Hertford County Herald
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Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, August 6, 1920 One Section No. 17
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~Improvemen ts and New 1
Equipment at Chowan}
Many Changes Have Been
Made at the College Dur
ing tlie Summer
STRONG FACULTY HAS ' ,
r BEEN SECURED TO TEACH
Building* Are Being Remodel
ed and New Building* Er
ected?Registration Good
It wil b? very gratifying to the fri
ends of Chowan College to see the Co
llege so ihuch improved by the pres
ent changes that are being made. The
old building is at present receving
the most permanent improvements.
While the other buildings are only h
Ing failed to meet the needs of th>
coming year. These will either be
torn down and more modem buildings
put up, or ehanged to such an extent
that they will meet the needs of the
college better than they have here
to-fore.
The committee will still work on
?the construction of a new anditorium.
They are very wisley ' contemplating
placing this just at the rear of the ce
nter hall, old building. This will be
a most convenient and attractive loc
ation.
This registration is good. It is
true that Chowan unlike a Treat many
schools cannot yet boast of being full,
but ttfe change of administration, the
late issuing of the catalogs and the
unsettled condition of the college have
to a great extent retarded registra
tion. However with our new equip
rpeaki strong faculty and the loyal su
pport we are receiving we will soon
have motf that we can accommodate.
Chowan collefc from a girls viewpoint
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r weii w nnuij ww *m> ?>????? - ?...
sorry that tfie old stain is removed.
The place is a positive wreck, and all
this because our school most be like
others. Why it has always been in ?
class by itself and always will b?.M
The above remarkes carry some
thing in it of the tine spirit of the col
lege's loyal students. Hard wood
floors, tile bath rooms and handsome
electric fixtures do not make ? col
lege. It is true they look well And
quite a convenience when company
cornea to criticise, bat the greater
part of an education are the principles
of culture, refinement and religion
that have ever characterised this inst
itution.
We can not say that we do not wel
come the improvements. All know
that they wore needod, bat let as hope
H?t notMaff wfll MM fti the w
money, teachers or friends that will
laaaen the spirit for which the college
has stood in the post.
As a sudent of Chowan College I
know of what I spaak. There was
never a student that has gone out fr
om Chowan who could say they wore
any less a Chiristian than they were
when they entered. There was never
one who in the long hereafter has not
been proud that they once came under
Ate influence of inch, an institntion,
All point back with pride and respect.
Let's now rise op and sustain her.
Let's honor her for what she has done
and if support and loyalty will be an
laa?llli see to it that it is not lack
tog.
ATHELETIC EVENT
An athelitic event for boys of the
County under 1> years of age will be j
held at 8 o'clock at the Ahoskie Ball
Park All who are elegible are urged j
to enter the following progriun; 100
yard dash, running broad Jump, run
ning high jump, three legged race, po
tato race, race aroiwd. ball diamond.
La?t event js open to everybody. Suit
able prises will bo swarded the win
ners in each conteat.
Sae that the label on your paper
is dated in advance, if yen want the
Herald to continue coming to your
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Askew were vis
item in*.home of W. S. TajrtooSun
day.
M'FREESBORO NEWS
Mr. and Mr*. Charles of Philadelph
ia were the honored guest last week of
Mrs. Mary Brinston at the Sewell r
hotel. The distinguished Mrs. Stone r
nee Miss Ellen Foster is first cousin ,
to Mrs. Brinson also the neice of Miss t
Carter, deeeased of this town, Mrs. j
Stone is an alumna of Chowan Col- f
lege and for several yean has been .
a contributor to the Ladies Home Jou
rnal and other popular qoagazines un- j
der the name of EUen Foster Stone. '
Mr*. F. F. Staples of Portsmounth,
. Va. arrived Saturday and is the truest ,
of her mother, Mrs. David Gatling, ,
Mrs Staples was the well known Miss.
Lelia Gatling-a Chowan girl who pos- j
sessed wonderful talent as an artist. (
jler many friends here give her a cor
dial welcome. ,
Mr. and -Mrs. Ralph Best of Phil- |
adelphia are spending the summer
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson. (
Mr. Beat is a brother of'Mrs. Hender ]
son *and was formally of this town t
having left here when quite a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bolda of Suffolk,
and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Cotton of i
Portsmounth, Va, spent last week end <
aa guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brett,
:Mr, and Mrs. Bolda were, for everal i
yean, residents of this town; the later
; is a sister of Mrs. Brett and Mra. Cott- i
ton is his neice. <
Mr. and Mr*. Gamma Vinson and '
three children of Ahoskie spent Sun
' day as guest of Misses Fa rah and Ed- '
na Pope. They were accompanied ho
me by Miss Edna who will remain
; their guest for a week, 'r'" r
Bill Debnam after a week's visit 1
| to his grandmother, Mrs. F. F. Fer
guson returned to his home in Suffolk,
! Va. Saturday.
Mrs. G. N. Harrell and her sis
Miss. Sarah Vaughn left.last week for '
Virginia Beach where they will spend .
some time.
Capt. Davis and his son Zeph Davis ,
left last Friday for Franklin Va. (
The Book Club was delightfully en- ,
tertained laat Wednesday afternoon j
by Mrs. Carl Lawerence. *
I E. C. Vaughn's home on main St. <
| seems now entirley completed- It is i
? splendid structure of real colonial I
style. '
Mis Eva Lawerence has returned
home from a trip to Virginia Beach.
Xr. and Mrs. Price Of Elisabeth, en
route to Florence 8. C. via motor, pas
sed thru town Wednesday and made
a short call on Miss Brownie Trader.
Mrs. W. E. Deans and three chil
dren have returned home from a visit
to relatives in Bethlehem, N. C.
Miss JLOHaa Beale, after spending
? few days last week with her Aunt
Mrs. Sal lie Gardner, returned to her
home in Winton Wednesday. ,
Mr*. 6. N. Wise of Portsmouth, Va.
arrived last week and will spend some
ttane with relatives and friends. A
Mr. aad Mrs. Howard Evans and
their house guest, Miss Kate Powell*
of Deleware, Miss Eva Lawerence,
Miss Sue Lawerence, Elliot Nicholson
and Mr, McLean of Franklin, Va went
to Winton Wedneeday evening.
Miss Mollie Davis chaperoned a pa
rty on a picnic to Como last Tues
day. They went by boat which was
in charge of Edwin Deans; and the pa
rty included Misses Mary and Ruth
Benthal, Neva Futrail, Mollie Davis,
Susie Lavrerence, and Fred Joyner,
Edwin Dians and George Vinson and
Charlie Boyan ,of New York.
Miss Janie Parker, accompanied^ by
Miss Dare Vinson, c ha porn ad her Sun
day School Claas on a picnic Thurs
day afternoon. They went out to Wis
as Spring where a delightful afterno
on was spent in amusing games and
hunting for wild flowers, after which,
a generous supper was spread on the
grass, which was so much snjoyed, it
was 7:80 before the party reached
horn#.
Miss Mary Benthal left last week
for Washington, N. C, where she will
visit Km 9. W. ftoii
t'-s. iwicord Watson Is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Watson, Norf
olk, Va.
Miss Antoinette White left last
Friday morning for Eden ton,/N. C.
where she will visit relatives.
Mr. Claude Ferguson left Friday |
morning to visit relative* in Wash-'
ington, N. C.
011a Cbetty and family moved to
their new Bungalow on main St. last
Wednesday.
A- W. Short, of Washington, N. C.
ipent a few days in town last week.
Mrs Ella Pearce returned home Sat
jrday after a delightful two week*
trip to Ashville, N. C.
Miss ! Elisabeth Watson returned
nome from Aulander Monday. ""
Hon. Stanley Winbome is in Ral
eigh this week.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Parker and dau
ghter Miss Louise Parker, and Mr.
tnd Mrs. Cola Mann near Murfreea
koro were guests Monday of Mil.
Eugene Hill.
Mr. Rodger Vinson of Norfolk,
formerly of this town Is the guest this
ireek, of his mother, Mrs. Wall.
Mrs. C. E. Boyette, Mrs Paul Saw
ill Mrs. D. A. Day, Mias Eunice Mc
Dowell, Mrs. H*ry Brinston, and Mr*.
P. 9- Vann attended the Woman's
Missionary Union of the West Chowan
taaoeiation which met at Ashley's \
rjrove Church, Potecasi, last Wednes
day.
George Vinaon and Charli* Boyan
kfter a delightful visit in the home of
1. C Vinson grandfather of George
Vinson, returned to their home in New
fork, Friday.
The new tow clock which made its
?ppearance Monday la hanging near
the Citizens Bank.
MJtf LDale Nalson ta vkttUg la to
wn. -
1 PEANUT GROWER'S
URGE JS GROWING
Additional Men Have Been
t
Signed up for Organi
> zation Work
?
Enough Northampton grower* have
low signed the Exchange contract to
epresent fully 60 per cant of the 19
9 peanut crop for that county, and
hey are still signing. The Board of
iirectors, at their meeting last week,
irranged to put on a number of add
tional men to help carry <yi this cam
laign so that it can be pushed to com
jleifon by October first. The one
rear men will be:
E. Scott Sandy, Burkevi^e, Va.,
eceritty with the Federal Land Bank
>f Baltimore;
J. T. Watt, for the past six years
3irector of Extension for the State
>f Alabama;
T .E. Waldrup, for a number of
/ears a Land and Industrial Agent of
ihe Southern Rail amy;
F. V. Shelton, Ihiveri, Va., now In
:harge of the agrlc lit i 'ai ? ?nk c' the
CHstrict School of the Second Cong
ressional District.
The short-trm men are:
H. J. Vann, Como, N. C. a member
>f the Board of Directors of the Ex
I :h*nge. ..
John Riddick, Principal of the Co
irtland High School, Courtland, Va.;
M. G. Spirts, Como, N. C., for ?
lumber of years with the National
3ats Co., and now a successful farm
er in his county;
J. R. Rives, for several years Bus- j
ineas Agent of the Farmers Union of
North Carolina;
R. Frank Bane, Principal of the
Drivers High School and a leader in
educational work. " <
All these men have been successful
in their various spheres of work and
come to the Exchange with a full rea
lization of the great opportunity of
rendering a service to the peanut gro
wers of Virginia and North Carolina
,n their organisation work.
These men are all employed on a
salary basis, and not one of them gets,
iny commission out of each signer
secured to the contract. They are all
in sympathy with the farmer in their
?ork, and the management of the Bx
:hange bespeaks for them the heart-1
lest co-operation on the part of the
frowers as they come to their respec
tive territories.
B. F. Williams Dead.
Mr.. B. F. Williams, of HarrellsvUle
lied Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock
His pastor Rev. R. B. Lineberry will
:onduct the funeral services Friday
ifternoon at 8:30'at his home, the
remains will be laid to rest in the faia
ly buring ground.
Full particulars will appear in next
ireek's issue. -
Ml GAROUKA'S
HEWS FOR THE
PAST ffl ins:
Everything is in- Re'dineu at
the Capital for Special
Session
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WOMAN SUFFERAGE AND
TAX QUESTION FIRST'
I
Nine North Carolina Cities 1
Must Par an Increased
Gas Rate
Raleigh Aug. 4. When the special se
ssion of the legislature convenes o.
Tuesday, ^ugust 10, it will find much
of the prelinonary work already com
pleted so that it can immediately get
down to business. The sub committees
of the committees of finance an
appropriations of ^le house and sen
ate came to'Raleigh on Tuesday, Aug
ust 3 for the purpose of conferring
with the governor and the tax commi
ssion about the bills to be presented to
complete the-taxation reform prog
ram. The full committees reached
Raliegh Friday of this week, and be
gan to whip the bills into shape.
The only premilinary work either
house will have to do will be to fill
some vacancies in the clerical force,
which wilt not take a great dea' of
time. Chief clerk to the Senate,
U OV Self in now chief Merk at the
corporation eommMon and w
unable to serve tbe senate this year.
Taxation and Suffrage will be th<
big issues before the special session
but it is going to be impossible to keep
local legislation down, for there are a
number of matters which will demand
attention, and it will be impossible to
keep thenOout. Among these is the
problem of eradication of the cattle
tick. Some of the representatives of
the eastern counties have already ser
ved notice that they intend to introdu
ce a bill for the relief of the cattle
infested with the tick. Some of the
counties will also have stock law bills.
Another matter of general impor
tance will be a measure for the relief
of the financial condition of the cities.
The schools also will have to have mo
ney and a number of the municipal
school boards of the state have mea
sures they want to get through.
INVESTIGATING GRAHAM RIOT.
The special commission for the in
vestigation of the Graham riota which
resulted in the death of James Ray
began ts hearing of evidence in Dur
ham on Monday morning. The mach
ine gun comany offered its testimbny
to the effect that it was justified in
firing oir the night of July 19 because
H was Attached by a mob of masked
men. 'J
From Durham the committee, com
posed of General B. S. Royster, Ex
Judge Harry W. Whedbee and Col.
A. H. Bayden, went to Graham where
they heard the other side of the case
The Graham people claim that there
waa no mob, that the jail was not at
tacked, and that the machine gunners
on guard at the Graham jail were not
i'ustifled in firing. The commission
i expected to make its report to the
governor as soon as it can go over ail
I the evidense and prepare its report.
GOOD ROADS MEETING!
The good roads meeting called by
President W. A. McGtrt of the North
Carolina Good Roads Association and
Cot T. L. Kirkpatrick, will be held in
the Raleigh auditorium on August 10.
The convention will hold morning, aft
ernoon and evening sessions, and will
kave speakers of prominence to help
stimulate the building of good roads
in North Carolina. Both candidates
for governor will hare place* on the
program. It is not now the intention
of the leaders of the movement to ask
the pressnt session of th?' legislature
to pass additional road legislation, but
they do wan J to prepare the way for
additional-legislation by ih? general
assembly in 1921.
1 ? FAY MORE FOR GAS.
< The people of the larger cities of
tha stato will have to meet another in
I*
crease in the cost of living became
the copporation commission has gran
ted the gas companies of nine cities
the right to increase their rates to con
sumers. These companies asked for
increases because of the big jump in
the cost of coal and other materials
that go into the manufacture of gas.
The rates granted are temporary, but
the general opinion Is that they will
prevail ?l? tM H Mb given
a complete investigation of the finan
cial condition of the companies.
OPPOSE REOPENING CASE.
The Corporation Commission and
the Traffic Association will send rep
resentatives to Washington the latter
part of this week for the purpose of
making preparations to oppose the,
move of Virginia cities and the rail
roads to reopen the North .Carolina
Freight rate case. The shlpgan won
a notable victory in tha reseat iat
illon at the Interstate Commerce Ca
mmiuion. The Virginia eltia. op pee.
the new rate because they fear Ike
roadn will hare to raise their Taten hi
ordar to meat the order of the cant- ifi
million to remove illicriminatioM
?fain it North Carolina cittaa.
UNIVERSITY CAROLINA
HAD MANUMIT
Summer School Boasted of
Students From All Countei*
? of the State
k.-.
Chapel Hill, N. C. August 4. When j
the summer school at the University
of North Carolina closes next week,
out-going trains from Chapel Hill will
carry at lease one of the 1,192 stud*
cnts to every county in tha state ex
cept five which are hidden behind the
Blue Ridge--the counties of Ashe, Gra
ham, Mitchell, Swain/ and Watauga.
The annoucement comes from the off
ice of Dr. T. J. Wilson, Jr., registrar.
Every other one of the remaining
95 counties is represented with Orang
whose own summer school is a part
of the University summer school, a
way in the lead with 110 students.
Other leaders are GuilfonTTwhich sent
32 students, Mecklenburg 30, Samp
son 30, Rowan 29, Alamance 28, Wa
ke 24, Forsyth 23, Carterat 28, Dur
ham 22, Wayne 21, Pitt, Gaston Beau
fort, and Catawba, 20 each, Iredell,
Johnston, and Stanley, 18 each.
Forty-five students are studying
law and 1,147 are in the summer
school proper making the largest num
ber of students that has ever been in
Chapel Hill in the summer. Women
are far in the lead Over men, with 828
to a mere 3lD. Seven hundred fifty
six have taught before and 1(1 are
preparing to teach. Four hundred
thirty-six are taking college credit
work.
The Methodists and Baptists as us
ual are far in the lead of the other
religious groups, the Methodists lead
ing with 415, the Baptists second with
328, the Presbyterians third with 176,
(he Episcopalians fourth with 67.
The remainder arc scattered among
a dozen denominations, including Chr
istians, Lutherans, Friends, Disciples,
Reformed, Jews, Ronton Catholics,
Congregatkuialists, Unitarians, Un
iversal ists, Moravians, Adventists, and
Christian Scientists. ?
Students of the University make
up the largest single group from any
institution, 218 strong (mostly men
taking college work in an effort to
make up lost time or to finish their col
lege course quickly). North Carolina
College for Women sent the biggest
dlegation of any woman's institution,
126, followed by the East Carolina
Teachers' Training School with 40,
Meredith, Greesboro College for wo
men and Gunilford with 28 each. Flo
ra MacDonald with 27, Trinity with
26, Eton with 22, and Wake Forest
yith 16. Some fifty-odd institutions
are represented in all.
Last year the attendance at the su
mmer school was 922, bat the largest
previous sttendsace was in 1916, .
pre-war year, when 1,0(2 were on the
hill. The present attendance breaks
the summer record. The winter rec
ord of 1919-1920 has already been
broke by the 1,406 students who were
here. Combining all students, winter
and summer, since ftjtember 1919,
less than a year ago, the total is 2,(98 I
with probably several hundred dup
lication*, which would reduce the net
total to something like 2,800.
Director N. W. Walker of the suih
mer school is authority for the state
ment that mora than S00 students
were refused admittance to the sum
mer school because no room could
be found for them, either in college
dormitories or in town.
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IKIJGS10 BE
m in mini
for in*
Hertford County Fjrmeri Will
be Asked to Sign
the Contract [
BUSINESS MEN ALSO
URGED TO Bt PRESENT
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Organizers Expectinc the Co
....... ? V'~
unty's Farmers to Help
Greatly .
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The campaign for signers to the Ex
change contract in Hertford County
will begin Saturday, August 7th, with
meetings at 4 Pm, at the following
points:
Murefreesboro.
Winton.
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Harrelisville.
Cofield.
Affoskie. ?
Menola.
Union.
These meetings #ill all be held at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. At the
most eovenient place in the respective
communities, an one or more repres
entatives of the Exchange will be pre
sent to explain the growers contract
to those present. While these meetin
gs are held primarily for the peannt
growers, all business men are also in
vited to take advantage of this ?por
ta n it y to hear the contract explained
The organisation of the Peanut Ex
change along the proposed plans will
mean great things for business as well
as for the growers.
w ??c vuuuwng vii apicuuiu ?
ceaa of our campaign in Northampton'
Co)inty proving a great stimulus to
,Um growers of Hertford. That Co
unty at the close of last w?ek had sig
ned up over 400 growers and the pro
spects are that when the campaign
finishes there this week the total num
ber of signers will be well above the
500-mark. We are counting -on
Hertford doing equaly as well or bet
ter. The Bertie County campaign Bo
gins August 14th and will be pushed
to completion in a few days.
POWEUXSV1LLE NEWS
Or. and Mrs. J. B. Baffin and sob.
Winston Baffin left last Tharaday for
Jackon Springs. They motored thrott
gh on their Elgin.
Mrs. P. L. Rayner spent a few days
with relatives in Norfolk this week.
kir. and. Mrs. J. B. Wiggins spent
Sunday afternoon on the beaeh at
Colerain.
Mis Essie Wynns of Murfreesbore
was the guest of her father J. E. Wy
nns a few days last week.
Mrs. W. S. Tayloe spent Tuesday in
Ahoskie the guest of her sister Mr.
J. J. Haye.
Miss Julia Moore ia visiting her sin
ter Mrs. Pearce of Norfolk.
Mr. C. A Parker and grandson,
Parker Holloman was the guest of Mr.
Parker's daughter Mrs. J. M. Harrell
last Thursday.
Mrs. Besie McGeee of Franklinton
was the guest of her brother A. C.
Moore last Friday. ,
Misses Hattie and Lucie Taylor
spent the week end at Ocean View.
Mrs. Ann Worsley and grandaugkt
er Annie Worsley of Rocky Mount
were the guest of Mrs. J. L. Rayner
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Baas visited rel
atives in Norfolk last week.
Misses Whitley of Como are visitng
their cousinV Misses Mary nnd Irene Hj
Overton.
?Misses Lucie Tayloe and Elisabeth
Ruffin, Clarence Enrly and Edward
Cowan attended the Ice-creajn supper
at Holly Grove Tuesday night given
by the Philathaa's.
Mr. 0. C. Miller was the guest in
the home of Andrew Miller Sunday.