North Carolina Newspapers

scgr; njr?riS cr.ivii ran service fo l :n Pro: . -t;l By ) y- Vtororsnim ' i c -.action with the , i .am IlfS. EliSa- . .1 .trriiry-sr-rnlng, -tad fty-Kieislt il. G. Uton, 17, Robert Evans, and - -yyer, 17, all of Hertford, n ato custody Sunday mom -. : "Jf Owens and Police Offi- -t A. Whitewho had been in. the robbery nine jt was 1 about 10 o'clock Friday morn- . rV!cett operates the grocery '1 i' e corner of Maricet and i Road -. streets, known t as j Crocery. i'r-, . "ftl-U.' ; -orted to Ihe officers on-FH-.Jng that the money, which a in a bwold, In a drawer un- f -nnter .in the store was miss- . -ng to a report Mrs. Has! l ad placed the money, along -me checks, in the drawer on ; the store earlier in the day, i theft ' was discovered about -ring, lira- Haskett had left j . room of the store. In which a "reoney waa'.deposlted, en several occr ,jt9 white serving customers.? SLcdTf Owens reported that confes sions of the crime have bees obtained. Ji hearing will be held for the youths in Perquimans Recorder's Court at the January 8 term of court. iWitn a deadline for an armhuce come and gone, negotiators in the Ko rean ;? war ' continue their, talks and t-ome progress Is reported this week. -lie ground fighting, which slowed up with the agreesient over , neutral ment on a complete smristfce by last week. Slain point ! the talks now Clans, ' - i- . " pontics are expected to play big : part in the news of 182, what wifS a presidential election scheduled for . .... .. . . . . . November. '.: The RepubKcatt party has thsee announced candidates' In Senator Robert, Taft, Governor Karl Warren . and Harold Stassen. L The Democrats await a decision by President Truman .and to date there are opinions that he ' will ran again, and some that he will not rua. Conventions for the selection of nomuieea are slated for July. - Two airplane crashes last week cost tr lives of 54 Americans. One un- .led plane crashed at Ltttle Val- ' ley, New xoric, killing Z8 passengers and the second crash ' occurred near t.o--r.ix- Arizona;' resulting in the ( of 23 persons. O.T.cials of the CX2 are wvestiarating &e crashes. "CHa-ton aiurjdll," Prime Minister (1 C :t Britain, is expected to artive U f. ' 'i country within a few days for rence with President Truman, ef Washlnon officials. An "mts say Churchill will seek -r Great Britain in con- n v....i the use of the A-bomb, ; i .5 pw, cash loan for En " "0K3 TO KTT , -)v .-s W -e, No. 106, A. P. A , '"1 1 ;Id,ita regular meeting y j"Ct at t-e todje room wvurt House. All memhens are ' tttind and "vbiz Hzzwn " i VI 7 ILlllzy Dance Iktween 70 and 90 couples attended the New Year's Eve dance, anonsored by the Garland H. Ownley Post of thef YFW at Harvey-Point last Monday night. The committee , in charge of the event had. decorated the Officers' Club and favors were handed out at the door,-to add to the holiday mood.' - The dance was termed a success by the, committee which expressed appre ciation to all who assisted the com mittee in planning and conducting the nance. , .'--H:y-:i PuDflrivofcfls InCc:.ityjL7J!:iy lUli-jninSays The 1952 March of Dimes will open1 in Perquimans County on Monday, January 14, and continue through the remainder of . the moriuh, it was re ported today by Mrs. John T. Bag gers, who is serving as chairman of the campaign committee. i The objective of the 'March of Dimes this year, Mrs. Bigger said, is to place the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis on a pay as you go basis. During the past four years the increase in polio epidemics has forced the Foundation ;;, to go into debt to counteract epidemics, ' " 'An estimated deficit at the end of 1951 is $5,000,000. Thus the 1952 March of Dimes will be mortgaged for that amount before any money may be set aside for; scientific 'rerearcb for contingencies that lie ahead. The campaign, director revealed that whereas in - previous years the average annual incidence of polio was about 10,000 cases, that figure has been tripled in the last four, years, Bringing the annual average to 80,000. The four-year case total, Mrs. Biggers said, was 132,000 4nore than air the polio cases, reported during the "pre vious' ten years. -.c. . "'' j"The tfemflidous obligations feiirig me wauonai rxmndation." Mrs. Biir- gers said, "have forced us to double the March of Dimes campaign period. It -will extend from today throughout the entire month of January as we endeavor to raise enough money to wipe out the 1951 debt and avoid in curring another for. 1952." : Mrs. Biggers. reported she is now enlisting the " aid of volunteers who will conduct a house to house canvass for funds ih ; the county during the drive, to aid in producing the Per quimans County goal for the March of Dimes. , The names of these solicitors will be announced Just as soon as the di. rector has completed the list for each neighborhood m the counyt. Likewise the ouota for Perauimans for 1952 will be announced within the next few days. HertfordYouth Home From Korea ; Tom Perry, --son .of Mr., and Mm. Tom Perry of Hertford arrived home ort December 2fl after spending 13 months in Korea as a member of the U. S. Air Force; Perry will report to a base in New York after a 80-day furlough with his parents. PTATO MEET The Hertford Grammar School PTA will meet Thursday night, Januarv iu, at f . m., m tne school auditor ium. Mrs. Vf.C Cherry, president. urges all parents jmd frlenda to at tend. i'hti". ii wVw.nnnniumf i r - r t i J r r i ci clear picture of life aboard ship. Ample recreational f acMties enable the Touns ofDctrs to know the lighter side of Naw life with tennis uAourta, swimming pools, bowling alleys, golf courses and dining ana '.dancing at the Navy Officer's Club available to them and thtur in fvhed gue-t. irg I De Issued 'The U. S. Post Office Department has announced plans to issue a special 3-cent stamp to honor the work of the nation's 4-H Club members. According to L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader for the State College Extension Service, the stamp will go on sale at Springfield, Ohio, on January 15. Club members in Perquimans Coun ty who desire first-day cancellations should send a limited number of ad dressed envelopes (not more than 10) to the Postmaster, Springfield, Ohio, with money order remittance to cover the. cost of the stamps to be affixed. An enclosure of medium weight should be placed in each envelope and the flap either sealed or turned in. The outside envelope to the Postmaster should be endorsed "First Day Cov ers." The stamp will be arranged hori zontally and issued in sheets of 50. The' color wil be green. An initial printing order of 110,000 has been authorised- -ii! ' A-'-'v''. '-, TM.central design of the stamp de-. picts a group oftjfpicfll farm huildlngs at the left, while in the center appears the symbolic four-leaf clover, with the letter "H" superimposed on each, of the four leaves, representing," hfead, heart, hands and health. Directly beneath this symbol is inscribed "The 4-H Clubs." Dominating the right side of the de sign are a teen-age boy and girl, fac ing the club symbol. In" the lower left corner of the design the denoml nation "3c" is shown. IA solid dark panel forms the top of the stamp in which appears the wording "To Make the Best Better." The bottom of the stamp is also formed by a soHd dark panel on which appears the wording "United States Postage." Largest Pociiit Crc? Since 1943 Based npon late fall reports from growers, production of peanuts for picking and threshing in North Caro lina is estimated to total 287.5 million pound for 1951. -This compares with 246.1 million pounds harvested last year and is the largest crop since 1948 when 347 million pounds were produced. - , Reports indicate that yields from this year's crop will average about 1,250 pounds per acre, the highest since 1942 when an average yield of 1,255 pounds per acre was realised The State averaged 1.070 pounds per acre In 1950. This year's harvested acreage, cur rently estimated at 230,000 acres, is the same as harvested In 1950. NewPlymotithsOn Display January 4 The new Plymouth cars for 1952 will sro on dismay in dealers' show rooms i Friday, January; 4, ft was announced here today by officials of the ToweJWebb Motoii Company. A long list of improvements has been uiuorporaiea m cue new carjt was announced, and residents' of this area are invited to eomM?o the locr.l motor company's howsooms, tq, inspect the new-Joa.j-K:; ROTARY MET WEDNESDAY The Hertford Rotary Club held its wee'Jy meeting at the Hotel Hertford W esJay evening,, after suspending meeu - v during the holidays. ' The club w.il resume its regular Tuesday meetuc rxt weeKo- aiLIARY TO jMLT . '-Vati Tjaer-tniv AttviHam will The meet I r nitl.t at 8 o'clock it the hoi ( J, i A- -a. James Wilder. - Mrs. " ' : , rrciiuent, urges all mem-l Oil Mill Resumed Operations On Wed. The 'Southern Cotton Oil Company, which suspended operations last No vember 12, when a majority of its employees walked out on their jobs in art effort to force the company to rec ognizes a union, resumed operations here last Wednesday morning, it was announced by C. P. Morris, general manager. New employees were secured by the company to fill the jobs left vacant by the striking workers, this after the company had invited the workers to return to their jobs on a given date. The strikers have had picket lines patrolling the company property since they Walked off their jobs last No vember, and have refused oners to ne gotiate differences. Officials of the Southern Cotton Oil Company have tendered the striking employees several offers to end the shut down but these were refused by the Workers unless the company first recognized the union which was at tempting to organize the workers. nites Increased A, ,. For Auto Liability The price of liability insurance on private and commercial automobiles rose sharply Monday throughout North Carolina as the first rate in crease since .November 22, 1948, be comes effective. Announcing that he had approved a rate hike that will add $2,142,000 annually to the cost of liability cover age, Insurance - Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek repeated an old warning. "There can 'be no foreseeable possi bility that automobile liability insur ance rates can be reduced until the ac cident record of the motoring public 4 improves an dthe number of accidents is reduced," Cheek said. He noted there were 28,251 automobile accidents in North Carolina in 1950, compared with 21,202 in 1949. . In his announcement, he said he was approving the rate increases requested by the North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office because it had been "factually demonstrated that present rates -are Inadequate to pay present losses." The increase was sharp evidence that automobile insurance rates are bouncing back up after sliding down ward for a few years. Approximately two years ago, on January 9, 1950, Cheek was announcing a $2,211,000 annual reduction in the liability rates. Now, he pointed out the new increase has nearly wiped out that reduction in its entirety. .:- -r'jC:- For private passenger automobiles. the increases approved by the commis sioner re 7.7 per cent in bodily in Jury rates and 25.2 per cent in proper-! ty damage. - - Rising costs of repairing damaged cars helped run up the insurance com panies' v ' losses, but Commissioner Cheek indicated he was primarily con cerned about the increase in traffic accidents. Figures which have just been filed with his office by the National Asso ciation of Independent Insurers indi cate, he said, that high rates charged for policies covering vehicles driven by anyone under 25 years of age are more than justified. . The association reported, Cheek said, that In North Carolina duringi 1950, it had a loss experience of 121.2 per cent on bodily injury liability for vehicles- with youthful drivers and' 104.4 per cent for property damage! coverage on the same class of vehicles. CALL WEDNESDAY Hertford's Fire Department answer-! ed a call at 12 :45 "Wednesday after' noon to the home of Sgt. Paul Fisher, where a brush fire at the rear of the home threatened to set' out of con- . mm - .iq 1UVIUW flUVJft UJkhhUl IA1BU ed the blaze which resulted in no dam- County Tax Listers -Begin AnnualJob ; Perquimans Tax listers began their annual job this week, listing local property for 1952 taxes, due next year. A schedule for each tax lister is pub lished in this week's issue of The Weekly, and all property owners are urged to list early in order to avoid the usual last minute rush. In addition to taking the property list, the listers will also take a farm census, and individuals engaged in farming are requested to prepare, in advance, pertinent information need ed for this project. Property owners are also reminded that they must list their property on or before January 31, or they will face a penalty for late listing. Self-EmployedFile Reports Annually "If you work for yourself and are planning to include your name on the quarterly social security tax return you will file in January for your em ployeesdon't." 'So says J. A. Morri son, manager of the Norfolk 'Social Security Office. Morrison says that many self-em ployed businessmen who were brought under social security by the 1950 amendments are under the impression that they should report their net in come quarterly in the same manner that their employees are reported. That isn't correct. Self-employed peo pie report their own net earnings when they make their individual in come tax returns. ' Everyone who has net earnings of $400 or more in a year from trade or business must make the annual self- employment return and pay the self- employment tax. A form for making the return will be included with the income tax forms. Although self-employed people do not make returns until early in 1952, it was stated that they will receive social security credit' for fiiei? ; 2951 earnings just as dor eiripltfyeea xfcose wages are reported quarterly by their employers. . A booklet, "Do You Work For Your self ?" explaining old-age and surviv ors insurance as it applies to people who are self-employed, may be ob tained free at the Norfolk office. ; A practically new 1951 Ford was completely destroyed Sunday night about 9 o'clock on the Beach Springs Road about 3.5 miles west of Hertford when it ran off the road, overturned and caught on fire. State Patrolmen B. R. Inscoe and B. P. Weaver, who investigated, re ported that Merril James Layden of Route Two, Hertford, was driver of the car and he was thrown out of the vehicle and into a ditch of waiter as the car careened out of control. Lay den, who was headed toward Belvidere at the time of the accident, told the officers that he was meeting a car that failed to dim its lights which caused him to run off the road and lose control of. the car. The Ford had Idas than 1,000 miles on the speedometer. All that was left of the car were two tires, which did not burn. ; (Laydert received minor scratches and was dunked in the ditch. f No information ort the car wh?ch blinded Layden could be secured. No charges were preferred. County Board To Meet Next Monday . The Perqupimans County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular January meeting in the Court House on Monday, January 7, it was an nounced here today. , " .. . - The Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on next ' Monday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock,' in the office of the superintendent of schools. Recorder's Court ; In Recessesday ; 7 k Perquimans County Recorder's court was in recess on Tuesday of this week in observance of the New Years holi day. All cases. listed on the docket were set for hearing at the January 8th term of court. 1 . ' ' BHtipS ANNOUNCEMENT Sgt. and Mrs. H.'B. Miller announce the birth of a son,' Michael Benton, born December 18, at Chowan Hospit al Mrs. Miller is the former Miss Wreck Here Sunday Destroys I'ewCar Court to Convene Qn4 January 28 For Two Week Period ' ' ' ... .-.- A jury list, composed of sixty ftsi dents of Perquimans County, has been drawn by the Board of County Com missioners to serve as jurors during the two weeks of civil court to be held here during the weeks from Janu ary 28 to February 4, inclusive, it was announced today by J. W. Ward, clerk to the board. The first list, consisting of 30 jur ors to serve during the regular term beginning January 28, include Howard Copeland, J. P. Ohesson, Sr., Joe P. White, Robert E. Winslow, James El bert Jordan, George G. Winslow, Her sey E. Gregory, Jerry Stokley, R. L. Spivey, J. R. Joliff, H. D. Elliott, Er nest A. Spdvey, Elihu Lane, Corprew Reed, Mrs. Claude Winslow, G. C. Buck, Henry Frank Ward, Thomas Perry, C. P. Skinner, Herbert C. Bar clift, Elmer G. Banks, ; Heribert J. Winslow, Lewis Eaves, Charlie L. Dail, Clinton R. Perry, George A. White, Thomas Mathews, I. C. Butts, Linwood Lamb, Joe Leyden. For the special term of civil court, which will convene on February 4, im mediately following the regular term, the jury list includes Howard E. Long, Fred T. Mathews, Branning T. Wins low, Mrs. Selma Proctor. C. P. Morris. Mrs. Mabel Banks, Joseph C. Layden, Sidney Stallings, Janie Thatch, C. N. Trueblood, Mrs. Esther Perry King, Edward Jordan. Ernest W. White. Walter W. White, Charlie N. Winslow, Lofton Dail, J. G. Robbins, W. M. Rogerson, Emmett Long, Earlie Good win, J. D. Chappell, N. W. Chappell, Jack L. Wilson, Sidney T. Layden, Calvin Mansfield, Sr., Thomas R. Winslow, Ralph Proctor, David R. Trueblood, Lee R. Wilson and Horace S. Long. The two weeks term of court is ex pected to help greatly in clearing the docket of civil cases in the Perquim ans Superior Court For the past few years only a few civil actions have been heard during the mixed term of court held here,' and the local Bar As sociation petitioned for a special term of court, in addition to the regular one week term, as a mesf dispos ing of a number of cases which nave been on the docket for a long period of time. Perquimans High School basketball teams will resume play, following the holi(.ys, here Friday night when the Indians and Squaws meet the girls and boys from Elizabeth City. The preliminary game between the girls will start at 7:30 and the boys contest will follow immediately. The Perquimans girls will be out for their second victory over the Lady Jackets, and Coach Elide Fearing's Indians will he gunning for revenge of a defeat handed them in a game played earlier at Elizabeth City. On next Tuesday night the Perquim ans teams will play in the Albemarle Rural Conference when they play the boys and girls of Central High School on the local floor. InJayceesContest Winners in the Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas decoration con test were announced this week by Francis NJxon, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the project Mr. Nixon stated the judges had a hard time making final decisions as to the winners, what with the great amount of interest shown in the con test, and the beautiful and artistic de-. siams bv the mnnv nntrfoo. Judged as first. prize winner was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee. Second place was won by Mr. and MrV Kelly White and third place went to Mn. Baker Wood Hon orable mention awards were given to Mr. and Mrs. K. XJ. Woodard and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elliott , . SHEILA ELIZABETH (WINSLOW Funeral services for ISheite Eliza both Winslow, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs; George Winslow, who died at the home of her parent on December 19 of burns suffered when she fell into a tub of boiling water, were conducted at the Piney Woods Friends Church on December 20 by the Rev. Mrs. Bertha White and the Rev. Price. ' . 'Surviving besides the parents are one sister, Georgia Kay, and the pa Indians And Squaws ToPlayDizabeth City Teams Friday ternal grandparents, . Mr. and Mrs. Sylvia Ann Layden. . Thomas K. Winslow. VA. V -J