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. v -fx. - r , - -. ' .- WEEKLY- Volume XV. Number 46. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina; Friday; November 12, 1948. HIS WEEK'S HEADLINES President Truman is vacati oniric in Florida this ; week, -enjoying a rest irom the campaign which closed with his re-elecfion last week) Th Prri. dent attended church in New Bern i last Sunday, stopping off enroute to t Florida.': Before leaving Washington, he conducted a Cabinet meeting and r advised his officials to besrin'immedi- ' ately to prepare their, programs ex c pected to be ! tendered to Congress . when that body convenes. He gave v., no sign, according to reports, of any h possible shake-up of high officials. In regard to the opposition he faced in 1 the campaign, the President stated , ma, uc yiaus uvw m wur& wiin unity . with everybody toward a progressive program. . Governor-elect W. Kerr Scott, who , opposed, during the campaign weeks, any proposals for additional bond is- sues or higher taxes, announced this ; week that he plans an extensive road ; construction program and that a bond issue will be voted oraoline taxes ? mighty be raised in prtsi nopay for the roaI expason project Budget hearings are now being conducted in Raleigh preparatory to the convening ' of the Legislature next January, and Governor-elect Scott, it is reported, is taking an active interest in the hear ings. I Officials of the Petroleum industry . announced this week that there is no - indications that there will be shortage of fuel oil this winter. Two spokes men for the industry stated that pro duction is reaching a new record and that the industry will likely be in even better, condition during the months ahead than at the present time. , . Russian satemtes. , Albania, : But garia and -JtptMimt Bounced by the United Rations Poli tical Committee this week for. their part in aiding Greek guerrillas and violating Ttha tJN chaxter.i Forty-- seven members of th ommittee voV ed f or the condemitationks and"' other' Members et the1 Russian bloc refused to vote on the issue, Stock "market prices, which ad vanced sharply prior to the general election last week, continued to drop this week. Stocks stopped dropping in prices last Wednesday, then rallied somewhat, then started dropping again. Prices on farm products, how ever, seemingly were not affected by the stock market activity. The Agriculture Department an nounced Wednesday that cotton loans Jvwill become available immediately for cotton stored on farms. The program provides that the Commodity Credit . Corporation will make an advance of $50 a bale pending official grading of cotton offered for CCC loans. VFW Post To Hold Open House Nov.27; Plan Holiday Dance Members of Garland H. Onley Vet- erans of Foreign Wars Post held their regular meeting Monday night at the post hall with Christmas activities heading the business discussion. Plans got under way in this sec ond anniversary meeting for the Christmas dance which will be held at t the Officers Club building at Harvey f t - - Ti 1 j ; J 1 .x ; l rouiu .11 was ueviueu i a previous meeting that it would be a good idea to use this building as it affords the extra space that will be needed as the club plans to have Johnnie Broughton and his orchestra to play for the dance. Broughton, incidental ly, is a native of Hertford but has made his Jnome in Newport (lews for tiie past several years. The Officers CluB building is in custody of the Town of Hertford, but has been ob tained for use of the VFW when the Christmas season rolls around. The members also went on record at Monday night's meeting as being in favor of holding open house on Fri day and Saturday nights, November 27 and 28 at the post hall in observ ance of Thanksgiving. . Final arrangements for distribu- 1 tion of gift ' Christmas baskets to needy children in. the county was de I laved bv the absence of club member Edgar White, who is superintendent of public ' welfare and who was in charge of distributing the baskets in a program which became a must with the club last year. - , r It was stated by Commander Eldon Tinslow that any member wishing to y his 1949 dues may do so by con jting Henry Stokes, quartermaster. $1.50 Per Year. Has Heavy Docket After Week's Recess Thirty-four Cases Dis posed of In Session Tuesday Morning ' Perquimans Recorder's Court dis posed of 34 cases at Tuesday's term of court, following a' week's recess while Superior Court was in session. Most of the cases cited into court this week were for violation of .motor ve hicle laws. Sixteen defendants entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and each paid costs of court, plus fines in the amount given following their names, Kobert Graham, Christy Payne, $ 5.00: George Allen, $5.00; Robert Leddy, ?5.00; Harry Kennedy, $5.00; William Boyajian, $5.00; Thomas Mosby, $5.00; Jacob Fine, $5.00; Christian Carpen ter, $10.00; Claude Hinton, $10.00; Earl Rhodes, $10.00; Richard Little, $10.00; Walton Short, $10.00; Garfield Mobley, $10.00; Robert Scheller, $10.00 and Herbert Rosenberg $15.00. Costs of court were taxed against Julius Todd and Phillip Hill, both of whom entered a plea of guilty to passing on' a curve. Fishing -without a license costs S. B. Ward, Mrs. S. B. Ward, B. M. Sitter- son, J. F. Hoggard, Jr., and Tom Hoggard the costs of court. All of these defendants entered pleas ,of guilty to the charges. Frank Graves was ordered to pay the costs of court for. passing a school bus while the bus was unloading children. .' , Richard White was taxed with the costs of court for overloading a truck. .Herbert Chappell entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving drunk. He was fined $126 and costs of court. Mildred Smith was ordered to pay the costs of court and a lodging bill upon harg of failure to pay the lodging: MIL v - ' Court costs were asjJeased against me"ipecufingi''k witness," Beatrice White, in the case charging Sherman Overton, Negro, with assault. Prayer for judgment was continued in the case charging Edward Gomez with passing a school bus while the bus was unloading children. The State took a nol.pros in the cases charging Elmo' Graham and Ed ward Winslow with driving without a license. Eddie Johnson was fined $25 and costs on a charge of driving without a license. Charlie Fowler was ordered to pay the costs of court for failure to stop at a stop sign. High School PTA Meets November 18 The November, meeting of the Par- entiTeacher Association of Perquim ans High School will be held at the school next Thursday night, Novem ber 18, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today by the Rev. C. W. Duling, president of the associa tion. Mr. Duling stated that a very in teresting program, theme of which will be Health, has been planned and that, Dr. William Davis, Jr., of Eliza beth City will be the principal speak er on the program. All members and other persons in terested in the high school activities are urged to attend. BPW Club To Meet Friday Night At 7:30 .There-will be an important busi ness meeting of the Perquimans Busi ness and Profesional Women's' Club Friday night at the Agricultural Building at 7:S0 o'clock, for the pur pose of discussing the mid-year Coun cil to be held at Southern Pines No vember 20-21. v " ' Reservations must be made for the banquet not later than November 15, it was announced by Mrs. Lawrence Towe, president of 'the local club. Plans for a dance will also be discuss ed at the meeting tonight. ' All mem bers are urged to be present. v . Funderburk To Speak To Central PTA Monday The Parent-rTeacher Association of Central Grammar School will hold its regular meeting Monday night, No vember 15, at 7:30 o'clock. ' , The faculty is in charge of an in teresting program,' the subject being "Proposed Legislative Program For the Schools." , Earl Funderburk, prin cipal of Elisabeth City High .School, will be, the guest speaker., ' All patrons are urged to attend and everyone is invited. " , , v State College Club To Hear Prof. Vaughn Prof. L. L. Vaughan, director of instruction in the School of Engineer ing at State College, will be the prin cipal speaker at a meeting of the Perquimans County State College Club at the Agricultural Building on Wednesday, November 17. A native of Southampton County, Va., Professor Vaughan has been con nected with State College since he entered the school as a-freshman in 1902, with the exception of two years, 1909-11, spent at Columbia Univer sity. He has been a member of the faculty for over 40 years and brought the college s Department of Mechan ical Engineering to a foremost posi tion m the South and nation before he retired as its head in 1947. T. B. Sumner, president of the local club, and F. A. McGoogan, secretary, urge all members to attend. TB Clinic Scheduled For County Nov. 16 Approximately 400 Resi dents Expected to Participate Perquimans County Tuberculosis Seal Sale committee and the Per quimans County Health Department, in cooperation with the North Caro lina State Sanatorium, is planning a chest" X-ray clinic to be held in this county November 16, 17 and 18, it was announced today by Miss Audrey Umphlett, County Health Nurse. Miss Umphlett stated that the plans for the clinic call for the X-ray ing of chests in Hertford at the Health Department office on Novem ber 16 and at the Community House in New Hope on the 17th and 18th. Some 400 individuals are expected to be X-rayed during this clinic, the costs of which will be defrayed by the Seal Sale fund. Residents of Perquimans County who are. contacts of tuberculosis and who do not already.iaye an.appoint- ment for an X-fay are urged to con tact the Health Department and make an appointment. ' Miss Umphlett pointed out that the expense of the clinic will be heavy, and will practically wipe out the Seal Sale fund, but inasmuch as the Coun ty Committee will shortly begin its Seal Sale campaign for 1948, she urges the public v to respond whole heartedly to the new campaign and thus help greatly the fight against tuberculosis. Social Security Payments Reach $30,060 Locally Monthly payments totaling better than $30,000 in-Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance benefits is being made annually to residents in the Hertford area, it was announced to day by J. E. D'Auteuil, Field Rep resentative of the Norfolk office. Mr. D'Auteui in making this announce ment, also stated the fact that many others are ', losing benefits because they fail to file a claim for them. He emphasized the fact that payments under Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance are not automatic. A claim must be filed with the Social Security Administration before pay ment, can be made. He pointed out that there are many people who would be drawing Old-Age and Sur vivors Insurance payments if they realized that they, were eligible. He stated1 his belief is borne out by the fact that-a substantial number of the people who do file a claim find that they have lost at least one month' check by not filing prompt ly. The office is located in the flat- iron' Bdljdjtag, Norfolk, Va. How ever, Mr, D'Auteuil is in Hertford the third Wednesday of each month for the convenience v of the public in this vicinity, and may be contacted at the Welfare office located m the Court House Building. Mr. D'Auteuil explained that this total represents actual payments. Many others have filed claims and would be receiving monthly pay ments if they were not temporarily suspended due to having returned to employment. Earnings in employ ment covered by the Act .of $14.99 a month, disqualifies beneficiaries from receiving' payment. This total also does not ' include Lump-Sum .Death payments made under certain con ditions. . - ' 4 . . - CLASS TO MEET s The .' Judson - Memorial Class .will meet next Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Tom Cox. Indians Return To Win Column Beating Columbia Last Friday i Scotland Neck Eleven Plays Indians Here Tonight at 8 O'clock Coach Joe Levinson's Perquimans Indians returned to the winning column last Friday by downing a stubborn Columbia team by a score of 7-0. lhe Indians tallied their lone touchdown about two minutes after the start of the fourth quarter in a game played at Columbia. Edward Lane smashed through tackle for sev en yards and six points after the In dians had marched from the 50-yard line, ifob Jordan kicked the extra point. The victory over Columbia was the third conference win for the Indians compared to two defeats. For the sea son, Perquimans has won four and lost three. Scotland Neck, one of the better teams of the conference, comes to Hertford for a contest with the In dians toniht in what will be the final conference game for the Indians. The game will start; at 8 o'clock. Coach . Levinson announced that the game, scheduled for Perquimans next Friday night, November 19, with Oak City, had been cancelled and that he is attempting to fill the open date with another team. . The game at Columbia opened with the Indians kicking to the Wildcats, who wej;e unable to pierce the defen sive lini of the. Indians and shortly punted the ball to Perquimans. The Indians threatened twice in the first period flirt failed to score, commoia took possession of the ball once on a fumble fthd the second time Perquim ans kicked after failing to mark up a first down. Both teams parried during the sec ond. and. third periods without being able totjain ground. Columbia punt ed tJp caimans early in the finfil quarter and it was at this point that the Indians started the march that ended with the winning touchdown. A touchdown scored by Columbia was called back because of a penalty. Edward Lane did the outstanding work in the Perquimans backfield, aided by Spivey, Bright. and Boyce, while Symons and Jordan were the mainstays on defense. Towrt Board Holds Routine Session Hertford's Town Board met in regular session Monday evening and disposed of routine fiscal matters presented for consideration. Mayor V. N. Darden reported to the board that work projects, now in progress On streets and sewers, were advanc ing and that a State Highway En gineer was expected to come here immediately to report on develop ments regarding the completion of the Grubb Street project. It was also reported that the Town will decorate the downtown street area with Christmas lights again this year, as has been the custom in the past. Superior Court Concluded Term Last Thursday The November term of Perquimans Superior Court was adjourned here at about 11 o'clock last Thursday night, after the Court had concluded hearings of all criminal cases, dis posed of several divorce actions and had a report that the balance of the civil actions were continued until the next term of Superior Court. Court opened Thursday morning with a new trial being ordered in the case of the State vs Mabel Stithem, who was charged with drunken driv ing. A verdict of guilty was returned in the case but upon discovery that one of the jurors had not been sworn Judge Mdrris, ordered a new trial. A nol pros was taken m the case charging H. A. Turner with carrying a concealed weapon and driving drunk. Robert WinsloW, Negro," who had entered a plea of guilty to a charge of breaking and entering was sen tenced to jail for a term of one year. Court went into a night session in order to finish up the criminal docket on Thursday, the final case disposed of being the one charging Willie Wil liams, Negro, with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. When the case was called, counsel for Williams made a motion that the indictment be quashed inasmuch as there were no Negro members on the grand jury that brought the bill of indictment, and there were no Ne groes on the petit jury and that the defendant had f been discriminated against in the selection of jurors for Perquimans Copnty in violation of his constitutional'Tights. Immediately upon this motion being made Judge Chester Morrii de clared a recess and ordered Sheriff Melvin G. Owen's to summons the chairman of the board of County Commissioners, together with all other members and the clerk to the board, who is register' of deeds and his assistant to testify as to the manner that the rolls were prepared for the jury boxes. After E, M. Perry, chairman, Clerk Ward and his i, (Continued on Page Eight) For Members Lags Membership Renewals Falling Short of Coun ty Goal of 500 Officials of the Perquimans County Farm Bureau reported Wednesday that the membership drive, which be gan several weeks ago, is lagging well behind the county goal of 500 mem bers. At a meeting of the Bureau mem bership teams, held last week, it was reported that only 130 memberships had been signed up to that time. How ever, it is believed that the total is now somewhat higher than the re ported number last week. In speaking of the 1948 member ship drive for the Farm Bureau, Fred T. Mathews, president of the Per quimans group, stated, "the time is here for all Farm Bureau members to renew their annual membership in this great organization of and' for the farmer." "At this time when farm prices are beginning to fall is certainly a time when the strength of the farmer's or ganization should be on the increase. Th saying, 'United we stand divid ed we fall,' applies to farmer organiz ations as well as anything else." He pointed out that the Farm Bu reau has been instrumental in helping to obtain good prices for farm pro ducts during the past ten years and he urged all Perquimans County farmers to renew their Farm Bureau membership immediately. State headquarters of the Farm Bureau has requested that full reports on membership drives be turned in by November 20 in order that all records' will be available for final decisions in the Edward A. O'Neil contest. White Funeral Held Wednesday Afternoon Clarence Osmond White, 67, died Mondav afternoon at his home here after an illness of seven years. He was the son of the late Jonn Lane and Mrs. Lvdia W. White and member of the Up River Friends Church. Survivors include his wife. Mrs. Alethia Parker White; four sons, Travis R. and Jesse U. White oi Hertford, John Q. White of Alexan dria, Va., and J. Carson White of Portsmouth; two daughters, Mrs. E. R. RobeTson of Perquimans County and Miss Bertha Mae White of Wake Forest; three brothers, Wayland White and Moody White of Belvi dere and Oliver White of Hertford; six sisters, Mrs. S. M. Winslow and Mrs. Arnold Winslow of Elizabeth City, Mrs. James Rountree, Mrs. El mer Winslow and Miss Edith White, all of Belvidere, and Mrs. Raymond Gregory of Corapeake. The body was taken from Lynch Funeral Home to Up River Friends Church for funeral services at 3 o'clock Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Lizzie White, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Bertha Smith White and the Rev. C. W. Duling. Burial was in the Up River Friends Cemetery. Conference Assigns Pastors To County The Rev. D. L. Fouts and the Rev. E. B. Edwards were reassigned to Methodist pastorates in Perquimans County at the 10th annual conference held last week-end at Greenville. Mr. Fouts was reappointed pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church and Mr. Edwards was reappointed as pas1 tor of the Perquimans charge. Both pastors completed their first year's work at their respective churches just prior to the annual conference. Awards Presented At Achievement Day Program Last Friday Demonstration Clubs to Hold Annual Event at Ag Building The Perquimans County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs held its annual Fall Achievement Day program on Friday, November 5, at 2 o'clock. The meeting was held at the Agricultural Building in Hertford with Mrs. Howard Hunter presiding. The program opened with everyone singing "Lead On, O King Eternal." Mrs. Clarence Dail gave the devo tional, after which a short business session was held. This being Achievement Day, re ports were given by each club show ing their achievements and accom plishments during the past year. These reports were judged by Miss Kebecca Colwell, home agent of Cho wan County; Miss Lillian Swinson, as sistant home agent for Chowan and Perquimans counties, and Mrs. Wal lace Goodwin, president of the Cho wan County Council of Home Demon stration Clubs. First prize went to Belvidere club and second to the Burgess club. "Special music was rendered by Mrs. F. T. Mathews and Mrs. Howard Mathews, with Mrs. I. C. Yagel, pi anist. . ' , J. T. Biggers, Perquimans County Superintendent of Schools, Wa3 the guest speaker. His subject was "State Education Commission." Mrs. J. B. Basnight and Mrs. Sid ney Layden of the Burgess club re ceived awards for ten years of per fect attendance. Mrs. Howard War ren of the Hopewell club was pre sented a reading certificate. The program ended with everyone singing "Now the Day Is Over," fol lowed by the Collect of Club Women of America. The Chapanoke club i was hostess ,and served delicious punch and cookies. Rotarians Hear Talk On School Program Hertford Rotarians observed Na tional Education Week with a pro gram presented at their meeting Tuesday night by John T. Biggers, superintendent of Perquimans school. Mr. Biggers spoke to the group about the work recently completed by the State Education Committee and re ported upon the findings of this Com mission as reported to the Governor. Mr. Biggers told the Rotarians that this Commission was established by the Legislature to make a thorough study of the school system in North Carolina and that it was composed of 18 members, who in turn appointed 16 field groups which investigated school conditions throughout the State. He related that some 90,000 ques tionnaires were distributed to resi dents of the State requesting opinions concerning the school system. He re ported that 60,000 answers were re ceived and the majority of the resi dents favored a project whereby North Carolina schools should be made the best in the nation. Teacher load was set in the questionnaire at 27 to 30 and most of the citizens desired that the financing of schools continue to be under State levels. The major point in the Commission report, according to Mi; Biggers, was a proposal that the State establish a foundation which will enable all coun ties to have adequate school buildings and equipment and under this propo sal the State should render aid by meeting from 75 to 90 per cent of the cost. MART TOWE'S TO MEET The Mary Towe Society of the Methodist Church will meet Monday night, November 15th at 8 P. M. at the home of Mrs. Jesse Lee Harris. All members are urged to attend. '1 Ward Rites Conducted Monday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Penninah Ward, 86, who died at her home in Ryland Sunday morning after a long illness, were conducted Monday after noon at 3 o'clock at the Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church by the pastor, the Rev. John T. Byrum. The Ballard's Bridge Baptist choir sang "Have Thine Own Way" and "Safe In ,the Arms of Jesus," and Mrs. Carey Hollowell and Mrs. Lind sey Eyans sang "There Will Be Glory." The casket was covered with a beautiful pall consisting of white chrysanthemums. Pallbearers were Clarence Odell, Joseph and Randolph Ward, McAuley and Elgin Byrum. ' Burial followed in the church ceme tery. - , s 1 J. S ' i 1 - "