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Hertford County Herald ? ?v-'... ? ' , I ..:'H , '? ' HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROUNA ^ ? r , ^ . Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, October 20, 1922 One Section No. 24 NOW SEEKING NEW . MEMBERS FOR THE PEANUT EXCHANGE V ? Officiili Of Organization And Cooperative Apostles Campaign DR. CLARENCE POE MAKES TWO ADDRESSES A HERTFORD COUNTY New Manager Developing New Sales Plan For Handling 1922 Crop. ir the Peanut Exchange does not come back with a vengeance in hand ling the 1922 crop of peanuts, H will not be on account of any lack of ?vangely for the organization. Offi cials of the Exchange and outside apostles of jco-operative marketing are now touring the peanut belt, speaking to farmers on the plans for handling this year's crop. Following closely on the heels of Avon Sapiro's speech at Ahoakie, Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progress ive Farmer, came to Hertford County last week and made two talks on co operative marketing. Both meetings were held last Friday. Farmers from every section of the County heard him tell of the plans and success of cooperative marketing in the court house that afternoon. He was ac compained by J. F. Foushee and H. J. Venn, of the Peanut Exchange, both of whom explained the plv?s for handling peanuts under the new man agements. ' v A small group of business men and a few farmers heard Dr. Poe speak here that night. His taflc was prin cipally on the cooperative system in general. After his talk he answered inquiries about the actual operation of the cooperative associations. "Business men, professional men, and bankers must draw the line between the dumping process of old and the systematic merchandising plan advan ced by the cooperative idea," said Br. Poe. Cooperative marketing has proven an unqualified success wherever tried, according to Dr. Poe. He contrasted the conditions as they existed among the farmers in 1920, first telling of how forty-nine out of every fifty farmers in North Carolina lost money while tty farmers in cooperative mar keting counties of California (80 per cent of them) made money that same year. He cited Denmarks as an ex ample of what cooperative marketing has done for the farmers, eighty per cent of whom are. freeholders, made possible by strict application of co operative marketing. Messrs. Foushee and Vann also made brief talks. The former told of the marketing plans, while Mr. Vann dealt with the failure of last year's operations, and answered some of the criticism hurled at the Exchange, him self, and other officials. Monday vmorning at Winton Mr. Victor, who has charge of the pub licity campaign for the new exchange, spoke before several hundred fanners In the courthouse. At,present member-supporters of the Exchange are signing "Special Volunteer Week" pledges, which com mit them to giving full time on cer tain speeded days of that week to the work of getting aew members. Ac cording to a statement issued from headquarters at Norfolk "Over a hun dred of these pledges were signed and in within forty-eight hours after they appeared. They are pouring into headquarters by the score and several hundred workers will be in the field during the big week." Next weeks is the "big week", and has been designated "Special Volun | teer Week," The entire week will be'given over to an intense campaign for new members. The new sales manager is making preparations for marketing peanuts, and expecte to open a new field for the sale of the goober. A large pro motion and advertising campaign will feature the activities of the Ex change's selling organisation this year. A two-pound carton of select shell ed peanuts, to bp nationally advertis ed under a registered brand, and sold to Araerioan housewives through gro oery. stores throughout the country, is a feature of the merchandising plan for the coming year, which is attract ing widespread interest in all parts of ? thia section where it has become known. The plan, which will be executed largely through the sales co-opera tion of the Exchange's chain of ex clusive brokers, now being set up throughout the United States, was explained to the.growers by all of the speakers who visited the County with in the last two weeks. ? The carton pcoposition is only one of several uniqufc features of Mr. De Pencier's program, which has for its aim the development of entirely new. channels of distribution and the in crease of the total consumption of peanuts much in the manner in whiefe ? the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers of Cal ifornia, for whom Mr. de Pender ferae Field Sales Manage*, before coming to the Exchangee, have brought such prosperity to their industry by co operative marketinig. SOCIETY GROUP MEETING IN AHOSKIE LAST FRIDAY Missionary Societies Of This Circuit Gather At Local M. E. Church (By NEUE M. BAKER, Correspond ing Secretary) One of the most interesting ahd in structive get-together meetings under the auspices of the Woman's Misssion ary Society of the M. E; Church South was held in the Methodist at Ahoskie, October 18th. Mrs. M. F. Hodges, president of Ahoskie Auxiliary and chairman of the Ahos kie Circuit, called the meeting to gether At 11 o'clock a. m. and read the following program. Opening song No. 416. Devotional and welcome by pastor. Song by choir. Address by Miss Edna Mae Smith. Song No. 654. Lunch. Afternoon?Memorial Service Hymn No. 463. Talk on Mission Tree by Mrs. Hodges. Prayer by Miss Smith. Scripture reading by Mrs. L. R. Sessoms of Powellsville. "Life and Works of Miss Belle if. Bennette," by* Mrs. H. S. Basnight. Song by Choir. "Miss Bennette as a Great Missionary Leader," by Miss Smith. "Miss Bennette as Fkiend and Fellow Worker," by Mrs. Brett. "Miss Bennette as Intercessor," by Mrs. Boyette. Sentence prayers of self dedication. Song No. 481. This meeting was callgd for the purpose of stimulating ^ greater in terest in the missionary work of the Ahoskie Circuit and at the same time in the form of a' Memorial service to pay tribute to Miss Belle H. Ben nette, the greatest missionary leader the history of the Missionary So ciety of the M. E. Church, South. Miss Edna Mae Smith of Gatesville, president of the N. C. Conference de livered an address at the morning ex ercises touching the various phrases of the missionary work in such an im presive manner that all who beard her declared Miss Smith to be one of the most impresive and logical speakers that ever delivered an address in the Ahoskie Church. . ? _ * ? a INJUNCTION SOUGHT TO HOLD UP BONDS Temporary Restraining Order Signed Wednesday To Prevent Sale Of Union Bonds Judge J. Lloyd Horton signed a temporary restraining order against the County Board of Education Wednesday, enjoining it from selling the $19,000 Union School District Bonds, which were awarded to the Hanchett Bond Company, Monday, October 9th. Stanley Winborne of Murfreesboro is attorney for those securing the order. Hearing will be .before Judge Hor ton at Winton next Thursday, when a decision will be made as to the per manency of the order. The filing of the injunction bears out the predic tion made by Jno. E. Vann, member of the Board, that the squabble would find its way to the courts. Finishing Store Carpenters are now at work com pleting inside work to the fifth of J. 1). Sessoms' new brick stores on low er IMain street. Ceiling, counters, and shelves have been added. The new building will be occupied by the first of January, 1923. The comple tion of this store leaves only one of the six stores that is not occupied by mercantile "establishments. REPUBLICANS NOT FARMER'S FRIEND SAYS HJ. WARD Congressman Makes Great Democratic Speech At Win toil Monday ANTI-LYNCHING LAW IS A THRUST AT SOUTHERN STATES, HE SAYS Tariff Law And Revenue Act Framed For Benefit Of Millionaire Class "Farmers of Hertford County, first be true to yourselves. Don't kid yourself into believing the Republi can Party is your friend. If any one ever tpld you it was your friend never was theri a more stupendous, colossal lie. It is the representative of the predatory class, agd shapes its policies to suit the millionaire class." That is what Congressman Hallett S. Ward told a courthouse full of farmers at Winton last Monday afternoon. For more than an hour Congress man Ward indicted the Republican Party for its failure to make a satis factory settlement with the Imperial German Empire after the World War; bitterly assailed the Fordney-McCum ber Tariff Law; exposed the policy of the Party in refusing to lease Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford; resented the mean thrust made at the South in the framing and expected passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Law; and censur ed the administration for its loan of five millon dollars to the laberian Government So busy was the First District Con gressman reviewing the record of the Republican Party that little time was left to give the record of the, Demo crat Party. However, he did tell his listeners that it was absolutely essen tial to the welfare of the Nation and to tie preservation of the South that the name and traditions of the Demo crat Party be perpetuated. "It has been the salvation of at least eleven southern states; but for the Democrat Party ? its name and traditions ?these states would have degenerat ed long ago,"-said Mr. Ward. Only a simple declaration that the United States was at 'peace with Ger many came from the Republican par ty's promise to re-adjust relations with the German Government; and to day, four years after the war, the United States is still holding millions of dollars worth of private property belonging to German subjects under the Alien Property Custodian Act "If this property belongs to the Gov ernment let the Government have It; if it should be turned back to ita own ers, give it to them," said the Con gressman. "Instead, the Republican administration is paying thousands of dollars to pie holders to guard these interests." Linking together the tariff bill and the Muscle Shoals project as evidence of the Republican Party's unfriendli ness to the farmer, Congressman Ward said "out of all the reams of paper written to me asking for a high protective tariff only one came from a farmer, and he was old man Jim Wheatley of Washington County who wanted a tariff on eggs." Some of the appeals were pathetic; and almost made one cry. Not one letter did I ever receive from a farmer protest ing against the leasing of Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford." If ever these yes a time whep this country demanded a high tariff like the Fordney-McCumber bill, it is not now, he thought We are a creditor Nation, and with the .European coun tries depleted by the war and with no other means by which to eft tie their accounts with us save through com merce, the Republican Party has shut off all possibility of these countries liquidating their eleven and a half billion debt with the United States Goevrnment The Republican argu ment of cheap European labor could not hold good now, when the youth of Europe had been killed and wounded in the war and the countries across the water were hard put to supply themselves. "It is all bunco; the Party is so tied up with the big inter ests of this country that it dares not fly in their faces and legislate for the masses," he said. Congressman Ward grew indignant as he pointed to the infamous piece of legislation sponsored by the West ern and Northern Republicans against the South?the anti-lynching law, which would impose a fine of $10,000 upon every county in which a lynch ing occurred. He did not uphold lynch law, and longed for the time when mob rule wotild be blotted out; but he resented the m^n attempt made to pass any such class legisla tion as the Dyer bill. He said this state and other states were doing all they could to curb mob rule and lynch law, and it was not a pure motive that prompted fhe Republicans in trying to put this law over. It was because the negroes of Ohio,' Indiana, New Jer sey, and New York had demanded it President Harding vetoed the bonus bill because the government could not afford to pay the money, but, Mr. Ward pointed out, $450,000,000 had already been lost to the United States Treasury by the removal of the excess profits tax and lopping off other taxes that would be paid by the millionaire class. It was clear to him that Sec retary Mellon, himself a representa tive of millionaires and the third rich est man in the world, had no business being Secretary of the Treasury. "It is class legislation," said Con gressman Ward, referring to the pro visions of the tariff bill and the reve nue act. Eleven of the Republican members of the Ways and Means com mittee which frames all federal reve nue legislation are multi-millionaires, and with Mellon as advisor, it was .clear to Mr. Ward that the tariff bQl and revenue act bad been drawn so as to favor the bigger interests. The farmer, and midleman had not re ceived any consideration. The loan of five million dollars to the Liberian Government was denoun ced by Mr. Ward. "Better to have loaned that money to these Southern negroes than to have sent it to Liberia because J. Pierpont Morgan, Kuhn, Loeb A Co., and New York banks ask ed for it that they might f>e saved from any loss." Recognized as one of democracy's most able speakers, and a Democrat who believes in the principles-of the, party, Mr. Ward ab|y upheld that r<t? utation at.Winton Monday. It was one of the best political speeches Hertford Coqnty voters have listened to in many days. W1NT0N CHAPTER 0. D. C. IS HOST TO FRIENDS "V ? > Historical Contest Keeps Guests On Alert To Answer Questions Winton, Oct. 18.?Thursday even ing, October 12, the U. D. C. Chap ter of Winton entertained a number of friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Clark. Thi? handsome old heme, one of the oldest in our town, has recently been remodeled ariT with its beautiful halls, living and (lining rooms lends itself admirably I4t oc casions of this kind. The guests were met at the door by Misses Thelma Brown and Estelle Clark who received the pennies, for this was a birthday party, each one bringing pennies to correspond with the number of their years. The new president of the Chapter, Mrs. H. B. Jones, assisted by Mrs. Knox served punch in the reception hall. After all the guests had assembled a most interesting historical contest was engaged in. The questions were asked by Mrs. J. W. Boone and quite a lot of brain-racking was necessary to answer them. . The contest resulted in a tie be tween Mrs. Pollard and Miss Mary Wood. They both most graeiously surrendered their claims and present ed the prize a box of candy to Mibs Ikleburgar, the senior member of our school faculty. The booby was cap tured by Mrs. C. W. Jones. After other games were enjoyed the guests were inivited to the dining room to partake of the delightful refresh ments. The evening was a thorough ly enjoyable on? Those present of the Daughters and their guests were: Mesdames H. B. Jones, J. W. Boone, Rom Storey, A. T. Newsome, H. B. Knox, J. N. Clark, P. H. Taylor, W. B. Pollard, Maude Newsome, D. R. McGlohon, C. W. Jones, Claude Holloman, W. R. Dan iel, N. W. Britton, Jno. E. Vann, W. D. Boone, David Parker, J. S. Shaw, W. L. Matthews, Miss Mary Wood, and Miss Ikleberger and Mrs. W. A. Sykes. *0***00*00*0 * WILL NOT DO * * WITHOUT PAPER * * ? * "I am taking advantage of * * your ONE DOLLAR OFFER ? * for this month. 1 sent in my re- ? * newal in August, hut will take * * up with your offar. Am sending * * you the ONE DOLLAR to tack ? * on to it. I'm just iy>t going to * * do without the paper as long as * * I can scrape up a dollar." * * That is what one of our faith- * * ful subscribers said iflTa note to * * us this week. Thdt's the kind ? * of talk that makes newspaper! ng * * worth while. One such latter * * simply blots out all the adverse * * criticism usually stacked up * * against the publisher of a small * * town newspaper. * * Hundreds of others are accept- * * ing our liberal offer. Folks, it * * is a gratutious offer in which we * * are the losers; but it is our own * * proposition and we sure standing * * by waiting for the dollar renew- * * als and new subscribers. * **????*??*?* Field Day Is One Of Big Features Of Annual Fair Strong Competition Among Schools At Roanoke-Chowan > Fair October 31 Educational Day will be a big fea ture of the Roanoke-Chowan Fair which begins at Woodland, October 31. It will be held on the opening day, and is open to any bona fide student of any white school in Bertie, Hertford or Northampton counties. Judges from the State University and other colleges will select the Winners in all events. With the exception of the relay race in which the prisds will be doub led and divided between the four rep resentatives of the school winning the race, prizes to be given are as follows: First prize, $3; second, $2; third, $1. Filled Day , The following program of events has been arranged: 100-yard dash, 50-yard dash (no boy will be admitted in this race who enters any other race), 220-yard dash, 50-yard dash (girls), potato race, thread the needle (girls), 440-yard dash, suit case race (girls), standing broad jump, running broad jump, high jump, gunny sack race, and 1-2 mile relay race (each relay runs 220 yards. Another entirely new and novel at traction to be displayed at the fair is the Hindenburg Line exhibit, a great educational feature of the World War. This exhibit is shown under the auspices of the Historical Commission of Tennessee. The exhibit will be of special interest and instruction to the public generally, but to the ex-service men it will prove a special feature. MISSIONARY SOCIETY AT POWELLSVILLE FORMED Several Ladies From Ahoskie Assist In Organising Unit In Bertie County Powellsville, October 18. ? On Thursday, September 28, several lad ies of the Ahoskie Methodist Church came to assist in organizing a mission ary society in Powellsville. Mrs. L. R. Sessoms of Powellsville led in the devotional exercises. The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. M. F. Hodges who had prepared a program. Helpful knd inspiring talks were made by Mesdames Hodges, H. S. Basnight, L. K. Walker and E. C. Hobba. Mrs. Hodges, presiding, the follow ing officers were elected officers of the Powellsville Society. Mrs. L. R. Sessoms, President, Mrs. M. F. Parker, 1st Vice President; Mrs. P. L. Raynor, 2nd Vice Presi dent; Mrs, L. F. Evans, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. S. B. Carter, Corres ponding Secretary; Miss Lucile Tay lie, Social Service; Mrs. M. F. Parker, Teacher of Mission Study Class and Mrs. C. C. Mitchell, Local Superin tendent. / Twelve members were enrolled. Mothers' Club to Moot The Mothers' Club will meet with Mrs. J. N. Vann next Tuesday, Oc tober 24, at half past two o'clock in the afternoon. All members are urg ed to be present, especially all those on program or lessons four and Ave. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION; CALENDAR CASESroSTPONED Lose Little Time In Getting Down To Business After Delays GRAND JURY REPORTS COUNTY PROPERTY TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE E. S. Wimbrow Gets $400 From Wellington A Powellsrille Railroad Hertford County Superior Court did not get started until late Monday afternoon on account of the speakings by Peanut Exchange representatives and the political speech of Congress man Hallett Ward. However, within lefe than an hour after Sheriff Scull had announced opening of court, the grand jury had been selected, and was grinding out true bills against those alleged to have broken the law. Judge J. Lloyd Horton is presiding. Leas than one day was required to dispose of criminal cases, only two jury cases being necessary. Defend ants in other cases submitted and were sentenced by Judge Horton. Immediately after taking up the civil docket, the entire calendar was re vised, all cases being set for the second week being postponed until next term of Court. Thursday morning, the court was two days behind on civil cases, and it was doubtful if the calendar cases for this week can be disposed of within the entire two weeks. E. 8. Wimbrow, asking damages from the Wellington * Powellsville Railroad, was awarded $400 by Judge Horton, both sides submitting without allowing the issues to go to the jury, which had listened to evidence and at torney's speeches for almost an entire day. The plaintiff was injured, and his car smashed by one of the railroad engines while passing the North street crossing in Ahoskie several months ago. Thursday, October 26, has been set as the day for trial of the damage suit in which J. H. Robertson is ask ing for $15,000 from J. N. Vann, Roberts Jernigan and Dr. L. K. Walk er. Til is suit arose from the "Rob ertson case" which was tried in Gates County last March, after being removed from this court. The following disposition was made of criminal cases tried this week: Henry Jennings, for carrying con cealed weapon* fined $50 and costs. Defendant submitted. Wm. Henry Johnson, colored, plead guilty to a charge of larceny, and was given a 12-month jail sentence, to be hired out for payment of $50 fine and costs. Jimmie Joyner, colored, waived bill and plead guilty of larceny, value legs than $20. He drew six months,'and will be be hired out during that time. William Lowden, sometimes of Edenton, Berkley, Va., Charleston, W. Va., and other points, plead not guilty to attempted pick pocketing. He was nabbed by deputy Jno. W. Taylor at Ahoskie on Sparks' Circus day. He was found guilty and given nine months on the county roads. J. B. Minton got off with payment of costs when he submitted to the charge of disturbing a religious meet ing. Chas. Moore, colored, will work for somebody six months. He submitted to petty larceny and was given six months, to be hired out. " Charlie Gatllng was charged with assault and abandonment. Upon the assault charge he was found not guilty. He gave bond for $50.00 un til next term of court when he will face the abandonment charge. Moses Norris, indicted for larceny, submitted to forcible tresspass. The court suspended judgment upon pay ment of costs. The grand jury, of which R. A. Majette was foreman, reported county jail, courthouse, offices of officials, and the County Home in good condi tion. It recommended the placirig of screens in the cottages recently con structed at the County Home. Mr. Holloman Improving Mr. Bob Holoman who has been confined to his home for three weeks is slowly improving. He Is not yet able to leave bis home. Mr. M. W. Newsome of Harrells , villa was in town Thursday.
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