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Hertford, Perquimans County, North barolina. Friday, January 31, 19477
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Volume XIV. Number 5.
nSi.bU i-'er Year.
OUIMANS
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Yeas On Rosds For
Dsstroying Property
Nineteen Cases Heard
By Recorder Judge on
Tuesday
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Perquimans County Recorder's
Court had its busiest day in months
Tuesday when nineteen cases were
disposed of in a day long session.
Cletus Saunders, a prisoner of the
county awaiting trial at the April
term of Superior Court, was given a
two-year road sentence on a charge
.of destroying property. The charge
was brought after Saunders had
broken the. cot in his cell and at
tempted to break jail last Thursday.
In his attempted jail break Saunders
attacked Police Officer R. A. White,
but was subdued by Mr. White before
he could make his get-away. Charges
of secret assault and attempting to
break jail are pending against Saund
ers and these will be heart by Su
perior Court.
Other cases disposed of included
those of Fred L. Sawyer, who paid
a fine of $10 and costs on a charge
of speeding.
James Hopkins was taxed with the
costs of court for driving with in
sufficient brakes.
Joseph Zerrella was fined $10 and
costs on a charge of speeding.
Frank Luck, Jr., -entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of speeding and
paid a fine of $10 and court costs.
Charlie Williams, Negro, was or
dered to pay the costs of court on a
charge of failure to dim headlights
to oncoming cars.
Joseph .'Keller was assessed the
court costs on a charge of speeding.
Henry Bhim was fined $10 and costs
of court for speeding.
' Joyc Wiggins was orddredjo pay
' the ebrirt: fcoeti for speeding.
to a charge of speeding and paid a
fine of $10 and costs of court.
Probable cause was found in the
case of Raymond Bateman, charged
with assault with intent to kill.
A verdict of not guilty was return
ed in the case charging Lee Stepney
and Clarence Hudson, Negroes, with
larceny.
Sidney Altnue paid a fine of $10
and costs after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding.
Russell Winslow, Negro,, was fined
$100 and costs of court after being
found guilty of using illegally a driv
er's license, driving with insufficient
brakes and speeding.
Herman "Winslow, Negro,-was fined
$50 and costs for permitting his op
erator's license to be used illegally.
Milton Perry, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court on a charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
.James Green, Negro, was given a
60-day road sentence, suspended upon
payment of a fine of $50 and costs,
after being found guilty of larceny.
' Adam Clark, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to being drunk and disor
derly and paid the costs of court.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
:., An effort ori the part of! certain in
terests to scrap the OPA sugar con-
A .J".Gpptr, Nem wrtf ordered Mv-i'
eriorCouty Rafter Judjrff ,Charts - AXfck ,
(1 charge -oT assault with intent to kill. AIIHI III r IIIIIII V
4 ' . 1 Harry -Peters, Jr.. pleaded guilty I WllUI II I I I Mllll l
. trol formula was (. halted by a U. S.
L iV,' Court of Appeals on' Tuesday, when
iti, the. Court ruled out an injunction that
y would half OPA from limiting indus-
trial .users of sugar to amounts set
svl !. up under the war-time formula. Fur-
ther hearings on tKe proposals have
..been, se f or .February Vtifc 'v,,;; J,-.-
, , ' Republican leaders ' in Congress
fl-lWWr hii. week that promises for
ducrtipnV tn'.;taxer'nd ; slicing of. : ov-
ernment budget would be kept ,How
'1 :.j";,ever thel tax cut might no be as great
; nss the twenty per cent; originally
' promised. Congress has moved Wow
J'; ly , in the work of adopting the bud
. ' get as well as on legislation regard
ing labor. It is reported by .many
; Washington observers that this care-
. f ul handling of . fiscal f ad domestic
f problems will continue on the part of
i both Democratic and Republican Con
V grcssional leaders; s, ; V A
A bill was introduced In the State
e this week calling ;f or revise
t of the drunken driving penalty,
r tlie new bill a' person convict
cf drivir-! drunk would be liable
a fine of not less than $200 and
i !' 'ense would be revoked for two
i. For second ' offense the bill
' " i for a penalty of 80 days to
I i in J-'l r-i fine of $200 to
i ' s wo'-!i Is revok-
Box Supper Held By .
4-H Boys And Girls
The 4-H County Council sponsored
a box supper at the High School
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Ap
proximately sixty 4-H boys and girls
from the sixth through the ninth
grades attended. All schools in the
county were represented.
Following the supper a recreation
period was conducted by Miss Hazel
Shaw, assistant home demonstration
agent, Miss Frances M.aness, Per
quimans County home demonstration
agent, and I. C. Yagel, assistant farm
agent.
Proceeds from the supper go to the
county 4-H Club treasury.
Boxes were auctioned by F. T.
Mathews. '
For 86 Farmers
During 1946 the Albemarle Soil
Conservation District helped 86 far
mers prepare conservation plans.
These plans were made on a total
of 8,959 acres of farm land. Conser
vation farmers improved or rebuilt
drainage systems on approximately
1200 acres and seeded i7 acres of
temporary and permanent pasture.
The District held two demonstrations
to show ditch construction with dyna
mite. One field tour was made to
a Soil Conservation District in Vir
ginia to observe ditching with con
struction machinery.
Many other conservmion practices
were established by farmers in Per
quimans County who worked with
the District.
This District is composed of Chow
an, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden
and Currituck Counties. A. T. Lane
of. Perquynans County is Chairman
of the Board of Supprvisors of the
Station Robbery
Thieves broke into the service sta
tion owned by Cecil Sawyer, located
on Route 17 sometime between the
hours of 10 o'clock Saturday night
and five a. m. Sunday morning, and
looted the store of some fifty to sixty
dollars' worth of merchandise, accord
ing to Sheriff M. G. Owens, who is
investigating the theft.
According to Sheriff Owens, the
thief or thieves used a flat instru
ment to pry open a door of the sta
tion to gain entry. The breakin was
discovered by Jeff Pierce.
Mr. Sawyer1 stated he did not know
definitely the total loss for in ad
dition to merchandise taken, the
pumps of the gasoline tank had been
broken and it was believed a quan
tity of gas was also .stolen by the
robbers.
Only minor clues were discovered
by the Sheriff during his preliminary
investigation, but Mr. Owens stated
Ke is continuing the probe of the rob
bery on these clues.
Indians Lose; Squaws
Win Over Wfeeksville
Perquimans; High School divided
a twin basketball bill with Weeks
ville last Friday, night when the In
dian Squaws won a two point victory
from the Weeksville girls and the
Indians lost a four point decision to
the Weeksville boys. . Both games,
played on the local court, were nip
and tuck from the opening whistle
to the closing seconds.
The Squaws opened the preliminary
game by jumping into a 7-6 lead dur
ing, the first quarter and maintaining
this lead 13-10 at half time. They
gained, ah additional one point ad
vantage during the third quarter and
were" ahead 22-18 at the beginning
of the final canto. Weeksville out
scored the Squaws 12-10 during this
period but the Perquimans lead was
sufficient to assure victory.
In the boys game the Indians trail
ed the Weeksville basketeert through
out the. entire game but spurted dur
ing the last quarter into what ap
peared to be a winning drive but time
ran :out before the Indians caught
the much improved Weeksville outfit
Weeksville held an 8-3 lead at the
close of the, first: period but the' In
dians cut .this to: a three' point ad
vantage in the second quarter and
trailed by only three points at half
time v During the third period the
Indians folded- and 'permitted Weeks
ville. to rack up ten points while they
collected only five. : -The Indians' out
shot the visitors iri the final period
13-9 but failed in the' final minutes
tot overtake ; the - Weeksville .lead.
The final score was 88-32 bit favor of
V.'e ' sville. .
HD Clubs Adopt Goal
To Promote Better
Health Program
Committee Named to
Lead National Home
Week Program
Mrs. J. D. Stott was the guest
speaker at the January meeting of
the County Council of Home Demon
stration Clubs held Thursday, Janu
ary 2;. Mrs. Stott, formerly a resi
dent of Japan for a number of years,
gave an interesting account of ex
periences she underwent while living
in that country.
With good health foremost in the
minds of the people of North Caro
lina, the Home Demonstration Clubs
are cooperating in all efforts to pro
mote better health for the State. The
following goals have been adopted as
the clubs' good health program: To
have every club family produce, store
and conserve an adequate food sup
ply fo'y the year; planning and serv
ing better prepared and more appe
tizing meals; 74 per cent of club
families to make and fill a canning
budget; all members practice improv
ing health habits; improving poultry
feeding, housing and sanitation; 1.'!
result demonstrations in gardening;
cooperate with Health Department on
program; all 4-H members t be ex
amined by nurse; Ki Home Demon
stration families installing water sys
tems and all homes with screens.
Plans were made at the County
Council meeting for the observance
of National Home Demonstration
Week, May 5-H.l and the following
club members were appoint. ! to com
plete plans: Mrs. J. I!. f!asn'j;ht,
food and nutrition project leader;
Mrs. H. S. Lane, home garden pro
ject leader; Mrs. Milton Dail, poultry
project leader; Mrs. 0rl Godwin,
dairy project leader; Mrs. Pailen
Lane, food preservation leader: Airs.
M. T. GrifTin, health chairman; Mrs.
T. E. Madre, home beaut ill "1-:on ;
Mrs. C. P. Quincy, clothes project
leaded, and Mrs. C. W. Reed, educa
tion chairman.
Mrs. M. T. Grillin, county health
chairman, gave an interesting report
on the Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
I She urged all club members to run
i tribute toward this woitl.v caUM
Miss Helen Winslow
Weds Robert Hewitt
Mr. and Mrs. Karl W'inslo v of liel
videre announce the marriaire of
their daughter, Helen Catherine, to
Robert Hewitt, son of, Mr. and Mrs
R. C. Hewitt of Elizabeth City, Route
3. The ceremony, marked by quiet
ness and simplicity, was performed
at the Methodist parsonage of Hert
ford, Saturday afternoon, January
25, at 5 o'clock by the Rev. II. C.
Reavis.
The bride was attired in a slate
blue gabardine suit with matching
plumed hat and black accessories.
Her corsage tvas of white carnatiors
with baby's breath and fern. She
had as her maid of honor her sister.
Miss Lina Winslow. Her dress was
of gray gabardine with nail head
trim. Her corsage consisted of sal
mon pink gladioli and fern.
The groom had as his best man his
brother, Charlie Hewitt of Elizabeth
City. Route 3.
Other members of the wedding
party were Mrs. Charlie Hewitt, Miss
Myrtle Winslow, Murray Dail and
Eugene Winslow.
Immediately following the cere
mony the bridal couple left by motor
for. Florida. Upon their return they
will, make their home at Elizabeth
City, Route 3, where the groom is
engaged m farming.
John IT. Harrell Dies
Suddenly At Edenton
John H. Harrell, 68, of Cnowan
County, brother of Mrs. Charles John
son and Mrg. Olivia Hobbs, died sud
denly at his home Monday afternoon
of a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 3 q'clock at
the home wfth W. J. Berryman offici
ating, assisted by the ' Rev. ' W. C.
Francis. Interment was in Beaver
Bill Cemetery in Edenton.
Trueblood To Head
New Traffic Agency
s Capf Norman N. Trueblood, on
terminal leavn from the U. S. Army,
has been named ito head a newly es
tabtfuhed traffic agency for the Nor
folk Southern Railway Company. The
offica is . to be located in Eliiabeth
u Prior to' hii tatry.into the ntly,
Mr. Trueblood wat agent for th com-
pany in Hertford. , t V ','yAfi' "
Indians And Squaws
Divide Double Bill
With Columbia High
Local Teams to Play
Gatesville N e 1 1 e r s
Here Tonight
Per(uimans High School basketball
teams divided a doubleheader with the
Columbia High School Tuesday night
when the Indian Squaws won a 28-24
thriller from the Columbia girls and
the .Indians lost to the Wildcats by
a 45 o2 margin. The games were
played on the Columbia court.
Both games were interesting and
the outcome was in doubt until the
fina) quarter of each game. The Co
lumbia girls jumped into a .slight
lead during the first quarter of the
preliminary game and held a f-4
lead. The Squaws came back strong
in the second canto and racked up
eighjt points to lead 12-11 at half
time. The Squaws added eleven more
points to their . total in the third
period, while holding Columbia to six
points and were ahead 2.'1-17 at the
beginning of the final quarter. Co
lumbia outscored the Squaws in this
per)d 7-5, but were unable to over
come the Perquimans lead gained in
the third period. The final score wa
28-2-1 for Perquimans.
The boys' game opened fasi will
both team- playing carefully and it
was nip and luck throughout the first
period. Perquimans scored first to
hold the lead for seconds but Colum
bia then took the lead and it was a
see-saw battle through the quarter
with first one team, 'hen the other
holding the lead. Columbia finally ;
gained a l-'!-! advantage at the close i
of the period. Columbia racked up I
11 -Joints during the second period
andpheM t 'rqtiint:' ns to eight and en
joyed a - -von point lead at half time, j
Th4 Wildcats increased this margin
by" wo p. lints during the third period'
arify'li -M a nine p :nt 31-22 Io.-mI ;it ,
thi. I1' ' j-irng of t'v f '.a' ' .' .srter.
TrtfAliiuiaii-. rallied at the In gini'ii'g ,
of tbe t'oiTth period and Hosed the
gap to six poin's hut the Wildcats'
then turned on a shooting spree and
roiled in l-l points for the period
while Perquimans collected t n ami I
Cn- game ended with a I'.ial .-''"re of,
i-.--':2 ,'nr 'ohinihia ;
Th Indians and Squaws w'H play
a return g;: ' e with Gatesville High
Si 'i-iol i n 1 1 e local i rt I'l iila ;
night. The fust . . . .... h: t
7:::n. I
Water Specialist
Checks Town Supply
!!. VV. Lutl"r. water specialist and
chemist for Klizabeth City completed
a check of the water supply for the
Town of Hertford last I riday, ac
cording to Mayor V. N. Harden, who
stated the specialist leported the lo
cal supply satisfactory in every de
tail. Ttie specialist not only checked the
water ln.t also the water plant and
its machinery and approved the plant
along v. it li th 'supply.
Reports, wholly unfounded based
upon the specialist's report, had cir
culated last week that the local water
s ipply was causing an illness among
the residents of the tow n. According
to Mayor Harden, Mr. Luther report
'd there was no for"ign substance
whatever in the water to cause an
epidemic of any type.
Perquimans To Join
Athletic Conference
K. C.
Woodard, principal of Per
quimans High School, today an
nounced the school has been elected
to membership in the Albemarle
Hih School Athletic Association and
will participate in baseball and foot
ball with the other members of th
conference.
The membership includes, Colum
bia, Plymouth, Scotland Neck, Wind
sor, Robersonville and Williamston.
Rules adopted by the association are
similar to those of the State Asso
ciation. .
The baseball schedule as announc
ed by the secretary of the confer
ence call for the opening game to
be played on April 1, with Columbia
playing, at Hertford. Each team will
play twp conference games with the
remaining members for the cham
pionship of tl conference.
The footbalf achedule, also releas
ed by the Secretary, lists the Indians
playing. a Scotland Neck, Windsor,
Plymouth and .Williamston, with
Ahoskie and Columbia playing at
Hertford.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
Perquimans tbdge, No, 106; A. F.
At A M., will meet Tuuiday night ,
Local Farm Values
Show Good Increase
Farm values in Perquimans County
increased almost a million dollars
during the past five years and farm
products increased more than a mil
lion and half dollars, during the same
period, according to a report released
recently by the census 'bureau in
Washington.
According to this report farm val
ues jumped from $.'1,411,501 to $4,
2G4,900 and value of products jump
ed from $1,139,181 to $2,859,598.
Dill Before House
Would Permit Town
To Lease Property
A bill, introduced in the General'3 or (m'r- who df,sired, would be
Assembly last Friday bv Represen- j KV,'n X ra-V laminations,
tative E. Leigh Winslow) will grant The function of the Health De
authority to the Town of Hertford j partment, Dr. Mitchell told the Ro
to privately lease property held by ! tarians, is preventive medicine; that
it for public use, it. was pointed out j the department treated only venereal
ties week by the Institute of Govern- I disease and gave immunization for
ment.
The' hill was introduced specifically
to permit the Town of Hertford to
lease to the Hertford Locker and
Packing Company the town-owned
and operated cold storage room, for
use in connection with the new freez-'
er locker plant now being constructed
lure. The terms and conditions of
the lease would be agreed upon by
the town commissioners.
j I he Lockei ( onipany is construct -j
mg its freezer locker building on
i property adjoining ;!ie tow n proper! ;
i and by obtaining a lease on the co!o
' storage room w ill have greater fa
: ilities for sirving the patrons of tin
freezer locker company. Accordm;;
jto reports the locker company v ill
l maintain tin cold storage room in a
first class condition and assume aP
u'osu pertaining thereto, in addition
I to pin ing ;. yarly sum for the I ;e.
Dog Loses Life In
Fire; Saves Family
A small puppy owned by the Paih
Lane fainiU valicnlly ga
in order 'o save the lives o
ers when the ho. if Mr
Lane burm d to the groin
night of January 22. Tl
trapped in an upstairs
h,
his
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aw ak
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Lane to i
son and 1
l.i.c.ed th:
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nighicr, vii h
i ;'h the night
. who w a s
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room on the lir;
st
l.f the
d"g .
:u diati i
was awakened by
smelling smoke she
ed to her husband
their children and
Hie
inn;
and
l'usl
they n
led fro:
I in
blazing house.
The fire had gained such lioad a
by the time the family was arou.-od
only a few items of kitchen fuini; :ri
was saved by the family and m -'i
hors who ai rived to help cohihat the
'ire.
A later search for the pupp. .:
of no avail, it had perished in ' h
fire. The bla-'.e vvas discovered at a!- .!
o'clock and had gained hu r.
headway efforts to extinguish fin
lire were futile, however, the lla n-s
were controlled and outbuildings v. re
saved.
Chappell Services
Held Last Thursday
Funeral services were conduc 'ed
last Thursday afternoon at .'L.'tn
o'clock at Piney Woods Church for
Watson C. Chappell, 69, of near liel
videre, who died in a Norfolk hos
pital last Wednesday. The Ki v.
Claude Bullock officiated and was as
sisted by the Kev. Mrs. Fernando
White and the Rev. K. M. Walker.
The church choir sang Abide With
Me, Will the Circle be Unbroken and
Kneel at the Cross.
Pallbearers were Joe Lamb, Fred
Smith, Robert Hendren, Herbert
Chappell, Adrian and Charles Smith,
all nephews of Mr. Chappell.
Burial followed in the family plot
near, Belvidere.
Survivors include three sons, Eu
gene of Hampton, Va. and Alphonzo
and Edgar Chappell of Belvidere;
one daughter, Mrs. H. P. Green of
Gates county, one brother, W. R.
Chappell and one sister, Mrs. Benja
min Winslow, nine grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
ACCEPTS POSITION WITH
STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION
Miss Bertha Mae White has return
ed to Wake Forest after spending a
week with her parents,- Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. White. She has completed her
studies at Wake Forest and has ac
cepted a position with the StaU Bap
tist Convention. , - , ,
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Health Department
Plans TB Clinic For
County This Year
Program Outlined to
Rotary Members at
Club Meeting
A tuberculosis clinic for Per
quimans County is being planned by
the Pasquotank-Perquimans - Camden
Health Department, it was revealed
here Tuesday night by Dr. Z. P. Mit
chell, District Health Officer, who
was guest speaker at a meeting of
the Hertford Rotary Club.
Dr. Mitchell stated that the clinic
would be planned for some time next
summer and all persons 14 years of
otlvr coniinunicalile diseases such as
d'phfheria, smallpox and typhoid.
He add''d that he knew of no county
or city in the State that had abandon
ed a health department once such a
prog'ani had lie.-n ore a nixed in the
co 1 1 1 1 u ' I '1 v.
The control of communicable d is
ea.-e w.-e- une of the main programs
carried on h the department and t ll
is done through education and im
munizations. I'ui'i.ig 191i there wen
f lie cases of dmhtheria in this dis
t . i en-, of a i ' t f -v -r and no
; s 'co-. ii (I o : ph.it). Six thou
simI . acc:n:ii io' .-ere given by the
local department, three thousand t"
residents of Perquimans County.
In disc issii g :hc planned Tl! cliirc
hr Mitch II poin'i d i. i: that tubtvu
losis had been gn-a'ly red iced tin
last
rati
ars and
ItMli thi
fi-
fr
TP for Pen.
r of Inn. ihiii
( 'oil II
was 51
State rate
each 1011. ooi
was listed
per
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f tin
it was
and
Ae.ot
ment 's
is selli
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During
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Civic Cluhs Raise
$2301 For II. S. Band
K. !!! on the par! of : nbers
of the Hertford Rotary and Lions
Cluli- to raise, $:.r( for the purpose
of fu!K en. lipping the r.-rquimans
High S In.ol band with in-lrumeiits,
uniforms and music is iii.' king head
way according to VV. 11. 1'itt and A.
II. Kdward.-,. representing the two
A total of sti.'ail has been received
- into the fend according to ti report
made this .uvk. This t was
raised through on:' u! s and the
special d i coudiict.il by the Lions.
The co emitter directing this drive
state it is their aim to continue ef
; forts to raise the entire amount
originally estimated as needed to
equip the band fully,
i Reorganized only last year, the
iband has gained considerable recog
nition throughout the eastern part
of the State as one of the best high
S"hoo hands for its size to be found
: anvw here.
Bishop Wright To
Preach Here Sunday
The Right Rev. Thomas Wright,
H. D., Bishop of this diocese will de
liver the sermon at the evening ser
vices at Holy Trinity Church Sunday
February 2, at eight o'clock, the Rev.
E. T. Jilson, rector of the church an
nounced today.
Holy Communion will be celebrated
at eleven o'clock Sunday morning
with the rector officiating.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.
Special Agent Makes
Report On Cotton
Willie M. Harrell, special agent,
this week reported that 875 bales of
cotton were ginned in Perquimans
County from the 194G crop, prior to
January 16. This was compared with
1,640 bales ; ginned from the 1946
crop for the same period of time.
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