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THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY
Published every Friday Jrt The
Perqaimans x Weekly efflee in the
Gregory Building, Church , Street,
Hertford, N. C
MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor
Day Phone ... ;',; 81
Kight Phone -,- i. .
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StTRSraiPTION RATES
One Year . .. $1J
Six Months , , 75a
November 15, 19S4. at the post offlce
t Hertford, North Carolina, wider
the Act of March 8, 1879.
Advertising rates furnished by re
quest
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1987
BIBLE THOUGHT FOB WEEK
THE STANDARD OF GOOD
CrnZENSHIP: And let none cf you
imagine evil in your hearts against
his neighbour: and love no false
oath: for all these things I hate,
saith the Ior-Zachriah 8:17.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
There is food for thought in the
article written by John T. Lane with
respect to the school bus situation,
which appears in this issue of The
Perauimans Weekly.
That we have grown school bus
conscious in North Carolina at last
Is a step forward. Over - crowded
school busses which are not always
in perfect repair, driven by imma
ture youngsters who should not have
the responsibility placed upon them,
constitute a situation which is grow
ing more and more serious, a situa
tion which is apt to become acute.
John T. Lane, who lives at Whites
ton, represents the best element of
the citizenship cf Perquimans. Mr.
Lane is a successful farmer and
business man, a man of sound judg
ment whose opinions are respected.
A public-spirited citizen, he is inter
ested in everything which concerns
his county, and he is particularly and
vitally interested in anything per
taining to the schools.
Incidentally, two of Mr. Lane's
children are college graduates, one is
still in college, and one is a student
in the Perquimans High School He
has for many years been and still is
in close touch with the school situa
tion. He probably voices the senti.
tnent of many of the more thought
ful parents of children who ride in
the school busses.
"X believe," states Mr. Lane, in ref
erence to school boy drivers, "that
some one other than one of their
number will give better satisfaction."
consideration right now. A bill has
been introduced in the Legislature to
promote safety in the operation of
school busses, and the question of
whether or not the drivers should be
replaced by adult drivers is being
discussed everywhere. In this con
nection F. T. Johnson, Superinten
dent of Education of Perquimans
County, has made the statement that
he believes student drivers are more
satisfactory than the drivers which
the state could employ at twenty dol
lars per month, because, says Mr.
Johnson, the school boys driving the
bussess are under the supervision of
the school superintendent.
But are they? Of course they are
so far . as Mr. Johnson and other
school superintendents can control
the situation. But how fat is that?
Just suppose that the school bus
driver speeds a bit t Suppose that he
'turns mham at too ranid arrets of
speed. Suppose he fails to give the'
proper signals when stopping or when
making turns. In a word, suppose
that the boy in charge of the lives
of perhaps fifty children,' represent
ing as they do the most precious
ithing in the, lives of their parents,
is careless. "Suppose ne takes un
necessary risks with his priceless
load. . Who is - going to . report the
matter? Will the children in the
bus report to the superintendent that
the bus driver, who is one of them,
was careless? They will not' lathe
first place, to do so would be against
every principle they have ever been
taught : One of the first things that
.children learn at school is not to tell
tales on one another. It is a. matter
of honor. :);'x':'
Under the circumstances, one won
ders how the school heads can expect
to know anything whatever of what
happens to the school bus after the
bus gets on the road, except from
what : is told by some one . like Mr.
Lane who observes from the side
Hneg, ,
WE WELCOME A HERTFORD
- BOY SCOUT TROOP. '
The best news of the new year is
that a boy scoot troop is to -be or
ganized in Hertford. : Rev. Mr. D. M.
Sharps will be the Scout Master,
with the Rotarlans as sponsors. -
To become sy. scout has been the
ambition of many a boy to whom the
"opportunity was denied. Some Hert
ford ' boy . might have been a better
man today if he had been a member
tit a coy scout trop? hack In those
r'"" c?rs,-wfcl tle riLt sort of
1 . And there is no -doubt but
1 -. a boy has missed a lot of
- ' i fan 'he might have had
-n a scout .
'5 to talk about what is
r. Let's- be " glad be-
are ceding ; into
HIT OR MISS
o4oeeeooooeoo
By ML L. W. - ,
Attention automobile drivers! Bet
ter be careful when and where you
sneeze. : One sneezer who happened
to be driving an automobile on the
highway near Hertford on , Sunday
found herself sitting in a corn newt
after having Jumped her car across
a ditch. ' . i ' .. ,
It happened out near the Jake Mat
thews service station, 5 miles from
Hertford, W. ;G. iHonowelL Luthsr
Whedbee, Cecil Sawyer, Carlton
Whedbee, Lee Layden and others who
happened to be at the service station
had their attention directed to the
persistent blowing of an automobile
horn, v Realising that an ongent call
was being made, the men rushed u
expecting to find heaven knows what
A nasty survey of the road disclos
ed that there wasn't a car in sight
And then some , one discovered that
there was a car over in the field a
little way up the road. Hastening
to the spot, they found a woman sit
ting: at the wheel. 'She was uninjur
ed and the car seemed to be in good
shape. "I sneezed," she explained,
'and lost control, and the first thing!
I knew here I was."
Well, there were enough men in
the crowd to get the car back on the
road, and the woman sped blithely
on her way, probably resolving to be
more careful next time she sneezed.
The Town of Hertford has an or
dinance which makes it unlawful for
a child to ride a bicycle or to skate
on the sidewalks of the town.
The town also has an ordinance
regulating the speed limit of auto
mobiles on the streets.
The children, as a rule, obey the
law with reference to skating and
riding bicycles on the sidewalks.
They skate and ride their bicycles,
generally speaking, only on we
streets. But the law is not being
enforced as to the speeding of auto
mobiles, and the children on icy.
cles and skates must take care jot
themselves as best they can.
It is admittedly dangerous for little
tots who are walking on the side
walks, to old folks and others, for
children to skate and to ride bicycles
on the sidewalks. But what of the
danger to the children who must
skate or ride bicycles on the streets,
if automobiles are to continue to
speed through the streets of Hert
ford at the present rate?
These children are being discrimi
nated against as the situation now
exists.
Manual Published For
Traffic Safety Program
Raleigh, N. C. (Special) A four
point program of activities in traffic
accident control for communities of
all sizes has been released by the
North Carolina Department of Re
venue's Division of Highway Safety
with the publication of a 48 page
traffic safety manual, ''Creating
Safer Communities." Copies of the
book, of which there are now only a
limited number, will be mailed this
week to city and town officials, police
executives, school authorities, judges,
officers of civic organizations and out
standing citizens interested in .traffic
accident prevention. . All 'will be
urged to consider the application of
the. plan to their'own communities.
They will be ifihtA to fit it into traffic
safety activities now in operation or
to use it as a basis for safety pro
grams under consideration.
In a foreword to the publication,
the' Division of Highway Safety
pledges its cooperation and assistance
to groups working for traffic accident
prevention, and recommends the use
of "Creating Safer Communities" as
a guide to community activity. '
The four basic features of the
suggested program include the pre
paration and use of accident facte,
the extension of child and adult edu
cation, improved enforcement of I
traffic laws and better engineering
for traffic safety.'1 ; The organisation
of a Citizens' Traffle ; Control Com
mittee where no such committee now
exists is called for.. This committee
Is urged to work in close cooperation
with municipal and town .authorities,
the police, the schools and the courts.
Where possible, the appointment of
the . committee's , chairman : by the
mayor or corresponding authority is
recommended.
Know Your Language
Bjr C. L. BushneU
tctnnl tt gnillih
THE origin of b word "eandl
I date goes back to an3ntT
Some. When man 1
for public oCce r" t
be wore white itvi I
"eandidatns," meaning one V 1
b white." Our- -word w? -V.
derives directly from tLs Roouuk
caadidatus." - - . . ,'
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Le !" Is the verb; the
1 Bonn, Can should be taken to avoid
tout jt-ing t' nj
I.:.t: Vul you ' lend me a
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V,'r""gi Will you loan ms a
- EicU: Thanks for the loan.
ALIENS OWN THr.ES
BILLION U. S. STOCKS
Foreign Investments Here Total
, $3,035,000,000.
; : Washington, '-r Foreign Investors
own more than 3.000 million dollars
in American stocks and bonds and
have total investments in the United
States aggregating S.03S million do
lars, the Commerce department re
ported. ;"
British investors lead eH others
with 37.3 per cent of the total, while
Canada is second with 20 per cent
mod Holland third with 13.8 per pent.
The department said:
"Together with foreign ' owned
bank balances and other short term
funds representing liabilities -of the
United States to foreign creditors,
which amount to roughly 1,200 mil-'
lion dollars; the tot?l l"Tand short
term foreign' investments-ln.. the
United States at ' h ndiof 1B35
were approximately- 8,235 million
dollars." - : "
- The report showed that more than
1,000 million dollars of foreign mon
ey was Invested in the United
States in 1935, mostly going into
stocks and bonds, ' -
Besides stocks and bonds, foreign
investors have more than 1,000 mil
lion dollars invested in American
trusts, foreign insurance companies
operating in this country, and in
farm and urban real estate.
The department estimated that
value of the stocks held by foreign
investors increased 87 per cent dur
ing 1933.
Dividend and interest payments
to foreigners, amounted to 149 mil
lion dollars in 1935. About 63 mil
lions was earned off common
preferred stocks.
Sign Language) It Taught
to Apes in London Zoo
Ijondoi-Thert la schoolroom
in the London zoo when lessons are
conducted in absolute silence and
only two pupils attend. They are
Mick and George, three-year-old
chimpanzees, who are being taught
to "talk" in the sign language used
by primitive man before he mas
tered the art of spech.
Their curriculum has been drawn
up by Sir Richard Paget authority
on phonetics, and their "schoolmas
ter" is G. Stonor of the zoo staff.
"I've been teaching them for
about six weeks," Stonor declares.
"The only sign they react to imme
diately is one which tells them on
which side of the cage their food is
coming. ' . '
"The signs I am making to them
at present concern only food. I hold
up a finger and pretend to peel it.
as if it were a banana. I do this
several times, and then produce a
banana.
"The sign for an apple is almost
the same, except that I draw it
downward from my mouth, for
monkeys bite an apple with their
lower teeth. '
"So far the chimps have watched
everything with great interest, but
I only teach them for 30 to 40 min
utes a day, as they quickly get
bored." V
Game Is Now Classified
as Agricultural Crop
Spartanburg, S. C Game in the
Piedmont section has been classed
as an agricultural.crop h William
C Kelley, biologist of thtf-sofi con.
servation service. . $
T 'Matures it wild Hfe' ief said,
"depend on vegetation for food and
shelter, and any operation which re
stores this natural form of protec
tion and maintenance, is beneficial
to wild life and at the same time
helps minimize erosion. Soil con
servation activities should present
exceptional piortunities for pro
moting wild life welfare. Essential
ly tt constitutes the matter of proper
land use and sound farm manage
ment. f -, ,
"Such usage of land obviates the
cultivation of steep erodible slopes
and provides for the stabilization of
gullies by the planting of trees,
vines, shrubs and grasses."
Fanners Head List ot
p;:? Speculators1: in Grain
? ' Washington. More' farmers and
housewives : gamble in grain than
any other group, the Department of
Agriculture has learned m a sur
vey.,. In one day the department
counted 18,364 traders in wheat and
corn : on the Chicago Board of
Trade. i sThe lis, was led by J.5S9
farmers and 1,301 housewives. More
than 600 other occupations were
represented.
, On another day 20,000 speculators
were counted. Farmers led again.
The list included bankers and ba
ckers,, cooks and clergymen, ho?
Jbuyers and hostesses, Jewelers and
Jail builders, plasterers and puri
lists, seamen and scientists, wait
resses and watchmakers. There
w one tlant-i:;. r tT.i anof -r
person saidie "J , i Z-zzliS arouri"
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Fine Attendance At
' County Council Meet
New officers were elected, at .the
meeting of the Rosa Powell Circle of
the Woman's Missionary Society of
the Hertford Baptist Church, which
met on Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Ken wood, with Mrs. Charles
Johnson presiding;. They are as fol
lows i Mrs. Charles Johnson, chair
man; Mrs. T. , E. Raper, first vice
president; Mrs. L. B. Sitterson,
cond vice president; Mrs, Jesse Cam
pen, Jr., third vice' president; Mrs.
Tommy Miller, publicity chairman;
Mrs. CUO. -Fowler,petsonal service
chairman; Mrs. Mary Parker, secre
tary and treasurer. " ,
After the business , session there
was a social hour, when the hostess
served a sweet course. Those,, pre
sent were Hesdames Charles John-
son, ..Tommys-Miller, C O. - Fowler,
Mary. Parker, W. ' E.1 Hoffier, Lola
Lane, Jessie Lane, B. W. Pennington,
W. TV Elliott, E. A. Byrum,, Jesse
Campen, Jr., V. A.V Holdren, S. C
Godwin, R. .A. Sutton; T, E. Raper,
George Chappell and Molly Perry.
Visitors'inoluded Mrs. - John Boyce,
and Misses Gussie and Bennie Wood.
The next meeting: will be held with
Mrs. E. A. Byrum on Monday night
after the third Sunday in February.
Florida Attracting
Hertford Residents
Two of Hertford's merchants
are in Florida to spend the next few
weeks, and others are ' to visit the
sunny state of Florida in the near
future. ..':';',W'';:-''".'';"''l'.;.-; V'.'Vi,
J. C Blanchard, accompanied by
Mrs. Blanchard and their son, Billy,
and U S. I)arden , left .last Monday.
They , will probably return' sometime
in February, Mr. Darden will spend
several weeks in Minneola. The
Blanchards had no specific destina
tion in mind but expect to spend
some time at several points in the
state.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Towe and little
son, Joe, who will be accompanied by
Miss Rath Sample, of Elizabeth City,
will leave on Sunday for Saint Pet
ersburg, Florida. They expect to be
gone a week or longer.
Mrs. D. S. Darden and Misses
Nancy Coke and Elizabeth Darden
will join Mr. Darden in Florida some
time in February, to spend a week.
VISITED MR. AND MRS. PERRY
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Newbern and
their little daughter, Sarah, former
Hertford residents who now live at
Tarboro, were week-end guests of Mr.
ana jars. . Tom Perry. ,j
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1 CIIIUDIIE! COATS , ,-
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MISSUS' AND LADIE3
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FO'JW EYES WONTHCLP
A LACK OF FORESIGHT
' An electric ' fan . will hely to dry
paint as weH as' banish odor from a
room that has been , newly painted.
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I .We Have Just Received a New Shipment of X
THOMAS LAXTON .
MAY PEAS
These Peas were bought prior to the rising1
market. Therefore, we are going to pass thi3
saving on to our customers. See us for your
supply now!
If You Are lliinking of Building
Or Repairing
GET OUR PRICES ON
BUILDIIG. VMATIIAI
OUR STOCK' IS COMPLETE : X j
Hertford : Hardware & Supf1 Z
"Trade Here and
Values to
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GREATLY REDUCED
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T. A. PEARC3 I J ,
The condition of T. A, I r v o ,
has been critically ill with pneu... :a v
is reported aa somewhat improved. -
FIRST PRIZE NIGHT WINNI3
James Reed, colored, of Dobb
street, Hertford, woh "the ,10 cash w
prize at the first of the State's prize - ; w
nighters, Wednesday night. ,Asf.
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vWhen hanging garments outdoors ,
to be aired, use two coat hangers
instead of one, reversing . them so ?
that the .hooks-, form ,a circle. This
prevents the garments from blowing
ofl" the line: .. t . j u
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