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1T' 5 2d . 4 si KLY '. 1 f A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY ''"ti Volume X. Number 33. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, August 13, 1943. $1.50 Per Year. 4 -c V: 'l . ' v.- ilHE PERQUIMANS WEE t V 4. NEWSPAPER COMMITTEE SPONSOR DRIVE TO RELIEVE LARGE PULPWOOD SHORTAGE Local Committee To Be Formed To Aid In Campaign The Newspaper Pulp wood Commit tee, in cooperation with the daily antti weekly newspapers of the United States, are this month launching a vietory pulpwood drive with hopes of i relieving an estimated 2,500,000 cord1 1 l : U: ..:-! ...... maori.l ' snoi tage in liui vnai wai niaw;iit. Local committees in 27 pulpwood pro ducing States will be formed to assist in this drive and readers of this newspaper are urged to watch for announcements regarding the drive. Pulpwood is an essential war ma terial, in addition to being used to furnish newsprint for newspapers, It is used to manufacture containers for shells, ammunition, blood plasma, packing of field rations, production of smokeless powder and the packing of many other war materials. The National Committee believes that if everyone of the 3,800,000 far mers who live in the 21 pulpwood producing States will devote three extra days during the remainder of 1943, the nation will be able to over come the estimated shortage of this product. The committee which will be formed locally will endeavor to enKst the voluntary aid of residents to cut more pulpwood during the re mainder of the year. Governmental authorities point. out that the United States has an abunr-' ance of pulpwood and need not suf- fer a shortage of this product, provid- ing the citizens living in the produc-' ing areas will give of their time to' help fight this problem. r The Perquimans Weekly is engag-! ing in this drive to help solve this j shortage and it hopes to supply vital i information to farmers of this area of the manner in which all can help. Meanwhile, persons having pulpwood j T requested to contact County I Agent 1 Anderson, who can sup ply information regarding the sale' of ( pulpwood and contacts which should be made in getting the product ready j for market. i One Hundred iroilar Bond Ordered For 2 Traffic Violators Two out-of-town motorists, W. H. Aldridge and Thomas Dozier, failed to appear before Judge Charles E. Johnson in Recorder's Court on Tues day morning to answer to charges of speeding, asd as a result, Judge Johnson ordered them held, if ap prehended, on a $100 bond. Willie Webb, Negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly wea pon, on two counts, and trespass and was given a 60-day road sentence in each case. Thirty days of each sen tence were suspended upon payment of court costs. The State Highway Patrol, con tinuing its drive against speeders, cited seven motorists to court for ex ceeding the 35-mile-per-hour law. James liarnes entered a plea of guilty to speeding and driving drunk and paid a fine of $75 and costs. G. VV. Topping, who was a passenger with Barnes, later took Barnes' car and he was apprehended for driving drunk. He plead guilty to the charge and paid a fine of $75 and costs. Roy Davis paid a fine of $25 and costs, after pleading guilty to speed ing. Bobbie Crowder was fined $25 and costs for riding 60 miles per hour on a motorcycle. A companion, H. Lewis, also charged with speeding, failed to appear and his bonding company no tified to return him here for trial, Robert BWray was assessed court costs for speeding. Joseph Curtis plead guilty to speeding and paid costs of court. William Ward was fined $10 and costs on pleading guilty to speeding. One Mass Next Sunday At St' Ann's Church On Sunday, August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, will be celebrated by only one mass in this territory and that at St Ann's Cath olic Church, corner .Broad and Albe marle streets, Edenton, at 8:80 a. m, stated the . Rev. Father Francis X McCourt, pastor of St Ann's and chaplain to all Catholics connected with the Edenton and Harvey Point air stations. ,v .. -..-.-, Confessions will be heard at St Ann's on the coming Sunday only from 8 to 8;25 a. to. Week mornings from August 18 to Zl, mass n clock.,, Blackout On Tuesday Termed Successful Hertford underwent another sur prise blackout on Tuesday night and from all reports, it was completely successful. The Office of Civilian Defense reported all auxiliaries were at their posts and the public cooper ated completely with blackout rules. The blackout lasted , approximately i 45 minutes, beginning at about 10 o'clock, and the all-clear signal came on at 10:45. i itiS WEEK'S HEADLINES ind Prime' President Roosevelt Minister Churchill are urenarinir to I hold another war conference, in all!Town's expenditures for the past year probabilities it has already begun, 1 'creased about $1,500, the income during which it is believed final ' roHe to more thiU1 8' th' '' :":I phases of the war against Hitler will j l",wer departments showing ...rcaier be drawn. The meeting, it is hcliev-1 -'ain than other source of '"come. o,l tKVo rdaee i (-..nain ., 1 1 1 was stated that nearly Ha percent announcement of Churchill's arrival there was made on Wi sda v. The Axis ;re still hanging on in Sicily, but from all indications the Allies have won the battle and it is now but a question of pushing the re maining Axis force.- off the landing point at Messina. The American forces on the northern side of Sicily have broken Axis resistance ;md are advancing steadily, while the Hi dish 8th Army continues to advance n, the Mt. Etna area. Reports during the week stated that the (iennans are blasting the mountain passe- in an ef fort to hinder the Allied advance. Further advices regarding the up set of Hitler as .supreme leader in Germany have not been made since the Spanish report early this week announced that Hitler had been re placed by a military, trio, composed of Goenng, Jveitel and Doeiutz. These men, it was announced, took over the real power in Germany, fol lowing a meeting at Hitler's head quarters last week, and would con tinue the war in the interest of the Reich. It' was stated that Hitler would retain control of the Nazi party and it would handle the gov ernmental bureaus. It was deemed necessary to continue with the Nazis due to conditions within Germany, the report continued, stating it was doubtful if Germany could stand such a "slap at the Nazis" as was handed Mussolini by the Italians, Following the new.- from Germany, unofficial comments from P.erne. Switzerland, state (hat authorities there believe that the war in Europe may come to an end in from three to eight montlis. The comments were based upon parallels of the war of 1!M8. It was pointed out by the speakers, conditions within Germany at the present time seem similar to those which existed during the late fall of 1918. The Russian Armies in the East are still advancing against the re treating Germans, threatening to encircle the important city of Khar kov and gain positions within the L'kranian area. There seems to be no attempt by the Germans to hart the advancing Russians, and it is unknown whether the Axis could stop them if they wished. Unrest increases in the Balkan countries as the Russians continue to pile up victories over the Axis. Indications are that many of the small countries fear revolutions If the Allies continue the all-out ham mering now being administered to the Axis. One Russian report states many German soldiers are deserting in. me Lowlands. Recruiting Officer Says Navy Has Many Openings For Youths The Navy still has many openings for young men of 17, according to J. W. Brown, recruiting officer fn charge of the Elizabeth City Recruit ing Station, who stated this week that over 1000 youths from North Carolina enlisted during July. Mr. Brown said the Navy off es youths an opportunity to leam any one of 57 different trades," any one of which will be valuable to- young matt in civilian life. ; 'k Young men who have not reached their 18th birthday and who" wish in formation on the Navy may apply at the Post Office Building in Eliza beth City. , , . Town Board Adopts Budget; Votes Tax Rate Monday Night Review of Audit Re veals Financial (Jain For Year The Hoard of Commissioners for the Town of Hertford, meeting In regular session Monday night oted the to retain the $1.10 tax rate f "town for the 104: The tax! rate was set following adoption of a budget for the present fiscal year, which will end June .'ill, 1)4'. Mr. Williams, of Wall and Wil liams, Public Accountants, met with the Hoard ttnd reviewed an audit re cently completed, .showing the finan cial condition of the town at the close of business on June 30. According to , the report made, Hertford closed one of its best financial years, and the l audit reveals a nice gain in the sot l,ll,s f(,r tn( town. J he audit showed that while t he of the taxes were collected during the year. The Hoard decided, during the audit review, that a list of delin quent sidewalk assessments would be turned over to the Town Attorney 'or collection'. The budget, as adopted for the coming year, remained at about the 1 spend same figure as last year's. 1 low- i lar.s betwi ever, some increases were included in i this caioi.i the budget for possible work to be j eo.sting -done in connection with the hnu.-iiig i oui men ; project which has been awarded necesarv Hertford. The budget also included' are going additional funds for the Health "Y)- vv. a.- i partment and the Police Impart ment. ! as we did Tht se departments have been added ) ear." and enlarged since the budget was1 The an. adopteil last year. Idividua. In view of the fact that the Town's i oui:t ; contract with the Virginia Electric ! t , ,, and Power Company expires in P.lKi, j p, ., i . a i;. the niemiieis discussed the possibility o! obtaining the necessary machinery i'oi providing the Town's own power at the expiration of the contrac'. The member.-, also, discussed ac tion to be taken against violator- of the Town's traffic ordinances. The Police Department is now issuing warning tags to violators, citing them to appear before the Chief of Pn!i', but continued violations will cause the offender to be fined. Unofficial Report States Location For Houses Selected According to an unofficial report circulating this week, the company ir charge of constructing the thirtv- five hou.-ing units in Hertford has " " tentatively selected a ten-acre site!1' for the project. ' )'''.- The site .selected, it was stated by the reporter, is a part of the land i I In ow ned by .lacob L. W hite, adjacent to , wh l lie t.ox properly on the hdenton Highway, not far from the Perquim ans High School It was reported that as soon as the property can be surveyey and the site oked by a Federal Housing offi cial, the property will be transferred and construction rushed on the project. The Town of Hertford has agreed to furnish light and water facilities to the site and work of running these utilities from the town limits to the location will be started as soon as it can be determined that the project will be constructed on this location, it is believed. Ration Board Wants Fuel Oil Consumers Forms By August 17 The Perquimanj County Ration today issued a notice to all fuel oil consumers to return, at once, their applications for fuel oil for the coming season. Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk of the Board, stated that the application blanks were mailed out to consumers several weeks ago, and they must be returned to the local office byj Aug ust 17, in order that consumers may ' be sure of receiving their allotments on time to purchase oil during the ration period. . BIRTH (ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Harris an nounce the birth of a daughter, born at General Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on July 26, Mother anil baby reported. oing niaelyr July War Bond Sales Short One-third Of ! Perquimans Quota Local Committee Pre paring For Drive to Start September 9 July .sec ins to be Ui j far as war bond sales are concerned, I according to R. M. Riddick, chairman oi the lerqunnans War r-inanco Committee, who announced late last wei k thai the count)' purchased only two-thirds of its nioninly quod of bends and stainp-. Mr. Riddick anno i sale.s amounted to .si tol-,1 while ,4(i'l.e(l. the quota was 10. This was the first month in a long time that Perquimans failed : o meet its quota, and the local . ooiinittce !. hoping le.-idents will :n;y hea, in ducing AuguV. in oiif- that ihm month's quota v lii be niei. H is beheed too August quota will remain at the same figure as given for la.st month, although no set goal ha.- been announced as yet. The Perquimans War f inance Com mittee is preparing plans for the third war loan drive which wiil get under way oi, September 0, and promises to be one of the largest mone -rai-liie. campaign- over oo ducted by the l lovernment. In pointing out the need for a suc cess! u: dine, Secretan of the Trea sur ' dorganthau stated, "V -a total of o2 billion do' :: July 1 and the end o ai ..ear . . . toda;, , it I 11 :i:ijiion a day to cpoii v ' o take rare ol el :i -r '! e pelidi t :u es . . . v e a .el! nioiv ih.in to indii idu.il - i. me ,,-, ana;;', l,e "' ! '' & ia; ..MiVdi UMikl... e. '', 1 11 1 :ng t, I C lei I In- ' .e that i .'or the t,,p ei'iuiman- du Area Rent Director Calls Attention To Registration Rules I uiiilLrt.- ,i . ivi.-i I K .1 : v Ihrector, calling (he : lords of Perqunnaii - i . ' registration held hen- ,-. tat ed a number of : Kel.t l.lhd- 1 their renta: p: ..... . ' t mo-, t herebv comnl v : nc iU cements of the I . u , ., ii a: ion. but a largi i to e ply, possih;, i., : k (ration. I lireclor anno.. i , . ,: ouv eiiienee of :,, who nave not regiMen will he placed in tie . . Clerk of Court and I;, Needs, and asked that eac rental property, that apartment, rooms or groan call at once at one of lh and procure this form and ' i,ei o-' lloie-e. loom:, offices' instruc - tions for filling it out. in the form, it is to be After filling , nailed to the, Area Kent Office, Kramer lluilding, Kli.abeth City. Mr. Markham stated t hat a -mi vev of the registration that ha been filed discloses that it is not generailv un- 1 l J ii-- i ueisioou inat rooms must lie regis - tered. He pointed out that this mistake and anyone renting a room must register as though he v renting an apartment or house. Lions President Names Committees Committee chairmen for the Hert ford Lions Club for the coming year were announced this week by Presi dent Charles Williford. The chairmen and committees are: G. C. Buck, attendance; C. T. Ely, constitution and by-laws; Littleton Gibbs, convention; Julian White, fi nance; G. C. Buck, Lions Education; Julian White, membership; Herbert Nixon, program; H. G. Dawkins, boys and girls; J. D. Cranford, citizenship; Simon Rutenburg, civic improvement; C. T. Skinner, community betterment; Dr. I. A. Ward, health and welfare; Claude White, safety; Archie T. Lane, sight conservation and blind. Special wartime committees are headed by the ' Rev. J. D. Cranford and A. H. Edwards. WHITE SCHOOLS OF COUNTY TO START NEW TERM SEPT. 1; FACULTY COMPLETE USO Considering Sites For Location Field representatives id' the I'nited Service Organization are now consid ering several sites for locating a I'STT" Center in Hertford. The men were in Hertford last week and were hown available iycation.s and it is expected that an announcement of their choice will be made soon. The center will be ued as a place of recreation for men stationed at the Harvey Point Auxiliary Air Sta tion. It will he comprised of a read ing room and a larger games and dancing. fo Local Draft Board Reclassifying Dads For Induction Calls Five Negro Selectees to Leave For Fort Hragg August 19 The Perquimans Comity Draft Hoard tin - week began the task ol reclassify it 'j all pre-l'cnr1 Harbor latlim in a i 1 1 the-e i ii'ii-ii'iTil with the Hoard, paten. of possil e calls tor lone after t.- -ome I I, toiler 1 Ti e PiMid will possibly i ' twice eac k until the jot) of these regis- of recoii-identic, eac, .. t rants is completed. Mis. Iluth S.iin:,"!. Hoard, stated earl;. t : to i are quite a ,.i I e' 1 i -1 I a II t S 1 lot enj-ije, . oc, upat ion.-, and th, . , they do become elieaye. iob-. may he called. Since the order call.i to prepare to draft fat! rk to the wek that " of such , ..-ential I voiced oppositii ; , - s 1 1 , move and iflt- some : i i in.'!', To,- Congress ll.o. ever. ,! ii. toe ar t'l.'i: tather..- .Mai, I. p. o a I .-on w ,n,i r ( I loa The .I:!', An lamed Mondav . Tire Applications Passed IIv Hoard a p a- -( . in ' v , pi on:, i d ih '! ' dmg Mi I .-lied r Tin w - re :i- I',,' -. (.I'.'lde III llarrell, ' Roosevelt Y: I;. . Saaiik. 1!; 2: l'oe Xewhy. Llewellyn Pom hry. Ll; Howard Hurdle. 1; .James I'ollm-, l ; ;. ;. t'.reecy, 1. and tube: tubes: J. - H. Lay- . (.rade 1 K. T. Prinn. tir, ' K. Ward. '1 tins and : . Xewhy. tire and tube: ; den, 1; Thomas Xixon, tire and tubi i .1. C. Hobbs, 2 tires am tubes: i -'"hnson Downing. 1: . I,. Sawyer 1 W- S- ''ol,K, tire and tube; Sidney I ij".vnen, tire and tune: Howard Hur I fllo 'J lins anA . 1 C 1 1.... , - " m"". ' jimu,io. tube; Alice Thompson, 4 tires and i lul)'s: Ndgar Kiddick, tire and tub ; hmitn, 1; Salhe Lane, 1; T. J. Goodwin; tire and tube; E. E. Snelt.'held in several counties of the two C. S. Jackson, tire and tube; Dal las White, 2 tire.s and 2 tubes; James Trueblol, tire and tube; Helen Dav enport, tire and tube; G. N. Reid, tube; J. P. Chesson, 2 tubes, and W. P. Dail, 2 tubes. Truck Tires T. B. Sumner. 4 tires and 1 tube; Major-Loomis, tire and! iuDe; a. r. narren, a tires and tube, and J. Van Roach, 2 2 tubes. tires and Perquimans Lodge Meets Tonight At $ The Perquimans Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 106, will hold a special com munication at the lodge rooms on Friday night, August 13, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of conferring the third degree. All members are urged to attend, and visiting Masons are welcomed to the meeting. Superintendent Johnson Says Most Arrange ments For Opening Are Made Summer vacation, the delight of every school child, will come to an end in Perquimans on September 1st. when all white schools of the counl will open for the PM.'M 4 term. !'. ; T. John.son, County Supei inlendenl, j stated today thai most arrange I ments for the opening have been 1 completed. i All Colored schools in the count) I will open next .Monday, somewhat I earlier than t he u lute school Iiu' ! the.-e will close in a month u .-o u: I "i der t hat ill,, children ma ais! n; 'the fall harvest. Mr. Johnson .-taKd that the faculty ; lor the various schools tiiro,,giiou' j 1 be canity i- complete, with, tin- ex i.-pli.. ; grade I mar I these teach, No!! eai. been i Sell, "I an opening in n,,. eight!: oi one ai t lie I ent i a i ( ,1,1m I. but he expected to nave illed .-hortly. Two former . .Mis- Kim.-.- Si ott and Ah.-. hlicK, wih return hen tm-na-I'lliii' and .Mis Nellie l.e, -igned a- teacher Da nlc mis 1 1 III at,,, i' ti,,, -ami Su per. n temlent changes will n, by new driver- -1 vear The chaiiee.-, hose Wll th on I y mad. have , tolls nits. -died! ""'v starting p, A lart-tlme wih Oe no- serv i the d f. day, du I i ni; wine!' enroll and leceive ;., and full se.-sions sday. Siqit em tier 1. will have a nine -It chiss schedule will .start oi ( 'ount v .-i a month ti no tins vear. State-w id i,. I, I" tne sion VIII- term enact , : i, at u i iOer p, Tola! Mr. J., ! pron, .Mi. n pa i .hi!- Growers Of Peanuts i Will Meet Tuesday To Discuss Ceilins Prire 1 , i . of 111, Pelt at held a; li na- i n licet ii, e at lc o' I, Mm f- -h, 'lie. sday mor plan.- to p '. Aug. 17. to complete plan.- lo ;o.,to.-t ceil ing price- or, the lPI't cioo. The meeting will he held li, the High School auditorium, on... block off Main Street on Hieh Stieet. Manv irginia iiota'nles have ac- , cepted invitations to aooear on the 1: program. Among Wiem will be Sec retary of Agriculture Walker. Presi- - .dent of the Virginia l'arm Pureau I l.v l .- .. , ... reoerauon lioisinger, ami 1 ongress- 4; man Wynder IS. Harris of Norfolk. I'lans for the two-state meeting were formulated m local meetings states, and a large representation from a" counties of the entire pea nut producing area is certain to be had. The movement against unfair pea nut ceilings for the North Carolina- Virginia belt got under way several weeks ago when growers and agri- 1 culture leaders rose up in protest and made plans for organized pres sure. Lnder the present set-up oil peanuts, which are grown principally in the states to the south, may bring as much per pound as the premium quality Virginias and Jumbos, which are grown principally in North Caro lina and Virginia. The movement being sponsored by the peanut growers is similar to the one of the tobacco growers of the bright belt, who are protesting ceil ings on superior graded tobacco be ing placed on a ceiling price level with ungraded tobacco of the Georgia-Florida belt. '"ft I 1 t'J', ..L2,,..,-J,..2, E i 1 1 i ' ..... TTT TTT
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