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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
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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.
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?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.
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?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.
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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.
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THE MAN WHO QUITS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Truth Regarded Lightly
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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
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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
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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
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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<i in .open court
was ordered destroyed, and the
judge warned the defense not
to retain any copy of the orig
inal.
Wholesale denials have been
made since the reading of the
ill-advised document, by those
upon whom charges were made
without an opportunity at re
buttal. Judge Calvert's action
in ordereing the affidavit re
written is highly commended.
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NEW FIRM FOR AHOSKIE
Messrs. Russell Slaughter A
Morton Powell, who have been
conducting the Hertford Ato
& Machine Co., at Ahoskie, for
the past two years, have dispos
ed of their holdings. Messrs.
Price and Harris, experienced
mechanics, of Rocky Mount, N.
C., have purchased the formers
holdings; and have changed
the name of the firm to the
Hertford Welding and Machine
Company.
The new firm will do busi
ness at the old stand, and ex
pect to add new equipment,
that will serve a larger and a
more exacting trade.