North Carolina Newspapers

Volume XV. Number 41; rt . I I I A I V ll i: B II I 11 . LJmK. ' a I a 11 ,vy-?!p-r:i'.'.;.v '"':V.;,: :h:r:: .'. ,.!''. 'i X ; -a 1L Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, .Friday, October 8, 1948. $1.50 Per Year. Pcrpn&is library HostAtDistrict feting Tuesday Inglis Fletcher Guest at ; Luncheon; State Of . f icials Here . The Perquimans Library Board was host at a district meeting of library officials held here at the Agricultural Building Tuesday, Thirty-eight rep resentatives from 11 library boards .were in attendance at the. opening session of the meeting at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Miss Mae Wood Winslow, chairman J of the Perquimans Board, opened the meeting with a welcome to the visit- Miss Helen. Rex, supervisor of rutal libraries for the North Carolina li brary Commission. Miss Rex spoke briefly on the national plan for the advancement of libraries and told of the progress being made toward this goal in North Carolina. Miss Mar jorie Beale, secretary aid director for the Commission, gave out detailed information on the operational costs of maintaining libraries throughout the State. She pointed out that about 62 cents is spent nationally per cap ita for operation, .while in North Caro lina the amount per capita is about 39 cents. ' Miss Nina Braswell, County Home Agent, spoke to, the group, telling of the reading program being conducted by members of the Perquimans Coun ty home demonstration clubs. The morning and afternoon sessions of the meeting were broken by a luncheon served at the Hotel Hertford, at which 41 guests were present. Ing- us f iercner, wen Known autnor, was guest of honor at the luncheon and - mtc Dwunn vu mic aivuu ctuvuv iici lie w novel, "Roanoke Hundred, which is expected off the press very shortly. Mrs. Fletcher told of the research done prior to writing of this novel, 'which Is the story of 108 men who came from England to Roanoke Isl and, establishing the new colony. Mr. Fletcher and Herbert. Peele, editor of the Daily Advance, were also guests at the luncheon. , , ;r. at the afternoon session and he spoke on National Newspaper Week in con nection with library work. He told the library representatives that so long as freedom of the press con tinued, we will have freedom for the people. V tuio u i mo HEADLINES Th Securitv Council of the United Nations voted 9-2 on Tuesday to hear full details of the East-West dispute over Berlin. Reports from Paris, where the UN Council is meeting, stated that Russian Representative Vishinsky immediately disclosed that Russia will boycott the debate. He refused to' enlighten reporters who asked if that statement meant Rus sia will walk out of the UN hearing. Meanwhile, President Truman recalled Secretary of State George . Marshall from the Paris meeting in "order to receive first hand information regard ing the serious situation. For the third time within a month' a hurricane struck Miami, Florida, this week, lashing the city with winds tnj to 90 miles per hour. Damage was reported as light in Miami, but the storm kicked up several small torna does which caused severe damage in districts near Miami. - The storm was reported headed out to sea. The hur ricane struck first over Cuba and caused heavy damage there.- Six deaths "were reported from, Havana, where winds were reported up to 132 miles per hour, , Senator Taft of Ohio reported this week that he favors Congressional action which will grant a $25,000 a year pension to alV ex-Presidents of the United States, and which will also give ex-IPresldents the privilege of a seat and the right to speak in Con gress. .The privilege of voting power, however, would not be given. ,; ' . Two white men and six-Negroes, held for the robbery, of the Columbia - bank, entered pleas'' of guilty to the charges in Federal Court at Wash- intrton this week. .The robbers re ceived sentences from 20 to 25 years . each for participation in the hold-up. It was reported that $68,667.25' was taken by the bandits, but no report was made on the actual amount re covered. However, it is reported that most of the money was recovered by officers capturing the robbers. Another Try A second attempt to ' organize a Parent-Teacher Association at Per quimans High School will be made at a meeting to be held in the school au ditorium next Tuesday night, October 12, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced here today. Near the close of the school term last year, E. C. Woodard, principal of the school, sent out a large number of questionnaires and received re plies from parents indie? ting a desire for a PTA at the high gjhool. At a meeting called September 26 for the purpose of organizing the high school PTA, 19 parents showed up for the meeting. Most of the parents resided here in Hertford. . Lack of interest shown by the attendance at the first meeting resulted in those present de siring to call a second meeting to de termine if a sufficient number of par ents of high school students were in terested in joining the PTA. The Rev. C. W. Duling was elected, presi dent pro-tem of the group and Mrs. Henry Stokes was elected secretary. Notices are .being sent to the homes of high school students regard ing this second meeting and all par ents interested in seeing a PTA or ganized at the high school are urged to attend. 3 Hearing SetFor Oct 19th On Still Case Bus Driver Released of Charges Filed After Accident Local Democrats To Attend District RaIlyFridayP.fi A large number of local people are making-plans to attend the big First District Democratic party rally which will be -held at Washington, N. C, Friday afternoon and night, it was announced here today by C. P. Mor ris, chairman of the Perquimans Democratic Executive Committee. Mr. Morris stated that all members of the party are invited to attend the rally, which will get under way about five o'clock this afternoon, climaxing with a huge barbecue between 7:30 and 8 o'clock. Congressman Herbert C. Bonner is in charge of the arrangements for the rally. He has announced that several wall known State political Readers, in cluding party chairman,' Capus Way nick, Governor Scott, Senator Hoey and Senator Broughton, . will be among those present. A number of other candidates for State and local offices are also expected to be present at the gathering. Among local residents expected to attend the rally, besides Mr. Morris, are Mayor V. N. Darden,- State Sen ator J. Emmett Winslow, Representa tive C. W. Phillips, W. H. Hardcastle, R. M. Riddick and W. W. White. In announcing plans for the rally, Congressman Bonner stated that all Democrats who are able to attend the meeting will be heartily welcomed. L Barber Resigns D. Educational Post D. L. Barber, Sr., a member of the Perquimans County Board of Educa tion for the past several years, ten dered his resignation to the Board at a meeting held Monday, it was an nounced by John T. Biggers, superin tendent of schools. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Barber stated that pressure of business left him with in sufficient time to devote to the duties as a member of the Board of Educa tion. , ' The resignation of Mr. Barber was accepted by the Board of Education with-regret. It was effective October 4th, according to Mr. Biggers. Members of the Board of Education took no action toward naming a suc cessor to the post held by Mr. Barber. The Board named John Mitchell, Negro, as new janitor for the Hert ford Grammar School. It also named a committee to review the bids sub mitted at the public sale of four Ne- . . . i . gro school sites, - wmcn nave oeen abandoned by, the .board oi Education. Mr. Biggers reported an additional teacher had been assigned, to the col ored schools of the county and the Board had employed Rosa Reed to fill this position. . Local Student Wins Beta Oub Award Betty Ruth Chappell, a member of the senior class at Perquimans High School, and also a member of the Beta Club, won second prize in the Beta. Club's ; literary contest during the month, of September, it was an nounced here by Ew C. Woodard, prin cipal of the school. ' . ' f r ' v . Miss Chappell s award was based on an article written by her on crip ples, a review of which appeared in the Beta Club Journal last month. A motion made by defense attorney, W. H. Oakey, Jr., for continuance in the case charging Robert Harrell, white youth, and Arthur Harrell, Ne gro, with making, aiding and abetting in the making of intoxicating liquor, was granted by Recorder's Judge, Charles E. Johnson, at Tuesday's ses sion of Recorder's Court. The two youths, were charged in . a warrant issued last Friday after Sheriff M. G. Owens had discovered and destroyed a still found on the Ainsley farm 5 miles south of Hertford. According to Sheriff Owens, he went to the home of Robert Harrell after being advised by W. F. Ainsley that he (Ainsley) had seen the still on the farm and also seen two men near the scene. Sheriff Owens stated he asked Robert Harrell about the still and was shown the spot'by Harrell, who denied owning or operating it. Har rell contended that he had seen the still for the first time that day. Ar thur Harrell told the officer that he had never ibeen at the still, neither had he seen it. A nol pros was taken by the State in the case charging James White, school bus driver, for failure to dis play a stop sign before halting to un load children. The prosecuting wit ness in the case failed to appear for the hearing. Court costs were assessed against David Shannon, Negro, in the case charging William Riddick, Negro, with non-support. Walter Hirsch, Rudolph Perry and Mrs. Emma Walter were taxed with the costs of court after entering pleas of guilty to charges of speed ing. A fine of $5.00 and" costs were paid by Elizabeth Benhoff on charges of speeding. Graham Bell and Lewis Bell enter ed pleas of guilty to being drunk and disorderly. .They paid the costs of court: 4 "" Guy Perry entered a plea of guilty to charges of speeding and paid a fine of $10 and costs. ' The case of Robert Winslow, Ne gro, charged with breaking and en tering, was continued until October 19. Winslow was released on bond of $100. William Forehand was fined $25 and costs on charges of reckless driving. Costs of court were taxed against Esther Meade, Negro, on charges of assault. Indians In Second Conference Game At Ahoskie Tonight Draft Call Received By Local Board 73 Perquimans County Draft Board No. 73 has received a call to furnish three selectees for medical examina tion on October 19, it was reported Wednesday by Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local board. The local board is expected to meet within the next day or two to review question naires and classify registrants for the purpose of selecting the registrants to fill the order for October 19. The ' registrants selected will be sent to Durham for examinations. Mrs. Sumner stated that she had attended a district meeting at Eden ton on Tuesday, at which the clerks of local boards in this area were giv en information on the proceedure of the work to be Carried out by selec tive service boards. The first call for induction of reg istrants is expected to be effective for some time in November. In connec tion with induction of men, local boards have been advised that regis trants who reach their 26th birthday on or before November 29 should not be considered as available for Novem ber calls. v Robersonville Win Re veals Power of Local Gridders Perquimans Indians, fresh from tneir overwhelmine vietnrv nf inf Friday night over the Robersonville High School football team, will iour- ney to Ahoskie tonight for their sec ond Albemarle Conference game of this year. The game tonight is ex pected to be one of the best in this section of the State, as both the In dians and Ahoskie are rated as the outstanding teams of the conference. Coach Joe Levinson stated he will carry a squad or zs players to Ahos kie for tthe contest today. The Indians and Ahoskie are rated about even as to team strength, al though Perquimans rolled up a larger score over Robersonville than Ahoskie was able to do. Both teams have two straight wins to their credit. Coach Levinson's Indians showed a remarkable display of offensive power in the game against Robersonville last Friday when they rolled up a to tal of 63 points while maintaining a strong defense which held the visitors scoreless. The Indians opened the game last week by scoring in the first period on a pass from Boyce to Pitt, who lat- eraled to Layden. Layden ran 30 yards for the touchdown. Jordan converted to make the score 7-0. In the second period Lane intercepted a pass and ran it back to his own 49, then the Indians turned on the power again to score when Dail, receiving a pass, raced 20 yards for a touchdown. Spivey converted the extra point on a line smash. The third Indian, touch down came when Simpson passed to Dail, who ran the ball to the Per quimans 35-yard line. Spivey hit the line from the 15-yard stripe to carry the ball over for the score. In the third period the Indians' marked up their fourth touchdown on a pass from Boyce to Pitt, who carried the ball over the goal line, During the fourth period the Indians ran rough shod oyer thRohersoiiville team, scoring four Toiicndowns. A. L. Lane, L. C. Elliott, Simpson and Lay den did the scoring. The victory was the second straight for the Indians, who downed Windsor in the opening game two weeks ago, and gave Coach Levinson's - squad a lot of confidence in themselves for harder games coming up on the sohed ule. HERTFORD TAX RATE BOOSTED TO $1.35 AT MEETING OF TOWN BOARD LAST FRIDAY Missionary Union Met Here Tuesday The Hertford Baptist Church was host at the annual district meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union which convened here Tuesday. Representa tives of churches from 15 counties were among the attendants at the local meeting. Miss Una White of Severn, N. C, was the presiding offi cer. The meeting started at 10 o'clock with the morning session closing at 1 o'clock. Lunch was served bv the local church between 1 and 2 o'clock and the afternoon session beeran at o'clock. The Rev. H. R. Littleton, missionary from Nigeria, and the Rev. B. W. Jackson of Raleigh were the principal speakers. High Cost of Improve ments Force Increase; Budget Adopted For Fiscal Year Inquiry Made Here For Possible Site For New Industry Indian Relics Found On Farm Archie T.' Lane found several old Indian relics on his farm last Friday while engaged in digging peanuts. Noticinir the digger going through a rather high mound of earth, Mr. Lane walked close 1 by and found an old sandstone tomahawk and several stone arrow heads. Both the tomahawk and arrow heads showed fine craftmanship in the production of the articles. ; ; EASTERN STAR MEETING The meeting of the Hertford chap ter of the Eastern Star will meet on Monday night, October 11, at 8 o'clock at the lodge room. County Board Draws October Jury List Perquimans County's Board of Com missioners, meeting in regular ses sion here Monday, was advised by Charles E. Johnson, County Attorney, of proceedure to be followed in set ting up the machinery for conducting a revaluation of property. The Board is considering the project to be under taken next year, setting up new values on property on the 1950 tax books. Also included on the agenda of the meeting was settlement with Sheriff M. G. Owens on the collection of 1947 taxes. The Board drew the names of the following residents for jury service at the October term of Superior Court: Miss Esther Perry, Robert E. Winslow, Seth W. Long, W. E. Bag' ley, John Broughton, Sr., L. D. Chap pell, John R. Hendren, Johnnie Lane, R. L. White, Freeland Umphlett, S. J. Mansfield- W. M. Wood, Clarence Dail, Mrs. Gladys Morgan, J. T. Har ris, J. R, Ayscue, Mrs. Susan Hall, J. L. Delaney, Earl Morse, Mrs. C. G. Chappell, N. ' Hollowell, D. E. Boyce, P.' H. 6wnley, Jr., C. E. Can non, Howard Long, J. B. Perry, Jr., T. L. Jessup, J. H. Corprew, Jr., W.. T. Eason, Ambrose Long, Roy Bac cus, G. R. Mathews, E. Julian Long, W. Freeland Elliott, H. B. Baker and Nathan Riddick. Election Ballots Printed For Board Election ballots for the general election to be held next month are in the hands of A. W. Hefren, chairman of the Perquimans Election Board, it waB announced today. . Mr. Hefren re ported that local ballots will have places for Democratic and Republican candidates, while the national ballots will list four parties, Democratic, Re- publican, Progressive and Mate s Rights Party. A possibility of another new indus try locating in Hertford loomed up here last week when a representative of the Norfolk Southern Railroad came to Hertford for the purpose of making inquiries regarding possible sites for the industry. Mayor V. N. Darden discussed the local situation with the railroad offi cial, but was unable to give out def inite details concerning the company seeking a location. Mr. Darden stat ed that he was advised by the rail road official that a company is seek mg to locate in this section of the country and needs a sizable tract of land adjacent to a stream or river, and also easily served by highway and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is understood that a time limit is involved in the transaction and de velopments regarding the location of the firm must be carried out quickly, No information was given Mr. Dar den on the firm seeking the site nor on the type of manufacturing carried on. It was reported that the require ments for this site must be immediate possession of about 50 acres of land adjacent to a river and the possibility of an additional 100-200 acres of land for expansion purposes. The site must be outside the town limits. Mayor Darden reported this week that he has advised the railroad offi cial of the possibility of securing some options on land in this locality and if further information concerning the company and its production is available, there is a possibility that action here on the matter can be speeded up. It is believed here that all requirements of the company can be met and it is merely up to the company to determine the location it desires to select for the new industry. Hertford's tax rate for the current fiscal year was raised from $1.10. to $1.35 per $100 property valuation at a special meeting of the Town Board held last Friday afternoon. The in crease in the tax rate was voted after members of the Board had heard a review ot the annual audit of the Town's books and a tentative buderet explained by James Williams, cer tified public accountant, who recently completed an audit of the Town's books. Game Warden Gives Hunting Rules And Seasons For Game Eldon Winslow, Game Warden for Perquimans County, this week an nounced open seasons and regulations for taking game in the First District. The regulations are as released by the State Wildlife Resources Commis sion. In connection with the announce ment on open seasons, Mr. Winslow stated that hunting licenses will be on sale in Perquimans County at the following locations: Bill Elliott, Hertford; Willie Winslow, Belvidere; R. M. Baker, Whiteston; C. 41. Phil lips, Bethel; John Symons, Chapan- oke; G. W. Jackson s, H. S. Jackson, New Hope. The open seasons and the bag lim it for one day are as follows: Bear, October 15, limit 2; opossum, October 15, no limit; rabbits, October 15, lim it 7; squirrels, October 15, limit 8; turkeys, November 25, limit 1. Federal migratory game bird sea sons and limit for North Carolina are listed as follows: Sora, September 1 to October 30, limit 20; rail, Septem ber 1 to October 30, limit 15; ducks, December 10 to January 8, 1949, lim it 4; geese, December 10 t6 January 8, 1949, limit 1; coots, December 10 to January 8, 1949. TJPW CLUB TO MEET . There will be an important busi ness meeting of the Perquimans Busi ness and Professional Women's Club Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Agri culture Building. - ' Improvements carried out by the Board during the past year and ones remaining to be completed were the chief reason for the increase in taxes. These improvements consisted of work on Grubb Street, which remains to be completed, new curb and gutter projects and the purchase and instal lation of electric lines and renovation of the Town water tanks. Because of these improvements, the expendi tures of the Town during the past fiscal year, in practically all depart ments, exceeded the revenues col lected. While the audit shows a surplus at the close of business June 30, this surplus was due partially to the sale of $10,000 worth of government bonds during the year. . Total revenue for the Town during the last year, including income from the sale of the bonds, was approxi mately $115,000, while total expendi tures amounted to approximately $113,000. The greater portion of the income was derived from these sources: Taxes collected, $16,794; water and light collections, $65,286; sale of ice, $13,421, and parking me ters, $1,804; the larger expendi tures were Water and Light Depart ment, $44,812; street maintenance and improvements, $21,073; Ice De partment, $10,952; general improve ments, $4,567, and bonds and interest paid, $10,754. The outlook, financially for the Town, during the coming year, even in face of the added revenue expected from the increised tax rate, is no(, rosy. The auditor told the Board; 'Excessive expenditures must be halted in order to stay within the budget adopted." Adoption of the budget, which called for the increased tax rate, fol lowed a discussion on the various items listed, and while it was neces sary to up the tax rate to meet the requirements of this budget, there was little increase voted for any de partment. Practically all of the in creased revenue expected to be col lected will be needed to carry through improvements now under way, such as the widening of Grubb Street and other curb and gutter projects listed on the planning board. In reviewing the annual audit, Mr. Williams pointed out to the Board that city bonds now outstanding amount to $100,000, while city prop erties were valued at $387,910.24. $10,000 worth of surplus cash is still invested in government bonds, the Board planning to use this sum to retire bonded ind ebtedness due in 1950. During the last fiscal year revenue both in the general'and debt service funds fell below the budget estimate while income from utilities were $4,851 in excess of the budget. Total expenditures for the year exceeded the budget in all departments except the operation of the water depart ment. The budget was over spent in the general fund by $5,922, the light department by $6,799, the ice depart ment by $499 and improvements to the utility department by $1,414. A transfer of $13,000 from the utilities department into the general fund, plus the sale of the $10,000 worth of government bonds, enables the Board to close the fiscal year with the small surplus shown in the debt service fund. Inspection Lane To Return Here Oct. 20 Inspection Lane No. 36 will return to Hertford on October 20, it has been announced by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Motorists owning cars or trucks of the year models 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944 and 1945 must have these vehicles inspected before October 30, according to the an nouncement. The schedule for the inspection lane also reveals that the lane will oper ate in Hertford on November 18-20 and December 18 to 22nd. All 1940 and 1942 model cars and trucks must be inspected by ' November 30, and . 1941 and 1949 models must pass. through the lane before December 81.; 4k.