| Hertford County Herald
[gn^.E,T WEEKLY PA?? ? THE STATE A fAfrgR WpltTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EA.TTKBM
JVofame Ml. Eight Page, Ahoalrie, Worth Careluu, Friday, December 29, 1922 One Section N?. 34
[GREAT CHRISTMAS 1'
. TIME AT AHOSKIE
I Business Houmi Hare Best
Trade In Two Years; Shop
pers On The Run
|COMMUNITY TREE WAS
THE ONE BIG FEATURE
I Nat far two years has there been
Hmch a One holiday business as there
Bras in Ahoakie Christmas, IMS.
?Every indication of the business baro
?neter pointed unmistakably to a re
Mnrn of general prosperity among the
weople of this town and vicinity.
? "Shop Early" admonitions have but
little weight with those who do their
evading here, but when they did break
' Aose, the trading was so brisk that
Business houses were taxed to the
lmit on filling the demand. For
liree days prior to Christmas Eve the
mlated shoppers swai- t the town,
Irerilowing the stores, and Jamming
|e muddy streets in every section of
|e business district There was no
k up until late Saturday night; in
kt as the hours for Shopping drew
la close, the crowds increased, and
(was a merry struggle to get the
fed clerks to wait upon them.
Even though two blocks in the
Irt of the business district went
}k eariy Saturday night, it did not
t the Santa Claus shoppers. Ford
ts, candles, lamps and every other
: .in of illumination were brought
^ play and the business of barter
"? trade moved on. i
. fwa8 a great selling season lor* ,
Ahc7^ jnerchanU. "How waa buai- j
?*,s ? the ste retyped answer:
line. Th^Kall agree it mi perhaps ,
the best Ahoskie
has ever had' All ^ Tuesday of
this week, the bank. W AhoaWe were
kept buy receiving fje ea^ take, in
daring the last davsMr OAp...
shopping period. "
Approximately $42,^0 was deposi
ted in the two banks |We Tuesday,
and practically the oAe amount
represented sales made local mer
chants. Inquiries made S the banss '
bring the information thaMhe Christ- j
mas deposits by local merSanta were i
greater then for two year?
Clear kles, and a Jun^tempsrs- |
ture made Christmas Day sWonder- j
ful day for old and young. Tbh morn
ing hours of the One Big Dsy were \
spent at home by Ahoskie folta, with
the youngsters making the welkin j
I ring with their Santa dans horns,
| whistles, and other devices whose sole I
' claim to glory was their ability to 1
make a noise. 1
At half past two in the afternoon <
the young folks forgot their Santa
Claus loag enough to gather at the
tobaco warehouse for the big com- ,
murtky Christmas tree which was ,
given under the auspioes of the ,
chamber of commerce. A huge tree ,
reaching up into the rafters of the ,
building was gaily decorated, and ,
heavily laden with toys, and eats. As ,
the young folks walked on each ,
other's toes in their Joy at the jnW- ,
lee business, Old Santa Claus handed ,
oat the giffcb. ??ny of -the towns- ,
people went down and witnessed the ,
performance. ,
TV? Jlwtsw a wtoll nnan f Phviot
iHV P?nw?* m ww** I|miiw viuioir 4
mas day cam* at night. "The Gath- ,
ering of the Muts" in the center of ,
the basketball court in the tobacco ,
warehouse featured the * evening ,
program which glao included two baa- ,
ketball games.
Sooa after the large crowd gath- ,
ered at the warehouse, Secretary Har- ,
ri? and Mm. arrfs announced the ,
staging of a wedding. The crowd was ,
asked to name the characters, and ,
.they lined up *a follows: bride, Miss
\Nannle Newaome; groom, Otis Mod- *
W; mother-in-law, Mm. Jeff Jen
kins; minister, Kev. J. J. Barker;
vilHan, Billy Bogem; bride's pooble, (
lawyer Walter Johnson; chariots, ,
Goldie Lassiter and Walter Curtis, ,
Lois Gerock and Tom Condon; cur- |
tain, Dr. C. G. Powell; curtain puller, j
Mrs. W. W. Lawrence.
As the names were celled oat, each *
adjunct to the big wedding took its ,
place in the center of the floor, and E
when they all -lined up, Secretary t
Harris asked for suggestions as te \
names of the little act about to be j
pulled. Failing to secure satisfact
ory name from any of the spectators, t
Mrs. Harris suggested that it be called f
while those on the sidelines faund It t
difficult to breathe WlWW th? 0
spasms of hilarious mirth occasioned ,
ME TO PLAN NEW CROP
SAYS THE COUNTY AGENT
New Condition Facing Hert
ford County Farmer In Boll
WeerU
(By H. L. MILLER, County Agent)
It M none too early to begin
planning for next year** crop. With
the coming of the boll weevil, the
right thinking fanner will want to
produce food and feed enough at
home, to at least supply all of his
own needs, and with a small surplus
at pork, poultry and eggs for sale.
If you will look around you a lit
tle bit you will find that the farmers
in your community who are most
Independent of high or low-priced
cotton or peanuts are the fanners
trho produce their own living at
home. Then, what they sell in cot
ton or peanuts doesn't have to go
north or west to pay for high priced
food and feed, but stays at home to
gradually swell their bank accounts.
Because the production of cash
crops and the buying of food and
teed may figure out best on paper
at an occasional year, don't he fool
ad into thinking it a safe principle
to follow. It won't work out in
practice.
If the Hertford county farmers
take seriously the production of an
abundance of food at
home, then the boll weevil problem,
will be largey solved for us, for we
can gradually work into other cash
crops as the occasion offers.
A suggested cropping system for
the one-horse farmer in Hertford
County that provides for food for
the family, and should furnish 400
to 600 dozen eggs and 1000 to 2000
pounds of pork for sale yearly with
very little cost for food or feed:
4 acres cotton?rye or crimson
clover sown in cotton middles in
October.
.^4^apra> penftuta or tobacco follow
8 acres corn in
corn middles. "
\ acre garden and ?rchardrv
1 acre sweet potatoes. \
2 acres Abbrozsi rye for seed f
frasing followed by soy beans S r
?eed or grasing. J
2 acres oats and vetch for jf
followed by soy bean# and
jeas, also farm hay. /
8 acres permanent pasture I
liar grasp and clover mixturesj
Total 26 acres. . Larger fa#? -n
3 ro portion. 1
Bush an ostliae aS 1 have n#med
>hould also include 60 pudF. re(J
tens per farm. 1 to 2 pare?^ .
brood sows. 1 to 8 good T^h
sows. Sows bred twice per y?t*A
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? AHOSK1E MAN FAILS *
? TO GET HIS HOOCH *
Sons white fellow in Alloa- *
? kia i* thy two dollar*. It rap- *
' tenia the amount ha slipped to *
' tu ebony hood tantiemes (f) ?
1 'ebony' to go and fetch *
' quart of hooch. The white fel- ?
' low waited long enoug for his *
? supposed benefactor to hare *
' distilled the stuff himself, and *
' than decided ha was just one of *
? thee* plain "victims" ? mare *
1 aids to the other character in ?
? the old ditty "a nigger and a ?
1 mule are two big fools, ate." *
The reporter did not get the *
' white fellow's name, nor did *
' the latter know with wham he *
' erne dealing; hot the transact- *
1 ion took place in one of Ahes ?
' kie habitues for those who seek *
' quiet and darkness to gulp *
' dawn their moonshine. ?
leeeeeeeeeaa
T
Velvet been* helped one bnslow
bounty farmer to fatten 4000
tounds of meat land then make
ibout $(00 par acre from tobacco
dented on the land the following
?ear.
'The Gathering of the Nuts." The
oggestion finished the busineae, the
ictorg in the drama walked slowly
mek to their places in the crowd
>y the flat failure of the "Nuts" to
terform.
Basketball games kept the crowd
hero until ban o'clock, and then the
'oiks went home to sum up the day's
miineSa of pleasure and observance
if the greatest Christmas Aboakte
Taxable Property About
Ten Millions In County
Herald Will Publish Fasts Takan From Tax List. On Record
In Office Of Register Of Deeds; Approximately Ninety
Thousand Dollars Will Be Paid Into Treasury
The HERALD is going to begin the publication of some facts
aniST figures about the valuation* of property in the County, and
the amount of taxes derived from the valuation. The figures
quoted are transcribed from the records in the Register of
Deeds office at Winton, and cover the valuation of property,
real and personal for the year 19E2.
Publishing these facte in connection with the monthly
publication of expenditures by commissioners, and the financial
statement published by the County Treasurer, all taxpayers
who have access to the HERALD may keep in close touch with
county administration, from the -very source of revenue until
it is expended. " f -1
Figures already available to the newspaper office are too
weighty and bulky to attempt to handle all in one issue.
Therefore, each week for some time, these articles will cover
only one aspect of the valuation of property and resulting taxes
therefrom. This week, the general oounty tax rate, and the
aggregate value gf real and personal property, divided between
whites and colored, will take up the discussion.
Total valuation of both real and personal property in
Hertford County amounts to a little less than ten million dollars.
Exact figures are $9,8000,549. Of this amount $8,227,804
is listed by white residents of the County, and $1,572,745 is
listed by negroes. Hertford County's tax rate, excepting special
tax districts, is 92 cents on the $100 valuation, divided as fol-?
ilows: schools, 52 cents; roads, 25 cents; county expenses, 15
cents. Computing taxes on the total listed property gives a total
of $90,165,05. That is the amount of taxes paid into the county
treasury for 1922.
Hertford County is paying more for its public schools than
the combined totals of roads and all other expenses, including
home and farm demonstration. From the 1922 taxes?totaling
a little more than $90,000^?$50,962.86 Will be appropriated to
schools; $24,501.37 to road funds; and $14,700.82 to county
expenses.
There is a significant fact uncovered in publishing these
figures included in the paragraph above. It is in regard to the
howl about excessive taxation for borne and farm demonstration
work, and the added burden a whole-time health officer would
entail upon the county's taxpayers. The real fact of the business
is that the average taxpayer would never know the difference
when he went to pay his taxes.. ?
All real estate listed in Hertford County is valued at
$7*380,409, divided among whites and colored as follows: white,
$6,115,242; negroes, $1,265,167. Total valuation of personal
property is divided in this 'proportion: whites, $2,112,562;
colored, $307,578; total $2,420,140.
Taxes on real estate owned by white persons are distributed
as follows: schools, $31,799.26; road fund, '$15,288.11;
$9,172,86 for county expenses; owned by colored persons?for
schools, $6,578.87; for road fund, $3,162.92; for county expen
ses, $1,897.75. This gives a total of $67,899.77 taxes derived
from taxable real estate within the county.
From personal property of all description in Hertford
jCounty $22,265.28 in taxes will be paid into the county treasury,
[it is distributed as follows: owned by whites?for schools,
NIO,985.32; for road fund, $5,281.40; for county expenses,
^^,168.84; owned by negroes?for schools, $1,599.41; for road
*uu4, $768.95; for county expenses, $461.38.
' . Figuring valuations and tag rates is such a staggering piece
?5 ^sjness that the ordinary fellow can stand but so much at a 1
sitting. an(j has been taken into consideration in the pre- '
parati)n 0f this article, and all future articles. (
AKOSHIE ROAD BOARD
meHBER HIRING LABOR
Suppowd To B, Working On
Ai 0iT,n "T <** R*lul.L*w
Hartford County
information that Imu
thia office from mora- thaa
2* J- *- Garrett, Aboakie
- . *5 of the mf board of Hert
punty, baa already b?fun bir
.. f*r?on? to work oa tba roada of
?* Vnahip- Soma of tboao om
or# elated to fill tbo placoa
?Jeld by men employed by the
_l%uperi n teadeat.
it/Bether tkia practice baa boon
vJS> kr ??T ?' tbo ether coat-,
illM'T' ?B 'k*'*" renpectire towa
. Jh?? not yet boon diacloaad. It
^??re( area ad Aboakio that Mr.
. Tt iataada baring a direct
ZTtTmi employing labor for tbo
* \ Aboakio Towaabip. It ia
law *\l be la ualag tbo old road
?.|J la aatbority ia eatartag tkia
^ JJlough tbo eoatract with the
roatedfii'""1''"1 **r* **'*'* k*
wleebargjk *" P*w#r to kire and
,o?^yrecord, of the beard fail
any modifieatiea of the
lag "il?r aay other uaderatand
I than that written "On tbo
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? DR. POWELL CANNOT * I
? VOTE A LA MITCHELL * >
* ?
* It doesn't matter *9 muck *
* about wbo f?t? tka chairman- ?
* skip, but erery Hartford Co. ?
* road commissioner baa agroed '
* that his parlimentary rights *
* should bo ao dodnod aa to allow *
* him only oao rota on any quae- *
* ?ion at iaauo. Upon that agree- *
* mont Dr. J. A. Powell, Harrolla- ?
* rill# mam bar, waa unanimously *
* alactod chairman of tbo road *
* board at ita aocond mooting last ?
* Thursday. ?
* Baaidas roting not to employ *
* any mora - conrict labor unKil *
* further action, the- board did ?
* nothing bat approre the pay *
* rolls and current bills at last * '
* week's session. *
aoaaoaoooeoo
Legumes pay tlMir board, and pay
for the privilege.
i
docnnl thai *ecured the service* f
?f the county mad inparimtoadoat. ii
It Ii about tan day* bafara tba board t
?ieat* In regular tendon, and It la i
prebabU that identical question may ?
arite In the Meeting, and tame action ?
he taken then. ' ?
=s=e=s=s 1111 i1 ?? , " i r , ii'.i'iii ? ,i
Chamber Of Commerce News
The hotel committee will make ?
report Thursday evening and a special
meeting of the citizens will be called
immediately after New Year's day to
consider buying propefty and selling
sufficient stock to put up a real hotel.
Mr. H- S. Basnight has offered a lot
on Main street at a very attractive
price and agrees to take a substan
tial block of stock besides. Messrs.
Garrett and Hoggard will submit their
proposition on their property facing
Railroad Avenue and Main Street, a
fine location too.
A new brick plant is under consid
eration here by the Chamber and a
brick maker was in town Tuesday
interviewing business men and prop
erty owners in regard to a suitable
location. Tha brick company will
employ'about thirty men and their
pay roll will be around $12,000 per
year.
The secretary is in communication
with two candy manufacturers and
hopes to have a candy factory hers in
the near future,
-1 A - ?
nuuuier maiiuiKHHUig piani 01
great importance ia being investigated
and a representative will arrive here
in a few day# with a proposition that
will, if accepted, bat Ahoekie in the
front rank of textile manufacturing
town of thid section.
It is possible that Ahoskie will have
an independent Western Union office
in the near ftore if plans under way
mature as expected.
A piano house will help Ahoskie and
two firms are considering opening a
place here, they haye houses in Nor
folk and other places and sell a num
ber of leading makes, they will also
carry a full line of sheet music and
musical instruments.
The mud of the past week shows
conclusively that a few more side
walks should be paved and Main
street too.
It is a shame that the most promi
nent corner in town is without a side
walk and one walk in front of a busi
ness house will make you seasick if
you use it twice within an hour. The
alley from the railroad has been
cleaned and its up to the fellows be
low the railroad to do likewise, if
they will pro rate it the same as the
others did it will be very inexpensive
and will certainly add to the view of
all passengers going through the city.
It's absolutely unsanitary as it is and
unnecessary too.
If the tax appraisers will tax the
shacks in the main part of the city at
what the ground is said to be worth
or at least offered for sale, some
body will either fix 'em or sell them.
It isn' fair, to tax the man who has '
improved his property and let others 1
who won't, escape thereby making
their neighbor increase the value of
their property for them. "Either im- 1
prove your property or sell it to some *
one who will" is a good motto for the 1
City Council to adopt this coming '
year. t J
The childrens' 'Christmas tree was '
i great success and the following mer- '
:hants and Arms are to be congratu
ated for helping Santa Clans out: '
khoskie Department Store, Barnes
Sawyer Grocery Co., Bellamy Ice '
Cream Co., Mitchell Drug Co., Ahos
tie Supply Co., L- T. Sumner, Odom
fe Fanner, Feldman's Department
Store, I. Tittleman, J. J. Barker, Gar
sett A Jernigan. 0
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* LIGHTS FLUNK OUT i
In the midst of the waning shop- '
ling hears last Saturday night all of 11
he electric lights on the two Main *
itreet- blocks east of the . railroad *
Uckered and went, out Examine- *
ion shewed a blown oat fuse in the ?
ransformer at Z. V. Bellamy's stand. *
Another fuse was inserted but lasted ?
ibout two seconds. It was discover
ed on Sunday that the transformer
lad been blown oat Further ex
mi nation of the wires failed to show
tny cross circuit On Monday pen- g
lies were found inserted back of e
uses in three business houses in that a
listrict They had caused the de- 1
truetion. 1<
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SCHOOL OPENS JANUARY 2 il
Resumption of work at the A hoe- u
is High School will begin next
*uesday, January 2. There will be
our months and a half of school dur
ng tiie spring semester. All of the
eaehers are now at home for the tl
lolidays. T. R. Bain, assistant high C
chool teacher, returned here Wed 1
lesday morning and will be here until n
chool re-epena. q
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IS
A CALL FOR ASSISTANCE
Training School la Working Par
Colored Race Under
Difficulties
(By JAS. R. WALKER)
We are standing on the threshold
of the great Christmas tide. Behold!
we are knocking at the very door of
its joys and festivities. While thus
situated, our hearts and minda be
come temporarily at* vie reverting
reverting back, back to the plains of
Bethlehem. Wo- think of the shep
herds watching their sheep; we think
of the wise men of the East, follow
ing the star that guided them to the
stable in Bethlehem where the child
Jesus was born. Coming down
through twenty centuries to the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, we
And ourselves, lik; the wise men of
the East, hovering around the manger
of Bethlehem with hearts bubbling
over, with joy, peace and good will,
because the Savior of the world was
born. As has been truthfully said,
this birth was and is God's greatest
gift to humanity.
Inoculated with the spirit of
Christmas, America, the land of the
free and the home of the brave, turns
her eyes toward the suffering conti
nents of the old world. She would
have them rejoice not only in the birth
of Christ but in the birth of America
herself as a part of God's plan to
bring peace, joy aad good will into
all the world. Thus our ships shall
plunge the mighty deep, carrying our
cargoes of gifts to the suffering mil
lions of Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia. For her noble generosity,
America might well be called Massed.
Lest we forget, last we forget,
charity begins at home. Thus to the
citixenry of Hertford County, white
and colored, to every church, home
and fraternal organisation in Hert
ford County, we do humbly ask that
in your efforts to help the suffering
Russian in Europe, you will not pass
by the needy Russian at your door.
Here at the Training school, we suf
fer for many things but suffer most
for a new building. Toward this end,
we solicit the support of all the
friends of education. Any amount
however, large or small will be ac
cepted and highly appreciated.
This message would be incomplete L
without a word relative to the great 1
educational movement in our state. |
North Carolina no longer tfleads pov
erty as an excuse for ^ot <iducating.
To her eternal glory, Ad has said
poverty or nO poverty, ways and
means must be found to educate every
boy and girl, white and colored, with
n her bounds. May this message
reach the ears of the county board of
sducation and so animate it that ways
?nd means will be found to build us ' J
i twelve room brick school house.
Inch a building would-be the greatest
>ossible Christmas gift to the colored
dtixens of Hertford county. May
his message fall not on deaf ears but
ink into the hdarte of all. A merry
Ihristmaa and a Happy Hew Year to
ill.
DIES FROM BURNS
Mr* T. C. Peed, wife of a prosper
mr fanner of the Union section.
Had aa a result of turns last Satur
lay afternoon at 1 o'clock. She was
lone in her hoipe Tuesday when the
atal accident occurred. When her
lusband found her she was badly
turned and was unconscious. She
offered terribly from the bums which
re thought to hare been caused by
a open fireplace in the room. She
ras unable to give any details of the
cident before she died.
NEW BRICK OARAGE
Dr. L. K. Walker and R. R. Jenri
an have awarded contract for the
onstruction of a modern brick gar- #
ge building on West Main street,
he new building will be built on the
>t where Sessoms' A Forbes garage
i new located, and will be up-to-date
i every respect. D. L. Thomas, local
ontractor, will do the construction
rorfc.
QUARTERLY MEETING
The regular quarterly meeting of
lie membership ef the Ahoslde
Ibamber of Commerce will be he!d>
'hursday night, January 4. Every
iember of the organisation Is re
nested to be at the meeting.
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