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| Hertford County Herald Published Every Friday by VINSON * PARKER Ownara J. ROY PARKER Edito. JAMBS S. VINSON Mutp. Subscription Pi In Ona Yaar $1.61 Si* Months 7( Three Months ? .41 AdnrtUiii Rata* - Very reasonable and made known on request Entered as second-class mail mattdi February 15, 1910, at the posofflct at Aboelda, North Carolina, undei the Act of March S, 1878. F?aipAdniiUalk(nMMln ' THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSUOATrN FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1923 BUILD MORE HOMES? Ahoskie is not unlike other towns in its problem of provid ing more substantial homes for persons living here and for others who want to come but can find no home suitable to them. Every town has the same proposition to contend with The fellow with the big bank account and fat resources does pot apply it to bulding town homes;-he usually invests it in large real estate holdings, or uses for quick turnover in spec ulative enterprises. The little fellow is always hard put when he visualizes a home and makes any attempt to build one. The hanks are prohibited from making long time loans, although they have been uncommonly liberal in this reepect. They like to see progress and home building is downright progress. But, the banks cannot be expected to furnish the credit for very ex tensive home building pro grams, that is, where the prop erty is given as security. Many of the other small towns have partially solved the problem of home building by the organizaton of building and loan associations. These aasocations have been put down as the prime factor in the development of every town or city that has not slackened in its forward march. In fact, it has been proven very conclus ively that a building and loan assocation is a necessity where homes are to be built to any appreciable number. It is a mutual association in which the big and little can have a part, pooling the re sources of each to such an ex tent that the fellow of meager means but a steady income can borrow money with which to build a home of his own. There is nothing intricate about it. Small weekly payments are 1 At. a -? uiwiv uy uiuse purcnasing stock or shares in the associa and the weekly payments ?re spread over such a long period of time that it is not burdensome for any. For in stance, there is before us the constitution and by-laws of an association in a nearby town shewing that a person can buy $1,000 worth of shares by pay ing only $2.50 per week. The same person can borrow a thousand dollars by paying $8.66 per week. In the case ol th% latter, the borrower is pay $8.66 j>er week, and probably receiving rents to an amounl equalling his weekly payment! on the loan. There is no need arguing that Ahoskie needs more homes, not so much for specu lative buying and selling but ai permanent "nests" for thos? Who make this town their na tive home. What it does need and should have to promote this home building is a building and loan association. Did yoe evw warn torerttoi MMl hot couldn't because you bad to wgSch the roast in the oven? OFFICE CAT One of the keenest delights this . CAT has experienced eince joining the staff of the HERALD is watch ing those Ahoslde High school boys putting a crimp into the aspirations of all comers for basketball honors. "It is the best athletic team ever representing Ahoslde, either school , or town", is the general statement heard around town. And, that reminds me that Ahoskie should quit loafing on the job in this business of mould ing athletics. It is about time the State papers were begin ning to play up the "starring proclivities" of some of Ahoe lde's young athletes. When did you hear of an Ahoskie college boy setting the world on fire by his prowess on the basketball court, the baseball diamond, or or the football field? Alas, 'tis a thing of which no person can recall. However, those' fellows who now represent Ahoskie on the basketball team ought to be cavorting about the floor of some college gymnasium about next year. Go to it, fellows! "Roads, streets, roads, streets"! That is about all one hears these days, and where is there a more live, all-absorbing topic? Fact of the business is, you can't think of anoth er quite so generally discussed, and in which there is a more vital inter est Ahoskie has no streets, and the township has no roads, speaking of the present only. Oh yes, I forgot that Frazier's Cross Roads piece, the only haven for the automobile bear ing any other name plate than "Ford." Speaking of roads, H. S. Bas night of Ahoskie can give a little inside dope in conditions existing today. He tells of a covey of partridges try ing to cross the road, somewhere be tween Ahoskie and Harrellaville one day last week. "I stopped my car and watched those qual fluttering their wings as they made their way across the road. Now and then one would stick up in the mire and it would be a minute or two before he could extricate himself. Several minutes were required for them to get across the mud, and had it not beep for their wings, I don't believe they would have ever made it That is no fish story; I saw that thing hap pen." That is what Mr. Basnight slipped to the CAT last Friday. But Sid Watson says he can beat that. Last whiter ho and another soft hearted individual of Ahoskie ac tually answered a garage call for a certain chicken that tried to cross the streets of Ahoskie, and it was neces sary to jack her up before extricating her from the mud of the streets. "There's a bright day ahead". That little worn out phrase applies to what the CAT hopes for and believes will come to both the county and the town ere it is Ions- And, may It come na fore this short-lived CAT severe* his relation with thin** earthly. WHAT I SAW TODAY Otis Modlin sweeping the sidewalk, t _ Assistant Postmaster Basemore burning paper on the Atlantic Coast line right-of-way. An Aboelde young lady down the street with a fees SB covered with ? the beauty accessories (including ' what they commonly call 'paint') ; that I hardly recognised hsr. , Johnnie Britton reading "Advice to the Lovelorn" fay Beatrice Fairfax. "Uncle Rosh" Askew walking i ? town block every fifteen minutes. I A flirtation on a busy railroad . crossing in our midst ALL IN VAIN She gave up mutton, poork and beef, She gave ujp aids and teas, She gave up milk, without relief, ?he nve up bean* and peas. [ Mm gave up fruit, end spuds and jams, She gave up bran J and toast I She gave up herrtgg, shrimp, and i clams. She 'most gave up the ghost Yon dont sea any pictures oi Shs gave up baths and asap. j pretty girls going bunting because f OLD SCORES "Now I've had my revenge," said an Ahoskie shoe-shop proprietor to his friend, as a customer left. "Revenge? How so?" "Weii, the young lady who just went out is a telephone operator. I gave her the wrong number." - THEN AND NOW In days of old when knights were bold And "Maps" did not exist, It must have been a mortal sin For young things to be kissed. Now knights are cold and girls are bold, And well?you get the gist, That kissing sin's a mere has-been; It's "Oh! What mother missed!" ! The real test of a man is the fight he makes and the grit he shows in his daily grind of life. SAFETY FIRST Customer, paying milk bill: "Do you keep your cows in a pasture?" she said. "Oh, yes, ma'm, we -do," he an swered truthfully. "I'm so glad," she breathed, "I've heard that pasteurized milks is much better." Nothing about any of the McCor micks on the first page yesterday. And, of course, there's no use looking for anything about them elsewhere in the paper. "BOOST" ? "Boost and the world boost* with 1 you; 1 Knock, and you're on the shelf; For the world gets sick of the one * who'kicks t And wishes he'd kick himself. c I Boost for the town's advancement; Boost for the things sublime; c For the chap that's found on the top- p most round B Is the booster every time." Jim Vinson says matrimony is a p good deal like pool You have to 0 take the scratches with the kisses. y We have heard many statements p made by men who would not like to g be called upon to prove the same. g GIVE THEM TIME Not all the bootleggers are million aires. Some of them have been boot- ?* legging only a few weeks. mi ??? re< Ambassador Harvey says Britain to and the United States are closer than __ ever. Well, at least Britain is. ? A WOODEN MOTHER "We never had a mother, Strange as it may seem, We never heard a cluck, cluck, cluck, They hatched us out by steam. They say it's scientific, And I suppose it's true, But I'd rather have a mother, Now, really, wouldn't you?" A BOY'S POINT OF VIEW There's no accounting for girls. To the tree climber belongs the anilee. Qf all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "I gotta stay home today, fellers." Whom mother would make mad she makes me tend the baby. Life is one whipping after another. Bosh Askew says long debt* male short friends. Uncle "BilV Myers says there are very few statues of women in Amer ica, as "no statue can be a speaking liknenees. tS **??*????*?? -. ***** * RUNNING A NEW3PAPER ? ? * - Anybody ?na ran n newspaper .* * All you hare to do U to buy ? ? * plant, know bow to operate it, * * from tbo front door to tbo book * * door. Than hustle aroond and * * pot cop jr. First, poo most got all * * tbo local and goaaral now*. Yon * * will find tha local now. spread ? * a boot town most anpwboro and * * poo arc expected to bo tbo OMt ? * everywhere to news wbicb somas * ' * disking to poo. Yoo bars to bop * * tha general,, tbo tsUpbeno, and ? * telegraph. Than poo nut col- * 1 * I act tbo money, pap the bills and * 1 * hoop ororpbodp In a good hnmor. * 1 * And tbo thing most important is * * never to leave oot of the paper * 1 * tbo namoe of the important onee. * * and never to pot them in whoa < * they should bo loft oot. And yon * will learn trfs trick aftar yoo have ? > * boon bawlod oot a few time.. Of * * conrse getting the money to pay * * bill, is tbo easiest job of all, a]- ? * meet as aasp as pleasing ovary- * I * body. Moat of tbo people who ? * know exactly bow to ran a news- * *? paper and make It pap are those * I * who have failed In tbo business. * * They are vary seise. Try it. it's ? * groat fen. ? Pales tine ( Ton. ) ? ' * Harold. p REASONS FOR BACKING / HOME TOWN PAPER Th? Herald has recently re ceived from the Division of Pub- I licationa of the Agricultural Ex tension Service, the following ten reasons for supporting the home I town paper as offered by the Val ley Enterprise of Nebraska. It is felt that that the county papers of North Carolina are rendering a I real service to the communities which they serve and that the | readers of this paper may gain an I idea as to some of the reasons why this claim is made, your attention is invited to the following: 1. Because, when you were I bora, it was .the home paper that Introduced you to the world. I 2. When you grew up and grad uated the home paper gave you I another writeup. S. When later on you found I your life companion and were happily married the home paper rave you and yours a nice notice. I 4. When sickness and misfor- I tune invaded your home, the sad I news was carried to your friends I ind neighbors by the home paper. 0. When you had been success- I 'ul in a business venture or had I >een promoted, it was the home I taper that heralded your ability. I 0. If you sold out or moved to I mother location the home paper followed you with newa of friends I ind neighbors. 7. When some unscrupulous 1 on tried to injure your character, t was the home paper that came o your aid. 8. Because the home paper loosts your town and its institu ions, .its people, its schools, its hurches, and helps to promote rood fellowship in the community. 0. Because the live merchants >ffer rioney-eaving bargains and irotect you from the catch-penny tail order houses. 10. And last, ^rhen you are Inally laid away, it is the home a per that prints consoling news f your demise, and that extols our virtues so the-hearts of those rho mourn are made to feel hankful that the home paper tuck by you from the cradle to rave. Black and tha receding colors such dark blue and dark green used in iteriala without a luster tend to g luce proportions and are becoming a stout woman. ? 1 ?' ??1 " ? 1,1 1 - Wynn Bros. THE ONE PRICE STORE MURFREESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA ?^j Announces Big REDUCTIONS IN Ladies' Coats and Coat Suits i and Dresses Mens' and Boys' Ready Made Clothing in order to make room ? for Spring Stocks ' \ , ;; ? ?- ) iv i " ' % i- . ' J. < .. WYNN BROS. THE SHOPPING CENTER , ? . .... . -. . , . ... .. ? ... ' ' ? I ? ? .1. .1 I Sessoms & Forbes Garage - AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING Battery Charging and Vulcanising Ahoskie, N. C. Oar service has a guarantee behind it and gives Satisfaction to the most particular customer. Buy your oils, Gas, and Auto Accessories Hare FREE AIR AND WATER -Mti v ' ^ i, i * f - f - -< ?,j * ?? & i, y ' " J* * ?V v flHHMHHHHHHHHHIIMMHHHHBHHHHHHHHHflllHMrtflMMMMIMMBi UR COMMERCIAL PRINTING IS DONE WITH LATEST MACHINERY, NEW TYPE, AND SKILLED WORKMEN 1^1-713 trade markj&your protection- le+ be I Ijfeour ^uide, Ij you use "Upsburs your crops will I show 4be results of a truty <300A Jerlili^er-* one. m w is^ 4be result of AO years pf experience. H Thousands of farmers have for weans used Opshur's fertilizers. l4 ts no experiment wi4l? 4berri> | ? 4bey know what'Upehur's* will do.. Opshurs trade bark on 4l?? bag is a guarantee II of cotrec4 analysts ,proper mixture and honest goods. There's no guesswork about i4-ils sure. 11 For JurJher information or 4he add tress of our nearest agent, write +0 ^ [L. ptFjtrDPK ma? <s& NORFOLK, VA, ?? . - ? ? ? ? V' m L .,,T^"v wcyiua>y!-iriiftii?wwiT>wiMi ii I'M, 'lliim II \ 11'1 , <JJ . ? ssLl .
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