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j Volute XI. Six Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, January 21, 1921 One Section No. 39
STATE H H DIGEST COMPILED !
? 1 HEW OF I HERALD
| The commissioners of Johnston
county have decided to issue $400,000
. worth of bonds for the construction
. of a new- courthouse at Smithfleld.
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?{ 1,000,000 pounds of mica was min
ted in North Carolina during the past
'M twelve months.
The spring registration at Wake To
I rest College showed a decline over
f the fall registration, although it is ev
il er the 400 mark.
North Carolina dtands sixth in the
* United States in total value of all the
Sorepe, for year 1920.
?Boscoe Hill was appointed as
r postmaster at Eurd, on Jan. 12, to sue
ceed Marmaduke D. ^Harrell, remov
ed. The reason for removal was not
disclosed. Joseph R. Wilder was al
so appointed postmaster at Tunis, N.
C? a new oMce. The Tunis postofflce
has been fclosed for the past several
month. """ - + ?
?Mr. Russell C. Walton of Raleigh
_waJ heljl*> in his store and his cash
^tegister -Jibed of $86 last Thursday
I afternoon. The bandit has not been
apprehended. ">
'
Durham, Greensboro, and Raleigh
citizens are agitating the City Man
ager plan for municipal administra
tion. ' : V f
?J. T. Ryan, Secretary of the So
- uthern Furniture Manufacturers' As
sociation, announced, after a trip to
northern and western furniture fac
tories last week, that the furniture
business was recovering frpm the'
, slump and that the worst had already
passed.
Dr. Chat. E. Dow, a public health
exper' of Wilmington, says that the
.. cattl- tick should be run put of the
east m section of the State. In his
comments on his travels through this
sec*>on of the State, he says, "The
Ea.' ern Carolina country through
w) h I have traveled is well adapt
ed to the establishment of permanent
postures and a live stock industry
that would be a wonderfully fine ob
ject with which to supplement cotton
. and tobacco as well as to return some
fertiliser to Die ground."
?A. Wilson, N. C., bank last week
advertised $1,000,000 to loan on city
and connty real estate. .
In Cumberland County an agricul
tural board, consirtny of one member
fora^gich of the phven townships of
the copnty, has recently been organ
ic- "
Walter Murphy and Sam L. Rogers
both North Carolina poli ' -.al deader*
are being prominently mentioned for
North Carolina's twp dwgresamen
at, large, should the present Congress
increase the sise of the House, and
thua give North Caroline two addit
ional congressmen.
?Among some of the proposed
new projects Of public improvements
in the town ef Dunn and the county
of Harnett are : $600,000 for high
ways in the county; $100,000 for the
building of power, light and water
plant for the town of Dunn, and $60
000 to increase the educational fscil
ities at Dunn. ?
The town of Bethaven has just is
sued $120,000 for the construction of
a wate- and sewer system in that city,
work ? i begin on the two projects
at once.
.Two short courses in agriculture
J vgar at the North Carolina State
College at Raleigh todfy,"Thursday.1
The expenses of these courses art ve
ry small and ?re open to all farmers
or prospective farmers in the state. |
A large enrolment it hoped for by the
hthoritlee.
?Dr. Chafles E. Maddrey. recent- j
?jr elected as corresponding secreto
ry of the Baptist State Convention,
hps arrived in the State, and is ready
to tote Up his work. He preached at
Chapel Hill last Sunday, where he was
formerly a pastor.
?Normalcy is returning, in fact,
he- already returned in Orange sows-'
V Cotton mills haye raepeasd and
v working on full time. The grain
\ $ool a ft
altogether the people around HfUs- j
boro see a return, to better and nor-1
mal times.
?The members of the Cotton Ma
nufacturers' Association met in Ra
leigh Monday and endorsed the Amer
icao Products Import ana Export Co
rporation. Dr. Richard I. Manning,
former govenor of South Carolina,
addressed tile body.
?Alfred Bennett, negro of Clinton
i narrowly escaped being lynched by en
angry mob on Tuesday night He I
was rushed to Raleigh 09 a Sight
j train earl placed in the State Peni
tentiary. He was arrested as a sus
pect in connection with the brutal
murder of Lewis E. Raney, merchant
of Clinton, which occurred last Sat
urday night.
?Students of Davidson Collage
are forbidden to own automobiles by
orders of the President. The reason
given is that cars consume time that
should be devoted to college duties.
?Judge Frank Daniels, charging
the Cumberland ,County jury at Fay
ette ville, urged the supression of in
decenf movfng pictures, the vulgar
dances and the moonshiners. He en
dorsad heartily the course of Govern
[nor Cameron Morrison in urging the
stricter law enforcement.
?The Durham Hosiery Mills that
operate cotton mills in many cities in
North Carolina have announced that
they will resume operations on full
time on Monday, January 24.'
?Two North Carolina cities Tues
day, January 1$, voted large bond is
?sues' for the building and equipping
jof better and enlarged schools. The
Greensboro voters, by a majority of/
,700, voted a $1,000,000 bond issue
for schools; and on-the saiga day her
neighbor, High Point, by a majority
of 108, voted an issue of $600,000.
In Greensboro not a single woman
voted against the measure, and more
women voted than men.
?The Grand Lodge of Masons in
North Carolina met in Raleigh for an
nual meeting. The meeting lasted
two days. /
?Tobakco growers from twenty
North "Carolina counties, at a meeting i
held in Raleigh last Wednesday, join
ehld in Raleigh last Wednesday, join
ed with the grower* of Virginia in
: asking for a marketing system built
along the lines of the famous "Cal
ifornia Plan." The cotton growers
also held a meeting in Raleigh the day
following and decided to institute this
marketing system also. The peanut
farmers of North Carolina and Vir
ginia are already practically orgsni
on this plan. ShSj ?
THE WEEK IN LEGISLATURE
I Another week has tone by and lit
tle has been accomplished by the St
ate Legislature at Raliegh, except to
increase the salaries of the State ad
ministrative officers. The last two or
three days ef last week were given
! oyer to resolutions calling for an in
vestigation of the office of the State
Engineer, the State Sanatorium and
Senate expenses. A Mil to abolish
the office of State Engineer has been
introduced. " ,
Two bills have been introduced
calling for a lowering of the valua
tion on real property in the State.
The Senator and Representative from
Scotland Neck introduced such a bill
and later a bill purporting to do the
same thing was introduced by Sena
tor McSwain.
The committee on appropriations
for State institutions made its report,
and considerably decreased amounts
asked for by the budget comittee for i
the several educational institutions as
well as other state supported' institu
tions. A bill has been introduced at
the instance of the State Board of
Health, which would require a health
certificate by prospective man and Ms
wife-to-be. Senator Nash, of Rich
mond County, has also introduced a
bill to abolish the State Welfare De
partment A bill providing for mov
ing picture censorship has been Intro
duced in the House. The wctaien of
the State are sponsoring this act. It
is expected that the New Road BUI
will be ready for introduction some
? ***?', ,fil ITT!! H n ff
Association, the chief executive went
ing the counties to beer pertof the
expenses of the State Highway. H
Senator Stanley Win borne, of this
County, introduced a bill in Legisla
ture Tuesday which provides for the
retirement of Superior and Supreme
court judges, who have served as
much as tS years after they have been
on the bench until 70 yean of age.
His bill also provides emergency Jud
ges. Representative Barnes, Hert
ford County, has been -appointed a
member of the Roads Committee of
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No local merchant can afford not
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tary upon the small town business men
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week. The money Spent in advertis
ing in the better class of weekly news
papers is an investment and not ah
expense; and it is the best-paying in- ,
vestment that the merchant can make
but not one in -a thousand publishers j
of the weekly .papers is compensated
anywhere near what he is wortfi to j
the merchant or business man, and !
to the community in which be lives ,
and to whose interests he dedciates j
his life. Every editor of a weekly
newspaper is constanly working in the !
behalf of every merchant in the com
munity, whether that merchant pat
ronises the local paper or not; but
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unfortunately does not have the bus
iness common sense and the business
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CARTOS?DOUGHTY
Suffolk, Va.,. Jan. ^6.?On Satur
day, January 16, at 7:80 o'elocjc, at
the home of the officiating minister,
Dr. I. W. Johnson, 321 Saratoga St.,
Nick Cartos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Cartos, of Greece, claimed as hia wife
Miss Mamie Causey Doughty of 3huc
atuck, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. Doughty of Hertford County,
North Carolina. The bride eras be
comingly attired in a blue trigotine
traveling suit, with hat and gloves to
harmonize. The ceremony was wit
nessed by Charlie Slavin, Mrs. P. R.
Ellen or, and Mrs. I. W. Johnson. Im
mediately after the marriage, My. and
Mrs. Cartoe left for N?w York and
other Northern citites on their bridal
trip. After February 1, they will be
at home in Suffolk, the bridegroom
being the proprietor of one of Suf
folk's restaurants. Va.-PHot.
TIME TO PROVIDE
FOR STOCK LAW
SUGGESTIONS BY CO. AGENT
Ceuaty Agent Miller S?|(ut. That
Farmers Here Their Hogs Vacci
nated at Once?Also Urge* the
Budding of Permanent Pastures at
. This Time.
? Vaccinate your fall and winter pigs
right awgy. Don't wait until the
spfing epidemic of cholera breaks out
The old sawing that "an ounpe of fcre
vention is worth a pound of cure" is
doubly true in this case./ Hog chole
rt vaccination is a very economical
Way of insuring against the worst dis
ease that hogs are susceptible to. Va
ccinate and have,meat in your smoke
house next fall;
Resolve to/plant nothing but good
purebred seed this year in all your
farfn crops. Time was when any old
kind of seed that would germinate
were considered good seed but think
that this idea has been proven shrdl
that this idea has long since been prov
en false. It has been proven over and
over again in your own county that
good pure bred seed increase the val
ue of the crop from one third to one
half in amount produced per acre and
in quality grown. What right think
ing farmer wouldn't spent two or 3
dollars per acre to increase his yield
one third? Its simply a business pro
position, men; it isnt an unproven th
"eory. Plant the best seed obtainable
'regardless of cost. You Win And it
'pays.
) PVune your orchard this month and
j apply a dormant spray of lime sul
phur solution. Mix one gallon bf the
lime sulphur mixture to eight gallons
I of water and spray on the trees be
fore the buds appear in the spring.
'For any assistance along any of these
Ijfies pall on your county agent.
? Permanent Pasture New?
With the stock law coming into ef
fect in February its no longer a ques
tion as to whether we want to go to
the trouble to fix up a pasture for our
stock; it is an absolute necessity, if
we want to continue to grow stock
for the present high price of wire it
would be altogether impracticable to
fence up woods land as a phsture.6
acres of laind properly seeded down to
grasses and clovers will easily be wo
rth two hum.red acres of woods graz
ing. Of course, the time to have
planted a pasture to have be
en ready for the stock law would
have been a year or two ago but it
is not too late to mend. Get busy
the next few weeks and prepare to
get your pastures seed in the soils as
soon as the weather begins to moder- !
ate, say about in a month.
A. good pasture raim- re i for this j
section is as follows: 10 pounds Al- ,
sike clover, 4 pounds white corn, 4
pounds bur clover, 4 pounds of Red
clover and eight pounds each of Ital- ,
ian, Rye Grass, SQdan Grass and Red
Top Grass. This mixture will post j
about $10 per acre and will easily bp
worth $76 per acre each year.
The County Agent will be glad to j'
assit you in securing the best seed
and method of planting. Wirte himt.
or call him.
?Hf. L. MILLER, County Agent |
MENOLA NEWS
. I
Herbert Britton has moved to his 1
new home near St. Johns.
J. W. Barrett of Menola was in the '
town of Woodland Thursday.
R. B. Britton of Menola was in Wo- '
odtand Thursday.
H. R. Britton of St. Johns was a '
visitor in* Woodland Thursday.
B- F. Chitty and C. A. Vinson were 1
in Woodland Thursday on business.
P. B. Parker of Menola was the
guest ofE.L. Chetty at Murfrsssboro
Thursday.
H. R. Britton and his wife were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Britton '
last Wednesday night.
Henry Brown spent last Wednes
day in Wlnton on business.
C. A. Vinson went to Murfreesboro
on business Saturday.
P. B. Parker of this place spent
Thursday in Ahoskie.
Sam Liverman and Jimmie Brant
ley of Union were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Britton.
Bee that your subscription is kept
in advance. We wiU be compelled li
to drop tome of oar subierftxr* VI
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GOOD ROADS FOR
THE FARM FOLKS
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STATE SHOULD BUILD ROADS 1
Justice to Farmers in Road Building :
Demands That State Should Con
struct and Maintain the Stat. Hig
hway?Gorernor Morrison Would
Lot County Aid.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 1?.?Up to the
present time, the counties have been j
compelled to spend the major portion
of their road funds on the main high
ways connecting the principal cities
and towns, which are used largely for
commercial purposes. Even with the
maximum expenditure of funds and
energy on these main roads, they are
kept in very poor condition. The great
majority of our farming class do not
receive any direct benefit from these
main highways, although they are help
ing to pay for their construction and
upkeep. The average farmer is very
vitally interested in the eounty or it
has not funds for both the main high
ways and the secondary roads. If the
county roads were improved the far
mers could reach the main highways
with maximum loads and thus derive
the fuiest benefit from both county
and main highways.
By the State's taking over these
main highways for construction and
maintenance, the counties will be re
lieved of this burden and can use the
own road funds for building and main
taining the county roads leading out
into the various farming sections and
thus give the average farmer a good
chance at a better transportation sys
tem. There are about 47,000 miles
of these county or secondary roads
and the task of keeping these in good
passable condition Will require all the
funds the counties can raise.
The plan offered by Governor Mor
risou in his inaugural address to force
the counties to pay a portion of the
cost of construction of the main high
ways and all the cost of maintenance,
with divided authority as to expendi
ture, would result in unbusinesslike
methods, dissatisfaction, and even '
more chaotic state of road building
than we have now. Even if the plan '
were feasible it would only serve to '
further discriminate against the far- 1
raer for the funds demanded by the 1
State under this plan for construction j
and maintenance wqpld not only take ,
all funds that might otherwise be used '
on county roads but would be over- ]
burdensome to the rural countiA, and
any other which may happen to be 1
heavily in-debt.
It is therefore up to every farmer
in North Carolina to see that the bill
for a State system of highways, that
provides for State control, State fi
nancial responsibility, and State pro
tection, is enacted into law by the
present General Assembly. It
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HE'S SATISFIED WITH ?
725 POUND BRIDE (
Veni-e, Cat., Jdh. 8 John H. Ha- t
uwitoji, of thia city, it ready to tell f
the world that fat women make the t
very best sort of wives. John recent- ]
ly married Alma Selms, a comely mai- (
fen of 725 pound*, and believe* he j
ought to know. He weighs only 150 ^
pounds bat to him the disparity in y
their weight didn't make a bit of d}? (
Ference. He had loved Alma a long (
time, and what gave him particular j
delight was her sweet disposition.
"We were kids in Bunker Hill, HI. ,
when we first met," said Hamilton j
In telling of the romance. "The par- t
ents of Alma an dmyself were neigh- i
bors. We atended school together, (
shared lunches and walked to and fro ]
from tlie school house. ,y
"Alma grew rapidly?when she was j
thirteen she weighed 300 pounds? j
but ouy. love grew in porportion. I ,
took her to the dances for the other j
fellows were afraid to dance with her <
However, as a matter of fact she dan- i
ced beautifully and does yet." j
Mrs. Hamilton is 5 feet and ten ,
inches tall and measures seven feet (
around the waist. One of her sisters ,
who was bridesmaid at the wedding ,
weighs 420 pounds. She has five t
other sisters and brothert, but they !
are all of normal size.?Exchange. |
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them to produce advertising and also
printing. Comparatively few have ev
en now, big they are gradually com
ing to realise that the business which
is supposed to give them their liveli
hood, and at the same time to net
them a respectable reserve, had been
conducted on a guess-work basis that
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T. H. Alvord, of Livonia, recently
made a survey of a well known week
ly in Western New fyrk. In this
typical country plant, with two men
besides the owner, the paper has been
produced at a marked loss every week
this year. This office is equipped
with efficiency and conducted efficien
tly. Yet the weekly cost of produc
ing the paper of eight pages, 6 col
umns to the page, ia $ 188.78.
During the first nine months of the
year 56, per cent of the total space
was devoted to advertising, which also
nfade the actual cost of producing the
advertising itself 9444 a column inch
Advertisements and circulation, of
course, are the onfy sources of incom
for a newspaper, and in as much as
th circulation income of the average
country weekly never covers proporv
tionate cost of producing the paper,
thSt deficit must be met by the other
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vering.
Last July this paper increased its
subscription rate from $1.50 to $2.00
a year, though little return will come
from this increased rate until next
year. But even by computing, for a
year 1060 subscriptions, at $2.00 for
each one ($1,200), and 50 per cent
of the paper devoted to advertising
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paper to get, on an average $.182 a
eolumn-inch on all of its advertising
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s matter a' fact the average selling
price of advertising in this paper for
the first nine months of this year was
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VANN--NORWOOD
Goldsboro, Jan. 16.?One of the
nost important social events of the
leason was the marriage on Tuesday
ivening at the First Baptist Church
'f Miss Mary Norwood, and Graves
fann, of OreenyiOe, ?*C. The B?P
ist Church was beautifully decorated
n palms, evergreens and white roses.
./? Eyes," before the bride and the
(iss Crabtree rendered the solo "Beau
;poom entered. Mrs. George Bynum
presided at the organ. The bride
ras attended by Hiss Lillian Shaw of
Winton, as maid of honor. While the
rroom was attended by John H. Pay
re of Charlotte. The ceremony was
mrformed by Rev. Dr. D. Key,
>f Atlanta, an uncle of the bride, as
asted by Rev. George T. Watkins, Mm
lastor. Aftef the marriage a recep
ion was given at the home of the
?ride. The out of town guests pres
ult were: Rev. Dr. Key, of Atlanta;
drs. Jno. E. Vann and Miss Louise
ITann of Winton, N. C., Mir. and Mrs.
Norwood of Columbia; Misses Minnie
dills and JuHa Lannon of Wake For
wt; Bert Graves of Charlotte and
Ifra. JIT. F- W?tson of Athens, Ga.?
Sreensboro Daily News.
Mr. Vann is widely known in Herfc
'ord County and the entire seat ml
lection of the State He is the only
ion of Attorney and Mrs. Jno. E. Va
in of Winton. He received his edn
:ation at Wakes Forest College and
he State College at Raleigh.
Mrs. Vann Is also known favor*
My lp Whiten end Ahoekie, having
risited in the former town. ...^
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