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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
-Volume X. Number 7.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina Friday, February 12, 1943.
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
President Roosevelt decreed Wed
nesday that, beginning immediately,
a 48-hour Work week would be ad
vhered to in ell locations named by
, the War Manpower Commission as
critical areas. This 48-hour week in
cludes a!! types of employees, store
clerks, domestic servants, everyone
except those who normally work only
part time. The WMC has already
named 32 areas, where labor short
age is noticeable, to abide by the
ruling.
ThTe OPA announced the rationing,
of shoes this week. Beginning
Thursday, no store may sell a pair
of shoes without the customer pro
ducing coupon 17 of his ration book.
The OPA has announced that the
public may obtain three pairs ofi
Shoes yearly. It has announced that
manufacturers will not be permitted
to make two-tone snoes. inus oni
solid colors will be available after
'Stores' present stocks are depleted.
'if 'Another OPA announcement is that
point rationing will begin March 1.
.Registration for War Ration Books
H will be held during the last week
in-February, and all persons must
, have their ration book no. 1 with
''jtthem at the time of registering for
j book II. Retail food stores will be
J forbidden to sell canned goosd, as
'listed among the rationed articles,
during this week. However, this
, -, does not mean the stores will be clos
." Od.- They may continue to sell un
, rationed items.
The news from the war fronts con
'tinues favorable for the Allies. The
3 Russian armies are still pushing for
ward, regaining their territory from
toe An troops on the Eastern front.
i Moscow reports hub wee it uiai uie
fjRjdf have captured several important
Center of communication and sup
'plirtand that the German forces are
peril all along the southern line,
avy loses have been announced for
a Germans, who have make prac
v'(UylW -claims about the fighting
'. i Russia for the past several weeks.
. r.'.Goed flesameJr&nli the Pacific
. area this week when Secretary of the
Navy Knox, as well as the Japanese
officials, reported Japanese forces
i Tiad been withdrawn from Guadal
canal. There are a few scattered
'( troops remaining, but it is reported
these cause little trouble to the
Vt American forces. The evauoation of
v- this important Island and the loss of
'r.New Guinea has been the first set
"i back the Japs have received since
thejT started their offensive over a
year ago. It is believed that with
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the evacaution of Gaudalcanal thei
way is now opening for the U. S.
forces tf make further attacks on
" other Jap positions in the Pacific.
Action on the Tunisian front is
still a sparring bout The Allies are
hitting the Axis forces, looking for
weak spots and the Germans still
continue to hold most of their posi-
' ticjnfc Rommel is reported to have
all his troops out of Tripoli, now, and
1 the British 8th Army, it is said, is
preparing to attack Rommel's line in
. I Southern Tunisia. The weather con
ditions are expected to get better on
that front very shortly and it can be
expected an all out attack will be
launched at that time by the com
bined American, British and French
forces.
Mussolini, after firing his son-in-law,
Cisno, as Italy's foreign minis
ter, this week appointed him am
bassador to the Holy See. Ciano
seved as foreign minister- for six
yean and lost his pob last week when ,
Mussolini shook up his entire cabinet.
was reported that Ciano was fired
by order of Hitler.
Hertford Woman's Club
Meets Monday At 3:45
The Hertford Woman's Club will
meet at the Community House next
i Monday afternoon, February 16, at
3:46 oV&fcfc Mrs. J. G. Robersoa,
Perqur-n? Vottnty chairman of the
WemWtf Division of flwi Wr Sar
l ' infs St&r, will U in charge of the
prgra?.
. y. , Mrs, I. A. Wrd, aufe. president,
, .urea ail faembers ittepf.
-White Presents Bffl
. On Recorder's Judge
' Representative W. W. White has
V presented A bill to the General As-
sefflbly calling for the abolition of
,1 - choosing the Judge of Perquimans
Yi Recorder Court by election. The
f bill, as presented by Mr-White, calls
, . . for the Judge and Solicitor , of. the
court to be appointed by the County
I , , Commissioners for a term longer than
that of lo CornmisBioners. A max
imum salary to be paid not to exceed
$900 per annum, J ,
THREE HERTFORD SCOUTS WIN EAGLE
RANKING TO CLIMAX BOY SCOUT WEEK
District Executive High
In Praise of Activity
Of Local Troop
Climaxing the observance of Boy
Scout Week, the Hertford Rotary
Club entertained members of Troop
155, Hertford Boy Scouts at its
meeting held Tuesday .night at the
Methodist Church.
Highlight of the evening, during
Court of Honor conducted for the
Scouts, was the presentation of Eagle
Scout badces to three members of the
Hertford Troop. This rank is the
highest obtainable in Scouting and
represents much hard work and study
on the part of the boys winning ,the
awards.
The three Hertford Scouts winning
the high rank were Charles Skinner,
Billy White and Howard Jones.
The Rotary Club had as spe
cjal
guests for the occasion the mothers
of the Scouts winning the Eagle sank.
Other guests included W. L. Thomp
son, Scout Executive of Norfolk; Dqn
King, of Elizabeth City; Holland
Webster, of Elizabeth City, a mem
ber of the National Scout Council;
the Rev. E. T. Jillson, the Rev. B. C.
Reavis, the Rev. H. G. Dawkins, Dr.
D. C. Hackett, C. F. Sumner and Max
Campbell.
The Boy Scout Court of Honor was
conducted following the dinner' served
by the ladies of the Methodist Church
and was presided over by C. P. Mor
ris, chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. Merit badges were presentee; a
number of Scouts by Dr. D. C.
Hackett, and C. F. Sumner presented
second class badges to Reginald
Tucker, Paul Russell and William
Hall. First Class promotion was won
by Archie Nobles and he received his
badge from A. W. Hefren. W. F.
Ainsley presented new Star Badges
to Colin Butler, Cecil Winslow and
James Felton.
Mr. Webster presented Edward
Mayes with his newly won rank as
Life Scout. The presentation of the
Eagle Scout badges was made by Mr.
Morris.
MwyHompson gave a- short talk
on the acfevements of Scouting in the
Tidewater Aarea during the past
year and reported a gain of twenty
percent in membership. He praised
the activity- of the Hertford Troop
and the local Scoutmaster, W. H.
Pitt, stating it was due to such fine
work as is being accomplished here
that caused other boys to join in
Scout work.
January Bond Sales
Tons Quota; Riddick
Urges Heavy Buying
Perquimans County residents over
subscribed the January war bond
quota more than eight hundred dol
lars, R. M. Riddick, chairman of the
County War Savings Staff, stated
this week. The county's quota for
January amounted to $15,790, and a
total of $23,512.50 worth of bonds
were sole by the Hertford Banking
Company. Tse amount of bonds sold
through the post offices within the
county is not available, but it ca;n be
expected those agents sold a large
w ivir , nU8 U"n5 i? .
..x.. ...uuuvcu uje reoru-
aiy tiuoia lor i erqumans naa Deen
set at $12,000.75, and he stated the
county would more than likely sell
considerably more bonds than the
quota this month.
However, he urged that all resi
dents continue to buy bonds in as
large a quantity as possible. He
pointed out that with the U. S. forces
now striking hard on the offensive,
the war grows more costly and the
government needs the money to win
the victory.
Miss Lois Asbell Wins
Honors At Louisburg
Lois Asbell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Asbelt Hertford with a
2.56; average shared ajxh-place hon
ors with three other students on the
Louisburg College honor roll for the
iirac aemenen q.
For her-outstanding work Lois has
also received and accepted a bid to
Phi Theta JCPP natioSpai honorary
scholastic fraternity. i
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Odell - Bacons, of
Hertford, Route . 1, announce the
birth of a son, born ahuary 28.
Mother and baby are reported doing
mceiy.
Service Stars
Thirty-five stars, representing a
like number of girls and boys, all
members of the Hertford Baptist
Church, now appear in the service
flag dedicated at the church at a
special service held last Sunday
night.
The stars represent the following
list of youths: Clarence E. Hobgood,
lavid fJroughton, James Byrum,
Cleveland Buck, William Cliappell,
John Everett, Dobert Hollowell, Edi
son Harris, Julian Powell, Richard
I'ayne, Jesse Barker Berry, Eugene
Berry, Boy Heed Louis Sittersoin
Marvin Simpson, John Simpson, Wil
liam N. Tucker, Edgar White, James
Robert White, Alvin White, Alphonso
Ward, Percy Byrum, Edward Byrum,
anche Butler, Zack Harris, Doug
las Elliott, Bette Holmes, Elizabeth
Wood, James Divers, Roy Hoffler,
Eenton Butler, Claude Simpson,
(ieorge Butler, Carson White and
Richard Spivey.
The Rev. H. G. Dawkins stated that
some names may have been overlook
ed and if this was possible, the com
mittee w;l! appreciate being notified
as the church wants every youth in
service represented on the flag.
30 Negro Selectees
Leave Wednesday
For Physical Exam
A contingent of 30 Negro selectees
will leave Hertford next Wednesday
for Fort Bragg to receive their final
physical examinations prior to induc
tion into the armed services, Mrs.
Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local draft
board, stated this week.
This contingent of men will be the
first inducted under the new system
whereby the local boards furnish men
for all branches or the armed service.
Under the new system, men ordered
for induction and upon passing phy
sical examinations may state their
preference for the branch of service.
However, if the selectee does not
state a preference, officials at the in
duction station will assign the man
to the branch in which they fell he
will contribute the most to the war
effort.
The Perquimans Board has receiv
ed calls for 45 white men to be in
ducted on March 23, and for 35
Negroes to be inducted March 4.
Five men were sent to Fort Bragg
last week and, according to an un
official report, all were rejected by
the Army as unfit for military ser
vice. It has been reported that since
the selective service will now fill the
needs for all-branches of service that
the physical requirements have been
"upped" at the induction stations.
The 30 Negroes who will leave on
Wednesday are: Will Dennis Harrell,
George Nelson, John Brothers, Vernon
Brickhouse, Iredell Hoffler, James
Everett, Charles Hudson, Jr., Charles
Miller, Willie Brooks David Overton,
George Overton, Benjamin Riddick,
Richard Wilson, Arthur Everett, Jr.,
Charlie Blanchard, Demontheses Ja
cocks, Warner Jones, David White,
Clarence Smith, Eddie Felton, Claude
White, Alton Jordan, Joseph Arm-
tfvtlff nnrrrn T I rrn f r r 4- Tntnad
Burke, Willie Lilly, John Jones,
Janleg 0verton and CiarencP Harris.
Possibility Navy
May Enlarge Base
On Harvey's Neck
No definite announcement, as yet,
has been made, but hhere is a possi
bility that the Navy may enlarge the
present site of its Air Base on Har
vey's Neck. A surveying crew has
been at work surveying lands adjoin
ing the present sit and it is under
stood the Navy Department is Con
sidering taking in all ef the land from
the Sound to the Perquimans liver
at a given point
At Aba present time the Virginia
Engineering Company, though handi
capped recently by weather conditions
and a shorfcig of some labor, is ra
pidly pushing the work of building
the BaBe. .Many of the buildings have
been, constructed and more are going
up each day'.
The Engineering Company has been
short-handed on common labor and
needs laborers at the present time.
Persons seeking labor jobs should ap
ply at the emnlorment office located
on Church Street
Members Of Ration
Board In Elizabeth
City For Meeting
Hear Officials Give Ex
planation Point Ra
tion System
Members of the Perquimans
County Ration Board and clerks of
the Board, as well as members of
the newly appointed Community Ser
vice Committee, attended a meeting
in Elizabeth City Thursday where
they heard officials of the OPA ex
plain details of the point rationing
system which is expected to be!
placed in operation March 1. I
The meeting opened at in o'clock
and lasted until about I p. m. The
State officials discussed, in addition
to the rationing program, the distri
bution of War Ration Book II, Reg
istration of Institutional and Indus
trial I'sers, Dealer Registration and
Consumer Education.
Max K. Camplx'll, editor of The
Perquimans Weekly, has been named j
as the Community service member
of the Perquimans Ration Board, and
he has appointed the following com
mittee to serve in assisting the Board
in giving advice to the residents of
this county on rationing information.
j The Community Service Committee
I is composed of Mrs. L. J. Winslow,
representing the P. T. A. of the
Central Grammar School; Miss Fran
ces Maness, County Home Agent;
Mrs. Corbin Dozier, representing the
Hertford P. T. A.; Mrs. E. M. Perry,
New Hope; F. T. Johnson, Superin
tendent of Schools, and L. W. An
derson, County Agent.
It is likely that public meetings
will be arranged shortly before reg
istration for War Ration Books II,
and explanation of the system will
be made by the Service committee.
It has been announced by the OPA
that registration for War Ration
Book II will take place during the
six days. February 22 through Feb
ruary 27.
It is understood that the Comity
school system will have charge of the
regist ation and complete details of
thia ill be announced irti'ough this
newspaper. Citizens, and especially
housewives, are urged to learn the
system completely before the ration
ing begins in order to avoid compli
cations later on.
Splendid Results
Obtained In Infantile
Paralysis Campaign
Splendid results were obtained in
the infantile paralysis campaign con
ducted in Perquimans County, ac
cording to Mrs. B. G. Koonce, who
served as chairman of the drive.
A total of $265 was contributed by
local citizens for the fund to be used
in fijrhting the disease. With the ex
ception of $9.00, the entire amount
was raised through contributions.
Inasmuch as no special programs
were arranged, the chairman reported
total expense of conducting the drive
was only 64 cents.
Mrs. Koonce expressed her appre
ciation and thanks to all those who
contributed to the fund, and especi
ally commended the schools of the
county for the part they played in
raising funds. The Hertford Cram
mar School contributed $1(1.46: Per
quim.ins County Central Grammar,
?M.r; Perquimans High School,
$12.70 and the Perquimans County
Tniinimr School. $4.00.
A final report of the campaign j
here has bee.n made to the State!
headouarters of the drive, and 50 !
per rent of the funds raised here!
have heen sent the office. The re-1
maimler of the money is retained here;
by the Perquimans Committee to bei
used to fight infantile paralysis in
this county.
Qberiff Reports Tax
Collections Good
Sheriff J. Emmett tyinslow stated
today that collection of taxes in Per
quimans County for 1943 had reached
a new high mark. A total of $63,
192.88 of the 1942 levy has been col
lected, Sheriff Winslow said. This
represents a higher percentage of
collections to dajbe than jn any other
year since he ha been jjn office.
Additional penalties are added
March 1, and he advises aJ who have
not paid tetr 942 taxes to pay same
before penalty is added
PRKACHITSTG AT WOODLAND
The Rev. 3. D. Cranford will preach
nt Woodland Methodist Church Sun
4av nferht. Snedal sinrinsr will fea
ture the service. Everyone oil invit
ed to coma and worship.
PROBABLE CAUSE VERDICT RETURNED IN
CASE CHARGING YOUTHS WITH RAPE
Not Too Late
It is not too late for relatives and
friends of Perquimans County boys
in service to leave pictures of the
boys for display in the window of
IJoberson's Drug Store, Mrs. J. G.
Hoberson stated today.
The local store has received many
pictures of boys in service and a dis
play will be completed this week,
.Mis. lioberson said. However, in or
der that all boys of tin- county iniy
ne listed, .Mrs. Koherson is anxious
! for parents and friends, who have
i not left pictures to bring them to the
-tore as soon as possible.
The display will be left in the
window for a given time and the
store is hopeful that pictures of all
the boys of the county may lie had in
I order that every boy may h;
in the display.
i part
Enlargement Loans
Still Available,
Suoervisor States
residing in Edentnn.
There is still time for farmers to According to the testimony pre
put in their applications for loiwis' sented in Court Tuesday by the
to enlarge their farms, said A. H. State's witnesses, the youths picked
Edwards, Hertford, Farm Security the girls up on Broad Street in
Administration Supervisor for Per- Edentun about 11 o'clock on the
quimans and Chowan Counties, in ex-1 night of January ixth. Both girls
plaining this new type of loan.
"Farm Enlargemnt" loans a re
cent addition to the Bankhead-Jones
Farm Tenant program may be
made to eligible families who own
farms definitely too small to support
the family and to make full use of
the family labor for war food produc
tion, Edwards said.
These enlargement loans may be
used to purchase sufficient additional
land to enlarge inadequate farms in
to economic, family-type units; to
make necessary repairs and put the
enlarged farm in good living and
operating condition, it was pointed
out. This may include such improve
ments as clearing land, draining of
wet land, leveling of rough land, ter
racing of land subject to erosion,
preparation of land for permanent
pastures, wood lot or orchard devel
opment, or carrying out such other
land improvements as will result in
i increasing the production capacity of
i the farm.
r.xisting ueuts on tarms to ue en
larged may be refinanced, provided
such refinancing is incidental to the
main purpose of acquisition of a
family-type farm. Normal fees and
expenses connected with the purchase
of additional land may also be cover
ed in the loan. The Farm Enlarge
ment Ixian is made on the same terms
as a tenant purchase loan 40 years,
at .' per cent.
Farmers who have small farms
and are interested in obtaining funds
with which to purchase additional
land should get in touch with County
Farm Security Administration Super
visor A. Houston Edwards, or any
member of the County Farm Owner
ship Committee, who are Dr. E. S.
White, K. V. Perry and Carson
Spivey.
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday For
Mrs. Dorcas Sanford
Mrs. Dorcas Hallance Sanford. IX
died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Dan Williams, in Hertford, after a
long illness. She was a native of
Elizabeth City, but had lived in
Washington, N. C, for a number of
years. She had made her home in
Hertford for the past 29 years.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
at the Lynch Funeral Home by the
Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the
Hertford Methodist Church, assisted
by the Rev. J. R. Everett, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Wash
ington, N. C, of which Mrs. Sanford
was a member. Interment was made
in CedarwOod Cemetery.
Besides, her husband and Mrs. Wil
liams, the deceased is survived by
one other daughter, Mrs. W. C.
Crummey of Edenton; four sojns,
W. H. Sanford, Jr., of Washington,
N. C.; J. B. Sanford, of Baltimore,
Md.; Eddie Sanford, of Hertford, and
Charles Sanford, of Jforfoflt, V., and
om lister, Mm litzlt Parriah, of
Birmingham, Alabama. '
Case Set For April Term
Of Perquimans Su
perior Court
Recorder Judge Charles Johnson
returned a verdict of probable cause
in a hearing given here Tuesday for
Gaither Cliappell, Percy Winslow and
Sherman Copeland, three Perquimans
County youths charged with rape and
assault with intent to commit ra(e.
The youths were bound over to the
Superior Court for trial at the April
term. Cliappell was held on a charge
of first degree rape and placed in
jail, to await bond, without bond.
Copeland and W inslow were bound
over to Supo! ;or Court on a charge
of assault with intent and were re
leased pending trial on a S.'i.iiOO bond.
Solicitor Chester .Morris presented
the State's case to the Recorder's
Court and on opening and hearing
I announced the State would request
1 the Grand Jury to return indictments
'charging Copeland and Winslow with
being accessory before the fact. This
count carries a sentence of life im
prisonment, upon conviction. The
j penalty for first degree rape is death.
The warrants for the youths were
j sworn out on January 19 by Sergeant
I George 1. Dail of the State Police
I after a complaint had been made by
, the State's witnesses, Belva Haddock
land Dolly Mills, two young women
testified that the youths promised
to ride them to their homes but fail
ed to do this and carried them to
"Red's" filling station near Hertford.
After stopping there for some time,
they proceeded to Belvidere, where
the youths changed automobiles and
returned to Hertford, on their way
to Edenton. The girls testified after
leaving Hertford the driver of the
car, Sherman Copeland, turned down
a dirt road and parked.
Itjas,vt this time, the V'SnessffS
stated', the youths attacked them and,
according to the Haddock girl, she
was raped by young Chappell. The
Mills girl testified she was assault
ed by both the Copeland and Wins
low youths, but was not raped.
The basis of the State's claim for
charges of accessory being made
agairust Copeland and Winslow, it is
believed, is based upon the testimony
of the girls, who stated that when
asked by Chappell, the two other
youths locked the doors of the car
(See COURT, Page Six)
Town Board Amends
Trailer Ordinance
At Meeting Monday
The members of the Board of Com
missioners for the Town of Hertford
in a meeting Monday night, passed
an amendment to the recently passed
trailer ordinance, which will permit
the parking of trailers within the
j town limits, providing such trailers
j comply with the sanitary rules of the
Board of Health. The amendment,
as passed, is published elsewhere in
! this edition.
1 The board also voted to enlarge
the police force on Saturdays. It
will add one member to the force to
patrol the downtown si roots in an
effort to terminate to a larp de
, cree common dr.ml-cness, which has
; become quite a problem of late. A
town ordinance prohibits drunks from
the streets of the town.
The board voted to assist in fi
nancing meeting quarters for the
Girl Scout Troop.
I No other business with the ex
ception of routine fiscal matters wa3
brought to the attention of the
board during the meeting.
Income Tax Advisor
To Visit Hertford To
Aid Filing Forms
A representative of the Internal
Revenue Service will be in Hertford
next Monday and Tuesday for the
purpose of assisting Perquimans
residents in filing of income tax
forms, C. H. Robertson, State Inter
nal Revenue Collector, announced
this week.
The representative will be located
at the Hertford Postofflce on Febru
ary 15 and 16. Persons desiring in
formation . regarding the filing of
forma are requested to talk with tha
representative.
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