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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, ' HERTFORD; ' N. FRIDAY, 'MAY 10, 1940, PAGE POUR " - 'THIS . Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday by The Perquimans Weekly, a partner ship consisting of Joseph G. Campbell and Max R. Campbell, t Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year S1-25 Six Months -75 North Carolina i 'MESS ASSOCIATION) Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at 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, MAY 10, 1940 Trade AtIome With our present day mode of traveling,, in addition to our love foi driving, there has been an increased tendency for most everyone to drive to another town or city for shopping. There is one thought, however, that The Weekly wishes could be impressed upon people's minds. That is the fact that your home-town merchant can supply you with the same merchandise at the same prices, and even in some cases, at a lower figure. Let's all make this a trade-at-home summer. Item For The Budget One topic mentioned at the meeting of the Board of County Commission ers on Monday was a question asked, "when would the Band come to the point that it would need no further assistance from the Board?" Of course, the wording of the question is ours, but it carries the meaning of the query and in this connection The Weekly believes that The Perquimans County School Band, 'its upkeep and support is certainly an item for the budget that the Commis sioners will soon be making for the coming year. Certainly, the band has very little ODDortunity .td vex become" r a self- supporting unit. Even if concerts and shows were given it- is highly probable that the financial return? would not cover the cost that it takes to maintain a band for the school. If the comment we heard after the band had made a pumic appearuuc on the downtown streets several weeks ago, giving a short perform ance, is any criterion of the public interest in the band, then we believe the band to be a worth while extra curriculum activity at the school and should be maintained by monies al loted by the Board of Commissioners A Strange Defense THE SNAG' f cml on ! sail; ON A I I 5H,f? F STATBlJ Vlur MAT . f lO) ,v Chewing The Rag With 'Biiciusf Blanchard, Jr. This week's Serious Tbbugtit is in spired by the- Industrial ' Press Ser vice, a terse little sheet gotten out by the National Association of Manu facturers and National Industrial Council in Washington. "The United States is at peace," the Service leads off, "Great Britain is at War." It goes on to inform us that in the coming fiscal year, Great Britain's local and national government will spend ten billion dollars. During the same period, government federal, state and local in the United States will cost well over IS billion dollars! "Nation at war for its life ten billion dollars of government spend ing!" the Service shouts, "Nation at peace 19 billions!" - Of course our population is three times as large as that of Great Bri tain, the Service claims, but even making the allowance, the figure? still remain startling in their impli cations, for it is well to remember that 1 the British bill stiffl much smaller than ours is two and a half times what it was in pre-war days. "Can it be," the Industrial Press Service questions, "that the govern ment in this country has declared war, too war on economy and on the poor defenseless taxpayer?" And while we're talking about money, we wonder if you read the piece on another page of this paper that tells you it's possible to travel now and pay later. RaiQroads going in for installment plan business! The thing has possibilities . . . and economists herald it as one of the most drastic steps the carriers ever took. Sixty-six lines'ere in on it. You can travel anywhere and pay for it after you get back on the install ment plan . . . like buying a radio or even a set of teeth. (Yes, you can buy teeth on the installment plan, too.) siowily, tha arteries' are 'hardening; senility haa set in. The end, ; is not yet. The War is not .lost. The Queen of the Seas and the, Empress of the far flung Empire may yt make the great, the superhuman ef? fort that will bring victory to the Allied cause. Still, the disease of age has settled on Great Britain the day of her imperial might is ap proaching the hour of twilight! During the period since the close of the Great War, twenty years and more, the elder statesmen of the great empire have sat and"" watched the world move on and did not see the motion, much less - the direction of the moving. ' They saw but the past and the glory, of it. The pres ent was to them not the womb of the future, but rather an indefinite un pleasantness that might perhaps be over after another cup of tea! So, let's have " another cup of tea! To strive, to act, to think, to solve prob lems is so hard and theefders are fired. . Old ate.' senility, decadence. That's the closing chapter of the life of man the ' individual. It may be, too, the closing chapter of the na tion's life even the life of the once great Britain! If this diagnosis is right, and the possibility of its correctness is too great to allow it to be ignored, then the weight of a great responsibility is about to fall -on the shoulders of those English speaking nations which so far have always followed the land of their origin, which have always in one way or another felt that be tween them and the rest of world stood Britain. The United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New" Zealand, on them must fall the mantle-of the one time Queen of the Empire. The culture, the traditions, that something which we know as the spirit of English civilization and institutions, must never be lost. The jhiQdren of the great Mother of Na tions must and will carry on. To this nation in particular the vision of the future should bring deep searchings of heart. Are we ready from any point of view to carry on? Is our own little house in order? May our citizens think before it is too late! We met a eozrple of.'ery interest ing sign one day Jasf'week. They indicated that a couple of rest rooms were to be .found behind them, .but insteaa oi tne couaiy iormai ijaaies and "Gentlemen" we were accustom ed to seeing, these read in a friendly manner, "Yes Ma'am" and "Yes Sir." Hertford Scene Of Next Inter-City lions Meet The Inter-City meeting of Lions Clubs will be held in Hertford at the Woman's Club House on Academy Street on the evening of Thursday, May 16th. GTuMjfrom Edenton and Plymouth wisi meet" bore with the lo cal club as host,.,'-''-' ' tt You Must Register Prior to 6 O'clock May 11th or You Cannot Vote In the Primary to Be Held May 25 PERQUIMANS ELECTION BOARD L. N. Hpllowell, Chairman 111 1 - Sunday, May 12 f'ftp Next Sunday is Mother's Day. Though i nor a national nonaay, n is a very important occasion for the Mothers, sons and daughters. For it is on this day that love and affection are proudly displayed. Remember Mother with a bmart tint We Invite You to Select Your Gift From Our Large and Complete Stock of Merchandise J. C. Blanchard & Co., Inc. "BLANCHARD'S" SINCE 1832 108 YEARS OF SERVICE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Henry A. Wallace, United States Secretary of Agriculture, has just made reply to critics of his Depart ment's proposal to make permanent its 3 per cent rate of interest on m rrs i ! iarm loans. laiung up me impuwi- hlH f it . . ... , , tion that the new Farm Credit Ad- . Wrd. " ministration will use soft or loose . credit policies, he asserts that, "The1 e 8n of tte wt;od thsh. which land banks-severaa of them-have i mos ften comes the deep , i woou lanus m eany morninsrs oi To The Editor: The item in a recent issue of The Weekly telling the difference be tween the thrasher and the thrush is interesting. I have wondered if some reader would like to learn them by song as well as appearance. If you hear a song which you think to be that of a mocking bird, stop and listen. If the bird sings a few notes and repeats them, then a few more and. repeats them, and so on and on, you should trv to see thp been dealing in soft credit for years,' and asks, "If this is not true, why are 25 per cent of the loans of the system delinquent and why has it been necessary to foreclose on so many farmers?" The defense is a peculiar one. In effect it seems to argue that because a situation has been bad the remedy is more of the same thing. It does not seem to occur to the Secretary or ,to many others that something ' could be learned from the experience 'of over-lending on thousands of farms, which contributed to land boom speculation some years ago. Instead of drawing the conclusion from land bank delinquency rates that loans should be made more con servatively, his group proposes to rake u the deficiency by having the Gavernnient add its guarantee to the h'!L:n8 -of dollars of bonds which roald be issued, to take up the ex iting land bank bonds. j Thus the Government would as-: sume the responsibility for making ( up any shrinkage which might occur from delinquency on : future loans; ' What with its, previous guarantees of Home Owners Loan . Corporation ( bonds and its insurance of Federal , Housing Administration mortgages, the Federal Treasury, and through it I the taxpayers, would be committed! to supporting the value of a very large part of all the real estate se curities, and hence of the real estate, farm and urban, in the United States. Mr. Wallace says. "We believe th Federal Governmer should be put squarely behind the bonds, and : done, they will in the future be e strong as the Government itself." , But if the tendency of all groups c lean on the Government continues un- i diminished, how strong will the Gov-rnrr-nVbe? Christian Science late afternoons, is entirely' different It never imitates other birds, lut has the clearest and most bell-like notes of any bird. I ever heard. Oc casionally this bird comes to our shade trees but that is usually dur ing twilight in this section, although it runs around on the ground hunting worms as the robin in some othei sections. I would like much to know the cause of this difference. I have seen a few olive-backed thrushes, but do not know their song If anyone can describe it for me, I shall be very glad. Perhaps I Borne readers of The Weekly who are interested, in birds may not know of the little bird book called, "Bird Guide, Land Birds East of the Rockies." Besides being very handy to carry, As it is only about 3x5x2 inches, it is said to be one of the very best helps for identi fying birds as the coloring is ex ceptionally good as well as the de scriptions. It may be obtained from almost any book store. There is also an edition containing it fewer birds sold by some Woolworth stores for 20c which is good. Sincerely, MATTIE SAUNDERS, SO WHAT? By WHATSO HAS THE HOUR GLASS RUiN ITS TIME? The following rumina tions are the result of conversation overheard the other dy with refer ence to Great Britain, , Battles are often lost and then by a supreme or clever effort the war is won. At the present moment it is quite evident that the battles are being lost by the Allies more specificially Britain in the European conflict. That does not mean that the Allies have lost the war. It does appear, however, that win or lose, Britain is suffering from pernicious senility. That means to the English speaking peoples that a strange world is in the making and thatnew' responsibilities, new problems are soon tosrest with full weight on the shoulders of the Eng lish speaking nations- other than Britain herself. The old lady of the snug lfttle island is old, very old. Her shoulders are bowed with the burden of the years and cannot long er bear the weight. The stream of her life blood has cooled, it runs but Puts mere miles flank in everv The NEW 1940 A A. J. MAXWELL OFFERS A Balanced Program of Progress 1 The Salisbury (N. C.) Post says of Mr..' Maxwell: "His statement is both reasonable and impressive. Having sat long among the mighty at Raleigh, Mr. Maxwell it in position to know as much as the next one about State economics and government ad ministration, and therefore stands head-high among the six or seven offering for the Governorship." Vote For A. J. Maxwell For Governor This Advertisement Paid For By Friends of Mr. Maxwell in ' rerquimans county , , You pay money for gasoline. : You get mileage from gasoline. The more mileage you get from it, the less it costs. The more performance you get along with that mileage, the more you get for your money, That's why sp many people around here have switched or are switching to new 1940 Solvenized Pure-Pep. - This pepped-up, modern motor fuel actually weighs more, gallon for gallon. It therefore gives you more power,' gallon for gallon, and stretches out that power into extra miles. And, in addition to all these new features, you get the chemical bonus. that makes this new gasoline distinctly different from any other. It's Pure OiPs famous chemical com bination that works as you drive to reduce excess motor carbon. It still costs no more than regular at our station where you see the big; jblue-and-white Pure Oil sign. y . f ' j ' Try it today and note ;th'e difference. To purge your motor of excess carbon, QUICKLY, get a Solvenized TuiiVjftreati' ' nent takes only 30 minutes . . . costs only $1 . . . money bach if not satisfied. Dfl W : fill Hertford, N. G i : 4 r 4 V r Monitor,
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