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WEEECLY t; Volume XIV. Number 27. A -l -ULT UC7C?An3 ICTOflO) TO THD UPBUIIDDIQ 07 HEBTPQBD AND PERQUIMAK3 GOUHTX Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, July 4, 1947. FIIA Office Changes Being Effected Here E. F. Morgan New Su pervisor For Five N. E. Counties faced with a curtailment of its activities, due to a reduction of its budget by a congressional committee, the Farmers Home Administration, formerly known as Farm Security Administration, is consolidating the Hertford office with the Camden of fice, with E. F. Morgan named as district supervisor for Dare, Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perqui mans Counties. Miss Inez Hampton has been named as office manager under the new set up. The changes in FHA became ef fective June 27 at which time the af fairs handled by the local office for Gates and .Chowan counties were or dered transferred to the district of fice at Windsor. The reduction in the FHA budget necessitated the separation of a num ber of supervisors, among whom was A. H. Edwards, who served as super visor here for a number of years. The order also abolished the position of all home supervisors. This posi tion was held here by Mrs. Elizabeth P. Sandhn. FHA offices in 10 counties of North Carolina were abolished under the , new arrangements which are being placed in ettect this week. For the present, according to Mr. Morgan, the FHA is carrying out its work on lines similar to the past system but some, changes are expect ed to oe made, especially as to loans made by FHA, and announcement of these changes will be made- as soon as received from FHA headquarters in Washington. Candidate x v sty H. P. (PAT) Taylor Announcement was made this week by H. P. (Pat) Taylor of Wadesboro that he will be a can didate for lieutenant-governor in the Democratic Primary in May of next year. League Directors In Meeting Here Tues. Directors of the Albemarle Base ball League met in Hertford Tuesday night, at which time they adopted a schedule for the second half of the current baseball season, an voted to ceutkiw .4o flay" Ave gamA'iach week. .' ' The question of the schedule hirlgr ed upon a decision by the Windsor and .Colerain clubs, and in order to continue the five game schedule the directors voted to allow Colerain to hire a fifth non-resident player. Colerain has been using only four hired players thus far this season. W. H. Oakey, Jr., president of the league, passed upon one protest, en tered by Windsor against Suffolk. The protest was made after Suffolk used seven hired players in one game, winning it from Windsor. Mr. Oakey ruled the game in favor of Windsor. The president also an nounced he was fining two players, Polios of Suffolk and Cayton of Hert ford for using abusive language to umpires. The umpire problem was discussed at length by the league officials, seemingly without results. It is well known that President Oakey has made diligent efforts to secure com petent umpires for this season, but a number of the umpires secured have resigned after working games in the league, giving as their reasons for resigning that the anjise taken from players and fans was not worth their time and efforts to .assist the league teams. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES $1.50 Per Year. The Paris Conference, called to discuss an American proposal for aid to Europe, reached an impasse this week due to objections raised by Russia, managed to agree to contin uation of the meeting in, an effort to solve some of the economic problems of the continent. U. S. Secretary of State Marshall lashed out at Russia for its attacks on United States mo tives and denied the U. S. had im perialist motives in presenting the plan. An armed plot to overthrow the government of France was foiled this week when French authorities were tipped off to the plot. A number of arrests have been made bv thi French police, and it is expected those arrested will be tried for trea son. The plot called for right wing extremists to. seize communications m -Paris and so upset the functions of the government to bring it under the extremists' control. Hertford Wins From Suffolk; Divides In Games With E. City Double Header With Edenton Is Scheduled For July 4th Hertford's baseball t?im won from Suffolk last Friday night by an 8-4 score behind the pitching of Moe Bauer, an.1 divided games with the Elizabeth City Senators on Sunday and Monday. Games scheduled with Suffolk last Thursday and Saturday nights were rained out. Elizabeth City, playing improved ball following the resignation of their manager, Garland Braxton, trounced tht Indians Sunday after noon by a 6-1 count. Craig, starting pitcher for Hertford, was relieved in the fourth inning after the Senators had scored four runs to take a 5-1 lead. Helms, Senator hurler, allowed the Indians only four hits while his teammates collected 13. The Indians bounced back on Mon day night to defeat the Senators in a slow gamt, 3-2. Bell and Smith were the buttery for Hertford and Black and Caddy were the battery for hlizabetMCity. Bell walked five bat ters, struck out three and allowed six hits. tThe Indians collected seven hits off Black, who walked three men. Three errors committed by the In dians accounted for the Senators' runs. The Hertford infield, composed of Stokes, Cayton, Kimbrell and Young, played heads-up ball on several occa sions to check Elizabeth City rallies. The Indians completed two double plays, one in "the third and one in the seventh. Elizabeth City scored in the first and second innings, while Hert ford counted one run in the first, fifth and eighth innings. Double Leaders are on tap for all league teams on July 4th, with Hert ford playing Edenton in Hertford at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon and re turning the game at Edenton the same night at 8 o'clock. Pitchers for the games have not been an nounced, but it is expected that Bauer will pittth for Hertford in the game here and either Jordan or Thorne will be on the mound for Edenton. Campbell Installed Rotary President On Tuesday Night Club Committees Are Named For Year; Re ports Given President Truman signed a new rent control bill this week which will permit landlords t hike rents about 15 per cent, offering a long term lease to tenants. The President as sailed the real estate lobby for its efforts to upset the old measure and termed the new bill inadequate' and auio iu mise reins an over tne na tion. Congress continued the three cent rate on first class letters for local and non-local deliveries after havinc dropped legislation which would have revised postal rates. The postal rate for local delivery was schpAnleH tn return to two cents on July 1. Un der the new measure the three-cent rate will continue indefinitely. New Highway taw Now In Effect Fire Destroyed Kilns And Lumber At Winslow Sawmill Last Thursday Night Methodist Caravan To Hold Meetings A Methodist Youth Caravan, a pro ject of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church, will arrive in Hertford Saturday, July 5, to carry out a series of meetings with the Methodist youth and adult workers of Hertford and Perquimans County. There will be five members in tin1 caravan and these youths will have cnarge ot tne hunday .M-honi classes at the Hertford church Sunday morn ing and will also direct the services at the church Sunday evening. Meetings will be conducted each exening next week beginning at i .Ml o'clock. The caravan will also work with and direct meetings in Methodist churches throughout the county. New officers of the Hertford Ro tary Club were installed at a meeting of the local civic group held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Max Campbell succeeded Dr. A. B. Bonner as president. Other officers installed were William F. Ainslev. vice presi- dent; James E. Newby, secretary and treasurer; Dr. A. B. Bonner, R. C. Murray, Henry C. Sullivan and Rob ert Hollowell, directors. The club president and vice president are also members of the board of directors. The new president named the fol lowing members to various commit tees to direct the activities of the club during the ensuing year: Club Service Committee, A. W. Hefren, chairman, R. S. Monds, A. 1!. Bon ner, William Ainsley, J. E. Winslow, W. H. Hardcastle and the Rev. li. C. Keavis, members; Vocational Com mittee, R. C. Murray, chairman, V. N. Darden, Cecil C. Winslow and J. H. Newbold, members; Community Service, Robert Hollowell, chairman, W. H. Pitt, Edgar White, J. W. Ward and R. M. Riddick, members; Inter national Service, C. I'. Morris, chair man, A. W. Hefren and Henry C. Sullivan, members. R. M. Riddick was appointed as club song leader and T. B. Sumner as sergeant-at-arms. James E. Newby reported that a survey conducted by a committee headed by himself revealed consider able approval toward the organiza tion' of a Chamber of Commerce or sortie similar organization among the business and professional men and women of Hertford. Another committee headed by Cecil Winslow reported it will appear be fore the Board of County Commis sioners on next Monday to appeal for an appropriation for payment of a full time music director for Perquim ans High School. This committee, it was reported, will be joined in mak ing the appeal by a committee fromfour grandchildren. Heavy Loss Caused By Blaze; Owner Expect ed to Rebuild Plant Winslow Rites Held Tuesday Morning At Holy Trinity Church Prominent Resident of Hertford Passes Af ter Long Illness Mrs. Mattie Leigh Winslow, widow of the late Charles Cook Winslow, died at her home in Hertford about three o'clock Monday afternoon after a long illness. A native and life long resident of Perquimans County, she was a mem ber of the Holy Trinity Episcopal church. She was born at the old Leigh home place in 1868, being 79 years of age at the time of her death. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Clyde McCallum, with whom she made her home; two sons, E. Leigh Winslow and J. Emmett Winslow, all of Hertford; one sister, Mrs. John Dobson, of Charleston, W. Va.; and the Hertford Lions Club. Applications Being Taken For Local lobs Youth Escapes School; , Held For Authorities Johnnie A. Meyers, sentenced to the State Training School at the Oc tober term of Superior Court, was v back In jail here this week, await- ing his return to the Training School, ' following his escape from the institu i tion a week ago last Wednesday. The youth was apprehended by the Virginia Beach, Va., police and turn- ed over to Sheriff M. G. Owens for return to proper authorities. In a ' , , statement to Sheriff Owens the youth gave a complete account of his ac ' tivities from the time he left the Training School until he was taken , ' into custody at Virginia Beach. Cotton Blooms Found t In County This Week , ' Cotton is blooming in Perquimans , thie Week, and Claude Williams of -4 Route: Three was the first to bring a .'Cotton bloom to the office of Th Per. ( ' ouim&na Weeklv. v Th v Mnniri w found Tuesday morning and , accord ing to Mr. Williams the cotton plants are viosaonung out aoout tne usual ' time of ear. . ,. . For behig the first to bring a bloom ; to this office, Mr. Williams will re .? celre a year's subscription to this V newspaper. Congress voted this week, after hot debates, to make Hawaii the 49th State in the Union, the vote being io to ido. if the bill is approved by the Senate and President it will become law, and steps will be taken toward the organization of the terri tory into State. The coal mines of the nation were returned to their owners this week after being under government opera tion for more than a year. The ac tion places the burden of avoiding an other coal strike on John L. Lewis and the coal operators. Wool Collection To Start Next Week Perquimans Count? Farm Airent I. C. Yagel today reminded sheep growers of this county that next week, July 7-12, is the time set for the cooperative collection of wool at the Carolina .Farm Supply Company in Elizabeth City The farmers Co operative Exchange as a service to farmers has agreed to handle the wooLxor the farmers this year at ac tual cost of handling. Wool sold through this Cooperative should be tied with paper twine. Each lot of wool will be weighed and tag ged, and the farmer given a receipt for it The wool will then be shipped to Clayton, N. C, for government grading and will be sold. Checks will be mailed to growers. It is ad visable to remove the tags and . as mucn trash as possible from the wool to improve the grade. No wet wool will be accepted. t - It is the opinion of marketing spe cialists that a better price can be ob tained through this cooperative plan of marketing rather than selling wool locally. Mayor V. N. Darden and Jesse Lee Harris announced today they were taking applications from local per sons desiring jobs with the Don-Juan Manufacturing Company, which will operate a shirt factory here in Hert ford, beginning about September 1. Applicants must be local residents and ladies are preferred. The com pany desires to receive applications from at least one hundred people, and itjs understood that the manufac turers hope to employ this number in the unit to be established here. Persons desiring to apply for iobs with the company may obtain appli cation blanks from either Mayor Dar den or Mr. Harris. North Carolina's new highway law became efftctive last Tuesday and motorists wtll do well to acquaint themselves 'vith the details of this law which was passed 'to promote greater highway safety. The law in cludes the safety responsibility act, which provides that a motorist must be in financial position to meet any claim for damages returned by a court. Failure to settle any judg ment within 60 days will result in the loss of one's driver's license until the judgment is settled to the satis faction of the State Commissioner. The new law calls for heavier fines for traffic violations, and sets a speed limit at 65 miles per hour, this upon portions of the State's highways where the limits range from -25 to 45 miles per hour. All business districts have a limit of 25 miles per hour and residential districts 35 miles per hour. Conviction of speeding twice or more within one year will result in loss of driver's license. A motorist convict ed of speeding in excess of 75 miles per hour also loses his driver's li cense. A second conviction for driving un der the influence of intoxicating li quor a license win De revoked lor a neriod of thrcn veara The law provides that beirinninir I one Pint of non-tax paid whiskey and January 1, 1947, all motor vehicles I PIaced Fauntleroy under arrest. The must be inspected at least once, be-l case. wa8 adopted by the Federal au- Officers Seize Two Gallons Of Booze Will Fauntleroy, Negro of Belvi dere Township, was given a hearing in Federal Court on Monday on charges of possession of non-tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale, it was reported here by Sheriff M. G. Owens. Sheriff Owens and ABC Officers A. Funeral services were conducted at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. K. T. Jilson, rector of the church. The services were directed by the Lynch Funeral Home. Pallbearers were J. Henry New- bold, H. A, Whitley, Dr. ('. A. Daven port, Dr. T. P. Brinn, William Jor dan and W. H. Hardcastle. Interment was made in the Holy Trinity churchyard. Heavy damage, estimated at be tween $15,000 and $20,000, resulted in a fire which razed the Lon Winslow sawmill neai Winfall last Thursday evening. The blaze, which was dis covered at about :50 o'clock, de stroyed the sawmill with the excep tion of the planing mill. The sawmill is owned by A. R. Winslow, who stated that the fire started in some shavings around the boiler and (juickly spread, enveloping and destroying three kilns filled with pine lumber. Along with the dry kilns the saw and carriage were bad ly damaged. No insurance was carried on the plant, which employed l(i men and which Mr. Winslow had been operat ing since the death of his father in 19.'i0. Fire fighting apparatus from Hert ford, Kdenlon and Klizabeth City were called to the scene and were credited with saving a large amount of lumber and also the planing mill. Mr. Winslow expressed his apprecia tion for the assistance rendered by the three lire departments and other individuals who aided in fighting the blaze. The fire was brought under control around !( o'clock but smoke was no ticeable early the next morning. Mr. Winslow stated future plans for the mill were uncertain at the present, but there is the possibility he will rebuild the mill and resume operations as soon as repairs can be made. He had only recently made some repairs and installed new equip ment at the mill. Senator Umstead Attacks GOP Slash In Farm Program Miss Allene Yeates Weds T. C. Thompson The marriage of Miss Mildred Al lene Yeates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dewey Yeates of Chap- anoke to Thomas Clayton Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Her bert Thompson of Elizabeth City took place Saturday evening, June 14 at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents at Chapanoke. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. D. Cranford, former pas tor of the"bride's church, in a setting of white gladioli, double larkspur, baby breath, fever few, itern, palms and lighted candle. Mrs. W. G. Hol lowell of Winfall played the wedding music and Miss Barbara Jean Smith, cousin of the bride, of Portsmouth, sang "Because" and "I Love You Truly." Miss Mo lie Lou Yeates, sis ter of the bride, lighted the" candles. The bride descended the stairs and entered the room on the arm of her father, by whom she was g'iverl in marriage. She wore a period tved .ucj owning, luumiig ior wnisKey. I The officers found two gallons and ginning in 1949 cars must be in spected every six montns." Beginning this month the State will issue new driver's licenses to all mo torists, these to be renewed every four years. Motorists whose names begin with A and B must apply for new licenses between now and Janu ary 1, 1948. Red Cross Report Given By Chairman Mrs. Hudson Butler, production chairman of the Perquimans chapter of the American Red Cross, reported his week the local chapter had com pleted 15 boys' shirts, 15 ladies' print dresses, 15 baby layettes and 23. cot ton, utility bags during the first half of 1947. According to the chairman, this makes a total of 700 hours of nro- duction work for the local chapter. thorities for hearing. D. Baum and Benny Halstead search ed the heme of Fauntleroy on Satur day evening, looking for whiskey. ' din trown of duchess lace and nv'lon over taffeta, fashioned with sweet heart neckline and long sleeves taper ing to points over the hands. The long moulded bodice finished with a peplum of bride's lace formed a pan nier hipline from which extended a full skirt forming a round sweeping train. Her fingertip veil of imported illusion fell from a tiara of illusion and orange blossoms and she carried a cascade bouquet of white roses and lily of the valley showered with stephanotis. Her only ornament was a single strand of pearls, a gift of the bridesmaids. Mrs. Joseph Busik, Jr., was matron of honor, and Billy Thompson was best man. Girl Scout Troop To Meet Monday P. M. The Hertford troop of Girl Scouts will meet at 3 o'clock next Monday afternoon at the VFW hall. All members are urged to be present for this meeting. B. C. Berry Named To District Legion Post B. C. Berry, past commander and past adjutant of the Wm. Paul Stal- lings Post of the . American Legion, was elected to the office of vice com mander for the First District at the recent convention at Carolina Beach. Mr. Berry has been active in Am erican Legion affairs since the or ganization of the local post several years ago. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday Perquimans County's Recorder's Court was in recess this week and all cases cited to the court were con tinued until Tuesday, Jujy 8. W. H. Pitt, clerk of court, stated the dock et shows about five or six cases listed j $45,000,000.0 for trial next week. Protesting House-approved slashes in agricultural appropriations, -Senator William II. Umstead of North Carolina has urged the .Senate to re store the funds and prevent action "which will seriously cripple and may well destroy the efforts of a genera tion in building a sound, helpful and sensible agricultural program." , In a speech delivered on the Sen ate floor June '-(, Umstead led a Democratic attack on Republican ef forts to reduce agricultural appro priations for 1!M8 by $341,000,000. The Senate appropriations committee was scheduled to consider the mea sure this week. ... Umstead told the Senate that he was raised on a tobacco farm and had first-hand knowledge of the hard ships and problems of farm life. "I was a farmer when we had no real farm program," he said. "I know by experience and observation what these things have meant to the rural people of North Carolina and to the nation. It would be a tragedy to this generation and an utter disregard for the generations to come for this pro grain to be destroyed." While Senator Clyde R. Hoey and other Democratic Senators listened in agreement, Umstead attacked the following reductions in agricultural appropriations made by the Repub lican-controlled House: 1. Agricultural conservation pro--gram (triple A) was slashed from $300,000,000 to $165,000,000. Con gress authorized the Department of Agriculture last fall to develop a $300,000,000 program. A reduction in these funds will cut payments al ready promised farmers and will cur tail administration of the law. 2. Soil conservation service, in cluding the agency's land utilization program, had its budget figure of $44,860,000 reduced by about $6,000, 000. 3. Agricultural research's budget request was reduced sharply from $19,000,000 to $9,000,000. 4. Rural electrification suffered a reduction of about $26,600,000. 5. U. S. Forest Service received $3,332,109 less than its budget re quest. 6. The Farmers Home Adminis tration requested $35,000,000 for pur chase loans, all of which was denied. The budget estimate of $90,000,000 for production and subsistence loans and administration expense was re duced asout $42,000,000. 7. The school lunch program, which provides surplus commodities for school lunch menus, had its bud get request of $75,000,000 cut to This sum will provide fonly $36,000,000 for food assistance. 1, ill 1 'X'f A ?