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c ; ? - - -fr - "T.-"-.?,- T r* - ? - - A ( Hertford County Herald ?I? I - I II I HERTFORD COUNTY'S ON1.Y NEWSPAPER ?""??'? A PAPER WORTH WHILE ? JOrf BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Vohrae XL 'Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, November 12, 1920 One Section No. 30 LIBAU, RUSSIA, VIS ITED ON CRUISE OF D. S. S. FREDERICK (Br J. Boy Putar) Ubau,' Latvia, Buaria, which wu vWted by the U. 8. 8. Frederick, ia ? city of about 76,000, that ia, prior to the war, but which haa bean ma terially reduced since the war. Our ?hip reached the outer harbor of this city, which is located on the Baltic 8aa, on Tuesday, morning, September 14, after a three day trip from Ant werp, Belgium, a trip which took as through that famous and compara tively new work of conatruet&|n?the Kafl Canal?bettor known to the na 1 thre Germans as the Kaiser Wflhelm Canal; and thence one day's trip up the BaMe Sea. The weather was of the December Variety, although it was in the month of Septmnbor; and the Navy Woolen blanket! were a welcome addition a* night; while overcoats con stituted a part of the attire whan go iagaAwa. It was probably foor o'clock in the mo mm* when *? weighed anchor, ?boot a quarter of a arte from the dock at Ubao. Jut off oar port aide lay the U. 8. 8. Pittsburgh, to whose aid we had baen summoned, after she had run aground and wu fast filling with water. On the first afternoon at Uban only the officer* to go ashore. Oh Wednesday half of the craw went ashore in Ubao. I was among that number who spent the afternoon in tha city. Bsfors we had left the skip, Mm Commander had issued strict instructions that no one was to ea^ asx 'ood whOa whore, nor' warn they to imbibe tha Rasstaa V<M ka, wines Mr hsana, When we had reached the town Ld had toksn our fir* of tha sarroundtags and too motls* inhabitants, bom of the party had* the slightest desire to partake of the food or drink, Hera are a few notee taken on the city of Libau anw which ware Jotted down on the night after going ashore, and being a part of the abbreviated diary taken of each day's activities. "Old, dilapidated place; practically every store having the appearance of some Hebrew joint in the slums of an American city. Little carts, that are drawn by large draft horses, wear rug the proverbial Russian collars, i^ere seen in all parte of the city. Saw one automobile during the entire af ternoon, which appeared to be a worn out, torn down, Ford. CobbleatoMsa everywhere and places of business ran down to nothing. Old men aad walking down the streets shea less and eodklsas. Passed the central city market, out of which poured tha poor, lowly inhabitants, bearing their few fishes and the hplf loaf of black bread. All stores displayed many kinds of trinkets made of amber, the articles thus displayed having been boosted hi price' upon the arrival of toe America* sailors. For wvery Am erican dollar, one hundred and thirty five Russian dollars were exchanged. The Russian dollar is termed Ruble, and h made of common paper. Five dollars worth of Russisa money re quires a suit case in which to take it away." Altogether tha Impress on gained in one day's visit t othia dty was one of pity and disgust Many of the in habitants of the city admitted to.the sailors that they deported among the jpany of them talked flueat English. ^..Like the peoples of all other SlKb pean countries the Ruaslsns an giv en to drink, hilarity and "s good time* as it is interpreted in Kurope. The beer gardens, cabarets, and house!) of prorttortion forays great part of the busness of the larger towns and cities. Do your duty?Subscribe to your home paper. 'The Herald is fl.M the year, payable in advance. AHOSXB TOBACCO WAitfc ..HOUSES ..MAY CLOSE ?V, . Owing to ttow mutuant by fanners the imipriotoo of the Ahoaki? tobac. co nnfllHMii may be forced to close their doom within a few weeks. This | statement U made to' good faith and | is fukfUfitUlly thf iiibsUQce of & i conversation held with one of the I proprietor* of a warehouse here, who states that his warehouse has ba?B rteadiiy losing money on every day's sale, owing to the smaQ amount or tobaeeo brought here for sale since the current season began. The oper ating expense - of the wtafehoose, ac cording to this warehouseman, exceeds tho daily < unrc Jr sions thai it the management. Lrder these cir-umstau ces there is nothing to do but devise some mean* 10 induce tot trdacco ghnrers-to bring their fo-' i.-t to the market or c'rse the war'XJib* for The warehousemen are loathe to dose their doors, however, as they realise that a large amount of the tobacco is still in the county, not mar ketod. The problem seems to be to get the tobacco to the market. Many farmv^hare, no doubt, been holding off, inv order to harvest their other crops; aad some according to this warehouseman, were waiting until "af tor the ?taction"/hoping that prices would get bettor ud higher. But, sine* the eieetifOB. hu ooa?o and gone sad cotton and peanuts having been mostly harvested, there U no appar ent reason for the fanner not bring ing his tobacco to market. Those familiar with the market con ditioas on the burger markets of the Stats, after watching the local sales, say that it cannot he on account of the lower prices paid here; for they assert that the prices paid on the lo cal market are as good, if not better, than the average of the larger aad older marketa. Only this week aa experienced tahacsa man of one of the largest markets in the State fol lowed* sate her* and stated that the average was better than any sale he had seen on his home town floor. Ia fact, the warehousemen say that they have had no tricks on the prion gfven on their floors. Aad, that ia ioae fact that confounds them in at tempting to arrive at sense sort of conclusion as to the real reason for not having mors tobacco her* The Kentucky markets will soon be open ing and both the warehousemen and buyers will be needed there where is the largest volume of business, hence th grave danger of the Ahoskie mar ket closing up shop. ? Warehousemen here state in equal ly strong terms, however, that they have no intention of closing, if they have assurances that the tobacco will soon be marketed by the farmers; and that is what they want to hear. I 0 TRINITY NEWS SERVICE The committee in charge of tn* an nual interscholastic declamation Na tast to be held nt Trinity College, Dur hum, on Friday, Nbvember 26th, U making a special effort to see that ooanty high schools are represented at least one man in the contest. The committee has mailed letters to the principals of the high schools of the county, urging that their schools be rapreeented at the event The custom of aa annual declama tion contest at Trinity, in which rep reeentativea of various high schools in North aad South Carolina and Vir ginia would compete, originated with the 9019 society, a scholarship and patriotic organisation at the college, ia 1910. The event grew ia favor dur ing the years* but it was found ne cessary to abandon it during the war. Last year it was resumed with much success. The interest this year is ex pected to break all reeorda. The preliminaries will he held Fri dayj November Mthj /beginning at ?tW ia the morning. From the num ber taking part in the preliminaries tan will be selected from the finals to he held that evening. The winner in the finals will be presented with an at tractive gold medal given by the 9019. The young men taking part in the contest will incur no expense while at the collage. They will be the guest of the eocity which arranges the cvmtt A trip through the manufacturing p'anta of Durham, followed by a bank quet, are features of entertainnvt tow oo-.'Mf ?tl 'or t*?r\ "NATIVE OF HEBTFOSD COUNTY MBS IN CHINA Hon. Thomas R. Jemigan, a native of HarralUville, Hertford County, died la China, Monday. November lat. Mr. Jernigan kaa made his home in Shanghi, China, for many years, hav ing been gives a diplomatic port there by President Cleveland in 1893. The deceased waa a newspaper man at note and a legal adviser of abi'ity. He is survived by Us wife, who liv es at the old home at Harrellsville, and four children: Paul /ernigan of Shanghai, China, Roberts H. Jerni g*h, at Ahoskie, Starkey Jemigan, of Harrellsville, and Mrs. Stanley Win bourne, of Murfreesboro. The former Mrt Paul Jernigan, ia now en route to China, after having spent some time in America as the guest of his rela tives. He sailed a few week* ago for China, and had not had time to reach there before the death of his father. Mr. Jemigan was aa influential Dan ocrat, and in his younger days, while still reafating in this country he work ed hard for the succeas at his party, his services being recognised by Pres ident Cleveland, who appointed him as Consul to Kobe, Japan. Following the first term of Cleveland, he return ed to this country; and waa &ain ap pointed to a diplomatic post during Cleveland's second administratis. This time be was given the post of Consul-General at Shanghai When Mr. McKinley was elected President, If* Jeinigan lost Ma port u Consul-General, bat had-become at tached to the Far East, and deckled to cart his lot there. He began the practice of law there, and soon be came oae ?f the loading members of the bar In that great city. He was appointed legal adviser to the Chinese Government, and also received an ap pointment aa agent far the Hague Tribunal tm China. . Many years before his death, Mr. Jernigan had become a regular eon the most influential and widely cir culated journals of this Far East. He had commanded a good working know ledge of tha Chinese language, and b) his'works in the Review, ha treated some of the larger problems affecting the Chtweee Government and his find ings were regarded aa authentic. In addition to his work as journalist, Mr. Jernigan was the author of several books, which are regarded as ftiteHl genf and comprehensive studies of the several subjects treated. Before entering upon his duties in Shanghai, in 1898, Mr. Jernigan had heen associated i with newspapers in Raleigh. He purchased the Daily Chronical from Joseph us Daniels in 1892 and in 1893 sold the same paper to Mn Daniels and his ascsodatea, it being merged with the News A Obaer ven It was this year that Mr. Jer nigan received -his appointment to Shanghai. Mr. Jernigan'? body was laid to rest in his adopted home at Shanghai. China. 0 MORAL?DON'T BORROW (Tha following article has appear ed in the Herald once before, but one cf our patrons a ffw days ago handed it to the editor, who, on account of its peculiar adaptability to the local sit utaion, herewith republishes it, hop ing that some of the habitual borrow- 1 em may thoroughly digest its moral.) < A man who was too stingy to sab- ] scribe to his home paper sent his lit- i tie boy to borrow the copy taken by ! a neighbor. In his haste the boy ran 1 over a stand of bees And in ten min- ; Otoe looked like a warty summer ! squaah. His father ran to assist him, and fating to notice that barbed wire fance ran into that, cutting a hole in his anatomy and ruining a Ave dollar pair at pMs. The old cow took ad vantage of the gap hi the fence and got into the corn Raid and killed her self eating grsen corn. Hearing tha racket tha wife ran out, upset a four gallon churn fall of cream into a bas ket of little chicka. drowning the en tire hatch. In her haato aba dropped a $35 eat of false teeth. The baby, having bean left- alone, crawled thru the milk into the parlor, ruining a brand new |25 carpet. During thk excitement the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man, tha dog also broke up 11 setting hens and the cal vsa got out and chewed the tails of four One new shirts off the elothes IM. . I ROANOKE CHOWAN CLUB ORGANIZED AT N. C. STATE On Tuesday ???nine, October 26th., it fit announaed that the boy? (rem Bertie, Hartford and Northampton counties would meet to organise a club. Naturally all oar fellows weijc interested and at the meeting a large majority were there. It ni as good a representative group of college boys as ever "Clubbed a Club.'' There were, bald headed Freshmen, barber Sopbomores, fussy Juniors, and digni fied seniors. It was unanimously voted that this should be the best club yet. On the program we are arranging for freqeut banquets, entertainments and the like. It was real fun to meet with the stran gen almost from our own neighbor hood. The counties were represented as follows: Bertie, Obed Castetloe, Boy Hollowell, Q. B. Cherry, J. P. Tayloe, Thos. A. White, Q. 8. Nor fleet, B. C. Baggett, H. C. Pritchard. O. T. Gileott, O. T. Parker, Win. Ed* wards, Maitham Joyner, and Robert Brown; Northampton, Bruce HI Con nor. R. K. Vick, C B. Bevelle, C. C. Parker, R. E. Dunning, X. R Ste phenson, E. W. Harris and P. T. Long Hertford County, J. D. Sykes, 3. U. Hotleman and W. H. Jones. The following officers were elected: for President, G. B. Cherry, vice pres ident, J. P. Tayloe, Secretory, Braee H. Connor, Treasurer, J. D. Sykes, re porter, Tfeomas A. White.?Reported ? WHITE HOUSE LAWN WILL BE * SHEEPLESS lire. Warren G. Harding ia already laying her plana for running the White House when she becomes its mistress. ? ?r?^ "There are two things ) am (sing to insist on" d? said. "I dont want to hare any poScemea at ths White Boom (ate* aad thsreH be ne sheep on fK^ White Wmm Lawn." _ "Tlte White House gates are to be open alt the time to. anybody who wants to cqm in." -- ?' -l* - Mrs. Harding made these observa tions ia a humorous view to a group at newspaper men In the front yard. Seine one had recalled the incident at Mr* Harding being chased away from the front of the White House by a policeman a couple of yean ago. Mrs. Harding had Just been shop ping up town and came up to a little knot of reporters standing in the front yard. "I've been too busy campaigning to buy any c'othes this summer," sh< said, looking apologetically at th" dress she has been wearing several months, "but you Just watch me now " Chape rones of by-gone days' would be to severe policing for the young girU There is such a thing as being too strict, but most parents today are not hfeaded In that direction. Girls in their early teens enjoy an excess of freedom not good for them. The present laxness is as ridiculous as a hidebound system of chaperonagc. A decade ago boys could not get away with some of the escapades many girls go through without creating much excitement. o?i__ Sewer Ditch Cava* la Two Places The ditch which was made ths day before by the ditcheT of ths MeCrary Company who are putting in Ahos kis's sewer system, caved in, filling ths newly made ditch with now dirt, last Saturday afternoon, in front of ths Manhattan Hotel. Two different places gave way, and in Ailing up the ditch narrowly missed covering up ?oms of the workmen who had just a few minutes prior to this time ceased work and crawled out it the Identical spot which caved in. The digging of the dtteh and laying of pipes for the sswsr system is mov ing steadily along, and with favorably weather will continue to make go6d progress. The dspth of the pipes lain for the paat two weeks has been greater than at any other point in town; being ths two blocks on Main Street, juust Wast of the Atlantic Coast Llns railroad crossing. ? 0 There are ?ever*l subscribers upon our lists that are In earresrs. That you may continue to receive the Hsr sld, ws suggest a prompt renewal. ?.Sab???.ke t4 ifn HSr.iU. ; % i NOTED LAND CAMS IS SET TLED BY SUPBEMB COURT Ike North Carolina Supreme Mil last week handed down a de ritioi: in the Weal uh of Hoggard agum* Mitchell, confirming the #?d ?ng* of the Hertford '"?ounty Sperior C?>41*. The county coot ha* twice in three year* decided the ea*e In fa vor of the plaintiff, C. C. Hoggara. The list time, Dr. J. H. MitcheHt defendant, was granted a new trial by the Supreme Court, upon the dis covery of new evidence. The second trial resulted in the same verdict }>y the county court, and, upon appeal to the higher court by the defendant, the Supreme Court upheld the lower tri bunal. This ease has been the center of interest in Ahoskie for almost Ave years, and there is a feeling of relief prevalent hereabouts since the case has beq settled. The controversy at issue arose ever the so-called "No Man's Land" in the heart of town, ly ing near the railroad depot. The land la question formerly belonged to Dr. Mitchell, who a few years ago as serted his former title to the land. C. C Hoggard contested his right to the land, and the courts found that Dr. Mitchell had no right to enclose the land, en account of representations made to Hoggard at the time the lat ter purchased a site from Dr. Mftchell many years ago, and secondly the courts asserted that the property was publi^ property, paving /tor many yean bean habitually used as a pub He square, street, and thoroughfare. '?-0 OCTOBER STATE HEALTH BUL LETIN A GREAT PIECE OP WORK This bulletin, boosting preventable disease, is a great piece at werk in whkh the Bmm of Bpide?*iology ha? given to the public this month and it ia worthy o| even wider circu lation than th? Bulletin normally has. It sh?wi what the Bureau is accom plishing and further what it can ac complish with the co-operatiee of the people. It denies responsibility for the 427 deaths from typhoid and the 242 from difftheria and invites the State to avail itself of the easy means at the lowest possible cost ef preven tion by getting the serum used in th' assaults upon these diseases from the State (Board of Health. One very excellent feature of this bulletin is the ^hort, crisp sentences which it cairies a^ the top and bottom : of each pager~*Theae sentences ez-' press the thought that is found in lots of long articles. Each one has a "health truth," and if one has only | three minutes \o spare it will return great gain to him by reading these if no article at all is looked at. Thisl feature makes Hie bulletin very un- 1 usuaU ' ' ? I "While the health bulletin is not a classic" stated Dr. J. S. Mitchlnor who edits the October bulletin, "it is a fundamental and an essential." Upon ; request copies will be sent to each county superintendent of schools to, be used as a "traveling library* for' the schools. Its use will make an ex- ' cellent practical lesson and will likely j sav0 lives and prevent epidemics. ( 0 WHAT TO DO FOR MEASLES AND | WHOOPING COUGH i; The State Board of Health does not \ pretend to have found any specific for measles 'and whooping cough, which kills so many babies. It does know, as shown in the October Health Bul letin, bow to make less likely deaths from there d'sruier. The first thing Is to svoid these di- , Borises. If measles is abroad in the. community the older is to keep thk I child away from it If the child gets it the thing to do is to send the victim | to bed and keep him them By care-, ful treatment there will be no danger. !, ous aftermath which really makes measles highly fatal Whooping cough does its worst in youth. The baby under one year stands one chance in eight of dying; from one to is 1 in every 10; from two to three th? rate is 1 In every *0: from three to four it Is 1 inevery ISO and from four to five, one In 200 die. The application is inevitable. Remember the HeraM ?o pay your vi^scrlpfion. , MANY SCHOOLS TO ENTER DEBATING CONTEST ATO. li C The ninth annual state wide debate of the high achool debating union of North Carolina will center iU fight this year around the question "Resolv ed, That the policy of the cleaed shop should prevail i^ America industry according to aa announcement made here today by E. R. Rankin, Secretary of the central committee. * ' Last year 250 high schools were en tered in the contest and Secretary Rankin estimates that 80,000 peop'c heard the debatea It was won by Aaheville and previous inners have beea Durham, Wilson, Waynes vtl'e, Graham, Wilson, Wiaaton-Salom and Pleasant Garden. As usual the school entering the coateat will be divided hi triangles for the first round and the winners wfi> come te Chapel Hill for the further elimination rounds and the final cham pionship debate for the Ayeock Mem orial Cup. The triangular debates win be held throughout the State late in March and the final contest in Chapel Hill early in April. President H. W. Chase has an nounced that the University has re ceived from Lawrence S. Bolt, Jr., of Burlington the gift of $10,000 to be ased to help provide aa education for students who would be unable other wise to go te the University. The principal of the gift will be used as a' I A-- ? ? - - wan xuna ior needy and otter stud ents and the income will be made into four scholarship# to go to that mem ber. man or wotqan, of the freahman sophomore, junior and senior classes who shal' be deemed most worthy, needy and deserving. President Chase pointed out the double effect of the gift which establishes a lam fund and provides the scholarships at the same tin*- "It Is a generously conceived and splendidly fanned gift" he aajd "and so far as I know is unque ia its multiplied result* The committee ad HtfiUstering the gift will be the Ptea Ident, the business manager. Charted > T. Woollen and Professor M. C. Noble. - Colerain News Mr. Overton of Ahoskie waa in our ' Mr. Kichard Askew of Windsor was in town last Tuesday. town last Tuesday and Wednesday, looking over peanuts. Last Tuesday, election day, was in deed quiet here. Some few of oar women voted. Mr. Banks of Windsor, who travels for the Vrginian-Pilot, waa in town last Wedneeday. Mr. Jim Eley of Ahoakie was bare last Wednesday. Mr. C, B. Morris made a business trip to Windsor last Thursday. Mr. Hubert Askew and Mrs. Mar tha Askew went to Windaor last Thu rsday. Mrs. Clarence Beasley spent last Thursday in town. Dr. No well went to Suffolk last Friday to take a patient to the I ake view Hospital. Mr. H. S. Baanight of Ahoaki? was in town last Friday. Mr. Lennie Deans and family of Whaleyville, Vs., spent last week at the "home of Mr. t. t. Deans. Bav. Lineberry fllldd hie regular appointments here last 8und?y moot ing sad night ' *'? A large number of oar people at toendfd the burial ef Mr. J. C. Brit ton at his old home place la* Sunday afternoon. Mr. Lass NowaU, who k attendtag school at Wake Forest, came home ea last Sunday to attend the burial of hia grandfather, J. C. Britton. Mr. and Mra. Shielda of Marty Hffl were the gueits of their daogbtaf, Mrs. G. M. Holly, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Britton spent last Sunday in Powsllavilla. Mia Ussie Brinkley spent the peal week end at Chowan Callage.
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