THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume M, No. M USPS 42MM0 Hertford, Perquimans County, W.C. Thursday, September 22, 1988 30 ,
LOCAL
Teacher attends NASA seminar
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FfcATlIKE
Indian Summer Festival photos
see pg. 8
COMMUNITY
Hunter kicks off United Way
see pg. 5
Local man
1 arrested in
drug raid
After a failed attempt on Friday
evening, the Perquimans County
Sheriff's department conducted a
successful raid resulting in a large
take and the arrest of one man.
Late Friday evening the Sheriff's
dept. raided 322 Market Street in
' Hertford believed to be a "shoot gal
lery" or flop house. The raid resulted
in the arrest of Charles Darnell White
of Hertford, who apparently had been
staying in the house for some time,
and the confiscation of white powder
believed to be cocaine hydro-chlo
ride, an undetermined amount of
crack, a small quantity of marijuana
packaged for sale, a number of used
and unused hypodermic needles
some still containing a substance still
' to be analyzed by the State Bureau of
Investigation lab in Raleigh.
Also confiscated were approxi
mately 200 foil squares each con
taining a residue believed to be co
caine or crack.
White was arrested and charged
with felonious breaking and entering,
maintaining a house for the distribu
tion of illegal narcotics, felony pos
session of cocaine with intent to dis
, tribute, felonious possession of
marijuana with the intent to distrib
ute, and possession of drug parapha
lia.
According to Sheriff Joe Lothian,
another count of possession of coun
terfeit controlled substance is pen
ding grand jury indictment against
White.
Lothian stated that he feels the
house had been in operation for some
time. "The house had apparently
been in operation for some time,"
said Lothian. "We believe it was used
as a shooting gallery, a place where
people can go, buy drugs, and then
shoot up," he said.
As of press-time, White was being
held in jail under $9,000.00 secured
bond, and trial date is pending.
In addition to the sheriff's dept.,
Patrolman G. W. Long of the Hert
ford Police Dept. also assisted in the
arrest, and the Hertford Fire Dept.
provided lights for the search of the
house. Kirby, the Perquimans
County Sheriff's Dept. K-9 also as
sisted in the raid.
Hertford man
;;charged in
double murder
By SCOTT YATES
Edenton? The former boyfriend
of the woman found slain along
with her child in their apartment
several weeks ago was arrested
September 13, 1968 and charged
with two counts of first-degree
murder.
Claude Algustis Felton, Jr., 35, of
Rt. 1, Box 948, Hertford, was not
allowed bond in a first appearance
hearing in Elizabeth City and is in
the Chowan County Jail. A proba
ble cause hearing is set for October
4 in Chowan District Court. Police
said Felton is a deaf mute.
Sarah Ann Jones, 27, and her
daughter, Falinda Brooks, 10, were
found dead at their residence, the
Davis Place, Apartment 1, on West
Albemarle Street, on August 28.
Police now say Jones died of
multiple stab wounds and Brooks
was fatally shot in the head.
Felton was arrested September
13, 1988 at 2:20 p.m. at a logging
site in Bertie County. He works for
the Arrats Logging Co. of
Jamesville. Edenton Police Cap
tain C. H. Williams said Felton
gave no resistance when the arrest
was made. He added that the inves
tigation is still continuing. Wil
liams said F el ton's residence was
searched prior to the arrest.
Felton was questioned by police,
through a sign-language inter
preter, the day after the murders.
He was reportedly involved in two
earlier domestic disturbances in
volving Jones. Earlier last month,
police were called to Jones' place
of work, the Britthaven Nursing
Home in Edenton, after Felton re
portedly came to the nursing home
and began harassing Jones.
? The other incident was in 1986.
according to police, Felton caused
a disturbance at Jones' apartment
and damaged some of the property
before police arrived.
Neighbors of Jones said she
, brake off the relationship with Fel
ton before be caused the distur
bance at the nursing home.
Williams said the State Bureau
of' Investigation, the Chowan and
Bertie county sheriff's offices, and
we^e involved in the arrest.
On Monday, Lt. Governor Bob Jordan made a short campaign stop in Hertford. Jordan visited
with supporters and promised help for rural Northeastern North Carolina.
Following his stop at Jimmy's BBQ on Monday the Lt. Gover
, nor greeted a quaker, Becky Winslow at the Newbold-White
House.
Jordan visits Newbold
White House on Monday
Lt. Governor Robert B. Jordan
III was greeted by Becky Winslow
on a visit to North Carolina's oldest
house, Newbold-White, near Hert
ford Monday. The house is credited
by Joseph Scott, a staunch Quaker,
who was well-established in Caro
lina by 1672, when George Fox, the
Fouinder of the Society of Friends,
or Quakers, preached at Joseph
Scott's house by the Perquimans
River. Becky Winslow is a member
of Piney Woods Friends Meeting at
Belvidere, whose Monthly Meeting
is the oldest religious congregation
in the State of North Carolina.
Newbold-White is also histori
cally important to the state as the
last surviving meeting place of its
proprietary government, 1663-1729.
Governor John Archdale, who con
vened the 1697 General Assembly
here, was a Quaker. He is regarded
as one of the ablest governors
North Carolina ever had. History
shows that Quakers were a domi
nant moral, and a major political
influence in the earliest govern
ment of North Carolina.
The hall-and-parlor type brick
house, ca. 1685, has been fully re
stored by the Perquimans County
Restoration Association. It is open
to the public daily, except Sunday,
from ten to four-thirty o'clock p.m.
Most of the furniture has been
given to the 17th century house by
the North Carolina Society Council
Dames of XVII Century. Newbold
White is the only historic site in the
state dedicated to the interpreta
tion of the state's early struggles to
become independent of both Vir
ginia and South Carolina.
1969 marks the three hundredth
anniversary of the naming of
Philip Ludwell as "Governor of
Carolina, north and east of Cape
Feare" in 1689. With this appoint
ment the history of the Albemarle
as a distinct colony ended, and that
of North Carolina began. In May,
1989, a commemoration of this im
portant anniversary will be held at
North Carolina's oldest house,
Newbold-White, near Hertford, in
Perquimans County.
Jordan promises
help for rural
North Carolina
During a quick campaign stop at
Jimmy's Barbeque on Monday, Lt.
Governor Bob Jordan promised to
help Northeastern North Carolina in
the future by providing better roads,
a better economic future, and better
educational programs,
Jordan told the group of supporters
gathered "There are two North Caro
linas, and I live in both of them," said
Jordan, citing the tremendouse dif
ferences in the cities, such as Raleigh
and the rural areas of the Northeast.
The democratic candidate for Gov
ernor stated that there are great con
trasts in the cities of North Carolina
and rural areas, adding that small
communities and towns are often for
gotten by state politicians.
"When I drive to the airport in Ra
leigh, there is a great deal of traffic
in the rapidly growing city, and I al
ways find myself wondering where
the accident is," said Jordan.
"But I return to Mt. Gilead, the
story is much different," he said,
adding that in the short drive from
his home to church there are houses
for sale, and the houses have been for
sale for three years. "That's not
growth," said Jordan.
Jordan added that as he travels
throughout the state, especially the
northeast he sees lots of work to be
done.
Jordan stated that he has gone on
record to see that U.S. 17 is four
laned from the S.C. line to the VA.
line, but added that he will need legis
lative help to get it done. Jordan also
noted the importance of highways 158
and 168.
Jordan also told supporters that he
plans to concentrate on rural North
Carolina by developing more eco
nomic development centers, expand
ing education programs and continu
ing to develop agricultural
resources.
"This campaign is not about Bob
Jordan," he said, "It's about the peo
ple of North Carolina".
At the close of his speech Jordan
again promised to run a clean cam
paign, and promised that if he is
elected to surround himself with peo
ple that are competent and able to
get the job of running North Carolina
done.
Indian Summer Festival successful
Crafts, plenty of food, mat en
tertainment, and plenty of good old
fashioned fun drew a large crowd
last weekend once again for the 7th
annual Perquimans County Indian
Summer Festival.
"I am very pleased," said Mary
Harrell, executive director of the
chamber and organizer of the festi
val. "I think we have had one of the
largest crowds ever," she stated on
Saturday afternoon.
The festival kicked off on Friday.
Downtown merchants lined the
streets with great bargains for fes
tival visitors, and the sweet aroma
of sausage cooking at Layden's
country store filled the air as
clowns strolled the streets giving
away balloons.
The "Marching Pirates" kicked
off the entertainment followed by
the Edeoton Preservation Band,
the Navy Atlantic Fleet Band, and
people danced in the streets. Later
in the evening festival goers got a
special treat At 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.
"I am very pleased
with the turnout,"
said Mary Harrell.
"Curse You Jack Dalton" was per
formed by a cast of local charac
ters under the direction of Ed Al
len.
The old fashioned "mellerdram
mer" was delightfully funny, ex- 1
tremely well done and featured
outstanding performances by the
entire cast performing for a
packed house during the early
show, and a large crowd for the
second show.
The local performers gave wonder
ful performances, ana the play was
a hit sure to make the scene next
year.
On Friday festival visitors were
also treated to a wide variety of de
licious foods. It was standing room
only at lunchtime for a hamburger
or hot dog and french fries from the
"sidewalk cafe", and later in the
afternoon the smell of fried
chicken filled the air.
On Saturday cloudy weather
threatened the festival, but mother
nature only sprinkled on the fun
and festival goers continued to
have fun.
"Paradise Road" Band got the
entertainment started on Satur
day, and at noon the Flatland Clog
gers drew a huge crowd of specta
tors for their performance. Katie
Cudworth, "TRADOC ROCK", and
the Harbor Lites, a local square
group from Snug Harbor,
out Saturdays afternoon
entertainment. People sat on the
grassy hillside next to the recre
ation building singing, clapping,
and enjoying the music and danc
seepg . 7
Hertford town council
approves park curfew
The Hertford Town Council voted
last week to impose a curfew on Miss
ing Mill Park, and all other recre
ational parks in the town.
The curfew was adopted by the
council because of problems cited
with loud music, loitering, and van
dalism at the park after dark, and
was recommended by a joint com
mittee of police, town officials, and
recreation dept. employees.
The new town ordinance restricts
useage of the park from 9:00 p.m. un
til 7:00 a.m. from April 1 until August
31st, and from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00
a.m. from Sept. 1st until March 31st.
Exceptions to the rule will be worked
out on an individual basis with the
recreation dept.
In addition to setting the curfew
hours, the new ordinance also prohib
its anyone from playing loud music,
making excessive noise, or washing,
waxing or polishing a motor vehicle
on park premises.
In other business the following ac
tion was taken:
AUDIT REPORT: Terry Chappell,
town auditor, reported that the finan
cial condition of the town has once
again this year increased greatly.
The town's fund balance is up some
$300,000 this year, showing more than
a $600,000 increase in the past two
years. The total fund balance was re
ported at $847,000.
The increases were reported as fol
lows by Chappell : $45,000 from the
general fund, $30,000 from special
revenues, and $245,000 from the util
ity funds.
It was also noted by Chappell that
the town has made an effort to de
crease the amount of money trans
ferred from the electric fund to the
general fund.
Mayor Cox added, following the au
dit report, that it does not include ex
penses for the new sewer plant.
SEWER PLANT: Work is almost
completed at the sewer plant. The
plant was put on line last week, and
all work should be complete accord
ing to Cox within 60-90 days.
GARBAGE TRUCK: Council
agreed to delay purchasing a new
garbage truck. Mayor Cox reported
that no money is available at this
time due to cost at the new sewer
plant. According to Cox the trucks
are running fine.
NO WAKE ZONE: Council mem
bers agreed to meet with Perqui
mans County Commissioners to dis
cuss a no-wake zone along the
Perquimans River in Hertford. Per
quimans County Commissioners
stated earlier this month that a re
quest by the town was to restrictive.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned.
Pirates charge over the
Weldon Chargers Friday
On Friday evening the Perquimans
Pirates had an easy time defeating
the Chargers of Weldon in the con
ference opener.
Coach Spencer White let every
one play on Friday evening. Sec
ond and third-string players played
much of the second half for the Pi
rates who stomped the Chargers
57-6 before their home crowd in
Weldon.
Pirate JoJo Parker led the
team's scoring. Parker caught two
touchdown passes, and threw a
third pass to lead the Pirates to
their second victory of the season,
and a big first conference win.
According to Coach White, the
Pirates started out slow on Friday
evening against the Chargers,
going into the second quarter tied
6-6, but came alive during the sec
ond quarter scoring 22 points. The
Pirates held a half-time lead of 28-6
over Weldon.
It had been two weeks since the
Pirates took the playing field, last
week's game against Edenton was
cancelled due to rain, but it didn't
seem to effect them once they got
rolling.
Coach White stated following the
game that he didn't know whether
the long trip to Weldon, or the lack
of play last week, caused the Pi
rates to take off slowly, but stated
that it took the team awhile to get
going.
White stated that the offense
looked good on Friday evening,
stating that he felt they looked
much better than they had all year
long.
Perquimans controlled the game
totally on Friday evening, in a
game which some wouldn't have
even called a fair contest.
The Pirates managed to gain 367
yard in total offense, and scored
first when Ronald Skinner blocked
a Weldon punt and his teamate Wil
liam Foreman picked up the ball
running eight yards for a touch
down. The extra point was missed
by the Pirates.
The Pirates took a 12-6 lead over
Weldon when quarterback Derrick
Rogers found JoJo Parker, a tight
end, for a 39-yard scoring pass.
The Pirates other two second
quarter scores came when Darnell
Mallory ran 17 yards, and Rogers
made a three yard pass to Parker.
On both touchdowns Tyvoice Cos
ton made the two-point conversion
runs.
In the third quarter the Pirates
scored only once. Scottie Mitchell
made a 26-yard run for a touch
down. Coston added two points
making the score 36-6.
During the fourth quarter Wel
don virtually gave up, and the Pi
rates added three more touch
downs. Michael Jordan ran 49
yards to score, Bennie Everett
scored on a 17 yard pass from
backup quarterback JoJo Parker,
and Jevone Coston made an 11
yard scoring run.
Perquimans rushing attack was
lead by Jordan with 116 yards in six
carries, and starter Tyvoice Coston
managed to get 113 yards in 15 car
ries.
According to White and Defensive
Coach Andy Downing, the defense
also played a good game on Friday
evening.
Perquimans faces the Aces of
Edenton this Friday at 8:00 p.m. in
Ec*?nton. This is a make-up game due
to rain two weeks ago.
Local man denied
bond in drug case
RALEIGH: U.S. Justice Depart
ment Officials announced last
week the Fred Julian Harvey, 371
Brace Street, Hertford, has been
denied bond by a U.S. magistrate
and remains in jail on drug
charges.
Linda Marie Harvey, his wife,
charged in the same case, has been
granted a $10,000 unsecured bond,
and has been released.
Rocco J. deGrasse, assistant
U.S. attorney, said that a federal
judge in New Bern determined that
Fred Harvey was a danger to the
community, and would possibly
flee if he was granted bond; there
fore, the judge denied Harvey
bond.
DeGrasse added that the federal
judge determined that Linda Har
vey was not a threat to the commu
nity; therefore granting her bond.
According to DeGrasse no trial
date has been set in the case, and
location of the trial is yet to be de
termined.
Both Harveys have been charged
with conspiracy to possess with the
intent to distribute cocaine and
heroine, possession with intent to
distribute and distribution of her
oin and cocaine, and carrying and
using a firearm in relation to a
drug trafficking crime.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were in
dicted by the federal grand jury on
August 31, 1988, and were arrested
on September 7, 1988
DeGrasse describes the Har
vey's as major drug traffickers in
Northeastern North Carolina.
Their indictment comes as the re
sult of a raid on their home by
Hertford Police, SBI agents, and
federal agents earlier this sum
mer. During the June raid over
$300,000 in cash was confiscated as
well as a number of vehicles, and
firearms. Drugs were alsp ob
tained during the raid.
The couple faces a maximum
sentence of 45 years in prison if
they are convicted of all counts
charged, and also face a fine of up
to $2.25 million dollars per defena
ent.
Weather forecasters are calling
for cooler cloudy weather
Thurs. and Friday with a
chance of thundershowers late
in the afternoons.