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THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY
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Editorial
St. Valentine's Day
The origin of Saint Valentine
Day li shrouded in mystery and
controversy but it is derived from
Roman custom and others. The
young lad or lass giving their
"special" a special Valentine in
1970, however, cares little about
the origin of the tradition, which
involves no less than three saints.
What is appreciated by today's
youth is that the day has become
a sacred one for lovers all over
the Christian world. It is a day to
remember that special person, a
day to show the love one feels and
often seldom reflects in today's
world, for both young and old.
Love, the historians have long
decreed, is the most powerful of
human influences. It is also the
most admirable, rewarding and
fulfilling - and pleasureful - in
case any reader has forgotten.
And it is good to remember this
on Valentine's Day.
B.. MfaU. Inrtaa
As Is usual In the early session
of each Congress, the Com
mittees are busy considering
recently introduced legislation,
while action within the House
itself is limited.
The House Committee oh
Agriculture held extensive
hearings on public law 480 which
permits the United States
Department of Agriculture to
conduct barter program with
other nations to Increase the total
commercial exports of U. S.
agricultural commodities, thus
improving our balance of
payments position In the family of
nations. The basic purpose of this
barter program is to keep
American dollars her at home
as well as to assist American
agriculture.
Simply stated, this program
provides that if the Department
of Defense needs a million dollars
worth of goods in a foreign
country where an installation
exists, then by this process of
barter, we trade an equal amount
of agricultural products for the
required materials which nor
mally would be purchased in the
foreign country. Of course, it is of
the utmost Importance to the
economy of the First District that
this legislation be continued, for
in the year 1968, under this
program the value of agricultural
exports for the nation was
$451,218,000.
On Thursday last, I introduced
a bill which would require the
Secretary of Agriculture to
continue the practice of making
advanced payments under the
Feed-Grain Program. These
advanced payments have been
SENATOR
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forthcoming line the plan was.
first instigated until this year
when Secretary Hardin suddenly
decided to discontinue the plan,
thereby causing many of our
farmers unexpectedly to have to
make other financing
arrangements through loans and
mortgages. In I960, the total
advanced payments for the First
District were $3,870,000: Even if
there had been some sound
reason to discontinue the ad
vanced payments, it should not
have been don without at least
year's notice in order that other
plans of financing could be
arranged.
Another bill scheduled for
action but postponed was H. R.
12025 known as the National
Forest Timber Conservation and
Management Act. This
legislation has caused great
deal of interest, both pro and con.
If passed, it will require the
United States Forest Service to
divert the funds received from
the sale of public timber for the
specific purpose of Improved
forest management practices.
These include reforestation,
watershed protection, wildlife
habitat Improvements and im
proved recreational uses. The
principle opposition is coming
from organizations in the far
western states.
President Nixon presented to
the Congress his budget for the
1971 fiscal year. He carried with
it a request for an all-time high of
$200.8 billion. Strangely enough,
he did not request any ap
propriation for the long existing
Agricultural Conservation
Practices program, nor were any
funds requested to continue the
free milk for the needy school
children of this nation. I have
every confidence that the
Congress will restore the
necessary funds in these two
areas, as it is most difficult to
understand their commission.
Wife Preservers
WASHINGTON - The money
issues - inflation, spiraling in
terest rates, government spen
ding and taxes - foreshadowed
the President's pledge for a tight
federal budget for fiscal 1970.
As with any budget message,
this one is predicated upon many
assumptions about spending and
revenues. It is based upon a
multitude of estimates about the
deescalation of the Vietnam War,
and the need for hundreds of
federal programs. These
forecasts are seldom on the
mark, because nearly eighteen
months will elapse before
prophesy becomes actuality.
It is commendable that the
budget message emphasizes the
need for economy in government.
Accordingly, the new budget
predicts that the Federal
Government will spend $200.8
billion during fiscal 1971, and that
the Treasury will receive
revenues of $202.1 billion leaving
a $1.3 billion surplus. This thin
balance is precarious, however,
because it assumes that Congress
will agree to raise postal rates,
increase the maximum wage
base for social security, approve
a package of transportation user
charges, extend current
telephone and auto excises, and
make substantial cuts in a
number of programs, including
defense.
At this stage, Congress has yet
to review the priorities of
spending, and if past experience
is any guide, it will have its own
ideas about funding education,
health, crime control, and en
vironmental programs.
It should be pointed out that the
new budget is based upon the
concept of "overall federal ex
penditures" which includes trust
receipts for such special pur
poses as social security,
medicare, and highway
programs. Had the "ad
ministrative budget" concept of
several years ago been used,
trust fund collections would have
been excluded, and the fiscal 1971
budget would show a deficit of
about $7.3 billion. The $1.3 billion
surplus predicted in the new
budget is thus based upon the
inclusion of $8.6 billion in trust
fund receipts for fiscal 1971.
This explains why the govern
ment will again be borrowing in
fiscal 1971 and even though it will
have an estimated surplus. The
national . debt is divided into
several categories. The surplus
will reduce the federal debt held
by the public to $277.3 billion for
fiscal 1971 as compared with
fiscal 1970's $278.5 billion for such
debt. On the other hand, because
the Federal Government can
borrow moneys allocated for
special purposes and use those
funds for other purposes by
pledging its credit, the new
budget predicts a rise in the gross
federal debt (which includes the
debt hid by federal agencies and
trust funds) of about $7.8 billion
during the same period. Thus the
overall gross federal debt will
Jump from $374.7 billion for fiscal
1970 to $382.5 billion for fiscal
1971.
What all this means is that eve
a tight budget sent to Congress
last week projects a better im
pression than the hard figures
warrant. In my judgment, it will
take a herculean effort to get our
national financial house in order.
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Some 2.1 million lower-paid
workers received a wage in the
federal minimum wage from
$1.30 to $1.45 per hour since
February 1st. It will add an
estimated $486 million to their
paychecks in the coming year.
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Corn silage makes an excellent
feed for cattle but results may be
disappointing unless certain
precautions are taken, warm
North Carolina Stat University
extension specialists.
"Corn silage does have a few
weaknesses," according to Guy
S. Parsons, dairy specialist, "The
greatest deficiency Is its low,
protein content," h addad.
The overall feeding program,
should compensate for this .
weakness. A forag program
based entirely on corn silage
cannot be adequately sup
plemented by a single con
centrate mix in feeding dairy
animals.
Parsons said that dairymen
feeding heavy on corn silage will
need to feed an 18-90 par cant
protein grain mlxtur unless they
are feeding heavy on grain (28 tc
SO pounds per cow par day).
"Even then," h said, "as
production decreases and grain is
reduced, silage makes up a
larger percentage of the total
ration and protein becomes a
limiting factor."
At this time production begins
to decline more rapidly than It
should because the lower
producers in the herd do no
receive sufficient pounds of ever
a 20 per cent feed to do the job, if
they are being fed according to
energy requirements
The specialist suggested tha
the efficient and moat economical
solution to this problem is to feed
additional protein.
In case of forage programs that
include hay or silage cut
relatively early and containing
legumes, the problem of sup
plementing adequately the silage
part of the total feed isn't as 1
difficult. A 18 per cent con
centrate mix usually does the job.
CIZIE VffiSE
"Esoept a ibm be bant of , !
water aad of the Spirit, he cn- .
not eater lata the kingdom of
Cod."
1. Who made the above state- j
ment?
2. To whom waa It made?
3. What waa this man's standing
in the community?
4. Where may this statement be
found?
Aisvtts To Bible Vttti
1. Jesus, as recorded by John.
2. Nicodemus.
3. A ruler of the Jews.
4. John 3.8.
Card Of Thanks
I would like to thank each and
everyone who remembered me
with cards, flowers, gifts, visits
and all other acts of kindness
shown me while I was a patient in
the Albemarle HosDital and since
my return home.
I will always be grateful to
everyone.
Mrs. George Sutton
For Your Information
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Dear Friends,
' Man is basically a social creature who lives hk
life In fellowship with others. At no time does he
need an expression of this supporting fellowship
more than at the time of mourning. Jesus said,
"Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be
' comforted." He certainly was referring to the com
fort afforded by our relatives and friends as He
was of God's supporting presence.
Respectfully,
aL A
SWINDELL
FUNERAL HOME
HERTFORD. N. C.
Have A Heart!!
Now is the time for all you Albemarle
Cupids to test your bow strings
and get thijse arrows all a-quiver ...
If you shoot straight - Someone will
be your Valentine!!
CALL HER TONIGHT!
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Pitt Hardware
Company
Phone 426-6531
HERTFORD, N. C.
Wintlow-Blanchard
Motor Company
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Furniture Co.
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PHILCO APPLIANCES
Zannon Cleaner
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Phone 426-5491
J. C. Blanchard
& Co., Inc.
"BLANCHARD'S"
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Blanchard'
Barber Shop
Gerald W. Blanchard
Proprietor
Keith' Grocery
PHONES 426-7767
HERTFORD, N. a
One Stop Service
Station
BILL COX, Owner
Tires Greasing;
Accessories
CALL 426-8870
HERTFORD, N. C.
Lane$ Woodwork
Shop
"Custom Built Kitchen
Cabinets"
PHONE 426-7225
Route 3, Hertford, N. C.
(White Hat Road)
Winfall Service
Station
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REPAIRS
FIRESTONE TIRES
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CALL 426-8843
People Bank &
Trut Company '
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HERTFORD. N. C.
Byrum Furniture
Company
Phone 426-5262
HERTFORD. N. C.
Sunday Monday
Ephetlans I Peter
1:1-14 2:1-10
Tuesday WednMday
I John Luke
3:1-10 4:14-21
Thursday Friday ,
Mark Mark
9:30-37 10:33-49
Saturday
I Corinthians
9:19-27
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Mjrrarw eveewreai nev iwiennveni snot vwwif
lwlsum a P!niiHosophc3ii?
Everybody hold some view about life and its mean
ing. Whatever confront us in our daily round is the
substance out of which we weave our "philosophy of
life." ' - '
But merely to have an isolated thought or an opin
ion doe not help us find a foundation on which to base
our entire lives. We need encouragement and guidance.
The message of the Church has been, through the
ages, concerned primarily with the deeper meaning
of life. It lends wisdom to those who are striving to
relate themselves to the total pattern and purpose of
human existence. It helps us maintain a reasonable
stability amid the flux of human endeavor and events.
It helps us relate the totality of all that has been, is
now and ever shall be.
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Let the Church help you weave these golden threads
into th& finished fabric of 'life.l , " ' .
r GOD'S MIGHTY ACTS THROUGH JESUS
LESSON TEXT: "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
u .. . Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and
Hertjora Livestock healing all that were oppressed of the devU; for God wm with
& Supoly Co. him". - (Acts 10:38)
rr ' LESSON TEXT: Matthew : 8:5-17; Luke 8:26-39.
Phone 426-5591 ,
HERTFORD. N. C.
In this lesson we are primarily concerned with God's
mighty and awe-inspiring acts through the person of Jesus,
Christ.
Astounding things happened, in the sight of the multitudes
who followed the teachings of Christ; and astounding things
do still happen today, despite man's knowledge and
teachnology in our modern days and times!
We are fully aware of the physical aspects of that wonder
of wonders . . . birth. We have much to learn of the miracles
of heredity; we have, presumably, conquered some of our
ignorance of space - but we ha ve, undubitably, much to learn
in that regard! Mankind acquires a glimmering of knowledge
- but he has yet to be enlightened!
There are many things beyond the ken of mankind. That
they will, in due course, be revealed is, at least, something to
hope for! Let us not, therefore, in the light of our knowledge,
today, scoff at the ignorance of those who lived in the times of
the Biblical theme! For, who knows ... the generations that
come after us (if science makes strides in accordance with
those we have made in our own generation and time) may
laugh at us for our ignorance ! Lit us, therefore, in the pursuit
of our studies, keep an ever open mind!
Let us remember that the miracles recorded in the New
Testament were not primarily intended to evoke faith in the
people whd" .witnessed them. Always, the miracles so
recorded were the outcropping of faith!
In summary, through the personage of Christ,, the
kingdom of God had defeated evil, and was calling men to
faith, obedience, and life everlasting.
The keynote, in all of Christ's miracles, was the faith of
the recipient - or the faith of those who felt love and concern'
for a fellow member of the human race ... as in the case of
the Centurion who beseeched Christ to heal a servant of his
palsy. (Matthew 8: 5-9). The rvant was not a close ramuy
member- but he might as well have been, so great was the
concern of his master! So great was the master's faith that
he did not deem it necessary for Christ to enter his unworthy
house, to cure his servant - He only had to speak, and the
healing would be accomplished!
From so many unlikely quarters came unqualified faith!
From the woman of the streets; from the4oldier of Rome! No
wonder Christ spent so much of His time in company which
was so often criticized by the circumspect! For, like the big
debtor and the small debtor referred to in a previous lesson,
the greater the debt, or the greater the sin, the greater the
deliverance and gratitude and faith!
With God's holy sanction, Jesus brought blessings in the
guise of miracles to many; through God's holy sanction, He
brought the blessing of forgiveness of sins and the glory of life
everlasting to countless trillions throughout the ages of
mankind ipast, present and future! Surely this is one of the
miracles of all times t "
Christ's mastery of the forces of nature, His healing power
over the body and the mind, His superb conquering of Death .
. all these were motivated by His commitment to the
, Father's will! Man has benefitted from that commitment;
' man can benefit from commitment to God at any time! How
committed are YOU?
(These comments are based on outlines of International.
V, Sunday School Lessons, copyrighted by the International
Council of Religious Education, and used by permission).
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