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Session
A varied docket consisting of 16
s cases was disposed of during Tues
day's sessions of Perquimans Be-,
-corder'Si (Jourt presided over by
Judge 2ha8t, B. Johnson. .
; ;r .- Samuel Davis was ordered to pay
a fine of 2() and costs of court af-
ecf against!. Addie HofflOr wW sub
mitted to' ai;lfarge f 'speeding.
. Jihn Brtwn, Negro, pleaded .guil
ty to charges of reckless driving.
He . was fined $50' and costs of
court.'"
J Augusta Larsen submitted to a
charge of, failing to observe a stop
sign and paid the costs of court.
' John Myers wag ordered to 4ay
the court costs after pleading guil
ty to a chargo of speeding.,
M. C, Johnson paid a fine of $2
and court costs after submitting to
a charge of failing to stop at a stop
light."
Joseph Everett, Negro, was or
dered to pay the court costs on a
charge of speeding. Everett enter
: ed a plea of guilty.
; - 'Matthew White, Negro, puid a
fine of $25 and costs after submit
ting to a charge of driving without
' a license. f
Costs of 1 court , were -' taxed
against S. E. Davenport who sub
mitted to a charge of issuing a
T worthless check. '...,,
Alphonzo ' Felton, Nego, ' was
found guilty on a rharge tf lar
ceny. He was given 8,60 day road
sentence to be suspended upon pay.
y ment of a fine of $35 and eostg of
.'court, and the sum of $25 for (3e,
use of Freeland Eliiolt, Who' had'
some corn stolen from his ware
L house. Clinton. Boone, Negro, en
, tered a plea of guilty to charges of
larceny in the above case . He was
given a 60 day road sentence to be
; suspended upon payment of- a fine
of $.50 and cbsts. -J
Shirley Xitterel submitted to
charges of failing to pay a room
' ' and bosird bill. The. defendant was
w or ' ed to pay the bill and costs of
! e , '
l s of court were taxed against
P Lemuel Taylor on a charge of fail-
i t t o "dim lights on Iits.car. ''
J mes White, NegroXP?'
t s of court after submitting to
e . . -e of using improper.licenses
Harrell submitted a4
f illegal parking. He was
' to write ft 3P0; wrd.tlienie
bject of highway safety.
Tell was ordered to -pay
c $i0 and costs' after plead-'
y to charges of driving
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Tuesday
Penalty On Unpaid ';
Taxes Start Feb. 2
Town and county taxpayers. rc
reminded that January is th$ last
month during which 1956, takes
I may be paid at par.. Beginning on
unpaid accounts, nd fohefier
cent penalty will be. added :each
'month thereafter. ; i;L
Town of Hertford! taxes sh6XId
be paid at the, Municipal Building;,
to the Town Clerk,: white (county
taxes should be paid to the Sherjff
in iiie iiuuri nouse.
For
Roy Lee Pierce, 46, died Sunday
night at 6:45 o'clock in a Norfolk
hospital from injuries sustained .in
an accident which occurred, Friday
morning at the Edenton Marine
Base. Details of the accident have
not been disclosed. !. ,.'
He was a native -of Perquimans
County and had lived on . Route 2,
Hertford all of his life. He was a
member of the Perquimans Lodge
No. 1(T6, A. F., & A,
tended the Oak , Grove . Methodist
Church. ; '
He is survived by his "wife, Mrs1.
Margaret Bright . Pierce; his W-
ehM, 'Arthur and Nina White
Pierce; one daughter, Miss Mar
garet Gail Pierce,. Hertford Route
2;- one son, Roy , Stanley "(Demp)
Pierce of Elizabeth' City J two sis
ters, Mrs. C. L. Penholster of Jack,
sonville, Fla., and Mrs.. Clinton
Trueblood, Jr., Elizabeth City; five
brothers, Murray and Talbert
Pierce of Norfolk, ' Llhford "Pierce
of California, Lester. Pierce, Eliza
beth City, : Route ,f 2, ' nd - Alton
Pierce of Hertfprd; Koute S.-j ;
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday ; afternoon ' tit 2:30
o'clock in the Oak Grove JtfeAodist
Church by the Rev,, Earl Meekins,
pastor, assisted by the. Hev. D. B,
Cruise, pastor of Peopled Metito
disl Church. Masonic 'rites were
ducted t the' grave by Per.
quintans iHige ao.. 4ue, a.
A; M." Burial toUowd In- Ceda-
wooa cemeteryv . y
CAPTURES -STILL v" ':
' Two' PeiimahA-K6tlrt N
gToes,N.Mark. Dowhiftg.'anil jVrthur
Harrell,' were arrested Monday af
ternoon tATU pf fjceirs Afjer he-
ing seen at a suu xouna near jigm
Nixon fork, south of ,HrtfojL .The
officers captured the .stin.laO
gallon rig, which .wasf destroyed
along with 100 galloris' of Jhash
and 33 barrels and 33 gallon' of
Held VEfinssday
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non.tv-f;u l-;"ir.
Hertford, Perquimans County; North
Perquimans Scores
Oyer Tarhoro; Lose1
To Green Wave
! h Perquimans High School brokci
even in two Albemarle Conference i
basketball contests during the past
week, losing the first to William-1
ston by a score of 57-46 and win
ning from Tarboro 44 to 42.' -1
Tommy Matthews scored the
winning points .. in the Tarboro
game, sinking two foul shots dur
ing 'the last five seconds of the
game, which saw Tarboro slowly
overtaking the Indians during the
final three quarters of the contest.
The Indians, using a fast-break
offense, piled up an 18-5 lead over
Tarboro during .the first quarter
and maintained the puce in the sec
ond holding a 31-19 edge at half
time ' -Don Baker suffered an injury in
the first half and left, the game
temporarily after having scored
seven points. In the second half
Tarboro, led by Hall and Hawkins,
started cutting in on the Indian
advantage and knotted the count
with five seconds remaining in the
game. Matthews was fouled and
he sewed up the victory with the
two charity tosses.
- "Scoring, for ' Perquimans were
Matthews 16, Miller 6, Tucker 3.
White 9, Baker 7 and Whitey Mat
thews 3. 'Hall scored 13 points for
Tarboro while Hawkins hit for 12.
Last Friday night the William
ston Green , Wave invaded Hertford
and scored a 57-46 win over the
Indians. Williamston jumped into
a 17-4 lead in the first period und
moved to a 33-21 advantage at half
time. The Indians closed the gap
somewhat during the third period
but were unable to overcome the
Williamston superiority m height
and shooting ability.
Don Baker was high scorer in
thof game with 25 points while
Tommy MattheWs'collected a total
oi 1&, pWry-led..Wllliamston with
2f points anii; Jtoiewi h i for-1$
; "The;: rPerqufnijlns Squaws lost
both games played during the week,
each being a thriller down to the
last : whisthi. Williamston edged
the local girls by one point, 47 to
46. ; Williams was high scorer for
Perquimans with 25 points and
Bagley hit for" 14.
; The Squaws lost another one
pointer to Tarboro, the final score
being 56 to 55 Perquimans hud a
four-point lead nt halftime but the
Tarboro girls found the goal range
during the second half and out
scored Perquimans 34 to 29. Bag
ley was high scorer for the locals
with 25 points, Williams got 20 an-l
Rucker hit for 19 points and Stev
enson for 34 for Tarboro.
Commissioners In
Perquimans County Commission
era met Monday for their regular
January meeting, handling u num
ber of routine matters during the
session. ' ' ' '
The County Accountant wus nu
thoriiedj to .convert the county's
building and loan stock Into cash,
transferring the money to the capi
tal outlay fund for use in defraying
costs of school house construction.
; No action" was taken on an ap
plication, submitted by John E.
Simpson for appointment as deputy
sheriff, since present laws do not
provide for such an i appointment
under authority of .-..'the' county
board. ';-rv ';;:' ''
.The. Board discussed the annual
school for county officials to be
conducted by the Institute of Gov
ernment at Chapel HiH next Thurs
day and Friday and several mem
bers 'expressed hope for attending
this school.
, On motion duly adopted the coun
ty budget was amended to increase
the appropriation for the Hertford
Fire Department from $500 to $750.
Plaque To Honor '.
Billy M. Benton
A plaque, honoring the memory
ol Bifly Morris Benton, will be
presented .to .Perquimans . High
School during chapel services on
Viday morning, January IS, by
members'' of the class of 1952.
; A member of the class, illy was
ilso a member of the school's first
State, championship baseball team.
, The plaque will be presented on
behalf of classmates, friends and
teammates. , '
Routine Meeting
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
"Ef forts' to change Senate rules,
to eliminate future filibusters, met
defeat last week-end when the
members of the. Senate voted on
the proposal sponsored by a group
of Northern and Western Senators.
However', reports from Washing
ton say the House will attempt to
push civil rights legislation which
was the aim i f the members of the
Senate advocating the ruldjlfttng.
Congress is considering Preside
Eisenhower's request for authority
to use U. S. forces to halt ag
gression in the Middle East, and
Washington sources state it is like
ly these powers will' be granted af
ter Congress has studied the pro
posal from all angles. Included in
the proposal by the President was
also economic" aid for the Middle
East nations.
Ten Hungarian refugees who ar
rived in the U. S. from Austria
have been returned, according to a
report from Washington which an
nounced the Hungarians were sent
back because of information fur
nished the U. S. officials by the
refugees was found false.
The Hungarian Communist gov
ernment announced new harsh reg
ulations this week, to be observed
by the Hungarian people and re
ports state the plan is aimed at a
return to a Stalin-like rule for the
country whoso residents have been
fighting for freedom since October.
Tho new Communist regulations
are tied to the economic opera
tions of the nation,rttcitfiBens
bo required to obsefvc, the rules or
face, unemployment and lack of
rights granted loyal followers of
the regime.
Farmers Urged To
File Reports On
Hurricane Loss'
Perquimans County officials,
Perquimans County officials,
working on plans to secure federal
aid for a stream clearance program
within the county, today urged
farmers to file reports on losses
and damages sustained to their
lands during the hurricanes of
1955. These are to be incorporated
in a project request to be submit
ted by the "county to the Federal
Civil Defense Administration for
consideration of the stream clear
ance program."
: A majority of farmers have been
mailed a form letter requesting in
formation on losses caused by the
hurricanes, and those receiving
these letters are asked to , fill in
the blank spaces, signifying losses,
and return the letters to the office
of the County Farm Agent as soon
as possible. . . , ,
; Upon receipt of the letters, a re
port tabufa ting the estimated loss
es by land damaged by the hurri
canes will be compiled and forward
ed to FCDA officials.
' The FCDA officials are holding
up any decision as to a Perquimans
County) project pending receipt of
the information sought by the let
ters and county officials point out,
the sooner farmers file the report
ed losses with the county agent,
the quicker action can be secured
on the proposed program.
Board Of Education
In Meeting Monday
Members of the Board oT Educa
tion held their January meetyig in
i the office of the school superinten
dent last Monday night and heard
reports on Ihe progress of con.
struction on two new schools now
being erected. -,. ; : ,,
Workmen started laying ' the
brick alls v of the v King Street.
School last Monday, and it was re
ported the .construction . of the
Hertford Grammar School is about
85 per cent completed," i
Carolina, Friday, January 11, 1957.
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HIGH-FLYING CARGO A skycar transports 20 tons of Army
supplies at a 35-mile-an-hour clip over an aerial skyway to a safe
discharge atop a rocky cliff -face is France. Cargo ships are inde
pendent of port facilities when they tie up to a movable DcLong
pier. Retractable piles allow submerging for concealment.
Department Report
Shows Fire Losses
Increased In 1956
County Seal Sales
Reported At $1,103
Sales of TB Christmas seals in
Perquimans' County have reached
$1,103, it was reported this week
by Mrs. C. P. Morris, chairman (
the drive, who stated 848 letters,
mailed out to county residents, had
been returned with contributions
toward the' county's ,$l,it00 quota.
Mrs. "'Morris reminded residents
these funds go to help fight tuber
culosis , and individuals who have
hot as yet contribute to this fund
may still do so,
Sign Up Period On
Soil Program re
start February 1
The 1957 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program will officially be
opened with the Spring sign-up be
ginning February 1 and closing
February 15, 1957, Helene W.' Nix
on, Perquimans County ASC Office
Manager, has announced.
However, Miss Nixon said re
quests filed for Federal cost-sharing
on practices to be started be
fore February 1 will be considered
by the County ASC Committee be,
fore February 1.
"The basic purpose of the Agri
cultural Conservation Program,"
Miss Nixon Said, "is to aid in ach
ieving necessary conservation of
our soil and water resources." The
future prosperity of this nation ne
cessitates the protection and main
tenance of our land and water re
sources. Conservation of these re
sources is urgent and it pays, stat
ed Miss'Nixort.
The Agricultural Conservation
Program is entirely voluntary. Any
farmer who believes he can do the
needed conservation job on his farm
without the aid of the limited funds
available under the program is, urg
ed to do so.
. Farmers should study carefully
the conservation practices for
which ACP cost-sharing is avail
able in relation to the conserva
tion needs of his farm. He will be
given an opportunity to request the
Fedpral Government to share the
costs, if needed, to aid him in car
rying out one or more of the fol
lowing approved practices on his
farm: Establishing or improving
permanent pasture or hay; estab
lishing ' vegetatjve cover; " liming
materials on legumes and grasses
(other than, vegetable or truck
crops, soybeans, mungbeans and
peanuts); forest tree planting and
forest "; improvement;., farm ponds
for livestock andor irrigation wa
ter; open ditch drainage; tile drain
age; summer annual legumes; es
tablishing year-around cover, and
establishing winter cover crops.
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A report on fire losses in Per
quimans County during 1!)5(, re
leased this week by the Hertford
Fire Department, revealed the per
capita loss by fire was approxi
mately $11. This was a slight in
crease over 1955.
Tho largest single loss occurred
just a year ago this week when
j the .c Hertford Grammar. School
I burned1 with a loss estinfated af
$75,000.' The' 'report issued by W.
A. White, sefretary of the Fire
Department, showed a total of
fire calls were answered by the
Hertford Department, 22 of these
calls for help came from rural
areas of the county, while 1 1 were
fires located within the Town of
Hertford.
Total estimated loss and damages
from ail fires amounted to $10(!,
885. County fire losses were esti
mated 'at $29,41)5, while the town
loss, including the school, was
$77,450.
Tile fire department trucks trav
eled a total of 330 miles, covering
all fires during the year. 315 of
these miles were to fires in the
county, and 15 miles covered the
distance to files within the town.
Mr. White al.io reported 535.1
j miles was placel on the trucks
through pump operations and ser
vice work carried on during the
year.
The report covered all fires re
ported within the county from
January 1 through December 31,
1956.
Warrant Served
In Shooting Case
A warrant, charging assault
'with a deadly weapon causing bodi
ly injury and having a concealed
weapon on his person, was drawn
against Jake Tillet, operator of the
. El Dorado, in connection with a
shooting which occurred at the es
tablishment on the night of De
cember 29, it was reported by Sher
iff J. K. White.
Sheriff White stated he had the
warrant issued on information and
belief, after investigating a report
of the shooting in which John
Scott of Elizabeth City, was al
leged to have been struck in the
; leg by a bullet from a gun shot in
the El Dorado. .
The Sheriff said a hearing on
the warrant had been set for Per
quimans Recorder's Court on Janu
ary 15. The warrant was served
on Tillett by the Sheriff on Tues
day of last week.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Edwards of
Norfolk, Va., announce the birth of
a son, born Sunday, January 6, at
the Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs.
Edwards is the former Miss Kim
sey Perry, ,
county owurr
Has Regulations On
oil bank
Farm Census Is
For Information
Many farmers seem to think the
farm census which is taken each
year by tax listers has some di
rect connection with taxes, it was
reported here this week. Agricul
tural authorities eniphasizbed that I
this is not the case. The infor- :
mation is strictly confidential and
in no way lias any hearing on tax
es. The inventory of cions by town
ships is valuable to all agricultural
reporting agencies in helping io
map a sound and progressive farm
program and actually benefits the
farmer who gives in the correct in
formation. The figures are used in
busing, acreage allotments on cer
tain crops, and for that reason
should be us accurate as possible.
Mrs. Edison Harris
Named Chairman
March Of Dimes
Preparations for the annual
March of Dimes in Perquimans
County are now being completed
with an announcement made thin
week that Mrs. Edison Harris has
accepted the chairmanship of the
fund drive.
Mrs. Harris will lie assisted by
Mrs. Joe Webb, County Home
Agent, who will direct the work in
the rural area of the county, and
Mrs. M. B. Taylor, W. ('. Stroud
and It. I.. Kingsbury, co-chairmen
for the Negro division.
The I'eripiiman's C'rtiinty - Prfli.,
Committee is hopeful the annual
March of Dimes campaign can be
under way some time within the
next week or 10 days, and brought
to a successful close within a short
time.
Mrs. Corbiu Dozier, chairman of
the county committee, has issued
an appeal to the residents of the
county urging them to give whole
hearted support to the drive for
funds for the fight against polio.
She pointed out the county has
no quota for this fund campaign
but the need for money is still
great, in carrying out medical care
for those victims of polio, and for
proving Sulk vaccine for the pre
vention of the disease,
Mrs. Harris is now in the pro
cess of securing volunteer workers
who will conduct a house to house
canvass for the March of Dimes and
the. names of these solicitors will
be published when available.
Three Injured In
Accident Monday
Three persons were .injured, two
seriously, in a head-on collision
which occurred Monday afternoon
at about 4:30" o'clock on Highway
17, one-half mile south of Hert
ford. Patrolman U. 11 Inseoe, who in
vestigated the accident, reported
Willie Moore, Negro of . Winfall.
was headed south in a 1950 Plym
outh when he turned out to miss
a dog on the highway. His cai
collided with a 1952 Chevrolet, be
ing driven north by Gilbert Hure.
Jr. Moore wus taken to the Cho
wan Hospital where it was report
ed he suffered a broken right leg
and cuts and 'bruises of the head
and face. Eure and George True
blood, who was riding with Eure,
were taken to the Albemarle Hos
pital. Eure suffered slight cuts of
the head and face and was releas
ed from the hospital. Trueblood.
it was reported, suffered a broken
left leg and cuts on the head.
Patrolman' Inseoe reported the
investigation is being continued,
EASTERN STAR MEETS
The Hertford Chapter of the Or
der of Eastern Star will meet next
Monday night, January 14, at 8
o'clock in the lodge ' rooms.. All
members are urged to be present.
5 Cents Per Copy. ,
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rrogram
Regulations covering the acreage
reserve program of the Soil' Bank
for 1957 us recently announced by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture have been received in the
county ASC office, Helene, Nixon,
Perquimans County ASC Office
Manager, has announced. .
Miss Nixon said that the county
office would be ready to accept ap
plications for acreage reserve
agreements in the very near fu
ture. A county allocation for euc.h
commodity shall be determined by
the State committee, Liking into
consideration the county acreage
allotments, productivity of land,
and estimated extent of participa
tion in the program by farmers.
Applications for acreage reserve
agreements will be accepte-d on a -"first
come, first served" basis to
the extent county funds are avail
able. Farmers wishing to partici
pate above the maximum acreage
limits for a particular crop must
indicate this in their original agree
ment. If after the sign-up is clos
ed funds are left over, these ad
ditional acres will be accepted to
the extent that funds are avail
able. The deadline for signing 1957
acreage reserve agreements will be
March 1, 195( for cotton and March
8, 1957 for corn. Peanuts are not
included in the 1957 acreage re- X
serve program, since they are not '! .
considered tube in sufficient sur- I I
plus supply to justify a reduction in vj
this year's acreage. :
Limits 'on extent of partiripu-
lion in tin- lien program provide.
that the acreage for any commodity,, ;
placed in the acreage reserve by a '
farm shall not exceed that farm'.sj
allotment for the commodity. With-"
in this limitation, the maximum
acreages thai, may be originally en- : ;
tered, for sii farm are: Wheat, & '
aWjrW 5tT jier cent of the farm?
allotment, whichever is larger:
corn, 20 acres or 30 per cent of tho .
allotment, whichever is larger; cot
lent, whichever is larger; cot- ' c,
0 acres or 10 uer cent of the
lent, whichever is larger I
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allotme
The County ASC Coinmitt(o will
inspect land offered for the acre
age reserve to determine if it ,is
suitable for the production nt the
commodity involved ami whether it
has been properly designated in the
agreement.' So far as practicable,
this inspection will be made prior
to acceptance of the agreement.'
Under the Soil Ifank law, the
rights of tenants and sharecrop
pers are protected. Regulations
provide that county ASC commit
tees may not approve an agreement
if the landlord or farm operator,
because of participation in the Soil
Bank, reduced the number of ten
ants or sharecroppers on his farm.
A new provision specifies that if
a tenant or sharecropper leaves u
farm voluntarily, or for some rea
son other than being forced off, the
failure to replace such a tenant or
sharecropper will not bar the land
lord or -farm operator from an
acreage reserve agreement.
CP. Morris Named
Rotary President
New officers for the Hertford
Rotary Club were elected at a
meeting of the club held Tuesday
night at the Hotel Hertford. Nam
ed as president was C. P. Morris,
who will suwed W. J. Davis. Oth.
er officers elected were Robert L.
Hollowell, vice president; Jack Ka
noy, secretary-treasurer, and Dr.
A. B. Bonner, the Rev, Paul Shultz
and R. S. Monds, directors.
Out-going president. W. J. Davis,
will be ex-officio director during
the year. The new officers will be
installed at the first meeting of
the club in July.
Hertford Cleaners ,
Change Ownership
Announcement was made here
Wednesday morning that Z. D."
Robertson had purchased the Hert
ford Cleaners and will operate the
business in connection with the
Robertson's Cleaners. '
According to Mr. .Robertson, , he
will oprate one plant in conduct
ing the service" but will have two
locations for picking up and delivt
ermg clothes for alteration!
'to
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