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Volume XL Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, April 15, 1921 One Section No. 50
V DEWS III DIGEST COMPILED
FOII US OF IHt HERAll
?At the fcwual dinner of the class j
of '93 of Yale University at the Yale J
ah in New York City, on March 31, <
one! Joseph Hyde Pratt, of North I
Carolina, waa honored by hie class 1
states of Yala '93 by the gift of a
handsome silver game platter.
?The county commissioners of Un-. i
fated latt week to ac
cept the resignations"of the road com
miasionert of that'county, yho had
offered to resign in toto.
?Elisabeth City, by an overwhelm- 1
ing majority, voted on last Friday
to issae $400,000 worth of bonds for
school purpoees.
?Joseph Kilpatrick, running for may
or of Kinaton, failad to receive a sin
gle vote in the first primary, although 1
ho was the only native born Kinston
ian in the race. '
?A. L. MeCaakill, one time Republi
can candidate for Congress from the
Sixth North Carolina Congressional
District, has threatened to sue the Ra
leigh News and Observer for a false :
statement, that implicated his son in '
the manufacture of whiskey. .
?Faucette, the first baseman on the
State College baseball team, broke
his ankle in a game betweent State
College and El on. on last Thursday. 1
?Many North Carolina counties on
Mdnday of last weak, sitting as a bo
ard of review on real estate valuati
ons, voted to reduce the present val
uations, this reductions ranging from 1
twenty to fifty per cent.
?Commissioner Wad# of the North ?
Carolina Insurance Department has
warned the public against buying sto
ck offered by the International PetlU- '
leum Company, of Texas. AJT agents 1
of this company are ordered arrested
if caught solociting stock in the stately
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?Judge-Garland S. Ferguson, hold
ing court In Albermarle. last week,
issued several bench warrants for the
arrest and 'subsequent trial of sever
al alleged bootksggers. ''
?Two aditional state bank examin
ers were afcinmrted by the Corporation
Commission last Friday. They are; J.
H. Hightower of Balsigh, and W. C.
Crump of Subury.
?Rocky Mount has called off its pro
posed Section on the Cty Manager
plan of municipal government, which
was to have been voted upon at the
regular May election. The reason is
the existence of technicalities which 1
make another, date necessary. City !
Manager of Noroflk, C. E. Athburner r?
will deliver an address on the city ma *
nager plan some time this month. '
??At least one North Carolina town t
reports a building boom. A large to- t
bacco warehouse, and several new v
dwellings will be constructed n Sta- ii
tesviHe this spring. Chapel Hill also I
reports s real estate boom of immense n
proportions. ~ ; V " ' s
?Bankers hf Cstswba County are ex- '
pecting to buy fiu oounty bonds is- *
sued for the cmstroctien of good ?
roads in that county. f
?Indications point to a large attend- ci
ance at the State University Summer a
School, and ma-iy applications have a
already been received for summer re
servations. ci
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?James H. Jones, colored, body gu- b
ard of President Jefferson Davis, of n
the Southern Confederacy, died at his ^
home in Washington, D. C., last week. C)
He was a native of this State
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?Rav. J. R. Hufham, Methodist min- ^
ister of :sbTV. ??? announced e'
his candidacy for city councilman of k'
his native citjr. D
?By defeating Wake Forest College tt
in baseball last Saturday, tbe Univer- C1
sity baseball team It leading m the m
State championship scries. However,
Wake Forest hat another chance at 0j
the Chape] Hill tsvm on the 13th of
May.
?W. B. Faircloth, of fempson co?n- j"
ty, has ben (iron a thirty day fen- *
tence on the eetfnrr roads, ftr fail- p
ure to build a sanitary privey, as dl- w
rected by law.
?Mrs. Dowfc Wifs of W. C. Dowd, #
pt eminent newspaper ana of the city m
(f Cia rlotte, has iastituM a soft ag
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?in?t her husband for subsistence, and
slso in another suit she asks that a
deed, signed by her be annulled, hav
ing been signed under compulsion by
her husband.
?Phillis Dixon, a *n egress of Craven
County was 110 years old, when she
died one day last week.
?Two editors are slated to bead the
North Carolina Railroad, as Presi
dent and Secretary. Wade H. Harris,
of the Charlotte Obeerver, is expect
ed to be appointed president, and Ar
chibald Johnson, of the Charity and
Children aa Secreatry. The appoint
ments will be made by Governor Mo
rrison.
?-Prank Parker, State Agricultural
statistician, reports that mufch of the
tobacco* of the 1920 crop is still un
marketed. Sales for the month of
March were record breakers all over !
the State, according to his recent re
port made public.
?The John L. Roper Lumber Com
pany, of New Bern, will reopen next
week, after* having been idle for the
past two months. ,
From June 6th to the 10th the Met
hodist Protektanst of North Craolina
will wage ah intensive campaign to
raise $600,000 for the construction
of a college in the State.
?Negroes of North Carolina are op- '
posing the appointment of Frank Lb- 1
nney as District attorney for the we
stern district, on account of the sts
nd he took in regard to excluding the 1
negro from the Republican party. |
?Col. James H. Young, of Raleigh,
noted negro educator and leader of i
the colored race in North Carolina, |
died at his home last Monday.
?Federal Circuit Judge Jeter Conley
Pritchard, of Asberille, succumbed to
lbs ravages of pneumonia at hie home
last Sunday, after several months of
illness. He wim formerly United Sta
rts Senator from Ngrth Carolina, an? i
has tone been recognized as one of I
Ihf leaders in the Republican party in
ie South. ; f
?Member* of the Greensboro Cotfn- 1
try ,Club, after a stormy session on.,
Vet Friday night, voted to prohibt
he playing of golf on Sunday at the
31ub.
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AN APPRECIATION
R is oifr desire to express, in some
neasure, at least, our gratitude and
lincere appreciation for the many
ixpressions of tsve and sympathy
'rom onr friends and neighbors dur
ng the recent illness in oar home." J
We could not in this brief space
ell of the many, many kindnesses
hown us, bat we want to say that (
re did not lack for anything it was ]
a the power of friends to provide.
Ve feel that we can* now understand ,
sore clearly the meaning of that j
cripture which says: "I was sick and
? visited me." And so. for friends
rho came to see as, for the many
ronderfal trays of good things to eat
or beautiful flowers and delicious .
raits, to say nothing at the letters, <
ards and verbal messages of loVe j
nd sympathy, we are profoundly gr- j
teful. .
To Dr. Greene, our beloved physi- j
Ian, we owe a debt of gratitude that s
?e feel we c|tn never repay. He stood s
y us faithfully for Ave weeks or mo- ^
s, bringing each day words of com? g
irt, encouragement and re-assuran- fl
s. May many year.) be given him in y
hich to carry on his work of healing c
Jo wish also to express our appie? :
ation for the services Dr. Wal? |
sr rendered us, during the illness of *
r. Greene. , , ,
We can never express our grmti
ide and love for our pastor and the '
lurch, for thair faithfulness to is- n
ember ue in grayer. Our. hearts ha- a
t bean greatly comforted becaure
f this sweet romorabrance on the n
irt of pastor an J people. {
To each one, who haa in any way j
slped to lighten the. load for us, we p
ould any, He whore wards even the p
ver of, cup of water, in His name, C
ill look well to your reward. May
>u all be among the class that shall tt
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anions in.the sHaa.
PeweO and Family.
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RALEIGH J. BARER
DIED MONDAY AT
I HIS HOME HERE
PROMINENT INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE MAN j
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Wu Taken Suddenlr by Heart
Attack and Died in Less Than
Half Hour?Funeral Held at
Home and Interment Made at
Old Home Near HarreUcrille
Mr. Raleigh J. Baker, prominent
insurance and real estate man of this
town, fell victim to a sudden attack ,
of the heart at nine o'clock Monday
morning, death taking place at his
home here, in West Church Street. |
He had been suffering for several
years with heart trouble, but for the
past year or two, he seemed some
what improved and his friends and
even his dose relatives were shocked
at his death this week. The attack
came suddenly, snj death occurred
in leas than a half hour after he was
first stricken.
Rev. E. L. Sawyer, pastor of the
Methodist Church, assisted by Rev, J. ,
J. Barker, Conducted the funeral ser
vices, which were held at his home |
on Wednesday afternoon at one O'
clock. Immediately after the funeral
the body, accompanied by a long fun
eral procession of sorrowing relatives
and friends,- was taken to Harrellsvil
le, and interment was made in the
old family burying ground. The j
large concourse that attended the fun
eral and burial, and the beautiful ar- *
ray of floral wreaths were concrete 1
evidences, of the very high esteem in
which he was held by those who were
intitmately associated with him.
The pallbearers were as follows: I
Active, J. N.. Vann, S. P. Watson, E. 3 '
Gerock, %. W. Rogers, R. H. Jerni- I
gan, H. H. Taylor and I*. C. Williams;
Hbnorary, Jno. O. Askew, Sr., Star- ,
key Sharps, Sr., W. E. Cullens, B. |
Scull, H. C. Sharps and E. M. Woot
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The deceased is survived by hie
wife (of leaa than a year), and four
children; Mrs. Carl Mitchell and Mrs.
James Robertson of Ahoskie; Pembro
ke Baker, of Suffolk, Vs., and Tal
mage Baker, of Danville, Va. He '
Is also survived by many other very 1
close relatives.
Mr. Baker wos born in October, ,
1858, and was the son of the late
George W. Baker of Hnrrellsviile. He
Was descended from one of the coun- ]
ty's most prominent families. Read
era of the Herald will remember the I
history of the Baker family, which 'j
traa published in the Herald several 'j
rears ago, and which was written by ]
the late Judge Brodie B. Wmborne [
>f Murfreesboro. ,
Mr. Baker had been married three '?
imes, having been married only last ?
mar to Miss Margaret Hardy of Rich ,
Square. He was married first to Miss 8
Sallie Harrell, daughter of Pembroke )
iarrell of Lewiston. She died in 19
10, only a few yean after he moved
rom his old home in Harrellsville to
thoskie. By his first marriage there
re re seven children, four of whom
arrive their parents. He was mar
ie*} the second time to Mrs. Lillie
leull, widow of the late W. D. Scull
>f Harrellsrille. She lived only a few
?earn after marriage. There are no
hildren by the last two anions.
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^onmencincnt ExwcUm at the Ma
platoa GraM School
1 The Mapleton Graded School com- 1
lencement will be hald on the 22nd
nd Slat of April, 1921. P
Thursday evening, April 21, Ser
lon by Rev. J. W. Whitley of Mur
reesboro, N. C. f
Friday morning, April 22, at half e>
eat ten o'clock, an address by Mr. 2
Yes ton Vann, president of Chowan a
oDege. a
Friday evening, ^prll 22, an enter- b
Unmeet by the acnoo1. The public is
ordially invited tn attend the exar- a
ises. , a
Sukcrlh. to tU MmU. 91-SO. 1
CONFERENCE HELD
IN AHOSKIE LAST
WEEK A TREAT
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CON
FERENCE INTERESTING
Conference of Organized Class
Workers Held Here on Last
Friday and Saturday a Rare
Treat to Those in AH????i?fw?
Both Days.
The Conference of Organized Sun
day School Class-workers, which was
held here at the Baptist Church, last
Friday and Saturday, was a rare tre
at to the fair *i*ed crowds that at
tended. The presence of Secretary E.
L. Middleton is always a signal of
success and interest to any meeting
having to do with Sunday School work
and he was here from the start to
the finish. The series of lectures by
Harry L. Strickland, of Nashville, Te
nnessee, Secretary of the Organised
Class work of the Southern Baptist
Convention, was the real treat of the
Conference. He had a vast storehouse
of knowledge, and it was a' happy
privejege to hear him tell to other'i
what he knows* for he has the happy
faculty of mixing humor and pathos
se perfectly as to fix the attention of
the most uninterested hearer .
The Friday morning and afternoon
sessions were directed by Secretary
Middleton, and consisted of talks by
himself, and laymen, on the plan un
der way to increase the efficiency of
the organised classes of the State,
lectures on many phases of work con
nected with organized class effort and
the working out of plant for further
conference similar to the one held
here - ? ' ? ?-?- - ??
Secretary Strickland arrived on the
eight o'clock train Friday night and
immediately went to the church, th*r
delighting his congregation for two
hours vwith a talk on the organized
class work of the Southern Baptist
Convention. '
i On Saturday morning, Mr. Strick
land again talked to the gathering on
the duties of the various officers of
the organized class, beginning with
the President and going through the
second vice-president. His morning
lecture was Interrupted by the delig
htful dinner which was served at the
church by the ladies of the Baptist
congregation, here.
After dinner, Mr. Strickland re
sumed his tilk where he had left off
In the morning, beginning with the
third vice-president. For two hours, :
he told of the duties of the othejr of
ficers of the organised class, and his
listeners followed him closely as he,
in an easy, flowing style, gave ex- <
preation to his vast store of know- '
ledge and varied experience. t
Hu messageof the afternoon struck .
ieep into the hearts of his hearers,
ind created within all a Strong de- j
lire and determined purpose to rea- (
taken the classes which thsy repre- (
lented, and to do a greater work than
las been their wont to do. ,
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EXCELLENT FOR LAND'S SAKE 1
Wlwrt Sweet Clover Doot Not Thrive .
WeH a is Application of Lime- 1
" atone U favored. -
Sweet clover I* an excellent plant j.
? *TQW# for the land's sake under
many conditions., and where it dnee ,
sot grow well now it can be mud* to '
iroaf well by applying ground lime- 1
(tone to the soil, it wiii"add humus c
>nd -bttroffen to the soil rapidly when '
flowed under, thereby Increasing the 6
?ertlllty of the aoU to tbaae aseaottoS t;
Acton. v
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I otic* for Recaption of Application* )
The- Board of Boad Commissioners b
or Hertford Count* will meet at the b
ourthouse in Winton, April lBth. 19- t
1 at 10 -o'clock for the purpose of
ledttng* Road Efcginedr Whdae sal- o
rf h fixed at $200*, the engineer to
ear all expenses of travel. h
The Board will be dad to receive h
ppllcations for this position at Its
leeMng to be heM on the above date.
9. A. Northcott, Becty. t
Winton. If. C., April 11, 1921.
FARMER MEETING
AT WlNTON ON
FRIDAY 3 O'CLOCK
MEETING OF GREAT .IM
PORTANCE ON FRIDAY
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Farmers of Hertford County
Are Urged to Attend The
Co-Operative Market i n g
<3ay Afternoon.
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A meeting of farmers will be held
in Winton Friday afternoon at three
o'clock, at which B. W. Kilgore, direc
tor. of the Extension work of the De
partment of Agrcultnre and Editor
Clarence Poe, of the Progressive Far
mer, will be the principal speakers.
At this meeting Co-Operative Market
ing plans will be the chief topic, and
farmers of this county will be invited
to join the cooperative marketing or
gs filiation, which is being organised
all over the State and other southern
?*atls.
Mr. J. Frank F&ehe, Secretary and
Manager of the Virginia-Carolina Pe
anut Exchange at Suffolk, will also
be in attendance upon this meeting
in the interest of the peanut exchange
which lacks only a small number of
signatures to make it a "go."
County Demonstrator H. L. Miller
is thoroughly advertising the Friday
meeting, and is impressing upon all
farmers of the county the imperative
'whed of being present. He has been
busy the past week circularizing the
entire county, and farmers from ev
ery corner and nook of the county
will be on hand Friday afternoon.
*' Messrs. Kilgore and Poe are admit
tedly among the best informed men
of the South on the problems of the
farm and the farmer; and they, to
gether with other leaders tn agricul
tural pursuits, have worked out a de
finite and concrete plan of organita
tion for co-operativa marketing, and
they are now busily engaged in pre
senting the plana to fanners of the
entire South, in order to build up a
large and strong organisation.
On Friday, they will present their
plan?which is your plan-t-to^he far
mers of Hertford County, and an op
portunity will be given to sign the
agreement.
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Sunday School Roport for Sunday,
. April I Oth.
Colerain, April 14.?Below is my
3unday School report for Sunday,
4pril 10th.:
Colerain?Attendance $8, collection,
.
Harre]lsville?Attendance 71. col
action, $11.22, for orphanage.
Christian Harbor?Attendance 103,
Collection, $24.29, for orphanage. I1
On Sunday, the 3rd., the attend
ance at Harreljsvijle was 65, and the '
prae at Christian Hafhor, attendance
6, collection $8.33.
?B. B. LINEBERRY.
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(otic* of Ro-SoW Under Msrtfif* 1
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By virtue of'the power and author- j
ty fiven by a certain mortgage exe
uted by Junius DeLoatche and wife, ]
larah L. Deloathce to W. W. Rogers, j
trustee for, C. S. Davie, which is re- ^
orded in the Register of Deads office $
or the County of Hertford in book (
8 on page 41, the following proper- p
y will be sold at public auction, to- -
rit: (
Bounded on the north by Sheriff v
litchell's' heirs; on the sonth by the
wds of H. B. Reynold*, on the east *
y the county roe<J and on the west ;
y the lands of Mary Anderson, eon
lining 48 scree more or lees. o
Place of sate?In front of the post
See in the town of Ahoakie, N. C. j,
Time of Sale?April 23, nineteen r
undred and twenty one, between the
ours of IS ML* and 2 P. M. ' S
T.rms of sale-Cash. ,
T&f AurtJ 8, nineteen hundred and t
W. W. Rogers, Trustee. h
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COUNTY WILL HAVE
COMMENCEMENT ON
TUESDAY, APRIL 26
SCHOOLCHILDREN OR
; THE COUNTY IN CONTENT
Preparations Now Under way
All over the County for the
| County Commencement on
April 26th?All Schools to '
Take Part, Is Hoped.
Winton, April 12.?The Hertford
County Commencement will be at
Winton on Tuesday, the 26th of Ap
ril, beginning' at 10 O'clock A. M.
As the name implies, it will be a coun
ty affair, alt the white schools of the
County having been invited to parti
cipate, and nearly all are planning to
take part
The exercises of the day will con
sist of contests of various kinds; such
as, declamation, recitation, singing
by quartette or chorus, or both, spell
ing, reading, dramatising stories, ath
letics, etc. There will be placed on
exhibition the best writing, best draw
ing, best map of the United States,
best map of North Carolina, best sew
ing, best basketry ,etc.
Our plan is that each school enter
a contest to ascertain who the win
ners are in the above subjects; then
the winners in each school oontests
meet in a township contest, in their
respective townships; and likewise,
the winners In the various township
contests meet at the county commen
cement for the final contest.
All seventh grade pnpils that
pass the seventh grade examination
will receive their certificates at the
county commencement. ,
| Dr. B. W. Spillman, of Kinston, N.
C., has accepted the invitation to de
county commencement ad
dress. Dr. Spillman is known through
out the state, and beyond its borders,
as ad entertaining and instructive
speaker.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the contest?school, township
and county?and especially the ex
ercises of the commencement on the
26th at Winton. *
As to the matter of dinner, we
would suggest that each family take
a lunch sufficient for themselves and
any friend they may aeet fit to invite.
? N, W. BRITTOtf,
County Superintendent.
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Who'* Who in County Cluh Work
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< (By Miss Myrtle Swindell)
Winton, April 12.?Misses Anna
Lee Carter, Mintan Banks and Jessie
Pearl Askew of Winton High School
lave made flower baskets from reed
which cost 20 cents eaph.
Mrs. R. L. Lowe of Winton, is the
leadquarters for millinery instoction.
Mrs. J. A. Shaw of Winton has made
nany new designs in Basketry.
Miss Dorris Wiliiams of Holly Sp
Pine needle baskets with the needles
ngs is' teaching her class to make
fathered from the Thomaa Farm. The
leedlee mentioned meaaure thirteen
md one half inches* ? " n ?
Mies Claudine Jenkins, Principal of
lope Grove School, has a boy pnpU
n her school that, excels in. biscuit
faking, Crocheting end making or
fandie flowers. Those .who attend the
Jounty ComniOiicement will heve the
leasers of seeing Irvin Ganrto'a worts.
Beatrice Overton from Brentleys
irove School excels in rolling and
rhipping lace. '
Laura Ruth Parker of Marfreeabo
e School la the bast oiscuit maker
n Hertford Counlv
Louise Pann from the Union rch
ol easels in
Myrtle Banks of the Winton Club,
? the first girt to report poultry wo
kforlMl. ;
Mta E. H. Sumner of St. Johns
ichool heo a student who has looked
* a piec > of coarse opt-of-st' ck lace,
wo inch vf and a half wide, As has
spied it -a trim * garment te he #*
ibited at County reiameswunaart.