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 anras 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