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V Volume XVLNumber.37. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 16.1949.'
PROBABLE CAUSE RETURNED III CASE
CHARGING MATI WITH RITENT TO KILL
r
John Henry Phillips Is
- Bound Over to Su
- perior Court
John Henry Phillips, 29 year old
. Negro, was bound over for action of
the Superior Court following a hear
ing in Recorder's Court here Tuesday
morning when Judge Charles E. John
son returned a verdict of probable
cause found, in the case charging
Phillips with assualt with a deadly
weapon', with intent to kill, causing
serious bodily injury. According to
State's testimony presented at the
hearing, Phillips is alleged to have
attacked Lena Key, 24 year old Negro
woman, on the night of August Z, at
the Piney Wood service station about
five miles south of Hertford.
State's witnesses were Lena Key,
Nicey Skinner, Negro, and Sheriff
. if. G. Owens. The Key woman testi
fiel that she and a number of other
Negroes had ridden to the service
station with Phillips but on her re
fusal to ride back to Hertford with
him that Phillips assualted her with
a knife, cutting her over the left eye,
on the arms, face and left hip. She
stated he also kicked her in the head
seVeral times. She also testified that
she was taken to the Chowan Hospital
where 136 stitches were required to
sew up her wounds. Nicey Skinner
stated she saw Phillips attack the
Key woman and that it appeared to
her the woman was unconscious
Sheriff Owens told of investigating
the affair and arresting Phillips on
the basis of the facts uncovered by
the investigation.
, Other cases disposed of at this
term of the Recorder's Court included
those of Edward C. Turner, who was
' found guilty on a charge of reckless
driving. Turner was given a 60 day
sentence suspended upon payment of
a fine of $50 and costs of Court and
the payment of $200 for damages
done to the car of Archie Riddick.
Turner was involved in an accident
with Riddick, near Belvidere late last
month.
, Francis Ward entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of driving without
Robert Morrisette and Robert
Davidson each paid a fine of $10 and
costs after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding.
Alva Bunch, W. J. Beal, Standi
Davenport, H. B. Lassiter each were
. taxed with costs of court for violation
of the fish and game laws.
W. S. Hoggard was ordered to pay
a fine of $10 and costs for catching
undersized bass and having over the
limit of fish caught.
Mrs. Rose Scott and Pauj Drunet
each entered a plea of guilty to
charges of speeding and paid a fine
of $5 and costs.
Frank White, Negro, was found
guvty as charged of indecent expos
ure of his person. He was given a
' 30 day sentence suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $10 and costs.
Joseph Stallings paid a fine of $25
and costs after pleading guilty to a
charge of reckless driving.
PTA To Hold Broom
Sale Here j'ext VM
Brooms and door mats, manufactur
ed by the Greensboro Industries for
the Blind will be offered for sale by
the Hertford Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation, assisted by the Hertford
Lions and Lioness Clubs, September
22, 23 and 24, it was announced to-
. day by Mrs. D. M. Jackosn, president
of the Hertord PTA.
The sale will begin' next Thursday
and continue through Saturday with
members of the three organizations
conducting' a house to house canvass
and maintaining a booth ait the Court
House.-
The products were manufactured by
blind people at the plant which is
operated so the blind may be 'self
supporting. , . , ' -
Proceeds from - the local sale will
be used by the Parent-Teachers As
sociation to : purchase playground
equipment for the Hertford Grammar
School. , ' s ..'
According to - i Mrs. Jackson . the
brooms to be offered during the sale
are two inches longer than the aver
age broom on the market, and it is
made of Jam dried corn (straw)
which prevents the stitching from
getting loose and prevents twisting
at the handle when it becomes -dry
after being used in a warm home.
Town To Enforce
Vacant Lot Law
$1.50 Per Year.
uoumyuoarane
Requests For flo
ars
2d
Numerous comDlaints received dur
ing the past summer have cauesd the
Town Board to dust off old time or
diance and call to the attention of
residents of Hertford that there is a
law which compels property owners,
in Hertford, to keeD vacant, lota free
of weeds and high grass, it was re
ported this week by Mayor V. N. Dar
den. and nassed on bv the
of the Town Board Monday night.
According to Mayor Darden, the
ordiance calls for nroDertv owners 'to
cut weeds from lots at least once
each year, and in the event the prop
erty owner fails to do this the Town
is authorized to have the weeds rut
and add the costs to the landowner's
tax bill.
While complaints have been made
to the Town Board . regarding several
locations, the chief cause of trouble,
it was reported, centers around lots
lying in that section of town between
the south side of Grubb street and
the north side of Dobb street, extend
ed and west of Woodland Ave.
Mayor Darden stated, following the
action of the Town Board, that unless
property owners have the weeds cut
from such lots the Town will have the
woik done immediately and add the
costs of the work to tax bills of the
various owners.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A ten point program, designed to
bning Britain's dollar crisis under
control was reported reached at the
conference being held in Washington
by representatives of the U. S., Brit
ain, and Canada. The program does
not call for a loan to Britain but does
propose a relaxation of tariff regu
lations to premit greater sales of
Britist goods in North America, which
in turn will provide Britain with more
dollars;; rlmm-
North Carolina's ABC chairman,
Robert Winston, is continuing his
fight to dry up sources of bootleg
whiskey within the state. Winston
htm requested liquor distillers to co
operate' in his campaign by telling
their distributors and exporters to
quit selling whiskey to Tar Heel boot
leggers. In July Winston succeeded
in closing Maryland's doors to bot
leggers when Maryland, acting on the
chairman's request passed a law for
bidding distributors to sell whiskey in
any portion of a state where liquor
is illegal.
Improvements
Commissioners Name
Banks as County Ser
vice Officer
Members of the' Perquimans Board
of County Commissioners, meeting in
regular session here Monday, heard
a number of requests for improve
ment to county roads, and one for im
provement of streets in the Town of
Winfall.
A delegation, headed by Warner
Madre, from Bethel Township, re
quested the Board to include about
3 1-2 miles of road, known as the
Skinner Creek road, into the State's
program for paving county roads. Mr.
Madre told the Board members this!'
road needed improvement and has
about 15 families residing on it. The
request for improvement of the road
was approved by the board.
Complaining, and requesting relief,
of conditions of streets in Winfall, a
delegation of Nfjgro residents appeal
ed to the Board to take steps toward
having the State Highway Depart
ment improve the drainage and repair
of ditches and streets adjacent to
their property with Winfall. The
Board advised this group while it had
no authority to act on the matter the'
members will attempt to start action
toward improvement of the streets.
Upon the recommendation of the
members of the win. Paul Stallings
Post of the American Legion and the
Garland H. Onley Post of the VflW,
the Board appointed C. C. Banks to
serve as veterans service officer in
Perquimans County. Mr. Banks will
be associated with the State s veter
ans office and will assist local. vet
erans with problems concerning the
Veterans Administration.
On a report made by I. C. Yagel,
County Agent, repairs to a porch at
the Agriculture Building was ordered
made, and the Board authorized A. T.
Lane to contract with Perry Roofing
Company of Edentgn to repair the
porch.
Perquimans Indians
Open Grid Season
Here Friday Night
Jackson High Plays In
First Game; Local
Squad Improving
rerquimans High School football
team will open its 1949 season in
Hertford next Friday nierht. SeDtem-
ber 23, at eight o'clock, when Coach
jMiic hearings Indians meet the
Jackson High School eleven. Coach
Fearing stated today that the open
ing game was arranged Monday and
completes the schedule for the In
dians this season..
Coach Pearing's charees Dlaved t.h
Central High School team in a prac
tice game here Wednesday, and fol
lowing tne contest, at which no scor
ing was kept, the Indians mentor
stated he was well satisfied with the
showing the Indians made against the
Central eleven. Faced with the task
of organizing and training an almost
new team Coach Fearing has been
molding a team together which shows
promise of providing plenty of op
position to the Indians opponents
this fall.
Spivey, Jordan, Berry. Kirbv and
Wood are the lettermen around whom
Fearing is building the 1949 team.
Archie Lane, Clinton Winslow, A. F.
L,ane and Kobertson are showing up
well in practice and a number of
sophomores show promise of develop
ing before the season is over, Coach
Fearing stated.
"We will lack reserve power."
Coach Fearing said, "but our starting
eleven should prove themselves be
fore tht close of the season."
The opening game here next week
with Jackson will mark the first time
in a good many years that Jackson
has played against Perquimans. While
the Jackson squad remains of un
known quantity, it is believed they
wil! be well matched with the local
eleven and football fans can expect
a fine contest for the opener this
season.
Perquimans Farm Bureau- Opens Annual
Membership Campaign; Goal Set At 400
IV. W. White Named As New Postmaster
For Hertford; To Assume Duties Soon
Named Postmaster
W. W. WHITE
W. W. (Bill) White, former repre
sentative for Perquimans County, was
on Wednesday recommended by Con
gressman Herbert C. Bonner to fill
the vacancy of Postmaster at the
Hertford Postofflce. Mr. White is
expected to assume the duties of the
office within the near future.
Local Soldier Home
On Leave After Duty
In Germany 8 Months
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
- Mr. and Mrk Will Hotter of-Snow
Hill announce the birth of a daughter
born Friday, September ftth.
After a lapse of 16 years, a portion
of Germany, at least, had a demo
cratic representative form of govern
ment. West Germany elected a
House and Senate and these repre
sentatives in turn, this week, select
ed Theodor Heuss as president of the
West 'German Republic. The chief
administrative ; officer, known as
Chancellor, is expected to be named
later. The Chancellor served in the
capacity as Prime Minister. While
the presidency is more or less an
honorary position with little power.
I
Bank Window Broken
In Freak Accident
One' of the huge plate glass win
dow of the front of the Hertford
Banking Company was broken in a
freak accident at. about 6:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning. According to
eye-witness Bill Everett, a car was
being driven south on Church street
in front of the bank when the car
passed over a bone lying in the street
and threw, the bone, against the win
dow with such force to cause a hole
one foot in diameter to be broken in
the glass. - ,
Thoughts of an attempted 'bank
robbery entered the minds of many
persons pasing the bank early-Wednesday
morning but thia passed when
they' learned the damage had been
caused by a bone lying an the street
Services Announced , ;
At Holy Trinity
. ' Regular . services will be resumed
at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Sunday, September 18, it was an
nounced today by the Rev. E.-T. Jil-
son, rector of the church. Holy com
munion will be celebrated each Sun
day, excepts, the first Sunday, of the
month, aj; 9 a.m. Church school at 10
m . . and Prayer and address at 11
a.m. . 1 ' , .
Members of the Perquimans Coun
ty Farm Bureau opened their annual
membership drive last Monday with
a goal for 400 members for 1950, it
was announced this week by F. T.
Mathews, president of the Bureau.
The membership drive this year, it
was reported, will be conducted along
the same lines as in past years. Vari
ous teams, representing each town
ship in the county will compete
against each other for the best rec
ord in signing ; members. Organiza
tion of these township teams are ex
pected to be competed by the end of
this week, it was reported by I. C.
Yagel, county agent.
In connection with the opening of
the annual Farm Bureau member
ship drive, Congressman Herbert C.
Bonner stated:
"As a member of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau Federation, it is a
privilege to : report to the member
ship that our Bureau has and is con
tinuing to render a great service to
agriculture in' North Carolina," says
Herbert C. Bonner, Representative in
Congress from; the First District.
"Our farmers 'through the voice of
this fine organization are able to as
sert themselves on local, state and
national problems which affect their
welfare," the Congressman said in a
statement suDDortinir the current
NCFBk 'state-wide campaign for 80,-
000" aemibera. .
"A united agricultural front," Bon
ner said, "was one of the chief fac
tors in helping to solve the near dis-
asterous situation wc faced in the
early 1930's, and in furnishing the
tremendous amounts of food and raw
materials required during World War
II.", '
"Our "' agricultural economy has
moved forward rapidly in the past 20
years,", Bonner continuer, "and it is
my sincere belief that with an orga
nized and. alert farm population, we
can achieve even greater progress and
prosperity than in the past.'
Jfred Matthews, President of the
Perquimans County Farm Bureau ap
pealed to the farmers of Perquimans
County ' to become members of the
Farm Bureau1 Parity for Agriculture
Club by Joining the organization and
securing the memberships of at least
nine other farmers.
Duriiur the 1948 state-wide- Farm
Bureau .drive, Matthews said,' 1,827
Tar'Hele farm men and women were
members of the club,-thereby dedicat
ing themselves to fight for the par
ity principle for Agriculture, the goal
of Farm Bureau over the years which
applies not only to farm prices and
income, but to country living stand
ards, social conditions and oppo'rtuni
ties as well.
.barm bureau memberships writ
ten by Parity Club members last year
totaled. 53,420.
Milton Dail, county membership
chairman, announced that the follow
ing list of persons are soliciting mem
berships in the local bureau: Walface
Benton, Claude Williams, Mrs. Ho
ward Hunter, Bob Spivey, W. H.
Mathews, Elihu Lane, J. A. Bray, E.
Q. White, Walter Nowell, L. L. Lane,
R. M. Baker, P. E. Winslow, Wm. C.
Ch&ppell, C. C. ChappeH, Ellie Win
slow, W. B. Copeland, H. B. Mathews,
Preston Nixon, A. T. Lane, W. W.
White, J. A. White, H. C. Stokes, R.
S. Monds, Jr., Fred Mathews, Jack
BrimCand Cecil Winslow. He urges
all of the above named persons to at
tend a meeting at the Agriculture
Building, Monday nigth, Sept 19, at
8 o'clock to make a brief check on the
progress of the drive.
Club Leaders To
Conduct Schools
Training schools for Home Demon
stration Club Crafts and Nutrition
Project leaders will be conducted here
next week, it was announced today by
Mrs. Nina White, Home Agent.
Miss Rose Bryan, Extension Econo
mist in food conservation and market
ing will conduct a demonstration for
these leaders in Hertford, at the Ag
riculture Building on Monday, Sep
tember 19 from 2 to 4 p. m. Miss
Bryan's " subject will be Christf1
Suggestions and Safety Toys. 0
Or. Thursday September 22 at 10
a. m. there will be a . training school
held for Home Demonstration Club
Nuirition Project leaders from Per
quimans and Chowan Counties. Miss
Virginia Wilson, Extension Nutrition
ist, will conduct- the demonstration.
This demoiNtfion will be helf in the
home ecoriv jfcs department at ffer
quimans High School.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
f'r 5 U
Mr., and Mrs. E. . Burton Myers of
Wilmington, N. C. announce the birth
of a son, born September 12. Mrs.
Myers is the" former Miss Doris Lane
of Belvidere, N. C.
Thomas Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Perry, a member of the U. S.
Air Force, arrived home this week
for a 22 day furlough, after having
served with tht Air Force, in Ger
many, for the oast eight months. Per
ry's duty in Germany was connected
with the Airlift, which has been pro-
vid.'ng supplies to Berlin.
While in Germany Perry wis sta
tioi ed at Erdling, near the large city
of Munich, and he stated that this
par'- 'of Germany is mainly agricult
ural the farmers growing such grains
as wheat and barley. He added that
conditions within Germany, at least
the part he saw, showed no signs of
much improvement during the eight
months he was stationed there. He
tolJ of seeing people eating from gar
bage cans when he first arrived but
these conditions are changing. Now
the people of the Erdling area seem
ingly are improving their economic
situation. Perry said most of the
people there have money to buy
clothing, food and een automobiles.
Speaking of the people he said that
the majority seemed friendly but
there was not too much fraternizing
between the Germans and the Ameri
can troops.
Recommendation Made
Wednesday By Con
gressman Bonner
VV- W. (Bill) White, former P...
quimans County Representative, and
w T j ,y0lmg business man of
nerttord, has been named bv
pressman Herbert C. Bonner to the
office as Postmaster at Hertford it
was announced here Wednesday.
Congressman Bonner wa in
ford Wednesday surveying the situ
ation surrounding the postmaster va
cancy in the local office and announc
ed following his investigation that he
was recommending Mr. White for the
post.
White will succeed James V v
by, local postofflce employee, who has
been serving as a:ting postmaster
since the resignation nf Silo iw
Whedbee last December.
No date was announced for lir.
White to assume hris new duties. W
it was reported that the chamm ;
thj office will be made at the close of
the current postofflce quarter.
ine announcement of Mr. White's
appointment to the position as post
master met the approval of the poli
tical and business leaders of the com
munity, ihe new postmaster has
been active in politics for a number of
years and has served the Democratic
party well.
At the present time Mr. White
owns and operates the Hertford
Cleaners, and prior to opening of this
business he was engaged in the gro
cery and service station businesses.
He told this newspaper on Wednes
day that he is now making arrange
mer.ts concerning the management of
his cleaning business in order to be
ready to give the local Dostofflce his
full time when he assumes the new
position.
He stated that as far as he knows.
at the present there will be no
changes in the present set-up of the
local postorhce.
Town Board Meeting
Held Monday Night
Members of the Hertford Town
Board met in regular session hereJ
last Monday night and routine busi
ness matters held the attention of the
Commissioners for more than two
hours.
Mayor V. N. Darden reported to
the Board that he had been advised
that materials for the repairs to
Woodland Circle and other streets in
the town had been shipped and that
the constructor is expected here this
week to start improvement projects
of town streets.
He reported that the State contract
for improving Church Street had been
held uj, according to reports tender
ed him .but that the resurfacing of
this thoroughfare is expected to be
completed before the coming winter.
The Board voted not to enlarge the
house, owned by the town and now
occupied by Tommy Miller, but to
rent it as is when Mr. Miller moves
nto a house recently purchased by
him Rental of the prdperty will be
made ,on the basis of first come first
erved. It was reported two applica
tions are already on file for the ren
tal of the property.
Commissioner Henry C. Sullivan
gave a report on the State Firemen's
Convention held last month at
Wrightaville Beach and which was at
tended by four members of the local
fire department.,
In addition to the above the usual
fiscal matters of bills were reviewed
and ordered paid.
Plymouth Principal
llsads -Conference
The Albemarle Athletic Conference
was reorganize for the 1949-50
school year at a meeting held at the
Hotel Hertford Monday night with J.
IMemmg, frincipal of the Plvmouth
High School being elected president
cf the conference.
Mr. Fleming succeeds E. C. Wood-
ard. principal of Perauimans HiVh
School, who headed the conference
last year.
Jack Young, coach at Ahoskie, was
elected secretary of the group.
feteps toward organizing a strong
er conference, and the advancement
f all sports, were taken when the
group voted that members of the con
ference must participate in three ma
jor scholastic sports of football, bas
ketball and baseball. Three schools
members of the conference last year,
were voted out because these schools
do not participate in the three major
sports.
An invitation was tendered to Tar-
boro High School to become a mem
ber of the conference, and it was
agreed that one other school would
be asked to join in order to make the
conference an eight school group.
Members of the conference include
Perquimans, Columbia, Plymouth,
Williamston, Ahoskie and Scotland
Neck.
Library Resumes
Regular Schedule
Beginning Saturday, September 17,
the Perquimans Library will resume
its regular Fall schedule, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. Silas M.
Whedbee, member of the Library
Board. The library will be opened
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday from 10 to 12 a. m. and
from 2 to 5 p. m.'and on Thursday
form 7 to 9 p. m.
Mrs. Whedbee also reported that a
number of new books, including Seven
Story Mountain, Greatest Story Ever
Told, Rest and Be Thankful, Calling
Nurse Blair, The Kink's Horse and
The Deer Stalker, have been added
to the local library collection. '
Central PTA Meeting
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Perquimans County Central Grammar
School will hold its- first meeting of
the school year Monday night, Sep
tember 19, at 8 o'clock.
The Belvidere cqmmunity will have
charge of the program, the subject
being, "My Child's School." Refresh
ments will be served1. All patrons are
urged to attend.