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VOLUME X. (ONE SECTION) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919. (EIGHT PAGES) No. 16
SAYS CHARGE
IS WITHOUT
FOUNDATION
Representative Win borne An
swer* Charge* of Edi
tor Connor.
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HE DID NOT ABOLISH
NORTHAMPTON COURT
Bill Wu Amended After He
Had Drawn It Without
His Knowledge
The following explanation appear
ed in tha Roanoke- Chowan Times
last week.
t Mr. Editor;?There appeared in
your paper in the issue of the 17inst
the following editorial;
"It has been suggested that the
next time Hertford County sends
Representative Stanley Winborne to
the Legislature Northampton send an
extra man to watch him and see that
he gets through no legislation detri
mental to Northampton. Four years
ago Mr. Winborne had passed an Act
for Hertford County that took aw
ay from Northampton its August
Term of Court. We got it back in
course of time, but it turns oat that
at the session last winter Mr .Win
borne "unbeknownst" to the Repre
sentative and Senator from North
ampton had the law providing for
August Term of Northampton re
pealed, etc."
The above editorial menas that I
took advantage of your splendid rep
resentative and is also a reflection
upon him that he allowed me to dupe
* him. Neither is true. The reason
of the repeal of the August Tern)
of Court for Northampton is due to
neither of us, but to the intermed.
- dling of some one else who did not
desire Court to. be held in Northamp
ton in the sumer.
Four years ago I re-established
a Court to be held in Hertford Coun
ty on the Fifth Monday before the
first Monday in September and it
developed that your court being def
initely Axed for the first Monday in
August, that whenever there were
five Mondays in August that there
?u a conflict. Ton did not '"get
your court back." It just came
back by the workings of the moon
and you would have lost it again on
next year.
With the view of relieving this
conflict, I talked with some of the
members of the bar of your county
and your representative and we
decided to remedy the trouble, and
? after carefully investigating the
Court Calendar, I drew a bill pro
viding that Hertford County should
be held on the fourth Monday before
the first Monday in September, which
arrangement conformed to the usual
way of fixing courts on certain mon
days and relieved the conflict. The
bill was submitted to Mr..Stephenson J
approved by him, jwas introduced,
favorably reported and placed upon
the calendar.
Just at this time I was called from
Raleigh to the bedside of my father,
and thinking that no one save Mr.
Stephenson and myself were inter
ested in the bill I paid no more at
tention to it, except to examine the
records in the Clerk's Office before
the end of the session to ascertain
..that my bills had passed.
I never dreamed that there had
been any change made in the bill
until I received a letter from Judge
Bond on July 6, asking if it were
true that the August Court la North
ampton had been abolished. I was
astounded by his question and then i
wrote to Col. J. Bryan Crimea to,
examine the bill and see if it did not j
provide for Northampton Court and '
if it did not, to let me know if it
had been amended and, if so. by
whom? On July 14th I received tne
following letter from Col. Grimes;
Raleigh, N. C., July 14, .919.
Hon. Stanley Winborne,
Murfreesboro, N. C.
Dear Sir?
"1 have your favor of the O.h
inst. and take pleasure in ha i ' nj
you printed copy H. B. 10S8. 3 B.
1133."
Upon investigation I find that this
was attended in the House on se<4nd
reading and engrossed before being
sent to the Senate. The original
bill was not preserved, and there is
nothing in the House Journal to in
dicate the nature of the amendment
or by whom the amendment was sub
mitted."
"With best wishes."
J. BRYAN GRIMES,
Secretary of State.
By F. W. Brown, Corp. Clark"
It was this amendment that took
k
from you your Summer Term of
Court. I did not offer it and certain
ly your Representative did not There
was some one else who needed the
watching.
Just a word more. The bill did
not mean anything to Hertford Coun
ty either way. Our cotfrt was all
right as it stood. My sole and only
purpose in introducing the bill was
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LOCAL PASTOR !j
ANSWERS THE ji
MEN'S CLUB |
Rev. Collin* Answer* Article j
Published by Tuscaro
ra Club.
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SAYS CLUB HAS NOT
STATED THE FACTS.
I
Best Homes Do Not Allow
Dancing, Says Local
Pastor.
Rev. Fred T. Collins, of the Ahos
kie Baptist Church, having recov
ered from a recent attack af bilous
fever, again filled the pulpit of his
church on Sunday, July 27, both at
the morning and evening service.
Sunday morining, in his first ser-.
mon since his recent attack of ill- j
ness, Rev. Collins made answer to an ;
article recently published in this pa
per by the Tuscarora Club. Hff'?ns- i
wer to this article, he stated that the
facts had been perverted; and, in
truth, the facts had been misstated
said the pastor of this church.
His particular reference was to I
that section of the article which sta
ted that the best and leading busi
ness and professional men of the
town were members of the Club.
?Rev. Collins said that the best men
of the town did not belong to the
Club, and they had never been mem
bers. He described the "second best
man" as the person who withdrew,
from the club when the issue was
drawn between church and club.
"The third best man" he described
as the person who would withdraw
from the club now, but for vicious
leadership..
He also stated that the club er
red when it stated that dancing was
practiced in the best homes of the
land.t^ev. Collins stated that the
best homes in Ahoskie did not tol- ]
erate dancing, and that the best
women of the town had never gone j
nto the club rooms
j The Ahoskie Tobacco
I Market Opens Thurs
? day, August 21, 1919. |
| Farmers if you want the High Dollar l
| for your tobacco sell on the Ahoskie
| Market
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HIGHER PRICES f
FOR FINE TOBACCO
Reidsville, July 25?P. D. Watt
has returned from a trip to Flor
ence, S. C., and other points in the
new bright tobacco belt. He says
the fine tobaccos are selling high?
even higher than last year?but the
low grades are in poor demand and
prices on these are very disappoint
ing. Owing to the tremendous ac
reage planted in tobacco in that sec
tion this year, he says the farmers
have not been able to crop the
tops. Owing to the low prices on
the lower grades and scarcity of laber
many farmers are not saving the sand
lugs as usual but stripping the lower
leaves from' the plants and . leaving
them on the ground.
The excessive rmins of the past
week caused the overflow of many
streams in this section and some dam
age. to bottom lands corn resulted.
The continued wet weather has been
unfavorable to growing tobacco and
it is feared that it has been perma
nently injured. However, tobacco
can show a wonderful "come out" ,
and a fairly good crop may yet be
made. The rains ceased Wednesday
though the clouds are still threaten
ing.?Greensboro Daily News.
to favor the people ofrv' rthmapton,
many of whom 1 count as my friends
and to so arrange our courts that I j
might have the pleasure of vsiting
your splendid people each summer
with the occasional possibility of pro
fitting thereby. There is noreason
on earth why I should want to abol
ish your court and am very sorry in
deed about the miscarriage of our
well intended plans and will do all
that I can to aid your representa
tive in correcting the trouble at the
Special Session next July.
Respectfully,
STANLEY WINBORNE
SERVICE
Is'the first word, and the
guiding 'hrought of this
service station.
SATISFACTION
To every customer is o?r
aim. Repair work done
right a*
SESSOMS BROS'. GARAGE
Ahoskie, N. C.
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FAIRS MAY GET
STATE ASSISTANCE
Raleigh, July31?September first
is closing date for all applications for
State aid and provision of judges for
faiA. Those counties which desire
State aid this year should file their
application with the Extension serv
ice at once.Applications received af
ter September first will not be con
sidered. According to S. G. Rubi
now, Chairman of the Fair Commit,
tee, only 62 counties have made app
lication. Of these, 16 are for coun
ty fairs, 4 for district fairs, 3 for ne
gro fairs and 39 for community fairs
Every county can have a fair, four
community fairs and two negro fairs.
These should be organized at once
and application filed.
Every fair should strive for bet
ter attendance, more exhibitors, bet
ter exhibits, finer programs ,more
contests, more interest and perma
nent organization. To secure each
of these, premium lists ought to be
distributed by this time and in the
hands of every man, woman and child
in your community. ,
Extension Circular no. 94 gives
the record the people of the State
have made in fair work during the
past five years. This circularTs Tree
as long as the^present supply lasts,
and can be obtained by writing to
the Agricultural editor. Agricultural
Extension Service, Raleigh, N. C.
"Why I Put Up- With Rata for Years
Writes N. Wimd.ir, Farmer .
"Years ago I bought some rat poi.
son, which nearly .killed our watch
dog. It so scared me that we suffer
ed a long time with the rats until a
neighbor told me about RAT-SNAP.
That's the sure rat killer and a safe
one." Three sizes, 26c., 60c., $1.00.
Sold and guaranteed by E. J. Bell
A Co., Z. V. Bellamy, and E. J. Ger.
ock.?advertisement. ?
"Rat-Sup Beats the Best Trap Ever
Made," Mrs. Emily Shaw says.
"My husband bonght a ?2. rat trap
I bought a 60c. box of RAT-SNAP.
The trap only caught three rats but
RATfSNAP killed 12 a week. I'M
never without RAT-SNAP. Reckon
I couldn't raise chickens without it."
RAT-SNAP comes in cakes. .Three
sizes, 25c., 60c., $1.00. Sold and gu
aranteed by E. J. Bell and Co., Z. V.
Bellamy and E. J. Gerock.?adver.
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ginian-Pilot. See us for rates.
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NATION WIDE LIVE
STOCK CRUSADE
Washington, D. C., July 31?"Bet
ter Sites?Better Stock."
This is the slogan of a nation wide
livestock crusade, to get actively in
motion October 1, that is announced
by the United States Department of
Agriculture, working in co-operation
with the State agriculturaal colle
ges and other agencies interested
in livestock improvement. The cam
paign looks forward to the future
needs of this coutry's increasing pop
ulation and results from long and
careful investigation of the liveatock
industry in this country, and was plan
ned after extensive cousultation with
specialist and breeders. The plan
is to hasten the replacement of the
multitudes of scrub domestic aifl
mals in the United States with pure
bred or high grade stock, arid also
to improve the quality of the pure
breda themselves. The goal in view
is greater efficiency in production.
The camapign will be the first or
ganized crusade in a large country
to improve all the livestock simultan
eously. It will interfere in no way
with any work in livestock improve
ment-now being conducted, but ma
kes alt the work more definite and
effective by providing official recog
nition for progressive breeders .
The campaign will be supervised
from the Department of Agriculture
in Washington ,and hi each state by
the State agricultural college. Coun
j ty agents and other field workers of
the Department of Agriculture and
of the state colleges will handle the
camapign locally. Every livestock
owner actively co-operating and keep
ing and using none but pure bred
sires of good quality will be given
an emblem as an official recognition
of meritorius effrt..
A Traveling Man's Experience
You may learn comehting from
the following by W. H. Israel, a trav
eling salesman of Louisville, Ken.,
"In the summer of 1888 I had a se
vere attack of cholera morbus. I
gave the hotel porter fifty c?nts and
told him to buy me a bottle'of ChAm
berlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy
and take no substitute. I took ? dou
ble dose of it according to the in
structions and went to sleep. At fi
ve o'clock the nex morning I was cal
led by my order and tok a train for
my next stopping place, a well man."
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CELEBRATION
FOR SOLDIERS
AT WINDSOR
Bertie County Will Hold Cele
bration for Returned
Soldiers.
SENATOR ROBINSON
TO MAKE SPEECH
Submarine Chaser and Hydro
Plane Will Be There
on Exhibit.
Bertie County will honor the re
returned soldiers and marines in a
mammoth celebration to be held in
Windsor on Tuesday, Augusts. Sen
ator Jos. T. Robinson, of Arkansas
will deliver the address to the gath
ering on that day; and Senator Rob
inson is one of the most vigorous
and able speakers in the United Sta
tes Senate today. There is no doubt
that he will treat his audience on
instructive talks of his career.
'Arrangements have been complet
ed whereby the Navy Department wil
send to Windsor a latest type sub
marine chaser, and will be moored
at the foot of the hills, at the dock
| of the Cashie River, during the entire
[day for the edification? of the large
crowd that will surely be on hand
for this great crowd that is sure to
be present on that day. A modern
hydro-plane will also be sent by the
Department to Windsor on that day
and will be on exhibit during the en
tire day. The famous Marine Band
of Norfolk will also be on hand to
furnish music for the occasion. A
free dinner and all kinds of refresh
ments will also be served to the re
turned soldiers and marines.
Bertie County has listed every sol
dier, sailor and marine that served
in the war and no one will be shun
ned on that day. Several Bertie
boys sacrificed their livea in .the re
cent war with Germany, and honor
will be done their memory on Tues
day, August 5.
Everybody, not only of Bertie
County, but of the adjoining coun
ties as well, is invited to be present
in Windsor on that day and help
give the boys a grand and glorious
day of welcome.
EDITOR SPENDING WEEK AT
WRIGHTSV1LLE BEACH.
J. Roy Parker, Editor of the
Herald, and wife, and Misses Thel
ma Boyette and Annie Parker left
Tuesday for Wrightesville Beach,
| N. C., where they will spend the
1 current week. The editor will at
I tend the sessions of the North Car
olina Press Association, which meets
in annual session there this week.
One of the features of the pro
gram that has been arranged for
North Carolina editors is the launc
hing of. the first steel ship to be
constructed in North Carolina
Secretary Josephus Daniels, himself
' an old newspaper man, will be pree
ent and will make an addresa at
launching of the ship. A conerete
ship will also be launched while the
editors are there in their meeting.
In the absence of the editor, Mr.
Vinson, manager of the Herald will
have complete charge of this pub
| lication.
Rub-Mjr-TUaa is a powerful eeti
| septic; it hills the pause ceased
fee led lets, MM eU sens, *
etc. edv.