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the Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday by The Perquimans Weekly, a partner ship consisting of Joseph G. Campbell and Max E. Campbell, at Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year fl-25 Six Months -7i North Carolina s. 'PBESS ASSOCIAliOr' 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, JANU tY 17, 1941 BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WKKh BE TEMPERATE: Woe to them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them. Isa. 5:11. The Legion Post The Perquimans Weekly salutes local World War Veterans on the 'formation of an American Legion Post in Perquimans. rC Vw. nwusant HmA t.VlP WeeMy believes that with untiring workers like J. E. Winslow, F. T. Johnson and B. C. Berry working on the project the Perquimans Post of the American Legion will soon be a reality.. With conditions existing as they do, and with Perquimans Veterans without an active voice, The Weekly feels that the formation of this Post will be one of the outstanding events occurring in the county this year. It would take reams of paper and much space to sing the praise of value that the American Legion has rightfully earned in every commun ity in which it has a post. The Weckfly firmly believes a Post in Per quimans will be a decided asset to the community ... so here's luck, boys. Attention Inventors The attention of inventors, if such there be in Perquimans County, is calOed to a recent article by Stuart Chase, famed economist, in a recent issue of the Rotarian Magazine. Pointing out that, dunng the last war, a Naval Consulting Board pass ed on 110,000 "inventions," the au thor says that 75 per cent were worthless but 2 per cent were use ful, which means 2,200 worth-while ideas were uncovered, including an improved bomb-sight, a rapid-fire gun, a method of manufacturing gun tubes by hydraulic pressure and a seasled carrying a full-size torpedo at 50 miles an hour. There has been set up in Washing ton the National Inventors' Council to which every citizen is invited to send "inventions." They will be sur veyed by experts and carefully con sidered and if your idea has some thing, "you may find yourself some body who is somebody in Washing ton." Neglected Hands Those figures presented before the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, showing that of the four million unemployed youth in America today, most are high school graduates "but few have learn ed to work with their hands," deserve the attention of the Nation's educa tors. J. R. Weaver of Westing house, former director of equipment, methods, and tests, intimately asso dated with young people entering industry, added that only 7 per cent of the high school graduates have received any vocational training at all. i In Pittsburgh alone, one of the most highly industrialized cities, m America; "where -youthe -with-any de- greeflf marfual dexterity 'are iniui gecfemand there are-jabout 1,OO0 unemployed young people? - "'. If it is tftte "that less than 15 per cem of the high school graduates continue on to college and that the other 85 per cent go out into the world to make a living, should they not be directed into channels of greater usefulness rather than be allowed, to gravitate toward non-ex istent white-collar jobs? Perhaps, as Mr. Weaver suggests; "this trend is the result of senseless, outworn, so cial .snobbery." If so, it is only reasonable that youths should be fit ted for specific jobs when they grad uate so that if an individual has me chanical aptitude, he can develop it by building or operating or designing machines, tools, or makintr natterna. The shpnwith the analytical inclina 'fijld ; b taught production methods, cost- accounting, or time study, " "'Induitiy!ritt use young people so equipped, nd very readily fit them HE'S THE BOY CAN DO 1TI for useful lives with a minimum of training, but there isn't much room for the often advertised "high schooil graduate, willing to do anything that promises a future." There is merit in what Mr. Weaver says concerning the factory as the best spot in America to start work: "The man who knows the fundamentals of in- the political and economic bulwark of tomorrow." Christian Science Monitor. LETTER TO EDITOR Editor, The Perquimans Weekly. Dear Sir: Since you have, in your neutral attitude regarding the liquor ques tion, invited the pros and cons to air their opinions concerning this matter through the columns of your paper, and since you did not confine' your invitation to the people of Perquim ans County, and since yours truly happened to be born there, and in cidentallly Ls proud of this fact; thus he takes his pen in hand to elucidate a little bit about the liquor problem. It is an unmitigated mess here in Richmond; as we wrote Lucius Blanchard at one time. But he wouldn't even print the letter. That was when he was the big shot with The Perquimans Weekly down there. The automobile death rate is rising by leaps and bounds around our neck of the woods. This in a very large degree is attributable to "h'eker." The "gals" are sousing into it some thing awful. Beer and wine dens are becoming more and more the brothels of hell. Many of school age are wading deeper and deeper into the shambles of Sodom. God help our world if this thing keeps up, and' what is there to stop it? If the people of Perquimans knew there was a nest of diamond-back rattlers over around Edenton, would their chances of being bitten be as great as it would if another nest of the same specie of snake infested specie the town of Hertford? Think it Of course the old beer baron poli tical slob will holler revenue to help defray expenses. Why John Barley corn is helping pay the school teach ers here in Virginia. This is just another sinister move to grab his tentacles more treacherously and firmly around the foundation stone of our government. He feels that this sanctimonious move will give him a death-grip on the guzzle of Democracy. He is about right. Now, let's take a look at Roose velt's revenue raising rumpus. When he destroyed prohibition away back yonder at the time our plastic mind ed Nation was ready to listen to the musings of any kind of "Pied Piper" Messiah. Well, the magic wand waved in Washington and all the states kow ,tWd except Kansas and' NorthfjCar-lina-God. Mass them. . . i Te, flicker" tax would ,'pu Nation' on an even keelj f iiidS our the thirsty; Apolitical imbiber and &heir cohortsj --The majority follovM, a- long like a sheep dumb before the shearers. We have that tax today, and lo and behold, where are we? Look at our National debt. It never will be paid except by inflation. God help us when that comes about. When a nation constructs its structure on debauching the lives of its people, especially the younger generation, it is building on sinking sand; the politicians to the contrary notwithstanding.. People of Perquimans, you are getting on in . the world now as well or better thai those' Place? ftai have already sold fcaii4WWM. ' Why should you take the fatal plunce? mtfmV M Wcd ii ;worth more thai ! all t&e" Ill-gotten gains liquor will bring to you. If you listen -1 the sucMrjmagie of some unscrupulous politician and not to reason, then God help you. Morals mean more than money, and who can tell what value money will have two or four years hence. If we build on the Rock of Ages we will stand the storms that are soon to beset this worlld. If we build on alcohol we are doomed. Let Perquimans be an oasis on the desert of life. Respectfully, SAMUEL J. LANE. Richmond, Va. SO WHAT? By WHATSO MRS. WARD THANKS THE COUNTY THE COUNTY THANKS HER. We do not hesitate to say that we speak the feelings of Per quimans County when we express deepest appreciation to Mrs. I. A. Ward for the fine bit of leadership shown by her in conducting the sale of Christmas Seals last month. It is fine to see Perquimans County given a chance to go over the top in good works. Too often the County fails to hit the top, not because of the character of her people, but rather, because of the lazj, half hearted character of the leadership supplied. Thanks to Mrs. Ward, the sale of Christmas beals was a care- fully and efficiently organized effort ana tne reeuu snows cieany wnai can De accompiisnea oy an acuve anu , interested leader. THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY DANCE AND MARCH OF DIMES. Around we come once more to the time of year when we stop to think of those whose lives have been or will be marred by that dread disease, infantile paralysis. This time let's do a little thinking about the matter. We dance and we send our dimes to the President for just one reason to raise money to help those afflicted, or to be used in research to find the cause, cure or control of the disease. We don't hold the Birthday Dances just to have a good time. We give the dances in order to make money. If the dances do not make money then said dances are a farce and worse. The question then for the Committee on the President's Birth day Celebration to decide first of all is will a dance make money? Last year we had an energetic, capable and thoroughly interested Chairman who knew how to work and did work. However, he could not make the President's Birthday Dance pay. He kept books and knew whatxhe was doing. The sale of tickets to the dance fell one dollar short of paying for the orchestral When the Chairman saw what had happened he took up a collection then and there and rounded up $19 which gave him a net profit of $18. The sale of pins at a dime a piece, which was to be carried on through the1 schools, ran into bad weather and bad management and so netted orily Vf31.;f However, that was. a good deal more than the, dance was worthy Altogether, wt celebrated,) the FresiiL, dent's Birthday to the discord ,of $49! That did not go very far in helping along a good cause! That sum of money does not represent the Bum of interest of Perquimans peo ple in combatting infantile paralysis! It is very evident that if we are to make any money we have to do something about the dance. The something which we must do is cut down the expense of, or cut out, the dance. A good orchestra costs mon ey. Too much money for the 'num ber of persons which will attend a dance in. Hertford or In any other small town. - And even then, as the boys saywrheVmusic ain't so hot?! But some have- said and are saying, "If we don't have a good orchestra people won't! cotaeJ Well, let those folks go iff 'Sp-lafcge city where they can afford, i a' tfood' orchestral -Of course the tickets will be $5 or $10 Norfolk Police Vni Recognize Licenses Of N. C. Workmen Reciprocal motoring agreements between Virginia and North Carolina which have been in effect without interruption for several years but of late objected to by Norfolk authori ties, have been restored and will be recognized' hereafter, according to information from Major Wood, Nor folk chief of police, Lieutenant W. W. Blythe of the Norfolk national defense area, and C. F. Joyner, Jr., assistant director of the Virginia Motor Bureau. Complaints had been made that motorifits here and from Perquimans and Gates counties carrying North Carolina licenses and temporarily at work in various national defense pro jects around Norfolk had been order ed to purchase Virginia car licenses despite the fact that they returned to their homes in North Carolina every week-end. Sergeant George I. Dail took up the matter with his superiors in Ra leigh, claiming that the requirement was a violation of the reciprocal a greement which allowed 60 days. Raleigh officials made an investiga tion and word came through Saturday that North Carolina licenses would be recognized for workers hereafter "providing the owners return to their homes at reasonable intervals." instead of the $1 they would have to pay for the local dance, but when you are out for a good time you have to pay for it! It does seem, though, as if in a small community there might be such fineness of spirit that we could attend a dance with makeshift music some substitute for a real orchestra and get a load of fun just because we knew what we were dancing for! So far as the March of Dimes is concerned all we have to do is to get Mrs. I. A. Ward or her equivalent at the head of the march and the Dimes will roll in to a much better tune than they did last year. TO OUR FRINDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. We intended to have a chat with you this evening but other things butted in to take our time and space so you will have to wait another week. Still, we would like to say this in passing: You did a good job in Spring City the other morning. We got up when the alarm sounded, looked at the clock, felt of the weather and went back to bed! It was no kind of a ! morninsr tor rheumatism, old aire. middle agCi pornposity and the like to gating out. But it was all ri)rht for firelnen! You ot a donlar for it, didn't you? What more can a fellow expect when he's young and husky and willing? Jan. 28 And 29 Dates For Peanut Festival January 28 and 29 have been set as the dates for the National Peanut Festival, official annual celebration ol the peanut industry, which will be held in Suffolk. Announcement of the definite dates for the peanut fete was made by John B. Pinner, general chairman for the celebration. Miss Ann Chappell has been ap pointed by Mayor J. H. McMullan as a princess in the festival, repre senting Edenton. Who Knows? 1. Who fought the battle at Adowa ? 2. Out of 16,500,000 men regis tering, how many will be available for immediate service? 3. What Polish pianist wanted to spend his eightieth birthday in the United States? 4. What is -a sapper? . What does "Mahatroa" mean? 6. 'How many locks operate the Suez Canal? 7. When was, the Munich agree ment signed? wiX! j 8..- What i ;the war. costing Great Britain?'. -jJuc) t. , . , THE ANSWERS ;,,ja Italians and Ethiopians in 1896. Estimate:. 5,000,000. . Ignace Jan Paderewski; whose L 2. 3. birthday was on November 6th. 4. British military engineer. 5. In Sankrit, 'fereat-souled." 6. The canal is a long ditch, without locks. 7. September, 193R. 8. $33,000,000 a day; $14,000,000,. 000 for the first year. Workers Needed On Big Federal Projects i ; WorkersJu he .following descrip tions SvnntvA the ew anti-aircraft firing ,,base J at , Holly Ridge fcto jQnstaw "Countr -Aid- neeHed immedlslelyftpipe ealkersj. back-Jioe operators; Joiners;, -linemen j sheet metakeretkera:. sheetmetal rworlen helpers) bulldozer operators; motor- 00HDED-0UT THANKFUL i v . , l r mam fin i v ' '.' n i-. s ass. NEW YORK Short-wave night broadcasts by air-raid wardens and patrol units in England frequently name Bundles for , Britain in thanking Americans for relief supplies for the victims i of total war. ' Letters to Bundles for Britain I tell of the safe arrival of ship ments In England and paint touch ing pictures of the comforts knit ted goods and warm clothing pro vide for service men and bombed out civilians. Thank Heaven For "Bundles" "In London they are thanking heaven for Bundles for Britain, which are going direct to the naked and homeless people there," Valentine Ackland, English poet, writes. "A girl told me of a fam ily of ten, who'd lost everything and were In their night clothes, without money, food, clothes even without shoes. They went to the centre where bundles were be ing given out and each got a bun dle. Bundles for Britain has been a salvation to the people In Lon don." A case sent by Bundles for Brl i tain to the Depot for Knitted Gar ments for the Royal Navy, London, 'arrived with a piece of a German : shell In it, while another was part empty as a result ot "enemy ac tion." Grateful For Wonderful Helji "We are immensely grateful for all this wonderful help which is being given by your organization," the secretary of the depot writes. - Similar letters of acknowledg- f.nm h finlrilnr's UlOUb uafO VUUJU uuiu wuiwivi a, Sailor's & Airmen's Families Asso ciation, and the Royal Air Force Comforts Committee. Traveling Around America H BICYCLING TO 'TRANGE as this may seem It Is only an ersry nlght scene In ermuda! On these quiet coral des the bicycle and horsedrawn irrlags still are very much la ugoe-for no autemobjlss are.-aV wd In this QuatntlUid rpshceful esort By -day bicycles carry chll-,-rt to'iahoptWd pltheyitran ort housewives to market and to iead orttSoust Wl7 lae luslness and to his pet golf course, iomttlmes whole families rids to gether mother and father riding tandem. Johnny oi the handlebars and baby in a basket At night Don Juanstn black tie and tux and love ly ladies In diaphanous evening gowns bicycle to one pt the exclu sive hotels for dancing. Or they sci grader operators; tractor mechanics; firemen, Industrial locomotive; elec tricians; switchmen; a large ftumbet of laborers, both white and colored; a limited number of HighDy-qualifed stenofapher:7;si'Jr 'i'-Mci ; Qualified workers should register, immedlateMrlith 'fhloeal effice the N. Cu41fe &rojploymsnt Service located in the Citizens Bank Building in Etfenten, which serves the counties of Chowan, Bertie, Gates, ".Hertford and PerquimanSr so that.. they jnsy be ready for selection and referral. selection and referraL ' .'"T'i i u f f.wn iiif t" ! lit iV' J , t I 'V, I ; S FOR 'BIKJDLGO' "I had eight of your canteens in tgt different parts of (a certain city). fThey did magnificently," Mrs. Ron ald Tree from London says in ner letter. "Tour interest and gene rosity would have been amply re paid by the appreciation of those people to whom we were able to give their first hot drink or hot meal In forty-eight hours. They stood amidst the ruins of their homes, full of courage and cheer, fulness. Tired women from the., crowds offered to help us with the 1 washing up and serving. ' The '-' town was crowded with exhausted firemen and soldiers clearing the ' debris. , v1; Canteens A God Send ' Where people slept, I don't kn.:-.7. with bouses gone and shel ters flooded. As there was neither light, gas, heat or water, you can imagine how welcome the canteens were to these thirsty people. I do hope you realize how appreciated American generosity is by people. ovor here." "It is m unificent the gifts you -vi sending over to our homeless .le," writes Mrs. E. A. Rose of Die l'ciu bridge Depot, London. "It you can, put In a word that the elbthes should be as warm as pos-' sihle. The poor souls have only the one outfit given them. Often the outfit ls very scanty and it is essential that what they get should be thick and warm." UUM-H1 Ifi A NIGHT CLUB forth on a blcycle-bulU-foMwo-tor a moonlit ride over white . coral . roads scented with the perfume of . ; exotic flowers. i j i Bicycles live much tht same life; " hat automoblteso they must all ; ' ha veficense): numbers, they most I carry a light a half an hour after Ju6ddwn.(iM!teymusfvrrag their bells to warn of their approach. 'cyd'e Si keff'Sn&'Oilt I : tempts hare been made ,to amend' the law forbidding the use' of snto- mobiles In Bermuda all to no i avail. The Bermudians do not car' for the uolse and confusion, and . visitors, too. are glad of a respite from traffic hasards and honking v horns 4 j f Run Mai Bfaac f, 1 MINNIE WILSON CinCLE Tlie Minnie Wilson Circle' will in. -Monday evening, - January 20, at 8 o'clock, at the Jhome of Mra-'tlmon Rutenburg. ; , J . iBlKfcn iNNOUNGEMZNX r Borrf'to'Mr, tnd Urk Go,. HdClowell, of near Center Hill,', January 8th, a son, Carroll ! DalyK. Mother and baby are doing n!c V. LODDOHER f P & .if'. 4. W. j. if. f if