Hertford County Herald. HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIU M IN EAST CAROLINA Mime X. Twelve Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, .April 2, 1920 One Section No. 51 EDUCATION CON FERENCE IN STATE 'nlmm on Education Will Bo Hold in Groonskoro on Mar 4tb., U. and Ilk, According to lUfUod Plan* of U. 3. Dopartmant of Edn nation. Washington, D. C? April 1.?Be '?B?? the dates formerly announced &pril 29th to May 1st., for the Con rerence on Education, to be held at Greensboro were found to be the ve ry mm* aa the dates for the meeting of the State Federation of Women's Club* at Asheville it has been decid ed to change the dates of the Con ference to May 4, 6, and 6, vhich da tes it is believed will be more con venient for many people of the State. This Conference, which is called for the purpose of discussing the pro blem of education in North Carolina from the standpoint of statesmanship and which will give especial attention to the present criais in education, will be made up of men and women of pffairs, business and profeasional men, progressive farmers, laborers, minis ters, lawyers, doctors, editors, teach ers, administrative school officers, and other*, and all who are interested in education and the improvement of the schools of whatever grade, public or private, are cordially invited to attend and participate in the confer ?ace. All organisation* or societiei interested in buaineas, civic arid edu cational affairs, and the general wel fare of the State are urged to send 1 representatives. This conference in North Carolina will probably become a model for many such conferences in other States. ) Gneral meetings of the Conference will be held on the evening of May 4th, and the morning and evening of May 6th. On the afternoon of May 4 and 5 sectional conferences will be held as follows: (1) Rural Schools; (2) Schools of Villages and Small Towns; (3) City Schools; (4) Higher Education, including uriver aities .colleges and normal schools. .Programs both for the general meet lings and for the sectional meetings are now being prepared and will be .published later. , It is expected that the attendance will be very large, and those who are preparing to attend same should make sure of hotel or rooming accommoda ,iuna by writing at once to one of the hotels or t C. Bridger is inJackson at this writing attending court. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Lackey left on Monday for Gatesville where they wil make their home in the future. Mr. Charlie Matthews, a prominent young man of Winton, who has been working in Norfolk for some time, was married to Mias Ruby Speight of Norfolk Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews spent the week end with the groom's relatives in Winton, leaving Wednesday for Norfolk, where they will make their future home. : 0 County Convention ia Winton The Hertford County Democratic Convention will meet at Winton next Saturday, April 3. Delegates and all others should be on hand by twelve ?'elaek, as the sessions will begin In the morning, and adjorun for dinner. fr.r ii mmm ??? ?Harris * Kwm. HON. A. MITCHELL PALMER. ?EASY MONEY? TIm HERALD will pay you for >11 the n?wi you Mod that is published in this paper. Wo want correspond ent* who will write regularly from Harrellsville, Cofield, Powellsville Aulander, and community neighbor hood* in Hertford County. We want a St. John* and Uaioa correspondent. We pay you one dollar per column for all the news published, and we want all the news from every town in which the Herald circulates. ? Liberal commissions also paid to one person in each community for new subscribers and renewals. Cor respond with us at once and boat the other person to it. Hertford County Board of Elections According to announcements made in the News and Observer of last Sun day, E. J. Gerock of Ahoskie, W. A. Perry of Harrellsville and A. S. Mitch ell of Winton constitute Hertford's board of elections. The first two na med are mehibers of the democratic party, while Mr. Mitchell is chairman of the First District Republican Ex ecutive Committee. 0 WE BUY, raise and sell fur-bearing rabbits and other fur-bearing an imals. Place your order with us. And list what ever stock you have with us, stating lowest flat prices on Urge shipments. Address 516 617 N. P. Ave., Fargo, N. D. A2-4t Returns from Dayton, Ohio. Joe Umphlett who works with J. A. Eley, dealer for the Delco-Light and Delco products in Hertford Coun ty, returned to Ahoskie last Monday night from Dayton, Ohio. He made the trip with Mr .Eley who returned last week. Mr. Umphlett stayed ov er to attend a "service school" con ducted at the factory and home office of the Delco Company. April 11th Missionary Sunday. Sunday, April 11th., will be Mis sionary Sunday at the Ahoskie Bap | tist Church, and on that day a spe cial program will be rendered by the Sunday School children. ' A commit tee to arrange the program has al ready been appointed by Superintend, ent Eley. A special collection will be taken also. The Baraca Class? the banner class?last Sunday pled ged the sum of fifty dollars as their share in the special collection. 0 Mr. J. A. Whit* Says "If You Havo An Automobile, Keep Rat-Snap.*' 'It I knew about RAT-SNAP last winter, would have saved $120. My car was in the garage for a few weeks during bad weather; when I went to take it out, found that rats had eaten great holes in the two new tir es. Goa them later with RAT-SNAP. Three sizes 25c., 50c., and $1. Sold and guaranteed by Z. V .Bellamy, E. J. Bell and Co., and E J Gerock?ad Watch the label on your paper. MARNE MEMORIAL -POSTER JUST u the achool children of Franc* ?? t*rr for their Country's lift to the Calted State*?the Statue of Liberty ?*o will American achool children contribute "one cent and upward* for "Amertca'a Gift to France," a monu mental statue by Frederick Mae Monnles, the noted American sculptor. Mr. MacMonnles la contributing hla Mrrlces toward th* monument which. It la eatlmated. will coat 1250,000. The poster shown herewith, la by Al bert Sterner, noted American portrait painter; It typifies the tribute which tbla country will pay to the French through th* Marne monument Th* poster will b* displayed la rltlea, towns, and Vtllagea, and will deatgaat* many of the places where contribution* may be made during the we?k ot' March 22?a free-will olTerlBC, which number* of contributor*, rather than alr.e of contributions, will b? aoi: ;ht from school children and other*. Contributions ut\> now lielim receiv ed at Nuiloiml Hci ilquartera, ISO N*a sau *lri?e\ Now ' >irk. by rimrles H. S jh'n, ?in' tent ?: i>n* of Mew Turk'* ltr.es: tru*t ?iNii|>'ini*m who I* tress tu*v *i i: fit till. ?* lue i -lit,* ml ??'I) eree'ed at Menu, n the Mama, and will tlfml fr ?!:a and (randaur of deal go tba ^tMofLltwrtv i " i Pretty New York School Qlrl Htlpo Spread Appeal for Pennteo for "Amorlea'a Gift to Pranee." WATER PIPES ARE BE- , 1 ING UNLOADED AND PLACED ON STREETS Machinery for Electric Light ' Hai Been Ordered and Soon Be Here Part of the water pipes for Ahoa kie's new water system has been al ready unloaded, and for about seven blocks on Church Street and an equal number of blocks on Main Street, the pipes have been placed on the grounds to await the arrival of the contract ing company's diggers, which are now at w6rk in the neighboring town of Windsor.. The latter town, although they began agitation for water and sewer systems a few months later than Ahoskie, have beaten Ahoskie to it. The force is now in Windsor en gaged in laying the water mains. When the work of digging has been done there, the machines will be ship ped to Ahoskie. The sewer pipes will be unloaded in a short while. The depth of the sewer pipes will range from four to seventeen feet, and will have its fall into the Ahoskie Swamp, which runs only a few hunderd yards from the center of the town. New electric light poles have also i been placed in the streets, and run , to the new light plant, which is now ^ under construction. The machinery for the new plant has been purchas- 1 ed and will soon be shipped from some point in North Carolina. Possibly i within two or three weeks the new , equipment will arrive, and the matter of installation will begin at once, in order to hftve it ready for operation by about Hay 1st., whan according to contract, the town will take over the operation of the light plant here. The Ahoskie Light and Power Com pany, the present franchise holders, have already filed notice of dissolu tion with the Secretary of State. AULANDER NEWS The annual concert by the Music Class of the Aulander High School was presented last Thursday evening in the school auditorium. An un usually large crowd enjoyed this splen did performance which was pronoun ced the best yet. The school of mu sic this season shows excellent en rollment of over fifty pupils, twice as many as has ever been enrolled during a previous year. Miss Beu lah Vann is Oean of this Department being ably assisted by Miss Irma Ward. We are glad to note a slight im provement in the influenia situation here. The epidemic did not become serious in Aulander until two or three weeks ago, just as it was on the wane in other sections of the State. We remit vprv much tn rpnort that Mr. A. F. Rice, formerly one of the most prominent business men of our city, has been forced to re tire from business owing to a serious attack of rheumatism. Mr. Rice left several days ago for Hot Springs, Ark accompanied by his family, where he goes to see relief. Dr. W. J. Harrell of Norfolk, Va., and formerly of this city was here , last Thursday and Friday. ?BoOttl tflwreyT1?tB]fe "on "Simon Says Wig Wag" was heartily receiv ed and thoroughly enjoyed by every one present. Mr. Lowrey is one of the foremost humorists on the Amer ican platform today. Mr. R E. White, who has recently engaged in surveying several lOTge tracts of land in Georgia, has return ed home for the summer. Mrs. Loula Davenport has return ed from Lumberton and Bailey where - she has been visiting her daughters, Misses Ruth and Maty Davenport. Among the promising young baae ball players of Aulander who have signed contracts with league teams this season are Messrs. Bennie Hog gard and Ray Burden. Hoggard and Burden have signed with Petersburg while Byard Minton is being hard pre* sed by Rocky Mount to affix his sig nature to their contract. Vernon Lasaiter of Raleigh and Am Holjowell of Wake Forest College spent two or three days home last week. Mr Hollowell is a member of the baseball team at Wake Forest. ? " - See that the label on jour paper Is dated in advance, if na want the Herald to continue conMng to your home. \ W. H. MIIER ADVO CATES STOCK LAW ^ataran Farmer and LartlbaadtJ Man of AhoakW, Mr. Henry Millar, Comaa out on the SmU of Stack Law for Hertford County?Gives Rauoai. In the beginning I would *uKKe.it re vote again at the June Primary ta to whether we have Stock Law or lot. Thia would be for the benefit >f our next Representative in Kate Legislature. I am sure our teople will vote the change this year is it is growing in popularity and a ;oofl many who were heretofore op ipsed to it, favor it now, especially hose living on the edges of Northamp on and Bertie Comities. They have tlready seen that they will have to ake their stock up on account of the juarantine against Hertford. A man >laced in this position very readily lays if I am denied the free range my lelf, why not vote for the stock law ind make everybody fare alike? I was forced thirty years ago, while on the farm, to keep up my stock on account of the sorry fences (you as might say no fence at all) of some of my neighbors. During the time that I kept my hogs up, they had no chol era at all, and it also resulted in my making more meat per year, and with leas expense. I had ? conversation with a good and truthful man of Virginia some time ago (will give his name and ad dress if any one demands it) who informed me that the tsock law was forced on him against his wishes 30 years ago. He is so much pleased with the results of this 30 years ex perience that he says he would not be willing to go back to the fences again under any circumstances. Oak timber has more than doubled in price lately and entirely too much, of it is being used each year in so much useless fencing. I do not believe there are many land owners in our County who would not be willing and ready to furnish each tenant sufficient land on which to pasture his stock and also be wil ling to allow such tenant the priv elege of removing his wire when he leaves. Now, I wish to say in conclusion, no candidae for the Legislature need approach me with the slightest idea of securing my support, unless he is ready to declare himself in favor of the stock law for Hertford County. Indeed, he has got to go just one step further than declare himaelf in favor for he must pledge himself to do all in his power to secure Stock Law for Hertford Coutny. W. H. MILLER, Ahoskie, N. C., March 30, 1920. School to Close May 14th. According to plans now formulat ed the Ahoskie High School will close its doora_ for the session of 1919-20 on Friday, May 14th. The date for closing has been postponed on account of the influenza epidemic which halt ed the work of the school for aboot two weeks. The commencement address will be made on Thursday, May 13th. The ipeaker for the occasion has not yet >een secured, but the trustees are now seeking out a good man. Further announcements will be made later. Circle Number Four W. M. S. Circle Number four of the W. M. S. of Ahoskie Baptist Church will meet with Mrs. Gertie Boseman on Friday afternoon at four o'clock, April 2nd. Card of Thanks. I wish to thank my many friends for their great, and much appreciated ' nursing, and kindness to my dearest mother, during her sickness and death ?Titlie E. Jenkins; also my dear bro., E. L. Jenkins, who was sick at same time. I wish to thank Dr. Pollard for hia untiring efforts in medical at tention. M%y heavens richest bless ings be with you all ia my prayer. Daughter and Sister, Mrs. G. W. P*r rish.