Hertford County Herald
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Volume XIL Eight Paget Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, July 22, 1921 OneJSectioo No. 12
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STATE NEWS IH DIGEST COMPILED
LOO HEADERS OF I HERALD
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i ?Official* of Raleigh have bean for-!
| ced to reduce ita fiscal appropriations
to the amount of $111,000 on account i
of the invalidity of the 1981 Munici- _
pal Finance Act
?Governor Morrison left this week
for Asheville where -he will make hisl
summer home.
??The North Carolina Master Prin
ters Association hel a two day meet
ing gat Wrightsville Beach this week.'
?R. O. Everett, cotton manufactu
rer and North Carolina legislator, re
turned last week from an extended
tour to England and other European
countries. He attended the World Cot-j
ton conference in London while on
1 his trip.
||<?T. C. Gorham, prominent citizen
and business man of Rocky Mount,1
died at hi* home early Monday morn- |
ing.
?Ruthledge Field, of New York City,,
son of Mr. Alex J. Field, former edi
tor of the State Journal at Raleigh,
waa drowned at Morehead City last
week, while fishing. He was buried in
Raleigh on Monday.
?A fire in the business district of Ro I
boro last Monday caused a damage I
of nearly f100,000!
?Several autombolies have been sua
ked out of a deep creek near the ci
ty of Raleigh. It has developed that
the cars found in this ereek were dri
ven overboard in order that the own
ers might collect insurance.
?The town of Ayden voted 01
day by a majority of*95 to issue fsS)
000 worth of municipal bonds for the
purpose of paving the streets jut that
town.
?Permanent officers of the new Vir
ginia-Carolina Peanut Exchange will
be elected at a meeting to be held on ;
or about the 10th. ofAugut.
?State Fair officials state that over
$30,000 additional has already spe.it
this year for further premiums and ;
for new additions to the fair grounds. ;
?Mrs. Clarence Johnson, new State
Superintendent of Public Welfare, is j
making great progress in the matter
of lining up the Woman's Club* of
the State to aid her in her work
?The Eastern North Carolina tobac
co markets will open the current sea
son on the 6th of September. Much
interest is being manifested in the op
ening of the South Carolina mar
kets this week; and many North Ca
lina tobacco men will attend the op
ing of the markets in that state.
?Thos. E. Holding, Jr, druggist
Wake Forest, is in court again. This
time he will answer three different
charges lodged against him by Ed
gar B. Andrews, of Raleigh, in whose
home Holding was caught early last
Sunday morning, when the head of
the family came in on a morning train
?The State Highway Commission an :
nouneed last week that dependable
road signs would be placed along the
entire route of the new'Stat highway, i
?The Dunn school district voted on
last Wednesday to issne $200000 in
bonds for the construction of a new
school building and to make other im
provements to the school plant.
?Through freight service, via barge, i
to northern cities will soon be inaugu
rated at Elisabeth City, if present
plana do not go wary.
?State Treasurer Lacy has refused
to refund money paid by the foreign
automobile concerns for license tax
es. He acted on the advice of the
State's attorney general.
?Traffic officers o| Wake County do-1
ny the statements made by um Char
lotte automobile association that they
arresting entirely too many speeders
on the highways in that county. Only
those who exceed the limits an prose-1
ribed by the slate laws have been
arrested, according to Justice Owen
and officer Maagum.
?The Southern Preihytetian church
is conducting a school of itiasioa* at
Meal rest, North Carolina.
?Thee. J. Herkiaa, prominent Bepub
lican of Asheville is expected to be
made first assistant to Frank A. Lin
ney, who has been nominated to be
district attorney for the Western dis
trict of North Carolina.
?2,430 persons were riven their ini
tial "shot" in the campaign against
typhoid in Wake County. This num
ber breaks all records to date.
?David Clark, editor of a textile pa
per at. Charlotte, has charged New
England textile manufacturers with
aiding and abetting the strike of tex
tile workers in the factories of North
Carolina.
??Ten. boys and girls, members of
county clubs in Catawba County, last
made a net proflet of '$2,818.72 last
year, according to recent figures.
?Elizabeth City is in the midst of a
campaign to raise funds for the be
ginning of a community hospital at
that place.
?Evidences of the advance of the
boll weevil have recently been seen in
both Anson and Union counties of the
State.
?The Elm City school district voted
last week to issue $75000 bonds for
school purposes.
?John L. Casper, former liquor man
ufacturer of Winston-Salem, has left
for Mexico, where he now owns and
operates a large liquor still.
?Trustees of the North Carolina St
ate College at Raleigh have voted to
inaugurate a commercial course at
that college, beginning with the ses
sion to open next September.
?Only $17,800 worth of State bonds
were disposed of at the public sale
held at the State Treasurer's office in
Raleigh last Friday. The balance of
the issue will be sold at private sale
?Only a little more than one hundred
thousand auto license tags had been
issued in this State up to last Sat
urday night.
?Large preparations are being made
by the inhabitants of Roanoke Island
apropos the pageant to be staged the
re soon by moving picture promoters.
?North Carolina's new Highway En
gineer has announced that all of the
roads making up the proposed State
Highway system will be taken over
for maintenance by the State on or
before the 15th. of August. The state
will from thenceforth have entire con
trol over these roads.
?Robeson County commissioners, in
stead of making a flat reduction of
real estate values, have made an en
tire new appraisal of lands for the
1921 valuations.
?Judge Bond, speaking from the su
perior court bench in Raleigh last we
ek, urged a government controlled en
tirely by the white race.
?C. If. Justice of Asheville has been
recently appointed chief of the reve
nue agents of the entire Uni:od Sta
tes. '
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?Unable to borrow money or to sell
bonds, road commissioners of Union
county threaten to discharge the con
victs now at work on the county road,
and suspend all road work in the en
tire county.
?In a play-off with Richmond on Mo
nday of this week Wilson lost the
game of baseCall that would have giv
en her the first half of the pennant
race. As a result of that game Rocky
Mount has been declared the winner
of the first half of the series.
?Money has been secured for the
immediate construction of a bridge
across the Roanoke river at Edwards
ferry in Northampton County. When
this project is completed the distance
to points beyond the river will be con
siderably shortened for those living
in this section of the state.
?Judge J. Bis Ray has been dubbed
the "Casey Jones" of the North Ca
rolina judiciary, he having at one ti
me been a railroad engineer.
?Charles Overby of Raleigh, out of
a job and despondent over the fact
that his wife waa in a hospital to un
dergo an operation, eouunitteed sui
eide an laat Sunday.
ROAD BONDS- NO
' increase In taxes
YEAR INTEREST
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
IS
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2T
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
$30,000.00
29,000.00
28,000.00
27,000.00
26,000.00
25,000.00
24,0004)0
23,000.00
22,000.00
21,000.00
20,000.00
19,000.00
18,000.00
17,000.00
16,000.00
15,000.00
14,000.00
13,000.00
12,000.00
11,000.00
10,000.00
9,000.00
8,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
3,006.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
BONDS INT. A BONDS
$16,6*6.00
16,6*6.00
leiwe.oo
16,666.00
$46666.00
48,666.00
44,666.00
43,666.00
42,666.00
41,666.00
40,666.00
39,666.00
38,666.00
37,666.00
36,666.00
38,666.00
34,666.00
33,666.00
32,666.00
31,666.00
30,666.00
29,666.00
28,666.00
27,666.00
26,666.00
28,666.00
24,666.00
23,666.00
22,666.00
21,666.00
20,666.00
19,666.00
18,666.00
17,666.00
"BONDS AND INTEREST PAID OFF IN 30 YEARS"
The table above explains in figures (and figures
do hot lie) how Hertford County can issue $500,000
road bonds, construct a system erf county roads, main
? tain them for a period of thirty years, retire one bond
each year, and pay the intrest, without any increase
in the present road tax rate in the County. Including
bridge work, practically $60,000 will be spent out of
the 1920 taxes for road purposes in Hertford Coun
ty, and a like amount will no doubt be spent annual
ly, regardless of the bond issue, for road and bridge
purposes in this County. With this expenditure the
taxpayers have been getting in return only mud ho
les, ruts, and so-called roads that during the winter
months are almost impassable, and even under the
most favorable circumstances our roads are detri
ments to any and all vehicles that have to use them.
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With this annual $60,000 tax, Hertford County
can pay the interest on unpaid.bohd*, retire one bond
each year for thirty years, and still have a balance
at the end of each year. Road officials say it will
. require practically five years in which to economical
ly Spend the total of the bonds, and thus give Hertford
County a complete system of dej^ndable highways.
At the expiration of this 5-year petiod, five bonds will
have been paid off, the interest On the unpaid balance
paid up year by year; and withal, there will still be
sufficient funds left in the Treasury to maintain the
roads constructed by the bond issue. By Reference to
the tab^e above, it will be seen that $41666 will pay
interest and the sixth bond, leaving practically $18,
000 for maintenance on the very first year after the
completion of the county roads. Each year thereafter
a still larger amount will be left on hand from the reg
ular road taxss to use for maintenance.
These are facts and can be readily revealed to
any one who will take the time to consult the tax re
cords of the County. Notwithstanding the repeated
assertions of some, the records will show; and if fur
ther proof is required, look up tSe records. VOTE
FOR BONDS .AND SAVE WASTE I |t,
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COAST LINE PICKETS TRIANGLE
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The court-litigation famous "Tri
angle" of land, lying next to the
A. C. L. Railway in Ahoekie, waa on
Tuesday of thb week picketed by the
rialroad men. Posts of about three
feet height were placed along the
railroad's right-of-way; and the space
wiH be prohibited to the use of the
automobiles which hare been wont
to line ap dangers only near the rail
road traek. Hereafter motor vehicles
will be forced to keep their distance.
N?tiu of lUtfalnliw
The roglottation hooka for Ahoakie
Township will open on Friday, July
15th., and will remain open until the
6th. of August, 1621, for the registra
tion of all rotors, otherwiae qualified,
who expect to eaat ballots on the Koad
Bond Iaauo of August 17th. Under
the call of election a new registration
is ordered, and it la necessary for all
to register in order to ?eta.
This 14th day of July, lttl.
Paul W. Roll omaa. Registrar,
afcoAU Township.
CHAIRMAN STATE
HIGHWAY SPEAKS
ON ROAD BONDS
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CHAIRMAN FRANK PAGE
SPEAKS IN THE COUNTY
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Miss Berry, of the North Caro
lina Good Roads Association
Also Speaks to Voter*?Mr.
Page Pleads With Voters to
Vote for Road Bonds, and to
Stop the Waste of Money on
Roads, Under the Present
?toad System^ j
Chainqan Frank Page, of j
the State Highway Commi*sion
and Miss Harriet Berry, Secre
tary of the North Carolina
Good Roads Association, were
in Hertford County last Friday
and Saturday. Both made talks
to audiences of the county's cit
izens, in connection with the
campaign now on for a $500,
000 bondJpRue for the contsruc
tion and maintenance of roads
1 in Hertford County. They spoke
in Murfre&boro Friday night;
at Winton Saturday morning,
wijiding up in Ahoskie on Sat
urday afternoon, at half past 3
o'clock.
The speaking here was held
in the open, next to Baker and
Harrell's market. A large au
dience, composed of farmers,
a Harrellsville delegation, and
citizens of the town, gathered
I around to hear the talks on the
proposed bond issue. Miss Ber
ry wa? the flrst to talk, outlin
ing briefly her observations
gleaned from several visits
here, of Hertford County, its
resources, natural advantag
es respecting agricultural possi
| bilities, and the outlook for one
i of the very richest agricultural
counties of the State. She em
phasized the fact that a good
county system of roads was,
needed to place the county at
the top of the column as re
spects progressiveness and agri
cultural leadership.
Miss Berry, emphasising what she
had previously said to our citixens
pt a meeting held in Winton some
weeks ago, told her hearers that of
all counties Hertford was the most
fortunate in the matter of materials
for road construction, and the topog
raphy of the land made drainage com
paratively easy. These two factors,
she continued, would make road con
struction in this county came cheaper
than in other counties, both to- the
East and to the West. She spoke but
briefly concluding by introducing Mr.
Page as the man upon whose rhcul
ders had fallen the greatest task ev
er undertaken by any man ic the
State?that of constructing the State
Highway system, under the prov:s
jons of the SO Million Dollar Bond
Jssue recently floated by the North
| Carolina General Assembly.
Mr. Page, speaking only about fif
teen minutes, urged the body of vo
ters present to get out and work for
the passage of the bond issue, and
assure for the county an adequate
road system, which would reduce
"hauling expense from 08 cents per
mile to SO easts per mile, uMag fig
ure* compiled by statisticians and ac
cepted as correct and exact He assert
ed that this matter of issuing bonds
for road building was the only way
by which roads could be constructed.
Only two ?1mmi, said Mr. Pag*,
opposs bonds for pregrim, Thess an
the people who do'not understand the
bonds, and some of the large land
owning class who arc afraid they will
have to pay a little man taxes than
-the other fellow. The firtt eiaas. ac
cording to Mr. Page should hove Mm
-matter explained to them sad the 1st
CHOWAN WILL REMAIN A
STANDARD COLLEGE
By a unuinotti vote of tk
.trustees of Ckwu Coiiago, at
? meeting bold in Akookie on
Wednesday, Ik Junior Collage
Moo for Ckon woo throws or
erboard; ok, this loylhl iasti
tution will hoocoforth Timata o
Standard Four Yoor CsBsgs for
?irk.
Dr. R. T. Vara, of tho Board
of Education of tho State Bap
tist Convention, prooaatad tho
plan to make CKowan a Junior
Collage. Following hk talk, tho
loyal alumna* of Chowan arho
worn proaont at tho mooting, Ir- i
ad a rofkr of aueetiene at Dr.
Vaaa and kept him hooy for aaaoo
timo attempting (to offer aoono
moaaoro of aatkfactioa to tk
former atodaata of tho institu
tion. Dr. Vaaa finally despaired
! of his job aad kft tho meeting
to catch tho afternoon train. Bo
faro he loft, howocer. President
Preston Venn, of the Collogo. an
do am earnest talk in behalf of
tho collogo, aad plead with tho
trustees that they sattle tho scat
ter at once, holier lag a faUure
to do so would ssrioieslp hemp at
tho work of tho collogo far tho
aprons king tession. Pros Mont
Vaaa eras emphatic in the belief
that Chostaa would lose muoh
of ita loyal support if aande a
Junior Cologe. Resolutions hp
the Murfrooohoso Chowan Club
wore road he Mho. R. R. Watson.
Foliowiag tin open aessioa tho
trustees took a rate on tho sndt
tar, with tho result a bore stated.
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LAWN PARTY LAST FRIDAY
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A large and happy crowd of moa,
women and children gathered around
tables and in groups on "No Man's
Land," in Ahoslde, last Friday eve
ning; and helped to make the lawn
party, sponsored by the Mothers Club,
an enjoyable community affair. Ma
ny of the town's singers formed a
party that delighted the crowds with
singing popular ballads and old time
songs. Two cakes were auctioned off
by lawyer Billy Rogers; and much of
the cream and cake was sold. In fact
the ice cream gave out before the de
mand had been supplied. The pro
ceeds from the sale of cream, and the
two cakes will be used by the Moth
ers Club to help defray the expense
of supplying the town with the gar
bage cans.
The happy party was brought to a
sad close, when one of the automo
biles leaving the party,, ran over a pat
dog and ended hie days on earth.
ter man should rightfully pay the lar
ger amount of taxes because he ro
^ceivee the greater amount of benefit
from the roads. He alao cautioned
against letting politics into an elec
tion for bonds.
The Highway Chairman made it
| plain to the Voters that the State
would build and maintaifi about 40
miles of the county roads. He empha
sised tils fact, and dispelled the no
; tion harbored by some that the $600
| 000 would be used to build the Starts
Highway. The proposed bond issue,
he reiterated, if for the construction
and maintenance of county roads,
leading into the State Highway, in
order that farmers not living on the
the State Highway might have aa
equal advantage with those residing
on the state roads. The state will bu
ild her roads, will pay for them, and
will maintain them.
In the course of hie speech, he told
the chairman of the County Commis
sioners that he believed an inunc
tion would hold against them were
they to ^uttasft to waste money by
the old time method of spending an
nually about fifty or sixty thousand
dollars on the county roads, and re
ceiving nothing in return for the peo
ple's1 money. Ha did not eenaure the
county authorities for this state of af
fairs, but he plead with the voters
to change the old plan, vote bonds,
capitalize thtb Annual road tax, nl