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Hertford County Herald Mr HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER ?? A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XL ~ Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, September 10, 1920 One Section No. 22 ~ WINTON NEWS ??? Mrs. Alice Allen from Baltimore (pent irom Thursday until Monday with Mr. and Hn. E. L. Jenkins. Miu Anns Lm Carter returned how bMrdijr from 8umerton and Driver*, where aha baa bean riaiting her co?ine far the last two woek'a. Mrs. W. H. Eariey, frojn Reynold tun arrived Ttaaadey to wiait her aiater Mrs. W. L. Matthews. ; v . . Mr. and Mr*. Bengals Cope land f ran Ahoafcie apent last Sunday after noon with their pareata Mr. and Mra. T. D. Boone. Mra. Clayton Parker and children Mr*. H. C. Britt last Saturday. Mr. Joha O. Aakew Jr. from Har rellsville, waa in oar town Monday. Mr. Dan Story who worka in Suffolk waa the guest of hia bnother, Mr. K. E. Story laat Sunday. Miaaea Dorthy Hall aad Lucy Piland apent aeveral day a laat weak at Ocean View, the gueat of their friend Miaa Margaret Taylor. Mra. J. N. Clark waa in Norfolk laat Thuraday doing fall ahopping. Miaa Genevieve Taylor of Ocaaa View came laat Thursday to visit her friend, Miaa Joris Piland, before be ginning acbool at Chowan CoDage. We are glad to state that Maater, Marvin Sykea, who haa been very aick with diptheria, for aeveral daya la Im proving rapidly. Mrs. Jim Clark and little son James, from Norfolk, Va. are visiting in the Jtome of Mr. E. L. Jenkins, Miaa Mary Wood la in Windaor thla weak attending court. Mr. W. L. Daniel waa a caller in Colerain laat Wedneaday night. Miaa Kate Taylor returned to bar home at Ocean view laat Tueaday, after an extended viait with her away friends. Mr. and Mr*. W. A. McGlohon from MurfreeeBoro were th? guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McGtohon last Sun <*??> mtmuooit. ymm ? ? - -'?* Mr. aad Mr*. Charlie Byrd from Maifolk an km visiting their par rat* Mr. tm(Hri T. L. Lassiter. Mr. aatf Mr*. M. B. Herring and daughter, Annie Ballard Spent several days last week down at Ocsan View. Mies Francis Griffin from Suffolk^ arrived last Thursday to visit her fri end Miss Dorothy Hale. h Mr. H. H. Jones was hi Richmond last week. Rev. S. N. and Mrs. vWataon, of Forest City are visiting Winton this week Mr. Watson is the former pastor of the Baptist church, of this place and their many friend* have been del ighted to see them in their homes. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sewell, return ing from their bridal tour, passed through Winton, enroute for their future home, Murfreesboro. Bev. A. P. Mustin is away this week conducting revival service*. Misses Buth and Lucille Holland, from Victoria are visiting their Aunt. Mrs. J. N. Clark, prior to the opening of Chowan College in which Institute they will Materala* Sept. 14th ? Madame* T. T. Parker and J. A. Story of Wood row spent the day at the office, of the ccunty Demonstrator Monday, while there they were kept busy, bottling fruit juries, Making pickles, Marwalde and apple butter Preparatory for an exhibit to the co unty fair. Winton High School will open Mon-1 day. Sept 13th. The town people are anticapating attending the opening Cfrdjts to be held in the splendid new building, just completed. Mrs. J. W. Overton Jr. and two dau ghter* from Brantely Grove called at Miss Myrtle Swindell office Saturday. The BadclifT Chautauqua will be in Winton September 17-18 and 20th. The sale of tickets is going on, under the direction of Mesdames W. M. Eley and J. N. Clark. Miss Estelle Clark left Monday for Norfolk where she will have detal work done. Mr. Jim Clark from Norfolk spent the weak end in town with his wife and son. > Mr. and Mrs. T..L. Lassiter left Tuesday for Norfolk, where they wilt visit their daughter Mis. Charlie Byrd. The Baptist Woman' Missieaary Society will hold it'i regulor meeting at the church Friday, P. M. at 4 o'clock. AU members are earnestly rcqueated to attend.' TO SEE MEM 11 POLITICAL LIFE NOMINEES OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES ARE GOING TO Bl HARD PRE'SED WOMEN TO KNOCK OUT "RINGS" Attorney Gsnsral Manning Rule* that Winning Candidates on 11th Hour Ticket can not bo Countad Out v ? Raleigh. The ea trance of woman Into tba po litical Ufa of North Carolina mean* that both republican and democratic nomlnaaa for eoanty offices In eomo sections of tba state are going to be hard presaed la the November elec tions, 4f reports reaching Raleigh are to be railed upon. There la going to be a wboleeale repudiation of nomlneea In some counties where tor year* the "ring^-ts charged with having lta own way In tba selection of candidates. This la Vartlcnlaiiy true in countiea of eaat era North Carolina., so th* story to told by suffrage advocate*. And John Palmar, of Warrentoa, to authority [ for tba statement that racta a condi tion exists In Warren coanty whan the women voter*, tired onto death of ?:he "ring" domination, have set about wrltb determination to wipe (he *late dean and begin anew. Already thaee -flrst-eiaa* voters have heard from Attorney General Man ning aa to the legality of placing in -eleventh hour ticket in the,running attar naming candidate* In mass meet ing. ' The* attorney general to quoted joatelling the ladle* that.vox popull cannot be disregarded. If the elev-, mth hour ticket carries over both op ponent* , there to no way under the a on of co sating its candtdatea taut The anther ot the stery. tor yean* a auffnge advocate and who has tists-1 JMntik raoft poiUi^al because of hto progressive ideas, ' thinks that the woihen genwmWy w*lt vote da their fathers before them, bat also believe* that there to an element over the Mats that will not be held In Urn*. Improving Pullsn Half The repair* and alternations to Pol Ian HaH at State CoBac* are going forward rapidly, and It 1a hoped that >'b? auditorium on the second floor of the building, where moat of the work 4s being done, will be ready for nee early In September. Faculty of Ten at A R .J The state College, of Agriculture and engineering announce* ? Acuity of It for die department of mechani cal engineering Prof. L. L. Vaughan heads the department rice H. E. Bat-. '.erfleld, who realgned dining the gum* mer to enter the contracting buatneaa In Raleigh. Flret Woman to Register Prubab|y the Irst woman to ragla Xer In North Carotina la Mrs. MHford Aycock, of Rack Swamp Townahlp, Wayne county. She was attending a meeting In her community August M, (when the news was announced of Sec #etary Colby's proclamation of the Kith amendament to the federal con stitution. The local registrar waa al so present, and Mrs. Aycock register ed for the special school election, which Is soon to be held. Good Work of Auditor's Office Within two days'after the general! assembly had ratified the revenue bill j ?he forms, made In quadruple, for M Separate corporations to list their .franchise taxes under the revaluation act had been printed and placed !n the hands of the taxpayers. This work was done by clerks In the state audi tor's office without any additional as sistance r, .Opening of School for Blind Under the supervision at Superin tendent O. E. Uneberry the final ir rangements are being made for the opening of 4he State School for the Blind September S3. Many new mem-, hers have been added to the faculty.' fend the teaching staff as befcre Is to be derided Into the three main* group*. j ?one Census Figure* Washington, (Special).?The Cen sus Bdreau has Issued poputatton fig urea for North Carolina counties: Orange County. 17.1M; Increase, t, m. Racktngham County, 44,141; In freeae. 7.707 or tl.l per cent. Durham Coonty, 42.111; Increase. 143 or 117 per cent. Surry County, 114*4; Increase, if 7??. I Henderson Oounty, 11.148; Increase 1.884 or lit per cent; HendersonTille. irtoX ? | COLH NEWS Dr. L. A. Nowll went to Windsor last Tuesday. Mr. Robert Saaaoma went to New bern laat Tuesday where he played tall. There was a match game of tall here laat Tuesday between Memdea cross roads and the home team, the Utter won. The Philathia Sunday school clasa entertained the taracca class at sup per at Mount Gould last Tuesday eve ning, they were chaperoned by Mrs. Lineberry. ? Mr. J. C. Beasley went to Norfolk last Tuesdsy to brine out a new car. Miss Annie Williams of Eden^on spent lsst week with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wilson. Rev. Briston of Emporia spent sev eral days in town lsst week. Mr. Ellie Overton of Ahoskie was in town last Wednesday. The young people of the town had a fish fry st Pleasure Beach last Wed Mess'rs I. A. Shaw and Louise Dan iel, f Windsor were visitors in town last Wsdnesday evening. There was a game of ball here last Thursday between Ryland and the heme team. T%e game was < to2 in favor of Calerain. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Nowell went to Njrfolk last Friday. There was a party from Harrell sville at Pleasure Beach last Thurs day evening, it has been a popular re sort this summer. Misses Rose Nowell and Mhrian Mo ntague were visitors in Win ton last Friday. Mesdames Eva Holly and D. R. Brit ton wenf to Harreilsville last Friday. Mr. J. S. Deans left Friday for Baltimore where he will join Mrs. Deans who is buying millinery. Mr. Peele of Woodland who has been clearking for Mr. W. H. Beasley m Hi last week. and. gone home to attend school. Mr. D. R. Britton went to Ahoakie last Friday on a buaineas trip. Rev. R. B. Lineberry returned home Saturday baring assisted Rev. Barnes In protracted service at Siloam church. Ryland and tha home team played anothr game of ball here Saturday the home team won the second time, come gain. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Britton and dau hter Ruth 8haw were visitor* in Win ton last Sunday. Miss Cain of Portsmouth apent the week end with Miss. Ehnestine Wic kens. Mrs. Mary Baker and children left Sunday for Thomasville where she has accepted position as teacher in the or phanage. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Britt spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. My ers. Mr. J. J. Beaaley and son DeFord left Sunday for Baltimore, hia son will enter school at Denton Md. Mr. C. B. Moriss went to Ahoskle last Sunday. Mias Bryant of Suffolk came last Sunday and will spend soma time with her Aunt Mrs. C. L. Henry. Messrs Lass and Caeil Nowell left Monday for Wake Forest where they will enter school. Miss Ruth Shsw Britton left Mon day for Meredith college. Rev. Lineberry went to Pittaboro last Monday to visit his fater Mrs. D. R. Britton left Monday for Cary to visit her dsughter who is teaching there. Ahoakia High School opeat Monday. Tha Ahoakie High Schocl will open for the commlng session Monday, Sep tember 18th. The following teachers have been employed; Prof. N. Wright, {Principal, Miss Bettie Williams Tayloe Asst. Principal, Miss. Clem Bridger, Asst. Principal, the third assistant pri ncipal has not been employed. Grades below High School Department as fol lowers; Misses Mina Holloman, Mary Thomas, Ursie Vinson, Mary Shields, Jennete Brett, Georgia Holland, .Sal lie Barnes and Mrs. George Baksr Music teacher. All the newly accuried teachers are collage graduates with soma experience in teaching andspec ilised in their line of work. V Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Applebaum and children, who have been spending so metime 111 Baltimore returned Wed nesday. f \ CHAUTUAQUAAi WIHTON The purpose of our Badcliffe Chau tauqua this year is W give to the peo ple who hear this program m deeper | conception of Americanism really is. It ia not our purpose to define Amer lcaniaa, for we all know what Amer icanism is, but what we need at this time ia a deeper conception of Amer ican iam. We are passing through the most critical period of Americn history, the period of reconstruction. This ia a time when a confusion of ideaa, ton gues and party factiona are attempt ing to undermine our Goverment. Radicalism was never more prevalent I than it ia at the preaent time. Theat things, coupled with the many indust rial problems, make thia a day of nat ional unrest and a most opportune tine for an awakening in regard to the principles upon which oar American Government ia bilt. Besides the lectures ort American, we afe preeentig a musical porgram which ia the beat in the history of our Chautauqua; a program whic will pieaae everyone -Soloiata, sopranos, humorists and inpersonators of the hijfreat standard and who have the ab ility to pieaae everyone. Through and through it is a program of educational value and refinement, fourteen sep arate entertainments all for the price of one season ticket -$2.00 for adults and $1.00 for all school children. PROGRAM IN DETAIL First Day. Dr. Robert McLaughlin, pastor of the largest Episcopal church in Brooklyn,.writer and lecturer for many .rears. European traveller dur ing thetitee of the great world war and a moat convincing talker. His first lector* on "Benefits Forgot" re minds us of what we owe, not enly to men like Washington and Jefferson, but also what we owe to our great In ventors, mechanics and physicins. His second lecture deals with the jIi?torj of the U. 8. Goverment, how it is built and why we should all be ml Americans at this most trying time. The musical program will be rend ered by the John Ron Reed Concert Company. Featuring in this company will be John Rosa Reed himself, grad uate of the largest conservatory sc hool in New York City. With him* .will be the. noted boy xylohone player and Miss Shepherd, the pianist Second Day: On the second day the lecture will b? given by the director in charge, Mr. O'Neel. Mr. O'Neel has been in the Y. M. C. A. work. His first lecture on "A Canary in a Coal Mine" deals with community problems Canaries are in mines as a test for fire-damp. While the sir .is pure the cansry sings but when the atmosphere becomes affected with fire-damp the falls into a stupor. So it is with ? community which hsa become affected with stagnation and a lack of co-op eration. Nothing will produce stagna tion in a community quicker than a lack of co-operation. In this lecture yon will hesr the history snd the vslus of the Chautauqua to your commun ity. His second lecture deals with the making of an American. The acid test of what it takes tp make an Am erican and just who an American is; also the rights snd privileges -we en joy under this Government and, st the ssme tims, our duties snd obliga tions tword our Government. On this dsy the Fredericks Concert Compsny will render the musicsl pro gram. Featuring in this company will be the noted Danish violinist. Accompsnying will be a humorist and : impersonator snd Mrs. Whitlock, the 1 pleasing soprano from Richmond, Va.' Also on the second day will come Jttss Pauline Edington, the junior' worker. She tells the kiddies stories of real moral value, illustrating in a fatty-like manner the importance of ; truth. Honesty and courage This is a special treat for the kiddies and the local committee should manage that every ehild In town hear thest stories, The purpose la for matdftf better Am ericans and better citisens. Abov# all, don't fail to hear Mr. Fredericks on this day, Mr. Fredericks is the owner of a real iiogglni which coat him >6000,00 and which is thrne hundred years old. Mr. Fredericks claims the highest paid policy of any arttis in the country. He has played before nearly all the crowned heads of Europe and possesses msny com oil-, ments of his wir'< while n'iroo IIISKEDEMPSEY BOXINGJONTEST TWO BIO BRUISERS ENTERTAIN MAD CROWD OF FIGHT FANS AT BENTON HARBOR F168T WON IN THREE ROUNDS _____ Dempsey Knock* Out Mlske In Third Round by Adml- Isterlng Last of Thro* Terrific Smashes Benton Harbor. Mich.?Jack Derajv a?y. heavyweight champion of the world, demonstrated that he still re tains the torriflc punch that jron him the title. He knocked out Billy Miake, of St Paul, a lighter as bit aad game as himself, la the third round of their ten-round match. Three hard smashes were sufficient to win him between $50,000 and $100,000, his ftfty per cent share of the gate receipts. At the start of the light, hit first hi 14 months, Dempsey peeled off the same worn and patched red sweater. 'He danced about the ring with old ?time light footedness and finished up by taking the flght In the third round, last as he did at Toledo. The third round went one minute and thirteen seconds. - Mlske went down three times In the less than two and one-half rounds of fighting. In the fatal third, driven to "his corner under a rain of lefts and rights to the stomach and chin, the challenger took the count of Bine, and had Just regained hit feet, when Dempsey. carefully measuring his dls taace, finished the bout' with a left to ?toaaach. Cenfualon In Maine Boston?The enfranchisement ol women "has caused extreme contu sion" In Maine where state officers 'will be elected on September 13. ac ?cording to franklin D. Roosevelt, dem otfaWe ?dlate for vice-pi eatdeut, nrho passed through this city on his way to New Tork city afler campaign lag In Maine. "On my retain from three days In Maine." Mr. Rootevelt tald la a state ment, "I And H impossible to make any estimate of the situation. The passage of tha nineteenth amendment (Iving women tha vote has caused ex treme confusion not oaly In. the coun try districts but alto la the cltlaa la Maine. No one hat any Idea as to the tlte of the womaa't registration there let alone the tlte of the actual womaa vote on September 13. Aim of Italian Sociallata. London.?{leisure of Italian factor las by metal workers as the atsrtlng point of a general taking oter of In dustry Is advdfcated by Italian extrem ists at the meeting of the heatl.i of the General Federation of Labor and the metal workers' union and re pre aentatires of,the Italian soclsllst par ty at Milan, says a dlapatch from that Third day: Dr. Elmer Smith, head of English and Public 8peaking Department of Colgate University, Member of National Commission on High School Syllabic*,/*+?*? Examiner of Ragenta Dept. of N. Y State. Lec turer for A. E. F. forces in France, associate editor of English Journal, Lyceum and Chautauqua lecturer for many years. Dr. Elmer Smith's (list lecture deals with Community leader ship. The part co-operation should play in building a live community, the function of the home, school and ch urch. In his second lecture a United Am erica offers the best solutions fer the solutions for the present critical in dustrial and immigrant problems of any man on the Chautauqua platform.' These are the most vital problems facing the American people today and problems which everyone should be familiar with. The concert on this day will be a detachment of soldier boys from camp Upton, N. V. They give a program full of "pep". Lots of snappy drill, set ting up exercises and popular songs. In command will be a commissioned of.lcer from West Point. The idea be Mtol thfe h to gJra a> actual demon stration of what the American army is doing to educate the illiterate. These men are mostly foreigners and were men' who could neither read or write when they en ered the army. Now they have the equivalent of an ~rade educatios. >' J . - i ' f ' ( CONDENSED NESS fitOB THE OLD liOKitl SI ATI ?H):n nu in ur iNTKMktn r?> t.A ROl.INI VS8 Spencer. ? The People'! Bank nt Bait Spencer la the name chosen for the new'nnin tal institution for that town, this being the choice ot tam stockholders. Washington.?Sale of the Liberty ?hipyarii at Wilmington. N. C.. to the city of Wilmington tor M7,iU0 was aa nj;im:ed by the slilpp.ng board. lirojja'ioro.?Mrs. Amanda y.nilcltn, who Urea on the Wimion :u r ju.l about eight miles (run Gu.l.'or. L'jllege.waa burned to death ?t her home. R :?!gh.?Governor Blckett pardon ed Jjoci Knott j at Mecklenburg towho was sentenced Is Septem ber. tall, 10 IS years in the peniten t try (ir -.ssaultlng two Charlotte jivl.caaiai. Wauojiboro.?A number of now resi dence! have recently been completed In the Mont Calm section cf tfci c'.'.j ani cth j.-i will shortly be elected there. That suction of the city is b? lng rapidly built up. Chhrlote.?A pageant to comjj'n* rato the 300th anniversary of the lan*. ing of the Mayflower is one of the io? turea planned to take place clo?* to the Thanksgiving season by tii> Klr?t Baj/tist church. Dr. Luther Liltlo, the paxor, has announced. Rocl:y Mount. After having -eea ?aught In a belt at the pi w U tha Carolina Stave Company at Lag. b* tween Enfleld and Halifax. J. H. Owens, whlta.' t? years of age. died t>n the train while being rushed to this "city tor medical attention. Salisbury.?The September Una of Rowan superior court whUri con venes on the 13th haa a larger num ber ot divorce cum on Its docket than any court In thta county haa ever carried. There are twenty-flve la a>L Aakerllley?W. L. Brooker. for mora than ten yean superintendent or the ' Florence, S. C.. public Kftooif. waa elected superintendent of the A>t* ?llie city achoola during a special sa? * alon of the city commies! on. Winston-Salem.?Joan Neat divi sion siles manager for the R. J Rey nolds Tobacco Company, with head quarters at Omaha. Neb., died in m hospital there after two weeks' Ulaeaa with pneumonia. The deceased waa ? .native of this county and was popular. Dam.?It maw seems almost car tain that Governor James M Cam, Demdnratlc nominee for President. will speak hare at tha opening ot Um Dunn fair oa Tneaday. October 11, Elisabeth City.?A strike of Um carpenters employed at the plant of the Elisabeth City shipyard la on Ull week with no end In atgkt. Durham. Attorney Victor 8. Bray ant. one of Durham county's represen tatives In the stata legislature, was operated on here for appendlcttta. Ha la reported as having soccessfaiy stood the operation. Monroe.?Jim Olbbs. alias Charlie Harris, was arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Fowler and Chle&ot Pol lea Spoon and delivered Into the custody of Sheriff Gary Whittle of Augusta, for a murder committed In Augusta, in the summer of 1W4. . _ f ^ Ashevllle ? After rising to &0od stage the French Broad river here Is falling and unless other heavy rains fall It Is bellevad that the dgiw ger la over. The same condition pre vails on the Swasnaaoa river, whteh however, has not risen as high as tha French Broad river. AshevlUe?'"Clean-op or close up" Is the order of Miss Pearl Weaver. nurse-Inspector, recently sworn In by thfe city commissioners to enforce tha sanitary laws of the city and* she aays she Is following ont her owa orders by closing the T. M. I. colored cafe, until that place can clean up. Zebuloa.?W skelow High school will open under asost favorable fir cumstancea with a complete staff of U teachers. Prof. Owen Odum. of <'<HK N. C., i* Ilia new superintendent, sal .he Is already here. ? ?? X Rich Bijriare.?Northhampton cona ty farmers are preparing to harvest tha largest com crop, perhaps, la th* history of the county, certainly tfca >argset grown since the Civil War. Both cw an-1 wha-' *? > O vl rar wom P-jv (vi to ? ? ? . . V