Hertford County Herald
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Volume XII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, March 17, 1922 One Section No. 46
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STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASS'N.
WILL MEET
WILL MEET IN CHAR
LOTTE, APRIL 11-12-13
Charlotte Sfinday Sclypol Mem
bar* Are Completing Plans
For Meeting Of State Sun
day School Convention To
Be Held In, That City April
11-12-13.
Sunday School worker* of ? Char
lotte are completing plan* for en
tertainment of the hundreds of vis
itors who x will be in that city April
11-12-18, attending the State Sun
day School Convention, according to'
information received from head
quarters of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association in Raleigh.
Superintendent D. W.-Sims, of the
State Sunday School Association, has
been in Charlotte several times in
the past few weeks conferring with
the Chairmen of the various com
mittees. Mr. W. E. Price, President
of the Mecklenburg County Sunday
School Association and Superintend
ent of Knox Presbyterian Sunday
School, is Chairman of the General
Committe on Arrangements.
Associated with Mr. Price on the
General Committee are the Chairmen
of Ave sub-committees who are as
follows; Finance Committee, Capt
T. S. Franklin, Superintendent of
Fir* Baptist Sunday School; Enter
tainment Committee, Mr. Lloyd San
son, Executive Secretary of the Try
on Street Methodist Sunday School;
Hall Committee, Mr. Boyce M.
Brown, Superintendent of First A? R.
P. Sunday School and Secretary of
Mecklenburg County Sunday Sdhool
Association; Parade Committee, Mr.
W. Dandridge; Local Publicity, Mr.
E. R. Bucher, Superintendent Trin
ity Methodist Sunday School.
Meeting of the Entertainment will
be held on Friday night, March 17th,
at which time, workers from practi
cally every Sunday School in the city
will be present. The work of the
committee in securing homes for the
out-of town delegates will be launch
ed at this meeting- The plan is for
all who attend to pay for their own
entertainment. The local committee
will provide entertainment for the
delegates in the private hemes of
Charlottes on the Harvard plan?
lodging and breakfast?at the rate
of |1.00 per night. ' v
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All wmie ounuay ocnooia in
State ere requested to send three del
egates besides the pastor and super
intendent who are delegates by vir
tue of their office. In addition to
these, many officers of County Sun
day School Associations will attend
as official delegates. It is glso ex
pected that numerous Sunday School
workers of the state, whether ap
pointed os official delegates or not,
will be in Charlotte for the Conven
tion, as the sessions are open and
free to any Sunday School worker in
the state. The Charlotte Committee
)s planning to have sufficient number
of homes for all who attend.
The railroads of the state have
granted a special reduced rate ofdne
and one-half fare, certificate plan,
provided as many as 350 certificates
are presented for validation. The
committee in charge is urging aty who
go to Charlotte by rail to be sure and
get certificate receipt when purchas
ing ticket to Charlotte as the certi
ficate will have a cash value of one
half the return fare.
More than thirty of N. Carolina's
leading Sunday School workers of all
denominations will taW part on the
program of the convention. In addi
tion to these six specialists of 'nat
ional reputation have' been secured.
These specialists of national reputa
tion have been secured. These spec
ialist- will not only speak several
times during the convention but wil]
also take care of the various sectional
-conferences arranged for the Chil
dren's, Young people's Adult and
Administrative workers.
The out of state specialists secured
are?Dr. Plato T. Durham, Atlanta,
Ga., Dr. H. E. Tralle. Philadelphia,
Pa., Miss Anna Branch Binford, Rich
mond, Va., Rev. E. W- Halpenny,
Chicago, III., Prof. Harold F. Hum
bert, Boston, Mass. and Mrs Maud
J. Baldwin, Chicago, nL,*,i v
STATE AGRICULTURAL
DEPT. PROMOTERS
State Agricultural Depart
ment U Promoting Live-at
Home Campaign. Gov.
Morrison and Other State
Officials Give Earnest Co
operation to Movement
By Mrs.Clarence A. Johnson, Com
missioner of Public Welfare.
There were more rejections on ac
count of physical deficiency resulting
from malnutrition under the select
ive draft in North Carolina than
there were in any other state or ter
ritory in the ^Jnion except Alaska.
In the number of rejections for pul
monary and suspected tuberculosis,
North Carolina ranked tenth from the
worst, while ? our proportion of re
jections for mental disorders was al
most twice the national average.
All this means that our State
has almost twice the proportion of
physically deficient and mentally de
ficient as tKe average state in the
ITnion. This means that the North
Carolina child Is not getting a fair
chance from a physical view-point,
and this is a direct responsibility of
the women. . The men do not feed the
family.
The women of North Caroline are
being urged to take an active interest
in the campaign to make North Caro
lina feed herself which is being pro
moted by the Department of Agricul
ture it the suggestion and with the
earnest co-operation of Governor
: Morrison and* other state .officials.
The biggest job women has as a
whole is the bearing and rearing of
children i not any kind of children?
children sound in mind and who will
develop into worthy citisens of a
great State. In this connection, this
campaign is of vital interest as a child
welfare measure.
From a moral view-point this is a
serious question, as many behavior
problems result from bad physical
condition that malnutrition may be
the basis of. The backward, stupid
school child isn't always so because he1
was born that way. He is fre
quently so because he is in a state of
semi-starvation. And there would
nut fee so many tobacco-chewing, cig
eret-smoking, "dope" drinking young
sters if growing bodies were not cry
should be supplied them by whole
'aome, well-balanced rations.
A few years ago in another state
there was a revolt an institution for
delinquents. The institution had
borne a good reputation up to a cer
tain period, whefi suddenly
the entire discipline of the place went
to pieces. The former superintend
ent1 was sent for and her advice in
regard to the situation was sought.
The first thing she did was to request
the menus for the week past. On
looking them over she remarked that
the food which had been given the in
mates was enobgh to put the. Old Boy
in anybody, and her first advice to
the new management was to serve
three good meals a day. - r
The feeding the family* right isn't
a question of poverty, either. It's a
question of a better understanding
of what is the proper food and then
being willing and interested enough
to spend some time- and energy seeing
that the family has it. Frequently it
is*1 found that there is more malnu
trition in well-to-do families than in
the poorer familitc in the. same com
munities. .
The plan of the Department of Ag
riculture is to urge every rural family
to have a garden, poultry, a cow and
hogs, and every urban family to have
as much of this as possible. The
planting and working the garden and
raising the poultry is the part that
tan be best undertaken by the women
and that will depend on them for suc
cess. They did it under the stress
and necessity of war. They can, and
will, do the same if they understand
that the successful promotion of this
"Uve-Aat-Home" campaign will solve
some of the serious problems of
peace. 1
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The Herald le "fitten" to
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JA message .to herald readers?especially to
Hertford count^s business and "
professional men
Also A iUiwit To Ruidtnti Of This Goui.iy To Send To The
Herald Office Any Hews Likely To Be Of Interest To
The People Of This And Other Sections
'Through the efforts of two pro
gressive young men of Ahoskie,
doing their utmost to give Hertford
County a good weekly newspaper, we
are enabled to learn what the people
of this and adjoining counties are'
doing. Citizens of Hertford County,
and especially the merchants of Ahos
kie, Winton, Harrellsviile, Cofield,
Union, Como, and other towns in
Hertford County, are we giving these
young nftn our hearty support in ad
vertising in the Herald?the great
majority are not. The merchants
should, through the columns of their
county paper, let the buying public
know that Hertford County's mer
chants are alive, wide-awake, up and
doing, offering the season's best mer
chandise at prices which will warant
their attention. ? ? ?
The writer or his family may be a
native of the St. Johns section, or
the Mapleton neighborhood, Or per
haps a resident of Mill Neck, but we
are all willing to spend our money
with the store that offers us the best
merchandise at the least price, and
trade will come to the store that
advertises, goes aftef" the business,
and invites the people to come to see
their goods. Additional business can
be brought to every business insti
tution of Hertford County. When
we say Hertford County, we mean
also our sister counties; Bertie,
Northammpton, and Gates included.
A real home newspaper lets the
people of this-and adjoining counties
know what service can be rendered
them, and what merchandise can be
secured right here at home.
How many of you merchants real
ize the amount of shopping that is
being done in Suffolk and Norfolk!
each week by residents of our
county? By advertising in. the
Herald, you can secure this business,
by placing your ads before the buy
ing public of this entire section.
A local newspaper will devote itself
to the best interests of this commun
ity. It hi a home enterprise, The
Herald is constantly working for the
things that appertain to the direct
benefit of these four counties, and
especially to the betterment of the
towns and homes within their bor
ders.
There is absolutely no reason why!
a page of our county paper should j
not carry the advertisements, busi
ness cards, and local news of Harrells
viile, Winton, Coleraine, Murfrees
DO YOU REMEMBER
YEARS AGO IN
AHOSKIE?
Do you remember that when the j
Post Office was first established at1
Ahoskie, that Mr. J. A. Copeland was
the first postmaster, and that the
mail was brought here only three
times a week by star route from
Tunis?
Do y6u remember that only a few
years ago when Mr. Bob Holloman.
was mayor of this town; the tax rate
was 30c and the Town Council met
and decided that the rate was too
high and that the Treasury was
growing too fast, and .they cut the
rate down to 30c.
Do you remember the early morn
ing fire that destroyed the poet office
on February 22, 1306 and at the same
time burned atveral wooden build
ings, among them a little dwelling
which stood on the identical spot
where the Farmers-Atlantic Bank
now stands. ?*?
Do you remember when the Tunis!
Lumber raHroad was first built
through Ahoaldc, and later on was
followed by the Norfolk A Carolina
which were forerunners of the At
lantic Coast Lifie?
Do you rsmember when J. L. Bell,
the railroad agent here had a flower
garden on no-man's land?
Do you remember when Walter L.
Main's show first came to Ahoskie
and located where the Methodist
church property now is and the man
who dived or leaped from a high
boro and also the town* which have
no representation at all in the pages
of "Hertford's County's Only News
paper. | -.
When we say a page, we mean that
each town could support a page of
advertising, and local news. The
Hera|d will be glad to communicate
with Residents, or correspondents, in
case we have one in the that town,
of any of the above mentioned
towns, who may become regular
correspondents, and to solicit adver
tising from its merchants and pro
fessional men, manufacturers, and
dealers in general. Weekly corres
pondents yill be fully paid and there
fore establish a branch office in these
towns. This paper covers the fore
going counties like the dew. If you
are interested in your town, your
county, your schools, your churches,
your homes; then it is of vital in
terest that you must get interested in
your county paper.
The writer, and the general public
appeals to the merchants of this
section to do more advertising in
their county paper. Ahoskie, the
largest town in the county, and the
home of the Herald plant, devotes
little space to its store advertising.
There could be a great increase of
business to the stores if you would
only let the people know that you
are in business. The same applies to
evenr bank, also in the Herald's cir
culation field.
In the meantime, do not forget
that ^rour store must present a tidy,
neat appearance, with clean windows,
and {lean floors, and clean merchan
dise#
Come on, storekeepers, let's give
the Herald plenty of advertising;
let's keep the business at home; let's
show the mail order houses and the
stores in the cities that we can beat
them to a fraszle in goods and prices.
And remember the fact that the Her
ald wants a weekly correspondent in
all of the towns not represented at
present. The Herald pays its cor
respondents promptly for all news
sent in. The Herald will submit ad
vertising rates to its correspondents,
order that they may solicit the busi
ness houses of their home towns.
The writer would like to see a live
Board of Trade, or Chamber of Com
merce established hi these towns.
It is up to the business men to make
this a reality.
Written for the Herald by a sub
scriber.
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* The following rules will be- *
* come effective -April 1st, 1922. '
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* must be psicffor after the first *
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* week. This applies to every
* body regardless^ of how much ?
* he is worth or how poor he is.
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? * and obituaries will be charged *
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Do yen remember when the school
| building for Ahoskie stood on the lot
where Dr. Paul Mitchell now lives,
, and consisted ,of the old building in
' which V. L. Vsughsn is now running
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STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM
PILE) FOR READERS OF THE
* HERfFORu COUNTY htKAluP
Judge Landis, international arbi
trator of baseball disputes, is to pay
tha Rocky Mount and Wilson teams a
visit while on his Southern tour this
spring, it was announced recently.
.The Southern Association of Furni
ture Manufacturers,, covering the
Southern States, met in call meeting
at Charlotte, on March 8th.
The recent heavy rains caused no
little damage in the Eastern section'of
our State, especially in the Tar river
section, where floods, due to the
river's overflow, destroyed much
property.
Eight counties have raised their
full quotas for the Near East Relief
Fund in this state, according to re
ports received at the State Head
quarters a few days ago. This fine
showing of these few counties ard
needed to balance the poor returns
from some of the others, it was Said.
The Greensboro College for women
expects an enrollment of 800 young
women this year, owing to efforts in
securing a larger attendance than
ever before,made by the faculty and
management. This number exceeds
all previous terms, in the matter of
attendance.
The North Carolina College Con
ference met in Greensboro Saturday,
for the purpose of discussing prob
lems affecting college life in their re
lations with the schools of the state,
and especially with the high schobls.
Dr. George Truett, a noted evan
gelist, closed the revival services at
Raleigh Saturday with nearly two
hundred converts. Dr. Truett has
stirred the spiritual life of Raleigh
probably as no otherr evangelist has
done. His next field is Chapel Hifi.
Sunday School workers of Char
-lotte are completing plans for a state
convention of Sunday Schools to be
held about April 11-12-13. All Sun
day Schools of North Carolina will
be expected to be represented in thex
affair, either by delegates or by com
i munications.
The Greensboro Au,to Show open
ed Tuesday with parades, bands, and
other attractions. This is Greens
boro's first show of this kind, and has
proved a great success.
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i uovernor Morrison, in a stirring
I speech delivered before the farmers
of New Bern and surrounding vicin
ity urged that more food crops be
planted this year. It is of the utmost
importance that this idea be carried
out in North Carolina, he says, be
cause of the low prices, of cotton and
j tobacco, as well as the increasing
{ prevalence of the boll weevil men
ance over the state.
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Major Thomas B. Lee, aged 87,
died at hiB home in Charlotte Mon
day. Major Lee had seen long, active
service in ijhe Civil War, having dis
tinguished himself many timA. His
death is deeply regretted. *.
Craven county imported over three
million dollars worth of foodstuff dur
ing ' the past year, the New ' Bern
Chamber of Commerce stated recent
ly. A "Raise-Food-at-Home" cam
paign is now being condticted in that
county to remedy the situation.
A man named Reynolds, a hobo,
was hilled by a freight train in Win
ston-Salem Monday as a result of the
train being wrecked while he was
riding under the cars.
W. A. Poe, of Durham, committed j
suicide Monday, shooting himself j
with a revolver. Mental unbalance is
the accredited cause.
The home of 3. B.Cullins of West
Raleigh, was partly buriied probably
by incendaries Monday, entailing a
loas of 81,000.
The Durham team of the Piedmont
League, is now ready to start in tpr
spring practice, Manager Gooch says.
The material for an A-l semi-pro
team is in the Durham -boys, it is
thought, and manager Gooch has an
nounced his intention of making such
of them, if passible.
The Elks of New Bern have install
ed h radiophone in the club rooms,
by which they hear musk concerts
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from the city of Pittsburgh nightly.
Two bootleggers were captured in
New Bern Saturday night by police
and revenue officials.
Baptists in North Carolina are go
ing oVer the top in coming up to the
obligations of the 7fi?million earn
pdign, according to statements made
by the headquarters at Raleigh last
week. It was announced that our
state was in the lead in the amount
already paid in, also in the assess
ment in proportion to population.
Close students of American his
tory have decided that the Revolu
tionary War was actually ended at
the battle of Guilford Court Hons?,
instead of at Yorktown. This sets a
new precedent in history, and it at
present of much .interest to North
Carolina history students.
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The city of New Bern is now con
sidering plans to construct a potato
.storage warehouse, to be run on the
co-operative plan.
The inter-collegiate debate be
tween Elon College and Lenior is
planned for April 12th. The debate
is to be of unusual interest this year,
it is thought.
Deputy Sheriff J. T. Kelly, of Fay
etteeville, was shot and seriously
wounded Tuesday, by a drunken
farmer whom he attempted to arrest
Travis Baas, young white occupant
of Lumberton jail, attempted suicide
Tuesday by trying to hang himself.
The attempt was not successful, he
having been discovered in time to
prevent the act
The management of the Catawba
County Fair Association is expecting
a bigger and better fair tbis yedr
than ever before, they having started
a campaign to enlist the co-operation
of the citizens of the county in reach
ing their mark?a bigger fair than
any previous one in the history of the
county. <
' The Greensboro High School
Basket Ball quint now holds the
state championship for high sehool
basket-ball, having won the title in
the recent hard fought game with the
Durham team, who then held the
championship. ' |
Pitt county politicians have been
busy for the last few weeks, there
being several county offices open,
with an unusually large number of
aspirants to the positions.
MEETING OF?
PEANUT GROWERS
The new Board of Directors of the
Peanut Growers Exchange will con
tain only two new members. Meet
ings held this week in sixteen of the
seventeen districts show that all the
(>resent directors were reelected with
the exception of two. The only
changes were in Hertford and Per
quimans counties. S. P. Winborne
succeeds H. J. Vann as Director for.
Hertford, and T. Langston suc
ceeds pr. I. A. Ward u Director for
tiuimans. The etily district fail
to' elect directors at Wednesday's
tings is the one composed of Hal
aud Nash counties, which has two
directors. The meeting for the nom
ination of directors for this district
will be held next 'Wednesday, March
15th.
Reports to the Peanut Grower*
Exchange phow that, notwithstand
ing the small attendance at several
of the district meetings on account of
the wretched condition of the roads,
the growers present were greatly
pleased on account of what has been
accomplished, and were most enthus
iastic in their support of the pro
posed movement for the Exchange to
arrange to clean their peanuts to and
sell them under its own trade mark
and brands. Resolutions were again
passed urging the Senators and Rep
resentatives from Virginia and
Carolina to ptit'forth their best ef
forts to secure such tariff on peanuts,
as is now provided for in the pending
tariff bill.
The Directors nominated at the dis
trict meetings v Wednesday will be
elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Peanut Grower*
I Exchange'to be held in Suffolk May
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