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I 'tin f -1 ii li iiJila A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUQ4ANO OOUNTX Volume Vm. Number 35. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 29, 1941. $1.25 Per Year. Y r ;' ' MIMANS WliECLY V, THIS WEEK'S HEMES The Senate Finance Committee on Monday approved of additional cuts in Income-Tax Exemptions. If tne reports of this committee are earned . fut the exemption would lower un married inen'e and women's figure to ' J 750 and married men would pay tax if their yearly income reached the $1,500 mark. The committee reject ed a proposal that a nation-wide sles tax be invoked. North Carolina's tobacco farmers were rejoicing this week at the high prices paid on the opening of the ' Bright Belt markets. The average for the opening day was $28 which was nearly ten dollars higher than the sales a year ago. Senator Bailey, chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, on Tuesday appointed Senator Maloney D-Conn.) to head an investigation committee to probe the gasoline anu oil shortage now proclaimed in the Eastern States by Secretary Ickes. Conflicting statements made by i Ickes and Petroleum officials, it is Nfelieved, led to the appointment of the committee to seek the facts. The Russo-German war continues at about the same pace on the East ern front. The Nazis are still mak ing a strong drive to capture Odessa and Leningrad, but the Reds claim to be holding on all fronts. The Nazi forces have Odessa encircled and it is believed that city will fall to tne German army. Weather conditions along the entire front have been re ported as bad during ihis week ana the Reds claim that this has also helped to bog down the blitzkrelg. , Governor Broughton announced on Tuesday that the toll on Inlet femes was removed, thus the toll ferries - jeined the toll bridges as a thing of ,?M past and the people of the Outer Banks, especially, were well pleased to j learn of this riddance. Great Britain and Russia, this week, invaded the small nation of Iran, sometimes known as Persia, and thus cut short any hopes Ger many had of gaining the rich oil fields located there. The Allies serv ed notice on Iran late last week to expel Nazi "tourists" from the country, and on receiving a reply, which was termed unsatisfactory, the s'ountry was invaded from three directions. It is believed that very little re sistance will be made by the Iran fermy and that the Allies will have the territory under complete control within a very short time. Installment buying was curbed in v this country during the week-end : when new laws went into effect f whereby purchases of certain items, ., uch as automobiles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture and the like, were . . to be sold only on stipulated plans. The greatest length of time now al lowed for the nurchase of items "will be eighteen months, and larger . down payments must be made. The Navy took over the operations of the Kearny -Shipyards, located in ,; JJew Jersey, after the owners and union officials failed to get together for a settlement of their differences. Reports state that all laborers havtt .-returned to work under the Navy ' supervision and work on defense or- ders: being filled by the concern is now going ahead. The War Department this week re- duced the 10-year sentence handed out to, Private. John.. Habinyak, at a -r court-martial held at Fort Bragg, to three; yean. : The . soldier was charg ved with disobedience of orders. -'V Trouble, continues In Paris; Many ; cts of sabotage have occurred with in the occupled'French territory de spite rae lact tnat, tne ..Nans holding the French people within the territory as hostages against such $cts.- Reports state that five acts of saooiage nave oeen committed again st railroads alone, near the Pans district. ( f ' ' Frances former' premier, and pro-. TTazl, Pierre Lavsl was shot and se riously wounded near Paris Wednes day by a French youth, whom the Na-;s claim' is self -confessed -Red. Laval was reported in a -dangerous condition.-- The shooting was. another episode in ,the revolting In Frances Leon Henderson, price .administra tor, Wednesday placed a "celling'! on gasoline prices throughout the East ern States, listing the. prices for' 40 r-pal cities along the seaboard. V 3 prices ranged from 16.5 cents' a i in Washington, D. C, to 20.1 ) a gallon in- Manchester, N. H, c.j ' i t -re announced for North Boswood Anxious To Help Buyers Of Feed, Seed, Fertilizer G. C. Boswood, Representative in the General Assembly from Cum tuck County and representing the in spectdon service for feed, seed and fertilizers provided by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, was in Hertford Wednesday in the interest of informing purchasers ot feed, seed and fertilizers about the North Carolina seed law. According to the new law, each container of agricultural or vege table seeds shall have attached thereto a North Carolina seed analy sis tax purchased from the Depart ment of Agriculture upon which is listed information relative to the seed as a protection to the buyer. Mr. Boswood took a very active part in the seed law legislation ant. urges buyers of seed and fertilizer to buy oply such kind as are tagged with the N. C. Department of Agri culture tag, which is a safe-guard in preventing purchase of those of in ferior grade. Merchants To Start Sale Of Stamps On September First Defen.se Savings Stamps will soon be available at your local stores, ac cording to a statement made Wed nesday by R. M. Riddick, Perquimans County Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff. Mr. Riddick has made a canvass of all merchants in the county ana all have agreed to aid in the defense work by selling Savings Stamps di rectly to their customers. Complete arrangements for placing the stamps th local merchants are now being made and it is believed that the sale will begin by September 1. ,The plan of having local stores sell Savings Stamps is a part of a nation-wide campaign to sell the stanpiuin .order to raise money fo the .national defense program. All stores carrying Savings Stamps for sale will have placards and win dow displays announcing their coop eration in the drive, thus the public will soon be able to buy the stamps conveniently from its neighboring merchants without having to make a trip to the post office or bank. In preparation for a further drive for the sale of Defense Bonds, Mr. Riddick announced that he had ap pointed a committee chairman for each township in the county and these are: W. E. Dail, New Hope; Charles E. White, Bethel; C. P. Morris, Hertford; John T. Lane, Bel videre, and Mrs. C. F. Garrett, Park ville. These chairmen will direct the drive in their respective town ships. A meeting of the entire Perquim ans County committee will be held very shortly, according to Mr. Rid dick, and the plans of the Defense Savings Staff will then be outlined by C. H. Robertson, State chairman. Members of the committee will be notified of the meeting by Mr. Rid dick. One Hundred Fifty Attend Qub Picnic Last Thursday P. M. One hundred and fifty people, members of the Perquimans County Home Demonstration Clubs and their families, attended the annual County wide picnic held last Thursday after noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Davenport. After enjoying many interesting games and1 swimming, which were di rected by P. TL Jamieson, Assistant Farm Agent, the large group did jus tice to a sumptuous picnic supper prepared by the ladies of the Home Demonstration dubs. ' Hertford lions dub Held Meeting Friday The Hertford Lions Club held Its regular meeting last Friday night at the Hotel Hertford. In addition to the; regnJar ' business - session, v., the local club entertained eight member of the Elisabeth City Lions Club and three representatives of the National Youth Administration. PREACHING AT WOODLAND METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. D. Granford wall preacfi at Woodland Methodist Church on Sun day morning at' 11' o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. ' An. extra effort ' is being made to finish raising all of the orphanage "assessment for Wood land ' Church. J Everyone is . cordially invited to com and bring ".' friends to Mce Dart in this wonderful work wh'rh 1st helping the orphan dhildren Petitioners Seek Mail Service On Hertford Route 2 Possibility That Deliv ery May Be Added Jn Near Future After two turn-downs by the Post 'Mfice Department, it now seems that seven families residing in the Beecn Spring section will soon be added to Hertford Rural Route Two, and thus receive their mail deliveries at thetr homes. Last January the petitioners, Al fred Rountree, Carson Howell, Way- land Howell, W. F. Howell, Jones Perry and W. M. Byrum, enlisted the aid of the Hertford lions Club and presented their plea to the Post Office Department through Con gressman Herbert Bonner. A total of 22 persons is affected by the ser vice. After an investigation by the Pos tal Department, it was learned that the extension asked for by the peti tioners aid not meet tne require ments of the Department, inasmucn as four families do not live on the road for each mile asked to be added.! inererore, tne Department has sug gested that 1.2 miles be added to the route. This will give service to six of the seven families petitioning for the extension. Postmaster S. M. Whedbee has been asked by the De partment to contact the petitioners to learn if this extension will be sat isfactory and it is possible that if the 1.2 miles extension meets with approval the added service will start within the next two months. Special Labor Day Program On Monday At Albemarle Beach A special Labor Day program wifl De neia at AiDemarie Beach, near Plymouth, on Monday, September i. At that time local unions of the A. F. of L. will hold their annual cele bration which will include speakers of national fame. Boat races will feature the afternoon program. At night a dance will be held with music by Hal Thurston and his or chestra featuring a vocalist, favors and la grand march. The affair is expected to attract a large number of people from Wash ington County as well as from ad joining counties. Four Cases Heard Recorder's Court Four cases were heard in Perquim ans Recorder's Corut here Tuesday morning when Judge Granberry Tucker continued prayer for judge ment in the case of S. B. Seymour, who was found guilty of stopping a motor vehicle on the highway with out proper use of flares. The case was an outgrowth of an accident which occurred on tne Hertford-Edenton Highway two weeks ago when David Pike and Lin wood Pierce smashed head-on Into the rear of a truck being driven by Seymour. The youths testified they were unable to see the truck until it was too late to miss striking it. Sey mour testified that something went wrong with the truck and the lights dimmed out and the motor stopped running just as the collision occurred and he had no time to make 'jhe pro per precautions. Judge Tucker continued judgement until the total amount of damages to Pike and Pierce could be determined. Russell East, 17-year-old Hertford youth, was given a three months suspended sentence and placed on probation for a period of two years after pleading guilty to a charge of larceny. The State took- a nol pros to a charge of breaking and entering. East broke into the home of Brooks Whedbee and it was stated took a piece of pie, a bottle of milk and some cookies. Mary Etta Webb, Negress, was found guilty of using profanity on the streets and was taxed with the costs of court. Hazel Felton, Negress, was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and was assessed the costs of court. Sheriff To 3ell Property Monday ' Sheriff j.?. Emmet" Window , will sell' at public auction on Monday, September J, at 12 o'clock noon,' all real .property ' on which 1940 taxes have not been paid. The sale will be held at the Courthouse door." The list of properties to be sold appears in this issue of The Weekly for the last'time. 07 ' ' l :t f Officials Outline Details Diversion Of Peanut Crop Quota Peanuts May Be Sold to Peanut Cooperative Details of a program to divert peanuts produced in 1941 into the manufacture of oil and by-products, similar to the diversion programs ot previous years, was announced this week by the Department of Agricul ture. Under the program, quota peanuts, which are those produced on the 1941 AAA peanut acreage allotment can be sold by North Carolina grow ers to the Growers' Peanut Coopera tive, Inc., at prices established by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard on August 1. Federal payments will be made to the cooperating producers for quota peanuts diverted to the manufacture of oil and by-products. The pay ments will be the difference between value of the peanuts for oil and. the scheduled price plus handling, stor age, and selling costs. Under the program producers also may deliver non-quota or excess pea nuts (produced on acreages in ex cess of the acreage allotment) to the same agencies without being subject to penalties provided under the Agri cultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended. In accordance with that act, pro ducers who market their excess pea nuts through the designated agencies must be paid not less than the mar ket value for crushing for oil on the day of delivery, less estimated costs of handling, storing and selling of the peanuts. Excess peanuts mar keted outside the designated agen cies will be subject to 3-cents per pound penalty. It is possible that all excess pea nuts acquired by a designated agency cannot be sold immediately. If the required prices paid the producers are more than the amount received by the agencies, Federal payments are provided to reimburse the agen cies. Quota peanuts purchased by the cooperating agencies likely will be warehoused until demand from the edible trade can be determined while non-quota peanuts probably will be sold to crushing mills as soon as they are acquired. No Federal payments will be made for quota or non-quota peanuts resold to the ed,r ble trade or for any purpose other than for crushing for oil. School Bus Drivers Get Brief Training A brief training course for Per quimans County's fourteen regular school bus drivers, and six subsitute drivers, was held at the High School building on Tuesday. The meeting was conducted by Mrs. J. R. Futrell, District Super visor of the Stale Highway Safety Division, and Highway Patrolman Jack Gaskill. A complete program for highway safety was outlined to the bus drivers and a short quiz was given at the close of the course. Both Mrs. Futrell and Patrolman Gaskill commended the local drivers on tne showing they made at ?the comple tion of the course. The entire group was guests at a luncheon served at noon at the Hote Hertford. The training course was given n, preparation of the opening of the coming school year, when the school bus drivers will take over the trans portation of Perquimans school chil dren to and from school. Baptist Group To Meet In Edenton September 23 -24 Members of the Edenton Baptist Church will be hosts to the Chowan Baptist Association which will meet in the Edenton church Tuesday and Wednesday, September 23 and 24. The Association is composed of six eastern counties and present plans point to a yery delightful and en lightening program. Dr. E. W.' Potts, of Elizabeth City, will be moderator during the two-day session', ..with the principal address schedured be-dellvered by the Rev. wv AiWggjnaj ot iiei&n secretary of,' the .Stat:YBapti8t : Convention. Another feature of the meetings will H : addresses by ' two . missionanes, one from China and the other from American Legion To Meet Friday Night At Court House The Perquimans Post of the American Legion will hold its regu lar August meeting Friday night, August 29, at 8 o'clock (OST), at the Courthouse. Post Adjutant B. C. Berry statea that the report of the 1942 member ship drive will be given by the mem bership committee and it is hopea that personal citations may be pre sented to at least two members at the meeting Friday evening. The citations will be given those mem bers who have signed at least ten veterans to membership in Post 12b. The post will also make plans for a "dutch-treat" fish fry to be held n September. Mr. Berry urges all veterans, eith er those who are non-members of the local post, the 1941 members and the 1942 members to attend the Friday meeting in order that the 1942 men. bership drive may be explained to ail veterans of the County. Deadline For Essays Set September 15th By UDC Historian Mrs. J. J. Andoe, of Greensboro, historian for the North Carolina Di vision of the United. Daughters of the Confederacy, announces that es says competing for the score of tro phies and cash prizes offered this year must be in her hands by Sep tember 15. Historical essays com peting for prizes offered by the General United Daughters of the Confederacy must be received by Mrs. Andoe on or before the same date. A new prize has been added to the list made public early in the year. Ten dollars offered by Mrs. E. l,. McKee, of Sylvia, a former division president, will be awarded to the dis trict director who does the best ail around, district work and who has her annual report in on time. Essays must not contain morfe than 2,500 words and the number of words must be stated on the top left-hand corner of the first page. They must be typed on one side of the paper only and signed with a fic titious name. This name and the essay subject must be written on a sealed envelope containing the au thor's real name, chapter, and ad dress and attached to the manuscript. Bibliographies must accompany eaoi essay. Manuscripts must not be folded and should be sent to Mrs. J. J. Andoe, Division Historian, 923 IS. Eugene Street, Greensboro, North Carolina. Entries will be judged by compe tent judges according to the extent of research, originality of thought,, accuracy of statement, and excellence of style which they show. Letters From Boys Serving The USA 51st Air Base Squadron Eglin Field, Florida August 22, 1941 Mr. Max Campbell, Editor, The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, North Carolina. Dear Max: I received my first issue of The Perquimans Weakly and now I'm much more homesick than I was, al though it's really good, to read the news. All the boys from Perquimans here at Eglin Field have been re cieving clippings from the paper, but as soon as they got their hands on the complete paper you could see their faces brighten. Eglin Field has surely expanded in the last three weeks. At tne time we arrived here, there were only about 1,600 men; now there is double that number. For the last few days we have continuously heard the sound of construction. Ninety stucco and brick barracks are being rapidly built to meet the expanding growth of Eglin Field. Although there is a large number of all new types of Army planes stationed at this field, there has been approximately fifty new pursuit planes transferred here to accommodate the advanced cadets that are -now completing their train ing before being commissioned. With the additional new planes, and when all are in the air, there seems to be a contest between the roar of plane motors and the sound of construction to determine which is making the most noise although the chatter of machine gun fire from the planes over the restricted area just off the field wins the blue ribbon. Now that we are in the - Air Corps, and hear this noise, j I ':ei;)indenttjid:wi:w had a more rigid examination of eyes i- (Continued On Page: Four) ' State Draft Officer Advises Registrants On Classification Questionnaires to Be Mailed to All New Registrants Any matter pertaining to the clas sification of a Selective Service reg istrant must be taken up directly with the local board with which he is registered, General J. Van B. Metts, State Director of Selective Service, advised registrants, their dependents and employers today . Communications on this subject ad dressed to State or National Selec tive Service Headquarters are al ways referred to the proper local board., he said, because only local boards can act upon the cases of in dividual registrants until they have been classified, and appeal from a classification must be made through the local board of the registrant. Tie said: "Any person entitled to appeal the classification of a registrant the registrant himself, any person who claims to be a dependent of the reg istrant, or any person who has filed written evidence of the occupational necessity of the registrant may do so within ten days after the regis trant's notice of classification was mailed, unless the local board has extended that time. The appeal may be made in either of two ways: "1. By filing with the local board a written notice of appeal. Such no tice need not be in any set form, but it must state the name of the regis trant ami the name and identity of the appellant to show he has the right to appeal. "2. By signing the 'Appeal to Board of Appeal' on the registrant's questionnaire (DSK Form 40)." Director Metts emphasized the pro vision of Selective Sen'ice Regula tions that the person who makes an appeal may attach to his notice of appeal, or to. the registrant's ques tionnaire, ji statement specifying -wherein he believes the local board has been in error; that he may point out any information in the regis trant's file which he believes has been passed over without proper consideration, and re-state in full any data which the local board has failed or refused to include in the registrant's file. "While both State and National Headquarters have sympathetic re gard for every registrant, these Headquarters obviously cannot con sider the case of each individual reg istrant" the Director pointed out. "This is the responsibility of the lo cal board. Its members have that intimate knowledge of the registrant, of his personal situation, and of the National Defense needs of his com munity that must be given primary consideration in any democratic sys tem. The local board must have classified a registrant for selection or deferment before either State or National Headquarters can act upon his case." The local draft board mailed out ten questionnaires on Wednesday to men who registered July 1. Mrs. T. B. Sumner, clerk of the local boara, stated that all men who registered in the July list will receive their questionnaires within the next two weeks. No call for men to be furnished during September has been received by the Perquimans board. Four of the seven Negro selecteeu who went to Fort Bragg on August 21 have been rejected for service by the Army and have returned home. Three of those rejected failed to past, the physical examination. Rotarians Enjoy Fishing Trip To Ocean View Thursday- Members of the Hertford Rotary Club gathered at the Raiford, Boat House at Ocean View Thursday af ternoon and enjoyed a fishing party on Chesapeake Bay. The fishing trip took the place of the regular Tuesday meeting of the local club. Bank And Postoffice To Qose Monday The Hertford Banking Company and the Post Office will be closed all day Monday in observance of Labor Day, according to announcements' made this week by R. M. Riddick, cashier of the bank, and S. M. Whed- bee, postmaster. The bank will reopen on Tuesday morning. ' ; There will be no rural mail deliver- . ies on Monday, but all mail, Incoming and outgoing, received at the post--office will be dispatched j and also J; placed in the boxes at the local office ; A -. :.::