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VOLUME 9. (TEN PAGES) (TWO SECTIONS) AHOSKIE, NQRTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1919. (FIRST SECTION) NUMBER**
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. U90. Stanley Winborne, Rep re
?wUlin, Visits Ahoskie to
Look Matter Ow
WOULD CORRECT "PATENT
ERRORS" SAYS TELEGRAM
Citizen, of Ahoskie Wire Rep
resentative to Put Measure
Through Without Delay.
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Since Wednesday, February 6, Hon.
Stanley Winborne, our county repre
sentative at Raleigh, baa been in
psesession of the bills drafted at the
instance of the Ahoskie Town Coun
cil, and backed up by the signatures
of eighty-five voters, asking for the
equitable extension of the corporate
limits of Ahoskie. On the same date
he was also in receipt of the propos
ed bill, providing for a referendum
?ote on one hundred thousand dol
lar bond issue, for the installation of
Works ind* itVfrageln Ahoskie.
As this is being written, Saturday,
the citizens of Ahoskie are anxiously,
but vainly watching the proceedings
of the state legislature, to see where
Mr. Winborne has introduced the?e
bills. Probably, before the columns
of this paper have been closed, he
* will have done so; at least., the citi
zens of Ahoskie expect him to do so.
The Herald would welcome the relief
that such action would bring with it.
Mr. Winborne was in Ahoskie last
Wednesday. At that time, he con
ferred with one of Ahoskie's citizens,
probably two or three, but moetly
one, regarding the extension. Furt
her, this gentlemen with whom he
Conferred withal t leaui.ig man of
the community, showed Mr. Win
borne over his property?lend that
will come within the new li>..<ts as
prepared by the town -janci! What
signincance was attacnea to uns con
ference is held in abeyance. It is
known that this landholder placed
hi* name to the petition asking for
the extension, as prepared by the
Eustler Engineering company, r.t t'.e
instance of the town council. Know
ing this, right thinking people and
surely this paper would withhold nny
N indictment against these gentlemen,
charging them with a wilfull attempt
to defeat the original draft, substi
tuting therefor a compromise exten
sion.
Rather than make such charges at
this time, citizens of' the town, an
overwhelming majosity .of them, are
wiring Mr. Winborne and asking that
.he place the bill before the General
Assembly as drafted here, and as en
dorsed by eighty-five voters of a pos
sible 97. The Herald believes Mr.
Winborne will fulfill his pledge made
two days before the opening of the
legislature when he told the editor of
this paper and two other gentlemen
that he would see that the limits were
extended, provided the Town Coun
cil would have chart made, draft the
bill, and secure a petition asking
' for the change. This has been done,
and the people of Ahoskie expect of
Mr. Winborne a fulfillment of his
promise.
Mr. Winborne wired Mayor wi L.
Curtis on last Friday that he believed
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HERTFORD COUNTY BOY
TELLS OF EXPERIENCES
OR m OVER SEA
Gr?w? Van, Son ?f Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. E. Vum, of Win
ton. Write. Hit Mother.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
DURING VOYAGE OVER
He Hu Probably Already'
Landed in Now York; Loft
Bordeaux About Eighth.
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Graves Vann, aon of Mr. and Hn
J no. E. Vann, of Win ton, vai among
the first Hertford county boy* to en
list in the service, after the oat
I break of war with Germany. He en
listed in the Coast Artillery in the
summer of 1917. For several months,
he was in training at Fort CasvNU,
Wilmington, N. C. From that place
he was transferred to the Coast Ar
tilery School at Newport News, Va.,
where he'took intensive training for
?.^ere
to Fort (Tiawell. He was a member
of the 6^d Coast Artillery, and in
early October, 1918, he sailed for
France.
In this letter he states that he will
probably go west with his company
for demobilisation. The company ot
which he is a member belongs to a
regiment composed mostly of boys
from Washington state. The regi
ment is expected to entrain for Pa
get Sound, Washington, soon after
its arrival over here.
The letter reads as follows:
St. Marrellen, France,
Jan. 21, 1*19.
My ueir sginer:
I received your letter no. 8 to
night. It was dated November 26. All
I have had from home have been
more recent than this one; bat, just
the same, I am very glad to get all
mail from home with my name on it.
I wonder if you received my cable
from Liverpool. None of the letterr
j thus far received have mentioned it.
I imagine the card reached you first
Any way, I am glad you were not
in suspense long; especially so, on
acaount of the Otranto disaster. That
must have been in the papers about
the stfme time. I believe I wrote that
she Vras in our convoy and that we
could not have been very far away
when she went on the rocks; but
the master of our ship had his hands
full. The next morning in the river
at Liverpool he told an officer I knew
that ofr a while He was in serious
doubt whether we would make it orj
not. Believe me, our boat as well as
the others that made it were in a
wrecked condition. Parts of rail on
the main deck were gone, the ladders
from one dock to another were ea
tirely gone; everyone of the life
boats but one on our ship was just a
mass of splinters, strewn all ov$r the
top deck. But that is old news.
It seems that we shall leave here
very soon now. From here we go a
distance of 22 miles to Bordeaux, bjr
foot, and I will let you guess the
next stop. I may beat thia< back toj
the states?you never can tell. But,'
I guess it will beat me getting to
Winton quite a while, for I have lit
tle idea of what will become of mc
upon my arrival in the Ignited States.
I hardly think I will go weat with
the regiment, thougfi I would not
mind doing so in the least, provided
it is not for too long a time.
I do not know when I st^U write
again?probably not for a week or1
two, but whenever I do, I believe
there will be more to tell than this
time.
I am perfectly well and feel fin*.
Don't worry, I sincerely truet that!
each of you are well. Lota of lovr j
to you all*
Devotedly,
GRAVES.
' Thoae who have watched the pap
era well remember the fate of the j
"Otranto" which was wrecked by be
inK dashed to pieces against a rock j
during the month of October last
year. The ship which convoyed this
soldier across the "pond" was also
caught by the same storm.
JV.C. READY TO
PUSH OUT THE
CATTLE TICK
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Bertie, Martin and Pasquotank
Agreed to Do Systematic
Tick Eradication.
New Orleans, La., Fab. 18?A dia
tinct tendency among the people of
North Carolina to puah the work of
cattle tick eradication was reported
today to the national conference of
government tick inspectors, by Dr.
Hartwell Robbins, of Washington, N.
C., inspector in charge detailed to
North Carolina by the burau of ani
mal indoatry of the United States
department of agriculture.
Tangible evidence ofthis tendency
is contained in the fact that three
counties?Bertie,.Martin and Paaquo
tank?have agreed to do systematic
tick eradication work. Martin cottMyt
it was reported, is building an aver
age of three dipping vats every week.
It is believed that more counties will
follow in agreeing to do systematic
work as son as the matter can, be
presented to the county commission
ers.
Another encouraging factor, as re
ported- to bureau officials, is that a
live stock protection bill, expected'
to facilitate tick eradication, was re
-i.qrted favorably Fehruary 5iJi Jfciy.a
joint Committee from both houses of
the sve legislature. It ia felt that the
operation of such a measure is es
sential before the tick can be driven
out sufficiently to justify the release
from federal quarantine of the nine
teen North Carolina counties still <
under restrictions.
It was also reported by Dr. Rob
bins that it probably will be neces
sary to replace the fedreal qua ran-1
tine on Craven county. This county
was released December 1 last but
the county, authorities. Dr. Robbins
reported, have failed to provide the
' co-operation necessary to clean up
? the small amount of territory still
I infested. '
"North Carolina was one of the
f.r*t states of the union, if not the
ftrst, to undertake systematic tick er- 1
adication work," said the report. |
"Since 1906 fifty-two counties have {
been released from federal adn
state quarantine.
"The larger portion of this freed
area was freed b ygreasing the cat
tle and Spraying with the standard
arsenical dip."
"Tick eradication in these counties
was accomplished with little or no'
county aid. Because of the lack of
local county aid and because of
coast range conditions, 'tick eradica
tion in the remaining nineteen quar
antined counties has been practically
at a standstill.
"We hope to free two or more
counties this year and secure the co
operation of county commissioners
in additional counties so that we may I
be In shape for systematic and effec- !
tive work in all quarantined counties I
next year.
Dr. Bobbins said dipping will be !
started wherever possible, early in '
March. He believes in killing the tick
before it has a chance to multiply. I
Excellent ? co-operation from the
state board of agriculture, was re
ported.
. The North Carolina counties un
der quarantine are Beaufort, Bertie,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Curri
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde
Jones, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrel and |
Washington, and most of Pitt. *?
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FORMER HERTFORD BOY
WRITES FROM GERMANY;
ANXIOUS GET BACK U.S.
Latter from Robert Ok Jenkins
of the 77th Company, U. S.
IS NOW LOCATED AT
HENSEN, GERMANY
One of First Hartford Boyi to
See Service in France With
'' American Forces.
Below i* given copy of s Utter
written by %" former son of Hertford
He is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
J en k iris, of route 8, Ahoskie. He is
Robert Ola JwiMrta. U. 8
Marines, and wss among th? flitt
Americans to see service in Prance1
with the American forces. Jenkins
*listd in that fighting branch of the
service soon after the declaration of
war with Germany, and sailed for
France on December 8th, 1917. This
letter was written to his sister, Mrs.
H. O. Boulton, Phoebus, Va.:
"Hensen, Germany, Dec. 22, '18.
"Dear Sister an J Family:
Will try to write you one more let
: ter. I wrote you about a month ago
| and wore it out in my pocket before
I could get a chance to mail it. We
ihave been hiking from one front to
another fighting the Huns ever sincc
June the 1st until November 13th
When we got word the armistice w s
signed, my outfit wss on the Tinos
When the armistice started, we cr <u
?ed the Meuse river on the night of
the 12th, as the armistice wss signed
the 11th day at 11 o'clock. Believe
me, I was a happy boy when those
guns stopped "barking" and I knew
it was all over. I certainly felt like
shouting then if I ever did in my life,
I tell yoo, that going six months with
out lights at eight and under fire of
big guns nearly all the time, 'is
hell", besides being right upon the
lines when they shout at yea all the
time with all sorts of guru. Well,"
that is all over now and I just call
myself lucky. I have been with the
old 77th Co. Marines an the time
and haven't had a scratch of any
kind yet, and have had good health
too.
We certaiAly have had some hikes,
since November 11. We hiked from
the Meuae river across into Belgium
through Luxemburg and over into
Germany to about 10 kilometer* this
side of Cloblant so you know that
was some hike, about 12S miles or
more. We left the a. m. of Nov. IT
and landed here abeut December JL4.
It is just a small town called Ilensen;
all there is to it is four big .buildings
and we are quartered in a part of
one of those called a "bug house/'
Seems funny to have hiked all this
distance and end up in a bug house.
So I am somewhere in Germany in
a "bug house", instead of somewhere
in France. I have been waiting to go
to Germany ever since I came over
here and now I want to get back to
the good old U. S. A. I received your
letter a few days ago and alto one
from mother. I was glad to hear from
you all and home too. I guess I will
have more time to write now the
war is over. I'm hoping to be with
you all by Easter anyway. It's not
so hard over here now and I sm feel- 1
ing line. hope you all will h^ve a 1
good Christmas and a happy New
Year?any way It will be a better
one for me than the last one. I hadn't
been over here long then.
tell Claude, Mr. B. and Mr. Cald
well I would like for us all to be out
horns for a week, to hunt for -?me
squirrels. Mother wrote me there
were lots of them this year.
Well, I hope you all will have a
good time anyway. With mu:h live
to yon all. From your brother,
OLV." 1
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NO EXTENSION
OF TIME IS BE
AUTHORIZED
Income Tax Return* Are Due
March IS; Com?U*ioaer Ap
proved a Novel Feature.
Washington, Q. C., Feb. 18.?Al
though no gonoral extension of time
Hill be anthoriiad for filing federal
income tax returns due March 15,
the Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue has approved a novel feature of
tax collection which will Mrve for
all practical purpose* aa a possible
extension of 45 days for the fling of
corporation income and excess pro
fits tax return* in cases whore cor
porations aire unable to complete and
file their leluim by Kerch 16.
If a corporation find* that, for
good and sufficient reason, it is fan
possible to complete its returns by
March IS, it may make a return of
the estimated tax due and msjee,pay
ment thereof' notiaier thea^iianw
15. If meritorious reason is -shown
to why the corporation is
complete its return by the staffed
date, the collector will accept the
payment of the estimated tax and
agree to accept the revised and com
pleted tax return within a period o;
not more tlian 45 days.
Under the plan adopted for corpor
ation payments and returns, the gov
ernment will be able to collect ap
proximately the amount of tax due
on or before March 15, thus meeting
its urgent needs; and corporations
actually requiring further time for
the preparation of their complete
returns will be granted ample time
in which to do so.
One of the advantages of this plan
is that it relieves the taxpayer of one
half of one per cent interest per
month that would attach to the pay
ment of the taxes under an extension
granted at the request of the tax.
payer. The taxpayer will, of course,
not bo relieved at interest on sucl
amount pa hi* payment may fall shor
of "the tax found later to bo due on
the baai* of hia final return.
I Should the payment on March 16
or trie estimated tax doe be greater
| than the tax eventually found to be
due on examination of the completed
return, the exceu payment wiH auto
matically be credited to the next in
stalment which will be due on June
15 th.
Provision for systematically hand,
ling this feature will be made in the
construction of the new return
blanks for corporations. The new
form will be a combined Income and
excess profits blMik^ embodied in
which is a detachable letter of remit
tance. Any corporation which And?
that, for sufficient reasons, it cannot
complete its return by If arch 16, may
detach and fill out the letter of remit
tance and forward same to the c<
lector on or before March 16, to
gether with a check, money order or
draft for the tax due on that date. If
the exact tax is not known, the esti
mated tax due will be~paid in thin
manner. A statement in writing o.
the reasons why it is impossible for
the corporation to complete the re
turn by the specified date must ac
company every such remittance.
Individual taxpayers will be given
similar privileges in cases inr which it
is made clear by the taxpayer that
the time available is not sufficient to
enable him to complete his return by
March 16. No reason exists, accord
ing to the internal revenue officials,
for delaying the filing of the returns
of individual incomes, except in un
usually difficult cases.
Forms tor returns of individual
incomes up to $5,000 will be distri
buted by collectors within a ifew
days. Forms for larger incomes will
be available about February 24th.
Corporation blanks will be distribut
ed by March 1. Regulations govern
ing tl}e administration of th? new in
come tax will also be available before
March 1.
FARMERS MUSI
REDUCE ACREAGE
Division at Market* Imum It*
Monti jr Crop Report, Show
ing Condition of Cotton
PEANUTS SOLD HIGHER
IN HERTFORD COUNTY
Peanut Cleaners, Confectioners,
and Wholesaler* Are Buying
From Hand to Mouth.
Contract prices hare declined about
$86.00 per bale during the month
of January, but there have been very
few dales of actual cotton. The un
settled condition at the cotton foods
market has caesed a very poor de
mand from domestic mill*. However,
-their stocks of raw cotton are known
toT>e"l4#"*mi, as-it is not believed
that they will curtail production to
an# grfht-axtent in the,face of a
lantent demand thatTs likely, ta spring
up st any time, an urgent demand
; for cotton is possible at any time.
| Exports have been large during the
I month and because of greatly reduc
j ed ocean freight rates will continue to
! show a relatively large increase each
, month in the future. A continued
' firm front on the part of spot holdm
1 and a reasonable reduction in the
; acreage of the crop about to be plant
ed will undoubtedly soon make a
market for cotton at or near its in
trinsic value.
Peanut Market
The price of 'peanuts improved
during January, rising during the
third week in January a* high as
seven and eight cents. Sales increas
ed, though the movement remained
slow. Sales by the middle of January
are normally about sixty to eighty
per cent of the crop, but this year
they have only been from 15 to 20
per cent. A special 'survey of the
trade showed that the old crop which
was held over has been cleared1 up.
The manufacturers of peanut but
ter and confectionery, and the whole
salers, as well aa the cleanera, are
I buying only from hand to mouth.
Under auch circumstances farmers
must bold for the top of the mark?
or prices are Jttund to be depreaaed.
For the week ending January 15th,
the highest prices reported were 7 %
for Hertford county, 7c for Nort
hampton, and 6Vic for Bertie, and
the lowest price 4 %e for Edgecombe.
The price declined somewhat dur
ing the latter part of the month, but
should more than recover if farmers
refuse to sell at the lower price.
Temporary DecJUae is Corn. " \ i
The price of corn during January
dropped on the Chicago market fif
teen cents a bushel, in spite of the
fact that hog prices were stabilized
for February at the same level aa
for the three previous months, and
that the price of beef has also re
mained at the previous high level.
With meat prices remaining high it
seems corn should recover. The
spring months should show the usual
condition of higher prices for com
in North Carolina than iu the west.
The price of corn on the Chicago
market fpr No. 3. white corn was
$1.48 for the week ending January
(Ith, and $1.82 to $1.45 for the week
ending January 25th. The corres
ponding prices for North Carolina
towns were $1.92 for the first weo<
and $1.79 per bushel for the last
week in January. Six North Carolina
counties report corn sell ion for $1.50
nnl '? same nnmbef of o mtws at
$2.00 per buehel, the average for
twenty counties being $1.74 1-4.
Sot Bea?e. ' , ' 3
The movement of soy beans coK
tinues slow anji prices offered low,
around $1.76-2.00 in the heavier pro
ducing counties, and $3. >0-4.00
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