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Hertford County Herald . ' il i . -???? ?? HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAP?R WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA Volume XII. ' Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carofipa, Friday, December 2, 1921 One Section No. 31 STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM PLIED FOR READERS OF THE HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD ?According to recent decision of the State Supreme Court poll taxes cannot be used for con structing roads in North Caroli na. 4 ?Mr. E. h. Middleton, statis tical Secretary of the State Bap tists, reports that there are 330 ordained ministers of the Bap 'tist faith without work in this State. ?Dr. James Henry Thayer, of; Augusta, Ga., will be the new pastor of the Blackwell Memor ial church at Elizabeth City. ?Trinity College students con ducted services in the Durham County jail last Sunday. ?Annie Smith, of Greenville, has instituted suit against the trustees of the Greenville gra ded school, claiming that there is no, negro blood in her veins, and asking that her four chil dren be allowed to enter grad ed school fn Greenville. ?Judge E. H. Cranmer recent ly received strong endorsement from the Harnett County bar for his faithful discharge of du ties at the regular term of Su perior court. * ?65 per cent of the total ap plicants for work were given jobs by the State Employment Agency during November . ?Richmond, Va., alumni have recently passed resolutions de manding that the alumni of the University of Virginia be giv . en representation on the athle tic council. The student body js also asking for representation. Both requests came as. an after math of the recent controversy between the universities of this State and North Carolina. ?Governor Morrison has ap pointed Charles E. Waddall of Asheville to membership on the State Board of Health. , ?Many State department offi ces were on Tuesday moved in to the old Belmont Hotel' build ing at Raleigh. yfjk '? ' - T; " ' f \ ?The North Carolina' Traffic Association has filed complaint with the State Corporation Co mission alleging excessive ra tes chaged by the A. C. L. , ?C. C.. Broughton, having al lowed himself to be elected as Mayor of his home town, Troy, will no longer serve as reading clerk of the State Senate, a job he has held for several sessions. ?Active preparations are now under way to construct a M. P. College at High Point. ?Winston-Salem will play host to the NOrtK Carolina editors, who will hold their annual mid winter session in the city on the 5th and 6th of January. ?Dr. J. M. Manning, mayor of Durham and practicing physi cian, ha? been arrested on the charge of violating the federal anti-narcotic law. In a recent statement issued to the press, Dr. Manning presents the facts relating to his alleged violation1 of the law. The Durham Coun ty Medical bar has endorsed his position in the matter. ?The annual Livestock Show of North Carolina is being held at Elizabeth City this week. ?Business and professional in terests of High Point have sug gested that a country club mid way between that city and the neighbor city, Greensboro, should be constructed. Greens boro's country club was recent ly destroyed by Are. ?Over $2,000,0(00 in road con tracts was let by the State High way Commission, at their reg ular meeting on Tuesday. Most, of the construction will be in the fifth and sixth districts. ?James F. Barrett and W. H. Stone, presidents of the State Federation of Labor and the Farmers Union, respectively, in * a joint statement published on Wednesday agree that their in terests must unite in a common cause to "saVe the State." ?The General Assembly con venes in Raliegh next Monday. The session is not expected t-* last more than ten days. r?The Seaboard railway is the fourth in the State to file an in junction against the State Equa lization Board, asking thatihe valuation placed on their prop erties be reduced. ?William J. Bryan spoke in | Fayettevilie Wednesday; upon the opening of the Y. M. C. A. in thai city. ?Sam Thompson, Wake For est negro, has been given six months on the roads for retail ing liquor to the college stud ents. ?University authorities have announced that the annual fair game of football between that institution an<j State College is to be moved to Chapel Hill next year. ?A. W. McLean, of Lumberton a member of the War Finance I Board, says that the crop con I dition in this state Is better by far than those of any other sou thern or western state. ?Dr. Isaac Taylor, eminent 1 authority on mental diseases, of the State hospital at Morgdn ton, died last Saturday. He has for several years been the lead ing alienist in the State. ?Judge Walter Alexander Montgomery, aged jurist of the city of Raleigh, died last Sun day! He was a former associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. ?The engineer ana fireman of a Seaboard train was almost instantly killed near Youngs ville last Saturday night when the engine in which they were riding blew up. ?A. J. Honeycutt, wealthy merchant of Neuse, has decid ! ed to serve his five years in the Federal penitentiary, for selling stolen goods. He has been fight ing his case in the federal tri bunals until this week. ?Captain George Cathey last Saturday celebrated his 100th. birthday at the State Old Sol diers' Home in Raleigh. ?Eight cents will be the street car fare in Raleigh henceforth, according to recent ruling of the State Corporation Commis sion. i?The Wilson tobacco market has averaged during the season seeing 1377 worth of tobacco irf every minute. ' ?George Heckman, star foot ball player at Wake Forest Col lege, has been chosen as cap tain of the team next season. ?Several North Carolina ex porters and banks have been loaned money recently, by the War Finanee Corporation. ?Dr.-J. C. Lowery, prominent Raleigh physician, has been in -dieted on a charge of violating 'the Federal law against the is suance of narcotics. ?The North Carolina Teach ers' Assembly last week endor sed the teaching of the Bible in the state schools. ?Six prisoners of the Skate pen itentiary last Saturday made a dash for freedom, one being ap prehended. Rewards-have been offered for their recapture. ?Flora McDonald College has closed for the holidays, on ac count of an epidemic of dipthe ria. ?Over ten thousand people at j tended the Carolina-Virginia football game at Chapel Hill on I last Thursday. i ?A near riot was precipitated I at Elizabeth City one night last i week, when hundreds could not , gain admittance to the picture show to see the films recently ; made on Roanoke Island. ?The site for a million dollar I hotel boo bow purchased at the city of Charlotte. FARM DONATED TO DEMONSTRATE MODERN FARMING 1 II A TEN ACRES FOR TEST FARM Commissi on era Hertford Give Ten-Acre Plot of Land At County Home To Be Used As Demonstration Farm by The ? County Farm Asrent?Work Already Started by Miller (By H. \j. Miller) At the last regular meeting of the County Commissioners j on Monday, November 7th.,1 they took quite a step forward ? in an agricultural way, by un-; I animously voting in favor of a motion put by Mr. Taylor, se conded by Mr. Askew, to de-1 vote ten acres of the land at the j County Home to agricultural j demonstration purposes, to be under the supervision of the County Agricultural Agent. A' few months ago, I talked the matter over with Mr. Eley, the Chairman of the Board of Com sioners, and he expressed the ( opinion that to properly carry out the demonstration work so; as to get the 'best results, the Coupty ought to have a De monstration Farm.< Later, I talked the matter ov-| er with Mr. Jno. C. Taylor, who, hpartily approved of the plan and at the suggestion of the two1 members, I presented the mat-1 ter formally to the Board. They' acting in a body approved, and! agreed to keep on-the lookout this past year for a suitable farm. Since we haven't been ab le to secure a desirable one so' far, at a price we could afford to pay, we decided to use the | ten acres already mentioned,j for this coming year and will: enlarge on the project as we: can. Briefly stated, the object of this f?rm project is to do this: to eventually establish a source J of pure seed of corn, cotton and ? peanuts, also- purebred ^rngs, for distribution among the far mers of Hertford County at a minimum cost. We expect^ to I I carry on variety tests of the gen er?l field crops such as corn, cotton and peanuts, testing out both long and short staple cotton. We will also carry on some,fertilizer and lime tests, each test being plainly marked te indicate the idea we are car rying out. We could, by highly fertilizing this plot this year, probably greatly increase the yields over that of the past year but that isn't our idea for those yields would probably be un profitable when you counted the cost. What we expect tto do is to gradually build up our yields by proper farming, in a manner that any farmer in the County^ can afford to do. The project will be open for public inspection at all times and we will publish our results in our local newspaper, also^ln letters to be sent out to our farmers, and business men. 'To begin with this fall, we are breaking the land deeply and discing in rye itt part of it. The land was turned over to us too late to get the beat results with rye, though. We will do the beet we can. Further infor mation regarding this project will be given from time to time and we will be glad to answer any questions. Needless po say, we expect this demonstration project to be self-supporting in spite of the faet that we will NEW BANK HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN NEIGHBOR TOWN MOVED INTO NEW BANK Handsome New Structure Com peted end Taken Over Last Iriday?Bank of Aulander ?as Had Successful Business _ Poring Many Years of Ser vice When the Bank of Au\ander opened its doors last Friday it was in their new home. The building which was completed last week was given the final touches last Thursday, with the arrival of the handsome circas ?ion walnut fixtures. These were installed at once. E. M. Forbes, of Norfolk, Va., had charge of the construction of the hand some ne\v structure. The design of the building presents a neat and dignified appearance, the front being of grey stucco with the maximum of window space, giving a clear view of the entire banking room at a glance. The floors are of the grey tile and the walls are white. The lighting of the build ing is unusually good, having a spacious skylight in the im mediate centre and lighting fix tures arranged as to brilliantly illuminate the whole interior. The building is steam heated. For many years the Bank of Auiander>ras the only bank in town and enjoys, a large parto nage. Last year its capital sto ck was increased to $75,000, the stock being readily taken by former stockholders and depos itors. Mr. C. W. Mitchell, Jr., is the President, and Mm. J. E. Cooke, Cashier both of whom have taken a very keen inter est in improving the facilities for taking of the increasing bus iness of the baqk and providing for its customers one of the most convenient as well as one of the most beautiful banking rooms in this section. A ft Rev. James A. Long Holds Suc > cessful Revival Rev. James Long, former pas tor of the Aulander and Hor ton's Baptist churches, and now pastor of the Baptist church at Honea Path, S. C., recently con cluded a highly successful re vival meeting at his church. He was assisted by Rev. J. B. Phil lips. There were one hunfierd and forty additions to the chu rch, ninety for baptism and 50 three by letter, restoration and otherwise. Friends of Rev. Mr. Long will be glad to learn of the work he is doing at his new home. 0 Mother of Ahoskia Young Man Dead Mm. Lucy Brown, aged 63 years, of Lumperton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Cherry, on last Sunday. She was the mother of Mr. Joe H. Brown, of Ahoskie. Mr. Brown was at her bedside sev eral days before her death, returning to his home here Wednesday. 0 People who have been helped by Tanlac are always anxious and willing to tell others about it. C. H. Mitchell.?Advertise ment. * - 0 If you an in need ef printing of any kind, sand year copy to toe Her ald offloe, and you arm net only got quick service, but yoa win be satis fled with toe work. have to sacrifice yields some what, at times, to carry out ? demonstration. We are having a drainage survey made of this farm this week so as to get it properly drained. r. ?: - ' . '' .. .. li '.jfcV ; TWO DAMAGE v SUITS BEGUN HERELATELY TWO DAMAGE SUITS ARE BEGU N THIS WEEK Rev. Mr. Sawyer, Methodut Minister Sues J. N. Venn for Five Thousand Dollars, and Vann Counters With Damage Suit of Ten Thousand, Saw yer Being Defendant?Sum mons and Complaint Served The latest developments aris ing directly out of the case of State vs. J. H. Robertson have taken shape in the form of two civil suits for $5,000 and $10, 000, respectively. Rev. L. E. Sawyer, former pastor of he Ahoskie M. E,, church, is suing J. N. Vann for the former am ount and the latter goes the min ister one better?-he has caused summons to be served upon Mr. Sawyer, wherein he prays for the recovery of $10,000. The Methodist minister alleges that Mr. Vann has attempted to pub licly degrade and insult him; and Vann alleges that the min ister has "maliciously slandered and lied". Rev. Sawyer also asks that Mr. Vann be taxed an additional $1,000 punitive damages. There you go?a-sim ple case of "tit for tat; you kill my dog, I kill your cat." The preacher's suit was num ber one, quickly followed by the companion suit, instituted by Mr. Vann. The former left here this week for Maysville, in Onslow County, to take charge of his new pastorate there, ar.d following in his wake is a sum mons to be served upon him by the Sheriff of that county. At torneys Winston & Matthews, of Windsor, are representing Rev. Mr. Sawyer, and Dr. J. II. Mitchell, of Ahoskie, is his sure ty. Mr. Vann has as his surety his brother, Claude Vann. Both of these suits are up shots of the Robertson affair. Rev. Sawyer claims that Vann has seriously impaired his work and reputation as a minister of the gospel, by "publicly calling him names," and otherwise in sulting him, in "a public place in Ahoskie." Mr. Vann admits he called the minister a "lie" and told him he ought "to be kicked out of the town," but denies that he did so publicly, or with any intent to degrade him or to offer a public insult, alleging that the conversation took place in an alley-way near a local bank. On the other hand Mr. Vann alleges that the min ister has made himself unduly active in an attempt to "save the hide of Robertson," one of his church members. He alleges that the preacher, while dis claiming any part in the Rob ertson case, has repeatedly sche med and worked in behalf of Robertson, even making a spe cial trip to Rocky Mount in be half of the defendant, Robert son, who is charged with a ve ry serious statutory charge. He also alleges that, in his (Saw yer's) zeal for said Robertson, the minister has made slander ous and false statements about him and others. A suggestion has been made that Governor Morrison be call ed upon to give Hertford Coun ty a special term of court, to clear the congested docket, re salting out of the multiplicity FIRE DESTROYS BARN AND ALL CONTENTSKLTvZ J HORSE IS BURNED ALONG WITH OTHER ARTICLES Early Morning Fir* Is Belier od To Bo The Work of Fine Bug, and William Hargrove, Alias Jonas, Is Bning Hold in Qounty Jail, Under Fhre Hundred Dollar Bond Until Next Term of Court Fire believed to be of incen diary orign e?rly Tuesday morn ing completely destroyed the barn, stables, shelters and all contents, belonging to Albert , R. Lewis , colored, who lives near the local colored Baptist church. Lewis discovered the fire about 3:30 and the fife al arm was given by the Branning Mill a few minutes latei*. Too much headway had been gain ed before the crowd gathered, and no attempt was made to put out the blaze. Fortunately, the high wind that was blowing at the time was in such a direc- . tion as to carry the sparks away from all the other buildings sit uated only a few yards from the burning structure. Had the wind been blowing in any oth er direction, Lewis' residence, or other residences in close proximity would have caught on fire. Among the effects lost in the fire was a horse, two hogs, an automobile, corn, hay, meat, po tatoes and farming implements. Nothing was saved, and there was no insurance carried on the building and its contents. In connection with the fire. William Hargrove, alias Wil liam Jones, colored, of Tampa, Fla., and Portsmouth, Va., was on Tuesday remanded to the Hertford County jail, upon fail ure to put up a $500 bond, plac ed upon him by Mayor W. L. Curtis, for his' appearance at the next term of court, to an swer a charge of house burning. Hargrove was arrested imme diately after the fire, and was given a hearing before Mayor Curtis'Tuesday afternoon. No direct evidence was given aga inst the negro, although dama ging evidence of a eircumstan tial nature was given at the pre liminary hearing. The fact that he could give no satisfactory account of himself since arriv ing in Ahoskie, and the repeat ed divergence in his narrations about his visit here, caused the local officer, Chief Britton, to believe that he has nabbed the mail wauteu. Hargrove, or Jones, says he stopped off here to see one Sam uel Jones, the latter a friend of a certain Smith, whom Hargro ve knew in Tampa, Fla. Nobo dy here is acquainted with the Jones he tells about. Hargrove hung around here from 5 o' clock Sunday until arrested on Tuesday morning, looking for this Jones fellow whom he had never seen. He could not remem ber where he spent Sunday night and also he seemed to be over-forgetful about his movements hereabouts. Meas urement of his shoe tracks tal lk4 with the tracks found in the field adjacent to the burn (Conutinned on pace eight) ' of suits, based upon the "State vs. Robertson." Ja
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