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1 " i v , ' t ' K J Jr. J 5 wmm : " ytf tftri A WEEKLY NEVSPAZll DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDiKg 0? HERTFORD AND EBRQUIIIAU3 CQUKTX Volume VIII. Number 37. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 12, 1941. $1.25 Per Year. I; 'f'A 'V.: THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES - The Senate, late last week, aprov- I ed the larsre revenue bill in which T867 millions of dollars were added 'hi the Senators over the bill, as ap- Tseeved by the House. The bill has ow been returned to the House for an okeh. It is likely that the low t ered income tax brackets will be left . 'intact by the lower house. Disorders in Paris are still being reported and the new releases state that hostages, Frenchmen being held by the Nazis to prevent outbreaks, are being killed in retaliation for the "murders" of German army men. The Russian battle front remains about the same during this waek. The Nazis are still trying to storm Leningrad, but Red reports state that civilians of that city have joined with . the Russian soldiers and are still V. holding out. Germany reports thai the Russians are making strong counter-attacks on the central front, and some authorities believe that iTpth winter weather approaching, ' tler will be forced to withdraw his vRfOrces at some points in order to straighten out his battle line and fight a defense war during the bad weather. Draft Board Ordered To Place 28-Year-Old Men In Class 1-H School Bells Ring The Perquimans Draft Board has received notification from State Headquarters that all men who reached their 28th birthday before July 1, 1941, shall be placed in Class 1-H, and thus temporarily, if not permanently, be deferred from mili tary service. Perquimans was not called on to furnish any selectees during the month of September, and as yet has not received any calls far men for the month of October. The quotas for white men have already been re leased, but it is possible that the lo cal board may receive a quota for Negroes during the next month. According to Mrs. T. B. Sumner, clerk of the local board, 14 white men and eight Negroes are now placed in Class 1-A and are ready to be called for service. All of the young men who register ed on July 1, have now received their questionnaires and the local draft .board met Wednesday for the pur pose of classifying these men. No tices of their classification will be forwarded to them by the local office, Next Wednesday For Perquimans Children Marks Close of Summer Vacation; Short Ses sion First Day tlavy Department To V Sponsor Advert ismg Campaign For Men ti Campaign to Cover Four ' Southern States For Volunteers School days for Perquimans Coun ty children are just around the cor ner. F. T. Johnson, County Superin tendent, stated this week that ail plans will be completed by Wednes day morning, when all schools will open at 10 o'clock, Daylight Saving Time. School bus drivers will meet at the high school building on Tuesday af ternoon at 4 o clock to receive in structions for the routes that will end at the school buildings. All busses will be operated on daylight saving time. The work of completing the reno vations at the Winfall school will , these new ships and is seeking them Within the next week or two, the United States Navy Department will sponsor a series of advertisements in newspapers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida for volunteers for the U. S. Navy. The campaign for new men for the Navy will be confined to communi ties of 50,000 population and, under. According to Naval reports, the Navy has never lacked for volun teers, but new ships are now being launched at the rate of one every few days months ahead of schedule, and the two-ocean Navy is leaping toward completion. Thus the Navy needs additional recruits to man TOWN COMMISSIONERS ADOPT BUDGET AND SET TAX RATE AT MONDAY MEETING Merchants Ready To Serve Public With Savings Stamps Relations between the United States and Germany were strained to a high point during this week by attacks made by the Nazis on U. S. shipping. A German submarine un successfully fired torpedoes at the U. S. destroyer Greer, as it neared Iceland with supplies and mail, and in turn the destroyer dumped depth bombs trying to disable the sub. A United States freighter, the Seafarer, . ma aiinlr in t)ia Put iftaa loaf UViHa V fby what was believed to have been a long range bomber flying out of Greece. Again Tuesday the Nasi "Bank an American-owned freighter fS&r Iceland. This ship was flying ranama nag, naving Deen leaeea , that country in order for Jt .to be allowed to covet" wa. sones. k Mo AJheriean Uveswre rportejt;oet'iB the sinkings. - fV Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, moth er of President Roosevelt, died at her home in Hyde Park, N. Y., early Sunday morning. Funeral services 'were conducted from the family church on Tuesday. Mrs. Roosevelt would have celebrated her 87th birth day on September 21. V The gasoline shortage controversy continues in Washington as the Sen ate investigation committee calls its witnesses before it Reports show v, that the so-called shortage can be remedied by putting to use some 20,000 railroad tank cars which have been idle for some time. The AAA - has called upon the Coordinator of v- Peteroleum to discontinue the 7 to 7 curfew now being observed by all service stations, but che government O office has not acted on the demand. Farmers May Obtain Lespedeza Seed By AAA Soil Program Cost Will Be Deducted From Conservation Payments L. W. Anderson, County Agent, announced this week that Perquim ans County farmers this year can avail themselves of the opportunity of securing lespedeza seed to be dis tributed by the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration in connection with the conservation program. ' The Commodity Credit Corporation has purchased Kobe, common and aericea lespedeza seed for distribu tion in this region, accord&tg to Mr. Anderson, for the purposeof encour aging soil conservation and develop ment of new crops which will contri bute to soil improvement. Mr. Anderson said farmers will this year use even more legumes than formerly as a source of nitro gen for their soil, and he stated, that lespedeza has proved especially popu lar in this county as a soil builder by reasons of its adaptability to a wide range of soil types and conditions. The cost of the seed, including any storage, cleaning and handling, will be deducted from agricultural con servation payments due the farmers. have been completed by next Wed nesday and all other buildings have been put in first class shape and are ready for the children, according to Mr. Johnson. Opening day, on Wednesday, will be a short one for the students. Registration and classification of the ptudents 'will take place and text books will be distributed. Students are asked to bring the rentals for high school text books on the open ing day. Full time schedules will start on Thursday and be maintainea after that day. The teaching staff for the county schools and high school has been complete for some time and a teach ers' meeting will be held during the opening days. Various school activities including Dand practice and athletics will jret under way shortly after the opening ot the schools. in the shortest possible time The Perquimans Weekly will very shortly have the complete details of this drive for volunteers to be con ducted by the Navy and will gladly give ; the information to young men wishing to know more about' the training, etc. It is understood that men register ed for military service can volun teer for the Navy and their enlist ment will count toward the county's Selective Service quota. Hertford merchants, cooperating with the Federal Government, are now ready to sell their customers Defense Savings Stamps. Most of the local stores have 'stocked-up" with the IStamps and several of the stores have already reported many sales. The week of September 15 to 20 has been designated as "Retailers-for -Defense" Week and all merchants throughout the nation will strive to sell the Stamps as an aid to raising necessary funds for national defense. The public is urged to buy the Stamps from the retailers . . . not only for national defense purposes but also as an act of saving for it self. Truly an excellent slogan will be "take your change in Defense Savings Stamps." Board Reviews Audit At Special Meeting Friday Night TAX RATE $1.10 Audit Shows Town's Fi nances to Be In Good Condition Mrs. T. F. Winslow Claimed By Death Mrs. T. F. Winslow, life-long resi dent of Hertford, died early Thurs day morning at her home on Market Street after a short illness. Funeral arrangements have lot been announced as we go to prtss. Peanut Group Seeks Fair Representation On Marketing Board Delegation Met With Officials In Washing ton Tuesday Traffic Violators Taxed With Cost In Recorder's Court Mrs. Willis Jessup Breaks Arm In Accident Sunday The British Air Force, using V. American-made heavy bombers, has ' een giving the invasion ports of V, ''France and the cities of Germany a terrific pounding with heavy bombs - .'. during this week. German authorities !i "admit heavy damage an loss of lives by the raids. Elizabeth City And Hertford Scouts On Week-end Camporee " An expeditionary force of Cana ; dian, British and Norwegian troops ' this week -invaded and occupied the , Norwegian1 island of Spitzbergen, '- located 600' miles north of Norway. ? .The occupation occurred to prevent , the Nazis from gaining control of the vast coal mines located there. f . Winston Churchill, in a statement , on Tuesday, sought additional aid " from the United States. He express- -ed thiah that American naval , fond already patrolling tiie 'Atlan- - Hie approaches to the Western Hem- rSerf .lto1ghi .be -odf :even greater Thirty-eight Boy Bcouts, members of the Elizabeth City and Hertford Troops, enjoyed a 3-day Camporee last week-end on the, farm lands of Seth Umphlett, in the White Hat community. The boys left Hertford Thursday and returned Saturday morning. They were under the supervision of Donald King, Scout Field Executive. The local Scouts all reported an enjoyable trip and stated that the "folks of the White Hat community did much to make our camporee a complete success." L J 70 irHBH.H' wo.vivwcinc Thursdays re-Dorta indicate that 'JjtM 'Nail "are'? tax from capturing Tjieningrad. ' Both German and Riufc 'jdan ; reports : state the situation around the Bed town is somewhat eased. It was stated that the Nazis ,y give up the attempt to storm e ciy and .tr-t6VtMvroiit ;tha .eds, Cretan -'.ifo'V,,. " In order to "off-set. a strike. eafed for the Oslo area,, in Norway? Ger man "officials of that seetlcliit),have clamped m&rtial law on the-m munity. The, Ckjrmans stated resist ance will be met with armed force. ' President ' Rooevelt , was ' .expected give' detail' A6f the'recent ; Nri attack on three United States ships i i his Thursday night broadcast i It v .s stated that the o President ex- - -1.1 his previously "prepared h to E'most twice its .lengthy Big Crowd Expected To Attend Legion Fish Fry Tonight Members of the Perquimans Post, No. 126, of the American Legion, are expecting a, large turn-out at the fish fry to be held tonight (Friday) at,vtha Hertfori JttunwpalPlanVon i Member of the Town Board and their j.wfaBJi; haya been touted by the local .Legionnaires to attena, as nave all veterans of the county, reganuess of whether they are members of the local post or not. The time for the event has been set at 7:30 o'clock, Daylight Saving Masons Hold Fish lesdayEve Members ' of, Perquimans Lodge a. A '. Hi ' : XT. 1M Antan. A. iU. IK A. X 1TO v, w W"V- tained at a fish fry Tuesday evening at, tne residence ox ir.r ! , acn aiyti'HMg jgt'te .itnyaMe, . R6tai7?'1ub"Me.etin The Hertford Rotary. Club held its regular meetingrihe7Hofer Hert ford bij Tuesday night. Little time was consumed in Per quimans Recorder's Court Tuesday in clearing the docket of some eight cases, four of which were traffic violations. Levy Revells, Negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly wea-l pon, to wit, a pole, on a warrant which was sworn out more than a year ago. Officers had been looking for the defendant, but were unable to find him until this week. Revells stated to the court that he had not been hiding, but had been working in .bdenton for some time and at his home nearly every week-end. Judge Tucker assessed court costs against the defendant and placed him on good behavior for one year. Ethel Lee Winslow, Negress, was taxed with the costs of court after pleading guilty to being drunk disorderly. Caleb Hunter, Negro, paid the costs of court for operating a motor vehicle with insufficient brakes. Elijah Simpson, Negro, charged with the same offense, also paid the costs of court. George Spellman, Negro, was fin ed $7.60 to be applied to court costs for driving with insufficient brakes. W. G. Riddick, Negro, plead guilty to operating a motor vehicle with improper licenses and improper lights. He paid costs on both counts. Norman Revells, Negro, was given a 30-day sentence to be suspended upon payment of costs and good be havior for one year after he pleaa guilty to assault with a deadly wea pon Horace -Reed, Negro, was ordered $o pay court costs: or serve a 80day roaa sentmce alter ievpiead guilty io a enarge of simple assault s inrs. wiuis Jessup sustained a broken arm in an automobile accident which occurred about four miles south of Elizabeth City on Sunday evening. Mrs. Jessup was injured when the car in which she was riding and which was being driven by her hus band crashed into the rear of another car being driven in the same direc tion by Bruce L. Williams. Patrolman Charles Payne, of Eli zabeth City, investigated the accident and reported that Mr. Jessup stated that he was traveling toward Hertford when he came upon the Williams car which made an attempt to turn off the highway to enter a filling sta tion. He said he sounded his horn and was prepared to Dass on the I ricllt OI1a nrlian 4-1. a a I. 1 C L .' a.w, mien wic toi aiica yi mm I suddenly straightened up on the road instead of making the turn and he could do nothing else but hit it. Williams denied attempting to turn off the road and was traveling at a very low rate of speed when the cars collided. Both drivers were cited to the Pasquotank County court by Patrolman Payne. Mrs. Jessup was the only occupant of either car injured by the collision. Congressman Herbert C. and a delegation of peanut growers and processors from North Carolina held a conference with the Under Secretary of Agriculture, Honorable Grover B. Hill, Tuesday, regarding the peanut marketing program af fecting North Carolina and Virginia. At the present time the director ship of the North Carolina-Virginia Cooperative Peanut Marketing Asso ciation is equally divided with eight members from North Carolina, and eight members from Virginia; where as North Carolina produces 69 per cent of the tonnage and Virginia 31 percent of the tonnage. The dele gation from North Carolina feels that the representation on the Board of Directors should be divided in proportion with the tonnage of pea nuts grown in each area, or that there should be a Virginia Associa tion and a North Carolina Associa tion. Mr. Hill agreed with Mr. Bonner that there should be a fairer repre sentation, and assured him that the matter would be given every consid eration by the Department of Agri culture. The following gentlemen were present: J. B. Fearing, Bertie Coun-! ty; R. C. Holland, Julien Wood,' James Wood, John G. Wood and M. F. Bond, Jr., Chowan County; W. R. Everett, G. H. Harrison and Francis Manning, Martin County; R. V. Knight, Edgecombe County; J. G. Shields, Halifax County; L. E. Has sell, 'Washington County; M. V. Hobbs, Gates County; and Jake White, Perquimans County. The Hertford Town Board met in special meeting on Friday night, September 5th, for the purpose of re viewing the annual audit of the town's finances, and to work out a preliminary budget before setting the 1941 tax rate at its regular meeting Monday night. In the special meeting the auditor confratulated the commissioners on the financial status of the town and stated, "the town's financial condi tion is in better shape than it has been in the past five years." The auditor suggested, however, that the Town Board do something in regards to collection of old paving assessments and delinquent taxes. Some of which are way past due. The annual budget also revealed that the 1940 budget was under spent and that a surplus was left on hand, but that the surplus would not be great enough to take care of the debt service fund needed during 1941, and therefore, it is necessary to levy taxes to care for this item. Last year the surplus was great enough that no levy was needed for this fund. The Cnmmissifinprs wnrlfAH nut a Bonnert nrlliim;ngr,, K,,rio.ot of n, r;,i.r night meeting and adopted the same at the regular monthly meeting on Monday night. The budget calls for $58,05X.56, which is around $700 more than was expended by the town dur ing the past year. It was found that the tax rate in force during 1940 will be sufficient to raise the necessary funds for the budget and the board again set the tax rate at $1.10. , The new budget calls for slight in cjesijnjajijj, , fas-sol of the town employees deluding tne engi neer, members of the police depart ment and members of the street de partment. The salary increases ranged from one dollar per week to ten dollars per month. The town 'board also voted at its September meeting to endorse the completion of the Hertford-Center Hill highway as the Number One project of road building for Per quimans County. Mayor V. N. Darden reported to the board that a new power line is being constructed along Grubb Street in order to divert a portion of the peak power load to the downtown area. STATE MISSION PROGRAM ; A very interesting State Mission program was presented at the Bap tist Church Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. P. Perry presided and Mrs.: E. W. Mayes gave the devotional Inter esting talks were given by Mrs. C. R. Holmes, Mrs. Mark Gregory and Mrs: L. W. Norman. Miss, Blanche Moore Berry sldUfuHy " rendered a lovely solo. Prayers were offered by Mrs, Mardre and Mrs. B. W. Pennington. . i i 'ii mi i ;' v '', i i . 'i i I,, MARRIED ATJRUSTBURG, yA. J Miss Frances Perrow. now of Rust- burg, Va.j buj ij'Jtormer; resident of Hertford, making 'her, home wfth her aunt, Mrs. D S.- Dardea, and J. A. - Ro;88er of Ruatburgv VaL 'were mar ried there on August 20. They will make their home in Rustburg, Va, Peanut Group Meets In Edenton Sept. 25 Members of the Growers Peanut Cooperative, Inc., which takes in Virginia and North Carolina peanut growers, have been notified that the annual meeting of the organization will be held in the Chowan County Court House, Edenton, at 11 o'clock, Thursday -morning, September 26. At this1 meeting directors will be elected for the coming year, a review presented of activities during the past season and other business trans acted which may properly come be fore the meeting. J. Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, is president of the organization. Peanut Stabilization Cooperative Meets In Edenton October 3rd The annual meeting of the mem bership of Peanut Stabilization Co operative, Inc., will be held at the office of the Association opposite Hotel Joseph Hewes, on Friday morning, October 3, at 11 o'clock. Every member of the Association will be notified regarding this impor tant meeting at which they will be made fully acquainted with the oper ation of the Association and take part in electing officers for the com ing year. R. C. Holland is president of the organization and J. B. Fearing, of Windsor, is secretary. Lions Club Meeting The Hertford . Lions Club held its regular meeting at the Hotel Hert ford last Friday evening. Kenneth Floars and L, H. Haskett, of the Edenton lions Club, were .visitors at the meeting. .. The blav. "A Greater1 vision." will be presented at the' Woodland' Meth odist Church Sunday' evening, 1 J3ep tnmW 11. tfc nVlioJr. fF.STV. ' - ,' v "v The public is cordially invited to attend. , " ' CIRCLE NO. FOUR MEETS Circle Number Four of the Wom an's Missionary Society of the Bap tist Church met Monday evening in Room One at the church. Mrs. E. W. Mayes, chairman, presided. An opening hymn, "Revive Us Again," was sunsr. After the business ses sion, Mrs, Tom Perry gave the Scrip ture lesson. Mrs. Fred Matthews was in charge of an interesting pro gram, the subject being "Coopera tion."' Mrs. v Matt Matthews, Mrs. Mark Gregory and Mrs. L. B. Sitter- son were on the program with the (BETHEL Y. W. A. TO MEET Law Enforcement Officials Meet In Edenton, jept 18 Officials From 14 Coun ties Will Gather In Armory A national defense conference for chiefs of police, sheriffs and heads of other law enforcement agencies from 14 counties will be held in Edenton Thursday, September 18. This conference, in charge of Special Agent Edward Scheidt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Charlotte, is a part of a national program of quarterly conferences of law enforce ment officials to consider problems of sabotage, espionage and other matters affecting the internal secur ity of the United States. The conference will be held in the local Armory, beginning at 2 o'clock, and lasting until the latter part of the afternoon. A very interesting and timely program has been ar ranged which is expected to attract a large number of law enforcement officials. Although the conference is intend ed primarily for heads of law en forcement agencies, any who are in terested in national defense matters are invited. The i'w.'A: Society of Bethel Baptist Church', will meet witK- Mrs. Irvin a Long , on Friday evening, September 12, at 7:30 o'clock.' - Hertford Woman's Club Meeting Set For Tuesday P. M. Mrs. I. A. Ward, president of the Hertford Woman's Slub, announced todaflr that. the first fall meeting! of the club will' be held next Tuesday afternoon, atv 4:3Q o'clock, Daylight Saving Time. f i "The meeting will '"be ' ' held at the 'Community Building and Mrs. Ward urges all members to; be present A I 4 , tf h'f T. iV