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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKER, BUT A PUSHER
I (TEN PAGEsT AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919 (ONE SECTION) No. 35.
POISON FOR
WEEVIL OFTEN
IS NO GOOD
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Farmer? Should Um Care in 1
Purchasing Poison for the
Boll-Weevil.
SUCCESS DEPENDS ON *
MATERIAL SELECTED
Dep*rtroe?t of Agriculture at
Washington Urge That All
Farmer* Use C?re in Burins
Poison for Control of Boif
Weevil, as Much of It is Ab
solutely Worthless. -
When a farmer gosfcto buy cal
cium arsenate for boll weevil poison
ire he should look carefully st the
labs lthat. It should be printed on
f the label that the materia^# satis- ,
factory for cotton dusting ?nd that :
the manufacturer specifies straight ,
use of the material without the addi- ?
tlon of lime or any other carrier, 1
This is the argent advice of the boll ,
weevil specialists of the United Sta
tes Department of Agriculture. If ,
it is neglected, they say, the farmer (
may get material that either will not i
control the weevil or that will kill
his cotton. (
Danger is Careless Barms
Poisoning, they continue, will control
the weevil, but the whole scheme is
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seriously imperiled by careless buy-,
ing of poison. Many concerns are |
beginning the manufacture of calcium
arsenate, and there is danger that '
there will be even a larger percentage
of unsatisfactory material than last '
y#r unless care is exercised in pur- |'
ready making'their purchases, or will '
, chasing. As many farmers are al- '
shortly do so, now is the time to M- 1
V.
ercise such' c?re
ine iinnvi anouia not ouy caicium -
arsenae merely because it is labeled '
or sold u such, the specialists say 1
but should?bijy utlcium arsenate by
specifications. ' It should contain not i
more than three-fourths of l per cent <
of watersoluble arsenic pentoxide, on. I
account of danger of burning plants. I
It should contain not lea* than 40 ?
per cent, total arsenic. If it con- i
tains much lees it will not control the <
weevil. Its density should bo bet- ?
wssp 80 and 100 cubic Inches to the i
pound. Otherwise it will not make
r a satisfactory dust cloud and the in- <
dividual plants can not. be treated ,
successfully with it. > <
Eaamiaatioa of Samples ,
In order to be certain that the ma- ,
to rial is suitable for cotton dusting |
the farmer should, as shortly after ,
making purchases as possible, send ,
samples to the Delta Laboratory at ^
Taliuhah, La., for Examination. In
purchases of any sise, samples should j
be taken from at least three pack- (
axes. A safe rule is to take a sam- ,
pie for every ton. {packages. Each ,
sample should weigh a half pound, j
Full information as to the source and t
history of the material should aecom- |
pany the samples.
Success in toll-weevil poisoning, |
the specialists point out, depends on ,
observance of these precautions. The ,
farmer who is not willing to exorcise ,
that measure of care would bo wise |
not to attempt poisoning at all.
Mr. Fred White Says. "Doa't Idle '
Because* Yew Only See one Rat 1
"I did, pretty soon I found my '
cellar full. They at emy potatoes, i
After trying RAT-SNAP I got Ave .
dead rata. They pass u pi he pota- 1
toes to eat RAT-8NAP. If than 1
there are rats around your placs fol
low Mr. White's example. Three si- 1
see 25c. BOc, and >1. Sold and guar- \
antoed by t. V. Bellamy, E. J Ger
' ook and E. 1. Boll a*d Co.?adv
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WOMEN'S AND
GIRLS' CLUBS
ARE ACTIVE
Preliminary Report of The Wo
men and Girls Oub Work
for 1919.
WOMEN AN GIRLS AGAIN
SHOW GREAT GAINS
Mra. Jane S. McKinnon, Now
hi Charge of This Work in
.North Carolina Makes a Pre
liminary Report, Which Ev
idence* Great Growth in Ev
mff Department.
Raleigh, December 10.?The pre
liminary report of Mra. Jane S. Mc
Kinnon for the year 1919 shows that
the girl* and women enrolled in the
club work of the Home Demonstra
lon Division have again accomplish
ed great things during the year. The
work has been greatly extended, as
there are now* 62 counties organiz
ed with home agents in Charge.They
have established 666 women'a clubs
125 girls' elabs and 226 community
clubs, with a total membership of
77,194.
As to some of the things which
these women and girls have accom
plished, reports show that there were
1,966 poultry dob members who rait
ed 70,828 fowls. At the State Fair
the club members representing An
ion County won $J6 in premium mon
ey, and Mra. A. M. Redfem reports
that these member* now have on
land a good supply of poultry and
poultry products for sale and use dur
ing the winter. A number of the
firis hare stored eggs in waterglass
(or home use this winter.
Other*, to the number of 588 girl*
ind women, produced 54,612 pounds
if butter 'which tbcy sold at an av
erage price of 69 cants per pound.
In canning work, the preliminary
report shows that 1,662,8*0 quarts of
vegetables and fruits, worth 6406,242
33 were canned during the year; 87
D70 pounds of vegetables worth $6,
141.07 were dried; 28,169 pounds
if fruit worth $6,489-05 were also
iried; 45,161 pounds/of fruits and
vegetables worth $6,580.86 were bri
ned during the same period.
It is not canning alone, however,
that the giris and women in the home
lemonstration work have .concerned
themselves. At the presen^time the
ichool teachers in many of the rural
immunities are cooperating with the
lome agents in giving demonstrations
is to how to prepare and serve bal
inced meals and wholesome school
unchSk.
The shortage of help in the house
lold has caused considerable interest
to be shown in demonstrations of
ilectrical plants for the operation
vashing machines, churns, home light
ng systems and home water works,
ts a result of the activity of the
lome demonstration agenta, at least
1,116 of these electrical plants have
leen put in, and to Jate 463 waahing
machines have been installed. Ma
ny other conveniences, as a result
if this electrical power, have also
!>een^tdded to the farm houses.
Another new activity of the divis
on which ti ptOflBg W be very
liar is the work with the muscadine
type of grape. With the Jams* va
riety, it ia reported that club mem
ber* in 11 counties have planted 2,
274. vines during the year. Club
members in 29 counties report that
they have made 6,030 gallons of .the
frape juice and 1,744 gallons of oth
?r grape product*.
Seventeen girl* received achAlar
ahipa in school* a?d collage* during
the paat year, while ?72 an paying ?
part or all of thejr educational ex
penses by work, which they are doing
In canning, basketry, grape culture
or gardening.
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COLE RAIN NEW*
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Stokes also
Mr*. L. E. Stoke* want to Norfolk last
Tuesday shopping.
Mr. Jim Forehand is now in Rich
mond and has accepted a position at
that place. ~ "
Mrs. Hatch, who has been spend
ing some time with her daughter,
Mrs. Lineberry .returned to her home
in Pittsbwo last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Deans went to
Norfolk this week. Mr. Deans went
to consult a doctor.
Rev. Lineberry went to Raleigh on
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Bertie Skipper of Norfolk
spent last week with her mother, Mrs.
Mattie Northcott.
Mr. Reuben Majette of Como was
in town last Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mesdames C. L. Henry and D. Roy
Britton went to Norfolk last Thurs
day shopping.
We are sorry to report Dr. L. A.
Nowell on the sick list. We want
doctors, above all people, to stay
well.
Mr. L E. Stokes returned from
Ayden last Friday, driving a new Pan
American which is a beauty.
Mr. D. R. Britton made a business
trip to Wiadsor-iast Thursday.
Mr. Maurice Beasley of Baltimore
arrived in town last Friday. He will
spend some time here.
Miss Hortesne Sessoms spent the
week end with her cousin. Miss Grace
Beasley.
Messrs. Joe Stokes, Es and Manly
White ,and several other young men
attended the concert at Chowan Col
lege last Friday night, given by the
Naval Base boys. They all reported
a good time.
Mrs. Adkins and children of Beth
lehem, were in town Saturday. Mrs.
Adkins visited her daughter, Mrs. 8to
kes.
If all reports are true wedding bells
will be soon heard in our town?ling
on.
Mr. L. E. Stokes and family were
visitors in Windsor last Sun<|ay. ,
We are glad to report that the lo
cal Baptist Church went over the top
in the Seventy-Five Million Dollar
Campaign by tewnty-eight hundred
dollars. The apportionment was
*16,000.
AULANDERNEWS
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Miss Clarine Scull of aGtes Coun
ty and Miu^oxie Dunning of Suf
folk have returned to their home*
after an extended visiit with Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Catling. Many social
affairs were given in honor of these
young ladies while there.
. Mrs .H. B. White has returend from
Windsor, where she has been visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Spivey.
A marriage of much interest was
solemnised here on' November 27th
when Miss Mary Harrell became the
bpde of Mr. Edwin S- Early of the
city of Portsmouth. The bride who
is the youngest daughter of Mr. E.-C.
' Harrell, one of our most prominent
citisens, wore a dark blue broMcloth
suit with gray accessoriee. The bride
ifroem is the son of Mr. and' Mrs.
J. C. Early and is now connected with
the Robinson Hardware Co., of Ports
mouth. After an extended wedding
trip north, they will be at home in
the New Monroe, Portsmouth.
Miss Annie Grey Stokes of Wind
sor and Mia* Blanche, Kilpatrick, of
Dovir were guests of Mrs. (VP.
Newsome last week.
Preparations are bein made for
an entertainment and Christmas tree
at the Methodist Church .
The C. W. C. are preparing to have
a Community Christmas tree and all
those who ar* interested are request
ed to meet with the club next Thurs
day night in the school auditorium.
Mr. Austin Long of Coleraia
was a visitor heife Sunday.
Mr. eVrnon Burden of Wake For
est i* at home for a few days.
About $25.00 worth of equipment
ha* been orderd for "the school play
ground and 1* expected to be here
by the first of the new year. <
Mr*. G. C. Williford, of near Aho*
kie, visited h*r mother, Mr*. Bettie
Harrell, laat week.
POWELLSVILLE NEWS.
Qujte a Urge crowd attended the
lanij sale near Mars Hill school last
Frid?y- .
Mr. H. O. Rayner purchased a new
Ford automobile Thursday.
D. C. Miller was the guest of
friends in Perrytown last Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Saunders and brother
David Hollpman, who have been vis
iting parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hoi
loman, near he/e, returned to their
homes in Norfolk last Sunday.
Miss Kate Davis and Mr. W. A.
Wynns attended a special program
at Holly Grove Sunday.
Rev. N. H. Shepherd conducted
his regular services here at the Bap
tist Church Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Raynor and Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Mitchell were visitors
at Mars Hill Sunday.
Messrs. Myron Harrell, Roawell
Overton, Lloyd Evans and Sidney
Tayfoe attended the concert given
by the Naval Base Orchestra at Cho
wan Collage last Friday night.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church held their reg
ular meeting at the home of Mis. J.
E. Jordan last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Demain Miller were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wig
gins on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. mnd Mrs. A. J. Early and chil
dren were visitors in town Sunday. ?
Miss Ruby Myers was in town a
short while Saturday. . '
Mr. Donald Waters was the guest
of his brother, Mr. if. ?. Waters, the
past week end.
Messrs. S- B. Carter and L F. Evans
went to Colerain laat Thursday.
READER CAN HELP MAKE
GOO0 HOME NEWSPAPER
Sometimes, perhaps, readers of the
HERALD think there is an item mis
sins from the paper which should
be there. There is just one reason
why it was not there?because the
editor did not know about it. The
Suffolk County Review has the fol
lowing sensible editorial headed "Sug
gestions
j There is nothing th^the editor li
kes better than suggeMons that will
make his paper a better paper. Of
course, these suggestions must be
constructive and not something like
this:
An irate subscriber, enters the of
fice the day after press day and fix
ing his beady-ey?en the editor he de
mands and explanation of why his
wife's sister's cousin did not get in
the "local." "She's been in town 3
days," he concludes.
Tes, ft does look like a bad case
against the editor. Of course, no one
had told him said "cousin" was in
town. He via an editor and should*
hare known it. That's what he is there
for.
Remember, friends, an editor is
just like? the rest of you and bound
to make 'mistakes. But granting that
no human being could cover all the
field which an editor is expected to
cover and not miss anything occa
sionally.
We try to get all the personals,
but if somebody's wife's sister's cou
sin slip* In town at about 10:30 on
an autbmobile, we cannot be expect
ed to know it unless you tell us about
It.
And if you have a party on the
aame day there happens to be a fun.
era), a hail -game, and a runaway in
town, just to "make sure that we do
know it, call us up and give us the
details. You know we are Just as
anxious to have our paper cram full
of news as you are to find it that way.
Big Land Sales Advertised
The Herald carries the annunce
ments of two large real estate auc
tion sales to be held in Aulander this
week. Like real estate in all of this
section, it is hard to get and to make
sure that you get an opportunity at
this choice property, better look up
the advertisements in this paper and
go to the sales as advertised in this
paper.
The Raleigh Real Estate and Trust
Company, which has sold many traeta
of land in this section will conduct
both of the sales.
High School Teacher Gone
Miss Beamon, assistant high school
teacher ,ln the local school, has gene
to her home near Wllaon, to recup
erate from a recent illness. She is
not expected to return soon. In her
absence Miss Annie Parker is sup
I plying for her.
MIL'L MEN TO
BUY COHON
REGARDLESS
Mills Would Rather Pay High
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er Prce Than Run oat of
Cotton.
SO SAY TljE COTTON AS
SOCIATION OFFICIALS
Cotton Good* Manufacturer*
Rather Than Run Short off
Material With Which to Car- ;
ry on Their Work?Mill* '
Cannot Afford to Lie Idle?
Much Money Invested.
That the manufacturer would rath
er pay a higher price for the raw ma
terial than run out of this raw pro
duet has never been better shown
than is now in evidenc^in the price
the manufacturers are p^lng for to
baico. There is, of course, a great
demand for Carolina tobacco?a de
mand that the present supply will not
likely, meet. Rather than run short
of the raw material out of which to
make the increased millions of cig
arettes, the manufacturers are pay
ing much higher prices for North
Carolina tobacco than they have ev
er paid in the past. They would rath
er pay the difference if it will induce
the farmers to raise more tobacco
to meet the increased demands.
Cotton is*ftot different from other
crops, so far as the manufacturer
is concerned. The cotton mills of
the world, with the great investment
in machinery and buildings, with
thousands of operatives depending
on these mills for their daily bread
can no more afford to shut down
their plants than can the tobacco fac
tories of the country. If the pres
ent pirce of cotton is not sufficient
to supply the needs of these cotton
mills, and they have to run the risk
of being forced to close down be
cause of the lack of cotton to spin
they would rathe{ pay the higher
price which, will make it attractive 1
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for the farmer to grow more cotton.
This is just the situation which 1
faces the world today. There is not
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enough good cotton to supply the de
mands of the mHls. The boll weevil
the interest of farmers in other crop* '
the tendency to cultivate tobacco in
place of cotton where it can be grown
?and this crop is encroaching on the
cotton lands constantly?and the in
creasing interest of the southern far
mer in stock, will not help to increase
the amount of cotton grown. The
cotton farmer in the future is not
going to be satisfied with mere exist-"
ence when his neighbor, the tobacco
farrow, ririm Into town on an *nio-_
mobile.
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The HERALD will publish a
Special HQL1DAY EDITION
next week?December 19inst.
A colored cover page will be
uud as an outside cover, and
there will be many other foatur- j
ea of thia p*per that will mako
it the ao>t thoroughly newapa
I per ever published in thU office.
We are publiahiAg thil paper in
order to five eiory buain?a' ia
thia entire seetlen an opportuni- j
ty get in some |o4^Cbriitmti
advertising. Of ?ll;tka times
in the year wlien advertiaing ia
worth while It is during the hoi.
idaya.'. .Try one in this issue.
All advertisers and reporters j
are requested to get their copy
in this office neat week, ?? that
there may be no delay la publish
ing this edition.
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Watch that label. *ow is a good
time to pay up.
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NITRATE SODA
MORE VALUE
THAN MEAL
Relative Strength of Cotton
Seed Meal and Nitrate of ? -
.Sod*
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COUNTY AGENT GAITH
ER GIVES THE FACTS
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From the Analysis He Makes
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It Is Cheaper and Better to
Use the Nitrate of Soda as
It Can Be Purchased Ghe?p
er?Should Use Mone Lime
Under All Crops.
Many farmers- have asked the
County Agent whether they can af
i ford to use cotton seed meal aa a fer
i tilizer at present prites df this ma
terial and nitrate of tpda- selling ar
ound about $60.00 person.
A chart showing the relative avail
ability of nitrogen in various carries
1 has juit been issued by the North
Carolina Experiment Station and it
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j shows that cotton meal is 77 per cent
available as compared with nitrate
of soda, when used under cotton.
Nitrate of Soda carries around 17
iper cent, ammonia and cotton seed
meal around 7 per cent. Of thia
j 7 per cent in cotton seed m?*l 77 par
cent is available. This gives 5.29 .
per cent available ammonia in cotton
seed meal as compared with nitrate
of sods.
On this basis the farmer gets 340
pounds of available ammonia in a ton
of nitrate of soda for $60.00 and he
gets 105.8 pounds of available am.
monia in a ton of cotton seed*'meal
for $80.00, or a pound of nitrate
of soda costs 65c. and a pound of
available ammonia in cotton seed
meal costs 76.6- cents in ebtton seed
meal. This makes the available am
monia in cotton seed meal coat 4.28
times as much aa In the Nitrate of
Soda.
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If a farmer wishes to jet same ef
fect from cotton seed meal aa htf
would from a ton of nitrate of so
da he would hkv^to buy 8660 pounds
Of cotton seed meal and pay $342.40
for it. He can get the same in ni
trate of soda for $60.00
In using nitrate of soda as the on
ly source of ammonia there should
be a light application between the
planting and the time top dreaaer
is usually applied in order to get the
best results.
Heavy applications of nitrate of
soda tends to make soils hard and
close, but this Can easily be overcome
by the use of ground limestone, or
ground oyster shells or burned lime,
applied broad cast in the wiptar or . .. . ...
in early spring.
There is not near enough lime used
in this County, especially on the hea
vier oila. The cotton seed situation
will enable the farmers to use more
of the lime this year by buying ni
trate of soda and using a part of the
saving between the price of soda and
cotton seed meal to buy the lime.
Ground marl and fine ground lima
ttone can lie bo light around $6.00
per ton F. O. B. Ahoskie in bulk car
load shipments. ,
E. W. GAITHER, County Agent. -
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DOUGHBOYS IN BALKANS
Cattaro, Montenengro.?The Amer
lean Red Croae is serving Americaa
doughboys in thb town. A battalion
of the 322nd Infantry, part of the ar
my of occupation, is being given med
ical assistance aa well aa cantaep
snd entertainment service by the Red
1 Crds* . Mission of Montenegro. /*
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