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Volume XL Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, July 16, 1920 One Section No. 14
t WHAT IS THE MATTER
WITH PEANUTS?AN
ATTEMPTED ANSWER
Mr. John Kmc, Pwut Mas of
Suffolk Attempts to Girt
Trouble.
This question hms been put op to
mc to many times recently by farmer*
sod dealers in peanuts to solve that
I have attempted to give my view*
or to solve this problem as best I can.
We can grow and harvest enough
peanuts in the United States since
Ci-oigia, South Carolina, Lxiuisana,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and Plor
ida and a few other southern states
account of the boll weevil having in
fested their lands to destroy the cot
ton crop to supply this country but
we cannot consume a]I the peanuts
grown in China, Japan. Java and al
most the entire Orient.
Our trade up to February were ta
king all the peanuts the dealers ct Bid
supply at a fair price, and the dealers
were paying the farmers ten cents
for their peanuts. Since that time
they hare dumped enough foreign
peanuts in the Coast to supply the
United States without using a bag of
domestic stock. Tkey are selling
them about Are cents per pound laas
than the price of our home grown
nuts. The dealers could not interest
the trade, only by- cutting the price
about one cent per pound above the
price of foreign nuts.
I have heard that foreign nuts could
not take the place aa a substitute
for our home grown product but I
have lived long enough to find out
this is a great mistake. You cannot
put this over on the trade any mors.
The yhave tried them out and you
know proof of the pudding is tasting
it.
You remember last year the Gov
ernment placed an embargo on forei
gn peanut* to get the ihipe to use la
the program of the war with Europe.
This kept them out and yon will re
^ member that a large portion of the
farmers sold their peanuts for Welve
and one half cents. This was the
highest price ever paid since my thir
years experience withh the marketing
of peanuts.
The embargo was not lifted in time
for peanuts from the other side to
enter during last season; consequently
peanuts started up laat November at
ten cents and remained a tthis price
until they began to receive large sup
plies from China, Japan, etc., on the
Pacific Coast.
If you are familiar with the Gov
ernment reports of the arrivals for
the past five months you will under
stand Whs tis the Matter with Pea
nuts, as well as what is going t? be
the trouble with the sale aad price
of peanuts in the futare.
This is the most serious proposition
the farmer hu to solve now. I be
lieve in layiny the axe at the iwt mt
the tree and not criticise the cleaner
for not paying more for peanuts. Go
after jour Congressman and other
. representatives and pat man in tflce
regardless of party who will protect
the Gooae that Lays the Golden Mon
ths farmer. Pat men in office that
.will protect your home grown pro
duct* instead of going there now to
male* appropriations to create heavy
taxes, to employ an agricultural agent
to send down to yon aa a farm de
monstrator from a hot house in Wash
ington that never walked behind a
mole and ploughed a furrow. Leave
this to the farmer. Treat him right
and he will feed the country. He1
doeent ask yon to shorten his hoars '
of labor. He will work for yon 18 |
hoars oat of twenty fapr and raise I
enough food and clothing to feed this
country. If you will give him a show.
Don't elect governors in your State
or Congressmen to Washington to
give the laboring men shorter time ;
and more pay, or to say to the farmer '
when the country bagins to clamor |
against profiteering that yen have cot
to reduce the price of your eon, ha-j
con, wheat, eggs, ate., so theae peo
' pie in the towns and eitlee can hay
food cheaper: so that they can save
a part of that tan or fifteen dollars
they gat for sfat hears wait so the*
can have something loft to ride la his
now four thousand dollar aitaaaMU
while you are working from son to
ran si* days -hr the Week and Walk
V * ? ' V-'.
or drive a male to charch on Sunday.
1 toil yon that it is time the farmer
sat up and took notice. Yob hare
the opportunity in your handa and
yon can make some of these fellows
who are leaving the farms to go to
the cities to set a pace -for yon to
feel the pangs of a hungry stomach.
Yon can say to those follows that toll
you you most raise more food you
must bay more Ugh priced fertiliser
and pay $S par day for labor.and
raise a big crop to food the world
at an awfully Ugh east, and when yon
have worked eighteen hours per day
and taken your (iris oat to school
to help raise this crop, and at the
harvest time yoa are confronted with
big arrivals of peanuts and other nuts
used for food from foreign countries
to cut the price of yoar crop, which
yoa have labored so hard to grow.
Yon could then say the next yoar
to those fellows, I will only grow
enough hog and hominy for me and
my wife, my son John and his wife.
We four and no mora.
The farmer has no sach desire. He
has always been loyal to Us country.
When the call of war came who re
sponded? The farmer's son. Who
received the honors for bravery T The
farmer's son. Did the world suffer
for food? No. The farmer took his
girl children with their fresh and their
yoathfal beauty to the field to help
save the world from hunger.
Put a tariff on peanuts and other
food products sufficient to keep out
foreign competition. Encourage the
dseasar and he will fead yoa and nev
er complain over the long hoars ho
has to work. I hear so much now
from aoan? aspirants for office a boat
"back to the constitution", back to
personal priveieges, that I cannot bat
think they had better hollow back
to the farmers before we perish.
He doesn't want you to-give them
prireMt. distilling his apples in the
brandy. He can sell the best grade
for food and grind up the inferior
grades into vinegar. I ampaying $1
per gallon for vinegar and the farmer
is satisfied with this price. They do
not import vinegar from Japan and
China; but Peanuts Galore.
I am not a politician,, neither am
I seeking office. I am a farmer rais
ing peanuts, cotton, tobacco, hog and
hominy to the extent of five farm*
and I am in a position to knqw just
where the shee pinches. 1 am also
supposed to have been a peanut clean
er but Japan and China have put me
out of this line.
I believe I can safely predict that
unless a tariff sufficient to keep the
foreign peanuts from being imported
in the near future the farmers will
stop planting them entirely and yon
will then have to eat peanuts from
some other country.
I hope the farmers will begin at
onee to realise the importance of pro
testing his interest against the dump
ings of foreign countries.
JOHN KING.
Mfolk, Va.
Kemestber the Herald ,to pay your
EX-SERVICE MEN j
WILL MEET HERE
Ap a? ??nh? ami (wkitas) of
Hartford County an aakod to moot
in Akoalua oa Friday aftaraooa. Jo
ly Mtk., at half past tkroo ?'?lack.
TIm purym of tka mooting U to farm
a Canty Pact af tba Amaricaa Lo
tion. Akoalua aad Wiatoa balk bad
mada praparatioaa to orgaalaa a Port
kat upon conaultatioa at Abaabia aa
Tua?day ni(kt, it waa docidod to eo
oporata aaJ tkoroky araata a largo r
aad kat tar Paat, campaaW af tka for
mor aarvica aai af tka aatira coun
ty. A ckartar kaa alroady boon ob
taiaod aad tka parpoaa af tka Mat
ia? at tkat tinao will ko to alact par
manant ifciri aad dactding upoa tka
laaatioa af tka panuaaat boadquar
tara af tka Hartford Caaaty Past.
Erary fanaar aorriao au akoold
maka arraagaaaata to ka oa kaad at
that tima aad ? liat yaar support in
aa organisation tkat will davolop into
uaafalaoaa aad probably hacoma wall
wortk tka offart.
Da aot forgot tka data wkick ia oa
Friday aftarmooa, July 30, at Akoa
Iria.
PROMINENT DOCTOR
FINED FOR VIOLATING
SANITARY LAW
Raleigh, July 12.?A* a result of
investigation and prosecution by the
State Board of Health Dr. J. E.
Brooks of Blowing Rock has been con
victed in five cases for failure to
vital statistics law. In the first case
a fine of five dolars was imposed and
in the four succeeding cases a fine
of ten dollars in each instance" was
imposed, making a total of forty-five
dollars in addition to the court costs.
The law requires the prompt report
ing of both births and deaths. The
attention of Dr. Brooks was called
to the fact that he had failed to file
the necessary birth certificates in the
cases mentioned but no response was
received by the state vital statistics
registrar. The prosecution followed.
. Dr. Brooks is one of the most prom
inent physicians in the state, a man
who has played a leading part in the
state medical society. He was for
merly superintendent of the State san
itorium for the treatment of tubercu
losis,' and has been appointed whole
time health officer for Chatham coun
ty, the latest county in the state to
inaugurate a whole time health de
partment.
Commenting- on this and other re
cent prestations instigated by the
State Board of Health Dr. W. S. Ran
kin, state health officer said:
"The laws with regard to the ac
curate keeping of vital statistics and
the prompt reporting of contagions
diseases are fundamental in health
work. Their enforcement is a duty
imposed apon the State Board of the
Health, and the board intends to con
tinue its policy of making persecu
tions when other methods of secur
ing compliance with the law fails. In
this the board is no respecter of per
sons. While there is no personal
feeling against these health officials
which are brought into court by this
department, at the same time more
good is accomplished through the con
viction of some prominent citizen wh
is a leader in his community or sec
tion of the state than in the ease of
a more humble defendant. The en
tire purpose of the prosecutions that
were brought by this department is to
give warning and thereby deter others
from violations o fthe law. It is for
this reason that publicity is gvien to
convictions secured."
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MANY WOMEN EXPECT
TO GO TO FARM CON
VENTION IN AUGUST
More women are expected to at
' tend the Farm Convention on August
| 24, 26, and 26, this year than ever
j before, according to reports reaching
j Miss Myrtle Swindell, County Home
Demonstrator of Hertford County.
Preliminary announcements about the
women's convention tell of a program
of demonstrations including: baking
cake in a fire less cooler; making of
a gingham hat; how to fit a waist pat
tern; and the use of washing machin
es.
Among out of state speakers: Dr.
Buby Green Smith, leader of the suc
cessful home bureaus in New York
State, Will tell of the way home bu
reaus are helping to solve community
problems and brighten farm homes in
that State, and how they' are organis
ed. Discussions will be held on the
question of merging county councils
into state federation at this conven
tion.
The problem of household budgets,
a live one in these days of h. c. 1., will
becovered in talks and discussions
by Miss Mulligan of Converse College
South Carolina.
"Plan now to go for three days
and you can look forward to a real
treat/' says Miss Swindell, who would
like to see Hertford County well rep
resented at this Convention in view
of the plans that will be developed
for a live state-wide organisation of
farm women.
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Winton Coaamuaity Club EattrUiaa
the Cou.tr Suantr School t
Tuesday evening the ladies of Win
ton gave a moat delightful picnic to
the teachen attending the County
Summer School. At six o'clock a
large number of children accompanied
by their parenta arrived at the Win
ton Park and began spreading what
proved to be one of the moat beauti
ful spreads that the picnic table haa
ever had. The guesta watched the
unpacking of the numerous boxes and
baskets until an enormous appetite
waa created and when the summons
to supper waa made all were eager
to partake of thia splendid meal.
After sapper gamea of "Ye Olden
Times" began and some joined the
singing and kept time as they circled
around in the Ring Plays, while oth
ers chaaed the children in dropping
the handkerchief.
Aa night came on the little chil
dren became quiet aa mice, wihle Mr*.
Brooks, of Elisabeth City, one of the
Summer School inartuotors told the
wonderful stories to then. They beg
ged for another and another antil
Mrs. Brooks summoned others to her
relief; then followed the cammunity
singing led by Ma A. P. Mustian
to which a whole hearted response
waa made by the grown ape. By this
time the little tots were getting so
aleepy that they scarcely beard the
words of appreciation Miss Mina Hol
loman, a summer achool inatroctor,
who spoke in behalf of the teachers
for the hospitality extended tL?u on
thia occasion.
Thia marka the beginning of oar
picnic season at the park and we hope
the good time enjoyed at that even
ing may be repeated many times dar
ing the eammer.
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Gmnwr Settles Strike.
Raleigh, July 14.?Governor Bick
ett has never been more succeeaful
in handling aa industrial dispute than
he waa ia the recant troubles at Lan
dia, Rowan County where he went
last week for the purpose of confer
ring with the disputants in the cotton
mill strike. While the Governor In
all other industrial disputes which the
has handled took the side of the labor
ers, he found that labor waa at fault
at Landig, and told the strikers and
pickateera that they had no right to
interfere with other people who wan
ted to work.
Likewise the Governor told the
pickets that if they persisted in dis
turbing people who wanted to work
would use every power of the state
to protect the people who wanted to
work. The result of this very plain
Aetyr waa that picketing stopped and
tiie mills have feauftied iteration ia
full.
MOBILE SCHOOL WILL
BE HELD AT CHOWAN
COLLEGE NEXT WEEK ,
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Murf reeaboro, July 15.?Chowan
! College is fortunate in being chosen
ifor one of the places at which one
of tit* Mobile Schools will be held.
It is greatly to the advantage of the 1
people of oar section to be able to
attencT these schools and they will
no doubt show their appreciation by
a full attendance.
The Host of the school. President
Preston S. Vann, is at present very
busy directing the remodeling of the
College. In addition he has a tho
rough canvass on, yet he has the Mo
bile School on his heart and purposes
to give it every attention in his pow
?
It is the regret of Professor Vann
however, that the guests of the col
lege will at this time have to undergo
many inconveniences; but we feel
sure that these inconveniences will
be a joy to these good friends of the
school when they see their great in
stitution taking on renewed life.
The Mobile School for the West
Chowan Association will be held in
Chowan College, July 19-28. Each
Baptist Church in the Association is
expected to send several of its key
men and women to this school.
The faculty of the school is as fol
lows:
Pres. Preston S. Vann, Host.
Julius W. Whitley, Deaa.
Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, Preacher,
i Revs. J. E Kirk, J. M. Arnette,
IR B. Lineberry and W. H. Hollowell;
and Mrs. Preston S. Vann.
The expenses of the school will bs
one dollar per day for lodging and
board. Meals without lodging will
be only 50c. each. Each perso* will
be expected to furnish their own bed
t linen, towels, etc.
We appeal to you brother prittors
to come and bring with you some of
your key men and wemen from each
of your churches. We owe this ser
vice to the State Mission Board and
we are sure that you as a pastor will
, be ready and glad to render it.
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Sana Teachers Employed ud Ltker
? lory Beim| AjJeJ to School.
Seven teacher*, including the prin- <
cipel, Mr. Wrfeht, have been elected i
for the ensuing term of the Ahoakie I
| High School. Other applications are 1
now in the hands of the trustee! and '
tare receiving consideration. There
! are now four vacancies, as the faculty '
I for the approaching season has been '
enlarged to include eleven instructors
Including the principal. The names 1
i of the teachers already employed are
not available at this office, but it is j
generally known that those that have '1
been employed are experienced and 1
well qualified teachers.
Work will also goon begin on the J
new science laboratory which wil] be
added before the opening of the next '
session in September. This laborato
ry is a part of the equipment that is
nscessary in order to make the local 1
school a fully accredited A1 high '
school. This was the aim of the true- r
tees at the closing of the last session. I
and they have not let up in their firm '
determination to carry out that pro- '
gram la time for the opening of the
next term.
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Little Tuaie Phelpa Entertain Parly j
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On Monday afternoon from 4 to I
? o'clock, little Min Tad* PWelpe .
entertained some of her friends at the i
heme of her parents, Mr. and Mn. <
K. L. Phelps, on Church Street, In ,1
| honor of her 9th birthday. i
The russts were received by the
little hostess and Invited Into the tid
ing room where the numerous pres
ent* were displayed. They played
several games which they 4)1 enjoyed.
A post office contest was next entered '
into and two prises war* given, Jes- 1
sis Harrell Mitchell winning the first 1
prise and Nancy Green the beofcy. 1
They next were invited Into tfca din- '
in ft room where refreshment* were
served.
The guests were: Misses Naaey
Green, Nellie Mae Baker, Ernestine
Hsyes, Leonora Applebaum, Easily j
Samner, Louise Mitchell, Helen Ben- I
thail, Roth Jernigan. Iris Bellamy.
Jessie Harrell Mitchell, Thehna New
some and Martha Vaan FloyC
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PEANUT GROWERS ARE
SIGNING CONTRACT
MORE FREELY NOW
Southampton County in Virgin
it H? PvnuslMd 800
800 uglier* in the first county can
vassed is the fine record of the peanut
growers of Virginia and North Caro
lina in their effort* to perfect the or
ganization of the Co-operative Pea
nut Exchange for the purpoee of the
cleaning of peanute, and marketing
them. This splendid showing for the
county of Southampton, Virginia, not
only give* that county the distinction
of fumiahing Mi full quota of sign
ers, but practically assures the success
of this organization movement. The
800 growers easily represent in their
own names more than SO per cent
of the peanuts grown in that county
in 1919, and readily control a mucB
larger per cent The quantity of the
peanuts represented by this large
number of signers is more than 200,
000 bags, or one-sixth of the total
number of bags it will be neceesary
for the Exchange to get in order to
have control of the peanuts grown in
these two States. The additional
growers who will come in from time
to time win probably bring the total
number of Southampton signets up
to one-fifth of the 1919 crop.
The next county to be canvassed
in this intensive tounty-to-county
campaign will be Northampton, North
Carolina. The campaign in that eoun
ty will begin Saturday, July 17, and
will be pushed even more vigorously
than that in Southampton, a* the Ex
change is arranging additional work
ers to assist in the future campaigns.
Northampton is one of the lsrgeet pea
nut-growing counties in the two sta
tes and the growers of that county
have beea aAn in behalf of the Ex
change. At a meeting recently held
at Jackson 2 Oout of SO grower* sign
ed the contract. J. B. Stephenson,
president of the Bank of Severn, is
Northampton's member of the board
of director*.
In the conduct of these intensive
campaign! for signer* special empha
sis is Miac given to the prevision that
the contract does not become effective
till growers representing SO per cent
of the 191-9 crop have signed it. As
it would be impossible to secure so
Wgh a percentage without the coopers
tion of the larger growers, this insu
res men of large and successful bus
iness experience on the Board of Di
rectors to direct the affairs of the
Exchange. It also assures large amt.
of working capital, as the real capi
tal in the peanut inlustry is the pea
nuts themselves. In addition to the
sssuraaeee of men and money, the
two big factors in the making of a
?uccsasful organisation, this provis
ion will also give the peaaat growers
through their oganiiation the control
>f their peanuts to such an extent
?a will make it poesib]e for prices to
ba stabilised.
The contract whieh the growers are
ligning so readily is baaed on the
California plan of pooling products /
For a period of years and makeajit
compulsory for the growers who 4*
t, to sell their peanuts through the
Exchange for seven years. The read .
ness with which the growers are now
ilgning Is proving a gnat surprise
m even experienced agriemltural work
irs and only emphasises the grm/
ieed on the part of the grown '
some together man to man in a str
lelf-protection.
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