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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941
KIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
GOD SfiilS THE HEART: Neither
is there any creature that is not
manifest in His sight; but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes
of Him with Whom we have to do.
Hebrews 4:13.
Boy Scout Week
Today marks the beginning of Na
tional Boy Scout Week throughoui
the nation and The Weekly pauses to
salute the Hertford Boy Scouts for
the splendid showing made since the
formation of the Troop a short time
ago.
The local Troop of Boy Scouts has
on many occasions worked for the
public interest of projects sponsored
by other civic organizations and have
at all times been ready and willing to
serve when called upon.
The Hertford Boy Scouts are a
splendid group of boys and, through
their training in Scout work, will no
doubt be the leaders of the commun
ity in the future.
Congratulations, boys, on your fini
spirit and your willingness to coop
erate with humanity. May your
troop long continue.
Your Aid Needed
The March of Dimes is now in
progress. The President's Ball is
scheduled for tonight. These pro
jects need your support. The drive
to raise funds for the combat against
Infantile Paralysis has begun in
Perquimans and The Weekly urges
each and every one to support the
drive in one manner or another.
The Boy Scouts and the school
children of the County are handling
the March of Dimes. When they
contact you for contributions for the
fund . . . give . . . and remember
you will be aiding toward helping
some unfortunate child walk again.
And The Children
Lead The Way
Adults of Perquimans. County cer
tainly can ponder severall minutes
over two news items that appear in
this issue of The Weekly. Both per
tain to action on the part of children
of Perquimans.
One is the fact that the entire
student body of the Grammar School
has membership in the Junior Red
Cross, and the other is that through
the efforts of the children a sum of
over $30 has been raised for the
March of Dimes.
Certainly, the children lead the
way in these worthy undertakings
and it would be well if the same per
centage of the adult population ol
the County would, follow the young
footsteps.
The March of Dimes program
closes tomorrow, and tonight, a local
committee is sponsoring a dance
that others might walk ... if you
have not contributed to this cause
. . . stop and think of the children
. . . then let your conscience be youi
guide.
And do not forget that the Red
Cross is a year-round organization
that is constantly aiding humanity.
The Weekly beflieves that we all
could get into the line as the Chil
dren lead the way.
Greek Drama
No tragedy of Sophocles ever had
a more unexpected twist than that
given to Greece's latest struggle for
independence by the sudden passing
of General Mebaxas. Rome, ready to
seize at any straw of hope, finds en
couragement in the removal of the
man who organized the little Na
tion's stand against aggression. But
the Greeks appear to be thoroughly
united in their war effort and there
ia every indication that it wilt be
carried on eectively. Alexander
Korixis ,the new Premier, was cOooe
ly associated with General Metaxas
and is also known as an able admin
istrator. The Metaxaa Government was a
dictatorship. It came into being only
GOOD ADVICE FROM THE SIDELINES
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after King George had failed in his
effort to give Greece genuine parlia
mentary freedom. Mr. Korizis is re
ported to have certain Venizelist con
nections. They may help to erase
some of the old divisions in Greece
and to develop more democracy
when the war is won.
General Metaxas came to power
because he was able to maintain or
der and get things done. Trained as
a soldier" ironically enough in Ger
many he was responsible for the ef
ficient organization which prepared
the Greek army and has supplied it.
He did not follow the Hitler-Mussolini
model of flamboyant leadership;
his people knew him as "Uncle John
ny." Nor has Greece been indoctri
nated with a Fascist ideology.
It did not go in for hateful con
cepts of racial oppression and con
quest. Instead it stood up bravefly
against the anarchy of aggression
which is threatening the world today.
The Greek stand is possible only be
cause strongly supported by Britain
and more remotely by America. If
the world struggle against domina
tion by force succeeds, freer patterns
of government may be expected to
develop within Greece. Christian
Science Monitor.
SO WHAT?
By WHATSO
TWENTY FOUR MILES TO THE
NORTH OF LONDON LIES HERT
FORD. There is bombing over Lon
don as we write tonight. From
Hertford the fingers of light from
the batteries of search lights about
the big city can be seen as they
traverse across the night sky seeking
out the great birds of death, the
German bombers. Through the still
ness, too, can be heard the distant
cracking of the anti-aircraft guns
Now and again, it seems almost
overhead, comes the sound, the
snapping, staccato sound, of the ma
chine guns of fighting airplanes. On
the streets of the village can be
heard the metaldic clinking of the
empty shell casings as they land on
the pavements. It is strange to
think of this far-off Hertford, for
which our own Hertford was named,
being set in the heart of danger
and death and ruin while we sit
about our fires, or go hither and
yon about our business or our pleas
ure with never a thought as to dan
ger or lurking tragedy. But then
we live in Hertford on the Perquim
ans, not in Hertford on the River
Lea.
Under normal conditions of life
Hertford of the old motherland is
not so different from that of its
namesake. It lies in the agricultu
ral Hertfordshire nestled in a bend
of the River Lea which runs into the
Thames by whose banks, twenty-four
miles to the south, sprawls London.
Out from the town roll the fertile
acres of the county, or rather shire,
and it is from the products of these
acres that the good people of Hert
ford live, just as it is on the pro
ducts of the acres of Perquimans
County that we depend. Old Hert
ford with its little over eleven thous
and population is mainly a quiet
trading post, even as its namesake.
The few manufacturing plants that it
has are directly linked up with the
agricultural life of Hertfordshire.
Its life goes on much as ours. Some
thing happens now and then but as a
rule life just rolls on peacefully,
quietly like the flow of the gentle
river that holds the town in the
bend of its arm. And so it's been
with the old town through many
centuries, more than a , dozen ' cen
turies in fact, for Hertford is an old
town quiet, stable, itr.vo..-:nt, con
servative..' - '0H .
What old Hertford of Hertford
shire is doing- in these days of Eng
land's travail we do not know. Per
haps ia those chalk hills round about
are located some of the famous j
shadow factories that are doing so
much to keep Britain supplied with
planes, arms, munitions. Perhaps
the old town is crowded with children
and women and old men and invalids
driven homeless from the great city
of London to the south. The details
we do not know, but of this we are
certain Old Hertford is doing her
bit. OLD HERTFORD IS PLAY
ING THE GAME!
It would be a gracious thing,
though perhaps not practical, for
Hertford on the Perquimans to
stretch forth the hand of help to
Hertford on the Lea. There is great
need in old Hertford. Clothing and
food for the cold and hungry. Medi
cal supplies for the sick. Homes to
be found and financed for the home
less. Throughout this nation men
and women are contributing undei
the leadership of the Red Cross,
Bundles for Britain, etc., to the needs
of our far-off brothers of England.
Sweaters are being knitted for men
and women and children. Warm
clothing of every sort is being col
lected and sent to the aid and com
fort of those who have lost vvery
last possession that was theirs. To
the clothing- depots of Old Hertford,
as into every town of Old England,
supplies are coming from every part
of America. Many a body is warm
in Old Hertford on the Lea because
of the thoughtfulness of some good
soul in far off America. It's just a
silly fancy, mere sentimentality per
haps, but we like to draw the pic
ture of a young Hertford mother
fitting a well-knit sweater on her
little boy and saying, "Look, Charles!
This sweater came from some good
friemd of ous in Hertford, North Car
olina! Don't you wish we could go
to them and say "Thank you! Thank
you so much!'"
OLD HERTFORD ON THE LEA
IS IN NEED AND CALLING!
DOES HERTFORD ON THE PER
QUIMANS, COMFORTABLE IN
HER PEACE AND PLENTY,
HEAR, AND HEARING, MAKE
REPLY?
EXTENSION NOTES
By FRANCES MANESS
Home Demonstration Agent
Schedule For February 10-15
Monday, February 10 Ballahack
Club meets with Mrs. Archie Lane.
Tuesday, February 11 Beech
Spring Club meets with Mrs. J. E.
Boyce.
Thursday, February 13 Durants
Neck Club meets at the Community
House.
Friday, February 14-nBethel Club
meets with Miss Gertie Chappeii.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE
TOWARD POSSESSIONS
Lesson Text: Luke 16:10-15;
Luke 19-23.
It will probably surprise some
people to learn that Jesus had more
to say about earthly possessions and
man's relation to them than about
anything else. Jesus never con
demned money, as such, or the pos
ession of money. He never loved
the poor just because they were
poor. He condemned in ringing toneo
the wrong use of money, the covet
ouaness which usually accompanies
the accumulation of great wealth and
putting- the accumulation of material
things before and above the kingdom
of God.
A careful student of the sayings of
Jesus declare! that "sixteen of ha
thirty-eight parables, one verse out
of every seven in the four Gospels
in fact, one-half of hit teachings
relate to this theme" earthly pos
sessions and man's attitude toward
them. The average church member
enjoys hearing his pastor preach
about anything except what his, or
her, attitude should be on the subject
of money.
The first section of the printed
text for our lesson follows imme
'diately after Jesus' parable of the
Unjust Steward, in which Jesus
pointed out that most men are
shrewd enough when it comes to
their own material welfare and thai
they should use some of this same
shrewdness in the more important
spiritual matters of life. Jesus cer
tainly did not approve of the unjust
steward.
Jesus declared, "No man can serve
two masters." This is a truth that
has been demonstrated innumerable
times. A person may divide his at
tention or his time between two du
ties, but he can give his supreme
loyalty to only one. There can be no
middle ground.
The second portion of our printed
text concerns the story of a rich
man we have come to know as Dives
and a poor beggar, Lazarus.
This parable was spoken by Jesus
to rebuke the sin of selfishness, and
it teaches the truth that retribution
overtakes the sinner.
The name, "Dives," is not a proper
name but is the Latin designation ol
a rich man. The parable is not to
be taken literally in every detail for
Jesus was more concerned with the
social doctrine involved than he was
with revealing the state of the life
hereafter.
We have the picture of two men
contrasted: Dives, his fine clothing,
his luxurious living, and his selfish
employment of the good things of
life. On the other hand, Lazarus,
sick and sore, hungry and. unattend
ed, an abject object of misery and
one for pity.
The tragedy of the story lies in
the fact that Dives was unmoved by
the suffering and distress of a fellow
man. A thought for most of us lies
in the fact that in this day and time
many such people are possibly lying
at our gate, as well. Dives accepted
the different circumstances in life
which came to him and Lazarus as a
matter of course. He did not ask as
to the causes which produced such an
undesirable condition of life for a
man.
There are many social problems
which confront us today and very
often we excuse ourselves by the
conviction that they are the result
of forces and circumstances beyond '
the reach of an individual to alter. I
Today there are people living in I
luxury while others are starving;
there are tremendous fortunes and j
unbelievable destitution existing in
the same social fabric. What made !
Lazarus a afflicted beggar? Cer
tainly he did not choose it for him-;
self. Modern Christianity has its j
problem to improve living conditions
so. that every person can have the
necessities of life and be happy.
If , Jesus in this parable furnished
us with 'any clues as to the life hereafter-they
were interesting, because
they show that personality, con
sciousness and identity are all re
tained in the world to come. Yet it
is probable that Jesus adopted the
current fancies of this day in regard
to the life beyond the grave to em
phasize the social teaching.
j BIRTH ANNOUNCEFEN1
Born to' Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilder,
of Chapanoke, on Monday,' February
8, 1941, a son. Mother and baby are
getting along nicely. Mrs. Wilder,
before her marriage, was. Miss Sadie
White, of Chowan County.
BANKING- HOURS CHANGED!
On account of change in Wage and Hour Law
reducing number of working hours from 42
to 40 hours, and in order for the clerical work
to be done within the limit of 40 hours, this
bank finds it necessary to change its opening
and closing hours beginning Feb. 15, 1941.
On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays open at 9:00 o'clock, close
at 1:00 o'clock; Saturdays open at 10:00
o'clock and close at 2:00 o'clock.
We hope the public will thoroughly under
stand and appreciate our position in having
to make this change and arrange to transact
all business accordingly.
Other banks have made similar changes in
their hours also.
HERTFORD BANKING COMPANY
Mules - Horses
Young Mules and Horses
Well Broken.
Low Prices on Good
Used Mules
WE have them weighing 1,000 to 1,300 lbs.
WE give easy terms.
WE guarantee as represented.
WE give good allowance on trade-ins.
WE will save you money.
TRY US!
WILSON MULE EXCHANGE
Hertford, N. C.
T. W. WILSON F. M. WIl ON
WANT A SPITFIRE ON WHEELS?
Try ZZt& in a Chrysler!
A Spitfiu for pc . . . and the
smoothest, easiest v 70a ever had
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fal Spitfire engines and Vara mafic
Nothing like it anywhere! Gears
shift automatically in all normal
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swift and smooth! You simply can't
imagine it. ..you must experience itl
WHY SHIFT GIARST
Why drive the old-fashioned way?
Why de-dutch and shift gears and
make work of driving?
At traffic lights you just touch
the brake to stop . . . touch the
throttle to go!
We want you to try it. Just 'phone
or drop in for the ride of your life
... in a more beautiful Chrysler,
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