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A' WiiEKLS" NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
oiume XI. Number 43.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, October 27, 1944.
DTOBEIi TERM SUPERIOR COURT OPENS
IRE MONDAY WITH 37 CASES ON DOCKET
AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY GROUP NAMED
TO RENDER AID TO RETURNING VETERANS
QUIMAN
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Three Days
rhirty-seven cases, 11 criminal
I 26 civil actions, are listed on the
eket . for the October Term of Per
imans1 Superior Court, which opens
re Monday morning with Judge
;.' K, Nimmock presiding, fr 1
The empanelling of a grtiftd jury
ud hearing the criminal docket,
hich includes a murder case and a
nanslaughter case is expected to
. onsume about three days. The time
, teeded for disposing of the civil cases '
I win qepena upon testimony mtro
duced in the various actions, but it
would seem that the entire week will
be - needed to clear both dockets of
cases listed. I
'-The manslaughter case to be heard
is the one in which probable cause
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in. May. According to the testi-
mony heard in Recorder's Court,
Edmunds was driving the car in
volved in a wreck on the highway in
which George Privott lost his life.
Lonnie King, Negro sailor, will be
tried for murder, growing out of an
affray which happened at the Savoy
dance hall during the past summer.
Other cases on the criminal docket
Include two cases charging drunken
unvjng, iwo assaun cases, one ior
non-support and one for fraud.
The following list of men has
been drawn to serve as jurors during
the term of court:
-C B. Griffin, David Cox, Jr., J. D.
Chappell, Capt. T. S. White, W. J.
"enton, Thomas Rogerson, Thomas
,wain, Noah Felton, Jr, J. Wesley
Harrell, Allen Winslow, G. L. Sutton,
Jr., Henrv Riddick, Nathan Sawyer,
Nathan Riddick, W. N. Winslow,
I Tharlie Trueblood, Herbert Nixon,
"nest Metse, W. W. Lewis, J. P.
aird,' Walter Nowll, W. Mi Cart-
Vight, Sr., iteorjn. ,Walke?;. - L. B.
Peiry, M. J. GreWy, - H. ft. Caddy,
Tf Winslow H; 4. 4WhHltir7V1ter
WttisTow, C. R. Spivey, Ed Hr
Mi B. yjf. Penning, Doejtey Cart
van-and Walter D. Lane.-
HEADLINES
American forces, under General
MacArthur, Jiave advanced over a
wide area in their invasion of the
..Philippines and have consolidated
. their hold on the Island of Leyte.
.' Reports this week stated that Mac
Arthur's troops have killed more
' than 3,000 Japs as they have ex
, panded their beacheads. The U. S.
forces invading the Philippines
are '
estimated as somewhere between one
hundred thousand and one hundred
and fifty thousand men. A number
rot u. . somiers, capt urea uy ine
Tons urttcn li . THiilinninaa fall hflvn
been released by the invading Ameri
cans. U. S. Fleet task force, under Ad-
M.miral Halsey, was reported to have
engaged a jap neei enroute lo-.van
the Philippines and a big sea battle
may be in progress. It is, believed
the Japs, whose forces included bat
tleships and cruisers, may be at
tempting -to attack the American
.beachhead or reinforce the Jap gnr-
Tison of Leyte.
Renewed fighting flared on the
Eastern front this week as new Rus-
an forces fought their way into
jCast Prussia, capturing many Ger-!
ty mail wwiib unu ciuc. . Live ivvu
troops are reported more than Suing, and was given a so-day sus
, miles inside Nazi territory, having pended sentence upon payment of a
captured most of the territory tine of $50 and court eosts. P
i known as Memel. Heavy f ijrhtinir Deal to the Superior Court was noted.
continues between the Germans and I
Russians on the Polish territory , with
little .change noted in. the battle lines.
, American troops of the First
-Army have poshed on past Aachen,
and are driving . toward the ' Ruhr
Valley, German civilians are report
ed returning to the rained city of
Aachen, where American command--ers
have listed rules of occupation.
South of the First Army, : General
Patton's Third . Army isj continuing
heavy pressure against" the Nattis
near Metz. ' Reports from-the British
forces irr the Holland area indicate
the British are' stepping up their of
fense and are threatening to encircle
some 10,000 German troops, r The
Allied pressure against the Western
front is "being continued to break the
Nasi resistance for the drive on
MASONS MEET TUESPAY
Perquimans Lodge, No. 108, 'X. F,
A. M., will meet Tuesda7 ftight.
Topic PTA Meeting
Plans for the opening of the
school lunch room were completed at
a meeting of the Hertford Parent
Teachers Association last Thursday
night, at which time a committee
of management for the lunch room
for the month of November was
named by the president, Mrs. C. I.
Holmes. The committee is composed
of Mrs. Houston Edwards, chyjrman;
Mrs. C. M. Williford, Mrs. H. C.
Stokes and Mrs. J. 0. Felton.
Mrs. Holmes named Mrs. D. M.
Jackson, Mrs. T. P. Brinn and Mrs.
W. C. Cherry as a committee to carry
out plans for painting the lunch
room, to fill the requirement needed
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Arrangements have been made, it
was announced at the meeting, for
the purchase of arr ice box, water
heater and sink for the lunch room.
The meeting, the first for the
Hertford P. T. A., was well attended
and the program included songs led
by Mrs. B. G. Koonce, a solo by
Mrs. J. Bischoff, and a brief report
of the P. T. A. Institute to be held In
Greensboro by" Mrs. J. E. Winsi
ow.
Recorder's Court In
All Day Session To
Clear Docket Tues.
Peeping Tom Gets 18
Months Road Sen
tence; Appeals Case
After havinv$vease continued
for several weeWkf Jo Eutts, Negro,
found guilty on tl
Wihits in ler-
quintans Recorder's
Court Tuesday
and sentenced to the roads for six during the atternoon session, ur. a.
months on each count. The sentenoej U. Uonner, of Hertford, will take part
is to run consecutively. Butts was in this meeting by holding a round
found guilty of assault, forcible tres- 'table clinic on The Use of the Sul
pass and peeping torn. The defend- 1 pha Drug in Pulp Exposure,
ant appealed the verdict to Superior The memorial service for Dr. Har
(.. ris will be held on the Court House
The Recorder's Court was in ses
sion nearly the entire day in clearing
the docket of cases, after having
been in recess last week.
Other cases heard Tuesday included
those of Elmer Tarkenton, who plead
guilty to speeding and was assessed
the costs of court.
MrKinlev .Tones Necro. entered a
nloo f .miltv tn iwVleus driving and
was fined $30 and ordered to pay
court costs.
I (m tho fiua fburtrinir .lAmPK Fills.
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Kicnara urn ana leveiana mauic,
all Negroes, with fraud, the State
took a nol pros on the first two de
fendants, but Riddick was found
guilty and ordered to pay costs o'
court.
In the case charging T. C. Chap
pell and W. L. Jessup with mutual
assault, T. O. Chappell entered a
plea of guilty, while W. L. Jessup
plead not guilty. Testimony given
by Chappell was to the effect that
the altercation took place some time
aiter Jessup had previously accosted
him and cursed him. Jessup did not
take the stand and the verdict of the
court was that court costs were as
sessed against Chappell whil0 JesRUp
was found not guilty.
Walter Holly plead guilty to a
charge of speeding and was lined $25
and ordered to pay court costs.
Wayland "White, Jr., was found
guilty ux a uuargc ui ictmcen uuv-
Lemuel Bray plead guilty to
; 'charge of speeding and paid the
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Office Of Defense
Transportation Asks
r or iiany maiungr
The Office of Defense Transporte'
tion this week advised the public to
shop early and send all .Christmas
gifts before December 1. This ad
vice is issued . due to the fact that
transportation . facilities . are1 over
burdened and the enly way -tto, in
sure delivery of gift parcels, on
time this year is to mail thenvearly.
The ODT stated that war-essential
transportation must be jnet t first,
and the fact that a heavy "load of
Christmas parcels is .expected, forces
the ODT, to ask the public ffl co
operation in sending parcels, address
ed to distant points within the coun-
I try, by the December deadline."
It
mat.
lUlMnd br U B War Depmrtnwnt. Buruu of Publi Relation!
LEANING TOWER UNHARMED Above th battle-scarred
Italian city of Pisa, the famous Leaning Tower, in the center back
ground standi, untouched by attacking planes. Wreckage of railway
yards, target of Allied raids, are shown in the foreground of the
photograph made by the U. S. Signal Corpe.
FlWlSTlN MEETING
TO BE HELD IN HERTFORD NEXT MONDAY
Memorial Service to Dr.'
John Harris at Noon
At Court House
North Carolina's Fifth District
Dental Society will meet in Hertford
on Monday, October 30, for a mem
orial service for Dr. John Harris, the
I Father of Modern Dentistry, and the
! holding of dental clinics.
The meeting will be presided over
I by Dr. Herbert Spear of Kinston, and
will open at 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing at the Agricultural Liuilding.
Mayor V. N. Darden will welcome
the -visiting dentists to Hertford and
the invocation for the meeting will
be given by the Kev. b. C. lteavis.
Two round-table clinks will be held
Jnrinir f l. ntirn i n rr ooauirtn :inri imp
Green at 12 o'clock noon, at which
time the monument, erected to his
! memory, will be unveiled. The monu
ment was erected by the North Ca
rolina Dental Society in cooperation
with the Ohio Dental Society, and it
is expected that several representa
tives of the Ohio Society will be
present at the memorial services.
I Due to lack of facilities here
Hertford, part of the society's meet
ing will be held in Edenton on Sun
day, October 29, but all business ses
sions and clinics will be held here
Drs. W. I. Hart and W. S. Griffin
of Edenton and Dr. Bonner are mem
bers of the arrangement committee
in charge of the meeting.
The meeting will close with a busi
ness session at 3 o'clock, at which
time the place of the next meeting
will be designated.
American Legion To
Hold Armistice Nite
Banquet New Hope
In observance of Armistice Day,
Wm. Taul Stallings Post of the
American Legion will hold an Arm-
ialina f.l linMjilint I Tln nl Vtu
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New Hope Community House at 8
o'clock, Thursday, November 2,
Shelton G. Chappell, commander of
he post, announced today.
The local post will hold the ban-
quet on November 2, instead of
Armistice Night, November 11, due
to previous arrangements of several
members of the post, which would
have prevented their attendance.
Commander Chappell stated that
197 other Legion Posts in North
Carolina are expected to arrange'
similar banquets and that these ban
quets will be held on or near Armis
tice Day throughout the State.
Post Commander ChaDnell stated
that he is-appointing a special com -
mittee on arrangements for the local
Armistice Night banquet, which he
hopes will he bjgger than any ban
quet the local post" has ever held.
He termed Armistice Night the
Legion's own holiday ant that of
every World War veteran and stated
that every member of the local post
of American Legion and all veterans
of the first and second world wars,
who were honorably discharged, are
also invited to attend the banquet at
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No Draft Calls For
November; Board Has
Exam Call For Five
The Perquimans County Draft
ISoard will not be called upon to fur
nish any men for induction into the
November, Mrs. Huth Sumner, clerk!
of the Board, stated this week. How- I
ever, a call for five white men to
report for pre-induction examination
on November 20 has been received
and this call will be filled later.
There will be no pre-induction call
for Negroes during next month.
Seven white men left here Tuesday,
on the final October call, for Fort
Bragg, where they were inducted In
to service. The contingent were:
James Riddick, Hubert Dail, Clarence
Harrell, Caleb White, Koscoe Lane,
Richard Goodwin and Ashton Cope
land. Methodist Church
ro Install Officers
At Service Sunday
On account of a large number of
the official members of the church
and church school having to be out
of town last Sunday, the installation
service was postponed until next
Sunday at 11 a. m., as was announced
by the pastor, the Kev. B. C. Reavis,
last Sunday. All members of the
official board of the church and all
officers and teachers in the church
school are urged to be present next
Sunday morniirg.
At a recent Quarterly Conference,
T T? .lurviv u,-!ic ra.plai'tnH nrunpral
superintendent of the church school.
The following were elected stewards
for the next year: Dr. T. 1
Brinn
V. N. Darden, J. R. J.trvis, J. S. Mc
Nidcr, J. M. Matthews, C. B. P:H:er,
W. H. Pitt, C. T. Skinner, C. F.
.Sumner, W. B. Tucker, J. H. Towe
and G. A. WhU".
J. C. Blancli.ird, R. T. Briun, J. M.
-Matthews, II. C. Stokes, W. B.
Tr.rkcr and J. T. White are the trus
u u. of the church property.
At the Quarterly Conference num-
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ciation of the splendid work being
done by the pastor were voiced and
a resolution requesting the Bishop,
rha n;af;4 Cnr.aM;tifniont anA fKo
l lie Linbi hjuyv;i 1 1 lit; iiui 111. nim i n. i
cabinet to return Mr. Reavis as pas-'
tor for another year was unanimously
adopted. It is agreed that the local
church is in the best condition spirit
ually and financially ever in its his
tory. This year it has been entirely
freed of 'indebtedness, the budget
which is the largest ever has been
balanced at the end of each quarter
(something never done before) and
much improvement has been made on
both church and parsonage.
1 REVIVAL AT HAPPY HOME
I PENTI COSTAL HOLINESS
A revival service is in progress at
the- Happy Home Pentecostal Holi
ness Church near Ryland. The ser-
vices are being conducted by the
Rev. Fordyce of Dravosburg, Penna.
Services are held each evening, ex
cepting Saturday, at 8 o'clock, and on
Sunday at 11, 3 and 8 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
i The revival will continue through No-
.Ivember S.
Indians Eleven To
Meet Ahoskie Today
Having hud thr
with Windsor last
the IViquinians
dians will resume
ties this week liv
1 jjanu1 scheduled
Kriday cancelled,
H ij;h School In
their gridiron hat
mei'ling the Alms-
kie 1
field
ligh School team on tin
this afternoon.
Ahoskie
Coach Max Campbell has put the
Indians through a series of stienu
i mis' practice ,-essions this week in
preparation for the game with the
' Hertford County team. Despite the
' fact that Ahoskie defeated Kdenton
! only l.'i to 6, while the Indians were
victorious over the Aces by .'SK to 0,
I Coach Campbell does not believe llie
j Indians will have an easy name with
' Ahoskie.
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i A S(iiad of twenty men were
chosen to make the trip to Ahoskie
for today's game, and the entire
group is expected to see action be
fore the game ends. Those named
for the trip are liobby Holmes,
Chester Winslow, Tom Perry, Cecil
Winslow, Hill Murray, liili Klliott,
lack Symons, Calvin Wilson, Edward
Mayes, Joe Nowell, (ieorge Wood,
Dan Berry, Johnnie Hunter, lioyce,
Layden, Pitt, Sawyer, Hmughtoii,
Jackson, Tucker and Nobles.
County Still Short
Of Goal In Drive
For United War Fund
Solicitors UrCed TO Coil-
tinue Canvass For
Contributions
Perquimans County is still short
' of its United War Fund goal by
i twelve hundred dollars, actrfHittg to
figures released this week by Julian
. A. White, treasurer of the committee
in charge of conducting the cam-
paign. According to Mr. White, a
total of $3,:t00 had been turned over
I to him up to Tuesday of thi- ueeK.
and of this amount $l,.r00 was collect
ed in initial gifts. Reports, aside
from initial gifts, which included
S.'t'iO contributed by Major-I.oomi--Co.,
and credited to I'arkville Town
ship, by each township, was as fol
lows: Hertford, .r)m.6.r); I'arkville,
: $441.25; Belvidere, $283.7!t; New
. Hope, $261.15, and Bethel, !f2l(i.5:i.
J. Kmmett Winh;v and the Kev.
li. C. Reavis, cochaiiinen of the drive,
in a statement this week, said that
efforts will be continued until the
quota for this county is raised. They
urged each 'township chairman and
the solicitors to continue canvassing
for contributions. A'o doubt, in a
campaign of this type, many per
sons desiring to make a donation are
missed by the canvass and are for
gotten. The co-chairmen request all
solocitors to recheck their teiritoiy
for such possible donations.
The Kev. Mr. Keuvis, on vtcdnes-
' la?' sai'' lh1. "ther meeting ol
th.
solocitors will no doubt be called
pianueu 10 uiscuss lurinei
vvav s
il in
i unu means ior raising rue g
(this drive to provide funds for tne
USO, Hertford Boy Scouts and reiiel
to Allied nations throughout the
I world.
The co-chairmen reminded the pux
1 lie tnal the money raised during this
I drive includes the budget for every
! possible charity except the American
' Red Cross. Some sixty percent goes
to maintain the L'SO Clubs throiorh-
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divided among !I7 other agencies
i working for humanity in war-torn
i Areas.
A request has been made for per
sons who have been missed by the
canvasers, and who desire to make a
contribution, to send or leave their
donation with Mr. White at the
Southern Cotton Oil office.
Peanuts Moving To
Market; Price Good
i
Despite the tight labor situation in,
this county, reports on Wednesday'
indicated that a number of peanuts l
are moving into the market and 1
bringing a price of $9.05 per hundred. ,
This price is slightly higher than the
opening price on peanuts last year. I
C. P. Morris, of the Southern Cct-1
ton Oil Co., stated tha tcotton is still j
being sold in large amounts, and that
many acres in the county still remain
to be picked.
Farmers of the county are finding
it difficult to locate sufficient labor
to harvest crops and are somewhat
behind in their fall work.
Committee Action To Be
Determined By Retir
ing' Veterans
Rendering a.i istanee ami advice to
returning war veteran.- win desile to
engage in agricul' ui al pursuits will
be the purpose of an Agriculluial
Advisory Com mil tre, which was
named in Per., ..us County thi.
week, in cooperation with a plan of
the Wai Food Administration to pm-
ide reluming rlnan:- w ith al!
possible aid on establishing them
selves upon t eir di.- ' r ge from Un
armed force .
Count,.1 Agent I.. V. Andii.-on w.ll
serve as a liason repi esenl at ive be
tween the advisui group and the
local Selective Servico Board, which,
also offers returning w'erans assist
ance in re-establishing themselves m
civilian life.
' The committee named tin- week is
composed of Dr. K. S. White. Max
Campbell. C. P. .Morri?, .1. A. White,
V. N. Harden, A. T. Lane, Milton
Dail, A. W. Ilefren. W. F. Dail, S.
. M. Long, John T. Lane. A. II. I d
ward-, 1. A. McGoogan, G. ('. I lurk ,
' King A. Williams, W. C. Stroud aim
L. W. Anderson.
I TIih executive committee of the
group is eompo-ed of Max Campbell,
chairman: A. W. Ilefren, vice chair
man; I.. W. Anderson, secretary, and
' J. A. White and A. II. Kdwards.
At present, the committee will
await taking definite steps in work
' ing out its program. However, as
veterans begin returning to this
county in number, the committee will
meet from time to time to amass in
formation and data for the aid of
veterans calling on the committee
for assistance. I'reliniin.irv p! in
call for the committee to assemble
informal: n farm- that can tie
purchased or rented, etc. It will
later attempt to supply returning
veterans with (lata on types of farm
ing suitable to the area, amount of
capital required, safe margins of in
debtedness, sources of credit of dif
ferent types, sizes of unit- necessarv
to maintain a satisfactory standard
of li'ing, and sound operating prac
tices. The advisory services of tins com
mittee will be available to all return
ing servicemen wishing such assist
ance, and it has been agreed that the
re emplov 1'ieiit committeeman of the
Select i' e Service Board will adv i -e
returning veteran- interested in be
coming established in agriculture of
the assistance available and will re
fer each veteran wi.-hing assistance
to the advisory group.
Hertford USO Seeks
Homes For Sailors
On Thanksgiving
How many residents
and Perquimans County
to entertain a service
Harvev Point in their
,f Hertfoid
would like
man frem
homes for
dinner on Thanksgiving evening
A plan for entertaining
serv ice
personnel in local home
giv-ng and ('hri-tinas
on Thanks-
- evenings is
Fdirar .1. Hill,
boiler wnvk"d out by
direct'"' f te
l!ertf-'d I 'SO. and
he reqeests the cuiio'i't'im of all per
sons dedrier to provide a little
home hospitality for service fn on
these dat s.
The jilan will be for !t '"i ' re. idents
to notify She ISO CI b tin : iinber
of men .'.-nil hoive will ;:iv t", a. id
t'.csr invitations will be turned over
to Chaplain Paul Sanders .it the
base, who in turn will distribute the
invitations among the men. An at
tempt will be made to have :is little
duplication as possible, so that the
greatest number of men will be pro
vided an invitation on one or the
other dates.
Early next month an invitation
slip will be published in The Weekly
for local residents to use in coopera
ting with the VSO and extending
their invitations. In the meantime,
persons desiring may telephone the
USO and leave their names as want
ing to help.
Inasmuch as the Navy provides a
Thanksgiving meal for all men at
noontime, the USO desires that the
invitations of the local residents be
made for the evening. Most of the
men stationed at Harvey Point are
released from duty around 5 :30 p.
m., and invitations should be for six
or six thirty o'clock,
Birth Announcement
! Lieut, and Mrs. Thomas Jones
Nixon, III, announce the birth of a
daughter, born Tuesday, October 24,
at General Hospital, Norfolk, Va.
Mother and baby are doing nicely,-