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.THE PERQUIMANS ,;yr WEEKLY--' r Published 'every Friday at. The Penpiimans Weekly emce in the Gregory. Building, Church Street Hertford, N. C, , If ATTIB LISTER WHITE. Editor Day Phone 88 Night Phone 100-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.25 Six Months .76c "Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at . Hertford. North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Advertising 'rates furnished by re- FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936.. BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK LOVE'S DEVOTION: Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. Ruth 1:16-17. JUST SOME PLAIN COMMON SENSE NEEDED Perquimans County stands to lose a teacher next year. Two teachers may have to go. The children of the already crowded schools of the county are to be more crowded still, to the great disadvantage of pupils and teachers. And, strange as this may sound, the cause is the bad weather conditions of last winter. Perquimans is not alone in this situation. The elementary schools of the entire state will lose 110 teachers. The same weather conditions, admit tedly the worst in the memory of any of us, which made it impossible for the small children of Perquimans to attend school regularly last winter, affected the children of all of the rural sections of the state. The question is asked, what in the name of common sense, has the bad weather of last winter got to do with the matter of how many teachers shall be employed this year? As every one knows, the number of teachers allotted to any county is governed by the average daily attend ance of children at school. That is the rule. The rule is based on rea son. - It is the sensible way of de termining how many teachers are ne cessary anywhere. When there are not enough children to require a teacher, then a teacher is eliminated. Or, perhaps a better way of putting it is, when there are enough children to require two teachers, or three, or more, then the required number of teachers are provided. All right. The - rule is all right. But when it is known that the rea Bon for the falling off of attendance last year was not because there were fewer children but was because the children couldn't, because of the un usual weather conditions, go to school regularly, that the children, most of them, will in all probability go regu larly this year it is time to change the rule. Are the school' laws so inflexible that they cannot be adapted to the needs of our children for whom they were made? Which is more import ant in this instance, to adapt the rule to the needs of the school chil dren of the state by allowing for some variance in attendance during bad weather, or to follow the letter of the law? The application of a little plain, common sense just now would not be out of place. in 11 ---- (" - j , ., miMi.rri - um ......" """JWtX" ' "c ' ' ' V- , rrii!fti 0mssxm: apt jp wf Lincoln Newspaper FMtarM, lac. ' i 11 ,- Up Iliver Society' Y Has Annual Meeting $ tttt rT ATree I By M. L. W. I thought of writing the village news, My subscription to earn, But I found I didn't get out enough Important things to learn. So I'll be getting busy My subscription to renew, For without The Perquimans Weekly I don't know what I'd do. I look through all the ads Before I go to town, or send, To see who has best values For the money I have to spend. Its Bible thought is helpful, Its "Hit or Miss" is great, This splendid little paper Is really up to date. The foregoing Iwas . sent in. . this week by one of Perquimans County's farm women.' If she .can write news as well as she can verse,' her contri butions ought to make The Perqui mans Weekly a better paper still. Dont you think so? Thank Goodness That One'i Out! NEWS ITEM: New York legislature reduce gasoline tax 1c pr Ion. Beginning July 1, 1936, the state gasoline tax will be Sc par "'Hon. aavlng to taxpayers of approximately tlUXXLOQO f 'Jug o'rum" is a song. Who knows ? Well, we got our rain, all right, and pretty soon some of these farm ers are going to be in the grass." have we Jug o'ram," "Jug o'rum," "Jug otao, how the deep notes of that bass solo of the bullfrog sounds out in' the middle of the nighty The folks who live on the water front 'are treated to a nightly concert by the bullfrogs, and there is something very musical about the , bullfrog's throaty voice when heard in the mid die of the night.. I almost wrote the word 'song," buff I really never heard Not a ray of sunshine seen since Sunday. That baby show that is going to be put on is to determine, as I under stand it, the most popular baby. That's going to be a pretty hard thing to decide. I certainly am glad I don't have to make the decision. I suppose everybody feels that way and it is a good thing the decision falls to no particular person. Some of the possible entrants mentioned are Joe Towe and his baby sister, Susanne, Carroll Berry, Pat and John Morris, Tommy Sumner, Patsy Harrell, Joan Hill, Mabel Mar tin Whedbee, Sidney Elliott, Henry Clay O'Neal and his little sister, Em mett Winslow, Dick Hines, Corbin Dozier, Marguerite Butler, Melvin Owens, Joan Trueblood, Mary Anne Harris and others. Come to think of it, there certain ly are some cute kiddies in this town. Bethel G. A. Society Hosts To R. A. Group The G. A. Society of Bethel Baptist Church gave a most delightful party Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Hobbs. The R. A. members were honor guests for the occasion,, :. Games and contests made the evening pass most pleas antly. Julian Long was the prize winner. Ice cream and cake were served. ' Those present included; - Eloise Keaton, Eunice Long, Cornie Lee Ward, Louise Mansfield, Madge Long, Sarah E. Chappell,' Nolle Williams, Sadie' Standin, Maude Keaton, Mar jorie Proctor, Margaret Standin, Evelyn Long Wallace Hobbs, Frank Ward, Clarence - Phillips, - . Howard Long, Dewey Perry, Jr., Vajice Proc tor, Emmett ' Long,' Carroll Dail, Julian Long, James . Mansfield, Cor dell Farmer, Edgar Long, ' George Chappell, Maynard Fleetwood, Mrs. W. D. Perry, Mrs. BeulaB Williams. cf a bullfrog singing. ; I wonder if and Mrs. J. C. Hobbs. . Funds Available For Farmer Cooperative Enterprises In County Farmer co-operative enterprises now may be organized in Perquimans County with the aid of funds loaned to such organizations by the Re settlement Administration, John H. Pope, county rural rehabilitation su pervisor, announced tobay. Funds have been made available, Mr. Pope said, for loans to commun ity and co-operative associations and to farm families for participation in such associations as well as in exist ing co-operatives. This is one of the means by which the federal govern ment is helping farmers to gain new economic security, he said. "Loans will be made to co-opera' tives that submit sound plans on a basis of a real community need for the services," Mr. Pope said. "There must be assurance that such an en terprise will be able to operate on a self-sustaining basis." Mr. Pope said he fould be glad to receive the suggestions of Perqui mans County farmers at his office in Edenton. Bethel Demonstration Club Holds Meeting The Home Demonstration Club of Bethel met Friday afternoon at the school house. Miss Gladys Hamrick, home agent, gave a demonstration on vegetable salad, and distributed helpful booklets. A business session was held at which time Mrs. W. u. Perry was elected president, and Mrs. Reuben Stallings, vice president Mrs. W. P. Long was in charge of the program, and Mrs. Cullipher won the prize in an enjoyable contest Three new members joined the club. Those present were: Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood, Mrs. E. L. Goodwin, Mrs. E. Y. Berry, Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, Mrs. C. T. Phillips, Mrs. Reuben Stallings, Mrs. W. P. Long, Mrs. Leroy Goodwin, Mrs. L C. Cullipher, Mrs. W. D. Perry, Mrs. C. H. Ward, Mrs. R. S. Chappell, Mrs. Beulah Williams, Miss Gertie Chap pell, Mrs. C. R. Chappell, Misses Blanche Goodwin, Evelyn Long and Gladys Hamrick. . The'veiiWmaajiV'llIss Society of Friends held its annual meetinsr at tha home at Mrs. Arba Sifiji if 1 Winslow i ' Saturday. ' ; .There, , V ' were i I nine 'members and three visitors nreS- ent'-""-', yy-: ' " .' The meeting opened with the song, "I Gave My Life for Thee," and Rev. lira. Elizabeth Whitejgave, the devotional. ; . Mrs. F. . C. White, of Belvidere gave a splendid talk on Stewardship. Mrs. Arba Winslow gave; a talk on the "Growth of Friends Missionary Union of Amer ica." The Union began in 1881 with two women , organizing : two small auxiliaries. The drawing of a large tree was used which represented' the Union. " There were thirteen large branches on the trunk which repre- sentea tne ia reariy meeting viuuuo now working. The small branches wert the quarterly and ' monthly meeting societies, and the leaves were the individual members. Te sap which supplies the tree with life was the Missionary Advocate (the official organ). All these several de partments of work aiming at the same goal the extension of Christ's kingdom on earth. The workers are all bound into one strong body, which should bring forth leaves and buds and flowers of fruit. Little Barbara Winslow sang a solo. The lesson was conducted by Mary S. and Eunice Winslow. All reports for the year were read. There had been 355 visits made to the sick and to shut-ins; 60 gifts and 32 bouquets of flowers sent. A make-believe radio program was given by Mary W. Winaiow and Mrs. Arba Winslow in connection with the Thank Offering, which amounted to $10.25. One member took 25 cents and used it to make $3 for her Thank Offering. The hostess served delicious ice cream with cake and grape juice. Plums were also served. N. C. Cotton Slated To Bring Higher Prices College Station, Raleigh, June 25. North Carolina cotton is slated to bring higher prices next fall, in the opinion of authorities who have been studying world cotton markets. However, this does not mean that prices will be high enough for farm ers to expand their cotton produc tion, warned Dean I. O. Schaub, di rector of the State College agricul tural extension service. Cotton consumption is increasing over the world according to statistics gathered by the U. S. Department oi, Agriculture, with the result that the ' surplus now on hand is being reduced. It has'been' estimated P that there -will be around 6,000,000 fewer Shales : of American cotton on hand next . August 1 than there was in August, 1932. ; ' V;V. ' ' Statisticians of the Department of" Agriculture estimate that the total, supply of American cotton for the---new. cotton year should not be in ex cess of 20.000,000 bales. ' However, the exact amount will depend to a considerable extent up- " il. ' . 1.1. - - To get higher ' prices : which are now anticipated, : uean BcnauD ae clared, farmers must hold production down. Although the huge surplus that at one time drove prices down to1 five cents a pound is being reduc ed, it could very easily be built up -again by increasing production. He also pointed out that under a. new ruling, all North Carolina cotton growers can shift as much as 35 per cent of their cotton land into the production of soil-conserving crops,, or devote it to soil-building prac tices, and receive payment under the -new farm program. Growers with a base of five acres or less may divert up to two acres of cotton and receive payments. BAIJAHACK NEWS Rev. A. A. Butler, of Mertford, fill ed his regular appointment at Great Hope Baptist Church Sunday morn ing. Mrs. A. J. Parrish visited Mrs Percy Rogerson Wednesday after noon. We are glad to report that Mrs. Freeman Mansfield's condition is im proved somewhat. Mrs. Mansfield, has been very ill with pneumonia. Several attended the meeting of the home demonstration club held at the : home of . Mrs. Archie Lane one afternoon last week. .Among those who visited Mrs. Freeman Mansfield Monday- after noon were: Mrs. A. K. staumgs. Mrs. F. T. Evans, Mrs. M. B. Dail, Mrs. Curyin Mansfield, Mrs. . John Foxwell, Mrs. C. S. Layden and her daughter, Miss Mary. rr Mrs. A. J. Parrish, Mrs. C. S. Layden and her daughter, Miss Mary visited Mrs. Joe Layden Thursday afternoon. KILL BUGS WITH ROBERSONS DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST "On the Corner" Hertford (k -IE os mm TMraESf D SccId-in-StscI THRIFT UNIT yffj The only jrefrigerator mechanism with forced-feed lubrica tion and oil cooling ezxluive featores that give quitter oper ation, longer life and lower operating cost. OTHER REFRIGERATORS have followed General Uec trie's lead with sealed type units but; no cold-making mechanism regard-' , less of what diey be calledhas a--record for dependable performance at low cost that can compare with the General Electric THRIFT UNIT. 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