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Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA Volume X11L Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, July 7, 1922 One Section No. 10 GROW, SAVE MORE FEED THIS SUMMER AND FALL Hay has sold in this county this year for about 936.00 per ton on an of sorghum, we can grow from one to two tons of soy bean or field pea hay here per acre, at a cost of ten to twelve dollars per ton and this hay is worth double in feeding value the hay we get from the West. The west ern farmer got about ten dollars per ton for the hay you paid 986.00 for. The railroad company agd the com mission men got the other- twenty-five dollars you paid. T)ie western farmer got cost of production and a little profit for his hay and do you think it allows common sense for us as farmers to continue to pay approximately four times, (4 x 10 equals 40) the farm value of a crop of hay that we can produce on our own farm at so low a cost? A banker in the county told me recently that it was their plan to stop crediting farmers who didn't produce thier food stuff at home. More bankers and merchants are go ing to be forced to adopt this plan, for with the invasion of the boll weevil, in our territory within a year rt two, it will be worse than folly fcjbontinue our outrageously extrava gant practice of buying car after car yof high priced hay and grain from the Middle West, and trying to pay for it with a crop of cotton cut in half by the boll weevil. Bankers and time merchants can't do a better thing for their farmer patrons than to demand that they put enough acres in food and hay erops to supply amply all their needs. I realise it is the tenant or one year cropper that buys the most of the hay and grain, but the land lord should compel him to plant these food crops. It isn't too late yet to get a hay crop of some of the early varieties of soy beans or field peas or a crop of Sudan grass. The outlook for the cron crop in the county at present isn't very promising so it be comes more than ever our duty to ourselves to produce and save every pound of forage possible. H. L. MILLER, County Agricultural Agent. ? n HERTFORD BANKER REACHES PRISON H. C. Sullivan, former cashier of the farmers Bank and Trust Company of Hertford, Perquimans county, spent the first of his 1,461 days in the State prison very quietly yesterday and three weeks or more must elapse before he has completed the entrance routine and be assigned to the jot that will be his for four years of hard labor imposed upon him by Judge W M. Bond Saturday afternoon. Not often does a convicted mar urge haste in beginning to serve hii sentence. Less than an hour aftei Judge Bond had fixed the term oi years in wMch he must serve the State in penance for defalctions ir his bank, Sullivan had asked that he be brought immediately to Raleigh Accompanied by Sheriff W. W Wright, he arrived here yesterday morining at 12:80 o'clock, and wai immediately committed to the prison First among the things that' will be entered upon his prison record will be the typhoid immunization given over a period of three weeks. During that time he will be kept in the Cen tral prison, and later may be senl out on a road gang, or to the State Prison farm. No decision has beer reached by the Warden as to what dis position will be mad* of him. Foi the present odd jobs about the prison will be his lot. Sqllivan accepts his fate philos ophically, and without complaint He went through the routine of entrance yesterday morning, giving his age, * education, business, submitting to the phyitcal examination, got his prison clothes and took his place among the rest of the prisoner*. He expects tc make a good prisoner and take full measure of the deductions in time foi goo^ behavior. Pbanuts worked the undoing of the youag banker, according to the evi dent at the trialin Hertford during the past week. He was interested in a coporation organized to handle a large part of the peanut crop h North Eastern North Carolina.' The "bottdm dropped out of the market and left Him high and dry. The shortage in the bank amounted to more than to business' was taker over by another bank without loss t? depositor*.?Rat ei-h Nbws sn.l Ob 4, - ^ s * GATES COUNTY WOMAN CANDIDATE IS DEFEATED In the second Gates county primary for the General Assembly held la* I votes. Her opponent.,**- * R. W. Simpson, the incumbent. In spite of the intense heat and busy farm work much interest was manifested in the race. Although Mies Parker lost in the election, she made a remakable show ing and a strong race. Her energy, her large vote, and the fact that she is the pioneer woman of this section to enter State politics, all go to make this Gates county fight one of the most notable in the state. 0 NEGRO FARMERS' CON GRESS MEETS AT A. A T. The North Carolina Negro Fanners' Congress, one of the largest negro farm organisations in the south, will meet at A. A T. college, Greensboro, N. C., August the 8th and 9th. Presi dent Dudley has requested me to an nounce that board and lodging will be free to farmers and others attending this meeting. A very interesting pro gram is being worked out and some of the ablest men in the country will ap pear on this program. While the pro gram will be thoroughly scientific it will be thoroughly practical, so that the humblest farmer will be able to fully comprehend all that is said and done. No farmer who is hoping to make any success can afford to miss this meeting. We shall tell you more about the program form time to time through the newspapers. Everbody who is interested in suc cessful farming, should not fail to at tend this meeting. Prof, C. R. Hud son of Raleigh, State Agent, is chairman of the program committee. Prof. T. S. Inborden of Joseph K. Brick school, is president of the Con gress. We trust each person who reads this article will give the widest possible publicity to it, at all negro gatherings. You will do anyone a great favor if you can induce them to attend this meeting* if they are in terested in progressive agriculture. JNO. D. WRAY, v Farm Makers' Club Agent and Secretary of the Congress. 0 PREACHER MEANT NOTHING WRONG Charles J. Werberig, the country ' preacher who lives near Conover^ got ! his side of the Black Panther Oil com ? pany case before the public when he > was given a hearing before Mayor I Bob Brady of Conover and held for . Catawba Superior Court in the sum of $600. According to Werberig, he i had no desire whatever in being a i party to fleecing one of his neighbors, r D. P. Dellinger, out of $4,100, nor of P relieving Mrs. Fannie Wagner, widow i of $60. > This oil stock proposition sounded s like a raven to Mr. Werberig. In . the first place an old friend is said to . have put him wise to the Black Pant r her and he sent off $100. Pretty soon i $100. in dividends came back to him. . Mr. Werberig cast his bread upon the I oily waters again in the form of $60. I and it floated 100 per cent strong a i gain. r How was a country preacher to ? keep such good news to himself? his : friends say. It looked like laying up i some treasures here below to make the i path of life brighter. Mr. Dellinger was a neighbor and ' he liked the looks of the proposition, i Mr. Dellinger is a good fanner and although $4,100 is a lot of money to ? kiss goodbye, he has more where that i came from. So he took a shot. i The check was cleared at a bank in , Newton and the officers tried to stop i payment for their customer. But the i proposition looked good to him and i the check went through, i After a while the full realisation I dawned on the owners of lots of Black ? Panther Oil Stock. The preacher got ten per cent for i his sales, but he contended that a . mount was merely handed him out of f gratitude or something. He claim I ed in no sence to be agent for the ! company, which has no standing in i financial circles, and he got out from i under as soon as he was warned that I he was running a race with the law. ) It is a peculiar case and those who i have heard both sides want it ever i lastingly stressed that it is bad busi > ness to fool with oil stocks, but that ? both Werberig and Dellinger were caught under circumstances that lack ? FARMERS AND FARM WOMEN'S CONVENTION According to the bulletins sent out ?? the.Publicity PcDUrtm?*??>? Augu^/^ thig mr' Jfe) _i ?' place for a profitable, en tertaining and economical vacation. Following is the program of the meeting. Tuesday, August 1st?There will be some stirring speeches followed at night by a community sing and free iBWh. , ??? Wednesday, August 2nd.?Will be devoted to country life. The topics will include the home, the church, the school and literature. Live stock and horticulture will also receive attention on this date, followed at night by a play. Thursday, August 3rd?The key note of the convention will be "Co-op erative Marketing and combatting the boll weevil". The following coopera tive organizations will be represented by officers or others who will explain just what they are doing. Co-operative Cotton marketing. Tri-State Tobacco Growers. Peanut Growers Exchange. Truck Growers. Farm Bureau Federation. Peach Growers. State Beekeepers Association. There will be demonstrations in cluding the radio and cotton dusting. Reduced railroad fares and 50c meals at the State College, with lodg ing free makes this an opportunity for the farmer to go and take his family for an outing that will be entertain ing, instructive and economical. The poisoning method of boll weevil control, says Franklin D. Sher man, State Entomologist, is the most effective method of control thus far devised. This method requires considerable care, and should be done right. Mr. Sherman will give demonstra tions at the Farmers Convention, August 1, 2 and 3, of several varieties ofOnachines manufactured especially for the purpose. The machines will be on exhibition during the entire three days, and the demonstrations will take place during the afternoon of August 3rd. This alone will be worth the expense of attending the Convention. 0 HOW MUCH DO STRIKES COST THE NATION? Washington, July *5. ? (Capital News Service).?Statistice issued by the Department of Labor show that strikes in this country average more than 3,300 per year. It is not con tended by the department that its figures are accurate, since they de pend upon newspaper and trade paper reports for the most part, but that they are under, rather than over statements. It is impossible truthfully to esti mate the average cost of a strike, since they vary so in duration, num ber of workmen effected and econo mic loss through whatever industry i? wholly or partially shut down. But il the most conservative possible esti mate be adopted, and it is considered that the average strike effects 100 workmen, and that the average strike last 10 days, the total arrived at is 3,300,000 working days lost per year. If the average cost to each workman is $5 per day and the average loss to each industry does not exceed three times the loss to the workmen then strikes cost the country some $66, 000,000 a year. It is not believed that these figures are anything but suggestive. The average strike undoubtedly affects thousands, rather than hundreds, and for many more than ten days; few union laborer* receive as little as $5 a day, and, of course, the industry affected suffers out of all proportion to the workmen. But, it is pointed out at the Capitol, if it were true that only $66,000,000 were wasted by strikes every year, that $66,000,000 spent in propel channels on arbitration would un doubtedly stop moat if not all the strikes. It might be an economic measure to spend a part of it for accurate sta tistics of strike costs to the country; a little education on what it really costs to stop work might make people less willing to indulge in, or cause strikes. many parallels. The case will come up at the July term of Catawba Superior Court? News and Observer. COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATOR I BY MISS MYRTLE SWINDELL ^ >?_ i- : *- ; V, Jk. ' ? r~.~TT**. < *0 . Six medium Irish potatoes. One-half cup of sugar. Two table spoons of salt One magic yeast cake. BoQ potatoes' until soft, add water sugar, salt and yeast cake, let set in a warm place 5 hours then place in jara, set in refrigerator or in some cool plhre. This yeast will keep for weeks. I In making bread add to each pup of this yeast the same amount of sugar, salt, and shortening for each cup of yeast as in the above recipe for rolls made with Fleishmann's yeaat Remember it is never necessary to measure your flour but accurate measure of liquid should be observed. All measures should be level spoons or cups. A standard measuring cup holds 16 table spoons of water. Three teaspoons make a tablespoon. SCORE CARD FOR ROLLS Points 1. General appearance 30 Shape 10 Size 10 , Crust 10 2. Flavor 26 3. Crumb - 26 Texture - 10 Moisture 10 Color 6 4. Lightness 20 Total 100 RECIPE FOR MAKING ROLLS On* cup of warm water. Two tablespoon* of shortening. Two tablespoons of sugar. One Fleishman's yeast cake. One egg. First test the yeast in this way? take one of the spoons of sugar which is called for above and put it in the glass of warm water, then break the yeast, to small particles, drop in glass 1 if the yeast rises to top of glass in 6 or 6 minutes you may be sure of its strength. Cream shortening and sugar, add flour and yeast alternately until a batter stage is reached. When the next portion of flour is added, put in two teaspoonsful of salt; the reason for adding salt at ?his stage is to pre vent the little yeast plants from com ing in contact with the salt which retards the progress of rising. Before the batter is too thick, break in an egg, heat until mixed then add enough flour to make a good soft dough. Work . the dough adding all the flour neces sary for flour should not be added at the second kneading. Set dough aside in a warm place about 70 de grees out of a draft to double its size. ' After the second ^kneading make into ; rools, set to rise allowing the rolls to double in size before baking. Bake in an oven as follows: Have the oven . about 400 to 426 degrees F. for the first 16 minutes then reduce gradually to about 380 degrees F. Usually 26 to 30 minutes is long enough to bake i rolls. If in doubt of oven tmperature ' observe the following test. If bits of ? paper will brown in 5 minutes in oven, the tmperature is about right. 0 FIRST COTTON BLOSSOM ___ Mr. R. L. Callis who conducts a i farm on the highway between Ahoskie 1 and Fraxiers cross roads, wins in the 1 Herald's offer of one year's subscrip 1 tion to the first farmer of Hertford county who reached the Herald office with a blossom. Mr. Callis had his 1 blossom at thia office bright and early Monday morning, July 3rd. We con i gratulate Mr. Callis and hare properly entered his name on our list as a subscriber paid for one year from 1 date. Later in the day, we received by i mail a blossom from Mr. H. L. Wig gins, an enterprising fanner near Har rellsville. Mr. Wiggins advises us 1 that his bloom was picked on the ? morning of July 1st We congrstu ' late Mr. Wiggins. Wednesday, July 6th was cotton ! blossom day in the Herald office. We received several from our friends. Among those who brought in blossoms were Mr. J. P. Vaughan from near St. Johns; Mr. J. H. Reynolds who lives about five miles from Ahoskie ! on R. F. D. number one, and Mr. W. 1 R. Willoughby who lives about two miles from Ahoskie on the ' Cofleld road. --v We appreciate the interest shown - by these gentlemen and it is our sin ? cere wish that the returns from their cotton crop thia year will equal their As a result of the second primary election, Charles L. Abernethy, of New Bern, has been conceded the vic tory over his opponent, Matt H. Allen, of Goldsboro, for the nomination for Congress in the Third Congressional District. On the basis of the returns received, Abernethy has carried four of the nine counties of the district by a majority of 1,600. % The trial of George Batson, charged with killing his one-time close friend, "Bill" (L. L.) Utter of Kinston, will be held at Kenansville during next week, according to Solicitor James A. Powers of Kinston. Batson is a very young man while Utter was in his 80s. The dead man was reputed to own considerable property. According to reports from Lenoir county, the boll weevil has made its first appearance there. In was in Lenoir county that the weevil was first observed last year. Experts say that the pest will not attain its maxi mum' destructiveneas in that section until the summer of 1923. Walter and Charlie Langley, ages 22 and 18, sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Langley of Greenville, were both drowned while swimming in a mill pond three miles from Falkland this week. Neither were good swimmers and ventured into water beyond their depth. One of the boys got in diffi culties, the other went to his assist ance and both were drowned. Seventeen dentists recently passed the state examination before the North Carolina Dental Board at Wrightaville Beach. The boll weevil is reported as active in Robeson county having appeared in every section of the county. The ground in many places is lined with the punctured squares which have fallen from the plant. Ben Outterbridge, a npgro automo bile mechanic working in a garage in Greenville Tuesday, was repairing a gasoline tank with tfye assistance of a blow torch. A terrific explosion re sulted and it was necessary to take thirteen stitches in the arm of the mechanic to get him back into his normal shape. B. F. Proctor, a general merchant of Rocky Mount filed a petition of bankruptcy Tuesday. His liabilities are listed at $67,192 with assets of $25,681. The North Carolina National Guard will commence to move to camp at Camp Glenn Saturday. The camp will continue for two weeks durihg which time officers and men will re ceive intensive instruction and drill. Several people around Hickory have been bitten by a species of blaik spider with very painful results. Jeff Holler, age 60, has been confined to his bed for four days as a result of being bitten and was delirious for the most of two days, Three men were seriously shocked and two mules killed when a bolt of lightning during the heavy storms of the past few days, struck in their vic inity at Morganton, Tuesday. Davidson county unveiled a monu ment to her 860 men, living and dead, who responded to the call of their country and served in the World War. The monument is in the shape of a marble shaft of unusual perfection. Two local Confederate veterans pulled the ribbons which unveiled the shaft. A bronze tablet bearing the names of the 39 men, two colored, who gave their lives, is affixed to the monu ment. jw? On the face of the returns of the second primary election held Satur day, that Walter L. Small, has been elected as solicitor of the First Judi cal elrcuit. The Norfolk and Southern Railway company has announced the discontin uance of two of their passenger trains operating between Norfolk and Golds boro. They were trains numbers three and four. Four hundred and six negro school teachers are enrolled for the summer school at Elizabeth City. The school opened June 19th and will remain in session six weeks from that date. 111 '! 1 1 - V enterprise ancf industry in producing the first blooms. The nineteenth annual convention of the rural letter carrier* of North Carolina came to a close at Shelby Wednesday. The convention was do cla red to be one of the most success ful ever held and much enthusiast was manifested. More "than 200 rural carriers were in attendance. Eleven negroes are being held in jail at Lumberton on charges of rob bing freight cars at that place. R. G. Allen, former president of the defurfct Central Bank and' Trust Co. of Raleigh, has effected a settle ment with the bank's receivers. Allen paid $127,128 and executed a mort gage for $25,000 on a building. This settlement will guarantee the loans made by the defunct institution before Allen resigned the presidency oa June 30, 1921. It'' is estimated that the settlement will enable the deposi tors to realise 80 cents on the dollar of their deposits. Cases against J. H. Hightower, president of the bank at | the time of its failure and W. EE Mas sey its cashier, are scheduled to be called for trial this week. Mrs. Sallie Bivins, age 102, died at her home in Golds bo ro Tuesday morning. Mrs. Bivins was a life-long resident of Wayne county and an ear nest christian . Mrs. Bivens was the oldest resident of Goldsboro and loved to tell about the time whea Goldsboro, (then Waynesboro) was only a small village on the banks of the Neuse river. In the Republican primary held in Surry county Saturday, Miss Lillian Harkraker defeated her opponents for the office of register of deeds. As Surry county 1s considered to bo a Republican stronghold, Miss Hark raker's nomination is equal to elec tion. George Hopewell, Wayne county farmer, was arrested some time ago with a 60 gallon still in the back of his automobile covered with sacks. When tried this week Hopewell claim ed that he did not know the still waa in the car. The jury could not agree on a verdict. A peanut which lodged in hia wind pipe is believed to have caused the death of Ray Weill, S yean old, who died in a hospital in Asheville, Mon day. Infection set in and an open was performed to save the child's life but pneumonia developed which re sulted fatally. fcW1, u ?The nation wide strike of railroad shopmen went into effect in North Carolina as well as in other states. The strike was ordered last Saturday. As yet no inconvenience has been felt >? by the public. In Raleigh something over 400 men quit their jobs while in Spencer the number was around 2,000. Three hundred men quit at Wilmington, 140 at New Bern and lesser numbers around over the state. The outcome of the strike is being watched with interest. As yet no other railroad employes have mani fested no intention of joining the strikers. Three new grammar grade schools are being erected in Henderson. It is hoped to have the buildings com pleted in time for the fall enrollment. A large automobile driven at a moderate rate of speed near Hamlet, Saturday, struck, a sand bed. The car turned over and five people were more or less seriously injured. It seems that just before the car struck the sand, the driver turned to speak to hia wife in the back seat; in the frac tion of time which elapsed the car struck the sand with the result above mentioned. Using a banjo for a weapon, six prisoners confined in the jail at Mor ganton, made their escape. With the banjo one of their number knocked the jailer senseless, the balance Was easy. Five of the men had been sent " to the Morganton jail for safekeeping from McDowell county. All were serving time for minor offences. Several cases of death and injury to human life and live stock as well as damage to property, are repotted over the state as a result of the severs electrical storms of the past week. Reports are from widely scattered points. STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM PSSJ^UNTY HERALD