Hertford County Herald % HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIU M IN EAST CAROLINA VOLUME 3L (EIGHT PAGEs7 AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1920 (ONE SECTION) No. 44 : ? - ; " ' iii.r-.r REVIEW OF PRO DUCERS'PRICES Cotton Market Raleigh, N. C., February 10?The month closed with the cotton market rather dull, and with little change from the previous. The demand for better grades still continuesgood with very little demand for the lower grades. The producers show no in dication to sacrifice their lower grades at these prices, as they realize the better grades are scarce, and nothing would be gained By pressing the lower grades at this time. Following are given quo&tions for middling cotton on January 31st, at a few of the different designated spot markets over the belt: New CR-leans, 39.88(g); Savannah 39.60 @ ; Calves, ton 42.26 Q ; Norfolk 39.00 @ ; Hem phis 40.60@; Little Rock 39.50@. Cowyu sad Soy Boobs Much Higher Cowpeas are exceedingly scarce and in unusually great demand. Grow err apparently have sold what few they had and only a very limited qua ntity remains in the hands of the dealers. Prices have increased stead ily, good seed now bringing $.76 to $6.00 under limited supply and heavy ' -demand. The great shortage of seed Cow peas has largely increased the de mand for soy bean seed. The antici pated $4-00 level has been reached and passed, and best seed stock is now under heavy demand at (4.60 to $4.76. Only very limited offerings remain unsold. Apply Market Slow aad Draggy Apples continue weak with move ment slow and draggy. Shipments of barrel stock are decreasing. New York Baldwins A 2 1-2 in. ranged 47.60 to 8.60 per berrel in most con suming markets, and Northwestern Winesaps were bringing 92.60 to *3-50 per box la leading Eastern job bing markets. Washington and Ida. ho extra fancy Jonathan* ranged $2.26 tfc $3.25 per box. Box hold ings are considerable greater than this time last year. White Potato*. Mat. Con.id.r.W. Gain _* White Potatoes continued their upward trend during" most of the mon th and dawd steady with Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, No. 1 found whites at $4.86 to 14.56 cwt. V. O B. loading points. Maine bulk Green i Montaina advanced to $4.00 to $4.06 cwt., but dropped at the last of the month to $8.66-8.76. Bad weather i and bad roads here caused decreas ed hauling* although the movement 1 this season has been proportionately < heavier than last year, and supplies 1 on hand evidently are very much 1 smaller. Sweats Steady Sweet Potates strengthened early 'in the month and continued steady. New Jersey and Deleware Yellow varities ranged $2.00-2.86 per bush el ,hamper at the close of the moth < with Tennessee Nancy Halls at $1.76. < 2.36. North Carolina Cloth Stave Barrels Yellow varities closed in Washington at $7.00-7.60; mostly $.7.00. Peaaut Growers Waiting ? 'Reports from leading North Caro lina peanut production centers indi cate that growers are being offered locally 8 1-2 to 9 1-2 @ per lb. for Virginians and $8.00-8.40 per bush el for Spanish. There is a strong tendency to hold for 10@. Only a very Small percentage of the crop re mains in the hands of the growers at their loading points although some have stored their stock in Suffolk warehouses. A limited puanity of good seed stock can still be purchas ed direct from the growers. Live Stock Moderate receipt of hogs at pack ing centers during January, combin ed with a steady demand for pork products, resulted in a substantial in crease in the prices of fat hogs. An increase in hog prices during January is unusual, as receipts are unusually heavier during this month and pric es relatively low. Still further ad vance in pricee during February and March is being. predicted. On the Richmond market December 28th hogs weighing 1(6 lbs. were quoted at $14.80, by January 28th prices had advanced to $18.60. On December 29th on the Baltimore market light t and medium weight hogs 130 to 200 i !b?. were selling at $16.40. and Mil and around 4 to 5 cents on the Bal timore market. The Chicago market cloaed with bulk of hogs quoted at January 26th this some grade passed over the acalea at $17.40. Soft and oily hoga are being heavly discounted on both these markets Ii Richmond from 1 to 3 cents is being deducted 115.90 to $15.26 per cwt. North Carolina cattle feeders wbe have been feeding cattle on high priced feeds this winter have been watching Northern cattle markets with considerable concern during the paat month. Fairly liberal receipts combined-wfth alow markets have re sulted in a decline in prices. Some Improvement was made during the laat few days of the month however, ind cattle men are again growing nopeful that their feeding operations will prove profltable. The quality of the cattle being fed over the State s generally of a better grade than ocal markets demand. Theae mar jets handle mostly a medium grade >f meat, which can be obtained thru Weatern packers or locally froma me Hum grade of cattle at a relatively ow price. For this reason Northern jacker markets where there ia a de. nand for the beat grade of beef have .o be depended upon largely to fnr liah a market for the better gradea r cattle. A good many North Caroli. ia fed cattle will be marketed during February. The Baltimore market slosed with cattle aelling as follows: Choice finished steers, 1200 to 1400 be. $14.25 to $14.76; good butcher iteera, 1000 to 11501ba. $18.00 to 114.00; medium butcher ateera 800 to >50 Iba. $10.50 to $12.60; good fat leifera $11.00 to $18.00; light heif ?rs $8.00 to $10.00. While the gen iral cattle market haa been alow and ow, veal calves have moved readily it advancing prioea. The month cloa >d with roed veals aelling at $21.50 ?k$2$.00; common kind $11.00 to 119.00 on the Baltimore market a.id itill higher on the New York market. CONDITION FAVOR HOLDING PEANUTS After a month of heavy bearish efforts to brisk the peanut market prices are still steadly for Virginias at or close to ten cents with some Fancy Jumbos going at 10 1-4 to 10 1-2 cents and with almost any kind/ of shelling stock bringing 9 1-2 cents. Spanish peanuts have made some gains, now readily commanding $3.40 to $3.60 in Virginia markets. The big factor that has held the market up has been the shortage of the Aiperican crop, while the heavy offerings of Oriental peanuts for fu ture delivery has been the weapon for trying to beat the market down. But official figures now available show that the Chinese crop of 1019 is nearly fifty per cent off in quality as compared with the 1018 crop, and no larger than that crop. Other official trade reports from the Department of Commerce show that the total pro duction of China and Japan for the past three years has not equaled thrf of America. These official reports are proving that the bugaboo of As iatic importations has been worked over-time. The most encourging feature of the peanut situation is that notwithstand ing the government statistics. f show that the movement to the trades dur ing the past month ha been compara tively light, yet the total percent of the crop of Virginias which has pass ed through the mills is decidely larger than any previous year up to Febru ary 1st. It is conservatively estimat ed that while only one-fourth of the peanut year has passed, nearly one half of the crop has been milled. It is also figured that the trade has been buying from hand to mouth and that neither the trade nor the cleaners have enough surplus stock to carry them for thirty days. Both from the standpoint of short production and increased consump tion with the strong probabilities of a decrease in Asiatiaca importations conditions are most favorable for an advance on peanuts in the near fu ture. Even with the grat disturbance of the money market there is no rea on why the reat of the 1919 crop should decline in prices, nor will there be any effort to rush peanuts to th* market in this time of financial de pression will result in a break," from which there would be but little chance of recovery during the rest of this season. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST EACH YEAR TO DAIRYMEN THR0U8H IMPROPER COOLIN6 ' v5 In Time* of Cold Wea:h?r Prepare for Hot Weather?Harvesting Ico In a Northern State. (Prepared by the Ignited States Depart ment of A?rlrulHlr?.l Rich )?' thousands ?'f dollar* from MiirMtl sour milk, isior butter, and Urn-quality cheese. TIwhi' lw> are largely due to im proper <-?olluj of 11.ilk iiml cream on the farm, aciordliis to dnlry s|>e?lal ist*. Kor jjood results milk and cream should Ik- cooled to ."HI tlt'^rces or lower ?mil lield tlierv; and as thii usually can be*I I>e done hy the use of Ice, dairy men should take advantage of any ne:ir-b.v lake or stream to nlriaiu ? supply of ice for next year, , let Costs Little. The lee harvesting seuaou fortunate ly comes at a time when there'U; the least work on the farm for men and te^iios. and consequently the actual rtw-l" Is usually not very pht The iiuantlty of lee needed depends up-iii the location of the farm?whether In the North or in the South, the num ber of cows milked, and the method of hnriditiiK the product. In the northern amies It litis heeti found that, with a luodi ratefy good lee house, oue-half of a ton of Ice |>er cow 1a sufficient to coi;l cream and hold 1 at a low temper ature for delivery 1 nr* or three time* n week. One and one-half or two tons per cow should be provided where milk Is to be cooled. Capacity of Ice Houses. A cubic foot of Ice weighs al>out 57 pounds, so in storing Ice it is custom ary to allow from 40 to JO cubic feet per ton for the mirks of Ice. At least 12 inches-must be left between the Ice and the wall of the building for In sulation. unless the lee house has per manently insulated walls and an un usually large space for Insulation be neath and above the Ice. Where a lake, pond, or stream of clear water1 Is not available, some pre liminary work In preparing the Ice Bold will be required before freezing weather sets In. It to therefore advis able to make all plans for the work as boob as possible. Water for the lev ?apply should be entirely free from contamination or pollution. Poods and sluggish streams usually have grass I and weeds growing In them, so that the Ice harvested la likely to contain de cayed vegetable matter, which la al ways objectionable. They should, therefore, be thoroughly cleared of eoch growths before the Ice haa formed. In some sections It la necessary to Impound the water for producing Ice. Thlajnay be done either by excavating, and diverting a atream Into the ar ea ration, or by constructing" dalna across low areas. In localities where very low temperatures prevail for sev-l era I weeka at a time, and the supply of pure water la limited, block)) of Ice may be frozen In metal cans or In tpedal fiber containers. In harvesting Ice It Is desirable to have a field of sufficient sire to fill the ?ee house at a single cutting, as the thickness ani quality of the Ice will be more nearly onlform, and the necea sary preparation for cutting and har vesting need be made bat once. In many Inatancea. however, the size of the pond or stream la such that It la necessary to wait for a second crop In order to fill the Ice house. The aver age farmer requires only a compara tively amall quantity of Ice, ao that even a small harvesting surface will usually prove large enough, especially If Ice la cut the second time. The square feet of surface required per ton when the Ice la of different thlckneasna Is ahown In the following table. Slsa of cake, 22 by 22 Inches. Square Feat of loa Surface Required Per Ton of Ice. Thickness Number of Cutting Space of Ice Cakes Required Required I Inchea Per Ton Per Ton ? <1.1 106.4 ? ?.? I 70.2 I ut 1 K.e 1* lit < 43 1 It 10.4 K.I 14 a.? HI 1? 7.1 M.3 u ?.? n 4 ? M II I a 1.7 t?.i Few Tools Required. When a small quantity of Ice Is to be harveatnO. but faw tools are required. The following Hat contains those actu ally needed for harvesting Ice on a snail scale: Two Ice saws, one hand marker, one pulley and rope, two pairs of Ice tonga, two Ice hooks, one pointed bar, and one atralght edge. While theae tools are all that are necessary, additional ones, such aa the horse plow and marker, horse scraper and marker, and a calking bar are convenient and will help to expedite the -work of Ice harvesting. U. S. BUTTER EXPORTS SMALL This Country Fuml?h?? Less Than 1 Per Cant of Product That Fig uroa In Tr?do. (Prepared ky the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) In spite of vast ermine lands In th<> United States this country furnishes lens than 1 per rent of the butter that figures In world or International trade according to KlaiMtr* recently com piled by the (Jnlted State* department of agriculture. However, the Millie fact, exprvnw! In ten::* of the totnl number of pound- of liulter exported does not look *1 tn?!wilttaint. slno the annual I? >t??! fee hi I en it one ye:ii In each of III ' !:i*i *i.\ decades llfl> approached 30 P in . i I"iiuid^. The. has been urtTi'ti d 1 i ?timllon In thl country's ex;ni1 < ft butter, lb amount fV?*een th determining factor in llice changer During tile last feu xe;ir? our esportf aninll as Ibey are relatively, have beei going to ~i) dll* rent countries, co? onles, and dependencies; ORGANIZATION IN N. C. . . Altho there are practically S00 companies and organizations licens ed to do business in North Carolina, hairing complied with the law respect ing such privilage, still there are many from outside the state who want to reach the people, and try to evade the law, never failing to so present their claims by letter as to make the impression they are offer ing something better than licensed operators are offering. In all sach cases, Commissioner Jamee R. Young of the North Carolina Insurance De partment, gives specific notice today, that these contracts are not allow able under the law and cannot be en forced Among this claaa, he says,' the "Clergymen's Beneficial Asso- ? elation of Pennsylvania" should be ! rated. From inquires being receiv ed at the department every day re cently, it would appear to be trying to impose upon the clergymen of ths state be uyi Responding to these enquiries, a good practice for many othera if they doubt the bona Ada of any each proposition. Commission er Young, sends this reply?"The Company is not listed in North Car olina and its contracts cannot be en forced." "It has no substantial flnan eil standing". A Good MmHciii for the Grip. George W. Waitt, South Gardiner, Me., relates his experience with the grip "I had the worst cough, cold and groip and had taken lot or trash of no aeeoont. Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy is the only thing that haa done me any food whatever. I have used on* bottle of It and the cold and the grip have loft mo.?advertisement. Watch that lahol on your paper. To bo on the safe aide ft would be better that the last two tlgures were 't#. ?66 has proves it will star* Mala ria, Chilli, aad Fever, Blliout Fever Coldi and LaGrtppo. adv. AMERICAN COT TON ASSOCIATION ?] Raleigh, Feb. 12.?North Carolina producers of cotton dealer* have co operated with the American Cotton Association in the effort that is be ns made by President J. 8. Wan namaker to sell 300,000 bales of low grade cotton to foreign spinners, and a large number of the signed op tions, have been received by the North Carolina office of the Associa tion. These options are merely options, and carry, of course, no guarantee of the sale, President Wannamaker, however, has had negotiations with the foreign spinners and believes he will be able to put the deal through. In view of the fact that there is a pos sibility of the whole deal failing to materialize, Cotton Association of ficials are stressing the importance of understanding that it is merely an option. ,j That a decided fight is being made against the whole scheme is indicat ed in the present trend of the cotton Exchange. It would very materially hurt the interest of gamblers who have sold the cotton market short for low grade cotton to bring the prices the Association is trying to get for these low grsdes of cotton. These prices range from 35 cents for or dinary cotton to 41 cents for low mid dling. These prices are jiot to the seller, f. o. b., his shipping point. The terms are eighty percent cash and twenty percent deferred pay ments, bearing interest at six percent. Because it would be impossible to handle options of individuals in a deal of this magnitude, the Associat ion has found it necessary to get the collective options from county and township organisations of the Cotton Association. In a number of instan ces eounty meetings have been held pnd the county chairmen or some of ficial has sfened the joint option blank for the o?tton of all members who wanted to g*t in on this deal. Some definite decision is supposed to be made about the sale of this cot ton, in the near future. February 11th was the original date set for closing the deal, but there have been delays in getting the options in, and other delays not unexpected in a deal of this nature. Cotton men in all parts of the state are very enthusias tic over the proposed plan and every effort possible is being made by Mr. Wannamaker to complete it as early as possible. JULE B. WARREN, Publicity Director. COLERAIN NEWS Mr. Dick Leary, of Edenton, wu in town last Monday night. Mr. J, T. Long had the m|iafortune to slip on the pavement Tuesday af ternoon breaklpg out the plate glass to Mr. E. White's store window and : cutting his hand badly. i Mr. C. B. Morris went to Norfolk last Wednesday on a business trip, i The ground hog must have seen his 1 shadow somewhere last Monday, judg 1 ing from the amount of rain recently. 1 - Mr. Orfon" MohUqQe "came"T>ome " Friday on Account of Ute "flue" epi demic at Trinity Park. Mr. Clarence Myers left Saturday morning for Norfolk where he will ' enter the Davis Mayer School and 1 take a business course. Rev. R. B. Lineberry was called ' to Mill Neck Friday to preach the ' funeral of Mr. Joe Holloman who passed away Thursday. Mr. aud Mrs. W. E. White returned from Baltimore last Friday. Mr. W. B. Brown, of Norfolk, was i the guest of Mr. E. White the past ' week. Mrs. Clarance Beasley is spending ( this week with her mother. Mr. aud Mrs. Coy Smithwick, of Merry Hill, were the guest of Mr. J. ' H. Myers last Sunday. . Town Buys Site For New Light Plant aad Water Werks. The town of Ahoskie bought a site from Mr. J. A. Mitchell, south of the Columbia Peanut Mill Tuesday, and have already started a new btiilding for the Ahoakie Light and Water Works, which location has bean highly favored by the beat citiiens of the town. This sits U located on high ground and will make an ideal loca tion From the looks of things the town will soon have the long expected day current, water and seweT system, some of the sewer pipe was unloaded Tu;-? lay. REVALATION & NEW TAX RATE To the People of North Carolina: After hearing the reporta made byv the District Supervisors (n charge of the Revaluation Act, and after a fall conference with the Stata Budget Commission, the State Tax Commis sion, and the State Treasurer, I And that I will be justified in giving to the people of the State the following information: I propose to submit to the Special Session of the General Assembly, which is expected to meet in July, the following recommendations: 1. That the State take no advant age of that .part of the Revaluation Act which authorized a ten per cent increase of revenues for the year 192D, but that the General Assembly fix ? rata for 1M# that will yield all State purposes exactly the same amount of revenue from real and persona] property as was collected in the year 1919 There may be one exception to this recommendation and that is that it may be necessary to increase the funds provided by the State for public schools to the ex tent of five per cent, certainly not more than this. This increase will be * only half the amount contemplated bjj the General Assembly of 1919 for this specific purpose. Purely Equalization Act. It will thus be seen, in the light of this recommendation, that tfce Re. valuation Act becomes one of equali zation, pure and simple, an^ with the vast quantities of property now going on the tax books that was not taxed at all heretofore both of lands and of intangible personal property, it is certain that many thousands of tax payers will actually pay less taxea tn 1920, than they paid in 1919. - 2. I will also recommend tV: there be inserted in the Revaluation Act a clause providing that in any year at any time before the taxes are actually levied by the county authorities, any property owner may ask for a re-assessment of his # pro perty upon filing an affidavit support ed by two disinterested freeholders that his property is on the tax books at a sum greater than ita market valae. ?. " * " v'^_. 3. I will also recommend to the Special Sesaion of the General As sembly that there be embodied in the Constitutional amendmenta now pend ing and to be voted on in November a provision greatly reducing the pre sent constitutional limitation of 64 2-3 centa on the one hundred dollar* worth of property. It waa the pur pose of the Finance Committee of the House and Senate to revise this limitation downwards.. It is now apparent that the revised valuations will be large enough to permit a sub. itantial reduction of this limitation, and will leave a reasonable margin for the neceaaitites of our future development. Just what figure will be a proper limitation cannot be de termined until the total values under the new aaswment^are ascer&tiQed. Outstanding Facts Three facts in regard to the Re valuation Act are now outstanding, ind no longer the subject of con troversy : 1. The one purpose of the act is ;o wipe out the inequalities of the sxisting system. 2. Under the Act the tax rate trill be so low thst no class of proper ty will be outlawed and driven from he State. 3. The extraordinarily loW rate inder the Revaluation Act will un ?over milliona of dollars in the State that have never been oa the tax !>ooks at all, and will draw into the State millions of capiat from he ends >f the earth. T. W. BICKETT, Governor. Executive Office. Weigh. January 30, 1920. PARKER-DUNN Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dunn announce the marriage of their daughter Ber unice to Mr. Dewey Parker on Wed needay, February 4th. The cere mony taking place at the Baptist parsonage of Wlnton, N. C., Rev. A. P. Wnstein officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Parker left on the morning train for New York, Baltimore and Washing ton ; upon their retarn they will make their home In Union, N. C. Subscribe to th? HtraM l?