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uniyM4 Days Lieu ao Win Any of Awards - Offered In Weekly's Circulation Drive The first period vote schedule In The, Weekly's circulation campaign came to a close dast Saturday night and the results obtained by the active - workers was completely satisfactory. " The leaders ,in the campaign ' all made excellent report,, and thus swelled their vote total to a new high. Hundreds of thousands of votes were Issued on subscriptions reported and : each of the workers profited greatly. The competition, therefore, so far as Che relative standing of the contest- ' ants are concerned, depends entirely -upon the results obtained between : now and the finish as to who the ul v timate winner of the big first prize will be. The second period of the" campaign , b now fa ..effect. It is Just as im portant as the first period was a week ego, for tills second period closed at ' six o'clock- Saturday, November 3, and after that time subscriptions will l again drop in value as to the num ber of votes issued. Contestants who fail to work hard now while the votes are at the highest may find them selves short after the drop; to the schedule Saturday inight. - Remem ber, this period lasts only two more ' days and then the votes drop for the third period. 1 , ' With the closing of the firsft.period the preliminaries of the campaign passed and the home stretch, the final drive, was reached with only 14 days remaining until the campaign Itself comes to an ; end. We advise? all J workers not to let up a single day in their search; for renewal and new subscriptions but to keep at the "task" . In order to acquire the greatest P8 sible vote score. ' ' . - Contestants are advised to note that the second period will close at six P. M., Saturday, instead of 9 P. M, as was the case at ifte close of the first period. The race is close and' any one of the workerk remaining in '. the contest can win one the six big v prizes. The work accomplished by . each' contestant 'will determine, the eacn contestant -win determine, wie self to do the bestNpossibleob""nrw while the present vote schedule is in .effect - . - . EcStcrnSiuOificcrs Pay flfflcid M Mrs. Sally J. Bonner and Cecil C. "Winslow, District Deputy Grand Ma tron and Patron, respectively, of 4he First District, paid their official visit to' Hertford Chapter, No. 137, Order of Eastern Star, Monday night. . Thirty-one members were present and visitors from Elizabeth City Chap ter No. 44 and also from Bradentoit Chapter-No. 78 of Florida. - ' 1 Instructive addresses were given by the District Deputies, , After closing the chapter a program was present- 'fed. . Mrs. Elbert Fearing was soloist of the evening., Two charter members of the Chapter, Mrs. i Charles John son and Mrs, B. C. Berry, presented 'the District Deputies with; vases of flowers as' a loving tribute was paid to them. ' Mrs. Dorothy. Bass and Soencer Vick also' presented -gifts to J the district officers on behalf of the chapter. ' - . ' - - V ,. - Eefreshmentft were served during fas sop:al tour -' , . t . , To Crfer Ztzdz Per Sale The Hertford Building and Loan Association will offer another series of. saving stock for saler 'beginning Saturday, November 3, it. was an nounced today by Max Campbell, sec retary of the association. ' '.The stock v.i'1 be sold on the-savings plan, b -y number .of shares desired, and f.'t tiformation -regarding the seii :-i r r be obtained by ca.Jng at t! , a r,f the Building ' ana Loan, uoct. JI at The. Perquimans Weekly. , , j Fi? - Breaks 111? In Fall IZslx R. Camrloll, Editor of The Perquimans Weekly, w notified last week that his fat&fir, J....C. CamBlell, 94, had suffered a broLwi hip in a fall at his home at &c&yvH!j, Ind. First reports indicated tLat tLe sd man's , condition was not - Ai " later, however, t i .Jons 1 chenged, Kr. ri '. u ' 1 Car .t.-l left early Sunday for I .c.byvi..e. While here on h!s Kui;M visit last summer the elderly gsntleman ap pearei J ..- The ntist on irT 1 r 3fl, finl3yCrt: Following is the report of the Grand Jury at the October term of Perquimans Superior Court: ' We, the Grand Jury for the above term of court, respectfully submit our report We have passed on all the, bills sent to us by the Court.. ' We have visited the office of the Clerk Superior Court, Sheriff and Register of Deeds and found them well kept and in good condition, ex cept that the Sheriff's office needs painting and we recommend that it be done. We have visited ell of the schools in the county and found them well kept and In good condition, with the following exception: The Winfall Grammar School needs ' repairs to toilets. " : ; . ', We have found' that the recommen dations of the last Grand Jury as to schools have been carried out and we commend the Commissioners and Sup erintendent of Schools. The "school busses 1 were examined by. a State Highway Patrolman and his report to us showed that all of the busses were in good condition. We, in a body, visited the. County Home and found that the former recom mendations of the Grand Jury had been complied ' with and that the County Home is well kept and in good condition. We commend the County Commissioners and Mr. Mor gan for the improvements and the way the home is kept. We visited; the Prison Farm and found H well kept and in good condi tion. y--.: We visited the county Jail and found it in good condition and kept well, but in need of a heating system. Fire,, extinguishers . recommended by a former Grand, Jury still are needed. We recommend that the Savoy, an amusement place located on Market Street in Hertford, 1e investigated by our law enforcement officers to ascer tain If it is a public nuisance, and if found to be, to take necessary steps to have the place closed. ' " ;. : ReirDpfltfnllv jmhmittad. ,v xrr tau r wawtit pamiiii l'av Fcrcster For Pcrqu!miis Perquimans County Forest Ranger J. W. Nowell announced today that the Department of Conservation and Development Division of Forestry has recently employed another forester, John Davis, for this District Davis will be located at the district headquarters in Elisabeth City but will be available to help woodland owners of this county with their for est prqbems, The greater part of his time will be spent on Forest Manage ment work throughout the district. He has had several years' experience in this type of work and it is Mt that he will be of a great assistance to the people of this area. . County Ranger Nowell .urges the 'woodland owners of Perquimans Coun ty to take advantage of this service. Any one desiring forest management assistance should contact your County Forest Ranger or write direct to the District Forester in Elizabeth City CofcrbsEnicrfein The-Rotary 'Anns-'V will be honor euests at the regular meeting of the Rotarians Tuesday .) night of next week, when ladies' night. will be. ob served. As the program is- to be a surprise for the Rotary Anns, tn an nouncement is forthcoming as to the nature of the - program planned at this week's meeting. - The Rev. Charles W. Duling, pas tor of the Hertford Baptist Church, was guest speaker at the meeting Tuesday night in a program planned by Charles Henc, who announced that he was so impressed by his pastor's sermon on Sunday that be invited him to give a digest of the address as the Rotary program. ' .The speaker anndunced that he would not . undertake to ive a digest of the. sermon delivered, but did give interesting highlights of the same.. : 'Jack Kanoy, president, presided. Perquimans County Recorder's Court was in recess on Tuesday of this week, while the t tcler term ft !-""J'r Cou-t w s '3 r'jsion. Ail c 1 L.' 1 on t!.8 J V.t of the re- c "'r's court, were ' r t for hearing (. t.sirioncnT ':y, NoveTiber IwVc. jir 3 Outs Fcr::2!:c!swVote Cy SfctD Femurs Polls: Open Next Satur day From 6:30 A. M. Tq,6:30P.M. North Carolina farm people -will go to the polls Saturday, November 3, to, vote on. the "Nickels for Know How"; plan for financing more agri cultural research and education in the State. Polls will be open from 6:30 A. M to 6:30 P. M. Regular PMA polling places will be used, ' .All persons who use feed or fertili zer, including women as well as 4-H, FFA, wid NFA members with crop or livestock projects, are eligible to vote. No special registration is required. Each person may vote at the polling place., which is most convenient , for him, regardless of whether it is his own township, ;; ' Two-thirds approval is required to make the plan effective. The referendum covers a period of three years. To be continued beyond' that tame, the plan would have To be renewed by referendum in 1954, Agricultural leaders have been urg ing for the past several weeks that every eligible person vote. The size of the vote cast, they say, will indi cate how much, interest farm people have' in solving their production and marketing problems. 'I The "Nickels for Know-How" plan, worked out by farm leaders them selves, calls for an assessment of five cents per ton to be added to the cost of all feed and fertilizer sold in the State. The average farmer would pay about 25 cents a year, and the total amount collected would be approxi mately 125,000 a year. All of the proceeds would be ' turned over to the Agricultural Foundation, Inc., at State College to promote research and the dissemination, of research findings. h"-", llV No expense would be "'involved in collecting the money. . This would be done at the manufacturers' by the State Department of 'Agriculture along with collection of regular In- b"" w - , . Bfjwwuu xeeo the nickel Ter toil assessment would be a contribution and not a tax. Any farmer desiring to do So could obtain a refund of all the money he . hal paid in. v. ' f'0;,..;: '.: Play Sunday flight At 0!( Grove Church A short play will be presented, at Oak Grove Methodist Church, Chapa noke, Siyiday night, November 4, be ginning at 7:30, by members of the local W. S. C. S. The play, will be followed by Hie showing of a film entitled "South of the Clouds."' Both the play and film depict the status of women in Mos lem lands. ". - t.;Vrv ;r V Everyone is invited to come get a glimpse of what the life of woman hood is like in Moslem countries, and what a difference Christianity can and does make. Episcopal Bazaar On November 16th The ladies of the Episcopal Church will hold a bazaar at Marshall's on Friday, November 16. There will be attractive hand-made articles of va rious kinds suitable for Christmas gifts. - The public is invited. Watch for display in Marshall's window. ; THE SCOREBOARD The first period in The Weekly's circulation campaign closed last Saturday night, and hundreds of thousands of votes were issued to the credit of the active candidates working toward one of the six prizes offered by The Weekly, and which will be awarded November 16th. Each of the workers made good reports, and thus the race etill re mains wide open, with the possibility that any one of the candidates remaining in the campaign may be the final winner of the $400 first prize. i .---.'? -...'; w-'.,-: y-'. . ' 5 Am can be seen from the standing listed below, a number of the, workers,' listed last week, have been dropped from the campaign due. to inactivity and failure to make at least one report each week of the drive as is required by the rules of the contest. f , A word of advice to the contestants: Just 14 days remain of the entire campaign. During that time one of you will gain a toad on the field that will carry you to victory . . . which one of you that will be depends, entirely upon yourself. The work you accomplish will de termine your final position.. Therefore, it behooves you to secure every subscription possible during the remaining days of the campaign and to obtain the biggest possible vote total. Time fe growing short . . . so do not lag or you will surely fall behind and may be passed in the race bv more enersretie workers. , 5 :.. -i--:;i-i: ' ., " irsi riace. Second Placez Third Place: Fourth Place. Fifth Place. Sixth Place. Seventh Place, -Eighth Placed Ninth Places Tenth Place Fcrglnrislniliais LGSsTo(!!dRrds Ei:riton Aces 8-6 . v Columbia Wildcats To Play Indians Here On tfriday Night - The Edenton Aces upset the Per quimans Indians in their annual foot ball game played last Friday night at Edenton. The Aces tallied two points on a safety, during the final quar ter, 4hich gave Edenton an 8-6 mar gin jf victory. The game opened with Edenton re ceiving the kick-off but the Aces fumbled on the 44-yard line and Per quimans recovered. The Indians, on two plays, went to the one yard line and John Morris, on the third play, wem, over for a touchdown to " give Perquimans a 6-0 lead. Edenton fail ed to, gain after receiving the kick-off and punted to the Indians' 29-yard line. ; Walker, Williams and Lane, on three plays carried the ball back to Edenton's 25-yard line then a fumble by Perquimans gave the ball to the Aces. Edenton started a 75-yard march which ended in a touchdown, and the score was tied at 6-all. During the first half Perquimans racked up nine first downs while Edenton had six. The two teams play ed about even, with Perquimans hav ing'a slight edge in power. The second half was all Edenton. The Indians folded shortly after the opening of the half, when, after re ceiving the kick-off, failed to gain and had to punt. Edenton also failed to gafa ground and returned the kick to the Indians. Neither side showed much on the offensive in this quar ter . but Edenton had the edge with three first downs to none for Per quimans. ; - " i Shortly after the opening of the final-period the Indians intercepted an Edenton pass, but on the first play from scrimmage, Walker was tackled behind the goal,' which gave Edenton a safety and . two extra points. ' .'y.-m .''.';" v- The Indians made a determined comeback later in the final period but Edenton. sensintr victory,-put up a strong defense which held tiieOin idiaifltin check;: vii... oThte Indians will play their filial home game of the season, here, next Friday night, when they meet the Columbia Wildcats. Columbia has a good record for, the year; and a fine game is in prospects for the local fans. ' . ,: AchievementOay The Perquimans County Home Demonstration Clubs will observe Fall Achievement Day on Wednesday, November 7. The meeting will convene at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Agri cultural Building, when Mrs. Wesley Clinkscales, teacher of history in the Elizabeth City High School, will be the speaker. Mrs. Clinkscales' sub ject will be "The Two Idealogoies of Communism and Democracy." Other .features of the program are the county report by Ballahack Club, and presentation of reading and per fect '. attendance certificates and in stallation of new officers. - Ourahts Neck is chairman of the hostess clubs for the tea following the meeting. IMPORTANT MEETING The Associational Plan Meeting will meet Tuesday, November 6, at 10:00 A. M, at the Hertford Baptist Church. -Mrs. Tom Cox -Mrs. James Wilder -Mrs. Benton White JMrs. Joe Towe White Miss Delia WinsloW ' ..Mrs. J. Ci Howell -Mrs. Naomi McDonnell '" I., I, T,Tiss Julia Weston .Mrs. Carroll Williams .iMrs. Eermit Lane , . Wednesday, Nov. 7 Heavy Criminal Docket InSiijprior Court Causes Continuance Of A!l CivO Cases 13" Regt!Eti:ns On Lolis ftM At F. II. A. fueling E. F. Morgan, FHA Supervisor for Perquimans and Chowan Counties has returned from a two-day meeting ot Farmers Home Administration Super visors in 22 Eastern North Carolina counties at which time local office problems and the general policies to be followed by the FHA office were discussed. , State Field Representative of this district, Marion C. Holland, was In charge of the meeting. "Also attend ing the two-day session were State FHA Director J. B. Slack, Vance E. Swift, Ralph W. Turner and Herman B. 'Biggie -of the Raleigh FHA Of fice, One of the principal policy changes discussed at the meeting was the new regulation in the FHA program of supervised credit to farm families which permits larger loans for operat ing purposes and a longer period of time in which the loans may be re-, ment by enforcing the law them paid. The loans under the new regu- selves, and that the criminal docket lation may be made for a maximum! of seven years rather than a maxi mum of five years as had been the yase heretofore. In explaining the new regulation Director Slack said, "The reason for larger loans and extension of time for repayment is that many farmers are now diversifying farming opera tions rather than sticking to cash crops, and in such reorganization it takes larger loans than we heretofore have been making." Slack added that more farmers are going into the pro duction of livestock which requires outlay for developing pasture land and the purchase of breeding stock: and jit takes longer for a farmer to rea lize a regular income from such op erations than it does for annual cash crops.. . "Loans are available to eligible farm ers who are interested in the reor ganization of their farming operations and lack the necessary ujids. The local FHA office," located" over- the Bus Station, is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 A. M., to 5:00 P. M., and Saturdays from 8:00 A. M., until 12:00 noon. School Committee Studies Instruction The Perquimans County High School Committee held its regular meeting Monday evening in the of fice of the County Superintendent,. T. Biggers, with Dr. T. P. Brinn, chairman, presiding. The subject for discussion was 4. ways and means of improving quality, type and methods of instruc tion in the Perquimans High School. The following members were pres ent and took part in the worthwhile and timely discussion:- i Dr. T. P. Brinn, Mrs. Frank Bray, Edwin White, Henry Clay Stokes, Carson Spivey, and E. C. Woodard, principal of the high . school, and J. T. Biggers, superintendent of Per quimans County Schools. Baptist Leaders Meet In Hertford The Leadership Conference of the Chowan Baptist Association will meet at the Hertford Church Tuesday, No vember 6, at 10 A. M. Those to- take part on the program are: Mrs. Ern est Sanders, Mrs. J. T. Biggers, Mrs. C. C. Turner, Mrs. I. A. Ward, Mrs. C. D. Gregory, Mrs. L. H. Dawson, Mrs. J. P. Mercer Mrs. H. G. Saw yer, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Mrs. W. W. Finlator and Miss Bela Udvarnoki. All officers of each missionary so ciety and circle, and all leaders of junior organizations are urged to at tend. , , Pfc. Wm. Umphlett New In New Mexico Pfc William S. Umphlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Umphlett of Hert ford, is a trainee in the Air Force Training program being conducted on the New : Mexico Highlands Univer sity campus, -The 12-week course is designed to train clerk-typists for general office work and includes 325 airmen. He is housed five miles from the university at Camp iiuna, a former New Mexi co National Guard camp now operat ed as a housing project byjtiie uni versity, and have their classes in the business administration building oiu the campusw r .l Judge J. Paul Frizzelle Presides Over Fall Term of Court J. Paul Frizzelle, presiding at the fall term of Perquimans Superior Court, continued all civil cases set for trial at this term at the opening of the afternoon session on Mondav. .His Honor's action was due to the excessively heavy criminal' docket. In his charge to the Grand Jury, upon opening of court, Judge Frizzelle stressed the importance of the work of the Grand Jury and indicated that . a citizen should feel it an honor to serve thereon. In calling attention, to tiie solemnity and comprehensive ness of the oath which the body had Just taken, the Judge stated that the jurors could hardly be expected to memorize that oath at one reading, and accordingly, repeated the words of the oath. Indirectly referring tu the heavy criminal docket, he stated that he had been coming to this county for many years and that it had been his ob servation that in the main the people of this county are law abiding; that they not only believe in abiding by the law but also believe in law enforce- has heretofore been light. "There seems to be ' an exception in this term," he said. The first case tried was that of Posey Linwood Moore, charged with driving under the influence of intoxi cants or narcotics. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Judson Bass, against whom two cases charging drunk on the highway, were tried together, was found ruil- ty. Upon motion of his attorney. judgment was deferred until Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Julian C. Howland was appointed foreman of the Grand Jury, the re maining members being: Noah Fel ton, Jr.,. W. Quinton Hurdle, Basil Copeland, J. R. Ayscue,vJ. P. Ward, James I. Copeland, Ambrose B. Long, James A. Carver, A, D. Weston. C. T. Phillips, Vernon Lee Perry, W. Hay wood Smith, Claude M. Long, W. H. .S!SifeV J. T. Hams, Freeman Mansfield. A special venire of thirty additional jurors was drawn at. the morning ses sion of Superior Court Tuesday, to be used in the trial of Wilson Ferebee, Negro, against whom the grand jury returned a true bill on the oha murder. The jury returned a verdict of guil ty in the case against Frank Edwards, upon the Charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. The defend ant's driver's license was automati cally revoked for 12 months, upon con viction, and he was fined one hundred dollars and taxed with the costs of court by Judge Frizelle. A plea of nolo contendre was en tered for Johnnie Myers, 19. charged on tnree counts with breaking and en- I tering and with larceny, in connection wjni uie entering oi Monowell 8 ga rage ana uivers' jewelry Company in July, when two cars and a number of watches were stolen. A sentence of not less than eight and not more than ten years was imposed upon the young man . in the first case, with prayer for judgment being continued in the remainingtwo cases. It was ordered by the Judge that" certain official reports of mental and physical examinations of the young man be attached to his commitment, together with a recommendation from him as trial Judge that he be given mental and physical examinations and such treatment as may be advisable or necessary. --:';? In the matter of J. T. Bass, seventyl five-year-old man convicted of being drunk on the hiorhway. he wan sen tenced to sixty days on the roads, sentence to De suspended upon , the oenviction that he enter the depart ment for the treatment for inebriates at Camp Butner within ten days from the date of the convening of this term of Court, October 29. In the case State vs. Elmer Yohn, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of simple assault. The defendant had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, to-wit an automobile. On that count he was found not guil-i ty. In the second account, wherein he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, to-wh) a 5 knife, the jury found him not guilty of assault with a. deadly weapon but guilty of simple assault The verdict was 80 days, suspended upon payment of a $25 fine and costs, and upon gwxi be havior for three years. . On Wednesday afternoon the jury in the case of State vs. William Phil lips, Negro, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious bodily injury, returned a verdict of guilty. Phillips was accused of shoot ing William Dempsey, Negro, the shooting having occurred at the Per quimans Beach, Negro resort on the Fourth of July. Judgment had not been pronounced at this writing. Trial of the case had consumed most of . (Continued oa Page Eight)