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Volume XIV. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, May 18, 1923 One Section No. 3
HOME AGENTS WERE
BUSY LAST MONTH
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Miss Myrtle Swindell Assisted
Negroes In Garden Cam
paign Work
BREAD MAKERS IN
BERTIE TUTORED
The following reports have been
issued by Miss Pauline Smith, dis
trict supervisor, of the demonstration
work done in Hertford and Bertie
counties during the month of April/
Hertford County
Miss Swindell of Hertford
county is concentrating her Ef
forts on clothing with the?
women; sport hats for girls and
meal planning with the girls.
Twenty dress forms have been ~
ordered this month, and in one
school twenty-one sport hats
have been made. The negro gsr>
den campaign has been waged in
all sections of the county. The
meetings were arranged by the
negro supervisor, and' Miss
Swindell explained the Cam
paign and gave out the folders
and giving the gardening in
structions. x
Field days 21, office days 4K
clubs visited 15, attendance
184, schools vjgited 12, attend
ance 1643, conferences 78, ar
ticles for publication 5, homes
visited 8, letters sent 116, bulle
tins 396, miles auto 544, demon
strations 15.
Bertie county
Miss Harry af Bertie county closed
her bread campaign the 28th. The
Windsor paper says of it: "Grand
Bread campaign and rally day a great
success. County boys and girla in
vade the city! Forty-four schools
represented. Saturday, April the
28th, marked the closing of Bertie
County's first 'campaign for better
brea<T. And it was a success from
every viewpoint, front attendance,
from the exhibition of bread; and
from the enthusiasm manifested by
every one. Everybody seemed to un
derstand that better bread means
better health, less indigestion and
happier homes. Therefore, never
haye we seen a finer collection or col
lision of biscuits. There were five
hundred biscuits on exhibition; and
after everybody who could, had in
spected them and resisted the tempta
tion of 'sampling,' they were carried
to the inmates and prisoners.
"Prior to the 'Rally Day, Miss
Harry, the efficient and energetic
Home Demonstration Agent, had
conducted a contgst in every one of
the forty-four white schools in the
county. The winners in each one of
these schools were announced last
week. This contest decided the best
biscuit -makers in the respective
schools. Then these 'winners' in the
various schools were pitted against
one another in a contest to decide the
best biscuit makers in the whole
county. And to this end about five
hundred biscuits, baking powder bis
cuits and soda biscuits, were brought
to Windsor right fresh from the.oven,
and the Home Demonstration Agents
from Washington and Edgecombe
counties judged the best. The judg
ing was no easy matter; for any bis
cuit among them would have been fit
for the table of kings. However, the
desision was made and we give below
Die successful contestants and the
winners of the prises."
Before the names of the success-,
ful ones were announced, a very in
teresting program was rendered.
N Miss Wallace, Assistant State
Agent, made a most excellent ad
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mology Department, end Judge Win
?ton alee made speeches. From all
reports the occasion Was most suc
cessful in spite of a steaady down
poor of rain.
Field days 22, office days 2, clubs
visited 21, attendance 471, schools
visited 54, attendance 1587, total
meetings held and attended 1248,
conferences 407, number of articles
for publication 10, homes visited 0,
letters sent 144, circular letters 181,
bulletins 50, miles auto 090, demon
strations 12.
MANY REPLANT COTTON
Due to the cold weather, which
followed heavy rains, several cotton
planters in this section have had to
sow their crop of cotton again. The
first seed rotted in the ground. The
frosts of last week set the crop back
several days, and in some cases as
much aa two weeks.
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How To Space Cotton Told
By Agricultural Specialist
(By R. Y. WINTERS)
Cultivated crops vary in their re
sponse to close and thin spacing.
Certain crops produce more fruit
when planted thick while others fail
under thick spacing. If corn is
planted thick it will suffer from lack
of moisture and produce a poor
yield while the yield of cotton and
soy beans may be considerably in
creased by close spacing.
Cotton is a tap rooted plant which
usually suffers more from wet weath
er thkn from drouth. Since an abund
ance of water is not so essential for
the production of cotton it may be
planted much thicker than corn.
--'When planted thinly (18 to 24 in
ches between hills) cotton plants send
out large number of lateral branches.
Under this condition the cotton plant
is as broad as it is tall. The branches
borne on such plants are known as
vegetable branches, or "wood branch
es" because they do not bear fruit
directly. They must send out spurs
on which the fruit is borne. This
large spreading growth shades the
ground, protecting the fallen squares
that have been punctured by the boll
weevil. When these fallen squares
are kept moist the boll grub can feed
and reach maturity. The spreading
plants therefore help to increase the
reproduction of the boll weevil.
When ^otton is planted thickly (6
to 8 inches between the hills, with one
to two plants to the hill) the compe
tition for light tends to make the
plants grow upright without much
spreading. Here we have a main
stem with a large number of short
fruiting branches rathe^ than a main
stem with a larger number of long
branches. It takes the plant a short
er time to produce a main stem and
short fruiting branches than is re
quired to produce a main stem and.
several large branches. For this rea
son close spacing stimulates eariiness.
During tfie past three years the Ex
periment Station has conducted tests
to determine the difference in yield
and eariiness when plats of cotton are
given different distances between the
hills. In these tests one lot of rows
were left just as they came up with
out any thinning. Others were thin
ned 8, 12, 18 and .24 inches between
the hils.
The results show that close spac
ing not only gives a heavier yield but
earlier cotton. On account of the
difficulty of keeping down the weeds
and grass, it is not advisable to leave
the cotton without any thinning but
8 to 10 inches, with one to two
stalks to the hill will give much better
results than the broader spacing. The
space between the rows will depend
upon the fertility of the soil and
growth that is usually secured. In
sections where cotton naturally
makes a small growth the rows may
be run closer together with profit.
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Winton Commencement Was
Good From Start To Fmish
Winton, May 15.?The school com
mencement exercises passed off very
successfully. The curtain arose on
Friday night, May 4th when the
grammar grades and primary depart
ment gave their splendid entertain
ment. Sunday night the Rev. Dr.
James of Norfolk preached a very
timely sermon to the graduating
class.
The class exercises on 'Monday
night were well planned and well
executed.
Hon. H. S. Ward delivered a
lengthy and instructive address. On
Tuesday morning seven graduates re
ceived their .diplomas. The music
department gave a beautiful operetta
on -Tuesday night and the exercises
closed on Wednesday night when the
high school department presented in
professional manner their play, "The
Wren."
By request the high school play was
presented at Chowan College on the
night of May 16th.
GONE TO WASHINGTON
Ahoskie "Fresh Meat" left here
Thursday morning for Washington,
N. C., where they are treading the
hot sands that lead to Shrinedom.
The spring ceremonial took place
Thursday. Among those who went
from here were: J. N. Vann, R. H.
Jernigan, Jas. I. Crawford, Dr. L. K.
Walker, A. M. Browne, Roger John
son, and T. W. Sears. " ^
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? A. M. BROWNE WILL ?
? INSTALL COTTON GIN *
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* A. M. Browne, who recently *
* purchased the old home place of *
* the R. J. Baker estate, will soon *
* move his family to Ahoskie from *
* Union, and himself become ac- *
* tively identified with local busi- *
* ness and industry. He will soon ?
* begin the construction of a large ?
* cotton ginnery here. ?
* He has already conferred with *
* representatives of machinery *
* houses, and has placed order for *
* a part of it. He also definitely *
* decided upon the installation of ?
* electric motor equipment with *,
* which to drive his gin. He will *
* use municipal electric current, *
* and has already secured signed *
* contract from the town of Ahos- ?
* kie, agreeing to furnish him pow- *
* er when the ginning season be- *
* gins, and thereafter whenever he *
* requires power. *
* Mr. Browne also states that *
* he expects to add still further *
* to his business. The cotton gin- *
* ninjt. season covers a compare- *
* tively shorj period of th/ year, ?
* and in the off season, he expects *
* to utilize the motor and equip- *
* ment for other purposes, the na- *
* ture of which he has not yet de- *
* finitely decided upon. It may *
* develop to \such proportions *
* where he will demand electric *
* current several hionths in the *
* year. *
* The addition of another gin *
* to Ahoskie will mean the bolster- ?
* ing up of the local cotton mark- *
* et, which has suffered in years *
* past on account of farmers car- ?
* rying cotton toother nearby ?
* towns for ginning. Ahoskie has *
* had totally inadequate service, *
* and for that reason, its cotton *
* has been marketed at other *
* points. *
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PREPARATIONS BEGIN
FOR TOBACCO SEASON
Two Warehouse* Will Be Op
erated By Same Proprietors
As Last Year
With the opening of another
tobacco season only three
months off, preparations for
the re-opening of Ahoskie's
market have b^gun. Two local
warehouses have already been
leased for the year 1923, and
will be operated by the same
proprietors as last year. The
Farmers Warehouse will again
be in charge of C. H. Phaup,
veteran tobacco man, who hs"
been in Ahoskie several years.
The Emerson Company will
again operate the Old Basnight
warehouse.
It is practically certaip that the
Tobacco Co-Operative Association
will not operate a warehouse here this
season. The association's tobacco
will probably be sent to Windsor. The
large brick warehouse, known as the
Planters Warehouse, has not been
rented for the season. It is now
the property of the Bank of Ahoskie
and is for rent by that institution.
H. Si Basnight has already con
tracted'for the addition of a 20-foot
driveway to his old warehouse, which
is rented to Emerson A Co. Work
on the addition will begin at once, and
will be completed by the time the sea
son opens.
The committee of the chamber of
commerce on tobacco markets has
under advisement plans for a cam
paign to boost the Ahoskie market.
Just what steps it will take has not
been worked out, although the mem
bers will co-operate with the tobacco
warehousemen and businesfc men in
turning the eyes of tobacco farmers
towards the Ahoskie'market.
. RETURN TO AHOSKIE
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Parker, re
cently married, returned to Ahoskie
last Sunday night, after a bridal trip
to Asheville and Tennessee. They are
living in the former Ed Greene resi
dence in East Ahoskie.
MRS. BARKER IMPROVING
Mrs. J. J. Barker, WfuT has been
under treatment at a Suffolk hospital,
is improving. She will not undergo
an operation. Rev. Mr. Barker visi
ted her last Sunday.
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CHAUTAUQUA WILL
COME NEXT WEEK
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Guarantors Are Busy Pushing
Ticket Selling Campaign
For 1923 Event
PROGRAMS SAID TO
BE THE BEST EVER
"Have you bought your
Chautauqua ticket !'\ That is
what the Ahoskie underwrit
ers, their wives, and children,
are asking every prospective
purchaser these days. The
trade territory for tickets to the
chautauqua is not restricted to
Ahoskie, either. Winton, Har
rellsville, Colerain, Aulander,
Powellsville, and the outlying
districts are all expected to
send their representatives here
for the six days' entertainment.
On Friday, May 25th, just
one week from the date of this
issue, the initial program of en
tertainment will be staged in
the big tent provided by the
chautftuqua organi z a t i o n .
There will be two distinct pro
grams given each day during
the stay in Ahoskie, which in
cludes five week days and Sun
day.
This year thirty persons, men and
women, have guaranteed to Ahoskie
the return tf Chautauqua, and upon
them rests the burden of selling sea
son tickets, the only source of reve
nue from which they derive any
credit on the guarantee made to the
aasociation. Those who expect to at
tend the nroffram, tn K, on VP.. Kv
Chautauqua should bear that point in
mind, and secure a season ticket,
which enables them to attend every
program for the sum of $3.00, or at a
?o*t of less than fifty per cent of
what they would pay if tickets were
bought on the grounds.
This is the fourth year of Swarth
more Chautauqua in Ahoskie, and it
returns this year with three years' of
universal approval stamped upon it
by the patrons in Ahoskie, who have
guaranteed its return by their faith
ful attendance. Each year, the guar
antors have lost some money on the
project and there is among them not
one probably who does not anticipate
a like experience this year. However,
they believed it yas good for the
town, and believed1 it strong enough
to agree to lose not more than $10
each to bring it back here.
According to the managers of
Swarthmore Chautauqua, the 1923
program is the very best ever put on
by them. If it is, then Ahoskie per
sons will say it's a 'humdinger.' The
following is an outline of the pro,
grams:
Friday, May 25?Concert by Mar
gery Jane Gage Co, followed by
Junior Chautauqua, in the afternoon;
at night, concert by Margary Jane
Gage Co, and lecture by Grove Her
bert
Saturday, May 26?Junior Chau
tauqua at nine o'clock in the morn
ing. Lecture by superintendent and
concert by Eekoff-Waterman-Ring
gold Co, in the afternoon; concert by
same company, followed by enter
tainment by Charles Ross Taggart,
"Jhe Old Country Fiddler," at night
Sunday?Devotional exercises at
hour to be determined.
Monday, May 28?Junior Chautau
qiyi at nine in the morning; lecture
by superintendent and concert by
Narchetti's Swiss Yodlers, in %e .af-4
ternoon; concert by same company
and lecture by Frank Dixon, night
Tuesday, May 29?Junior Chau
tauqua in morning; concert by Cham- .
berlain Babcock Co, and entertain
ment by lecturer and cartoonist, Mar
ion Ballon Fisk, in afternoon; con
cert by Chamberlain-Babcoek Co,
and lecture by Frank B. Pearson, at
night
Wednesday, May 30 ? Junior
Chautauqua in the morning; junior
pageant and entertainment by Es
ther Lois Schenkel, in afternoon;
"Crossed Wires, Comedy Drama, at
night
All of the night programs will be
gin at eight o'clock.
Advertising signs, circulars, and
descriptive matter giving high lights
of the different programs have been
distributed in Ahoskie and ? nearby
(bwn?; the big Chautauqua banner
hangs over Main street, and every
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* NEW HEAD ELECTED ?
* FOR LOCAL RAILROAD ?
* J. A. Pretlow, of Franklin, ?
* Va., hat recently been elected *
* general manager and superin- *
* tendent of the Wellington A ?
* Powellsville Railroad. He euc- *
* ceeds A. T. Baker, who has for *
* some time held this position as *
* well as manager of the Branning *
* Manufacturing Company's plant *
* here. ' ?
* Mr. PretlowJs an experienced *
* traffic man, having for years *
* been connected in an official ca- *
* pacity with the Albemarle Steam *
* Navigation Company. This com- *
* pany has for several years oper- *
* a ted a boat line op the Chowan *
* River. *
* Reports are also current that *
* the Camp Manufacturing Com- *
*. pany will take over the holdings *
* of the Branning Manufacturing *
* Company here, including the *
* large lumber mill, and standing *
* timber. The deal has not been *
* closed between the two compan- *'
* ies, although representatives of *
* the Camp Manufacturing Com- *
* pany have been here for two ?
* weeks making a survey of the *
* holdings of the Branning Com- *
* pany. *
* It has been definitely announc- ?
* ed by A. T. Baker, president of *
* the Branning Manufacturing *
* Company, that the Wellington *
* A Powellsville Railroad will be *
* made a standard guage line *
* from Ahoskie to Windsor. ? ?
BANK OF AHOSIOE NOW
PLANNING A HEW HOME
Bid Submitted Wednesday Got
Approval Of Committee Of
Directors
Hertford County's oldest
banking institution, The Bank
of Ahoskie, has just about
awakened from its lethargy of
conservatism, at thnes almost
bordering on ultra-conserva
tism, and in the face of heavy
demands, has decided that it
needs a new home in which to
conduct its business.
Three years ago, the directors of
\he bank ordered plans and specifica
tions drawn for a new structure, but
tightening credit and the financial
slum caused a cancellation of the
plans. Nothing in the way of actions
had been taken until the annual
stockholders' meeting this year, when
the directors ordered new plans and
specifications submitted, and asked
for bids.
/Benton & Benton, architects of
-Wilson, drew the original plans and
specifications. At that time, 1920,
the lowest bid submitted was $81,000.
On Wednesday of this week, R. L.
Grave ley, of Whitakers, submitted a
bid of $41,000 on the same proposed
structure.
The building committee met with
Mr. Graveley Wednesday, listened to
his bid, okehed them, and voted to
call the stockholders to meet next
Tuesday, at 1:30 o'clock in the Rich
ard Theater, when they will be asked
to ratify the action of the directors.
Letters have already been sent out
to the stockholders for the meeting
next Tuesday afternoon.
* CURRENT SUPPLIED
* FULL TIME SCHEDULE *
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* Electric power was turned on *
* for the full 24-hour period be- *
* ginning Tuesday morning. Dur- *
* ing the remainer of this month, *
* the municipal plant will run con- *
* tinuously. The cost of opera- *
* tion will then be ascertained for *
* the two periods, in an effort to *
* determine the advantage or die- *
* advantage of providing contin- *
* uous service throughout the *
* summer. *
* A few local establishments are *
* making full use of the day ser- *
* vice. Others await further word *
* of permanency in day operation *
* before substituting electric cur- *
* rent for other motive power. *
ether usual feature incident to the
approach of the community entertain
ment period has been attended to by
the guarantors.
BUYING FOR ROAD
FORCES_A_B1G TASK
Competitive Bidders At Winton
Monday Consumed Much of
Board's Time
STEEL CULVERTS IN
PLACE OF TERRA COTTA
WheVi the Hertford County
Road Board assumed the posi
tion of purchasing agent for the
road forces under its charge, it
reckoned not .with the talking
proclivities of the traveling
salesman and the house repre
sentative, and consequently the
regular sessions of the board
have become so congested with
competitive bidders for sup
plies and material that approv
ing of bills and payrolls has al
most been crowded off the cal
endar.
Last Monday when the board met
in Winton for the regular bi-month
ly session, there were representatives
of culvert houses, hay and grain men,
road machine men, and tractor men
oii hand to solicit the business of
Hertford County. Before all of the
bids from the various houses were
considered thoroughly the afternoon
was almost gone Shd the board had
not touched its file. Only one con
tract was lqt and that was for two
carloads of steel culverts.
Bids were received from two com
petitive houses, and it was mainly a
question of the kind of culvert to be
used. Terra Cotta has been used
heretofore, with the result that many
of the shallow drains have exposed
the culvert which is so easily broken.
The board was of the opinion that
steel culvert can be more economi
cally used in many places where terra
cotta has been used.
The road machine men, tractor rep
resentatives, and bridge builders
were all told to wait for further con
sideration of their propositions until
the fourth Monday, when the board
will meet again. With these out of
the way, the board of road commis
sioners approved bills and payrolls
until late Monday evening.
An interesting feature of the Mon
day meeting was the bids submitted
for bridges. Included in the number
was the bridge at Stoney Creek,
Ahoskie Township. Two bidders
were there to quote prices and submit
plans, both of which specified steel
construction and cement foundations.
The bid of Mr. BarTow, which includ
ed all bridges in three townships, to
taled about 16,000 or $26 per foot.
The Austin Bridge Company, builders
of the Wiccacon Creek bridge, bidded
$6,000 on the Stoney Creek bridge.
The county road from Ahoskie to
Stoney Creek is now under construct
ion, and the bridge will soon be let to
contractors. Other bids may be op
ened at the next meeting and the con
tracts awarded, not only for this
bridge but for others in the county.
PEANUT ASSOCIATION
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
At a meeting of the members of
the Peanut Growers Association of
Virginia and North Carolina, held in
Norfolk, Wednesday, May 9th, ad
dresses were made by F. S. Fairer of
the Virginia State Department of
Agriculture, and Ferdinand D. San
ford, of the office of Aaron Sapiro, of
New York City.
Practically the only regular busi
ness engaging the attention of the
members was the ratification of the
election of new directors by district
meetings previously held, on April
26, throughout the peanut belt This
was done with despatch, and the di
rectors went into executive session.
H. J. Vann, Hertford County di
rector^ was again named to serve on
the board, and will continue to help
direct the activities of farmers or
ganisation.
During the meeting last week a
telegram was received from the pea
nut growers of Georfla stating that
their cooperative organisation eras
assured, and adding that they be
lieved it would be a success from the
very beginning.
The organisation of the new board
of directors was postponed until Fri
day, May 18th.
The unscreened home swarms with
danger of disease.
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