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QUEANS Volume XV. Number 42. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 15, 1948. Ct!ndr Rclsascd For tafer Term Of , Superior Court Short Session Forecast ed With Only 21 Cases 'Listed Indications are that the November term or Perquimans Superior Court, which will convene here November 1, with Judge Chester Morris presiding, will w a short one, judging from the calendar released this week by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt Court Trill recess on Monday even ing until i Wednesday morning be cause pt the national election which will' be held on Tuesday, November 2. I The calendar listed a total of 21 pases to be heard at the term of :ourt. Eight of these cases are list ed on the criminal docket and 13 are :ivil actions. Six of the civil actions ire for divorce. Barring unforseen additions to the criminal docket, all criminal cases are expected to be disposed of within a ihort time, possibly by noon Wednes iay, November 3, while little time is ixpected to be consumed in disposing f the civil calendar. Cases listed for hearing by Mr. Pitt ire as follows: Criminal docket, State vs. H. A. Turner on two counts, .irivtag drunk and carrying a con cealed weapon, State vs. Wayland Entering, State .,, vs. Joseph Elliott, charged with driving drunk, State vs. .waddell Hobbs, charged with hit and run and driving drunk, State vs. Mrs. L. E. Craft, charged with issuing a Worthless check, State vs. Mabel Sti- hem, charged with driving drunk, Btat va! WilliA 'Williams. Neirro. charged , with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The civil calendar is listed as: Anna Holly vs. Council Holly. Thomas J: Riddick vs. Martha Rid Sick.- -. .Dallas Gilliam ;vs. Odell -Gilliam. Cecelia Dean v Robert Dean. Margaret Hurdle-T. John Slurdle. Raymond wteman frs "PtttM nan. ,t . . Ruth Beasley vs. J. C. Blanchard lie Comnanv. - U f I Norfolk B. & L. Corp. vs. Annie fessup. Raymond Boyce vs. L. L. Smith William Chappell vs. D. N. White, t al. C. J. Hinson vs. Mrs. Brooke Whedbee. C. A. Davenport vs. Norfolk South m Bus Corporation. N. N. Trueblood vs. John Gibson. Ben Lane.Injured In Accident Wednesday . . in Ben Lanej 50, of Route Two, suf fered injuries in a highway accident that occurred .Wednesday at about 12:20 P. M., on Route 17 about two miles north of Hertford. Lane was taken to the Albemarle Hospital for observation and treatment. According to eye witnesses to the accident, Lane was crossing the high way at an intersection directly in front of an approaching bus and fail ed to complete the crossing before be ing struck by the bus, which was owned by the Seashore Transportation Company. Patrolman H. L; White investigat ed the accidejit. Rat Control Drive Scheduled To Start n County Oct 29th MHIS WEEK'S HEADLINES UP iS. Air force officials announced his week plans to winterize the air lift serving Berlin, which indicates .hese officials have little hope that Russia will lift the Berlin blockade, Plans for winterizing the operations alls for special training for several Hundred U. S. airmen who will vol tinteer for the service during the com' ng winter months. The United States answered Rus ian demands for disarmament by a niwh niiu hefnra t.h I nifi iNa. lions by U. 8. Representative Warren Win. Mr. Austin told UN dele- ot. that tfiA TTnitjul Staloa tiaA Aia. firmed to fast following the end of World Waf II, and now must rearm itself against Russia's constant drive lor world power. . Austin stated that he Russian proposal for disarma ment was nothing more than empty propaganda by a. country that looks to war as a means of achieving a Communistic world. .. . - P Candidates of major political par lies are swinging into the final stagei f their campaign prior to the nrn- ' innal election November 2. Presi lent Truman is touring Northeastern States this week, while GOP candidate Dewey is - speaking in the Middle Yest Reports from national sources Stated that there is a definite swing Way from Wallace, at some points, tid this switching of strength is to President Truman.- (The Cleveland': Indians won. the .hall i wnrM chnmninnRhh) ; tMa Week by defeating the Boston Braves n the final; game of the series 4-8, The Indians Won four games to Bos on's two,1 Jt was the first series for Jteveland since. 1928. ' , W. M. S. TO MEET ! The Woman's Missionary Society of he Baptist Church will meet Monday Tht, October 18 at 7:80 o'clock at ) church. All members are urged Attend. : - $1.50 Per Year. Indians Tangle With Plymouth Eleven Here Tonight Local Gridders Favored To Win Following De feat at Ahoskie Residents of Perquimans County will soon have a chance to participate in an all out fight against rats, ac cording to I. C. Yagel, County Agent, who today announced plans for a rat killing campaign being sponsored by the 4-H lubs of the county. Friday, October. 29 is the day set as execution day for Mr. Rat and plans are announced as follows: Fortified . red squill, the poison which will be used,' is harmless to people and domestic animals, cats and dogs, but has proven deadly ef fective on rats in control campaigns which have been conducted for sev eral years. The bait will be prepar ed in 3-pound packages at $1.00 each and 1 -pound packages at 50 cents each. Complete instructions for us ing bait will be furnished with each package. In order that the proper amount of bait may bd prepared, it is nec essary to know in advance the num ber of people who wish to participate in the campaign says Mr, Yagel. Or ders and deposits for bait will be ac cepted at the county. , and home antV office or. tha' Kerriitearm and to oAtain bait on Uctober 29 should sendv in their orders by Saturday, October 11. . On October 29 the bait will : be distributed, ,at various stations over the county as nearly convenient for everyone as possible. Large farms will need two, three or maybe more packages to properly do the job. A 3-pound package' is suf ficient for the average size farm, a 1 -pound package is for very small premises. The Towa of Hertford is also co operating in the drive and residents of Hertford can place their orders with Mayor V. N. Darden, as well as the County Agent. . Rats travel from farm to farm and from building to building, therefore it is necessary that every resident co operate for the greatest good in this campaign, to make it most effective, It is estimated that rats cause thousands of dollars worth of damage in Perquimans County, in addition to carrying deadly human diseases. Let's make an all out attempt to rid our country of these enemies," urges Mr. Yagel. "Send in your bait orders at once. Perquimans High School's football team will match talents with the strong Plymouth Panthers in the sec ond home game of the season here Friday night at 8 o'clock. Coach Joe Levinson, mentor for the Indians, is expected to start the game with the same bunch of players which started previous games this season. Despite the 26-6 defeat handed the Indians by Ahoskie last Friday night, the local gridders are expected to take the field with a slight edge over Ply mouth. With the heaviest part of their schedule now coming up, the Indians have stepped up their practice ses sions to get in top shape for Ply mouth this week and then Williams ton and Edenton. The Indians, probably suffering from a slight case of over-confidence, received their first set-back of the season last Friday at Ahoskie. The Hertford County boys were out to avenge a defeat suffered here last season at the hands of the Indians, and after recuperating from a score racked up by the Indians during the first three minutes of play, the Ahos kie gridders started rolling and wound up with a 26-6 victory. Perquimans outplayed Ahoskie from the statistic angle but failed to run the pigskin over the goal line, which proved costly with the final whistle giving Ahoskie the victory. The Indians held an edge over Ahos kie ' in ground tactics but poor air offiense and defense gave the Ahoskie team the scoring advantage. The game last Friday opened-with the In dians receiving the ball on the kick- off and shortly thereafter Pete Spivey smashed through the Ahoskie line for 0 yards to score a touchdown for Perquimans. The try for extra point was .miBsed and the . Indiftn,led by a score of 6-0. Ahoskie took the lead 7-6 in the second period when Umph lett skirted his right end and ran for a touchdown. He' kicked the extra point. A pass gave Ahoskie its sec ond touchdown .and the Hertford Countians scored again when they in tercepted an Indian pass and raced for the goal line. The try was good and the score stood 20-6 for Ahoskie at the close of the third quarter. The breaks went against Perquim ans again in the fourth period when an attempted pass from Boyce to Pitt was intercepted by Ahoskie's Wil liams, who made a 50-yard dash for a touchdown. The kick for extra point was blocked by Symons. Three Volunteers To Fill Draft Gall For Local Board Board In First Meeting This Week; Regis trants Classed Perquimans Draft Board will in all probability fill its call for three men to report for physical examination on October 19 with volunteers, according to Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the Board, who reported Tuesday that four Negro youths, all of Winfall, had volunteered to appear for the ex amination next week. The youths volunteering were David James, James Jones, Clifford Johnson and Benja min Riddick. Local Board No. 72, which is the Perquimans Board, met for the first time last Monday night in the offices of the Board to confer on business of the Board. A large number of ques tionnaires were reviewed and regis trants were classified. Registrants who received classification numbers will receive notification of their class within the next day or so, Mrs. Sum ner stated Local Draft Boards have been no tified by State headquarters of Se lective Service that names of regis trants selected to fill calls for physi cal examinations will not be made public. However, names of regis trants selected to fill induction orders will be released for publication the day before induction is scheduled. In connection with the classification of registrants the Perquimans Board has been advised by State headquar ters that there is little evidence of shortage of farm labor, excepting in dairy farming, and that deferments upon these grounds were likely to be unnecessary. The order from State headquarters regarding this advice was released as follows: "In. view of the general farm labor situation, it appears that there will be little justification for agricul tural deferments. Our advisors point ed, out that iscunost instances where a tfef em" isecesrar more of the nature of a hardship case than it would be a need of oc cupational deferment. "To be entitled to Class II-C clas sification, the registrant jnust meet the requirements of Parts 622.13 and 622.10 of Selective Service Regula tions. In view of the above advice, it would appear that very few regis trants, if any, can meet these re quirements." The views of State Selective Ser vice office were released after advice furnished it by representatives of principal agricultural agencies in North Carolina. Named Supervisor For Lunch Rooms Mrs. Edna Winslow has been ap pointed as supervisor of the lunch rooms at Perquimans High School, Hertford and Central Grammar Schools, it was announced today by John T. Biggers, school superinten dent. Beginning her new duties this week, Mrs. Winslow will coordinate the ac tivities, keep the records and plan menus for the three lunch rooms, with the aim of offering the children a more pleasing lunch than ..has been offered heretofore. Funds for payment of the salary of the supervisor will be provided by the lunch rooms. Registration For General Election Now In Progress Books Will Be Open For Two Weeks; Absentee Ballots Available Business Houses Urged To Petition For Mail Service Merchants and officials of business houses in Hertford are being urged today to write letters of petition to Postmaster S. M. Whedbee relative to having the Hertford Post Office assigned additional employees which will permit the delivery of parcel post within the Town limits, it was announced by committees represent ing the Hertford civic clubs sponsor ing the project of obtaining additional mail service here. Reports from various committees reveal that already a large number of letters from Hertford residents have been received and are being readied for presentation to the Post Office Department, but it is necessary that business houses join in the cam paign, too, by pointing out the need for such service to the business inter ests. Only a few business men have as yet shown interest in the project by writing a letter to the Postmaster, and it is the hope of the civic club representatives that each and every business house in Hertford will sig nify its desire for this service by writing a letter immediately. W. F. Ainsley, president of the Hertford Rotary Club, Which spon sored the project, stated, that other data concerning the need for the ser vice here is being prepared, and just as soon as all letters are recorded and this data compiled the official pe tition for the service will be sent to he Post Office Department for its consideration. II Speedsters Get Handbooks Mailed Out This Week W. E. .White, secretary of the Per quimans County PMA, reported that Perquimans Cdunty Handbooks of Conservation Practices for 1949 were mailed to producers this week. The book contains soil building practices selected by representatives of agricul tural, agencies in Perquimans County and approved by the State Production and Marketlng'Administration. ' This Handbook contains certain provisions of the 1949 Agricultural Conserva tion Program which are applicable to farms in Perquimans County. , : The 1949 program year begins Jan uary 1, 1949, and ends December 31, 1949.: :; However, on any .farm for which the 1948 program . has been completed, practices may be perfonp ed after September 30, 1948, for cre dit under the 1949 program. -' Pay ment will not be made under the 1949 program for any jart of a practice carried out for credit under the 1948 program.- ' - Each farmer should confer with his County or Community Committeeman to plan how the program can be of the greatest, assistance in obtaining the maximum conservation on his farm. .; ' Fifteen cases were disposed of, hy the Perquimans Recorder's Court here Tuesday morning, with the majority of the cases being citations for speeding. Eleven' of the defendants entered pleas of guilty to speeding charges and paid fines and costs of court. Bernard Wittkamp, Richard Red den, W. J. Baxter and Jack Turken each were assessed costs of court on charges of speeding. Louis Levin, George Rathmeyer and Walter Nicholson each paid a fine of 35 and costs for speeding. Roland Hunter and Lin wood Dail were fined $10 each and costs of court after entering pleas of guilty to charges of speeding. A fine of 115 and court costs were taxed against Charles Proctor for speeding. ; Elzear Babrialt entered a plea of guilty , to charges of speeding and driving without a license. He paid a fine of 30 and costs of court. 'Stanley .Gainor and Alfred Forbes were assessed the costs of court on charges of passing on a curve. D, E. Greer was taxed with tne court costs : on a charge of fishing without a license. Ira Jones, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to being drunk on the streets 'of Hertford. He was given thirty days on the roads, suspended upon payment of a fine of $18.50 and costs of court. Town Board Meets In Routine Session Registration books for the general election on Tuesday, November 2, will open Saturday and remain open for the next two weeks, or through Saturday, October 21!, it was an nounced this week by A. W. Hefren, chairman of the County Board of Elections. The Saturday before the election, October 30, will be challenge day. The registrars are required to be at the polling places each of the Sat urdays during the registration period from 9 A. M. until sunset, Mr. Hef ren said. It is not necessary for citizens Who have registered and voted in recent general elections to register again, according to the chairman, but those who have moved from one precinct to another or who have become of age since the last election will find it ne cessary to register in order to be eligible to vote in the election next month. Very little interest has been shown in the general election thus far. The Democratic nominees for county of fices have no Republican opposition, but there are contests for district and State offices; and there, are four par ties on the national ballot, the Pro gressive and Dixiecrats, or State's Rights parties being the new entries. In addition, there are five constitu tional amendments of State-wide in terest to be voted on. Absentee ballot applications and other forms for the general election on November 2 may now be secured from the chairman of the County Board of Elections, A. W. Hefren, at his office in Hertford. They are available to voters who will be out of their home precincts on election day or to those who will be unable to attend the polling places ..on .account of illness. Men in the armed forces may se cure absentee ballots upon application by themselves or members of their immediate families. Application should be made immediately so that the ballot may be returned by election day. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr.' and Mrs., Preston Monds of. Tyner announce the birtn or a daugh ter, Peggy Jean, at the Chowan Hos pital on Tuesday, October 5. Mrs. Monds is the former Miss Ruth Peele of Edehton. County Crop Outlook Reported As Good The outlook for crops in Perquim ans County this fall appears very good' at this time, according to re ports received this week from an of ficial of the local ACA office. Bar ring unsettled weather conditions over an extended period of time, the official stated, the peanut, soy bean and corn crops should turn out fine. . Reports on the peanut crop varies somewhat, but generally speaking the prospects for the crop are excellent. Some fields were reported dug too soon and these had insufficient time .to mature. However, peanuts dug dur ing last week and this week are re ported as in fine shape and matured more than those previously dug. Prices for peanuts are expected to be good. The picture for corn and soy beans, however, is not as good as for pea- nuts. Yields on both the .latter are expected to be larger than previous estimates and the price outlook is not as good as for ( peanuts. Storage problems are expected to arise irom the large corn and soy bean crop, and the ACA official stated this storage problem will likely affect the prices on corn and soy beans. Members of Hertford's Town Board met in a routine session here Monday night and discussed plans for the. completion of the Grubb Street wid ening project. Construction crews are now working on the resurfacing of the street and, crewmen are lay ing curb and gutters along the street. Work on sidewalks will be started as soon as curb and gutters are completed. W. O. Hunter appeared before the Board and requested that a sidewalk be constructed along Grubb Street near the town limits, and the Board advised Mr. Hunter to secure a peti tion from the property owners and upon receipt of this petition the Town will construct the sidewalk, with property owners paying approximate ly two-thirds of the costs and the Town one-third of the cost. The Board went on record as recom mending that all residents of the Town cooperate in the rat killing campaign being sponsored by the 4-H clubs of the County, which begins Uc tober 29. Pamphlets and orders for the rat bait have been secured by the Town and will be distributed in order that Town residents may order bait from the County Agent. . AUXILIARY TO MEET The' Auxiliary of the American Legion will, hold an important meet ing Friday night, October 16,1 at 8 o'clock at the. Paragon Beauty Shop. All members are urged to be present Masons Plan Dinner Meeting Next Thurs. Members of the Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F. A A. M., will hold their , annual -dinner next Thursday evening at the Hertford Methodist Church. Members of the Hertford Chapter! of "Eastern Star will serve the dinner. Five members of the lodge, J. E Winslow. A. M. Godwin, Thomas E. Gregory, ; Earl Copeland and Claude D. White,, will be presented ' certifi cates cornmemorating their 25th year of membership' in the Perquimans Lodge. s ; County Tax Books In Hands Of Sheriff Tax books for the payment of 1948 taxes, both on personal and real property, are now open and payments are being accepted, it was announced today by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who stated the tax books were turned over to him for collection purposes last week. A discount of of one per cent is allowed on taxes paid during Oc tober, the Sheriff stated. However, taxes are payable at par during No vember, December and January. Rev, Duh'ng Elected H. S. PTA President: Group Met Tuesday More than 50 parents and teachers gathered at Perquimans High School last Tuesday night and organized the High School Parent-Teacher Associa tion by electing officers, paying dues and setting the fourth Thursday even ing of each month as the time for the PTA meeting. The Rev. C. W. Duling was elected president of the group; C. R. Holmes, vice president; Mrs. Henry Stokes, secretary and Mrs. E. J. Proctor, treasurer. Plans and aims of the organization were, discussed at the meeting this week and E. C. Woodard, principal of the school, spoke briefly outlining what the school expects from parents, and Mr. Holmes talked on what the parents expect from the school. A well arranged program is being planned for the next meeting, and patrons of the school unable to at tend the meeting held Tuesday are urged to make plans to be present and to join with the present membership in forming a strong PTA organiza tion for the local high school. Central PTA Meets Monday Night At 7:30 The Parent-Teacher Association of the Central Grammar School will meet at the school auditorium in Win dfall next Monday night, October 18 at 7:30 o clock, it was announced to day. An interesting program has been arranged and all members are urged to be present Local Teachers To Attend District Meet Perquimans County schools will operate on a half day schedule next Tuesday, October 19, in order to per mit county teachers to attend the Northeastern District Teachers meet ing scheduled to be held at Greenville, beginning at 2:30 P. M. John T. Biggers, ' school supenn- : tendent, stated that local schools will open Tuesday at 8:45 and dismiss at 12 noon. This schedule will enable local teachers to attend the district meeting. Earl Funderburke of Eliza beth City will preside over the meet ing at Greenville. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. John Danchise an nounce the birth of a son, born last Thursday, October 7. Mr Dan cHise before her marriage was Miss Mary Proctor. ri Ut