North Carolina Newspapers

1 ? LOCAL NEWS OF AHOSKIE - v. ' ' ? ~J Mr. Winston Austin of Littleton spent the week-end in Ahoskie with friends. Mrs. J. A. Archer of Lakeland, Fla., is the house guest of Mr. end Mrs. J. G. Camp. Mrs. J. W. Bunch of Norfolk is spending several days with her water, Mrs. G. L. Wiloughby. Mr. S. Rosenblatt and family of Washington, D. C., are the guests of Mr. and Vrs. S. M. Applebaum. Messrs. Sam Britton and Joe Mul > lens of Greensboro were the guests of friends in Ahoskie last Sunday and Monday. Miss Ruby Britton has returned to her home in Cofield, after ? week's visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hoggard. Messrs. W. A. McGlohon and Rich ard Watson of Murfreesboro were business visitors in Ahoskie last Fri day afternoon. Misses Eloise and Dolores Camp have returned to their home here, af ter spending some time with relatives in Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. R. F. Zeigler, who has - been the guest of relatives in Ahoakie for some time, left for her home in Flor ence, S. C., last Sunday. Mrs. Martha Lane, of Chowan County, is the guest of her daughter and son, Mrs. G. L. Willoughby and E. E. Lane, respectively. Miss Blanche Holloman of Rocky Mount, N..Ci and Elizabeth Thomp son of Suffolk,- Va., are the house * guests of Miss Bessie Cowan. Mr. Lee Parker, of the Southern Commercial Company at Durham, visited relatives and friends in Ahos kie and Menola last week-end. Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Bateman and daughter, Lois Jeap, left this week for a visit of a few days with rela tives in Roper and South Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holloman and little daughter of Victoria, Va., are the guests of Mr. and Vis. J. B. Mod lin and other relatives in this section. Miss Annie Laurie Sessoins and Bruce Vara have tfetaraed to their homes in Ahoskie after attending the North Carolina Colfege, Greensboro. Partia ll/wilirt i? .nanAinir Ka? All 1? O -J ? V*C ^ttVtlSlW So 3 ? * 1? 111 k 1 ? v ? vacation with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Modlin. She is a member of the corps of hospital nurses at a Wil son hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bradley and family ef Suffolk, Va., were guests in the home ef Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alexan der last Sunday. ? . - Attorney u?ri a. tseasoms or Cole rain was in Ahoslde Wednesday morning. Ha was accompanied home by Mr. Joe Sessoms, who is visiting friends in Colerain. Messrs. Eric Garrett, Talmage Baker, and Clarence Perry left here last Friday by automobile for Atlan tic City, New Jersey, where they will spend several days on a pleasure trip. Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Parker were the guests of relatives in Jackson last Sunday. They were accompanied to Ahoslde by Miss Louise Lassiter, who will spend seme time bene as their guest. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Getting of Portsmouth, Va., were the fueets of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Getting last week-end. Mrs. Getting was before her marriage Miss- Hilda Bailey, teacher in the local school daring the 1922-2* session. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Barrett of Wil son spent last Friday night in Aboe kle as the guests of relatives and friends. They left here Saturday for Bertie county, where they are spend ing this week with friends and rela tives. Mr. Barrett is owner of one of Wilson's most modern printing plants. : i-? GOING TO SUMMER SCHOOL K. T. Raynor, superintendent of the Ahoslde Graded School, will leave this week for Chapel Hill, where he will enter the final term of the North Carolina University Summer School. ' lllln II lit I 'I ills11Mm ? ? MANY ATTEND DANCE Large numbers of Ahoslde young people attended the opening dance at Chowan Pleasure Beach last Friday night The new dan?9 hall has Just been completed, and regular schedule of evenihg dances will be given there daring the renwiner of the season. JAPANESE MINISTER TO PREACH IN TOWN Kiyoki Yuya, a Japanese minister, will preach at the Ahoslde Baptist church hut Sunday morning, July 29, at 11 o'clock. The visitor will come here upon the invitation of RPv. E. J: Isenhower, pastor ot the Baptist church. o Mr. Yuya is spending several weeks in this country before returning to his native home, where he will he seminary. He is the guest of Rev. T. E. Walters, pastor of the Colerain Baptist church. ? POPULATION INCREASES BY REASON OF BIRTHS ? ? ? * Those who tr* inclined to do * * a little figuring for thumsulvu. * * can take their pencil* and scratch * * pads oat and calculate tha yearly ? * increase in Ahoskie's population, * * using as the basis of calculation * * the increase in births over deaths * * during tha first sis months of * * 1923. Working on that basis, it * * will ho only a matter of time be- * * fore Aboskia will ho agala ax- * * tending its limits, and, like other * * cities, call for a count of pope- * * latioo in ardor to rise above the ? * level of 1437 report ad in the * * 1920 census reports. * * According to the report of ? * Paul W. Holloman, registrar, ? * the birth, during the first sin * * month* of 1923 ware more than * * three times tha doaths reported. * * Savon persons died in the town ?* * within that period, and twenty- * * two wore horn, making an in- * * crease In population of IS. * * This is a pretty healthy In- * * crease and is a forebodar of a * ' larger Ahoskie, not taking into * * account tha addition made to * * total population through addi- * * tion of now families. It also * * .how. Ahoskie off to be a first * * rata North Carolina territory, ? * for this State has for several * * year* been tha banner state in * * tha Union in it. high birth rata ? * aad low death rate. ? * There is no race suicide hare; * * and proponents of birth control * * have but little following in Ahos- * * Ha. - ? WOMEN WILL MEET The Hertford County Union of the W. M. U. will meet with the Har relisvill# Baptist church, Tuesday, July 81. This will be an important meeting and every society should be reptaswtiad. MRS. ARTHUR MILLER, Vioe President. CROPS ARE GROWING Chances are now"that the yield of all crops in this vicinity and adjoin ing counties will be larger than any harvest in recent years. Cotton, of which there is a large acreage, is this week showing signs of big yields, say farmers. Tobacco curing has Mao begun, and the quantity and quality it above the average. TOWN COUNCIL LISTENS TO PLEAS Of CITIZENS Little routine business was trans acted at the Monday night session of Ahoskie's commissioners. A few bills were approved, following which a boat two hours were devoted to dis cussion of improvement plans offered By. delegations appearing before the board. Another extension of the water Hna ma? inviftfil lailn fTMl?1 4k* T. M" woo UJUCXoa iiiaucj savin wic *-?? T. Sumner corner up the St Johns road to V. D. Strickland's home. H. L. Harrell appeared before the board to make the request for water ser vice. Messrs. A. M. Browne and J. Bailey Barnes appealed to the council for improvement of the drainage system on North Railroad street, and the opening: of a street beyond the gin factory just erected by Mr. Browne. The couAcfl made an inspection trip ?f the territory in question Thursday morning, and front their observations will take whatever action they deem advisable. TOBACCO FARMERS WILL RECEIVE BIG WELCOME Ahoskie will not content itself with pennant advertising of the local tobacco market From funds donated by Ahoskie busi ness houses for boosting tie to bacco market, the chamber of commerce director*-on Tuesday night placed an order for 1,000 neat oval lapel buttons with ap propriate wording, these .to be distributed to farmers who bring ' their tobacco bare for sale. The buttons will be here in ample time for the opening of the mar ket, which is set fbr August 23. Then, there are still* other methods the business interests of Ahoskie will use for cresting in terest iu the market, which {?? . elude free lemonade for growers who come here on opening day, and a big barbecue to be given about the middle of September, the exact date to be determined, h . Three individuals have volun tarily donated sums to the to bacco fund since die committee made a caavam of the town. They are as follows: Dan P. Boyette, $5.00; L. Jurat), (Army A Navy Stora,) $5.00; Clyde IT PAYS TO DEAL WITH HERALD ADVERTISERS Sale Of Real Estate For Taxes At Courthouse Door Aug. 6th The following real estate will be sold at the Courthouse door in Winton, N. C., Monday, August 6, 1923, for failure to pay 1922 taxes and pursuant to order of the Commissioners of Hertford County. Murfreeabero Town*kip White S. Barrett, Williams lot .... 8 80.63 J. W. Beasley, Parker lot - . ?: 25.81 W. J. Boyette, store lot . 8.85 H. V. Buck, Carey Parker ? 87.22 John Blythe, Sumner land ... 7.64 IVjrJ. Hare, John Hare 22.68 G. O. Hare, Parker and John Hare 19.49 J. S. Lawrence, Wynn 111.84 J. D. Phelps, Trader . 16.20 COLORED Margaret Bishop, Bridger 2.16 William Barnes, Bridger 4.36 E. T. Brett, Boyette ? 3.14 Edward Eley, Bridger 8.21 Robert. Eley, Jr., Eley - - 2.78 Robert Getting, Bridger ? -?-? 7.67 Bettie Sue Getting, Pipkin - 1.36 James Catling, Boyette _ 7.76 R. L. Hill, J. T. Griffith 17.97 Bennie Joyner, 1 lot 18.81 G. T. Laasiter, Wiley Carter ... 30.89 R. H. Lewis, Everette 14.95 Mag MaJette, Liverman 10.20 Alex. Mason, 1 lot 8.08 Luta Moore, town lot 8.02 Annie M. Southall, lot .... 12.65 Lulu Shamblee, Moore 2.71 James Stephenson, Carter - 9.64 Carey Vaughan, kitchen 82.17 Atlas Vaughan, Elijah Vaughan 18.21 Nannie Wynn, 1 lot 2.01 T. T. PARKER, Tax Collector, Murfreesboro Township. St. Jokes Township WHITE T. E. Futrell, 102 acres Joyner and Baker; 1 7-12 scree Cooke and Sounder; 75 acres Grant; 58 acres Leggett; total taxes 90.00 COLORED Will Everett, 4 acres Woodard, taxes 3.60 W. H. VINSON, Tax Collector, St. Johns Township. ' Maneya Nock Townakip M. W. Picot, 3-4 acre, home lot . u 84.84 JmyT. Riddick, 75 acres, home place 12.71 J. J. and Jno. T. Riddick, 45 acres part Jno. Riddick tract 4.41 W. J. HILL, Tax Collector, Manoye Neck Township. Ahoakia Townahip ; WHITES J. L. Bellamy A Co., one lot on A. C. L. R. R.?. .... 7.82 Brantley, Has. Ellen, 44- seres Brantley 6.13 Eley, J. A., one lot West St. 74.68 Godwin, J. B,, 37 acres Holloman _ 80.85 Lassiter, Marshall, 26 acres home place 80.94 Lassiter, Mrs. Nannie R., one town lot 2.64 Mitchell, L. M., 38 acres Sumner, 48 acres Miller 247.98 Moors, J. W., 750 acres, Moore - 196.26 Newsome A Holloman, one lot Main Street 84.66 Phaup, C. H., 42 4-10 acres, Newsome 70.42 Rogers, W. W., 70 acres Riddick, 28 acres Riddick 122.02 Rogers, Mrs. Nina, 1 lot MeGlohon street, 1 lot Main street 96.79 Stunner A Phaup, 1 lot Mitchell Street 13.96 Taylor, W. T. A Co., 370 acres timber 33.78 Umphlett, J. H., 4 lots Donsvant Heights . * 17.96 Lewis H. Stewart, 6 acres mill site; 2 lota Hazel ton; 4 3-10 acres, Brett - 62.32 Phelps, R. L, 90 acres Brown, 1 lot Church street, 16 acres Harmon 96.02 COLORED Beverley, Geo. 14 acres, Harmon sr. 6.86 Bowser, 6. ?;, f Estate >, 1 lot Catherine street 3.06 Biggs, in care Joe Arti#, 1 tot Maple street 9.20 Craig, Ashley, one hall acre, home 1 ... 9.56 Harden, J, U. 1 lot Catherine street ?.? 7.86 Everett, Lora I, 2 vacant lots .61 Earley, Goodman, 78 acres home, 80 acres Holloman 27.62 Holloman, Granberry, 81 acres, Mitchell 80.21 Holloman, A- A., 41 scree Rods Holloman : - 18.48 Helson, W. L., 1 lot Maple Street - 8.29 Hurst, Tinie V., 8 tots C. Jenkins 1.49 HarreO, Katy, 1 lot Road - " 6.18 Haireti, Linda, 46 acres,towns, balance 10.68 Hall, $. A^ 18 acnes Newsome, 1 lot Brown ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? _ 24.63 Jenkins, Alfred, (Estate), 12 acres Jenkins 3.06 Jenkins, John D., 1 lot Garrett ?J .i 5.28 Jenkins, W. G., 12 acres, Willoughby .,. 4.T9 Leary, Chriatana, 12 acres, Jenkins 1 5.52 Moore, J. H., 23 1-2 acres, Mizell ... 2.17 Moore, Minnie, 6 acres, Jenkins. .. ?..! 2.76 Moore, Lonnie, 1 lot Catherine street 6.61 Mitchell, Dorse, 144 scree, home 85.87 Mitchell, C. T., 1 acre, home 10.72 Marsh, Cleveland, 1 lot, First street 8.49 Newsome, Roberta, 12 vmoe, Jenkins _ 8.68 Nessumn, Ntrk, 1 let Com% street ... 51. 6.01 Nstrsome, Linwood, 1 lot Catherine street 7.0k Newsome, Gene, 1 lot _ .4 ...... .... 8.96 Overton, Abulia, 1 lot, Maple street, balance. 4.42 Peele, Henry, 8 acres, Newsome- 8.58 Scott, J. R-, 1 tot Lawrence ? ^ - 1.? 6.74 Taylor, Luther, 1 lot Mitchell ? ......... 3.28 Tyner, A. T., 62 acres, Askew 21.84 Taylor, Will, 1 lot First street. 16.04 Wiggins, Mary, 1 lot Lloyd street, l lot Maple street 6.61 Weaver, Hersey, 1 let Maple street ? 9.26 Whitley, Willie B., 1 lot Garrett... ...... .....? 6.22 Williams, General, home place 88.17 Porter, Jno. T? 1 lot, D. H & ?. 3.96 Peele, L. A., 1 tot .\ 4.60 S. K. VAUGHN, Tax Collector, Aheslde Townahip. - ? i. ?i ii i t' NOTICE Notice U hereby given that a Ford runabout has been left in my yard, at Ahoskie, N. C., by R. B. Speller, said Spjeller bavins left this State. j will, therefore, dispose of the atfd can If after thirty days' notice dahn is not made. This nth day of July, 1928. 7-18-lB-4t C. 8. YEATES. Lime lb an ever present help around the farm as an aid to sanitation, end in helping to improve the sell also. If Insect bites ? \ 8 MENTHOIATUM 1 %stopa the itchingand^T ? diycg comtarL^r - Club wk it taking a now Ihm- on life among the farm foUca of NorSi Carolina.* Over 16,000 young people are now being reached in an organi ?ed way. 1 ' 1 ?ft The Fashion Store NEW DRESSES JUST ARRIVED I Our stocks have just been replenished with a brand new shipment of Spring and Summer Dresses. Be sure you see them before making a selection. ALWAYS READY To give you service in woman's wear of all kinds, including a nice line of spring and summer footwear MRS. E. C. BRITTON "AHOSKIE'S FASHION CENTER" Ahoskie, N. C. 1 1 ? Big Factory to You SALE MONTH OF AUGUST , Money Saving Values ? r, ' . A ?? . ?. ' ? .A.,';-" ** v COPELAND DRUG CO. The The Prompt and Efficient Pharmacy We have the only Registered Druggist in Ahoskie or Hertford County 1 I J A i ' i nil' "i 1 i aesasass^ Don't Swelter Tf Prevent It Come to Tins Old Reliable Home ol Cooling Fountain Drinks and Tasty ke Cream THEY WILL COOL YOU OFF Always Lowest in Price for Proprietary Medicines, Drugs and Toilet Articles Get Your Smokes and Chews Here. MITCHELL'S DRUG STORE THE OLD RELIABLE" Mihottea Hotel Buildinc AHOSKIE, N. C. . ' W - "T; * ' ''? ,/?'V ''-A.; - :' ? ? ?! SESSOMS BROS. GARAGE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING Battery Charging, Valcaniring, Auto Sup V- phes^Accesseries and Oils. Free Air and Water. AHOSKIE, N. C.