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Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, May 21, 1920 One Section No. 6
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0. MAX GARDNER
DELIVERS CAM
PAIGN SPEECH
Hon. O. Max Gardner, Candi
date lor Governor. Speaks
in Ahoskie.
WILLL GO TO GOVERNOR'S
CHAIR UNFETTE RED
Arrived a Ahoskie Last Thurs
day Morning and Consents to
Make Short Campaign Talk
In Afternoon?Wins Votes
by his Presence.
Despite the fact that he did not
intend making a political talk^n this
city and with no advance notice, Hqp.
O. Max Gardner, candidate for the
Governorship of North Carolina, ad.
dressed a large and enthusiasti^ram
ber of voters in the moving *ture
hall here last Thursday afternoon at
half past four o'clock. When the
word went oat that he was to speak
the crowds gathered and they were
not disappointed. He made a rous
ing good catnpaign speech, although
short. The flrat few hours bf his vis
it to Ahoskie were spent in bed, as
for several days preceding his coming
here he had only averaged four hours
of sleep out of every twenty-four.
In his political talk to the1 voters
here he lost no time in stating his
position regarding the questionnaire
aent him by a few officials of the La
bor .Union. As in his other speeches,
he reiterated that he had no apologies
to offer for his refusal to answer the
questions and thus bind himself to
work for the interests of one class.
The Organized officials of the labor
onion, which was the making of Sam
uel Gompers, he said, had announced
t"hat he must be defeated, and he ac
cepted the wage of battle. Governor {
Gardned stated that he would go into J
the Governor's chair unfettered by ;
promises, private or public, to any
particular group of men; but, when |
he entered the chair, he intended to
enter it free to deal out justice to
every class in the State. His declar
ations along this line elicited hearty
applause from an overwhelmingly
sympathetic audience of voters.
He also made refernce to the plank
in the "private "platform of Hon. R.
N. Page relating to the division of
.profits between capital and labor. He
could see in it an Ideal, bat stated
that no man could hope for a realiza
tion of a law that would bind all alike.
He stated emphatically that he had
no private platform of his own; but
did reiterate his oft repeated state- j
ment that he stood directly on the
platform adopted by the democrats
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That platform, he stated, was broad >
enough for him in every detail. He
devoted a few minutes of his speech
to an outline of the democratic plat- '
form.
* District Meeting of U. D. C.
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The U. D. C. District Meeting will
be held with the Frank Byrd Chapter
at Windsor, Tuesday, May 25th.
At 11 A. M.?Opening Chorus by
the Windsor Choral Society; prayer
by W. R. Height; Chorus by the Wind
tor Choral Society; Addrees of Wel
come by Mrs. H. M. Ball; Response !
by Miss Willie Boone of Winton.
Addreas by Mra. C. F. Harvey, Kln
ston, President of North Carolina U.
D. C.
Song "America," by the U. D. C.;
adjournment for lunch.
1:30 P. M.?Chorus by U. D. C.,
Reading by Mrs. F. M. Dunstan; Solo I
by Mrs. O. J. Sawyer. ,
Business Meeting?Reports fromm i
all Chapters, included in this District,
Election of Officers ,
Program?-Children*' Chapter in I
charge of Mn. F. M. Dunstan. - I
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Rub-my-TUm is a great paia killer,
(t relieves pate and lore MM eaoead .
by Rbeafitlssa, Nearalgia, Sprains.
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CONSOLIDATION OF THE
RURAL SCHOOLS TREAT
ED IN PUBLICATION
Dr. E. W. Knight of the State
University Writes About
Consolidation.
! Sararal Countin ia North Carol ima
Han Alraadr Trio4 Consolidation
aai Thay Have Mad. Soccaaa?
Good Road* Will Help ia tha Pro
?ta
Chapel Hill, Hay 18.?The vital
facts on the consolidation of rural
schools, which has- attracted wide
spread interest in the State, are pre
sented in the latest publication of the
bureau of extension at the University
of North Carolina by Dr. Edgar W.
Knight, professor of rural education
at the University.
Dr. Knight shows that, though ur
ban schools have improved notably
in the past ten years, rural schools
have not shown s corresponding im
provement and that the country chil
dren of North Carolina are not obtain
ing the educational advantages city
?q* jo %u?3 lad os ay m u?jp(ti{3
population of the State population ia
rural, a great porportion of children
ara severely handicapped in their sch
ooling by having poorer paid and poor
er trained teachers, poorer equipment
less time, cruder facilities of every
kind. "The condition of rural schools
is admittedly the most insistent and
immediatly urgent task of North Ca
rolina today" says Dr. Knight.
Be sees the solution in the con
solidation of small schools into larger
better equipped schools with provis
ion to transport children from dis
tant places on trucks. Several one
room schools ought to be consolidat
ed into a large school with different
teachers for different gradee, he ar
gues. The plan has been tried with
success in Anson, Buncombe, Craven,
Edgecombe, Granville, Halifax, Or
ange, Pamlico, Wake, and Wilson coun
ties. Wilson County is using his year
20 trucks to bring children to school
and expects to have 60 trucks next 1
ye?.
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?YOUR LIBERTY BOND?
:
The Uaitd Stat*? Government
borrowed money from you to
finance the War. Yon hold the
Government's promue to pay you
heck. This* promise U celled a
Liberty Bead or Victory Note.
On thie Bond is stated .the con.
ditioas under which the Govern
ment borrowed the money from
you.
For Instance: If you hold a
Bond of the Third Liberty Bond
it states that on April 15th and
October 15th eech year until
meturity, you will receive inter
est on the'amount you paid for .
the Bond. Other issues bear
ether ratee of interest and other
maturity dates, all of which are
clearly stated on the Bond.
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Now, if you keep your bond until
the date when the Government pays
jwr 4n full for tt, you (to not nwd
to worry, if in the meantime, the price
is low one day or high the next. You I
and Uncle Sam are living up to your
agreement with each other and neith-1
er will lose by K.
On the other hand if you sell your
Liberty Bond now, you will And that
th/ man you ?ell it to win not give
yon a dollar for every dollar you paid
for it. The price ha* been brought
down became eo many people are
offering to tell their Bonds. If the
market is flooded with tomatoev you
can buy them cheap, but if everyone
is clamoring for tomatoes and then
are few to be had, the price goes up.
The tame is true of Liberty Bonds.
Short-sighted people are dumping
them on the market, and wise ones
are buying tbem.
The best advice that can be given
to the owner of a Liberty Bond is
this: Hold the Bond you bought dar
ing the war, it is safe as and sound
ss the United States Government it
self. ]
Bny as many more at the present
low rate as you can afford. If you
hold them to maturity, you are bound
to make the difference between what 1
they sell at now and their face value.
You will also receive good Interest {
in your mve?tment.
Hold on to your Liberty Bonds sad \
buy -?rel ,
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SENATOK MILES W. FERKBEE. OF ELIZABETH CITY.
What Others Say About Non-Removal
of Chowan Collage.
Here is what Editor W. 0. Saun
ders, editor of the Independent, at
Elizabeth City, says about it. His
article was headed "Chowan College
Remains Buried."
i "After announcing that they would
remove Chewan College from Mur
j frees bo ro to some town affording a
more desirable location and offering
a cash bonus, and after keeping four
or Ave rival towns stirred up for six
months, working all sorts of commit,
tees overtime, the trustees of Chowan
College have decided to keep the col
lege at Murfreesboro. This decision
was reached at the annual meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the Ci
lege, st Murfreesboro, Monday, May
10.
Elizabeth City had its delegation on
hand at Murfreesboro with an' offer
of a free site and a cash bonus
$125,000 if the college would locate
at Elizabeth City. Edenton was on
hand with a proposition nearly as good
Other towns that had formerly been
among the bidders for the college had
already dropped out.
"And so the trustees of Chowan Col
lege had only to decide whether to re
move the college to Edenton or Eli?- -
abeth City. They had already twice
put themselves on record that the col
lege would be removed from Murfreea
boro; every one thought that point
was settled. ?
But toe trustees couldn't agree
on either Edenton or Elizabeth jCity.
Some favored Edenton. Some favor
ed Elisabeth City. . Neither side want- 1
ed to give in. And ao the trustees
who had twice given their Baptist
word that the college would be re
moved, decided to change their minda
and lgt the school slumber on in ye
ancient village of Hurfreesboro,?or
"Muffiesboro" as the natives call it.
"The latest decision of the Trustee
of Chowan College leaves Elizabeth j
City somewhat sore and somewhat
relieved. Our folks feel sore because
they have been put to months of need
less worry and expense entertaining
an impossible proposition. On the
other hand, a lot of our folk admit
a feeling of relief since we will not
get the school snd have to foot the
bills incident to giving it a site and
a cash bonus of 1125,000. We are
out a college which we should like to
have, bat we are ift something like
$160,000 and then some.
"Those acquainted with the Baptist |
temperament and with the personnel
of the Board of Trustees of Chowan
College are not surprised at the vac
illating, ireeolute and diaappointlng
tactics of the trustees. There were
some here that thing we could get
the college because E. F, Aydlett is
on the Board of Truttees. But Mr.
Aydlett doesnt seem to move things
like he used to. Incidentally Mr. Ayd
lett is relieved of a pledge of $10,000
conditional apon the college coming!
to this city.
"Commenting upon the decision of
the trusteee one Elisabeth City bus
iness man said yesterday, "I regret
the vast amount pt energy waated I
the vast amount of energy wasted oa
that collage drive; if our people had
?pent one half the effort and pledged '
one half the money involved we could
have located the Alladin factory here
! a few months aero. But we let the
Alladin people get away from as and
go down to Wilmington where they
are today employing 500 persons,
while we chased an elasiye college."
"Just how the splendid men and
women who gave so much of their
.time to the work of securing pledges
for the college here is not generally
known. They are not saying much."
Editor Storey of Edenton takes a
more charitable view of the situation
and would not censure the trustees
too much. Under the caption "Why
Chowan College Will not Be Remov
ed" he says:
"The trustees of Chowan College
have subjected themselves to a great
deal of criticism by wavering between
! two opinions as to moving the col
1lege. And from some viewpoints
I such unfavorable criticism is just, but
let us be as charitable as possible to
ward them. What best to do with
a proposition that involves the ex
jpenditure of a half million dollars is
, no child's play. And when we take
| into consideration that these trustees
get no pay whatever for the time and
thought and expense they are subject
ed to as trustees of the College crit
icism could be witheld until their
viewpoint is seen.
"That they made a mistake in aver
proposing move the College is no
doubt true, but it is always easier
to see where mistakes have been made
than to foresee them. Their propo
sition to move the College was from
the first conditioned upon heir finding
a suitable site and sufficient induce
ments and while the towns asking (or
it have done well in cash offers and
sites?aa much a the trustees could
have asked?they have not been able
to see where sufficient funds will come
from, to nnriertakw such, .a., gigantic
task when building material and labor
are soaring in prices arid almost un
obtainable.
"But why did they decide in Eden
ton to move the College and then in
Murfreesboro reverse that decision?
It will be recalled that the motion to
move was passed in confusion when
the trustees were many of them leav
ing or on their feet to leave to catch
the boat and it was thought that the
motion though seeming to carry was
not a fair expression of the trustees
and on being reconsidered in Mur
freesboro it was reversed."
Endorsement of Professor Gulley for
Supreme Court Justice.
(Political Advertising)
Prof. N. Y. Gulley, dean of the law
school at Wake Forest, has announced
his candidacy at the hands of the dem
ocratic party, for the supreme court
benth. As a scholar of law It la
doubtful if Dr. Gulley has asuperior
In the State. His training;! jbls dis
position, and his integrity fit him for
the position ifhich he seeks, better
perhaps, than sny other man in the
state of North Carolina. It Is a rare
thing for this paper to endorse the
candidacy of any man, but this wri
ter, like thousands of others In the
State, has an excedlngly warm place
in his heart for this grand old man
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who has been his teacher, and friend, '
in other days. We say without has. s
itancy that we sincerely believe Dr. f
Galley should receive the nomination.
All that should be required is for men "
of hi* stamp to let it be known that '
they are willing to serve the people, '
and, for the good of the state, the '
party to which they belong should '
put them forward. If the ablest mnd *
beat cltiians of the Stat* war* always '
the nominees for the public offices I
the safety of our institutions would '
be secure. Without reflection on any
body, we are sure that the Judiciary
of the State would ?e enriched wHh
Dr. Gulley on the supreme court.?
Prom Jackson County Journal,
April 29, 1820.
COMMENCEMENT EXER
ERCISES LAST THURS
DAY AND FRIDAY P. M.
Class Day Exercises on Thurs
day Niiht and Address
Friday Night.
Hon. O. Max Girdur Dalirar. Cam.
mancamaat Addron to Eight San
ion and Many Patron* of School
?Want to Maka ThU School Fal
Ijr Accraditad.
The Ahoskie High School closed its
1919-20 session wi^h two nights of
exercises, on Thursdsy and Friday,
t May 12th. and 13th. The past ses
sion was one the best in the school's
history, bat, as has been the case for
many years in the past, the graduat
ing class was "*hy" on boys, the girls
takiftg the leading role, and compos
ing seven-eighths of the class this
year. There were eight graduates,
as follows: Gladstone Harrell (the
boy), President; Lorene Early, Sec
retary; Willie Mae Horton, Treas
urer ; AAnie Laurie Sessoms, Prophet;
Iola Wooten, Historian; Julia Gatling
Testator; Lois Gerock, Poet; and
Irene Parker, Giftorian.
Thursday night's exercises were in
charge of the Senior Class,- and they
made a good night of it. The audi
torium of the school building was
crowded, both seats and aisles being
full to overflowing, many being un
able to even get within the auditorium
so large was the crowd.
4 On Friday night came the annual
address, which was delivered by Hon.
O. Max Gardner, Lieutenant Gover
nor of North Carolina. Special mu
sic was rendered by the music class
under the directiqn of Mrs. George
W. Baker. Dr. C. G. Powell of the
.?board of trustees, acting as master of
ceremonies, iipmud the determi
nation on the part of the trustees to
elevate the local school to an A-l
High School, fully accredited, before
the close of another session. To do
that a work shop or laboratory must
be added. Dr. Powell also delivered
a medal?Ten Dollar Gold Piece?
awarded to the pupil making the most
rapid progress in penmanship during
the nine months' term. Irvin Mulder
won the medal, which wa?rdonated by
the Barnes-Sawyer Wholesale Grocery
Company of this city. Seventh grade
certificates were awarded by Attor
ney L. C. Williams, one of the trus
tees; and Miss Myrtha Fleming, prin
cipal, awarded the diplomas to the
graduating elass. _
Lieutenant Governor Gardner was
introduced by attorney W. W. Rogers
in a few appropriate words. His ad
dress which followed was a happy
mixture of plain, effective oratory 1
and hard and simple facts of educa
tion, which was carried home to the 1
patrons and friends of the school 1
by the heart to heart manner in which 1
it was delivered. He emphasised the 1
importance of adding the shop and '
laboratory to the school curriculum, <
which had been suggested- by trustee '
Powell. While decrying the percent. <
age of illiteracy in North Carolina t
and in Hertford County, Governor (
Gardner c$uld sje a new day tor the
State in the establishment of school <
curriculi that would train all si
des of the boys and girls who attend
the schools of the State. He would 2
see workshops, laboratories and do- t
mestic science courses added to ev- t
ery school, in order to teach the boys s
how to work with their hands, how t
to analyse the soil which they must v
till; and to instruct the girls in the
duties of home life, which, he stated,
was after all the bedrock of the Amer t
ican civilization, and the hope of the
future progress and enlightenment
of the North Carolina folk, and the '
citizenry of Hertford County.
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HON. ROBERT PAGE
IS MAKING AN
EASTERN TOUR
Robert N. Pace, Candidate for
Governor Speak* in This
City.
WENT FROM HERE TO
WINDSOR TO SPEAK
Page States That He Is Making
Race That Efficiency Might
| Be Injected in the State Ad
ministration?Answers The
Charge of Socialism.
(By Byron Ford, press agent.)
"If I am elected Governor of North
Carolina, I will not be a rubber
stamp," Robernt N. Page told a large
gathering of Hertford County voters
here today when he began the third
day of his whirlwind invasion of the
east which is to take him as far as
Beaufort before the close of next
week. The assertion was a reply to
the charge that the executive's of
fice had been deprived of all its pow
?r. "No one," he said, "can say that
Vance and Aycock were without any
power. They were backed by ths
sentiment of the p?Ofl? of this grr
commonwealth and accomplished the
things they had promised the people
they would accomplish." ?
Mr- Page believes in efficiency in
all branches of the State Govern
ment This, he told hit hearers, was
the prime reason for Ms candidacy.
"If gratification of personal ambition
yrere the sole force behind my candi
dacy, I would not want your vote,"
he said. "I want to be Governor be
cause I know I can render a real ser
vice to my State."
Wednesday night he spoke in the
town of Windsor. He arrived here
this msroing through a driving rate
storm from Jockson, where fast night
he ad'dressed a crowd that overtaxed
the seating capacity of the courthooae.
A bran band of twenty pieces greet
ed him. A warmer welcome was
r\ever accorded a candidate.
In Jackson he faced the man who
had accused him of being a socialist
because - of his views toward laber
and capitol. No charge was ever un
fairer, he said, because he had work
ed too hard for what he had to want
to see capital and labor come tea
setter understanding. This, he sai^
would never come to paas until the
rwo forces were taught to trust each
>ther more. No law could cure the
tvil. "If my views make me a ao
:ialist," he declared, "I am in mighty
rood company, for St Paul and Jems
Christ had the sam.e
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-olored Man Thank. Whit. Frieade
W. 6. Reynolds, of route number
and a well known colored man of
his vicinity, wishes to thank his white
rlends of Ahoskie for offering their
id while he was attempting to rescue
he body of his ton from the Virginia
raters.
W. C. Reynold*,
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Jorth Carolina?Hertford County
In the Superior Court
Ella Dunbar v?. Israel Dunbar
NOTICE 1
The defendant above named will
ake notice that an action entitled
? above has been commenced in the
tuperior Court of Hertford County
forth Carolina, to obtain a divorce
'A Vinculo Matrimonii" and the said
lefendant will further take notice
hat he i* required to appear before
he Clerk of the Superior Court at
he Courthouse in, Win ton, North Ca
olina on the 18th day of June, 1920
ind answer or demar to the complaint
n said action or the plaintiff wilt ap
>ly to the Court for relief demanded
n aaid complaint
This 15th toy of May, 1910.
D. R. MCGLOHON,
Clerk of the Superior Ottrt. ?
WaltoM Jon*, atty Nr |MM*
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