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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA
Volume XL Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, April 8, 1921 One Section No. 49
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STATE NEWS 11 DIGEST COMPILED 1
i FOR READERS OFrlHE HBULD
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?Judge Garland S. Ferguson was tha
first to be drafted as amwKwac^gpf.
udder the new Emergency Judge Act.
He is serving in the place of Judge W.
F. Harding, in Gaston County.
?Mrs. Hannah M. Scott, 81 years of
age, was the first woman juror to be
summoned as juror in the county of
Lenoir, for the spring term of court
which was held in Kinston.
?The Commonwealth, afternoon dai
ly of Scotland Neck, has resumed pub.
lication, after having been closed for
several weeks. Much new equipme
nt has been added to the plant.
k?Governor Morrison has issued a re
cent statement, endorsing the move
ment on foot to observe Health week
ih. Wake County during the current
week. .
?Louis Graves, North Carolinian,
and a noted magazine and newspap
er writer, has been employed to head
the, State University's School' of Jon
rflattsm. -
?David Blair, of Greensboro, Is be
ing urged as Commissioner of Intern
al Bevenne Collector by the organisa
tion Republicans of North Carolina.
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?A tobacco market will be estab
lished ^in Raleigh for the season of
niafteen hundred and twenty one, ac
cording to the plans recently made
, by the Raleigh Chamber of Commere
?yhe name of Professor .J. 'Henry
Hlghamith, of the State Department
of Education, has been prominently
mentioned as the suocessor to Roland
F. Beasley, resigned commissioner of
Public Welfare.
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?George Mumford, of Raleigh, has
been appointed by Governor Morrieon
as inspector for the lift and accident
department of the North Carolina In
surance Department, a new oJSce re
cently created by the General As
sembly.
?M. L. Shipman, commissioner or
Labor and Minting for North Caro
lina, has announced that throe or
fear auxiliary branches of the Free
Employment Service will soon be es
tablished in several cities of the Sta
te. One of them will probably be lo
cated in Rocky Mout)i.
?Many high schools of the State en
tered the University series of debates
which were held throughout the state
last Friday night. The winners in
the preliminaries will later go to the
University and debate in the finale.
?The Commercial Bank* a negro or
ganization, was formally opened in
Wilson last Friday, with a great cel
ebration.
?Willipra Gerald, an iceman of Mon
roe, was instanly electrocuted on last
Friday, when the pipe which he was
smoking came in contact with a live
wire. ?
?A new railroad, 85 miles in length,
is now under construction in eastern
Carolina. The road is being built out
of Wenona, Washington County, to
New Holland. Hyde County.
?The Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting
of the Episcopal Church of the dio
cese of East Carolina met in Eden
ton on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week.
?A child born of colored parents in
Rowan County recently, has four legs,
four arms, and a double head, but
with only one Jace. It had two nor
mal oats and two ears grown to
gether on the back of the head. From
the waist down the two bodies are eep
orate and distinct, but from the waist
upwards thfg are fused in one.
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?Trustees of the East Carolina train
ing School at Greenville are laying
plans to add $886,000 to its present
? buildings and equipment.
?L. L. Winder, prominent real es
tate dealer of Elizabeth City, has
been Indicted for assault upon a girl
under fourteen years of age with in
tent to commit rape. He is also char
ged with carnal knowledge of other
young girls If that city.
?Governor Morrison on last Satur
day announced the appointment of
Austin W?tta as State CommMoner
ft Revenue, a job for which he and
A. J. Maxwell had app plied. Storms '
of protest have come from all over
the State at the appointment, which
is admittedly a political appointment I
?The State University baseball team
defeated the University of Virginia
team at the latter college last Sat
urday by the score of 6 to 8.
?The eleventh annual convention
the North Carolina Drainage Assoeia
itno will be held at Elexabeth City on
Aprir 12 and 18. ? 1
?A tentaive program for the thirty- '
eighth annual convention of the North '
Carolina Teachers Assembly has been <
given out It convenes in Raleigh dpr- 1
ing the week of Thanksgiving. t
?Mrsr Larry Ennis Skinner of Elfx- '
abeth City is suing the defunct Re- <
publican paper, the Herald, owned ,
and formerly operated by the Lino
type Publishing Company, for the
sum of 87,600 for the publication of
alleged libelous statements about her i
during the fall of last year.
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?The campaign for organisation am-'
ong the cotton and tobacco farmers
of the State n a co-operative market
ing body is gaining impetus each pass
ing week, with several counties al
ready signed up.'
?Henderson County is preparing to
build roads on a large scale this year,
one million dollars to be spent dur
ing the spring and summer.
?The Durham Hosiery Mills this
week landed the largest single order
in its history. An extra office force
will have to be employed in order to
take card* of increased worl^
?The newly created State Highway
Commission held their initial session
in Raleigh on Monday, and are still
holding daily sessions at the CapftoL !
The meetings are mainly for the pur
pose of organization and a dissuasion
of the contemplated work.
?The baseball teams of State Col
lege 'and Wake Forest College bat
tled twelve innings to a 8 to 3 tie on
Monday afternoon, the game being
called on account of darkness. On the
following day the tw* teams clashed
st Wake Forest, the latter winning*
in the eleventh' inning, score 1 to 0,
Following the game som* A & E. stu
dents attacked celebrating Waka Fo
rest students in Raleigh, with rotten
eggs, rocks and guhs.
?Secretary of the Interior Herbert
Hoover has been invited to address
the Merchants Association of North
Carolina; but he has not yet accepted. )
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?The new board of directors of the <
State Blind School held their initial <
meeting in Raleigh last Monday.
?The Muter Plumbers of North Qa- f]
rolina will hold their annual conven-1.
tion in the city of Goldsboro on April!'
21st. and 22nd.
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?Trustees of the State University i
are surveying the needs of that insti- 'i
tution preparatory to the building of i
several, new structures, with the $1, '1
490,000 recently appropriated to its j
use by the Ute Legislature.
?Hallett Ward, Congressman from |
this District, wu the first to arrive j
in Washington, for the'special session
of Congress called by President Har
ding.
?47 high schools of-North Carolina
will sand repreeentativea to the State
University on April 14 and 16, to co- |
mpete in the finals of the Debating <
Contest, held under the auspices of '
the University Extension Service. i'
?All of the 6,600 miles of State j!
roads will be taken over for main ten- |
ance by the State by early spring, i
according to announcement made on
Tuesday by the State Highway com- j
mission. . I
I?Voters of Lumberton voted favor
ably on Tuesday oh the issuance of
680,00 bonds for school improvement. ,
. "The Miller's Daughter," a play '
which was scheduled for Tuesday ev- >
erring, April 18th., has bun postpon- ,j
ed until Friday nfcht, April 16th. The <
acoount^f^a c<mfiict in dates^t^an
other attracts ?]'
LAST RITES HELD |
OVER THE BODY
OF FALLEN HERO
?X~MARINE LAID TO REST
Funoral of Cecil Augustus Wil
liams Held Here Last Sun
day and Body Laid to Rast (
in the City Cemetery.
Funeral services were held in the
baptist Church here last Sunday over
:he body of Cecil Augustus Williams,
ieceased Sergeant in the Marine
:orps, and late son of Mr. George Wil
liams of Ahoskie. The services began
promptly at half past one o'clock, at
srhich time the auditorium of the
church building was crowded, and ev- i
sn many others crowded into the class I
rooms, to help celebrate the last ri- (
tes oxer the departed hero of Cha- (
tean Thierry.
Rev. Mr. Collins preached the fun
eral sermon, which was very brief;
but 090 that paid growing tribute to
the heroism and sacrifice of the de
ceased Marine, who was mortally 1
wounded at Chauteau Thierry. He >
waa a member of the first American*
fighting unit that took part in the
War, and, being himself a Sergeant
In the United States Marine Force, it
wag his-part to lead his men into the
very heat and thick of battle. He did
this, but he gave his life in doing so.
After he was wounded, he linger
ed for several weeks in a hospital in '
France, finally succumbing to the ef
fects of the deadly wound. He early
|n life became a member of the Cen
ter Grove Baptist Church, in Bertie
County* and, according to a letter re
ceived by his father from the hospi-'
tal chaplain, the boy remained true
to his church and to his God.
Following the funeral, the casket
was removed to the Ahoskie town
cemetery where interment took place
among another immense crowd.
Many ex-service men of Hertford
County and'the adjoining counties at
tended the funeral and burial of their '
falleh comrade.
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WILLE Y-HAM ILL
On last Sunday afternoon, at half (
past two o'clock,, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Bellamy, in North '
Street, Miss Besie Ham. lislia,te eta
Street, Miss Bessie Hamill, -sister to
Mrs. Bellamy, waa united in marriage ?"
th Mr, Carl Willey, of Enfield, N. C. ,c
rhe ceremony was perfomerd by Bar. |
U E. Sawyer, pastor of the Mstho- P
(list Church, and waa witnessed by a '
Few relatives and close friends, lip-i
mediately after the ceremony, Mr. j1
end Mrs. Willey left on the afternoon '
train for a northern bridal tour, af- .
ter which they will be at heme in i
Hampton, Va. |
Mrs. Willey formerly lived in F.n- '
field, but has been in Ahoekie for the .
past fifteen months. At the time of |
her marriage she was employed. as T
bookkeeper and stenographer for Z. 9
V. Bellamy of this city. She has many c
friends here. '
Metered to Raleigh ,
I> C. Brett, James Darden, Claude
Dukes, James Vinson and Roy Pur- 3
ker drove through the country to Ra- j
leigh Monday morning, returning on .
Tuesday night, the object of the trip
being to witness twe baseball games
between A. & ?. College,and Wake
Forest College. The Monday game
In RMelgh resulted in a twelve inning
0^ the seore beinb 0 to 0. The game (
was called at the end of the twelth
on account of darkness. I
The second game in Wake Forest j
Tuesday 'was won by Wake Forest .
la the eleventh inning, when, with the
?core tied at nothing aH, Ellis of the ,
W>ke Forest team waded inte one
of Curtis' straight ones for a hit that
?coned a runner ahead of him, mak
ing the final count 1 to ?. *
FARMERS RAPIDLY
COMPLETING THE
PEANUT EXCHANGE
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tANUT (EXCHANGE TO
BE SOON COMPLETED 1
)nly One More Thousand Na
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Organization Will Be Reedy
to Function?Good Progress 1
la Now Being Made in Sever- \
el Counties in The Two Sta
SrfTolk, V?., April A?The peanut [l
rrowers of Virginia and North Caro
ina now see victory in sight for their
wgaaization. Now that they have ab- i
tut 4,000 signers to the contract they
ire bending all efforts to getting the
id4itional thousand signers that will
>e necessary to complete their orga
lisation.
At no time since they began their
>rganization work has there been ev
m more general interest in perfect
ng the Exchange than there is at the
ireeeht. This increased interest is be
ng shown especially in the organiza
;ion of county associations for the
purpose of securing additional sign
In this county organisation work
3urry County, Va., has taken the
lead. Then came Washington county,
ttorth Carolina, where the gjow'ers
took an actve part in swinging that
:ounty to the Exchange. Sussex coun
.y, Va., is to meet for the same pur
pose this week.
Friday, April 8th., meetings will
be held in Edgecombe and Halifax
for the purpose of lining up the gro
wers in these two-counties. The meet
ing for Edgecombe will be at Speed
n the morning. Immediately thereaf
ter the citizens of that community
the growers present. The meeting
sill serve a free barbecue dinner to
For Halifax will be that afternoon
n Scotland Neck. Both of these meet
ngs will be addressed by Dr. B. W.
ICilgore, Director of Extension and
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of Progres
dve Farmer, who are fully backing
this movement of the peanut grow
srs to perfect their Exchange.
Arrangements -skill be made for the
neetings in other counties in quick
lucceasion and the work of perfect
ng the Exchange will be pushed to
in early completion.
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LNROLL FOR CLUB WORK NOW
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Boy* from ten to eighteen year* of
ige who can have the use of an acre
if land this year anrl who are inter
red in making some extra money
n the way of prizes and also get so
ne valuable experience and inforina
ion about raising crops (end in your
tame and address to#me at once. An
iffort will lje made to furash free
0 every club member enongh pure
>red seed to plant an acre of land
Parents encourage your boys to
ompete in the club work this year,
it's a proposition where ihey cannot
ose and have a food chance of wia
ling something worth while, such as
1 free trip to Washington, besides
itber cash prises and some valuable
orpertence.
Boys, if you are in earnest send in
rour names at once and be among
hose to get their seed free. Porsonal
nsits and assistance will be given
rou in raising your acre as often as
rou reed it, by ths County Agent,
lon't neglect, hut send in your name
oday, and full instructions will be
*nt you immediatsly* followed by
in early visit from me.
?H. L. MILLER.
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Cantata At Chowaa CeHege ea IZth.
The Chorus Class of Chowan Col
ege will give a Cantata, "The Rose
faiden," In the college auditorium,
ruesday evening, April 12, at eight
t'elock. Admission 86 cents. The pub
ic is cordially invited to attend.
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You'll miss the Best Picture
4 the 8eases* if you fafl to aaa
?ForWMjpMut" at the Rich
ire Thaalar Thursday and Fri
layuighda.
LOCAL BANK THE
BEST FRIEND TO
HOME BUSINESS
SHOULD HELP THE BANKS
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Farmers and Business Men in '
General Should Help Ubeir
Lotfal Banks every Opportu
nity Afforded
The time ia coming near for the
Camera to purchase their fertiliser
?nd the question before them To
pay cash in order to get the discount."
The time has come and especially this
fear when the Banks should have
more consideration and cooperation
from its customers. Of course corp
oration is the success of any business
but this particular year we do not
feel that the Farmers should take
their money out of the Bank in order
to get the little discount for fertilis
ers. Some will say "I dont owe the
Bank anything and I dont ee any
reason why I should not draw my
money from the bank and pay for my
fertliser cash and save that much?"
You should take this much interest
in your local Bank and your commu
nity and your town to let your mo
ney remain, for your Local Bank and
your community needs the money here
a thousand times more than the fer
tilizer people need it.
What if the Banks should loan the
money where they could get the lar
gest discount and interest. In this co
unty anl state. Have you ever real
ly considered what your local Bank
ia doing for the farmers and the to
wns in which it is located and what
it has done. We do not show our grat
itude enough. Only last year your
Bank, or m8st of them borrowed mo
ney and borrowed heavy in order to
meet the demand and necessary loans
for tha Farmers and Mordants. They
had to pay anywhere from six to eig
ht per cent and most of it was eight
per cent and then loaned at six per
cent. Have you got a friend that will
do that for you, if you have'nt your
Bank is your beat friend and if it is
your best friend, why not co-operate
with them this year? Bhy your fer
tilizer on time, pay for it next fall
and you will not lose very much and
let your money stay here to help the
neighbor of yours, and the county.
Our Merchants are not giving the
proper cooperation to the Banks at
this particular time.' They are looking
after their foreign accounts and nev
er think about their local Bank need
ing their money and help. "Home Mis
sions first this year." Pay soeSe at
Home also when you pay your for
eign accounts. You would not feel
good if your customer was owing you
and at the same time he was paying
his account elsewhere and leaving
you off.
If your Bank has given you ser
vice and has helped you through
these times, give them your support
deposit your money with them pad
give them your full cooperation .
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FORMER SERVICE MEN CAN
SECURE VICTORY BUTTONS '
UPON APPLICATION NOW
While the Army Recruiting Service
has ceased to function as such as a
result 9f recent Congressional action
prohibiting enlistments except in cer
tain limited cases, a sufficient force
has been retained on duty in Greens
boro, with offices in the new Guilford
County Courthpusr, to continue the
distribution of the Congressional Vic
tory Medal, and all men who were
members of the military establish
ment during the World War, wheth
er their service was at home or abr
oad, are entitled to one of the medals
and our records show that some twen
ty thousand North Carolinians are
entitled to receive one of the.?e me
dals and only twelve thousand have
made application to date. Thj War
Department desires every veteran to
have one and all those entlt'e! to it
and who have not yet applied are ur
ged to write to the Victory Medal
Officer, Guilford County Courthouse,
Greensboro, N. C.
f? addition to *>?<? sarvice fth of
fice will gladly act to tha limit of ita
capabilities as a bureau of informa
tion on matters pertaining to the mil
itary service such as allotments, tha
War Risk Insurance, etc.
-C. M. Banker.
PRIMARY WILL BE
HELD TO SELECT
TOWN_ OFFICERS
PRIMARY FOR SELECTION
OF AHQSKIE OFFICERS
Primary Will Ba Held on Mob.
day, April 28. for the Selec
tion of Candidates for Town
Office* in Ahoskie?Election
To Be at Bellamy's Former
Stand.
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The Ahoskie town council in extra
ordinary session last Friday night vo
ted to call a primary on Monday, Ap
ril 25., to select candidates for town
offices to enter the election, which,
as announced in this paper, will be ?
held on Monday, May 2nd. Blank bal
lots will be furnished to voter* on the
26th. and the name of the candidate
of their prefernee (three of them)
and one for mayor wftl be written
in by them, and deposited in the bal
lot box provided on that day. The six
ceiving the highest number of votes
for commissioners will then be certi
fied as nominees for the election in'
May. Also the two highest candida
tes for mayor will be certified as the
nominees for that office, and they, too
will enter the finals on May 2nd.
The primary will not continue th
roughout the day; but, instead, will
be held for only three hours, from 3
to six in the afternoon of the 25th.
This will give all an opportunity to
take off a few minutes and cast a bal
lot with a minimum loss of time; in
stead of having to sit for three or
four hours in a stuffy convention hall,
under the old convention system. It
will also make it possible for all of
the lady voters of the town to cast a
ballot, which is also Very desirable.
Both the primary and the election
in May will be held in the store next
to Belamy's fountain stand, in the
same building. \
There are not yet any avowed can
dates for any of the offices, although,
as stated in this paper last week, sev
eral names have been mentioned in
connection with the office of mayor.
The name of Attorney Walter B.
Johnson has been frequently mention
ed as a possible or receptive candi
date for that office in addition to the
oaes named last week-'For commission
era, titers appears to be no aspirants,
and less talk of possible candidates;
except that there is a strong desire
on the part of many that *be present
board be retained in toto. Unless oth
ers offer themselves publicly as can
dates for these offices, it in more
than likely that the three men com
posing the present board of commis
sioners will receive the nomination.
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MUi Applebaum Entertaias CUu
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Mils Sylvia Applebaum entertain
ed her Sanday School class last Fri
day night at her home in Main Street
After playing several games a va
ry interesting contest was held, and
a prize awarded to the one having
the largest number of correct answers
Mrs. E. C. Hobbs won the prise, a
silk handkerchief.
At ten o'clock dainty refreshments
were served, which were very much
enjoyed.
Those of the class present were:
Misses Mary Sumner, Rose Mitchell,
Kate Brett, Mary Sawyer and Sylvia
Applebanm; and the teachers, Mee
dames E. C. Hobbs and H. S. Baa
night:
See "Forbidden Fruit" at the
n*w Richard Tkaater in Ahoe
kie on Thursday and Friday
nirhta. It's oh of the kaet aad