PAC3 TWO THE PERQUIMANS wTSXLY, nrr.TPORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936. ! K f r, i J' t';. t 11" v v' f t s - f ' 1 THE PEHQTJI7.IANS , v WEEKLY? ; , H" PubHshed every -Friday at The ; Perquimans Weekly . efflee in ' the Gregory Bonding, Church Street, Hertford, N. C. MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor Day Phone . 88 Night Phone ,, .,- 100-J SUBSCRIPTION BATES One Year 1 ?1.25 Six Months J. ; 75c Entered as second elass matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at' Hertford, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1879. . Advertising rates famished hy re- FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936. 31810! THOUGHT FOR WEEK WHAT MEN LIVE BYr 0 Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. Isaiah 88:16. GREAT PROGRESS A full-time home demonstration agent, a full-time welfare officer, a full-time health nurse, all beginning work for at least one year on the first of July! We are maidiig progress in Per quimans. A year ago the women of Perquimans County were doing ev erything in their power to persuade the Board of County Commissioners to provide a home demonstration agent, It looked pretty hopeless a year ago. The women had appeared time and again with their request, but to be told that there wasn't sufficient funds. Last fall a half-time agent was provided for Perquimans by the Ex tension Department of the State of North Carolina. Fortunately for every one concerned, Miss Gladys Hamrick, the agent sent, in spite of the fact that she had to work at a disadvantage, working only half the time in Perquimans County, was able to demonstrate to the women of the county something of what it would really mean to have a full-me agent. She was also able to con vince the commissioners as to the quality of her services, so much so that when the Board was approached at the end of the period and asked to make the necessary appropriation the arrangement was agreeable to every one. Observation of the quality of the work done by Miss Ruth Davenport since she was sent into the county a few months ago by the Welfare De partment of the State of North Caro lina to work as assistant to the Wel fare Officer, has also been convincing to the public as well as to the Board of County Commissioners. When asked to appropriate the necessary funds to provide a full time welfare officer they did not hesitate. Perquimans County needs a home demonstration agent. It also needs a welfare officer. The Perquimans Weekly is gratified that the commis sioners realize this need. However, but for the fact that these two young women, whose work is in no way connected, not only had been fully trained and qualified for their respec tive jobs but had demonstrated inter est and enthusiasm in the work, the farm women of Perquimans County would have been a long time con vincing the commissioners that there was any need for a home demon stration agent, and there would have been no full time welfare officer. They work in different fields, Miss Davenport and Miss Hamrick. Miss Hamrick's work takes her Into the homes of many of the most prominent and prosperous people in the county. Miss Davenport will find her work chiefly among the under-privileged class. Each has splendid possibilities of service. The county is fortunate in having a home demonstration agent and a welfare officer. Let's give them whatever support and as sistance we may. BETHEL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Catling, of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with friends and relatives here. . Miss Evelyn Long spent the week end with Misses Eunice and Madge Long, near Eden ton. Mrs. R. R. Keaton returned home Sunday from Richmond, Va., where she has been visiting relatives. Mrs. Maggie C. Broughton has re turned home after a visit with rela-! tives in Norfolk and Suffolk, Va. J Miss Genevieve Standin, of Nor-j folk, Va., was the week-end guest of i her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. I Standin. i Miss Anna White, , CSty, is visiting her , Maggie C.' Broughton. of Elizabeth sister, Mrs.. , , Samuel Phillips, of Norfolk, Va-, ; spent the week-end with relatives here. - Mr. and Mrs. Litchford Willis, of Raleigh; Mrs. Una Chesson and lit i tie Jean Proctor, of High Point, are visiting' Mr. and Mrs. E. J. -Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood White and 'son, of Kenly, : were" guests of M. !, White's mother, Mrs. M. L Chariton, ' and Mr. and Mrs. C T. Phillips Sun f day.jjf , t .trt,!- ', Mr. and Mrs. R.;S. Chappell and children, Mary Inet and R. Jr., . Mr.- and Mrs. T, C. Chappeil spent ; Sunday at Jackson. , R.1ED BULLETS KOV SURELY IDENTIFIED New Instruments Perfected at Northwestern MU.W Evanston, DL Two new Instru ments which improve and facilitate existing methods of identifying fired bullets have been constructed in Northwestern University's Scientific Crime Detection laboratory by Charles M. Wilson, research engi neer and assistant professor of po lice science. , I f. 4' V Details of the instruments which embody new principles in the sci ence of ballistics are announced m the Journal of, Criminal Law and Criminology, a unhrersit publica tion. With the aid of the new devices, crime foes will be able to obtain fac tual evidence from a fired bullet with virtually the same degree of accu racy which the bertillon expert ex acts from fingerprint measurements. Many Dlmeultles Before. Methods of determining the" char acteristics of a fired bullet and trac ing it back to the gun that fired it have heretofore been confronted with numerous difficulties and sub ject to error. It is to overcome these handicaps that the Northwestern university scientist has constructed the instru ments, one called a variable stage micrometer and the other an incli nometer. The micrometer is a delicate in strument which measures the width of land and groove impressions on fired bullets to an accuracy of five ten-thousandths of an inch. It re duces the possibility of error of measurement of certain character istics of fired bullets. By means of this instrument the following characteristics of a fired bullet can be obtained; maximum diameter of the bullet and width of land and groove impressions. The instrument is so constructed that it can be clamped into position on the stage of a microscope. , Errors Are Reduced. The inclinometer, like its com panion piece reduces errors of meas urements made in the examination of fired bullets. It reveals the "rate of twist" of the gun barrel from whence a bullet came. By twisting a bullet slowly around under the magnifying lens this information can be obtained.. This is an extremely important phase of ballistics since various makes of firearms employ different rifling. The "twist" in some bar rels makes a complete turn in 16 inches, others require 18 inches. The instrument consists of a spe cial compound microscope equipped with special stage so arranged that elements of lateral displacement and rotation may be accurately measured. New principles embodied in the Wilson inclinometer dispense with triginometric computations required in existing methods. The determi nation of the angle of twist is thus reduced to a simple arithmetical problem which can be solved by mere inspection of the rotational and lateral displacements so meas ured. College Youth la Fine Poet and Paper-Hanger Evanston, 111. A twenty-year-old paper-hanging sophomore at North western university won critics' praise with his first book of poems, "Landscape With Figures." The wall paper, said the poet, Li onel Wiggam of Indianapolis, had nothing to do with the title, for he disdained the modern touch. Wig gam said he was distinctly ortho dox. But orthodox was not the word his professors used to describe him. They long since gave up trying to make him study courses that bored him. When classes were run, Wig gam went to them. And only then. Paper hanging was just one of those things a poet sometimes must do to live. Wiggam did it to earn his way through his freshman year. He was also a waiter and a janitor. Between jobs, he won prizes for his verse. His money gave out and he quit college. Back home, he found inspiration as a truck driver, a farm hand, a road builder and art model, and turned out rhymes for leading mag azines. This year he went back to North western, financed by a scholarship in the school of speech. There, under the friendly wing of Lew Sarett, famed woodsman and poet, he en tertains classes with his verses. Kerosene on Rail Saves Deer's Lives Missoula, ' Mont. Railroad workers, acting on a suggestion from forestry officials, : are sprin kling kerosene on switches and rails to save this lives of deer. , i Heavy snows; which made tt difficult for locomotives to nego tiate steep grades, also buried the usual salt supplies of the deer. Railroaders Sprinkled salt on the rails and switches to melttfc. snow. - Deer were), attracted - by the salt, came from considerable distances to lick tt. Many wars kOed by trains. - .- ? ' .Bangers suggested kerosene to spoil the taste of the salt and dlsr courage the deer from getting too close to the rails. . J if "! 76. f'What jls' You iff "4 Al Jolson and six-year-old Sybil the Cure For What Ails Me" that is in The Singing Kid," at the Taylor iay. Other musical numbers are sung and the Yacht Club Boys and Jolson MNAPSHOT CUIL Watch Your itil K 4 1, V ir K K The young lady on the right seems to to be seized by birds of preyf These SOMETIMES we amateur photog raphers, in trying to catch otttr door "offguard" pictures of . our friends, especially of children, take too little thought of the picture's background. We rush, to tbe, most convenient "shooting" point, take a haphasard aim and pull the trigger, as it were; much as if' we feared being actually shot ourselves f we did hot act quickly. "''J- ; Tnn nften w find tihat after all We did not win the skirmish because 'we discover when the picture is devtt - nni that in our haste we have In cluded la the baekgroond some an- .- pleaawUlr aomtoatmt or aistracusg ';.Ht nraomao nlaead fat ralatioa to our sabieefas to create a.fctcto graphic elusion that makes tn look rldiIo-3. TSTe gnd tie ar rl f ct Irnrnef i xhae can. or i-or 3 L. A JuUa stwiiag to be the k-'-l cf a tit pole, er ws behoU Unc!i : y ew'i frop ear to '. tt ' earst rack has been majr---3 to 0Ety4!ke proportions by Use tlr of fence tiwtets. - " - each poorly composed pictures we V Jason sing a new song entitled "You're! the cure for what ails all who see them Theatre, Edenton, Monday and Tues- by Jolson and Cab Calloway, Jolson and Wini Shaw. Background MMWUMKM i ' in have sprouted wings, or Is she about i pictures Illustrate the Importance of in parody that "It Is better to have ; shot and lost than never to nave snot , at ftil" which mar be true, nut ceiy talnly we are not proud of them as i examples of our ability to maxe ar- tlstic photographs. - ' j Tnirtut nf taklnc chances with ! these "off-guard" pictures, it is worth js- Tolnntarilv moves to a more seem-1 , eauy attracuve piaceor, u ne now ( -7 not move voluntarily, to enuce mm r there. Even then we should take no-j -tlce of what la behind him before snapping the picture, lest we inciaae ', some large object that will distract " attention or otherwise spoil the eonv ', posttion." 1 i' -f " I it ' Of eourse, if it is to sa a puwre . : nf m. tMMM encaMd In some eharae- -' tsrlstie afvlty, tt-rtt fat jrrla!aj to r av-vny rr. tv, s 1 4 il.tara, Ixt to t 1 a , for erairple, of a dainty maiae rar '."2 fjwers la O gar-n trrt a t- "-?rouEi .t ti fjD::y c : cn. Lct ti till r ' J to .lie aS C I t.'.::.i i: ' r l-z s la tz'r, C2r jlwv r.i tVts of tie inoc rr-.i 3C1ZJ yiN CVUXZX : efreatesaeeee HIT ORrMISS By M. L. W. "Most of the small town papers are 'weeklies,' but yours, in my opinion, is a regular weekly," writes John L. Blanchard. Well, it may be that Mr. Blanch ard's opinion is a little biased by the fact that he is way out in Den ver and a long long way from home, and his feeling may be based on the old principal that "A yellow dog from home would look good." At the same time, it certainly is encourag ing when any one is kind enough , to write words of commendation of the Crisp, Cool Salads :0: MOTHER'S TASTY SALAD MESSING SOUTHERN MANOR (Long Spear) PINEAPPLE SOUTHERN MANOR BARTLETT PEARS Alaska pink SALMON FINE QUALITY BOLOGNA COLONIAL PURE CONCORD GRAPE 3. USe - SALAD TREAT MAYONNAISE PHILLIPS DELICIOUS PREPARED SPAGHETTI Grape Nut Flakes, pkg.:::.:.-.i..i,iOc Post Brane Health Cereal, pkg 10c Colonial Brand Orange Juice, caitlOc Libby's Lunieh Tongue, cah'all25c 1 '1 Northern Ticcue, 4 Octa-cn Toilet Scap, 6 cc&i'hzt OMdeErciiCc:; Cc!cr.bl Bread fcc EOt7I3 -tor W efforts of this humble scribe,-and T ' am very grateful, . , , Mr. Blanchard, who is a native or Hertford, moved away .from Hert- -ford many ; years .ago. He has, L learn from relatives here, been sick. " for quite along time. Maybe1 some of , his old friends'.- would .be glad to have his address, which is 2373 S. Broadway," Denver, Colorado., ''The strength of a nation is the home life of its people. From the . Bible millions of - homes: in our his tory have drawn courage,' guidance,, and Joy. . Almost without exception, our greatest leaders' have acknowledged. the influence of - a 1 home devoted to ' the. Bible and its , teachings. In the training of children and youth there - yv. is lor no suistme.wfT H " What our dvilisatUnr-hai gained from the printed Bible during four hundred years can be multiplied by, us! many times over i in.; the ffyears, ahead! All depends upon Our ;.t faith in it and bur devotion to Its teach ings J FOR IT IS YOUR BOOK Centuries before English was a. language, the Bible was begun. Historians statesmen, ; poets, and kings have contributed to it. Brave men have defended it from destruction. , Patient scholars copied its text by hand, letter by letter. Learned men have translated it into hundreds of languages. Consecrated men have spent all they had; forsaken home - and coun try, and have died in flames at the stake. All, that YOU might have this book for your own sake for the world's sake. Have you made it your own? . -Selected- IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING FALL. FROM LOW FENCE Anna Fay, the six-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Copeland, who live on Route Two, is a patient in Duke Hospital, where she is being treated for injuries received when she fell, off of a fence last week. The little girt suffered a broken arm and serious injury to an elbow when she fell from the low fence upon which she had climbed. "i 1 ' " 'V Miss Ruth Alice Ward is visiting friends at Asheville and Morganton. !5 for Summer Menus Quart Jar 21c Ne. 2', Can 23c a age JUICE 2X2 sit .' Pint Jar 23c 5c f clla " IZ".ir..SIT. lgc 4I 0 4 .. V .-v , .

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