i iPIartB f or xaminakna for nelsons applying for chauffeur h'censes.for the fiscal yew 1950-1951 ware out lined today by the Department of , Jttow. vehicles. , ; - ; ' ., - : The Woxe tHan 40,000 persons who drive vehicles for hire in Worth uaro Hn hcnn annlvmr for their new li censes on May 1, this year instead of - vn May 15, as n tne pam. irreseni chauffeur's licenses expire on June SO. : Since N through Q drivels must obtain renewals by that date, the ex tra two weeks was given chauffeurs to avoid a heavier than usual man as the deadline neare. -V 7$;:" ; 'AJI applicants for: chauffeur's li nj will he eiven an eVe test Per sons applying for a chauffeur's license and not holding a vama operator s u onot. chauffeurs whose licenses have expired, chauffeurs over 60 years of .age, and chauXieura witn aisaoinraes oceuring since their last examination will be given complete examinations. Driver's license ex&lminers - also have been instructed to give examina tions in any case in which they doubt the ability of the applicant to meet standards required ior persons wno drive vehicles for hire. Speakers Announced for uommencemeni Rev. B. H. Baskerville, pastor, ' First Presbyterian Church, Wilming ton, N. C, will address the Hertford High graduating class and friends in the school auditorium on Sunday, May 28, 1950 t 3:30 P. M. On Mondy, May 29, 1950, at 10:30 A. M., D. Mar-, tin Bolton, professor of Dramatics and Fine Arts at Hampton Institute will address -the graduating class and friends in the school auditorium. Both speakers are widely known because of .the high type of work they are doing in their chosen fields. 'Rnueriritendent J. T. Bisreers of the Perquimans County Schools will bring congratulations to the graduates and parents and at the same time intro duce Julian White, chairman, County Board of Education, who will award the diplomas to graduates. 'Scholar ships and prizes will also be awarded. f ivt it V-4. V --.v" 4EntitIedTdPnsi5ns 'Widows of veterans of. World War I whose income is ,$1000 a year -or tess are enuuea to a pension, oz s a month from the' Federal Govern. ment, J. M. Caldwell; irector of the N. C. Veteran Commission pointed cot todays ;:t f', Jt t " V . .Those with children under certain aires are entitled to extra compensa tion provided their Income is not over $2500 per year. ... ," Service by the veteran, must have been between April 6, 1917, and No- vc-iar'Wi .4 iu utiae irom active cu. iu. - -ve been under Xther ; than ...Lie conditions, site? 90'tdays -or more of 'military-service.; ' ; 'For the purpose of a pension a widow ttuiat have been married to a I World War I veteran before Decern-j her 14," 1944 or 10 or more years: to the person who served, and must not District Service Officers of the N. CrVeteranjr Commission and Tbttnty Veterans Off icers .are ready! to as sist or advise, veterans or-their d-J pendents on all- pension or compensa tion benefits. - j m "4. .!:- if , msnqwi : ml. 1 jitfflf??4 be adyertse4,on : : , .ri-rv: e;sa!efvthe saine ,11 be held pn Monday, Julr r JUSPh H?!eai "iMw settlement : now andiaVe additional ; costs of advertising. ' . " V. . : .r;';:-,,?'i.;.1Ai.hv 'VOTE FOR ; " x Gliarles Ward FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER From Bethel Township ; HI ; IN THE PRIMARY MAY 27 - TO TH Try a Perquimans Weekly Classified Ad GIVE HER A SHOWER! WRIGHT'S Jewelry Store HERTFORD, N. C. DCPCNDABILITY 1 1 5sn HUMAN eye cannot pierea " r he fosmlnj waters, but' tht msriner can depend on the , W ha hMves to tel him truthfuRy tha depth of tha . water, and tha nature of tha ocaaiLbottom vnder him. . . .-. . ',f;"-,?7:-! - i Your choice of appointment determines the cott of the ca ramon.' Whether timpta or aleboreta, - tha service con . -' r' ducted by our' stilled staff win merit our,, reputation, jda- j Bendebilirv. i :u ijflfi ,MI) "f,'.il1l E BRANS AM PLAN ,w -r if1 T i60i il:K.UO i .if "IT IS A FANTASTIC SCHEME WHICH COULD WRECK ,THE NATIONAL TESljRV" "I prefer to take my stand with Congressman Harold Cooley and North Carolina farm organizations who voted practically unanimously against the plan at their last State Conventions." (The Grange voted unanimous ly and the Farm Bureau voted about ,400 to 11 against it). UI consider the Brannan plan neither a fair deal nor a program and it would , provide a system of subsidies entirely out of line with bur present farm pro- gram and would amount to a series of experiments of the rankest uncer-; tainty." ? :- . -v 1".'' '"V ' ' 1 1' ';rf.-!t.;T''!B.' kVhe$-i - "Secretary Brannan Himself Conceded That He Has No Idea As To How It Would Work Or How Much It Would Cost." Brannan would experiment with agri culture, upon which our entire economy is based. ' " " ' f" vi r VMPATHCTICn IV LJCRVICE 1 " ' "I favor a farm program essentially like the one now in existence, for tobacco farmers, one which would pro tect price levels against disastrous decline and would not be a drain on the Federal treasury: It seems to me this sort of program ought to be carried forward with respect to other crops." Mis Stand Is Praised . (An Editorial From The Fayetteville Observer) Willis Smith : , His Anti-Brannan Stand Square With The Farmers (Willis Smith's unqualified opposition to cooked .up in a ' Washingiton fike- over- the Brannan Plan places him squarely in night, but Worked out the hard way oyer a accordance with the best thought of North Carolina farmers on this subject. ' Mr. Smith, . candidate for the United States Senate, ; has branded the Brannan Plan as a "fantastic scheme", which would 'Well-nigh wreck tha national treasury." It could also well-nigh wreck what little balance i& left in American economy today after so many years of war emergency and ft ear-socialistic governmental jrianning., number of years by the trial and error . . memoo. , , ' . Mr. Smith is winning many friends in - the present campaign by his conservatism, by his unwiljliingness to be hurried into en dorsing radical departures from W, tried, and true path of normal Americanism. ' : ?:f ::. -t :i '?'(; A: l'1"--E' - J" His steadfast opposition to the .Brannan Farm Han, which would let production run , wild and would have the farmers working for Cie government Instead of tihemiselves, The farmers need a friend in Washington ; ; ia characterifitic p( his middlef-tKe-rowi who will not run off after every crack- brained (panacea that Is dreamed up. by or ganized spending; Mr. Smith is in favor of something bice : the present program for the" tobacco and, ; i gtateg cvvwn larmens.. xnis u I. program iun sanity. , 1 ,, ' (And in these days of wild Ideas, many of which1 could ruin, the 'country, sanity is what we need nothing else more than in a United J A WnJLIS SMITH SAYS: "Continuation of a successful program depends upon keeping the - administration of x . uie program ciose to tne iarmers. i shall keep m constant .contact with the farmers and with their organiza x tions and Support those measures which will tend to give the rank and file of farmers a voice In this program' m The;! aBeir8 Cafii RelyiOnrHim And K!3 :r"J , , - FARMERS FOR SMITH COMMITTEE' At; , ; TOM W. ALLEN, CREZD IOOR, Ch-irman V5 41 5

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