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page roust . " .......THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD,. FRIDAY. ,, NOVEMBER gttM. :, THE PERQUBIANS - Published i every Friday at The Fexquinians.' Weekly - office in the 'Gregory .Building, Church Street, Hertford, N. C MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor Day Phone 88 Night Phone 100-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.26 Six Months 75c Application for entry as second class matter pending. Advertising rates furnished by re quest. . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934 A BIBLE THOUGHT THE GOLDEN RULE: As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them. Luke 6:31. ALL SHOULD SUPPORT THE RED CROSS ROLL CALL Should a major catastrophe occur in Perquimans, such as does occur in dozens of places throughout the country every year, there is one agency from which we could feel sure of securing aid the American Red Cross. The Red Cross is always on hand to help when the need arises. When suffering is caused by floods, famines, storms, from any of the many hor rors which can and do happen to the human race, there is always the Red Cross, bringing relief, food to the fungry, clothing to the naked, medi cine to the sick, shelter to the home less. All this is made possible by the annual Roll Call of the Red Cross. The dollars contributed each year from you and from me, and from .the millions throughout the country are used to give to those in want We cannot tell when we give our dollar whom it may help, what form of suffering we may be relieving, who of "the least of these" it may benefit. .; A major calamity may never occur . in Perquimans County. Let us pray that it does not. And let us give all the more gladly because we are not afflicted with any great and sudden disaster. All of us will be given an oppor tunity to do our bit in this great work of relieving human suffering. Let us respond as generously as we can. WHEN OLD FRIENDS MEET It is interesting to watch old friends when they meet in Hertford on Saturdays, one perhaps from as far as the extreme end of Harvey's Neck, and another from the upper section of the county, or from Bur ants Neck, and to hear them chat in neighborly fashion. There may be other little towns where old friends meet and visit with each other as they do here, but Hert ford seems to be somewhat unique. It has the advantage of being located near the center of the county, and as the county seat and the only place of any size in the county, the folks from Whiteston and Nicanor, from Durants Neck and Chapanoke, from Harveys Neck and Burgess and Bethel, and from Ballahack, come to Hertford. In many instances friends may and do live as far apart in the county as thirty miles, and they seldom meet except on these occasions when they come to town. Some of them come every Saturday, to be sure. You can always count on certain ones being here without fail. Others come less frequently, but they come. They were here last Saturday from all over the county. It was a right happy looking crowd. They had some money to spend. Many of them ap-, peared to be very busy, others not so hurried. Some stopped on the street corners and talked. Saturday was, in fact, a good day for Hertford merchants. The day was bright. Everybody could come to town. The stores had employed ex tra forces, and even then much of the trade had to wait its turn to be served. Hertford1 merchants are very wise, and Perquimans folks are fortunate that they are. Realizing that Hert ford is the natural gathering place for the people from all sections of the county, the merchants have risen to the occasion and have provided such stores as few small towns can boast of. There is no need to go farther than to Hertford to secure as good merchandise as can be had. The prices will compare favorably with those of any place, and many stand ard articles of merchandise can be bought here for less money than they are, sold for in larger towns. The reason for this is obvious. The small town merchant has les3 over-head. He can afford to sell for less than the merchant who pays city rents. ' We can trade with the home town merchant to our great advantage, and as we do so we aid the merchant in making an even better store, which is also a help to us. Give the home town merchant your support and he will continue to serve you to your ad vantage and Ms own. 1": COOPERATIVES SERVE 'IN MANY WAYS , ' f ' Some of the most important activi J ties of progressive farm cooperatives - ' deal with problems' not directly re x lated to the buying and selling of ag- Through Capitol Keyholes By BESS HINTON SILVER LIVELY SCRAP You don't hear much about it but a real contest is developing between State Senators Carl L. Bailey, of Washington County, and Paul Grady of Johns ton, for president pro tern of the coming Senate session. Both are veterans and have many friends among the new Senate line-up. Both have booming voices and both dem onstrated their ability at presiding over the upper house in 1933. Be fore either is elected to the po3t of assistant gavel-rapper members of the Senate will know that a scrap has been taking place. NEW STATE COUNSEL Capitol Hill nose-in-the-wind boys smell a change coming in the attorney gen eral's office. It cannot be confirmed but there's good reason to believe that one of the three assistants at torney general is about to retire Poor health is said to be the reason for the prospective resignation. Keep your ears and eye3 open and don't be surprised when you hear the news. A lot of people supposed to be "in the know" whisper that it's coming. POLLED THE VOTE It may not mean anything to you on its face but the fact that Johnston County polled a larger percentage of its June pri mary vote in the November election than either Nash or Vance counties is taken to have certain political sig nificance in the Fourth Congressional District. You will remember that Congressman Harold D. Cooley, of Nash, defeated Jere Perry Zollicof fer, of Vance, and George Ross Pou, of Johnston for the Democratic nom ination last June. Friends of Mr. Pou are pointing to the large Johns ton Democratic vote, this month as compared with the party's ballots in Nash and Vance counties. APPROPRIATIONS Would - be raiders of the State gasoline tax have adopted a slogan, "As much for schools as for roads" for theiv legislative campaign to get part of the money paid by auto and truck owners to build and maintain roads. The appropriation for schools now is $16,000,000 each year while the high way appropriation is $18,000,000 per year. But more than $9,000,000 of the highway appropriation goe3 for principal and interest payments on bonds while the whole $16,000,000 goes for operation of the schools. Something like $6,000,000 debt ser vice for school buildings is being paid by local government units and does not come out of the State appropria tion. If included it would run the school expenditures up to about $22,000,000 per year. MYSTERY It's hard to get any advance idea on the length of the coming legislative session. Some veterans are inclined to think that the 1935 General Assembly already realizes that a State must have money on which to operate but oth ers express the opinion that it will take the constitutional 60 days for so many new members to learn what it's all about. Everybody agrees that there is going to be some fight against the sales tax with opinion oil the outcome divided. Then there is the question of money for boosts in teacher and State employe pay to say nothing of the necessity for relief funds. It's a knotty problem and your guess is likely to be as good as anybody's. IN THE SUN About two years ago, during the banking crisis, Gur ney P. Hood, State Banking Commis sioner was right in the spotlight of the news. Then the Roosevelt admin istration got the situation straighten ed out and Mr. Hood dropped out of the news. Times have improved and closed banks are now paying divi dends almost as rapidly as they were closing in 1933-34. That puts the Banking Commissioner right back in the sun again. Incidentally, the dividends have made Mr. Hood a more popular man than in the days when the banks were closing. ricultural commodities. These problems include such mat ters as monetary policies, tariffs, commodity prices and all manner of government legislation. The farmer, in common with all other producers and workers, is vitally affected by national and international economic trends and policies. His farm, so far as this is concerned, is no different from a bank, a service industry, a life insurance comany, or any other institution in the long run, he will fail or succeed to the same degree as other endeavors, here and abroad, fail and succeed. The great farm co-ops have given the farmer something he cannot ob tain for himself as an individual experts who work to make his in fluence, his wishes and his interest felt. In doing that, they have been extremely successful farm leaders have been called in during the writing of important legislation of various kinds, and the completed bills con tain'valuable features that they sug gested. ' Thus, the farm cc-rop serves in many "waysi-nd the thousands of progressive farmers 'Who make suc cessful cooperative associations pos sible are building stably for the xu- LION'S SHARE Western North Carolina Democrats who at first com plained that Governor Ehringhaus favored the east with patronage should feel better these days. The latest major appointment to go west was the naming of Dr. Carl V. Rey nolds, a cousin of Senator "Our Bob," as acting State health officer with every indication that he will be nam ed permanently to that office next spring. He succeeds the late Dr. James M. Parrott, of Kinston. Other juicy plums tossed west by Governor Ehringhaus are a place on the Su preme Court bench given Judge Michael Schenck; director of the prison division presented Jack Roach, of Statesville; Superintendent of Pub lice Instruction tendered Clyde A. Erwin, of Rutherfordton; a couple of seats on the Superior Court bench and a hatful of minor places on boards and commissions. REVERSE ENGLISH? Howls went up to high heaven when Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr., was named Execu tive Assistant to Revenue Commis sioner A. J. Maxwell and placed in charge of personnel of the State's collecting agency. There were plenty of predictions that the next Legisla ture would give the Doctor the well known boot. Dr. Noble said nothing consistently declining to be quoted. Of recent months revenue reports have been decidedly favorable but still Dr. Noble says nothing. Capitol Hill is beginning to sing a different tune. The ear-to-the-ground boys say off the record that the Doctor will not have to talk before the Legis lature except to say, "Howde ye do." They venture prognostications that the records will defend Dr. Noble in the early days of 1935. TO PAY OR NOT TO PAY The question of immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus is almost . certain to arise to. plague North Carolina mem bers of Congress during the coming session... .President Roosevelt i3 against it at this time and most of the boys .from the Old North State are riding the same buggy with F. D. R. these days. Senator Josiah Wil liam Bailey voted against the bonus last session along with some of the others but times have changed since mother was a girl.. State Legion Commander Hubert Olive has come out for cash payment and the North Carolina delegation to the national convention of the Legion at Miami voted solidly with the majority for immediate cashing of the certificates. There doesn't seem to be much op portunity for straddling the fence. It's just every man's judgment as to whether President Roosevelt or the bonus can swing the most votes in 1936 either that or the voting of honest conviction. HEADGEAR North Carolina's victory in securing the park-to-park road to be constructed by the federal government from the Shenonoah Na tional Park to the Great Smoky Na tional Park is a feather in the hats of the State's two Senators, Con gressmen Zebulon Weaver and R. L. Doughton and Governor Ehringhaus. But the honors seem to be about equally divided. From this distance at this time it is difficult to figure out how it gives any one of them any great political advantage over the other members of the group. You can make your own deductions. BOLD STROKE Several Raleigh school teachers appeared in print in one of the local newspapers with statements indicating that the Bchools of North Carolina's capital are no more than shells. Leroy Mar tin, secretary of the State School Commission returned their fire with a statement that amounted to "It ain't so," and got himself in a regular war. The battle is still waging with Mr. Martin contending that if the teachers are right Raleigh might just as well close its little red school houses. Final decisions will be an nounced later. Majestic Range Week To Be Held At Morgan's Majestic Range Week will be ob served at W. M. Morgan's next week, when a special representative from the factory will be at the store throughout the week to demonstrate the new all-enamel. Majestic range. - The Majestic needs no introduction to Perquimans housekeepers, many of whom nave used one for twenty years, but it is a far cry from the old black range of twenty years ago to the lovely new apple green, gray, white, ivory or blue range of today. As a special inducement next week, a set of beautiful copper ware cook ing utensils will be given free to every woman who buys a Majestic during this demonstration. , CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our grateful appreciation to our many friends for their- kindness during the illness and at the time of the death of Lucius M. Blanchard. For every thoughtful act of kindness and every expression of sympathy we are .most grateful. ' , . , T -"". THE FAMILY fZWEM ESTS SPECIAL FEED FOR GROWING BROILERS Care Is Necessary to Obtain the Best Results. There are generally considered to be two broiler seasons one near the holiday season and one near Easter time. The popularity of producing two or three-pound young chickens Is Increasing each year. With the devel opment of this enthusiasm have come a number of new problems not hereto fore encountered in any large degree, cites a writer in Wallace's Farmer. Winter broilers are reared either on the floors of brooder houses or in the more modern battery, brooders. There is less difficulty for success with floor brooding, but the .battery method seems to present reactions that are difficult to analyze. Cannibalism and feather picking are problems In all confined systems of brooding, but seem to show great er aggravation In batteries. The battery plan of management has developed a new obstacle or dis ease, commonly termed '"hock dis ease," or slipped tendons. The ten. don at the hock slips out of place and the leg turns to one side. It has often been confused with leg weakness, or rickets, but this is an error. Rickets results from deficient mineral assim ilation and can be corrected by some vitamin D carrier, such as cod-lirer oil or sardine olL Experiments at the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and United States government experiment stations showed that slipped tendons were caused by too much mineral Intake, and more par ticularly by not having calcium and phosphorus In the proper balance' or relation with each other. In order to handle this situation, rations for broilers are now so con structed that there Is one and one half to two times as much calcium as phosphorus, and not more than a total of 3 per cent of both. The job of growing chicks to broil er size, Indoors, is an extremely arti ficial one, and the ration must be ad Justed to meet the unusual conditions. Leg Weakness, Blindness, Bother Young, Old Birds "Leg weakness" may be a disease of young or old stock, manifesting itself without discoverable cause, or It may be an accompaniment of other disor ders that show this weakness as a part ef the symptoms observable, says a correspondent in the Rural New Yorker. Protruding , vents, particu larly In pullets laying heavily, show birds unable to stand up under the strain of such production. Blindness may accompany chronic coccidlosis or other chronic affections or may seem to be an affection of the nerves of sight not dependable upon any known disease elsewhere. About all that can be said of It In man; cases Is that it Is "A disease of the optic nerve." Unless autopsies reveal a definite disease or definite diseases to account for the mortality in the flock. It will have to be ascribed to the lack of con stitutional vigor, and overcome, if at all, by greater attention to that neces sary Ingredient of flock welfare ; very possibly at the expense of such heavy egg production as layers nre now forced to. Cut Poultry Mortality Heavy pullet mortality has long been recognized as one of the major problems for the poiiltryman, reports H. H. Kauffman, poultry extension specialist of the Pennsylvania State college. On many farms It has been found that 40 to 60 per cent of the pullets fall to complete their first lay ing year. These figures come' from surveys made in several different states. The birds either die or are removed from the flocks because they are poor producers. Culls or market hens may be partially counted as mor tality, as many fail In production -because they do not have sufficient stamina to stand up under heavy pro duction. There are, however, some vigorous hens that fall in production because they are by heredity poor pro ducers. Pastures for Poultry - Poultry raisers in England use spe cial pastures for poultry. They use rations lower In protein and yet get good growth and egg production. As protein Is the most expensive part of the ration, any method which permits lower protein feeding is important to the poultryman.' Climatic conditions In England are more favorable than in this country for providing green range for poultry throughout the year. A system used there is to keep a large, . number of hens in portable houses. - Cull Old Hens " Five years of experimental work at the University ef Arkansas College of Agriculture shows that it Is not profit able to keep . the average hen more than three years. These records show that all birds gave their best produce tlon their first year and decreased In production each succeeding year. -In these experiments production - de creased 07 per cent by the fourth year nnd in some cases as much as 70 per cent was noted by the end of the third Mr,' ' ?,", i NEW HOPE NEWS " Missionary Society Meeto The Margarette Missionary Society held its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs; - Dan . Simpson on November 16th. The meeting opened by singing "Work For the Night Is Coming." Mrs. Clarence, Goodman gave an interesting talk on mission ary work; .There were ether interest ing readings by Mrs. Grace Jackson, Mrs. Steve Perry, Mrs. G. L. Turner, Mrs. Guy Webb arid Ms. Elmpr Banks. ' After the devotional exercises con tests were enjoyed. The hostess then served home-made candy.. Those present were Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Mrs. C. B. Goodman, Mrs. Virginia Jackson, Mrs. G. L. Turner, Mrs. Guy Webb, Mrs. Steve Perry; Miss Maude Simpson, Mrs. Dan Simpson and Mrs. Elmer Banks. Surprise Party For Teacher Mrs. E. M. Perry, the teacher of "The Friendly Bible Class," was hon ored at a surprise party recently. The honoree was presented with a beautiful counterpane, in apprecia tion of her services as teacher, the presentation being made by Mrs. Clifton Haskett. An attractive poem, composed by Mrs."! Elmer Banks, was read as a part of the program. Those present were Mesdames C. B. Goodman, Jessie Sawyer, G. L. Turner, Matt Spivey, Virginia Jack son, John Foster, Grace Jackson, Mattie Barclift, Ruth Simpson, Hoyle Jones, Clifton Haskett and Elmer Banks. Mrs. G. L. Turner and family mo tored to Gatesville Sunday and vis ited relatives. Miss Ruth Nachman of Hertford was the week-end guest of Miss Pearl Davis. Mrs. B. S. Banks of New Hope spent last week with the family of her eon, Elmer Banks, at Durants Neck. ' Rev. Mr. Demette, pastor of the New Hope M. E. Church, is attending the annual conference of the M. E. Church at Washington, N. C. Mr. arid Mrs. George Newby of Norfolk, Va., are . now living with Mrs. Newby's father, J. B. Webb,, at Durants Neck. Mr. arid Mrs. Percy Webb and family of Norfolk, Va., visited Mr. Webb's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Webb, on Sunday. BETHEL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Perry and children of near Edenton were Sun day guests at the home of Mrs. Beu lah Williams. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Chappell and daughter, Blanch, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Corprew of Edenton Road Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Matthews of Burgess spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Billy White and chil dren of Hertford visited at the home of J. H. Mansfield Sunday. Miss Lula Mae Mansfield spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. H. L. Thach, of Yeopim, Station. itisisitisisisisisiaittsisiaiflisisisisitisiaisisiaisioioisiaisiaismaYsiBisTHaiavMMaraTArarsMvaia Here CHECK This list of things7 , you'll need Saucepan Sets Ring Mold Sets ' Deep Pie Plates t Cake Plates. ',' Cake Pan Cookie Sheet, ' French Fryer Set n Stewing Kettles 1 HertfordHardw "Trade Here and t u::rTrc"D, n. c Mr. and Mrs.' Fred Matthews of Burgess spent Sunday with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Keaton. Kramer Williams of near Edenton called at the home of Mr, and Mrs.' C T, Phillips Sunday; v ' ; ' .J Misses Addie Mae and Pensie Ward spent Thursday with Mrs. , Tommie Matthews of Burgess. , , Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mansfield and children, Helen , and Margaret Ann of Edenton were Sunday guests, at the home of J. H. Mansfield. Mrs. Lou Curtis is visiting rela tives in Norfolk. -" ."- W. A. Mansfield of Woodville vis ited his father, Henry Mansfield, Sat urday. 1 Preparing To Take;, ' Agricultural Census A sample copy of the general farm schedule or questionnaire which will, be used in the agricultural census to be held in January may be had upon application to the Bureau of Census, Washington, D. C. A letter addressed to the chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Perquimans last week, sent out' by the Bureau of . Census at Washington,, states that the department will, send a supply of .cards, such as the, one enclosed, and sample schedules, to j3i distributed. The card referred to reads as follows: . - r 'j. UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE . . January 1, 1935 "The first census of agriculture in the United States was taken by the Federal Government in 1840.; The' last census of agriculture was. taken in 1930. The number of farms- re ported in 1930 was 6,288,648. The next census of agriculture will be taken in 1935. The law provides that a census of agriculture be taken every five years. "The census of agriculture m 1935 will include the name and address of the farm operator; farm tenure;' farm acreage, which includes all crop land, all pasture, and all farm woodland the total value of the farm: the acre age of yield of each of the. principal field .crops and yegeUbles;. the num ber of trees and , the yield "of'eMih oi the principal fruits; the number an value of each class of livestock poultry and; egg3, and iarm- popula tion. , . .- --v.-. "In order to secure complete and accurate reports from each individuals farm operator in the United Stales, it will be necessary for every farmer and all agricultural agencies to' co operate with the Federal .Government ' in this census. Never before has a census of agriculture been of greater importance. The individual farm opr.',: erator's report is a confidential, gov eminent report If you should like to .' have, in advance of the enumeration, a "sample copy" of the general farm schedule or questionnaire, .'write to '. the Bureau of Census, Washington, D. C." . -i'iVl.yX SUCCESSFUL CHICKEN SUPPER The girls of the Epworth League of . the Methodist Church served 5 chicken supper on Thursday night ;. which proved a fine success netting a tidy sum to the league. " ; 1 STAINLESS STEEL CARVING SET$ $1.75.up;, SKILLETS Real'HeWfiilHl Made of heavy cast iron. . A real buy for the money.1' 40c up r ROASTETJ3 Just the"1, thing to bake ' that Thanks- i giving fowl in.' All -sizes. W ' ? . 11X0 up Dank the Difference" A. 4S,,: .v'i', 9 :;V'.,vi , I