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Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, June 25, 1920 One Section No. 11
AEROPLANE
IS MAKING
DAILY TRIPS
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The Famous F'rers Arrived
in Ahoakie Tuesday at
Noon.
EDITOR OF HERALD
HIS FIRST PASSENGER
Plane Will B* in Ahoslcie all of
This Week?Exhibition Flig- j
hts Will Be Given Saturday
Many Are Seeing Ahoskie
from the Skies?How it F*els
and Looks 1200 Feet Hifh. j
The Famous Flyers arrived in Ahos
kie three days late, owinK*to the hea
vy clouds and rains that enveloped
this section last week end; they reach
ed here Tuesday at noon, making a 1
perfect landing on Ahoskie's aviation
fleM at about 12:26 P. H. They left
Newsport News at 11:15 a. m. As
the Curtis plan approached town, the
'kids' on the streets, the business men
on their way home, and the wives
who were busy preparing the midday
meal?they all forgot the task at
hand, and either 'beat it' for the
Held or trained their optics upon the
buizing machine. Soon after the
perfect landing was made, the field
was dotted with the eager spectators,
to get their first close up view of the
aeroplane. Pilot Heermance and me
chanic Butts alighted and deserted the
machine .leaving for the 'grub coun
ter.' ?
At two o'clock pilot and mechanic
returned to the landing field and af
ter surveying the field for a few min
utes, Mister Heermance 'twisted her
tail' when mechanic Butts gave the
sign?"Contact"?the machine skid
ded down the swath that had been
cut in the corn field, and off the
field the went. This was a reconnoit
ering trip; but he thri led the spec
tators that dotted the field with a
few loops and divei, and finally land
V
ed after about ten minutes spent in
the air. He made the trip alone.
On his next trip he had company.
Now, the first thing you want to know
is "what kind of a sensation did yon
have"? Well, it is easily explained
by the following words addressed to
me as Mr. Fleury buckled on the hel
met and pulled the goggles over the
head: "This is the wont part of the
trip". The redeeming feature a boat
the business lies in the fact that time
is all too precious to spend it in the
agony of disxiness and its accompa
niment*. You're off the ground be
fore you know it and, if in your nat
ural frame of mind, the landing is
made seemingly before you realise
your plight?that is, if one calls H
?plight; The writer freely admits
that there could be a grave possibil
ity?and a natural probability?that
that 'craty* sensation may at aay old
time overtake the dubious passenger,
who is 'looking for something to hap
pen.' No 'foolishness such as the loop
the loop, tail spin, nose dive, et cet
era, was allowed on this Initial trip.
There was an understanding had con
cerning that 'monkey business' before
this passenger sat himself down in the
air bird. The feelin' was not there
but the trip waa a treat and . >th
? the price of two such rides.
To take a view of Ahoakie and the
surrounding country while in midair
is worth the price of the trip. The
layout of the town appears to be the
ideal?the kind you see painted by
the lsndscape artists, each town block
surrounded, aa it were, by a nam ?
foot prth, all paved in snow whit*
marble; the trees appeared aa shrub
bery, each tree symetrical in foliage
and same height; Church street show
ed up as a narrow sidewajk with lit
tle toy automoMlee creeping aleng
at a rate that was not even discern
ible from the sky. The peanut fac
tory, postoffice, depot, and the Barnes
Sawyer Grocery building all skidded
by in quick succession, each looking
more like a chicken house; with the
A. C. L. tracks about a couple of in
ches in width .and a dinky engine
shifting, with a smoke screen about
the only object by which to distin
guish the whereabouts of the engine.
Leaving town ,the plane glided up
ward and northward down the Coast
Line railroad; and then it- was that
his passenger lost sight of his actual
location. Every farm looked like a
paved miniature baseball diamond,
each surronded by the beautiful green
forests, made up of thick foliage all
of th# same identical height. Over
in the corner of each 'diamond' there
appeared a small chicken coop?the
fanner's home; the roads were as rab
bit paths. Up 1J00 feet pilot Heer
mtnee cut off his engine, and in con
versation with his passenger, pointed
out to his passenger the run of the
Chowan feiver, which seemed more as
a missing link of a few inches in the,
broad expanse of green forests.
Again the engine sputtered and
around we went, headed direct for the
fleld, upon which appeared the small
white and black dots (the colored
folks were there, too). Quicker than
this is written down swooped the
plane, the right wing'hanging low, and
the left almost at right anglee. We
shot directly over the tall pines and
then gently the plane touched tern
|Anna?the landing was perfect; in
fact, pilot Heermance can make some
beautiful landings.
i Nine others took flights on the flrst
afternoon, there being one lady in
that number. With two of his pas
sengers he did the loop. Every pas
senger is dee-lighted and some of us
expect to duplicate the performance.
Wednesday's crowd was large and ev
en larger crowds are expected to
come over daring the week end.
Their advertisement appears on the
last page of this issue.
VICTORY MEDAL FOR VET
ERANS OF THE WORLD WAR
The War Department is prepared
to issue through all United States
Army posts, camps and main recruit
ing stations, to all officers, contract
surgeons, army field clerks, and field
clerks Quartermaster Corps, members
of the Army Nurse Corps and enlist
ed men who served in the World War
between April 6, 1917 and November
11, 1918, a medal to be known as the
VICfORY MEDAL. There will be
also issued to those who served in any
of the thirteen tn$jor operations in
which the armies of the United States
were enggaged a battel clasp for
each fnajor operation engaged in, or
a defensive sector to those who were
stationed in the defensive sectors.
All persons living in North Caro
lina who come within any of the above
mentioned classes and who have since
been discharged are advised to make
application immediately by sending
in their discharge either in person or
by mail, giving their address to any
of the following stations which are
authorized for the approval of the
applications: Headquarters Recruit
ing District of North Carolina, 334
1-2 South Elm St., Greensboro, N. C.,
Camp Bragg, N. C., and Fort Cas
well, N. C. Discharged officers to
whom no discharge certificate was
given will send in their discharge or
ders.
In case a person entitled to this
medal, battle clasp or defensive sec
tor clasp has died, his next of kin
should make application in his stead.
By "next of kin" is meant the first
of the following who is living: wife,
eldest son or daughter, father, mother
eldest brother or sister; and in mak
ing application as next of kin the ap
plicant should affirm himself or her
self as the closest living kin in the
order named above. This application
should also be made in person or by
mail. On account of the large num
ber of applications expected it is
suggested that registered mail be us
ed for forwarding discharges. All
discharges will be promptly return
ed to their respective owners.
These medals and claspe will not
be issued from camps, posts or re
drafting stations but will be sent
from the General Supply Depot, at
Philadelphia, after the applications
have been acted upon at camps, posts
or recruiting stations. -Applicants
are requested to defer inquiries as
to action on their applications until
a reasonable time hase elapsed.
A STUDY ON HOW PRICES
HAVE RISEN AND FALLEN
Interesting conclusions may be
drawn from a recently completed |
analysis of wholesale and retail pri
ces and wages for the year 1860 to
1872 in which tendencies strikingly
like those of the present day are re
vealed, showing Anally a slump in
prices which, economists and student*
of market conditions say, soon may
be expected of history is to repeat
itself.
The figure of 100 is taken as the
basic level of all three in 1860. Th?
was a gradual rise during 1861 and
1863, a*d at the end of the laat year
wholesale prices were at 150; retail
prices at 140; and wages at 130. Dur
ing the year 1864 came the sharpest
rise and wholesale prices jumped to
the 210 mark, reaching the peak in
January, 1865. Meanwhile both re
tail prices and wages had taken a
more gradual rise, the former then
standing at 165 in January and wa
ges being at 150.
In April, 1865, the war ended and
there came a sudden drop in whole
sale prices, which fell to 160 in July
of that year and then rallied to 180
by the end of the year. Retail prices
and wages continued a steady rise
rise throughout the year; not being
affected by the end of the war and
reached the respective levels of 170
and 165 at the end of 1865.
In the year following the close of
the wtn, or 1866, there was a mark
ed variation in the trend of the tim
es. Wholesale prices fluctuated rath
er violently but with a constant down
ward trend, and they continued this
downward course with occasional ve
ry sharp rallies for seven yeara fol
lowing the war, scoring a net loss
of from five to ten points a year,
until in 1872, just prior to the great
panic, they were at 130 or just 30
points above the pre-wa* figure.
If history is repeating itself the
man who denies himaelf useless lux
uries and puts his money in govern
ment securities or in other standard
investments will be on a sound fi
nancial basis when the present tro
ublesome days are over.
? MEETING OF AHOSKIE FOLKS ?
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* The racmberi of the apparent- *
* ly defunct Chamber of Con- *
* merce and other interested cit- *
* nan* of Ahoekia and vicinity ara *
* invited to moat at the Chamber *
* of CoBBorea room* on Friday *
* night, June 25th. Tha object of *
* tha meeting U to discuss tha pro- *
* posed extension of tha Welling- *
* lington and Powellsville Railroad *
* to Murfreaehoro; and to deter- *
* mine what part Ahoslrio is to have *
* in its promotion. *
* A delogetion of Mnrfraoshoro *
* citiaons, haadad by Hon. Stanley *
* Winborne, will bo bora to confer *
* with the local citizens and to as- *
* plain tha project. * '
* Everybody is invited and asked ? !
* to attend this moating, regardless *
?of affiliation with tha Chamber of * '
* Commerce. ' * j
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"THE WORLD AT COLUMBUS"
A six reel motion picture portray
ing Methodist Missions. The Century
Celebration 1819-1919 and the mar
velous Christian Pageant. "THE
WAYFARER."
Morfremboro, N. C., Wadutdtj, Ju
ly 7. ? P. M.
Winton, N. C., Thursday, July B,
at S P. M.
Admission: Adults, 40 e., children
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?advertisement.
FOR SALE?On roe Pigs, nine wmIii
old, eligible for registration, mother :
took first prise at County Fair.
Jno. A. Downs, Jr., Cofield, N. C.
Cray* Are Now Growing Fait
The lecal crops of corn, cotton,
peanuts and tobacco have taken on
renewed life during the past four
days. The refreshing rains and warm
sunshine haa wrought wonders on the
farm, and the soil is now looking that
familiar "green." In some sections
the rains have been excessive, and
farm work has been hindered.
And, in this connection, the Herald
again renews Its annual offer a free
subacrtptlon to the first cotton bloom
to be brought or mailed to this of
fice. However, we do not look for
any bfooms by July 4th. Cotton in
from ten days to two weeks late this
yaar. ? I
NORTH CAROLINA FARMER
KNOWS COTTON GRADES
A Bertie County farmer ia up on
cotton grades to such an extent that
even the cotton brokers in Norfolk |
abide his judgement.
Some months ago he sent to one of
these brokers three bales of cotton
of such good quality that he knew it!
could not grade less than middling.
At the same time he instructed him
to sell this-cotton for him as soon!
the spot market on middling reached
37 1-2 cents. In just a few days the t
Norfolk papers recorded the cotton
market as above this figure. He nat
urally expected to get returns from
his broker, showing that his cotton
had brought the price. But they did
not show up.
The farmer then wrote the broker
asking for an explanation. The re
ply that came back advised him that
his cotton didn't grade middling and
that it would riot be possible to get
the price which he had set. At this
juncture the aforesaid farmer proved I
both his knowledge of cotton and also
his good business sense by writing
the broker thus:
"Please return me my thre ba
les of cotton at once. I want to
see what has happended to it that
it does not now grade middling, !
for it surely was all of that when
it left the shipping point."
That farmer b*s not seen his cot
ton since and never will for, instead
of the broker shipping it back to him
he replied as follows:
"Enclosed please find my
check in full payment on the net
proceeds of three bales of mid
dling cotton as per the attached
staement.?Peanut Grower.
WINTON WAVELETTS
' Mrs. A. P. Hines and little son,
Frank, left last Thursday for Wallace
where they will spend a while.
Mr. Robert Vann, of the American
[Bank and Trust Company, Suffolk,
spent the week end at home.
Mr. F. M. Jenkins was in Murfrees
boro last Tuesday having dental work
done.
Miss Louise Vann of Goldsboro
came last Saturday morning to spend
a few days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Vann.
Mr. H. L. Miller, County Demon
stration' Agent, spent last Sunday in
Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Britton return
ed to their home in Baltimore Mon
day, after spending several weeks
with their parents, Mr. and Mra. N.
W. Britton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R, Jordan left to
day, Tuesday, for Norfolk where they
will spend a few day*.
Robert Bridger, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Bridger, ii now in the Sa
rah Leigh Hospital at Norfolk, where
he has a slight attack of the pleu
risy. He is reported to be getting
along nicely. His many friends wish
for him a soon recovery.
Mrs. Media Cowan from Norfolk
spent several days last week with her
daughter, Mrs. E. L. Jenkins.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Taylor and fam
ily have moved to Ocean View where
they will make their future home.
Winton has lost one of its best fam
ilies and they will be missed by all.
Mrs. J. H. Lee and daughter, Bessie
were in Norfolk Tuesday.
Miss Kate Liverman left last Tues
day for Suffolk. She will visit her
sister, Mrs. R. B. Hill.
Misses Lucille and Mabel Holloman
of Victoria, -Va., came l#st week to
visit their cousin, Miss Eitelle Clark.
Misa Mary Bridger is visiting her
friend, in Suffolk, MisA Margaret
Blount. *
Several of our young people attend
ed a play given in Ahoskie last Fri
day night, by the Woodland talent.
Mr. Clyde Northcott of the C. A R.
Telephone Company was in Winton
Monday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Mustian are
visiting in Enfleld at this writing.
Mr. Garland Hale, who has been
at home with his parents for the past
twelve days vacation, returned to his
work at the Naval Base last Sunday.
Miss Thelma Mitchell left last Tues
day for A. A E. College, where she
will attend the summer school.
Mr. Joash Rhoads and little Mar
tha Carr Eley spent last week in the
town of Washington, with Mrs, W.
J. Rhoads.
Mr. J. A. Northcott, Jr., from Nor
folk spent last week end with hi*
parents here.
Mrs. J. N. Clark spent several day*
in Norfolk last week. ? .
ARGENTINA HAS AN
ABUNDANCE OF SU
GAR FOR EXPORT
Portland, Ore., June 20.-United
States sugar-that is, Cuban sugar
is being sold by North americans in
Brazil for less than seven cents a
pound and Argentine sugar, which
could be delivered in Seattle, Portland
and other coast cities for ten cents a
pound, is being held out of the Unted
States market.
This charge was made at the cham
ber of commerce foreign trade bu
reau by Julio Hingot, a representative
of the Argentine ambassador to the
United states, who is in America to
investigate trade possibilities between
Puget Sound and Argentina.
- "There is plenty of sugar in Argen
tina at seven cents," said Mr. Hingot.
"We have had hard work getting rid
of it, although it is of the same qual
ity as the sugar sold in the United
States.
"Americans are conducting a price
war in Brazil, which is an Argentine
dealers ^id when I left Argentina
you could buy a kilo of #ogac-about
three pounds-for twenty cents.
"We have been told in Argentina
that we could not find a market in
the United States fpr our sugar be
cause Cuba is much nearer. The sugar
plantations of Argentina can produce
great amounts of sugar, and although
there is a slightly better demand for
it than three years ago, when we
could not compete even in South
America because we were undersold,
we have lots to sell and can deliver
it on the Pacific seaboard, of the
United States for ten cents a pound.
"We have in Argentina a surplus of
62,164 long tons of 2,204 pounds,
from the 1919 crop, and our produc
tion this year will be 250,000 long
tons.
"Aside from the apparent American
effort to keep Argentine sugar out of
the United States, there has been an
embargo in that country against ita
export It was lifted only recently."
Portland Oregoian
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Enjoyable Picnic by the Sunday
School Class of M. E. Church.
(Reported for the Herald)
On Tuesday afternoon, while others
were enjoying the flights in the ae
roplane, twelve of the class went for
a picnic to Colerain. They Teached
the beach about 5 o'clock, just as the
late afternoon sun made such a won
derful glow upon the water. Believe
me, the water was fine. Sojpe bathed
while others strolled on the beach
near the shore.
A beautiful feast was spread, con
sisting of chicken, ham, cheese and
other sandwiches, with ice cold lemon
ade, cake, pickles, and chocolates to
match?good enough for king. We
all did it justice. We were very sor
ry that othar ?mbw of the c
were disappointed.
There were ways planned for all
to go, but through some confusion
lome were left, to our regret, as it
would have been pleasanter if they
could have gone Everyone express- .
ed a word of gratitude for the pleas
ant time we had.
A member of the party.
MorriMB and Gardner Will Debate
* Hon. Cameron Morrison, candidate
for Governor, in a speech made last
Saturday, challenged his opponent, O.
Max Gardner, for debate, at any
place and on any date. Mr. Gard
ner replied Monday by accepting the
challenge "without reservation; to ask
and to give no quarter.' In lieu of
the challenge and the acceptance, the
managers of the two gentlemen met
on Tuesday and arranged a joint de
bate between the two candidates, to
take place, in the Raleigh auditorium
Monday night, June 28th.
AV>ng what lines the debate will
be waged will not be known until the
two line up against one another on
Monday night; but, judging from the
charges and coiinter charges that have
been made during the past ten days,
it is safe to assume that the speechify
ing will, at least, be entertaining, as
much as the (arty leaders had hoped
Doubtless a large crowd from all
parta of the State will be on hand for
the debate. Editor J. Roy Parker
expects to be on hand.
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Rev. A. P. Muetian filled his regu
, lar appointment at the Baptist Church
last Sunday moraine.
WORK OF ORGANIZ1N
PEANUT EXCHANGE
MAKING PROGRESS
"Everybody is signing the contract"
is the report that comes from South
ampton County, Virginia, where an
intensive campaign is being pushed
for members of the Co-operative
Peanut Exchange of Virginia and
North Carolina. Already more than
500 growers in that country hav?
signed the seven-year contract and
the campaign is hardly half over.
So far only two out of seven dis
tricts in the county have been cloaely
worked and still much remains to
done in even this limited territory.
In each of thes dfctricta more than
100 subscribers have been secured.
These signers represent more than
66 per cent of the growers and at
least eighty per cent of the peanuts
in the territory, which has been tho
roughly worked.
The progress of the campaign in .
Southhampton so far clearly indi
cates that this largest of the peanut
growing counties in Virginia and
North Carolina is going well above
the minium of 50 per cent of the pea
nuts grown in 1919, which is necee
sary in order to perfect the organi
zation. The significance of this
statement can be more fully apprec
iated when it is taken into consider
ation that Southampton growers
160,000 more bags of peanuta than
any other country in yie two Statee.
one-sixth of all the peanuta grown in
Virginia and North Carolina are gro
wn in this one country, which now
promises to sign up growers repre
senting more than one-fifth of the
whole crop.
It will require the whole of this
week or longer to coenplete the can?
aign in Southaiqpton. Then North
hampton County, North Carolina,
wil be taken next. Aditional work
ers wil be added so as to puah the ca
mpaign, which will be conduAed in
every peanut-growing county the
campaign thus far is tha( (here ie
now but little opposition to the long
term contract for seven years. The
growers are taking the sensible view
that it is necesary for the contract to
be for a period of years in order to
make possible the organisation of
the Exchange op such a large scale
as will give it control of more than
half of the peanuta grown in these
two States. They are- now saying
this contract is simply good business
and that it must be this way.
The fine progrees that has been
made so far in the securing of sig
ners to the contract for the enlarged
peanut exchange practially assures
that the organisation wil be perfected
Every additional grower who signs
meaps one more chance for ita success
Each grower, as he signs, names the
ten bucks he planks down as the firtt
payment on his share of common
stocks as an organization fee. And
these growers are doing this right
along, as they have com* to know that
it takaa money to perfect their orga
nisation, and also that they cannot
be called on for another payment on
their share of common stocks uptil
the required number of growers has
signed up.
The attention of our readers is
called to the ha tf-page advertisement
of the Virginia-jParolina Co-operatfve
Peanut Exchange in this issue. This
advertisement contains much infbr
mation in regard to the hew and en
larged exchange, which is now being
organised by the peanut growers of
Virginia and North Carolina, and
should be of interest to every peanut
grower and **"?>- **,. LjH
caries with it a coupon, which growers
are urged to fill oat and send in a*
that full information iiv regard to
this organisation,^~~wM^i promisee
so much for the development of these
two States, may be obtained.
There is also contained in this
issue a report of the fine prngrps
that is being made in perfecting the
new organisation. The Board at
Directors of the present Exchange
are so determined tBat the organis
ation of the enlarged exchange for
the purpose of erecting warehouses
and cleaning peanuts shall be per
fected, that they have arranged with
each county paper in the peanut
growing counties for a large amount
of space each week for the ne*t
several weeks, ia order that every
grower may keep In touch wKh this
organisation work.
HI ^eickly relieve* Coaatipatiea,
?iU*?e**?. U** ?* Appetite
He^aeke. *- ?? Te*pU ??,