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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA ,, Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, February 4, 1921 One Section No. 40 STATE HEWS M DIGEST COMPILED FOB READERS OF I nil i ?The girl students of the South | era Conservatory ot Mueic at Dur ham hare decided to wear their hair bobbed, and the director ha* endor sed their program of action. ?Citizens of Edgecombe County have registered a kick against the proposal to ab^Uah the whole time health officer for that connty. ?-?-The tobacco warehousemen of HnjlB' Kinston and Farmville clos ed their doors lot Thursday and Fri day "and made an intensive campaign among the farmers <o reduce the 1W1 acreage fifty per cant ?The enow of last werk complete ly demoralized telephone and tele graph communications in many auc tions of this State. In Newtdn snow fell to a depth of sixteen inches and in Goldabero waa eight inches. ?Ex-Governor T. W. Bickstt ngs last week elected to head the cmdal workers of the State for the next twelve months. i^tl Jgi| ^ M ? ? t? ? ? I St M ? ?1umcKon nncntti ox mi .yr West wil) soon visit Neath' Caroli na with the avowed purpose of se lecting some place in which to estab lish chicken farms for the wholesale raising oi poultry. The Duma Cham ber of Commerce is reeking etforts to have them locate their "fisrm at 'thA place. ?Dr. W. L. Potfiat, President of Wake Forest College, was last week reelected as President of the South ern Baptist Educational ?oard, at a meeting in Birmingham. Ala. ?Raleigh city aldermen, after a. conference of He citizens and house wives, have rescinded their recant j action in placing a heavy license die their prodncts direct from the ear .' without requiring expense of renting a-place of business. ? 4 J: ?Dr. Picket, a prominent physi cian of the city of Raleigh, was ran down and killed by an antomobile in that city last Friday night. There was no witness to. the acch^nt, the dead body being found later by ao tomobilista who war* passing- later a young man of that city was arrest ed and bailed oat on the charge of assault, after he had confessed to "hitying something" as he was driv ing.an automobile on the night of the tragedy. ,, ? ... ?Deputy Sheriif M. N. Blue of Fayetteville wae instantly killed and .. another special officer was shot by i Thomas R. Clayton, an ex Camp Bragg soldier, last Friday night The trouble aroqe over differences be-, tween Clayton and the father of a young lady, to whom the liill|ijjprf] too attentive. leged illegal voting charged in Dr. Campbell's allegations against Con gressman Dough ton in the contest ov er the seat in Confines. ?J. VanB. Metis hase been ap pointed by Governor Morrison as Ad iutant General of North Carolina. He succeeds himself in this position. ; Ha was opposed for appointment by Captain Robert C. Lamb of Fayette ville. ?Trinity College has an unbro en record af games won in the State Championship in basketball. Wake Forest was defeated by Trinity in Raleigh last Saturday night ,the score being 27 to 20. ?A committb representing them selves as emissaries of the A. A E. State Colloge student body approach ed O. Max Gardner in Raleigh list Saturday and asked him if he would accept the presidency of that insti tution it ft ware offered to him, and in the event President Riddick was oustpd. Mr. Gardner stated that he Would not accept theptace tinder any not at odd* with President Riddick, there was none. ?Revenue officers in the New Bern section are looking oat for a tinsmith whom they think ie respon sible for the presence of so many Stills recently found in that neigh borhood. ?Seventy-seven law students, in cluding one woman, took the har ?examination before the Supreme Coprt at Raleigh last Monday. The Wtke forest Jaw students gave a banquet at the Yarfaorough hotel on Tuesday night in .honor of the spon sofoTtlmt*~^\ ?Aunt Sarah Wyefcoff, an inmate of the State Prison for forty two years, died in prison last Monday. Sbp waa serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband, of which crime die was not guilty, aa the mur derer confessed several yearn ago. 'She had been granted a pardon by Ave different governors of the State, but hi egrh case had refused to accept the pardon, as alt of her relatives and close friends had died or movsd away. ?A thousand farmers of Union Connty were recently indicted on the charge of failure to list taxos. An gugry mob hung around the court house in Monroe this week, appearing for trial. ? ?The State Library Commission says: "While only 20 per cent of the people of the State have access to a cohere lihrmry, 80 per oant in tha 100 counties of North Carolina, repre senting two million people, have free .access to libraries threugh the North Carolina Library Commission. ? ?ReVenue officers on Tuesday Of this week ran headlong into a com plete distilling plant in the heart of the city of Ashevill. - ?Ex-Governor Coolidge, and Vies President-elect, and Mrs. Coolidge are spending several days in the city of AshevflPb; WITH THE LEGISLATURE The week just passed has been a strenuous one for the General As sembly, and a still larger program is ahead of the legislators for the rest of this week, and possibly for several Weeks. The roads bill, embodying the main principles of the draft made by the North Carolina Good Roads Association, has been introduced in the house by Representatives Connor and Doilghton. The real estate tax feature has been eliminated to con form with the ideas expressed by the Governor. A public hearing will be given the advocates of the bill on Thursday of tills week. "The Par Clearance BUI' which, it is contended will aid the sihaller banks I of thetaSOHpTTU shrdiu etoainrdw of the State, is still under considers tion. PI ments have suggested as necoaaary for the salvation of the Revaluation Act. ?jpThe probability is that correc tions in valuations as of counties and counties, and townships with town ships will bo-made by the General As sembly. A public hearing on the Re valuation act will be held in Raleigh on Tuesday, February 8. The bill to abolish the State Welfare Depart ment has been recalled by its introdu cer with the information that he had bitten off more than ha could vary well chew. A bill has been introdu ced to adopt the "short baUot" in the State, and to grant the Governor the power to. appoint his own Council of State and other, departmental heads, and granting the power to remove the appointees at his own dictation. Chief in interest among the^ong list of ^Uls to coma up this weak are the proposed bills for state-wide stock lew end dipping vats. Another bffl in the hopper is one to reduce the commission charged by tobacco ware houseman in the State. And, stiU another is what is termed the Medical ^ceAct which would net allgw general medicine and surgery. Many local laws are being paasad daily an^ WANT PERMANENT TARIFFON PEANUT ?_. .. * PEANUTS ARE VALUABLE Dr. Carver, Head of Tuskepee Institute Appears Before the House Committee afcd Tells Them About Peanuts and Its Possibilities. ? ? * The first step In tile securing of an increased doty en peanuts in the per manent tariff bill has been taken. The I ease of the peanut was heard in the city of Washington last Friday by the Ways and Means Committee of the florae, which devoted three days, on Jan. 21 to 24, to hearings on agricul tural crepe. The plea for a higher doty on P~ note was presented by D. L. Groner of Norfollk, who was representing the United Peanut Associations of Ameri ca. Mr. Gro?er*? plea Was wholly from the standpoint of the growers and was clearly and forcibly put. Ha asked for a doty of four cents per pound on peanuts, both shelled and unshelled and ef five cents upon the peanut oil and presented striking facts justifying this increased duty.. The minimum coat of production was put at eight cents per poundTor the am erean producer, while the average of price to the grower in China was giv en ?t about 1 1-2 oents perpoundL Foil crying Mr. Groner J. Prank ; Foosbe Secretary and manager of the Virginia-Carolina Co-operative Pea ' nut Exchange made a brief statement in snppert of the facts presented by Mr. Groner. The positiop of the oil mills was forcibly pot in clear and concise statement by Mr. Humphries of Memphis. Next came the real ev ent of the hearing and one that will stand out long in the memory of the Ways and Means Committee, as one of thf most unique in its history. Thlfc was by Dr G. W. Carver, in charge it the research labarotories of Tuskqge and a distinguished representative of the negro race. i-i - - - " ' ur. carver was rather slow in op ening his Pandora'* box, laden with over a hundred peanut product* he has tri?d out in his research work. But he lined out his various products {one by one on the stenographer's ta ble directly in front of Chairman For ney aijd then told what each was By ' name and number he . literally wok* | up the whole committee seated on the platform overlooking the committee 'room with its hundred or more hear ers and soon had -each one of them | leaning forward over the railing to see what was coming next and to get I every word spoken. With character istic remarks as to the value of thhi or that product and with sharp ru-l partee in reply to questionhyfrom the committee he got them so complete ly under his sway that at the end of his allotted tjme of ten minute*, there came cries for him to go on and then for tsreaty minutes longer k$ wafted them on the wings of unlimited possi bility* for the peanut, if the Ameri can grower was only given such pro tection as would insure a full devel opment of the Industry, j The occasion was a great' inning for Dr. Carver as well as for the peanut. The questions asked him about him self as he went along showed that the committee was as much interested in him and the great work he is doing as in the production he was making | from the peanuts. In addition to the spellbound attention given him thru out his talk Chairman rordney per-! tonally expressed his gratification for his most unusual presentation and al so then fequested him to prepare for the printed records of the committee such statements as he might wish in connection with the pesnttt and its possibilities. - The only opposition to the peanut tariff was presented by Allan de Ford of Washington, representing Musher and Comapny of Naw York, large importers of olive and vegetable oil. Senate last frriday Among his re ; commandationa made wars: hard .sur faced roads and bonds with which to' construct them, larger appropriation for schools, collages and other state supported institutions, separation of the state sad local sources of reve nues and more poorer to the Cover LOCAL CASHIER , HAS RESIGNED DAN P. BOYETTE RESIGNS After Over Six Year* a* Cash ier of Local Resign* on Ac count 01. Health-?V: D. ?V"TTttftr At a called meeting of the direc tors of the Farmers-Atlantic Bank, on Frigay night, January 28, Dan P. Boyette, cashier of that iiMtltution for over six years, resigned. Bis reason for resigning is ill health, due to confinement. His resignation was accepted by the'Board of Directors, and Mr. V. D .Strickland, cashier of |he Bank of Gates, at Gatesville, was elected as cashier of the local bank. Mr. Strickland, who was a former as sistant cashier of the Farmers At lantic Bank, has accepted the posi tion aa rasMsr, and will report here just aseoon'asa eucoesaor can be se cured for him at the G a tee ville hank. Mr. Boyette, who relinquished his duties on Tuesday, February 1, was first elected to the position of cashier of the Farmers-Atlantic Bank, in the year 191 *, When this bank first open ed its doors for "business. He has ser ved efficiently since that time; and in the course of his administration of the bank's affairs, he has seen the Farmers-Atlantic Bank grow in size and strength, until today it is the largest banking institution in Hert ford County and the surrounding ter ritory. Mr. Strickland is an eflieient and capable banker, and has steadily ad vanced in his line bf work. As as sistant cashier of the local bank, he was both efficient in his work, and popular in and out ? of the bank. Since leaving Ahoakie, he eras married and Ahoakie will "welcome both him and Mis. Strickland as citicens of the town. _ 0 POLLARD-BROWN , Woodland, Jan.*81.?On Saturday afternoon. J an nary 29th., the hdme of Mm. Mary D. Brown of Menola, was the scene of a simple, yet beauti ful ceremony when her daughter, Ja nie Peele, became the bride of Dr. Walter Byrd Pollard. Rev. J. W. Bynum, wf Belhaven, officiated, us ing the impressive Episcopal ceremo ny. . The home was appropriately decor ated with evergreens and potted plant a mellow glow to-the whole. Immediately preceding the ceremo ny, Mnh-J. W. Brown, of Rich Square sisteiijn-1*? of the bride, sweetly tan# "rfcevef'you Trul-"' and "Schu- j pathetic y a" mp* ncd by Miss \ Martha Bigger. of htdgecreat, N. C. Vm jtridal pmrij fr'jutd the parlor 1 While, the accompanist played Men- I delssohn's Wedding March. The bride < entered on the arm of her brother, i Dr. J. W. Brown, who gave het away. ^ The groom was accompanied by at torney W. Dare Boone of Wintoh, < who acted as .best man. . The bride was most becomingly 1 gowned in a brown duvetyne travel- < ing suit with accessories to match. ' She carried shower boquet of bride's ' rosea and lilies of the valley. Immediately after the ceremony, , Dr. and Mrs. Pollard left for an ex tended tour of the Florida Coast j The bride is the oldest daughter ] of the late Jesse Thomas Brown and ( has taught most successfully both in Virginia and in North Carolina. She ' has been closely identified with var ious educational movements and at 1 the time of her marriage she was Su pervisor of ^Rurnl Schools of Hertford STOCK LAW WENT INTO EEFECT IN FOUR TOWNSHIPS OF THIS COUNTY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Four Townships in Hartford Now Stock Low Territory Effective Fob. 1. r , " i WINTON, M'BORO, H'VILLE AND AHOSKIE - ? ' ?wew<i*hs<ow ' 'v *-c| After Many Years of Voting and Constant Agitation, It Has Been Gained?County Has Voted Favorably, Com bining Two Elections?Far mors Have Had Time to Pre pare Pastures. "Sanatoria! courtesy" prmilsd in tits Sonata committeo on prop ositions and grievancae yester day and by a unanimous TOto tha committee srdsrad an unfav oraMo report on tba Bunas Wll alrondy passad by tba Hsuso. bt regard to a stock lg? in Hart ford County. At a sapcial ssssisn last August San star Stanley Win borne, tban a intnsbst 'of tba House, had a law in bis County of Hartford. Tba people'of tba eeuaty ban approved tba measure at tba polls and It want into affect yesterday, la tba meantime, soma dissat isfaction developed in tba tens ly_mi^[ lut wiilt Mr, B>rnn, present Rapresantetive from the ? county of Hertford, had a bill passed in tba House which made tba effisc'thre data February f, IffSS, iustasd of yaatarday. Senator Winborna appeared bates a 1fce committee yeeterday in opposition to tba bill and the committe took the poettion th?t, as fu as the Senate is concern ed, bis wishes should prevail. (Reprint from the News bud Obeer ' vsr of Wednesday, February 2.) - Sock Law for Winton, Mur freesboro, Harrellsville and Ahoskie townships, Hertford County, became effective on Tuesday February 1, according to the provisions of legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in the Au gust, 1920, special session, Rep resentative Stanley Winbrone was the author of the bill that gave stock law to three of the six townships in the county, and which act provided for a vote by the other three remaining townships to be held in con junction with the regular No vember election, to decide on the question of joining the oth er three stock law townships. Harrellsville township was the only one of the three that gave the stock law a majority at the November election, hence it became -stock law territory on February 1. Ahoskie, Win ton and Murfreesboro town ships voted a majority for the law in the primary election in the month of June last year. The vote in the June prima ry was as follows, in the three townships that voted majori ty for Stock law: Winton, for 97, Against 23 ; Murfreesboro, for 105, against 47; Ahoskie, for 143, against 127. The county vote was, for 515, ag ainst 546, a majority of SO in opposition to stock law. The vote in HarreUsVitle township which went against the stock taw in the June election, Was east for the stock law later in November, by a vote of B9 to 10*. s majority of 44 for the stock law. Combining the two vote*, Hertford County has vo ted for the stock law by a majority of 14. St. Johns township at the November election also gave a larger number of votes for the stock law than it did in June, which, added to the majority of 14, gives an even lar ger county majority. The Maneys Neck vote was changed slightly in the November election, more votes being cast for the law. Altogether, with a combination of the last two elections held, Hertford County has really given the stock law a hand some majority, probably of 50. Stock law for four townships has been gained only after about eight years of struggling uphill by the ad vocates of the bar. Three separate test votes have been had in the coun ty a& large. The stock law adherents were badly beaten the first time; the second time they gained many votes; and bud June they almost reached the objective. Winton and Muifreee boro townships have voted favorably twice, and Ahoskie and HarreUsviUe gave it majorities one time apiece. Maneys Neck is new almost evenly divided betwixt the two campe; BUT St. Jebae has time and again refin ed to badge?eunr there, they are etermejly against stock law. With these test votes as a guide to ,the sentiment in the county and Mm several townships, Senator Win borne last August, then a member of the lower house, enacted the legis lation which gave the stock law to the three townships voting favora bly in June, and allowing the other townships another vote, with the re sult as noted above. The text of the new law under which we are now operating was pub lished in the Herald four weeks ago, and presumably its meaning is un derstood by those affected. Since lasf August, farmers and swners of property in three townships, includ- j ing Ahoskie township, have made pre parations for the stock law, and have had about six months to make pas tures sad otherwise prepare. Har rellaville township has had since No vember to "put her house ia order." It has been s long fight in which stock law advocates have never tired of advocating and working for legis lation which they honestly believed to be the best for the county. The fight bee been conducted in the open mil the .way through; and with the ushering in of stock law, it Is simply a case of the majority getting what they have worked for and voted for. The antis had the right of way for many years; now, the pro stock law folks are having their well deserved inning. , MENOLA news I On the afternoon of tka X?th of I January, Kim Janie Brown, mar ried to Or. W. B. Pollard of Winton. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride in the presence of a very few friends of the brido and groom. We wish for this worthy and popular couple a lane sad happy life. ?f Miss Janet Hedgepeth, a student of Chowan College, and her sister. Miss Matilda Hedgepeth of Boxobel wane guests of Miss Janie Parker from Friday evening nntil Monday. lflM May Snipes of Chowan Col lage spent the week end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. t. Snipes. Miss Deborah Brown, who teaches at Pleasant Garden, sprat last wade and at hoasa bar*. Miss Elisabeth Brawn, a student of Greenville Training School, visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Brown, from Saturday until Monday. Malcolm Brodm of KeHord was a caller recently in ths boms cd! Mr. and I Mrs. H. U. Griffith. Winton, Jan. 31.?la n fast and hard fought game of basketball on the Winton Court Tuesday, the Winton High School boys defeated the boys of the Mcnola High School by the score of 17 to Id. For the locals, Dickarson and Brett led in scoring, while Faison played a strong game at guard. ^
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