Hertford County Herald
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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Friday, Oct. 20,1922
There's one little item of ex
pense Hertford County road
commissioners will save to the
County. It's the annual, bien
nial or quadrennial donation
heretofore made to rebuild the
dam spanning Liverman's Mill
pond. When the right of way
was purchased outright, Secre
tary Northcott was saved the
trouble of recording appropria
tions for repairs, and the
county is financially better off.
Ahoskie's two banks have
shown their faith in the town
and by so doing cemented the
faith of Ahoskie's people in its
banking institutions when they
voted to provide Annual dona
tions for the recently organized
chamber of commerce. ? Other
corporations and business
houses are showing a like faith.
This organized body is here to
work for the whole town and
^community and not for any set
of individuals. That is why it
should appeal to every loyal
citizen as a thing to be promot
ed and helped?not to be kick
ed and cuffed.
THE PEANUT EXCHANGE
Editor Conner of the Roan
oke-Chowan Times has ex
pressed his faith in the ability
of the Peanut Exchange to j
come back. He is a member
and announces that he will
stick by the organization. It is
going to take just that kind of
grit to make the cooperative
association successful. Mem
bers of the Exchange can make
it go or they can kill it.
*Of course, nobody expects
the peanut merchandising or
ganization to prosper under in
competent management. That
is what happened to it last
year; and that is one thing to
be guarded against this year
and all other years to come. If
we are to believe the Ex
-change's evangels, it is now
piloted by men who have dem
onstrated their ability to make
cooperative associations pay
and pay well.
It takes a whole lot of faith
and plenty of nerve for the fel-I
low who has been "stung" once
to put himself up as a target
again. But if he is invulner
able, and has with him plenty
of others strong enough to buck
the line, there's a chance to
make a sucker out of the sting
er. Last year, the cleaners did
the stinging, and the Exchange
with admitted weakness in its
own organization made juicy
pickings for the speculators.
The peanut farmers deserve
better treatment than they
have ever been able to get out
of the cleaners and independ
ent buyers. The Exchange, if
it can?come back, will have
performed a great service to
the farmer* If it utterly fails,
and this year will be a good cri
terion, then little can be ex
pected for those who make pea
Nnuts one of their principal!
crops.
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GIVE BETTER SERVICE
Announcement that the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad ex
pects to spend millions of dol
lars in providing new equip
ment for its lines, and further
fact that it intends to double
track a considerable portion of
its main line lends itself to a lit
tle thought of what this rail
road owes to the town of Ahos
kie in the matter of segregating
its passenger station from the
freight dfepot.
Freight receipts at Aboskie,
both incoming and outgoing,
have increased to that extent
where as many as h^lf a dozen
to nine freight cars are switch
ed into the siding alongside the
freight depot to be unloaded.
It requires time to unload this
freight and store it, and while
this work is in progress the cats
must stand on the siding. There
is no kick coming on that score,
for it is but right and projfer
that it be so.
However, it is not right.to
impede, block and jam every
passage to passenger coaches.
That is what happens here
many times every week. The
siding runs parallel with the
freight dep6t, and bows out to
wards the main line directly in
front of the white waiting
room. The freight cars often
extend clear across the track
in front of the waiting room,
and not noly cuts off all view of
approach of passenger trains
but leavers passage way of
only eight or ten feet to the
coaches on southbound trains.
Two express trucks, mail
wagons, train and station em
ployees, and passengers, in
coming and outgoing, have to
squeeze through this narrow
avenue. Many times it is hard
ly possible for one person to
pass at a time, and then with
difficulty, for the express, mail,
and other railroad men must
have room in which to work.
White women, and little chil
dren are jostled in the crowds,
along with the unceremonious
fellow who has no regard for
another's rights. It is plainly
an imposition upon the travel
ing public that demands and
should have decent accommo
dations.
This is not just once in a
while"; it happens almost any
day. It has been cited as un
just and unfair many times be
fore now, and the railroad
authorities must know about it.
There is only one inference to
be drawn, that it never intends
to take voluntary steps to cor
rect the situation. Laying aside
all argument for a freight de
pot entirely separate from the
passenger station, there is still
action incumbent upon the At
lantic Coast Line, And it should
be its policy to provide good
service for patrons It is cer
tainly not doing it here.
' ANNOUNCEMENT
The Parent-Teacher Association
will meet next Friday evening at
7:30 for the purpose of completing
the organization begun on Friday
-evening, October 6. The committee
appointed to draft a constitution and
nominate the chairman of the several
committees will make its report, and
the necessary officers will be elected.
We earnestly request all who are in
terested in the development of our
school to attend this meeting and be
come active members.
A special program has been arrang
ed, which will be very pleasing as
well as instructive. Remember the
hour of meeting. Be prompt
k: t. raynor, supt
Card Of Thank*
I wish to thank all my friends who
so liberally donated to a fund which
has been presented to me by friends,
since sustaining injuries to my arm
last week. W. N. CARTER.
Ahoskie, N. C.
Notice
I have taken up one light sandy col
ored sow. Owner etn get same by
paying damages and for cost of this
notice.
This 16th day of October, 1922.
T. B. COOKE,
B. F. D. 2, Ahoskie, N. C.
SEEN AND HEARD
THIS WEEK
BY THE OFFICE CAT
'v I. i ?.y
"I am spending Democrat money,
buying Democrat clothes, and eating
Democrat^grub; and why shouldn't
I be,a Democrat"? asked an Ahoskie
negro Monday. He had jtmt heard
Congressman Ward's speech indicting
the Republican Party for its fsilure to
legislate for the masses. "He's ex
actly right Why didn't they send
us niggers that Ave million dollars in
stead of sending H over to thoee folks
in Liberia?"
Whoever dubbed Hallett Ward
"Hot Stuff" knew his business. If
there were any Republicans in the
courthouse last Monday afternoon,
they'll agree with this cat He "laid
the gospel down", and used biblical
quotations in doing it His concep
tion of the Republican Party is frfund
in the 17th chapter of Revelations.
He wound up his speech Monday by
quoting R.
"You're wrong; that road row has
done good," quoth one Interested
party to the editor the other day.
"Everything is peaches" he. said, and
in his opinion, henceforth there's go
ing to be a better understanding be
tween the superintendent and the
board. So may it be.
It's time to quit lambasting the
county road organisation and turn on
the State. The state highway from
Ahoskie to Winton is a poor compli
ment to the" efficiency of the patrol
force. Two days rain and the auto
mobile- with a weak disposition dares
not turn its radiator towards Winton.
Use of the type gravel used on
Main street of Ahoskie will eliminate
the muck and mire on the Aulander
Winton highway. The rains did not
tear the Main street road to pieces.
"The State Fair should pay State
College and University a handsome
premium for playing their annual
football game on Riddick Field during
Fair Week," said one Ahoskie fellow
this week. And, he is about right.
The football^msic is responsible for
over fifty peNpnt of the attendance
at the fair from Ahoskie.
Hertford County will certainly
have two Republican officers for the
next term," says E. J. Gerock, chair
man of the county board of elections.
They are coroner and surveyor. The
Democrats have not nominated a can
diate for either office, nor has it done
so for several years. The Republi
cans, however, are sticking,by their
pledge to put out a full county ticket,
and offer two men for these offices.
"That does pretty good for a town
sweet potato," said B. N. Sykes of
Harrellsville Tuesday, as he examined
the potato raised by Lee Holloman of
Ahoskie. "But," he said, "It's noth
ing to find plenty of four-pounders
out in the country." Mr. Sykes said
he "rgubbed" one recently that
weighed four and a half pounds*. He
has others still larger. ,
Between the musings of the Office
Ca$, and the literary productions of
the editors of the "Indian l^arwhoop"
there is waging a stiff battle for su
premacy in public approval and inter
est. Many new subscribers have beert
directly traced to one or the other.
The school bunch are certainly put
ting up some good stuff. Don't weak
en, is my one admonition.
"The new road board is all set to
secure restraining order against Sup
erintendent Hines," says one county
citizen. Nothing could do more to
hamper road work than such a move,
and sojnehow it is hard to believe any
set of men would pull'the trick.
Fourteen miles is what an automo
bile speedometer registered between
Ahoskie and Murfreesboro last Satur
day afternoon. The route taken was
over the new road around which some
of the* late highway troubles centered.
Zealous advocates of cooperative
marketing have set the Editor down as
a hot opponent of the merchandising
system. "How do they get that way"
asks the editor, who offer! as exhibits
countless issues of the HERALD in
which reams of free publicity have
been given to the Peanut Exchange
and Cotton Associations. He confi
dentially asked the Cat to say those
fellows were "barking up the wrong
tree."
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JUNIPER HEART SHINGLES
?The Woad Eternal
For Solo By
C. B. MORRIS
Colerain, N. C.
A*k for delrrerjr, price, and sample,
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NOTICE OF SALE
On November 9, 1922 at 10:30 a. m.f at the residence of,
the late Delia Powell of Hertford County, 1 will offer for sale
at public outcry, tbe personal property of the late Delia Powell,
including household and kitchen furniture, a piano, carts, wag.
ons, mules, and all other personal property belonging to said,
estate.
Terms: CASH.
Time of Sale: November 9th at 10:30 a. m. Place: Delia
Powell's old home.
This September 27, 1922. J. U. VAUGHAN,
% ? Executor of the Estate of Delia Powell.
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DOWN GO PRICES
At MITCHELL'S DRUG STORE fceginning Friday,
October 20th and continuing until November lit, the
following article* will be sold at a sacrifice for oash only
OA. 60c Farhsm Tooth Paste gri
ll.00 Henry H. Walpole OvC for _P r- ?VC
$1.00 Wine of Cardiu OA. 60e Pepiodent Tooth iA
for OUC PMte for ??
nnn 26c Colgate's Tooth OA.
Paste for AvC
- V OA. I(jc Colgate's Tooth 1 A_
40c Castoria for.. JVC f0T 1VC
OA. * 60c Prophylatic Tooth OC _
$1.00 Qninfhe for OvC paate for ? ?'wC
$1.20 Syrup of Pepsin QA - QA.
for JVC $1.16 Swamp Root for JVC
60c Syrup of Pepsin for 45c 90c Swamp Root for... 45c
JC. $125 Mrs. Joe Per- 0?| AA
60c Syrup of Figs for tOC eon's Remedy for JT$*VV
60c Ikana Tooth Paste JA. $1.50 Scott's Emul- (1 OC
for I *VC sion and Cod Liver Oil
60c Pebeco Tooth Paste JA. 75c Scott's Emulsion and AA.
for *UC Cod Liver Oil for VUC
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