Hertford Tounty Herald A PAPER WORTH WHILE ^OL. 9. AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA. DECEMBER 20.1918 -( "" N0 37 [HE PEANUT SITUATION. \ Price noW Below Co?t of Production. By J. N. JOHNSON; office of Far* Management. Farmers in the eight commercial peanut crowing conn tie* of the State litve made their crops under ab normally trying (conditions. The Est of every element Altering into e making of this year's peanut crops has been unusually high. La bor, fertilizers, equipment and ma chinery, feed and other items have cost from 100 to 200 per cent more than in noma! times, but the yield of mert&antable nuts this year has been much below the average. Statements recently made by a numbe-1 of farmers show that this year's crop of peanuts has .cost from $80 to $90 per acie to make ami put on the market, while the yield is running between 800 to ' 1,00 pounds. This means that the crop has cost the farmer as he de livers it to the buyer from 8 1-2 to 10 cents per pound. A look at the peanut markets, though, chow some rather discour ing conditions. A few weeks since the growers were receiving 10 cents a pound for peanots. The price noon dropyed down to 9 cents, then 8 cents, and quite recently buyers have been offering from 6 to 7 1.2 .cents qer pound. This means that the fafmer is asked to take from $50. to $66 for the crop from an average acre of peanuts ? when the facta in the case show that it has a?t from $80 to $90, and in some ? $100, to make it. In other words, the buyer and the cleaner are ?king the farmer to work for nothing and pay $25 and $35 an acre for $35 an acre for the ? privelege. in ail of our work, we have not found many farmers who are really inclined to accept the proposition. The office of Farm Management wants to urge upo/i every peanut grower the importance of knowing the exact figures in legard to what his vear's crop'/ has cost him be fore he disposes pf it. In figuring the cost of the crop, It may be well to arrange the stepe and items in ita production in some what the following order, and en ter aga y fair and legitimate offort to get a price that will leave him in a reasonably good .living profit above the coat of pro -action. On* of ? the most Impor LIEUT. CHARLES W. PjUttERJAOMOTED. Wounded tn Action and Dec orated for Bravery. It ia interesting to note what Hertford's sons have done in the great struggle that was waged againstUermany, and this is a fair sample of what theyjdid on the bat tlefield. Charlie W. Parker, formerly ' of Menola, was one of the first of the volunteers to enter ihe Officers' Tr .ining Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in the spring <*f 1917. He' was later commissioned Seconal Lie utenant. and for several months t>e was Stationed at Camp Jackson In South Carolioa, training recruits for the National |Army. Early last spring he was utnt to France, and since iast May he has been in active service, and just prior to the time Germany signed the Armistic he was in the midst of violent-fighting. In October, he re ceived a sligh t wound while bravely leading his men to success. Later he was decorated for bravery and raised in rank from Second to First Lieutenant. We publish below a letter written by Charlie's Captain to Mrs. Par ker: Co. L.37ist. Infantry France, Nov. 9, 1918. Dear Mrs. Parker: I feel that I must write you a few lines in reference to your husband. He has been tried hard and long, For about five months we have suf fered together all the hardships, dangers and ineonvenience of trench life, finally culminating in a great offensive action from September 26 to October 1st. He behaved him self excellently and disylayed tare judgement, for titude and courage Those qualities which I have always known to be preeent in him reveal ed themselves gloriously to his high er commanders .'and he has been gloriously rewarded with a silver bar and military decorations. You have always been prond of him: you should xnd will be more so now. 1 am proud to have such an officer, and I assure you that it does me just as much good to see. him rewarded as it does yon. I hope it will not be long before we can all be together again and have one great, grand and glorious peace celebration. With best wishes for the welfare of you and tbe little daughter, I re main Sincerely yours. Captain Richey. Censored. O. K. W. R. Richey, Jr. Capt. Inf. U. S. A. . ^AND SALE! By virtue of the power and au thority vested in me by a certain mortgage, executed by E. C. Hobbs aud wife, Maggie Hobbs, to D. T. Doughlie which is recorded in the office of the. Register of Deeds for County of Hertford, in book 54 page 87 the following property wiil be sold at public auction, vii: The house and lot on McGiohon Street owned by Mrs.Maggie Hobb bound on the north by Z. V. Bella my lot, on the east by E. Hayes lot, on the south by Mrs. Jacob White, on the west by McGiohon Street, containing 76 feet by 160 feet deep. Place of Salec atpoatoffice build ing in Ahoskie, N. C. Time of sale: December 28, 1818 at 12 o'clock M. Terms of sale?Cash. This 11th day of December. 1918 D, T Doughtie, Mortgagee. W. W. Roger*; Attorney. 0 7 tant steps In the above direction at this time is that of becoming a member of the. Virginia-Carolina Peanut Growers' Association. Outlook Of The Southern Farmer * CHARLES A. WHITTLE, Soil Improvement Committee, Atlanta, Qa. . Prosperity glows on the h orison at the Southern farmer's futuie U he will raise big crops. And the cry of a needy world risen, urging the Southern farmer to grow big crops of cotton and food. His obligation la to reepond. He most fight on, for peace brings no armistice for the farm. f!nttnn is the hope of the ragged world. War-torn countries are look ing to the fields of the South for help. It will not be in vain. The Southern farmer will meet his responsibility. Prices at which the cotton crop will be sold will be such as will par the fanner well, for the fact is that the world must have the cotton. The food most needed In Europe is fat. Cotton seed, peanuts and eoy beans of the South will find ready market for the oil or fats that they contain. Cattle, hogs and dairy products will continue to bring good prices because of the heavy Uve stock losses of Europe. The Southern farmer should plan with an expectation of Improving his labor condition, with the return of troops and the shutting down at ammunition factories. r Immediate Preparation. Preparation for spring planting should go rapidly ahead. Seed, fertil isers and other farm supplies should be bought without delay. Materials on which the government has fixed trices will continue to be stabilised until they are consumed, so that there are no prospects of lower prices before spring planting. Delay means to face shipping difficulties. The railroads are going to be overburdened with traffic for some time to come. They should be given abundant time. PARENTS ARE RESPON SIBLE FOR PROTECT ING THEIR CHILDREN FROM DISEASES Many people do not under stand that they, themselves, are responsible for..the control of whoopttlg' cough,' ? measles, diph theria, scarlet fever, and other diseases among their children. They' "expect the quarantine au thorities to stop the spread of contagions, when, without the hearty co-operation of the par ents, the authorities are-as help less as the children ,who get the disease. Before any appreciable amount of good can result from the efforts to control diseases among children, parents must realize their responsibility and follow the advice of the quaran tine officer. It is only through the co-operation of the people with the quarantine officer that diseases may be controlled and the lives of many children spared. This responsibility rests on every person to whose care God has intrusted a child. Any mother in North Caro lina would sacrifice her life rather than see her child die or even suffer by the cruelact of a murderer. Now, it makes no material difference whether a child suffers and dies by brutal1 punishment or by disease. If it be true that suffering is suffer ing and death is death, then par ents are not consistent when they would sacrifice their lives to protect a child from a mur derer and, at the same time, make no attempt to protect it from diseases which kill a thou sand times more children. Par ents should consider the results of diseases more seriously and make greater attempts to pro tect their children. Children should be taught not to use a towel, a drinking cup, , knife, fork, or any eating uten sil used by another until it has been boiled; not to eat from the_ same piece of bread with anoth er; to wash their hands before meals, and to sneeze and cough with a handkerchief over the mouth and nose. Disease germs live in the mouths of well people as well as in the mouths of the sick, and these simple precau tions may prevent their spread from one person to another. Every parent should do his duty in trying to protect chil dren from diseases by keeping all sick children at home, away from well children, and notify ing the quarantine officer of ev ery case. The quarantine officer will advise as to the measures necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. The report* of all cases are required by law. L. K. WALKER, M. D., County Quarantine Officer. gray resigns as gov ernmentwGRKEH"" West Raleigh, N. C., Dec.? Mr. Dan T. Gray, chief of the Animal Industry Division of the Experiment Station and Exten sion Service, has returned from Washington tp continue his du ties as active head of the live stock work in North Carolina. Mr. Gray went to Washington June 1st of this year at the earn est request of Government au thorities, for the, purpose of con solidating and unifying livestock ; work in the South as a war measure. While with the Fed j eral Department of Agriculture, he succeeded in putting through several co - operative arrange ments needed for stimulating the production of meat and fats. The executive ability displayed dur ing his period of service in " . I ' * '"?? North Carolina was shown to good advantage in his war time activities, and, now that the war is practically over, he has been relieved to resume his work in this State. At the request of the Federal authorities, however, Mr. Gray will be permitted to continue with some of the national activ ities for some time yet. It is expected that he will complete all matters now under way, and I will aid the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry as much as possible. . North Carolina had more en tries of milk at the National J Dairy Show recently held at Co- i lumbus, Chio, than did any other ] State in the Union. A dairy at | Durham, as usual, took first prize, over all exhibited, with 1 dairies at Greensboro and Win- ' ston-Salem also making high i scores. Nu Worms in a Healthy Chlio Ail children troubled with worms have an tmr healthy colof. which In. am poor blond, mod ?? a rulejthere U more or lees Komech dlaturbaaoe. GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC glten retularlr fer timer Urea make will enrich the blood. Im prove the dlaeetloo. and act aa e General Stree|th colnd Teoic to the whale ?jretem Nelure will thea throw off or dlepal the worm*, end the Child will ha la peatfeat health. Pleaeant to take. Maperhottl* Ptlaa Corad In A to 14 Days A BAR TO BOLSHEVISM, THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Governor Bickett's Address At Charlotte R&leigh, Dec. 10?"The beat antidote for Bolshevism is an educated, Christianized citizen ship," declared Governor T. W. Bickett last Sunday afternoon in a big mass meeting in Charlotte in the interest of the Million Dollar Campaign for the Baptist schools of the State. Continuing, Governor Bickett said, "Ignorance is the mother of poverty, and the handmaiden of crime. Anarchy and atheism walk hand in hand. 1 want the men of means to let this state ment soak in?Close down either the churches or the schools, and* your property will become tof you a liability instead of an as set. In Russia today the naked fact that a man owns property | makes him a mark for a firing! squad." Referring to the Million Dol lar Campaign, the Governor said: "This million dollars will mean much to the State of North Carolina, and I do not know how I could at this time serve the State better than by urging the people to respond to this call in the same spirit of generosity and self-denial that has character ized their answer to every ap peal made for the winning of the war. "There is no room nor rea son,!' the Governor averred, "for enmity between the State and 1 the Church school. It would be the "acme of unwisdom for the State to undertake the work of 1 the church schoolIt would be 1 the height of. f^lly for the 1 churches to assume the obliga tion to educate all the, people- ' The two system*.supplement 1 each o^her and both are vitalne- ' cessities to a well ordered,. well ? balanced civilization. Training ' in the three R's, reading, 'riting > and 'rithmetic, is well, but the ' fourth R of Righteousness must be added to make a fine and firm 1 foundation for a prosperous and 1 happy State." ' On account of the influenza 1 situation in Greensboro, the ? Baptist State Convention, which was to have met there December 1 3-4, has been postponed until January 14-17, and the time lim it for completing the million 1 dollar drive for the Baptist 1 schools has been extended to that time. The campaign ip going at a good gait now. The munificent 1 gift last week of $25,000 by the Albritton family, of Calypso, and the $10,000 gift of Hon. J. 1 F. Alexander, of Forest City, ' and the many churches that are oversubscribing their allotments have given a great impetus to the movement. WALTER M. GILMORE, Publicity Director. ARMY DEMOBILIZATION May Consume A Number of Years. Even before the armistice agreement was signed by Ger many, government officials, real izing that peace was near, began preparations for the demobiliza tion qf America's big war forces and, now that permanent peace is assured, the work of return ing to civil life approximately four million men no longer need ed in our army and navy, is be ing pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Aside from our overseas force of more than two million men the transportation problem inci dent to the diubandment of the nearly two million soldiers under training here is enormous, and the undertaking involved in the returning to this country of our big army now in Europe is far more difficult than any similar undertaking in the world's his tory. In this connection it is inter esting to note the fact that, after the Civil War, it took seventeen ? months to disband the Northern Army, although that army was smaller than the one now under training in this country. Owing, ? however, to greatly improved transportation facilities it is probable that the demobilization of the present forces in America will be accomplished in less than half the time required for sim Civil War. Demobilization after the Franco-Prussian War, even though no oversea transporta tion was necessary, consumed two years and four months. The disbandment of the Tur to-Russian armies took about eighteen months. At the end of the Russo-Jap anese War, Russia consumed thirteen months and Japan eight months in getting their armies back home. Although the Spanish-Ameri can War required the oversea transportation of only a compar atively small number of troops, sixteen months elapsed after the dose of the war before the last American forces were demob ilized. The wdfrk of bringing Eng land's troops back home after the Boer War extended over a period oi ten months. 1 The above facts would seem to indicate that, even under the most favorable conditions?since the American army fn Europe is many times greater than any other fighting force ever before sent overseas?the return of our European army will necessarily take at least' a year. However, in view of the fact that it will probably be necessary for Amer ica, as well as England, France and possibly other countries to maintain very considerable forces in or on the borders of Germany for a considerable pe riod in order to see to it that the terms of ''peace are complied with, it seems quite possible that a large number of American sol diers may remain in Europe and thus delay complete demobilisa tion of the expeditionary force for a number of years-<~???ibly a dozen or more. Co-Operation of Health Offi cer and County Agent. Raleigh, Dee. 10?Director B. W. Kilgore of trie Aricultural Exten lion Service has received a letter from B. W. Wasburn of the State Board of Heal tb commending the cooperation given Dr. **. M. Regis ter, Health Officer of Northampton County, by County Agent M. W. Wall. Dr. Washburn state# that North ampton County has one of the best organized health departments in tne State, and that the succees of this is due in a (treat measure to Mr. Wall's thorough eo-operation Both the health officer and the county demonstration vrent have m**aged to coordinate their work in many respects, and to the mutual benefit of both.