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Volume XLrNumber 45,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, November 10, 1944.
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County's Sixth War
Loan Quota Set At
218,000 Dollars
Committee Will Meet
Next Week to Plan
Method of Drive
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CARRIES THIRTY
STATES TO WIN FOURTH TERM ELECTION
K. M. Uiddick, chairman of the
! Perquimans County War Finance
i Committee, on hi- return from a re
; gional meeting of county chairmen.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A merii an
panese ship:
the Manilla
Naval units blamed .la
; and giniind force- hi
area el 1110 riunppine
dampens.
aged ,la shipping an. I aii
(leneral MaeArthui ': troop.- In
fierce battle to extcn.ini; te t
inforeed Jap troops on l.eyle.
H.lmH kr D S. V Dwrtm.nt Buro of Pnblta Relation,
MARCHING INTO GERMANY Bomb craters in th roads form no obstacle to advancing American
troop. as th. versatile bulldoiw it called to smooth the way, hardly interrupting the onward m.
ment of mn and material vital to tht offen.iv. against the Siegfried line.
HDIANS GRID TEAM SCALP WASHINGTON
AND COLUMBIA TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED
ix VictorieTPuts Per-Rent Representative
T quimans at Top of Al- States Rents Raised
i hpmarle Schools By Petition Only
"There seems to be much inisun-h-i
standing among landlord- in this
area regarding increasing of rents
i .r one reason or another," says C.
U. Holmes, area rent representative
attorney. I'lea.-e understand that no land
lord is entitled to increase the maxi
mum rent collected from the tenant
aoove the registered maximum rent
except upon petition to the area rent
iicctor and receipt of order from
him authorizing an increase.
and
malce a vu'lW agreVmfft fv4i)-rOHsed
rent for increase in services. Such
agreements if made violate the rent
re'.ulation. Kvery change in the rent
upward must he based on petition
mu--t not lie , llected ii'dii au
thorized by order of the director.
"An increase of equipment, and in
crease in services rendered, and in
rease in suh-teuancy, and some
other facts will warrant an increa.-c
in maximum rent, hut only on peti
4 ion and order."
Mr. Holmes is at the Court House
every Tuesday to assist local
vvitVi their rent problems.
bemarle Schools
The hard-driving, slashing Indians
ontinued their drive to an unbeaten
tball record by winning their fifth
id sixth victories of the season dur- (
(sr the past week by downing a Iarg-,
tjtt Washington High School eleven
jsito 0, and repeating a victory overj
fhimbia by a score of 25 to 0.
. fPlaying . without the' service of Joe
Unwell, the Indians had little trouble
t if downing Columbia last luesaay.
. fternoon. Starting the game slow-
arjni. 1-1 "TVir, I m.lU.i rf and . tenant cannot
Uotfits dorfaig the secoriS Tialf, whire
lioldiag Columbia scoreless. Nowell
tlction in part ot tne game ana
fart responsible for one of Perqurm-.
ins- tuochdowna. Berry crossed the
jpay line twice and Thurman White
marked up another sixj points on a
lxautlful pass from Wilsoii. Wood
scored one point after touchdown to
!run ie score to 25.
f Coach Max Campbell used the en
tire Perquimans squad against- the ;
;Tater Bugs and each of the boys !
-gave a good account of himself. i
i The starting line up was White and
iWinslow, ends; Murray and Winslow,
tackles; Elliott and Perry, guards;
. Symons, center; Mayes, Berry, Wood
and Wilson, in the backfield. Boyce,
!Nowell, Sawyer, Pi.t, Broughton, j
Tucker, Jackson and Layden were
? substitutes. i
1 i Coluinbia opened the game by (
kicking to Perquimans, who failed to :
igi.in, and punted back to Columbia,
ytfeither side was able to advance the
f&all much during the iirst penou ana
Uhe quarter ended 0-0. The Indians
f pepped up and scored shortly after
fthe beginning of the second quarter,
' and from then on the outcome was
inever liTdoubt. It was just a ques
jjon of how big the Indians would
make their score, v
Jv he Indians chalked up their fifth
"consecutive victory-nd remained ;tht
, only unaeieatea warn in rjtern
' North Carolina, at the 'expense of the,
I.Washington High School Pam Pack
l last Friday night, winning by a lone
mtouchdown 6 to nothing.
The score did not indicate tne
manner in which the Indians man
handled the Pamlico County griddei s,
jtpt'tk check' f the - scorer's sheet
vdiowed the Indians gained zia yarns
irotn scrimmage, while Washington
moved only 75 yards. Washington
was unable to threaten the powerful
Indian -team throughout, the game,
and never got closer than 35 yards
of their goal( line.
Perquimans completed two passes
from five attempts and intercepted
two of .'Washington's numerous at
tempts t ogain- -through the air
rout';. ''fi;0?y-. ,
TlW-sfP' witn Perquimans
receiving 14' ba" luh a Drealt Dv
Chaplain Hobgood
Gives Chapel Talk
At Perquimans High
Former Pastor Tells of
His 26 Months' Stay
In India
Postwar Planning
f opic At Meeting
Of County Board
Possible post-war plans for pro
jects within I'erquinians County
were listed al a meeting of the board
of County Commissioners, held Mon
lay at t ie Courthouse. Included in
plans for post-war work is the build
tag of a new Negro school at Win
all, completion and repairs to roada
vvithin the county, additional drain
age projects, and possible conduction
of a public building to serve as offices
for various agencies, and a meeting
lace for the public.
There projects were outlined on a
questionnaire to be mailed to the
North Carolina Planning Board, now
-ngaged in making a survey of post
war plans in the State's 100 counties.
No doubt the replies received on these
questionnaires will be used to esti
mate the post-war employment situa
tion, and aid returning veterans seek-
Tlie faculty and students of the
'erquimans County High School had
'. In- privilege on Tuesday morning,
doner .11, of being the first mixed
indience of white people to be ad
dressed by Chaplain Clarence K.
Hobgood in more than ?vc years, as
he had just returned fdom a stay of
t venty-six months in India.
The territory in which he was sit
uated, Chaplain Hobgood said, is one
"T the filthiest,? ..imsVjwrty-8trick-"
areas in the vorhl. The popula
tion of India, he continued, is 4.r0,-
000,000: in other word
person in the world is an
Education in this country
made any progress, as today only
one person out of every ten can read
r il write.
The caste system still prevails,
probably the largest caste, also the
Jowest, is that of the sweeperman.
nother caste which is locked down
unnn is thai made on of those who
people j w,,,. shoes, as shoes are thought
, to he contaminated. No one can ever
net cut of the easfe into which he is
born, not even a beggar.
Places of worship are numerous,
'or everything is dominated by wor
ship. In addition to speaking of the
temples of the natives, the Chaplain
mentioned two chapels he built while
in India. He was assisted by some
Indians, who, not familiar with ttie
word, always referred to a chapel as
a "pray room."
The speaker touched briefly upon
ine way in wnicn American soimers i
live in India, r.very man is assign
ed a servant to wait upon him; to
shine his shoes, keep his clothing i:i
order, etc. Servitude among the na
tives seems to be taken for granted.
Chaplain Hobgood also told his
listeners that he went to India upon
the Liberty Ship, the Stephen A.
Douglas, the voyage requiring
days. Traveling bv plane, he re
turned to the I'uited States in (il
hours. Since aviation has shortened
travel time to such a great extent,
he thinks it possible that in the fu
ture a trip around the world might
become a part of the high school
curriculum.
Formerly the pastor of the Hert
ford Baptist Church, Chaplain Hob
good now holds the rank of Captain
in the Army.
stated that this county will be a.-ked I Islands this w eek and s:'rn l.
; to purchase a total of $218,000 worth
. of war bonds during the Sixth War
Loan, which opens on November 20.
1 This quota is smaller by $40,000
than the one set for I'erquinians dur
1 ing the Fifth Vir Loan drive.
The quota for Series V. bond pur- '
chases was set at $f!.ri,0OO, which is 1
:tlso a smaller amount than was giv
en as a quota in the last drive.
The chairman announced that he Is
, calling a meeting (if the entire
County War Finance committee for
next Thursday nitrht, at which lime
, plans for conducting the drive will In
made, and supplies needed by soslicl
! " ill In- distributed. There is a
nossihility that another war bond
rally, similar to the one held during
the Fifth War Ixian drive, may he supply lines am
held here, but the decision will rest turing points,
with the committee. If the rally is
held, it is believed that bidding will
be received for all types of bonds,
rather than just Series K bonds, as
was the case, in the pievious bond
rally.
In making the announcement of the
('untv's quota. Mr. Hiddick pointed
out that Perquimans County had
over-subscribed all previous
drives by two hundred percent, and
stated that he hopes the public will
respond to this Sixth War Loan as
readily as they did the other five
Bond sales in the county have lagged
somewhat since the lat drive, ac
cording to figures at the local hand, , ciu's,
and the War Finance committee is j I life
hopeful that residents will buy war i bund
bonds in such numbers that the Sixth
War Loan quota can he met within
a very short time.
Londs to he offered by ilie Troas
u rv Department durum the Sixth War : these weapons
, Loan will be similar to those offered ,
1 during preWous drives and each so-
licitor will be able to explain the
various bonds offered to individual
I . .i1 Carolina (iives
President Majority of
Three to One
! . ri purl- -huw that Presi
dent Kousevelt has carried ')
States, giving him 410 eio.n.ra.
votes, compared with l:i Stale
i al l ied by (onernoi Deuey, with
1,1 electoral v.
Incomplete returns from the n:.
tio'i i-dnosdny showed I 'rc-iden -Ko
.m- i II ( ,il I j i. i,ui t. States t
wii, leeleetlo'i fin a filllth term by
an electoral .ute of :; ' In I le ,m
HIT. Compi;e n-poi.s Irmii alt
Japs have changed commamleis m
the Philippines, according to a report
this week, and it can be expected that
1 the Jap. will make a last ditch stand
I'm t heir hold over 1 h.-se island .'.
Heavy fighting between American
First Army troops ami tin- (ieimaiis
was reported on the . ostein limit,
n the Aachen district, as other sec-
tor- remained static. The American
force- are moving toward Cologna
with the Nazis making every effort
to halt the advance. The Allied air
force continued to batter (,eiiuan
in riant manufaC'
The Russians report heavy and
bitter fighting on the Kastern front,
with the Red Army slowly gaining
territory. In the south the Rus
sians have all but captured Budapest,
capital of Hungary, lint the Cort.-ians
an' resisting fiercely. .Marshal Sta
lin, however, announces that the
are now poi.-ed to begin a
;reat offensive to knek Ccr
niit of the war.
bond i A Ilie-
final
main'
A report showing that Cermaii)
still has -nine power left was issued
this week by Army and Navy offi-
w'hn warned Americans that
is still a possibility of rebut
attacks en the I nited States.
Little news has been released re
garding the lirrinail use of robot
bombs, in recent weeks, but it i
known that the Nazis are still u-lng
each tutn buyers.
Indian. Tm, '-n,alnv
has not
Depart ment urges
that the public buy every bond pussi
ble and retain the;
torv is won.
bond
Motorists Slow In
Applying For New
'A' Gasoline Ration
Intr jobs
The Commissioners had one of the , gerfeS Of Parties
siioriesi (iitrciiiii$B ui iwcih ihuuiup
vith no other business except the
usual routine financial matters to
harfdle. . &
The Board will re-ouganir-e at its
rieeting the first Mctulsr of Pecem
Sr. with George ! JacksoV replacing
" II. Morgan as commissioner from
the fumble 'method, gave the ball o Parkville Township. M Morgan did
Washington, 'who failed W gain and not seek re-election ?jn the last
was forced ti kick, on, receiving; the primary. ! jj
ball, the Indians fumbled on the nrsi
Jfilaiwd returned the .ball to 'Wasn
inirton. ine Jim quarter, was
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Perquimans County motorists have
been slow in making applications for
i-enewal of their A gasoline hooks.
Mrs. Helen Daynpnrt, clerk of the
local ration board, stated this week
thai only some 600 to 700 motorisls
have renewed their ration books nn
to Monday of this week.
The new coupons became valid yes
terday, and motorists who have not
renewed their A books, must do se
now. before they may purchase gaso
line with A coupons. The local board
requests motorists to tibtain applica
tion blanks at any service station
-;iid, after filling them in, mail to Du
ration office, rather than bring theirf
in person.
Applications for permits to pur
chase tires fell off some this past
week and crtificates were issued to
the following:
J'assenger Type E. K. Stevenson.
.1. H. Felton, 2; Ezekial Robinson, 2;
Watson Jacocks, T. P. Byrum. G. F.
Wood, 2; B. H. Millikan, H. G. Daw-
cins, J. H. Stallings, J. N. Newby, State.
President Carries
Perquimans County
Better Than 4 To 1
Five of Perquimans County's si
precincts gave President Roosevelt I
'XVI voles to Dewey'.- 2:iO in th ei
tin Held here Tuesday. KepoitsJ
f roii) Nii-aum precinct are not in- !
eluded in the report. .More than 1100
vote- were cast in the county, which
exceeded the pulling in the primary
last May.
President Roosevelt carried I'ei
quimans by a better than four to
one majority, and only one of the
five precincts reporting gave the
edge to Dewey. Bclvidere east HI
votes for Dewey and 4S for Roose
velt. Other precincts voted as fol
lows: Hertford, Roosevelt, 54:1; Dew
ey, ::; Bethel, Roosevelt, 101. Dewej.
."; Parkville, Roosevelt, 15S; Dewey
r.K.
The voters also cast a majority for
all the constitutional amendments
voted on at the election. However,
little interest was manifested in the
outcome of these amendments, and
many of the voters failed to vote
either way.
The county voters also returned a
goodly majority for the Democratic
I State ticket, and all county officers
were elected without opposition. Gov
"'iir Gregg Cherry received
I votes and Lieutenant Governor lial
I lentine tallied X61. Thad Eure re
I ceived 888 votes for .Secretary of
States may inrie.ise the I 'resident's
majority.
Due to many State- ext ling vot
ing time, returns were late being re
ported Tuesday n.ght, and :t was not
until the early bonis if cdne.-.lay
morning that Dewey conceded the
election to Roosevelt. However,
staunch Republican new-papers u.
large citie.- conceded the election to
the President around midnight Tues
day. Early returns placed the
President ahead in New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and California, as
well as all Southern States. The
predicted close vote in the border
States did not jell and President
Roosevelt carried four out of the five
States.
Voters all over the nation trooped
to the polls Tuesday to cast what
may ftirn out to he the largest vote
ever cast in a national election. It
was estimated that nearly SO million
votes were cast, hut the final figures
will not he available until all Un
sold ier votes are counted.
North Carolina gave President
Roosevelt a substantial majority,
voting better than ;t to I in I, Dili out
of 1,922 precincts. In these voting
places the President received :::). 170
votes to Dewey's 1:12,8!).'?. Along
with the President's high vote, Clyde
Hoey was elected as Senator from
North Carolina by a big majoritv,
148.1.14. to his opponent's K2.S4X.
Definite reports as to the election
of Democrat- in the Senate aill Con
gress were unavailable at the time,
but trends in many States indicated
a possibility that the President will
have a majority in the legislative
body, as great is not gre.'UtwjtUuiii
the past two years. Four hundred
thirty-two seats in Congress were at
stake in the election. '
Farm Bureau Drive
Hoses November 15;
Workers To Report
saw: battle before the' teams,' "" with j
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiltsee of:
Perquimans holding sueh'sm edve. Hertford 1 announce thtf birth of a
that Washington spectators predicted
th dutocme as a victory lor the ln--ng.
Early in the f second,, period
I-idians moved down to the Wash
n 16-yard line, but , fumble, cost
v a chance to score, Later' Joe
II scampered. 84 yards to cross
goal line, but the score was can.
i continued on mist! opt
daughter, Janet Louise.fborn Friday,
November 8. IS ' '
Draws Large Crowds
To Hertford USO
Attendance at the Hertford USO
Club continues to reach new high
marks as winter moves in, and par
ties are arranged - at the club. A
Hallowe'en party was staged October
31, and one of the largest crowds yet
was on hand to join in the fun, have
their fortunes told, visit the spook
corner and dance. .
Last Saturday night the club had
as special guests j GSO girls from
Hertford, who are attending college,
for a format dance. Tht club was
the scene of mul-colored evening
dresses and pretty girls, , .' '
Tomorrow night, the program calls
of for a Sadie Hawkins Day party,
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
" Mr i and Mr. Eafpf Riddle
Hertford Routs 1 anhbtxrW the birth when Lil Abner and Daisy Ms visit
vf KnJn, artrl at tii tinm nf her the club to. entertain the service men.
parents. Air. and Mrs. J. Dall., Dir. ana lots ot flumes. ana plenty w iun.operaie py entenawing verym uu
on v" nwiuiay ukkci.
Mrs. L'. I. Bernard, Hattie Spivey,' 2;
Melvin Rogerson, C. B. Congers, 2;
Charles Williford. Sidney Goodwin,
C. R. Ford, 2; Martha Blanohard, A.
E. Burke, 2; William Hausdoeffer, J.
A. Winslow, and Towe Motor Co., 3.
Truck Type N. J. Smith, M. H.
Klliott, Riddick & Roach, 2; J. L.
Winslow, J. T. Wood, E. M. Perry. 2.
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USO Seeks Invites
For Service Men
J. Edgar Hill, director of the Hert
ford UISO, stated Wednesday the
local club is receiving a number of
replies to its plan seeking invitations
for service . men for Thanksgiving
dinner in the homes of Hertford and
surrounding community.
The USO is asking the residents to
invite the men from Harvey Point for
the evening of Thanksgiving or
Christmas, and in this issue is a cou
pon persons may clip and send to the
USO signifying their desire to co-
nued on rir SS,x fiddles;, is on foreign du jr.'; ' are in stire fpr those attending.
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On the county ticket J. W. Ward,
seeking r-election as register of
deeds, was high man with 911 votes.
W. T. Culpepper received SRS votes
for State Senator and Chas. H. -Ten-
kins, 878. W. W. White
889 votes as representative; Charles
K. .Johnson, for Recorder's Court
Judge, 803; for county, treasurer,
Jacob I,. White, 897; ' for county
commissioners, Charles E. White,
889: L. L. Winslow, 890: G. W.
I"ckson, 888; R. T. Brinn, 885, and
K M. Perry, 897.
Sheltnn M. Long, W. E. Dail and
D. L Barber were re-elected mem
bers of the board of education.
SEEKS PEANUTS
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106,' A. P.
& A. M., plans to send packages of
neanuts to the Oxford Orphanage for
the children's holiday present and is
seeking contributions of peanuts
from growers here. Anyone desiring
to contribute peanuts to the lodge is
asked to send them to school by chil
dren and leave them with Charlie
Vann.
Members of the Pei-(Uimans Coun
ty Home Demonstration Clubs who
have been soliciting memberships ,n
the Farm Bureau are requested to
make reports to the Kami Bureau of
ficials not later than November l.",
as the membership drive i- expected
te close on that date.
Few reports have been made to
date on this drive, and officials or
the Bureau are unable to give defin
ite figures on the number of members
signed for the year. However, tann
ers who have not joined are urged in
do ho before the close of the cam
paign. A. T. ..ane, president of the iY'
quimans Farm Bureau, requested
that club members complete the can
vass of their territories before Un
closing date in order that the Bureau
may have a complete report to send
to State headquarters.
The Farm Bureau itiember.-hin
drive has been under way for sev
eral weeks now in an attempt to s:gn
some .'100 farmers and associates to
the local Bureau, but indications are
that much work will be needed if the
membership is to reach that total in
this county. Due to the repressenta
tion expected to be needed in post
war planning by people interested in
agriculture, the local bureau is hope
ful that a majority of farmers from
received ertIu'mans S'K" fr membership
tins year ui neip proviae mis repre
sentation at various legislative meet
ings. Farmers who have not been asked
to join the Farm Bureau by one of
the solicitors may be enrolled as a
member by contacting any official of
the Bureau.
Recorder's Court
In Recess This Week
Perquimans County's Recorder's
court was in recess again this week,
the second time in as many weeks,
due to the National election. The
court room was used as the polling
place for Hertford Township. The
court was in recess last week due to
Superior Court session.
Cases on the docket in Recorder's
Court will be tried next Tuesday.
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