Hertford County Herald
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Volume Xlll. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, September 22, 1922 One Section No. 20
Dove Of Pea
In Republi
NO SIGNS OF DISSENSION ]
SEEN OR HEARD ON
FLOOR OF CONVENTION
HALL DURING MEETING
Road Administration Attacked
Fall Count, Tickot Nominated And
Mot. Mode To OrcaniM Women
?Mrs. Willoughb, Named
Chairman
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Republican Platform
The platform as unanimously
adopted read as follows:
1. We heartily and sincerely
endorse the administration -of
President Warren G. Harding,
fully realxing that the policies
of the Republican party as are
being executed and administered
by this administration are the
salvation of the Nation.
2. We condemn the extrava
gance of the State Democratic
administration, especially the
creation of numerous offices and
the supplying of places of the
numerous henchmen.
3. That it is the senses of the
Convention that we disapprove
and heartily condemn the extrav
agant expenditures of the county
administration, especially in ref
erence to the dissipation of the
Public Road Fund.
4. We demand that the system
of log-rolling as enunciated by
the actions of the Commission
ers, in representing each town
ship rather than the county and
Cj we pledge ourselves to correct
\ this evil by electing three com
missioners from the county at
? large.
6. That we hereby endorse the
course of our State leaders in
mapping out and shaping the
policies of the Republican Party
in the State of North Carolina
and we pledge to them our most
hearty co-operatiob and loyal
support. _
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Hertford County Republicans
about thirty strong met in Ahoskie
last Saturday afternoon, adopted a
platform, nominated a full county
> ticket, and elected I- Finley Snipes of
Menola, County Chairman to succeed
himself. If dissension had ever
stalked among the scattering G. O. P.
voters of this county it had been com
I^etely routed before the county con
vention opened Saturday. Everty
thing done and every person nomi
nated or elected was by a unanimous
vote. The Dove of Peace had done
his work effectively.
Street, caucuses on Thursday prior
to the convention day, and on Satur
day forenoon and afternoon had evi
dently patched up whatever differen
ces there bad been. Chairman
Snipes was apparently overwhelmed
by other county leaden who endorsed
and approved the nomination of A.
T. Willoughby, Democrat, for the
postnfcster plum at Ahoskie. Not a
word was heard about the row if there
ever waa one.
The only ripjfle of dissatisfaction
heard in the convention hall was made
by John A- Parker of Murfreesboro,
strong champion of improved high
ways, who did upt approve of the
plahk in the platform concerning
good roads. Mr. Partcer miscon
strued the plahk as a direct thrust at
"the expenditure of money for roads
and he arose to his feet quickly to
register disapproval. However, when
assured that the Republican party
was not opposed to good roads he did
not argue further, although he did
net vote pro or con the adoption
of the platform.
J. H. Evans of-Cofleld served as
temporary chairman of the conven
tion, and Adrian S. Mitchell was
temporary secretary. After rteclin
ing every office tendered him, Mr.
Evans was finally nominated to run
for Sheriff against Bismark Scull.
After he had been nominated, he
arose to thank the "brethren," and
said, "I have always said I would
never be a constable or sheriff; and
?new I know,! never will." That wag
the general sentiment of the Republi
cans present, athough a full county
ticket was urged in order to keep the
organisation intact.
Mrs. A- T. Willoughby of Ahoskitj
ce Roosts
'can Council
UNION SCHOOL IS
MOVINGFORWARD
New Bu? Has Been Provided
For lYanaportmg Children
To And From School
NEW BUILDING READY
FOR NEXT YEAR
(Speeial to the Herald)
Union school opened September 11
with three reputable and efficient
teachers; Mrs. Nettie Sewell, prin
cipal; Miss Bertie Matthews, in
termediate teacher; Miss Earle Wynn
of Harrellsville, primary. The mus
ic teacher, Miss Grace Arney of Old
Fort has been detained on account
of sickness in her home. She was
also assigned some grade work. Miss
Mary Pruden has been supplying.
The writer feels safe in saying that
that there was more co-operative in
terest in the opening of the school this
session than any previous year. Near
ly all patrons came out with their
children to the opening which showed
to the public that they were interested
in the education and development of
their children and their neighbor's
children, and that they mean to stand
by the teachers in making Union
School one of the best in Hertford
.County.
Last year on* other district was
consolidated and this fall we have a
new bos to convey the children to
school. Thig relieves the parents
from the worry and trouble of getting
their children to and from school; and
at the same time gives the children
better school advantages.
Of course all these things necessi
tate a better school building. Last
summer a year ago, the good people
of this community who stand for the,
beat elements of life came forward
and said our school buidlng is inade
quate, and we need a larger and bet
ter equipped buiding in order to give
our boys and girls the very best ad
vantages, and for this "Here's my
vote for bonds to construct this build
ing."
But for some unintentional mistake'
on the part of the committee, the
bonds were not ready for sale as
early as was expected. But they are
now ready for sale, and we hope,by
another year we can boast of a better
building and take in moflie territory,
and thereby do a greater work in gen
eral for school life iit-this community.
Another alongside this; while we are
planning for a better school, we can
also be planning better chuTch facili
ties.
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TOBACCO SELLS HIGH
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Forty-one thousand pounds of to
bacco were sold on the Ahoskie mar
ket Monday, much of it bringing
fancy prices. Several piles sold for
|60 and $70 per hundred pounds.
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SPARKS' PUBLICITY CAR
Advertising car number 2, of the
Sparks' Circus was in Ahoskie last
Thursday and Friday. The bill port
ers were busy during the two-day
stand here. The circus will be in
Ahoskie Wednesday, September 27*
was appointed chairman of a commit
tee of women to organise the Repub
lican women of the county, and to
meet with the county executive com
mittee at a date to be selected by the
latter. Including Mrs. Willoughby
there were two women attending the
convention.
Representative, R. H. Overton of
Ahoskie; Clerk of Court, Solon Marsh
of Aulander; register of deeds, Paul
D. Parker of Ahoskie; sheriff, J. H.
Evans of Cofteid, surveyor W. C.
Bazemore of Ahoskie; Coroner, J. T.
Coleaon of HarrellsvOle; county com
missioners, L F. Snipes of Menola, H.
C. Sharpe of HarrellsvOle, and John
A. Parker of Murfreeaboru.
The County Executive Committee
is as follows: L F. Snipes, chairman;
S. R. Benthall of Murfreoaboro, Rich
ard Holloman of St Johns, A. G.
Bazemore Of Ahoskie, H. C. Holloman
of Harrellsvflle, and A* S. Mitchell
of Winton.
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Aboskie Market is Selling
Large Amount Of Tobacco
Nearly Quarter Million Pound*
Marketed In Few Day* Of
August
Ahoskie sold 226,888 pounds of
tobacco during the month of August,
at an average price of 818.21 per
hundred pounds. Figures have just
been released for the entire State.
Last year the msrket did n,ot open
here until September, and compara
tive totals and averages are therefore
not available for the Ahoskie market.
Although the average price paid here
below the state average of 821.60,
Ahoskie ranks well with other mark
ets in towns of this size.
Comments on the report as com
piled by the Crop Reporting Service
follow:
"During the past month of August,
reports were received from 43 ware
houses operating on 22 markets in the
state in 16 counties, compared with
the 21 warehouses in the three coun
ties of Bladen, Robeson, and Colum
bus last year during August
"Owing to the difficulty in securing
the names of warehouses operating
both independently, and under the
association management the report
does not include several that came in
too late, and some others that have
failed to come at alL
"The majority of the tobacco plac
ed on sale has been very light and of
poor quality. Much of the grade*
offered are common, mostly tips, firfct
primings, and common thin lugs.
These have been selling for a very
good average however, and the prices
have advanced since the markets
opened.
"Continued wet weather Is respon
sible for the poor quality this season.
Several reports indicated poor quality
and high order condition of deliveries.
Best grades in the Old Belt.
"The summary of the reports show
18,150,680 pounds producers tobacco
sold during the month at an average
of 821-60 compared with 11,840,109
pounds in the three southern counties
last year at 813.56 per hundred. The
total reported by the three counties
during August this year was sold at
an average of 820.45 or 86.89 per
hundred more than the ,1921 price."
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Woman's Rat May Make
Or Mar Her Appearance
Selection Of Becoming Hot
Should Be First Aim In
Costuming
(By MISS MYRTLE SWINDELL)
"Woman's hat, more than other
part of her costume, may make or
mar her appearance."
The suggestions below will aid
women in selecting becoming hats:
Hew To Cheese Hat
A brim which rolls up gently on the
right side and down on the left is
good. Whether this is a wide or nar
row brim will depend on the face be
neath it. * V <i:?> ' ,
A stout woman, generally speaking,
must wear a wider brim than the
slender one, since width in the brim
and height in the crown will tend to'
overbalance roundness of face.
The abort, slender woman With a
small face should almost never wear
a hat with a brim mora than 3 to 3
1-2 inches in width! .*
The long-faced woman, especially
if she is tall, should avoid die tafl
crowned or tall trimmed hat Mm
may, however, wear a wider brimmed
hat than the short, slender woman. |
The tall stout woman is often stun
ning in e large brimmed hat, because
her height makes it possible for her
to wear a bat which would make the
short stout woman appear grotesque.
For the person who wears glasses,
h?rd lines and edges hi hata should be
avoided. An edge may be' softened
by a bias fold, a ribbon slightly fulled
or a band of four.
A hat with a stiff monotonous edge
is not Ukely to be becoming to many
persons especially to those who are no
longer young
The most successful child's hat is
the soft, pliable kind which may be
subjected to more or leas rough treat
ment without very materially injur
ing its looks and wearing qualities.
Stiff, fumy hats have no place in the
wardrobe of a child. For e very-day
WWtr a tarn is good.
BACKWARD MOVE
SAYS THIS EDITOR
F. H. Jeter Surprised To Hear
Of Probable Abolishment
of Demonstrators
FIELD AGENTS HAVE
BEEN POTENT POWERS
"I sm vitally interested in the con
tinuous growth and development of
agricultural North Carolina and I
know that the field agents of the ex
tension: service are a very potent fac
tor in \his development." Thus does
F. H- Jeter, agricultural editor of the
North Carolina Experiment Station
and Extension Service, express him
self about the work of home and farm
demonstration.
Mr. Jeter, who has just returned to
North Carolina after several months
of extensive travel in agricultural
promotion work, has written the edi
tor of the HERALD a letter offering
to suggest that this paper use its in
fluence to discountenance any effort
to Abolish the offices of Farpr Demon
strator and Home Demonstrator.
The following extracts from his let
ter are published for the benefit of
our readers who are interested in
agricultural development:
"On my return to the work as ag
ricultural editor for the experiment
station and extension service, I was
glad phen I sat down at the desk and
my eye fell on a copy of the Hertford
County Herald. Really and truly, I
began to know that in reality I was
back in the work to help build up
North Carolina's agriculture when 1
looked over the familiar pages of
your paper. Jt is certainly good to
be back in the state again and I hope
in the near future to be able to send
to you some interesting material that
wfl} be of some value to your farmer
subscribers.
"But then, as I looked over the
Herald, imagine my surprise to see
that Hertford County is thinking of
taking a backward step and do away
with the farm demonstration work
and possibly the home demonstration
work. ,
"For the past three years it has
Deen given me to % travel extensively
through out the Southern states, es
pecially those which have been more
or less heavily infested with the cot
ton boil weevil. These trips were also
made at times during the period of
deflation and when the farmers were
suffering from low prices for their
products as well as the depredation of
the boll weevil. In nearly every ease
those counties which were meeting
this situation best were those in which
a farm and home demonstration agent
were at wdrk. For this reason if no
other, I would hate to see Hertford
County take such a backward step as
is reported in your paper. While I
am aware that your county does not
plant such a large acreage to cotton,
still there are many ways, in which
these two extension worker* may be
of service to your farmers, and 1 sin
cerely trust that you will use yottr in
fluence to see that these two ofliccd
are not abolished.
I know that you will not think I
am meddling by writing you such a
letter as this and will receive it in the
same spirit that it is written. I am
vitally interested in the continuous
growth and development of agricul
tural North Carolina and I know that
the fleld agents of the extension set
vice are a very potent factor in this
development"
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* - DEPARTMENT AGENT ?
M IN COUNTY NEXT WEEK ?
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* Dr. Faulkner, from the State ?
* Veterinary Department will be ?
* in tide county next Week, be- *
* ginning Monday, September 25, *
* to make tuberculin tests of cattle ?
* as promised recently. He can *
* oidy be here a very few days and ?
* and to get the mo*t teats made, *
* everyone must cooperate, to *
* eliminate any unnecessary run- *
* ning around by bunching their ?
* cattle in as few points as poari- *
* ble. If you haven't already ?
* made arrangement! witfkme ?
' me ts have this work done, yen ?
* must let me know at ouee if ywu *
* want It and I will try to make *
* an-aagotneai*. e
* H. L. MILLER. ?
* County Agent ?
Twenty Members Needed (
For Chamber Commerce
Projects Awaiting Action By
Cnric Body Need Immed- 1
iate Attention
"I will be the on* hundreth
signer." J
That is the answer given by
several Ahoskie citizens when
asked to become active members
of a chamber of commerce.
Now, what's worrying V. D. '
Strickland, who has given all his
spare time to the membership
campaign, is how all these fel- 1
lows are going to be the one
hundreth. Of course it can't be
done. 1
There's one thing that can be 1
done, however, if all these per- j
sons except one will forsake the
class of ''me, foo's" and clan with
those who have a vision that
something worth while can be (
accomplished by the formation ^
of the chamber of commerce,
the matter of securing twenty '
more signers will be easily dis
posed of.
Eighty have already joined '
the prospective organisation,
and with each person's signature
has been deposited a check for
$15, to be cashed when 100 have
signed. The civic organisation
can be soon at active work if the
other twenty will come across
with enough show of faith in
their town and community to in
vest the $15 for its promotion.
Nothing can be gained by with
holding assent and support until
the last minute; every day the
organisation is deferred is twen- {
ty-four hours lost. There are
projects ahead of a civic organi
sation that admit of no delay?
there is plenty work aboad. To
dissipate all the energy in a sign
up campaign is to weaken the
vim of the working organisation.
Reverse the form, folks 1
Show your own i niatitive by
volunteering to become a mem
ber of the chamber of commerce.
Let's go down the line!
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Exchange Peanuts To Be
Geaned At Ahoskie Plant
Contract Hat Been Let To Co- i
lumbian Peanut Company
To Handle 1922 Crop
- An announcement made this week 1
carries the information that the Co
lumbian Peanut Company of Norfolk i
has been selected by the Peanut Ex- 1
change to clean its entire 1922 crop <
of peanuts. One of the Columbian <
Company's plants is located in Ahot- '
hie and peanuts consigned to the Ex- 1
change in this territory will presnm- I
bly be cleaned by the factory here. 1
While the exact terms of the clean
ing contract have not beep divulged, 1
J. B. Alexander, Jr., President of the 1
Exchange, says that by reason of the '
decided-advantages Ot the new clean- 1
ihg contract, coupled with the very 'i
substantial reduction in storage costs, <
that the Exchange will be aWe to op- <
erate for approximately one-third of
ite last year's cost# for cleaning and t
storing. Mr. Alexander states that 1
the saving on a full year's, operation ?
on the new basis as compare^ to that 1
of last year will be approximately <
$500,000. which will be available for '
distribution to the growers. 1
One of the outstanding features of '
the new cleaning arrangement is the 1
fact that no provision is made for 1
selling either cleened goods or farm- 1
ers' stock to the eleenera The sales 1
angle is to be handled entirely by the <
Exchange through H own selling or- <
ganization.
The Exchange contract with the '
Suffolk Peanut Company, whfeh 1
created such a furore in peanut cir- j <
cles, has been completed and will not 1'
be renewed. The cleaning opera- i
tions of the Exchange are now being
handled by the Columbian Peanut i
Company and Pond Brothers of Suf- !'
folk. 1
This arrangement by the Exchange 1
to have all its peanuts cleaned is '
in striking contrast with its general 1
unpre pa redness for beginning busi
ness last year and ia an evidence that
under ite new management the Ex- 1
change will become a bigger and more
intelligent factor in the handling of
the peanut crop of these two states.
GIRLISH ATTIRE IS
APPEALING TO BOY
rom Holliday, 17.Year.CNd
Boy, Leaves Home And
Forsake Boy Clothes
ACCUSED HAMILTON'S
SHOW FOLK OF PRANK
Silk stockings, flimsy undergar
nents, and short dresses lured young
rom Holliday, 17 years old, from Us
tome near Cremo last Monday morn
ng.
Tom tired of going around in knse
>ants, cotton stockings, and homa
nade shirts. He had visions of the
food times of flapperdom; and ha
proceeded to doll himself up in the
atest garb of the gay and giddy. AH
le lacked becoming a real flapper was
snough cash with which to buy the
ituff. With two dollars, he went to
he Ahoskie Department Store and
bought a top dress of a mongrel hue
and a pair of "see-moe" silk stock
ings, and then he ambled up the
street to Miss Nannie Newsome's hat
ihop and paid for a short-sleeved,
fancy embroidered, white smoclt, com
monly used as a top dress. This he
put to another use. It was his only
undergarment. ,
Dressed in this paraphrenalia I he
was making his way along the Earlya
Aulander road, near the old home of
J. J. Askew, when discovered Monday
afternoon. Oscar Britton, Ahoskie
town cop, was notified and promptly
drove out to capture the demure and
shy flapper-impersonator, ? s
When questioned about the esca
pade. Tom got his dates mixed up. At
first he s*id he was a member of Ot
tie Hamilton's show; and said he had
been with the show about a year. He
accused the show folks of having di
vested him of his boyish attire and
dressing him up as a girl. His tale
excited pity and Britton accepted his
version.
Bringing him within a short dis
tance of town, the cop slipped over to
his home and secured the boy a pair
of pants and a shirt After making
him presentable and immune from
the law of indecent exposure, tbey
drove into town. Questioned furthe?
by Dr. J. H. Mitchell and others, Tom
stuck to his story. In the meantime
Clyde Vaughan came up and recog
nized the boy. A telephone message
to the boy's parents brought the in
formation that Tom had left home
Sunday mrning. ]
Confronted with the message from
home he admitted his first tale was
partially faked, and changed- it by
accusing the show folk of playing the
prank on him Sunday morning. Pun.
ther questioning led him to change his
itory again, saying some boys dressed
him up Sunday night He had spent
the night beside the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway, he said. And, still lm
excited pity. ]
Britton then began a t6ur of the
business houses in Ahdskie to learn,
f possible, who bought the clothe*
end when they were purchased. Misa
Lillian Boyette, sales lady at the
Ahoskie Department Store, recognis
ed the outer garment. She had sold
it to a boy at noon Monday.
Reluctantly Tom accompanied Brit
on and Vaughan to the Ahoslde Qe
jartment Store. Mile Boyette im
nediately recognised him as the hoy
who made the purchase. It cost one
lollar?half of what he possessed
when he left home. Mies Nannie
Vewsome identified the other drees.
All efforts failed to change Tom's
act story that some boys had dressed
dm up and sent him off attired in the
female garb. He refused to admit
id bought the garments, and profeae
;d entire ignorance of the where
iboats of his mannish attire.
He was taken to his home Monday
light. It was learned there that be
iad left home early Monday morning,
matching a ride with a farmer who
w*s bringing tobacco to the Ahoalde
narket.
What bis motive could have been
n pulling the stunt Is still unravelled,
although it is said other attempts
have been made by him to run away
Prom home. His father is paralysed
n both hands and his mother la a
rery bad state of health.
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Sheriff A1 Blue of Moore County
has resigned his Job to enter the pond
raising business. He already ban a
large orchard planted in the SondbW
section of the State,
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