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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Www M. W%> M USPS4W4W Herfferd. Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, September 9, 1982 20 CENTS Corn crop may be the best ever , but there's no profit to be made tar** H OmMjt Ii |?k ?*Ml telt wmr m ?t w? Iwf-tiwtt *nn h to nM Net yteli* eel* tw l?*-" OwMty AfritMNnl ExifWNt CkiinMi HI JwNr N^Nte tkwt n nww> ?t (Ms uHy** MM mUI kfcVjt lua^m !? ?i?4 Wu cc?*i wm wy SuHtoUr iv wri ttMMCk t*? t* miwrt< mm SM flu ktM^l M| wff> yiiaJafr* m aI UcJ Twiiy liWsytlli IM m?. ftvft iwi vD^mI tdfcfc nifit JH? ?vWW vHWMm^ OWW'v* WO CMMj?M|nM^kiMklb?N IflWH W W iWI Wf m act* act Ik ll? "Mm! ?t ti* tWllWt W* **?*? ?>??< 13* htttWh gyr h>|t>i *" W ?amI wWwitTW# WC\W1 \ ?WH "From ?tot tinMR lint t?M M ihnt IW, I AM *<?>* Mas Mir mnA tkw j??r" lie a4 M With tt* tug* jrftMt. tanMn Ihw iNft t|rinlt?n ?ffi(ttl$ here Nity utiiiiliif fy ^ mmI com yieM ????? As ot TM?) Mnfei, Am *w It in tit ?lr*?4y Uhm Ikk jwrt ? ?? trwt. TV high ?? tor & IM bwflwfe m ?tw Nm * lm Ik Vwxtt tUr Mi Am tot Im? m? ilMnsM ptot ?t no-till com measured is New Hope "I think It dnn that twin cm (M good jkUs bu| Prices, however, are another alary. Prices >? this area are to aw fairly cwm case ia this county. alter discounting for ?liitwi, the farmer received $1 CI per bushel That nat leaving much for the farmer after expenses, according to Jester. Jester figures farmers in this area are spending anywhere from about $250 per acre to aver $300. depending on whether they're stiU paying for their equipment and land. Fer tiliser. seed, chemicals and gas atoae will cast in the neighborhood af SIM per acre If a fanner does well, say ISO baskets an acre on the average, at ll.fil a bushel be can expect to make about $240 acre. So if he is gaes lightly on the chemicals (and according to one area crop duster, they have this season), he might just make it through. "We've been fortunate that yieMs have been so high." said Jester. "If they weren't we'd be in a had situation.'' In addition, the dry weather of the last few weeks that has made can harvesting easier and has made the soybean outlook poorer. Jester reports. "We need a little rain right now,'' he said. Crops have also been affected by in sects. And though there was some hope for improvement in the price of soybeans, the price has not rise* significantly, he said. The peanut crop has also been damaged by disease and dry weather. Jester adds that on September 14 there will be a county peanut tour beginning at 3 p.m. the extension office. A combine empties its tank of this year's bumper corn crop in New Hope. Above, the combine goes back to picking. Along nM nil to* tnlb. (mm?. music Hri ?t tt? Mum Smww Festival wltt aba featvr* lUfWV SON* *t ttlWa Utt to lift MHiMt yrtrs vf OMMy A?Mmg to* mMimi to he **? abac Owrdi Stmt ? to?* *arH? to* ItMnl ?i h* from Uw nMn tiM ?t Kite hnteni ?t? ku a cra4te, t?ttt aa* ttwufrfcrni tray Mwctof toU* ftewrtr** family vmI dating hack to to* laMhMlfe Trey EliMttetWtofalLalavftriteat utiM shews, witt agate 4taptay a smau ponwn w nvs vwrvwH vm k? * ll> *t <M tosb, MMltttNl W]rt*n?M. There will also be antique cars from Kelvin Howell's collection and farm eqnipm ent belonging to Clinton Winstow at Betvidere. Don Juan will even display one of its oM sewing But Silas Whedbee of Hertford beats them all in age with the articles he has collected belonging to the Harvey family, from whom Harvey's Neck got its name. The Harvey s were one of the most prmhiit families m North Carolina duriag the seventeenth and tl|h>M?h centuries. The Harveys first settled in Perquimans County from Ireland over 300 years ago. and by ltn John Harvey was appointed provincial governor of North Carolina, the first, historians believe, native-horn governor of the state. Thomas Harvey served as Deputy Governor of the colony in the late 1800s. His grandson, also named John Harvey, became one of the leading figures in the state in the early struggle for independance, and his vigorous defense as Speaker of the Assembly for the people's rights earned him the name "Bold" John Harvey. His accidental death in 1775 cut short a marvelous career. "He was Indian Summer vUlSTMlv Festiva[ one of the most influential men of the Revolution. He would have been up there with Ben ja man Franklin if he had lived through the Revolution," said Mr. Whedbee. The last remaining descendent of the Harvey family was Emily Skinner, a great-great-great granddaughter of Thomas Harvey, who was a cousin of Mr. W'hedbee's and from whom he received the articles. From his collection, Mr. Whedbee will display an Irish cradle used by Gov. John Harvey and many of his descendents; a box made by John Harvey for the keeping of his boyhood treasures; a rocking chair which once belong to Emily Creecy Harvey, wife of Thomas Harvey; and a candle tripod, horsehide trunk and sewing table, all dating back to the 1700's. Besides the antiques, the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, which is organizing the festival, announced other additions to the program, which begins Sep tember 16 and runs through the 18 The Cann Puppoteerians of Elizabeth City will perform at 11 a.m. at Missing Mill Park, and there will be a children's program beginning at 1 p.m. that day. Festival spokemen will appear on WG1A radio next Monday at 9:45 p.m.. and again on Almanac, on Channel 7, Sep tember 14. Holiday Islanders throw a Labor Day bash "TV CunliM Good 01' Boys" wtw the featured at a duct ia the Saturday ai(ht _ P*rtK? weekend weather niHwi i h*a Saaday as did the arts aad crafts sale aad Baa Free haar aad sodas were Balaw, i iirt-biker raca at Mm Holiday Ialaad Later Day IwUfMin last Resident dies following local logging accident A Perquimans County man died last Thursday in Norfolk General Hospital following a logging accident in Pasquotank County. Louis Henry Felton, 59, of Route 2, Hertford, died after spending seven days in the hospital's intensive care unit. He had been struck in the head just before noon August 27 by a tree that witnesses said bounced farther than expected after it had been cut down. According to his boss. Douglas Temple, owner of Douglas Temple Logging Company of Elizabeth City where Felton had worked for two years, Felton was standing off to the side waiting for the tree to fall, when the tree fell and hit him. The incident occurred at a site about seven miles north of Elizabeth City on U.S. 17. Felton was taken to Albemarle Hospital by ambulance, and from there to Norfolk General by helicopter. ( , A funeral was held Monday af ternoon at the Saunders Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. C.A. Proctor. He was buried in a local cemetery with Masonic rites by the Meredian Lodge No. It of Hertford. Visitation was at Stallings Memorial Chapel, Hertford on Sunday evening. Felton was a native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County. He was the ton of the late Louis G. and Rota Dail Felton, and the husband of Estelle M. Felton of the home. Felton was a member of the Saunder s Grove Baptist Church, and ft was Chairman of the Dcacon Board. He was a member of the Perquimans County Branch of the NAACP, as well as a member of the Saunder's Grove Community Action Club. He was also a Past Master of the Meridian Lodge No. 18, Prince Hall Affilicate. Besides his wife, Felton is survived by two daughters, Carolyn F. Felton of Durham, and Cassie L. Felton of Greenville; five sons, Henry L. Felton and Preston Felton. both of Hertford, Howard F,. Felton of Wyandanch, N.Y.. Nathan M Felton of Grand Island. Neb., and Garland R. Felton of the home; six sisters, Gracie Anthony of Norfolk, Va., Emma Blanchard and Nellie B. Felton, both of Hertford, Earnest Tine Felton of Tyner, Estclla Mack of Washington, D C., and Ida Felton of Brooklyn, N.Y., and 11 grand children. This week New Hope church helps relocate a member of the congregation. Torn to page five. W eather Fair with a chance of tower* over the High hi the Ma,
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