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Perquixaans Weekly
Published every Friday by The
Perquimans Weekly, - partner'
ship consisting ' of Joseph &
Campbell and Max R. Campbell,
at Hertford, N. C, , . -
MAX CAMPBELL
.Editor
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
SOME SPEAK OUT LOUD: The
fool hath, said in his heart, there is
no God.--nPsalm 14:1.
A Welcome To
Miss Maness
Miss Frances Maness, the new
Hoine Jtemoaistration Agent for Per
quijnans County arrived and took
ovdr' her duties last week. To all
appearances she is doing a' good job.
iall so since this is her first
erience in Club work.
be is to be commended on the
adid manner in which she has
grasped the work of her highly suc
cessful predecossor-and The Weekly
feels that the Board of Commission
en made, an excellent choice in filling
the vacancy here.
The Weekly welcomes Miss Maness
tq the community and offers her full
cooperation in assisting her in any
manner to carry on the fine club
work that is being done in Perquim
ans County. :,
It's A Start
The local Lions Club has taken
the first step toward increasing pay
rolls in Hertford. They have map
ped u program, drawn up some
plans of action and? are making pre
liminary outlines of steps to be tak
en, in order to achieve success in the
matfer!:i:''''' ' .
Maybe we are wrong in saying
jhis is the .first step toward this
jftfal ... it is our understanding that
previous attempts have been made
$fong this line but because of inacH
Eepec
exp
soiei
" tSjray of those in charge nothing was
iicomplished . . . but The Weekly's
belief is that with the proper and full
Stdoperation on the part of EVERY
STIZEN of Hertford the action tak
n by the local Club can be a success
ful one".
2 Of course there ate obstacles to be
overcome . . . there is hard work to
Ipe done, there will probably be argu
ments, pro and con, but The Weekly
tTjelieyes that the program undertaken
&fty the' committee of the Club is one
i that merits the consideration ef
everyone and it is highly probable
" that fuller details will be given out
4 by the committee within a short
fprne." '
At lelat a start has been made.
& The Weekly stands behind it whole
heartedly because we feel that every
U 'person residing in Hertford will be
$ benefited,!, by an increase in local
payrolls 'A'
iCertifieate Plan
v No Sale
It is pretty dear that Henry A.
: Wallace, United States Secretary of
" Agriculture, is talking to a difficult
customer in trying to sell his De
partment's "certificate plan" for
farnt aid to the Seventy-Sixth Con
gress. Even, another Congress is not
f apt to ba ;jnuch more friendly to it,
so long . as, the American budgetary
situation does not become a great
deal iitteif-,toe;f arm- situation a
great . mmo.-'-i
The certificate Pan is another and
more easily collectible kind of pro
cessing tax. If some "tariff equi
valent" is necessary on farm pro
ducts, this is probably . the most
cogent and workable way of finan
cing it' -But any such tax on the
most staple foodstuffs and clothing
material is a tax which must be
borne by all consumers, including the
least able, and ; which, may reflect
unfavorably . upon the v producers.
With prices aided by improving de
mand and .with every, penny of tax
; resources plainly needed for catching
op with the national debt," Congress
-is more inclined jto do away with
parity payments for agriculture' than
to levy new-, taxes for supporting
them, as evidenced by the recent
action of the House of Representa
tives. 5 f ' ' V 1,
Ortamly, the Senate ' will not be
' justified . in restoring any t parity
payments to the Appropriation Bill
without providing the money s"te pay
" . Looking-farther ahead, farm
. ) probably would feel safer
about t' 3 continuance of Soil conser-
, -trmr.fv.which are ' better
v .Ic sentiment than the"!
1 "ranty". payments if
; MODERN,
NEWS ITEM: modern piomeers to be honored Iwi'-f '
FEBROARy COMMEMORATIN& I503J- AMNIVERSARy
OF PATENT SYSTCM.
Chewing The Rag
With Lucius Blanchard, Jr. i:
fc '""Mi'MMt "W'MM t
Even though we don't take 'stock
in the supernatural, the What Do
You Thinks, and the like, we did
enjoy the story so we pass it on to
you and. you and you . . .
It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Blank
were driving home to Charlotte from
a week-end in Kings Mountain when
they chanced to spy a young lady
hitch-hiker thumbing from a bridge
between the two towns.
They gave her a lilt on the back
seat and pretty soon the threesome
became rather chummy; to the ex
tent that she told them her name
and gave them her address, a Char
lotte address.
Conversation lagged presently and
when Mrs. Blank looked around to
say something to the girl (we'll call
her Mary Jones because that isn't)
her name) there was nobody on the
back seat.
"Maybe she fainted and fell on the
floor? hazarded Mr. Blank, stopping,
the car. -
There 'was nobody on the floor
either!
"There's more here than meets the
eye, 'muttered Mr. Blank, and the
.couple forthwith hied themselves to
to ask some questions.
An elderly lady answered Mr.
Blank's knock at the door.
"Are you Mrs. Jones?" he asked.
"I am," she answered, "and what
can 1 do for you?"
"Have you a daughter named
Mary?" Mr. Blank prodded. Where
upon Mrs. Jones immediately burst
into tears ...
"Come in," she sobbed.
Inside the house Mrs. Jones re
gained her composure. "You need
n't tell me why you are here," she
said. "You picked up my daughter
on this bridge. Dozens of people
have brought me the same story.
But I still don't understand
"My daughter Mary- was drowned
at that bridge five years ago," she
ended.
Poor deluded Jesse Lynch Wil
liams. Do you know Jesse Lynch
Williams? It's all right. You pro
bably wouldn't like him anyway, if
you live in the country. Because
Mr. Williams doesn't like the coun
try. '
He wrote a bright piece recently
for Scribner's Magazine. We read it
and grew sadder and sadder all the
way through. We felt sorry for Mr.
Williams and we wondered who the
poor fellow thought fie was kidding
L-Jf"; "flain,y no on wno ver nvea
I in a
a tRe country,
piece was called "Back To
Human Nature."
One of the Closing passages was
the ' Davof t : it J Arnlninorl ilirlv w"hv
Mts Williams jprefers the artificial
things taxi-tootings and friendless '
towering apartments ; . :, T Tr ;
"One chief joy of living in the city
is its privacy," Mr. Williams, ob-
served. "You don't know your neigh
bors. No neighbors, no gossip. Your
friendships, your intimacies are like
ly to be on the basis of mutual' lik
ing and common interests, hot on the
accidental circumstances of propin
quity. So there can be more , natural
ness, less, artificiality ,thantfi.;th&
country where yod answer for your
conduct not to your conscience, or
your God, but to your neighbor." "
It's okay with us, Mr. -Williams,
but we still feel ' sorry for you, ' for
what you're missing. All friendships
the soil conservation-payments
were
suppoi;bfsp!rf fejwnuurked tax
such as (hs?::A ,Vkn' -
r--As. W the argument for- a ""tariff
equivalent," which .enters lnto,s adl
these plans, the way to make certi
ficate -plans or. processing taxes
clearly unncessftry Is. ta continue the
gradual scaline down of tariffs
which give rise to farm "relief claims?
Christian Science Monitor;
.PIONEER.
are not on the basis of mutual liking
and interests, and you , .needn't as
sume poses in the country, Mr. Wil
liams. Your neighbors take you for
what you are, doing away with the
need for "mutual likes' ? The neigh
bors respect your likes And dislikes
in the country, Mr. Williams. You
wouldn't be invited to the oyster
roast if you didn't like osyters, but
the neighbors wouldn't think any the
less of you because you "don't like
oysters, and they'd stilt -invite you
to the barbecue next week.
We live in the country,"5 Mr. Wil
liams. We always have. And alt
this stuff about "no neighbors, no
gossip," tch, tch, Mr. Williams, you
have been reading too much. Coun
try gossip is horribly overated.
A friend of ours grew ill, Mr. Wil
liams. The neighbors didn't call be
cause they knew he didn't like com
pany when he was sick. . , Npbody was
hurt, because they knew he didn't
want company. "'j
.. .But .six neighbors sent six bowls
-of beef Soup the next dayf Mr. Wil
liams, because afll the 'neighbors
knew he liked beef soup.
See what' you've beett. missing?
Everybody ought to livp in the coun
try, Mr. Williams . . . for at least
one lifetime.
SO WHAT?
By WHATSO
DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!!
Or perhaps there is no danger. Sec
tions ef festering filth may, well be
centers of incubation for. ' disease
germs' but then we may over esti
mate, the danger. With a medical
force of superlative skill it may be
that all danger from disease bred of
filth and unsanitary conditions can
be controlled. Or it may be that the
little,, germs . of potential suffering
andleatB are, under the watchful
eye of our Public Health Officer,
held in check and confined, to the
sections of their origin. With - our
i j i 1. 1 i.
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ilia not, couia noi De expecieu, jio
know. But from the dark depths of
our Abysmal ignorance we call to the
guardians of our health: "Doctors,
tell s jtriie,- is it dangerous to the
community for large sections of it to
live under conditions of filth and
squalor, ' without - running water or
sewage, connection's?" And one oth
er question we would ask of those
to whose professional skill and train
,e"p ;ent we enjft the health of
daiiirerotis ?or our children to .Swim
f r6mi;th4 2ecreation',Pier now being
ereciea mzl me ena oi a
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We hate.r ask the aboyiufes
tions,. ,;tln,Jact,4 we hate to SSJB,ny
questions We wduld much prefer
to go our .way undisturbed "i and un-
questionmg ' like little ; children
trusting "the dear fathers. But along
comes a man -from the State Health
Department and he goes to the Town
Fathers and he tells them things.
Tells them, we understand, that; the
utteWclt ef sanitation in parts of
etiTj, towini r is such as to constitute a
real danger; Tells them that it ' will
b 'dahgeKraiit to the health' . o our
children;' tdr' go swimming; .from" the
fine new , recreation - pier i where; the
wafer is ycertato-wterbe: polluted by
sewage 4 Furthermore, r this intrud
Ing gentfema ffrom. the ato:D-:
partment of HeaJt ; Mr.-Abell by
name,' suggests that plans be drawn
np td medy' th eonditions which
to him seem so deplorable and our
ewn fr. E Leigh ;WinsIo,;: we ' nn
derstend, commends the suctrestioh
to the Town Fathers;' But, . despite
the fact; that Cfess expenses, 1 to the
town would have been incurred at
this time, ?the suggestion WH8 dis
missed as not in order at t!.e pres-
ent. "Why this action or lack of ac
tion lWet do" not know. Perhaps
the Fathers , remembered that the
( Public Cemetery was; being enlarged
to take care of the future!
; WE HAVE NEED FOR A BOARD
OF s HEALTH..! Have , we'-,' Buch a
body?-; If sO, when was the last time
that it, raised its voice in behalf of
the people of Hertford? f If we have
no such body, then , why in the name
of decency and humanity, haven't
we? The above questions we cannot
answer. We have a right to . ask
them, however. We have a right to
pectaBaMwer. One thing we do
know. We have three Medical Men
in town. Those trained men have
moral obligations as citizens to as
sume leadership in all such, questions
as we are raising at this time. Mr.
Abdl has brought a problem to the
light. The Town Council appears to
be covering the problem with the
pall of silence and inaction giving
to the public no reason for its si
lence or inaction. Gentlemen of the
Medical Profession, you are spokes
men for the laity! What do you
say? -
DBA
Her husband is dead.
She's less than 65 years of age bo
she can't get old age assistance.
She has no children under 16 so
she can't get financial aid for de
pendent children.-
Financial aid for the blind would
come in handy. But she isn't blind.
She's physically,. unable to work so
the WPA is out.
The wind blew her house down last
Wednesday night, so she spent Fri
day canvassing the local stores . . .
asking for something to eat, some
thing to wear, and funds with which
to rebuild the wrecked dwelling. No
public monies are- available to her
unless the County Commissioners
vote it. .
The only bright spot in Molly Cos
ton's black existence is the fact that
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KING COTTON'S MAID
- Mary Nell Porter, left, Memphis debutante, who was selected
Maid of Cotton in a beltwide contest sponsored by the National
Cotton Council', gets a few cotton fashion hints from Mary Lewis,
nationally known stylist and former executive vice president of Saks
Fifth Ave. As representative, of the raw cotton industry, Miss Por
ter will make a 12,000-mile air tour of the United States, reigning .
as queen of cotton style shows in 26 major cities 'throughout the
country. Miss Porter will be provided with a complete cotton ward
robe selected by McCall fashionists, and pre-tested by the Lux lab- -oratories.
She will' be accompanied by a professional stylist, will
appear on at least two national broadcasts, and will be the guest
of nationally known stars in New York and Hollywood, Her tour
opens in Miami on March" 4. .
her only son has just come 18 years
of age, and so is eligible, for WPA
work or the OOC, that is, IF the
Three C's enrolls colored boys at the
April- enlistment.
Molly does get a quota of surplus
commodities twice a month . . .' a
scrapping of flour, some beans, some
fruit, etc. Molly has no other means,
but she does have friends; she's been
living around with them since her
house blew down.
And, oh yes, if Molly's son does
get on the WPA he hasn't any way
to get to town to . his work, and he
lives four or five miles in the coun
try. 1 65Mir. Wm
It's Time To Be Thinking About
1 Farming Mqeris For
GET OUR PRICES ON FERTILIZERS
BEFORE YOU BUY
We have Boll Weevil Mopping Machines
for $16.50 each. Don't plant, cotton un
less you have one.
W have McKay, King and John Deere
Stalk Cutters.
We have John Deere and Big Jim Disc.
Also a complete line of repair parts for
both.
We have Wagons,
. . . in fact anything you need for the
farm ... from a Tractor down.
j. G. Blarichard & Co., Inc.!
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The Engineers Are Here;
The State Highway engineers have -arrived
in Hertford to make their
homes for the next six months and
to make the preliminary plans - prior
to the letting of the Hertford-Center
Hill road contract.
Their job is to see that the con
tractor does everything according to
unifications before the State will
faccept the road.
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