Hertford County Herald
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Volume XL Ten Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, May 7, 1920 One Section No. 4
CALIFORNIA
PLAN WAS
ADOPTED
I
Peanut Grower* Meet and
Adopt California Plan
of Organization
GOOD MEETING HELD
ON THURSDAY, 29TH
Several Adviser* and Men of
Experience Were Preaent to
Aid in Organization?$5,000
000 Maximum Capital Stock
Divided into Common and
Preferred Stock?One Com
mon Stock to Each Grower.
Suffolk, Vs., May 4.?The out
standing feature of the big meeting
of the peanut growers in Suffolk on
April 29th. was the adoption of a plan
for the enlarged Peanut Exchange,
based on the form of co-operative
associations so successfully used in
California.
The plan was drawn by Mr. Aaron
Sapiro, an attorney of San Francis
co, who represents many of the larger
co-operative associations of Pacific
Coast, and who was present to fully
L explain the printed plan aa presented.
In a straight?forward business-like
maner he pointed out to the large
number of grower* present the great
value of their getting togotfcer for
the upbuilding of their industry. He
not only spoke to them from the
standpoint of an attorney, who has
besi through the thick of the fight
in working out the legal problems
which have confronted growers' or- I
ganizations, but also as an organizer
who has been a potent factor in arous
ed the people of that section to co
* operative effort. He held the individ
ual attention of the growers through. i
out his long, tedious task of explain,
ing the proposed plan and answering
the many* questions presented to him.
At the conclusion of this part of ]
the program, Mr. Stuart Lewis, local i
attorney for the Peanut Exchange, '
stated to the growers that he had gone 1
thoroughly over every detail of the {
proposed plan and found that it con- ,
formed wholly to the Virginia laws. <
He also expressed it as his opinion
that the plan was wholly nuifcafcli
and that its secure legal prowiaiwis
would command the confidence and ,
' cooperation of the business interests ]
of the peanut growing section.
Judge James L. McLemore of Suf- 1
folk and Hon. Frank Storey of Coart
land, aV., both expreeeed their hearty 1
approval of thi* effort of the growers 1
to get together, and commended the
plan as one that offered a real solo- j
tion of the problem of the peanut
growers to market their peanuts to
,?Uie best advantage.
Mr. O. B. Jeaness of the Bureau
of Markets at Washington was also
present, and congratulated the grow- ,
era on their determination to get ,
down on a working business basis. . I
The growers were also most fortu- ,
nate in having with them Mr. W. J. ,
DeCorse of Fresno, California, who
is the Eastern Representative of the
California Raisin Asecoiation, with his .
headquarters in New York City. He (
* enjoys the distinction of haviag been ]
with the Raisin Association from its j
- organization, and now holds one of ,
the moat responsible positions in tblir ]
f big selling force. The story that he
told of the development of this asao
cision and the explanations that he ,
msde at various points during the day
were of invaluable assistance to the ,
growers in getting a clearer idea of ,
? the poesibilities of working out their
own sahration through co-operative (
efforts. (
At the conclusion of the apaechea,
? vary encouraging par cent of the ,
(Continued on pare 10)
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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
WILL BE AWARDED TO
SOME GOOD WRITER'
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Hifh School Pupils of.'Country
to Compete in Ntmnal
Contest
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Prizea for B?l Eiuyi ia Connection
With Skip by Truck?Goad Road*
Waak, Mar <7-22. Jud??. Will
Ba Appointed by Fadaral Buraau
of Educatioa.
High School pupils of the country
are to be given an opportunity to
compete for s four-year's university
scholarship to be awarded for the best
essay submitted in connection with
Ship by Truck?Good Roads Week,
May 17 to 22, according to announce
ment recently made, which said that
the essays will be read and the prizes
awarded by judges to be appointed
by the Federal Bureau of Education.
?The contest, it is said, is for the
purpose* of focusing public attention
on the necessity for good roads and
the feasibility of the motor truck as
a short haul medium.
According to the plans approved
by Commissioner of Education, P. P.
Claxton, contestanst, to be eligible to
compete for the national prize, first
must have won one of the prizes to
be awarded by various organizations
and individuals in their respective
communities. The national prize is
to be known as the H. S. Firestone
University scholarship, and will be
given in any college or university I
chosen by the winner. All high school
pupils may submit a five hundred
word essay, which must be entitled
"Ship by Truck and Good Roads" but
if the national prize is won by any
pupil other than a senior, the award
will be deferred until the winner is
ready tcr matriculate at the institu- I
tion of his choice.
Judges who will make the national
award will be named by Commissioner
Claxton before May 22, by which time
*11 essays must be submitted. School
Superintendents and principals of
high schools are being acquainted with
the terms of the contest, and it is ex
pected more than one million essays
will be writen upon this subject, serv
ing to accentuate the interest and to
widen the scope of discussion to be
created by the Ship by Truck?Good (
Roads Week, during which time cara
vans of motor trucks will tour every
section of the country.
Organizations whose members are
lending the weight of their influence
ind activities toward the making of it
> success, include the American au
tomobile Association, the United Sta
tes Chamber of Commerce, the Na
tional Grange, the Ship by Truck Bu
reau, the Army, the Navy, and the
churches and schools in general.
State Superintendents of Infrac
tion are being requested to direct the
contest within their commonwealth.,
Prizes are to lie awarded in each com
munity and will be determined by
local committees.
Announcements of other national
prizea to be awarded by organizations
which are lending tthsr support to
the program for the week is expected
to be made toon.
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SEC. MEREDITH COMING
FOR FARM CONVENTION
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(Special to the Herald.) ?
Raleigh, N. C., May 3.?The North
Carolina Farmers' and Woman'* Con
tention will be held at Raleigh on
August 24, 25 and 26th., according
to an announcement jufc issued by
Clarence Poe, President, and W. F.
Pate, Secretary, who say that the pro
tram aa already arranged promises
to make this year's convention the
rreatest ever held in the State. The
list of speakers soon to be announced
is headed by Hon. Edwin T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture, and includes
other men of national prominence.
Preliminary plans for the women's
program, made by Mrs. A. L. Cape
C. Morris, Secretary, include a series
)f events and speakers that are said
to eclipse any program of previous
:onvontions.
At the coming convention, special
smphaais will bs given to demonstra
ind exhibits, according to the officers.
Reduced rates are-expected to be
I n effect for the convention on all
railroads leading to Raleigh.
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HON. O. MAX GARDNER i
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The closing excrciiM of the Ahoskie High School will ttln place on
Wedneeday and Thursday nights, May 12th. and 13th. The exercises on
Wednesday night will be in charge of the Graduating Class?Class Day Ex
ercises. Thursday night Hon. O. Max Gardner, Lieutenant Gvernor, will
deliver the Annual Address. The public is cordially to attend.
NOTES ON THE ORGANI
ZATION WORK OF THE
PEANUT EXCHANGE
Punt Growers of Virginia and Ca
rolina Recently Adopted California
Plan and Below Are Givtn Sug
gestions on Organization Work?
Profit for the Peanut Growers
Means Prosperity for All.
The movement of the peanut grow
ers of Virginia and North Carolina
to enlarge their Exchange so as to
put them in position to market their ;
peanuts the very best advantage is
one that should appeal to every grow
er and to all business interests. In
those peanut growing counties, where
the peanut is the principal cash crop,
there is no one thing of more vital
importance to every interest than the
growers receiving a price for their
peanuts, that will insure them a rea
sonable profit above the cost of pro
duction.
Peanuts Principal Cash Crop
The future prosperity of this coun
ty is so wrapped up in the peanut
that the way it sells well nigh deter
mines the measure 6f progress the
farmers will make. If the peanut
sella at a good price, then all is wall;
ii the growers fail to make a profit
.1 i t
VII pcaiiuut, U1CI1 ?vct/ uuaincna til
the county suffers. In view of these 1
conditions every grower should fall '
in with the movement of peanut grow 1
flp of Virginia and North Carolina '
P get their business organized on
such a basis as to insure a fair profit 1
on ?peanuts all the time. And other '
business interests will be working for
their own progress and prosperity by 1
joining hand# with the growers in
this great movement.
Poanute Growers Working oat tkelr
own Salvation.
The peanut growers of Virginia
and North Carolina are showing real
business wisdom in their determina
tion to work out their own salvation
rather than to wait on State and
Nation to give them relief through
any legislation. Farming is a big
business and must be conducted on
strict business principles; if the gro
wers expect to get anywhere they
must do for themselves through their
own organisation. The time for the '
demagogue and cheap politics with the
farmer hat pxn?fH and ho it to be
congratulated that he ha reached that
point that he no longer listens to ao
much political rot and that 1m la now
looking out for number on* and d*>
pending on his own efforts in coop
eration with his neighbors to put the
things across. This kind of indepen
dence and this spirit of cooperation
will put him on a firm and lasting
foundation which will then justify it
as a gilt edge security. Under the
proposed agreement each grower in
signing his contract signs for seven
years in accordance with the Califor
nia plan which has been found so
highly successful that the cooperative
associations of that State are now able
to call themselves the models for the
whole country.
Peanut Growers Baaing Work on I
Successful Experience
California leads in co-operation 1
and now points the way for other
states to follow in their co-operative
efforts. So the peanut growers of
Virginia and North Carolina in adopt
ing the California plan for their Pea- 1
nut Exchange are showing real bus
iness wisdom in basing their work
an a plan that has been found to be
highly efficient, rather than trying I
something new. Not only have they
Followed the California plan, but their '
own plan has been drawn by a man 1
who has been a potent factor in the i
working out of the co-operative as- j
jociation plan in that State. They
liave also subjected it to critical tests
of home legal talent, who pronounce . '
it bomb proof. So with a real work- 1
able plan, Mued on the practical ex
perience of many most successful as-I
lociations and pronounced by legal
foundation, and to secure that he will
injoy unprecedented prosperity. And
more than this, the results will be
10 satisfactory that he will in truth
be lord of what he surreys and his
children will be delighted to remain i i
an the old farm. The application of
business principles to the farm. will
lave the farmer himself and save the
country for the future generations.
All Buliaau Intervals Should Jds
The peanut growers of Virginia
and North Carolina in making it pos
sible for other interests to join hands
in their movement to greatly enlarge
their Exchange are making a wise
provision for the future upbuilding
of the peanut industry. While their
common stock, which will have all the
voting power, will be limited to one
share to each grower, their preferred
stock will bear eight per cent inter
est, and will have behind it a sub
stantial backing that will justify it
wholly to every legal provision^neith
er grower* nor investor* should hes
itate to give It their fall support
Even if they do not think that the
plan is just what is needed, they can
trust a plan that has put other organ
isations on the map rather than try
something untried.
SCHOOL GIRL 1
GIVES HERT
FORD HISTORY
-iistorr of Hertford County
Cbnciaely Written and
Outlined
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JY ANTOINETTE WHITE
OF MURFREESBORO j
Hiigh School Girl Writes About
Hertford County?Petition
for Formation in 1758 by
John Campbell?Has Fine
Record?Several Towns Are
Chartered with Ahoskie the
Larcest.
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On December J 2th., 1758, John I
Campbell presented a petition to the
General Assembly of North Carolina
asking that Hertford County should
be formed from Chowan, Bertie and I
Northampton. A year later a simi
tar bill was sent to the Council. It
was passed December 29, 1759, and
the county was given two members j
in the General Assembly.
Hertford (tot its name from Francis '
Seymour, Marquis of Hertford, a close
friend of the famous Horace Walpole,
and a brother of Lord Conway who
moved in the House of Lords the re
pea) of the Stamp Act The word
Hertford means the "deer's ford,"
"bert" being; the old word for deer.
The early settlers were French, Ir
ish, Scotch and Scotch-Irish. The
area of the county is 345 square miles
and the length north and south about
twenty-two miles. It lies in the Coast
al Plain. It is bounded on the north
by the Virginia line; on the east by
the Chowan River, which separates
it from .Gates and Chowan Counties;
on the south by Bertie County; and
on the west by Northampton County.
The chief industries are lumbering
and agriculture.
In 1779 when Gates County was
formed all of the territory of Hert
ford north of the Chowan River was
given to Gates, This took away
some of our best citizens.
William Murfree and Henry Win
borne were the first members in the
Colonial General Assembly from the
county. James Jones of Hartford
was a metpber of Governor Dobb's
Council and one of the leading men
In the prvviaM.
Mr. Wheeler in his history of the
9tate say* "The Constitution of North
Carolina was believed to be tKe pro
duction of Thomas Jones, Thomas
Burke and Richard Caswell. But this
is disputed by Hardy Murphy Banks
who sternly claims that it was written
by William Murfree, one of the mem
bers from Hertford County."
w nen me war wsKin uriwccn muvi
ica and the mother country, Hertford
furniihed ten companies of soldiers.
Colonel Murfree, one of the County'*
distinguished men, led the North Ca
rolina troop* in the campaigns into
New York and Pennysylvania. He
took the fort at Stony^Point, which
was thought to be an imponihility.
On February 28, 1825, Marquis de
LaFayette, the young French General
in the American Army, < lei ted the
county. He was received with a
grand reception and people from afar
came to meet this wonderful man.
On the night of Auguat 22, 18S0
the courthouse at Winton and many
valauble record* were burned. This
was done by Wright Aelen, whose
purpose was to get rid of a paper
held against him. He did not destroy
it because it was in Murfree*boro j
In 1794 the Hertford Academy,
the first incorporated school in the
county, was located in Morfreubcro
Later on this property was bo tight by
Mrs. J ansa Banks and was made also
a school for girls. Ia 1880. Samuel
Nicholson of Msneys Neck established
a high school near Buckhom Acade
my. Professors John Kimberly and
J. H. Picot were noted instructors
of the Academy at Buckhom. Is
1843 the people of Harrellsvitle es
tablished the Union Academy, a School
pf high (erode. The Baptists -of the --
Chowan Association established the
Chowan Baptist Fetiiale Institute^ now
Chowan College, at Murfreesboro ia
1848. The first president was Rev.
Martin Rudolph Forey.
Wesleyan Female College, also ia
Murfreesboro, waa established by the
Metltodiats. The buildings were ewo
times burned and not rebuilt after
the last Are in 1893.
When the Civil War began Hertford
County furniahed a company of sol
diers known as the "Hertford Light
Infantry." This company was cap
tured by the Federals at Hatteras and
kept awhile as prisoners. During
this war the courthouse waa again de
stroyed and every house in Winton
except a log cabin and the Methodist
Church. This was done by three of
the warships of the Union navy which
fired bomb shells on the town and la
ter set fire to it.
Winton, the county seat, is named
for the Wynns family. It is beauti
fully situated on the Chowan River
and is 16S miles northeast of Raleigh.
Tt waa incorporated in 1788.
Murfreesboro waa founded on the
6th ef January, 1787; HsrrelsvUle
waa incorporated in 1888; Union in
1889; and Mapleton la 1M1. Alrae
ke, incorporated in 189S, has grown
to be the largest tows hi the county.
It ia favorably located on the Atlantic
Coaa Line and is a to hoses tester.
FORMER PASTOR THINKS
AHOSKIE THE PLACE
FOR CHOWAN COLLEGE
(The HERALD received the
following communication from
Rev. C. L. Dowell, former pas
tor of the Ahoskie Baptist
Church, one day this week.)
Franklinton, N. Cn May 2nd.
Dear Editors:
We are gratified to have no-,
ticed a marked improvement
in the "Herald."
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We especially commend the
thoughtful article of Miss Inez
Benthall on the removal at
Chowan College. It seems to
us fair, business-like and illumi
nating. Each of the towns bid
ding for Chowan College is
good, but, if the institution is
to be retained within the limits
of the two associations, Ahos
kie is the logical place for it.
It is a yount. growing town;
full of bouyancy; progressive
in spirit and will appreciate
and patronize the college.
Ahoskie will soon be a city.
No other place in that section
is more accesible, or will mora
loyally support and helpfully
advertise Chowan College.
Having been pastor of the
Baptist Church there 'or seven
years, and knowing the people
and surrounding country, 1
think I may thus speak
With best wishes,
C. L. DOWELL.
HERTFORD COUNTY FAIR
ON OCTOBER 12-15, 1920
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(Special to the Herald)
At a recent meeting of the Eastern
North Carolina Fair Secretaries in
Norfolk a regular circuit was arrang
ed and dates decided upon. The date
decided upon for the Hertford Coun
ty Fair was October 12th to 15th.
Five fairs came in on the circuit jn
the order named below: Woodland,
October 6-8, Winton, October 12-1S;
Edenton October 19?22; Elizabeth
City October 26-29; Smithfleld No
vember 2-6, 1920.
By a circuit in this manner all the
fairs concerned get much better con
tracts with carvnival companies and
free attractions, thus enabling them
to offer more attractions than ever be
fore. Premium lists for the Hertford
Caunty Fair will go to press by May
20th, and will be mailed out as soon
thereafter as is possible. Any re
quest for information regarding the
Fair should be addressed to the pres
ident or Secretary of the Fair Asso
ciation at Winton, North Carolina.
H. L. MILLER, Secretary.