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Democratic party leaders gathered
In Chicago this week for a two-day
conference aimed at creating unity
within t..e J" 7 and mapping plans
or congressional campaigns to be
waged next year. The event also hon
ored . Adld Stevenson recently re
turned from a six months tour of the
world. Reports from the meeting
state Stevenson, the party nominee in
- last year's presidential race, emerged
the party. i ' V . " 's ' '
The United Nations voted this week
to shelve , all proposals for" seating
Bed China as a member of the or-
: gamzation aunng ivan. ine jrote
" was taken on a resolution proposed
by the United States. Following this
Action the UN elected "Madame Vijaya
Pandit president of .the UN. She is
the first woman elected to this high
office since the organization of .the
UN in 1945. ' : . - .
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A proposal for a national sales tax,
endorsed by a number of national or
ganizations, is expected to run into
-trouble if presented to Congress. Rep
resentative Heed, chairman of the
committee which will study the pro
posal is reported opposed to such a
measure. ' -
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"Stevenson, it is reported, will confer
shortly on world conditions. ; Steven--son
recently returned from a world
-tour, and is expected to advise the
. President upon conditions as he saw
ithem on his trip."
State C;reliLTts
SL7;ertDon:IVote
A call for merchants throughout the
State to give their "full and active
support"'- to the school and mental in
stitutions bond, vote on October 3 is
made by. .Ansel E. Fowler, president
f N. C. Merchants Association. .
"It is apparent that our merchants
; of' today are interested, in items oth-
... er Ijjan the. .mere rJjj&.oJt the casli reg
ister." '.'That's why we are plugging
for these bond issues, declared Fowl
er. . -He
said that the board of directors
i of the N. C. Merchants Association
went on record last week as favoring
the bond issues of-22 million dollars
for nilrliti'nnfll mental fnrilifien unH
605 million dollars for public school
improvements.
"We RhnnlH hn ARhamed of t.he eon-
. dition of our mental institutions", said
Fowler in pointing out that "improve
ment in the general welfare . of our
people can only result in a more sta
ble economy for our merchants." '
- Declaring that there ' are now ap-
proximately 70,000 retail firms in
, North Carolina, Fowler said that these
merchants can within the next few
weeks "contact in their own places of
business, with little effort, and in the
resrular course of the davit' activities
virtually every person of voting age
in North Carolina on behalf of the
bond issues."
Fowler emphasized that the 1953
school enrollment in the State is short
of its needs approximate 7,775" class
rooms. He said that the total num
ber of applications to" State mental
hospitals exceeds th actual number
of admissions by about 300 patients
1 per year. . , "
Number From Here
Attend Stock Sales !
The annual Fall State Duroc Sale
wat held at Rocky" Mount Friday,
September 11. Two-breeders, Preston
Nixon and Clarence Chappell, Jr., had
hogs consigned to the sale. Clarence
had the reserve grand champion , bred
gilt. According to Ralph Sasser, As
sistant County Agent, the sales aver-
Gilts $87.67, and Eoars $97.38: ' Farm
ers, from Perquimans County attend
ing the sale were Winston Lane, Sr.,
, Mr. Lane- and Mr. Mathews boi'-!.t
two of these Durocs back to Perquim-i
ans County. -
Clarence Chappell, Jr., Louise Chap
pell and II. I. Vard entered six dairy i
cattle in the J; or Pniry Show at
Dunn- last Safcr y. 11 e 4-H'en
brought buck f. s T r ' s and
one red r"bon. C t won
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Indians Reported To Be
In Good Condition For!
First Contest - - .
' Perquimans High? School's football
team will open its, 1953 season here
Friday night when the Indians meet
the junior varsity from Chowan Col
lege. Game time has been set for
eight o'clock. -,. :
Coach Ike Perry reported his squad
of Indians are ready for the opening
contest of the season and that prob
able starters for the game will be G.
A. Carver and Eugene White at ends.
Williams and White at tackles, Towe
and Eddie Overton at guards,' Daryl
Allen center, with John Morris How
ard Williams, Paul Mathews and
either Pierce or Marshall Winslow in
the backfield. ,
This lineup, mostly veterans from
last season, are expected to turn in
a. fine game in the opener,- and gain
valuable experience for the first con
ference 'game ; which ; will be played
here Friday night, ' September 1 25,
against Ahoskie, Class A State cham
pions of 1952.
The Indians have put in several
weeks of strenuous practice for the
opening game against Chowan, and
fans are expected to get a preview
of the possible strength of the local
team during this first contest
i. Most of the players are in fine
shape, although Howard Williams and
John Morris sustained minor injuries
in practice last week. Both boys have
returned for drills and are reported
okay, Pierce suffered an attack of
appendicitis late last week, and it is
still doubtful he will play in the game
tonight.
Ahoskie, the first conference game
for the Indians this year, won its
first contest last week by an over
whelming score, and' the game with
the Indians a week from tonight is
expected to be one of the best in the
conference this season.
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The marriage of Miss Marjorie Ma
rie Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence B. Perry of Hertford, Route
1, to Carlos Thomas Flick, Bon of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Flick of Fieldale, Va.,
took place Saturday afternoon, Au
gust 29, at 4 o'clock in the Great
Hope Baptist Church.
The Rev. L. C. Channeler, pastor of
the bride, performed the double ring
ceremony in a setting of tapers,
palms, ferns, asters, mums and glad
ioli. Mrs. Lee Phillips played the wed
ding music and accompanied - John
Long, soloist, of Severn, N. C, who
sang I Would Be True and for the
benediction "Seal Us 0 Holy Spirit"
Given, in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a street-length suit of
white linen with white accessories.
She carried a white prayer book, cov
ered with an orchid and showered
with lilies of the valley and satin
streamers .tied in love knots. ' .' .
Mrs. Ervin R. Saunders, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor, and
carried a nosegay of summer mixed
flowers. She wore a medium blue
crepe dress with black accessories.
The Rev. Carl Flick of Fort Worth,
Texas, brother of the bridegroom, was
best - man. The ushers were L. V.
High of Wilson, N. C, and Grady
Nowell of Wendell, N. C; classmates
of the bridegroom.'
The mother of the bride wore a suit
of purple crepe with black accessories
and a corsage of white carnations.
The mother of the bridegroom wore
a navy, blue crepe, dress with match
ing accessories, and a corsage of
white carnations. Mrs, George Thom
as, grandmother of the bridegroom,
wore, a dress of Navy blue crepe, with
matching accessories.
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Perauimans Growers
At Peanut Field Day
Z'.x Perquimans County Peanut Pro
ducers attended the Peanut, Field Day
at Lewi .ton on September 11. There
were T. C. Chfrrell. Warner Madre,
1'idre, J. O. Vhite and Dan Ber
ry, li.e r: am consisted, accord
ing to r "i i -t,- Assistant Coun
ty A z . i, ' Jons on new ya
rw'J II. C, 1 t .1 N. C..2; Peanut
i, peanut insects, spacing, fer
t...;ation and rciation, cultivation and
new harvestirf equipment' llr. is-
ser says the .N. C. 1 and N. C. 2 of
f ?rs new possibilities in production
&iid quality of peanuts ' produced in
, These varieties are a bunch
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PMA To Conduct
Election By Mail
John Q. Hurdle, Chairman, Per
quimans County PMA Committee, an
nounced today that the elections of
community PMA committeemen to
serve in 1954 and alternates .to at
tend the County Convention will be
held by mail.'
The ballots will be mailed to eligi
ble producers the first of October and
must be returned to the PMA office
on or before October 14, 1953.
The County Convention will be held
October 16. . Mr. Hurdle stated that
the nomination of community com
mitteemen and alternates to the Coun
ty Convention will be made by a nom
inating committee from each com
munity Friday night September 18, at
the Agricultural Building in Hertford
at 7:30 o'clock. All producers are in
vited to attend and participate in this
meetmg.
Mexico Subject Of
Rotary Propm
Some of the problems of farming
in Mexico was related to the Hertford
Rotary Club, at its weekly meeting
Tuesday evening, when Jesse Parker
Perry was the guest speaker on the
club program.
Mr. Perry, who is visiting his fath
er, J. P; Perry, is associated with the
Rockefeller Foundation doing research
on Agriculture in Mexico. '
"Mexico is a small country as com
pared to the United States," Mr. Per
ry told the Rotarians, "but it is made
up mostly of farmers since the agri
culture is the chief industry of the
nation." '
..While about nine-tenths of the pop
ulation engage in farming the ter
rain is such only about one-tenth of
the land is cultivated, thus there Is
very little production of crops for
marketing purposes, Mr. Perryi said.
Mexico, according to Mr. Perry,
might be divided into five regions
with each - section having particular
problems related to agriculture but t
the. present time a vast read building
program is underway as a means of
uniting the country, and advancing
community life and spirit.
" Cpl. R. A. Tripp, State Highway Pa
trolman, was . also a guest of the
club and he spoke briefly in making
an appeal for highway safety. He
pointed out the number of fatal acci
dents this year is already greater
than in 1952, and urged the public
to observe all safety regulations as a
means of cutting down fatal acci
dents. The Rotarians voted to observe its
annual Rural-Urban night on Novem
ber 3, and C. R. Holmes, president of
the club, named D. S. Darden, A. W.
Hefren and C. P. Morris as a com
mittee on arrangements for this event.
State Peanut Crop
SmL'lsstfo Years
i The smallest acreage of peanuts for
picking and threshing in 30 years and
the smallest production in 20 years is
in prospect Condition of the growing
crop declined somewhat during Aug
ust and the current September 1 yield
prospect is placed at 1,250 pounds per
acre. This is 60 pounds below a month
earlier and 300 pounds below the 1952
average yield per acre, but is still
above the 1,106-pound 1942-51 average
yield. -
The 1953 acreage for picking and
threshing has been placed at 185,000
t or 8 per cent below 1952 and 22 per
cent below the 237,000 acres harvested
in 1951. Acreage allotment reductions
are primarily responsible for the
smaller 1953 acreage for picking and
threshing. Total production Is placed
at 231,250,000 pounds for 1953,. only
74 per cent of the 311,550,000 pounds
produced last year.
, Drouth conditions have been less
severe this summer in the important
peanut producing areas than in some
other areas of the State, but peanut
areas have experienced enough drouth
conditions to prevent full development
of a crop which looked good early in
the season. . '
Jryeccs Contribute ,
To Operation Warmth
Hertford's Junior Chamber of Commerce-made
a contribution of $45 -to
"Operation Warmth," . conducted re
cently td aid unfortunate, Greek vic
tims of recent earthquakes in Greece,
it was reported by Henry C. Stokes,
Jr., r t of the local Jaycees.
. 1 j se of operation , warmth
J' t blankets for the needy
i . "ouh the generosity of
i manufacturer, sponsors
. t were able to purchase
for three dollars. . 1 ,
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Nine Cases Heard By
Recorder's Judge v
At Session Tuesday u.
A verdict of probable cause was re
turned by Recorder Judge Chas. E.
Johnson in a closed hearing conducted
here last Tuesday morning for Horace
Reed and Roosevelt Sheard, Negroes,
charged with raping Alease Smith,
27 year old Negro woman of Eliza
beth City. The two men were bound
over for action by the Perquimans Su
perior Court
Judge Johnson cleared the court
room of spectators following a motion
made by W. H. Oakey, Jr., attorney
for Sheard.
According to testimony given dur
ing the hearing by the prosecuting
witness, Alease Smith, the two men
seized her as she sat in a car park
ed at Perquimans Beach on the night
of August 23. She testified the men
carried her into a woods and both
of them assaulted her, then tied her
to a tree. After freeing herself she
wandered around in the woods until
daylight, and then found her way out
of ; the woods. The Smith woman
stated the men blindfolded her but she
recognized their voices and reported
the men to Sheriff M. G. Owens
through recognization of the voices.
The pair was also charged with tak
ing a watch and $5 belonging to the
woman. Both defendants denied the
charges but no defense was present
ed during the preliminary hearing. ,
Other cases disposed of during the
Tuesday session of court included
those of Earnie Benles and Walter
Kessler, each of whom paid the costs
of court after submitting to charges
of speeding. A fine of $10 and costs
were paid by Bernue Halpern who en
tered a plea of guilty to a charge of
speeding.
uth Phillips, Negro, failed to ap
pj ir to answer charges of being
di ink and disorderly. ; A $25 cash
be id, posted by the defendant was or
dered forfeited. - . ,.
I Costs of court were taxed against
James White, Negro, on charges of
dffWlTg on the left side of a highway.
TJlarence Riddick, Negro, was fined
$2 and costs of court after pleading
guilty to charges of being drunk on
a highway.
Cora Smith, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of driving with
out a valid license. She was ordered
to pay the costs of court.
Charles Johnkins", Negro, submitted
to a charge of driving with an im-'
proper muffler and paid the costs of
court
Prayer for judgment was continued
in the case of Jesse Morgan, charged
with non-support, upon the condition
he pay the sum of $5 per week for
each of his children residing with
Ethel Morgan. .
Lane Rites Held
Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Rebecca Louise Lane, 82, died
at her home near Winfall Friday at
1:30 P. M., after a long illness.
She was a daughter of William and
Josephine Lane and wife of the late
Albert Lane. She was a member of
the Mount Sinai Baptist Church.
, Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth White of Winfall; a son,
George Lane, of Norfolk, Va.; three
sisters, Mrs. Matt Fitchett of Eliza
beth City, Mrs. Elizabeth Madre and
Mrs. Maggie Powers, of Portsmouth,
Va.; a brother, John Lane of Jack
sonville, Fla; a grandchild and 11
great-grandchildren.
The body was taken from the Lynch
Funeral Home here to Mount Sinai
Baptist Church for funeral services
Sunday at 2 P. M., conducted by the
Rev. Bennie Crawford, pastor. Burial
was in the family cemetery near Win
fall. Meeting To Reveal
1954 PMA Program
The 1954 Agricultural Conservation
Program will be announced Wednes
day night, September 23, 1953, at a
county? wide meeting held at the Ag
ricultural Building in Hertford at 8:00
o'clock stated John Q. Hurdle, Chair
man, Perquimans County PMA Com
mittee... .
The program will open. January 1,
1954, although requests for assistance
to carry out soil and water conserva
tion practices needed on their farms
will be made by farmers at a com
munity meeting held in each commun
ity prior to October 15. "
Mr. Hurdle reports that many
changes have been made in the Agri
cultural Conservation Program and it
is important that producers attend
this meeting in order to get a full un
derstanding of the program. , Anyone
other than a producer interested in
the AC Program is invited to attend.
Town- Ooard Hrrjasts CoGpration In
Heaping Local Streets Free Of Trash
Central PTA Meets
Next Monday Night
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans County Central Gram
mar School will hold its first meet
ing of the year Monday night, Sep
tember 21, at 8 o'clock in the school
cafeteria. The subject for the month
is "Back To School For Parents". Mrs.
Philip Perry of the Woodville com
munity will conduct the devotional.
There will also be special music.
The membership drive will be
launched at this meeting and a re
ception will be held at the conclusion
of the meeting. AH parents and in
terested patrons of the school are ur
ged to attend.
Hertford PTA Hears
TalkByRev.VAilf
The Hertford Grammar School PTA
held its first meeting on Thursday
night, September 10. W. F. Ainsley,
president, presided. The minutes of
the last meeting were read and ap
proved. The president's message was
read by Mrs. Lois Howell, secretary.
Mrs. Jack Brinn was elected treas
urer for the new year.
J. T. Biggers gave a talk on the
bond issue for schools. Miss Thelma
Elliott thanked the PTA for balls giv
en the school after which she intro
duced a new teacher, Miss Louise
Chalk. Mrs. H. C. Sullivan gave the
devotional. The Rev. Charles Wulf
gave an , interesting talk on "Moral
and Spiritual Education in the Home,
School and Community." Mrs. Eldon
Winslow's grade won the cup for at
tendance. Door prizes were won by
Mrs. T. P. Byrum and W. M. Pugh.
State Fair Marks
100th Anniversary
Agricultural annual "shW "win
dow," the N. C. State Fair, will start
a new century of service as an edu
cational and inspirational institution
when the 1953 exposition is held in
Raleigh October 20-24.
Robert W. Shoffner, assistant di
rector of the State College Agricul
tural Extension Service who serves as
No. 1 aide to Dr. J. S. Dorton, State
'Fair Manager, says the goal this year
is to have "all 100 counties of the
State represented with educational ex
hibits on the 100th anniversary of the
State Fair". He predicts the goal will
be reached through stimulated effort
on the part of the county farm and
home agents and other agricultural
leaders.
"Last year," said Shoffner, "we had
1,169 individual and group exhibitors
from 85 counties. Of the 'missing
counties', eight had exhibits in the
1951 Fair. This means that only sev
en of North Carolina's 100 counties
have not been represented during the
past two . years. These are: Dare,
McDowell, Pamlico, Polk, Richmond,
Transsylvania and Washington."
The Extension administrator and
fair leader said copies of the 1953
State Fair catalog and premium list
have been distributed to all previous
exhibitors and to other agricultural
leaders. He urged that other prospec
tive exhibitors write immediately to
the Manager, State Fair, P. O. Box
1388, Raleigh for their free copy of
the publication.
The first State Fair was held in
Raleigh October 18-21, 1853 under the
sponsorship of the old N. C. Agricul
tural Society. The site was a 16-acre
tract now familiar to travelers ; on
U. S. Highway 64-E through a histor
ical marker on Raleigh's New Bern
Avenue, 10 blocks east of the Capi
tol. The Fair has been a division of the
N. C. Department of Agriculture since
1937 and the present fairgrounds cov
er 288 acres along U. S. Highway No.
1, five miles west of the State Capi
tol. County Board To Hold
Special Meeting Friday
The Board of Commissioners for
Perquimans County will meet in spec
ial session in the Court House Friday
morning, September 18, beginning at
10 o'clock. The purpose of the meet
ing will be receiving of bids for the
construction of a new county health
center, and other matters brought be
fore, the Board. '
Bids for the health center, which
is to be constructed on a site at the
corner of Dobb and Charles Streets,
will be opened at 11 A. M., with rep
resentatives of the State Medical Com
mission and Architect William Moore
Weber, acting with the local Commis
sioners in comparing the bids. .
Mayor Gives Report On
Street Projects;
Funds Received
Hertford's Town Board met here in
regular session last Monday night and
went on record requesting public co
operation for keeping the streets of A
the town free of trash over week
ends. Mayor V. N. Darden reported to the
Board trash collection schedules are
operated on Friday and Saturday
mornings but that some residents
place trash on the streets after the
collection truck has completed its
rounds; thus this trash remains on
the streets until the following week.
To keep the streets clean of debris
over week-ends public notices are be
ing distributed by town employees
asking each resident to place his trash
at the curb not later than Thursday
evening in order that the truck may
collect it on schedule.
It was the opinion of the Board
that failure on the part of the public
to cooperate with this problem will
lead to an ordinance making it a vio
lation to place trash on the streets
between Thursday evening and Mon
day morning.
However, the Board is hopeful the
public will cooperate in this propos
al to help keep Hertford streets clean
as possible, especially during week
ends. Mayor Darden also gave the Board
a report on progress of a number of
street projects, and stated town em
ployees will start building new side
walks on Church Street late this
week or the first part of next week.
State crews have almost completed
their work on Church Street, between
Grubb and Market Streets, with the
exception of resurfacing the highway.
This is expected to be done at a later
date.
Posts and lights for the new white-,
way in the business district are on
order but delivery has been delayed
and installation of the white-way will
be made upon arrival of the materials.
The Town also received this week
funds in the amount of $6,001, under
the terms of the Powell Bill, for use
in maintaining street projects.
Perquimans School
Officials To Head
Athletic Conference
Principal E. C. Woodard and Coach
Ike Perry, of Perquimans High
School will serve as president and
secretary, respectively, of the Albe
marle Athletic Conference during the
year 1953-54. The local school offi
cials were elected to head up the ath
letic conference at a meeting held last
week at Plymouth,
Following the election of officers
for the new year, and a discussion of
the coming football season, the group
set a date for the next meeting of the
conference officials. The meeting will
be held at Tarboro on December 2, and
will in addition to selecting an all
conference football team, discuss a
rearrangement of football schedules
to equalize the number of home games
conference members will have each
year.
President Woodard has been named
to work out recommendations for the
1954 conference football schedule and
to make a report at the December
meeting.
Scotland Neck High School, a form
er member of the conference, was in
vited to rejoin the conference in" order
to make the athletic set-up an eight
team affair. -
HDC Meetings Planned
By County Home Agent
Miss Pauline Gordan, House Furn
ishings Specialist from State College,
in Raleigh, will be in Hertford at the
Agricultural Building on Friday, Sep
tember 25, to hold a Special Interest
Meeting on "New Trends In Draper
ies". . She will discuss . the selection
and the making also. The meeting
will begin at 2:30 in the afternoon.
All Home Demonstration members are
urged to attend, and anyone else who
is interested,, announced Miss Kimsey
Perry, Home Agent . - i ' i
Miss Corinne Grimsley, Family Life
Specialist, will hold a training school
for Family Life Leaders of the Home
Demonstration Clubs on Wednesday
afternoon, September 23, at 2:30 in
the Agricultural Building, according
to Miss Kimsey Perry, Home Agent
bach family life leader is invited to
attend and bring another club mem
ber with her. Miss Perry urges the
familv lifn lpnHprs tn fair A aHvnntamt
of this meeting. -
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Porter of Sa-
vannan, ua., announce tne Dirtn or a
daughter, Ann Marie, on September
11. Mrs. Porter is the former Miss
Dixie Chappell of Belvidere. '