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1 ' ' I Ik,.- ..,' 1 MiF, THE TERQUIMAN5 WEEKLY. ETSRTrORP,' N. C, FRIDAY, T SEPTEMBER ff, 1940 v, n Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday W The Perquimans Weekly, i a partner ship consisting ' of Joseph G, Campbell and Ma R. Campbell, at Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1-25 Six Months , -75 I "l"tA I'" North Carolina Jt. pbess Association i 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, ooituaries. resolutions of respect, etc., will ue charged for at regular adver i .sing rates. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 BIBLE THOUGHT KOK V tbtt FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him. 2 Chron. 0:9. Doing A Good Job Listening in on the special meet ing of the Town Board last Tuesday night and hearing an auditor go over frho. financial condition of the Town, out detailed information concerning the various departments, we reached the conclusion that the members of the Board and the Town Clerk are doing a good job of look ing after the Town's finances . . . natural v. as in any business, the financial end. of our Town has its- ups and downs . . . but considering , the fact that most of the towns sur rounding us are, this year, raising their tax rate Hertford is enabled again to have the same tax rate as last year. That speaks well for it self. Another item The Weekly wishes to congratulate the members of the Board for their decision to publish the financial statement as outlined by the Auditors. It is our belief that the public, those tax-paying peo ple, are entitled to know the condi tions as they" exist and it should not be up to them to make a special trip to any building or office to learn the lacts. it is up to tne omcers L.iUBe.. , to carry on the job, to see that ltema are placed before the public. Our congratulations to neniora Town Board for letting the people know exactly the financial conditions of the Town at the close of its fiscal year. In Regards To The Draft Very shortly, possibly today, the lower house of Congress will unaer- 'take the debate of the draft bill as reported to it by the committee. j Several changes have been made in the bill since it left the Upper House and much has been written about thu I'll I uui. We do not propose to go into the' merits of the bill we know that we do not understand the gigantic task that confronts the law-maken. in Washington in bringing about the raising of an army. questions that comes to our minds and some how or other we can not but wonder why such questions are not answered by those same law makers. It being our belief that there are millions of people in this Country who possibly think along the same lines. For instance, we have read where the draft bill, which is supposed to be worked out along the democracy way, will require the registration of, The facts are that George Wash all men between certain ages. We ington favored universal military have read where there will be exemp- training in the militia, that several tions, we have read where there will States drafted men into the militia be disqualification of certain men during the Revolutionary War, and . . . and many rules and regulations,' that both the Federal and Confeder Now to our way of thinking if we ate Governments invoked conscription are to, and must have a draft, why during the Civil War. The Selective not do it along the same lines that Service Act of 1917 in the World are worked by those countries in En-1 War represented a great improve- rope who have been raising armies, since time Immemorial. Start the! registration," at ascertain age and make every ' mate -citizen - place his name -on the register Let- there be no exemptions that includes law makers, office-holders, and all others that feed at the public money trough, In other words have every man, re gardless of his position or circum stances, do his part. It is our belief that as the i bill stands now . . . the same situations will occur as occurred during the last draft . . . there will be ': exemptions, dollar-a-year jobs, etc passed out . ana tne poor devil that has : no ' . strings , to pull near the top will be . the one who will be placed on the ' ' parade field to do squads right and - ing the merits of having - a draft , Official in Washington, who should Jmaw, have informed us that than is '' nrfld for A Urge army, ; That should , i 'T3.th8l.this Country is either tear - l j war .-or that those same era war-znongeaMntt w do - 1 1 t: st i.1 any event, we should be T H E S E X E V Chewing The Rag With Lucius Blanchard, Jr. HOW MUCH chance has a China-i weeks ago when a Perquimans Week man? Just what is a Chinaman's fly reporter predicted that Perquim chance and what is the chance at ? ans would be a Ghost County in And whatever it is, has he a lesser ninety more years if the present rate chance at it than a Swede or a Turk 0i' decrease persisted, or a Republican? Think of it! Perquimans County ah this started vears ago; it was between 1930 and 1940 lost 8.46 , before Wilbur and I even knew; ;f tnere were Chinamen or Chinese girls, It was long before the Japanese gave the Chinamen 5esg o a chance than they had before, i - 1J.I. 1. ...... Amivinaful so tne saying couiun i-uavc uii6vv.- when the Land of the Kising un began annexing the Land of One- Fourth the World's Population. But what is a Chinaman's Chance? j You've heard hundreds and hun dreds of times . . . "He didn't have a Chinaman's Chance," and "You haven't got a Chinaman's Chance," but why Chinamen? Why not Frenchmen or Eskimos? This is the gort 0f thing that turns our hair ey makeB our nights sleepless. fiut gince it ig & ( and Counties-in lots of ten to twenty there8 nothing we can do about it, thousands and they deserted Per- what Chinaman was it, and what'quimans and Hyde in droves. Cur- didn't he have a chance at? And if he didn't have even the slimmest chance, and everybody knew it (ab obviously they did) then why did he bother with it in the first place: uoiony cast;. Mrs. Umphlett on Route One. Cut As we get it, there's nothing of a Pasquotank and Hertford Counties flowers and potted plants were ef lesser quantity than a Chinaman's each gained about twice the number fectively used to decorate through Chance, but we still want to know ' of persons that Perquimans lost. i out the house. Games and contests how it started. If you know, please , j resulted in Blanche Goodwin and tell us. We hate to be stumped by a "PERQUIMANS COUNTY, these1 Bevelyn Russell winning prizes. The chinaman a SET of figures or rather a table recently distributed by in-; formed sources high in State affairs, reveals the disturbing truth that; t-1 S-1 l ' - XI 1 4.. I rerquimans county in we ibbi ten years has lost a greater percentage of its population than any other ounty in North Carolina. We suspected this fact several prepared for eventualities but let's have a draft bill that will include every male m the natlon- The Tradition Of The Draft A great deal has been said to the effect that the draft selective com pulsory military service, to, give it its full and accurate title is a grave and fateful departure from American tradition. ment in fairness of the system by which men were classified- to be drawn. It is on that basis the Burke- .Wadsworth Uill proposes to . build.to- day........ . . , v The departure, if there is one," lies in the fact that the drift for mili tary training now is proposed . in what is rather euphemistically called "peace-time." In so far as the terra implies that the United States is not engaged in war it is technically ac curate.. But a period when war is rampant In as many parts' of the world as. it is today can scarcely be a time of complete peace anywhere. ' If it be conceded that tradition has been to wait till war had arrived be fore applying conscription, ft may be pointed oat also that the war in Eu rope today is no traditional '".war. Poland,' and 'to some extent, Norway and the Netherlands, were overrun before even organized reserves could be fully jnobilized and find their po sitions. ,' If t this be the case, would an attack Jn the Western Hemisphere wait .for, ,the United States to raise and train an army by volunteering? -Christian Science Monitor. - MY JX W B CS , per cent of its population! More than any other county in the whole State! Hyde was the only county that even came close to us in popu- lation decrease. Hyde lost 8.32 per ziant tf ifo nnmildtmn in the same i n-o yuj.umnuu ten-year period. And while Union County with I forty thousand souls could easily afford to lose two thousand people, Perquimans Cunty with less than eleven thousand in 1930 could ill afford the loss of 903 citizens in the loilowing ten years. the Mate as a whole gained near- ly half a milium persons, but they went to Guilford, Mecklenburg, Ca- barrus, Forsyth, Alamance and Wake ntucK ana iamaen also Host three' aozen neaa Detween tnem, Dut uare gained more than 600 persons (Wej won't say they're all in "The Lost; are omious tidings. Figures, it is said, do not lie. Unless your public- spirited citizens, your forward-flook- ing civic leaders (and your capitalists with money to invest), do something very soon to stem the tide of immi- Tl . rt . gration, rerquimans County is on Elizabeth Lane, Sally Sue Skinner, the way out. It will become noth- Sadie Vivian Harrell, Esther Perry, ing more than a rich area of farm and Virginia Umphlett, and Benton land between Chowan and Pasquo- White, William Stallings, Dan and tank Counties. But there will be no Edgar Young Berry, Robert Lee one here to tend it if the present rate Lane, Melvin Harrell, Mennis Cope of decrease isn't stopped. Therf land, Clyde Harris Blake M. Weston, will be only 3,000 people-here at the' Bryan Miller, J. B. Perry, Linwood on cen,t,urv- Before the year' Spruill, Wallace Colson, Joshua Sut- U3U, there will be no one1 left in ton, Lawrence Perry and Bevelyn Perquimans County except the WPA Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Good supervisor and the polly fellows who win, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Godwin, Mr. haunt deserted villages. i j and Mrs. N. L. Spruill, Mr. and Mrs. ra-quimans County, unless your Dewey Umphlett, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. leaders make some spirited; moves' Umphlett, Mrs. C. M. ; Umphlett, toward getting new blood anA InHna. Mrs I . . -i w 2te vihin thes hallowed precincts, there is small doubt that own you will be as mustv , Pages of the county's oldest records ana as essentially useless. "These are harsh words, Perquim- w.uniy, Dut truthful ones. And they paint a dark u' nearly so dreary a prospect as theyl yer irom now, if someone acts wniie tnere is still time." ' SO WHAT? By WHATS6 ! "JUST HOW" STUWD' ARB V?fa Sometimes we have..a feeling thatithW great public Is right stupid. wVare! sometimes even amazed at our own stupidity and it taks quite a demon stration to bring us to the point of amazementl But never in our most cynical moments have we ever felt that the American voters were' ' ai deeply stupid as some of our eandi dates for high office appear to think them to be. One great servant of the people but obviously no great respecter of the. people's intelligence onngs against the opposite politi cal party the charge of being t "the party of appeasement," ready," ap parently at the drop of tiie hat to play Into the hands of one Hitler! To make such- a; charge against eith er' of our1 major parties . Is indefen sible and constitutes a rank, insult to the menta1ityef the electorate, It would seem' J lIJLt siuHr a '..'chirre ould be made only by a man of feeble "inteiligence diregardfuf of the' truth bt with absolutely 'nd respeet for the' commonsense of his hearers t Yet that 'statement Was made byjuab man or eucir'BiuraineBS or cneracterin xand record"1 'Of achievement thaw wueuwr wg arn wiui mm : tiv mi times or not, we do always respect him. aMuch of the same sort of insult to our intelligence is tossed of f . by another candidate for high office. This time we are told that though he is the outstanding leader of his party and of the nation, still he cannot discuss and debate certain fundamental - questions of govern mental principles and policies. That would be. "politics." It would con sume valuable .time every moment Of which he must use in meeting the thousand and one problems which in these days of crises in foreign af fairs rush across his desk. However, : he has time to go far. from his desk ! 4 : . J. i l I is in no 'wise qualiied to perform I So, too, can he travel far from his desk to deliver dedication speeches in an atmosphere charged with poli tics! Striking queer it seems to us. Can it be that truth does not rate so high among politicians as among men in humbler walks of life? Ori is it, that not being politicians, we put too high an estimate on the vot- er's intelligence, that we have too' i much respect for the common man's sense and sense of honor? Per- haps however, we do not think so. THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE ARE GETTING SOFT! We lack the frontier spirit, the spirit of sac rifice and of work. Not a great discovery. A rather evident fact and one long recognized by many people. It is shown in many ways and in many places. Take our own community. We could not sacrifice or work for our own young folks hard enough to give them a swim ming pier until we could get free help from the outside! Neither could we forego a few lluxuries in order to give the town cement side walks until help came from the out side! Yes, we are soft. Mr. Preai- ! t XH7 T 1 i. L i. i . uiugni unu are i Demg taugni to let tne other Iellow 1 Ho it. m TO miiBT pewvptit.r. w have a question which it u seem right simple to you because of your experience with things judicial. However, to us the question we put is a little more than difficult to ans- wer. It is this: If it takes the Court thirty-odd minutes to impose a sentence of twelve months on the road, how long will it take the con- vict to work offff the sentence? v : i BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. C. M. Umphlett and Mrs. Amelia Russell were ioint hostesses on Monday evening honoring Bevelynl Russell's birthday at the home of' guest of honor received many useful sifts. Ice cream and cake were served, The guests included Misses Blanche Goodwin, Rosa Lassiter, Rosa Nelle Dail, Dorothy and Clarlne Whedbee n. . . 1 mmvv MIIM MAIS flllTOHI 1VUO sell, Thomas Edward Umphlett ' and Charlie M. Umphlett. j WHITESTON NEWS WUlard Baker, U. S. Coast Guard, Norfolk, Vw, spent the week-end with his parent8 Mr d Mrs. Charlie Mr. and Mrs. Demnaev V Winslow and family vvisited Mr. and Mrs. tr- vin Winslow in Bocky Mount ; Wed nesday. ;,;:' .JiafSv , ' : Mriandu Mrs. VernonuBarco ' and childrenv iiUena ; andi Jhtrwoodi of, children, Madge and Ruhstf-Wew th teawon;ol:m6Ho woTitiiniv'W Floydn' iWlhslowi of NorfplK? Va. spent tne weeK-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.; Mercer WfeBlow.n ' Sunday, guest 4i0f Mr, and; Mrs. Mercer.; Winslow; werej i Fentress lVftldlAn. ''.' llMa. -J S-tu ..,iiu "on, or JBelvidere; Mr. and Mrs. Al vin Jordan' and Mr. Babb, of Hert ford, and Ray Jordan of Gatesville. Misi Martha Lane returned to her home in Charlotte Monday after a week's visi with, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' John T, Lane. , v Mrs. John White, f Mrs. Haywood White and daughter, ef WLifall, were guests - of Mjy. and, .Mi-i.Dempsey Winslow- Tfloxsday 'f.-Mrs.: Winslow ana , childrcn.,eturned home , wiJr tnem. ior ai lew aays" visit.; t ; , , Mr. 'ut ' Ifn R T. W11 . mr,A family;' of Sunbury, visited Mrs. , 11. i J White Sunday afternoon, " S-'Mr.' and,. Mrs. Eugene 'Winslow and -'Wtu': Mavis Window spent last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs,' Pari Winslow. of near Belvidere. ', i , jjiss violet Russell, " of Hertford, i.of track arfth Mr. and Mrs ij!i.w p,-.iiK-v '-, T " -Mis'f MWam Lane, of Norfolk,. Va., , is the guest of her parents, Mr. anci Mrs: John T.,Lan. George' Baker, Miss Sarah' Baker and Warlon Baker, of Norfolk? Va., spent Sunday and Monday with rela tives here. ' ' Mr, and Mrs. Wesley Montgomery of Washington, D. C, were week-end guests of her mother, " Mrs. Dora Hinton. . - BURGESS NEWS Mrs. S. P. Matthews has as her Powell house-iruests Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs. George Eure. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Spruill and family, ojf Norfolk, Va., were here Monday afternoon. Quoits, horse Monday and attended the. club picnic, shoes and a baseball game were fea Alton Matthews, of Norfolk, Va., tured in the. entertainment.. Aftei RnMit. SnnHav with his Barents. Mr. the trames, supper was spread on and Mrs. S. P. Matthews. Mrs. Philip Sawyer, of Norfolk, Va., visited her sister, Mrs. Irvin Whedbee, on Monday. - MISS DAVIS HONOREE AT FAREWELL PARTY Misses Juanita White and Beulah Bogue were joint hostesses at a surprise farewell party honoring Miss Helen Davis, at the home of Miss Bogue. Games and contests were enjoyed, New Push-Pull Audio Sys tem and super-sensitive Philco Speaker give you tremendous power and the finest, purest tone you've ever heard! 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The affair Was largely attended and these present enjoyed the afternoon. Dad How did you come out with your exams? Son Passed 'em just like they were cars ahead- BOY BOMBER London. A 15-year-old roy has been captured on a German lomber shot down on the southeast coast. Coach,1 with' tturik? - THIS WEEK V ''-5fJ&Q.: :r.vic youn now! Only , . '1 a t t i i r i iet" A sib. 7 i' '(''ii,""" '