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I Hertford County Herald ( iIRD NEWSIEST WEEKLY PAPER IN THE STATE A PAPER WORTH WHILE REST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA - e . ? _ Volume XIIL Eight Paget Ahotkie, North Carolina, Friday, January 5, 1923 One Section No. 35 AHOSKIE WILL SELL rrs SURPLUS POWER Contracts To Furnish Electric Current To Capacity Of Ct. v Local Plant J Wal FURNISH TOWNS IN A 20tMILE RADIUS I . "T~T f. . | . i ne town ol Ahoakie has en | ered into a contract with Har ry B. Spear, consulting engi neers of Norfolk, Virginia, tol f urnish electric current to the i full capacity of the local plant ' The contracting company agrees to load the light plant within a period of one year from the date of contract, which was made at a special meeting of the town council Tuesday night. PMr. Spear appeared before the eomadl and outlined the contract un der which his firm will operate. At 'a meeting held last week, Mr. Spear, three associate engineers, and Mayor Edwards of Franklin, Vs., presented the proposition informally, it was the sense of the town officers then, that such a plan conld be made a very attractive one for Ahoeldo; and the engineers were told to make a cora fnlst. survey of the plant hero, pro abstracts showing thu actual op ng costs of the plant, and pre them to the council, together the contract. ' J The contract provide* that the 1 own of Ahoekie will fnrniah electric ? prrent to the capacity of its plant,! l wholesaling the current at its plant J meter here at a rate of seven cents per kilowatt for a period of five years, and six cents per kilowatt for the next five years, the contract period, being ten years. Harry B. Spear will guarantee te sell the current thus pro vided to towns within a radius of about twenty miles of Ahoskie; the council her* to make individual agree ments with each town connected with l?i focal plant. " J \*?'--Tr. There is no obligation on the part of the town of Ahoskie except that it is to furnish the current, and use all diligence in providing continuous service. Prcrfsione are also made to take care of increased operating cost, or the installation of additional machinery to care for any extra load occasioned by the hooking up of other towns. If the plan to secure other towns is successful, there is little doubt that both Ahoskie and the purchasing towns will receive a mutual benefit. The only expense to which ot^r towns will be put is building and maintaining ths transmission lines to the Ahoskie plant. This feature of the contract will be entirely up te the- Im^ng towns and the contracting engineers. Another decided advan tage of such an agreement is the I character of service the smaller topme will secure, Ahoskit/$ jalant be ing not only highly dependable but also well able to take care of e much I \ arger service. It Is planned to pro ' ids s 24-hour service when the con tracts with other towns become oper ative. This arrangement has lately worked to the decided advantage of Frank lin, Va., and the towns in its territory. "Boykins, Ceurtland, end other towns aW now being supplied by the Frank It lin plant, and both buyer and seller of electric current .are satisfied that the arrangement is much better for both. Harry B. Spear did the Frank I l?n job. , , W . BINGHAM SCHOOL MAN f IS WELL KNOWN HERE J Villi.. BiaBham Gray, of Military 1 Sohtiol, Also Solicited Tuition rj Fowl In Ahoclri. T I Representatives of Bingham's '" vhool at Mebane ar? not only well / jwngto some people in Kentucky, I >at least one Ahoslde man has I some experience with itb emls fts. William Bingham Gray, who Bwsnted in Mumofordsville, Ken h. for defrauding several citisens Tie city out of money, for tuition /charges paid in advance for young jys of the Kentucky "suckers," was /aved the experience of going bade ? Kentucky to face charges in courts 'only through the mercy of Governor r Morrison who denied extradition L NEW ROAD MEN FOR AHOSK1ETOWNSH1P Special Meeting Last Friday Develop* Into Argnment And Wrangle J. R. GARRETT WANTS TO EMPLOY OWN LABOR A lively seesiou of tho Hertford County Road Board accomplished lit tle last Friday afternoon. Only bbI of tho commissioners were present* presumably on account of the bad roads. It was a special meeting call ed at the instance of J. R. Garrett, Ahoalde board member. Dr. Powell, chairman, issued the call for thw meeting.'; " "v - Mr. Garrett has been unusually active in hiring labor for road work in Ahoskie Township withuot con sulting the board, merely acting as an individual member of the board, and assuming he had the authority to superintend the road work in his township. He wanted to displace seme of the men, among them S. tf. Harris and Paul Mulder, now working for superintendent Hinea; and be ha* already promised the jobs to other parties. < His men were there last Friday and at least one of them made a glowing talk about his ability to build roads, albeit he was offering himself as -a sacrifice to tides the job. Practically tiie entire session was consumed in a running tilt between Commissioner Garrett and Superintendent Hines, the former asserting openly that it was his dhsire to fire Hines as well as his men in Ahoskie township. The result of the outpouring of wrath and vehemence was a motion unanimoualy passed, requesting Sup erintendent Hines to change the fore man and truck driver in Ahoskie Township. It is understood he will transfer the two men here to another section of the County, sending his" Moneys Neck men here probably. In connection with the wrangle over the foreman and truck drjvw, the following ^fietMoh was presented to tile board when it met Friday af ternoon: Cm. t'm "TO THE ROAD' COMMISSIONERS OF HERTFORD COUNTY: We, the undersigned citixens of Hertford County, most heartily en dorse the services of Ms, S. H. Harris wfio has been on the force nearly two years and also that of Mr. Paul Mul der who has been with the* road force for about three years, as having been diligent and faithful in the discharge of their duties and respectfully peti tion that the said Harris and Mulder be continued oa the said road force, and recommend that they be not re moved to make places for untried and in experienced men: (Siloed) J. L. Early, W. D. Odom, J. C. Vaughan, O. E. Eearly, B. E. Copeland, J. H. Co pel and, J. A. Coepland, S. M. Applebaum, W. T. Holloman, J. " P. Brett, G. O. Hollo man, P. W. Brown, J. H. Newsome, J. E. Newsome, T. M. Forbes, W. T. Forbes, Hoard Newsome, R. R. Cope land, H- P. Catling, C. Greene, & J. Boyette, T. B. Cooke, W. P. Steph enson, J. W- Boxeman, E- C. Hobbs, W. K. Perry, J. H. Greene, J. T. Barnes, V. B. Jenkins, J. C. Sessoms, Henry Early, Jack Mulder, J. H. Grif fin, J. M. Odom, A- Lee Copeland, V. L. Vaughan, W. H. Newsome, Jno. W. Godwin, 8r., S. J. Dilday, M. C. Powell, W. A. Overton, F. D. Overton, C. N. Godwin, C. V. Mitchell, J. W. Howard, J. A. Mitchell, Z. V. Bella my. F. D. Flythe, C. H. Mitchell, J. E. Parker, N. E. White, T. A. Sinclair, Arthur W. Greene, J. Bailey Barnes." Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Coley who Were married laat Week are occupy ing rooms at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Howard. i i i i ii ? >1 > papere. v J. E. Newsome of Ahoskie also remembess baring parted with some of his hard earned cash two years ago by the same representations as those made in Kentucky. When Mr. Newsohte's son went up to the Bing ham School little did he find that appeared like a military school, and accommodations there were none. Mr. Newsome mede n special trip to Mebene soon after his son entered the supposed school, but he did not take any of tha school hands into court?he used a little foree upon one of them, celled it eren end re turned to Ahoskie with his son. ? iv " ' ' ?' : ' ' l "Jim" Vinson Is Wedded To Miss Louise Voiles Mamagar Of HERALD Start* New Year Right By Adding Member To Faimly At 10:20 U*t Sunday night Mir. James S. Vinson, publisher J manager of the HERTFORD JNTY HERALD, and Mies ise Voiles, daughter of'Mr. taera E. Voiles of Clarkton, ' were married at die Baptist per sonage in Aboslde by Rer. E. J. Isenhower. The ceremony was performed in the presence of one . or two friends. Utmost secrecy characterised the exact hoar of the marriage of the popular couple, although the ceremony was originally planned for midnight, as die New Year was ushered in. 4rlj 1 few close friends had been in vited to attend the marriage which was to hare taken place at the Rawles House, where Mrs. Vinson was a guest. Early id die evening all die young people of the town began to congregate about the hotel, and announced their intention of "hanging around" until the ceremony was performed. While the crowds "planted" itself into every available space in the parlors, porches and haH 'of the hotel, the prospective bride and bridegroom, walked leisurely to the street, "presum ably for a stroll of a few min utes. As the unsuspecting crowd awaited their return, the couple boarded an automobile, drove to the home of the minis ter, and hastened the marriage by an hour and half. They returned to the hotel and announced their mariage. The crowd refused to believe jt had been cheated, and many of the young folks remained there for spme time before offering con - graduations. Mr. and Mrs. Vinson remain ed in Ahoskie until Tuesday morning, acting as chaperons (or ' a reception given by Means. G. C. Britton, and Graham Neut Eome in the Tuscarora club rooms Monday night They la(t Tues day morning for a bridal trip of several days, after which they will return to Ahoskie to make ' their home. Mrs. Vinson is an attractive young lody of pleasing personal ity, and is very popular in Ahos kie, having lived here for some time in 1922. At the time of her marriage she was spending the holidays in Ahoskie, having come here from Weldon, where she was employed as stenographer for attorney W. L. Knight. Mr. Vinson has been half owner and manager of the HERALD for eight years, and for many years has been one of Ahoskie's most popular young men, both in social circles and in business. He 1ms been unusually successful in business, and is universally liked for his geniality and good fellowship. NOTED NEGRO ORATOR WILL SPEAK FRIDAY CKarl.. Satchell Morris Jr.. Gifted Taller, At New Alio.Id. Church I. Big Addresi ? ' __T>T I Ahoskie will have another oppor tunity of hearing CKas. Satchell Mor ris, Jr., negro orator, who la heralded am "Prince of a Thousand Plat form." He will speak at the Now Ahoskie (colored) Church Friday night, January 5, at 8 o'colck. Both white and colored are invited to hear him talk on "The Bright Side of a Dark Subject" Morris has just returned to Nor folk after completing an extensive speaking tonr through the West the Southwest and the Sonth. His speech here Friday night will be based upon the conditions among negroes as he found them during Me speaking tour. He hat spoken here before, and both white and colored hearers said hi? oratory and subject matter of hie talk art wall above the ordinary plat form speaker. Special reservations will ha Aade for white people at the church hare. , CHAIRMAN WILL DO NO DOUBLE VOTING Commissioners Will Limit Dr. Mitchell; Mr. Tayloe Is Only Dissenter WANT SHERIFF TO COLLECT ALL TAXES There will be no more double voting on the part of the chairmen * of t)ie board of commissioners of * Hertford County, according to a * motion made at the Monday meet- * ing. Commissioner John Aakew of * Harrellaville made the motion to al- * low the chairman only one vote, thus * following the custom of previous * chairmen of the board. Every mem- * ber of the board voted favorably * except Frank Tayloe of Ahoskie. * Mr. Tayloe thought the board had * a redress should it desire to use it, * When asked to state the method of * redress, Mr. Tayio^ said the chair- * man could be "called down", and * another put in his place. He was * sure the present chairman would not * hesitate to duplicate the double vot- * ing act any time he desired, regard- ' leas of the board's action. * * Doctor Mitchell, chairman, said * he would abide by the ruling, and * stated further that it was his desire ' to save the taxpayers' money, and * again called the attention of the " board to the fact that it was the * "guardian of the peoples' taxes." * Representative Lloyd J. Lawrence * will be requested by a formal reeo- * lution passed by the board to change * the system of collecting taxes in * Hertford County. The board in- * structed its clerk to write Mr. Law- * rence and ask that he transfer the * duties of tax collectors to the sher- * iff, at the same time increasing his * salary from $1,800 per pear to * $3,600. The chairman. Doctor Mit- * chell, and other members of the m bogrd thought at least $2,000 could be adVed to the county by making , the change. J It Was shown that approximately $4,600 is paid annually to the six tax collectors in -the county, an amount in excess of what other counties were paying. If the legis- f lation is passed at this session of the general assembly, Hertford County * will collect its 1923^taxes through the sheriff and his deputies. Jurymen for the February term of Superior Court were drawn at Monday's meeting; an appropriation of Lg^OO for agricultural exhibit premiums at the Hertford County ^ Fair was approved; the Hertford * County Herald was ordered to list * its machinery and pay taxes for a ' five year back period; a desk was ( purchased for the office of the Clerk 1 of Court; and the usual routine of 1 approving bills entered into. * The board failed to heed the re- 1 quest of the road board to change the allocation of the sheriff's salary e so as to exempt the bond issue from 1 participation in the payment of sal- i ary. The road fund will, therefore, t have to pay $1100 of the sheriff's 1 salary for 1922. COUNTY ROADS BAD c ' i On acconnt of the heavy rain* of t the past few weeks many of the roads i inthig county are terrors to all kinds s of automobiles?only Fords x can i make them. The Ahoslrie-Winton \ road is in bad shape; the St. Johns- c Menola road is worse; and some of the other roads are just as bad. The . Ahoskie-Harrellsville road is the most easily accessible, except the three mile stretch from Ahoskie to Fraxier's ( Cross Roads. t MR. AMD MRS. HARRIS MOVE ; Mr. and Mrs. Chester 0. Harris hare moved into the home of 3. 0. Carter who has moved to Rocky Mount Mr. Harris is secretary of the chamber of commerce and in his new home, which is one of the choicest residences of Ahoskie, he expects to make it a social center for a young girls' organisation which he and Mrs. Harris soon expect to organise. COTTON GINNED There were 4,360 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Hertford County, from the crop of 1022 prior to December It, 1022, as compared with 8,344 bales ginned to December It, l?*l. v >????- eocenes AHOSKIE CELEBRATES * COMING OF NEW YEAR * ________ * Church bells rent, tin cans * rattled, herns blated, funs roar- ? ad, aad automobile boras sang * forth Sunday sight on the era of * the paasage from the old te the ? aaur year. Celebration of the * advent of 1923 in AhotUe was ? staged largely by the young * people of the team, who were in * a happy humor a* they welcomed * the birth of the new year. * Just a few minutes prior to * twelve o'clock automobile en- * fines began to whir, and the * streets were well filled with ears * laden with those who were bent * en seeing that every hall that * would make noise was put into * action; and within a couple of * minutes, the chimes that broke * out all over town indicated that ? the busiaes of bell-ringing was * well attended to. * For fully thirty minutes every * thing that had any potentiality ? for making a noise was made use * of, including the lusty throats ? of the celebrants. Heavy reports * from firearms were also heard at * intervals of a few minutes. * Along about one o'clock, * after 1923 had pushed its pre- * dacessor?1922?out of exist- * 1 once, a walk down AhoskVt * business street showed condus- * ivaty thorn had been a general * obeervance of the event. In * front of practically every store * had been placed most every kind * of obstruction that the mischiev- * out could lay hands on. lnclud- * ed in the articles were the city ? trash cans, goods boxes, planks, * aad rolls of wire. ? Down at Feldman's Bargain * Store, the large banner sign was * torn into strips, aad the strips ? tied across the sidewalk aad in ? front of the doers. * A * * * fit 4 * * A * 4 ? ? . - ? - ? ' . - i ?. . ' i ? ? Former Ahoskie Man Makes Good Dennie E. Greene, a native son of Lhoskie, has lately become interest d in the cigarette manufacturing msiness and is now an associate in he Wall Street Tobacco Corporation, rith headquarters at 44 Wall Street, Jew York City. Mr. Greene Is reasurer of the tobacco corporation. Mr. Greene is the son of Mr. W. . Greene of Ahoskie, and lived here , few years after reaching his majori y. He was at one time interested n a newspaper published in Hertford bounty. He left here several years go, and located in Hion, New York. U Hion he became associated with mother gentlemen in the gents' fur lishing and haberdashery business. For several years he has been mgaged in that business, and has milt up one of thtf nicest businesses n his adopted city. He is still re aining interest in the Arm which is mown as Rigby-A Greene. A letter received here from Mr. 3reene and addressed to the local chamber of commerce conveys the in ormation that the Wall Street To >acco Corporation, with which he has ?ecently connected himself, is con sidering operating a branch factory in Ihoskie, if proper inducements in the ray of labor and other necessary :onditions are available. ? HOSTS AT A RECEPTION Messrs. Graham Newsome and G. 1* Britton were hosts to several of heir friends Monday night, in the noma of the Tusearora Club. The :lub was decorated in potted plants ind ferns. Punch was served when he guests arrived, after which music ind dancing became the diversions, jater the guests were invited to the Manhattan Cafe, where they were erved with chicken salad, chib sand riches, and coffee. Returning to the Jub rooms the remainder of the even ng was spent in dancing and music. Those present were: Eddie Perry rith Miss Myrtle Powell, Roger Johjt >on with Mill lola Wooten, Jack Bark ir with Miss Louise Baanight, Gra 1am Newsome with Miss Earls Law ?ence, G. (X; Britton with Miaa Lena Moore Rawles, Johnnie Britton and Ma yon Parker. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jrett and Mr. and Mrs- James 8. Vinson were chaperones. ' 'y"'" t * ??'' ' ' *'? , ^'''?s 1 I I , HLV "? sVi'jt', rv & k'i WINTON BOY DIES FROM WH WOUND "Dee" Knox Accidentally Shot While Out Hunting With v'l Three Friend* WAS A FAVORITE AMONG YOUNG MEN ?The community of Wtnton was seized with breathless ter ror when the alarm came in last Friday morning that one of ita most prominent young men had been killed. H. B. "Knox, Jr., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Knox, better known as "Dee," acci dentally shot himself as he was returning to a boat on the Chowan River from a rabbit hunt. It is not known exactly how the accident occurred. He, Raymond Askew, Richard and Edgar Pope and Mr. L. W. Wall had been hunting rabbits from early morning until around 11 o'clock. "Dee" was the first to return to the boat. The boat was a little ways from the land and it is thought that he must have pitched his gun from the land to the boat, which discharged one of the barrels and the entire load en tered his right side. The near est member of the party was some twenty-five yards from him. When he reached "Dee" he found him lying partially in the water. The other members of the party were immediately called. He was placed in the motor boat and hurried to '? Winton. The distance was some four or five miles. "Dee* died a half a mile from the Winton ferry, never regaining full consciousness. The funeral services were conducted from the home of his "parents Saturday afternoon bjr his pastor, Rev. L. C. Larkin assisted by the other resident ministers. "Dee" was sixteen years of age, a Junior in the High School and was secretary of the Methodist Sunday-school. He was a favorite of tWasuft munity at large and a darling of the High School athletics. The community and all friends join the family in ?mourning his decease. i J . : . * LANTERNS ARE USED * * TO HEAT THE MASH ? * ______ * * Sheriff Bismark Scull ran ? * across something entirely new ? * and novel in the liquor manu- * * factoring business Tuesday af- * * ternoon. About three miles oat * * of Harrellsville, back of the ? * Dave Evans farm, he located * * the rendezvous of some distiller * * of sugar brandy, and destroyed * * About two or three hundred gal- * * Ions of nicely fermenting mash- * * Neither still nor operator were ? * found. ? * Right where a small branch * * trickled at the foot of a hill, * * this brandy maker had dug into * * the side of the hill a cave just * * large enough for four good sis- * * ed barrells which were placed ? * therein. The top of the cave * * was covered with boards and ? * dirtrand both sides were fuDy ? * protected by the hill. The only ? * opening was from the south * * side. ? wnen anerm acuu came - * upon the moonshiner's haven, * * the maah in the fenr barrels was * * simmering and was in the pro- * * cess of complete fermentation. * * The heat used was lanterns, * * lighted and placed in each cor- ? * ner of the cave. Being fully ? * protected from the weather, the * * lanterns provided enough heat * * to cause the mash to boll. * * Out in front of the dug-out * * were two plots where a couple * * of stills had been operated, but * * the owners had removed the ? * stills, evidently taking them * * away when Jeaving the place of ? * operations. Between the two * * still plots was a nice, deep well. ? * Sheriff Scull destroyed the ? ?*?h. * + *#?***? + ?? ? 1+:: ?i ' -V ~v h
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