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Volume XX. Number
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Perquimans Farmers To
. Attend Organization
al Meeting Thursday
In a special meeting held here Tues
day night in the Perquimans Farm
Bureau Approved the State Farm
Bureau proposal to organize a peanut
eociation to the 32 counties of North
Xjaroliha, and" elected John 0. White,
Jr., as director to represent Perquimr
ans on the board of the association.
J. W. Ward was elected as alternate to
Mr. White.
Jacob L. White, president of the
County Farm Bureau, R. "M. RMdick,
Floyd Mathews, Milton Bail, Sr., and
I. C. Yagel were named to a com
mittee to investigate the peanut stor
age situation within the county.
Ten to 12 Perquimans County farm
ers attended a meeting held Thurs
day at Scotland Neck, at which time
it was hoped the Peanut Association
plan could be perfected.
Thursday's meeting stemmed from
a similar one held last week in Scot
land Neck, at which some 200 peanut
growers passed a resolution submit
ted by the Farm Bureau Peanut Com
mittee that called for the formation
of a State Peanut Growers Coopera
tive. . '
The resolution instructed each
County Farm Bureau organization in
the peanut area to hold a meeting
prior to the session March 6 for the
purpose of explaining the new plan
to the membership and electing a pro
ducer to serve on the new coopera
tiVs board of directors.
The' board, which is expected to
have some 32 members, went into
session at 10:00 A. M., Thursday' at
the Mayor's office in Scotland Neck
to prepare a charter and a set of by
laws under which the proposed cor
poration or association would operate.
The discussion in the afternoon cen
tered around- the possibility of calling
special referendum, m the peanut-
vide fo a per acr or per bag ai-n:S(il rvatten nwteriata and ser
sesstM5rtar&e md&S&diVtfe' armere of
week a meeting as suggestions includ
ed 10 to 26 cents pet acre or one to
two cents per bag. i
The resolution also provides " i '. .
the newly organized (Peanut) Grower
Corporation shall prepare or have pre
pared a bill to be introduced in the
present session of the General As-
sembly of North Carolina similar to
the bill authorizing a referendum and'
a per acre tax for support of Tobacco
Associates, or amend existing legis
lation or amendments." f
THIS WEEK'S
IIEKES
There was a growing" speculation
throughout the world on Wednesday
that Joseph Stalin, Dictator or (Rus
sia, was dead. lAn announcement from
Moscow revealed Stalin was stricken
with a brain hemorrhage on Sunday
night, which left him Sn a critical
condition. No further announcements
were forthcoming from the (Russian
capital, concerning the dictator, fol
lowing the original announcement.
' More than 1,500 persons attended
a hearing in Baleigh on Tuesday per
taining to a bill introduced in the
Legislature calling for a referendum
v on the sale of liquor in North Caro
lina. Carroll R. Holmes, Perquimans
County Representative serves as chair
- man of the committee considering the
v bill. The pro and con of the bill was
" discussed at the committing hearing
fcut committee action on the measure
is not expected for at least 10 days
or two weeks. ;-t:V-'
. Russia has answered a U. S. charge
in the United Nations tint the Korea
War has been prolonged by the Com
munists by counter-charging new poli
oses proposed-by th GOP is not one
for pursuing a peace program. U. S.
Delegate Henry C. Lodge denounced
Russian tactics as prolonging the: War
and this argument was answered by
Russia's VWnsky, who made an at
. tack against a program proposed by
President Eisenhower's administra
tion. '
- Hawaii was a step nearer statehood
this week after a House- committee
approved a proposal' that the terri
tory become the 49th state in. the
Union. A similar proposal stating
Alaska ber admitted to the Union was
turned down by the committee. Wash
ington reports indicate Hawaii may;
become the 49th state sometime with
in the coming year.
MASONS TO MEET
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No.
, 108, A. F, 4 A. M., will meet Tues
fcy t-'U at :3Q o'clock, -
Nottoncl 4-11 Cub
n
Annuel PMA Report neveaJs $23,031
Allocated in Perquimais During 1952
584 Farms Participated
In Program Accord
ing To Secretary
Soil conservation materials and ser
vices made available to farmers of
Perquimans County, through the Agri
cultural Conservation program on a
share the cost basis, were carried out
on 584 farms under the 1952 program,
it was revealed this week in a re
port issued by the county PMA com
mittee. The cropland on the farms
participating is 78 per cent of all
cropland in Perquimans County.
Highlights of the report revealed:
cultural Conservation Program n a
share-tthe-cost basis were' carried out
on 684 farms under the ,1952 Agri
cultural Conservation Program. The
cropland on these farms is 78 per cent
of all the cropland in this county. . -The
intent of the 1952 Agricultural
Conservation Program was to obtain
the greatest possible conservation ac-
tivities n.th5ir farms- trough the
program, $7,84613 was brought into
Perquimans County through checks to
633 fanners, together with the credit
for conservation services and! ma
terials, which was received by business
concerns in the amount of $28,031.08.
The allocation of funds to Perquimans
County for carrying out soil building
practices was $28,031.08.
About 3395 tons of lime, 8040 tons
of fertilizer were applied to the soil
to establish stand and improve the
growth of grasses and legumes.
The lime was applied to approxi
mately 3716 acres of- cropland and
permanent pastures on 429 farms.
The fertilizer was used on approxi
mately 1208 acres ' of legumes and
grasses. ::
Winter cover crops were established
on 1403 acres in the county during
1952 with 38,443- pounds of crimson
clover, ryegrass, A. W. peas, and
votch being sown in the fall.
About 82 acres of small grain,
wheat, rye and oats, were seed in the
fall of 1951 and turned or grazed in
the spring of 1952.
Approximately 1016 acres -were
sown to permanent pastures either in
establishing new pastures or improv
ing old .pastures on SCO farms dur
ing September and October. '
.With assistance from the AC pro
gram and under the supervision of the
S68 Conservation Service, a perman
ent open drainage ditch was construct
ed for the purpose of draining crop
land and pasture land on a farm in
Parkville Community.-
journalism Class
Tours Pulp Mill
The - iocrnaKsm class of the Per
quimans High School went en an in
teresting and educational tour of the
Pulp MiH in Plymouth on Friday
morning, February 20th. They saw
the wood made into pulp in the pulp
mill plant. Then they saw this pulp
bleached and rolled into jiaper in the
paper, mill. They also saw the water
filter" plant.' ' Those making the trip
were; Catherine Baker Overton, Gaye
Cobb Sutton, Nan Whit, Carl Har-
reilr Mabel Whedbee, Mollie Yeates,
Shirley Eure, Marilyn Baker, Mary
Ann Harris, Glenda Lane, Nome Lane
Ann Myers, Kay IStanfbon Corbin
Dozier, Tommy Mathews, (Howard
Felton, John Holmes and Mrs. C. R.
Holmes. The journalism class has al
ready toured' the Daily Advance of
fice and WGAI radio station in Eliza
beth City, - .
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
Wvalc, March 7-IB
NATIONAL
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MARCH 7-15
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Easter Seal Sale
Underway In County
The 1953 drive for funds to help
crippled children will be formally
opened in Hertford and Perquimans
County on March S, by the local Easter
Seal Society. V; This campaign will
continue through April 6. The Easter
seals will be sold by the school chil
dren throughout the county as is the
custom in this yearly campaign, and
paper Easter lilies will be sold on the
streets the Saturday 'before Palm Bun
day and Easter. Coin containers will
be placed in the stores.
There will be n house to house
canvass, but Mrs. J. I Harris, chair
man of the drive,, announces that any
one wishing to make contribution
may mail it to "Crippled Children" in
care of the local post office. Every
citizen in the county is urged to co
operate in making this drive -a suc
cess.
NOTE: This is the seventh of a series
of weekly summaries prepared by
the lesfislatfve staff of the Insti
tute of 'Government on the work of
the North Carolina General Assem
bly of 1953. It is confined to dis
cussions of matters of general in
terest and major importance. f
'During this eighth legislative week
the Governor's budget recommenda
tions . and a record February total
of ,234 bUls . reached a General As
sembly that was hard at work. There
were these adjournment straws in the
wind: The Senate rule prohibiting
introduction of state department and
local bills was pushed back from
March 1 to March 10; the legislators
accepted an invitation to visit Camp
Lejuene on March 12; and the joint
committiee on university trustees set
March, 20 as the last date for accept
ing . nominations. But adjournment
depends entirely on how quickly a
decision is reached on the money bills.
The Governor's Budget Message
News leaks had pretty well defined
the program that Governor Umstead
laid before legislators on Tuesday.
There were the bond issues for per
manent improvements $50 million for
public schools, $22 million or mental
hospitals, and $15 million for iisti
tutions of higher learning and hos
pitals. The Governor would submit
the' first two to the people, haw the
legislature approve the third.' Also
recommended were additional annro-
I priations -for (1) a teacher pay .in
crease over and above HO . per cent
(2) Schools attendance officers, cleri
cal assistance, and driver training;
(8) .minimum ($60 monthly payments
for all- retired state employees with
20' years- service when the retirement
. wiirDuirivQ 'wiroti iftnj icvu cimjilv
system went into effect; (4) the Ports
Authority; (5) operation of mental
hospitals; and (6) miscellaneous pur
poses such as agricultural research,
stream pollution regulation, and more
state revenue agents.-
If airthe recommendations are ap
proved t. to the, extent requested by
the . agencies involved, about $23 mil
lion will be needed plus about $9.2
million to meet debt service on the
bonds. ' Since the appropriations bills
have already exhausted all the sur
plus and all funds which can, rea
sonably be -expected under existing
revenue measures (estimates endorsed
by the Governor), additional revenues
are going to be necessary. This the
Governor realized when he referred
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Carolina, Friday, March
Defendants Fined
For Transporting
16Pints0fLiquor
14 Cases Heard By Re
corder's Court At
Session Tuesday
Fourteen cases were disposed of in
Perquimans Recorder's Court in ses
sion here last Tuesday morning. The
bonds of two defendants, Thomas
Cochran and Paul Marsh, both charg
ed with speeding, were ordered for
feited when the defendants failed to
appear in court to answer to the
charges.
A verdict of guilty was returned in
the case in which Isaiah Jones, Jr.,
and ISarah iHolley, Negroes, were
charged with transporting 16 pints of
tax-paid whiskey into a dry county.
Jones was fined 1$25 and the Holley
woman was ordered to pay the costs of
court. Judge Chas. E. Johnson order
ed the arresting officer, Mack Roger
son to turn the whiskey over to the
Chowan Hospital.
Costs of court were taxed against
Mortimer IScharf and Ceorge Polei
ner each of whom submitted to charg
es of speeding. A fine of $10 and
costs was ordered paid by Arthur
Harrell who entered a plea of guilty
to speeding.
A verdict of not guilty was re
turned in the case in which Anderson
Layden was charged with failing to
yield the right-of-way, involving an
accident which occurred at the inter
section of Hyde Park and Dobb
Streets. .
LinWood Spencer, Henry Jackson,
Nlegro, and Cordon IMzelle, leach
charged with driving trucks loaded
over the weight Emit, entered pleas
of guilty and each defendant paid the
costs of court ' :
Elmer White and! Willie Webb,
Negroes, charged wftfh assault were
ordered to pay fines of $10 and costs
of court after a verdict of guilty was
returned by the judge.
Emanuel Miller, Negro, was found
guilty on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. He was ordered to
pajKhe cost of court and a 30-day
Jail? sentence was suspended upon con
dition he be of good behavior for six
months.
Four cases were continued by the
court until the next term of court
on March 10.
legislators to his inaugural message,
in which he suggested revision of sales
tax exemptions if more revenues are
needed. 'Only cash in sight: if the
mental hospital bonds are approved,
$5.7 million now appropriated will be
freed for other uses.
Governmental Reorganization
The General Assembly continues to
give approval to the Governors sug
gestions for reorganization of state
departments and agencies. Bills in
troduced this week would reduce the
State Ports Authority membership
from nine to seven (and add inland
harbor improvement to its duties) and
would reduce from seven to live the
membership , of the State Personnel
Council. In each case the Governor
would appoint an entirely new slate
of members on July 1, 1953. Other
measures (HB 426 and HB 399) would
make the Assistant (Director of the
Budget and the Director of the De
partment of Conservation and Development-serve
at the pleasure of the
Governor instead of for set terms.
The bill calling for a ninemember
commission to study possibilities of
state-government reorganization has
passed the House and is now before
a Senate committee.
; In order to carry out House reap
portionment required following each
census under the constitutional formu
la, HB S95 wouM give Alamance and
Rockingham . Counties a . new repre
sentative . each at the expense of
Cabarrus and Pitt , It joins the more
controversial measures dealing .with
senatorial districting in commit
tee. ,..;.. ':. .. ':'
Propositions Slid Grievances
The perennial controversy over die
sale of intoxicating liquors is now
before the General Assembly. On
-
PVVednesday long-awaited bills endorsed
by the Allied Church League reached
both House and Senate. (Each pro
vides for an "all or nothing" referen
dum on November 8 to decide whether
liquor, beer and wine are to be sold
in every county, or whether statewide
prohibition is to prevail. A public
hearing has already been scheduled for
next Tuesday before the House com
mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns,
to which the House bill (HB 454) was
referred in a surprise move by Speak
er Best Many legislative observers
believe that the biH has little chance
of reaching the floor. The Senate
bill i (SB 185) was referred to the
customary committees on iProposi
' (Continued on Page Eight) . i
6, 1953.
Commissioners Approve Applicant For
Position As Assistant Home Agent
County Board Seeks
Change In Pay Bill
Members of the Perquimans Board
of County Commissioners, by a reso
lution passed during their meeting on
Monday, will seek a change in a bill
now before the Legislature pertaining
to pay received by the commissioners.
The bill before the General Assem
bly calls for a pay raise for the
Board members to $15 per diem, plus
mileage. The Board will seek to have
the bill changed to read that the pay
will be not less than $5 per meeting
and not more than $10.
Board members expressed them
selves as having no knowledge this
bill was to be presented in the Legis
lature, and had they known about it
would have suggested such a change
as is called for in the resolution.
Citizenship Topic
Of Program At BPW
Meeting Last Thurs.
The Perquimans Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club met at Hotel
Hertford Thursday night, February
26, for its regular dinner-program
meeting when the Public Affairs Com
mittee had charge of the program.
Mrs. Betty T. Swindell, Chairman
of the Public Affairs Committee, pre
sided when the meeting opened with
the song "America" with Mrs. Dora
T. Riddick at the piano. The Club
Collect was repeated in unison.
During the brief business session,
Mrs. Grace Cos ton read the minutes
of the business meeting and Mrs.
Alice M. Towe announced the spring
District Meeting would be held in
Ahoskie March 22. Miss Wood an
nounced a play, which is sponsored by
the club under the direction of Mrs.
B. G. Koonce, will be given Friday
night, March 20, in the Perquimans
County High School auditerium. Tic
kets will be on sale and may be se
cured from any club member.
Charles Skinner, Jr., and Francis
Nixon represented the Jaycees and
explained their project of purchasing
an activity bus for the County Schools.
The program was a Symposium on
Community Analysis with splendid
talks given by the following when
their subjects were based on Citizen
ship and its relationship as follows:
Citizenship in the Town Government,
W. G. .Newby, Town Clerk; Citizen
ship in the School, J. T. Biggers, Su
perintendent of Schools; Citizenship
in the church, Mrs. I. A. Ward of
the Hertford Baptist Church; Citizen
ship in the Home, Miss Thelma El
liott, Hertford Grammar School Prin
cipal. Mr. Newby entertained the group
with several selections on an harmoni
ca. Mrs. Claire H. Murray drew the
attendance prize. The meeting closed
with the song, "Sing Your Way
Home'
Lions To Conduct
Broom Sale Friday
To raise funds to. assist in carrying
out its program of aid to the blind of
Perquimans County, the Hertford
Lions Club will conduct a broom and
door mat sale on Friday and Saturday
of this week, it was announced today
by A. T. Lane, chairman of the com
mittee handling the project.
The Lions plan to call on every
home in Hertford Friday evening, and
continue the canvass on Saturday, if
necessary, giving local residents the
opportunity to join with them in main
taining this proirram.
All profit realized from this sale of
brooms and door mats will be used to
asstet people who are blind or have
defective vision. The public is urged
to support the Lions with their pro
ject. ;
Chest X-rays Offered
At Cancer ainicFri.
; The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will
be held Friday, March 6, in Elizabeth
City,at the Health Center with regis
tration from 12:45-2:00.- A free chest
X-ray will be given anyone who wish
es it along with the examination of
the five areas of the body where can
cer, is most easily found and cured.
There are no limitations as to sex,
race, physical, or economic status at
the Center; however, there are age
requirements. Women should be 35
or more; men should be 40 or over
unless you have one of the "Seven
Danger Signals", or '"Symptoms," or
unless you have been referred by your
doctor. No appointment is necessary,
but a priority may be secured by
writing the Cancer Center, Elizabeth
City, N. C, for one.
5 Cents Per Copy
Board Draws List
Jurors For April
Court Term
Of
Members of ' the Board of County
Commissioners, meeting here in regu
lar session last Monday approved the
application of Miss Callie Marie Kin
ard, a native of Washington County,
to the position as assistant county
home agent, to succeed Miss Carolyn
Biggerstaff, who has resigned effect
ive August 1.
During the meeting the Board au
thorized repairs be made to the county
jail, and were advised repair work
on the Court House will be started
this week.
The names of 64 residents of the
county were drawn to serve as jurors
during the April term of Superior
Court.
Drawn for jury service were: How
ard E. Long, M. H. Robbins, Ellie
Ward, Robert P. Hollowell, J. I. Cur
tis, Willis P. Dail, Hayward Small,
Harvey Stallings, Edward C. Barber,
I. C. Butt, Alton Stallings, J. Ray
Haskett, C. C Godfrey, Thomas A.
Dail, James M. Divers, William (Pete)
Jackson, Max J. Lane, George H.
Baker, Jr., W. D. Landing, Jr., Wick
ard Davis, ElKs Window, Lonnie A.
Proctor, George W. Jackson, Josiah
Smith, Lawrence Towe, L. A. Smith,
C. E. White, J. P. Chesson, Jr., Geo.
G. Win slow, A. H. Edwards, Mathews
Smith, Elisha Winslow, G. B. Wirtslow,
Maxie Stallings, Vernon Lee Perry,
John Pike, Harry T. Hollowell, John
Lassiter, James Emory White, James
Stokely, Mrs. Freeland Elliott, Luther
Copeland, Marvin Caddy, Lorenzo El
liott, Benjamin Smith, W. D. Roger
son, W. E. Hobbs, Emmett Stallings,
M. D. Lane, Mrs. Fred Mathews, Idn
wood Godfrey, Ralph F. Harrell, Wal
lace Bright, W. C. Johnson, Willie
White, Joel F. Hollowell, linden
White, Edison Harris, Edgar Riddick,
Elizazbeth Ward, Laura B. Chappell,
Aleck Stallings, Thomas G. Rogerson
and Joe P. White.
'Action on janitorial services in con
nection with the Court House and jail
was tabled until the next meeting, and
at which time a committee on the mat
ter will submit recommendations to
the Board.
Other business handled during the
meeting nicluded receiving reports
from the County Agricultural Exten
sion Service and from the Welfare De
partment. Indians And Squaws
Games At Camden
Perquimans High School's basket
ball teams were defeated in the semi
final rounds of the Albemarle Rural
tournament, in games played at Cam
den on Friday night of last week.. The
Indian Squaws lost to the Manteo
girls by a 35 to 26 margin and the
Indians lost to the Central boys 47
to 36.
Both local teams were definitely off
form in the tourney games. Inability
to find the range of the basket during
the early stages of the contests gave
their opponents a lead which could
not be overtaken.
The Manteo girls, sparked by the
sharp shooting of Lois Sears, had a
1911 lead at half time and scored
15 more points in the second half
while Perquimans girls collected 15.
Jo Pat Stokes, with 16 points, led
the scoring for Perquimans.
In the boys' game Central jumped
into a 12-7 lead in the first period
and moved to a 25 to 16 advantage
by half time. Blevins, sharpshooting
guard for Central, lei his teammates
in scoring with a total of 16 for the
game. Morris and Towe sparked a
Perquimans rally in the tMnl period
which counted for nine points while
Central scored eight. Perquimans
closed the gap to within three points
midway of the final period but a spurt
by the Central boys put the game on
ice. Central scored 14 points in the
fourth period while Perquimans tallied
nine. - :-
Scoring for Perquimans was Mor
ris 10, Towe 8, P. Matthews 6, Wil
liams 4, Cobb 3, V. White 3 and Al
len 2. .
Teacher To Address
Hertford PTA Meeting
Mrs. Paul E. Wise, teacher of ex
ceptional students in the Elizabeth
City schools, will be guest speaker
at a meeting of the Hertford Parent
Teacher Association on Thursday
night, March 12. The meeting will be
held in the lunch room of the Hert
ford Grammar School, and the public
is invited to attend. ; , .
Lose In Tourney