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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, nZZTTOrJD, NCjI Yr'.7l l$, icn
VEBtLY LEMIVE SLClTiY
, , ' Last week the legislators spent
4ay at the marine base at C&mp Le-
, jeune; next Wednesday they will visit
3ierry Point To set home by April
14, and. both presiding officers have
.... id that this Is possible, they will
itave to hustle in the -29 legislative
; ways .remaining. Already the calen-
: dara show a backlog of postponed
bills, the rate of introduction is on an
increase. For the first time this ses
ion the nouses failed several times
J5?6is week to agree and sent bills to
-conference. Hotel' lexrpenses are mount
ing, and pay stops on April 2. Frayed
nerves and deflated pocketbooks signal , cessories.
the beginning of a concentrated effort
. to finish the job; night and afternoon
essions are not far off.
Reapportionment of Legislative
Representation ". .
, Tentative 1950 census figures set-
' ting North. Carolina's population at
- 4,062,027 are the basis for bills in
troduced on Tuesday for the purpose
of reapportioning ' representation in
. he General Assembly. (SB 303 calls
, Cor increasing the number of senator
ial districts from 33 to 38, giving 12
?3tnct8 Z senators each. Forsyth,
jUuiEford, and .Mecklenburg would re-
aiain districts by themselves, but each
would get 2 senators rather than 1.
HB 626 designed to reapportion the
120 House seats .would make less dras
tic changes; represenation would re
tnain as it now Is except that the sec
ond representatives now allotted both
Cabarrus and iPitt would be transfer
red to Alamance and Rockingham.
Rep. Blackwell'a HB 574, introduced
Friday, proposes amending the Con
stitution to increase the number of
senators to 60 and the number of rep
resentatives to 130, retaining the pres.
sit system of apportionment. While
it is too early to comment on the
filackwell proposal, the other bills In
toeir present form, like those designqd
to realign the Congressional districts,
seem to stand little chance of passage,
City Streets
Aid to city streets in the form of
the Powell bill SB 120) seems to be
in the home stretch. After receiving
approval from the House appropria
tions committee on Tuesday by a nar
row 24-22 vote, it went to the House
floor on Friday, and its proponents
fought off several amendments before
securing passage on second reading
by substantial margin. Third read
ing is scheduled for Monday night
.end passage at that time with sub
sequent concurrence by the Senate in
two clarifying amendments seems as
sured.'
Alcoholic Beverages
The last substantial nope cor a
state-wide liquor referendum before
1952 perished in the House last Tues
day when 61 representatives recorded
themselves as opposed to a motion to
override an unfavorable committee re
port and place HB 186 calling for an
all-or-nothing election on the House
calendar. Although referendum advo
cates gained a few votes over the
1949 count, the most that could be
claimed was a moral victory in forc
ing .the representatives to take a
aland on the issue.; With that issue
settled for the time being, two other
referendum bills were methodically
killed by a Senate committee and a bill
authorizing an ABC store referendum
Winston-Salem passed the House
or "limited access" highways in con
gested areas.
State Taxation
Finance committee action this week
indicates that this General Assembly
continues to think that new revenues
are unnecessary. Following a public
hearing on Thursday, the committees
disapproved the amendment to the
(Revenue Act designed to raise $3 mil
lion by lifting the maximum sales tax
on a single article, from SIS S30
and tabled a proposal which would re
quire "fleet owners' , to pay a 3
sales tax on vehicle lubricants and ae-
On the same dav Ren.
ITmstead, who still thinks that addi
tional revenues will be required, with.
drew an amendment calculated to
bring in about 11 H million annually i
by increasing the sales fax on whole
sale transactions from 120 to 115
of 1 and another which would levy a
3 gross receipts tax on movie ad
missions, and in their place submitted
one to raise between $5 and 6 million
WmFALLNEVS
. . Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bvrum and
children, Karen Marie, and Wesley, of
iNorioiK, va., spent the-week-end with
Mrs. W. G. Hollowell.
(Mr.and Mrs. E. L. Bailey of Eliza
beth City visited her sister, Mrs. W.
G. Trueblood, Sunday A. M. - Mrs
Bailey was on her way to Duke Hos
pital, Durham for treatment r Mrs.
Jimmie Earnhardt of Edenton accom
panied them.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hollowell, Sr.,
and Grover Martin and Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Whedbee, Sr., visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Whedbee in Norfolk, Va.,
aunaay. . . r , ,
(Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Morgan and
son. Skipper, motored to Galax, Va.,
over we weeK-ena. jars. Morgan and
son will spend two weeks with her
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. White and daughter of
Askewville, . Mr. and Mrs. . Tommy
Temple and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Bailey Temple of Newland were visit
ors it Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Holtawell's
home Sunday.
Dors. W. D. Anderson and Mary of
Uherry Point, N. C, spent the week
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Visit iHcrtford Hardv,
bv Iminofrirxr A Vtr omwn lav im onfTt
drinks f 12 ounces or less and lc onie?d J"th Miss Audrey UmphleDt and
larger containers. A measure which 3 "i"1""-
would have decreased state revenues' Mrs- J Baker, who has been
by some $400,000 by allowing persons
with incomes of less than $5,000 jper
year to report on "short form" income
tax returns also met committee disap
proval. ....;
Matters of Interest to Local Officials
County officials did not dispute the
value of the farm census to North
Carolina farmers at Tuesday's con
mittee hearing on bills relieving the
counties of census-taking responsibili
ty, but they emphasised that tax list
ers cannot do a good job of listing
property and count farms .at the same
time. The county agricultural agen
ies praised the census but pleaded
inability to do the job themselves. The
bills have been referred to a joint
subcommittee. Meanwhile the House
received HB 661 putting principal re
sponsibility for investigating violent
and unexplained deaths on physicians
appointed by a state medical examiner
and approved by a state commission
Breeding Program
Making Progress
in
on Thursday by a 68-87 vote. Mean
while a bill was introduced in the
fenate calling for a similar vote in the
city of Greensboro. . Both1 city bills
are scheduled for a public hearing
next Tuesday afternoon before the
Senate propositions and grievances
committee. After delaying for almost
- T months, the similar House commit-
t Vejrave an unfavorable report to Rep
Allans' bill designed to reduce from
zt gallon to 1 quart the amount of
' liquor which may 'be transferred into
dry county or into N. C. from out of
state. Identical bills designed to
attft the responsibility for liquor law
enforcement from the county to the
atate level iwere introduced in both
louses on Friday. j They repeal the
iprovision requiring county ABC
boards to spwd from 5 to 10 per cent
of their profits Co hire local enforce
ment officers, authorize the State
JKEC Board to establish an alcoholic
control department with a chief and
t least 100 officers with statewide
powers, and require the county ABC
.(wards to pay SO per sent of their
ftrofits into a state enforcement fund.
Highways
The thorny problem of truck trans-
fMttation on the public highways
played a large pait in the General As
sembly's work this week. The Tues
day hearing before the Senate roads
committee on the Allsbrook bill (SB
183 to reduce maximum truck
weights set in 1949 saw considerable
debate before the. measure was finally
tamed over to a subcommittee. Earli-
At the conclusion of a meeting held
recently in Elisabeth City on the
subject of artificial breeding of dairy
cattle, a steering committee was ap
pointed, mis committee was com
posed of three men from each of the
four counties represented, Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank and Curri
tuck.. The duty of this committee was
to make a survey of the counties to
determine the approximate number of
farmers interested in such an asso
ciation and the number of cows avail
able. Perquimans County farmers
are responding favorably to the idea
of such an association. . Some have
expressed themselves as being, glad
for an opportunity to have access to
breeding of bulls of such quality as
offered by this plan. Quite often the
question is asked, 'IHow soon can we
start?"
Perquimans ICounty, having no
dairies, will in most cases have as
members, farmers having from, one to
five cows. 'About 60 of the coumy
has been canvassed, to date, with some
over 200 cows pledged. Work toward
forming an association is progressing
and from all indications will - be
brought to a conclusion at an early
date. -:v---.'"
(Any Perquimans County farmers
interested in this program who have
not already been contacted should get
in touch with one of the following:
Frank Skinner, Woodley Bunday, J. J.
Skinner, Frank Jessup, W. S. Evans,
Joe Perry, E. Q. White, Joshua Sut
ton, Ervin Turner, or if more con
ivenient, call at the county- agent's
office. v ?
very sick for the past week, is able
to oe out again.
(Mrs. J. L. Nixon is very sick with
the flu.
Mrs. Johnnie Lane is abl-to be
back at her duties at the post office
aner Demg very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. C O. MdCuHoughs
and children spent the week-end
uvicnmonu, va. unr. mouuiioutrns re
turned to his duties at Camp Le-
jeune, JJ. C., Monday.
Little Bickie Trueblood. son of C.
N Truebrood was struck on the head
while playing Sunday. Several stitch
es had to be taken. He was rushed
to Chowan Hospital whera he
treated.
was
SELECTED jFOR lEXAM
Calvin Butt, one of the five students
chosen at Greensboro out of the twenty-two
applicants for the Anirier
Duke Scholarship from this district.
will leave Thursday for Duke Uni
versity to enten the finals for the
scholarship awards. Butt, son of L.
E, Butt, of New Hope, is the president
of Perquimans Student Government.
attended Boys' State at Carolina, rep
resents P. C. H. S. in the Albemarle
Classroom of the Air, and isn the
affirmative debating teanv foV. the
State Triangular Debates. " . "
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Chappell Funeral
Held Saturday P. M.
Funeral services for Claude Elliott
Chappell, adopted i son of the - late
Thomas and Mrs. Chappell of Per-
frufraans County, who died at the
Guilford Sanatorium last Thursday
afternoon, "were conducted at the
Lynch Funeral Home last Saturday
afternoon at four o'clock.
Surviving are the following foster
brothers and sisters, C. R. Chappell,
R. S. Chappell, Miss Gertie Chappell
and Mrs. Mary . Long, all of Perquim
ans, and Mrs. Gladys Goughlt of Winston-Salem,
and following own sisters:
Mrs. 'Edgar' Woodley of Creawell,
Miss Pearl Elliott of Brooklyn, N. T.
and a brother, Bill Elliott of Black-
stone, Vs.
Burial was in the Bethel Cemetery.
Pallbearers were William Hobbs,
E. J. Proctor, Sr., -Frank Ward, Am
brose Lon, WilKam Corprew. all of
et, the Senate received SB 297 tight-, Bethel and William Corprew of Eden-
tnng the tax provision on tracks
found loaded beyond their licensed
weights. The House roads commit
' lee took only 2 days to report favor
ably on HB 540 reducing from 45 to
id MPH the tnaxfmum speed for
trucks on the open highway, and re
ceived. 2 ' bills apparently containing
recommendations ' of highway and
planning study- reports. HB 571 would
authorize the Highway Commission to
-landscape highways - and build and
rnaintain. roadside parks, while HB
' 68 would permit municipalities and
-he .Commission, acting separately or
together t plan and build through
ton.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mm- Jack -Porter,
of Chapel Hill, N. C, a daughter,
Mary Maude,' on February 18. Mrs.
Porter is the former Miss Dixie Chap
pell of Belvidere.
' W. M. V. TO MEET
The Woman's Missionary Union of
the Baptist Church will meet Monday
night at 7:30 ft Hi March 19, at
the church. Mrs. Warner Madre, the
president urges all members .to be.
present .
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