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. ,i V', v Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 26, 19477 $1.50 Per Year. Volume XIV. Number 39. SWEE teeMy Announces Circulation Campaign Today Loccl Basebi Club Rcorgcnized Last ThuTsdapghr Plans Drawn For Next Season; Qfficers and Directors JNamed l Perquimans County's' baseball club was reorganized and plans were 7 drawn for participation in the Albe- f marie League during the i48 sea J, son at meeting of baseball fans held last Thursday night at the Court House In Hertford. Approxi mately forty fans were present at the meeting. The meeting opened with a discus sion on the financial condition of the club following the close of the -season this year. Edgar Morris, who served as business manager and W. H. Pitt, treasurer, reported on opera tions and revealed that the club clos ed the season1 with a deficit of ap x proximately $700. A. W. Hefren, who acted as chair man of the meeting, named a nomin ating cominittee for the purpose of selecting officers of the club. for the next year. The committee - resorted ag follows: Fred T. Mathews, presi dent; E. H.' Cannon, vice president; Julian A. White, secretary, and D. S. Darden, treasurer. Directors named were A. W. Hefren, V. Darden, Henry Ciay Stokes, J. H."Newbold, R. M. Riddick, Jr., W. H. Smith, C. C. Chappell, E. M. Perry, C. P. Morris and Tom Eason. Each of the five townships of th county are repre sented on the board of directors. In order to properly ; finance the club for next season, the officers and v directors voted to tell stock in the ' local club, each share "Wng sold at P S25. Ifc wabM decide! that in the son, stocknolder wt-;B reimbursed on their investment, or 1 it was de sired, the balance left would be held over to carry on the club through the following season. Members of the board of directors will begin the sale of the stock imme diately. The board moved and voted thai the ball cilub, henceforth, would be known as the Perquimans County caseoau iiuD. Deadline Near For AAA Peanut Survey W. E. White, secretary of the Per quimans AAA Committee, issued a 4finaHrarning to penrat producers of the county today' in regard to the filing of. the, peanut questionnaires mailed to producers recently." The AAA Committee urges all peanut growers to fill out this questionnaire and return it to the AAA office by October 1, which is the final date for filing The return. Mr. White pointed out that if any producer had (ailed to receive one of these questionnaires he is urged to drop in the AAA office and fill out one of the forms. Indians Lose First Football Game To ECHS Yellow Jackets Resume Schedule In Game With Edenton Aces Friday Night Traffic Violations Make Up Docket In Recorder's Court Twenty-one Cases Dis posed of In Session Tuesday State Prepares For Auto Inspections To Begin Jan. 1st 4-HClubs Organize For lief Year And Select IJeiv Officers The 4-H clubs of" Perquimans County held their first meeting of the school year this week with a large number of new and old members- at tending. x The purpose of 4-H clubs and the expectation of each club memberj were mphsiieaVand tbVoa;rW WPi "To vMeke th Beef -Bet-. ciaw were fityte -ior exmoiis in the six county fair toy. be held in Elizabeth City October 6-11. Plans were also started for the annual Achievement Day to be held in the Agricultural Building on Saturday, ixl November 8th, at which time club Vl " members will exhibit project work. 1 ., fm.. - t ob ' . xne juuuwuig oincerf nave oeen elected for the coming year: ' High . School: y President, Horace Layden;- vice president, : Carolyn Hurdle; secretary i nd treaurer, Dickie Baker; song-leader.' Virginia ' Long; program committee,. Harry Lee. Winsiow and .Amy Yarn Roach. , ,, Fifth' Grade: ) ! president,- BiUy Baker; vice president, .Eva JKuasell; secretary and treasurer, Mary Fran ces Eure; song leader,. Phyllis True blood; prognrant; committee; ; Roger Mathews and JSmily White. - - Sixtlf Grade: , President, John Earl r Hollowell; vkse president, Barbara (Continued:6m Pae .JBs)f Sp:::::rTcDFr;l7 t i ' . A i '! - , k ' v ' " . i Members oi the Girl Scouts of the Hertford Troop will sponsor, a tea, Friday afternoon, between 4 and 5:30 p. m., at the He' - Hertford,: it was announced here t.ay. ' v All parents,' friends ? and . persons interested, in girl scouting in Hert? ord are nri.. to attend, v Refresh- nta will La prepared and served . the Girl f M. . . . '"Her1'0 )iir'"t cf the " Plans for North Carolina's motor vehicle mechanical inspection pro gram which will go into effect next January 1 are well underway, Arthur T. Moore, chief of the Mechanical In spection Divison of the Department of Motor Vehicles, announced today. Moore said in addition to placing an order for the $80,995 worth of testing equipment, the Department was in the process of hiring compe tent personnel for the job. ' Under the program, 40' inspection stations will be. established through out the State. ' Thirty-six of these units will be permanent, and the otherfour will serve as replacements and supplementary units. Each sta tion will be Isquipped with a trailer which will sefye as an office. The exact locations; for all the stations has not yet been worked out, Moore said, adding that they would be de- lc&fi-fttti; hstais. of motor ve- population -to specified areas. Under. a law passed by the 1947 General Assembly, every motor ve hicle registered in North Carolina must be inspected once during 1948 and twice a year thereafter. An in spection fee of $1.00 will be charged during 1948 and 1949 and thereafter .75 cents will be collected. Moore said each of the stations would have one supervisor and at least four inspectors. Explaining how the inspection program will op erate, he said as vehicles enter the inspection lanes, which are 160 feet long, each driver will be checked at the entrance for his driver's license and registration certificates. There the driver will pay his inspection fee and the inspector will fill out an in spection card, which will be checked for all types of mechanical defects, such as horn, mirror, windshield wip er, 'steering alignment, steering as sembly, exhaust system, tires, tail lights, headlights and brakes. This inspection card becomes the personal property of the vehicle owner, and will be used later to aid garages and repair shops in correcting- a erects on the car. . ' JjrAfter ;tbJL preliminary, check-up, ( Ctontinireavoul'age , j&ignt ) t. - . -' .' " Vi . ' f ' - '.. ' y;T, mi, i ir i i t i " i tit p i- in II SEEKS SOLICITORS FOR SEVEN WEEKS DRIVE FOR COLLECTING SUBSCRIPTIONS Campaign Opens Today; $400 Heads Prize List Consisting of Six Prizes; Every Entrant Benefits on Results Gained Before one of the largest crowds ever to witness a football game on Memorial Field, the Perquimans High School Indians dropped their opening game of the 1947 season to the Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets by a score of 20-0. The play of the local team in the opener revealed several weak spots in the Indian lineup and Coach Joe Levinson has been putting the Indians through some hard drills this week, ironing out these weak nesses in preparation for. the Indians' game with the Edenton Aces schedul ed for Friday night at Hicks Field in Edentor Considering the fact that the In dians have been busy learning a new system of play, under the direction of their new coach, Joe Levinson, the exhibition given Friday night was not too bad. Elizabeth City, with its ample reserves, had a decided edge over the Indians and outplayed and out-maneuvered the Indians through out most of the game. However, at times the Indians showed some su perior work over the Jackets. Coach Levinson used 18 players in the game against Elizabeth City, attempting to discover the possibili ties of most of the candidates out for this year's team. Kirby, Pitt and Emmett Elmore showed up best in the line play for the Indians, while John Ward, Bill Boyce, L. C. Elliott and Jack Symons bore the burden in the backfield. Earl Winsiow did the best punting for the Indians. EiizabethfCity controlled the bail during most of the first half, scoring first a few minutes after the opening of the second quarter and then push ing over another touchdown before rest time. One conversion after scoring gave the Jackets a 13-0 lead at half time. The visitors scored again in the third period and con verted the extra point to make the final score 20-0. The Indians will journey to Eden ton Friday night to renew football rivalry between these schools, and th local players are hopeful of bringing back a victory over the Aces. Edenton lost its first game last week to Kinston by a 25-12 score. Traffic violations made up most of the docket in Perquimans County Re corder's Court here Tuesday, when 21 cases were disposed of during an all day session. A , number of the cases including thosp .-of-Boy Sutton, Frank White, Oscar McDonald, Charles Thompson, Alexander Sutton and William Skin ner, all colored, were charges of driv ing with insufficient brakes. Each of the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the charges and paid fines of $10 and costs of court. Walter Swain, Negro, was fined $25 and 6rdered to pay the costs on a charge of driving without a license. Clarence Felton, Negro, wasaxed with the costs of court for driving with improper lights. Oscar Modlin was fined $10 and costs' for driving with insufficient brakes. Will Sullivan entered a plea of guilty to driving drunk and paid a fine cjf $100 and costs of court. Thomas Oleheski and Jeffrey White submitted to charges of driving with out licenses and each paid a fine of $25 and court costs. Wilie Jones. Nesrro. naid the costs of cotrt on a charge of speeding. Jack Liverman was found not guil ty on- a charge of driving with im proper ngnts. David Pike was found not guilty on a charge of reckless driving. Ttne prosecuting witness, lirady Webb Negro, who failed to appear against Willie Webb, Negro, on charges of assault. The State took a tool pros in the cases of Ashley Hoffler and Malaki Parsons, both charged with driving with improper lights. A verdict of not guilty was rend ered in the case charging Robert Sut ton with larceny of a pair of wagon wheels. John fcd relton was found guiy on two counts, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to 60 days on the roads on each count. An appeal was noted to Superior Court. Complete Details On Page Seven Youth Fellowship To Sponsor Party The Youth Fellowship group of Center Hill Methodist Church at Ty ner, will sponsor a lawn party on the Methodist parsonage lawn Fri day evening, Sept. 2(i, at 6 o'clock. Bingo will be played, and there will be hot dogs, sandwiches, cake, icq cream, nop corn and lemonade fori sale. The public is cordially invited' to attend. Pinju imans To Sponsor Band Members of the Perquimans Post of , the Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting in their, regular session on Monday,, night, voted to Sponsor the Perquimans-High School Band and to raise funds needed for the band to carry on its fine program during the school year. L ' ;A v The' first step taken, by the veterans was a decision to use the proceeds of the play, "Corns A-Poppin," a home talent Show which the vets will pre sent here on the nights of October 16 and 17, for the use of the band In stead of Veterans' relief as origin ally planned. "VVarlnnk nthar nroiactn Will bo car red out-by the VFW Post during the year to raise additional funds for, the pse of the band. . 1 - ' . Rehearsals " for '... the home talent show, "Corns-A-poppin" are expected to get under - way about the first week ' In October. The VFW Mas se cured the., services of nationally recognised organization to plan and direct the production to. be presented here) -The east for the play. will, be selected at try-outs jto be conducted on the arrival of the. director .; .t J, ' il I i li. I. IN imil i I.W-V MASONS MEET TUESDAY NIGHT Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A; F. It A: M., will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night in Jthe lodge' room in the Court House. All members are v" 1 ti "-?&. Visaing Masons are Rotary Club TO Give Band Bus For Travel Members of the Hertford Rotary Club, at their regular, meeting Tues day night, voted to sponsor a project for the purpose of securing a bus for the use of the Perquimans High School Band.,. The bus, a 1939 Chev rolet, which i has been in use "as a school bus, has already been pur chased and will be brought here with in the next few days to undergo com plete repairs to put it in first class condition for, the use of the band. The Rotarians raised the fund heeded for the purchase of the bus Tuesday night and Wednesday and are now raising additional money to pay for the repairs and the cost of painting the bus in the Perquimans High School colors of gold and blue. W. H. PJtt, Edgar White, William Ainsley and Robert Hollowell head the committee of Rotarians in charge of raising the funds for the project. The bus will -be used by the band to travel to out of town' football games and to fill engagements in other towns when the local band is sought to provide musical programs for special occasions. Farm Bureau Nears Membership Goal Perquimans County Farm Bureau membership teams are working to ward the goal of five hundred mem bers, and hope to achieve the quota during the next few days, it was re ported by 'F. T. Mathews, president of the Farm Bureau and I. C. Yagel, County' Agent. The local Bureau set its member ship goal for 1947 at 492 .members, ho,wever, at a meeting held last Fri day night, reports by various sol icitors revealed that 271 member ships had been signed and " it was. moved that the Bureau attempt to secure 500 members. Memberships already reported show 239 regular members and 32 associate members. The County has been divided into the five townships, for the purpose of conducting the membership drive and each township has a team com peting in the drive for members. An other meeting has been called for to night at which time the solicitors will make a full report on member ships signed since last Friday. Peanut Growers Are Advised On Harvest Do not stack peanuts after digg ing until they have Deen allowed to cure for at least a day and a half orj two days, say Extension Agronomy specialists at State College. I Tp, mapy farmers in North Caro ina dig their peanuts and put them directly out of the ground into the stack without any chance to cure, they say. Since the vines are full of sap at digging time, such a practice causes the peanuts to go through a heat and, thereby, damage the ker nels. W. M. Stephenson of I'endleton, who has been a buyer of peanuts for more than 45 years, said that the 194(! crop of Tar Heel peanuts show ed a much larsrer percentage of damaged kernels than peanuts from other states. Mr. Stephenson has just completed a toiir of the peanut belts of North Carolina and Virginia and says that farmers have the largest growth of vines they have had in several years This being the case, it is even more important that the farmers let the peanuts cure after digging before they are placed in the stack, he said Not only will this assure the farmer of better quality peanuts, but it will also prevent dirt from getting m the stack. Farmers should get a good price for good quality peanuts this year, the buyer said, but in order to get the best prices, he must have dry peanuts of good size, and free of dirt and trash. Manslaughter Case Set For September 30 Charges of manslaughter, reckless driving and hit and 'run have been filed against Robert. Lee Allen, Hert ford resident, following the death of Archie : Bembry, SO year old Negro, who died in the Chowan County Hos pital September 18 of injuries sus tained early Sunday morning, Sep-tenber.l4.f'HUtr,:-- 'iX;VltiA '..;' .; fAllen has been released from cus tody -xm bond of $3,000. He will be given a hearing on thp' charges in Perquimans Recorder's Court next Tuesday, September 80.- ' ' ' The accident -which' proved fatal, to Bembry occurred early ' Sunday morn- ir? on ' a secondary road leading t:nm V ' 17 t-"rd E'.hel. Six County Fair To Open October 6ttu County To Dispose Of Land And Timber Notice was released this week by the Board of Commissioners, through the County Attorney, Charles E, Johnson, that certain land and tim ber owned by the county and located on the new portion of Route 17, lying adjacent to the County Farm, will be offered for sale to the highest bidder on Saturday, October 18. According to the notice of sale. th$L timber, with exception of oak on the land, will be offered for sale first, then the land, which has been, survey ed into lots, suitable for building pur poses, will be sold as a second sale. Right has been reserved by the County Attorney, to reject any or all bids made on the property. American Legion To All is in readiness for the opening of the six county fair to be staged at the Elizabeth City Fair Grounds dur- . 1 1 1 l 1! ing uie ween oi vciooer o, Becoming m r i XT i. rut. J to Holland Webster, secretary of the Meet JNeXt IhUrSday association. J ' The fair, staged for the first tfmel The Wm. Paul Stallings Post last year, is conducted for Pare, Currituck,. Camden, Pasquotank, Per quimans and Chowan counties. Ex hibits, will be shown from each of these counties and 4-H Clubs will also have a Dart in the broarram. The Fair officials have announced I that all school - children of the surf counties will be admitted freer the white - school children on Tuesday, October T, and the colored children on FrtdarOctoW 10., ' ? -Horse racing will be one of the big attractions chri-jf the week. of the American Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Court House in Hertford next Thurs day night, October 2, at 8 o'clock. Jerry Wright, past commander of the Elizabeth City Post, will be the guest speaker for the meeting, He is expected to give the local Legion nairee a full report on the national Legion convention ' Wd recently in New York City. . William f. Ainsley, commander of uie local post, urges ail memf?" to Chowan Association Met At Columbia Local Pastor Leads One Discussion During In teresting Program The 142nd annual session of the Chowan Baptist Association was held Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at the Sound Side Baptist Church at Columbia. A full program was ob served with headliners such as for mer Governor J. M. Broughton giv ing the principal address on Tuesday afternoon and Robert Lee. Humber addressing the assembly on Wednes day afternoon. The Rev. C. W. Dullng, pastor of the Hertford 'Baptist Church, led a' discusMon on reNirtous literature duri; jlia 1 m imi 1niJ '-- I jmfrttiitift",trjT'' JL