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Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA , Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, June ?.. 1922 _. j|| One Section No. 6 : GARRETT AND ?UrrCHELL WIN 1NMUMARY General Interest Manifested in Result of Primary Election But Voting Was Light. Mr. Garrett Wins Over Earley for Road Commissioner of Aheekie Township. Ahos kie Elects Two County Com The Democratic Primary in Hert lord county, held Saturday, June Srd, was marked by general tranquility around the polls throughout the county. In Ahoskie township, how-, ever, rather close runs were in evi dence, as illustrated in the showing of Garrett's triumph over Early as Road Commissioner, with a margin of 21 votes. Under a change in the law adopted by the last legislature, the six candi , dates for County Commissioners re ceiving the highest vote in the county as a whole, are declared the nominees. As a result of this new law Ahoskie township will have two county com missioners on the next Board. Mr. Jehn C. Taylor of Maneys Neck town ship being defeated by a plurality of 23 votes in the county by Dr. J. H. Mitchell of Ahoskie Township. W. J. Vaughan of St. Johns town ship led the county ticket as com missioner with a plurality of 91 votes. J. O. Askew, Jr., of Harrellsville township stood second ; E. H. Eure of Winton Township, and E. W. Whit-. ? ley of Murfreesboro Township, broke fifty-fifty for third place. F. G. Tay-j loe, fourth; Dr. J. H. Mitchell, fifth and J. C. Taylor, sixth. Mr. H. G. Snipes defeated Mr. C. N. Britton in St. Johns Township for road commissioner with a majority of 64 votes. mi. j. u. onager aeieated Mr. M. E. Worrell in Murfreesboro township for road commissioner with a major ity of 29 votes. Dr. W. B. Pollard, of Winton town ship, Dr. J. A. Powell, of Harrells yille township, and Mr. J. B. Worrell, of Maneys Neck township were de clared nominated for road commis sioners from their respective town ' ships with no opposition. Mr. C. W. Howard was declared nominated with no opposition as con stable for St. Johns township. Mr. J. A. Northcott was nominated for Register of Deeds, Mr. D. R. Mc Glohon for Clerk of Superior Court, and B. Scull for Sheriff. All three have filled their respective offices creditably and with satisfaction for several years and were declared nom inated without opposition. Attorney L. J. Lawrence of Mur-i freesboro, was declared the nominee for representative in the State Legis lature. From the First Senatorial District, Mr. T. W. Costan of Gatesville, and Mr. P. H. Williams of Elisabeth City, were declared the nominees, they hav ing no opposition. In Hertford county Mr. W. T. Lee received a majority of 146 votes over Mr. A. C. Avery for Corporation Commissioner. Below the give the total vote in Hertford county. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Total County Vote J. C. Taylor, Maneya Neck 384 J. H. Mitchell, Ahoskie... 407 W. J. Vaughan, St. Johns. - 636 F. G. Tayloe, Ahoskie 421 E. H. Eure, Winton ?496 E. W. Whitley, Murfreesboro 496 J. O. Askew, Jr., Harrellsville 644 AHOSKIE TOWNSHIP ROAD COMMISSIONER J. R. Garrett 149 J. L. Earley 128 ST. JOHNS TOWNSHIP ROAD COMMISSIONER H. G. Snipes ^ 116 C. N. Brjtton 52 MURFREESBORO TOWNSHIP ROAD COMMISSIONER M. E. Worrell.. 50 J. D. Bridger 20 CORPORATION COMMISSIONER STATE TICKET Total County Vo& W. T. Lee 366 A. C. Avery 210 India is the world's greatest opium J producer" and the sale of the product is a government monoply. b'-. u' ??? v ? ? '.. ? * ! COST OF PRODUCING TOBACCO IN KY. srSvTLZ5I | U. S. Department of Agricul ture Publishes Result of Careful Investigation of Cost Prices on Kentucky Tobacco Farms Washington, D. C., June 8.?The average cost of producing hurley to bacco on 74 farms in the hurley dis trict of Kentucky was 32.6 cents a pound in 1920 as compared with an average of 25.8 cents in 1919. The average cost of producing dark fire cured tobacco on 50 farms in the dark tobacco area of Kentucky was 14.9 cents a pound in 1920 as compared with 17.2 cents in 1919, and was less than one-half the cost of producing hurley. These figures are disclosed in a cost-of-production study made by the College of Agriculture of the University of Kentucky and the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture under .a coooperative arrangement. Figures .for 1921 are ow being tabu lated. The yield per acre on the 7,4 bur ley farms ranged from 378 pounds to 1,492 pounds with an average of 907.86 pounds. The cost peracre from $160.20 to $493.60 with an av erage of $295.73. The cost per pound ranged from 20 . cents to 66 cents. Approximately 80 per cent of the to bacco was produced at 37 cents a pound or less. The average yield in 1919 was 1,492 pounds. The light weight of the 1920 crop is attributed to the unusual weather conditions prevailing during the growing sea son. in the burley district an acre of to bacco "required an average of 32.84 days of man labor and 9.38 days of horse labor. Qf the total cost, man labor constituted 38.22 per cent, land rent 36.07 per cent, barns and rticks 11.65 per cent, horse labor 6.96 per cent, insurance 3.72 per cent, and machinery .76 per cent. Not includ ing land rent as a cost, man and horse labor constituted 70.66 per cent, and and the other items 29.34 per cent The yield per acre on the 50 dark fire-cured farms ranged from 275.2 pounds to 1,603.4 pounds with an average of 855.4 pounds. The cost per acre ranged from $77.61 to $251.04 with an average cost of $127.12. The cost per pound ranged from 9 cents to 37.3. Approximately 60 per cent of the tobacco was pro duced at 15 cents a pound or less. In the dark tobacco area an acre of tobacqo required 24.8 days,of man labor and 8.4 days of horse labor. Of the total cost, man labor consti stuted approximately 50 per ct., horse labor 14 per cent, land rent 13 1-2 per cent, barns and sticks 7 per cent, insurance 4.9 per cent, and other items about 10 1-2 pet cent. Ex cluding land rent as a cost, man and horse labor totaled approximately 75 per cent, and the other items 25 cent of the total coat. The territory covered represented typical farming conditions in the Central Kentucky burley district and in the western Kentucky dark tobac co district. Cost studies will also be made for 1922, and will complete a period of 4 consecutive years. i e AHOSKIE TOBACCO MAR KET WILL OPEN AUG. 10 The Ahoskie Tobacco Market will open August 10th with more buyers and prospects better than ever before for the largest we hare ever had. Mr. C. H. Phaup has shown letters to this office, which he has in his po session, from all the largest tobacco companies, stating that they would have buyers on the Ahoskie market the coming season. Mr. Phaup also states that rumors, to the effect that the Ahoskie Tobacco Market will not have a full set of buyers is untrue. It is evident that these rumors are being broadcasted to encourage tobacco farmers to market their to bacco in other ways than selling at auction. Mr. Phaup is one of the best known men in this section and has done more for the tobacco farmer* than any one who has been interested in the tobacco industry in the Roanoke Chowan section. We have every rea son to believe that Mr. Phaup is con scientious in his effort* to do the best thing for the tobacco grower* of this section, as he has proven this in his past record bore. SPIRIT RUNS HIGH INCH0W AN COLLEGE Many Improvement* Announ ed for Old Chowan. Report in Detail of Commencement end pf the Board nf Trustees. J. W. Bailey of Raleigh Delivered the Ad dress. Sixty-five Diplomas Awarded A new auditorium, new gymnas ium, new swimming pool, and four new studios, now in the process of erection. The commencement at Chowan College began on the after noon of May the 27th. The first fea ture of the program was class day exercises at four o'clock in the after noon, and the evening program was the annual concert. On Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, Dr. W. N. Johnson preached the annual com mencement sermon to a large and ap preciative audience. He also preach ed the missionary sermon, Sunday night. At this service, Rev. E. J. Isenhower, pastor of the church at Ahoskie, delivered the 65 diplomas to the classes completing the mission ary study work, and 106 seals were given out. This showed probably the largest per cent of students taking this missionary study work of perhaps any other college in the state. Prac tically all day Monday, the Board of Trustees was in session, transacting much and very important business. Among the Business transacted, was the setting aside of $25,000.00 for endowment, and a unanimous pass ing of resolutions for the erection at once of a new auditorium, gymna sium, swimming pool, and four new studies. These improvements ineiude the rearranging of the heating plant, the turning of the present chapel into six class rooms; and the converting of the three class rooms in the East Building into dormitory rooms, pre paratory to the taking care of the large student body which is expected. The architect has been engaged, and the work will begin at onee. On their own initiative, the student body presented a petition and a request to the Board of Trustees for the erec tion of the buildings mentioned above. Never in the history ,of the college have the students manifested such deep and loyal interest in the up building of the institution. They have recently erected a handsome summer house on.the campus; and the senior class has left as a legacy to the institution, two of the most beautiful rose arbors anywhere to be found; and the old campus is rejoicing in the love manifested for her classic shades. The faculty has just recently pur chased and donated to the college, a beautiful grandfather clock, which now stands in the hall as a monument to the love and loyalty for the institu tion. The students have made espec ially attractive the two beautiful so ciety halls by improvements, and there is a general happiness manifested in both student body and faculty, an a substantial way that it is "more bless ed to give than to receive." i ucsuay was tne nnai aay of tne commencement, and the most interest ing feature of the day was the address by the Honorable J. W. Bailey, whom the friends of Chowan College de clare shall be the next governor of the state. The question of politics was not mentioned either in the fitting presentation of the speaker by Rep resentative L- J. Lawrence, of Mur freesboro, nor by the speaker. The speaker dealt most happily with the subject, "The Heritage of Our Grand mother." This subject was suggested to him through the fact that his moth er received her college education here at Chowan; and he attributed his suc cess in life largely to the principles, inculated in the mother while she was a student here. Mr. Bailey's ad-. dress gave thorough satisfaction to all who could hear him. The hall eras packed, and overflowing?not more than half the crowd being able to hear the speaker. * After the presentation of the di plomas by the president, the presen tation of medals, to the successful contestants of the student body, the president of the Board of Trustees in a very fitting speech announced to the public the decision of the Board of Trustees, to erect the auditorium,1 gymnasium, and swimming pool, as MASS MEETING OF TOBACCO GRpwt?s Representative of the Tobacco Grower* Co-Operative Asso ciation Addressed Gathering in Ahoskie Last Friday Unfavorable Weather 1 1 Friday afternoon. June 2nd, Mr. John ?O- Craddock of Kentucky spoke in ths Richard Theatre in interest of the Tobacco Co-Operative Marketing Association. Considering the ex tremes unfavorable weather, there was as very good crowd of business in towti and tobacco farmers from all parts of the County out to hear how the co-operative marketing plan works as explained by Mr. Craddock. Mt. Craddock explained how the tobacco farmers of Kentucky were helped by the Co-Operative marketing and also how it could be worked in North Carolina to an advantage for both tobacco farmers and business men. This question has been the subject of a great deal of discussion in this section for the past several months. For the marketing of tobacco the gen eral feeling seems not to be in favor of the proposed plan at the present time as the Ahoskie tobacco market has bpen run very satisfactory in the past and prospects for the future are even brighter. Wj understand that the Planters Warehouse, owned by Mr. W. S. Mc Keel, has been taken over by the Co operative Association, but the Farm ers Warehouse, "The Iron House," C. H. Phaup, proprietor, the largest tobacco warehouse in this entire sec tion, will open August 10th for the sale of leaf tobacco at auction as us ual. Mr. Phaup is one of the best and most efficient tobacco men in the State, and is not only a warehouseman but if* grower as well, operating two farms near Ahoskie which grow more tobacco than the average farm in this section. 0 PAVED STREETS ARE BADLY NEEDED To make Ahoskie the town it should be, Church and Main Streets should be paved. Our streets are bad and always will be until we citizens .loosen up and spend more money on them, and there is no use in spending money on a street with as much traffic on ti as Church and Main | streets of our town unless you are going to pave them. We would judge that the longest a sand-clay or gravel street would last here, to be about six months at the outside, and then we would be in the same fix again as we are now. What do you say progressive citi zen? Shall we make Ahoskie the best home to live in in this section, or shall we continue to more around in the mud? If you live in Ahoskie, it is your home, and if you have the right knid of spirit, you surely want your home to be as neat in appear ance, sanitary, pleasant to live in, and as modern as possible. It is possible that we have Church and Main streets paved and it will be one of the J>est drawing cards to the town we have. 0 A horse, 51 years old, is living at Catawissa, Pennsylvania. He is the property of a minister who has owned him for 35 years. The horse is be lieved to be the oldest in existence. mentioned above. At this announce ment, great enthusiash broke forth in cheers and manifested itself over the happy faces of the entire audience. When the exercises were all over, there was suddenly an interruption by the request that the benediction be not yet pronounced, and the President of the Board of Trustees stepped for ward, and called President and Mrs. Vann, and presented to them from the senior class, a very large and beauti ful silver loving cup, in manifestation of their appreciation of their faith fulness to t>em during the four years of woHc at the college. This feature of the exercises came as a complete surprise to both the president and his wift, and to the entire audience, for the seniors had skilfully carried out their plan to keep secret this act of love and appreciation. One of the oldest citisens of the community made the remark that this was the happiest and most harmon ious commencement he had ever seen at Chowan College. "- .? ? ? -- - -?? ,-ii^:-:-?r5"^.: ??? STATE NEWS IN DIGEST CC^ ^ -?viED FOR READERS OF THE HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD The North Carolina Bar Association will convene in annual session at Wrightsville Beach, June 27th. Law yers and others interested in the legal profession from all parts of the stata are expected to be in attendance. The town of Lumberton has begun the expenditure of f200,000 for mu nicipal improvements, chiefly the paving of streets and sewer and water extensions. Reports from that town also indicate that the co-operative movement for the sale of tobacco in Robeson county is meeting with suc cess. The graduating class of 1922, of the Burlington graded school numbers 56, the largest in the history of the school. Through the efforts of the State officials, the boll weevil menance over North Carolina is, in some parts, being checked. It is thought that more effectual methods of combating this pedt will be developed in the very near future. W. O. Saunders of Elisabeth City, has formally entered the literary field, haVing contributed his first master piece, entitled, "The Autobiography of a Crank," to the June issue of the American Magasine. It is thought that Mr. Saunders will direct a large portion of his time to literary work in the future. k William Jennings Bryan spoke in the Presbyterian church at Davidson, Sunday. His subject matter w*s an invective against evolution, and an the accompanying doctrines. Jesse L. Armfield, former president of the Bank of Thomasville and Zed Griffith, former cashier, were both found "not guilty" by the Davidson county jury Saturday, following a trial on charges of their appropriating funds from the bank for "personal purposes." Armfield, owing to the nervous strain during the trial, col lapsed when the verdict of the jury was announced. Memorial tablets, in commemora tion of Hawfields church, at Mebane, were unveiled Sunday. This church is the oldest in Almance county, es tablished in .1775, and one which much history is connected thereto. Ttev. J. B. Massey of Hampden-Sid- i | ney college, delivered an address to the seniors of the North Carolina col lege for women Sunday. On Tuesday Governor Morrisson spoke at this col lege, filling in a part of the regular commencement program. Miss Hallie Tilman, a student in the Stoney Creek high school In Ala mance county, has received the aw ard for winning essay in an essay con test which has just closed. Tonkle Brothers' Department Store in Goldsboro, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning, entailing a lose of $40,000, partially covered by insur ance. Seventy-seven young women stu dents of the East Carolina Teachgrs Training school received diplomas on Tuesday, upon the completion of the two year's training course. The 1922 season of the Eastern Carolina Baseball season formally opened at Kinston Monday. Farmville tho a small town, will in all probabil ity be the baseball capitol of North Carolina this season. Miss Hallie Tilman, a student in the Ston Creek high school in Alamance County, established in 1775, and one which much history Is connected there to. Rev. J. B. Massey, of Hampden- i Sidney College, delivered an address to the seniors of the North Carolina j College for Women Sunday. On Tues- j day Governor Morrison spoke at this! college, filling the part of the reg ular commencement program. John T. Pope, Internal Revenue Collector, .died at the Rex Hospital, j Raleigh, Sunday, following injuries sustained from a fall on Friday. ^ An adjourned meeting of the North Carolina Agricultural Society was held in the city of Raleigh Monday, at which important matters relating to j farming conditions all over the state state to secure a stay of proceedings were discussed. Final efforts of the railroads of' the Tn the collection of over one million dollars in taxes pending decision of their case by the Supreme Court of the United States, will be heard by three federal judges Saturday morn ing, in Kaleigh. The .decision is eager ly awaited by those interested in the railroads all over the state. The State Fair will not be moved from Raleigh, as was contemplated by the management. The site will be be at. Raleigh, as formerly, with more new additions and improvements than ever before, to carry out the idea of making this year's State Fair the best in the history of the organisation. The recent rains have wrought ve ry much havoc on the farms of eas tern North Carolina. In some loca tions, around river farms, and other low elevations, the crops are report ed as virtually destroyed by the big floods. Mr. K. M. Biggs, a wide-awake mer chant of Lumberton, is offering one cent each for the first 1600 boll wee vils caught and brought to his store. At this time of the year, the most pratical method is to pick them by hand, as the farmers of South Caro lina are doing. Thus Mr. Biggs' offer. The unknown negro who attacked an 18-year old white girt near Thom asyille, Monday, is now safely lodged in the Guilford county jail, after be ing sought for by hundreds of en raged citisens of the county, and id joining teWttory. There was much difficulty in placing the negro in jail by the deputies, owing to the fierce mob whidfr sought him, for the ap parent purpose of lynching. The recent survey by the Depart ment of Labor indicates that the gen eral trend of business and industrial conditions all over the State are on a decidedly upward trend, and that the unemployment situation is prac tically over. Among other things, the summary of the survey says? North Carolina is on the direct road to better business and industrial pro gress, and a return of normal condi tions over the state in the next few months seems assured. Lufhberton, in one of the state's most productive tobacco growing sec tion, has 3 tobacco warehouses, two of which will be operated on the co operative basis for the coming season, and the other one on the auction plan. Robeson county has decided to pay the expenses of 12-Confederatc vet' ; erans to attend the Confederate Vet eran's Reunion at Richmond. Fifty or more Home Demonstrators from various parts of the State will attend the training school at Peace Institute which opens Tuesday. Voters of High Point decided Tues day to issue 1250,000 in bonds for school purposes, equipment and er ection purposes. mi m rt ti ? i nomas 1. oonnany, uemocratic Congressman from Texas, delivered the commencement address at the Guilford College finals Tuesday. 22 seniors received Bachelor degrees at this college this year. Seven young men of Henderson were more or less seriously injured in an automobile smash-up near that city Tuesday when a Hudson and a Ford collided. Tobacco prospects in the Piedmont section of North Carolina are report- s ed as good for the time of the season. The State Department of Agricul ture issues the injunction to N. C. farmers to take more interest in small farm dairying, thus carrying out the idea of "Live-at-Home." The Carolina Steamship Line has inaugurated a trans-oceanic freight and passenger service between Wil mington and European ports. The first sailing is scheduled for July. .So far we can't see where the lad ies have improved politics much, nor where politics have improved the lad iee.