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Volume Xlll. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, October 27, 1922 One Section No. 25
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BOLL WEEVIL HAS
HIT THIS COUNTY
Hie Pest Is Here And Farmers
Must Begin To Fight
Him
MORE HOGS MUST BE
PRODUCED AS REMEDY
BY H. L. MILLER
The long talked of and much
dreaded pest, the cotton boll weevil
has finally made his way into Hert
ford County. In spite of the predic
tion of many, that the weevil couldn't
survive this far north, he is here, and
he is here in numbers, and he is here
to stay so long as we grow cotton, and
the quicker we realise this and face
the facts in the case in a business-like
way, the better oif we will all be.
Fifteen years ago when the weevil
appeared in Mississippi, very little
was known about effective means of
control of this pest, and the writer
saw lands that had been producing
two bales of cotton per acre, reduced
to the production of two or three
hundred pounds of seed cotton per
acre. This sort of blow almost par
alysized the farming industry of Mis
sissippi for a few years, but we were
finally almost starved into stock
raising and diversified farming and of
course ifs a matter of history now
that those states down there regard
the boll weevil as a benefactor and
some of them have erected monu
ments to the weevil. Thoee states
down there are more prosperous than
before the weevil came, but they owe
their prosperity to livestock and diver
sified farming.
It isn't necessary for the farmer
here in Hertford County to go it
blindly as we had to in Mississippi 15
years ago. A great deal of work
has been done since then in finding
out how to best combat the weevil.
You can take advantage of what the
-farmer farther south had to learn in
the school of experience. If you
wish to learn in the school of exper
ience, it's your privilege, but you will
find it a pretty expensive course.
The U. S. Department of Agricul-j
ture maintains an experiment station
and field loboratory in Louisana for
the sole purpose of developing ways
and means of controlling the weevil.
This information is distributed large
ly through the agricultural extension
service of the different states. The
closer you keep in touch with your
agricultural extension service for the
next two years or three years, and the
closer you follow the advice given,
the better off financially you are go
ing to be, for to make such control
measures as the calcium arsenate
spray effective, you must not only
know what to do, but, how, and when.
If your land won't make upwards of a
bale of cotton per acre, then you had
better leave cotton off entirely for it
costs just as much to control the
weevil on a poor acre as it does on a
good acre, and it wouldn't leave you
"any profit on the poor acre.
Governor Morrison, in a speech at
'Windsor, recently, said; "Hogs mean
more to the future power and glory
Governor Morrison recently said in
Windsor that "hogs meant more ta
the life of North Carolina than states
men." He is a whole lot nearer right
than some of our petty reformer poli
ticians would like to agree. Hogs are
being produced at 5 to 6 cents per
pound. Right today with proper feed.
Hogs sell for 10 to 12 cents per pound
on foot, marketed at the right time of
the year. With hogs at 10 cents per
pound'on hoof there is more money in
it than in cotton at 20 cents with the
boll weevil especially. Investigate
this and find out your possiblities.
NEGRO FAIR HAVING
LIBERAL PATRONAGE
Great crowds of negroes ere at
tending the second annual fair of the
Atlantic District. Fair Association
this week. Agricultural exhibits are
larger, and better this year than last
year, and last year's fast race results
are beinj bettered on the newly re
paired track. Fourteen additional
stalls have been provided for the
horses entered this year.
The J. L. Cronin Carnival is hold
ing forth on the busy midway. There
has been little if any disturbance on
the part of the negro patrons of the
fair grouhds, although plenty of liq
uor has been circulating among the
whites who have freely patronised the
"Forty-Niners" at night
PARENT-TEACHERS HAVE
STRONG ORGANIZATION
Miu Mina Holloman President
Of Association For School
Betterment
Miss Mina Holloman, who has boon
one of the foremost and most active
leaders in all things educational at
Ahoslde for several years, has been
selected to pilot the new Parent
Teachers Association. Other officers
of the Association who will assist Miss
Holloman in the work are:
Secretary Proffessor T. R. Bain
Treasurer Attorney L. C. Williams
The Association met last Friday
night in the high school auditorium
to complete its organisation.. In ad
dition to the already large member
ship, others were received at the
meeting and the dues for ensuing
year were collected.
Miss Bessie Gaddy was elected
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee; Miss Emily Gayle, chair
man of Program Committee; Mrs. J.
G. Camp, chairman of Social Com
mittee; Professor K. ? T. Raynor,
chairman 'Publicity Committee; and
Mrs. George J. Newbern, Chairman
Membership Committee. Other mem
bers of the several committes will be
selected by the chairman and will be
notified of the appointment.
The constitution and by-laws of the
Parent-Teachers Association as adopt
ed at the meeting last Friday night
are as follows:
Constitution of Ahosld* Parent -
Teachers Association
ARTICLE I
This organization shall be called
the Ahoskie Parent-Teacher Associa
tion.
ARTICLE n
Purpose
Its purpose is to study and improve
conditions affecting child life, to
create a better understanding be
tween parents and teachers, and to
promote in general the interest of ed
ucation.
ARTICLE III
Membership
Any one interested in the purpose
of this organization is qualified for
membership.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1. The officers shall consist
of a president, a vice-president, a sec
retary, a treasurer, elected annually
in March for the ensuing school'year.
They perform the duties that usually
devolve upon such officers.
Section 2. Twenty-five members
shall constitute a quorum
ARTICLE V
Board
Section 1. The officers and chair
man of standing committees, togeth
er with the school superintendent,
shall constitute the executive board.
ARTICLE VI
Mooting*
Section 1. Regular meetings shall
! be held on first Friday of each school
month from September to May, in
clusive
Section 2. Special meetings may be
called by the president when neces
sary.
Sction 3. Public notice of all meet
ings shall be given to members*
Section 4. No regular meeting shall
exceed one hour.
ARTICLE VII
Committees
The chairman of standing commit
tees shall be named by the president.
The following committees shall be
standing committees
1. Program. ,
2. Publicity.
3. Membership.
4. Social.
5. Ways and means.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendment*
Amendments to this constitution
may be adopted by a majority vote
after they have been proposed at a
previous meeting.
RECEIVE CARLOAD FORDS
George J. Newbern A Co., local
dealers for the Ford Motor Co., re
ceived a carload of Fords this week.
Last week a 350 reduction on all
models was announced by tlie dealers.
BIG SALE OF TOBACCO
Both auction warehouses were filled
with tobacco Tuesday morning. It
was one of the largest sales held here
this season. The price for good to
bacco is holding up good.
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EXCHANGE MAKES
BIG SALE OF NUTS
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Deal Approximates Quarter
Million Dollars; Largest
On Record
WILL PAY MEMBERS
STORAGE CHARGES
The Peanut Grower* Exchange of
Norfolk innnnnftl that thg higy?t
sale of peanuts ever recorded in the
history of the peanut industry in this
section was made last week by its
Sales Department, to the Planters Nut
Chocolate Company, the well known
manufacturers of Planters Brand of
peanut and peanut products. This
big deal represents approximately
one-quarter million dollars and it will
take most of the peanuts held by the
Exchange to All this big order.
The making of this big sale of old
peanuts so near the end of the season
is a fine index to the general tone of
the peanut market. With the great
decrease in acreage this year and the
general shortage of the 1922 crop,
the prospects now are most favorable
for a decided advance in the prices of
peanuts in the near future.
A most interesting feature in con
nection with this big sale is the fact
that it makes possible for the Ex
change to pay its grower members
about $60,000 on peanuts stored by
them, at home, and also the payment
of about $45,000 to those growers
who delivered Spanish peanuts, as a
further payment on the same.
In connection with the recent ac
tivities of the Exchange a matter of
^reat importance to the growers is
stockholders meeting to be held at the
Academy of Music in Suffolk, the
legal residence of the Exchange, Wed
nesday, November 1st. The special
object of this meeting ia-for the mem
bers to approve such change in the
incorporation of the Exchange as will
make it possible for this growers or
ganization to have the full benefit of
the new Co-operative Marketing Law
of Virginia. This change, which will
most probably be adopted, will in no
wise change the grower's contract
with his organisation, which is binding
for a period of seven years, and. will
make possible a great increase in
members as the growers will be per
, mitted to join by the payment of a
$3.00 membership fee instead of hav
ing to subscribe for a share of com
mon stock of the par value of $50.00.
AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY
BEST EVER ON EXHIBIT
About Twelve Counties Were
Represented at State Fair;
Buncombe Leader
Raleigh, 6ct. 25.?The State Fair
held at Raleigh last week will go
down in history as the greatest agri
cutural display ever held in-North
Carolina, according to Director B,
W. Kilgore of the Experiment Sta
tion and Extension Service. Dr. Kil
gore and his associate#, together
with the county home and farm de
monstration agents, took a leading
part in making the fair a success in
sofar as the educational side was
cfonoerned, and visitor* tlaat week
were impressed with the great val
ue of the fair from this standpoint.
About twelve countieg made the
county exhibits. Buncombe won the
first prise, Alamane second, and the
third went to Cleveland, with the
others down to ten participating in
the prize money. The community
exhibits were more numerous than
before, with the Alexander Wilson
Community 0f Alamance County in
first place, the Calypso Community
of Duplin County second, and the
Fairview Community of Wake win
ning third money. Individual farm
honors went to John S. Davis of the
County of Wake, W. Henry Sharpe
of Guilford, and ?. J. Howell of
Haywood in the order named.
The livestock display was even
greater than the field crops. There
were more Jersey cattle shown than
all dairy breeds put together on last
year. All breeds of beef cattle, the
sheep, swine and horses and mules
were represented. Additional tents
had to be put up'to house the over
flow from the regular barns and the
sheds. This show of livestock is an
indication of the increasing interest
in this phase of farming in N. C.
THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY
WEEK IN COUNTY COURT
Robertson Damage Suit Being
Tried Today; Thursday;
Calendar Cleared
Having postponed the entire cal
endar for this week, Hertford Coun
ty Superior Court has been busy
grinding out minor civil cases which
were all originally set for the first
week of this term. The calendar was
re-arranged one day last week. On
Wednesday of this week, at noon, the
court recessed for the rest of the day
after having disposed of all cases on
the calendar up until that time.
Tuesday was perhaps the busiest
day of the week, seven or eight jury
trials being heard on that day. Sever
al others were compromised, and
when 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
came, the court found itself without
work to do unless it began oh Thurs
day's calendar.
One litigant had his case non-suit
ed Wednesday morning, when Judge
Horton was advised that he (the lit
igant) had preferred to stop down
town for lunch rather than come to
the courthouse and prosecute his
caaa.
When .court convened Thursday
morning, both sides in the Robertson
damage suit were ready for trial, J.
H. Robertson of Ahoskie is suing J.
N. Vann, Roberts Jernigan, and Dr.
L. K. Walker for a total sum of $16,
000, alleged damages done to him in
August, 1921, following Robertson's
forcible trespass in the home of Dr.
Walker.
This is the third case arising out
of the unfortunate occurrence, and,
like the two previous cases is attract
ing considerable attention, on account
of: the prominence of the parties in
volved. A large array of legal talent
is !representing both sides.
(With a young army of witnesses on
hand to recite the affair, attorneys
standing by to enlarge on the issues
involved, and with the stage all set
for another session of .charges and
counter charges in Ahoskie's notor
ious contribution to the criminal
courts of Hertford and Gates coun
ties, a compromise was effected in
Robertson against Vann, Jernigan,
and Walker. The defendents will pay
* the costs of the action, and Robertson
will get no damage money.
Court will probably adjourn this
term on Friday. The next session
will be in February, 1923.
SERIOUS RESULTS TROM
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
Th? Presence of Venereal Dis
eases Often Causes Trag
edy to Family
(Special to the Herald)
Raleigh, Oct 26.'?Syphillis does
not halt for kind hearts. Infection
from this loathsome disease may
reasonably be expected as one of the
possible results of adoption of chil
dren through irregular channels, '
however well-intentioned the pro
spective-parents may be. This is the
opinion of officials of the State Board
of Public Welfare who recently have
had brought to their attention a case
in point which occurred in one of the
Eastern counties when both foster
mother and wet-nurse contracted sy
phillis from an infected baby which
had been adopted from a deserted
and probably immoral mother with
out authority and merely by surrepti
tious agreement
Such a tragedy would, in all pro
bability, have been avoided. Public
Welfare officials are free to say that
The State law says in this regard
that no child shall be removed from
its mother under six months after its
birth without permission of the Clerk
of the Court or the County Health
Officer, the child, was already in its
foster home where it was a source of
contagion to innocent and well-rtiean
fng persons. Had the foster-parents
applied for permission to adopt the
baby, yie case would probably have
been put in the hands of the County
Superintendent of Public Welfare, a
logical person to handle it
The story of what happened is sad
enough. A man and his wife, people
of excellent character and standing in
their community had for a very long
time been anxious to adopt a baby
girl. They had been informed by a
physician that a'young woman patient
Seeking Secretary For I
Chamber Of Commerce
WHO'S WHO AMONG
WOMEN IN COUNTY
(BY MISS MYRTLE SWINDELL)
Mrs. B. N. Sykes' fruit cuke is
being mailed to points far beyond
tl^ county boundary. "She makes
the best fruit cake I ever tasted,"
' says Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon of
Raleigh. "Please give her an
order for my Christmas cake."
Mrs. W. D. McMcGlohon of Co
field, the woman who exhibited
home-made oxford shoes last year
at the County Fair, has clipped the
wool from her own sheep and will
exhibit suits of clothes made by
her own hand at the Fair this year.
Mrs. A. G. Otwell will exhibit at
the County Fair a splendid line of
baskets, lamps, etc., made by her
self.
Mrs. P. H. Taylor of Winton is
the preserve, marmalade, and jam
lady. She will exhibit a variety of
thirteen kinds in standard jars.
Mrs. E. Britt of Mapleton will
give us a beautiful display of sun
cooked fruits and candy this year
at the Fair.
Mrs. J. A. Wiggins will display
an unusual exhibit of packs in
thrift jars.
Miss Willie Sue Matthews is es
pecially successful with tomato
ketchup.
Miss Mary Sykes is the cucum
ber pickle girl of Harrellsville
girl's club. '
Miss Myra Scull has so far pack
ed the most beautiful container of
string beans in the girls' clubs of
the county.
Misses Thelma and Reisje Story
of Woodrow have packed beautiful
green tomato pickles.
Miss Ivey Vinson, Tennille Wil
liams and Julia Hoggard of Cofield
have packed an exhibit of thirty
six jars to take to the County Fair.
Miss Julia Downs of Cofield has
a splendid jar of butter beans to
show the public at the Fair.
Mrs. H. W.. Greene from Hor
ton's School will show a collection
of beautiful baskets at the Fair.
Misses Bessie Grissom and
Blanche Fairless from Christian
Harbor are making splendid jelly.
Miss Ruth Thomas and the club
at Bethlehem are preparing an ex
hibit for the County Fair.
Mrs. B. Scull has kindly given
the County Home Demonstration
Agent the use of a jar of fruit
salad to show the women in the
county. She makes it as follows:
2 qta. of pears (cut in cubes)
1 qt. of apples, (cut in cubes)
1 qt. of pineapple,(cut in cubes)
3 cups of sugar
Add the pineapple juice and' a
little water, place on stove and let
come to the boiling point. Seal at
once in sterilized jars.
t
of "big whose husband had deserted
her was expecting to be confined. And
whereupon, the prospective father
had a lawyer draw up papers for for
mal surrender of the child which the
young woman signed. The doctor had
advertised the fact that, because she
had been deserted and was unable to
work, the mother would have to give
away her child as soon after its birth
as possible. But he had failed to ad
vertise any suspicions of syphillitie
infection which he may have had good
reason to entertain.
Twenty-four hours after the birth
of the baby who was, to all appear
ances, a fine child, she had been re
ceived into her new home, to the ve
ry great satisfaction of her foster
parents who planned to give her ev
ery advantage. About a month later,
the baby developed symptoms of sy
phillis. Definite diagnosis of the dis
ease came too late to forestall infec
tion of both foster-mother and wet
nurse, the former being afflicted by
the disease in a most virulent form.
Naturally enough, the foster par
ents no longer wish to keep in their
home the child, who, though innocent
ly brought such horrible contamina
tion there. So the baby was resign
ed to the care of the Superintendent
of Public Welfare?but too late for
the Superintendent to do anything
more than try to find another (and
probably less fortunate) home for the
child after cure had been pronoun
ced. Because of such history. It will
be difficult to place the baby.
SEVERAL APPLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE AND
CONFERENCES ARRANG
ED. $2,500 GUARANTEED
FOR ORGANIZATION
DURING FIRST YEAR
Foreign Firms Are Donating
Other Chambers Of Commerce
Volunteer To Assist In
Work Here
When the directors of the Ahoskie
chamber of commerce met last night
approximately $2200 was in sight
for the promotion of the organiza
tion during its first year. The direc
tors have been actively st work since
the chamber came into life seelfing to
secure a minimum of $2,500 before
employing a full time secretary. Al
though the goal has not been reached,
the directors have pledged their faith
in Ahoskie by guaranteeing that
amount, and are now arranging con
ferences with several applicants for
the position of secretary.
One hundred and three have signed
up as members of the chamber of
commerce, and have paid the $15 fee.
Other individuals are looked upon as
probable members, and many will
come into the organization "as soon
as they see it functioning". The di
rectors believe they will lose nothing
by guaranteeing what is now lacking
in the amount desired, although they
expect to see it go even if it becomes
necessary for them to put up the
money.
In addition to the individual mem
bers, the two Ahoskie banks, Barnes
Sawyer Grocery Company, The Ahos
kie Department Store and Garrett A
Jernigan have made appropriations to
the chamber totalling $195.
Temporary Secretary James I.
Crawford and President V. D. Strick
land have mailed several letters to
foreign concerns who are given a
large volume of business in Ahoskie,
requesting donations to the chamber.
Several have already responded, while
advices have hot been receivd from
others. Those who have already sent
checks to the secretary are: J. W.
Perry A Company, Norfolk, Va., $25;
? Jones, Son A Company, Norfolk, Va., .
$25; Swift A Co., Baltimore, $15.00.
One of the most encouraging fea
tures of the effort Ahoskie is exerting
towards community betterment and
industrial expansion through the pro
motion of a chamber of commerce is
the unanimity of the responses, en
tirely voluntary, that have come to
the chamber from secretaries, presi
dents, and officials of the chambers
throughout the State. Every letter
received?and there are many of them
?has congratulated Ahoskie on the
step taken, and offers to render any
assistance possible iu making the local
organization carry through a con
structive program.
A typical letter is the one received
from the Raleigh chamber of com
merce which reads: "It has come to
our attention that you have just re
cently come into the Chamber of Com
merce work in North Carolina and I
am glad to send you this word of
greeting and welcome. It is our
pleasure to be of service to the men
throughout the State at all times and
hope that if there 1* any service which
this office can render, you will call
upon us."
Another letter received from Nor
man Y. Chambliss, Rocky Mount, sec
retary of North Carolina Commercial
Secretaries Association reads: "I
note with interest that the business
men of Ahoskie have organized a
Chamber of Commerce, and I am tak
ing this opportunity to assure you
that the North Carolina Commercial
Secretaries Association welcomes
Ahoskie into this field of work, be
lieving that your community will be
greatly benefitted by such organiza
tion. I want to say to you that you
qiust feel free to call on me at any
i time I can be of any service to your *
, organisation."
Other letters similiar in tone have
been received from chambers of com
merce.
A full-time secretary will soon be
employed, and, his coming here will
be the signal for real work. How
ever, the directors are not waiting for
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