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Volume XX. Number 16. HertfordrPrquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 17, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy Crimiod M& Of iSupof Court 1 Concluy Hare Last today Afternoon Ten Civil Actions Con tinued Until Next ; Term Of Court The criminal docket1 of She April term of Perquimans Superior Court, consisting of 16 cases, was concluded ' here last Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 ' .o'otoek. Judge Walter (Bone presided over the court term which opened on , 'Monday morning. ' - All ' but Itftree defendants, of the criminal docket, entered pleas of guil ty which hastened the conclusion of ' the term. - The cases of Claude ILee IBoone and Thomas Jenkins, : Negroes, charged with breaking and entering the Hert ford livestock Company office during January of this year, were called first After entering pleas of guil ty Boone was sentenced from ttwo to 'n. three years on the roads and Jenkins was sentenced from 18 months Ito three years on the roads. A jury returned a verdidt of guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in the ase of Dallas Gilliam, (Negro, charg ed with assault with intent .Ito kill. JGSilliam was sentenced to Ithe roads lor a term of 18 months. William Boyd entered a plea of guilty to a charge of breaking and . -entering the home of W. E. Beaimon. He was given a six months road sen tence to begin alt the expiration of his present prison term. (He ds serving a six to 10-year sentence at Gatesville Prison Oamp. ;'" The State took a tool proa in the case in which Daniel Hassell, Negro, Was charged with breaking and en tering a dwelling at night. On Wednesday morning Ernest Jef ferson, alias A- J- Cox, entered a plea of guilty to charges of forgery, on four counts. He was sentenced to State prison for a term of 2 to 8 years on each count. Jefferson was apprehended by Sheriff M. G. Owens, . on charges of victimizing IW. M. Div , -era, W. M. Morgan, P. J, White and ' Oscar Felton with forged ' checks bout three years ago. ' t ' " ' i Alfred AWrigh1ou Negro charged with failure t yield Jhe right-of-way, entered a plea of fMWy. He was or wded.yjto line of 25 and costs Brtftda Dawnport and Elizabeth Taylor, Negroes, charged with lar ceny of merchandise from the stores of J. C. Blanchatd & Company, (Rose's 5 & lOo and The 'Jones Kiddie Shop, entered pleas of guilty ifco the charg es. (Each of the defendants received Jail sentences of six months on each count, the sentences to run concur Tently. Albert Beaeley and Morris Jones, 'Negroes, charged with larceny and receiving stolen property were found guilty of the charges. The two men were co-defendants with the Dav enport and Taylor women, and were1 arrested on March 14 when apprehend ed by State PatroL-rtan Biddick. . Ten cases listed on the civil calen dar for the April term of court were ( continued when the calendar was read out in court on Monday. One divorce case, that of tLorenzai Alexander vs. Mary Alexander, was heard and the divorce was granted. ' A Judgment was handed down in ithe case of J. C. Blanchard h Co., vs. ;Madison Mabine, and a court order ,was issued in the case of Jack Sawyer vs. Robert Ivey, et als. '. j : -, The court term was recessed at bout three o'clock Tuesday afternoon fter the civil case of Laura Weaver -vs. G. D. Towe, et als, was continued, ind adjourned Wednesday morning. Hitcs I Saturday Forr'rs. Eulaf'Grga I Mrs. -Buta -West Morgan, 68, died Thursday afternoon of bet week, t her borne near Hertford. : A native of . (Perquimans County, she was the daughter of ILycurgve and Sarah Hill West, the wixe of Thomas as. Mor . : gan and a member of the Mt. Sinai , Butts Church. . .. v'i Surviving besides the (husband are t four sons, Ernest IW. of Bichlands, Clifton, Wallace and Thomas Morgan. aQ off iPerquhnans Courrty; .three daughters, Mrs. Charlie vmphlett of Winfall, Mrs. Thomas Nixon and Mrs. Edward Jordan,, both of (Hertford; : and 14 grandchildreruj 'Funeral services were conducted Sat- urday afternoon at 3 o'clock a ; Mt. Sinai Church by the iRev. IBennie r- Crawford, pastor. ' ." 'During the services Ithe church choir sang Abide (With Me. Mrs. Thomas . Bogerson sang The Old Rugged Cross ,, and at the graveside the choir sang f My iFaith (Looks Up to Thee. ' i i IPalbatrers wers Harvey IStsHings, , ": Thomas Bogerson, Ernest Morgan, Raymond (Stanton, Howard Owens and ' Thomas Morgan. Interment Was, in Cedarwvod Cametery.' To Unveil Painting At Central PTA Meet The Parent Teacher Association of Perquimans County Central Grammar School will hold its Apnl meeting in the school auditorium Monday, April 20, at 8:00 P. M. The Bagley Swamp Community with Mrs.: Dennis Wins- low -as chairman will have charge of the program. The topic for (the month is "The Art of (Living Together." ' The Rev. C S. Saunders, pastor of the Pilgrim Church at iBagley Swamp, will conduct the devotional.- This will be followed by special rausic. Robert Louis Stevenson will speak on the topic, "The Art of Living Together." An original painting by IW. IFrith Winslow, a native of Winfall, hvfll be unveiled. This painting, which is be ing presented by interested patrons of the school depicts George (Durant re ceiving his deed from Kilcacenen. An interesting program has been planned and it is hoped that a large number of friends of Whe school as well as all members of the (PTA will at- end. : - - THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Exchange of sick and wounded pris oners of war in, Korea is scheduled to begin next Monday. Allied POW's are being moved. toward Kaesong, where the exchange will take place. The Communists have agreed to re leasing 6600 Allied soldiers in ex change for 54900 Communist soldiers. Only 120 American soldiers are dieted for exchange, x Meanwhile, the . Communists have continued their proposals for peace, but the Allies are using caution against any Red .traps. Trace talks are scheduled to be resumed in Korea but authorities point out only time will prove ithe Beds' real plans. In Germany the tteds and 'Allies are con tinuing talks aimed at preventing in. cidet, sucfc as the shooting down of u. S. and (British planes, which occur. red duni-- MJrch. "; North . Carolina school teachers were voted an increase in salary by the Joint' Appropriations Committee on Tuesday of this week. The action followed disapproval of the Snerease by a sub-commrttee. Under the vote taken Tuesday teachers with A certi ficates would receive from $2,481 to $3,491V .; ";:''V' A report from Washington this week stated possibilities for reduction of taxes this year are growing, de spite previous proposals that the budget be balanced before taxes are reduced. Non defense agencies of the government, have trimmed half a bil lion dollars from pie proposed bud get for the next fiscal year, and a large amount is expected to be cut from defense appropriations. The re port stated af an armistice is signed in Korea the next budget might be cut as much as four billion dollars. Orice Inez Winslow Weds James B. Ward Miss Orice Inez Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs." William H. IWinslow of Belvidere. became the bride of James Beecher Ward, son of Mrs. Louisa R. Ward and the late James T. Ward of Byland, Sunday afternoon, April 5, at 3:30 o'clock in the Hootos- ville (Baptist Church. The double ring ceremony was per formed by the Bv. W, , V. Brown, pastor of the bride in the presence or the immediate families df.tne couple. Miss . Patsy' Tierce of ; Hobbsville played the wedding march. i : " The bride 'wore uit of Navy blue with Navy and white accessories, and a white orchid corsage, : y Mrs. Ralph IB. Ward of Ryland was matron of honor and jhe only attend ant She wore a light bhw suit with Navy -. ccesories and corsage of rd roses; x;s - Ralph B. IWartL brother of the bride groom, was best man. "., Vpok completion of their new home Mr. and Mrs. Ward will reside at Ry land. v i - i Red Cross Drive Nearin? Its Goal Perquimans County's annual Bed Cross fund drive is nearinv Its $1,300 goal, It was reported her Tuesday by D. F. Beed, Jr., chairman of the drive. A tofsal of $1,150 had been reported by solicitors up to Monday night, and Mr. Beed expressed ithe opinion the remaining amount needed to put the county over the (top in the campaign will be forthcoming by the end of this OfficiclsConfer On Bills Before Legislature Perouimans County Commissioners and 'Representative C. R. Holmes met I nere in a conference last ssanuraay night for Ithe purpose of discussing two bills, in'Sroduced in the (Legisla ture on Wednesday of last week by Mr Holmes, which, if enacted by the General Assembly, will affect the op erational policy of the .county. The" first of the two bills introduc ed by' Mr. Holmes calls for the repeal of the law adopted in 1949 which places the office of the clerk of Re corder's Court on a salary basis, and the salary to be fixed by the County Commissioners. The second bill ' re lates to a limitation on municipal and county tax liens. In regard fbo the bill pertaining to a limitation on the tax hens, it was learned the officials agreed to a change in the bill whereby ithe measure will be sponsored and passed to become ef fective in (December of 1954. Another conference is planned be tween the officials regarding the bill affecting Ithe office of recorder clerk, It was learned substitute proposals were made concerning outright re peal of the present law, but nothing definite was decided upon the ques tion. It is understood Mr. Holmes agreed1 to halt action on this measure pending another conference with the County Commissioners. It was pointed out during the meet ing .this bill, which is now before a Legislative committee for action, if enacted, would deprive the county general fund of approximately ?2,000 per year,'' based upon the volume of business handled by the office during the last fiscal year, from Jury, 1951, to July, 1952. It would rescind the law placing the clerk ton a salary and return the office to a fee basis, Iwhich would reduce the income now received by the county. It was reported that in the next conference of the officials efforts will be made to work out a compromise for the bill, with changes made to be come effective in December, 1954. Hertford PTA Hears CrilOefenseTalk mm iman The Parent Teacher Association of the Hertford Grammar School met Thursday night in the school audi torium. The meeting opned with the singing of "America." The State President's message was read, urging all to attend the 'State PTA Conven tion to be held in Wilmington on April 28, (29, 30. The devotional was given by Mrs. Vivian Mathews, who read the 85th Psalm. The speaker for (the even ing, Sites M. Whedbee, was intro duced by Thomas Nixon. Mr. Whed bee spoke on the problems of civil defense (in case of an emergency, describing the possible situations and the role for which citizens must be prepared. Mrs. Jake Jackson, as a repre sentative of the Business -and Pro fessional Woman's Club urged that all students participate in poster making in connection with Safety Week, not only for (the prizes awarded but to help make them safety conscious. The film. "A Closed Book." showing the dangers of carelessness and ways to avoid unnecessary accidents iwas ttfien presented."' To Represent County At Girls' State Margaret Ann Banks and Myrtle Gordon Williams, juniors at Perouim as High School, have been selected to attend Girls' !State at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina to. Greensboro June 28th to July 3rd. Margaret Ann is the daUgh- er of Mir. and Mrs. Chxf (Banks of Hertford and Myrtle Gordon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Claude Wil- mom of (Route three, Hertford. They are being sponsored by the IWflHam Paul (Stalling Unit No. 126 of the American Legion Auxiliary. - Thieves Take Cash From Grammar School Sheriff M. G. Owens lis investigaV ing the theft of approximately (100 in cash from Ithe office of the principal at Central Grammar School in Win- falL The theft occurred on the night of April 10, ; according Ito Sheriff Owens. The thieves entered the build ing tfhrough a door and proceeded to the .principal's office. A 200 pound safe, containing the cash was carried away by the robbers. - The Sheriff reported (he has two uspecelts under surveillance in the in- Tttftigatknw By County Cha Scholarship Plan To Children Of War Veterans Veterans of World War land World War II, as well as Itheir children, may be interested in learning about a schol arship plan maintained by the North Carolina Veterans Commission and known as Educational Advantages for Children of World War Veterans. This program iwas adopted after World War I and later extended to include chil dren of World War XI veterans. And, the advantages are offered .to (1) any child whose father iwas killed or died as a dire result of a service-connected disability, (2) ten children (per school year) whose fathers are suffering or who suff ered1 from 30 per cent or more service connected disability and (3) fifteen, children .(per school year) whose fathers are suffering from or suffered 100 per cent disability wheth er service connected or not. Consid ered eligible are children of such vet erans who were legal residents of North ' Carolina at the time of entry into tihe Armed Forces and veterans' children who were born in North Caro. lina and have lived here continuously since Birth. The choke of any state supported college or university is .given and the maximum offering is four academic yearSifor any one child. Unlike oth er limited scholarship plans, the State Commission provides free tui tion, room and reasonable board al lowance, and items such as matricu lation fees, special fees and the charg es required to remain in the institution and pursue the course selected. Or, as one student expressed, "It pays everything except my laundry, books and spending money." Attention is also called to the fact that nursing and medical courses are included in the State Scholarship plan. The above data is briefly outlined for information of any persons inter ested in applying for this scholarship for use during the forthcoming school year and it is suggested that contact be made with C. C. Banks, Veterans Service Officer, Hertford, North Caro lina or Mr. Stephen H. Alford, Dis trict Officer, North Carolina Vet erans Commission, 202 Kramer Build ing, Elizabeth City, North Carolina nt later .than May 30, 1953. ' WinAttendance Perquimans County Home (Demon stration Club women brought the gav el home from the 25th District Federa tion meeting in Edenton on April 8. The gavel was given on the basis of percentage of club members present at the meeting. Twelve clubs from this county were represented. During the afternoon session, Ithe Perquimans Chorus rendered special music under "jhe direction of (Mrs. J. . Yeates with Mrs. Charles John son as accompanist. They sang "O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee," "On Wings of Song", "You'll Never Walk Alone", and "The Green Cathedral." The chorus was highly complimented and praised for rendering these num bers. Mrs. M. T. Griff in of the Hopewell Club, was installed as first! Vice Chair man of .the District. Next year, she will automaticaly become chairman. Mrs.. W. E. Dail of (Durante Neck Club, was Chairman of the Courtesy Committee. She gave the county re port for, ithe commdittee. Mrs. Colon Jackson, (Mrs. Emmtt Long, Mrs. L. J. Winslow and Mrs. R. L. Spivey, Jr., served on the other committees. Dr. Guion Johnson, president of N. C. Woman's Council, spoke on "Re sponsibilities of Citizenship." Since citizenship is one of ithe phases of club work, she told the women what could be done and how they could be better citizens. She is .the author of two books and a well known speaker throughout the Eastern United States, The meeting will be held at Man tep next year. N Indians Lose To Gatesville Nine (Perquimans (High School's baseball team lost Its first game of the sea son last Tuesday afternoon at Gates ville. i Final score was 8 ito 1 In favor of the Gatesville team.. - Bobby Harrell, pitching star for the Gatesville team had a good day strik ing out some 15 Indian batters, while his teammates collected 10 hits off Vernon White, Indian hurler. Harrell gave up only three hits to the In dians. . .; ; SECOND IN SPEAKING CONTEST Bobby Smith, a Junior et Perquim ans High School, mm second place in ithe district World Peace Speaking Contest held in Becky Mount Satur day, April 11. fcipmansClulft PrizeAtMeeting Town Board Adopts Lower Rates For Power Used By Commercial Customers Perquimans Betas Attend Convention Nineteen members of the Penraiim ans High School Beta Club attended the 'State Beta Club Convention in Asheville on April 10 and 11. They traveled in private cars, one group loavine Hertford at noon on Thurs- day, one group leaving after the ball game that afternoon, and the third group leaving Greenville after the district debates. They met in Ash boro and spent Thursday night there. The next day they continued their trip to Asheville and stayed at 'she George Vanderbilt Hotel, which was convention headquarters. The moth ers spent an interesting week-end sightseeing, attending meetings, and going to the banquet. They returned home Sunday. Those going to the convention were: Mary Winslow, Suz. anne Towe, Mable Martin . Whedbee, Marshall Winslow, Kay Stanton, Mol lie Lu Yeates, Shirley Eure, 'Dorothy Jean Winslow, Nan White, Marilyn Baker, Billy Chappell, Leo Dail, Anne ,'Stallings, Clarence Chappell, Tilson .ChaDDell. Jean Butt. Bettv Davis. Hud son Fisher and Katherine Ann Ward, They were accompanied by Mrs. T. L. Jessup and Mrs. Henry Stokes, Jr. Baltimore Pastor To Preach At Methodist Church The Rev. Elgar C. Soper of Balti more, Maryland, will be the guest minister with the First Methodist Church, Hertford, for the services of the (United Evangelistic Mission next week. The guest minister is a grad uate of Duke University and of the Duke Divinity 'School. He is a mem ber of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church and is now serv ing as pastor of the St. Johns Metho dist Church in Baltimore. He has had considerable experience in similar Missions. He will do the preaching at the lo cal Methodist Church, beginning with the Sunday morning T service "and thereafter each night, Sunday through Friday at 7:30 each evening. The pastor of (the church, the Rev. A. L. Chaplin, will lead a group of visitors in a program of visitation evangelism. 'First Training Confer- ence on Monday and Tuesday nights at 6 :00 o'clock. The Mary Towe Circle and the Wesleyan (Service Guild will serve supper at the evening Confer ences. In the 1500 Methodist churches in Eastern North Carol'ma and Virginia,! that comprise the Richmond Area, more than 15,000 laymen and pastors will participate in this "walking re vival", going out in teams of two. They will visit in the homes of their communities witnessing for Christ and His Church, seeking to win them to membership in the local churches. The watchword of the preaching and the visiting is "You Need Christ Now." The public lis given a cordial invita tion Ito attend the worship services. Perquimans Seniors To Present Play The Senior Class of Percniimans High School will present a mystery comedy, "The Case of the Missing Heirs," Thursday night, April 23, m the high school auditorium. The play is about Hen people who have gathered in the wind-swept. gloomy Castle Wentz, high on a rocky ledge in the Allegheny Mountains, to hear the reading of the will of August wentz. (Suddenly, however, the heirs begin to disappear, and those left are shock ed by strange sounds and the mysteri ous phantom with burning hands who haunts the room of The old villa Inhere the heirs must stay. Those in the cast are: John Holmes. Mary Ann Harris, Nonie (Lou (Lane, Kay Stanton, Mollie lu Yeates, Mabel Martin Whedbee, Vernon White, Billy Chappell, James Griffin and Eugene uoyce. Idght and sound effects are under the direction of Carl Harrell and (Leslie Kinby. Fred Mathews is m charge of ticket sales. Marilyn Baker, publicity; GJenda Lane, make. up, and Ann Myers, promoting. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Barbee. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday Perquimans County Recorder's Court was in recess this week because of the (Spring term of Superior1 Court All cases listed on 'the Record er'i docket were set for hearing on Toes. day, April 21. Court Action Planned For Collection Of Old Tax Liens New lower rates for customers of commercial electric power, sold by the Town of Hertford, were adopted in a special meeting of the Hertford Board of Commissioners, held March 30, it was reported in the regular meeting of the Board here last Monday night. The new commercial rates, effec tive this month, to customers of the Town of Hertford, are the same rates as charged by the electric power com pany, which supplies all electric pow er consumed in this area. The new rates will reflect in the bills payable May 1. H. N. Nixon, Charles Skinner, Jr., and Billy White, representing the Hertford Fire Department, appeared before the Board, during its regular meeting, and requested the Town pur chase air pack smoke masks for use of firemen in fighting fires. Costs of the masks, plus an extra oxygen tank was reported as $227.50. The Board referred the matter back to the Fire Department, with the suggestion the equipment be purchased from fire department funds. Chas. E. Johnson, Town Attorney, reported to the Board preliminary steps are being taken to bring suit against delinquent tax payers in the event the Legislature enacts a bill in. troduced by Representative C. R. Holmes, which places a limitation of 10 years on all tax liens held by the Town of Hertford. Mr. Johnson ad vised the Board it was his under standing the bill, if enacted, will be come effective m 1955, tuius providing the Town with some 20 months' time in which to foreclose on all Ken dates prior to 1945. School Committees Reelect Principals School committees, representing Perquimans High School and the Hert ford Grammar School, met during the past week and organized for the com ing school year. 5 At the meeting of the high school committee, Silas M. (Whedbee resign ed as' an appointee of &e committee because of the fact he is a county of fice holder, and this vacancy was filled by the appointment of J. H. Towe. Edwin S. White was elected as chair man of the committee. The committee re-elected E. C. Woodard as principal of the high school for the year 1953-54. Clinton Eley iwas elected as chair man of the committee for the Hert- Iford Grammar (School at the commit- tee meeting Tuesday night, and Miss Thelma Elliott was re-elected as , principal of Ithe school for the next year. J. T. Biggers, County Superinten dent of Schools, .reported the commit tee for the Central Grammar School will hold its organizational meeting next Monday night. OebnamTo Address Annual REA Meeting W. E. Debnam, well-known radio commentator and author of the book, Weep No More My Lady, will Ibe the principal speaker at .the annual meet ing of the Albemarle Membership Cor poration to be held at the Perquim ans High School on Saturday, May 9, it was announced here today by John Costen, REA manager. Mr. Debnam has a large audience for his daily news report, and his. speech here will be highly informa tive and entertaining. Directors of the REA, headed by A. T. Lane, chairman of tthe Board, are now completing arrangements for the annaal meeting and full details will be announced within a very short Local Resident Home After Tour Leigh Winslow, Jr.. arrived here last Saturday, to spend a few days with hie father, E. L. Winslow, and his aunt, Mrs. Clyde McCaUum. He re cently returned to this country after a three months' tour of duty aboard a Navy ice-breaker in the Artie reg ion. . . . While making hydrograohic survevs for the Navy, the ship, under its own power traveled farthest north in the Artie area of any ship on record dur ing wintertime. , CLINIC CALLED OFF A pre-natal clinic, scheduled for the Perquimans Health Department last Wednesday, was called off. H was an nounced by (Dr. B. B. McGuire, doe to the fact that Dr. J. E. Jones was out of town on that date. ; li ft