c . Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 31r 1954.
5 Cents Per (Jony
t - -
X ...., .
' '-nsivu morfadng-of Aum
of Hertford streets expected
..et .underway -here, within- tty:
xt week or ten days, according to i
IJayojf .,V.K . Darden. The wor
will be done -by; crews of the State
Highly Commission-; for this Di
vision. ' ." .' . ) v
;: A wording: to unofficial source
the projects- will include resurfaq
Ingf of Church Street from .the Per
ouimans River to the southern-town
limits; Ejlepten. Road Street, froni
Grubb Street to Dobb' Street, Grubb
-Street from Church .to . the town
; limits. Thee) three -projects wlH
. bfr'part . oL the State p rogram cny
. rjed out - Under improvement to
-, form-fa' market toads, and 'whlti
i . the , eouiphient . and jrewg are here
the, Torn of Hertford is planning
J- to haw Market Street from Church
: to-EdentOn Road Street, resurface.
. Tfbis Jast .wojct .will be, handleH.
4 Employees -of Hhe TowV Street
jeparimem rjnye'iinisnea- prepai
tjtona on tftese sfreet getting thehj
reaay or, per spate ere,ws. -.man
hole covers have! been raised' to a-
l&v-fer the .nent jurfac level, and
"QtnVse'W lines- hare 'bent fixejd
dr relocated, so ts not 'to Interfere
. ith stre'et .. maintenance following
completion , of the resurfacing pro
jects.' J j .
; With the completion of' thes
. . projects, the streets, of the I'pVtrn
flf Hertford'unll hp, n -M-11nt nn-
dition, and it is expected only mj
nor maintenance will be needed ft
several years' to' come. V- -v ' )
. Recently Charley Street and
'Pennsylvania Avenue were; pav
:: atC; Woodland. Circle was:. suf
" faced and these projeets'were paft
of lh major street-work included
in the town program for the pait
year. .. I
r:-iVn-rM--l
Dipt In CGUn9
1 ' - i
?. By Ik A, MeGOOGAN ' , )
i .Twenty eight Conservation plaAi
frefe ' prepared- -with . Perquimans
County ::faxMefs : during' the : yefir
" Ending December 51, 1954., This
; inakes a total of 699 ConseriStiijn
$ln that -have been" prepared In
the county. . t I . ,1
During 1964 Perquimans .County
. fai-mers cooperating l with the A
: . bemarlei Soil Conservation District,
- seeded 335 acres of permanent pasV
tur and improved the' drainage bit
, A'vv huDi.vl laitu itftiiu,.;
group drainage 'projects were com
pleted this yeari ' ,
J Farmers cooperating, with . the
District Set ; out. 14,000 bicolor
; plants, 4,000 multi-flora rose plants
-i- seed for wildlife area improvement.
These plants and seed were furti
' lshed by the ft C. Wildlife Re-
sources Commission. -n- .
" The Perquimans County Super--,
'Visors of the Albemarle Soil Con-
sepvation District sponsored a'.CpP-
eervation Poster Contest In the 5th,
6th and 7th grades of the Central
; O.-ammar School and tlie Hertford
j Grammar School. This eontest was
hold in March, 1954, tnd 161 sttr--.
dents took parj in 4he contest.!
V-r.ty Board To
1 est Next Monday '
The Board of Commissioners for
.-llmans" County 'will hold it
u'ar January- -meeting : In
urt . House next - Monday, Jnu-
3, beginning at 10 A. M.k Pelr.
i desiring t appear before te
1 on, matters e-business afe
1 as' t6 the time- and plae
ng.
. - frwrmr-'VVsj
MOfHlElt DIES ,r '
; and. Urs. E, . Woodard"
rJ.led to Pfinceton, rT.,Cv
eek.'hy.. the death of Mrs.
i's. mother ' J.trs.' . N. ' R,
. who; died ;early'i Monday
December 20.( , ,
-. i. !e.y I'.. .)'
J AUXILIARY MEStS
er'ori C. . or of the:
Lejpon A,' Hiary
'''.y nii,' t,- January If,
. C r er. i -
ifcS'-To Get
vay Shortly
lertry Recalls,
After Holidays
The Perquimans County Library
opened on Tuesday morning, De
cember 28, after being closed sev
eral days for the Christmas holi
days with a number of new books
ready- for . circulation. . Outstand
ing' am'ong these are "The .Ladies
Home Journal . Book i of Interior
Decoration", the . most? c'ompreheft-
sjve book in his field' .that .the
brary has yet had." Pearl Buck's
biography, ."My Several WprldsT,
I another which will be nopnlar.
Of interest to many of the older
readers Is a collection of. stories
and articles which appeared in the
'YuthV Companion" during the
100 years in which it was publish
ed from 1827 to 1927. -
I Kow novels are: Blue UurrieaWe
1v Van Wyck Mason, No Tears r
Christmas by Helen- Topping" MH1
ler, Beggers in the Sun by Boles,
and Home On the Bear's Domain
by Martha Martin. ' '
: Non-fiction for younper peonle
arei Princfples of Canoeing, Fights
Ing Indians of the West, The Amer
ican Indian and Hobbycraft for Ftv
eryone; fiction for young people in
clude a football story, End Zone,
and a - fishing story,. .Fisherman's
Luek. " r
Tndian Catrers To
Resume Play Jan. 4
i The arirls'. and boys' basketball
teams of Perquimans High School
'111 resume their pchedulc of games
ou,Tuqsday. 'January 4; when they
travel Plymouth for the opening
round -of the AHjemfsrle'Conferenee
.'" The Indians and Sqqaws gained
rnluahla playuttr experience in- saw
eral pre-season gamps prior to the
holidays and Coach Ike Perry,' is
expecting the local teams to be -in
ton shape for the conference copv
petition. .. 't
On Friday higiit JdnUarv 7, tfi
Indians and Sqtiaws will play the
Wjlliamston- Green, Wove teams on
the local court
Kolmes To Leave ' '
For Legislature - ;
i Representative C. R. Hol.rn.ep illl
leave, next week to represent Per
quimans County in the 1955 Legts
lature which is to convene in Ra
leigh. Tills will mark the third
session for Mr. Holmes as Per
quimans Representative to the Gen
eral Assembly. He served at the
sessions of 1951 and 1953.. .
;. Many major items are, expected
to be given consideration by the
coming Legislature including road
Improvements, schools, and financ
ing of the ever-growing State bud
get. ,
Cboley Ready
New HigHPrice Sttrt Bill
By HABkY S. DENT
: (Washington Correspondent); .'
Washington The incoming
chairman of the House Agriculture
Committee announced last week hi
will introduce a bill in the 84th
Sl1'?--'-?! -1. ITtvl
same time, however, he ruled out
any increase in the .1955 cotton
acreage allotments. .
, Congressman Harold... Cooley of
North Carolina, the Senior Demo
crat on the Agriculture CommitWe,
said his! proposal would make the
Commodity Credit,. Corporation
hold" its cotton off the market un
til the new crop starts coming jn
next August In explaining his
till, the veteran legislator said: '
; "The CCC now . unloads cotton
earlier in the year, and depresses
the market just at the , time the
farmers are bringing their own cot
ton out of the government loan
program;" My amendment .would
Stop 'that . practice 'The - -mill
fwouid have to buy the farmers' cot
fon. ffinf. fha mwrntMenf a 'f .-irw ru
Speaking .of. the present, quo tag,
Tax- lis"tejs,v,if-,'eqqimajjs.
bounty - win stat ext vweeic ine
task" of .Il8Ura'trp5?rty for
1955 taxation, it was' announced to
day by 'JuHanXPoweJl,' -County
Tax SttperyjsQK-; ' v
, County :tax listers ffor thei vari-ou-r
tjwnaKJpsl'irt 'JulKn I-opg,
Bethel) ..Percy &gerQn. Hertford;
Mrs.! rMsi-Lorletlr Mrs,
T;. C. Perri, Belvidslre.'.'and J, A.
Sutton. New Hone J . S v-' "
' The tax isters wjljiawy out the
duties of their offtce undet instrQc. i
County; CommisIohej in. i ' special i
meeting niq perw onywecemoer w.--'
The" . ta?v-t1is!Wa ob'-lwjll run
through tnt wontft oi Januflrv ana
all property Isjwxeri 4uatJIfr theJr
proMrtw irior .Wjwuary l',.6th:
f eiVisc the4 i? 4 Pnaltt' t)f One doV
'lar for thaiili3t5i. - -
.odr
fiM?.
ut
' ThVr
JlSWlg WMIM JW lllU W W-nW
yT! j 7 .
ill 1.- I ft mimmm
pubKshe nfietfiand property lYIlIllOIlS
onere SraWli.rly ,!!!..' C t : T
t ' f rV , i WW ),lsiyear: pocia! .sourity.' H "'effect,
' vqmwn-tpraKg tne proer -
v'ifst:W worftiM will also take JT1 -' ' 1 T. V. .. ,C ' "I soliciting--thw rural nreas. -py
svorirswni ai3Q witei jfor.more than 20 tears of mush met nwonie or profit, Jf. these net ...
a' farm teasi); - Wrjhir jftTrfed
to ' peetrarr ! dr fd. to ,
assijtf'lLstlj-kjrgoin gir taWng ,of
0i4 nsusji f.w;V, .'-Tx'.,-
ftp
PrectsKtcliil
jmmm.
? Pent-rseai.iiHart-- favor
able 'for increased sale pf. 'United
States "farm' prodH jrbrbad. "
.lAiihScrcqsei $P s-'muchaa .10
jt it :aiV. eiivo f wm,- pro:
dutts-io' other? ejutriaa during the
United Sftfea D1 enatmeit f . Agri
eulturelDu-A.wcedijigyea)'
exports; of Woduela.. mpro-ed
4 per eiit !o thje low ost-war
level of 'Wii-IS.1 -t " ' ,
ifeifttR'jpi5e-alP'tlie...
feasVln'iJ-rm-en
the-lon fttlj vofiime'OI fxpoits will
traitiye
4nd- un
meet v eVattlni. 'huyei..."lrefe'rence8
foreign inJetfiigv -. A-'product s
lected" to meet demand herr is not
necessarnyrtfirredtype; by
forelirn standards'.
Through s4rvce'of. ei5rting
on forelM -mirR4ts: &nd' with the
help1 of United States ajrricultural
attaches stktfonad In 40 foreitm
countries, be "Foreign Agricultural
SeMee is prepared to hlp private
tisdirA- raeet ,the .JfeAiliremeAts . of
prospective overseas customers, ac
cording' to, pSDv'- -f - -1 ;
To Introduce
(enough AColtorf ttbiut "10' million
bales io vftetLfUie; "ydemesic . de
mand, in 19CK ""and exports could
room front fh 8millin bale-carty-
over. He ppliited out an Increase
in ine quowa 'wouia jower ine
price" 1 J V", ' rr" "" '
The ; CongVesntan y'eteruted hie
intention o hpyjng hearings earjy
next year, ini a bjlltving the
orice BuoDOik erorram." t -90 wr
cent of $rlt the baslp crops.
He said be Jn!i talked to. Senators
Richard. Eussell'i of ''Giotgia apd
Ollrt-Johmtfiir. i ooiUfodCarolin&
ana" Conirressmen, " Sintr Bayburh
nd W. 8. tPtiie, hoth f Txi(4,
and hey al) fvo? aotloji,- ','
'.'What hale) we! gt ta lose T".he
asked. ""WWe ' got.' the- votes to
pass If VTinHunerr'h;.!n the
Senate, He 4eti4 'it t President
Elsenh.9Ktr jtoOeJPes..'e
will at'-leairt ?,hv4 eouijted noses
and ;mad .oiirj snd. . V.
,- Cooleywjllybicome.Nihtirmanvttf
the eomtnlttee Wheiv theemocrttts
tate-control. fri Jaturyi ';He has
headdthe cammitto. .i.,tbe .past
'undoiJJeiagjjrycJylej
-Aw
last hall 6iii!j&4 'amntne-wrstiiBii
Foreitn Ariuitui-r,Sennce of the
r4"
Jrifeft Bi ptpftotftf-frfered
otfVhi atipnts .alilltty ,to
T M mnd
tht best ,f
Come n Jn, 1955 and
bring to all Our friends
whole tilendar foil of
happy days, good health
and good fortune. .
THE PUBLISHERS
ii Yiyirmri,r"rm iif"
) Social S e;c ur
'Hfci. -iM.rl.nn f.nn t,ill - i.rf -
,haestinjr ft stofre nev mp nexf
lt : . .
rooming growth, the federal sys -
tern for retirement or death bene -
!f . : howlltr fl,. o...
OA the farm. Fluctuating, hard-to-i"
fjgure incomes, a tendency toward;
scan bookkeeping, ' and shiftincp''H depend on his reported income,
workers bresented .: soecial nrob-iHe ..pays a. special social security
lems considered too tough to tackle.;
' Now, officials believe, these incpme, up to $1,200 a year. His
prohlems have been ironed out, Thejbcnefits will.be based on his aver
new social security law extends aSe income over the period he is
coverage to an estimated 3.600J.000 1 covered. Tim higher the income,
farm operators, neonle farnjing I the bigger the benefits. ,
foi1 themselves1, ond to about 2.100,. Under the old law. farm lnbor-
000 farm laborers meoDle d0inc:crs- we: e , covered if they were
farm work for others. i
In the past, only about 700.000
farm laborers have been covered:
. w.v , uuvu, iin.
oot. of a working farm population
01 -. rouKniy seven million win pei
rrovewi. '
. Those who are covered, and their
employers, will make regtilor pay-
ments W the Old Aire and Rnrviv
JorS. Insurance system (OAS1).- In
Letufn
flt,
they can get monthly bone-
hen they retire at acre -6R:
or "If ' thev die
before, their sur -
.1, ....
"ivors can set monthly benefit
Thos ' benef'ts ranire from S80
monthly for an individual up to
teOQ.monthly for a family.
Here are the rulesS
'.'bf-the past, farm operators he.vclrom one employer and S75 from
not ..been covered at all. Starting!
January i, tvw, they are covered
If they make as much as StOO (;ro -
. .
ui year. ,'. . ;
; V Special Returns . isend in their returns on the work-!1"8 tlmt a,dei1 ln increasing our
1 They. Will be required to moke"er. income was tiie N. C. 2 peanut that
a .special social 1 security tax re-j The emulover's report must fn-ir,ve verJ' good results-In Weight
turn when they file thejr regularidude each worker's mime wages!an) bas produced to the acre,
income tax return. Thus, the first 'paid him and social security num- 'Tni t1lc second year thi3 peanut
return will be due eorlr Jn 1956. ber. A farm operator also must In-' bas been T'a,1ted and it is catch-
: The farm operators get a spe-1 elude his social security number "1 fa.rme?, attention e' en
cial privilege. If their total income
for the year is below $1,800, they
don't have to figure tin ir net in-1
come, or ; actual prof't. Ihev can
just report their gross income.
If
MasonsTolnstail
Hew Officers At
Keeling Next Week
Officers
elected earlier
this
month " to head the Perquimans
Lodge, No. 106, A. F A. M.. for
the year 1955 will be installed at
services to, be conducted in . the
lodge, rooms Tuesday, January .4,
it was announced today. -
; The elective officers to be install
ed will be Charles F. 'Murray, Mas
ter; Elijah White, Senior Warden;
John H. Decker, Junior Warden; W.
J. Kanoy, Treasurer; C. C, Wins
low, Secretary. 1
'Appointive officers of the lodge,
chosen by the Master-elect, will al
so be-installed during these . SWT
vieps. ' ' ' ' '
. AQ. members of the lodge are
urged to attend the installation ser
vices, and visiting Masons are wel
come." ' i j
' " Iet not him who prays, suffer
his tongue to' outstrip his . heart;
nor presume to carry a message to
the, throne of , grace, while that
stays behind. . - Souft. '
all, w wt$h
everythixf!
"wVvVVVyVSrJvvnrvvAvaiAar
1
Farms To Get
i ty
.lW ,l
income,
they, can. tvport that.
Jn other,
jiwHstlw ehoico U up to.tliem.
: th farm onomtor w,
' earnings are less than MM), be has
! another choice. He e;m .renort Wa:
iactll.il pamiinrs. or SftOn wliichpv.r
chooses.
,B.th bis taxes, and bus benefits;
tax f .3 per cent of his reported
"regularly" hired by one emplover
and received cash wages of $50 or
more .from that employer in a
- --. . - -
I J ne aeiinitions were complex and
i i"rjuutr k miigi
to netormme a worker
j ws covered. ; . i post-plant application. Because of
Under the new law, the s;nmllt,,e fact that a pound of nitrogen
test is that the worker. t( be eov
ercd must be paid $100 by a sinsrle
employer in a calendar year. Thel'0"11, the ony Jul!?"nn about an-j
emplover must deduct 2 nor Cent I hydrous ammonia . was the differ-1
! of these wnges when they ari paid.
.' . i . i i .. .....
.... ........ ,11..., uir wuiu,
and add another 2 per cent of his
own. .. , I hp employer turns all. this
over to the government, Tlie work;
er himself has no returns to make.
If. a worked eanis $75 -a'' rear.
another, he is not. covered. If h
1 . . 'i
earns fioU from one employer and;";1"' J'"uu Vu m "me appireii .
1 $150 from another, both employers i ty seven years. .
niusi maiie. tneir aeuurtionit . and
in his own return..
: Like others under tlie system,
farmers must have at least 18
I months coverage to become elicri -
' ble for benefits.
Hertford Stores
Open January 1st
-A feajwity of .-Hertford stores
and business houses will be open
all day Saturday, January 1, and
will observe the New Yearns holiday
on Monday, January 3, It was re-
ported. here this week, The Hcrt-
ford Pos.t Otfico will bo closed all
day but -mail will be received ond
dispatched on a nolMuy schedule.
Notary Club To
Meet Tuesday Niffht
Hertford Rotiiry Club vi'I meet
Tuesday night at tiie Hertfoid Ho
tel; marking the- first meeting of
the -year during .which Rotarv In
ternational will observe its 60th an.
niversary. Henry & Sullivan, presi
dent of the. club,-urges all mem
bers to attend.
School Holidays To
Terminate Monday
Perquimans County Schools will
resume regular class schedule next
Monday morning following the us
ual Christnius holidavs. it was an
nounced today by J. X- Biggers, Su
perintendent of Schools. t :
Miss Kimsey Perry
To Direct Annual
Msrch Of Dimes
. Miss Kimsey Perry, Perquimans
County Home Agent, will direct the
annual March of Dimes drive, to
get underway here about th mid
dle of January, it wai: repcrted to-d-iv.
Miss Perry accepted ehuirman
hlp of the campaign last Novcm
lier following the resignation of
Mrs. John Bifrger.v She is now
making plans for the campaign anil
iinnouncement of tli"s nlons will
be made in the next weV or t,,-o.
The new chairman of the drive
has been assisting in the March of
Dimes drive for several nw, and
she is expected to call uwii a lurge
ffroup of reoidents to h)n mnk thv
19no cnmii!n a comiilet smcce-!.
As has been the custom ln the
past, no auota is enected for the
countv but. the public is? urged to
contribute generously to this causey
with funds collected going to help
fight the. battle against Infantile
Paralysis'.
The Pe'rouimni'S drive exnecU
ed. to follow
y:ir with a
tne pattern of pat
hoie to house can-.:
vnss beinz .'conducted throne-houfixp, j
h.
wu.i.y ny volunteer solicitor
"- Hertford and members- of ,the
. " . . . y
, ft .'.
j; ; , "a
" ,l u ul n,nl. '
. Bayard Taylor.
t ; r-vmmttm,
Farm Progress In Goiinty
Reviewed By
B. M. THOMPSOV.
County Agent
. ""i
Terquimans. County farmers have
taken very good advantage of the
i work turned out by the North Car-
pi ma T'.xnenment Station.-' -'In 1954
----- -
'uo w -n men Annyarous Ammonia,
, unn oa
uaeoja., jayuant-ana some ju
in one form will do the same work
ai- a pound of nitrogen in another
. . .
jenfe in cost .and--ease in aoplyin?;
I null in flATtn.l AnlU.'An' .1..'.L
j.i . .
I and m the final condition in which
me uinu is leu, uy using, anny-1
arous ammonia the cost of 4he nr.
trogen was reduced between onuthut will return en'ouglr money so
third and one-fourth, as compared -that" farming can be earrfedj-on.-to
the standard method'and the .' There wure 9 -acvesltit fieM peD-
soil condition eouM. b ..corrected
...ixi. i Ann !.:- . .- i, i . t
.'"" i"" "' jimu-
(fuster than the hybrid corn that
1 a?V Pleased several years ago,
.h,ch '"'reased our average State
; yiel ot corn from. 15 bushels to
1 XI. A - L.ii 11 fin , 111 . , ui .
1 wre lu uBiMT. man. ou uusneis
uer acre.
-,
I rfcxA nwaaaaauiaMaaaaa ,-wJruV(1
State Making
Deveiopmeht Pfogrfess
BY i'ADE LUCAS said C&D Director Ben E. Doug
In tlie conservation and develop-;-ls. "We still have much to do in
ment of Its natural resources, . order to boost the per capita in
North Carolina is making, notable! come of our citizens." v "!
progress. 'Efforts being made to
promote wiser and more profitable
use of these resources are paving
dividends, a Department of Con -
senation and Development sur-eyjthe state some of the most respect- .Perquimans Countv hold their an.
shows.. led names in industry. Before nu' -"-H Achievement Dav Xovetn-
Considerable progress is being World War II" tills Industry was ber 13. 1954. The officers for the
made in bringing about a 'better practically . nonexistent ill' iNTorthicomi'1'? vear were installed bv Kim
balanco between agriculture and in-1 Carolina. Now there are 40 sueh'e,v Perry, home a mint. These of-
dustry. . More payrolls of a year
uroumi nature are being provided
through the industrial expansion
program that is, receiving so much
attention during the present State
administration...
.Long known for its. leadership in
various types .of industry,: North
Carolina is gaining recognition as
a state, in Which many diversified
products are' manufactured for the
markets of the nation and the
world. In sales volume, textile,
tobacco, furniture, food and chenj
cals are highest V ' , , - i
- "We ure-Dleased with tlia pro
ress that is being made, but we are .
a long vuyg- from heing .satisfied,"
oiinty 4
;"!.' V:-:'r;,ia-.w, - r.Tf'Vf
Close Gut
Busy Session Of
Recorder's Court
Thirteen cases ere dlpweA of
in Perquimans ' County Recorder's!
Court this week, wlth-traffie cases.
predominating. . '. '' .. .' . . !
jamc? i;. sayies, cnarged with a I
stop sitrn violation paid the costs
of court. - .; ,
James W. Jackson. Jr.I chanred
with failure to yield the right of
wav Tiaid the costs' of -nii ' .,
Paul Rountree, charged with be-1
. ...
ing cirmfc and usincr profane langu-1 uu'ui" -"- niW
aie. v:is fihed S15.0Q and costs of I be rhos,?n Queen ,r tll f0'at Fes.
court. s ( I tial and represented the AllMmarlo
' Connie Harris, charged witli hav-1 in otitnr contest in Tnmnn, Ha.
incf no onerator's license. Wis or-1 Livestock judging is :i vei-y im
dered to pay a fine of $25.00 andPortant 4-H activity in Pruim-
e'os'ts of c'opr't. : " ' i
' -. ttfllfem .tailings, charged with
reckles driving, was-''foiiiidJtuiltv
afid' ordered to pay a fine of $15.00
ind'eost and wvr ' for ft,l,.-..
; J,,fl4meit continued.- -' : .'r-I '
, Th. folio winWw. fon.wl i;if
' fcn'pr'rhT'ir ' UnA n'aaA joad rf. -CiO
, io... -rWio i r - 'iisnAie,....:...,
:cfn.. rintl t l,l; -9itmi Jn.
John KdWard
IyOW, .'$15.00":line:
DoinJnlctc JJenaMo.'r'i5'.00' 'f&Mf I s?rved the Wek throuch news nr
Clvivli? I,. Dowi-llM'. 15.00l'Jine;! tides, radio programs, window dis
lioger Du'foiif. 20.00 fine; Ha?roldj plays, and a bnnqiD't for memlicrs
R.. Smith,- $15.00 fine,' 'aiid Pfercy and parents. The ha liquet was held
P. Forgue. $15.00 fine; .' . March 12 at tl... '.Vinfall (ii-jimmar
Local Agepl
I.' liee soybean?, another varietv of
.bean? brought out this y.e'a.Kvere
planted on two farms & the edunty;had as their tlieni ' "liesnei-t". 4. if
j and on these particular farms- out- i Club members tnlh.-d m "Tl v-pert.
lyielded the Ogden bean hjr lOliush- for Self, Ilespcet for llmv. v 1;.. ;ll.t
els to the acre".
: Because farmers hr this I nreu
, w bv -
beans, these new varieties Should
; rarunoure gresny to our laam
toewte . rJ
Insects have ' caused -a Tlanreimember! mrtichi-itinir thnn ever
j "mount of damage In the nirstj year, before. Juli-m HoM-eU son of Mr
: Cotton farmers know that tio re-' -
re-
! ceive sufficient "Viclds to .warrant
- , t
planting, dust must lvr a (railed to!ni7 n, .1P.. WtP..,.,. ..,i;f.r
control boll weevils. With the Jap-UnH Tolm lt;n . 1,
anese beetle, Army worms andition on the Tire of I'leeta-ir Mo-
Itfi-.I. Ti . t -.4 m .
i
. Mexican Bean Beetle. '.we -art fivt'
veaiMinsr trrat a good. UUstmg pro-
l invmi i-i tieeeeanrv to TodniimT. i
;pers planted in the rounty-this sum.
mer, several acres oi tomatoes, and
. -.round 200 acres of cucumbers.
-. ' . - . - r -
mr .vuvuinners were grown unaer
contract several . fanners .nisited
i cannery in Georgia iittemnthig t
.J J...1.1 - . . M X 1 1
- vgitiauie coinraci ioT' tne j water nemonstrilion wis !, j,r
coming year. This .is pending at T,lov(l liar Mr?.m nd Kill- ifd
the present time, buttthls cdjnnery on. One bov yls,, ..m,.ete.l i tho
needs beans, pimento penperji an T'llent Conot. He . .i!,m,v
ckra. There is a possibility thAtj phillii,.- f i:eti,. .i.,ilm.
r contract will be offered tp ouriChoen in the Rb... lii.i...n -mm.
11 inciff uuie uic-c Dununoui -
tics
I'---
Our
livestock program .'has not
cwangea too mucn aurmg J'ho
ri.Antinni ait: vkit pA..4t
- W"S
Notable
The electrical and electionics
euipment industry is he newest
i ami fastest growing in the Jstate.
'its rapid Growth is attrttctms to
plants with more than 22,000 em-
ploycs engaged In the production
of electrical i and electronics equip -
ment and supplies. -!
, At the end of 1953 theret were
approximately GOQ manufacturing
plants in operation in .the 'State.
They -employed some. 464.00Q per
sons, who had a total income of
approximately 81,802,000,000.. These
workers, who have won wide ac
claim for their productivity from
many out-of-state industrialists lo-!
eating new, plants i Torth JCaro
lina. produced products valueS at
$6,599.000.000. . An Indication , of
how North Carolina is rowinir in-
. .(Continued on Page Four) ;!
- H Clubs
- '': -v' -' -'r' f 1
Fine Year
During January, l!)0t, .a. regi3-
(terea polled ncretow .neiiT wos
i awarded to Warner M;liv Jr to
I start the first purebred calf chain
i in this section of the State for 4-H
and F V ls
Club anfl the Iuiwbrcd C:i'ti Ass-o-
iciaiion, ; ine notary uuio nm spon.
sored n ralf chain in the imat but
I this was the first time ;i mirelired
animal has been given. -
Peggy
Harrell, a pretlv l(!-vear-
J "Id .brunette, was chosen Mi-
lr-l-II
I quimans. Jiien or in ine
CluVs. nniivul lienuty content held
t 1 . 1 d.l. T1 . . . . ... .
ans County. The livestock tenm
composed of Glnrence Chappell, Jr.,
Wallace Itakor. Julian How'rll and
Thomas Kd. 'Chappoll won thr Dis
trict title and l:iced third in North
Carolina durinsr Stnte Fnir Week.
Perquimahs County 4-H CItib
joined with oilier dubs in North
ind nci'nss the country in
National 4-H Cluh Weet.
- I.i s-.
Penuimans 4-H Imvs anil "-ii-l.-j ,.!.-
School. Meals vore furnished l.y
h Ttelvidei-e Home Demonstration
Club. Mrs. Anderson I.aydeji pre
sented the Horace Layden award to
Bobby Smith for his oiiUtnncling
Club work.
V Club members in IVratiiiivins
County observed i-H C'Hilt Snmlav
'during th- month of M:--, Thev
(for Church and Respect iVr,'on-.
1 munity,"
- . i no nnnii"! iit.r .n kii miliar
rion'Dnv wn. tmlrl in W-eWnion
C on Julv Sih l'j!t'" f'-r.
- rlM . 0-.,tv hMi k.
n nil Mrs nimnii VI, .,..,11
i,wf .,n i ....: ' .,..
i "V IMI 11' lllllll-ll ' III . III
IK,t,
tor
Iso winnimr second nlneo.
Clarence Ch
ool-11. Jr.. of IHv
idere.
also
is first in the ilistnV afl
Win first in tlv State witl-js dem
"natpition - n t i I I e "Rijfiiiner
: w t-
jveHiis in iioeKeeiiin'!-. .ina i.'ocer-
W;s the llnnl olsce vin-
,mr ,-n tiie Tnetor privin? fontost.
! demonsti-.tion -ntrn'rl r,ln'
' stnict on of l-le,.ti.i...,iii. u. ij
R"'" ffiv .
.In
T.firrli-ii. Jr.,
I .nd Relnmnt r
I .
'MM'". I h' Sfll DTlff
iand anuenred on TV while in Kt.
: leitrh duriiiL' l-M Hnl) Weel,-
I R,
erouinvin? Countv
l-H Huh
MM)Vei ftn(j v
;in Ice f re:im
Party fit the AlheniMrle Kl-eiric
. Shoi in Hertford Aniut .'M-i
Clarence IJiappell, Jr., mid Lou
ise Channel! hihiteil i- Aiirv
'inimnls at the K:itern North Cnio
lina Junior Dairv Show. Tln v won
six blue ribbons and Cl.'ivence 0n
a trophy in the fHtmjr routed.
The club members enleriifir in
District competition went to Choeo
wimtv Saturdav. Otol let 80th, for
the Dmfriet Recognition Day Thii
trip was sponsored hy .Milton Dnil
& Son, Southern Cotton Oil Com
pany and Hertford Livestock &
i Supply Compunv.
" t.ii:; nunnce liaKer inv;j-
.. ur . ii
r.ik.i
I ent! Jovco Owens, vice pn
--dent;
Nanew
ioeu Hrown, secretarv
Lane, reporter, and Ann Lane, pi.
anist.
Two i-H-Club members nttend
ed the State 4-H Recognition I4y
held In Raleigh Novemher 2B,
1954. Tliey were Lois Violet Wins
low and Bobby Smith. Bobhv was
declared State and National win
ner in Health Tm uvovement anT
Lois V5o'et was State and Nat'ional
winner in Better Givoming.
There is.no disparity in marriage
like unstiitabilitv of m't-ri and
purpose., . . i Dickens.