M|^^HJIMp?MBmmm?'"^* "''^y^ l^-iyy!"^Vr^"^r^'~V 7"i'""" W I':"*"- V- '" *- ??*?' ?n ?-' - , * ^V,p*+'j ?'?- ?*' > ? " *f.-' . -.. '??' Hertford County Herald n i igggn^ae-- ._ ?_.. i ?? HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, October21, 1921 One Section- No. 25 STATE HEWS III DIGEST C1PIIE0 FDR ftitS Of I HERALD ?The open printing shops of Raleigh are seeking to have an ordinance which restricts the ci ty printing to union shops of the city. ?The American Legion of the town of Lumberton are making plans for a large Armistice cel ebration on November 11th. ?Representative Brinson, of the Third Congressional Dist rict, has complained to the' post office department about the re cent appointment of the post master at Goldsboro. He alle ges that the appointment was made on political grounds rath er than on merit. -^-The janitor of the Raleigh Woman's Club has been arrest ed for wasting the city water which is running very low on ac count Of the continued drought. ?Eight community fairs were; held in Moore county during the past month. ?Daily boat service has been inaugurated between Norfolk, Va., and Elizabeth City. The new boat line makes local stops enroute between these two pla ces. "-.V. ?Judge Lane has ordered that an increase be made in the tax levy of Yadkin County for the schools of the county, the first levy not having been sufficient to properly conduct the county i public schools. ?W. C. Boren is the new pres ident of the North Carolina Go od Roads Association, having been elected at the stale meet ing which was held in Greens boro last week. ' ?5Fhe State University last we ek celebrated its 128th birth day, by elaborate ceremonies, including the ktying of another cornerstone. ?The little town of Ayden in Pitt County is spending large sums upon their streets. This town expects to take the recprd on street paving. whl< h is r .w hel l by the 1own of Lexington. ?*?One of the artillerymen at tached to the government troop which are moving across the state to Virginia, was killed by a truck near Ro.xboro ope day last week. -- According to recent announ cement Wake Forest College vrll have a new athletic field by next spring ?The merchants association | and chamber of commerce of Aaheville are planning to erect houses for rent, which can.be, rented at from $15 to $25 per month. ?J. W. Bailey, on the e*-e ofi surrendering his officeas Inter nal Revenue Collector for North I Carolina, gives out a statement in which he says he has reduc ed the cost of collecting federal taxes seventy fiye per cent since he has been office. He also gives some advice tO*his succes sor, Gillam Grissom, who was recently appointed by President Harding. ?The Central Carolina Fair was held in Greensboro during last'week; and was well attend ed throughout the week. ?Gov. Morrison issued several pardons last week; and at the same time refused to grant oth. erg that were applied fw. ?The Executive committee of the Nbrth Carolina 'Sunday School Association met in Ral eigh October 11th., and laid the plana for further promotion of that organisation. ?S. B. Cobb, of . Burlington, had * close call frpm being bur ned to death, when his home caught on- fire one night last week and was partially destroy ed before the fire was discover ed by him. ?Kiaston ngws despatches in . .V ? ? . H . *... y ; .f t .?' J;-' ? 5*1 dicate that a large number of prize fowls from that section are on exhibit at the Great St ate fair which is in progress at Raleigh this week. I ' ml ?The Carolina Playmakers of the State University have made a big. hit in the northern-ritrear A New York City publishing con cern has announced that it will publish a volume of the pl&ys by the University, boys. ?A receiver has been named for the Henderson city water company,- on account of their failure to make necessary addi tions to their plant in order to meet emergencies in the water supply for the city. ?Home office agents of the Jefferson Standard Life Insur ance Company of Greensboro report a general revival in bus iness conditions in the southern territory, during the past two months. ?For the first time in many ye ars the Wake Forest College football team defeated the Da vidson team, last Saturday, the score being 10 to 7. ?The Western North Carolina Conference of the At E. chur ch convened at High Point op Wednesday of this week. ?An advance in tobacco prices Km hepn noted Hnrinc the rtast week, mariy markets averaging around $35 per hundred and some higher than that. ?Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of Biltmore, has,recently purchas ed golf links under construction at an approximate cost of $30, 000, the links being located on a reservation at Biltmore. ?Mrs. Maude McAbee, of the city of Asheville, has been sen tenced to two years in the "pen' for assisting in the violation of the Mann White Slave Act. i'-i ' S ? ..-3 ?&??"%W-"? T: *$?] ?Judge K. M. Landis, supreme arbiter in the baseball world, is now busily engaged in investi gating the affairs of the Virgin ia League, in which Rocky Mo unt was barred from playing in the championship games. ?More than 300 people of the town of Spencer last week char tered a special train and made a trip to Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of hearing Cyclone Ma ck, the celebrated evangelist', who is now conducting a series j of meetings in that city. ?Evangelist Jim Green is wor king wonders with the lawless element of Winston-Salem, at which city he is npw conducting ! a revival. Many, according to reports are confessing their lawless acts, and Surrendering to the officers of the law. ?Judge Frank Carter, attor ney for J. T. Harris, of Ridge crest, awaiting electrocution on la murder charge,'in a stateme nt made to the press Monday bitterly assails Governor Morri son for his refusal to commute the death sentence. !?Very few landowners of the State are protesting against the widening of the highways, and the taking of their land hy the State Highway Commission. ?The American Legion of the city of Greensboro expects to stage a big -celebration on Ar mistice Day. ?The Atlantic Coast-Line rail road is among the list of roads on which the employees will go out on strike on the last day of I October. 0 j Some Attend Woodland Fair I The enlivened midway and the flying stunts at Woodland this week, on the occasion of the Roanoke-Chowan Fair, has enticed several localites to vis it Woodland this week. Gloth's Shows, a 14-car carnival, is af fording amusement for the fair attendants, and the "Carolina Flyers" are also electrifying its crowds. I 1 1 " .1 ' ' ? ' THE MAN WHO QUITS ? ^ - mmmmmmmmrnm .? , ; J . * The man who quits has a brain and hand As good as the next; but he lacks the sand That would make him stick with a courage stout To whatever he tackles and fight it out. i That he'll soon be showing tie others how; Then something new strikes lis roving-eye, And his task is left for thft b^e and bye It's up to each man what baomes of him; He must find in himself the Brit and vim That bring success; he can get the .skill, ? If he brings to the task a steadfast will. ?.: ft ? ? No man is beaten till he gives in; Hard luck can't stand for a cheerful grin; The man who fails needs a better excuse Tfean the quitter's whining, "What's the use?" For the man who quits lets his chances slip, Just because he's too lazy to keep his grip, ,The man who sticks goes ahead with a shout, * While the man who quits joins the down and out. ?Selected _ Truth Regarded Lightly r'Ml * ' ' ? The Hertford County Herald and more especially the wri ter, who is editor of the Herald, have been placed in a false light by the statements made in %n affidavit, sighed by J. H. Roberson of Ahoskie, who stands accused of an assault with intent to commit rape; which affidavit was prepared by the law firm of Winston & Matthews, of Windsor. The Herald regrets exceedingly to refer to this matter in the columns of this paper; but statements which are read in the presence of representa tive citizens, both men and women of the county, can only be countered by a statement to which the same public has ready access. These statements made privately would be answered privately; but they have been made publicly, and, therefore, I will answer them publicly, and hoping that the same public that heard these statements will also accept this statement, pub lished herewith, as the TRUTH. "The Robertson case" newspaper publicity has been char ged to me. That nj admitted. Conducting a newspaper is my bus iness ; and so long as I do not over-exercise the "freedom of the press" it is within my own province to say what' shall be publish ed in the paper whose columns are under my cdntrol. Charges have been made that I have, as a result of conferences with al leged "conspirators", written editorials with the implied jn fent of influencing the public against Robertson. Cumulative ev idence is offered by attorney J. H. Matthews, who says I have been seen in compnay with two of the 'conspirators' on a particu lar day and at a specified time. Both of these charges, I denounce as FALSE. What I have written in the Herald has been upon my own initiative. Mr. Matthews's statement was untrue, so far as one of the persons named in company with me. I have never discussed this question one minute with the alleged leader of he 'conspirators.' Furthermore, the HERALD recognizes that the publication of such incidents as the Robert son affair is not to be exploited and this paper avoids publish ing such matters insofar as it can be ethically excused. For several weeks nothing was pub lished about the affair. This ac tion was fostered and nurtured by the hope that the defendant would recognize the seriousness of the alleged offense, and by leaving the town and communi ty remove cause for any refer ence in any newspaper what soever. Not until this matter had become everybody's busi ness, and there appeared to me an apparent attempt to loosely regard and carelessly handle the good name of a woman did I allow any publication of this affair. Then, only facts in con nection with the preliminary, trial and Robertson's' suspen sion by the railroad officials and the Masonic lodge, were allow ed to go into the columns of the paper. Neither the testimony of the prosecuting witness nor the defendant's testimony has been published. Not until a sacred principle woman's virtue?became invol * ted to such an extent that rji mors upon rum,ors floated in the very air did I undertake to com bat this violation of woman's most sacred heritage. Rumors have no place in a newspaper; and rumors should not be ex ploited by private conversation nor in public places. All the publicity in connec tion with-this case is not due, however, to the Herald. Tat tlers, perverters of truth*, des troyers of virtue, and henchmen have been busily engaged in their several vocations. No evi dence ill the case has been pub lished in these columns; and yet you can easily find persons in this and Bertie counties who are conversant with every de tail of the evidence. Where did this information come from? The,preliminary hearing was privately conducted; only the members of the local Masonic lodge heard the testimony be fore that body?and yet people all up and down the line can reveal the purported facts in connection with the case. ' What the Herald has pub lished was published to coun teract the influence so stealthily spread throughout this section TOBACCO SALES REPORT ISSUED FOR SEPTEMBER AHOSKIE MARKET MADE AVERAGE OF $20.10 SEPT > ^ * Loral Market Made Better Av erage Than Nearest Rival Market, Windsor, And Also Sold Mdre Tobacco During September, Although State Average Is Higher The Crop Reporting Service of the State and Federal De partments of Agriculture have issued their report of the sales of Leaf Tobacco in North Car olina, during the month of Sep tember. According to this re port, which is the reports of all warehouses operating in this State, there were 695,576 lbs. of tobacco sold on the Ahoskie market during the month of Sep tember, at an average price of $20.10 per hundred pounds. In the same month last year. Ah oskie averaged only $16.50. At Windsor, the nearest market to Ahoskie, 540,266 pounds' were sold in September at an aver age of $19.40, Ahoskie leading in the price paid seventy cents to the hundred pounds. ?The following is the digest of the report for September, as it was prepared by the Crop Re porting Service: "The tobacco markets oper ating in North Carolinn during September showed 42 warehou ses and 14 markets less than were operating last year, as re ported to the State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Sales during^ the month were about 7,000,000 pounds less than sold during September of last year, but the price of sales averages about three cents per pound higher. Farmers are watching the markets closely and the small amount on the floors, also bears evidence to the greatly re J 1 - ? iL ? uuceu crop tins year. The 1921 production is only 45.5 per cent compared with last year, and, up to date, only 28.4 per cent -of the crop has been marketed. The Wilson ma rket sold 8,036,685 pounds of farmers' tobacco at an average price of $25.56 per hundred. At Greenville there was marketed 5,702,367 pounds at an average of $22.80; and Kinston report ed, 5,438,585 pouhds sold at *20.43. Rocky Mount market sold 2,485,328 at $22,18; Farm ville 2,045,674 pounds at $24. 46; Winston-Salem 1,918,138 pounds at $21.84. These larger markets show an average price of $23.00 which is only 1 l-4c. j better than the state average. The Fuquay Springs market sold 152,440 pounds and aver- j aged $33.56 per hundred for sa les. It was the only market in the state that was over $30.00, while Mebane, which is usually one of the state's higher priced markets, reported an average of $11.48, the lowest. The total consumers' sales re potted for the month were 41. 541,008 pounds. About 215,000 pounds is estimated as sold by^ two warehouses failing to rep ort The total producers' sales to date amount to 55,787,028 pounds or about two million pounds less than was sold last year to the same date. and the Herald considers this a responsibility not to be shirked by a properly conducted news paper. r-J. ROY PARKER. ROBERSONWILL BE TRIED IN GATES COUNTY ROBERTSON GETS HIS CASE MOVED TO GATES Affidavit Presented by Robert son Ruled Out by Judge Cel. vert end Defense Ordered to Prepare New Motion Judge Thoa. Calvert today, Thursday, ordered the removal of the case of State vs. RQbert son to Gates County. Siy>erior court in the latter county will convene in December. Th eac tion of the presiding judge to allow the motion of the de fense for removal followed the finding of a true bill against Ro bertson by the grand jury on a charge of assault with attempt to commit rape, the calling of the pettit jury, and the calling of the case late Wednesday af ternoon. The motion for remov al was offered upon the conven ing of court Thursday morning, and it was half past eleven at the time of granting the motion. The courthouse, was jammed with witnesses numbering about 100, an array of legal talent, and attendants, there to hear the evidence. The principal document up on which the defense argued re moval was affidavit by Robert- _ son, the defendant, the bulky document having been prepar ed by Messrs. Winston & Mat thews, leading attorneys for the defense. The reading of the affi davit elioited a vigorous protest by Solicitor Midygette and the attorneys for the prosecution. Judge Calvert repeatedly inter rupted lawyer Matthews fwho read the affidavit).and warned him repeatedly to read only those portions of the affidavit which had to do with the mo tion for removal. Yet, Mr. Mat thews read the entire document in open court, after dismissal of the iurv. nortions of the afflrJ* vit being, according to the so licitor, slanderous in character, and totally incompetent to be en tered into the court records. Fol lowing the reading, the presid ing judge ordered the defense to prepare another affidavit, le aving out those parts irrelevant to the removal motion. He wo uld not consent to the recitals contained in the affidavit being entered in the court records. The affidavit rea