Hertford County Herald
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Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, December 8, 1922 One Section No. 31
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REPRESENTATIVE IS
ASKINGQUESTIONS
Questionnaire Has Been Sub
mitted To Voters In Novem
ber Election
CHANGES SUGGESTED
FOR COUNTY BOARDS
Lloyd J. Lawrence, member-elect
to the next General Assembly, is
seeking: to ascertain the sentiment of
his constitutents on matters of legis
lation affecting Hertford County and
North Carolina. To sound out the
people, he has mailed questionnaires
to those who voted in the general
election on November 7, propounding
a few questions, with the request that
they be answered and returned to
him, as confidential expressions of
belief.
There are eleven questions sub
mitted, these being those that have
been brought to Mr Lawrence's atten
tion, according to the letter accom
panying. Taken in the order in
which arranged in the questionnaire,
they are as follows:
1. Do you favor, at the next elec
tion, changing the number of County
Commissioners from six to three?
(A majority of the counties of the
State have only three.)
2. Do you favor the present law
providing for a Board of Road Com
and transferring their duties to the
Board pf County Commissioners, or
repeaU$k the law and creating a
township board in each township, so
thabpach township may look after its
flUTtoads?
What in your opinion should be
the method of paying the next Sheriff,
Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds
and County Superintendent of Public
Instruction?salaries or fees?
4. What do you think a fair and
reasonable compensation to each of
these officers, per annum?
5. Is there any office in Hertford
County that involves so much greater
expense that the public good received
that it should be abolished?if so,
what is it?
6. Would you favor a change in
our court pr --eedure that would en
able two out rf every three cases to
be tried ithln sixty days after the
suit has been brought.
7. Do you favor electing a tax
collector in each township as now
provided by law? If so, should they
be appointed by County Commission
ers or elected by the people?
~ %. If so, what commissions should
they be allowed for collecting taxes,
2 per cent, 3 per cent, or 5 per cent?
9. Do you favor the present pri
mary laws?
10. Do you favor the present sani
tary laws?
11. Have you any suggestions to
offer as to legislation, of any other
character, for the good of Hertford
County?
Mr. Lawrence wants these ques
^rions answered and returned to him
not "later than December 10. In the
meantime, the modicum of taxpayers
who evince any interest in county
affairs is putting its brain to work in
an effort to tell the next Representa
tive what will be expected of him as
the county's messenger to Raleigh.
And, brains alone are not doing all
the working; tongues are getting in
their share of exercise.
The questionnaire method of find
ing out the wishes of voters is no
novelty, but in Hertford County it is
something rather new and untried
within recent years. It will doubtless
provide meat for thought and talk for
the weeks to come, or until the legis
lature meets in January.
MANEYS NECK GETS
MEMBER OF BOARD
G. C. Pieot of Como was ap
pointed member of the County
Board of Education to succrtd
Dr. J. H. Mitchell, who on Mon
day qualified as county commis
sioner. Mr. Picot is one Hert
ford County's most substantial
citisens, and is known to be vi
tally interested in educational
affairs. He is well able to handle
the administration of the new of
fice to which appointed.
B. G. Williams of Cofield has
succeeded to the chairmanship
of the board which was former
ly held by Doctor Mitchell. The
! other member of the board Is
Jno. E. Vann of Winton.
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MANEYS NECK WANTS
THAT COMMISSIONER
Will Petition General Assembly
To Make Appointment
Of Member
Maneys Neck Township is not sat
fi ed with the test vote, November
7, on the appointment of an addi
tional commissioner from that baili
wick, to represent its interests on
the new board of County Commis
sioners. With less than half of the
voters in the County taking part in
the election, there was a majority of
five votes against the appointment.
In order to gain representation on
the board, the Maneys Neck voters
are making one last pull for a com
missioner. Thig time they are going
to petition the General Assembly to
make the appointment. A petition is
now being circulated in that town
ship, and, according to Jno. C. Taylor
who was at Winton Monday, the
Maneys Neck people are going to sign
it 100 per cent strong.
In the same petition request is
made for legislation to offset another
occurrence of like nature. The Leg
islation is sought to make it impos
sible for one township tq have .more
than one commissioner serving at the
same time.
The petition follows:
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION
OF 1928:
WHEREAS, by virtue of chapter
222, Public-local Laws of 1915, it
was provided that members of the
Board' of County Commissioners of
Hertford County should be nominated
in each of the six townships of said
county: and 9
WHEREAS, said chapter 222, Pub
lic-local Laws of 1916 was repealed
by chapter 564, Public-local Laws of
1921, which repealing act provided
for the nomination of members of the
said Board of County Commissioners
by the county at large instead of by
townships,
WHEREAS, under the then exist
ing law, at the primary and general
election held in the year 1922- there
were two members of said Board of
Commissioners nominated and elected
who are residents of the same town
ship, to-wit: Ahoskie Township;
thereby leaving one township, to-wit:
Maney's Neck Township, unrepre
sented on said Board; and
WHEREAS, Maney's Neck Town
ship i? cut off from the other part of
1 Hertford County by the Meherrin
River, thereby justifying and neces
sitating the representation of the in
terests of that part of the county by
a resident of said Maney's Neck
Township being a member of said
Board of County Commissioners;
NOW, THEREFORE, WE the un
dersigned voters of Maneys Neck
Township, Hertford County, North
Qgrolina, petition and request the ap
pointment of a resident of Maney's
Neck Township as a member of the
Board of County Commissioners of
said county until the term of office of
the members of the present Board ex
pires. And we further petition and
request that an act be passed pro
viding that in the primary and gen
eral elections hereafter held that not
more than one member of the Board
of County Commissioners shall be
nominated and elected in each town
ship.
FINE CONTRIBUTION
THANKS&VING DAY
Parent-Teachers' Association Will
Maat At Colaraia Friday
Night
Colerain, Dec. 6.?Thanksgiving
was a great day with Pastor R. B.
Lineberry. Services were held at
Colerain at 10:30 o'clock a. m., with
an offering of 1387.44; at Christian
Harbor 1 p. m., with an offering of
$170; at Harrellsville 3 o'clock, offer
ing $176, making a total of $732 or
enough to support three orphans a
year.
When the pastor came out of .the
church at Christian Harbor be found
his car loaded with provisions?40
pounds sugar with coffee, flour, po
tatoes, canned goods, etc. "Goods laid
up for many days." The pastor's son
said "Someone put their things in the
wrong car." Reverend Lineberry was
dumb with gratitude.
The Parent-Teachers Association of
Colerain will meet at the school build
ing Friday night, December 8. Spec
ial exercises will be given by the
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John And George Haleges Will
Donate Day's Sales to Sufferers
John and George Haleges, popular young Greek proprietors of
the Manhattan Cafe, will donate one day's net proceeds from the sale
of food and drinks to the New Bern (N. C.) fire sufferers and the
Near East Relief. The revenue from all sales will be equally divided
between the two, Saturday, December 9, and has been selected as the i
day upon which the offering will tbe made.
The restaurant men are asking several young ladies of Ahoskie
to assist them in receiving the cash sales and in serving the foods,
which will be cooked by George Haleges. John will also assist in
serving, and promises to offer every needed assistance to the young
lady volunteers.
Appetizing foods, all furnished and prepared by Haleges Broth
ers will be served, beginning at eleven o'clock Saturday morning and
continuing until nine at night The menu which is published below
includes everything usually served at this popular eating place. In
addtition to the regular menu, roast turkey with dressing and cran
berry sauce will be served. *
The two Greek brothers are asking a full house for dinner and
supper, and announce that there will be no restrictions upon the
number that can and will be fed. In fact, they have requested the
HERALD to urge opon the people in town to visit the restaurant that
day and help swell the total proceeds.
MENU
SOUPS Home made vegetable soup 16c
SALADS Potatotoe salad 20c. Heart of celery 20c
FRESH OYSTERS Fried or stewed oysters 36c
COLD MEATS Cold boiled ham 40c Cold Boiled chicken 60c.
Cold Roast beef with salad 60c
ENTRESSE Roast beef with gravy 60c. Baked beef with sweet
potatoe 40c. Hamburger steak with gravy 40c.
Pork sausages with mashed potatoe 40c. Roast
Turkey with dressing and Cranberry sauce $1.00.
Porterhouse steak 80c.
EGGS Fried eggs, two 25c. Egg omelet 35c
POTATOE French fried potato 15c. Sweet potato 10c
DESSERTS Pie per cut 15c. Bananas and cream 20c
DRINKS Coffee 5c. Milk per glass 10c. Coca Cola 10c.
Bevo 20c. Ginger ale 25c
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MISS VINSON BECOMES
BRIDE OF REV. CARTER
Marriage Of Populer Couple
At Ahoskie Last Friday
Evening;
Friday afternoon at half past four
o'clock at the Ahoskie Baptist church
the wedding of Rev. June Franklin
Carter, pastor of the Waughton Bap
tist church, of Winston-Salem, and
Miss Ur-ula Vinson, of Ahoskie was
mlemr.ized.
The church wj~. beautifully deco
rated with ferns, the color scheme of
gree.i and wh te bei.:g carried ou.
Fr.mptly at 4:30 Mi s Mattie Macon
N.rman, of Chowan college, took her
race at the organ and played Men
d?- ssohn's Spring Song. Following
t' is Mrs. J. Stanley Leary sang very
beautifully "At Dawning."
At the first strains of the wedding
march from Lohengrin, the officiating
minister, Rev. A. G. Carter, brother
of the bridegroom, of Rosemary and
Rev. E. J. Isenhower, pastor of the
bride, took their places at the a'tar.
The ushers, Messrs. L. C. Williams,
J. Roy Parker and J. Stanley Vinson,
took their places, followed by the
bridesmaids, Misses Vera Blalock, of
Winston-Salem, attired in Nile green
organdy and carrying an arm spray
of white chrysanthemums, and Aud
rey Newsome, attired in pink organdy j
and carrying white chrysanthemums
Next came the maid of honor, Miss
Thelma Boyette, gowned in peach
bloom organdy and carrying an arm
shower of white chrysanthemums.
Then came the little flower girls,
Misses Dartha Mayes Howard, eice
of the bride and Frances Taylor, each
carrying a basket of varied sweetpeas,
followed by Master Harold Vinson,
nephew of the bride, carrying the
ring in. the heart of a beautiful rose.
The bride came next and she was
handsomely gowned in a blue going
away suit of poire tulle with acces
sories to match and carried a shower
bouquet of Bride roses and lillies of
the valley. She was given away by
her brother-in-law F. L. Howard.
They were met at the altar by the
bridegroom end the best man, Rev.
R. K. Redwine, of Nashville.
The bride and bridegroom left on
the evening train immediately after
the ceremony for a short bridal trip.
Rev. and Mrs. Carter wiH make their
home in Winston-Salem.
grade children. Professor T. B. At
more of Stonewall will make an ad
dress. Mr. Atmore is Superintend
ent of school of Pamlico County and
is one of the most progressive school
men in the State. He has put Pamlico
on the map, especially in the building
of schools.
ITINERANT HEBREWS
GET IN DUTCH HERE
AI E. Brodsky, H. W. Samit, and
i A. S. Sagar, three well dressed, slick
! tongued young Jews fell into the
clutches of the law at Ahoskie Wed
nesday morning, and were still being
detained here Thursday morning,
| pending further investigation of their
| activities. Sheriff B. Scull, assisted
[ by other officers, is directing the
| search for evidence against the trio.
Sagar was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by Bill Williford, a negro,
who was short-changed $15, when he
purchased some serge goods, out of
which he was to have a suit of
clothes made. Dr. J. H. Mitchell was
the trial justice. Sagar paid back
the money, coughed up the costs of
the action, and paid a $75 licenae
fee for peddling.He at first denied all
knowledge of the sale and denied,
having anything to do with it.
The other two men have in their
possession several hundred dollars of
| bolt |oofls, including silks, cotton
i goods, woolen goods, serges and prac
| tically every other kind of dry goods.
They have told so many conflicting
tales about where the goods came
from until nobody believes their
stories, and to narrate the "lines"
they have handed out to interviewers
would take up reams of paper.
The belief obtains that they are in
some way connected' with the robbery
of the store of Mrs. E. C. Briton last
Wednesday night. It is believed they
I are three members of a well organized
gang of robber*.
Samit registered at the Manhattan
Hotel from Wilson; Brodsky from
Philadelphia; and Sagar from New
York City.
* MAKING ANOTHER JAB *
* AT FREE MAIL SERVICE ?
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* A petition is in circulation ?
* here this week requesting the *
* Postoffice Department to inaug- *
* urate free village mail delivery ?
* in Ahoskie. This is the second ?
* or third time this matter has been *
* brought up by Ahoskie patrons. *
* Practically every person receiv- ?
* ing mail here has signed the ?
* petition. *
* Advices coming from Con- *
* pressman Hallet S. Ward says *
* he will do all in his power to *
* see that it goes over this time.*
* The Chamber of Commerce is *
* lending its help to the free deliv- *
* ery, and the city authorities are ?
* favorable to the project. *
HERMAN GATLING LEAVES
Mr. Herman Gatling, who has been
holding a position with the Ahoskie
Ice and Coal Company, left Monday
for Norfolk, where he has accepted
a position with a railroad company.
L C. WILLIAMS MAYOR;
| FORMERLY HELD OFFICE
Action Will Be Taken On
Building Siding To Muni
icipal Light Plant
L. C. Williams, Ahoskie attorney,
has been selected by the town council
to fill the unexpired term of W. L.
Curtis, resigned, as mayor of the
town of Ahoskie. His salary was fix
ed at twenty-five dollars per month,
in addition to the renumeration he
now receives as clerk of the city. He
was sworn in immediately after ac
ceptance of the office,''and is now act
ing executive head of the town.
Mr. Wiliams formerly held this of
fice, but resigned before his term ex
pired to enter the U. S. Army service.
By reason of his experience and his
knowledge of the affairs of the town,
he is peculiarly fitted for the office.
No other names were considered in
the appointment.
R. G. Murchison, representing the
interests of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway, met with the town officers
Monday night, in response to the re
quest made upon the railroad for
gates at the Main street crossing. He
said the railroad was willing to co
operate fully in eliminating the haz
ard here, and wodld meet the town
half-way or better in every mpve.
However, he thought to ask for gates
was placing a large burden upon the
company which did not have any gates
on this division.
Upon Mr. Murchison's suggestion
and with the unanimous approval of
the board, the Coast Line was re
quested to place a watchman at Main
street, who shall be on duty sixteen
hours every day, beginning at seven
o'clock in the morning and continu
ing until. 11 at night. Although he
had no authority to comply with the
request, Mr. Murchsion believed the
railroad would grant the request with
in the next few days.
Purchase of the steel cage from the
county was authorized, at a cost of
$25. The cage will be moved to Ahos
kie and enclosed within the town
lock-up, which will be moved from its
present location to the town prop
erty at. the light plant.
The committee on construction of
railroad siding to the light plant re
ported a conference arranged with
owners of the local peanut plant for
Thursday of this week. An erigineer
for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
will be asked to come here and make
another survey, and ascertain if the
siding cannot be built with the extra
cost of a retaining wall. Should this
be done, a portion of the Columbian
Peanut Company's property will have
to be used.
Publication of the town ordinances
was authorized, and committee ap
pointed to secure copy for printers.
CHAUTAUQUA GUARANTORS
INVITED TO CONFERENCE
...
Held Under Auspices Of International
Lyceum And Chautauqua
Assoetation
Mr. E. M. Wooten has just received
a communication from Dr. Paul M.
Pearson of the Swarthmore Chautau
qua Association inviting the guaran
tors of the Ahoskie Chautauqua to
select a representative to attend the
Lecturers' Conference on public
Opinion and world peac, to be held
in Washington, December 7-8-9, 1922.
The Lecturers' Conference is an
event of international importance.
The purpose of the conference is to
present information regarding social
and economic world problems.
The conference is held under the
auspices of the International Lyceum
and Chautauqua Association, embrac
ing all of the important lyceum and
chautauqua organizations of the
world.
President Harding has indicated his
personal interest in the conference
by becoming one of the honorary
presidents of the International Ly
ceum and Chautauqua Association.
Dr. Paul M. Pearson, director of the
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association,
who conducts the Chautauqua in our
own town, is president of the Inter
national Lyceum and Chautauqua
Association.
The program, although as yet in
complete, includes President Harding
and Georges Clemenceau, "Tiger" of
France, and presents an array of
speakers second in distinction only to
those who attended the world con
ference for the limitation of arma
ments.
NEW BOARD TAKES
UP OFFICIAL WORK
Dr. J. H. Mitchell la Elected
Chairman of New County
Commissioners
RESCIND ACTION TAKEN
ON A HEALTH OFFICER
Automatically retiring as chairman
oi the board of education of Hert
ford County after taking oath as com
missioner, Dr. J. H. Mitchell of Ahos
kic was elected to the chairmanship
of the commissioners when the new
board took over the reins of govern
ment last Monday at Winton. P. G.
Tayloe and Doctor Mitchell tied for
the office,of chairman on the initial
ballot; but on taking the second vote,
with E._ H. Eure also allowing his
name to be advanced, Doctor Mitch
ell received four of the six votes cast
Running true to prophecies made
in the HERALD for several weeks,
the new chairman upon taking the
chair outlined a program, or rather
expressed a desire, to economize in
county affairs, and to relieve the bur
den of taxation. He criticised the old
board for attending to business that
should have come before the new
board, especially in regard to the
appropriations for farm and home
demonstration work. He also took a
whack at the members of the board
who tried to sell out the "poor, bur
dened taxpayers" for failing to' settle
1921 taxes. E. H. Eure, re-elected
member, tried to halt the chairman
by suggesting that the board had
dealt unusually lenient with the de
linquent taxpayers.
The chairman admitted that the
board had been easy, but did not fail
to censure "one or two members"
who had urged an early closing out.
Jno. C. Taylor, Maneys Neck retired
member, sought to answer the chair
man and asked for the privilege of
the floor; but he did not get far be
fore Doctor Mitchell "called him" and
declined to hear what he had to say.
Twice again, within the next few min.
utes Mr. Taylor sought a hearing, on
the farm and home demonstration
work and the whole-time health offi
cer proposition, but each time was
denied by the chairman.
F. G. Tayloe, other Ahoskie mem
ber, advised the chairman of his de
parture from the custom of the board
to hear any taxpayer who asked for
the privilege, and thought the ex
member of Maneys Neck had been
handled pretty roughly. The chair
man yielded to the suggestion, begged
pardon, and listened to what Mr. Tay
lor had to say.
One of the very first acts of the
board was to sescind the action taken
by the old board in malting an ap
propriation for a whole-time health
officer for the County. To do it,
seven votes were required, Doctor
Mitchell voting with Jno. O. Askew,
Jr., and W. J. Vaughan to tie the
count, and then castjog his second
ballot as chairman to break the tie
he had knotted. County Attorney
W. D. Boone was called in to rule on
the double voting power of the chair
man. He advised that J. S. Manning,
former attorney general of the State,
had held it to be legal, but suggested
that it had not been the custom of
former chairman of the county
boards. Doctor Mitchell cast the
second ballot and killed the approp
riation.
Aside from the election of chair
man, the Taylor-Mitchell tilt, and the
double-voting act of the chairman, the
meeting resolved itself into bill ap
proving session, chief among the ac
counts being the election expenses.
Attorney W. D. Boone was re-elected
attorney for the board.
Miss Myrtle Swindell, home demon
stration agent, made a report of her
work in the County and plead for a
continuance of the work, not knowing
that appropriation had already been
made. Following the report, backed
up by appeals from county women
and letters of commendation from the
district supervisor, the chairman of
the board suggested that the matter
of taking further action with refer
ence to the work be deferred until
another meeting. The members o^,
the board were apparently in no mood
to discontinue the work.
. Lady of House: "If you love work
as you say, why don't you find some?"
Sad Hobo: "Alas, madame, love is
blind."