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Volume XII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, June 24, 1921 One Section No. 8
STATE m IN DIGEST COMPILED
FOB READERS OF I?
?Insurance Commiaaioner Staeey W.
Wade, of Raleigh, has issued a warn- '
ing against mail order oil concerns,
soloidting stock in their concerns by
circularizing the malls.
?128 cases of typhoid fever was re
ported to the State Board of Health (
during the month of May.
?Tobacco warehousemen of North
Carolina and Virginia held their an
nual meWing in Henderson for two
days last week.
?The North Carolina Press Associa
tion will hold (ta annual midsummer
meeting during the latter part of the
month of July, instead of in August
as previously announced. The meet
ing Will be held in Morehead Citju <
?The sixteenth annual session of the
North Carolina Eastern Star organi
sations was held in High Point last'
week.
?Speaking in Elisabeth City before,,*
the North Carolina association of the
building and loan organiaations of the
State, last;week Heriot Clarkaon ur
ged a larger membership in the saving
organization in this State.
?Licenses were granted to 27 drug
gists by the State Board of Pharma
cy, at Raleigh last week.
?Josephus Daniels and Governor Mor
riaon, both speaking to the University
graduates last week, clashed in their
advice to the youngsters just now
entering life's* work. Daniels urged
the breaking of precedents and nn
aggressiveness that would surpass that
of the old order; while the Governor
replied by warning the graduates ag
ainst setting up what he termed as
"false gods." The clash between these
two men has caused a great deal of
newspaper discussion. ^
?Dr. D. H. Hill, former president of
the A. & M. Collets at Raleigh, will
succeed- R. D. W. Connor, as secre
tary to the North Carolina Historical
Commission, sfhen the latter leaves to
become professor at the State Uni
versity in September.
?Governor Morrison has commuted
the death sentence of Talmadge Bil
lings, Wilkes County murderer, to life
imprisonment.
?After a conference with the muni
cipal heads of North Carolina, at the
Capitol last week, Governor Morri
son practically assured the delegation
that he would call the General Assem
bly into extra session some time this
summer. The ckll has not been iasua 1
yet, but is expected soon. g
?W. H. L. McLaurin, a paint sales
man, has been committed to the city
jail of Charlotte, charged with crim
inal assault upon several children be
tween the ages of eight and eleven
years. ,
?1284 gradutea were turned out by
the North Carolina colleges this year, j
The State University leads with a to- .
tal of 176, Wake Forest follows with
106 graduates, and the State College i
at Raleigh comes third in number,
having graduated ninety nine men.
?Mrs. Angier Buchanan Duke, wife i
of a prominent business man of North |
Carolina, has begun divorce proceed- i
mgs against her husband, in the New j
York courts, where they both now re- I,
side. I
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?fTbe noted Varner litigation has |
boon settled without the courts, and
all suite have been withdrawn. It is
understood that Mr. Varner pays his
wife the sum of twenty thousand dol
lars, while the negro, McRrary, pays
an equal sum to Mr. Varner. Mrs.
Varner will return to her old home
in Utah, and will sue her husband for
divorce, according to the terms of the
settlement.
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?Within the past twelve months ov
er thirteen millions dollars worth of
bonds have .been voted in North Ca
rolina, for sehool improvement alone. i
?Draggieta of the two Carolines will
their annual meeting In Clmr
lette for three Hays this week.
?ThaN^C. National Guard will hold
GMf tide summer, beginning on the
10th. ef July.
-Newspaper publishers of all the
southern states, representing tha 3ou
J .
thern Publishers Association are hold
ing an important meeting in the Bat
tery Park hotel, Asheville this week.
?Four thousand Homing pigeons sent
from New York, Washington and Br
ooklyn, were turned loose at Salis
bury one day this week. It will re?
quire twenty four hours for the pig
eons to make the return trip.
?An old-time fiddling convention {s
to be held in Raleigh on Thursday
and Friday of this week.
?The Big Furniture Exposition, the
first ever held south of the Virginia
line, opened in High Point Monday
morning, with furniture buyers from
all over the United States on hand.
The furniture manufacturers of that
city have spent ten million dollars in
erecting a large building for expo
sition purposes. High Point ranks se
cond ip the amotfht of furniture man
ufactured.
?The superintendent of the electric
power plant at Greenville recently an
nounced a fifty per cent reduction in
the price to be charged for electricity
for heating purposes,
?Negro school teachers of North Ca
rolina held their annual meeting in
Greensboro last weak. Many of the
teachers attended and several
prominent speakers addressed the bo
dy during the sessions.
?According to the report given out
by the Insurance Department for the
month of May, there were fewer fires
in North Carolina during the past
month than in any month since last
October.
?State Bank Examiner J. E. Latham,
after going the books of the Bank of
Knightdale this week, ordered the do
ors of the bank closed, stating that
he condition of the bank was unsafe
and unsound^
?177 boys and girls of Wales County
received their Seventh Grade certifi
cates during the session of school that
has just closed.
?According to news despatches of
this week, the recently harvested crop
of wheat in Moore County was the
poorest produced there ii} many years.
?About 176 applicants for doctors'
license in North Carolina were exa
mined by the State Board of Exam
iners in Raleigh this week. Among the
list of applicants were several women
and negroes.
i?Some of the delegates to the laun
drymen's Convention held at Wrights
ville Beach this week threatened to
materially reduce the prices now be
ing charged for work done by them.
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BELOVED CLINTON WOMAN
DIES AFTER A LONG LIFE
Clinton, June 18.?Mrs. L. E. Par
ker died Wednesday evening and was
bureid today at Magee church, a few
miles from Clinton. Mrs. Parker was
formerly Miss Dona Curtis, one of
the seven most worthy daughters of
the late Kader Venn, and herself the
mother of seven daughters equally
as worthy, also three sons. Surviving
her are her sisters, Mesdames Dora
Cubits, of Ahoskle; widow of the late
Rev. L. M. Curtis; J. F. Lewis, of Del
way, this county; Mrs. Mollis Herring
of Delway, and two brothers, Mr.
Rawdon Vann, of Mount Vernon Sp
rings, and President P. S. Vann, of
Chowan College. Her daughters are
Mrs. R. C. Bridgets, of Bladenboro;
Mrs. J. A. Turlington, of Salemburg;
Mrs. R. M. Crumpler, of Clinton; Mrs.
J. P. Bennett, of Murfreesboro; Mrs.
C. T. Pate, of Clio, 8. C.? and two
unmarried daughters, Misses Wixie
and Agues Lucille Parker, who both
graduated from Trinity College with
the bacehlor of arts degree last week.
There are three sons, two of whom
run a dairy business near Durham,
and the other lives with his parents.
Mrs. Parker was-a most estimable
lady, and with her good husband has
reared one of the finest families of
boys and girls to be found anywhere.
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| IT CAN BE DONE |
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Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he,-with a chuckle, replied
.That "m$ybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in. With a trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he packled the thing
That couldn't be done-f?and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, rou'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it."
But he took off his coat aid he took off his hat 3
And the first thing we^knew he'd begun it;
With the lift of his chin,*and a bit of grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done>?and he did it.
There are thousand? to tell you it can't be done S
There are thousands who prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one
?? The dangers that wait to pssail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of grin,
Then take off your cojat and go to it;
Just start in to sing as y^u tackle the thing
That "cannot be don^"?and you'll do it.
B. \ ?Edgar A. Guest. i?
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MR. C. W. MITCHELL, OF
AULANDER IS DEAD* AF
TER LINGERING ILLNESS
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Distinguished Citizen of East
ern North Carolina Died at
His Home in Auiander
Monday Night
Mr. Clingman W. Mitchell, of Au
lander, one of the most prominent
bAiness men fljAdgpiert of this sec
tion, died Mafcfl)? night at half past
eight o'clock, after a lingering illness
of several months, daring which time
his life has been despaired of many
times. The funeral services were con
ducted- at Aulander on Wednesday
morning, and was witnessed by a lar
ge concourse of relatives and friotids.
the profusion of floral offerings was
immense, for he was loved by his
own people; as well by the entire
Estate, which he had served in more
than one capacity.
Mr. Mitchell has been for many
years a .leader in the affairs of this
section of. North Carolina. He was
successful as a farmer, business man,
statesman, and christian. He at one
time represented his district in tne
State Senate at Raleigh, and has been
prominently mentioned time and ag
ain for other high offices in the'state.
He was for six years a valuable mem
ber of the State Board -of Agricul
ture, and was also a trustee of both
Chowan and Meredith colleges. For
many years when more active he was
moderator of the West Chowan Bap
tist Association, and H was in that
capacity through which so many peo
ple throughout northeastern North Ca
rolina came to knew him and realise
hie sterling christian character,
i. He was widely known in business,
having many years ago, before rural
banks were located in this section,
held the confidence of his neighbors
far and near, to such an extent that
they would entrust their money to
his wise judgement for investment
and safe keeping. He always took a
keen delight in giving aid to thoee
who needed help, and in that wyy he
has befriended many farmers and
businaas man of his county and sec
tion. Ha was indeed a philanthropist.
The deceased is survived by his
devoted wife and two children; Mr.
C. W. Mitchell, Jr., of Aulander; and
Mrs. Prttchard of Windsor. He is al
so survived by many other relatives
throughout the entire Roanoke-Chowa
sn section. j
'mir?--T .I'll' /
({resident of chowan
] ; alumnae issues a call
to college alumnae
She Asks That Friend* of the
College Help to Secure Stu
dents for the Institution
Next Session
My dear Sister Alumha:
There are four groups of people
who will either make Chowan College
a gnat college for women, or who
will be responsible for its failure?
the alumnae, the faculty, student bo
dy and the pastors.
I name you first because I know
that the glory and upbuild of every
college depends more upon the loyal
ty and active inerest of its alumrae
than upon any other single factor.
You {palise this fundamental fact as
well aa I. The great question for you
is?What an you going to do about
HT
| Our slogan ir "One hundred and
fifty boarding girls at Chowan in S jp
tember, 1921." If every alumnae of
jthis instituion would go right out and
secure just one pupil, we should rea
ch our goal easily before August 15.
jjust a few hours of actual effort on
your part in your community can se
cure this pupil. Chowan will be saved
much in advertising and you will have
pinch in advertising, aqd you will have
jpart in the upbuild of thid great old
-institution you love.
This is a very personal appeal to
you direct from the heart of your Al
ma Mater. You can assert on the ba
sis of absolute fact that in hfgh col
lege standards, scholarship and con
secration of faculty and material eq
uipment Chowan College will stand
jin the very forefront with the other
great colleges for women. It should
ibe your Joy to assert it Will yon not1
go out and secure your girt today?
This is not sn impersonal letter.. It
calls for action. Please do not put it^
aside until you have done your duty."
la the stat of yoar Aim* Mater mad
far the glory of e Greater Chowan I
I beg yea to yoapead to It.
Moat faithfuUy yours, I
EUNICE MCDOWELL,
President of Alumnae Association.
MR. MINES AND FAMILY HERE I
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Mv. P. G. Hines and family, the
fomar Hertford County's new road
ngineer, here moved to Ahoekie to
make thsir home. They are residing
I In the residence formerly occupied
by Mrs. Aula Pearee, who has re
cently moved into her new home in
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PEANUT FARMERS I
HAVE COMPLETED {
THEIR EXCHANGE .
PEANUT EXCHANGE HAS T*
SECURED ENOUGH SIGNERS *
Co-Operative Peanut Exchange *
| After A Year of Campaign- *
ing Has Secured Enough Sig- *
natures to Cover at Least 50 *
Per Cent of Peanuts Grown ,*
in Virginia and North Caroli- *
na?Permanent Exchange To *
Be Soon Organized Now *
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Victory has at last come to the pea- .*
not grower* of Virginia and North ?
Carolina in their efforts to organise I
their Exchange by securing enough (
signers to the growers contract to rep- ]
resent more than 50 p?? cent of ?he |*
ip?*nuts grown in th two states in ?
1919. The figures submitted to the ?
Board of Directors at their meeting '.
Wednesday, June 16, by the certified
public accountant, who had been em- i
ployed to audit these contracts, did ,*
show that, the growers had gone over *
the top by a safe margin. Upon these ?
submission of report, the organization 1,
committee officially declared that ti e
required number of signers had been >
secured and that the work of per- ,*
fecting the Exchange would be push- ?
ed. e
July 6th. was selected as the day .
for holding the county conventions 1 ^
for the nomination of the permanent
board of Directors. Each of the pea- ?
nut-growing counties in the two sta- ?
tes will have a member of the l>oard ?
of director* with the exception of the .
county of Southampton which yill
have two members; Halifax and Nash *
which will be combined in one dls- *
trict with two members; and Prince ?
George and Dinwiddie, which will al- .
so fonB-another district* with only #
one member.
In addition to the above 19 direc- ~
ton to be chosen by the growers in *
their respective districts, there will ?
be one director at large each for '?
Virginia and North Carolina, who will ^
be nominated by the Deans of the
Agricultural colleges of these two *
states. These two directors at large *
do not necessarily have to be growen ?
and are appointed to assure the pro- .
taction of the interests of the public 1
in conducting the affain of the Ex
change. *
Arrangements will be made for a *
general meeting of the stockholders ?
jto confirm the district nominees f?r .
membership on the board of direc
tors. In advance of this general meet- *
ing of the stockholders, which it is *
expected will be largely attended, a ?
.charted will be applied for and the ?
bylaws will be prepared- to be pre- ,
sented to th members of the news
Exchange.
This Exchange of the peanut gro- *
were will be the finest organization e
perfected east of the Mississippi. Riv- ,
er on the California plan. The mem- ,
bership will include more than 5,000
growers, each of whom has subbscrib- *
ed for one Share of Common Stock *
of the par value of 950. Provision is ?
also made for the issuance of not ?
less than $860,000 of preferred stock. .
The contract under which the pea
nut growers are organising was dr- *
awn by Aaron Sapiro, attorney for a *
large number of co-operative organ i- ?
cations in the West, and the campain ,
BBtuiuig signers w trie contract
has be%n conducted by J. Frank I o- ,
osbe, Seceretary and Manager of the
present small Exchange, whose board [
of directors is the organisation com
mittee for the new and enlarged Ex
change now forming.
The campaign for securing the re- 1
quired number of signers has meen '
in progress for more than s year. '
For several months the organization
committee was represented by s go.,d
strong crops of field men, who held ?
meetings in the various community ce
nters in the peanut-growing counties ,
of these two states, and then made ,
a house-to-house canvass o fthe gro
wers to secure their signatures to the !
contract. The Extension forces of ,
both states Joined 'heratily in this gr
eat forward movement and rendered
invaluable assistance to the growers
In perfecting their organisation. Ttda
campaign has been one of education
In eo-operative marketing and its suc
cess will doubtless have a decided in
fluence on the cotton and tobacco or
ganisations now being organise i cn
a similar basis.
ABOUT ROAD SI ?
Volar* of Hartford County . *
should boor in mind th* fallow- *
i*f fact*: *
ike rotor* of Hartford Conn- *
ty will rayister thair rota for *
or *|*ia*t a bond i**ua of Firo *
Hundred Thousand dollar* for *
tba con*truction and maintan- *
anca of road* in tba county. *
2 . Erary man and erery wo- *
Ban, otharwUa qualified, ?bo- *
uld reyister without dolay; a* *
only tbosa who reyister for thi* *
tpacial aloe lion will ba aliyiblo *
to rata an July 26th. - . *
3. Tba monoy darirad from *
tba issuance of tba*a bond*, *
if tbay ara carriod, will ba loan- *
ad to tba State Hiybway Com- *
mi**ion, which body wUI u*a it *
for tba construetiau of hiyb- *
way*,within Hartford County. *
A portion of it will ba uaad to *
build a (tool bridyo aero** tba *
Chowan Rirar at Wintoa.
4. Hartford County now pay* *
annually about forty thousand *
thousand dollar* in tanas for *
road purpoao* in tba county *
?and, Hartford County also *
ptya ? much larger tax annual- *
ly, Mid tax bairn* familiarly *
known as "mud tax." Forty *
tbousaad dollars will pay tha *
iatarost oa tha bonds voted, *
and provide a sinking fund lor *
tha cancellation of tba dab* *
and tba "mud tax" will bo el- *
imaated from tba program. *
8. Tba money loaned to the *
' State will bo paid back to tba *
County within four yoars, pro- *
bably sooner, ah cording to the *
"* terms of tha loaa, which terms ?
will bo presented by the State *
Commission, after the tandar ?
of loan by tba Cpunty Commit- *
sionars.
8. Roads in Hartford County *
aim now among tba poorest in *
tba State) and, yet, Hartford *
County has soma of tba moat *
fertile lands in tba State, and *
bo more readily developed thru *
the construction of adequate *
means of transportation. Good *
highways, properly constructed ?
and maintained, will provide *
that means of transportation. *
7. The only way to secure tha '
roads is to PAY FOR THEM. *
$500,000 will help mightily in *
that direction) and the issuance *
of oocusty bonds U the only log- ?
leal way to secure tha money. *
8. In order to ~issne bonds, a?*?
majority of the qualified voters *
of the County, under the now *
registration, will have to east *
their ballots FOR GOOD *
ROADS. ?
?. Moral; VOTE FOR THE ?
BONDS, JULY 26TH. *
? ?seas see
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fear East Relief in Hartford! County
The Near East Relief Campaign
rme productive of 680 pound* of clo
hlng, which was expressed directly
o New York and will go with the next
?rgo of supplies shipped to Armenia.
Hon. Joaephua Daniels, Stats Chair
nan, in response to report on this
iampaign writes in,part as follows:
'"ITie gifts of clothing which your
people have generously contributed
sill give warmth to many in the com
ng winter. Will you not thank all
rho helped?"
In behalf of those who are naked
ft clad in sheer rags and whom yon
lave clothed, I wish to thank every
contributor and take this occasion to
to so and especially the town leaders
>f Winton and Ahoelda, Messrs. A.
J. Mitchell <Vf Winton and D. P. Boy
stte of Ahookio, and all of their faith
ful assistants. Thanks to all.
L. C. Williams, County Chin.
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