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THE FERQUIMAKl
X HERTFORD, N. C, 'FRIDAY, MARCH 18, ICS
, THE PERQUIMANS
.WEEKLY , .
Published every Friday at Th
Perquimans Weekly office In th
Gregory Building Cnorch "v Street
Hertford, N. C. ,' ,
MATTDE LISTER WHITK ,. Editor
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November 15, 1934, at the post office
at Hertford, North Carolina, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, .1938
THIS WEEK'S BIBLE THOUGHT
FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES i And
be ye kind one to another; tender
hearted, forgiving one another, even
as God for Christ's sake hath forgiv
en you. Epheaians 4:32.
IS THIS SCHOOL SAFE FROM
FIRE 7
If the Town Criers never do anoth
er thing to make Hertford a better
place in which to live, they will have
justified their evistence if they make
the Hertford Grammar School safe
from fire.
That is one of their major objec
tives. The matter is to be taken up
at the quarterly meeting of the or
ganization to be held next Friday
night.
For a long time the people of Hert
ford have idly wondered about
whether or not the Hertford Gram
mar School was a safe place to send
their little ones, wondered if there
might not be a terrible menace in the
situation, with the auditorium on the
second floor and no outside fire es
cape. Nobody ever went any further than
that. More than three hundred chil
dren attend this school, which has
stood there, it is true, without a fire
occurring, for more than thirty years.
ThoBe parents who have wondered
and worried a little about the safety
of their own children as they started
off in the first grade probably forgot
after a few years, when their own
children, in the natural course of
events, moved on.
Recently, however, there has been
a little quiet investigation of a situa
tion which appeared to certain mem
bers of the executive committee of
the Town Criers to be a hazard too
dangerous to allow to continue. Com
mittees were appointed. Things ap
peared to be fairly all right, it seem
ed, with no more danger than had
existed, anyhow.
But one man, Dr. J. W. Zachary,
says that the Hertford Grammar
School ,1s not safe. "You cannot tell
me that a place where the furnace
gets so hot that it draws resin from
the timbers in the furnace room is
safe," he says. Dr. Zachery, who
has a little girl in that school, is
concerned too, about the oil soaked
floors just above the furnace room,
wooden floors which for decade after
decade have been aosorbing the oil
with which they are periodically
treated. How long would it take, he
asks, for a fire which got to those
boards to cut off all means of exit
for the children in the auditorium?
Well, our guess is it wouldn't take
long.
This is not the first time The
Perquimans Weekly has called atten
tion to the dangerous situation at
the Hertford Grammar School. Our
position is exactly what it was when
we poed out this situation more
than a year ago.
A GOOD START
"I really think Hertford is the
prettiest town in the State. I know
we have the prettiest body of water."
That statement was made to the
group of people who gathered ii. tht
auditorium of the Agricultural Build
ing on Friday night by Miss Gladys
Hamrick, speaking in the interest of
the clean-up campaign which she is
organizing as county chairman of
the national organization of "Better
Homes in America."
That Is the opinion of an out
sider, so to speak. Miss Hamrick,
though she has been with us for
nearly two years now, is not a native
of this section of the State. We are
all accustomed to hearing the folk's
who have always lived here declare
that the town is a pretty town and
that Perquimans River is the most
beautiful stream, and all that. The
statement, somehow, carries more
weight when it comes from one who
is not biased and does not see the
place through eyes blinded by love
of home.
It is a pretty town. No town
could have a more beautiful natural
setting. It could, however, be great
ly improved.
This,' clean-up campaign carries
with it the idea of beautifying as
well as cleaning, of making lovely
spots lovelier, of utilizing the natural
resources we have and improving
wherever improvement is possible.
: One .step forward in this direction,
in our opinion, is the improvement
to be made at the foot of Punch
Alley,, of filling in the low place and
making an attractive small park
where, one may - go to look at the
'river. ? v 1
And the work should not stop with
Punch Alley. ' Two other streets lead
to the river, Grubb Street and Front
Street. 'As soon as possible improve'
ments should be made where- these
streets, municipally owned property,
;.ad to the water. . ,
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LOOHIflG AT WASIIIIIGTOf J
4.IMIIMIlflMIWIIMIMIMI"'M'"l'"'"l"lMIMIlll'
JAPS CURB FISHING.
ANOTHER TRADE PACT.
COURT REVERSES ITSELF.
THREE NAVAL PROBLEMS.
U. S. CLAIMS ISLANDS
G. O. P. MAKES PLANS.
TO GAIN IN HOUSE.
ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS.
OBJECTIVES THE SAME.
FOUR NEW STAMPS.
(Hugo S.
Sims, Washington
respondent.)
Cor-
The amicable settlement of the
situation in Alaskan waters where
Japanese salmon fishing operations
threatened to instigate an intense
competition which might exhaust the
salmon supply, illustrates the desire
of the Japanese Government at this
time to "get along" with the United
States. The Japanese have been
very active in the Bristol Bay area
where the annual value of the salmon
catch is more than $40,000,000.
While Alaskan fishermen have for
years used only small boats and gear,
cooperating with the Bureau of Fish
eries in its conservation program,
the Japanese have used mile-long
nets about thirty miles off shortf to
catch salmon returning to the Alas
kan rivers. The Alaskans contend
that fish spawned in territorial wa
ters are American property and the
possibility existed of a violent clash.
Also, it should be noted that Pacific
coast labor circles authorized a gen
eral Japanese boycott, but Wd it up
pending the outcome of negotations.
Under the trade agreement be
tween the United States and Czecho
slovakia signed last week, this coun
try grants tariff benefits on 63 items,
imports of which in 1937 totalled
$19,551,000, or 55 per cent of the im
ports from Czechoslovakia. In re
turn, tariff and import concessions
were granted on $30,000,000 worth
of exports on the basis of 1936. The
State Department, in reference to the
concessions, by Czechoslovakia, says,
"Probably no other country has gone
so far in a trade agreement with the
United States in attempting to open
the way for an expansion of trade by
the removal or relaxation of special
controls on imports other than du
ties." A sharp controversy was raised in
this country over a possible conces
sion on shoes which is the most im
portant, of Czechoslcvakian exports.
Tariff reductions, ranging up. to fifty
per cent, where made, with a protec
tive clause giving the United States
crease rats if sales in this country
increase above 1.25 per cent of our
domestic production for a five-year
period. Officials point out that the
agreement makes possible - an in
crease of about . 650,000 pairs - of
shoes, over last ' year's imports of
4,800,000 pairs. The Department
points out that American production
of all types amounted to 410100,000
pairs of shoes in 1937. The agree
ment assures domestic producers of
99 per cent of the market in this
country. A -
I Many of the concessions to this
country were in the form of relaxa
tions of import r permits and . ex
change control " regulations ' which
have "been more restrictive than
import duties." These- benefits affect
items constituting 76.7 per cent of
Czechoslovakian imports v in . 1936
from the United States. ; t .
V 'Early this week 3,600 officers and
55,000 men aboard 150 surface ships
: of the United States fleet " began
HAIR RAI
six-weeks' manoeuvre in a theatre
of operations which will extend from
the Aleutians Islands and Alaska to
Hawaii and the West Coast of the
United States. Some 500 planes will
participate in the exercises designed
to furnish fleet training and test ma
terials under varying conditions of
sea and weather.
The manoeuvres will be . divided
into three big war problems. In one, j
a White fleet, with heavy cruisers and I
giant sky bombing patrols, " will de
. . . ... . - . ... . :
fend a coast-line against the Black
fleet, a powerful dreadnanght force,
including battleships, aircraft car
riers and destroyers.. In the second,
a powerful Blue fleet will attack the
Hawaiian area which will be defend
ed by a Red fleet of submarines sky
patrols and fast craft. The third in
volves an attack on the West Coast
by the Purple fleet, a powerful over
seas armada which will threaten the
region from the Aleutians to San
Diego. A Green fleet, composed of
fast-moving heavy cruisers, newest
sky patrols, submarines and regular
coast defense forces will attempt to
protect the area.
Apparent re-examining its form
er opinions in what Attorney Genajral
Cummings. called "the light of neces
sity for a coherent and rational ad
ministration of the tax laws," the
United States Supreme Court re
versed two long-established princi
ples of the tax law in a five-to-two
decision which gave the Federal Gov
ernment the right to tax income de
rived from oil and gas lands teased
from a state. Some years ago the
Court denied Oklahoma the right to
tax net income derived by a lessee
from oil and gas under leases of re
stricted Indian lands and, subse
quently, applied the same principle to
void a Federal tax upon the income
derived by a lessee from state lands.
However, a few weeks ago, ' the
Court decided that states may tax
receipts of Government contractors
and, in another case, that the Federal
Government may levy upon the fa
come of quasi-state officials. There
fore, it became necessary to over-rule
the ruling in both cases involving the
lease of oil lands as being "out of
harmony with correct principles.
unier justice Hughes delivered the
majority opinion, concurred in by
Justices Brandies, Stone, Roberts and
Black. Justice Butler joined by Jus
tice McReynolds, dissented, the form
er declaring that "no one can fore-
f "".h!
principle that a state may not tax
Federal instrumentalities and vice
versa, : ;v, V ;";w!t ;
'' The i';lrnif'6taiVhaving .'.jBa'tSs
formal assertion of its sovereignty
over Canton and Enderbury Island j,
which lie about .! balf-way ' between
Hawaii and Australia and .New Ska
land, the question will be subject. to
negotiations " with 1 Great Britain,
which has made some claim to them.
Canton is regarded as one of the
finest bases for seaplanes in the
Pacific, and Enderbury is equally, as
good for land planes. ' - ,
Some six months ago an outfit
from New Zealand set up a radio
station on --Canton. Heretofore, t- e
United States, ' under' . Secretary '
State: Charles Evans Hughes,
.formally ' admitted that i discov r
alone was not sufficient busis fo
claim of sovereignty unless folio
by occupation. Apparently the
tire matter is to be re-studied
a two i:.'-' 'i wo" d'ecovere "
hun-
With the November elections about
eight months away, the Republican
Party is attempting to build machin
ery around the Committee on Pro
gram to bolster it for a test at the
polls. Present plans include efforts
to sound out the rank and file of
party members on questions of in
terest, which will be studied by a
research staff, who will collect data
for use by officials. The business re
cession, its cause and cure, will be
the Program Committee, headed by
Dr- Glenn Frank. He pictures the
nation as headed toward totalitarian
ism as the result of the policies of the
Administration. An effort will be
made to secure support from conser
vatives in the Democratic Party and
to regain the backing of Republicans
who have voted for the Democratic
candidates.
Meanwhile, a survey of public sen
timent, made public by the Ameri
can Institute of Public Opinion, indi
cates an improvement in Republican
prospects. The Institute asserts that
an election, held at this time, would
result in an increase of 85 seats in
the House for the Republicans. Last
November the Institute estimated
that the increase would be only 46
seats. Gains have been registered in
the depression-hit areas of the East
ern seaboard and the Great Lakes,
American whalers more than a
dred years ago. .
Look! Jimmy Can Walk Again!
Of course, it's with crutches
right now, but hell throw them
' away in a little while. And he
, hasn't walked for years since
a serious bone infection left
. him without use of his legs.
- Jimmy's parents couldn't send
. him to a specialist so he spent
A those years watching the other :
children from a window, while ,
:t " they romped and played.
.But a few small donations
I never missed by the givers
; . changed Jimmy's whole -life."
tj' The donations made it possible.
;. to stnd him to a specialist who ',
) "knew his stuff,f and now. a
f new and exciting . 'world ' has
. - opened up for Jimmy. His
; ' , rightful heritage: HE - CAN
? f WALK AGAIN1 ' '
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If Jimmie were VOJR son y , .would your
V ; ter Seal Sale tot, crippled children be . ; ..GENEROUS?
) i Jimmy Mieht Be YoVir
1 Have the Perquimans County Chainr. -
" donation-or make it to ono c ! vo
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This advertr".
both - "normally T
Democratic in 1 -2 a.
a i:
. President Roosev-'.t r- "y re
viewed the five yeaB of V.3 a ' min
istration and , averted t'.U v enor
mous gains had been ma.' 3 toward
the goals he visioned before Uareh
4th, 1933. The President insisted
that these goals remained unchanged
and stressed the distinction between
objectives and methods used to ac
complish them. , Illustrating, he said
a year ago stabilization of price lev
els was threatened . by inflation,
which caused, a shift in direction, but
that later, in the autumn months,
there was a threatened deflation and
the course had to be in the other' di
rection, although, the objective was
the same' all the time., ,v 1 -
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v Mr. Roosevelt,, referredto the fif
teen to . twenty , million Americans
who are without purchasing power in
connection with the problem of farm
tenancy and the , share-cropper. He
felt that business would be better if
the purchasing power of this part of
our1 population was sufficient to en
able it to buy the products of indus
try. He was proud of what has been
done to control crop surpluses' and
thus support- the purchasing power
of the fifty-million persons dependent
directly or indirectly on agriculture.
On the industrial side of the picture,
he explained, the Administration had
sponsored measures to,, hold up the
earnings of both .. the owners and
workers of cooperations. : ., He felt
that before long, more business men
would voice approval of these objec
tives. ' Pointedly, - he declared the
Administration was as determined as
ever to put an end to "special priv
ilege" which would be good for the
entire country, for stocks and bonds
and everything else. ;
The first revision of stamps de
signed since 1922-23 will include
Benjamin Franklin and Martha
Washington, as well as twelve presidents-not
previously honored-with
postage stamp issues. Four denom
inations will present the public with
a four-and-a-nair-cent, a inirxy-nve-cent
and a forty-cent stamp. The
complete list follows:
Franklin, cent; Washington, 1-
cent; Martha Washington, lVk-cent;
John Adams, 2-cent; Jefferson, 8
cent; Madison, 4-cent; Monroe, .4tt-
cent; John Quincy Adams, 6-cent;
Jackson, 6-cent; Van Buren, 7-cent;
William H. Harrison, 8-cent; Tyler,
9-cent; Polk, 10-cent; Taylor, 11-cent:
Fillmore, 12-cent; Pierce, 13-cent;
Buchanan, 1 4-cent; Lincoln, 15-cent;
Johnsoa, 16-ent; Grant, 17-cent;
Hayes, 18-cent: Garfield, 19-cent;
Arthur, 20-cent; Cleveland, 25-cent;
Benjamin Harrison, 80-cent; William
McKinley, 86-cent; T, Roosevelt, 40-
cent; Taft, 60-cent; Wilson, fl;
Harding, $2; Coolidge, $0. j
W. M. U. MEETS MONDAY
The Woman's Missionary Union of
Hertford Baptist Church will -meet
at 3:80 o'clock on Monday afternoon
at the church. All members are
urged to attend.
TAX LIST TAKER APPOINTED
R. L. Knowles was appointed tax
list taker for the Town of Hertford
at the meeting of the Town Council
on Monday night. .
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' Most of the cases which came up
for trial by Judge James S McNlder.
In Recorder's Court on Tuesday in
volved minor traffic violations, the
defendant charged with the , most
serious violation failing to appear.
Lloyd Nixon,- eharged , with reck
less driving, was called and failed to
answer. Capius was issued and the
case continued. -
. 'The charge of drunk against Watt
Copeland was dismissed upon ' pay
ment of costs, I k 'r4-, -t
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment ' of the costs in the
case of Howard Manley, colored, con-;
victed ;of driving with-no operator's
license, and there ..will be. a further
hearing next Tuesday.,
' W. T. Eason was .found guilty of
driving .with insufficient brakes, the
case being; dismissed upon payment
of half the costs. . , , - , ,
Ernest Lilly, colored, was convict
ed of driving with; insufficient brakes,
the case being dismissed upon pay
ment of the costs.
; William Paul .. Robinson, colored,
was required to pay half the court
costs upon conviction of driving with
insufficient brakes.
, The charge of . assault ' with a
deadly weapon against Dennis Fere
bee, colored,; was dismissed.
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment of the costs in the
case of Blanche White, colored found
guilty of using profane language in
apublic-placei-i,,';-''.- ':
" : E. Q. WHITE STILL ILL
. E. Q. White, manager of Winslow
White Motor Company, the local Ford
Agency, who has been sick for the
past ten days at his home in the
Bagley Swamp community, is still
confined to his home. His condition,
however,' is reported as improving.
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