Newspapers / Hertford County herald. / Dec. 22, 1922, edition 1 / Page 6
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f'.'.'iifWilj,*. 1B- ,1 f... 1 . i STATE NEWS IN DIGEST ' Of' 11 "If the federal prohibition fforce in North Caroline were doubled and the atate and county official* doubled their resolutions to co-operate with U3, it would be possible to have a real enforcement of the Volstead Act," said R. Kohless, federal pro hibition director for North Carolina, last Saturday. Instead of approxi mately fifty men operating in differ ent sections of the state, the enforce ment brigade should be large enough to place a man in each county, the director thinks. A permit for the burial of Hender son Cole, Wilmington merchant, wai issued by health authorities last Sat urday when a new death certificate signed by Coroner Holden was pre sented. The county health officer had declined.to issue a death certificate signed by a Christian Scientist prac titioner. Ranking as seventh customs port in the United States, with New York first and Philadelphia second, Wil mington's port rises from eighth place in 1921 to its present rank for the fiscal year 1922, by collecting $4,722, 279.10, according to a comparative statement just issued by Deputy Col lector S. E. Highsmith. Contractors contending for the job of building the Halifax-Northampton bridge across the Roanoke river for the State Highway Commission last Thursday came nearer to submitting identical figures than has been the case in the record of the road building forces in the State. On the initial figures two bidders were within six cents of each other but a careful ex amination widened the difference to $375.06 and the low bidder was the Penaacola Shipbuilding Company, at a price of $349,692.74. Two other con tracts were let-in the First District none of which were in. Hertford County. Gillam Grissom, collector of Inter nal Revenue in North Carolina, stated last Friday that he had asked the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in Washington to request the Attorney General to instruct each district attor ney in the United States to proceed with suits for the collection of "gen uine taxes" from ail persons arrested en charges of violating the Volstead Act who have not made proper settle ment. Approximately nine hundred persons, it is said, are liable for civil action under this procedure. J. E. Smith of Reidsville for seven teen years has taught the Friendly class at Main street M. E. church and has never missed a Sunday. Mr. Smith is a telegraph operator. Miss Katherine Bourne, a teacher in the Episcopal School at San Juan,' Porto Rica, died last Friday as the result of shark bites received while in bathing near San Juan, according to a cablegram received last Saturday by Louise M. Bourne, brother of Miss Bourne, whose home is in Tarboco. JbxpiTW una rauiu*u a^uus aw Kiniton say that heavy shipments of fruit trees had been received through Kinston offices during the past few weeks. Chamber of Commerce mem boosting the planting of orchards as one means of combatting the boll weevil there, took the information as arv indication that the "Kinston pro gram" of diversification was having effect. Dr. J. F. Rheqt, recorder of Sudan Temple at New Bern, has sent out several thousand programs to Shrin ers in Eastern North Carolina as the first step toward the annual midwin ter ceremonial that will be held there Thursday, December 28. Only one day will be devoted to the affair thil year. So gratifying have been the results obtained in the Bolton Drain age District, a tract of land in Colum bus County which was drained and pat to agricultural purposes seven] years ago, that the Waeamaw Lumber Company is planning for a new dis trict of several thousand acres. The 'first district comprised twenty-eight The Workmen's Compensation Ac1 is certain to come up before the Gen era] Assembly in January. The State Federation of Labor will sponsor it and other suggested pieces of legisla A mass of splintered wood and smashed and broken bottles, front which arose a sickening odor of aico helic spirits is all that remained oi the $100,000 rum cargo of the Brit iah schooner. Messenger of Peace, de atroyed st Wilmington last Thursday Full potior to eliminate grade ervmingi when in the judgment of Mm State Highway Commission their I ard of highway travel and polica powers for highway patrolmen to en force the regulations of traffic and road maintenance have been written into the suggested amendments to the state road law by the legislative com mittee of the commission. The present year will pass into his tory as one of the most brilliant in the constructive development of the City of Asheville, with business develop ments announced, in course of con struction or completed, totaling ap proximately $7,500,000. The E. Hogshire Son ft Co., of New York City, will begin tfie operation of a regular boat service between Wash ington, N. C., and Baltimore and New York cities January 1. They will give a regular list of sailings, issue nego tiable bills of ladings and give the shippers safety from loss or damage | while in transit. Thousands of tobacco farmers who i are members, of the Tobacco Growers . Co-Operative , Association doubled their cash receipts Wednesday, when 15,459 checks for the second payment was delivered to all the co-operative warehouses of eastern NorthsCarolina. Thirty mild cases of 'influenza among the students of Trinity College twenty of them reported in one morn ing, has brought the students of the college home for the Christmas holi day. Recess came Monday, two days before the scheduled time. The action was taken upon recommendation of the college physician. No alteration in the curtailment program, which the Southern Power Company has had in effect recently, is contemplated as a result of recent rains. No rains have fallen at points above the power plants to cause any material change, say the officials. "The farmers of North Carolina will have a splendid opportunity to secure reliable first-hand information concerning the important crops grown in the State," says Professor W. H. Darst, head of the department of farm crops at State College, in dis cussing the winter course in practi cal agriculture to be given at the college January 8-19, inclusive. Incorporators of the United Clans men of America, a new fraternal and secret order formed in North Caro lina and chartered by the secretary of state Monday, have not admitted that the new society is to underwrite the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina and enable the state organization to break with Atlanta. Approximately forty firms and in dividuals suffered as a result of Sun day's big $400,000 fire that consumed one of the largest business and pro fessional office buildings in Charlotte. There is one postmastership in this State that is going begging; it is at Hanckney, Chatham County. The postoffice will have to be discontinued unless some one wants the office. I Entirely overcome by his own ner vousness when he appeared before the initial session of the State Budget Commission to plead for enlargement of maintenance appropriations for his institution, Charles E. Boger, super intendent of the Stonewall Jackson Training School for Boys fainted dead away in the Governor's' office Monday morning and was unconscious for several moments. He soon reviv ed and made such a fine plea for the institution that he was granted all requests made. Notice of Solo of Load Under Deed of Trust By virtue of the power and authority vested in the undersigned trustee in a certain deed of trust | executed and delivered by J? W Wiggins and wife Virginia Wiggini dated January 16, 1918 and oi record in the office of the Register ei Deeds for Hertford County, state el North Carolina in book 64, page 269 and default having been made in th? payment df the indebtedness secured thereby and at the request , df the holders of said note) . and in accordance with the provision) . contained in said Deed Trust the un< I dersigned Trustee will sell at pubR) [ sale in front of the Court House dooi . in Wihton, N. C.," Bedford county, ei . Monday, January 8, 1923 at 11 I o'clock neon to the highest bidder fei . cash the following described land to-wit: Lying on the right hand side ef th? c public road leading from HarreUsvill) ' to Cofleld, N. C., commencing at i ! corner where the Joe Mannor brand > crosses the road thence along th( - centre of said branch to a corner a1 a dead white oak thence along B. G I Williams line (Wynns land) tc Charlie Harrell line, thence along Charlie Harrell Hne to said Hsrrells ville and Cofleld road, thence along road to first station containing 41 acres more or less, being a part of th< land bonght by W. P. Britton and ?leaded to J. W. Wiggins by Ladle H Williams. This December 4, 1922. M. R. TAYLOR, Trustee 8-8-2H44. > MENOLA LOCALS Messrs. Clevie Vinton and A. G. , Otwell were in Norfolk, Va., Monday , on buaineas. i Mr. W. L. Williams of Columbia, S. C-, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Charlie W. Parker from Friday until Monday. He was accompanied home by Mrs. Williamson who has been spending some time here with her daughter. Mr. Percy Chitty of Oteen Hos pital, N. C., is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Joe F. Cowan. Mr* and Mrs. Berry Lee White of Norfolk, Va., arrived Saturday to make their home with Mrs. White's mother, Mrs. Margaret Brown. We , welcome this young couple^ln our , midst f Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baker 6f near Mount Tabor spent the week-end with the letter's parents, Mr. ' and Mrs. Joe F. Cowan. Misses Bertie Northcott and Jessie Cowper left Monday for their res pective homes, Raleigh and Kinston, where they will spend the Christmas holidays. Messrs. Douglas and Charlie W. Parker were in Norfolk, Va., last Thursday on business. The first group center meeting of the schools in St John's township was held at Menola School, the group cen ter school, on Friday, December 8th. Ten out of the eleven teachers in the township were present, besides Miss Mary Williams, our County Super visor, and Miss Leona Harris, the pri mary teacher of the Winton school. The opening exercises werd very in teresting consisting of songs, a dram atization by the primary pupils, story telling by a sixth grade pupil, a his tory paper by a seventh grade pupil, school yells and school songs. The morning was spent in observ ing the work of the telehers in the different rooms. 1 The visitors went first to the pri mary room where the teaching of a first grade was very successfully ' demonstrated by Miss Northcott. They then went to the intermediate room, where Miss Cowper demonstrat ed her method of teaching a fourth grade reading lesson. In Mr. Ot- ? well's room he gave a demonstration of his way of conducting a seventh grade history lesson. The afternoon sesion was devoted to a discussion of the work observed in the morning, and various other ( school problems, also the first lesson j in the reading circle book, "Oral and * Silent Reading," was heard by Mr. ' Otwell, the leader. 1 ' COLERAIN NEWS Mr. Monroe Britt of Merry Hill spent last Tuesday in town. Mr. C. A. Northcott went to Ahos kie last Tuesday. Mr. J. H. Myers spent last week at Merry Hill visiting his'daughters. Mrs. J. P. Deans went to Norfolk Wednesday to visit her husband who i is at Sarah Leigh Hospital. Mr. J. C. Beasley went to Windsor last Wednesday. Mr. Joe Carroll of Aulander was in town -last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stokes went to Ahoskie last Wednesday. Mesdames L. H. White and Mrs. Mitchell spent last Thursday in Suf- . folk. Mr. C. B. Morris made a business trip to Ahoskie last Thursday. Miss Nell Heath who was milliner I for Mrs. J. J. Beasley left last Friday i for her home on the Eastern Shore. Mr. N. 6. Phelps went to Ahoskie , last Friday. i Mr. Clyde Northcott spent last Fri ! day in Windsor. * ' Mr. J. S. Deans, Mesdames Deans, ! Montague and Perry went to Ahoslde , last Friday. ? Mrs. Powell of Barrellsville accom I panied by her mother were in town t last Friday. i There was a minstrel at the Aead i emy last Friday night by home talent Mr. M. R. Montague and sister, : Miriam, went to Norfolk last SatUr r day. i Rev. Bristow went to Merry HQ1 I Saturday where he filled hisappelnt r ment Saturday and Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs.- J. H. Myers and sdn attended the burial of Mr. Nat Myers i near Powellsville last Saturday after i noon. ? i Some of our young people attended i the moving picture show in Ahoskie i last Saturday evening, t Mr. G. P. Miller went to Bethel last . Sunday. > Mr. E. White left Sunday for Nor ! folk where he will spend several days. Rev. Uneberry filled his regular ; appointment here last Saturday and f Sunday. On Sunday he gave a re i view ef the convention at Winsten I Salem. Mr. and Mr. Cecil Beasley motored to Greenville last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Holly visited Mrs. Holly's parents near Merry HIT > umt Sunday. L ? ? NOTICE - ?- - ^By virtu* of authority of th* pow sr* contained in a certain mortgage deed executed on the let day of ' October, 1919, by C- H. Phaup, which mortgage deed i* duly of record in Book 66, page 276, Office Register of Deeda of Hertford County. Default having been made in the payment of the debts therein secured after de mand and refusal thereof. The un dersigned mortgagee will on the lit day of January, 1923, between the ' ' hours of 12 m. and 2 p. m., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door of Hertford County, in Winton, N. C., the follow ing described real estate. Lots No. 8, 4, 6, and 6 on the map platted by E. M. Eustler, C. E., of the J. E. Newsome farm, recorded in Hie Reg ister of Deeds Office of the County of Hertford in book 66, at page 276, and hereby referred for better descrip tion of above land. Terms of sale?Cash. Subject to upset bid under the statute. This 1st day of December, 1922. J. E. NEWSOME, Mortgagee. By ROSWELL C. BRIDGER, Ttty. 12-8-4t 1x7 O^7TI t. ii udLiY nuris Flush Kidneys * Eat lasa meat, alao take glass at Salta before breakfast aeaaaloaally. Too much meat may form uric acid, which excites the kidneys; they become jverworked; act sluggish, ache and feel like lumps of lead The urine becomes sloudy; the bladder is irritated, and pou may be obliged to seek relief top >r three times during the night. When the kidneys clog you must help them ilush off the body's urinous waste or pou'U be a real sick persdn shortly. At Srst you feel a dull miMry in the kid ney region; you suffer from backache, lick headache, dixzinees, stomach gets lour, tongue coated and you feel rheu natic twinges when the weather is bad. Drink lots of water; also get from my pharmacist four ounces of Jad ?hJte, take a tablespoonful in a glass of eater before breakfast for a few days uid your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid >f grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for gen nations to clean clogged kidneys and itimulate than to normal activity, also bo help neutralise the acids in urine, >o it no longer is a source of irritation, thus often ending bladder weakness. dad Salts is inexpensive, can not in jure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which everyone ' ihould take now and then to help keep the kidneys clean and active. Drug- , pets here say they sell lots of Jad 8am bo folks who believe in correcting kid ney trouble while it is only trouble. New Price t '595\ I F. O. & Detroit I Equipped with electric start- I , ing and lighting system, de mountable rims, extra rim and non-skid tires all around?the Ford Sedan, at the new low price of $595, F.O. B. Detroit, is the greatest motor car value III ever produced?an enclosed car of comfort, convenience . and beauty. Buy notv. Terms. Id Completely i Equipped * nGEO. J. 'NEWBERN * COMPANY Aetiwrised Sales and Service I|U| Ahoslde, N. C. HI 11?===== 'I NOTICE! 8* ===== IV By virtue of an order made in the Superior Court of Hertford County, in the special ypOr eeedings therein pending, entitled Mary Nickens, Administratrix of C. D. Nickens, deceased, | against C. R4 Nickens and Blanche Nickens, Heirs-at-law, the undersigned commissioner will, on the 10th DAY OF JANUARY, 1923, AT COFIELD, N. C.,'offer for sale to the highest bid der, the following described tracts of land. Terms, one-half cash, the other htylf in twelve months from date of sale, with interest on the deferred payment, title retained until the pur chase money is paid in full, to-wit: FIRST TRACT That tract or parcel of land situate In Winton Town ship, Hertford County, North Carolina, and bounded on the West by the lands of C. L. Boone and W. L. Green, on the North by the Faison Moore farm, on the East by the lands of Burn ell Wiggins and M. D. Boone and on the South by the lands of the late Geo. Keen, containing 75 acres more or less. SECOND TRACT That tract sitnate in Winton, Winton Township, N. C., and bounded on the West by the lands of Pattie Wea ver, on the North by the lands of' R. Cumbo, on the Bast by the" road leading from Co field to AhOaUe, N. C., and on the South by the lands of H. H. Jones, containing 9 1-2 acres more or lean. THIRD TRACT That tract of land sitaute in Winton Township, Hert ford County, N. C., beginning at a pine, corner for the old Wiley Jones land and running his line S. Si 1-2 W. 46 poles to Wiley Jones an^ James Reynolds corner N. 10 W. 22 poles two small pines N. 68 W. 46 aad>l poles to a near pine Wiley Jones corner S. 10 E. 29%and 1-5 pedes to'the first station, containing 6 4-5 actus. FOURTH TRACT That tract Of land lying pertly in the village of Co field, N. C., bounded on the North by Winton and Hsrrells ville road, on the East by the Cofietd-Ahoalde road, on the South by the Cumbo land and on the West by1 the land of H. H. Jones, containing 50 acres more or less, the grea ter part of this tract having been cut up. It will be sold as Town lots. FIFTH TRACT . That tract lying near the viUage of Coiield, N. C., bounded on the South by the Winton-Harrellsville road, on the West by the Downes land, on the North and East by the Cofield tract of land, containing 45 acres more or less. This tract is sold subject to the dower right of Mary Niekens, wife of C. D. Nickens,' deceased. SIXTH TRACT A tract or parcel of land in Town of Winton, N. C., bounded on the North by the road or street leading to Tunis, on the East by the Camp Mfg. Co. old road bed, on the South by the lands formerly owned by J. H. Jen kins and on the West by A. J. Fearee's heirs, containing about one acre. \ , SEVENTH TRACT A lot or parcel of land IV or near the Town of Winton, N. C., beginning: at a lightWood post in C. S. Brown's line 20 feet from corner of W. W. Jones lot, near the present corporate limits of the Town of Winton, in a straight line with the wast side of Murfree street in said Town, and running ft right anggles to said street HOysrds to Linnie Reeling's line; thence along said line a southwesterly direction 85 yards; thence in a line nearly at right angles 140 yards to a point in C. 8- Brown's line 85 yards from first station; thence down Brown's line on the'West side of Murfree Street 85 yards to first station, containing one acre. EIGHTH TRACT 4 A lot bounded on the South by the lot above described, on the West by the lands of C. S. Brown, on the Worth by the Mack Alexander lot and on the East by the lands of Lennie Keeling, containing about 1-8 of an acre. NINTH TRACT A lot in the village of Cofield, N. C., bounded on the North by the Wtnton-Harrellsville road, on the East by G. E. Holloman's store lot, on the South by Mrs. Doughtie, and on the West by the A. C. L. R. R. Company right-of-way. ^ TENTH TRACT A tract or parcel of land situate in the village of Cofield, N. C., beginning at A. C. L. R. R. Co.'s right of way thence to C. J. Boone's line; thence the same course along said Boone's line to Cofleld-Ahoskie road; thenoe down said road a Northerly course ft yards to Emma Reynold's line; thence a westerly course 85 yards along said Reynolds line; thence ad Easterly course 70 yards along said Reynolds' line to the afore said Cofleld-Ahoskie road; thence down said road a Northerly course to Emma N- Reynolds' line; thence along said Reynolds' line a westerly course to A. C. L. R. R. CeV right-of-way; thence a Southerly course ' along said right-of-way to beginning, containing 4 acres. This the 2nd day of December, 1922. ) JNO. E. VANN, Truete* . ? ' - t: f ''
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