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Volume XIV. Btfct Page. Ahoelrie, Worth Caroiiita, Friday, July 27, 1923 One Section ''
INSECT FOUND WAS
NOT A BOLL-WEEVIL
SAYSSTATEBUREAU
Cowpea Pod WoOVil Does Not
Damage At Much As Cotton <
Bug, Says Department
Bulletin
MENOLA PLANTER SENDS
BOTTLE FULL OF BUGS
Chief Entomologist Says Pod
Weevil Does But Little
Damage To The (Cotton
Mr. I. Finley Snipes, of Men
ola said he emitted a sigh of
lief when the following letter
was received from Rpleigh: -
"Your letter of the 16th, ac
companied by bottle containing
weevil thought to be Boll-weev
il, is received. On examination
I find that this is the Covfrea
Pod-weevil and I am enclosing
herewith form letter in regard
-to it. As the Boll-weevil invad
ed your section last summer"!
am sending you our publica
tions on it, under separate cov
ed. However, your injury by
the Boll-weevil will probably
be light this year."
This information came from Frank
lin Sherman, Chief of the Bureau of
Entomology, and was in response to
a letter written te the Bsrean by llr.
Snipes, who had caught some of the
weevils in his cotton. They were
thought to be bolt-weevils, and Mr.
Snipes was after expert advice, ft
eame to him as a relief, because, as
he said, "It was enough to throw a
scare into a fellow who has ?H Ida
future harvest tied up in cotton
fields," _
Evidently Hertford county farm*
ers will lose but little cotton from the
weevil this year, and the news con
tained in the Raleigh letter foreshad
ows a large crop of cotton for 1923.
The present crop is one of the best
in years, and with favorable weather
conditions from now until harvest
time, cotton. planters will receive
good returns from their product
The supposed Boll-weevil was also
discovered in other cotton fields
around Menola, and when first found
were thought to be the real article.
Farmers in that section of the county
had already begun to despair and
were decrying the results suppeMd to
come from the ravager of so many
cotton fields. Mr. Snipes, however,
wanted a final authority, and he im
mediately sought it The bulletin
published herewith has been mailed
to Mr. Snipes, and tells the points of
difference between the weevil found
and thev real Boll-weevil. It reads as
follows:
Cowpea Pod-Weevil
"This insect bears some resem
blance to boll-weevil and is often mis
taken for it It does injure and even
kill some young cotton plants, and
this damage is then blamed on the
boll-weevil. Its injury begins in
and for the most part is confined to,
lands that were in peas the year be
fore.
"It has long been present in our
fields, and attracted considerable no
tice in 1907, but has been seldom re
ported In other seasons until within
the last few yearn when people have
been looking more closely, finding it
and confusing it with BoH-weevil.
"Its damage is chiefly to very
young cotton, and after the cotton is
chopped to final stand and begins to
attain sise.and strength, the injury
becomes less noticeable. No elabor
ate tests of possible remedies have
been made and do not seem neces
sary,?for if a farmer finds them
troublesome a simple change next
year so that cotton shall not follow
peas seems to be all that is needed.
"Most of the insects which are
commonly piistaken for Boll-weevil
are entirely harmless to cotton, but
this one does do a slight injury to the
crop.
"As compared with Boll-weevil,
this Coo pea Pod-weevil is more
chunky-bodied, shorter-legged, short
er bill, blacker, harder, lacks the yel
low-brown fuss, and has little pits on
f back, shoulders, etc.
Very truly yours,
?FRANKLIN SHERMAN.
Chief in Entomology.
MOYOCK NAN SAYS HE
CAN UCK CHESS CHAMP
_
J. P. Murray Wants To Play
Paul Hollotnan Of Ahoskie's
Tribe Of Chess Artists
As a producer of champion
ship checker players Ahoekie
takes an Ace High rank. Each
! new generation brings with it
some new champ whose ability
[ to handle the little checkers ex
cels his elders, and who mounta
i higher to the top of the ladder
in checkerdom. For instance,
there is Squire Joe Askew, who
once shone a luminary in
checker playing, albeit he still
believes he can play tfie game
and refuses to yield any of his
glory.
Then, there is Mr. Cad Jenkins and
L. T. Sumner, two towgh opponents
for the very best in the game. They've
been at it a long time, although the
former has Sumner beat in point of
service. As for the respective mer
its of the two, the reporter refuses
to be arbiter. These two checker
movers usually decide it amongst
themselves down around the land
marks of "livery stable" days. Both
are good, and we're for them both
when playing outsiders, bnt each be
lieves he is better than the other, and
Sumner probably believes it strong
er.
Next to them in point of service
come Abb Holloman and Unn Hollo
man, both good checker players, and
worthy opponents for the generation
just ahead of them. As for the les
ser lights there are plenty of them,
and amongst the number may "he
some fellow wholl wrest the title of
Supreme titleholder from the present
holder.
But, if that "find" ever does bloom
forth, he just most have die goods if
hs dxptftg to boit Paul Holloman,
present Titleholder and King among
fchbdter tor Chrss) players. This
fellow Holloman, in street parlance
"Knows His Herbs."
He is acknowledged by all in Ahos
kie to be their conquerer. Visitors
who abide here long enough to test
his skill have also handed the palm to
him. Challengers from other towns
and cities have also lately been turned
back by the Ahoalde Champ. In a
tournament at Suffolk on the Fourth
of July, he ttalked off with every eon
test, playing the best Norfolk and
Suffolk bad to offer.
Now, along comes a fellow Murray,
from Moyock, who says he believes
he is better than HoUoman. He is
willing to kager $50 he can take a
majority of a 20-game series. He of
fers to put up a purse, the winner to
take all, a tournament to he arranged
in August. His challenge was is
sued through the Independent, week
ly newspaper published in Elizabeth
City and appeared in its last week's
issue.
HoUoman remembers this feUow
Murray, aU right; and he acknowl
edges his skiU at the game. In fact,
Murray won from the local champ in
two sittings about three years ago.
"I am better now than I was then,"
HoUoman says; and he is wiUing to
take Murray on. He is expecting to
communicate with Mm in an effort to
discover the real champion, that is,
for the benefit of any and all doubt
ers.
A tournament was previously in
prospect for Ahoskie some time about
the first of September, with Suffolk
and Norfolk players, and aU other
championship seekers. Murray will
also be invited to come down here and
take a hand in the games. If he ac
cepts, the far will fly?but .when It's
all over, the HERALD is expecting
Paul HoUoman to emerge victor,
sending this well meaning Mr. Mur
ray back to Moyock for a higher ad
miration of the local champ.
CLUB GIRLS CAMPING
AT BEACH THIS WEEK
Chaperoned by Mias Myrtle Swin
dell, county home demonstrator,
members of the various girl's clubs in
Hertford County are spending this
week at Chowan Pleasure Beach,
Coleraln. They left early Tuesday
morning by trucks and automobiles
for the trip. ,
These girls take an annual trip to
Colerain, and, under the direction of
(Mist SwindeU, pat into practice
much of the knowledge of home eco
| nomics they have beep taught during
County Banks Have Made Big Gains
In Resources Within One-Year Period
Comparative figures taken from the June SO reports made
by Hertford County banks, as of 1922 and 1923, show the pedple
of the county have added materially to the bank accounts within
the one year period. The resources of the county's seven banks
were $298,922.08 greater June 80, 1923, than they were June
80, 1922. Money borrowed by the banks is also lower this year
than it was in 1922, although in this particular there is but little
variance. The figures are: for 1922, $255,829; for 1923,
$244,307, making a difference of $11,552. Adding this to the
difference in resources, makes Hertford county bank depositors
$305,444.08 richer this year than last.
Even these figures do not tell the full prosperity that has
been reigning here for the last twelve months. One of-the fac
tors tending to lower the amount is the enormous amount of
cash paid out by farmers for 1923 fertilizers. According to
bankers, the cash outlay for commercial fertilizer was at least
50 per cent heavier this year than for any other year on record.
The money thus paid out has gone from the community, and
must be subtracted from the resources of the banks reporting.
Payments for automobiles have also exceeded those of previous
years, and subtract from the sum total of the 1923 resources.
At that, however, a healthy growth is seen in the figures cer
tified by the banks to the State Corporation Commission. And,
the reports were made at the year's dullest season for banks in
this agricultural region. Wheji the next report is made out,
there will no doubt be a greater increase, both in the aggregate
and comparativly. - If all signs do not fail, and with the crops
now showing a healthy state of condition,-Hertford County will
take a big boost in its resources when the harvest season starts.
The following table gives the comparative showing in re
sources of all seven banks in the county.
1022 Resources 1928 Resources Gain
Farmers-Atlantic Bank, ALoekie__$506,817.83 $513,917.86 $ 7,100.03
Bank of Ahoskie, Ahoskie 359,201.80 _? 391,293.85 32,092.05
Peoples Bank, Murfreesboro 320,869.78 368,243.57 47,873.79
First National Bank, Mnrfreesboto. 266,669.5# 442,833.07 176,173.53
Merchants A Farmers Bank, Winton 274,314.22 285,669.29 11,355.07
Bank of Winton, Winton 120,898.02 113,360.49 ?7,532.53
Bank of Harrellaville, Harrellsville 115,886.50 142,746.64 26,860.14
TOTALS ? $1,964,142.69 32,268,064.77 $801,454,61
LESS 7,532.58
TOTAL CAIN IN RESOURCES $293,922.08
DECREASE IN BILLS PAYABLE 11,552-00
TOTAL INCREASE $305,444.08
?Indicates loss.
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AHOSKIE LADY HONORED
BY ROBERSONVILLE HOST
Mrs. W. J. Myers, of Ahoskie, who
has boon the house guest of her
friend, Mrs. Walter P. Sumner at
Robersonville, was the recipient of a
reception given in her honor. The
account published beljOW will be of
interest here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner's beautiful
home was "thrown open to their
friends on Thursday, July 18th in
honor of their guest, Mrs. W. J.
Myers of Ahoskie, and Miss Nannie
Williams of Nashville, N. C. The
home was most beautifully decorated,
the color scheme being blue and
white. Baskets of blue hydrangea
and white roses were used. Pro
gressive hearts was played, Miss Ethel
Bailey and Mr. Ethna Anderson mak
ing top score, won the prizes. Then
the guests gathered on the lawn
?which was lighted with blue and
white lights. Each was given a po
tato and knife and asked to carve a
candle holder. Mr. Mayo Little was
given the prise for carving the best
holder. Then each guest was given
a candle over which they toasted
marshmellows. Gathering again in
the reception hall the company was
served with a delightful salad course
and ice tea. Each plate was given a
little blue basket filled with white
mints containing a fortune.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.'
Keel, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Grimes, Mrs.:
Myers of Ahoskie; Misses Pope, Rob
erson, Adkins, Bailey, Thames and
Nannie Williams of Nashville and
Messrs. Parker, Smith, James, Little,
Congleton and Atkins.
At a late hour when the guests j
departed, each one declared Mr. and j
Mrs. Sumner the most entertaining i
host and hostess.
GOOD CROWD AT PLAY
Two hundred persons attended the
play,-"Farm Folks," given in the high
school auditorium last Friday night,
under the auspices of Circle No. 1 of
the Woman's Missionary Union.
About $40 was realised from the pro
ceeds, which will be turned over to
the fund now being raised to liquidate
the debt on the Baptist pastorium.
BORN. ANOTHER BOY
Born te 1L". and Mrs. John H.
Parker, East Church street, on Sat
urday. July 14th, ? tan.
CRIMINAL DOCKET HAS
SHORTENED CALENDAR
Only six civil cases have been
docketed for trial at the July term of
Hertford County superior court,
which begins next Monday, July 30.
The motion docket is still lighter,
there being One lone issue to be dis
posed of, it being in the cas? of Er
nest Parker vk Hoggard and Perry.
There ate mote than fifty criminal
actions to bj. tried at the term next
week, besides others that will un
doubtedly be feported by the grand
jury. Many of those on the docket
were continued from the April term,
which had its hands full in disposing
of the murder case fmpi Murfrees
boro. Of the number be be tried on
criminal charges, only tlp*ee are with
out bail. These am al negroes and
are incarcerated in tne county jail
at Winton.
Judge Jn#- lit? Kerr will preside
over this term of curt. All civil
cases placed upon the calender were
put there by special order, and all of
them are cet for Wednesday. Clerk
D. R. MeGlohon spy it is highly im
probable that ?vet) the six will reach
trial, owing to the congested criminal
docket. Although only one motion
is on the calendfn, as published, oth
ers may be made in all cases on Civil
Issue Docket. 7
The eases set for trial Wednesday
are:
77 E. D. Hoggard vs. J. H. William
son.
125 J. D. Sessoms vs. J. T. Early. ,
170 Cordelia Parker vs Bessie Cas
per, et lis. ? ? ?*.
159 J. ?. Mitchell, Gdn. vs. J. T.
Barter and t. tmig.
190 Fermdrs-AtMntic Bank vs. A. H.
Brett et sis. ^
| 184 Philip Moore et als vs. John W.
Moore et als.
ROAD BOARD ATTENDS
TO ROUTINE MATTERS
Reports of committees, continuing
others, and gene*1 approval of bills I
and payrolls kept the county road
board at work daring the greater
part ef IV alloted time last Monday
afternoon at Winton. Salesmen for
feed and mad machinery were on
hand, and orders were given for some
of both.
Several editions! wtsiuleig were or
dered, and other machifitty and
equipment added.
MANEYS NECK REFUSES
TO FOLLOW OLD TRACKS
Provision Hu Been Made For
Free Clinic To Be Given
School Children
(By G. C. PICOT)
Hertford County does not have a
whole-time health officer, but the
Moneys Neck consolidated school, lo
cated at Como, is not to be without
the proper medical supervision, this
being the sentiment, of the?Better
ment association of which Mrs. Joe
Blount Ferguson of Statesville, is
president.
Backed by J. C. Taylor, chairman
of the board of trustees, once upon a
time member of the board of county
commissioners, and by Thomas I.
Burbage, former member of the
county board of health, and with Mr.
Taylor, a lifelong friend of progress
and all civic betterment, this or
ganization of public spirited women
is putting on a free clinic for the
administration of diphteria toxin-an
titoxin for all white school children
in Maneys Neck between the ages of
6 and 21.
In commenting recently on the
health situation, or rather lack of
health situation in the Como school,
owing to the so-called "economical"
ideas of the majority of the commis
sioners in withdrawing the approp
riation for a whole-time health offi
cer, the Como school principal ex
plained fully the disadvantage to the
school of such a proceedure.
Be spoke of the experience of last
autumn when the usual "beginning
of school" diphtheria epidemic played
such havoc with the attendance and
the entire scholastic organisation.
Continuing along these lines, be
pointed out two outstanding facts:
ftrst, last September the anti-toxin
had to be given at the parents' ex
pense, working a hardship in some
cases of large families and keeping
large numbers at home; second, that a
quick acting preventative dose being
necessary, the anti-toxin with only a
30-day immunity could be given, thus
forcing on the majority of the pupils
some two or three doses during the
fall semester.
k. kkew* n- D. 1
v"??8 w urea* itttw, ui. uui uage
hag most generously offered to give
the three necessary doses at a mere
nominal price and the Betterment
Association has raised the necessary
funds for this great work.
The first clinic is to bo held at the
Como school on Thursday morning,
July 26th, at 9 o'clock.
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* HERTFORD RANKS HIGH ?
* IN ITS BANK CAPITAL ?
* _____ ?
* Hertford County evidently has *
* an abiding faith in its financial *
* institutions, especially its banks. *
* At least, when last figures were *
* compiled on'bank capital per *
* inhabitant in the counties of this *
* State, Hertford ranked 19th, out *
* of the one hundred. These fig- ?
* urea were compiled as of Dec-. *
* ember 31, 1921, or a year and a ?
* half ago. ?
* For every person in the *
* county, there was at that time *
* $22.61 worth of capital stock of *
* banks. The State average for *
* the same time was $20.90, or *
* almost two dollars per person *
* less than this county's average. *
* Six months later, June 1922, the *
* average bank capital to the per- *
* son in the . United States was *
* $60.91, and North Carolina *
* ranked 46 in the whole Nation, *
* or almost right at the bottom. *
* The per capita bank capital *
* in this county was greater than *
* any of its adjoining counties at *
* the time these figures were com- *
* piled. Some of the other count- *
* ies ranks are as follows: Hali- *
* fax, $16.63; Gates, $13.36; ?
* Northampton, $11.88; Warren, *
* $6.71; Bertie, $14.13. *
* Mecklenburg County, with its *
* many cotton mills and large in- *
* tereets included in the State's *
* Second City, Charlotte, stood *
* at the top in North Carolina *
* when the survey was made. In *
* that county, every person had an *
* average amount of bank capital *
* amounting to $90.86. *
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WILL BR AWAY
S. P. Buigsss, shoe repair man
located on Railroad street, will be
out of his office the first three days
of next week. He will spend several
dayi in Virginia visiting relatives.
RATE FOR SCHOOLS
AMICABLY SETTLED
BY COUNTY BOARDS
? -
Seventy-Five Cents On One
Hundred Dollars Valuation
AgVeed Upon For 1923
Administration
ORIGINAL BUDGET IS
CUT TO MEET FIGURE
Extra Teachers Allowed At
May Meeting Will Not Be
Granted Schools
Taxpayer* in Hertford County will
pay 75 cents taxes on every one hun
dred dollars worth of real and perso
nal property during 1928 for the sup
port of its public school system. That
rate was tentatively agreed upon by
the board of education and the county
commissioners, in a joint session at
Winton last Monday. At least, the
1928-24 school budget was ordered
lowered to a point where a 75 cents
rate would take care of it.
Dr. J. H. Mitchell and Mr. B. G.
Williams, chairman of the two
boards, pledged the two boards to this
rate when they voted for their res
pective boards to reduce the budget to
approximately 989,000. This vote
followed a separate vote, unanimous
ly carried in each instance, by the two
boards, in which the board of edu
cation voted to reduce the budget and
the county commissioners' board to
approve the budget as amended and
lowered. Thus, all talk of a court
decision was estopped, and each board
gave some and took some.
"Blaming it on Raleigh" was the
undivided attitude of members of
each board. The legislators who
were responsible for North Carolina's
school law were scored heavily, and
not one of the representatives sitting
in the meeting Monday could see any
thing but the rocks ahead for county
and state, unless the taxing system
was radically revised, by the Legisla
ture.
Although the original achool budget
called for a sum total of $112,000,
deductions made by reason of a bal
ance on band, the State equalizing
fund, the dog tax, the poll tax, and
Ones and forfeitures cut that figure
down considerably. The initial bud
get would have required a rale of
about 86 cents per hundred. By fur
ther reducing the fund for teachers
by approximately $6,000, and other
minor deductions, the board of edu
cation set 78 emits as the minimum
rate which they could run the schools.
Mr. W. J. Vaughan, St Johns
Commissioner, moved to rfet the rate
at 70 cents, but his motion met no
second. Following a conference be
tween Attorney Jno. E. Vann and
Superintendent N. W. Britton, the
former made a plea for a 76 cents
rate, which upon motion of E. W.
Whitley and seconded by E. H. Eure
was unanimously agreed upon by the
board of commissioners. The rate
will be fixed at a regular meeting of
the county commissioners on the first
Monday in August.
Mr. Vann, of the board of educa
tion, made a talk at the outset of the
session, after Doctor Mitchell had
been elected chairman; and in it, he
plead for a harmonious agreement, a
give and take attitude, and the ending
of the controversy that was about to
become a tempest. He did not want
to see those lawyers, whom he smil
ingly referred to as "vultures await
ing the prey" get any of the taxpay
er's money for legal services. He
wanted harmony, aad it was harmony
that prevailed most of the time. At
torneys Stanley Winborne and J.
Lloyd Lawrence, of Murfreesboro,
sat with the commissioners and edu
cation board, respectively.
The budget was examined in detail
during the meeting. In the first item,
that of teachers' salaries, $6000 was
lopped off. This was placed in the
budget as a result of the joint meet
ing of the two boards on May 28,
when several^ schools in the county
asked for additional teachers. Ten
new teachers were added at that time,
and on Monday these teachers were
dis-allowed, thereby paving the way
for the reduction in this item.
The item of back debts was strick
en out, as sufficient money was in
sight from the 1922 taxes to take
care of these. The rest of the re
duction made in the budget will
probably corns off the item of new
schools and equipment.
There was little disagreement and
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