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WEEKLY Volume XX. Number 14. Hertford, Perquimans County, North CaroIina,Friday, April 3, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy toning Vfcived By D2fcr.fcitCh2rged in Twenty Two Cases On Recorder's Docket Here Last Tuesday A nwliminarv hearing was waived in Perquimans Recorder's Court here . "' last Tuesday by Daniel Hassell, Negro - who is charged with first degree burg Hffind the case Vtos ordered Bated t" on the docket of the Superior Court for action during the April term of Court. :-' -;:-v-V Twenty two cases were disposed of - during the court term Tuesday and in. addition to the Hassell case others heard included those in which Robert Henderson, Horace Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Smith were charg eo with assault with deadly weapons. The two Hendersons were found guilty as charged, .while the Smiths were found not - guilty. Robert Hender son was given a" four months road sentence suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs of court and a hospital bill of Wilburn Smith. Pray er for judgment was continued in the case of Horace Henderson. Costs of court were taxed against Horace Mulderf Anthony Consale, Jo seph Hoffman, Henry Jackson and Grand? mite, Negro, each of whom entered a plea of guilty to charges of driving a truck loaded over the weagnt limit -' :' - Herbert Maynard, Jr., submitted to a charge of speeding and paid the costs of court. ' Costs of Court were taxed against James Felton, Negro, who was found guilty on a charge of simple assault. Thomas Lamb, Jasper 'Sawyer and TT. J. Bass entered pleas of guilty to charges of being drunk on the streets of Hertford. Each defendant was en d $2 and court costs. JA fine of 1200 and costs of court -were levied against William Stanley, who entered a plea' of guilty to a charge of '.driving after his license had been revoked. v , William Counte submitted to charg es of passing a vehkle on a curve, and having improper registration. He paid a fine of 110. and costs of court, A fine of 110 and costs were taxed against Naltjnan Gqdley, who submit- - ted i'-Jig-of posetiing,t&X.94id liquor and being drunk".' Percy Byrum submitted to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign and paid the costs of court, "i - Carl Hoffman entered a plea of guilty to driving .with : insufficient brakes and transporting tax-paid-liq-uor. He was fined $10 and costs of court.'' '- .' . -: Henry Thach and Lillie Forehand, iNegroes, charge! with possessing non tax paid liquor for the purpose of sale were sentenced to jail for 12 months, sentences to be suspended -upon payment of a fine of $100 each and costs of court. THIS VEEK'S IKES Delegates to the .United , Nations, according to reports, are hopeful that China's offer to settle the prisoner of war issue may lead o an armistice in the Korean war. It was this ques tion' which bogged down truce talks at Panmun jon last year, bringing to' a halt negotiations for peace. Reports on the new Chinese offer, reveal no reasons for the sudden proposal to halt the Korean fighting. Directors of the North Carolina Press Association, meeting in Ra leigh this week, adopted a resolu tion to be presented the General As sembly petitioning that body .to re peal a secrecy law adopted, oa Thurs day of last week. The law permits legislative committees to bold secret sessions while considering appropria tion matters for the next twojrears. Chowan County officers, Wednesday were attempting to track down the slayer of Ada . Byrum,! 59 year old resident or Tyner, wno ouea in uno wan Hospital Tuesday after she had been found bruised by blows from her head to toes. Miss Byrum was found by a neighbor and rushed to the hos pital where she died. Officials ruled her death was murder. : ,;.;"vTh.. -; -s-i President Eisenhower has requested vongresg to name a commission to study tax relations between federal, state and local government, aimed at correcting the problem of individuals paying taxes on ' taxes, (Federal grants-in-aid to states bring about this situation ' which the administra tion hoeps to correct .MASONS TO MIST The Perquimans-TIasonie (Lodge No. IZh A. P. & A. II., wi'l meet Tuesday i , trt 73 in the lodge hall. All l..z -s t9 ursi to be present. - ' Board Of Education ToMeet April 7th g Members of the Peixjuimans Board of Education .will hold their "regular quarterly meeting in the office of Superintendent of Schools next Tues day night, April 7, It was leportedMto day by J. T. Biggers, secretary to, the board. " , ::-V' 'k'::m A reorganization of the board will take place during the meeting; with oaths of .office being tendered to Del win Cure, George Caddy and S. M. Long, succeeding themselves as new members of the board... Other business scheduled' for the meeting is the reelection of the Super- intenaent oi scnoois ana tne appuiiu ment of members of the various school committees. Preschool Clinics The District Health Department an nounces the pre-school clinic schedule for the District which begins April 7 and enVte May .14. Exclusive of Elizabeth City primary school which usually has about 160 children to at tend tlia i-linio. R84 names of nre- school children are on file in tiie health offices. All parents are urged to bring their children to these clinics at the appointed hours. 'Practicing physi cians in the four counties are. urged, and many will be contacted by phone or in person to assist In the clinics. It is hoped that many of them will be able to spend at least sometime dur ing the clinic hours in examining the children. Many parents will not get a letter from the Health Depart ment, announcing the clinic -due to the fact that the list is always incom plete. It is requested all these par ents who hear of the dime will bring their children on whether or not they get letter. ' iPre-srihoot clinics will be conducted in Perouimans on the following dates r May 7 Hertford Grammar School. May 8 Perquimans Training Schoolboys. : May 11 Central Grammar School . May 12 Perquimans Training School, girls. ; May 14iHertford Colored School. Perquimans Depaters Win Two Contests v . .... ..... , ... :, - :; . Two Perquimans debating teams and one Edenton team won the triangular debates held in Elizabeth City, Hert ford, and Edenton Friday, March 27. The Perquimans affirmative team!, composed of Katherine Nixon and Ma bel Martin Whedbee, defeated the Elizabeth City negative team of Anne Gray and Roland Cooper in Edenton, The Perquimans negative team, composed of John (Holmes and Bobby Smith defeated the Edenton affirma tive team of Edna Boswell and Mickey Barrington in Elizabeth City. In Hertford the Edenton negative team of Mary Leggett Browning and Frank ie Privott defeated the Elizabeth City affirmative team of Bill Kaulbaum and Heywood Houtz." The query for debate was: Resolved, that the At lantic Pact Nations should Form a Federal Union. The winning teams will debate in Greenville on Thursday, April 9th. Cancer Clinic Today At Elizabeth City The' Northeastern (Cancer Clinic will be held Friday, April 3, in Elizabeth City at the Health Center with regis tration from 12:46 to 2 o'clock. It is estimated that cancer will strike one in every five Americans at some time during their lives. Last year some 70,000 cancer patients who might have been saved died because treat ment was began too late. " Come to the Cancer Clinic and re ceive art examination of the five areas of the body where cancer is most easily found and cured. There are no limitations as to sex, race, phy sical, or economic status at the center; however, there are age requirements. Women should be 35 or more; mens should be 40 or over unless referred, by your doctor, or unless you have one of the "Seven Danger Signals or VSymptoms". Sunrise Services At Center Hffl Next Sunday morning at 6:30 there will be a community-wide Easter sun rise service at the Happy Home Church near Center Hill. This is an annual service with the churches of all denominations in the upper Cho wan County and Perquimans county cooperating. " Rev. Lee A. PhilHps will bring the Easter message, and there will be special music by two youth choirs and a soloist . ' The ' public is cordially Invited to attend. Health Department A MODEL of the TJSS Nautilus, nuclear powered atomic submarine of i tomorrow. The keel of the Nautilus was laid last year at the Electrlo Boat Company, New London, Conn; (OfficUl V. 3. Navy Photogr.ph-310S8) Perquimans Indians Local Team To Play Plymouth Here On April 9th Perquimans High School's baseball team, 'defending IState Class A cham pions, opened the ' defense of their title here last Monday afternoon against the Colerain High School The Indians had little trouble winning by a score of 7 to 2. Vernon White pitched the seven in ning victory giving up six hits and striking out 14 Colerain batters. He issued only two walks during the game. John Morns and Billy Chap pell paceti the Indians by getting two safeties out of three trips to the plate. ' Perquimans jumped into a 5-1 lead In tile first inning of the contest and picked up two more runs in the third inning. Colerain tallied one run in the first inning and Hs second in the seventh frame. The next home game for the Indians is set for Thursday afternoon of next week, when the Plymouth High School comes here for a State Elimination game with Perquimans. In its second game of the Elimina tion, series, played " Tuesday ' after noon at Windsor, the Indians came from behind to defeat the Windsor nine by 'a 6 to 3 margin. Fred Mathews, Winslow and Chap pell each got two hits in leading the Indians to victory, while Fred Hale had three safeties for Windsor. (Paul Mathews, right handed pitcher for the Indians, went the route giving up eight hits during the nine inning game. Windsor scored two runs in the sec ond inning and one in the third for a three-nothing lead over Perquim ans, but the Indians tallied two runs in the fourth and then went ahead 4-3 after scoring two runs in the sixth.' ' Perquimans scored two more runs in the ninth. , Filial Rites Held .Boyce ' James N. Boyce, 4, died at his home Sunday1 afternoon at 5:30 o'clock after l long illness. He was the son f the Mate Jacob and Missouri Boyce. A lifelong resident of Tyner, he is a' retired rural mail carrier, formerly employed at the Hertford Post Of fice. He was a member of .the Cen ter Hill Baptist Church. . . , He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Baulah Hollowell Boyce, one son, G. C. Boyce of Tyner; two daughters, Mrs. Emmett Parker of Sunbury and Mrs. Bill Tucker of Goldsboro; three bro thers, J.. I. Boyce and W.-O. Boyce, both of Tyner, and E. D, Boyce of Edenton; one sister, Mrs. Cecil By rum of Hertford; ' -! Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock at theenter Hill Baptist Church by e i i .xe Humus, pastor, assist- d1y'he Rev. W. C Francis, of KennapoHa. former nastor of the ovV (During the service Mrs. J. l&r sang (Beautiful Isle of v--.-here. .;-. ! ,... c Pallbearers were OQdgar Fields. Charles Skinner, Henry C IStokes, Jr., iwv W. White, B. M. Whedbee, Elliott JUayden, C. !F. Sumner -and J. Edgar morns.' . Honorary . pallbearers were the deacons and members of the men's Bible Class of the church. Coiinty Board Meets Next Monday Morning Perquimans County Board of Com missioners will hold its April meet ing 'next Monday, beginning at .10 A. i Mv in, theJ Court House. Indi viduals desiring to confer with the Board 'are advised of the time and Trip Colerain Nine In Baseball Opener place of meeting. Superior Court To Convene Here On Monday, April 13 Mixed Term Scheduled By Officials; Judge Bone To Preside A mixed term of Perquimans Su perior Court will convene here on Monday, April 13, it was reported by W. H. Pitt, clerk of court, who releas ed a calendar of civil cases, expect ed to be tried during the week. At the present the docket of crimi nal cases indicate the possibility of number of the civil actions may be disposed of, during the April term of court, and officials are so .planning. The calendar of civil cases, listed for trial during the week are: J. H. Newbold Est. vs. Jessie Phil Bps. J. C. Blanchard Co., vs. Madison fflebine. , Jack Sawyer vs. Robert Ivey, et als. Mary C. Male vs. Charlie Male. 1 Sarah Lilly vs. Joshua Lilly. . Lorenza Alexander vs. Mary A. Alexander. , Daisy Manley vs. Howard Manley, ISarah Barnes vs. Ellis S. Weaver. Curlee Felbon vs. J. H. Lilly. Laura Weaver vs. G. D. Towe, et G. Genovesi vs. Michael iLrtpak. Irene Genovesi vs. Michael Kolpak. Westchester Fire Ins. vs. NOSH Com. iFrank Simons vs. Hughue F. Si mons. Mary G. Moore vs. R. Clarence Dozier. : Violet M. Parks vs. (William M. Frost. Judge Walter Bone of Nashville will be the presiding judge during the term of court here. BPW Club On Record For Safety Projects Perquimans Business and Profess ional Woman's Club held its March dinner meeting at the Hotel Hert ford on Thursday night of last week. Safety was the theme of the meet ing, and the table arrangements fea tured all modes of travel. During the meeting it was announc ed the- club had donated the sum of $150 to the Hertford Jaycee project for- the purchase of an activity bus for county white schools. Appreciation was expressed by club officials to all who had a part in making the club's Gay Nineties Revue the success it was. The program, taken from sugges tions submitted to the club by in dividuals was in form of a panel dis cussion on safety. Mrs. D. M. Jack son acted as moderator and the panel was composed of Miss Hulda Wood, Mrs. Alice M. Towe, Mrs. Essie Bur- bage, Miss Thelma Elliott and Mrs. Alice FutreB, special guest. The pan el discussed ways in which Hertford might be improved so that it will be a safer place in which to live. The club went on record favoring the following eafetjrnieasures for the town: y- 'A center line to be placed at the in tersection of Church i and Qobb Streets, and a pedestrian walkway at the same corner. (2) That a stop sign be placed at the corner of Church and Market Streets. (3) Widening of Church Street, meanwhile alternating parking on either side of Church Street by the week or month. (4)1 Re place the traffic light at the corner of Hyde Park and Dobb 'Streets with a blinker light (5 Install a signal light at the corners of Dobb arid Eden ton Roads. Streets and ( Re-ione the bicycle area. VFW DANCE 'SATURDAY The VFW and its Auxiliary will sponsor a dance on Saturday 'night, April 4, at the VFW hall. Tickets may be secured from VFW members. The public is invited to attend, j - . Wednesday Closing To Start April 15 Easter Monday, April 6, will be ob served as a holiday by a majority of Hertford stores and business houses, it was reported here this week, and these stores will begin observing a half -day holiday on Wednesdays, start ing April 15, it was announced. Furniture stores in Hertford Wave been observing Wednesday afternoon closing for several months,- and they will be joined April 16 by the remain ing stores, cooperating with the plan to close Wednesday afternoons during the summer months. The furniture stores plan to continue the observance through the Fall months but the ma jority of the stores will close Wed nesdays through April, May, June, July and August only. Plans Perfected For District TB Association For the past several weeks repi' senta'tives of the tuberculosis organi zations from Camden, Chowan, Pas. quotank and Perquimans Counties have held meetings to discuss the pos sibility of forming a District Tuber culosis Association. At the final meeting, recently held, it was agreed to come together in or der to more effectively accomplish their common objective. In this way the four counties will be able to car ry out the collective opinions and ideas of the peoples in the individual coun ties for protection of the citizens of the whole area in a manner not pos sible under the separate unit system. Representation on the board of di- retcors of the district organization will be according to population. Camden County, five; Chowan County, twelve; Pasquotank County, twenty four, and Perquimans County, ten. The North Carolina Tuberculosis Association will give a grant of $1, 000.00 to assist the budget for the first year. A total budget of approximate ly $8,469 will be needed to carry out the expanded program. This amount will be met by the four counties com bining their 1952 'Seal Sales, plus the grant from the North Carolina Tuber culosis Association. Mrs Duke Cropsey, the present executive secretary of the Pasquotank Tuberculosis and Health Association will be employed as the district exec utive secretary. The combined Seal Sales will pro vide a larger budget for the tuber culosis control in the four counties and under the direction of a trained am experienced worker the program of case-finding, health education and rehabilitation will be expanded. The policy of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association is to form district association to coincide with health district lines in order to do a more efficient and intensified program and be better able to coordinate with the official agencies. The first meet ing of the new District Tuberculosis Association will be held in April, At this time officers and the execu tive' committee will be elected. The by-laws will be adopted as well as the budget for the 1953-54 fiscal year. Nation's Cotton Is Tops In Quality The quality of American cotton is the highest of any cotton grown any where, and the 1952 cotton crop has set a new record for high quality. The National Cotton Council reports that since 1940 the fiber length of the American crop as a whole has in creased 6 per cent. In some areas the increase has been even greater as a result of new and better adaptation of specif ic varieties. Fiber strength has increased 6.7 per cent since 1940 for the crop as a whole, more for crops in certain areas. Cur- rent research indicates new hybrids under development may bring further substantial increases in fiber strength. Yarn strength has shown an averag increase along with the improvement in length and strength and uniformity of the fiber. The uniformity of American cotton has been Increased greatly by reduc ing the number of varieties and plant ing more pure seed. Twenty-five years ago more (than 500 varieties were planted. Today 10 varieties ac count for 89 per cent of the crop with nearly three-fourths of the crop plant ed to four of these varieties. More than half the current crop now is pro duced from breeder, foundation, or cer tified seed. The use of such seed has increased about 20 times in the past decade. The American ginner does an in creasingly better job of ginning to preserve the spinning value -of the superior cotton he receives today. Ginners have added new and improv ed machinery and are employing the most modern ginning techniques. County's lied Cross Solicitors Slow In Making Drive Report Contributions Reached $600 On Wednesday; Quota Is $1,300 Solicitors in Perquimans County's 1953 Red Cross fund drive have been slow in making reports on progress of the campaign, according to D. F. Reed, Jr., and up to Wednesday morn ing only $600 of the $1,300 quota had been turned over to the chapter treas urer. .Mr. Reed estimated that only about one-half of the solicitors had reported to the- treasurer, and it was his belief the county will be somewhat near its quota when all reports are in. The Red Cross drive was scheduled to close, officially on March 31, but the local solicitors were late in re ceiving supplies and starting the drive, therefore, it is to be expected there will be some delay in securing final reports from all solicitors. The chairman reported that the only complete report has come from the solicitors of the business section of Hertford, and contributions from these sources ran slightly higher than do nated last year. He urged all solicitors, who as yet, have not completed their canvass to do so as soon as possible and to make final reports to the sub-chairmen. With the reports yet to be made the local Red Cross committee feels con fident the county's goal of $11,300 will be reached before the county cam paign is brought to a close. Individuals who have not been con tacted for a contribution to the 1953 fund, and who desire to contribute, are requested to send their contributions to neighborhood solicitors or to the drive chairman. , Baptist Event Held Last Sunday At Edenton Church One of the most successful Asso ciational Training Union elimination meetings in recent years was held in the Edenton Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, March 29, at 2:30 o'clock. Participants from Training Unions of the churches of the Chowan Baptist Association took part in the elimina tion proceedings conducted by the associational departemntal leaders and a high degree of accomplishments was demonstrated to the large audience. The devotion period was conducted by Miles Williams of the Edenton Training Union and judges appointed for each tournament declared the fol lowing winners: Junior Memory Drill Janet Bunch, Linda Leary and Edwin Byrum of the Edenton Church; Gloria Bunch, Frank Evans, Janet Parrish, Becky Harrell, Carolyn Layton, Ruby Lee Bunch, Lloyd Wayne Evans and Ger ald Harrell of the Rocky Hock Church. Better Speaking Tournament Miss Helen Hofler of the Beulah Church. Adult Bible Reading Tournament Mrs. Roland Evans of the Rocky Hock . Church. Hymn Festival Girls' Choir of the Edenton Church, the Youth Choir of the iBeuIah Church and the Youth Choir of the Salem Church. These winners will represent the Training Unions of the churches of the Chowan Baptist Association at the annual Regional Training Union Con vention in Ahoskie, April 10-11, and those successful there will go on to the 'State Assembly this summer to represent both the Chowan and West Chowan Baptist Associations in the state tournaments. Local Entries In 4-H Fatstock Show Three Perquimans County 4-H Club members, Thomas Edward Chappell, of Bethel Community, Louise Chappell and Clarence Chappell, Jr- of Belvi- dere entered five fat steers and nine hogs m the Rocky Mount Fatstock Show and sale which Was held Wed nesday and Thursday, April 1 and 2. ah or these 4-iH'ers have shown beef calveg in the Elizabeth City Fatstock i&how and Sale in previous years. Clarence entered two calves in the Rocky Mount Show last year. The 4-H livestock judging team al so attended the Fatstock Show and competed with teams from other coun ties in a judging contest. The team was composed of John Hill, Wallace Baker, Bobby Smith and Clarence Chappell, Jr. Alternates wer Bel mont Perry, Julian Howell and Thom as Edward Chappell.' They were ac companied ' by ; County Agent I. CL Yagel..-V A --'rt: