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,1 1 'iW4-51' J, J. t jt, ,11 1 .l fl u r ' " . THE Perquimans Weekly; Published every Trlday by The Perquimans Weekly, a partner-, ship consisting 'of " Joseph - Cr. Campbell and Max, R. Campbell, at Hertford, N.' a . ' N ; MAX CAMPBELL : Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year.,, ?1.25 Six Month, , .75 Entered as second cUbb matter "NovemtervlVl9Sj',''af Tbomcs at Hertford, North Carolina, un der 'AVim ; -;( Advertising rates furnished by request. ;: sr1 Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular adver tising rates. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940 BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK HOLD FAST TO THESE BLESS INGS) I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have,, overcome the wicked one I John 2:14. This and Thai . It is beginning to look as though nothing short of a hearing before the proper ' authorities . is going to force the Norfolk Southern Bus Com pany to give Hertford's Town" Board any satisfaction regarding a bus sta tion for the company's patrons. A letter, written and mafled to the Norfolk Southern Bus Company by the Board, is as yet unanswered Vovad this fee an oversight ... or neglect . . .-or could it be that the bus company considers Hertford in such a minor light that they deem it unnecessary to even nave the cour tesy to answer the Town Board in their complaint? The importance of additional pay rolls for Hertford seemed to be . a chief topic of conversation all over town during this past week. What with conditions in general being what they are (and have been for the 'pa A several weeks) folks are realiz ing that an extra $1,000, $2,000 oi $5,000 in payrolls in this "county would haVe made a BIG difference in busineerf'hefe dintag the. ; past six weeks.? 5- 4 JLet'sj' not stop with the conversa tion . "f. talk will not remedy the sit uation one iota. Action and work alone will bring production and man' ufacturing to Hertford ... and with that, payrolls. :We read where other towns are gaining netf plants . . . and we wish we were" gaining instead, but you can rest, assured that those other towns are not sitting back waiting for the maHna . . . they are going after it and ,if Hertford wants addi tional payrons we, too, will have to ; go after them. The Sanitation Problem $ Here in Hertford, we have many things that we can rightfully be proud of: ji We have a beautiful river. We have 'beautiful Churches. J We have a beautiful old Court . bouBe. i We have progressive business houses. v We haveinany beautiful homes. ' We also4have a very deplorable sanitary, condition. - Perhaps deplorable isn't the word for it; perhaps it should be describ ed in the terms that would actually show the unhealthy condition that exists within certain sections of the Town limits. The condition as reported to the Town Board by a member of the State Board of Health on Monday night was anything but good. The State official -made suggestions and recommendations . to the Board but j these were "deemed inadvisable at this time; .:'- ''-- g Perhapp th Wlution to the . whole1 problem could be solved by the Coun ty Commissioner iiuid the Town feoard creating1. Pubic; Health De partment here that would be empow ered with enough authority to clean up the existing conditions and see 4 that if stayed clean. ' i v Another lift For The farmer - One of the most, encouraging signs on the horizon of the American farm icier, faced as he is with the persistent li s "agricultural problem," is the way in . ' which industry in this country is la i " boring . to find new' uses for farm '. products and to increase the current use of these products. All bvef the' country, in industrial :- research laboratories, the process of turning farm products into new ma terials is going , on at a tremendous rater Every new success in this field r.ietts a l',.hter burden', a lessening cfl'3 surplus, for the American ; r. 1 ' A recr;.t ".mple offers an lnter- f ' T r--e in point: nonfhs ago a plant tr 3 fouth to manu- ',,.V '' J.J tes iraQinMAMs' weekly, nrrrfoyk facture cigarette; paper from Ameri can grown flax &ber; The cigarette paper market, up until,, now has very largely been in the hands of foreign manufacturers, and ' hence fanners abroad have- produced -most of the raw materials going into the making of the paper. Thus the possibility of selling the raw materials for Ameri ca's annual consumption of about 163 billion cigarette papers . has - been virtually closed to our farmers.' ; Now, after ' 'years: of experimenta tion, a blend of nddweetern and Cal ifornia fibers has been converted in to a paper to match the European product. The flax straw purchased from the farmers after the seed has been threshed .out nets the fanner op $4 an acre where it formerly cost him about $1.50 an acre to destroy the straw. ;..i:pr:- -v. ,The first factory going into opera tion to turns out. this paper-already employs' 700 workers and is at pres ent being expanded. Meanwhile, wider areas are being explored for the proper flax fibers to take care of an expected increase in production. Thus American industry and Amer ican research have scored again for the farmer turning a formerly waste material to the uses of pro duction and a higher standard of liv ing for all concerned! SO WHAT? By WHATSO SALUTE TO HERTFORD, fairest city of the fair, cuddled in the arms of the beautiful Perquimans. The Town Clerk did a good Job for us on the air last week. Something of the past he told us, of strong men- and dauntless women laying the founda tions of this community in the gar den spot of the world on which the blessings of a. Divine Providence have been lavished without restraint Of the present, too, he spoke; of our fine schools' and good churches. (No notice was taken of our Grammar School Building nor of the empty pews in our churches perhaps he had not noticed them lately 1) Then on into the future. What of the fu ture? What plans for the years to come? What arrangements are be ing made for the development and expansion of our fair and forward looking city? The " City Fathers have spent ; long hours "of - deep '.nought on the subject and the future is provided for1 the- Public Cemetery has been enlarged. The most beau tiful "City of the Dead in Eastern Carolina" is ready for the future! 4 "HAVE YOU SEEN GONE WITH THE : WIND YET?" "Not yet." "My, ,, my, you better hurry! Only one more week in Norfolk! You know the picture will be cut when they show it in the smaller places! They couldn't afford to show it at lower prices unless they did cut some of it out. And they couldn't cut an inch without detracting from it!" The above is a fair report of a con versation that can be heard several times a day in any small town with in a hundred miles of Norfolk. Where did it start? Who wrote the origi nal script? Who was the Vice President in Charge of Propaganda? The author of clever propaganda does not parade in public with a brass band. Curiosity on that point must remain unsatisfied. But those of us' who, cannot afford to go to Norfolk to see the really great pic ture, ."(Gone With die Wind", may rest quite satisfied on this point The picture will come to Hertford and all way stations the country over and it wjll not be cut. The pro ducers want to, and are planning to make twenty-five million dollars on that picture. That amount of profit cannot be collected from'Jhe larger centers alone. The little places' are far more numerous than the big places and small town money is just as good as any in the realm. Muti lated pictures mutilate the gate re ceipts, Hertford will " sec "Gone With the Wind" just as it blew out of Hollywood. LINCOLN AND JACKSON. Well, we, have celebrated Jackson with Jackson Day dinners and . oratory, Lincoln, too,, with food and vocal ex haust. All the little ward politic ians giving off M4r iof J tainteti ethics, and all the bigger hoys, try ing to '(took and sound likezstatesmeri, rent the air with party slogans. Said Andy to Abe, as they' looked down, -from the .heights, '" ."Which Party' did you belong -tot Abe?" Neither one of those Parties they are talking, about, Andy. Which one did you -belong-to ?? "I'm up in the air as much as you; ' Abe. - I didn't be long i to either of those political in consistencies." "WeBrwell," saith Abe, "Tell you what well do,' Andy, let's get together On that pink cloud yonder, 'and send them a message. They , sure need leadership." : ', Stockyard En joying Better Business , y..tc The auction sale date at Perry and Hollowell Brothers livestock Yard in Winfalll has beei -changed from. Mon days to Tuesdays, at 10 A. M. -. The last two -sales of -, livestock, according to W. G. Hollowell, mana- jger of the enterprise, have been the largest since the stockyard opened. GHewing The Rag Withflicius Blanchard, Jr. ' frewY :is news" v " and, 'mpBt .local news of interest will be found in the news columns, of this paper. .-. 'But this: is a column of opinions; Wilbur's, mine . . . and yours, if you care to express them to us by word of mouth or by letter;! This is ;where Wilbur and I cujt up with our pet peeves and finally emerge with a lot of stuff that may or may -hot agree with your opinions oh the same mat ter.' Our views are :not hecessarily tffise'of TKTerq1aamaBekIy and even , though ; sometimes ?We get at loggerheads with .the editor, , we- re spect his opinions, too., ;j And if your views ai?e" different, taire, we think, who saidi; I-disap-. prove '6f - what" you , say -but) will de fend to the death your right to say it." Them's our sentiments, too . . . and we can't help it that Vol said it first So, with Voltaire's magnanamous thought still in mind, let's put the finger on somebody. Most of those who yowl for more - factories and more payrolls invariably end their recitations with "why doesn't Hert ford do this or that?" ; . . , Hertford," mentioned . in this sense, is a vague term and indirectly leads back to the person who makes the statement; meaning "why don't 1 do thPor that?" So, while the city, council has noth ing more pressing to 'do ' than to bandy words with the bus company oyer a minor violation- of local traffic law that can't make a -thimble-fun of difference ten yearsjTjfrom now. let's put the responsibility on this holy body to lead us into the path? of more industry. . If the council can squirm from under this responsibility .. and put it on other shoulders, then all well and sjpod. At least we made a start . . . and that's something. Maybe the tfcuncil can shift Our Burden to the Rotary Club or to the Lions Club, that's fine;, each in turn,, must either shift the responsibility or do some thing about it. . While everybody is asking every body else why "Hertford doesn't do something abouti enticing more busi nesses to these hallowed precincts, we see Plymouth and Windsor grab bing up all (he manufacturers in sight.. . . and this will make a dif ference ten years from noW," or even "one year from now. - 1 At this point we are prompted to wonder why the council doesn't bend its efforts in this more important di rection. To put .it delicately, we wonder why the council piddles while Rome burns. 1 And since unconstructive criticism is a waste of everybody's time, here's something we think the council could da Maybe' you disagree. That's your privilege. But the council could , Publish a booklet, giving all the information that could possibly be important to a prospective manufac LOOiUNG AT WASHINGTON , By Hugo S. $im Washington Correspondent Now that the Democrats have se lected Chicago as the scene of their National ' Convention, the Republi cans will4 consider the situation, especially the Democratic maneuver of leaving the time of the Conven tion to be determined by Chairman Farley. Thus, j?hen the CiOPjrom VnitteVgeto' together, it will have to decide whether to fix the time, as well as select the place, for the Re publican Convention. If the .time is fixed, then the Democrats will have the opportunity to defer their Con vention until after the Republican nomination is made. President' Roosevelt's suggestion that the convention be held later than usual in order to save the count try 'prolonged political contest will apparently lead the Democrats to set a late date for their . convention. Until the Democrats meet, it 1s very apparent) that there will he consider able 'dbtfbt as to the nominee and no one Will know whether the Democrat will renominate the President. tToli ticai experts ' think that this uncer tainty might handicap the Republican nominee in getting his campaign into high gear. ; Obviously! . . the , Republi can nominee will have to develop hit own campaign- without being - able to concentrate upon prime issues until the Democrats name their candidate. President Roosevelt insists that he will make known his position in re gard to Third Term whenever he desires,. to do to. Meanwhile, there is no use ol changing our. previous prediction that he prefers not to run and will likely retire unless his can didacy, rp his -opinion is necessary to maintain, the reforms . of his Ad ministration, or. the international situation becomes to threatening that there is something like a. spontaneous demand for him to tun', amotig" all factions of. ms party, . 1 The President, as the Tea mows, is not tied to tradition i 1 his intention to retire is based r personal prcrence. ZAi.t the t ramAY, iT"ruact H r i turer. ' It could put in pictures ot all the most' attractive locations in ' the town and adjoining the town; . ' It could put in an aerial photograph of the whole section and mark with "X" the river, the railroad and U. S. 17. It could set , out the tax rate, the cower rates, the number 1 of -unem ployed. AH these are important to those looking for locations. 'There, we've placed the ' , responsi bility. Now you make "em act or shift-fte bwaen'A"Kve iW.dW rection is a.-start- .... - It was ' apinechiHing"' sight at first ....' -! ' .' 5 ' .. Summon ,up "this "picture in your mind and - youll ; see why j .'you're driving along a rather deserted high way at a rather late hour. ' Suddenly your deadlights pick out a "sprawled figure laying in the center of the road right on the black line . . . and a bicycle draped around it. Littleton and Clara Gibbs, Carlton and Anne Perry, Coach Jim Johnson and Whitie White we re driving across the Sound for a late supper last Monday night . '. . and. their headlights revealed this scene about a mile the other side of the. bridge.' Gibbs slapped on the brakes . . . just so they could move the body to the side of the road and tejl the coro ner whether it was a white man. or a Negro. The women .'shivered and the men got out of the car manfully. But the poor guy wasn't dead he was sleeping peacefully. .. Very peacefully. He was blotto, plaster ed, soused to the gills, four sheets in the wind; apply any term you choose; to a complete state of Drunkenness. Evidently he drifted off to dream land just where the bicycle bucked and threw him ... in the center of the highway. The motorists finally got enough sense in his fogged Bkull to find out where he lived. Good Samaritans. They probably saved his life by carrying him home ... "Mah mammy done tole me not to have nothing to do 'with Yankee trash, but you-all, Mistah, is so nice to po little me" ... These lines are quoted from a re cenc movie, iney purport to be a statement from a simpering South ern girl to a Northern gentleman. She was talking to one person, mind you, not a.roomful. , :. Wilbur J. Pinfeathers, critic de luxe and champion of lost causes, sickened at another of Hollywood's nauseating attempts to reproduce the Southern accent As usual, Holly wood's interpretation of the Southern drawl sounded more like the lingo of a Mississippi , shanty coon, though even he would not have used "yoij- all when addressing one person. "When", sighed Wilbur, "if ever, will motion picture moguls learn that the true Southern accent is a thing of beauty . ; . not a mumbling mess of monotonous . monotones muddled into miserable mimicry as is meted out by the movies." time, he is proud of the accomplish ments of his terms of office, convinc ed that they are necessary for the well being of democracy in thia country, and, consequehtdy he wiU not hesitate to run again if such 's course, seems necessary to the:con. tinuance of the so-called : New Deal policies. :: ;:-xx''C. The strife between the A. F, of 1 and the C. L O. shows little signs of ending. . Plainly, the leaders of both groups of labor are anxious to con vince the parties and candidates oi their power and of the' impotence oi the other faction. . The recent criti cism of the Democrats . by John L Lewis was promptly . countered by praise from William, Green and the Federation : warned . candidates that the backing of the ?Cv I. 0. would. be. a kiss of death.",. - 4 !i..Whire.:the C. I. O. has been .gener ally regarded as a strong, supporter el the Administration v the. recent Lewis blast against a third term for the President reveals dissatisfaction on the part"of the bushy-haired lead er who feels' '( that - his organization has not been getting its just due By contrast" the American Federa tion of . Labor leadership, , which has generally tended toward the support of the Republican Party, indicates Something" like ' sympathy for the Roosevelt Administration. v , , i . The T. N. E. C ponuJarly known as the Monopoly Committee, has been looking into the handling of reserve funds by the large insurance .com panies of the. country. Some weeks ago its report was submitted to- the officials of the insurance companies in order that any mistakes s to lacts could be corrected. Meanwhile, con siJeratle pressure has been exerted to prevent the publication i of 1:4 find;r"S of-the Monopoly Committed in - J to Ihe insurance situ&t'on. t'j report will .pr&lr'y t 1 i - "v the Coxzsu.'xt- i ' -.Iry has. tc'i i : 2 : :e 1. 1 ', .' juWre purpose in regard to insur ance, as well as other economic activ ilioa, is to ascertain'' the facts that exist in: the 'economic: structure .of the nation ' '" ' - SNOW Hllli NEWS - ' Mr, and Mrs. Henry -i-Harrell and family, of Richmond, . Va, were the week-end gueBts of Mr." and, Mrs. Jesso Harrell. ' Mi1, and Mrs. Ralph Harrell joined them for the day on Sunday.. - ; . ' tl x.t - Mrs. Moody Harrell, and Carolyn Dean Harrell spent Monday with Mrs. G. i W. Gregory,, at Woodville. f , s Ralph and Moody Harrell spent Saturday at Great Bridge .and Deep Crete; VaV Vf rt" "'r?:'l" 'James Harrell and Clifford Lahe were in Hertford Monday.. ,? ' Mr. and Mrs. Odell Cartwright, Mr.: and Mrs. Kermit JBenton and Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Harrell enjoyed a candy cooking atf the home of ;Mrf and Mrs. Moody Harrell on . Monday evening. Chinese checkers .- were played. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Harrell and Buy Better Work Stock, Cheapsr- HORSES and MULES of eery kind .... to suit every farmer's needs! I III 11 rtfeT ' . J. C. BLANCHARD -ft CO., INC. "BLANCH ARD'S" SINCE 1832 Quality Merchandise HERTFORD, N, C. . "NATIONAL CHERRY PIE FESTIVAL" . A Producer - Consumer Campaign Colonial Red Sour Pitted HE R RIE S All Pender' Food Stores are cooperat ing in the national drive to novo sur plus stocks of CANNED CHERRIES LANG'S PICKLES BLACKEYE PEAS BLENDED JUICE MARSHMALLOWS PEACHES sHEs:ia:fr:i3c ltliiLk.witl : American J Cans awC. bolc?::;i Tender Sliced pap rniCT 1 ' -vl t 'i V DOUrLE-FRESH D. P. BLEND : '.' - .1.1 v -r Ll '.'- is w family., viBitied Mr," and MrsTGeofg Euro, at White Hat, Friday evening. - Mnk" Jeff Pierce is reported sick. (Mr. and Mrs-Ralph Harrell were tn Hertford Monday afternoon. ' ' ' Carolyn DeaftJ HarteU spent ' Sun day with Lojs-Faye Benton. 4 j Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Harrell and -family .wert in' Elisabeth City on Tuesday. ' ' Miss? Blanche Cartwright " is re ported to be very ilT - " u' ' Moody and Ralph Harrell were in . Hertford, on business Tuesday morn ing. ' ' i"; ''' -f "t A , 1 r ' ' . i j r f "Movies are educational." ' " -1 T. "Yes, I took my dfe to one and she- learned - that she needed 'three1, ne'w aresses.1 ; ' ' - " ?rt "'' ) CARDOF THANKS ' : We wish to -express our - thanks and appreciation to 6ur friends' and relatives for the beautiful floral de. signs' and for their many expressions a Vlnltta anil avmnnfflV HllMTir tfafl illness' and death of our mother, Mrs. utarney umpmevc - HEIR CHILDREN. Blanchard'si long standing reputation is your assurance' of a square deal every time. Before yon buy it will pay you to visit our stables. .... i . Terms Up to 3, Years If Desired FREE DELIVERY ANYWHERE Right Prices Cans 19c DILL OR, 9 Quatt 0!li SOUR A Jan STANDARD 3 -gtf Bruee'i 17c 46 41. can - - Campnro . , -15f Southern Manor 1 C ;No, 2Vz Can r IpC 1 choke rVi lr ' Tender lh L eth e loaf Mother? T:::::i r . . Prr .1 r . CI 4? b f , 1 1
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