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^Tr^rTW-rrrrrz~-~-' Hertford County Herald ..J - ... . -- ^a-a ? ' '??!?? HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE ' NOT A BALKER, BUT A PUSHER VOLUME X. (SIX PAGES) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919 (ONE SECTION) No. 37. THE PEOPLES HAS THE BEST YEAR IN 1919 People* Bank of Murfreesboro Made A Fine Dividend 1919. 20 PER CENT. DIVIDEND WAS DECLARED MADE Although Essentially an Agri cultural Section This Bank Shows an Increase of Nearly Three Hundred Thouand in the Past Year?The Best Year in History. The stockholders of the Peo ples Bank, of Murfreesboro, held their regular annual meet ing a few days ago. The re port of finances ,as given by the President, Hon. D. C. Barnes, showed that the undivided pro fits for the current year amount ed to $9,000, in spite of the un settled war conditions at the be ginning of the yeaf. On mo . tion made at the meeting, a 20 per cent cash dividend was de clared, and this week each of the~I20 stockholders is being mailed his cash dividend check together with a letter by the President, outlining the condi tion of the bank, and telling of the wonderful strides the bank made during the current year. ine report shows that this thorough-going banking insti tution has made more money -ajdun jo eaa us auiiofaa ojb a'j -UHO0 paO^JOH JO SJ9LUJBJ I9A3 XiqiDJOJ saoiu this bank demonstrates even decented prosperity. The phenomenal growth of this year than any previou year in it shistory, notwithstanding the fact that its clientele is com posed almost solely of farming peoples in a nessentially agri cultural section. Their adver tisement of last week showed that the bank had over doubled its total resources during the year of 1919; and each succeed ing published report evidences an even larger volume of bus iness. ? - Resolutions of Respect God in His wisdom removed from the Bethlehem Church on October 6 1919, Mrs. Daniel Lowe, one of our faithful member*, but her consistent life and triumphant death will enable us to mourn for her not as those who have no hope. ' Her seat in church was rarely va cant; her pastor always found a wel- j come in her home. We commend her virtues to her I friends and bereaved children and we j hope for them, her husband and her. nged mother the cotnfort which God only can give. Therefore, be it resolved that the W. M. .U. has lost one of its most loy-1 cl members, that a copy of these resolutions be inserted in the minutes one sent to the Biblical Recorder for publication and one given to the fam ily MRS. C. T. PEELE, MRS. S. J. HILL, MRE. R. P. THOMAS. NOTICE?I HAVE FOR SALE 23 acres, of good farming, land located only one mile from the town of Ahoskie. About 2-8 cleared. Cheap and on easy terms. Apply to N. E. Green, Ahoskie, N. C. It1 __ I Subscribe to the HERALD. # x MORE FRUIT TREES NEEDED The present high price* of fruits should have the effect of stimulating larger plantings of both home and commercial orchards throughout the State of North Carolina, is the opin iori of the horticultural experts of the North Carolina Experiment Sta tion. Though a fine fruit state. North Carolina has never produced sufficient amount of fruits for the local use. It is a fact that numreous farm ho. mes, both in our lowlands and our mountains do not even have the sem blance of an orchard and that our city and country people alike are ve ry greatly dependent upon outaide sources for their fruit supply. North Carolina is not excelled by any state in the diversity of its fruit crops. It is possible to produce the choice fruif of one kind or another from the mountains down to the low er mucklands. Of course, no lo cality in the State is adapted to the commercial production of all the dif ferent kinds of fruits, but every sec tion may produce at least one or two or perhaps more, for the market use and a much greater number for the home use. It is simply a question of selecting these kinds which are adapted to that particular section. In order to assist in the proper | selection of different varieties, and to eliminate the common complaint of those who state that they do not . know what to plant, the Department of Agriculture has issued a bulleitn ? on 'The Home Orchard," which gives I the varities of fruit recommended for | planting in the coastal 'plain, pied i mont and mountain sections. This I bulletin also gives the plan of orchard j and the numbec of trees needed for i a certain area. By following the re commendations outlined, it will be pos" 'sible for the home owner to supply fruit for his table, as well as to Have some for the local markets. In ad dition, a well kept orchard will add greatly to the appearance and sala bility of any plantation. Most any i one wsihing to buy a farm will be I glad to pay an advanced price for : the land when it has a well kept or i chard. This bulletin which was is sued on Februar 1, 1918, is availbale to any citizen of North Carolina free upon, request as long as the supply L exists. In addition to the bulletin, the Ex ? tension Service Horticulturalist, Mr., Paul T. Schooley, who is ready to assist the friut growers of the State on any Of their problems. TO CONSTRUCT BRIDGE ACROSS ROANOKE RIVER Permission has been granted by the War Department to the State Highway Commission for the bridging of two navigable streams in the State, the Roan oke River between Halifax and Bertie Counties, and the Bruns wick River two miles west of Wilmington. With the appro val, the Commission will short ly advertise the two projects for contract, according to an announcement made by Mr. Frank Page, chairman of the Commission. The total expen diture on the two projects will approximate $600,000. The bridge over the Roanoke River, with the approaches, is the largest single project yet to be undertaken by the Com-' mission and will involve an out lay of about $400,000. The bridge itself will be 400 feet long with a draw to permit the passage of ships ,and the ap proaches to the brdge will be two miles in length on either side, broken at intrevals by shorter bridges and trestles^ It will be the only bridge within 50 miles on that stream and its construction will present con siderable engineering difficul ties. The above announcement ap peared in the New & Observer Wednesday of thia week, and comes as a welcome relief to motorists of this section who have practically no exit from this Roanoke-Chowan section to bur neighboring County of Martin and Halifax. The bridge at Weldon heretofore has been the only dependable route. Watch that lab?l. Now ii a good time to pay up. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS As a result of war injuries suffered by our forces overseas, it is esti mated that the number of major am putations (amputations of-an arm or leg or both) was about 3,800. One of the functions of the War Risk Insurance at Washington is to supply artificial limbs to those disabled in service. To date, 1^26 artificial legs and 704 artificial arms have been thus supplie. As rapidly as possible the remaining disabled men will be fitted up. Artificial limbs of the peg type were used by the ancient Egyptians and the Romans. The first jointed artificial leg was invented in 1863 by Count de Beaufort, a french gal lant, who found the awkwardly pro truding peg a hindrance to polite drawing room intercourse. In his ow|i leg he put a hinge held in place by a short iron pin. When the count wished to sit down he pulled the pin and the bent the leg; wishing to rise he straighened out the hinge and re inserted the pin. How Artificial Limbs Are now M*do The manufacture of artificial limbs received a wonderful impetus during the American Civil War, many im provements in the product resulting. The artificial limbs are not made of cork; they used to be known as cork legs from the fact that so many of them were made in Cork, Ireland. They are made of wood, hollowed out, over which rawhide is shrunk to prevent the wood from cracking or splitting. Satisfactory joints and forms of movement make the pres ent style of artificial limbs not a hard ship t owear, and with practice they are easy to "negotiate," so that re markable and running-stunts are pos sible. It has been found by the Bu reau of War Risk Insurance, that it Is more difficult to find and fit a sat isfactory artificial hand, the type in use being furnished with a hook in stead of a hand. Both training and patience are required in learning how to use the artificial hands with accu racy and facility. o The Finier of Scorn. , \ A play to be given by the Bet terment at Union High School December 26, 1919. Refreshments will be served after the play. The public cordially invited.?adv. w TOBACCO GOES HIGH IN NORTH ' CAROLINA Raleigh, N. C., December 15.? The prices paid for tobacco gold on the North Carolina markets during the month ofj^NoVember have been higher than at any time in the histo ry of our industry, according to the monthly report issued by the Copera tive Crop Reporting Service fo the De partment of Agrculture. The aver age price of sales during the month was $67.94. Spring Hope reached as high as $86.85 average for its mon thly sales, and the lowest average price on any market was 641.00 The season's average price as reported on December 1 is $53.16, which is about $5.00 higher than last month's re port, including 'the October sales. The quality of the crop as reported was 80 per cent normal. Though the average yield was low, the increased acreage has made a production al most equal to last year's phenomanal crop of 330,000,000 pounds, which had a value that put North Carolina first among the states. The largest markets seling last month show interesting prices. The ones selling over three million of pounds are Wilson 4,975,101 pounds I ftrst hand and total sales 7,646,127 averaging $66.16 per hundred pounds Winston-Salem 5,749,453 and total of 7,045,006 pounds at $62.01( Green- 1 villa 3,942,523, total 4,388,605 lbs. at $73.13; Kinston 3,801,416, and i total 4,174,186 pounds at $66.77. Rocky Mount sold 2,993,381 pounds first hand, and the total salse were 3,411,008 at $67.64'and Henderson 2,873,436 pounds producers, and to tal of 3,060,166 at $74.83. The mar kets averaging over $80.00 were the towns of Spring Hope $86.65, Fuquay Springs $83.08, Youngsville $81.89 and Apex $81.25. * I . ?? ? Q ? i ii I Cotton Ginned in This County There were 2,440 bales of cotton counting round as half bales, ginhed in Hertford Coun ty, from the crop of 1919, prior to December 1,1919, as compar ed with 2>782 bales gined prior to December 1, 1919, accord ing to the tabulated report giv en out by Special Agent A. T. Newsome, of Winton. This paper club* with the Vir ginian-Pilot. See us for rates. I Rev. Fred T. Collins, for the past two years pastor of the Ahoskie Bap tist Church, has again accepted the pastorate of the local church, making the announcement at the regular spr ees on last Sunday night. Mr. Col lins took occasion at that time to an swer some critics of hit, who for the lack of something better had started the report that he had been dickering with the local church for a raise in ?alary. Rev. Mr. Collins stated on Sunday night that rather than having1 been dickering for a raifce here, he was staying In Ahoskie for a less amount than he had been offered at other places. Mr. Collins has been offered a position with the Federal Department of th? Prohibition Enforcement taw in North Caroling, having received such an appointment through J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, last week. How. ever, he ha* declined both that poai tioh and all other calls in order to accept the call at the Ahoakie Chureli which he aaya he finds hard to leave. Rev. Mr. Collihs is a forceful apeak er and has made a determined fight in Ahoskie against the b|atent evils as ha ofterr terms them The poo pie of Ahoskie are glad that he will remain her*. '?Ik ' * ' V .'.'ffil THREE WEEKS SHORT COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. At the State Agricultural College West Raleigh, will begin on January 8 a Three Weeks Short Course in Ag riculture. This course has been ar ranged by the College to come at a slack time of the year with the far mers and to embrace only the sub jects of direct practical value to the busy farmer. A gooldy number of farmers no doubt will make it a point this year to go to the College from this sec tion for this special work in agricul ture. Most farmers have had a fair ly good year in their farpiing and have gotten at least fair prices for what they have sold from their farm. Now in order that those of us who are engaged in farming may be bet ter prepared for better farming next year and subsequent years, than we have been in the past, it would ap pear to be the part of wisdom for us to take a few days off in the month of January, to go to the college and profit by what will be offered there in the Short Course. People in other lines are attending and profiting by similar boiled-down short courses, and will not a large number of far mers do the same thing? The Course this year will include such matters as field crops, commer cial fertilizers and farm manures, pruning, spraying, insect and disease enemies of crops and fruit trees and the most effective method of their prevention and control; farm dairy, ing, poultry raising, livestock feeding handling and judging, soil managem ent, fruit and vegetable growing, dis eases of farm livestock and their pre vention and control, and gas engines and farm tractors. Those attending the Course will be supplied free tuition, and board and room ntaV be secured in close proximity to the college at reasonable prices. Those wishing further infor mation with reference to the course cos, etc., may secure it from he Dean of Agriculture, West Raleigh, N. C. Better Bull* Cost Leu When Farmer* Coperate The difficulty in getting good pure bred bulls for North Caro lina dairy herds can be partial ly lessened by organizing co operative bull associations, so Agricultural Extension Service, think the dairy experts of the Better bulls at less expense to each farmer are possible by the co-operative method, and the number of bulls required each year to supply dairy herds is less. The co-operative bull associa tion is an organization of far mers in the community, a bull being provided for each block or group of farmers in the com munity, and all the bulls paid for by the entire association. Not fewer than three bulls and often four or five are purchased and from 15 to 30 farmers are represented in the association and from 50 to 150 cows in the block. If the bulls are expect ed to serve cows belonging to farmers outside the association this should be considered in determining the number of the herds in each block, for it is not wise to figure on one bull serving more than 150 cows. - The advantages of the coop erative association, according to the Itlxtension workers, are these: Better bulls are used, and the expense to each farmer is less. Rev. Collins Will Remain with Lo cal Church Another Year. QUESTIONS ASKED ARE GOOD OMENS Agents Should Be Trained Men Say* Extension Service Official. COUNTY AGENTS NEED TO KNOW THE FACTS Farmers Want Advice That Can Only Come from Those Who Know?Great Field for the Right Kind of Men la This Important Work in This State. Preparatory to closing his work in eastern North Carolina Mr. N. B. Stevens District Agent of the Agricultural Extension Service, has collected a sample list of the questions asked the county agents by farmers dur ing one week's time. His com pilation shows that during this week 211 different inquiries were made. Of this number, there are some questions which would stagger the best inform ed men of the country. Some of them have an important re lation to tevery day farming op erations and some bear on fu ture plans for the farm. As a whole the questions show that the farmer of today a much more progressive individual than he farmers of the past. They indicate also that they are thinkii^g about improved agriculture, and better market ing facilities, and, that in plan ning to improve conditions on his farm, he needs the sugges tions and help of a trained ag ricultural man who is constant ly in touch with the latest de velopments and findings of the different stations of the coun try. Many farmers do not know just what constitutes a county agent. In appointing a man, the Agricultural Extension Ser vice tries to get the best and most suitable person available, whether in North Carolina or in some other state. This man must have scientific and prac tical training in agriculture, which means that all 'View ap pointments urn are grad qf an agricultural college, and have considerable farming ex perience as well as the natural qualities of initiative and lead ership. The services of this man are free to the farmers. The Ex tension Serviie especially desir es that he be used as much as possible to aid in progressive farming. ^ The same thin* ap plies to the women agents in their relation to the efforts of tions in the isolated rural ho the housewife to better condi mes of the State. | An Appreciation | It is the season of Christmas cheer in all the homes where subscribers to this paper dwell. Christmas also in the minds and hearts of you good friends of ours. Christmas, with all that term applies as to universal fellowship, bounteous usefulness and renewed recognition of the fact that to give is actully better than to receive. As you have put into anything, that much will get out of it. Out of the interest which you bave takgn in this paper during the past year we hope you have derived an equal per sonal pleasure. Your appreciation has made this paper's issuance a congenial work to us of the management. And likewise in that same spirit which ma kes Christmas time what it is, we take this oppor tunity of expressing pur thanks to the business men of this community, and of the territory in P which this paper circulate* for their cordial co operation in practical ways which has made it ?j __ possible for us regularly to present our best edi torial Efforts to the community in a creditable May the kindly clow of this holiday season g? color life for you and yours throughout the THE PUBLISHERS.
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