Hertford County Herald
HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKER, BUT A PU SHER
VOLUME X. (TWELVE PAGES) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919 (ONE SECTION) No. 27
EXHIBITS OF
AGRICULTURE
AT THF FAIR
Countr Agent Gaither Give*
Facta Concerning Farm
Exhibits
PRIMARILY AN AGRI
CULTURAL FAIR
Resume of Agricultural Exhib
its Are Given in the Fol
lowing Article
The Hertford County Fair Aafe
cistion was organized primarily for
the purpose of promoting the agri
cultural interests of the farmers of
Hertford County, by furnishing a
place where the farmers may show
their farm products to their neigh
bors and at the same time learn how
a superior product was produced and
in this way teach each farmer how to
make the best better.
Of course there is and cannot be
sufficient money prizes offered at this
or any other fair to compensate a
farmer for time and labor expended
in bringing many of these products
to the fair but the farmer who pla
ces the money consideration first,
when looking over a premium list,
and shows for the money he gets or
expects to gjet in prize* is not the
farmer who cares very much for the
bettering of his community or appre
ciates the value of advertising.
There is another fellow that is not
much help to the community and
he is the one who comes to the fair
and after looking over the exhibits
says "that isn't much stuff: I have
better than that at home." Say,
brother farmer, the fellow who hears
that is going to sai "Tell that to the
Angels but I am from Missouri.
You have to, show me." - _ - ,,
We all know that the crops are
not np to the standard this year, and
we all know that it takes crop exhib
its to make a good fair and unless
you fanners bring yiur stuff to the
fair there will be very little to look
for and at. it is your fair and the
qoality and quantity of the farm ex
hibits will be the yard stick by which
your interest will be measured by the
people fro mBertie Northampton, Oa
ten, Chowan and other counties. Let
every farmer do his best this year.
Some of the special features of
the fair this year will be the hog
exhibit. 80 far as qoality of brood
ing stock goes there is not a cou .ty
in the state that has better blr d
lines than can be found in <ne of
the Duroc-Jersey, Poland China, the
Hampshire and O. I. C. hogs in this.
County, and there are individuals of
these breeds that any county even
in the corn belt might be justly
proud to claim. A special Swine
Judge has'been secured for the jud
ging of the swine and they will be
placed where they belong. We want
to make this exhibit the best in Eas
tern North Carolina. If you have a
good pig or sow show it and- do not
talk about It unless you do show it.
Many hogs will be for sale at the
fair.
' + TOBACCO
A special booth will be set apart
for a tobacco exhibit and it is hoped
that there will be all grades of tobeec
in this booth from the le. per pound
stuff to that fl.10 stuff thai-set the
market wild. A real tobacco farmer
will be In charge of the booth to tell
farmers seeking information, every
thing about how to raise the best
and how to cure it. Every tobacco
farmer should help make this exhibit
towns are
co-operating
With state
North Carolina Town* Are Ra
pidly Falling in Line on
Sanitary Law
TOWNS ARE PASSING
LOCAL SANITAR YLAWS
Every Town Will Pa** A Law
Requiting Certain Kind
of Privy '
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Already about twenty-fie towns
have taken definite action toward
the eradication of the insanitary pri
vies, under the direction of the State
Board of Health, according to a state
ment made by Mr, H. E. Miller, Di
I rector of the Bureau of Sanitary
> Engineering and Inspection. Until
jvery recently towns have hesitated
i to pass local sanitary ordinances for
fear that they might conflict with
the State Law. But the Attorney
General has passed on this subject
and has given his ruling, which sets
all such doubts at ease. The Attor
ney General points out that towns
not only have the right to appoint
and pass local ordinances adopting
some particular type of privy ap
proved by the State Board of Health
and excluding others, but that it is
their function and duty to do so, in
j order to insure some systematic op
eration in each community, and that
the cost tp the individual may be ma
terially reduced. Every town should
| adopt some one privy as a standard
i within its limits. In fact, this is an
.absolute essential to satisfaction, ec
onomy and success but it is important
to each town before taking such ac
tion to become informed as to the
best type suited to the local needs
and conditions. The special privy
bulletin of the State Board of Health
is proving of great success in assist
ing in this direction, but the towns
generally are waiting for the arrival
of the Sanitary Inspector who can
give them full and final advice, in
deed, Mr. Miller states that it is pre
ferable for a town to do this, unless
it can determine without a doubt
what is the best plan of action to
meet its own individual problems and
| condition*
a real success.
CORN
8everal par* bred varieties of seed
corn have been introduced into the
County and we all want to see which
it the beet. There well be tome ee
ry sharp competition among the corn
growers for honors. To win first in
Hertford Coanty for the best ten ears
of corn of any variety will be an hon
or to be proud of. This prise was
won by a boy last year. He will try
again this year.
In making your selection for the
I ten ears exhibit be tare to follow the
rules of the premium book. Ten
ears and two stalks with the ears
attached will be the ten ear exhibit.
COTTON
Hertford Coanty boasts of having
two thousand seres of Wannamakers
Cleveland Big Boll cotton this sea
son. Those who have made estimat
es of the yields of this cotton say that
it will yield at least 20 per cent more
than any other variety on the same
land. The fair association wants the
fellow who ha* better cotton than
this to ^swve it to the fair. Let ev
cry grower of this cotton bring a
stalk to the fair and make the cotton
booth a real booster.
PKANUTS
There will be a special peanut
NAVY YARD BAND FROM
NORFOLK WILL BE AT
BERTIE COUTY FAIR
(Special to the Herald)
Aulander, October 15.?It gives
a great deal of pleasure to announce
that the Navy Yard Band from Nor
folk Navy Yard will attend the /fair
at Auiander, commencing on the 1th
of October. This is the celebrated
band of twenty pieces which played
for us on Old Soldiers Day. Vhe or
der for the attendance of the Band
has already been issued and unless
some unforseen thing happens the
Band will surely be here. On Thurs
day night of the fair, the band will
give a free concert in Auiander. This
will give our friends a rare chance
to hear some of the best music. The
authorities are not able to announce
as yet whether they are to have a
flying machine or not. They do an
nounce, however, that they will have
several carrier pigeons turned loose,
a squad of sailors ,a gun captured :
from the Germans, and posibly some
other things. It may be that they
will announce some other attractions
next week. The Auiander fair is ,
going to be worth attending and these
interesting events ought to draw a
very large crowd. The dates of tlte
Fair are October 30th and 31st.
?
Remember these dates and be certain
to come to the fair. ? - .1?"T r
The - band will reach Auiander on
the morning train from Norfolk the
first day of the fair.
booth and thia should be the best of
all ,for nowhere in the whole coun
try are better peanuts grown than In
Hertford County and every farmer
I have seen says he has the beet sin
gle bunch he ever saw. Let us have
about a thousand of these bunches.
OTHER CROPS
There will be a space for everything
that is produced on the farm and if
a prize is not offered In the premium
list for what you bring, provision
will be made for a prize if you bring
It. ?
AH kinds of small grain, clover
seed, peavine, alfalfa, japan pea, or
gram and mixed hay, seed of all kind
fruit and garden products, meats of
all kinds ,and in fact, anything that
you have raised on the farm.
Many have expressed the idea that
the fair of last year wasnt much of
help to the County but your County
Demonstration Agent has sefn many
good results from the exhibits that
were here last year, and if you far
mers do your duty and show what
you have, there is no telling what
good can be accomplished through
YOUR FAIR. |
Let everybody do all $ey can to
make thia the same as it was last
year?The Best and Most Successful
Fair in Eastern North BaroHna.
And, dont forget that it is the
THE STATE SANITARY IN
SPECTORS ARE MAKING
WONDERFUL PROGRESS
The excellent progress being spade
by the State Sanitary Inspectors is
even beyond expectation, according
to Dr. W. S. Rankin, who is the au
thor of the state-wide plan. Dr.
Rankin states that in his opinion one
principle which is largely responsi
ble for the hearty reception accord
ed to this law is the fact that the
1 inspectors are not policemen and do
not approach their work in any way
suggestive to that attitude. It is at
; once apparent that the law itself
meets the hearty endorsement'of all
thinking people. The inspectors are
principally concerned in helping the
people o feach community decide the
best ways- and means of following
the speciflcaitons of the law in or
der to make it the most effective
The inspectors use in their work
three signs, one of which they post
on each privy inspected as follows:
"Licensed," "License Pending," and
"Insanitary?Unlawful." I They aim
so far as is possible, to use only the
"Licensed" sign, and only in stub
born and unruly cases will be the "TJn
sanitary?Unlawful" sign be used.
Such privies as are not found san
itary will ordinarily be placarded
as "License Pending," providing there ,
is sufficient evidence that the work
required to make them sanitary is (
to be done promptly. In each in- j
stance, however, the inspectors, are
required to collect the inspection flee j
of 40 cent*. |
In general, it is the pratice of the
inspectors on visiting a town for the
first time to pay attention only to
such privies as are At to receive a
"Licensed" sign, thereby designating
them as patterns and examples to
the rest of the community. It is ta
ken for granted that those whose
intentions are good will strive to be
iltS. "Licensed" class without hes- j
Itation or delay.
REVIVAL CLOSES
The revival services at the Ahos
kie Baptist Church closed last Sun
Ray,' and the baptizing was held at
Winton, in the Chowan River, last
Sunday afternoon. There were thir
ty-Ave additions to the church thru
baptism. nd many others through res
toration and by letter. Rev. Geo, H.
Johnson, who assisted the local pas
| tor, Rev. Fred T. Collins, left on lien
day for his home in EnAeld.
The largest congregations on re
cqrd attended the services here last
week and especially ft night were
the pews crowded to the oversowing.
Every available seat was taken at
each'of the evening services and ma
ny had to stand up at each service.
farmers' fair and it will be just what
the farmers of Hertford County make
?it. 4,
E. W. GAITHER.
* County Agent.
BRITISH A'RSMIP PREPARING TO FLY TO INDIA
? i fiiiifr ~frnn iTi i
!
The It-33, sister ship to the R-34 which recently made thu llisht to the
United States and back to England, Is reported to be making preparations for
a flight to India. The photograph shows drums being hoisted aboard the R-38
prior to the airship's 81-honr trip over the British Isles. Insert la a portrait
of Cspt. M. G. Thomas, her commander.
SCHOOLS WILL
ALL BE OPEN
IN NOVEMBER
County Schools That Have Not
Opened Will Do So on
t\ , * 3
November 1st.
PARENTS ATTENTION IS
CALLED TO NEW LAW
Children Between Ages of 8
and 14 Are Required to
Attend School
All the schools of the County that
have not already opened will begin
the first Monday in November. Par
ents are urged to put their children
j in school the first day and keep them
: there if possible every day for the
| full term of the school. That is a
j matter of prime importance to both
the children and to the school; for
no school can accomplish what is ex
pected of it when children are en
tering all along during the session,
and no child can do his best work if
he starts a week or two after school
begins.
The law requires all children be
tween eight and fourteen shall en
? ter the first day an dcontinue for the
full length of the term whether it be
six months or more. The State of
North Carolina has provided that any
person willfully violating the com:
pulsory attendance law shall be pun
ished. But I am persuaded that ve
I ry few of the parents in this Coun
ty will when they have a knowledge
of this law, disobey it. Therefore,
II call upon the teachers and all the
| friends of education to do their ut
most to give the people proper in
formation concerning this matter.
We have a county superintendent
j of welfare whose pdincipal duty is,
during the time that the schools are
in session, to act as attendance of
! fleer. It is his duty to see that the 1
compulsory attendance law is car
ried out to the letter, as far as is pos
sible. It is the lawful duty of each
teacher to notify the parents Or the
guardians whose children are not in
school the first day, and also to no
tify parents and the attendance of
ficer of all unlawful absences, at the
?id of each week. These reports
are to be made to the county super
intendent of welfare.
N. W.BRITTON,
County Superintendent of Schools.
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GOOD TOBACCO SALES
.Sales of tobacco on the local ware
house floors continue to be large:
and high prices are prevailing at ev
ery. -sale. IfartpArs bsje been pnus
ually active this season fn getting
their' tobacco to the market early,,
and it is expected a large majority
of the farmers will have sold the bulk
of their crops by the first of No
vember.
In connection with the activities
of the local market ,the Ahoskie To
bacco Board of Trade issued a small
booklet this week, dealing with the
conditions surrounding the local mar
ket. This booklet contained a brief
I resume of the Ahoskie market, with
accompanying pertinent tlBnarfcs con
cening the future growth of the mar
ket. In this booklet there also ap
peared the constitution and by-laws,
and rules and regulations of the as
sociation publishing the book. This
booklet was printed and distributed
from the Herald ofBce; and contains
advertisements of many local firms,
5?:? ~~"J
+ - ' Chance for Inventor*.
A prise of $10,000 Is offered by the
Walnut Drawers' association to anf
one who will Invent a satisfactory ma
chine for branding the shell of each
Knellsh Wa'nut In a yearly *10,000.000
phnn * I
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THIRD RED
CROSS ROLL
CALL DEC'BER
f '
Third Rad Cro?? Roll C*II Will
Be Stated During Month
* ?'
of December
W. L. CURTIS IS CHAIR
MAN OF LOCAL DRIVE
$15,000,000 Is The Amount
Wanted in The Entire
Nation
Atlanta, Ga., October 15.?W. L.
Curtis, prominent citizen ot Ahoslde
has been appointed Chairman for the
Third Red Cross Roll Call for his
chapter, it was announced at the
southern headquarters of the Amer
ican Red Cross today.
The Third Red Cross Roll Call
will be a nation wide drive, partici
pated in by the men and women of
America without regard to differences
of class or creed, for the sum of $15,
000,000 and for 20,000,000 members.
The southern's division quota for the
five states of Georgia, Tennessee,
Florida, North Carolina and South ?
Carolina is $750,000 and for 2,000
000 members.
While it is the confident belief
of the Red Cross leaders that the na
tion will respond readily for the plea
for $15,000,000, they are even more
confident that every man, woman and
child to whom the appeal is made
will not fail to give the dollar that
makes him a member of the great
est humanitarian organization of the
world.
The Red Cross, state directors of
' the campaign, comes before the A:
merican people with a proud record
of service tqj their soldiers and salt
ors in the world war, a record which
deserves the acclaim of every man in
khaki or in bine who saw it in the
making. Its war work nearly over,
the Red Croee has come home to ita
own people to ask that they support
it in its plans to do for America the
same thing that it has done for A
merica's lighting men and for the
suffering peoples of Euqope.
The money that la to bg raised in
this campaign will be devoted only
in small part to finishing the adminis
tration of the relief supplies which
the United States Government has
entrusted to the Red Cross te dis
tribute among the stricken populace
of the Balkans and other small Eu
ropean countries. The major por
tion of it-will be used to carry on the
peace-time program of the American
Red Cross, which wQl be directed
toward making America a cleaner, n
safer, happier country for all Amer
icans. Community nursing, preven
tion of disease, building up of public
health and a host of other beneflc
ient ideas are included in the plans
of the Red Cross for the future. The
Third Roll Call will make possible
the fullflllment of those plans and to
insure the successful maintalneanee
of the great machine that has built
up during the wa# for war purposes
and will now be devoted solely to
the activities of peace.
Jasses Stesy Says, "Ret Cost Me IIU
fee PtessWag Bill."
"We couldnt tell what was clog
ging up our toilet and drains. We
had to tear up the door, the pipes,
etc.. found a rat's nest in the base- 1;
stent. They had choked the pips* d
with refuse. The plumber's hfll was ?
9116. RAT-SNAP sieaasd the ro- 3
dent out." Three Usee, 26c., Mel
end 91. Sold sad guaruatesd by Z. &
V. Bellamy, E. J. Gereek and E. i. 1
Bell and Ce ?adv.