;,v .... . n.r.^z \%? ?jg . ' |f' 'y ^" * Pr'?P "? i: ""?",?$$*, Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EASTERN CAROLINA Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskle, North Carolina, Friday, August 25, 1922 One Section No. 16 . 111 STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD Washington, D. C.t August 24? Co-operation, and assistance of state, county and municipal offlicers in the effort to maintain transportation ser vice is asked by Faairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway System, in the following letter ad dressed "To Public Officials of the South." "Under the Transportation Act of 1920 a Labor Board was constituted by the Congress to adjudicate issues between railway employees and man agements as to wages and working conditions. "In the summer of 1920, on the ap-j plication of employees, that Board or dered wages to be increased with a retroactive effect to May 1, 1920. "The Southern Railway System obeyed this order, as it has all other orders of the Labor Board, put the increased wages into effect and paid the back wages to the benefit of, among others, its shop crafts, thereby at once wiping out a year's profit* and making necessary a suspension of div idends which have not since been re sumed; in me winter 01 l?zz, under changed economic conditions, the Labor Board had before K proposals to reduce the wages of the shop crafts when the shop crafts again sought and had their day in court; "After hearing both sides the Labor Board entered its orders which among other things reduced wages, e. g., of machinists from 77 to 70 cents per hour; "Our men declined to work for the wages and under the conditions pre scribed by the orders of the Labor Board, the jurisdiction of which they had previously invoked to tipir own benett; "The President of the United States meditated in an attempt to adjust the dispute and made a proposition to both parties; "The shop crafts accepted this proposition; "The Southern Hallway System notified the shop crafts that it also accepted the President's proposition and invited all its men to return to work with their seniority unimpaired; | "After procrastination upon the part of the committee of the shop crafts, they declined to negotiate with the management of the Southern Railway System and stated that the issue must be settled nationally or not at all; "For 46 days the Southern Railway System has maintained its operations under great handicaps by reason of strike conditions, without material curtailment of service to the public; "During this period the round house work which haa made it possi ble so to carry on has been done by pftcers and local employees of other v departments of the service. "It now seems that there is no hope of an early national settlement of thea strike. . T "The foregoing statement of devel opments step by step is gWen you in order that you may have an apprecia tion of the situation of the Southern Railway Sytem in its relation with the shop crafts up to the moment of the present crisis. "We owe you a duty with which we cannot longer compromise. There fore, today I gave out the foltowing public statement: " 'Every effort haa been made so to operate our property that our men could honorably return to work. Every effort has been made to settle with our men, we have gone to the extent of offering the terms that they had previously agreed to accept. We have thus held out every reasonable inducement, without rqpult. " 'We must now turn to employing others, for the road must be run; we must give those we employ protection, for, it may be that those we have up to this time protected by keeping their jobs open may now turn against us, even to an attempt to prevent .others from working. " 'Call is now made upon every employee, upon every patron, of this company, and upon every citisen along its lines, to rally to the support of the road that has served you and protect your own interest in the main tenance of transportation. With your help we can run the road, and we pledge all the resources of the com pany to that end. If it means war to run the Southern Railway, then let us have it now?not later.' "The new men which we will em ploy must bo protected :a thrir in alienable right to work through the machinery provided by the law of the / ; v. ; I COUNTY HOME DEMON STRATION COLUMN j BY MISS MYRTLE SWINDELL This is th? second of a series of i articles on designing and suggestions for cqstumes. Stout figure?1. Light and bright ' colors accentuate size. Dark and sub dued colors should be chosen. Slender figure?Bright colors and ! lighter intensities may be worn. Col or suggestions; Colpr in its full inten- j sCties should never be used except in j small areas. The yellow or sallow woman with little coloring: This type should avoid all intense colors, grays, yellow, greens and orange. This type can wear brown that reflect red, violets toward the red, blue and blue greens, either light or dark, and reds that shade towards th? rose. Clear complexion with high color ing. This type can wear more in tense colors than the colorless type. If the hair is darlr, flame colors, orange, yellow, etc., may be chosen for occasions where bright colors are suitable. Clear complexion with very little color?This type should wear colors that reflect rose and reds, as warm browns, etc. Black or white can be worn but never black or white or any startling color combination. Red hair and brown eyes?This type can wear almost any color ex cept the shades and tints of red. Jade green is especially charming for even ing wear. Red hair and blue eyes?This type is best in browris either medium or dark. The middle age woman should note the changing aspect of her color I ing. As eyes and complexion fade, the colors worn should be subdued. The gray haired type is best in deli cate colors, magenta, and grays that tone with the hair. TOMATOE KETCHUP Cook tomatoes thoroughly, put through a sieve, saving all pulp, and measure. For every gallon of pulp use the following: 2 table spoonfuls of salt 4 table spoonfuls of sugar, 1 table spponful of mustard, pow dered, N 1 pint of good cider vinegar, 1 level table spoonful each of whole allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and red pepper. 2 small red peppers, sliced and seed removed. After putting tomatoes through sieve, add ground spices and spice bag and cook until nearly thick! enough, then add vinegar and cook until thick. The finished product should have a fine bright red color. Sweet red pepper chopped and added to this pulp before cooking helps to make a red product also. Two med ium sise onions may be added to the tomatoes while cooking if desired. When thick pour into hot sterilised bottles. ^ PIMIENTO KETCHUP 6 lbs of ripe, peeled red pimientos. 2 table spoonfuls of salt. 2 table spoonfuls of powdered ginger. 2 lbs. of powdered cinnamon. 2 lbs of sugar. 1 quart of vinegar. Peel.pimientos and pass through a food chopper. Rub spices together and add sugar, mix well with the pulp. Heat thoroughly and add the vinegar slowly. Cook all together until smooth. Pack in hot bottles, cork or cap, and seah^ ft KEEP THIS RECIPE FOR WHITEWASH - 50 pounds of hydrmted lime. 1 quart of molasses. i 12 pounds of table salt. I 6 ounces of pulverised alum. 20 gallons of boiling water. Mix and stir until dissolved. The above recip^ was furnished this office by J. N. Vann A Bro. and is highly recommended. The propor tions were obtained from the Depart ment of Agriculture and this recipe should be preserved and used by erverjfone having occasion to use white wash. 0 The Hertford County Herald is giving away gold. Don't fail to read | the big display ad in this issue. land. We will invoke that law where found necessary. We are assured of tlje aupport of the National Govern ment in the stand we have taken and we now ask for the co-operation and assistance of the State, County, and Municipal governments." | GOLD I Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, we have a $5.00 Gold Piece for each one of you. All we ask of you is a few hours of your spare time. Go out and |?j i I ' get ten new one-year subscriptions to the Herald and ||| g a $5.00 Gold Piece is- yours. \ When you secure the first subscription send it in at once, so we can start the paper with the next' HI issue. Be sure and give the npme and address of the |gj = subscriber and also your name and address, so we can | HI give you credit for all subscriptions you send in. The only way to accomplish anything is to try. J HI It wont hurt anybody to try, and it surely will mean ?1 |gi $5.00 if you do try. USE THIS COUPON I Hertford County Herald, Ahoskie, N. C. I Inclosed yofi will find $ for : 9 One-Year Subscriptions to the Hertford County HI Herald, for which you will please give (your name) Address HI Subscriber's Name B Address ' 8 Subscriber's Name _ Address S BUSINESS CONDITIONS BETTER IN AHOSKIE . Since the opening of the Ahoekie. Tobacco Market buainaaa condition* are improving very rapidly in Ahoe kie and vicinity. The public ae a whole are in better spirit* and is be ginnig to realise what a real live to bacco market means to a town and community. Ahoskie can boast of having one of the best tobacco mar kets of any town of its sise in the state and in eastern North Carolina. When the average prices of tobacco are tak en* in consideration, we feel safe in saying that the Ahoskie market will compare favorably with any market in the state. The quality of the tobacco thia. year in this section of thfe state must be considered. To a large ex tent we undoubtedly have tobacco which was damaged by the heavy rains of the summer months. The management of this paper takes pleasure is boosting Ahoskie and its tobacco market, they both de serve boosting. 0 : AHOSKIE DEFEATS COLERAIN NINE The Ahoskie ball club bolstered up by Pool former Wake Forest center fielder, and Wilkins, a member of the Ahoskie Tobacco market, together with the faultless pitching of White, Ahoskie's youthful prodigy, beat Colerain in a seven inning fracas when Copeland poled the ball for three bases after Pool was hit by the pitcher in the first inrting. The score was 2 to 0. The game was a pitcher's battle all the way through, with White having the edge on Lefty Perry both in pitch ing and the support of his mates. Copeland sewed the game up for Ahoskie in the first inning with his three base clout to deep center with Pool on base. Ahoskie's other run came in the seventh when Pool Walked ind stole every baae on the field, and like Alexander of old, sat down and cried because that was all there was and there wasn't any more. n MRS. PARKER ENTERTAINS A card party in honor of her guest*. Miss Cross of South Carolina and Miss Parker of Drivers, Va., was giv en to a few friends by Mrs. John Parker Friday evening at her home on Church street. After the cards several old time games were tried with varying degrees of success and interest Light re freshments were served. Those present were Miss Cross of South Carolina, Miss. Parker . of Drivers, Vs., Miss Lois Gerock, Missi Feye Gerock, Miss Nancy Howard; Messrs. Herman Catling, C. A. Perry, G. C. Brtton, R. B. Johnson and J. M. Parker. 'V ' - ' MR. E. W. WATERS MEETS UNTIMELY DEATH Nr. E. W. Waters, of Murfrees boro, was drowned Monday night I about 10 :S0 o'clock in the Chowan rivferctWinton. Mr. Waters and Nr. J. W. Short, both of Murfreesboro, were on their way home from Nor folk where Mr. Short purchased a Ford touring car that day. It was re ported that the car was driven at such a high rate of speed on the ferry | boat that it was impossible to bring it to a stop before it was too late, the car running off the end of the boat into the water. It was also reported that neither of the gentlemen were experienced drivers; Mr. Short walk on the flat just ahead of the car and was not taken into the water. Mr. Waters' body was recovered Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock by a dragging party and was located about fifty feet from where the car went overboard. The car was also found a short while afterwards. It is understood that when the car yent into the water, Mr. Waters was successful in getting out of it but was unable to swim and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. The deceased was about 65 years of age and a well know farmer of the Murfreesboro neighborhood. ' O FROM THE METHO DIST CHURCH The series of revival -services that had been in progress at the Methodist Church for two weeks, came to a close with last Sunday evening ser vice. Prayer services were held each evening for one week preceding the preaching services which contin ued twice daily for one week. The preaching was done by the pastor, Rev. M. F. Hodges. Each message was directed principally to the church members, with the view of arousing a greater interest in the work of the Church and for the moral and spirit ual uplift of the people of the com munity, The general impression from the expression on the part of all who attended these services is, that as a result of these services, there is a better spirit of co-operatiob among the church folks, and that much last ing good has been accomplished. 0 ALEXANDER-LANE Miss Elena Alexander and Mr. E. E. Lane, both of Ahoskie, were quietly married in Portsmouth, Va., July 4th, 1922. Miss Alexander is the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alexan der. Mr. Lane is one of the proprie tors of the Colonial Barber shop. Both are well know in Ahoskie and vicinity and their friends wish them I a happy journey together through life. * * ' '' $ /? STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM PILED FOR READERS OF THE HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD The railroad strike situation has remained about the same over the state during the past one week with the exception of conditions at Spen cer. Isolated cases of violence have been reported at various points. XF' Spencer where the big shops of the Southern Railway are located, em ploying 1700 men, the railroad has been attempting to operate its shops. Numbers of men have been brought in from northern points and put to work. Over fifteen hundred of the striking shopmen have been on picket duty, most of them armed. Several cases of violence and one or two deaths have been reported. The situation was so tense that Governor Morrison or dered eight companies of North Caro lina National Guard there to preserve order. The soldiers are camped at the Fair Grounds. Sunday night a large charge of dynamite was explod ed under the water main which sup plies the shops, at the same time dos qns of shots were fired and several freight cars burned. On this occa sion no one was reported as injured during the shooting although one rail road employee was injured by flying debris. The situation was represent ed as being quieter on Wednesday, the 23rd, although further developments may be looked for at any time. It is reported that the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is in better condition to op erate its tTanis than is any other road in the state. fllL fl I ? ? i. ? .? ine nrsi Due 01 cowon or tne sea son is rported as having been ginned at Rockingham, Richmond county, Tuesday morning. Farmers of that county have endeavored to make their cotton early as the county is heavily infested with boll weevil. The Guilford county grand jury has returned true bills against A. B. Huff, High Point theater man and Will Switxer, formerly a merchant of Greensboro. The men-were charged with aiding, conspiring and abetting with Basil H. Hedgecock, former cashier of the Home Savings Bank of High Point, to defraud the bank of various amounts. The bank was closed on last April 9th. "James O'Neal, a Johnston county farmer was shot and instantly killed by Martin Shepher as he was driving a team of mules by the store of the lat&r man Tuesday night. At' the time O'Neal was under a $6,000 bond for the shooting of Shepherd about a month ago. Following the second shooting Shepherd took to the woods and has not been captured although vigorous efforts are being made to do so. B. W. Pierce, of Columbia, S. C., who made an attempt to hang himself in the city jail in Greensboro Tues day, was released from jail and told to get out of town by the police. When arrested he had a large quanti ty of morphine in his possession. When released the man looked none the worse for having been hanging from a rope for fifteen minutes the day before. Howard Brown, a 17-year old boy, was placed- on trial for his life in Goldsboro Thursday in the Wayne Superior Court. The youth is charg ed with the murder of Alebrt Boshara, an Assyrian, who the boy found in the home of his mother after he had ordered the Asyrian not to (feme to the house. A wholesale jail delivery was pre vented in Wilson Tuesday by three trusty negro prisoners. When W. P. Lester, and his assistant entered the jail they were set upon by two of the prisoners and their arms pinioned. At this point the three trusties attacked the would-be jail breakers, overcame them and drove them in their cells. There w^re 31 prisoners in the jail. Ben Taylor, negro auto driver of Henderson, was sentenced to serve si* months on the road* on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The case grew out of a collision between the car driven by the negro and a car driven by George W. Hicks on Monday night. Occupants of Hick's car were all injured but not seriously. Taylor, the darkey, was racing his car with the car of another darkey, Hicks barely escaped a rear-end col lision with the first racer only to have the car driven by Taylor to swiftly fellow and run square into him with much damage resulting t ? Ten Deputy United Statea Marshal* have been sworn in and placed on duty in connection with the railroad strike in Rocy Mount. The men are from other aectloni nf the country The Supreme Court of North Caro lina convened in Raleigh this week. Among its first duties was to examine ninety-nine applicants for license to practice law in the state of North Carolina. Of the ninety-nine who took the examination, four were women and Ave were negroes. The Ant question of the sixty-six prepar ed for the examination was "What is the supreme law of the United States as expressed in the Federal Constitu tion and in what article or clause does the same appear?" The Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina officiated at the laying of the corner stone of McDowell1 county's new $200,000 court house on last Saturday. The exercises were carefully planned and were joined in by other fraternal orders. J. Wallace Hepford is being held in Richmond, Va., by the police. The man is wanted in Durham on the charge of swindling several North aiquapiauoa jo suespp ?ui|oj?q sums of money. His game was to sell county and state rights for the sale of various articles and products. The Southern Power Company is building a large hydro-electric plant at Mountain Island and is using ce ment imported from Sweden. Twenty thousand barrels of the cement have just been received for use in the work. Due to conditions resulting from rail rood and coal strikes, unemploy ment is still heavy. The state direc tor of employment reports that there is s surplus of clerical and- skilled labor. Unskilled labor is being regdily placed just now. After two weeks of intensive train ing the 111th and 117th regiments of Field Artillery, Virginia and North Carolina National Guard, broke camp at Camp Bragg, N. C. and left for their homes this week. All declare the camp to have been of considerable benefit. Five carloads of school teachers were in Chicago last Friday. They were returning from the University of California' where they took a six week's course. The teachers toured Chicago's parks and were guests at the second annual Pageant of Pro gress. The perty left North Caro lina early in the summer on an edu cational tour. M. T. Edgerton and F. W. Rabb, superintendents of North Carolina schools were in charge of the party. . A7S Construction on the concrete bleachers of Wake Forest's new ath letic field is rapidly being carried on, and only a matter of three or four weeks remain until the new stadium will be ready for the opening of the football season. Mary Daniels, colored, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in police court in Elisabeth City Saturday. It developed that Mary's occupation was cook for the jailer add it was the first job she had had in quite some time. The judge decided that Mary could keep her job for the next four months but without pay. F. L. Williamson, of Burlington, has been honored by Governor Morri son, with the commission to represent North Carolina as a member of an in ternational commission of the South ern Commercial Congress to visit Europe on a tour of investigtion of business conditions after the war as they effect the United States. The commission sailed from New York on the 19th inst. The sixteenth annual convention of the North Carolina State Federa tion of Labor held in Washington last week, went on record as severely con demning Governor Morrison for the use of troops in connection with the , strikes. C? R. Tolar, registrar in Rennert township, Robeson county, was bound over to await the action of the Super ior Court on the charge of tampering with the registration books in his charge. ~ > With the exception of June's low record of $106,000, the Bute's total fire loss for July was the lowest since the records have been kept