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" i. V i THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY,' HERTFORD, N. jC FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940 PAGE POUR v t c -! i ' -J t t i If ''I ' 1 V:;::.y ajK.'.'s'.-H-i f i ' , lv. - f V Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday by The Perquimans Weekly, a partner ship consisting: of Joseph G. Campbell end Max R. Campbell, at Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.25 Six Months .75 Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, atv postoffice at Hertford, North Carolina, un der the Act of March 1879. Advertising rates furnished by request. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular adver tising rates. FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940 BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK FAITH IS A MI STUIRE OF LOVE AND COURAGE: , Then Jesus ans wered and said unto her, 0 woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daugh ter was made whole from that very hour. Matt. 15:28. It's Clean Up Week Although the weather this week has brought little thought of spring, or spring activities to one's mind, nevertheless, these are the days de signated by Mayor Darden as annual Clean-Up Week for Hertford. The Weekly hopes every ytlrd and garden in Hertford will be thorough ly cleaned of all weeds and rubbish during this week. It's surprising how a little work on a lawn will im prove the entire appearance of a home. So let's all cooperate during clean-up week. Tomorrow Is The Daj; The Weekly has a circle drawn around the date April 27. That date means the opening of the new registration books in Per quimans , County. Every person should make it a point to remember that a new registration has been or dered for this county and that in or der to maintain one's right to vote in trie coming primary election oned mnsi Register anew. one is excepted on this rule . . , yfour right to vote will depend on whether you register or not and fail ure fieans you will be deprived of your right to .vote on May 25. We all enjoy the privilege we have to ehoose our officers, therefore we should all take the time to comply with the rules that govern the elec tion of those officers. The Weekly urges every eligible citizen to register tomorrow. Youth's Day at The Wheel This newspaper is in perfect sym pathy with the aims of the nation wide Good Drivers' League, promot ed by Edsel Ford p encourage safer driving by boys of high school age. At the same time it feels that youth ful drivers are being given a good deal more than their share of cen sure. "A nation of boys and girls who have grown up behind steering wheels," wrote Lewis Gannett m his New York Herald-Tribune book re view column recently, "ought to drive more instinctively than their parents, who made the transition from buggy whips and bicycles." National Safety" 'Council figures show 38 to 40 per cent of reported motor accidents in a group of States involved drivers from 30 to 49 years old t1- highest percentage while only 11 per cent were attributable to drivers under 20 years old. Deep down in his heart every man knows thai his son of 18 or over is a better driver than he but he is not expected to admit it in front of oy's mother. Christian Science SO WHAT? By WHATSO STILL WE SPEAK OF It occurs to me OANDI that we DATES ily enough and that perhaps therein lies the reason for the seem ing.' failure npw and then of society to? feet what It wants from its law ers. He Is really a good fellow nest, sober, eoes to church, is a good farmer, doctor or candlestick er -and so he should have the e he seeks at the hands of the rs. Well, he may be all of the office. We. like x' North Carolina vJ PBESgASS0CIATJONyi ' f t$ weigh a candidate for public office Jf- somewhat along the following lines. i.?.JI must, f course be a man of ' V pre'l Integrity and uprightness of , -''''Iife? Heusthave shown, by .his ', J V service to th public; welf j v aa a ' 'V- - private, citizen, that tie ha?, iiot 8nly a ;sincere,'t dui, an jiiMsiupeitfc miercsi v . , ... ; -rt y.. r, Chewing The Rag With Lucius Blanchard, Jr. "Mothballs, Perfumed or Plain!" Whm-P do we aro from here? To ;n, arA rV.,lnte onions? To Valium Rye and Bourbon mouthwashes? Perfumed mothbails are really a product, a salable product. You can buy them here in Hertford. ' Remember the old-fashioned moth balls, They smelted like nothing else in the world . . . except other moth- It's a boon to women, dui h le&acuD Mama's chances of catching rapa off the straight and narrow. Nowadays if he reeks with the odour of Night In Paris or Eue de Rose Petals, there's Nothing to it. A strange aroma lurking about the Man of he House isn't grounds for suspicion anymore. . . . Unless Mama filed his pocket with Plain Mothballs. It's always up to somebody after awhile to get away from collective talking about "the candidates," from grouping them under a common Utile like "the herd," or "the tribe," and boiling them down to individual specimen with individual qualifica tions, jf And since it seems like it's up to us to fire the first volley, here we go . . . sticking our neck out. Let's take a look .at the candidates; not as 'The Candidates," but as J. T. Benton, Mattie Lister White, Joe Campbell, Jim McNider and Walter Edwards. Which one is best fitted" Tor the prominent post the five is seeking? Which one can do the most of the best "mixing" with the other law makers in Raleigh? McNider and Benton have had their show; they can relax on their (laurels, and that elimination narrows this down to Mattie Lister, Joe and Walter. There's no call to take Jim and J. T. apart. They've each served two terms in the House. We'll take Mrs. White first; the gentle sex is entitled to first consid eration in or out of politics ... at any rate, as long as Southern chival ry is a known quantity. Mrs. White is versatile, energetic Then he must show why he aspires for a given office. Is it because he needs a job? Is it because he has a notion that holding office will bring to him honor? Or does he just want to run to pass the time away? Sometimes it seems that men reach outrjrffice for. anyj.one, or ot these rtepns. 4" at wse they have no daim to . the voters' atten tion.' The aspirant for-any office must be in a position to demonstrate he stands for 'somethins? certain principles or certain legislation which will, In his honest estimation, be of value to the body politic. Un til the aspirant can show that to be the case he has no right to appeal to the electorate for consideration. If the candidate for office is in all honor bound to answer certain qual ifications the electorate is by honor equally bound to Rpe to it that those who appeal to them for votes not only measure up to the qualifications but also demonstrate that they do so measure up. Right there, perhaps, is the great weakness in the carrying out of our democratic system. The individual citizen is not alert. He does not take the aspirant for public office seriously enough. He does not look Mr. Candidate over critically enough. ' "It's just politics." I'm ! not interested in politics and politi l TO OF ( FORDS CDEVROLETS PLYIIOBTDS Come bit Investigate THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS" jv wmmtB-rAtfVB' V. S. SAFETY TIDES TBI SIZE rO YOUB CAB JVtJir mm, i'W f A -ueuixe wtn-iiuNcrnnKU oA ten or The U.S. HUE By Th WorUTt Lmrgm fro ihioaraf itubW ' Lifetime mnatt byni na br toe United Statu Rubber Company. The reatett (vim to today1! ft SMOOTH JKES ARE UWCUeOSIIXTUSSAFm-CHEaiY r . ; T fnd Wrecking Serric V i, 1 DIAL $301 J Vf lHERTFORO;C, Ik ; ,y v?fywryw . . . years in newspaper work will give anyone a fair perspective or cross section of the community the newspaper serves. The doctor serves a definite class of people, sick peo ple. The lawyer deals with legal matters and while he knows little or nothing about farming, the farmer knows as little about law. A newspaperman is compelled by tJfnow t a little something about almost everything. The newspaperman probably comes into contact with a larger number of separate fields than any other pro fessional man. If he has , had the best interest of his readers always in sight, then he hasn't failed in his chosen work. Mrs. White hasn't failed. The only question involved there, it seems, is whether or not Perquim ans County is ready to send a woman to the legislature. Then there's Joe and Walter, a newspaperman and a lawyer; both are of winning personalties. And if the ability to "mix" isn't a vital quality in Raleigh, then your corre spondents are sadly misinformed It has grown clearer arid clearer since long before the days of Tom Brown that all the business trans acted in Raleigh isn't carried on in official session. Brown could yodel . . jmd he was a goodmixer. His ' power of -speech wouldn't have set the world on fire, but his "good fellow" traits were fac tors to be reckoned with, in "outside sessions." Brown made us a good representative, so don't regard this "mixing" too lightly. Our Man in Raleigh, as well as be ing able to put his ideas across, must have a pleasing personality, be of great stamina (they are hectic days and nights when the legisla ture is in session), and he must be invited 'in" on get-togethers and other sessions; unofficial and other wise. Consider the "mixing" quality for what you think its worth, it s as important as most of us are begin-! ning to believe it is. cians!" Not interested? Yo do not care for the things that make thi country of ours the best land in all cians!" Not interested? You do not care that we have free speech, free dom of religion, universal education? You do not care that we have a land free from military rule and all that goes with it? Well, IffZ Slacker, perhaps you don't carie). But one thing is true about you, Mr. 'Slacker, when thin.es go wrong because of your indifference as to whom shall hold office you put up" a long, loud yell! You blame every one but the right one for the mistakes that are mHe. Never do you blame yourself, the slacker, the indifferent voter! AND THAT REMINDS U,S! WE REMIND YOU do not forget to register at the Courtwiouse if you I wish to vote this coming election. "TOBACCO TAGS" AT BELVTDERE ON MAY 1 Come! See! Hear! The Tobacco Tags at Belvidere Community House on Wednesday evening May 1, at 8 o'clock. The entertainment is spon sored by the Belvidere Home Demon stration Club. The public is cor- slinllvr iirif exA f A otton) A cm oil ()H mission will be charged and refresh- ments will be sold. u tboa 7ftnof o it extra tldd rpnUaaM liU'Iou.milaac. far yo tbit mmtk Am Prepare For Summer Driving Now Let Us Replace Your Old Tires With I New Ones - ; ma WHITESTON NEWS i Floyd Winslow of Norfolk,- Va.j was the week-end guest of hia paiv ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chappell, Ar thur Chappell and Mr. Moon of Ports, mouth, Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Winslow and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E. Winslow Sunday. Mrs. Willie Lamb of Tyner, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams. ; " , Mr. and Mrs. Arba Winslow visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winslow of Bagley Swamp, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Hendron of Tyner, spent Thursday with her parents, Mr: and Mrs.-Charlie T.- Winslow -f Mr. and Mrs. Worth Winslow of Norfolk, Va., were week-end guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Winslow. Mr. and M,rs Mercer, Floyd, Clar ence and Fentress Winslow visited Mrs. Lucy Lane at Center Hill Sun day afternoon. Mrs. Carroll Williams ajjd Miss Lucille Lane went to the tulip farms at Terra Ceia Saturday. Mrs. Ellis Stallings of Sandy Cross, spent Friday with her par ents, Mr. and Mm. Lucius Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. John Jolliff, Mari etta and Guthrie Jolliff visited rela tives here Sunday afternoon. MORE ABOUT ROADS (Continued roM rage One) a crown and is otherwise as flat as regular straight road. " ' To get back to the Nicanor Road some of the sharper curves there re semble race-track curves, the outside being three feet higher than the in side. Cars rounding these turns at high speeds, instead of skidding off the concrete, press against the wall of the grade much in the manner of a motorcycle rider in one of the huge drums you see at carnivals and county fairs. The chances are that the fellow on the motorcycle, roaring around and around at a dizzy pace, is pro bably in a safer position than the average motorist is while rounding a flat twenty-degree turn at sixty an hour. About road-building in Perquimans County, the structures, bridges, cul verts, etc., on the Center Hill-Hertford road are all finished. Nothing remains now but for the F. J. Mc Quire grading crew to move in. 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' To go on into eventualities, it is quite likely that in the not distant future, the Edenton-I3ibeth-:'City Highway will follow a new course from the Elmwood Dairy on the north of Hertford to a point near the new home of David Cox . on the Edenton Highway on the south. If and when this comes to pass, U. S. 17 will follow a straight line from the Dairy to the end of the causeway, continue on across the Get Your Graduating Dresses AT SBMQ)KPS' WHITE DRESSES IN RAYONS OR ORGANDIES Sizes 7 to 16 Years $11 and 11.98 SAME DRESSES IN LIGHT PASTEL SHADES Pink Blue Rose- CHILDREN'S WHITE Pumps and Oxfords SEE OUR BIG LINE OF LADIES' DRESSES IN SILKS, RAYONS OR WASH DRESSES $1.00 to $4.95 Ladies White Shoes $2.00 EMN "STORE OF VALUES" HERTFORD, N. G. More than just an anti-knock fuel al though improved refining processes also give this pepped-up gasoline higher anti knock value .at all speeds. 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