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J s I . ; ,., 'i "4.. '.M. IgJ&JrV hcrtford, Perquimans Gounr, North Carolina Friday, December SlmS'. $1.50 er Year i To Ofn Here !iyjnury17 rteen Cases, Listed .i Docket By. Clerk 7.H. Pitt , . civil i term of. Perquimans Su 'or' Court 'will convene here Mon , January 17, 1949, it was : re ed today by W, H. Pitt, clerk of t, who stated that Judge Luther :tdn ha, been appointed by Gov r Ri Gregg Cherry to be the pre--g Judge Fourteen cases , are 1 by the clerk as being on the ndar to be disposed of at the term ourfc ' , 1 - 1 .Ix of the . cages , are- actions for "rce while' the remaining number .esent suitq for damages.", , The docket a released by Mr. Pitt ' s follows: Itichard Whedbee vs. Essie Lee nedbee,""N 11 Warren Sills vs. Margaret Sills. ' Thomas Riddick vs. Martha Rid- ' Dixie Feltojtc vs.. Carrie Felton. Benjamin Ashley vs. Lucille Ashley. Dallas Gilliam vs. Odell Gilliam. ' Ruth C Beasley vs. J. C Blanch ard ft Co. , . -. . . Raymond Boyce vs. L. L. Smith. C. A. Davenport vs. Norfolk South ern Railroad. N. N. Trueblood vs. John Gibson. Chesapeake Auto Corp. vs. W. L. Jaley. '. t '. v Richard Payne vs. James Rogerson. )', E T. Gresham Co. vs. Y. L. Brown, " A. W. Hotrte vs. T. B. Sumner.'1 '. Jurors for this term of court were ? :wn at the special meeting of the t-ard of . County ' . Commissioners which was held December 27. I . . I 1 ' "' " . . .. 1 . . "I 1 - I II '" ' I' .1. ' . ,--.,' ' I 7T: : n If , oftli ; M COMMISSIONERS AND TAX LISTERS MEET TO CONSIDER LISTING OF PROPERTY a Elmo H. Cannon, Jr. Second Lieutenant Elmo H. Cannon, Jr., was com missioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force on December 18 at the graduation ceremonies of Officer I Candidate Class 48-B which were held at Lackland Air Fcrrce Base in San Antonio, Texas. Lieutenant Cannon, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Cannon, entered the Air Force an June, 1943, and served in the European theatre of operations as a gunner during the war. He is a graduate of Perquimans County High School and is married to the former Miss Evelyn Copeland. After spending a furlough with his parents, Lieut. Cannon will report for duty at the San Antonio Air Base. PUBLISHERS OF THE WEEKLY VRV POST PLANK'ING TO MAKE NEW YEAITS DANCE AN OUTSTANDING AFFAIR ' jo Injured Br J2 Oigd!ng r.ufus Skinner, a Negro resident of ' w4irQoeIvet(maJrie i. j Tuesday morning "when a build' i. j that he waa, helping, tear down F-IJenly .' collapsed, trapping him near the "doorway of the old struc ture." ' - j -i Ckinner : and Charles Hofler, an- "er Hertford Negro, " were in the ?s , ef . taking a floor eff of a ' juse ocated in the rear, of Dar Crothers' 'store in down town ord when the walls came tumb .'owh,, trapping him. between the rnd the roof, v Bystanders hur-: freed -Skinner,' who after rtt- I treatment from a local phy i, was ' taken to the Albemarle :tal for further examination and 'nent , a '; 1 " ''v -i" ction Deadline v,' Cars Is Today, 1 Fqul'nana' County motorists who ) not as yet run their motor ve-"-rough one of the State's in ' s must ao ,eo before mid X'o "toni&ht, otherwise' they face -t rction if caught driving on the "9. ',' Today is the deadline for n of all model cars and each' , must now bearx the approved to be "withdrawn - from use vehicle ii inspected. tta is expected to announce or inspection of can during hin the. next few days Dur- coming s year all cars and ..iust be inspected every, six 1 11C3 'OCwIT'' l2y;'Close Monday i stores and ' businesl .cept the bank 'and' 'post 1 be open' fo business all ' Jsnaary 1, but will be : .anJ.y. January 8, in ob- T the New Year holiday, .race action was decided 1' merchants prior to the -Jay. ys ' m m County, schools will r schedules next Mon- " -n T. V.ZT'-', County 2 r !.oo j, sId . to- tb planned to be ..,uls, tlr. Elggers Music Will Be Provided ; By Johnny Brough ton's Orchestra A meeting of the Garland H. Onley Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Hertford was cut short Monday night as the entire group; all of whom had been appointed to one of several com mittees reported to the' Harvey Point Officers Club to begin -preparations for. the VFW gala New Year's eve ;, The dance, which will feature John ny Broughton's orchestra of Newport News, ;Vo.who is a native of Per qiiimans County, is expected to be the biggest Jthing yet sponsored by the local post, and has drawn widespread attention and curiosity as to' what Johnny will bring home. It las-also been reported that JPeggy Felton, a local girl who is teaching music in Weldop, wilr be the.gueet vocalist. ' The post wiH-start the New Year off with high spirit of having a rec ord year as . they have already re corded a large list of old and new membership" renewals: for which they received two awards, the 60th Anni versary Armistice Day Citation and the ' GOttn Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Citation that were offered by na tional headquarters for reporting the highest percentage of Wmbership re newals of any post in the State , at a givendate. .iv- Beginning Wednesday, January 6, the club will again be turned ever to the Perquimans High School Student council on Wednesday night of each week for use of teen agera. The club has been closed to these youngsters for the past two weeks due to .Christ mas activities being held by the Thus far the student body has done an excellent job of governing activi ties and recreation . offered to the large group of High School students that have been present when the club was at their disposal each Wednesday night. It.ia the 'hope of the Post that more recreation facilities will be at their disposal in the near future. March Of Dimes Workers To Meet ' 1 Representatives J of the " Perquim ans County Committee for the March fof Dimes campaign which will get under way nere next montn, are ex pected to loin in a district meeting of March of Dimes chairmen and work ers to be held -at Edenton Friday January It was announced .today. 'Plans, fori ; the""' annual campaign wiU be discussed at the district meet ing and county goals, expected to be larger this year than in the past .will likely be set " . , UNITING POSTPONED' The regular monthly meeting of (he ine's Auxiliary will be post poned fi-om Monday, January 3, to IJond.-, January 10, and will be held at the home of MrSv Will Hudson and tries Jae Wood Winslow. 1 County Ranks 23th In Expenditures For Public Health Young Negro In Deeper Trouble Jackson Costen Facing Fourth Charge of Hit And Run 7 C h " .ILL mit j:onday ' i V . t of the Hertford Eap- I . . . -w LI meet HonJay, Janu I f - 17') o'clock at the home of Out of a total of 245 live births in Perquimans County in 1947, records of the State Board of Health show that occurred in ajhospital andT83 occurred outside a hospital or in cir cumstances unknown. This 'means that 74.69 per cent of the county's live births last year occurred without benefit of hospital facilities .for mother and child, it was reported re cently by ; the N.1 C. Committee for better health. The records further show that in 43 counties of the State last year a majority of the live births occurred outside a hospital; In the state as a whole the percentage born outside a hospital was 35.17. Among the 100 counties Perquimans ranked 90th in per cent of live births that occurred without such facilities. In one county (Hyde) ih 1947 the majority of live births did not even have the attendance of a physician, and in a score of other counties the proportion of births without -such at tendance was between . one-third to nearly one-half. 1 A physician' was in attendance at 137 of the Perquimans births, but 108 had only, the attention of a midwife. In the same year the county had a total of 10 infan deaths and no ma ternal deaths , ' , ' Of the infant deaths, two occurred in a hospital and eight outside a hos pital or I in circumstances unknown. A physician was in attendance at six of the deaths and the remaining four had no attention of a physician or oc curred in circumstances unknown. As another aspect of the Perquim ans County health picture, records show that the county budget for pub lic health service for the fiscal year 1947-48 totaled $8,859 or .906 per capita, ! Of this total, local sources contributed $5,111 or .623 per cap ita,; .the - State- contributed 12,037 or .208 per capita, and $1,711 or ,176 per capita came from the Federal Government, i f v Of the 96 - counties which spent money for'public health service, Per quimans County -ranked Z9th in total per , capita expenditures. ' - Another indication of .Perquimans' health rating can be found in the fact that from 1940 to January 1, 1945, the county had a total draft rejection rate of 62.75 per cent, according to the. Institute for Research in Social Science of .i, the State University, Among the counties " Perquimans ranked 79th in per cent of , total re jections, In -percentage of white re jections the county ranked 79th, with a rate of 45.17 per cent. In Negro rejections it ranked 47th, with a rate of 49.74 percent - BIRTII AiNTNOUNCEMENT . Born to Chief and Mrs. IDavid E. Boyce, a Wednesday, December 15, - at t Naval- .Hospital, , Ports mouth, V. ' ! Boyce Is the for mer Hies Chappvll of Col. I dore, f,"X' Recorder's Court Cancelled This Week A fourth charge, that of hit and run, has been entered against Jack son N, Costen, a 17-year-old Negro, J ho was involved in an automobile icident Saturday night, December 18, that caused the death of Kenneth Jordan. ., &cf,ho;is..ei.Jie1ife. thai' county jail in Hertford under a $2000 bond for driving under the influence of intoxicants, manslaughter and who has been found guilty of driving with an expired operator's license, was charged with hit and run after ad mitting - to. 'officers recently that he had hit a 1946 Ford coach belonging to Howard Mathews on his unlucky day- ' The Mathews car, which was park ed on Church Street, was hit by Cos ten as he went through town minutes before the accident occurred on the outskirts of Hertford. ' According to investigating officer, Patrolman B. R. Inscoe, approximate ly $200 damage was done to the Mathews car. The subject will prob ably be heard along with the others on January 4. No Recorder's Court was held in Perquimans County Tuesday by Judge Charles E. Johnson due to the fact that the small number of cases listed on the docket were either con tinued or the defendants submitted. However, a long session is expected to be held Tuesday, January 4, as many continued cases, which include three charges against Jackson N. Costen, who was involved in a recent automobile accident that caused the death of Kenneth Jordan, will be heard. Speeding again headed- the list of submissions. William E. Daughtery, Alexander Nelson, Paul Hill, Marolin Mattlin and Harvey A. Butler each were fined $10 and court costs for the offense. Lester C. Jones, who was also charged with speeding, paid $5.00 and the costs. William Sutton was taxed with a $25 fine and court costs for driving without" '" iifi 'operators license, and Johnnie Phillips paid $10 and court costs for driving with insufficient brakes. Funeral Services For Mrs. Alethia Miller Funeral services for Mrs. Alethia White Miller, age 90, wife of the late J. H. Miller, Hertford Route Two, who died Thursday, December , 16, af ter a lingering illness, were conduct ed Sunday, December 19, at 2 P. M. at the Cedat Grove Methodist Church by the Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of the church.' During the services members of the Hertford Methodist Choir sang "Have Thine Own Way," "It Is Well With My Soul" and "Abide With Me" was sung at the graveside. R. U William son of Norfolk, sang a solo "Sun rise." . Mrs. Miller is ' survived by four sons, Bryant M. Miller, Elmer L Miller of Hertford, Evart W. Miller of Norfolk, the Rev. Herbert Miller of Elizabeth City and two daugh ters, Mrs. H. T. West of Ayden and Mrs. Mae -.Perry of Hertford, and eight grandchildren . and - two great grandchildren. " " Burial was in the church ceme tery. W' W' ' : : V ' ' 4?' ' ' - " H, I, JK Motorists Get Licenses Next , Today is the final day for motor ists whose last names begin with E, F and G to renew their driver's li cense and comply with the motor ve hicle laws. 4 ' ', Beginning tomorrow, persons Whose last name begins with H, I, J and K will begin taking tests for renewal of their licenses. ; Car operators ' who fall, into - this category have until June 80 to renew licenses before ex- si. jNeiBen, local- license exam--, "is c stationed In 1 Hertford, each 'isdnv and Thursday for the . ..a tt receiving applications and Jving, tests -,. , Rotarians To Sponsor Show Here January 27 Members of the Hertford Rotary Club will sponsor a presentation of the famous radio show, "Sunshine Sue,!' here in Hertford on Thursday night, January 27, it was reported to day by W. F. Ainsley, president of the club, and James E. Newby, secre tary. Arrangements have been completed to bring the, show here and a com mittee, composed ofi C. P. Morris, Robert Hollowell and Herbert Nixon have been named to secure an audi torium for the show. The committee reports that it will attempt to secure the high school auditorium, but that announcement as to the location will be made later. Sunshine Sue and her cast of radio characters have played before Hert ford audiences before and their re turn is expected to be welcomed en tertainment for the large following the show has on the radio. January Term of Su perior Court Called Off Due to Few Cases On the Docket Members of the yCounty Board of Commissioners and five tax listers of the county met in a special session at the Court House Monday morning to review plans and receive final in structions for carrying out the list ing of property for 1949 taxes, which will begin throughout the county on Monday, January 3. The schedule that was given to tax listers who were appointed at a pre vious meeting of the Board held this month, is as follows: John O. White, Jr., Hertford Township, will be at the Court House January 5 and 8 dur ing the first week. January 12 and 15 during the second week. January 19 and 22 during the third week. And will be at the Court House each day January 24 through 31 with the ex ception of Sunday the 30th. Carrol V. Ward, list taker for Bel videre, will observe the following schedule: At the late E. L. Chap pell's store January 8, 15, 22 and 29. W. A. Winslow's store January 18. R. M. Baker's store, Whiteston, Jan uary 20. R. R. White's store, Whites ton, January 27. At home during the days not listed above throughout the month. Raymond Stanton, list taker for Parkville Township, will be found at home each day with the exception of January 25, when he will be at Chap- anoke. Julian Long, list taker for Bethel Township, will be at J. W. Gatling's store on January 8, 22 and 29 during the day and on January 5, 19 and 26 at night. Whedbee's store in Burgess on January 15. At the Court House in Hertford January 19. Seth Long, list taker for New Hope Township, will observe the following schedule: Perry and Robbins store, New Hope, January 8, 15, 22 and 29. At Ernest White's store January 14. At Guy Webb's store January 21. At Perry a store, WoodvHle, January 28. All other days at home from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. Also during the special session the Board voted in favor of not having the regular term of Superior Court in January. This action was taken as the Board fslt that there were not enough cases listed on the calendar to justify the expense of holding this term of court. Drainage Systems Lead Soil Projects By Local Farmers By F. A. McGOOGAN During 1948 the Soil Conservation technician working with the Albe marle Soil Conservation District as sisted 31 farmers in preparing con servation, plans for their farms. This makes a total of 810 farm conserva tion plans covering 34,747 acres in PerquimansCoonty since' the work unit office was established here Feb ruary 1, 1944. v , r . ' " , .' """ """" , " i Eighty-five acres of permanent pas ture were seeded by Perquimans County farmers cooperating with the district during 1948. This is a good increase over the amount seeded in 1947.. ; . P This yf ail conservation farmers seeded a good acreage of winter cover crops, which are looking good now. v ' ' - U ' K T ' Perquimans County farmers are. be coming more interested in improving the drainage ' on. their- farms. Con servation': fanners .improved or re built drainage systems on approxi mately 2,200 acres of land in 1948. This involved the - construction vt (Continued on Page Four) , Nep Found Dead In Ditch Sunday Willie R. White, aged Negro farm hand, was found dead dn an ice and water filled ditch Sunday afternoon on the Lee farm, which is located in the Durants Neck section of the county. White, who was seen frequently Saturday morning near Webb's store, allegedly was last seen attending a Christmas party during the early part of the night until he was found about 3 P. M. by Richard White, Ne gro resident of the Lee farm, in a ditch approximately 250 yards from the road. When found he was dressed in work clothes and boots and was lying face down in the ditch. Marks along the banks indicated that he had evidently made no effort to crawl out. Found in his pockets was a billfold contain ing $24. Death was probably due to natural causes, as no signs of foul play were found by investigating officers, Sheriff Melvin G. Owens and Dr. C. A. Dav enport, county Coroner. County Boards To Meet Next Monday Perquimans County Board of Com missioners and the Board of Educa tion will hold regular meetings next Monday.! January 3. . Only; routine.v business 4s expected to be presented ' to the Commissioners, but a final re port on the recent sale of three aban- doned Negro school buildings is ex pected to be made to the Board of Education. , Tax listers in the , county's five townships have started the ' task of -listing property for 1949 taxes, it was announced today by J. W. Ward, county tax supervisor, i , In addition to listing property for taxes, the, listers are also taking a farm . census, and; farmers- are re-. 1 quested to appear Wore the JtiterS v. with , complete " information . about crops and acreage tended during the 'i past -year. . Tax listing will continue through, the month of January and - all individuals failing to list before-. January 31 will be charged a penalty for late listing. ' s -'1- i r if A As . 'if