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.. . .-4 .'. . - - ...j j1" . t. - 5 -i - f. '.,'.V 1 i f ! f ; i j, I1 ilHiii f - 7 . . SV'' Ar 7 NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY 13 YIL-. . -ot ' x , Hertford Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday December 20. 1940. $1.25 Per Year. WEEKLY u K..;;yTCuuiLiiiTiVE;susPEf!DS Ly .CJGUIJTiL AFTER R. C. Holland Briefly Hcviefs Operations ; Of Organization $L. C. Holland, assistant manager ,l of 'Growers Peanut Cooperative, In- corporated, in' charge of operations of that association in North Carolina, ijj' in commenting on the operations of the association during the present 'peav't-marketing season, on Tuesday f -said: "Followincr the announcement 'hs IS the Surplus Marketing AdmiiiiBtra - , tion of the U. S. Department of Agri culture -of the Peanut Surplus Jle ' V.Hioval Trogram this association set out to establish a warehouse system , in North Carolina and Virginia to r handle tibat program. The first lot " of peanuts was purchased by the as f p sociatlon at WJImington, North Caro y Una, on November 11. During the , ,weeki of November 11 warehouses - were opened to purchase and receive U peanuts 'for the association at va j .fius' points in North Carolina, but i the operations of the association did ') not really get under way until No- 'V Mm)i 1ft - Ttnrincr t.lut i?K wArkinB ! flkdaysjbeginning November 16 and end- si Vg December 16, the associanon pur- 7:" ll.-iJ . -J J-J v- cnaseu, receiveu, groucu, wigucy S f and, stored in North Carolina an av I waterage of 2740 bags of peanuts per day for which it paid the growers t delivering them an average of $81,000 , ; per day. ' "For the period from November 11, 1940, through December 14, 1940 the association purchased from 3,800 ' , 'peanut farmers 32,317 tons of farm J ;' era stock "peanuts, or the equivalent I' of 681,000 bags, which peanuts were graded, weighed and stored in ware ' i houses' jn North Carolina for which " the association paid $1,976,000. Thse 'jpeanujts"were stored in 60 ware Inrntpd at the following re- I ceiving points in North Carolina: Rich Square, CJarkton, Roanoks Ra t pids, . Greenville, Enfield, . Scotland, f Kf nnUohnm: Windsor. Flvmoutn. S i.-mif a t. a,vu- K. ' ,rTrSLti , 0er nm. by J" Tucker Arnonville.. Colerain. Aulander, fiates, V Jackson, Roibr Tariro, , fEdentoi " Seaboard, -Woodland, Williamstoh, , Weldon, Jtfttrjbar, , ilminjrtoni : rtm09 1nNor!rolin My0m iauthoriaed to cease receiving,,peanuts' i for the association at the. 'close, oft '" business on Saturday, December 21, and to resume buying and receiving peanufs, on December 30; and to con- 'tinue buying and receiving operations lintil midnight oI'April 30, W41 the last day of the buying period of the association, as fixed by the Secretary X of Agriculture. , ' T ,i "It is conservatively estimated that I t&e Association, if good weather pre- vails "during the remainder of this j week; and based on receipts, during the past1 week, will have' purchased A and stored, in NortL Carolina at the close of business on December 21, 39,000 to at peamrts, or the equiva - lent of 850,000 bags, for which it will ' have paid to the peanut farmers de livering the peanuts $2,600,000. -'t "Competent.. authorities estimate . that the v Peanut Surplus Removal '.Program wiU increase the income of peanut farmers of North Carolina for the 1940 crop by not less than four to five million dollars. f.TBif ftai.-Section of the J ,'North Carolina Department of Agri Y culture has worked haind ii hand with the Association Jri its operations in North Carolina, in fact, the-Nortfo Carolina Department of Agriculture loSned I v Harry T. Westcott, Junior nt to the ' V. S. , Department of riculture "In ordr tliatl might fe3iai'i'wreatth.'.f t',8 U. S. Department of Agriculture' to devcis his entire time to supervis ing V insjectiotf serc with . i Peanut. BurpiuSyvemovai ; Pre?: i in North i Carolina. ' ; The -rvio ) far rendered by Mr.West ' capacity has been of ..high ' rtdrely Mfactory&Tlie t tor the inspectioa 'Mtr so1 fast that'' j it was l- r.S'stcoitfliaVB illr. Ii. (V, Holland ;, cpresentativebf .. the'U enof';Agilcultui,iW8j i he has ably assisted Mr. i this work..- ., . 'epotedjiere'; ttata' i ba'nk, namely; 5 Mi .1 Trust Company; Ea-. Carolina,;';' has arranged '. every t dollar paid to r peanuts " 'purchased " 4 account of the aa rh Carolina to date. jiU likcfly"j provide t trzy bei reguired Jj f;r (purchasing C --'"" daring .the T '. t ' fsriod ; ." T.oval DECEIVER 3 Postoffice Remains Open Saturday AU Day For Benefit Of Public Announcement was made today by Postmaster S. M. Whedbee that tine Hertford Postoffice will be open Sat urday afternoon, December 21, for the convenience of the public in mail ing Christmas packages. The local postoffice usually closes during the half day on Saturdays, but the stamp windows and facilities will remain open this week, i The postoffice will be closed all day on Christmas Day. There will be no deliveries, except Specials, however mail wil be dispatched and placed in the boxes located at the postoffice. Durants Neck Negro Found Guilty Of Stealing Soy Beans ? Long Session Needed to Clear Recorder Dock et Tuesday Enos Mallory, Negro, of Durants Neck, was found guilty of stealing soybeans from E. M. Perry in a hearing before Recorder Granberry Tucker on Tuesday. The hearing lasted more than four hours, and ended with sentence sus pended until the condition of proba tion imposed by Judge I. M. Meekins, in a Federal Court hearing on liquor charges, have been investigated. Sentence will be passed at the next terra of Recorder's Court. Mallory was found not guilty of breaking and entering property of FVank Overton of Durants Neck, J wnere t where the soybeans were stored. on Tuesday included that of Rudy TVrner, of; the Chappell Hill Bection, who plead' guilty to hit and; run driving. .Turner was fined $15 and tyllara of this.; amount as'oerdliald'-- frPfSfflups? Negro, whose car was struck; George Clinton Nelson, Negro, was fcund guilty of failure to support his bastard child, five-year-old daughter of Willie Lee Forehand. Prayer for judgment was continued, on condi tion that Nelson pay $1.60 per week to support the child, and costs of court action. Guy HoAlowell, of Edenton, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and paid total costs amounting to $32.56, which included damages to the. car of Jake Mathews, which was involved in an accident with the Hollowell car. Andrew Alonzo Dale, Negro, pOead guilty to driving with improper li cense, f rayer lor judgment was continued., - Grandy Whie, Negro, charged with assault on Mildred Johnson, al so a Negro, with his fists, a knife, a piece bf iron and other articles, was found -guilty,., 'jHe was ordered to pay ccts of court, prayer for judg ment being continued upon, one year's (good behavior. Testimony showed that White did little more than threaten Mitdred. : 'The cases -against Addie Webb Har relF and Will Dennis, Harrell, both Negroes, was continued. . Leon Taylor, Negro, alias James Madison Taylor, paid costs of cour .for reckless driving. . : Andrew Spelman, Negro, , paid , j $10 fine and'eosta for transporting and possessing illegal liquor , trning;!lssued In v Regards To Working ; (ts.pYhrj -Misss Ruth Davenport, County We! . Jhatall, ;thiidrei; rdr thejige of 1 arB'must Havf before beinf .employed. fiMSiwjf Applicat" --Sil$itmu. mfiWim-im:Ww' of- ficelocatod ;;in.;flii'fdieiue; and Miss Davenport jrequeats all - children tq i 'get,these permits before applying .for; enployment. .I ievl' p.'?CTSJifo Wlnf aB Methodist Churclt, announced Wednesday, 'te'biir k strictly musical programj present', hy he church choir ion 'Stmihy vert irig,, Decrr.ber V -iZX rtt li cord!;:! fcr::. -i h I i--im v :n c-rr '?.y '-i t -, j t. -n- - - - - , . - , CL C. Buck Chosen As Master For Masonic Lodge For 1941 Installation of New Of ficers to; Take Place January 7th Perquimans Lodge Number 106 A. F. & A. M., of Hertford, held elec tion of officers for the year 1941 at its first regular communication in December. The officers elected to serve during the. coming year are as follows: G. C. Buck, Master; C. R. Holmes, Senior Warden; John D. Hill, Junior Warden; J. B. VJpk, Secretary, and George W. Jackson, Treasurer. Worshipful Master-elect Buck an nounced the folllowing appointments of appointive officers and committees: Archie T.- Lane, Senior Deacon; Jack S. Gaskill, Junior Deacon; John O. White, Jr., Senior Steward; Mar shall R. Owens, Junior Steward; F T. Johnson, Chaplain; W. A. Hoffler, Tyler. Finance Committee: C. P. Morria, Chairman; F. T. Johnson, J. W Za chary. Orphanage Committee: W. H. Pitt Chairman; Claude D. White, J. H. Towe. Resolutions Committee: C. R. Holmes, Chairman D. J. Pritchard, J. S. McNider. Fellowship Committee: J. D. Ml, Chairman; Simon Rutenburg, R. C. Skinner, J. F. Winslow. 120th Year Celebration Commit "tee: B. C. Berry, Chairman; J. E. Winslow, L. W. Anderson, C. P. Quincy, T. S. White. Installation of officers will be held in Hall of Perquimans Lodge No. 106, in the Courthouse BuiQding, on the evening of January 7, 1941. In stallation will be conducted by the retiring Master, F. T. Johnson, and a Roll Call of all members of the lodge will be held at the same timev. Perquimans Lodge was founded in 1821 and celebrated its 100th anni versary in 1921. The Lodge plans a similar celebration in 1941 to com memorate its 120th year. Perquimans Band To Monday Night The Perquimans High School Band, under the direction of Jimmy Mc Callum, will give a public concert next Monday night at 7:30 on the Courthouse Green. The Band will feature Christmas carofls and marches during the even ing and each member has been prac ticing well toward this concert. The public is invited to attend and listen to the Band'sperformance. Christmas Cantata At Baptist Church Sunday Morning: Sei? ctions from Stul't's "The Won drous LightVhave fceen chosen foi the Christmas. Cantata of the Hert ford Baptist Church, which will be presented at the morning service Sunday. The sermon, will be delivered by the pastor, the Rev. Clarence Heb good. There wiU be a White Christ mas entertainment for. the children at the evening service, and gifts will be brought t6 place under the Christ mas tre. ' V. :'f,: 'li.. r ., . " 'i i i I County Schools To Start Christmas Vacation Dec. 20 Perquimans County's schools are jn the midst; of their pre-Christmas !(n'so;-Ma;'iiyekj prior to tin holiday vacation which will begin on Friday,; Decembe 20, according, to F X A CWristinaa itree, and an exchange of presents wilA feature, Friday after noon; and 'the' schools will dis missed for I the 12 days1 vacation. All classes ; will be resumed on January 2. i k ),ti ' 1 'V Lions Club Meets 1 FridaNigfttAt idtelgiwira "Th"Hertit6rdnJons Club Witt held Its regular meeting tonight (Friday) at the Hotel Hereford.. AU members are ugeds'M h0 present A'program Give Concert'Next wwi 13 pv9n:wicier t,?e direction oxl m to every. -memoer tr the W Face Serious Charges As Results Of Accident Death Manslaughter Charges To Be Filed Against Winslow and Key Two Perquimans County men, Johi L. Winslow, white, and Robert Key Negro, will be charged with man slaughter as the result of the death of Shaderick Boone, Negro, who died in the Elizabeth City Hospital Wed nesday morning at 7:40. Patrolman Jack Gaskill has noti fied CTer!k of the Court W. H. Pitt to draw warrants charging the two men with manslaughter as the alleg ed drivers of the two cars which fig ured in an accident on the Hertford Center Hill highway ealy Monday morning, resulting in injuries to Boone from which he died. Winslow has adso been charged with driving drunk, assault with a deadly weapon, to wit, an automobile. This case which was scheduled for the recorder's court on Tuesday was postponed. Key was charged with reckless driving but the more serious charge will be added to the warrant. The accident which cost Boone his life occurred about 1 A. M. Monday morning. It was alleged that Wins low's car collided with the car sup posedly to have been driven by Key and that Boone was injured. The in jured Negro was left at the scene of the accident for approximately two hours before he was brought to Hert ford by Winslow. Medical treatment was given at the Hertford Clinic, then Boone was removed to the hos pital. Upon first investigation ,by Patrol man Gaskill and Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens, Key aMeged that he was not the driver of the car but in a statement issued later by Winslow and given to Gaskill, Winslow stated that Key was driving the other car at the time of the accident. The case will probably be heard on December 31 before Recorder's Court Judge Granberry Tucker. Christmas Seal Sale Reports Show Good Results In County From present indications the Christmas Seal Sale is going over the top in Perquimans County. Incom plete reports show that the sum of $54.40 has been turned over to the County Chairman, Mrs. I. A. Ward. Mrs. Ward stated on Wednesday that she was well pleased with the results thus far and that she is iure that when the total returns are iihmitted that it will exceed the $9B quota of Perquimans. Solicitors of Christmas Seals nave until Christmas Day to make sales of these small stickers, funds raised from the sale of them being used in the fight against tuberculosis. Only two of the many groups sell ing the Seals have reported thus far: the Winfall School reporting $26.55, and the solicitors of the business dis trict of Hertford reporting $27.85 Other schools and groups are expect ed to report shortly after Christmas Day. Any person not yet solicited, and who wishes to aid in this worthy en deavor, may get 'Seals by phoning Mrs. I. A. Ward at her home in Hertford. The phone number is 2681. Committee To Judge Home Decorations On Sunday Night The Woman's Club committee, com posed of Mrs. S. P. Jessup, Mrs. J. G. Robenon and Mrs. I. A. Ward, will make s tour of Hertford Sunday night to Judge the1 home decorations ;'r the prime being awarded by the 'Clob: for; the best decorated home. The committee requests aM persona to turn: on their Christmas lights on Sunday evening in order that they Jnay judge eacft ' home. ' The prise will; be given to the home with the best : decorations, regardless of whether the home has been entered in the contest or not. Christmas Day Service t Holy Trinjty Church On Christmas Day there will be Celebration of the, Holy Communion st Holy Trinity Church ftt 11 o'clock. A very sincere invitation is extend- commun- 110 HERTFORD MERCHANTS TO CLOSE STORES WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK Large Number Of Families Remain On Christmas List There is still a number of fami lies in Perquimans County who will need aid if they are to have a joyfufl Christmas, according to Miss Ruth Davenport, County Welfare Agent. Miss Davenport reported on Wed nesday that various club groups had notified her that they would take care of ten families. This leaves about sixty-five families yet to be cared for. The local agent has con tributions from thp Hertford Lions Club and another unidentified indi vidual amounting to $11 to assist with the Joy Fund. Persons desiring to aid in thiti undertaking may do so by getting in touch with Miss Davenport. Draft Board Expects Next Call To Come Early In January Local Board Ready With 154 Classified; Class A-l Totals 27 Although the local draft board ha not received official word from Ra leigh, it is expected that the next draft call for Perquimans County to furnish its quota of men will come early in January. Ne quotas for the State of North Carolina were announced in Raleigh on Tuesday, and according to these quotas the State will be expected to furnish 1,635 white and 366 Negro dtv.ftees during January. Governor Hoey received, instruc tions from Washington which said that all of the white men would be inducted into service at Fort Bragg and would then be sent to Fort Jackson to be assigned to the 30th Division. These quotas, as released by offi cials in Raleigh, are approximately fourtimes as great as the first 'quVtas filled durtrit ' Decfnbw1- and therefore, it is .highly probable that each draft board, including Per quimans will be caJled on to furnish four times the number of men sent during this month. Perquimans furnished two men to aid in filling the first call. George Butler and John Henry Billups, Negro, left Hertford on December 9th and 13th, respectively, for Fort Bragg. The locaJ draft board, composed of J. R. Stokes, W. G. Hollowell and W. W. Spencer, have been keeping abreast with the program and are all ready for the next call. To date the local board has classified 154 'men. Of this totall 27 have been placed in Class A-l. Out of the 154 men classified, 15 of them have received their medical examination by Dr. C. A. Davenport, local examination officer, and two ol this number have been rejected, leav ing 13 men awaiting the next call from Uncle Sam. The mailing of questionnaires to locall registrants was temporarily halted last week by members of the local board, but the mailing of these forms will be resumed during the first week in January. Registrants have five days in which to return the questionnaires to the local board after having received them. Any person receiving ques- tionnaires and wisning aid in filing them out may get the same by call ing on the following men who have been designated to assist in this work: C. R. Holmes, Sammie Sutton, W. G. Newby, C. P. Morris, Norman Trueblood and W. G. Thompson. Special Program At Methodist Church Sunday Afternoon : A special Christmas program will be presented at the Hertford Metho dist Church Sunday afterpoon at 5 o'clock. In addition to the musical pro gram by the choir, the twilight ser vice will feature a pageant to be pre sented under the direction of Mrs. B. G. Koonce, and a Christmas . Tree, under which will be placed' gifts brought for those who night pother wise go lacking for Christmas cheer. ; Contribution are to be distributed by the Sunday - School; Department, tn Christmas Eve. 1 t At the mornint service, the Rev. R. F. Il -ana, ar ipneejf ne wfll use as lis; subject '."TV bthervjM tat lis; subject ythr1,,lvlapdflnger tdithemselv until it 'wi s". Two Day Vacation En ables Employees to Have Longer Holiday In further keeping with the Christ mas holiday spirit the Hertford mer chants will give their emplloyees a two-day vacation next week. All stoies in Hertford's downtown sec tion will be closed Wednesday (Christmas Day) and Thursday in order that store employees may bet ter enoy the time with families and friends during the Christmastime. Announcement of the closing came after a petition, asking all merchants to cooperate with the plan, was cir- culated throughout the business dis ! trict on Monday, and the following merchants s'gneJ: Hertford Banking Company, Davenport & Blanchard, J. C. Blanchard & Company, Hertford Hardware, Hollowell Chevrolet Co., WinsHow-VVliite Motor Company, Mrs. Jake White, Simon's, Morgan Furni ture Co., Rose's, R. S. Jordan, Mor gan Grocey, Hilda's, Gregory's, Goodwin, Danlen Brothers, 'Stokes, Pender's, Bill Jordan, Central Gro ! eery, Paragon, Skinner's, Johnson j vhite, Perquimans Feed and Seed store, iowe Motor Company, Rid dick's Cleaners and Cannon Cleaning Works. Stores will reopen for business as usual on Friday morning and these merchants ask their patrons .to kind ly wait the inconvenience ih order that all store employees may have a longer merrier Christmas. The Weekly will also observe the holiday week by publishing its regu lar December 27th issue on Monday, December 23. This early edition will enable our printers to enjoy a longer holiday. All persons having news items for next week's paper are urg ed to phone them in to us not later than Saturday noon. Mrs. Wp White Returns Home From Work In China After having spent the past five and a half years in China, Mrs. Mat- dr'en, Geneva JoSepflS and Nori&jii, are at home in Hertford with Mrs. White's mother, Mrs. L. W. Norman. Mrs. White's husband, the Rev. Phillip White, is still in Greater Honan, China, where the couple have made their home while doing mis sionary work under the auspices of the Southern Baptist Mission Board. Mrs. White and the children arriv ed in San Francisco aboard the S. S. Ship Washington, on December 8, having sailed from Shanghai on No vember 20, leaving China after the third notice of evacuation sent out by the American Consul, and in com pliance with the ruling of the Mis sion Board. Mr. Vhite plans to re main in China until his furlough is due, which will' be in 1942, after a seven-year period of service. Both Mr. and Mrs. White are na tives of Hertford. Mr. White is the son of I. A. White, while- Mrs. White is the daughter of the late L. W. Norman and Mrs. Normarlt Mr. and Mrs. White left Hertford in August of 1935. on their second trip to China as missionaries. The first period of service in China begati in 1924. They spent three years working on their first trip. Forced to return to A merica in 1927 because of the revo lution in China, they felt that their work was unfinished. So after spending nearly a year at home, dur ing which time Mr. White served as pastor of Kings Memorial Baptist Church at Leaksville, the two mis sionaries went back to continue their work with tiie Chinese, this time tak ing their two children with them. Though not in the most dangerous war zone since May 1938, the White family have at all times since that time been in a danger zone, because of skiriAges occurring here and there and uprisings at various points. The city in which they lived, Kweiteh, was bombed in 1938, and finally taken over by the Japanese. The Japanese have occupied the city since that date, although with con siderable difficulty due to minor up risings from time to time. During the bombing in 1938 the bombs fell immediately outside their compound waMs, according to Mrs. White, "It wasnt so bad being 't in the midst of the war as it Srss hearing about it," said MrV'WhlttV',In ex planation of this 'rather,1, smsring statement Mrs. White said - that at the time there was so touch1 to do to care' for thorn needing assistance! that one never really realised 1 the'1'- 1 11 j,' 1 i v. 1 V 1 j ' ,1 - r..r.ls r;nd3h Kc:;nald ltytt'in whose-, enh ters isi 7;&J?i. $4&iW$'Hl Chriatmss Iay service, U fconi 1! 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