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Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoslrie, fyorth foolma, Friday, August 27, 192CV One Sectiou No. 29
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GENRAL, ASSEMBLY GIVES
THREE TOWNSHIPS THE
STOCK LAW TUESDAY
Ahoekie Townahipa in
Chrw the Slock Law
BERTIE COUNTY REPRES
ENTATIVES FOUGHT BILL
Other Townahipa Must Fence
in Unless they A4o?t it m
Nor ember Election
Stock Lew for Wint-jn, Murfiee
bora end Ahoekie township*, effective
the
?Mt I ?mill of North Carolina
W The bill was in trod uo
Htrb Stanley Wlnborne of thi.
ftamm lbttkewsand Mitchell, re pros
Ik
Whrtoa, Mnrfraosbero and Ahoskie
. townships earied the stack law whan
It was voted on in the county seme
time see and the Mil pawed the Gen
eral Assembly provides that they have
the stock law as the voted. The other
townships in the county will have a
chance to peas it again in the Novem
. her PreaVJental election. If they do
not paaa it then they ana* neeeas?Sy
fence in themselves to kept {heir
stock from the territory at those town
aWpa that have been>g|v*a the atock
law.
Matthew, of Bteth, fought hard
againit the measure. He said that it
would work a hard ah* en his era
aOtfsnta for they would have to fence
not atreag enough to heve any effect
however. The bill peaMd eaafly, get
1 tingthe aupport of nearly the aiiinbaw
of the aseaaiUyr There was a very
strong asatiment manifest far a state
wide stack law.
Mr. Win born. fooght krd for the
muvt and nmmm hi |iri^ H.
Mayor W. L. Curtis, of Ah?Ms was
In Raelgh daring the fight for tkt pha
sing the mtoart that wood give um
voters of Wintoa, Maifi aaalmiu and
ASoilde township what they Totad far
last spring.
SCHOOL OPENS OK SEPTEMBER
tSTH PERHAPS.
According to Dr. C. G. FMdl^Ob
airman of the Board of th? Traateee,
the AhosUe High Schaol wfll pub
ably a#a on Septanhaa111th. AB the
for the Hifh School department.
Many improvements hare bean
made on the balding and new a<<|>
ment has been procured or the school
he lobroto*y is Just about coatpMed
aad a domestic science depaetsaent
for the school haa been talked of.
All indietions point towards i good
' and competant faulty. Mr. Wright,
the principal, will ha In some tine
1 thi swaek to fret all affairs straighten
ed oat for beginning the fall tana.
o
Watsoa?Harrall
, Mr. Bertram Wataon and Miaa Elvs
Worrell ware married on Soitday
afternoon at 5:80 o'clock at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. t. Bailey Barnaa on
ehorch street Bar. Fred T. Collins,
pastor of Ahoekie Baptist eharch per
formed the ceremony.
Th? marriage Was' eery quite only
a few relatives and friends being pre
sent. . Mr. Wataon Is a brother of
Mrs.' Barnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Wataon are promin-*
ant young people of Murfreesboro.
their future home, OougiatulaUuna
and best wishes to this happy yonng
They left immedlataly after th? cere- i
mony for that place, which will be
couple.
Per iy?t?My fare together with
team and Implamenta for year 1111.
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EDITOR OF THE HERALD GIVES
ACCOUNT OF HIS TRIP OVER
J- Roy Parker ha* fin* trip with
Atholot* for Olympic
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HAD NOT SUCHTEST EV
IDENCE OF SEASICKNESS
People Crowd the Shore Wait
ing the American Ship
Come in. .
U. S . S. FREH1CK ANTWERP,
I BELGIUM. .
Friday. A.gast 6. 1920
The U. S. 8. Frederick which left
Newport, R. I. on Monday, July 26.
bte this afternoon arrived in Ob
Belgian port, a *ity of four hundred
thousand population and one of Eur
ope'a moot beautiful cities. She tied
up to tke dock at six o'clock tonight
after eleven day* and four boon of
trayel from the United States. Owing
to low tide whiehT:aught the (hip only
a few mile* from this city she wm an
I^MM Mfhr tkifl nutniap mm
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navigator aboard had hoped. Ea
rly this dMnriag she dropped anchor
in the Sheldt River only a few-miles
front this city, along the eeaet of Hol
land, and there she rswtned until
foar O'clock this afternoon.
niflcent harbor of this eity she tooted
her feg Bern, fired a twenty-one gun
salute; and time and again dipped the
red, white and Mae to the salt* of 1
ZTSL^'teharbar. TU entire erew
came en the "top side" aad quarter
deck, nd steed at atteaMto a* ths
colon were raised sad lowered, while I
the bond fore* the palgian National
air any mujr other po trio tic selections i
The po palace of the city gained every 1
vantage point to cateh a gtimpee of :
the man of war aa aba ?tearned by;
stinding oa hoaae tops, is windows,
lining the docks, and taaay took to
tko small gaaatfese laaaihn andkept
abreast tko Alp.
Tonight she is doekad for a four to 1
Ana week's stay here; ^but few of the 1
ken owing to the lata hoar of ar
rival. Beginning tomorrow, however,
half of the ship'i complement will be <
adhere ad alternating, each night '
while ia port half of the crew and <
officer* will be given liberty. In ad- I
dition U> thie regularliberty, each an- <
listed man aboard will bo given a five 1
day leave while in port here. Many
will go to Van and other points of in-1
to rest daring their Ave day leave. 1
The writer, with four other North
Carolinians will take leave on next
Saturday. The trip during theae live '
days include Paria and battlefronta.
Both Bruaaels and Rotterdam are a?-;1
ceeaible on the regular night liberty 1
and will be visited later.
Than ia but little regulation aboard '
the Frederick and the commanding
officers and "exec" are both vary lib- 1
oral with ordera for liberty^ to the 1
everlasting comfort of the en Hi ted \*
men, who are "having (he times of 1
their life."' Tomorrow will be pay
day, the writer's boee, paymaster of |.
the ship being ashore tonight to secure'
Belgian coin with which to pay off the '
craw. So, oa toawrrew night whan I'
the A me Wean niton go as hove they !
will be flashed . . '
The trip aaross was one of the moat
successful ever made by even many of .
the old heads. The water was calm {
ttd. very few cadte of aeaaiekneas ware ^
noted. The writer eecaped. Wed nee
day night the Alp struck a squall and f
to the discomfort of many, inclding '
myself; bat it tame so lata in the j
afternoon that most of as went to ,
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MPRfwSVrMPWVfiwait ' ? CJ
>ed and *Upt it off, thai avoiding
ireaking a clean record. For th? 1
)*at throe days wo encountered tjr
>!cal English and French weather- '
lamp, foggy, and cold, shower* falling
nterniittently all day each day. On
Vodneoday the Scilly Ialand wore 1
lighted In diatance and laat night the 1
ihip waa off the couna of England, I
Joae in, tbo lights aahore being clearly '
risible. W
The stoat picturesque part'of the !
rip over here was the seenaa of Hoi- 1
and, which were watched pf the sail-11
irs all day. The river Sheldt for sev
iral miles ia lined on both sides by
Jila little quaint country, with their '
>oautiful grasng grounds, wind mill. I
ind groan transplanted forests. As
he Frederick posed down tha, river 'i
ate this afternoon the Dutoh peuanta j
Inad tha ahoraa on either side, waring !i
ridly at the sallora and many times '
lollering at thaw, being oily ? few 1
mndred feet away. They had recoiy- j
i3 advance notice that the ship wonid
mm and they had waited almost all
lay waiting to catch a glimpse of tha
Vmeric.nbatete.hip ,
FORMER RESI
DENT PRAISED
SECTARY NAVY
Mrs Dardan received telegram
front the Secretary of
the Navy
PRAISES HER FOR HER
WAR WORK
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Mr* Darden wa? a former
Resident of this County
and U well know*
Mrs. M F. Darden, one of Ports
mouth's well-known ins tracts rs who
did meat enthusiastic and valued
aarrle during the war, *s in receipt
of the Navy Joeepheus Danisli.
of the follewtag letter frost Secretary
"My dear Mbl Darden:
" My attention haa keen called to
yeur activities daring the recent
World War and particularly to the
results obtained by yon in instruct
in; candidates for the varioas Oft
eers* Material Schools ef the Navy
In trigonometry and alHei mathe
matics and I am informed that those
have undergone this instruction,
?ore, without neeptiea, seceeeaful
"Tear enthnsiam has been kaao,
jrour soccsa phtfTomenal; and is k
Indeed a pi seen re to have thin op
portunity to thank yon ea behalf ef
the Navy Department aad these who
bave been an materially benefited by
roar untiring offer* as aa educator.
"Sincerely yours,
(Signed) "Josephus Daniels,
"Secretary of the Navy."
The above dipping from the Ports'
nou th Star will be of Interest of many
>f the Hsrmld'a reader* as Mrs. Dar
len Is a native of thia coutty and ia
well known in thane parte.
O
Mimas Annie Parker nnd Burn ice
Breene, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Jernigan
>nd Msears C. A. Perry, Kris Garrett
md J. Stanely Leery attended a aup
>er given by Mrs. Tom Jernigpn Moo
lay evening in honor of Miss Clarine
Scull's house guest
Mr. C. Greene sppnt last Friday in
Norfolk on buslnem.
YOUNG BOY WAS
TAKEN CARE BY
MR. M. GEROCK
John Kennedy wu Picked up
br Mr. M. O. Gerock m
Aboakie Tuesday.
HE H^D LEFT HIS FATH
ER* AND MOTHER
Cum to Ahoskie and spent all
Hi* money?bad no place
to ?leep.
John wanted to be a little purai but
with all his money cone ana with no
proepect of getting supper or having
any place to sleep waa to much for
him, so John Kennedy, 8year <fcd boy,
let his tears flow. That ?m the con
dition in which Mr. M. 0. Gerock fou
nd John Kennedy Tuesday evening.
John's father had sent him on from
Suffolk, Va. while he came on to Ah
oskie thru the country and iyas to
meet John in time for both of them
to go to their home near Askewville
that night Mr. Kennedy did not sh<
up, however, and John was left in
Ahoskie to spend the night and get
supper any way'he might. Mr. Ger
oclf took .the child home withjrfm and
is now caring for hiiff. - ?
John had stayed around the station
since the morning train waiting for
his father and had spent all Ms money
for dinner. When night cane on and
his father had not come ne began to
get uneasy an4 was in the midst of a
crowd of negro boys crying as tho his
heart would break when Mr. Gerock
come on the seene. After finding out
his trouble Mr. Gerock took him heme
with him where he stayed Tuesday
night,
Oa Wednesday morning hia father
still had not arrived and when John
told Mr. Cereck' that hewaa willing
ot stay on with him, if It suited Mr.
Gerock just as well.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Ken
nedy came for Us son. He was very
mud distress over the predicament
ik which his little son had been left.
He had travled nearly to Windsor Tu
esday night looking fer him.
LIGHTING A BONFIRE
Thar* is ? city in Michigan whoaa
dtiaana one* raised ? fund of $50,000
to ba spent in what somaona has dea
cribad u the busiaess of factory grab
bing. The money waa so (pout, k
three yaara. It dd not hn? a single
aew Mmtry totha town. Whan tha
fund waa abeut exhausted tha organ
isation mat to wind ap ita affair*. Tha
mtoion had baan movad and secured
whan a laadag eitisen aroaa.
We hava *pant oar mosey, ba Mid,
and" wa havan't a thing to show for it.
Thia baa aat ma wondering if we ara
not on the wrong track. While wa
have baan trying to <bring factories
her* wa have overlooked our own city.
Tha treats ara oat of repair. We hava
no parks. Our schools, fire anl police
departements are a joke. The city |
hasen'teenough civic spirit to light a
bonfire. Nov, instead of going oat of
business, suppose we all chip in to an- \
other fund and spend that money try- ]
Ing to improve our home city. Let's
try it for a year anyway.
His anthuaiam prevailed. At the and
of the year tha results war* such that <
Hie organisation Anonced itaslf for an
other year, and than a third. ' {
Whan the third year had ran its co
in* the same leading citisen mad* an
other little speech.
We spent ISO,000 to gat naw facto
ries, ha said, and fa didn't get on*. We
hava spent abaat At, same amount |
trying to sec how good a town *wa
could make of this, and liu ajfriak at '
tha inventory: more than dtfbsen naw ;
industries have quitlsy coma in and
made their homes bars. We have
gained 40 per cent in population. We
hav* good streeta, good schools, Mvsr- i
si paries, efficient fir* sad police pro- <
taction, and we are all toadly and <
proudly tolling tha rest of tha coun
try that this is the bast city on this
continent. Wa not only believe It,
but wa kh,ow It, and If callsd on, we
eafc prove It?Municipal Reference
Library Notea, Naw York.
Brown Cleared
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of the Charges
Mr. Wayne Brown in ? trial
n Ahoikit Thursday evening
was treed itom the charges
brought against him by the At
lantic Coaat Line Railroad Co
mpany. Mr. Browne waa in the
employ of the railroad here and
was accuaed of having removed
several articles from the freight
depot.
It was brought out in the trial
that Browne had not removed '
the articles from the freight da
pot of the railroad campany bat
that he bouht the suspected ar
ticles from a merchant in Kel
ford, N. C. t , ?
HERTFORD COUNTY WO
MB MISSIOARY UNION
MEETS HAflRELLSVILLE
Good ProcraM Publiafcod on
domaath to ho
ALL MEMBERS ARE URG
ED .TO COME
wfllbtlMUk Harrwll
?nU* this r??r jtm
?>? invited
The Hartford Co. Union, will ant
with the W. N. 8. of Harrellsville
Baptist Church Taeidey, Aifvt Slat
its*.
The following Program will bo ren
HjrU.
PIrayar..
Hynu
Devotional Services-Mrs. D. N. If
sns-Hsrrellsville.
Hymn. ^
Tslk-Consocration Miss Beesle Tay
loo-Unlos.
Sermoa-Rev. R. D. Stophonson,
Norfolk, Va.
Appointement of Commltteea.
Announcements.
Toaaday aftarnoon.
Hymn. 1
Prayer Service-Miss Mary Thomas,
Bethlehem.
Tslk-The Power of Prayar-Mrs.-A,
P. Mustian, Win ton.
Talk-Systematie and Proportionate >i
living Mrs. A. W. Greene, Ahoskie.
Hymn. '
Talk-Oar Raaponsibility in Winning ?
the Loat-Mri. P. S. Vann, Chowan Co- 1
liege.
Reports of Committees.
Closing Devotione.
Delegatea from all the churchaa in
the Co., are urged to be praaent.
Services will begin promptly at 10:
!0 o'clock. ?
Mrs. C. C. Htggard, President.
FAMILY REUNION I
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Mr. W. C. Matthews entertained i
his family Sunday, the occasion a fa- <
mil yreuion, the first for many yean.
Those present were Mr. Matthews' i
parents Mr. ad Mrs. J. E. Mathews, of ?
Bertie County, Mr. snd Mrs. J. 8. Jen- i
kins and children, and Mr. Jenkins I
mother and niece, Mrs. M. E. Jenkins I
and Miss Virgie Jenkins, of Bertie, I
county, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mathews '
snd Mrs. Elisabeth Valentine of Nor- I
folk, V., Mr. And Mrs. Jaek Mattfiews j
snd children, of Lawreneeville, Va.. i
Mr. and Mrs. Prosper Powell and ehil- i
Aran, of Ahoakle, Mr. John Matthews, I
Washington, N. C., and Lydia Had- 1
gpeth. of Ocean View, Va. I
Chowan College Has
Large Enrollment and
It Is Still Growing
All Buildins Iut* been Remod
eled and new Equip
ment Instated /
PLENTY OF WATER AND
LIGHT TO BE HAD
Hard Wood Floor* and Batfc
Rooms Have boon Install
ed- Other Improvements
.
! The "new" Chowan College is near- x
i ingcompletion. The date for the (all
opening is also drawing near. Sept.
7th will be a busy day for as. The
"old" girls will be returning and re
joicing over the wondsrfal improve
ments in the basement the saetai
floor, the thU fleer sad the fourth
floor. The halls are beautiful . The
floors are the beet that could be laid
the old stairway is no more. The ar
chway entrance te the new, winding
stairs gives grace sad beauty to that
part of the building. Every feature
of the perior is sttrsetive. The pres
ident's offlce, facing the perior, is \? ?
credict to the institution. The over
heed plastering, the abeence of the '
exposed, wiring, and the new fixtures
for t)ts electric lights, all add charmss
to the strutorss. The bathrooms am
no longer in the beeement, bat are a* *
in the buildings, for the convenience
of the (iris. The library eoeld hardly |
be autde more beeutiful .
The two Literary Society Halls-well
there can he ae objection at all to
them. We are expecting ear girls to
take the lead in the Stata in society
work. Jut u Wake Forest lands ta
bar dabataa over tke Stata and tka
aoutharn states, just ao we ire expec
ting tka two Literary Sociatiaat a*
Chowan College to taka tka land. Tka
halls nre randy, and wa believe tka
|kk ara roing to Mb food nad
?Mat oar expectations.
Tka ftnishing toockaa in tka way at
paint ara-feting pot upon tka bofldiag 9
Susiey no girl's College to ao bail
ment. Tka large ftftaan-ncra rasspaa
ao familiar to all the former students.
Her stately trees. Har rlsasir skndaa.
Her valrety lawn. AH reflect a charm
to the Callage. Sorely tka loring
hands of onr forefathers, sa lnviskly
assisted by nature, eoald not hare
not have laid o*t a batter foundatiea
for Literary nd Chriatinn trsang.
Chowan College, "The College Beau
tiful", is here for bdstaeaa. It la yowr
birthright, Will any m?n "sell Mi
birthright for a meaa of pottage"?
The enrollment haa mora than doub
le.) what we had expected, and erery
day brings new enrollments.
The tO,JlT-gallon tank is hehe nad
will be placed upon a steal tower
feet in the air. Thia will receive wa- ?
ter from a deep, six-inch well. Tka '
Mlis-Chalmers light and power plsaf
?rill furnish It K- W. power to pump
the water and light the buildings nad
campus. This last announcement will
bring joy to many hearta to knew tkat
?rater and light will be abundant.
P. S. Vann
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WHISKEY ..STILL . CAPTURED
NEAR POWELLS VILLE.
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A well equipped and modern cop
ier still with 29 1-2 gallons of con
vhskg and nppla brandy were captor
?d by officer* of Hertford and Bertie
Dountiea "nlar Powellsvflle Monday.
Officers Scull, of Hertford Coanty,
ind Askew, of Bertie captared tka
?till. They said that it wss well st
ripped ad a perfectly gpod still for
naking illicit whiskey, and tkat la kad
teen In operation for a good while
tefore the capture. A colored ataa
?rhose name is nat know her* waa sec
ured with the still Is now lodged la
iail awaiting trial. According to rw
nors there are other white men who
sere baktad ?W MP* tkat will a.
to token Into cuatody by the offiifs.
(Then the facts becoma well sasigk
mown
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