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Volume XVI. Number 32.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, August 12, 1949.
WINDSOR AND HERTFORD BATTLING FOR
PLAY-OFF POSITION AS SEASON ENDS
Baseball Meeting
Called For Monday
Baseball fans of. Perquimans
County are urged to attend a mass
meeting at the Court House in Hert
ford on next Monday night at eight
o clock, it was announced today by
Edgar Morris, Business Manager of
the Hertford Indians.
Mr. Morris stated that several im
portant problems will be presented
to the fans for solution, one of which
is a collection of funds to be used to
curtail the present deficit of the
local club. He added that inasmuch
as the Indians are now striving to win
a place m the league play-off that
fans will show their interest in the
ball club and attend this meeting.
Rules For Hunting
Season Announced
By Game Warden
Eldon Winslow, Perquimans Coun
ty Game Warden, released the follow
ing regulations for hunting, as estab
lished by the Wildlife Resources Com
mission in Raleigh, for the coming
season which opens officially October
1. Mr. Winslow stated that hunting
licenses will be sold throughout the
county at the same locations as last
year.
Bear season for this section will
open from October 15 through Janu
ary 2. The bag limit is two daily,
two in possession, with no season
limit.
The season on deer in eastern coun
ties will be from October 15 through
January 2. The bag limit is one dai-
Jy, and one in possession and two for
the season.
The rancooXteMon will be from
October 1 thrfughFebuary. There is
no limit on tacc'ja' in the eastern
a nome run wn two iieammaies on
Indians Lose Ground
During Past Week;
Win One, Lose Five
With less than two weeks remain
ing of the regular season play, five
teams in the Albemarle League are
battling for play-off positions, with
Windsor and Hertford scrapping for
the fourth place position. Edenton
continues to lead the league with a
two game advantage over Plymouth,
and some five games ahead of Cole
rain. All three of these teams can be
counted in the play-offs but the re
maining games will decide the fourth
place contender. On Wednesday Wind
sor was less than one game ahead of
Hertford, and these two teams nave
four games to play each other, and
no doubt this series will decide which
one will compete in the post season
round for the champsionshop.
The Indians lost ground during the
past week when they dropped four
out of five games. On last Thursday
Colerain won a two-nothing decision
at Colerain then the Indians bounced
back to take a one-nothing victory
from Windsor. The Rebels evened the
series by winning at home last Sat
urday night.
Plymouth played in Hertford on
Monday and handed the Indians a de
feat by a 9-6 score in what turned
out to be a hit and run feat. Both1
teams used three pitchers in an at
tempt to win a victory but a four run
inning by Plymouth proved to be the
deciding factor. Plymouth collected
11 hits and six walks to score the
nine runs while Hertford hit safely
11 times and were handed two walks.
The Indians committed four errors
while Plymouth had two. Mattscheck
started on the mound for Hertford
but was relieved byvO'Hara in the
seventh, who in turn was replaced by
Adams in the eighth.
Plymouth turned Jback the Indians
again Tiesday.when: Jhey rolled up
a 4-3 decision.A The fjiama s scored
twice in the third anl once in the
fifth and seventh. Htrtford'a uns
bases. Eller pitched for Hertford un
til the eighth when he was relieved
by Pasden. Deane started on the
mound for Plymouth but gave way to
Dempsey in the eighth. The Indians
bad five hits and five walks while
Plymouth collected 10 hits and three
walks. Hertford committed three er-
ar.d Plymouth one.
tot?-
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Rescue workers are still combing
the ruins in many communities in
Ecador, which were hit hard early
this week by an earthquake, of inten
sity never witnessed before, accord
ing to reports coming out of the small
South American nation. At least six
towns wtre completely destroyed and
the death toll has been estimated at
near four thousand men, women, and
children.
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Reports from Washington this
week revealed a movement to expand
social sesurity to cover an additional
11 million persons, and to increase
benefits by an average of about 80
per cent. Many individuals, , such as
self-employed, certain . types of do
mestic servants and other groups
would be effected providing the pro
posal is passed by Congress. The plan
does not include incorporating farm
ers or farm employees into the sys
tem. ; i. ." '.
$1.50 Per Year.
Board Of Education
Approve Teachers;
Plan lie
v Lunchroom In Ass
Agricultural Department, on
escay, "reported a forcast o 14,-
; The
Wednesday,
805,000 bales of cotton for the 1949
crop, which "apparently assures rigid
production and marketing controls on
next year's crop. The ; huge produc
tion, coming on topof last year's rec
ord yeild, , will provide "more Cotton
than the nation cant consume and ex
port during 1949-60,, the report stated.
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Personal incomes V reached a . new
high during June according, to a re
port t issued this- week by the Com
merce Department.jjTh effect -;was
expected to boost ' consumer buying
power,, inasmuch as the increase In
income ,was 2.6 pefr cent higher than
the first t half of the; boon year of
1948. A study of the situation, ihe
Commerce Department report stated,
J revealed the "upturn. . on incomes had
( ' been going on for three months, hav-
; tng started in. April. , I
TOnSickJJat . '
Julian White, who' has been ' con
fined to' bis home because of sick
ness 'is somewhat improved. "
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The opossum season opens October
1 and continues through Febuary 1
with no bag- limits.
The rabbit season opens November
24 and closes January 31, with seven
as the daily bag limit, 14 in possess
ion, but no season limit.
The general squirrel season opens
October 1 and closes January 2. The
bag limit is eight per day, 16 in pos
session and 100 for the season.
The quail season opens November
24 and closes January 31. Eight
quail will be allowed daily, 16 in pos
session and 100 for the season.
Wild turkey, gobblers only, may be
taken from November 24 through
January 31, with only one daily, two
in possession and three for the season.
There will be an open season on
commercially raised pheasants which
are released for shooting from Octo
ber 1 through January 10, with no re
strictions as to bag limits. This sea
son is designed to legalize shooting
pheasants by persons who purchase
oj raise them as private enterprise
for the ' purpose Of wing shooting at
the' time of release.
Foxes may be taken with guns
when the season is open for any other
game species, except that where lo
cal county fex laws regulate the sea
son, the local laws shall prevail. '
The general season for trapping
mink, muskrat, opposum and raccoon
will" be. -'from November 15 through
January 31, except that in Currituck
and Dare Counties the season will be
open from December 15 through
Febuary 28. Trapping for otters will
be legal from January 1 through Jan
nary 31. ' v- .
4-H Club Members
Return From Meet
' Perquimans County was well repre
sented at the recent 4-H Club Week
in Raleigh The eight delegates at
tending took la very active part in
the .program and did an excellent job
of putting Perguimans lUounty across
to the other counties present.
t The Livestock judging , team com
posed of Harry ILee IWinslow, John
Mansfield, and John William Chappell
placed 10th among teams competing.
This was an excellent showing when
their lack of experience and training
is considered.
John Chappell and Carolyn Hurdle
participated in the health pageant as
King and, Queen from Perquimans
County and Janie Winslow represent
ed the county in the dress revue.
-Horace Layden ran for Vice iFfesi-
dent of the State Council and lost by
a very narrow .margin, to a strong
candidate in a run on eiecuqn Ti
day afternoon.
'All the delegates enjoyed tbe week
and are planning to attend- Club
Week again if possible. : fv v
Appoint Group to Seek
Approval of Plans For
Gym-Ag Building
Members of the Perquimans Board
Board of Education held their regu
lar meeting for August last Monday
and disposed of a number of projects
on their agenda. In the absence of
Chairman Julian A. White, who is ill
at his home in Hertford, S. M. Long
served as chairman pro-tern.
The . Board appointed a committee
composed of Superintendent J. T.
Biggefs, E. C. Woodard, Delwin
Eure, C. P. Morris and Max Camp
bell to meet with the State School
House Planning Commission in Ra
leigh Friday afternoon to seek ap
proval of plans for the' construction
of a gym and agricultural building at
Perquimans High School. Raymond
Fuson, architect of New Bern, who
has a contract for drawing of the
plans for this structure, will also
meet with this committee.
In connection with the school build
ing program, Mr. Biggers stated he
had been advised by the State Depart'
ment of Education as to the steps to
be takeji, regarding obtaining of State
funds to help in the construction pro
gram. These steps, Mr. Biggers
stated, are completion of a survey of
local needs, approval of plans by
State School House Building Com
mission, application for funds and in
spection of the projects. The local
Board has atready complied with the
first step and is now in progress of
having plans drawn for local con
struction. When these are complete
approval for each project will be
sought at Raleigh.
The Board instructed Mr. Biggers
to secure plans for the construction
of ar fur-chroqm at Central Grammar
School as soon as possible in order
that this project might be started
within the, next few months.
. The election of Miss Dorothy May
nard as public school music instruc
tor and Rudolph Wiggs as teacher of
science at Perquimans High School
was approved by the Board.
A committee composed of members
of the Board, was named to continue
investigation of sites for construc
tion of a new Negro school in Hertford.
I'o Probable Cause
Verdict Returned
ult Case
PERQUIMANS SCHOOLS TO START NEW
TERM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Recorder's Court Has
Long Session With
Varied Docket
New Hope Resident
Dies At Age Of 98;
Funeral Held Sunday
Mrs. Susan Sutton Banks, 98, old
eat resident of Perquimans County
died at the home of her son, D. S.
Banks, at New Hope last Friday af
ternoon at 415 o'clock after a long
illness.
She was the wife of the late B
S. Banks and daughter of the late
Wesley and Elizabeth Barcliff Banks.
'She is survived by three son, L,
R. Webb, D. S. Banks, and E. G.
Ganks, all of New Hope; 28 grand
children, a. number of great grand
children arid great-great grandchild
ren. Funeral services were conducted at
the New Hope Methodist Church Sun
day afternoon at four o'clock by the
Rev. E. B. Edwards. During the ser
vices the choir sang Beautiful Garden
of Prayer.' Miss Ruth Tucker Bang
Abide With Me. They were accompan
ied at the piano by Mrs. L. C. Win
slow. - 1
Pall bearers Were Percy L. Webb,
Carson Ranks. Hazel Hoskins. Cal
vin Banks, J. R. Webb, and T. Dewitt
Webb. . ,
Burial followed in the church ceme-
tery. '.-k,' ;
Carl Neal, Negro, was freed of a
serious charge in Perquimans Re
corder's Court here Tuesday when
Judge Cnarles E. Johnson returned a
verdict of no probale cause in the case
charging Neal with assualting a
a seven year old JNegro child with in
tent to rape. The verdict was handed
down by Judge Johnson after the
State had presented evidence show
ing the man was in the child's bed
room late at night but failed to show
that an assualt had been committed.
Much of the court's time was con
sumed in hearing a case in which
Hugh Harrell and Isaac Butt were
charged with reckless driving. The
men were cited to court after having
a collision on the Winfall-Belvidere
highway. Following evidence present
ed by the State against arrell, a
verdict of guilty was returned in the
case against Harrell, who was or
dered to pay a fine of $25 and costs
of court. Harrell noted an appeal to
superior court through his attorney,
W. H. Oakey, Jr. On motion of at
torney, Walter Edwards, representing
Isaac Butt, the court allowed a non
suit as to the charge against Butt.
Paul Stokely was found guilty as
charged to speeding and he was or
dered to pay a fine of $10 and costs.
Anthcny Comentals and Clement
Russell, each charged with speeding,
entered pleas of guilty and pay fines
of $10 and costs.
J. E. Parker entered a plea of guil
ty to a charge of catching too small
bass and paid the costs of court.
Moses Coltrain, charged with
speeding and reckless driving, failed
to appe:.i in court to answer the
charges and his bond of $200 was
ordered forfeited. The warrent was
ordered returned to the officer with
instructions toarre.stCoJtrgin aid
hold nmi in jailor trial. '
Paul Bembry,' Negro, was found
not guilty of a charge of assualt.
John Dildy, Negro, was found
guilty on a charge of assualt and he
was ordered to pay a fine of $25
and costs of court.
Indians Trounce
Elizabeth City 6-3
Hertford Indians came from behind
to trounce the Elizabeth City Senators
6-3 in j game on Memorial Field
the "route for Hertford giving up six
nits and five walks. The Indians com
mittm inn arWwa Th Senators hit
safely five times in four innings but
Adams gave up only one nn aiier
that frame. Weaver started as hurl
er for the Senators but was relieved
by Reeves fat the eighth. Hertford coK
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tected a total or eignt mis " em
walks off the Senator pitchers. . -.
Rtai.nn mmi led the Indians at
bat getting thfee hits f or three times
at bat .
Eight Perquimans
People Attend
Raleigh Meeting
Perquimans County was represent
ed at the State Farm and Home Week
in Raleigh this week by seven club
women and one man. The meeting
was held at State College four days,
beginning last Monday.
Perquimans people attending were
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Madre, Mrs. M.
T. Griffjn, Mrs. Robert Sutton, Mrs.
Robert Sutton, Mrs. John Hurdle,
Mrs. Archie White, Mrs. E. J. Proc
tor and Miss Lena Winslow.
Many outstanding speakers includ
ing Secretary of Agriculture, Char
les F. Brannan, Governor W. Kerr
Scott, Congressman Harold Cooley,
Judge Camille Kelly, of Memphis,
Tenn., and Mrs. Raymond Sayre,
president of the Associated Country
Women of the World, appeared on
the program.
Guest Minister To
Preach Here Sunday
The Rev. H. E. Manning, Dean
of the Theological Seminary, Univer
sity of Duberque, Duberque, Iowa,
will preach at the 11 o'clock service at
the Hertford Methodist Church, next
Sunday, in the absence of the Rev.
D. L. Fouts, it was announced here
today.
Rev. Manning, who is the grandson
of Mrs. Nonie Nowell of Winfall,
has served as guest minister in num
erous churches throughout the nation.
While hsre he and his family will
be guests of his aunts, Mrs. Johnnie
Lane and Mrs. C. O. Fowler. Mrs.
Fowler will hold open house Satur
day evening at eight o'clock and any
one wishing to meet Rev. Manning
is welcome.
Discourtesy One Of
Major Reasons For
Many Traffic Deaths
Most of the blame for three-quarters
of our annual traffic deaths to
day was iaid at the door of discourt
eous drivers by Jeff B. Wilson, di
rector of the Highway Safety Division
of the North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Wilson made the statement in con
nection with the Department's Au
gust traffic safety campaign in which
courtesy and defensive driving are be
ing stressed.
"Such acts as excessive speed, ig
noring the right of way, driving un
der the influence of alcohol, driving
on the wrong side of the.oad, pas
sing improperly, and disregarding an
officer or traffic control device are,
at the very least, discourteous be
havior, and, at the worst, wanton
murder," Wilson said.
Twenty-five percent of the- high
way fatalities in which a "violation
is figured," the highway safety of-
fical said, "can be traced directly to
excessive speed. This discourtesy
alone cr.used 257 fatal accidents in
North Carolina last year. Driving on
the wrong side of the road and driv
ing under the influence of alcohol
were the next two biggest contri
buting factors in fatal accidents, and
the frustrating part of all this es
pecially to those entrusted with the
job of safety education and enforce
ment Li that every one of these
deaths was unnecessary; they would
not have happened if one of the driv
ers involved in each case hadn't judg
ed himself either too smart, too
skillful, or too lucky to be involved in
an accident!"
Wilson also warned motorists to
drive defensively. Always expect the
unexpected and do not assume that,
because you are driving courteously,
everyone else is, he said.' "Per mile
of highway, we have more discourt
eous drivers than telephone poles,"
he .continued. "The chief difference
is that the poles won't swerve into
the wrong lane," he concluded.
Swimming Classes
Open For More Kids
Robert Jordan, instructor of the
swimming classes being conducted at
Harvey Point Beach, by the Perqui
mans Chapter of the American Red
Cross, announced today there is now
room for additional children to take
the instructions being affered. Class
es are held each morning and after
noon Monday through Friday.
Written consent of parents or
guardian must be turned over to H.
N. Nixon, Red Cross chairman, or.
Mr. x Jordan, before child caa be
enrolled in the swimming classes it
was stated. ... " ' .
DOUSCORE
tM H'. CHIOHVAYS
Killed July 80 through' August 1 8
Injured July 3Q through August 1 95
Killed through Aug. 1 this year 446
Killed through August 1, 1948.. 376
Injured through Ana. 1 this year5,014
Injured through Aug. 1, 1948-4,079
Sires Continues To
Lead League Batters
Leroy Sires, catching star for the
Hertford Indians, continued at the
top of the Albemarle League batting
lists for all games played through
August 2, according to a report re
leased by Bill Cozart, League Statis
tician. He is leading batter with an
average of .354, has battered in the
most runs, 40, and is tied for the
lead in doubles with 14. The league
has twelve players hitting over .300
and of this number three play with
the Indians. The record for the In
dians follows:
AB R H Pet.
Sires 189 32 67 .354
Bergeron 204 30 64' .314
Montsderoa 76 12 23 .303
Folger 60 7 15 .250
Wingo 68 9 15 .221
Cayton 170 19 37 .218
Nowell 128 19 27 .211
Kimbrell 131 12 26 .198
Freeman 16 4 3 ,188
Goodman 56 3 10 .179
Christgou 51 3 5 .098
Pitcher's Record
BA W L Pet.
Mattscheck .000 1 0 1000
Eller L..140 8 ' 3 .727
Adams 150 6 7 .417
Montsdecoa 2 3 .400
Pasden .091 0 4 .000
Mary Towe's To Meet
The Mary Towe Missionary, Society
of the Methodist church wiir'meet
Monday Auguts ISth at 6:30 P.M.
.The meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs R, S.' Monds, Jr. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Faculty For White and
Colored Released By
Superintendent
Perquimans County schools will
start the;r 1949-50 term on Wednes
day, September 7th, it was reported
here Tuesday by Superintendent J.
T. Biggers, following a meeting of
the County Board ofEducation.
Mr. Biggers stated that plans are
practically completed for the open
ing of schools; faculty members for
both white and Colored schools are
complete and most of the renovation
of school buildings is over. A few
minor details remain to be worked
out but for the most part everything
is in readiness for the children to
return to school and studies.
In connection with the open of the
schools Mr. Biggers announced that
bus routes will remain practically as
they were last year.
Members of the faculty for the
various schools were announced as
follows:
Perquimans High School: E. C.
Woodard, principal, G. C. Buck, El
bert Fearing, Rudolph Wiggs, L. G.
Finch, Mrs. T. L. Jessup, Mrs. Thom
as Skips.;y, Miss Ann Atkinson, R.
W. Baugham, Mrs. Burrus Chappell,
Mrs. C. R. Holmes, Mrs. Anniebelle
Whitley. Mrs. Henry Stokes, and Mrs.
Zelma Dawson. This group is com
posed of five new teachers. Mr.
Fearing will serve as athletic direc
tor, Mr. Wiggs, science teacher, Mr.
Baugham, english, and Mrs. Dawson,
eighth grad teacher.
Central Grammar School: J. P.
Snipes, principal, Miss Margaret
White, Mrs. Ounice Riddick, Miss
Johnnie White, Mrs. Lucile White,
Mrs. Bertha Lane, Mrs. Racheal Ed
wards, Mrs. Katherine Jessup, Mrs.
Joseph Winslow, Mrs. Mary C. White,
and Mi.s;, Pearle White.
Hertford Grammar School: Miss
Thelma Elliott, principal, Miss Mary
E. Summer, Mrs. Mrs. Mary Etta
Walters', Mrs. Inez White. Miss Mil
dred Reed, Mrs. Myra Sawyer, Miss
Ruth Eiiiott, Mrs. T. C. Chappell.
Bert Ainsworth will return as in
structor of band and Miss Dorothy
Maynara, a new teacher, will be in
charge cf public school music.
Members of the Colored facaulty
are: rerquimans training School:
R. L. Kingsbury, principal, Walter
Privott, Olivia Perry, Dorothy N.
Thomas, Doris Wooten, Idonia Roger
son, Penelope Bembry, Willie Wil-
lams, Johnnie Privott, Annie E. Sim
ons, King A. Williams.
Hertford Colored School: H. E.
Brown, principal, Emma H. Brown,
Mable Stroud, John Bullock, Geral
dine Lowe, Hazel Beaman, Cleo Z.
Felton, Wealthea Riddick, Eliza S.
Perry, Alma Kingsbury, Minnie Fel
ton, Jennie S. Thompson.
Chinquopin: Dewey Newby, Nellie
Holley. Bethel School: Walter
Thompson, Annie Nixon, Dorothy
Newby. Galatia School: George
N. Reid, Myrtle Felton, Rosa Reid.
Willow Branch School : Henry
Daughtry, Edna Zachary. Pools Grove
School: Martha E. Blanchard. Fork
Bridge School: Mary E. James.
Nicanor School: Rosa Newby, Ad
die M. Hoffler. Bay Branch School:
Mary E. Newby, and Harriet Win
slow. Mr. Biggers also announced that it
will be necessary for all parents,
having children enter school for the
first time, to furnish each child's
health certificate, signed by the
County Health Nurse, before the
child will be enrolled in school.
Children not having health certifi
cates th? first day of school will be
sent home, the superintendent 3tated,
until the certificate is presented to
the school principal.
Ward Rites Held
Last Saturday
Funeral services for Thomas David
Ward, 57, who died at his home on
Route two, last Thursday afternoon,
were conducted at the Lynch Funeral
Home last Saturday afternoon at two
oclock by the Rev. Sigsbee Miller,
of ElizAbeth City.
During the services a trio sanir
Death is Only a Dream, Rock of Ages
and Will the Circle be Unbroken.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Twine Ward, four daughters,
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Johnson of Ra
leigh, Mrs. Flora Hurdle, Delia Faye
Ward and Louretta Ward, all of Per
quimans; five sisters, Mrs. Ara Mat
thews, of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Pearl
Chalk, Mrs. Maude Lane, Mrs. Sally
Barco and Mrs. Maggie Matthews,
all of this county.
Pall bearers were nephews of Mr.
Ward.
Burial was in the family i cemetery
near the home. '