N. G, FRIDAY DECEMBER 20, 1935.
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j eijn f.!arlc:i Pre? Q2 v.;
- waBhlnoiL-rbe t treaty port Vf
j8watow, III southeast China, came -to
.the world's attention recently as the
.Scene of serjoai'. Chlno-Japanese fl '
iPmea ttraK-mttinttoBcrtcCK
. '.Chinese ships entering the port had to
(V Ipass down a receiving line of Japanese.
'warships, and Chinese troopa dug miles
1 .of trenches near the city as Japanese
' ."Although Swatow la on of; Chlna'a
i : ifflott ? ImporUnt ports, circumstances!
! iseem to hare conspired in recent yew
ttor reduce lu.osueUj brisk traded says,
the National " Geographic society.:
-. ("Leascned demand 'for lproducU rm.
jforeign market, "espeelaili In. Slam and ,
. tbe straits "ttiementshave cawed
- diminution of the city's exports; and'
htnf, local taiatlon, together with
'boycottey baa affected- 1t Imports.; s
, ,Swatow'isldents:navet learned1 to
teconomWbyilslng'taineaeade
'matches 'aid' hosiery Instead of foreign
ones, artificial woolen yarn Instead of
the genuine, locally-distilled oil Instead
, - of Imported kerosene, cheap dried and
'salted fish in, place of the more expen-
' slrf sharks' fins and cuttle-nsh. '
i? l Oettttirta Coolies Return.
,4 large part of' Swatow's former;
'purchasfng power was doe to money
sent soma by" Immigrant coolies work-4
Jng la; 81am, in the Straits Settlements,
'and la the thymine of. Netherland
'India.- At present this eouret of wealth
' 'is falling as hundreds of coolies, des
;tttate and- unable-Jo. .find work, else-:
, jwhere art pouring back into 8watowv
. jy'An- added, bnrdea ta Swatow's eom-'
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: 5ft the hinterland; Parts of the Kwaag
- Jtang province, for which Swatow Is aa
Important distribution center, art bar-
fried by them. .
. i :."Koropeans made a poor flrst-Impres-t
;Slon ; on 8watpw. Early .European
jtraders kidnaped so many coolies from
: .there to be laborers In other countries
'that Chinese hatred - of. foreigners
"raged iaVthe port. Even for several
. 'years after the treaty of lS5d,Vwhicj"
'made Swatow a treaty portj! foreigners
' ,were not welcome In, the city. .This
.feeling has largely been changed and
,today Chinese, European, - and Amerl
, can homes and offices are side by side.
' Not only has the port had troubles
' commercially, but It hns even had dlfli
cultles geographically. Situated on low
'alluvial plains at the mouth of the Hnn
- river, It had occasionally been flooded
bv Inadeauatelv controlled tributary
streams. After it survey In 11)21. dikes
were built, hicli clve the city better
. protecUop. . ;c; k v:' 5.,:;::,,;;' .
"Calamities Itwhlch Swatow:'- antlcl
pates annually" are typhoons, which fre
quently rage between August and
tober.. Situated at the southern end of
Ci the strait between the .China coast and'
Taiwan, and less protected from' the
sea than many other Chinese ports,
: Swatow Is at full mercy of the ty
phoons. As toon as a typhoon ap
proaches within 100 miles of the city
, two guns are red from Its signal sta-
: tlon every five minutes night and day.
In Augnst, 1922, an unusually severe
, typhoon and tidal wave greatly dam
' aged the port's shipping and property.
; . But CllmaU Is 0. K. "
."One thing, however, Swatow does
not have to worry about is Its climate.
, ir la -ranked, as the healthiest . port In
" IChina by some authorities. : Cholera Is
noticeably absent purlng the hot sum
. mer season,- the beat' Is alleviated by
cool sea breexbes; while the .winters
. are bracing. The .city bad an insuffl
jcient water supply until 1914, when a"
,. modern water system was Installed. j.
' "Swatow. originated as a small fish-
- Ing village, ? Its name probably was de?
rved from swa a wicker basket, for
catching fish) and 'tow,', (head).. To-
'day, a large percentage of the people
in and near the port engage in fishing.
They catch flying fish, sea "breams and
other' varieties, and many of the fish
peddlers carry their wares la baskets
on their heads. . ' r
" "Swatow1 populaUon waa about 178-,
C36 in 1931. Most of the city's res!
1 ,dents are Chinese merchants, farmers
' of fishermen, but there are also several
hundred : foreigners engaged In trade.
' .'. . These' are mostly;1 Japanese, English,
Oerman, American, French and Porta-
' guese. 'wity'-iA:--
c, "The city's modern improvements In-
Ailude waterworks, a sew telephone sys
tem, electric lights, a sugar refinery,
, and mills for expressing oil from pea
nuts.'', i !fTt'r-;- -ifikl:. '-'.u
. Freak Laws Unrepealed V -;J
on British Statute Ddolu
' London. A recent freak . court; case
- at Hustings caused lawyers to search the
f statute bookr and remind Britons that
curious laws, remain unrepealed and
could send anyone to Jail. , .
E:::i Illegal In Brltnia are:
r king a cigarette In the street. , -
- iay radio broadcasting.
- . C latmas dinner of more than three
CC- . ' J.' '
: 'rg a mince pie, "an abomln
t" i ' -,i Idotrous thing."
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V i a" cesistmas stort '
asChristmas Eve! ' .
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Hie snowflates fell on housetop,
v grstreet and spire,
Until earth's foulest spots were clad
'?mm holiday attire.. Y'?.$
Around the gloomy prison walls
The pure, whita showers fell; .
And silvered o'er the iron 'bars that
? guarded each dark cell.-, 1
K--."1 """;-i'::,;v''r ' '"' ' "
In. one of these, upon his cot,. .
A youth, so young, so- fair,' Bat,
Darkly brooding, on the lot .that led
i . his footsteps.-there. ' '
Scarce twenty changeful . years nad
Above hia bright 'young head,' , . t
Sc; IwWed in woeful misery upon a
2 nriitnn hAd ' v
Adown the. gloomy corridor a dark
' li; robed, figure glides,
And halts beside this grated cell
Vtbtiti '1f$ ino! 'Mibiaea;'';''''''
She tells him; - with such tender
. words, of hope and pardon, .too,
Of brighter paths on earth to win, 't
Of honest work to do. ''- .' K-!: f-.:
And methihg in the low,' sweet
' "voiea,''' ;
That fills his heart with pain, reminds
hire of his mother, dead,
Like some sweet, sad, refrain.
Sweet Sister Mary, done her work,
From th prison.;. turned ,,to .leave,
-with hopa-H.iiW - f '" ..- ,
That one young .soul was saved on
. .. that glad Christmas Eve.
And 'round the aToomy prisoff walls
TheuW wWte fsiiaviWk feUr until
a silver cuiiin-hid '' ' 5 '' -';-"
Each inmata in hia- eel!.
A score of years have passed away.
Again the snow falls down, and again
Christmas Eve
Has dawned upon a Northern town.
We stand within the massive walls
That guard a . convent brood, a
. hundred helpless orphans,
And a noble sisterhood.
An old acquaintance here we find,
The care marks on her brow bespeak
her honored rank,
For she is Mother Mary now.
The convent treasury is bare!
Poor Mother Mary sighs. Her chil-
, dren may not eat
The feast that's held in Paradise.
But hark! The convent bell is rung!
A peal so sharp and clear!
ThY smiling portress hastens in with
la present for -Ma Mere! .
Tha- package i; is a bulky one, and
;'.C."-Vwhen the sum is .told," :
The awe-struck sisters marvel
O'er the Coins of , solid gold!
But Mother Mary does not heed the
' gold that shines so bright.
A vision of tha long ago
Comes to her aged sight.
She reads, "Dear Lady, please accept
"This Kift I send to thee, in token
of a Christmas Eve
"When you were kind to me.
"Your ' words of hopeful comfort
: sank deep into my sore young
S " hearV w
"And gave me courage yet to stnye
"To win, a better part."
The "soul-touched Mother speaks ; at
And teaA are in her voice! -
"Our Lod" hath sen the Christnas
feaati 1 - '
"Come, praise HlnV'and'reJokar v
' Jesse Campen, Sr.; came vp to my
office ona day this week to bring me
a message in whjcji.1 waa interesbsd.
Realising that Mr. Campen is not as
young as he once was, I mentioned,
in thanking him for his trouble, that
it waa too bad he had to climb the
l"0h, that'a nothing, he said,
don't mind a UtUe thing Uka that. I
can climb up on top of house about
as easily as I ever did,". : ,
, Nowi Mr. Campen is in his eighty
fourth year, and so I asked him if he
was still ' scampering ; up ladders on
houses like he used t6, and he said
tha only trouble with him waa that
folks wouldn't tve him enough work
to. keen him busy.' , He said the last
work he had to- amount! to anything
was in November , when he buflt a
barn out on the Newbold farm.' He
built that bam with the help of one
man. ' He went up on top and shingl
ed the roof, if you please, the two
working togetEer, of course He said
he really wasn't as agile as he used
to ba but that he never felt afraid
to climb up high. i
Since he was sixteen years old Mr,
Cr?en has never spent three date
in tad from Sickneas. and ha has
r:7:r tri the services of a physician I
V 1 ore tw:r.iy Kinutea In hia whole
' Ua l-s a hard worker
: a r-'J oaa, and sCl is if be can
i C.a vicrk to dp. 1 .
r J 1 3 r-y willow limits to
F" - , cr ( z -e that, just
c " V ' 1 1 1 s went out,
ever psper
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" Ralph Phthisic has jeturned. to -his
homa. in Cincinnati, Ohio, after being
called here because of the illness and
death, of his mother,' Mrs. Mary
Phthisic. : , " 5 I '.-
' Mr. and .'Mrs.- Hubert Chappell
spent lastL Sunday wiUi ' their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. ChappelL '
Misses Ethfa and Novella Winslow
and Messrs, Otto Bunch and Andrew
Hobbs visited - Miss Syble Chappell
Tuesday evening. ' 1 .
i Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Chappell and
son, Thomas, made a business trip
to Elizabeth City Saturday.
' Mrs. Purvis ' Chappell and son,
Harvey, visilfd' at tha, homa of Mr.
John' Hendren's Sunday. ', . ?
:1 Mrs. G. W. Chappell and daughter,
Cora Mae, spent Wednesday after
noon wifli her daughter, Mrs. Percy
ChappelL
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Winslo visifc
ed jtheir grandmother, --Mrs J. R.
Chappell, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Brafford and
children returned to their home in
Wajshington, D. C, after attending
the1 funeral of Mrs. Braf ford's moth
er Mrs. Mary Phthisic.
Mrs. W. P. Chappell was called tc
the bedside of her father, W. K. Hen
dreh, Friday. He was very ill with
pneumonia and passed away Sunday
morning.
f SPORTS TALK 1
By "Whitle"
The Perquimans High basketball
teams, both boys and girls; have
opened up with a bang.
Last Friday nirht the teams slav
ed the 'locals, in a double header on
the local court. The. Indians took
the first game from the locals iofthe
tune of 20 to 12." Nixon was high
scorer for the P. C H. S. boys, scor
ing 8 points. Robinson for the locals
was high scorer, scoring 7 points.
The srirU then came alonar and
took charare of the second a-ame. The
Perquimans girls pushed up scores
of 89 points to their oppnnets' 3. The
game was very one-sided, although
the locals had several starts of a few
years ago.
Newby was high scorer for the In
dians. Mayes of the locals chalked
up the only points made by the
locals.
On Tuesday night the boys and
girls played their second game of the
season, in a double-header with Au
lander, on the local court.
In the first game, the girls romped
on the Aulander team to the tune of
36 to 19. The Perquimans girls had
the Aulander, girls out-classed
through the entire game. Newby
was high scorer for the girls, making
nearly all the points for the P. C. H.
S. girls. Spivey made several nice
over-hand shots, finding the basket
nearly every time.
In the second game the Perquimans
boys took charge of the Aulander
boys and ran up a score of 35 points
to Aulander8 9.
At the beginning of the game the
Indians had trouble finding the bask
et, but after a short time the boys
settled down and showed the Aulan
der team that they meant business.
In the last half of the irame the In
dians scored 21 points to Aulanders
2. Some scoring I
The girls have played two games
and won . two. . Tha boys have done
the same. So it. .looks as though
potn gins ana- ooys nave gooa teams.
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If you haven't bought - your season
ticket, get' it at once. -"j
"The boy' basketball team has been
entered in' tha North Carolina East
ern Conference. . ...'
Coach Rogers made a trip to Rocky
Mount last Saturday far the purpose.
There are four eastern teams in this
conference Vv
. vTha Indians have their first confer
ence game after the Christmas holi
days. Their first game is with Eli
zabeth ' City, on January 10. The
boys hope to give a good account of
themselves in the conference games
this year. The P. C. H. S. has not
had a boys' team in conference in
several years.
:No game is scheduled as yet for
Friday night, but Coach Rogers hopes
to get one scheduled this week if
possible, After Christmas, though,
the teams, will settle down to some
'real basketball playing. . Both teams
have soma pretty stiff games this
-pefeBon. ' .
iCHAPANOKE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swayne were
in. Elizabeth City Saturday after
noon. C. J, ,White1 who has been very ill
in the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth
City, returned home Monday, and is
doing as well as could be expected.
' Alonza Godfrey, of W.oodville, was
a business visitor in Elizabeth City
Monday.
Mrs. Jesse Hurdle and her daugh
ter, Miss Jennie Hurdle, were in Eli
zabeth City Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander
were in Elizabeth City Tuesday af
ternoon. ' Mrs. Daisy Perry and Mrs. Eula
Perry, .were in Hertford on Tuesday.,
Mrs: Alberto Rosa, formerly Miss
ElisibeMr Wilson, and - Miss Louise
Wilson will arrive Saturday from
Mercer 'University, Macon, Ga., to
spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Wilson, Jr.
Miss Cora Layden was a visitor in
Elizabeth City Saturday.
Dr. E. H. Potts will fill his regu
lar appointment at Woodville Bap
tist Church Sunday.
Carey Quincy, who is attending
school at Fork Union, will arrive on
Saturday to spend the Christmas hol
idays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Quincy.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson was in Elizabeth
City Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Elliott and Miss Lessie
Elliott were in Elizabeth City on
Monday.
Mrs. Johnnie Bray will spend the
Christmas holidays with her mothcr
Mrs. Alfred Cheatham, in Roanokc:
Virginia".
ON SICK LIST
Mrs. T.F- Winslow is on the sick
list this week.
FOE SALE
FARM LANDS
and
TOWN LOTS
For Cash or on
Easy Terms
H. G. WINSLOW
HERTFORD, N. G
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Cotton Payments ' i)
; May Be Over 5 Cents
The -cotton, adjustment navments
under the 1936-39 contracts mav be
considerably mora than , five cents a
pound, J. F. Criswell, of State Col
lege, Raleigh, has revealed.
The five eent rate ' nreviouslv an
nounced is the minimum and not a
fixed amount for the adiustment
payments, he explained.
The contract provides for a nav-
ment on the 1936 cron of not less
than five cents a pound on the aver
age production of the land taken out
of cotton cultivation under terms of
the contract
Contract signers may adjust their
acreage next year bv 80 to 45 ner-
eent of their base acreage, and re
ceive adjustment payments accord
ingly.
Criswell pointed out ' that srrower
not unor contract may expand their
production enough next year to flood
the market and beat prices down to a
low level.
The production of non-contracting
growers will depend largely on
FLOWERS . . .
For Christmas
Christmas Baskets - Cemetery Wreaths
Potted Poinsettias - Primroses - Cyclamen
Cut Flowers - Pottery - Novelties
Scarlet Sage
Call Mrs. W. E. White, Agent, for Prices
Mildred's Florist
Shoppe
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Fresh Flowers Quick Service Prompt Delivery
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GIVE HIM A GOOD
FOR CHRISTMAS
No-wilt collars,
and fancy patterns
..BATON,7 . WOOL AND
SILK SOCKS- .
Newest Patterns
; 25c-50c
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1M Years of Semce , Qoality Marchaadiaa
J. C. Blanchard & Col
1 "BLANCHARDrS-
HARD'S" SINCE 1832 (
Kucuiet uw iisiuuBU Act IB con-
tinned, he stated. ;. . Kr
In the event that: production ' tn
creases and ' the price goes down tha -adjustment
payments to contracting
growers, together with tha ' income
from the sale of cotton, will give
them a fair return for their crop.
But the growers without contracts
will be, able to get only the amount
for which they can sell their cotton
on the market.
In case production should be ex
panded materially, Criswell warned,
the price may drop to six or seven
cents a pound, or lower.
CABBAGE PLANTS
FOR SALE "
Early Jersey, Charleston Wakefield
and Flat Dutch
See Me For Prices ,
JOHN O. WHITE, JR.
Route 1
HERTFORD, N. C.
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