those towns will be handled here.'. Expanding its operations here the firm now has more than sixty em ployees and plans to employ some forty to fifty additional workers dur ing the next few months. As fast as the new plant is equipped and the production line is set up, employees will be added. Training of these em ployees take some time, but new em ployees will be added as fast as each unit is trained in production. All operations of the firm are now carried on here in Hertford. The plant is organized well, its cutting room, where' hundreds of patterns are cut simultaneously, is located over the Harris store. When cut, these patterns move into the new building to the sewing department, which com pletes the garment, then each gar mnt is moved to the pressing -department, where some 15 women press tfid iron each garment. The next sep is"fplding and boxing the shirts f6r' shipment. The firm has a total of ninety ma chines used in the sewing operations. It maintains sales offices in New York City and shipments and sales are made all over the United States. Last Call For Forms Legion Auxiliary Installs New Officers Mrs. Sarah C. White was installed n ni-enMoiit. nf t.Vio AmefSVan Legion Auxiliary of the William Paul Stal- hngs Post in Perquimans County at a meeting-' recently held, to succeed Mn. Ralph R. White. Mrs. C. P. Morris was installed first vice president; Mrs. T. P. Brinn, sec- ntirJ vfoa nfwaiifant: Mrs. Leasie E. White, secretary; Mrs. Tom Perry, treasurer; historian, Mrs. J. a. rw- teii; cnapiain.jurs. w. w. irueniooa; ! Mrs. Tom jSCbx: chairman of child welfare, Mrs. B. C. Berry, and chairman of rehabilitation, Mrs. T.P. Brinn. Rotarians Hold Fish Fry Tuesday Evening Members of the Hertford Rotary forwent the regular meeting of the civic club at the Hotel Hertford lues day evening and held a fish fry at Minzies .Creek, near : Harvey Point instead. The committee in charge of the fish fry was Dr. C. A. Davenport, A. W. Hen-en and Dr. A. B. Bonner. J , ' , V- ,..'. Seven Enter Plea 3V) Gambling Charge i' Seven men, all Negroes, entered a plea of guilty to charges of gambling and were taxed with the costs of court in Tuesdays session of Record ers Court. The defendants were Wil liam Felton, William Webb, Arthur Everett, Jacob Martin, Horace Good win, Oscar Green and Robert Creecy. The men, were placed under arrest following a raid conducted by Sheriff M. G. Owens, assisted by Policeman R. A. White and Trotman Miller. The raid was made last Saturday night about 8 o clock. The officers conns cated the "pot" .which consisted of $3.10-and a pair of dice. W. E. White, secretary, Perquim ans County PMA, states that August 31st is the final date in which pro ducers can report soil building prac tices carried out through August 31st on farms and receive payment under the 1949 program. Producers failing to report practices carried out by that date will lose the minimum assistance set up for the farm. Producers pur chasing lime commercially must show the bill, receipt, etc., when reporting the use of liming materials. After September 1, 1948, request will have to be made at the AAA of fice and approved by the AAA com mittee for soil building practices to be carried out in the fall of 1948. Mr. White states that a farmer whose farm is under contract in the AAA office is eligible to make a re quest for soil building practices. Gulf Station Changed Ownership Last Week Z. A. Robertson, owner of the Gulf Service Station in Hertford for the past several years, sold his interest in the station to W. L. Bagley, who assumed management of the station late last Week. Mr. Bagley, well known Perquim ans County man, stated the station will continue to offer complete auto service to local motorists. Mr. Robertson ,sold his interest in the station to devote his full time to his plumbing business. Northcott Funeral Conducted Sunday Funeral services for John A. North cott, 83, of Norfolk, Va., who died in a Norfolk hospital Friday morning after a long illness, were conducted at the Lynch Funeral Home in Hert ford Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. E. L. Wells of Edenton. The Hertford Baptist Church choir sang "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Face to Face." The casket was covered with a pall of red roses and white asters. Pallbearers were the grandchildren of Mr. Northcott. Burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery . in Edenton. TO PREACH SUNDAY The Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Fouts re turned home early this week after having spent a few days at Hatteras. Mr. Fouts will preach the morning services at the Methodist Church on Sunday, but will be at Mt, Harmon, where he is assisting with a revival, on Sunday evening. The Rev., J. W. Paige, pastor of the City Road Meth odist Church of Elizabeth City will deliver the sermon at the Sunday evening service. 8 i i 1 t t 1 4 ''4