Hertford County Herald
Publiahad Every Friday by
VINSON * FARMER
Owners
J. ROT PARKER Editor
JAMES S. VINSON Manager
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Entered as second-elans mail matter
February 26, 1910, at the postofllce
at Ahoakie, North Carolina, under
the Act of March 8, 1878.
The place of Ku Klucker in a de-l
mocracy, whose society has the full
protection of civil laws, has not yet
been discovered. Their principles,
pat down on paper, are good; in fact,
every good American can and does
subscribe to them. But, why hide the
indentity nnder the eover of the
robe?
Laying the blame for lack of a
good road system in this county is a
work in which many eitisens have en
gaged, but upon which few agree. The
fact remains that our roads are not
up to the standard of excellence they
should have attained, after spending
the amount of money we have. It
will be a hard proposition to ever
again convince the freeholders of
Hertford County that issuing bonds
for road construction is a wise move,
notwithstanding the fact that that is
about the only way any county or
precenct ever secured real depend
able roads good for all the year
travel
Ia the face of apparent lack of In-1
tenet and with little or no encour
agement from the mam of persona in
the county, money haa been raised I
sufficient to erect a monnment Jtl
Win ton to the World War Veterans
who died while away from their
hones and in the service of the
United States. Thorn who are di
rectly responsible for the placing of
the marker on the courthouse lawn
deserve the highest commendation for
placing it there, where posterity will
regard it with the full weight of sig
nificance. It is another recognition
of the proven valor of Hertford
County men in time of distress and I
war.
Since the commissioners have done
ao nicely by the farmers of the!
county, in appropriating an increased
amount of money for the retention of 1
a county demonstration agent, the |
agricultural interests should not suf
fer for lack of expert advice next
year. The farmers need all the help
they can get-for the next year or two.
The coming of the boll weevil baa al-J
ready begun to spread alarm amongl
them, and the most effective means I
of combatting this cotton destroyer
will be one great task for the demon
strator who takes up the work hers.
The appropriation made should secure I
a first Tate man, and that is the only!
kind Hertford County ? wants and!
needs.
?
Governor Morrison acted promptly!
and wisely in sending the State troops
to Western North Carolina to quell
the local disturbances wherein a large
number of negroes have been driven
from their work *nd threatened with
their life if they return. The laws of
North Carolina give every man a
right to peaceful pursulta, and when
civil authorities cannot ace that Jus
tice and right prevail, the strong arm
of the military forces is the last re
sort. Our Governor, although her
alded in campaign days as a "Bed
ghirter" and held up by aome as ini
mical to the interests, of ihe negroes,
has belied every such statement in of
fering the full power of hie authority j
in protecting the negro laborers who
were mia-handled at Spruce Pine.
Our neighbors in Bertie and North
ampton counties will select for them
selves s successor to the late Claude
Eitehin in a primary to be held Sat
urday. A strenuous campaign has
been waged throughout the district
for the last two or three weeks, and a
liberal supply of mud has been along
In the process, although, observers
and those primarily Interested in the
outcome say, the candidates them
selves have done little of it AU
three of the Democratic candidates
are men of proven ability and worth,
and the Second District will name s
good representative no matter which
is nominated. The first primary wilt
only aarve to eliminate one of the
candidates, as there is little likeli
hood of either man polling a majori
ty on next Saturday. The second pri
mary will be held one week later.
Judge Jno. H. Kerr and former solici
tor Richard G. A lis brook are most
likely to run it off in a eeewnd pri
I OFFICE CAT
eoewiaov ieow evsoaamMA??ndaa.
There ought to be no argument
now about bringing the courthouse
over to Ahoskie. It would never do
to separate it from the jail; and, by
jingo, we just must have the jalL
Happenings in Ahoskie these latter
days make it almost imperative to
have a place of incarceration (mean
ing, of course, a jail) to which our
offenders may be committed prompt
ly.
K-A-T
Untied Fords are frisky arti
cles in this burg. Every week,
some product of the Detroit
manufacturer of gasoline bug
gies runs off down the road, some
to return and others less home
sick. Frank Tayloe and my
friend Jeff Jenkins got theirs
back; albeit the letter's Ave
seater was minus seats, one
wheel, fender and body.
K-A-T
Jim Seaaoms' "coup" to date has
proven to be more elusive than the
other two. Probably, due to the fact
that the self-appointed chaffeur who
rode*off in it knew it belonged to a.
garage man, and believed him good
enough mechanic to have it in first
class running shape. At any rate,
it's gone; and again the CAT re
joiceth that he doth have fleet feet,
and a curled tail, which no person
can take away without a struggle
with his well-groomed daws.
K-A-T
My good friend E. W. Whit
ley, t commissioner of Hertford
County, has misjudged the
women folks of his county, if he
believes the statement made
openly at a board meeting in
Winton last Monday. He says in
substance that Hie very women
* who are crying loudest for home
demonstration work in the
County are numbered among the
flapper type. The CAT was dis
agreeably surprised when the
Editor brought back word of
Mr. Whitley's remark made at
Winton Monday.
K-A-T
This gentleman, good man that be
is, needs to jar himself loose from
such belief?for it is too muck aldn
to the words of the skeptic. Mind
you, folks, the CAT is not upholding
the flapper, nor treating lightly the
"poor mammies and daddies who
have to stay at home and work for
them"?no such situation should
obtain in our county. However, I
am standing square to the winds when
I deny such to be the situation.
4:c M-A-T
I'm ??* Mr. Wh.ti.r
I'm saying positively (my belief
against lua) that the kind of women
You know, people, 1 just love to
think about what a wonderfully
sweet time I am in for next year,
1924, when all the candidates from
Nation, State, county and precinct
will trot out for their regular cam
pagins for ofice. It's going to ho
one of those "intensely interesting"
years; and ye CAT to revelling is
the thought of the wealth of stuff he'll
write. Look out "Old Farmer", 1,
too, am going to enter the realms of
"Political Jabberer."
K-A-T
All of which reminds me that the
Business Manager of the HERALD
is slinging a lot of ink about this
DOLLAAR-A-YEAR proposition. Of
all times, this ain't the one for coming
down on the price. If I "know my
stuff," the fellow who takes advan
tage of that offer is going to get a
darn lot more than his Dollar's
Worth.
K-A-T
whe have been benefitted meet by
home demonstration work, and they
are the ones who want it continued,
are not women who waste their time
In useless pleasures at the expanse of
their "mammies and daddies." They
may be flappers but, if they are,
there was nevar a better synonym for
home builders and imprevavsj for
that's what they are the women who
make homes comfortable, wbo make
the bread we eat, and who are striv
ing to make rural and village home
life more inviting.
mary, although N. J. Rouse, the other
candidate will receive a nice vote
from his native county and that of
f!raatia mi Mm It asinine * t:
vJirrnc, ?nirn rujoitir LiBnoii*s
it -
NO SIREE, THE CAT WILL PILL
THIS OLD COLUMN RIGHT JAM
PULL OP STUFF TO OFFSET ANY
SUCH INDICTMENT OP OUR
WOMEN FOLKS
. . K-A-T ,M I
A HELLUVA FIX
Dear Readers:
Some miscresft used the Ofice
Cut'? typewriteis^ few days ago
a$n broke off a letter that la es
sential to getting oat this depart
ment of delight as a|y other i$
the alphabet. We are placed i$
the unfortunate predieameft of
not being able to tell what let
ter it ia, but whichever letter
should be substituted herei$ for
the dollar sign is the ole that is
missing. Until needed repairs
are made the Office Cat is going
to be handicapped. This is the
only excuse we have to offer for
the brevity of this column f?r
the past few weeks. You _pa$
understand how we arf han
dicapped and we are just as sorry
as you are. Mebbe more Jeo
You'll have to ptfrdo* the Way
this affair looks this week. We
can't help it
GENTLE SARCASM $?'
Smith is a young lawyer, clever in
many respects, but forgetful. He had
been sent to e distant city to Inter
view an important client, when the
head of the firm received this tele
gram: "Have forgotten name of the
client Please wire at once."
The reply he received ran: ^'client
named Jenkins. Tour name Smith."
Truth takes fewer words than
backing a lie.
Don't weep over your troubles?
walk over them.
Fools build houses and sell them
to wise men for less than the ooet of
construction.
Fly paper should be a warning to
all of ua Watch your step and dont
put your foot in it and yo wont get
stuck. ' JO ' ,
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A hick town i? a place where peo
ple wonder excitedly whether he will
sere her from the fire in the neat fat
stallment of the eeriaL ??,
The good oU days were good, but
the aowdaye ore better. ,
Two'a company and three'* more
than a Ford front seat foil, things
Clarence Perry.
If the bac k-to-the-fa rm movement
continuee to grow, 4*01d Farmer"
asks who's going to feed the town
folks?
CONDENSED. BUT CLEAR
A message from the railroad section
foreman to the reed master said: "No
6 did not whistle. Seed me a eew
head car."
G. C. Britton says there are three
kinds of fools; fools, d fools and
men who argue with women.
JAILED TO SWEET
"What's the charge officer?"
"Fragrancy, your honor. He's been
drinking perfume."
Burst of rapture from Roger
Johnson:?"Her eyes were like
pools of clam chowder, deep and
mysteriously lovely. Her nose
was piquantly upturned, like the
handle of a coffee pot. Her dear
mouth, red as a fraahly cooked
sausage, had that delightful
curve to it so much admired in .
a pretzel. Her neck was full A
and round, delicately moulded as
a sack of flour. Ah! 1 ! She was
beautiful?!"
AS APILL SEES IT
Some folks on the outsida,
Are ugly as sin.
But perfectly beautiful
Viewed from within.
Statistics show that the cigarette
hat made the cigar unpopular. You
might have supposed that the cigars
unpopularity waa its own fault, but
Vernon Vaughan says it it because
the averag fellow does not have the
nerve to borrow a cigar.
Advertising tabes the bum out of
and puts the boom in business.
Dr. J. H. Mitchell says If youte
"agin" everything you're a conserva
tive; if you're for everything you're
a progressive.
To keep the neighbors from wor
rying, it has been suggested by Goo.
Newbern that the words "Paid for"
be painted on the spare tires of alll
motor cars not mortgaged.
The last time you will ever have
to got a year's subscription to one of
the State's leading weekly newspa
pers for One Dollar is during tha
month of October, 1923.
Got the HERALD for |. - ^
AHOSKIE DISTINCTIVE
INDIAN CONTRIBUTION
An article appearing In one of
the State paper* thl* week re
viewed the "pitched battle*"
fought by the early aettler* and
the Tnacarora Tribe ei Indiana, "
. which inhabit*ted this region of
North Carolina. This week, ac
cording to the writer, ia the anni
versary of the first real fights
for posession of this territory;
and many tales of the actual
skirmishes that took place along
the banks of the Neuse and
Roanoke rivers are told.
The Tuscaroras, according to
all records, lived upon the very
land now owned by citisens of
Hertford County. Many relics
of the *pioneers days are still
evident on many farms of the
county.
Ahoslrie has a peculiar inter
est in the tales relating to this
favorite tribe of Indians; for to
these Indians the town is indebt
ed for its name. The town de
rived ha name from the Baptist
church which was established
here many years ahead of the
incorporated village. Ahoskie
swamp which runs through parts
of Hertford, Bertie, and North
ampton counties, first bore the
name of "Ahoskie", the Baptist
church here being named for this
stream.
When this town took upon it
self the name originated by the
Indians, it also selected a name
that has never been copied, so
far as records disclose. There is
not another Ahoskie in the
World. "Address your letter to
Ahoskie and mail it from any
point in the United States, and it
will go to Ahoskie, N. C.," is
what one mail clerk who has
seen many years service says
about It.
In honor of the Tuscaroras
who have brought this distinct
' ion, the young men of the town
now conduct a social dub here,
known as the Tuscarora Club.
'ill "*"\3 *?' r*srt V, *><% ?'*'l*i ft ":lti 4 ?'
No tie* ml Bale Vmdmr D?d of Tro.t
By virtue the power end author
ity conferred upon me by * certain
Dead of Trust, executed by Junius
Deloach and wife, Sarah Deioatch
to P. E. Dukes, trustee, which is re
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for the County of Hert
ford, in book 68, page 88, the follow
ing property will be sold at Public
Auction, via:
A lot in the town of Ahoskie, N.
C? bounded on the North' by the land
of J. P. Brett, on the East by the
lands of J. H. Jenkins, on the South
by Alton Avenue and on the West
by the lands of J. W. Lawrence, be
ing a lot in a subdivision of lot by
J. W. Lawrence, 188 feet by 60 feet.
PLACE OF SALE?Courthouse
door.
TIME OF SALE?29th day of Oc
tober, 1923.
TERMS OF SALE?Cash.
This Sept 26, 1928.
P. E. DUKES, Trustee.
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