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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKER, BUT A PU SHER
VOLUME X. (TEN PAGES) ? AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919 (ONE SECTION) No. 34.
COOPERATION
TO ENFORCE
LIQUOR LAWS
T. H. Vanderford, Federal Pro
hibition Director for North
Carolina.
OUTLINES PLAN OF EN
FORCEMENT OF LAWS
Urges All Organizations Inter
ested in Its Enforcement to
?Aid Federal Government in
Enforcement?Local Officers
Should Do Much of It
Salisbury, December I.?The un
dersigned having been appointed Di.
rector of North Carolina under the
Act of Congress to provide for the
enforcement of prohibition, desires
to make known to the people of the
State his purposes and plans and to
appeal to them for cooperation, sym
pathy and support without which he
cannot reasonably entertain hope, of j
success in the performance of the
great task that he has undertaken.
In brief my task is to bring about
in connection with others hereinafter
indicated, an end to the making of I
and the sale of intoxicating liquors in
the State. This, I realise, is a great <
task, but it is not impossible of at- '
tainment. We are supported by the f
laws of the State, and by the law and
the Constitution of the United Sta
tes. We have the expressed will of
the people to rely upon. If we faili
our failure must be interpreted as j
the failure of the supreme law of the i
land.. If we lose, the victory will be
the triumph of the lawless over the
8tate .the Republic and the Consti
tution ; of, the minority over the ma
jority. We cannot afford to fail.
Regardless of oar views as to intoxi
cating liquors, all good citizens must
agree that the law must be maintain
ed and the Constitution kept invio
late. If we cannot maintain the Con
stitution, we cannot maintain our
Republic.
I realise ,and the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue realizes, that we cannot
succeed in the above by the activity
of the Federal Officers. We shall not
undertake to do so. We shall do all
we can do, but we are ready to coop- i
erate with the State and local off
cers and with all good citizens; and
on the other hand, we feel that we j
are entitled to cooperation of t State |
and local officers and all good citi
zens. One of my first endeavors will I
be to effect practical cooperation be
tween the general public, the State
county and municipal officers, and I
the Federal Officers. The ask is too
great for the Federal officers alone.
We shall have about forty men oper- j
sting in the State, under , the super- i
ision of S. R. Brame, Supervising;
Federal Prohibition Agent, Richmond 1
Va., but these forty man will have
to depend upen the police of the
towns, sheriffs, the constables and de. >
puty sheriffs, the State authorities,
the judge*, the solicitors, ana the j
courts; and also, in no small meas
ure, upon the good and patriotic
men and women of the State. We i
shall seek the cooperation of the or- |
ganized opposition to the liquor bus- :
iness, the AntMlaloon League, the
Woman's Christian Temperance Un
ion, and other Temperance and Pro
hibition organisations. And last,
but by ne means least ,of the church
es, the ministers, the church members
women who believe In the majesty of <
the newspapers and of every man or)
the law and the duty to enforce it. '
We must all recognise that the .
condition in North Carolina is bad;
it haa been growing worse rather than
better" for two years; but it is not
hopeless. On the other hand, I am
encouraged to. believe by means of
active public sentiment, a wholesome
regard for the law, antkthe earnest
cooperation of the great body of law
abiding people, we can win our war
against the distiller and the liquor
seller within two years. Ail will de
pend upon the earnestness with
which the rank' and file of the people
throw themselves into this cause.
I ask that the people demand any
officer, whether Federal, State or lo
cAl ,charged with the maintainance
and the enforcement of the law shall
Anally perform his duty. We must '
catch the distillers rather than the
stills.. We shall tolerate no half- j
dealings, no slack conduct, on ques
tionable causes by the Federal offi
cers: They are appointed on the
merit system. They must make good
or be cut off the pay roll. Their re
cords and their conduct will be the
test by which they wll stand Or fall.
I ask the public to/ Judge them by
their records. /
Information as to the sales of li
quor or the operation of distilleries
may be sent to me, at my address
given below. Or they may be sent
to Mr. S- R Brame, Supervisor for
this District, Richmond, Va., or to
the squad leaders nearest .you', of
whom there are four: J. F. Lifsey,
Norlina; H. G. GuUey, Raleigh; P.
E. Dancy, North Wilkeaboor; J. H.
Reed, Asheville.
But I do not want you to send for
Federal men, if your local men are
doing their duty. They must not be
slighted or offended. I know that
many of them are diligent and trust
worthy. I want you to try first the
men directly responsible to you?
our police, your constables, sheriffs,
and deputy sheriff*; and let them
seek Federal assistance if they think
it necessary.
Finally, I shall request the judges
and soloicitors to put the heaviest pe
nalties compatible with justice upon
the offender convicted, whether in
State or Federal courts. Heavy pe
nalties are required by the conditions
?the rapid spread of distilleries and
their increase throughout the State
have shown us that penalties hereto
fore imposed are not sufficient.
.1 have great confidence in the peo
ple of North Carolina. The great
majority of them believe in uphold
ing the law and the Constitution. I
shall rely upon them to give unreserv
ed support to the object of this an
nouncement. I shall look to them for
infonflhtion as to the violations of
the law. I shall respect their con
fidence, divulging no name* without
permission. I shall expect them to
demand of the Federal Deputies and
>lt County, State and local officcrj
the strictest account of t^eir respon
sibilities. I have labored many yean
in. the practical work of enforcing
Revenue and Prohibition laws. I
am entering upon my new relation
in the earnest hope that I (hall live
to see this State free of the blight
and the stigma, the disgrace and the
demolition of the distilling and the
selling of intoxicating liquors. And
if I can have a man's part in the ac
hievement of this end, I shall ask
no more. I shall be satisfied that
my life has been juatifled by the
fruits.
Respectfully,
T. H. VANDERFORD.
Salisbury, K. C.
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PLAff FOR PERMANENT
ORGANIZATION OF COT.
TON ASSOCIATION
Each Township should hold a meet
ing of.all of its regularly enrolled
.members, December 3rd., or as soon
thereafter as possible, and elect a
president, Vice-President and Secre
tary and Treasurer.
2. Each Townahip Association
should elect 3 delegates to the Coun
ty Association, one of whom should
be the president.
3. These Township delegates will
constitute the Board of Directors of
the County Association.
4. Each County should hold a
meeting of all ita regularly accred
ited delegates, on December 6th or
as soon thereafter as possible, and
etlect a President, Vice-Presidertt,
Secreatray-Treasurer, and an Execu
tive Committee, consisting of these
t^ree officials and four additional
members. A uniform constitution
and By-Laws will be sent to each of
the County Associations.
5. Each county should elect three
delegates to the State Association
one of whom should be the County
President.
6. These County delegates will
constitute the Board of Directon of
the State Association.
7. The State Association will hold
> a meeting of all of its regularly ac
credited delegates on December 16th
at 2 P. M. and elect a President, a
Vice-President, Secretary and Treas
urer and an executive committee, con
sisting of these 3 officials and eight
additional members.
8. The State Association will ad
opt a Constitution and By-Laws and
will be chartered, and will elect such
other administrative officers as may
be deemed advisable.
9. The State Association will al
so elect 3 delegates to the National
Association, one of whom shall be
the State President.
10. Only regularly accredited mem
bers, who have paid their dues," will
be allowed to vote. A Credentials
Committee should pass each member.
Consult your membership rolls.
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AHOSKIE TOBACCO MARKET
ACTIVE AND BUYERS ARE
STILL ON LOCAL FLOOR
Last week the Herald stated that,
Mr. J. W. Miller, one of the largest
buyers on the Ahoskie tobacco mar
ket had gone to his home in Virgin
ia and wonld not return. We rre
glad to state that this information
was not true. Another local buyer
lis 'uoivrauoja; en u?ai8 psq
we accepted it at face value. On
the contrary, Mr. C. H. Phaup has
informed us that Mr. Miller will re
main on the local floor until the close
of the season. In fact, Mr. Miller
only spent the holidays at home and
is now back on the Ahoskie market
where he is still buying heavy.
Several' other buyers are still on
the market here also, and a large
corps of buyers will remain here un
til the market closes on the 19th of
this month.
The local warehouse has enjoyed
la litirtlw trade for the past few
: weeks ,and each day a good sale is
i conducted. Prices now are even
higher than they were during the first
portion of the season; and the dollar
a pound stuff is common here nowa
days. One gentleman brought over
sixteen hundred pounds here a few
days ago, and when he left here he
carried back home with him over
sixteen hundred dollars,) the tobacco
averaging a dollar per pound. Some
has sold here this year as high as one
dollarand fory-flve cents per pound.
We are glad to have the opportuifi
ty to correct the statement maHelist
week.
PEANUT MARKET STEADY
The one thing that stands 'out pro
minently in connection with the pea
nt market the past week is the fact
that prices have not weakened and
that receipts are not as heavy as
they were the week previous. It is
! r.lso noted that there is a great ten
! dency on the part of the independent
buyers to take advantage of the pres
ent low prices to buy for future sales
and both these farts are causing the
growers to have more confldenceand
to hold on to their peanuts, which
are now below the price they should
bring in terms of the shortage of the
peanut crop throughout the entire
world.
The embargo on paaaats, ca>
by the coal strike, is likely to cause
a weakening of prices for a brief
period, but this should be the occas
ion of no growers rushing their pea
nuta to market. They will And slow
marketing the one safe safety first.
See that tha label on your paper
is datid In advance, If yon want the
Herald to cofrtlnne coming to your
homo,
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iiwLP BUILD IT HIGHER-JOIN! '
CHOWAN COL- .
LEGE MAY BE
MOVED SOON
Chowan College Will Be Re- ,
moved on Financial
Condition*.
rRUSTEES MET ON TUES- i
DAY, DECEMBER 2ND.
K Delegation from Ahoskie on .
Hand and Make A Strong
Plea for Removal of College
Murfreesboro Want* It to
Stay in Murfreeaboro.
Reiolvsd that Chowan College
Be Removed from Murfreesboro
provided inducements sufficient
to subserve the financial inter
ests of the College can be secur
ed from other towns more ac
cessible and favorably located.
The above is the gist of a resolu^
tion that was pasaed by the trustees
of Chowan College in session at Mur
freesboro on Tuesday, December 2.
The meeting on Tuesday was called
by the Chairman of the Board to set
tle the question of removing the col.
lege, which was referred to them for
action by the last meeting of the
West Chowan and Chowan Asocia
tionj in joint session at Seaboard.
There was a small attendance of the
Board present on Tuesday but a suf
ficient number to constitute a quo
rum.
The meeting was opened with pray
er by Rev. F. T. Collins ,of Ahoskie.
Upon motion the Board agreed to re.
ceive the proposals for removal and
againt removal by the representativ
es of the towns represented. Ahos
kie was the only town, other than
Murfreesboro, Ahoskie having a del
egation of about a dozen present and
Murfreesboro having one.
Mr. W. L .Curtli opened for Ahos
kie, pointing out the fact that Ahoa
kie'a people wanted Chowan College
and that they were ready to offer
flattering; inducements fir it* remov
al. However, he reserved the presen
tation of a concrete propoaition, say
ing that the Ahoakie people would
prefer the trustees telling them just '
what would be expeted of Ahoakie in
order to move the College there. He i
expreased the conviction that ^they !
could depend on Ahoskie to come up
with the goods. He set forth some
of the advantages of Ahoakie, as fol:
Tows: water and sewerage, a prospec
tive boh.! inir for streets, ideal lo
cation, railroads; and some splendid |
site*, for the College. He closed by
reminding the trustees and the Mur
freesboro adherents that Ahoskie was
not attempting to take the College
from Murfreesboro; but that they
were anxiotit, for the Colleg^ if re
moved. ' .
Rev. Fred T. Collins, pastor of the
Ahoskie Baptist Church, waa the se
cond speaker for Ahoskie, and he ur
ged that the institution .be removed
to the natural and geographical can- '
ter of he section which it ?erved. He !
said that Ahoakie was the "Hub." In'
the removal he said, first, the truitee*
ihould consult the best interests of
God's Kingdom; second, the Inter
ests of ths College; and third, the in
terest* of the several localities. He
aroused the ire of Mr. J. D. Babb, one
of the trustees and .active of Mur
freesboro, when hs deplored ths fact
th*t Murfreesboro was not a strong
hold of the Baptists; and insisted .that
the College be removed to a strong
Baptist cvntsr. Brother Babb inter- i
rupted the speaker two or thfge ti
mefi, but being rebuked by others
present he consented tir'remain quiet.
Mr. Collins sated that the College
was now forced to carry the weight
of a dead town. He closed his strong
argument with a word picture of a
beautifully gowned young lady, acr
oss her bosom written "CHOWAN"
standing and crying in anguish "de
liver me from this body of death."
Following him Rev. J. J. Barker,
pastor of thi Ahoskie M. E. Church,
made a ringing speech in behalf of
the location of the College at A hoe
kip He pictured the wonderful ad
vantages that Ahoskie offer*; told of
the growth of the town; and firmly
impreaed upon the minds of the trus
tees that the College would receive
the united support of all denomiM*
tions and all peoples of Ahoekia. He
alao alluded to the wonderful growtk
of Trinity College since its removal
to Durham,'from a secluded spot In
Randolph Coanty.
Hon. JJ H. Matthew*, Chairman of
, C >nfingfd on page two)
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AHOSKIE BAP
TIST CHURCH
GONE OVER
Ahoskie Baptist Church Over
subscribes Its Quota in
Drive.
GfVES OVER $500 TO
THE ORPHANAGE
Ahockie Church Orersubscri
bes it* Quota by $10,000?
Reports Coming in Indicate
That West Chowan Associa
tion Has Done Noblr.
The Ahoikle Baptist Church has
to date raised about (26,000 for its
share of the Seventy-Five Million
Dollar Campaign, an over subscrip
tion of about $10,00p, its quota be
ing $16,500. Little difficulty was ex
perienced in raising this amount, and
it, is expected that several hunderd
'dollars more will be turned in before
next Sunday, when the subscriptions
are all to be in.
At the last 8unday morning ser
vice the pastor. Rev. F. T. Collins,
preached on the movement, after
which the pledges were given in and
the total of <25,000 was in sight at
that time. Since then others havs
i been turned In, with the total result
! as given above.
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Among the most liberal givers
were the ladies of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society, which organization
has been diligently working on tha
movement for the past several weeks.
Their work in behalf of the movement
had > telling effect and as a result of
their canvass several thousands were
subscribed.
Dr. C.- G. Powell, asaistant mana
ger of the movement among several
churches in the Association has al
ready received glowing reports from
most of them, indicsting an oversub
scription.
Hon. J. H. Matthews, of Windsor,
Msnager for the West Chowan Asso
ciation, reports that the Association
will no doubt oversubscribe its full
quota .and that the returns thus far
received show gratifying resulta. It
appears that the Associstion will go
fsr over the top.
On Sundsy night .the Ahoskie Bap
tist Church held their regular Thanks
giving services at which time a few
dollars over 1600 were raised for the
Thomasville Orphanage. C^f this
smount tha Baraca Class donsted
$233.