Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONI/Y NEWSPAPER ' A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, August 6, 1920 One Section No. 17 jgp^enn ? ~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 ' .-11 IL. T ?, 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 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 * * ! 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. ? IKIJGS10 BE m in mini for in* Hertford County Fjrmeri Will be Asked to Sign the Contract [ BUSINESS MEN ALSO URGED TO Bt PRESENT . . ? Organizers Expectinc the Co ....... ? V'~ unty's Farmers to Help Greatly . ? 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. ?? ?? 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.