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'WEEEC Y V : ' Ml 1 I In- M - I JX :naXlX. Number 47. "Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina,Friday, November 28, 1952. 5 Cents Per Copy w a- Lh ', d-i j lt" -ft oners - A . much discussed Korean Ipeace proposal, presented in the United Na . tions by India, has been rejected by Russia, a report from New York stat ed en Wednesday.1 (The plan offered a solution for the return of prisoners : of war, , a rfutoject which has block ed the truce talks, and which caused some dessension etween the U. S., Britain and France. The Russian re jection of the Indian plan made un likely any, break in the UN for a so . . Iution of the deadlock. ..President-elect Eisenhower has been v ' busy since his meeting with Presi ? d Hit Truman, last week, selecting of - 1 JaU to fill cabinet posts, and other ' : important agencies when the admin ; istration changes on January SO. Only three cabinet posts', secretary of labor and commerce . and the Postmaster General remain to be filled. Top j leaders selected by Eisenhower are John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of . State; Charles E. Wilson, Secretary J of Defense; George Humphrey, Sec- rotary of Interior, and Ezra T. Ben , son,. Secretary of Agriculture. A Federal Parole Board this week rejected a plea for freedom, by Alger Hiss, serving a five year sentence for perjury in connection with Con gressional hearings on Communist ac . tivities in thig country. The name of Hiss had been linked with these ac tivities but IHiS8 denied all charges. . Under the, order handed down by the Parole Board Hiss must serve his five , year sentence. Some predictions on GOP plans for i 1953, when a new administration takes over in Washington, include these: more emphasis on war in Korea rath er than European rearmament, more : power centralized with Congress rath, er. than Presidential order, continua tion of programs' such-as farm, social : security, and labor-management rela tions. It is predicted control over . - such items as prices, wages and . rents i- ,$ may hot be renewed when these laws " expire. , - .,. ' .'.T icy As ' So:! fervisor ' Election of a member of tlhe Per quimans County Soil ' Conservation Supervisors Committee, under the Al bemarle District, will be held Decem ber 1-6. The term of Mirtbn Dail.' Jr.. ex piree this year In accordance with the rule for staggered membershilp on the three-man committee. The terms of C. C. Chappell and F. B. Skinner will expire in 1958' and 1954 respec - lively. - " ' ' -, Two men have been nominated for , the position, Milton Dail, Jr., and Em- mett Long. Petitions required to nominate candidates for 4he Super-, visors post must be signed by 25 reg , Istered voters. Ballot boxes will be placed at center spots over the county during the elec tion period. Any registered Perquim "ans County voter may vote in the election. - ' 1 The Albemarle ' Soil Conservation ' District is composed of ChoWan, Per quimans, Pasquotank, Camden and ; Currituck counties. The Supervisors in the five counties compos the Dis ' trict Soil Conservation Board , which . was established by the General As sembly to. handle organization work : for the e"3v ;.y,'ri. , betters ; Cajpriday i . awardi'.wirjJB68ened f the Pemulmans Hirfi jb'&all team, at chapel ser- Jjoted last Friday morning. The awards were stars 'and letters! Ci- the boys, for Participation in f of "all during the past season. ' Vanning stars were Fred Mathews, "jr., John Horris, Steve. Perry, Howard i n Lr r lun.j vu Fc: 1 vk.S- r! A ' James Griffin W to resem; for new farms. .Th . V ?i.A' TSriSS Ktfiiruresforthis stat wer inthe Wtt. (Lisws, I la Overton, Zack Robert-a- " -?e, r ene White and Vernon . A btter was also iresentei' i V-Ite, manager "of the Indian t" -i. - The vr .'-V dur- 3it3i the let-tftra- r r i, ws under the C'vk' . ' C school's Sonogram C.b, ' '.h Frel 1 ,s Jr., is -pre:; iDurinj i ti Max J made a si.; jv i oa sports mcr. ' ' . i nu"TAN cm; !viJere . in.an Club met on nht of la8t week at the : - ? ta roIvi-!ire. Ppe . rrseting were Wil C:?rence C-TPsll kecrdsr's Coirt In Today Disusing Twenty Seven Cases On Calendar; $270 Taxed In Fines A lengthy docket, consisting of 27 cases of a various nature, was dispos ed of in Perquimans - 'Recorder's Court this week, after the court had been in recess last Week. A riO fine and costs of court were taxed against Joseph Santos, Charles Huggins and unwood Lamb, each or whom entered a plea of guilty to charges of speeding. Alex Munck, Raymond Roth and Church Styons. submitted to charges of speeding and paid the costs of court.' v . J. M. Spruill, Negro, paid the costs of court en . a charge of issuing a worthless check and remitted $244.50 to S. W. Worthington, that being the amount of the check. - v1 Garland McDonald entered a plea of guilty to a charge of engaging in an affray on the highway. He was given a 80 day sentence, suspended upon payment of court costs and. the hospital bill of Mrs. Sudie Hendricks. ; Costs of court and payment of doc tor's bills were ordered paid in the case in which Mary Foster and Mil dred Spruill, Negroes, were found guilty of charges of assault with a deadly weapon. ' v'---'. ":-;-Cecil Willis; Willie Bethea, A. M. Robinson, Jr., Roy Fix and Marion Clayton, each submitted to charges of driving trucks ' loaded over the weight linlit- Eacn of tne defendants paid the costs of court. For failure to observe a stop sign, costs of court were paid by William Hagatha, Otis Lane and Mack Twid dy,eaoh of whom entered pleas of guilty to the charges.- George Cordell paid a fine of $100 and costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of driving drunk. Costs of court were assessed against Alonzo. Turner, Jr., Negro, who sub mitted to a charge of driving with im proper lights. Hershey Lee Phillips, Louis Gil liam and William : Perry, Negroes, Were found guilty of assaulting Wil- Uiajn. fiarter, Negro. Each was- given a iSV flays- roaa sentence, swspenaeu upon payment of a $20 fine for Phil lips and a $10. fine for each of the other two defendants. A SO day road sentence was meted out to William Wbodard, , Negro, found guilty of larceny. Sentence was suspended upon payment' of a' fine of f 26 and costs. Lloyd Harrell, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of using pro fanity in a public place and resisting an officer. He was given a 60 day jail sentence, suspended upon ipay- ' of $m' rf Terry Walton, Negro, charged wrth non-support of two children was or dered to pay $30 per month for the support of his children. A 30 day sentence was suspended upon compli ance with this judgment. Costs of., court were taxed against Russell Gilliam, Negro, who plead guilty to a charge of using profani ty in a public place, r Charlie Nixon, Negro, charged with fraud, was found guilty; He was giv en a 80 days entence, suspended upon paying costs of court and $30 to W. W. Bundy, who advanced the sum to Nixon upon his promise to work. ... j : Sherman White, Negro, was taxed With the court costs on a charge of simple assault. ' - ' ' ForPeLTJtCrc? A 504 acre . allotment increase for the 1953 peanut crop in North Car- lina was announced late, last week by the' United States Department of Ag riculture. , , ine acreage owCnu ior '"1 for the state, as compared with the 1962 acreage of 175,429, It was said that one half of one per cent of the-1953 allotment would be The fisrures for this state were in the same general . proportions as the national al lotments for the two yean. The nat ional .peasut Acreage this year was 1- 673, and for the 1953 crop the allotment has been placed at 1,678, 481 acres. , . It i3 expected that Perquimans County will get its proportionate in crease. ' GAMS POSTPONED : '' The Perquimans - Elizabeth City football game, scheduled for last Fri day night was postponed nntil Thurs day, because oTthe inclement weather of last , week. The 'contest will be played at Elizabeth City Thanksgiv;! ing Day, beginning at two o'clock. It will be the last contest for -both teams this ytzr. Acreage Increase Long Session On Of Lengthy Occ'ict County And Town To i ; Receive Beer Taxes v Perquimans County and the Towft of Hertford will 'receive a total of $7,995 for their share of the more than two million dollars collected by the State as taxes on the sale of beer and wine, it was announced from Ra leigh last Saturday. 'Perquimans County's share in the division of the taxes will amount to $6470 while the Town of Hertford will receive $1,825. The local share of the beer and wine taxes, this year, is $17.52 less than received by the local govern ment units in Id's!. 1552 Farm Census Summary For County Released Monday A .summary of the 1952 farm cen- sus, for Perquimans County, as com piled by list takers last January and edited by the State, Crop Reporting Service has been released by the Ser vice, . . The report revealed the following facts on Perquimans County farm ing during the previous year. Total land in farms, 102,347 acres; harvested crop lands, 46,459 acres; idle crop lands, 1,003 acres, and pas ture land, all types, 2,022 acres. ' Of the major crops more acres of com were harvested than any other crop, acres devoted to corn totaling 19,709; cotton, 1,970 acres; peanuts, 4,436 acres. Soybeans harvested, amounted to 18,268 acres, and soy beans grown with other crops total ed 412 acres. A small amount of small grains were harvested according, to the re port; 38 acres of wheat were thresh ed and 206 acres of oat. 257 acres were devoted to lespedeza, . '- ' Commercial fertilizers dsed in 1951, ethee. thi fyne? -and; plaBWramminted tO ',BT8'tonS.. ! , .The report on livestock on the lands during the year shows 1,653 sows and gilts; 508 cows and heifers kept mainly for milk and 608 kept for beef. Hens and pullets numbered 36,797. A total of 636 tractors were report ed used on the land, excluding gar den tractors. - The number of people of all agesi living on this land as of January 1, 1952, was reorted at 4,558. Scouters Attend Council Meeting IFif teen Scoutera from the seven counties that make up. the East and West Albemarle Districts attended the annual meeting of the Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca, Following the impressive opening ceremony with music furnished by tne Navy Band, Scout Executive Harold V. Pace made a -report of the high lights of 1952. The report revealed that the Scouting program is getting one out of six trays into the cud Scouts, one out of four into Boy Scouts, and one out of seven into Explorer Scouts. He also reported that 79 per cent of the 227 units in the Council now have active trained leaders, however, the big, problem still remains in getting adequate man power. ,r Three out of four boys want to be in the Scouts, out there are not enough units with good trained lead ers to handle them. ' ,: Group sessions of the six operating committees were held in order to out line plans and objectives for 1953. An overall increase of 10 per cent was set by most committees. -, Chartea 4 W, Overman, veteran scoutmaster of 11 year in Edetiton. was awarded the highest award with in the province of a local Boy Scout OoujKil. The National - Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America made the award as recognition of Mr. Overman's noteworthy service of ex ceptional character to boyhood. , t Those in attendance from the Al bemarle area were: Mr. 'and Mrs. W. TJ, Harry, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Overman and J. T. Biggers, all of the (West Albemarle District; and Mr, and Mrs. F. L, Olvey, Mr; and Mrs. L. A. Cook, Mr. asd Mrs. R. C. Collier, F. M. Harward, 1 W.' J. Tucker, O. R. Symong and R. F. Heck, all of East Albemarle District r v ,-VFW (HALL OPEN ; t The WW hall will be open Thanks giving nd ' Saturday nights of this week. - A Thanksgiving dance will be sponsored on Saturday mgmy begin ning at 9 P. M. , V Recent European Visitor Speer At DPWCIubMeeting International Relations Theme Of The Meeting Mrs. Osmond Yarborough, of Louis bursr, formerlv IMias Janie IBlandhard of Hertford, was guest "speaker at a meeting of the Perquimans HPW Club last Friday night at the Hotel Hert ford. She was presented by Miss Kate Blanchard, program chairman. , The theme of the meeting was In ternational Relations.. ' .. . The meeting opened with prayer and "America the Beautiful" was sung. Mrs. Lois A. Stokes, vice president, presided over the business session, during which Mrs. Alice M. Towe an nounced1 Mrs. Gladyce Perry will have charge of the December meeting, which will be the annual Christmas Party, when gifts will be exchanged. Mrs Emily T. Harrell reported on the sale of historic plates, being spon sored by the club. The china plates have on the front three Perquimans County scenes, the Court House, Per quimans High School and Perquim ans River Bridge, with the history of each printed on the back. It was announced Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson, Mrs. Viola D. iNachman and Mrs. Betty T. 'Swindell have been named. on the advertising committee for the January issue of the Tar Heel Woman, the Federation's magazine, which the 8th district will sponsor. , Before introducing the speaker and guests. Miss Blanchard gave some in teresting facts about the United Na tions and the UN Building in New York City. . . Mrs. Yarborough, who delighted the members and guests with her recent trip to the European countries, gave her experiences and highlights of her tour in an entertaining and colorful manner, which included the routine day on a ship, her 10 days in London, witnessing the . ."changing of the guards,'' seeing the (Royal children and the Crown Jewels, Windsor Cas tle,, the Cathedrals of Paris, the set- tinQJEir the, Passion" w-iV and many other places "of interest.-?1Shtf closed her talk by telling of the English hos pitality. ' Special guests at the meeting in cluded Mrs. Joshua Sutton, formerly of Australia and Mrs. Raltph Jordan, formerly of England. Mrs. Sam Hourmouzis, Mrs. Jim Baker and Mrs. Edward Simpson were invited but unable to attend. Year-End Analysis TIIia liamrBafinC affl.snn fol the CUr- rent year is almost over, accordingly many farmers are beginning to think Twal and nhui for the coming year. Realizing the advantages of planning early the Farmers Home Administra tion this week began malting year-ena analysis with families cooperating ...51. WtIA . Tn analvzlinir the Past vy xvu i- '-i. . n o - - year's farm and home operations the family is able to. see what progress has been made and what1 adjustments need to be made to.bring the farm into full production, thus the family, with the help of the Supervisor, uses the analysis as a guide m maxing ana carrying out a sound farm and home plan for the following year. Object is to enable families to advance as rapid ly as possible, , toward an economic set-up, debt-free and independent- or with credit from private sources. ' nw Wimfo fnr nnnduction nur- posetf-4o buy livestock, equipment; ieri-iuucr, umw new, i..d.ww.w, v. other supplies; for farm ownership to buy family-type farms or to en large or develop inadequate farms; for farm housings to cbnstruct, remodel or repair houses or other farm build ings. -'Since the - agency aoes not compete with banks and other- local credit institutions, loans are limited to persons unable to get suitawe crea- The "FHA office fo Perquimans County is located over the Bus St An iTortfml. nnd is ooen Monday ! through Friday from 8:00 A. 'M., to l .vv in.. - , ' j - . Ji:taor0assPlay Scheduled Tuesday The - Junior Class of Perquimans High School, will present ft play, Me dnd My Shadow, inthe auditorium of the school on next Tuesday night De cember 2, beginning, at eight o'clock. The cast is made up of Janice Sum ner. Mary Winslow, Bobby ISmith, Roy ijeiVans. dwdv tfones, jlwhs xHtrnws, 1 : , T It. v T i Ti , i Clarence Chappell Jr.. Linda IBer j reron and Katb&rine , Nixon. Miss Being Drawn By FHA New Perquimans Officials To Assume Duties Of Offices Next Monday, Dec. 1st Howard Williams Wins State Trophy Howard Williams, hard-running fullback on the Perquimans (Indians' football team, was awarded the State Theatre trophy for being the most valuable player on the 1952 squad. Presentation of the trophy was made at Hie theatre on last Monday night. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. How ard Williams, of Route tiwo, Hertford, was selected for the honor by members of the football team, in a poll taken Monday afternoon. He is a Junior at school, and has one more, year of var sity competition. J Class To Be Offered AtPerquimansHigh After a lapse of several years, a class in driver training will be of fered this year at Perquimans High School, it was announced today by E. C. Woodard, principal, who stated H. H. Gurkin, member of the school fac ulty, will teach the course, aimed at preparing students to jecure opera tor's license from the State. Mr. Gurkin recently completed a course, directed by State officials, qualifying him as an "instructor, in the training offered in state schools. He expected to begin teaching driver training at Perquimans High School just as soon as the class is enroll ed. .-. State regulations are observed in selecting' students to study this course, and no ' student is enrolled in the class unless his age is sufficient for securement of an operation's li cense by the time school closes next Spring. The object of the class is teaching of the mechanics of operating a motor vehicle as well as the rules and reg ulations of the State Motor Vehicle Department. v :. 1A, resolutioni wbommendlng this training be re-metalled in the local school, was adopted by the Hertford Rotary dub during the latter part of the summer, and a copy of the reso lution was given to the local Board of Education. Indian Cage Teams Open Play Dec. 9th Preparations are underway at Per quimans High "School for the open ing of the 1952-53 basketball season, according to Coach Ellie Fearing, who announced today the Indians will again participate in the Albemarle Rural Conference, and had four non-conference games scheduled as season open ers." ; . :i ; The girl's team of the school has been practicing for several weeks, but the boys began practice this week, following the close of the football schedule. : ' Coach Fearing stated the first game of the season will be played here on Tnesdav nisbt. December 9. when tlhe Perquimans girls and boys will play the teams of Elizabeth ;uty r mgn Krhrvol. (Vinrinia Beach will furnish opposition for the second game which will be played here on December 12. The Indians and Squaws will play at Edenton on December 16 and at Elizabeth Citv December 18. While it is too early to predict the strengfli of the Indian outfits for the coming season, prospects for both the c-irls and bovs' teams abnear bright despite; the fact Coach Fear ing will be faced with the problem of rebuilding . the teams due to loss of many regular players through gradu ation last Spring. , Superior Court Case A Mistrial A mistrial was declared in the only case, heard during the Special term of 'Superior Court here last week, and which went to the jury for a decision, It was the case in which W. E. Nelson sought damages from Morgan Walker m connection with the tale of a local business establishment. After deliberating for some time the jury advised the Court it was un able to reach agreement and the jury was ordered dismissed for. the term. TO PRESENT PLAY A play, entitled, Mrs. Apple and Her Corps, will be presented at the Whiteston - Community;: House ton Thursday, December Vat 7:80, it was announced today. -String music, acrobats and a quartet will also be on the program.' Proceeds from the event will be used to purcahse chairs for the community house. The public is invited to attend. Driver s Training Two New Members On Board; Powell Is Register Of Deeds A number of changes in the of -I ficials of Perquimans County will be made on next Monday, December 1, when officers, elected- in the general election, November 4, will be sworn into office by W. H. Pitt, Clerk of Court. Two new members will take their place on the Board of County Com missioners. K. L. Spivey will repre sent New Hope Township, succeeding E. A. Turner, and Warner Madre will represent Bethel Township, succeeding Roy S. Chappell. Re-elected to this Board were A. T. Lane, William C. Chappell and E. B. Hollowell, all of whom will likewise give the oath of office for the next two-year term. Other officials who will be sworn into office are Julian C. Powell who will succeed J. W. Ward as Register of Deeds. ICarroll R. Holmes will again serve as, Representative and Chas. E. Johnson will be Recorder's Judge. D. F. Reed, Jr., will be sworn in as county treasurer, succeeding Russell C. Baker in that position.- A meeting of the new board of County Commissioners will be held following the adjournment of the old board, which will meet as usual a,t 10 A. M., in the Court room. At the meeting of the new Board, a re organization will be perfected, with the members electing a chairman, and appointing two officials, county so licitor and clerk of the Recorder's Court. It is also expected the new Board will appoint tax listers for the various townships, whose work of listing property for 1953 taxes will start in January. Perquimans 4-H'er Produces Top Litter In NatidnaiContest !A Perquimans 4jH'r owns the top litter in the nation in ths Ton Lit ter Program of the United Duroc Record Association. Clarence Chappell, Jr., entered twelve litters in the program. One of these litters weighed 3,715 pounds at 180 days to take top honors. Clar ence also won top honors and sec ond heaviest litters in North Carolina. He had the third largest number of Jitters to qualify in the nation with all twelve litters qualifying. He was also third highest in the nation last year in number of litters qualifying. Chappell's top litter was from a gilt litter of 17 pigs 46 of which we're raised. The pigs Weighed 516 pounds at 56 days, which qualified the sow. Lady Perfection, for Production Regis try. Clarence will go to Peoria, 111., to attend the Annual National (Duroc Meeting on November 29, 1952, where he will receive his awards and tro phies for his top honors? District Scouts ' To Hold Camporee At the resrular meetinr of the West Albemarle District of the Boy Scouts of America held Thursday night in the Municipal Building, Sidney Cam pen announced plans for the annual ran vamporee to be held at ape Hatteras the week-end of December 6 and 7. All Scout and Exnlnrere will participate in this event. Tours win oe maae or tne historical ?pota on the island such as the Lighthouse; ruins of the first lighthouse, ! fj&t structure to be authorized by U. S. Congress in 1790; $ie newly discover- ea graves oi me crew of the USS "Monitor": and the Seouta will alsn visit the citrus fruit groves. iom Maston, chairman of the Ad vancement Committee, reported that a District Court of Honor will be held December 9 in Edenton. W. J. Taylor reported that the annual Roy Scout Fund Campaign will be durinar the week of December 1. through 6. (Bill Harry, who was recently re-elected chairman of the district for the com inor year, resiirned. . ..: John iBiVcera. vice chairman, will act as chairman until a new chairman can be elected. Lions Club Plan Christmas Party December 19 We Kmii ae. l. fha date of the Hertford Lions Club an nual Christmas party, ,it was an nounced today J.,T. Biggers, club president. The party this year will be held at the Perquimans High School cafeteria, beginning at seven o'clock in tne evening. - Special guests at- the event will be the wives of the club members and other invited guests. I. C. Yagel, has been designated as chairman of the program committee for the party, . V-:!, - -v ,, -.