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' WEEKLY VcIuijm XXI Number 43. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 12, 1954. 5 Cents Per Copy 0 :::jtri Ev;:;:;i Defendant Is Pbccd In JailToWaitTrial At April Court ' Probable cause, on a charge of mur der, was returned in Perquimans Re corder's Court last Tuesday against ' transient Negro worker, Samuel McCulley, of Memphis, Term., who was charged in a warrant drawn by Sher iff M. G. Owens of stabbing to death a fellow worker, Robert McKissfck of Cleveland, Ohio. McCulley was re turned to Jail, following the hearing, to await trial at the April term of Superior Court. . V Oscar Haynes, Negro, was held as a material witness, in the case, and Judge Chas. E. : Johnson - ordered Haynes confined to jail pending an in vestigation by Solicitor , Walter, . Ca hoon. ; ' . 1.v ' i isXyytf-'f Sheriff Melvin Owens sid that Mc Culley plunged a four-Inch knife blade into McKissick's chest just above the heart and the Negro died instantly. The slaving occurred about mid night Friday and resulted, Sheriff , Owens said, during an argument over Bertha Lee Chambless, Negro of Clearwater, Fla., who lived with the two men on a farm one mile East of Hertford on the Harvey Point road, ' .Haynes testified during the prelim! nary hearing that he-also lived in the house with McKessick and McCulley ana that on tne nignt or tne murder he had come to Hertford, later return- (lings Post of the American Legion and ,'whiteston Mrs Linwood i Winslow ing to the house prior to the trouble its Auxiliary held. Thursday night of W5nfal, 5.,.,,) swat.' "between the other two men. He said he had gone to bed and got up again -. when he heard trouble between Mc- ' Mf. Holmes spoke on the origin and Kessick and McCulley, He testified growth of the American Legion, point he saw the two fighting and later saw ing out the assistance the organiza McCulley with a knife In his hand, tion had given to' veterans, thet f ami He testified that he told McCulley he lies' and children. jHe stressed the ,:. was sorry McCulley had done what need for veterans to work together in nhe did and that McCulley replied he securing world peace - and making -was sorry, too, but that he had to do America a stronger nation. ,ri ' !., it, , -1 1 ' Holmeiv was introduced hjf Com- The Negroes, transient workers, I mander C. C. Banks of the local Post, Tiad been living in thto section about along , with other guests from Eden 10 davs. (ton, J, L.; Chestnutt and I Robert L. iieacli;;is j ; 4 The U. S. Senate convened lastf Mon day for the purpose of considering charges against Senator McCarthy. : Reports from Washington indicate the "Wisconsin Senator will be censured by ; the body, but not before longt argu ments, mainly by Senators friendly to J McCarthy, , Washington also reports ' that while the Senate convened spe cifically for the McCarthy, matter it ' may consider a number of other mat ters. However, the Senate cannot act on any problem during this session -which requires action by the House since the House is not in session. President Eisenhower filled two im port offices this week, appointing John Marshall Harlan ;of New York '.0 the Supreme Court bench and Jo seph Campbell as Comptroller' Gen eral. Harlan succeeds to the post left vacant by the death of Justice RoV ert H. Jackson, while Campbell fills the vacancy caused by the retirement of Lindsay ' Warren. Both appoint ments must be approved by the Sen ate. : 1 . Russian Mig planes in an attack upon a U. S. B-29, flying in Japanese territory j last Sunday, " damaged the U. S. plane forcing it to crash result ing in the death of one U. S- airman Ten of the crew of the B-29 were res cued after bailing ' out of the plane. Protests have been lodged with Rus sia concerning the incident, and of course, Russia .denied blame - for the situation. Washington opinion is the Incident has not caused-; further ' de terioration of U. S.-Russian relations. In a simple ' ceremony in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon Luther, Hodges be came Governor of '.' North " Carolina. Ulected Lieutenant Gdvernor in 1C"2 lir. Hodges succeeded to the Govern orship at the death of Govercr . Ham B. Umstead. The new Governor ifi 1 5 1 le t a businessman, having djal.t po 1 cf'iee'for the fir-, f 1 whn 1-1 Li 1C52. 'Nearly L .) 1 rsom, "' j may State cl -.d, p a 1 ij t!.e Kail of t'e I!oi' in T- toT.itness the" new Ccveruor -I'lOi-'icfofrice. " '-' r - 3 t Tc - J F ' 1 r rer of pc to' Lit?. (If Kcr Rubbers ; Win State Honors Lois Violet Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winslow, of Bel videre has been declared State Win ner in the 4-H Better Grooming Pro ject, Her record has been sent to Chi cago for National Competition, where two winners will be chosen, Lois Violet is the first girl in Per-' quimans i County ever to W declared a u , laent, presiding, xne devotional- was Bobby Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. ' given by 4-H Club members. They Fred Smith,: of Belvidere, has been were Wallace Baker, Clarence' Chap declared State Health Improvement pell, Jr., Annie Loue Lane, Nancy Winner. As a result he will have an expense paid trip to the National 4-H Club Congress to-Chicago: the latter part of November. Bobby was dedar-, ed State Health King m 1951. Since that time he has continuously wwked on his Health Improvement project lepn Units hti DistristOfficcr: lit Joint filing f.' ' Commander John A. Holmes of the irst -District, was guest speaker at a i joint meeting or tne wn, f aui tsjai last week at the Hertford Grammar Pratt. . 'iV.f Auxiliary President , Mrs. Helen Skinner ,. introduced Mrs. , Chestnutt, District Commltjteewoman who ; spoke : Mrs. Jame3l pozzeris of Edenton was also recognized.': - Mrs. ''Skinner gave' a report on the district meeting con ducted at; Jackson and also announced the local Legion Auxiliary has a 100 per cent membership. The-' meeting dosed , with a short talk by Dr. B. B. McGuire, District jr.-ui. rv nn nmrMn, Koinn- ', , , . , , : L.i.f?''I" concluded about carried out against tuberculosis. Strc3t0:?3tin;at FrgaingRovays For Resurfacing Hertford Street Department em ployees are now preparing the road ways of a number of streets in Hert ford which are to, be resurfaced by the State Highway Commission in the near future, it was reported this week. , Streets which are to get a new sur face are Church Street from the Per quimans River to the south edge of the' town limits, . Grubb Street from Church to - Charles " Street,, Edenton Road Street from Grubb to Dobb Street and Market Street from Church to the railroad. j- v :;vy;: '-y-" .V It has been reported work orders for these projects have been approved and State crews will, arrive here soon to complete the Jobs. The project for Market Street will be a town improve ment while - the resurfacing of. the other three streets will be done by the State inasmuch as these thorough fares 'are part of the r State farm to market 'system. ' While the projects have not been announced ' as annroved as vet ft in also reported the State crews will revS to the National Home Demonstra surface the highway ; leading from'tion Council in Washington, D. C, on Hertford toward Center Hill and Highway S7 from' Hertford to Belvi dere at about the same time they are r"urf-""ing the streets In Hertford. Cer.UPTAlTeets v , The PTA of the Perquimans County Central Grammar School will meet in 4'ie school cafeteria ITonday night, T 'ovemLer 15 at 7:30 P. M. , Mrs. Rus. v ;! riw of the .VThitrnton communi ty will be in charge of the program. The topic for the montli is "Ways of . '.". After the meeting, ihere will i hc -;e t.A t or; -3 is invited l i '. ' ' , to att: "1 c "1 Ir. i 1 AchbvQinrntOay 0 -JscrvGd Cy Ccunty 110 Club (liters Perfect Attendance Cer tificates Presented To Thirty :. On November 4th, the Home Dem onstration Clubs of Perquimans Coun. Day( with Mrs. E. J. Proctor, presi- Lane. Kay and Julian Howell. Bur- gess Club gave the county report by the use of posters. ,. -i i The program was pageant given u , iii,104fj iowf,. chriatmas, Thanksgiving, Romantic Spiritual, jazz, folk and Church music. The. narrative was written by Mrs. Fred Matthews, County Music Leader. Miss ' Clara Mason, Assistant Home Agent, was narrator for the occasion. Perfect attendance certificates were awarded to the following: Beech Springs Mrs. J. P. Chesson, Sr., Mrs, .V iV V tJ i, WY I He said that until 1954 victims or tu- rt' Jr7 A lrHe5 herculosis had very little chance of re Gaither Mrs. Colon Jackson, Mrs. Ed covery , . Harrell; Hopewell-Mrs M T. Griffin; I ..gitf, new dru(rg nave 0pen. &ZttJZiMyi of combatting the disease," urnl... T If . TO Ti iWinfall Mrs. Raymond Stanton, Mrs Bul Bagley, Mrs. Joe Hollowell; Chananoke Mrs. Wallace Bright. Mrs. L. B. Elliott, Mrs. Emmett Stallings; Dnrants Neck-Mrs. Robert Sutton, Mrs, Robert Spivey; Snow Hill-White Ha Mrs. Essie Benton, Mrs.1 Elmer Wood, Sr., Mrs. John Elmer Wood, Jr Mrs. Wally Knight, Mrs. Jack Ben ton? Bethel Mrs. E. T. Goodwtaj Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, Miss Blanche Goodwin. . Reading recognition was given to Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs, J. B. Bas night and Mrs. W. H. Lamb. ' Hostess clubs for a tea following the meeting were: Belvidere, Whiteston, Durante Neck, Chapanoke, Winfall. incloid Friday The November term of Perquimans i - l !a. V 1 s rr r Sunprlnr f!mirt. mnrh .Tiido-o O V Vim w v.un. wd " muiiiuig nui .11 1 j. j 1. 1 1 all but two criminal cases being dis (posed of at the term. The cases in which Roosevelt Sheard and Horace Reid, Negroes, are charg ed with rape, were continued until the April 1955 term of the court.' r Two cases remaining on the docket were disposed of Friday morning. Beezer Davenport, who was found guilty on a charge of reckless driv ing, noted an anneal to tha Sunremn Court after he had been sentenced to the roads far four months, the sen- tence to be suspended upon payment of court costs and the sum of $400 to William Sawyer for damages done a truck owned by Sawyer. , , :f Wayland 1 Cooper, Negro, charged with murder, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaugh ter. He was sentenced to orison for five years but the. sentence was to be suspended on th following conditions: that the def endant be of good behavior for five years and placed on probation for five years and that he pay the costs of court and the sum of $10 per year for the use "of Eula Randolph. Mrs. Griffin Named District Chairman , Mrs., M. T. Griffin. Route 2, Edenv. ton, is serving as Chairman of the 25th District -'Federation of Home ' Demonstration Clubs. She was a dele- October 81st through' November 4th A special one day meeting on civil defense was planned for Friday, No vember 6th. The delegates returned to Raleigh on November 6th by way of Charlottesville, Va. At this meet ing the leaders of the Home Demon stration Clubs all over v the country discussed plans and goals for the com ing year. '. ,:. ,.;y 'l .... - - . T .. "4 Kimsey Perrv New Polio Fund Chairman .'-. 11 '. 1 ' ; v ' - -' ' Announcement was made here Tues day t' at I 3 Ii, ey Perry, Perquim. ans Hop- i Demembration Agent, has accepted f . r-'-'. .-nt as chairman cf the County 1 .arch of Dimes Fund Comr-.:'tee, suceeedlrg Mrs. John Big rr' r ' rr ' "p,1 t''e post last week. t, v irre the cl.air it was report , t t I ,i t,t once plans for i 1 cf T'.-xra cami.a'ci Ccunty Given IIl God In Annud TD Association Drive Jarvis Ward To Serve As Chairman Of Lo-. ; cal Committee A $9,900 goal has been set for this year for the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden-Chowan Tuberculosis Associa tion. ! ''. : Individual county quotas and chair- j men were announced today by Dr. A1-! lan Bonner; president,, as follows Pasquotank, ' $5,500, Mrs. Charlotte Fearing Perquimans, $1,300, W. Jar vis Ward; Camden, $800, Mrs Vin cent Leary; and Chowan, $2,000, Mrs. J. A. Moore. - The . association plans to raise the funds through sales of Christmas Seals to be mailed later this month. Money raised by the association is used for case finding rehabilitation, research) and education. ; - Dr. Bonner said 2,992 chest X-rays were made under the program in the district last year..: The association president reviewed advances made in the fight against tu Dr. Bohner pointed to the contribu tion associations have made in find ing cases early. ,, . ' C .. '"The earlier we can find cases, the earlier, they can be cured and releas ed fronv sanitoriums," he declared. - d 1 CcntJucted Tuesday . Gevernor William B.,Umstead died last Sunday morning in a Durham hospkal, a victim of nneumonia which Overtaxed a weakened heart, He died at the . age of a 'career of 59 and at the haicfetfjje,and rge Armstrong, whf of public service during tered nleas of guilty to speeding! ' erved as Renreseritttive, s Hujh CooBerl. Columbus White anH which1 he served Congressman and U. is. benator. Fmal rites for the Governor were conducted Tuesday morning at the Trinity Methodist Church in Durham Mr. Umstead was elected Governor m 1952 and assumed tne duties or tne ; office in January of 1953, t , . Me suiier- -j . i i i, t;.iin n,.,nn.l ttiwtn miwuj ureiraire. land the heavy vobligations of his of- nee, wnicn ne carnea out aespiie ian . - . . .. ing health, provided rib opportunity for recuperation. - Mr. Umstead was the third Gov ernor to die in office, since the State began electing Governors by popular vote back in the early 1800's. John W. Ellis died in 1861 and the second was Daniel Fowle who died in 1891. Luther Hodges of Leaksville, who was elected Lt Govemer in 1952, as sumed the duties as Governor, suc- ceeding Mr. Umstead by taking the , oath of office late Tuesday after- noon School Groups Plan For Education Week American Education Week is obser ved each year early in November. This week, November 8-14 has been set aside for its observance this ' year. The schools" of Perquimans County, as has been their custom, are planning various activities for the week. -." The Perquimans County Central Grammar School will observe Ameri can Education Week by having Open House following the PTA meeting, next Monday night, November 15. : The Hertford Grammar School will observe it, following their PTA Thursday night, . November 11, with Open House. ' The high school is having homeroom programs each day, assembly on Fri day .with a special program and open house on Wednesday afternoon, No vember 10. i, Awarded Bonds As . Contest Winners The Keel Sisters, Mable, Jean and Jane, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.'L. T. Keel, of Hertford, participated in the fourth annual talent show sponsored by the Scotland Neck Lions Club, on November 4th. There were three winners out of 16 contestants. The Keel Sisters win ning second place with their song and dance act, and were 'awarded a $50 savings- bond "and a gold cup. They were accon.r . nied at the piano by Miss Peggy Haml k irmiNG CHANGED The meetirar of the Judson Memorial Eancy EoL ' 1 C ss, planned for Tues day, 1'avei. zr 9, has been changed until Th"-?ly, November, 18, at the ho-ne of I -3. C.r.ton Eley. All mem fra r 1 1 t.ni.- Pornuimans Indicns City Yellow Mets Town Board Holds Routine Meeting The Board of Commissioners for the I Town of Hertford met Monday night in regular meeting at the Municipal Building. After hearing a request for improvement of ' a. drainage ditch which runs from near King Street to the Perquimans River, the Board de cided to further investigate the matter before reaching a decision. : Mayor Darden reported to the Board extensions to sewer and water lines were being made to serve the new Highlawn development No action was taken following a discussion concerning an addition of more narking space in front of the Post Office. It appeared the Board believed the adding of the space was not m the public interest. Heavy Docket In Recorder's Court Increased activity on the part of the State Highway Patrol, in a drive to curtail highway accidents, and a week's recess resulted in a heavy doc ket in Perquimans Recorder's Court last Tuesday. A total of 26 defend ants were cited to court on charges of speeding. Entering pleas of guilty to speed ing charges and paying the costs of court were: Bennie Roig, Edgar Rig gins, R. J. Helms, Jack Lennox, D. F, Kowalezk, Chauncy Eskola, James Honberger, Stephen Elsasser. S. J. Garruto, Ruth Emery, Edward Laird. Robert Smith, Tom J. White, A. E. Orino, Howard Deihl, Willie Miller Kenneth Camnbell, Robert Canpock. I Clinton Riddick, Frank Sesti, Robert R'rrton. Dennis Daniels and Beverly Allicrood. Fines of $10 and costs were assess- ed against H. S. Klein, Thomas Galla- ! T pvy' Revells; Negroes, paid fines of $2 and costs after submitting to charg es of being drunk. I John James, Negro, was taxed with the court costs on a charge of driving i 0n the left side of a highway. He en- .r , n. , , , ... , i miss tare xvi. Biancnara suomitteo to a charge of failing to observe a stop sirni and naid the costs of court. Walter Knight was fined $25 and costs of court after submitting to a charge of reckless drivinir. j Roosevelt Davis. Neero. was taxed with the costs of court after plead- me guilty to charges of failinir to dim. ligths on his vehicle. v Henry Downing. Negro, charged with being drunk and resisting an of ficer was ordered to nay a fine of $50 and costs of court. He entered a plea of guilty. George Haggen, charged with pass ing a vehicle on an intersection, sub mitted and paid the court costs. John Chappell was found guilty on assault and destruction of personal property. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs and repais to a car owned by G. A. Ward.. BenkToPavOut Christmas Checks v1 . , Around 400 checks, amounting to approximately $25,000 will be placed in the mails next week by the Hert- ford Banking Company; the checks going to individuals who joined the bank's Christmas Savings Club lasj year, it was announced today by R. M. Riddick, president of the bank. ; The total savings through this plan were slightly less than last year, ac cording to Mr. Riddick. New savings clubs for 1955 will bei opened at the local bank immediately! New savings clubs for 1955 will be after this year's checks have been placed in the mails. The new club will run for a period of 50 weeks, Building & Loan Of fers New Stock The Hertford Building and Loan As. sociation is now selling stock shares in its 69th series of savings stock, it was reported today by Max Campbell, Secretary of the Association. - - v Individuals may purchase as 'many shares of this saving stock as desired at the rate 1 of 25 cents per share per week for a period of 350 weeks, 'at which time the stock matures at 100 dollars per share value. Interest paid on these savings shares is at a rate in exceSs of four per cent :; '- Full details concerning the purchase of savings shares in the Building and Loan may be secured from the .secre tary at the Building and.Loan office.' At Session Tuesday To Play Elizabeth Here Friday flight Contest Is Last Home Game Of Season For Local Gridders Coach Ike Perry's Perquimans foot ball team will close out its home games of the season when the Indiana play a strong Elizabeth City team on Memorial Field in Hertford Friday night. Game time is eight o'clock. The Yellow Jackets will be out to avenge the defeat they Suffered at the hands of the Indians last season, but the game promises to be one which will satisfy the fans. The Indians are expected to be in good shape for the contest and will have added strength 1 with the services of Eddie Overton. !who has been on the injured list, and Wayne White. White played for the first time last week, being out of the line up all season because of injuries. Perquimans chalked up its third vic tory of the season last Friday night, defeating Spring Hope at Nashville by a score of 7 to 6. The game origi nally was scheduled to be played at Spring Hope, but was changed to Nashville because of the condition of the playing field. All of the scoring was done in the first half with Spring Hdpe tallying in the first quarter after its fullback had 1 raced 55 yards on an off -tackle play. The extra point was blocked by Ar- nold Chapnell which proved to be the deciding factor of the game. Perquimans traveled 50 yards in two plays just before the half, for the win ning touchdown. A Paul Matthews to D. A. Carver pass play, starting at midfield, carried to the Spring Hope 10 and on the next play Paul Mat thews passed to Tommy Matthews for the touchdown. Billy Baker scored the extra point on an option play for the game-deciding marker. The only other threat by either team was in the fourth period when I Perquimans recovered a fumble en th Spring Hope 10 but Spring Hope in tercepted an Indian pass 'to stop the drive.--';. Paul and Tommy Matthews led the Indian offense play, while ' Williams, Overton and Arnold Chappell were the stawtsjin f JlvlIIl Road Commissioner emmett winsiow, commissioner of the First Highway Division, today said that 22.05 miles of road improve ments nad Deen completed by the State Highway Commission in his di vision aunng tne montn 01 ucioDer. 1 In Martin, State highway forces put down a bituminous surface treatment and graded two 16 to 18-foot wide sec ondary roads at the following loca tions: 'From US 64, 1.2 miles east of Robersonville to intersection of paved county road 1.0 mile southeast of Rob ersonville for a distance of 1.1 miles; and from intersection of paved county road 0.2 mile east of NC 171 and 0.5 mile south of Jamesville, south to in tersection of unpaved county road for 3.3 miles. A sand asphalt wearing surface was laid on an 18-foot wide secondary road in Pasquotank County from Weeks ville east and south 5.6 miles to inter section of unpaved county road. The work was done by State highway forces. In Perquimans, State highway forc es placed a sand asphalt base and ' graded an 18-foot wide secondary road from intersection of paved county road 1 1.3 miles smithwPRt nf rhtn-mnir. west to Intersection of unpaved county runu jur ci. nines, aana aspnait Dase was placed on another 18-foot wide secondary road in Perquimans from NC 37 in Belvidere north to the Gates County line near Joppa for a distance of 9.95 miles. State highway forces did the work. .' T4o r TlnW li.lr, KOXaiy L1UD iVieeiS JNext Monday JNight The regular meeting of the Hert ford Rotary Club next week will be held at the Hotel Hertford on Mon day night instead of Tuesday night, it was announced by Henry C. Sulli van, president of the club. The Ro tarians Voted to change the date of the meeting in order not to conflict with the annual banquet of the Ma sonic Lodge, which will be held Tues- ' day night at Winfall. Chowan Hijrh School To Hold Talent Show The PTA of Chowan High School , will sponsor a talent show in the high ; school auditorium, near Tyner, on Fri. ,' day night, November 19, beginning at 8 o'clock. A delightful program of varied talent has been' planned accord- ing to the committee in charge, and the public is invited to attend, .,, m&may nmm i nil October Given By