Hertford County Herald
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HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST CAROLINA
Volume X1L Eight Pages Ahoskic, North Carolina, Friday, January 13, 1922 Ope Section _ ^ No. 31
COTTON DELEGATES I
WILL BE ELECTED
DELEGATES'FOR MEETING
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Cotton Growers of County Who '
Hove Joined Marketing As
sociation Will Moot tp Elect
Delegate?Tobacco Sign-Up
Campaign Has Been Extend
ed Until February 2nd.
Cotton growers of Hertford
County are to meet in the coun
ty court house, at Winton, on
Monday, January 16, to elect
a delegate(to the district con
vention of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association. *
This county is in the firs? dis
trict and is entitled to elect one
delegate to the district conven- i
tion which will be held at W61
don on January 18, at half past
ten in the morning.
County meetings of cotton
growers are to be held iu all the
cotton counties on the same i
day, as the first step in select
ing the ten directors who are to
guide the cooperative market- ?
ing association through its first \
year. Delegates elected from 1
several counties gre to gath
er in district Conventions and ,
name two men as candidates
for directors from each district, j
Following the district meetings
ballots will be printed and then ,
mailed to each member of the ;
' association who yrill record his
choice for the director either in ,
person or i>y mail at the district ,
headquarters the 31st. of Jan- ,
uary.
Allotment of county delega- ,
tea, one for each 1,000 bales ,
signed up for cooperative mar- 1
keting, was fixed in accordan- ,
ce with signed contracts at Ra- j
leigh headquarters on January j
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ed but new members will be al
lowed to vote at the county me
etings on January 16th..
Tobacco Campaign Continued
The campaigns for members
of the Tobacco Growers Coop
erative Assbciation is to be con
tinued unitl February 2- when
the boafd of directors assume
control, according to a decis
ion of ?he tri-state organiza
tion committee made at its re
cent Raleigh meeting.
The decision to continue the
campaign was made in view of
the pressure brought on the or
ganization committee from the
sections of the counties whe' e
growers had not yet had an op
portunity to sign up the tobac
co marketing contracts.
Reports from Virginia, N.
Pomlino ovtrl ftrtiifl* PabAlmo
?t?m >^vwvu vmuiniq
show an overwhelming ma
jority of tobacco growers in the
three states have already join
ed the tobacco association, that
is now declared to be the big
gest organization in the United
States, exceeding by many mil
lions of pounds the amount of
tobacco to be handled by the
Kentucky burley growers asso
ciation.
New members are to be al
lowed to vote ?in the election of
officers and directors but,, their
contracts do not count in de
termining the districts which
have already been fixed for the
year.
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ROAD ASSOCIATION
WILL NOT CEASE
NEED GOOD ROApS^S'fi.,
Although Money Hu Been Pro
Tided for Rood Construction
Work of the Association Not
Yet Orer Should Offer Aid
to Counties in Financing and
Planning Roads
It is believed that the North
Carolina Good Roads Associa
tion should work toward the
following ends:
1. Continue propaganda
work to insure adequate funds
for the maintenance of the Sta
te highway system. There is a
great danger that as more of
the bonds are sold and interest
charges increase, there will be
a tendency to lop off the State
maintenance funds beyond the
point of adequacy.
2. Undertake a campaign
for a constitutional amendment
releasing the State's taxing po
wer to incur debts, thiw-iasux
ing the sale of all our boifds at
the lowest possible interest ra
tes and on the best possible
terms. The present constitution
al provision permitting a levy
of only five percent on property
for State purposes greatly lim
its the Btate's credit. It is quite
likdfy that her credit will be
exhausted when twenty-five
million dollars worth of the
bond# have been sold unless a
constitutional amendment is al
so made. The constitution of
only one other State besides N.
Carolina limits the state's pow
er to tax property for the pay
ment of her debts if necessary.
Fhe limit is rather placed on an
amount of debt which can be
ncurrted and this limit should'
oe flexible.
a. rne Association should
continue to assist counties in
bond campaigns for roads, in
the. organization of road forces
and in working out more effec
tive administration of road
funds.
,4. Act as an intermediary
between the State Highway
Commission and the public. In
carrying out an understanding
so vast as the construction and
maintenance of 6,100 miles of
State Highways in one hundred
counties of such varying phy
sical conditions, density of the
population, etc., mhch dissat
isfaction and misunderstanding
will of necessity arise on the
part of an impatient public.
Some counties, because of the
location, sparse population and
smaller area will get less mil
eage than others. This will na
turally lead to sectional jealous
ies and arouse criticism on the
part of the people of the less
favored counties. Another leg-,
islature will likely face a de
mand for more mileage for cer
tain counties. This would bo fa
tal unless additional, mainten
ance funds were provided. The
State Highway Commission
has to do its work with human
beings, some of whom may not
always be efficient, some may
not be tactful in dealing with
the public. County officials are
sometimes suspicious and crit
ical; contractors are not al
ways kind and helpful in their
criticisms of the Commission.
In other words .we are attempt
ing a great public project whi
ch will require patience, faith,
and a measure of charity and
goodwill if our State Highway
Commission is going to be able*
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to do the beet possible work.
Because of these many factors
and conditions, some of which i
arise from'just plain human sel i
fishndfcs and small vision, some .<
organization not connected at ]
all with the State Highway Co- 1
mmission in any way will be 1
needed to investigate many sit- 1
uations, collect the facts and al 1
so straighten out the tangles Ht
should be in a position to crit- 1
icise the Commission in a con- <
structive way, when criticism is ]
warranted, and , to show the I
people of a county or commu- 1
nity wherein they have been 1
misinformed by those whose
aim is to destroy the Commis
rion. The North Carolins Good
Roads Association has been ab
le to render some very effective
work along this line |nd simi
lar situations will constantly
urise.
S. Continue to furnish infor
mation to the public, invite and
iirect tourists through the state
let the outside world know of
the progress North Carolina is
making and carry on the gener
al routine of the Association, j
NO APPOINTMENT OF
POSTMASTER AT AHOS
KIE HAS BEEN MADIJ
Although Two Examinations
Have Been Held, No One Has
Bden Ghren Permanent Ap
pointment, While Many Oth
er Postmasters Are Being Na
med in State
?The following article appear
ed in the Washington letter of
the News ?* Observer Wednes
day
"At last there is a report on
the eligible list for postmaster
at Ahoakie. First on the list is
the present postmaster, Arthur
T. Willoughby,' a Democrat;
next is James O. Carter, a Re
publican, and third is B. E.
Copeland, understood here to
be a Republican. Under the or
ders that will in all probabil
ity be issued by Republican na
tional committeeman More
head, the outlook for Democga'
tic postmaster Willoughby, first
on the list landing the iob is not
brijght.
..^Although patrons of the lo
caT&ffice are not worrying over
the peculiar situation, it is nev
ertheles mystifying why no ap
pointment of a postmaster has
been made here. Two examina
tions' have been held, and still
.there remains a vacancy. In the
meantime, Mr. A. T. Willough
by is serving satisfactorily as
acting pbsmatster, under a tem
porary appointment, since L.
T. Sumner gave up the office as
the appointee of President Wil
son, which has been more than
a year ago.
It is reported that the first
examination held last spring
failed to produce but one suc
cessful applicant, necessitating
the second examination. The
last examination was held in Oc
tober, but no marks have been
given oat, and nothing is known
of the relative standing of the
applicants. In the meantime,
while Congress is approving
many of Harding's appointees,
nothing is heard about the lo
cal office. Inquiry from disinter
ested parties have so far failed
to elicit any information at all.
There were only four appli
cants to take the latter exam
ination, namely, A. T. Willou&h
byt B. E. Copeland, J. O. Car
ter, and H. B. Chapin. It is well
kn6wn, however, that I. Finley
Snipes, former postmaster here
and prominent among the Re
publicans of the County, is also
seeking the appointment here,
although he did not take the
examination. It is supposed that
the delay in appointment is a
natural consequence of his ef
forts to secure the appointment
by some other route than an ex
amination.
It is solely a fight or friendly ,
contest between the applicants ,
themselves, as the partons of ;
the office are taking no part in i
it. I
HERTFORD COUNTY
ROAD BONDS WILL BE
DELIVERED THIS WEEK
^bidrman and Clerk of Board
of County Conunisioners Are
in Toledo, Where They Went
to Delhrer $250,000 of The
County Road Bonds
Mr. J. M. Eley, Chairman,
and J. A. Northcott, Clerk, of
the Hertford County Board of
Commissioners, left Tuesday
for Toledo, Ohio, where they
will deliver a quarter million
dollars worth of the county'B
road bonds, to Spitzer Rorick
& Co., of that city, successful
bidders for half of the total is
sue $500,000.'
The bonds were sold several
Weeks ago but had not been de
livered, pending the outcome of
correspondence between the
purchasers and the county bo
dy, relative to the bond to be
supplied by the Spitzer Rorick
Company, as a guarantee for
the faithful performance of the'
contract. The purchase price
was par and accrued interest,
but the conditions surrounding
the hale, whereby the purchas
ers will pay for the bonds in in
stallments, make the bonds net
the county less than par value.'
An additional sum of these
bonds were sold to the Bray
Bros. Co., bond dealers, of the
city of Greensboro, at the De
cember meeting of the county
Board. $50,000 were mar
keted at that time at par and
accrued interest. The proceeds
from this sale will be used to
clear the county road commis
sion of'som^debts made before
any of the purchase price of
the bonds were made available.
Although the HERALD has
not seen a copy of the act pass
ed at the late special session of
the legislature, it is known that
the situation as regards bridge
construction in the county has
been cleared up by the new act
passed at that time. Under the
provisions of the law as enact
et, the county commissioners
are authorized to appropriate
money for the construction of
bridges in the county. The new
county road law passed last
spring placed the burden of the
bridge construction work upon
the newly created road commis
sion and made no funds avail
able for the work, except such
funds as the commission receiv
ed for road maintenance. How
ever, for the past several mon
ths the commissioners have ap- ?
propriated sums of money for
this work, in the nature of loans I
to the county road fund.
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Card of Thanks
W e want to thank the friends
sf our dear father, John Ran-'
iolph Phelps, for their many:
kindnesses shown him, before
and after his death, also for the
beautiful floral tributes.
HIS WIFE & CHILDREN.
Jan. 8,1922.
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STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM
PILED FOR READERS OF THE
HERTFORD COUNTY' HERALD
?Of the sixty-five counties in
the state that raise cotton fifty
of them raised more in the year
1921 than in the previous year,
and only fifteen less. The en
tire crop for 1921 was 767.144
bales while in 1920 the crop to
taled 690,664 bales.
?A new morning daily will
begin publication in Goldsboro
about February 1st. Roland F.
Beasley, former Welfare Offi
cer of the State, will be editor
of the new daily. Red Powell,
a newspaper man of Raleigh, is
also connected with the paper.
?"Pussyfoot" Johnson, speak
ing in Warrenton last week sta
ted that there was no chance
for Congress to insert the beer
and light wines provision in the
prohibition laws.
?Professor Kader R. Curtis,
Superintendent of the Kinsto*
schools, states that no less than
five of his high school and the
grammar grade girls married
during the holidays.
?The one hundredth anniver
sary of the founding of the Prqs
byterian church at Edenton
was celebrated last week, thei
exerecises lasting two or three
days, and attended by several
leaders of that denomination.
?Rev. Lee McBride White, the
Baptist pastor at Kinston, has
recommended to that church
the construction of a swimming
pool, a pavilion and a moving
picture machine for the recrea
tion of the members of that
church. .
J. Ed Albright, prominent in
Greensboro, was instanly kill
ed by an explosion of a pres
sure tank, which he was repair
ing last Wednesday.
?The district attorney's office
of /the Eastern District of this
State has been moved from El
izabeth City to Raleigh.
'?Raleigh is making every ef
iL. ~ H it.
awxw w ictain tiic unite ui ine
Collector of Internal Revenue,
whose headquarters will he mo
ved to Winston-Salem, accord
ing to present plans of ^Collec
tor Gilliam Grissom.
?Home renters in Durham are
entering suit against the land
lords for extortionate rents.
?A leaden pijpe bomb explod
ed in one of the Trinity College
dormitories last Thursday. It is
thought to have been the result
of one of the mischief-making
students.
?Governor Morrison invites all
North Carolinians to raise more
gardens and eat less "tide meat
molasses and cornbread."
?The Newport Shipbuilding
Company, of Wilmington, has
made a bid to the Federal Giv
ernment for the purchase of the
Muscle Shoals project, which
Henry Ford is seeking to obtain
from the government.
?Two members of the faculty
of the State University, were
recently made vice-presidents
of the Modern Language Asso
ciation of America.
?Winston-Salem was host to
the editors of North Carolina
laqt Thursday and Friday. The
mid-winter session of the North
Carolina Press Association wasj
held in the new Robert E. Lee |
Hotel, there.
?Moonshiners in Pitt County
are being held for superior cou
rt to answer to an indictment
charging them with the dyna
miting of the home of a consta
ble of that cpunty.
?$700,000 will be spent on Ot-j
een hospital at Asheville, one
of the government institutions
that is to be made a permanent
government hospital.
?Armed citizens are patroll-1
ing the streets of New Bern, in
an attempt to check the wave!
of burglary which has been so
prevalent there since the week
befpre Christmas. A band of
gypsies were invited away from
the town, with the thoughts of
reducing the number of offen
ses, without avail.
?Over five million dollars of
State bonds were marketed last,
week, at a good pride.
?Paul Wheeler, a dairyman
of Durham, is proud of the re
cord of his flock, since two- of
his full blooded cows gave birth
to twins last week.
?The superintendent of school
at Lumberton is having a num
ber Of business men, of that city
speak to the high school stud
ents on the manner in whieh
their businesses are run. A dif
ferent business is chosen for ev
ery week, and through this met
hod, the superintendent hopes
to tea<jh his pupils pf modern
business life.
The secondary colleges of N.
Carolina and Vriginia sent rep
resentatives to Richmond, Vs.,
Monday ?to participate in a con
ference which hra for its aim
the formation of an association
for the promotion and regula
tion of athletics between the in
stitutions represented.
?The hearing in the contest of
Dr. Ike Campbell, Republican,
for the seat now held by Con
gressman Doughton, is expect
ed to be held some time during
January.
?Dr. George Truett, "The
Greatest Baptist Preacher,**
will conduct a meeting in Ra
leigh, beginning March 16th.
All of the churches of the city
will participate in a union ser
vice. -
?Thirty-five postmasters were
appointed for North Carolina
offices last Friday.
?A conference of the North
Carolina Jmproved Seed Asso
ciation will be held at the State^
College, Raleigh, on the 24th.
of this month. Farmers of the
state are invited,, as an impor
tant discussion of the cotton
boll weevil will be one of the
features of the meeting.
?Mrs. Josephus Daniels* the
Chairman of the Wilson Foun
dation Fund in ^he State, is hav
ing great success in raising the
apportionment for the State, al
ready several hundred dollars
having been subscribed, even
before she had asked for sub
scriptions.
?Lake Raleigh, from which
the city of Raleigh .obtains its
water supply, Is once more fall
to capacity. This lake went dry
last summer during the drought
and a serious water famine was
the result.
?Henry E. Thompson, of Stan
tonsburg, while in Wikoa
last week, exhibited a bottle
wine that was distilled in Edge
combe County 152 years ago.
?Ex-Governor Bickelt has be
queainea an 01 ni3 property to
his wife, according to the terms
of his will which was written In
1904.
?During the last three month* >
over four thousand men hare
been secured positions by the
State Employment Agency, un
der the supervision of M. L.
Shipman, of Raleigh.
?Judge W. A. Devin, speaking
to the grand jury at the open
ing of Superior Court in Ral
eivh Monday morning, suggest
ed that the manufacturers of
distileries be brought to trial,
as one way to aid in the enforce
ment of the dry laws.
?An election has been called
in Rockingham to vote on the is
suance of $100,000 bonds, to
be used for school purposes.
?Scott Dillingham, used-car
dealer of Asheville, who ab
sconded several months ago A
left his creditors in the lurch,
has been nabbed in a western
State. He was brought back to
Asheville, where he will face
I 'several charges.