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I Volume XV.-Number 30.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
- Western Allies and Russia continue
, a tense game over the traffic situation
' to and from ', Berlin for the use of
" western Germans and occupational
forces. Russia this week announced
' ' ' it was prepared to feed all the people
- , of Western Germany, but this report
, was termed propaganda by the Al
lies... General Lucius Clay, chief
, American officer, in Berlin-is expected
, s in Washington on Friday to report
to the War Department on the sit
uation. Meanwhile, the U. S. has
sent 60 superfortresses to Europe as
. - a show of strength, and a report
Wednesday indicated that additional
planes Will be sent to Germany im
mediately.
Twelve U. S. Communist party
, leaders were indicted in New York
thia week!' charred with Hwxtiner
S thn overthrow of th United Ktnto
government. Among them were Wil-
' ; nam Foster, head of the communist
party of America. AH 12 of the in-
. dividuals were identified as members
of the Communist national board.
, Seven of the. men have been arrested
. ; and the other five are sought by of
,i ficials.
A report from Salina, Kansas this
week stated that railroad men said
they were loading 240 boxcars with
military equipment for shipment to
England. The equipment was being
- loaded at an air base, near Salina.
- An air of secrecy surrounded the op
erations. Army and Air Force offic
ials refused to comment on the re
port. France, through its Foreign Minis
ter, this week proposed at a meeting
in the' Netherlands that the: five na
' tions of Western. Europe unite into
a federal .parliament, and included
the possibility of inviting Russia to
; Join the movement - Great Britain
; and Belgium agreed to; the principle
-of tiuT proposal but rejected " the
, movement .as impractical. vrT.
Congress will eonvetie n Washing-
-iMvyWfiiMrtr'ta a-t tii pitcher , for the in
i aians duv was repiaceq in me sixtn
by Christgou, who in, turn was. re-
ilieved by George in the seventh,
I Hertford was trailing by one run in
special session by President Truman.
In issuing- the call for the special
session the President announced that
measures important to ' the welfare
of the nation will be sent to Congress
for action. Republican leaders have
attacked the action by the President,
stating there is no need for a special
session, and predict little will be ac
complished during the meeting.
County Sends Funds
To Aid Polio Fight
; DrvT P. Brinn and Silas M. Whed-
bee, co-directors of the Perquimans
County chapter of the National Foun
dation for Infantile - faralysis, an
; nounced today that the locaf chapter
has sent one half of the total sum in
the treasury as of June 30, which
. amounted' to $1,225.54, to the North
Carolina. Epidemic Fund Committee
.' at Chapel .am..
Dr. Brinn, secretary-treasurer of
v tKe locals chapter'' stated - that the
' $1,225.64 sent to Chapel Hill, -will be
, pooled and used for. the present
epidemic in the central' part' of the
x The. Perquimans : chapter also con
tributed . $180'. for., equipment ' and
' diagnosis and treatment of infantile
.. ' paralysis to the- Marview Hospital at
Portsmouth, Va.; : where . all patients
' from the, Albemarle area are aent
v The directors in announcing the
contribution said that the local cEap-
4 ter waa . very happy .to contribute
for the treatment of those . patients
in the central part of the State at
this time arid felt that if the epidemic
was here that the folks in the central
' part of the State would do'the same
. for us hfo;:V"''!?r'?-: -" -: '.p. '
That they loped that the residents
of Perquimans. County would hear in
. mind what a . good, cause this money
has been contributed, that-the money
didn't have to be used here and that
each person vwill & remember t this
epidemic and' contribute next year to
help go. over ;the quota and vbrjng
V the treasury"back up.
' During the, 1944 epidemfcythe Ter
' quimans County Chapter, contributed
v to the,. State.; Fund to help combat
that epidemic at that tima
The - local chapter has distributed
'BOO, helpful .pamphlets aent- but by
the National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis, which gives the symptoms
of the disease. 7rThe pamphlets were
placed, in all of the doctors'.pfficesln
town end in the drug storear ' -s
BREAKS HIP IN FALL '
Mrs, Irene Creecy Peterson mother
of Mrs. J. E. .White, suffered a f rac
ture of her hip when she fell ift the
yard at her, home lata Tuesday after
noon. .She wag taken to Albemarle
. Hospital f-r treatment " - " '
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.Hertfoni, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Jfridav. Julv23.94S. . i m p. v, '
Inrfos Win five Straight Games ft
Improve Stiii!:ng In Albemarle League
Edenton Downed Tues
day; Plymouth to Play
' Here Saturday
After dropping a game to the
Elizabeth City Senators 12-7 last Fri
day night, the Hertford Indians
bounced out of their slump to win
five straight games and improve
their standing in the Albemarle'
League. The Indians thumped the
Senators 7-1 in a game on Memorial
Field Saturday night, then journeyed
to Colerain Sunday and won by a mar
gin of 16-9.
The third game was won here Tues
day night when .the Indians turned
back the league-leading Edenton Co
lonials by a count of 5 to 1. Moe
Bauer did the hurling against the Co
lonials and allowed only five hits. He
gave up two walks. The Indians
hammered Saxon, Edenton pitcher,
for eight hits, and got six walks.
Bauer struck out seven Edenton bat
ters, while Saxon fanned six Indians.
Hertford-collected' three hits in the
first inning arid scored two runs, then
the teams played even until the sixth
when Edenton scored one run on two
hits. The Indians, got a walk and a
hit to score once in the same inning.
A walk and another hit produced the
fourth run for the Indians in the sev
enth and two walks and two hits in
the eighth gave the Indians their fifth
run. bdenton threatened in the
eighth with two on . and one out but
the Indian defense tightened and the
Colonials were retired without scoring.
The Indians made it two in a row
on Wednesday when they turned back
Colerain 6-5 in an afternoon contest,
then out-hit Windsor in a game at
Windsor under the lights. The final
score at the Windsor game was Hert
ford 10, Windsor 6.
Hertford got -the jump on Colerain
1-0 in the second inning and added
three in the fourth to hold a 4-1 lead,
but the Trapper came back to take
a we run, advantage when they tal
lied three puns in.the seventh. Marsh
Center Hill Road
Project Progressing
Highway construction crews have
nearly completed preliminary work of
building the new right-of-way for the
center Hill road, now under con
struction. Ditch banks have been cut
and most of the culverts on the new
roadway have been installed.
When completed the- construction
will have eliminated several danger
ous curves on the Center Hill road,
and made the highway a wide, all
weather road the entire distance from
Hertford to Center Hill.
The construction crews are expect
ed to start work on the widening of
Grubb street immediately upon com
pletion of the Center Hill road.
the5 eighth when Young walked, then
Sires smacked a home run . over the
left field fence to score the winning
run. The game was called at the end
of the eighth due to rain.
Bud Cayton led the Indian attack
at Windsor, getting three hits, one a
two-run homer, in five trips to the
plate. Utley " had two for three.
Morton did the hurling for the In
dians and Sires was behind the plate.
Led at the bat by Caytori and Kim-
brell, the. Indians trounced the Cole
rain Trappers at Colerain- Sunday af
ternoon in a slugfest-: that netted
Hertford 16 runs.- Colerain took an
early 5-0 lead in the game but the In
dians jumped four Trapper pitchers in
the seventh and eighth innings to
score five and eight runs respectively.
Kimbrell hit two home runs, while
Cayton collected four hits for six
times at bat. .
The Indians played errorless - ball
behind the pitching of Morton in the
game with Elizabeth City last .Satur
day night and turned back the oen
ly eight times and scored runs in the
ators 7-1. Hertford batters hit safe-
first third and fifth innings. The
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Auto Badly Damaged
Cow Killed In Wreck
John Gorvan Webb,' 26-year-old
Negro man. of Hertford, escaped seri
ous injury early i. Friday morning
when his 1936 Plymouth sedan ram
med into a cow while traveling north
on U. S. 17, five and a half miles
from the Hertford city limits, killing
the bow, Stater Highway Patrolman
H. L. Whits "reported Saturday. -r
According to Patrolman White, the.
vehicle knocked the animal 24 yards'
from the point of impact and into a
ditch ' beside the road and the car
continued to sgd 39 additional yards
beyond the cow. -
' He said the car went into the ditch
beside the right hand side of the
broad, causing, damage .-estimated at
$400 to the front end of the vehicle
The cow belonged to E. B. Hollowell
of Koute 8, Hertford, ,. -
Webb and two other occupants of
the nar Vera not injured In the ac-.
cident - , ' . , . .
Health Department'
Reports Water O, K. :
Hertford's -water-supply, according
to tests mada of "samples collected
here July 1, is satisfactory, according
to a raoort made to W. F. Ainsley, by
K, L. EVer.- district sanitarian for the
Pasriotank - Perquimans Camden
F" i Department. - The sanitarian
jt l both ...tests made of the
s t'owed satisfactory results.
Farm Agent Reports.
Army Worms Found
Damaging Crops
Army worms have been reported
from two widely separated farms in
the Durants Neck section of Per
quimans County, it was announced
today by I. C. Yagel, County Agent
On one of these farms, Mr. Yagel
said, the worms have done consider
able damage to peanuts and cotton,
and on the other they were reported
to be eating corn. These worms have
been reported in some neighboring
counties several weeks ago, but this
is the first that have been reported
in Perquimans County. ,
The County Agent added: "It
seems that the army worm prefers
grass as his diet but as soon as that
is all eaten in the particular spot in
which he finds himself, he begins on
the next green plant, available. They
appear so suddenly and work so fast
that a farmer may not be aware they
are on hisfarm uritit he happens to
notice a large spot or maybe several
rows along one side or one end of his
field to apparently turn brown over
night. This is usually near a woods
or hedgerow. On closer examination
he will find there is nothing but
stems left of his plants. Then he will
notice the brownish gray worms at
work. These worms have several
light stripes running full length of
their bodies. They vary in length
from 1 to .1 inches in length and
are apparently half as large as a lead
pencil in diameter.
DDTdu8t either 5 per cent or 10
per cent strength is recommended as
a control measure. This dust should
be applied at the rate of about 20
pounds per. acre. The amount will
vary . with ' the size of plant being
dusted. On peanuts, soybeans, cotton,
etc., it can be applied satisfactorily
with a peanut duster. If a farmer
has equipment for spraying it will be
more economical to use a spray of
pounds of 50 per cent wettable DDT
to 50 gallons of water. Whichever
treatment is used, applications should
be repeated after a ram if the worms
are still present Perquimans County
farmers are advised to watch closely
for the first 'signs of the army worm
in their crops and be prepared to ge.t
busy on short notice.
Airplane dusting can be arranged
if a large enough area is affected.
County Schools To
up September 8th
Perquimans .' County Schools will
open the fall term on September 8th,
it was announced today by John T.
Diggers, 'Superintendent of Schools.
Mr. Biggers stated the Board of Ed
ucation set the date for the opening
of schools,'' pending aproval of the
Statat Board of Education. No delay
is expected inr the opening of schools
here unless the polio epidemic be
comes more threatening. - v
In announcing the opening date for
schools Mr. Biggers reported, that
vacancies in. the teaching stan at
Central Grammar School had been
filled by tha . hiring of Mrs. A. B.
Edwards and Mrs. Kathryn Jessup.
Mrs. Heriry Stokes has been assigned
to' the'facultjr.' at Perquimans High
School wher; she will " teach the
eighth grade.. 'Two vacancies atthe
high schoo, one in the .science de
partment and .the. Home &c position
remain, .td.befilled. . Mr.:- Biggers
said he-belieysd- this position will be
filled soon. tT''V' i
Work is -tirogrossing,; ths superin
tendent added, i" in renovating;., and
painting of School buildings, through
out the county - and, ;fuUreporfc on
tlaS Mpric. will ia.made TpuKc"nxt
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District Health
Officer Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Dr. John Bonner Gives
Brief Report on Ac
tivities of Department
Dr. John Bonner, acting Health Of
ficer for the Pasquotank-Perauimans-
Camden Health Department was
guest' speaker at the meetinsr of the
Hertford Rotary Club held Tuesday
night at the Hotel Hertford.
Introduced as a fellow-Rotarian bv
Edgar White, Dr. Bonner gave a brief
but interesting talk on the activities
of the. Health Department during the
past six months. He told of the for
mation of the department back in
1942 and stated that it was his belief
the department was one of the best
in this part of the State. He stated
that efforts are now being made by
the District Health Board to secure
a full-time health officer and that he
believed this post will be filled short
ly-
Pointing out that he had advised
the Board that more information and
reports on the activities of the de
partment should be made public Dr.
Bonner told the Rotanans that
monthly report of the Department
will be made in the future.
. He highly commended Miss Audrey
Umphlett, Perquimans County Health
Nurse for her ability and efforts to
ward better health conditions in this
county. He reported that no polio
eases had been reported in this area,
excepting one case in Bertie County.
Reviewing the activities of the
Health Department during the past
six months the speaker stated, "Since
January 1, of this year, your Per
quimans County Health' Department
has held 114 scheduled clinic sessions,
covering venereal disease, tuberculo
sis, food-handlers, maternity and in
fancy, planned parenthood, pre-school,
school, crippled children and immuni
zations. Some 4,276 persons have
been sfen at these sessions, a total
of. 3,0mmunisationg . -have been
completed for smallpox, "diphtheria,
whooping cough and typhoid several
hundred have started their immuni
zations but have not completed them.
Home visits totaling 191 have been
made this year, 105 visits to the 19
schools in the courity, and 649 infants,
pre-school and school children have
had physical examinations or inspec
tions. A total of 97 tuberculin tests
have been made for the year, also 91
chest X-rays, and forty crippled
people from this county have visited
the Orthopedic Clinic held once each
month in this district with several
hospitalizations, and three or four
waiting for a bed. Conferences, to
taling 960 have bene made and 5,218
miles traveled from Jan. 1 until June
V0 of this year. One trip to Eastern
N. C. Sanatorium has been made,
taking one patient to stay and three
for examinations."
PROBABLE CAUSE RETURNED IN SHOOTING
CASE; DEFENDANT BOUND TO GRAND JURY
County Commended
For Cancer Aid
Perquimans County was commended
today by officials of the North. Caro
lina Division of the American Cancer
Society for its success in attaining
120 of its quota during the 1948
drive for funds to fight cancer.
rerquimans drive was heiaded by
County Campaign Chairman Joe H.
Towe of Hertford.
State Commander Mrs. George E.
Marshall and State Campaign Chair
man John D. Larkins, Jr., said. "Per
quimans County's work has contribut
ed directly to North Carolina's suc
cess in exceeding this year's State
goal of $200,440. Furthermore," the
division officials added, " the indivi
dual efforts of Perquimans County's
workers have helped insure the lives
of North Carolinians against the pos
sibility of death by cancer."
funds raised in the campaign will
be used in an endeavor to reduce
North Carolina's cancer death toll by
financing education, service and re
search programs.
FHA Program Assist
Farmers With Loans
Recent Congressional changes" in
the insured mortgage program of the
Farmers' Home Administration will
broaden opportunities of farmers to
obtain real estate credit, the U. S.
Department of , Agriculture has an
nounced.- s
An .assured - market for insured
mortgages and an increase of one-
half of one per cent in the interest
rate are provided in amendments to
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant
Act, approved June 19, to encourage
greater participation of private cap
ital in the' farm ownership program.
Lenders .who extend credit to elig
ible farmers for the purchase, en
largement- or development of farms
under the insured farm mortgage pro
gram may assign the mortgage to
the Government and receive payment
in full f" at the end of a specified
period established by the Government
The credit is extended only to far
mers who cannot t obtain adequate
financinar from private or cooperative
sources.-.Repayment of the loans is
fully guaranteed by the Government j
The loans are limited to 90 per ceht
of the borrower's total investment, in
the farm and are repayable over a 40
year period.' .
" Since the first insured loan- .was
mada last October! 833 loans averag
ing approximately:;7,000. havelnsen
closed or approved In addition, 9,200
applicants for insured loans have oeen
approved and; tieir .applications are
suitable farme d lenders ' willing to
finance'ih loans with government in-suran'-'
trp-to f 100,000,000 worth of
loans mv- be insured in any one year,
y Accoi - r to J. fis.: Slack, State Di----r
f he; Farmers ; Home Ad
t in .North Carolina, in
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lury Exonerates
Patrolman White
In Highway Death
A coroner's jury, conducting an in
quest here last Thursday morning,
exonerated Patrolman H. L. White in
the matter of the death of Nathaniel
Boone, Hertford Negro, who died of
injuries sustained in an accident on
Tuesday night, July 6.
Boone died from a broken neck,
suffered when he was struck by a
State Patrol car being driven by
White. According to the testimony
presented to the coroner's jury, Boone
was riding a bicycle on the left side
of the road approaching Hertford.
Patrolman White was headed south
on the Harvey Point road at the time
he first sighted Boone. Witnesses
stated that Boone evidently became
confused and iig-zagged across the
road in front of the patrol car as
White made efforts to avoid hitting
the youth. Patrolman White and
Carl Jones, ' brother-in-law of Mr.
White, who was riding with the pa
trolman, both stated that the car was
traveling approximately 55 miles an
hour around a curve when they saw
the boy on the bicycle.
The hearing Thursday consumed
considerable time, with several wit
nesses testifying for the deceased,
who was represented at the hearing
by Robert Lowery of Elizabeth City.
Patrolman White was represented at
the hearing by W. H. Oakey, Jr.
Following the conclusion of the tes
timony the six-man jury returned the
verdict that death was caused by an
unavoidable accident.
Fourteen Cases Are Dis
posed of Tuesday In
Recorder Court
A verdict of probable cause was
returned in Perquimans Recorder's
Court here Tuesday morning by
Judge Charles E. Johnson in the case
charging Willie Williams, Hertford
Negro, with assault with a deadly
Weapon with intent to kill. Williams
was bound over to Superior Court
for action by the Grand Jurv at the
wciooer term ot court. He was re
leased from custody on a bond of
$500.
Williams was charged with shoot
ing Charlie Skinner, Negro, with a
.22 calibre automatic rifle and accord
ing to testimony given at the hear
ing this week six slugs struck Skin
ner, several of them passing com
pletely through his body. He was
treated for his wounds at the Al
bemarle hospital, according to the
testimony Witnesses testified that
the shooting followed an argument in
Williams' home on Saturday night
July 3. Williams was placed in jail
by Sheriff M. G. Owens, following
the shooting but the defendant was
later released on bond, pending the
hearing held this week.
Thirteen other cases were disposed
of by the Court at the session here
Tuesday. Fines of $5.00 and costs
of court were assessed against Na
thaniel Dreazier, F. S. Hudson, Gil
bert Geiger and Adolph Moora, all of
whom entered pleas of guilty to
charges of speeding.
James Overton, Negro, was fined
$10 and costs on charges of driving
with insufficient brakes.
Donald Maillet was given a 30-day
suspended sentence and ordered to
pay a fine of $50 and costs on a
charge of driving without a license.
Stanley Dillard and Joseph Riddick,
both Negroes, were fined $25 and
ordered to pay the costs of court on
charges of driving without a license.
Henry Parker, Negro, failed to ap
near to answea .charges qf. driving
with insufficient brakes. Hfes or
dered held on bond.
James Fletcher, William Fletcher
and Robert White, all Negroes, en
tered pleas of guilty to charges of
being drunk and disorderly and tres
passing. They were ordered to pay
the costs of court.
Lloyd Felton, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court and ordered to
pay Tommy Mathews $12 on a charge
of obtaining money on the promise
of work.
Pete " Everett, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of assault
and paid the costs of court.
Perry Parker, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon.
Petition Seeks
Better Mail Service
'
A petition circulated in Hertford
this week and signed by a number of
business and professional people,
seeking better mail service in this
section of North Carolina, has been
forwarded to the Postmaster General,
according to S. M. Whedbee, Hertford
postmaster.
The petition pointed out the present
services and its handicaps insofar as
this territory is concerned and re
quested the Post Office Department to
consider the installation of additional
postal service for the many towns and
cities in this immediate area.
Wildlife Club To
Meet Friday Night
Members of the Perquimans County
Wildlife Club will hold an important
meeting at the Court House in Hert
ford Friday night, July 23, at 8
o'clock, it was announced today by
Edgar M. Fields, president Of the
club.
Mr. Fields stated that the club has
an opportunity to rent a building at
Harvey Point, to be used as a club
house, and this matter will be dis
cussed at the meeting tonight All
members are urged to be present.
Bagley Swamp Church
To Conduct Revival
' A series of revival services , will be
conducted at the Bagley Swamp
Church, beginning July 29 and con-
being' 'eld pending the location of Uinuing through' August 8, it was an-
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nounced here this week by the Rev,
Coy S. v Saunders, pastor of the
church. . ; .
. The Rev. . Frederick Bertolet of
Reading,' Pa.V will conduct services,
which -will-begin each evening at 8
o'clock. The public is invited: to at
tend all services.
Draft Registration
To Start August 30
President Truman, on Tuesday, is
sued an order for all American men
18 through 25 to register for the
draft between August 30 and Sep
tember 18. There was no announce
ment just when actual drafting will
begin, but it can not start- before
September 22.
All men of the 18 through 25 ages
must register at a local draft office
whether they are exempt from ser
vice or not. Approximately 9 mil
lion men are expected to sign up at
some 4,000 draft offices.
Exempt from the draff are all war
veterans who served 90 . days in the
shooting war (from December 7, 1941
to V-J Day, September 2, 1945) or
12 months between September 16,
1940 and June 24, 1948. Also exempt
are medical men, regularly ordained
ministers and conscientious objectors.
President .Truman's proclamation
calling for registration set these
dates:
Men born in 1922 and after August
30 Will register first of all on August
30. These are men of 25, about 300,
000 of them, who would be ineligible
after one more birthday.
Next to register will be all born
in the year 1923. Some of these will
be 24, some 25. But all born in 1923
will register August 31-September 1.
Persons born in 1924 will register
September 2-3; 1925, September 4 or
September 7; 1926, September 8-9;
1927, September 10-11; 1928, Septem
ber 13-14; 1929, September 15-16;
and persons born in 1930 before Sep-.
tember 19 must register Sept. 17-18.
Boys born' on or after September
19, 1930, will register on their eight
eenth birthday, or within 'five days
of it.
Mr. and Mrs.' Gary Quincy of Nor
folk announce the birth of a daugh
ter, : July 11th, at DePaul Hospital.
Mrs. Quincy before her marriage was
Miss Miriam Nixon.
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