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r. ' ,1X1. Mm i Weekly 1 1 3 WEEI&Y NEWSPAtoU DIWOTED TO THE tJpfeulLDING OF HERTFORD AND PERjflitJfNTY J : Volume VRumber 88.. 'Merfiovd', Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 20, 1941 $1.25 Per Year. ... . j: ir U! V"' v 1 V .i iwlwjoiiiiiifr All Males Between 20 . "V And 36 Will Register On October 16 GOVERNOR READY With Two Scratchy Pens President Made Draft Bill Law on Monday Afternoon Norman HoQlowell, F. T. Johnson and Howard Pitt will decide who, is to serve on the draft board in Per quimans Ckranty. v Jtfr.; Rollowelll because he is chair man of the board of elections, Mr. Johnson because he is superintendent of schools, and Mr. Pitt because he 1 ft j( is clerk of Superior Court, and be , cause Governor Hoey says . the draft board will ' be appointed on their J recommendations. Morth Carolina's conscription ma chinery is already set in motion. Governor Hoey Tuesday named Ad jutant General J. Van B. Metts ad- m 1m (erf wsiMUk iVn AAMnnlftAmt E military training program in the , i State, putting into action an organi zation already trained to assume the responsibility recognized weeks ago as inevitable. The Governor is ready to select his draft boards in the counties as soon as he receives final instructions from Washington. North Carolina's .'quota will be smaller than other states, because the Tar Heels have volunteered in larger numbers than from any other state for regular Army training. Regardless of all you've heard be fore about on :tlraft board to every 30,000 population 'a draft board will sit in Perquimans County and fa every other county in the state. Ad ditional boards may he namod where the population exceeds 80,000 in any single county. President Roosevelt, wttjh two sening 0111 ai . exaeuy a :m n.; m (EST) Monday .ordering 16,500,000 youpg Americans, 21 through 35 years old, to register on October 16 for possible service in a great new army. . But more about the ages. Thirty five is the inclusive age limit. Those who reach their 36th birthday after the registration; but before actual (Continued On Page Four) Seniors Invited Members of Grad Class Invited to Annual - To Attend High School DayAt UfC Celebration and Foot ball Game All high school , seniors in Per quimans County have been extended invitations to attend the annual " High School Day celebration at the University of North Carolina at fv' Chapel Hill Saturday. V, The occasion is expected to draw to the University from all sections j, of the State the largest gathering of ; ' high school boys and girls ' ever as 33t: sembled in this State at one time. i A total io 17,000 Seniors from. 84 bounties atretching from Murphy to ' ?Manteb took, parf is last year's went, '3;ii;;.Mepl!hii;Bek Indicate . en eVen . larger turnouti; according1 to General; Chairman. Roy JunMtnmg, . fuut. year jirograin,-', wniar JvlU ' C comes HmOt'jIxaiSie csmijuj; tours? 'a' picnic lunch, and " band cdces,Jopebhe, main grid showf S'i .V aUvV Wevwant our hovs and rM' fa ' ave. time tol wander- around the cam-' -a and take ja. look at the buildings toi? Viait.with ,tthei boys from ome,", Dean R. B. House wrote in ' ;3'invitatioii to the seniors, , , ' This will be Carolina ; third an ' High; School Dayl but i marks ; first; time; the tTar Heels i. Jiave len On ; an in-Siate bpponent, and Appalachian will be the Joint host to the school folks Saturday, v w . Pichte tables anij other r facilities Zt be provided for' groups bringing ir mw -tuncnes, ana box luncnea i i j r. . - ... . i ensive meais ;wm oe avail' 3 , lot otners- . m': e concert tojbe held at' Kenan ".urn -from 1 to 2 o'clock will, be .e or music" amoaj several of -te's If 2 r-h f. -hool bands, -1 r -i attractloa H BOARD LARGELY IN Owens Employs JRuse And Rounds Up Three Negro Bootleggers Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens re leased Will Sawyer, Okisko Negro, from jail Monday afternoon, gave him fifty cents and told him to go to Bessie Ferebee's house on Covent Garden Street and buy a pint of whiskey. Sawyer did as he was told and came back with the liquor, untax- pam moonshine stuff. Two more times the same process was gone through and Officer Owens trailed his stool pigeon each time, watched him go into the houses and watched him come out. Sawyer, by the way, was in jail for being drunk and disorderly. In a little while, by one. f the old est tricks known to enforcement offi cers, Owens had three of the Goose Hollow section's most notorious boot leggers awaiting trial in County Court Tuesday. ' Officers in Hertford have had this question thrown at them time and again: "Why don't yqu do something a bout the bootlegging in Goose Hol low?" So Owens decided to do something about it. And for a job well done, he drew these thanks from the bench: 'I don't think it was exactly a fair way to capture them." Judgment in each of the three cas es was supended upon payment of the costs of court. Air Raids Continue AsflothingCivOn llasion D:vt!ops British Say Deaths To suit oi rnree Months Daily Bombings Last week, ,by listing the only three possible results of Germany's highly-threatening moves toward in vasion of England, the reporter made a correct guess and is claiming no credit for .it Wednesday nisrht Hit ler's legions were backing down be hind one of the Chancellor's boasts! about ten thousand plane-loads of bombs to be dropped on the London area daily and were continuing their nuisance raids; nightly frolics over the British IsSes calculated to break dowfi British morale and making a poor job of it- British morale is not to be broken. The Army may be, the R. A. P. may be and the last line of defense' may be broken, but British morale is con tinuing to withstand even Tuesday's "night of hell," marking the longest bombing raid of the war nine hours and 64 minutes of terror from the skies. A hasty checkrup by British offi cials reveals the fear that casualties may be heavier than in recent nights. There's little to report on the war situation this week. American con scription is stealing the thunder from Europe's war. It is. difficult , to be certain about anything concerning the war across the seas. But it seems inconsistent with reason to believe what both sides (or either side) say about the bombs dropped on London and still see London as anything more than a mass of smoke-hazed wreckage. Take Tuesday for example, "British R. A. F. fighters clashed with 300 German warpianes in a terrific battle over the Thames Estuary today and reDorted- ly icattersd the raidert to Save Lon. don" from ;me ofthe greatest 'mass assaults" of, the war." : If. one-fourth" the German planes got. through 'to drop their deadly . (Continued On Page Five) First PTA Meeting Scheduled For Monday Night? Dr. Ward Speaks f The Perquimans County Central Parent-Teachers 'Association Is sche duled to meet Monday night, Septem ber 23, at 8 o'clock. - All an urged to attend this first fall meeting. Dr. I. A.- Ward -will address the audience on the subject of Health, and it ,Is expected that'MwJiAijWf-ijWjUJ, i v - : . ...1 w tit: J i jfLl.T tor, of the 9th. district jP,Tv A-..-wi she will talk on the work of the As sociation. - - --J"' ,j - All who have children' ',- in school, and especially those1 parents 'with children at1- - "jr the. Central Gram mar School, t. aid attend. Cnhnnlr Rnmh Mm ii Term emng ii Enrollments Total 1061, About Same as Last Year; Central Tops Others In Students County School bells tolled the death knell of vacation last Wed nesday as educational plants opened the 1940-41 term with a total enroll ment of 1,061, Superintendent F. T. Johnson announced last Friday. The enrollment is almost the same as last year's, Mr. Johnson said. Enrollment at the high school was 290, at the Hertford Grammar School 288, at the Central Grammar School in Winfall 388, and at New Hope 100. A complete schedule was started in all schools Thursday. Wed nesday, a half-day session, was for registration and class planning. Mr. Johnson said here were more new students enrolled through trans fer than in bygone years, indicating that new families have moved into; the county. Several students were transferred from Virginia and distant points in North Carolina, one from Pennsylvania, and a number of stu dents formerly enrolled at Central High School in Pasquotank County. Twenty-two students from the high school signed up to participate in band activities, supplemented by 15 to 20 from the Grammar Schoofls. There are band instruments for only 31 however, and band work will be seriously curtailed unless funds are immediately appropriated for more instruments, Mr. Johnson said. It is understood that a movement is underway to raise the needed funds for instruments. The opening followed a postpone ment of one week, due to the delay of steamntters in reaching the newly remodeled Hertford Grammar School to make necessary repairs and ad justments to the plumbing and heat ing systems. Open House was ob served at the reconstructed grammar school last Tuesday afternoon and a .large number of parents and patrons were present. Tom White Resigns Position To Enter Military Training One of Hertford's former young men isn't waiting for the conscrip tion act to go into effect. Tom White, Jr., of Durham, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. White, of Market Street, resigned his position with the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company last week and left Wednesday morn ing for a year's military training at Camp Jackson, near Columbia, South Carolina. The tobacco company advised young Mr. White's action and his job will be waiting for him at the expir ation of the enlistment Tom's is a move that might well be followed by other young men and is being follow ed by several other employees of the tobacco concern, several of them be ing among Mr. White's best friends who are entering the same camp. He spent several days in Hertford with his parents recently ' between leaving Durham and reporting at Camp Jackson. His friends will miss Tom's frequent week-end trips to Hertford. FOUR SEASONS OPEN TRADITIONAL THANH OMIUUIO UG&III lib. After Op Delayed One Week $dinga ParticularlyPleasing Since Governor Hoey Has Igaiti Said Day of Thanks Will Be "Oii Last Thursday In Month ' To those whose feet yearn for the fields and woods and whose trigger fingers itch tot the feel of a trusty 20-guage on Thanksgiving morn comes the glad news that quail, tur key grouse and rabbit wffll be in season for hunters on traditional Thanksgiving, Day. The State Game uT Inland Fisheries Division an nounced Tuesday. , ' These seasons were delayed until November 80th last year, past both President Roosevelt's and Governor Hoey's holiday; i This year they are Kopen on November 28th, : the last many .nunters nere in rerquimans County particularly because' Cover np Hoey has again proclaimed; the last Thursday as Thanksgiving Day, declining .to join the ; President- in 'moving up the' data one week. V The Dove, season1 will run through Mystery Airplane Slightly Damaged In Forced Landing Occupant (Or Occu pants) Leave Scene Of Crash Immediate ly; Some Say Machine Was Stolen A mystery airplane was slightly damaged in a forced landing on the Sound Bridge Highway just on this side of the county line Tuesday af ternoon. There was no mvsterv about the plane's landing. The mystery sur rounds who was piloting it. There are two stories at large concerning the passengers and pilot. One story says two boys were in the plane and that they left it immediately and thumbed a ride on U. S. 17 a shorJ distance away. The other story says a woman was piloting the plane and that she boarded a bus for Norfolk shortly after the accident. At any rate, Tuesday afternoon the damaged plane was standing in a field just off the highway. It shows signs of a forced contact with the ground. The propellor is broken, the left half of the landing gear is smashed, one wing is crippled, the motor cowling is crumpled and the gas tank is empty. The airplane is one of the popular coupes, a Piper Club of low horse power. It is registered in the name of Mrs. Clydjj dements of Lynch burg, Virginia, and is apparently a new job. Authorities here Wednes day said they had no notice of a miss ing plaae. Mystery surrounds its occupants, eye-witnesses said they saw the plane with sputtering motor attempt a landing on the concrete of the high way, that it struck the shoulder of the road instead and skidded into the ditch. A few minutes later somebody dragged the light machine across the djtch and into the edge of the field and then left it alone with nobody to watch it or to. prevent scavengers from stripping it of valuable naviga tion instruments and other parts. It is possible, and constitutes a popular theory, that the plane is stolen, that the occupants were a fraid to stop at an approved landing field for gas, and that they tried to land near the cluster of filling sta tions at U. S. 17 between Hertford and Edenton and Temporary U. S. 17 to the Sound Bridge. If a woman was piloting the plane, she is probably the owner and left to get the services of an airplane wrecking crew to salvage her ma chine. If it was a stolen plane the owner would have notified flying fields and local authorities would have known nothing about it any way. The mystery will probably clear itself up in a few days. Hudson To Conduct Morning Service At Holy Trinity Sunday W. H. Hudson, of Edenton, well known here in Hertford, will conduct the morning services at Holy Trinity Church Sunday in the absence of the Reverend E. T. Jillson, rector, who -aq 'puBjBi epoqa 'aauaptAOjj ui si cause of the serious illness of his mother. TO HUNTSMEN ON November 30th also. Other seasons will open on the following dates bear, squirrel, deer, opposum and raccoon (with dog and gun), October 1st; opposum, raccoon, mink, musk rat (trapping), November 1st; RuS' atari hear. October 20th. Dnrlr. cnftBA. iacksniDe. coot, No- 7 o . ' vrnnber - 2nd. Sora. marsh hen, rail and gallinul hava been in season since Septembei 1st. The dove season began Sep tember 15th. There is no open sea son on woodcock. ' Anv abstract of revised game laws in now available at all Dlaces Where hunting licenses are -sold (by H. A. Whitley, at the Hertford,,- Jttarawara and.iSuDDJyvCompanyU,. A pocket edition of the Jawapunbridged ia free to persona writing,, the Department oi,Conserration ' and- pewlopment, SGIVING MORNING FaleigV EVERYTHING READY FOR SECOND ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR; OPENING MONDAY AT 7 P. M. Pin Ball Games Out Of Picture For Time Being State-wide Crackdown On Slot Machines Throws Scare Into Operators Slot machine activities are hitting a new low. The interests who oper ate the entertaining little pin-ball games in Hertford evidently took good notice of actions in Edenton, Raleigh, Durham and other points by Judge Harris and Judge Stevens and Judge Parker. It appears that the judges got to gether during the summer and de cided to do something about sHot ma chines. They did. They did it so effectively that the fellows who own the machines decid ed to put them in storage before Su perior Court gets here. They gave themselves plenty of leeway. Super ior Court isn't due in Hertford until late in October. One day last week the fellow who works for the man who owns the machines came to town and talked with the operators. In no time at all there were vacant spots in many stores and filling stations where slot machine games had been only an hour before. "I'm a law-abiding citizen," one operator said. "If the machines are against the law, then I don't want them in my place- of business." So now tnere's a booth, or a table or a decorative sign where once the boys gathered to watch the ball roll around. There's little chance, that you'll see any more slot machines, at least! not until the next General Assembly shalfl have met. And the impression is that you won't see them again after that. It's likely the next As sembly will strengthen the law a gainst the nickle games. Many Cases Heard Tuesday By McNider In Recorder's Court Ranging From Reckless Driving to Resisting And Assault With Deadly Weapons Tuesday's session of Recorder's Court was a full day term, many cases appeared before Recorder James S. MoNider, ranging from simple drunk and disorderly counts to assaults with deadly weapons. Among the cases heard Tuesday: Jessie Dance, Negro, paid costs of court for driving without an opera tor's permit.' Margaret Everett, Bessie Ferebee and Queenie Webb, Negro Goose Hol low bootleggers, paid the costs of court for illegal sale of whiskey. William E. Holley, Negro, paid the costs for driving with insufficient brakes. Noah Green, charged with obtain ing money under promise to work, was sentenced to serve 90 days. John Henry Moore, Negro, plead ing guilty to reckless driving, was taxed with the costs of court. S.. I. and S. L. Phillips, charged with being drunk and disorderly and simple assault, were found guilty and ordered to pay the court costs in the matter. Troy Elliott, found guilty of reck less driving, paid the costs. The case of Brooks Whedbee, charged with assault, was continued until a later term of county court, Will Gregory and Will Sawyer, Negroes, were found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and were or dered to pay the costs, a Emma Coker, Negro, pleading guil ty to. simple assault, was found not guilty. The ease of Mrs. Mae Small, charg ed with operating 'arf a'ut without a driver's " termil.Awr iio rod. Leroy'Spruinnd. George. Taylor, Negroe;'ere 'charged with assault with dAArflv ureonnrt ' vnftlntinar and profanity. Plea of nolo eontendra aa to" Spruill and nol prosse ai to Tay lor,'' ', Two Bands For Chil dren's Day Parade on Tuesday Afternoon DANCEFRIDAY Judging of Exhibits to Take Place Wednes day; Decorators Are At Work on Streets Childress Day, the day set aside especially for the kiddies, the day when everybody over 17 wishes he was young again, is the first big day of the Second Annual County Fail which opens for a week's duration on the town lot Monday at seven, o'clock p. m. Children's Day is Tuesday, offi cially beginning at noon, according to J. H. Towe, chairman of the pa rade committee. The Parade forms at two o'clock at the Hertford Gram mar .School. 1'he Edenton Band will be in attendance as well as one other band not yet secured. The smaller children will not be required to take part and the parade will not cover as many miles as it did last year. Some of the smaller tots got so tired of parading they couldn't fully enjoy the rides at half-price. Leaving the Grammar School the parade, including floats, etc., will follow this route: Down Hyde Park Street to Dobb, east along Dobb to Church Street, north along Churcn to Grubb Street, west along Grubb to Covent Garden, south on Covent Garden to Market, and east on Mar ket into the Fair Grounds. The Parade disbands at the gates and the children are given free reign. The decorators arrived Wednesday afternoon and began erecting stream ers across the principal business streets Thursday and annointing store fronts with vari-colored bunt ing. Wednesday, listed in the premium book as "Merchants' Day", boasts no special events oher tfhanb. judging of exhibits by Miss GaTiie Charlton, Pasquotank; Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan, and Miss Ona Patterson, Gates, all demonstration agents of the respective counties. On Thursday, "Farmers' Day", Kerr Scott and Thad. Eure, featured speakers, will hold forth oratorically on a specially constructed platform on the courthouse green. Farmers' Day opens with a lunch (Continued On Page Five) "Send Them Back Or Put Them Under The Ground," J. J. Burney Judge Was Talking to Martin County Grand Jury, But It Applies As Well Anywhere The following is reprinted from Tuesday's issue of The Enterprise, bi-weekly Williamston publication, edited by W. C. Manning. Conduct ing Martin County Superior Court, Judge J. J. Burney, who presided over the last regular term in Per quimans County, was warning against Fifth Column activities in this coun try. In his address to the Grand Jury in Martin County Monday he stated frankly and forcibly his stand against practices designed to under mine this Nation. "If they do not like this country," said Judge Burney, "there is only two ways to handle the Fifth Col umnists. One is to send them back across the ocean and the other is to put them under the ground, and if they are put under the ground they can't come back from across .the ocean." The jurist stated his position after urging the grand jurymen to report any and all subversient activities H thev detect or are called to tHair Mid, tention. "Fifth Column activities derway throughout the Country,", the v. judge said and added that ne would s" J not be surprised if thre WWta"' anch W? V r, nrtivitinu ricrht thri 1" in Martin I'v-i County. l)A ? -V Judge Burney,. who to" remembered , here in Ferquimana i County for ais forceful dissertation on ' the cost of crime -to the. Unif 1 States - at theJV last term, could 1 a as well applied ; 1 hi talk on, Fif. Columns ; jt any , county in North Crolina.,And whilu ', there are no pected -subversive ' activities -or in" - lIartb- It Jb , well for .ountyland commun a 1 Jty to be f . .ti'b r'-t . .' ' m V,"i'. v i K f " , 1 M 1 I 1
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