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Hertford County Herald Published Every Friday by VINSON * PARKER Owners J. ROY PARKER Editor JAMES S. VINSON Manager Subscription Priee One Year 11.60 Six Months .76 Three Months -40 Advertising Rates Very reasonable and made known on request. * a Entered as second-cjass mail matter February 26, 1010, at the postoffiee at Ahoskie, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1878. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1923. IT MAY BE HARD BUT IT IS RIGHT? That is the conclusion this newspaper has reached after observation and cursory study of the budget for 1923-24 school expenses. It may be trimmed more closely, although it will not admit of any big re duction; and, with a trimming may also go by default the mu tual agreement for ten addi tional teachers in the county schools, but it is certain as can be that the commissioners of Hertford County must increase the school levy, to a figure ap preciably higher than 52 cents or last year's levy. While it is true that school administration should come to us as cheaply as we can well afford, there is neither judg ment nor good common sense in demoralizing the whole county school system by allowing any one person or set of persons to control its destiny. Lefs be sensible, frank, Mftd sincere in every move made. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT? remark overheard a few days ago gave in substance one of the many reasons why we people should count it a privi lege to be one among the citi zenry of this immediate terri tory. It was in effect that our section had in prospect such a fertile field for develpoment that it was calculated to stir within the person who is awake to modern progress a keeness for action and provide for ev ery person an abundance of an ticipation. It has been said that antici pation is 90 per cent of life; and there is truth and fact in the statement. If that be so, then ours should be a pretty full life, for "looking to the fu ture" is one of our greatest as sets and strongest points. Lacking in many things that fit into the modern era, we people are placed in a wonderful posi tion to utilize our energies in an effort for ourselves some of the things we do not now have. For instance, we lack trans portation facilities, especially railroad transportation. In state and county highways, we are now in the midst of an im provement and construction campaign in which and anent which we have had much of our anticipation realized, but which still presents further op portunities for hard work and consistent effort. Now, our people are turning to thoughts of improving our Mil facilities, and they are going to it with a vim and a determination that is bound to develop one of two things. Either, we get that rail line right away, or we know the reason why. Thht keen anticipation will never rest until some part of it is realized. And, when that is done, there is ahead another eraforthi great rural class,the m|{nstay of this territory, and epmeot of diversified farming, trucking, better marketing, and I I farming in all of ita highly specialized phases must result from the realization of the one big project now getting undgr way. KNITTED TOGETHER IN ONE BIG PROJECT? Building of good roads has already developed a stronger tie of good fellowship and working co-operation between the communities and towns of our county, and other adjoining counties. Suspicion, bred most ly by ignorance either of per sons or conditions, is known to creep in wherever there is a keen competitioiftin community or town development; and such competition usually exists be tween all neighborhoods and towns filled with the spirit of progress. It is a natural con sequence. Because we know one anoth er better,made possible by more constant intermingling, we Hertford county people and Bertie folk as well, have al ready banished much of this suspicion. We enjoy a finer re lationship of mutual under standing, and we are good fel lows together. The more we know of one another the less liable we are to question mo tives, and to denounce. Now, that news of another linking of interests has come, with the development of elec tric power, Ahoskie persons and its people generally look for an even better spirit of fel lowship to exist between this town and community and its neighbors, and, it will come, if it is not already here. With three neighboring towns joined together by such an insignifi cant thing as a copper wire, over which courses an electric current supplying power for persons of all three - towns, a stronger binding cord is the re sult. Whatever of suspicion and unfriendly attitude there may be left, if there is any, all of us could better belch up and spit out. Let's have none of it. We are all folks, and human na ture in the breasts of unadult erated Americans is alike. Why not make the nature one of good fellowship, mutual prog ress and comradeship? * THE FOOD WE EAT IN ? * SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS * . ? ______ ? * If you should live to be seven- ? * ty-five years of age, have you ? * any idea how much food you will * * have consumed in that time, * * taking it for granted that you * * are a person of average height, * * weight, and appetite? ? * In solids and liquids, you will * * have consumed something like * * 1,300 times your own weight in ? * both solids and liquids, or almost * * 100 tons of solid and liquid food. * * Probably, if your desires were ? * normal, you would have eaten * * some 76 tons of bread, which, if ? * the loaves were piled together, ? * would equal in size a small * * family hotel. On that bread you * * would have spread about a ton * * and a quarter of butter. * * If you had been ordinarily * * fond of bacon and were to ? * stretch it out in a long single * * slice, it wotUd reach about four * * miles. ? * You would have managed to * * eat about five tons of fish and * * some 12,000 eggs, while if you ? * were at all a lover of cheese, ? * you could easily get outside of * * approximately 400 pounds of it. * * If you were to see all the veg- * * etables you had consumed pass * * before yon in review, they * * would make a train at least three * * and one-half miles long. Also *' * on that train you could add * * 10,000 pounds of sugar and * * 1,600 pounds of salt ? * If you were a,: smoker you * * would have used a ton of tobacco * * in pipes, a quarter of a million * * cigarettes and about sixty thous- * * and cigars.?Exchange. * ************ 666 quickly relieves constipation, biliousness, headaches, colds and la OFFICE CAT!; i WWiiHiir iml. art ?oa?? Mjam moss. i Doctor Mitchell may not succeed in his program of "setting down" on the county board of education, but he certainly has put the members of the board on guard. They are not idle nor are they loafing. Fact of the business is, every county admin istrative body is working full steam these days. It has simply submerged the CAT. ' He can't keep up with all these doins'. K-A-T It all may result (I hope it does) in more efficient county administra tion, and a closer attention to detail. In fact, it might possibly develop ah expert system of accounting in the county. No where in all the world is there a place admitting of more real improvement than in the admin istrative councils of the ordinary county. K-A-T "Young Atlantic City" is the way they dub the Pleasure Beach at Cole rain. And, judging by the overflow of humanity daily inhabiting those regions, I don't know hut what it's a good name for it. Certainly, it is more befitting than "Pleasure Beach" insofar as a distinguishing name is concerned. Aren't they all 'Pleasure Beaches'? I had that idea about it. And, there be less Atlantic Citys of my knowledge than there are 'Pleas ure Beaches.' K-A-T Just a little bit of perusing around at night has already convinced me that something must be done ho curb this wholesale "snuggle-pupping" on the highways of our good, staid, well behaved county. These new state highways are so broad that the couple bent on that particular brand of modern athletics can quickly discover "engine trouble" tbat necessitates a halt right in the roadway. They don't even have to bother about be ing in somebody's way. K-A-T Then, there' e another serious eb jection en my part and all good mem bers of the Feline tribe are indignant over itl Those automobile head light, with the moon's rays reflecting against them, look just like cat's eyes, and many a brother or sister cat is fooled into believing them to be just another of their kin prowling around looking for comradeship. All cats and kindred are hereby ^requested to help break this thing up. Away with such things. 1 JT% K-A-T SALLY says there is absolutely no improve . ment in the condition of that Prazier*s road, and especially inside the town's limits. w Nothing h?a been done. Meanwhile, motorist*, truckers, and carters are kept busy keeping their conveyors in shape after once having experience with some of the holes in the road. K-A-T PATICA held a short confab with, a distin guished citizen of a nearby county the other day, and this man ' didst wait for any for malities before launch ing into a dissertation on the awful ness of that road. He could not, for the life of him, see any economy in administration where large sums of money had been spent to build a and it then go without repair or maintenance. In hie county, he said, maintenance of good roads was con sidered of prime importance, more at tention being given to the retention of a good road than to the plowing up and building of additional mileage. Such a system as ours was compared to the fellow who makes a' pile pf money but never checks up on its outgo. K-A-T TOM, JR., content! himself by merely call _ ing attention to several ~ holes on Catherine . Creek Road, inside the ' town's limits. And, he isn't the only one who has seen those excava tions discomfort and annoy traveler*. 1 They are becoming almost intolerable to the person who uses the road. And, it's almost tobacco marketing time, too. , Aside from the office of countiT newspaper editor, I know of no Job in all existence I have a greater ab horrence for than that of federal in spector of cattle dipping vats. Not that the job is not a good one, but ' I just don't want it It is just a lit tle too much like tbe cussed editor's job. So many kicks, with but little "I thank you's." K-A-T Flattery, like too much candy, al ways make you sick. BUm Oh, he meets her in the parlor, When the golden day is done? Two forms with but one rocking chair; Two hearts that rook as one. There is danger in reproving a man who is impolite to a woman?she may turn on you for calling down her husband. Correct this sentence: "My hus band is often in a hurry," said the wife, "but he always takes time to clean his safety razor." The only thing that works twenty hours on a stretch in these soft times is a rubber band. "I'll tell the world," said the man as he broadcasted over the radio. Taxis or taxes, they cost a lot without going far. y Now that Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, has joined the forces fighting the cotton boll weevil, the next thing these pernicious little pests know they will be changed into cotton pickers. The church a man belongs to is the one he goes farthest from for his Sunday outing. . A Boston preacher says a lot of folk dodge their taxes to joy ride in taxis. But, of course, taxis give them more of a run for their money. "Of all the fleets that sail the sea," Said the devil to his pal, "The rum fleet is the fleet for me, "For I'm its admiral!" ?aaaamMw Uncle Sam believes in the open door, but insists that they shake them selves dry before coming in. When Greek meets Greek, as Cy Kology once observed, they open a confectionery. An Aulander soda fountain girl de clares she will not marry a man who snores. But who wants to lay around and sleep to prove his qualifications. Modern epitaph, school of realism: "Here lies John Doe. Loss fully cov ered by insurance," A tire blows out, a boiler blows up, a loafer blows and a guy blows off. What most of us would rather be doing instead of what we are doing during Summer, is anything else, says an Ahoeldte. . M A fireman may not have a great many sweethearts, but his life is cer tainly full of old flames. Doctors say that men who smoke are liable to have everything. Yes, everything but patches, opines Dr. Walker. ^It takes at least two men to make greatness; one to do the stant and one to cheer. SmHe "Sing a song of laughter, Pocket full of smiles, What the world is after Beats all other wiles; Life's too sort for grumpiness, Spend your little while V Looking for the beautiful? Wearing of a smile." * Nothing will make a marriage hap pier than a lot of common sense. No matter how far money goes, it seldom reaches next payday, in the opinion of Dewey Cherry. Correct this sentence: "What a lovely smile aha has," the man's wife said when a flapper smiled at her. Bob Phelps says that this is the sea son of the year when yon never know whether to wear a palm beach suit or an umbrella. The garage repair man may take a knock out of a car, but only the grim l-eaper can take , the knock out of some people. r " Eighty-hundred and sixty-one head of hogs were inoculated by farmers in Halifax County in one week at the suggestion of Farm Agent C. E. Lit tlejohn. Indication* are that hog cholera is now under better control than ever before in the history of the Stats. BETHLEHEM NEWS Mr. W. A. Thomas went to Edenton last Thursday on business.' Mrs. C. W. Peele returned home Sunday after visiting her mother in Hertford. Mr. WIngate Mitchell from Center Grove spent Saturday night and Sun day with Mr. Clyde Slaughter. Mr. S. J. Hill and family attended services at Brantleys Grove Sunday afternoon. Miss Gladys Jetnigan returned home Monday after visiting her sis ter, Mrs. L. R. Modlin in Kelford. Mrs. G. A. Simons was called home last Sunday morning to be at the bedside of her sister, Miss Dora Belch who was reported as seriously ill. Mrs. R. P. Thomas and Miss Ruth came home last Friday after spending .some time at Buffaloe Springs. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hill spent Sun day afternoon with relatives here. Mr. Russell Slaughter and family from Ahoskie visited his mother, Mrs. Mollie Slaughter, on Sunday after noon. Mrs. L. T. Liverman from Wil liamston visited her mother, Mrs. Solon Jernigan from Wednesday until Sunday. Messrs. Solon Jernigan and G. 0. Holloman put in tobacco last Satur day. This is the first tobacco to go in the barns in this neighborhood but more will follow soon. A CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many Idnd deeds and loving sympathy ren dered by our friends during the ill nes and death of our beloved husband and father. Especially do we thank our neigh bors Doctor Greene and Mrs. Burgess for their untiring attention. MRS. W. 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