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weekly Perspective New school bus law takes effect Oct . 1 School U back in full swing and to arc the buses. 1 have already started receiving complaints of people passing stopped buses. "Ht 7:30 in the morning it's hard not tO'be a little sleepy, which means that you are probably not going to be alert as usuaL Our children's safety, Ifowever, depends a great deal on the alertness of the average driver on our roads. TROOPER' | TIPS By Danny Parker North Carolina Highway Patrol Everyone should know ihat they must stop on a two lane highway for a stopped school bus that has its stop sign out. But what about four lane highways and turn lanes? If there is a dividing space or physical barrier seperating the roadways, then a driver is not required to stop when tra veling in the opposite direction of a school bus. Effective October 1, 1M3, center lanes for left turns on four lane high ways will (all under the category of dividing spaces, which means that you will not be required to stop for a school bus if there is a turn lane between you and the bus on a four lane highway. Remember that this law does not come into effect until October 1; until that time, you must stop for school buses regardless of turn lanes. If a school bus is passed by a motor vehicle and a tag number and description is obtained by one or more witnesses, then our courts accept an assumption that the owner was operating the vehicle unless he or she can prove otherwise. If you are convicted of passing a stopped school bus, which requires a mandatory appearance in court, then you can be fined up to $200 or im prisoned up to 90 days. In addition to this, the Division of Motor Vehicles will place five points against your driving record. Use extra caution when ap proaching a school bus. because children are without a doubt our most valuable and prized resource. Early editors faced ? ? dangerous times Editing a newspaper is hard work, $ut it is no longer so dangerous as it Once was. Until this century few editors made any pretense of im partiality or objectivity, and Editorial bias sometimes provoked violent responses from the recipients of strong criticism. < A political editor never knew when supporters of another party might decide to tar and feather him. A orusading editor lived with the threat of pot shots from vested interests. A temperance editor could not expect gentle words from the saloon crowd. I Politics stir passions, and the election of 1900 became a hard and ttftler contest. The Republican and Populist parties fuesed in hopes of destroying the Democrats, who were cjyfepaigning for a state con sQQtional amendment which would dew the vote to illiterate blacks. anti-amendment candidate for tl^state legislature (whose name need not trouble us) was nominated iirjgerquimans. 4he Hertford newspaper, the "Dispatch," opposed the man, and it???ditor, Clifford L. Hornaday, bhnted the candidate in print. TEe editor wrote that the candidate waw- "a man whose reputation is roBen to the core and whose character is nauseous to all decent ... t candidate, he charged, had dismissed from a previous efiiloy ment "on account of drinking, ..HSishonesty in connection with finances and ... women." The editor specifically addressed the Republicans of Belivdere Township, many of whom were Quakers and who had "a record of which any people might be proud." He felt "although they may not vote for the Democratic nominee, it is certain that they cannot swallow the (candidate's) pill." (He should have said "chewing gum" instead of "pill", for the - candidate manufactured "Palm Candy! A Healthful and Delightful Chewing Gum, And a Sovereign Remedy for Coughs, Colds and all Bronchial affections and A Cure of the Tobacco Habit.") Soon after the editor's attack was published, the candidate took action. On the streets of Hertford the can didate attacked the editor, striking at him several times with a cane. The editor was forty years the candidate's junior, and the son of a Methodist preacher to boot, so he could not fairly strike the old man. He could, however, use a little visual persuasion, so, as a delighted fellow-editor remarked, "Mr. Hor naday showed (the candidate) a revolver and (the candidate) showed the bottom of his shoes." The fellow-editor added a strong comment of his own when reporting Hornaday's experience, that if anyone voted for the candidate it would be because "his reason is dethroned, or that he has a fat office or expects to get one." With their partisanship expressed in strong, personal language, it is a wonder so few editors were shot in those days when a newspaper represented one political party or one reform movement or one special interest. Editor Hornaday had his revenge upon his assailant. The candidate lost the election. Booking back JEfcREA HOMECOMING S<3fcDULED OCTOBER 6: There w3L.be Homecoming at the Berea CflSch of Chriit oo Sunday, October C.SSible School will begin at 10 o'4Bbk, with the worship at 11 o'clock. ? ?????>?- . .? 1 Brother Jime* Joyner of Elisabeth City will be the guest speaker for the homecoming. Lunch will be served on the grounds at noon time. i"HE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY = pr* ? Published Every Thursday By Advance Publ., Elizabeth City J one B. Williams Managing Editor Pat Mansfield Ken Castelloe I Circulation This fall I'm skipping the Indian corn and pumpkins and going right to the Christmas wreaths. 1 Changing times for Weekly Monday morning has arrived again. As I sit here trying to think of something witty to say my mind seems to wander towards the new responsibilities that we, as a staff, have undertaken in the last few weeks. Maybe instead of trying to charm you with my very limited wit, I should take this opportunity to tell you about the changes that have taken place at the paper. We have a new member on our staff, Ken Castelloe, that you will meet as you come in and pay on your subscriptions. Ken will be handling the circulation of the paper and also will act as our Sports Editor. Susan Harris will be doing freelance writing for the paper out of her home, as well as helping with the coverage of local board meetings. Cindy Leicester will remain in her dual capacity as typist/proofreader along with helping out in the office. Pat Mansfield, our former Circula tion Manager, has now undertaken the positioo.of Advertising Manager. Pat will also act as Society Editor for the paper, handling church news, engagements, weddings, etc. I have assumed the duties of Managing Editor. My respon sibilities will include providing you with an accurate report of events and news in Perquimans County. / -X A Chat With Jane * ion? I Williorr We have made a few changes in the paper that we hope you will approve of. You will notice that the editorial page has takeu on a new look this week. We have decided to add a new feature, "Perquimans Opinions", to our editorial page. Each week we will solicit opinions from individuals on the street concerning questions that seem to be controversial around the county. We invite you to submit questions to our office that you would like to see answered in this column. Also, Trooper Danny Parker, a Perquimans County resident, will be writing an occassional editorial com ment from the North Carolina Divi sion of Highway Patrol. His column, Trooper Tip6, will aid in informing you of changes in law, as well as reminding you of traffic safety. Trooper Parker is interested in keeping the public informed and let ting you know that the Highway Patrol is here to serve and protect the citizens. We invite you to submit your editorial comments and letters to the editor for publication at any time. Any items submitted for print on the editorial page must be signed in order to be used. Our office hours will be changing effective Friday, September 23. We will be opening at 8:00 a.m. instead of 9:00 Monday through Friday and closing at 5:00 p.m., except on' Wednesday when we will be closing at 1 :00 p.m. Our office will be closed for lunch from 1:00 p.m. 'till 2:00 p.m. daily. . < The deadline for all news and advertising will remain at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Any news materials received after this time will be held until the next weeks publication. Because of limited news space, we - are unable to guarantee the publica tion of articles submitted for a par* ' ticular week. We ask that you bear with us, and we will print articles as ' soon as space permits. ' We would like to extend an invitaL tion to you to drop by our offices at any time to discuss your ideas and comments about the paper. Our main objective will be to carry out the slogan of THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, "For and About Per quimans People". l Perquimans Opinions ROSE (Ed it or* oote.THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY is adding 4 new feature beginning this we&, Perquimans Opinion. We will be picking a topic each week nd going out into the county to aak you your opinion of topic* that Mem to be of a con troversial nature in Pc. squint an* County. If you have a question that you would Iflce to see appear in this column, please give us ? call. ) The question for this weeks' opinion cohunn Is: What are your feelings concerning the recent decision of the Hertford Town Council to close Cedarwood Cemetery at night. Talmad* Km* of Hertford said, "I have heard and read a little bit about that issue and 1 am certainly in favor of closing the cemetery. I do not see any reason for anyone being out there after baton. I think that reasonable opening and closing hours should be established, a number of places do have that I do not see any reason for anyone wanting to NEEDHAM be out there at eight or nine o'clock jt night. I think that sunrise to sunset or something very close to that would be a very good thing, and it would probably eliminate a lot of tkf problems that we have out there." "I think it would be all right to close it up because I think that's no place to be going backwards and forwards, you know tran sporting through. I think they ahoold clow it" Susan Collins nil "They are closed off at certain ? -IHBMRBHHHHHr CHAPPILL times in some places; but in a small town like this there might be objection to it If there is > vandalism, and evidently there is, it should not be a thorough fare." said Linda Needham Terri Chsppell of Hertford said. "I feel that it should be closed after hours. A cemetery is a sacred place and it should not be vandalised by anyone. I fed * that this would cemetery closing) benefit the town and the v families of the people burled there. I opposite. Public financing can ac toalljr lead to mora graft and corruption than if it 1* derived on a voluntary baaia in the private Thf survey does show , however , feared, since virtually every special > Interest (roup In thia eoutry ia > represented by one or ?or- ?' long aa people an free to Join or not to Join soch efforts, % ia aer . There are no interest growpa - jaet
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