Hertford County Herald
Published Every Friday by
VINSON * PARKER
Owners
J. JtOY PARKER Editor
JAMES S. VINSON Manager
Subscription Prion
One Year 11.60
Six Months .76
Three Months .40
Advertising Rates
Very reasonable and made known on
Entered as second-class mall matter
February 26, 1010, at the posofflce
at Ahoskie, North Carolina, nnder
the Act of March S, 1878.
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Farsiaa Adriitiilas Rapcessaaaifra
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1922
A GENEROUS RESPONSE
Exact figures are undetermin
ed, but we are safe in
saying not less than two hund
red and fifty persons have sub
scribed,^ theHerald within the
last month. Approximately one
hundred and fifty others have
renewed their subscriptions.
The people of Hertford County
have shown greater interest in
the October Special Offer than
in any other single proposition
ever made by this paper
Today, the HERALD leads
any other single weekly news
paper in this territory in paid
in advance circulation. It now
has a list of subscribers that
will stand.the test of what a
model weekly newspaper is ex-1
pected to have. Ninety per
cent of that list is made up of
subscribers who have read the
HERALD almost since its in
ception about fourteen years
ago. There has never been any
contest conducted; the steady
growth of the subscription list
has not been accelerated by any
other inducements than creat
mg desire for our product
a NEWS paper.
That the folks like to read
the HERALD is now pretty con
clusively proven. It is not only
a source of pride to those res
ponsible for its publication, but
m the light of an announce
ment on the front page of this
issue, it is a compliment to the
paper's subscribers. "They
kn<^w a good thing when they
see it." Competent judges in
a contest among weekly news
papers of North Carolina have
Aid thfe HERALD is the third
newiest paper in the State.
? While conceit is liable to
creep in and make us boastful,
still there is a foundation for
the boast. Bbastfulness, how
ever, is not the spirit that
prompts us to acclaim the
HERALD a leader among its
field. There is behind it a par
tial realization of an ambition
and a fifed purpose to give
Hertford County nothing, short
of the cream in the newspaper
field. It furnishes us with
another goal for which to strive
imProve the paper until
it is the very best.
In writing this article' the
theme is to offer thanks to
every old subscriber, and to
those who have just recently
come into the fold for a support
and backing that has enabled
the HERALD to give them the
third newiest weekly in North
Carolina. Just such coopera
tion as has been shown during
the last month has been a char
acteristic of Hertford County
people since the paper first be
gan publication. To these folks
goes the credit for supporting
a county institution to an extent
that it is able to compete suc
cessfully with any other in the
State.
Individually and collectiive
ly, the HERALD thanks every 1
old subscriber, and extends a
welcome to the two hundred
and fifty new subscribers.
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Twenty thousand persons attended
the Annual Nefro State Pair held in
Haletgh last week.
BETTER COTTON MARKET
Towns much smaller and
with much lighter cotton re
ceipts than Ahoskie are pro
viding its farmer friends, a sat
isfactory outlet for their prod
uct. It is scarcely ever that one
comes across a town that pays
so little attention to its cotton
marketing system as Ahoskie.
In fact, there is not in the town
a regular buyer and grader of
cotton.
All the marketing done here
in Ahoskie is either to the mer
chants for accounts, or to "pin
hookers" whose business it is to
get it just as cheap as they can.
Although the buyer is usually
governed by the Norfolk price,
still it is his aim to talk down
the price?never up, when buy
ing.
It is not altogether a question
of whether the pinhooker gets
stuck or sticks the farmer, al
though regular cotton buyers
and graders are necessary to
correct that situation. Regard
less of the price paid to the
farmer, a well-governed, prop
erly conducted cotton market
is needed to protect both buyer
and farmer. It is equitable.
The system now in vogue here
is not fair.
Depending upon the grading
done by Norfolk middlemen is
a risky business, no matter who
ships the cotton. What Ahos
kie really needs is a grader who
knows his business, and buyers
who will give the market price
whenever the farmer has a bale
of cotton to put on the market.
THE HERTFORD OBSERVER
This paper yields up its title
of "The Only Newspaper Pub
lished in Hertford County". .
The Hertford Observer has is
sued its first number this week,
Wednesday being the publica
tion day. Copies of the new
county paper were distributed
in Ahoskie Wednesday evening.
It is an eight-page, home
print paper, well filled with
reading matter and containing
some advertisments. Although
news of Hertford County is lim
ited to Chowan College, Mur
freesboro and Como in.the ini
tial issue, the publisher an
nounces that additional news
will appear regulally here
after.
The Observer will be issued
from Murfreesbono. Although
the first isuue does not state by
whom the "paper is published,
the HERALD understands Mr.
Walter W. Edwards, the hust
ling editor of the Northampton
Progress at Jackson, is editor
of the new Hertford County
paper, and that it will be print
ed at his plant in Jackson.
The editor makes his bow
with a two-column editorial, in
which he outlines the purposes
and aims of the paper, which is
a "permanent institution", and
says he will work always for
the best interest of Hertford
County; and that, together
with the HERALD, he will en
deavor to cover ,the field.
The HERALD welcomes the
Observer into the field, and
hopes that it will be able to do
a good work with the coopera
tion of Hertford County folks.
? THE HERTFORD COUNTY ?
? GERM IS STILL THERE ?
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* Here's on* fallow who ha* ?
* something on Everett Edward *
* Hale. He', dead certain h* ha* *
* a country, and i* proud to pro- *
* claim Hertford County a* the *
* land of birth. ?
* la sending his subscription to *
* the HERALD on* non-resident *
* saidi *
* "I am not taking advantage of *
* your on* dollar offer this month, *
* for I think too much of the paper *
* than try to take the advantage *
* of it. I'm sending my dollar *
* because my time is nearly out, *
* and I don't want to miss a single *
* copy of the H E R T F O R D ?
* COUNTY HERALD. *
* 'Tor, I'm Hertford County ?
* bred, and when I die there'll be ?
* a Hertford County hop dead. *
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SEEN AND HEARD
THIS WEEK
BY THE OFFICE CAT
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"Taxpayer" geta a thr*t thia week
that rings with aarcaam and derision
as a starter and winds up with a
blanket endorsement of the actions
of B. N. Sykes, a member of the road
board, who sought the Superintend
ent's removal. And, Dr. Powell
seems well able to sign his name with
out the aid of witnesses.
It is pretty disappointing not to
divulge the name, tax receipt, and
other articles called for about this
"Taxpayer". However, it is not with
in the province of the paper to make
the expose unless the writer says let
her go.
"Better roads at a minumum cost"
sounds good, and, like Dr. Powell, we
all are with one accord on that propo
sition. Now that both sides have had
say-so's, let's cut out the raising and
help get better roads?and get them
as cheaply as they can be built.
The Kitten's fur stood on end Wed
nesday morning as he stood at the
Main street crossing in Ahoskie and
saw a Ford truck creep up on the
track directly in front of the Atlan
tic Coast Line passenger train going
north. Quickly applied brakes brought
the engine to a halt just before hit
ting the truck, and probably saved
one or two lives.
That reminds us of the increasing
danger at the railroad crossings in
Ahoskie. Traffic up and down Main
street is heavy, and proper safe
guards for both automobilists and
pedestrians demand better attention
than it is getting. The crossings at
First and Church streets is almost as
dangerous as at Main street.
Either better protection must be
provided or traffic regulations requir
ing full stops at each crossing will
have to be enforced. The fact of
the business is?there is entirely too
much speeding and reckless driving,
and too little apfti cations of court
fines.
"Do newspaper writers love their
job?" inquires one fellow who has
budding aspirations for a journalistic
career. You bet your life they
L-O-V-E to do it, jr some times they'd
throw up and quit The editor of
this paper says he would have "flew
the coop" long ago had he not been
enamored of it.
There came a letter to him this
week that accused him of intention
ally omitting from the list of demo
cratic candidates the name of Lloyd
J. Lawrence, who heads the ticket
as Representative, And, that in face
of the fact that he and the whole
gang working with him have been, are,
and will probably forever belong to
the party that named Mr. Lawrence
its candidate. It's a case where the
writer was not satisfied to lay it on
the newspaper fellow for a grevious
error but ad<Js further accusation
that it was done with "malice and
forethought", in the parlance of the
profession to which Mr. Lawrence
belongs.
Neither the editor nor any member
of the HERALD force has anything
against?Mr. Lawrence; in fact, he is
counted one of the paper's friends and
supporters. Apd, the whole bunch
in this office have run up against too
many propositions just like this one
to grow wrathy over this unfair letter.
But, the Cat still contends that news
paper writers love their work?or
they are insufferable boneheads.
FARMING WITH ELECTRICITY
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A farmer's congress will be held
next Vceek throughout the county,
opening in Ahoskie next Monday
night
Mr. Hamilton L. Roe, national di
rector of the Electric Fertility *frso
ciation will lecture each evening, i
The object of the Congress is to
teach farmers how to grow crops with
electricity without losing fertiliser
and further to demonstrate how the
boll weevil and other inseets can be
eradicated with electricity.
Mr. Roe is a speaker of national
reputation and he has devoted many
years to the study of agriculture and
besides his methods have proven suc
cessful. The lectures each night are
free. Meeting following Ahoslde,
Monday night at Woodmdn's Hall, in
clude Aulander, Tuesday; Winton,
Wednesday; Powellsville, Thursday;
and closing Friday and Saturday at
Ahoskie.
That a means has been found - to
eradicate the boll weevil at no ex
pense to the farmer, should invite
the attention of the farmer to a
careful consideration of the plan.
A . . ?' vf SifljlMK ?Soifc' jfe*
PROFESSIONAL I
CARDS
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Dr. C G. Powell
DENTIST
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JUNIPER HEART SHINGLES
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FARMS THAT PAY
In the Famous Shenandoah Valley
of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania. Rich, level, smooth blue-grass
stock, dairy and orchard farms of 25
to 1,000 acres, with good' buildings,
on or near National Highways.
137 acres, smooth, level farm,
showing up fine 6-room residence,
large barn, all kinds fruit in bearing,
large spring, running water through
farm, in one of the best sections of
the Valley; $5,600.
228 acres, 10-room residence, large
barn, good orchard, 100 acres, blue
grass pasture with running water, 20
acres heavy timber,* near R. R. town
and High School, $45 an acre.
122 acres, splendid 10 room brown
stone residence, electric lights, fur
nace heat, running water, large BOx
100 foot bank barn, 2 large silos.
Near city, on National Highway.
Price less than improvements cost.
Perfect climate, abundant rain
fall, pure water, solid roads, cheap
farm labor, low taxes. Near the
largest and best markets of our
country.
WRITE FOR FARM BARGAINS
THAT WILL MAKE YOtr MONEY
AND GOOD HOMES.
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The following speech was made by
an Irish barrister on behalf of his
client whos cow had been killed by
a train.
"If the train had been running as
it should have been ran, or if the
bell had been rung as it should have
been rung, or if the whistle had been
blown as it should have been bfowed,
both of which they did neither, the
cow would not have been injured
when she was killed."
NOTICE OF LAND SALE
By virtue of Authority contained
in a certain deed of trust executed on
the 19th day of June, 1920, B. J. L.
Bellamy and wife, to the undersigned
trustee, which deed of trust is duly
recorded in Book 68, page 108, office
of the Register of Deeds, Hertford
Count, default having been made in
the payment of the debt therein se
cured and at the reqquest of the hold
er thereof, the undersigned will offer
to the highest bidder for cash be
tween the hours of 1 p. m. and 8 p.
m. on the 18 day of November, 1922,
in front of the postoffice door, Ahos
kie, . C., the following described real
estate. On the north by North
Street, on the west by the land of W.
G. Liverman, on the south by the
lands of J- S. Leary, on the east by
the landaTof W. A. Brown, and E. TSy
Sessoms, and more fully described as
follows, vis: Beginning at corner of
said lot on the side of North Street,
at corner of W- G. Liverman lot;]
thence southerly along said Liverman
line one hundred and fifty feet to J.
S. Leary, line a corner; thence easter
ly along said Leary line fifty feet to
W. A. Brown, line, a corner: thence
northerly along said Brown line fifty
feet to E- W. Sessoms line; thence
along said Sessoms line one hundred
feet to North street, a corner, thnce
westerly along said street, fifty feet
to first station. ^
This the 14th day of October, 1922.
Z. V. BELLAMY, Trustee.
R. C. BRIDGER, Attorney. 10-20-4t
A school principal noticed ? duty
globe in one of the classroom. This '
discovery anno/ed him, and, putting
his finger on the globe, he cried out,
"There's dust here an inch thick."
"It's thicker than that, sir," spoke
up one of the boys, "you've got your
finger on the Desert of Sahara."
HoresReliof
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steria, nervous dyspep
sia, nervous prostration
or any ailment due to
a disordered condition
of the nerves?
DR.MILES NERVINE
will give you prompt
and lasting relief.
It produces refreshing
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metes a normal distri
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Tar Druggist Sslls It; Ask Him.
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FARMERS' CONGRESS
All Next Week
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Introducing
Farming With Electricity
Free Lectures Every Night
Make The Farm Pay I
Without Using Fertilizer
Destroy The Boll Weevil'
Monday, November 6, Ahoskie, Woodman's Hall
Tuesday, November 7, Aulander, Woodman's Hall
Wednesday, November 8, Winton, Courthouse t
Thursday, November 9, Fowellsviile
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Friday, November 10, Ahoskie, Woodman's Hall
Hear HAMILTON L. ROE
in his wonderful lectures j
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