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: : AVEJIOLYIWS . : L:i70TED TO THE-UPtTlLDING'OF HERTFORD AND PERQUEIAK3 COUKTY
i ' Volume VII. Number 47. fiertf orderquimans County, North Collna, Friday, November 22, 1940,
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Peoiut Officios
Discuss Control
Program For 1941
BmProposes Control
Program Similar to
Cotton and Tobacco
By MA YON PARKER
Ahoekie, N. C.
A proposed program of production
control legislation for peanuts -designed
to promote orderly, marketing
and permanent elimination of wide
fluctuations in prices during the
marketing season and from season
to season was tentatively agreed
uponby AAA committeemen and
farm , leaders from the peanut pro
ducing areas of North 'Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and
Texas in a conference with officials
of the Department of Agriculture in
Washington last week.
The proposed legislation, which
will be drafted within the Depart
ment of Agriculture following the
suggestion received, at the confer
ence, will be introduced in Congress
as soon as it convenes for the new
session in January. Quick passage I
fnv tx Will will Ka oiifli a -f -full
'T hearines have been- sriven. in order
r.y Uhat the nroirram mav become effec
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tive for the 1941 crop year. Ap
proval and support by the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the propos
ed legisOation has been indicated.
The .proposed legislation combines
acreage control under a program of
marketing quotas, similar to the con
trol programs for cotton and tobac
co, with continuation of the present
program of diversion into oil of an;
surplus peanuts that may be pro
duced. If x congress passes the bill,
the program must be submitted to
the growers in a referendum and be
approved by two-thirds of them to
become effective. If appro ved, ' the
quotas will lie in effect for a period
of three years. . v
The national allotment of acreage"
will be determined, under the propos
ed bill, from the average national
afreage jdurlHkitb preceeding ftve-
year penoo, duc in no year can me
national allotment be reduced'' by
more than ten per cent of the 1941
allotment. Allotments) to the va
rious peanut producing states are
to be determined in the same man
ner, upon the average acreage for
the five years proceeding, with ad.
justments allowed for trends in
yields and abnormal production con
ditions, but in no year may the al
lotment to any j State be reduced
more than ten per cent from its 1941
allotment Allotments to individual
growers will be handled through the
local . committees, with allotments
granted to farms on which peanuts
have been grown for as long as three
years. AM peanuts produced on
acreage alloted under the program
may be sold without penalty.
Penalty for marketing peanuts
produced on farms without acreage
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Methodist Loaders
Hold Meeting jit
Church Today
Church leaders from Methodist
churches in 14 counties of North'
eastern North Carolina, composed
of 83 pastoral charges of 105 church-
meet at 10 o'clock this (Friday)
, morning; at the Hertford Methodist
Y Church in. a stewards and "set-up"
j . meeting.
The pastor, ' y district , steward,
church. school gunerinteiurcb
treasurer and ,other - churdt, Jeadew'
, from the Mxyi-- iforr.ToaWoo
i the .district y .etaff 1,
, Associate ta.y leaded ff4lll? h&i nslgi
luncheon' duringf thie 'day ahd outline
the program of Jay -activities for ,t;he
'coming FM. r ' ' r ;
The new financial ' plan of the
Methodist Church will be explained
at this meetingw. ' i. ''
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' WCheinistf Goes
Sammie Sawyeri jbhemist for tk
Tras xat Hertford. for :thepa8fei 18
months) rendered 'biassalgiati'to:
;ha Town Board on, pesdayi XVM
rccepied by, membera of the Boari.;
ify F--vvev rnsriimaJtion will, be-
come eKoctlve sometime before Ue-
coTiber 1st, rs be fssutfes a positjton
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, rrwiwick, Ca, o.thet
" n Toard has net : as ylt
n left vacant by ilr.
Volunteers May
Fill First Call
fey Draft Board
Volunteers, it is very likely,
will fill the first quota for Per
mans County men called to serve
one year of military training.
At the present time ten young
men of Perquimans have volun
teered to the local draft board
and their names have been placed
at the top of the list of men who
will serve from this county.
Of this list there are four white
men and six Negroes, the names
of the volunteers, obtained from
the local draft offices, are: Fran
cis Willey, Thomas White, Au
brey Umphlett, George Butler, all
white men.
The Negroes are: Hillis Bow,
Harold Wiggins, Bernice Wood
ard, Vernon Wiggins, John Henry
Phillips, Robert Riddick.
Windsor Lions Best
Indians In Return
Game Tuesday
Bad Breaks Costly to
Local Boys, Final
Score 39-13
Breaks can win or lose a football
game.
That about sizes up the situation
regarding the game played on the
local gridiron Tuesday afternoon
Perquimans Indians were hosts to
the Windsor Lions and came off the
field on the short end of a 39-13
! score.
Everything the Indians did . . .
every play just seemed to work in
Windsor's fayor.
JSflii-f lir afitaii flia nnnnl'iiff xirli i c t 1 .1
E. White, Windsor fullback, circled
right end, for a touchdown af tei
Hertford had received the kickofl
and punted on second down. The
score stood at 6 to 0 in the second
ijramelween the two schools this
Vmctsor scored twice during the
first quarter and converted the try
for an extra point to make the score
at the end of the first period 13-0.
Both teams scored, during the sec
ond period,' Windsor making the
first touchdown; and with the score
standing against them 19 to 0, the
Indians came to life and started an
offensive of" their own. They march
ed down the field to make their firs
score and the half ended with Wind
sor in possession of the ball.
Hertford came back strong in the
third period and scored before the
Lions could check them and the
score stood Windsor 19, Hertford 13.
Then the. breaks started again and
the rest , of the' game was all Wind
sor's. , .
Hertford completed three passes
in twelve attempts, while Windsor
completed five in, nine tries. Each
team, intercepted one pass each, and
Windsor scored six first downs while
the Indians garnered three.
Although the score would indicate
a one-sided battle, the local boys
gave a 'good exhibition and the game
was well-fought throughout the en
tire period.
Thieves Enter Rail
Thieves broke into a Norfolk
Southern freight car here early last
Friday morning and made away with
eisrht cases of ciearettes. The car
j w nuroA nn th tnAmr kt the
of robbery, which took place
- t tnn ani -an.
eigi&
ted to-
the iJacksOT .. Wholesale r Company
here, was; the, only iofls.-. ;
v An, investigation oi;tne,tnei .u
being made by Sheriff J. E. Winslow
and detectives of the railroad.
Indians Piay Ahoskie
Friday To Wind Up
;ftaneisoii r .
The Perquimans High School foot
ball -team wUr journey to; Ahoskie
today (Friday)i to meet the Aboskkl
football team in th ftaal game ,
thff. eurrent wanrf
,f Coacbtva.JllerqmMW
vforjs f or biMbpy, WeyMNtatt
oiitj tDfr the rame.Vf Mgp
Tesfi' to f.ne stj Tpli wm'dsot
tama.'smi atyffca" practics, tftVEti
Indtaner rearUlces of, the faeff-thl
they lost it and th? game with' A '
kfe prorr.'i'-s to be a battle f
atartt to finish. f "
Get Cigarettes
Cases Tried
Recorder's Court
Tuesday Morning
Negro Sentences Him
self to Six Months
Suspended on Good
Behavior
Given the opportunity to pro
nounce sentence upon himself by
Judge J. S. McNider, Herbert Brown,
Negro, charged with assauOt, thought
that six months on the roads, sus
pended on good behavior was long
enough, providing he paid court
costs.
The sentence was fixed after evi
dence had been heard that Brown as
saulted Jack Rountree, and the Court
records showed Brown has a long
list of convictions. Brown solemnly
promised the Court that "he would
not cause them any more trouble."
Judge McNider affirmed the sen
tence and ordered Clerk of Court W.
H. Pitt to collect $2 a week from
Brown until the costs were paid.
The warrant charging Elsbury
Boone, Negro, with rape was nol
prossed and a charge of assault on
Lena Bunch was pressed. The Court
fined Boone $10 and cost on his plea
of guilty to the assault charge.
Linwood Godfrey, charged with
driving a tractor on the highway,
plead guilty to this charge and paid
I'he. cost of court.
Pete Russell plead guilty to the
charge of being drunk and paid , the
cost of court.
James E. Copeland, Negro, of
Norfolk,. Va., plead guilty to the
charge of speeding and paid the cost
of court.
Guy HoJlowell, bdenton, was
granted a continuance of his case. He
is charged with being a hit and run
driver. His case is docketed foi
December 3rd.
The case of Charlie Russell, Ne
gro, charged with non-support, was
continued..
A capais was issued for Buster
Doom, Negro, charged with tres
pass, when he failed to appear in
court. .. ;. - -,
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Short Time Remains
For Perquimans To
join
Greater Need For Funds
Pointed Out; Three
More Canvassers Are
Chosen In County
With less than one week in which
to complete a thorough canvass foi
Red Cross memberships, Perquim
ans County worker! are making ev
ery effort to put tie local drive over
the top. I
Mrs. C. P. Morrib, chairman of the
Red Cross Roll Call, stated today
that reports from, various solicitors
were coming in well but that she
wished to impress upon the public
the greater need this year for Red
Cross funds.
In addition to the usual requests
for Red Cross aid, this year civilian
and military programs, both na
tionally and in local chapters, will
make a greater demand on Red
Cross funds therefore the need for a
larger membership Hist this year
than ever before can be seen if the
Red Cross hopes to carry out its
part of the preparedness program.
The time for enrollment is growing
very short and all canvassers are
urged to complete their work as. soon
as possible. j -The public is nrged to
do its bit by joining the Red Cross
Roll Call. -'
Three new solicitors "have been
a:''bM4ilra?1i8t fi3aflfc
charge of therBethel . community,
while Mrs, Jones Perry and Mrs. C.
W. Reed are making a canvass , of
the Beech Spring 'district.
, S. M. Wnedbee,' chairman of the
Perquimans County chapter of the
Red Cross, baa charge of the can
vass in the business district of Hert
ford and he announced that the
canvass wfll bevmade Thursday and
Friday of thla jweek. .
Boy Scout Troop
Tweatj'wbrii' : of the Hert
ford C07 Scout Troop No. 165' jour
neyed to Eleabetihs City last Friday
night to meet iTOthilbii Nof 161 Of
that city, . ScouW;W. 4H. Pitt
an Assistant iScputnjasWr, ;SntmK
Sawyer made b trip wlib.' the local
''"The Eliiab'tb, CStlnrboi) had
charge of a program whlcW'conaistftd
of Scout features. '
iienuross
Navy Seeking Site
For Air Base In
This Section
670 Acres Needed For
Location; Possibly 400
Men Would Be Stationed
Opportunity is again knocking on
the door of some county located in
Northeastern North Carolina.
That door could, well be Perquim
ans County's door.
The Navy Department has let it
be known that it is looking for a
si'te of approximately 670 acres of
land that can be used for a large
naval air .station, for Highter-than-air
craft. The Department has also
let it be known that it seeks this
tract of land somewhere in North
eastern North Carolina. The only
thing that is now holding the Navy
back on the project is a suitable
tract.
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11 is unaersxood by this news
paper that Naval officials, will be in
this section within a few days to
look over various tracts of Qand. The
base, according to information, will
carry a crew of some 400 or 500 men
and officers, and will mean much to
the section in which it is located.
The Weekly pauses here with this
information, and goes back to the
second paragraph of this story . . .
here is an opportunity for Perquim
ans. Certainly there is in this
county suitable land for this pur
pose. Why not make a bid to get
this air station for Perquimans?
There is little need to go Into the
benefits that would be gained if
Perquimans coulld get this base lo
cated within its borders, but we wish
I to give this warning to the public
. . . if Perquimans County wants
this air base, it will have to go after
it . . . The Weekly has already learn
ed that other counties in this section
are working toward gaining the base
for themselves ... if Perquimans
wants it, then let's get busy.
weatfer Albemarle
Association Forms
Chapter Here
J. H. Towe, C. P. Morris,
Ar W. Hefren Chosen
Directors For Per
quimans Group
Approximately fifty persons, re
presenting Perquimans County and
visitors, attended the organization
meetmg of a Perquimans County
chapter of the Greater Albemarle
Association at the Parish House in
Hertford, last Friday night.
This was the first meeting held by
the Association in Perquimans and
it was a success, inasmuch as the
chapter of the G. A. A. was formed
from the Perquimans men present
at the meeting.
Many of the local men signed
membership cards in the organiza
tion and the chapter was -dully or
ganized with the election of J. H.
Towe, Jr., C. P. Morris and A. W.j
Hefren as directors of the local chap
ter to the larger group. Mr. Towe
was also chosen 'as secretary of the
Perquimans chapter.
Wade Marr, executive secretary
of the organization, had charge ol
the meeting and made a talk point
ing out the objectives of the group
laying special emphasis on the pro
posed "trade at home" project the
group expects to launch in the near
future. Several of. the lo,cal men ex
pressed their views , concerning the
proposed project .and how best Per-
qui?oily.ftopjite with,, the
The "next ' meeting ;. of the '. Asso
ciation' .'will: be" held in Gatesville at
an early ' date in December. This
meeting will also be for the purpose
of establishing another chapter -in
the Association. Members and .visi
tors are welcome to attend the
Gatesville meeting.
Dismal Swamp Canal
Word has been received from John
P. Conkiin, War Department Engi
neer; that the Dismal Swamp Canal
will be closed for periods of two
weekV duration, starting November
25, at 12:01 a. m.
,The closing, of ja,. canal ia due to
Creek, Va. the caW Will closed
al Deeo Creek first ancLthe cloainK
t date at South. , Mill "..will 1 an-
W nounced later. T 'V- lV ' -: '
construction wore-hat'wfll w done
in connection 'mitt ''"ckfl located
at South j Mitfcrftf" and Deep
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
SET AT TWO MEN FOR
Bank Closed; Post
Office Open Next
Thursday, Nov. 28
The Hertford Banking Company
will be closed for business all day
next Thursday in observance of
North Carolina's Thanksgiving Day.
While the banking employees will
be enjoying the holiday, postal em
ployees will be on the job during the
day.
The postoffice was closed yester
day, celebrating the holiday as desig
nated by President Roosevelt, but
will be open aW day next Thursday.
The bank will reopen for business
Friday morning.
Hitler Lining Up I
Smaller States In
Diplomatic Moves
Hungary Joins Axis
Forces; Italian Army
Pushed Out of Greece
Increasing the tempo of air raids
over Engfland, Herr Hitler during
this past week has also been busy on
the diplomatic front throughout the
smaller Balkan States. Seemingly
he proposes to create a "new order"
in Southeastern Europe that will
aid his attempt at crushing England.
It is believed that this series of
conversations he has been holding
with the head men of these small
States is a means to an end, whereby
he hopes to engu'lf them into the
Nazi orbit wjthout the trouble and
expense of an invasion. Thereby
gaining for himself the loyal sup
port, both in man-power and money,
that can not be his if he uses armed
force to try to gain them.
After the Russian interviews of
last week, Germany immediately
started bombing' England more se
verely than of late and also started
visiting the leaders of the smaW
Balkan countries. Already Hungary
has joined the Axis forces and it is
expected that other small nations
of that area will sign a pact with
Hitler soon . . . excepting ,of course,
Greece who is now busy chasing the
Italians out of Greek territory. Re
ports also indicate that Turkey wiM
refrain from joining the Axis and
will fight any move that is made to
bring an army down through Bul
garia. On the war front, England lias
suffered tremendously during this
week, but reports both from London
and Berlin show that the R. A. P.
is retaliating in kind over German
territory.
London reported Thursday morn
ing that British bombers had raided
the great Bhoda Arms Works at Pil
sen, in old Czechoslovakia, for the
second time.
Berlin had reported that German
bombers had struck at Birmingham,
second (largest English city, and that
the devastation was equaled only by
that of Coventry which occurred ear
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Mrs. Ward Praised
For Work On P. T. A.
Mrs. I .A. Ward, retiring director
of the Ninth District of the North
Carolina Congress of Parents and
Teachers, has done notable work
during her three years in office, a
report given at the recent meeting
disclosed.
When Mrs. Ward took over the
directorship of the association in
the fall of 1937, there were only 19
associations in the ninth district,
and there are now 49. The member-
ship has over doubled and there are!
over five times as many study
groups.
The first year after she came into
office, Mrs. Ward won for the dis
trict the Spruill Loving Cup for the
greatest increase in associations
and the Aycock Cup for the largest
increase in membership.
At the conference recently held,
Mrs. , E. Buny, associate superin
tendent of ' the dlBtrlct, presented
Mrs. Ward with a lovely gift from
the ; diatrict,.,, Since theoak tree is
wasjuggeaavVitt jthis?Wthat it was
a Wfiilea. Wth dotta bins instead
.leave- Mrs. DOyle "-Alley,
Stated president, presented - Mrs.
War ,with air , of fold 1 andle
sticks.
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DRAFT QUOTA
FIRST CALL
First Man to Leave For
Camp on December
10; Volunteers To Go
First
Perquimans County will furnish
two men to assist North Carolina to
fill its first quota under the Selective
Military Training Act. These two
men who wffll be selected by the local
draft board consisting of J. R.
Stokes, W. G. Hollowell and W. W.
Spence, will leave Perquimans during
the first part of December. In fact
the first white man will start for
Fort Bragg on December 10 and the
first Negro draftee will leave on
December 13.
In preparation for the selection
of these first two men the 'local
draft has ordered ten Pe'quimans
registrants to appear at the offices
of Dr. C. A. Davenport for physical
examination. After these examina
tion reports have been examined by
the d i aft hoard, they will determine
the first men to go.
Perquimans County's quota of men
to be furnished, beginning with the
first call and ending next June 30, is
fifty men. It is very likely that the
first two men that will report to
Fort Bragg from Perquimans will
be volunteers, as according to regu
lations all men volunteering through
the local board will be placed at the
top of the list and they will be se
lected first, providing, of course,
they can pass the physical examina
tion. The local board has maiOed out
125 questionnaires to date and these
are being returned to the local draft
offices for the classifications which
are now going on. Approximately
one hundred men have been classified
by the local board.
These classifications place men in
one of four classes. Class 1 is those
men now avaiable for service; Class
2, men who will be deferred because
their work is valuable for the de
fense program; Class 3, men defer
red because of dependents, and Class
4, men deferred because of physical
disability. y -...r
J. R- Stokes, chairman of the local
board, stated that the draft board
mails out questionnaires during each
week and will continue to dp so un
til all men registered onder the Ser
vice Act will have received one and
been classified by the local board.
Registrants have five days to fill
ot the questionnaires and. return
them to the local draft offices.
Mr. Stokes further stated that all
men who are registered under the
act should keep in close touch with
the board. Registrants must notify
the board of any changes in address,
types of work, and all other items
pertaining to the registrant.
North Carolina will furnish 390
white men for the first call and 163
Negroes. All men from North Car
olina will report to Fort Bragg,
which will serve as induction station
for this area.
HOC Subscription
Canvass Extended
For One Week
Due to the inclement weather of
last week, the subscription drive
being made by the Home Demon
stration Qubs has been extended
for a period of one week. The drive
will close Saturday and all club
presidents are urged to see that
their club members report all sub
scription sales at The Weekly office
not later thsm 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
The drive for renewal subscrip
tions has been going on for the past
two weeks and the Home Demon
stration Clubs are making extra
money for their club activities
through the cooperation with The
Weekly. All clubs receive a gener-
ous commission on their sales and a
$o oonus u ine individual ciud sens
thirty subscriptions.
All of the clubs have sold some
subscriptions, and several of the
clubs, namely, Whiteeton, Bethel,
Belvidere, Ballahack, Helen Gaither,
Burgess and Snow Hill-White Hat,
have done exceedingly well. . The
Whiteston Club has the honor of
having sold more than any other
club to date. v
Any subscriber wishing . to help
one of the clubs during this offer
shouW do ibvWoravS(S'!Ptor4a.aiterv
noon. ' A special price offer is being
made by -:i-t.)ilurinr' this ,
drive, and the regular subscription
price; wlH m warned after this pffer
doses Saturday. The price " ot -TV ,
Perquimans Wee V, Carftf & ' j
to one dollar per j -f. "
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