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. VIM . i " ! r i' .! J' 1 W. t.r- 'n"' iii;;.-,;,. W I) :me XXllf. Number 46. .-5 r.&d3i;ig6 X murder charge has been placed against William Askew,' Hertford Negro, following the fatal shooting of Annie Mae Douglass Ellison, 34 year old . Negro, last Saturday night ,and the trial has been set for the November term' of Superior Court which convenes Monday. ' -Askew through his attorney, W. H. Oakey, Jr., waived a"preliminary hearing of the matter Tuesday morning and bond was set at $500. , The defendant wa8 arrested by Police Officer M. G. Owens, who investigated the shooting, , which took place at Askew's home on k4 Grubb Street in Hertford at about! 11:80 Saturday; night. ; . s . - According to' the police the Elli son woman was 'shot in the thigh 'and died in Chowan Hospital early Sunday . morning . from " loss of blood. . According to wal police offi-- cials the woman was shot 'about 11;30 P. M., Saturday, and : was rushed to the hospital by Askew. The victim's father rep6rted the) shooting to Hertford police who : began investigation. After, sev-i eral hours of questioning Askew, admitted to firing the single shot . from a 16 gauge shotgun, which lodgeil in her left leg some six : inches from the knee cap. . Askew, according to a report,' told 'police officers, the shooting . was accidental. In a statement he - is reported to have' said an argu- ment developed at his home after he, the Ellison woman "and John Daniels and his wife arrived from Winfall, and he (Askew) went into ( - the house to secure a shotgun with which htf hoped he could scare the : Daniels couple into stopping the argument. Askew said he did not f inteud to shoot . anyone. ..but Ink walking trough his home the gW wag discharged and the shot struck ' th TUiWJ(n'ahrw'w'r f i Askew told the "police thj gun jfwent off a Annie Mae cam fo rward him to take the gun from hie ' 'possession, after asking him what he intended to do with ,the gun. Indiana Edged By The Indians of Perquimans High . School, holding a 5-3 record for the 1956 football season will close out' the grid schedule on Thursday I . night of this week by playing Cen- i tral High of Pasquotank County., f This contest was arranged" after 'a. j scheduled game with Morehead City -was cancelled because of a conflict J-brought about by Morehead partici pating in the state playoffs. , Perquimans lost its third game of the season last Friday night on the f local field when the Elizabeth City "Yellow Jackets edged ou a 12-7 'victory over Coach Ike Perry'i out . fit. It was the third time this sea son . the Indians were scored on; which gives the Perquimans team a splendid record for the year. i- Elizabeth City scored in the first . and second1 quarters to defeat the In ! ans. The first TD came early, .i Uie game with Elizabeth City re covering an Indian fumble on the 5 yard line and moving to the one yard stripe on a pass play from ' "'rert to Fearing. Bill Burgess ' tad over for the score but tfie . nvrrsion try was missed and the 3 k.ood 6-0 for the visito. j. . i J.a Yellow Jackets dom!. ti ' e pl.-y during the first ha!f ' ' . -d again in the second p toa fter a determined; march d- n r a f ' " J. Eogerson tallied the s .c J ID for the Jackets. " ' l r-uimans, which bad displayed 1 5d defense during most of " t Y .'f came back tt"i1"i . 2 C-'.il and fourth I ; i tl.e Jaet offensive. 1 1 e 1 cutj ,!ned Elizabeth C' tve h-'f tut were ur- " j t i i a s'fsi.' .d drive 1 ijt r ' T ' , " v rvfaE-IsMitotfcrdPTAVotes County ScnoolsTa ..: Obserre Holiday Perquimans County schools will be closed next Thursday and Fri day in observance of the Thanks giving holiday, it . was announced today by J. T. Blggers, school su perintendent Classes will be re sumed as usual on Monday,1 Novem ber 26. ' 17 G'riies Listed f FcrPertjuiniEns DaslieMSeason ' Perquimans High School, which closed out its football schedule on Thursday night of this week, will start preparation for the basketball seascAi, which will open December 4 with Camden High School com jng here for the opening game. Principal E. C. Woodard has an nounced the school will play a 17 game schedule, ' competing in the Albemarle Conference,.' Pre-confer- ence games Jiave been -arra; with Camden, Central, Chowan and Gatesville, while the conference op ponents will be Edenton, Ahoskie, Wilfiamston. Plymouth and Tar- boro. . ' The' schedule for the Indians and Squaws is as follows: , - . - December 4 Camden, here. : December 7 Central, there. December. 11 Camden, there. . December 14 Chowan, there, , ,. ! ' December 18 Central, here. ; i '. January 4 Williamston, there. January 8 Tarborrf, here; . January li Ahoskie, there. I January 15 Gateaville, here, f Tut rain mlii B-KjIanr An w thnM t. u J2nify 22 PlymoutlVhere M j Jiuiumry uuaowuin, iwik 'January 29 Tarboro, .there. ' February 1 Ahoskie,' here. v. . i February 8 Edenton, here. February 12 Plymouth; there February 15 Gatesville, there. ' thews ran the extra point. Waking the score 12-7 in favor Of Elizabeth City. ' ' ' - . 'Bateman. ' Johnson and Charles Whedbee were the outstanding de fensive players " for Perquimans, VhHj Jimmy Rosa " and Tommy Matthews were, the offensive Btars. PcrjtEsilfetes i:;;vSI:::vD:cl sll ' Based upon condition and yield reports from growers as of Novem ber 1, the 1956 production of North Carolina peanuts wU amount to 294,000,000 pounds, the North Car olina -Crop Reporting Service, an nounced 'today. 'The ; estimate Is down 9,800,000 pounds, or a little over three percent, from the 803; 800,000 pounds expected, a hionth ago, but till exceeds last year's crop ,of 204,250,000 pounds ly 44 per c,ent - , 1 ; Prospective decreases in. th ex pected crop have been ' brought about by' unfavorable '.weather for harvesting and handling peanuts. The total damage cannot yet be es timated, because the current esti mate does not take into account any spoilage of peanuts in stacks which may have occurred because of con tinued rai 1 justt i'Jr to and after report c . The present estimated yield 1-r acre is l.r?9 pounds as cou , c.ed v' h 1,C?S pounds in 19E5 and l':i3 rounds for the 1945 54 ten-; "tf - , - t:: ft. T ' I i"-ton an- Tb Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, ' November 16, 1956. The... Hertford. Grammar .School PTA held its regular monthly meeting in the Perquimans County High .School auditorium on Thurs day night; November 8, The devo tional was conducted by the Rev. Paul Shultz, who used "Knowledge" as his theme. . v ,., . , During the business session, con ducted by the president, Mrs. "Jack Brinn, Mrs. F. Auisley, treas urer, reported a balance of $176.75 after1 all bills were' paid.': Mrs. John Coston, membership chairman, reported a total of 339 parents and ; friends had .'joined the PTA . with seven out of eight elapses report ing 100 per cent. Mrs. Bill CoX reported (.hat the goal pf 400 sub scriptions- to The" Perquimans Weekly was very near, and urged all members to work extrafjhard. - ' ; The group voted in favor of changing the PTA Constitution so that in the future there would be a minimum of six meetings a year rather than nine. Mrs. Brinn ex plained. the set-up for the establish ment of a mental health clinic for this district, and the group voted support for the plan. : In accord ance with PTA policy and the ap proval of the principal, the parents were urged to refrain from treat ing the classes during school hours and to limit their treats to one Urge one at the end of school. Mrs. Brinn also told all members to look in their new yearbooks for the date and program for the next meeting. ' -,. nWII"' - Observing . American Education Week, Mrs. Clarence Dail, pro gram chairman, introduced Miss Thelma Elliott, who explained how films are used 'to advantage in teaching today. . A film "Aids To Learning" was then shown. , This film proved to be both informative and entertaining. .. , , tiiiGS ImprovEin'cntMzde During October ' During October, the State High way Commission completed 8.5 miles of road improvements in the First Highway Division, Commis sioner Emmett Winslow of Hert ford reports. t . Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Perquimans, Bertie, Hertford, ' Northampton, Chowan Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell" itnd Wash: ington Counties compose the First Highway Division.. W, N. Snruill is Division Engineer. J. J. Gilbert is Assistant Division Engineer. Di vision headquarters are at Ahoskie. George K. Mack is District Engi neer at Elizabeth City in charge of road maintenance in Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquo tank and Perquimans Counties. ' In Chowan, the road from inter section 'at Smalls Crossroads east to NC 32 in Tyner was paved' with a sand asphalt base course and wid ened two feet for 2.8 miles. The road is now 18 feet wide. State forces did the work. , In Perquimans, the following' 18 foot wide secondary roads and their-lengths were paved with a sand asphalt base course and wear ing surface: : From a point on a paVed county road about ,2.7 miles northeast of Winfall south' 'to b point on a county road for' 1.2 miles; northeast of Winfall, south to a point on a county road for 1.2 miles;, from a point on a county road south of Snow Hill Crossroads southeast to NC 37, 1.8 mile; and front a polht on a paved county road about five miles northeast of Bethel north to4he " Perquimans River, p.3 piile, VA sand asphalt wearing surface only was placed from a point on paved county road about three miles, west of . New Hope south to the Perquimans Riv er for 2.4. miles. . State forces did all, the Work on the roads. Recorder Court 4' In Recess Tuesday v 'This week's session of- Perquim ans Recorder's Court was in recess dm t i the absence of Judge Chas. ' n. Since superior Court . v -1 xt iitnday, the next t.-r -1 ; c! -r'a Court has been t: : r . r'27. . OJlozd I l:i-:: ATOP THE CONXINENT-i-Theie. Amy Transportation Corps soldiers left the summer warmth of Fori Eastls,' Va to beat the closing In of the lee packs homing a few thousand yards off the shore of northern Alaska. Using an LCM (Landing Craft Mech anized), they are supplying the. DEW Line radar outposts. Board Considering Proposal Made On School Property - Hertford's Town Board, meeting in regular session last Monday night, discussed a proposal for dis position of the Hertford Grammar School property in which both the town and the Board of Education will share in the proceeds from the sale of the site. i t The proposal offered at the meeting Monday, was made in an effort, to' secure additional funds for the Board of Education, needed! for completion of the-rteW school, I replacing the one which burned last January. It calls ior the, lunch room to be converted into a library and the remainder of the land to be sold at. "public auction, with the Town. 'and Board of Education sharing in the action. ' ,, Joint action by the two boards Is necessary for any disposition of .the site at this time, idue to the terms of a deed written in 1905 which conveyed the land as a sjte for a school, with' provisions -that the land be returned to the ownership of the town in case 'the building burned and was not replaced. After some discussion of the mat ter the Town Commissio'he'rs took the matter under advisement for one week and will meet again next Monday night at which time some decision on the proposal is expect ed to be. made. V ' . . . Other 'matters handled during the Board meeting this week was a short report relating, plans for a zoning ordinance for Hertford are shaping up, and public hearings on the proposal will be announced af ter another meeting of the planning board handling the preliminary work. A report was made by Mayor Darden that the Street Department is engaged in an improvement pro- , . . 1 i ject on McCleary Street. Entrance to this street from Church Street is being widened and the hill is being lowered to provide less traf fic hazard. - .: Bolt Psys Out Christmas Checks X Around 400 checks, representing Christmas ' Club savings at the Hertford Banking Company were mailed out to club members this week,, it wa,s reported by JB. . M. Riddick, Jr., president-of the-bank, who stated this year's Christmas Club is the largest ever handled at the local institution. . u . The release of these funds, sav ed by the members, during, the past 60 weeks, is expected to be reflect ed in early Christmas, shopping in the community during the next few weeks.. v,':,'; Mr. Riddick announced new sav, ings club for 1957 will be opened Monday, November 26, at' the local bank, and the public is invited- to join in this savings plan, which will run for :t total of 50 weeks. . i . Two Fire Calls Answered Tuesday A fire caused by an overheated chimney resulted in some loss at the Judkin Library on Hyde Park Street in Hertford at about 8:30 Tuesday morning when the Hert ford Fire Department was called to thfe scene to extinguish the blaze. Prompt action on the part of the fijjemen prevented ,serious ;damage from- lite fireT '' ' The firemen. also answered 'a call to- the home of Mac -White- on the Wlnfall-Belvidere highway Tues day afternoon, when a brush fire threatened to get out of hand. The firemen soon extinguished this blaze with no loss1 reported. United Nations police troops are preparing to move into the Suez Canal region this week to preserve the peace in the Middle East, fol lowing a cease-fire agreed to last week by England, France, Israel and Egypt. UN officials report favorably over arrangements Which they believe will bring about a so lution to the problems of the area. The big question of management of Lthe canal is. expected to be placed before the UN General Assembly. Crushed by Soviet might, Hun garian nationalists are using a gen eral strike in continuing a revoft against s communist administration of the. tiny eastern European na tion which was the scene of bloody f ifrltf inn fntt 4iha utaalro Qannwfn , . .. . . from .Austria say top Russian of ficials are in Budapest attempting to work out a solution to the revolt but . up to Wednesday they were having little success in setting the Hungarians to return to work and accept communist rAile. 1 . A report-from Raleigh Wednes day stated the Supreme Court rul ing outlawing segregation on buses does not apply to North Carolina for the time being. State "officials say North Carolina's law will pre vail, and segregation continued un til the present state law is repealed and. invalidated by the courts. New Bike Shop Opens Saturday . Another neW business opens in Hertford Saturday, November . 17, when Brock's Bicycle : Shop occu pies the building formerly housing Hollo well Chevrolet Company, at Church and Qrubb Streets. .'; .v .The new business' will specialize In bicycle sales and. service and handle all types of wheel products, 88 well' as a complete line- of bi cycle, repair parts. The firm op erates a similar business in- Eliza beth City and invites Perquimans customers to its shop in Hertford. THIS VEEK'S HEADLINES ... . SaleOf Christmas Seals In Progress Throughput County The 1956 Christmas Seal cam paign to raise funds for the con tinuing fight against tuberculosis began November 15, the 50th anni versary of the first Seal Sale in 1907. Mrs. C. P. Morris, County Chairman of the campaign, said funds are urgently needed to main tain and increase the many services direoted toward detection of TB cases, and to provide patient ser vices. - Perquimans County has been as signed a quota of $1,300 for this campaign, and Mrs. Morris stated Christmas Seal letters have been prepared for mailing to all resi dents of the county, giving them a'n opportunity to buy and use the tiny seals during the coming holi day season.' li She said the fight Against TB continues to gain pronn I, iind ibat progress made has lu-cn shared by everyone. "Since the first Christmas Seal was sold 50 years airo, progi-ps,', made possible by dollars has meant a saving .of more than seven million lives," she said. "Unfortunately, progress in preventing TH from happening to people has lieen rela tively slight thus far." Mrs. Morris pointed out that cases arc not beiiiR found early enough to prevent the spread of TB from person to person. She urged residents nf the county to buy the Christmas Seals they re ceive hy mail as a means of contin uing the attack on TI! until it ceas es to be a threat, to the lives am! homes of every American. PTA Drive For Weekly Renewals Ends Hext Monday Readers of The Perquimans Weekly who desire to renew their subscriptions through the Parent Teacher Association of Hertford and Central Grammar Schools and thus help these organizations to raise funds for PTA activities, are advised thev must do so by Mon day, November 19. The two PTA groups have been acting as subscription agents for The Weekly during the past four weeks, seeking renewals for this newspaper, but the drive will come to a close nert Monday. Mrs. Jack Brinn of the Hertford PTA and Mrs. John Hurdle of Cen tral PTA, who have been directing the drive, urge their solicitors to complete a canvass of their terri tory immediately and be prepared to make reports on November 20. Weekly subscribers are again re minded, the management, in an ef fort to assist the PTA in this pro ject and help the fund raising drive, has mailed no notices of sub scription expirations while the PTA solicitors have been working. No notices of expiration will be mailed before January 1. However, subscriptions that have expired will be discontinued at the close of the PTA campaign unless renewed through a PTA solicitor.' Subscribers are urged to check the label on their paper, and if tho subscription is expired to re new it through his or her local PTA.- thus helpinT the groups to raise funds for school projects. Price Support On . Soybeans Released The price support rate for num ber 2 soybeans containing not more than .14 per cent moisture is $2.10 per bushel. To be eligible for price support, soybeans must grade number 4 or better and contain not more than 14 ; per cent moisture. Soybeans containing more than 8 per cent damaged beans are eniligi ble for a price support loan.. Soy beans containing more than 3 per cent damage will be subject to. a discount of V cent per bushel of each per cent of damage in excess of 3 per cent.. .- Soybeans containing 8 per cent damage will be subject to a dis count of 2tt cents per bushel and (Continued fiom Page Six) Superior Convene Monday With Heavy Docket Early Edition In order to observe the Thanks giving holiday, The Perquimans Weekly will be printed Thanksgiv ing week on Tuesday instead of the 1 usual Thursday. All newe copy and advertising copy must be in The Weekly office not later than Mon day, November 19, for publication in the. issue dated November 23. News contributors and advertisers are requested to notp this change 111 printing date, und their coopera tion will he appreciated. Rites Conducted Sunday For Mrs. Elizabeth White Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza beth Lane White, 89, minister of the Up-River Friends Church for 52 years, who died at the homeof her son, K. W. White last Friday, I were conducted Sun lay afternoon 1 at 2:30 o'clock by Orval Dillon at the Up-River Friends Church. i Mrs. While was a lifelong resi dent of Whiteston. She was the daughter of Columbus Lane and, Mrs. Mary Winslow Lane. She be gan preaching at the age of 19,' and was ordained at Rich Square in ' 1904. She had been minister of, tu.. tt.. i:, ru l 11 J Lyv lyiiuil'll Mlice Lime time. Surviving, besides her son, are a daughter, Mrs. Mary W. Winslow of Whiteston; 15 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. "Pallbearers .were Rollo White, Kdward White, Arnold Winslow, Kenneth Winslow, Robert Morris Winslow and Ernest Winslow. Burial was in the church cemetery. Woodville Service Station Destroyed By Fire Saturday Fire of undetermined origin re sulted in a $5,000 loss at Woodville last Saturday night when a service station operated by Walter' Wood was consumed by flames. t The building, housing the service station, which was owned hy Ron ald Bateman, was a, total loss, but it is understood the 'structure was covered by insurance. Mr. Wood is reported to have es timated his loss of stock and fix tures at $5,000 and said the loss was not insured. He reported he had no idea what caused the fire, which was discovered by neighbors at about midnight last Saturday. Mr. Wood ha l closed the station only a short time before the fire was discovered. The Hertford Fire Department answered a call to the fire. and through the efforts of the firemen a nearby dwelling was saved from the flames. The blazing service station was beyond saving by the tinr the firemen arrive at the scene. LIBRARY NEWS The Perauimans County Library has a number of new books this week, all of which are for children. ( The thirty two new books range j m reading level from the easiest pre-primers to third and fourth grade level. They illustrate with numerous colored pictures, and are sturdily bound to withstand Con stant circulation. . Parents whose children require extra reading prac tice will find these books useful. ; The Perquimans. County Library Board decided at Its, meeting on Friday that the library would be closed, on Thanksgiving- Day;- the Bookmobile would not make its regular trip through Durants Neck and the Woodville area, and that the library would remain closed on Thursday night. 5 Cents Per Cony Court To Perquimans County Superior' Court will convene here next Mon--day, for its November term, with one of the heaviest dockets in re cent years, it was reported-by W. H. Pitt, clerk of court. Judge Wal ter Bone will preside over the court term. Due to the nature of the trials, expected to be set for hearing, court officials believe much work wilt be accomplished during the tertn even though the court will last but three days, due to the Thanks giving holiday. A total of 35 cases are now list ed on the docket for action at the.' term including six cases in which the charges are for driving drunk; 10 cases of breaking and entering; five cases of larceny ; three of as sault, and a number of others of miscellaneous nature. Jurors selected to serve during the term of court include: T. S. White. Jr., C. Frank Tvnch, W. Edward Smith, Samuel .1. Mans field, Ben F. Lane. ,1. H. Stalling, Jr., Kenneth Miller, J. U Perry, Jr., Lloyd Riddick, Z. D. Robert son, Kiwood H. Perry, Max R. Grif fin, Gustav Koch. O. I. Winslow, I inwool C. Winslow, J. Eugene Winslow, Calvin M. Rundy, Brix ton Godfrey, l'ailen K. Lane. V. C. Lane, William J. Davis; Robert Gustafson, K. Karl Winslow, Harry Overton, Sr., Josiah Prortor, Cor bin Dozier, Harry T. Broughton, Mrs. Y. L. Brown, Merrill Wins low, Fentress Lane, Charles E. White, Jr.. Cnfton Matthews, Sr., James H. Harrell, Abe Godfrey. Jr., Gordon L. Wins low, Walton Lane, Milton Dail. Sr., Blanche Kanoy, Ernest W. White, Calvin C. Godfrey, Paul Colaon, J. P. Elliott. LuOher Whedbee. Lind sy.;C. Wmstew. C. TV White; Er nest L- Cartwright, W. E. Bagley, Floyd Harrell, Lorenzo D. Chappell, Tilderi Whitehurst, Elmer Chap pell, Charles T. Stallings, Charlie C. White, Howard W. Winslow and Oscar Chappell. White Rites Held Monday Morning Thomas Skinner White, 80. died Saturday afterndbn at his home on Route 1, Hertford, after a long illness. He was a native of Per quimans County, son of Anderson, and Lucy White, husband of Mrs. Jennie B. White, a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and the Or der of Red Men. Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Thomas S. White, Jr., Julian B. White and Walter B. White all of Route 1. Hertford: one daughter. Mrs. Virginia White Transou of Booneville; two sisters, Mrs. S. T. Sutton and Mrs. Lucy Madre both of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted at the gravesi'ie in Cedarwood Cemetery on Mondnv 11 1 11 o'clock. A. M., by the Rev. Phil H. Quid ley, pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church. . The casket was covered with a pall of yellow and white chrysan themums. Pallbearers were Corp Reed. E. E. Payne, Charles F. Sum ner, Louis Proctor, Walter Edwards and W. F. Edwards.. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. t Central PTA To Meet Next Monday The Parent-Teacher Association of Central Grammar School will , hold its regular meeting Monday night, November 19, at .7:30 in the school auditorium. The Wood ville community will have charge of the program with Mrs. Luther Whedbee as chairman. All parents are urged to attend and Interested persons are invited, a "1 J' . " f