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WEE LY T li Volume XXL Number 13. 'Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carplina,Friday, March 26, 1954. 5 Cents Per Copy i: , : Olficis To tent taty Ssbcl iS3 Heads To State Pl.:I Today Discussion to Determine . Allocation Of Funds ; To Perquimans School building, needs in Perquim j ans County, to be constructed under 1953 Bond program, will be presented to the.State Review Panel next Tuefc day morning by J. T; Biggers,. Coun . ' ty Superintendent, J, Edgar Morris, Chairman of the Board of Education, Silas M. Whedbee, County Attorney , and Max R. Campbell, County Ac- countant . . The local officials will meet with the State, Review Panel, headed by John L. Cameron, Director Division of ' School Planning, for' the purpose of outlining existing building needs to provide adequate, space for present and future school population. , The group will review overall plans, already compiled through surveys con ducted by the various school commit tees and the Board of Education, and will point out to the State Panel esti mated financial requirements for this program. .v ..'; Final allocation of State funds, to be made from the remaining ,26 mil : lion dollars of the bond issue, will be determined through this and similar - meetings. Representatives from each : county in the State will meet with the Review Pane) before the balance of , the state funds is divided, according to reports from Raleigh. Peirohnanunty bas already been allocated the sum of $137,447, from the first $26 .million of state funds re ceived through the sale of bonds. This division was 'made upon the basis of 1100,000 to each county to the state and the school .population of each COUnty. -:y--i": ,:'.'.:; Completing the overall program, needed in Perquimans County, will de pend on the final allocation made to the county from the state; funds re maining. The original allotment from making no immediate plans for con struction, other than the project at the Central Grammar School, -until it if . notified of the total allocation. S TiiisvtEift; HEADLINES mm The State Revenue Department es- timated a new high in receipts from dncome taxes for 1954, but announced it will be late this week before total figures can be released. . The State collected approximately 78 million dol- - lora in 1SR3. onH the estimntA for 1954 lias been set at about three million dollars above this mark. In Washington, the Senate is now consideringthe new , tax bill passed! last week by the House, but it is re-' ported Senate action may not come for several weeks. Some Senate lead ers are advocating the proposed in crease in personal exemptions which was defeated in the House. An effort is being made to restrict the role of Senator Joe McCarthy in the forthcoming probe of the McCar- A Jaycee Committee composed of thy row with the Army. The Wiscon- Guy Cannon, C.T. Skinner, Jr., Mar sin Senator states he will not-step ion Swindell and Floyd Benton is in aside at the hearing and insists on "his right to question Army witnesses. ' An effort to unseat Senator Dennis Chavez, D-Ariz., because of alleged irregularities .in. his election,, failed ' this week when the Senate voted 53 -, to 36 against invalidating the election in which Chavez was declared the win ""' Tier.. ." ' ; . :. ' Belvidere Ruritans . Observe Ladies' Night , ' ' The members of the Belvidere Ruri . tan Club, with their wives, met at the Belvidere Community Building Tues day evening; March 16. Edwin S. White, chairman of the High School ' Committee and in charge of the pro- gi am, hag as his guests Supt and Mrs. J, T. Biggers, the husbands and wives of the high school committee, and the school faculty and several oth er guests. , Taking part on the program for the evening were Mr. Biggers, E... C. Woodard and Joe Tunnell. . : 1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. John A. Elliott an nounce the birth of a son, John Am brose, Jr., in the Albemarle Hospi tal. Elizabeth City, March 14. Mrs. , - Elliott, before her marriage, Was Miss 7 V Evelyn Parnsh- of -Ahoskie, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT A son, Gary Josephyf was born on March 15, to Mr. and Mrs. George J. Woods in the U. R.- Naval Hoftoital, Camp Lejuene, N C Mrs. Woods, be fore her marrinste, was i the former TJiss Ruth Foster. 1 , Red Cross Drive Lagging In County The annual Red Cross Fund Drive appears to be lagging in Perquimans County according to reports made this week by Henry C. Stokes, Jr, and George Fields, cochairmen for the campaign. - Only one-fourth of the county's quota of $1,285 had been collected and reported to the chapter treasurer up to Monday of this week, and with the campaign scheduled to come to an of ficial close on Wednesday of next week the chairmen urge all solicitors to make immediate canvasses of their territory and report contributions in order that the chapter officers may be prepared to bring the drive to a suc cessful close on the last day of March. Indians Play Aces InBasGboOjisner Friday Afternoon Perouimans Hisrh School's baseball I team, runners-up for the Class A State Championship In 1953, will open its 1954 season Friday afternoon when i they meet their old rivals the Edenton Aces on Hicks Field in Edenton. Game tfane hag been 8et for two o'clock. "The Indians this year will be com posed of the same roster as last year with the exception, of Vernon White, pitcher, John Winslow and Billy Chap- pen.-: v;-1 ,f v?: . : " Paul Matthews is expected to be the number one pitcher on Coach Ike Per ry's squad this season. ' rerquimang :wm again compete in the State JESliminaticfc playoffs and the following Scheouieol games nas oeeniproper passing. amnged: '. March 80 Columbia, there. April 1 Central, here. April 6 Coterain, here. , 1 " Aprtf 8pen.: ' V April 13 Colerain, here. -April 14 EdT.tam, here. -ApTr20iMon,a.-' r April 23 Williamston, here. April 27 Plymouth, there. April 30 Open. . All district games must be com pleted by May 7; the state regional playoff will be played by May 14, the TCaaf-nmt maxrnff Mow 01 onA ttia state finals by May 29. The State finai8 te layed in East again tnja p , ,... ' "':"""' ' Pick Festival Queen A beauty contest, sponsored by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Com merce, will be conducted at the State Theatre Monday night at nine o'clock to select a Beauty Queen to represent Perquimans County in the annual Po tato Festival to be staged in Eliza- beth City, charge, of the arrangements for the local contest j The committee an nounces local contestants will be spon sored by the various, civic organiza tions of the county. First : place winner in the contest will receive a $25 savings bond from the Jaycees and a month's pass to the State' Theatre. Second place winner will receive a month's pass to the theatre and third place winner a pass good for two weeks. Each contestant will 'receive a one night .pass to the theatre, County Council To Meet Saturday P, M. "!C'-J 'A !. : . vVw-WrTl The Perquimans County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will hold their regular spring meeting Satur day afternoon, March 27, at 2:30 in the Agricultural Building.! Mrs. E. J. Proctor urges all council members and other interested persons to attend. Several items ofTiusinesi are to be discussed. ' r . r. r i 1. CZ VVZTk.ZnW Pnntnrt Hnnrlni Ta imiudv iu Hm V AiZ7u kTZmtrr." School will present its annual there to discuss the music program, , . t. .j;t) : M. She will also' give information con- cerning the procedure to use in carry ing out a musical pageant for Fall Achievement Day, , i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT kMr, and Mrs. A.' C. Miller of Clav- erark, N. Y announce the birth of a daughter, born Sunday,. March Mrs. Miller is the former Miss Nita1 program to be presented at the col Newbold. ( " " legs on the first" Saturday in May. Thirty-Six Cases Listed On Docket Of Recorder Court Traffic Violations Ac count For Most Part Of Calendar A total of thirty-six cases were list ed on the docket of the Recorder's Court in session here last Tuesday, following a court recess of one week. A majority of the cases listed cover violations of the traffic laws. Costs of court were assessed against Seba Wright, Samuel Orner, Michael D'Avia, J. C. hensen, Erving Seaman, Leonard Paul, Samuel Brooks, V. A. Yerratti, Stanley Coons, Hoskin Bass, Wilbur Burton, Anthony Volpi and James Sawyer, each of whom sub mitted to charges of speeding. Mary Price paid a fine of $5 and costs of court and Hugh Plaxton paid a fine of $15 and costs after each had entered a plea of guilty to charg- car in what was almost a head-on col es of speeding. I Hsion in spite of the fact that Julian John Mallory, Negro, was fined $25 Howell, 16, driver of the car in which and costs on charges of being drunk his family was riding, had driven over and resistinor nn officer. ' Emanuel Miller, Negro, submitted to cnarges oi escape from an officer and 'paid the costs of court A fine of $10 arid costs were taxed against Willie Sutton, Negro, who en- tered a plea of guilty to charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Guy Cash submitted to charges of non-support and paid' the costs of court and he was ordered to pay the sum of $25 a week for support of his child. Costs of court were taxed against Earl Ward, Mildred .Owens, Pauline Ford, Katie Bragg, each of whom sub mitted to charges of failing to observe a stop sign. " '. .. ' ' Hoyle Hawkins and William Rus sell paid the costs of court after en- tering a plea of guilty to charges of Elmer Sutton, Negro, was fined $2 and costs on charges of being drunk. James Spruill, Negro, waived a pre liminary hearing on charges of lar-1 ceny and forgery of a check and his case was ordered set upon the docket of the Superior Court. Spruill was ar rested by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who reported the defendant had given a confession of the crime. J Norwood Gaylord and Carlton Per ry, Negro, each entered pleas of guil ty to charges of driving drunk. Each was ordered to pay fines of $100 and Costs of court. Hattie Roberts, Negro, who sub mitted to charges of following too closely behind a vehicle. She paid the costs of court. Robert Lee Thatch, Negro, was i found guilty on charges of non-sup port. He was ordered to pay the costs of court and the sum of $10 per week for the support of his two children, nw xt .- Roy Skinner, Negro, was found, guilty on three counts, being drunk, driving without a license and speed ing. He was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and costs. , I ' Arthur Stephens was taxed with a fine of $30 and costs after submitting to charges of driving without a li cense:' . :. y . ' . Ronald Wiles paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of driving on the left side of a high way.;'5' '':' Olian Spencer, Negro, paid the costs of court after submitting to charges of driving with insufficient brakes. Robert Sawyer, Negro, was found guilty of charges of larceny. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs of court , .r."'C"' TT? Committee To Meet On Friday The ' Perquimans Committee for Health Education of the District Tu berculosis Association will meet at the Perquimans High School Friday, March 26 at 2:30 o'clock, it was re ported, today by Mrs. C. P,, Morris, 'chairman of the committee. Members of the committee are the t w m jmim. tli Rv A. L. ;ChaPiin, Mrs. Betty Swindell, Henry C. Stokes, Jr., E. C. Woodard, Miss Audrey Umphlett R. M. Thompson and Miss Kimsey Perry. SENIOR PLAT APRIL 2 The Senior Class of Perquimans play in the Bchool auditorium on Fri- day night April 2. The play is titled! "Delightfully Young". WINS HONOR Miss Marilyn Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Baker of Belvi dere, a student at Louisburg College, has been elected by the students of .the srhool s -wnW of th Mav 21.'Dav Court anH will nai4irinfltA in thn l!;gro Killed; Five Injured In Wreck ('are Last Sunday Manslaughter Charge Brought Against Aaron Boone Dennis Boone, 42, Negro of Route Two, Hertford, was killed in a col lision on the Beech Springs Road in Perquimans County at 10:50 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. J. C. Howell of Route Two, Hertford is in the Chowan Hospital with serious injuries resulting from the same accident Four other peo ple received less serious injuries. According to Patrolman B. R. Ins coe, who investigated, a 1939 Ford operated by Aaron Boone, 29, Negro, of Route Two Hertford, crossed en tirely over the center line of the high way at a curve near the Freeland Copeland home and struck the Howell being hit by the oncoming car. Mrs. Howell, who was riding on the front seat with her son, suffered a broken leg, a broken left arm and ,f0ur broken ribs. J. C. Howell, who twith his daughter, Kay, was on the back seat, received lacerations of the head and scratches. His daughter suffered from shock and minor abras ions. Neither driver was seriously injured. Dennis Boone, riding on the front Ueat with Aaron Boone, his cousin, was not thrown from the car but died of a broken neck, according to Dr. T. P. Bruin, who was tailed to the scene of the accident Aaron Boone was placed under ar rest and charged with involuntary manslaughter. He will be given a hearing in Recorder's Court on April 6th. S. P. Jessup Passes Sidney Phillips Jessup, age 66, died Tuesday night at 11:35 after a short illness. He was a native of Winfall but had been living in Hertford for the past 21 years. He was the son of the late Willis Langley and Kate Phillips Jessup, and a retired planter. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Nixon Jessup; 2 sons, Willis L. Jessup and Francis Nixon, both of Hertford; one sister, Mrs. Frank Kir by of Portsmouth, Va.; and one bro ther, T. L. Jessup of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the J'.,. v. . Holy Trinity Episcopal Church by the pastor, the Rev. Charles Wulf. Interment was made in the Church Cemetery. Master Farm Family Named For Perquimans The Wamer Madre family has been selected by a county committee for the honor of the Master Farm Family of Perquimans County. All states cover ed by The Progressive Farmer, join that organization in a Master Farm Family Program. This is the year for North Carolina. '. . The Madre family will be compared to other families in counties in the Eastern supervisory District, from which a district winner will be cho sen. The family chosen must derive the major portion of their income from the farm, the farmstead should be at tractive, the inside of the home at tractive, and convenient and the fami ly should be acceptable to the com munity in their social, religious, and educational leadership, along with many other qualifications. LOCAL MAN'S- MOTHER DIES Mrs. W. L. Ayscue, age 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. D. Johnson, near Zebulon, Wednesday, March 17. She was a native of Frank lin County, but had lived with her daughter for the past five years. She is survived by six children, D, L. Ayscue of Louisburjr, Mrs. Bell Chappell of Henderson, W. W. Ayscue of f ranklin, J. K. Ayscue of Hertford, Mrs. B. B. Edwards and Mrs. M. D, Johnson of Zebulon, 81 grandchildren ' j - t. . . m . ii.ii j anu ok numuer ui Kreat-graiiucnuuiji, Funeral services were conducted on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Corinth Baptist Church in Frank lin County by the pastor of the church 'and burial was in the church ceme tery. Members of the choir sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Rock of Ages." - ' Soenly Tuesday Committee To Conduct Campaign For Funds To Promote County Industry Ruritan Club Hears Talk By Ag Specialist Dr. Emerson Collins, of the N. C. State College Agriculture Department, was; guest speaker at a meeting of the Durants Neck Ruritan Club, held March 17 at the Community House in New Hope. Other guests at the meet ing were E. C. Woodard, Joe Tunnell and Ike Perry, all members of the faculty at Perquimans High School. Doctor Collins gave a very interest ing talk in the various methods of using Ammonia of Nitrate in sou treatment. During the business session of the meeting the club voted to entertain all seniors of Perquimans High School, residing around New Hope, at the next club dinner on April 21. County Agent Urges Cotton Farmers To Observe Allotments The number of acres of cotton planted in Perquimans County has de creased at a rapid rate during the past ten years. At the same time, the farmers in the west in such states as aniuiw, uve increased meir cotiqn (.ails, travel expense seeking industry; acreage to the point where the south; there will be no remuneration for the isn't considered as a cotton section rommittji mmW any longer. In 1945, farmers of Perquimans County planted 4,862 acres of cotton from which 20 per cent of the total farm income was derived. Five years later, in 1950, only 2,896 acres of cot ton was planted from which only 9 per cent of the total farm income was derived. In a short period of only uve years, me tuuu cotton acreage decreased w per cent while the in come from cotton had decreased 55 ; per cent Since 1950 the total acre age of cotton has continued to de- crease and after the cut in allotted acreage this year, many farmers are not even attempting to plant and pro duce cotton. In 1954, there are only 2,046 acres of cotton allotted to Perquimans Coun ty unless these acres are planted this year, this number will be reduced for 1955. The man that doesn't plant his cotton acreage in 1954 will be the one that will take the reduction as he will lose one third of his allotted acreage in 1955. For example, under the pres ent ruling, if a man is allotted 6 acres of cotton this year, and fails to plant it and in 1953-52 had nlanted 10 acres of cotton each year, his allotment for 1955 would be less than the six acres this year. There is a provision to take care of the man that can't plant his allotted acreage in 1954, but doesn't want to lose his allotment. He has until April I nouncement made by J. Kelly White 1 to notify the ASC office in Hertford that he will seek the Democratic nomi of his intention not to plant cotton i nation for the office. and he will receive credit for planting cotton this year. The cotton acreage returned to the ASC office will be re distributed among the farmers in the county. So, if you have no intentions of planting your allotted cotton acre age, please give it in to the county ASC office before April 1 and you will help yourself and your neighbor that desires more cotton acreage this year, states R. M. Thompson, Farm Agent of Perquimans County. District Meeting For HD Clubs April 1 Thursday, April 1 is the day for the annual 25th District Meeting of Home Demonstration Clubs, which will be held at Manteo at the 4-H Club Camp this year. The meeting will begin at 10:30 A. M., and last all day. Lunch will be served on camp grounds. Dr. Landis Bennett head of the Vis ual Aids Department at State Col lege, will be the guest speaker. His subject will be "Italy Its Past, and Present." Dr. Bennett has just re turned from Europe where he has been Studying. -,-.)::. k".;. Kimsey Perry, home agent urges all club members and others interest ed, to attend this meeting in Manteo on April 1. ' New Assistant Asrenf Assumed Duties Mar. 16 Miss Clara Mason of Swanquarter, reported to work on March 16, as As sistant Home Agent in' Chowan and Perquimans counties. ' Miss Mason trraduated from East Carolina Colleee in February and comes highly recom mended from the faculty. She has a major in Home Economics and all of her electives were in her major field. It is hoped that bv July 1 there will be a full time Assistant Home Agent in each countv. Miss Mason will re- main in one of them. Local Organization Is Perf ected At Meeting Last Tuesday Night Further plans for pushing the in dustrial development of Perquimans County were made at a meeting held here last Tuesday night during which officers of the committee were select ed and plans made to conduct a fund raising campaign to finance the op erations of the committee which will seek industry for the county. Attending the meeting Tuesday were Robert L. Hollowell, Mrs. Viola D. Nachman, Henry C. Stokes, Jr., L. C. Winslow, Mayor V. N. Darden, D. M. Jackson, R. M. Riddick, Jr., Ralph Sasser, A. W. Hefren, Francis Nixon and Max Campbell. Named as officers of the commit tee were Robert L. Hollowell, chair man; Henry C. Stokes, Jr., vice chair man; Mrs. Viola D. Nachman, secre tary, and Max Campbell, treasurer. The group voted to begin immedi ately a campaign to raise at least $1,000 to finance the operations of the committee seeking industry for the county. Every business organization of the county will be solicited for con tributions to the fund, and it was re ported, any monies remaining in the fund will be returned to contributors on a pro-rata basis. The Industry Fund will be used by the committee for sucn expenses as postage, phone for the development of the county. - " Mayor V. N. Darden, R. M. Riddick, Jr., and Henry C. Stokes, Jr., were named as a committee to conduct the Industry Fund Drive. The group also discussed industrial possibilities for the county and set as tnft nni ,.. dustry fop processing of raw ma teriala now in Pprouimans ("InnnMr Another meeting of the organiza tion will be held next Tuesday night at which time representatives of the State Department of Conservation and Development will come here to discuss industrial problems and give advice and information concerning procedure in securement of industry,," The meet ing will be held in the Municipal Building at eight o'clock. Kelly White Enters Name As Candidate For County Sheriff A contest for the office of Sheriff for Perquimans County, in the pri- .mary election to be held May 29, ap- peared a certainty, today, with an an- Mr. White, a native of Perquimans County, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. N. White and a veteran of World War II. He is married to the former Miss Sarah Carlyle and re sides on the Hertford-Edenton High way." . in maKing nis announcement . as a candidate for the office of Sheriff. Mr. White stated he will conduct an active campaign for the office and he wiH appreciate the "active support and vote of all the people of the county. Hertford Negro PTA In Meeting On Monday The Negro Elementary School PTA held its regular monthly meeting in the . school cafeteria Monday night, March 22, at 8:00 P. M. After a brief devotional led by Mrs. E. S. W. Perry, there was a business session presided over by the president Mrs. Delia Harvey. A program presided over by L. Sum merset followed the business session. The program consisted of songs from the school Glee Club, and a Forum discussion : on the topic: "Under standing Your Child Six to Twelve." The forum members were: Prof. T. S. Jackson, Teachers College, Elizabeth City; Dr. J. E. Jones of Elizabeth City, and Mrs. G. B. Lowe and Mrs. D. H. Newby, first grade teachers of Hertford Elementary School. Open House Planned For Next Thursday Open House will be observed at the Hertford Baptist Church next Thurs- - day evening, April 1, from eight to "16 o clock in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Duling; who will move from Hertford to Windsor where Mr. DuU ing has accepted the pastorate of the .Cashie Baptist Church. , ' The public is invited to attend the pen house.