Be Informed ... About county affairs. The Index tells the full story every week and is only $2.50 for 12 full months. It is the only paper in Gates County. GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Want Results? . . . Then use the classified ads in the Index to sell unwanted items. You can't beat 'em for quick results. Advertising doesn't cost. It pays. Volume 22. No. 10 One of the Nation* •'GREATER WEEKLIES’* Gatesville. N. C.. Thursday. November 10. 1955 10c per copy Dedicated to Service to Gates County and Its People 14 Pages—Two Section* Jerry Ann Peoples Will Speak in Sunbury Nov. 19 Q lblic Invited o Hear About UN Sunbury. — Miss Jerry Ann Peoples of Elizabeth City will be the featured speaker for Holly Grove Odd Fellows on Novem ber 19 in the Sunbury High School auditorium. Miss Peoples, a senior in Eliza beth City High School, was sponsored by the First District Odd Fellows on a tour of the United Nations last year and is expected to speak and show films on her trip to the UN, it was an nounced. This year, a student from one cf the two Gates County high schools will be selected to visit the UN, and again will be spon soied by the First District. Holly Grove Odd Fellows arc planning a short program on No vember 19 and are inviting every one to attend. Conrad P. Plyler, music teacher at Sunbury, will be in charge of the music and will present some of his students in song and music. Miss Peoples will speak and present films of her tour for about 30 minutes, she said. A number of Odd Fellows art expected to attend from Eliza beth City and all Odd Fellows from Gates County are being re guested to be at the school by 7:30 p. m. and will sit in a group. The program is expected to get underway not later than 8 p. m. with the Rev. Fred T. Wright of the Damascus Christian Church of Sunbury, leading the devotion als. The public and especially high school students are invited to attend as one student will be making the same tour this year and could get some valuable in formation form the talk by Miss Feoples. Bloodmobile iobbsville Nov. 28 Gatesville. — The Red Cross semiannual call for blood donors is being issued this week by the Gates County chapter of that or ganization. The bloodmobile will be in Hobbsville on November 28. it has been announced. The Red Cross unit will be at the Hobbs ville school building all day be ginning at 10 a. m. Brooks Morgan of Sunburv is chairman of the current blood program drive. Directors are Chester Edwards, W. M. Spivev P. D. Hobbs. S. P. Cross. E. P Storey, R. E. Miller and J. M King. Carlton Morris and ?<, P. Cross are the publicity com ee. Boys and girls over to and men and women 65 and under art eligible to donate blood. Th. quota for this visit of the blood mobile is 100 pints. As is the usual procedure, doc tors and nurses will be on hand to examine all donors, it was an nounced. Chairmen of the drive for Ne gro donors will be Professors I. R. Barcliff of Buckland High School and H. F. Creecy of T. S. Coopet High School. E. T. Stallings Dies Sudden Last Saturday Belvidere. — Edwards Thomas Stallings, 65. died suddenly at his home at 7 o'clock Saturday night from a heart attack. He is the son of the late Reuben and Mary Stallings and a native of Per quimans County. Besides his wife, Mrs. Sallie "♦allings, he is survived by one , S. E. Stallings, Belvidere ) daughters, Mrs. Edward Pell. awboro, and Mrs. Asa Stallings, ^elvidere; four brothers, Alfred and Charlie Stallings, Hobbsville. W. D. and Maxie Stallings, Belvi dere: two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Riddick, Hobbsville, and Mrs. Os car Riddick, Belvidere; eight grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 2:30 at Sandy Cross Baptist Church. The Jtev. W. V. Brown, pastor, con ducted the service. Burial was in the family cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ernest Stallings, Elton Meads, Alton Stallings, Clifton Bunch, Jr., Ellis Stallings. Elbert Riddick and Mc Kay Riddick. Funeral arrangements were from the Rountree & Hofller Fu neral Home, Gatesville. Gatesville to Take Partin S-D Day Gatesville. — The President’s Committee for Traffic Stafely has announced S-D Day (Safe Driv ing Day) will be observed throughout the nation on Thurs day, December 1. Nearly 200 national organiza tions have pledged their support in the campaign leadi g up to he Nation’s second S-D Day. Every principal Federal agency, all state governments, and many municipal governments have pledged their support. Gatesvilh also has pledged its support. All plans for S-D Day are based upon recognition of the fact that the place to fight accidents is in the community and that the re sponsibility rests upon each indi vidual. The purpose of S-D Day is: "To demonstrate, again, the need for every individual to recog nize his personal responsibility for tafe driving and safe walking.” In 1954, there were 36,000 deaths and 1,250,000 injuries from automobile accidents. Twenty-' seven thousand of these fatal ac cidents occurred in rural areas and 9,000 in urban centers; there fore, the problem is more acute in such a common ty as ours. Nat a single traffic accident during the 24-hour period- in daylight or darkness, is the goal. Sunbury Class Will Present 3-Act Comedy By MARY ELLA BASS Sunbury.—The Junio" clas« of Sunbury High School will present Betty’s Millionaire” a three act comedy, on Friday night. No vember 11, at 8 p. in. in the school auditorium. The characters are . as follows: Betty Brown. Jymme Parker: Peter Adams, Burton Barnes: Sam Palmer. Eugene Gray: Sue Weatherbec, Betty R. Riddick: Nt ncv Fletcher. Novella Rout - tice: Mis. Evangeline Brendlinger. Piggy Brown; Augustus Winslow. Prank White: Thaddeus After bury, Wallace Riddick: Nora, Loretta Benton and Lillie Daniels. Anita Goodwin. The play is under the direction of A. J. Fine. Jr. There will be ati admission The public is cordially invited to attend. Programs -best \vpry»rt when you li t the i >ik> wno p 4>i h this. < ■ d«- your piRiitiig Give us your FREE FISH FRY—It was free fish for everyone at the Morgan Chevrolet, Inc., last Friday when the new cars were introduced. Biooks Morgan said a constant flow of visitors were present throughout the day.. - L. Q. Pierce was in charge of the fish fry which was hold in the garage adjoining the show room and he was serving roch fish and that Gates County delicacy, eat fish. Mrs. Spivey Dies at 79 Hobbsville.— Mrs. Sallie White Spivey. 79. died at her home Thursday morning after a linger ing illness. She was a native of Chowan County; the wile of the late Trot man Spivey and the daughter of the late William and Lucrity White. She is survived by three sons. Irvin D. McCoy and Jacob S. Spivey, all of Hobbsville; one daughter. Mis. 1., C. Briggs, ol Hobbsville;' two brothers. L. D. and S. W. White of Hobbsville; one sister. Mrs. John White, of Gates; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday afternoon at War wn k Swamp Baptist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Lee A. Phil lips Burial was in the church Active ppllbearers were Floyd White, Lycurgus White. Wince White. Raleigh White. Carlton White and Rudy Parks. Funeral anangements were from the Rountree & Hofler Fu neral Home, Gatesville. Peace Study Zion Tin' Woman's Socities of Cln istinn S< i vice of Zion and rniladcin'ma Methodist Churches w ill have t!te study, "Efforts for I/nting Perce." at Zion Church on November 15. Mrs. J, Earl Richardson of Edenton will pre •ant tii” study which begins at ■t p. m. All those interested in ‘ins Study, are cordially invited to attend. CHURCH SUPPER Eure There will be a barbecue and ui k< supper at the Eure school build.nit Saturday night, November Li. at 5 o’clock, spon sored 1 y'the Woman's Missionary Society of Eure Baptist' Church. Mine will be rendered by the Lassiter boys throughout the eve ning. Everybody is invited. VACATION WITH PAY—Burton Barnes and Betty Rae Rid dick, two Gates County 4-H youngsters, enjoy mountain scenery at Asheville as guests of the power companies when they at tended the electrical congress in that city recently. (Photo by John Artz.) Phelps Ordered to Serve Manslaughter Sentence Gates vilie.—Wil lie Phelps, Cora I peake Negro, who was found i guilty of manslaughter at the March term of Superior Court in Gates County, in the death of young Jimmy Monds. lost an ap peal to the Supreme Court and was ordered to start serving his Phelps appeared briefly before Judge Chester Morris at the No vember term of Superior Court last week and was told he would have to begin serving the sentence it once. Young Monds, who at tended Sunbury school was struck by Phelps' car near his home at Cora peake as he walked aior.g the highway last fail. Phelps drew a 5-7 year sen tence, but appealed to the Su preme ’Court. Other Cases Arthur Hall pleaded guilty to . the charges of possession of illegal iiuor and possessing illegal liquor lor sale. He was given a 12 months road sentence that was suspended ard was placed on pro bation for a term of four years to violate no law, that he must not posses, transport, sell, offer for sale or drink any intoxicating beverages of any kind, nature or discriptio:-.. He was fined $300 and cost of court. Willie Phelps and Claude Pat terson were charged with manu facturing and possessing -illegal liquor for sale. After hearing the •a'se the jury returned a verdict f not guiltv. Charged with larceny. Herman Best pleaded guilty a d Judge Chester Morris sentenced him to six months on the roads. William Blair Had two charges of forgery against him when he appeared before the Superior Court. The charges were consoli dated for trial and judgment. He was found guilty and Judge Morris sente rd him to not kss than 12 nor more than Id months on the road’s on the forgery charges and 12 months for utter ing. These sentences to run con currently. 4-H'ers Go to Asheville for Electric Meet By BETTY REA RIDDICK and BURTON BARNES Sunbury.—We were very proud to have the honor of attending the State 4-H Farm a cl Home Elec tric Congress held in the George Vanderbilt Hotel in A.-he\ ille. By winning out in the county, we were entitled to attend the Congress. All expenses were paid by four power companies. They were: Carolina Power and Light Company. Duke Power Company, i Nantahala Power and Light Com pany, Virginia Electric and Power Company. It was estimated that the .trip cost around $"5.00 per person to attend. The power companies chartered Trailway buses to take us. Along with Mr. Artz and club members and Agents from surrounding j counties we were ready to bigin our trip. We boarded the bus at j different stops along the way. The bus started at Elizabeth City, from there to Edenton where we got on about 7:00 a. m. Then on to Wil liamston, fiethel and Wilson, j where other club members got ! on our bus. By this time we were heading for Asheville. We had rest stops along the way and a delicious box dinner near Aber deen. We went by Fayetteville, Charlotte and Shelby and at^8:00 See MEETING! Page 5 George Norman and Pauline Norman went before the court charged with possession of illegal liquor and possession of illegal liquor for sale. The jury found George Norman guilty and he was sentenced to six months on the roads. Pauline Norman was found not guilty. In the case of Janus Edward Stallings virsus Washington Lum ber Company and Oliver Lee Rid dick. the jury ruled in favor of the plaint;!!' and he recovered $1,000 of the defendant. Divorces were granted to Julius B. Eoxx. Jr., virsus Betty Jean Foxx; Cherry Ruth L'mphlett Twine virsus Robert Lee Twine and Amos L. Greene virsus Eu nice V. Greene. Leonard Lilley In Germany Mainz. Germany:—Pvt. Marion L. Lilley, 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lilley, Gates, recently participated in Exercise Cordon Bleu, a NATO maneuver using U. S., French and British troops, in West Germany. The exercise was a joint train ing operation staged to teach the three-power forces to work to gether under simulated battle conditions. Il was a counter-of fensive action against an ‘'ag gressor" force. Private Lilley, an assistant ma chine gunner with the 370th Armored Infantry Battalion's Company B, entered the Army in October 1954 and arrived overseas last March. He attended Gates ville High School, where he was a star basketball and baseball Juniors to Present Play at Gatesville On November 11 LARRY JORDAN HANNAH RIDDICK BEASLEY EASON Gatesviile.—"The Antics of An drew." a th.ee act comedy, will be presented Friday. Novembei 11. in the Getesville High School A uditonum. The play is about a kiddy col lege youth Andrew Browne, play ed by J. B. Freeman. Jr. Who pe'su'ades his trusting millionare uncle in New Zealand to give him an allowance for the support of a purely imaginary wife and a fictitpiis mother-in-law. The play has a cast of fourteen They are as follows: Petunia, An drew's darky cook-Hannah Rid dick. Andrew Browne, a Seniot in Cam, ron College. J. B. Free man. Jr., Jacques, Andrew's French butler and valet, Carl Chappell, W liie Waldo, Andy's pal, Larry Jordan. Harold Had ley, Andy's other pal, Beasley Fcson, Althea Thorne. Andy's sweetheart, Anita Paige Eure. Julie Ba.vnt.on-, Harold's sweet heart. Anne Brown, Betty Boyn ton, Willie's sweetheart-, Nance Brown. Dean Sacrates Boynton Dean of Cameron College, Rich ard Jernigam Issaac Zimmerman (Uncle Isaac), Andy's milliunart uncle from New Zealand. George Pa.-: ker, Miss Prunella Thorne, ;■ maiden lady in love with the dean, Mary Gray Cowper G'Flarity, a detective from head quarters, Carlton Johnson. Royle. C’Flarily's shadow,, Billy Howell. Rev. Doolittle, a man of mystery, Me’-I Join's. The production staff consists of Billy Howe 11 and Carlton John son, chairman for stage building committee; Betty Jo Savage and Florence Eure, properties and sound effects. Gwendolyn Eure, prompter, Shelby Speight, pub licity, with Mrs. P. F. Owens coach. Gatesville PTA To Meet Thursday Gntesvilie, — T h e Gatesville Parerit-Teachers' Association will pbserve National Education Week Thursday night of this week (No vember 10) at the association’s regular meeting. The time is 8 o’clock. Mrs. J. K. Wyatt, who has charge of the program, announces that after the devotional by the Rev. Henry Bizzell and the usual business session, the parents and visitors will be invited to visit the various rooms. In other words the “open houe" idea will be carried out and a large attendance is anticipated. Mrs. Mildred God win, Miss Doris Mitchell and others on the hospitality com mittee are inviting the patrons of the school to a social hour in the lunch room. County to Try For 4 ,> 4er Relief How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders; His kingdom is an everlasting king dom and His dominion is from generation to generation. Daniel 4-3. A few years ago 1 joined the State Literary and Historical So ciety and it is constant source of surprise to me, that this organiza tion is able to send so much to members in the way of excellent reading material. Just don't know how they do it with only $3 per year membership dues. J. R. Freeman of Gates called j in last Monday and asked us to remind everyone that the Gates Ruritan Club is sponsoring a tur key shoot on November 19 and they are still planing to furnish free coffee. But you’ll have to buy your lunch if you get any. One lady called and said she I wanted to announce her daugh i ter’s coming wedding, but said I she was so nervous she couldn’t I talk and so would bring it in ; next week. I always thought it : was the bridegroom that was | nervous in cases like this. Mine was a long, long time ago. but ’he best I can remember, I was •cared to death and as a matter of fact I’m still nervous 20 years later. j A woman is the only trap that l uses herself as bait. | Sometimes the “Long way | iround is the shortest way home." ■ That- proved to be the case of the | Vlorris family last Sunday morn ; ng when they all went home to j church. Trying to make it in ime for Sunday School, took a ; -nort cut through a private road j which would save 18 miles. Got I within five or six miles of home and found the private road cut in j twain with no detour. Had to re 1 ’race our way and drive the extra niieage anyway. Late for Sun ! day School. The moral to this | -tory. if there is any, is “look I before you leap," or "be sure | your gas tank is full when you ; travel unknown road." Peanut farmers in the Brantky Grove section of Hertford County ire not in complete accord with m announcement made by then •bunty agent that peanuts are good this year. They were ha: - vesting seven to 10 bags per acie hey said, and that ain’t good peanuts. Goose hunters should find good •hooting at Lake Mattamuskeet •his year according to our infor mation. Farmers didn't bother to narvest their crops as they were damaged severely by the hurri canes and thus there will be plenty, if feed. Tried to break the game law ast we*, k. but had r.u success Driving along with the oldest son a d quick y. Hut unfor 'unatiT tli - .idea, a very good ' e. is n t working, consequently a few Fat in Bureau named men in < ach townsiiip tire having to try to do t.ie job. Tin o a:,!!./ .’mi e.n toe state level has Indeed peanut growers tri lour ways that we know about and .can see lor ('urrelv.es right here in-‘he countv. (1) '1 he Farm Bureau has been instrumental within the past four years in or ganizing the N. C. Peanut Grow ers Association which, promotes the use ml peanuts and more re search in the production of the crop as well as in the control of inserts aid diseases. (2) The or ganization led in the establishment of the Peanut Growers Coopera tive Marketing Association which guarantees every farmer the sup-' port price on his crop, according to the grade. (3) The 3 per cent tax o i farm machinery lias been taken off due to the F.B. interest in the farmers. (4) The importation of peanuts in 1955, originally set lor 200,000,000 pounds was cut to 50,000,000 pounds through the efforts or the Farm Bureau. These are o ly four ways in which Gates County and all other North Carolina peanut growers have been benefited by this national farm ers organization. The fee for joining this year is $5, of which $1.50 stays in the j local treasury. If the farmer does i not join to help his own interests, j how can he expect any other or i ganization to help him.