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Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER t A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKER, BUT A PUSHER "VOLUME X. (EIGHT PAGES) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 12, 1919. (ONE SECTION) No. AHOSKIE WANTS CHOWAN COL LEGE REMOVED HERE AND WILL ASK FOR ITS REMOVAL HERE ..-f. . ,. ' i . People of Ahoskie and of the Outlying Territory Are Asked to Meet In Ahoskie on Friday Night, September 19, in General Mass Meeting. CITIZENS OF AHOSKIE EVINCE MUCH ENTHU SIASM AND WILL GO THE LIMIT TO SECURE IT Chowan College Will Be Remodeled or Rebuilt, and Ahoskie Wants The College Removed Here-*?Ahoskie Has Every Advantage Desirable. Without doubt Ahoskie is ab solutely undivided in its desire for the removal of Chowan Col lege here- Ahoskie people are enthusiastic to the point of go ing the limit in offering any reasonable inducement to have tAe Baptist Institution brought to this town- Street talk leads the HERALD to assert that the sum of $25,000 \^>uld easily be the minimum that Ahoskie would offer, either in cash or a site for the buildings and balance in cash. For the pur pose of bringing this enthusi asm to a head, a general mass meeting has been called by en thusiastic citizens, for Friday night, September 19, at which time the matter will be pre sented .and an opportunity giv en to Ahoskie people to show just how much they want the College here. Speakers will be on hand, including Hon. J. Hiliary Matthews, of Windsor, President of the Board of Trus tees of Chowan College, and an enthusiastic supporter of Ahos kie as the logical place for its location, that is, provided the town will offer the proper in ducements About two hundred thousand dollars will be given to the College out of the Million Dol lars recently raised by the Bap tists for educational work, the old site probably sold for sev eral thousand, and added to this thirty or forty thousand dollars locally raised, Chowan College could be made a first rate institution, ranking along with Meredith, and the other standard colleges of the State. There is no doubt that this pro position is under consideration, and the College will either be rebuilt and repaired at the present location or removed to some other place that offers the best inducement. The reasons for removing the College to Ahoskie are ap parent on the very face. Ahoa kie, the largest, most easily ac cessible town in the Roanoke Chowan section, from the mere standpoint of desirability as a mecca for homeseekers out ranks all others in this section. People like to come to Ahos kie even for a day; and they always scramble over residen ces here, in order to make their home among "the beqt people on earth " Being situated on two railroads means much in favor of the town; and would mean even more to Chowan College, were it removed here. Ahoskie again offers a system of waterworks and sewerage, which, by the time the College can be removed here, will have been installed here. That it self should loom up large be fore those who have it in their power to transfer the College. The health of the growing womanhood is of vital import ance, and will be given careful consideration by the West Cho wan Association. Reasons for its removal, not considering the monetary con sideration are enough within themselves to warrant the re moval of the Coll?ge here; but that alone will not suffice. Other towns are offering in ducements?towns that also have their peculiar advanta ges. Ahoskie Must Put Up or She Will Be Shut Up- Ahos kie will go the limit. ? 0 PREPARATIONS BEING MADE ^OR INSTALLA TION OF SEWER SYSTEM The J. R- McCrary Company, of Atlanta, Ga., Making A Survey of the Town, Pre paratory to the Installation of A System of Waterworks and Sewerage A representative of the J. R. McCrary Company, of Atlan ta ,Ga., has been in Ahoskie for the past two weeks making a survey of the town, preparatory to the installation of water works and sewerage. This Company has been employed by the town council to make a plat of the town, and give a general estimate of the cost, and proper system of drainage to be used here. The survey was completed on Wednesday of this week; and the surveyor is now busy making the paper plat, and working out other details, which will be presented to the town council in about three weeks- With this infor mation at hand, an estimate of the cost can be made, and the bids for construction properly considered, and intelligently awarded. This preliminary work will be rushed as far as is practica ble, and just aa soon as the ne cessary information is at hand, bids will be advertised for by the town authorities; and the contract awarded for the instal lation. Bids should be coming in from thirty to sixty days, and it should not be long before ac tual work begins- Certainly, it is hoped that actual work on a big scale will be iniated in early spring. Of coarse, the contract will be awarded before that time, but moat pro bably the bulk of the work will be done in the spring and summer of 1920 - This paper club* with th? Vir ginian-Pilot. Sm us for rmtM. Subscribe to the Herald. I PEANUT GROWERS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA IN, MEET. Board of Director* of the Co operative Market Exchange Have Elected Director* and Will Soon Have It* First Re gular Meeting in City of Suf folk, Va. An enhtusiastic meeting of about three hundred peknut growers of Virginia and North Carolina was held in Norfolk Saturday, August 30, in the Armory. W. J. Storey, Presi dent of the Virginia Carolina Peanut Growers Association, presided. On call for a report on stock subscrptions to the Virginia Carolina Cooperative Exchange Inc., it was found that 2,160 shares had been subscribed and reported, and that many other shares had been subscrib ed, but not reported. Seven county units reported that they had organized and nominated their directors. Their nomi nees were then duly elected members of the board of direc tors as follows: NORTH CAROLINA?J. B. Stephenson, Severn; H J. Vann Como; Dr- E. J. Griffin, Eden ton. VIRGINIA?Dr. C. J. Brad shaw, Carrsville; L. H. Brant ley, Ivor; A. W. Holt, Wake field: W. A. Gwantney, Spring Grove. ine report also showed that since May 15, nearly six hun dred names had been added to the Association and that with a continuation of the same in terest in the work of the Asso ciation the organization of the Exchange would most probalbly be completed in a very short time without taking a dollar form the capitol stock. A very important feature of the business session was the vote of the members of the Ex change to leave the entire bus iness management, including the selection of headquarters, to the Board of Directors, who will hold their first regular meeting, September 9, at Suff olk. During the day the grow ers had the pleasure and pro fit of the most helpful talks and discussions- From W. R- Bea ttie, assistant horticulturist of the United States Department of Agriculture, they got a very straight message on the possibi lities of the peanut and the ne cessity for seed seclection and improved marketing methods. B. F. Williamson, president of theSoutheastern Peanut Cru shers' Association, gave a most helpful discussion on the im portant bearing of peanut oil on the development of the pea nut industry and brought out some striking points for the need of a closer cooperation on the part of all sections and the various interests. He stressed the need for a heavy duty on imported peanuts and peanut oils, and gave it as his opinion that the duty on oil mills had nothing to conceal and were willing at any time to show just wh atpro shrdlu etaoin shrdl what profits they are making out of peanuts brought an en thusiastic applause as an ex pression of the appreciation for his open frankness. Wells Sherman, of the Bu reau of Markets, gave the gro wers present the opportunity to tell just what kind of mar ket news service they wanted and in the discussions of thm different points made he gave some very practical and help ful suggestions on the value of market reports. He will an nounce soon the character of reports to be made by his de partment. , The common verdict of the growers was that Saturday's -meeting was the very best they have ever had and that it ma kes a new step forward in their plans for working out some of the problems. Their interest in this meeting shows that not ? ? II * withstanding the present fav orable prices of peanuts they are going to put themselves in position to get the best market price at all times. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN FOR COTTON ASSOCIA TION in THIS STATE A Drive for Members to the North Carolina Division of the American Cotton Asso ciation Will Begin in Octo ber with S. G. Rubinow as Campaign Director. With the selection of Mr. S. G. Rubinow of the Agricultural Extension Service, as campaign director for the impending: drive in October for members hip in the North Carolina divis ion of the American Cotton As sociation, plans are now rapid ly taking shape for the com plete organization of the cotton farmers of North Carolina. Mr- Rubinow is rapidly working out the details of the organiza tion, and will secure a corps of assistants for the work. It is planned to make a house to house and a farm to farm campaign during the month of October, at which time at least 70,000 members are expected to be enrolled in the Associa tion from the cotton growing counties of the State- The local farm demonstrator of the Agricultural Extension Service and several individuals and or ganizations have already pled ged their support to the move ment. Many prominent speakers have been invited to the State during the time of the cam paign, and as soon as they have given definite acceptance to these invitations, announce ments of the places and dates of meetings will be made. Mr- T. B Parker, well known farmer and Director of Far mers' Institutes in the State, will handle the speaking pro gram of the campaign, and, un der the present management, Mr. F. H. Jeter,* Agricultural Editor of the Extension Ser vice, will assist Mr. Rubinow with the publicity work. It is planned to make the campaign short and intensive, with a neffort being made to enroll every single cotton gro wer and farmer in North Car olina as a member of the North Carolina Division. The Amer ican Cotton Association, as now planned, will be a permanent organization with branch offi ces in all of the large cotton consuming countries of the world, and will devote itp en tire energies to securing fair prices for American grown cotton, both at home and ab road. It has been seen that this is the only way in which the movement for a fair price of cotton can be successful, and it is hoped by the authorities that every cotton former in the State will enroll himself as a member. Detailed information in con nection with the work of the Association can be had by wri ting to S. G. Rubinow, State Campaign Director, Raleig, N. C REVENUE OFFICERS AF TER "MONKEY" STILLS Reveune officer Jenkins, ac companied by deputy Sheriff Jno. W. Tayloe, of Union, has been making a few raids on th? monkey rum plants in this Cou nty during the past few days, and they have reaped apretty good harvest. On Wednesday a small five-gallon home made stiTT was captured near Cofleld, and the owner ,who was not on the scene, was ater appre hended and placed under bond. Several others have been cap tured in and around Ahoskie, and several were?on display to day at the Manhattan Hotel, where officer Jenkins is stop ping. Jenkins and Tayloe are still out on the hunt forothers, and there is no doubt they will round up plenty of others, for this section has a good supply. TOBACCO SELLS i. GOOD HERE ON ORENING DAY Almost 250,000 Pound* of To- . bacco Sold Here Lut Thursday. LARGEST SALE ON RE CORD IN AHOSKIE Prices for Good Grades High- ! er Than Ever-?Prices Getting Better An estimated total of 240, j 000 pounds of tobacco were sold on the local tobacco mar ket last Thursday, September 4, the opening day of the mar ket here for the season of 1919. Tobacco that began pouring in to town on Tuesday night befor the sale had every inch of avail able floor space taken up on early Thursday morning at the j break of day; and a young ar my of carts, wagons, and Fords were still on the outside wait ing to be unloaded, with no place upon which to deposit the tobacco. Not only were the three warehouses full but the prize house belonging to the Planters Warehons was al- j so filled to capacity. The whole town was litter ed with the tobacco farmers, their wives and their children; as well as many others from ? nearby towns, who came just to look on. Some say that it was the largest crowd that the town has ever harbored at one time, not excepting the time when old man "Buffaloe Bill" cavorted around the circus [ring. The largest aggregation of buyers ever on the local mar ket was here last Thursday, all eager to get the major portion of the offerings. Tobacco sold on that day from up in the nine-, ties down to one cent for scrap the best grades selling higher than ever before in the history of the local market. Poorer grades did not sell as high as last year probably, but the gen eral average was far better than on any previous year. Selling began early in the morning, before the arival of the morning trains, and lasted until late afternoon, and when the auctioneers ceased erring off the weed, many thousand pounds were still on the floor unsold, neither the Basnight Warehouse nor the prize house having had sales- The toba'c co at these two houses were , sold on Friday. , Each day this week every' warehouse has had a big sale, and today, Thursday, a big break is scheduled, and judg ing frpm the number of tobac co laden vehicles that have come to town early today it ap pears that it will be another record breaker. Friday's sale will also in all probability be another big day locally. Prices have advanced several i dollars per hunderd since the opening day, and .the lower grades are selling much higher ? than at the opening. Better grades have also advanced, and new high levels are reac hed at every day's sale. It is confidently expected that the 1 local market will almost reach the five thousand pound mark during the 1919 Mason. AHOSKIE WILL HAVE CITY MAIL DEUVERY Ahoskie Will Be Placed in the "City" Class By Postoffice Department AHOSKIE WILL HAVE CITY MAIL DELIVERY Petition Will Ask For It, and Department Has Girea Assurances. Who said Ahoskie was not destined to become a young ci ty, even yet? You, Honorable Reader, know already that the HERALD has always .preach ed that gospel, and now, she is about to realize her fondest hopes. The Postoffice Depart ment at Washington has recog nized that fact, any way; and, if those people up there can dub Ahoskie "City" the Herald will hereafter desist from refer ring to Ahoskie as "town," "village," "hamlet," and other such baby names. Verily, "Ci ty" sounds bigger if it does not get us anything. Hereafter, it is "the city of Ahoskie." Rather peculiar sounding paragraph is the above, unless one know the causes of such statements. Well, here you have it. City mail delivery is practically assumed for Ahos kie, that is, if Ahoskie people want it enough to exert them selves to the extent of signing a petition asking for it. This is the information contained in a communication received at the local postoffice, and is al so assured by communications now in the hands of Mr. E- J. Gerock, one of our enterpris ing citizens. In a few days a petition will be circulated among the peo ple of the town, addressed to the Postofflce Department st Washington, asking that city mail delivery be given to Ahos kie- Already, the town has positive assurances that, if the town people ask for it by pe tition, the local office will de liver mail right to your door daily Mr. Gerock wil cause the petition to be circuated and everybody should sign it. If no one calls on you, luakfc it a point to hunt up the person circulating the petition. Owing to Mr. Gerock's ab sence, the petition could not be circulated this week. 0 Sufferer* from indigestion are apt to become discouraged and feel that complete recovery is not to be hoped for. No one could make a greater mistake. Hundreds have been per manently cured by taking Chamber lain'! Colic and Diarrheoa Remedy and can now eat anything they crave. Chamberlain's Tablet* streghten the stomach and enable it to perform it* functions naturally. If you have not tried them do *o at once.?adv. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE TOR ctttle or hone, nine hog*, one pea nut picker and one keroeme en gine. Tynes Newsome, Aho?kf?, N. C. 0 . 1 FOR BARGAINS IN FORD CARS write or aee Berne* 41 Early, 190 Crawford St., Portsmouth, Va.
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