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Volume XXVI. Number 7-.-
Verdict
Sank Of
- Judge . Malcolm Paul, acting
"upon a motion made - by attoiv
neys for the Bank of Edenton
at the conclusion of a case tried
in Perquimans Superior Court
last week, set aside a vercuct
returned by the Jury as being
contrary to the greater weight
of evidence presente J auring
the trial. '
The case involved was one jn
which Mack Ward, 'as clamtif f.
sought a sum of $12,000, plus
interest, from the Bank of
Edenton as due ium on deposits
made in a savings account. The
bank contended the sum had
been paid the plaintiff through
transfers from the savings ac
count to the plaintiff's checking
account.
The trial opened on Monday
of last week and testimony was
presented for four days, with
the . court taking a recess -on
Wednesday. The case went to
the jury late Friday . afternoon
Set-
Aside
and a verdict favoring the plain- j on February 6. Dr. William. A.
tiff was returned by the jury Smith- chief of the Tuberculo
nbout 9 o'clock Friday night. S1S Sectlon- State Board of
Following announcement of Health' ,gave detailed informa
the jury's verdict the defense ; tion to a eroup of prominent
attorneys, John Graham and
Walter Cohoon, moved that the
; court set aside the verdict.
Judge Paul took the motion un
der advisement and in a hear
ing conducted in the Pasquo-
tank Court on Tuesday handed
down a decision that in hisdis
cretion the verdict was contrary
to the weight of the evidence.
Copies of the decision on the
motion was handed to attorneys
for both - the plaintiff and dc
, fendant and also forwarded, for
record, to Clerk of Court ,W. H.
Pitt. - . ';
It was learned the action may
be reinstated on the local court
j-ketj'htrlj; -if done, will re-
quirei.; anotiier ijSearihg Qf ,the
qase. . J'..
Price Support On
W 1 ' Ik
By A. S.
T " . r. u ic i. 4t pirates are final. 'There will be no
' last December 15 lne cotton " " .
. ., ' ,. . . , I recalculation of support levels at
growers in North Carohna joined Lhe beginning of the miketing
those throughout- tne nation Dy
voting overwhelmingly in favor
. of marketing quotas . on their
1959 ctop. At the same time they
voted in favor of support at be
tween 65 and 80 of parity as
opposed to a drop in the support
rate of 50 of parity;- ': Along
; , with this vote in favor of the
high level of price support farm
ers also voted, in favor of mar
keting quotas penalties for over
planting.. Thcjr vote also made
possible tthW qhioi)( Ranting
I wiithin he,,re(6tei'f tmn.? allot
ment and r.ece"iving price support
, for complying' at-nof4eti than
80, of parity. '7 Since the refer
endum did carry and' did permit
this "choice ?of ; allotments" by
J farmers. the second choice open
to farmers will permit them to
, choose a larger farm allotment
equal to-40 greater than the
farm's regular allotment. .With
'this choice price support to grow
ers who comply with the larger
'; allotment will be 15 of parity
.less than it would be under the
v regular allotment. ' . '
. Price support to cotton farmers
who plant - withla their .regular
v 'Choice A Allotment in 1959 will
, be 30.4 ; cents per pound. .for. 78
inch middlipg rat avevrage loca
tion,' .According toGeorgeBell-
moh, t ASC (Office Manager, the
. support rate iq. this- state for 78
- ' inch - middling will' be' in ! -the
neighborhood bf .910: fof : a, cent
per pound higher because of the
cheaper transportation " to mill
areas which are located in this
state.' ' 7y I -7 . 7--;. -'.":' 7 '
I ' For producers wh6,elect the
Choice-B program which permits
thenti to. plant up to 4tt over
their, regular allotment the level
w of support is somewhat lower.
7 The rate for Choice . B1 farmers
for 78 inch middling at average
I ).r "f(ionj. will beM24.7 cents per
' p'ou't i . For Choice Biarrhfers .in
this!s;:;'e the 910 of a, cent price
diffcreiiiifsl would, also apply.' , tn
. "ordr .3 i"i t' e Ijw
these
Against
Edenton
e
World Day Of Prayer
At Baptist Church .
Hertford churches will join to
gether in observance ofk the
World Day ' of Prayer, Friday,
February 13, with services at the
Hertford Baptist Church. The
public is invited to attend these
services which will begin at 3:30
o'clock.
Mass X-ray Survey
Planned For Area
The second pre-planning con-
1 ference for the mass X-Ray
: survey was held at the Health
Department in Elizabeth City
PeoP,e or lne our -counuw
auuui selling up me two mooue
units from April 4 to May 2.
j The units will be operating for
22 working days and ' are equip
ped to take 22,000 X-Rays, or an
average of 500 per unit per day,
the cost being defrayed by the
four counties.
The , tuberculosis situation
the United States and
North
Carolina has improved during
the 'last 20 years as to the num
ber ; of deaths, but cases have
not declined in the same pro
portion as deaths.
; Because of the increased rate
of - tuberculosis in the older age
group.; veryoiH! over u yw
oiag4'lS(aid,to have a chest
A-ray. ,
C. pffice
year for the 1959 cotton, crop,
jf Bellmon also cautioned cotton
farmers that March 16th is the
final deadline for making a
choice between the A allotment
and B allotment for their farms.
All cotton farm operators have
been sent a .Notice ; Of the price
support, level and a reminder oi.
the "A" and "B" allotment for
their farm. The choice can be
made by checking the appropri
ate square pn the Notice MQ-24
CN (A) Choice A Allotment, or
Choice B Allotment, sign and
mail it back to the Perquimans
County ASC Office. 7; ' ' . 77
Bellmon urged, all cotton farm
ers to make their choice of. cot
ton allotment by the deadline of
March 18th. After that date all
farms on which the operator has
not made a choice will have the
A allotment in effect for 1959.
This is a requirement of the-law
and cannot be changed by the
County ASC Committee. ,
Monday, Feb. 16th
'A 6rd '6f' warning was' 'issued
today to motorists who have yet
to buy and disDlay 1959 auto li
censes.!' Next1 'Monday,' February
16, i8 the deadline for displaying
the new tags on 'all inOtbr ve
hi'dies. The law applies to , both
statd arid totftags for those ve
hicle '6whersf Who reSide'Sn1 !Hert
ford. ! ' ; r.h.
Accepts Position
At Funeral Home
". Mrs.. H. W. Lvnch, owner of
Lynch Funeral - .Home, has ran,
nounced the local business, firm
will continue 1 operations , under
her management and the assist
ance vof Horace Lynch. - They
will be assisted by James Walk
er, graduate-' ot the' ' 'tlridnnati
College o'f ' ..'EmbalmifigV":'whd 'nas
aceepted "a" position ' VitH '. 'the
by Judg
April 4 To May 2
firm. . , ,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, JEebruary 13, li)59.
mm'
IT WENT UP IT CAME DOWN An Air Force C-119 cargo plane is mashed into an air
strip at O'Hare International Airport near Chicago. Four Air Force reservists suffered only
minor injuries when the plane crashed after the right wheel hit a snowbank while taking oil.
No cargo was in the plane for the routine training flight.
HiSpS! Local YduthGhosen
HEADLINES As Member Church
Governor Hodges, in a joint
session of the General As
sembly Monday night, present
ed his budget for the next two
years, which calls 'for state
spending in excess of one bil
lion dollars. While the budget
called for some increases in
spending, the governor re
quested no new tax money. He
balanced the budget by antici
pating increased revenues, and
asked for a withholding
tax
plan. which, if enacted, will pro-
! vide a non-reoccurring tax wind
in ' fall of about 27'A million Hnl-
lnrH ' Cnntimpnl omnntf tV,o
lawmakers appeared favorable
toward adoption of the Gover
nor's budget proposals.
A Raleigh report Wednesday
announced a proposal will be
made in the Legislature tn in
h nf th state
ftighway Commteiion' 'in order
tn Drovirfe easier access tn of
ficials by the public which
wishes to discuss road problems.
The report stated , Governor
Hodges may be agreeable to
this action, but may likely op
pose any move to return the
i highway set up back to its old
j organization.
Nineteen persons died in a
tornado which struck St. Louis,
Mo., early Tuesday morning
causing serious injuries to hun
dreds of people and heavy prop
erty . damage. Similar storms
hit other areas in the Midwest
as wintry storms struck blows
over w.ide areas. The situation
in St. Louis was such President
Eisenhower declared the region
a disaster area. ,
Secretary, of State Dulles is
ittkinB. leave of absence t0
un(1-: an . fn,inWine
his return from a trip to Eurone
during which he, conferred with
officials in .England, France and
West Germany regarding the
Russian demands to make .Ber
lin a "Free City." :A confer
ence on the Berlin situation will
be held by - foreign ' ministers
next May. .. v
Coroner's Jury
Absolves Driver
A coroner's jury, which cpn
vened heret last Friday , for the
purpose of an inquest in the high
way death, of William Isaac Lowe,
Negro,- absolved John . William
Trueblood of any criminal , negli
gence in cuuiiecuuii: wiui :uie
rideht resulting in the injuries to
Lowa. i j i ; f t. f , ; -
e inquest was conducted by
bounty Cbrorie'f'Dr. C. ArDavfen-
port and " members of the ' jiiry
were J. W. Dillbn, W; T.J Elliott,
Claude Brinn, W. F. - Ainsley,
Thomas. Dail and L. B. Gibbs.
Lowe died fft the Albemarle
Hospital following a highway ac
cident which occurred - on ' the
Newbold curve about 4V4 miles
north of Hertford.. Highway Pa-
trolman Robert I. -Weathersbee,
who investigated the accident at
the time, reported Lowe had
dftVtin n'fs 6ar1-'(6"th'e side of the
road ' for ' 'the 'ptifbbse 'of chaweV
ing a'llat tire. "and wssf struck
In Highway Death
Iby a car 'driven by Trueblood.
Caravan
Corbin Lee Cherry, sm
of
Mrs. W. C. Cherry, has i n
choaen as a memher of the
1959 N. C. Conference -.Carevan
to Europe. Corbin. a junior at
High Point College, i.- a minis
terial student and has been do
ir . outstanding ',7ork at -High
! Point, where he is a inembor til
a Fellowship Team that ofun
presents programs at churt.-iu'S
in the area. Besides his studies
dnd pre-ministerial training du
ties, Corbin also works in a
clothing store in High Point to
pay his college expenses.
This year's Caravan will sail
on June 6 for a ten-week tour
of. Europe which will include
contacts with the Methodist
Churches in six countries, .'"and; represent., the i conference this
participation ' in youth, pro-'summer are Misses Sylvia Nicks,
grams and activities in at least Roxboro; Patricia Olmstead, Ar
25 churches. There will be a lington, Va.; Patricia Pugh, Old
two-week work period in Aus-Trap; Mary Eleanor Sanderson,
tria, where the North Carolina Plymouth, and Thomas L. Cov
Conference Board of Missions , ington, Rockingham; Ronald
maintains strong relationships Wachs, Pittsboro, and Corbin.
in the rehabilitation and the i Counsellors will be the Rev. and
refugee programs. j Mrs. W. R. Stevens -of Rocking-
Other young people who will ham.
Rose's Re-Opens
Hertford Store On
Self -Service Plan
Rose's Variety Store, one of
Hertford's veteran retail outlets,
completed its remodeling opera
tions this week and made plans
for a "Grand Opening" Friday
and Saturday, as a complete self
service operation.
1 Mrs. Kathreen Nelson, manager
if the local store, announced ar
rangements are complete for the
re-opening which .will mark the
Hertford store as one of the most
modern variety stores in this
irea. A special sale will be con
ducted Friday and Saturday in
:elebration of the opening.
Rose Supt. R. E. Laughter and
f.. P. Walker of the personnel
department, along with other
Hose managers from several
nearby cities have been working
dayand night this week in prep--tration
for the Friday opening.
The interior of the store has
been completely redecorated and
new back to back self-service
counters installed:
C. H. Tucker, personnel direc
tor for Rose's is expected to at
tend the Friday opening.
I fj i XT A
I "lOimeS 3.me(l
j.To 9 Committees
Peruipians Countjr Represen
tative "u. iv. xioimes nas'oeen
named . tft ? serve t,on I nirte com
mittees during the 1959 session
of the General Assembly. Ap
pointment was made by: Addi
son Hewlett, '; Speaker of the
House, v1., : 77, :-7. 17 .;:7 .
Committees on which ; Holmes
will 7 serve are: Banks : and
Banking, Commissions and In-
stitutions for - the Blind, Cor
porations, Courts and Judicial
Districts,- Finance, - Manufactur
ers arid Labor, -Roads 'and HighK
way Safety, 'Senatorial Dis
tricts and State Government,
To Europe
: '
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Miss Susan Nixon
Chosen Explorer
Scout Queen
Miss Susan Nixon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nixon,
was named "Queen of the Albe
marle District, Explorer Scouts
Unit" and received, a -beautiful
trophy Saturday night at the
annual Albemarle District Boy
Scout banquet in Elizabeth
City. Miss Nixon was chosen at
a district ball held in Hertford
at the Teenage Center on Friday
night when Explorer Scouts and
their dates from the entire Al
bemarle District had an oppor
tunity to compete for the title
'cf "Albemarle Queen." ;
Miss Nixon and her escort,
Richard Auman, receive an all-
expense paid trip to Virginia
Beach Saturday night, February
14, wnen tne annual iiaewater Besides his wife, he is sur
Council Explorer's Ball will, be I vived bv three daughters, Mrs.
held in the Convention Hall at Rufug- HarreU of St. Brides,
Virginia Beach. Here Miss Nix-Va- Mrs. J. C. Keatoh of Lake
on will compete with a queen Park Florida, and Mrs. G. A.
from the other three districts of j Pai'ley of Norfolk; one son,
the Tidewater area for the
title
of "Tidewater Queen."
, Saturday night's - fcall is an
annual affair with Explorer
Scouts of the Tidewater Coun
cil. Also attending from Hert
lord will be , Larry. Willjs and
Miss $ Becky! Burtbri.r ;Th'ey will
be .aecompanjed , by1-; Mj1, and
Mrs. Russell Willis.
ECC Coach Speaks ;
At Club Banquet
Jack Boone, head football
coach at East Carolina College,
was guest speaker at the annual
Monogram Club banquet held
last, Friday night at Perquimans
High School. The club members
had their dads as special guests
for the dinner meeting.- ''. ,
' - At the conclusion of a short
talk. Coach Boone showed a film
of . one of ECC's 1958 football
games which was enjoyed by the
audience.
Hertford PTATo
ConductStudy
On Family Affairs
"Family Affairs," a two-night
study for PTA members, will
be held in the Hertford Gram
mar School Thursday and Fri
day nights, February 19 and 20,
it was announced this week by
Mrs. James A. Auman, family
life leader for the local PTA.
Sessions will be at 7:30 P. M.
both evenings.
The Rev. Marvin Vick. pastor
of Queen Street Methodist
Church, Kinston, will be guest
speaker on Thursday night,
February 19, when he leads the
study group in viewing the
overall importance of family
living in our day. Mr. Vick is
past State Chairman of Family
Life in the Parent Teacher or
ganization, and is much in de
mand as speaker and resource
leader for PTA groups. He was
on the - program at the annua:
PTA convention in Asheville
last spring. Within the Metho
dist Church he has also done
much research and studying in
this area, and is an accredited
instructor for the training pro
gram of the church, especially
in the field of family life and
youth counselling and guidance.
f riclay nigiu s study session
will give opportunity for ques
tion and answer period, plus the
presentation of l short play "As
For Me and My House."
Memhers of the Hertford PTA
are especially urged to attend
this year's study. The Per
quimans High School may also
reeeiye credit for the study by
having as many as ix movbers
in attendance. The Wii.fall
PTA vvll be issue j a special in
vitation to participate
Hendricks Rites
Conducted Tues.
Funeral services for John
Thomas Hendricks, age 61 of j
Grubb Street, who diedj
Sunday morning at 2 o'clock in
the Norfolk General Hospital
following an illness of tyo
years, were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the
Twiford Funeral Home chapel,
by the Rev. James O. Mattox, '
pastor of the Hertford Baptist
Church, assisted by the Rev.
James A. Auman, pastor of the
Hertford Methodist Church.
"What a Friend We Have In
Jesus" was sung by a quartet
composed of Pete Riddick, Tom
my Byrum, Willie Ainsley and
Carroll Williams, accompanied
by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organ
ist. The casket was covered with
a pall of white mums and fern.'
Pallbearers were Martin
Towe, Julian Matthews, Hazel
Matthews. Crafton Matthews.
Tom White and Nathan Mat
thews. Burial followed in Cedarwood
Cemetery. '
Mr. Hendricks, a native of
Chowan Counuty and a former
resident of " Hertford, lived in
Washington, N. C, before re-'
turning to Hertford a year ago.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Ora Jackson Hendricks, a mem-
I her of the , Yeopim Baptist
church
and a retired poultry
market operator.
James L. Hendricks of Great
Bridge, Va.V one brother, James
E. Hendricks of Kecoughtan.
Va.; one sister, Mrs. Berta
Hobbs of New Hope; six grand
children and two great grandchildren;-
Store Installing
New Modern Front
Workmen .began construction
Wednesday of a new store front
for the J. C. Blanchard building
located on . Church Street in
Hertford. ".'
L. C. Winslow, president of the
firm, stated a new modern front
of Roman brick, aluminum and
glass will be installed' replacing
the old front of the building. -
. . MASONS TO MEET
, .Perquimans .. Masonic Lodge,
No. 106, A, F. & A. M.. will meet
Tuesday night at 9 O'clock.
i
Town Board Names
Off
iciais
Primary
i No New Money
j The Navy Department, in re
questing construction fund.s for
I the next fiscal year, omitted
mention of new funds f ir build
ing at the Naval Air Station at
Harvey Point, Hertford.
1 According to a Washington re
port construction funds rcquist
td for this Nav;il Distri-t was
drastically cut this year and no
request was made for Harvey
Point. However, it is estimated
previous allocations made for this
project will provide sufficient
money for the building program
for the remainder of this year.
Indians - Squaws
Divide Victories
With Edenton High
The Perquimans Indians drop
ped to two-point decision to tin
Edenton Aees in an Albemarle
conference basketball game play
ed here Tuesday ni'.'ht afte'
holding a five point advantage
at the halftime. The fna! scon
was Edenton 4IS, Perquimans 415.
Edenton outshot the Indians 2!
to 22 in the final half of the con
test to rack up its second win
of the season over Perquimans.
Wilkins led the visitors in scor
ing with 16 points while Bass
hit for 12 and Griffin got 10.
Burton and Tucker were' high
scorers for the Indians with 12
points each while Colson sank 11.
Nixon six and Chesson got five
The teams played even in the
first quarter but Peiquimans
Continued on Page Eight
Craftsman's Fair
Creating
Through
The first Albemarle Crafts
man's Fair will be held April
22 and 23 in Elizabeth City.
Home Economics agents in nine
Albemarle counties and the'
Elizabeth City Chamber of
Commerce are co-sponsoring the
fair in order to get a crafts
man's name associated with a
certain craft, to lay the ground
work for establishing a busi
ness and to promote good crafts
in the area.
The old Dr. Pepper Bottling!
Company on West Ehringhaus '
Street extended will be the lo
cation and building used by the
crafts demonstrators and ex
hibitors. No admission charge !
will b- made. Cash donations
will be received in order to fi
nance th? next fair.
Mrs. Paige Underwood, home'
economics agent, reports that;
interest in -the fair among Per-1
quimans County craftsmen has!
been extremely hi?h. The four!
following crafts have been ac-j
cepted: Turned woodwork by
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Dillon. Bel
videre; pictures of forest ma
terials by Mrs. J. P. Chesson,
Jr., and Mrs. Seymour Chappell,
Route 3, Hertford; forest wealth ,
creations by Mr. and Mrs. Na-
thaniel Fulford, Oldhope Farm,
Route 3, Hertford, and felt j
aplique by , Mrs. T. P. Brinn,
Hertford.
Application forms stating rules
and regulations can be secured
from Mrs. Underwood.
The following crafts will also
be demonstrated : during the
fair: Copper tooling, Gates
County; chair caning, Currituck
County; rug weaving and braid
ing, Pasquotank County; wood
carving and band tied netting.
Dare County; aluminum etching,
Pasquotank County; handmade
furniture, Worth Britt, Elizabeth
City; dolls, cypress knee and
driftwood ornaments, Dare and
Pasquotank Counties.
Other possibilities are leather
tooling, stool bottoming, Swed
ish darning, rug hooking and
5 Cents Per Cop .
Hod
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Election
I Hertford's Town Board, meet
j ing here in regular session last
I Monday night, set in motion ma-,
jchinery for holding the quadrcn
.nial election of town officials.
The election will be held on May
j 5, preceded by a primary which
I will be conducted in Anril.
j The board named Mrs. B. G.
I Koonce to serve as registrar for
i the election and D. J. Pritchard
and Mrs. R. A. White as judges.
Registration books will be opened
for four weeks prior to the n;-'
mary for the purpose of register
ing new voters.
Officials to be selected in Hi:-'
election will be the mayor a-t'i
four commissioners. Candidate:
seeking election to any of the of
fices are required to. file with the
Town Clerk.
Town Clerk R. C. Elliott advis
ed the board, acting on its or
ders, he had instigated collection
of delinquent personal property
faxes and had collected approxi-'
mately $150 from this source dur- -ing
the past 10 days
The board discussed the dt-l n
quent tax situation and tlvn '-e-newed
its instruteions to the
clerk and town attorney to pro
ceed with necessiry action in t'1-
collection of these outstanding
icount-t.
Mayor D-irden advised (he
'oard the town ha.- mad" pav- '
Tient, and secured title to one an"?
'f land upon which is s:tont"V '
'he town's new water we'l fielrl.
He advised the commission"rs of
plans for develonmcni of tis
nrnWt are being carried forward
nd will he nrc;entcd for addi
tion within the next few months.
Complaints received d'n-in'.' re
cent dav.s concerning utM'tv hills
of the past month were also dis
cussed by the board and Supt. V.
T. Rritt was instructed to run'
checks on meters to determine if
any of these were out of order.
Interest
out Area
ceramics.
Mrs. Underwood stated that
other entries will be submitted
on March 16. These entries will
he screened in order to ensure
only worthy crafts in the fai'.
The fair is open to both men
and women, home demonstration
club members and non-club
members. If there is anvone
interested, please contact Mrs.
Underwood, phone 2776. or
write Box 98, Hertford.
Building & Loan
Names Directors
At Annual Meeting
Stockho.' lers of the Hertford
Building and Loan Association
conducted their annual meeting
here last Wednesday afternoon
in the Court House, electing of
ficers for the coming year.
More than 60 per cent of the
Association's shareholders weni
represented at the meeting
either in person or by proxy, .
during which the secretary, Max
Campbell, reported assets of the
local association- had reached a
new high'as of January 31, 1959.
Total assets as of that date
amounted to $260,544. '
Elected to serve as directors
of the Association until the
next meeting of the sharehold-
ers were A. W. Hefren, C. P.
Morris, J. P. Perry. Max Camp
bell, Charles E. Johnson, V. N.
Darden, J. W. Ward, Claude
White, Henrv1 C. Sullivan and
R. M. Riddick. ' , -
At a meeting of the Board of
)Directors, following the . stock- .
holders' meeting,. officers elected
for the coming year were: A.
W. Hefren, president; ' C P.
Morris and J. P. Perry, vice
presidents; . Max Campbell, see- .
retary-treasurer and Charletf E,'
Johnson, attorney.. :