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-4 1 it 1 3 V t r. . PAGE FOUR THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. ETPOliD, N. C, FRIDAY, MAftOH 14,1941 ' V? -v,1.- ) t lit" r" .. ; l:1 't: 4 IS. ; 5 f i ! , ' I, 1 it, II, i in i ' '" Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday by The Perquimans Weekly, v. a- partner ship consisting of Joseph G. Campbell and Max. R. Campbell, at Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1-25 Six Months .7b North CnraHtia , PBESS A3SOC1ATK Entered as second class matter Novei. Aer 15, 1934, at postofftce at Hertford, North Carolina, un der the Act of March 1879. Advertising rates furnished by truest. Cards of thanks, obituaries, it-solutions of respect, etc., will ie charged for at regular adver ting rates. t RiDAY, MARCH 14, 1941 With Regret It is with profound regret that The Weekly takes the announcement of A. W. Hefren that, after twenty years as Town Commissioner, he will not be a candidate for re-election. It is needless for The Weekly to review the long service that Mr. Hefren has rendered to the Town in his capacity as a commissioner. All know of his splendid qualities, his big-hearted support of every pro ject coming to Herti'ord. All know of his efforts always to improve and to aid in the growth of this com munity. His record of service is a good one and a long one, and we hes itate to distract from that by enum erating just a portion of it. Our thought is that the Town of Hertford will be the loser when such a man as A. W. Hefren passes from the governing body of the com munity. f Consul For Consul The American State Department has been punctiliously proper in re questing the closing of Italian con sulates in Newark, New Jersey, and Detroit, Michigan. The Italian Gov ernment last month demanded the removal of American consuls from the port of Naples and from Palermo on the island of Sicily: Italy closes two consulates; the United States closes two. This is not in accord with the Hitler type of threats that for every British bomb that falls on Germany ten will be returned, but it follows the niceties of diplomacy, even to the steel hand in the velvet glove. Possibly there is some significance in the fact that the two American consulates affected are in the south ern part of Italy on the probable route of any German reinforcements that might be moving to Libya. Specifically, the United States was asked to move these consuls at least as far north as Rome. If this does mean anything, the American State Department has preserved the amen ities by designating for reprisal offices in two important munitions manufacturing areas. Italian consulates are not, of course, the only ones whose activi ties will bear watching. , Evidence in the Black Tom and other World War claims cases have strengthened the suspicions that paymasters for dead ly sabotage worked out of the Ger man and Austrian embassies and consular offices. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, denied in December that the increase in German cosulates and their staffs had been out of proportion to those in consulates of other nations since the war. Nevertheless, many Amer icans hope some of them for their own safety, if they are munitions workers that the Federal Govern ment is keeping; a close surveillance on the movements of all agents of the Axis Powers, and that if any are engaged in improper activities, the United States will not wait a prompt ing from abroad to require their de parture. Christian Science Monitor. Poor Mussi! Reports from the highest sources say that Mussolini is virtually Hit ler's prisoner. The Gestapo is in Italy. German officials are in key positions in all departments of the Italian government, including the War Office. No matter how the war ends, Mussolini must lose. He must take Hitler's orders if Germany wins he will have to accept British peace terms if Churchill's legions win. And, in the meantime, reporters who have left Italy say that anti Fascist sentiments among the people grows by leaps and bounds. in Greece Seriously Threatened Hating conquered the Fascists Albania, the Greeks are now faced with : possible invasion by German soldiers. .This would be a much greater menace than the Italian in .1; Albani and-ft may be that Athena ' will consider accepting a loser's peace with; Italy rather than inviting full-fledged blitzkrieg in Macedonia. .It. la .too. early to forecast what win bo the outcome of Hitler's latest SMASH THAT EGGI J NATOPE NOTE5 "the cuckoo is woted tor its . HABlT Of LAyiNO its IN QTMeK BiRPS' MESTS. ft! LETTWPF TO TIJ K Bulgaria that Russia advises Soviet cannot approve her action. The British, one may be sure, are striving vigorously to maintain the war-front and, if the worse comes to the worse, may attempt to hold Sa lonica against a German advance. The plight of GJreece is serious, involving either the complete loss of freedom or a bloody battle with an overpowering enemy. Aid from Great Britain and Turkey might make possible successful resistance but only at a fearful price in blood and destruction. the I At other times the court jester was a feeble-minded nit-wit the tragedy of whose imbecility appealed to the low sense of humor of a vulpar court. Even today oiy great and solemn bodies needs must have their semi official jesters of one sort or another. Not even the great American Senate can get along without its jester who will by instinct or by uncanny men tal acuteness inject the innane and ridiculous at the very moment when the seriousness of the occasion ap pears ovenvneinune. mat was a SO WHAT? By WHATSO accomplishment:,' Turkey mines thai Dardanelles, calls op new troops ami of more than usual wit and wisdom, A FIRESIDE CHAT IS IN THE OFFING and not so very far off. Perhaps this week, or it may be next, the President of the United. States, will speak to the people of the na tion. The subject matter of that talk hould be of the utmost interest to every citizen. The "Aid to Britain" uill has been passed. The nation, under the leadership of Mr. Roose velt,. has taken a stand the . import ance of which and the consequences of which can hardly be exaggerated. Indeed to us there seems to have been but two moments in our history when decisions of comparable im portance have been made. Those two moments of history were: when we decided to fight for our independence from England; when we decided to fight for the principle of the indis solubility of the Union. In these two instances we came to the very simple decision that our life could not go on under the conditions exist ing. At the present moment in his tory we have also come to a very simple conclusion: our national life, as we know it and want it, cannot continue under an international scheme controlled by the ideas ana ideals of the present totalitarian powers. The day France fell this day of decision for the United States was written in the calendar and was so noted in the minds of all ob servers. Concerning the stand now openly taken by the United States the President will speak. When he speaks every American should listen and listening forget all party affili ation. There is but one question be fore the people now and that is how best to carry to its logical conclusion the course of action decided upon. What the incidental consequences a long the road of accomplishment may be no man knows. Work, sacrifice, self-denial? Yes. War? One man's guess is as good as another's. From our own point of view, unless we over-estimate the power of the Axis, war seems inevitable. In every community there must now be organized some work by the doing of which the citizens can by their actions show the loyalty they feel toward the Government and the sympathy they feel with its efforts. It is, therefore, a real satisfaction to know that the Woman's Club is making genuine progress in gettfcig theJ"Bundles for Britain" work start ed here. By the giving of their time, skill' and means to the work of this organization the men and women of this community can give expression to their loyalty to a great cause and their patriotic allegiance to their own great country. It is even possi ble that now, with the. Woman's Club showing the way, the local Red Cross may throw off its all too evident apathy and inefficiency and by the appointment of a' strong executive committee give the people of this County an opportunity to demon strate.that they stand ready always to respond" to the call of that great organisation of mercy the American Eed Croa& W&M " ff'ii V ,V ' :-,1 .v THE COURT OF YE ANCIENT KING HAD TO HAVE ITS OFFI CIAL CLOWN, Said clown or Jester was quit necessary to give the light touch to Solemn moments. In some instances th court Jester was a man ( 2103 Idlewood Ave., Richmond, Va. 1 March 7, 1941. Editor, The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N. C. ' Dear Sir: The worked up dither over the af fairs of this world is leading many thoughtful people into a fearful frenzy. They visualize catastrophic convulsions that are unavoidable; and are awaiting the peal of thunder after the blinding flash of lightning that will rend this world from cen ter to circumference. They stand ready to be sucked into the holocaust with an air of abject resignation. Mattie Saunders' appeal to reason in today's Perquimans Weekly is es 'enced with profound logic; but logic has lost its balance in this warped brained world. Statesmen stand as pygmies, pow erless and futile in the face of the patheing storm. Many of us have ideas how eqnili berum may be restored; but no idea seems to coincide with any other idea. Hence a mass of confusion stands in bold relief against the kaliedoscopx revelings that permeates our trou bled world. Our rabid irrationalism from Hol lywood to Konkgink is dancing to the tune of "Everybody's Doing It Now.' Hades will soon to have be enlarg ed, and its maw distended to receive the overflow of human derelicts that fail to negotiate the cataract of an nihilation. Five years ago the World Press acknowledged in a warning gesture, time and again, that another world war would destroy civilization. There is no doubt but that it's per spective was sound. Now take a loook at what is hap pening, ine rress is silent as a tomb on the same question it was Father, ! 1 ' , . Pagans are- running roughshod over Bupposed to be Christiana right now and for, s similar reason; name ly, disobedience to "God. :'' ' Dire things are in " store f or this hypocritical world and unless it real ly goes to God in complete surrend ered repentance it is, doomed. No panacea of selfish men will relieve the horrible situation. Our- false prophets will prophesy- falsehoods until the crack of doom; but the world will not get better until a uni versal stand is taken for God and His righteous way of living among men. Let's not be hoodwinked by a phantom mirage any .longer,'. There is' assurance' of safety, only, in the , Everlasting Arms. - 1 -With the words " of Mattie Saun ders I am closing; "The old order . changeth yielding place to new.' Respectfully, '$' SAMUEL J. LANE. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express ourjhanks'to' all who rendered their services and for the expressions of sympathy during the illness and at the death Of our mother, Mrs. W. C. Perry. ' THE FAMILY. Bob" stepped on the Senate floor at the conclusion of the debate on the Lend-Lease Bill and assured the t. . .... . I. noble senators mat ne naa ms eyes fastened, on the year 19441 You re member that long ago "Our Bob," Senator Robert Rice (Chink-Food) Reynolds, proclaimed himself a "Vindicator" and stuck a feather in his hat? We wondered at the time what the gentleman was going to vindicate. Now it is all clear "Our Bob" vindicates the right of the an cient jester to a place in the solemn halls of modern law makers. How ever, the voters of 1944 may not vin dicate Robert! ..... . i. I ;j I f . 1 . tine ana merry act in tne true traai- vocneraiing so levensniy over u tion of the clownish art when "Our, few short years ago. By keeping mum in this crucial hour it will stand condemned before the King of Kings for its failure to repeat the warning cry continually before the Nations. It has knuckled to the "Powers that be" in every land in order to hold to its tit of popular sustenance. Oh, for men with gall and grit to tell the truth, and stand by the, truth "till the last galoot's ashore!" j Nebuchadnezzar was a pagan king. 1 The Jews were God's chosen people. ' Yet God allowed the pagan to raze ; Jerusalem and take her people cap tive for 70 years in slavery, all be cause of their disobedience to the commandments of . their Eternal I PI 1 w u II K1V I i VI i Spring Dress COATS $10.00 Others from $7.95 up Newest, most flattering of Spring coats . . designed to win your compliments. Prin cess, reefers, dressmakei coats, beautifully tailored ot finest wools. Some with white collars, cuffs. Nav, black colors. 12-20. 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