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? Hertford County Herald ? HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKE^, BUT A PUSHER " * ' * ?? ? J ?* f "i i i ??eeggg ? i in VOLUME X. I (TEN PAGES) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919. (ONE SECTION) No. 24 AHOSKIE WILL GIVE $50,000,00 FORCOLLEGE Ahoskie Will Raise a Minimum of Fifty Thousand for Chowan College. COMMITTEE APPOINT. ED AT MASS MEETING Every Interest in the Commu nity Anxious for Remov al of College. The citizens of Ahoskie and community are determined that Chowan College shall be locat ed in Ahoskie, and they are go ing after it "with gloves off," The meeting last Friday night was an enthusiastic one, and e* f hibited the universal feeling prevalent here?that a deter mination to raise sufficient funds to bring the College here really exists W. L. Curtis, Mayor, ?? ted as chairman of the me >ting on last Friday night. He stutcd briefly?and to the point? what the purpose of the meet ing was ,and reiterated the-com mon view that Ahoskie could get it if Ahoskii dug dow i af ter the "dough " And, broth er, Ahoskie is "digging." Sev * eral leading citizens present at the meeting lent their lusty voices to an approval of the movement under foot, and much enthusiasm was apparent io the meeting; in fact, it look ed good to those who would Me Ahoskie develop into the future that nature has allotted to her. Mr. Ragsdale, of Fu t '*,uay Springs, was present at the meeting and fired a i?od deal of "pep" into the cet ing, when he told of his favor able impression of the town and its natural advftntages. On motion, the bodv of nen and women?for.there ws a large number of women pres ent?voted unanimously to raise fifty thousand dollars for the College ,if it should be re moved to Ahoskie. Some wan ted to make the1 stipulaated sum even more, but opinion was prevalent that it would be better to make the sum nomi nal and then oversubscribe the minimum sum Later, subscriptions amount ing to $13,500 was pledged at the meeting, with over ninety per cent of those present sub scribing, in varying amounts ranging from $100 to $2000, A motion .then prevailed, em powering the chairman to ap point a committee of five to make a thorough, energetic canvass and secure subscrip tions from those who wore ? ct present at the meeting. 'The chairman announced that the committee would be notified on Monday, and that they would be expected to immediately get ' usy and oversubscribe the min imum mark of fifty thousand. This committee is hard al work this week, and is -tak ing an earnest effort, which no doubt, means that flft; v. .sand will have grown into < ven more when the final report ia ' made ' ) No trouble is anticipated ia raising the minimum sum, for everybody here realizes that he or she is making a per * manent investment in donating to such a cause. As one bus iness man put it, "sign me up for $2,000 fand if you need any more, you can get it where this is coming from." This is the | spirit that imbues the people of Ahoskie an their one great determination to have Chowan ' College located here. , ?> j KNITTING MILL IS ASSURED FORAHOSKIE Ahoskie Will Have A Knitting I Mill Located Here in A Few Months. MCDOWELLS, OF SCOT LAND NECK PROMOTERS Ahoskie Citizens Execute Bond to Furnish Thirty Girls To Work. Ahoskie will soon see the es tablishment of a knitting mill within it smidst. The promo ters are the McDowells, of Scot land Neck, experienced men in th manufacture of hosiery. These people own and operate a large plant in their home town, besides owning and op erating a plant in Greenville. They have also established one of their mills in the town of Halifax, but the latter estab lishment was sold to Halifax capitalists several years ago. Mr. McDowell ,the junior member of this firm was in this town one day last week, con ferring with local business men as to probable location as to a building, and the possibility of securing help- Nohting def inite was done then, however. A meeting of interested busi ness men of Ahoskie was called | for Wednesday of this week, j when Mr. McDowell, by ap ' pointment, was here in interest of the proposed mill. At the meeting: on Wednes day, Mr McDowell outlined the proposed factory, telling of the need of at least thirty white girls to work in this plant the location of the factory here being contingent upon asuran ces that the labor would be forthcoming, when operations were begun at the factory here. He alBO told those present that a suitable building was also necesary in order that they might begin at once to install the necessary machinery. It is thought that a building can be secured, and local interests are working with Mr. McDow ell in an effort to rent a suita ble building. If one cannot be found, in all probability, some of those under construction will soon be available. tn order to guarantee the promoters against loss in case help could not be secured, en thusiastic citizens assembled in the meeting Wednesday ex ecutd a bond of $1500 guaran teeing that the labor would be i at hand when the mill opened , Those signing the bond will make an active effort to secure the help for the factory. A definite plan of securing help will soon be organized by lo cal interests. If a suhabld building can be rented, Messrs. McDowell will be ready for operation within sixty days SALVAGE WORK ON SCUTTLED GERMAN FUET \ :ew or the salvage work being don* bj the British on the war vessel* which the Uerman crew* scuttled la H?I 1* ?U*?. 1 ~ STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ADVISES AN ORGANIZATION State Authorities Adivse Eve ery County Make Prepara tions for the Recurrence of Influenza Epidemic This Fall?A Suggested Organi zation Outlined The State Board of Health, forecasting a return of the in fluenza epidemic this fall and winter, have prepared the fol lowing: outline for counties in combatting the disease when it reappears "The supervisors of the tow nships should appoint a chair man for the following committ ees: (a) INTELLIGENCE CO MITTEE. The chairman of this com-! mittee should especially be ac tive and intelligent, thoroughly acquainted with the commit tee, and willing to gather ac curate information daily re garding to the sick. This cha irman should report daily to the township supervisors the number o fnew cases, the con dition of the previous cases, and any emergency need,? food, medicine or nursing aid. (b) FOOD COMMITTEE. This committee should be held in readiness to supply sim pie, wholesome food to those families in actual need. (c) NURSING COMMIT TEE- . , This committee should have a list of all available persons in the community who vill vol-,; unteer to do or lin *y nyre'ng in case of need. M any persons sick with the influenza do not need the services of a trained nurse even if one cuold be ob tained but many families do need the simple home atttentio which can and should be sup plied through this committee. Any who have taken the Red Cross course in First Aid ard Home Hygiene should be espe cially valuable for this work. (d) FINANCE COMMIT TEE This committee should se-1 cure volunteer contributions, for the necessary relief of the afflcted families who are tem porarily in need of flnancaras distance because of the epidem ic, (e) TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. (Continued on Page 10) "CITIZEN" ADVOCATES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIA TION IN HERTFORD Thiaiu That There Has Been Enough Talh, and That It Is Time for Hertford County to Get Some Good Roads? Automobile Association Will Promote Good Roads I In the past eighteen months we have heard much talk of Highways. There have been State Higways, Capitol to Capi tal Highways, National High ways, etc., but just how much has Hertford County profited by all this talk? Now, I am o born optomist, and a chronic 'enthusiast and I believe all these variou high ways are coming, but they are not coming fast enough. Can we not better ourselves and hurry things up a little, so ti at some of us who are getting along in years nay enjoy them? We know that the "Lord helps those who help them! eh es." and is it new r le hat the State and National Govern ments help those who help themselves? How much have we helped ourselves in r<..rard to county highways? I do not man to discredit the good honest work that has been done and that has greatly im proved our roads, but are far short of what every ,? .' ?it izen wants for the county This suggestion has heen giv en to me by a friend from a distant state, and I pass it on; i namely ,that we organize an au tomobile association. Mr. Ed itor, I offer this fhrough your paper and would like to i *r your views and those of hers who want to see good -tads and are willing to nut forth an effort to get them Appoint a day and ask that all automobile owners meet at the courthouse in Winton, >r some other accessible place fo rthe purpose of organizing an automobile association. Through'your ppper urge eve ry man who owns an automo bile to be present, and also All others who are interested. In vite our State Commissioner, Mr. Page, or 'some other } ->od man to be present to talk to us; at the close of the speech effect a good rtrong organiza tion with liv men rs officers. A membership of ctt dol lar would amount to $700 or (Continued on Ps(e 10) COTTON FARMERS ARE URGED TO FORM COOP ERATIVE ORGANIZATION Cotton F aimers Owe it to Them, ?elves to Form live Organ ization and Bring About Bet ter Marketing Condition*? Farmers and Fruit Growers of California Have Done It. (Special to the Herald) Raleigh, N. C.?The co-op erative organizations of Cali fornia furnish an excellent ex ample of just what can be done by farmers who determine that the produce of their farms shall be sold at a just profit- Only a short white ago some of the leading wholesale merchants of the country received their regular circular letters trom these organizations stasting jus what would be the' price for raisins, for prunes, for citrus fruits ,and even beans, during the present season. Tims 'r culars were from , i-'zwt farmers and the prhja ?twre so fied that the farmer could make a profit on his year's 1 work. This is what should be done by the cotton farmers, says, S. G- Rubinow, State Campaign Director for the Americ in Cot- : ton Association. Within a few , weeks we will begin the cam- i paign for the organization of i the North Carolina branch of 1 this association. It is our inten i tion to secure at least 10,000 1 members from the ranks of the ? cotton farmers, business and profesional men in the cotton 1 counties of North Carolina ( This same campaign is being 1 put on in every cotton grow- t ing state. The result will be c that the cotton formers through < thei rorganization can say just 1 what shall be the price for the i staple. - j < In North Carolina the drive t for membership will come al- i ong during the latter part of I October. In the meantime, |i those interested in securing j < a fai rprice for cotton should < begin thinking of the matter i and making plans for the drive i fn the respective counties. Sev- 1 eral of the leading bankers I and farmers have already sent ] In their checks for $100 for ? charter membership, and these I funds will b? used to further i the campagn for better organ- < ization over the entire State. 1 Subscribe to the Hersld. I N. W. BRIHON GIVES FACTS ABOUT CLINIC Clinic for School Children Was Recently Held in Win ton with Good Result* PEOPLE NEED TO BE THOROUGHLY AROUSED Cheaper For Children Than Sending Away from the County Aa is well known in different parts of the County, a clinic was held in Winton last year for the treatment of school chil dren suffering from adenoids and diseased tonsils. It was our purpose to hold another this fall, but owing to an out break of inuenza it was post poned to a later date. On the 29th day of August this year another was held, at which 23 school children were treated successfully, no serious results following a single case. Dr. John B- Wright, a spe cialist from Raleigh, who did the work last year, performed the operations this fall.' He was assited by Miss Nora E Pratt, who represents the Board of Health, Miss Brown, Dr. Wright's nurse, and two other graduate nurses, together with Dr. W. B- Pollard, of Winton, and Dr. Paul H. Mitchell of Ahoskie. The entire cost of each one of the children was only $15, which covered the charges the charges made by the spe cialist, nurses, doctors, the fit tinp up the building for this purpose ,and nourishment need ed for the children during the stay in Winton overnight. This cost was exceedingly small com pared with charges made when children have to be taken to specialists in other citites Th children treated were * fro mfour townships in he County, as follows: one from Harrellsville, one from Mur freesboro, five from Ahoskie and sixteen from Winton. Thia ?(hows that the parents and others are beginning to feel that it is about as safe to have mch work done right here in ihe County as to have it done slsewhere. Thanks are due the local Red Cross, the club girls, and ;he people of the" community 'or th splendid service render >d in furnishing all things ne :essary for the nourishment and :omfort of the children while lere. Miss Georgia Piland, in excellnt young lady and one >f our best teachers, with the issistance of Dr. W B. Poll ird, worked up the clinic, hav ng not only done much writ- ? ng but actually visited many >f our people who have chil Iren that needed treatment ind explained tp them the n? ?essity of having their children treated at once. Mss Piland is very much interested in Im proving the physical condition >f the school children of the County, seemingly having cau rht a vision of the necopity >f this matter while asslting Miss Nora E. Pratt last year in the examination of the chll Jren of the County.
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