w W A & 9k A WW ^ W Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XI. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, April 22, 1921 One Section No. 51 ? ?? m news in digest compiled fdr readers of the heraid . - I ?J. B. Ivey, prominent business men 1 of Charlotte, will construct a large dormitory at Lake Junaluska, the as- |( aembly grounds for the Methodist do- ( nomination of North Carolina. 1 ?Gordon H. Lilley, of Lenoir, on a < recent visit to his native home stated < that John Wannamaker of Philadel- ' phia, of which flrmTJr. Lilley is the advertising manager, spent over one ( million dollars each year on advertis ing alone. ?The recent cold weather, accompa- ' nied by heavy frosts, has almost to- 1 tally destroyed the fruit crops of the western section of (he State; as well as causing heavy damage to the ear ly truck crops of east Carolina. ?Commissioners of Beaufort County last week voted to discontinue the of- i flee of whole time health officer in 1 that county. ?The North Carolina Sunday School , Association-last week was in session at the eity of Raleigh for several days k in the most successful 'convention ev er held by the Association. ?In the recent contest between the i Christian Advocate, Methodist paper, i and the Biblical Recorder, 'Baptist, i the former won, by securing s wide margin of subscriptions. The M. E. ; Chuiteh at Lexington led the entire 1 State in the number of new subscrip tions sent in to the Advocate, laving secured 104 new subscriptions. ?Wages of operatives in several of the Greensboro cotton mill* were last week.reduced twenty per cent. ! ?R. H. MeComb, State College jnn- I ior, was required to give bo^d in the sum of 1200, for his appearance be fore the May team of Wake Superior Court, for taking part in the recent outbreak ?f hazing at the college In Raleigh. u; J ?Bankers of Catawba County have offered to loan money to State High way commission, for the construction of roads in that county. ?"little Ina", a dwarf, who has tra veled several years with the Smith's Greater Shows and Johnnie Jone's Shows, died in Raleigh one day last week. She was only about SO inches < in height. ?A flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet was off the shores of Morehead City last week. Fishing season at this popular 1 resort has opened up within the past week. . y "] ?Professor ^Collier Cobb, professor 1 of Geology at the State University, 1 returned to that institution one day ' last week, after having spent about eight months across the Pacific Ocean J on a tour. He was given a royal welcome by the students of the Uni versity. ' jr-eO. B. Ricks and L. B. Jordan, of ' ! Norfolk, Va., were acquitted of house ' breaking at Aulander last Thursday. ! They were accused of entering the ! home of W. D. Hoggard and stealing ' a safe, containing about fifteen hun dred dollars. ?Mrs. Essie B. Farmer, solicitor for ' the Orphan's Friend, paper published , at the Oxford orphanage, has recently } purchased a tourist hotel at Southern Pines. Mrs. Faqgaer will operate the - hotel this season. 1 s ?The ritjr of Hickory recently sold |176,006 of municipal improvement " bonds t/> a bank of that city. ^h-Truckers of eastern North Cdroli- 1 according to recent rejfortn, will . 'replant their crop, recently destroyed by frosts and celd weather. ?Dr. A. B. Hawkins, the oldest living alnmnas of the State University, died , at his home in Raleigh last Thursday, at the age o fninety six years. He was gradnated from the University in the - year 1846. ?Captain T. W. Mason, prominent , North aCrolinian, o faGrysburg, Nor- , thampton County, died at his home 1 on last Thursday, at a ripe old age. ji ?Athletes of the Chapel High School 1 w?n the State championship ah tho . University la the high school finals, j 3: neld there last week end. ?L. Gregory, 46-year old man of the I etty of Wilmington, wan indicted one lay last week, for having married a girl of leae than fourtasn yean of age. The child's mother was also in- ( dieted for having aworn falsely as to the age of her daughter. ??Wake Forest College debaters woe aver representatives of Davidson Col lege, at a debate he.d in the audito rium of Meredith College, in Baiiegk^ last Friday night, by a two to one de cision of the judges. ?Hon. Samuel L. Sogers, for seven years director of the Federal Census Bureau, handed in his resignation to . the Big Chief last week. Mr Jtogers is a native of Franklin, this Kate, and has made a wonderful record as direc tor of the Census. He resigned in or der that the Republican administra tion might appoint to that office one of their own political faith. ?Dr. J. W. Peacock, prominent citi- I zen of Thomasville, Davidson county, | ?hot and killed J. E. Taylor, Chief of I Police of that town, Saturday morning shooting him two times with a shot gun, from his office window. The phy sician then followed the seriously wo unded man into a cafe nearby and proceeded to complete the job by j shooting him several times with an j automatic German pistol. He shot two times after the officer had fallen to j the floor, dead in his trackr. A long standing feud was the evident cause of the shooting. ?Extensive preparations are being made by the citisens of Henderson to entertain the annnal convention of the Baraca-Philathea Association of North Carolina, which will hold forth during the last three days of this we- - ek, in. that city. j ?The ninth annuel convention or U. S. Good Roads Association convened in the city of Greensboro on Monday morning, with almost three thousand delegates present from all sections of the country. Many others are expect ed to attend the convention which is I to be in session for five days this week j ?Shriners of Raleigh are making ex tensive preparations for the approach ing ceremonial session of the Sudan | Temple, which will be held there on May 18 and 19. ?Frank Parekr, Agricultural statis cian of North Carolina, reports that the North Carolina tobacco acreage for this year has been cut only about 38 per cent, which, he states, is not s sufficient reduction to raise the stan I dard of prices to be paid for the weed : when the markets open next fall. ?The entire North Carolina, delega tion in Congress voted against the emergency tariff bill, which was pass ed by Congress last week. j( ?Members of the Old Hickory (80th) j Division will make a tour oif the Eu ropean battlefields this summer, sail- ! Ing from New York City on July 12. | Many North Carolinians are expected ' to make the trip. i ?The town commissioners of Scot- ! and Neck lagt week passed an ordi- 1 nance authorizing the issuance and ! tale of $250,006 worth of bonds for I [>aving the streets of that town. i ?The State Medical Association will 10 Id its annual meeting at Pinehurst ' luring next week. ?Zebulon V. Taylor, former mayor >f Greensboro and prominent corpo- 1 ?ation official, died suddenly laet Mon lay while riding in the private car of tames B. Duke, thetobacco magnate. ?Judge Boyd, of the Federal Court, Ij ?n Monday of this week set asMe the , verdict in the noted case of Varner , rs Varher, when the motion was ar- ' rued before him by attorneys. ; ?Congressman Hallett S. Ward, of : the First Congressional District, in an j interview this week. sUted that this ess no time for playing politics, At- 1 ter-war taxation problems and good ' roads, he said, were two of the most 1 important projects in the present Con ' m ?A Tax at ens halt per eent on the | rallon on all gasoline sold in the state ?; y-.. uti atm..:.. ? *S?, " % a:* I i A High School win : Have Good Pro gram Eor Finals HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES I TUESDAY, MAY 3RD. Commencement Exercises Will 1 Cover Period of Five Dayt*. _ Beginning on Friday Night, April 29?President Harper of Elon to Make Literary Ad dress. TIM Anosxie Mign school wtu close for the X920-21 session on Tuesday, ( Msy8, with the final exercises of the < commencement program, which will I conaisit of the graduation exercises, ' the annaul address by Dr. W. A. Har- < per, president of Elon College, and I the awarding of certificates. The com- < mencement exercises, which stretches 1 out over a period of five days, will be- I gin with a play which will be given 4 on next Friday night, April 29, an- ' nouncement of which-is made in our * advertising columns this week. i The patrons of the school are for- ' tunate that two highly pleasing spea- 1 kers have been secured for the com- (' mencement. Besides Dr. Harper, who * will make the annual literary address, I Mr. H. S. Hilley, dean of Atlantic . Christian College, Wilson, will deliv er the Baccalaureate Sermon, at the j Baptist Church on Sunday morning, . May 1, at eleven o'clock A. M. The full program for commence- 4 ment is as follows; ~~ ~ _ ? Friday, April 29, 8:00 O'clock V. M. , Play, "The Winning of Latane".. ^ Sunday, May 1, 11:00 o'clock A, M. j The Baccalaureate Sermon, by H. S. , Hilley, dean of Atlantic Christian Col lege. Monday, May 2, 2:00 o'clock P. M. Eaaay, declamation and spelling con testa. * ? a Monday, May 2, 8:00 o'clock P. M. E Recital. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 2:00 O'clock P. M. jt Recitation Contest ' i Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 O'clock P. M. t Graduation exerecisee. Literary Address, by Dr. W. A. Par ? per, President of Elon College. t Awarding medals, certificates jmd di- a plomaa. , r Announcements. , A 1 V 11 MISS SAWYER IN A RECITAL 1 ?i The Herald is in receipt of a hand- t somely printed invitation to the Sen- , ior Pianoforte Recital, to be given by Mi sees Ida Fowler and Sue Sawyer, 4 in the Carolina College auditorium, at e Max ton, on Thursday evening, the 29 e ?f April. c Miss Sawyer is the daughter qf Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sawyer, of this city, Rev. Mr. Sawyer being the pastor of ^ the Ahoekie Methodist Church. Miss s Sawyer will receive her literary de- i free at Carolina College at the com- s mencement, to be held In May." ^ went into effect Wednesday, for the 1 purpose of building good roads . ?David Blair, prominent lawyer and business man of Winston-Salem, will be named Commissioner of Internal Revenue by Secretary Mellon of the ? Treasury Department. 1 ?Mecklenburg County on Tuesday ) voted for issuance of two million dol- ? lars for the construction of good roads t |n that county. j, ?Hickory Township in Catawba co? ? unty Tuesday voted (900,000 bond* for road building. . ? - ? r t ?Among those being mentioned and r urged for appointment to tto U. S. i Circuit Court Judgeship, made vacant s by the (hath of Judge Prttchard, art c fudge Henry O. Connor, democrat, c end Judge W. P. Bynum and Hon. J. s ?ehiwMs la Urn HmaM, ttJk . i. $. . .'V.. ? . ' : 11 Dirty Slows Are Denounced By Local Minister .OCAL PASTOR SCORES COMMON CARNIVALS lev. Collins Does not Under. 1 ty "Shows Are Allowed Free Rein in Ahoskie?Cannot A gree with Secretary Middle ton in Statement. _ Rev, Fred T. Collins, of the Baptist /hard, speaking from that passage if scripture, found in the book of ] Amos, 6th chapter and 16th verse? , 'Hate the evil and love the good"? j in last Sunday night, told his con- , rregation that he was anable to nn lerstaad why, with so many Baptists . a and around Ahoskie, most any old i dnd of "varmint, vulture, or other ; lisgraceful, dirty contemptible and mlgar object of prey" could "light town" in Ahoskie, flourish for a sea- ; ion, and wing its light onward, with >ut any interference by the autheri- . ;ies of the town. Although Mr. Col* , ins did not name any specific case, t was generally understood that he is referring to the combination carnival, eg show, and portable assignation louse that spent two dayi in Ahoa cie last week, on Copeland's vacant ot, right in the heart of the town. In the course of his sermon Sunday light, Mr. Collins could not agree with Secretary Middleton, who, at the Sunday School Conference held here ibout two weeks ago, asserted that 'nearly everybody in the West Cho van Association were christians". The ocal pastor would switch things aro-( ind. He believed there were leae chris ians in the West Chowan Association ;han in any association within the enr ire State. Although he was not sure uid was unable to offer the proof, he laid he believed there was more mon cey rum making in this section than n any section of the State; and more ' rambling and more other vices of the levil. Mr. Collins feared a gradual and j ure return to the tendency offor nal religion, and cautioned his people igainst the substitution of "more for- ' nai religion" for the religion of the 1 mart, only the latter being the true ' eligion. ' It was his belief that the people of ;' his section, and of the West Chowan j' Association, did not have enough of 1 ? * 4 he true religion, as evidenced by th- ( iir attitude towards the good and the > ivil. They do not jiata the evil, ae- ' ordtng to the local pastor; for. If hey did, ho said, the presence of such i lirty, common and degrading shows ' uch as was hare last week would not"1 le tolerated, nor would the garage 1 md service station men believe that ^ hey won doing a good turn when hey vended their gasoline on Sunday. ?. Death of Hartford County Citiaaa , Mr. W .& ifitfer. otle of the oldest < itisens of the llilTTleek section of 1 lertford County, died Inst Thursday, .1 iftnr an tMneas etf nsvwal month* He {' tad suffered from many ailments < lince last fall, and the end was not < insxpected hy Ms relatives, who had < teen a this bsdsHe constantly since to was first stricken, Mr. Millar was a staunch frhHM if the Herald's, and sntH ho was atric tea with sWdtesa this last time, he ras a frequent visitor to this office, f he happened to he in Ahoelde at my tiaae>. m frequently reminded us tf his devotion to the eaaSS of fh/ tounty paper, and was a faithful sab- j criber since the vary earliest days # ?Km Tf ? ? ill TV* owfsnJa < k wits ncnuu. xnv ncrmia oavvhob b" ' ".W W ? ? 'Uur land and we, having helped to make the laws, as good citizens, moot iphold them." Following his charge to the grand ury which lasted less than an hour, < ;he criminal docket was taksn up, , with Solicitor Midygette directing the State's prosecution. 0 PLAY BY LOCAL TALENT WELL ACTED AND PLAYED BEFORE LARGE CROWD 1 r "The Miller's Daughter", a play in i Four acta, given by local talent in the ichool auditorium last Friday night, was witnessed by a large house,' al though the inclement weather helped to keep away many who would other wise have attended. The proceeds am >unted to about seventy dollars, which will be used by the Betterment Aaso- i liation for the benefit of the school. The play was one of the beet, if nob the very best, in amateur acting, that has ever been given herb. Every ; actor in the phiy performed well, and there was no dull moments. Whils the entire cast of characters came nigh being "stairs, tile brightest "satoUNk"' of them all was Ifiss Nona Cowan, one of Die teachers, acting the fast of "Beauty Lynne." As a wooer of am, the most highly efficient vam pire of the Twentieth Century eosld not "hoM her a light." Special music befeteen the acts was v J - - ---- -1-, - Primary For The Town and School Officers Monday REGISTRATION BOOKS CLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT Entire Town Council and May or to Be Nominated, Also Two School Trustees, Next Monday?Dr. C. G. Powell Not A Candidate for Re-el election as Trustee. R:'> ? . v.*" T^. WSfl&fefr The town and school district prima ry will be held next Monday, April 25th., from 8 to 6 o'clock p. m? in the ?tore formerly occupied by Z. V. Bel lamy's fountain, next to his present stand, on Main Street At this prima* ry, the voters of Ahoskie will cast ballots for three commissioners and a mayor for the term of two years; while the school district voters will vote for two trustees of the local gra ded school. The registration books, which have been open for the past three wbeks, will close on Saturday of this week at sunset The present town council is com posed of the following: W. L. Curtis, mayor; Geo. J. Newborn, H. W. Sto kes, and R. B. Taylor, commissioners. The terms of D*. C. G. Powell and H. W. Stokes expire as school trus tees this spring, and two trustees are to be nomiated for these positions. The election will follow on Monday, May 2nd., at which time the two high est candidates for each office enum erated will stack up against each oth er for the final decision of the Voters of town and school district. According to Registrar, Mr. Paul W. Hollortian, few women have regis tered in either the town or the school district registration books. There has been a noticeable lack of interest by the women voters, and on Wednesday of this week lees than a dozen women had registered, with only two or three days more in which to do if. There are no openly avowed can didates for any of the town offices, of offices of school trustee. There is an almost undivided sentiment for toe retention of the town's present may or, Mr. Walter Curtis, although sev eral other local citizens have been mentioned for the office, among them being J. R. Garrett, Robt. Holloman, E. J. Gerock and Attorney W. R. Joh nson. For commissioners there have been mentioned1 about as many aa there are citizens in the town, and when the ballots are counted on next Monday, there trill undoubtedly be vo tea far a wide range of favorites for times offices. For trustees, little talk of candidates has been heard, and it is probable that the present incum bents will again be nominated for the positions which they now hold. Knee the above paragraph was written, the editor of this paper has been informed by Dr. C. G. Powell, school trustee for several years, that he will not be a candidate for renom ination to that office. rendered by Misses Earle Lawrence and Myrtle Powell and Mrs. Stanley Leary, the latter graciously respond ing to the encore of the audience. The Ahoskie renowned "Black Cat" quartette, composed of Howard Bas night, dames Vinson, Claire Greene, and Johnnie Brittoh, captured the ma jor applause of the evening, between the third and final acta. They were several times brought bade to the st age for encores with which they were weH supplied. Their tome Wee height ened considerably bp seccesafully ex ecu ting their repertoire of song* with out giving their audience "Sweet Ads* H 0 *?