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Perquimans Weekly
Published every Friday by The
Perquimans Weekly, a partner
chip consisting of Joseph G.
Campbell and Max S. Campbell,
at Hertford, N. C.
MAX CAMPBELL
.Editor
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
GET RID OF THE THORNS: He
also that receiveth seed among the
thorns is he that heareth the word;
and the care of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke the
word, and -he becometh unfruitfull.
Matthew 13:22.
With officials selected to act as
registrars and judges in the coming
election, The Weekly again wishes
to' call to the attention of all voters
that a new registration has been call
ed , for and failure to register will
mean that you can not vote. Re
member to register in order that you
may vote on May 25th.
Quick Work
The Weekly' salutes Cherif J. Em
mett Winslow on the quick capture
of the four youths charged with the
robbery of a New Hope store on
last .Saturday.
Having little evidence to begin
with, the Sheriff, with the assistance
of SBI men, stayed with the search
until it resulted in the capture of the
youths Sunday afternoon.
As we write this article, it is our
understanding that a confession has
been obtained implicating all four
perpetration of the crime.
That is mighty fast work on the
part of the Sheriff and should serve
notice to all would-be robbers that
crime .comes to a quick end in Per
quimans County.
We Wonder
Mr. Cooper came to town this
week. He came with what he called
"My Machine". The Weekly, believ
ing that every man should be given
an audience and the opportunity to
state his case, was glad that Mr
Cooper had a large group listening
to him, but we cannot help to wonder
at some of the statements made.
His platform, or topics which were
-mentioned here we need not go into,
but we are of the firm opinion that
every voter should weigh the contents
of any political speech made by any
candidate and the voter should re
member above, all, that one officer
of the government has very little
chance to do anything ... he . may
work toward an end or strive to
achieve his aims, but most times af
ter the successful candidate has
reached his office those "platform
planks" become full grown trees and
impossible to cut down.
Farm Loans at
3 Per Cent
When a farm benefit bill goes so
far that even the outstanding farm
organizations disapprove of it, there
is something very remarkable, not to
say strange, about it.
The Administration - supported
Jones-Wheeler bill before the House
of Representatives Committee on
Agriculture proposes to reduce to 3
per cent the interest rate on all out
standing or new farm mortgage
loans mad.e by the Federal Land
Banks or other governmental agen
cies, , to refinance farm mortgages
on ttms up to 40 years, to remove
the requirement by which borrowers
have had to subscribe for stok in
the land banks,' co-operative or loan
associations, and to do away with
deficiency judgments in foreclosures
The effects of this, in competent
judgment, would be virtually to sus
pend the collections on farm loanc
that are in arrears, to mix charity
and politics with the business of ad
ministering farm credit, and to di
vert practically all farm financing
ultimately from private to govern
, ntent channel's.
. Louis J. Taber, Master of the Na
tional Grange, described the poten
tialities of this combining of relief
and credit in one agency as simply
staggering. Edward A. O'Neal,
President of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, testifying at the
same time before a Senate subcom
mittee, criticized the present absorp
tion Of the Farm Credit Adminis-
' ttstidMpta the Department of Agri-
CUUet:..,7,:.ii':-t,:.,.M,'" T
' When two large and soundly; esV
tatlish.,4 farm, organizations lik'e the
Grange and Farm Bureau Federation
!
THE MOTHS AND THE FLAME
Chewing The Rag
With Lucius Blanchard, Jr.
As our city fathers have no doubt'
learned by this time, from various
and sundry sources, the new recrea
tion pier is not the most popular
project that the town ever pro
moted. Promoted, perhaps, is the wrong
word. The town endorsed it . . .
the WPA promoted it and largely
financed it.
So, there comes to your corres
pondents this week a letter which
foisters onto this column a trust
After the usual flutter which accom
panies our receipt of a note not en
titled "please remit", we got around
to seeing that a sensible question
was being asked . . . and one which
merits answering.
For this writer's confidence in our
opinions and our ability to gather
facts and place them before the pub
lic, we are deeply grateful.
Boiled, down, the letter evolved in
to this "Do you think.Jt's safe for
our children to use the new bathing
pier?"
All of a sudden it occurred to us
tht we had heard the thing mention
ed in the same vein of thought time
and again, and it further dawned
that we are not qualified to answer
the question.
But since the writer asked us, this
column will be devoted next week tc
a summary of the answers we will
get to a lot of questions we intend
to ask.
We're going to put the questions
to people who ought to know the
answers.
It's very important.
One letter was from a mother, the
mother of two children, and some of
the same talk we've heard about po
lution had alarmed her.
We'll' tell her all we can find out
in this column next week.
both prefer an independent Farm
Credit Administration rather than
one possibly subject to political pres
sures for easy loans in a campaign
year, it is evidently time to stop and
think. The clear inference to those
interested in the soundness of the
National Treasury and in preserving
some comparative rewards for effi
ciency in farming is that the ten
dency toward socialization in farm
credit needs to be resisted,. Chris
tian Science Monitor.
SO WHAT?
By WHATSO
MY DEAR JACK:
We liked the article which you
wrote for us last week. Along to
ward the close of that paper of yours
you had something to say about en
thusiasm. You wondered; why Hert
ford did not stir up same of thatJ
quality and get some new industries
to eome into the commuty and give
employment to more meh," as well as
bring in more money income for the
folks to spend. It is quite a ques
tion. There must be an answer to it
also. Every question has an answer
the hard thing is to find the ans
wer. There seems to be two possible
answers to the question r you pro
pound. First we have been in a de
cline due to senility so long that we
cannot stir up any enthusiasm for
anything. And it does take enthus
iasm on some one's part to bring new
industries into an old town. Second
it is just possible that the spirits
that control the town are quite sat
isfied with the dormant condition in
which they have been resting these
many years. That is hard to con
ceive, isn't it? Still, you know the
old ground hog packs away a lot of
contentment during "those- "long
months while he sleeps in his hole.
He never would get out and dig for
himself if Old Mother Nature didn't
get down behind him good andf hard
-THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HEBTWKl!.CL;i'FBmAt-',--A3PBnt-W
With considerable favor, we note
the advent of a local man into th
race for one of the First District's
seats in the State Senate,,
We've known ' Candidate-Attorney
C. R. Holmes for a number of years
. . . we've known him as a speaker
of eloquent phrases. In coiyt we've
admired his usage of the English lan
guage. We've heard, that he's in
demand on many occasions as a part
time preacher, and at other times,
simply as a speaker.
We glanced at Eome of the planks
in his platform; of some of them we
didn't know enough to draw a con
clusion, namely, reducing the sales
tax and elimination of exemptions.
But there was one plank that struck
us right between the eyes . . . "that
a larger portion of funds of the
Highway Department be spent on
farm-to-market and farm-to-school
roads to the end that these roads
shall be safely usable the year
round.."
Holmes has something there. At
present the funds are distributed on
a basis of area and population rather
than on a basis of need. The need is
evident in Eastern Carolina rural
roads made impassable after a fair-to-middlin'
snow sjorm . . . the area
and population is missing. Likewise
an ample allocation to keep the roads
"safely usable."
Holmes doesn't curse, but a farmer
with a trailer-load, of fresh produce
stuck in the mud .on one of the East
ern Carolina abbrtfinable dirt roads
is sufficietly provoke ' to shout
loudly all the epithets at his com
mand. IHolmes gets to the Senate, we
hope his more sedate use of words
and phrases will get the same idea
across.
and drive him to it.
DRIVERS UNDER TWENTY
FIVE TAKE , NOTICE. We had
sbmething to sajr last week about
safe driving.. .Since then we have
noticed some statistics' which we
thought interesting. It appears that
drivers under twenty-five years of
age have five times as many acci
dents as' those drivers who fall into
the age class between forty-five and
fifty, which class, by the way, holds
the best record for safe driving.
After drivers pass the age of fifty,
they begin to have more accidents
again but never reach the record for
carelessness of the group under
twenty-five. We can do two things
about this if we want to and thereby
lessen the dangers of the road. If
we are under twenty-five we can
make an effort to use more judg
ment, restrain the natural impulse to
take a ' chance, develop a greater
sense of respect for the rights of
others. If over fifty, we must ad
mit that our reactions ano not as
rapid as they were, that we tire more
easily and so our .-efficiency'' is more
quickly impaired by fatfgue'that
perhaps our sight and hearing are
not as acute as formerly and so
some danger creeps up on us before
ever we see. or hear it. If you are
a member of either one of the two
age classes mentioned think it over.
THE CITY'S FINEST - FLING
LEATHER. Yes sir, last Tuesday
night the boys of the Police Force
were swinging at each other inside
the squared ring. 'Twas a great
sight some really good boxing was
in evidence, much better in spots
than has been the case in several re
cent professional escapades called
prizes fights! . It all happened in New
York ' City. But wouldn't it be r a
fine thing if our local boys would
mix it .up a bit? Firsts we could
have art elimination contest amoiig
the members of the Hertford Force,
then challenge the best that -, the
proud guardians of the peace, in E-
denton could produce winners of the
Hertford-Edenton contest could then
meet the mighty men of Elizabeth
City! It looks like a good idea 'to', lis'
in this comer. Great fun lor the
boys, good exercise and good a
musement for the onlookers. There
is nothing nike boxing to keep the
members of the police force in the
pink of physical condition!
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CliAPANOjffirNEWS
Miss Sarah Elliott ' attended" the
$etijtoi! Class play at Chowan High
School Friday evening.
MraL Roy Branch and son, of
Portsmouth, Va., spent Thursday
with Mrs. P. L. Griffin and attended
the funeral of Mrs. Ed Stallihgs, in
Elizabeth City.
Miss Doris Lewis has returned
from Henderson, where she attended
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