I3TO OE EDITOR ADOUT
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Bey. Phillip E. White Says In Spite of Conditions
These Are Good Times to Preach; Situated
Near Danger Zone In War Area
Tha following letter received by
tbe editor of The Perquimans Weekly
from the Ifcv, Phillip E. White, will
tie Interesting to the many friends
of Mr., and lira. White Mr. White,
mtm of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. White, of
Hertford, and Mrs. White, the daugh
ter of the late-Louis Norman and Mrs.
Norman, of Hertford, have spent
several years in- missionary work in
China. r..-c
The letter follows:
. . Kweiteh, Honan. '
Sunday A. M Sept. 26, 1937.
, Thinking it might be of interest to
some of our friends,- and readers of
your paper, I thought you would like
a note from two of Hertford's ordi
nary folks in very extraordinary
times and circumstances.
I am writing this from Kweiteh,
Honan, China, which is understood to
he our Chinese home. While this
place is marked as one place of dan
ger, we are having it quite peaceful
at present We are just 5 miles from'
R. R. with an airfield, and quite large
barracks for soldiers . near ' by us.
There are heavy supplies of stores, I
understand, which make it a prised;
place. Because of repeated consular.
advice, I am not willing for Mrs
White with Norman and Geneva Jo
to' come here, therefore I have made
two trips . there leaving them at
Kikungshow, Ho., where 1 we were
spending sometime during the sum
mer. It is a distance of 400 miles
away, and it is not pleasant to he so
far,' especially when' airplanes fre
quently come near us, and one hit on
the R. R. can break train connection.
The fighting is mainly around
Shanghai, with some hard fighting
about 300 miles to the north. We
feel the most severe fighting will be
in the North, around Footing, Chihli
and then come South along our R. R,
as a boundary. But it is by no
means certain.
I have been here about two weeks.
I expect to leave probably tomorrow
or tonight for Chengchow, since Mrs,
White wrote that a' telegram come
that Dr. Ayers, superintendent of our
Baptist Hospital in Chengchow was
ill, and he was asking f her to come
and bring a .nurse. He is the .only
man there for the present; and I feel
that it is very likely that: he needs
help. When J can get - away I shall
go to join my family again for some'
time. Mrs. White writes that Geneva
Jo is doing well in school and Nor
man is a fine boy at home. It will
be a glad time when we get back.
In spite of conditions, ' these are
good times to preach..1 People listen
carefully and the work moves along,
We have had these two weeks of in
tensive study with our evangelists in
for conferences and planning for Fall
work.. Would that peace might come
over this land and all the lands. It
is a great joy and comfort' to know
that God is abundantly able ' to do
alone all we can ask; or thinld We
look to Him for help end guidance
each day.. That He might be real to
us all and that Jesus ChriBt might be
our Lord, is the desire, of His ser
vants. Cordially yours,
PHIL & MATTIE MACON WHITE.
CARD OF THANKS j
We wish to express our apprecia
tion for the many services rendered
by friends during the illness of our
daughter, Mrs. Jack Jones.
MR. & MRS. T. W. NIXON.
THERE'S ONLY ONE
By SOPHIE KERR
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SYNOPSIS
Preparing to elOM her nmmet home
and spend tbe winter in Franee with
great- arrt. Ana Vincent, a mfcMle-aged
wldaw, accede to the plea of her
adopted daughter Rachel, twenty and
pretty, that she ten her about her real
mother, Aene, an tmaeMsh, understand
ing soul, finds the task difficult, since
she feels Rachel Is patting a barrier
between them. Rachel learns that her
real mother was beautiful eighteen-year-old
Elinor Malloy, deserted by her young
husband, before Rachel's birth. He was
killed in the World war. In desperate
financial straits, Elinor had agreed to
Rachel's adoption at birth by Anne,
whose own baby had died. Elinor sub
sequently had married Peter Cayne, a
wealthy. New York busiaess man, and
had a so. To soften the story for Ra
chel, Anne omits telling her that her
mother had been callous and selfish and
had said: ''It's odd your baby died and
'milk didn't." Rachel goes fishing with
Bob Eddts, a local boy who ; runs a li
brary and does wood carving. 8he re
fuses his plea to stay in Rockbore and
marry him. instead of going to New
York. Anne and Rachel depart the next
morning. - Rachel makes arrangements
to tay hi Mew. York for the winter witii
''Pink," a keen, vivacious girl absorbed
m her lob. After Anne sails,-Rachel,
bent en seeing her real mother, looks up
Elinor Cayne's number. Rachel learns
the Caynes are net yet in tswn. pmk
takes Rachel to dinner at Tom and
Rnoda Steele's where she meets Oliver
Land, a shabby genteel young man out of
work,, who suggests that she apply for a
Job as a photographer s model for a
vertising illustrations. He agrees to in.
troduce-'her to the head of an agency,
Rhoda tells Rachel never to lend Oliver
any money. Rachel Is not entirely happy
with Pink Matthew. Her desire to see
EUnor Cayne increases. ThrouGh Oliver
Land she meets Louis Vlnco, is hired as
a pliotsgraphcr's model and succeeds on
her first assignment. Oliver mRUes her
feel her Indebtedness to him On an
assignment. Rachel meets Curt Ellon, a
young friend of vmco s.
there looking like, yes, you do like
Marlene Dietrich in 'Blue Angel
"All legs and wispy ostrich feath
ers! Thanks! I can only, hope you
mean it kindly."
"Most girls would have screamed
with joy."
"Then you've tried it before, that
line?"
"It's my test. I say to a girl
'You look like Marlene Dietrich in
"Blue Angel" ' and watch how she
reacts. Then I rate her, the count
ranging from one-half of one per
cent tr ten."
"Aud what does the rating prove,
Mr. Einstein?"
"It doesn't prove anything. The
trouble is, I try to do this modern
young man patter and it never
works out, the girl doesn't give the
right answers." V -' -
"Now that's all settled," said Ra
chel, "suppose we skip it aad talk
sense. How leng have you been
here?"
-"Since the'first of June. I hate
fa-TOOHi- 1ir the" CatearrrhrwlieTc"0
Henry used to live. I get a new
jab every two weeks or so and be
tween times I work for Vinco. It's
all against his principles to take me
on-tn this odd way,, but he's intent'
on improving me and, do yeu know.
CHAPTER VI Continued
9
"I don't know if I'm a lady. I
haven't heard the word for so lopg.
But I certainly do eat bnd I'd love
some tea. for I'm dead."
Curt caught her arm as they
passed an Old - fashioned hotel
"Let's stop in here. then. This place
has good muffins and nice deep
cushioned chairs and they have roal
India tea, which should always be
drunk. Miss Vincent,- without any
fixings no sugar,, cream, lemon or
whatnot"
"Oh. I must have a tiny pinch of
whatnot!" said Rachel;, and then,
"I don't know what makes me so
silly. It must be because I'm
tired," ;
It was early, there were few peo
plo in the tearoom. The tea and
muffins were delicious and at first
Curt and Rachel ate in the pleasant
grdedy silence of hunger. But at
his second muffin Curt parsed and
spoke. "I'm awfully glad you came
out with me. It was kind. I was
afraid to ask you, really, tor fear
you'd turn me down." .'''
"Well," said Rachel, reflectively,
"it's the first time I've been out
with one of Vinco's young men-:"
Curt stopped her with a shout
"Hey, lay off, I'm not one of Vin
co's young men, God forbid.. . I'm
just a country newspaper boy tak
ing a sabbatical year to learn about
the big city. And Louie Vined, the
godd-hearted guy, throws a piece of
easy money in my way as often as
he 'can, because he worries about
T mjri finances: I'm not' really hard
up,! but Louis thinks anything less
than a' plush suite and a private
1 be ft twlth valet attached . la i squalor.
'' Needless to say, Louis didn't get
. those ideas In our native village:"
"kf you don't like being a model
and don't need the money, why do
' ' you do ft?? asked BacTieC;,
"Put I Just told you I'm a bcws-
carter man , and a comparative
. stranger in town. I want to know
k peofle, all kinds of people,, and 1
' was 1 ta da all kinds of thinac. Thl
1 is r t year off. 'i When W s over I'm
bta' " f tsonlr sVistmaf. aw4li 4ta sta.
- per; ay fthef edited." His face
cic i tot an instant, but he went
''cnriTH tnvt a lot of errlftce
t "' , .' ; ' -ls Li t j r. ' 1 to
wA'iy-Tfv im 'j
&m&h. if?:-" l;f
mm
"But mat's It All About?"
sometimes I fear he's Succeeding.
bought one of those deep blue shirts
the other day-from a ' swell haber
dasher. I'm slipping."
"v'Tell hier about your jobs,'
begged Rachel, "and don't take that
last muffin; it belongs to me."
'Tve driven a taxi, been a door
man for a chop suey Joint, sold
ladieS' hosiery from door to door
and delivered hats for a Filth ave
nue milliner bo fah How's that?
I'd like :to get a Job as a; waiter,
but there's a stiff union. " I may do
some amateur window washing, or
janitor work, and I want awfully to
be an usher at Madison Square Car
den V':-''T'':v- .K' $ ji'ftp1-, I-
"But what's It an about? Why do
you try- all this? ; Don' tell me
you'se writing a book.! ,
"I might at that, i Worm's-Eye
View of New York; maybe,' -
"It sounds grubby enough for a
XUten. 'my haughty beauty, In
spite of the popular adage soap has
vary little to do with morals and
none at an with Interest of char
atier,f know stacks of people who
don't wash and don't shave 'much,
but they're' swell nevertheless.'.'
I ''Cleanliness combines' very well
with other attractions, though," Ra
chel' maintained.; "I must go on
home," she continued,' rising, "I'm
roing to ct dinner ton'- t Tha-' i
was speaking the truth, the half
hour with Curt Elton had reduced
her discontent and pushed her diffi
culties into an easier perspective.
She stopped on the way home and
bought mushrooms i a d 1 bacon,
limes and avocadoes, and as Pink
was late she had; dinner almost
ready when the other came in. "Oh
food!" exclaimed Pink. t 'Tm so
glad we're going to have something
here instead of going out I'm so
tired I'm sunk. What elegant
food!"
Just as they sat down to table
there was a ring at their bell and
a florist's box came for Rachel.
She opened it to find snapdragon
and African daisies,' all pali rose
and orange and yellow, with a card
saying "You look like these, not like
Marlene," but no name was signed.
So she had to toll Pink about Curt
Elton and Pink said he seemed a
good scout. "And a lot better than
that so-and-so Oliver Land, if you
ask me," she added.'
"There's nothing the matter with
Oliver except that he can't get a
job," said Rachel, annoyed by
Pink's cocksureness. "Since when
have you got a down oh people
because of that?"
"This Elton lad seems to have
no difficulty in finding jobs," re
plied Pink, calmly.
-"TOTrj-atfreremr he's 'iftmrTm- -'
other type. Everyone's net so smart
and up and coming as you are,
Pink. We're not all made alike."
. . "And thank heaven for that. But
I do like a man to earn his own
living and not cadge it." '
Rachel had a grievance she had
not aired. It would now make a
reprisal.
"I don't criticize your friends'.
Pink. Not that t think so much of
them there's that girl across the
hall, she's been nt here half a dozen
times and always to borrow some
thing, carfare or a hat or an eve
ning dress".
"Genie Moore is going to be-a
great singer some day and she's
only got money enough to pay for
her Hying and her lessons and Tm
glad to help her along. She works
like a horse and she's got te-have
decent 1 clothes when she gets 'a
chance to sing at a private house. I
suppose' you're still peeved because
I leaned her' your white evening i -dress.
I wouldn't have done it if
she could have worn mine. 1 bad
it cleaned for1 you, didn't, I?','
"This doesn't need , to t a
brawl," said Rachel, ; "I Certainly
didn't like your lending my white
evening dress without telling me.
but-" " . - - ' .
"It was a chance for her to sing
as a substitute and I didn't have
time to do anything else.. I should. ;,
think you'd want to help another
girl along. Look here, I'll buy you
another evening dress and you can
give me the white one and I'll give ,('
it to Gerite Moore." , ' ! .
"Certainly not." said ' Rachel. -. .
stiffly. She didn't want to quarrel
wiUY Pink: , She had come home
feeling better than in weeks, the
flowers had added to her peace of .
mind, but now somehow she . and ,
Pink were fighting. Over 'what! (.
Over Oliver 1 Land. She went, on-'
after a minute. "I don't want to de- -
fend Oliver especially, you'll think.
I'm interested in him and I'm not v
but you ought to be fatolnk. I He,
may be a great actor some day -,
Just aspeole Moore may be a sing- '
tr." I - ' "'
' "It's right to help Gehie because f .
she works and tries to help her
self." biased Pink. "Oliver Land's' '
S loafer and a beat!" ' -
Rachel got up and put ,on her hat
and. coat , "I'm going to the mov- '
ies she said, "blindly, She stopped
at the door, remembering that Pink -
was tired. "Leave-the 4ishes, I'll .
wash them wheti I conie in; 4 she- i ,
managed to say.'
Her mood of discontent ana .lone
liness had come back striker than, 4 ,
ever. 'She was, she U:ot ht"an ut
ter failure. "E:.e t in tuenearebt .
movie '"theier ' an J Watched - th
roaring corr-'y "wi-.oi.t seein i
while all aru-iJ fcor C.e au&nc )
chucklci t: c-rt' l.' n: z.VJ, 1
C.s r"t(!Ci: - X loud: ,
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WHAT'S WHAT
ABOUT
SOCIAL SECURITY
As another uervtea tn it
The PerquimansTWeekly" each J week
wui g-ive autnontauve answers - to
questions on the Social 1 Security
Law. ,By special 'arrangement with
Mr. GenrtrA "M : Ailnma fH P.L-n
Mount, N. C, the Social Security
ooara nas consented to pass on the
accuracy of answers to questions on
Social Security, which' may be asked
by employers, employees, and' others,
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Address inquiries to the Editor. :' An
swers will be given here in the order
in which questions are received. TTiis
is an informational service arid is not
legal advice or service. In keeping
with Social Security Board policy
names will not be ' published.
Question: Does the Social Secur
ity Act provide for maternal arid
child welfare services ? 'ii 1 '
Answers Yes. The Act provides
for maternal and child welfare ser
vices. The Children's Bureau of the
United States Department of labor
administers these provisions.
Question: How manv states have
unemployment compensation laws
unaer tne social Security Act ?
Answer: Every State has an un
employment compensation law ap
proved by the Social Security Board
under the provisions of the Social
Security Act,
Question: Is the Social Security
Board now makincr navmmta ,mW
the old-age insurance provisions of
uie social security Act?
Answer: Yes. The Social Seenritv
Board is making- lump-sum payments
to eligible workers1,' and to the es
tates or relatives of deceased eligible
workers, under the old-age benefits
provisions of the Act Full informar
tion can be obtained from voiir Unr
est Social Security Board Field Office.!
question: who has charge of tax
collections under the Social Security
Act? j
Answer: The Bureau of Internal
Revenue administers the tax provis
ions of the Social Security Act.
Question.- Suppose my employer
doesn't pay the taxes he collects from
my wages, will I lose mv old-swe in.
surance? '
Answer: The amount which Willi
be paid you under the old-age benefits
provisions of the Social Security Act
does not depend 1 on th amount ' of
taxes collected from you or paid by
your employer under Title ylH of
fte Social Security Act The amount
you .receive will depend on the total
of your wages earned in covered em
ployment after . December 81; 1936.
and before you become ( 65 years of
age. nut tne .employer who does not
obey the law and report the amount
of wages paid each employee puts his
employees at a disadvantage because
the Social Security Board will not
have a record of those wages when it
comes time to. compute the' amount
the Board should pay each .worker
under, the old-age ' insurance provis
ions of the few. V . 1 , ,
'" Visited at Mackeys ,'
f' Carltoit Davenport :r and Howard
Broughton ' spent ' the week-end at
Mackeys visiting r Carlton's .grand
mother, Mrs. W. S. Davenport; '-, 1
Cement, Valk Now At ;
. : Baptist Parsonage
I The young women-, of the Jr. jeon
Memorial Sunday School Class of the:.
Hertford Baptist Church, of which
Mrs. Charles Johnson is the teacher,. -have,
had a cement walk constructed ,
from thet street to the front door of '
the Baptist parsonage' on' Grubb
Street, adding much to the attrac
tiveness of the appareance .of the
place, as well as making very con
venient ' improvement ( J -0 " :
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