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WEEKLY Volume XX. Number 6. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 6, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy THE FEMUIMANS GiOTLiRciiorts Gc:ntyf.!s3tsGoEl Inarch Of Dimes Contributions Total $1,- 917.42 At Noon . On Wednesday ' Perquimans County has oversub scribed its quota in the 1953 March of Dimes, according1 to a report re leased Wednesday by Mrs. J. T, Big-fferg.T-h2irman of the camnaiam. With a few reports stitf outstanding, con tributions turned over to George (Fields, drive treasurer, up to Wed nesday amounted to $1,9117.42. This was $117.42 in excess of the county jroaL ' - In making public the report Mrs 'Biggers stated she was more than gratified at the splendid response in this appeal for funds for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis and she expressed her appreciation and thanks to the volunteers who assisted her in the work and to the public for the contributions. According to the report released by the drive chairman, contributions were received from the following sources:.-" Town of Hertford, residential dis trict, $522.17; Hertford Business Houses, $434.50; donations through State Theatre, $127.30; Organizations, VUTW and Auxiliary, $20.00, Lioness Club $55.45, American Legion Auxili ary, $5X0, Ambassador dub, $50.00. 'Schools: Hertford Grammar School $25.00, Central Grammar School $82.15, IPerquimans High School $15.24, Perquimans Training School $40.00, Hertford Colored School $37.50. Hertford Colored division, business and residential, $62.70. (Donations made through white home demonstration clubs of the county, $397.55. (Donations made through Negro Home demonstration clubs of the county, $42.86. - v " (While th drive came to a success ful close on last Saturday, there re mains a few more reports to be re ceived from, the solicitors, and these Npporta may swell the over-all county r-e!iibgtaiear thfrjm&arffif A "jisattroug storm struck coastal "" .,' - ' - areajf of England, Holland arid Bel- arouirunaurive , Hertford's annual drive for funds to support the Boy Scout organisation in this community, will be conducted ; next week, according to a report made today by John T. Biggers, Dis trict Scout official, who will direct the drive with the assistance of mem bers of the local Scout Committee. A quota of $450 has been set for this campaign, Mr. Biggers said. He pointed out the local Scout troop has an old. debt, owed to the Tidewater Council, and the committee desired this amount be included in the quota of the 1953 campaign to permit f uture operations of the local troop free of debt. - - V:V- The Hertford Boy Scout troop, spon sored by the Hertford Lions Club, has experienced a heaKhy igrowth during the past two years, and mem bers of the troop are manifesting much enthusiasm in Scout work. Be cause of the local troop record and the valuable experiences Scouring of fers teen-age . boys, members of the Scout Committee are hopeful the pub lic response to this appeal will en able the sponsors to provide the Boy Scouts with sufficient funds to carry out the' 1953 program. Hertford PTA Meeting Postponed To Feb. 19 The February meeting of theHert ford PTA has been postponed from February 12 to the 19th, it was an nounced here today. Founder's Day will be observed at this meeting and the program will include a panel dis cussion on the subject of Home Work. Miss Thelma ElUott will be the mod erator and the panel will .be composed ; of two pupils from the seventh grade, Mrs. John Coston, Mrs. T' P. Brinn, - Mrs. R. S. Moiids, Jr., : and Robert L. Hollowell. . " ' -SC-PTA members are urged to note the change in the date of the meeting ; and to make plans for attending. Local Rotarians , Xo Attend Banquet Theregular meeting- of the Hert ford Rotary Club, scheduled for next ' Tuesday night, has been' cancelled! and the members of the club, instead, will , attend the Governor's Banquet, a part tf the District Conference of Rotary, teinjr held -in Elizabeth City next ' Mondav niirht. ' : ; ' ' . . "' v , Jack Kanoy1, secretary of the Heri- ford Club,, has been designated' as delegate of the local club to the Con ference. ' ,. To Open Next Week Forest Fires Cause Small Loss In 1952 (Perquimans County participation in prevention-of forest fires paid off during 1952, according to a report released this week byvthe office of Department of Conservation and De During last year Perquimans County had a total of XI forest Ores wnicn burned over 224 acres, and damages from these fires were estimated at $539, , - ' J. W. Nowell, County Forest Ran ger, 'points out his department hopes to continue or better this good rec ord during 1953, but he calls atten tion to the fact that the public must cooperate with the program for it to be successful. He urges that burn ing permits be secured before a brush fire is started during the fire sea son, which is now in effect. THISWEBt'S HEADLINES (President Eisenhower, in presenting his State of the Union message to Congress, this week, ordered the U. S. Seventh Fleet to end its protection of the Red China Coast, and announc ed the U. S. will repudiate any se cret agreements with foreign nations. It is expected some time will be need ed before the effects of these decisions will be known, but it is generally con ceded the action is a step toward a change in foreign policy which will give the U. S. added strength in World affairs. . V.' 't . The President also announced wage and price controls will bo .permitted to expire on April 80. He called for a reduction in spending and of deficit financing before any provisions are made for reduction in taxes. On Tuesday orders were issued placing governmental spending and hiring un der new restrictions which are ex pected to reduce the number of per sons on the government payroll. More than 2,000 workers in the Wage and Control department were given no tices of dismissal pointing toward economy in the administration. . gjum early this week leaving more than 1600 persons dead, hundreds in lured and thousands homeless. Tidal seas, driven by high winds of hurri cane force, smashed dikes along the coasts flooding large areas of land J in all three countries. (Reports stated the storm was the iworse weather disaster in the memory of Europeans. A half-million dollar drop in rev enue to the State's general fund was reported for January as compared to the same month in 1952, a report from Raleigh revealed this week. Biggest drop was in the income tax schedule butt the report stated there was an in crease reported on Income from the State sales tax. 'Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is in Europe this week; meet ing with Foreign Ministers in an ef fort to build up sagging plans for the European army. Borne Washing ton reports state Dulles is using blunt language in tolling the European nations unless they begin showing signs of helping themselves they may expect less help from the United States. A Federal Judge in Nejj York this week proposed that 13' second string .communists, convicted of revolution ary conspiracy against the United States be permitted to live in Russia rather than serve a prison term in U. S. prisons. On hearing the pro posal the 13 communists were flabber gasted but had presence of mind suf ficient to reject the idea that they live in Russia. Flu Situation . r Eases In Schools (Absenteeism in Perquimans County 'Schools due to "flu" appeared to be easing somewhat Tuesday of this week according to J. T. Biggers, County School Superintendent, who reports enrollment figures on Monday ; re vealed 12 per cent of .the students absent-' ' -V-l, Mr. Biggers stated school authori ties are keeping a careful 'check on the.aituaitioji, and it, was thought -that there is not sufficient grounds for closing of schools due to the flu. He stated normal absenteeism runs from three to four per cent, and the 12 per cent record of Monday was not high enough to be rated as an epi demic . ' , MASONS TO MEET , The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, A. F. A A. M., will imeet Tuesday night at 7:30. AH members are urged to attend and a cordial invitation is extended all visiting Masons to at tend. nineteen Cases On Recorder's Docket Here Last Tuesday Traffic Violations Made Up Most Of The Calendar Nineteen cases were disposed of by the Perquimans Recorder's Court, in session here last Tuesday after a week's recess, and 'three were con tinued until the next term of court, according to C. C. Banks, Clerk of Recorder's Court. As usual, cases involving traffic violations, made up the - majority of the calendar as this week's court ses sion. Pleas of guilty were entered by (Dale McClain, Thomas' Harrell, Rich ard Thach, Jr., and Jefferson Robbins to charges of speeding and each of the defendants paid the costs of court. Henry Moser submitted to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $10 and costs. James Baker was taxed with the costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of following a vehicle too closely. Fines of $25 and costs of court were assessed against Lloyd White, and Claude Dunbar, Negro, on charg es of driving without a license. Ben Furguson, Henry Jackson, Negro, Ruf us Hunter, Negro and Willie Hathaway, Negro, all charged with, driving trucks loaded over the weight limit submitted and paid the costs of court. Virginia Marler was taxed with the court costs after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. " Lloyd Perry paid a fine of $10 and costs on a charge of passing a vehicle on a curve. Johnny Jordan and John Morgault, Negro, were fined $2 and costs after pleading guilty to charges of being drunk on the streets of Hertford. Perry Parker, Negro, was fined $4.50 and. costs of court on a charge of assault Kussell Gilliam, Negro, entered a plea, off guilty 'to a charge of lar ceny. He was ordered to pay a fine of .$10 and costs of court, y Elder Harris, Negro, was ordered to pay $15 per week to the dburt for the use by his wife in supporting Harris' child. Harris entered a plea of guilty to a charge of non-support. NOTE: This is the third of a series of weekly summaries of the work of the North Carolina General As sembly of 1953. It is confined to discussions of , matters of general interest and major importance. Tentative plans of the 1953 General Assembly to accept an invitation to visit Camp Lejuene sometime after the first of March indicate that this session of the legislature will not be of usually short duration. Although this third full week' of legislative ac7 tivity marked the first floor debate of the season and showed a sharp increase in the number of committee meetings held, the speed-up in (the rate of bill introductions anticipated at the end of the second week has not yet materialized. The number of bills introduced so far this session is about 20 per cent less than the number of introductions lor the same numoer oi legislative days in 1951. (Reports from Durham- of Governor 'Umstead's condition continue to be encourasring. Finance and Appropriations ; The introduction of a 1953 (Revenue Bill late this week gave the joint fi nance committee a framework around which .to consider proposed amend ments to the State's tax structure. The bill itself contains only a slight change in the inheritance tax law and provides for a short fprm income tax return for persons earning less than $5,000 a year under which a standard 10 iter. cent deduction could be taken. The short form return was suggested to but . not adopted by the U951 legis lature, The3 week also saw introduc tion of proposed, amendments .wuch would (1) give plumbing, heating and electrical contractors state-wide li censes, and (2) permit .home-owners who: gttld : one Jioms and: purchased another, -either during the year prior to or subsequent to the sale, to re port only the excess of the sate price over the purchase price as taxable in come. .The committee's days were tat en up with explanations of the rev enue schedules by staff members of the revenue department. . Meanwhile the joint appropriations committee continued hearings for state departments and agencies, Twenty-two departments and institu tions ran requests for additional ap propriations to more than $20 mil lion over recommendations of the Ad visory Budget Commission. Two more TiilY lEISLAnf" WAR?"! Meeting last Sat JMW..n.nUH..H....m..MMN......HH.H...W.H...Mn...H.U...nH,.,........,...m Indians And Squaws Win Double Header From Veeksville ... . , Griggs Teams To Play . Local (Jagers Here , Next Tuesday Night Perquimans High School's basket ball teams won a double header from the Weeksville cagers, played on the local court last Tuesday night, despite the fact that the local teams have been handicapped because of several players out with the flu. The Perquimans-ICamden games, scheduled for last Friday night, were postponed because of the illness of Perquimans players, but these games will be played later. In the games played here last Tues day, the Indian Squaws, sparked by Mary Winslow won a 20-10 victory from the Weeksvills girls. Perquim ans held a 6-0 lead at the first quar ter and went ahead eight to four at the half. It was evident neither team was playing up to the usual standard. In the second half the local girls gained a 16-8 lead at the end of the third quarter and added four points in the final canto while the visitors tallied only two points. Winslow scor ed 11 points and Eure collected six for the Indan 'Squaws. Baker, with five points was high scorer for Weeks ville. In the boys' contest, after a slow star, the Indians moved into the lead during the second quarter and main tained control of the situation dur ing the remainder of the ball game. Weeksville had a 13-8 lead at the close of the first period but was held scoreless during the second frame. Perquimans led at half time 21 to 13. In the third quarter the Indians scored 14 points while Weeksville tal lied six and in the final period Coach Fearing used his reserves and they scored five points while Weeksville, collected 10 points. (Scoring for Perquimans was as fol lows: Williams 12 points, Morris 10, Alien 9, Mathews 6, Towe"2, Cobb 1. For Weeksville: Pritehard 10, Meade 9, Scott 6, Hall 2 Haskett 2. The Indians and Squaws will play at Moyock on Friday night and on the home court again next Tuesday night when they meet the boys' and girls' teams from Griggs High School. weeks of hearings are scheduled be fore the committee can settle down to the task of formulating their rec ommendations. In accordance with the new Senate and House rules, of course, the Senate and House Com mittees may meet separately after the hearings are concluded. ', Criminal Procedure and Civil Law Among the "lawyers" bills intro duced during the week, only five are of wide-spread importance even to lawyers.' Three of these effect re visions in criminal procedure: (1) per mitting convicted criminals to give bail pending appeal in all but capital cases; (2) permitting probationers and persons under suspended sentence to give bond following arrest and pend ing court hearing; (3) eliminating provision authorizing juries to render verdicts of 2nd degree burglary when facts found are sufficient to constitute first degree burglary. The two re maining bills would, sooner or later, touch most N. C. citizens, alive or dead. The first permits creation of future interests in personality, making it easier for persons to control dis position of property other than land by deed. The second permits, for the first time in this state, recovery for accidental injury where the person in jured was partially responsible for the injury, 'but limits such recovery by permitting juries to award damages based on relative responsibility. - Presidential Primary 'A preferential primary election for presidential candidates, proposed in a Senate bill on Wednesday, : recalled memories of. last summer's presiden tial nominations. Although results would not be binding on delegates to national party conventions, provisions for filing of candidates by petition of any party member who can-jnuater signatures of '5000 qualified voters, and for counting of write-in voters, guarantees that the choices of the majority of N. C voters will be known, if not selected. : Education After hearing and considering con' f hctincr data on public schools, an exasperated Senate education commit tee on Wednesday morning passed a resolution requesting the State Board of Education, (Department of (Public Instruction, Budget Bureau, and Di vision of Tax Research to reconcile their statistical data and assemble (Continued on Page Eight) County Commissioners Table Action On Filling Agencies In Ag. Department Purebred Swine Sale Planned February 13 . The Albemarle Swine Breeders' As sociation will hold its spring sale of purebred hogs Friday, February 13, at the Hertford Livestock and Supply Company barn, it was announced here today. The sale will begin at 1 P. M. Twenty-seven purebred hogs have been, entered for the sale, including boars, bred gilts and open gilts of Duroc, Jersey, Spotted China and Black Poland China breeding. This will be an opportunity for farmers of the Albemarle to purchase good breeding stock. Sale catalogues are available at the offices of Farm Agents in each of the nine counties of the Albemarle." J. C. Morgan Wins Prize As Corn King "All things come to those who wait". This seemed to be the thoughts going through the mind of J. C. Mor gan of Winfall as he received his re ward . recently for being the 1952 corn champion of North Carolina. He received a prize, a gold wrist watch. given by the N. C. Foundation Seed Producers, Inc., at their annual meet ing in Raleigh. This is the first time Perquimans County has produced a state champion m corn production. Mr. Morgan won this distinction by producing 126.2 bushels of Dixie 17 corn on 1 acre. This yield' came about as a result of a corn contest between members of the Parkville and Durants Neck Ruri tan Club. He was only trying to beat his neighbors in corn yield. Hav ing accomplished this he was per suaded to submit his yield to the state corn committee to be considered in competition in the eastern district of North Carolina. " After due time Mr. Morgan received word that he was not only the dinner of the eastern district in the adult division but also State" Winner. 'Mr. Morgan was accompanied to Raleigh by three of hb fellow Ruritans, Floyd i Mathews, Arvin Hudson, Shelton Morgan, and I. C. Yagel, county agent. Mrs. John Hurdle, Perquimans Home Demonstration Counc'l Presi--dent, gave a very interesting talk on the National Council meeting she nttmiipA which urns held in Ralfii'o-h 7 n u I Z I -i in Uctober, at the regular council meeting. The council met in the au ditorium of the Agricultural Building on Saturday, January 31. The meeting opened with a song followed by the devotional by Mrs. Eddie.Harrell of Snow Hill-White Hat Club. (Special music was rendered by Mrs. Lee Bishop, chorus director, who sang 'Without A Song". The Council voted to buy a refrig erator for the kitchen of the Agri cultural "Building. The .Executive Board reported that they had banned Mrs. M. T. Griffin, of Hopewell Club, as first Vice Chairman of the 25th District Federation. Miss JKimsey Perry, home agent, gave a program on "Storage (Space in the Home". The meeting adjourned with the club collect. ' Elizabeth Jean White Weds Herman J. Meads Miss Elizabeth Jean White, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert White of Route 2, Hertford, N. C, became the bride of Herman Ray Meads, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Meads of Route 1, Elizabeth City, N. C, Saturday night in the Woodland Methodist Church,' By the Rev. Dermont Reid. The bride wore a navy blue dress with navy blue accessories. Her flowers were a corsage of American Beauty red roses. - Their only attendants were Lucy Mae Goodwin and Ervin Oopeland, Jr.:.:- .:.v.. ;-. After a wedding trip to Washing ton, D. C, the couple will make their home at Route 2, Hertford, N. C, Mrs. Meads is a senior at Perquimans High School. Mr. Meads is a grad uate of the Weeksville High School and now is employed ait Norfolk, Va. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Lt. and Mrs. Thomas Calvin Wil son announce the birth of a son, Cal vin, Jr., born January 15th, in Rae ford, N. C. Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Nita1 Gulledge of Rae-ford. irniintuPminnilln Board Approves Work On Courthouse And Jail; New Fees For Sheriff Action on two resignations in the Perquimans County Extension Ser vice Department, submitted to the Board of County Commissioners dur ing their meeting here last Monday, was tabled pending further considera tion of the matter. Claude Ruiter, Jr., assistant farm agent for the past year, submitted his resignation to the Board during the session Monday morning, and Miss Carolyn Biggerstaff, assistant home agent, submitted her resigna tion during the afternoon session. Ruiter's resignation is effective March 1, and the resignation of Miss Big gerstaff is effective August 1. T. S. Godwin, a native of Wilson County, ami assistant farm agent in Yancey County for the past five years, was presented to the Board as an applicant for Mr. Ruiter's posi tion, but action was tabled to permit the Commissioners time to consider a requested increase in salary as pre sented by the State Extension Service office. This request asked that Mr. Godwin be paid $32.50 more each month, from county funds than has been paid a local assistant farm agent for the past several years. Ihe meeting of the Commissioners was a day-long session during which the Board considered a large number of matters concerning county opera tion. Three petitions, seeking improve ment to county roads, were presented and these were approved by the Board for consideration of the State High way Commission. A six dollar per week increase in salary was granted, on a temporary basis, to J. C. Morgan, superintendent of the county home, to provide ad ditional help at the home in caring for inmates. The Board approved a request pre sented by Sheriff M. G. Owens, ask ing that a resolution be passed author, izinu presentation of a bill in the 1953 Legislature granting increases in fees collected by the Sheriff in serv ing a number of papers, as required by law. Sheriff Owens pointed out these fees, now collected, are the same as collected in 1932, there be ing no increases granted during the past 21 years. , A motion was also passed authoriz ing certification of certain fees charg. ed by the Register of Deeds. Julian C. Powell, Register of Deeds, request ed the action becr.use he stated he was unable to locate any document set ting forth these fees and he desired the fees be certified. Silas M. Whedbee, County Attor ney, appointed last month to investi- gate the condition of the county jail anA Ioide uw..:.: j.. n. . . J ' i j y muling io na upxeep, re ported to the Board statins- the hnilH. ing, its heating system, supplies and equipment were the responsibility of the Board, but custody and upkeep was vested in the sheriff of the coun ty. ;. - During this discussion it was an nounced that certain repairs to both the Court House and jail are to be carried out under the supervision of Commissioner R. L. Spivey, and that Board Chairman A. T. Lane and Sher iff Owens are to supervise installation of new locks to some of the cells of the jail. Some discussion concerning the jan itorial services for the Court House and jail, was also held but definite action on this matter was not taken. 4-H Club To Present Golden Jubilee Thurs. Crowning of a Senior and Junior beauty queen will highlight the pro gram of the Perquimans County 4-H Club Golden Jubilee, which .will be sponsored by the local 4-H Clubs at Perquimans High School on Thursday night, February 12 at 8 o'clock. The Senior queen will be selected from 50 candidates, all students at Perquimans High School, and the Junior queen : will be selected from 26 candidates representing the Hert ford and Central Grammar Schools. Gold cups will be awarded to the win ners of the honors. A third gold cup will be awarded .to the winner of a talent contest, which will be a part ' of the program. According to Bobby Smith, president of the club, the purpose of this con test is to assist the 4-H Club in se curing funds for the purchase of a movie projector and other supplies. He added that Francis Nixon and an acrobatic team from Hobbsville will also appear on the program. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Nixon announce the birth of a son, born Wednesday, at Chowan Hospital. Both mother and child were reported doing nicely.