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Hertford County Herald fublished Every Friday by VINSON * PARKER Owner* J. ROY PARKER.. Editor JAMES S. VINSON..a M.n.e?r Subscription Price One Year ?- $1.60 Six Month* .76 Three Month* .40 Advertising Rata* Very reasonable and made known on request. Entered a* second-class mail matter February 26, 1910, at the posoffice at Ahoskie, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1878. ? Foreign Advertising Rspr 1 THE AMERICAN PROS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 1922 THANKSGIVING 1922 It was a happy idfea of some North Carolina folks who started the movement that h$s culminated in the annual cus tom of giving one day's net in come to the homeless of the State. Designating Thanksgiv ing Day or some day during that holiday season also fitted admirably into the general thought and scheme of the cus tom, which now comes near be ing as universal as the observ ance of Thanksgiving itself. Today and each succeeding day during the holidays North Carolinians will willingly give their offerings to one of the orphanages in the > State. If there are any who are inclined to forget or overlook this grac ious gift, which really amounts to a duty, reflect for one moment upon what you would think of a person blessed'with a home and family who regard ed his duty to society so lightly as to forget the ones who are society's charges. For, that is what the young boys and girls in our orphanage are?they be long to every one of us. Little necessity exists for moulding sentiment in favor of the annual Thanksgiving offer ing; it is only a reminder that so much publicity is given to the movement. Even after the frequent appeals and memory joggers, some fail, to realize the bigness of the thing, and let the season pass without joining in the plan of giving the day's income. Celebrating a day of Thanks giving has long been fcn Ameri can custom, and season upon season the story of how the early settlers set apart a day of feasting and prayer has been repeated until it is a familiar fact-story to all persons Still, Americans are innately prone to pass Thanksgiving Day up in its more serious sense, and many regard it as a day of feasting, hunting, j football-ing, drinking, and a signal for a general hulla-boo.j With many it becomes more nearly being a "TuVkey Day" rather than a day of thanks. To the soberly inclined and to those who observe Thanksgiving for its genuine ness it is a day for rendering thanks to the Supreme Dictator and Giver for the blesings of the year. And, that is what Thanksgiving is; and,will for ever be, regardless of the minority that distorts it to some other observance. There is no dearth of bene fits that have come to all and for which thanks are in order. Nationally, we are at peace, and are enjoying a fine Spirit of fraternity with the christian nations; within our own State there is a returning prosperity that has profited every person of ordinary materialistic sense and a progressiveness in admin istration that is placing North Carolina in the front rank of her sister states; and, locally the same general streak of well being and happiness exists to 1 SEEN AND HEARD THIS WEEK * BY THE OFFICE CAT Members of the Town Council say they are trying mighty hard to DO something, but express an opinion that doing is well nigh impossible unless there is something with which to do. The biggest job seems to be trying fo keep all the town's creditors in a good humor until after Decem ber 15, when $5,000 will go out of the town treasury for water and sewer bonds, and interest. They just love to approve bills, but paying them off is something yet foreign to their actions. * Talk about collection of town taxes, some of the taxpayers here are cock-sure the collector is out after blood. And, methinks unless the taxes are paid before December 1 itj is going to be a bleeding town. Fail ure to keep the town's credit inviolate with bond companies is a sure way of killing off all chances of ever again securing any credit No less than four thousand dollars must come from some place ere the middle of the twelfth month, and the folks in Ahoskie make up the only source from which the revenue can come. It is the best time you'll ever have to get rid of the tax collector, for it is not only the harvest season when money is more accessible to the average person; but there is that 1 per cent discount Taxes paid in December are collectible %t par, ac cording to the State law; but, the commissioners in an effort to give all the taxpayers plenty pf time to save the discount and also give an added inducement for the people?the town ?to come across and help put the treasury on the top side, granted a 15-day extension. "What does the money go tori" ask the fellow# about town, meaning the fl8,000 revenue from 1922 taxes. Well, just about half of that amount will be paid to the holders of the $140,000 bonds outstanding against the city. The balance has no show at all against the lossage in running the light plant, meeting the current bills of the town, and allowing a rea sonable amount for water, sewer and light extensions, not to men tion the work that ought to be done on the streets. ? The advertising man on the HERALD has asked me to sound a warning to prospective advertisers for the regular holiday trade. He says the HERALD is already receiving or ders for its Christmas Edition to be published December 10?the demand for space is popular, he adds. One of the pleasing things about this adver tising is the fact that it will be at the regular rates for advertising. All kinds of appropriate advertising cuts have been added to the shop's already big supply, and there's no reason why every advertiser cannot get the very thing he wants. "What are they going to do first?" some fellow wanted to know, speak ing of the new county board of com missioners. Take the oath of office, probably. Then, too, a chairman must be elected. "Who will he be?" You'll get that information from the news columns of the HERALD next Week. Look for it Fifty-three bales of cotton from 49 acres largely because of using good seed is the yield secured by F. L. Cas tex of Conetoe, N. C. His tenants used "just and old seed" and made 49 bales from 92 acrs. Find the moral? Speaking of Christmas presents? wouldn't the home tovfh paper prove | a most acceptable gift to one who has moved away from the community still retains his interest in what hap pens there? , Make plans "now to grow a few hogs next season. The neighbors can help you make up a carlot for sale cooperatively. This affords a sur prisingly good cash income when money is tight. From 50 to 100 hens on every farm in the boll weevil district * is mighty good insurance for three square meals a day. Sometimes a co operative carlot shipment can be made of the surplus. the profit of all. These broaii principles cov ering the things for which we should be thankful can be strengthened by the enumera tion of specific benefits to the individual, and altogether they make out an imposing castf in favor of a genuine celebration of Thanksgiving, 1922. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWS The Chamber of Commerce pre sented the following recommenda tions to the City Council at its meet ing Monday evening. 1. Jo instruct the Superintendent of the lighting plant to have the cur rent tufned on earlier in the after noon and to leave it cto a little longer in the mornings, thereby benefiting the merchants and the residenta of the city, and eliminating the arrange ment heretofore in vogue on Thurs days. 2. To take the proposition up with the county commissioners of securing the steel cage formerly used in Win ton and to have same installed at the light plant to be utilized as a city jail, as steam pipes could be run into the building thereby making the place'comfortable for prisoners, and at the same time insuring safekeep ing of them. 3. To arrange to secure necessary land from the Peanut Company to enable the city to extend the sTde track from its property on to the light plant for the unloading of coal, there by saving tne city from $1200 to $1400 per year. 4. To eliminate wagon and driver heretofore used on the streets in col ' lecting trash, saving the city $720 per year and having that same worlr done by the city truck at the light plant 6. To enforce the ordinance of hav ing the rubbish and trash placed in receptacles where the city truck can gather same and remove beyond the fire limits. These recommendations were ac cepted and passed upon, effective at once. The question of improving condi tions at the cemetery was not taken up for lack of time but will be at tended to at the next meeting, of the City Council. The special meeting the Board of Director* Tuesday afternoon was the snappiest since the Chamber has been organised, being i? Be88i0n 27 minutes, and accomplished as much as at any previous meeting. From now on, a long meeting will be an exception instead of the rule. It wa, decided at this meeting to prev.,1 upon the City Council to pub sh immediately a financial statement and to recommend to the Council to Publish a financial statement at least y' U was ?lso decided to ask the council to ascertain the where adTtV the 0rdin*nces drawn and adopted at previous meeting, and also dig up the report of the auditor who was here recently. ?t5he. Chamber '* working in the utmost harmony with the Council and the combination is going to demon strate to the taxpayers and other citi zens of Ahoskie that we have a town to be proud of. It is a recognized fact that the lighting plant has been run at a loss that has been unavoid able, but steps are to be taken im mediately to eliminate that if possi ble. The committee in charge of secur ing the right-of-way for the siding have already taken up the matter with the Peanut Company and we expect results immediately. The cleaning program will be fin ished by Wednesday night and the improvement ig noted. The Chamber of Commerce has ad dressed a letter to the bankers of the territory to meet in conference here Tuesday, December 12, to adopt a policy which will offset to a great extent the effect of the boll weevil which was felt this year and which we know will be a real menance for the next two years. Questionairres have been sent and are still being sent to the citizen* of Bertie and Hertford counties in ref erence to the holding of the twtf county fa,, here next year, and from all indications it is a? assured fact that we will enjoy one that will be a credit to, not only Bertie and' Hert but t0 thU Part of North Carolina. Four possible sites are being considered and others will numbVeSt,rtl6d' Sh0win? there are a number of places adaptable to a fair ground. It is not necessary to pay an exorbitant price. Should the fair grounds be constructed there will be an arrangement whereby sections of the in-field fence will be removable and the judge's stand will also be portable, and in the event of baseball or any pageant being held at the fair grounds, the same can be hrfd on the part?f the infield! thereby utilizing the fair grounds in' a way never before done in the East, t is an admirable arrangement and mean that the fair grounds will e utilized for a number of events besides the fair. The fair grounds is a community proposition as i* the nchool house or the court-house, and should b? utilized by the community 'n a general way and the people of Bertie will appreciate this arrange ment as much as the Hertford counfy people as they will h?ve the same privilege of. ueing it. Baseball, foot ball, and other athletic evente of the chool, pageants, and celebrations, even church picnics should be held at the Fair grounds, if conditions war rant same, and those things could be done very successfully if handled in a business like manner. The .Chamber of Commerce is ne gotiating with a manufacturing Arm at present and ere long there will be another new industry singing the sang of progress in Ahoskie. The hotel committee is about ready1 to report to the directors, and you may expect a report that is interest ing. The highway question has not been definitely settled but progress has been made therein. The Chamber of Commerce went on record as favoring the improve ment in the jail conditions and is very, very positive in its assertion that disorderly conduct and drunken ness on the streets of Ahoskie is go ing to be stopped. It was suggested by one present to not only have steam pipes run into the jail but to have a hose 'handy and if' moral suasion is not sufficient to quiet the boisterous ones, a cold shower bath from a 60 pound pressure hose might have some effect upon them. All ex-service men in Ahoskie and the vicinity are asked to report either in person or by letter to their "Bud dy", the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Ahoskie needs a post of the American ^Legion, and we can put it over very Stsy and have an Arm istice Day celebration next year of which we will all be proud. Write a card to the editor, agri cultural extension service, Raleigh, N. C., for a copy of circular 133. It tells howto feed hogs for profit. W. W. Shay prepared it from the results secured by farmers fn hog feeding demonstrations. NOTICE TO CREDITORS L. M. Mitchell and C. L. Hoggard trading as Ahoskie Live Stock Com pany, give notice to creditors that said company has this day dissolved and that L. M. Mitchell has assumed all obligations of the firm and will collect all debts due the firm. This November 29, 1922. L. M. MITCHELL, C. L. HOGGARD. 12-1-4L NOTICE By virtue of en order of the Super ior Court of Hertford County, mede at October term, 1922, in the cauie entitled, Willie Newtome next friend of Audey B. Newsome, Mary F. New some, Janie E. Newsome and Thelma D. Newsome. The undersigned Com missioner will on tile 11th day of December, 1922, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, in the Town of Ahoskie, N. C. in front of the post office, at 12 o'clock, the following described tract of land, situate in Hertford County, N. C. to-wlt: That tract lying on the eastern border of the Town of Ahoskie, bounded on the west by the land of Mariah Newsome and the public road leading from Co field to' hoskie, on the north by the land of Geo. Chamblee and others, on the east by the lands of J. R. .Gar rett and on the south by the lands formerly owned by W. J. Mitchell and* the lands of J. R. Garrett. Contain ing 89 acres more or less. This the 9th day of November 1922. WILLIE NEWSOME, Commissioner. JNO. E. VANN, Attorney ll-17-4t NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Pursuant to and by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by a certain deed of trust exe cuted by Jessie Hall on the 2nd day of June, 1921 and registered in the Register of Deeds Oce of Hertford County, in Book 68, page 200, de fault having been made in the pay ment of certain indebtedness therein set out and secured, and having been requested by the legal holder of said indebtedness to advertise and sell the land as therein provided; I shall on Saturday the 9th day of December, 1922 at the Courthouse door in Win ton, N. C., between the hours of 12 o'clock m- and 2 o'clock, p. m. sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described real estate to-wit: The entire undivided interest of Jessie Hall in a certain tract of land in Winton township, Hertford County, which belonged to Catherine Hall, de ceased. Adjoining the lands of John Pope, W. H. Manly, B. Wiggins, J. H. Jenkins, B. G. Williams and others, and being the entire tract or tracts of land which Catherine Hall died, siezed and possessed of, and ownen in fee simple. This 6th day of November, 1922. C. W. JONES, Trustee. 11-17-4L ' - f ' 11 11 111 " 111 ?"> PROFESSIONAL CARDS Dr. C. G. Powell DENTIST Phon. No. 10. ? Ahoekio, N. C. R. R. ALLEN A SON Dealers In SASH, DOORS, BUNDS, WINDOW GLASS, HARDWARE, PAINTS, and BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLY Wholesale and Retail 027 Washington Square SUFFOLK, VA. TOMBSTONES OF ANY DESCRIPTION See or Write J. B. MODLIN AHpSKIE, N. C. Agent for ?COGGINS MARBLE CO. DR. CHARLES J. SAWYER Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Note, and Throat Farmers-Atlantic Bank Bldg In Office every WEDNESDAY Dr. W. C. Mercer DENTIST Oteces over Mrs. Britton's store Ahoskie, N. C. JUNIPER HEART SHINGLES ?The Wood Eternal For Solo By i C. B. MORRIS Colerain, N. C. Aak for doitrory, pric.a end umplfet DR. ARCHIE SMITHER Practice limited to Examination and Diagnosis of the Eyes and the Fitting of Glasses Suite 506-8-10-12-18 National Bank Building SUFFOLK, VA. * Christmas Presents That You'll Be Glad To Give ?? Toys for the Little Folks - ? Our entire sixth floor has been turned into a Christmas Fairyland for the Little Folks. We wish we could name all of the gift articles so as to help you in your selection but there are too many. E very conceivable toy, from a doll to a railroad, is represented in this Holiday E xhibition. We will be glad to serve you in person or to give your mail inquiries?or mail orders?the attention you desire. Gifts for Girls and Women ?y Throughout our entire store there, are thousands of beautiful gift articles which are suitable, and acceptable presents for the growing girl or the mature woman. Smith & Welton's is the most popular store in Norfolk with the woman for the simple reason that they secure here those things which are just what they want. It naturally follows that a gift purchased here is most likely to be "just what she wants". * Gifts for Men?and Family Gifts <? ?I There are more articles here for men than can be found >n many exclusive men's shops. Most of these articles are just those which are most suitable for a Christmas gift. In the house furnishings.department are many articles which can, in reality, be considered gifts for the family. ORDERS BY MAIL?SHOPPING CONVENIENCES Send.your mail orders or inquiries to Miss Lillian Woodrow and they will receive personal attnetion. You will secure the same low prices that are asked of our Norfolk patrons. I In the U. S. postoffice substation on our Mpin floor, parcels will be properly wrapped, without charge, for mailing. In the checking department you may leave packages (without charge) while doing your Christmas shopping. Please consider thaf the store of SMITH & WELTON is anxious to assist you iti your Christmas purchases. \ * Smith and Welton 300 to 3061?Granby Street?300 to 306 NORFOLK, - VIRGINIA ? i- - U
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