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| Hertford County Herald I ' * i?) ji L ' ?I?HI- ?L- JL.il- .. || i i I || HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA jVolumc XL ^ Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, November 19, 192cT One Section No. 31 RURAL super I VISION BAD LY NEEDED I' In the reorganization of rural edu cation one of the chief things needed ?U cloie, professional supervision of Irpral sehool. fer.tife suRorvUiun which, ?exists today, except in * few places lis more in name than in fact. The necessity Hi" Indicated "By the scope of ?its ?eld. When we consider the fact Ithat of the total'School pofwlatiott ttf ?the state the rural school population Iconstitutes 81.4, per cent and that it lis tfae quality and quantity of edtta Ition and training they receive that is Ifeing to determine in a large measure ?the degree of efficiency, attained^ by Ittis state in i*s.m*er>al. ^WWrtnal land moral life, then it must appear I self evident that the question of more ? adequate supervision and direction ot I the work of 81.4 per cent of oar p rea gent total school population and future I citizenship is not a local queation only 1st is not even a county-wide qneatfaa ? but a pr?Wcip state- .?;i i\it? sign1 I ficance and in the urgency of its suc leeesful solution. From a report Of the- State School I Superintendent for 1918 we find that I only 40 per c< nt of i ounty superintend I cats time is given to supervision that I the .Aunk?r-??. jdsiu.Jo,.*achi school Iper year is one aad the average length I of this visit two hours. It U dear I then that in consideration of the a I mount of money now expended for I the rural schools of the county a I supervision of Ally 2 hours of each year of eseh school in the- county is dearly inadequate to enable the coun ty child tc. get the moot rervice but of the money which is now being ex fended fer his education and training. The cities have a giant advantage wasted or worse than wasted because of a poor teacher and the%ck of rtai supervision. ^ E ur?l school supervision if it Is properly done is a piece of expert' pro fessional work md one which ought to be placed on as high professional special supervisions and supervising principles the cities look after their instruction with ? care and a thorough ness nnjcaowii in rural schools. Yet it is In 'tie cities that most of the trained and experiencs! Wtchers are found while in^the rural schools near ly nil nf ibc 'mimine* i<ic inexper iences and most of the poorly educat ed and unsuccessful teachers And eith er their starting or stopping point. In the better managed citif* if tru ?? ble arises or if a teacheV proves weak attention is at once given to the case and th? teacher is improved by help ful suggerticnr or assistance or is re moved from the position. In the co untry schools Kucfe situations often go schools. When this has been done the reorganization of rural education with centrally located rural schools, instruction situated to the needs of country' children andSupervision as close and effective as the cities today enjoying, will be easy of accomplish ment. Then only will farmers cease moving to the city to secure better educational advantages for their child ren. ? All that is required is the ex penditure of a little more money to perfect as good schools for the coun try as are now to be had in the cities. AW since the majority of Amercan children must get their education in country schools isn't it worth while to make these as good as possible T The year 1911 marks the beginning of a more Intensive supervision of the rural schools of the state. For It was in that year that thought thfe gener ous aid of the George Ponbody fund three counties, Sampson, Johnston and McDowell were enabled to begin the policy of employing rural school supervisors. In 1912 aid from litis unties, Northampton, Alamance and Granville. So well did the supervis ors in these 6 counties demonstrate the meaning and value of their^work -*to the rural school**and rural ootnmun ities that even after all outside aid had to be withdrawn because of the distribution of the Peabody Fund to the Collages of the South these six counties took over this work approp riating the entire amount of the sup . l ,? - t : ? Miss Bernice Mae Greene Entertains Kit* Bernice Mae Greene mi hoc tea* at a delightful Thankaffiviny par ty on Tuesday evening, given at her home in Ukt 'End, in hoaor of her house guest, lilts Lily Mae Hsrgrsve of Norfolk, Vs., and in honor of Miss Annie Parker whose engagement to ^Mr. Wi^4wt Albert Hams of Copper hill, Temt, was announced, to take place on Wednesday December 29, 1920: The rooms of the home were beau tifully decorate* 1ii' autrimn' flowers, holly and pottitiil A contest was held during the even in* aad vartoiu games. Tret* played throughout the evening. Miat Annie , Parker, received the prixa, s Hook at f Kipling mi. I Those se^rifty were Meedames J. T. Parker, Roberta~~Jemigan sad N. E. More than thirty guests partook of Miss Greene's hospitality. Locals ' :? ervisors salary from the county fund The movement for better supervis ion of rural schools has extended un til now when twenty , out of the one hundred counties have supervisor*. 'Buncombe, Nash, Durhain, Union, Dav idson, Wayne, Cojumbus, Forsythe and Hertford having put on newt ones.: ? ? The lastlegislatur* passed the fol lowing law "There shall be set aside annually from the state public school fund a sum net exceeding $60,000 for promoting teachers training in the several counties and further improve ments of teachers qsw in service and for the better supervision at rani ?ehoola." Now let us notice some of the spec ific alms <* what rsrfcl Supervision are actually doing. * sp***** practically her entire ton.' oat among the county schools. She visit* the -individual teacher in her schooL She vfeita the individual tea cher in her school room and remains long enough to find out* at first hand what the teachers greatest difficulties are and aids her in overcoming them. Second, making the rural schools in its course of study -aSd metbedi 'of teaching minister more directly and more completely to the native inter ests and every day needs of country children. Here the Superintendent is working with teachers individually and collectively not only that these children may Require more quickly and more thoroughly a knowledge of the three ,R's but also that they may make a practical use of this knowled ge in understanding better and ap tr.oqu aj[| aifl AlnJ uoui Sunuioaid them. Thirds, making the schools meet' mote fully the social cultuial and re creational neods of the pupils. As a practical means to this end the Sup erintendents are w<fridng with Hie teachers in the organization and direc tion of school lkeiory societies, school music club* and athletic teams for the boys and g'tls. Fourth/ Making these 'jchools an effective center. The supervisors are working not only with the rural tea chers but with the men and women o! 'ho community to mtk? the coun try school a unifying forts in the com munity. This Is being done through country life clubs Com. Service Lea gues. Betterment Associations, etc. While the Stalk has aftado an en couraging beginning in this essential movement, is s butnnnin}; only th if it has made and its rank is still be low the average state in this progres sive undertaking. The opportunities, and duties of the rural schools are per fectly definite and clear. There are men and women of the required train ing and ability to fill acceptably the supervisory positions. It only re mains for us to surround the office by such conditions and support it by such social and financial rewards that the highest type of ability and devo tion can be claimed for this one of the most Important of all educational offices. MISS >ANNIE P. BROWN* Do' your duty?Subscribe Id your home paper. The Herald is |1.S0 the )W, payable in advance. :?o TT URGES BANKS TO JOIN FEDERAL BESEBVE CHAIN f ???? Washington, Nov. 17th?Senator Dial, of Sooth Carolina appealed to day to all Southern banks which have not already done so to join the Fed eral Reserve system or become na-. tionai banks. Such action, he said, would greatly increase the borrow ing capacities of the bejk* and would help to a considerable extent in solv ing the question of the gradual mark eting of cotton Senator Dial said good progress was being made in the organization of three export companies and Jm thought they wonld greatly help in easing the situation. The 8outh, he said, must now help itself and would have to find a market and help finance the exporting of its cotton." ARMY NOW A SPLENDID SCHOOL The army of the United Stated has grown up like other armies in the last century and a half, and some things that were inherited from the armies of the ages that preceded the present era to our army. It had its undesirable features at times, and it has had many men in its enrollment that have awakened criticism. But an army was nev^r recruited to be a m&del of morals, or human culture, or refinement, but tp do the terrible ser ious work of standing between the nation -and its enemies. The first work of the soldier is to prepare to fight. So our army has had its Bea my sides. :'r v In the last eight years a change has taken place In army standards. New ideas and new ideals have been intro duced in-the army, and that 17,000 en listments were 'accepted in the one month of October st?s mote for the army- than probably any other testi monial. In these days when peace prevail*, when men are paid high sal aries for civil work, and when the Standard of fee recruit is so high that 1 men of questionable character arenot received any mere by the tray tkfe recorcTn not only one of surprise, be cause of its numbers, but also because of the broad uplifting of the general army standard. The American Army today U li fit occupation and school for ?a young American man. Ha get* in the army a wage that is s^iffi .-(eht to pay him or hie work and thanks to a wholly dif ferent attitude of the country aiid school to ' be trained' in everything that the government can place at the disposal of fiie young, fellows for the.purpose of. bringing out gf them the best that is in them. . The govern ment wants capability, good citizens, trained and trusty men and undertak es to make audi. That is another of the credits to the present administration, the government toward 0^ army and its young1 men the army is now a field in which the governnlpnt is undertak ing to meke of the soldier boy the best possible citixen and man that- his na tural abilities permit. Seventeen tho usand young men in October entered this serious and intensely practical " SESSOMS--BOYETTE On Tuesday- afternoon, November 16 at half past two o'clock. Miss Ellen Boyette of this city became the bride of Mr. James C. Sessoms, also of Ah oskie. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. P. Boyette, and was witness ed by only the close relatives of the two contracting parties. The bride entered the parlor on the arm of her sister, Miss Thelma Boy ette, while the groom was attended by Dan P. Boyette, brother of the bride." Mrs. S. J. Boyette presided at the piano, playing both the proces sional and,recessional. The parlor was beautifully decorated, and the color scheme of yaUqg and white was car ried out in every detail, chrysanthe numsandfems beingused to form the improvised altar. Candles used in the decorations were set bi candlesticks which were used at the marriage of the bride's grandmother. The piano used also furnished music for her grandmother's marriage. The bride wore a brown velour coat suit, with accessories to match. Following the ceremony, which was performed by Rev, Fred T. Collin* pastor of the bride and groom, Mr. ' and Mrs. Sessoms left on the after i noon train for a northern bridal tour, after which they will he at home in Ahoakie. Mrs. Sessoms la the youngeat dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Boyett* of this city and is one of Ahoskie'i moat attractive and popular young la dies. The (room la senior member ol the firm of Seaaoms and Forbes, a lo cal garage and automobile supph house. ? 0 There are several subscribers upoi oar lists that are la earreara. Tha you may continue to recsiTS the Her aid, w suggest a prompt rsneWWl. TONE OF PEANUT MARKET 18 LOTS BETTER The general tone of the market oq mw Virginia peanuts is decidely bet ter than at the close of the rid season. Both North Carolina bunch and large sine Virginia runners are active at 5 cJi&a on country basis, while Jumbos easily bring 7 cents or more accord ing to grade. A marked feature of the new crop is the good average quality of the nuts They are of such good color and uni form size that very few are going in to shelling stock. The result is that the percent of extra large shelled pea nuts is small relatively, the demand lor these exceptionally good. Anoth er result is that the No. 1 shelled of this season's crop are decidely above the general average for this same grade. This opening of the market on the new Virginia crop ft better prices than was at first promised is an un mistakable evidence that the trade firmly convinced that the 1920 crop is unusually short and that then will be an active demand throughout the sea son. These conditions wonld indicate better prices later on. Tim Spanish market is not an good relatively as the Visginia market. While there have been some sales in this section as high as $1.40 (o $1.60 a bushel, the general price has beei from $1.26 to $1.35 a bushel. Some Southern Spanish have brought as high as $100 a ton, or 5 cents a pound; but the general market has been s round $80 to $85 a ton. Now 1 shelled Spanish which were quoted last week by Southern mills at 8 and 91-2 cents a pound, are now being offered ss low as 7 1-2 cents F. 0. B. Southern Mills. .; o COLERAIN NEWS Rev. SL B. Lineberry went to Mur froesboro last Tvasday to attend the pastors' coofmace. Ma w*t to Norfolk last Wednesday to lie with her moth er who was under treatment at Saint Mrtwta.aMpNti. Kr. Stanton Phelps, who haa been in Norfolk foe mom time, came home last Wednesday to apend wane time with hia parents. Mr. EUie Overton of Ahoski? Was* in town last Tuesday buying peanuts A large number of bags are going In to the market n6w. Mr. J. M. Myers went to Merry Hill last Weednesday to visit his daughter. Mrs. Brett. Mn D. R. Britton wenf to Ahoskie last Thursday. Armistice Day was observed here last Thursday. - The school was dos ed for part of the day. Mrs. T. E. Beasley same from Bal timore last Friday and will spepd a short while here. Mr. Cecil Nowell, who is attending school at Wake Forest College, is at heme for a few days on account of the illness of his grandmother, Mrs. Eya Holley. . \ Mr. and Mra. Coy Smithwick spent last Saturday and Sunday in town. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shaw and Mrs. W."P. Shaw of Winton wer^ visitors in town last Sunday. Mr. Joe Stokes who has been work ing at Creedmore is at home on a visitt Mr. James Long spent last Sunday with hia parents in Aulander. Some of our people are attending court in Windsor this week. Mrs. Mary R. Shaw of Winton is spending some time With her da-ighter Mrs. D. R. Britton. Rev. R. K Lineberry left last Mon day {or Asheville, where he,will at tend the State Convention. Mrs. C. B. Morris left Tuesday for Norfolk, wherp she will go to St Vin cent's Hoapital for treatment Miss Amanda Baker Is spending the week in town. Entertains in Hon or of Bride Elect Mrs. 8. F. Bowers ?u hostess at a shower, in honor of Miss Ellen Boy ette, on Saturday afternoon, Novem ber 1J, from 3 to 5 P. M. The guests were jnet at the door and ushered into the reception hall by Mrs. Bowers, the hostess. Is the reception hall they partook of punch which was presided over by Miss Bettie Sessoms. The guests were then led to the din ing hall, which was beautifully decor ated in ferns, and white and yellow chrysanthemums. Here they enjoyed ice cream, with white and yellow wed ding drops. Following the repast, a small ex press wagon "drove up" to the door of the home, and the driver with the wagon being met by the honoree, Miss Ellen Boyette. presented her with the wagon that was laden with many beau tiful and useful gifts. Following an hour, spent in informal conversations and congratulations for Miss Bojrette, a popular bride-elect of the wfpk. the guests registered their names and a toast to the bride. Those present were: Mesdames B R. Copland. Ai. Lee Copeland, C. H. Mit chell, E. D. Cherry. S. P. Watson, J. B. Barnes, H. B. Chapin, C. G. Conger F. L. Howard, W.J. Myers, W. J. My era, J. H. Copeland, W. W. Rogers, W. T. Forbes, R. P. Slaughter, L. K. Wal ker, S. J. Boyette, D. Pi Boyette, Z. V. . Bellamy' R. H. Jernigan? V. H, Garrett, G* W. Baker, and Ruth Vin son; and Misses Sallfe Belle Vinson Ursie Vinson, Louise Basnight, Sarah Brett, Mins Holloman, Bettie Sessoms Lena Cherry, Thelma Boyette, Lillian; Boyette, Annie Parker, Lacille Ran dolph and Carrie Rawls. 0 PREVENT FIRES ?J It ni qaljr last week that Inaur um Commissioner Yoang mt to all Mayors a cautionary suggestion that the police and inspection force* of their towns keep a careful lookout for accumulation of leaves and especially of th? danger of bonfire*. And (Very body knows by now what a .firs breed er a shingle roof is. A very regrett able fl fust ration of this is seen in the following press report from Albemarl Tuesday morning: "The main building of the city grad ed School here was destroyed by fire .at Igjb'clock this mornfng. clas ses of the building and school were in full attendance but all the children escaped without -confusion or injury. A new steam heating plant had just been installed and this practically a total wreck. K is thought that the fins originated from a' Spark coming from the flue catching dry leases in the gutters and setting the shingles on the roof afire." 1 One of the standing instructions, or rather advisory precepts, which the Insurance Department sets forth is the good service of a ladder around buildings not only to put out an in cipient roof fire, but to prevent it. One nrflans of prevention is to -inspect the gutters of shingle roof buildings each fail and winter after leaves have begun or quit falling to see that no accumulations are left there. It is a good plan also in summer for build ings haveTSfirned from sparks setting fire to english sparrow nests and ig niting old or every dry ahingle roofs. Commissioner Young is highly grat ified at the splendid discipline the chil dren of this school had been trained in, thus insuring their escape from panic and injury. But this fire, which he says may be classed in the "avoid able" list, serves to teach not only the value of fire drills in school but the necessity of exercising care in observ ing the common ordinary rule of prac tical fire prevention. The admirable pluck of the local trustees in immed iately beginning preparations for a . new building will be the more com , mendable he says, if they will provide i an Incombustible roof and se^ that . th? roofs of other buildings are pro f tected from the possibility of a simi . lar disaster. r ?? The result of packing people in mov ing picture theatres and of neglect in , seeing that furnaces and flues are safe was shown in the death of si* children and Injury of many others in an Ital " tan Theatre in New York Sunday. It was Ailed to a capacity lot a special I . .. , ? - . ? I a ? I I play, the hero being an Italian lad who rose from humble surroundings to riches and fame. The youngsters were absorbed in the sci-een invincible ' who was protecting his fattier from theives, when smoke began to creep through the cracks of the floor and a woman screamed "My God, the thea tre is on Are." Immediately there was panic and six little tots, from six to 10 years of age were trampled to death and fifteen others badly injured, before the mad scramble could be checked. There was no fire, but the proprietors had neglected to examine the flues after the summer rest from fire. It was choked with old paper and trash, and caused the smoke, which caused the tragedy. A similar tragedy was averted in a special mov ie exhibition given for children in a North Carolina city last Saturday af ternoon simply because a film caught fire a few minutes before the theatre was crowded with children. As it was a very few had assembled at the early hour for the flr*t show, and ao panic " 'P?V?d "??q W 1! fl -pansua was the New York Theatre, In a long narrow hall, with exits only at ex tremities, Sunday morning papers would have carried a ghastly story In all probability. And yet it to ft fact that in many towns, inspectors from 'the State Department of Insurance which is officially obligated to prevent fires and accidents also, have little aid from some movie managers and sunt town officials In enforcing safety first rules and regulations. CommmissioB er Young says that danger from panic in .these long, narrow, crowded halls is very real aad everything possible should be required by local Inspector* to prevent any untoward event which might produce a stampede, whether o* children or adults. Remember the Herald ,t? pay yowr subscription. MEETING OF TOBACCO MEN HELD^ FRIDAY A Joint meeting at the tobacco van housemen, buyers and citisens of A hoi kta was held in the Chamber of Com merce rooms hen Friday night The meeting was tile direct outcome of a common report, based upon assertions of warehousemen, that the here would be forced to dose their doors in a few weeks, unless more tobacco was marketed here. The ob ject of the meeting was to work oat some definite program by which to bacco raisers might be brought into closer contact with the actual market conditions on the local floors and to offset certain rumor* detrimental to the market hare. The meeting resolved itself into a -round table discussion among the to bacco men and the business men of the town, the former acting as advis ers, and the latter resolving to carry out the ideas of those more intimately connected with tobacco marketing cm ditions The warehousemen re-iterat ed their former statements that the raisers were not markting their to bacco in sufficient volume to keep the warehouse open, and that aa a result the market here was threatened an early close, which would result in many farmers hereabouts being forc ed to go to the unnecessary expense of shipping their tobacco. It was also brought to the attention of the group that prices here were averaging better than some other mar kets; one raiser present telling of hav Ing shipped his tobacco to another market, and subsequently reehippisg to Ahoskie, where he received a much better average. Buyers also stated that prices here were exceptionally good in comparison with other larger markets. Before the meeting had ended many busoness men of the town had agreed to leave thir places of business, if ne cessary and make a personal visits in the surrounding territory, giving the farmers first hfnd information of th^ real situation. The warehousemen will cooperate with the business men in giving them comparative averages and in this way direct personal con tact between warehousemen and rain ers effected. It is now practically as sured that the Ahoskie market will keep on doing business until the to bacco is miuketed. I ' ?. > J- , ^