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Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, July 28, 1922 One Section No. 13
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Annual Meeting of W.
M. U. of West Chowan
The Woman's Missionary Un
ion Associational Meeting of
the West Chowan Associa
tion Was Held Wednesday,
July 26th, at the Ahoskie
Baptist Church.
The regular annual associational
meeting of the Woman's Missionary
Union of the West Chowan Associa
tion was held on Wednesday, July
26th with the Woman's Missionary
Society of the Ahoskie Baptist
Church. The morning session a little
late was convened at XI o'clock, how
ever by this hour and even earlier
the auditorium of the Baptist Church
was well packed, people occupying
even the standing room in the rear, in
addition to this several of the
Sunday school rooms were filled to
their capacity. Oh what inspiration I
to the occasion did this great body
of people lend by their presence!
There were only a very few churches '
in the entire association that did not
have a representation at the meeting,
and many we are glad to say had a
splendid delegation. What joy this
gives, because we realise that the
people of the great West Chowan As
sociation are catching a greater vision
of the Master's Kingdom Building.
They are becoming filled with the
spirit of missions, giving of Christ to
the world.
Our hearts rejoiced because of the
privilege we enjoyed in having so
many honored guests with us, many
of whom made the day a great one
by their splendid addresses and |
musical renditions. Miss Mary War
ren, corresponding secretary of the
state W. M. U., held the audience
spell-bound as she addressed it on the
standard of excellence of the W. M.
U., the goal toward which every
Woman's Missionary Society strives,
anri nn douht oftorr Ihoarinw Vio War.
ren's thrilling talk, both so informa
tional and inspirational every W. M.
U. organixation of the West Chowan
Association will not be satisfied with
anything less than the attaining of
the standard of excellence. The con
gregation was delighted witfi the beau
tiful solo sung by Mrs. Williams of
Gatesville, accompanied by her orga
nist Miss Eason, and again how the
hearts of this great body of people
were moved with the charming voice
of Miss Claude Stephenson of Severn,
N. C., voca^teacher in Chowan Col
lege. Yes, everyone thoroughly en
joyed her beautiful singing. How
great all were to have as guests Dr.
and Mrs. Preston Vann from Chowan
College, and to be delightedftwith the
splendid record of work that the great
old college that has done so much for
the educational and splendid uplift of
this association is doing. Too, the
splendid message of Miss Beryl SouliB,
a Chowan College girl, in behalf of
Christian education filled our people
with a greater desire for attendance
in our denominational schools. The
West Chowan people were .glad to
have submitted for their acceptance
resolutions persented by a Chowan
College girl giving to Chovfan College
its proper rating as a stand and col
lege. We don't leave the guests
without mentioning just how glad we
were to welcome in our meeting the
Methodist ladies of the Ahoskie Me
thodist Missionary Society and pos
sibly Methodist ladies from out of
town Methodist Societies, and every
Baptist lady who is not a member of
the Ahoskie Woman's Missionary So
ciety. How anxious are we that
every woman may be inlisted in the
Master's great work, in a woman's
missionary organixation.
To further add to the splendid pro
gram of the day, was the giving of the
pageant, "The cry of new Europe" by
the Ahoskie Y. W. A. This noble
bunch of young ladies did themselves
uflsll in the rendering of this pageant, j
and no doubt added much to make I
ew7 one feel that he or she had
been greatly benefited by attending
this splendid associations) meeting.
Indeed the best is left for the last
always, and so much the best was this,
that it holds a place all its own, for
mention of her name hasn't even been
made before, for fear of not giving
it just the recognition it should have, j o
Mrs. Minnie Anderson. Words cap . t
scarcely express just the joy it was to n
have Mr*. Anderson, a missionary in ii
China, at home oA her furlough pre
sent for the meeting. Indeed just
her presence in the congreration with
her tender words was an inspiration
to all throughout the day. But the
climax came when she brought her
great message at the evening hour,
8:30 o'clock. Every heart was stir
red as it listened to the great work
she is accomplishing for the Lord Jes
ua in that student language school in
far a^by China. After Mrs. Ander
son told so vividly of this school, she
charmed the audience by putting on
the Chinese costume and displaying
many of her interesting curies from
China. The entire evening was one
of giving a broader vision of God's
great host of people and His plans
and purposes for their salvation.
So far as could be judged from all
appearances, the entire day was one
glad joy and spiritual inspiration for
all present.?Reported.
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THE LAY OF THE LAND
IN NORTH CAROLINA
"I guess things will come out right,
or I hope so anyway". This is the
average farmer's viewpoint, He .is
uncertain and up in the ahr. He can't
even glimpse that tomorrow holds
forth for his share. Everyone is busy
with his own problems, and the hin
dermost?the farmer feels that the
devil has about taken him.
Farm products were the first to
reach pre-war price levels, and yet
the producers of the nation's most
essential products?food and feed,
tad to meat the slowly declining prices
of labg? and manufactured products
necessary to cultivate crops. The
result has been; "Losing, losing, un
til lost."
It is trtje that the average farmer
made a reasonable profit in 1918 and
1919, but the 1920 losses absorbed
these gains.
Mr. Merchant said, "the farmer can
produce cotton and. tobacco at 12
cents per pound, if he will use busi
ness methods and work like other peo
ple, instead of half time only;" Mr.
Parmer's friend asked, "should the
farmer not be allowed a salary as
manager and worker of his enter
prise,?shouldn't he be allowed a
reasonable interest on his $20,000
:apital investment, as other manufac
turers do? He has been getting neith
er of these considerations, and yet
:an't produce these crops at the
price."
The above situation is largely re
iponsible for the death of young peo
ple on the farms, the discontent of
Farm labor, and farmers themselves.
Parm land values have tumbled, while
town-people continue to buy non
issentials and to add improvements,?
the farmers are unable to meet their
lebts, or to adequately clothe their
families, much less buy the time-sav
ng and essential farmer's friend, the
lomething he should be able to"a
Portf."
Tlie price of farm products are I
letter thjm last year, however, and
terhaps the . radio will aid in making
he rural isolation less evident that
it present. The census shows a large
lecrease in cultivated land compared
rith ten years ago. More and more
and is "lying out.'" Leas hired labor
ind more family help is depended on.'
The farmer should realise that he
nust find his own salvation, by seek
ng information as to how others can
lo business profitably. Then he may
itilise similar means to his own ad
antage. First of all, he must ac
ept it as essential that cooperative
xchange of information is needed,
lather than hurting the farming in
lustry, it but stabilizes crop and live
tock prices to let the buyers and pub
ic know the truth, then demand fair ,
lay and exchange. i
The business men must realize that
forth Carolina is essentially agricul- >
ural and* prosperity of every other :
Ine is going to be directly reflected
>y the farmers' conditions. Sales
sanship can profitably be extended to i
he country?outside- of the town i
imits. Cultivate the farmer's acqu- 1
Jntance on,the farm. Be, a good Ke
ener, and help the country friend to <
ee the leaks of farm production and I
f buying. The more dollars he has i
o spend, the more the bankers and i
terchants are going to handle. The I
iterest of customers is the best ad- 1
OUTLOOK FOR CROPS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
CORN
Corn over the nation is above the
average at 85 per 'cent of normal.
The acreage remains the same and
the price averages 62 cents per bushel.
The state's crop is much below the
average at 79 per cent of full crop
condition. A slight increase is shown
in the acreage, and the price aver
ages 89 cents./ The condition is three
per cent less than a year ago.
TOBACCO
The tobacco crop of the nation,
shows a 23 per cent increase in acer
age and a condition equal to the ten
year average, whereas in North Caro
lina, the increase is reckoned at ten
per cent in acreage, and the condition
at only 69 per cent. The new belt,
meaning the coastal plain counties,
have had entirely too much rain for
this crop, resulting in a poor outlook,
which shows its worse condition in
Green, Pitt and Craven, where the
condition is less than 60 per cent.
The counties to the north of these
show very poor conditions too.
COTTON
Last year, the crop reporters re
ported too much decrease in the
acreage, and this year they showed
the same bias in too smalt an increase.
The cotton belt shows a ten per cent
increase in acreage with a condition
of 71 per cent of full, or normal con
dition. The fercast, according to
these figures indicates 11,066,000
bales. This includes 3,176,000 acres
increase.
The state crop shows a thirteen per
cent increase in acreage and 76 per
cent in condition. The June 26th
prospects was 9 per cent better than
a year ago, and about equal to the
ten-year average. There was an eight
per cent decrease in condition during
the past month, although for the belt,
there was a slight improvement
POTATOES
The Irish potato crop is much bet
ter than a year ago. The acreage is
slightly increased in North Carolina,
resulting in more than 20 per cent
increase in the car-lot shipment in
the eastern counties. The mountain
counties also show some increase for
the fall crop. <
The condition of 84 per cent of a
full crop is three per cent below the
national average. The yield is 101
bushels, and the average price $1.08.
This price means about one-third
more than was received a year ago.
SWEET POTATOES
The sweet potato crop shows a
four per cent increase in acerage in
this state, with a July 1st condition
of 89 per cent. The aoerage is al
most equal to the six per cent increase
for the United States, and our condi
tion is practically the same as the
national average. The average price
of sweet potatoes is $1.19.
FRUIT
This is one of the best fruit
crops we have had in many years. The
peaches are unusually good in the
sand hills, or commercial area, aver
aging 96 per cent there, and 86 per
cent over the state. The apple crop
shows an average of 72 per cent,
which is good for that csop. Both of
these crops show conditions much
above the national average, The sand
hill peaches are becoming recognized
as the best in the United States.
There is a tremendous increase in the
number of young trees. The ship
ments of sand hill peaches will be
about 1,000 cars.
HAY CROP
There will probably be a slight in
crease in the acreage of hay this year,
due to the heavy rainfall, and the
inability to plant some crops which
were intended early in the season.
Soy bean seed were so cheap that the
opportunity is available to a large In
crease to soy bean hay.
PEANUTS
The low price of peanuts has been
directly responsible for the ten per
cent decrease in the average of this
crop in North Carolina. This condi
tion of 78 per cent indicates that the
wet weather conditions have affected
this crop, as well as some others.
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Tired, overworked, rumdown men
snd women find in Tanlac just what
they need to regain health and streng
th?C. H. Mitchell Adv.
eertising and selling basis of all. A
larger investment in rural study, in
stead of automobile mileage for plea
sure will prove advantageous.
Have a heart?Use the golden rule,
Let't get busy and stop finding fault.
THE HOMEGOING OF
MRS. J. J. FRANCIS
On Tuesday morning, July 18th,
1922, the spirit af Mrs. J. J. Francis
quietly took its flight from this earth
to Ife with her savior. Mrs. Francis
was born in Murfreesboro, N. C.,
April the 12th, 1858 and was there
fore 64 years, 8 months and 6 days
old. Her maiden name was Virginia
Francis Askew, the daughter of Jos
eph and Mary Askew.
When a girl sixteen years old Mrs.
Francis joined the Hebron Baptist i
church. Later she moved her mem
bership to Meherrin, of which church
she remained a consistent member un
til her death. Mrs. Francis leaves a
husband and several children with a
large circle of friends to mourn their
loss.
Mrs. F,rancis possessed many model
traits of character. As a mother and
wife, her chief characteristic was her
devotion to her family. She was de
voted to her husband and children.
Ever willing to deny herself any
pleasure that would add to their hap
piness. One of her chief joys was to
live for her family, and was happy
in that service of love.
Another outstanding characteristic
of her life was her beautiful spirit of
patience. What ever wrong was im
posed upon her, was bom without any
harsh word. She was always kind
and gentle in her acts and words to
wards others, regardless of what was
said to her. She knew how to forgive
and forget with the same spirit with
which Jesus forgave. She never har
bored malice in her heart, but with a
kind and gentle Spirit she bore all
wrongs with patience and forgive
ness. The writer visited her home
many times in the last months of her
life. In all her afflictions she never
appeared to loose patience or become
"discontent with her lot.
Mrs. Francis was a devoted follow
er of the Lord. To her religion was
the primary thing in life. She knew
her %*rd and loved her church and
longed to tee others serve Him. She
had a deep and abiding interest in the
religious life of her husband and chil
dren. That interest never slacked un
til the last moment of life. It was
beautiful to hear her call for the fami
ly to gather with her around the bed,
while the pastor read from God's book
and pipyed with her only a few hours
before her death. We shall never for
get the joy she manifested in that
hour. She was not afraid to go, but
said many times she was only wait
ing for her Savior to come for her. I
have never seen any one more resign
ed to the Lord's will than she was in
all her suffering during the last few
hours of her life.
.. The funeral was tonducted from
the home by the pastor of her church
July the 19th,1922. Then the body
was laid quietly to rest in the family
burying grounds near the home.
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MISS BRUCE VANN ENTERTAINS.
Miss Bruce Vann entertained Fri
day night from eight thirty to eleven
thirty o'clock in honor of her guests
Mioses Willie Perking Mizelle, Ruth
Knight and Henretta Grant. The
spacious parlor and hall were decorat
ed in masses of pink and white hydra
ngea. As the guests assembled they
were served delicious punch by Mrs.
R. L. Brown, who so graciously pre
sided over the punch bowl, after which
hand painted cards were presented
each guest and progressive conver
sation was enjoyed in.
Later flowers were drawn and part
ners were matched for "A Flower Ro
mance". Mr. Edw?rd Boone and Miss
Ruth Knight proved to be the most
efficient in displaying their botanical
knowledge and were presented the
prize.
Thp guest were then ushered in the
dining room, which was artistically de
corated in pink roses and tapers which
furnished a soft glow where a deli
cious ice course, mints and salted nuts
were served.
Those enjoying Miss Vann's hospi
tality were; Misses Ruth Knight, Wil
lie Perkins Mizelle, Henretta Grant,
.Janie Bolton and Virginia Boone,
Messrs. C. C. Hunter, E. L. Boone, M.
E. Whitehead, J. L. Darden, J. M.
Sears, K. T. Raynor and J. B. Gat
ling, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Vann and Mr.
and Mrs,- R. L. Brown.?Reported
You can make no mistake in fol
lowing the advice of millions who
have been restored to health and hap
pir.ers by Tanlac.?C. H. Mitchell
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STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM
PILED FOR READERS OF THE
HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD
Messrs. Rush and Curry, citizens
of Greenville, are promising the trav
eling public satisfactory servive on
the Bus Line between Greenville and
Wilson, recently established by them.
Joe Boeling, business man of Rich
mond, who retired from service ?s
pitcher from the Washington Ameri
cans a few years ago, is the latest ad
dition to the pitching staff of the
Greenville Blue Sox.
Wilson County's $250,000 bond is
sue to provide a new courthouse and
jail was defeated in an election held
Saturday by a margin of 80 votes. So
close was the vote that the complete
figures were necessary before the re
result was determined.
W. P. Smith, native of Graham,
Secretary and Treasurer of Smith
Williamson Candy Co., of Burlington*
who for a number of years was Treas
urer of Albemarle County, died in
New Sanitorium, Charlotte, Sunday
afternoon.
When two automobiles crashed,
about ten miles from Raleigh, on the
Fayetteville road, last Sunday after
noon, Miss Patty Dorret, of Simms,
was thrown through the windshield of
one of the cars and almost instantly
killed. The accident occured when
the car in which Miss Dorret was rid
ing attempted to pass another car. In
passing, the car almost went in the
ditch and in an effort to keep it out
of the ditch, it was swung around so
that it crashed into the other car.'
Miss Dorret was thrown through the
windshield and slivers of glass almost
severed her head from her body. '
Other occupants of both cars were un
hurt.
Mrs. Lydia Mary Olive, of Apex,
died at the home of her daughter Mrs.
John M. Harry, of Charlotte, Satur
day night. She was 77 years of age.
Mrs. Olive suffered a stroke of para
lysis several months ago on the right
side, from which she apparently re
covered. About ten days ago she be
came ill and suffered another stroke,
from which she was never able to
rally.
Rewards have been offered for the
return of a seven passenger Stude
baker, "Big Six" touring car and an
Essex roadster, which disappeared in
the epedemic of automobile purloin
ing on South Salisbury Street, Raleigh
Saturday night.
With an appropriate address, Dr. C. 1
S. Laurence, president of the Lions
Club, of Winston-Salem, presented the
Lions Club of Albemarle, which whs
organized a few months ago, with-its '
charter, at the charter banquet held 1
Friday night at the Central Hotel, of 1
A lUm.-U 1
Co-operative potato marketing is
now a reality in eaatem North Caro
lina. A committee composed of re
presentatives of the association from
Bethel, Rocky Mount, Nasheville,
Smithfield and Goldsboro, have form
ed a permanent organization under
the rules and regulations of the char
ters just issued to the local organiza
tions of the above mentioned towns.!
According to reports, it is expected j
that the new steel bridge across lum
ber river, 3 1-2 miles from Lumber
ton, on the Wildcat highway, will be
completed and ready for traffic in j
about three weeks. ?
When a Ford car which he was
driving, Thursday night, left the road
and struck a stump, Horris Biggs,
young white man who lives in Lum
berton, lost two teeth and suffered 1
other bruises and cuts. It is said he 1
was driving at fast speed. The car
^as badly damaged.
A demonstration of the portable
gravity soda fountain, manufactured
by the Gravity Carbonating Co., of'
Rinston, was staged in Lumberton
last week, by L. K. Wooten and S. F.
Bayles, distributors. This new in
vention is inique in construction and
operates perfectly with fewer parts
than the average fountain.
George Barringer, alleged slayer of
D. H. Cato, both of Concord, is be
ing held in the county jail of that
place, by order of a comOr's jury
which met Monday night, and after
examining several witnesses, reached
a decision that Cato came to his death ;
by being struck on the head by a blunt |
instrument in the hands of Barringer. j
Cato was fatally wounded when the ,
men were engaged in a fight Saturday
night, and died Monday afternoon.
Mrs Ida Landreth, of Yadkin Coun
ty, who with her seven-yeSiyjld child
was riding in the side car of a motor
cycle driven by her husband, Sunday,
was almost instantly killed, when Mr.
Landreth lost control of the machine
and it turned over in a ditch. The
father has two broken ribs, while the
child escaped serious injury.
A curiosity that attracted hundreds
of people in Kinston, Monday, was a
white oak or poplar leaf snake, caught
on the road by a daring autoist and
placed in a show window of a local
store in that city. A trap was set
and a rat caught for the snake's din
ner. The rat was placed in the win
dow with the snake and in a clinch,
used his teeth effectively. It bit the
snake severely and the five foot rep
tile crawled off and died. The rat,
aparently in the best of health until it
bit the snake, lost its vigor and re
treated to a corner. Both the rat and
the snake were dead in a short while.
Low bids on twenty highway pro
jects, with an aggregate milage of
179.66 of both gravel and hard sur
faced construction totaled $3,478*
370.89 when the State Highway Com
mission completed the tabulation of
bids received in Raleigh Tuesday. The
new mileage under contract will
bring the total in the last three yean
past the 2,500 mark and will leave
less than 100 miles to go in the 1980
goal of 1,000.
The large tent where the second
annual Carolinas Sandhills Peach
Show was held Tuesday, was com
fortably filled with more than 2,000
visiton during both the morning and
afternoon programs. The argument
that this is a record-braking crop, was
backed by activities at the orchards
only a few miles away, where the crop
was being prepared for shipment from
lands that a few yean ago were
wastes.
C. B. Aycock, a resident of near
Fremont, is alleged to have been held
up and robbed Tuesday moraine
about one o'clock, by Jack Potter,
alias Sullivan, at the Wilson stockade.
Sullivan struck Mr. Aycock with a
pistol and took his watch and made a
clean getaway with his Ave passenger
Ford.
The thirty-fifth annual convention
and tournament of the North Caro
lina State Firemens' Convention, bo
gan in Morehead City Monday night
with a banquet given at the Wood
men's Hall. That city was gay with
banner-strung streets and stores de
corated with hundreds of flags to
greet the delegation of five hundred
Bremen who attended the association
from all parts of the state. The next
convention will be held in Durham,
next ye'ar.
Meetings are being held every
light this week in the Scotland Neck
lection, where the business men and
ocal Chamber of Commerce are pre
paring for the invasion of the boll
veevil, expected in that section of the
itate next year. Well informed men
>n this subject are making talka in
:he various townships adjacent to
Scotland Neck each night.
D. J. Whichard, one of the most
videly known newspaper men in the
itate, who was editor of the Daily Re
lector, from 1885, until elected as
ocal postmaster, died at his home in
Sreenville Tuesday. He was 69
rears old and leaves a widow and five ?
ihildren.
C. R._ McLeod, who lives in St.
fauls township, Robeson County, was
aken from his home by eight mask
id men Monday night, and given a
evere whipping. T. N. Sibbett and
tohn Pitman, both of the St. Pauls
lotton mill village, were arrested and
ire in jail in Lumberton, charged
rith having a hand in the affair. ,
Anderson Stroud, chMred with
leeping through the window of a flat
in South Person Street, Rmfeigh, was
onvicted Tuesday morning and sen
enced to 30 days on the Wake Coun
y roads, by Judge Harris.
Seventy-five editors and their wivea,
leaded for the Golden Jubilee Con
-ention of the North Carolina Presa
Association were met at Kings Moun
ain Tuesday, taken from their trains
ly a delegation of Shelby folks in
utomobiles and escorted across coun
ty to the Cleveland Springs Hotel,
there the program started Wedneu
lay morning.