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'.;V.. l. Volume XV. Number 45. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 5, 1948. Social Veniremen Summoned To Serve At November Term Of Superior Court Court Officials Expect Term to Be Concluded : Tiday ?f; Tlie 'Pall term' of Perquimans Su perior -. Court convened here Monday morning at 10 . o'clock with Judge Chester Morris presiding, and it was found necessary to summon a special venire of fifty residents to serve' as jurors at the term of court. The original list of 86 jurors were quickly exhausted when 18 of these were se lected for. the Grand JurV and eight were, excused from service. An addi tional venire, of 25 residents were or dered drawn -hy. Judge Morris. Then later W.- H. Oakeyi Jr., requested a special venire for the hearing 6f one of hia clients. He and Solicitor John Graham later agreed that this special venire would come from Perquimans County instead of an .adjoining county and names were drawn immediately. ". The special . venire drawn blinded Linwood - Harrell. Harold Copeland. James Stokely, J. W. Halsey, Thomas uopeland, W. W. Owens, Leroy Good win, James Hunter, James Russell, Lucius Winslow, IX E. Bateman, El liott Layden,T. M. "Twine, Vernon Ward, Mrs. Kathryn Lane,, J. C. Wil son, W. P. Lane, Miles Bail, Wayland Howell, Mrs.' Mary Turner, George C. Eure, William Hobhs, Mrs. Lin wood Godfrey, Claude Winslow, Ken neth Bateman, W. B. Stalling, W. M. White, B, H. Mathews, George Hall, Ralph Perry, Troy Elliott, Dal las' White, Louis Spivey, George Fields, (Lofton Dail, J. V. Rountree, George W. Nowell, Clinton Eley, Hi H.V Butts, Linwood Godfrey, Harry Barber, H. E. Kirby, Mrs. J W Har rell, E, Earf WliWlow. R W. Biggs, . Harris, W, M. SplveyT" and Janiue Daring h opening session of court divorces wereNnted to. Mrs. Cecilia Dean-ind to IaraTet Hurdle.' f.W. D. Hobbi intflretf le of guilty (to charefkof: kBfMvingv; He 'was ordered &pa 4'finf and: ! Ira rones, Negro; was ordered -com - mitted to the roads for 12 months for violation of the- terms of his sus pended sentence received last year on' a conviction of non-support. Court reconvened on Wednesday morning after having been in recess all day Tuesday. The first case called was that of the State vs. Robert Winslow, who was charged with first degree burglary. The State accepted a plea of guilty to a charge of break- Vtag and entering and judgment in the cue was reserved lor the time being I upony request by defense counsel, W. H. Oatosjrr. 1 : Considerable time was consumed in the selection of the jury in the case ' against Wayland White, Jr., who was 'charged with breaking and entering. ' The case came to an abrupt close 'late Wednesday afternoon after the , State had presented its evidence, when upon motion by defense coun sel W. H. Oakey, Jr., Judge Morris ordered that a verdict of not guilty . be entered in the record. According to the Judge, the State had failed to . connect the defendant with the al leged Crime and the defendant was ordered released. With the -ending of this cage Wed nesday, it appeared to court officials that tiie term might come to a close Friday evening. Only three criminal 'cases remained to be heard and it was believed these will be disposed of by this afternoon."' ' r No cases on the civil docket are ex pected to be heard other than some . divorce cases which are uncontested. County Board Meets In Short Session Members of the Board of County Commissioners met . in routine busi ness session last Monday morning in the office of the Register of Deeds in stead of their regular meeting place because Superior Court was in ses sion in the court roorn. - V The. meeting was next to. the last regular session for the present board, ' reorganization of the Board will take place with two new members follow ing the regular business session the : first' Monday n I)ecember...j:;;;v;;: r- uciuutu ; -aw r-7Z'?'f' I Meet November 11 The Parent-Teacher Association of the Hertford Grammar School will hold its ' November Cmeetinsr at the 1 school-building Thursday, November 11,' beginning at 8 o clock. An interesting program, featuring . movie , on Child Guidance, s will be shown.. AH patrons of the school are urged to attend. ' . '' ,;j,v-, : Help! Help! J During the past few weeks we have been- mailing out notices of sub scription expirations to our subscrib ers, but on last Wednesday we ran into a situation which calls for help. On that date we received payment for a one year subscription to The Week ly, but the subscriber forgot to write down the name and address on the no tice which was returned along with the money. V In order that proper credit be giv en to this subscriber, we will g-vatly appreciate it if he or she will k'ndly let us know his or her name a:, a ad dress. Subscribers who have received no tices of expiration and not yet mailed in their renewals are urged to do so, as expired subscriptions will . be dropped from .the mailing lists very shortly. Teenager Held For Juvenile Court On ChargesOfltonbery Freddie Lee, 13-year-old Hertford Negro, is awaiting' 'hearing in Per quimans Juvenile Cpurt on charges of breaking and entering the Hertford Cafe and stealing approximately $100 in cash. The youth was apprehended by local police officers Monday after Boon and admitted the offenses of which he is charged. According to an officer of the court the youth will' be committed to the State Industrial Training School. The robbery of the cafe took place sometime Sunday flight between 9:30 and 10 o'clock, and according to a re port, the youth entered the cafe by oneninifc a window at the rear of the '1 building. 'irarf slipping 'through bars1 placed across the windows. The loss of the money was discovered by Sam Hourmouzis, owner of the cafe, later that night Seventy-five dollars of the money taken was recovered by the local of ficers. The youth was apprehended when a second youth appeared at the Hert ford Hardware Company and attempt ed to- purchase a rifle with a $20 bill. A report of this transaction was made to Sheriff M. G. Owens and upon questioning this second youth stated he was sent to the store by the Lee boy. .When taken into custody the youth readily admitted committing the robbery. Lions Tolaunch Drive For Blind Members of the Hertford Lions Club will launch an Aid to the Blind campaign beginning this week-end and continuing through 'Saturday, November 20, it was announced today by Dr. I. A. Ward, chairman of the committee ip charge of the drive. The club will use a direct man plan to secure funds to assist the club in carrying out its chief pro ject of aiding the blind. Seals will be mailed out to residents of the county, who in turn are requested to remit the sum of one dollar or more for the purchase of the seals. Dr. Ward stated that the slogan for the drive "will be "Be Thankful You Can See.? ' Self addressed enve lopes, will be forwarded along with the seals for the convenience of re turning contributions to ' the Lions Club Fund. All money collected .during this drive will be retained in the treasury of the Hertford Lions Club to be used by the club to aid Perquimans resi- ydents In need of glasses or eye treat: ment. The Lions have as one of their major projects aid to .the blind and recently have supplied glasses to sev eral needy residents of the county, V Achievement Day Scheduled Friday ' Annual! Achievement" Day will be observed by members of the. various. Home Demonstration Clubs in Per quimans County on Friday, November 6, it was announced today by Miss Nina Braswell, County Home Agent. The cjub members will meet at the Agricultural Building in Hertford and the .program, which will feature John T. Biggers, County School Sup erintendent,, as the principal speak er will begin at 2 P, ML' $1.50 Per Year Grid Contest From Perquimans Indians Local Team Meets Co lumbia In Conference Game Today Edenton High School's football team maintained its undefeated record here last Friday night when the Aces trounced Perquimans High by a score of 18-4. The game was a renewal of the ojd rivalry between the two schools, but this year's contest was without the thrills of past games. Neither team showed much in the way of a powerful offensive and Per quimans failed to threaten after los ing the ball to the Aces in the second period. The Indians' defense appear ed to be superior to Edenton's and while the Aces tallied 18 points, only one touchdown came through the ef forts of the Edenton team. Perquimans won the toss and elect ed to receive, but after failing to gain kicked to Edenton. The Indians stall ed the Aces and forced the visitors back beyond the goal line for a saf ety, which gave Perquimans a two- point lead. During the second period the Indians appeared to be on the way to a touchdown but Edenton in tercepted an Indian pass and raced to the five yard line and carried the ball over on the next play for a touchdown. The try for point was bad and Edenton led 6-2. Perquimans re ceived the kick-off after the goal and began another determined march to ward pay dirt, but another intercepted pass by Wheeler, who ran back 6ff yards, gave Edenton its second touch down and rolled the score up to 12-2. The Indians, fighting back, stalled the' Aces deep in their own territory, and on an attempted punt, the Indians caught Habit back of the goal line for another safety. This made, the score 12-4 in favor of Edenton. Neither team developed much in the way of an offensive during the second half. The final score came when Wheeler raced 65 yards on a fake kid and theajia pass by ihe'Sces" scored the final toitehdown. The try for extra point was bad and the final score was 18-4. Symons and Jordan played a fine game on the defense for Perquim ans, while Lane and Spivey were the Indians' main offensive guns. The Indians travel to Columbia to day, where they will meet the Co lumbia team in another conference game. ; Edenton Aces Win ; Murder Indictment Follows Shooting Last Sunday Night De ey Overton Charged With Killing of Man Near Winfall SB County Officials All Re-elected Tuesday Democratic candidates for Perquim ans County offices were re-elected without opposition in the general election held Tuesday. Of the ap proximate 1,100 votes cast for na tional candidates, some 950 were vot ed for local candidates. J. W. Ward, candidate for register of deeds, polled the highest number of votes on the county ballot, receiving the total of 945. Residents of the county voted for two of the four amendments to the Constitution and against two. They voted for the first 312 to 277 and for the fourth 346 to 138. They voted against the second and third amend ments 296 to 228 and 433 to 136. Balloting for local candidates for offices named was: Walter Cohoon for Solicitor 924; for State Senator, J. E. Winslow 939: W. I. Halstead 847; for Representative, C, W. Phil lips 922; for Recorder's Judge, Charles E. Johnson 921; for Register of Deeds, J. W. Ward; for Treasurer, Max Campbell, 919; for Board of County Commissioners, R. T. Brinn 922, R. Chappell 920, George W. Jackson 911, E. M. Perry 913 and T. M.i Twine 910. Davenport Funeral Conducted Monday Mrs. Bessie Davenport, 85, mother of Dr. C. A. Davenport, ,died at her home in Maekeys Sunday afternoon after a two-year period of declining health.' She was a charter member of the Maekeys Methodist Churrii and served we cnurcn for fifty years as a Sun aay Bcnooi teacher and. tooK an ac tive part hi all church activities, t Surviving are four sons,' W. B., A E. and J.; E.. Davenport, all of Maek eys, and Dr, Carlton A. Davenport of Hertford.- . - ' f.fr . ' Funeral services were conducted M6nday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of -the Rev. B. E. Bingham, Burial; followed in the ; Dawnport jemsiery near Maekeys. n '. ' George Dewey Overton, Perquim ans County Negro, faced a charge of murder in Perquimans Superior Court following the shooting and killing of Willie Hurdle, Negro, at E. H. Sim on's country club on the Winfall-Bel-videre highway Sunday night at about 10:30 o'clock. ' Overton was arrested and placed in jail about two hours after the shoot ing took place by Sheriff M. G. Ow ens and State Patrolman H. L. White. The Grand Jury, serving at the fall term of Superior Court, returned a true bill charging murder against Uverton on Monday morning. Motive for the shooting was not es tablished by questioning of the pris oner. However, according to Sheriff Owens, Overton stated that he shot Hurdle, he didn't know how many times, after Hurdle had assaulted him (Overton) with a knife. This statement was given the sheriff after the arrest of Overton at the home of James Harris, Negro, near New Hope. Sheriff Owens reported that Overton stated that earlier Sunday he and Hurdle had engaged in a tussle and that Hurdle acted angry at him but there was no fight up until the time of the shooting. Overton reported that after he had shot Hurdle he went to a doctor's of fice and was treated for wounds in the left shoulder and hand. There were a number of eye wit nesses to tne shooting which took place at about 10:30 P. M. Hurdle was' brought to Hertford and died from the wounds about 45 minutes later. Different versions of the shooting were related to the officers, it was learned Monday afternoon. Some of the witnesses, according tp a report, ta$ed thaj Overton shot Hurdle after iurdfe had assaulted .Overton with a knife at the Simon's place. Others contended that Overton entered the establishment and - went to Hurdle, drawing a gun and saying that he (Overton) was going to shoot Hurdle, then fired the pistol. PRESIDENT TRUMAN GIVEN COMMANDING MAJORITY IN GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY R. M. Riddick Resigns From Draft Board R. M. Riddick, chairman of the Perquimans Selective Service Board, has tendered his resignation from the Board, according to advices received here by W. H. Pitt, Clerk of Court, who is a member of the committee charged with selection of Draft Board members. , State Selective Service headquarters notified Mr. Pitt of Mr. Riddick's resignation, which became effective November 15, and requested the local committee to select a new board mem ber immediately. It is understood that Mr. Riddick who serVed as a member and chair man of the Draft Board during the war years, had accepted reappoint ment to tWe Board only for such time as it took for the reorganization of the local board under the new Selec tive Service law. Jury Recommends Padlocking Tavern The Grand Jury of the November term of Superior Court, in making its report to the Court, recommended that the Negro Country Club, locat ed near Winfall, be permanently pad locked and due notice of this recom mendation was observed by the Court and proceedings to close the establish ment are expected to be started by Solicitor John W. Graham. The jury further recommended that the vaults in the Register of Deeds office and the Clerk of Court's office be enlarged , within the next 12 months. Inspection of the Court House by the Grand Jury disclosed these vauts to be too small for de positing county records. Headed by L.' N. Hollowell, who served as foreman of the Grand Jury, the body reported it had in spected the schools and other county buildings and found all of them to be in good condition, excepting some re pairs needed at several of the Negro schools. The group commended Mr. Allen for the excellent condition of the county school buses The Grand Jury reported it had consulted with Sheriff M. G. Owens and requested that more official atten tion be given to the matter of selling beer on Sundays in Perquimans County, it appearing to the Grand Jury that some places are guilty of breaking this law. Registrars To Get S. S. Certificates Mrs. Ruth ' Sumner, clerk of the Perquimans ,-. draft board, announced Tuesday that she had received notice that Selective Service Headquarters is making an effort to secure cer tificates to be issued to .registrars who. assisted in the registration for the draft last August and September. These certificates, according to Selec tive Service1 Officials, will be issued to registrars who devoted a given amount of time and effort to the worfc;;',S?:';-i':;; Mrs, Sumner also 3 announced that of the three - youths given' medical examinations - last month one had been accepted for military service. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Latest tabulated figures show that about 47 million voters went to the polls last Tuesday to participate in the national election and more than 22 million of these cast their vote for President Truman, who was leading Dewey, Thurmond and Wallace in 28 states, having 304 electoral votes. Dewey had about 18 million votes with 189 electoral votes. Thurmond was the apparent victor in four states. Led by President Truman, the Demo crats made a clean sweep of practic ally the entire nation. Democratic candidates were elected to the House and Senate in sufficient number for the Democrats to capture the majority in both houses of Con gress. Along with this, on state levels 30 Democratic candidates for Governor were elected. Only 18 Re publicans will hold office as Gover nors in various states. The Demo crats will have 52 members in the Senate and 242 members in the House. Thus President Truman wil have a working majority in Congress when the new members are seated. Democrats Win Major ity In Congress; Local Vote 6 to 1 For Truman Reports from Washington indicate that President Truman may clean house among his official family after next January 20. Reports say that he will accept the resignations of a number of Cabinet members and other office holders who were only luke warm to his candidacy for re-election. Local Youths Win 4-H Contest Awards Virginia Long and Horace Layden, members of 4-H clubs in Perquimans Coonty were recently named coonty winners in a 4-H club contest con ducted by the Agricultural Exten-J sion Service on Better Methods for Electricity. The two local youths were also named territorial winners in the same contest and received gold watches as prizes along with a trip to the 4-H congress held in Raleigh this week. Miss Long is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Long of Route 3, and Layden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Layden of Route Two. The contest was based upon use of electricity to ease farm work. The project selected by Horace Layden was use of electric to water stock, while Miss Loug selected use of elec tric to ease the work connected with laundrying. mi Golden Anniversary Observed Last Sunday The children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lane delightfully surprised Mr. and Mrs. Lane Sunday at their home with a three course din ner in celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. The dining table was covered with a white linen cloth and centered with a three-tier wedding cake decorated with gold and green flowers and 50 gold candles. Those present were Mr and Mrs Claud Long and children, Emily Fay and Claud, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walton Lane and daughters, -Nancy and Em ily Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Winston LarTe and children, Winston, Jr., and An nie liou, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Long and son, Irwin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam White and daughter, Bettie Lou, and the honoreee, Mr and Mrs. C. R. Lane.' , V" .Y'..n J -r--r. President Harry S. Truman was re elected President in the general elec tion last Tuesday by a commanding majority of the electoral votes. His opponent, Thomas E. Dewev. conceded the election to President Truman at 11:15 Wednesday morning, after it be came apparent that the States of Ohio and Illinois, with their huge bloc of electoral votes, were in the Demo cratic column. The returns from the 48 states were incomplete up to this time, but at the time Dewey conceded the elec tion the score stood with Truman ahead in 28 states with 304 electoral votes, while Dewey led in only 16 states having 189 votes. North Carolina gave President Tru man an overwhelming majority judg ing from incomplete returns. Henry Wallace and Strom Thur mond proved to be also-rans, except ing Thurmond's votes received in Ala bama, Mississippi and South Carolina. Here in Perquimans County Presi dent Truman was given a better than six-to-one majority. Truman's total vote in Perquimans was 843, Dewey 135, Thurmond 74 and Wallace 2. Approximately 1,100 voters went to the polls in Perquimans and the vote by precincts was an follows: Hert ford, Truman 455, Dewey 57, Thur mond 19, Wallace 1. Bethel, Truman 89, Dewey 5, Thurmond 4. Parkville, Truman 124, Dewey 19, Thurmond 14, Wallace 1. Belvidere, Truman 45, Dewey 32, Thurmond 13. New Hope, Truman 89, Dewey 9, Thurmond 7. Nicanor, Truman 41, Dewey 13, Thurmond 17. On the State ticket the Democrats swept Perquimans. J. M. Broughton received 900 votes to his opponent's, John Wilkerson 73. Congressman Herbert C. Bonner was re-elected by a vote of 896. W. Kerr Scott out distanced his opponent, George Prit- chard, 91S to S3. Chester Morris re ceived 908 votes in this county as candidate for Judge of Superior Court. The Progressive party candidates re ceived two votes in the local ballot ing. Thirty-seven Listed On H.S. Honor Roll Thirty-seven students of Perquim ans High School were listed on the honor roll of the school at the close of the first grading period, according to the list released this week by E. C. Woodard, 'principal. The . 12th grade led all other classes for schol astic honors, having 11 of its mem bers winning a place on the honor roll. The honor students by classes were: 8th Grade Emily Ann Sumner, Mollie Wheeler, Billy Chappell, Betty Davis, Molly Lee Yeates, Ina Faye Butt, Shirley Eure, Kay Stanton, Mable Martin Whedbee, Janie Winslow. 9th Grade Thomas Sumner, Mar guerite Butler, Jay Duling. 10th Grade Ethel Frances Elliott, Doris Faye Allen, Calvin Butt, Chris tine Thatch, Mary Sue Cook. 11th Grade Marjorie Perry, Con nie Upton, Betty Jean Winslow, Ruby Lane, Dorothy Bntton, Ruth Haskett, Claire Hunter, Pat Phillips. 12th Grade Tim Perry, Clarkson White, Mary Lou Butt, Anne Hollo well, Pearl Hunter, Marietta Jolliff, Pat Morris, Marie Rountree, Peggy White, Lelia Lee Winslow and Thelma White. Schools To Observe Education Week Nov. 7 Perquimans County schools will ob serve American Education Week No vember 7 through 13 and a cordial in vitation has been issued to the public to visit the two grammar schools and the high school. All class rooms at the Hertford Grammar School will be open on Thursday evening, immediately fol lowing the meeting of the PTA.' Ex hibits of class room work and equip ment will be on display for inspection. Speaking of the "observance, Miss Thelma Elliott, principal at the Hert ford Grammar School, said, "Good schools are the birthright of our American Children. Thev are the training grounds of freedom and de, mocracy. Visit your schools during: v i. American Education Week. Amer- ' ica's future depends on American..., ( schools. Let's make our chooll ' 1 1 4 strong.'