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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWtWER A PAPER WORTH W^IILE B^ST APVBKT13ING MEDIUM III EAST CAROLINA
Volume XL BgEt P?ge? Ahotkie, North Carolina, Friday, February 18, 1921 Ode Section No. 42
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i?vt Ait unuc in mnnupii ni ?
QiAlt Wtno IH UlULOl MllwTIIill 1
?1*0 copper (tub were destroyed '
in Raleigh last weak. They repre
sented the activities of the prohibi
tion enforcement officer# for the past
several months. "-?? ? * fx ;?? ?
?The sheriff of Craven County was
threatened with violence through an
W anonymous letter last week. This is
Jbfe second warnlug to let tlm moon
shinree of the section alone. Throats
were also made last week to dynamite
the courthouse of Person County, at
y the occasion of a law and order meet
ing that was to be held ia the court
ho*.
Unemployment in North Caroli
na is 17 per cent leas this January
than one pate ago. fr
-? U MH
?The 86th anniversary of the two
literary societies of Wake .forest
College was' celebrated at that Insti
tution last Friday. "" V
?The value of the 1920 cotton
^ crop was a bundVd million dollars teas
than the 1919 crop, although the 1920
\ yield was one per cent greater than
?T?9.
?Approximately 10,000,000 hat
been loaned North Car:Hit farmer
by the Federal Farm Land Bank.
?The lacBes of the ?wn of Dunn
are planning te make a park out of a
square lit that town, now used as a
I siding by the A. C. L. railway.
'
-*?By the narrpw majority of 18,
citizens of Davidson County last Fri
? day voted to ceniolidate several ru
ral schools.
?The traffic cop oftSe town of
Kinston has established a record of
200 arrests without ever once losing
a case of conviction.
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' -y-Attomev-Ganeral Manninr of
No^fi Carolina has ruled that the
' General Assembly has a constitutional
right to regulate .prices to be charg
ed by the restaurants and hotels of
the SUte. d
?David Puckee, an Indian, from
Kansas, has, been enfiftged as an urn
I ?The tobacco growers of Wake
f County held a meeting in R^Jiegh last
L* week to discuss co-operative marked
I / ing, and the redaction of the 1921
I acreage.
?William Davis, a negro of Wil
convicted of cruelty to his
child last Friday, and sentenced to S
t years on the roads. His wife was
also given eighteen months on the
r roads. X-'-'t
t -Founders Day was observed at
Meredith College last week. Appro
priate- exercises wer held.
?Congressman John*H. Small was
in Raliegh last week, and it was ru
fneWkAfity
the office of congressman-at-larga^j
Worth Carolina under the new appor
tionment measure to be passed by the,
U. S. Congress. ;
? ?Baseball practice has opened ap 1
Chapel 'Hill and every day now the
battery candidates are worUa^<WM
?Progressive citizens of the town I
of Mebane held a meeting last week
and went on Mcord as favoring ira
mediate paving of all the principal I
s streets of the town.
?H. B. Futrelle has been identified!
as the leScter of the mob that storm
ed the Wayne Comity jail last De
cember and attempted to lynch five
negroes imprisoned there. Four oth
er mombeA and Futrell are bjng tried
in Goldsboro this week for leading the
L'fc
? ?North Carolina Methodist schools
will receive nefuriy two million hnd
a half dollars from the fun? to be
raised for the Methodist educational
Institutions of the South.
produce erop. of the loo* atapte va
jj^ ?The notable case of Mrs. Flor
Usher apd moving picture nu vm i
begun in the Federal Court at the I
city of Greensboro Tuesday of this I
week. if*. Varner is suing her turn- I
band for an interest in bis real ^ I
tate holdings, and a yearly income of I
several thousand dollars. The suit is 11
the outcome of a suit for divorce I
instituted by Jlr. Varner, claiming I
that a relationship existed between hie I
Wife, and Baxter McCnyy, a weal II
thy mulatto of Lexington. The case I
will consume several dnyujl j# , '
?A movement was begun at thi[|
city of Rocky Mount Tuesday, st a
meeting of agricultural workers, tpl
make that city marketing headqupr-1
tei^ for the sweet potato. E. W. ]
GaKher, foray farm demonstrator I
for Hertford County, was among the j
leader* in the meeting, and is aiding
in the project.
WITH THE N. C. LEGISLATURE
The tick eradication measure, tha
welfaoe measure, Highway Act, the [
fi per cent interest bill, regulation of
hotel and restaurant charges, movie
censorship?these are among the prin
cipal matters occupying the attention
of the General Assembly for the past
week. 'Tick eradication, after being
presumably killed for good and. all,
has been again revived and was set
for special ofder Wednesday; the Web
fare Commission will continue to do
its work; and the eight per cent in
terest bill will be up before the com
mittee Thursday. The HottSe has al
so received the state-wide stock law
bfll from the committee with a fav
orable report. Representative Mat
thews of feefrie sought to kilf it in the
committee but faQed to stop its on
ward march to final and sure passage
in both bouses. ,
Senator Burgwyn has succeeded in
gfetttng hit tax exemption bHl through
which lower*"the exemption to $100.
However, the Northampton Senator
lost out in his figh^ to have the su
perintendent of schools in his eounty
elected by popular vote.
, Representative Barnes's new bank
ing law was taken up in the House
last Thursday and passed its first read
County Highway law last Friday. It
wfir be ap before the House commit
tee on Bublic Roads Friday afternoon,
for disposition. The bill "introduced
by Mr. Barnes relative to carnivals
showing in Hertford County has met
with general favor and has been so
amended as to take in every county
in the State. ,< ?
Mr. Winborne was one of the lea
ders in the Senate against state-wide
tick' eradicatiop; as well as Represen
tative Matthews in the Housed lb.
Winborne believes the stock law will
, Representative Barnes, according
I to news advices received Wednesday
| Bertie are among Hie few who have
! j^wd Legislation HMriaf Friday " j
cdtwfe at the Herald offlc^ from Mr.
[new road law drawn and forwarded
?d to thTpJLa^tf^fte^ hw! PYw '
will, therefore, take notice of this r
to'th^comm^6 a^ttU j
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THE HERALD'S
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Btyinnuiy with thin issue of the HERALD, we
ar^a^ing^out^several hu6dred.4'sample copies^ $j? c.
counties. Our purpose in doing-, this 'is to add at
AtD has been under the present management^
paper has never engagpd in a eontest, building up
itit present large Circulation through what it hopes to
be genuine news service. Our motto has been and
is "A Paper Worth While." and our efforts will al
ways be directed towards the achievement of malting
the HERALD the spokesman for the entire Roanoke
Chowan section
; Recipients of sample copies of the HERALD are ||
invited and urged to Vdad its pages thoroly. and do
this week after we<& ^i*k? end of four weeks, if
you think you can get one dollar's worth of news out
of its pages during the balanoe of the yeai*1931, matt
us yohr remittance for the Dplfar. and the paper .Y'''
$o to y&ai Home for the rest of 1921
Generally epeakiny, enr new. aerviee cev.?, priT
marily, the local happenings in Hertford, Bertie and
the adjoining counties?Events that are happening L, j
right here in our midst, about which We try to tell
yop concisely and impartially. Hand in hand with
lie locaj service Roes the main editorial topbs of the
paper, which are prepared and published with an
end in view of offering" suggestions, and constructive
criticism^ of matters pertaining to the welfare bf
the people we servfe. The paper ie not a party or
factional organ, nor in any way politically controlled;
its columns are open to air people, regardless of po- J
litical-affiliation- It recognia^fop Wta, aftdleftSt oj. _
all does it want any. It seeks the friendship and the
good will of all. >T *' Jggf- 5 ?
The HERALD also prepares a weekly digest of
the meat important happenings within the! State; and
while the General Assembly is in session, also pub
lishes a summary of legislative enactments and pro
posals- With a wealth of news matter cdming to us
from alt over the State, we are enabled tp sift dowii
and give the state news in a short anc\ concise form .
to our many readers, among them some who do not
read the daily newspapers ;.aad, even if they do read ?
the doily, they do not haye the time to read it tho
roly, which makes our "weekfy digest" valuable to
We also try at all times to publish valuable
farming news, which will be of interest to the far
mers of this district- Farm and home demonstration
work are .weekly features of the HERALD, and spe
cially prepared articles from time to time on live sub- $
jects?making the paper indispensable to the farmer.
II likewise, every phase of life connected with the jjeo- J
jjpA .-ple of the section in which it epculalew is reflect^
within its coluihnB.
H you would keep up with what is going on here *
in your midst, and if yon think it is worth the price
of One Dollar, then you'll mail us your remittance
upon the receipt of the first copy.
.Ma.?aaap_n_
VATER AND SEWER SYS
n Ahoskie. The ditchers have com
peted their work and the mains have
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A ro?4 meetuW WhtUin Jack
?on last Monday, and We uaderstan
a resolution was adopted favorinrdc
ia* ?way with the township sjwteir
We need a county board to deal au
cooperate with the State and Fe<
eral governments in read buHdiiu
but it is impraWeabie for a count
hoard to take over all ttw roads ^i
[soma of the best .men in the count
W sedve xvn the board. The Stat
will oilly aid ft building a few roa<
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COUNTY AGENT
SAYS REDUCE '1
COHONACREAGE
REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE
County Agent Advi?oa Reduc
tion in Cotton for the V
Year 1921 ' >
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With a normal crop of cotton made
this year . <1921), it will sell for leas
than tan cents per pound, which
should be below the cost of produc
tion even counting; the reduction in
laBor, rait and fertiliser. Cat your
cotton acreage in" half, use only the
beet seed obtainable, fertilizer and
cultivate well and you will realise
greater profits than if you cultivate
your old i cropping system. What
you do with the cotton land left idle?
Plant it to corn with soybeans iq the I
middle or with.velvet beans, or plant
to peanuts. %
Raise more feed stuffs and lass cot
ton and tobaceq. Economical condi
tions are nob going to adjust them
selves te meat your farming opera
tions, but^ou must adjust your far
ofing to meet economical conditions.
With pofk at tear cents per pound
and soybeans at ffbm two to four
dollars per bushel, these are going to
be much better cash crops this year
than cotton or tobacco. Raise mows
hogs, corn, beans and peanut* :
Cotton improperly stored when it
can absorb moisture will damage ev
fcn more in the nefct few weeks then
any increase in price esq make hp for
and if you are not going tSb store it
: properly where if wont be at ajl ex
posed, then you had better sell it new
for whet you can get for it. There
is enough lose from damaged cotton
; build goqd sized storage warehouse
in every county growing cotton in
the Seutih L
?H. L. MILLER.
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MUCH ACTIVITY SHOWN
OVER PROPOSED ROAD
LAW FOR THE COUNTY
Representative Barnes of Hertford
County has introduced the proposed
road law, approved by the four mem
bers of the county board of commis
sioners, and the bill has already pass
ed its first reading in the lower house.
Since the action of the' commission
ers became know*, there has been a
great deal of activity manifested by
the opponents of the bill, who seem
to outnumber the real advocated. A
delegation has already visited Raleigh
from Ahoskie and Harrelisrille town
ahipe, and have had conferences with
both our Representative and with Sen
ator Stanley Win borne. How#i4r the
visit did not keep the bill from reach
ing the floor of the Rouge, plthougfr
it has passed only one reading tfcwe;
and the Senate has not yet taken the
measure up before the committee.
Letters are pouring into Rgliegh
from citisens all over the county, and
it ia more than probable that final ac
tion will be delayed until Mr. Baines
and Mr. Winborne hate had ample
" time to survey the eounty, ae-it Were
* in an effort to ascertain the wishe? 4f
the majority of the taxpayers. At
?present there ie nothing further from
the Legislaure.
i It seems that the people ef the
. four townships, whose, commissioners
have recommended the legislation, are
'? by no means solidly arrayed for the
d Change. In fact, on every hand op
I- position is being manifested. There
is a growing feeling that a change in
systems wiR not remedy the bed read
conditions. And, the ta* features of
w the bill, which call for "??' general in
d crease of the taxation rate and rais
d ing the annual road fee to six dol
a lars in lieu of six days work, are
at all to the liking of the taxpayers.
Developments up to the present
* time would indicate m defeat of the
1* new law, And the opposition to the
?- change is daily growing all over the
county.
Remember the Heialf ,to pay your
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The Ant prize given fof the best
eutfy on breed was won by Mia^Min
ta Banks, of the Winton High School
and appeared in last week's Herald;
the second , beet was written by Miss
Antoinette White of the Murfreesbo
ro School, thfe first being a gift of
diva doliafe from the Board of Edu
cation and the second a gift of two
dollars, given by,the General Chem
ical Company of Mew York Cfk.
"Fabresry. Djin for New Members
SHIP of all Community Clubs is the
the program selected for the month
Of February. A prize is offered to
the dab that adds the largest num
ber of names of both men snd women
to thd present rolls. Committees
are being selected by each club pres
ident to start this drive and in each
iftab the member of each comndtte
bringing 5r Hie largest number of
names s present Is waiting for her.
Como Club hss taken the Initiative
id this progressive step and twenty
three names wsrn added to the roll
fl two weeks time: -
MM CM afco.. St. Patrick Day
Pr???
On Wednesday, February 9th., th?
Mertola Community Betterment Club
had a moat delightful meeting. After
the business session was over, the
President, Mr*. Emll Anderson, anno
unce^ that the literary program was
to begin by hailing the roll and hear- 4
.!?* response to the same With Ir
ish jokes, after which came a series
of talk* and paper* road.
Mr*. J. F. -Cowan?"Bit* of Irish
5QIL. Snipe*?Literature, Art
and M<ia(& " ' ' " %
-fiolo- Mrs. 0 W. Parker. '
Reading, Irish Manufacture of Li
nen, by Mrs. A. G. Otwell.
life of 8t. Patrick, Miss Janie
Parker.
Solo?Mr*. G.'W, Parker, K& g&j|
The present condition of Ireland?
Sopt Si. 6. Otwell. < - - a.
f This program was full of good
thought and all present agreed that a
literary Mat prefaced the announce
ment ef the course of Irish refresh
ments that soon followd. County De
monstration Agent was" present with ,
green )elly made from gelatine giv
en her by the Knot Gelatine Co. The
dessert was.supplemented w*h a re- ^ a?"
rfrltpuntifulsd^ply- of Whlp'ed cream
| house wives of that community.
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6WARTHMORE CHAU
?;i tauqua #ha open afc? I i
HERE ON MAY 21ST.
i Advices haw been lately receiv
ed hew from the Swarthmore Chau
tauqua of PnnylsWnia, announcing
tauqua will b? in AKbakie six days,
SI0w2iou?n^w will bR^held'on
the final night a 'play will 'be given
by ah *11 star cast. The exact pro
gram for UkMMd seaaoU h? not
po