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Hertford County Herald PublMhod ?v?ry Friday fry VINSON * PARKER Owners J. ROY PARKER Editor JAMES S. VINSON Manager Subscription Prica One Yoar $1.50 Six Months 78 Three Months ... -40 Advertising Rata* Vary reasonable and made known on request. Entered as aecond-claas mail matter February 26, 1910, at the postofHce at Ahoaide, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1878. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR READERS? Many newspapers have found it profitable to themselves and interest ing to other reader* of the same pub lication to invite criticisms and sug gestion* from subscribers. The HER ALD has never made any serious at tempt to secure a general expression from its readers, for what reason the i reader is left to judge. However, it; is going to temporarily adopt the school of thought that a newspaper should be juqt what its subscribers want it to be-?and ask for express-' ions. They need not be high-sounding,! nor commendatory; free and frank opinions are desired, either verbal or j written, preferably written, in order that others may study them and com-I pare tastes in news values. Insofar; *s space will permit, the responses; we receive to this invitation will be printed from time to time. Write us your opinion, both as to the present service given by the pap er and also offer any suggestion for improvement. If there be any fea ture, or any class of news yon think neglected, say so plainly. In your letter, tell as exactly what depart- , ment yon like beet, what next, and on down the list Pick out all the ] flaws of whatsoever nature, and tell j the newspaper about it Women read- j era are urged to dissect the columns of the newspaper and render their decisions and pass judgment If you , read the advertisements, this office \ wants to know It. ? ( The information we gain in this ( way can be of inestimable value to us, and possibly some feature may be \ added, or another neglected depart ment strengthened through this open ing of the gates and extending the in- J vitation for criticism, favorable of unfavorable. Don't hesitate; scratch off your thoughts on a piece of paper | and spend two cents to tell us and others about them. Sign your name, and if you don't want your name to appear over article, if it should be published, request it to be withheld. 1 What is wanted is your frank opinion. : Let's have it Christmas is but a few weeks off now, and its approach reminds us of the lives that have been saved and the persons who have been restored to strength through the sales of Christ mas Seals by the National Tubercu losis Association. The one-cent stamps will soon be on sale again; and it isn't necessary to my they should be popular "stickers" for our envelopes, parcels, and other mailing matter. It is not unusual to hear some per son talk about what our State should do for its disabled and diseased citi zens, often condemning it for not ap propriating more tax money to pro vide this or that accommodation for its wards. But, the trouble with many of lis, including those who do ? the talking, is we are apparently un willing to be taxed to provide the money for the State. That is one; reason why the kicker against taxes should be more careful about ma-' llgning the State for its shortcomings in providing public institutions and public utilities. An article recently published in a New York City paper telling of the vast sums of money North Carolina was spending 0h the education and uplift of the negro race cant but help assuage some of the ill-advised talk sometimes coming from New England that the South 'exercises a grudge against its one-time servile race. The fact is, this State and oth ers of the New South are real friends to the colored people, and that fact is recognized by them in a majority of instances. The article referred to was written by William H. Rich ardson, private secretary to Goveronr Morrison. ^ A leading attorney and one who has been through many sessions of court, talking hi the HERALD office Tuesday, spoke distressingly of the amount of cash that was wasted in assises and', frivoldus lawsuits. He <? ? ' . 1 * f '* ? ' ? v , ... - I" WBMBmam ?, & - ?. ' k.. >v - * w* &? J 1 1 ? " ??f OFFICE CAT I YfMAM MARK That advertised barbecue didn't have any taste for me Wednesday. Few farmers weathered the cold, and the muddy roads to get here for it, but found no barbecue. I've done made protest against cutting me out of the scrape of a barbecue, and Chamber directors have assured me that they will kill the pigs and .fix 'em up in barbecue style next week. It's going to be pulled off?IT1 see to it K-A-T I ain't much on calling atten tion to what the other fellowa on this newspaper are writing. I'm rather partial to my own pet col- i umn and I want you fellows to read what I have to say. But, for this once I direct your atten- 1 tion to what the reporter on this newspaper has to say about that barbecue, because I'm interested and I know you are. I am pretty positive there's something in here about it. K-A-T Do you know I've about lost inter- l est in the road board in our county. 1 Not because it ain't working, but be- 1 cause it has just about settled all matters of policy under the new lot tery scheme they've hatched up, } whereby the boye( six of them)- get ' their monthly dues from the $11,400 ' notes payable by the purchasers and 1 holders of the bonds our good folks have voted upon themselves. It's an Individual affair, more or less, now. 1 K-A-T I The Editor says he dropped in their meeting a few minutes Monday end while he was there the felloes em the beard were making history. Commissioner Garrett of Aheelde get downright gracious with his other be. them $44,000 right off a silver wait er. It represented the smoast Ahos Itie township had to the good from the money that's already spent. Spent c money ain't mack good anyway, and 1 1 don't guess ere are any worse off. K-A-T , Friend Worrell, of Moneys Neck, ] while admitting his bailiwick was drawing the runt's share of the monthly lottery, sat right there and grinned in the face of it. He was moved to say he was certain now that his was a "lost Colony" of Hertford County. K-A-T Somebody suggested that they move over to this side of the Chowan or dry up the river and ' swap places with it. I haven't heard yet what he and his fellows ) expect to do about it. K-A-T I overheard the two much-amucks - of this sheet in deep conversation the other day. I heard "taratic:." pass id in this talk, and up went the black , Cat's tail?the whole feline body ] drew into a. knot, keenly alive to the fact that something interesting was going to be said. You know, you may always count on that subject to fur nish lively interest. Here's about what they said and did: One said to the other, "Now, that we've played fool for so many years, and having had to pay for it dearly in 1923 (they were talking about that five - years' taxes they had to pay), let's go right out now and see Sam Vaughan and Collector Gerock (the Ahoelcie tax man) and get "ducks" on the first tax receipt for 1923 taxes." "All right", said the other, "well do it, and be the first to pay our taxes." And, do you know, one of them fel lows went out and did that thing. K-A-T Now, what do you think of that! many have of postponing docketed cases, even though the court was ready for trial and witnesses were on hand to testify. Every single time a court action is delayed ?r postponed under these circumstances, some liti gants are out of pocket a nice sum of money, which sometimes runs into the hundreds?eventually under such procrastination, to the thousands. How much better off would we be if trivial grievances could be amicably settled man to man, and the litigants converted into friends, with the nat ural accompaniment of low costs. There's no telling what benefit man kind could reap from the shekels so spent ia useless lawing. Paid aix years' taxea, including 1922 dues, already this year, and come right along and added another year to it I haven't the heart to render my opinion of such a trick; I leave it to you. K-A-T Not by way of kidding anyone, bnt in seriousness, boys, when's that Wall Street combine com ing down here and put up that cigarette factory? I ain't heard much about it lately. What's the matter? 1 am over-xealous about this publicity stuff, but writing's easy if you work one cog in your noodle and hit a typewriter, but building a cigar ette factory seems to be some thing else. K-A-T "They say" Ahoskie prospective buyers of stock got "skeered" when somebody read the other day*# News ? Observer about how Jo Daniels' friend (f) Buck Duke had throttled all the other little fellows who tried to get in the business. Now, "they say" Ahoskie folks are talking about the millions as a sinking fund to match the Duke's many millions. K-A-T . Anyhow, I ain't going to lose any sleep over it. I'll wait, "stand by" as they say in the Navy, and see what I the other fellows are going to do. K-A-T | An Oklahoma man was given a dose ; at salts for lost memory. It worked. Not he who laughs last, but he whose laugh lasts is the one to meet, Women are going to wear longer skirts so men can read their newspapers on their way to work. Correct this sentence: "If I did not depend on mankind for my liv ing," declared the orator, "I would \ Feel no less interest in its welfare." And what?we are all het up to enow?what will be the correet thing n monogramed automatics for ladies o kill husbands with the coming open eason. The Man-With-One-Joke should be ?equired by law to beep ? list of the >eopl# he hss already told it to. Kipling A La Pravidanaa Loving a fake, it's really not Worth what it costs by far, For every tine you hug a girl You break a good cigar. cakmsnwaomnsm 1 ? > Ever Notice ItT The softer, smoother, whiter laughter's hands are the rougher and ?odder mother's hands are at to be. "How's that for a meaty line?" isked the butcher, as he cut off 37 inks of sausage. . .19 Ballad of Insanity Har month was always span, Like a cask without a banc; Till at last Wot man wont boggy On account of her waggin' ton gue. Dewey Cherry wonders what sus pender makers do for a living. At twenty you blush when a man praises you; at thirty you think him i clever fellow, and at forty you won der what he wants, chirps Sam Vaughan. A married man wants a "den" as toon as he begins to realize that he has a keeper. Another version: Get rid of the dimes and the dollars will get rid of themselves. A MAN'S AFFECTIONS ARE NEVER STOLEN SAYS HUMAN NATURE WHEN KEPT WHERE THEY BELONG. Pullman porter killed a train rob-: ber in the west. Jealousy, exclaims Dan Boyette is a terrible thing. On* Escnio I stole a kiss the other night. My conscience hurts, alack I think m go around tonight, And put the blame thing back. Footloose JI "Let's go walkin', Miss Johnsing. I feels kinda pedestrian tonight." "All right I feels kinda walkatlve mah own self." ThU u a funny country. A man dslihsratsly fills up on hootch, delib erately steps on the gas, then we call the result an accident. One way of Improving farming in North Carolina is to think over what you have seen at the fairs this fall. Tom Tarheel says that it is better to oreserve s farm building with' paint thai) to build a new one at praaant prices of lumber. ?' ? - ? V ' ^ MOTOR BIG HELP IN IRRIGATION Drives Pumps That Water Great Tracts of Otherwise Utterly Desert Land. MANY MILLIONS IN PRODUCTS Aooordlnc to reports Issued by the United States Department Of Com merce, the Irrigation of farming lands In this country has resulted In annual crops averaging In value 1500,000,000, produoed from soil which would other, wise he entirely barren. Nineteen million seres ere under Irrigation In the west and southwest, and the crops Cruel* Egyptian Irrigation. Include a groat variety of cereal*, trults and vegetables. The total capi tal lavaatment in irrigated land amounts to $700,000,000. Nowhere in the worldwr* the meth ods of irrigation more modern or more efficient than in the United States. Ceatritagal or reoiprocatlng pomps are in as* on all irrigating sys tems, driven by various forms of en ergy, steam, gasolene or electricity. The electric motor, which can be con trolled from a distance, has come into much prominence for this work with in the last tan or Alteon yaars, until now some of the most successful farms which depend upon Irrigation are using electric motors tor their pumps. Electrical Irrigation Efficient The Shasta valley, in California, yields annual harvests of $480,000 from land irrigated entirely by aleo triclty. The Prickley Pear irrigation project, naar Helena, Mont, where the Ocnaral Electric Company install ed three 000-horsepower motors, is producing big harvests of peas, oats, wheat, potatoes and alfalfa, Along the Snake River, la Oregon and Idaho, there are several electrioal jpmpinf installations, rot of whioh Med*rn American Style. elevate water aa blgh aa 1M feet and Irrigate aa much aa 1MM aoraa a( ground. Cgypt Irrigetee by Sweat This Is all la strange contrast with ?gypt, where the unprogrescire tam ers Irrigate their fields by the same toilsome, Ineffective methods that were nsed thousands of years ago. A favorite devioe Is the shaduf, operated by men, or the eakiyah. operated by OX9&, The ihaditf oobiIMi oi a leather bucket, holding about two and a half gallons, suspended from a weighted pole fastened to a hortsontal rod be tween two uprights. When a man's weight Is thrown upon the bucket the latter Is lowered Into the water, and upon being filled the weighted pole lifts the bucket high enough to allow tt to be emptied into a trough or chan nel. The workers go on duty for tw > hours at a time, and two men will Uft about 14? sable tost ad water la lea r ^ ?1?? * * 1 Come Early and Make Yonr Selection From Wynn Bros. "MURFREESBORO'S GREATEST STORE" Our tin? in every Department are m?t complete with f up-to-the-moment merchandise LADIES READY-TO-WEAR Fall Frocks of Exquisite Charm of Line that will catch Wonderful Fall and Winter Stocks the eye of those who know, are being shown by us COATS AND SUITS One of the authentic notes of autumn Fashions is the A new knitted suit. We have them Our showing in Fall Coats wOl charm the most fastidious?simple elegance is the keynote that stands out prominently through the entire line. See our line and save money. BIG LINE OF MENS' and BOYS SUITS AND OVERCOATS SHOES TO FIT EVERYONE?FLORSHEIM SHOES To wear Florsheim shorn is to enjoy the best there is in shoemalring comfort, good looks, long service. No shoe will give you greater satisfaction WYNN BROS. THE SHOPPING CENTER MURFREESBORO, - NORTH CAROLINA ' ' ?* A ' - 1 i '* ' ' % "V ' Special Notice! Sand ua your name and addroaa and we will ?end you one 25-inch necklace of Roelyn inde structible pearls with sterling clasp. After you hare carefully inspected these and find thqpn satisfactory, you sand ua money order for fini dollars, if not you return the pearls. We carry a complete line of jewelry and gladly send any article for your approval. / II I I I I li ?! ?see? ??we????oQfcnwwewsww??ew Spertner's, Inc. 200 1-2 Main St NORFOLK - - - VA. ? ? - -'A ? 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Dadda for younaU that it li exactly the genuine, etaadard Underwood fully rebuilt , ?-tIJJa|^ tA *- - lypcwuter we ciaim it 10 M. Easy Monthly Payments Our ea*y monthly payment plan makee It poe*lble for YOU to have tide *pieo<fld marhine immediately. Payment* are fret the aame a* rental*. Dont Delay Another Minute-Acr Nowi You can obtain the machine on a down payment of $300. , That'* good Mhm. You try the machine TEN DAYS. Thaf* good JudgaMat. Then you 11 decide to keep it Theft eertaia. For Full Details?Call?Phoo?-'Write. Hertford County Herald Ahoskie, N. C.
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