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Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA Volume Xlll. Eight Pages - Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, May 26, 1922 One Section No. 4 ? i i i ' i ? i i 1 ? ' AHOSKIE THE LEADING TOWN IN THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN SECTION Of NORTH CAROUNA Ahoskie, Centrally Located in One of the Mchest Farming Sections in Eastern Carolina, Representative of Nearly All Phases of Business Enterprise; Cordially Invites the Consideration of the Buying Public of This Section ? : i , - Ahoskie, the largest and most pro progressive town between the Roan oke and Chowan rivers, centrally lo cated, with an array of business and industrial enterprises second to none to any town of similiar size in Eastern Carolina, has been serving as a shopping and produce marketing center for the past several years, to the people of this section. The com mercial development of Ahoskie is largely due to the fact that all lines of business find representation here. Any article commonly needed on a Carolina farm, or in the home, may be found at Ahoskie, and, due to co operation among local enterprises, at a nominal price. Ahoskie offers every favorable inducement to the people in this entire section to make this a shopping and produce marketing cen ter, in a larger measure than ever be fore. A comparison with neighbor ing towns offers conclusive proof of this. ' It is with the end in view of serving as a greater agricultural, in dustrial, and civic center than ever before, that the town of Ahoskie, in behalf of it varied and extensive busi ness and industrial enterprises, ex tends the cordial invitation to the people of this section to make this what it should, and is rightfully or dainded to be; a common marketing, shopping, and industrial center, that the best interests of the people of Hertford County will find advantage therein. As a sort of guide, below, will be found a brief review of the business enterprises of Ahoskie. E. J. Gerock, Department Store. Hoggsrd and Stokes, General Mer chandise. J. r. Boyette at aon, neavy ana Fancy Groceries. Hayes-Curtis Co., General Mer chandise. Ahoskie Department Store, Out fitter* for Men and Women. Garrett A Jernigan, General Mer chandise. Myers A Leary, General Merchan dise. Feldman's Bargain Store, Outfitt ers for Men and Women. L. T. Sumner, General Merchan dise. Mrs. E. C. Britton, Millinery and Ladies' Furnishings. Miss Nannie Newsome, Millinery. Copeland Drug Company, Regis tered Pharmacist and Soft Drinks. Mitchell's Drug Store, Drugs and drinks. Bellamy A Co., Soft Drink Parlor. .Richard Theatre, Good Movies Every Night Barnes-Sawyer Grocery Company, Wholesale Groceries. I. Titleman, General Merchandise. J. A. Copeland A Sons, Heavy and Fancy Groceries. C. W. Casper, General Merchan dise. . Ahoskie Supply Co., - Hardware, Basball Supplies, Sporting Goods. E. J. Bell A Co., Hardware and Furniture. S. J. Dilday, General Merchandise. J. T. Williams A Bro., GeneAtl Merchandise. Baker A Barrel!, Sanitary Market. City Market, Meat* and Groceries. J. N. Vann A Brother, Hardware and Farming Implements. D. L. Myers A Co., Jewelers. Hertford Auto and Machine Co., Auto Repairing and Machine Shop. George J. Newborn A Co., Ford and Bnick Sales; High Class Auto Repair Work. Sessoins A Forbes Garage, Prompt and Efficient Auto Repairing. B. Vinson A Br?., Blacksmith and Auto Repairing. F. D. Flythe, Funeral Director, Blacksmith Shop. S. P. Burgess, Electric Shoe Shop. Ahoelde Ice Cream Co., Manufact urers "The Quality Kind" Ice Cream. Ahoakie lee and Coal Co., Ice and Coal. Ahoekie Basket Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers of Truck Baskets, Hampers, Etc. Branning Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers North Carolina Kiln * ? dried Lumber. Garrett ft Lawrence, Maniifarft urers Rough and Dressed Lumber, Cotton Gin. Columbia Peanut Co., Peanut Cleaners. Manhattan Hotel, European Plan Hotel. Manhattan Cafe, in connection with Manhattan Hotel. Rawls House, American Plan Hotel. Army A Navy Store, U. S. Army sales, Men's Outfitters, Etc. S. E. Dilday ft Co., Hay and Grain, S. E. Dilday, Manufacturer of Builders' Supplies. H. C. Reynolds, Plumber. Henry Mitchell, Tinner. J. S. Deans, Exide Battery Station, Willys-Light Sales, etc. V. L. Vaughan, Hay and Grain. M. Laasiter, Heavy and Fancy Groceries. M. 0. Gerock, Dealer in Livestock, Hay, Grain, Etc. W. H. Newsorte, Heavy and Fancy Groceries. 0. E. Earley A Bro., Market and Fancy Groceries. J. R. Rives, Wholesale and Retail Groceries. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works, Bot tlers of Pepsi-Cola and other Soft Drinks. D. L. Thomas, Contractor and I Builder. i A. V. Greene, Contractor and I Builder. C. Greene, Building Supplies, Real Estate, Etc. J. A. Eley, Delco-Light Sales and Service. W. L. Curtis, Real Estate and In surance. j S. IS. Vaughn, Fertilizers, Etc. D. P. Boyette, Real Estate and In surance. H. L. Harrell, Broker; Hay and Grain in Carload Lota. J. W. Godwin, Horses and Mules, Hay and Grain. J. D. Seasons, Real Estate, dealer in Livestock. r J. Otis Carter, Real Estate and In surance. J. E. Odom, Real Estate and In surance. Dr. C. G. Powell, Dentist. Dr. W. C. Mercer, Dentist. Dr. A. W. Greene, Physician. Dr. Paul Mitchell, Physician. Dr. L. K. Walker, Physician and Surgeon. Dr. J. H. Mitchell, Physician. W. R. Johnson, Attorney-at-Law. W.W. Rogers, Attorney-at-Law. L. C. Williams, Attorney-at-Law. Three Tobacco Warehouses. Two Barber Shops. Municipally Owned Light and Power Plant. Municipally Owned Water and Sewage System. State Accredited High School. Best Equipped Printing and Pub lishing Plant in Town of similar sise in North Carolina. Baptist and Methodist Churches. Local Bank Resources, over $880, 000. Farmers-Atlantic Bank. Bank of Ahoakie. On the strength of the foregoing list bf enterprises, the town of Ahoskie invites comparison, as to any phase of its commercial, industrial, and business organisations and re sources, in the, matter of its superior advantages as a common shopping center, an unexcelled Tobacco Mar ket, and shipping point, for the pro ducts of the farms of Hertford County. The undeveloped manu facturing possibilities of Ahoskie should make a direct appeal to manu facturer* desiring to locate new in dustries, or hitherto new enterprises to the town. By reason, of its ad vantages, conducive to continual pro gress, its ready accessibility to any and all parts of this section, and a host of additional advantages, not to be found elsewhere; the Metropolis of Hertford County should be made a commOn center of business, com mercial, and industrial rotation, by RAISE YOUR LIV- | ING AT HOME Analyzing The Economic Sit ? nation Between Eastern and Western North Caroline Raising Their Own Living BY JOHN PAUL LUCAS Raleigh, May 25.?In analysing the economic situation in the farming sec> -tiens of North Carolina, it ie inter esting to contrast the results that hav? come from the farming prac tice* In the rich Eastern counties with their large plantations and scores of negro tenants, and those in the mountain and western counties where there has been comparatively less tenant farming and where all farmers, land owners and tenants alike, have had greater encourage ment in, as well as necessity for, producing their actual living from the land. In the East and in some counties in the central part of the State a few plantation owners and supply mer chants have grown wealthy at the ex pense of tenants and small farmers. Not all, but many, of these planta tion owners and supply merchants have discouraged, even by drastic means, the growing of food for the family, the keeping of cows, hogs, and even the growing of corn and other feed for work stock, for the very simple reason that they have made constant and large profits from the handling of these supplies. In 1920 these folks were caught in their own trap and hundreds of plantation owners and supply mer chants in Eastern Carolina today would be bankrupt if they were forced to liquidate under present conditions. I know one man who was worth more than 9250,000 two years ago. He told me a few days ago that if he were sold out today he would prob ably not have his home left. This man is a good farmer and a good man, not the sort to take selfish advantage of his tenants. His case is rather typical, but not as aggravated as that of hundreds of plantation owners who supplied their tenants when prices were high constantly encouraged them to make large purchases in order to swell their own profits. T^his type is She worst hurt of all, but every farm er in the cotton sections of Eastern North Carolina is hurt X* SL 1 now uirougnoui tne cunon coun ties lend- owners, supply merchants and others are realising that their only salvation under boll weevil con ditions is to encourage every farmer, land owner and tenant alike, to pro duce on the farm their own living and the feed for their livestock. This doc trine has been preached by agricul tural leaders for the past 16 years, and yet there .were fewer chickens raised in North Carolina last year than there were ten years ago. There was an increase of only Ave per cent in number of cattle in North Carolina during the last ten-year period, and a smaller proportion of our farmers were rasing their living at home last year than were in 1910. The only way out for every farmer in the cotton belt is through the "Ltve-at-Home" program. Any other course is suicide. He will gradually develop other money crops but his first efforts must be directed to raising his own living on his own land. He must "grow" into commer cial dairying and hog raising. Mar ket facilities must be developed for the handling of these products. TV. _!i Al J- ? ? * no snuauon in uie neamont ana Western part of the State and in a few communities in the East is diff erent. In the Piedmont and moun tain counties the farmers, have more generally been producing their own food supplies and feed staffs. They axe accustomed to keeping cows for Instance, and are beginning to find that dairying on a commercial scale may be profitable. A larger number keep poultry both for home use and as a means of increasing the farm income. They have practiced more crop diversifications in their farming operations, and in the cotton counties in this section they are in much better poeition to fight the boll weevil. Another factor which must not be overlooked in this: Net only are the farmers of the Piedmont aeetion At which each and ?wry peraon in thia ?action would find mutual advantagei therein. To thia end the Town oi Ahoakie invito* the conaideration oi the buying public of Hertford County. PEANUT GROWERS MET IN SUFFOLK Large And Successful Meeting Of Growers Held in Suffolk Lest Saturday. Loan Amount Fully Subscribed Hie $200,000 loan fund to the Peanut Growers Exchange practically aaaured, is the outstanding feature of the big meeting in Suffolk Saturday, Hay 20, when more than 2,000 pea* nut growers from Virginia and North Carolina with their wives and children came together to hear Mr. Sapiro and to enjoy the big barbecue dinner. At 11 o'clock, when President W. J. Storey called upon Rev. W. W. Staley, D. D., 'to open the meeting with prayer, the Academy of Music was completely packed that fur ther admittance was denied to hun dreds of other growers. Mr. Sapiro was at his best. In his own inimitable style he told the won derful story of the Burley Tobacco Growers of Kentucky under the wise leadership of Judge Robt. Bingham of Louisville, Ky., whose message of moral, and financial support to the peanut growers was greeted with pro longed applause. In bis comments upon the Exchange and the fight that had been made upon it by the cleaners, Mr. Sapiro served notice that the .Federal Trade Commission would be appealed to, if unfair trade practices were not stop ped. His statements that the growers were not to run, but would stand by their {guns, and that they had not yet fully realized their power as an or ganisation struck a most responsive chord with his hearers, who cheered him time and again.' Immediately after Mr. Sapiro's speech, subscriptions to the *200,000 loan fund were called. At once the greeners began to Tespond in the same manner as at the Annual Stockholders Meeting on May 10th and continued pledging cash, Liberty Loan Bonds, bank stocks and mortgtges on real estate till the total of subscriptions' for the two days was close up to $200,000. Both women and children took a part in swelling this fund. The spirit of co-operation and "stick-to gether-itiveness" was fine. The parade of 2,000 growers and their guests to the base ball park was a most impressive scene, and will not soon be forgotten. Barbecued meats in abundance, prepared by Edgecombe County experts, were served the big crowd, which was characterised by a spirit of good feel ing as the growers from all over the territory and the business men of Suffolk and neighboring cities ming led together. It was a great day for the Exchange and for Suffolk. 0 CARD OF THANKS We wish to express oar apprecia tion to the good people of Ahoskie and vicinity for the many acts of kindness shown us in connection with loss of our little son. MR. and MRS. J. H. GRIFFIN. ted by experience to produce other crops than cotton, but they have at their doors a market for practically all of the food products they can grow, because the industrial develop ment of N. Carolina has taken place largely, in the Piedmont section, and industrial settlements, from cities to villages, offer a splendid market for all sorts of food supplies. ' This means that farmers of Pied mont North Carolina have a distinct immediate advantage over the farm ers of other sections which have no markets immediately available. And they are in somewhat better position to immediately avail themselves of market. It must come about, how ever, that as the farmers of other sections of the State acquire exper ience in the handling of food products 1 a system of marketing will be devel I oped so that from every section of the State supplies may be brought to meet 1 the demand for food stuffs in the ! cities and towns which are at present i looking to other sections of the ' country almost altogether for such supplies, and are sending millions of 1 dollars out ef the State each month 1 for these things. This home market is the legitimate, rightful market of the Tar Heel farmer and where it is 1 his whenever he is ready to claim and > utilise it i . DO IT NOW?SUBSCRIBE TO |THE HERALD?$1.10 par jrawr STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM PILED FOR READERS OF THE' HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD General John J. Pershing, Corn mender of the American troops in France, addressed a large concourse of ex-service men and civilians, at the Imperial Theatre, Asheville, Sunday, in the interest nf the T-*g ion, North Carolina division. Dr. F. P. Gates, prominent physi cian of Manteo, was found dead in the Lorraine Hotel, Norfolk, Tuesday. It is thought that his death occurred Saturday night. The County of Robeson, to date, has added to its list of office-seekers, to the extent of a total of 106 can didates, for various county offices. A new organization of no little in dustrial importance to Richmond County, the Sandhill Canning Com pany, was completed 'Saturday, with an initial stock of flOO.OOO, paid-up capital, by the business men of that county. Local supplies of fruits, and other products, will be utilised in the manufacture of the company's out put. A wide search in and around Greensboro is being made for the ap prehension of S. I. Ranson, supposed to have drugged Deputy J. E. Wagner, of Greensboro, Saturday night. Alex. Cooper, prominent business man of Henderson, died at his home in that city Sunday evening. Mr. Cooper, president of various enter prises in his native city, was a promi nent figure in business circles. Many new plans and extensive ad ditions are being made in the interest of the Made-In-Carolinas Exposition, to be held in Charlotte again this year. The Exposition will open Sept. 26, and continue through Oct. 7th. The Jones Store Buildings in Fair mont were nearly burned Saturday night, when the store of H. Wienstein was consumed by flames. The total losses approximated $30,000. Great plans are being made for the "Land of the Sky" Baraca-Philathea Convention, to be held in the city of Henderson, June 16 to 18. The Jefferson Standard Life tow surance Company will erect a new 27 story office building in "the city of Greensboro in the year 1928. The cost will be approximately $2,000,000. It will be completed by the summer of 1923. rne uraduating Class of .Oxford Orphanage Asylum paid a brief visit to Governor Morrison, Tuesday. The/ State Board of Election began this week sending out the three and a half million ballots, which will be used in the primary of June 3rd. Waynesville is to have a new in dustry, the American Mica Mining Corporation, which will begin opera tions, the placing of the vast mica resources of that part of the state on the market. Charles S. Hill, editor of the Engi neering News-Herald, recently made the statement that North Carolina will in all probability lead the nation in the road building program this year. The application was made in regard to the construction of concrete roads in this state for the current year. The Raleigh Township Committee recently sold the first batch of their appropriated million dollar bond totalling $350,000, Monday. ? i Eleven counties in North Carolina have approached the 56 per cent mark in the total number of pounds of tobacco grown in these counties. Will Newsome, colored, of Green ville, was shot and killed by a fellow negro Sunday, upon his refusal to pay for a pint of monkey-rum bought the day before. The occasion of-the graduating ex ercises of the Oxford College Sunday was full on interest. Many from ad joining counties, and Hon. Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, ;being I in 4b* tendance. Wake Forest's eighty-seventh Com-, mencement began Wednesday, May 84th, and ends Friday, May 26th, on the occasion of the baccalaureate ad dress by Dr. William Louis Pa teat. The City of Durham is plannig to make extensive enlargements in the corporate limits of the city in the near future, of the efforts of real es tate men and suburban promoters are succeesful in making the necessary arrangements for the proposed ex tension. Bailey Brothers, tobacco merchants af Winston-Salem, are planning to - -& establish the addition of a $100,000 plant in the near, future, for the man ufacture of cigarettes and other to bacco products. Wilmington now makes a bid for Meredith College, offering a tract of 135 acres as a site. . - The case of R. C. Goodwin, accused of killing O. L. Ellis, both of Pitts boro, was placed on trial Monday, and resulted in a verdict in a verdict at acquital by the jury. Judge Calvert, presiding, rebuked the jury, on the strength of the overwhelming evi dence and the apparent certainity of his guilt. Commencement exercises at the Greensboro College came to a close Tuesday morning, with the presenta tion of diplomas to 47 graduates, an address by Hon. Josephus Daniels, and the gift of the Odell Memorial Build ing, by the Board of Trustees. This college is the institution of the Metho dists of North Carolina. Police authorities in the city of Ral eigh are considering the best action in regards to the punishment of over 100 young men and boys, and other petty miscreants, now in the city, engaged in various crimes, mostly of a picayunish nature. A county train ing school has been suggested. Tuesday's session of the State Highway Commission brought more people into the city of Raleigh than the Democratic Convention, all hi the interest of "Good Roads" for 9 North Carolina. t> fpl - m see. i . a. . v . * mi wwn ux iruy rats votea w n*T? paved streets, $125,000 for the in stallation of a water system, and other municipal improvements. . The Scottish Society of America has appointed Dr. Charles 0. VardaU, of the Flora McDonald College, Fay etteville, for their national president. Dr. Vardell will visit Scotland this summer in the interest of the Society. The Eastern Carolina Baseball Cir cuit opens June 6th for a summer's schedule of league games. The May civil term of Superior Court of Pitt county convened Mon day, with Judge Cranmer presiding. One of the largest shipments of petroleum products ever arriving at the port of Wilmington was received Tuesday, consigned to the Standard Oil Co. Approximately three million gallons of kerosene and gasoline were included in the shipment. Mrs. F. D. Winston, of Windsor, has been placed on 'the Democratic State Committee, and has begun active work in Bertie county along that line. '? Herbert Hocutt, State Highway Supervisor for the sixth District, died at his home in Statesville Monday. The Wake Home Building Corpora tion, of Raleigh, is carrying extensive building operation? in the develop ment of the surburban districts of the city of Raleigh. Latest reports from the Piedmont Tobacco growing section indicate that the growers in that section are re fraining from signing up with the Co-Operative Exchange, to the ex tent of hindering the anticipated re turns of the Exchange's efforts in this section of the State. fBL. tu.i. "* * x ne oiate uonege win noid a Class Reunion, in which the classes of ?97, '02, '07, '12, '17* and 21, win meet at the college in a reunion, May 29th. The State Board of Education is urging that all teachers, particularly the elementary teachers, attend the various summer schools, to be held all over the State, during the follow in summer months. ?o CYCLING VERY POPULAR AMONG FRENCH PEOPLE A recent Associated Press dispatch from Paris, Prance, says: "Cycling which is practically a dead art in the United States, as far as use of the wheel for 'recreational purposes' is concerned, is more popular than ever in France. With 4,308,129 bicycles in commission, there is a wheel to every ninth man, woman or child in Fnnee. In 1920 there were only 2,272,394." 0 Two teaapoonsfol of Tulac in a little water taken three tieses a day fust before meals will make yea eat better, feel better, sleep better, and work better. C. V. Mitchell. Adv.
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