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Hertford County Herald ' ' ... ?' '? .????- ?' : i ' '' J . ?? v . , ' 1 i n i li 1 . , 1 I 1 HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER ' A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA Volume XIII. ? Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, September 8, 1922 One Section No. 18 * LOCAL SCHOOL It) BEGIN MONDAY; 8 BOYSJN CLASS Ltfwt NumWr Of Boys la Senior CI*.. la Several Year* I* Present Prediction PROFESSOR HIGHSMITH CANNOT BE HERE Mr*. Joe Brown Will Hare Charge Of Music Department?Tuition Three Dollar* Month When the Ahotkie High Sehool opens ita 1922-23 sesaion next Mon day, one of the largest graduating classes in the school's history will be enrolled. Unless present indications go wary there will be sixteen mem bers of the senior class. Others may also enroll and swell the number. Of that number eight will be boys. Here tofore the male members of the class have been almost totally lacking. Wednesday at noon Professor Ken neth Raynor, superintendent of the school, received a letter from Prof essor J, Henry Highsmith, state high school director, in answer to the invi tation extended to him to speak at the opening Monday morning. Prof essor Highsmith will not be able to attend the opening. The opening exercises, to which all patrons have been invited, will be be gin at 9 o'clock Monday morning. No formal speeches are scheduled to take place, although short talks will be given by teachers and committee men, and a short invocation given by local pastor. Music Department Mrs. Joe Brown, formerly Miss Mary Barker of this city, will have eharge of^the music department this year. She will succeed Mrs. George W. Baker who has held that position for the last few yean ? Mrs. Brown is one of the most ac complished music teachers in this sec tion. Last year she had charge of the music department in the Powells ville Graded School. She has also done private teaching at her home here. Tuition in the Music Depart ment will be $8.00 per month. Nen-Rasideat Student* Permit* Further notice is given to students residing out of the Ahoalde school district that in order to enter the school they must have a written order from the County Board. Several ob tained their orders last Monday when the board was in session. According to state laws, the county will pay the tuition for all such students six months of the term, the individual students being responsible for the other two months The price to be charged for tuition will be determined solely upon the running exposes of the school. Just what the amount will be has not been figured, although sufficient notice will be given. ? Non-resident students expecting to enter the high school department and who have not secured'?their orders from the county board may enroll next Monday, but they will be held responsible for tuition until orders have been presented. When the Board meets the first Monday in Oc tober, these students should secure the orders and release their individual obligation to the school for tuition. * n AHOSKIE SCHOOL GETS COUNTY APPROPRIATION AnmiimUl; $1,000 Vu ap propriated by the Canty Board of Education, at iu mooting Monday morning, to tka u?o of tlw Akoakia High School. Tka money ka? kaon duo tka local 1 school? for almost twelve months or siaco improvements wore made to tka boildiag aad addi tions to tka class room for tka last session. Last year, tka trustees of tka Akoakia School ware unavailing upon tka Board, and warn forced s to defray all tka expanses inci dent to tka improvement. Othar incidental expenses that should have keen paid by tka county warn also taken cars of in tka amount appropriated Monday. MOTHERS CLUB The Mothers' Club trill hold its reg ular meeting with Mrs R. L. Phelps next Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Chowan College Will Open September 13 Large Enrollment I* Expected For Seventy-Fifth Annual Somiob, Which Begins, SnpUmbar 13th With a large enrollment of young women expected, the seventy-ftfth an nual aeeeion of Chowan College will start Wednesday .September 13th, students will begin arriving hero Tuesday and by Wednesday the entire gfoup will be present. Friends of the eolloge are of the opinion that the eoming session will be one of the most successful in the history of the institution. A most excellent faculty has been employed Ind as follows: Miss Eloise Tderoney, A. B., University of Ala bama, A. M., Columbia University, A. B. Alabama Technical Institute and College. Miss Meroney will be at the bead of the English department. Miss Minnie W. Caldwell, A. B., B. B. A. M. University of Missouri. Miss Caldwell will be professor of. Mathe matics. Miss Una Robinson, A. B., A. M. Baylor University, Texas, will be at the head of the science depart ment. Miss Faye A. Dame A. B., Radcliffe College, A. M. Columbia University, will be profesaor of Edu cation. Miss Delia Latham who is a graduate of Cincinnati Conserva tory of Music, will be at head of the Voice department. Miss Gertrude Knott is a graduate of Bang's School of Oratory, graduate of Georgetown College, graduate of Dorian Private School and a pupil of Elias Day, and will be professor of Expression and Physical Education. The following former members of the faculty will return: Misses Eunice McDowell, Sarah Hughes White, Mattie' Macon . Norman, Caroline Lane, Elsie Booth, Fannie White, Sue Brett and Mrs. Anna Turnley. n Farmers Advised To Sow Legumes In Fall Cover Crop* Pluted la Fall Provide Good Fertiliser For Lead* la Spring A ad Summer With the approach of fall there comes to the farmer the thoughts of seeding his lands to cover crops and legumes. Only recently have farm ers of Hertford County begun to real ise the value of winter cover crops; and even today comparatively few have fallen in line with the program that has been in practice for many years in farming belts of the west and northeast. However, within the last few years, some of the county farmers have seed ed much of their land to cover crops, and among those who have done this is none who would revert to the old sjntem of allowing cleared lands lie idle during the fall and winter months. C. B. Williams, ehief of the Divis ion of Agronomy, North Carolina Ex periment Station, has prepared a let ter especially for the HERALD, on "Seed Rye and Legumes This Fall For Soil Improvement." It follows: laoM r or Poor Soils "For North Carolina farmer*, rye ia certainly on* of the greatest of oar cover crops for poor soils. This is not so because of its being the very best for all conditions, but rather because of its wide adaptability and almost universal dependability under any thing like a reasonable chance. It is a strong feeding crop and land that will not produce this crop is indeed very poor, if the rye is pat in proper ly. On almost any kind of well drained land, it can be depended upon to make a reasonably fair growth. "The man who can plant legumes of any kind with reasonable assur ance of succeeding will not need, how ever, to use but little if any rye for the sfcke of the soil. There are, how ever, vast areas of land throughout the State that will hot in the present state produce leguminous crops safely until the organic matter sapply of the soil has been built up. On such soils rye should be grown to as wide extent as practicable. This crop will not only, when plowed in, add a consider able amount of organic matter to the soil and thereby improve its physical condition, but will reduce materially washing and leaching dtaring the win ter and early spring, and also provide a limited amount of grating. Of coarse, care will have to be exercised "ot to (rate too severely or too long, for if this is done the growth after wards will not be sufficient to provide very much organic matter to go back into the soil. Fertilisers Fer Rye' "In the growth of this erop, as with most other crops, on poor or medium lands, it will usually be necessary in order to get the best results to use some fertiliser. In the fertilisation on poor soil, certainly for the first year or so, or until the organic matter of the soil has been materially in creased it should be about as follows: For eastern North Carolina soils aver , age condition: Two hundred to three hundred pounds per acre of a fertili ser containing six to seven per cent available phosphoric acid and about three to four per cent of nitrogen. "In sections where the soils contain considerable organic matter, or where a good leguminous crop or moderate application of manure has been added to the soil, the amount of nitrogen in the above mixture may be reduced at least one-half or more. "Where leguminous crops may he depended upon, as found by previous experience, they should find wide use. Such crops as hairy vetch, crimson clover and red clover are well suited for conditions in many parts of the South for fall sowing. COTTON SHOWS A BIG REDUCTION IN THE PAST MONTH Oaly Four Couoti** !? State Hot* Abandoned Mora Of Crop TVu Hartford POOR CONDITION SHOWN IN EASTERN COUNTIES Combined Crops Of This And Last Year Little More Than That Of 1914 In only four counties in North Car olina has there been more planted cotton abandoned than in Hertford County. According to a Report just issued thia county stands almost at the top in abandonment percentages. One of the outstanding features of the report is the poor condition of the crop in northeastern Carolina, where many farmers will harvest an unusually small crop. >. Five and two-tenths per cent of the cotton in this county has been given up as lost and will not be included in the fall pickings. There has also been a decline in the condition of the cotton, the present condition being 66 per cent. Bertie and Northampton counties have a 68 per cent condition. The abandonment figures are Bertie, 2.2 per cent; Northampton, 2 per cent. Currituck, Gates, Pamlico, and Pender are the only other counties in the state that have abandoned a larger percentage of the trop than has Hertford county. About the general condition of the state's crop the report says: "The cotton crop of both North Carolina and the cotton belt shows the phenominal decline of over 13 per cent during August, which resulted in a decreased forecast of 825,000 bales. Added to this was an addi tional one per cent decrease in acre age and 367,000 bales due to aban donment since June 26th when the regular abandonment report is ac counted for. These conditions fore east a crop of only 10,676,000 bales as compared with the short crop of 7,954,000 bales last year. Thus the crops of both this and last year will be but little more than the single crop of 1914 when over 16,136,000 bales were produced. "The condition a year ago was three per cent less than on August 25th this year, but the unusually favorable fall conditions and lack of boll weevil resulted in very fine per acre yields The. exceedingly contin ued wet weather conditions in the coastal belt and serious boll weevil damage in the southern half of the state cannot, this year, be so readily altered. Instead of the 776,0000 bale crop of last year, it may be near er to 700,000 bales. "The present conditions of cotton according to the United States Crop Reporting Board's release through the Cooperative Crop Reporting Service for this state are for this and last 'year as follows: North Carolina 65 and 62 per cent with 78 for July 26th. The southen belt has 67 as compared with 49 a year ago and 71 a month ago." ? FREER USE OF WATER * ? MICHT BE A PANACEA ? ? ? ? While W. T. Forbes, local gar- ? * age man, is racking his brain * * trying to figure out the cause of * * a very painful foot, some of hie * * friends are advising a freer use * * of the bath tub. Mr. Forbes *' ? hopped into his bath tub one day ? * this week and made a real job * ? of "making up his toilet." ? ? Shortly afterwards his foot be- ? * gan giving him considerable pain. * ? In less than twenty-four hours * * he was forced to resort to crut- * ? ches in order to move around. * * His foo gradually grew worse, * * and, although there was no a bra- * ? eion nor did he remember bruis- * ? ing it in any way, it forced him ? ? to crutches. ? ? Now he is wondering what * * caused it all. His friends are * * trying to help him solve the prob- * * lem. And, most of them are ? ? shyly remarking that the unus- * * ualness of the thing might have ? ? been the underlying reason for ? ? the pain. ? ? ?*?????***? o ? Elective Courses Will Be Offered By School Student* Who Cannot Entor College Will Bo Given Chance To Take Subjects Moot Need eel With the beginning of this session ? new ruling is in force in regard to subjects required for study in the high school department. This ruling, made by the State Department has just been received, it is as follows: A minimum of fifteen units is re quired for graduation from a stand ard high school. The number of units required in the different subjects are: English 4, mathematics 2, his tory 2, science 1, foreign language 2. This total of eleven units is pre scribed for graduation. This leaves four units to be selected by the stu dent according to his preference in any particular and studies offered. A unit is defined as any study pur sued eight months, five classes a week, each class being at least forty-five minutes, which simply means a full year's work in any subject The school is offering this year four full i courses in English, mathematics, 1 science, Latin, and history, with two full courses in French. The students can arrange their courses to their lik ing. Those expecting to epter col lege are expected to shape their courses in harmony with the entrance requirements of that college they ex pect to enter. I have in hand cata logues from the principal colleges of of our state, and am able to assist any pupil in arranging his course accord ingly This election system has been used extensively in other schools in our state, with decided advantages to the pupils and teachers, and I am sure that it will be of great benefit to our school The day has come already when the schools are beginning to realise that they must regulate their courses for the best interests of the pupil and for the community, rather than to meet some particular college entrance rquiremnt Many of of our high school grad uates do not attend college, and the election course has been arranged to suit thir needs. I am sorry that more courses cannot be offered this year. More science and foreign languages should be offered, and must be by the opening of the next term. There should be a course in teacher training offered. Other high schools are doing this. But we are unable to do more without an extra high school teacher and more classrooms. There is al ready a crying need for the enlarge ment of our school plant. Then our school can be made more practical, and hence more vital to our town and community. K. T. RAYNOR. ? Superintendent 0 SAVAGE-BARNES Mr. and Mrs. J. Bailey Barnes of Ahoskie, North Carolina, announce the engagement and approaching mar riage of their aister, Sallie Parker Barnes, to Mr. Luther Sharrock Sav age of Ahoskie, N. C. The marriage will take place in the early fall. 0 1 * Gold is plentfful at the Herald office,- Come in and let ua explain the proposition to you. Hertford County Fails to Get Fair Treatment DR. J. H. MITCHELL ADDRESSES k OPEN LETTER DR.E.C.BROOKS, STATE SUPERINTENDENT Wants To Know Reason GtUl And Other Nearby Countiei Gat Much Better Treatment From Equalization Board "Something is distinctly out of joint when Gates County, with 3,996 school children, receives $12,630 from the state Equalisation Board, while Hertford County, with 6,500 school children gets less than half that amount," says Dr. Jesse H. Mitchell, Chairman of Hertford County School Board. Doctor Mitchell says he has honestly endeavored to secure some satisfactory explanation of the ap parent discriminaton against this county in the distributioft of school funds; and the results have been just as unsatisfactory as the way in which Hertford County has been orphaned. It is a matter of common knowledge that schools in this county have not1 received a proportionate, share of state funds. Each year an effort has been made to get a larger share, but in every instance it has failed. With an enormous school budget made up for the coming year and faeing the necessity of increasing revenues by raising local tax rates, another ex planation is sought from the State Superintendent. The facts set forth in the following open letter by the county chairman re veal the true situation in the county, hpd besides the possibility of it bring ing more money to the county treas ury, it should be carefully read by Hertford County citisens?the ones wlio are vitally concerned. AN OPEN LETTER Dr. E. C. Brooks, Superintendent Public Instruction, Raleigh, N. C. My Dear Doctor?Being interested in the welfare of Hertford county and for many years a member of the Board of Education, I would thank you to furnish me some information from your office, since I have applied to my County Superintendent and he honestly informs me that he cannot advise me satisfactorily. I want you to understand in the beginning that I am not charging any wrong to any man and don't believe that any intentional wrong has been committed, unless by our law makers, and if by them, I am sure you will agree with me that at the next ses sions of the Legislature, there should b* such changes and amendments as will eliminate any discrimination. In Hertford county the tax levy for school purposes is 54 cents on the $100.00 and last year was 65 cents. W.e have 6,600 fehildren, 3,500 of whom are negro children and this county receives only $6,000.00 from the State Public School Fund. Wjiile our sister county of Gates has a tax levy of 36 cents for teach ers and 7 1-2 levy for incidental and building fund on the $100.00, with 3,995 children, the county received from the State Public School Fund for the year 1921-1922 the sum of $12,630. Now Doctor, I think you will agree with me that comparison of the figures certainly leads one to conclude that the amounts are a little out of proportion. Our sister county, Bertie, has a tax levy for all school purposes for the year 1922-1923 of 47 1-2 cents on the $100 with 9,114 children and received from the State Public School Fund for the year ending June 80, 1922, the sum of $25,216.42. Now, Doctor, Hertford has nearly 2-3 as many children as Bertie, yet, while Bertie is receiving $25,215.42, Hert ford is receiving only $6,000.00. Don't these figures look just a little out of proportion? Now, Doctor Brooks, let us exam ine Northampton which is another sis ter to Hertford and we will find that her total tax lev/ for all school pur poses 53 cents and whose school census shows 8,668 children and re ceives from the State Public School Fund $17,000.00. The figures per capita for the four counties are about as follwa: Hertford?6,600 children, receives $6,000.00 or about $1.09 per child. Northampton?8,558 children, re ceives $17,000.00 or about $1.63 per child. f . Gates?3,995 children, receives $12,630.00, or about $3.16 per child. Bertie 0,114 children, receives $25,215.42 or about $2.77 per child. Is it just that the State should make such a difference between the children of one county and another? The "Good Old North State," is the mother of all the children within her borders, who make their homes here, whether " to manor born," or by adoption, and there appears to be ? discrimination which is contrary to the spirit of our Constitution. It is elementary knowledge that the nation, state and municipality must have revenue and that it must be raised by taxation in some form, but it was never intended in our form of Government, that taxation should be burdensome and oppressive, which smacks of old Germany and old Rus sia. In my county there were farms, lota and home, to the number of 192 advertised to be sold for taxes this year. The owners of these homes were greatly embaressed because of this unpleasant advertising for they were not insolvent tax debtors be cause they owned real estate and in most all the cases were men who bad credit with their merchants,?but the trouble was due to the heavy tax ation which had become burdensome and the bread winners or heads of families were cramped for the ready money with which to pay the tax col lector. And when we receive leas than is our rightful due per capita from State and have to increase our tax levy as a result, that just means more taxes our people have to pay for . we mean to keep pace with our sister counties in educational progress Now, doctor, I have taken about all the time, I feel that you want to spare, but I want you to help me have this inequality, as it appears to me, cor . rected. I am quoting from the Con solidated Statutes. SECTION 5481. There shell he annually levied and collected a tax of 32 cents on every hundred dollars. valuation of taxable property in the state for the maintenance of the pub lic schools of the state, and the funds derived therefrom shall be a separate fund in the hands of the state treas urer to be known as the State Public School Fund, and the treasurer, shall, on the 1st day of December of each ? year, certify to the state board of ed ucation the amount of the funds de rived or to be derived from said tax for that school year. And SECTION 5482. Out of the state public school fund the state board of education shall apportion annually to each county of the state, on or before the 1st day of Januiary of every year, a sum sufficient to pay one-half the annual salary of the county superin tendent and three months salary of all teachers of all sorts employed in the public schools of the county, including the teachers of city, town, township, and all special chartered schools, and one-third the annual salary of all city superintendents. Provided, that no part of this fund shall be used to pay the salaries of teachers who re ceive appropriations from other state funds. At the Extra Session of 1921 the General Assembly enacted Chapter 5 for the purpose of taking care ofthe constiutional public-school term of six months in the several counties in the state." It sets out: "The board of county commission ers of every other county participat ing in the state public school fund for the purpose of supplementing the teachers salary fund, for the school year 1921-1922 and 1923, a tax rate of thirty-nine cents on the one hun dred dollars valuation of property, real and personal, for said purpose and the boards of county commissioners shall not be required to levy for the building and incidental fund for the year 1922-23 more thaa seven and one-half cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of all prop erty, real and personal." Still, with all we can do aldhg the educational line, for the levy now is 54 cents in Hertford dounty, the state supplements us less per capita thaa it does in our sister counties of Ber tie, Gates and Northampton, while our paper has been hawked about {he streets because there was not money in the treasury, to pay the orders is sued. Thanking you to enlighten me and if I am looking through a glass darkly to please make it clear, I am with great respect. Yours, etc., J. H. MITCHELL, Chairman Hertford Co. School Bid. Ahoskie, N. C., Sept. 6, 1922.
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