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Hertford County Herald ?? ' A HERTFORD COUNTrf^ A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XI. Eight Paget Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, July 23, 1920 One Section No. IS STATE'S NEWS OE THE WEEK f Raleigh N. C. July tl One man *u killed and two were woun ded when the machine gun company of Durham, guarding negro prisoner* in the Graham, Alamance county Jail, fired oa a mob which had fired on the jail en Monday night. The machine gunners were sent to Graham on Sunday in response to a telegram from Alimaiee county officials who ?aid that a mob of several thousand people were threatening to lynch three negroes under arrant for assau lting Mrs. A. A. Riddle a white woman living in the outskirts of the town. The assault was committed on Satur day night, and the arrest of three ne groes as suspects followed on San day morning, whan bloodhounds were ?sod to track thank The officers are by no means sure that they have the right negroes. * The appearance of the militanem on 8unday afternoon in all probability forestalled violence Sunday night. AU was quite Sunday and Sunday nig ht except for the crowd if poctan rs. Monday brought on new demstra tions, but Monday nyrht about fifty wasked men approached he .tail and begun firing. They attacked from all I aides and several of the bull its n: rro wly missed the soldiers >a luty ? t the Jail. Orders had bean giveo ly Gov ernor Bickett that the yris ? zs ''Kit be protected and in response to these ?rders Captain Marion B. Fowler ordered his man to fire back at the mob. The result was that Jim Ray, a spectator and tiro other men who wefo also onlookers were'Mr.iHc by the bullets, Ray was killed. ? The tram for which tho negroes are jailed was a raaligan om. Acco rding to the story told by i?ightx rs, ? masked negro approached the Rid dle home, when Mrs. Riddle % as en the front porch. Throwing -t ? or in her face he negro ordered he woman back into the houae. Sh.i 1.la ' adly frightened and ran back into th* : ooin 'bat was arable to prevent .s i egro following her. Following her- ? oin plete collapse the negro made a get 4way. Bloodhounds were put on the trail at 6 o'clock next morr-ng and the result of the chase was tho arrest of thrte negroes who were placed in jail Mrs. Riddle has not yet been ahle to iadentify her assailant, and the sheriff is awaiting her recovery before hold ing the preliminary trial. Three negroes, Denniston Veasley George Troxler and Arthur lee, un der arrest at Graham on suspicion in connection with the assauR on Mrs. A. A. Riddle Saturday night, were brought to the State Penitentiary on orders of General Metts early Tues day morning. The trip waa made on . special train from Graham ? -. COMMITTEES MEET Governor Bickett baa called a mee ting of the sob wllliiiis of finar and appropriations of the house and senate to meet here on Auguat S, oae week before the convening of the special seccion, for the purpose of ( preparing bills covering the tax re- 1 form program to bo completed at the aaacial session. n? committe will work with the las | commission in getting these bills ready for the special session so that they may be introduced early in the aeaaion. Three dills will be prepar ed. They are:?1?The bill fixing the new tax rate much lower than the old one. 2?The bill to submit a constitutional amendment to lower the limitation of taxation from M 2-S cents, and S?The, bill for the in-. come tax amendment. RAIN AND CROPS While tho excessive rains of tke past two weeks have undoubtedly damaged crops in all section* of the state to a certain extant, the reports of this damage have not yet reached \ the crop reporter here. His test Be part submitted this week shows that all growing crepe -are in fair eendi- < ti?*i, with cotton about normal <f? sptte the bad start it had. Ttos are i about half a million acres plaatsd i la totton, on* and a half million in I tobacco aad thro* million In mm. i Should tho heavy rains continue I froai floods ia tke aastera part of the i state, says the authorities. DEMOCRATS OPEN OPPICES The democratic executive cqauait 1 SPECIAL REPORT BY FRANK IPARKER July 17th: The crop* of this (ac tion of North Carolina hava improv ed remarkably even though they arc ?till late, after the late winter and diacourging weather conditions dur ing tha spring. The Jane crop con dition improved seven per cent as the weather was very favorable excepting far some spotted hail hit sections. The crop forcast is favorable at pre sent aa announced by the state's Co operative Crop Reporting Service at Raleigh, N. C. Hertford County has SO,040 acres of corn or 101 per cent compared with laat year, ansiaglag 88 per c< in condition. The tobacco crop av erages 80 per cent in condition. The aceree are estimated to be 114 per cent of the 1919 crop, and cotton is reported to be 18,870 acres, or 95 per cent of the 1919 and condition <0 per cent. The condition of the wheat crop at harvest was 99 per cent of normal. ( The North Carolina corn acreage this year is four per cent below last year's and indicatea 89 par cent of a full crop prospect. The forecasted fifty-seven million bushels produc tion is three per cent better than was made last fall. The present fans price is $2.27 per bushel or 82 cents more than a year ago. The United States acreage la slitely incrsassd from laat year bat the present con dition of the crop forecasts five per cent lees production. , , The state's cotton crop acreage ia perhaps increased slightly with a 72 per ceat condMa*. This was nin per cent lower than it was a year ago. The improvement daring June was four per cent. The hail swept section around Lenoir county suffered heav sly. The South'* crop showed one Kceot increased acreage, 71 par t condition, the Must aa last year, but the ertp improved during June from the lowest condition on record to the extent of over eight par cant. l>e present condition it (lightly ab ove the ten year average. ' The tobacco crop that pot as to the front and brought ao much weal th into northern and eastern Caroli na is increased live to six per cent in acreage with a condition of 80 per cent of a full crop. This means that we have a good crop prospect and if prices hold up, we will have anoth er high rank {n the crop's value. Per haps we may yet convince Kentucky of the importance of the crop in this state, since we are Increasing the last year's acreage which surpased hr's The value of last year's sales were cer tified to by western buyers as aggre gating mofe than those of our rival. Our certified producer's salea amoun ted to fourteen millions of pounds more than the production that was of-. ficiaHy estimated A dollar bill last o Death of Mrs. Wyaa. Mrs. Wynn, wife of Mr. Thomas Wynn died at her home on the even ing of July 18th, at 8 o'clock. She ms in her 6* year. Funeral services srere held at the Baptist Church at; Barleys the afternoon of July 19th, kt 3 :S0 o'clock by Rev. Fred A. Col lins. WANTED II I ?? A bright young lady is desired for Lhe position of operator of the Mur freesboro telephone exchange. Pos ition from September ls\ 1920, bat employment desired aa soon aa poss ibls so that aha may be made famlliai with her duties before September. Ad drees, .or see, Manager, United Telephone Co., Murfreesboro, N. C. ? Aabav-Tiea is a great pais hitler. |l relieves peia sad msswi sawed by Rheaasatisai, Neuralgia, Spraias. Adv. For sale by (ope land Dn* Co, A boa Ida, M. C. Ma will opeft campaign headquarters in Raleigh about August 1st, accord ing to announcement made by Chair man Tom Warren, whe spent a por tion of tk? week he**. Mr. Warren baa been looking for suitable ofllee ?face, but so far has not foun* at Bees. He expects to return h^je soon nd complete srrsngsments for open ing the hesdquarters for the cam HUGE AUCTION SALE A GREAT SUCCESS The Walter and Gurley Auction i Company, of Kinston, on la*t Thar- | ?day, July 15th., conducted perhaps j the largest, auction aale ever made in this section of North Carolina. On that date they sold (or the heirs of , the late W. f. Taylor, of Winton, I the entire estate of the deceased, which consisted of* several city lots, several farms, a large barren heading mil in Winton, 'a tug boat "Lillian", j nd much personal property, including blocks of shares in several corporation . ef North Carolina and Virginia. Alto gether the total ran high up into the thousanda. Every single article sold at this ; suction sale reeived a handsome fig- j are, and the heirs were pleased with ' the outcome of the sale, as conducted by the Walter and Gurley Co., which . has made for its self an enviable { record in this section of the State, for the many successful sales they have held. Mr. McNeeley, personal represen tative of this well known company, states that he has Just landed another contract for a large sale to be conduc ted some time in the near future, an announcement of which will be car ried in the Herald. Mr. McNeeley has-been making his headquarters in Ahoskie for several months; and he will continue to reside here, his head quarters being at the Manhattan Hotel. o SUCCESS WITH SWEET POTATOES Growing the Main Crap From Via. Cuttisfi * __ . In sweet potato regions south of Virginia the main crop is very often grown from* Tina catting*. The me thod or practice in these regions, Nor th Carolina included, does not vary considerably. First, an area equiv alent to about one- sixth of the land alloted to the crop is set to slips or draws. When these plants begin to "vine" or "run", cuttings 12 to 16 inches long are Men to set the rerr ainder of the crop. Some reputable growers heel-in their cuttings for a few days before planting in a trench, keeping them sheltered and watered. This encour ages the roots to make a quick grow th and consequently the cuttings start off more rapidly and vigorously when planted in. the field. However, if cut tings are fully protected from wilt ing, the planting may be made direct ly with little probability of failure. Plant cuttings four to five inches deep, leaving two Joints out of the ground; firm the -soil around the cut tings to insure good contact with the soil particles and consequently quick er abeorption of soil moisture. Begin cultivation at once. The advantages realized from plant ' ing vine-cuttings are: 1. Seed saving. Less sded need i be bedded than if the crop were i planted entirely from draws. 2. A disease-free seed stock for , bedding the following season is pra- - ctically assured, provided:?no cut tings showing dis-coloration of the , stem when cut, or that may be sus- i petted of being unsound in any way, are planted. The only disadvantage from this i practice is that the yield from draws I or slips, which are cut severely to i ?apply vine cuttings for planting the main crop, is very materially lower ad.?Extension Service. UNIONS PREPARE. TO DEMAN* |1 JU AM HOUR FOR MEMBER* Gfcleago.?Thirty throe ?tts earn nrtatas the 0kJea?o balldtag tsade* roaadl are preparlap le teiasad $1.21 an hear tor tfcetr members, tneteid ol the eoe dollar rata adapted last tall, salon officials aaaomaeed international conference it planned on agriculture Washington?-FlaAs tor an takwoe ttoaal "ooaferanoe ea agriculture war* revived at the qsiIRi at Ike Ma. tlonal board of r*rm Organisations at wktek mom thaa thirty agrlMNaral Mies war* wMiiilit ?.?. , * ,, ' . NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. GIVES SUPPORT The Northampton County camp aign for signers to the EXCHANGE contract opened Saturday with * rec ord-breaking meeting at Conway that afternoon, when 4g growers signed in addition to the 11 growers who had signed in the morning. -Meeting at Woodland and Rich Square the same afternoon also netted additional sig ners and showed 'a marked interest on the part of the peanut growers in this great forward movement. Northampton now has about 100 growers who have signed the contract. and indications are moat favorable for her going Southampton one better though that county is still signing them up. Now that the total number of signers has passed the 1000 mark the campaign is getting a momentum that will make for its finftl success. Arrangements are now about perfect ed for some additional men to assist in carrying on the canvass for signers and there will be more activity incon dacting this canvass for signers. A marked feature of this effort on the part of the peanut growers to organise their Exchange on the basis of the California plan is the widespread attention it is attracting. Many letters of congratulation on the progress that it is making are coming in from leading agricultural workers in various sections of this country. The eyes of the business world are on the peanut growers in their efforts to perfect a co-operative system for the better marketing for their -peanuts. Should they succeed, in their efforts, as they unquestionably will, the grow ers of other products will also organ iz?. The peanut growers of Virginia and North Carolina are heartlyin ac cord with the movement to secure a tariff on peanota and will do their ful part tar that and. But they are right on forward with their organisation work so that whether they secure a higher duty on peanuts or not, they will have that protection that comes from organised efforts. POWELLSVILLE NEWS. Mrs. W. S. Taylor who has bean visiting her daughter Mrs. J. R. Phel ps. returned home last Sunday. Dr. L. A. Nowell was called to see John C. Britton Saturday. Messers L. R, Seuoms. W. S. Tay lor. S. W. McKeel, Mesdames C. C. Mitchell, S. W. McKeel L. R. Sessoms and Misi Mary Overton attended the Quarterly Conference at Lewiston Saturday. Mr and Mrs J. W. Tayloe and Miss Hat tie Tayloe ware visitors at Merry Hill last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Clyde Harrell were the guest of their parents Mr. and Mis. Walter Early Sunday. Mr. T. R. Gilliam of Windsor was in town Monday. Miss Virginia Early who has been visiting relatives in Norfolk returnsd home Saturday. Mr. Archie Thompson of Ahoskie conducted service here in the Baptist church Sunday morning. Miss Henderson who has charge of community Service work in the "Co unty was in town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs John T. Smith and children of'Windsor visited in the home of Jno. C. Britton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs H. C. Waters and children spent Monday in Ahoskie with relatives. Misses Lucie Tayloe, Elisabeth Roffin, Ruth Early and Mr. J. A. Bass ittanded the ball game at Colrani be tween Colerain and Edenton Satur day. Mr. Hubert Tripp who has been visiting relatives in Green county returntd home last Wedneaday. Mr. 1. E. Wynns attended the bu rial of his brother in-law, Mr, Alas Aakew, who died very suddenly last Friday. Mrs. P. L. Rayner was in Ahaaktp last Friday. Mesdames. L. H. Freeman I. J. Alston, J. B. Ruffin, p. L. Rayner and Mr. L. H. Freeman attended the missionary Union fet Kelford laet i Wedneeday. ' ?. L. Free ma ft of Rosemaad was in I town Monday fcoking after the tele phone conditions B. S. McKeel tf Ahoskie was ia town last Thursday. * Reasember the Herald ,to pay your subscription. TO THE FRIENDS OF CHOWAN COLLEGE ? The location of the College aeeme to be settled. It max not be where "you want it, or it may be. However that may be, we want you, and God wants you, to fall in line in the forward march for Christian Education. We are a democratic people. We believe in making democracy safe for the world, and we know the fundamental principales of our faith will do it. We know the best way to make strong infulential Baptist learders' is to edu cate them in our own schools. A tremendous responsibility we have. The coming generations of centuries look to us. Shall we falter and fall back/? Shall we Hot jjfove equal to the task God has given us? Shall oar own personal preference block God ia his great purpose? Shall we not let him use as to serve His will? Yes is the only answer. >? Chowan College is ia an ideal loc ation for study and work. And girls associates here are other girls from Christian homes, and a faculty of college and university gradbates each member selected for her worth as a Christian as well as an educator. The student has every opportunity to develop a strong Christian character here. She can return to her home, or wherever she may go, and take the lead in her church in the various dep artments of the work. Chowan Col lege girls hate always done this, with yry rare exceptions. They are at ease in church work it home, and in state convelfetois. * They know how to do the Lord's work after being gra duated h?re. -. ? r ? ? Our Sience Department and our Education Department shall be sec ond to none in the state from nerw on. We are in close touch with the State Board of Education and we have their co-opera ton in our efforts. We have trong teachers for every departement Our work .shall be standard. Our buil ding and grounds are being put in be tter condition than ever in the history of the College. A V MEMBERS OF CHOWAN'S FAC ULTY COMES RECOMMENDED BY PRES. WILSON. 111m Myrtle Truity hH? been elected teacher of Expression of Ch#w?n Col lege. Mid Trttity comes highly rec ommended by such distinguished peo ple u Dr. J. A. Jones, Rome Italy, the Governor of Porto Rico, Pres. Wilson and others. She is a graduate of Em erson School of Expression, Boston, Maas., a graduate of the University of Miss. and.did post-graduate work for one year with Dr. J. A Jones of Italy. In addtion to her excellent train ning she has had a number of years experience, having held responsible positions in Kentucky, Tennessee, New Mexico and Porto Rico. Miss. Trusty has traveled extensively in America, Europe and on the Islands. This with her other accomplishment will make her quite an addition to the faculty. Miss. Martha Bond sister of Miss. Juan it* Bond, who has so creditably filled the chair ef Modern Language of the College for the past four years, has been elected Assistant Prof, of Piano. The following is a quotation from Prof. Karl Esehman of Denison University.- "Miss. Martha Bond is an accomplished pianist she should be able to fill any place in a private school or Consevatory or could read ily turn her attention to the supervis ion of Public School Music." The College is to be congratulated in being able to secure the service of these exoellent young women. SHOULD HAVE BEEN MR. ALEX ASKEW The Herald was la error last week in stating that Mr. Alex Laseiter had died of paralysis; it should have been Mr. Alex Askew, instead. The writer confused the two aamea at the time' of composing the article, which wai hurriedly set up in time to get in the last issue. Mr. Askew died at appoplexy. He was.buried at his home last Friday afternoon. ( Wetoh that label on yeur paper. To be en the safe side H would be t better that the last two figure* were TO. Do your duty?Subeeribe to yeur home paper. Tbe Herald Is 11.10 the year, payable In advaaee. FOR A TARIFF ON PEANUTS _ \ ' * -?i The first National Peanut Conven tion wai held in Norfolk, Vs., July 12th?13th. This was attended by Peanut Growen and Peanut Mill men from every peanut producing section in the South. It was the first annual meeting of the United Peanut Awoc iations of America. The first day was devoted entirely to consideration of matter of protec tion for the Peanut Industry. The necessity for some action being caus ed by the aver increasing quantty of importations ?of peanuts from China, Japan and India, which have during the past four months, demoralised the American Markets so thai today the manufacturers are holding back their purchases of Domestic grown peanuts, because the imported nuts are beiag offered at a price from three to five cents per pound less. This is the couse of the weak markt for farmers peanuta, and'it can be expected to continue until the Orien tal supplies are lessened, and are out of the way. The delegatea attending the peanut convention were firmly convinced that the South must have a tariff on imported peanuts sufficient to equalize the cost of production, or else go out of business. The committee on legislation of the Virginia?Carolina Peanut Grow ers Association, presented the follow ing resolutions which were endorsed I by the United Association of Araerioa; ' "Wherfas by reason of the faet that the peanut industry of the United States is seriously menaced and is ., threatened with ultimate destruction by the importation of peanuta into this country, delivered under cond itions of low Ocean freight an^ pro duced under conditions of the Aeap labor of the Orient in competition with American labor and as the enco uragement of the importation of any agrcultural product, with a tendency to render the nation dependent upon foreign'countries for any food is ' shortsighted and indefenaibie econ omically." ' ? w-F- ?T-T "Therefor* be it ijesolved that we, the grower* of peanuts in convention assembled in the City of Norfolk, Va. this the 12th day of July 1920 do dec are that it ia our expressed judgement that a fait protection to equalize eon ditkrtle of production and delivery (the preeent tariff being entirley* inadequate) shallbe accorded to pea- " nuts, peanat all, peaut butter, aad all by-products of peanuts and we call upon Congress to pass such tariff lec isllation as shall save the industry at large and avert disaster to the peanut producing lands."' "And we further declare that our support shall be given to such candi dates for Congress who shall declare themselves in favor of an adequate tariff for the protction of the peanut industry and who, if elected, pledge , their efforts and vote for necessary legislation for such protection." The convention made further pli ns to organise locals :n every pearut growing section if the South, rgti ixed solely for the purpose of making the fight for tariff. Pamplets on the. subject of tariff for peanuts will be sent to every peanut mill in the South for distribution to the farmers who - are growing peanuts, and all fanners who desire to help save the Peanuta Industry for American Farmers, should see their local mill manager and sign application to join. The does are but one dollar per year; and aad if all the peanut growers will do this the industry can be saved for A at erica. United action on the part of the Growers at this time will make it |in?Bils for them to continue to grow peanuts at a profit. 0 HERALD GETS PEACHES Several days ago, one of the falth fel friiaifa ef the Herald brought to this office two boxes of the most loseioaa peaches seen here this line. They were beauties; and they were aa tasty aa they were beautiful. The Hearld is indebted to Mr. W. T. HoUoman, of route 4. far these heartiley that Mr. Helloman can raise turner peaches aa well as prise watermelons. He has far seeevai years won the free subscription to the Herald' far the largest watermelon. The contest is again open this year; < aad we expect Mr. Hollemaa to h^d the prise .
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