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;: i2!iM; WEEKLY Volume XVII. No. ,0. "Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 28, 1950. V. ' 5 Cents Per Copy disss' s:sS;5;H?;Wiffi;s5;sMis :..lipiiiilliiipi ssp(sfts:fi:S;sii:i!i: wpijfc AAUJiicA.. .uHLLLUt liOca iN iO ACTlOiN UN fcOKiiA This photograph of 155-mm. howitzeri firing on Northnrn Korean invaders on the firing line in Southern Korea was transmitted by radio photo on July 10. The picture is remarkable when it is remembered that the photograph was mad amid battle smoke and unfavorable weather conditions. (U. S. Army photo by SgL Turnbull.) Djfendcnf s Cond flared i Forfeited Dy Reccrdzr Judge Eight Cases Handled By' Court In Session Here Tuesday Theodore Mallory, Negro,' arrested on July 3, by Sheriff M. G. Owens on charges of destroying property of Ri- li TTnvdla 4aaA fn unruinr in IRaflnrit. , .j -rr I 1 era Court hei .Tuesday of this week posted by Mallory for hia appearance - was ordered forfeited by Judge Chas. , .JoHnson. 'iMallory, it 1 alleged, destroyed, the tires, headta . and . . radio' antennae and .window ear ; owned by ffinrdle. . . -y ' The, cases" o Lea Thatch, .charged wilfc ; carrying a concealed weapon, '..Thomas' Arches, harted; wjp trafla V.- J"ri;"ii-tax-pM )u6raoiltUa4ninMU inoN4tbi personal kihner, chai'wWTsellftig nontax' paid liquor,!, w&a Afttfjf ued, unal.Au Kust, due tjMaIory'sfaikire 'to ap- : pean !A11 four ofcses were connected. ' Other hearings held at . the '""court term Tuesday were those of James White and Eaten Jones, who entered : pleas of guilty to charges .of speeding. Each of the defendants was ordered to pay the costs of court. Walter Herring entered a plea of guilty to a charge pf speeding and paid a fine of $5 and costs of court. A fine of $25 and costs were as sessed against William Hackney who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckles driving. ; the State took i til pros in the case in which Dan Roberson ' was - charged with aiding and abetting in ; , a breaking and entering case. George Harvey and Herbert Brown, . both Negroes, were found guilty of charges of being drunk and assaulting - each other. " Each defendant was or dered to. pay of fine of flO and costs of court. Theater To Install Air Conditioning Patrons of the 'State Theater are promised another Improvement for their t entertainment pleasure with an announcement today by B. L. Gibbs, manager pf the theater, that arrange ments have been completed for the in stallation of an air-conditioning unit for the local movie house. Two 10-ton . air-conditioning units have been purchased by the Carolina Amusement Company for installation at the iState, and these units are ex pected to arrive here for installation within the next two weeks. The Trane Company of Greensboro will install the units, it was announced. Perquimans Library Circulation Shows Increase For Year LZE1QS. , 'Praldent Truman en' called County F , , The Perquimans County Farm Bu- reau will hold its July quarterly meet . ing Friday night, July 28, at 8 o'clock at the New Hopo Community' House, i( wa announced today by C C Chap pell, president of the group. ' ; ; ' A, F Edwards, of the State Farm ' Bureau, will b present to discuss the ' livestock industry in North Carolina. He will also. talk briefly on the peanut program as it is now1 revised for 1961. A motion picture," Controlling Foot and Mouth Disease in Livestock will be shown as part of the program, Mr. ChappeU urges all Farm Bureau mem ber to attend and hear the important discussions to be earned out PcrQuimans B?W ' Club Met Tuecday The Perquimans Business and Pro fessional Women's Club held its regu lar monthly dinner meeting on Tues f f night at the Hotel Hertford; Kiss ' lalia Wood' presided over the bust session. --:ri Urnl Alice Towe, program chairman, -nted " an ; interesting ' program " included a talk by Mrs. Dorothy :y on the Hervey Foundation. A '"f by. Mrs. Essie Burbage and . with contest in wh.ich mem , tinlr nart. ' ' E'ixabetb Grevenwald ,won the T) will bold its August met ! .:c:Iay, Attjfust 9, .ft t' c ' -;e at Virginia Ceath. income and corporation tjaxes to raise five bilhon dollars this year so neip offse't the 10 billion expected to be spent! for hiilitary purposes Con gresses expected to act on the re- auest. and will likely hike all taxes to about,, one-half of those paid in 1944. The . President indicated that further increase in, taxes may be asked for next year. No break down was given on who would pay the extra five bil ion in taxes but Treasury officials said about three billion will come from individuals, 1 billion from cor porations and the balance from plug ging loopholes in the present tax laws; -American forces in Korea continue to fight a ; delaying ' action , against overwhelming odds, to gain time to build up men and material to atop the Communist offensive. U. . ana Koutn Korean troops ;lost additional ground during this week, and rports state the Bds are within 770 miles of the U. S. nort of Pusan. U. IS. Air Forces continue heavv strikes against lied troons. material depots and communi cation lines tut it appears the strength af the Reds is of sufficient force these strikes have not hamper ed the Communist advance. , . North CaroUna'a Civilian Defense organisation got under way this week with th annointment of E. Z.lJones as State Director. He requested may ors to appoint local directors immedi ately to expedite the organization on local, levels. , National' omcais nave said that total organiatlon will nbt be ready until September, but the North Carolina directof reports fhia State will have plans well under way by hat time. i' ,"i , ,v 1 Conrresa 'this week approved gi- lation lifting the ceiling -orfUie sixe of the Armed -Forces, ana to require qn additional" yearns service by men whose enlistments expire between' now and July 9, President Truman U ex pected tot sign these measures when received at the.'Whlte House. - J:X 0 ' ' "" - - K ; 't 'J t! ' " n "!. Licer.ge Examiner r TaMng Tiae Off : ?r ' H. Il Dail, Perquimans County Li cense Examiner, is bh Ills' vacation and will not be in Hertford for the purpose of - giving driving testa , until Wednesday, August 1, ft wa : an nounced here this, week, if ', , , f J Kotoristj desiring, to apply for drlv ers licenses or to renew their present lic s are requested to make appli- c j at the State Highway Patrol i ft r'-'beth City. I a I 1.'X return to daf-y here -i 1 and wfli be a'.uneJI tt t i -.t nouse. A steady and continued growth of the Perquimans County Library was revealed here last week in an annual report made by the County Library Board for the examination of the State Library Commission. This report showed that during the past year the local library circulated a total of 39,699 books through the white and colored libraries and the bookmobile. This circulation has grown steadily during the past three years, and indicates even greater growth in the years to come. The library has a total of 7,765 books and 1,166 registered borrowers. The report was released after being tabulated by Mrs. ISilas M. Whedbee, member of the Board. The growth of the local library has been in the fate of some handicaps, one of which is lack of space for the many volumes the libraryjiow owns, and the shortage of space for reading rooms and reference rooms m the li brary proper. Mrs. Whedbee pointed out nun hick oi space wunin uie li brary now forces the Library Board to keep many of the volumes on the bookmobile at r 11 times. She also said that 'because of insufficient room the Board was unable to continue the pur chase of all books, on an annual basis, that it is supposed to buy under the supervision of the State Commis sion; , Members of the Library Board have consulted with the County Commis sioners and Town Board concerning a new library building, with larger quarters than now available, but thus far no definite plan has been worked out for this situation. tod of Education Request State Funds For Winfall School Construction Of Build ing Started This Week Superintendent Says Members of the Perqimans Board of Edcation held a special meeting Thursday night for the, purpose of signing forms requesting the release of State funds to be used for the on- struction of the Winfall Union School for Negroes. - The formality of preparing these forms at a special meeting as for the purpose of presenting the request at the next meeting of the State Board to be held the first part of August, and according to John T. Big- gers, County School Superintendent, to cause no further delay in the con struction of the building. Mr. Biggers added that materials for the new school started arriving here last Tuesday and he expected work will actually begin on the foun dation of the building by the latter part of this week. The O. W. Godwin Construction Company of Dunn "has the contract for the new building, and officials of this firm have complied with all pre liminary action necessary to start con struction. Insurance on the building has been purchased as has the per formance bond, which guarantees that the contractor shall construct the building according to the architect's specifications. In regards to the bond issue elec tion,ito be called by the Board of Edu catioh, Mr. Biggers stated that peti tion requesting this election are be ing drawn and will probably be placed in circulation sometime late next week. . He also announced that Mrs. Burrus ChappeU, commercial teacher at Per quimans High - School for the past several years, has tendered her resig nation effective immediately. He safd ;he has had several applications for the position which is now open and expected to fill the vacancy next week,.,. i., ' Work Progressing On County Road Construction work on the Beech' Springs road, which is under the su pervision of the Highway Commis sion, is progressing rapidly, and sur facing of the road is expected to be started within a short time, it was announced this week. State highway crews have been working for several weeks on the road, taking out curves and preparing the roadbed for the laying of a hard surface on the six mile stretch lead' ing through the Beech Springs com munity. The project is part of the 43 miles of road improvement scheduled for Perquimans under the road bond pro gram. Umphlett Funeral Conducted Tuesday Charlie E. Umphlett, 76, died Mon day morning at 9:40 o'clork, after an illness of four years, at ..the home of bis son, Lathan Umphlett, in Eliza beth City. He was a native and lifelong resi dent 6f New Hope and the husband of the late Mrs. Nettie Haskett Umph lett .He is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. Henry Peel, of Ocracoke; Mrs. S. S. Hoskins, of Hertford; Mrs. Dave Ratcliff, 6f Smithfield, and Mrs. James Ferebee . of Elizabeth City; sons, Archie W. of Columbia, S. d; Lathan, of Elisabeth City;' Santos, of Durants Neck, and Haywood of Smith field; one brother, Elliott Umphlett, of Durants Neck: and 10 arrandchildren, funeral services were conducted at the graveside ir the family cemetery Tuesday afternoon at A o'clock by the Rev. W. B. Perry, pastor -of the Berea Church of Christ " ' During the services) ; the, church choir sang "Going Down the Valley" and "Rock of Ages." ) Pallbearers- were, J., T.' Godfrey, Freeman Umphlett,' N. C. Spivey, C. D. Splvey, B. L. Spivey and Ralph Proctor. ,, " ' , ', v v-r ,-, - (t . i n ; ; it,, n" 1 1 t BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT .'. Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Teams, Jr., of Wake Forest announce the birth of a son. W. B. Yearns; in, horn Thursday, July 20, at Ro Hospital in Raleigh. Mrs. Yeraia is th former Hist Mar guerite Ward. , ' ' j -QUARTLitLY MEHNG ' I , Quarterly meetinjr will be "held at Up River Friends . Church Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and 80. The rev Homer Barker of Graham, N. C., ll be the principal Breaker. The public is cordially inv;tH. W. attend. Agent Says Weevil Still Crop Threat County Agent I. C. Yagel, reported this week that good growing condi tions -and recent rains have caused the boll weevil to increase and continue as a major threat to the county cotton crop. He said that State College ex perts advise that there is still time for farmers to save crops by dusting and combatting the growth of weevils. "Cotton growers should follow the recommendations made by this office in regards to dusting, Mr. Yagel con tinued, ."if they hope to increase pro duction this season." He added that a weekly survey, be ing conducted in Perquimans County, on the weevil situation indicates that one or two applications at long time intervals is a waste of time and ef fort and that applications should be applied three to five times within five days. Reports on general crop conditions within the county vary according to communities. Opinion seems to be general that cotton is going to be short; and this is in line with the nat ional! report that the U. S.' Cotton crop will be the shortest in history; peanuts have been damagd consider ably by; recent rains and young corn is also retarded. JOlder eorn, accord ing to some reports, withstood wet weather conditions fairly well and the yield Should be fair to good. ' Copeland Services Held Sunday P, M. Funeral ' services for Edward D. Copeland, 82, resident of Winfall who died at the Albemarle Hospital last I nday mqrning, were -conducted at Bagley Swamp Pilgrim's Church Sun day afternoon at four o'clock by the Rev.1-Ray Smith and-the Rev. Coy Saunders. 1 ' 1 During the' services the church choir Bang, Safe In the Anns of Jesus, Abide With He and In the Sweet By and By. i, s. .v- Surviving are one son,. Howard, of Winfall; four daughters, Mrs. Mamie Cartwright, 'of ' Perquimans i County; Mrs. Clyde White, of Winfall; Mrs. Sam Nixon, of HamUm, Va- and Mrs. Howard Chamberlain, , of Farm, ington, New Hampshire. J ' ' Pall bearers were Joseph Winslow, Dennis Winslow, ; Thomas . Nixon, James Truebleod, Elwood White and Winford Smith. - " , - , 1 j , '" Burial -was made In the Cedarwood Cemetery. ' , , DRAFTBOARD HERE NEARS ORGANIZATION EXPECTED TO OPEN OFFICE BY NEXT WEEK War Scare Buying Causes Prices To Advance Sharply Sharp increases in prices of some grocery items, clothing and hardware was reported here this week in a sur vey made by this newspaper. War- scare buying n some parts of the country, and uncertain plans for pro duction are listed as the reason for price advancement. Buying in this community has not exceeded normal purchases, with the exception of one item, sugar, the sur vey indicated. Sugar had all but dis appeared from many local grocery dis play counters within the last 10 days, and the price on this item has in creased several times. One retailer stated that his sup pliers have advised him of increases on coffee, which advanced four cents a pound for four straight weeks, lard and soaps. Meats of all kinds have increased in prices during the past three weeks. Retail price on frying size chickens hag advanced 10 cents.' Clothing merchants state that some prices on cotton items have advanced but little increase has been noted in woolen goods. Piece goods also have reamined staple. Canned vegetables and fruits have shown little inclination to rise in price during this period. Hardware items have likewise increased very slightly, Washington officials in the Com merce and Agriculture Departments have denounced heavy buying and ad vancing prices, saying that the na- tiori is well stocked with foodstuffs, such as wheat, butter, eggs, milk, etc., ond that there are sufficient raw ma terials and enough manufactured items in the U. S. to go around. These same officials urge the public to buy lormally and not for hoarding pur poses. Cecil C. Winslow and R. C. Murray Named as Board Members Reorganization of the Perquimans County Draft Board was nearly com plete tnis week with an announce ment that two members, Cecil C. Winslow and R. C. Murray have ac cepted appointment as members, and local omcials believe the third mem ber will be named within the next day or two. The third members of the local board is being sought to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Thad C. ChappeU, who resigned from the local board last Saturday. Appointment of Selective Service Board members is made by the Clerk of Superior Court, chairman of the Board of Elections and Superintendent of Schools. These being W. H. Pitt, W. F. Ainsley and J. T. Biggers. Office quarters for the Selective Service Board are being sought, and it is also believed the office will be reopened in the Elliott Building, above the bus station. A contract for the rental of this space has been offered Selective Service. A number of applications for the position of clerk of the Draft Board have been received but as yet the po sition has not been filled. Plans for opening the local office, possibly next week, were made at a meeting of the Board held Wednesday afternoon, as were plans for the transferring of all records of Per quimans registrants from the depot at Elizabeth City vo the local office. No formal Instructions, except for organization, have been received as yet from State headquarters but un official reports indicate that calls for selectees will come shortly. Present plans for Selective Service, it was reported, is for local boards to select registrants in the 25-26 year age bracket for premduction exam inations first, then move down theiage brackets from 25 to 19. Services Saturday For John Mansfield Funeral rites foi John Henry Mans field, 78, who died last Friday morn ing in the Albemarle Hospital after a long illness, were conducted at the Lynch Funeral Home In Hertford at four o'clock Saturday afternoon by the Rev. E. G. Willis. A native of Nansemond County, Va., son of Henry and (Henrietta Mans field, he was a member of the Bap tist Church. He had lived most of his life in Perquimans County. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Walter, Davenport, of Washington, N. C, Miss Ruth Mansfield, Mrs. Har ry Thatch, Mrs. Charles Ward, all of Hertford, and Mrs. James Small of Edenton: two sons, Raymond, of Eden ton, and James of Gulf port, Miss.; two brothers, Richard, of Richmond and Will, of Suffolk, Va. During the funeral services music Selections were rendered by Miss Mary Las alter at the organ. Pall bearers were William Hobbs, Frank1 Ward, Edgar Long, William White, James Thatch and Julian Long. i Burial was in the (Bethel Cemetery. Funeral Conducted Saturday Morning For Mrs. H.C. Stokes Mrs. Ruth Clarke Stokes, 58, wife of Henry Clay Stokes, Sr., and daugh ter of Mrs. Celeste Clarke and the late Rev. Randolph Clarke, died at her home here last Thursday evening at six o'clock, following a lingering ill ness. 'She was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving besides her husband and mother are two sons, Henry Clay Stokes, Jr., of Hertford, Randolph C. Stokes, of Sanford, a daughter, Mrs. R. M. Riddick, III, of Langley Field, Va., two brothers, Paul W. Clarke, United States Army, and Randolph Clarke, Jr., of Blackstone, Va., four sisters, Mrs. J. S. Crawford of Ports mouth, Va., Mrs. Elizabeth Moundess, of Washington, D. C, Mrs. J. R. Art- cheson of Alexandria, Va., and Mrs. Mary Clarke Winslow of Elizabeth City. Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at 10 o'clork at the Hertford Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rav. Ben O. Merritt, of ficiating. During the services, music was furnished at the organ by Miss Kate Blanchard. Pall hearers were Henry Stokes, Henry Clay Sullivan, Vivian Darden, Douglas Darden, Thomas Sumner and Raleigh Jones. Interment was made in Cedarwood Cemetery. Belvidere Ruritan Club Holds Meeting Members of the Belvidere Ruritan Club held their monthly meeting last Thursday : night at the Community House. A delicious meal was served by -the Belvidere Home Demonstration Clb- During the business session the Ruritana ('fcussed a number of pro Jects 'the lub has . under considera tion for ' sponsorship. - Tim Perry had charge of the program for the meet inf. , v? h ' ' County 4-H Clubber Wins State Award Clarence' ChappeU,' Perquimans 4-H Club member tied for first place, with Ira Cline of Catawba'' County, in the 4-H Club cattle. Judging contest held this week at State College, Raleigh, in connection with the 4-H Club Week, it was announced Tuesday night at an evening program held t State Col- -lege. . ,f. ifi ii t Young Chappell is the ton of "Mr. and Mrs.' Clarence ChappeU of Belvi dere. . . -' 1 AMERICAN LECIQN TO MEET The William Paul Stalllngs Post of "f the' American Legion will hold its ; regular meeting Tuesday, August -3, at T.-80 P. M., at the Agricultural ,r Building In Hertford. All member are, urged to be present. "4 V - u; I : ' ji'- ,i r