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teaapBaBB"-?. J .HUL.. 1 ' _ss?-Bms^r?msms*'*tm-~'~sms-?B!!^ssfm^mmmBg^?t?--?m. ?_? J J_UJ < _. _. ._.. i *? m , ^ HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA ffl ? -~?=g^ggg=g M i! =B~=gB pi , ii i aaegSBBg i i i Volume XII. Eight Pages Ahoskiey North Carolina, Friday, May 20, 1921 One Section No. 3 SIATE DEWS ID DIGEST COMPILED IDEM OF THE HERALD ?The email town of Whitevtlle voted overwhelmingly last Wednesday for the issuance of $76,000 bonds for im provement of their school facilities. ?Citizens of Scotland Neck have pe titioned the town commissioners to continue the paving program recently iniatated in the town. 26 blocks have already been paved. ?Steve Seegars, an old and wealthy negro, of Monroe, paid two other ne gro brothers five dollars each to kill ewo negroes according to a confession made by the former to the sheriff. ! ?William L. Turner, former fireman of the Coast Line railroad, of Wilmihg ton has fully recovered, after having shot himself through the brains about three weeks ago. The bullet is now lodged in his brain. ?M. R. Beaman, secretary of the N, C. Traffic Association, last week ap peared before the Interstate Com merce Commission, protesting against the discriminatory rates charged the Shippers of tide State. ?Hardware men of the two Carolines held their annual meeting in Greens boro last week. There was a very op timistic tone throughout the meeting by the men in attndance. ?Dr. 1. Y. Joyner, president?of the North Carolina Tobacco Growers As sociation, announces that he is much enoouraged by the way the farmers of the State are lining up their forces in an effort to form a co-operative 1 marketing association. ?The spring ceremonial of Sudan Temple, it New Bern, is now in pro gress in Raleigh, , having begun Wed nesday, and lasting through two days. ?North Carolina citisena paid out just thirty one millions of dollars in insurance premiums during the past Ltwelve months, according to announ cement just made by the commission er of insurance. ?President Harding has nominated Frank Linney, North Chairman of the State Republican" Executive com mittee, to be district attorney of this State's western district. The Senate judiciary committee who has charge Jf confirmation in the Senate, has re used to recommend his confirmation, basing their objections on the efforts Mr. Linney made last year to rid the State politics of the negro question. Senator Overman, a member of the committee, appeared in behalf of Mr. Linney. askinf that he be given a hear ing and his request was granted. ?Dr. E. Y. Mullins, President of the Louisville Seminary, was elected as President of the Southern Baptist Co vention, which just concluded its an ual meeting at Chattanooga,_ Tenn: ?The North Carolina Diision, Trav elers Protective Association, held their angual meeting in Greehsboro last w SI?- ' ?The Womans' Missionary Confer ence of the Easter* North Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church is being conducted this week at Fayette ville, a large representation being in attendance. $?', ?Durham citizens have become arous ed tft action by the rumors that the Southern Conservatory of Music was to be moved from that city, on account of tack of financial support by the cit isens of Durham. They have made ad vances and are assired of retaining the Conservatory. V ?A. L. Fletcher, the head of the Am erican Legion hi North Carolina, is calling upon ail whose names are on the slacker lfct through error to advise him that it mag ha corrected. Hit ad dress is Raleigh.,, , j ?Goldsbore citizens are pianaing to vote on the iasuaaee of ??00,0M bead the election to he held o* Die Sth. of July. The money will be spent on ha- , proving the schools of ttiet dtg. ?ThelOMh, Annual eenvention of the disceee of North Carolina met in Durham Inst week. Chm of the main gnentiahs hefftr* the Meases was the granting ofwomen right to be alacted The conuention voted against the wo ?The Wafce County Board of Health mm.t* {#a'iMf:InHIjjfc has issued a bow regulation, requiring that all fountain drink* must be serv ed in individual cups. No glasses are to be used. ?Carteret County.lrhose commission era recently made a 50 per cent hori zontal cut in real estate valuations, has asked the State Tax Commission to allow thsm to "take iLall back." Other counties are repenting of their action in making drastic cuts in val uation, realizing that sufficient reve nue cannot be raised with the lowered valuations. Commissioners of all coun tie* of the state will have an opportu nity to revise their former rulings. ?A tornado that swept over Sampson County last Saturday night killed 8 persona. Property damage has been estimated at fifty thousand dollars or more. ?Associated press telegraph wires of all of the daily newspapers of the sta te were almost wholly out of order last Saturday night, on account of the electrical storm resulting from the aurora bo real is.. A Cantaloupe Exchange has re cently been organized in Scotland Ne ck, which will aid the farmers in mar keting their crop of'cantaloupe this season. ?The sanitary inspectors of the N. C. Board of Health are renewing their aetivitiy in condemning the unsanita ry privies, which do not meet the Bo ard's requirements. Several persons throughout the state have been haled into court for their failure to con struct the approved type of privy. ?G. Herbert Smith, one of Wilming ton!* moat prominent business men. was asphyxiated by the gas escaping from a heater at his home last Satur day night. ^4 :w*"/ ?Citizens of Ayden are planning to have the liveliest tobaceo market jn years there this season. ?The Raleigh postofflee was robbed of |250,000 on Monday evening. Dur ward Johnson, an 18-year old boy of Raleigh, ia being held without bail on tit* charge of stealing the amount. i: ? .. _? '' f ? a ?The United States Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the lower cottrts, fat the case in which the latter court would not enjoin the Federal Reserve Banks from collecting at par from the non-members. This ia s1 par tial victory for the state banks, in their controversy with the Federal Re serve system. rt ? FIRST BASEBALL GAME OF SEASON WILL BE PLAY ED HERE ON FRIDAY Atwh Has Good Field and Fast Team. Will Play the Murfreesboro Team Captain Brett, of the Ahoskie base ball team, had his men out on' the held two days last weak, for field practice. Owing to the weather no practice was held Monday afternoon, hut on Tuesday and Wednesday the aspirants for berths on the Ahoskie team wars again gives the once over fay Captain Brett The diamond has been put in excellent shape, and is the fastest Ahoskie has had in many years. The outfiold is far from being perfect, but will be touched up from time to time. < The team promises to be a winner and there Is every reason to believe ' that the season of 1921 will bo satis- ' factory from a local standpoint The i infield will be selected from the fol- j lowing aspirants: Captain Brett, Paul : Dukes, Claude Dukes, H. B. Chapin, ( Graham Newsome, Jamie Beam. The I outfield has a large list of candidates, ] including Lee and Herbert Copeland, Julian Ptfkar, Bewey Cherry, C. C. 1 flsssewt Jhn Powell and others.- The boxpieu will Include Graham Newso-1 me, Lee Copeland, and John Boieman with George Burgess as the probable receiver. A game has beau tentatively sehe 1 doled with the Mnrfreeeboro team (or FrMny, and will be pbyvd en the ' local lot Aborfft has almady defeat ed MurtrvetUro fa oae (nine, en the fattarVowa diamond. Other games SHE! KeHord and Tirfrwfo, jj I i! ill lll(li!!l!HI!iiHit!lllilil!i!!lliliill!il!IIillilltir I By DR FRANK R. CRANE ' J Ruts are grooves made in thlfifcad by' wfrftcies g| gone before. They are easy to g<et into and hard to get out of. They are useful for plodding carta, dangerous for fast drivers and fatal for bicycles or motorcycles. So they are both good and bad. A railroad track is nothing but two paraleH wteel S -ruts. The huge train can spin safely along at fifty mi les an hour simply because it has lost its liberty, it sticks to the ruts. The river keeps in its sky-rut; so do all etaoin The river keeps in its rut, or channel; when it 9 escapes it plays havoc. The sun keeps in its sky-rut; so do all the stars and so does the earth itself. The train is an organized, communal carrier; the bicycle is individual; hence ruts are good for the safe movement of men in masses, but bad for individ ual action. Thus all institutions are on ruts. The advantage of an institution is that It will keep on going in the di- 1 rection it was first pushed. It is good for people who dislike thinking and dread responsibility. B Colleges run in the ruts of past generations. Ma ny of them have become practically useless. Unable to change their course, they Jiave been Bhunted into obsolescence. * B There are religious organizations which are also . * merely running down ancient grooves, reverently in efficient, uselessly respectable. Politics is rutty. The pubRc can always more eas ily be induced to do what it >een in the habit of doing than to try anything'new. At least they know the evils of the old; the evils of the new are untried. Nations run in ruts. Their make war, and go on getting ready for war, for only one reason: they al ways have. The task of indi|cing nations to disarm and appeal to law is enormous, because it implies per suading nations to think. i Sticking to one's rut is the best cheap substitute for intelligence. Many an "able business man" is no more than an old moss-back who goes on doing what he has jrtways done. The poet, the prophet and the adventurous youth are trying to get things out of ruts. They are rightly called dangerous citizens. For most people belong in ruts, and when they get out, they are unable to guide themselves. Reforming mankind is interesting. But there is not much money in it. The rattiest thing in the world is money. A mon ey-man becomes great in his ability to refuse/ Great fortunes are built up only rarely by ability and enter prise and brains; they come usually by declining to budge. Energetic folk occasionally make inroads upon . prosperity, but the nabobs of Wall Street and the Bank of England are sitters; money gravitates to them. ? " v * >" ] Freedom, individuality, independence; originali ty, bold ideas and high dreams put in practice are the luxuries of the poor. They are for the walkers and the bicyclists; if you would be a leading citizen you must ride on the train. (Copyright, 1?19, by Frank Crano) S| 4 RECEIVES CITATION Recent news despatches contained in the State papers tgll of citation for bravery of action on the part of Capt. John F. Williams, ex-eervice man of tiie World War. Former Captain Wil liams, who married Miss Dorris Jen kins, of this city, has been awarded the highest military decoration given by tie King of Belguim. BAftACA CLASS GIVES TO THE STARVING CHINESE | The Baraca Class of the Ahoskie Baptist Church took i special collec tion for the starving Chinese at their Sunday morning meeting. The collec tion amounted to 120.69. Several new members were added to the class last Sunday morning^ and the class will make every effort to bring into their room and at their. Sunday morning chum many of the young teen of tire town, who do not attend Sunday sch ool gtulh f . ~J A cordial invitation is extended by the claes members to every young the class next Sunday morning at ten o'clock. ; FARMERS ARE BEHIND ??? The inceesant rains that have fallen daring the entire month of May have delayed farmers in this section in the planting of their crop of peanuts. Oth er crops are alow to "come up" with the prevailing weather conditions #f the month. The farmers are at least ten days behind with their work at this time. However the clearing weather on Monday has given the farmer signs of hopefulness and they are taking ad vantage of the opportunity. BRANNING MILL RESUMES WORK ON LARGE SCALE The Branning Manufacturing Com pany's large lumber factory here re sumed operations Rondhy, after hav ing been closed down for repairs and addBHsnb lou the past four weeks. A new boiler and other additions have bean made. The faeterr will run on full time from now on, end will sdd several new employeee to take cere of thett Increased volume df work. g. a Chautauqua Will Begin Here Next Wednesday, 25th. CHILDREN'S PARADE OR FRIDAY MORNING 10:30 Swarthmore Chautauqua Will . _ Begin in Ahoalde Next Wed nesday and Continue Free Days and Nights?Season Tickets Are Selling Good Eight Tickets Given Away to Boys and Girls. Chautauqua will begin in Abeskie naxt Wednesday, May 25th, contlnu ing through six days, including San day, when a divine service will be given in the tent on Sunday after noon. The opening attraction, which will begin at three o'clock in the after neon, will be a lecture by the Super intendent, a musical concert by the Mendelaaohn Orchestral _ Club, fol lowed by the Junior Chatauqua. Am ong other noteworthy attractions dur ing the five afternoons nod nights will be lectures by D. Thomas Curtin, i a former war correspondent, Chan cellor George Henry Bradford, one of the country's foremost lecturers, snd Walfred Lindstom, a former chap lin of the U. S. Army. The musical attractions include the Mendeusohn Orchestral Club, Clarke Concert Par ty, the Irish Minstrels, the Philadel phia Artists, and the Dunbar Male Quartette and Bell Ringers. On Sat urday night, which will be the fourth night, the play, "Nothing but the Truth", will be giveir. This play is even funnier than "It pays to Advsr tise" of last year's program, which alone was worth the price of a San son ticket. This is the Tenth Anniversary of | the Swarthmore Chautauqua, and ' the association has booked the beet attractions ever on the circuit before. Every attraction will be of the high est order, and the whole five days, and Sunday, will present the sea son's treat for the lovers of good music, snd instructive and entertain ing lectures. - One of the,best features of Chau tauqua week is Junior Chautauqua, snd tka association, will have with | them two young ladies who will de vote their entire time to the junior chsutsuqus work. Every boy and girl of the town and community is in vited to join with every other boy and girl and get in on the junior work. The Junior Pageant will be given on the last afternoon. , Miss Edna Praeman, advance re presentative is in Ahoskie now and will be Here until the opening of cha tauqua at Ahoakie. She wants every boy and girl of the community to , meet her at the school building Fri day morning sharply at half past ten o'clock. From there the chautanqua parade will begin?children will re member the parade of last year, and Miss Freeman who arranged it. Nine tickets will be given swsy to children who si* in the persde, as fol lows: The best decorated pony in the psurade, the best decorated bicy cle in the parade, and the best dress ed girl or boy on foot; and six tickets will be given to the drawers ef lucky numbers The chsutsuqus this year promises to be a success from every standpoint, and season tickets are selling good. Past experience teaches that a sea-1 son ticket is s money saver, and in i order to secure one, it must be pur- i chased before the opening hour of I chsutauqua. 0 i ATTENDING SHRINERS MEET Nobles Claude Venn, Duke Eure, Dr. A. W. Greene, and L. T. Sumner left Wednesday morning, to attend the annual meeting of the My*tic Shrine, which will be held on May IE Novices S. M. Applebaunt and H. B. Chapin also left the same day, to take the initiation. ft Mother. Club Will Moot The Mothers Club will meet ?t the home of Mr?. R. B. Taylor on Tueo d^afteraoon,*M?y 24th, at four e? &W i 4 J i *' V'i /Iff 9. * ?' v ft, i-l I Rev. Mr. North ? * .?? ' tVj* Makes Plea (or . Methodist Schools MAKES EDUCATION PLEA TO LOCAL METHODISTS Secretory of the Educational Drive of Eastern Conference ? Makes Interesting Talk on Denominational Colleges and Universitites?Methodists to Raise Thirty Three Millions for Higher Education. 1 I Rev. H?rry M. North, secretary of the M. E. Church's Educational Drive of the Eastern North Carolina Con ference, occupied the local Methodist pulpit on Sunday night, and for an hour spoke to a large audience on the importance of the denominational in stitutions of higher learning, and the necessity of support from the denom ination. In the selection of Rev. Mr. North for field secretary the Metho odista of this Conference have hit upon a happy selection; for he is par ticularly fitted to soiict support |or an institution from which he received I hie degree, after leaving his home on foot, without any funds.?Trinity col lege is his alma mater. His short ske tch of himself helped mightily in the | effectiveness of his appeal, made later in his speech. His observation on the results of the financial depression pointed to a clo ser undertaanding between man and j God, , and as betVeen man and man. * 'Rev. Mr. North could not imagine the man of God throwing up Ms hands jin despair when "hard times" came, upon him. This, he said, was to be ex pected of the person who did not walk |within the realm of Christianity. He pointed out that Sunday School and church attendance hhd greatly increa sed since the financial depression had set in; and he opined that the tarn in the tide of men's affairs would re sult in good, rather than ultimate harm: i Hit sincere wish was a hope that "The Center of Learning" might be transferred to the United States, to the South, and finally, to North Car olina. He believed that the South was inherently fitted to become that cen ter, which formerly rested in Germa ny. He likewise deplored the fact that North Carolina hoys and girls had to leave the State to round out their higher education. He wanted to see these educational advantages added t the North Carolina colleges. Mr. North was very kindly towards the State institutions and commended the late legislature in providing suf ficient funds for them; but, he added, the State owes and pledges its moral support to the denominational colle- J ges. He pointed out that slut of the 22 institutions of higher learning in the State, 17 of them belonged to the church denominations, add among these the Methodist denomination ' owned and supported 7. This propor tion, he said, was kept up throughout the country; With an overwhelming f percentage of the colleges denomina tional institutions, he urged that the members of the Methodist denomina tion, which supported the larger numj* ber of these, rally to the,support of their educational institutions, and, when the time came to pledge, hi plead with the Ahoakte Method lata df raise their quota. j? *>_ , Vj ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE STARVING CHINESE f * * There will be a musical coacagt at the AhoeUe High School auditorium Friday night, Nay 20th., at ekltt o' clock, by boon talent. The program wfll consist of hongs, recitations, drills and minstrel*. The famed "Blade Cat Quartette", * local organisation, will also feature J^e pro The admiasioa fee will bmUy SKAJ I teen and twenty Are cants, and the JIPi ' -' -? ^
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